Delta, a global leader in power and thermal management solutions, will present a broad portfolio of high-efficiency PV inverters and battery energy storage solutions at Intersolar 2017 Europe. The energy storage system ES30 series, an all-in-one and highly scalable solution integrating Li-ion batteries for up to 90kWh capacity and more than 2 hours of continuous 30kW back-up power; and the new high-performance string PV inverter M88H series, featuring maximum 88kVA output power, industry-leading peak efficiency up to 98.8%, active cooling and an electromagnetic interference (EMI)-proof design, will be key highlights of Delta's showcase.
The ES30 is a three-phase 90kWh Li-ion battery energy storage system suitable for commercial and industrial applications. The AC-coupled system in a standard 19" rack features a flexible and modular design scalable up from 6kWh to 90kWh battery capacity. A 30kW Power Conversion System (PCS) with an impressive 0.99 AC output power factor and integrated Battery Management System (BMS) are included in the scope of delivery.
- 30kW continuous power for more than 2 hours (with 90kWh battery capacity).
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- Reliable and high quality Li-ion battery modules with cycle life greater than 6,000 cycles.
System, many different customized energy usage modes can be realized.
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for lower electric power cost.
- Can be utilized to control reactive power to stabilize grid voltage.
High-power and high-efficiency string inverters are ideal for large commercial and ground-mounted PV plants with megawatt-sized solar arrays where optimum yield is important to ensure a valuable investment return from the system. Thus, Delta's new flagship inverter model, the 3-phase M88H series, offers maximum 88kVA output power, active cooling and industry-leading peak efficiency of up to 98.8%.
- Flexible DC/AC overload capabilities.
- Metallic housing for perfect EMI performance.
enabling safe and proper remote plant control.
system design and better performance in challenging conditions.
outdoor installation even in harsh environments.
communication interfaces are available such as RS-485.
- Greater flexibility and simplified installation as inverter and cabinet are separate.
optimized way but it also serves as a gateway for visualization via mobile devices.
- Built-in customized energy management modes for various customer needs.
Welcome to Delta's showcase at Hall B3, Stand 140 at Intersolar Europe 2017 in Munich from 31 May – 2 June.


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Runway Expert / Judge ''America's Next Top Model''
J. Alexander began his career gracing the runway for Jean Paul Gaultier in New York City. After a modeling stint in Tokyo, he eventually decided to settle in Paris, and since 1991, is a preferred contact for casting and coaching runway models for well-known designers, including Valentino, Galliano, Bill Blass, Alexander McQueen, Chanel and Nina Ricci.
His compassion for beginning models and ability to easily improve elegance and movement on the catwalk, combined with his outlandish sense of style, has put him in high demand in the world of fashion and modeling.
Alexander's studio is a frequent stop for television, newspaper and magazine journalists looking to capture his unique talent and secrets of runway success. In his spare time, he enjoys traveling the world for modeling competitions and charity events.
Judge ''America's Next Top Model'
Nigel Barker was born in London and educated in the English countryside. His introduction to the fashion industry was in the mid-1980s when he appeared on "The Clothes Show," a televised model search in England. This launched his successful modeling career, which took him all over the world working for Giorgio Armani, Valentino, Gaultier, Kenzo, Donna Karan and Ralph Lauren.
After a decade in front of the camera, Barker followed his dream to become a photographer and moved to the other side of the lens. By 1996, Barker had launched his own photo studio, Studio NB, in Manhattan's fashionable meat packing district.
Barker's work has appeared in a wide variety of publications, including Oyster, Interview, Paper Mag, (t)here, Black & White, Instinct, Zink, Angeleno and Playboy, among others. Barker's clients include Saks Fifth Avenue, Nicole Miller, Gortex and Bulgari, to list a few.
Barker has been a great help to many models over the years, carefully nurturing their careers while satisfying clients with his keen eye for casting the perfect person for each project. Because of his background, Barker brings a unique sensitivity to the relationships he forms with his subjects. He plays the role of a director, pouring his energy into coaxing out the inner beauty in every subject he shoots.
He currently resides in New York with his wife, Cristen.
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A native of North London, Twiggy became a living icon in the fashion world in the mid-1960s. At age 17, Twiggy was internationally known as thA native of North London, Twiggy became a living icon in the fashion world in the mid-1960s. At age 17, Twiggy was internationally known as the world's first teenage supermodel. During her modeling career, she graced the covers of virtually every fashion magazine in the world, including Vogue, Elle, McCall's, Seventeen and Newsweek.
After officially retiring from modeling in 1970, Twiggy became an actress in film, stage and television. Her film credits include "The Boyfriend," "The Doctor and the Devils," "Madam Sousatzka" and "The Blues Brothers." Her television credits include "The Little Match Girl," "Young Charlie Chapman" and her own ITV chat shows "Twiggy's People" and "Take Time with Twiggy."
She won two Golden Globe Awards for her role in Ken Russell's film "The Boyfriend" and was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance in the award-winning Gershwin musical "My One and Only." She has also recorded several albums from country pop to Broadway musicals. Her latest, "Midnight Blue," was released in 2004.
Twiggy is an ardent supporter of animal welfare, an anti-fur campaigner and is known for her support of breast cancer research groups.
She currently resides in London with her husband actor/director Leigh Lawson. They have two adult children.
Creative Director/ Producer of Photo Shoots ''America's Next Top Model''
Jay Manuel made his debut on the first cycle of "America's Next Top Model" as the poignant makeup artist and photo director who offered his sharp tongue, color commentary and industry expertise to help transform the girls from bland to glam.
Manuel is no stranger to "the business of managing the aesthetic," as he calls it. His renowned makeup skills are always in high demand by the likes of Tyra Banks, Alicia Silverstone, Jennifer Lopez, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Mya, Kim Cattrall, Naomi Campbell, Iman, Vanessa L. Williams, Jada Pinkett Smith, Pink, Emily Watson, Bridget Moynahan, Angela Bassett, Natalie Cole, David Bowie, Rupert Everett, Patti LaBelle, Toni Braxton, Rosario Dawson and Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon.
Manuel's unique vision extends much further, having designed ad campaigns and provided stunning conceptual direction for various fashion editorials. His collaborations with legendary photographers Herb Ritts, Richard Avedon, Annie Leibovitz and Francesco Scavullo have enhanced the pages of Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Marie Claire and the Victoria's Secret catalog.
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Let's grab this opportunity to bounce back says Port boss Carden
Southport host out of form Chester in the Vanarama National League this evening
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Manager Paul Carden is hoping that the quick turnaround in matches works to the benefit of his Southport team when they host Chester on Tuesday night.
The Sandgrounders' indifferent form continued on Saturday when they suffered a disappointing defeat against fellow strugglers Torquay United - just seven days after registering their more impressive result of the season with victory at Woking.
Carden's side host Chester in what is always a well-contested local derby and the manager believes that having another game only three days later gives his side the ideal chance to respond.
"The game against Chester comes around fast and it gives us an opportunity to bounce back," he said.
"A few weeks ago, on the back of losing heavily against Grimsby, we went to Woking where we put in an excellent performance and got a tremendous win. Now we've got the chance to do the same again.
"One thing we haven't really done so far this season is to give the fans at home something to shout about. We've had spells in games but we know we need to do better.
"People have said to me that we should have more points and I possibly agree with that. But the facts are that we haven't got those points and it's lapses in concentration like on Saturday which is the reason.
"It's something we need to quickly address before the gap between the bottom four and the rest of the league increases."
Southport, currently third-bottom of the Vanarama National League, have struggled for consistency since the season began, and despite an overall improvement in recent performances, they have still managed only two wins this season.
In Chester, the Sandgrounders face a team even more out of form, having lost four of their last five matches.
Southport's match against Torquay on Saturday was decided by a goal inside the first minute and Carden says his side need to respond better when they fall behind.
"We've only had one game this season where we've come from behind to get something after conceding the first goal," he added.
"It's something that's crept into us and is a concern because there are going to be games when we go behind and we've got to show that resolve. At the moment, we need to go a goal up to get ourselves going.
"It's disappointing but I still believe there's enough ability in our team to move us up the table."
Paul Rutherford was absent on Saturday with an ankle injury and remains sidelined, while midfielder Gary Jones serves the final part of his suspension. Striker Andy Bishop is available after recovering from a five-match absence due to injury as a substitute at the weekend.
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Q: How do I fill a form in a web site that calls javascript code and retrieve the results from a different frame using python? I'm going to have to code a program in python that retrieves results after filling a web form (which in turn calls different javascript functions), and those results appear in a different frame of the website. I considered using the Selenium web engine, but I was wondering if anyone has any better idea?
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Five Ways That Food Brings Us Together
24 Jun, 2019 | Editorials
While most people can be brilliant, for some people the ability to develop a good relationship at workplaces can be a challenging process. Bringing people together in a working environment can be made easier by only using food. You would be surprised at how food is a critical ingredient in boosting interactions among different people
Coming together and sharing a meal is one of the simplest ways of binding people. Being in a position to make or share a dish with the people you spend your day with is a universal concept that creates stronger relationships. Sharing a meal has also been believed to help people achieve a much healthier and happier life.
How Does Food Bond People Together?
Sharing food with other people has a wide range of benefits. Breaking bread can be a way to remove uneasiness, create more friendships and explore different cultures and bonds in workplaces. Companies can involve workers in activities that focus on sharing meals such as Culinary Workshops in Singapore while catching up or celebrating their progress. Food can help people bond in the following ways;
A vehicle for sharing culture
Work environments are quite diverse with people from various backgrounds and cultures. When an entity involves workers in a workplace cooking class activity, you can be surprised at the variety of different cultures that people have in meal preparations. By merely asking people to bring their favourite traditional dishes can help in introducing each other to different cultures.
Increase in knowledge about food
Having workmates involved in Cooking Team Building Singapore events can be a great way of sharing information about healthy foods and how to prepare them. For instance, setting days to prepare different delicacies that represent the cultures in the workplace like Korean, Indian, Mexican or any other dishes. This process brings a sense of welcoming and allows people to learn new things together and appreciate the diversity in recipes.
Food has a natural way of bringing people together and will enable people to chat and feel less tense around each other. In the case of having fun Team Building Activities Singapore, it can have numerous events that let people talk and share stories while at it freely. Such platforms are a breather and can be more than just work-related issues; hence people can tell tales and laugh together.
Brings in history
Being able to share the food legacy that people have in their families is quite incredible. Besides bringing back the sweet old memories, it also creates new ones, allowing workmates to make memories of foods with their colleagues. Sharing history and traditional recipes have been done from generation to generation and are often worth sharing. It also helps people to appreciate their diversity.
Creates a stronger social support
For a long time, food is known as the key to happiness, and it helps build a healthier and happier life. Having a meal together creates a strong social support system for workers and creates stronger connections. Team Bonding Cooking Singapore can form a tight bond amongst people which helps reduce work-related stresses and which link to longer life spans.
Food is not merely about survival but also making more friends and better working relationships. From the past, food has been part of human history where people gathered together to share a meal to forge relationships provoke laughter and burry anger. Its ability to create tight bonds has proved to be useful and makes the work environment less stressful.


