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2018 Eisenstein_Climate: A New Story This is the first of Charles Eisenstein's works that we've read, although we have collected a bunch of his work (and reviews of his work on climate and other topics) here in the Climate Web: Eisenstein, Charles. We have not yet started integrating his specific ideas in "Climate - A New Story - into the Climate Web, and we're not quite sure whether he's incredibly insightful or hopelessly naive when it comes to tackling climate warming, but we're intrigued by his message, and would like to find out whether the climate community generally is familiar with his work and how it's regarded. If you have insight you would be interested in sharing, we'd love to hear from you.
2021/11 Climate Reparations - The Case for Carbon Removal - Could commitments by industrialized countries to remove large amounts of carbon from the air proxy as climate "reparations?" It could turn into an interesting topic of conversation. See also the Index Entry I:ClimateReparations.
I:NACNaturalAssetCompanies. NACs are a new entry onto the scene of climate finance, and are potentially important to the conversation because they span the huge topics of climate finance and natural climate solutions. But the Climatographers are still trying to understand what NACs really represent, and whether they simply imply privatizing everything and then charging everyone for ecosystem services. Any insight to share?
Klima DAO Klima DAO presents itself as a Decentralized Autonomous Organization for change, and as climate solution. Klima DAO is part of the much larger set of conversations around green cryptocurrencies: Like NACs, however, the Climatographers are trying to understand what Klima DAO really is and how it would work to help tackle climate warming.
We're intrigued, for example, by this text on the Klima DAO website:
Concern 1: Carbon offsets aren't trustworthy
This is an important one, so let's take a step back. The concept of carbon offsets has been around for a while, but it really got a boost in 2005 when the Kyoto Protocol took effect. Back then, this was still a relatively novel concept, with its fair share of teething problems, and some cowboys took advantage of poor oversight.
Today, it has matured into a set of robust global frameworks developed by experts over the last 15 years. At its core are internationally recognized certification bodies, that make sure every ton of CO2 offsets they certify is rigorously measured, monitored and verified.
Take the Verified Carbon Standard, and the Gold Standard. They're widely considered the two highest standards for quality carbon offsetting in the world, and certify all of our projects. They guarantee that every ton of CO2 offset is:
Additional: Wouldn't have happened without your support
Contained: Won't cause emissions to go up elsewhere
Permanent: Is protected against destruction by human or natural causes
Sustainable: Has a positive impact on local communities and environment
Verified: Is inspected and verified by an independent third party
Unique: Has a unique ID on a public ledger and can only be counted once
So, while you'll always be able to find someone online selling uncertified or questionable offsets, going with these standards will make sure your offsets are trustworthy and effective.
Do the people behind Klima DAO really believe that offset standards "guarantee" offset performance? There are so many things factually wrong with the italicized text above that it's hard to know where to start. But it is useful in understanding where blockchain conversations are coming from. If you actually believe that offset quality is guaranteed, it totally changes the nature of the conversation surrounding what blockchain based technologies can deliver.
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Golfing for future nurses
Nickolas Foss Memorial Scramble assists local students
By Christopher Selmek - cselmek@aimmediamidwest.com
Members of the Foss family celebrate the opening of the Nickolas Foss Memorial Golf Scramble last year.
Photo courtesy of Chuck Foss
The 8th annual Nickolas Foss Memorial Golf Scramble will take place at the Woodland Golf Course at 2 p.m. May 19. This event raises money to fund $500 nursing scholarships that four area high school students will receive this spring. Thirty-seven scholarships have been given out in previous years, according to organizer Chuck Foss.
"This event was organized two years after Nick was killed," said Foss, Nick's father and a Mechanicsburg Village Council member. "We had initially, when he was killed, instead of flowers we asked for donations to a scholarship fund. I was the principal of Kenton Ridge High School at the time, and Nick graduated from Northeastern High School. The funds were donated directly to the school district and we started offering a nursing scholarship directly to Kenton Ridge and Northeastern in his name every year. My wife and I decided that we would like to do a little bit more, so we organized a memorial golf scramble that we do annually, and with the proceeds from that we offer a nursing scholarship every year in Mechanicsburg High School and Urbana High School."
Nickolas Foss died from brain injuries on April 8, 2008, having hit his head a few days before that. At the time of his death he was an STNA working in the trauma unit at Grant Medical Center in Columbus and was attending Chamberlain College of Nursing to become a Registered Nurse. According to Chuck Foss, Nick's goal was to become an anesthesiology nurse.
"We believe that his goal was, as he was already working in a trauma unit, that he wanted to continue on into health care and be a nurse," said Foss. "We thought that to carry on his legacy we would try to help young people who wanted to get into nursing get a start, as many as we could.
"It's really been kind of neat to watch the kids that we've given scholarships to," he continued. "For instance, my mother is in an assisted living facility in Urbana, and one of the kids that we gave a scholarship is actually caring for her. It's kind of come full circle that way, but it's just one more way that we can keep his legacy alive."
Foss said the golf scramble typically gets about 30 teams with four players per team. The cost is $200 per team to register. The family is seeking businesses and individuals to sponsor holes for $50 each; there are already about 40 sponsors from Mechanicsburg and Urbana who will have their names near the holes they sponsor.
The first place team will receive a $400 award, second place gets $300 and third place gets $200. There are also $25 awards for the player who hits closest to the pin on par threes on the front nine holes and back nine holes, for men and women, and a similar award for longest drive. In addition, many sponsors donate items that are raffled off and Foss said almost everyone walks away with a door prize.
Dinner is served afterward, which typically includes sandwiches and vegetables prepared by the Foss family. Foss said it is a favorite part of the evening for many guests.
"The people at Woodland are super to work with," he said. "They always have the course in great shape. It's a great place to have a good round of golf and it also has a nice facility for the dinner and a nice kitchen for us to work in to cook it. What's really encouraging about it is when we have the tournament every year, we probably have 20 or more repeat teams. We have several people who have played in all seven. It's sort of like a gathering of family and friends for us."
For more information about registering a team or sponsoring, call or text Foss at 614-230-7659.
https://www.urbanacitizen.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/36/2018/04/web1_NickFoss0243.jpgMembers of the Foss family celebrate the opening of the Nickolas Foss Memorial Golf Scramble last year. Photo courtesy of Chuck Foss
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Captain of Freighter That Destroyed Greek Navy Minesweeper to Testify on Nov. 11
By Athens News Agency
Α damaged navy minesweeper is being towed near the port of Piraeus, Greece, on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
ATHENS — The Polish captain of the 'Maersk-Launceston' cargo ship that crashed into Greek navy minesweeper 'Callisto' outside the port of Piraeus on Tuesday has been given until November 11 to prepare his testimony.
The Tuesday collision cut 'Callisto' in half and injured two crew members, leading to the captain's arrest for causing a maritime accident through negligence and for violating international rules on avoiding maritime collisions.
Meanwhile, the Piraeus Port Authority has requested that the court allows it three months to carry out its own investigation, and compile a dossier that will include experts' reports and data of the two ships' movements at the time of the incident, recorded on the Marine Traffic global tracking system.
Maersk Launceston, currently banned from sailing, will be allowed to resume service after it has been inspected and given the all-clear.


