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By oss October 17, 2019 Cogeneration Emissions Power Generation Renewables
Optimal Group is excited about Matthew Hayden joining the Melbourne based team in a Business Development role. With a history in developing projects using both biogas and natural gas across southern Africa, Matthew, brings a new edge to the Optimal team and looks forward to contributing on projects throughout Australia.
In 2008, Matthew undertook a biogas project in rural South Africa using waste at small homesteads for a deforestation project using small scale biogas. The project was developed under the UN's Clean Development Mechanism as an avoided deforestation project and the team installed small 6 cubic meter digesters into households that had access to the daily waste from one cow and kitchen waste.
The success of the first project led to further opportunities and shortly Matthew's team were being asked to develop projects at dairy farms, using dairy waste, and at swine farms, using flushed swine waste.
"We continued to develop the projects under the UN's Clean Development Mechanism, to claim emission reductions, and a significant portion of these projects was to use the methane rich biogas for the generation of onsite power" explains Matthew.
During the required due diligence, for the appropriate equipment for the generation of electricity at the farms, the team came across the Capstone range of Microturbines which they realised, were perfectly suited to biogas applications. Initially they chose the 65kW Microturbine as the technology of choice and incorporated the Microturbines for installation on each farm.
This led to a long and interesting association with Microturbine technology. The main reason for the choice of the technology, over reciprocating gas engines, was the long service intervals and largely unattended operation.
"The locations of the farms were remote, and we did not want to develop a service team that had to be travelling long distances every week for servicing an oil hungry gas engine" said Matthew.
The ability to recover heat from the turbine exhaust ultimately made the choice an obvious one. In reciprocating engines this heat is spread between the exhaust, the engine cooling water and the lube oil cooler. In Microturbines all of the waste heat is available in the turbine exhaust. Over the years the development of onsite power generation projects moved into areas of using natural gas and LPG for onsite power generation at commercial facilities for the generation of steam, to displace natural gas, and for industrial drying.
"The Microturbine technology again proved to be highly appropriate" Matthew states. "After many years of visiting Australia, I have decided to emigrate from South Africa and set up home with my family here".
"I had had previous commercial discussions with both Kane Ravenscroft, Sales Director and Craig Dugan, CEO at Optimal Group, who had hosted South African potential clients for site visits. We visited Collins Square and Murray Goulburn as Australian examples of what was possible for development using the Capstone Microturbines. Optimal Group assisted in developing projects in South Africa so when the decision the emigrate was made joining Optimal was an easy fit."
"I am very happy to be able to take the work, experience and knowledge that I have gained while working across South Africa and apply it to emission reduction and onsite power projects across Australia using biogas, natural gas, LPG and very shortly hydrogen."
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What Ifs of Jewish History
From Abraham to Zionism
Editor: Gavriel D. Rosenfeld, Fairfield University, Connecticut
Gavriel D. Rosenfeld, Steven Weitzman, René Bloch, Jonathan Ray, Bernard Cooperman, Eugene Sheppard, Jeffrey Veidlinger, Derek Penslar, Adam Rovner, Iris Bruce, Kenneth W. Stein, David Myers, Michael Brenner, Jeffrey Herf, Dirk Rupnow, Jeffrey Gurock
Date Published: September 2016
What if the Exodus had never happened? What if the Jews of Spain had not been expelled in 1492? What if Eastern European Jews had never been confined to the Russian Pale of Settlement? What if Adolf Hitler had been assassinated in 1939? What if a Jewish state had been established in Uganda instead of Palestine? Gavriel D. Rosenfeld's pioneering anthology examines how these and other counterfactual questions would have affected the course of Jewish history. Featuring essays by sixteen distinguished scholars in the field of Jewish Studies, What Ifs of Jewish History is the first volume to systematically apply counterfactual reasoning to the Jewish past. Written in a variety of narrative styles, ranging from the analytical to the literary, the essays cover three thousand years of dramatic events and invite readers to indulge their imaginations and explore how the course of Jewish history might have been different.
The first major scholarly study to systematically apply counterfactual reasoning to the Jewish past
Spans three thousand years of Jewish history, ranging from the Exodus to the founding of the modern State of Israel
Contributions range from analytical essays to entertaining works of literary fiction
'The enduring value of counterfactual approaches emerges clearly from Gavriel Rosenfeld's ably constructed collection of perceptive and exciting essays. The volume is a major contribution to the method as well as to Jewish history.' Jeremy Black, University of Exeter, and author of Other Pasts, Different Presents, Alternative Futures
'Gavriel Rosenfeld has produced a marvellously imaginative book. While it is not 'history' in the conventional sense, it is certain to be appreciated, even treasured, by scholars and all of those deeply concerned with the fate of European Jewry.' Michael Berkowitz, University College London
'Counterfactual thinking is implicit in Jewish culture, from the grumbling of the liberated slaves about the watermelons they would have enjoyed in Egypt to the 'Dayenu' song in the Passover Seder. Entertaining and educational, What Ifs of Jewish History makes explicit the main junctures in Jewish history by imagining what would have been otherwise, including a Jewish state in Africa and a Christian state in Israel, a world without Jews and history without the Holocaust.' Aviezer Tucker, author of Our Knowledge of the Past: A Philosophy of Historiography
'So why not a counterfactual? They are essential to making causal claims, normative judgments, and identity construction. The contributors to this fascinating volume conduct a series of sophisticated and eminently plausible counterfactual experiments towards these ends. Readers will learn much about Jewish history, European and Middle Eastern history.' Ned Lebow, King's College London
'What Ifs of Jewish History as a whole earns my recommendation. Its writing is not as dense as other counterfactual tomes I have come across and its fictional entries mean that [it] is accessible to a casual historian. Go check it out and learn a thing or two about Jewish history by visiting some different Earths.' Matt Mitrovich, Amazing Stories
'Editor Gavriel Rosenfeld … makes a convincing case in his introduction that Jewish historians have, for various reasons, been largely reluctant to jump aboard the counterfactual train. This book, he contends, is the first serious counterfactual examination of Jewish history. The flavorful and abundant food for thought to be found here suggests that it's probably about time.' Chris Leppek, Intermountain Jewish News
'Given the controversial nature of counterfactuals, then, it is quite an achievement that Gavriel D. Rosenfeld has gathered fifteen scholars to contribute to What Ifs of Jewish History: From Abraham to Zionism … Some scholars will always want to know what happened, and some will always speculate. In What Ifs of Jewish History, the questions are more important than the answers. Recommended.' Elka Weber, Segula: The Jewish Journey Through History
Introduction: counterfactual history and the Jewish imagination Gavriel D. Rosenfeld
1. What if the Exodus had never happened? Steven Weitzman
2. What if the temple of Jerusalem had not been destroyed by the Romans? René Bloch
3. What if King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella had not expelled the Jews of Spain in 1492? Jonathan Ray
4. What if the 'ghetto' had never been constructed? Bernard Cooperman
5. What if Spinoza had repented? Eugene Sheppard
6. What if Russian Jewry had never been confined to the pale of Jewish settlement? Jeffrey Veidlinger
7. What if a Christian state had been established in Modern Palestine? Derek Penslar
8. What if the Jewish state had been established in East Africa? Adam Rovner
9. What if Franz Kafka had immigrated to Palestine? Iris Bruce
10. What if the Palestinian Arab elite had chosen compromise instead of boycott in confronting Zionism? Kenneth W. Stein
11. What if Musa Alami and David Ben-Gurion had agreed on a Jewish-Arab state? David Myers
12. What if the Weimar Republic had survived? Michael Brenner
13. What if Adolf Hitler had been assassinated in 1939? Gavriel D. Rosenfeld
14. What if the Nazis had won the battle of El Alamein? Jeffrey Herf
15. What if the final solution had been completed? Dirk Rupnow
16. What if the Holocaust had been averted? Jeffrey Gurock
Gavriel D. Rosenfeld, Fairfield University, Connecticut
Gavriel D. Rosenfeld is Professor of History at Fairfield University. His area of specialization is the history and memory of the Nazi era. He is the author of several books, including Building After Auschwitz: Jewish Architecture and the Memory of the Holocaust (2011), which was a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award in the category of visual arts, The World Hitler Never Made: Alternate History and the Memory of Nazism (Cambridge, 2005), Munich and Memory: Architecture, Monuments and the Legacy of the Third Reich (2000) and the co-edited work, Beyond Berlin: Twelve German Cities Confront the Nazi Past (2008). Rosenfeld is a frequent contributor to the Forward newspaper and edits the blog, The Counterfactual History Review.
Gavriel Rosenfeld on What Ifs of Jewish History
An Interview with Gavriel D. Rosenfeld
The World Hitler Never Made
Alternate History and the Memory of Nazism

