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Current: Indo-Israeli Relations: A Quest for Great-Power Status Since 1991
Indo-Israeli Relations: A Quest for Great-Power Status Since 1991
Sunil Kumar, March 24, 2018
Filed under: Israel
Publication: Jewish Political Studies Review
Volume 28, Numbers 3–4
States seek power and do whatever ensures their survival in the anarchical system. A state seeks power because it does not know other states' intentions toward it. Moreover, there is no higher authority that a state can turn to in the event of war or conflict.2 Thus, in a self-help, anarchical system, states are bound to ensure their security and hence survival by augmenting their power.
Given India's geographic position and history of bloody Islamic invasion and colonization, as well as wars with hostile neighbors, augmenting military power remains the supreme priority for the Indian leadership. It was to achieve this supreme priority that the Indian leadership chose to forge strong diplomatic relations with militarily powerful nations like the Soviet Union, the United States, and Israel.
Israel, however, occupies a unique place in the process of India's foreign policymaking. Owing to geostrategic factors in general and domestic factors in particular, the Indian leadership remained hesitant to extend full support to Israel. Hence from time to time India exhibited a mixed response toward the Israeli cause, and often even voted in favor of UN resolutions that went against Israel's interests.3
Despite India's reluctance to extend full diplomatic support to Israel, Israel remains India's most trustworthy ally and the only country that, with its diplomatic and technological might, can play an instrumental role in India's quest for power status in South Asia.
Power and National Interest: A Political Imperative
In 1848 the twice-serving British prime minister Lord Palmerston was quoted as saying, "We have no eternal allies, and we have no perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual, and those interests it is our duty to follow."4
States make and unmake alliances according to the benefits that arise from doing so. The formation of alliances is not based on emotions but, rather, on realist motives.
India's diplomatic relations with Israel, however, are not guided by national interests alone; shared interests, shared values, and shared challenges are just as important for both nations. Both of them have firm faith in democratic ideals, and both face the same essential challenge: Islamist terrorism.
India's diplomatic relations with Israel are an amalgam of realism and idealism, and the same is evidenced by India's recognition of Israel and, at the same time, support for the Palestinian cause. India's balanced approach to the Middle East conflict was a classic example of what we call pragmatism. India maintained equidistance from Israel and Palestine, but with a palpably greater affinity for Israel. In 1946 Jawaharlal Nehru informed the world that India's foreign policy would pursue its national interest while maintaining its hard-won independence.5 Moreover, India was guided by domestic imperatives that the newly formed nation-state prioritized over transnational imperatives.
For a newly independent but backward nation like India, entering the realm of power politics guided solely by realism could have thwarted socioeconomic progress at home.6 Thus Nehru's adoption of nonalignment as a guiding principle of India's foreign policy was brilliant. As a pacifist and internationalist, Nehru summarily rejected the role of human nature and of structure in international politics.
The structural constraints within the international system also bring to the fore another factor central to India's foreign policy. Kenneth Waltz maintains that states have an incentive to gain power at their rivals' expense.7 Great powers behave aggressively, and the potential victims usually balance against the aggressor and resist its effort to gain power. China's approach to border issues causes India, as a potential victim of that approach, to balance against China, for balancing can, as Waltz argues, contain aggression.8
The stance of nonalignment was chosen to buy more time for development at the domestic level. It was in no sense intended to keep India aloof from world politics. Before it could exercise power in world politics, India needed considerable time to address various challenges such as poverty, illiteracy, a deficient health system, technological backwardness, social cohesion, and so on. Notwithstanding such major challenges at the domestic level, from time to time India demonstrated its power.
No country is immune from power struggle and hence from power politics. A newly independent India needed power to secure its borders and play a major role in world affairs. The India of 1947 was a weak state in perhaps all regards except its burdensomely huge population and vast territory.
In such a situation, engaging in conventional power politics was out of the question as it could have turned fatal; power politics by other means was the only way to attract the world's attention. Thus Nehru adeptly used diplomatic and ideological means to demonstrate India's power. And it was out of ideological and diplomatic considerations that India decided not to join either bloc, and also not to recognize the state of Israel for almost two years after its establishment. Having recognized Israel, though the recognition was qualified, Prime Minister Nehru stated, "We would have [recognized Israel] long ago, because Israel is a fact. We refrained because of our desire not to offend the sentiments of our friends in the Arab countries."9
The delay in recognizing Israel was deliberate; India was not in a position to compromise its vital interests in the Arab world. In addition, Israel's diplomatic proximity to the United States deterred India, unwilling to side with either bloc, from recognizing Israel.
Although the recognition was belated, India's policy toward Israel was never definitive, and recognizing it at some point remained an option. Out of realist considerations, India recognized Israel in 1950, and in 1952 it agreed to the opening of an Israeli consulate in Bombay. In 1955 India invited Israel to the Bandung Conference. Nevertheless, Nehru, cautiously watching political developments in West Asia, was in no haste to extend full diplomatic support to Israel. Nehru wanted to maintain a semblance of balance in India's West Asia policy. Both he and his close adviser Krishna Menon favored keeping diplomatic options open with both Arab states and Israel.10
With the end of the Nehru era following his death in 1964 came the second phase of India's foreign policy under the stewardship of Lal Bahadur Shastri and Indira Gandhi. The scholar Sumit Ganguly describes this period as one of strategic dependence on the Soviet Union, particularly after 1971.11
The second phase of Indian foreign policy was characterized by a growing tendency to realism. In August 1970, while paying tribute to her father's ideal of nonalignment, Mrs. Gandhi asserted that the problems of developing countries needed to be addressed "not merely by idealism, not merely by sentimentalism, but by very clear thinking and hard-headed analysis of the situation."12 On the international stage, the realist turn was evident as India veered away from nonalignment toward alignment with the Soviet Union, marked by the 1971 Indo-Soviet Treaty of Friendship.13 Emboldened by this treaty, India conducted its first nuclear test in 1974 in response to a nuclear test by China at Lop Nor. The incorporation of Sikkim into India in 1975 was yet another assertive move in reaction to Chinese belligerence. The shift in India's foreign policy from idealism to realism became more apparent when India suppressed the separatist Khalistan movement, which resulted in Prime Minister Gandhi's assassination. In sum, the era dominated by Indira Gandhi was characterized by lip service to anti-imperialism, Third World solidarity, and nonalignment, but was marked in practice by a move toward power politics.14
The brief governance by the Janata Party also manifested India's quest for power. In 1979 Prime Minister Morarji Desai secretly invited the then Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan, and they held talks along with Foreign Minister A. B. Vajpayee on establishing full diplomatic relations as well as an Israeli embassy in New Delhi, or at least upgrading the Israeli consulate in Bombay.15
1991: A Tectonic Shift in India's Policy toward Israel
The end of the Cold War had a huge impact on India's foreign policy, ushering in an array of global prospects and challenges. On the one hand, the integration of the global economy brought economic opportunities; on the other, it posed an immense threat to national security stemming from global terrorism.16
Against this backdrop, Indian foreign policy shifted from nonalignment to alignment, the decades-long distrust toward the United States was abandoned for the sake of the national interest, and regional concerns were given priority over global concerns. In this context, Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao introduced the Look East policy; India now focused on Southeast Asia, which it had long neglected during the Cold War period.17 The Look East policy was in fact a move to gain diplomatic influence against China in Southeast Asia, thereby bolstering India's status as a regional power. Initiated in 1991, it marked a strategic shift in India's outlook on the world.18 While Narasimha Rao attributed due importance to neighbors, he took the huge foreign policy leap of establishing full-fledged diplomatic ties with Israel on January 29, 1992, which resulted in the opening of embassies in New Delhi and Tel Aviv.
Vajpayee's tenure as prime minister was marked by major success as India for the first time demonstrated an assertive posture to the world by conducting nuclear tests in Pokhran in 1998. Despite the initial surge of hostility and a range of sanctions from the United States and the other great powers, the international community grudgingly accepted India as a de facto nuclear-weapons state.19 Vajpayee also furthered the legacy of Narasimha Rao by reinvigorating the relations with Israel. During his tenure, in 2003, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon paid an official three-day visit to India to strengthen the two countries' ties.
Sharon's historic visit to India came in the midst of a diplomatic improvement between the two countries that began in 1999. That year the Kargil War between India and Pakistan proved to be a turning point. Israel emerged as an important ally and source of military support, providing India with ammunition when Pakistan infiltrated the Kargil-Dras region in the disputed state of Jammu and Kashmir.20
Indo-Israeli relations reached a new height when Narendra Modi became the Indian prime minister in 2014. Pundits now describe the situation between the two countries as a diplomatic renaissance. Cooperation with Israel — conducted secretly by India throughout most of its history — has now gone public. In a pronounced departure from the past, Modi has openly and enthusiastically embraced the Jewish state.21
Modi cherishes a personal connection with Israel. As chief minister of the state of Gujarat, he visited Tel Aviv in 2006 and spoke glowingly about what India could learn from Israel. Notably, Israel welcomed Modi at a time when he was not welcomed in many countries because of his purported role in failing to stem communal riots in 2002.
In September 2014, the Indian and Israeli premiers met at the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that "the sky is the limit" for the two countries.22 In what could be termed a tectonic shift in India's foreign policy toward Israel, Modi paid it a three-day visit. The visit was historic not only because Modi was the first sitting Indian prime minister to come to the Jewish state but also because important agreements were signed that stood to benefit both countries in the long run.
Defense Cooperation
Most crucial to both nations is the defense and security cooperation between them. Such cooperation with Israel remains the top priority for India; only if it is militarily capable can it contain the threat emanating from hostile neighbors, as well as from terror groups and extremism within the country. Moreover, India's quest for power can only be fulfilled with the help of cutting-edge Israeli defense hardware and technology.
Israel has always provided crucial assistance when India needed it most – during crises or when other sources were not available. Be it the India-China War of 1962, the India-Pakistan wars of 1965 and 1971, and even the 1999 Kargil conflict, Israel always stood by India and provided military and intelligence aid. This decades-long friendly orientation in times of crisis makes Israel a reliable ally and defense partner.23
India's arms trade with Israel has significantly increased in the post-1991 period. The demise of the Soviet Union prompted India to seek an alliance that could meet its need for weapons. Moreover, aging Soviet weapons had to be upgraded to meet the new challenges. In such a situation, Israel emerged as a reliable ally when it came to answering India's need for arms, technology transfer, and co-production.
The total value of the two countries' arms trade over the past decade is estimated at around $10 billion.24 With the delivery in May 2009 and March 2010 of the Phalcon Airborne Warning and Control Systems (AWACS), which India mounted on Russian-built Ilyushin II-76s, Israel emerged as one of the largest arms exporters to India. Today Israel is India's third largest arms supplier (at an overall estimated value of $1 billion).25
Indo-Israeli cooperation increased dramatically in 2014 with Modi's election as prime minister. From his election in May to November of that year, Israel exported $662 million worth of weapons and other defense items to India. This was greater than the total Israeli exports to India during the previous three years combined.26
Israel's defense establishment is actively participating in the Make in India initiative and has formed a number of joint ventures with Indian partners. Israel's Elbit group has launched some joint ventures with Indian companies, such as Adani-Elbit Advanced Systems India, the aim of which is to manufacture UAVs in India.27
Although many in India believe that India's relations with Israel are confined to defense cooperation, they go beyond that sphere. Besides the billions of dollars in defense deals, India and Israel share a common strategic agenda. Indeed, the first paragraph of the India-Israel Joint Statement issued during Netanyahu's visit to India last January states that the relationship has become a "strategic partnership." As Modi explained: "Israel and India live in complex geographies.… We are aware of strategic threats to regional peace and stability.… Prime Minister Netanyahu and I agreed to do much more together to protect our strategic interests."28
For both India and Israel, living in complex geographies requires having the power and capabilities to meet diverse challenges. Hence, the two nations' striving for power cannot be understood as stemming from imperial ambitions. Like Israel, India needs power to ensure its survival, and viewing India's aspiration for power in terms of expansionism would be seriously mistaken. Both India and Israel are compelled to augment their power by structural constraints. Thus India's quest for power is neither inconsistent with democratic ideals nor international morality.
Indo-Israeli bilateral relations have grown significantly in recent years, with the two nations' interests converging on a range of issues. At its heart, however, this relationship is still driven by close defense ties and recognition of a common foe in Islamist terrorism. Although both sides are trying to broaden the base of the relationship, significant constraints remain, preventing it from reaching its full potential. Both sides will have to navigate the relationship carefully through these constraints. The current international environment, however, is particularly favorable to a deepening of Indo-Israeli ties. Whether the sides will make the most of this opportunity depends ultimately on political will in both states. The people of India and Israel have a long history of civilizational contact, and it is only natural for the two states to cooperate more closely on issues ranging from defense and counterterrorism to trade and cultural exchanges. Significant mutual benefits can contribute to both India's and Israel's quest to survive and thrive.
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Sunil Kumar is a research scholar at Central University of South Bihar, Gaya, India.
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What is modernism? The term is used generally to convey a faith in progress and a healthy skepticism for received ideas and traditional values. More specifically, the modernist tendency has often been associated with the most vital developments and highest achievements in the art of the past 150 years. However, those concerned with maintaining traditional values in one form or another see "modernist" art as merely one alternative among many, and perhaps even an empty or misguided one. This introduction looks at modernist works in order to consider what are the defining characteristics of modernism, and also explores the critical terms in which this art has been represented.


