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US monitoring cargo planes from Iran to Syria
Jerusalem and Washington worried cargo planes are transporting weapons from Tehran to Damascus which could be used against Israel amid Iranian threats of retaliation for T-4 base attack.
Itamar Eichner|Published: 04.25.18 , 11:04
Israel and the United States suspect a series of cargo flights from Iran to Syria may be transporting weapons to Syrian President Bashar Assad and Iranian forces in his country, CNN reported on Wednesday.
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Jerusalem and Washington are worried the cargo planes could be carrying arms that would be aimed at Israel.
Among the flights that caught the attention of US intelligence were two flights by Syrian Air Force IL-76 cargo jets and at least one of an Iranian cargo jet, according to CNN.
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A YK-ATD plane has been making regular flights between the two countries in the wake of the Western strike. A look at its flight routes shows the plane took off last week from Damascus to Tehran, a two hour flight. Six hours later, the plane was back in the air returning to Syria, but this time to an airport in Aleppo, north of Homs. After several hours on the ground, the plane took off again to a Syrian air force base in Damascus. This unusual flight route was repeated at least three times over the past week, and it is believed the plane was transporting military equipment from the Revolutionary Guards to Assad's forces.
Another Syrian cargo plane, a YK-ATB, has also been making regular flights over the past week between Aleppo and Damascus.
While arms transfers between Iran and Syria are not unusual, American intelligence has been monitoring these flights in light of Iranian threats to retaliate for an attack on the T-4 airbase in Syria, which has been attributed to Israel.
Seven Iranian military personnel involved in the Revolutionary Guards' drones program were killed in the strike, which led to an escalating exchange of threats between Iran and Israel.
The Wall Street Journal reported last week that the target of the strike was an advanced Iranian air-defense system that was recently installed at the base.
An intelligence official speaking to the Journal said Trump administration "is working with Israel to blunt Tehran's expanding influence in the Middle East."
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Russia's daily Kommersant newspaper, citing unnamed military sources, reported on Monday that Russia might start supplying the anti-aircraft missile systems to Syria in the near future.
Kommersant said that experts believed that Israel would react negatively to any decision to supply the missiles and might bomb the area where they would be deployed.
A Russian diplomat told Reuters on Monday that Israel has asked Moscow not to supply the Syrian military with the advanced S-300 missile systems.
Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman warned on Tuesday that if Syria uses Russian-made air defense missiles against Israel, the IDF will strike back.
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è una serie animata giapponese prodotta nel 1982 dalla Nippon Animation, che fa parte del World Masterpiece Theater ed è ispirata al romanzo Southern Rainbow, scritto sempre nel 1982 da Phyllis Piddington e inedito in Italia.

L'anime ruota intorno al personaggio della piccola Lucy May Popple, che insieme ai genitori e ai fratelli si trasferisce in Australia agli inizi del XIX secolo. La nuova vita non si rivelerà facile come la famiglia Popple si aspettava, tuttavia grazie anche a Lucy May, le cose volgeranno per il meglio.

In Italia la serie è stata trasmessa per la prima volta su Italia 1 nel 1983 e riproposta dopo molto anni sul canale a pagamento Hiro, dal 17 giugno 2010.

Trama

L'arrivo in Australia
È il 7 novembre 1837 quando la famiglia Popple, composta da Arthur, Annie e i figli Clara di sedici anni, Ben di quindici, Kate di dieci, Lucy May di otto e Tob di due anni, sbarcano nel sud dell'Australia provenienti dall'Inghilterra, dopo un lungo viaggio di tre mesi. Sono solo pochi anni che è iniziata la colonizzazione di questo immenso territorio e la famiglia Popple spera di farsi una nuova vita in Australia, attratta dal miraggio di terreni distribuiti gratuitamente dal governo ai coloni che ne facciano richiesta. Arthur è infatti un agricoltore e il suo sogno è quello d'impiantare una grande fattoria per poter utilizzare tecniche innovative di coltivazione e trasformarla in breve tempo in un'azienda agricola modello.

Fin dall'inizio la famiglia deve però fare i conti con la dura realtà. La società che trova allo sbarco in Australia, lungi da essere organizzata e pronta ad aiutare i coloni nel loro difficile inserimento, è piuttosto carente d'infrastrutture e rallentata dalla burocrazia.

Arthur si rende ad esempio presto conto che non potrà trasportare dall'approdo della nave fino alla città di Adelaide l'ingombrante casa prefabbricata che si era portato dall'Inghilterra a causa della cronica carenza di mezzi di trasporto: sarà quindi costretto a venderla all'odioso signor Petiwell con grande rammarico di tutti i familiari. Inoltre l'assegnazione dei terreni da parte del governo procede a rilento e la famiglia Popple si dovrà accontentare di vivere in una piccola casetta alla periferia di Adelaide.

Una volta completato il trasloco sarà necessario ampliare la casetta, scavare un pozzo e costruire una casa di mattoni per Ben e il dott. Deighton.

In attesa di tempi migliori Arthur Popple dovrà accettare qualsiasi lavoro per poter mantenere la sua numerosa famiglia: è un provetto agricoltore, ma sarà costretto a lavorare in cave di pietra e alla costruzione delle strade.

Intanto Lucy May e sua sorella Kate vanno alla scoperta di questo nuovo meraviglioso mondo: Lucy May ama moltissimo gli animali ed ogni giorno ha una nuova sorpresa nel vedere creature strane e sconosciute e nell'incontrare i misteriosi indigeni australiani. Vorrebbe poter allevare tutti gli animali che incontra durante le sue giornate spensierate (koala, canguri, ornitorinchi), e finalmente riuscirà ad ottenere il permesso dal padre di poter tenere un cucciolo di dingo che chiamerà Piccolo e che diventerà il suo cane fedele.

Piccolo cresce in fretta e con l'addestramento di Lucy May dimostrerà la sua fedeltà e intelligenza salvando la vita al signor Long e proteggendo più volte l'agnellino di Lucy May dalle aggressioni del cane dei Petiwell.

Finalmente Arthur trova una fattoria da acquistare e porta la sua famiglia a vedere il podere. Tutto va a meraviglia e persino la notizia dell'arrivo imminente di John, il ragazzo di Clara, è di buon auspicio alla vigilia del primo anno passato in Australia. Tuttavia nel giorno della firma del contratto, il signor Petiwell, per vendicarsi della morte del suo cane Happy, acquista la proprietà ad un prezzo maggiore infrangendo il sogno di costruire la più grande fattoria dell'Australia del Sud.

Passa il tempo e lentamente la famiglia s'inserisce nella società di Adelaide: la sorella maggiore Clara lavorerà nel panificio della signora Mac, Ben troverà lavoro presso gli uffici della dogana e Lucy May comincerà ad andare a scuola.

Due anni dopo
La storia si sposta nell'ottobre del 1840 in occasione dell'inaugurazione del nuovo ponte di Adelaide. Lucy May ha ormai 10 anni, ma nella sua vita e in quella della sua famiglia poco è cambiato. I Popple si sono trasferiti da un anno in una casa un po' più grande in città vendendo la proprietà terriera sulla quale sorge la clinica del dott. Deighton. L'agognata fattoria rimane sempre un sogno più lontano da realizzare. Per uno scherzo del destino i Popple si ritroveranno di nuovo per vicino il signor Petiwell che non mancherà di causare problemi acquistando il pezzo di terra che era appartenuto ai Popple per poi incendiare la vecchia casa ed abbattere la clinica abusiva del dott. Deighton. Ad aggravare la situazione avviene un terribile incidente nella cava dove lavora Arthur: una frana miete numerosi morti e feriti. Arthur si salva, ma nel prestare soccorso ai suoi compagni si rompe una gamba e deve rimanere inattivo per oltre un mese. Questa situazione fa precipitare Arthur in uno stato di depressione che lo porta inesorabilmente a diventare un alcolizzato. Solo con il sostegno della sua famiglia Arthur capisce il suo errore e decide di tornare a lavorare.

