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Operational performance of power utilities
The operational performance of power utilities remained tepid during the past year. Power demand had been falling since August 2019 as a result of shrinking industrial production, and the shutdown of commercial and industrial (C&I) activities due to the Covid-19-induced lockdown in March-April 2020 further affected demand. The decline in power consumption was also reflected in the low utilisation levels, measured by the plant load factor (PLF), of thermal power plants (TPPs). The average PLF of TPPs declined to 49.47 per cent in the month of October 2019, and hit an all-time low of 48.46 per cent (tentative) during the April-August 2020 period, mainly owing to the Covid-19 lockdown.
Meanwhile, the majority of state transmission utilities fared well in the past year, reporting a decline in transmission losses. Aggregate technical and commercial (AT&C) losses of discoms reduced, although they are still above the targeted level of 15 per cent in most states.
Power Line presents an overview of the performance of utilities across the power sector during the past year…
The national PLF of TPPs stood at 55.99 per cent during 2019-20, a decrease of 4.31 percentage points from the 60.3 per cent recorded during 2018-19. The PLF for the April-August 2020 period stood at 48.46 per cent (tentative) vis-à-vis 59.17 per cent in the corresponding period in 2019.
Of the 34 utilities tracked by Power Line Research during 2019-20, nine reported an increase in PLF over the previous year. The highest PLF (at 95.85 per cent) was reported by Sasan Power Limited (SPL), which operates the 3,960 MW Sasan ultra mega power project in Madhya Pradesh, followed by Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) with a PLF of 87.54 per cent. SCCL operates the 1,200 MW Singareni TPP in Telangana.
Sector-wise, the central sector recorded the highest PLF during 2019-20. The average PLF of central sector-owned plants stood at 64.21 per cent, much lower than the 72.14 per cent recorded in the previous year. In the state sector, PLFs decreased to 50.24 per cent during 2019-20 from 57.16 per cent recorded a year ago. For private independent power producers, PLFs increased marginally from 53.89 per cent during 2018-19 to 54.32 per cent during 2019-20 while for private utilities PLFs increased from 61.34 per cent to 62.49 per cent during 2019-20.
Among central utilities, NTPC Limited recorded a PLF of 67.3 per cent during 2019-20, about 9 percentage points lower than its previous year's record of 76.3 per cent. NTPC's best performing plant during 2019-20 was the Rihand super thermal power station (STPS) in Uttar Pradesh, which recorded a PLF of 88.64 per cent, whereas the lowest PLF was recorded at its Barauni TPS in Bihar at 3.67 per cent. The Damodar Valley Corporation recorded a marginal increase of 0.36 percentage points in its PLF, from 59.05 per cent during 2018-19 to 59.41 per cent during 2019-20, whereas the PLF of NLC India Limited declined marginally from 70.96 per cent to 70.84 per cent during 2019-20.
At the state level, SCCL was the best performing utility with 87.54 per cent PLF during 2019-20, which is well above the average state sector PLF of 50.24 per cent as well as the national average. Telangana State Power Generation Corporation Limited was the second best performing state utility with a PLF of 70.66 per cent, followed by Tenughat Vidyut Nigam Limited (TVNL) with a PLF of over 65.61 per cent and CSPGCL with a PLF of 65.54 per cent during 2019-20. Only three state utilities – SCCL, TVNL and Andhra Pradesh Power Development Company Limited – recorded an increase in PLF during 2019-20 vis-à-vis 2018-19 and the rest reported a decline or maintained generation at the the previous year's level. Meanwhile, the biggest drop in PLF was reported by Odisha Power Generation Corporation Limited. The PLF declined by 27.29 percentage points from 83.86 per cent during 2018-19 to 56.57 per cent during 2019-20. Both Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited and Madhya Pradesh Power Generating Company Limited reported a decline in PLF by over 20 percentage points.
In the private sector, PLFs varied widely from 26 per cent to 96 per cent. Adani Power Limited, Jindal India Thermal Private Limited, Sasan Power Limited, Essar Power Gujarat Limited and Tata Power (Trombay TPS) witnessed an increase in PLFs during the review period. Seven private utilities reported PLFs higher than the national average. These were Adani Power Limited, CESC Limited, Coastal Gujarat Power Limited, JSW Energy Limited, Adani Electricity Mumbai Limited (formerly Reliance Infrastructure – Generation), Sasan Power Limited and Torrent Power Limited (Sabarmati TPP). All other private sector utilities registered a decline in their PLFs. The highest decline was reported by Essar Power Madhya Pradesh Limited, which saw its PLF go down from 40.88 per cent during 2018-19 to 31.13 per cent during 2019-20.
The performance of state transmission utilities improved during 2019-20 and utilities tracked by Power Line Research reported transmission losses in the range of 1.19 per cent (Power Transmission Corporation of Uttarakhand Limited) to 4 per cent (Meghalaya Power Transmission Corporation Limited) during 2019-20. Of the 19 utilities for which data is available for 2019-20, 13 utilities registered a decline in their transmission losses during 2019-20 over the previous year, while four registered an increase (Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Limited, Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company Limited, Power Transmission Corporation of Uttarakhand Limited and West Bengal State Electricity Transmission Company Limited) and two utilities (Gujarat Energy Transmission Corporation Limited and Meghalaya Power Transmission Corporation Limited) did not register any change. Among the utilities tracked, Power Transmission Corporation of Uttarakhand Limited reported the least transmission losses at 1.19 per cent, followed by Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Limited and Punjab State Transmission Corporation Limited with 2.08 per cent and 2.25 per cent of transmission losses respectively. The Madhya Pradesh Power Transmission Corporation, West Bengal State Electricity Transmission Company, Transmission Corporation of Telangana Limited and Transmission Corporation of Andhra Pradesh are other state utilities that recorded losses of 2-3 per cent during 2019-20.
The majority of transcos reported losses in the range of 3-4 per cent including state utilities of Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh. The transco with the highest loss of 4 per cent was the Meghalaya Power Transmission Corporation.
Data was collated by Power Line Research for 58 discoms (49 state-owned distribution utilities and nine private utilities) from tariff orders, the UDAY portal and company reports. It is observed that among the state utilities, AT&C losses ranged from as low as 4.65 per cent for Uttar Gujarat Vij Company Limited (UGVCL) to as high as 60.8 per cent for the Jammu & Kashmir Power Development Department (JKPDD) during 2019-20. A total of 32 state utilities reported a decline in AT&C losses during 2019-20 vis-à-vis 2018-19. The most significant improvements were reported by Meghalaya Power Distribution Corporation Limited (MePDCL), Andhra Pradesh Southern Power Distribution Company Limited (APSPDCL), Madhya Pradesh Poorv Kshetra Vidyut Vitaran Company Limited (MP Poorv), Gulbarga Electricity Supply Company Limited (GESCOM) and Hubli Electricity Supply Company Limited (HESCOM), which reported a decline of 10-20 percentage points in AT&C losses.
Among the state utilities, UGVCL was the best performer with AT&C losses of 4.65 per cent during 2019-20. In addition, 15 state-owned utilities reported/estimated AT&C losses of less than 15 per cent during 2019-20. These are Dakshin Gujarat Vij Company Limited (DGVCL), Madhya Gujarat Vij Company Limited (MGVCL), Mangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (MESCOM), Kerala State Electricity Board Limited (KSEBL), the Goa Power Department, Southern Power Distribution Company of Telangana Limited (TSSPDCL), Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Company Limited (CESCOM), Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM), Eastern Power Distribution Company of Andhra Pradesh Limited (APEPDCL), APSPDCL, Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Company Limited (TANGEDCO), Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL), Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), GESCOM and HESCOM.
The worst performers during 2019-20 were JKPDD and Purvanchal Vidyut Vitaran Nigam Limited (PuVVNL) with AT&C losses of 60.8 and 37.98 per cent respectively. Six state discoms recorded AT&C losses of above 30 per cent. These were JKPDD, PuVVNL, Dakshinanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (DVVNL), Madhya Pradesh Madhya Kshetra Vidyut Vitran Company Limited, Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited (JBVNL) and Southern Electricity Supply Company of Odisha Limited (SOUTHCO).
Meanwhile, private sector discoms continued to report a steady performance with losses of less than 10 per cent over the past couple of years. Tata Power Mumbai's AT&C losses during 2019-20 were less than 2 per cent. BSES Yamuna Power Limited's (BYPL) AT&C losses stood at 8.65 per cent in 2019-20, declining from 10.36 per cent during 2018-19; although TPDDL's AT&C losses increased marginally from 7.89 per cent to 7.93 per cent. The AT&C loss for India Power remained constant at 3 per cent. The other private discoms (which reported T&D or distribution losses during the review period) also improved their performance during 2019-20. The distribution losses of Torrent Power-Surat (3.64 per cent) and Adani Electricity Mumbai (7.37 per cent) were lower than those in 2018-19, while the of BSES Rajdhani Power Limited (BRPL) (9.5 per cent) and Torrent Power-Ahmedabad (6.7 per cent) increased slightly over the past year.
Overall, power utilities have seen a downturn in their operational performance as a result of Covid-19. The generation segment has been further weighed down by low power demand. Electricity distribution was already the weakest link in the electricity value chain, plagued by low collection and billing efficiency. The pandemic has further aggravated its woes owing to liquidity constraints and a dip in revenue collection. However, the government's proactive measures, such as the Rs 900 billion liquidity infusion package to discoms under the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan, have lent some support to the sector in these difficult times. The move to privatise discoms in union territories is another step in the right direction and would encourage more state discoms to look at privatisation for improving operational performance.
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Sometimes, you need to experience a broken system from the inside, to clearly see a way forward to fix it.
But how to you share your vision – before the broken system breaks you?
Helen Parker was lucky. Aged just 20, she faced an unplanned pregnancy, mid-way through her university degree, with no job, no family support, and nowhere to call home.
Despite the challenges, she wanted to have her baby – and her determination put the young Melbourne mother on a path for transforming countless lives in her local community.
Navigating complex and uncoordinated health care and social support systems for pregnant and new mothers, Helen was fortunate to find the encouragement she needed through a range of community organisations.
But her search also showed her cavernous gaps in services, and huge numbers of overwhelmed women falling through them.
These frustrating and alienating experiences stayed with her, and Helen knew there must be a way to support and empower women through such a vulnerable time.
That belief inspired her to found The Babes Project, a not-for-profit crisis pregnancy service providing free, holistic and nurturing perinatal support to women doing it tough.
Since 2009, The Babes Project has grown to support hundreds of women every year, offering the support they need through crisis, and building confidence and empowerment in their motherhood.
And as CEO, Helen remains determined to ensure all women have support in their pregnancy and early parenting, and to change how our society values all mothers.
In 2018, The Babes Project expanded its operations beyond Melbourne's south and eastern suburbs, taking its successful model national, via The Babes Project App, and the National Triage hotline, delivering on-phone support, advice and recommendations that replicates Babes' proven perinatal program.
Helen is a compelling speaker, engaging her audiences in stories of risk, pioneering and making a dream reality.
Her message is one of possibility and potential, and how small changes made with love and compassion can transform lives, communities, and our world.