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Q: Animate a Sprite grid using CSS3? I've got this sample sprite grid sheet that I need to run through and animate. I am able to reach a certain point but struggling to make it perfect. The animation is not that smooth and additionally, the image is not aligned properly. During the animation, you can see image elements not centered with other elements in the view. Here is my HTML and CSS3 code so far.
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A: I have added a background dimension style, and rearranged some of your properties
the result is almost ok; but your sprite grid seems to be out of order

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From gentle and soft muted hues to new elements in wedding decor, couples will be impressed with the wedding trends that are emerging in 2015. Here's our list of what we're seeing.
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Alicia H. Munnell draws on both her practical experience and her research to provide a broad perspective on the challenge of state and local pensions. She shows that the story is big and complicated and cannot be viewed through a narrow prism such as accounting methods or the role of unions.
By examining the diversity of the public plan universe, Munnell debunks the notion that all plans are in trouble. In fact, she finds that while a few plans are basket cases, many are functioning reasonably well.
Munnell's analysis concludes that the plans in serious trouble need a major overhaul. But even the relatively healthy plans face three challenges ahead: an excessive concentration of plan assets in equities; the risk that steep benefit cuts for new hires will harm workforce quality; and the constraints plans face in adjusting future benefits for current employees. Here, Munnell proposes solutions that preserve the main strengths of state and local pensions while promoting needed reforms.
Alicia H. Munnell is the Peter F. Drucker Professor of Management Sciences, Carroll School of Management, and director of the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. She has served as assistant secretary of the Treasury for economic policy and as a member of the President's Council of Economic Advisers. She was also cofounder and first president of the National Academy of Social Insurance. Munnell has written several books, including Brookings titles State and Local Pensions: What Now? (2012), and Coming Up Short: The Challenge of 401(k) Plans, with Annika Sundén (2004).


