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News: Tor Set To Release The Chrysalis Upon Horror Readers This September
Tor will be releasing the horror novel The Chrysalis on September 4th. The book is currently in development to become a major motion picture with the producers of The Maze Runner trilogy
Beneath the existential troubles of "adulting"—marriage, bills, mortgage, bills, pregnancy, bills—exists something darker. In the tradition of Lynch's Blue Velvet and Cronenberg's Shivers, The Chrysalis (Tor hardcover, on sale Sept 4) exposes the underbelly of suburbia…and what really lurks in the basement of a three-bedroom Victorian on a cul-de-sac.
Forced out of New York City by rising rents and gentrification, barely-employed millennials Tom and Jenny Decker—an artist and a personal trainer—luck into an amazingly affordable, completely furnished house in the New Jersey suburbs. Jenny doesn't know there's something hidden in the basement. Tom does. It soon has him in thrall.
The Deckers' lives are suddenly on an upswing: Tom gets a big-bucks corporate job; Jenny, newly pregnant, opens a small gym catering to moms-to-be. Despite their worries about becoming boring suburbanites, they make friends and begin to acclimate to their new life.
Tom regularly visits the basement, where his secret scrambles his senses and heightens his emotions, leaving him feeling euphoric and invincible. As his obsession with the thing in the basement grows, Jenny realizes that to save her family, she must expose everything. Before it destroys them all.
For fans of 10 Cloverfield Lane, The Chrysalis is a recognizable horror story, retold for a new generation: a classic monster-in-the-basement story as well as an exploration of the dread and fright that comes with parenthood, marriage, and "growing up." Because no one ever really wants to grow up…but sometimes acting like an adult is the only way to survive.
Brendan Deneen is the award-winning author of The Ninth Circle, as well as the graphic novels Scatterbrain, Flash Gordon: The Mercy Wars, and The Island of Misfit Toys. He is also the author of the bestselling picture book Night Night, Groot. Deneen lives in New Jersey with his wife and daughters.
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IPC appoints pmplegacy to lead Paralympic Games review
Sporting events consultancy appointed to carry out a strategic, independant review of London 2012.
By pmplegacy
Xavier Gonzalez, IPC CEO with pmplegacy's Director of Consulting, Helen Rowbotham (right) and Helen Delany, Senior Consultant (left). © • pmplegacy
Craig Spence: London's Paralympic legacy
"The team has extensive experience of undertaking major Strategic Reviews and are leaders in their field. We look forward to working together to help shape the future direction of the Paralympic Games".
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has appointed pmplegacy to undertake a comprehensive and independent
Strategic Review of the Paralympic Games.
The London 2012 Paralympic Games were widely considered to be the greatest Paralympic Games ever, achieving mass-market appeal and record ticket sales. Building upon this success, the objective of the Review is to provide guidance on the future strategic direction and positioning of the Games, in order to further enhance the Games brand, reputation and success, as well as maximise their appeal and commercial attractiveness.
The Strategic Review process will include stakeholder consultation to inform a clear understanding of the Games key differentiators, strengths, challenges and opportunities. It will consider overall Games strategy; brand and positioning; sports programme; operations; experience; commercial positioning; impact and legacy; as well as awareness and media coverage.
A broad stakeholder consultation process will start at the IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, France (19-28 July) and continue through to the IPC General Assembly in Athens, Greece, to ensure engagement with stakeholders from across the Paralympic family. An online forum will also be established (details of which will be published on the IPC and pmplegacy websites) to promote wider industry and public engagement in the Review process. The Strategic Review findings will then
be reported to the IPC Governing Board in June 2014 and will be made public soon afterwards.
"We are delighted to be working with pmplegacy" said Xavier Gonzalez, International Paralympic Committee Chief Executive Officer. "The team has extensive experience of undertaking major Strategic Reviews and are leaders in their field. We look forward to working together to help shape the future direction of the Paralympic Games".
Helen Rowbotham, pmplegacy Project Director, said: "We are very pleased to be working with the IPC on this important Strategic Review at what is a critical time in the development of the Paralympic Games. We look forward to engaging with the varied stakeholders and helping to inform future Games development".

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Publications > JAASEP - Research Based Journal in Special Education > JAASEP Spring-Summer 2012 > Perspectives of Parents Who Have a Child Diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder
Perspectives of Parents Who Have a Child Diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder
Lori A. Kalash, Ed.D.
Minot State University in Minot, North Dakota
Myrna R. Olson, Ed.D.
The purpose of this study was to understand the experiences and perceptions of parents having a child diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Interviews with 12 parents were audio-recorded and subsequently analyzed to reveal the following themes: (a) Diagnosis of an autism spectrum disorder was not confirmed until years and/or several doctor visits after parents identified concerns. (b) Because they were given little guidance by medical professionals, parents took the initiative to educate themselves about their child's disorder and optional therapies. (c) Lack of daycare options and the cost of interventions were stressors for these families. (d) Parents were torn between their child with an ASD and other family members and friends. (e) Anxiety about the future was prevalent. (f) Parents felt judged by others when with their child in public. (g) Many parents felt that vaccinations may have played a role in their child's ASD.


