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San Juan, Puerto Rico Cruise
Old World charm, Spanish forts
Blessed with some of the oldest buildings in the Western Hemisphere, San Juan, Puerto Rico's capital, is romantically charming with its bright pastel Spanish colonial facades, wrought-iron balconies abloom with flowers, narrow cobblestone streets and beloved park squares. Arriving on an MSC Caribbean and Antilles cruise into port, explore Old San Juan (Viejo San Juan), a UNESCO World Heritage district, widely renowned for the fortresses of Castillo San Felipe del Morro and the Castillo San Cristóbal.
The old town occupies the headland of a 2.5-mile-long island (connected by bridge to the mainland) that shelters San Juan Bay, for centuries a key port in the New World. It was originally known as Puerto Rico, or "rich port," because its position made for such a fine stop for shipping.
Several MSC excursions offer walking tours that let you soak up amazing views of San Juan, while making cultural discoveries of a lifetime. Wander through the old town along the Paseo de la Princesa, San Juan's oldest tree-lined avenue; head up its southern city wall, La Muralla, which until the late 19th century encircled all of Old San Juan with sandstone; and tour the 16th-century fortress of El Morro, with its six different lines of defense.
Take a coffee-tasting walking tour to explore Puerto Rico's rich coffee culture, and learn how the island's rich volcanic soil and climate have contributed to the rise of coffee as one of its main crops. Taste a delicious cup of freshly brewed Puerto Rican café con leche, learn about the island's historical ties with the caffein-rich beverage, and explore how coffee and the church are connected on this MSC excursion through the streets of Old San Juan.
Or savor San Juan's culinary delights, in an MSC excursion that will have you tasting local cuisine and drinks at five destinations along the route of the fortified colonial city. From Puerto Rican fritters at historic El Convento Hotel, to chocolate tasting at a fourth-generation chocolatier, you won't miss this tour, which ends at La Casita de Rones for a rum lesson and a piña colada, the national drink of Puerto Rico.
With more than 80% of the world's rum coming from Puerto Rico, delve deeper into the spirit on an MSC excursion to Casa Barcardí in the town of Cataño. Discover the story behind Bacardí's legendary cocktails, sniff the products on display and learn about the rum-making process including wood barreling, ageing and finishing. For the grand finale, enjoy a fascinating mixology show.
Nature lovers will not want to miss a visit to El Yunque, the only tropical rainforest in the U.S. territory and one of Puerto Rico's finest spots of natural beauty. Marvel at its small horsetail waterfalls, giant ferns and tropical hardwoods.
For an enchanting experience, kayak into the enchanting bioluminescent bay at Laguna Grande of Fajardo on another MSC excursion. Under the blanket of the night sky and the lighthouse of Fajardo, paddle through the water and watch it glow with the bioluminescence of millions and millions of tiny organisms.
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WatchGuard takes to the cloud with new platform
Ben Moore
Network security and intelligence vendor WatchGuard Technologies has released a cloud platform that centralises security management and reporting from a single interface.
The platform delivers multi-tier, multi-tenant capabilities, scaling automatically to allow MSPs to create and manage an unlimited number of customer accounts, deploy new WatchGuard appliances, manage and deploy WatchGuard applications, and gain insights into a customer's network.
"MSPs need a modern, cloud-hosted security solution that's capable of providing powerful security insights, unlimited scalability and easy deployment processes," says WatchGuard product management SVP Andrew Young.
"WatchGuard's mission is to make cybersecurity simple, and this applies not just to end users, but also to the partners who deploy, configure, and manage our products and services. Simplicity is in our DNA, so we are extending that to our partners with the launch of WatchGuard Cloud."
Limitless account management – WatchGuard Cloud is built on a multi-tier, multi-tenant architecture, allowing service providers to create and onboard any number and type of customer accounts while ensuring separation of data between tenants and role-based access to information.
Scalable – The platform responds immediately and automatically to changing compute and storage requirements, allowing the platform to maintain high performance, running reports in seconds across terabytes of data while providing summarised insights.
Inventory allocation & account delegation – WatchGuard Cloud's inventory management features let service providers view and track licensing across all customers. They can also allocate and de-allocate services to those customers on terms that fit their service models. Additionally, WatchGuard Cloud provides tenants with the ability to delegate access to another tenant, including control over duration and permissions.
Automated alerts & notifications – As a centralised management interface, the WatchGuard Cloud platform allows users to quickly and easily configure alerts and notifications across all security applications, including visibility of Firebox UTM and AuthPoint multi-factor authentication events. MSSPs can access notifications on anything from customer licenses, usage or expirations to security and performance updates.
Flexible data retention – WatchGuard Cloud offers a variety of data retention options, removing the need to configure, deploy, maintain and scale servers and appliances for logging and reporting.
Zero Infrastructure Requirements – As a cloud-hosted service, the platform has no hardware requirements for service providers to deploy, resulting in reduced cost and time spent deploying and maintaining servers.
Visibility and reporting – Building upon the award-winning Dimension solution, WatchGuard Cloud comes equipped with more than 100 dashboards and reports that identify key network security threats, issues and trends, while accelerating users' ability to set and enforce meaningful security policies.
Platform and data security – User logins are protected by multi-factor authentication, and WatchGuard Cloud offers built-in security for data in transit, and at rest, which enables users to implement role-based access control and supports the logical separation of data between tenants, as well as partitions between subscriber accounts.
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Huawei is proactively working with Swascan researchers to fix the vulnerabilities, which could affect three main areas: confidentiality, integrity, and availability.More
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Finance department employees are most heavily targeted by these attacks, because they are most likely to deal with banks and other financial institutions.More
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"There are some fundamental basics that a company can put in place with no or minimal cost. People and staff still pose a great risk, so cybersecurity issues need to be high on the management agenda."More
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The programme enables cybersecurity service companies to provide technical support and professional services using Thycotic PAM solutions. More


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Molecular characterization is useful mainly for epidemiologic purposes and for investigations into pathogenesis and disease progression. BioNumerics provides a rich and uniquely integrated sequence analysis platform, which allows the investigation of genetic relatedness of viral isolates.
The TaqMan® SNP genotyping technology utilizes the 5' nuclease activity of Taq polymerase to generate a fluorescent signal during PCR. For each SNP, the assay uses two TaqMan® probes that differ in sequence only at the SNP site, with one probe complementary to the wild-type allele and the other to the variant allele. The technique utilizes the FRET technology whereby a 5' reporter dye and a 3' quencher dye are covalently linked to the wild-type and variant allele probes.
In marker assisted breeding, successful cross-over is assisted and facilitated by genetic markers. A commonly used DNA marker technology is Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP) analysis, where selectively amplified whole genome restriction fragments are separated via electrophoresis into a complex band profile. The occurrence of specific bands can be linked to the presence of particular phenotypic traits. In diploid organisms however, a phenotypic trait can be homozygous or heterozygous, which in theory will result in marker bands that can have double or single intensities.
Hetero-Duplex Analysis (HDA) is an easy and cost-effective technique for rapid screening of mutations. DNA from target genes is amplified by PCR followed by a denaturation step. After renaturation, heterozygous mutant DNA or mixed wild-type and mutant DNA form heteroduplexes. This heteroduplex DNA has a different electrophoretic migration behavior compared to corresponding homoduplex DNA.
The BioNumerics HIV drug resistance analysis application is a plugin-based expert system for automated prediction of antiretroviral drug resistance/susceptibility of HIV strains based on pol gene sequencing.
Multiplex Ligation-dependent Probe Amplification (MLPA), a registered trademark of MRC-Holland, is a relatively simple and robust multiplex PCR method for detecting chromosomal DNA copy number changes in multiple targets.


SAN DIEGO (KGTV) - A man was attacked and robbed after leaving an Imperial Beach-area store Thursday night, and police believe the incident is linked to two other robberies in the area.
San Diego police said the victim was leaving a store in the 2300 block of Grove Avenue, near Nestor Park, when he was jumped and punched by a man wearing a hooded sweatshirt.
The victim ran away, but moments later, he was attacked by three men wearing masks who then robbed him at gunpoint.
"That guy was waiting for me with a gun … and the other ones got out of the car and pointed at me with the guns, too. That's when they took my phone and my credit card and got away," the victim said.
Police said they are investigating two similar robberies in Imperial Beach and believe they were may have been carried out by the same group.