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An island of South America, and a town of the same name situated on this island that lies at the mouth of the Cayenne or Oyaque river, in the Atlantic.
A band of Jews settled in Dutch Guiana as early as 1644. They were chiefly immigrants from Holland, who had arrived two years before from Amsterdam, under the lead of Isaac Aboab and Moses Raphael de Aguilar. After the capitulation of Recife Jan. 23, 1654, when all Dutch possessions in South America, excepting Dutch Guiana, were ceded to Portugal, the Jews having supported Holland in the struggle for supremacy (1623-54), were compelled to leave Brazil. Many of them returned to their native country, whither their conquerors accorded them a safe-conduct; others migrated to New York or the West Indies, and the majority of them, under the captainship of David Nassy, a native Brazilian and a cultured and influential man, settled at Cayenne, in French Guiana. The directors of the West India Company, alive to the possibilities of such a colony, and eager to encourage Jewish settlements everywhere, granted them, under date of Sept. 12, 1659, a most liberal Charter of Privileges ("Vrijheden onder Exemptien"), wherein freedom of thought, liberty of conscience, and political autonomy were vouchsafed to the new colonists headed by David Nassy, who was the accredited representative of the company. This document, one of the most remarkable in American Jewish history, numbers 18 paragraphs and has been published at various times (see bibliography). Attracted by these generous inducements, the colonists thrived, and encouraged their coreligionists in Holland and elsewhere to join them. In 1660 one hundred and fifty-two Jews of both sexes arrived from Leghorn, Italy (on the 9th of Ab = August), and among them was the famous poet, historian, and litterateur Don Miguel Levi de Barrios, who afterward visited the West Indies, where his wife Deborah died. The colony prospered for nearly five years, but owing to the constant wars between Holland and Portugal and to the frequent depredations of the French, the settlement was, on May 15, 1664, transferred to Surinam, Dutch Guiana, where it flourished for two centuries, with occasional interruptions. Among the "Articles and Conditions" of surrender, agreed upon and signed by the French and the Dutch, March 15, 1664, when the island was ceded to France, we read that the Jews stipulated, among other things, "that the expenses incurred by the patron (patroon) and individuals of the Hebrew colony shall be repaid them," and that they be given "the free and public exercise of their religion."
It was on the Ile du Diable, off the coast of Cayenne, that Capt. Alfred Dreyfus was imprisoned.
G. A. Kohut, in Simon Wolf's American Jew as Patriot, Soldier, and Citizen, pp. 449, 454-455, Philadelphia, 1895. Full text of the Charter is given in the second, third, and fourth books in the above list.


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Jules Louis Andrieu, né le  à Paris et mort le  à Jersey, est une personnalité de la Commune de Paris.

Biographie
Employé de préfecture, il dirige de 1863 à 1870, un cours secondaire pour les ouvriers. Il publie Histoire du Moyen Âge (1866) et Philosophie et Morale (1867). Il collabore à La Tribune Ouvrière, publiée par l'Association internationale des travailleurs. Après la proclamation de la République le , il est nommé chef du personnel de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris. Aux élections complémentaires au Conseil de la Commune le , il est élu par le  arrondissement avec 1 836 voix. Il siège à la commission Exécutive et à la Commission des Services publics, dont il devient le Délégué. On le chargea du décret ordonnant la démolition de la maison d'Adolphe Thiers mais abandonna la mission à Fontaine. Membre de la Minorité au conseil de la Commune, il vote contre la création du Comité de Salut public. Il contresigna l'arrêté réquisitionnant le pétrole. Le , il déclara lors d'un discours :

Après la Semaine sanglante, il se réfugie en Angleterre où il enseigne le latin et la littérature française. Évoluant dans les cercles communards de Londres, il y fréquente Rimbaud et Verlaine, ce dont témoigne une lettre de Rimbaud à Verlaine (7 juillet 1873), où son nom est mal orthographié [Andrieux]. Rimbaud semble laisser entendre qu'Andrieu – comme les communards en exil – n'aime pas sa relation avec Verlaine, peut-être par une sorte d'homophobie, mais le mot, anachronique, ne figure naturellement pas.

Plus récemment, une nouvelle lettre a été découverte en 2019 : Rimbaud écrit à Jules Andrieu pour lui proposer un projet de livre (lettre dite de "l'histoire splendide", 16 avril 1874).

Après l'amnistie de 1880, le ministère Gambetta le nomme vice-consul de France à Jersey, où il meurt en 1884.

Il a laissé des Notes pour servir à l'histoire de la Commune de Paris en 1871.

Jules Andrieu a épousé Alix de Guéroust le 24 mai 1862, dont il a eu quatre enfants.

Œuvres
 Chiromancie. Études sur la main, le crâne, la face, J. Taride, 1860.
 Histoire du Moyen Âge, 1866.
 Philosophie et morale, 1, rue Baillif, 1867.
 Notes pour servir à l'histoire de la Commune de Paris de 1871, Payot, 1971, rééd. Spartacus (1984), rééd. Libertalia (éditions) (), présentation de Maximilien Rubel et Louis Janover.

Notes et références

Bibliographie

Liens

Articles contextuels
 Élections municipales du 26 mars 1871 à Paris

Liens externes

 Biographie de Jules Andrieu

Élu de la Commune de Paris
Contributeur de l'Encyclopædia Britannica
Naissance en septembre 1838
Naissance à Paris
Décès en février 1884
Décès à 45 ans
Décès à Jersey

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Can you put nothing between the commas for the weight fields?
The PC may interpret the fact that there is nothing between the commas as a null.
with their system. They say they cannot differentiate between our record types.
these have more complicated weights and cannot be automated.
differentiated from other types of orders that are not part of the new fields process.
and N orders in terms of the new fields, but they cannot make this happen.
should I be using say for our numeric fields. It seems like it crashes even when I default to zero.