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Build Back Better Is bad for the states
By Ryan Lanier, opinion contributor — 12/06/21 07:00 PM EST
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In their largest effort to radically transform America and expand the size, scope, and power of the federal government, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer Chuck SchumerDemocrats make final plea for voting rights ahead of filibuster showdown DACA highlights pitfalls of legalization schemes The Hill's Morning Report - Presented by Facebook - Schumer tees up doomed election reform vote MORE (D-N.Y.) has vowed to pass President Joe Biden Joe BidenBiden says he didn't 'overpromise' Finland PM pledges 'extremely tough' sanctions should Russia invade Ukraine Russia: Nothing less than NATO expansion ban is acceptable MORE's Build Back Better Act (BBBA) by Christmas. The $1.75 trillion plan (which is more likely to cost $5 trillion), passed the House on Nov. 19, 2021. It will force states to fund unsustainable programs and blur the lines between the federal and state governments.
The promise of more federal money comes as many states prepare to spend the second tranche of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act funds and receive funds from the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. A further influx of federal cash would overwhelm states already swamped with more money than they can spend efficiently and effectively, as well as fueling and sustaining high levels of inflation.
The cost-sharing provisions and strict spending conditions of the BBBA would shift significant portions of the bill's cost to state governments while forcing them to implement progressive policy priorities to qualify for federal grants. These requirements are part of the claim that the legislation is completely paid for, since it leaves states on the hook for an array unsustainable programs like universal pre-K, Medicare and Medicaid expansion, and elements of the Green New Deal when the federal share runs out.
Massive federal funding programs have historically led to unsustainable spending at the state level. For example, federal relief funds in the American Rescue and Recovery Act of 2009, or the Obama-Biden stimulus, led states to establish a variety of new programs for education. Once funds dried up, states found themselves on the hook for a multitude of programs with no federal assistance in sight. Various provisions of the BBBA also force states to adopt, implement, and fund programs for which federal funding is limited.
The White House's official Build Back Better website outlines the administration's plan to subordinate state governments, including universal pre-K and expansion of the Child Care and Development Block Grant. The BBBA not only places a significant financial burden of universal pre-K on the states, but it also allows local entities to directly access federal funds, circumventing the wishes of taxpayers and their duly elected state representatives who do not want to participate. Once federal funding expires, state and local governments are responsible for covering the increased costs generated by these unfunded mandates.
The Biden administration promises to expand Medicaid services to the more than 800,000 Americans currently on state waiting lists by allocating additional federal funds to the states for this purpose. In an extreme alteration of intergovernmental relations that puts Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal and Lyndon Johnson's Great Society to shame, the BBBA will force the states that chose not to expand Medicaid to do so, part of what might be called a dystopian model in which the federal government manages every aspect of a person's life from birth to death.
The coercion of states to embrace progressive policies doesn't stop at education and Medicaid expansion. The legislation also contains a plan to force states to adopt elements of the Green New Deal under the guise of "environmental justice." Provisions include $250 million in grants to state and local governments to expand "equitable outdoor access" to non-federal lands "for members of underserved groups" and an additional $250 million to support "underserved forest landowners" to aid in "climate mitigation" and "carbon sequestration and storage" efforts. These grants would allow national lawmakers to achieve their goals by commandeering state and local government control over state- and privately-owned land.
These vast federal grant programs threaten to erase the division of authority between the states and the federal government established by the Constitution. Through coercive federalism, the BBBA would confiscate states' powers as independent governments and establish them as submissive tools to implement an extreme agenda. Aided by the return of earmarks as well, federal lawmakers can use federal funding programs like those featured in the BBBA to force states to adopt their priorities.
The dangers of the BBBA extend beyond concerns over the legislation's wasteful spending on desert fish and freshwater mussels, drug price controls, impact on inflation, and contribution to the national debt. If enacted, this legislation will allow the federal government to fundamentally reorder the American system of government and use the states as pawns to implement progressive priorities. To preserve constitutional federalism, Congress must reject the Build Back Better Act.
Ryan Lanier is State Government Affairs Associate for CAGW.
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Hit-and-run crashes on the rise in Denver
Posted 5:30 pm, June 10, 2019, by Kristin Haubrich
DENVER -- Hit and run crashes in Denver are increasing at an alarming rate. Over the past six years, hit and runs involving cars and pedestrians are up nearly 70 percent.
Northbound I-25 and West 6th Avenue tops the list for the area that has had the most hit-and-runs in Denver in that time period.
When a driver takes off after a crash, it leaves the victim's family struggling to understand.
"There's an epidemic here. I've lived all over the world and there has not been a city that has the hit-and-runs that Denver has," Patricia D'Amico said.
D'Amico knows all too well the pain that is left after a hit and run.
"I open the door and this man says, "I'm the coroner" and I just about died right there," D'Amico said.
Her son, Kevin, was hit and killed while crossing Wadsworth last year. The driver left the scene before officers arrived.
"I have Kevin on my mind all the time," D'Amico said.
The FOX31 Problem Solvers looked into the Denver Police Department's Crime stats. Since 2013, hit-and-runs involving, cars and pedestrians has steadily increased from 4,000 per year to 6,000 per year.
Also, according to the stats, neighborhoods that had the highest numbers of hit and runs in that same time frame are Stapleton, Baker, Five-Points, Capitol-Hill and Montbello.
While there is no clear solution to cut down on these senseless acts, D'Amico is still searching for the driver who left her son in the street.
"They destroyed a fabulous life, and they also destroyed bits and pieces of me and our whole family."
Police say witnesses play a crucial role in helping prosecute hit and run cases.
If you see that type of crash, always grab the license plate number and description to give to police.
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Last week Tiger Woods announced he would be returning to the PGA Tour. Now he has had second thoughts.
There was a spike in the excitement levels around the golf world late last week with the news that Tiger Woods would be play in the PGA Tour 2016-17 season opener, the Safeway Open in California.
But by Monday this week, those thinking the news was too good to be true were proven correct with Woods having a change of heart over the weekend and withdrawing from the tournament.
As usual with anything about Tiger Woods, there is a lot of rumour but little certainty.
We all know hitting the ball on the range and out on the golf course are two very different things. Not to mention that the short game is a large chunk of the game of golf too. And we also know that Woods had a bad case of the chipping yips in the last few tournaments he played.
For now, the return of Tiger Woods is on hold. Again.
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Family travel: Langkawi
Discover the canny residents on a river delta wildlife safari in Langkawi — just one of Malaysia's many beautiful islandsMonday, 8 April 2019
By Maria Pieri
Juvenile macaque monkeys feasting on a coconut. Image: Aidi Abdullah
Two inquisitive young faces peer over the edge of the small, wooden motorboat. Flickers of gold sparkle in the murky depths — something's down there, creating larger and larger ripples on the surface.
My kids turn expectantly back towards us, mouthing words of protest.
"Nothing's happening," says my daughter Rae (8), in exasperation, looking across to her brother Luca (6) to see if he's having any more luck.
I lean across, holding onto them from behind. "Put the tips of your fingers just over the edge," I tell them. "That's it. Not too far, though."
Both are concentrating fiercely, like children do — until a thin jet of water flies up and hits Rae in the face, prompting a squeal of delight.
"Mum did you see it?" asks Luca.
"It hit me in the eye!" says Rae, with a big smile on her face. "It spat at me! It SPAT at me!"
