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The Devastation of Hurricane Mitch
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Hurricane Mitch, the second deadliest Atlantic hurricane in history, made landfall in Honduras on October 29, 1998. By the time it had made its way through Honduras, Nicaragua and Guatemala, over 11,000 were dead with a further 11,000 missing and 2.7 million left homeless. In this video, Carmen Pong, a … Continue reading
Tagged 1990s, Hurricane, Hurricane Mitch, Natural Disaster, Nature
Reinhold Messner On Summiting The "Eight-Thousanders"
Reinhold Messner was the first person to climb all fourteen eight-thousanders in the world, referring to the fourteen mountains whose summits are at least eight thousand feet above sea level. He did all of these climbs without the help of supplemental oxygen. On his first climb of an eight-thousander, Nanga … Continue reading
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Sir David Attenborough On the History of Project Tiger
By Witnify • October 5, 2014 Uncategorized
In this BBC Earth special, Sir David Attenborough explains the history of Project Tiger and discusses why the conservation effort succeeded. The program was launched on April 1, 1973 by Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
Tagged Animal, Nature, Project Tiger
Valmik Thapar on the Status of Tigers in India
Conservationist Valmik Thapar discusses the threat that India's tigers are facing as of 2009 and discusses what can be done to stop the big cats from going extinct. Thapar's conservation efforts stem from the 1973 Project Tiger mission that began on April 1st and continues to ensure a viable population … Continue reading
Jason Lewis's Incredible Human-Powered Circumnavigation
By Ilana Faber • October 2, 2014 Uncategorized
In 1994, Jason Lewis and his friend Steve Smith decided to attempt a human-powered trek around the globe. They expected to complete the trek in two years, however about a year into the journey, Lewis suffers two severely broken legs after being hit by a drunk driver in Colorado. It … Continue reading
Tagged Explorer, Jason Lewis, Nature, People
2014 West Africa Ebola Outbreak
Ebola Virus: First American Death
By Virginia Choi • September 9, 2014 Uncategorized
Resident of Minnesota, Decontee Sawyer became a widow after her husband Patrick Sawyer died from the Ebola virus disease during the 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak. Sawyer speaks on how her husband contracted the virus. She believes Patrick, while traveling to Nigeria for his work, got it while taking care … Continue reading
Tagged 2010s, 2014 West Africa Ebola Outbreak, Disease, Mass Tragedy, Natural Disaster, Nature, Politics and History
[Text] Theodore Roosevelt's Admiration for the Grand Canyon
By Virginia Choi • August 14, 2014 Uncategorized
"I hope you will not have a building of any kind, not a summer cottage, a hotel, or anything else, to mar the wonderful grandeur…Leave it as it is. You can not improve on it." President of the United States from 1901 to 1909, Theodore Roosevelt is considered the "Father … Continue reading
Tagged 1900s, environmentalism, Grand Canyon, indigenous peoples, Nature, People, Politics and History, Speech, Theodore Roosevelt
New Orleans Mayor on Hurricane Katrina & What Went Wrong
Former mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana, Ray Nagin, recalls the flooding of his city during Hurricane Katrina. He remarks on how failure to adequately handle the hurricane and prevent damages and casualties had much to do with poor communication between governing powers: "Some goofy laws that basically say there is … Continue reading
Tagged Hurricane Katrina, Mass Tragedy, Natural Disaster, Nature, Political Scandals, Politics and History
Ebola Virus: 'Miracle' Cured Case in Liberia
By Virginia Choi • August 7, 2014 Uncategorized
Claudius Barnawolo, a physician's assistant in Liberia, was cured of the Ebola virus disease during the 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak. Barnawolo says that people had already pronounced him dead at one point but he survived: "What happened here was a complete miracle." He is grateful to God and to … Continue reading
Tagged 2010s, 2014 West Africa Ebola Outbreak, Disease, Health, Nature, Science and Technology
Ebola Virus Survivor & Psychologist on the 2014 Outbreak
Sasobas Temé Sadnou, a patient cured of the Ebola virus disease during the 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak, speaks on his experience of getting treatment by Doctors Without Borders or Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Sadnou likens the doctors in their yellow protective suits to "cosmonauts" but understands their vital use. … Continue reading
Tagged 2010s, 2014 West Africa Ebola Outbreak, Disease, Education, Health, Nature, Science and Technology
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Weather likely will play a role in the kind of show the Blue Angels perform this weekend at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, the team's commanding officer says.
"We will adjust the show based on the conditions that day," Cmdr. Greg McWherter said Thursday, moments after the Blue Angels' six F-18 Hornets touched down at MCAS Beaufort. "As long as there's no lightning, heavy rains or wind or any other weather condition that could impact the safety of the crowd, we'll be good to go."
Foul weather appears to be a possibility for the 2009 Beaufort Air Show, taking place Saturday and Sunday at the air station. According to the National Weather Service, there is a 30- to 40-percent chance of thunderstorms both days.
The Blue Angels must have at least three nautical miles of visibility and acloud ceiling of at least 1,500 feet. Under these conditions, the Blue Angels can perform a "flat" show, which features a number of limited maneuvers, according to the squadron's Web site.
"We have talked about and it certainly weighs on our minds and hearts," he said. "I think this team has done a very good job of learning lessons from that tragedy and trying to move forward, but to say that we haven't talked about it or thought about it wouldn't be the truth."


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Elk Grove resident Zoe Deibel, 18, is used to beating the odds. After all, she was given a one percent survival chance at birth. She has a rare condition called systemic lymphatic malformation. Much like cystic fibrosis, it causes the lungs to swell making it difficult to breathe over time, but Zoe's condition is much rarer.
Before she was born, her mother Christine found out about Zoe's condition during a routine check-up at UC Davis Children's Hospital. Despite her daughter being given only one percent chance to live, Christine felt Zoe moving and kicking and decided that if Zoe was alive and willing to fight then she was too. At 33 weeks, Zoe was delivered during an emergency cesarean section.
Since that day, Zoe has grown into an incredible 18-year-old woman ready to graduate high school with her diploma next year and pursue a culinary college education. To get where she is today, it took dedication, patience and flexibility.
As she grew up, Zoe tried to attend her local public school but often encountered limitations with her education. She frequently visited UC Davis Children's Hospital, sometimes for short stays and other times for extended procedures. She would usually stay for the holidays too.
When it came time to attend high school, Zoe's condition did not allow her to attend a brick-and-mortar school. Her mother feared she would miss out on a quality education and wouldn't be able to enjoy all the aspects of attending a public school. That all changed when her mother stumbled upon online public school.
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While enrolled in California Connections Academy during her junior year, Zoe underwent femur reconstruction surgery right before final exams. Her teachers were able to accommodate her surgery schedule by rearranging assignment deadlines and granting extensions if needed, so she was able to complete her tests and work on time and still focus on healing.
Between schoolwork and medical appointments, Zoe loves to cook, sing and practice playing her ukulele in her spare time. She is also working on videos for her YouTube channel so other young kids fighting illnesses can feel encouraged to achieve their dreams.
Zoe currently plans to attend a culinary program at the local community college or at a culinary institute. She's inspired by foods from all around the world, often exploring Asian fusion cuisine. Her favorite and hardest dish to cook is Italian risotto. When it came time to choose her wish for Make-A-Wish, she decided to go to Italy to learn traditional ways to cook Italian cuisine with her mother, godmother and grandmother.
"I'm so thankful for all the ways Connections Academy and my teachers have enabled me to continue my education without limitations," Zoe said.


