She was born Ada Beatrice Queen Victoria Louise Virginia Smith to a former slave in West Virginia. Ada "Bricktop" Smith (1894-1984) had a face full of freckles and shocking red hair, hence her nickname. A mixed race bisexual, she was equal parts cabaret entertainer, club operator and matriarch of Montmartre, though she simply called herself "a barkeeper." Her nightclub became the most popular in Paris for a fashionable set of celebrities, writers and royals.
By 1930 Bricktop's cabaret was the main attraction in Montmartre for a chic international coterie, drawing songwriters Cole Porter and Noel Coward, writers F. Scott Fitzgerald and John Steinbeck, and the Prince of Wales. Fats Waller and Duke Ellington stopped by on their visits to Paris and Louis Armstrong once sang a duet with Django Reinhardt. Bricktop's was the "Moveable Feast" that was Paris between the wars celebrated in literature by Ernest Hemingway.
Like Le Grand Duc before it, Bricktop's played a central role in the black community of Montmartre. Musicians hung out and jammed until early morning hours, black entertainers could receive and send mail, catch-up on gossip or find jobs. And get a down home meal of fried chicken, cooked greens and cornbread.
Bricktop's was the first nightclub to headline the string jazz of Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelli and the Quintet of the Hot Club of France. Django is far left.
Bricktop's cabaret and the nightclubs of Montmartre were the hub of activity for African-American entertainers in Paris — focal point and support system for the small yet cohesive community that hosted African American in France. An informally organized African-American colony welcomed black musicians, entertainers and even boxers to Harlem-on-the-Seine where they could become noted celebrities.
Piano player and bandleader Freddie Johnson with West Indies singer Rosie Poindexter, 1934. Photo: JazzIndex.ch.
Freddy Johnson (1904-61) was house pianist at Bricktop's for a few years, as were the excellent swing piano players Garland Wilson and Herman Chittison. An intimate Johnson duet with trumpet player Arthur Briggs, "Japanese Sandman" represents the muted, often hushed music offered at Bricktop's.
A very good musician and singer, Johnson came to Europe with bandleader Sam Wooding in 1928. He stayed, becoming quite successful as a piano soloist and bandleader. Freddy enjoyed great popularity in France, Belgium and Holland, recording with visiting American tenor saxophone master Coleman Hawkins.
Johnson also ran a hot jazz orchestra with the fine trumpet player Arthur Briggs (1899-1991). Briggs was Grenadian-born, of Canadian citizenship and a graduate of the music education offered in the orchestras of the famed Jenkins Orphanage of South Carolina. Living continuously in Europe after 1920, Briggs led or co-led bands, mostly in Paris during the early 1930s and was loosely associated with Johnson. He too, recorded with saxist Hawkins.
The Johnson-Briggs Orchestra, 1932, standing left: Freddy Johnson and Arthur Briggs, top right: reed player Frank "Big Boy" Goudie.
For a while they shared leadership of a Harlem-style band containing the cream of American jazz musicians in Paris, the hard-swinging Johnson-Briggs Orchestra (aka The Harlemites). The 1933 "Harlem Bound" composed by Johnson was among the finest jazz records made by American musicians in Europe between the wars.
The elegant Alberta Hunter (1895-1984) was a salty Blues, Cabaret and Theatrical performer who led a complicated bisexual lifestyle. Her storied career stretched from the dives and brothels of black vaudeville to the London staging of "Showboat" with Paul Robeson. A pioneering early blues singer, she'd recorded for a half dozen top record labels. Hunter wrote "Downhearted Blues," Bessie Smith's first big hit that sold a million records.
Performing frequently in Paris, Hunter was part of the regular crowd at Bricktop's and the nightclubs of Montmartre. In fact, it's possible she and Bricktop were intimate. Which is ironic since it was Bricktop who had intercepted the 1924 telegram offering Hunter a job at Le Grand Duc, but taken it herself.
At Bricktops Cabaret. Bricktop is front left, Alberta Hunter far right.
Cole Porter's ironic and bittersweet "Miss Otis Regrets (She's Unable to Lunch Today)" reflects Bricktop' distinctive personal cabaret singing style. It's a cleverly constructed cry against racism and lynching. She never recorded it, nor do we have records of Bricktop in her prime.
But Alberta Hunter's 1934 performance borrowed some of her style. Yet in the cabaret, unlike this London studio session, Bricktop would have been accompanied by only by a few instruments, piano, or nothing at all. She sang while wandering between tables, interacting with her clientele and staff, or conducting other business.
When the 1929 stock market collapse emptied the pockets of the idle American and British rich in France, Montmartre nightlife fell off. The decline was hastened by the spread of street crime and protests from out-of-work French musicians. The negative side effects of allowing a thriving jazz district eventually provoked a strong reaction from formerly tolerant Parisians.
But by then, top African American singers, orchestras and entertainers were finding more prestigious work outside Montmartre, elsewhere in Paris, on the French Riviera or in Monte Carlo. There were posh gigs in Belgium, Holland, Portugal, Spain and Germany.
Yet it's doubtful that the jazz heard between the wars in Europe would have been possible without the fearless, bawdy, talented, outrageous and fabulous divas of Harlem-on-the-Seine. They launched "Le Tumulte Noir" and sustained a Golden Age of European Jazz and Swing, 1924-39.
In Part 2, we'll visit more of the cabarets and nightclubs of Harlem-on-the-Seine where jazz flourished in the 1920s and '30s and meet the trumpeter, singer and dancer Valaida Snow who led a flamboyant life in Paris and Europe.
Chilton, John, Sidney Bechet: The Wizard of Jazz, University of Michigan Press, 1996 .
Flannery, Janet, Paris Was Yesterday: 1925-1939, Viking Press, 1972.
Dan Vernhettes, Christine Goudie, Tony Baldwin, BIG BOY: The Life and Times of Frank Goudie, Jazzedit, France, 2015.


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import jetbrick.template.web.JetWebEngine;

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Mr Frank [Francis Thomas] Jenkins, an old resident of the Gundagai district and son of the late Mr. J. Jenkins, one time owner of Nangus Estate, died in the Gundagai hospital on Saturday. A few months ago deceased became very ill–a neighbor found him in his home at Tarrabandra in a bad state of health. He lived by himself. He was removed to Gundagai hospital. He recovered sufficiently to leave the institution, but returned later, and died as stated. Deceased and his family were well known in Wagga and the surrounding districts. He was 70 years of age and he leaves two sons and one daughter. Fifty years ago Frank Jenkins was well-to-do and owned a good deal of property – he was the original selector of the 'Star'' paddock at Tarrabandra. In his youth a good athlete and horse-man he had often ridden from Gundagai to Narandera without pulling a ?. He leaves a brother, Mr. W. T. Jenkins. Mrs. S. Beveridge, Epping, and Mrs. M. Mair are sisters, and there are three other sisters. Only last year his mother, who was over 100 years of age, died at Eppingg. The funeral took place on Monday at Gundagai.
'Jenkins, Francis Thomas (Frank) (1854–1925)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/jenkins-francis-thomas-frank-25931/text34036, accessed 18 April 2019.


Catholics For Family Peace Education and Research Initiative is part of the National Catholic School of Social Service's Consortium for Catholic Social Teaching at the Catholic University of America.
Visit our page at The Catholic University of America.
We aim to inform the Catholic community on ways to promote family peace and to prevent and respond to domestic abuse and to provide resources and promote prayer for all families. Our initiative provides education, resources, and research that help pastoral leaders, clergy, and parishioners recognize domestic abuse and respond with compassion.
Catholics for Family Peace also serves as a clearinghouse for effective pastoral practices of the universal Church that address violence in the home. Training and information presentations may be scheduled at parishes, seminaries, and for organizations. To schedule a training, contact us.
There is much to learn and share about the Catholic Response to Domestic Abuse.
Our Faculty Associate, Christauria Welland, Psyc. D. has authored How can we help to end violence in Catholic families: A Guide for Clergy, Religious, and Laity. It is good information for anyone. You can download a free copy at www.paxinfamilia.org. At present, there are 9 versions of the 100-page booklet in six languages.
Rose Saad, ER nurse and Catholic survivor of an abusive marriage, writes a blog where she explains how things like denial and fear play into an abusive relationship. Ms. Saad is also an author and has used her experience and her compassion to write A Path to Hope: Restoring the Spirit of the Abused Christian Woman.
for those affected by domestic violence.
October is a very important month for us because it is Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM). As an initiative focused on education and prayer, we developed resources, organized events, and created social media posts for YOU to use, attend, and share in the month of October.
We are excited to share our 2018 Domestic Violence Awareness Toolkit.
Were you unable to attend the Mass for Family Peace in October 2018?
Don't worry! We recorded Bishop Campbell's homily, and it is now available for viewing and sharing. Click on the link below.
Please take the time to listen to his message, and let us share in the joyful hope we have as advocates for all people's safety and dignity.
Take a look at our pictures from the mass.
Follow us on Facebook and Twitter all year long for graphics and easy-to-share messages to spread the word that domestic violence is not acceptable, and that family peace can happen!
Throughout www.catholicsforfamilypeace.org, links to other websites are provided solely for the user's convenience. Catholics For Family Peace Education and Research Intiative assumes no responsibility for these websites, their content, or their sponsoring organizations.