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The 2007 Escalade would also receive a significant power increase from a new 6.2-liter engine featuring variable valve timing. The all-wheel drive version of the 2007 vehicle provided 403 horsepower through a six-speed automatic transmission. A 2015 Cadillac Escalade debuts as a completely new version for the luxury sport utility vehicle with added luxury and refined performance.
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The Shallows is the latest film from Spanish director Jaume Collet-Serra (Orphan, Non-Stop), who has developed a loyal fan-base with his ability to liven-up the tired tropes of mass-appeal genre films. After a trio of Liam Neeson-led shoot-em-up action entries (including the pretty decent Non-Stop, which was effectively an Agatha-Christie-on-a plane) he returns to horror, where he last worked in 2009 with the underrated Orphan. In what is perhaps his best film to date – on the simplest terms Jaws meets 127 Hours – he tells a gripping and visually arresting survival story of a desperate but determined woman clinging to glimpses of hope, and using her substantial wits and capabilities to fix and manoeuvre her injured body, and navigate the safe havens at her disposal. With a game, intense performance from Lively, and some vicious shark take-downs this is a particularly strong entry in the oft-tried sub-genre.
Still reeling from the loss of her mother, medical student Nancy Adams (Blake Lively) has gone off-grid, seeking solace in Mexico and visiting a secluded beach once visited by her mother. Despite the danger of surfing alone – two surfing companions had called it a day – Nancy takes to the water for one last wave. When she is swept into the feeding ground of an enormous great white shark, and is attacked and badly injured, she is forced to swim to and find safety on a small patch of coral. Stranded 200 yards from shore, the frightened young woman must fight for her life against harsh, ever-changing elements – the bitter cold of the night, and a high tide threatening to submerge her sanctuary – and the deadly predator circling her location.
The Shallows is a story about the strength of the human spirit, and digging into the recesses of your courage. Nancy – alone, injured and frightened – must use everything at her disposal to survive against a vicious predator in its natural environment. Her medical knowledge results in several Macgyver-esque treatment techniques, including the use of her jewellery to suture a wound and part of her wetsuit as a pressure bandage. She's resourceful, and makes her decisions after an analysis of her surroundings and the habits of her enemy.
Collet-Serra does some very interesting things with his camera, beautifully capturing the surfers' bodies in motion at the beginning of the film with stylistically-heightened above and below-water photography, and acclimating us to the spatial dimensions of where the action will unfold. There is a buoy about 200m offshore, and an island of rocks that penetrates the surface when the tide is low. These become spots for Nancy to recuperate and protect herself. This establishment enhances the stakes of Nancy's struggle later, when her immobility and isolation begins to weigh on her psychologically. DP Falvio Labiano's stunning aerial shots also reveal high concentrations of dark coral, a clever technique to emphasise how difficult the shark is to spot.
I was also pretty happy with how Collet-Serra used photographs, and a face-time call to her sister and father, to efficiently and unfussily establish Nancy's profession and her motivation for surfing that particular beach. It does get a bit heavy-handed tying to tie Nancy's natural fight to her late mother – also a fighter, and whose spirit might be watching over her. The GoPro camera worn by one of the surfers Nancy meets at the beach also has dual roles – and Lively's game solo performance is physically credible, but also heartbreaking. One of the film's most memorable moments actually doesn't reveal a violent shark take-down, but the camera remains locked on Lively's face as she witnesses the attack from afar, and the horror on her face suggests everything. A marvelous decision, which at that point kept the shark's true capabilities a mystery.
There are a few dodgy CGI effects – one shot of Lively surfing is especially poor, and a late development is egregiously convenient and disappointingly fake-looking – but the shark is mostly an exceptional creation. Also impressive is the seagull training work on 'Steven Seagull', Nancy's injured seagull companion for most of the film. This may be the finest performance by a seagull in motion-picture history.
A nail-biting survival thriller, The Shallows features a headlining performance from Lively, and is an emotionally involving story of female empowerment, with enough gory peril to also please horror fans.
By Andrew Buckle
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
Writer: Anthony Jaswinski
Starring: Blake Lively
Release date: Australia: August 18, 2016
Posted by Andrew Buckle at 19:03	Tagged with: Blake Lively, film, Jaume Collet-Serra, shark, The Shallows
One Response to "The Shallows"
Alex Withrow says:
Nice review man. I also liked this one more than I thought I would. I love how you called out that shot where we watch Lively watch an attack. I agree, that was really effective. And yes, the Oscar for Best Seagull goes to Steven Seagull.
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Moelis CEO Donated Thousands to Cantor Before Hiring Him
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By Eliza Newlin Carney
Posted September 2, 2014 at 5:41pm
The head of the investment bank that just hired Republican Eric Cantor for more than $1 million a year has been a loyal political supporter of the former House majority leader from Virginia.
Ken Moelis, chairman and CEO of Moelis & Co., gave $5,000 to Cantor's leadership political action committee, Every Republican is Crucial, just 12 weeks before he reportedly opened talks with Cantor about joining the bank. Moelis also personally gave the maximum $5,200 in this election cycle to Cantor's campaign committee. Cantor's new gig as vice chairman and managing director for the bank will earn him $400,000 this year, with a $400,000 signing bonus and $1 million worth of stock.
The Cantor donations were among $100,000 that Moelis gave to Republican candidates and party committees in the 2012 and 2014 election cycles, according to Federal Election Commission data tallied by the Center for Responsive Politics. These include $19,800 to the National Republican Congressional Committee thus far in this election cycle, and $58,000 to the National Republican Senatorial Committee in the 2012 elections. Also in 2012, Moelis gave $15,000 to the NRCC and the maximum $5,000 to GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney.
Moelis & Co. is nowhere near among Cantor's top securities and investment industry donors, who collectively gave him and his PAC $1.4 million before his unexpected primary ouster in June by college professor Dave Brat. Well known as a champion of the financial services industry and for his success raising millions from Wall Street, Cantor received $130,800 from Goldman Sachs employees and PACs in this election alone, CRP data show.
Nor is Moelis the top political contributor from his company. That honor goes to William Derrough, a managing director and co-head of the bank's Recapitalization and Restructuring Group, who has given more than $160,000 to Democrats in the 2012 and 2014 election cycles. That includes $40,800 in this midterm to the Democratic National Committee, and $16,200 apiece to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
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Home News Holy Smokes, It's a Whole New Twitter
Holy Smokes, It's a Whole New Twitter
Gavin Dunaway
ADOTAS – OK, so I'm a little bitter: late yesterday afternoon the word went out that Twitter was slowly rolling out a major revamp, starting with a small number of registered accounts this morning. Sadly, @Adotas was not one of the chosen — perhaps CEO Evan Williams is still mad that I always mention my favorite cheap bourbon alongside his name (tastes best from the flask!) or because I mocked cofounder Biz Stone's comments at The Atlantic's Aspen Ideas Festival….
Whatever the reason for this sleight (I hold grudges, Twitter — just ask Jenny Simpson, the girl who kicked me in the crotch in third grade), I have to rely on the reports and screenshots — though I do have access to the new mini-profile feature, which is pretty awesome. When a user mouses over a tweeter's mugshot, a menu with retweeting and texting options pop up. Hit "more…" and the tweeter's bio, website and latest tweet appear.
This is remarkably handy as on the Adotas Twitter we follow more than a thousand people (I know, it's not that impressive, but I'm a leader, not a follower) and often I'll be wondering "Who the hell is that?" when an unfamiliar face pops up in the stream.
In addition, when someone you don't follow shows up in your feed because he/she has been recommended or heavily retweeted by your friends, you can easily add that person to your list via the pop-up menu, instead of navigating to the profile page. However, there isn't a menu option to easily shift people into lists.
But those are just some basic functionality updates — let's get to the meat. On the user homepage, the feed stream will sit on the left and now feature "infinite scroll" — no more "Click for more tweets" — while a "rich details pane" on the right will show embedded media such as video and photos.
How does this work? Well, Twitter has partnered with [takes deep breath] Brightcove, DailyBooth, DeviantART, Etsy, Flickr, Justin.TV, Kickstarter, Kiva, Photozou, Plixi, Twitgoo, TwitPic, TwitVid, USTREAM, Vimeo, yfrog and YouTube [exhales dramatically]. In addition, the details pane may show replies to a certain Tweet, other recent Tweets from that user, a map showing the location of a geotagged Tweet and more.
