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Multitudes
Fifteen thousand workers on strike
Since there's more to Pakistan than mullah madness. One of the striking features of Pakistan's economic landscape are the sheer number of workers' protests and strikes that happen here. Labor violations are flagrant, and workers demonstrations are heated. Last week, fifteen thousand workers went on strike in one of the largest protests of shipbreaking workers in Gadani, a small town on the southern tip of Balochistan, Pakistan's largest and most destitute province. A friend went to check out their protest, and we've pulled together a video:
Some details on the strike:
Interestingly enough, despite crises in other national industries, ship-breaking in Gadani has actually seen a boon in business over the past two years, owing partly to a government decision to cut the import duty on arriving ships. Moreover, the worldwide crisis has even benefited yard owners, as a slumping shipping industry has been discarding defunct ships at lower-than-usual prices….
According to the union, this recovery has gone hand-in-hand with super-profits for the yard's owners. In a recent press conference held while negotiations were still ongoing, representatives from GSBDWU highlighted, in some detail, the miniscule fraction of total revenue which accrues to workers. An additional chunk-roughly as high as a third of the amount made by the workers, collectively–is taken by the contractor, or jamadar (under Pakistani labor law, it bears repeating, this arrangement–whereby employers wash their hands of responsibility to their workers through a system of contractor-based employment-is manifestly illegal; yet you would be hard-pressed to find a company, in any industry, innocent of the practice). It scarcely needs to be reiterated that the rampant inflation of recent years has rendered the workers' share in wages entirely inadequate. Moreover, at the aforementioned press conference it was added that workers find themselves pitilessly exploited as consumers, too-food in the few canteens made available to them sells at extortionate prices.
Arguably even more damning than these levels of exploitation, though, are the horrific conditions in which Gadani's workers toil. The absence of safety equipment and regulations have been the central tenet of the union's recent campaign-workers are denied goggles, harnesses, belts, etc., and there are no emergency medical facilities in the near vicinity. As a result, a staggering eighteen workers have died, on the job, in this year alone-the most recent man was only twenty-five years-old. He fell to his death while climbing an oil-coated ladder in near-darkness last week.
Read Adaner's full article here.
Tagged balochistan, labor, protest, shipbreakers, strike, workers
Exterminate the brutes
Boots on Our Necks
My cover story on Pakistan's restless province, Balochistan, "Pakistan's Broken Mirror" appears in the The National this week. An excerpt:
To the west and north, the province is bounded by Afghanistan and Iran, each of which has its own Baloch population; the Pashtuns who predominate in the northern part of the province also spill across international borders. The province's location at this explosive geopolitical crossroads – as well as its vast mineral resources and valuable coastline – have focused the anxieties of international powers near and far, suggesting that a new Great Game may take Balochistan as its target. Tehran worries about what conflicts in Balochistan will mean for its own Sistan-Balochistan province, whose Baloch population has been brutally suppressed by the state. The Americans are concerned about the Taliban who have taken refuge in the province's Pashtun belt and the leaders of the Afghan Taliban long believed to be operating out of Quetta. Washington is also concerned about China's increasing involvement in the area, most visibly the deep-water port at Gwadar, built with Chinese investment and intended to provide an Indian Ocean foothold for Beijing.
But for the government of Pakistan – and particularly for its army – Balochistan is first and foremost the epicentre of a stubbornly secular Baloch national rebellion whose endurance poses a threat to the state's ideological and geographical coherence.
Balochistan is a looking glass for Pakistan today, reflecting the tortuous struggle to imagine a national community. How the state handles the rising tide of Baloch nationalism will also determine the future of Pakistan's nationalist project.
And, in case, one needs more reminding about the Army that owns a state, here's a story from Antiwar.com about the military attacking civilians in Fata's Orakzai Agency, killing 61 people.
Pakistani warplanes attacked a number of sites in the Orakzai Agency today, including a mosque, a school, and a religious seminary, killing 61. Security officials initially labeled all 61 "suspected militants," though locals later conceded that a great many of them were actually innocent civilians.
cover of the Review in this week's The National
Tagged Army, article, balochistan, baluchistan, fata, nationalism, war
Field Notes, Media Notes
Gwadar Dreams (with photos)
A small fishing town, Gwadar has become synonymous with the aspirational city that the government of Pakistan hopes to build. The area, which is being billed as the-next-Dubai-only-better, was bought by Pakistan from the Sultan of Muscat and Oman in 1958. Here's the story from Time that same year.
Today, it's home to a strategically located deep sea warm water port that has the potential to become central to trade and energy politics in the Middle East as well as Central and South Asia. The port however is one part of a master plan to entirely re-develop Gwadar City into a tourist and trade zone complete with boating clubs, a sports complex, a flying club, and a free trade zone for industry. Gwadar as it exists recedes into the shadows of the dreams of its planners.
Progress. For Gwadar's dreamers, development is as inevitable as the onward march of history. It's happening, indeed, has already happened. The sports complex is empty, the technical institute is empty, the port runs only occasionally because the government is subsidizing it, but for its planners, the idea of Gwadar redeems the massive influx of capital and questionable failure. An idea at the back of it; not a sentimental pretence but an idea; and an unselfish belief in the idea — something you can set up, and bow down before, and offer a sacrifice to.
I quote Conrad because that's what looped endlessly in my mind as I saw the grand plan, the rubble, the maps, the voluble genial men of ideas.
But what about the local fishermen?
They have dreams of their own, and they do not include a sports complex or commercial high rises. They have been seamen and fishermen their entire lives, but working at the port requires certificates that are difficult to acquire. Many of them are largely uneducated and lack the technical skills that will be needed to run a port. While the GDA (Gwadar Development Authority) is building a technical institute which may approximately take 300 people, it's yet to be functional. The GDA has also built a fish harbour (in the video below where the fisherman is cleaning his catch). It's straight across from the port. While I'm no planner, I do wonder what will happen if the port does actually become functional in the way that the government forsees: won't hundreds of ships docking, trading, bringing cargo, dirty the waters? oil spills? change the ecology of the area? Won't the free trade industrial zone do the same? Won't the tourism?
Gwadar-the-idea caters to the elite habit, not just the economic class. Being elite, after all, isn't simply about money; it's also a habit. Leisure activities and interests are all influenced by that mode of being, and that is to what the master plan caters. What, after all, will a fisherman, who has been out at sea for most of the day, want with a boating club or water sports? Both economically and culturally, they will be locked out of their own land. 'Development', 'progress', 'modernization' is a savage phenomenon. A series of violent ruptures rather than a process. Force and resistance. In May 2004, three Chinese engineers working on the port were killed by a bomb. In 2006, the inauguration of the first phase of the port by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao couldn't go ahead due to security concerns. When Prime Minister Gilani did come this December, the locals reportedly observed a shutter-down strike.
Never mind the locals. If you build it, they will come.
Except that they haven't. The port, which was leased to the PSA (Port of Singapore Authority), the third largest port running company, has failed to attract ships. It blames the Pakistani government for not having built the network of roads and railways it promised in its contract with the PSA. The government says the PSA could still have attracted ships to dock there on their way elsewhere. In order to make the port operational, the government has redirected some of its own ships to dock there rather than in Karachi. And to make that feasible, it subsidized trucks to travel to Gwadar from Karachi to pick up the cargo and take it wherever it needs to go. All that cost about 2bn rupees last year.
Perhaps that's why the government is so tetchy about foreign journalists coming to the area. Everybody I spoke with told me that I should be sure that the intelligence agencies knew exactly where I was and what I was doing. It wasn't a question I'd asked. They simply volunteered the information as part of the interview.
But, back to PM Gilani for a moment, who did come. He showed up in Gwadar with his cabinet, about 200 government officials, and a media entourage on Dec 30th to hold a cabinet meeting on a Navy ship docked in the Gwadar port. The 2-day affair cost the federal government 5 million rupees, easily making it the most expensive cabinet meeting in the country's history.
The objective for the meeting was to sign the new NFC (National Finance Commission) Award which uses an improved formula to decide on budget distribution for the the four provinces. Balochistan has long held that the single-factor, population formula discriminates against the province without looking at other indicators such as poverty.
So, to recap: in order to sign off on a slightly fairer NFC Award to give some more money to the poorest province, the federal government spent 5 million rupees on itself.
And, oh yeah, the meeting took place 10 days after Gilani's own government had introduced austerity measures.
I'm shocked I tell you. Just shocked.
Tagged balochistan, baluchistan, gilani, gwadar, Multimedia, port, slideshow
What's Balochistan Got To Do With It?
It's not the Pakistani Army but the Baloch nationalists it suppresses that may be the most effective counter to politically motivated religious extremism.
Balochistan is largely a stunningly beautiful desert.
Obama's publicised 30,000 troop increase for Afghanistan has come with latest round of deliberations for a second "surge": the expansion of drone attacks into Balochistan. But while the US seems to only view Balochistan, and particularly, its capital, Quetta, as a hotbed of Taliban extremism, it is far better known to the Pakistani Army as home to a politically secular, sometimes Marxist insurgency that has already been at war with the state, in its latest round, since 2004.
The largest of Pakistan's four provinces–it's nearly half of the country's landmass–Balochistan was forcibly annexed in 1947, has fostered four insurgencies with a fifth currently underway and is entirely occupied by the Pakistani Army, its vast natural resources including natural gas, oil, coal, gold and copper siphoned away from the local Baloch towards the rest of Pakistan. Meanwhile, the province remains gut-wrenchingly poor, and it's that inequality, between what Balochistan provides and what it gets, that has fuelled a stubbornly secular ethnic Baloch nationalism.
The Great Game
Rough translation: "You will have to give us freedom."
America too, has its own obsessions with Balochistan. Rich in energy reserves and strategically situated along the borders of Iran and Afghanistan the province is central to the energy politics of the region. The US fears that China's involvement in building Pakistan's critical warm water port of Gwadar on the southern edge of Balochistan may mean that the US will lose out on all that energy wealth. And with Washington's wars expanding, it may look to Balochistan as a critical base for US forces wanting to stage attacks into Afghanistan or Iran. American drones already fly from bases in Balochistan, particularly Shamsi air base.
The Pakistani government blames India for meddling in Balochistan and fomenting an insurgency there, and Tehran is worried about what the Baloch national movement inside Pakistan may mean for Iranian Balochistan, an underdeveloped region where the Baloch have been brutally suppressed.
The state, or the "center" as the Baloch call it, has always sought military solutions to the Balochistan question, staging its worst confrontation in the 1970s during which some 55,000 Baloch fought against an 80,000 strong Pakistani Army. It has also tried to ideologically neutralize Baloch nationalism by pursuing Islamization polices. Many argue that as with the NWFP, the state has been involved in behind-the-scenes manipulation such that parties with Taliban sympathies such as the Jamaat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) hold critical seats in the Balochistan Provincial Assembly. And, JUI members introduced a resolution against drone attacks into the Assembly two months ago. Although, it's unanimous passage does not signify support for the Taliban but rather concern for the casualties that must follow when bombs drop on a crowded city of nearly two million by current local estimates, the origins of the resolution are telling.
The fanning of sectarian flames has had international consequences: Tehran accuses Islamabad for providing support to religiously sectarian Baloch outfits like the anti-Shia Jundallah, responsible for attacks inside Iranian-Balochistan this past October killing many including senior members of the Revolutionary Guard.
Additionally, the paramilitary Frontier Corps, which are deployed inside Balochistan along with the Army allegedly have links with Islamist militants, the logical outcome of the FC's involvement in training and equipping the mujahideen in the 70s and 80s.
Baloch Nationalism
The consequence of the Army's and central government's policies is an increasingly radicalized population, especially among the young. While the leaders of mainstream nationalist parties send mixed messages about whether they want maximum provincial autonomy within a federated Pakistan or outright independence, their base is far more clear. At a rally organized by the BNP-M (Balochistan National Party -Mengal faction) two weeks ago in Quetta, protestors shouted "Pakistan murdabad!" ("Die Pakistan!") slogans. Having spent much of the past month travelling through Balochistan, that sentiment is not limited to the extremes. It's everywhere, daubed on school walls, on road signs, hospitals and on the lips of the young. Pakistanis seriously underestimate the level of anger and discontent of the Baloch.
Protestors demand justice for the killing of Baloch in Lyari, Karachi at a BNP-M rally in Quetta.
That's what made the Balochistan package a foregone failure. Termed a historic offer by the current civilian Pakistani government, the Agaz-e-Haqooq deal was rejected by even the most moderate Baloch national parties as a sham because it does not fundamentally deal with budget or resource issues and simply offers to replace regular Army troops with the FC -which many Baloch describe as worse than the regulars.
The government has also claimed that it released twenty of the enforced disappeared, but Chairman of the Voice for Missing Baloch, Nasrullah Baloch says that several of those freed were in fact known to be in a jail in Sui, Dera Bugti. In other words, their whereabouts were always known and they don't belong the group of the disappeared. Anywhere between 1,500 to 4,000 Baloch remain disappeared. Eyewitness reports as well as fact-gathering missions by groups like the HRCP (Human Rights Commission of Pakistan) confirm that they have been forcibly disappeared by the intelligence agencies. Local police also regularly refuse to register FIRs (first information reports) or charges on behalf of families of the disappeared. The amazingly untenable responses of the government compound the issue. Echoing Interior Minister Rehman Malik, Balochistan Chief Minister Aslam Raisani recently remarked at a press conference that the missing were in fact not missing at all. Rather, they had "deliberately gone underground to malign the country's intelligence agencies."
Baloch Militancy
The intransigence of the federal government coupled with the brutality of the Army has given rise to an armed Baloch movement. The Pakistani government blames India for fomenting an insurgency in the area. It's hard to know, with any certainty whether that's the case, but it's clear that groups like the BLA (Baloch Liberation Army) and BRA (Baloch Republican Army) enjoy widespread support among the Baloch as they launch attacks on the Army and FC. Thus, even if funding may come from international players, the genuineness of the insurgency cannot be doubted.
BLA and BSO graffiti in Pasni. Chalkings like this were common everywhere I went in Balochistan.
There is however one troubling aspect to the militancy as well as to Baloch nationalist rhetoric. The Baloch often define the issue in terms of Punjabi domination over Balochistan, and regard Punjabis living in the area as "settlers," sometimes attacking them in retaliation for attacks on the Baloch. The most recent case has been the cycle of violence initiated in Khuzdar where the FC cold-bloodedly opened fire on a student protest killing two and injuring several including one 20-year old student Liaquat Kurd whose left leg has had to be amputated as a result. In return, four Punjabis were killed in various parts of Balochistan.
Pressed on this issue, Baloch nationalists give varying responses: some claim that those killed have links to the intelligence agencies; others argue that intelligence agencies are killing Punjabis in order to give a bad name to the Baloch struggle, a claim difficult to swallow as the BLA has accepted responsibility for three of the four killings. Other non-Baloch communities such as the Hazara have also come under attack.
Following this model of organic nationalism appears to be dangerous on two grounds. First, unlike Israel's direct funding of Israeli settlers on Palestinian territory, the non-Baloch population inside Balochistan has not, by-in-large, been systematically placed there by the government. It thus smacks of a disregard for human rights which is not helpful to the the movement. One wonders what kind of havoc this kind of ethno-nationalism will wreak should Balochistan gain independence. Secondly, it's simply not strategically useful because it alienates potential supporters of the Baloch struggle. While the movement appears to be gaining strength and momentum in the wake of Akbar Bugti's murder, it now remains to be seen whether it can ground itself in more sophisticated rhetoric. None of this however, takes away from the central fact that Balochistan–like Swat of late (which I also visited)–is under occupation by Pakistan's own Army, and that Army and its government (for the Army owns the country), have dealt with the Baloch cruelly.
The End Game
Now, Obama's war is likely to further destabilise the region with the Army using the chaos as a cover to crack-down on Baloch nationalists rather than the Taliban once again. The end game may be that—as with Egypt and the Middle East generally in the 1970s—the repression of secular Baloch nationalists compounded by possible drone attacks may actually pave the way for the very Islamists Washington so fears.
Tagged Army, baloch, balochistan, baluchistan, disappearead, fc, frontier corps, great game, nationalism, Politics, war