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Q: ReactJS TypeError: Cannot read property of undefined I have this code right here, that works in this online text editor: https://codesandbox.io/s/o4n0v203vy
In the npm console, everything is okay:

But in the browser, this happens:

What logs in the console, when i do export var renderTree = (node, setActiveNode, activeNode) => { console.log(node && node.type, 'look here');

I can't figure out why is this happening. Any help is appreciated!
Thanks!

A: You're probably running the source file in your browser instead of the built one.

A: The variable node is undefined so doesn't have a property called type.
Change your check to
if(node && node.type === 'file'){
    ...
}

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Effect of the concentration of inherent mineral elements on the adsorption capacity of coconut shell-based activated carbons.
Coconut shells of West Africa Tall, a local variety of the coconut species Cocos nucifera L., were taken from five different geographical locations in Ghana and examined for the presence and concentration levels of some selected mineral elements using atomic absorption spectrometer. Activated carbons were subsequently made from the shells by the physical method. The iodine adsorption characteristics of the activated carbons measured showed a definite relationship to the concentration levels of potassium and other mineral elements in the precursor shell. Samples with lower total minerals content recorded higher iodine numbers. It was observed that the origin of the shells was related to the concentration levels of the analyzed mineral elements in the shells, which in turn affected the adsorption capacity of the activated carbons. The results of this study have important implications for the sourcing of coconuts whose shells are used in the manufacture of activated carbons.
Next Document: Effect and aftereffect of gamma radiation pretreatment on enzymatic hydrolysis of wheat straw.


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Alex Carr
Program Manager, Zero-Carbon Fuels
acarr@cleanairtaskforce.org
Alex Carr is CATF's Program Manager for Zero-Carbon Fuels. She supports the delivery of program-wide strategies and activities, including coalition building, decision-maker advocacy and strategic communications, contributing to the expansion of zero-carbon fuels to drive down emissions globally.
Alex has several years of experience in developing and delivering intricate programs of work related to climate and energy policy and has worked on themes covering global coal phase out and just transition, climate-trade policy nexus, and emissions accounting related to consumption patterns.
Before joining CATF in January 2023, Alex was Programme Associate at E3G, supporting the delivery of the Fossil Fuel Transition program, primarily focused on the coal-to-clean energy transition. Her role spanned various elements of program support, including grant management, team expansion and coordination, output delivery and event assistance. She has extensive experience in events coordination, including policy dialogues, webinars, COP and other international fora side-events.
Prior to her time at E3G, she worked at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at LSE, where she engaged with a multidisciplinary team of researchers to develop research proposals and execute internal and external reporting activities. Earlier in her career, Alex worked at Climate Strategies as Programme and Communication Manager, delivering a range of climate and energy policy research projects, and for Keep Britain Tidy as a Senior Project Officer to support the introduction of a new waste management system.
Alex holds a BSc in Geography from Loughborough University and a MSc in Climate Change from the University of Copenhagen. She is from the UK and spent several years living in London before relocating to the Czech Republic in 2020, where she is currently based in Prague. Her hobbies include reading, cycling, attending live music events and hiking in the Czech countryside.

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One of the biggest difficulties in living the Christian life is realizing that we still sin. This is one of the biggest things that are thrown into the Christian's face when they take a stand for truth– that the Christian is a hypocrite because he cannot live up to the standard that he proclaims.
Hence the comparison with Ms. Hilton. Fortunately, it's been a long time since I've seen her name in the news. In fact, I believe that she's been attempting to remake her image, and that is exactly my point.


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St. Demetrius' Church () is a church in Poliçan, Berat County, Albania. It became a Cultural Monument of Albania in 1977.

References

Cultural Monuments of Albania
Buildings and structures in Berat County

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The protection of consumers from potential hazards in the food supply is one of the most important public health functions for any government. In this regard, the World Health Organization (WHO) has recognized total diet studies as the most cost-effective tool for assessing dietary exposures to a range of potentially hazardous chemicals and intakes of essential nutrients. The importance of total diet studies in assuring the safety of the food supply and identifying possible health risks will be described.
The lecture will be divided into three main parts. The first part concerns the selection of targeted populations for a TDS: selection criteria, presentation of the different possible population groups, and corresponding needs for the sampling plan. The second part will be a presentation about a prioritization tool for the selection of substances to be included in a TDS: selection criteria, judgments of the substances, and use of the tool. The third part will describe application of the tool.
Participants will go through the multistep process of formulating a Total Diet Study (TDS) food list composed of food categories sufficiently representative for a reference diet, defining a sampling plan, and finally collecting the food products to compose the market baskets. Documentation, procedures, and tools are necessary for each of these steps and there are critical points in each. The availability of data and ancillary information are crucial. The kind of data available influences the potential to identify core foods and the alignment with dietary exposure evaluation. Information about the foods is fundamental in taking account of the variables affecting potential contamination at production (e.g. market share data for packed foods; varieties for fresh foods) or delivery (e.g. home treatment and cooking methods). Extensive white literature is available on TDS previously performed; a similarly set of technical publications is available for specific groups of substances (e.g. pesticides), and a series of reports concerning TDS carried out all over the world, especially where food composition tables are not available. TDS-Exposure has taken up the challenge of designing systems for implementing harmonised TDS studies throughout Europe, following the EFSA's guidelines to exploit the work done in the past and create an evidence-based system for TDS.
Dissemination and communication are an integral aspect of research, but the skills and understanding necessary for effective delivery are often neglected. This lecture will explore the importance and benefits of dissemination and communication, the actors involved, and the media as a partner in public empowerment.
Planning TDS is a complicated process with many sequential steps. It is important to set principal objectives, decide about management/ budget and, technically, describe the main methodological components of a study. Participants will go through the main steps in detail to appreciate how components are interrelated and the main challenges and potential limitations of TDS. Specific focus will be on principles of representative sampling in relation to the TDS food list.
This lecture will provide an overview of the EFSA Comprehensive European Food Consumption Database and the main principles of the dietary exposure assessment, with some illustrations based on cadmium.
A key part of TDS work is that exposure calculations are based on chemical concentrations measured in the food AS EATEN. So it is important to ensure the food preparation methods used in TDS work, properly reflect consumer practice. Depending on their chemical characteristics, food preparation methods can cause concentrations to rise, fall or remain uncharged. Food preparation methods may also introduce additional extraneous contaminants unless care is taken. There is particular interest nowadays to maximise the utility (and so spread the cost) of TDS work by using archived samples for analysis for as-yet not known (completely unknown or just not yet decided) contaminants. This re-emphasises the need not only to select the correct preparation procedures but, as crucially, to keep extensive records so that the relevance of the food preparation methods used can be evaluated later on.
Collection of foods for TDS is a process based on the prepared sampling plan. This is the next step after designing of the TDS food list followed by suggesting of TDS pooled samples. TDS sample plan must take into account many additional factors including number of TDS samples, number of subsamples in the pool, selection of individual food items/brands, national/regional character of food items, seasonality in consumption, type of culinary treatment. Practicalities including throughput of food collection, transportation, storage and kitchen preparations of foods are also very important for good sampling in TDS. Participants will gain an understanding of how to keep a balance between requests and practical possibilities. A part of lecture will be dedicated also to practical experience obtained in on-going pilot study.
Measurement data are often perceived as the absolute truth. Once out of the analytical environment, they often start to life of their own and the numbers are stripped of all meta-data. This, however, can have severe consequences towards data treatment and interpretation at a later stage. In order to assess the value of a number, it helps if the assessor has insight in how the numbers came about. After an introduction on how samples are actually analysed, it will become clear how data re generated from of a food sample. The main part of the lecture will be quality of data. The origin and background of measurement uncertainty will be discussed to reveal what is behind the numbers.
These lecture and practical session will provide an overview of systems for detailed description of food including LanguaL and the EFSA FoodEX food list combined with facet descriptors.
The lecture will present a 'big picture' view of food data and where TDS data is located in this landscape as well as details on how to import, manage and export TDS data in FoodCASE-Risk.
Lectures will focus on quality concepts required for TDS process. Initially, a brief overview of quality tools will be presented. The key concepts that support TDS generic flowchart will be introduced. Documentation and identification of mandatory and recommended requirements will also be outlined.
Exposure assessment needs input data from consumption surveys and concentration data from either monitoring programmes or from Total Diet Studies. Monitoring programs are often biased towards targeted sampling. TDS concentration data are assumed to be more representative, but the quality of TDS data is also influenced by uncertainties. In this lecture, we will highlight different exposure models and the relevance of good input data for an optimal exposure assessment.