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HNP Today Jubilarian Profile: Miguel Loredo Celebrates 50th Anniversary
Jubilarian Profile: Miguel Loredo Celebrates 50th Anniversary
HNP Communications August 18, 2010 Friar News
This is the 14th in a series of profiles of HNP friars celebrating anniversaries of Franciscan profession in 2010. The last issue of HNP Today featured Richard Husted, OFM.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — When most teens are just figuring out what life is all about, Miguel Loredo, OFM, was busy setting the course for his life as a Franciscan and a painter.
"I discovered St. Francis of Assisi when I was 16 years old and realized this is what I wanted for my life," said the Cuban-born friar by telephone from his home at St. Anthony Friary in Florida. "At the beginning, I wanted to be just a friar and not a priest. I never looked backwards. I have always looked forward."
As a child, he taught himself to paint, and was later mentored by famed Cuban artist Rolando Lopez-Dirube. "I started when I was 3 or 4 years old. Before I was a priest or a friar, I was called a kid who painted."
Painting and a life dedicated to God are one and the same for this talented friar, who celebrated 50 years as a Franciscan in June. "Years ago, I was told that I should choose between being a painter and being a friar."
But Miguel found a way to combine his two passions, and today is known as a contemporary religious painter. "I can pray or I can paint," said Miguel, who describes his style of artwork as lyric abstractionist. "It's two wings of one bird — painting and praying. The more I paint, the more I talk to God," said the 71-year-old friar. "God is beauty. The one who has painted all realities. When I paint, I'm also praying."
Seeing the Beauty in Life
That's how Miguel has lived his life, seeing beauty in everything, but it wasn't always easy. After ordination in July 1964, in Spain, where he joined the Order in the Basque Province, he returned to Cuba a month later for pastoral work, only to be sentenced to 15 years in prison as a political prisoner by the anti-clerical Castro regime. He served 10 years.
"Having been sentenced to that length of time really didn't bother me, because I felt that since I was a Franciscan, I was really now one of the poor," Miguel was reported as saying. "Although I was innocent, there was nothing I could do about it. I wanted to go forward and serve my time, so I put my faith in God."
While in prison, he painted on scraps of paper and on the back of the few letters he was allowed to receive. He used coffee, iodine and dirt or ashes mixed with egg whites as a varnish. He also wrote poetry.
After his release from prison, Miguel went to Rome and worked on his craft some more. In 1987, he began to work with the Commission on Human Rights in Geneva, Switzerland. He moved to San Juan, Puerto Rico, where he continued his work as a Franciscan, painted and wrote poetry. He is a published author whose works include "Uno," a collection of poetry, and has exhibited his paintings around the world. St. Bonaventure University and Siena College have been especially interested in showing his work over the years.
Ministry in New York City
In 991, Miguel found his way from Puerto Rico to the United States, where he officially transferred to Holy Name Province in 1994. Miguel spent 19 years of his ministry in New York City, where he worked at St. Francis of Assisi Church in Manhattan. He was Parochial Vicar there from 1995 to 2004. Some of his art and poetry convey his feelings after 9/11 in New York City and what he experienced with prostate cancer treatment. "I talked to God often," he said. "I didn't know if the cancer would kill me or not. I experienced many feelings, many hopes, many fears, and much trust in God.
Miguel said each viewer of his abstract paintings interprets it differently. "Through the relationships between the elements like forms and colors," he said, "I create a new reality."
How many paintings does he create a year? "Never less than 20 and never more than 40." Many are on display in the friary dining and recreation rooms.
Miguel is grateful to James Toal, OFM, guardian of the St. Petersburg friary, who gave him studio space, and to all the friars who have encouraged him along the way.
He is also appreciative of his brothers in the Province. "I have taken from many friars many things. The friars all have a variety of qualities. When I was younger, I had friars who were my mentors. I choose different qualities from different friars."
With one sister living in Miami, and a niece and nephew, Miguel always welcomes visitors to Florida, especially friars from New York.
"I like to live my life fully. I don't look backwards too much. I am grateful to the Province. I am very happy to be a friar and to be here," he said.
"I enjoy this life. It all has been a blessing."
— Wendy Healy is a freelance writer and frequent contributor to HNP Today. The next issues will feature John Kull, OFM, and Ronald Stark, OFM.

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Австрийско-хорватские отношения (, ) — исторические и текущие двусторонние отношения между Австрией и Хорватией. Обе страны являются полноправными членами Европейского союза.

Дипломатические отношения между двумя государствами установлены 15 января 1992 года в день международного признания независимой Хорватии.

У Хорватии есть посольство в Вене и почётные консульства в Граце, Линце, Санкт-Пёльтене и Зальцбурге. Австрия же имеет посольство в Загребе, генеральное консульство в Риеке, консульство в Сплите, а также Офис координатора сотрудничества в области образования, Австрийский культурный форум, Офис внешней торговли, Офис атташе по вопросам сельского хозяйства и окружающей среды и Офис взаимодействия полиции в Загребе.

Хорваты и австрийцы почти 400 лет жили в одном и том же государстве: сначала в Габсбургской монархии (1527—1804), затем в Австрийской (1804—1867) и Австро-Венгерской империях (1867—1918), где от соглашения 1867 года до падения в 1918 году под властью Австрии находились хорватские области Истрия и Далмация.

В Австрии проживает около 120 000 хорватов, из которых 56 785 имеют хорватское гражданство. Наиболее заметной группой австрийских хорватов являются градищанские хорваты, живущие в земле Бургенланд. 297 австрийцев Хорватии официально признаны Конституцией Хорватии меньшинством и потому имеют своё постоянное место в хорватском парламенте.

Сравнительные данные стран

История

После смерти короля Людовика II в битве при Мохаче в Венгерском королевстве произошел монархический кризис. Хорватский парламент, заседая в 1527 году в Цетинском замке избрал Фердинанда I из династии Габсбургов новым правителем Хорватии при условии, что он защитит Хорватию от Османской империи во время Хорватско-османской войны, уважая её политические права, хотя тот позже не сдержал этого обещания.

Большую часть нового и новейшего времени австро-хорватские отношения были тесными. Несколько героев хорватской истории и культуры были австрийского происхождения, и эта страна была в 1990-х годах одной из главных сторонниц признания Хорватии после провозглашения ею независимости.

Австрия повлияла также на развитие образования в Хорватии. Первые гимназии в Загребе (1607), Риеке (1627) и Вараждине (1636) основали иезуиты из Вены.

Многие знаменитые хорваты, такие как Янко Драшкович, Димитрие Деметр, Людевит Гай, Станко Враз, Ватрослав Лисинский, Благое Берса, Божидар Широла, Яков Готовац, Иван Зайц и Иван Мештрович получили высшее образование в университетах Вены и Граца.

Экономические отношения и туризм
В Хорватии есть более 700 австрийских компаний.

Австрия также является крупнейшим зарубежным инвестором в Хорватии с более чем 7 миллиардами евро, вложенных за период с 1993 по 2014 год. Сотрудничество между австрийскими и хорватскими предпринимателями чаще всего происходит в сфере металла, электротехнической, деревообрабатывающей, текстильной и обувной промышленности и пищевой отрасли в виде производства здорового питания.

Хорватия и Австрия являются основателями и членами Рабочего сообщества Альпы-Адриатика. Целями этой организации являются взаимное общение, обсуждение и координация точек интересов государств-членов, развитие сотрудничества и обменов в Альпийско-адриатическом регионе, укрепление центрально-европейской культурной идентичности и участие в процессах европейского сотрудничества и интеграции. Основные направления сотрудничества: спорт, туризм, охрана окружающей среды, единение городов, сохранение культурно-рекреационных пространств, культура и наука и европейская интеграция.