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Apparatus used in artistic gymnastics
A gymnast performs on the parallel bars
A handstand
Parallel bars are floor apparatus consisting of two wooden bars slightly over 11 feet (340 cm) long and positioned at roughly hand height. Parallel bars are used in artistic gymnastics and also for physical therapy and home exercise.[1] Gymnasts may optionally wear grips when performing a routine on the parallel bars, although this is uncommon.
1 Apparatus
3 Routines
3.1 International level routines
3.2 Scoring and rules
Apparatus[edit]
The apparatus consists of two parallel bars that are held parallel to, and elevated above, the floor by a metal supporting framework. The bars are composed of wood or other material, with an outer coating of wood.[2] The vertical members of the supporting framework are adjustable so the height of the bars above the floor and distance between the bars can be set optimally for each gymnast.[3]
Dimensions[edit]
Bar length: 350 centimetres (11.5 ft) ± 1 centimetre (0.39 in)[3]
Bar rounded profile: 5 centimetres (2.0 in) ± 1 millimetre (0.039 in) vertical by 4 centimetres (1.6 in) ± 1 millimetre (0.039 in) horizontal [3]
Bar width: 4 centimetres (1.6 in) ± 1 millimetre (0.039 in)[3]
Height of bar from floor: 200 centimetres (6.6 ft) ± 1 centimetre (0.39 in)[3]
Distance between bars: 42 centimetres (17 in) – 52 centimetres (20 in) (adjustable)[3]
The parallel bars (in German Barren) were invented by Friedrich Ludwig Jahn in Berlin.[4] In 1819 the first transportable parallel bars were described. In 1856 in Germany Hermann Otto Kluge used tubes to make the parallel bars and the horizontal bar adjustable. He used them in his gym. In Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, published between 1873–1877, their use for exercise is described.
Routines[edit]
A routine performed on the parallel bars must include various elements that depend on the gymnast's competitive level. A typical performance will involve swinging skills in a support position (on the hands), a hanging position, and an upper arm position (resting on the inner bicep). Also, parallel bar routines often feature a strength or static hold skill such as an L-sit or handstand. Each routine ends with a dismount from either the ends of the bars or the side of the apparatus.
International level routines[edit]
A parallel bar routine should contain at least one element from all element groups:[5]
I. Elements in support or through support
II. Elements starting in upper arm position
III. Long swings in hang, on 1 or 2 bars and Underswings
IV. Dismounts
Scoring and rules[edit]
Deductions are taken for lack of form and precision of elements performed. There are specific deductions for adjusting hand position in handstand and not controlling swing elements;[6] swing type elements should momentarily show handstand.[5]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Parallel bars.
^ Potts, Jennifer (March 21, 2011). "Parallel Bar Exercises For Physical Therapy". Mademan.
^ "Apparatus Norms" (PDF). FIG. p. II/27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-07. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
^ a b c d e f "Apparatus Norms" (PDF). FIG. p. II/28. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-07. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
^ History of bars
^ a b "MAG Code of Points 2009-2012". FIG. p. 100. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-10-01. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
^ "MAG Code of Points 2009-2012". FIG. p. 101. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-10-01. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
Artistic gymnastics apparatus and equipment
Women's apparatus
Men's apparatus
Still rings
Equipment and uniforms
Olympic Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Men's Parallel Bars
1896: Alfred Flatow (GER)
1904: George Eyser (USA)
1924: August Güttinger (SUI)
1928: Ladislav Vácha (TCH)
1932: Romeo Neri (ITA)
1936: Konrad Frey (GER)
1948: Michael Reusch (SUI)
1952: Hans Eugster (SUI)
1956: Viktor Chukarin (URS)
1960: Boris Shakhlin (URS)
1964: Yukio Endō (JPN)
1968: Akinori Nakayama (JPN)
1972: Sawao Katō (JPN)
1980: Aleksandr Tkachyov (URS)
1984: Bart Conner (USA)
1988: Vladimir Artemov (URS)
1992: Vitaly Scherbo (EUN)
1996: Rustam Sharipov (UKR)
2000: Li Xiaopeng (CHN)
2004: Valeriy Honcharov (UKR)
2012: Feng Zhe (CHN)
2016: Oleg Vernyayev (UKR)
2020: Zou Jingyuan (CHN)
World Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Men's Parallel Bars
1903: François Hentges (LUX)
1903 Joseph Martinez (FRA)
1905: Marcel Lalu (FRA)
1907: Joseph Lux (FRA)
1909: Joseph Martinez (FRA)
1911: Giorgio Zampori (ITA)
1913: Guido Boni (ITA)
1913 Giorgio Zampori (ITA)
1922: Leon Štukelj (YUG)
1930: Josip Primožič (YUG)
1931: István Pelle (HUN)
1934: Eugen Mack (SUI)
1962: Miroslav Cerar (YUG)
1966: Sergey Diomidov (URS)
1974: Eizo Kenmotsu (JPN)
1981: Alexander Dityatin (URS)
1981 Koji Gushiken (JPN)
1983 Lou Yun (CHN)
1985: Sylvio Kroll (GDR)
1985 Valentin Mogilny (URS)
1989 Li Jing (CHN)
1991: Li Jing (CHN)
1992 Alexei Voropaev (CIS)
1993: Vitaly Scherbo (BLR)
1994: Huang Liping (CHN)
1997: Zhang Jinjing (CHN)
1999: Lee Joo-hyung (KOR)
2001: Sean Townsend (USA)
2005: Mitja Petkovšek (SLO)
2006: Yang Wei (CHN)
2007: Kim Dae-eun (KOR)
2007 Mitja Petkovšek (SLO)
2009: Wang Guanyin (CHN)
2011: Danell Leyva (USA)
2013: Kōhei Uchimura (JPN)
2013 Lin Chaopan (CHN)
2015: You Hao (CHN)
2019: Joe Fraser (GBR)
2021: Hu Xuwei (CHN)
This article on Gymnastics is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
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My first encounter with gay identity politics began with a case of unrequited lust.
Some of these serious socialists didn't consider the "alternative" Georgia Straight, home to my original QQ ruminations, sufficiently radical. A clutch of young activists founded an alternative-alternative publication called The Yellow Journal. But it wasn't "gay," and, as I confessed last month in "QQ and the Trotskyites," the finer points of Marxist dialectic never held my attention.
What did hold my attention, however, was an adorable, curly headed youth in sprayed-on blue jeans selling The Yellow Journal at the corner of Granville and Robson, about midway between two gay hotspots, the bottle club Faces and the Castle Pub.
So it was in pursuit of young Gordon Hardy that I first heard about the Gay Liberation Front, its commune on Carolina Street, and its "Marxism lite" political activities.
Gordon, along with Simon Fraser University teacher George Smith, had founded Vancouver's Gay Liberation Front (GLF) over drinks one night at Faces. Gordon had moved into Pink Cheeks, a "hippie commune" on Carolina that quickly became a hotbed of gay consciousness-raising and "direct action" plotting.
"As young gay socialists we were determined to challenge the corrupt and corrupting nature of the gay scene in which we found ourselves. We saw it as sexually predatory and exploitative. And we naively thought we could change it," Gordon later told historian Robert Rothon.
But, doing my job, I dropped in at Pink Cheeks and made my pocket change contribution to the spaghetti dinner fundraisers. I reported on the GLF's first big "political action": a kiss-in at the Castle in response to homophobia by staff members. On cue one evening, the boys and their straight allies started smooching, the management called the police, and Gordon most clearly recalls the young cops who walked in and left quickly, looking acutely embarrassed and making no arrests.
The GLF also created the first non-club space for queers to gather to socialize and politicize, a third-floor walkup at 509 Carrall St in Chinatown. It was at this drop-in centre that things started to go sideways for QQ and the GLF. Even though I'd been supportive of their ventures and given them plenty of ink, I continued to be an avid chronicler of the un-socialist depravity of the clubs and tubs.
I was summoned to a meeting at the drop-in centre to be confronted with my many sins against the revolution; shortly after that a GLF delegation to the Georgia Straight succeeded in having me suspended for a short period.
Gordon and I became and have remained good friends, and he has since expressed his "embarrassment" at the GLF's censorial tactics. But we have agreed to declare a moratorium on being embarrassed by anything we did before 30 – and anything we are doing now after 60!
In retrospect it surprised me to learn that my impressions of the GLF as being dour Marxists were less than accurate. In reality, the hard-core politicos were to be found among the founders of the Gay Alliance Toward Equality (GATE).
According to Gordon, the GLF also wanted to challenge the "orthodoxies of rigid structure and party doctrine" for which the left was equally notorious. "GATE was always too grim and dogmatic for our tastes," he recalls.