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City of San Jose / Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU) Status / SB1069
[Added 10/6/2016 – Governor Brown signed SB1069 into law effective January, 2017 – http://sd10.senate.ca.gov/news/2016-09-27-gov-brown-signs-wieckowskis-accessory-dwelling-units-bill-provide-more-affordable]
As a follow-on to the last WNAC meeting, Christina Pressman from Chappie Jones office compiled the attached summary of ADU regulations as they apply to the Winchester Neighborhood.
City Council will not hear the ADU amendment in June, it will be after July recess, I am not sure when.
there was a question last night I would like to address: whether Winchester would count as w/in 1/2 mile of "transit," and would thus qualify homes w/in 1/2 mile of Winchester for decreased parking requirements for ADUs. Basically, the City can define what "transit" means. For example, within Oakland, transit is defined as within 1/2 mile of BART stops, not bus stops. So, until Council updates the current SJ zoning code for ADUs I do not want to say whether Winchester would count, it all depends on how it will be defined and whether that parking exception regarding homes near transit will be included in the City Council amendments.
See attachments of relevant San Jose codes:
AB No2299
StatusofADUsinSJ
SecondaryUnitsInfo
SB1069 press release as it passed out of committee:
Andrae G. Macapinlac
Office of State Senator Bob Wieckowski, District 10
39510 Paseo Padre Pkwy, st 280
http://sen.ca.gov/wieckowski
Andrae.Macapinlac@Sen.Ca.Gov
Wieckowski accessory dwelling units bill passes
Assembly Housing & Community Development Committee
SB 1069 eliminate barriers that discourage constructing more
affordable, accessory units in California
Sacramento ¬- State Senator Bob Wieckowski's (D – Fremont) bill to eliminate unnecessary restrictions and unfair fees on building accessory dwelling units in California, passed out of the Assembly Housing & Community Development Committee this morning with bipartisan support. The bill, which has strong support from affordable housing advocates, businesses and environmental organizations, now heads to the Assembly Local Government Committee.
"We are facing an affordable housing crisis and accessory units are a part of the solution," said Wieckowski, a member of the Senate's Transportation and Housing Committee. "They are affordable by design, can be constructed fairly quickly and do not require a public subsidy. By making better use of our existing underutilized homes, we can provide local students, teachers and our seniors with the opportunity to live, work and stay in the communities they love."
SB 1069 eliminates barriers to accessory developments that have severely limited their construction. It eliminates duplicative utility fees; prohibits sprinkler requirements, if they are not required in the primary residence; provides exceptions to parking restrictions when the home is located within a half mile of transit; streamlines the time to approve or deny a building permit application from 120 days to 90 days; and requires ministerial approval for the remodeling of existing homes when they are compliant with building and safety codes.
Governor Brown signaled his support of the bill in the May Revise as a means to speed up local approval of affordable housing.
The Terner Center for Housing Innovation, based at the University of California, Berkeley, supports the bill and says it creates a net fiscal benefit from increased local economic activity, creates jobs and allows aging baby boomers to "age-in-place." In the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area alone, SB 1069 could lead to more than 14,000 jobs, according to the Terner Center.
It cites as "inherently unreasonable" the levying of new utility fees, and requiring sprinkler installations. These two steps can add $10,000 to $75,000 in increased cost to homeowners looking to build an accessory unit. SB 1069 would eliminate these excessive fees and requirements.
Christina Clem, an associate state director with AARP, spoke in favor of the bill on behalf of the organization's 3.3 million members in California.
"Many older adults find themselves living in a home that is larger than they need or are able to maintain," said Clem, noting that 90 percent of people 50 and older want to stay in their homes and communities as they age. "They may need additional revenue to pay for health care services, cover maintenance costs or make mortgage payments. ADUs can help older homeowners stay independent while providing extra income to remain in their homes."
SB 1069 is supported by a large, diverse coalition, including the Bay Area Council, the California Chamber of Commerce, the California School Employees Association, Joint Venture Silicon Valley Network, the Housing Trust of Silicon Valley, the Greenbelt Alliance, the National Resources Defense Council, the City of Oakland and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.
Senator Wieckowski represents the 10th District, which includes southern Alameda County and northeast Santa Clara County.


I have an IntelliJ IDEA (7.0) project that uses Web and JavaEE Application facets. The JavaEE facet is set to generate an EAR file in "Java EE Build Settings." I set up the project in an IPR build runner in TeamCity (3.1.1). When TeamCity runs the build it does not generate the EAR file for the JavaEE Application facet.
I can have IDEA generate an Ant build script and use the Ant build runner in TeamCity instead, but I was hoping to avoid that step.
Is there a setting that I am missing? Or is using the generated Ant script just the way to go for now?
I found TW-2438 in JIRA and voted for it.


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Can cosmetic surgery ever be the answer?
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If you were to give most people a single email message and ask them to report back with a brief report of the contents and a list of the key players in the message, most anyone would be able to do it fairly quickly. If you gave them, say, 10 email messages and sufficient extra time, they could probably do the same again.
If you were to hand 10,000 email messages, things would likely start to break down.
But this is just the type of scenario that many corporations are finding themselves in, particularly where legal aspects are involved. Legal proceedings can now require the review of thousands of submitted documents, including memos and email messages. The only way to get through these and determine what documents may be of relevance was to hire many, many people to skim and make judgments on the applicability of document.
Now, however, a startup company—NexLP—co -founded by CS Professor Dan Roth, an expert in natural language processing,is developing an automation process for reviewing the vast amounts of documents that can be found in legal proceedings.
"Basically, the core technology of NexLP is the tools that we've been developing here over the last 15 years or so," said Roth. NexLP has licensed Roth's technology from the University of Illinois to develop this into a marketable product.
A big boost for NexLP came when it was named one of the Techstars Chicago class of 2014. Each year 10 companies are selected for the Chicago Techstars summer program of mentoring, business coaching, and networking. In addition, the Techstars program provides funding, legal services, travel assistance, cloud services, and several other incentives.
The companies in the Chicago program receive office space in the 1871 facility for the duration of the Techstars program.
"The key thing is they give companies intensive coaching in how to run a company, how to build a company, how to interact with venture capitalists," said Roth.
Being selected to Techstars is prestigious for up and coming companies, and many keep reference to that affiliation. The Techstars website indicates that companies that have taken part in the program have gone on to raise an average of $1.6 million in outside capital.
One reason that NexLP may not need additional venture capital funding is that the other founders of the company have experience working within the legal community. Roth's fellow co-founders Ye Chen, Jay Leib, Kit Mackie, and Alan Rosen bring years of IT experience in the legal market to bear on the company.
As long as there are increasing amounts of data, Roth sees potential for the company to move into this market.


Instead of continuing to talk about the convergence as something that's happening, Bruce Kaufmann calls for acceptance of the fact that the convergence has already happened. AV professionals must commit to this reality and build upon it.
In an earlier post, we discussed former InfoComm president Scott Walker's accurate prediction that the AV revolution would be digitized. With this post, we'll explore Walker's recommendations for achieving this business shift.
In his InfoComm 2001 keynote address, former InfoComm president Scott Walker correctly predicted that the AV revolution would be digitized.


Although many theories regarding the etiology of autism have been proposed, the cause is not yet clear. It has been suggested that autism may be caused by genetic, immunological, metabolic, and environmental factors. This issue is the topic of much debate and is currently the focus of many autism research endeavors. Additionally, there is no known cure for autism, and there are diverse views amongst those in the autism community regarding the possible benefits of a cure. However, common treatments and interventions target early and intensive education which can help the individual improve their social, communication, and cognitive skills. Common treatments and interventions include Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), Treatment and Education of Autistic and Related Communication-handicapped Children (TEACCH), intensive educational therapy, sensory integration therapy, music therapy, play therapy, Developmental Individual-Difference Relationship-based Model/Floortime, Relationship Development Intervention , augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) strategies, including facilitated communication, pharmacological treatments and comprehensive treatment programs.


Level 2: Follow On - Creative Option.
Level 2 Creative Option allows students to focus on the creative design and execution of a piece of jewellery in silver of their own choosing.
Level 2 - FOLLOW ON TO an introduction to jewellery making. making an original piece of jewellery.


You know those weeks where you feel as though you can't keep up with life? Well, that was my week last week. I decided to take a little break from blogging, my computer, my phone and pretty much anything Internet related. I have to admit, it felt amazing.
On a separate note, I couldn't be happier that September here. This summer has been brutally hot and I am SO over it. Plus, I'm beyond tired of summer clothing. Let's be honest, there's only so many ways to look cute when it's 90+ degrees out. I don't know about you, but I'm more than ready for coats, boots, sweaters and pumpkins. I hope everyone had a wonderful long weekend!
Love those booties paired with black and grey!


