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German spy chief resigns following criticism in neo-Nazi probe
BERLIN -- The head of Germany's national intelligence service resigned Monday, following months of missteps by his agency in its handling of a neo-Nazi terrorist cell.
The agency and its chief, Heinz Fromm, first came under criticism in November amid revelations that the cell, which called itself the National Socialist Underground, had committed 10 murders across the country, mostly of immigrants. Subsequent reports showed repeated miscommunication between the national and state intelligence services that allegedly allowed the group to continue its killing spree, despite the presence of paid state informants in right-wing circles who had direct contact with the group.
In January, the national agency again sparked outrage after reports that it had placed 27 left-wing members of the German parliament under observation.
And last week, it was revealed that members of the agency had shredded files related to the National Socialist Underground in November, just after the group's existence came to light.
According to the newsweekly Der Spiegel, Fromm offered his resignation to Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich last Thursday, but it was not accepted. On Monday, Friedrich accepted his resignation.
"This has caused a considerable loss of confidence and grave damage to the reputation of the agency," Fromm said of the shredding incident shortly before his resignation.
The 63-year-old Fromm has led the intelligence agency since 2000, the year the series of murders, allegedly by the National Socialist Underground, began. The neo-Nazi group evaded capture until one member turned herself in and two others were found dead in a mobile home.
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Q: how to grant access of local file system to Wildfly server I am trying to write a file in Java. I am using simple "FileOutputStream". My application is deployed on "WildFly 8.0 Runtime Server"
My code is:

FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(new
  File("c:/newfile.txt"));

I am getting an exception:

19:24:36,235 ERROR [stderr] (default task-8)
  java.io.FileNotFoundException: c:\newfile.txt (Access is denied)
19:24:36,237 ERROR [stderr] (default task-8)  at
  java.io.FileOutputStream.open(Native Method)
19:24:36,239 ERROR [stderr] (default task-8)  at
  java.io.FileOutputStream.(FileOutputStream.java:221)
19:24:36,240 ERROR [stderr] (default task-8)  at
  java.io.FileOutputStream.(FileOutputStream.java:171)
19:24:36,240 ERROR [stderr] (default task-8)  at
  com.ews.angualrspringapp.controller.SelfieController.processImage(SelfieController.java:122)
19:24:36,241 ERROR [stderr] (default task-8)  at
  sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
19:24:36,241 ERROR [stderr] (default task-8)  at
  sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
19:24:36,242 ERROR [stderr] (default task-8)  at
  sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)

My this code is working fine with Apache Tomcat v7.0 Server.

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Home > NANO-RESEARCH > Vol. 9 (2016) > No. 2
Self-powered photoelectrochemical biosensing platform based on Au NPs@ZnO nanorods array
Zhuo Kang, State Key Laboratory for Advanced Metals and Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science andTechnology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
Xiaoqin Yan, State Key Laboratory for Advanced Metals and Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science andTechnology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
Yunfei Wang, State Key Laboratory for Advanced Metals and Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science andTechnology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
Yanguang Zhao, State Key Laboratory for Advanced Metals and Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science andTechnology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
Zhiming Bai, State Key Laboratory for Advanced Metals and Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science andTechnology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
Yichong Liu, State Key Laboratory for Advanced Metals and Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science andTechnology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
Kun Zhao, State Key Laboratory for Advanced Metals and Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science andTechnology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
Shiyao Cao, State Key Laboratory for Advanced Metals and Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science andTechnology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
Yue Zhang, State Key Laboratory for Advanced Metals and Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science andTechnology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China Key Laboratory of New Energy Materials and Technologies, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
plasmonic gold nanoparticle, ZnO nanorod array, photoelectrochemical, biosensor, glutathione
Photoanodes, which are used in photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting, have been shown to be applicable in the construction of a PEC biosensing platform. This was realized by replacing water oxidization with oxidation of an appropriate test molecule. Here, we have demonstrated the feasibility of adopting photoanodes consisting of zinc oxide nanorods arrays decorated with plasmonic gold nanoparticles (Au NPs@ZnO NRs) for the self-powered PEC bioanalysis of glutathione (GSH) in phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) at an applied bias potential of 0 V vs. Ag/AgCl. This heterostructure exhibited enhanced PEC properties because of the introduction of the Au/ZnO interface. Under visible light illumination, hot electrons from surface-plasmon resonance (SPR) at the Au NP surface were injected into the adjacent ZnO and subsequently driven to the photocathode. Under ultraviolet (UV) light illumination, the photogenerated electrons in ZnO tended to transfer to the fluorine-doped tin oxide due to the step-wise energy band structure and the upward energy band bending at the ZnO/ electrolyte interface. These results indicate that plasmonic metal/semiconductor heterostructure photoanodes have great potential for self-powered PEC bioanalysis applications and extended field of other photovoltaic beacons.
Zhuo Kang,Xiaoqin Yan,Yunfei Wang,Yanguang Zhao,Zhiming Bai,Yichong Liu,Kun Zhao,Shiyao Cao,Yue Zhang, Self-powered photoelectrochemical biosensing platform based on Au NPs@ZnO nanorods array. NanoRes.2016, 9(2): 344–352

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Europe's Youth News30. May 2018
EU proposes Erasmus boost
Brussels – The European Commission wants to boost funding for the Erasmus youth exchange programme under the next long-term EU budget, enabling up to 12 million people to participate during 2021-2027, it announced on Wednesday.
The Erasmus programme, which allows Europeans to study, train, work or volunteer abroad, has been billed as one of the most successful initiatives of the European Union.
Millions of people benefit
"It is the very essence of a borderless Europe," said commission Vice President Jyrki Katainen. "Every euro that we invest in Erasmus is an investment in our future," he added.
More than 9 million people have benefited from Erasmus since the programme was launched in 1987, according to the commission.
The EU's executive is proposing an overall investment of 30 billion euros (34.9 billion dollars) in Erasmus under the next long-term budget.
Controversial budget cuts
It is billing this as a doubling of current figures, although others have calculated that the increase is more modest.
EU member states and parliamentarians are squaring up for protracted negotiations over the next long-term budget, which will be hit by the departure of net contributor Britain from the EU.
The commission has proposed controversial cuts to the biggest areas of expenditure – agricultural subsidies and funding for poorer EU regions – while shifting more money towards new priorities such as security and migration.
Wednesday's long-term budget proposals also included expenditure plans for Europe's creative and cultural sectors; social funding; support for workers who have lost their jobs due to globalization; and a new fund promoting justice, rights and values across the EU.
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I guess everything about the Galaxy S5′s previous rumors are starting to fade right before our every eyes.
In the past few weeks, every Android geek in the world was almost as excited as I was when buzzes around Samsung next flagship Smartphone, the S5 started to tingle with its leaked specs and hardware ingredients. Now, word has it that it will incorporate a Galaxy Note 3-esque plastic casing with faux leather on its behind.
That, and a 16-megapixel camera.
We were also living up to the expectation that the S5 would be dust and water proof, just like Sony's Xperia Z line. It's kinda disappointing now that Samsung held back this property and slapped it with a semi ridiculed polycarbonate and leather which is, too me is way behind the supposed "proofing" the company had first imagined. Again, let's just make everything safe that Samsung will ditch plastic and go with a more modern flair with metal on the Galaxy F family.
In addition, the biometric eye scanner that we also heard plus a 65-bit processor is now hanging over nothing in terms with the S5 and again, playing the good advocate, we'll pray that it'll somewhat be with the Galaxy F, too.
Let's move on, shall we? The last of Samsung S line will be announced in mid January of next year or at the MWC 2014 in February.