I Princeton
La sfortuna si abbatte però nuovamente sulla famiglia Popple. Mentre Arthur è in attesa di tornare a lavorare la sua famiglia si trova al verde e per tirare avanti Arthur si trova costretto a vendere la pecora prediletta di Lucy May, che lei aveva allevato amorevolmente per mesi e mesi; sconvolta per la perdita la bambina si trova a camminare per la città senza meta, immersa nei suoi pensieri. Lucy May si trova sul ponte Adelaide quando viene coinvolta in un incidente causato da un cavallo imbizzarrito che semina panico tra i presenti. Nella confusione Lucy May finisce per battere la testa e ferirsi ad un braccio e giace a terra priva di sensi. Fortunatamente viene soccorsa da Frank Princeton, che si trova a passare in quel momento con la sua carrozza e che la porta nella sua sontuosa villa. Purtroppo Lucy May al suo risveglio ha perduto completamente la memoria: non sa il suo nome e soprattutto non ricorda chi siano e dove abitino i suoi familiari. Sylvia Princeton, moglie di Frank, rimane molto colpita dalla bambina, che con la sua bellezza e la sua dolcezza le ricorda Emily, la sua adorata figlia morta due anni prima. La donna instaura subito verso la piccola un rapporto condizionato da un affetto morboso: nonostante il parere negativo del marito che sta cercando di rintracciare in tutti i modi i genitori di Lucy May, comincia a considerarla sua figlia, la chiama Emily e le chiede di essere chiamata mamma. Proprio quando la situazione si sta facendo insostenibile, Piccolo, il dingo addomesticato di Lucy May riesce a rintracciare la bambina proprio nel luogo dell'incidente e lei nel vederlo riacquista improvvisamente la memoria.

I Princeton nutrono un grandissimo affetto verso la bambina e sono desiderosi di aiutare la sua famiglia. Frank Princeton offre quindi un lavoro ad Arthur Popple presso una sua grande fattoria. Arthur ha sempre sognato di coltivare una terra di sua proprietà ed il fatto di lavorare per qualcun altro non gli piace molto, ma dopo molte titubanze accetta il lavoro. Ma a questo punto Sylvia Princeton, che continua a vedere in Lucy May la figlia perduta, chiede ai Popple la possibilità di adottare la bambina. In tal modo ella potrebbe vivere nel lusso, amata come una figlia ed avrebbe un giorno ereditato l'enorme fortuna dei Princeton. Inoltre ai Popple sarebbe stato dato in regalo un grande appezzamento di terreno, affinché Arthur potesse avere finalmente una fattoria tutta sua.

Arthur è venuto in Australia inseguendo un grande sogno, ma rifiuta l'offerta: non ha intenzione di "vendere" la sua adorata figlia in cambio di un terreno, nonostante quello avrebbe rappresentato il realizzarsi delle speranze di tutta la sua vita. Sentendosi offeso Arthur rifiuta l'offerta di lavoro sia alla cava sia alla fattoria dei Princeton.

In seguito John si sposa con Clara, mentre Arthur trova lavoro come muratore, tuttavia ben presto ricade nel vizio dell'alcool. Per il bene della famiglia Lucy May decide di recarsi dai Princeton implorandoli di essere adottata in cambio del terreno per suo padre. Frank Princeton capisce tutto e ovviamente rifiuta l'offerta di Lucy May, ma rimane molto colpito dall'estremo sacrificio che la piccola voleva compiere. Venderà quindi ad Arthur Popple il terreno dandogli la possibilità di pagarlo a rate.

Nel mese di aprile 1842, dopo 4 anni e mezzo, il sogno si realizza e l'intera famiglia Popple trasloca alla volta della loro nuova fattoria.

Personaggi

La famiglia Popple
Lucy May
Doppiata da: Minori Matsushima (ed. originale), Giuppy Izzo (ed. italiana)
La protagonista della serie, all'inizio della storia ha 8 anni. Ama molto gli animali e quindi per lei questa nuova terra è un paradiso, con animali curiosi e sconosciuti che la circondano e che desidererebbe allevare. Ben presto troverà una capretta che darà il latte a tutta la famiglia, le verrà regalato un agnellino che chiamerà Fiocco di Neve e riuscirà anche ad allevare Piccolo, un cucciolo di dingo che diventerà fedele e affettuoso come il miglior cane domestico. In seguito ad un incidente perderà la memoria e verrà accolta dai Princeton, una ricca famiglia che in seguito desidererà adottarla.

Kate
Doppiata da: Rihoko Yoshida (ed. originale), Francesca Guadagno (ed. italiana, ep. 1-26), Emanuela Baroni (ed. italiana, ep. 27-50)
Sorella e compagna di giochi di Lucy May, quando approda nel sud dell'Australia con la sua famiglia ha 10 anni e con la sorella più piccola vivrà straordinarie avventure alla scoperta del nuovo mondo.

Clara
Doppiata da: Sakiko Ikeda (ed. originale), Loredana Nicosia (ed. italiana)
È la figlia maggiore della famiglia Popple. Durante il viaggio dall'Inghilterra in Australia, conosce John, un marinaio che in seguito ritornerà in Australia per vivere accanto a lei. Per guadagnare qualcosa e risollevare le misere finanze della famiglia, andrà a lavorare in una rivendita di pane e risparmiando per anni riuscirà a comprarsi la stoffa per confezionarsi l'abito da sposa. Verso la fine della storia si sposerà con John lasciando la casa dei genitori, ma in seguito ritornerà a vivere con il marito nella nuova fattoria del padre.

Benjamin
Doppiato da: Tatsuya Matsuda (ed. originale), Marco Guadagno (ed. italiana)
Soprannominato Ben, è il secondogenito della famiglia Popple e desidererebbe fare il medico, sogno al quale dovrà rinunciare per l'impossibilità di frequentare scuole adatte. Trova lavoro presso l'ufficio della dogana e alla fine aiuterà il padre nella nuova fattoria che finalmente sarà riuscito ad acquistare.

Toby
Doppiato da: Yumi Takada (ed. originale), Julian Olivieri Orioles (ed. italiana)
Soprannominato Tob, al suo arrivo in Australia ha solamente due anni e non parla ancora ed è il fratellino più piccolo di Lucy May. Alla fine della storia, ormai diventato più grande, comincerà ad andare a scuola.

Arthur
Doppiato da: Katsunosuke Hori (ed. originale)
È il padre di Lucy May. Arriva in Australia spinto dalla volontà d'impiantare una fattoria modello, ma le numerose traversie che lui e la sua famiglia devono affrontare, gli faranno perdere col passare del tempo ogni speranza. Costretto a fare lavori saltuari per mantenere la famiglia e ormai senza soldi, lentamente si rifugerà nell'alcol per disperazione.

Annie
Doppiata da: Ikuko Tani (ed. originale), Germana Dominici (ed. italiana, ep. 1-26), Gabriella Genta (ed. italiana, ep. 27-50)
Madre di Lucy May è una donna forte che assieme al marito è venuta in Australia con un grande sogno. Quando lentamente la sua famiglia si sfalderà e il marito avrà perduto ogni speranza, sarà lei a diventare un punto di riferimento per i familiari e non abbandonerà mai la speranza di tempi migliori.

Piccolo
È un dingo, un cane selvatico australiano la cui pericolosità è simile a quella del lupo. Viene raccolto da Lucy May da cucciolo e allevato nonostante le forti perplessità della famiglia a tenere in casa un animale che, una volta cresciuto, sarebbe potuto diventare pericoloso. Sarà proprio Piccolo a cercare disperatamente e a ritrovare Lucy May dopo l'incidente che le aveva fatto perdere la memoria.

Altri personaggi

Dottor S. Deighton
Doppiato da: Kazuhiko Inoue (ed. originale), Mario Bardella (ed. italiana)
È il medico della nave che ha portato Lucy May e la sua famiglia in Australia. Decide di non ritornare in Inghilterra e si stabilisce ad Adelaide assieme alla famiglia Popple per esercitare la sua professione in una terra che ha carenza di medici qualificati. Pur se medico esperto, è purtroppo dedito all'alcol, cosa che molto spesso limiterà le sue capacità.

Sig. Petiwell
Corpulento ed arrogante possidente inglese è l'antagonista dei Popple e causerà non pochi travagli alla famiglia Popple; acquistando la fattoria che il proprietario aveva già promessa ad Arthur Popple.