A 97-year-old brick building in Spokane's University District that still boasts the faded "Pacific Fruit & Produce Co." on two of its exterior walls will reopen later this year as a restaurant, coffee shop and new home to JMK & Associates, a Spokane-based financial company.
The building at 102 E. Main Ave. is a former warehouse in what used to be an industrial end of downtown. It will be remade into offices, conference rooms and other spaces for JMK. The building will also have space for a large restaurant and 1,000-square-foot coffee shop. Tenants have yet to be identified.
The building's brick and heavy timber construction will be maintained, according to HDG Architecture, which is leading the renovation. A new concrete floor will be poured throughout the building, and new windows will be installed. The building's original loading dock will be redesigned for a restaurant patio, and the existing "Pacific Fruit & Produce Co." signs will stay.
The renovation is expected to cost $800,000 and is expected to be complete by September.
The 8,960-square-foot, triangular warehouse was purchased by JMK in November for $1.4 million. Documents filed with the city show plans for new off-street parking, sidewalks, bikeways on the bordering streets and landscaping.
For decades, the eastern end of downtown now referred to as the University District was an industrial area hemmed in by railroads. As the area became less industrial and more urban and focused on higher education, some of the warehouses were demolished, including the Ryan Fruit and Produce Company warehouse, a 15,600-square-foot, two-story building near Division Street that was torn down to make way for Martin Luther King Jr. Way. In the 1990s, the building housed the Spokane MarketPlace.
The 18,000-square-foot Piggly Wiggly warehouse also was demolished to make room for MLK Way. Built in 1927, the building was used by the Western Piggly Wiggly grocery chain and later by Safeway. The warehouse was designed by Gustav Albin Pehrson, whose work also includes the 15-story Paulsen Medical and Dental Building and the Chronicle Building.
Both buildings were demolished in 2010.
JMK's building was built in 1922 and originally called the Auto Freight Depot, before it was taken over by the fruit company. Trucks backed up to the building's loading dock that fronts Pine Street.
The project's construction manager is JW Construction, of Mill Creek, Washington. HDG Architecture, of Spokane, designed the renovation.