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Chapter 9:10-19 (ESV)
Posted on May 06, 2021 - By Chris LaBelle
Chapter 9:10-19 (ESV) - Now there was a disciple at Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, "Ananias." And he said, "Here I am, Lord." And the Lord said to him, "Rise and go to the street called Straight, and at the house of Judas look for a man of Tarsus named Saul, for behold, he is praying, and he has seen in a vision a man named Ananias come in and lay his hands on him so that he might regain his sight." But Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he has done to your saints at Jerusalem. And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name." But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel. For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name." So Ananias departed and entered the house. And laying his hands on him he said, "Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus who appeared to you on the road by which you came has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit." And immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he regained his sight. Then he rose and was baptized; and taking food, he was strengthened.
Question to consider: What is the first thing Saul does when he regains his sight?
When we left Saul yesterday, he was left shell shocked and blind after being made to realize that instead of serving God, he had been His enemy. I'm sure the three days Paul spent in prayer and fasting were filled with personal soul-searching to try and figure out how he could have been so unbelievably wrong. During that time, the Lord reached out to Saul in a dream and told him to expect a man named Ananias to come and lay hands on him so that he may receive his sight.
Ananias seems to be a perfectly ordinary man who was hesitant to visit Saul given his reputation, but God revealed to Ananias that Saul would be God's instrument to bring the gospel to the Gentiles and would suffer for the sake of Christ. Whatever hesitancy Ananias had at God's initial request was replaced with obedience, and he immediately went to visit Saul to lay hands on him.
I want to point out that when Saul regained his sight, he immediately rose and was baptized just like when the Ethiopian eunuch believed Philip, he immediately asked to be baptized. In both of those baptisms, the Holy Spirit filled the believer at the point of being baptized. Again, this is a descriptive text so we have to be careful about using them as a prescription for how we baptize, but it was clear to the early church that salvation and baptism were connected. There wasn't a several year gap between their profession of faith and their baptism, and baptism was never considered optional. If you have made a profession of faith and have not been baptized, I would ask you to consider doing so as soon as possible. Baptism is not the end of our faith journey but its beginning. It is not a milestone achievement but a sign and seal that you belong to Christ and are marked by His Holy Spirit.
In the Lutheran church, we view baptism as a sacrament. God's word of promise on the water which puts to death our flesh and makes us alive in Christ Jesus, clothing us in His righteousness as a work of the Holy Spirit. It is not a public profession of faith but an act of God to bring someone into His family. For salvation is by God's grace alone through faith. When we use language like "I accepted Jesus into my heart," the implication is that I was the one doing the accepting rather than Christ choosing me to be a child of God.
Dear heavenly father, thank You for letting the scales fall from Saul's eyes and for redeeming the time that he spent persecuting the church. May we have this same attitude toward those who profess hatred toward us for the sake of Christ. For You are the one who turns a person's heart of stone into a heart of flesh, and we would like to rejoice with You when a lost sheep is found. Amen.


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Under the Dome recap: The Fall
It's all fun and games until someone drops the egg.
By Chancellor Agard
Updated September 02, 2014 at 04:44 AM EDT
Credit: Brownie Harris/CBS
One thing's clear: Zenith, a town that isn't under a dome, is far more interesting than Chester's Mill, a town that is stuck under the Dome. Maybe we were spoiled by last week's Peter Weller-directed episode. Maybe watching Under the Dome isn't as fun to watch on a vacation day instead of a work day. Maybe a show about a town under a dome shouldn't be stretched beyond 10 episodes. Whatever the cause, "The Fall" just wasn't as interesting as last week's episode. In the "outside world" of Zenith, it feels as if there are things for the characters to do whereas back in Chester's Mill, it's as though everyone is always doing the same thing—or some variation of the same thing.
The episode picks up right where it left off with Big Jim walking in on Pauline looking around Junior's room. He initially think it's the Dome tormenting him the way it did with Linda and Dodee, but Pauline quickly shoots this down by explaining that she faked her death. Obviously, Big Jim is not happy to hear this, mainly because he always thought he was the reason for her death.
While Big Jim is having this dramatic reunion, Rebecca and Julia are checking one of the town's oaks. Rebecca observes that the leaves have started changing and that temperature inside the Dome has dropped. From this, she deduces that the Dome is accelerating the seasons in Chester's Mill; it was just summer before the Dome came down. If you were worried that this would lead to another crisis of the week episode with a ridiculous solution, you weren't the only one. Thankfully, the episode avoids this path (for now—the promo for next week's episode indicates that the town will start to deal with the implications of the temperature change). Rebecca's ramblings on what she loves about fall are interrupted by Julia and Barbie's reunion.
Meanwhile, the other Dome-created couple, Joe and Norrie are having a far-from-cute cuddling session. (Leave it to Joe to try and take advantage of the temperature dropping to get some action.) But they are interrupted when Norrie notices that Melanie has been gone for more than a day and that the egg is missing. Time to solve the mystery of the missing egg and almost die trying!
Melanie is where we left her last week: in the bunker with Junior and the egg. If there were ever a moment that necessitated someone saying "too soon," it was when Melanie made a joke about Junior locking her up in the bunker. After Melanie leaves Junior, Angie appears to Junior and warns him not to follow his heart again. She appears to him right after he and Melanie share a kiss. Honestly, there was just too much young love in the beginning of the episode. For some reason it's more awkward than cute whenever Joe or Junior kiss anyone on this show. Well, the reason for the latter is clear: Junior's kind of crazy.
NEXT: It's family reunion time.
The episode manages to do something that one wouldn't think was possible: It makes us feel for Big Jim—well, at least for a short period of time. This is due mostly to Dean Norris' incredible acting abilities. Big Jim explains to Pauline that he thought her death was his fault and that he left her art studio untouched because it was his way of keeping her alive. Realizing that her only way of getting Junior out safely is to make good with Jim, Pauline lies to Big Jim and says she came back for both Big Jim and Junior. Big Jim tells her that the Dome has made him a changed man (only if he means for the worse), and the fact that he truly believes that is funny. Pauline definitely isn't buying it, but nonetheless, she agrees to go along with Big Jim's plan of getting the whole family back together once they are outside the Dome.
(Lyle still hasn't shown up in Chester's Mill after coming through the portal with the rest of the Zenith crew. He's either dead, trapped between Zenith or Chester's Mill, or is going trying to be the champion of Chester's Mill's game of hide-and-seek).
After catching Julia and Rebecca up on what happened to him in Zenith, Barbie decides that the best plan is to use the egg as leverage to get the people out of the town. They decide to send Julia first and to make a deal with Don and his goons: If he gives them safe passage to Zenith, Barbie will come through the portal in the tunnel last and hand over the egg. There are a couple problems with this plan: First, Big Jim tried this already and the soldiers did not go for it, but Barbie and Julia don't know that, so we'll let that go. The other problem is that Melanie doesn't want to give up the egg.
In an attempt to convince Melanie to go along with their plan, Barbie pulls her aside and tells her about the memory he remembered when he came through the Red Door. In their exchange, we find out that Melanie is Barbie's half sister. Don had an affair with Melanie's mother years before Barbie was born and Melanie's mom brought Melanie to their home so that she could meet Barbie before they left Zenith. (This all sounds a bit too Jack and Claire for my liking, but whatever). Also, cudos to Under the Dome for pulling off this twist and not telegraphing it. Anyway, their conversation convinces Melanie to at least consider their plan of handing the egg over to Don.
Big Jim eventually finds out about Julia and Barbie's plan and convinces them to let him go through the portal first. He's convinced that he's the right person to negotiate with them because of his years as a car salesman… because sure. In another laughable moment, Big Jim is sure the plan will work as the soldiers wouldn't dare detain all of the Chester's Mill residents because this is still America (jokes!). Eventually, Barbie and Julia give into the plan because it means that neither one of them has to risk being detained by Don and used as leverage.
While this is going on, Pauline starts having intense visions again when the Egg starts "screaming," and we get to see her in full Isaac Mendez mode as she begins painting what she sees. Big Jim comes in during her episode to tell her the great news, but she's too busy painting to hear and pushes him away. Convinced he's doing what he needs to do protect her, Big Jim locks her in her studio and goes to find the egg. (Big Jim has a funny way of showing Pauline that he's changed. Didn't trying to lock her away for her own good lead to her faking her death already?) Anyway, Big Jim hears the egg screaming in the underground shelter, and when he goes down and touches it, it shocks him and knocks him out.
NEXT: Big Jim does a bad and stupid thing.
After finding out from his mother that Sam is back in Chester's Mill, Junior goes to seek him out to get his revenge. When he gets to Sam's cabin, he decides that a bullet is too quick and decides to beat Sam up a bit. He's about to kill Sam with an axe, but is stopped by Angie, who appears to him again. Ghost Angie tells him that he can't kill Sam because he still has an important role to play (every town needs a town drunk, duh). According to Ghost Angie, everyone in Chester's Mill will suffer if Sam dies. When that argument doesn't work, Ghost Angie says that Junior never really loved her and only wanted to possess her. She asks him, "Why do something that can't be undone to avenge a love that wasn't real?" This moves Junior to let Sam live.
Joe and Norrie find the egg in the shelter and try to take it from Big Jim. He pulls a gun on them and says that he has no problem adding Joe to the list of people who stood in his way. At gunpoint, Joe and Norrie then accompany Big Jim to the cliff with the egg. Big Jim's convinced that the only way to get out of Chester's Mill is to throw the egg down the cliff first and give the soldiers what they want. He throws the egg down the cliff, and is like, "See no one died." He spoke too soon; An earthquake strikes the town and the three run to make it out of the tunnel alive.
During the earthquake, Melanie faints, and Barbie and Julia take her to Sam for medical attention. Big Jim returns home to find Pauline on the floor of her studio. She says that her visions have stopped. Big Jim tells her what he did, and she starts crying and basically tells him that he screwed up.
Barbie and Julia arrive at the school and find Norrie and Joe, who catch them up on what happened with Big Jim. Right as they are about to leave, Phil, who earlier overheard Norrie, Joe, and Hunter talking about the cliff portal and escaped from prison during the earthquake, runs through the open locker and jumps off the cliff. When Barbie and Julia finally catch up to him, they find him impaled on rocks beneath the cliff; the portal has closed and there's no way to get out now.
Dome Thoughts:
–According to Junior, the shelter is the safest place in Chester's Mill and is built to withstand nuclear bomb. Hmm…
–Joe on what Melanie could have been doing all day: "Out doing Jane Fonda exercises or whatever people did in the '80s."
–Under the Dome drinking game: Take a shot each time Big Jim says he's changed and then does something that's classic Big Jim.
S3 E13 Recap
Under the Dome series finale recap: The Enemy Within
By Jonathon Dornbush
Under the Dome recap: Love Is a Battlefield
Under the Dome recap: Legacy
Under the Dome recap: Plan B
Under the Dome recap: Breaking Point
Under the Dome recap: Ejecta
Under the Dome recap: Caged
Under the Dome recap: Alaska
Under the Dome recap: The Kinship
Under the Dome season finale recap: 'Go Now'
Under the Dome recap: 'Turn'
Under the Dome recap: Black Ice
Under the Dome recap: The Red Door
Under the Dome recap: Awakening
Under the Dome recap: Going Home
Under the Dome recap: In the Dark
Under the Dome recap: Reconciliation
Under the Dome recap: Revelations
Under the Dome recap: Force Majeure
Under the Dome recap: 'Outbreak'
By Darren Franich
Under the Dome recap: 'Manhunt'
Under the Dome recap: 'The Fire'
Chester's Mill residents suddenly find themselves cut off from the rest of the world by a mysterious, impenetrable barrier, which surrounds the town in this Stephen King adaptation.