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Intended is late addition to Denmark's NatFilm
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Danish expatriate Kristian Levring's new film The Intended, which screened in Toronto last year, will have its first screening in his home country as a late addition to the already packed NatFilm Festival programme.
Levring's film to is a companion piece his Dogme-film The King Is Alive. Set in 1924 it follows a couple arriving at a jungle trading post on the Menkuang River, where they become pawns in the power struggles of a small community.
Levring wrote the scripts with actress Janet McTeer, who together with Tony Maudsley delivers standout a performance. The Intended also stars JJ Field, Brenda Fricker, Philip Jackson and Olympia Dukakis. It was produced in collaboration between Denmark's Malene Blenkov and Holland's Patricia Kruijer (The King Is Alive) with Bob Berney and Sally Hibbin taking executive producer credits. A Danish release date has yet to be set for it.
The festival kicks off its 14th edition on March 28 with Josef Fares' Swedish box-office hit Kopps and closes on April 6 with Michael Winterbottom's Golden Bear winner In This World.


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SA Chenin Best Ever, Say Standard Bank Chenin Blanc Top Ten Challenge Judges
published on: Thursday, 16 September 2021
The quality of South African Chenin has never been better, say the 2021 Standard Bank Chenin Blanc Top Ten Challenge judges. Panel chair James Pietersen believes South Africa has set the benchmark for the grape globally and because of the healthy competitive spirit of innovation amongst local winemakers, the country remains the pre-eminent source of the most exciting and delicious expressions.
"Chenin may be a thriving category here but there's no complacency. Amongst the 138 entries this year, this was apparent in the ongoing emergence of new growing regions, the greater application of skin contact, more natural fermentation and the use of a wide variety of fermentation and maturation vessels from amphorae to older and larger barrels, concrete eggs and tanks.
While Stellenbosch was the source of six of the winning wines, other areas represented were Worcester, Piekenierskloof, Swartland and Paarl.
In alphabetical order the 2021 Standard Bank Chenin Blanc Top Ten Challenge winners are:
Bellingham The Bernard Series Old Vine Chenin Blanc Limited Release 2020
DeMorgenzon Reserve Chenin Blanc 2020
Guardian Peak Donkiesbaai Steen 2020
Ken Forrester Terre Noire Chenin Blanc 2020
Kleine Zalze Wines Vineyard Selection Chenin Blanc 2020
Kleine Zalze Wines Family Reserve Chenin Blanc 2020
Le Belle Rebelle Solitude Chenin Blanc 2020
Lievland Vineyards Old Vine Chenin Blanc 2020
Simonsig Wines Avec Chêne Wooded Chenin Blanc 2019
Stellenrust Old Bushvine Chenin Blanc 2020
Pietersen said the already rigorous judging criteria were lifted a notch this year by including for the first time, critically acclaimed non-entrants as blind benchmarks. "As a panel, it is essential that we evaluate the submissions within the wider context of best in the field. I'm glad to say that even when matched against these non-entrants, we saw a healthy consistency in outcome.
"This speaks to an eagerness amongst competitors to keep on bettering their past efforts, continually lifting standards across the category. So, while the 2021 line-up included mostly repeat winners, there were newcomers in Guardian Peak, Le Belle Rebelle and Lievland. This has been the pattern of the results over the past years, irrespective of panel members or vintage."
Stellenrust has featured eight times in the annual line-up. DeMorgenzon has appeared seven times, every year without interruption since 2015.
"Overall, we noticed a lighter touch in winemaking style this year, with less overt wooding and lower residual sugars. There were greater numbers of fresher, more youthful, salty and savoury wines, showing persistence and length. Those we finally chose are all wines of detail, refinement and complexity."
Malu Lambert, one of the judges remarked on how local low latitudes make for strong light intensity, evident in the style of our wines. "We have a distinctive terroir of sunshine and light intensity."
Ken Forrester, co-founder of the Chenin Blanc Association that is the driving force behind the annual Top Ten Challenge, pointed out that that perpetual appetite for exploration amongst Chenin producers was the reason South Africa recently approached the French winemaking fraternity to establish a joint genetic research project to identify naturally occurring desirable Chenin clones. "Natural mutations have occurred over time in local vineyards, and, also in France. The genomic study now underway is the first-ever clone identification research for Chenin. It's hoped that what we learn will provide valuable insights into protecting heritage vines, building Chenin's climate resilience and in advancing eco-sustainability amongst growers. Part of the study will be directed towards establishing a solid, scientific basis for promoting intra-varietal diversity within vineyards."
Speaking on behalf of the sponsors, Stephan van der Merwe, head of commercial clients at Standard Bank in the Western Cape, highlighted the extent to which older vineyards predominated. "The majority of the top ten winners were harvested from vines aged at least 30 years. The most venerable vineyards were more than half-a century old. We know from the first phase of a UCT Graduate School of Business study that vine age can contribute significantly to wine quality and therefore wine price. This is already incentivising producers to preserve this heritage. We hope the learnings from the SA/French clonal collaboration study with encourage this still further.
"The international webinar to be hosted in November by the Chenin Blanc Association will offer yet another forum for the exchange of ideas and practice amongst Chenin specialists. That really bodes well for the future of the grape."
He said webinar details would be announced soon.
This year marks the eighth of the competition that annually awards a cash prize to each of the producers of the top ten Chenins selected. "This is an important feature of the challenge," Van der Merwe added. "It acknowledges the role of farm workers in making award-winning wines."
A condition of the competition is that the money must be used towards enhancing the quality of life of farm workers and/or their communities.
This year's judges are James Pietersen (panel chair), Wine Cellar's MD and a regular judge in this and several other leading local wine competitions; winemaker Boela Gerber Cape Wine Master of Groot Constantia; sommelier Higgo Jacobs, who is also a senior judge at the International Wine Challenge (IWC) and Decanter World Wine Awards and a past chairman of the South African Sommelier Association (SASA); Penny Setti, former sommelier at Chef's Warehouse and now owner of Penny Noire wine bar; and newcomer to the panel, Malu Lambert, an award-winning wine writer and contributor to Platter's South African Wine Guide and a selection of titles, including jancisrobinson.com, Decanter and The Buyer. This year's associate judge is Amos Sobashe, who is currently hosting the tasting room and online tastings for Oldenburg Vineyards. He was previously sommelier at Quoin Rock.
Since the inception of the awards eight years ago, winners have prioritised projects focused on education, from early learning programmes right through to tertiary training. Not only have creches and after-care facilities for school children been established on some farms, but also libraries, computer rooms and other educational resources for learners, workers and communities. Some producers have donated their prize money to NGO Pebbles Project to support its suite of education, health, nutrition, community and protection programmes. These benefit hundreds of infants and youth in the Cape Winelands. Pebbles also extends social services to combat foetal alcohol spectrum disorder and alcohol abuse. Other winners have supported housing, sporting and other recreational initiatives.


