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Focus Area highlights
We have worked with our Focus Area Leads to ensure that there is a wealth of content for every area of endocrinology. We caught up with representatives for each of ESE's eight key Focus Areas to find out about their personal programme highlights.
Adrenal and Neuroendocrine Tumours
Symposium 2: New Horizons in Phaeochromocytoma and Paraganglioma
"I am excited to hear this session's talk on the Prognosis for Malignant Phaeochromocytoma. This talk is quite important since at the moment there are no markers which accurately predict outcome of these tumours. This session also focuses on Combination Targeted Therapies for Malignant Tumours, another very important topic as malignant pheochromocytoma is a rare disease, without curative treatment available yet."
Symposium 29: Innovations in NETS
"I am very interested in the talk on new TKI's for pancreatic NETS given in session. The incidence of these tumors is increasing. They have complex clinical and biochemical behaviour and current treatment strategies for advanced disease are not ideal. Learning about innovations in this area is key."
Darko Kastelan, Clinical Lead for the Adrenal and Neuroendocrine Tumours Focus Area
Symposium 28: Parathyroid disorders: outcomes of the PARAT programme
"My personal programme highlights include. There is one talk focusing on the Challenges in the management of chronic hypoparathyroidism I am particularly interested in. This is a hot topic right now with several new treatments in development."
Lars Rejnmark, Clinical Lead for the Calcium and Bone Focus Area
Clinical Endocrinology Trust Lecture: Postmenopausal osteoporosis: balancing the risks and benefits
"We are looking forward to the Clinical Endocrinology Trust Lecture given by Richard Eastell. Postmenopausal osteoporosis is a very common disease and is of great interest to clinicians and researchers alike."
Wim van Hul, Basic Lead for the Calcium and Bone Focus Area
Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism
Plenary 5: Harnessing the microbiome in metabolic disease
"The role of the microbiome in metabolic disease is one of the hottest topics in the field of endocrinology today. This is why my personal highlights include this session examining how we can use the microbiome to improve patient outcomes.
Daniela Cota, Basic Lead for the Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism Focus Area
Symposium 16: Controversial issues in bariatric surgery
"This has caught my attention as Bariatric surgery is performed increasingly more frequently, despite the fact that correct selection of patients, choice of optimal surgical procedure, postoperative care and outcome remain to be established or optimised."
Anton Luger, Clinical Lead for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism Focus Area
Environment Society and Governance
Symposium 5: Large ambitious and inspiring European prevention programs
"This session will address some impressive and very successful Europe- and worldwide projects. For example the Cities changing diabetes project that enables cities over the world to involve their inhabitants in prevention and treatment projects to fight the global obesity pandemic. The session will also take a look at the Prevention program for male health as example of how large and ambitious projects can be successful. Finally, in the same symposium, we will bring into the spotlight the EU-thyroid project, which brings together data from 16 countries."
Symposium 10: The future of medicine, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and big data!
"In this symposium we will discuss the radical changes that everybody in the field of medicine will be exposed to. Experts in the field will present their revolutionary vision on the future of AI in radiology and imaging. But also, the developments in AI and machine learning in endocrinology and metabolism and big data in endocrine diseases will be discussed, so we're very sure that this symposium will draw a lot of attention."
AJ van der Lely Representative for the Environment Society and Governance Focus Area
Symposia 23: Difficult pituitary tumour cases
"I am excited to see this session's talk on functional imaging in difficult pituitary cases. This is an emerging field and its diagnostic usefulness needs clarification."
Jens Otto Jørgensen, Clinical Lead for the Pituitary and Neuroendocrinology Focus Area
Symposium 9: Emerging concerns in male reproduction
"One talk in particular has caught my attention; Hypothalamic neuropeptides modulate sex, senses and emotion in humans as it will cover kisspeptins. Kisspeptins have emerged as key players in reproduction. The work from speaker Waljit Dhillo and colleagues has exposed the dimension of kisspeptins as modulators of sex behaviours and emotions in humans which is quite novel and interesting."
Manuel Tena-Sempere, Basic Lead for the Reproductive Endocrinology Focus Area
Meet The Expert 3: 30 years of molecular genetic testing of thyroid cancer
For me this is a talk of great clinical interest. It's also great to get the view of the speaker Bela Bendlova as a specialist working in our host country, the Czech Republic."
Clara Alverez, Representative of the Thyroid Focus Area
Meet The Expert Basic Scientist 3: Environmental disruptions of the thyroid hormone axis?
"Endocrine disruptors are constantly coming up as important in both basic and clinical science. It is a puzzle which needs to be resolved, this session should provide part of the picture."
Leonidas Duntas, Representative of the Thyroid Focus Area
These are just some of the fascinating and boundary pushing sessions at available ECE 2020. Take a look at our the Scientifc Programme to learn more.