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Q: Django Improper URL NoReverseMatch URL
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    #PAPER PROJECTS
    path('create-paper-project/', PTCreateView.as_view(), name='pt-create'),
    path('list-paper-projects/', PTListView.as_view(), name='pt-list'),
    path('pproj<str:pk>/', PTDetailView.as_view(), name='pt-detail'),
    path('pprojp<str:pk>/update/', PTUpdateView.as_view(), name='pt-update'),
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In the HTML portion if I replace the "object_list.paper.pk" portion with just a pk (say 6). This works just fine. I can even plug in other pk's to the URL. I do not understand why this is giving off an error. There seem to be similar problems on StackOverflow but none exactly like this.

A: You do not have a path in your urls.py called pt-detail configured correctly
You are calling it in your template ="{% url 'pt-detail'object_list.paper.pk %}"
You just need to make a small adjustment in your urls.py
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If you're wondering if you need to buy inserts or if you should focus on printables you're not alone. One reason my first attempt at couponing failed is because I was trying to do it all. I was asking friends, family, and strangers for their inserts. I was trying to download every coupon available on the internet on any given day. Realizing how much time, energy, and money I was wasting, I knew something had to change.
Let's talk about each kind of coupon.
If you're purchasing Sunday newspapers to get your inserts, you are probably spending too much. You'll need at least 4 of each coupon to take advantage of the best deals. If you're trying to build a stockpile, you'll need even more. You can also get inserts by asking friends and family, contacting your local recycling center, or asking local businesses if you can have their leftover papers on Monday mornings. You can also buy inserts on facebook or Instagram. If you're purchasing in bulk from someone on the internet, please be sure you check their feedback first.
Coupon inserts are regional. What one person gets in their SmartSource might not be what is included in yours. You may become frustrated when you're trying to follow a deal breakdown but simply don't have the right coupons. If you know about a deal ahead of time, you can try to order inserts that include the specific coupons you need. I always go wild when Target has a deal on Iams. I will order at least 20 inserts with the correct coupon because I know my savings will more than cover the cost of the inserts.
My coupon of choice would have to be internet printables. I find that they are easier, cost less money, and just fit my style a bit better. Since you will be limited to two prints per computer or device, having 2 or more computers is key. Buy your printer ink and paper in bulk at excellent prices if you are going to be printing a lot of coupons. You may find that a downside to internet printables is that they can be there one day and gone the next. Because of this, you will end up printing quite a few coupons that you don't end up using in time. I suggest heading over to our internet printables page every few days and printing any coupons you think you may use. If you wait until a deal pops up to print them, they may already be gone.
Your best option is probably to use a mix of both options. If you're feeling overwhelmed, though, it can be easier to start with one or the other. You may want to try both kinds and see what works best for you. Do you prefer inserts or printables and why? Post a comment below and let us know!


Sometimes a gardener feels as if they're in a heavyweight boxing match: Your Tender Plants vs. Mr. Freeze. Your citrus, succulents and perennials that may thrive in milder climates might be able to take a frosty punch or two here in the Sacramento/San Joaquin Valleys, foothills, and inland portions of the Bay Area. But five or six chilling blows to the flowers, leaves, stems and roots?
We aren't talking about light frosts, or temperatures that hover around 30 degrees (F) for a couple of hours; that would be normal for this time of year. What area gardeners are going through right now is a week of extended hours of below freezing overnight temperatures, with prolonged bouts of plant-killing cold in the mid-to-low 20's.
Pruning away the dead portions now exposes buds that may still be alive; another frosty morning could wipe out those survivors.
The average frost season for Sacramento is about two months, primarily December and January. But temperatures below 32 have been recorded as early as the first week in November; as late as the third week in March.
So, keep the shears in the garage and let the dead portions of the plants protect the understory.
Some of those dead plants may be summer annuals, such as this impatiens, which took its sweet time to croak. Mornings hovering around 25 degrees can do that to a summer annual. Put them in the compost pile; plant more in the spring, after all danger of frost.
What about those plants that have frozen past the point of no return? Should you replace them with the same varieties? That frozen ficus (or avocado tree) may be Mother Nature's way of telling you: "Hey! This ain't San Diego! Pick outdoor plants that can take colder temperatures!"
The National Weather Service has issued a hard freeze watch for many areas of Northern California for Wednesday through Saturday, Dec. 4-7.
* TEMPERATURES: IN THE 20S.
* TIMING: WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.
Many of us learned to take this seriously in 1990, when consecutive low morning temperatures of 22, 18, 21 and 23 in Sacramento descended upon us during the period of December 21-24. Temperatures did not get above 25 degrees in parts of the San Joaquin Valley for three to five days and all time record low temperatures were set at Sacramento, Stockton, and Bakersfield. Many records were set for duration of freezing temperatures. The agricultural industry was devastated as acres of trees, not just fruit, were destroyed. Thirty-three counties were disaster-declared.