Happy
Un bracco da caccia viziato e dispettoso, maltrattato dall'irascibile padrone, il signor Petiwell, che sfoga su di lui le sue frustrazioni, finirà per aggredire l'agnellino Fiocco di Neve e il dottor Deighton per venire quindi ucciso da Piccolo, ormai abituato a proteggere e difendere i membri della famiglia Popple.

John
Doppiato da: Mauro Gravina (ed. italiana)
È un marinaio che durante il viaggio tra l'Inghilterra e l'Australia, si innamora di Clara, la sorella maggiore di Lucy May. Sarà costretto a ripartire per l'Inghilterra, ma ritornerà con il fratello per sposare la ragazza che ama e vivere con lei.

Sig. Parker
Doppiato da: Hiroshi Masuoka (ed. originale), Gastone Pescucci (ed. italiana)
È un commerciante amico dei Popple che si prenderà cura di Ben prima del suo trasferimento ad Adelaide.

Sig. Jenning
È un carpentiere che, dopo essere stato salvato da Arthur e Ben sulla strada del ritorno da Adelaide alla spiaggia, aiuterà i Popple a costruire la loro prima casa.

Billy
È il figlio di Jenning, amico di Kate e Lucy May.

Sig.ra Jane Mac
Doppiata da: Liliana Sorrentino (ed. italiana)
 vicina di casa dei Popple, dopo la morte del marito, aprirà un panificio in cui lavorerà anche Clara.

Sig. Bernard
Fratello di Jane, lavora nell'ufficio del colonnello Light e assegna ai Popple il lotto di terreno accanto a quello della sorella.

Frank Princeton
È un ricchissimo proprietario terriero e possiede una grande fattoria che desidererebbe fosse gestita da mani più capaci di quelle dell'attuale tenutario. Propone ad Arthur Popple di lavorare per lui e in seguito gli venderà un grande appezzamento di terreno a condizioni di favore dandogli modo di coronare il suo grande sogno.

Sylvia Princeton
Doppiata da: Ludovica Modugno (ed. italiana)
Ha perduto da poco tempo Emily, una bimba della stessa età di Lucy May. Quando in seguito ad un incidente Lucy May trascorrerà un periodo nella sua grande villa, Sylvia avrà un rapporto molto problematico con la bambina, nella quale vedrà la figlia perduta.

Produzione
Lucy May è un caso più unico che raro nell'ambito del World Masterpiece Theater. Esso non solo è il primo anime del franchise ad essere stato prodotto mentre l'autore originale dell'opera era ancora in vita (situazione che si ripeterà solo con: Sui monti con Annette, Le voci della savana e Sorridi, piccola Anna), ma è anche l'unico ad essere stato realizzato prima che l'opera letteraria originale venisse terminata. Infatti, all'epoca della trasmissione della serie in Giappone nel 1982, Southern Rainbow di Phyllis Piddington (1910–2001) era ancora in fase di serializzazione su una rivista australiana per ragazzi, prima che fosse successivamente pubblicato nello stesso anno come romanzo illustrato. Di conseguenza, molti degli avvenimenti presenti nella seconda metà dell'anime, come l'amnesia di Lucy May e la sua possibile adozione da parte dei Princeton, sono trovate degli sceneggiatori giapponesi che non trovano riscontro nel romanzo. Poiché il libro era ancora inedito anche in Giappone, un suo adattamento venne pubblicato a puntate dal quotidiano Sankei Shimbun in concomitanza con l'inizio della messa in onda della serie, in modo che i telespettatori potessero familiarizzare con la storia. L'edizione giapponese del romanzo fu pubblicata da Kodansha il 17 giugno 1982, a circa metà della trasmissione televisiva.

Edizione italiana
Dopo la prima messa in onda su Italia 1 nel 1983, la serie è stata replicata anche su Rete 4 nel 1986. Il 17 giugno 2010 è tornata, dopo oltre 20 anni di assenza, su Hiro. La sigla italiana Lucy è cantata da Cristina D'Avena.

Dall'episodio 27 vengono cambiati i doppiatori italiani di: Kate, Arthur, Annie, sig. Jenning e Billy. Inoltre il doppiaggio italiano presenta alcuni errori:
 Nell'episodio 29 Ben afferma che evidentemente Piccolo è stato abbandonato dalla madre: in realtà è stato proprio Ben a raccogliere Piccolo dopo essersi accertato della morte di sua madre. Inoltre il cane nero Monocle del signor Long viene ribattezzato come Nerone.
 Nell'episodio 38 il cocchiere della diligenza denuncia tre banditi alla polizia, ma il terzo (Adam) al momento dell'assalto era in incognito tra i passeggeri.
 Il cognome del colonnello William Light, fondatore di Adelaide e suo primo ispettore generale, viene sempre pronunciato "Wright".
 Il cucciolo di vombato trovato da Kate in una grotta viene chiamato Buffo nell'episodio 46 e Fanny nel 47.

Episodi

Merchandising
Per la serie, in Italia, è stato realizzato un album di figurine edito dalla Panini, in cui si ripercorre la storia del cartone, ma stavolta è narrata da Lucy May. È stato pubblicato anche un libro, intitolato Le straordinarie avventure in Australia di Lucy-May, edito dalla AMZ, che racconta in sintesi le vicende della serie, arricchendo le pagine con dei fotogrammi.

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Collegamenti esterni

  Sito ufficiale dell'anime

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Serie televisive basate su opere letterarie

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Is There Heat On The Referee Due To How He Handled Liv Morgan's Injury?
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CFR member John McCain calls fake Russian hack an "Act Of War"
Sen. John McCain said Friday that Russia's alleged meddling in the 2016 presidential election amounted to an "act of war." The Arizona Republican, who is chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, also has scheduled a hearing for next week on foreign cyberthreats to the US, which will also focus on Russian cyberhacking, a committee aide told CNN earlier Friday.McCain, who is one of Washington's most prominent foreign policy hardliners, has criticized the recent sanctions and expulsions announced by the Obama administration this week as insufficient and belated. He made his latest comments in Ukraine, a nation threatened by a resurgent Russia, after meeting with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. Remember America that this claim that the fake Russian hack was an Act Of War, is coming from CFR member John McCain who once posed for pictures with members of ISIS leaders in Syria back in 2015...When it was exposed as meeting the members of ISIS. Sorry John McCain you can't claim an Act Of War when your off photo opping with the Genocidal groupies of ISIS. Let's not forget America that John McCain personally arms ISIS through the Syrian Rebel programs under Obama...Which we should all label as the real "Act Of War." America why are these morons even claiming that the election was hacked by Russia, when it's totally the fault of the DNC and the Clinton campaign that America knows what we know...If anything who cares who leaked or hacked the emails and documents of the DNC and Clinton campaigns, when they're the morons who sent it over the internet. You think a former military member in McCain would call out the bad Operations Security of the DNC and the Clinton campaing, but when your a member of the CFR...You'll use anykind of false narrative to go to war. You know like false claims of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.


SaaS Big Data platforms are empowering companies to charge forward during troubling economic times, without high overhead costs.
In 1995, WebEx opened its doors as the first SaaS company. In the early days of the web, SaaS companies like WebEx were a novelty. Few people expected the business model to become mainstream. Over the past 20 years, this has changed remarkably.
The SaaS industry was worth an estimated $204 billion last year. It is growing at nearly 25% every year. SaaS services have become a remarkable new business model. A number of factors have played a role in the industry's growth.
However, two factors are likely to drive growth faster than anything. Advances in big data and growing economic uncertainty. Let's take a look at these two factors.
A number of industry experts have explained that big data is the key to growth in the SaaS industry. Early SaaS solutions such as the original WebEx platform couldn't compete with modern SaaS brands that rely extensively on big data.
Chris Luo, a TechCrunch contributor and VP of marketing at FiveStars was one of the first experts to address the topic in his post Big Data And SaaS Will Become Relevant For Small Businesses In 2013. Prior to that, SaaS hadn't been a very disruptive technology. Luo explained that merging big data and SaaS gave his company a tremendous edge over their competitors.
In the early 2010s, SaaS solutions primarily relied on big data for marketing. SaaS providers have since expanded their horizons and begun using big data to deliver a number of other solutions, such as financial support and competitive analytics.
Early SaaS tools such as WebEx relied on user inputs to handle these services. More modern tools use lots of third-party data, which wouldn't be possible without Hadoop based tools.
· The global recessions took its toll on countless businesses and created a new generation of risk-averse entrepreneurs. Brands must deliver less costly solutions that appeal to them. These entrepreneurs have created strong demand for freemium services with options for upgrades.
· A growing number of new ventures are based in emerging markets. Many of these brands have more limited access to capital, which has fueled SaaS business models.
Since SaaS services have much less overhead than companies that pay for labor, they can deliver services more cost-effectively and offer free plans to these customers. They can also use a network inventory tool to manage their customer base more easily.
The economy is changing in both fascinating and scary ways. Brands are under increased pressure to keep costs low to meet their growth targets while facing limited opportunities to raise capital.
SaaS solutions have made it possible for them to meet their projections with minimal overhead. This wouldn't be feasible without major advances in big data.
As a result, we can expect the number of SaaS startups to rise sharply in the years to come. This should help companies adapt more easily to growing economic uncertainty.