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China continues reign with top supercomputer
The US still has the largest number of entrants on the new Top 500 listing of top supercomputers
Joab Jackson (IDG News Service) 18 November, 2013 19:15
China has maintained its lead in the twice-yearly ranking of the world's most powerful supercomputers, with the Chinese National University of Defense Technology's Tianhe-2 system bringing 33.86 petaflop/s (quadrillions of calculations per second) to the contest, almost twice the calculations offered by the runner up, the Titan Cray system run by the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Measured by the number of systems on the Top 500 list, the U.S. still leads the pack with 265 systems, up from 253 systems in the last ranking released in June. Tianhe-2 topped that list, with Titan following, and both had the same performance numbers as the new rankings released Monday.
Asia has 115 systems on the list, which is down from 118 in June, and Europe has 102 systems. China has 63 systems and Japan has 28 on the list. In Europe, the U.K. has 23 systems, France has 22 and Germany has 20.
The Top 500 list of supercomputers was started in June 1993 to compare the performance of the most powerful computers and show supercomputing growth. Participation is voluntary and requires entrants to run the Linpack benchmark, which measures how quickly a system can solve a dense series of linear equations.
Overall, the latest ranking, which is the 42nd, shows little change from June. There is only one new system in the top 10, the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre's Piz Daint, a Cray XC30 system that clocked 6.27 Pflop/s on the Linpack benchmark.
Piz Daint also proved to be the most energy efficient machine on the list, a metric the Top 500 started charting. While Piz Daint consumes an average of 2.33 megawatts, it produces 2.7 gigaflops (or 2.7 billion floating-point operations per second) for each watt used.
Taken together, all 500 systems on the list would produce 250 Pflop/s, half of which was supplied by the top 17 entrants on the list. Over 31 systems were able to produce at least a petaflop/s.
Both of the top systems use coprocessors to speed calculations. Tianhe-2 uses Intel Xeon Phi processors and Titan uses Nvidia GPUs. Overall, 53 systems on the list use accelerator/coprocessor technologies.
The Top 500 list is compiled by supercomputing experts at the University of Mannheim, Germany; the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; and the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Joab Jackson covers enterprise software and general technology breaking news for The IDG News Service. Follow Joab on Twitter at @Joab_Jackson. Joab's e-mail address is Joab_Jackson@idg.com
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Is It Time to Fire Robin Ventura?
This is team plays in a "fog", ongoing mental and fundamental mistakes across the board- Viciedo, De Aza, Beckham, Ramirez, Flowers,etc. Three players run through the 3rd base coach yesterday- no consequences.
More injuries than usual this year, and players are always accountable- but this is approaching "Bevington" territory- and Robin does not seem to be in control.
He's one of my all time favorite Sox players- and even without experience- I thought he would be a good manager- but this is a disaster.
I'm emotionally torn. Robin is also one of my favorites, but I do believe he last lost control of the team. What has steered me towards this is that there are NO repercussions for the daily bonehead mistakes being made. It make me wonder how much Ventura is actually in control.
So I guess I would answer yes. He should go. Along with many others. But the big question is who would replace him? Who would want to take on this disaster?
I think you go stop gap for this year- then a real/comprehensive search in the offseason- Daryl Boston?
Let him walk on his own after season end.
I agree. Robin is a fan favorite former player and he inherited a lot of problems.
However, the points made above about lack of discipline are his problems and he's proven that he is or was not ready for the challenge of managing a major league team.
It's these type of fundamentals that managers learn in the minor leagues. I have never bought into the "million dollar athletes/professionals kid gloves" treatment. Their salary and contract has nothing to do with executing fundamentals.
Last edited by Red Barchetta; 06-29-2013 at 09:48 AM.
Well, if they fire him, maybe it fires up the team for a few weeks, but this team isn't going anywhere this season anyway. I think it would amount to change for the sake of change, not with any particular goal in mind.
Let him finish out the season and then start another managerial search.
This is also just a pretty ****ty team with a couple of players compounding the madness by having career bad years.
So that would be 1 successful year and now 1 bad year. Next year is the final year of his contract. I say let that be his job audition for 2015 and beyond.
He deserves to be fired (arguably he deserved to be fired after last year's collapse).
But I wouldn't fire him now. Just don't bring him back.
And please don't replace him with another house-horse.
I wouldn't mind if Mark Parent took over the rest of the season as an interim. This season is over, so it would give Hahn a sense of what he's dealing with.
Who would want to take on this disaster?
Hmmm, taking on a disaster.....Is Tim Floyd available? In the same vein, Robin's situation is roughly analogous to that of Jerry Sloan with the Bulls. So he may go on to be a managerial great.
Anyone who has watched this team knows Ventura should be fired. There is no baseball argument to keep him. I've never seen a White Sox team play the game this poorly.
5. An organizational culture that privileges loyalty over performance excellence, and seems to be behind other teams with the use of data analytics.
All of these things create a climate in which very few managers could succeed.
Is anyone all that surprised that a guy who had no previous managing experience in any capacity who didn't even seek out the job is doing poorly?
Either Terry Bevington or Max Patkin is hired as his replacement, and the organ music is replaced with a tape loop of calliope music.


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Q: Is it possible to debug in source-level under LLVM-vs2014? I installed the latest llvm on Windows with Visual Studio 2015.
I created a C++ project and choose LLVM-vs2014 as the platform toolset in VS 2015.
I can compile and the compiler output as follows:

------ Rebuild All started: Project: Cxx1zTest, Configuration: Debug x64 ------
  1>  Cxx1zTest.vcxproj -> D:\projects\Cxx1zTest\x64\Debug\Cxx1zTest.exe
  1>  Cxx1zTest.vcxproj -> D:\projects\Cxx1zTest\x64\Debug\Cxx1zTest.pdb (Full PDB)
  ========== Rebuild All: 1 succeeded, 0 failed, 0 skipped ==========

I can also run the project successfully.
The issue is:
I cannot debug the project in source-level as VC++ does; though the full pdb is generated.
After I press F5 to start debug, the debug window outputs:

'Cxx1zTest.exe' (Win32): Loaded
  'D:\projects\QbgTestServer\x64\Debug\Cxx1zTest.exe'. Symbols loaded.
  'Cxx1zTest.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\System32\ntdll.dll'.
  Cannot find or open the PDB file. 'Cxx1zTest.exe' (Win32): Loaded
  'C:\Windows\System32\kernel32.dll'. Cannot find or open the PDB file.
  'Cxx1zTest.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\System32\KernelBase.dll'.
  Cannot find or open the PDB file. 'Cxx1zTest.exe' (Win32): Loaded
  'C:\Windows\System32\vcruntime140d.dll'. Cannot find or open the PDB
  file. 'Cxx1zTest.exe' (Win32): Loaded
  'C:\Windows\System32\msvcp140d.dll'. Cannot find or open the PDB file.
  'Cxx1zTest.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\System32\ucrtbased.dll'.
  Cannot find or open the PDB file. 'Cxx1zTest.exe' (Win32): Loaded
  'C:\Windows\System32\kernel.appcore.dll'. Cannot find or open the PDB
  file. 'Cxx1zTest.exe' (Win32): Loaded
  'C:\Windows\System32\msvcrt.dll'. Cannot find or open the PDB file.
  'Cxx1zTest.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\System32\rpcrt4.dll'.
  Cannot find or open the PDB file. The thread 0x16ec has exited with
  code 0 (0x0). The thread 0x115dc has exited with code 0 (0x0). The
  thread 0x9740 has exited with code 0 (0x0). The program '[1108]
  Cxx1zTest.exe' has exited with code 0 (0x0).

What's the root cause?
Is there a workaround to fix the issue?

A: Based on the warning messages in the output windows, they are all the system DLLs which we don't have debug symbols for.
Open your VS IDE:
Go to Tools->Options->Debugging->Symbols, please select the checkbox "Microsoft Symbol Servers", and then Visual Studio would download PDB files automatically.


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Q: TypeError: combine() missing 1 required positional argument: 'source2' I am trying to learn Python now, I'm trying to finish the assignment about the Queue. This is the question and my code; I'm trying to test my code but it outputs an error.
def combine(self, source1, source2):
    """
    -------------------------------------------------------
    Combines two source queues into the current target queue.
    When finished, the contents of source1 and source2 are interlaced
    into target and source1 and source2 are empty.
    Order of source values is preserved.
    (iterative algorithm)
    Use: target.combine(source1, source2)
    -------------------------------------------------------
    Parameters:
        source1 - an array-based queue (Queue)
        source2 - an array-based queue (Queue)
    Returns:
        None
    -------------------------------------------------------
    """
    while len(source1._values) > 0 and len(source2._values) > 0:
        self._values.append(source1._values.pop())
        self._values.append(source2._values.pop())
    while len(source1._values) > 0:
        self._values.append(source1._values.pop())
    while len(source2._values) > 0:
        self._values.append(source2._values.pop())
    return None

and the is the test program
from functions import combine
from Queue_array import Queue

data1 = [1, 2, 3]
data2 = [4, 5, 6]

s1 = Queue()
s2 = Queue()
target = Queue()
for v in data1:
    s1._values.append(v)

for w in data2:
    s2._values.append(w)

target = combine(s1, s2)
for i in target:
    print(i)

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\CP164-2\maxx7140_a04\src\t03.py", line 26, in <module>
    target = combine(s1, s2)
TypeError: combine() missing 1 required positional argument: 'source2'

I'm not sure what to do to correct my test program.
this is the Queue program
from copy import deepcopy

class Queue:

    def __init__(self):
        """
        -------------------------------------------------------
        Initializes an empty queue. Data is stored in a Python list.
        Use: queue = Queue()
        -------------------------------------------------------
        Returns:
            a new Queue object (Queue)
        -------------------------------------------------------
        """
        self._values = []

    def insert(self, value):
        """
        -------------------------------------------------------
        Adds a copy of value to the rear of the queue.
        Use: queue.insert(value)
        -------------------------------------------------------
        Parameters:
            value - a data element (?)
        Returns:
            None
        -------------------------------------------------------
        """

        self._values.append(deepcopy(value))

        return

I'm not sure which part goes wrong, I am not particularly skilled in the use of Class and Queue.