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How Falcon, FIBRE and the Fast Relay Network Speed Up Bitcoin Block Propagation (Part 2)
The Fast Relay Network, also known as Matt Corallo's Relay Network, is a relatively straightforward relay network setup by Corallo, and has existed for some years. The Fast Relay Network consists of nine nodes, distributed strategically around the globe. Designed as a hub-and-spoke model, miners can connect to the relay node closest to them to send and receive blocks over this network. This is significantly faster than Bitcoin's peer-to-peer network.
Aaron van Wirdum
Bitcoin is designed as a peer-to-peer network, where nodes randomly connect to other nodes. Transactions and blocks are transmitted over this network by these nodes, until each has received all. This works quite well, as the distributed model makes Bitcoin relatively censorship-resistant; there is no central point of control to shut down or pressure into compliance.
But it also has a significant downside: The peer-to-peer network is relatively slow. As such, miners (and pools) sometimes waste hash power mining on top of an old block while a newer block is finding its way through the network. Transmission delay, therefore, benefits pooled mining as well as geographic clustering of miners, incentivizing a more centralized mining topology. This is generally considered one of the bottlenecks for scalability, as larger blocks (which can include more transactions) propagate even more slowly.
Over the past years, therefore, several projects have been in development to increase the speed of block propagation. These projects focus on roughly two main issues: block compression to limit the amount of data that needs to be propagated over the network, and relay speed to cut the time it takes for blocks to propagate.
This two-part series provides an overview of these projects. Part 1 covered block compression. Part 2 will examine ways of speeding up the network.
Fast Relay Network (AKA Matt Corallo's Relay Network)
The main downside of the Fast Relay Network is that it's relatively centralized: Corallo controls it. And while the software is open source, no one else has set up a similar open relay network so far. (Though mining pools do have similar — but closed — setups among themselves, and typically for "internal" use among their own nodes.)
For more details, see Bitcoin Magazine's earlier articleon the Fast Relay Network.
As blocks are transferred over Bitcoin's peer-to-peer network, they are really transmitted in several IP-packets. Each node on the network receives each packet, and reconstructs blocks from the data in these different packets. Once the block is reconstructed and considered valid, nodes forward the block to other nodes. Again, of course, in different packets.
To speed this process up, Cornell University researchers Soumya Basu, Ittay Eyal and Emin Gün Sirer are developing the Falcon relay network. Falcon uses a technique called "cut-through routing," where nodes don't wait to receive all packages to forward them. Instead, they forward each package as soon as they receive it, while initially checking only the block header. They reconstruct the block in the meantime, as the rest of the packages arrive.
This solution does have one disadvantage: Nodes can validate a full block only after they have received all required packages. As such, there's a small risk of a dishonest miner transmitting invalid packages all across the network, wasting competitor resources.
To solve this, the Falcon network operates with gatekeepers: the Cornell University team. As such, the Falcon network itself isn't entirely decentralized; the idea is that it decentralizes Bitcoin's overall network topology through diversity.
As noted, blocks on the Bitcoin network are really transmitted in several IP-packets. Unfortunately, package-loss is a significant bottleneck for propagation speed; even on relay networks. While it doesn't necessarily happen very often, packet-loss can cause spikes in transmission-time, as nodes need to re-communicate data.
FIBRE (Fast Internet Bitcoin Relay Engine), also developed by Corallo, is a re-designed relay-protocol. As perhaps its most interesting solution, it is built on the User Datagram Protocol (UDP). This is an alternative to the far more common TCP internet protocol, and currently mostly used for Voice over IP (Skype) and gaming. As an important differentiator from all the above protocols, UDP allows FIBRE to use a nifty trick known as Forward Error Correction (FEC). This lets nodes reconstruct all of the transmitted data even if some of it got lost on the way.
And: FIBRE is specifically designed for Compact Blocks; the innovation discussed in Part 1 of this series. The combination of FIBRE with Compact Blocks, as statistics collected by Corallo show, make FIBRE nearly as fast as the speed of light.
Lastly, FIBRE is designed to be a more decentralized alternative to other relay networks. Specifically, as a key feature of FIBRE, it's designed as a sort of "add on" for Bitcoin Core, so anyone who runs a node should be able set up his or her own network.
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How a Bitcoin Backbone Gives Small Miners a Leg Up: Matt Corrallo's Relay Network
By Aaron van Wirdum
On Relay: How Different Bitcoin Developers Are Speeding Up the Network (Part 1)
How the Magic of IBLTs Could Boost Bitcoin's Decentralization
Segregated Witness, Part 3: How a Soft Fork Might Establish a Block-Size Truce (or Not)
What's New in Bitcoin Core 0.13.0?
Segregated Witness, Part 2: Why You Should Care About a Nitty-Gritty Technical Trick
Are Blocks Filling up, and Is That a Problem?
Segregated Witness, Part 1: How a Clever Hack Could Significantly Increase Bitcoin's Potential
Christian Decker on Bitcoin Network Improvements, Tradeoffs and Finding the Block Size "Sweet Spot"
Bitcoin Core 0.12.0 Released: What's New?
Decline in Empty Blocks Has Increased Bitcoin's Transaction Capacity
On Consensus, or Why Bitcoin's Block-Size Presents a Political Trade-Off
How the New Erlay Protocol Could Speed Up the Bitcoin Network
By Omar Faridi and Aaron van Wirdum
Coinomi Founder John Jegutanis: Scale Bitcoin by Decreasing Latency
Debunking the 11 Most Stubborn Lightning Network Myths


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Q: How to safely include server credentials with iOS App I have an iOS app that connects to a server periodically looking for data updates.  The connection uses SSL and HTTPBasicAuthentication.
What is the best way to include my servers logon credentials with the app?  From my understanding, a jailbroken iPhone could read my build files and easily see the username and password to log into my server.
Thanks,
Mike

A: There is no way to secure this totally.  The best you can do is to obscure it somewhat (perhaps an encrypted file that you decrypt in the app) and then monitor the server for what looks like traffic not from the app.
If you wanted to be sneaky encrypt the authentication data and then use some kind of stenography - embed the credentials in an image, or even as raw data in a file that looks like  something else (like an SSH key).
But a jailbroken developer will always be able to hook into your application to see the results of parsing that out, or possibly run an SSH proxy to simply monitor everything you are sending.

A: You don't have to "Jailbreak" your app to read the URLs. A simple packet sniffer software on your Mac will do it. Route all iPhone traffic through the Mac's Wifi and sniff it.
But, the main question here is, Why?
If you are protecting data, you should do it securely. If you are hard coding username/password in your app in some plist, there is something wrong somewhere.
Checking for updates needn't be secure, where as the real data access should be secure. If you are downloading data for a In App Purchase, validate it against the IAP receipt. If you are downloading data for a user who has an account with your service, then password is obviously entered by him, which cannot be "sniffed" by packet sniffers if you use proper cryptographic methods.


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This document, part of the Trauma Systems Therapy for Foster Care curriculum, includes four short surveys designed to assess what caregivers and agency staff knew at the onset of training — and what they learned as a result of the training. A fifth item, a simple feedback form, asks facilitators what worked well — and what didn't click — during their training sessions.
An overview of Trauma Systems Therapy for Foster Care.
Questions included on the pre- and post-training surveys for caregivers.
Questions included on the pre- and post-training surveys for staff.
Questions included on a form to solicit feedback from facilitators.
The materials in this publication, which are available for free download, are designed to assess how effectively an agency implemented the Trauma Systems Therapy for Foster Care curriculum.
The TST-FC training curriculum enhances a child welfare agency's existing toolkit for foster parents so that children in their care — and especially children who have experienced trauma — can thrive.
This packet is comprised of five documents: two surveys for caregivers, two surveys for agency staff members, and one follow-up form for facilitators.
In addition to this item, the curriculum's training components include: An implementation guide, four training presentations, four facilitator guides, a facilitator planning document, and a resource guide for foster parents.
Both caregivers surveys, which involve circling an option along a strongly disagree to strongly agree spectrum, ask a parent about their perception of children in foster care and their understanding of trauma.
Part of implementing any training is evaluating whether participants gain in knowledge and skills as a result of the training.
Your agency will want to decide how best to use data gathered from these tools to ensure that you get the maximum benefit from this training and realize three goals: Retaining more foster parents in your system, helping them feel more supported and competent in their parenting roles and increasing placement stability for children in their care.