"The new Twitter will help people explore and understand the world in a richer and more immediate way," the company writes. "Now you can get more of the info you want with less work."
According to Twitter, the team has been quietly developing the site revamp for six months, but there is no timeline for a complete rollout to Twitter's 160 million users. On the marketing front, advertisers will have more creative functionality for Promoted Tweets and brands will be able to offer followers a true multimedia experience from their Twitter accounts. On the FAQ page, Twitter ponders what the fantastic video-response Old Spice campaign "would have been like to see the video responses to Tweets without needing to go off the page."
As Williams told The New York Times, Twitter ads are going to be far better "because there's going to be more real estate and more engagement."
I snorted when, at the Aspen Ideas Festival, Stone said: "We're not a social network–that's been a myth since the beginning…. We're much more like an information network or a source of news." Well, with these changes, it would seem Twitter is better fulfilling both roles — snort withdrawn, sir.
From a user standpoint, I've never really enjoyed using Twitter — navigating the original setup made me feel like I was being attacked by information. This is exactly why tweeters use readers like Seesmic — the feed is great, but the site is not. However, this rehaul could change many minds as managing the site will now be less akin to bull-riding — it could also be a huge threat to readers like Seesmic and Tweetdeck.
In all the talk of Facebook killers, perhaps I missed the most obvious candidate. Twitter already gets a huge thumbs up from me for always putting users first. Maybe I can forgive you, Twitter, for not including me in the initial revamp rollout — let's not fight anymore, baby.
Check out these neat-o screen shots:
And then there's a pretty cute promo video — notice when the protagonist pulls out the wine bottle with the cardboard cutout bird, the label reads "Fledgling."
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Resources and Transformation in pre-modern Societies
Presentations and Posters on Resources and Transformation in pre-modern Societies
2020, May 14th-16th
Ruhr-University Bochum, Department of Archaeological Sciences & Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum, Germany
Submission of abstract latest February 29th 2020
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No conference fees. We can offer a travelling grant for doctoral and post-doctoral researchers, if a paper is accepted.
We can also offer support for accompanying partners with children, please contact us in advance.
The ReSoc conference Resources and Transformation in pre-modern Societies is organised by the Leibniz Post-Doc School "Resources in Society" (ReSoc) hosted by the Ruhr-University Bochum (RUB) and the Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum (DBM). The aim of the conference is to provide a forum for a transdisciplinary discourse on transformation of knowledge, culture and landscapes in relation to resources. In three sessions, with two distinguished keynote speakers each, we will cover aspects with a multitude of different methodological and theoretical perspectives.
Submissions in the form of an abstract should be submitted to Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein! by February 29th 2020, indicating the session in which you would like to participate. Notification of acceptance will be given until latest March 15th 2020. If your paper is accepted, please send an extended abstract (up to 5 pages plus up to three figures) by April 19th 2020 for publication in our conference's abstract volume. Extended abstracts will be published in online proceedings, receiving a DOI. A final publication is envisaged for 2021.
The conference will start with a public evening lecture on May 14th 2020 and last until May 16th 2020. Participants can take a guided tour through the Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum on Saturday May 16th 2020 in the afternoon.
For further information, please visit the website of the conference.
Reception & Evening Lecture
Evening Lecture by Roland Hardenberg (Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frobenius-Institut Frankfurt)
May 15th–16th
Session A: Skill, Embodiment and the Growth of Knowledge
Keynotes: Trevor Marchand (SOAS University of London) & Maikel Kuijpers (Universiteit Leiden)
Session B: Life Worlds in Resource Landscapes
Keynotes: Timothy LeCain (Montana State University) & Nils Anfinset (University of Bergen)
Session C: Resources and Complex Systems
Keynotes: Iza Romanowska (Barcelona Supercomputing Center) & Angelos Chliaoutakis (Technical University of Crete)
Session D: General Poster Session
Detailed Information for the Sessions
Session organisers: Maja Gori, Constance von Rüden
Keywords: craft, embodiment, skill, technical practices, resources
If we understand resources as socially produced constructs, knowledge and its transmission represent a key aspect in approaching the relationship between resources and societies. Indeed, knowledge is relevant in almost every aspect of a community: it is not only central for its subsistence economy and the appropriation of raw materials and thus for the survival of the community, it is also necessary for their contestant social cohesion. Of course, many aspects of a group's knowledge are not visible in the archaeological record, but the knowledge inherent in crafts is well-reflected thorough its materiality. Raw materials, tools, unfinished and finished goods allow insights into the skill of a craftsperson (Ingold 2011, 2013). They reflect his or her choices and social needs, as well as the habitualized activities guided by tacit knowledge. Beyond this, learning or the appropriation of techniques and their involved skills from one generation to the next or from one group to another is a crucial aspect for the spread of such resource knowledge. Next to embodiment and the materiality of the things involved, this spread of knowledge is also driven by cultural choices and the people's socio-cultural identity.
The session aims to bring together researchers interested in the reconstruction of the resource "technical knowledge" by material remains and aims to address how such a resource can be spatially and temporally spread.
Session organisers: Yiu-Kang Hsu, Peter Thomas, Thomas Stöllner
Keywords: daily practices and routines in landscapes, life worlds, knowledge, resources
What "resourcers" (resource-suppliers) perceived as relevant for their decisions is a key issue in understanding how resource-landscapes and specialized activities involving (mineral) resources has evolved in ancient societies. The decision - if a resource was worth exploiting, or if a landscape was considered appropriate to start an enterprise - has to do with the level of knowledge, world-views and expectations of the people involved. Normally the material evidence of production sites does not provide many clues about basic life-world-concepts. However, we consider practices, which left their mark in the landscape, as one hint for the reconstruction of at least aspects of such basic perceptions, might they have been driven by social, economic or ritual/religious ideas and experiences. Ethnographic accounts tell us about the importance of experiences on structure and perceived causalities that decide the way of doing and constructing a life-practice. This session is dedicated to the discussion of such interdependencies on the basis of the theoretical models and special observations that ethnographers, archaeologists, sociologists made within their empirical studies, whose datasets often seemed illogical at first.
Session organisers: Frederik Schaff (Ruhr-University Bochum), Michael Roos (Ruhr-University Bochum), Frank Hillebrandt (FernUni Hagen)
Keynotes: Iza Romanowska (Barcelona Supercomputing Center) & Angelos Chliaoutakis (Technical University of Crete)
Keywords: Complexity, Resources, Modelling
In this session, we want to explore methodological approaches that deal with the complexity of high-level archaeological questions by taking a resource-based view. Under a high-level question, we understand a question that deals most comprehensively with human behaviour in its specific spatiotemporal context. More concretely, we do not want to focus on a single aspect of the archaeological record for a given region and time, but want to understand the dynamics of the past society in a given geographical area over a long time span (typically several hundred years).
A particularly interesting approach to such issues is to build formal, data calibrated simulation models with artificial societies populating an artificial world. However, inevitably one encounters a huge 'lack of data', especially when it comes to modelling human behaviour. Hence, ethnographic and anthropological work that aims at detailed descriptions of daily life and decision processes in past societies, likely providing more than one hypothesis, is a crucial part of such a discussion.
Furthermore, we recognise that the availability of resources, be it material or culturally produced and accumulated, is an important aspect when trying to understand such higher order questions. The distribution and availability of resources (including, e.g., knowledge) structures and limits the potential activities of the humans that lived in the specific spatiotemporal context. Taking a resource-based view is thus most helpful in selecting the elements in the model or making inevitable assumptions on past human societies, be it individual behaviour or social processes.
Related to any session or the overall topic. All manners of research methods are acceptable. Open questions or research proposals that will stimulate a lively discussion are also possible in this slot!
There will be a best-poster award for young academics.