A: The combine() function appears to have been extracted from the class and turned into a top-level function. It requires the target to be its first argument (called self in the function definition), and modifies it in place.
So change:
target = combine(s1, s2)

to:
combine(target, s1, s2)

You probably shouldn't be writing things like
s1._values.append(v)

By convention, attribute names that begin with _ are intended to be internal, not directly accessed from outside the class. You should use the Queue.insert() method:
s1.insert(v)


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Monday Night Flex
Titans win 4th straight, 42-21 over Raiders
Sun Dec 8 7:47pm ET
By JOSH DUBOW
Players: Ryan Tannehill, Darren Waller, DeAndre Washington, Derrick Henry, Jonnu Smith, Foster Moreau, Josh Jacobs, A.J. Brown
Tennessee Titans quarterback Ryan Tannehill (17) rolls out to pass against the Oakland Raiders during the second half of an NFL football game in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019. (AP Photo/D. Ross Cameron)
Oakland Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby (98) reacts next to middle linebacker Marquel Lee (52) during the first half of an NFL football game against the Tennessee Titans in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019. (AP Photo/D. Ross Cameron)
Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr (4) rolls out to pass against the Tennessee Titans during the first half of an NFL football game in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019. (AP Photo/D. Ross Cameron)
Tennessee Titans quarterback Ryan Tannehill, top, celebrates with teammates after throwing a touchdown pass to wide receiver A.J. Brown against the Oakland Raiders during the first half of an NFL football game in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019. (AP Photo/D. Ross Cameron)
Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry (22) scores past Oakland Raiders free safety Erik Harris (25) during the first half of an NFL football game in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
Tennessee Titans quarterback Ryan Tannehill (17) passes against the Oakland Raiders during the first half of an NFL football game in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019. (AP Photo/D. Ross Cameron)
Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry (22) runs against Oakland Raiders free safety D.J. Swearinger (21) and defensive end Clelin Ferrell (96) during the first half of an NFL football game in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019. (AP Photo/D. Ross Cameron)
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Ryan Tannehill threw for 391 yards and three touchdowns, Derrick Henry ran for two scores and the Tennessee Titans won their fourth straight game by beating the Oakland Raiders 42-21 on Sunday.
The Titans (8-5) bounced back from a deflected interception on the opening drive to score TDs on five of their next seven possessions to improve to 6-1 with Tannehill as the starting quarterback.
The win moved them into a tie for first place in the AFC South with Houston, with the teams set to meet twice in the final three weeks.
Tennessee broke open a tight game with a three-touchdown barrage in a span of just over seven minutes of the second half that all but ended the playoff hopes for the Raiders (6-7) in their final season in Oakland.
Henry, who rushed for 103 yards, broke a 21-all tie with a 10-yard TD run midway through the third quarter to cap an 89-yard drive.
The Raiders then went three-and-out on their next drive and Tannehill easily drove Tennessee 84 yards for a 35-21 lead on a 17-yard pass to Jonnu Smith.
The boo birds then came out in the second-to-last game at the Coliseum when Darren Waller fumbled a catch after a hit by Tye Hill and Jayon Brown returned it 46 yards.
What had been a promising season for the Raiders with a three-game win streak in November that improved them to 6-4 has gone off the rails the past three weeks. They lost by 31 points in successive road games against the Jets and Chiefs and then fell apart in the second half against Tennessee. This marked just the second time in franchise history that Oakland dropped three in a row by at least 21 points, having also done it in 2012.
Tannehill threw two TD passes in the first half to rookie A.J. Brown, including a 91-yarder. Brown finished with five catches for 153 yards.
Tennessee finished with 552 yards, their second most since the merger in 1970. They had 563 in a 27-10 win over Kansas City on Dec. 16, 1990.
HENRY'S HIGHLIGHTS
Henry also had a 12-yard TD run in the first quarter and has eight touchdown runs in his past five games to give him 13 on the season. He joined Earl Campbell as the only players in franchise history with back-to-back seasons of at least 12 TD runs. Campbell did it three straight years from 1978-80.
DEEP STRIKES
Tannehill burned the Raiders in the second quarter with the 91-yard deep strike to A.J. Brown, which was the longest pass play in Tennessee history. Oakland answered with its own deep shot later in the quarter when Carr connected with Rico Gafford from 49 yards out. It was Gafford's first career catch.
DOINK
The Titans missed a chance to break a 21-21 tie when Ryan Succop hit the left upright from 42 yards out on the final play of the first half. Tennessee now missed nine field goals this season, one shy of Dallas for the most in the NFL.
Titans: S Kenny Vaccaro left the game with a concussion.
Raiders: Oakland was without star running back Josh Jacobs, who missed the game with a shoulder injury. DeAndre Washington ran for 53 yards and a TD in his place. ... TE Foster Moreau left the game in the third quarter with a knee injury.
Titans: Host Houston on Sunday.
Raiders: Host Jacksonville on Sunday in the final scheduled game at the Coliseum.
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The Paur Report
Interview with a Champ
Lineup Prep: Championship Games
Studs and Duds: Divisional Round Games
Injury Status: Divisional Round Games
Lineup Prep: Divisional Round Games
Studs and Duds: Wild Card Weekend
Injury Status: Wild Card Weekend
Lineup Prep: Wild Card Weekend
Studs and Duds: Week 17
Championship Player Rankings
Player Notes
Tramon Williams Jan 20 9:03pm ET
Free-agent CB Tramon Williams (Ravens) worked out for the Green Bay Packers Wednesday, Jan. 20, and is expected to sign to either the practice squad or the 53-man roster.
From TheHuddle
Larry Ogunjobi Jan 20 8:03pm ET
Cleveland Browns DT Larry Ogunjobi said he'll assess his options in free agency as it's unknown if he'll return to the Browns. 'When I go into training this offseason, just kind of figure out what fits best for me and then obviously when you get into March, you figure out where the team wants you as, what they see you as and what role they want you to play here or somewhere else,' Ogunjobi said Wednesday, Jan. 20.
Ronald Jones II Jan 20 6:50pm ET
Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Ronald Jones II (quadriceps) and wide receivers Mike Evans (knee) and Chris Godwin (quadriceps) were all limited participants during Wednesday's practice. Jones was able to practice in a limited fashion last week before ultimately suiting up against the Saints, while Evans' and Godwin's reps are being managed as precautions. Jones has a good matchup against Green Bay's front, though he and Leonard Fournette are trending towards a timeshare after head coach Bruce Arians described them as a "1-2 punch." Meanwhile, Evans will likely tango with star corner Jaire Alexander on the outside, as tough a matchup as any. Godwin is due for a rebound performance after dropping a surefire touchdown last week and could see more targets if Evans struggles and Antonio Brown (knee) is banged up.
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Lamar Jackson Jan 20 6:43pm ET
Baltimore Ravens QB Lamar Jackson is wanted on a long-term contract, according to head coach John Harbaugh Wednesday, Jan. 20. 'Absolutely, we want Lamar to sign a long-term deal and be with us,' Harbaugh said. 'I'm totally certain that's going to happen. When it happens, that's the details.'
Fantasy Spin: Harbaugh also said they aren't going to adjust the offense to be more pass-heavy. So long as Jackson is healthy, he'll be a top fantasy QB for the foreseeable future due to his added production on the ground.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers RB Ronald Jones (quadriceps) said Wednesday, Jan. 20, he already feels better than last week and he's all good for the NFC Championship against the Green Bay Packers.
Antonio Brown Jan 20 6:20pm ET
Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Antonio Brown (knee) was listed as a non-participant for Wednesday's practice. Brown sustained the knee injury during the divisional-round win over the Saints, with Tampa Bay officially listing him as day-to-day. The veteran wideout will look to ramp up his activity during Thursday and Friday's sessions to give him a chance at suiting up against Green Bay in the NFC title game. Fellow wideouts Scotty Miller and Tyler Johnson- who both made big plays in the victory over New Orleans- would be in line to receive more targets if Brown isn't healthy enough to play.
Nickell Robey Jan 20 5:53pm ET
Philadelphia Eagles DB Nickell Robey-Coleman was removed from the Reserve/COVID-19 list Wednesday, Jan. 20.
Jordan Wilkins Jan 20 5:43pm ET
Indianapolis Colts RB Jordan Wilkins was activated from the Reserve/COVID-19 list Wednesday, Jan. 20.
Mason Crosby Jan 20 5:33pm ET
Green Bay Packers LB Krys Barnes (thumb), PK Mason Crosby (shoulder), RB AJ Dillon (quadriceps), DL Kingsley Keke (concussion), TE Marcedes Lewis (knee), LB Za'Darius Smith (thumb), WR Equanimeous St. Brown (knee, ankle), OT Ricky Wagner (knee) and RB Jamaal Williams (ankle) were limited at practice Wednesday, Jan. 20. S Will Redmond (knee) practiced in full.
Chris Godwin Jan 20 5:23pm ET
Tampa Bay Buccaneers WR Chris Godwin (hip, quadriceps) was limited at practice Wednesday, Jan. 20.
Fantasy Spin: Godwin caught four of seven targets but for just 34 yards against the New Orleans Saints in the NFC Divisional Round. The Buccaneers' passing game wasn't needed much as Tampa Bay operated from favorable field position for much of the game. Godwin, Mike Evans and Antonio Brown should all see more work against the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship. Godwin is likely to see the most targets.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers RB Ronald Jones (finger, calf) was a limited participant at practice Wednesday, Jan. 20.
Fantasy Spin: Jones ran 13 times for 62 yards against the New Orleans Saints last week after being considered questionable for most of the practice week. He should be more involved this week, but the game script isn't likely to be as favorable for the Bucs as it was in the NFC Divisional Round. Jones will be a touchdown-dependent fantasy FLEX option this week.
Jason Pierre-Paul Jan 20 5:23pm ET
Tampa Bay Buccaneers LB Jason Pierre-Paul (knee) didn't participate in practice Wednesday, Jan. 20. S Jordan Whitehead (knee) and CB Sean Murphy-Bunting (quadriceps, ankle) were limited. DL Jeremiah Ledbetter (calf) and G Ali Marpet (pectoral) practiced in full.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers WR Antonio Brown (knee) didn't participate in practice Wednesday, Jan. 20.
Fantasy Spin: Brown is expected to be fine in time for Sunday's NFC Championship against the Green Bay Packers. He'll represent a contrarian pivot from either Mike Evans or Chris Godwin.
Mike Evans Jan 20 5:13pm ET
Tampa Bay Buccaneers WR Mike Evans (knee) was a limited participant at practice Wednesday, Jan. 20.
Fantasy Spin: Evans didn't practice much last week and was targeted just three times in the NFC Divisional Round game against the New Orleans Saints. His day was saved by a three-yard touchdown catch, but it was his only reception. He should be more involved in the NFC Championship with another week of recovery under his belt.
Stefon Diggs Jan 20 4:53pm ET
Buffalo Bills WR Stefon Diggs (oblique) was limited during practice Wednesday, Jan. 20.
Fantasy Spin: Diggs has posted at least 100 yards in five of his last six games and is a must-start fantasy option if he is active for the game.
Quinton Jefferson Jan 20 4:53pm ET
Buffalo Bills DT Vernon Butler (quadriceps) did not participate in practice Wednesday, Jan. 20. QB Jake Fromm (non-injury) and DT Quinton Jefferson (ankle) were limited during practice. PK Tyler Bass (hand), LB Tremaine Edmunds (hamstring) and DE Darryl X. Johnson (knee) fully participated in practice.
Buffalo Bills wide receiver Stefon Diggs (oblique) remains on the injury report and was a limited practice participant on Wednesday. Diggs has been battling an oblique injury late this season, but it hasn't really slowed him down at all. The NFL's leader in receptions and receiving yards in 2020, the 27-year-old has 14 catches on 20 targets for 234 yards and two touchdowns in the team's two playoff tilts against the Colts and Ravens this year. Diggs was able to haul in six of his eight targets for 46 yards and a touchdown in the first meeting with the Chiefs back in Week 6 in a 26-17 loss. With quarterback Josh Allen having a breakout season under center, Diggs has been one of the most valuable fantasy wideouts this season, and that shouldn't change in the AFC Championship this Sunday.
Patrick Mahomes Jan 20 4:33pm ET
Updating a previous report, Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes (concussion, toe) is now listed as limited during practice Wednesday, Jan. 20. He was initially listed as a full participant Wednesday.
Fantasy Spin: Mahomes is going through the concussion protocol but may be able to do more during practice over the next few days. He is one of the top quarterbacks in the NFL when healthy and should be a starting option if he is active.
Gabriel Davis Jan 20 4:30pm ET
Buffalo Bills rookie wide receiver Gabriel Davis (ankle) and defensive tackle Vernon Butler (quadriceps) both missed practice on Wednesday. Davis injured his ankle in the Divisional Round win over the Ravens last Saturday night. As of right now, the impressive 21-year-old should be considered questionable to play against the Chiefs in the AFC Championship on Sunday, but keep an eye on his practice status through the rest of the week. He was unable to haul in any of his four targets against Baltimore's defense last week after going for four catches and 85 yards in the wild-card win over Indianapolis the week prior. He's hard to trust for consistent production behind Stefon Diggs, John Brown and Cole Beasley. If Davis can't play this weekend, Isaiah McKenzie could see an expanded role.