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Panthers Hand Flyers First Regulation Loss of 2021
By Eric Reese Posted on October 24, 2021
Flyers' Scott Laughton. (Photo Credit: Alex McIntyre)
Without Ryan Ellis, did the Philadelphia Flyers stand up defensively, or did the Florida Panthers exploit a weakness?
No matter the sport, games are dictated by the defense. Before the puck dropped at the Wells Fargo Center, the Florida Panthers could call their defensive unit the best in the league.
The Philadelphia Flyers scored sixteen goals in their first three games. If there were ever a team to hand the Panthers their first loss of 2021-2022, it's the Flyers, right!? Well, maybe. On paper, they did show the capability to accumulate goals. Sergei Bobrovsky is no slouch, nor has he ever been.
Tonight, Florida was the favorite. No, they didn't have the home-ice advantage. They did have the personnel to take on Joel Farabee, Cam Atkinson, and Travis Konecny. Unfortunately, Philadelphia had to cope without Ryan Ellis.
Who would dictate the pace? Would the Flyers be able to keep the Panthers out of the offensive zone? Which team was more disciplined?
Here's how tonight unfolded at the Wells Fargo Center:
First Period
Throughout most of the opening period, the Philadelphia Flyers had their scoring opportunities. Most of the pressure came through the slot, putting the spotlight on Sergei Bobrovsky to make critical saves. Unfortunately for the Flyers forwards, he did that. Philadelphia wasn't able to capitalize on the man-advantage; then went 1/2 on the penalty kill.
Each time the Florida Panthers pressed into the defensive zone, a Flyers forward remained disruptive. James van Riemsdyk and Claude Giroux cleared a Panthers 5v5 possession, featuring Derick Brassard on an appreciated backcheck. Then, Scott Laughton and Sean Couturier killed the first penalty committed by Travis Sanheim.
Sanheim was a player I mentioned when previewing this game. It's up to him to tighten up the 2LD role. His pair started tonight's game, getting the added minutes with Ryan Ellis absent. As soon as Philadelphia successfully killed on penalty, Nick Seeler committed another. It was a tick-tack call that proved to be costly.
Jonathan Huberdeau not only scored the powerplay goal to give Florida the early lead, but he also finished the period by putting Rasmus Ristolainen on his back.
Panthers led, 1-0.
Second Period
Though the Florida Panthers took an early lead due to Nick Seeler's untimely penalty, the Philadelphia Flyers made it their mission to strike back. They did on the powerplay and the penalty kill.
One thing that remains a constant from season to season is Claude Giroux. Earlier, he made a defensive play to clear the puck from the neutral zone. To start the second period, he connected over the stick side of Sergei Bobrovsky, converting a powerplay. Suddenly, the Panthers lead disappeared.
Carter Hart began to bail out his team, making quality save after quality save. With the score tied, Nate Thompson visited the penalty box for hooking. As quickly as the Flyers got back into the game, they were about to find themselves out.
Cam Atkinson made sure to rewrite that narrative, potting the first shorthanded goal of the season for Philadelphia.
Unfortunately, the Flyers couldn't close Florida out in the final minutes of the second period. Similar to the first period, the Panthers scored in the fading moments. Owen Tippett tied the game, 2-2, due to soft coverage by Travis Sanheim and Rasmus Ristolainen. That defensive pair is the only one uninterrupted by Philadelphia's personnel change. Not the strongest showing from a combination Alain Vigneault relies upon.
#Flyers Travis Sanheim wanted the second #FlaPanthers goal back. Florida is a transition team that ate Philadelphia up without Ryan Ellis. #BringItToBroad #HockeyTwitter
— Eric Reese (@EricReesePSN) October 24, 2021
Third Period
As much as the Philadelphia Flyers fought back in the second period, it all came undone in the third.
Throughout the game, special teams acted as both the biggest strength and weakness of the Flyers game. Claude Giroux and Cam Atkinson made the special teams pop. Jonathan Huberdeau, who scored the first of the night for the Florida Panthers, added a shorthanded goal of his own. Suddenly, the Panthers were back in control.
#Flyers Cam Atkinson: "I thought we did a really good job on the PK." Mentioned playing man-down too often gave #FlaPanthers too much momentum. #BringItToBroad #HockeyTwitter
Undisciplined hockey proved to be the straw that broke the proverbial camel's back. Travis Sanheim wanted another opportunity to defend the eventual game-winner. Throughout the evening, he was shaky on the left side.
Lineups like the one deployed by Alain Vigneault tonight ensure exactly why Ryan Ellis is critical. Rightfully, Florida exploited a defense sans Ellis.
Finishing the night, Sam Reinhart scored an empty-net goal. The Panthers won 4-2, but Philadelphia didn't get down on their performance. Some things worked out well. Team chemistry is trending in the right direction. With a healthy lineup, the Flyers want to see Florida again.
Next, the Philadelphia Flyers visit the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday, October 27th, 2021, at 10pm on TNT.
Photo Credit: Alex McIntyre
Eric Reese
Eric is a University of Delaware graduate with a degree in English. While in school, he began writing for different publications such as The Highlight Network, Amps and Greenscreens, and he did color commentary for the University of Delaware Men's and Women's lacrosse teams throughout the 2013 season as an alumni. Prior to being featured with Philly Sports Network, he began a pro-wrestling podcast with a childhood friend called the Totally Over Podcast. As an avid sports die-hard for all things Philadelphia, Eric is also a proud supporter of West Virginia University.
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Home > Mutual Funds > what is NAV?
When you invest in mutual funds, you hear a lot about net asset values or NAVs. NAV is simply the value of assets of the mutual fund minus its liabilities divided by the number of shares outstanding (or mutual fund units). In other words, it's the net value of each unit of a mutual fund scheme. When you want to buy units of a mutual fund scheme, the price that you pay for each unit is the NAV. So you need to have a good understanding of what is NAV.
Before we go into what is NAV, let's look at how mutual funds originate. A fund house launches a mutual fund scheme by coming out with a new fund offer or NFO. It comes out with a plan to invest in a certain instrument – like equity, debt, large cap shares, small cap stocks, sectoral shares – depending on its investment objectives. The fund house then places this plan before investors, inviting them to participate in the scheme by putting their money in it. Units of the scheme are sold to the public at a certain fixed price – generally Rs 10. After it gathers the funds, the fund house then invests them in the avenues defined by the investment objectives.
Now we look at what is NAV. After the collected funds are invested in, say, stocks, the scheme arrives at the NAV, which is determined by the prices of the shares in the scheme minus the cost of administering the fund (expense ratio). As share prices change every day, the NAV changes accordingly. Investors can then measure the profits or losses by comparing the current mutual fund NAV with the NAV at which they purchased units of the scheme.
You will know what is NAV of a fund since it will have to be declared by the fund house at the end of each trading day in the case of an open-ended fund, as stipulated by the Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI). In the case of a close-ended fund, the scheme is listed on the stock exchange and price determined according to demand and supply. The price of the mutual fund unit and its NAV may differ. If there is more demand for the scheme, prices could be at a premium to the NAV. If the demand for the fund is lower, the price could be quoted at a discount to the NAV.
Investors have to know what is NAV to make decisions to buy or sell mutual fund units. It's important to understand NAV meaning in mutual fund because there is a misconception among some people that a scheme with a lower NAV is a good buy because it's cheap. That's not the case. The NAV may be low simply because the mutual fund is investing in shares whose prices may be low.
The low prices may not be because of market conditions. Some companies like to keep share prices low because they want to increase their liquidity in the market. They may do it through periodic stock splits. For example, a company may split each share into two, so the value of each share will halve, and there will be twice as many shares in the stock market available to investors. Of course, the total value of shares held by existing investors will remain the same. So it's good to know exactly NAV meaning in the mutual fund, and its limitations.
When you know what is NAV, you can use it to gauge the value of units. Suppose you have purchased units of a certain scheme at a NAV of Rs 50, and it goes up to Rs 60 in six months' time. What this means that the basket of shares in your scheme has appreciated by 20 percent. The daily changes in the NAV represent the price changes of the shares in your mutual fund portfolio.
NAV meaning in a mutual fund does not alter in the case debt funds. NAVs of debt schemes also keep changing, because of changes in interest rates and the profits fund managers make by selling and buying fixed income instruments like bonds and debentures. But the daily changes in mutual fund NAVs are not so dramatic as in equity funds.
It's important to know what is NAV because it's an easy way of checking the returns you make on your investments. You can track returns on an everyday basis, monthly or even quarterly. Of course, just because you know what is NAV, you don't need to check it every day since you have to hold mutual funds for a while before you can make returns. But investment experts recommend that investors check mutual funds NAVs on a quarterly basis to find out how their schemes are doing. You can also do it if you are planning to change your investment plan and rejig your portfolio. Another good time to check your mutual fund NAVs is when there's a major event, like a bull run on the stock market, a crash, or a change in interest rates that will alter the NAVs of your debt funds.
Obviously, you have to know what is NAV of mutual funds when you invest. The time at which you invest in a mutual fund scheme will have an effect on NAV. If you invest before 3 PM on a working day, you will be able to get the same day's NAV. But if you purchase after 3 PM, you will get the subsequent day's NAV for your mutual fund units. The same goes for redemption. So if NAVs are changing, you will probably save some money if you get the timing right. Of course, this will make a difference only if you are investing large sums of money.
It's a good idea for you to know the NAV meaning in the mutual fund because NAVs are a good way of finding out how a scheme is doing. However, they don't tell you how the underlying assets of the fund are faring. For example, it will not tell you that the shares in your scheme have very high price-earnings ratios and thus overvalued. The future performance of such a scheme could, therefore, be in doubt.
In the case of a debt fund, you may not get an idea of the quality of the instruments the fund manager is investing in by just looking at what is NAV of the mutual fund. In short, while a mutual fund NAV is a good indicator of fund performance, it is by no means the only parameter you should be looking at. So you need to know exactly what is NAV, and what it reveals and does not reveal. Remember the old catchword: Caveat emptor or buyer beware!
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New roadbase highlights recycling possibilities
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A cutting-edge innovation turning used printer toner into road surface has led to calls for businesses to further increase their efforts on recycling.
Planet Ark revealed that Rayfield Avenue, Craigieburn in Melbourne's north is the first street in Australia to trial a new roadbase that uses recycled printer toner, soft plastics and glass.
The new material is said to last up to 65 per cent longer than traditional asphalt, while being far friendlier to the environment by reducing the amount of waste heading to landfill.
"It's great to see that Cartridges 4 Planet Ark is a true recycling success story in light of the challenges posed by China's new waste policy," the group's campaign manager, Claire Bell, said.
"For 15 years it has been a shining example of manufacturers taking responsibility for the end life of their cartridges and turning them into new resources."
The TonerPave and TonerSeal products are not the only materials generated from used printer toners: pens, and composite wood for gardening, fencing and decking have also been used for some time.
According to Planet Ark, it has received more than 38.5 million printer cartridges over the last 15 years – enough to fill 77 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
Ms Bell thanked printer manufacturers Brother, Canon, Epson, HP, Konica Minolta and Kyocera for their help in the program by acting as drop-off points for used cartridges.
"It's great to see product manufacturers take responsibility, and people from all around Australia doing their part to support a program where zero waste goes to landfill," she said.


Joris shows Joel the Ethereum version of the previously demonstrated Doge Tipping app. Live demo and code walkthrough of smart contract and JS bindings.
I like writing tests! At least some of it is like 'playing with it' except instead of just looking if values are correct, you write it down so you can sometimes keep the usefulness what you did then.
Note: probably next time zoom in so the code isnt so small on screen.
Good catch on the zooming; we'll improve that next time.


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Les élections municipales québécoises de 2017 se déroulent le . Elles permettent d'élire les maires et les conseillers de chacune des municipalités locales du Québec, ainsi que les préfets de quelques municipalités régionales de comté.

Abitibi-Témiscamingue

Amos

Angliers
Aucune élection
Élection reportée à  en raison du projet de regroupement avec la municipalité de Laverlochère

Authier

François Deschênes remplace Richard Coulombe au poste de conseiller #6 en cours de mandat.

Authier-Nord

Barraute

Démission d'Alexandre Lupien (conseiller #4) peu avant le .

Béarn

Démission de Michel Beauchamp (conseiller #4) peu avant le .

Sonia Beauregard entre au conseil municipal à titre de conseillère #4 le .

Démission de Claude Perreault (conseiller #2) peu avant le .

Daniel Touzin entre au conseil municipal à titre de conseiller #2 le .

Belcourt

Belleterre

Berry

Champneuf

Chazel

Clermont

Clerval

Chantal Mélançon devient conseillère #4 avant le .

Élection partielle au poste de maire
Organisée en raison de la démission de la mairesse Suzanne Théberge en mai-juin 2020.
Michel Cliche, conseiller #2, assure l'intérim à titre de maire-suppléant.
Élection par acclamation de Michel Cliche en .

Duhamel-Ouest

Démission d'Émilise Lessard-Therrien (conseillère #6) pour assumer ses nouvelles fonctions de députée provinciale de Québec solidaire dans Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue le .

Démission de Nathalie Breton (conseillère #4) en raison d'un déménagement dans une autre municipalité le .

Carole Cholet et Jocelyn Cardinal sont respectivement élus sans opposition conseillère #4 et conseiller #6 le .

Duparquet

Sylvain Audet siège au conseil municipal à titre de conseiller #2 le .

Démission d'Alain Mercier (conseiller #1) peu avant le .

Départ de Wandalania Therrien (conseillère #4) peu après le .

Jacques Ricard (conseiller #5) agit à titre de pro-maire pour le reste du mandat .

Denis Blais et Marlène Doroftei apparaissent au procès-verbal et conseil à titre de conseiller #1 et conseillère #4 le .

Dupuy

Démission du maire Normand Lagrange pour occuper la direction générale de la MRC d'Abitibi-Ouest le .

Élection de Rémi Jean (conseiller #1) au poste de maire vers le .

Ronald Lévesque entre au conseil municipal à titre de conseiller #1 le .