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Russia has vetoed an United Nations Security Council resolution that aimed to establish an international tribunal with powers to prosecute those responsible for the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine last year.
Eleven Council members, including permanent members United Kingdom, France, and the United States, voted in favor of the resolution on Wednesday. Russia was the sole vote against the text, while three countries — China, Angola and Venezuela — abstained.
Russian officials, including President Vladimir Putin and UN ambassador Vitaly Churkin, had made clear in recent days their opposition to the measure, which was drafted by the five countries — Australia, Belgium, Malaysia, the Netherlands and Ukraine — that make up the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) tasked with establishing accountability for the crash. Malaysia, the sole Council member among the JIT, introduced the text earlier this month.
On July 21, four days after the crash in Ukraine's Donetsk region, the Security Council passed resolution 2166, which called for "efforts to establish a full, thorough and independent investigation into the incident." It also called for "all States and actors in the region to cooperate fully in relation to the international investigation of the incident."
In September, the Council was brief on the findings of a Dutch Safety Board investigation, which determined the plane was impacted "by a large number of high-energy objects from outside the aircraft." Western governments and Kiev believe the flight, which was travelling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it crashed on July 17, was downed either by separatist rebels or Russian troops armed with a surface-to-air missile.
The Dutch team is expected to furnish a full report of its investigation sometime in October, and Council diplomats said they aimed to establish a tribunal before then. Russia, which was accused of providing the type of "Buk" missile that Western countries and Ukraine believe brought down the flight, has maintained such a tribunal is a politicized step and unnecessary. Moscow has denied any involvement in the downing of the flight.
Following Wednesday's vote, Churkin called into question the impartiality of the JIT, and pointed to public statements from its members that implicated Russia in the tragedy.
"What are the grounds to be assured of the impartiality of such an investigation?" Churkin asked, adding that his veto "has nothing to do with promoting impunity."
Western leaders reached out to Russian officials in recent days to urge passage of the text. The office of Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Wednesday that he spoke with Putin prior to the vote.
"In the frank and detailed conversation, Rutte called urgently on the Russian president to make a trial possible for those behind MH17 with a UN tribunal," Mr. Rutte's office said in a statement. Of the 298 passengers who perished last July, 196 were Dutch.
Shortly before the vote, a Russian diplomat told VICE News their position hadn't changed despite the pressure applied in recent days. The diplomat added that, because the US opposes investigative bodies that could implicate Americans, the tribunal would establish a double standard.
On July 20, Russian officials presented an alternative resolution that did not include an international tribunal. JIT countries and Western Council Members brushed off the Russian text and pushed ahead with a vote on the original resolution.
"By vetoing this resolution, Russia has tried to deny justice," US ambassador Samantha Power told the Council on Wednesday following Churkin's remarks. "Russia has callously disregarded the public outcry in the grieving nations."
The veto was Russia's second this month. On July 8, they prevented passage of a resolution recognizing the 1995 Srebrenica massacre as a genocide.


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Rzuchów (niem. Schönburg, do 1908 roku Rzuchow) – wieś w Polsce położona w województwie śląskim, w powiecie raciborskim, w gminie Kornowac.

W latach 1975–1998 miejscowość położona była w województwie katowickim.

Geografia
Miejscowość jest położona wysoko na doliną Odry dochodząca w niektórych miejscach do 100 metrów sprawia wrażenie punktu widokowego, o przepięknym malowniczym położeniu. W miejscowości istnieją liczne lasy.

Historia
Wieś po raz pierwszy została odnotowana w 1415 roku (Jeschko Schelig von Rzuchow). W 1479 roku wieś była własnością rodu Rzuchowskich, a w 1603 roku własnością Jana Szeligi, a jeden z jego potomków – Wacław Scheliga – był kanclerzem cesarskim. Od końca XVII wieku miejscowość przechodziła z rąk do rąk, a jej właścicielami byli m.in. Albert von Troppau, Gustaw Schön oraz Heinrich Himmel Franiczek.

Zabytki

Pałac

Zbudowany w latach osiemdziesiątych XIX wieku przez Heinricha Himmla, który był jego pierwszym właścicielem, po nim przejął go Joachim von Klützow. Po II wojnie światowej został zniszczony, a jego odnowy dokonało Ministerstwo Zdrowia i Opieki Społecznej, bowiem przez pewien okres mieścił się tam państwowy dom dziecka. Obecnie jest odnawiany przez nowego właściciela. Otoczony parkiem krajobrazowym z licznymi krzewami egzotycznymi, jedynym w gminie pomnikiem przyrody – dębem szypułkowym liczącym około 250 lat.

Kościół
W miejscowości znajduje się kościół pw. św. Krzysztofa. Został zbudowany staraniem proboszcza Krzysztofa Spyry z ofiar mieszkańców parafii Pstrążna. Poświęcony w 1998 roku przez abp Damiana Zimonia.

Miejsca pamięci
 Kapliczka przy wejściu do parku – upamiętnia Wincentego Kocura, Alfonsa Strączka i Romana Prefeta poległych w walkach o wyzwolenie ziemi śląskiej w III powstaniu śląskim.