In the fast paced world of convenience that we live in today it's easy to forget that vegetables are grown in the ground and are not born in freezer bags. Most consumers are now more informed about the importance of growing and buying local, but have little opportunity or knowledge to grow food themselves.
Edible Guernsey, one of the twenty recipients of our Eco Fund grants this year, is changing all that. The charity educates and inspires people from all backgrounds about eating local by building communities of growers across the Island.
Little more than a year ago, Edible Guernsey took on the mammoth task of clearing a three vergee site in St Peter's to create an 'edible' farm, with volunteers taking home the fruits (or veg) of their labour at the end of the day.
Alongside their farm, Edible Guernsey is involved with a variety of other community projects.
Their work so far includes growing projects at the new mental health facility, in residential homes such as Les Grand Courtils and Maison Maritaine, alongside their work with states education on a few sites. In all of these spaces, they are building community groups who can grow produce close to their homes, and in time will be able to help at the farm.
By encouraging the community to get involved, Edible Guernsey is closing the gap between us and the food we eat. This is the perfect way to teach our children and the wider community more about the values of nutrition, ecology and food production. And it's fun too!
"Edible Guernsey has ambitious plans to re-imagine the food landscape in Guernsey, creating community centred growing initiatives and working to create a new model of food production at the edible farm in St Peter's. There are so many threads to the project and we are very grateful to The Co-operative Eco Fund for its support," said Jock Pettitt, Director of Edible Guernsey.


What happens when artists collaborate with chefs? When they rethink the tools with which we feed ourselves? Martin Kullik and his partner Jouw Wijnsma, founders of the creative collective Steinbeisser, have been exploring these questions since 2012, when they introduced their most unusual dinner party concept: Experimental Gastronomy.
Every few months an evolving clan of international collaborators come together to create one-off dining experiences. Acclaimed chefs are asked to produce a tasting menu that is completely vegan, organic, bio-dynamic and locally sourced, which is then served on a dizzying array of unique -- and often challenging -- cutlery and tableware created by artists and designers.
"We wanted to create an environment in which guests could experience food again in a very different way, in a much more conscious way," Kullik explained at their most recent event at the Lloyd Hotel in Amsterdam.
Over the course of the dinner guests attempt to make sense of the unfamiliar objects in front of them: too-long spoons, glass vessels that demand you stick your tongue in them, tools that look more like jewelery. Many of the pieces cost thousands of dollars and are more likely to be found in an art gallery.
"All the cutlery is different, all the plates are different, each person is having an individual experience," Kullik said.
Kullik and Wijnsma hope that, by disrupting the dining process on both the individual and communal level, they can encourage diners to be more conscious in every sense. Connections are made, conversations are had, and the longer it takes you to eat your food, the more you appreciate it.
Suzanne Oxenaar, the founder of the Lloyd Hotel and one of Steinbeisser's key collaborators, described the ideal outcome of the events simply: "If you can be open in something so normal as a dinner, you can be open to more things."
Watch the video above to find out more about the Experimental Gastronomy project.