Fugèreville

Gallichan

Démission de Réjean Breton (conseiller #5) peu avant le .

Élection de Valérie Bruneau au poste de conseillère #5 le .

Guérin

Anik Longpré remplace Suzie Dubeau à titre de conseillère #4 en cours de mandat.

Démission du maire Maurice Laverdière peu avant le .

Élection de Roger Bouthillette (conseiller #1) à titre de maire par le conseil municipal le .

Kipawa

Démission de Caroline Langlais (conseillère #5) le .

Pierre Mercier entre au conseil à titre de conseiller #5 le .

La Corne

Myriam Daigneault remplace Normand Gauthier à titre de conseillère #4 avant le .

La Morandière

 Les postes de conseiller #1 et de conseiller #4 sont respectivement comblés par Pascal Petit et Michelle Sénéchal au début de 2018.

Démission de Paul G. Desjardins (conseiller #3) peu avant le .

Jocelyn Tanguay entre au conseil municipal à titre de conseiller #3 le .

La Motte

Démission du maire Louis-Joseph Fecteau-Lefebvre en raison d'un épuisement professionnel lié au Projet Authier de Sayona Québec le .

Démission de Réjean Richard (conseiller #6) pour se présenter à la mairie le .

Élection sans opposition de Réjean Richard au poste de maire le .

Karyn Chabot siège au conseil municipal à titre de conseillère #6 le .

La Reine

Sophie Bouchard remplace Raynald Doré à titre de conseillère #5 avant le .

Démission du maire Jean-Guy Boulet le .
Intérim assuré par Sylvie Perreault (conseillère #2).

Normand Moore (conseiller #1) occupe le poste de maire dès le .

La Sarre

Laforce

Denis Rioux occupe le poste de conseiller #3 en cours de mandat.

Paul Proulx remplace Louis-Philippe Marquis à titre de conseiller #4 avant le .

Landrienne

 Élection par acclamation de Claude Leroux au poste de conseiller #4 le  à la suite du désistement d'un candidat.

Latulipe-et-Gaboury

Launay

Démission de Steve Migneault (conseiller #4) le .

Suzy Otis entre au conseil à titre de conseillère #4 le .

Démission de Marie-Anne Fortin (conseillère #6) le .

Démission de Suzy Otis (conseillère #1) le .

Laverlochère
Aucune élection
Élection reportée à  en raison du projet de regroupement avec la municipalité de Angliers

Laverlochère-Angliers
Nouvelle municipalité issue du regroupement des municipalités de village d'Angliers et de Laverlochère le .

Entre  et , Lyna Pina, mairesse d'Angliers, et Daniel Barrette, maire de Laverlochère, agissent à titre de maire. Durant cette période, quatre conseillers d'Angliers et quatre conseillers de Laverlochère, élu lors des élections municipales de 2013 siégeront au conseil municipal de la nouvelle ville.

 Élection municipale le dimanche .

Lorrainville

Alain Pelletier remplace Simon Mayer à titre de conseiller #3 avant le .

Macamic

Malartic

Pascal Lemieux remplace Tommy Auger-Cadieux à titre de conseiller #4 avant le .

Moffet

Léo Cossette remplace Lise Laprise à titre de conseiller #3 en cours de mandat.

Nédélec

Démission de Claude Cardinal (conseillère #2) peu avant le .

Isabelle Tremblay entre au conseil municipal à titre de conseillère #2 le .

Démission de Michael Boucher (conseiller #4) le .

Normétal

Notre-Dame-du-Nord

Palmarolle

Démission de Jasmin Cameron (conseiller #4) le .

 Daniel Perron devient conseiller #4 au courant en .

Démission de Marc Tanguay (conseiller #2) le .

Raymond Roy entre au conseil municipal à titre de conseiller #2 le .

Démission de Denise Mercier (conseillère #1) le .

Démission de Fernand Filion (conseiller #6) le .

Élection par acclamation d'Aline Bégin au poste de conseillère #1 le .

Élection de Véronique Aubin au poste de conseillère #6 le .

Démission de Raymond Roy (conseiller #2) le .

Démission de Daniel Perron (conseiller #4) le .

Démission de la mairesse Louisa Gobeil en  en raison d'un climat malsain au sein du conseil municipal.
L'intérim à la mairie est assumé par Aline Bégin (conseillère #1)

Élection par acclamation de Michelle Croteau au poste de conseillère #2 et de Mario Perron au poste de conseiller #4. Ils siègent au conseil municipal à partir du .

Mario Perron ne siège plus au conseil municipal après le .

Poularies

Preissac

Élection partielle au poste de maire en
Organisée en raison du décès du maire Stephan Lavoie, décédé d'un cancer du poumon le
Intérim assuré par la conseillère #2, Nicole Poulin, à titre de pro-maire
Démission de Nicole Poulin (conseillère #2) peu avant le .
Élection au poste de maire de Donald Rheault, frère de Pascal Rheault et fils de George Rheault, respectivement actuel maire et maire pendant 20 ans de Sainte-Gertrude-Manneville

Élection de Danielle Mainguy au poste de conseillère #2 et entrée au conseil municipal le .

Rapide-Danseur

Démission de Nadia St-Pierre (conseillère #1) peu avant le .

Démission de Roger Decoeur (conseiller #5) peu avant le .

Christiane Guillemette entre au conseil municipal à titre de conseillère #5 le .

Joannie Langlois entre au conseil municipal à titre de conseiller #1 le .

Démission de Line Giasson (conseillère #3) peu avant le .

Fin du mandat d'Annie Gauthier (conseillère #6) le  en raison d'absences répétées et prolongées (pendant plus de 90 jours).

Rémigny

Cathy Bruneau remplace Denise Plourde au poste de conseillère #3 en cours de mandat.

Rivière-Héva

Rochebaucourt

Roquemaure

Démission de Sophia Chalifour (conseillère #2) et de Jocelyn Poirier (conseiller #6) peu avant le .

Réjean Lévesque et Fernand Landry siègent au conseil municipal respectivement aux postes de conseiller #2 et conseiller #6 le .

Réjean Lévesque n'apparaît plus aux procès-verbaux à titre de conseiller #2 à partir du .

Rouyn-Noranda

Démission de Valérie Morin (conseillère district Noranda-Nord-Lac-Dufault (1)) pour devenir directrice de la Chambre de commerce le .

Saint-Bruno-de-Guigues

Nouvelle période de mise en candidature après l'élection municipale se terminant le  pour une élection partielle le .
Élection par acclamation de Marc Gauthier au poste de conseiller #4
Élection par acclamation de Nicole Routhier au poste de conseillère #5
Élection par acclamation de Richard Jacques au poste de conseiller #6

Démission de Patrick Trudel (conseiller #3) le .

Démission de Marc Gauthier (conseiller #4) le .

Élection partielle le .
Élection par acclamation de Nelson Turgeon au poste de conseiller #3
Élection de Luc Alvarez au poste de conseiller #4

Démission de Sylvain Durand (conseiller #2) le .

Saint-Dominique-du-Rosaire

Saint-Édouard-de-Fabre

Noémie Ash siège au conseil municipal au poste de conseillère #4 avant le .

Andréanne Arpin et Émilie Perreault remplace Carole Légaré (conseillère #3) et Yvon Clouâtre (conseiller #5) avant le .

Démission d'Andréanne Arpin (conseillère #5) peu avant le .

Démission d'Émilie Perreault (conseillère #3) après le .

Saint-Eugène-de-Guigues

Démission de Germain Bastien (conseiller #1) le .

Lucie Gagnon devient conseillère #1 en cours de mandat.

Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier

Démission de Jocelyne Gagnon (conseillère #6) pour raisons familiales et personnelles le .

Josée Laverdière siège au conseil municipal au poste de conseillère #6 à partir du .

Démission d'Amélie Lefebvre (conseillère #4) pour cause de déménagement le .

Saint-Lambert

Saint-Marc-de-Figuery

Départ de Michel Bilodeau (conseiller #6) qui n'apparaît plus sur les procès-verbal à partir du .

Ghislaine Cossette entre au conseil municipal au poste de conseillère #6 le .

Élection partielle aux poste de conseiller #1, #3, #4 et #5.
Organisée en raison de la démission en bloc des quatre conseillers à cause des relations difficiles avec le maire, Daniel Rose le .
Élection de Martin Thibault (conseiller #1), Roger Picard (conseiller #3), Charlène Barbe (conseillère #4) et Maryse Audet (conseillère #5) le  avec une participation de 190 électeurs sur 693 (27,4%).

Saint-Mathieu-d'Harricana

Julie Bois remplace Simon Simard au poste de conseillère #1 avant le .

Sainte-Germaine-Boulé

Sainte-Gertrude-Manneville

Michel Rivard et Maurice Massé remplacent respectivement Manon-Julie Castonguay et René Darveau aux postes de conseillers #1 et #2 avant le .

Sainte-Hélène-de-Mancebourg

 Les postes de conseiller #1 et de conseiller #2 sont respectivement comblés par David Duquette et Ghislain Gagné.

Fin du mandat de David Duquette après 90 jours sans assister aux séances du conseil le .

Senneterre (paroisse)

Antoine Durand-Saddier et Martin Dandurand remplace respectivement Marie-Eve Sawyer et Roger Robert aux postes de conseillers #2 et #6 avant le .

Senneterre (ville)

Élection partielle au poste de conseiller du district #4 le .
 Organisée en raison de la démission de la conseillère Carole Chantal pour motif familiaux.