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Baseball America just released their D3 preview and had 2 Mid-East teams listed in their top 10. Wooster at #7 and LaRoche at #8.
They only listed their top 10. Both LaRoche & Wooster have a ton of talent returning. LaRoche did lose their Ace (Tanner Wilt), but I would still put them ahead of Wooster. The returning players from LaRoche earned it with their performance last year.
That preview has me PSYCHED!!!
Sounds like almost the whole team is back!
Perhaps this could be CWRU's year!
Too bad we're playing one of the nation's toughest schedules.
Great win by Adrian last night over #3 Birmingham-Southern. Good pitching on both sides. In the top of the 8th, 2B Brian Killinger hit a solo HR that put the Bulldogs up by a run. Kyle Shephard pitched 2 scoreless innings to get the save and secure the win. This is also good for the region to get a win over a top notch, nationally ranked, and highly respected program.
Later this month, Adrian has the opportunity to solidify where they rank in the region when they play Marietta, Wooster, and North Central Ill.(out of region, but still a very good team) on back-to-back-back days - March 17-19.
I say that 2 out of 3 is "solid".
In the past, the regional and national committees have put a lot of emphasis on Strength of Schedule so CWRU and Marietta may actually be ranked above some of these teams when the rankings come out.
It's like splitting hairs after #3 IMO. For example, if Denison had split 2-2 with DPU instead of losing 3 of 4 I would have them at 4 and DPU at 6. One game is the difference of 2 spots to me right now.
I agree with your assessment Dr. Pretty close after the top 3. To further complicate things, Marietta just added to their resume by beating LaRoche. Let's see what happens in game 2 today. Also, Marietta and Case play two games later this week which will most likely (1) eliminate either team if they got swept, or (2) eliminate both teams if they split. Eliminate from a pool C bid, that is.
Case has played one heck of a schedule. No doubt about it. They have proven that they are a good team. Beating both Emory and Wash U twice definitely enhances any teams' resume. And they have some tough games left. If they win out and finish 26-14, the selection committee will have to take notice and reward them with a Pool C bid. They also have to hope the top seeds win the conference tourneys.
Spartans lose to Fighting Scots 10-5. Wooster threw it's #1, while CWRU which played four games over the weekend ans had to start a pitcher who missed his last two starts due to injury.
If they can win the four remaining games, two with 'Etta and two with JCU, they will finish 25-15 0.625, with the toughest schedule in D3. As Pops says need top seeds to win their conferences.
We'll see how CWRU closes out the season. I like the way that the Spartans appeared to have rallied during the new "Round Robin" conference format.
The first rankings were posted and it does not look like any surprises. Although, it has probably been a long while (if ever) that 3 out of the top 4 teams in the Regional Rankings were from the NCAC. Not sure if they meant to put two teams at #5 or if that is a typo.
What the NCAA make a mistake. I will have to look in my spare time to see if they every tied a regional ranking before. You would thing that they could have found some difference between Adrian and W&J. Especially since these rankings will be history in another week.
The cancellation of this weekend's series may hurt CWRU's chances.