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Mum's warning as husband's e-cig 'exploded' after he left it on charge
The device was left charging overnight and caused damage to the family's home
Jaymelouise HudspithReporter
Rachel Guatama issued a warning after her husband's vape exploded while on charge
A mum has vowed to never buy another e-cigarette after claiming a device caught fire and caused "extensive damage" to her bedroom floor.
Rachel Guatama, 27 issued a warning to all vapers after her husband's e-cig exploded when he left it on charge in their bedroom overnight.
The Manchester-based mum and her husband Toby Gautama, 27 said they were woken up in the early hours of Friday morning by a "loud bang".
Mrs Guatama shared the shocking images with the Manchester Evening News shows the damage to the couple's bedroom floor, which appears to be covered in a thick black substance and heavily smoke damaged.
The family were lucky and had the device been on charge downstairs their home could have quickly been engulfed in flames, she claimed
Mrs Guatama says she had seen a post on Facebook about a similar incident a few years ago, but "never expected" it would happen to her family.
"It was about 5 am on Friday morning when we got woken up by a bang and a flash, and we noticed there was a fire," she added.
"My husband had left the e-cigarette charging on his bedside table, but when we woke up, it was on the floor.
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"Our three-year-old daughter was in the room next door, so I went to check on her as we didn't really know what was going on.
"I was really shocked; you don't expect to wake up to an E-cigarette blowing up.
"It is really worrying because if that E-cigarette had been charging downstairs we would not have woken up and the downstairs of our house would have been on fire.
"It's scary to think what could have happened, so we're not buying another one now
"I've not put my Christmas lights back on since it happened because I'm worried it might happen again."
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"They just told us all the vaping devices they sold were legitimate and gave us an email for the manufacturer, who I will be contacting.
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"You don't expect an e-cigarette you buy from a shop that has been going for years to explode.
"I've had to claim on the house insurance which has made our premiums go up because now I need to have a whole new carpet."
"I definitely wouldn't recommend charging an e-cigarette overnight, I'd do it when you can keep an eye on it, so this doesn't happen."
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Nature Conservancy and Enbridge: partners in eco-crime
Wrong Kind of Green May 14, 2010 Nature Conservancy
http://www.publiceyeonline.com/archives/004974.html
Call this a case of bad timing…or good timing, depending on your
perspective: yesterday, the Nature Conservancy of Canada announced Enbridge
Inc. would be donating $2.5 million to support its work. "We are proud
to partner with the Nature Conservancy of Canada and pleased that our
investment will help conserve some of Canada's best and most
ecologically important natural habitat," stated the pipeline firm's
president and chief executive officer Pat Daniel, in a news release.
But, a day later, Mr. Daniel also said – in the words of The Vancouver
Sun's Dina O'Meara – that Enbridge would be "plowing ahead with a
controversial pipeline stretching from Alberta's oilseeds to the inside
passage port of Kitimat to open new markets for Canada oil.
"The $5,5-billion Northern Gateway project faces heated opposition from
aboriginal and environmental groups because of the possibility of a
spill on land or sea – concerns that have deepened as bands of sticky
oil approach the U.S. Gulf of Mexico coastline following a deep-sea rig
explosion," Ms. O'Meara continued.
Asked whether the nature conservancy had a position on that project, its
chief communications officer Jane Gilbert told Public Eye, "It's not our
business. We're not in the energy business. We're not in the pipeline
business. It's not involving land that we're working on. It is
completely separate. That is Enbridge's issue."
But isn't the conservancy concerned it's bolstering Enbridge's
environmental credentials at a time when the firm is being opposed by
environmentalists?
"No. We don't comment at all on a corporation's core business or it's
business outside of it's dealing with us. In this case, Enbridge has
provided to us a gift – a donation – which we will then utilize in what
we think is a very productive, creative way to achieve solid
conservation success coast-to-coast. It's not regionally divided," she
responded.
"I won't comment though on Enbridge's business and what Enbridge may
say," Ms. Gilbert continued, when pressed about how Enbridge might use
that donation in future statements to the public and the press. "You
would have to talk to Enbridge about their own position. I'll talk about
the Nature Conservancy of Canada and what we're capable of doing with
donations that come to us."
Enbridge has not yet returned a request for comment placed earlier
today. The nature conservancy was the subject an earlier controversy as
a result of its work with Shell Canada Ltd. – a story reported
http://thetyee.ca/News/2008/05/01/ShellingOut/
The following is a complete copy of the aforementioned news release.
Nature Conservancy and Enbridge to partner on habitat protection
Nature Conservancy of Canada joins forces with Enbridge to protect
Canada's natural treasures
CALGARY, May 4, 2010 – John Lounds, President and CEO of the Nature
Conservancy of Canada (NCC), today joins Pat Daniel, President and CEO
of Enbridge Inc., to announce Enbridge's largest-ever community
investment: $2.5 million in support of NCC's work to preserve and
protect important and sensitive natural habitats across Canada.
Enbridge's investment will help conserve and care for more than 7,400
acres (about 3,000 hectares) of some of the best remaining wildlife
habitat in Canada. The investment is particularly significant at this
time because, thanks to matching funds from sources including the
Government of Canada's Natural Areas Conservation Program, it will
trigger a conservation impact of more than $10 million over the next
The investment aligns with Enbridge's Neutral Footprint program. Under
the program, the company will move toward having no net environmental
footprint from its future activities. The program comprises three
commitments: Enbridge will plant a tree for every tree it removes,
conserve an acre of natural habitat for every acre of habitat it
impacts, and generate a kilowatt of renewable energy for every kilowatt
of power its operations consume. Enbridge's investment in NCC will
enable it to meet its "acre for acre" commitment which, under current
estimates, requires the company to help conserve about 6,000 acres
(about 2,400 hectares) in Canada.
Enbridge will plant a tree for every tree it removes, conserve an acre
of natural habitat for every acre of habitat it impacts, and generate a
kilowatt of renewable energy for every kilowatt of power its operations
consume.
"Enbridge has taken a significant step toward conserving Canada's
special places. We are fortunate to live in a country that still has the
opportunity to protect the natural areas we love. If we are going to
have a healthy natural environment, we must act to conserve these
important places and the species they sustain." John Lounds, President
and CEO, the Nature Conservancy of Canada.
"We are proud to partner with the Nature Conservancy of Canada and
pleased that our investment will help conserve some of Canada's best and
most ecologically important natural habitat. NCC is a well-respected
organization with a great reputation for thoughtful, science-based
conservation work built over nearly 50 years." Pat Daniel, President and
CEO Enbridge.
The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is the nation's leading land
conservation organization, working to protect our valuable natural areas
and the plants and animals they sustain. Since 1962 NCC and its partners
have helped to protect more than 2 million acres (800,000 hectares),
coast to coast, 178,000 acres (71,000 hectares), in Alberta. To learn
more visit, http://www.natureconservancy.ca/
Enbridge Inc., a Canadian company, is a North American leader in
delivering energy and one of the Global 100 Most Sustainable
Corporations. As a transporter of energy, Enbridge operates, in Canada
and the U.S., the world's longest crude oil and liquids transportation
system. The Company also has a growing involvement in the natural gas
transmission and midstream businesses, and is expanding its interests in
renewable and green energy technologies including wind and solar energy,
hybrid fuel cells and carbon dioxide sequestration.


