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Extraction of analytic eigenvectors from a parahermitian matrix
Stephan Weiss, Ian K. Proudler, Fraser K. Coutts, Julian Deeks
The space-time covariance matrix derived from broadband multichannel data admits — unless the data emerges from a multiplexing operation — a parahermitian matrix eigenvalue decomposition with analytic eigenvalues and analytic eigenvectors. The extraction of analytic eigenvalues has been solved previously in the discrete Fourier transform (DFT) domain; this paper addresses the approximation of analytic eigenvectors in the DFT domain. This is a two-stage process — in the first instance, we identify eigenspaces in which analytic eigenvectors can reside. This stage resolves ambiguities at frequencies where eigenvalues have algebraic mulitplicities greater than one. In a second stage, the phase ambiguity of eigenvectors is addressed by determining a maximally smooth phase response. Finally, a metric for the
approximation error is derived, which allows us to increase the DFT length and iterate the two stages until a desired accuracy is reached.
https://doi.org/10.1109/SSPD47486.2020.9272001
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Dieser Artikel beschreibt den Betrieb von DVB-T in Österreich. Die Abkürzung steht für engl. "Digital Video Broadcasting – Terrestrial"; zu Deutsch etwa: "Digitales, terrestrisches Fernsehen" und bezeichnet eine Variante von DVB, die für die Funkübertragung von digitalen Hörfunk- und Fernsehsignalen über terrestrische (erdgebundene) Wege verwendet wird. DVB-T wurde 1997 von dem Europäischen Institut für Telekommunikationsnormen (ETSI) im Standard EN 300 744 festgelegt.

Verlauf der Umstellung auf DVB-T
Die offizielle Einführung von DVB-T in Österreich fand am 26. Oktober 2006 statt. Seit diesem Termin werden 70 % der Haushalte mit DVB-T versorgt.
Die Ausstrahlung erfolgte vorerst simultan mit den Analogsignalen ("Simulcast"), die nach vier Monaten abgeschaltet werden sollten. Diese Frist wurde aber verschoben.

Bundesweites Fernsehen in DVB-T
Am 5. März 2007 wurde mit der Abschaltung analoger Fernsehsignale begonnen. Der Vorarlberger Hauptsender Pfänder (bei Bregenz) wurde nach einer relativ kurzen Zeit des Parallelbetriebes abgeschaltet. Die früher im Ballempfang arbeitenden Füllsender waren jedoch noch nicht betroffen. Im Jahr 2007 wurden dann sukzessive alle Großsender auf DVB-T umgestellt. Die erste Umstellungsphase war am 22. Oktober 2007 beendet.

Bis 2008 sollte die österreichweite Abdeckung 90 % betragen. Für Ende 2010 war eine Flächendeckung von 95 % der österreichischen Bevölkerung vorgesehen. Der einzige derzeit unter entsprechenden behördlichen Auflagen befugte Betreiber von DVB-T-Infrastruktur ist die mehrheitlich dem ORF gehörende Österreichische Rundfunksender GmbH (ORS), Bewerbungen anderer Unternehmen für diese Funktion blieben aus.

Im ersten Schritt nahm nur ein Multiplex, Mux A, mit den österreichischen Sendern ORF 1, ORF 2 (mit den jeweiligen Bundeslandsendungen) und ATV den Sendebetrieb auf. Allerdings werden über dieses Senderbouquet je Senderstandort zwei ORF 2-Regionalprogramme (für das eigene und für ein benachbartes Bundesland) verbreitet, sodass über dieses Senderbouquet vier Programme abgestrahlt werden. Vereinzelt sind Kleinsender, die topografisch zu ungünstig gelegen sind, nur mit einem ORF2-Programm auf Sendung.

Österreich startete zeitgleich mit der Einführung von DVB-T auch den Betrieb von MHP-Diensten (ORF OK, ATV OK). Die interaktiven MHP-Zusatzdienste konnten sich auch in Österreich nicht durchsetzen, ATV stellte den ATV-MultiText zum 7. Jänner 2009 ein. Der ORF OK MultiText wurde mangels Publikumsakzeptanz im Juni 2011 eingestellt. Die gewonnene Datenübertragungsrate soll zur Verbesserung der Bildqualität von ORF 2 genutzt werden.

Am 22. Oktober 2007 wurden in den Ballungsräumen auch der Mux B mit den Programmen Puls 4 (vormals PULS TV), 3sat und ORF SPORT + (vormals ORF Sport Plus) in Betrieb genommen. Am 1. Oktober 2009 startete der von Dietrich Mateschitz finanzierte Spartensender ServusTV über die Sender von Mux B seinen Sendebetrieb. Auch der neue ORF III sendet seit Oktober 2011 via Mux B. In und um Wien sind zusätzlich noch Radio Maria und Schau TV zu empfangen.

Bis 7. Juni 2011 wurden alle verbliebenen Sender auf DVB-T umgerüstet und Mux A hatte seinen Endausbau erreicht.

Im Jahr 2012 gingen in Wien, Bregenz und Graz sowie auf deutscher Seite bei Salzburg mehrere weitere Füllsender für den Mux A auf Sendung, um den Empfang innerhalb von Gebäuden zu verbessern. Der Mux B konnte auch in Regionen starten, die bisher technisch nicht erreicht wurden (z. B. Steyr). Im Sommer 2013 startete auf Mux A auch HbbTV.

Ab 21. Oktober 2014 begann der schrittweise Ausstieg aus dem im Vergleich zum Nachfolgestandard DVB-T2 weniger effizienten alten Standard DVB-T. Zunächst wurden in Kärnten und Osttirol die Sender des Mux B in DVB-T abgeschaltet, stattdessen sendet Mux B nun verschlüsselt in DVB-T2 mit weiteren österreichischen Programmen in HD und SD, die über simpliTV ohne Zusatzkosten zu sehen sind. Nach Meinung von ORS-Marketingchef Michael Weber solle die bundesweite Umstellung bis 2016 oder 2017 abgeschlossen sein. Nordtirol und Vorarlberg waren am 5. Mai 2015 dran, die restlichen Bundesländer folgen in einem Halbjahresrhythmus.

Am 27. Oktober 2016 wurde die Ausstrahlung von DVB-T in Wien, dem Nordburgenland und in Niederösterreich eingestellt.

Regionales Fernsehen über Multiplex C
2007 fand erstmals eine Ausschreibung für den Mux C für urbane Gebiete statt. Anhand des Digitalisierungskonzepts fanden Ausschreibungen oder Erweiterungen alle zwei Jahre statt, seit 2011 jedoch nur mehr auf Nachfrage. Zahlreiche lokale Sender sind in Betrieb, teilweise aber auch wieder außer Betrieb genommen worden. Erstmals werden auch zwei Hörfunksender über DVB-T verbreitet.