New and elegant improved version made of anodized aluminium with 30mm diameter and 2mm thickness handle.
When closed back on to the door, it works as an anti-theft device and prevents accidental opening when travelling.
It also serves as a useful handle to make entering and leaving the vehicle easier.
It adapts to all doors opening both to the right and left.


Winters are pretty mild here in LA but because of my travel schedule, I'm often caught between polarizing temperatures. I decided to put together this capsule winter wardrobe list to help you guys build a foundation for your closet. What's great about it, is that many of the pieces can be worn year round. I believe in having a few capsule pieces because it trims down your morning routine significantly and ensures that you're getting the most usage out of your closet. I skipped winter accessories in this post, but you can read more about that here.
I love oversized coats because of how easy they are to dress up or down. You can work it into your travel outfits, a night out, or a casual day look.
I'm almost never without a blazer, so of course I had to include it here. It's a great layering piece that you can wear under a coat in cooler temps.
LA nights and mornings can get chilly so having a few sweaters on hand is always a good idea.
A basic tee is one of those pieces that looks great with everything. Since I wear them all throughout the year, I don't mind spending a little more on a quality tee.
There's nothing quite as comfy as wide leg pants in the wintertime. I love that they feel similar to loungewear and are so easy to get around in. Dressier styles also make a great evening look.
Jeans are essential in the winter for pairing with boots and sweaters. Whether you're into skinny jeans, straight leg silhouettes, or cropped styles, you'll make good use of them.
I'm a minimalist when it comes to what's inside my handbag, but I do carry a little more in the winter. Hand creams and lip balms go a long way so I like a structured tote.
A purchase you won't regret is a high quality trainer. They're perfect for running around the city or traveling in. I love a simple, minimalist style.
I rotate between trainers and boots during winter. My favorite boot style is a classic ankle boot because it looks great with everything. Treated and patent leather are great because they're easy to clean. However, I am obsessed with the luxe look of suede.
Eyewear is a key accessory I'm almost never without. They're great for combatting wind, dust, and debris while also reducing eyestrain. Sunglasses are just as important in the winter as in the summer!
Have you tried building a capsule winter wardrobe yet?


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The INAS Global Games is a quadrennial global, international multi-sport event organised by the International Sports Federation for Persons with Intellectual Disability (INAS). First organised in 2004, it is intended for elite competition in disability sports for athletes with intellectual disability and, since 2017, autism and down syndrome. It is the largest sporting event of its type. Athletes must have received classification from INAS to compete.

History
A precursor event was the World Games for Athletes with an Intellectual Disability held in 1989. The competition was discontinued following the integration of athletes with intellectual disabilities into the Paralympics programme in 1996, though renewed exclusion following disability fabrication at the 2000 Summer Paralympics led to the relaunch as the INAS Global Games. The first three INAS Global Games were hosted in Europe. The fourth edition in 2015 expanded to South America, though INAS were forced to take over organisational duties due to the collapse of the local organising committee. Australia won the hosting rights for the 2019 event, having led the medal rankings of the previous three. Initially the competition was seen as a specialist event by other sports governing bodies, but the INAS athletics, swimming and table tennis competitions are now recognised and sanctioned by the main global bodies for those disability sports.

The games is separate from the INAS World Championships, which are a series of sport-specific championships.

Editions

Number of athletes at the 2019 Global Games (highest to lowest)

All-time medal table (2004 to 2019)

Virtus Americas Regional Games

Virtus Oceania Asia Games

Sports

See also
Special Olympics
IWAS World Games
Deaflympics
Invictus Games

Other INAS sporting championships
INAS World Athletics Championships
INAS World Swimming Championships

References

Disabled multi-sport events
Recurring sporting events established in 2004

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Ksamil è una frazione del comune di Saranda, in Albania (prefettura di Valona).

Storia

Il comune è stato fondato nel 1966.

Durante il periodo comunista la zona divenne celebre per la produzione di olio d'oliva e le coltivazioni di limoni e mandarini.

Fino alla riforma amministrativa del 2015 era comune autonomo, dopo la riforma è stato accorpato a Saranda.

Economia

È una località turistica sulla costa frequentata da turisti albanesi e stranieri. Sorge nei pressi dell'antica città di Butrinto e a 17 km da Saranda. Il villaggio costiero vero e proprio, sorto nel 1966, è situato a sud della città di Saranda, in direzione di Butrinto. Ksamil fa parte del parco nazionale di Butrinto e consiste in due nuclei urbani, Ksamil e Manastir.

Tra le attrazioni più suggestive dal punto di vista turistico vi sono le isole di Ksamil.

Note

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Comuni dell'Albania soppressi
Frazioni della prefettura di Valona


Executive Chef Teddy Diggs is the mastermind behind North Carolina's only AAA-rated Four Diamond Italian restaurant, Il Palio. Starting his career in the nation's capital, Diggs has had ample experience in the culinary industry, always showcasing his immense passion for traditional Italian cuisine. Every summer, Chef Teddy travels to Italy to explore a different region, gaining new gastronomic insight and inspiration each time. Il Palio's menu certainly tells the story of his travels—it explores the 20 regions of Italy, reinventing age-old recipes with new local and seasonal twists. Diggs has been at Il Palio for four years now, and continuously stuns guests and critics alike with his unbelievable ability to craft the most intricate dishes reminiscent of a trip to Italy.
I was fortunate enough to enjoy a four course meal consisting of Chef Teddy's favorite dishes off the Il Palio menu, prepared by the Chef himself. I was enchanted by his ability to tell the story behind every ingredient and technique of each dish. First to hit the table was his freshly house-made focaccia. Inspired by the traditional Ligurian preparation, the bread was soaked in olive oil and topped with fresh rosemary and cracked sea salt. Chef Teddy termed the texture "birthday cake-like," a deliciously accurate description.
The antipasto consisted of the chef's roasted chestnut soup. Chef Teddy detailed the seasonality of the chestnuts and described the process behind the soup's creation. A bowl of pancetta and celery root arrived at the table, and was followed by Chef Teddy pouring the warm chestnut broth over the garnishes. The soup was divine--the perfect creamy consistency coupled with melt-in-your-mouth pancetta.
Of course no Italian meal would be complete without pasta. Following the soup, we dined on Chef Teddy's homemade pappardelle with Bolognese ragu. Chef Teddy makes his pasta fresh every morning, combining semolina flour and eggs to create the pappardelle. Every Italian grandmother has her own secret Bolognese recipe but there are a few classic staples to a ragu: a combination of veal, pork and beef, sofrito and white wine. Chef Teddy chops and adds a few pounds of celery and carrot and allows the ragu to cook for 12 hours to ensure the meat is as tender as possible. The ragu weaved throughout the perfectly al dente pasta layers and was dusted with crumbles of Parmigiano-Reggiano. Feeling like we were transported to a villa under the Tuscan sun, the pasta was definitely an ode to Italian grandmothers.
The secondi course arrived, featuring wood-grilled octopus atop a bed of local beans and pickled celery. The smoky octopus, proudly displaying its charred stripes, brimmed with flavor. Rustic herbs and a zest of chili pepper united with the tender variety of beans elevated the dish to another level.
Unable to imagine consuming more exquisite food, we were presented with not one, but two beautifully-plated desserts. The first plate starred a dangerously addicting and moist Naples-style Baba Rum Cake. The small yeast cake was soaked in rum, topped with an apple cider gelato and honey crisps and featured a garnish of soaked raisins, edible flowers and lemon zest.
On the second plate, five different gelati fought for the spotlight. Atop the base of cookie crumbs, chocolate and edible flowers sat mint, chocolate, hazelnut, eggnog and turrone gelato. Every single flavor was outstanding, but the mint shone through as my favorite. Earthy, refreshing tones derived from real mint leaves differentiated the gelato from every other mint ice cream I've ever tried.
Special thanks to Tabletop Media for the delicious complimentary meal. These reviews are entirely honest and my own.


"SAB SE PURANI BAB" which means "ancient (female) baby" in Hindi.
their compositions to create a Grind Raga Core sound.
and is focusing on vocals and jumping around.
and the artwork is his interpretation of an "ancient baby".
and we're planning to introduce them to the world someday.
which is headed by EY3 from the BOREDOMS and YOSHIMIO.
The packaging of the Japanese version of the CD looks like a paperback book.
so I hope you get a chance to hear it.