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Field guide to local Wild Edible Plants (WEP): practical conclusions from the latest research: healthy food from local nature
Mauri Åhlberg
Avdelningen för pedagogik
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Professional Forager Educator Emeritus Professor Mauri K. Åhlberg (Biology and Sustainability Education, University of Helsinki) has written this b00k on wild edible plants based on the latest research (mainly 2016 – 2020).
(1) The author has photographed over 90 species during their life cycle phases when they are ready for foragers to eat. In his photos, the author has focused on the plant parts which you can sustainably forage. When the author had not good enough pictures for publishing, the author has obtained the best available photos from a professional plant photographer.
(2) The author bases the text mainly on the latest research (2016 – 2020).
(2) The author focuses on species that grow both temperate and subtropical vegetation zones and which have a) mostly a long documented history of use, b) globally an extensive distribution, and c) phytochemical, pharmacological, and often also toxicological research to assure their safe use.
(3) The book has all central claims carefully documented. Readers can check all knowledge claims. The author gives the pages to find accurate new knowledge with references to scientific sources like research papers and books.
(4) The author defines all critical terms in pedagogically sound ways with references.
(5) The author lists all health-promoting phytochemicals and other compounds like minerals, vitamins, and fatty acids for each species as far as there is published research on them.
(6) The author links all health-promoting compounds to the latest empirical research that shows how they promote health and longevity.
(7) The author presents new research results that show plant nitrates promote health and longevity. This news lessens unnecessary fears of eating many common edible plants.
(8) The author presents new research warnings of some commonly used wild edible plants. These include research-based suggestions on how to deal with plants that contain harmful oxalates. Some oxalate crystals are relatively harmless. Some plants have sharp oxalate crystals. The author presents advice on how to manage these situations.
(9) The author's careful reading of research papers revealed interesting new details in even many commonly known wild edible plants. All readers will undoubtedly find many new rewarding research results. Readers will be more confident in foraging after reading this unique book.
10) Some of the presented species are globally invasive. The latest research has found them as valuable sources of raw materials for food and beverages like Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica), Himalayan balsam (Impatiens glandulifera), and rugosa rose (Rosa rugosa). Some invasive species in North America like garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) and purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria). There is convincing new research that they are valuable sources of food and beverages.
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Grammy Awards: Miley Cyrus, Lorde play pre-Grammys Clive Davis gala [PHOTOS]
The iconic mogul's annual gala drew a cavalcade of stars headed for Sunday night's Grammys.
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Miley Cyrus arrives on the red carpet before the annual Clive Davis Pre-Grammy Gala in Beverly Hills, California on January 25, 2014. UPI/David Silpa | License Photo
Paula Patton and Robin Thicke arrive on the red carpet before the annual Clive Davis Pre-Grammy Gala in Beverly Hills, California on January 25, 2014. UPI/David Silpa | License Photo
Kelis arrives on the red carpet before the annual Clive Davis Pre-Grammy Gala in Beverly Hills, California on January 25, 2014. UPI/David Silpa | License Photo
Russell Simmons (L) and Shannon Elizabeth arrive on the red carpet before the annual Clive Davis Pre-Grammy Gala in Beverly Hills, California on January 25, 2014. UPI/David Silpa | License Photo
John Legend arrives on the red carpet before the annual Clive Davis Pre-Grammy Gala in Beverly Hills, California on January 25, 2014. UPI/David Silpa | License Photo
(From L to R) Richard Perry, Jane Fonda, Sony Music Chief Creative Officer Clive Davis, Jennifer Hudson, and Recording Academy President/CEO Neil Portnow arrive on the red carpet before the annual Clive Davis Pre-Grammy Gala in Beverly Hills, California on January 25, 2014. UPI/David Silpa | License Photo
Jan. 26 (UPI) -- Legendary record producer Clive Davis is one of the industry's most powerful men, so it's no surprise that the stars lined up for his annual pre-Grammys gala at the Beverly Hills Hotel the night before the big awards show.
Miley Cyrus, Lorde, the Foo Fighters, Robin Thicke, Fantasia Barrino, Imagine Dragons, Lionel Richie, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, A Great Big World, R. Kelly, Jennifer Hudson, Pharrell Williams and T.I. performed at the four-and-a-half hour event Saturday night.
And that's just on stage. In the audience were Neil Diamond, Quincy Jones, Smokey Robinson, Rod Stewart, Rihanna, Herbie Hancock Russell Simmons, Ozzy Osbourne, Jamie Foxx, John Legend, Kris Kristofferson and Gladys Knight.
Imagine Dragons, who are up for Record of the Year and Best Rock Performance, sang acoustic versions of their hit songs "It's Time" and Radioactive." Lionel Richie performed "Easy" and "All Night Long." Robin Thicke, up for three Grammys this year, sang "Blurred Lines" without his controversial VMAs partner -- Miley Cyrus followed up later with "Wrecking Ball" and a cover of Dolly Parton's Jolene.
"I hope y'all are doing better than you look," she told the crowd.
Lucian Grainge, the CEO and chairman of Universal Music Group, was honored with an annual Salute to Industry Icons.
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I love peaches, and I've come to terms with the above statement--I always have a napkin or twelve (or better yet, a wet rag) at the ready. Since our tomatoes are coming in at a good pace (knock on wood), I was able to recreate one of my favorite salsas, Newman's Own Peach Salsa. It's sweet and spicy, and I often find myself using my finger a chip to fish out the chunks of peach scattered throughout the jar.
I guess we haven't quite hit primo peach season here (the ones I got at the store last week are still sitting unripened in the fruit bowl), but they were fine for this salsa (my go-to recipe with two peeled, pitted, and chopped peaches thrown in). It was the perfect selection to spruce up baked chicken breasts, which I later turned into a batch of chicken enchiladas using the method described here. This dish has it all--sweet, sour, salty, spicy, and tangy, all at once. Whether you eat the breasts whole or shred them up for enchiladas, I daresay it's another winner winner chicken dinner!
Speaking of winners, don't forget to enter my TOUCH brewer giveaway. It really is an awesome prize!
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F and lightly grease a 13x9-inch baking dish.
Sprinkle taco seasoning on both sides of chicken breasts (you can dump the seasoning and chicken into a bag for a more thorough coating, if you want).
Place the chicken into the prepared dish.
In a bowl, combine the salsa, brown sugar, vinegar, and mustard and pour over the chicken.
Bake for 25-35 minutes (less for tenderloins), or until the internal temperature is 160 degrees F.
Shred for use in enchiladas, if desired!
That looks delicious! A great dish.
And peaches from you, too! YUM. I've never thought of having fruit salsa with enchiladas, but I love the sweet-savory combo in general so this would be perfect in the summer!
We love peaches! This looks so delicious.
I'm pretty sure my peach tree came down about 10 years ago, but I have 3 plum trees that are laden with fruit this year. Sadly, plums are tiny by comparison to peaches, but so similar in flavor and juiciness! Your salsa sounds great, if the fruits would ever last long enough to become something other than snacks hereabouts.
Totally agree with you on peaches. I usually slice it in half, get the pit out and then bite into it. The overload of sweetness is awesome!
This recipe seems like a healthy way to enjoy fruit, but still get full from the chicken.
Driving through Georgia years ago we bought a sack of peaches and ate them as we drove. Peach juice everywhere! What a mess! But worth every mouthful.
Love the peach salsa idea with chicken. Looks great.
Things are still kinda hectic around here, Grace but, I have managed to down a few juicy peaches with and without napkins. Peach Salsa Chicken sounds absoultely amazing!!! I may need to save this recipe. I'm sure it's a whole lot "neater." Thanks for sharing, Grace.
This looks delicious! It's peach season here, I love the peach salsa idea!
I've never tried a commercial brand salsa. Only locally made one when we visited, I think it was Gafney, SC. I fell in love with it!
But, now you have me craving, so I will have to try Newmans Own! And, I'll more than likely try it in your dish, because it sounds like a little bit of Carolina goodness!
The most impressive about this salsa is its colors! So beautiful!
I love adding fruit salsas to savory foods! These enchiladas are the perfect way to pregame for peach season.
Hi Grace, so clever to make a peach salsa, I bet it was perfect with the chicken enchiladas. Looks delicious!
I love peaches Grace and this look delicious!
I actually canned peach salsa a couple years ago. Mmmmm!


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As one of 2019's fastest rising stars, it's only fitting that we take a look at singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi's ascent to the top of the charts ahead of his performance at Standon Calling. So, what do we know about the soon to be superstar?
Capaldi's heart-tugging ballad 'Someone You Loved' managed to fend off competition from pop royalty including Ariana Grande and Sam Smith to land him his first ever number 1, rather fittingly, on Valentine's Day this year. The track has gone on to accumulate 101 million streams on Spotify and is set to remain at the summit of the charts for 4 weeks. Quite an achievement for the 22 year old.
He may not have won the Critics Choice Award at the BRITs this year – but the nomination signals just how far Capaldi has come in his short career. He shouldn't be too displeased though – he recently scooped MTV's Brand New For 2019 award and was also included in the BBC's Sound of 2018 industry poll. Swings and roundabouts, eh.
One of Lewis' first big breaks came when he supported Rag'n'Bone Man on his European arena tour in 2017 – something that the Scot branded a "class" experience. He has since gone on to support Sam Smith and Bastille over the past year – and it's recently been announced that he will be warming up for Ed Sheeran in August.
The Bathgate native was also the fastest unsigned act ever to hit 25 million streams on Spotify back in 2017, with his track 'Bruises'. Ultimately, this was a testament to the quality of Capaldi's output, as he was able to garner this kind of attention without the backing of a major label. An incredible feat.
The scale of the enigmatic singer's popularity has increased at a rapid rate since he bounded onto the scene two years ago. This year there was another watershed moment in his career as his UK tour sold out in a matter of seconds. Do yourselves a favour and make sure you're there to witness him dazzle Standon this summer!
See Lewis Capaldi stun Standon Calling 2019!