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Is it Okay to Drop Virtual Nuclear Bombs?
November 26, 2015 May 16, 2016 Paul Fidalgo
This is probably a ridiculous question, but whatever: Is it immoral to do immoral things in a video game?
Here's the thing. I have a genuine concern about ultra-violent games, particularly immersive first-person shooters that reward the most ghastly behavior and casual mass-killing. I know this view isn't popular among Internet-types, but I do worry that spending hours training yourself mentally to slaughter without care must have some deleterious effect on one's sense of right and wrong. But I don't know.
But let's look at a different genre of game. Pretty much the only computer games I ever play, with very few exceptions, are games from the Civilization franchise. (I have not yet been able to make heads or tails of Beyond Earth, but I will try again sometime.) In all of the Civ games I've ever played (which go back to Civ III), nuclear weapons can eventually be attained and used against rival empires.
I have always felt very uneasy about them. Which is completely absurd! I seem to have no problem massacring legions of an opponent's military units or laying waste to its cities, but I always feel like dropping The Bomb on them is somehow crossing a line.
Actually, I do sometimes have a compunction about military action in Civ games. When I first got into them, I always tried very hard to win through things like culture and building alliances. A lot of this has to do with the fact that I'm not by nature very aggressive, that I avoid conflict, and I fear that attempts to militarily win the game will wind up just embarrassing me in front of the other emperors. But it also comes from a genuine loathing of war and violence on principle.
Maybe that's silly. These are pixels and lines of code, not real humans. But that's just as true for the pixels and lines of code in something like Call of Duty.
That's not a perfect comparison, though, because my worry about first-person shooters is, again, that they serve as a kind of training and conditioning for violence by way of a simulation of reality, of a first-person perspective. It's "you" doing the killing, as opposed to a little digital sprite on a map grid.
But to turn it back again, in Civ you're not simulating the experience of the soldier on the ground who's doing the shooting, but you are simulating the person making the decisions about who will try and kill whom. Maybe it's a conditioning of another kind. It's not conditioning you to lust for blood and violence at your own hand, or to crave the sensations of blasting away at someone's body, but maybe it conditions you to no longer see people as a collective of individuals, but as data points on a map, as resources or obstructions to resources. I guess it could be argued that these are both dehumanizing in their own way.
And maybe that's why using nuclear weapons in Civ games bothers me. Now, I have and do use them. I usually eventually accept the terms of the game I'm playing, and bombs away. But I always feel weird about it.
If there's a parallel to the dehumanizing effects of immersive first-person shooters and bird's-eye-view strategy games, I don't for a second think they're equal. I do suspect (I don't know, I suspect) that there's something about first-person shooters that's visceral, that works below our consciousness, something that specifically stimulates the fight-or-flight system in our lizard brains. Strategy games, if they do anything similar, can't possibly act on such an animalistic, atavistic level. But they might do something.
And they might say something. When I railed against the violence coolly perpetrated against women in video games (for which I got no end of hostility), I was concerned about how they could effect behavior, but I also worried about what they said about us. I didn't like that we had an incredibly popular entertainment medium that celebrated this kind of reprehensible brutality, and I wanted us to demand better of ourselves, even our simulated selves.
So maybe that's why I hesitate before launching those nuclear missiles in Civ. I know it's not real, and I know I'd never use these kinds of weapons in real life if I were in a position to do so.
But I guess I'm not entirely comfortable with what it says about me, and about us, that I do use them in this game. I guess that even in a totally manufactured, fictional universe, I would like to think better of myself.
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Supreme Court rejects Trump administration request to fast-track DACA appeal
Federal courts in California, New York, Maryland and Washington, D.C., have ruled that the government cannot shut the Obama-era program down.
Demonstrators raise their fists in protest of President Donald Trump's attempts to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program outside the Capitol on March 5, 2018.Samuel Corum / Anadolu Agency/Getty Images file
By Pete Williams
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a request from the Trump administration to speed up its consideration of the future of DACA, the federal program that has allowed 700,000 young people — known as Dreamers — to avoid deportation.
Short for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, the Obama-era initiative allows children of illegal immigrants to remain here if they were under 16 when their parents brought them to the United States and if they arrived by 2007.
The Trump administration, considering the program to be illegal, has tried for almost two years to shut it down, but lower courts have blocked that effort. The administration's appeals of those rulings have been pending since last November, but the Supreme Court has so far taken no action on them.
In late May, the Department of Justice urged the court to speed up the process and decide before its summer recess whether to take up the appeals.
Supreme Court takes no action on DACA appeal
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"The government has been required to sanction indefinitely an ongoing violation of federal law," Solicitor General Noel Francisco wrote in urging the court to expedite its review. "And the very existence of this pending litigation continues to impede efforts to enact legislation addressing these issues."
But in a brief one-sentence order, the court denied the request Monday. As is its normal practice, it gave no reason.
Federal courts in California, New York, Maryland and Washington, D.C., have ruled that the government cannot shut down the program and must continue to accept renewal applications from DACA participants, which have to be filed every two years.
Immigrant rights groups involved in the Maryland case urged the Supreme Court not to expedite the case. "No court to consider the issue has held that DACA is unlawful. Because there is no violation of federal law, there is and can be no harm" to the government in allowing the program to continue, they said.
For the first several months of the Trump administration, the Department of Homeland Security indicated it would not disturb DACA. But it later acted in support of a lawsuit filed by Texas and seven other states, which said the program illegally gives those it covers the right to seek work permits.
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Pete Williams is an NBC News correspondent who covers the Justice Department and the Supreme Court, based in Washington.


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Abstracts » Business, international
Journey beyond the stars
Economists are increasingly crossing academic borders into other social sciences such as sociology, and they include Casey Mulligan and Caroline Hoxby. Steve Levitt has examined crime levels and imprisonment. Theory and empirical effort are tending to mingle. The insights of economics may not be fully understood for some time by professionals in other fields, so the work of new economists may take a while to have an impact. The revitalization of economics could come about from this new research.
Publisher: Economist Newspaper Ltd.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
Models, Analysis, Economic research
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Economists argue that there are good reasons for prosecuting bystanders who fail to provide help when it is needed. There has tended to be a focus on the benefits of free markets in the type of economics usually married to law. Insider trading is not seen as harmful, according to a view combining law and economics. Corruption is seen as harmful to economic growth, while property rights are seen as important. A reduction in tax rates is seen as one way to reduce corruption.
Social aspects, Economic aspects, Law
Subjects list: Economics
Abstracts: Money is just the start. Back to the drawing board
Abstracts: Nature, nurture and growth. Deflation and all that. Fallen idol
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Sergio Aguero blocked from visiting Argentina squad at World Cup, he's fuming
Sergio Aguero says he has been denied access to Argentina's training base at the World Cup in Qatar.
The 34-year-old forward, who announced his retirement from professional football last year after being diagnosed with heart arrhythmia, was expected to join Argentina's coaching staff at this winter's tournament.
But the former Manchester City and Barcelona forward eventually decided against helping coach the team.
"The invitation to be part of Argentina staff was in the table. I spoke with Chiqui [Tapia, Argentina Football Association president] and I was clear with him about my goal to enjoy my time," Aguero told ESPN. "I'm going to Qatar, but as a fan."
Months after making those comments. Aguero, who got stuck on a plane full of Brazil fans heading to Qatar, landed in the Middle East last week to support the Argentina national team.
But he still hasn't visited the likes of Lionel Messi and Angel di Maria at their training camp after he was prevented from entering the grounds.
Aguero was told that the correct accreditation could not be arranged in time, meaning he was prevented from wishing the team good luck ahead of their World Cup opener against Saudi Arabia.
The 34-year-old has criticised his country's football association [AFA] after being denied entry.
"I haven't seen the national team yet," he said. "Hey, let's see, but everything is kind of weird. Supposedly you have to have a credential to pass through. It sounds strange to me that it takes three or four days to arrange.
"I asked and was told the decision has come from above - but I see there are others who have been allowed in. It's strange that they can't give me the right credentials quickly.
"I've been in the national team and know they make a credential for you quickly. What do I know? I'm not going to bother. I'm going to wait for everything to finish.
"I wanted to go earlier, to wish them luck. The situation is rare. I've never done anyone wrong. I've always behaved well. Maybe there are people who don't like being told bad things.
"It annoys me that others arrive the same day of their trip and suddenly they are in there. I sent a good luck message. If they don't want me to go, it's all good, but tell me to my face."
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Spain boss Luis Enrique has since invited Aguero to their training camp after learning he'd travelled from South America to watch the football.
Aguero, meanwhile, is clearly still annoyed about not having the right accreditation to visit some of his former teammates in the Argentina squad.
He added: "What does it look like if I go to visit Spain before I have even been to see my teammates? First I'm waiting for someone from the AFA to call me and tell me something."
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Jeroen Dewulf is Professor at the UC Berkeley Department of German & Dutch Studies. As the incumbent of the Queen Beatrix Chair, he is director of Berkeley's Dutch Studies Program. He is also the director of UC Berkeley's Institute of European Studies and Chair of the Chancellor's Advisory Board on Study Abroad. He currently also serves as interim director of UC Berkeley's Institute of International Studies. Since 2017, Dewulf is a member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium. As an affiliated member of the Center for African Studies and core member of the faculty board of the Latin American Studies Graduate Group, he is also active in the field of African Studies and Latin-American Studies. He is also the literary executor of the Swiss author Hugo Loetscher (1929-2009). Dewulf graduated with a major in Germanic Philology and a minor in Portuguese Studies at the University of Ghent, in Belgium. He holds an MA from the University of Porto, in Portugal, and a PhD in German Literature from the University of Bern, in Switzerland. He has been a visiting professor at the University of São Paulo and the Institute of Advanced Studies at UCL London. His research interests are as diverse as Dutch and Portuguese (post)colonial literature and history, transatlantic slave trade, Low Countries studies, Swiss literature and culture and European politics in general. He publishes in five different languages (English, Dutch, German, Portuguese and French). For his scholarly service, he was distinguished, in 1999, with the Quality Seal for Innovating Initiatives in the Field of Foreign Language Education by the European Union and he was awarded by the Cultural Foundation of the Swiss UBS-Bank for his research on Swiss-German literature. In 2010, he was distinguished by the Hellman Family Faculty Fund as one of the "Best of Berkeley Researchers" and in 2012 he won the Robert O. Collins Award in African Studies as well as the American Cultures Innovation in Teaching Award. In 2014, he was distinguished with the Hendricks Award of the New Netherland Institute for his research on the early Dutch history of New York and the first slave community on Manhattan. In 2015, his research on the slave population in Louisiana was distinguished with the Louisiana History President's Memorial Award and both in 2015 and 2016, he was the recipient of the Clague and Carol Van Slyke Article Prize in New Netherland studies.
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Hello - we are thinking of buying in Hestia House, City Walk. We love the area and love the flat, but can't seem to get an idea of what it's like to live in the development. Any feedback would be much appreciated - good and bad - especially about community, freeholders, management company (which seems to be a big thumbs down, judging by the comments here), noise etc. Thanks for all your help and look forward to hearing your comments!
The soundproofing is wonderful - as are the neighbours, a definite plus. Some of us socialise from time to time and I have some good friends here.
It's less than 10 mins walk from London Bridge and there is a wide choice of buses in all directions.
There have been numerous plumbing problems, most of which only surfaced after we had moved in. The contractors used by Galliard did not flush the system.
There is a permanent stream [sic] of plumbers and associated tradespeople, drying out, rebuilding etc.
Love living in Vesta Court.
In winter I seem to get a lot of condensation on the windows over night.
Rarely need to put the heating on as it's very well insulated.
I lived in Vesta Court, facing City Walk, for about a year. I thought the entire development was extremely noisy. It seemed there were parties every friday and saturday which went well into the early hours, and the noise didn't dissipate well at all.
I had no problems at all with the build quality. But I did have issues with the steady stream of moped/scooter delivery people racing through City "Walk" as a shortcut.
Didn't you post something on here some time ago telling people if you didn't like the noise of London go and live in the countryside?
I won't take the time to look, but I may very well have. Why do you ask?
I think City walk is a great place to live in, but the management company is totally useless.
If you have an apartment facing onto City Walk itself, you will get the noise of parties opposite and people talking in the street (the sound bounces off the walls and in through open windows with surprising clarity!). But then you also get a balcony. The apartments at the rear of the building seem to be quieter but don't have balconies.
All this is different on the 4th floor, as they are shielded from the sound of the street by a balustrade, but are smaller than the equivalent flats on the floors beneath.
All my notifications went into my junk email folder, so I thought there were no replies, hence my own tardy one! Hope you all had a great Christmas and thanks so much for the feedback. It certainly sounds like a friendly place, and as we are living directly below the flight path into Heathrow at the moment, I hope it couldn't be more noisy than that! (fingers crossed). We are definitely hoping to move in now, so look forward to reading more about the area on the forum. Cheers!
I'm thinking about renting a flat in the Antonine Heights building of the City Walk development. Current tenants did not mention any problems to me, maybe b/c RE agent was present when I inquired... I see a number of issues with the "secure" garage and bike thefts. Freaks me out a bit. How is overall safety in the buidling. Are apartment thefts common? Frequent? Safe to walk into the building at night?