Австрийская знать начала посещать хорватское побережье в 1880-х годах. Среди австрийской императорской семьи и знати стало модно ездить в Опатию. Вскоре было построено много роскошных отелей и вилл. Первый люксовый отель — «Quarnero» (ныне грандотель «Кварнер») построен в 1884 году по планам венского архитектора Франца Вильгельма. Отель «Kronprinzessin Stephanie» был открыт в 1885 году. На открытии присутствовали наследная принцесса Стефания, в честь которой был назван отель и её муж наследный принц Рудольф. В 1887 году Генрих фон Литтров основал в Опатии яхт-клуб «Union Yacht Club Quarnero», являвшийся первым парусным клубом на Адриатике. В 1889 году австрийское правительство официально объявило Опатию первым климатическим морским курортом на Адриатике. И сегодня австрийцы являются одними из самых частых посетителей хорватского побережья, а хорваты — частыми посетителями австрийских горнолыжных курортов. В 2018 году Хорватию посетили 1,37 млн австрийских туристов посетили. На них пришлось 7,065 млн суток проживания, тем самым они по общей численности ночёвок среди иностранных постояльцев уступают только туристам из Германии и Словении.

Хорватские (культурные) организации в Австрии

В настоящее время в Австрии существует большое количество хорватских учреждений. Вот некоторые из них:

 Хорватский культурный центр
 Бургенландский хорватский центр
 Научный институт бургенландских хорватов
 Хорватская культурная ассоциация в Бургенланде
 Хорватско-бургенландское культурное объединение
 Хорватская ассоциация печати Айзенштадта издаёт еженедельник «Хорватская газета» (), ежегодный календарь, а также книги на градищанско-хорватском языке
 Хорватская литература
 Хорватский культурно-документационный центр печатает учебники для нужд хорватских двуязычных школ в Бургенланде
 Хорватское культурное общество издаёт «Хорватский журнал» ()

У бургенландских хорват есть всевозможные собственные газеты, радио, новостные порталы (как kroativ.at) и телепрограммы в рамках ORF.

Хорватская католическая миссия в Вене —  активная религиозная культурная организация.

У Матицы хорватской имеется отделение в Вене.

Образование хорватов в Австрии
В некоторых австрийских школах проводятся уроки хорватского языка. В Гросварасдорфе есть двуязычная начальная школа. Преподавание хорватского ведётся в трёх гимназиях в Оберпуллендорфе и Айзенштадте. В Вене и Бургенланде есть несколько детсадов, в которых дети могут изучать или совершенствовать хорватский.

Другое
Министр иностранных дел Австрии Себастьян Курц первым делом после назначения на этот пост посетил Хорватию. 20 декабря 2013 года он встретился в Загребе с министром иностранных и европейских дел Хорватии Весной Пусич.

Еще в 1955 году в Загребе был основан «Австрийский культурный форум» — организация, пропагандирующая в Хорватии австрийскую культуру и немецкий язык.

Дипломатия

Республика Австрия
 Загреб (посольство)

Республика Хорватия
 Вена (посольство)

См. также

 Хорваты в Австрии
 Австрийцы в Хорватии

Примечания

Ссылки

 Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: list of bilateral treaties with Croatia (in German only)
 Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration: list of bilateral treaties with Austria
 Хорватское посольство в Вене

Двусторонние отношения Хорватии
Двусторонние отношения Австрии

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The stones are lovely – the way it sits on the wrist is comfortable and looks elegant. What I don't like is the underside of this bracelet, which thankfully does not show when wearing it, because it has a very artificial yellow gold look to it. It isn't seen by others because of the style of the wave and the settings of the stones (citrine) but still, it is there. The stones are nice and clear and the bracelet itself is very feminine, but I just don't like the underside of this bracelet.
A little larger in person than expected but it is my own fault as I did not pay a lot of attention to the size description. Very, very pretty though.
I love this ring! It's absolutely gorgeous on, and the green color is actually darker than pictured….my friend told me that it looks like a real emerald. I'm seriously considering getting another one in a different colored stone….
Update 7-15-2015… this ring is perfect. Still shine and no loose stone. I wear it everyday and all the time and i do hard labor with it… it is inexpensive so i do not handle with care. I love it even more now than as new.Oct 2014 The box they used is very cute and protected the ring from shipping handling, but if you are proposing you will be needing a better box. I order the ring to use while my wedding set is in the shop for re-sizing and clean-up. I have been wearing this ring for 3 days now, it was beautiful when out of the box, very shiny and "realistic" looking. but do not deceive your self it is not real, if you are looking into something to say is real you will be call out, because it does not look real diamonds, specifically the middle big stone is easily noticed as a not diamond. It does sparkle a LOT and it is beautiful. So if your are being honest this is the ring to buy, from afar to people that wont have a close look at it, it will be as real and the real thing. Because of other reviews I checked the stones to noticed if loose and it came a little loose, the middle stone could wiggle a little but I adjusted the prongs and it is perfect, just make sure you check them before wearing it to prevent loosing the stone. So far (3 days) it is a good investment for the price and the quality is great quality. The setting is a low setting that I prefer over a high setting. I order a size 5 and it is true to size, I wear a 4.75 and it feels like a 5, so perfect fit. I researched a lot of rings before buy and if saw before buying I would still buy it. So highly recommend. If something goes wrong with it or better with it I will update. I would give 5 stars if not for needing to adjust the middle prong. 0CommentWas this review helpful to you?YesNoSending feedback…Thank you for your feedback.Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try againReport abusePlease write at least one wordYou must purchase at least one item from Amazon to post a commentA problem occurred while submitting your comment. Please try again later.Sign in and comment Showing 0 of 0 commentsSort by: Newest Oldest There was a problem loading comments right now. Please try again later.Show more comments6 of 6 people found the following review helpful5beautifulByCarlaon December 9, 2013Verified PurchaseI ordered this ring as a replacement for my original wedding ring, I was a little weary about buying a CZ ring online because I wasn't sure how real it would look. To my surprise it looks very real, does not turn my finger green like most cheap rings would and it is very sparkly and no one can tell its CZ, the sizing runs true to normal size, I am very pleased with this ring.
It is not as pretty as the picture on the web but it is doable until I find another ring that I like. The diamonds around the ring just looks like a strip of silver with little cute flowers. The silver looks very tarnished which I had it only about a week and still not as shiny as the picture. Slightly disaapointed.
Great and simple ring. I love the shine on it. THANKS!
These earrings were a Christmas gift for my daughter. She loves them. I would purchase them again as a great gift.
This pendant is lovely and just what I wanted and so far completely living up to what they offered online.
These are a fabulous buy at the marked down price!! Love them!!