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describe :enumerable_collect, :shared => true do
  before :each do
    ScratchPad.record []
  end

  it "returns a new array with the results of passing each element to block" do
    entries = [0, 1, 3, 4, 5, 6]
    numerous = EnumerableSpecs::Numerous.new(*entries)
    numerous.send(@method) { |i| i % 2 }.should == [0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0]
    numerous.send(@method) { |i| i }.should == entries
  end

  it "passes through the values yielded by #each_with_index" do
    [:a, :b].each_with_index.send(@method) { |x, i| ScratchPad << [x, i]; nil }
    ScratchPad.recorded.should == [[:a, 0], [:b, 1]]
  end

  it "gathers initial args as elements when each yields multiple" do
    multi = EnumerableSpecs::YieldsMulti.new
    multi.send(@method) {|e| e}.should == [1,3,6]
  end

  it "returns an enumerator when no block given" do
    enum = EnumerableSpecs::Numerous.new.send(@method)
    enum.should be_an_instance_of(enumerator_class)
    enum.each { |i| -i }.should == [-2, -5, -3, -6, -1, -4]
  end
end

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When it comes to your chiropractic website, the trinity of information known as NAP (Name, Address, and Phone Number) plays an integral role in the overall success of your SEO strategy. Sure, it may sound simple enough – be sure to include your name, address, and phone number on your website.
Acting as a digital "business card," NAP schema markup tells search engines like Google, Yahoo, and Bing the official location and contact information for your chiropractic office. NAP validates your practice in the eyes of these platforms, so they can properly show your practice information in their local search results.
When it comes to local SEO, we can't emphasize enough the importance of precision and consistency. After all, since Google and other search engines can be so meticulous about delivering accurate results to their users, a seemingly minor inconsistency could prevent them from displaying your chiropractic listing altogether!
Since Google deals with computer algorithms, they tend to read information quite literally. For instance, Google will see "123 S Main Street, Suite A" as a different address from "123 S Main St., Ste A." Furthermore, if you've moved your practice in the last several years, your address is likely going to confuse Google. And whenever Google is confused, your listing suffers.
From the "Type" dropdown menu, select "Local Business," and then fill out the required information about your practice. Note: Feel free to leave the "PO Box" field blank.
It is critical that your NAP information is consistent across the Internet, so be sure to fill out your practice name and contact information exactly as you'd like it to be shown to prospective patients. For example, if your NAP markup shows your address as 167 Olive Ave., you'll want to abbreviate "Avenue" across all your online citations (Yelp, Google, Facebook, etc.).
Once you've retrieved your NAP schema markup, you'll need to add it to your website's HTML code. You can add it to your footer, but ideally you should add it to the header of every page on your site.
By following these guidelines, you ensure that your critical practice information is easily understood by search engines, making it more findable for the countless patients searching for a chiropractor in their area.
Ready to take your online marketing efforts to the next level? Download our free eBook and learn 10 simple strategies to get new patients from the Internet!


Hyderabad, October 4: Yet another case of drunk driving has resulted in a horrific accident in Hyderabad just three months after a similar incident that claimed the life of 8-year-old Ramya.
Four youth in drunken condition were driving the Hyundai santro and rammed Sanjana (5) and her mother Sridevi as they were waiting for bus near Pedda Amberpet outer ring road in Hayatnagar mandal on Sunday evening. They abandoned the car and fled from the scene.
The severely injured Sanjana is on ventilator support while her mother Sridevi is in serious condition. Doctors said the girl's ribs were broken and brain was dead.
The police recovered alcohol bottles and snacks, raising suspicions that the driver was driving under the influence of alcohol. The car was registered under one Ms. Sunitha of Vanasthalipuram. A few bottles with coloured water were sent to forensic labs for testing.
The main accused, responsible for the accident, Venkata Ramana surrendered to the police.


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Drury Athletics | March 12, 2014
McCarthy captures national title in 50 free to lead Drury
GENEVA, Ohio -- Senior Nick McCarthy captured the 50 free national title to highlight defending champion Drury 's efforts as the NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championships got underway Wednesday at the Spire Institute.
McCarthy, who had placed 17th, 16th and ninth in the 50 in his first three seasons as a Panther, touched in 19.75 to edge teammate Daniel Radzkowski as the 1-2 finish helped the nine-time defending champion DU men build a big first-day lead. The Panthers have 144.5 points after the opening day to easily outdistance second-place Florida Southern (83), with UC San Diego (69) in third and Wayne State (Mich.) (57) in fourth.
"I'm just ecstatic for Nick, because I know how much work that kid has put into it for four years," Drury coach Brian Reynolds said of McCarthy. "They all work hard, but Nick had never quite popped at nationals in the previous years, and we knew he was capable of doing something special this year. For him to come out on top was a real treat."
While McCarthy's victory in his last shot at the 50 free was a headline-grabber, one of the true, behind-the-scenes highlights from Day 1 was an eighth place finish by Samuel Olson in the 50 free.
The junior's appearance on the awards podium came just two months after he suffered a broken collarbone in an accident during the team's annual training trip to Hawaii. Originally thought to be out for the season, Olson - one of Drury's brightest stars in the fall semester - worked his way back into the water and picked up valuable points on Wednesday, to go along with the massive respect of his teammates who witnessed his quick comeback.
"He had an excellent prelim swim this morning, but [Wednesday] was to be expected since he's a little bit rusty," Reynolds said. "To go to the well a couple of times during the day like today and expect him to be perfect is just about impossible. We were thrilled with Sam being able to get into the Top Eight and silence the critics who felt he should be forced to withdraw from the meet because he 'wouldn't be ready.' "
Meet the female NBA referees who got their start as NCAA DII student-athletes
Lauren Holtkamp, Ashley Moyer-Gleich, Natalie Sago, and now Jenna Schroeder are all NBA referees. They are also all former DII student-athletes. Here's their journey.
DII women's basketball: Paige Robinson, Julia Ruzevich lead this week's starting 5
The latest DII women's basketball starting 5 is out. Find out which of the top performances from the week made the cut.
The DII Report: 9 things you may have missed this week in DII college basketball
Conference Carolinas continues its success over Division I in DII women's basketball. Drury women's and Northwest Missouri State men's teams are rolling. That and so much more around the world of college basketball in this week's DII Report.