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round cruise boat ticket(s) for adults and children from 15 years offer no. RIF0806luec from Winkel or Rudesheim or Assmannshausen or Kaub together with bus transfer and 2-course menu per person 119,20 EUR, from Bacharach or Oberwesel or St. Goarshausen or Bad Salzig or Boppard together with 2-course menu per person 105,80 EUR. There is a 19% added value tax included in the boat ticket price. Price change because of tax increase, diesel price increase, increase of the firework fee etc. possible until 4 months prior to the boat cruise date. If there is a price increase you have the right to cancel the boat tickets free of charge.
Embarkation in Winkel in the Rhinegau (town part of Oestrich-Winkel in the Rhinegau, right Rhine river side, about 8 km east of Rudesheim) from 4:00 p.m., departure 4:30 p.m. Boat trip on the Rhine River from Winkel along Rudesheim with Bromserburg and Niederwald monument, Bingen with castle Klopp, Nahe river mouth and Mauseturm (mouse tower), ruin Ehrenfels, Assmannshausen, castle Rheinstein, Trechtingshausen with castle Reichenstein, castle Sooneck, Niederheimbach with castle Heimburg, Lorch with ruin Nollig, Lorchhausen, Rheindiebach with ruin Furstenberg, Bacharach with castle Stahleck, Kaub with castle Gutenfels and water castle Pfalz on the Rhine river, Oberwesel with castle Schonburg, Lorelei rock,. St. Goar with castle Rheinfels, St. Goarshausen with castle Katz (cat), Wellmich with castle Maus (mouse), Hirzenach, Bad Salzig, Kamp-Bornhofen with the "Feindlichen Brudern" ("Enemy brothers") castle Sterrenberg and castle Liebenstein, Boppard with Kurtrierische Burg (Trier elector's castle) to the Boppard Hamm. The passenger boat gathers together with the other passenger boats to the boat parade in the Boppard Hamm and drives together with these along the lights und fireworks Rhine in Flames / Rhine Aflame near Spay (left), Braubach below the castle Marksburg (right), Rhens (left), Lahnstein (right) to the big firework display near Koblenz / Coblence from the fortress Ehrenbreitstein. Seating place below deck on a passenger boat, sole entertainer with live music on board from 6:00 p.m. (restricted possibility to dance in the alleyway, width about 1,60 m). The firework displays can be seen from the open air deck or upper deck. Disembarkation in Kestert about 1:30 a.m., from there bus transfer to Winkel in the Rhinegau, return about 2:30 a.m. No disembarkation possible in Koblenz / Coblence. Boat tickets together with return bus transfer and dinner.
Return with the car from Rudesheim in direction to Kaiserslautern.
In the night, the ferry from Rudesheim to Bingen doesn't work. From Rudesheim you have to drive in direcion to Wiesbaden over the highway B 42 and freeway A 66 to the interchange Schiersteiner Brucke (Bridge), then you cross the Rhine River over the freeway A 643 to the interchange Mainz, over the freeway A 60 in southern direction to the interchange Mainz-Sud, and finally over the freeway A 63 in direction to Kaiserslautern.
Departure in 65385 Rudesheim in the Rhinegau (right Rhine river side) 5:00 p.m. Boat trip on the Rhine River from Rudesheim with Bromserburg and Niederwald monument along Bingen with castle Klopp, Nahe river mouth and Mauseturm (mouse tower), ruin Ehrenfels, Assmannshausen, castle Rheinstein, Trechtingshausen with castle Reichenstein, castle Sooneck, Niederheimbach with castle Heimburg, Lorch with ruin Nollig, Lorchhausen, Rheindiebach with ruin Furstenberg, Bacharach with castle Stahleck, Kaub with castle Gutenfels and water castle Pfalz on the Rhine river, Oberwesel with castle Schonburg, Lorelei rock,. St. Goar with castle Rheinfels, St. Goarshausen with castle Katz (cat), Wellmich with castle Maus (mouse), Hirzenach, Bad Salzig, Kamp-Bornhofen with the "Feindlichen Brudern" ("Enemy brothers") castle Sterrenberg and castle Liebenstein, Boppard with Kurtrierische Burg (Trier elector's castle) to the Boppard Hamm. The passenger boat gathers together with the other passenger boats to the boat parade in the Boppard Hamm and drives together with these along the lights und fireworks Rhine in Flames / Rhine Aflame near Spay (left), Braubach below the castle Marksburg (right), Rhens (left), Lahnstein (right) to the big firework display near Koblenz / Coblence from the fortress Ehrenbreitstein. Seating place below deck on a passenger boat, sole entertainer with live music on board from 6:00 p.m. (restricted possibility to dance in the alleyway, width about 1,60 m). The firework displays can be seen from the open air deck or upper deck. Disembarkation in Kestert about 1:30 a.m., from there bus transfer to Rudesheim in the Rhinegau, return about 2:20 a.m. No disembarkation possible in Koblenz / Coblence. Boat tickets together with return bus transfer and dinner.
Departure in Assmannshausen in the Rhinegau (right Rhine river side) 5:20 p.m. Boat trip on the Rhine River from Assmannshausen along castle Rheinstein, Trechtingshausen with castle Reichenstein, castle Sooneck, Niederheimbach with castle Heimburg, Lorch with ruin Nollig, Lorchhausen, Rheindiebach with ruin Furstenberg, Bacharach with castle Stahleck, Kaub with castle Gutenfels and water castle Pfalz on the Rhine river, Oberwesel with castle Schonburg, Lorelei rock,. St. Goar with castle Rheinfels, St. Goarshausen with castle Katz (cat), Wellmich with castle Maus (mouse), Hirzenach, Bad Salzig, Kamp-Bornhofen with the "Feindlichen Brudern" ("Enemy brothers") castle Sterrenberg and castle Liebenstein, Boppard with Kurtrierische Burg (Trier elector's castle) to the Boppard Hamm. The passenger boat gathers together with the other passenger boats to the boat parade in the Boppard Hamm and drives together with these along the lights und fireworks Rhine in Flames / Rhine Aflame near Spay (left), Braubach below the castle Marksburg (right), Rhens (left), Lahnstein (right) to the big firework display near Koblenz / Coblence from the fortress Ehrenbreitstein. Seating place below deck on a passenger boat, sole entertainer with live music on board from 6:00 p.m. (restricted possibility to dance in the alleyway, width about 1,60 m). The firework displays can be seen from the open air deck or upper deck. Disembarkation in Kestert about 1:30 a.m., from there bus transfer to Assmannshausen in the Rhinegau, return about 2:10 a.m. No disembarkation possible in Koblenz / Coblence. Boat tickets together with return bus transfer and dinner.
Departure in Bacharach on the Rhine river (left Rhine river side) 5:45 p.m. Boat trip on the Rhine River from Bacharach with castle Stahleck along Kaub with castle Gutenfels and water castle Pfalz on the Rhine river, Oberwesel with castle Schonburg, Lorelei rock,. St. Goar with castle Rheinfels, St. Goarshausen with castle Katz (cat), Wellmich with castle Maus (mouse), Hirzenach, Bad Salzig, Kamp-Bornhofen with the "Feindlichen Brudern" ("Enemy brothers") castle Sterrenberg and castle Liebenstein, Boppard with Kurtrierische Burg (Trier elector's castle) to the Boppard Hamm. The passenger boat gathers together with the other passenger boats to the boat parade in the Boppard Hamm and drives together with these along the lights und fireworks Rhine in Flames / Rhine Aflame near Spay (left), Braubach below the castle Marksburg (right), Rhens (left), Lahnstein (right) to the big firework display near Koblenz / Coblence from the fortress Ehrenbreitstein. Seating place below deck on a passenger boat, sole entertainer with live music on board (restricted possibility to dance in the alleyway, width about 1,60 m). The firework displays can be seen from the open air deck or upper deck. Disembarkation in Bad Salzig about 1:20 a.m., Disembarkation in Boppard about 1:00 a.m. or Bad Salzig about 1:20 a.m., from there taxi transfer (surcharge) possible to Bacharach on the Rhine river, return about 1:50 a.m. If there is no minimum number of 20 people, you have to organize the return to Bacharach by yourself. No disembarkation possible in Koblenz / Coblence. Boat tickets together with dinner.