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With projects increasingly calling for minimal sightline disruptions, AluK's technical experts developed Infinium to conceal the outer frame and sash into the opening.
Understanding that flexibility and customisation are crucial to specifiers, Infinium is available in single and dual colour options, with a range of anodised or powder coat finishes available, ensuring Infinium fits seamlessly with the project's overall design aims.
Specifiers benefit from additional customisation options, with Infinium available in 38mm and 52mm glazing options, with double and triple glazing on the same outer frame. Beyond this, Infinium offers both double and triple track configurations, with opening panels up to 3000mm x 3500mm.
Ensuring that sightlines aren't impacted in any way, Infinium has been engineered to feature cleverly concealed lateral locking handles, with a lock that fully integrates into the 21mm interlock profile.
Infinium makes it easy to achieve up to six sashes for large spaces, or for projects that demand increased glazed space. Far from ignoring function in favour of form, AluK's design team has developed Infinium to feature engineered aluminium rollers as standard, ensuring that panels require the lightest touch to open and giving the system a luxury feel and operation. The design also enables specifiers to make the most of the usable living space within their projects.
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Nigel Headford, Sales Director at AluK, said: "We are incredibly proud of Infinium. Having listened to architects and façade consultants about their customers' drive for large, open glazing to create beautiful spaces, we wanted to be able to engineer in several features that make Infinium perform beautifully, too.
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The stars sure seem to be aligning for this bright young local styling and design talent and today's Face of Memphis. As the 2nd Annual Memphis Fashion Week kicks off, we meet the MFW board member, Head Stylist and Emerging Designer, Star Hawks. Yes, that's her real name and yes, that's her real hair- -so cool.
Star's original designs will be featured alongside competing emerging designers during Friday night's event at the Cadre Building. We photographed her at the Memphis College of Art, where she was once a student and where Saturday's MFW event will be held.
We love a hometown girl with confidence, style and a blissful awareness of her cosmic calling, and we know you'll enjoy meeting her, too!
What did you do before you made being a stylist your day job, and when did you first know that you could turn your passion for fashion (both styling and design) into a career?
My husband and I have been leading a church, so I have been a full-time pastor, and I've traveled a lot and mentored people. My two passions are people and fashion. I have always known that I would be in the fashion industry. I just had to wait for the right timing! When we moved back from NYC in November 2010, Chad Mellon from CMP Studios contacted me about being their fashion stylist. That was my first official fashion job. And then when I spoke with Abby Phillips, director of Memphis Fashion Weekend, about the Emerging Memphis Design Project, I knew this was my open door to start designing. I had to walk through it!
What are some of the coolest fashion shoots you have worked on and why?
I had the honor of being the head stylist for Boho Magazine's fashion show for the Eforea Spa at the Hilton event. Seal was the opening act for the event. So many celebrities and famous models-very cool! As far as shoots, working with Chad and Jenn Mellon of CMP Studios really helped develop me as a stylist. We would have so much fun brainstorming about each shoot… I can't think of a favorite shoot we did because we would seriously laugh the whole time we worked!
What are some exciting new elements that we can look forward to at the events this year?
Without saying too much, when it comes to the designs, you are going to see a range, from the girl-next-door to edgy architectural.
Everything. I would have to say people's personalities. I absolutely love how we are all so different. Often when I design, I create a character and make up a story about them: where are they going, what's their attitude, what mood are they in? I birth a whole creation from there! I am also inspired by music, mood and life experiences.
I love throwing parties! I love gathering people together to have fun. I love roller skating, dancing, trying new restaurants and going on dates with my husband.
"We are not to compare ourselves to others." My Grandma told me that. This advice has kept my head on straight, especially in such a competitive industry.
I love Memphis! I feel like I'm loving it more every day. My whole family lives here, and I have so many amazing friends here! I heard someone say once that Memphis is like a big small city; it's so true. There's so much happening here and at the same time; everywhere you go you know someone. When I think about it, it warms my heart. Everyone knows everyone!
Can I just say that no one has ever been disappointed when I've taken them to Brother Junipers?! Love their breakfast (usually at noon). I also love to take my friends to Flashback. I love vintage clothing, and something about it captures this artistic Memphis vibe. I think I could describe Memphis as "vintage" with our Elvis, Johnny Cash, Martin Luther King Jr. roots!
Many people don't think of Memphis when they think of most fashionable cities. What do you say?
I say there is a revival happening here all over the board! Look a little closer. From the trendy tattooed Betty Pages and James Deans at the tattoo shops, to the Crazy/Beautiful girls who have the "too cool for school" baggy pants with stilettos and so much more–there is a progressive fashion pulse happening in Memphis. It's only going to increase!
Your favorite local places to shop?
I love Flashback for awesome vintage finds and Crazy/Beautiful.
What are some key spring must-haves that every woman needs?
Bright lipsticks, something coral and a new fragrance.
What about any spring hair or make-up trends?
Lip color is so huge. I feel like a lot of girls have been afraid of lipstick. I'm all about a statement lip! Red lipstick is a must this season.
Besides Fashion Week, what Memphis event are you most excited about this spring?
Music Fest! Did you see the line up? I'm freaking out about Daryl Hall & John Oates, Bassnectar and Smashing Pumpkins! OMG!
I have four: L'oreal liquid eyeliner, my iPhone, lipstick (I have 20 tubes in my purse, not kidding) and gum! Hot breath is not an option.
Thank you, Star, and best of luck with the Emerging Designers contest during Friday's Fashion show! We know we will be seeing lots more from this talented young woman and we hope to see you all at the fashion shows this weekend, too! For more information about Memphis Fashion Weekend and to purchase tickets, visit their website: www.memphisfashionweekend.com.
As always a big thanks to Christen Jones Photography for these beautiful images.