This is a super simple and quick version of a cat eye.
or when you just don't have time for much else.
The key to making it super easy is using the bent liner brush. Your hand and wrist will be working at a natural angle, which makes the application very streamlined and effortless.
That video was too long, so we broke it up into smaller pieces.
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Designer's Advice: Let There Be Light!
Lighting is one of the most crucial stages of implementing one or another designer's project. It requires thorough planning and developing. Any unconsidered nuance can ruin the impression. This is what Iveta Juhnevica, a designer cooperating with "Davanti" for a long time, says.
Lighting is definitely an instrument for creating a mood. When we feel joyous and energetic, we want more light. When we are sad or tired, we feel our hand reaching for the switch to damp down the brightness. That is why the development of artificial lighting system is of great importance.
The main criterion for a client in creating lighting in a house or an office should be like this: each element of the interior needs to be well seen. This rule has to be observed in developing any space.
In the ideal, the system of artificial lighting should be planned in total accordance with the amount of light, coming from the outside. Unfortunately, there is not enough daylight in Latvia even during the day. That is why designers apply many techniques in their work, which make up for the lack of daylight.
Most customers leave the lighting system's arrangement for later. In reality this proves to be wrong. All details need to be discussed with the designer at the initial stage of implementing the project. The crucial moments include – lighting by the floor (or, also called "night lighting"), centralized turning on/off of floor lamps, wall lamps and others. If the space is connecting, switches need to be placed at all entrances. You could also install sensors, but on the condition there are no pets, which would make the light go on and off.
By continuing the conversation about those elements, which are easily left out while developing the design, we should mention fitted furniture. It also needs additional lighting. Moreover, a wardrobe would need a separate lighting system, because it would substantially facilitate the choice of clothes.
It is very convenient to have sensor switches by the shelves; the light is automatically turned on when the sliding door gets opened, and it gets turned off once the door is closed. A clothes hanger in the shape of a tube can be used as an original lamp, giving light inside the closet. A lamp can be placed just above the door in order to light the space in front of the closet. If the construction is deep enough, it would be a good idea to fit lamps in the walls of deep shelves. In other words, there are plenty of details to consider.
Finally we need to stress that it is necessary to have preliminary information on the lamps, used in the lighting system. For instance, nowadays LED lamps are really fashionable. They allow saving electricity. Besides, their small size does not limit the fantasy of designers.
Having considered all above mentioned, it is clear that the artificial lighting system requires competence and high professionalism. Moreover, the designer's duty is to offer all possible solutions he or she is aware of. This is one of the main principles of their work.


The multi-million pound development of Olympia would aim to preserve the fabric of the historic buildings while also making the internal space both easier to access and more flexible for organisers to use. EC&O is consulting with stakeholders and residents regarding plans to enhance the venue.
– Redeveloping the West Hall within its existing footprint, adding a floor and creating links to the Grand Hall and Olympia Two. The Hall will be designed to be used in conjunction with other spaces or independently, giving Olympia a new found versatility. Plans include incorporating a visitor entrance on Blythe Road to improve the street frontage as well as bringing further flexibility to the venue. The plans will also improve pedestrian access around the building and provide opportunities to enhance the aesthetics of the exterior.
– Refurbishing the Olympia Two building, including infilling the atrium on Level One, to create better exhibition and conferencing space.
A recent exhibition at Olympia allowed residents to discuss plans and the Olympia team are now consulting with organisers. The process forms part of its consultation in advance of submitting the proposals for planning permission and listed building consent to the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in the near future.
As well as the intentions for Olympia Two and the West Hall, EC&O is creating a vision for the whole venue using the best of what the site already offers.
The masterplan illustrates a vision for the entire area around London's Earls Court Exhibition Centre. The proposed plans for the 28 hectare site, bound by both South and West Kensington, could create 6,000 – 8,000 new dwellings and three million square feet of commercial, cultural and retail space.
Terry Farrell and Partners are working with Capital & Counties Properties PLC (Capco), Transport for London and the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham on the project.


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🐶 What is the official kentucky state dog?
What is the official kentucky state dog?
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Kentucky State Parks are now pet friendly! ... No more than two pets are allowed per room/cottage. Pets may be brought into state park campgrounds as long as they are on a leash. Pets are not allowed on any park trails that share land with State Nature Preserves or are in protected archaeological areas.
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Q: Best way to implement tearoffs in swift? I started coding in Swift only recently and I am hitting an issue. I need a tearoff mechanism for several of my swift classes and I wonder what the best way to implement that. Let me explain: I need to implement an extension for 3 of my 50+ classes. Since the code there will be rarely called by users, I am thinking of a tearoff instead of a subclass to improve memory footprint. For complex architectural reasons, a subclass would not be practical anyway. So the idea is the following: have my three classes host a TearOff? attribute, that is instantiated only when a first method of the extension is called, and call the tearoff from my classes so the code (that is pretty complex) is shared. Skeleton:
class foo1 {}

class foo2 {}

class foo3 {}

class TearOff { func method() { blablablabla } }

extension foo1 { func method() {
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Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act
There is established a tribunal to be known as the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Tribunal consisting of a Chairperson and not less than two and not more than six other members to be appointed by the Governor in Council. All of the members must be judges of the Federal Court or a superior court of a province.
Each member of the Tribunal is to be appointed for a term of not more than seven years and holds office so long as he or she remains a judge. A member of the Tribunal, on the expiration of a first or any subsequent term of office, is eligible to be re-appointed for a further term.
In addition to the members, any judge or former judge of the Federal Court of Canada or the Federal Court or of a superior or district court of a province may, on the request of the Chairperson of the Tribunal made with the approval of the Governor in Council, act as a temporary member of the Tribunal.
Each temporary member of the Tribunal who is a former judge is to be paid the remuneration determined by the Governor in Council. Each member of the Tribunal and each temporary member of the Tribunal is entitled to be paid the expenses fixed by the Governor in Council.
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Q: Need help with Linux password I'd like to find someone who can help me work around a password protected Linux system. This is not nefarious, it's an emergency situation. A friend has gone missing in the Vantana Wilderness. There may be info on his Linux system that would help locate him. I know very little about Linux, but PC proficient. Help anyone?

A: You can always access the disk data - if not encrypted - with a so called "live" system.
Download a small Xubunto ISO and install it on a USB stick. There is a documentation from Ubuntu on how to create a "live medium"
Boot the device from the usb - stick, select "Try Xubuntu" and open a file explorer when the desktop appears. Select some "external" disk (because your local "disk" ist the usb stick) and head to the directory /home/????/ where ???? should be the user name of your friend.