Departure in Kaub on the Rhine river (right Rhine river side) 6:00 p.m. Boat trip on the Rhine River from Kaub with castle Gutenfels and water castle Pfalz on the Rhine river along Oberwesel with castle Schonburg, Lorelei rock to St. Goar with castle Rheinfels and St. Goarshausen with castle Katz (cat), Wellmich with castle Maus (mouse), Hirzenach, Kamp-Bornhofen with the "Feindlichen Brudern" ("Enemy brothers") castle Sterrenberg and castle Liebenstein, Bad Salzig, Boppard with Kurtrierische Burg (Trier elector's castle) to the Boppard Hamm. The passenger boat gathers together with the other passenger boats to the boat parade in the Boppard Hamm and drives together with these along the lights und fireworks Rhine in Flames / Rhine Aflame near Spay (left), Braubach below the castle Marksburg (right), Rhens (left), Lahnstein (right) to the big firework display near Koblenz / Coblence from the fortress Ehrenbreitstein. Seating place below deck on a passenger boat, sole entertainer with live music on board (restricted possibility to dance in the alleyway, width about 1,60 m). The firework displays can be seen from the open air deck or upper deck. Disembarkation in Kestert about 1:30 a.m., from there bus transfer to Kaub on the Rhine river, return about 1.50 a.m. No disembarkation possible in Koblenz / Coblence. Boat tickets together with return bus transfer and dinner.
Departure in Oberwesel on the Rhine river (left Rhine river side) 6:20 p.m. Boat trip on the Rhine River from Oberwesel with castle Schonburg along Lorelei rock, St. Goar with castle Rheinfels, St. Goarshausen with castle Katz (cat), Wellmich with castle Maus (mouse), Hirzenach, Bad Salzig, Kamp-Bornhofen with the "Feindlichen Brudern" ("Enemy brothers") castle Sterrenberg and castle Liebenstein, Boppard with Kurtrierische Burg (Trier elector's castle) to the Boppard Hamm. The passenger boat gathers together with the other passenger boats to the boat parade in the Boppard Hamm and drives together with these along the lights und fireworks Rhine in Flames / Rhine Aflame near Spay (left), Braubach below the castle Marksburg (right), Rhens (left), Lahnstein (right) to the big firework display near Koblenz / Coblence from the fortress Ehrenbreitstein. Seating place below deck on a passenger boat, sole entertainer with live music on board (restricted possibility to dance in the alleyway, width about 1,60 m). The firework displays can be seen from the open air deck or upper deck. Disembarkation in Boppard about 1:00 a.m. or Bad Salzig about 1:20 a.m., from there taxi transfer (surcharge) possible to Oberwesel on the Rhine river, return about 1:45 a.m. If there is no minimum number of 20 people, you have to organize the return to Oberwesel by yourself. No disembarkation possible in Koblenz / Coblence. Boat tickets together with dinner.
Departure in St. Goar on the Rhine river (left Rhine river side) 6:55 p.m. Boat trip on the Rhine River from St. Goar along St. Goarshausen with castle Katz (cat), Wellmich with castle Maus (mouse), Hirzenach, Bad Salzig, Kamp-Bornhofen with the "Feindlichen Brudern" ("Enemy brothers") castle Sterrenberg and castle Liebenstein, Boppard with Kurtrierische Burg (Trier elector's castle) to the Boppard Hamm. The passenger boat gathers together with the other passenger boats to the boat parade in the Boppard Hamm and drives together with these along the lights und fireworks Rhine in Flames / Rhine Aflame near Spay (left), Braubach below the castle Marksburg (right), Rhens (left), Lahnstein (right) to the big firework display near Koblenz / Coblence from the fortress Ehrenbreitstein. Seating place below deck on a passenger boat, sole entertainer with live music on board (restricted possibility to dance in the alleyway, width about 1,60 m). The firework displays can be seen from the open air deck or upper deck. Return in St. Goar about 1:50 a.m. No disembarkation possible in Koblenz / Coblence. Boat tickets together with dinner.
Departure in St. Goarshausen on the Rhine river (right Rhine river side) 7:00 p.m. Boat trip on the Rhine River from St. Goarshausen with castle Katz (cat) along St. Goar with castle Rheinfels, Wellmich with castle Maus (mouse), Hirzenach, Kamp-Bornhofen with the "Feindlichen Brudern" ("Enemy brothers") castle Sterrenberg and castle Liebenstein, Bad Salzig, Boppard with Kurtrierische Burg (Trier elector's castle) to the Boppard Hamm. The passenger boat gathers together with the other passenger boats to the boat parade in the Boppard Hamm and drives together with these along the lights und fireworks Rhine in Flames / Rhine Aflame near Spay (left), Braubach below the castle Marksburg (right), Rhens (left), Lahnstein (right) to the big firework display near Koblenz / Coblence from the fortress Ehrenbreitstein. Seating place below deck on a passenger boat, sole entertainer with live music on board till stop in Kestert at about 1:30 a.m. (restricted possibility to dance in the alleyway, width about 1,60 m). The firework displays can be seen from the open air deck or upper deck. Return in St. Goarshausen on the Rhine river, about 1:55 a.m. No disembarkation possible in Koblenz / Coblence. Boat tickets together with dinner.
Departure in Bad Salzig on the Rhine river (left Rhine river side) 7:30 p.m. Boat trip on the Rhine River from Bad Salzig, Kamp-Bornhofen with the "Feindlichen Brudern" ("Enemy brothers") castle Sterrenberg and castle Liebenstein, Boppard with Kurtrierische Burg (Trier elector's castle) to the Boppard Hamm. The passenger boat gathers together with the other passenger boats to the boat parade in the Boppard Hamm and drives together with these along the lights und fireworks Rhine in Flames / Rhine Aflame near Spay (left), Braubach below the castle Marksburg (right), Rhens (left), Lahnstein (right) to the big firework display near Koblenz / Coblence from the fortress Ehrenbreitstein. Seating place below deck on a passenger boat, sole entertainer with live music on board (restricted possibility to dance in the alleyway, width about 1,60 m). The firework displays can be seen from the open air deck or upper deck. Return in Bad Salzig on the Rhine river, about 1:20 a.m. No disembarkation possible in Koblenz / Coblence. Boat tickets together with dinner.
Departure in Boppard on the Rhine river (left Rhine river side) 7:50 p.m. Boat trip on the Rhine River from Boppard to the Boppard Hamm. The passenger boat gathers together with the other passenger boats to the boat parade in the Boppard Hamm and drives together with these along the lights und fireworks Rhine in Flames / Rhine Aflame near Spay (left), Braubach below the castle Marksburg (right), Rhens (left), Lahnstein (right) to the big firework display near Koblenz / Coblence from the fortress Ehrenbreitstein. Seating place below deck on a passenger boat, sole entertainer with live music on board (restricted possibility to dance in the alleyway, width about 1,60 m). The firework displays can be seen from the open air deck or upper deck. Return in Boppard on the Rhine river, about 1:00 a.m. No disembarkation possible in Koblenz / Coblence. Boat tickets together with dinner.
boat tickets for children from 10 to 14 years with own seating place offer no. RIF0806luec from Winkel or Rudesheim or Assmannshausen or Kaub together with bus transfer and dinner per child 119,20 EUR, from Bacharach or Oberwesel or St. Goarshausen or Bad Salzig or Boppard together with dinner per child 105,80 EUR.
boat tickets for children until 9 years with own seating place offer no. RIF0806luec from Winkel or Rudesheim or Assmannshausen or Kaub together with bus transfer and dinner per child 119,20 EUR, from Bacharach or Oberwesel or St. Goarshausen or Bad Salzig or Boppard together with dinner per child 105,80 EUR.
Giving of the boat tickets only together with 2-course menu. Advanced meal order necessary. On this boat, you can only choose between the below mentioned meals. No other meals are offered during the firework events on this boat. The boat line doesn't accept ticket reservation(s) without selection of a meal. If you don't choose a meal, we assume that you wish the first meal "board platter" and will reserve "board platter" for you. The later change of the meal reservation by groups with less than 15 people is liable and is to be paid by the customer. The later change of the meal reservation by groups with 15 or more people is liable and only has to be paid by the customer after a bill has been issued.