In folgenden Regionen können regionale Fernsehsender empfangen werden:

DVB-T
 Kärnten: Goldeck (Spittal/Drau), Gerlitzen (Villach), Petzen (Bleiburg)
 Niederösterreich, Region Mostviertel: Hochkogelberg (Gresten), Sonntagberg LS (Waidhofen)
 Raum Bad Ischl und Wolfgangsee (Oberösterreich): Katrin Seilbahnstütze (Bad Ischl), Bad Goisern, Strobl
 Oberösterreich (weite Teile): Lichtenberg (Linz)
 Oberösterreich (Teile): Am Porscheberg (Steyr)
 Region Mur-Mürztal (Bundesland Steiermark): Hans Prosl Haus und Mugel (Bruck/Mur)
 Weststeiermark und Zentralraum Graz: Schöckl, Gößnitz (Köflach), Arnstein (Voitsberg)
 Region Mur-Mürztal 1 (Bundesland Steiermark): Feistritzer Wald (Knittelfeld)
 Region Mur-Mürztal 2 (Bundesland Steiermark): Tremmelberg (Knittelfeld), Bärnerkogel (Leoben), Schafberg (Traboch)
 Oberes Ennstal (Bundesland Steiermark): Planai (Schladming)
 Weite Teile der Region Außerfern (Bundesland Tirol): Hahnenkamm (Reutte)
 Tiroler Oberland: Birkhahnbahn (Galtür), Plattenrain (Imst), Dias (Kappl), Krahberg (Landeck)
 Strudengau: Amstetten, Mauthausen (geplant)
 Wien (und Umgebung): Kahlenberg (Wien)

DVB-T2
 Innsbruck (und Inntal): Patscherkofel (Innsbruck) (seit dem 5. Mai 2015)
 Bregenz (und Rheintal): Pfänder (Bregenz) (seit dem 5. Mai 2015)

Ehemalige Multiplexe
In einigen Regionen konnten sich lokale Fernsehangebote über DVB-T nicht etablieren oder gingen innerhalb der behördlich festgesetzten Frist nicht auf Sendung:
 Großraum Wien (Lizenz zurückgegeben)
 Kärnten (Lizenz entzogen)
 Wiener Becken (Lizenz entzogen)
 Salzburg: Gaisberg (Betreiber sendet nicht mehr)
 Zentralraum Niederösterreich (Lizenz zurückgegeben)
 Pongau und Oberes Ennstal (Lizenz entzogen)
 Leoben (Lizenz entzogen)
 Burgenland: (Lizenz zurückgegeben)

Im Bundesland Burgenland sowie in Osttirol gibt es derzeit keine lokalen DVB-T-Programme. Für Wien und Umgebung startete (allerdings im Mux B) mit Schau TV im Oktober 2011 ein lokaler Anbieter.

Die beiden Multiplexe vom Patscherkofel und vom Pfänder änderten die Sendeparameter auf DVB-T2 am 5. Mai 2015.

DVB-T2

Als 2006 DVB-T flächendeckend eingeführt wurde und das analoge Signal ablöste, sah der Sendenetzbetreiber ORS, ein Tochterunternehmen des ORF, die DVB-T2-Technik als noch nicht ausgereift genug an. Deswegen entschied man sich für DVB-T als ersten Schritt. Am 12. April 2010 gab man den Start eines DVB-T2-Testbetriebes in Wien bekannt. Ab 2011 wurde mit einem zweiten Sender im Arsenal der Betrieb im Gleichwellennetz getestet (Kanal 65). Der Versuchsbetrieb sollte bis März 2012 laufen.  Ebenfalls 2011 wurde am Kahlenberg ein Sender auf einer zweiten Frequenz (Kanal 60) in Betrieb genommen, auf dem auch Zusatzdienste getestet wurden. Der Versuchsbetrieb für die Kanäle 60 und 65 wurde 2012 bis zum 31. März 2013 verlängert.

Im Februar 2011 gab die Vollversammlung der Digitalen Plattform Austria bekannt, dass der Multiplex D, dieser war früher für das gescheiterte DVB-H lizenziert, und der neue Multiplex E für eine Ausschreibung im DVB-T2-Standard bei einer Audio- und Videokomprimierung mittels MPEG-4 vorgesehen seien, womit indirekt auch hochauflösendes Fernsehen in Aussicht gestellt wurde. Alfred Grinschgl, Geschäftsführer der Rundfunk und Telekom Regulierungs-GmbH für den Fachbereich Medien, hielt in der Einführung dieser Veranstaltung ein erweitertes Medienangebot, "teilweise auch in HD-Qualität", für einen wichtigen Beitrag, "Österreichs Identität in sehr umfassendem Sinne bestmöglich zu wahren."  Die Ausschreibung erfolgte im Juli 2011. Im April 2012 wurde aufgrund der Nachfrage auch noch MUX F ausgeschrieben.

Im April 2013 wurde unter dem Namen SimpliTV flächendeckendes, aber überwiegend verschlüsseltes DVB-T2 eingeführt. Über 40 Sender sind verfügbar, die ausländischen Programme nur gegen eine Gebühr. Österreichische Programme sind jedoch nach einer Registrierung ohne Zusatzkosten zu sehen bzw. in geringerer Auflösung auch unverschlüsselt empfangbar. Die Verfügbarkeit und auch das Programmangebot wird – zulasten von DVB-T – künftig erweitert. Die Sendeanlagen in Kärnten und Osttirol haben bereits im Herbst 2014 den Mux B von DVB-T auf DVB-T2 umgestellt. Seit 5. Mai 2015 wird auf MUX B und MUX C in Vorarlberg und Tirol in DVB-T2 gesendet. Am 20. Oktober 2015 fand die Umstellung des MUX B in der Steiermark und im Südburgenland statt. ORF1 und ORF2 können in den bislang umgestellten Regionen noch bis voraussichtlich Ende 2016 wie bisher über DVB-T empfangen werden (MUX A).

Im August 2014 wurde der Mux A und B für die Nutzung in DVB-T2 neu ausgeschrieben, da die bisherige Genehmigung nur bis Herbst 2016 gilt.

Weblinks

 Infoseite der ORS (Österreichische Rundfunksender) mit allen DVB-T-Frequenzen in Österreich
 DVB-T – Infoseite zu DVB-T in Österreich der Digitales Fernsehen Förder GmbH

Einzelnachweise

Osterreich
Fernsehen (Österreich)