Przypisy

Linki zewnętrzne

Rzuchów (województwo śląskie)

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I am happy with rising prices: BP Verma
Edited By Odishatv Bureau Published By Odishatv Bureau Last updated May 27, 2016 - 3:10 PM
Barabanki(UP)/New Delhi: Union minister Beni Prasad Verma was today at the centre of a controversy with remarks that he was "happy" over rising prices of food items as it will benefit farmers, evoking a sharp attack from BJP and other parties.
"Dal, atta, rice and vegetables have become expensive. The more the prices, the better it is for farmers. I am happy with this inflation," the Union Steel Minister told reporters on the sidelines of a function here.
He said the media was making a hue and cry of increasing prices. "Media kehti hai ki khane ki thali mehngi ho gayi hai…Isse fayada kisano ka hai, aur sarkar kisano ke fayda ki pachdhar hai" (Media says that cost of food plate has increased but it is benefiting farmers…and the government is in favour of farmers profit)," he said.
Lashing out at his rationale, BJP accused the Congress of turning a blind eye to the common man being hit by inflation.
"The Congress leaders are not affected by inflation at all. They are not seeing the plight of the people as a result of rising prices. It clearly shows their mentality," BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain said in Delhi.
Today, the farmers are hit by high cost of fertilisers and power. "Then how are they going to benefit by rising prices," he said.
"The Congress talks about aam aadmi but it has drifted a long way away from them," he said.
Attacking Verma, SP leader Mohan Singh said the minister is not fit to continue in the Government, which has got the full support of the Samajwadi Party.
"His remarks on price rise are highly irresponsible. It clearly shows that he is not in touch with ground realities.
The farmers are not getting remunerative prices, be it for vegetables or other products," Singh said.
Shivanand Tiwari of JD(U) said instead of finding ways to effectively tackle inflation, corruption, poverty and unemployment, the senior minister was justifying rising prices.
Asked about Verma`s remarks, Law Minister Salman Khurshid said it should be viewed in the right context. "If the farmer gets a good price for his yield, then it is inevitable that market prices will also go up," he said, adding that Prime Minister`s economic advisers as also the Planning Commission are there to deal with such issues and keep a check on inflation.
If the recent steps taken by the Government including cut in interest rates are viewed holistically, then one will understand the context in which the minister made his remarks, Khurshid said.
Deprecating the Government, BJP`s Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said doesn`t it know that farmers, like everyone else, are also equally affected by overall rise in prices.
"The Government has become protector of mafias who manipulate prices. The aam aadmi is reeling under mounting inflation and this Government is happy about it," he said.
Reacting sharply to Verma`s remarks, BJP state president Lakshmi Kant Bajpai said Congress should issue a statement disowning them.
"It unfortunate that a Union minister is making such remarks. How can he be ignorant about the problems being faced by the common man due to price rise", he said asking the Congress to clarify its stand on it.
SP spokesman Rajendra Chowdhury said that it was pathetic that a minister was making such a statement, which showed that he had no clue about the problems face by the common man. SP leader Azam Khan said that Congress leader Sonia Gandhi should take note of Verma`s remarks.

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Kent Eugene Stell
Kent Eugene Stell, age 58, of Huntington, died at 6:15 a.m. Monday, May 25, 2020 at Wesleyan Health and Rehabilitation Center in Marion. There will be no visitation or funeral services. Memorial contributions may be made to Sharon Turner, in care of Bailey-Love Mortuary, 35 West Park Drive, Huntington, Indiana, 46750. Kent was born on September 14, 1961 in Huntington, the son of Ted Stell and Sharon (Smith) Turner. He graduated from Huntington North High School in 1979 and served in the United States Marine Corps for 14 years, during which time he spent four years studying computers in Florida; he also served for 18 months in Okinawa, Japan. Kent worked at Onward Manufacturing for over ten years and South Whitley Manufacturing for ten years. He was a member of American Legion Post #7 in Huntington and he enjoyed fishing, hunting, and music. He had a great sense of humor. Survivors include his mother, Sharon Turner of Huntington, daughters Athena (Ralph) Stoker of Zephyrhills, Florida and Rachel (Ben) Straka of Huntington, a brother, Rick (Sharon) Stell of Huntington, a sister, Toni Stell of Fort Wayne, and grandchildren Chance Straka and Layne Straka. His father precedes him in death.
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Margherita di Roucy (o Margherita di Pierrepont), era figlia di Ugo II di Pierrepont (†1395), conte di Roucy e Braine, e di Bianca di Coucy (†1437).

Sposò nel 1403 Tommaso III di Saluzzo, marchese di Saluzzo, alla morte del quale nel 1416, resse il marchesato con il di lui figlio illegittimo Valerano di Saluzzo fino al 1424.

Discendenza
Margherita e Tommaso ebbero cinque figli:
 Giovanna (†1458), che sposò Guy IV di Clermont Nesle (1390 – 1473);
 Ricciarda (†1474), che sposò Niccolò III d'Este (1383-1441);
 Ludovico, marchese di Saluzzo, che sposò Isabella di Monferrato;
 Beatrice, suora;
 Isabella, che sposò Georges du Raynier.