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Italian Culture
Negotiating Identities: The Perception and Well-Being of Immigrants in Italy
Jamie D'Amato December 15, 2021 Uncategorized
(Featured Image: Migrants in the Mediterranean, August 2017.)
My great grandmother—Grandma Tessie—came to America from Italy when she was a little girl. Growing up in my big Italian family, I was always ingrained with bits of Italian wisdom and culture, hearing stories about my distant relatives in Italy. In school, we learned about Italian immigrants coming to America—arriving through Ellis Island, facing racism and negativity, and eventually "becoming white" and assimilating.
Historically, Italy has experienced mass migration, but it has only recently become a destination rather than an origin, with numbers of immigrants peaking in 2016 and turning immigration into a hot-button political issue. Immigration policy has become a question of national identity, seeing rising discussion of cultural distance and cultural integration, as well as a rise of extremist nationalists.
But beyond just policy, as someone who fully intends to relocate to Europe in the coming years, I'm interested in the ways immigrants adapt, or don't adapt, to the dominant culture in Italy. Because behind the policy is a very important undercurrent of perception and well-being: the perception of migrants from born-Italians, and the personal well-being and happiness of migrants who relocated to Italy.
Perception of Immigrants & Historical Background
Italy has only recently become a point of arrival for immigrants, where it had previously had a long tradition of emigration. So in the 1990s, when Albanians began to flood Italy, the sudden influx of foreigners was quickly seen as a threat:
"The image of daily arrivals of immigrants who threw themselves from ships and swam to the beach filled the front pages of newspapers and the central spaces of TV news. Although not at first, little by little an idea of invasion was built up. … Since then, the discourse of fear began to be built and, soon after, its political use emerged, as the invasion of these contemporary barbarians had to be blocked in order to protect the nation."
—Fear, intolerance, resignation: some readings on contemporary immigration in Italy)
The trend of increased immigration continued while asylum applications "exploded" as countries like France, Switzerland, and Austria closed their borders. This led to a peak between August 2016 and July 2017, when 183,000 migrants reached Italy, many of them Libyan asylum-seekers. With these increasing numbers, nationalist ideals have also grown. In 2018, right-wing groups flourished and the election cycle was centered around the slogan, "Italians First," as anti-immigration sentiment grew. Somewhere around 600,000 refugees and migrants have arrived in Italy from 2014-2018, and with immigration comes differences in culture, and with that, a need for both Italians and migrants to adapt to one another.
"Several thousand Italians marched in an anti-migrant rally in Rome in October 2017."
For Italians, the perception of immigrants varies based on many factors . The study Attitudes towards National Identity, Immigration and Refugees in Italy surveyed Italians and revealed somewhat contradictory views. 61 percent of Italians "feel concerned about the rise of racism and discrimination," and 72 percent "support the principle of asylum and believe that people should be able to take refuge in other countries, including Italy." However, 57 percent also feel the overall impact of immigration has been negative, and only 18 percent view it as positive.
These negative views come from a variety of factors, according to the survey. There are economic concerns, with Italy's unemployment issues, that migrants take Italian jobs and suppress wages. But there are also cultural concerns. "Traditional cultural identity is important to Italians, and a majority are concerned that their identity is disappearing. Half of the Italian population report that they sometimes feel like a stranger in their own country. An even larger number (59 percent) believe that Italian identity is disappearing (only 22 percent disagree)."
There is some reason behind a desire for a more homogenous culture. "'Social capital' is an umbrella term that includes many important aspects of social interaction that together allow societies to work effectively, including interpersonal relationships, a shared sense of cultural heritage, a shared understanding, shared norms, shared values, trust, cooperation and reciprocity." High social capital correlates with health, longer lifespans, economic growth, welfare services, lower crime rates, and other signs of a prosperous society. This study on social capital actually showed that behavior can take several generations to change, even when migrating to a new environment, and so negative experiences and statuses can last to impact generations of migrant families. Further, the desire for a unified culture can serve to emphasize differences and force migrants to erase their own cultures.
Experience of Immigrants & Expectations of Conformity
With these concerns of cultural identities, as well as economic concerns and unemployment, immigrants become the negative other that can serve as a scapegoat to these problems. Their differences become a point of contention instead of something appreciated. This is the issue of cultural distance, the difference between the culture of the collective, and the culture of the individual. Italians have an expectation for foreigners to close the cultural distance and integrate with the dominant culture. This expectation is not just a perception, but a policy. Any foreign national staying in Italy for longer than one year must agree to a certain level of integration, including knowledge of the language and Italian life.
"Italian and Integration Agreement."
It's argued that the expectation to conform and integrate comes from the fear of otherness, and is even "a form of enemy control, submission, and subjection." While integration may sound neutral, there are negative implications in the expectation of the migrant to adapt, as if their own culture makes them flawed in relation to their Italianity. Luís Fernando Beneduzi explains it best in his article:
"In this process, there is no concern with what the immigrant contributes to the collectivity that receives him, the cultural and social enrichment that is the result of the immigration phenomenon; the subversive potential of these individuals is a matter of concern and this generates fear, the possibility that they will undermine the social fabric. … To the extent that he divests from himself, the immigrant can be accepted, even if in an always subordinate way, but less threatening, in the collectivity that welcomes him: he softens the threatening image that characterizes him, because he is going through a civilizing process."
— "Fear, intolerance, resignation: some readings on contemporary immigration in Italy,"
These expectations come with a burden. To immigrants, there is a message that they are not welcome as they are. And, naturally, the expectations tend toward racism. The life and well-being of immigrants in Italy varies greatly depending on demographics and other variables—age, legal status, country of origin, economic status. Those from farther countries like China, the Philippines, and Nigeria are more culturally distant than those from European countries like Germany and France, putting more of that burden on those immigrants to adapt themselves to fit into the dominant culture. Those with Italian heritage from other European countries actually had a similar cultural distance to the distance between north and south Italy, for example, making it much easier for them to adapt to the Italian "norm."
In response to racist and nationalist ideas, there have also been protests on the side of immigration and anti-racism.
"Stop the fascism and racism, stop playing with the migrants' lives." Anti-racism demonstration in Macerata, 2018.
Some push for inclusion as opposed to integration. "The idea of inclusion – which presupposes inserting a person into a community, without de-characterizing her/him – could be a better response to the immigration phenomenon, especially considering that integration, in addition to becoming a process of erasing the other, does not produce the effects of full acceptance and recognition within the community where the immigrant settles." Through inclusion, they could accept immigrants as they are and value the cultural differences rather than see them as a deficit. While this is a valuable goal, a big obstacle is the current perception of migrants as a whole.
While the majority of Italians don't agree with extreme nationalist ideas, feelings about migrants are still generally less than warm, according to a survey of attitudes. While there are still concerns of unemployment and dying culture from the Italian perspective, there are also people forced to shed their identity to integrate with a new one from the migrant perspective. It's impossible to say how immigration policies may shift in the future, but I'm hopeful that general attitudes toward migrants will continue to evolve and shift toward inclusion and acceptance. I think about my great-grandmother coming to America in hopes of a better life, and about the thousands of refugees seeking the same thing now in Italy.
Benedetti, Francesca. "'Italians First': Anti-immigrant sentiment becomes focus as parties chase undecided voters ahead of country's election." Independent, 18 Feb. 2018, https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/italy-elections-2018-migrants-berlusconi-italians-first-refugees-deportation-coalition-a8216721.html.
Beneduzi, Luís Fernando. "Fear, intolerance, resignation: some readings on contemporary immigration in Italy." Tempo & Argumento, 6 Oct. 2021, https://revistas.udesc.br/index.php/tempo/article/view/21751803ne2021e0103.
De Santis, Gustavo, et al. "So Close, So Far. The Cultural Distance of Foreigners in Italy." Social Indicators Research, Springer Nature, 10 May 2021, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11205-021-02676-w.
De Santis, Gustavo, et al. "Italians and Foreigners: How Distant Are They, Culturally Speaking?" NIUSSP, Associazione Neodemos, 24 May 2021, https://www.niussp.org/migration-and-foreigners/italians-and-foreigners-how-distant-are-they-culturally-speaking-quelle-divergence-culturelle-entre-italiens-et-etrangers/.
Dixon, Tim, et al. "Attitudes towards National Identity, Immigration and Refugees in Italy." More In Common, Aug. 2018, https://www.moreincommon.com/media/3hnhssh5/italy-en-final_digital_2b.pdf.
France-Presse, Agence. "Italy's migrant crisis saw a huge turning point in 2017." The World, PRX, 30 Dec. 2017. https://theworld.org/stories/2017-12-30/italys-migrant-crisis-saw-huge-turning-point-2017.
Holliday, Adrian. "Who We Really are as Resourceful and Creative Cultural and Travellers: Combatting Divisive, Blocking Narratives and Finding Threads that Connect Us," 2019.
Paparusso, Angela. "Immigrants' Subjective Well-Being in Italy." Immigrant Integration in Europe. Springer, Cham, 2021. 101-118.
Poggioli, Sylvia. "In Italy, Right-Wing Politicians Set Their Sights On Parliament." New England Public Radio, PBS, 8 Nov. 2017, https://www.nepm.org/post/italy-right-wing-politicians-set-their-sights-parliament#stream/0.
Reuters Staff. "Number of migrants landing in Italy more than doubles in past year." Reuters, 15 Aug. 2020, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-migrants-minister/number-of-migrants-landing-in-italy-more-than-doubles-in-past-year-idUSKCN25B0SO.
Sgroi, Daniel, et al. "Cultural Identity and Social Capital in Italy." IZA Institute of Labor Economics, no. 13783, Oct. 2020. Discussion Paper Series, https://doi.org/https://ftp.iza.org/dp13783.pdf.
Villa, Matteo. "Italy's post-fact immigration debate." Politico, 27 June 2018. https://www.politico.eu/article/italy-immigration-debate-facts-dont-matter.
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Q: Google Maps API InfoWindow only showing the first location for all the markers I have been playing about with the Google maps api adding multiple markers and style. I have this all working ok but what I cant get to work is the InfoWindow for each marker. I have managed to get the InfoWindow working a bit but it only shows the first location/address for all the markers.
Just to note that the address/locations will be added using a CMS system and wont be manually added.
Below is the code that i have been working with:
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A: Along with adresses[i] (I used i instead of x) I added formatted_address from the returning JSON. Such parts are just added while I am playing around.. refer the below code:
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It is working on my side, just customize as you wish.. Hope I helped..