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Trip with friends- Tips to get the most out of it!
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Trips with friends are a great way to live new adventures, gather old buddies to get some quality time or to plan a well-deserved trip to find moments of happiness. But let's face it, there is a downside: travelling in a group can get quite complicated! We discovered some ideas and tips for preparing a trip with your group of friends easily.
Hipmunk, Hopper, Liligo are some price comparators of flights, trains and buses to choose which destination has better prices and schedules. This is a practical way to start planning your holidays, as you all probably don't live in the same city.
Once you have some ideas, select a date to vote and open Plan Chat, an useful app to vote between members, make polls and plan every single details of your trip. It has the possibility to create different groups to discuss each topic separately and to add pictures or text information to each one.
The best is yet to come but the illusion is so exciting that we start to overwhelm us for everything, the dates, the clothes and the activities to do everyday. The most important thing is to realise that, although it is a group trip, you can split for a while to do different things. Let's say you are in a very historic city and you would love to visit the ruins, while others need some rest after lunch or just getting lost around the city.
With the realtime location of Wave Application, you can be connected with your friends as you make plans for your own. It is an ideal way to meet in crowded or new places. With this app you can create a group between friends for some hours and see each other's location on a map, in real time. Also, it has a chat so you can comment on what you see.
While travelling it is common that you will need some cash to pay your friends, or the other way around: to get paid and then carry on a vast and heavy amount of small coins. Now it is easier than ever to pay online and we love how Circle Pay app gets everything ready, as you can select a contact and make a transfer quickly, linking your debit card. It is the easiest way to solve all money issues in a minute. Another choice you can use for payments is Venmo, that is one of the quickest to make the transfers.
Another essential sort of app to travel with friends is a cloud storage. Cloud, Drive or Dropbox are among the most popular, and all serve you to upload automatically your pictures from your smartphone on a shared folder with your friends.
Being able to go back to the good times spent with friends is priceless. So why not to write it down? This mental exercise is an amazing way to avoid forgetting life memories and experience them afterwards having different points of view. If you want to write it with your smartphone in your empty moments, you can download Trip Journal, an app to share moments on text, pictures and videos of every single detail of your trip.
The most experienced travellers do not upload dozens of pictures of each day of travel and neither should you, if you do not want your audience to stop following you. Learn to filter and choose a few images from each day.
To end, give some feedback and comment on the restaurants and hotels you've visited. It seems boring, but you will be helping all people who, like you, have looked at valuations on the internet before traveling. And also help someone who has made your vacation a bit more enjoyable.
You are ready to plan your next adventure. Tell us how your friends trip was and send us your pictures to our Instagram.


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Distributed storage with the manageability, security and cost benefits.
Turning?to the cloud for data storage, but choosing you'll be able to view, share.
Your different devices, NAS devices provide a lot that I have miss the time applying for.


This is a link to a new PC software system that enables Alexa to directly launch websearches, several of them simultaneously. It also allows 'Control' from the 'to do' list through integration.
I would be interested to know how this might also benefit the Android user. Bearing in mind that the system could potentially write material to the PC that the Android could then pick up etc.


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There's a guy named L.E. Modesitt, Jr. (I don't think we should hold that against him, though I do wonder why you'd choose to be a published author who goes by his initials–"What do I call you, Le ?") I've read exactly two books of his, and they were both recommended to me by a friend who I think has Big Brain. This one is called Adiamante…I think that's Spanish for diamond…and in it, Modesitt does the shocking thing of writing down his rules about how society can actually work. The whole novel is in fact a psychological suspense story that rests on the fulcrum of a moral dilemma (yes, I'm using the word dilemma in its correct meaning): when should we apply force to ensure our way of life continues? Early on, or later?
I highly recommend Adiamante, not for the prose but for the clarity of ideas. Modesitt has lain down two documents, the first being The Paradigms of Power (about morality and mutual respect in society), and the second being The Construct (about when force ought to be used, juxtaposed with retaining one's own sense of moral right in a dog-eat-dog universe). Pretty much it's an argument for holding off on delivering violence until the last possible moment, giving the other guy the chance to come to his senses and survive too. Of course, you have to have a big–though assuredly hidden–stick. These aren't fictional ideas. They're excellent and I see ways to implement them in everyday life.
If smackdown was delivered earlier, a whole lot of trouble and loss of life could have been avoided.
So tell me, gentle reader, which is it for you? Why? Should force be the first or the last thing we should apply when confronted by our "enemies"? In any case, both these authors make an excellent case for writing things down, so we can think about them for ourselves–rather than have the answer dictated to us.


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Deelemanikara christae, unique représentant du genre Deelemanikara, est une espèce d'araignées aranéomorphes de la famille des Sparassidae.

Distribution
Cette espèce est endémique de Madagascar. Elle se rencontre vers Beparasy.

Description
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Étymologie
Cette espèce est nommée en l'honneur de Christa Laetitia Deeleman-Reinhold.

Ce genre est nommé en l'honneur de Christa Laetitia Deeleman-Reinhold.