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Forward e-mail asking for Support of
New Jersey's Liberty Tower
in Jersey City
This is an e-mail that I am asking people to forward to all New Jerseyans...
Please pass this e-mail to as many New Jerseyans that you know.
The NY broadcasters are planning on building a TV Antenna in New Jersey to replace the broadcast antenna that once stood atop the Twin Towers. This will be the largest structure in the world. Currently they want to build an ugly tower with tons of support cables. It will be no different than the many other communication towers throughout NJ that no one wants in their neighborhoods - except for one thing - this one will be 2000ft tal and will be seen from 20 miles awayl. This tower is proposed for Bayonne.
Liberty Science Center wants to have the Tower built similar to the CN Tower design in Toronto or The Space Needle in Seattle. This one will have an observation deck, museum, educational oppurtunities with linkages to LSC and may contain a possible restaurant. This tower would be next the the Liberty Science Center in Liberty State Park. This has the potential of bringing millions of visitors to New Jersey - along with their tourism dollar. New Jersey's Liberty Tower would become a world renowned symbol for New Jersey.
The Bayonne tower - will bring nothing to the state, but "New Jersey Liberty Tower" will bring in tourists - many visiting New York that might not otherwise come over to New Jersey.
I created a website asking for people's support - the url is - http://www.AboutNewJersey.com/NJ_LibertyTower/ If you support the design please e-mail me with your thoughts at WebMaster@AboutNewJersey.com and forward this e-mail onto anyone that you know. There is contact information on the website for the governor, New Jersey legislators and Department of Commerce. E-mailing or faxing them would do the most to get New Jersey's Liberty Tower built.
I have a petition going and I'm trying to get support for the Liberty Science Center design. I would like to see something that New Jerseyans can be proud of for generations to come. Something that will be a world renowned symbol, something that will bring more tourism and money into the state.
Robert Rosetta
WebMaster@AboutNewJersey.com
http://www.AboutNewJersey.com


The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore's lead public sector agency for economic oriented research, entered into a partnership with a Singapore-based start-up, Invitrocue, on July 25. Invitrocue is a healthcare bio-analytic solutions provider operating at the forefront of personalised medicine.
Through the public-private partnership, a first-of-its-kind joint laboratory has been established with A*STAR's Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) to develop tumour models for enhancing decision-making for clinicians, enabling them to personalise treatments that will help patients manage the disease and prolong survival.
The laboratory is the first in Asia-Pacific to focus on the integration of phenotypic and genomic data (the genotype refers to the genetic constitution of an individual, while phenotype is the composite of an organism's observable characteristics or traits).
The laboratory will focus on the development and integration of Invitrocue's Onco-PDOTM platform for four oncology indications, including head and neck cancer; colorectal cancer; liver cancer; and triple-negative breast cancer. These cancers were specially chosen as they are diseases with no biomarker-guided therapy, and are prevalent in Singapore and across Southeast Asia.
Onco-PDO enables Invitrocue to grow patient-derived tumour cells (an organoid) in its laboratories, which serve as a simulation of the cancer cells. Using 3D cell-based scaffolding technology (biocompatible scaffolds are used in bioprinting to generate tissue-like three-dimensional structures by dispensing cells onto them) patient-derived cancer cells can be potentially cultured in laboratories and used for testing against a panel of approved drugs and new drug candidates.
This helps bio-pharmaceutical companies, medical researchers and academic institutions to understand the impact of cancer treatments early, prior to conducting time consuming and expensive clinical trials. Since, the testing is based on cells derived from an individual patient, the treatment is personalised.
Tumour models derived from patients, functional genomics (functional genomics studies aim to understand the complex relationship between genotype and phenotype on a genome-wide scale, rather than a gene-by-gene approach) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) or data mining will be used to identify novel biomarkers (a characteristic that is objectively measured and evaluated as an indicator of normal biological processes, pathogenic processes, or pharmacologic responses to a therapeutic intervention) of drug resistance and response, and to provide real-time guidance of treatment in a clinical setting.
The joint laboratory will leverage GIS' expertise in genomics, oncology and organoid biology, and Invitrocue's capabilities in developing cell-based products and services for commercialisation. The joint laboratory will employ up to 20 personnel in various scientific and technical roles, and targets to add 18 new positions which require cell biology and bioengineering expertise over the next two years. Invitrocue has also partnered with groups in Australia, such as the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, to scale up its efforts.
"We are delighted to partner Invitrocue; this collaboration will help to advance our research in precision medicine and most importantly, contribute to better patient outcomes through the development of new treatments," said Prof. Ng Huck Hui, Executive Director of GIS.


Northern Isles MP, Alistair Carmichael, has written to the Chief Executive of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), Alan Massey, demanding action to deal with the critical staffing situation in Shetland following the resignation of four coastguard officers.
In a letter to Mr Massey, Mr Carmichael says that urgent action is needed before more local people walk away from the organisation and local expertise is lost.
The resignation of four coastguard officers from Lerwick has come on the back of reports that an employee was dismissed on the spot in Sumburgh following a failure to follow a radio procedure. The action has contributed to a further breakdown in trust between the staff and leadership.


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Fear of pesticides won't go away
November 15, 2021 November 15, 2021 - Analysis
The Environmental Working Group's annual Dirty Dozen list of "most contaminated" fruit and vegetable items, was released in March.
In the slew of emails I get per day, there is usually an item or two about bacterial contamination of food.
Not, usually, in produce. More often in shellfish, ground meat, and (I saw this today) even salami sticks.
Therefore, it's easy to understand when a large sector of the public reports concerns about bacterial contamination, as it did in the recent Food Safety and Nutrition Survey, released by the Food and Drug Administration.
According to this, 80 percent of the respondents indicated that they were either "very concerned" or "extremely concerned" about such contamination.
Much more so than food preservatives, for which only 37 percent reported equal levels of concern.
What stands out in these figures are worries about pesticide contamination: 81 percent reported being either "extremely concerned" or "very concerned" here.
The produce industry might want to give this some thought. Salmonella and E. coli outbreaks (again, usually not in fruits and vegetables) appears in news reports almost as often as teen celebrities. But there have been extremely few (I can't at present think of any) recent such announcements about pesticide contamination.
Yet levels of concern about the two categories are more or less equal. Why?
Let me give the easy answer: scaremongering by organizations like the Environmental Working Group (sponsors of the annual Daily Dozen list, reviled industrywide) and news sources like Consumer Reports, which arguably give such announcements more publicity than they deserve.
More than one responsible nutritionist has criticized The Dirty Dozen list for scaremongering.
Yet the fear persists. Although it would not be fair to say that there are no pesticide residues in fruits and vegetables (particularly in certain imports), it is difficult to find any instance in recent, or even remote, years where they have been linked to widespread outbreaks of illness.
I think the answer has to be sought more widely. It is probably linked to public concerns about agrichemical pollution.
It can be, and probably is, true that pesticides pose a minimal threat to public health while in some cases creating considerable damage to the environment. But the public does not clearly distinguish the two.
The produce industry has made many good-faith efforts both to ensure food safety and to reassure the public, but it has succeeded better with the first objective than the second.
Because this is not exactly the age of trust, consumers have become cynical about business claims to civic responsibility.
Public opinion is not as easily managed as is sometimes pretended. An industry has to present an accurate and responsible picture of itself while acknowledging real concerns. Agriculture has often contented itself with complaints that "people aren't listening to our story" while downplaying other people's stories.
The public does not, it is true, often understand the challenges of producing food in a responsible way. But then how many of us really listen to anyone else?
When someone talks, are we just biding our time before we get the chance to open our own mouths?
Tagged analysis, dirty dozen, pesticides
Richard Smoley, contributing editor for Blue Book Services, Inc., has more than 40 years of experience in magazine writing and editing, and is the former managing editor of California Farmer magazine. A graduate of Harvard and Oxford universities, he has published 12 books.
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From blockbuster movies, to a quote on a teabag, we'll take good advice wherever we find it.
A friend shared this quote from "The Last Jedi," and it really captured an idea I hadn't been able to put into words.
I haven't seen the movie, but my friend said I would like it.
Pardon me while I blush.
But that quote has dogged me. You know? It just might work.
Would it be better to say, "...By sharing what we love?" That's a little less intimidating.
Truth. Not all the things we love are good things, unfortunately.
Some "things" we love aren't worth saving; some habits we have aren't worth keeping. Their usefulness is gone, or we have forgotten their purpose.
Some of the people we love, ones who need saving, aren't trying to save themselves, and the task of helping them is quite daunting, when we're pulling in the opposite direction of their push.
Times – and age – change us. We'll cope, alter, and adjust until one day we can't remember how things were, or explain why they are. Not that those of younger generations have time to listen to our how-and-why, anyway.
In my nearly 17 years of writing a weekly column, I traditionally share my all-time favorite piece of prose, by Rainer Maria Rilke, at the start of a new year. I discovered it some 40-years ago, and its truth has calmed me more times than I can say now.
"Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart. Try to love the questions themselves. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given (to) you because you would not be able to live them."
And there's the writing on trust from Lao Tzu, which I have framed and hanging in my apartment.
On New Year's Eve, I went into a self-imposed exile, which was supposed to last until the temperatures reached a high equal to at least half my age – or Tuesday morning – when I would need to return with the other faculty and staff to school and get ready for the spring semester.
But I loved – and relished the chance for – the exile. When it's colder than a well-digger's shovel in Idaho, there really isn't anything better than a grilled cheese sandwich and baked beans like my mama used to make – to be eaten while hunkered-down in the satisfying warmth of comfy clothes, with a good book at my ready, and the pointy-eared dog nestled by my side.
Mama used to say she made us grilled-cheese sandwiches and baked beans for lunch on cold days, because we were poor. I didn't believe her then, and I don't believe it now. I found myself pitying anyone (rich or poor) who couldn't have such a feast as a grilled-cheese sandwich and baked beans.
I have much to be thankful for, being safe, warm and nourished body-and-soul was my blessing.
That's a quote from the tag attached to my teabag on New Year's Day. Maybe that's all we need to know for our day-to-day going into 2018.
May it a good journey, not so much to reach a destination as to enjoy the process of getting there, exercising and giving effort to being kind and caring.
Let go of hate. Hold onto love.
Be tolerant. We may all be on the same road, but none of us have the same bags or trip plan, advantages or burdens.
Love one another and be mindful your history and story is not theirs.