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Biografia
Nato in Inghilterra, a Dover, nel 1871, lavorò come regista negli Stati Uniti dirigendo circa una cinquantina di film, girati tutti negli anni dieci. Il suo nome appare anche in cinque pellicole come sceneggiatore e in una, Love Insurance del 1919, come attore.

Morì a Los Angeles il 5 agosto 1936 all'età di 65 anni.

Filmografia

Regista

The Clutch of Conscience (1913)
Innocence (1913)
 The Escape (1913)
The Sheriff's Reward (1913)
The Engineer's Daughter (1913)
The Italian Bride (1913)
The Crooked Bankers (1913)
Puttin' It Over on Papa (1913)
A Redskin's Mercy
What the Good Book Taught
The Governor's Double
The Outlaw's Love
The Trapper's Mistake (1913)
The Missionary's Triumph
The Miner's Destiny - cortometraggio (1913)
The Call of the Blood (1913)
The Price of Jealousy (1913)
The Accidental Shot
Her Brave Rescuer
The Blind Gypsy
Lillie's Nightmare
The Depth of Hate
Race Memories
A Break for Freedom
An Indian Don Juan
Down Lone Gap Way
Where the Heart Calls - cortometraggio (1914)
The Bond of Love (1914)
Graustark (1915)
The White Sister (1915)
The Whirlpool - cortometraggio (1915)
In the Palace of the King (1915)
The Second Son - cortometraggio (1915)
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The Little Shepherd of Bargain Row (1916)
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The Prince of Graustark (1916)
The Breaker (1916)
The Trufflers (1917)
Be My Best Man - cortometraggio (1917)
 The Man Who Was Afraid  (1917)
Star Dust (1917)
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The Fibbers (1917)
The Kill-Joy (1917)
The Mysterious Client
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UT Professor Zhili Zhang's Need for Speed
Don't blink, or you'll miss it – unless you're Associate Professor Zhili Zhang, of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering.
Zhang built a career around laser diagnostics and optical imaging, research that enables the visualization and study of ultrafast processes. He earned his PhD in mechanical and aerospace engineering from Princeton University in 2008, which laid the groundwork for his current research.
As part of Princeton's applied physics group, Zhang began exploring the use of lasers to view objects traveling at hypersonic speed, or speeds that greatly exceed the speed of sound. Nowadays, there is an increasing demand for high-speed imaging across broad applications in science, physics, and engineering, making his work all the more opportune: he's developed a novel high-speed imaging method with higher resolution at faster speeds than current technologies.
Zhang's technology arose from a practical problem: cost efficiency. He recalls attending a federal government convention in Arlington, Virginia, where government scientists showed off an imaging lab stocked with eight high-speed cameras, each costing more than $200,000. The top-of-the-line cameras grow obsolete in only a handful of years, necessitating their replacement to the tune of millions of tax-payer dollars.
"It's extremely difficult to keep pace with evolving camera technology. How can any academic keep up with this expensive technology in their research?" —Zhili Zhang
Determined to help minimize this obstacle, he partnered with Mark Gragston, now a research professor at the UT Space Institute, to find an alternative. The team drew inspiration from a slow-moving technology developed in the early 2000s that spatially modulates light to illuminate a target. They identified a great opportunity to apply this approach to high-speed cameras, and as a result, a brand-new imaging technique was born: the Multiplexed Structured Image Capture, affectionately dubbed MUSIC.
With laser-induced plasma as an imaging target, Zhang and his fellow researchers use spatial modulation to split incoming light into multiple arms with distinct coding. While the camera captures an image just like any household camera, the light is captured in snapshots at distinct moments in time. The result is a single shot comprised of multiple individual images, reconstructed with computer processing. The multiple individual images reveal high-speed dynamics that enable the imaging target's evolution on a nanosecond scale to be seen.
Recovered images of laser-induced plasma using MUSIC. Each row is a single shot.
So what sets MUSIC apart from the technology of other high-speed cameras on the market? Zhang's technology is not only a fraction of the cost of current commercially available high-speed cameras, it's also more efficient. MUSIC can capture up to one billion frames per second, compared to similar commercial cameras' one million. It also captures around 300 pixels in an image, while images from typical high-speed cameras generally contain less than 10 pixels. In fact, MUSIC essentially frees high-speed imaging from the limits of traditional camera technology, since its encoding method bypasses the limits of camera shutters with the highest speeds.
Zhang submitted an invention disclosure for MUSIC to the University of Tennessee Research Foundation last year, and UTRF immediately saw the potential in the technique.
"This is a very universal innovation that can be used with any camera," explained UTRF Licensing Associate Andreana Leskovjan. "It paves the way for cost-efficient, real-time imaging and characterization of ultrafast processes and tracking of fast objects."
Based on positive feedback from companies during marketing outreach, UTRF chose to file a patent application for the technology earlier this year.
In addition to MUSIC, Zhang is hard at work helping develop hypersonic vehicles—he's currently researching the use of laser optics to study hypersonic combustion and fuel options.
This Inventor Spotlight originally appeared on the UTRF website.
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Development Update: Monday, April 24
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)
LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) -- The latest development news, culled from recent wire reports:
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FUTURE MAN (Hulu) - Robert Craighead has been tapped for an arc on the new comedy as Vincent Skarsgaard, "who, as a rookie cop, watched his partner die, and has thought of nothing else in the 49 years since. He's a cop with a vendetta and gimpy knees." He'll presumably replace Patrick Carlyle, who was cast in said role earlier this month. (Deadline.com)
HIT THE ROAD (Audience Network, New!) - Jason Alexander is attached to star in a new 10-episode comedy for the channel about a "chaotically dysfunctional family of would-be rock/pop stars [as they] traverse the country in a cramped tour bus sacrificing privacy, comfort and dignity while in search of fame and fortune." Alexander, who also co-wrote the pilot alongside Peter Tilden and Dean Craig, will play patriarch Ken Swallow in the project, from Primary Wave Entertainment and Fabrik Entertainment. Christopher Long, Bart Peters, David Guillod, Mark Burg, Melissa Aouate and Henrik Bastin will also executive produce. (Deadline.com)
RIVERDALE (The CW) - Mark Consuelos will join the cast in season two as Veronica's dad Hiram Lodge, "a ruthless, handsome, charismatic businessman who is coming back to Riverdale after weathering a financial scandal that almost destroyed him. He is there to reconnect with his wife Hermione and, especially, his daughter Veronica, who is the apple of his eye." Said casting is in second position to FOX's "Pitch." (TVLine.com)
WACO (Paramount) - Camryn Manheim, Eric Lange, Annika Marks, Stephen Culp and Sarah Minnich are all bound for the event series. Manheim will play Balenda Thibodeau, "the mother of David Thibodeau (Rory Culkin), one of Koresh's close followers within the compound"; with Lange as "local radio shock jock Ron Engelman"; Marks as Kathy Schroder, "one of Koresh's (Taylor Kitsch) loyal followers"; Culp as FBI agent Jeff Jamar, "who served as the siege commander during Waco"; and Minnich as Sharon Wheeler, "spokeswoman for the ATF." (Deadline.com)
WAY I AM, THE (Hulu, New!) - Ingrid Michaelson is set to topline a potential single-camera comedy at the streaming service loosely based on her own life, "who's at the height of her career (even if everyone thinks she's Lisa Loeb)." Liz Tigelaar is penning the half-hour from a story from the duo with Lynn Grossman likewise executive producing. (Deadline.com)
YOUNGER (TV Land) - Aasif Mandvi will recur on the upcoming season as Jay Mallick, "an attractive fortysomething editor with a great sense of humor whom Liza meets at a conference and who approaches her to run her own millennial-focused imprint." (Deadline.com)
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Travel Channel's New Series "Haunted in the Heartland" Investigates Communities Haunted by Unearthly Residents
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"Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes" Debuts February 11, Exclusively on HBO
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Nipsey Hussle Grammy(R) Tribute to Feature Kirk Franklin, DJ Khaled, John Legend, Meek Mill, Roddy Ricch and YG
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"Dear..." Complete First Season Premieres June 5 on Apple TV+
The series will profile internationally recognized leaders including Oprah Winfrey, Gloria Steinem, Spike Lee, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Yara Shahidi, Stevie Wonder, Aly Raisman, Misty Copeland, Big Bird and more.
"Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet" Renewed for Second Season
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C110 HR 1
H.R.1 Title: To provide for the implementation of the recommendations of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. Sponsor: Rep Thompson, Bennie G. [MS-2] (introduced 1/5/2007) Cosponsors (205)
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IMPLEMENTING THE 9/11 COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS ACT OF 2007
The 9/11 Commission produced an unprecedented, bipartisan evaluation of how terrorists were able to exploit our nation's security on September 11, 2001. The Commissioners made 41 valuable recommendations on how to prevent such an attack from occurring again. Unfortunately, not all of those recommendations were fulfilled by Congress and the Bush Administration. As a result, the American people remain at-risk, and our nation remains unprepared for a major emergency. When Hurricanes Katrina and Rita slammed into the Gulf Coast, we were reminded again of how unprepared we still are to deal with national disasters--whether caused by nature or a terrorist attack.
The ``Implementing the 9/11 Commission Recommendations Act of 2007, which I am introducing today, will make the United States more secure by closing many of the security gaps that continue to expose our nation to the risk of a terrorist attack.
Enactment of this legislation will make it more difficult for terrorists to obtain nuclear materials, ensure that first responders finally have the equipment they need to respond to a disaster, airplanes will be more secure, our borders will be harder for terrorists to penetrate, our police and other local law enforcement will finally get the information they need about terrorist threats, and ports and other critical infrastructure will be made more secure. Perhaps most importantly, this bill makes these improvements in security without endangering our American way of life because it puts in place strong new privacy and civil liberties protections.
Specifically, this bill provides much-needed support to the first responders at the State, local, and tribal levels who bear the brunt of the emergency response and preparedness burden. The 9-11 Commission recommended that homeland security funds designed to improve emergency preparedness be allocated based on risk, and that steps be taken to provide first responders with communications systems that are fully interoperable in an emergency. This bill fulfills these recommendations by providing for risk-based evaluation and prioritization of homeland security grants and enhanced accountability for grant distribution and use, so that federal aid will go where it is most needed. Moreover, it creates a stand-alone grant program to help States, local and tribal governments erect the interoperable communications systems that are so vital to effective emergency response. It also encourages the use of a unified command during an emergency, so that Federal officials work more closely with State, local, and tribal governments in preparation and response efforts. The 9/11 Commission found that many Federal agencies had information that could have led to the arrest and capture of the September 11th hijackers, but that this information did not reach the Federal, State, and local officials who could have acted on it. This bill acts on the 9/11 Commission's recommendation to improve intelligence and information sharing between Federal authorities and their State and local counterparts. First, it establishes the Fusion and Law Enforcement Education and Training (FLEET) Grant Program to strengthen the capabilities of local fusion centers and to foster cooperation among State and local law enforcement officers. It also establishes the Border Intelligence Fusion Center Program, which will put experienced Federal border security personnel to fusion centers in border States to enhance collaboration. Additionally, it provides more State and local law enforcement officers with the opportunity to gain valuable experience working in Washington with Department of Homeland Security officials. Finally, it ensures the Department itself has the technology and organization needed to facilitate intelligence and information sharing.