We've just encountered the archerfish, a golden-yellow fish with black stripes that's best known for preying on insects by shooting them down with water droplets — spitting at them, in other words. Up to four inches long, the archerfish is one of the many colourful residents we meet along this maze of 550-million-year-old cliffs and tangled mangroves that constitutes Malaysia's Langkawi's Kilim Karst Geoforest Park. Others include sea eagles, kites, monkeys, otters and walking fish — plus one regular, knowledgeable visitor, naturalist Aidi Abdullah, from the Four Seasons Resort Langkawi. Today, he's guiding us through the river delta on the hotel's Mangrove & Eagles Safari.
"The limestone is made up of millions of very old, little creatures compressed together," he says, pointing at the cliff rock. "This area was formed over 650 million years ago, when Australia rudely pushed these islands up."
This 'karst' landscape is essentially made up of limestone; otherwise known as chalk or calcium carbonate, Aidi explains. Over time, water erosion has carved out the steep rocky cliffs we're slowly navigating.
"Creatures?" splutters Rae, belatedly. "Animals and birds, and dinosaurs? Yeuch!"
"All squashed together," adds Aidi.
I'm guessing Aidi is in his mid-50s; he's a charismatic storyteller, former flying instructor and petrolhead — the latter hobby leaving him with a rather hoarse voice, following a serious motorbike crash.
His other passions include nature (of course), his family (three teenagers and a wife he married very late in life by Malaysian standards), cameras (he gets bragging rights as the owner of the best lens for miles around) and cars (less impressive; he drives a Peugeot 306). It doesn't take long for my partner and him to be embroiled in a conversation about cars; two petrolheads on a slow-moving boat, chewing the fat.
But Aidi brings it back to nature soon enough, as we gently sputter-sputter-sput through the calm river water, a breeze welcome in this tropical heat. "Have you ever seen a walking fish?" he asks, pointing at the wet mud on the riverbank.
Young voices whisper loudly: "Where, I can't see it? Oh… there… look, it's there."
I still can't see a thing until the well-camouflaged, brownish, speckled mudskipper (aka the walking fish in question) turns his head. This small two-inch-long, eel-like fish has, in fact, got two front legs, a tail that absorbs oxygen and gills for the water. Never far from the riverbank, it's one of many creatures that thrive in the swathe of green mangrove forest growing in the mouth of the river.
Aidi has more itinerant oddities to show us. "And this… this is a walking tree," he says, pointing to a thick mangrove trunk near the boat, before encouraging the children to lick a leaf. "Salty… mmmm," says Luca.
Luca in the mangroves. Image: Maria Pieri
These colonising trees can 'walk' half a metre in 15-20 years, Aidi tells us. They act as a barrier between land and the sea, filtering water through the membrane of their roots. The leaves literally sweat out the salt — turning them yellow — while hoarding the freshwater on their underside.
"I'm Groot," says Luca, moving around in the same stiff-limbed manner as the tree-like creature in the movie Guardians of the Galaxy. Aidi explains how the trees move: the roots push the tree above the ground (the wider its base the more stable it is). Where roots touch, the trees join to form a third tree. "It's the ultimate form of socialism," he says. "Everything works on complete equality."
This living biology lesson is going down well with our group. There's no danger of it all becoming too scientific with Aidi's constant stream of anecdotes, short stories, jokes ("they get better after the third beer") and quirky facts to keep us entertained.
He points again. "See the crabs. They're waving at you."
The thick gooey mud that is the forest floor is home to a multitude of interesting critters, often hiding in plain sight. The reddish-brown fiddler crabs — with a single large claw — seem elusive, until you look more closely and suddenly realise they're covering the ground (up to 60 crabs per square metre, on average!). These crustaceans are an important food source, says Aidi. Unless you happen to be half-an-inch long, he adds — in which case you're on their menu.
We watch two of the crabs waving at each other in what appears to be a Mexican standoff. Apparently, when male fiddler crabs want to attract a prospective mate, or see off a challenger, they wave in this manner — up and down, the claw held horizontally. If it wants you to come closer, it waves in a beckoning, circular fashion.
"The male crabs will fight for a female until the tide comes in," Aidi explains. "They'll even cut off their own claw if they sense danger and are in a tight spot," he adds.
"Yeuch!" says Rae, for the second time today.
The children are still practising their crab signals as we reach the macaque monkeys, whose curiosity seems to need no encouragement. As the boat comes to a halt, a whole family of these rather wise-looking primates seem to be giving us the eye.
"Wherever you travel, don't feed them," warns Aidi. "Monkeys will pull a fast one on you by looking really sad. They're very intelligent, and they tell a very sad story: my husband doesn't feed me or I've not been fed for days. They're cute from afar, but feeding them the wrong food can kill them."
Aidi explains that monkeys can't digest complex carbohydrates, like we can. They crave the food we give them, and will feel full afterwards, but they aren't. "If you want to see a monkey really excited," he adds, "shake a packet of Pringles at them."
But Aidi warns that salty, starchy potato snacks like these make them thirsty. "Give them fruit instead."
He tells us how one family of monkeys had become accustomed to terrorising tourists by jumping onto their boats from overhanging branches and stealing food and belongings. "You should have seen how angry they got when that branch was cut and they couldn't jump onto the boat any more," he laughs.
Behind the family of monkeys are crumbling redbrick buildings, the remnants of a charcoal factory. The local mangrove wood burns slowly to produce high-quality charcoal, much of which is exported to Japan. Unfortunately the factory had a ruinous impact on the local ecosystem; decimating the river fish population and consequently almost wiping out the sea eagles. The factory shut in 2000 and a World Wild Fund for Nature programme was set up to clean the water and reintroduce the eagle's food source.
Sailing further north east on the Kilim River, we witness the success of the initiative. It's feeding time for the eagles. For the next 20 minutes, we're privy to a fabulous air show featuring brahminy kites and white-bellied sea eagles as they swoop, circle and dive into the river to catch their dinner. The eagles can spot their prey from over a mile away, gliding at up to 40 miles an hour with their wings stretched out in rigid 'V' shape.
Aidi must make this trip daily, yet he's still snapping away with his Canon camera and huge telephoto lens, documenting the wildlife.
Moseying on back, we see our final big 'safari' sighting — the scaly grey and yellow mangrove viper, its head hidden from view to protect it from eagle attack.
"If its skin is opaque, it will strike at anything," says Aidi, explaining the snake turns this colour when shedding — a process that causes its vision to be impaired, making them more aggressive.
"Is it dangerous?" asks Rae.
"No one I know has died from it. It's not potentially fatal."
Rae sits still in awe, as we get closer and closer.
"OK, close enough — back up now," says Aidi, not wanting Rae's curiosity to be rewarded with a nasty bite.
From the deck of our family beach house the next day, we watch a monkey walk past along the sand on what seems like his morning constitutional. He's followed by a procession of cuddly-looking primates of all sizes, including a mother and baby. I grab my camera and start snapping. What must be the alpha male looks over at us and nonchalantly starts walking in our direction, as we edge back into our room — calmly at first, then bolting as fast as we can.
From behind the window pane we watch him pick up and discard the shells we'd collected the day before.
Now who's on safari?
Where: Langkawi, Malaysia. One of 99 islands during high tide (103 when it's low), these islands are famed for their beautiful tropical beaches — and their duty-free status.
Who: Maria Pieri, Chad Giussani, Rae (8), Luca (6).
Best for: Sun and sea, plus an exotic delta safari.
Chad (dad): The food and the Malaysian cooking class.
Maria (mum): The activities — sunrise yoga, paddleboard yoga and a cliff climb.
Rae: The Mangrove safari, Easter egg hunt and learning to dive in the swimming pool.
Luca: The archery (he was the only one to get a bullseye), rock climbing and swimming pool.
Highs: All the above, and the friendly local people.
Lows: Getting there. Around 14 hours via Kuala Lumpur. And the heat (the mercury climbed above 40C on several occasions).
How to do it: Kuoni offers seven nights with breakfast at the five-star Four Seasons Resort Langkawi, Malaysia in an Upper Melaleuca Pavilion, including flights with Malaysia Airlines from Heathrow and transfers. Prices for 2015 are from £1,674 per person, based on two sharing. The Mangrove & Eagles safari can be booked in resort. To book, quote KU0769.
Published in the Summer 2015 issue of National Geographic Traveller – Family