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Amazon's Robotics Fleet Grows: Latest Robot Uses AI to Sort Items
A new Amazon warehouse robot uses AI and computer vision to recognize and delicately pick up millions of items in its inventory. Like its predecessors, Cardinal and Robin, the Sparrow robot is part of Amazon's picker technology lineup, little more than a mechanical arm that grabs products at will. However, it's unique in that it can recognize individual objects.
How Amazon's Robot Uses AI
Mechanical arms are nothing new. Factories have been using them since 1961 when the Unimate 1900 robotic arm performed metalworking and welding on the General Motors assembly line. Since then, these robotics have been the darlings of repetitive factory jobs, able to perform the same motion tirelessly thousands of times per day. However, they don't have eyes.
Unlike the robots that grasp blindly at the same type of objects placed in the same spot every time, Sparrow can see — if you can extend that term to an automaton. The ironically named robot is not delicate and brown like its namesake but rather large and imposing, shaped like a bright, industrial yellow streetlight with a tangle of blue cords bursting from its joints.
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The robot is equipped with sensors that detect size, shape, and barcodes, using AI and computer vision to recognize the products it's moving. It then uses suction-cup-tipped fingers to place them in the correct bins.
Well, mostly, anyway. It isn't perfect, but it can detect around 65% of Amazon's inventory. Considering Amazon sells everything from live crickets to raffle tickets, all with slight variations depending on the brand, this is an impressive feat.
It's even more remarkable when you realize there are many Amazon products Sparrow never encounters, like mattresses and granite benches, which means the 65% accuracy statistic is misleadingly low. Sparrow is smart. It was introduced in November 2022 and is a sure sign of what's to come in the shipping industry.
Amazon's Automatons
Amazon acquired Kiva Systems Inc., a tech company specializing in warehouse robots, in 2012. A decade later, Amazon has finally rolled out several types of automatic robots in its fulfillment centers.
The first one, named "Proteus" after the shapeshifting Greek god of the sea — or perhaps the bacteria, which it more closely resembles — looks like the flattened lovechild of a Roomba and a forklift. It has one job: lifting and transporting large stacks of boxes. It may not shapeshift, but it does extend and flatten to work its way under the giant metal containers it has to lift overhead. Perhaps Atlas would have been a better name.
Like a Roomba vacuum, Proteus uses a front-facing sensor to detect objects in its path. This helps it avoid the constant traffic flow of people and other robots while gravitating toward the items it needs to move.
Another robot that populates the fulfillment center is Cardinal. Like Sparrow, it's a mechanical arm with AI and computer vision, but it can't recognize individual items. Instead, it picks up already-packaged boxes and reads their labels. This allows it to sort them into the proper bins for shipping.
Robin does a similar job of sorting packages for shipping, using its scanner to read ZIP codes and placing boxes in the correct location. It can also identify damaged packages. If it sees any holes or tears in the parcel, or if it has an illegible address, Robin sends it back for employees to take care of.
What Automation Means for Workers
Amazon has always wanted to automate its warehouses. Faced with public criticism about poor employee working conditions — such as overheated buildings with no air conditioning, impossibly large quotas to fill, and constant heavy lifting leading to injuries — the order fulfillment giant says automation will benefit its employees.
Sparrow works alongside workers yet it could replace certain human jobs if used on a larger scale. Amazon currently has hundreds of thousands of people sorting, picking, and packing items in its fulfillment centers, but that could change with the introduction of robots that use AI. Picker robots and automated guided vehicles (AVGs) could also make up for labor shortages by transporting products throughout warehouses.
There are numerous benefits of automating warehouse jobs. Some of them include:
Reducing physical labor: Robots can easily perform repetitive tasks and navigate long trips across the warehouse.
Performing dangerous jobs: Sorting heavy or sharp objects, even in temperatures that would endanger human workers, is no problem for a machine.
Freeing up time: One of the biggest benefits of automation is that it speeds things up, allowing workers to be more productive.
Catching and correcting errors: Machines equipped with AI and computer vision can notice mistakes that might slip past a person.
Of course, many people are quick to point out the downsides of incorporating robotics in a warehouse setting. Some potential negatives include:
The loss of jobs: The very nature of using a robot to replace people means certain jobs will be lost. However, Amazon claims it's been able to create 700 new job categories by using robots. Automation also allows people to work more fulfilling careers — pun intended — because robots will do the more mindless, repetitive work.
Unsustainably sourced materials: The plastics and metals used to build machines come from fossil fuels and mining operations. Amazon could reduce its carbon footprint by only using recycled materials in its robots, but this poses challenges. Plastic gets more fragile and has fewer potential applications every time it's recycled, so it may not be strong enough for machinery.
Noise pollution: Machines are loud. Workers might need to wear headphones or earplugs to escape the constant sound of robots fulfilling orders.
Cybersecurity risks: Anything connected to the internet is vulnerable to hacking, and robots using AI are no exception. Any company incorporating machine learning into its daily operations must be vigilant about online security.
Amazon might have to change the layout and design of its warehouses, which currently use mesh shelves to hold products, to integrate Sparrow and other robots into its warehouses. This type of shelving is likely incompatible with robotic arms. However, as the second wealthiest company in the world by consolidated revenue, Amazon can probably handle that.
The Future of Automation
Amazon's new warehouse robot uses AI to streamline the order fulfillment process, deftly sorting items into bins based on their size, shape, and barcode. It's not the first mechanical arm on the scene, but it's certainly unique for Amazon due to its ability to recognize objects. Sparrow is likely a sign that, before long, AI and computer vision will be ubiquitous in factories.
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The following applications were tabled until next month until we get more info.
Wells Pharmacy Network, LLC – Ocala, FL. It is unclear what the business actually is. It appears the FDA shut down their compounding. The Board would like more information about this. DEA certificate was Francks Labs, not the applicant, Wells Pharmacy Network.
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The second round of the 2019 FIM Bajas World Cup will be held in Portugal with Indian riders Aishwarya Pissay and Ashish Raorane competing in the two-day event.
Indian rider Aishwarya Pissay and Ashish Raorane will be competing in the second round of the FIM Bajas World Cup this weekend in Portugal. The rally marks Pissay's third international rally outing in her career, and second this year. Previously, the TVS racer participated in the first round of the Bajas Cup earlier this month competing in the dunes of Dubai. For Ashish too, this will be a follow up to the first round of the rally. Much like the first round, both Aishwarya and Ashish are participating as privateers in the event with Pissay riding the Yamaha 450 rally bike. She is supported by TVS Racing with the event part of her training and preparation. Ashish will be astride the KTM 450 rally motorcycle.
Speaking on the second round of the 2019 Bajas World Cup, Aishwarya Pissay said, "The Portugal rally will be a fantastic learning experience for me as the stages will have more enduro than fast sections. I have been training with BigRock Spain team for the past couple of weeks in similar terrain and have improved my riding technique. I am here to learn and develop my skills as a racer and the more rallies I participate in, the better I get. I am thankful to my sponsors TVS Racing, Mountain Dew, BigRock Dirt Park (Bengaluru) and Scott Motorsports India for supporting and believing in me."
The Baja do Pinhal will kick-off today with the ceremonial start followed by a Prologue run of 9.57 km. The riders will head out on Saturday for the first Special Stage to complete a distance of 191.27 km, while the second and final stage on Sunday will be a run of 173.42 km.
Speaking on her expectations, Pissay said, "I am hoping to perform much better here in Portugal where, unlike in Dubai, navigation is not a major issue. I am focused on securing as many World Cup points as possible by completing the course."
Aishwarya completed the first round of the Bajas World Cup picking up a complement of 25 points and qualified fourth out of five riders in the junior category. Her overall ranking stood at 26th, while Ashish completed the rally a little further up on the leaderboard with a ranking of 22nd in the overall standings.