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Articles tagged Russia
Exclusive: As Russia votes down a pro-life bill, the nation's pro-life movement remains hopeful
"Pro-life law could be passed by parliament if it is the will of the country's leadership," Dmitry Baranov of the Warriors for Life told LifeSiteNews.
Steve Weatherbe
Russian district blocks world's most popular porn sites to protect children
A court in Tartarstan ruled that pornography 'harms the development of children' and may 'impel them to commit acts of violence.'
Fr. Mark Hodges
Russia has over 100 infanticides every year – here's how one group hopes to bring that down to zero
MOSCOW, Russia, March 16, 2015 (LifeSiteNews.com) — From 2010 to 2013, 532 infanticides were recorded in Russia. The group Cradle of Hope is hoping to take that down to zero. In an interview with The Moscow Times, Cradle of Hope founder Yelena Kotova explained that her organization has saved 31 newborns with 21 "baby boxes" across Russia. Now, she has asked Moscow officials to approve drop boxes at hospitals across the city. "We are not here to encourage parents to abandon their newborns," Kotova told Times. "We are trying to safeguard two lives: the mother's and the child's. We are here to make sure that the mother […]
Dustin Siggins
• Mar 16, 2015 Jun 18, 2021
Russian pro-life initiatives turning the tide: abortion rate is plummeting
Russia's ratio of aborted pregnancies to live births, once considered the highest in the world at almost 3 to 1, is swinging the other way with recent statistics showing there are now roughly two births for every abortion in Russia.
Thaddeus Baklinski
• Feb 6, 2015 Jun 18, 2021
Surrogacy motherhood: the European Court of Human Rights ratifies the sale of children
The Court isn't concerned about the irreparable violence against children born through surrogacy: condemned 'for their own good', according to its logic, to live with those who bought them from their real parents.
Grégor Puppinck, Ph.D
In first-ever speech to Duma, Russian patriarch calls for total abortion ban
'The argument that a ban would cause an increase in the number of underground abortions is pure nonsense,' he said.
• Jan 26, 2015 Jun 18, 2021
Russian parliamentarian proposes near-total ban on abortion – but will it pass?
Pro-life leaders are debating whether attempting to legislate an outright ban now, without strong public support, is a good idea.
Mikhail Gorbachev reveals hidden pain of an abortion that took place 61 years ago
'[My wife] suffered so much,' he remembered.
• Sep 17, 2014 Jun 18, 2021
From Russia the anti-family poison spread, and now from Russia comes the antidote
Twenty-five years ago, no one would have dreamed what would happen in Kremlin on September 10 and 11, 2014.
Gabriele Kuby
In Russia all major religions speak together for life and family
Russia's Orthodox patriarch, Chief Mufti, and Chief Rabbi, along with a Catholic archbishop, joined in defending the family at a Moscow conference Thursday.


This guide is intended to outline the steps necessary to install the Virtual Delivery Agent (VDA) on a Windows 2012 Server.
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Morgan Evans was born in 1985 in Newcastle, Australia. The future celebrity attended Warners Bay High School. While studying, Evans fell in love with country music. One of the biggest influences in his life was a famous Australian singer Keith Urban. Together with his younger brother Tom, who played the guitar, and a friend Nicholas Cook, a drummer, Morgan formed a school band Extortion. In 2002, the trio won a local contest Youthrock.
In 2006, the band changed the name to Solver. The same year, it won a prize at Music OZ Awards for Artist of the Year and Best Rock Act.
In 2007, Evans commenced a solo career and won a prize at a contest Telstra Road to Tamworth. His performance was so impressive that a representative of Sony BMG offered Morgan to record an album. Soon the singer presented an EP, Big Skies. The lead single "Big Skies" made it to many Australian country radio stations and helped the young man become popular.
In 2011, Morgan caught the attention of Warner Music Australasia's representatives, who offered the young artist a contract. Evans signed it immediately. In January 2012, Morgan released his second EP, Live Each Day, which featured five tracks. The same year, the artist participated in the Australian part of Taylor Swift's World Tour. He also performed as an opening act for an Australian group, Thirsty Merc. In August, the singer presented his third EP, While We're Young. In 2013, Evans won a CNC Award for New Oz Artist of the Year.
Morgan recorded his debut album in the United States. At that time, he relocated to Nashville. An Australian musician, Jedd Hughes, produced the album. The singer later said that the recording of this album was a turning point of his music career, which he started back at 13. It took Evans a little less than a year to record 11 out of 16 songs for the new LP.
The hard work brought results. The LP, Morgan Evans, which came out in March 2014 earned positive reviews from the critics. They noted high-quality music and deep lyrics, which made the album popular among many listeners. At that time, many fans wanted to book Morgan Evans for private events.
The debut LP reached the top of Australian Country Albums, came in fourth on Australian Artist Albums, and climbed to the 20th position of ARIA Chart. The most famous tracks, featured in the album, were "One Eye for an Eye" and "Like a Tornado". At the end of the year, the artist earned a prize at CNC Award for Oz Artist of the Year and Male Artist of the Year. The music video for the single "Carry Own", which was part of the EP, While We're Young, got a CNC Award for Australian Video of the Year.
In 2015, Morgan moved to the United States to work on a new album aimed at the international audience. His new producer was Chris DeStefano.
In March 2016, Evans met an American country singer Kelsea Ballerini and fell in love with her. The coupled got engaged on Christmas.
In May 2017, Evans signed a contract with Warner Music Nashville. In July, he presented the first American single "Kiss Somebody". It reached the third spot of US Country Airplay Chart and came in 11th on US Hot Country Songs Chart. The song settled on the 53rd position of the ARIA Chart and earned a platinum status in Australia.
In August 2017, Morgan presented his next EP, Morgan Evans EP, recorded with the assistance of an American singer and songwriter Josh Osborne.
In December, Morgan and Kelsea got married in Mexico. Six days after the wedding, the singer released a single "I Do", which he recorded for his bride.
In June 2018, Evans presented a new single "Day Drunk", which came in 27th on ARIA Chart and reached the 43rd position on US Country Airplay Chart. In October, he released a new LP, Things That We Drink To. It climbed to the 5th spot of ARIA Chart and came in 9th on US Country Albums Chart.
Evans and his wife live in Nashville. The artist continues recording new hits and performing live.


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Q: Hyperparamter metric tag not printed after job completion on ai-platform (Python 3.7, TF 2.1) Previously when we used the same code in runtime version 1.15 with Tensorflow 1.15, those jobs got executed and increase accuracy as it is being passed a hypermetric tag for creation of ai-platform job.
Model is being executed and loss and accuracy are printed in logs but still hyperparameter tuning jobs fail.
 return tf.estimator.EstimatorSpec(
        mode=mode, loss=loss, train_op=train_op,
        training_hooks=[get_logging_hooks(loss),
                        get_logging_hooks_accuracy(accuracy[1])])
eval_metric_ops = {
      'accuracy': accuracy, 'f1_score': f1_score, 'recall': recall,
      'precision': precision}

  return tf.estimator.EstimatorSpec(mode=mode,
                                    loss=loss,
                                    eval_metric_ops=eval_metric_ops)

custom_estimator_model = tf.estimator.Estimator(
        model_fn=self.model_fn(), model_dir=model_dir,
        config=get_run_config(self.strategy))

train_spec = tf.estimator.TrainSpec(input_fn=self.input_fn,
                                    max_steps=self.train_steps)
assert (self.eval_input_fn), "Please provide eval input function"
eval_spec = tf.estimator.EvalSpec(input_fn=self.eval_input_fn,
                                  steps=self.eval_steps,
                                  exporters=self.exporters,
                                  throttle_secs=self.eval_throttle_secs)
tf.estimator.train_and_evaluate(custom_estimator_model,
                                train_spec,
                                eval_spec)

config file which is passed for hypertuning of parameters is mentioned below
config['trainingInput']['hyperparameters'] = {
            'goal': 'MAXIMIZE',
            'hyperparameterMetricTag': 'accuracy',
            'maxTrials': self.max_trials,
            'maxParallelTrials': 2,
            # 'maxFailedTrials' : 1,
            'enableTrialEarlyStopping': False,
            'params': [{
                'parameterName': 'batch-size',
                'type': 'DISCRETE',
                'discreteValues': self.batch_size}, {
                    'parameterName': 'learning-rate',
                    'type': 'DISCRETE',
                    'discreteValues': self.learning_rate}]}