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"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Michael was born Tuesday, November 5, 1957, in Clearfield, PA, son of Shirley Davenport and the late Russell Osborne. A graduate of Clearfield High School, he was employed by the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for over twenty-five years and rarely missed a day's work. He was a loving father to his son; had a very kind, gentle spirit; and was willing to help anyone in need. He coached his son's baseball team many years ago and spent countless hours talking and counseling the younger boys in the neighborhood. Michael was an avid Dallas Cowboys fan and loved having a good time spending time at DD's Lounge after work with his friends. At sixty years of age while at his home in Harrisburg, PA, on Saturday, November 11, 2017, Michael departed this life joining in eternal life his father, Russell Osborne, and his grandmother, Francis Lyda Leggs. He leaves to share and reminisce over special and irreplaceable memories his mother, Shirley Leggs Davenport; son, Michael East; siblings, Jacqueline Leggs, Todd Davenport (April), Margaret Szollosky (Joseph), Wesley Davenport, Terry Osborne, Gale Henry (John); as well as other relatives, friends and co-workers who will deeply miss Michael. Lovingly Submitted, The Family
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Wealth Management App Use Surges among Investors But Satisfaction Lags, J.D. Power Finds
Chase Ranks Highest in Wealth Management Mobile App Satisfaction
Wealth management mobile apps have emerged as a go-to resource for investors during the COVID-19 pandemic, but despite substantial growth in app utilization, customer satisfaction lags other industries and firms have failed to leverage the potential of these digital tools to drive greater interaction with advisors. According to the J.D. Power 2020 U.S. Wealth Management Mobile App Satisfaction StudySM, released today, customer satisfaction with wealth mobile apps lags those provided by other consumer financial institutions such as credit card companies, retail banks and insurance companies, as few wealth management apps provide the level of advisor interaction customers are seeking.
J.D. Power 2020 U.S. Wealth Management Mobile App Satisfaction Study (Graphic: Business Wire)
"This is such a critical moment in the digital transformation of wealth management, and firms have a tremendous opportunity to leverage their mobile apps as a powerful communications conduit between investors and advisors," said Michael Foy, senior director of wealth & lending intelligence at J.D. Power. "But most wealth app offerings are missing the mark. It's notable that more than one-third of investors who work with an advisor say they've increased their wealth app usage during the pandemic, which is more than double the rate among investors in the do-it-yourself segment. Advisors and their firms need to recognize that the mobile app is not a threat to the advisor's value—it is an opportunity to increase engagement by meeting investors where they are."
Following are key findings of the 2020 study:
Wealth management app use climbs during pandemic: Across both do-it-yourself (DIY)1 and advised investors, 33% say they've used their wealth management firm's mobile app more frequently during the COVID-19 pandemic. Among those with advisors, 36% say usage has increased vs. 17% among DIY investors. Younger investors have led the trend, with 45% of Millennial2 investors and 30% of Gen X investors saying they have used wealth apps more frequently this year.
Wealth app customer satisfaction lags other financial apps: Despite increased utilization, the overall satisfaction score for wealth apps is 849 (on a 1,000-point scale), which is lower than the overall satisfaction score for apps utilized in other segments of the financial services industry, such as credit card (865), insurance (864) and banking (852).
Missed advisor engagement opportunity: During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic (May and June 2020), 31% of investors said they had no recent advisor contact. Among those who did communicate with advisors, just 2% said communication occurred via mobile app or secure messaging. Advisor contact via the app is low industry-wide, as only 35% of profiled wealth apps offer chat functionality and just 41% support secure messaging, despite both being frequently requested features by users.
Advisor interaction via app drives customer satisfaction: Providing mobile features that support advisor engagement not only affects satisfaction with the app itself, but also affects overall investor satisfaction and loyalty to their wealth management firm. According to the J.D. Power 2020 U.S. Full-Service Investor Satisfaction Study,SM overall satisfaction among full-service investors who interact with their advisors via the wealth management firm's mobile app is 40 points higher than among those who do not.
"No industry is immune to the consumer shift toward mobile apps, as usage continues to increase across the board," said Amit Aggarwal, senior director of digital solutions at J.D. Power. "Wealth management firms need to recognize that the app is increasingly becoming their front door. Accordingly, they need to spend the time making sure that this channel is addressing customer needs, easy to navigate and seamlessly integrated into all facets of their business."
The 2020 U.S. Wealth Management Mobile App Satisfaction Study evaluates customer satisfaction with wealth management mobile apps based on five factors (in order of importance): range of services; clarity of information; ease of navigating; appearance; and speed of screens loading. The study is based on responses from 2,724 full-service and self-directed wealth management firm customers and was fielded in July-August 2020.
Study Ranking
Chase ranks highest in overall customer satisfaction with wealth management apps, with a score of 877. Wells Fargo (869) ranks second, while E*TRADE (858) and U.S. Bank (858) rank third in a tie.
For more information about the U.S. Wealth Management Mobile App Satisfaction Study, visit https://www.jdpower.com/business/financial-services/us-wealth-management-mobile-app-satisfaction-study.
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1 J.D. Power defines DIY investors as those who have no advisor interaction with the primary investment firm.
2 J.D. Power defines generational groups as Pre-Boomers (born before 1946); Boomers (1946-1964); Gen X (1965-1976); Gen Y (1977-1994); and Gen Z (1995-2004). Millennials (1982-1994) are a subset of Gen Y.
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WASHINGTON — As the U.S. enters "what may well be the toughest and deadliest period of the virus," President Joe Biden is putting forth a national COVID-19 strategy to ramp up vaccinations and testing, reopen schools and businesses and increase the use of masks — including a requirement that they be worn for travel. Biden also will address inequities in hard-hit minority communities as he signs 10 pandemic-related executive orders on Thursday, his second day in office. "We need to ask average Americans to do their part," said Jeff Zients, the White House official directing the national response. "Defeating the virus requires a co-ordinated nationwide effort." But Biden officials say they're hampered by lack of co-operation from the Trump administration during the transition. They say they don't have a complete understanding of their predecessors' actions on vaccine distribution. They're also depending on Congress to provide $1.9 trillion for economic relief and COVID-19 response. And they face a litany of complaints from states that say they are not getting enough vaccine even as they are being asked to vaccinate more categories of people. Biden acknowledged the urgency of the mission in his inaugural address. "We are entering what may well be the toughest and deadliest period of the virus," he said before asking Americans to join him in a moment of silence in memory of the more than 400,000 people in the U.S. who have died from COVID-19. Biden's top medical adviser on COVID-19, Dr. Anthony Fauci, also announced renewed U.S. support for the World Health Organization after it faced blistering criticism from the Trump administration, laying out new commitments to tackle the coronavirus and other global health issues. Fauci said early Thursday that the U.S. will join the U.N. health agency's efforts to bring vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics to people in need, whether in rich or poor countries and will resume full funding and staffing support for WHO. The U.S. mask order for travel being implemented by Biden will apply to airports and planes, ships, intercity buses, trains and public transportation. Travellers from abroad must furnish a negative COVID-19 test before departing for the U.S. and quarantine upon arrival. Biden has already mandated masks on federal property. Although airlines, Amtrak and other transport providers now require masks, Biden's