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Days Gone finally has a release date. Sony has announced this before the E3 2018 along with a new gameplay trailer. We have also summarized all the known information about the PS4 zombie game Days Gone. Here's everything you need to know about release, story, gameplay & more.
Earlier in mid-May Sony promised to announce the final date for Days Gone release very soon. Now the time has come, Sony has kept its word. Accordingly, Days Gone will be released on February 22, 2019, exclusively for PS4.
Fittingly, the publisher has also released a new trailer featuring new wildlife threats, enemy factions, and characters.
So we get it in the game, among other things, with mountain lions, pumas and infected ravens to do the "Screamer".
More information was also revealed about the group "Rest In Peace", in short, "RIP" – a group that adores the Freaker. The so-called rippers wear bald heads, dress like Freaker and kill anyone who is not a ripper.
The rippers are not only intended to play a role in history, but also to be an important part of the Freaker ecosystem: Rippers refuse to kill Freaker, which should lead to "exciting" situations.
Sony will announce new information during its press conference at E3.
The PK will take place on Tuesday, 12.6. at 3:00 at night instead. If you do not follow the stream live, you will soon find all news with us.
Until then, we've collected all the latest info about Days Gone for you.
Days Gone features an action adventure with survival focus that sends us into an open world infested with zombies (called Freakers).
The history of Days Gone begins two years after the global pandemic. As a committed character, Deacon St. John, an ex-outlaw biker and one of the last survivors, is going through a fictional track of the western United States that has been turned into a wasteland by volcanic activity. In the brutal world of Days Gone, the sole focus is on bare survival.
In the world of Days Gone there will be five campsites between which we travel back and forth. Some other survivors have accumulated there and we need to build a relationship with them.
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Days Gone should offer every size, but the campaign alone should take about 30 hours. However, as the dynamic game world is constantly creating "unexpected" situations, the 30 hours can quickly become more.
Days Gone is not supposed to offer fetch quests or annoying time tasks. Instead, everything should take place in a context. Among other things, you may be prepared for animal hunting missions and camp liberation. Flashback missions are also planned to learn more about Deacon's past.
The special thing about Days Gone are the huge zombie hordes of several hundred freaks. Hordes of 300 Freakers are called "baby hordes." In the demo of E3 2016, we saw a horde of 500 Freakers. These Zombie hordes should be distributed throughout the world. The Freakers must eat, drink and sleep like humans.
In Days Gone it should be, among other things shotguns, sniper rifles, pistols and LMGs. You can also use grenades, napalm, and Molotov cocktails.
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we can completely upgrade the bike and adapt it to our wishes with cosmetic changes. There will also be technical adjustments. This will enlarge the tank and improve durability. Even the tires we can change depending on the weather. The screws on the bike promise a touch of Mad Max.
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Intellectual Property Licensing Agreements FAQ
What are Intellectual Property Licensing Agreements?
Intellectual Property Licensing Agreements are exactly what they sound like – they are contracts between two or more parties that allow for the rights to use, sell, or perform intellectual property that is otherwise protected by federal law. These licensing agreements can extend to virtually any form of property, from art and literature to merchandising rights and musical compositions.
The two parties signing an Intellectual Property Licensing Agreement receive consideration – important in contract law (see the question "when are Intellectual Property Licensing Agreements valid?" below) – and both stand to benefit from a mutual exchange of value. From the "Licensor's" perspective, they stand to make a portion of profits without handling the work. From the "Licensee's" perspective, they stand to gain profit from using original work that already exists. Although the motivation for licensing does not always center on profits, it is this mutual consideration that is vital to many of these licensing agreements.
What are the roles in an Intellectual Property Licensing Agreement?
As you saw in the question above, there are two roles: the Licensor and the Licensee. Because the two roles sound so similar, it's worth defining each role.
The Licensor is the possessor and owner of the copyrighted material or other type of intellectual property in question. Because they own the material, they have the licensing rights, which grants them the ability to enter into these intellectual property licensing negotiations.
The Licensee is the party that is seeking to use the copyrighted or otherwise protected intellectual property in some fashion, usually standing to make a profit. For instance, a musical work can be licensed out by the original artist for inclusion on a compilation set for a share of the profits; this kind of arrangement is actually quite common and is a continuing source of revenue for many musical artists.
What types of Intellectual Property Licensing Agreements are there?
There are a number of different forms for use as it relates to intellectual property licensing. It's worth taking a brief look at a few examples in order to be familiar with these forms:
Copyright License Agreements: These agreements can apply to a whole range of copyrighted material, which is why it's important to actually get a specific type of copyright agreement. For example, there are Copyright License Agreements specifically tailored to artwork or photographic work. Using the right kind of agreement is important in ensuring a smooth agreement and business relationship.
Domain Name License Agreements: Using a domain name's license is becoming more and more popular in the Internet age, and this form allows some flexibility for both sides. Because domain names can be scarce (for example, many of the "shorter" domain names are already taken), it's important that these license agreements exist to allow licensing access for the licensees.
Music Licenses: Licensing in music is a hot issue today because of the nature of file-sharing. But if you are going to use music to make a profit, you'd better be sure that you have the license agreement in place to verify that you are in fact a verified licensee.
Patent License Agreements: Copyrights aren't the only type of intellectual property that can be licensed out in an Intellectual Property Licensing Agreement. Patents, too, can generate a lot of revenue for their original holders.
Are there more Intellectual Property Licensing Agreements? Yes, and many of these categories have their own specific forms to best suit your own situation.
What if I don't plan on making any money from protected material?
You may still need to get permission for certain types of uses. Buying a song and listening to it is an authorized use of the material, of course, but some issues – such as stock photography – may require that you also get licensing rights for a non-commercial use. In these cases, it might sound like a difficult task to become a licensee, but many businesses that own intellectual property like stock photography actually make the process quite easy for their customers.
What about trademarks?
Trademarks are still an important part of intellectual property, and even though their use is somewhat limited compared to the use of patents and copyrights, it's still important to acquire a license to use a trademarked piece of property if you intend on using it. There are indeed forms that can facilitate exactly this process, such as the License of Tradename form and Trademark License Agreement.
When are Intellectual Property Licensing Agreements valid?
Believe it or not, Intellectual Licensing Agreements, once signed, are fairly straight-forward contracts. It might take a lot of negotiating between two parties to reach a deal, but once reached, the forms themselves are quite simple. The only requirements of validity are the standard contract requirements (age of consent, sound mental mind for both parties, etc.). Because the issue of consideration – the value each side receives as a result of the deal – is handled automatically by the nature of Intellectual Property Licensing Agreements, there is generally only one major issue remaining. That issue is whether or not the licensor truly owns the copyright or intellectual property that is being licensed. If all of these requirements are met, the agreement will be valid.
When are Intellectual Property Licensing Agreements enforceable?
The enforceability of these licensing agreements will be enforceable upon their signing – usually, the terms of the deal go into effect right after the signing has taken place. However, there may be stipulations within an individual contract itself that change the enforceability of the contract. For example, if one party fails to live up to their end of the deal, it may be rendered invalidated and therefore unenforceable.
When are Intellectual Property Licensing Agreements effective?
Typically, this happens right after signing. Many licensing agreements are made for a set period of timewhich means that the effectiveness of the contract is limited to that period of time. However, if one party has not lived up to their end of the agreement, the contract itself will still be valid and retroactive payment may be required.
Three Things You Should Know About Intellectual Property Licensing
Intellectual property has been around for a long time, covering a range of art forms and sciences. It's been around since the patent – U.S. patents are virtually as old as the United States itself. And intellectual property has been protected in this country through the golden age of Hollywood and TV, up until the present day, when it's more relevant than ever.
But protecting your intellectual property is not the topic for today. Rather, being sure that you can leverage your property into a real income is the goal. Intellectual property that provides a lot of value to a lot of people should not go ignored; it should generate income to reward the person who created the intellectual property in the first place. But how is money made from intellectual property?
In a word: licensing. But since so many people are confused about the subject, we'll break it down to its simplest form and tell you three things you need to know about this process to leverage the most possible financial gain from your intellectual property.
1. Everything should be in writing.
Granting someone permission to use your intellectual property without having anything in writing can be very risky – mainly because it's so hard to prove a licensing agreement ever existed between you and the person using your property. That's why it's so imperative to put license agreements down on paper; you want to make sure that the money you've agreed to is actually being paid to you. Any potential fraud should be mitigated by handling the process right from the beginning. And since the licensing agreement is put in writing, you can further help yourself by making provisions early on for the payment of the licensing fees. This will help ensure that each person you're selling the license to is complying with your requests to make licensing as easy on you as possible.
2. Your license agreement should be specific.
Because the phrase "intellectual property" encompasses such a wide range of creative and intellectual endeavors, it should go without saying that your specific licensing agreements need to articulate exactly which of your intellectual property is being discussed. Is a specific song being licensed, or an entire range of music? Is there something that isn't specific but should be? The more specific your contract is, the better your licensing agreement will be.
It's better to be 'too" specific than not to be specific enough when it comes to many contracts. That doesn't mean that using a licensing form can't be a simple process, but you'll still want to make sure both sides are fully accountable for what they're trying to do. Without specifics, an agreement like this is essentially meaningless.
3. You should fight hard for your property.
Too many people forget just how extensive intellectual property rights can be. They allow other people to use their property without permission and don't take any action because they believe that there isn't much money to be made, or that they don't' have a solid complaint to be made. But the truth is that intellectual property law is not only extensive, but very specific in the way it addresses your creations. You should be willing to fight hard for your property and generate an income from it if someone else is making money off of your work.


The MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) world might be too crowded to break into, but maybe a studio could sneak into the emerging Clash Royale clone market.
S2 Games announced today that Brawl of Ages, a new free-to-play PC game, is available via Early Access on Steam. Brawl of Ages combines elements of MOBAs and digital card games, similar to the mobile hit Clash Royale, which earned $1 billion in its first year. Brawl of Ages, however, is not a mobile game, instead releasing on PC.
S2 Games got its start with the PC MOBA Heroes of Newerth, which came out in 2010. For a time, it only trailed League of Legends (which came out one year earlier) as top of its field, but it fell behind when the MOBA exploded, losing to new competition like Dota 2. S2 Games released a new MOBA, Strife, in 2015, but it has not managed to compete with League of Legends or Dota 2.
S2 Games is planning a commercial launch for the game later in 2017.


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Posted on April 27, 2015	by twilightbeasts
Of the many and varied animals that lived alongside the earliest members of our own genus, Homo, few are as captivatingly enigmatic as the hominins that are grouped together as 'robust australopithecines', or placed in the genus Paranthropus. These are truly Twilight Beasts, in part because they went extinct in the Pleistocene as did so many fascinating critters, but also because research into Paranthropus has often been over-shadowed by investigations of their Australopithecus and early Homo contemporaries. It is almost as if palaeoanthropology decided that Paranthropus was definitely not a direct human ancestor and parked it on the academic back-burner. Lets bring these charming hominins waddling back into the limelight.
So what were they? Known from the African fossil record from about 2.5 million years to just over 1 million years ago, the (probably) three known Paranthropus species shared a number of distinctive characteristics (P. robustus, P. boisei and P. aethiopicus. They were small bipedal primates, probably capable of walking upright and with quite dextrous hands able to manipulate objects rather well. At around 4 feet tall, standing next to a Paranthropus the head would probably reach my chest. From the neck down, this little hominin may have looked much like a small, rather short-legged and portly human.
Paranthropus boisei skull from Nairobi. Note the very large cheek bones, and ridge at the top of the skull. (Image by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen. From here)
Atop that body was a head with a low vault and brow-ridges reminiscent of today's chimps, a rather flattened nose, and heavy, muscular jaws equipped with impressive teeth. Paranthropus showed what palaeoanthropologists call megadonty, the development of teeth that are very large in relation to body size. In fact, the incisors and canines were distinctly small: it was the premolars and molars that filled most of the mouth. Between them, the broad premolars and massive, flat-crowned molars, with exceptionally thick enamel, were a means of chewing abrasive plant material for hour after hour after hour…. And to drive those jaws, the masseter muscles were really big, as shown by broad, flat cheek-bones pushed round to the front of the face. That anterior position aligned the chewing muscles to have maximum efficiency over those big molars. From the neck up, Paranthropus was a highly-derived chewing device.
The impressive skull of 'Nutcracker man' (Paranthropus boisei) skull. This specimen has a slightly longer face than that of the skull above. Notice the huge molars giving this skull it's nickname. (Image by Wiki member Durova. From here)
The first Paranthropus boisei fossil was discovered by the TrowelBlazer Mary Leakey in 1959. Louis and Mary named a new Genus Zinjanthropus boisei based on many differences between this skull and Austrlopithecus. It wasnt originally thought to be Paranthropus because it appeared more as an ancestor to Homo. Naming and classifying fossils (taxonomy) was a ricky business, especially when only fragments were found, or where there was such a small sample to compare it too. For some time 'Dear Boy' as it was affectionatly known as by Mary and Louis, was placed into the Genus Australopithecus. It was later moved over into the Paranthropus Genus, as more fossils were found, but kept the species name. The first specimen Mary found (the type specimen) was nicknamed 'Nutcracker Man' on account of it's enormous molars.
It would be easy to get the wrong impression of this hominin. Their anatomy was all about eating low-quality plant material, so were they just a herbivorous side-branch of hominins, while the real business of evolution went on elsewhere? Enamel microwear and bone stable isotope studies confirm that Paranthropus ate more plants such as tough, drought-adapted grasses (known as 'C4' plants), than any of their contemporary hominins: such a diet would take most waking hours to ingest and process.
This wasn't just a bipedal ape browsing shrubs and bushes. There is some evidence to suggest that Paranthropus used stone tools. Evidence from the Swartkrans, Drimolen and Sterkfontein sites in South Africa show that Paranthropus robustus used pieces of bone as digging tools, possibly to access tubers and tasty termites. In fact, there are no grounds for thinking that Paranthropus was less socially and behaviorally complex than any other Plio-Pleistocene hominin, including the various assemblages of unique fossils that constitute Homo habilis. The adaptation to eating tough plant material may just have been a broadening of Paranthropus' dietary niche. Think of pigs: they have the teeth to cope with tough roots and nuts, but will eat all manner of foodstuffs if they are available, including pizza and footwear.
The several species of hominins through time. The Genus Paranthropus are seen as a seperate cousin to other hominin species. A species that vanished. (Image from Wiki Commons)
When the first Paranthropus fossils were found at Swartkrans in 1938, Robert Broom, a magnificently eccentric medical practitioner and palaeontologist, named them Paranthropus meaning "Beside human". It was a good choice of name. Eight decades later, with Paranthropus known from numerous sites in East and South Africa, it still appears as an animal 'beside human', a minor character with a walk-on part in the human story. It is fascinating to think that these little root chewing apes were on Earth at the same time as at least 6 other hominin species.
I think that is a shame that these hominins have been overlooked – they developed their own distinctively derived morphology and, presumably, behavior. These relatively unknown Genus were very sucessful: the species were around on the African savanah for around 1.5 million years. Paranthropus is much more interesting than just one of the crowd, looking on as early Homo emerged from the great Plio-Pleistocene australopith mish-mash, and deserves more attention in its own right.
Written by Terry O'Conner (@osteoconner)
Edited by Rena Maguire (@JustRena)
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The world of Android gaming has everything in stock for you. For those who are especially interested in the world of building and architecture, here is a gift called Monument Valley right for your smartphone.
Monument Valley Apk is a puzzle game developed and published by USTWO games for the platforms including the Android, IOS, and Windows. If you want to sharpen your mind better for your passion of architecture, the following review is for you.
In most of the game reviews, we have to stuff to discuss like the mechanics and graphics mainly. This is completely different for the Monument Valley Apk. If you are someone who is inspired by the ideas which are used in the world of design and architecture, this game is definitely going to enchant your heart.
All those ideas of different design and architecture are put at one place beautifully by the designers of the game. The ideas are then illustrated uniquely and precisely with the latest 3D graphics technology. Now, does not matter what is it that you want to build. You can build castles which are reaching the skies or the eras you dream of.
There is everything of pure and fine architecture and while you are working, your skills are really going to be polished while playing the Monument Valley.
The controls are quite simply and smooth where you use drag and drop to build.
In each level, there are beautiful sound effects and music which you will love.
You can save your progress in the cloud without having fear of losing it.
One of the best-optimized game for phones and tablets.
The interface of the game is one of the easiest.
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You can now find spells while exploring, and some of the old ones have to be found (or cheated) now. I also added GUI animation system, spell icons and cheats menu.
As usual, you can download the free demo or use your key link to download the latest alpha version if you already purchased the game.