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Why you should visit Huntsville, Alabama
The peaks and foothills surrounding Huntsville give hikers superlative views of the city and beyond. Photo courtesy Huntsville/Madison County Convention & Visitors Bureau
By Jessica Fender
Few Alabamians would call Huntsville a hidden gem. After all, it recently became the most populous city in the state. The outside world has taken notice of Rocket City, too. Last year, U.S. News & World Report named Huntsville the best place to live in the U.S. in 2022-23, thanks to a booming job market and its housing value, among other factors.
But what exactly does Huntsville—home to more than 216,000 people—have to offer visitors?
It's surrounded by mountain ridges and dotted with sprawling green spaces. World-class arts and entertainment venues lure creatives of all types, and its scientific achievements changed the world. Just as notable are the type of laid-back vibes that inspire visitors to check local real estate listings.
In other words, there's a little something for everyone in northern Alabama's hottest city. Here's why you should visit.
Take a hike, and so much more
As the forest trail gently ascends, traffic noise fades to nothing, replaced by the rustle of wind in the foliage overhead.
Farther ahead, trees give way to rocky promontories with sweeping views of the valley below. Nearby, other routes lead through old-growth forests and past wet-weather waterfalls.
Pausing on his return trek, Kansas native Douglas Doonan says easy access to nature has been one of the best parts about his move to Huntsville nearly a decade ago. "I've always found the mountains to be enchanting, and you have all of that right here around Huntsville," he adds.
This particular oasis—the 1,086-acre Blevins Gap Nature Preserve less than 10 miles southeast of downtown—is just the beginning. Nestled into the Tennessee Valley and the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, the rivers and ridges surrounding Rocket City are an outdoor lover's dream.
For the quickest getaway, locals head to the Monte Sano Nature Preserve, among the largest urban preserves in the nation and a 2-mile drive from downtown. There, 25 miles of hiking and biking trails link up with 2 other trail systems on the mountain. Like Blevins Gap, the preserve is part of the 9,000 acres under the stewardship of the Land Trust of North Alabama.
Those who prefer a boat to a boot also have a wealth of options among Huntsville's many navigable waterways. Kayak or float fish the lower reaches of the Flint River to the east. Stand-up paddleboard in the calm waters surrounding Hobbs Island just downstream of the bustling Ditto Landing marina.
Or head west and boat through the tupelo swamps and glassy backwaters of Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, keeping a lookout for sandhill cranes and their endangered whooping brethren.
In the back room of Trailhead Incorporated bike shop, owner Tommy Reagh tunes up a skinny-tired road bike. Out front, bikes of all kinds—and their accoutrements—are for sale. And rentals, temporarily stymied by COVID-related supply issues, are set to resume soon.
Among the most popular destinations for the city's 2-wheeling tribe are the Chapman, Wade, and Monte Sano mountains, Reagh says. "There's a pretty strong cycling community here, too."
You may also like: How many of Alabama's 7 natural wonders have you seen?
Find your inner artist
The sun sets behind the stage at Lowe Mill in Huntsville before one of the venue's seasonal musical performances. Photo by Jessica Fender
Visible through a window, master puppeteer Anne Sue Courtney brings a cloth figure dyed with red clay to life with a few deft manipulations. All around her, marionettes dangle and shadow puppets hide behind backlit screens in the cabinet of curiosities that is her Squeaking Tribe Studio.
Seen through another window, ceramicist Guadalupe Robinson carves flower motifs into leather-hard clay pots, pausing for a moment as her green parrot, Margarita, alights on her shoulder.
Another opening frames jewelry designer Paige Seegmiller, whose nimble fingers join together parts of bold, dangling earrings inside Sunshine Studio's kaleidoscope of colors.
Factory-turned-force in Huntsville's creative community, the Lowe Mill Arts & Entertainment complex houses the shops and studios of 161 artists and craftspeople. Photo by Jessica Fender
Every window along the wide industrial halls of the historic Lowe Mill compound just outside downtown is a portal into an artist's world, and every open studio door an invitation to enter and chat. "It's a fantastic place for curious people," says Eric Schultz, media coordinator for the arts complex.
Artist Hannah March Sanders' vibrant works in crocheted, upcycled fabric wow visitors in one of Lowe Mill's airy gallery spaces. Photo by Jessica Fender
With its on-site theater; 7 indie food purveyors; musical performances; open-air markets; and 160-plus painters, weavers, welders, and sculptors, it's easy to see how this sprawling compound set in 2 historic buildings gained a reputation as the heart of Huntsville's creative scene.
But it's far from the only artistic flourish in a city best known for its logical, left-brained pursuits. The well-curated Huntsville Museum of Art (adults, $12) boasts a permanent collection of more than 3,000 works and a full roster of camps, classes, and workshops for some hands-on fun.
Downtown Huntsville has dozens of larger-than-life paintings, like this mural of epic koi painted by Dustin Timbrook, along its Secret Art Trail. Photo by Jessica Fender
Or take to the streets on downtown's Secret Art Trail, much of which falls within the Quigley Entertainment District. Visitors can grab a cup of drip coffee at roastery Kaffeeklatsch—or something stronger at one of the many bars in the area—and discover the murals around Big Spring Park and the Clinton Row Color Walk.
Named for the city's original water source, Big Spring International Park anchors Huntsville's strollable downtown. Photo courtesy Huntsville/Madison County Convention & Visitors Bureau
Huntsville's music scene burst onto the national stage last year when its state-of-the-art 8,000-seat Orion Amphitheater began welcoming blockbuster acts such as Stevie Nicks and Dave Matthews Band, as well as a healthy schedule of local events. On recent weekend evenings, even the smaller venues were hopping.
In the intimate basement digs of Catacomb 435, visitors can sway to music and sip artisanal cocktails. At the newly revamped Lumberyard, a plastic-cup crowd gathers for a '90s mixtape tribute band in an epic back courtyard.
And as the sun sets behind Lowe Mill, families spread blankets and camping chairs across the broad lawn, awaiting the quirky stylings of singer-songwriter-comedian Aunt Sofonda.
Get your geek on
The U.S. Space and Rocket Center traces Huntsville's contributions to the Space Race, including the Apollo 16 command module that traveled to the moon and back. Photo courtesy Huntsville/Madison County Convention & Visitors Bureau
It's one thing to spot the U.S. Space & Rocket Center's iconic 363-foot-tall model Saturn V rocket from the highway—a distant reminder that Huntsville helped propel humankind to the moon.
It's quite another to round a corner into one of the grand halls at the center (adults, $30) and see Saturn V's 5 behemoth rocket engines.
Huntsville, given its science and engineering legacy, is the place to geek out up close.
The Space Center's 25-acre campus just west of the city center is home to the legendary Space Camp, several larger-than-life models and prototypes of NASA-built rockets, and enough artifacts related to everything from the Apollo program to the International Space Station to keep even the most avid aficionado busy all day.
Add to that experiential highlights like a newly revamped planetarium, flight simulators, and aquatic virtual reality exercises, and you might need to make a weekend of it.
On a recent afternoon, volunteer docent Phil Kitchens talked about his experience working at the Marshall Space Flight Center during the American space program's earliest days. Beside him stood the Apollo 16 command module, its bottom charred and pocked from reentry into Earth's atmosphere on its return from the moon.
"To have a chance to help send humans from Earth to another body in the universe? There weren't words then, and there still aren't for me," says the former chemical engineer and librarian, now retired.
But don't let Rocket City's name fool you. Enthusiasts of all stripes will find their people here, including those who prefer their "sci" with a little "fi."
You may also like: 6 Alabama science centers that make learning a blast
Huntsville's Dragon's Forge Café sates sugar cravings and gives nerds of all stripes the chance to live out their sci-fi and Comic-Con fantasies. Photo by Jessica Fender
At Dragon Forge Café, swords and maps of imagined worlds hang on mock-stone castle walls. A 4-foot-tall plastic dragon—Draco—stands sentry by a window. Aside from serving whimsical coffee drinks and house-made fare, this bastion of all things fantasy hosts tea service and Dungeons & Dragons nights.
Ravenwood Meadery serves up gothic vibes, witchy baubles, and small-batch meads. Photo courtesy Roo Kline/Ravenwood Meadery
Next door, the Comic-Con vibes live on at Ravenwood Meadery, where proprietor Roo Kline sells witchy baubles, drinking vessels made of horn, and Norse decor.
Elsewhere, Vertical House Records slings destination-worthy vinyl and old-school hi-fi gear. Half a dozen pinball parlors and arcades vie for quarters, including downtown's Pints and Pixels, which features more than 40 vintage machines.
On the side of the trendy Campus 805 in West Huntsville, the Space is Our Place mural by Jahni the Artist honors both Huntsville's space legacy and its future. Photo by Jessica Fender
And beer nerds won't want to miss Yellowhammer Brewing and Straight to Ale, located in a former middle school reimagined as the Campus 805 entertainment complex. The latter features a speakeasy taproom hidden behind a bank of lockers.
Voluntarily hanging out at school? What could be geekier?
Where to stay in Huntsville, Alabama
The boutique hotel 106 Jefferson gives visitors a chic home base from which to explore the city and the best views in town from its rooftop bar. Photo courtesy 106 Jefferson Huntsville, Curio Collection by Hilton
The upscale 106 Jefferson is more than just an address, though this AAA Four Diamond property's prime downtown location is one of its many draws. Huntsville's first boutique hotel recently opened with chic mid-mod interiors, plush rooms with Irish linens, and exceptional service. Bonus: Its popular rooftop bar, Baker & Abel, has some of the best views of the city. Rates start at $158.
Travel pro and guide author Jessica Fender liked Huntsville so much that she, too, was tempted to move there.
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I'm not a fan of making New Years resolutions because it seems that making an official declaration all but confirms it will be broken within the week. However, I do have a few small goals that I will be working toward in the coming year. I will pretend that they are something completely different than resolutions. Just go with it.
1) Be more responsible financially and put more money into savings/investmensts.
2) Stay the course with my health goal on being in my best shape ever when I turn 29.
3) Continue working on and improving our home.
4) Slowly organize and wrangle all our mountains of stuff- photos, videos, files etc.


Mabel Davis Kiser, age 99, of Asheboro passed away on Thursday, November 8, 2018 at Randolph Hospice House.
Mrs. Kiser was born in Stoneville, NC on March 30, 1919 to Frank and Kate Berry Davis. She was a member of Asheboro Friends Meeting. Mabel was a strong-willed lady who enjoyed quilting and working in her flower garden. She was an accomplished seamstress. In addition to her parents, Mabel was preceded in death by her husband, Clyde L. Kiser, Sr. and 13 brothers and sisters.
She is survived by her son, Clyde L. Kiser, Jr. of Charlotte, NC and many nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends on Monday, November 12, 2018 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Pugh Funeral Home, 437 Sunset Avenue in Asheboro, NC. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, November 13, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. in the Pugh Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. David Millikan and Rev. Blake Davis officiating. Burial will follow in Randolph Memorial Park.


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O Campeonato Europeu de Patinação Artística no Gelo de 1928 foi a vigésima sétima edição do Campeonato Europeu de Patinação Artística no Gelo, um evento anual de patinação artística no gelo organizado pela União Internacional de Patinação () onde os patinadores artísticos competem pelo título de campeão europeu. A competição foi disputada na cidade de Opava, Tchecoslováquia.