Taschereau

Yvan Fortier remplace Line Grandbois au poste de conseiller #5 avant le .

Témiscaming

Départ de Patrick Tanguay Dumas (conseiller #1) et de Gilbert Lacase (conseiller #6) avant le .

Trécesson

Martin Veilleux et Nathalie Dion remplace respectivement Jacques Grenier et Eric Alix aux postes de conseiller #1 et conseiller #3 avant .

Démission de Jonathan Paradis (conseiller #5) peu avant le .

Val-d'Or

Démission de Lorraine Morissette (conseillère district Lac Blouin-Centre-Ville (#1)) en .

Élection de Denis Giguère au poste de conseiller district Lac Blouin-Centre-Ville (#1) le .

Val-Saint-Gilles

Aline Marois (conseillère #2) quitte son poste avant la fin du mandat.

Ville-Marie

Alexandra Fortier-Demers quitte son poste avant la fin du mandat.

Notes et références

 Résultats par municipalité —  Directeur général des élections du Québec

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Wash and trim tomatoes. Blanch and remove skin if desired, or press through sieve when done cooking.
Combine tomatoes, red peppers,onions, bay leaves, basil,oregano, honey, if using, and salt in a large stockpot and cook slowly for about 1 hour.
Press through a fine sieve. Add garlic, and continue cooking slowly until thick enough to keep its shape on a spoon, about 2 1/2 hours. Stir frequently to keep from sticking.(this could be done in a crockpot-just stir and keep an eye on it).
Pour through sieve(if you left the skins on), then pour into hot 1/2 pint canning jars, leaving 1/2" headspace.
Process 1/2 pints 45 minutes in a boiling water bath.
Makes about 9 1/2 pint jars.