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Division of Hospital Medicine recognized with Achievement Award nomination
SEAMO wishes to congratulate the Division of Hospital Medicine, led by Dr. Ammar Rashid, for its nomination for one of Providence Care's Achievement Awards. The awards were created by Providence Care staff as a way to honour their peers. The entire Division of Hospital Medicine was nominated for the Leading with Excellence Achievement Award, celebrating teams committed to learning and sharing their knowledge and professional standards to make a positive impact on others.
The team was nominated for the award by Allison Philpot, Director, Medical Administration at Providence Care, and Simon O'Brien, Chair of the MAC. In their nomination form, they wrote: "Early in the pandemic, Providence Care Hospital helped regional partners by decanting beds – pulling patients mainly from KHSC to new spaces at Providence Care Hospital to empty beds at KHSC in the case of a potential COVID surge. The medical management of these additional patients at Providence Care Hospital was covered by the physicians in our Division of Hospital Medicine." In addition, within the Complex Medical Management program, they took six long-term mechanically-vented patients for post-ICU rehabilitation, which helped generate much needed ICU capacity in the fight against COVID-19. Philpot and O'Brien write, "The doctors working in the Division of Hospital Medicine stepped up in the early days of the pandemic with this extra work. No new resources were added, no new pay was provided. And yet, they did it while recognizing the immediate needs of a crisis in our community. They recognized the valuable role that they could play, and every one of them modeled a positive and ethical standard to caring for patients."
The Department of Family Medicine (DFM) in collaboration with SEAMO and Providence Care Hospital, established the first academic division of hospital medicine in Canada in January 2019. The division is in the process of creating a PGY3 enhanced skills fellowship program for DFM graduates and adding a stroke hospitalist to the Rehabilitation program at Providence Care Hospital. If you are interested in joining the Division of Hospital Medicine, please reach out to Dr. Ammar Rashid at rashida@providencecare.ca.
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What Are the Realities of Working with a MN Custom Cabinet Maker?
In our some of our latest blogs I talked about what is a Custom Cabinet Shop, and What to Look for in Custom Cabinets. In this blog I am going to address the realities of working custom cabinet maker. My focus on these blogs is to educate people about the pros and cons of working with a cabinet shop.
It seems like 3 to 4 times a week we get phone calls to repair a cabinet door, replace a couple of cabinet doors, or other small miscellaneous jobs. I am going to use cabinet doors as an example to help explain the process. It is OK to contact your local cabinet shop about this. However, it is not as simple as driving out to the house and pricing out 2 doors.
First, a budget can be established with a couple of pictures, and a brief e-mail. Why should we talk about budget first? First, small jobs are usually easier to complete if you know what you're doing. However, the cost to complete is usually a sticker shock for prospective clients. Secondly, if a cabinet maker is pulled out of the shop, then cabinets are not being made. This is an expense that must be covered and passed along to the client.
So, a cabinet door on a full set of kitchen cabinet might cost around $50 per door. Now, if you are looking for a couple of doors we would need to pull the cabinet maker off the current job, have him/her drive to your home measure the doors. Then come back to the shop, order materials, set up the equipment to make the doors, then complete a custom stain match. Sounds simple, correct? Simple can still be time consuming.
The cost per hour for a small job can run from $85 to $150 a hour to complete the tasks above. In the end, between the labor and internal office time, the hours could easily be 16 to 24 hours. This is where the sticker shock comes in.
The more leg work you can do as a client up front, the less time invested on our end, is one way to reduce the cost. This is only one example. Other calls we get is adjusting a cabinet to fit a new microwave, re-working a television center to take out the 80"s box TV and install a flat screen TV.
All of this adds up to time and expenses on our end. At Artisan Cabinet Company we do want to hear from your all of your jobs. Whether it is a couple of doors, or an entire kitchen, bathroom vanities, or even custom built-ins.
My goal is to align your expectations with ours, this is the start to a solid and positive relationship to care of your needs. Give us a call at 612.235.4873. We look forward to hearing from you.


