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Ralph Brown Expedition Award supports subtropical coral reef research
Fieldwork and expeditions
© Carrie Sims
Dr Maria Beger from the University of Leeds has received this year's Ralph Brown Expedition Award to explore whether subtropical coral reef ecosystems could be a refuge for tropical coral communities.
Building on her existing work in the Solitary Island Marine Park in New South Wales and Heron Island in the Southern Great Barrier Reef, Dr Beger aims to improve our understanding of the life history strategies of both tropical and subtropical coral reef communities to see how they vary. Working with local collaborators from the University of Queensland, she will collect data from the coral communities on annual growth, survival and recruitment dynamics and coral bleaching, which will enable predictions to be made about coral community resilience in the face of climate change.
The knowledge gained from Dr Beger's project will also help to design effective coral reef management plans and conservation strategies. Dr Beger and her team will conduct their fieldwork in August and September this year.
The Ralph Brown Expedition Award is an annual grant of £12,500 awarded to the senior researcher of an expedition working in an aquatic environment. Undergraduate and school-level expeditions are not eligible and postgraduate study is not normally eligible. The award is given in memory of Ralph Brown and has been supporting research and expedition projects since 1998.
The next deadline for the Ralph Brown Expedition Award is 23 November. Find out more.
Our grants programme supports up to 60 projects across the world every year. Are you seeking funding for fieldwork? Find a grant.
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Awards of £8,000 for research in the physical or human dimensions of arid and semi-arid environments.
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Awards of up to £3,000 to individuals for desk or field-based research in any area of geography.
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LeBron James will have to carry the Cavs again.
Detroit plays Cleveland in the first round of the 2016 NBA Playoffs. Game one is set for Sunday, April 17 at 3:05 pm. The Cavaliers (1st seed) are 10-point favorites. Detroit (8th seed) comes in with a record of 44-38. The Cavs have a record of 57-25. One thing is for certain about the NBA playoffs, you can't always count on what happened during the regular season to be repeated in the postseason.
This season the Pistons dominated the Cavs, beating them three of four, including a 112-110 OT win in Cleveland on April 13, the final day of the season. When playing the Cavs Detroit has managed to keep Cleveland confined, and they have made the most of their opportunities. In other words, even though Cleveland is the favorite here, their performance against Detroit does not warrant that designation.
As it was last season, the Cavs have relied heavily on LeBron James (25.3 PPG, 7.4 RPG, 6.8 APG). James leads the team in scoring and is first in minutes per game at 35.6. For the Cavs to have a shot at the title, or even moving onto the second round, they will need some great playoff performances by PF Kevin Love (16 PPG, 9.5 RPG) and PG Kyrie Irving (19.6 PPG, 4.7 APG). Neither player came through in the playoffs last season. Along with being major shooters from the field both are 80% free throw shooters. A lot is expected from them.
Shooting guard J.R. Smith (12.4 PPG, .415 FG%) hits 40% of his threes. He's an essential part of this offense. PG Mo Williams and his excellent shooting, top playing skills, and seasoned experience will be missed.
Detroit will look to big man Andre Drummond (16.2 PPG, 14.8 RPG) to control the boards and, to a degree, neutralize LeBron James. Also important in the frontcourt are Marcus Morris (14.1 PPG, 5.1 RPG) and SF Tobias Harris (16.6 PPG, 6.4 RPG). Harris is a 91% free throw shooter. These three guys have the potential to be especially troublesome in this series.
Point guard Reggie Jackson (18.8 PPG, 6.2 APG) is an essential part of this offense. Along with hitting 43% from the field and 35% from the three-point mark, he's an 86% free throw shooter. He is the glue and engine of this team.
Certainly we like Cleveland in this series. But, we don't like them at -10 in the first game at home. The one win that the Cavaliers notched over the Pistons was by less than 10. Look for Cleveland to win by 4 to 6. Take the over at 200.5. Overall when Detroit has played Cleveland this season they've hit 200-plus points. The series will be fairly close with the Cavs taking it 4 games to 2.


The world has compromised justice in many occasions by making amnesty laws to forgive perpetrators of crime. These laws are often passed to resolve conflicts between rebels and government. Albeit, controversy arises when the conflict involves crimes of a jus cogens character. The norm of jus cogens are the highest in the hierarchy of international law, and any laws conflicting them shall be null and void. Among these norms are Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity, War Crimes, and Aggression. The international world have disregarded amnesties given for alleged Jus Cogens criminals, and have chosen to put the perpetrators to trials, i.e. in Sierra Leone, Chile, Uganda, inter alia. Yet in South Africa in 1995,in which amnesties have been given to the globally infamous actors of the apartheid regime, the world's response was no less than positive. This article will elaborate how this amnesty provision in the National Unity and Reconciliation Act (1995) of South Africa was highly appreciated by the world from the perspective of international law and politics, as they were highly essential to end the long and painful conflict during the apartheid regime and to ensure a peaceful transition in the country.