Publication originale
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Liens externes
 genre Deelemanikara :

 espèce Deelemanikara christae :

Notes et références

Sparassidae
Espèce d'araignées (nom scientifique)
Faune endémique de Madagascar


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2020 Hyundai Creta The Highest Selling SUV in the Month of June
Published by Shubham on July 3, 2020 July 3, 2020
2020 Hyundai Creta is one of the favorite SUV in India and also gets the title of 'King of SUV's'. The First generation of the Hyundai Creta launched in 2015.
From 2015 the one of the best known SUV Renault Duster, It competes with the duster and beat them. Since its launch, it is popular and sells a large number of units.
Front view of 2020 Hyundai Creta
The company launched the second generation of Hyundai Creta in March 2020 in which various features and designs changed which makes this SUV Futuristic and Attractive.
The Mark of 24,000 units were booked so far and 14,000 bookings were done in the month of June whereas if we talk about the actual units sold are 7,201 units.
With the high performance and highly featured SUV, the 2020 Hyundai Creta become the most selling SUV in India in the month of June.
2020 Hyundai Creta Engine and Transmission
The all-new Hyundai Creta comes with the BS6 engine compliant 1.5-litre petrol, 1.5-litre VGT diesel, and 1.4-litre turbo GDI petrol engine options will be given. The 1.5- litre petrol engine produces the max power of 115 PS and 144 Nm of peak torque.
Whereas the 1.5-litre VGT diesel engine produces 115 PS of power and 250 Nm torque and the 1.4-litre turbo GDI petrol engine produces the 140 PS power and 242 Nm of torque. The 6-speed manual gearbox will be given in all the standard models of the 3 engine options.
Although the automatic transmission system like IVT will be provided in a 1.5-litre petrol engine, AT will given in the 1.5-litre diesel engine and 7-speed DCT will be provided in 1.4-litre turbo GDI engine.
For Full review of the 2020 Hyundai Creta go through the link Given Below
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Peranema are small flagellates and range in size from 20-70 um in diameter. They are very active predators and scavengers.
The single flagellum projects straight forward, and a rapid rotation of its extreme end pulls the Peranema smoothly through the water. The body of the Peranema can undergo extreme contraction and distortion as it moves.
Peranema have been seen inside the bodies of dead rotifers and are said to absorb nutrients through their outer pellicle. In addition, they can ingest quantities of detritus, bacteria, algae and even large organisms by expansion of the cytostome — a cavity which lies at the base of the flagellum. Each culture is enough for 30 students.


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Q: Copy Values instead of formulas in an offset copy I am having trouble figuring out how to have my offset copy and paste code, copy values rather than formulas.
I have the following code which works perfectly but putting the copied cells in the next blank column, but I need the values, not formulas pasted in.
Sub Burndown_Snapshot()

'Copies the Overall Status Summary Data from the Dashboard and adds to the next empty column of the Historic Status table
'Triggered by the 'Burndown Snapshot' button on the dashboard

Dim column_number As Integer

column_number = Sheets("Historic Status").Cells.Find(What:="*", After:=Range("IV65536"), SearchOrder:=xlByColumns, SearchDirection:=xlPrevious).Column + 1
Sheets("Dashboard").Range("C3:C7").Copy Destination:=Sheets("Historic Status").Cells(1, column_number)

End Sub

I figure i need a .PasteValues in there somewhere but im not sure where
Thanks

A: Copy Column Range
Set lCell = dws.Cells.Find("*", , xlFormulas, , xlByColumns, xlPrevious)

*

*dws.Cells means all worksheet cells e.g. A1:XFD1048576, or A1:IV65536 for version prior to Office 2007.

*The 2nd (omitted) argument (of the Find method) is After whose default parameter is Cells(1) or Cells("A1") i.e. the first cell of whichever range (dws.Cells) you apply the method to.

*Combined with the xlPrevious parameter of the SearchDirection argument, it looks first in the last cell (e.g. XFD1048576).

*By choosing the xlByColumns parameter of the SearchOrder argument, the next cell looked in will be XFD1048575 etc.

*The xlFormulas parameter of the LookIn argument makes sure that the first non-empty cell is found (not ="" or "'", just empty (blank includes all three)).

*The parameter of the 4th, the LookAt argument, is irrelevant and therefore omitted.

Set dCell = dws.Cells(1, lCell.Column + 1)

*

*After the cell is found (Not lCell Is Nothing), we reference the cell (dCell)in the first row (1 before the comma) in lCell's column adjacent to the right (lCell.Column + 1)

Set drg = dCell.Resize(srg.Rows.Count, srg.Columns.Count)

*

*The destination range has to be the same size as the source range to copy by assignment.

*In this particular case, you can safely omit , srg.Columns.Count since there is only one column Set drg = dCell.Resize(srg.Rows.Count) (the default parameter of both arguments of the Resize method is 1.

*Now you can copy values by assignment: drg.Value = srg.Value.

Sub Burndown_Snapshot()
'Copies the Overall Status Summary Data from the Dashboard and adds to the next empty column of the Historic Status table
'Triggered by the 'Burndown Snapshot' button on the dashboard

    Dim sws As Worksheet: Set sws = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("Dashboard")
    Dim srg As Range: Set srg = sws.Range("C3:C7")

    Dim dws As Worksheet: Set dws = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("Historic Status")
    Dim lCell As Range
    Set lCell = dws.Cells.Find("*", , xlFormulas, , xlByColumns, xlPrevious)
    If lCell Is Nothing Then Exit Sub ' no data in range
    Dim dCell As Range: Set dCell = dws.Cells(1, lCell.Column + 1)
    Dim drg As Range: Set drg = dCell.Resize(srg.Rows.Count, srg.Columns.Count)

    drg.Value = srg.Value

End Sub

A: So I updated my code to include an extra copy paste function to give me the result I want, which also works, but requires a defined cut and paste range (which in most cases should be workable)
    Sub Burndown_Snapshot2()

'Copies the Overall Status Summary Data from the Dashboard and adds to the next empty column of the Historic Status table
'Triggered by the 'Burndown Snapshot' button on the dashboard

Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Dim column_number As Integer
Dim rng As Range

column_number = Sheets("Historic Status").Cells.Find(What:="*", After:=Range("IV65536"), SearchOrder:=xlByColumns, SearchDirection:=xlPrevious).Column + 1
Sheets("Dashboard").Range("C3:C7").Copy Destination:=Sheets("Historic Status").Cells(1, column_number)

For Each rng In Sheets("Historic Status").Range("B1:ZZ5")
       If rng.Value <> "" Then
            rng.Value = rng.Value
        End If
   Next rng

Application.ScreenUpdating = False

End Sub

However @VBasic2008s answer is much cleaner and doesn't have an arbitrary end point


Art has developed in a direction parallel to humanity and has become a humanitarian narrative by constantly changing. Individuals and individuals have expressed their feelings and thoughts through art for centuries. If art should be defined as a method of inquiry or inquiry, or as a language, it can be said that this language and narration have changed and developed in parallel with and in parallel with humanity. Art that is fed from culture is also in constant interaction with the concept of "culture" in this axis. And at the same time, the concept of "culture" has found its place in many different disciplines as daily. Many areas are defined from philosophy to sociology, economics to anthropology. The dilemma of man and art has entered into a way that can not be reversed by the period of enlightenment, and modernity and modernization have become a problem of art. Nowadays, it is obvious that art is not just a coloration made on the surface. Especially in this 21st century, where tendencies and understandings prevail, it is possible to see that the waste also takes its place in art spaces. The different phenomena, situations and concepts that Art Povera (Poverty Art) artists, especially those on which each of the artists bring together organic and inorganic materials, examine natural and unnatural processes and cultural material-motifs and try to make various nature experiences visible can be mentioned.