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Finding common ground essay
Introduction The death penalty punishment has been an issue that has raised controversy over time not just in the United States but also with the rest of the world. The public and also law enforcers have remained split on the issue with activi...Read More
Introduction The death penalty punishment has...
The death penalty punishment has been an issue that has raised controversy over time not just in the United States but also with the rest of the world. The public and also law enforcers have remained split on the issue with activists for and other against the death penalty raising arguments in support of their stance on the issue. However, it is of an essence to note that one of the fundamental reasons that the law offers punishment is to deter the criminal from committing the crime in future and to discourage other potential criminals from engaging in the crime as well. Therefore, every law and consequence of breaking it should be sufficient to offer deterrence to the criminals and potential criminals.
Introduction in opposition to death penalty
The crushing evidence from years of research is that the death sentence is no more of deterrence than life in prison and hence those who argue that deterrence justifies the execution of offenders have little advantage to show that the punishment is a deterrent. In fact, there are some studies indicating that the death penalty leads to an opposite effect since the society is brutalized leading to the further likelihood of murder. Therefore, there is little faith in deterrence as a justification for the use of the death penalty (Deathpenaltycurriculum.org).
Introduction in support of death penalty
Punishment is majorly used to discourage potential criminals from committing unlawful acts. Therefore, the society seeks to prevent murder at all costs and hence the need to use the strongest punishment to deter murder, which is the capital punishment. If the murderers are sentenced to death and then executed then, the potential murderers will have to rethink due to the fear of the ultimate punishment.
Death penalty and the murder rate
Those who support the death penalty assert that according to research by Isaac Ehrlich in 1973, for every inmate executed, there was an average of seven innocent lives soared because others were deterred from committing murder. There are similar results produced in later researches. The studies on the deterrence of the death penalty are inconclusive because the majority of the states take too much time before carrying out executions. The punishments that are fast and certain are the best deterrents. Moreover, the fact that some of the states that do not use the Capital punishment experience low murder rates than those that have the Capital punishment is no sufficient evidence of the failure of the sentence to deter crime (Deathpenaltycurriculum.org).
In opposition to the death penalty as deterrence, there is an argument that countries that employ the death sentence have higher rates of murder than those that do not. The rate of murder in the United States is significantly higher than that of other countries that have banned the capital punishment such as Canada and countries in Europe. Moreover, the Ehrlich studies have been largely discredited by a majority of the scholars and, therefore, the studies on deterrence of the capital punishment remains inconclusive. The death penalty is no deterrent because a majority of the people that commit murder either do not expect to be caught or that they do not weigh the options between execution and life imprisonment before they act (Deathpenaltycurriculum.org). The majority of the times, murders are committed in moments of extreme emotions such as anger or by criminals who are abusers of substances and hence act in an impulsive manner without considering the consequences. Jim Mattox, who previously served as the Attorney General of Texas, stated that in his experience witnessing the execution of several inmates, in most cases it was evident to him that most of the victims were not deterred by the existence of the death punishment as a consequence. He reiterated that majority of times; the murder was committed under the influence of drugs and other substances (Deathpenaltycurriculum.org).
Studies on deterrence of the death penalty
In support of the death sentence as a deterrence, a Professor of Jurisprudence at Fordham University called Ernest van den Haag argued that even with the absence of conclusive statistical evidence in support of the notion that death penalty deters crimes more than any other form of punishment due to the strong fear of death among individuals. The majority of individuals are bound to fear death that is inevitable and scheduled by the courts (Deathpenaltycurriculum.org). Therefore, the fear is the source of deterrence among the individuals since they are aware that the punishments mean that they would not get a second chance at life but will have to pay the ultimate price. The thought of dying may instill fear even in the moist stone cold killers that will deter crimes in the future. Hence, the death penalty is the only punishment that can deter prisoners that are already serving life sentences from getting tempted to kill other inmates or the guards. It, therefore, offers a form of security to the guards in the prisons, and also the other inmates since those who are already on life imprisonment are aware that any mistake of committing the act may lead to death and hence deter them. It is the only deterrence for such criminals since there is no other punishment that is worse than life imprisonment. The supporters of the punishment also argue that even though such criminals are not entirely deterred there is not any other punishment that would be as effective as the execution since it is the highest level of punishment (Deathpenaltycurriculum.org).
In opposition to the capital punishment, there is no actual proof that the death penalty in itself is a better deterrent than the threat of life imprisonment. A survey conducted by the former and present presidents of the country's top criminology societies indicated that 84% of the experts rejected the premise that research had indicated any deterrent effect of the death penalty (Deathpenaltycurriculum.org). Moreover, those that get into prison settle into the new routine and are little if any threat to anyone. Moreover, there is majority of the states that have adopted laws that have a life imprisonment without any parole. It means that those imprisoned for life without parole would never be released, and, therefore, they pose no threat to the public. They can also be placed in solitary confinement that would ensure the safety of other inmates and to the guards instead of resulting to a crudes manner of executions (Deathpenaltycurriculum.org).
Both the opposers and the supporters of the death penalty agree that every punishment on a criminal should act to deter the criminal from committing further crimes and other potential offenders from committing the crime as well. The society has used punishment as a way of discouraging the would-be criminals from committing an unlawful act. Moreover, the punishment given to a criminal or offender should also be of the same magnitude as the crime committed. They also agree that there are not any conclusive statistical demonstrations on the deterrence of the death penalty.
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Okay, we all know how busy you are.
Your weeks roll by with barely a second to stop and think.
You know all the tips and strategies about productivity, but they don't apply to you and your business.
You're different from the others – you really are busy!
You spend so much time in your business that you struggle to hold together your life outside of it.
Actually, you struggle to switch off and do anything else.
More than a few hours away from your email and you start to get a bit twitchy.
What's that? A free day in your diary next month? You'll soon fill that up.
Time spent away from your business makes you feel anxious about all the work you're not doing.
But what is it you're really achieving each month. I know you're busy, but busy doing what?
Are you secretly spending too long doing the things you enjoy most in your business? Maybe it's the endless 'meetings' and 'networking' that are 'essential' in your business. Or maybe it's the time you spend responding to your emails and on social media that are 'essential' in getting you new clients.
If you are 'too busy' and yet your business is not where you want it to be, then something has to change.
As the business owner, you need to take responsibility for making sure your time is used wisely, yet lots of business owners aren't clear on what this means.
Let's look at what you did yesterday. Write down everything that you did in your business yesterday.
Now go through this list and put a mark against those tasks which directly relate to bringing revenue into your business.
This is where all business owners should be investing their time, talent, intelligence, energy and resources.
Stop doing all of those things that may make you feel busy, and stop the twitchiness of having 'spare time'.
Spend less time reacting to other people's priorities (e.g. email, phone calls, interruptions) and spend more time being proactive.
Set out the boundaries around your business, from your client agreements to your working hours, and start to create the space, time and energy to work on growing your business to where you want it to be.
If you don't do this, then you will stay where you are right now – being really busy, with so much energy going into maintaining the status quo in your business that you have little energy left for anything else.
Start right now by reminding yourself of your objectives in your business, and start figuring out how you are going to get there.
this is a great article thank you. I think that sometimes we( by that I mean me) hide behind a sense of busy-ness because it makes us feel significant, needed and energised. the challenge comes when what we are doing isn't achieving what we want.
After juggling two kids and a full time job and being the main bread winner, I am now rearranging my life as a part time job and a Mum who does the school pick ups and helps with GCSE revision!. It is taking some getting used to and part of that learning is to not always be 'busy' for the sake of it but to put the energy into what really matters.
Your article is a good reminder. Off to work now on stuff which will bring in revenue!
Thanks Catherine – I definitely relate to your comment. Somehow though, having shorter working hours means imposing shorter deadlines on everything, and can actually mean we are more productive. I work around school days most days myself and I know I have to be super focused to get everything in. I'd probably only achieve the same if I worked longer hours!
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What we hope to discover in the next chapter of this mysterious iOS game.
At the end of November, developer Gameday released the fourth chapter of its hugely popular room-escape game, Doors & Rooms. We're big fans of the game and have already exhausted all four current chapters, bringing you a series of walkthroughs along the way. We've been promised new content for the game later on this month, and these are the five biggest improvements we'd like to see from the Chapter 5 update.
It took a little while for Gameday to find their feet when it came to designing puzzles that struck a good balance between logical satisfaction and complexity for the sake of it. The pool room puzzle in Chapter 4 is a perfect example of how a puzzle should unfold, as you explore and examine collectible objects to gradually tease away at the challenge. More like this in Chapter 5 please.
Anyone who's slogged their way through the four current chapters of Doors & Rooms will have likely dipped into the hints system at one time or another. While the developers have to make their money off hint purchases, we still think they could be a little clearer. Rather than having to unlock every level hint to make real progress, we'd like those early hint tiers to be a little more useful.
While we love the ominous tone that accompanies the start of each level, we can't help but think the game could be improved immeasurably with some ambient music to ratchet up the tension. It doesn't need to be extravagant, just a little something extra to keep the pressure piled on.
One of the puzzles we enjoyed the most in Doors & Rooms occurred early on in the very first chapter. With an ominous ticking sound in the background, you knew something bad was about to happen, and soon. The frantic exploration of the room to first discover the ticking dynamite, then stash it safely in the strongbox was simple but very satisfying to solve at a first attempt.
With each chapter having its own style and theme, we loved the addition of extra puzzles for the first two chapters. Will the Chapter 5 update introduce new content for the third and fourth chapters? We hope so, as we'd love to revisit some of the older escape challenge scenarios. With the experience gained through developing the superior later chapters, we reckon Gameday could cook up something special to spice up the earlier adventures.