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 Individual masculino

Medalhistas

Resultados

Individual masculino

Quadro de medalhas

Ligações externas

1928
Patinacao Artistica Europeu 1928
Patinacao Artistica Europeu 1928
1928 na patinação artística no gelo
Desporto na Tchecoslováquia em 1928


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A Critical Analysis of 'Anthem for doomed youth' by Wilfred Owen.
A Critical Analysis of 'Anthem for doomed youth' by Wilfred Owen. For this essay I will critically analyse and evaluate the use and effect of literary devices and forms while showing the interaction of explicit and implicit meanings within the poem. I will also refer to the historical and cultural factors affecting the production and reception of the poem. The title 'Anthem For Doomed Youth' is very deliberately ironic with the juxtaposition of anthem, which is associated with praise and triumph with doomed which means certain demise. Through doing this Owen shocks the reader and immediately introduces them to theme of the poem, death of soldiers and gets the audience to question the war; after all, how can you pay tribute to inevitable death? ...read more.
The answer the poem gives is none. The meaning it conveys is that the war must be wrong if the soldiers die so cheaply as to not receive a proper burial. The poem is about the First World War where over ten million people died and was written by Wilfred Owen who served as an officer. Owen wrote poetry through out his war years, using his experience of battle and its aftermath as his inspiration, having experienced many horrors on the front line. 'Anthem for doomed youth' is a Shakespearian sonnet, having the traditional 14 lines three quatrains and one couplet and has a rhyme scheme of abab cdcd effe gg. ...read more.
'The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells;'(line7 in the octave) 'The pallor of girls brows shall be their pall;'(line4 in the sextet) The intention of the different styles of imagery is used in conjunction with other different techniques used throughout the poem. The purpose of which is to firstly shock, horrify and perhaps overwhelm in the first two quatrains and then to create great feelings of sorrow in the sextet. This is achieved, as visual imagery requires more time to summon in the mind then auditory imagery with the descriptions in the sextet being more about humans and feelings and so requires greater time, focus, being more personalised so producing more distress. This accomplishes the consequence of being more conspicuous as apposed to the octave, which principally uses comparisons of inanimate objects. ...read more.
A critical appreciation of the poem 'Exposure'
than...snow,' This plainly shows that the weather is worse for the soldiers than the 'flights of bullets'; which, when described as flights are likened to birds and therefore nature.
Manus is a responsible character, and is liked by everyone at the hedge school. He often takes over lessons from Hugh when he has had a few too many drinks, and is also in charge of Hugh's affairs. He controls many factors involving the hedge school, including the financial aspects,
One main example of emasculation is when Mr. Prior comes to visit, and describes an incident which happened to his son when he was younger: "Got the shit kicked out of him. And the next day. And the next... I've had enough of this.
Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! -How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul- leave me my name!" Act four, page 115, The Crucible. Owen regards the continuation of tradition and heritage as simply a romantic dream which barricades the road to progress and modernization.
Faulks uses language that would often be associated in describing a caring emotion towards something or someone. It is as if Stephen is nurturing his pent up aggression and hatred as if it was a child, instead of trying to displace it. The time period Birdsong was written is significant.
He almost desperately tries to cling to anything that indicates life and even tries to ask higher forces for help, by calling upon the "sun" (I,1), believing in its power to restore life. After the immediate beginning by addressing his surroundings to "Move him" (I,1), he has to pause "-" (I,1)
There are further descriptions of their physical conditions with 'all lame' and 'all blind', this is due to the effects of shell explosions damaging both hearing and eyesight. This stanza ends by illustrating the gravity of their hearing loss and fatigue by Owen's description of the sound or hoot of shells (Five-Nines)
TMA 1 Read Wilfred Owens Dulce et Decorum Est then answer the following ...
The first stanza of the poem employs an ABABCDCD rhyme scheme; the resulting effect is an impression of momentous and almost relentless beats, like drums of war keeping the pace of soldiers marching into battle. This slow rhythm of beats is used to illustrate how slow and drawn-out the war


Vasili Kanidiadis will be on hand to share his tips at the State Rose and Garden Show. Photo by Damjan Janevski.
Everything's coming up roses at Werribee Park this spring.
The annual State Rose and Garden Show will be held at the Victorian State Rose Garden on November 10 and 11, offering the perfect chance for locals to wander through the garden's display of more than 5000 roses in every colour imaginable.
In The Garden, horticulturalist Craig Castree, Gardenettes Melissa King and Chloe Thompson and SBS's Vasili Kanidiadis.
There will be plenty of activities to keep the kids entertained, including lawn games, face-painting and gardening workshops.
Mr Kanidiadis will be on hand during the weekend to share his extensive knowledge of gardening and to help with any gardening conundrums.
He said the secret to growing beautiful roses was prudent pruning.
Visit stateroseandgardenshow.com.au for the full program.


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Cornant est une commune française située dans le département de l'Yonne en région Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Géographie

Communes limitrophes

Cornant jouxte seulement trois communes :

Urbanisme

Typologie
Cornant est une commune rurale, car elle fait partie des communes peu ou très peu denses, au sens de la grille communale de densité de l'Insee.

Par ailleurs la commune fait partie de l'aire d'attraction de Sens, dont elle est une commune de la couronne. Cette aire, qui regroupe , est catégorisée dans les aires de  à moins de .

Occupation des sols

L'occupation des sols de la commune, telle qu'elle ressort de la base de données européenne d'occupation biophysique des sols Corine Land Cover (CLC), est marquée par l'importance des territoires agricoles (91,3 % en 2018), une proportion identique à celle de 1990 (91,4 %). La répartition détaillée en 2018 est la suivante :
terres arables (76,9 %), zones agricoles hétérogènes (14,4 %), forêts (8,5 %), zones urbanisées (0,2 %).

L'IGN met par ailleurs à disposition un outil en ligne permettant de comparer l'évolution dans le temps de l'occupation des sols de la commune (ou de territoires à des échelles différentes). Plusieurs époques sont accessibles sous forme de cartes ou photos aériennes : la carte de Cassini (), la carte d'état-major (1820-1866) et la période actuelle (1950 à aujourd'hui).

Histoire
Cornant appartenu à François-Xavier de Saxe.

Économie

Politique et administration

Démographie

Culture locale et patrimoine

Lieux et monuments

 L'église Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité.

Personnalités liées à la commune

Pour approfondir

Bibliographie

Articles connexes
 Liste des communes de l'Yonne
 Liste des anciennes communes de l'Yonne

Liens externes
 Cornant sur le site de l'Institut géographique national

Notes et références

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Commune dans l'Yonne
Aire urbaine de Sens
Aire d'attraction de Sens