Home Tags Aquarion Water Co.
The event has grown from a handful of participants and awards to one that this year featured hundreds of attendees and the recognition of 57 companies throughout New England.
"The tone of the town has changed" for the better since Vicki Tesoro took office in December, according to Aquarion Water Co. executive Bruce Silverstone.
The deal makes Eversource the only U.S.-based electric utility to also own a water utility.
Bridgeport-based Aquarion serves nearly 230,000 customers in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire.


The main shareholder of Severstal, Alexei Mordashov, became the richest businessman of Russia, having displaced the co-owner of Novatek, Leonid Mikhelson, from the first line of the rating in Forbes Real Time.
Russia's gold and currency reserves increased by $ 2.1 billion or by 0.5 percent from July 17 to 21. Their volume reached 414.7 billion US dollars.
Yandex.Market will sell, process and deliver orders.
Virtual crypto currency, bitcoins, can be accepted in all LavkaLavka stores and cafes since July 17.
The Airbus A320neo is more efficient in operation: fuel consumption is reduced by 15 percent, and the flight range is higher than in the previous generation.
Veon Holding, which owns Beeline mobile operator, announced the launch of its own messenger.
Aeroflot officially returned to the global elite of civil aviation.
The experts think that the weakening of the rouble is expectable, explaining that it is caused by the reduction of the current account balance during the summer months down to zero or even to negative values due to the recovery of imports and payment of dividends.
Aeroflot took the first place globally in providing mass transportation in the most competitive civil aviation market - the transit direction between Europe and Asia.
The Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia (FAS) will propose to strengthen the cooperation in the antimonopoly sphere with the UN countries, including the creation of an electronic platform, where the information on anti-competitive affairs from all over the world will be collected.
Growth of non-primary exports in Russia at the moment makes 14 percent.
This is the maximum outflow for the last three years and a half.
According to experts, this is the best result among the oil-producing countries that have solved similar problem.
In 2014-2016 Russia spent 965 US dollars per person from the gold and currency reserves to manage the risks of the devaluation of the ruble.
The volume of investments in the Rosatom project on construction of wind parks in Russia will amount to two billion Euros.
Despite the increased volatility in the markets caused by the news about the expansion of anti-Russian sanctions by USA, as well as the fall in oil prices and the ruble exchange rate, the foreign investors demonstrated a noticeable demand for new Russian Eurobonds.
Last week the export prices for Russian wheat of the new harvest continued to grow, rising by $ 6 per ton.
In 2017 the Federal Treasury of Russia plans to purchase the currency in the amount of two - three billion US dollars for the current budget needs.
The Ministry of Finance of Russia is going to place sovereign eurobonds for three billion dollars in the near future.


While some light rain passed through the area over the weekend, the Birmingham Water Works Board has moved into the next category of drought management.
BWWB issued a Stage-3 Drought Warning on Wednesday, making water conservation measures mandatory rather than just a suggestion and reminder.
"Voluntary measures were not enough to deal with this level of drought," Darryl Jones, BWWB assistant general manager of operations and technical services, said in a Wednesday press release.
Jones cited severe lack of rain, along with low levels at Lake Purdy, a major BWWB source. He also said water consumption has not gone down through voluntary measures.
The Stage-3 warning calls for surcharges for customers using too much water or violating watering restrictions. While the agency reported a reduction of water usage over the weekend, a significant uptick in use on Monday and Tuesday led to the move further into the management plan.
BWWB customers using above 110 percent of their monthly average will be charged a 200 percent surcharge, and would go into affect on Nov. 19, 30 days after the Stage-3 notice.
The agency also requested that local municipalities invoke their drought ordinances.
The Hoover City Clerk's office said the city attorney was drafting a public notice, and that the city would release it Thursday.
The BWWB Drought Management Plan and its suggestions for water conservation can be found online at bwwb.org/droughttips.


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Археолошки музеј у Драчу () основан је 13. марта 1951. године и највећи је археолошки музеј у Албанији. Зграда музеја је смештена близу обалског шеталишта, а на северу су остаци византијских бедема из 6. века, изграђени после инвазије Визигота 481. године.

Историја

Први археолошки музеј у Драчу отворен је за јавност 13. марта 1951. године на локацији у близини обале захваљујући напорима албанског археолога Вангјела Тоеија. Тада је са обе стране зграде био постављен пронаос са разним елементима из античке и средњовековне архитектуре. Обалско шеталиште, окренуто према музеју, претвара се у археолошки парк 1973. године. Током кризе у Албанији 1997. године музеј је озбиљно оштећен и опљачкан. После обнове поново је отворен 13. априла 2002.

Реконструкција и нове поставке

Од 2010. музеј пролази кроз темељну реконструкцију. Стална поставка музеја се проширује на остале спратове, где ће на другом бити изложени предмети из средњег века, а на трећем предмети везани за исламску уметност.

Министарство за туризам, културу, омладину и спорт отворило је фонд за помоћ музеју у прикупљању средстава за нову истраживачку групу, сопствено научно особље, лабораторијско и административно тело. Током обнове установљени су проблеми штетног утицаја соли, влаге и временских прилика на сам објекат, с обзиром да се музеј налази у близини мора.

Обновљену зграду музеја је званично отворио албански премијер Еди Рама 20. марта 2015.

Kолекцијe у музеју

Највећи део поставке музеја чини 3204 артефакта који су пронађени близу античког налазишта Диракијум (Dyrrhachium) и обимну колекцију из праисторијског, старогрчког, хеленистичког, римског и византијског периода. Предмети на којима је стављен посебан акценат су погребне римске стеле и камени саркофази, антички новац из античког рудника, као и колекција минијатурних статуа грчке богиње љубави Афродите из времена кад је Драч био један од центара култа богиње. Целокупна изложба осликава најбогатије културно благо града од праисторије до поствизантијског периода.