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Weak Outlook in GCC Due to Muted Oil Prices & Global Trends
Economic growth in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) was significantly weakened in 2019 due to muted oil prices and excess oil supply, according to the new World Bank's Gulf Economic Update released today. As a result, overall real GDP growth in the GCC is estimated to drop to 0.8% this year compared with 2% last year. While most GCC countries retained strong external positions in 2019, the ongoing slowdown in China and the continued global trade war are hindering their efforts to boost non-oil exports. Meanwhile, resurgent geopolitical risks are raising risk perceptions, which could hurt prospects for investment.
This issue of the Gulf Economic Update, titled "Economic Diversification for a Sustainable and Resilient GCC", explores ways in which GCC countries can pursue diversification that is environmentally sustainable and resilient to global megatrend. Many countries in the region have pursued 'traditional diversification', meaning diversifying away from hydrocarbon production but towards heavy industries that still depend on fossil fuels. The emissions-intensive nature of 'traditional diversification' has increased the GCC countries' exposure to disruptive low-carbon technologies, international policy efforts to address climate change, and negative public perceptions of fossil fuels and their derivatives.
"As GCC countries strive to diversify their economies, they should ensure that diversification strategies are aligned with environmental sustainability goals," said Issam Abousleiman, World Bank Regional Director for the GCC. "Ensuring that the Region's diversification efforts are climate-friendly is critical not only for environmental sustainability but also to help the GCC invest in sources of growth that are resilient to global technology and policy impacts."
The report suggests three ways to help align diversification strategies to environmental sustainability objectives.
First, ensuring that diversification strategies take an 'asset diversification' approach; one that moves beyond the concept of diversifying output and broadens the composition of a country's national wealth to include human capital, in addition to natural and produced assets.
Second, GCC countries can hedge the risks of traditional diversification by liberalizing energy and water prices, scaling up investments in renewable energy and carbon capture and storage to help mitigate the impacts of climate change. Energy subsidy reform and increased investment in renewable energy are already underway in the Gulf.
Third, the GCC must establish effective environmental management institutions and practices to ensure that the region protects its fragile ecosystem and reduces environmental cost of industry as it invests heavily in new sources of economic growth.
GCC Countries Outlook
Bahrain: Bahrain's economy is expected to grow at a moderate rate of 2% in 2019 and average 2.3% over 2020-21, driven by the non-oil sector. Nonoil GDP growth will be driven by an increase in manufacturing output and higher levels of infrastructure spending.
Kuwait: Kuwait's growth rate is expected to dip to 0.4% in 2019 before picking up to 2.2% in 2020, as the OPEC production cuts expire, and 2% in 2021, as the government increases spending on oil capacity enhancements and infrastructure to boost the non-oil sector.
Oman: Oman's growth rate is projected to accelerate from an estimated 0% in 2019 to 3.7% in 2020 and 4.3% in 2021, supported by rising natural gas production. The potential boost from the diversification investment spending would continue supporting growth in the medium term.
Qatar: Qatar's economy is projected to grow by a modest 0.5% in 2019 before accelerating to 1.5% in 2020 and 3.2% in 2021. Growth will be driven by a boost in gas production as the new Barzan Project starts operations as well as by the non-oil sector supported by the government's investment program targeting infrastructure and real estate.
Saudi Arabia: GDP growth rate will likely slow to 0.4% in 2019 driven OPEC's oil supply reduction drive, before rising to 1% in 2020 and 2.2% in 2021.
United Arab Emirates: GDP growth rate is projected to stabilize at 1.8% in 2019, before accelerating to 2.6% in 2020 and 3% by 2021, driven by government stimulus and a boost from hosting Expo 2020.
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Leading platform companies – Cabify, Deliveroo, Grab, MBO Partners, Postmates and Uber – have partnered through the World Economic Forum platform to create principles for the quality of the work that they facilitate.
The companies have agreed on The Charter of Principles for Good Platform Work, released today, which outlines eight key areas to address: diversity and inclusion; safety and wellbeing; flexibility and fair conditions; reasonable pay and fees; social protection; learning and development; voice and participation; and data management. The World Economic Forum has also released the white paper, The Promise of Platform Work: Understanding the Ecosystem, which outlines the different categories of digital work/service platforms, the opportunities and challenges they pose for workers and existing examples of good practice by platform companies in the areas covered by the Charter.
Companies operating digital platforms for individuals to hire out their services to businesses or consumers have experienced rapid growth in recent years and disrupted a range of sectors. Around 0.5% to 2% of the workforce in advanced economies is engaged in platform work, and the platform economy is growing, with global spending up 43% in 2018. These platforms range from ride-hailing apps to professional services.
Digital work/service platforms can offer affordable services to consumers, allow companies and clients greater opportunities to access talent, and provide flexible opportunities for earning income. But the rapid adoption of technology, innovation in business models and the diverse ways in which people work through platforms poses challenges for the current rules and laws governing work and safety nets.
A comprehensive approach is required that provides clarity and legal certainty, and empowers platform workers, promoting their dignity and wellbeing, while supporting flexibility, innovation and the value offered by the platform economy to users and clients. Platform operators should set strong standards to support those providing services through their platforms, and The Charter of Principles for Good Platform Work is a ground-breaking initiative by leading companies in the sector to collectively identify and commit to key principles that in their view should underpin good platform work.
"In an era of stakeholder capitalism, platform companies have come together to show leadership on improving outcomes for workers. The solutions to the challenges posed by the platform economy for working standards will come from a combination of policy changes, improved practice by platform companies themselves and dialogue between government, platform companies and workers' representatives. These will be the next steps for this project at the World Economic Forum," said Saadia Zahidi, Managing Director, New Economy and Society at the Forum.
The next stage of work will engage with a wider community including policy-makers and civil society stakeholders to discuss the practical measures required to support implementation of the principles for good platform work.
What the Leaders Are Saying
"Platform business represents an urgent challenge for regulation of labour markets to ensure formal work with rights, health and safety, minimum living wages or income along with the freedom to organize and bargain collectively and universal social protection. In the absence of Government action, it is pleasing to see this industry discussion. This initiative had its origins in an idea generated during a discussion with leading trade union organizations at the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting 2018 in Davos-Klosters. It represents an important start to the search for solutions for platform workers. While our position on the issues addressed in the Charter may differ in important respects from the principles that it sets out, we appreciate the acknowledgement of responsibility to promote good work and look forward to dialogue over the coming year," said Sharan Burrow, General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation.
"Our industry should view this Charter as the baseline for good platform work, for the action we all must take to ensure the wellbeing of those who contribute to our businesses," said Bastian Lehmann, Co-founder and CEO of Postmates. "These Charter principles serve as an important reminder that conversations about the future of work are about the upward mobility of those who power our economy, day in and day out. Postmates is proud to sign this Charter as yet another signal of our commitment to fighting for pro-worker, pro-innovation policies. We hope that every on-demand company will join us."
"We are proud to contribute to the Platform Work Charter and continue the important work of advancing the next way of working for current and future generations. As we have observed in our now 10th year of collecting data on the independent workforce, self-employment is here to stay, with more than half of all adults in the US predicted to experience independent work at some point in their careers. The World Economic Forum is the platform that will help inform and motivate government and industry to take note and adopt policies designed to support this fast-growing, satisfied, and highly influential portion of the workforce," said Gene Zaino, Founder and Executive Chairman of MBO Partners.
"Everyone has the right to benefit from the digital economy – to earn more, to choose flexible work, and to learn new skills. Over 20% of our driver-partners did not work before joining Grab. They've learnt to use a digital platform to find work, and many can now afford to send their children to school. In a developing region like Southeast Asia, giving people access to digital platforms can improve the quality of life significantly for the next generation. We hope to continue collaborating with governments and industry partners to create innovative benefits that look after even the smallest micro-entrepreneur or business," said Anthony Tan, Group Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder, Grab.
Will Shu, Chief Executive Officer and founder of Deliveroo, said: "We know that riders want to balance flexibility and security. Riders who choose to work with us tell us that they want the freedom to choose when, where and whether to work, balanced with security. Deliveroo was the first platform to give riders free insurance to protect them in case something goes wrong while on the road and we have long argued that changes are needed to enable platforms such as ours to go further to give more benefits to self-employed riders. This Charter is an important piece of work to move that debate forward."
Platform for Shaping the Future of the New Economy and Society
The Charter of Principles for Good Platform Work and The Promise of Platform Work report are part of the World Economic Forum's Platform for Shaping the Future of the New Economy and Society. The Platform provides the opportunity to advancing prosperous, inclusive and equitable economies and societies. It focuses on co-creating a new vision in three interconnected areas: growth and competitiveness; education, skills and work; and equality and inclusion. Working together, stakeholders deepen their understanding of complex issues, shape new models and standards and drive scalable, collaborative action for systemic change.
Over 100 of the world's leading companies and 100 international, civil society and academic organizations currently work through the Platform to: promote new approaches to competitiveness in the Fourth Industrial Revolution economy; deploy education and skills for tomorrow's workforce; build a new pro-worker and pro-business agenda for jobs; and integrate equality and inclusion into the new economy, aiming to reach 1 billion people with better education, jobs, skills and economic opportunity by 2030.
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Over the past 20 years, social entrepreneurs working in partnership with the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship have improved the lives of 622 million people around the world. That's the key finding of a new report, Two Decades of Impact: Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, out today.
This report shows how social entrepreneurs can achieve impact at scale, change the systems in which they operate and contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals.
The community has distributed more than $6.7 billion to projects and products that have enhanced livelihoods, including increasing healthcare access, providing clean energy solutions, and improving education outcomes. It has also mitigated more than 192 million tonnes of CO2, the equivalent to taking around 40.7 million passenger vehicles off the road for a year.
"This report challenges the notion that models of social innovation can be dismissed as small, isolated islands of success amidst our overwhelming global challenges," said Hilde Schwab, Co-founder and Chairperson of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship. "Consider the combined capability of all social innovators in the world, those recognized in networks like the Schwab Foundation, and the hundreds of thousands that exist in local communities around the world."
Demonstrated global impact
The report showcases the diverse work of the community of social enterprises. They operate in more than 190 countries, with 25% of them reaching at least 90 countries each. All 10 countries in which social entrepreneurs are most active are low to middle income markets (with the exception of the US), and six of those are in Africa. They include Brazil, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and the US.
"Social innovators have pioneered sustainable approaches and inclusive business models, and serve as a clear demonstration that models of stakeholder capitalism can indeed work," said Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum. "By having as its mission the engagement of all stakeholders in the creation of social and economic value, social entrepreneurs have proven how employees, customers, suppliers, local communities and the environment can benefit."
Top examples of impact include:
d.light, USA/Kenya, has reached 100 million people with solar products that have offset over 22 million tonnes of CO2 emissions, created employment for over 5,000 people and enabled 1.1 billion people without access to electricity to leapfrog the grid with affordable renewable energy solutions.
Child and Youth Finance Movement, the Netherlands, which works globally to ensure full economic citizenship for children and youth, has changed policies in over 70 countries, and has had 53,300 partner organizations involved in Global Money Week in 174 countries in which 32 million children were reached.
Room to Read, USA has changed the educational trajectories of 16 million children across 16 countries through its Literacy Programme and Girls' Education Programme.
Mothers2Mothers, South Africa has reached over 11 million women and children with life-changing HIV treatment services, achieving virtual elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV among enrolled clients for the last five years. It has also created over 10,000 jobs for women living with HIV and established a WHO best practice model of peer-based care with mentor mothers.
Homeless World Cup, United Kingdom, is a sports organization established specifically to tackle homelessness and poverty through football and street soccer worldwide. It has lifted 1.2 million people out of homelessness and has established 74 partner organizations across the globe.
Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship
The Schwab Foundation was established 20 years ago as a platform to support an under-recognized movement of people who were developing innovative business models delivering social or environmental good. It provides exposure, capacity building and a trusting community of social-change leaders within the World Economic Forum. It now represents 384 late-stage social innovators operating in more than 190 countries worldwide.
The majority of those surveyed in the report cited the three most-valued benefits of the community:
Global visibility through the recognition, legitimacy and inclusion at World Economic Forum events
Peer support through the Foundation's community of like-minded social entrepreneurs
Exposure to leading-edge knowledge and methods, to enable more strategic and systemic approaches
The first two decades of the Foundation were focused on building awareness, enthusiasm and interest for social entrepreneurship. In the decade ahead the Foundation seeks to embed and scale up the potential of social innovation in existing systems globally.
"Social entrepreneurship demonstrates alternative working models to face the current critical challenges to our planet, our societies and our economies," said François Bonnici, Head of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship. "In the galvanizing era of our common agreed purpose towards the Sustainable Development Goals, we recognize that this community – as an organizational expression of social innovation – has much to offer, given how catalytic these approaches are already proving to be."
4IR Tech Can Fast Track 70% of Sustainable Development Goals
2030 is the "Decade of Delivery" to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals – yet the gap between where we are, and where we need to be is significant. A new report, Unlocking Technology for the Global Goals, finds that 4IR technology can play a major role in bridging this gap, but new commitments and partnerships will be necessary to move beyond technological optimism.
Over 300 use cases of emerging technologies, including Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blockchain, Internet of Things, 5G and drones were analysed to build the case for how 4IR technologies could do more to accelerate progress towards the Global Goals.
Across the Goals, and their 169 targets, 70% could be enabled by 4IR technology applications already in use today. Current 4IR tech was found to play an important role for 10 of the Global Goals, in particular: Health (Goal 3), Clean Energy (Goal 7), and Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure (Goal 9).
The World Economic Forum report, written in collaboration with PWC, found that the extent to which these technologies are already providing positive contributions. It highlights barriers and risks to scaling up 4IR solutions and outlines what needs to be done to unlock the enormous potential. Overall new technologies are shown to offer 'high' impact on more than half of the Goals. The study also finds that big data platforms and AI are already supporting progress on every Global Goal.
"There is a huge untapped opportunity to harness new technologies to accelerate progress on the Global Goals," said Celine Herweijer, Partner and Global Innovation and Sustainability Leader, PwC UK. "It's time to move from celebrating so-called Tech for Good use cases to assertively directing technology at society's biggest challenges – such as climate change and inequality."
The analysis shows that today's applications of 4IR technologies related to the Global Goals tend to focus on areas with strong private sector commercial benefits, including energy, industry and healthcare. Underlying barriers, from lack of basic infrastructure, expertise and data, to adequate market incentives and business models, must be addressed to shift this reality.
To help close the gap between technology's potential and the slow rate of progress, the Forum is supporting the launch of Frontier 2030 at the 2020 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos. Frontier 2030 sets out an ambitious aim: to mobilize technology companies, governments, international organizations, investors and civil society to tackle the barriers that prevent 4IR technology from being scaled up to address the Global Goals.
"We have good reason for technology optimism, but we also need a good dose of technology realism," said Antonia Gawel, Head of Innovation and Circular Economy, World Economic Forum. "4IR technologies are tools that still require commitment, policies and partnerships to put them to work in the service of the Global Goals. With Frontier 2030 and UpLink – our digital platform to engage Gen Z and entrepreneurs in meeting the SDGs – we will make this happen."