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Professor of Law; Director, Center for Intellectual Property Law & Markets; Founder & Director, Center for Computation, Mathematics, and the Law; Founder & Director, Technology Entrepreneurship and Intellectual Property Clinic
JD, 1999, Harvard University
MS, 1996, Florida State University
AB, 1992, Stanford University
Law and Technology, Intellectual Property, Patent Law, Business and Corporate Law
Professor Sichelman earned an undergraduate degree in the History of Philosophy of Science, with distinction, from Stanford University and a Master's degree in Physics from Florida State University. He founded and ran a venture capital-backed software and services company, Unified Dispatch, which was later acquired by a publicly traded company. Professor Sichelman designed the company's software and is a named inventor on several issued and filed patents and applications. After graduating from Harvard Law School, magna cum laude, he clerked for the Honorable A. Wallace Tashima of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He practiced in the areas of intellectual property litigation and appeals at the law firms of Heller Ehrman and Irell & Manella. In 2008 and 2009, he was a Kauffman Foundation Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley (Boalt Hall) School of Law. He joined the USD School of Law faculty in 2009.
Professor Sichelman is the primary organizer for the School of Law's annual patent law conference, which features prominent judges, academics, and attorneys. In addition, he has hosted The Patent Conference (PatCon), the largest annual conference for patent law academics, and the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence & Law (ICAIL), the largest worldwide conference on the topic. He has also organized and hosted numerous other events in the areas of intellectual property law and law & artificial intelligence.
Professor Sichelman has participated in a number of important U.S. Supreme Court cases, including playing a substantial role in a win for an injured employee in MetLife v. Glenn (2008); co-drafting an amicus brief in the patent case, Bilski v. Kappos (2010), in which the court largely adopted the recommendations and reasoning of the brief; and submitting an amicus brief in Global-Tech v. SEB (2011), a patent case involving the scope of indirect infringement. In 2011, he worked with the office of U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren to draft proposed language for the recently passed America Invents Act, the most substantial revision to the Patent Act since 1952. In 2012, he served on the Lieutenant Governor of California's task force to place a satellite office of the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office in California.
Professor Sichelman's work has been highly cited. As of May 2016, his articles include the 6th-most cited law journal article published in 2011, the 12th most-cited law journal article published in 2010, and the 21st most-cited law journal article published in 2009 (according to HeinOnline). As of April 2016, his articles "Commercializing Patents" and "Life After Bilski," according to a recent survey, are the first and second most-cited of all intellectual property law articles published in U.S. law journals since 2010, respectively. His article "High Technology Entrepreneurs and the Patent System: Results of the 2008 Berkeley Patent Survey" is the 25th most-cited intellectual property law article published in a U.S. law journal between 2005 and 2009. "Life After Bilski" has also been cited by the U.S. Supreme Court (Mayo v. Prometheus (2012)) and over 20 other judicial opinions.
Professor Sichelman was awarded Thorsnes Prize for Outstanding Legal Scholarship at the University of San Diego in 2016, and was named a University Professor in 2015 and a Herzog Endowed Scholar in 2012. He is also a winner of the 2011 Stanford-Samsung Essay Contest on Patent Damages. Professor Sichelman is a licensed attorney and member of the State Bar of California.
"Do Economic Downturns Dampen Patent Litigation? " in 12 Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 481 (with Marco, and Miller) (2015); "Purging Patent Law of 'Private Law' Remedies" in 92 Texas Law Review 516 (2014); "The Vonage Trilogy: A Case Study in 'Patent Bullying'" in 90 Notre Dame Law Review 543 (2014); "Enforcement as Substance in Tax Compliance" in 70 Washington and Lee Law Review 1679 (with Lederman) (2013); "Patents as Promoters of Competition: The Guild Origins of Patent Law in the Venetian Republic" in 49 San Diego Law Review 1267 (with O'Connor) (2012); "Life After Bilski" in 63 Stanford Law Review 1315 (with Lemley, Wagner, and Risch) (2011); "Commercializing Patents" in 62 Stanford Law Review 341 (2010); "Patenting by Entrepreneurs: An Empirical Study" in 17 Michigan Telecommunications & Technology Law Review 111 (with Graham) (2010); and "High Technology Entrepreneurs and the Patent System: Results of the 2008 Berkeley Patent Survey" in 24 Berkeley Technology Law Journal 255 (2009).
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Globalisation of National Insecurity: Enlightening the Shadows of US Dysfunctional Hegemonic Imperialism
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"If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a village to abuse a child."
This chilling statement is made by a lawyer who represented many victims of sexual abuse by Catholic priests in Boston in the 2015 movie "Spotlight." Child abuse persisted because abusive priests were reassigned, victims were silent or agreed not speak publicly about the abuse, and others collaborated to keep the problem hidden from authorities and the public for years. Pervasive child abuse had been covered up in many other locations as well.
From: It Takes a Village to Maintain a Dangerous Financial System.
Three articles passed under my radar yesterday and got me thinking.
The first was It Takes a Village of Media, Business, Policy, and Academic Experts to Maintain a Dangerous Financial System.
Here is an excerpt:
"Stanford professor Anat Admati discusses her new paper, in which she explains how a mix of distorted incentives, ignorance, confusion, and lack of accountability contributes to the persistence of a dangerous and poorly regulated financial system.
Just as it takes a village to raise a child, the consistent flaws of the financial system are related to the actions and inaction of its "villagers," who are motivated by their own incentives. The notion that regulators are doing their best to protect the public is false, as they succumb to "willful blindness." These are the main ideas expressed in the May 2016 working paper by Anat Admati, the George G.C. Parker Professor of Finance and Economics at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, "It Takes a Village to Maintain a Dangerous Financial System."
The second article was Why Capitalism Creates Pointless Jobs.
Here is a revealing excerpt:
"…A recent report comparing employment in the US between 1910 and 2000 gives us a clear picture (and I note, one pretty much exactly echoed in the UK). Over the course of the last century, the number of workers employed as domestic servants, in industry, and in the farm sector has collapsed dramatically. At the same time, "professional, managerial, clerical, sales, and service workers" tripled, growing "from one-quarter to three-quarters of total employment." In other words, productive jobs have, just as predicted, been largely automated away (even if you count industrial workers globally, including the toiling masses in India and China, such workers are still not nearly so large a percentage of the world population as they used to be).
But rather than allowing a massive reduction of working hours to free the world's population to pursue their own projects, pleasures, visions, and ideas, we have seen the ballooning not even so much of the "service" sector as of the administrative sector, up to and including the creation of whole new industries like financial services or telemarketing, or the unprecedented expansion of sectors like corporate law, academic and health administration, human resources, and public relations. And these numbers do not even reflect on all those people whose job is to provide administrative, technical, or security support for these industries, or for that matter the whole host of ancillary industries (dog-washers, all-night pizza deliverymen) that only exist because everyone else is spending so much of their time working in all the other ones.
These are what I propose to call "bullshit jobs."
It's as if someone were out there making up pointless jobs just for the sake of keeping us all working. And here, precisely, lies the mystery. In capitalism, this is exactly what is not supposed to happen. Sure, in the old inefficient socialist states like the Soviet Union, where employment was considered both a right and a sacred duty, the system made up as many jobs as they had to (this is why in Soviet department stores it took three clerks to sell a piece of meat). But, of course, this is the very sort of problem market competition is supposed to fix. According to economic theory, at least, the last thing a profit-seeking firm is going to do is shell out money to workers they don't really need to employ. Still, somehow, it happens.
While corporations may engage in ruthless downsizing, the layoffs and speed-ups invariably fall on that class of people who are actually making, moving, fixing and maintaining things; through some strange alchemy no one can quite explain, the number of salaried paper-pushers ultimately seems to expand, and more and more employees find themselves, not unlike Soviet workers actually, working 40 or even 50 hour weeks on paper, but effectively working 15 hours just as Keynes predicted, since the rest of their time is spent organising or attending motivational seminars, updating their facebook profiles or downloading TV box-sets.
The answer clearly isn't economic: it's moral and political. The ruling class has figured out that a happy and productive population with free time on their hands is a mortal danger (think of what started to happen when this even began to be approximated in the '60s). And, on the other hand, the feeling that work is a moral value in itself, and that anyone not willing to submit themselves to some kind of intense work discipline for most of their waking hours deserves nothing, is extraordinarily convenient for them."
And the third article was Hollywood as a lens to the American shadow.
"The stealing of the United States from the American indian and the subsequent pillage and rape of the land which the American Indian considered sacred is a trauma that, as far as I can tell, has not yet been discharged. It has become shadow – the leper child stowed in the basement.
American poet and founder of the Men's movement Robert Bly has spoken much of this, of the repression of emotion that is required to live in this world as if it's a place of sanity. He laments the lack of grieving in American culture. He laments the lack of grieving for the plight of the Native American. He laments the lack of grieving for the plight of the US war veterans, worshipped and idealized while still fit to represent heroic ideals, yet discarded the minute their bodies and minds take on the scars of war.
In observing all these Hollywood movies with stories of threats from afar and dark conspiracies from within, it may prove interesting to reflect on the following: The threat from afar was once the white man.
In the absence of fully feeling, grieving and discharging the impact of the plight of the Native American on the collective US psyche, protection mechanisms have been put in place.
One of these mechanisms is a powerful army. Its use in combat against a perceived threat conveniently distracts from the unhealed trauma at home.
Staying in conflict thus becomes an imperative."
These articles brought into sharp focus my search for the shadows of our dysfunctional, disorderly, disconnected and imbalanced leadership and managment styles at home which we have inherited from our colonial masters and which have been perpetrated by the neoliberal money masters over in the USA. These reinforced and consolidated the conclusions which were drawn in two of my previous blog posts, Why are our institutions no longer beacons of light and why have they become shadows of darkness?, and Coming Out of the Shadows into the Light.
Unless and until we address these shadows of First People's genocide in the Americas and the horrors of the Atlantic slave trade in a Global Truth and Reconciliation and Integral Healing Exercise, our shadows will continue to steer us in more maladaptive ways, and our projection of our national insecurities to others without and to own within will continue to escalate. US hegemonic imperial dysfunction will continue to breed more conflict with its neighbours overseas and create tensions and conflict at home and will evolve to a police state. If not dealt with comprehensively, it will evolve into an empire of delusions and contradictions, where the disparities in the system will widen.
The sooner we take stock and help each other exorcise the demons of our past shadows, the better off we will all be, not only in the Americas but all over the world.
Since we know, as explained in Adam Smith's Invisible Hands Revealed!! that our money system is the root cause of this dysfunctionality, we need to tranform our money systems based on Integral transformative and development principles as elaborated in The Trans4m Movement – Integral Worlds Theory: Articulating a "Whole" (New) Perspective and Integral Worlds Theory Deconstructed and Applied to a Deeper and Wider Understanding of the Life-Grounded Self Via Illustrations.
The article that seems to have made the diagnosis that we have dysfunctional dangerous financial system that tied up everything for me and has higlighted the real and present danger ahead, if we do not heed and make the Great Turn now, also presented itself yesterday. I have reproduced the article below: https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/trump-chinese-debt-global-imbalances-by-yanis-varoufakis-2016-11
Trump, the Dragon, and the Minotaur
ATHENS – If Donald Trump understands anything, it is the value of bankruptcy and financial recycling. He knows all about success via strategic defaults, followed by massive debt write-offs and the creation of assets from liabilities. But does he grasp the profound difference between a developer's debt and the debt of a large economy? And does he understand that China's private debt bubble is a powder keg under the global economy? Much hinges on whether he does.
Trump was elected on a wave of discontent with the establishment's colossal mishandling of both the pre-2008 boom and the post-2008 recession. His promise of a domestic stimulus and protectionist trade policies to bring back manufacturing jobs carried him to the White House. Whether he can deliver depends on whether he understands the role America used to play in the "good old days," the role it can play now and, crucially, the significance of China.
Before 1971, US global hegemony was predicated upon America's current-account surplus with the rest of the capitalist world, which the US helped to stabilize by recycling part of its surplus to Europe and Japan. This underpinned economic stability and sharply declining inequality everywhere. But, as America slipped into a deficit position, that global system could no longer function, giving rise to what I have called the Global Minotaur phase.
According to ancient myth, King Minos of Crete owed his hegemony to the Minotaur, a tragic beast imprisoned under Minos's palace. The Minotaur's intense loneliness was comparable only to the fear it inspired far and wide, because its voracious appetite could be satisfied – thereby guaranteeing Minos's reign – only by human flesh. So a ship loaded with youngsters regularly sailed to Crete from faraway Athens to deliver its human tribute to the beast. The gruesome ritual was essential for preserving Pax Cretana and the King's hegemony.
After 1971, US hegemony grew by an analogous process. The Minotaur was none other than the US trade deficit, which devoured increasing quantities of the world's net exports. America's burgeoning deficit was financed by billions of dollars of daily net inflows into Wall Street from the foreign (and often US) owners of these distant factories – a form of modern tribute to the Global Minotaur.
The more the deficit grew, the greater its appetite for Europe's and Asia's capital. What made the Minotaur truly global was its function: it helped recycle financial capital (profits, savings, and surplus money). It kept gleaming German factories busy. It gobbled up everything produced in Japan and, later, in China. But at the same time, Wall Street learned how to turbocharge these capital inflows through exotic financial instruments. The floodgates of financialization burst open and the world was flooded with debt.
In the autumn of 2008, the Minotaur was mortally wounded after running into the wall of private debt that was a by-product of its appetite. While the Fed and the Treasury refloated US markets (at the expense of weaker Americans left behind since the 1970s), nothing would be the same: Wall Street's capacity to continue "closing" the global recycling loop vanished. The US banking sector could no longer harness America's twin trade and budget deficits for the purposes of financing enough domestic demand to sustain the rest of the world's net exports. From that moment on, the world economy would find it impossible to regain its poise.
Following the Minotaur's mortal wounding, America has not only the Fed and the Treasury to thank for helping to avoid a new Great Depression. The US was also saved by the Dragon: the Chinese government cranked up domestic investment to unprecedented levels to pick up the slack created by the contraction in spending in the US and Europe. For many years, China allowed credit creation by its formal and shadow banks to run amok, even permitting them to benefit from the Fed's easy-money largesse by taking out dollar-denominated loans. Put succinctly, the Dragon stepped in to rebalance the West when the Minotaur no longer could.
China's leaders knew what they were doing. They were creating a bubble of unsustainable investment to give Europe and the US a chance to get their act together. Alas, both failed to do so: America because of the standoff between President Barack Obama and the Republican-controlled Congress, and Europe for reasons too painful to recount. And when the perfect storm hit in 2015, with US interest rates climbing while commodity prices fell, China had to crank up credit creation once more.
Today, China's credit boom is underpinned by collateral almost as bad as that on which Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, and the rest were relying in 2007. Moreover, because the Chinese renminbi is grossly overvalued, corporations are borrowing dollars to repay their legacy dollar-denominated debt early, putting downward pressure on the exchange rate.
Trump's plan for helping those left behind since the 1970s, to the extent that one is discernible, seems to turn on two axes: a domestic stimulus and bilateral deal-making under the threat of tariffs and quotas. But if he plays hardball with China, pushing the Chinese to revalue the renminbi and employing threats of tariffs and the like, he may well end up pricking the bubble of China's private debt – unleashing a deluge of nasty consequences that would overwhelm any domestic stimulus he introduces.
In that case, Trump's infrastructure spending would morph into more corporate welfare, implying a negligible multiplier effect. That, in turn, would set the stage for future austerity, as panic over further US interest rate rises and federal budget blow-ups put the squeeze on the government's existing unfunded commitments (for example, Social Security).
If Trump's medium-term economic strategy is to have any chance of success, he must grasp that it is not US public debt, but Chinese private debt, that needs to be restructured. Otherwise, US Treasury yields could go through the roof, severely weakening US debt sustainability.
Likewise, Trump must realize that he cannot make America great again by emulating Ronald Reagan's unfunded stimulus. That trick worked when the Minotaur was chained and fed; it won't work when the Dragon has run out of fire. Instead, if Trump truly wants to rebalance the US economy so that growth benefits the abandoned people to whom he has promised so much, he should emulate Franklin D. Roosevelt and pursue a Keynesian makeover of Bretton Woods.
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Microtransactions
We've been selling items in Rust for a while. People get angry when they hear the word microtransactions. I understand why. They've been fucked over. Why would an early access game have microtransactions?
If you'd have asked me if I'd ever have a game with microtransactions in 5 years ago, I'd have probably laughed in your face, but the way Valve does it is different. The idea is that no-one loses out. Everyone wins with every transactions.
Money Guy
You've got the guys with money, who don't mind microtransactions. They like to dress their character up, have nice weapon skins. All that. Generally more money than time, instant gratification guys.
They're happy because the stuff they buy makes them happier than having an extra $2 in a jar in their house.
They're making people happy because when they get killed people can loot their purchased items.
Poor Guy
So you've got the poor guys with no money. They hate traditional microtransactions because it's a paywall. But on Steam they play the game and get random drop items, and can then sell and trade those items on the marketplace. It's not unfeasible that a player will make more money selling items than the game itself cost.
They're happy because they can sell the stuff they get randomly for free, buy games from Steam.
They're making people happy because they can buy stuff from them.
Modding Community
Then you've got the modders. The unappreciated guys who tinker around and make stuff in their bedroom which is in their parents house, because no-one will give them any money because paying people for their creations is terrible.
They're happy because they get to see their work in a game that they love while getting paid for it
They're making people happy because they're creating more game content for them
Then you've got the developers.
They're happy because they give players more reasons to play their game
They're happy because they link their game with a thriving virtual economy
They're happy because they get more money to make more games
When you see the system up close and far away, it's a total no-brainer. In fact I would go as far as to say that by not being involved in the marketplace we're screwing our community.
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Kozanki Podleśne – wieś w Polsce położona w województwie łódzkim, w powiecie łęczyckim, w gminie Świnice Warckie.