Fingerprint Cards technology is going to be used in Italy's first trial of biometric payment cards, the company has announced.
The trial will be the result of a collaboration with Zwipe and Gemalto, whose card solution uses a sensor model from Fingerprints' FPC1300 series. The sensor is designed to work with contactless Point-of-Sale terminals, and Fingerprints says it features "ultra-low power consumption", according to a press release from the company.
It's the latest sign of the escalating activity in the nascent biometric payment cards market. Near the start of this year, Gemalto and Zwipe collaborated on a trial of biometric card technology conducted by Mastercard in partnership with the Bank of Cyprus; meanwhile Fingerprints' technology was used in a Visa trial with Mountain America Credit Union.
Following that, Fingerprint Cards announced that its technology was being used in another Visa-led trial in the Middle East, along with a technological contribution from Zwipe.
Biometric payment cards are expected to see some large-scale deployments in the coming year, and Fingerprint Cards' leadership has indicated that this is expected to be a significant new business area for the company as it seeks to expand beyond the mobile biometrics market.


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The place where women lust after spotty nerds: How Silicon Valley Cougar Nights attract revellers in their 40s hoping to bag a billionaire
The Upstarts by Brad Stone tells the story of the two founders of Airbnb
Venture capitalists bought a stake worth $585,000 now priced at $4.5bn
Valley of the Gods by Alexandra Wolfe recounts love life of Silicon Valley
By Brian Viner For The Daily Mail
Published: 18:02 EDT, 23 March 2017 | Updated: 02:27 EDT, 24 March 2017
THE UPSTARTS
by Brad Stone (Bantam Press £20)
by Alexandra Wolfe Simon & Schuster £12.99)
On the day of Barack Obama's inauguration in January 2009, two unknown entrepreneurs were in Washington DC to watch history being made: the swearing-in of America's first black president.
What they didn't know was that they too would become history-makers.
Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia had just founded an obscure website called Airbedandbreakfast.com, which enabled users to stay — often on airbeds, hence the name — in the homes of strangers.
Geek charm: Dating is different in Silicon Valley
The company would evolve from that simple notion, which they dreamt up as a way of making 'a few bucks' from their own San Francisco apartment, into Airbnb, an online hospitality service currently valued at more than $30 billion.
But that week it was still little more than an idea and, with every hotel room in the U.S. capital snapped up, the two men, both in their 20s, used their own website to find cheap accommodation on someone's floor.
Also at the inauguration were another two entrepreneurs, Garrett Camp and Travis Kalanick, who were both in their early 30s and already high-achievers, although no one suspected they were about to change the face of global transportation.
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'I felt as if I had been appointed a member of an execution…
Camp, a Canadian with a restlessly busy mind, was trying to entice his friend Kalanick with his latest vision for a business: he wanted to enable anyone with a smartphone to summon a car at the touch of a button.
Their experience that bitterly cold day, as they looked in vain for a taxi to get to an inauguration party, helped to convince Kalanick of the need for what would become Uber.
Now, Uber is valued at $68 bn. It continues to overcome legal challenges, not to mention irate taxi drivers, and has become one of the world's largest car services. Yet it owns hardly any cars. Similarly, Airbnb can be described as the biggest hotel company on the planet, without owning any actual hotel rooms.
THE UPSTARTS by Brad Stone (Bantam Press £20)
Eight years ago, the four men who wrought this peculiarly 21st century phenomenon were anonymous faces in the Washington DC crowd. Now they are multi-billionaires, and feted by presidents.
In 2014, when Uber needed someone to run media strategy, the company had the clout to hire the very person who had managed Obama's triumphant 2008 campaign, David Plouffe The Uber story is particularly fascinating, and in a way it began with James Bond.
In 2008, while watching a DVD of his favourite Bond film, Casino Royale, Camp sat up a little straighter during a scene where Daniel Craig, as Bond, was driving through the Bahamas, on the trail of the villain, Le Chiffre.
During the pursuit, Bond glanced down at his mobile phone, checking on a moving icon of his own car on a map.
That image stuck in Camp's mind; what if he could adapt it for people trying to get round cities?
He was already determined to challenge the way metropolitan taxi firms operated, and had made himself notorious among San Francisco's yellow-cab companies by habitually calling all of them and taking the first car that arrived.
Uber grew out of his own frustration with waiting times, but to those prosaic origins he added a dash of James Bond. So now, when people summon Ubers, what they see on their phones as the vehicle approaches was inspired by one of Q's gadgets for 007.
Of course, brilliant ideas are not enough in Silicon Valley, the 1,500 square miles of California that is home to so many hi-tech industries and internet start-ups. They also need funding.
VALLEY OF THE GODS by Alexandra Wolfe Simon & Schuster £12.99)
Stone chronicles some jaw-dropping tales of investors who gambled on Uber and Airbnb and made fortunes, and those who haven't stopped kicking themselves for declining the opportunity.
Ron Conway, the so-called godfather of Silicon Valley, who acquired fabulous wealth by backing the 'holy trinity' of Google, Facebook and Twitter, reckoned that Uber would conk out in the face of too much opposition. He said no, and advised his friends to do likewise.
Conversely, when the venture capitalists at a company called Sequoia recognised the potential of Airbnb, they backed their hunch to the tune of $585,000. The value of their stake, in December 2016, was $4.5bn.
But there is another side to Silicon Valley, and that is explored by Alexandra Wolfe, a Wall Street Journal reporter (and the daughter of celebrated novelist Tom Wolfe), in VALLEY OF THE GODS .
She follows the stories of three young entrepreneurs desperate to become the next Brian Chesky or Travis Kalanick, in the case of one young man by 'asteroid mining' — travelling into space to extract valuable minerals from asteroids.
As yet, it doesn't look like too bright an idea, but maybe its day will come.
Wolfe also documents the curious lifestyle of Silicon Valley, where extreme wealth isn't outwardly detectable and the richest person in the room 'is often wearing flip-flops and a hoodie'.
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The funniest manifestation of this is 'Cougar Night'. Every Thursday evening, women in their 40s, sometimes older, gather at the Rosewood Sand Hill hotel, just a stone's throw from Stanford University, in the hope of finding themselves a fresh-faced billionaire.
Or maybe not fresh-faced; maybe spotty. Because on Cougar Nights, all the usual predatory practices are overturned.
As Wolfe writes, back home, wherever they come from, these scrawny, bespectacled nerds 'would be unlikely to score a mate. Here at Cougar Night, women were crawling on just this type of specimen'.
That's Silicon Valley, where nothing is as it seems, and everyone is trying to guess who is who, and what will happen next . . . but nobody quite knows.
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Ethereum Co-Founder Battles 'Dr Doom' Roubini to Crypto Debate Draw
On a day when investment professionals gathered in their excitement about decentralized exchanges, Nouriel Roubini showed up to tear apart everything.
By Brady Dale
May 11, 2018 at 3:11 a.m. UTC
Brady Dale
Nouriel Roubini was in full attack mode in his latest crypto debate.
"The entire crypto land is more unequal in terms of income and wealth than North Korea," he said Wednesday afternoon, and the jabs didn't stop there, with the former Clinton administration economist, better known as "Dr. Doom" for his prediction of the 2008 financial collapse, taking his criticism of all things crypto to new levels.
Still, this was perhaps to be expected. After antics onstage at the Milken Institute Global Conference earned him headlines, the organizers of the Fluidity Summit invited Roubini to go toe-to-toe with ConsenSys founder Joseph Lubin, with Roubini playing the bear to Lubin's bull.