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Quarterly Journal of Political
Research in Islamic World
Volume 8, Issue 2 (8-2018) پژوهشهاي سياسي جهان اسلام 2018, 8(2): 95-120 | Back to browse issues page
Amiri S. Ratio of Transformations in the West Asia Region to the National Security of the Islamic Republic of Iran. پژوهشهاي سياسي جهان اسلام. 2018; 8 (2) :95-120
URL: http://priw.ir/article-1-652-en.html
Ratio of Transformations in the West Asia Region to the National Security of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Suroush Amiri S
Faculty member in police University , suroush.jnu@gmail.com
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Background and Objectives: Popular upheavals and regional developments in the Islamic world in 2011, which began with the uprising of the Tunisian people and then spread to other countries in the Arab world, including Egypt, Bahrain and Yemen, are considered significant changes in the peripheral environment of Iran which affects the national security of the various countries of the region, including Iran.
Methodology: This paper, by using descriptive-analytical method, attempts to explore the opportunities and threats of developments in the Arab world for the national security of Iran and, in this regard, seeks to answer the question of what are the opportunities, challenges and threats to the national security of Islamic Republic of Iran?
Findings: Developments in the West Asia region due to their specific characteristics have always been important components of national security of Iran. Despite different patterns and processes, popular uprisings have been undergone in two directions at two levels: major changes in the level of West Asia and North Africa. The first is the transformation of political structures and systems within countries and the creation of new patterns of legitimacy at the level of political systems, and, the second is the transformation in the level of structure and balance of power among regional actors. These two levels of security components within countries and political and security arrangements will transform the situation of the region for Iran and create new variables and perspectives in the security environment of Iran. Based on this, Iran's national security has seen opportunities (for example, designing and strengthening new patterns of political legitimacy, changing political systems in the public order, as well as creating new political and security arrangements at the regional level) and threats such as highlighting conflicting policies between regional and global rivals.
Keywords: Security, National Security, Regional Security, Threats, Opportunities, Islamic Republic of Iran
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Type of Study: Research | Subject: Special
Received: 2018/04/8 | Accepted: 2018/06/26 | Published: 2019/01/20
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Coloreel an innovative Swedish company recently successfully launched world's first instant thread coloring unit at Avantex. Coloreel technology is a groundbreaking thread coloring unit for industrial embroidery machines. The thread coloring unit will change the business of industrial embroidery. By instantly coloring a white base thread during the embroidery production, Coloreel enables complete freedom to create unique embroideries without any limitations in the use of colors.
The product launch of Coloreel's instant thread coloring unit and the included colorization software Coloreel Studio got a curious and overwhelming reception at Avantex. Over a thousand visitors came by the Coloreel stand to learn more. Embroidery producers, digitizers, designers and apparel manufacturers including high-level brands were very impressed by the Coloreel unit and many requests to buy the revolutionary product were made.
"I feel proud and happy, all the visitors were impressed, both the ones we have had contact with earlier and the new ones we meet for the first time. We have every feature people ask for in the Coloreel unit and that feels great," says Magnus Hellström, VP Sales & Marketing at Coloreel.
What is the Big Deal of Coloreel unit in embroidery industry?
Coloreel provides the possibility of making fantastic embroideries with amazing quality. The customers will be able to create new unique embroideries that no one has seen before.
Coloreel offers improved logistics because the customers will only need one thread, but can get unlimited colors. Embroidery production speed will increase for producers with no trims needed for the color changes.
Coloreel reduces waste of resources by only producing the thread you need and minimizing water usage.
"We have the whole package, a unit that colors thread instantly in a more sustainable way and a colorization tool to create amazing embroidery designs. It is now clear; we will truly revolutionize the whole embroidery industry," says Mattias Nordin, CEO at Coloreel.
Shipping of the Coloreel units to customers in Europe will start at the beginning of 2019 with the USA following. The next step for Coloreel is to broaden the distribution in a very quality assured and service-oriented way. The product launch of the instant thread coloring unit was a clear indication that the whole world is longing for this product.
Development of innovative instant embroidery thread Coloring unit by a Swedish company.