order makes it a federal mandate, leaving little wiggle room for passengers tempted to argue about their rights. It marks a sharp break with the culture of President Donald Trump's administration, under which masks were optional, and Trump made a point of going maskless and hosting big gatherings of like-minded supporters. Science has shown that masks, properly worn, cut down on coronavirus transmission. Biden also is seeking to expand testing and vaccine availability, with the goal of 100 million shots in his first 100 days in office. Zients called Biden's goal "ambitious and achievable." The Democratic president has directed the Federal Emergency Management Agency to begin setting up vaccination centres, aiming to have 100 up and running in a month. He's ordering the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to begin a program to make vaccines available through local pharmacies starting next month. And he's mobilizing the Public Health Service to deploy to assist localities in vaccinations. Some independent experts say the administration should be setting a higher bar for itself than 100 million shots. During flu season, the U.S. is able to vaccinate about 3 million people a day, said Dr. Christopher Murray of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation in Seattle. "Given the number of people dying from COVID, we could and should do more — like what we're able to do on seasonal flu," he said. Zients said Biden will not follow through on a Trump administration plan to penalize states lagging in vaccination by shifting some of their allocation to more efficient states. "We are not looking to pit one state against another," he said. Biden has set a goal of having most K-8 schools reopen in his first 100 days, and he's ordering the departments of Education and Health and Human Services to provide clear guidance for reopening schools safely. Getting schools and child care going will help to ease the drag on the U.S. economy, making it easier for parents to return to their jobs and restaurants to find lunch-time customers. But administration officials stressed that reopening schools safely depends on increased testing. To ramp up supplies, Biden is giving government agencies a green light to use a Cold War-era law called the Defence Production Act to direct manufacturing. "We do not have nearly enough testing capacity in this country," Zients said. "We need the money in order to really ramp up testing, which is so important to reopen schools and businesses." This means that any efforts to reopen the economy will hinge on how quickly lawmakers act on the $1.9 trillion package proposed by Biden, which includes separate planks such as $1,400 in direct payments to people, a $15 minimum wage and aid to state and local governments that some Republican lawmakers see as unnecessary for addressing the medical emergency. The Biden plan estimates that a national vaccination strategy with expanded testing requires $160 billion, and he wants another $170 billion to aid the reopening of schools and universities. As part of his COVID-19 strategy, Biden will order the establishment of a COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force to ensure that minority and underserved communities are not left out of the government's response. Blacks, Latinos and Native Americans have borne a heavy burden of death and disease from the virus. Surveys have shown vaccine hesitancy is high among African Americans, a problem the administration plans to address through an education campaign. But Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith, the top White House health adviser on minority communities, said she's not convinced that race should be a factor in vaccination. Disparities seem to have more to do with risky jobs and other life circumstances. "It's not inherent to race," she said. "It's from the exposures." There's also support for states in the package. Biden is ordering FEMA to reimburse states for the full cost of using their National Guards to set up vaccination centres. That includes the use of supplies and protective gear as well as personnel. States would also be able to tap FEMA's Disaster Relief Fund to help them get schools back open. ___ Associated Press writers Collin Binkley and Josh Boak contributed to this report. Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, The Associated Press
Major companies in the rail transport market include China Railway Corporation; Russian Railways; Indian Railways; Deutsche Bahn AG and Union Pacific Railroad. The global rail transport market is expected to grow from $468.New York, Jan. 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report "Rail Transport Global Market Report 2021: COVID 19 Impact and Recovery to 2030" - https://www.reportlinker.com/p06009760/?utm_source=GNW 57 billion in 2020 to $519.43 billion in 2021 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.9%. The growth is mainly due to the companies rearranging their operations and recovering from the COVID-19 impact, which had earlier led to restrictive containment measures involving social distancing, remote working, and the closure of commercial activities that resulted in operational challenges. The market is expected to reach $658.39 billion in 2025 at a CAGR of 6%.The rail transport market consists of sales of rail transportation services and related goods by entities (organizations, sole traders and partnerships) that use trains to provide transport for passengers and/or cargo. Railroads operate either on networks with physical facilities, labor forces, and equipment spread over a wide geographic area or operate over a short distance on a local rail line. This market excludes street railroads, commuter rail, urban rapid transit, and scenic and sightseeing train transportation. The rail transport market is segmented into passenger rail transport and rail freight.Asia Pacific was the largest region in the global rail transport market, accounting for 42% of the market in 2020. Western Europe was the second largest region accounting for 21% of the global rail transport market. Africa was the smallest region in the global rail transport market.Advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) technology is becoming popular in rail transportation industry to optimize energy usage, enhance operational management, safety and aid in cost reduction. These systems provide automatic warning, protection, operation, supervision, and control arrangement. They also aid in meeting stringent government regulations towards passenger safety. Around 60 million units of advanced driver assistance systems were produced globally. Some companies providing these systems for locomotives are Thales Group, Alstom S.A., Bombardier Transportation Hitachi Ltd., CRRC Corporation limited, Ansaldo STS, and SIEMENS AG.Coronavirus Pandemic - The outbreak of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has acted as a massive restraint on the rail transportation market in 2020 as governments-imposed lockdowns and restricted the movement of people and goods to contain the transmission. COVID 19 is an infectious disease with flu-like symptoms including fever, cough, and difficulty in breathing. The virus was first identified in 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei province of the People's Republic of China and spread globally including Western Europe, North America and Asia. Steps by national governments to contain the transmission have resulted in a decline in economic activity with countries entering a state of 'lock down' and the outbreak is expected to continue to have a negative impact on businesses throughout 2020 and into 2021. However, it is expected that the rail transportation market will recover from the shock across the forecast period as it is a 'black swan' event and not related to ongoing or fundamental weaknesses in the market or the global economy. Faster Economic Growth - The rail transportation services market growth is aided by stable economic growth forecasted in many developed and developing countries. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicts that the global GDP growth will be 3.3% in 2020 and 3.4% in 2021. Recovering commodity prices, after a significant decline in the historic period is further expected to aid the market growth. Developed economies are also expected to register stable growth during the forecast period. Additionally, emerging markets are expected to continue to grow slightly faster than the developed markets in the forecast period. Stable economic growth is expected to increase investments in end user markets, thereby driving the market during forecast period.Read the full report: https://www.reportlinker.com/p06009760/?utm_source=GNWAbout ReportlinkerReportLinker is an award-winning market research solution. Reportlinker finds and organizes the latest industry data so you get all the market research you need - instantly, in one place.__________________________ CONTACT: Clare: clare@reportlinker.com US: (339)-368-6001 Intl: +1 339-368-6001