Long a cryptocurrency basher, Roubini didn't make a different case this time, though his arguments were perhaps distinguished by their breadth and energy. (The moderator, former COMEX Chair Donna Redel, even went so far as to use a whistle on him at one point to rein in the conversation).
Alleging various miners, exchanges and cryptocurrencies have cultish followings, Roubini argued against the idea cryptocurrencies are decentralized, positing that these groups tend to have significant sway over the development direction a protocol takes.
Roubini told the audience:
"The whole point of the crypto world is to say we don't believe in central banks … everything is going to be decentralized. I see totally the opposite in crypto land."
As expected, Lubin came to the industry's defense with point-by-point counter examples that articulated a broad thesis for how blockchain will enact change.
"We're building systems that are fundamentally, atomically about collaboration," Lubin said.
It was a capstone conversation to a day of cheerleading institutional investment in crypto. Perplexingly, some of Roubini's toughest barbs seemed to thrill much of the crowd, though it's hard to tell if this represented real sentiment or if crypto enthusiasts just love a good show.
Nevertheless, investor Jehan Chu of Kenetic Capital saw the crowd as very much on team crypto.
He told CoinDesk:
"This isn't winning hearts and minds. Everyone is here to do business."
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And much of this is a credit to Lubin, who was more nuanced onstage, granting imperfections but attempting to couch them as technological waypoints rather than insoluble problems.
Lubin tried to even concede to Roubini on some of his smaller points. For example, he took on mining, saying, "I agree that the mining systems are susceptible to centralization."
Promising that a proof-of-stake protocol for ethereum should be deployed soon, he said it will enable people to replace all that hardware infrastructure with "a bond, an economic bond on the blockchain." He even argued that it will be more secure than bitcoin's pioneering proof-of-work system.
In this way, some of the earlier panelists pointed to some of the very difficult challenges decentralization presents. Stefan George, the CTO and co-founder of Gnosis, a prediction market whose early 2017 initial coin offering (ICO) hinted at how big the year in crypto would be, expressed frustration at working with a slew of wallets with different configurations. "We all need to agree on one API," he said.
And Alex Wearn of IDEX spoke more broadly to the competitiveness of decentralized applications. "It's not going to happen unless usability pretty much matches the centralized experience."
Roubini was less circumspect. He said that the dapps on the market are by and large pyramid schemes.
Each time Lubin described progress, Roubini dismissed it out of hand. For example, he argued that the crypto-iluminati have been saying for years that scaling problems could be fixed.
"I'll show you the code," Lubin offered. It was probably his biggest applause moment of the whole debate.
In another example, Roubini said "cryptocurrency" was a misnomer because it's not really money. To be money, he argued, it has to be a unit of account, a means of exchange and reliable store of value.
Lubin countered by pointing out that MakerDAO has made a stable coin on ethereum that has, he said, something like $1 billion dollars in value in it. Even as ether tanked early this year, the MakerDAO token held steady at its peg with the dollar.
Roubini, however, was hardly impressed.
So who won?
Still, surprisingly, if the winner were measured by who got the most big laughs or big rounds of applause, it would go to Roubini.
In fact, Roubini's biggest moment probably came when he first pointed out that there was no good reason for a business to limit customers with a token. He asserted that if every company only accepts tokens for its goods or services, there will be no way for people to know how to compare prices.
"You're going into a world of 'The Flintstones' or barter," Roubini said. "It's totally inefficient. It's never going to work"
That's not to say Roubini was the only one in the room with doubts, though he may have been the only one committed to them. Even Lubin didn't miss his chance to say something about forthcoming regulatory action, but he spun it the same way as everything else: a speed bump on the way.
"Although there will be some negative news around some of the projects that sold tokens, there will also so be some good news, and we will see a lot of that in 2018," he said.
But again and again Roubini argued that ethereum itself should start policing scams and kicking them off the platform now, not addressing how that would run fundamentally counter to the censorship resistance ideology engineered into these platforms. But it did reflect the core idea that all of his arguments stemmed from.
"I do believe in centralization."
So even if Lubin did win the debate, it seems clear he could never win over Roubini. Nor could Roubini ever win over him. That fundamental ambivalence, one widespread among smart people during what Lubin called "exponential times," was well captured by another crypto diehard at the end of a prior panel.
"Some of this could be permanent that we're putting on a blockchain," Samantha Radocchia of the supply chain company Chronicled said. "I'd like to encourage thinking about that."
Roubini v. Lubin photo by Brady Dale for CoinDesk.
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Top 10 Japanese Restaurants In Williamsburg, Virginia
Forming "the historical triangle" along with Jamestown and Yorktown, Williamsburg is one beautiful city in Virginia that is rich in history and culture. The city played a significant role during the American Revolution, which you can see from its famous attractions. Colonial Williamsburg is a historic district—a living history museum reenacting life during colonial times. You'll also see here actors and actresses donning period costumes. Apart from the must-visit and must-see tourist destinations, the area features a vibrant and diverse food scene as well. You can know more about it when you read our list of the top Japanese restaurants in Williamsburg, Virginia. Check them out below!
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1. Hayashi Ramen & Grill
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Featuring a cozy atmosphere with the usual cafe furnishings, Hayashi Ramen & Grill is a Japanese restaurant that serves good food made from quality and fresh ingredients. The menu contains lunch specials, soups, snacks, entrees, and more—including sushi, rolls, ramen, hibachi fried rice, grilled meat and vegetables slathered with a special sauce, etc. Aside from the food, many people often visit the restaurant for the beverages, such as varieties of hot tea and bubble tea, as well as alcoholic drinks that include a selection of wines, local beers, and chilled sake.
Hayashi Ramen & Grill
Address: 5223 Monticello Ave Suite E, Williamsburg, VA 23188, United States
Website: Hayashi Ramen & Grill
Opening hours: Tue - Thu: 11am - 9:30pm; Fri - Sat: 11am - 10pm; Sun: 12pm - 9pm (closed on Mon)
2. Kyoto Japanese Steak and Seafood
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Known for its award-winning sushi bar, Kyoto Japanese Steak and Seafood is a must-try Japanese restaurant in Williamsburg that has an open kitchen where you can watch your chef prepare your meal. See how they skillfully cook your favorite Japanese classic dishes and give them a modern twist. Apart from the sushi rolls, steaks, and seafood offerings, the place also has vegetarian options and a menu for kids. If you don't have enough time to dine here, you can always have your food to-go. And in case you're ordering for a party, the restaurant has big platters and catering services.
Kyoto Japanese Steak and Seafood
Address: 1621 Richmond Rd #2318, Williamsburg, VA 23185, United States
Website: Kyoto Japanese Steak and Seafood
Opening hours: Mon - Fri: 3:30pm - 10pm; Sat: 12pm - 10pm; Sun: 12pm - 9:30pm
3. Gold Taste Sushi and Japanese Restaurant
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A family-owned food place in Williamsburg, Gold Taste Sushi and Japanese Restaurant features a diner-like interior with booth seating options and traditional Japanese decors like lanterns and parasols. It even has a picture of a Japanese building covering one of the walls. The dishes and meals offered here are fresh and authentic, all made from fine-quality ingredients. The menu includes sushi, sashimi, rice bowls, nigiri, noodles, fried rice, soups, maki, desserts, and a lot more. Additionally, the place offers party platters, which you can order in advance.