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When Things Grow Many
Complexity, Universality and Emergence in Nature
Lawrence Schulman
An accessible and interdisciplinary introduction to the applications of statistical mechanics across the sciences. The book contains a discussion of the methods of statistical physics and includes mathematical explanations alongside guidance to enable the reader to translate theory into practice.
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Aimed at advanced undergraduates and graduate students, When Things Grow Many is an accessible and engaging textbook introducing the theory of statistical mechanics, as well as its fascinating real-world applications. The book's original approach, which covers interdisciplinary applications of statistical mechanics to a wide range of subjects, including chemistry, biology, linguistics, economics, sociology and more, is bound to appeal to a wide
While the first part of the book introduces the various methods of statistical physics, including complexity, emergence, universality, self-organized criticality, power laws and other timely topics, the final sections focus on specific relevance of these methods to the social, biological and physical sciences. The mathematical content is woven throughout the book in the form of equations, as well as further background and explanations being provided in footnotes and appendices.
Combinatorial Physics
The goal of the book is to use combinatorial techniques to solve fundamental physics problems, and vice-versa, to use theoretical physics techniques to solve combinatorial problems.
Quantum Stochastic Thermodynamics
Aimed at graduate students, post-docs, and lecturers, this textbook combines discussion of recent advances in modern nanotechnology informed by quantum physics with the theory and practical applications of thermodynamics, proving this ancient theory still offers many remarkable insights into present-day problems.
The Oxford Handbook of Emotional Development
This volume explores emotional development, with contributions from leaders in psychology, neuroscience, sociology, primatology, philosophy, history, cognitive science, computer science, and education.
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Stephen (Professor of Machine Learning, Professor of Machine Learning, Imperial College London) Muggleton & Nicholas (Professor of Behavioural Science, Professor of Behavioural Science, Warwick Business School) Chater
Sailing the Ocean of Complexity
Sauro Succi
Jochen Rau
The Silken Thread
J. Ray Fisher & Robert N. Wiedenmann
Quantum Reality
Jim Baggott
Integration with Complex Numbers
Aisling McCluskey & Brian McMaster
Is Einstein Still Right?
Nicolás Yunes & Clifford M. Will
Quantum Profiles
Jeremy Bernstein
Choosing the Future
Caroline J. Tolbert & Karen Mossberger & Scott J. LaCombe
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Robert (Director Emeritus, Director Emeritus, Department of Neurophysics, Max Planck) Turner & Joan Y. (Professor, Professor, Director of the International Cultural Neuroscience Consortium) Chiao & Su Yeon (Dr, Dr, Research Scientist at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in the Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology) Lee-Tauler & Shu-Chen (Professor, Professor, Chair of Lifespan Developmental Neuroscience, Technische University Dresden) Li
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Vadim Zverovich
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John McDonnell, managing director, international, at Tito's Handmade Vodka, has a similar challenge. "We are not in the business of paying to play," he says. "I can't compete with the money of the major players. "If a bar owner feels passionately about his spirits he will not be told what to stock. We focus on the quality of Tito's and the story behind it. I only incentivise my distributors to run tastings and food pairings."
But if a brand can win hearts with its liquid and heads with incentives, it has surely cracked it. The cheque book is the easiest option – and is well-fingered by big brands, though they don't like to talk about the exact numbers – but there are also more creative ways of currying favour.
Ketel One has a different approach at the top end bars to those lower down the ladder. "There are bars that require listing fees and those that allow us to be more creative," says Sheyan Patel, global commercial manager of the Diageo/Nolet family-owned brand.
The thinking is that bars, such as those in the World's 50 Best Bars list, are more about passion than paper – and crucially need to be known for being so. "They are trendsetters so we try to build long-term personal relationships through our Fraternity Programme," says Patel.
"We focus on taste tests but also offer programmes. One is a stand-up comedy course. You might ask 'what's the relevance?' but we are giving them the skills to present. We also offer training programmes that help bartenders run their business, such as courses on profit and loss."
It seems to be working. In DI's World's 50 Best Bars Brands Report, Ketel One was the best-selling vodka in 2013, with Grey Goose second. The Bacardi-owned brand, though, did finish top of our Trending list, so it has clearly kept hold of its cool since exploding on to the scene 15 years ago.
Like Ketel One and many other big brands, the Goose is no stranger to listing fees. The brand's global brand ambassador Joe McCanta points out, though, that rules on incentives differ from country to country. "In the US listing fees are illegal – either to pay flat-out cash or pay for a bartender to go on a trip or hire them as a consultant."
Offering free stock is also fairly common practice at Grey Goose, for experimentation purposes. "If there's something creative a bartender wants to work with we do not want them taking a hit on their bottom line," he says.
But McCanta stresses that the brand has evolved its communication over recent years – it is not about the bling and ka-ching for which vodka has become known. The new message is that Grey Goose is – and always was – a brand of provenance. It produces its own spirit (kudos there) from French wheat and production – no matter how large it is – is all overseen by its creator, Francois Thibault. McCanta admits that in the early days not enough was done "to educate about the brand".
Chris Moore, head bartender at the Beaufort Bar at London's Savoy, is a long-term customer of Grey Goose. "The brand has opened up a lot," he says. "Before bartenders would speculate [about production], but Grey Goose is produced in a natural way. And the notion that something that is produced in volume can't be artisanal is just not true."