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Dishonored 2 - Improvisation Run - Part 6 (Finale)
We're finally made it. At long last, we have attained a way to defeat Delilah and save the empire.
It was a ton of fun to perform this improvisation run on stream. As we keep playing other, similar games on stream, you can always follow me on Twitch to keep abreast of what we're playing. Be sure to pop in and say hello.
There's not a whole lot more to say about Dishonored 2 that we haven't already discussed in previous episodes.
The most interesting aspects of this final mission are all the myriad callbacks to the previous Dishonored game and its DLC. Since the vast majority of the mission takes place in a map that was used for both Mission 1 of Dishonored 2, and the prologue and Mission 6 of the first game, it's only natural to reference what came before, as a treat to those who have stuck with it since the beginning.
In Low Chaos, Megan Foster reveals that she's truly Billie Lurk. And you can pickpocket the key to her cabin in order to hear Daud's final confession.
The Gazebo where Emily's mother met her end is present at Dunwall Tower, as it should be. There, players can pay respects at the monument set up in her honor.
Jesamine's secret chamber for the first game is present here as well. Not only that, but players who remembered it's location could use it to sneak by without turning on the elevator and alerting Delilah to their presence.
The non-lethal method to dispose of Delilah identical to how she is stopped in The Brigmore Witches, by allowing her to complete her ritual after sabotaging it.
These are all really nice touches, and I'm glad Arkane kept continuity in mind when designing this return to Dunwall. In general, it's always cool to have the hero "come home again", but seeing Emily evolve over her journeys in Karnaca.
Next up, we move onto Death of the Outsider. Emily's adventures are at an end, and it's time for a new heroine to step up.
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Investment in Pharma Funds - Good or Bad?
Sector funds always create doubtful grounds in the minds of investors. Here we are providing you with Pharma Funds Explanation. Check out whether they are good for you or not!
Investments in the pharma industry are yielding significant returns at present, due to the emerging competition between different brands. To know how they can help you to attain the investment goals, you must read this blog till the end.
The decision to invest in the stocks of pharmaceutical companies is a confusing one unless you have a keen knowledge about the same. As there is a saying that goes, "An investment in knowledge pays the best interest." So let us first try and get an idea about whether the mutual fund schemes of Pharma funds category would prove beneficial for you or not.
As the market is showing bright outlook of the pharma industry and is expected to boom in the near future, investments in this industry would definitely yield higher profits for the investors in the coming years. Furthermore, as the population is getting older day by day and pharma companies are helping them to remain healthy, the investors can also contribute towards the health of many individuals by putting their funds in this sector.
The Indian population is having a high demand for medicines, and thus the pharma companies are earning heavy profits. In addition, the demand for Indian medicines has increased in the international market as well which has accelerated the operations and hence, the growth of such companies. Accordingly, if an investor would invest their hard-earned monies into such promising and growing sector, then they would, fortunately be able to earn a high-yielding return on their investment.
As everyone wants to make an investment in the most efficient strategy, the pharma funds provide the same to them. With increasing demands and growing prospects, this industry is on the pace of making assured profits. And hence, they make sure to create wealth for those who are investing their monies in them.
Warren Buffett has said, "Only buy something that you'd be perfectly happy to hold if the market shut down for 10 years." As per the enhancing performance of the pharma industry, we can conclude here that if we buy schemes from the pharma funds, we would not at all lose our money in the coming ages, rather will make high profits. But, investment in any industry can pay the aspiring returns only if it is done in a planned manner. If you do not know where your money is going, you can never manage it. You must have set objectives to make an efficient plan and thus earn the desiring returns.
SBI Pharma Fund: It is a mutual fund investment programme from SBI Mutual Fund, which is designed to provide the maximum possible returns to the investors who are desirous of investing in the pharma funds. It aims to provide the highest growth to the investors by investing in the stocks of growth-oriented companies. It puts the majority of the funds into pharmaceutical companies and to provide diversification, some of the monies are also invested in the service sector. This scheme is proficient in catering the long-term investment requirements by offering the highest returns.
UTI Pharma Fund: It is a scheme that is designed by the fund manager of UTI Mutual Fund. It provides capital appreciation by making investments in the equity and equity-related securities of such corporates that are indulged in healthcare and pharma activities. To provide diversification, some of the funds in this category are also invested in debt and cash instruments. The performance of this scheme since its inception is appreciable as it has benefited various investors till now.
Reliance Pharma Fund: The primary objective of this scheme is to generate consistent returns by investing in equity and equity-related securities along with fixed income instruments to provide diversification. The performance of the plan, in the long run, is quite appreciable as it provides returns higher than the set benchmark(S&P BSE Healthcare). An investor who is desirous of putting the hard earned monies into pharma industry can consider this scheme to add in the portfolio.
Furthermore, many schemes falling under this category are performing immensely. But, the plans stated above are among the best ones. If you wish to grow your money into wealth, then start making investments with a growing industry. It's up to your choice where and how you get the most out of your money.
If in case you get confused while making the best choice, we at My SIP Online are ready to help you out in the most efficient manner by providing different tools and solutions.