Saudi Arabia Midstream Oil and Gas Industry Outlook Report 2020-2025: All Active, Planned and Announced Oil Storage Terminals, Trunk Pipelines and Gas Processing Plants
Dublin, Jan. 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Saudi Arabia Midstream Oil and Gas Industry Outlook to 2025" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. Saudi Arabia Midstream Oil and Gas Industry Outlook to 2025 - Market Outlook for Liquids Storage, Pipelines and Gas Processing is a comprehensive report on midstream oil and gas industry in Saudi Arabia. The report provides details such as name, type, operational status and operator for all active and planned (new build) liquids storage terminals major trunk pipelines and gas processing plants in Saudi Arabia till 2025. Further, the report also offers recent developmets and latest contracts awarded in the country's midstream sector, wherever available.Scope Updated information related to all active, planned and announced oil storage terminals, trunk pipelines and gas processing plants in the country, including operator and equity detailsKey mergers and acquisitions and asset transactions in the country's midstream oil and gas industry, where availableLatest developments, financial deals and awarded contracts related to midstream oil and gas industry in the country, wherever available Reasons to Buy Gain strong understanding of the country's midstream oil and gas industryFacilitate decision making on the basis of strong historical and outlook of capacity/length dataAssess your competitor's major oil storage terminals, trunk pipelines, and gas processing plants in the countryAnalyze the latest developments, financial deals landscape and awarded contracts related to the country's midstream oil and gas industry Key Topics Covered: 1. Table of Contents1.1. List of Tables1.2. List of Figures2. Introduction2.1. What is This Report About?2.2. Market Definition3. Saudi Arabia Oil Storage Industry3.1. Saudi Arabia Oil Storage Industry, Key Data3.2. Saudi Arabia Oil Storage Industry, Overview3.3. Saudi Arabia Oil Storage Industry, Storage Operations3.3.1. Saudi Arabia Oil Storage Industry, Total Storage Capacity3.4. Saudi Arabia Oil Storage Industry, Storage Capacity Share by Area3.5. Saudi Arabia Oil Storage Industry, Storage Capacity by Major Companies3.6. Saudi Arabia Oil Storage Industry, Storage Capacity by Terminal3.7. Saudi Arabia Oil Storage Industry, Asset Details3.7.1. Saudi Arabia Oil Storage Industry, Active Asset Details3.7.1. Saudi Arabia Oil Storage Industry, Planned Asset Details4. Saudi Arabia Oil and Gas Pipelines Industry4.1. Saudi Arabia Oil Pipelines4.1.1. Saudi Arabia Oil Pipelines, Key Data4.1.2. Saudi Arabia Oil Pipelines, Overview4.2. Saudi Arabia Oil and Gas Pipelines Industry, Crude Oil Pipeline Length by Company4.3. Saudi Arabia Oil and Gas Pipelines Industry, Crude Oil Pipelines4.4. Saudi Arabia Oil and Gas Pipelines Industry, Petroleum Products Pipeline Length by Company4.5. Saudi Arabia Oil and Gas Pipelines Industry, Petroleum Products Pipelines4.6. Saudi Arabia Oil and Gas Pipelines Industry, NGL Pipeline Length by Company4.7. Saudi Arabia Oil and Gas Pipelines Industry, NGL Pipelines4.8. Saudi Arabia Oil and Gas Pipelines Industry, Oil Pipelines Asset Details4.8.1. Saudi Arabia Oil and Gas Pipelines Industry, Oil Pipelines Active Asset Details4.8.2. Saudi Arabia Oil and Gas Pipelines Industry, Oil Pipelines Planned Asset Details4.9. Saudi Arabia Gas Pipelines4.9.1. Saudi Arabia Gas Pipelines, Key Data4.9.2. Saudi Arabia Gas Pipelines, Overview4.10. Saudi Arabia Oil and Gas Pipelines Industry, Natural Gas Pipeline Length by Company4.11. Saudi Arabia Oil and Gas Pipelines Industry, Natural Gas Pipelines4.12. Saudi Arabia Oil and Gas Pipelines Industry, Gas Pipelines Asset Details4.12.1. Saudi Arabia Oil and Gas Pipelines Industry, Gas Pipelines Active Asset Details4.12.2. Saudi Arabia Oil and Gas Pipelines Industry, Gas Pipelines Planned Asset Details5. Saudi Arabia Gas Processing Industry5.1. Saudi Arabia Gas Processing Industry, Key Data5.2. Saudi Arabia Gas Processing Industry, Overview5.3. Saudi Arabia Gas Processing Industry, Gas Processing Capacity by Company5.4. Saudi Arabia Gas Processing Industry, Processing Plant Number by Facility Type5.5. Saudi Arabia Gas Processing Industry, Capacity Contribution of Various Provinces5.6. Saudi Arabia Gas Processing Industry, Active Gas Processing Capacity5.7. Saudi Arabia Gas Processing Industry, Planned Gas Processing Capacity5.8. Saudi Arabia Gas Processing Industry, Asset Details5.8.1. Saudi Arabia Gas Processing Industry, Active Asset Details5.8.2. Saudi Arabia Gas Processing Industry, Planned Asset Details6. Recent Contracts6.1. Detailed Contract Summary6.1.1. Awarded Contracts7. Recent Developments7.1. Other Significant Developments7.2. New Contracts Announcements8. Appendix For more information about this report visit https://www.researchandmarkets.com/r/dmcf05 Research and Markets also offers Custom Research services providing focused, comprehensive and tailored research. CONTACT: CONTACT: ResearchAndMarkets.com Laura Wood, Senior Press Manager press@researchandmarkets.com For E.S.T Office Hours Call 1-917-300-0470 For U.S./CAN Toll Free Call 1-800-526-8630 For GMT Office Hours Call +353-1-416-8900
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Ap19 FORM 8.3 IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 8.3 OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997, TAKEOVER RULES, 2013 DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE 1. KEY INFORMATION Name of person dealing (Note 1)Man Group PLC/JerseyCompany dealt inAPPLEGREEN PLCClass of relevant security to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2)€ 0.01 ordinary sharesDate of dealing2021-01-20 INTERESTS AND SHORT POSITIONS Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant security dealt in (Note 3) LongShort Number (%)Number (%)(1) Relevant securities0.000.000.000.00(2) Derivatives (other than options)3,744,855.003.10340.000.00(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell0.000.000.000.00Total3,744,855.003.10340.000.00 (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 3) Class of relevant security:LongShort Number (%)Number (%)(1) Relevant securities (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total Ap20 DEALINGS (Note 4) Purchases and sales Purchase/sale Number of relevant securities Price per unit (Note 5) (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options transactions) Product name, e.g. CFDNature of transaction (Note 6)Number of relevant securities (Note 7)Price per unit (Note 5)Equity SwapsReducing a long position14,0325.70Equity SwapsReducing a long position13,0945.03Equity SwapsIncreasing a long position16,7225.03Equity SwapsIncreasing a long position44,9135.70Equity SwapsReducing a long position4,4485.03Equity SwapsReducing a long position4,7575.70Equity SwapsIncreasing a long position1,8285.03Equity SwapsIncreasing a long position4,8975.70Equity SwapsReducing a long position1,9275.70Equity SwapsReducing a long position1,7995.03Equity SwapsReducing a long position29,7825.03Equity SwapsReducing a long position31,7085.70Equity SwapsReducing a long position2395.70 (c) Options transactions in respect of existing relevant securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product name,e.g. call optionWriting, selling, purchasing, varying etc.Number of securities to which the option relates (Note 7)Exercise priceType, e.g. American, European etc.Expiry dateOption money paid/received per unit (Note 5) (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call optionNumber of securitiesExercise price per unit (Note 5) (d) Other dealings (including transactions in respect of new securities) (Note 4) Nature of transaction (Note 8)DetailsPrice per unit (if applicable) (Note 5) Ap21 2. OTHER INFORMATION Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should be stated. Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) YES/NO Date of disclosure2021-01-21Contact nameAbdi MusseTelephone number+442071443164If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror with which connected If a connected EFM, state nature of connection (Note 10)
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Transit And Ground Passenger Transport Global Market Report 2021: COVID 19 Impact and Recovery to 2030