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Fighting in the Middle East was made up of several campaigns. The most significant were Egypt, Palestine, Mesopotamia and Arabia.
Much of the Middle East was controlled by the Ottoman Empire, of which Turkey was the centre. When the Ottoman Empire joined the war, Britain wanted to put an end to this influence and had some important reasons for wanting control of certain places in particular. In Egypt Britain needed to protect the Suez Canal, an important waterway for shipping, and in Mesopotamia she had to secure oil supplies to fuel her vast navy.
Fighting in the Middle East lasted until October 1918 when the Ottoman Empire signed an armistice. Although several of the key objectives had been secured by the end of 1917.
In the Middle East the Allies fought against the armies of the Ottoman Empire. Germany sent military advisors to help the Turks. German officers were frequently in command of Turkish forces. The Alliedforces came from all over the British Empire. ANZAC forces (Australia and New Zealand) played an important role in the Middle East campaigns, as did soldiers from India.
In 1920 the Treaty of Sevres divided up the Ottoman Empire between the Allied Powers. Palestine and Mesopotamia became British mandates, which meant Britain would help run the countries until they could govern themselves. Included in the terms for Palestine was the Balfour Declaration, which created a Jewish National Home in Palestine. This is one of the root causes of the conflict between Israel and Palestine today. Syria became a French mandate even though the Arab people had hoped it would become independent.
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The orchestra begins its US Spring tour with a one-off exclusive boutique gig at Le Poisson Rouge in New York on Thursday 5th April. This small but perfectly formed affair has a limited number of tickets available - get yours today!
The event will coincide with a batch of TV, radio and press interviews. The tour will continue with concerts which include some workshops and participation events, to Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Georgia, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Maryland and Connecticut. (WI, MN, IA, ME, MA, GA, SC, NH, MD, CT) See "Gig Dates". We are looking forward to returning to venues, exploring pastures new, meeting old friends and making new ones.
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Concert For Kitty Play-Along Song Announced
A Concert for Kitty
The Barbican
Join the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain at a special concert at the Barbican, as we celebrate the life of our dear friend and founder member Kitty Lux, who sadly passed away last year.
From its inception in 1985, Kitty was a driving force behind the orchestra and key part of its style; she helped shape the orchestra from its outsider, art school, punk-rock-meets-jazz-and-early-music roots to its current status as an international institution.
The event will be a celebratory concert featuring lively toe-tapping, stomping tunes to dark, mordant ballads, with irony, wit and good humour. A show featuring the orchestra's greatest hits as well as songs dear to, or sung by Kitty, with special guest appearances from friends and former members of the orchestra.
As part of the concert the Ukes invite the audience to play and sing along in a musical tribute to Kitty. The chosen song is David Bowie's 'Rebel Rebel'. The chord sheet can be downloaded HERE. Please print and bring a copy with you if you wish to play along.
http://ukuleleorchestra.com/pdf_downloads/Ukulele_Orchestra_Rebel_Rebel_Playalong.pdf
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Upcoming German Dates
The orchestra is looking forward to wishing our German friends ein Frohes Neues Jahr as we are returning to Germany for gigs on 9th to 13th February in Dortmund, Duesseldorf, Koblenz, Munich and Pirmasens. We are looking forward to meeting familiar friends (and making new ones) in Germany
Tickets £25 - 35*
*excludes £3 booking fee.
20% discount for group bookings available
Join the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain at a special concert at the Barbican, as we celebrate the life of our dear friend and founder member Kitty Lux, who sadly passed away this year.
The Ukes have arranged for a 20% discount for group bookings of 10 or more to facilitate the many ukulele ensembles, orchestras and clubs that they have met or inspired over the years to join them.
The show also marks a return to the Barbican after more than 10 years – their week-long residency in 2005 was a significant moment for The Ukes. The DVD 'Anarchy in the Ukulele' was filmed during the run and has received millions of hits on Youtube, raising the profile of the band in both in the UK and worldwide and helping them on their path to international acclaim.
The proceeds from this show will be used to set up an award in Kitty's name.
Tickets go on sale:
Friends of the Barbican: 10 am, Thursday 12 October 2017
General Sale: 10am, Friday 13 October 2017
Telephone Booking: 020 7638 8891
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Franck Ribery has committed his long-term future to Bayern Munich by signing a new four-year contract with the club.
Ribery said that towards the end of last season that he wanted to extend sign a new deal with the European Champions and following the beginning of pre-season training Bayern took the opportunity to tie down the three-time Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal winner.
"I'm really pleased," Ribery told the club's official website. "I always said how great it feels to be at FC Bayern.
It will be interesting to see how Pep Guardiola uses Ribery this season. Under Jupp Heynckes Ribery played mainly on the left, but there have been some stories coming out of Munich that Guardiola wants to see if Ribery can play a more central role this season, more like a No. 10 than a No. 11.