When I try to launch the job with the same code hypertuning jobs are failing in tensorflow version 2.1 and python version 3.7
There are no error logs, so I didn't paste one (In logs on StackDriver its shown that the job is completed successfully).
I see in the logs that the model is being trained (epochs are running with loss and accuracy values in the logs), but after going through all the epochs all the HyperTune trials show status "Failed" and metric Tag is not being printed on console. Also EVALUATION Steps doesn't occur for hyper-parameter tuning job.

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Can a president really say or promise anything he wants when conducting foreign policy?
By Ken Dilanian with NBC News Politics • Updated: 20/09/2019
President Donald Trump boards Air Force in Mountain View, California, on Sept. 17, 2019. - Copyright Nicholas Kamm AFP - Getty Images
WASHINGTON — If a secret whistleblower complaint covers President Donald Trump's dealings with the president of Ukraine, as two major newspapers have reported, it raises profound constitutional questions about whether Congress can police the president's conversations with foreign leaders, legal experts say.
A former intelligence official familiar with the matter tells NBC News the complaint concerns a Trump phone call. The Washington Post has reported that it involves a promise by Trump centering on Ukraine. The New York Times has also reported that the complaint deals in part with Ukraine.
Much remains unclear. But the reporting on Ukraine has led analysts to focus on a phone call that is already in the news, one that occurred two and a half weeks before the complaint was filed in August.
In that call, Trump spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Even before the whistleblower complaint became known, House Democrats were investigating whether Trump and his lawyer, Rudolph Giuliani, tried to pressure the Ukrainian government into helping Trump's reelection campaign by re-opening an investigation involving Democratic candidate Joe Biden.
Lawmakers from several committees have demanded a transcript of the call.
If the complaint by the intelligence official IS about something Trump said on that call, that would go a long way toward explaining the legal disagreement over whether the whistleblower complaint should be turned over to the Congressional intelligence oversight committees.
What it comes down to, it appears, is that the Justice Department and the acting director of national intelligence are arguing that what Trump did, however inappropriate, did not involve "an intelligence activity of the United States," and therefore does not fall under the jurisdiction of the intelligence committees.
This argument would make some sense if the allegation is that Trump improperly sought to pressure a foreign leader for personal gain — in other words, that he used the awesome power of the U.S. presidency in an effort to target his political opponent.
If Trump didn't specifically promise to use intelligence agencies or capabilities to help or hurt Ukraine — and instead talked about military aid, for example — the lawyers may have concluded that the complaint did NOT cover an intelligence activity protected by the Intelligence Community Whistleblowers Protection Act.
Some legal scholars, such as Harvard's Jack Goldsmith, are making an even broader argument: that the president can say and do anything he wants in the conduct of foreign relations, which is purely an executive branch function.
"Putting it brutally, Article II gives the president the authority to do, and say, and pledge, awful things in the secret conduct of U.S. foreign policy," Goldsmith, a former Bush Administration lawyer, said on Twitter. "That is a very dangerous discretion, to be sure, but has long been thought worth it on balance."
Those arguing the other side say: Not if what Trump was doing was for his own personal interests, rather than on behalf of the United States.
"If Trump was trying to abuse his power of the presidency to solicit foreign help for his campaign, it's hard to imagine a more impeachable offense," tweeted Ben Rhodes, a former national security adviser to President Obama and an NBC News contributor.
The inspector general for the intelligence community, Michael Atkinson, contends that the complaint MUST be turned over to the intelligence committees. In a carefully worded letter explaining his position, he writes, "The Complainant's disclosure not only falls within the DNI's jurisdiction, but relates to one of the most significant and important of the DNI's responsibilities to the American people."
Viewed in the context of the Trump-Ukraine allegation, that line could be a reference to the DNI's responsibility to preserve and defend the Constitution and uphold the rule of law.
The upshot is that the debate over whether the complaint must be turned over to the Congressional intelligence committees is a narrow one, and not the whole story. It may well be that as a legal matter, this complaint doesn't properly fall under the jurisdiction of the intelligence committees. If Schiff takes this to court, he may not win.
The larger question, scholars say, is: Trump did something improper in negotiating with a foreign leader, does Congress have a right to learn about it, and conduct oversight? If so, how? If not the intelligence committees, who has a right to learn about this an investigate?