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What is the nature of Dark Matter? What is beyond the Standard Model of particle physics? Does Supersymmetry exist? I strive to discover the answer to these questions through the analysis of proton-proton collisions provided by the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) located near Geneva, Switzerland and recorded by the ATLAS detector. In particular, I am searching for the Supersymmetric partner to the top quark, the so-called "stop".
In addition to these pursuits, I am also involved in the effort to upgrade the ATLAS detector — in particular, the Liquid Argon Calorimeter trigger electronics — in order to cope with the high-luminosity, challenging environment associated with future upgrades of the LHC.


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Naeem Rasheed and his son, Talha, were among 50 people killed in attacks on Al Noor and Linwood mosques last week.
Christchurch, New Zealand - The question caught Ambreen Naeem off guard.
"At 2pm, my sister called and asked where my son Talha and husband Naeem were," Ambreen says quietly.
"I remember thinking, 'why is she asking me?', because it's normal they would be at Friday prayers at this time," she adds, nervously pressing her fingers against one another.
They were among 50 Muslims killed on Friday at the now-shuttered Al Noor and Linwood mosques in New Zealand's southeasternly city of Christchurch, when the attacker opened fire in an act Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has branded a "terrorist" attack.
Some fled conflict, such as 15-year-old Syrian refugee Hamza Mustafa and his father, Khalid.
Sat in a downstairs bedroom in her elder sister Naeema's home in Christchurch, Ambreen recalls the journey her deceased husband undertook a decade ago.
"He was a banker [in Pakistan] and wanted to change to teaching, so he came to New Zealand to do a PhD," she says, flanked by Abdullah, her 19-year-old son, and Naeema.
"He started [the PhD] but never finished," she adds, glancing across the room at her youngest boy, six-year-old Aayan, who is busy trying to win her attention.
"When I used to get stuck doing scholarship calculus, dad would take the time to explain to me how to think about it ... he was always so keen," he adds.
"Mountain biking is something I would never have tried, but because of him, I love it ... I have had exposure to so many more things, and got so much more out of life."
Friday's attack, the worst mass shooting in New Zealand's modern history, has robbed many families here of their loved ones and rocked the Pacific Island country to its core, prompting a flood of nationwide public grief.
In the privacy of Naeema's home, where hushed men gather in a circle and drink tea in a cleared-out garage, indelible sadness is lined by pride.
"My husband and son have really made me proud … [because] they died saving others," Ambreen says.
Faced with a hail of bullets on Friday afternoon, Naeem attempted to tackle the gunman, footage captured on the suspect's headcam and streamed online showed.
"When Talha got shot, he fell on another boy and whispered to him to stay still. When the gunman left [the mosque], the boy got up, alive, from under him," Naeema says.
"He was a jolly good fellow … a role model for the younger generation."
"Both will be buried at the mass grave," Ambreen says, citing the numerous separate burial sites dug out alongside one another at Christchurch's Memorial Park Cemetery for victims of Friday's attack.
Abdullah, meanwhile, knows he has skipped from being the middle son to the family's most senior man, bringing with it new pressure and expectations.
"I don't know if the mosque will be open ... [and] I didn't use to go for the Friday prayers, but maybe this time I will," she says, thoughtfully.


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"Steadfast Stanley"
Season 3 Episode 17 | 4m 30s
A faithful dog must journey through the zombie apocalypse to save his best friend. A short film by John Cody Kim. Made at CalArts.
Film School Shorts is made possible by a grant from Maurice Kanbar, celebrating the vitality and power of the moving image, and by the members of KQED.
"Un Mundo para Raúl"
In Mexico, a treacherous game of power and pride unfolds between two boys.
A faithful dog must journey through the zombie apocalypse to save his best friend.
"So You've Grown Attached"
An imaginary friend is forced to consider retirement when his creator starts to grow up.
"Lambing Season"
A woman travels to Ireland to meet the father who left her before she was born.
"Disaster Preparedness"
A hurricane pulls a couple out of their comfort zone.
"A Series of Kinetic Sets Tells a Story"
An astonishing voyage of immigration, love, and World War II in a single take.
"11-Minute Mile"
An arrogant day-trader is delayed at an airport during the Boston Marathon bombings.
"Steadfast Stanley" | Behind-the-Scenes
Go behind the scenes with John Cody Kim and his animated Steadfast Stanley.
Preview: S3 Ep17 | 1m 31s
"I Am John Wayne"
In New York City, an urban cowboy avoids going to his friend's funeral.
S2 Ep10 | 17m 6s
"First Date"
Two women discuss last night's disastrous date, unaware that someone is listening in.
A blossoming teen romance is derailed by racism.
Born with It
A young boy questions his own identity after being bullied by classmates.
"Springtime"
An 86-year-old pork sung maker quits her shop in rural Taiwan to head to the big city.
"Teleglobal Dreamin'"
A Filipina call center agent taker her corporate trainer around town.


Muscles are the connective tissues of the body that provide movement by contracting and relaxing. There are 639 named muscles, which make up approximately 40 percent of a person's weight. Single muscle fibers are bunched together to create a muscle, which is then attached to bones by way of tendons. There are three kinds of muscles: Smooth and cardiac muscles are involuntary and internal, while skeletal muscles are voluntary; many are more easily identified from the body's exterior.
Stand in front of a mirror, exposing the skin from your shoulder to your wrist. Observe the bony protuberances, such as your shoulder or elbow, in order to get an idea of where the muscles will be attached.
Gently touch your left shoulder bone with your right hand, moving down the arm toward the inner elbow. Note the fleshy feel of the tissue under the skin that is along the arm.
Repeat Step 2, only this time tense your left arm. Note the contraction of the previously fleshy tissue.
Find the thickest portion of the contracted muscle. It will be midway between the shoulder and inner elbow. This identifies the belly of the muscle.
Gently rub your forefingers up and down the muscle. Try across the muscle. Can you identify the direction of the muscle fibers? One way will feel like plucking a guitar string and the other will feel like following the grain in a piece of wood. Following the grain of the muscle indicates the directionality of the fibers.
Flip to the section in the anatomy reference that describes shoulder and arm anatomy to give a name to the muscle you have found. You have successfully identified and located you biceps brachii.
Larger muscles, such as the quadriceps, are easily identified when they are contracted. To locate smaller muscles, you may need to first find the bony landmarks that surround the muscle tissue.
Muscles: Testing and Function with Posture and Pain; F. P. Kendall et al.
Human Biology; Cecie Starr et al.
Grant's Atlas of Anatomy; Anne M.R. Agur et al.