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Kazmortransflot LLP takes delivery of final Damen
14:5902 May 2018
National Maritime Shipping Company Kazmortransflot LLP, a leader in transportation in the Caspian Sea region, has taken delivery of its third Damen Shoalbuster 2709, the last in the current order.
The vessels are ideal for operations in the shallow waters of the Caspian Sea and are now playing an important role in the development of oil fields in the Kazakh section of the inland sea and significantly expanding the range of services that Kazmortransflot can offer its clients.
The contracts for the three Shoalbusters 2709 were signed in July 2017 between Damen, NMSC Kazmortransflot LLP and Al Hilal Islamic Bank, which arranged the Sharia compliant financing. All three vessels were built at Damen Shipyards Gorinchem with the first two delivered from stock just two months following the signing of the contract. Named Emba and Talas, they were handed over to Kazmortransflot on 5 September 2017 in the Netherlands. The third, named Irgiz, was officially delivered on 15 March this year. The vessels are RMRS classified.
The versatile and highly successful Damen Shoalbuster range offers a wide range of options within the standard designs, and Kazmortransflot chose a higher power rating for their 27-metre vessels to deliver a top speed of more than 11 knots and a bollard pull of more than 40 tonnes. Their duties will include towing structures and other vessels, assisting ships, navigational assistance, the planting and handling of anchors, and other auxiliary ship duties.
Marat Ormanov of Kazmortransflot said at the time of the contract signing, "We chose to work with Damen for these vessels because of the proven track record of the Damen Shoalbuster range. Also, thanks to Damen's standardised shipbuilding concept and philosophy of building for stock, they are able to deliver our vessels within very short term, enabling us to rapidly put our development plans into action."
Marc Tijssen, Sales Manager at Damen Shipyards Group, added: "Damen is involved in the Caspian Sea already for a long time. We trust that the delivery of these three vessels marks the first step in a long-term relationship with Kazmortransflot. We are looking forward to assist them with new projects!"
Yeltay Mukhamejanov, Head of Business of Al Hilal Islamic Bank: "We are pleased to provide the first Islamic structured financing for Kazmortransflot and make our contribution in developing the Caspian region."
National Maritime Shipping Company Kazmortransflot operates a fleet of modern tankers and support vessels in the Caspian region. Owned by National Company KazMunaiGas JSC, its primary objective is the development of the Republic of Kazakhstan's merchant marine and the growth of a domestic shipping capability to serve its international trade flows.
Purely Electrical Portal Crane Preparations for conversion to create Europe's first LNG dredger get underway at Damen Shiprepair Dunkerque
Two officers died on board of LPG tanker at the port in Sri Lanka Cargo ship LCT EVELIA sank in eastern Gulf of Guinea British Navy foils Iranian attempt to seize tanker Damen signs maintenance contract with Netherlands Ministry of Defence The Turkish drillship Yavuz has drilled off the coast of Northern Cyprus


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Facebook Dating App Brings Together an American Quadriplegic and a Welsh Beautician
Dean Wulfekuhle never thought he'd have a family, and now he has a big one
By Kelly Potts
When Nicole Joseph signed up for "Hot or Not" on a whim, she didn't think it'd take her from her home in Newport, South Wales, to the US. But that's what happened after she ended up connecting with disabled life coach Dean Wulfekuhle of Sauk Rapids, MN, and quickly falling into a transatlantic love.
Joseph was on the app, which can be used on Facebook and shows you profiles to rate as "Hot" or "Not hot," for only one day when she and Wulfekuhle started chatting. "It was kind of one of those meant-to-be scenarios," she says.
In June 2010, after two years of dating and traveling to see each other, the couple tied the knot amongst friends and family from both sides of the pond. Wheelchair-bound Wulfekuhle, who has always wanted a family, thought that wish was crushed after suffering a spinal injury in a car accident in 1993. But now Joseph and her daughters, Ffion, 16, Imogen, 15, and Mollie, 13, have moved to Minnesota for good.
Wulfekuhle says, "I feel very lucky—it was my dream to have a family and I got it."
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Sea level rise poses a significant risk to the City of Vancouver. The risk and the potential solutions to adapt to rising seas are extremely complex. Compass Resource Management, Ebbwater Consulting, Northwest Hydraulic Consultants and Urban Systems were retained by the City to help them better understand the risks, to develop high-level adaptation options and to create a unique, inclusive decision-making process to explore trade-offs between various adaptation options.
The project recognized that a wide variety of values needed to be incorporated into the decision-process. The project team worked with stakeholders and city staff to develop evaluation criteria in the categories of people, environment, economy and implementation. These included criteria such as: number of people displaced and area potentially flooded, risk of contaminant release, damage to buildings, cost of emergency response, aesthetics of intervention, and adaptability of intervention.
The holistic approach to evaluation of flood mitigation options necessitated the development of new science-based methods for flood risk assessment. In future, these methods can be applied to other municipalities at risk from flooding.
The project followed an innovative Structured-Decision-Making process that helped layout and clarify the short and long-term trade-offs associated with climate adaptation. The process involved the use of a series of stakeholder workshops to identify interests that might be affected, the development of suitable mitigation alternatives, a review of the performance of each alternative and a trade-off analysis.
This project also explored the all-important question of when to implement adaptation alternatives. Too early will mean wasted dollars and abrupt changes in our communities. Too late and we are at risk of undue suffering from climate extremes. Finding the sweet spot on the timeline is a key component of adaptation planning. A timing tool that helps prioritise actions was developed as part of this project, and could be applied to other communities at risk from sea level rise.
The project identified potential adaptation options for 11 coastal neighbourhoods under the broad themes of protect, adapt and managed retreat. The work provides guidance on which areas need attention in the short-term. And, for areas where intervention is not required for many decades, ideas on which options should be preserved were provided (i.e. where a dike might be one suitable option, it is important that new infrastructure is not built where a future dike might go). This high-level information will be used to guide future community engagement.
Compass Resource Management (http://www.compassrm.com/) is a team of decision analysts, facilitators and planners offering a full range of decision support services, creative problem solving tools and strategic analysis to help people and governments make informed and transparent choices. Compass led the overall process, including stakeholder engagement and decision-structuring, and co-authored reporting.
Ebbwater Consulting (http://www.ebbwater.ca) is a Vancouver-based firm that works at the nexus of engineering, planning and policy with a focus on flood and climate adaptation. For this project, they led the technical team, developed new methods for risk assessment that fed the options assessment, and co-authored reporting.
Northwest Hydraulic Consultants Ltd. (nhcweb.com) is an internationally-recognized engineering consulting company providing technically-advanced, environmentally responsible, innovative, and specialized scientific and engineering solutions to water resources challenges. As part of this project, NHC conducted coastal modelling that included allowances for sea level rise and completed mapping of future flood scenarios to inform the development, evaluation and implementation of flood adaptation options for the City of Vancouver.
Urban Systems Ltd. (http://www.urbansystems.ca/) provided a support role to the technical team by identifying, assessing, and costing infrastructure options. Urban Systems Ltd. offers comprehensive service in civil infrastructure, land use planning, land economics, land development, landscape architecture, environmental planning, and municipal policy and finance.
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Zimbabwe opens conference to promote sales of elephant ivory
By FARAI MUTSAKAMay 23, 2022 GMT
A Zimbabwe National Parks official holds an elephant tusk during a tour of the ivory stockpiles in Harare, Monday, May, 16, 2022. Zimbabwe is seeking international support to be allowed to sell half a billion dollars worth of ivory stockpile, describing the growth of its elephant population as "dangerous" amid dwindling resources for conservation. The Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority on Monday took ambassadors from European Union countries through a tour of the stockpile to press for sales which are banned by CITES, the international body that monitors endangered species. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe has opened an international conference to try to win international support for its campaign to be allowed to sell its stockpile of seized ivory.
If the southern African country is not permitted to sell off its 130 tons of ivory, estimated to be worth $600 million, officials warn it may quit the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, CITES.
The three-day conference started Monday at Hwange National Park, the country's largest wildlife park which is in southwestern Zimbabwe. Representatives from 16 African countries, as well as Japan and China, major consumers of ivory, are to attend the gathering, said officials.
Last week envoys from some European Union countries, Britain, the United States and Canada were guided through heavily guarded vaults in Harare that are filled with piles of elephant tusks to win international support for legal sales of the ivory.
Zimbabwe's effort to sell that ivory is controversial with many conservation groups opposing it, saying any sale of ivory encourages poaching of the pachyderms.
The conference "is sending a dangerous signal to poachers and criminal syndicates that elephants are mere commodities, and that ivory trade could be resumed, heightening the threat to the species," said a coalition of 50 wildlife and animal rights organizations from across the globe in a joint statement issued Monday.
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Southern African countries have twice been permitted to sell off their ivory stocks to Japan and China in 1997 and 2008 and those limited sales resulted in "a sharp escalation" in poaching across the continent, said the letter.
"Legalizing the ivory trade, including by authorizing another 'one-off' sale could have similarly disastrous consequences," the groups said.
Zimbabwe argues that its elephant population is growing rapidly at between 5% to 8% per year, a rate it says is unsustainable. Zimbabwe says it desperately needs the funds from the sales of the ivory to manage its elephant population, which it says has grown to a "dangerous" size.
Zimbabwe's estimated 100,000 elephants are double the carrying capacity of its national parks, say parks officials. The overcrowded elephants are destroying the trees and shrubs that are vital for them and other wildlife.
Neighboring Botswana has the world's largest elephant population with more than 130,000. Together Zimbabwe and Botswana have nearly 50% of the world's elephants. The two countries say they are struggling to cope with the booming numbers.
Opposition is coming from Kenya and other members of the African Elephant Coalition, whose 32 members are mostly East and West African countries that have fewer elephants. They argue that reopening legal international trade in ivory trade, even for a single auction, would result in increased poaching.
CITES banned the international ivory trade in 1989 to curtail poaching. In addition to banning ivory sales, CITES in 2019 also imposed restrictions on the sales of wild elephants caught in Zimbabwe and Botswana, a move that pleased some conservationists but dismayed officials struggling to manage their overcrowded parks.
There is a flourishing illegal trade in ivory in which international syndicates fund poachers to kill elephants and saw off their ivory tusks. The ivory is then smuggled overseas, where there is a demand for ivory for jewelry and trinkets.
Increased poaching and loss of habitat have made Africa's elephant populations more endangered, the International Union for Conservation of Nature said last year.
Zimbabwe and Botswana say they are ill-equipped to deal with poachers without the money from ivory sales, especially because earnings from tourism have dwindled due to COVID—19 related travel restrictions since 2020.