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Capstone Infrastructure Corporation Declares December 2011 Dividend
TORONTO, ONTARIO (December 16, 2011) – Capstone Infrastructure Corporation (TSX: CSE; CSE.DB.A; CSE.PR.A – the "Corporation") today declared a dividend on its common shares for the month of December 2011 of $0.055 per common share. The dividend will be paid on January 16, 2012 to common shareholders of record at the close of trading on December 30, 2011. The ex-dividend date is December 28, 2011.
The dividends paid by the Corporation on its common shares are designated "eligible" dividends for purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada). An enhanced dividend tax credit applies to eligible dividends paid to Canadian residents.
In respect of the Corporation's January 16, 2012 common share dividend payment, the Corporation will issue common shares in connection with the reinvestment of dividends under the Corporation's Dividend Reinvestment Plan. The price of common shares purchased with reinvested dividends will be the previous five-day volume weighted average trading share price on the Toronto Stock Exchange, less a 5% discount.
A distribution of $0.055 per unit will also be paid on January 16, 2012 to holders of record on December 30, 2011 of Class B Exchangeable Units of MPT LTC Holding LP, which is a subsidiary entity of the Corporation.
The Corporation's common share dividend policy of $0.055 per share monthly remains in place until a determination on a new common share dividend policy is made by the Corporation's board of directors (the "Board of Directors"). As previously disclosed, the Board of Directors intends to re-evaluate the Corporation's common share dividend policy in the first half of 2012 as additional clarity becomes available on the post-2014 cash flow profile of the Cardinal gas cogeneration ("Cardinal") facility following the expiry of Cardinal's current power purchase agreement in the fourth quarter of 2014.
The Corporation's dividend policy with respect to its Cumulative 5-Year Rate Reset Preferred Shares, Series A (the "preferred shares") remains unchanged at $0.3125 per preferred share payable quarterly on the last day of January, April, July and October of each year, or $1.25 on an annualized basis, for the initial five-year period.
Capstone Infrastructure Corporation's mission is to build and responsibly manage a high quality portfolio of infrastructure businesses in Canada and internationally in order to deliver a superior total return to shareholders through a combination of stable dividends and capital appreciation. The Corporation's portfolio currently includes investments in gas cogeneration, wind, hydro, biomass and solar power generating facilities, representing approximately 370 MW of installed capacity, a 33.3% interest in a district heating business in Sweden, and a 70% interest in a regulated water utility in the United Kingdom. Please visit www.capstoneinfrastructure.com for more information.
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Although the Corporation believes that it has a reasonable basis for the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements, actual results may differ from those suggested by the forward-looking statements for various reasons, including risks related to: power infrastructure (operational performance; power purchase agreements (in particular, the risk associated with Cardinal's power purchase agreement expiring in the fourth quarter of 2014); fuel costs and supply (including increases in the gas transportation rate charged by TCPL); contract performance; development risk; technology risk; default under credit agreements; land tenure and related rights; regulatory regime and permits; environmental, health and safety requirements; climate change and the environment; and force majeure) the Corporation (tax-related risks; variability and payment of dividends, which are not guaranteed; geographic concentration and non-diversification; insurance; environmental, health and safety regime; availability of financing; shareholder dilution; and the unpredictability and volatility of the common share price of the Corporation); the Corporation's investment in Värmevärden (general business risks inherent in the district heating business; fuel costs and supply; reliance on industrial customers and ability of residential customers to cancel contracts on short notice; geographic concentration; government regulation; environmental health and safety liabilities; reliance on key personnel; labour relations; enforcement of indemnities against the vendors of Värmevärden; minority interest; and foreign exchange); and Bristol Water's business (revenue is substantially influenced by price determinations made by Ofwat; failure to complete capital investment programs; failure to achieve water leakage targets; the imposition of penalties under Ofwat's new comparative incentive mechanism; the economic downturn impacting the lending environment, as well as debt and capital markets, resulting in more costly financing and inflation negatively impacting leverage and key financial ratios, which may have a negative impact on credit ratings, as well as increasing the cost of capital expenditures; pension plan obligations may require Bristol Water to make additional contributions; failure to meet existing regulatory requirements and the potentially adverse impact of future legislative and regulatory changes; the ability for a Special Administrator to be appointed by the UK Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs or Ofwat in certain circumstances (including the breach by Bristol Water of its license); foreign exchange; operational risks (including significant interruption of the provision of its services and catastrophic damage resulting in loss of life, environmental damage or economic and social disruption); development of competition within the water sector; reliance on key personnel; default under its Artesian loans, bonds, debentures or credit facility; geographic concentration; potential seasonality and climate change; labour relations; and enforcement of indemnities against the vendors of Bristol Water).
For a more comprehensive description of these and other possible risks, please see the risks set out in the annual information form of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2010, under the heading "Risk Factors", as updated in subsequently filed interim MD&A, the business acquisition report filed June 14, 2011 in respect of the Corporation's acquisition of Värmevärden and other filings by the Corporation with Canadian securities regulatory authorities (such documents are available under the Corporation's profile on www.sedar.com). The assumptions, risks and uncertainties described above are not exhaustive and other events and risk factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the results and events discussed in the forward-looking. The forward-looking statements within this document reflect current expectations of the Corporation as at the date of this document and speak only as at the date of this document. Except as may be required by applicable Canadian law, the Corporation does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements.


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End Times Sorceries And Debautry
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Youth minister, man on honeymoon among those arrested in prostitution sting
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35 ORLANDO) -
An undercover investigation targeting online prostitution ads has resulted in 92 arrests by the Polk County Sheriff's Office.
Over a period of four days, detectives conducted an investigation into Internet sites related to men and women who were advertising to commit prostitution or who were soliciting others for prostitution.
Among the dozens arrested are a 45-year-old church youth minister from California and a 21-year-old Illinois man who was visiting Orlando for his honeymoon.
"The negative social costs of prostitution hurt families, children, and communities, including the spreading of infectious diseases," said Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd. "The nexus between prostitution and other crime, such as illegal drugs, violence against women, and human trafficking, is a real problem."
Charges range from crimes associated with prostitution and drugs to battery on a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest. At least one man was charged with traveling to meet a minor, and another man was arrested when deputies said he brought a 15-year-old girl to the undercover location as a prostitute.
Twelve men, commonly known as "pimps," were arrested when they brought prostitutes to the undercover location; 39 suspects arrested were identified as prostitutes; 39 suspects arrested were identified as "johns," or those who wished to pay for sex from prostitutes; and two others were arrested when they accompanied suspects to the location, for other charges.
"Prostitution is illegal, and those who commit or who derive proceeds from this crime in Polk County can expect to go to jail," said Sheriff Judd. "Whether it is on the street or online, prostitution is illegal and we will continue to investigate and arrest those involved."


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Horror, SFF, Short stories
Dinornis
I've a new story out!
"Dinornis" appears in the anthology Pacific Monsters from Fox Spirit Press. It's the fourth volume in their series of monster stories from around the world, and all of them are well worth checking out.
"Dinornis" is also my first graphic story! I wrote the script, and the story's illustrated by Dave Johnson, who has done a fantastic job of making the moa seem creepy and sad. "Dinornis", of course, is a reference to that giant extinct bird of New Zealand, the moa. The moa's not really a monster, not in the typical understanding of the word, anyway. It's sort of what I think of as a wishful monster.
Monsters are strange things.
We're fascinated by them. There's whole industries devoted to bringing them to life, to packaging them up in consumable form so that we can be briefly entertained by fright. And it's fun because it is brief. I can enjoy spending two hours watching a zombie horror film precisely because zombies don't actually exist. If my life revolved around fending them off, I'd not be turning towards them for my leisure hours. I'd be refilling the flame-thrower and any moments I could snatch for escapism would tend to the absolutely harmless.
We generally don't want the monsters to be real. But sometimes it's just so disappointing when they're not.
Especially when we hold the burden of having removed them ourselves. Richard Matheson's I Am Legend turns an individual amongst monsters into the monster those monsters fear, and on a species level Matheson isn't far wrong. Extinction took a lot of monsters from this world long before humans came alone, but we've certainly done our best to slaughter the rest.
This can best be seen in the lands where humans are not. And, for longer than anywhere else, New Zealand was that land. The last major land mass to be colonised, absent of any native mammal but small bats, it was for millennia a land belonging to birds. Flightless, many of them, and some not. The most dangerous was the largest eagle to ever exist – Haast's eagle. It died out when humans killed its food to line their own stomachs.
That food was my Pacific monster. The tallest bird ever known, the giant moa. Females were as much as 3.7 metres in height, and all of them were flightless.
All we have left of it are bones. Bones, and stories…
Every so often the rumours start back up. That down in the remote, unexplored back blocks of Fiordland the moa survives. Perhaps not the giant moa, which would be genuinely hard to miss, but one of the smaller species of the genus. There's sightings, a blurry photo or two. Tracks in the earth.
When my Pacific Monsters story was being edited, Margrét commented on the character who'd just found a moa footprint. Wouldn't she wonder what it was?
There isn't a person in this country who would see a three toed footprint that size and not think – not hope – that it was a moa. We're a young country. We take our monsters where we can get them.
Do I think they're still out there? Honestly, no. Do I want them to be? Oh, so much.
It's wishful thinking, I know. Imagination layering itself over science, and with just enough hook to cling to, because, Jurassic Park-like, there is an astronomical outside chance that discovery of ancient DNA might be enough to bring them back.
But what would we do with them if we did? If we found them, alive still, in the dark and distant corners of the bush?
I'd like to think we'd be happy. That, as a nation, we'd pull of the mother of all conservation efforts, exceeding even that of the black robin – a native bird pulled back from the brink when once there were only seven individuals remaining.
But then I remember the context of monsters, and how the moa met a monster new-come to their shores… and it was us.
They didn't survive the human race.
If they're still out there, I hope they stay far, far away. That they're rumours forever, because some monsters survive best in wishful thinking.
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Most people know that prepaid phone cards are used to make cheap international calls but many do not know that many on-line (virtual) phone cards also offer a full range of features. These features make them more convenient to use than those bought in convenience stores and super markets.
PIN Free dialing is a convenient and common feature found with many virtual phone cards. It allows a caller to register phone numbers so they do not need to enter a special code when making calls from one of their registered phones. The registered phone numbers can be conveniently edited in the customer's on-line account.
Many virtual phone cards have a permanent PIN code so it does not change each time the phone card is re-charged or purchased. These permanent PIN phone cards are typically stored in an on-line account that can be accessed by a user from any INTERNET connection.
Most permanent PIN phone cards also include an optional automatic recharge option. Many users find this to be an attractive feature since it assures that they will not run out of funds during a call and the card is always available for use.
Many virtual phone cards come with an on-line call history that tracks and stores the details of each call (including location, length of call and cost). The call history can be accessed through the customer's on-line account. This is a very handy feature that is typically included with high quality virtual phone cards.
Many on-line phone cards have a Speed Dial feature that allows the user to add phone numbers to their personal account so they can call these numbers by pressing 2 or 3 numbers on their phone. This is a convenient feature for those who plan to make international calls to the same phone numbers.
Some on-line merchants allow customers to transfer funds between phone cards. This is a money saving feature since it allows the transfer of funds to the phone card offering the best rates.
Some on-line phone cards, like the continental card, can also be used to make conference calls or international callback calls from virtually any location in the world. They can also be used for a variety of other purposes like setting-up a personal toll free number in the USA.
There are other prepaid calling plans, like Tel3Advantage, that offer many of the features listed above as well as some other not so common features. For example, Tel3 offers a mobile plan where users can make direct-dial international phone calls from their Mobile SMART Phones. With Tel3 Mobile, users do not need to dial an access number or PIN code when placing an international call. They simply dial the international code and their call is automatically routed over the low cost Tel3 network. Tel3 also offers a business calling plan with many on-line tools and features that are ideal for small to medium size business users. Tel3Advantage can be used to make cheap domestic and international long distance phone calls from Canada and the USA. Tel3Advantage has no monthly fees or connection charges and does not require a contract. Therefore, it is an ideal product for people who only make periodic international calls or those who want a short term option.