Slowly and quietly, the momentum of the public debate over human embryo research may be shifting. For the past four years, opponents of research involving the destruction of human embryos have been stuck in a political rut. They argued ad nauseam against the destruction of nascent human life for scientific research, and for a ban on all human cloning — both the creation and destruction of cloned embryos for research, and the manufacture of cloned human children. But public opinion seemed to slip away from them, as research proponents clouded important ethical issues and promised "cures now" for many dreaded diseases. Efforts to limit cloning were stuck in the Senate and in the United Nations; the president's policy of limited federal funding was used as a battering ram against him in the recent presidential election; and states like New Jersey and California publicly endorsed embryo research and research cloning and provided taxpayer funds to support it.
This is hardly an unmistakable clarion call, of course. The peculiar construction "inasmuch as" can either mean "because" or "to the degree that," and that little ambiguity makes all the difference in this context. And of course, this is only a toothless declaration of the U.N., not a binding convention or treaty. But as ever in diplomacy, what matters is not what is but what is perceived. And the U.N. declaration, approved by the General Assembly on March 8 by a vote of 84 to 34, was perceived as a win for opponents of all human cloning.
Rather than cut their losses and declare victory — as the anti-cloning side did — the Brits and others ignored the ambiguity of the language, and declared defeat. The press then followed suit, and the vague and hazy declaration became a clear-cut win for opponents of embryo destruction. After three years of frustration, it was a sweet and rare tactical victory.
And it came in the midst of another surprising turn in the embryo wars, this one in Massachusetts, home of Harvard's embryonic stem cell program and of the pioneering embryo research firm Advanced Cell Technology. On February 9, Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney announced that he would seek legislation to outlaw the creation of new human embryos specifically for research.
Laws outlawing cloning and other kinds of embryo research have been proposed, and also passed, in more conservative states in recent years — including Arkansas, Iowa, and the Dakotas. But no such laws have been advanced by such a high-ranking elected official in a state so blue and so research-friendly as Massachusetts. The importance of Romney's move is not in its practical implications — he is very unlikely to pass the prohibition, and he may not even have the votes to sustain a promised veto on a bill that would specifically endorse human cloning for research. But his move signals that embryo research is not a sacred cow, even in the most liberal states in the country, and that advocacy of clear moral limits may be a winning strategy for politicians with national (read: presidential) aspirations.
Moreover, Romney's focus on all creation of embryos solely for research, rather than merely on the technique of human cloning, clarifies and expands the public debate in ways that might give a political advantage to defenders of embryonic human life. With great cunning and frequent dishonesty, some high-profile supporters of embryo research have managed to confound the cloning fight in disputes over semantics and seemingly arcane scientific detail. The fact of embryo destruction is hidden behind acronyms like "SCNT," and the cloned embryos that would be made and destroyed are described out of existence as simply "unfertilized eggs." But the moral issue is plain: Do we want to create human life as a research material, destined only for intentional destruction? Romney has put this public question very plainly, and his move stands a chance of pressing research advocates precisely where they have furthest exceeded the bounds of public conscience.
In other blue states, zealous overreaching by research advocates may be stirring up trouble. California, which after passing a $3 billion stem cell research referendum would seem to be the Mecca of embryo research, has been rocked in recent months by charges of corruption and conflict of interest in the design of the new Institute for Regenerative Medicine, and a backlash may now be forming.
On February 22, two lawsuits were filed by California advocacy groups seeking to invalidate the referendum approved by voters last November. The first, filed by the National Tax Limitation Foundation and a California group called People's Advocate, argues that the new Institute for Regenerative Medicine violates state law because it doles out taxpayer money but is not run by the state government or managed by elected officials. The second suit, filed by a new group called Californians for Public Accountability and Ethical Science, argues that it is illegal to exempt members of the Institute from state conflict of interest laws, as the referendum does.
This has made for some very bad press for the new institution, and a repeal effort in an upcoming election is by no means out of the question.
Of course, not all the news is good for opponents of embryo-destructive research — indeed, far from it. Several states, including New York, Connecticut, and Maryland, are contemplating state funding measures that would emulate the California proposition, albeit on a smaller scale. And at this point, no federal limits of any kind exist to prevent embryo destruction, while the effort to ban all human cloning does not seem to have the necessary votes in the Senate. But if the trend is what matters, then critics of embryo research may have some limited cause for hope, especially if they are willing — as those fighting the fight in Massachusetts, California, and the U.N. have been — to retool, rethink, and try bold new moves that break beyond the same familiar strategy.
The Editors of The New Atlantis, "The Embryo Wars," The New Atlantis, Number 8, Spring 2005, pp. 101-104.


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Seeing the simplicity of life in a Fijian village has changed my outlook on life at home, and made me re-evaluate my priorities. It has also highlighted how we obsess over trivial possessions; often forgetting what the most important things in life are. I am fairly-confident that I am not only speaking for myself when I say that this experience has changed my life for the better, and that I will be forever in debt to the people of Fiji for the kindness and hospitality.
From the small daily interactions with the Fijian community, to those life changing moments. As a team, we grew so close and as a village we bonded as one big family. There's not enough time to say all we achieved and experienced, but I will keep those memories throughout my life. Fiji is a truly amazing place and I've had the time of my life.
A Think Pacific volunteer project is the opportunity not just to visit Fiji, but to join the traditional villages, to live with Fijian families and become a member of the community. We volunteer with children living in the poorest villages. We strive to increase education, sport and opportunity and break down barriers of poverty. Volunteers are the backbone of our charity in Fiji; delivering our aims on the ground, working in rural schools and villages across remote islands on our carefully planned team programs. This is real volunteering and real development. Our programs will test you and take you out of your comfort zone. In return you'll be rewarded with the experience of a lifetime.
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Volunteer with children who have the biggest smiles, yet face some of the greatest barriers in life. You'll be inspired by the children we work with and by volunteering alongside staff and local partners who have a desire to make a difference.
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To articulate the formulation, adoption, execution and evaluation of the public policy of the Interior Administrative Sector.
To design and implement, pursuant to the Law, the public policies for the protection, promotion, respect and guarantee of Human rights, together with the other competent State entities, as well as the public policies for preventing the infringement thereof and the compliance of the Humanitarian International Right, with an integral, social and differential approach.
To serve as liaison and coordinator of state entities in their relation with territorial entities and to promote the State integration with the territory and the territorial development through the deepening of the decentralization, territorial planning and autonomy, and the coordination and standardization of agendas of the different administrative sectors, within their competence, to achieve this objective.
To design, together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of National Defense, the National Planning Department and the Administrative Department of the Civil Service and other competent entities, the public policy for strengthening and developing the Government capabilities in the local administrations located in border zones.
To direct and to promote policies aimed at preventing factors that attempt against the internal public order, as well as to enforce measures for their preservation, together with the Ministry of National Defense and the departmental and local authorities, as applicable to them.
To attend the political issues and the enforcement of rights on this matter, as well as to promote citizen coexistence and participation in the social and political organization of Nation.
To promote and support the generation of infrastructure for security and citizen coexistence in the territorial organizations.
To administer the Fund for Security and Citizenship Coexistence (Fondo de Seguridad y Convivencia Ciudadana - FONSECON), considering the participation of the Administrative Justice and Law Sector, based on the projects undertaken and in accordance with the policies defined regarding security and coexistence by the National Government.
To administer the Fund for Participation and Strengthening of Democracy, the Fund of Protection of Justice and the National Fund for the Fight Against People Trafficking.
To formulate and track the policy to enforce ethnic group rights, with an integral, social, and differential approach, together with the other competent State entities.
To formulate and track the policy to enforce LGBTI population rights, with an integral, social, and differential approach, together with the other competent State organizations.
To formulate and track the policy of attention to vulnerable population for the enforcement of their rights, with an integral, social and differential approach, together with the other competent organizations of the State.
To coordinate, together with other ministries, the legislative agenda of the National Government in the Congress and in other state entities.
To liaise, communicate, and coordinate the Executive and Legislative branches of government.
To coordinate with other competent authorities the design and implementation of efficient election tools and mechanisms aimed at ensuring the normal development of the election processes.
To formulate and promote public policies related to the protection, promotion and disclosure of copyrights and related rights. Likewise, to recommend adhesion and ensure the ratification and application of the international conventions subscribed to by the Colombian State for such matter.
To promote strategic alliances with other governments or international agencies, which facilitate and promote the achievement of the Interior Administrative Sector objectives, together with the competent state entities.
Specific Labor Functions, Requirements and Competences Handbook of the employment plant of the Ministry of Interior.