Our nation's aviation system, which was easily exploited by the September 11th hijackers, will also be made more secure through this bill. The 9/11 Commission found that more steps need to be taken to secure air cargo and checked baggage and to ensure airport checkpoints have the equipment necessary to detect explosives. This bill meets those concerns. First, it requires TSA to develop a system so that 100 percent of air cargo carried on passenger aircraft is inspected by 2009. Second, it provides for an additional billion dollars to be made available over the next four years to put modern baggage screening systems in place. It also creates an innovative new $250 million trust fund to address the risk of suicide bombers at the checkpoint by strengthening explosive detection at the checkpoint. The Department will also have to explain how it plans to undertake efforts to prescreen passenger names against terrorist watch lists, a task the airlines are still charged with doing over five years after 9/11. At the same time, a new, streamlined system will be put in place for innocent people to establish their identities and prevent them from being misidentified against ``No Fly or ``Selectee lists.
One of the most frightening aspects of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and Flight 93 is that the planes all took off from domestic airports, meaning that each of the hijackers was already in the United States. In response to these disconcerting facts, this bill strengthens accountability for plans to implement biometric verification of foreign nationals entering and exiting the United States, as well as improved integration of the Visa Security and Terrorist Travel Programs. Moreover, this measure authorizes badly needed support and personnel for the Human Smuggling and Trafficking Center, in order to enhance its ability to combat human smuggling, human trafficking, and terrorist travel.
In addition to addressing domestic homeland security gaps, this bill also contains multiple provisions that deal with security concerns outside the United States. Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, we have become increasingly aware of the growing threat posed by terrorists with access to nuclear materials and other weapons of mass destruction. This bill takes up those concerns by providing some of the building blocks needed to mitigate the international aspects of terrorism. This bill complements existing laws and provides resources to encourage international cooperation to stem proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. It also addresses the terrorism implications of the nuclear black market, and mandates that U.S. foreign assistance and arms sales be withdrawn from countries that condone or engage in nuclear proliferation networks.
Another way that this bill protects against the threat posed by weapons of mass destruction is to strengthen security procedures for cargo entering the United States from foreign ports. Building upon the recently enacted SAFE Ports Act, this bill requires all cargo containers to be scanned before they reach U.S. ports within five years, and requires port security personnel to use the best technology available in scanning containers for radiation and density.
While it addresses a number of security concerns, this bill would also strengthen protection of privacy rights and civil liberties. Although it was created in 2004 on the recommendation of the 9/11 Commission, the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board has been little more than a shell that has failed to live up to its promise and protect the basic freedoms of Americans. This bill would take three key steps toward making the Board a legitimate force of accountability and transparency in the federal government. First, it would remove the Board from the Executive Office of the President, making it an independent and autonomous body. Second, this bill would require all Board members to be confirmed by the Senate, which will minimize political influence by the President and other executive officials whose actions it oversees. Finally, this bill would empower the Board as the Chief Privacy Officer with the authority to subpoena witnesses and evidence, a key investigative tool that would greatly strengthen the Board's ability to uncover questionable or unlawful action.
The best way to honor those who lost their lives because of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 is to make sure that kind of attack never happens again. Similarly, there must be a stronger commitment to giving first responders and communities the resources they need to respond quickly and vigorously to terrorist attacks and significant natural disasters. The 9/11 Commission did an exemplary job of locating weaknesses and making recommendations for strengthening homeland security. Now it falls to us, the U.S. Congress, to follow through on those recommendations. The 9/11 Commission Recommendations Act of 2007 is a critical step in fulfilling that mission, and I urge my colleagues in the House of Representatives to join me in supporting it.
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I got to the pub quite early and it was already really busy, Rob said we had 19 booked in for today which I think is the biggest turnout so far and shows how well the pond is fishing. On the down side, I couldn't have my usual sausage sandwich as they'd run out of bread! Along with most of the regulars, Karl's brother Stuart was fishing with us for the first time and it was great to see Paul Homewood again.
Rob announced the draw and I didn't go in until there were only a few balls left and pulled out peg 5, not my first choice but at least it wasn't peg 24! Everybody rushed off to their pegs and despite Rob reminding everybody before the draw not to forget the scales, both sets were still on the table, I'm not going to name names but I picked up a set for Adie and Rob did the same for Nick! I drove round to drop my kit off and I really do hope the club manages to get the parking issue sorted soon as it is a bit of a pain and I do feel for the older or less mobile anglers.
With the level down, I set my box up in the water before mixing up some Bait-Tech Pro Nat Dark. Rigs were the usual 0.5 gram Drennan Roach for fishing on the deck and a little Preston Chianti for up in the water. My neighbours for the day were Adie on my left and Hurf was on peg 4 with Baz along from him in peg 3, Jess 'Zooner' Jordan on peg 2 and a very hungover Jake was on peg 1.
On the whistle I cupped in two balls of groundbait at 10 metres before starting with the hook buried in a caster, I missed a couple of bites before catching a small roach to get me up and running. I had a really good first hour catching 38 fish, mostly small roach apart from a chublet and a couple of better rudd and I thought at an average of an ounce and a half apiece, I probably had around 3lb which wouldn't be far off if I could maintain that catch rate. It was already obvious that the fish wanted to be shallow but I resisted trying the shallow rig just yet as I just can't seem to do it right and catch those bigger roach.
Adie had caught a couple of decent skimmers on the feeder so there probably wasn't much between us at this early stage and I could see Fieldy swinging in small fish like a metronome over on peg 19 but apart from those two I couldn't see a lot happening. The second hour saw my catch rate drop off so I tried the shallow rig and had two better roach straight away before missed bite madness took over and after the second sixty minutes I'd added another 26 fish to give me a total of 64 which was still slightly ahead of my 30 fish an hour target.
Adie had landed a couple more skimmers but was having to wait ages for bites and Fieldy had landed a nice skimmer, Big Frank came for a walk round and said apart from Fieldy nobody on the other side was bagging and he said Hurf, Baz and Zooner were struggling as well. I was still on the shallow rig but I just couldn't catch any quality and as we reached the halfway point, my clicker was reading 88 fish and I'd dropped below my target.
With two hours to go I was really struggling and probably stuck with the shallow rig too long when I wasn't catching, I went back on the deep rig and started to catch well by laying the rig in and catching on the drop but it was mainly small roach although I did manage another chublet and a couple of better roach. Adie was still getting the odd skimmer and would be there or thereabouts and then Steve 'Nob Budd' Parker hooked a big bream which he landed safely. Baz shouted up that he'd been done in the lilies (sounds painful) by a big fish (probably a chub) on his light rig and had lost his elastic and everything.
I kept swapping between the deep and shallow rigs and getting odd fish up until the end of the match and when the all out was sounded I was on 156 fish which I thought would give me 14-15lb. I packed up and we started the weigh in with John Dursley on peg 10, he'd caught a bream plus skimmers on the pole with corn to weigh 19lb 6oz and set the pace. Terry had a big bream, a skimmer and some bits for 7lb 5oz from peg 9 and then Justin had two decent bream and some skimmers on the feeder for 15lb 12oz. Steve P had 9lb 10oz which included a lovely slab and then when Adie pulled his net out he had a cracking net of skimmers and it was going to be close, after two weighs his total was 21lb 11oz and he got his revenge on John from the last match.
Then it was my turn and I was disappointed to only weigh 10lb 2oz so the fish only averaged an ounce apiece and I'm still way off the pace. Hurf had really struggled for 1lb 13oz, Baz weighed 4lb 14oz and Jess didn't weigh so it had been hard going for some. Last to weigh in our section was Jake and he had a nice chub and several skimmers and if he beat me, he would take the side bets, it was close but the needle settled on 9lb 8oz so at least I had three nuggets to come.
Hurf had struggled for 1lb 13oz but he was still smiling!
After nine matches and dropping the two worst results, Fieldy has one hand on the league title as he increased his lead to three points over Ash who didn't fish today.
So although the pond continues to fish really well, my bad run continues and I've now gone two months without a pick up and I can't ever recall having such a barren spell. To be honest I'm not really enjoying my fishing at the moment and for the first time in years, I haven't fished somewhere on the Bank Holiday Monday. The trouble is the whip/short pole and the feeder are dominating out the pond at the moment and neither are methods I enjoy, Ash has been doing well fishing shallow for the big roach but basically he's just doing it better than anybody else and even then his 19lb weights are only good enough to win the section! He's also using a lot of caster and hemp and I just can't justify (or afford) three pints of caster and the same of hemp to win a £20 section.
I gave it my best shot today and I'm miles off the pace, even if I'd weighed the 15lb I thought I had, it still wouldn't have been enough to win the section! For the last match I'm going to stick it out for big fish on the pole a bit like John did today, the trouble is it just becomes a bit of a lottery then but there's no way I can win doing what I'm doing now.
Anyway rant over, I'm looking forward to winter and the first frosts when the fish push out and the feeder becomes less effective and there's also the river to look forward to.
Coming soon – A look back to when I could actually catch fish at Dillington!