Gold Taste Sushi and Japanese Restaurant
Address: 4680 Monticello Ave Suite 18A, Williamsburg, VA 23188, United States
Website: Gold Taste Sushi and Japanese Restaurant
Opening hours: Mon - Thu: 11am - 9pm; Fri - Sat: 11am - 9:30pm; Sun: 12pm - 8pm
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4. Ichiban
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A fusion of two established restaurants in Williamsburg, Ichiban has been voted as the best Asian restaurant in the city. If you want to know the reason, make sure you dine here. It has an elegant atmosphere with white tablecloths and upholstered chairs, ornate interior, and decorative plants. The restaurant is famous for its authentic Chinese dishes and mouthwatering sushi. Apart from those, the place also has Thai food, maki lunch buffet, salads, soups, and varieties of appetizers. By just dining here, you will be exploring the biggest continent in the world.
Ichiban
Address: 4905 Courthouse St, Williamsburg, VA 23188, United States
Website: Ichiban
Opening hours: Mon - Thu: 11:30am - 10pm; Fri: 11:30am - 10:30pm; Sat: 12pm - 10:30pm; Sun: 12pm - 9:30pm
5. Golden China Chinese and Japanese Restaurant
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Are you craving Asian food, but you're in Williamsburg, and there's no way you can travel to the continent in a second? Well, you don't have to worry about that, as Golden China Chinese and Japanese Restaurant is here to make your tummy satisfied with its delectable menu of authentic Asian cuisines. It features a wooden interior with ample seating options, traditional decor, decorative plants, and an aquarium. The place has a large menu, and you can order sushi, udon, hibachi beef, chow mien, lo mien, and other lunch specials. Also, the restaurant has platters for parties and provides catering services.
Golden China Chinese and Japanese Restaurant
Address: 4854 Longhill Rd, Williamsburg, VA 23188, United States
Opening hours: Tue - Thu: 11am - 10pm; Fri - Sat: 11am - 10:30pm; Sun: 12pm - 10pm (closed on Mon)
6. Oishii Japanese Ramen & Hibachi Grill
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Are you looking for an authentic Japanese restaurant in the city? If so, you will surely love it here at Oishii Japanese Ramen & Hibachi Grill. It is a no-frill restaurant that values quality over quantity and the satisfaction of its customers, among other things. It has a wide selection of Japanese dishes ranging from noodles to grilled meats and poke bowls. The place truly has something for everyone: if you love ramen, but you're a vegan, then you can order the vegan ramen, which is purely made of plant-based ingredients; and in case you're after a tasty meat dish, you need to try the hibachi trio, which is packed with different kind of meats, including shrimp, chicken tenderloin, NY strip steak, and other surprises. Other bestsellers include deep-fried rolls, tonkatsu ramen, and souffle cheesecake.
Oishii Japanese Ramen & Hibachi Grill
Address: 515 Prince George St, Williamsburg, VA 23185, United States
Website: Oishii Japanese Ramen & Hibachi Grill
Opening hours: Tue - Thu: 11am - 10pm; Fri - Sat: 11am - 10:30pm; Sun: 12pm - 9pm (closed on Mon)
7. Sushiya
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Opened in 2013, Sushiya is a fine Japanese restaurant in Williamsburg that offers authentic flavors of Japan at an affordable price. Both locals and tourists are raving about its good food and excellent service, so make sure to dine here while you're in town. Also, this family-owned restaurant has an open hibachi kitchen, where you can watch the chef aesthetically prepare your food. One of its highlights is the signature rolls, which are "to die for" according to many reviews. Apart from the Japanese feast and fresh steaks, you'll love this place for its cozy atmosphere.
Address: 4511 John Tyler Hwy, Williamsburg, VA 23185, United States
Website: Sushiya
Opening hours: Mon - Sat: 11:30am - 2:30pm, 5pm - 9:30pm; Sun: 12pm - 8:30pm
8. Miyaki Sushi & Grill
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Miyaki Sushi & Grill is a well-loved local restaurant in Williamsburg that offers both Japanese and Korean dishes. One of its highlights is the hibachi grill, where the experienced chef will artistically prepare your meal right in front of your eyes. Another thing to look forward to is the sushi platters that are made from the freshest ingredients. Also, the place has lunch, dinner, and hibachi menus, from which you can order gyoza, tempura, teriyaki, bento boxes, and other specialty Korean dishes.
Miyaki Sushi & Grill
Address: 5601 Richmond Rd, Williamsburg, VA 23188, United States
Website: Miyaki Sushi & Grill
Opening hours: Sun - Thu: 11:30am - 9:30pm; Fri - Sat: 11:30am - 10:30pm
9. China's Cuisine Sushi Bar
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A lovely restaurant where you can order both Chinese favorites and Japanese delicacies, China's Cuisine Sushi Bar features a homey setting with many tables and chairs and decorative plants. Its menu is quite big, with a large selection from both cuisines, including udon, teriyaki, rolls, sushi, sashimi, maki, bento boxes, Chinese-style dishes, and lunch specials. Additionally, since this is a family-friendly restaurant, make sure to bring everyone the next time you dine here.
China's Cuisine Sushi Bar
Address: 1915 Pocahontas Trail C3, Williamsburg, VA 23185, United States
Website: China's Cuisine Sushi Bar
Opening hours: Mon - Fri: 11am - 10pm; Sat: 11:30am - 10pm (closed on Sun)
10. Peking Restaurant
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If you want to travel to Asia without riding on a plane and spending hard-earned money, then you have to try dining at Peking Restaurant and taste the flavors of China, Thailand, Mongolia, and Japan. Also, the interiors of the restaurant will make you feel like you're not in Virginia, with its Asian-inspired decor. As for the menu, given that the place features four different cuisines, it is quite big, ranging from sushi to teppanyaki, Mongolian barbecue, and chow mien. Aside from the a la carte menu, the main highlight of the restaurant is its all-you-can-eat buffet. Additionally, you'll find a large selection of alcoholic drinks here, like red and white wine as well as sake and other spirits.
Address: 120 Waller Mill Rd Suite J, Williamsburg, VA 23188, United States
Website: Peking Restaurant
Opening hours: Mon - Fri: 11:30am - 9pm; Sat: 12pm - 9:30pm; Sun: 12pm - 9pm
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A charming city renowned for its historic district, Williamsburg is an intriguing metropolis to visit. With its wide array of attractions and activities, you will surely not run out of things to do. It has excellent shopping spots, numerous restaurants, beautiful architecture, and sprawling parks. But if you're here for the food, you should read our list of the top Japanese restaurants in Williamsburg, Virginia, for your guide.
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You need to write tests for your code to demonstrate that it works as expected. In this post I will note the method I usually use for writing code and writing tests.
Ideally I would write all of my test code first and then write my application code and ensure my tests pass. That isn't what usually happens though. I often find it tricky to write full tests before writing any code. Even when writing code in small parts, sometimes my code gets written before the corresponding test code.
I write all of my code in feature branches (short-lived branches forked from master) and I often create a pull request (even against my own repository) when creating a new feature. Because I commit the tests first, a code reviewer can easily confirm that all the new tests actually fail correctly without the code present by simply rolling back to the last test commit and running the tests.
I usually write my unit tests first and at or near the same time as my code because they help often help shape my code heavily. The functional/integration tests are important for ensuring that the application actually works all the way through (working parts are useless on their own).
Have questions about my testing methodology? Do you use a different technique? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments below.