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A drama about the battle between people for love and revenge.
MBC has discontinued airing morning daily dramas after airing this drama.
this new drama seems intrestingso i hope they get straight to the point cant wait to see what happen next.
There are no english subtitles for this online, just like bok danj. So Sad.
Why no English subtitles for this show???? Why are there a few dramas that there are no sub's where as most of them are subbed on line????? I don't understand what the problem is. Too bad as it seems to be a good show.
Is any one watching this??
I missed the beginning episodes. And not able to watch every episode on TV.
What arrangement did Dong Bin make with Yoo Ran? Is it to get Joon Hee out of the company so he can be top man??
How did In-Young and Dong Bin get involved with each other????
I don't know why the computer sites are not subbing this?? How do they come up with these decisions???
Someone on the Soompi forum is recapping the episodes. They are not up to date but I appreciate anything they have.
@ Carm — thanks for the info on Soompi. I will check it out. I try to watch it on the TV, but always can't catch it.
It appears Dong-Bin pushed Joon-Hee over the mountain.
In-Young needs to watch what she says and does in front of Dong-Bin and Yoo-Ran when she is talking to her family at DB's house. And when she visits her family, as YR is following her and wondering if In-Young's mother is still alive. YR is starting to question I-Y's background. Da-Mi saw Yoo-Ran twice when she was out with In-Young and told her, but she doesn't seem to be figuring out why YR is around her house etc.
When In-Young heard Yoo-Ran talking in the staircase about the news article, she should have listened to the entire conversation instead of looking over the railing for YR to see her. How stupid was that?? Well, that's K-Drama for you.
Cho Hee is like a scatter brain – she is always going on about one thing or the other.
Here are a few notes in case any one is watching this show.
This is a pretty good show. There are a few mysteries going on. One with In-Young's father's death and her brother, Jae-Min's accident where some one hit him on the head. A lady called in In-Young's dad's accident and the police have a video of Baek San's car it looks like. Also the police man told I-Y that there was a cake box found at the scene or something similar to that.
Out of 35 episodes, I have only seen 18. Missed the first 5 and some in between.
When I-Y met w/a man who worked w/her dad at the construction site, he said he didn't know every thing her dad did as he worked odd jobs to take care of his family. It seems like his dad was working on some hydraulic drill or something as I-Y can't find any blue prints on it at Taeyeon and the man did not know anything about it.
Jun Hee asked his mother about the caretaker at the summer house and if he knew he could see now? His mother was startled with the question.
The name of the detective that Dong Bin gave Jun Hee reported back to DB that JH called him. I am not sure if it is the same person/detective that DB has investigating Pak Du Sik's suicide. But I am sure the detective is not going to help JH find out any info on the accident.
DB made a $3 million dollar contract w/Yoo Ran. I don't know how they know each other and I don't know all the details of the contract. She asked something about "why he was doing whatever to his family," and he told her "not to worry about that, just follow our contract." Hyang-Mi hired Yoo Ran after In-Young left. .
Jun Hee told DB that he felt some one was behind him when he fell and had his accident, which in the next episode showed someone did push him.
Yoo Ran is saying she has no parents and lived w/her grandmother in the U.S. but that is not true. Yoo Ran, In-Young and Dai-Me went to school together. DB does not want to have the "supposed" grandmother meet his parents as they will know she is not the real deal. .
DB told YR when they were at a bar " would you be happy if what is yours you can't have." She asked what he meant and he said "nothing" and left. Taeyeon maybe belongs to a relative of his as DB definitely does not want JH at or in the company. He was trying very hard to get him out when he came back to work.
Not sure if DB's dad trusts Yoo Ran. He questioned Jun Hee if he is OK w/YR working as a consultant in the office w/him and he is. DB suggested hiring a consultant and the father thought it was OK, but DB came up w/YR as they are moving her out of the house. He wants YR to find out who the father is leaving the company to – him or Jun Hee and to keep tabs on everything in JH's department. The project that JH is working on DB was originally working on it and DB has Mr. Jo reporting to him on all the details of the project.
DB has now been questioning Jang Cheol-Gon why the father is meeting Attorney Hwang so much?? Chief Jang said he didn't know. DB asked if the dad is meeting Attorney Hwang to name a successor to the company?
Jang Cheol-Gon is still following Jae-Min and wondering if he got his memory back.
JH told Yoo Ran that some one pushed him when he fell off the mountain. DB asked what they were talking about later, as he walked in on them talking, but she said "about the houses they will look for her to live in." He said "to drag that out – as you won't be moving out." Due to the newspaper article that DB had published, she took the blame for that. I thought maybe DB pushed JH as he was running through the woods when you heard JH's yelling, but DB had a colored shirt on and the person that pushed JH had a dark hooded jacket on.