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Review: The Wonderful World of Tank Girl issue 1. Tank Girl Strikes Again
Comics Opinion Reviews
Sally Partridge November 21, 2017 November 21, 2017
The Wonderful World of Tank Girl issue 1. Tank Girl Strikes Again
Written by Alan Martin
Drawn and Lettered by: Brett Parson
As an alternative kid growing up in the nineties, pop culture was a very important part of my identity. And believe me, I took to my teenage obsessions with true fangirl gusto. The colour of my bedroom wall was a mystery beneath all the Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Johnny Depp posters. I was as enthusiastic about my music icons as I was about comic books and fantasy novels. Tank Girl was a huge part of that.
Any visit to the comic book store in the centre of town would involve a moment spent admiring the trip-bright Dark Horse covers featuring Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlett's defiant punk heroine. My pocket money didn't extend that far, but I kept returning to the shelf anyway. Tank Girl represented a fantasy vision of a rebellious future me— a parallel version of myself in well-worn Dr. Martens and a cigarette dangling from the corner of my mouth.
The feature film starring Lori Petty as the eponymous gun-loving misfit came out in 1995. For this thirteen-year-old comic book lover, it was life-changing. Tank Girl was the non-conformist, idiosyncratic hero I was looking for. Like Amanda Connor's Harley Quinn today, she was an unapologetic agent of chaos that existed beyond the gender tropes I, and millions of other adolescent girls, were being exposed to every day. This wasn't Alicia Silverstone's vacuous Cher in Clueless or the feel-good innocence of The Lion King. Here was a live-action heroine every bit as cool as her illustrated equivalent. She lived outside of the law. She went both ways. She laughed in the face of danger. She didn't give a fuck.
Two decades later, I may not be living in a commune or even a tank for that matter, but as a former card-carrying goth with my own customised Dr Martens, I think Tank Girl's influence is pretty obvious.
To celebrate thirty years of Tank Girl, Titan Comics have resurrected the punk outlaw with a brand new series of standalone adventures penned by original co-creator Alan Martin with art by Tank Girl aficionado Brett Parson. The Wonderful World of Tank Girl kicks off with Tank Girl Strikes Again, a high-octane escapade of mayhem featuring the gun-toting girl gang and Booga, the "useless in an emergency" mutant kangaroo.
Tank Girl's motley girl gang of misfits comprises Sub Girl, Jet Girl and Barney, who for some unknown reason is completing a training course in plumbing. Other than Barney's bizarre career choice, the girls appear to live a seemingly carefree existence on the fringes of society and spend their time blowing stuff up, hanging out in bikinis and doing pretty much whatever they feel like. It's the modern feminist dream.
In the opening scene, the girls are enjoying a rum-soaked fish and chip lunch on the pier when Tank Girl agrees to help a salty sea captain pull off one last heist. Naturally, it doesn't go according to plan, but it's great fun to follow the ensuing chaos as the crew wreak havoc with an array of weapons wearing underpants on their heads.
Fair warning, you might have to suspend your disbelief for this one. The plot is held together with used chewing gum at best, and includes everything from semi-automatic surfboards and a missile-equipped submarine to cereal box tracking devices and a Shakespeare-quoting mutant, but that's part of the gloriously violent story's charm. Even Barney's newfound talent for plumbing comes in handy in one incredibly messy scene.
Illustrator Brett Parson brings the plot to life with chaotic enthusiasm. Many die-hard fans might have hoped the anniversary edition would include Jamie Hewlett's anarchic Gorillaz-style illustrative touch, but Parson's take is no less edgy. Besides, this isn't his first rodeo, having already added his own pulp style to the iconic bad girl in Tank Girl: Two Girls One Tank and Tank Girl: Gold for Titan. And while the original writer and artist duo didn't take the helm together on this one, the influence of Hewlett's signature style is definitely there.
So far so good. I loved the subtle humour that breaks through the bullet-holed disarray like a cracked smile – the punchline at the end of a great build-up. That's the essence of Tank Girl for me – her unrelenting bright-side-of-life attitude. For a first issue, it's a great start and sets a high standard for what promises to be a highly entertaining series. I think it's safe to say that The Wonderful World of Tank Girl is a fitting homage to a cult icon who remains as relevant today as she was thirty years ago. I for one can't wait to see what the girls (and Booga) get up to next.
This edition features some cool variant covers including a classic paperback front and back cover that would make a great collector's item.
Sally Partridge
sallypar@gmail.com
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"Reserve Analyst© is the best reserve software available. I receive excellent customer support. The willingness of the vendor to make changes to their software & incorporate suggestions of users is a great benefit for us."
Of course, a reserve study is about planning to have sufficient funds for future 'events'. A discussion about philosophies of the study will be left for another time. Most studies are done by pooling all future expenses. Distribution of funds on a per component bases is often neglected because it really does not lend to what the association considers adequately funded..
But funding at the component level is often presented in a study even when some other funding philosophy is adopted. This is an explanation of component funding.
Consider a simple case where you plan to make a purchase in the future. You have some fraction of the funds needed in an account today so will have to make regular contributions to this account to meet the future purchase. If the account is not interest bearing the contributions are pretty simple to calculate. But most accounts are interest bearing and this interest can have a considerable effect on the needed contribution. In Reserve Analyst we use a financial math engine that calculates the numbers. You can find a description of the math by searching annuity and annuity due on the web.
This is an old definition with a simple formula. Take the present replacement value 'times' the age of the component 'divided by'. the useful life.
Fully Funded = present value * age / useful life.
As you can see this is just an approximation of required funds when interest on reserves and inflation of the component, (future cost), should be considered. There are more complicated formulas that take inflation and interest into account but this is done only to get closer to a true annuity calculation.
At the beginning of a study there is usually money on deposit. So just as in the simple case above, needed contributions should take into account money already available for expenses. So these funds are distributed among the components at the start of calculations. First is to distribute starting with the earliest replacements the fully funded amount. If there are funds left after going through the components next is to distribute to the present cost of replacement. If funds are still available after this second pass, next is to distribute to twice the cost of components that will be replace in the first years. Any funds left are considered excess funds.
Now a calculation of required contribution can be done for the components. This snip from a test report and reflects the payment example above.
Also shown are the interest earned in the first month and a sum called 'Reserve Allocation'.
These numbers are summed and presented in the detail summary as 'Total of All Assets'.
An association may decide to keep a percentage of Component Method funds aside. This contingency is taken from the deposited funds before distribution is done. After the required contribution to funds is calculated it is increased by this percentage in each year of the projection.
The calculation for the contribution is annuity due on future cost while the calculation for fully funded is based on the current cost in each year.


Traffic backs up along San Elijo Road at its intersection with Elfin Forest Road during the Cocos fire on May 14.
Within the first two hours of the Cocos fire, with black smoke cresting the hill and winds whipping west, hundreds of San Elijo Hills residents decided it was time to get out.
But the main road out of town was clogged with neighbors also intent on leaving. Many said it took an hour or more to get through the gridlock.
"Trying to remain calm and not panic — that was probably the scariest part. (I had) that feeling of 'stuck,'" said resident Alicia Stephens, who hit the road with her three young children not long after the fire started.
That traffic tie-up is on the list of things San Marcos officials want to evaluate in the aftermath of the fire to determine what worked and what needs a fix.
"You learn from every event, and we will do that here," San Marcos Councilman Chris Orlando said last week.
The Cocos fire started around 3:30 p.m. May 14 in the hills behind Cal State San Marcos. Over the next few days, it burned nearly 2,000-acres in San Marcos and Harmony Grove, and destroyed three dozen homes. It came with a price tag upwards of $10 million, between firefighting efforts and recovery.
Within hours of the blaze erupting, thousands of people fled their homes including those in master-planned San Elijo Hills community on the south side of Double Peak Park, a San Marcos hilltop with panoramic views of North County.
There are essentially three ways out of San Elijo Hills, and all rely on the main route through the community — San Elijo Road. Nearly all the residents use that road to access their neighborhoods.
To the west, San Elijo Road hits Melrose Drive and Rancho Santa Fe Road. To the east, it becomes South Twin Oaks Valley Road. There is also Elfin Forest Road, a backcountry route into Escondido through brushy open space that burned in the 1996 Harmony Grove fire.
On the afternoon of May 14, people fleeing San Elijo Hills weren't heading onto South Twin Oaks — that's where the fire was coming from. Most headed to San Elijo Road with plans to go west.
But the number who wanted out and the time of day — rush hour — left traffic at a standstill.
Longtime resident Dustin Smith said he packed up his pets and headed off about 4:15 p.m., but couldn't leave his gated Promontory Ridge community. In front of him was a line of vehicles backed up even before the gate. Those drivers were waiting for their turn to squeeze onto another packed road, one that eventually led to an already-full San Elijo Road.
He said he gave up, tried again an hour later but found the same situation. Tried again shortly after 6 p.m. and finally found roads clear enough to leave.
Resident Marla Trussell said she had packed up but stayed until midnight.
"I didn't want to get stuck in a huge crush and stampede of people leaving," Trussell said. "That situation looked more dangerous than the fire," which she said she surmised was still at a distance.
"At the end of the day, we need more ingress and egress out of this community — and I have no idea how they are going to do that," Trussell said.
Sheriff's Capt. Scott Ybarrondo, who runs the San Marcos station, said deputies were initially deployed to go door to door to evacuate neighborhoods facing the most immediate fire threat, including Coronado Hills, just east of San Elijo Hills.
From there, some deputies were moved to San Elijo to help with evacuations and to direct traffic.
Eventually, once there was enough manpower for road closures, traffic on all lanes of San Elijo Road was directed westbound toward Rancho Santa Fe.
Ybarrondo said his department will meet with other agencies — including the city, CalTrans, and the California Highway Patrol — to delve into what went well during fire evacuations and what improvements need to be made.
Councilman Orlando, a San Elijo resident, said reviews of the incident can bring about improvements. He pointed to concerns residents raised in 2007 regarding lack of information from the city during wildfire evacuations at that time. That led directly to continual fire-related updates on the city's website during the Cocos fire, he said.
"You are obligated to learn what you can, and be better next time," he said.
Orlando also said that what is most important is that everyone affected by the Cocos fire got out safely.
None of the property losses were in San Elijo. Residents said they were relieved that the fire never hit their community, and repeatedly expressed gratitude to the first responders and firefighting efforts. Stephens also noted her joy at seeing the community come together after the fire.