W latach 1975–1998 miejscowość administracyjnie należała do województwa konińskiego.

W pobliżu miejscowości znajduje się Miejsce Obsługi Podróżnych (MOP Kozanki) dla jadących Autostradą A2 w kierunku Poznania.

Zespół dworski
Według rejestru zabytków Narodowego Instytutu Dziedzictwa na listę zabytków wpisane są obiekty:
 zespół dworski, poł. XIX w., nr rej.: 411/153 z 28.12.1988:
 dwór
 park
Wybudowany w 1. połowie XIX wieku przez szlachecką rodzinę Wągrowieckich. Po II wojnie światowej teren podległy dworkowi ulegał stopniowej parcelacji. Obecnie obiekt uległ znacznej dewastacji i popadł w ruinę. Dwór murowany wzniesiony w stylu klasycystycznym, jednokondygnacyjny.

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Collection, catalogization and publication of information about Ransomware. Concurrent support of the project ID Ransomware (in English and Russian). Пишите мне на русском, если знаете этот язык.
pk24 hello Both here and there ... 😃 GT500 Yes, it is real. We call it WDM or DCRTR-WDM Ransomware This Ransomware is not new, because we found and identified him back in November last year. Michael also added it to IDR. ID Ransomware knows the original DCRTR Ransomware and DCRTR-WDM how Dcrtr Ransomware After that, DCRTR-WDM has changed several times. There are samples in my article, also by link pk24 and by another link in the topic on BleepingComputer. New link to archive with exe-files of WDM Ransomware: https://www.sendspace.com/file/khxctl The main EXE-file in the archive is a file svchost.exe23. ------------------------------------------------------------- I hope that after a detailed study by analysts this samples, the detection on VT will be more recognizable. And maybe Emsisoft will recognize how to return the files to the victims.


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#ifndef NATIVE_CLIENT_SRC_TRUSTED_SERVICE_RUNTIME_ARCH_SEL_LDR_ARCH_H_
#define NATIVE_CLIENT_SRC_TRUSTED_SERVICE_RUNTIME_ARCH_SEL_LDR_ARCH_H_

#include "native_client/src/include/nacl_base.h"

#if NACL_ARCH(NACL_BUILD_ARCH) == NACL_x86
#include "native_client/src/trusted/service_runtime/arch/x86/sel_ldr_x86.h"
#elif NACL_ARCH(NACL_BUILD_ARCH) == NACL_arm
#include "native_client/src/trusted/service_runtime/arch/arm/sel_ldr_arm.h"
#elif NACL_ARCH(NACL_BUILD_ARCH) == NACL_mips
#include "native_client/src/trusted/service_runtime/arch/mips/sel_ldr_mips.h"
#else
#error Unknown platform!
#endif

#endif  /* NATIVE_CLIENT_SRC_TRUSTED_SERVICE_RUNTIME_ARCH_SEL_LDR_ARCH_H_ */

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Dan: how to fill in the form correctly – page 4
Daov piznn page 4 view HERE
Areas: In the column on the right, mark the number of sheets of a given type of area, depending on which one to pay for the tax return.
Ploha slo 1: Fill in the entrepreneur, ie those who have a trade license or you honore.
Model: Mr. Podhorsk sails the area because the trade license.
Ploha slo 2: Fill in those who have income from rent or you income from the sale of personal property, which was sold at a profit within a year of their purchase.
Model: Mr. Podhorsk filled in area 2, so he will indicate it in the formula.
Ploha slo 3: Fulfill the people who have income from abroad. It concerns the income of business and employees, but $ 500 under the tree you are not subject to income tax from the push from Canada.
Ploha slo 4: The area is filled by people with selected capital incomes, such as dividends from abroad.
Surface layer 5: Fill in those who apply together.
Model: Manelm will pay off together, fill in area 5 and mark it here.
etn zvrka: Entrepreneur who leads ethnicity (two double ethnicities). An entrepreneur who deducts data or keeps tax records (two simple ethnic groups) does not have to worry about this item.
Confirmed by the employer: Confirmed picldaj employees, get him in the wage thorn. If anyone changed employers during 2006, they were confirmed by each of them. In the case of joint taxation, the pilot prefers a copy of the man.
Model: Mr. Podhorsk drank St. confirmed, his wife is unemployed, and not confirmed there. Instead, a clear statement of his zero income is not recognized by the bag at this time, but in the box he gave the area.
Confirmed by: Whoever believes in the housing needs from the mortgage bank or building society, completed a blank 47. Confirmation of your paid year worked on the loan. In the case of a joint pilot, a copy of the manna.
Model: Mr. Podhorsk paid 80,000 crowns a year on a mortgage for 2006. The saw was confirmed and marked in this thanks.
Confirmed pension fund: Those who participate in the pension fund in the amount of less than 6,000 crowns, filled in the blanket 48. The saw was confirmed by the sent payments and in this case it will indicate it. In the case of a joint pilot, a copy of the manna.
Model: Mr. Podhorsk does not pay the pension. Because the spouse's bag and because they apply joint tax, he attached a copy of his receipt confirming the spouse's payment.
Confirmed connection: If you pay a life insurance policy that meets the final conditions, so that you can claim a tax deposit (insurance policy up to 60 years, and lasting at least 5 years, in insurance policies 40 or 70 thousand crowns), you have filled in blank 49. Finnma series will fly confirmation of payment, which is still insured. In the case of joint taxation, the pilot prefers a copy of the man.
From the plohy: These include, for example, a fair statement of income, if you have completed a blanket 65a or 65b, a clear statement that the tax does not apply to children, other translations of certificates of income abroad and the like. Thirdly claimed husband, who apply joint taxation, and at the same time do not have the same permanent residence, that they also live in the same household.
Model: Mr. Podhorsk will write a clear statement about his zero income.
The second area will be confirmed by the sons of the study.
Poet list ploh: In the column on the right, set the total number of leaf sheets that you have clicked on the tax credit. Keep copies of all surfaces.
Unmarked blank: Drink the date and don't forget to sign.
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It is important to fill in unmarked thanks in the blm box on page 4 of the tax letter below. Be especially careful if you make a mistake, your request for a refund will be extended by weeks and months.
enough to refund the personal income tax payment:
1: Mark the return of the entire payment or just its payment to the address or number
Model: Mr. Podhorsk deducted from his payment the tax that his wife has to pay. The resulting financial contribution within 60 days. 33 479 – 12 721 = 20 758 crowns
2: Transfer of the surcharge to the spouse This is the procedure for the case of joint taxation, when one of the spouses has paid you enough pensions and the type of income in the joint tax, and in the joint tax it turns out that even a partner without actual income should pay tax. The issuing partner will then transfer the financial amount to its payment for the manual fee.
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bydlit manela/ky
■ slo tu finannho adu (list
can be found at www.mfcr.cz)
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Model: Mr. Podhorsk wrote down the tax that his wife calculated in her credit. He mentioned the financial office in Rakovník and its number 7621221/0710, which he found at www.mfcr.cz.
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British Aerospace Company Ground was a cricket ground in Byfleet, Surrey.  The ground was built as a works venue for the nearby Vickers-Armstrongs factor at nearby Brooklands.  In 1920 a factory side was established, although the first recorded match on the ground was in 1970 when Surrey played Warwickshire in what was the ground's first List-A match.  From 1970 to 1979, the ground played host to 10 List-A matches, the last of which was between Surrey and Warwickshire in the 1979 John Player League.

The ground also hosted 7 Surrey Second XI matches in the Second XI Championship between 1970 and 1978.

1979 was to be the final year in which the ground was used, with the M25 motorway being constructed through it.