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Vienna, Bratislava
By joshblack2 / August 15, 2012 / History, Travel / Leave a comment
The city of Vienna should be, if not proud if its history, at least a little more exhibitionist. As the centre of an Empire tracing its lineage back to Charlemange's formation of 800 AD and at one point the largest land empire then known, Austria grew rich and powerful – two things guaranteed to leave something to posterity.
Of course, the buildings are still there; the Hofburg in the city centre; Schönbrunn outside of it; the cathedrals and the famous coffee houses (albeit reconstituted) are all extant. Yet where these buildings are used elsewhere to display and extol national identities, Austria stands almost aloof from its history, hence the almost absurd collections of crown jewels and Catholic relics stored in the Hofburg Schatzkammer of which only a few make reference to Austria itself.
Part of the problem is that the Holy Roman Empire, the Austrian Empire as it became and the Austro-Hungarian Empire as it was still later has a history of weakness or a weakness of history which does not lend itself well to museums. After Napoleon tore up the map of Europe in 1805, Ferdinand IV gave up his pretension to the Holy Roman epithet, but the revolutions of 1848 forced his successor's hand further, to the dual monarchy of Austria and Hungary and to greater cultural and political freedoms for the long-subdued statelets of central Europe.
For some parts of the Empire, this was a moment of great hope – Timothy Snyder's anecdotal history of the Hapsburg family at the turn of the twentieth century (The Red Prince) shows elements of the establishment drifting towards a more federal grouping. Nonetheless, the Empire of this time has come down in history as the sick man of Europe before the First World War and had already sealed its fate through its military reliance on Germany.
Vienna happens to be a place where many things happened, and yet the will to remember them seems so weak. The city has a Sigmund Freud museum only through the intervention of an American ambassador, who remonstrated with the Austrian President in the late 1960s that nothing had been done about the city's most famous refugee. Fortunately, this rich seam of history, which is both Austria's own and that of many other countries down into the Balkans is not the main draw for the tourists and the city is not forced to rely on it.
An hour or so down the Danube lies Bratislava, or Pressburg in the German and Prosozny in Hungarian. It helps to know the three names, since the latest was adopted only in 1948. Unlike Vienna, Bratislava has always tended to be an outpost rather than a capital (following a referendum in the 1990s Slovakia finally became independent from the Czech Republic) but it has also had many of the most important events in is history happen elsewhere – in Prague in 1989 or in Stalingrad in 1942. Still, these moments are remembered, while the castle has been restored repeatedly after a series of fires.
Amongst the winding streets or down by the modern Eurovea shopping centre, where a long row of tables provides for al fresco summer dining, Bratislava
has as much charm as many a European city. Its valiant attempts to memorialise its Jewish history, including the life of its most famous son, Chatham Sofer, have been partly funded by Israel's chamber of commerce but are noble for what is really a small town. Despite this, many areas of the city seem quiet and depleted. Slovakia's reluctance to partake in any bailout of Greece owes a great deal to its being amongst the poorest Eurozone members but one hopes that the inward investment will keep flowing and its pleasant, parochial charms will be maintained.