The World Press Photo finds less manipulated entries in this year's photojournalism competition. World Press Photo Contest 2016 Award Laureates Winners of the 59th yearly World Press Photo Contest have just been revealed. 2016 photo is a vivid night picture of fugitives crossing the Hungarian-Serbian frontier with razors, taken by Warren Richardson, a professional geographer. According to the organisers, 82,951 photographs were entered for evaluation this year, taken by 5,775 photographs from 128 nationalities.
Laureates were selected in eight different category areas, among them current affairs, everyday life, general news, long-term projects, nature, human beings, sports and spot news. The World Press Photo was kind enough to allow me to show you some of this year's winner pictures here. Go to the next and preceding photo by entering j/k or ?/?.
Immigrants who cross the borders from Serbia to Hungary. Press photo of the year 2015. World Press Photo Competition 2016 winner prizes have been chosen, and the pictures chosen represent a year of turmoil and excitement from around the world. Warren Richardson's winner picture, Hope for a New Life by Australia-based Warren Richardson, shows a shocking scene on the Hungarian-Serbian frontier when a man leads a child through bars of bare metal in August last year.
An autodidact, he camping with a group of 200 persons who tried to transcend a line for almost a whole weekend while taking pictures of their unfortunate situation. For five whole nights I spent with the fugitives at the frontier. Must have been about five hrs with that crews and we were playing cats and mice with the cops all dark.
The time was about three in the afternoon and you can't use lightning while the cops are trying to find these guys because I would just give them away. Here you can see a choice of our favourite photos, but here you can see a whole galery of the winner of the 59th World Press Photo Contest.
Finals were chosen from 82,951 photographs by 5,775 contributors from 128 different nationalities. Photographs with kind approval of photographs and/or their representative, here with approval of the World Press Photo Contest. The chameleon's under pressure. Daniel Ochoa de Olza, La Maya tradition. Sitting on an alter during the festivities of Las Mayas on the roads of the small town of Colmenar Viejo near Madrid, Spain, on Saturday, May 2, 2015, a Mayan maiden celebrates the birth of Las Mayas.
Young women between the ages of 7 and 11 are selected as "Maya" and should spend a few silent, serious and peaceful moments sitting in an alter on the road adorned with flower and plant decorations, after which they go to school with their families and take part in a wedding celebration. No more than four or five maidens are selected as Maya each year.
August 26, 2015. Leftist Lamon Reccord, berating a policeman during a demonstration against policing and marching in the Chicago State and Randolph boulevards on Wednesday, November 25, 2015. Kevin Frayer, Bliss Dharma Assembly on 30 October 2015 in UNSPECIFIED, China. Kevin Frayer on 10 December 2015 in UN DESCRIPTION, China.
BRATISLAVA: PRESIDENT, SERBIA - OCTOBER 7, 2015: The majority of Serbian trafficked persons try to go on their way to Hungary, Croatia, Slovenia and other European Union states. The Tapajós River, Itaituba, State of Pará, Brazil, 10 February 2015. Sun worshipper who doesn't notice the strange shell plume coming near - on the Bondi shore.
In the case of a dramatic meteorological phenomenon that took place only a few days a year, a huge "cloud tsunami" rises above Sydney. A huge rock plume came in from the ocean, turning the skies almost dark and causing heavy storms. Picture taken on 13 December at 22:24, 12 o'clock.