Lots of people waste their money on dodgy cars from private sellers. Sometimes they just don't have enough cash in the bank to buy from a reputable dealer. However, it's worth waiting a while until your finances are in order. A cheap runaround might keep you going for a few months, but you'll end up spending a lot of money on repairs. For that reason, we think everyone should avoid the private market like the plague. You will always get a better deal when purchasing from second-hand dealerships. Here are just some of the reasons for that.
All retailers are required to offer refunds or replacements if they sell a defective product. That means you can always take your car back if you discover problems. That is especially the case if the dealer didn't highlight them to you at the time of purchase. You will never get protection like that when you buy from the private market. As soon as you hand over the cash, you handle everything. Most dealers will also offer extended warranty deals that cover you for many months or even years.
Dealers who sell used cars have to look out for their interests. Lying to their customers will mean they gain a bad reputation. While they might try to play any issues down, they have to provide accurate information. So, you can expect a certain level of honesty when you visit their premises. At the end of the day, the dealer knows you will bring the car back if you discover any untruths. That is why it is not in their interests to pull the wool over your eyes. One dissatisfied customer will tell two friends. They will tell two more friends and the cycle continues.
Private sellers usually sell one car at a time. That means you might have to visit a lot of them to find the perfect model. Registered dealers need to sell cars every single week to keep their business in profit. That is why they are sure to stock a much wider range. Even if the car you wanted to view doesn't seem suitable, they will have other models to show. So, buying from dealers could save you a lot of time and effort. You might end up paying a little more, but at least you get peace of mind.
People who buy cars from businesses tend to write online reviews. You only have to search Google to find out what other folks think about the seller. That will make it easier for you to spot a dodgy professional. So long as more than 70% of the reviews you encounter as positive, they are worth a shot. You'll always get people who write negative comments. Reading them carefully will help you to make a more informed decision.
So, there you have it. After reading this post, there should be no doubts in your mind. Buying from private sellers is a big mistake unless you have no other option. Luckily, you are not in that position. No matter where you might live in the world, there are sure to be many professional dealers in the local area. Now you just need to contact them and inquire about their products.


My name is Mariane Quintao. I am a Youth Ambassador for the Global Campaign to End Child Immigration Detention. I have been an active member ever since its launch at the United Nations in Geneva, when, as a chairperson of the event, I shared my story for the first time. At the time, I took full advantage of the opportunity I had to advocate for the End of Immigration Detention of Children. I am very proud of the remarking result which was the CRC´s reccomendation that "states should expediously end the immigration detention of children." Ever since then, I have contributed to the Campaign through blog posts, webinars, international conferences, and as a lobbyist in the United Nations.
In June of 2017, I had a very interesting and exciting opportunity to represent the voices and experiences of migrant youth at a variety of important international events and gatherings in Europe. I was a participant at the Global Conference on Children on the Move and the GFMD (Global Forum on Migration and Development) in Berlin. I was also a speaker at the United Nations side-event Human Rights Perspectives On the Governance of Migration at Borders and in the Context of Returns. Finally, and this would be the most memorable thing I have ever done for the Campaign, I got to do an intervention from the floor and speak on behalf of all Migrant Children at the United Nations Assembly during the Third Thematic Session for facilitating Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration.
Through the years of my work and collaboration with the Global Campaign, I´ve realised that many states, such as Brazil, Mexico and Italy for example have been very engaged in guaranteeing the fundamental rights of migrant children. With this in mind, the Campaign came up with the initiative of evaluating how country policies abide by International Human and Child Rights law in the context of Migration. My coordinator who has been very supportive throughout all of these years, trusted my management and research skills to put a Committee together in Brazil and develop the Scorecard Brazil. This project uses a comprehensive framework to track child migration experiences, including child detention, and then determines a global ranking of country actions and commitment. We have recently launched the NexGen Index that ranks 20 different countries, including Brazil which was ranked in first place!
After a full year of research, consulting with strategic stakeholders in Brazil, visiting NGOs and collecting information, we were ready to finally Launch the project through a Global Webinar on the 13th of August, 2018. In the webinar, I was a panelist speaking about the NextGen Index and the Scorecard Process in Brazil. Bare with me as I guide you through the process and our inspiring results.
Firstly, in terms of the process, developing the scorecard was quite challenging in the sense that the Brazilian committee was relatively small. I lead the committee which was composed of one other member, Junia Barretos who was a former English Student of mine who was very interested and supportive on the issue of child rights in Brazil. In order to carry out our research, we engaged with strategic stakeholders such as Public Defender João Chavez who provided our committee with very important information and confirmed our research findings that Brazil does not practice the detention of children for migration purposes. This has made Brazil the top leader in the issue of detention of children and it would be very important for us to find Civil Society representatives and organizations that are willing to help us share Brazil's example and develop future scorecards. In fact, if you are reading this report and is interested in being part of such an important project, don't hesitate to contact us and get involved.
Secondly, our findings have put Brazil on the top of the Ranking, with a score of 110. The country managed to score so well because it went through a major transition from the Statute of 1980 that was a policy completely concerned with National Security to a policy that seeks to abide by International Human and, most importantly, child rights law. The New Migration Act in Brazil is a legislation that is definitely concerned with the Best Interest of the Child, Family reunification and a safe lifestyle for migrant children and families. This immigration law is quite unique in that it enables migrants to be treated as nationals. This means that any individual who arrives in Brazil, whether as a refugee, migrant or asylum seeker, is granted temporary status while a final decision is processed and made. Throughout this whole process, they are entitled to every social, health and educational services that native Brazilians are entitled to – meaning they can access Public Health care services, Public legal assistance and the children can also attend public schools.
It is very surprising that Brazil has come out to be such a great example in the subject of migration. But, it is clear that this approach was definitely the most affordable, effective and humane the country could have pursued. It not only is abiding by International Human and, most importantly, Child Rights law, but sets Brazil as a leading example of how other States who be doing towards migrant children.
I am very grateful to have been part of such a beautiful project and look forward to what the country puts into practice in terms of what it has done on a statutory level.