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Students at Boston University have diverse educational opportunities related to sustainability in undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, and special degree programs offered through 12 of Boston University's 16 schools and colleges. These opportunities include a broad ... read more
Students at Boston University have diverse educational opportunities related to sustainability in undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, and special degree programs offered through 12 of Boston University's 16 schools and colleges. These opportunities include a broad range of courses on topics such as sustainable energy, climate change, and environmental history, and degree programs that prepare students for careers and graduate schools in fields related to sustainability.
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Boston University's faculty and students engage in various research projects in order to more effectively understand and interpret vast and ever-changing issues related to sustainability. Research spans multiple disciplines, focuses on national and global scales ... read more
Boston University's faculty and students engage in various research projects in order to more effectively understand and interpret vast and ever-changing issues related to sustainability. Research spans multiple disciplines, focuses on national and global scales, relates to science, policy, renewable and nonrenewable resources, and utilizes quantitative and qualitative research methods.
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In 2014 Boston University emitted 122,000 metric tonnes of CO2e from fossil fuels burned on campus to heat and cool our buildings, and from the fossil fuels burned by others to generate the necessary ... read more
In 2014 Boston University emitted 122,000 metric tonnes of CO2e from fossil fuels burned on campus to heat and cool our buildings, and from the fossil fuels burned by others to generate the necessary electricity and steam the University uses. This is a 26.6% reduction from 2006 levels. This progress is due to energy efficiency projects and moving from heavy to lighter fuel oil and more recently to natural gas.
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Boston University incorporates sustainable building practices into small renovations and large construction projects alike. Building design and construction takes a broad spectrum of green building strategies into account. To accomplish this, the University uses the ... read more
Boston University incorporates sustainable building practices into small renovations and large construction projects alike. Building design and construction takes a broad spectrum of green building strategies into account. To accomplish this, the University uses the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED Certification System to track opportunities in transportation, site development, water efficiency, energy efficiency, waste reduction, materials and resources, and indoor environmental quality. New construction projects meet LEED Certification standards. All major projects currently in design and construction are seeking LEED Certification.
BU buys locally to reduce fuel usage and greenhouse gas emissions. BU currently purchases everything from dairy, fruits and vegetables, Certified Humane chicken, grass-fed ground beef and burgers from Maine Family Farms, VT organic tofu ... read more
BU buys locally to reduce fuel usage and greenhouse gas emissions. BU currently purchases everything from dairy, fruits and vegetables, Certified Humane chicken, grass-fed ground beef and burgers from Maine Family Farms, VT organic tofu, organic soy milk and sustainable seafood from 44 local farms and growers. The University also seeks vendors that are committed to sustainable agriculture practices.
The Dining Services Sustainability Program is a campus wide effort to reduce environmental impacts. In order to accomplish this goal, Dining Services partners with suppliers, Facilities, Management and Planning, Sourcing and Procurement, and recycling and composting companies. Together we're working to identify environmentally responsible products and practices that encourage reuse and recycling, and the reduction of energy, fuel, and water use.
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sustainability@BU views energy efficiency as the most important issue within the University's sustainability efforts. The efficient use of energy reduces the University's exposure to market volatility, ongoing operating costs, and CO2 emissions, which ... read more
sustainability@BU views energy efficiency as the most important issue within the University's sustainability efforts. The efficient use of energy reduces the University's exposure to market volatility, ongoing operating costs, and CO2 emissions, which contribute to climate change. In order to most effectively address cost and emissions, we must first reduce energy consumption.
Since 2006 Boston University has grown by 6.7% while reducing its energy consumption by 4.2%.
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In an effort to reduce the University's environmental footprint through the products and services it procures, Boston University first launched its Green Purchasing initiative in 2004, choosing products and services that have a smaller environmental impact in areas such as manufacturing, transportation, recycling, and disposal.
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At Boston University 96.5% of our students and 52% of our faculty and staff take sustainable means of transportation on a daily basis. The reason for this high rate is simple; Boston University is well situated within an urban center and is well integrated with a robust transportation network.
The Charles River Campus has 8 subway stops on the B line, 2 on the C line, 2 on the D line, and 1 commuter rail stop. The Medical Campus has 2 stops on the Silver Line. 12 inter-city bus lines and 4 shuttles service the main and medical campuses, connecting the University with twelve neighboring communities. The University also operates The BUS that connects the two campuses running on a 10 to 20 minute daytime frequency and features 15 stops.
BU is the site of the city's first bike lanes which are now part of an ever-expanding network incorporating more than 50 miles of city streets and parks. To accommodate this popular means of transportation, bicycle storage increased 137% from 2008 to 2009. The City of Boston's Hubway bike share program now includes 5 stations on the Charles River Campus and 2 on the Medical Campus.
The MBTA offers a Semester T-Pass program through the University, which provides an 11% discount. Monthly T-Passes are available with pre-tax dollars for faculty and staff on the CRC through the Employee MBTA Pass Program, and on the BUMC campus, through the BUMC Parking and Transportation Office.
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Boston University began work to improve the University's waste and recycling efforts in 2006 with a waste audit conducted on the Charles River Campus. The audit revealed a recycling rate of 4% for the Charles River Campus and 3% overall with the Medical Campus included. The University has increased it's diversion rate to 33% in 2014. This increase can be attributed to two factors: Dining Services moving to trayless dining and food waste composting, and the grassroots efforts of concerned faculty, staff and students across campus supported by the University providing the necessary recycling infrastructure.
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Boston University's Sustainability Committee and its four working groups provide the structure for the University's sustainability program including sustainability@BU, the University's sustainability office. This program provides a means to lead the University in a more sustainable direction to reduce our use of natural resources and operating costs, improve environmental and social impacts, and make sustainability integral to the fabric of Boston University.
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Boston University awards millions of dollars in need-based grants and merit awards to incoming students annually. We strive to ensure that equal opportunity is a reality at Boston University, that our faculty, staff, and students can work and study in an environment free of unlawful harassment and discrimination, and that the University meets its obligations under federal and state equal opportunity and affirmative action laws and regulations.
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Need some fresh ideas for blending your Essential Oils? Here are some of our favorite Essential Oil Recipes that are perfect for wearing as colognes or perfumes. These recipes would also make luscious blends for a home diffuser or a room spray and would be the perfect way to combine Essential Oils in candle making too. You could even add them to DIY Bath Bombs!
When it comes to combining essential oils, once you have found a great blend, you can use that blend in lots of different ways. Essential Oils can be so versatile! For example, I like to make my own sugar scrub with Essential Oils. And I love a good Essential Oil Lip Balm Recipe.
Before you get started there's just a few things you should know.
First of all, if you are applying these Essential Oils directly to the skin, you will want to use a carrier oil. That's an oil that's safe to apply to the skin since Essential Oils are very strong and absorb quickly through the skin. They should never be directly applied without a carrier oil like almond oil, coconut oil, or jojoba.
Any of those oils are great, just choose your favorite. If you are considering making a home spray or anything that could stain furniture or clothing, instead of oil try mixing the essential oils with grain alcohol and distilled water. Be sure to shake your essential oil mix before use.
Another quick tip is that some Essential Oils are much stronger than others and can overwhelm the blend. Peppermint Essential Oil for example is super strong. When blending any of these recipes, you will probably just want to use a drop or two of peppermint for every 10 or so drops of other oil. Other essential oils that can be this strong are tea tree, sage, and rosemary. Be careful how you blend them!