Kibbeh is one of those Levantine dishes when craved you want it now. I have vivid memories of my belated grandmother sitting in the courtyard with a huge stone pestle and mortar (JIRN). She would pound the meat to where it's like butter, then slowly add the bulger while pounding along. This was almost a day's job by the time the kibbeh made it to the table.
Kibbeh is formed and cooked in many ways. The traditional shape for fried kibbeh or kibbeh labanieh (cooked in yogurt) is that of an American football ball shape, but far smaller. It also comes flat or rolled in a swirl and baked in the oven (kibbeh bil saynieh). The texture of kibbeh changes depending on what the dough consists of. The traditional dough is made from bulgur (cracked wheat), meat and onions and the filling from fried spiced meat. Having been asked by many for a the perfect vegetarian recipe, I wanted to veer from the usual potato or rice kibbeh, so I ran a test kitchen over the course of one full day to achieve the perfect vegan kibbeh in shape, texture and flavour. I was extremely thrilled with the end result which, I have to confess, prefer over the meat kibbeh.
I have tried to simplify the method of making it by forming patties rather than the traditional shape in order for everyone to give it a go with successful results. The beauty of kibbeh is that you can freeze it for later use, and deep-fry it frozen. In this video I made fried kibbeh which marries well with a warm bowl of lentil soup, mutabal or hummus. I encourage you to think outside the box and make your variations of filling.
For the dough, place all the ingredients but the potato flour in a pot and cook over low heat for 10 minutes until the water has been absorbed and the bulger is cooked but not too dry. Cover and set aside until it cools down.
Meanwhile, for the filling, heat the olive oil in a pan over low heat and sauté the onions until softened. This would take about 5 to 8 minutes. Grind the walnuts in a processor to the size of rice grains. Add the walnuts and filling seasoning to the onions and stir for 1 minute, then set aside until it cools. Then add the pomegranate seeds.
Once the bulger mix has cooled down, mix in the potato starch. Place in a food processor and pulse until you get a sticky dough when compressed. Pour the mixture into a glass bowl and add very little water to bring it together and form a soft pliable mix with no cracks.
Have a small bowl of water handy next to you. Wet the palms of your hands and take a golf size piece of the dough and form a ball (if it is too dry and cracks wet the palms again and knead it in your hand. Make a hole in the middle of the ball with the index finger and try to create a cup thinning the walls as you turn the ball in the palm of your hand. Add 1 tablespoon of the filling and seal the opening, then gently press the pattie between your hands in order to form a disc. If you see any cracks on the surface just seal them by wetting the finger and brushing over the cracks.
Make sure as you make the discs to keep them under a wet cheese cloth or towel to avoid any dryness which causes cracks.
Deep fry the patties in vegetable oil at 180 C until golden and serve immediately.
To freeze, simply place the patties on a tray in the freezer. Once frozen, put them in a sealed plastic bag.
Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 84 Calories; 4g Fat (39.5% calories from fat); 3g Protein; 11g Carbohydrate; 2g Dietary Fiber; 0mg Cholesterol; 194mg Sodium.


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The (Current) State of Bees
Posted August 1, 2014 · Add Comment
By Katherine Pioli | August 1, 2014
The ongoing mystery of Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), since first being reported in 2006, continues to affect honeybees and farm crops globally and here in Utah. While overwinter bee loss is normal, the overall health of bees both wild and domesticated, on the decline since the 1940s, has only worsened with the introduction of pests and pathogens in the 1990s. Last April Forbes magazine reported that a third of honeybees in the United States were lost over winter.
Spain suffered an 80% loss. In Utah, the most recent numbers from the Department of Agriculture and Food show a 40% loss. Yet some places, Canada and Australia, are still untouched by this sweep of death.
The cause of this die-off remains unknown, though hypotheses abound. Cell phone signals have been blamed—a conclusion based on a small study in Germany and widely dismissed by agriculture experts and scientists. Other potential culprits include environmental and management stressors like pathogens, parasites, and scarcity of food or poor nutrition due to overcrowding—often a problem where commercial hives congregate for commercial crop pollination.
Now, a new culprit is garnering international attention, neonicotinoids (neo-nicotine-oid), a powerful neuro-toxin that attacks the central nervous system of insects,. The irony is that this class of pesticide was developed by Shell and Bayer in the mid-1990s as a less-toxic alternative designed specifically to protect pollinators. The key principle that supposedly makes neonicotinoids "safe" is their method of application. Often used as a seed treatment for crops like corn, this point-specific application avoids broadcast spraying of mature plants, thus allowing the pesticide to target the pest only.
Still, operator error can do serious damage. As shoppers at an Oregon Target near Portland learned last summer, the potential for neonicotinoids to kill non-targeted creatures is very real. When 25,000 bumblebees, ladybugs and other pollinators fell dead in the shopping center's parking lot, the single largest recorded pollinator die-off in the country, investigations revealed pesticide poisoning. Landscapers had treated European linden trees in full bloom with a neonicotinoid, almost instantly killing the tens of thousands of pollinators that swarmed the trees' nectar-laden flowers.
Although nothing of similar magnitude has occurred in Utah, cases of neonicotinoid-related pollinator deaths have occurred here, reports Clint Burfitt, Program Manager for the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food Apiary Inspection Program. And, as with the case in Oregon, most are due to careless pesticide application. "Pesticides can play role in bee die-off, but they are usually local or isolated incidents," says Clint Burfitt. "Generally, if I see a pesticide-related incident, it's in a very specific situation—say, a crop dust plane flies over, dropping pesticides and kills beehives on the ground."
Such incidents may be the clearest links between pollinator deaths and neonicotinoids, but they are almost certainly not the only events.
Persists in plants and soil
Neonicotinoids are systemic—they move throughout the plant. Applied to the seeds, trunk, leaves or even the soil surrounding plants, the pesticide travels to other parts including pollen, nectar and even into surrounding soil and groundwater.
"Any insect feeding on pollen or nectar could be exposed to the systemic insecticide," writes Richard S. Cowles of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. Since neonicotinoids used in arboriculture have proved particularly toxic to bees, Cowles recommends not treating trees or plants that attract pollinators. He says even low exposure "can cause maladaptive and lethal behaviors" associated with Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) such as impaired navigation and inability to gather food, ward off diseases or reproduce.
A study published this May in the Bulletin of Insectology, authored by Chensheng Lu, associate professor of environmental exposure biology at Harvard School of Public Health, concludes that CCD is related specifically to neonicotinoids. After comparing overwinter hive loss, the study showed a loss of half the neonicotinoid-treated colonies versus one out of six non-treated hives.
At the University of Sussex, Dr. David Goulson, Ph.D, is studying just how long neonicotinoids persist in plants and soil. According to the manufacturer's own data, says Goulson, one form (clothianidin) can remain in soil for almost 19 years. Bioaccumulation of neonicotinoids increases toxicity levels. Because they are water soluble, their persistent presence can contaminate ground and surface water, extending their impact far beyond their intended target.
Following the Target die-off incident, the city of Eugene, Oregon unanimously passed a resolution banning the use of neonicotinoids on city property—strengthening the city's already strong pest management policy that includes no-pesticides zones around many of the city's parks and recreation areas.
Oregon's hippies aren't the only ones questioning the benefit of neonicotinoids. Last year the European Commission instated a continent-wide, two-year ban on neonicotinoids. In the United States, following a petition from the Center for Food Safety, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced plans to phase use neonicotinoid use in wildlife refuges in the Pacific Northwest by 2016.
Here in Salt Lake, we don't need to be concerned yet about the potential for massive pesticide-related pollinator deaths. While there is no specific ban on using such chemicals, Dax Reid, Natural Lands Supervisor for Salt Lake's Parks and Public Lands Program, says the city's Open Space program does not currently use insecticides containing neonicotinoids, and none of the herbicides used list neonicotinoids as an active ingredient.
Responsibility to protect pollinators does not rest entirely on city officials. Home gardeners can just as easily obtain and use pesticides and herbicides with neonicotinoids. Various versions of the compound appear in products as seemingly innocuous as Bayer's Rose & Flower Care or Scott's Tree & Shrub Insect Control Ready-to-spray (for a more complete list of home gardening products that contain neonicotinoids go to www.beyondpesticides.org/ pollinators/documents/pesticide_list_final.pdf)
Beyond neonicotinoids
One piece of evidence that continues to keep neonicotinoids off the hook as the lone contributor to Colony Collapse Disorder is the fact that some countries, like Australia, are not seeing colony collapse but do use neonicotinoids. Australia also does not have Varroa mites. Some believe this alone shows that CCD is a combination of factors including disease, environmental issues and pesticides.
Varroa mites, an external parasite that attacks the adults and brood of honeybees, were originally found only in Asia. Native hosts were largely unthreatened by the pest, but when the mite spread to European honeybees in the 1960s, the new hosts proved less resilient. Weakened by deformities caused by the mite, European honeybees began to die.
Commercial beekeeping has been a significant factor in the rapid spread of Varroa mites and other problems associated with incidents of CCD. As hives move across the United States, in constant pursuit of the next crop ready for pollination, these colonies, despite regular treatment with antibiotics, continue to spread disease not just to each other but to local domesticated and native wild bee populations.
Utah's Grand County has an extremely low rate of CCD and is actively working to maintain that record. The town of Castle Valley has placed an outright ban on commercial beekeepers in the area, an attempt to limit exposure to pests and pathogens circulated by traveling hives as well as to avoid the problematic factor of resource competition. In another tactical move, Grand County is looking at limiting the number of bees per lot, which could prevent large commercial keepers from moving in hives.
But even with regulations, inspections and careful planning, here in Utah and along the Wasatch Front, CCD outbreaks occur. For hobby beekeepers, being aware of local disease outbreaks, having the ability to recognize a problem and knowing what to do are essential to protecting colony health and hopefully preventing a collapse.
"We try to teach beekeepers best practices," says Clint Burfitt, Apiary Inspection Program Manager, in a government program that has required Utahns to register their hives since 1879. When the apiary program recently found four cases of American Foulbrood, a highly contagious bacterial disease spread through spore-contaminated nectar, honey and pollen stores, they notified all registered beekeepers within a four-mile radius. Such alerts are just one of the services the program provides.
In recent years, Burfitt has witnessed a rise in the popularity of backyard beekeeping. Utah, says Burfitt, has 2,000 registered beekeepers. Salt Lake alone has nearly 50 registered beekeepers per square mile. While disease prevention is important to reducing cases of CCD locally, such a high concentration of hives will make a certain amount of hive loss inevitable. "We have limited foraging resources in an urban environment," Burfitt explains. "As the city grows, we continue to pave over habitat essential for all pollinators, native bees and European honeybees."
For now, some of the power to save bees rests in our hands. Choosing not to use pesticides, specifically neonicotinoids, in our gardens is a start. Planting pollinator-friendly gardens is additionally important. Flowering plants provide bees with food.
"Instead of putting another hive in the city, plant a pollinator garden," encourages Utah's apiary program inspector Clint Burfitt. "Because at the end of the day, it takes a village to raise a bee."
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Don't be fooled by pretty labels.
These and other products, commonly available at Home Depot and other gardening centers, contain neonicotinoids and are bad for bees:
Monterey Concentrated Once-a-year insect control
Ortho Rose and Flower insect and disease control concentrate
Ortho tree and shrub fruit tree spray
For a full list of products to avoid:
www.beyondpesticides.org/pollinators/documents/pesticide_list_final.pdf
2) Plant flowers that bees appreciate. Not all flowers are equal in the eyes of a bee. Tulips, marigolds and petunias may beautify a yard but, according to USDA research entomologist and Utah State University (Logan) adjunct professor James Cane, "these and other garden flowers have, through years of artificial breeding and selection, lost whatever attraction they may have had for bees." Here is Cane's list of suggested plants for a pollinator garden. Plants with a * are native to Utah:
yarrow*, monkshood (aconitum), hyssop*, carpet bugle, ornamental onions, hollyhock, serviceberry*, false indigo, dill, columbine*, manzanita, prickly poppy, sea thrift, aster*, desert marigold*, barberry, borage, mustard, annual coreopsis, American bellflower (campanula)*, redbud, mountain mahogany*, flowering quince, rabbit brush*, watermelon, clarkia*, cleome, cosmos, hawthorn, squash, prairie clover, carrot, queen Anne's lace, larkspur*, ice plant, foxglove, coneflower (Echinacea), sea holly, California Poppy, fennel, strawberry, beeblossom, blue gentian*, sunflower, heliotrope, rose of sharon, sweet pea, lavendar, gayfeather, flax*, mint, mountain bluebells*, beebalm, basil, penstemon*, Russian sage, desert pincushion*, elderberry, thyme, valerian, zinnia, Indian blanket (Gallardia)*, blackeyed Susan (Rudbeckia)*
3) According to Laurence Packer, melittologist (that is, someone who studies wild bees) and author of Keeping the Bees: Why All Bees Are at Risk and What We Can Do to Save Them (2010: Harper Collins), there are almost 20,000 known species of bees—and fewer than 10 of those species are honey bees. Much like the European honey bee, these wild species are great pollinators. They, too, are facing a significant decline in numbers due to resource competition with honey bees and loss of habitat.
When planning a pollinator garden think of these wild bees as well, 90% of which do not live in a hive but rather in burrows in the ground, in hollow or pithy stems or in abandoned insect tunnels in wood. With this in mind, plant raspberry bushes—the stalks provide the perfect home for many of these bees. Don't lay a cloth barrier over your garden, which inhibits burrowing bees from making their home. In fact, you might even want to leave a bare patch of soil undisturbed for ground-nesting bees to do their thing.
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I saved this very special session to be the first blog post of the new year. I would like to introduce my sweet, strong, and beautiful cousin Tiffany. She has traveled the world, lived in different countries and is now facing cancer with the most positive attitude and strength. Tiffany was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma while living and working in New Zealand and has since returned home to undergo multiple different treatments.
Tiffany recently had to cut off her hair because of the treatments and I wanted to capture how beautiful she was with or without it! Her strong outlook is so inspiring and I wanted to share her story with you.
There is a gofundme page set up to help with Tiffany's medical expenses and you can also go there to read more about her story. Click HERE to see her page.
This lady shines with positivity and her smile is so contagious, I couldn't help but smile and laugh every time she did. Thank you for reading about her story and please enjoy these photographs.