The effects of cutting tool coating material and cutting speed on cutting forces and surface roughness were investigated by Taguchi experimental design. Main cutting force, Fz is considered as a criterion. The effects of machining parameters were investigated using Taguchi L18 orthogonal array. Optimal cutting conditions were determined using the signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio which is calculated for average surface roughness and cutting force according to the "the smaller is better" approach. Using results of analysis of variance (ANOVA) and signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio, effects of parameters on both average surface roughness and cutting forces were statistically investigated. It was observed that feed rate and cutting speed had higher effect on cutting force in Hastelloy X, while the feed rate and cutting tool had higher effect on cutting force in Inconel 625. According to average surface roughness the cutting tool and feed rate had higher effect in Hastelloy X and Inconel 625.


Spamassassin headers, can they be changed?
I don't find the ones DH provides to be all that informative, really… but that's just me being all manner of oddly curious. Because I get a few false positives per day, I want to be able to figure out why it is they get tagged. Did the originating IP end up in spamcop's or another block list, for instance? The DH wiki's useless on things like that, so figure I may as well drop a line here. I'd like the kind of information that's shown in the example headers provided in this thread, even though I'm guessing the headers in question weren't generated by a DH server. Would this require a custom spamassassin install, perhaps? Or am I missing something?


– Condolences are extended to Roisin McAdam (nee Conlon) and family on the passing of her husband Niall (Castleblayney). Ar dhes Dé go raibh a h-anam.
– Congratulations to Michelle Murtagh and Bernard Casey on their recent marriage. Best wishes on your future life together.
– Congratulations to Benny and Orla Conlon on the birth of baby girl, Sophie.
– Ciorcal Comhra has made a welcome return every Thursday evening in the Naomh Malachi clubrooms at 8pm. All are welcome to attend.
– Caoga: The Naomh Malachi Story documentary will go on sale in the month of November.
– For any questions/queries about Rachael's Room Pre-School and After School please contact Rachael Conlon on 0858439618 or by email rachaelsroomdlk@gmail.com. A massive addition to our community and we thank everyone for your support.
– Scoil Bhríde Shelagh reopened after midterm break and we are very busy already. We have started preparing for our Christmas Play! The Fire Safety Officer from Dundalk Fire Brigade visited our school on 11th November. This was really interesting. We are participating in the National Event Science Week from 14th – 18th Nov. We received our certificate for participating in Maths week in November.
– Lotto Results 5-NOV. Jackpot €7500. Winning numbers: 5,20,23,26. No winner. Match x3 winners: Patricia Burns c/o Stephen Burns; Fergal McElroy c/o Sean McArdle; Mia Wills c/o Padraig Wills each receive €35. Proceeds from this lotto draw will be split between Naomh Malachi, Shelagh NS, and Rachael's Room. Next lotto draw on November 20th. Thank you for your continued support.
– Naomh Malachi AGM will take place on Sunday, November 27th at 6pm in the clubrooms. Please submit your nominations and/or motions to Eddie beforehand.


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April 18, 2018 SAAM Puertos and Terminal Zárate to operate automobile terminal in Alabama
Companies signed MOU for Ro-Ro facility in USA
SAAM Puertos (Chile) and Terminal Zárate S.A. (Argentina), signed a MOU with the Alabama State Port Authority (ASPA) to develop a Ro-Ro vehicle terminal in the port of Mobile.
MundoMaritimo had exclusive access to a joint press release where the two companies informed that the facilities will have a capacity of handling 21,000 vehicles each year. The agreement considers operating the terminal for 30 years, starting end- 2019.
Director & CEO of Port Alabama, James K. Lyons, said that the agreement "represents a key step forward in the diversification of the Alabama State Port Authority business and, at the same time, it is a strategic link between automotive terminals and shipping lines." For Yurik Díaz, manager fir SAAM Puertos, "this agreement is an opportunity to work with Terminal Zárate and ASPA, bringing our expertise and know-how into the business, as well as continuing to consolidate our position in the regio." President of Terminal Zárate S.A., Roberto Murchison, believes that the project will allow Grupo Murchison and Terminal Zárate to continue growing in new markets, diversifying business lines by partnering with SAAM fir the AutoMobile Terminal in the State of Alabama."
ASPA began the tender process in 2016, looking for partners to develop and operate vehicle terminal, a growing need for the increasing volume of export/import of automobiles manufactured in the USA and the Golf of Mexico.
The fecilities will operate on a Roll on- Roll off fashion, with pre delivery processes and on site automotive logistics within a 23 hectare platform and a 12.2 meter deep dock. The terminal is strategically located in an area connected to the main five Class I rail lines covering most of the United States territory and certain locations in Canada.
Callao's mineral terminal will start to operate during July 2012
ICTSI offers to operate Peruvian port
APM Terminals Signs Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico


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By A.J. Katz on Apr. 28, 2018 - 8:39 PM
Lawmakers mingled with newsers at the CBS News White House Correspondents' pre-Dinner reception at the Washington Hilton this evening.
The courtyard at the Hilton was jammed, and the alcohol was flowing.
Attendees included members of the Trump administration, including Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, and deputy White House press secretary Hogan Gidley, as well as former White House press secretary Sean Spicer.
U.S. deputy AG Rod Rosenstein was also in attendance, and his presence elicited the most whispers amongst the partygoers.
The CBS Newsers were out in full force, including news division president David Rhodes, CBS This Morning ep Ryan Kadro, D.C. bureau chief Chris Isham, Face the Nation host Margaret Brennan, 48 Hours ep Susan Zirinsky, and correspondents Chip Reid, Major Garrett, who recorded a special edition of his Takeout podcast, CBSN anchors Elaine Quijano and Vlad Duthiers, Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner, CNN host Brian Stelter. We also spotted Omarosa Manigault, and Stormy Daniels's attorney Michael Avenatti, who has been a fixture at seemingly every party this weekend.
We chatted with CBS Evening News anchor Jeff Glor, who is pleased with how the Evening News is progressing, but seemed more eager to show off photos of his young daughter, and chat about the Buffalo Bills' draft picks. He was joined by his wife Nicole, a self-proclaimed Eagles fan.
We also chatted with CNN chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta, who remains displeased about how comments he made in a Variety interview about people who threaten journalists have been interpreted.
In the interview, Acosta said those who threaten journalists "don't have all their faculties in some cases, their elevator might not hit all floors," and some feel he was directly targeting Trump supporters. He told us he disagrees with that interpretation. Despite that brief moment of frustration, Acosta seemed to be in good spirits before walking into the Dinner.
Lawmakers and politicos who stopped by the CBS/Atlantic party included Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Rep. Trey Gowdy, Rep. Darrell Issa, New Orleans mayor Mitch Landrieu, DNC chairman Tom Perez, and Rep. Joe Crowley.
Then, there was Playboy's first-ever White House Correspondents' Dinner after-party. More on that later.