12th December 2013: New live music performance on Dulcitone with live electronics as part of Bang the Bore's series of gigs at Cafe Kino, Bristol… With Simon Whetham and Alex Bertram-powell.
November 2013: Powerplant. Visuals for percussionist Joby Burgess.
1st: Sound Festival, The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen.
30th October 2013: Premier of Logic of Nothing, by Pangottic Circus Theatre, at Circomedia St Paul's, Bristol.
Sound design by Kathy Hinde. Touring UK during autumn 2013.
20 Nov, The Lighthouse, Poole.
25th – 27th October: Audible Forces at The Quays, Salford as part of Quays Culture Open Day.
7th July – 15th September: Music Box Migration at Making Tracks exhibition ONCA Gallery, Brighton.
28-29 September: Piano Migrations at NESTA's Future Fest, Shoreditch Town Hall, London.
22nd and 28th September: Powerplant. Visuals for percussionist Joby Burgess at Ghent Festival of Flanders, Belgium.
3rd – 6th October 2013: Sounding the River, a group show of sound and light along the River Rae, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham curated by Jony Easterby, produced by the Midland Arts Centre.
25th August 2013: Vocal Migrations demonstration at If Wet show and tell salon organised by MortonUnderwood at Callow End Village Hall.
Audible Forces: an outdoor sound sculpture show produced by Oxford Contemporary Music and Oxford Brookes University Sonic Art Research Unit. Co-commissioned by Brighton Festival and Without Walls. Featuring new work by Kathy Hinde, Max Eastley, Jony Easterby, Mark Anderson, Dan Fox, Mike Blow, Nathaniel Robin Mann. The participation of Max Eastley in Audible Forces has been supported by AHRC. Nathaniel Robin Mann is a Sound and Music Embedded artist in residence with Pitt Rivers Museum and OCM.
10th -12th Aug – Lakes Alive, Lake District.
June and July 2013: Artist in residence at Villa Waldberta, Feldafing, Bavaria.
5th July 2013: Piano Migrations at Culture Night, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Installation opens at 19:00, Music Box Migrations workshop at 19:00 and live performance with Matthew Olden at 23:00.
12pm – 8pm 14th June 2013: Music Box Migrations at Schaustelle, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich.
8:30pm 26th July 2013: Birds Insects and Sound Machines at Signalraum, featuring Kathy Hinde, Matthew Olden and Special guests.
20th June – 7th July 2013: As Far As The Eye Can See group show at The Looking Glass, Bristol with artists Laurie Lax and Alice Vandeleur-Boorer.
15th June 2013: Visuals for Powerplant performance, Joby Burgess on Percussion, Matthew Fairclough sound design, at Spitalfields Summer Festival.
4th – 5th May: Echo Location sound mapping project at Corby Walking festival. Walks lead by Artist Aaron Head.
17th May: Premiere of Under My Skin by Sadhana Dance, co-composed soundtrack with Matthew Olden.
22 May, Factory Studios, Bristol. Vocal Migrations at Mayfest, as part of their SENSE programme.
9 March 2013: Visuals for Powerplant performance, Joby Burgess on Percussion, Matthew Fairclough sound design, at Minimal Festival, featuring Steve Reich, Glasgow Royal Concert Halls.
22 Feb 2013, 7pm: Laced Words – a site specific video projection created in collaboration with Arabel Rosillo de Blas for opening night of Bedford Creative Arts Almanac Festival at 1 St Paul's Square, Bedford.
25 Feb – 3 Mar 2013: Piano Migrations at Audiograft Festival, The Glass Tank Gallery, Oxford Brookes University.
3 March 2013: Performance with Sabine Vogel as ORNIS at Audiograft Festival, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford.
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Iowa state trial court judge rules for gay marriage:
By Dale Carpenter on August 30, 2007 6:21 pm
I haven't seen the actual decision yet, but a Chicago Tribune story suggests that the judge was persuaded that limiting marriage to opposite-sex couples is a form of sex discrimination. That's been a common and usually unsuccessful argument in gay-marriage cases.
There's apparently an immediate route available to the state supreme court, which could handle the case itself or decide to let the intermediate state appellate court consider it first. While the same-sex couples involved are celebrating, my guess is that the decision will be stayed pending appeal. Iowa does not have a state constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, but this is sure to fire up support for one.
If the decision seems to break any new ground, I'll have more to say about it.
UPDATE: If you're having trouble accessing the Tribune story, here's one from the Sioux City Journal.
FURTHER UPDATE: The decision is available here. Thanks to Steve Sanders, who filed an amicus brief in the case, for making the text available.
Chinese History Bleg:
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THINGS TO LOOK FOR TODAY
CBD COP 3
See other coverage from CBD COP 3:
Summary report Summary report 4–15 November 1996
Daily report Daily report for 14 November 1996
Daily report Daily report for 8 November 1996
Curtain raiser Curtain raiser
Daily report for 6 November 1996
Delegates to COP-3 completed their initial discussion of the financial mechanism, theCBD clearing-house mechanism, conservation and sustainable use, in situconservation, and monitoring and assessment of biodiversity. The Working Group onagricultural biodiversity met during an evening session. A Working Group on financialissues was established, to be chaired by Iran's Mohammad Reza Salamat. The WorkingGroup will begin its deliberations Thursday.
Vice-President Manfred Schneider (Austria) presided over a short Plenary, which electedthe final GRULAC nominee for the Bureau, John Ashe (Antigua and Barbuda). RaedBani Hani (Jordan) was elected Rapporteur.
FINANCIAL ISSUES: The EU stated that the documentation regarding theavailability of additional financial resources and suggestions for funding institutions doesnot provide a sufficient basis for discussion. The US expressed concern aboutinaccuracies in the papers regarding additional financial resources.
KYRGISTAN, also speaking for KAZAKHSTAN, indicated support for the GEF. TheRUSSIAN FEDERATION, TUNISIA and SYRIA supported the GEF as the permanentfinancial mechanism. NEW ZEALAND encouraged the COP to confirm the status of theGEF at this meeting so as to facilitate negotiations on GEF replenishment next year.GERMANY said the COP must consider all possible implications of its decisions on theestablished financial mechanism and the GEF's resultant ability to fund projects indeveloping countries.
BENIN, the CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, ZAMBIA and PARAGUAY called forthe production of GEF papers and reports in all UN languages to ensure full participationin deliberations, particularly those regarding funding of projects in developing countries.CHINA encouraged funding institutions to develop a sense of urgency regarding time-sensitive and irreversible issues and underscored country ownership as a prerequisite forsuccessful project implementation and environmental effectiveness. HONDURASstressed the need for more innovative rather than traditional projects and called forspeedier project approval. The US said GEF projects should be country-driven andsuggested that national reports and strategies could be useful mechanisms to prioritizecapacity building and biodiversity needs. SYRIA stated that Parties should be given muchmore autonomy in designing projects to support national priorities.
The G-77/CHINA said developed countries are not fulfilling their commitments underArticle 20.2 (new and additional financial resources), which hinders developing countriesfrom complying with their commitments. INDONESIA and MALAYSIA also called fornew and additional resources, including from the private sector. INDIA noted a generaldecline in biodiversity funding within the GEF portfolio and recommended that futureGEF reports include information on total biodiversity funds against the needs anddemands by countries.
The UK said the GEF requires additional guidance from the COP to ensure that all threeCBD objectives are reflected in its work programme. CANADA cautioned againstreviewing the effectiveness of the financial mechanism for areas that have not yetreceived guidance. MALAYSIA and INDIA called on the GEF to support: a globaltaxonomy initiative; capacity-building for biosafety; the CHM; and agriculturalbiodiversity. HAITI called for training in small, new signatory countries to enable themto understand the financial mechanism. EQUATORIAL GUINEA noted that his countryhas been allocated funds for capacity strengthening but lacks adequate information to usethem as mandated. He appealed to Parties to advise the national focal points about GEFmodalities.
TUNISIA stressed the need for developing countries to define national policies forconservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and the need for appropriate financialmeans to implement these policies. CAMEROON said the language of the operationalstrategy is esoteric and puts developing countries at a disadvantage. The SEYCHELLESinformed delegates of a recent workshop held in the Seychelles from 20-22 October 1996on sustainable tourism, whose objectives were to popularize the concept of ecotourism,promote sustainable practices in the tourism industry, and develop a portfolio of revenue-generating project proposals.
The CHAIR suggested that regional groups identify the financial issues on which theywant COP-3 to take a decision. These will be discussed Thursday in a Working Group onfinance, to be chaired by Mohammad Reza Salamat (Iran).
CLEARING-HOUSE MECHANISM: The Secretariat introduced the documentaddressing the clearing-house mechanism (CHM) (UNEP/CBD/COP/3/4). The EU andTANZANIA emphasized that the CHM should be needs-driven and decentralized. TheEU stressed the involvement of relevant UN bodies and international institutions as activepartners, and GERMANY added the private sector and universities. MALAYSIA saidthat the CHM should be proactive by developing models for bioprospecting arrangementsinvolving the private sector. ETHIOPIA requested that the CHM exclude information ontraditional knowledge until access and benefit-sharing policies are in place. NEWZEALAND stated that the CHM should include information on policy and decisionmaking and on biodiversity management. MALAYSIA, with CAMEROON, said theCHM should be a vehicle to meet the needs of developing countries and provide access toand transfer of technology.
The EU, COLOMBIA and several others supported the recommendation for regionalworkshops. COLOMBIA is organizing the first regional working group in early 1997with the assistance of Germany.
ICELAND and KOREA called for transparency. COLOMBIA highlighted the need todefine the targeted audience and identify and prioritize the types of information required.SOUTH AFRICA urged the Secretariat to determine the best ways that CHM user needscan be met and to work closely with the GEF to access adequate financial resources.AUSTRALIA called on the GEF to revise its operational criteria to allow funding forenabling activities for the CHM. CANADA and the PHILIPPINES called for GEFsupport for the pilot phase and long-term implementation of the CHM. NORWAYproposed that funding for the CHM be supplied by bilateral and multilateral financialinstitutions and that the pilot phase be extended through 1998.
AUSTRALIA, TANZANIA, ICELAND, KOREA and GREECE supported thepublication of a CHM newsletter. AUSTRALIA and GERMANY called on theSecretariat to promptly fill its staff positions for the CHM. The US urged the use of apeer review process to assure technical quality and credibility. CHINA, TANZANIA andINDONESIA called for capacity building and human resource training to allowdeveloping countries to use the mechanism. MAURITIUS called for capacity building onprioritizing information requests.
TANZANIA said the participation of Parties who do not currently have Internet accessmust be ensured, and ARGENTINA called for additional support for those countries.INDIA called for the development of a basic Internet training package. GERMANYstated that Internet-based communication must be supplemented by more traditionalmeans of information exchange.
BRAZIL called for guidelines for setting up national focal points. NIGER urged thatnational focal points should play a role in distributing information. GERMANY will hostan international workshop to follow up on COP-3 and SBSTTA to analyze the demandprofile for the kind of information that should be provided by national focal points. TheCHAIR called for half-page proposals to integrate into a Chair's draft text.
IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLES 6 (CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLEUSE) AND 8 (IN SITU CONSERVATION): The discussion on agenda itemsaddressing Articles 6 and 8, 7 and 25.2(a) was based on documentsUNEP/CBD/COP/3/11, 12 and 13. Delegates were asked to address all three items and tomake short interventions. The recommendations of those who were not able to speak willbe distributed Thursday morning.
COSTA RICA outlined a process of devolving biodiversity management to localgovernment and to civil society. Peter Johan Schei (Norway), the Chair of SBSTTA-2,summarized SBSTTA's recommendations II/1 (assessment, methodologies,identification, monitoring and indicators of biodiversity) and II/2 (practical approachesfor capacity building for taxonomy) (UNEP/CBD/COP/3/3). The EU highlightedconservation, integration into relevant sectoral policies, and equitable sharing of benefitsarising from the use of genetic resources. SWITZERLAND emphasized regionalcoordination to accomplish conservation goals. INDONESIA urged implementation ofIUCN guidelines on monitoring and conflict management in Protected Areas.
INDIA stated that implementation of Articles 6 and 8 require action mainly at thenational level. CHINA requested that the Biosafety Working Group take up the issue ofalien species. NORWAY proposed putting 8(h) (introduction of alien species) on a futureCBD agenda and called attention to a conference it hosted on alien species. MALAYSIAasked for full funding, without conditionality, for activities involving Articles 6 and 8.MADAGASCAR proposed an economic study of the value of biodiversity.
OPTIONS FOR IMPLEMENTING ARTICLE 7 (IDENTIFICATION ANDMONITORING): ARGENTINA noted a "marked dichotomy" in the implementationof Articles 6 and 8 versus that of Article 7. SPAIN stated that Articles 6, 7 and 8 shouldbe applied in parallel. NEW ZEALAND recommended that COP-3 call for immediateimplementation of 7(a) (identify components important for conservation) and 7(c)(identify processes that adversely impact conservation) and called on Parties to preparereports on their experiences with assessment methodology. The US suggested that avoluntary pilot project be developed to demonstrate the assessment process.
NORWAY called for the use of remote sensing. ICELAND supported the development ofan indicative framework. SOUTH AFRICA supported the two-track approach proposedby SBSTTA. SWEDEN stressed a bottom-up approach to developing indicators.BRAZIL called attention to the recommendations of a workshop it hosted(UNEP/CBD/COP/3/Inf.19).
IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLE 25(2)(a) (SCIENTIFIC ASSESSMENTS) ANDMETHODOLOGIES: The NETHERLANDS stated that the GEF should fundtaxonomy capacity building to accomplish in situ conservation goals. BRAZILproposed the creation of taxonomic centres of excellence. AUSTRALIA stated thatcapacity building should be one of SBSTTA's priorities. INDIA said that assessment ofmarine areas should be conducted in connection with the United Nations Convention onthe Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
The Open-ended Working Group on agricultural biodiversity met during the evening.Draft texts were tabled by the EU and the G-77 and China. The EU, supported bySweden, stated that it could not accept the G-77 text as a basis for negotiation because itignored the "useful work" of the SBSTTA. Canada, Mauritius, the EU, Norway, the UKand Australia proposed that the SBSTTA recommendations would serve as a soundscientific basis for the negotiations. Colombia, Brazil and Argentina preferred that the G-77 text serve as a basis for negotiation, noting that SBSTTA recommendations could bebrought in as "enrichments" to the final document once the political stage had been set bythe COP. Delegates agreed to form a small drafting group, to be composed of a core ofregional representatives, to consider both draft texts and the SBSTTA recommendations.
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE: The COW will meet during the morning todiscuss forest issues, during the afternoon to discuss Article 8(j) (traditional knowledge),and from 8:00 to 11:00 pm to discuss the proposals regarding the modus operandiof SBSTTA.
AGRICULTURAL BIODIVERSITY:<M> The drafting group will meet at10:00 am and is expected to report to the Working Group in the evening.
FINANCE: The Finance Working Group will meet following a workshop to beorganized by Argentina and Switzerland. The workshop will begin at 1:00 pm.
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Total Focus by Brandon Webb, a former Navy SEAL talks about making better decisions under pressure. It's the latest book I've been reading and highly recommend it to anyone like myself that is seeking to improve their efficiency and capacity to continuously improve in life. I've always admired the armed forces capacity to build discipline and throughout Brandon's engaging biographic style book he talks about those processes in great detail.
For a while, I was struggling to focus despite my talents in digital marketing and wanted to learn the thought process of people of such discipline reason to get things done with excellent while upholding absolute awareness. He walks through his challenges in building a digital marketing and publishing business which ironically is what I'm in. Webb grows off of the failures and what he did to overcome the business challenges he faced. He shows reasoning as his successes and failures occurred often benchmarking projects as a win or failure in 6-month windows. The absolute ferocity, veracity, and tenacity throughout the way puts a strong emphasis on having a strong passion for anything you're doing. I often say, where ever you go, do so with all your heart. That said, this book was something I absolutely identified with.
As a recently diagnosed individual with A.D.D (now packaged as A.D.H.D) in the last month, the book touched on how many business owners like myself are also affected by a similar deficit. When I saw this on the shelf it absolutely spoke to me. Despite what many told me I was always of the mind that one should just make the best of their circumstances and the stigmas around mental health often dismissed. The best advice I could offer here is that mental health is ridiculously undervalued. My value and profits have surged since this recognition and I'm glad after many years I elected to go in despite the myths people pushed around perceptions. I learned that in fact many of my peers had it and also benefitted from the same information. As per this book it can only be beneficial to be humble recognizing your shortcomings with absolute awareness than to flounder around becoming the best you.