Why am I uploading this? I must be crazy.
Here's a copy of a video that my mate, Simon, took of me singing at the "Pop Stars" Karaoke competion aboard Pacific Star last October.
Simon moves the camera around alot, and even turns it on its side, so the editing was a bit of an ordeal, and I made a massive blooper in the first line of the song. But apart from that it was a hoot.
Thanks, Simon, for doing the recording for me.
Would I do it again? Maybe!
>BALLS OF STEEL – Had you been drinking before that stella performance ?
Thanks again for posting that – I have been keen to see it since you told me about it months ago – well done once again.
As you dont watch Tv you might want to ask your kids what TOUCH DOWN MEANS on Australian IDOL.
That footage brings back some very fond / fantastic memorys of our cruise , well done mate. was great to see your performance again !


Scholars are expected to publish the results of their work in journals, books, and other venues. Now they are being asked to publish their data as well, which marks a fundamental transition in scholarly communication. Data are not shiny objects that are easily exchanged. Rather, they are fuzzy and poorly bounded entities. The enthusiasm for "big data" is obscuring the complexity and diversity of data and of data practices across the disciplines. Data flows are uneven – abundant in some areas and sparse in others, easily or rarely shared. Open access and open data are contested concepts that are often conflated. Data are a lens to observe the rapidly changing landscape of scholarly practice. This talk is based on an Oxford-based book project to open up the black box of "data," peering inside to explore behavior, technology, and policy issues.
Christine L. Borgman is Professor and Presidential Chair in Information Studies at UCLA. Currently (2012-13) she is the Oliver Smithies Visiting Fellow and Lecturer at Balliol College, University of Oxford, where she also is affiliated with the Oxford Internet Institute and the eResearch Centre. Prof. Borgman is the author of more than 200 publications in information studies, computer science, and communication. Her monographs, Scholarship in the Digital Age: Information, Infrastructure, and the Internet (MIT Press, 2007) and From Gutenberg to the Global Information Infrastructure: Access to Information in a Networked World (MIT Press, 2000), each won the Best Information Science Book of the Year award from the American Society for Information Science and Technology. She conducts data practices research with funding from the National Science Foundation, Sloan Foundation, and Microsoft Research. Current collaborations include Monitoring, Modeling, and Memory, The Transformation of Knowledge, Culture, and Practice in Data-Driven Science, and Empowering Long Tail Research.


New tools and features make the E-LID (Enhanced Latent Image Developer) the most advanced technology available today.
Imaging indented surfaces is a technique-oriented process. The design features of this new system recognize that changing ambient conditions affect the end imaging result. The powerful, easy to use E-LID incorporates features not found in any other system.
Variable output and dynamic control of electrostatic charge provide unprecedented flexibility and sensitivity in response. No other unit on the market offers control of the positive charge using a separate power unit as well as variable output from the negative control.
Defines more subtle indentions. Offers more refined image enhancement and sharper, detailed resolution.
E-LID is adaptable to environmental conditions, such as ambient humidity and temperature. User can re-do sections of interest from the lift "on the fly" and develop more subtle indentions.
NO high voltage wire exposed. Possibility of shock is virtually non-existent. Ozone output is minimal.
Featherweight charging wand. Ergonomic handle. A fraction of the weight (only 18 pounds) of other models on the market.
The wand provides a variable negative output ranging from 7KV(–) to 14KV(–), so that an operator has the flexibility to evenly saturate the surface of the film barrier. The result is a more uniform charge across the surface.
A positive, controllable output is built-in and preset at 7KV(+) to charge the plate and condition the plate side of the film. This active process is an advancement over passive systems. The positive charge section has its own on/off push button switch and green light.
The film barrier is a non-conductive (dielectric) insulator that can be charged on either side with opposing polarities, and only the E-LID actively charges both sides of the media.


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Longstreet is a village in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 157 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Shreveport–Bossier City Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Longstreet is named for Confederate General James Longstreet.

Geography
Longstreet is located in western DeSoto Parish at  (32.096934, -93.950306). Louisiana Highway 5 passes through the town, leading north  to Keachi and south  to Logansport.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village of Longstreet has a total area of , of which , or 1.08%, is water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 163 people, 70 households, and 45 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 84 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 85.28% White, 11.04% African American and 3.68% Native American. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.61% of the population.

There were 70 households, out of which 24.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.3% were married couples living together, 7.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.7% were non-families. 32.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 21.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 3.00.

In the village, the population was spread out, with 22.7% under the age of 18, 4.3% from 18 to 24, 26.4% from 25 to 44, 27.0% from 45 to 64, and 19.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.9 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $28,333, and the median income for a family was $51,500. Males had a median income of $31,250 versus $12,344 for females. The per capita income for the village was $15,359. About 12.5% of families and 9.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under the age of eighteen and 24.2% of those 65 or over.

References

Villages in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana
Villages in Louisiana
Villages in Shreveport – Bossier City metropolitan area

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This morning saw the official launch of the local DAB expansion programme by Ed Vaizey MP, Minister for Culture and the Digital Economy. He's pictured above with Mike Hawes from the SMMT (on the left) and Arqiva's Paul Eaton (on the right).
The programme benefits listeners to local DAB radio, which has not enjoyed as good coverage as the national transmitters. Funded by commercial radio, the BBC and the government, once this work's finished then the 'coverage' part of the switchover criteria will be met, say Digital Radio UK.
Unlike Norway, the UK has also based its switchover from FM to DAB on total listening hours. 50% of all radio listening should be done by "digital radio", a catch-all phrase that includes DAB, online and apps, and radio through the television. We're currently on 37% (with DAB achiving 25.2%). Vaizey is on record saying that 50% will be achieved by 2017.
In total, 182 new local transmitters are being built by transmission company Arqiva. The first of these will benefit Coventry stations including Free Radio, Heart and BBC Coventry and Warwickshire.
The Norwegian government is likely to announce shortly that FM is to be turned off in Norway for national and regional radio services in favour of DAB+; firm digital switchover criteria are also in place in Switzerland, and some other European countries are following suit.
The big green button in the photograph above isn't connected to anything. Except, presumably, a battery.
The big switch-on took place at the SMMTConnected conference held at the QEII Centre in Central London. At the conference BBC Radio 4 presenter Justin Webb interviewed Minister Ed Vaizey, and the Minister stated that this programme of work showed the confidence that the broadcasters and Government had in DAB as a vital part of digital radio's future.
The big green button isn't connected to anything? James - you've got an 'ology', surely you understand how these things work!
The amount of times I've "switched-on" Christmas tree lights at shopping malls and town centres, never actually seeing any kind of wire. It must be all that modern techniccy wi-fi thingy stuff that was making them work. I can change channels on my TV using my smartphone these days. Then again, I did wonder why Smashey and Nicey had a big aeroplane-style crank handle to fade up songs.
Of course - the wonder of wireless technology!


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Alzheimer's Society Dementia Resource Centre
Alzheimer's Society is the leading support and research charity for people with dementia, their families and carers. People with dementia will always be at the centre of everything we do and with the right support people can live well with dementia.
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The Dementia Resource Centre based in Lincoln Road is a one stop shop for people to access advice, information and support. Our aim is to provide a wide range of services that really meet the needs of local people and make a positive difference to their lives.
The Dementia Resource Centre is open between 9.00am-4.30pm Monday - Friday
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