I tried to build a temple on the Sandbox mode a little far of stockpiles. Its a little temple, but constructors carry the stones so slowly and on this moments it's not fun at all. I'm just waiting for more than 4 hours.
On Conquest mode, meanwhile i built, I was thinking about if enemy bases are growing and how probably be. Then, when i go to first "enemy base", I just found 3 or 4 low level corruptrons. No base, no decoration, no growing... just some week enemies that apears when I'm near. A simple tree trunk lying with a corrupton sitting on it would be less disappointing.
I see that Brimstone is the most important and used resource. Needed for make iron and glass, needed for weapons, needed for magic, needed for cristals... In a map that I test I found a lot of iron but only 2 ores of Brimstone. So all the iron ores become useless cause I can't melt it and all weapons was archery.
The game has minimum and recommended System requirements on the steam page. Note that the graphics card mostly isn't the problem it's more the CPU or the RAM. Changing the Graphic sesttings won't really change the performance. Also the performance of the game in general isn't optimal. When i played 8 hours straight 6GB ram were used.
Implementing that the Corruptrons actually build themself is unfortunally almost or is impossible. I am not a dev but they used to say it. But having just some decoration might be possible.
In my opinion only one map doesn't have enough Ressources and thats Zuma. But since you now just can disable that stone is collected in Tunnel and Quarry Task it isn't really an issue anymore. I made a sheet a while back so the newest map isn't on it. It also shows for what mode it is and how many spawns there are.
I said base, structures or decorations, but I don't mean that they build that.
The structures was already here if is a start enemy point.
What I mean with growing is how strong the enemy are. I mean, if I build so fast and atack 20 min before start I found 3 or 4 little trops, but if I build for 1 hour or two and go to atack I found a strong wave of enemies.
Yea Conquest is currently quite unbalanced and extremly laggy after some time.
Hype for see what's coming!
#1 Make stockpiles closer, use 2x, use instant building mode or just wait.
#2 This is how Castle Story is designed and you can't change that. I think that textures, models and shadows are the smallest problem here, pathfinding costs more.
#3 Corruptrons dont make bases lol, they just spawn.
#4 Most of the resources are under the ground.
On what about conquest they are working? If its only about units' stats nothing will change.
Heh, so nothing will change.
This game could have many awesome game mods better than conquest and campaigns but they gave up after release. Now they try to fix something that can't be fixed.
@kuzynn Have you seen this weeks stream ? It is defently way way ... more stable. And it now actually seems to be better balanced.
And you know you can make suggestions or try to mod the mode yourself.
And i think it's better that they released it since most just keep it in early access to have an excuse to have bugs.
Man, who plays singleplayer here. It's too boring. And I know that I can make suggestions because I play this game since 2012.
But castle story sold badly and now they do not update this game. Seriously, six months for changing some textures for desert biome? And they told that we will get full snow biome too, and what? Anyway, these biomes are unnecessary.
I only play Singleplayer and i have a lot of fun with it.
You know you can make suggestions but yet you are here basicly just crying instead of making a propper post by yourself and giving propper feedback. Also his suggestion was about Singleplayer. If you are taling about PVP Conquest that's something different.
I wouldn't say it sold badly i mean over 200k. They are a indie studio and it is their first game what do you expect of course they don't sell millions like AAA puplisher.
And well it's not the only feature they have been working on and they already have been working on Mirador at that time.
Players like me are tired of making suggestions because sauropods don't care.
Hey Kuzynn, I'm sorry you feel like we don't care, despite me discussing this with you extensively over Discord, I'm not going to get into it all over again here because we're not going to derail @Marcopole who took the time to post his thoughts here.
Feel free to send me a PM if you'd further like to discuss this.
How we can discuss over discord while I'm banned for few weeks xD Maybe you think about someone else.
Your ban was only a two days ban, it's been lifted since. We give warning bans before permanent ones for minor offenses.


A state regulator wants the majority of Arizona's electricity to come from clean energy sources by 2050.
On Tuesday, Arizona Corporation Commissioner Andy Tobin released a plan that would give Arizona one of the most aggressive renewable energy goals in the country: 80 percent by 2050. The state's current target is 15 percent by 2025.
The proposal encourages more battery storage, biomas-related fuels, energy efficiency and new infrastructure for electric vehicles. It also aims to better align Arizona's renewable energy mix with demand.
"Solar energy in Arizona is basically at the cost of fuel," said Lon Huber, a consultant with the state's Residential Utility Consumer Office.
"This plan envisions using those cheap renewable electrons and shift[ing] them to the time it is needed and therefore avoiding traditional infrastructure that would need to be in place during those peak times," Huber said.
The plan would also include existing nuclear energy as part of the 80 percent clean energy goal, a move generally not supported by renewable energy advocates.
Kris Mayes, a professor at Arizona State University and former commissioner, said that may lower the mix of renewables like solar and wind to only 50 or 60 percent, but that isn't a big concern to her given the target.
"That is still a pretty ambitious and worthy goal and essentially it means the state is going to need to build a lot more clean energy projects: solar, wind energy storage, electric vehicles and energy efficiency," she said.
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Q: C#: Cannot reassign variable within For loop I am writing a program to to calculate a specific value in Fibonacci sequence. The recursive method works perfectly, but when I try to use for loop, it doesn't work so well:
class Program
{

    static int loopF(int n)
    {
        int result=0;
        if (n == 1)
        {
            result = n;
        }
        else if (n == 2)
        {
            result = n;
        }
        else if (n>2)
        {
            int S1 = 1; int S2 = 2;
            for (int i = 3; i>n; i++) {
                result = S1 + S2;
                S1 = S2;
                S2 = result;
                                       }
        }
        else{
            Console.WriteLine("Input Error");
        }
        return (result);
    }

    static void Main()
    {
        Console.WriteLine(loopF(10)); //it gives me 0; wrong
        Console.WriteLine(loopF(1)); //it gives me 1; correct.
    }
}

Does anybody know where I go wrong?  Thanks in advance.

A: Your loop's exit condition is wrong. It should be
for (int i = 3; i < n ; i++) { ...

A: Your loop is not executing
 for (int i = 3; i>n; i++)

Variable i starts at 3 - in your test case n = 10.
(10 < 3) = false so the loop does not execute.
try using less than instead
 for (int i = 3; i < n; i++)

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Q: Developing with google chrome refresh problems This is driving me nuts. Whenever I use chrome (all the time I love it so much) I run into a weird thing.
In other browsers and chrome, if I submit a form I expect the broswer to then, when I hit f5, ask me to resend the data. If I then click in the address bar and click enter it does not ask me about sending data and this is ok too. The problem is that under every other browser but chrome after I do the click address bar + enter thing I can hit f5 and it will just reload the page. Under chrome it resubmits. Its like chrome remembers that I have once submited data and just remembers it for ever.
Chrome version: 16.0.912.77
Hope I make sense!

A: As devicenull commented:
This is bug http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=21245
So there it is its a bug one day it should get fixed.