A Fortieth-Day Divine Liturgy will be held on Sunday, February 24, 2019 at 11:00 am at Saint Charbel Parish Ottawa, Maronite Catholic Church, 245 Donald St.
Beloved son of Karim Nakhle and Jacqueline Salem.
He will be sorely missed by his partner and the love of his life Maria Ontong.
Loving brother of Claude Nakhle (Henry Karnabi), Tony Nakhle, Elie Nakhle (Micheline Antoun), Lina Nakhle (Jean-Nicholas Bustros), Christine Nakhle (Andre Abou Assali) and Charbel Nakhle (Lillian Aboumoussa).
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The latest Fortnite update v15.20 has dropped, and of course, within a heartbeat, data miners are going to town, unearthing all sorts of secrets! One of those secrets already has been shown that it's most likely that Predator is the Mystery Battle Pass Skin, as there is a lot of references to Predator Quests and the Predator Spray.
However, according to Fortnite leaker FortTroy, it seems that another Portal has been found within the code. The first one being about Predator, but the second one, all we have to do is that it's called Portal_Typhoon and that it is a female skin. There are even two more encrypted sets that are not Predator or TheGrefg.
Two new Portals have been added to the file
– Portal_Nightmare (Predator)
– Portal_Typhoon ( ? )
— FortTory – Fortnite Leaks & News (@FortTory) January 13, 2021
From the Twitter comments, fans are speculating that it might be heroine Lara Croft, but others think otherwise. It is more or less mere speculation otherwise; however, from the official Tomb Raider Twitter account, they randomly tweeted out this.
This is the reason why fans are insinuating that it is indeed Lara Croft, and in all honestly, it's as cryptic as it's ever going to get. It really could mean anything; it might not even be about Fortnite at all.
However, think of the Gaming Legends we've had so far, Kratos, Master Chief, and Pyscho Bandit. Lara Croft is one of the most well known female Gaming Legends there is, and it will not be surprising at the least if she eventually will end up as an outfit in Fortnite in the near future.
People are saying it won't be, as, from the 15.20 patch notes, they are reading into one particular line:
Meanwhile, Agent Jones is bringing in a few big guns with the next pair of Hunters to join in the chaos.
They are assuming that the next pair of Hunters will be a duo, but it could be two separate characters. We'll have to wait for the upcoming patches to find out more! If we're lucky, v15.30 might even be next week!
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Here are some of the great upcoming Concerts & Events taking place in the Central Valley.
2023 Wear Red Day – February 3
Show support for Women in your life by Wearing Red on Friday, February 3rd.… MORE
Country Chaos featuring Chayce Beckham, Drake Milligan & Kolby Cooper – February 22
93.7 Kiss Country presents Country Chaos on Wednesday, February 22 at 7:00 PM at the Tower Theatre featuring Drake Milligan from America's Got Talent, Kolby Cooper, and Chayce Beckham, American Idol Season 19 Champion. Country Chaos features Farm Fresh Country with some of the newest faces in Nashville.… MORE
Central Valley Career Fair – March 15
START UPDATING YOUR RESUME! It's time to get a job … or a better job … at the 2023 Central Valley Career Fair happening on Wednesday, March 15 from 11:00 AM until 2:00 PM at the Sierra Vista Mall in Clovis.… MORE
2023 Central Valley Go Red for Women Luncheon – March 16
Losing even one woman to heart disease or stroke is too many! 93.7 Kiss Country is a proud sponsor of the Go Red for Women Luncheon supporting the American Heart Association on Thursday, March 16.… MORE
PBR Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour – March 18
Are you ready? The toughest sport on dirt is back for an all new 2023 season. Join the party and come watch the cowboys of the PBR Pendleton Whisky Tour ride the rankest bulls on the planet live at the Save Mart Center on Saturday, March 18 at 7:00 PM.… MORE
Are you ready? The toughest sport on dirt is back for an all new 2023 season. Join the party and come watch the cowboys of the PBR Pendleton Whisky Tour ride the rankest bulls on the planet live at the Save Mart Center on Sunday, March 19 at 2:00 PM.… MORE
Jeff Dunham – March 23
Jeff Dunham is bringing his "Still Not Cancelled" Tour to the Save Mart Center on March 23, 2023 at 7:00 PM.… MORE
Boots In The Park featuring Cody Johnson – April 22
Boots In The Park presents Cody Johnson with special guests Chris Janson, Ian Munsick, Hailey Whittiers, Pillbox Patti, Joe Peters and Luwi$$ Lux on Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 1:00 PM at Woodward Park in Fresno, CA.… MORE
LOCASH at the Clovis Rodeo – April 26
93.7 Kiss Country is proud to announce that LOCASH is performing after all the PBR Bull Riding action at about 8:45 PM on Wednesday, April 26 at the 109th Annual Clovis Rodeo in Clovis, CA. Tickets and information available online on ClovisRodeo.com.… MORE
Nate Smith at the Clovis Rodeo – April 27
93.7 Kiss Country is proud to announce that Nate Smith is performing after all the PRCA Rodeo action at about 8:45 PM on Thursday, April 27 at the 109th Annual Clovis Rodeo in Clovis, CA. Tickets and information available online on ClovisRodeo.com.… MORE
Michael Ray at the Clovis Rodeo – April 28
93.7 Kiss Country is proud to announce that Michael Ray is performing after all the PRCA Rodeo action at about 8:45 PM on Friday, April 28 at the 109th Annual Clovis Rodeo in Clovis, CA. Tickets and information available online on ClovisRodeo.com.… MORE


The history of the Betel company began in the year 1992. The company, unique, changed forever the concept of long-distance passenger transportation in Argentina, not only for being a pioneer, but also for serving in an exceptional way to each and every one of its customers and passengers.
Betel bus company is proud of being able to transport passengers to each of its services and bus classes belonging to its fleet, prepared to satisfy and provide great comfort to each client.
Among the destinations and routes that the company covers are, separating by province: in Cordoba, in the southeast of the province, Bell Ville, Oliva (within the department of Tercero Arriba), in the center of the province we can name Oncativo and Villa María. Then, in Buenos Aires: Mar del Plata and Retiro.


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Q: For a lot of people, flying the Confederate flag is a state's rights issue, the idea of state sovereignty and that people who oppose the flag just don't understand Mississippi. What's your response to that kind of rhetoric?
A: States' rights is not a constitutional concept. The Constitution divides certain powers to the federal government and rights to individuals. The remaining governmental powers are designated to the states. So the state doesn't have rights; it has powers. I don't really buy into the state's rights argument at all.
Q: You don't believe it's the will of the people to keep the Mississippi flag as it is now?