Senior IDF officials are expected to brief the members of the UN Security Council on the Iran-backed group's activity in Lebanon, voicing their concerns over its further strengthening in the country and its entrenchment in Syria.
Last week, dozens of UN ambassadors visiting Israel toured a site near Metula where the army discovered the cross-border tunnels. Engineering troops gave the diplomats a tour of a tunnel using a robotic camera. The tour was organized by Danon.
"The struggle we are waging against Hezbollah is both military and diplomatic. Its definition as a terrorist organization is imperative to harm the global terror apparatus, which is based in Tehran," Danon said.
The diplomats met with President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before flying in a seven-helicopter convoy from Jerusalem to the north of the country. During their meeting, Netanyahu stressed Iran's chokehold on Lebanon via its proxy Hezbollah.
As the tour ended, several UN ambassadors said they would support Israel's attempts to convince the Security Council to declare Hezbollah as a terrorist organization.
The ambassador also pointed out the absurdity of the tunnels being dug under the nose of UN peacekeepers stationed in south Lebanon.
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Research ArticlePredoctoral Dental Education
Evaluation of an Experiential and Self-Learning Approach to Teaching Evidence-Based Decision Making to Dental Students
Rajesh V. Lalla, Eva Yujia Li, Tania B. Huedo-Medina and R. Lamont (Monty) MacNeil
Journal of Dental Education July 2019, JDE.019.125; DOI: https://doi.org/10.21815/JDE.019.125
Rajesh V. Lalla
Rajesh V. Lalla, DDS, PhD, is Professor, Associate Dean for Research, and Course Director for Evidence-Based Decision Making, University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine; Eva Yujia Li, MEd, is a PhD candidate, Research Methods, Measurement, and Evaluation Program, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Connecticut; Tania B. Huedo-Medina, PhD, is Associate Professor, Department of Allied Health Sciences, University of Connecticut; and R. Lamont (Monty) MacNeil, DDS, MDentSc, is Professor and Dean Emeritus, University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine.
For correspondence: lalla@uchc.edu
Eva Yujia Li
Tania B. Huedo-Medina
R. Lamont (Monty) MacNeil
The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact on predoctoral dental students of an experiential and self-learning pedagogical approach to evidence-based decision making. Dental students at one U.S. dental school in 2014 and 2015 participated in an evidence-based decision making course that consisted of minimal lecturing, learning through assigned readings and open-book online quizzes, and individual assignments to reach an evidence-based decision on a clinically relevant question. Before and after the course, each cohort completed a validated survey assessing students' knowledge, attitudes, access of evidence, and confidence related to evidence-based practice. In 2014, of 43 students enrolled in the course, all 43 (100%) completed the pre-course survey, and 33 (77%) completed the post-course survey. In 2015, of 35 students enrolled in the course, all 35 (100%) completed the pre-course survey, and 34 (97%) completed the post-course survey. Of those, the identifier codes for 23 students in 2014 and 25 students in 2015 matched for the pre-course and post-course surveys, allowing direct comparisons. Both cohorts of students showed a significant increase in knowledge regarding critical appraisal of the literature from the pre-course survey results to after the course (p<0.001). Students' reported frequency of accessing evidence from various sources also significantly increased from before to after the course for both cohorts (p<0.01). Students' confidence in evaluating various aspects of a published research report also increased significantly from before to after the course for both cohorts (p<0.001). However, no consistent change was found in students' attitudes about evidence-based practice. In this study, an experiential and self-learning approach to teaching evidence-based decision making in the classroom appeared to be successful in improving students' knowledge, use of evidence, and confidence in critical appraisal skills, though it did not have a consistent impact on their attitudes about evidence-based practice.
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evidence-based practice
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Harrison Ford crash-landed his vintage airplane at a Los Angeles golf course this afternoon. He suffered moderate injuries and was taken to a hospital. The actor's single-engine plane went down at about 2:30p in the Venice area. The pilot was breathing and conscious when he was taken to a hospital, where he was listed in fair to moderate condition.
The 72-year-old Star Wars and Indiana Jones actor is an aviation enthusiast who often flies out of the Santa Monica Airport. Penmar Golf Course, where the crash happened, is just west of a runway there. The plane appeared to be a World War II-era vintage training plane. It was mostly intact after the wreck, and Ford was the only person aboard. Nobody on the ground was hurt, but people rushed the scene and started helping Ford.
Harrison Ford (right) is cast to portray swashbuckling space-age soldier-of-fortune Han Solo in his fourth Star Wars movie, set for release in December. The original Star Wars in 1977 made Ford an overnight star who remains an A-list actor with several colossal box office hits in his credits. He played whip-slinging archaeologist Indiana Jones in four movies in that series.
Ford got his pilot's license in the late 1980s, and has served as a spokesman to various airline groups. He stepped down as chairman of a youth program for Experimental Aircraft Association in 2009.
Our best wishes to the adventurous Harrison Ford.
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Q: working with textfields in net beans I know how to get the data from my textfield and display it to my textarea, but I want to know how i can keep appending data to my textarea each time it is typed into my textfield and the jbutton is pushed. I am using netbeans 6.9

A: There is an append(String str) function on the JTextArea class that probably does what you need.
So you probably need something like:
private void jButton1ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
    jTextArea1.append(jTextField1.getText());
}

Edited based on comment below since I had meant to say it was JTextArea#append() and I added an example action performed method.