You must be honest in your financial and commercial dealings with patients, colleagues, employers, insurers and other organisations.
You must never accept gifts or hospitality that may affect, or be seen to affect, your professional judgement.
You must be honest about and declare any conflict, or perceived conflict of interest. This applies to your practice as well as to related activities such as attending meetings and giving lectures.
You must only refer a patient to a colleague if this is in the patient's best interests, rather than for your own, or a colleague's, financial gain or benefit.
See section on Partnership with patients.


Discussion in '[OLD FORUM] Bass Guitars, Amps, and Accessories: F' started by Flat Bass, Feb 21, 2003.
I bought this eden WT-400 head two weeks ago and used it twice for $750.00 I am asking $700.00 and remember it is brand new with the warranty card not filled out.
Will trade both for a nice Walter Woods head.


Movie sequels are built on the notion of brand identity, of reuniting audiences with the familiar elements that made the previous movie(s) a hit, and arguably no original element is more important than getting the cast back for another go-around.
In the case of these 10 movies, however, a previous star - be they the protagonist or a crucial supporting cast member - will be conspicuously absent, as confirmed by either themselves or the studio.
In some cases the actors didn't feel like it was a worthwhile role, yet elsewhere a few performers were rocked by career-threatening PR scandals which made their returns untenable, and in other cases there's just not much rhyme or reason to their exclusion at all.


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Home » Composite industry » News » Poliya starts production in Russia
Poliya starts production in Russia
18 March 2013 | Amanda Jacob
Poliya Composite Resins and Polymers Inc (Poliya), headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey, produces the Polijel gel-coat series, and also manufactures unsaturated polyester resins, vinyl ester resins, pigment colour pastes and other products for the composites industry.
The company has manufacturing facilities in Turkey and Italy (see Poliya starts resin and gel-coat production in Italy.)
"Our newest location in Russia means this production plant will be much closer to a large number of up and coming and existing composites manufacturers in the region including Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan,Belarus, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Georgia, Armenia,Tajikistan,Kyrgyzstan and Moldova," says Buelent Oeztuna, CEO of Poliya.
"This expansion will allow Poliya to not only provide the customised polyester and vinyl ester resins we are best known for but also allow improved logistics, faster response times and lower costs over all."
Poliya acquired Turkish company Cam Elyaf's resins business in 2011 (see Poliya acquires Cam Elyaf resins business).
Price increase for Poliya
Poliya has announced a price increase for its complete portfolio of composite resins and gelcoats sold in Europe and Middle East.
Aluminum with diamond structure would be lighter than water
Computer simulations predict that crystallized aluminum with a diamond-like structure would have a lower density than water.
Gevorkyan develops new hardening operation
Slovakian PM company Gevorkyan has launched a new hardening operation.