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Q: How do I obtain a variance-covariance matrix in Matlab? I am trying to maintain the variance-covariance matrix of a 10 asset portfolio of stocks. The data is represented by a column of returns for 10 stocks. I.e.
Stock A Stock B

Return 1 Return 1

Return 2 Return 2

Etc Etc

When I upload my data I have tried the cov(data) function but it will not work. I keep receiving this message:

"Undefined function 'sum' for input arguments of type 'dataset'.
Error in cov (line 154) xc = bsxfun(@minus,x,sum(x,1)/m); % Remove meanUndefined function 'sum' for input arguments of type 'dataset'.
Error in cov (line 154) xc = bsxfun(@minus,x,sum(x,1)/m); % Remove mean"

My question is how do I proceed with finding the average returns of each stock and the variance-covariance matrix?

A: Dataset objects are being deprecated, so you should consider using tables instead.  But with the dataset you want
>> dataAsMatrix = double(NameOfYourDataSetVariable);
>> cov(dataAsMatrix)
>> mean(dataAsMatrix)

To convert to a table use `dataset2table',
>> dataAsTable = dataset2table(NameOfYourDataSetVariable);

Then for some operations you can do things like
>> varfun(@mean,dataAsTable)

Although for cov I think you still need to extract the data
>> cov(dataAsTable{:,:})

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using System.Linq.Expressions;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using HtmlTags;
using Microsoft.Web.Mvc;
using System.Web;
using Microsoft.Web.Mvc.Html;
using System.Web.Mvc.Html;
using Solution.Base.Extensions;

namespace Solution.Base.Helpers
{
	public static class AngularHelperExtension
	{
		public static AngularHelper<TModel> Angular<TModel>(this HtmlHelper<TModel> helper)
		{
			return new AngularHelper<TModel>(helper);
		}
	}

	public class AngularHelper<TModel>
	{
		private readonly HtmlHelper<TModel> _htmlHelper;

		public AngularHelper(HtmlHelper<TModel> helper)
		{
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		{
			var parameter = Expression.Parameter(typeof(TModel), "x");
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			var funcType = typeof(Func<,>).MakeGenericType(typeof(TModel), prop.PropertyType);

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		}

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		{
			return new UIRatingTag(model);
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					where TController : Controller
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			var dataUrl = _htmlHelper.BuildUrlFromExpression(targetAction);

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Slay's Chief Of Staff To Step Down After 13 Years To Become Consultant
St. Louis Public Radio
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St. Louis City Hall
(Will be updated.)
After holding the position for more than a decade, St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay's chief of staff will step down early next month.
Jeff Rainford took the position in 2001, making him the longest-serving chief of staff in the history of the city, according to the mayor's office.
Jeff Rainford
"It has been thrilling, maddening, and challenging," Rainford said in a written statement. "But I wouldn't trade the experience for anything. It has been an absolute privilege to serve Mayor Slay and the people of St. Louis. I am very grateful for the opportunity."
Rainford, a former TV reporter, plans to resurrect his old consulting business. He says he won't take on new clients until he has formally left the mayor's office.
Rainford is known in City Hall for his strong drive and his short temper. He has been the mayor's chief defender, enforcer and -- when necessary -- political bulldog. It usually was Rainford who lobbed the strongly worded public statements or accusations, allowing the mayor to take a more conciliatory tone.
Rainford will be replaced by Mary Ellen Ponder, who has worked in the mayor's office since 2009.
"I have a longer fuse than Jeff. I'll probably do a lot more listening," Ponder said, laughing. "Anybody that talks with Jeff knows he talks a lot. I'll probably do a lot more listening."
Credit via the mayor's office.
Mary Ellen Ponder
She will be the first female chief of staff in the city's history, according to the mayor's office.
Ponder is "a seasoned policy and decision maker," Slay said. "She is tough when she needs to be. She is also fair."
"I expect to continue to rely on [Rainford's] friendship and counsel," Slay said in a statement. "I wish Jeff the very best, and I am very confident in his continued success."
The mayor's office also announced that Patrick Brown will become deputy chief of staff. Among other things, Brown has worked on Slay's legislative agenda in the Board of Aldermen. Last month, Slay appointed his deputy chief of staff to the director of the Department of Human Services.
"I think what you're seeing is just a complete and comprehensive strategy on the mayor's part to reorganize his staff in the next two years and get ready for another term," Ponder said.
Slay is currently in his fourth four-year term, making him already the longest-serving mayor in the city's history.
Government, Politics & Issues Jeff RainfordFrancis SlayMary Ellen Ponder
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Basically, it was the perfect weekend. I think I worked for maybe an hour, helping them clear out some fallen dead wood. The rest of the time, I lounged on the dock, read, chatted, or ate.
All with the most amazing people. And no cares. Sigh.


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Indy cars will be racing in the Bay Area for three more years.
Infineon Raceway and the IndyCar Series have agreed to keep open-wheel racing at the Sonoma County road course through 2011. Until now, the series has had year-to-year agreements with Infineon.
Raceway spokesman John Cardinale said the unification of the Champ Car and IndyCar series earlier this year influenced Infineon's decision to ink a long-term deal.
"We've seen a dramatic uptick in fan and corporate interest," Cardinale said.
The announcement came Tuesday before reigning Indy 500 winner and series points leader Scott Dixon met with the media. Dixon will defend his title in two weeks when Infineon hosts the PEAK Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma County.
With four races left in the season, Dixon has a 65-point lead over Helio Castroneves and is a heavy favorite to win his first series championship since taking the title in 2003, his rookie year.
Course changes: This month's race will feature a course change that will shorten the 12-turn circuit from 2.26 to 2.245 miles. Cars will go up the track's drag strip after exiting Turn 6 (Carousel).
Dixon said he tested the modified course in December and is confident that it will allow for more passing.
"It will help," Dixon said, "but it still comes down to strategy."
Nevertheless, Dixon does not think teams will need to adjust the setup of their cars.
"I don't think it will affect it too much," Dixon said. "You're going to brake a little longer and a little harder."
More than 10 drivers, including 2006 winner Marco Andretti, will be at Infineon next week (Aug. 13-14) for a two-day test session.
2009 schedule: The merging of the Indy Racing League and Champ Car has added more variety to the schedule. The recently released 2009 schedule includes 10 ovals and three permanent road courses, along with five temporary street circuits.
Dixon thinks the changes will narrow the gap between the drivers coming over from Champ Car who are less experienced on ovals.
"There were five road races this year," Dixon said. "It's great to have depth in the field for us and it keeps us on our toes."
Carving it up: Before Dixon talked racing Tuesday, he joined chainsaw artist Cherie Currie to carve a replica of the raceway's Champion's Cabernet Goblet out of a 5-foot piece of redwood.