Allard Tamminga (University of Groningen) gave a talk called «Katz's Revisability Paradox Dissolved».
Peter Dennis: "What is Interpersonal Justification?"
The seminar Formal Philosophy – 35 was held on March 15. Jorge Méndez Martínez gave a talk called "On what there is not, fictional objects and problems concerning logical models"
The debate about the concepts of ethics no longer applies solely to an individual's moral principles and self-knowledge. Ethics has become an engineering problem. The question then arises, what principles should we build in to autonomous machines that operate and make decisions in the real world?


I hope all my motherly friends have a wonderful day and those with mother's think of them on this day.
It's a quiet day here at The Acre. K ventured out this morning and brought home Krispy Kreme donuts (YUM!) which I've been craving for a couple weeks. I had cards, Twilight on Blu-Ray, a new schnauzer-themed key chain and a palm tree pin. I've been poking around online this morning while the Braves game is on in the background and will spend the afternoon watching movies and "Whose Line is it Anyway?" (several episodes on the DVR). A great day.
Not sure how I'm going to handle this on my project challenge. If I'd had *any* clue this particular event was imminent I'd have set an exception for myself LOL. I have already pulled other yarn possibilities from the stash for booties and hat, but I have a little time (baby due in February).
Annette-I thought you had a gift loophole in your project challenge?
I just checked and didn't see any white Simply Soft in my stash which shocks me because I have just about every other color. If I run across any I'll email you ASAP. If not, I think for gift purposes of the most special kind, a baby on the way, the purchase of 2 skeins should not be counted as cheating or falling off the wagon.
I started Fantasy Lover last night. OMG. I can see me getting sucked into this series. Do the books have to be read in order?
What color nailpolish is that?? I like it!
Love the nails, the flower is so pretty. I've been on a bit of purple kick – except last week, that was red.
Love the nails. Gorgeous. Glad you had a good MD. I did, too (got the Kindle – yay me!). Pretty bookmark and project bag.
Cute manicure! I usually wear just clear polish on my finger nails; I'd love to try something fun like that.
It sounds like you had a lovely Mother's Day.


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FROM POLLS TO PARTICIPATION: DON'T HOLD BACK INFORMATION
CAMBRIDGE, MASS.—The Internet, in the nimble hands of its far-flung and infinitely resourceful users, foils many a government initiative. Last week the French government, which is already worried about the ease with which people in other countries can send illegal content across its borders, found out once again how much the Internet can undermine the best-laid plans.
The battle fought in this case was over a law prohibiting the publication of poll results within the last several days before an election. The government determined (as researchers have also found in the U.S.) that publication of polls can skew voter behavior. Voters may withdraw their votes from a party that seems to have no chance of winning, or decide not to vote at all because the effort seems to be of no value.
Commendably, the government wanted to avoid such distortions in how the public expresses its will. But the prohibition they chose to levy had no effect in neighboring countries, where many Internet servers carried the banned news. The actual effects were probably negligible, because Internet use is relatively low in France. Yet an ominous chord was sounded: don't bother to restrict access to information, because it will flow across your borders in any case.
I can definitely sympathize with the government. I am disgusted myself with the poll-driven, sound-bite-laden farces that characterize American campaigns. Too many people vote neither their interests nor their consciences, but only superficial impressions gained on their way to the polling booths. In this week's French elections, it was a toss-up whether many a disaffected supporter of the ruling conservatives would move to the left to vote for the Communists or to the right to support the National Front. But our disdain for the process doesn't have to translate to a ban on information.
Despite the long traditions in Greek philosophy and the Jewish and Christian religions alike that say, "The truth shall set you free," the Internet is increasingly denigrated by those who find harm in the dissemination of certain information. Undoubtedly, they are provoked by materials far more objectionable than poll results: Nazi race baiting, child pornography, and instructions for making bombs. While few countries come down as heavily as the U.S. with the Communications Decency Act, many are considering some form of legislation affecting the Internet. The European Commission has asked member countries to come together to stop "harmful and illegal content," and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development has decried the availability of child pornography.
But the information revolution has to be considered in the same light as the many other technological advances that transformed our times. When we wring our hands over greenhouse gas emissions, the ravages of drunk drivers, and the threats to our physical and mental health represented by automobiles, we could well wish that these vehicles were never invented. Seeing the carnage created by guns, both domestically and in war, we would not be blamed for trying to ban them forever.
Yet cars also represent an amazing advance in human freedom—as workers who have escaped company towns could attest, as well as any of us who remembers the freedom we felt after earning our driver's license as a teenager—and guns have been hailed as "the great equalizer."
Technological advances have an up side and a down side, and we must welcome the Internet with the same bittersweet recognition of its effects. We need not repress the pollsters. If we want a more informed and active electorate, the Internet can help us attain that through the promulgation of information and the provision of debating forums.
The recent French elections suffered from image problems that dwarfed anything polls could offer. Thanks to the weak stances of the major parties—who offered insufficient vision and unpersuasive solutions to serious problems, while trying to claim the "center" and appeal to everybody—disaffection was rife, leading to fears that turn-out would be low. (The final statistics, with 68 percent of the registered voters proffering ballots, actually looks stellar by U.S. standards.) High unemployment—officially at 12.8 percent but reaching over 25 percent of French youth—and an eroding social welfare structure made citizens doubt the value of participating in elections. And no one blamed the Internet for the impressive 15 percent of the vote claimed by the virtually fascist National Front party.
In short, the polling conflict should teach us a lesson that we must not blame information for the problems of society. We should use the wonderful new digital tools to fight the many ills we face, of which obnoxious Internet content is only a symptom. This is no time to give way to a virtual Luddism that can impose burdens on the spread of technology.


I hear about a bunch of benefit albums. And a benefit album with tracks from Elizabeth Mitchell, Dog on Fleas, and Medeski Martin & Wood definitely piques my interest.
But any benefit album which includes songs like "True True Friend" from Dog on Fleas collaborator Debbie Lan with this description -- "This song was written for our musical last year (a collaborative piece, interpreted and adapted by Allison Uzzle and the 7th/ 8th graders – the challenge was to take the epic poem 'Beouwolf' and make it into a musical comedy!) and we needed a sweet song for four of our sweet girls, and so I wrote this for them. They did a sterling job. Thanks girls!! (Isabelle Lacedonia, Rebekah Underhill-Hval, Corin Mosack and Zoe Saridakis.)" -- well, I'm well beyond piqued.
Proceeds from High Meadow Songs benefits High Meadow Arts, Inc. a Hudson Valley non-profit organization "dedicated to providing excellent arts education to local children and families." Listen to 3 tracks -- Debbie Lan's soulful "I'm On Your Side," Dog on Fleas' typically Fleasian (that is, eclectic and fun) "Buffalo Gals," and the nifty "Hudson River Girl" from Abby Hollander, Lilly Morganstern & the Hudson River Girls -- here. The record release party is Sunday, Dec. 2 at 6 PM.


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Please help me check the status of parcel LT431182975CN. I could not track its updates after Mar. 15. Thank you.
It left China on March 15 and is on the way to the US now. There will be further update when it arrives in the US. It usually takes about 30-50 days to be delivered.


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