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The United Steelworkers' (USW) Local 1-689 Women of Steel recently donated $500 to the Cornerstone United Methodist Church Food Pantry in Portsmouth, Ohio. Approximately 200 families a month are given from the pantry's shelves.
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A trip to Peterlee's Caterpillar plant served as a reminder to John O'Shea of Sunderland's vast potential.
It has not always felt that way this season, the team drifting to the bottom of the Championship, investment drying up and fan apathy reflecting the pitfalls of a club operating under a largely absentee owner.
Potential has really been all fans have to hang onto.
The Caterpillar plant is one of the North East's biggest and most impressive industrial facilities, employing 1,400 workers. It is the single global source of the Articulated Truck, assembled from start to finish on site.
Most of those supporters are Sunderland fans, who met with players yesterday and gave them a taste of their daily lives.
O'Shea, who has played for the club since 2011, was again blown away by the scale of the support.
After another week of speculation regarding the ownership of the club, O'Shea sees a potential bargain for someone.
"If someone were to buy the club, they would soon know when they get in here and witness the stuff behind the scenes and what could be going on, the potential that it has," said the veteran centre-back.
Like his manager and the club's support, he is hoping for an early resolution and a chance for Sunderland to progress.
"It's looking like something needs to change, on and off the pitch.
"Hopefully whatever does happen, happens quickly.
"With things like that, they can fester on. It (selling the club) is not an easy thing to bring about quickly, but it will be better for everyone involved if something happens.
Sunderland's visit came at the beginning of a hectic Easter period that will almost certainly decide their Championship fate.
The Black Cats travel to Derby County on Good Friday before a home fixture against Sheffield Wednesday on Monday.
They then face Leeds United at Elland Road next Saturday.
O'Shea knows the squad can quickly rally the support behind the team should they find some improved form, something reinforced by the time spent with Caterpillar's workforce.
He said: "It's a reminder of how big a club it is.
"My dad worked at Waterford Crystal all his life, and that's a massive factory where I'm from.
"It became a worldwide product too, so it's very similar to Caterpillar.
"Coming here today reminded me of when I'd go in to see where my dad worked on the factory floor.
"You hear people shouting and some of them giving you a bit of grief and that's something we have to remind ourselves of.
"When you've been at the club as long as I have you're aware of the responsibility on your shoulders when it comes to the supporters.
"It should be part and parcel of it, knowing the responsibility, but it's good to reinforce it at places like this.
"I've witnessed it all throughout my career – in cup finals, cup runs, when we've stayed in the league, all them things. You know the supporters will be there backing us so we have to give them that little bit of hope.
"As a professional footballer, it's your obligation to give them something back and everyone needs to be winning. It's the profession we're in.
"It gives you a bit of a lift when you see the passion people have for our club, not just in workplaces like this but in the away end at Derby on Friday as well.
"We know, particularly when we're playing at home, the first goal is crucial and that's something we have to make sure we do.
"It's difficult when the first goal goes against you.
The 36-year-old admits the team's continued problems have left him feeling 'sick', and knows time is running out to find the crucial run of form.
He said: "You have to absorb the defeats, it's not nice.
"Then you have to quickly go again, analyse it and look for the next game as soon as you can.
"In the Championship, the next game comes around so quickly so you have to move on quickly, but it's not nice when you've been beaten.
"You want to be winning. That's what we're in the game for.
"It makes you sick when you lose.
"But we're clinging to the fact we still have the chance to get on a run.
"It's in our hands – it's going to be difficult but it's in our hands.
"We've been able to produce a run in the past, but we haven't yet this season – we've got a win, then lost three.
"We need to get a win, then back it up with a draw, a win.


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I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, take siestas with my wife, Maria, stroll into the village each evening where I sip wine, and play guitar with my amigos.
I found this through Be More With Less, a blog which focusses on minimalism, efficiency and peace of mind.
The story doesn't originate here, it's quite well known, but I haven't come across it in a while and never shared it here on the blog.
The story of the Mexican Fisherman is a classic tale which casts doubt over the constant strive for "more" and "better", sometimes we need to realise we don't need any more, we just need to recognise what we have.


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In my last blog, https://photorogr.com/2016/07/23/working-on-getting-closer/, I discussed my continuing exploration into macro and close up photography with specific emphasis on using a flash to help with sharpness. Since that post, I procured a set of close up filters. These filters screw on the end of the lens, and come in values of +1, +2, and +4. Like many filters, they can be stacked. These filters allow a photographer to get closer than the normal minimum focusing distance, but they impact light coming into the lens less than other tools (such as extension tubes) and are less expensive, too. In effect, I can set the camera closer to a subject for greater detail.
I've been working with the close up filters but, like any new technique, it requires experience with the technique to truly master it. One of the actions I've tried has been focusing at the minimum distance and then moving the camera towards or away from the subject. With a zoom lens, I can simply change the focal length to achieve best focus. Things get a little more complicated with a prime lens, especially when I set the tripod on uneven surfaces (such as the river rock in my backyard). It's a fun part of the journey, however, and you'll hear more about it in future blogs.
On to this week's images!
This image was made before I got the close up filters, so it provides a basis for comparison.
I found this guy on a Candy Tuft in my back yard. I need to work on the chromatic aberration in this image (the blue edges of the petals).
Same Wasp as the above image, but he sat still long enough for me to use the in-camera HDR to create this image.
I got photobombed by this little guy hiding in the rose petals. After I noticed him, I tried to make him part of the composition.
This little guy (literally, he's maybe 3/16″ in size) really photobombed me. I didn't notice him until I downloaded the images on my computer.
But, he looks good even when cropped closer.
This guy was too busy to give me a full face closeup.
My lovely bride's Blackberry bush is looking good this year.
I played with the flash on this one. I like the result!
…and the Pear tree is very heavy with fruit. We didn't get much fruit last year, since we had smoke in the air during the prime pollenation season.
I found this Anderson Thistle on the west side of Lake Tahoe.
Walking in my back yard one evening and I saw this lonely Day Lily bloom. The surrounding plants had old, shriveled blooms, but this guy waited to be recorded for posterity.
This bloom from the front yard, also a Day Lily!
This is the first bloom of the year on our Hibiscus plant. When fully open, the petals measure 6-8″ across. I have to be quick with this plant, as the flowers only last a day or so.
Our Black Eyed Susans aren't blooming in great numbers this year, but this one is very pretty.
This Rose bloom seemed luminous when I shot it. This is an attempt at an HDR to bring out the full color of the flower.
Another Rose from our back yard.
Finally, my photo world wasn't all bugs and flowers, I took a drive to Glen Alpine Falls to see how they were running. The Falls has changed much since my shoot last April.
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Lovely shots. Like you I like doing close ups especially of insects. In the second and third shot you have a bit of chromatic aberration (color fringing on flower leaves) also watch out for diffraction (softness in fstops past about f14 e.g. F16). Points I hope that will be helpful.
Wow, looks like you got the "BUG", pun intended. good work!!!


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The end of each semester at Columbia Business School (CBS) is marked with CBS Follies—a completely student-run comedy and entertainment show that is performed for the school's student body, which, we were informed, has been known to get rather rowdy during the presentation. CBS Follies made a particularly strong impact back in 2006 with the YouTube hit "Every Breath Bernanke Takes," which lampooned Dean Glenn Hubbard's position as runner-up to Ben Bernanke to become chairman of the Federal Reserve.
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Home 4K bethesda Bethesda VR eb expo 2017 Nintendo nintendo switch playstation vr ps4 pro sony the new colossus Wolfenstein Bethesda on show at EB EXPO
4K bethesda Bethesda VR eb expo 2017 Nintendo nintendo switch playstation vr ps4 pro sony the new colossus Wolfenstein
Bethesda on show at EB EXPO
With EB Expo kicking off this weekend, you won't want to miss a beat! Fans at the show will be treated to a special keynote from MachineGames' Creative Director and co-founder, Jens Matthies, on Sunday October 8 at 10:30am AEST in the EB Arena. Matthies will share his insight into the development of the soon to be released Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, winner of more than 100 E3 awards, and how the studio brought the franchise into the modern era through 2014's Wolfenstein: The New Order and now, The New Colossus. Presented by Paul Verhoeven, host of Steam Punks on the ABC and co-host of the 28 Plays Later podcast, Jens and Paul will talk through the creative process of game design and the Wolfenstein series in a Q&A style presentation. EB Expo attendees will also be able to play Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus on the Bethesda booth throughout the weekend!
Additionally, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR will be featured on the Sony booth and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim for Nintendo Switch will be featured on the Nintendo booth, both playable for the first time in Australia.
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