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By James Macharia
On account of the evident squabbles which have been happening inside the Jubilee party,deputy president William Ruto could be walking on a tight rope.
His relationship with president Uhuru Kenyatta is seemingly growing dull day by day.
Uhuru's recent sentiments have exposed his broken rapport with his deputy and they're no longer calling each other 'my brother.' But when did it start blowing hot and cold between president Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto?
Immediately when the duo won the 2017 general elections as well as the then followed repeat polls, they were to focus on the party's main agenda; delivering on the Kenyans as per their manifesto. Ruto is said to have done the opposite. He instead, started to campaign for the 2022 presidential election for himself convincing Kenyans that he was the most fit to succeed his boss.
Ruto's allies also toed to his line and followed the same path. The started citing opposition's intrusion into Jubilee's bedroom when president Kenyatta did a handshake with its chief Raila Odinga.
The aftermath of the two political heavyweights' pacts was a document proposing for an amendment of the 2010 constitution.
Ruto and allies also cited unnecessary leadership positions proposed by the Building Bridges Innitiative (BBI) and would create more burden to weary Kenyans interms of wage bill.
They vehemently opposed the document and won't at all subscribe to the document's agenda. President Kenyatta on the other hand, as a result, turned repellant and fired a warning shot to his deputy and allies to align to the party's policy ,failure to which the worst was awaiting.
William Ruto has also differed with the government over the proposed plebiscite which is set to happen on July 2021. Together with his allies, Ruto has said that the cost of carrying out a referendum is ridiculously high especially at a time the country's economy is on a deathbed.
David Murathe, Jubilee's Vice Chairman has not in one or two occasions, been quoted saying that he'll spearhead Ruto's ouster as the party's deputy chief. Simillarly, the party's Secretary General Raphael Tuju has been quoted saying that on the issue of Ruto's ouster, it's not a matter of if, but when.
Though he has not publicly denounced Jubilee party,the DP has of late been allying with United Development Alliance(UDA)party,and even in the recent by-elections supported candidates vieying using its ticket.This is what pained Uhuru Kenyatta most and even told off his deputy publicly that if he supports Jubilee he should remain in and if not,he should pack and go.
It's this broken marriage between Uhuru and Ruto that saw Ruto-allied leaders kicked out of critical positions in the government.
Aden Duale lost his Majority Leader seat in the National Assembly courtesy of Uhuru-Ruto sunken relationship. Mumias East legislator Benjamin Washiali, Nakuru senator Susan Kihika as Senate majority whip,Kipchumba Murkomen as Senate majority leader, Kithure Kindiki, Cecily Mbarire, just a few to mention were also not spared. Kikuyu Member of Parliament was changed from a Chairman of the Budget committee in the national assembly to the catering department which was seen as a demotion.
To their side, Ruto's allies ,to counter face the sentiments by their critics have said that their plan to kick Ruto out is late and inconsequential. They've said that Ruto moved on long time ago and he's now marching on to a mission to salvage the forgotten hustler in Kenya.
Kiharu Mp Ndindi Nyoro has said that Ruto is soldiering on and never to turn back again.
Ruto has been using the hustler narrative to attack the dynasties who he says that have branded themselves as the demagogs of power but it should dawn to them that their days are numbered.
It's yet clear on which party ticket will the DP use in the coming 2022 general elections.
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Join us and meet Cape Town based photographer Yasser Booley who is presenting his monograph South Africa at Liberty which was published by Africalia / Stichting Kunstboek. Yasser will be in conversation with his fellow photographer, Johannesburg born Gideon Mendel.
In South Africa at Liberty Yasser Booley sets out to capture the essence of the eclectic rainbow nation, post Apartheid era. Largely taken in the public space, his photos reveal sober and intimate moments of ordinary people, mainly living in the periphery, going about their ordinary lives.
Yasser highlights unusual stories, exposing everyday life of vulnerable and disadvantaged people, engaged in a basic struggle for survival on the city margins. His subjects – street children, factory workers, unemployed people, exhausted commuters crammed in trains and buses, protestors during political rallies, etc. – are real persons, devoid of artifice and theatrics, who have maintained a sense of dignity that not even the harshest circumstances could erode.
Yasser Booley started photographing the world around him in 1993 as 17 year old. He has since then worked as freelance photographer and for the production industry. In 2005, he was one of the founding members of a photographers collective Camissa1, consisting of 14 photographers from historically disadvantaged communities.
As a founding principle, this collective celebrated photography's indispensable role in recording and presenting the various realities that exist in South Africa, and on the continent. Together, they put on an exhibition using various locations in Cape Town, giving birth to The Month of People's Photography. The four following years, MOPP became a guerrilla fringe to MOP (South Africa's annual October event Month of Photography), a deliberate signal to the establishment.
Yasser's partner in conversation, Gideon Mendel, is an internationally established photographer. His intimate style of image making and long term commitment to projects has earned him international recognition. He has been awarded the Eugene Smith Award for Humanistic Photography, six World Press Photo Awards, the POY Canon Photo Essayist Award, the Amnesty International Media Award for Photojournalism, and he was shortlisted for the Prix Pictet Prize 2015 for his project Drowning World.