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The Jobawa (بانو جوبي) are a sub clan of the Fulani ethnic group, primarily found in the old Eastern Kano they were the First Fulani Clan to make contact with the Hausa people.

History

The Jobawa were reportedly the First Fula people to make contact with the central Sudan thus sparking the possibility of them being a Pre-Tengualla Fulani migration from the primordial Fula body. At some point during the 14th century the Jobawa emerged as a power in the East of the Sultanate of Kano and shortly afterward became the natural heirs to the Makama of Kano. ( an office they still hold to this day).

On learning the reputation of Shehu Usman dan Fodio, Malam Umaru a Fulani of Waijobe stock took his daughter Habiba to the Shehu's home at Degel in North Western Gobir and asked the Shehu to accept his daughter as a pupil, when the Shehu agreed Habiba immediately asked if he would also consent to teach her younger brother Ahmadu, who later acquired the lakabi or nick name Malam Bakatsine, the Shehu is said to have replied in Fulfulde ja ba do meaning your wish is granted, in order to honour this event the issues of Malam Umaru are called Jobawa, the Muallimawa dynasty is a Sub-clan of the Jobawa.

During the reign of Sarkin Kano Aliyu Babba he appointed Sarkin Takai Umaru Dan Maisaje as Makaman Kano, his link with the Jobawa is traced through his father's mother Habiba, the sister of Malam Bakatsine, in making the appointment the traditional requisite of being an agnatic descendant was not considered, the action resulted in a precedence being established for Jobawa descendants with paternal or maternal links to aspire to be appointed as Makaman Kano.

Jihad period

During the Fulani jihads of the 19th century the jobawa were instrumental to the pacification of the Sultanate of Kano. A switching of allegiance by Muhammadu Bakatsine, the then Makama of Kano and Magajin Jobe at the epic battle of 'Daukar Girma'  turned the tide of the Kano campaigns in favour of the Fulanis. Bakatsine was later to become one of the Seven Founding fathers of the Kano Emirate ensuring for the Jobe a place in the newly founded Sokoto Caliphate.

However after the jihad, the leadership of the New Kano Emirate was given to the clan of Mundubawa under Suleman Abu Hama, but as recompense, Mandikko Ibn Bakatsine, the son of Muhammadu Bakatsine was made the first Madaki of the Kano Emirate. The Jobe also retained control of the office of Makama and much of Eastern Kano except for the Fortresses of Gaya and Birnin Kudu, making them custodians of more than two - thirds of the emirate.

Notable Jobawa

Murtala Muhammed, related to Jobawa from his maternal side (through his mother), former Head of State.

Dynasties

References

History of Northern Nigeria
People from Kano
Nigerian Sunni Muslims
People from Kano State
Muslim communities in Africa
Nigerian Fula people
Fula families
Nigerian families of Fula ancestry
Nigerian families
Noble families by nationality
Nigerian noble families
Families from Kano State
People from colonial Nigeria
Society of Nigeria
Nigerian royal families
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Ерик Катберт Кристмас (; 19. март 1916—22. јул 2000) био је британски филмски и телевизијски глумац са више од 130 улога у каријери. Најпознатији је по улози директора Картера у комедији Порки (1981), а у исту улогу вратио се и два наставка. Познат је и по споредним улогама у филмовима Андромедин траг (1971), Непријатељ народа (1978), Напад парадајза убица (1978) и Замена (1980).

Добитник је награде "Кларенс Дервент" за најбољег споредног глумца (1961). Током 1970-их и 1980-их Кристмас је био професор драме на Калифорнијском универзитету у Сан Дијегу.

Преминуо је 22. јула 2000, природном смрћу, у 84. години живота. Сахрањен је на гробљу у Санта Барбари, Калифорнија.

Филмографија

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| 1939. || Носиоци бакље || -{The Torchbearers}- || господин Спиндлер ||
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| 1955—1958. || Вејн и Шустер || -{The Wayne & Shuster Show}- ||  || ТВ серија, 10 епизода
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| 1969. || Бонанца || -{Bonanza}- || Боби Дан ||
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| 1970. || Монте Волш || -{Monte Walsh}- || пуковник Вилсон ||
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| 1971. || Андромедин траг || -{The Andromeda Strain}- || сенатор Вермонта ||
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| 1971. || Џони је кренуо у рат || -{Johnny Got His Gun}- || каплар Тимлон ||
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| 1971. || Харолд и Мод || -{Harold and Maude}- || свештеник ||
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| 1974. || Колумбо || -{Columbo}- || Бруно Векслер || ТВ серија, 1 епизода
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| 1976. || Последњи магнат || -{The Last Tycoon }- || Норман ||
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| 1978. || Непријатељ народа || -{An Enemy of the People}- || Мортен Кил ||
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| 1978. || Напад парадајза убица || -{Attack of the Killer Tomatoes}- || сенатор Полк ||
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| 1980. || Замена || -{The Changeling}- || Алберт Хармон ||
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| 1981. || Порки || -{Porky's}- || господин Картер ||
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| 1983. || Порки 2: Следећи дан || -{Porky's II: The Next Day}- || господин Картер ||
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| 1985. || Поркијева освета! || -{Porky's Revenge!}- || господин Картер ||
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| 1988. || Кафић уздравље || -{Cheers}- || отац Бери || ТВ серија
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| 1991. || Багзи || -{Bugsy}- || Роналд ||
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| 1994. || Голи пиштољ 3 || -{Naked Gun 33+1⁄3: The Final Insult}- || затворски капелан ||
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| 1994. || Досије икс || -{The X-Files}- || Стен || ТВ серија
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| 1995. || Сајнфелд || -{Seinfeld }- || Џефри Харвуд || ТВ серија
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| 1997. || Бади, пас кошаркаш || -{Air Bud}- || судија Кранфилд ||
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| 1997. || Лов на миша || -{Mouse Hunt}- || Ернијев и Ларсов адвокат ||
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| 1998—2000. || Али Мекбил || -{Ally McBeal}- || судија Мејнорд Снип || ТВ серија, 2 епизоде
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Референце

Спољашње везе

Рођени 1916.
Умрли 2000.
Британски глумци


R.A.'s is a missions group for grade level boys that meets in the Ice Cream Parlor on Level 3 of the educational building.
G.A.'s is a missions group for grade level girls that meets in the fire department on Level 3 of the educational building.


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Rozsíčka (Duits: Rositschka) is een Tsjechische gemeente in de regio Zuid-Moravië, en maakt deel uit van het district Blansko.

Rozsíčka telt 162 inwoners (2006).