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Orleans County Counts 12 New Cases of COVID-19
JSinner051987 May 16, 2020
The Genesee and Orleans County Health Departments have received 14 more COVID-19 cases. Orleans has 12 new cases (bringing the total to 166) and Genesee has 2 (bringing the total to 171).
"Contact tracing has been initiated and all who have had direct contact with the individuals will be notified by Health Department staff. Nine of the Orleans County individuals are residents of The Villages of Orleans Health and Rehabilitation Center and three are community members. Genesee County's two individuals who tested positive are community members.
"The health department was made aware that the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) did swab all residents and employees of The Villages of Orleans Health and Rehabilitation Center. Any questions regarding specific issues should be addressed to The Villages or NYSDOH.
"We have also received word of the death of an individual who had tested positive for COVID-19 and was a resident of The Villages of Orleans Health and Rehabilitation Center (now for a total of 21 nursing home deaths related to COVID-19). Our sincere condolences to the family and friends of this individual during this very sad and difficult time.
"There is currently no further information to release on ages and location. Mapping to include the positive cases from the weekend will be updated on Monday afternoon.
"We want to remind everyone that this is not the time to be complacent as we start Phase 1 of NY Forward. We ask you to continue social distancing, mask wearing, and proper hygiene even in the company whom we trust the most- like family, friends, and co-workers. We can all show people that we care and respect them by continuing these practices to keep everyone safe.
"As the weather warms up, we understand it'll be hard to stay away from family and friends, but we still have a ways to go before we can get back to normal."
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College Hockey: "Duel in the D" between Michigan State and Michigan returns to Little Caesars Arena
Tickets for the game in Detroit are on sale now.
By Brad LaPlante@bradlaplante Dec 4, 2021, 12:45pm CST
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The Michigan State Spartans' annual college hockey game against the Michigan Wolverines has been announced and tickets are now on sale. The "Duel in the D" will take place on Feb. 12, 2022 at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan.
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The teams last met on Nov. 5 at Yost Arena in Ann Arbor and Nov. 6 at Munn Arena in East Lansing, which Michigan took a sweep. The rivals play again on Feb. 11 in Ann Arbor prior to the matchup in Detroit.
"Playing a game in an NHL arena is a longstanding tradition for our programs," Michigan State head coach Danton Cole said, via 313 Presents. "It is a tradition which brings the Michigan State-Michigan rivalry to our fans in metro Detroit and has provided many great memories for our players, alumni, fans and youth hockey players. Detroit is a big part of the history of this rivalry, and we are fortunate to have these opportunities to play at Little Caesars Arena, as we did in Joe Louis Arena. Any Michigan State-Michigan matchup is circled on our calendars and competing down there is always special."
Michigan's lineup features four players taken in the first five selections of the 2021-2022 NHL Draft and will be an important measuring stick for the Spartans. Michigan State last won the game in 2016.
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Drug and Alcohol Laws in the State of West Virginia
Author: Rehab Adviser
If you live in or want to visit West Virginia, you might know it's called the Mountain State, since the entire state fits within the Appalachian Mountain Range. But do you know other helpful information about this area, such as whether marijuana is legal here and what the DUI laws are?
If you plan to spend any time in this state, you should know the answers to these and similar questions. You can get started by learning about the following drug and alcohol laws in West Virginia.
DUI Laws in West Virginia
Driving under the influence (DUI) is illegal in West Virginia. The penalties include fines, jail time, and a revoked driver's license.
In West Virginia, you can get a DUI for driving a car with a blood alcohol level (BAC) of 0.08% or more. But even if your BAC is as low as 0.05%, you could be fined and get your license revoked.
Zero Tolerance Laws for West Virginia
West Virginia has a Zero Tolerance law for underage drivers. So, if you're under 21 years old, your legal BAC is 0.02%, not 0.08%. This often means a minor could be over the legal limit after just one drink.
Is Marijuana Legal in West Virginia?
Recreational marijuana is illegal in West Virginia. While medical marijuana is legal, you can only use edibles, creams, oils, and other cannabis-infused products. Currently, smoking marijuana—even for medicinal purposes—is illegal.
Drug and Alcohol-Related Crimes in West Virginia
Drug crime in West Virginia includes:
Possession of controlled substances: If the police catch you with an illegal drug for personal use, you could be charged with a misdemeanor. This comes with fines and jail time.
Selling or manufacturing controlled substances: If there's proof you plan to make or sell drugs in West Virginia, you're likely facing a felony. This results in time in prison and large fines.
Drug trafficking or transporting: If you're caught transporting drugs into this state to sell to dealers or users, you could face a felony. This comes with years in prison and thousands of dollars in fines.
Alcohol-related crime in West Virginia includes:
Underage drinking: Drinking, possessing, or buying alcohol under age 21 is illegal in West Virginia.
Furnishing alcoholic beverages to a minor: It's illegal for an adult to give or sell alcohol to a minor.
Using a false ID: It's a crime for minors to show a false ID to buy alcohol.
Driving while intoxicated (DWI): It's illegal to drive while under the influence of alcohol.
Penalties for Drug or Alcohol Abuse in West Virginia
If you break any of these drug and alcohol laws in West Virginia, you could be facing these penalties:
DUI Penalties in WV
Your first DUI offense in West Virginia can lead to:
Up to 6 months in jail
$100 to $500 in fines
License revoked for 6 months
For a second offense, you could get 6 months to 1 year in jail and $1,000 to $3,000 in fines. A third DUI could get you 2 to 5 years in jail and $3,000 to $5,000 in fines.
Zero Tolerance Penalties in WV
Breaking the Zero Tolerance law for the first time in West Virginia could lead to:
$25 to $100 in fines
Revoked license for 60 days, or 30 days with an ignition interlock device on the car
For a second offense, Zero Tolerance penalties include 24 hours in jail and $100 to $500 in fines. Your license will also be revoked for 60 days, and the ignition interlock device is required.
Cannabis Penalties in WV
The first time you're caught with cannabis in West Virginia, you're facing a misdemeanor. This crime carries a fine of up to $1,000 and 90 days to 6 months in jail.
For a second offense of marijuana possession, you could get up to 1 year in jail and a $2,000 fine.
The contents of this article do not constitute legal advice. Consult with a lawyer before making decisions that could lead to drug or alcohol charges.
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Tag Archives: proportionality
Asymmetric law
Posted on May 4, 2015 by Derek Gregory
Breaking the Silence has just published a major report into the Israeli military's tactics during its most recent offensive against Gaza and its people, so-called 'Operation Protective Edge' (see my posts here, here, here and here).
Based on interviews with 65 IDF soldiers, the report includes Background, Testimonies ('This is how we fought in Gaza'), and a media gallery.
Writing in today's Guardian, Peter Beaumont reports:
Describing the rules that meant life and death in Gaza during the 50-day war – a conflict in which 2,200 Palestinians were killed – the interviews shed light for the first time not only on what individual soldiers were told but on the doctrine informing the operation.
Despite the insistence of Israeli leaders that it took all necessary precautions to protect civilians, the interviews provide a very different picture. They suggest that an overarching priority was the minimisation of Israeli military casualties even at the risk of Palestinian civilians being harmed….
Post-conflict briefings to soldiers suggest that the high death toll and destruction were treated as "achievements" by officers who judged the attrition would keep Gaza "quiet for five years".
The tone, according to one sergeant, was set before the ground offensive into Gaza that began on 17 July last year in pre-combat briefings that preceded the entry of six reinforced brigades into Gaza.
"[It] took place during training at Tze'elim, before entering Gaza, with the commander of the armoured battalion to which we were assigned," recalled a sergeant, one of dozens of Israeli soldiers who have described how the war was fought last summer in the coastal strip.
"[The commander] said: 'We don't take risks. We do not spare ammo. We unload, we use as much as possible.'"
"The rules of engagement [were] pretty identical," added another sergeant who served in a mechanised infantry unit in Deir al-Balah. "Anything inside [the Gaza Strip] is a threat. The area has to be 'sterilised,' empty of people – and if we don't see someone waving a white flag, screaming: "I give up" or something – then he's a threat and there's authorisation to open fire … The saying was: 'There's no such thing there as a person who is uninvolved.' In that situation, anyone there is involved."
"The rules of engagement for soldiers advancing on the ground were: open fire, open fire everywhere, first thing when you go in," recalled another soldier who served during the ground operation in Gaza City. The assumption being that the moment we went in [to the Gaza Strip], anyone who dared poke his head out was a terrorist."
You can find an impassioned, detailed commentary on the report by Neve Gordon – who provides vital context, not least about the asymmetric ethics pursued by supposedly 'the most ethical army in the world' – over at the London Review of Books here, and a shorter commentary by Kevin Jon Heller at Opinio Juris here. Kevin notes:
The soldiers' descriptions are disturbingly reminiscent of the notorious "free fire" zones in Vietnam and the US government's well-documented (and erroneous) belief that signature strikes directed against "military-age men in an area of known terrorist activity" comply with IHL's principle of distinction. The testimonials are, in a word, stunning — and put the lie to oft-repeated shibboleths about the IDF being "the most moral army in the world." As ever, the stories told by the IDF and the Israeli government are contradicted by the soldiers who actually have to do the killing and dying.
The legal and ethical framework pursued by the Israeli military – and 'pursued' is the mot (in)juste, since its approach to international law and ethics is one of aggressive intervention – is in full view at a conference to be held in Jerusalem this week: 'Towards a New Law of War'.
'The goal of the law of war conference,' say the organisers, 'is to influence the direction of legal discourse concerning issues critical to Israel and her ability to defend herself. The law of war is mainly unwritten and develops on the basis of state practice.'
You can find the full program here, dominated by speakers from Israel and the US, but notice in particular the session on 'Proportionality: Crossing the line on civilian casualties':
As this makes clear, and as Ben White reports in the Middle East Monitor, law has become the target (see also my post here):
After 'Operation Cast Lead', Daniel Reisner, former head of the international law division (ILD) in the Military Advocate General's Office, was frank about how he hoped things would progress.