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The Indian Government's E-commerce Procurement Platform Has Already Helped It Save Rs. 7500 Crore
September 20, 2020 September 20, 2020 OfficeChai Team
The e-commerce revolution has changed the lives of millions of Indians, but it turns out it's transformed how the government buys things as well.
The Government e-Marketplace, or GeM, has saved the Indian government $1 billion, Bloomberg reports. The portal, which is referred to as the government's Amazon.com, helps ministries and state companies connect with sellers across the country to buy computers, cars, chairs and millions of other products and services at the lowest possible price. The sellers include some of the India's biggest companies, such as Hindustan Unilever., Maruti Suzuki and Tata Motors. The government is the biggest buyer in India by far — its annual procurement bill is $400 billion — and by transitioning a part of its procurement to the e-marketplace, it has already saved it $1 billion.
"Every penny saved is a penny added to the topline. It's an addition to the government's kitty," Talleen Kumar, GeM's chief executive officer, told Bloomberg. "If GeM is able to bring about savings in procurement, that money can be utilized by the government for other important purposes and priorities."
The GeM was formed in 2016 under an initiative led by PM Modi. Until then, all Indian government procurement was routed through the Directorate General of Supplies and Disposals, which had its origins in the India Stores Department the British set up in 1860 to centralize goods buying. GeM, however, allows sellers to transparently list their products, and helps the government buy products at the lowest possible price. There are 46,000 buyers on the platform, which include government ministries and bodies, and over 5 lakh sellers. There are 16 lakh products on the marketplace, and the government has already placed 46 lakh orders through the platform. $3.5 billion worth of goods have been transacted, which is only a small fraction of the $400 expenditure bill of the government, suggesting that there's plenty of headroom for the platform to grow.
This mirrors what e-commerce has done for Indian consumers. Earlier, consumers would only buy from shops nearest to them, but e-commerce websites now let them compare prices across platforms and look for the best bargains. The Government e Marketplace provides the government with the same ability, and the $1 billion saved shows that it's already yielding some impressive results. While India's consumer e-commerce revolution was brought about by foreign companies like Amazon and venture-backed dollars, the Indian government has gone on to show that it's no mug at the e-commerce game either.
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Exactly 20 years ago, on Sept. 19, 1991, German hikers Erika and Helmut Simon spotted something brown while walking near a melting glacier in the Ötztal Alps in South Tyrol.
A Tamworth archaeology and community heritage worker has launched a new website focusing on the history of the town and surrounding areas.
James Paisley Hagood (1905- 1977) was a wage-earning farmer and fiddler in the Southwestern part of the county. With a son-in-law who also enjoyed good old-time music, Paisley was encouraged to rediscover the fiddle after a long spell of not even owning one.
Over one hundred events, most of which are free, are included in the two-week programme which celebrates the archaeology, history, landscape and culture of the North. There is something for everyone – with events ranging from guided walks, family events, self-guided trails, evening lectures and exhibitions.
Walking in the footsteps of Jesus brought the Bible to life for a Trexlertown pastor who is now using that experience to enrich her ministry.
Over the last 15 years, Klaus Schmidt of the German Archaeological Institute and colleagues from the Şanlıurfa Museum in Turkey have been making remarkable finds at the site of Göbekli Tepe, a barren hilltop northeast of the city of Urfa. Schmidt has interpreted the buildings with enormous pillars, some engraved with pictures of animals, as the world's first temples, some 11,000 years old, and has suggested that this large site was covered with such temples, rather than houses.
As a university-based archaeologist with a research specialisation in the archaeology of the post-medieval period, I wish to express my extreme dismay over the recent proposal by the Government to remove all post-1700 archaeological monuments from the Record of Monuments and Places, thereby removing any chance of protection from a significant class of monuments that have already been recognised under law as worthy of record.
With a wide variety of artifacts that shed light on the history of Anatolia, the Edirne Archaeology and Ethnography Museum makes for an informative and enjoyable visit a short trip away from İstanbul. The museum hosts excavated pieces from sites nearby as well as valuables caught at customs as they were being smuggled out of the country.
A NEW programme of special events has been launched for the 18th Highland Archaeology Festival which gets under way on October 1.