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Engineering and farm equipment major Escorts expects growth momentum of tractor sales to continue in the coming three quarters. However, prospects for the next fiscal will clear only after the general elections, according to a senior company official.
The company, which posted 20.2 per cent growth in tractor volumes at 45,533 units in the first of 2018-19, said at present most of the factors that are driving tractor demand in rural market are positive.
"Most of the factors which are driving tractor demand in rural market are positive...There is nothing negative as of now on the rural demand side and we think the sentiment will remain positive at least till first quarter of next (fiscal) year," Escorts Group CFO Bharat Madan told PTI.
He further said the good yield of the last Kharif crop as well as the outgoing Rabi season "looks pretty good".
"The MSPs (minimum support prices) are much better than last year, although they may not be in the same range as the government is projecting...Still the overall numbers are positive and they are better than last year," Madan added.
When asked about outlook of tractor sales for the ongoing fiscal, he said: "It is almost about 20 per cent growth that we are looking in tractors for the domestic market."
Last year the company's total tractor sales were about 80,000 units out of which 78,000 were in domestic and 2,000 in exports, he added.
"This year we are looking at closer to 98,000 units. Export for us is very small, so for this year we are looking at 3,000-odd units and balance will be all domestic," Madan said.
On the outlook for the next fiscal, he said it would clear only after the general elections and how monsoon pan out next year.
"It is difficult to say how the next year will look like. The momentum will continue for the next three quarters...After first quarter (next fiscal), how things like the elections, and depending on that the government policy related to agriculture sector, pan out along with monsoon (will be key)," he said.
In the second quarter this fiscal, Escorts' tractor sales were up 3.3 per cent at 21,039 units.
"It was flat due to base index due to last year's GST implementation and the festive season which got delayed compared to last year. Otherwise, sentiment on the ground is positive," Madan added.
For the third quarter, he said: "We are expecting good growth numbers. Fourth quarter may be slightly muted for tractors but overall, we are expecting double digit growth for tractors.