Whose eyes are on your construction site and from what angle? Are you making the most of your resources, both human and material? On the jobsite, efficiency is critical to making deadlines and staying within budget. There is one resource that contractors are increasingly relying on to produce efficient results in all phases of construction—drones.
For decades now, the word "drones" has evoked a militaristic image of pilotless aircraft, but the technology of unmanned flight has evolved and adapted to meet civilian needs. That technology is now available at prices that make it affordable to purchase and lucrative to operate.
These small, nimble aircraft can be used to increase productivity on the jobsite in a myriad of ways. Currently, their capacity for capturing video, photography, thermal imaging and Lidar makes drones useful for surveying potential sites, creating 2D and 3D mapping and imaging, inspecting infrastructure and building facades and monitoring progress, potential quality concerns and work hazards.
Drones fit within the legal definition of aircraft, which means they are subject to FAA regulations. Unfortunately, regulations specific to drones, or unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) as the FAA calls them, do not yet exist. Congress included a mandate in the FAA Modernization and Reauthorization for the development of a regulatory structure to integrate drones into national airspace, but the FAA has been slow to develop those regulations.
In February, the FAA took the first step by releasing the highly anticipated Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) entitled, "Operation and Certification of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems." Small unmanned aircraft systems are defined as drones that weigh less than 55 lb. The comment period, during which the public was prompted to give feedback on the proposed regulations, ended in April. More than 4,500 comments were submitted, and now the agency is considering them.
In the meantime, the only way to obtain permission to commercially operate drones is through an exemption which the drone operator must submit a petition for exemption from FAA regs that would otherwise prohibit the operation.
Seeking an exemption was initially lengthy and unpredictable, requiring a considerable amount of industry and agency resources.
This past spring, however, the agency streamlined the process, resulting in considerably faster results. Now, upon receipt of a petition for exemption, the FAA will automatically grant a blanket certificate of waiver or authorization (COA) for flights at or below 200 ft, if the aircraft weighs less than 55 lb, operations are conducted during daytime visual flight rules conditions and stay a certain distance from airports. After receiving the blanket COA, operators who want to fly outside those parameters are then eligible to apply for a separate COA specific to their operations.
The ability to seize economic opportunities afforded by advancing drone technology will be largely determined by compliance costs related to the FAA's eventual regulatory framework, as well as potential liability under state laws. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, in 2015 alone, state legislatures in 45 states have deliberated 164 different bills related to drones. Of those, 25 have become law across 19 states.
Plainly, there are hurdles to clear before flying a drone over a construction site, but so far those hurdles have not proved insurmountable to individuals and companies purchasing and operating drones. To date, more than 1,700 FAA exemptions have been granted, with over 150 of those exemptions specifically mentioning "construction" as an intended purpose of the drone operations.
Furthermore, there is plenty of anecdotal evidence that many individuals and companies are operating drones without government approval. This is a dangerous path to take, though, as evidenced by the FAA's proposed $1.9-million fine on October 6 against a company that allegedly conducted 65 unauthorized commercial drone flights.
While the legal implications of commercially operating drones are still murky, the industry growth potential is undeniable. One indicator of market strength lies in investment data. CB Insights reports that $108 million was invested in the UAS industry in 2014 alone.
Additionally, the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) estimates that between 2015 and 2025, the cumulative economic impact of integrating drones into the NAS will be upwards of $82 billion—with total job creation over 100,000 and tax revenue to the states over $482 million. While these figures are speculative and will depend largely on the impact of federal regulations on commercial use of drones, the message is clear—the industry is ready to take flight. Are you?
Laura E. Vlieg is an associate of Obadal, Filler, MacLeod & Klein PLC, advising clients in international aviation safety regulation and government affairs. Vlieg has worked in various legal capacities for other law firms, trade associations and in-house, with an aviation services company.


Commentary: It's the story of a woman who works as a conductor on a train and rarely sees her son at the New Year. It's been a big viral hit in China.
Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.
Friday sees China begin to celebrate its New Year.
You might imagine that many brands would create cheery, uplifting communication to herald the Year of the Dog.
It released a long ad that puts tears before cheers.
Based on a true story, it tells the tale of a woman who's a conductor on one of the longest train routes in China — Nanning to Harbin. It's a six-day journey. This means she rarely gets to see her young son, named Ding, during the New Year festivities.
She leaves him with her sister and worries whether he behaves. She admits she's tough on him. He, in turn, desperately wants to impress his mom. So he learns his multiplication tables with extreme concentration.
This particular New Year, however, her sister decides to bring Ding to the Kaili station in Guizhou, just to catch mom for the three minutes that the train stops there.
What follows are moments of quiet desperation as the two search for each other on a crowded platform, just to spend a few moments together — a few moments in which Ding wants to show how well he's learned his tables.
Even though Apple concludes the ad by saying everyone should capture their stories on the iPhone X, the underlying message of this melancholy piece is about the preciousness of time.
It goes by quickly. The important moments can pull out of the station before we've even recognized them.
The ad does paint some optimistic tones at the end. What we remember most, though, is the mom and son pulled apart on a festive day.
Despite the sadness — or perhaps because of it — this oeuvre has enjoyed considerable attention in China. Adweek reported last week that it had already enjoyed 68 million online views.
First figures suggest that the iPhone X had a very good start in the Chinese market, becoming the top-selling phone in urban China.
With this ad, Apple is surely trying to foster an emotional relationship with Chinese customers — something that's been at the core of its brand for many years. Its popularity in the country appeared to grow after the launch of the X.
If there's one place Cupertino wants to recite (sales) multiplication tables, it's in China.


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why does my 802.11g network seem to die around Uniden 2.4ghz phones?
It dies because Uniden sells cordless phones that double as crappy jammers. They're easy to get around but annoying none the less.
You're unlucky but not entirely out of luck if you have some sort of Uniden cordless phone in your house. These phones are terrible with regard to sharing the unlicensed 2.4GHz spectrum.
If your wireless network is on 'Channel 1' (2.412 GHz), you'll notice that anytime someone picks up that terrible phone, your connection drops and the network just vanishes.
The easy solution is to switch to 'Channel 10' (2.457 GHz) and you'll find that you're safe from the Uniden phone.
Don't try to fight the Uniden, it won't give up, it will triumph. Just switch the channel your AP uses and everyone will be happy.