If you do something for long enough, the world will accept it. The whole of international law is now based on the notion that an act that is forbidden today becomes permissible if executed by enough countries….International law progresses through violations.
Similarly, in a "moral evaluation" of the 2008/'09 Gaza massacre, Asa Kasher, author of the IDF's 'Code of Ethics', expressed his hope that "our doctrine" will ultimately "be incorporated into customary international law." How?
The more often Western states apply principles that originated in Israel to their own non-traditional conflicts in places like Afghanistan and Iraq, then the greater the chance these principles have of becoming a valuable part of international law.
Now Israel's strategy becomes clearer… Israel's assault on the laws of war takes aim at the core, guiding principles in IHL – precaution, distinction, and proportionality – in order to strip them of their intended purpose: the protection of civilians during armed conflict. If successful, the victims of this assault will be in the Occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, Lebanon – and in occupations and war zones around the world.
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Paul was born on November 18th, 1942 to George & Angelina Rosa. He attended Nazareth Hall grammar school and made many life long friends. Paul attended Aquinas Institute where he was known to have a spirited personality, and graduated in 1961. Paul went on to attend college at Rochester Business Institute, where he earned his bachelor's degree in Accounting. He was the co-founder & owner of Rosa & Sullivan and in 1981 founded Rosa's Home Stores in Buffalo, NY. Paul enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren and was often described as a "big teddy bear". He liked to cook out on the grill, loved making pancakes for family breakfast and looked forward to all family gatherings.
During his free time, Paul enjoyed golfing, playing cards and going out to lunch with his friends on Thursdays. He was a Buffalo Bills fan, a member of the Knights of Columbus and enjoyed spending many winters in Florida. Some of Paul's favorite music was Frank Sinatra, Celine Dion and Barbara Streisand.
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Volume > Issue > The Myth of Pastoral Sensitivity
The Myth of Pastoral Sensitivity
GOING ALONG TO GET ALONG
By W. Patrick Cunningham | May 2009
W. Patrick Cunningham is a deacon of the Archdiocese of San Antonio, and one of the Archbishop's team of Masters of Ceremonies. He has a master's degree in theology from St. Mary's University. For the past nine years he has been principal at Central Catholic High School in San Antonio, and has taught moral theology and Scripture to sophomores. He and his wife Carolyn have three daughters and eight grandchildren.
In one of the parishes in which I have ministered, every year over a period of years, the director of religious education (DRE) asked me to teach one or two Rites of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) classes. There seemed to be no pattern to the topics I was requested to research and present, so I was not surprised when she asked me to teach the "sacrament of marriage" to her two sections, on consecutive nights. This was long before the explosion of "theology of the body" seminars, so I confined my resource-mining to the Code of Canon Law, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, sociological research on how to keep a marriage together, and my various sacramentology resources. I gave the same presentation to both sections.
Great was my shock when a week later I received a copy of a letter directed, not to me, but to my pastor. In it the DRE complained in no uncertain terms that my presentation, which she had attended both nights, was inappropriate. My comments on premarital intercourse, cohabitation, contraception, and other aspects of marriage and sexuality — all of which were culled straight from the Catechism — had offended some of the RCIA students, and two were dropping out as a result. I replied by letter to my pastor, with a copy to the DRE, that I taught what the Church teaches, that I had been given no specific information from the DRE about the composition of the class or any restrictions on the scope and sequence of the topic — in fact, I was given no directions whatsoever. All she had said was, "Teach about the sacrament of marriage." Needless to say, I never received an invitation to teach anything in that parish again. I had acquired the dread moniker, "pastorally insensitive."
About a dozen years ago, I was counseling a young, unmarried Catholic couple who had been intimate and were expecting a child. They had spoken to their very experienced Catholic pastor about it, but were shaken by the encounter. When I asked them why, they told me that he had said, "Whether you get an abortion or not, don't leave the Church." The couple rightly understood that the pastor had his priorities upside down, and that the pursuit of the good meant both staying in the Church and bringing new life into the world. The pastor had a citywide reputation for being "pastorally sensitive."
Throughout Catholic academia, especially in the U.S. and Canada, schools are establishing Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender (GLBT) Resource Centers. At Georgetown, Jack Harrison, co-chairman of "GU Pride," a homosexual support group, spoke of plans to make the Jesuit campus more "trans-friendly" by "working to provide bathrooms and better housing options for transgender individuals." This, one would suppose, is the latest front in the war to demand "pastoral sensitivity" not only from clergy and religious, but also from the general population.
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Firearms / History
The Rise and Fall of the Ubiquitous Mosin Nagant
by Nicholas F. · July 21, 2017
In 2008, my father took me down to Keene's Smoked Ham Depot to buy me my first firearm. Upon walking in the door, he gave me three choices: a Gewehr 98 that looked as if it had only recently been dredged from the mud of the Marne, a Hi-Point 995TS carbine, or one of the Mosin Nagant rifles had just arrived from their distributor. Seeing as Call of Duty: World At War had just released the prior month and my love of World War II had awakened again, I decided to dig through box after box of Mosin Nagants until I found one that piqued my interests. After that, it was $80 with a background check and out the door my father and I went.
Last year I went back to Keene's with my father, now in a different location and known first and foremost as KYGunCo, and I was perturbed by the fact that they had not a single Mosin Nagant in their entire arsenal. Once a rifle that catapulted them out of obscurity, the Mosin Nagant was now walking down the path which the company had come from. Why is that, you might ask? I believe I can shed some light on the situation.
First and foremost, the Mosin Nagant's illustrious era was propelled on the simple fact that the rifle was cheap both to purchase and to shoot. When they first flooded the market like Soviets soldiers crossing the Volga, they could be found on practically any gun shop wall for under $100 often coming with a free spam can of 440 rounds or with a discount coupon that made the 7.62x54mmR rounds cheaper than the 19¢ per round that they commanded at full market value. As time went on the Mosin's price rose until around 2012 when the price increased by almost double what was being asked of it due to the Sandy Hook Massacre. Since then, the price has only continued to rise exponentially. When I bought my final Mosin in 2012 the price was almost $250 after the background check, but at the most recent gun show I saw people not only asking for $400, but getting it, disturbingly enough.
Your standard pre-war Mosin Nagant 91/30
But it wasn't just the rifle itself that rose, the ammunition for the rifle itself has become increasingly hard to find as well. In 2013, the Euromaidan protests in Ukraine caused a government upheaval that led to the 2014 annexation of Crimea by Russia and a Russian-backed separatist movement in the East. Ukraine, the largest exporter of 7.62x54mmR in the world, almost immediately ceased all sales and shipments of the ammunition as they suddenly needed it to fight a war which they are still fighting to this day. While surplus ammunition has trickled in here and there, it's nowhere near as easy to find as modern-production commercial ammo and often commands the same price of 60¢ per round.
A post-war M44 Carbine
To couple with this fact, Mosin Nagant variants are also disappearing from the market. Years ago you could walk into virtually any gun show and be overwhelmed by the number of rifles labelled as Mosin Nagants that you had never seen before only to learn that the two are intrinsically related. Even though the market for variants lasted slightly longer than the regular 91/30 market, it too eventually sputtered out leaving a void at gun shows which was soon filled by cheap Chinese clone optics and accessories for railed firearms. Long gone are the days of M44 and Type 53 carbines and the next variant to join the graveyard is likely to be the Finnish M39, meaning that snagging a more unique Mosin rifle will go back to being a collector's game in the next year or so.
A M39, the most commonly seen Finnish Mosin Nagant
Another major factor in the death of the Mosin's popularity is the dropping prices of AKs, ARs, and semi-automatic surplus rifles. In a world where Mosins are fetching over $300 with ammunition costing over half a dollar a round, why would anyone bother buying one when you can get a Yugoslav SKS for as cheap as $350 and shoot 7.62x39mm as cheap as 18¢ per round? Why get an old-bolt action rifle when you can assemble a PSA AR for a little over $400, or just buy one of the many lower-end ARs like the Ruger AR556 for around $450? Hell, these days you can find quality AKs for as cheap as $650 if you still want to go the more expensive Com Bloc route.
A rarer Finnish M27 rifle.
While it's obvious that the Mosin cannot compare to other rifles in it's price range today, you might still wonder if it's even comparable to other rifles from it's era, and the answer to that is a resounding no. The Mosin Nagant is definitely cheaper to feed than similar weapons such as the Carcano, Lee Enfield, and Mauser, but it is still more expensive out of the gate, is less pleasant to shoot, and is far less accurate than its counterparts. I've had three Mosin Nagants over the years and shot plenty more at /k/ meets, yet they cannot hold a candle to other rifles from the era from almost any standpoint.
Why is this, you might ask? By far the most common reason for this is that the majority of Mosin Nagants are poorly done Ukrainian post-war refurbished rifles. These rifles have poorly repaired or even force-matched parts. For range use this is fine, but after a handful of rounds these rifles will become harder to operate and will require more force to work the bolt, which isn't something easily done because the Mosin has poor heat dissipation which means you're going to be caught in a battle between unlocking the bolt and burning your hands and getting you've ever loved covered in molten shellac. When I picked out my first Mosin, I was fortunate enough to grab a Russian refurbished rifle and while it is far superior to your standard Ukrainian hack job, it's still not something I would be confident wagering a bet against any proficient shooter with a Mauser in a marksmanship challenge.
My Russian Refurbished Mosin Nagant on a range outing.
At the end of the day, the Mosin Nagant is a tired old rifle that has fought in every battle since the Philippine Revolution in 1896 and created a booming market in the late-aughts of the United States gun market. Once a staple gun for every /k/ommando, fudd, and newguns alike, these rifles have returned to the cosmoline crates they packed away in until once again they are needed in war, in peace, or innawoods. They'll never be the greatest weapon on the market as they were once portrayed to be, but they'll put a big hole in a small target at a commendable distance.
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