Major companies in the transit and ground passenger transport market include Transport For London; Metropolitan Transportation Authority; MTR Corporation; Guangzhou Metro and Madrid Metro.New York, Jan. 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report "Transit And Ground Passenger Transport Global Market Report 2021: COVID 19 Impact and Recovery to 2030" - https://www.reportlinker.com/p06009761/?utm_source=GNW The global transit and ground passenger transport market is expected to grow from $412.97 billion in 2020 to $460.48 billion in 2021 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.5%. The growth is mainly due to the companies rearranging their operations and recovering from the COVID-19 impact, which had earlier led to restrictive containment measures involving social distancing, remote working, and the closure of commercial activities that resulted in operational challenges. The market is expected to reach $634.99 billion in 2025 at a CAGR of 8%.The transit and ground passenger transport market consists of sales of transit and ground passenger transportation services and related goods by entities (organizations, sole traders and partnerships) that provide a variety of passenger transportation services, such as urban transit systems, chartered buses, school buses, and interurban bus transportation. The transit and ground passenger transport market is segmented into commuter rail and public bus services; taxi and limousine services; school and employee bus services; charter bus services and other transit and ground passenger transportation.Western Europe was the largest region in the global transit and ground passenger transport market, accounting for 39% of the market in 2020. Asia Pacific was the second largest region accounting for 29% of the global transit and ground passenger transport market. Africa was the smallest region in the global transit and ground passenger transport market.Companies are actively pursuing electricity to power buses to reduce carbon emissions and cut costs. Solar buses run on electric batteries which in some cases are also charged by solar panels installed on the roof of the bus. This improves fuel efficiency of the vehicle and increases the life of lithium batteries. Further, the technology has low maintenance components allowing the companies to save cost. For instance, Shenzhen in China converted its entire fleet of 16,000 buses to run entirely on electricity. This was made possible by making bus parking roofed with solar panels to enable charging facilities. Major companies involved in manufacturing electric buses include Kiira Motors, BYD Company, Heilongjiang Qiqiar Longhua New Energy Automobile Co., Ltd., Bauer's Intelligent Transportation, Yutong, and Volvo buses.Coronavirus Pandemic - The outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has acted as a massive restraint on the transit and ground passenger transportation services market in 2020 as governments-imposed lockdowns and restricted the movement of people and goods to contain the transmission. COVID 19 is an infectious disease with flu-like symptoms including fever, cough, and difficulty in breathing. The virus was first identified in 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei province of the People's Republic of China and spread globally including Western Europe, North America and Asia. Steps by national governments to contain the transmission have resulted in a decline in economic activity with countries entering a state of 'lock down' and the outbreak is expected to continue to have a negative impact on businesses throughout 2020 and into 2021. However, it is expected that the transit and ground passenger transportation services market will recover from the shock across the forecast period as it is a 'black swan' event and not related to ongoing or fundamental weaknesses in the market or the global economy. Faster Economic Growth -The transit and ground passenger transportation market growth is aided by stable economic growth forecasted in many developed and developing countries. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicts that the global GDP growth will be 3.3% in 2020 and 3.4% in 2021. Recovering commodity prices, after a significant decline in the historic period is further expected to aid the market growth. Developed economies are also expected to register stable growth during the forecast period. Additionally, emerging markets are expected to continue to grow slightly faster than the developed markets in the forecast period. Stable economic growth is expected to increase investments in end user markets, thereby driving the market during forecast period.Read the full report: https://www.reportlinker.com/p06009761/?utm_source=GNWAbout ReportlinkerReportLinker is an award-winning market research solution. Reportlinker finds and organizes the latest industry data so you get all the market research you need - instantly, in one place.__________________________ CONTACT: Clare: clare@reportlinker.com US: (339)-368-6001 Intl: +1 339-368-6001
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Global Plus Size clothing Markets, Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecasts, 2021-2027 - Growing Consumer Confidence, Especially in Plus Size Women
Dublin, Jan. 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Plus Size clothing Market by Type, Gender, Age Group and Price Point: Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2021-2027" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. Plus size clothing refers to sizes 1X to 6X and extended size as 7X and above. They are identified as above 'straight' sizes and most commonly referred to size ranges including UK 16 to UK 28; however, it differs regionally.Customers in the plus size category now demand fashionable and modern garments that are available readily in larger sizes. Furthermore, they also expect attractive, long lasting, and good quality clothing that provides value for money. This global rise in demand by growing overweight and obese population is the most crucial factor for driving the plus size clothing market size. The trend of body positivity and growth in confidence among plus size women, owing to strong fashion advertisements and promotional campaigns, especially in magazine covers such as Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Elle, and Glamour, has enabled to further drive demand for the plus size clothing market. Likewise, improved public perception of plus size individuals supported by celebrities has encouraged consumers to embrace their plus size image propels the market demand. However, plus size clothing incurs high pricing for retailers since most retailers cannot afford to stock sizes that fit everyone. Furthermore, plus size clothing leads to complexity in manufacturing since bigger size involves more material, hence increases cost of clothing items. These factors hinder growth of the plus size clothing market.On the contrary, growth in availability of plus size clothing through omnichannel retail and growing brand presence in the industry can be anticipated as an opportunity for the further growth and expansion of the market.The plus size clothing market is segmented on the basis of type, gender, age group, price point, and region. By type, the market is classified into casual wear, formal wear, sportswear and others. On the basis of gender, it is bifurcated into male and female. According to age group, it is segregated into below 15, 16 to 59 and 60 & above. On the basis of price point, it is categorized into economy, mid-range and premium. Region wise, the market is studied across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and LAMEA.The key players operating in the global plus size clothing market analysis include (H&M) Hennes & Mauritz AB, Ralph Lauren Corporation, Adidas AG (Adidas), PUMA SE, Nike, Inc. (Nike), ASOS plc, Capri Holdings Limited (Michael Kors), WHP Global (Anne Klein), Punto Fa SL (MANGO Inc.) and Under Armour, Inc. Key Topics Covered: Chapter 1: Introduction1.1. Report Description1.2. Key Market Segments1.3. Key Market Benefits for Stakeholders1.4. Research MethodologyChapter 2: Executive Summary)2.1. Key Findings of the Study2.2. CXO PerspectiveChapter 3: Market Overview3.1. Market Definition and Scope3.2. Porter's Five Forces Analysis3.3. Market Dynamics Snapshot3.3.1. Drivers3.3.1.1. Increase in Prevalence of Obesity Rates3.3.1.2. Growing Consumer Confidence, Especially in Plus Size Women3.3.1.3. Upsurge in Number of Brand Ranges3.3.2. Restraint3.3.2.1. Lack of Diversity in Clothing Variety for Plus Size3.3.2.2. More Expensive and Complex to Manufacture3.3.3. Opportunities3.3.3.1. Expansion in Retail Market3.4. Covid-19 Impact on Plus Size Clothing Market3.5. Value Chain Analysis3.6. Pricing Analysis3.7. Consumer Behavior AnalysisChapter 4: Plus Size Clothing Market, by Type4.1. Overview4.1.1. Market Size and Forecast4.2. Casual Wear4.3. Formal Wear4.4. SportswearChapter 5: Plus Size Clothing Market, by Gender5.1. Overview5.2. Male5.3. FemaleChapter 6: Plus Size Clothing Market, by Age Group6.1. Overview6.2. Below 156.3.16 to 596.4. 60 and AboveChapter 7: Plus Size Clothing Market, by Price Point7.1. Overview7.2. Economy7.3. Mid-Range7.4. PremiumChapter 8: Plus Size Clothing Market, by Region8.1. Overview8.1.1. Market Size and Forecast For more information about this report visit https://www.researchandmarkets.com/r/psx2v8 Research and Markets also offers Custom Research services providing focused, comprehensive and tailored research. CONTACT: CONTACT: ResearchAndMarkets.com Laura Wood, Senior Press Manager press@researchandmarkets.com For E.S.T Office Hours Call 1-917-300-0470 For U.S./CAN Toll Free Call 1-800-526-8630 For GMT Office Hours Call +353-1-416-8900
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