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Occidental Petroleum closes deal with Colombian oil and gas company for Permian production
By Adrian Hedden / Carlsbad Current-Argus, N.M. (TNS)
Thursday, November 14th, 2019 at 8:01am
A deal between a Colombian oil and gas company and a major producer in the Permian Basin was completed on Thursday as the foreign company seeks to develop assets in the basin which covers West Texas and southeast New Mexico.
Houston-based Occidental Petroleum announced the joint venture with Ecopetrol in July and received U.S. regulatory approval in October ahead of the deal's closure.
The $1.5 billion deal would see Ecopetrol develop 97,000 acres in the Midland Basin, on the Texas side of the Permian through its subsidiary Ecopetrol Permian.
To that end, Ecopetrol acquired a 49 percent stake in Rodeo Midland Basin to manage the assets, with Oxy maintaining its 51 percent ownership of Rodeo.
Ecotpetrol already paid about $876.5 million, about half of the total transaction value, per an Ecopetrol news release, with about $750 million for the transaction itself and about $126.5 million in estimated expenditures of the development plan for 2019.
Another $750 million would also be paid in carried capital.
There are two drilling rigs operating in the area to be developed, with two wells drilled and completed to tap in to about 160 million barrels of oil equivalent (BOE) in reserves by the end of 2019.
By the end of 2020, the company expected activity to grow to four rigs in operation and planned to ramp up production until 2027 to up to 95,000 BOE per day.
"This transaction is aligned with Ecopetrol's strategic priorities outlined in the 2019-2021 business plan, which are focused on reserves and production growth under strict capital discipline, supported by exploration activities, enhanced oil recovery, unconventional resources and the internationalization of operations," read the release.
"It also strengthens Ecopetrol's relationship with a respected, strategic partner, highly experienced in the development of unconventional resources."
Ecopetrol President Felipe Bayon said he hoped the partnership with Oxy could help his company learn more about shale development and apply that knowledge to oil and gas production in Colombia.
"We are excited to partner with one of the largest operators in the Permian Basin, especially one we have worked successfully with for so many decades," said Ecopetrol CEO President Felipe Bayon.
"This is a key step to enhance our reserve base and production growth whilst we strengthen our capabilities in shale development and bring this technology to Colombia for the economic benefit of the country."
Oxy Chief Executive Officer Vicki Hollub said the deal combined with the sale of $200 million in "non-core" assets outside the Permian would strengthen the Oxy's focus on the most productive oil and gas basin in the country.
That move came in response to Oxy's $38 billion purchase of Anadarko Petroleum closed earlier this year, following a bidding war with Chevron that saw Berkshire Hathaway's billionaire CEO Warren Buffett committing $10 billion to Oxy after the deal closed.
Hollub said Oxy intended to divest $10 to $15 billion in assets by the middle of 2020.
"Closing the Midland Basin Joint Venture and completing the sale of additional non-core assets are the latest examples of Occidental's progress towards further strengthening our balance sheet," she said.
"We will continue to apply proceeds from asset sales to debt reduction, along with fully capturing our acquisition synergies to enhance value for shareholders and position our dividend for continued growth."
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Introduction – The Intelligent Virus
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#111 Emerging Viruses
If we compare the epidemic of genital condylomatosis with the AIDS one we can find some substantial differences. The HPV epidemic is caused by a virus that has been known for many years and isn't mortal; the AIDS one is caused by a virus which was previously unknown and the subjects who are affected very often die. HPV is much more stable and may be transferred more easily than HIV.
The causes of the great spreading of genital condylomatosis are sexual promiscuity together with environmental pollution by virus. The latter is caused by the concentration of infected subjects in places that are particularly suitable for the virus survival and spreading.
The causes of HIV emerging have been examined in the previous chapter. Here we are interested in underlining sexual promiscuity is one of them.
Sexual promiscuity
Overpopulation and overcrowding can influence both the epidemics either in favouring sexual promiscuity or in allowing viruses to spread.
If we consider the analogies of these three pathologies we realize sexual promiscuity plays an important role in all of them.
It's, in its turn, strictly linked to overpopulation even when, as in the case of syphilis, we have, above all, to tell about overcrowding (a concentration of more individuals in narrow places where other zones of the territory are scarcely populated).
After establishing the right differences we can see all the three epidemics represent, anyhow, an answer of nature to a human behaviour.
If now we consider, as we already did previously, the great number of different viruses which are present in an animal reserve and the high rate of mutation of viruses that are already well known, we can imagine how many pathogens are ready to compete to conquer the longed, vast market of human population. I am speaking, for example, about Hantaan viruses called like that after the name of the Korean region where they were identified for the first time.
It had been thought for years they might be present also in America so that Carleton Gajdusek, a virologist and Nobel prize, had been able to prove the presence of viruses like Hantaans in a lot of the rodents which had been captured in his estate in Maryland[1].
Virus Hantaan transmission
On following the tradition according to which Hantaan viruses are called after the name of the region where they are identified, the American virologist called his virus Prespect Hill. Yet the microorganism didn't appreciate such a soft debut and, since he wanted to introduce itself in a right way to American mass media, it chose a film script. The scene takes place in an Indian reserve of the Navayo tribe. The occasion is the funeral of a nineteen year old girl who died because of what seems to be a banal flu.
Her desperate fiancè dies of the same mysterious disease few days after the funeral. Some more deaths follow the first two for a total of thirteen of them. The whole becomes more interesting when it's suspected for the Prospect Hill virus which had been modified for bacteriological war purposes by the Aymy Medical Research Institute to have caused the epidemic. In a few days the case is known all over America also thanks to the ingredients which make up a story worthy of the best movies.
The mystery is solved thanks to an intuition of Robert Parmenter, a zoologist at New Mexico University. Also this time we find all the usual factors we have seen to be at the origin of many epidemics. First of all there is an animal population (mice) in the phase of their highest numerical increase. The increase of rodent population was caused by heavy rains and plenty of snow which, in usually arid zones, produced an increase of pine-kernels and insects, food for deer mice. Then there is a RNA virus which is endemic in the murine population, but which, thanks to the increase of the latter, can effect the trans-species jump from mice to men. In the new host virulence is such as to cause mortal effects in a short time.
In fact, at first, the symptoms are the ones of a banal flu which, very soon, turns into a serious respiratory syndrome with a pulmonary edema and death.
This virus is called after the name of the zone where the small rodents live: Canyon Muerto. The apparent contradiction of the outbreak of an epidemic in a zone which isn't densely populated is easily explained with the extraordinary growth of small mice[2]. If such an epidemic had started in a zone at high human density the consequences should have been much more dramatic. In a narrow community the virus spreading occurs in the few possible occasions of aggregation ( in this case a funeral) and stops at the limits of the community itself. This, at least, seemed the most logical explanation.
Then we wondered why the Canyon Muerto virus, which, meanwhile, was renamed Sine Nombre or No Name because the inhabitants of that region had protested, doesn't cause the disease in every person it infects. The number of individuals who had been affected among the workers in charge of reclaiming the places infested with deer mice is low as well.
Virus-Sine-Nombre
Finally it would seem that only 25% of the cases of pulmonary syndrome, which were recorded in the Navayo reserve, may be actually associated with the Hantaan virus; if we paraphrase the story of Ulysses when he was a prisoner of the Cyclops, we could say that nobody( no name) caused the epidemic[3].
Just like HIV also the Sine Nombre virus doesn't show itself easily and already people are telling about a new,unknown lethal virus.
[1] Gajdusek D C. Virus hemorrhagic fevers. Special reference with renal syndrome epidemic hemorrhagic fever. J Pediatric 60:841-57 1962.
[2] Lee H W, Lee P W and Baek L A. Intraspecific transmission of hantaan vitus, etiologic agent of Korean hemorrhagic fever, in the rodent apodemus agrarious. A M J Trop Med Hyg 30:1106-12. 1981.
[3] In Homer's Odyssey Ulysses, the protagonist, is captured by a Cyclops, an enormous giant with only one eye and kept prisoner in a cave together with his mates. After being questioned by the Cyclops Ulysses, who is prevident, answers his name is Nobody.
Ulysses makes Polyphemus drunk
Then the homeric hero, while the giant who is drunk is sleeping, can blind his only one eye and fly away together with his mates clung to the fleece of some sheep. When the Cyclops calls for help, he can't do but cry: "Nobody has blinded me! "
Translated from "Il Virus Intelligente" by Enrica Narducci
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Irish technology marketing firm TecBrand has won its second consecutive Gold Icon award at the Adweek US Technology Marketing Awards. Last year the Dublin-based firm become the first company outside the US to win such as prize and this year its efforts beat entries from Microsoft and HP at what is regarded as the Oscars of the technology marketing world.
TecBrand won its award for an innovative campaign targeting Irish chief information officers (CIOs) and chief technology officers for Siemens Business Service as part of its "It's For You" sales lead generation campaign. The campaign, whereby participants received an unmarked package with a Siemens phone inside that automatically dialled a marketing message, generated a 100pc response rate measured in sales meetings created with senior executives. The result compares with an industry average response of 2pc to 4pc.
Each year the Icon Awards receive thousands of entries from agencies throughout the world. This is the second year in a row for TecBrand to win an ICON Award, having become the first non-US company to do so in 2002 for the Best Direct Mail Category. The company also took four awards at the Irish Direct Marketing Awards for 2003.
TecBrand's CEO Stephen Stynes cited the growing awareness amongst Irish technology firms to get their marketing in order if they were to generate sales. "Without doubt the biggest challenge facing technology companies today is the ability to use their marketing budgets wisely in support of driving sales. They need to become more aggressive and competitive."
Stynes pointed to a speech made by Dr Michael Lynch of Autonomy to the recent Irish Software Association Annual Conference, calling on firms to increase their sales and marketing activities. He said that while companies had to control costs, it was impossible to succeed without investment in marketing. "Many of us come from the old school of engineers who believed that if you built a better bridge, the world would beat a path to your door. This is not the case. There's no point in having the best software in the world unless you market it."
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