Gemeente in Blansko


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Bábol (Bābol, perzsa nyelven بابل) város az iráni Mazandaran tartományban és tengerparti üdülőhely a Kaszpi-tenger mellett. Bābol az ugyanazon folyó mellett található, körülbelül 30 km-re  a tartományi fővárostól Sāri-tól. A város  Māzandarāns fő kereskedelmi helye (Észak-Irán). Bābolnak a 2006. évi népszámláláskor 198.636 lakosa volt. A város déli része  Ālāscht, Reza Pahlavi iráni sah szülőhelye.

Története

A jelenlegi város - Sayyed Zahiruddin Mar'ashi történész szerint (n 1413-1488. Krón.) melyet annak idején Bārforūschdeh -nak, később pedig Bārforūschnek neveztek a 16. században alakult ki, gazdasági fejlődése csúcsát a 18. század vége felé érte el az Oroszországgal folytatott kereskedelme miatt.

Nevezetességek
 Múzeum
 Tengerparti fürdőhelyei

Galéria

Jegyzetek

Források
 Irán (Panoráma 1979)

Irán települései


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Maine infant dies after falling from horse-drawn carriage, police say
APPEARANCE TOMORROW AFTERNOON. IN ALFRED JIM KEITHLEY WMTW NEWS 8." HAPPENING NOW POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AN ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF A 4-MONTH-OLD BABY IN STACYVILLE. THE INFANT FELL OUT OF A HORSE- DRAWN CARRIAGE AND SUFFERED A SIGNIFICANT HEAD INJURY. THE BABY LATER
A 4-month-old child has died after falling from a horse-drawn carriage in the Penobscot County town of Stacyville, according to Maine State Police.The incident was reported Wednesday afternoon on Route 11.Police said the child fell from the carriage and suffered life-threatening injuries.The child died of its injuries after being taken by ambulance to Millinocket General Hospital, officials said.Police said that several people witnessed the incident and the investigation is ongoing.
STACYVILLE, Maine —
A 4-month-old child has died after falling from a horse-drawn carriage in the Penobscot County town of Stacyville, according to Maine State Police.
The incident was reported Wednesday afternoon on Route 11.
Police said the child fell from the carriage and suffered life-threatening injuries.
The child died of its injuries after being taken by ambulance to Millinocket General Hospital, officials said.
Police said that several people witnessed the incident and the investigation is ongoing.


For Omaha's Saddle Hills neighborhood, dealing with the significant impacts of stormwater runoff has also created opportunities for community members to gain awareness and take stormwater management into their own hands. Not long after the neighborhood was built, a storm sewer was installed with the outfall at the edge of the neighborhood where it flowed into what used to be an old drainage way. The two properties downstream were developed and they, too, altered the drainage way. Runoff from the neighborhood eroded its own path through the first property, a church with an athletic field and playground, creating a very deep and wide "stream". The stormwater flow continued onto the second property, a car sales lot, depositing eroded sediment and flowing across the parking lot on its way to a near-by culvert. The car lot's owner reached out to an engineering firm in search of a solution to address the amounts of mud in his parking lot. Discussions between the engineering firm, the City of Omaha, and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln led to the idea of using this project as a community example for improved stormwater management, rather than simply finding a remedy to the sediment deposition.
In 2012, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln was awarded an EPA Urban Waters Small Grant to bring this living laboratory to life for two of Omaha's watersheds while creating stormwater education opportunities for Omaha's residents.
In 2011, just before the University of Nebraska-Lincoln was awarded their Urban Waters Small Grant, 35% of Americans owned a smartphone. Today, 77% of Americans own smartphones. Technology has become increasingly more available and is now a critical component to many Americans' everyday lives, especially the younger generations. The combination of GPS capabilities, web-based mapping tools, and the popularity of smartphones create the backbone for using mobile apps as an educational tool. Recognizing the promise of these new technologies, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln was awarded the grant in 2011 to develop two mobile apps as part of their stormwater outreach efforts.
Because residents do not necessarily view stormwater as a pollutant, they are unaware of the negative effects it can have on their community. Education and awareness is critical to gain support from residents in order to make a positive behavior change. Residents who are supportive of proper stormwater management and the use of green infrastructure are more likely to adopt those practices and increase the chances for the project's success.
In the three years since the launch of the Omaha Green Infrastructure app, it has been downloaded over 100 times and viewed nearly 6,700 times. This educational app provides information on topics such as what stormwater is and why it is important and presents structural and non-structural strategies for managing stormwater. It also includes case studies of green infrastructure projects across the City of Omaha such as the Rockbrook Creek Tributary Rehabilitation project and the Florence Streetscape to connect app users to the various local examples of effective stormwater management strategies that can be found locally.
The U.S. Green Infrastructure Reporter is a mobile application that can be used by citizens across the country to report green infrastructure initiatives, such as rain barrels, rain gardens, green roofs, and other green infrastructure industries. In addition to reporting green infrastructure practices, citizens and stakeholders can also learn about the different types of green infrastructure they may find in their communities under the 'Education' tab. The U.S. Green Infrastructure Reporter has collected over 7,000 reports nationally and 20 reports from the two living laboratory watersheds in Omaha.
While these mobile apps have proven to be very useful, disseminating them has not been without its challenges. In addition, designing and launching a mobile app requires a significant investment of time for planning, programming and logistics, to ensure that the apps are user friendly and useful.
These apps are a fun, novel way for citizens to get out explore their local communities by finding and reporting green infrastructure initiatives and learning about stormwater management solutions. The mobile apps developed by this partnership are available for download in the Apple iTunes store or Google Play.
The mobile apps were part of a larger community education and outreach project that the University of Nebraska- Lincoln and the City of Omaha implemented. They also used other approaches to engage members of the community, including reports, websites, providing incentives for survey participants, extensive use of social media, and hosting and/or participating in over twenty-seven events to increase local awareness of stormwater issues, such as green infrastructure tours and community discussions.
Public education is vital to increasing local awareness of the impacts of stormwater runoff and to motivate positive change. This became clear to Andy Szatko, City of Omaha Stormwater Program Technician, after giving a public presentation. When a member of the audience came up to him to tell him they hated him, Szatko was taken aback, and asked why. The participant replied, "Now all I see is sand on the streets, erosion, pollution, (and) degraded streams." Once people become aware of the issues, it is hard for them to "turn it off" and get it out of their heads. According to Andy, that is why community engagement is critical to managing stormwater effectively.
To build on the success of the first Urban Waters project, the City of Omaha and University of Nebraska-Lincoln wanted to create an Omaha Green Infrastructure Education Network to continue to generate local momentum. They were awarded a second Urban Waters Small Grant to build the Omaha Green Infrastructure Education Network, which aims to provide education and outreach to Omaha's underserved communities, the local workforce, and local schools.
Through their partnerships, the City of Omaha and University of Nebraska-Lincoln recently completed a Green Infrastructure Education Resource Packet, a toolkit for integrating green infrastructure into the classrooms. It includes example lesson plans, maps of green infrastructure on or near schools, and tips and tricks for getting students involved by creating educational materials for schools. Materials and training opportunities for the local workforce are also being developed, along with targeted outreach to Omaha residents so they can adapt to the needs of the community.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the City of Omaha are also trying to find ways to build upon the mobile apps they created as part of their first Urban Waters Small Grant and secure the resources and capacity to update them.
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln was established on February 15, 1869 as a land-grant university, known for being the oldest in the state of Nebraska and largest in the University of Nebraska system. The university is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.