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Salvation Army choose Fintech prepaid cards specialist B4B Payments in modern slavery response
Cashless advocates and prepaid payments company, B4B Payments is lending its technological weight to The Salvation Army in the vital work to support recovering victims of modern slavery, by working with the organisation on cashless payment technology.
The Fintech organisation, which is a fast-growing player in the prepaid card industry for over 14 years, is helping The Salvation Army to roll out its prepaid cards among victims of modern slavery for whom cash is an insecure method of payment. The rapid introduction of this new technology is one of many measures The Salvation Army and its partners have initiated with support from the Home Office to adapt the way support is provided to victims of modern slavery in its care. The use of prepaid cards enables The Salvation Army to minimise face to face contact during the coronavirus pandemic in delivering subsistence payments to which victims of modern slavery are entitled under the Government contract through which The Salvation Army provides vital support to help them begin their journey of recovery.
Modern slavery is a problem which is still surprisingly prevalent around the world. Since 2011, The Salvation Army has supported more than 10,000 victims of modern slavery. In 2019, 46% of potential victims who entered support were referred from London. It is estimated that one in two hundred people around the world is a slave, victims of all manner of exploitation hidden in plain sight in farms, factories and car washes and forced to work in the sex industry and even criminal activities such as drug smuggling.
Thanks to their amazing work in Britain and around the world, The Salvation Army is helping victims of modern slavery to begin new lives living independently when they are rescued from their captors, supporting the work undertaken through the Government contract with additional support programmes through our own charitable funds.
By partnering with B4B Payments, The Salvation Army is able to give the people it helps a prepaid Mastercard®. This means that staff can give the victim all the money that they are entitled to at once without fear that they will be targeted, and it works as a viable alternative to cash. Users are also able to make cashless payments online using this method, just like a traditional bank card, so they can more easily access Government services or pay for things from home if they have a disability or restricted by social distancing measures.
Major Kathy, Betteridge, Director of Anti Trafficking and Modern Slavery for The Salvation Army said "Even in these challenging times with coronavirus, The Salvation Army and our partners are doing all we can so that victims have the best care possible, to keep them safe and help them continue their recovery.
Bringing forward the roll out of prepaid cards has been one of the key adaptations we've successfully introduced in recent weeks to help survivors of slavery as they not only begin to live independently but also supporting them to do this within Government guidelines, to protect them from infection.
The Salvation Army's Victim Care Fund has made a contribution of £20,000 from its charitable resources to make sure we could get the prepaid cards to the vulnerable people in our care as quickly as possible.
We recognise the extraordinary demands on our staff, volunteers and partners, and want to thank them all, along with suppliers like B4B Payments, for stepping up in their rapid response to a fast-moving situation which has been exceptional and deserves commendation."
B4B Payments CEO Paul Swinton said: "It has been hugely rewarding to provide our services to The Salvation Army because they're tackling some of the biggest social problems in the world today. Financial inclusion is an issue that cuts across so many different areas including Modern Slavery, domestic abuse, people trafficking and homelessness, and it is vital that we as a financial technology company do our bit to innovate and help the less fortunate."
Stats on modern slavery and how The Salvation Army are supporting victims
Mastercard is a registered trademark, and the circles design is a trademark of Mastercard International Incorporated. The Card is issued by Wirecard Card Solutions Ltd ("WDCS") pursuant to license by Mastercard International Inc. WDCS is authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority to conduct electronic money service activities under the Electronic Money Regulations 2011 (Ref: 900051)
Katrina Hutchings, Marketing Director B4B Payments
katrina.hutchings@b4bpayments.com
For media enquiries, please contact The Salvation Army's PR & Communications office:
media@salvationarmy.org.uk / 020 3657 7555
B4B Payments provides forward-thinking payment processing solutions, which enable any size organisation to manage expenses, simplify payroll, reimbursements, and offer employee rewards and incentives.
With over 1,000 customers and growing, B4B Payments, voted the Best Prepaid Product of the Year in 2019, operates throughout Europe and North America.
As a leader in Fintech and prepaid payment solutions for over 12 years, employing a global team, B4B Payments continues to offer innovative, flexible, and time-saving solutions that streamline and eliminate antiquated finance and accounting processes.
B4B Payments Europe is a member of the Federation of Small Businesses, PIF (Prepaid International Forum), Innovate Finance, and the Mayor of London's International Business Program.
Formerly known as Payment Card Solutions, B4B Payments also manages and operates the re-loadable scrapyard pay-out solution, www.bread4scrap.com.
About The Salvation Army's modern slavery work:
The Salvation Army was awarded the government contract in 2011 to provide specialist support for adult victims of human trafficking in England and Wales, including safe accommodation, counselling, medical care, translation services and legal counselling. Victims seeking help have been trafficked to or within England and Wales and are referred to the service through a dedicated referral line 0800 808 3733 available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
For more information visit the website: www.salvationarmy.org.uk/modern-slavery
The Salvation Army is an international Christian church and registered charity which has been transforming lives for more than 150 years. Working in 131 countries worldwide, The Salvation Army offers friendship, practical help and support for people at all levels of need. In the UK and Republic of Ireland this work includes more than 750 community churches and social centres. Registered Charity Nos. 214779, 215174 and in Scotland SC009359, SC037691. For more information visit the website www.salvationarmy.org.uk
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