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Florence Gould's Toxic Gifts	How a little-known woman of huge, but decadent and immoral, ambitions floated above the retribution of WWII.
Ellen F. Harris
Page by Page: Book Reviews
A Dangerous Woman: American Beauty, Noted Philanthropist, Nazi Collaborator—The Life of Florence Gould
By Susan Ronald	(2018, St. Martin's Press) 388 pages including photographs, notes, bibliography, and index.
In her twenties, Florence Gould danced in the Folies Bergere. In her thirties, she dazzled her guests in sequined pajamas designed for her by Coco Chanel. In her forties, during WWII, she served as a collaboration grande horizontale for high-ranking Nazis in Paris. In her fifties, as the war ended, she schemed with them to launder their money. That triggered an investigation for treason by FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. She died unrepentant in her late 80s. Susan Ronald details Florence's wild ride of a life in A Dangerous Woman: American Beauty, Noted Philanthropist, Nazi Collaborator—The Life of Florence Gould.
Born 1895 in San Francisco to French immigrants, Florence Lacaze and her mother fled to Paris after the 1906 earthquake. Her mother planned to launch her child as an opera star, or a courtesan like a character by Colette, or the wife of a very rich man.
Being a showgirl brought the attention she craved, but not the lavish lifestyle.
What Florence lacked in musical talent, she made up in beauty: hypnotic green eyes, long blonde hair, and a lush figure she emphasized with her signature vampish walk. That led to the chorus line at the Follies-Bergere where she danced with her lover, Maurice Chevalier. Being a showgirl brought the attention she craved, but not the lavish lifestyle.
That changed when she met Frank Gould, 18 years her senior, and ultra-rich thanks to his financier father, Jay Gould, who left an estate worth four billion dollars in today's money. Frank owned Chateau Le Robillard, once the home of Dumas's musketeer, d'Artagnan, where he stabled his racehorses and lived like a French nobleman. A drunken nobleman. He would awaken at 8 a.m., drink a quart of whiskey and go back to sleep. At dinner, he drank until he passed out.
Florence wanted Frank to get well so they could become the It couple of beau monde Paris, which existed in "a world somewhere between Guermantes Way and Sodom," quipped one aristocrat.[1] "Everybody slept with everybody else. It was fun. It was practical," Florence said. Marriage in 1923 did not change old habits. Florence and Frank discussed their trysts at the breakfast table.
Florence "had yet to meet a man she could not control," said Ronald. Her secret: "To hold on to your man, you need to occupy him. You make love together for, what? An hour? Then you have 23 other hours to fill." She imagined she and Frank running an empire of pleasure palaces along the French Riviera. They scouted locations between Nice and Monte Carlo. They ultimately amassed 50 hotels/casinos across France catering to the ultra-rich. Casinos are a cash operation, which allowed the couple to rake in lots of money.
Not everyone helped them in their quest. One landowner refused to sell to Frank because he was an American. Florence retorted, "Money doesn't care who owns it."
Frank stayed in the background handling the finances, letting his wife beguile their famous guests, Zelda and Scott, Rudolph Valentino and Harpo Marx, and Hemingway. Her talent and charm for making important friends went unrivaled. She knew entertainment, helping launch the "Jazz at the Juan Festival" and popularizing water-skiing.
She smelled opportunity when the Depression reached France, snapping up Impressionist paintings and fine jewels at bargain prices.
Frank stayed in the background handling the finances, letting his wife beguile their famous guests, Zelda and Scott, Rudolph Valentino and Harpo Marx, and Hemingway. Her talent and charm for making important friends went unrivaled.
Florence could now achieve her dream of being a Paris salonniére, exchanging witticisms with artists and aristocrats like a modern day Madame de Stael. Her guests included Picasso, Matisse, Kandinsky, Klee, Duchamp, Max Beckmann, Man Ray, D.H. Lawrence, and Colette. But, author Ronald notes, while Florence knew much about big-name writers, she was not familiar with their work.
By 1933, the Goulds' two largest casinos were losing money. Three fires broke out at the same time in three different parts of one hotel. Rumor had it the Goulds were behind the fortunate fire which destroyed the records. The French authorities investigated them. Florence did what she had to do with the authorities and charges were never filed.
"I have slept with the Dear Lord," she said, "and the Dear Lord loves me."
When the Nazis goose-stepped through the streets of Paris, Frank and Florence could have fled to the United States. They did not because it would have cost them millions of dollars. Frank had left decades earlier to avoid paying federal income taxes. To hold onto their French property during the Occupation, they needed Florence's Gestapo contacts. Her new lovers provided her with the inside information she needed. She was now overseeing their empire as Frank's mental facilities faded.
She and a friend organized a network of socialites in a high-class prostitution ring catering to top Nazi officials for black market goods. She juggled bedmates—Helmut Knochen, the top Gestapo commander of Paris, and his boss, SS leader, Carl Oberg, who deported 40,000 French Jews.
She took as her main lover an SS agent, Ludwig Vogel, who was younger than she by 14 years. He oversaw the French deportations, and Operation Todt, a mass slave labor organization. He could procure whatever Florence desired for her salon on the black market: butter, eggs, fresh vegetables, coffee, chocolate, meat, and coal. While Parisians burned their furniture and floorboards during the bitter winters, 18-ton trucks delivered coal to Florence. Her salon surpassed all others with feasts. It was said that they became less literary and more like an orgy.
Vogel also secured for Florence a huge 8-room apartment near his in the posh 16th arrondissement. It had belonged to a wealthy Jewish family. Florence did not care. It was an "anything goes" occupation. When the Germans began looting art from Jewish collectors, Florence bought their pieces at auction. Even her friends labeled her an anti-Semite.
More was never enough for Florence and her ultra-rich friends.
She twice flew to Germany with Vogel while he inspected Luftwaffe airfields. She did not pass on the information to her occasional lover, the American ambassador to Vichy France, William C. Bullitt, or her acquaintances in the resistance.
When the Germans began looting art from Jewish collectors, Florence bought their pieces at auction. Even her friends labeled her an anti-Semite. More was never enough for Florence and her ultra-rich friends.
When it became clear that the Axis powers were losing, Nazi high commanders began moving their money to foreign banks. Florence became a silent partner and, as a principal of the bank, transferred 5 million francs to Banque Charles in Monte Carlo before D-Day.
The liberation of Paris in August 1944 triggered the purge of collaborators: Women who had slept with the enemy had their heads shaved and were paraded in the streets. Others were marched naked and beaten. Not Florence. Buoyed by her money and her contacts, she floated above retribution. She never showed any remorse.
Instead, she presented herself as a victim of the Occupation. She told the Allies she had only invested in Banque Charles to save her husband. The French authorities did not believe her and continued their criminal investigation. They requested that she be deported. She was not.
The Americans began investigating her for treason, the moving of Nazi money to Monte Carlo. They also wanted to know how she managed to get Vogel released from prison and flown to America. J. Edgar Hoover sent her treason file to the U.S. Attorney General. And her friend, U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Morganthau, began investigating her for war profiteering.
Florence hired a first-rate lawyer, and the feds moved onto larger targets. The cases against her were never formally closed.
She continued throwing lavish parties at her salon, telling guests she had joined the OSS (Office of Strategic Services, the forerunner of the CIA) in late 1943, as a resistant.
She began writing bigger checks to charities. She walked the red carpet at the first Cannes Film Festival. As her looks faded, she bedecked her walls with more Impressionist paintings and adorned herself with more impressive jewels.
Frank died in 1956 and his twin daughters declared war on their stepmother. One sent Hoover new information in the treason case: Florence had worked with the Nazis to resurrect the Third Reich with the Gould real estate as part of the plan. Nothing came of that accusation.
Like others of her ilk with ill-gotten gains, she laundered her reputation by becoming an arts philanthropist. She contributed so many millions the French awarded her their Legion of Honor.
As Frank's main heir, Florence partied on with Princess Grace and the Aga Kahn.
Like others of her ilk with ill-gotten gains, she laundered her reputation by becoming an arts philanthropist. She contributed so many millions the French awarded her their Legion of Honor. Thomas Hoving, then director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, threw her a private dinner for her donation. She established a cultural foundation in her name. She died in 1983, the patron of largesse.
As Americans ask that institutions change the names of buildings named for slaveholders and the manufacturers of opioids[2], the issue of toxic gifts could emerge in arts philanthropy.
The Forward newspaper published an article, "Should Arts Venues Honor a Nazi Hostess?" in 2011. Benjamin Ivry wrote, "The question as to whether the Foundation's money is tainted, remains open." [3]
[1] p. 101, quoting Prince Jean-Louis de Faucigny-Lucinge in his book, "Un gentilhomme cosmopolite."
[2] #shameonSackler movement against the philanthropic family whose company makes OxyContin.
[3] https://forward.com/schmooze/144127/should-arts-venues-honor-a-nazi-hostess/
Ellen F. Harris is author of Guarding the Secrets: Palestinian Terrorism and a Father's Murder of His Too-American Daughter (Scribner, 1995) and Dying to Get Married: The Courtship and Murder of Julia Miller Bulloch (Harper-Collins, 1991). A freelance writer, she teaches journalism at Washington University in St. Louis.
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