Yoo Ran and In-Young found out that Hyang-Mi's charity paid for the medical expenses for Jai-Min.
Yoo Ran a few episodes back found out Baek San has dementia as she found his pills in his library.
Like the other morning dramas on MBC, have been enjoying this one. Perhaps I'm watching too many as I notice location recycling; such as the homes used in BF were used in Always Spring. MBC changed station transmission here in Dallas, was 55.2 now 44.I can not see this one…its an over the air station (cut the cord long time ago). But I really appreciate MBC allowing their programming on their website, complete with DVR features which enables me to miss the 1st run of BF, but watch later in the day. MBC, U ROCK! Here's hoping IY returns to JH, which then pushes YR to DB and all live happily everafter. As long as IY never recognizes YR!
@Rose Thank you for the overview of the drama, since this no translation is provided.
I've tried soompi I can't find page on drama updates.
Here is the Website — when it opens, scroll down to Backflow. The dramas are listed on the left side. When you click on Backflow, it will bring you to the first page of the postings. I believe the first page has photos of the episodes, so just keep scrolling down to where the poster starts. There is only one person who is doing all the posting on each episode.
If you have any other questions, or if I can be of further help, let me know.
Yoo Ran is an orphan and lived at the orphanage that In-Young and Da-Mi visited. Yoo Ran was following them to find out what they were up to.
Da-Mi, In-Young and Yoo Ran went to school together when they were young. As Y-R was following In-Young to see where she was going off to, Da-Mi caught her twice and she seemed to think she looked like — I forgot Y-R's name when she was young. She changed her name to Yoo Ran.
I still have not found out how Yoo Ran and Dong Bin know each other, but D-B paid for Yoo Ran's surgery to remove her scar that she had on her face.
Jang Cheol-Gon continues to follow In-Young's brother, Jae-Min around. He is concerned he will get his memory back from when he was hit on the head when he was trying to investigate how his father died. He was meeting someone, and got hit on the head in the early episodes. Not sure if he was set up for that to happen.
He also got her an ID card in Korea, and he paid for all her expenses in Korea.
He also came up with a plan for Y-R to get close to his mother. If I remember correctly, some one was trying to steal H-M's purse in a store and Y-R is the one who saved the day by not letting the guy steal her purse.
Oops, last paragraph should have been under the second paragraph relating to Yoo-Ran and D-B.
The 3rd paragraph was to be the last paragraph.
What is the MBC website that you watch the Korean shows on now??
Do you have to tape the shows to see them later on your DVR???
You are right, over the years I have seen front of houses used several times in different shows.
The house that you mentioned that was in Always Spring, in that drama the actors parked their car on the street and then walked to the house. In this drama, they must use a different house for when the cars pull in I believe. The house from Always Spring I don't believe has a drive way to the front of the house.
Rose…the site is the MBC site,just navigate around and you'll discover how to access live TV or the DVR feature…no do not tape nor download the shows…all content is on their platform. But sadly this week only, their live TV feature is not responding. Neither on computer or my phone.
Good catch about the large house, forgot that detail.
Forgot to add, same exterior office building on BF as other shows (Good Person), the building is unique in the "skyway" feature on the upper floor. One aside note: what is the draw of calling out others to meet on the roof? I would never, as I have fear of heights or falling off!
Well, ep 65 today and I think I have this drama figured. Writers have done a great job of feeding information to keep me interested. So here is my prediction…In young with Jun Hee's assistance will discover that Dong Bin murdered her father, and also pushed JH off the cliff. IY will get back with JH, leaving YR with DB. Still working on connecting the dots how DB's mom is involved. Anyone else seeing Da Mi and IY's brother hooking up? This drama is more fun than playing Clue. Please help me fill in the blanks/dots to connect all. Thanks.
I really can't help much as I have not been able to see all the episodes. I saw Episodes 61, 63 and 65. Prior to that I missed quite a few. Where I live the drama is shown at 6:00 and 9:30 a.m. I can't always find time to watch it then. And since no sites have the Eng subs, I haven't been able to catch any of the episodes I missed. It is too bad as I think it is a good show and I wish I could have watched all the episodes to date.
Does the MBC website that you mentioned have English subs??? I found several MBC websites, but can not find any site to open up a drama.
I assume Dong-Bin wants the company for himself, and not have Jun Hee involved it. Was it his father's company??? Or what??? I seem to think that DB feels his father was some how involved in the company with Jun Hee's dad. Or at least I believe that was what some man was telling him quite a few episodes back.
It appears Jang Cheo-Gon may know something about In-Young's father and Jae-Min's accidents as he was keeping an eye on Jae-Min in the hospital and following him around when he got out of the hospital and starting to work. I wonder if Sang-Jae was killed over something to do with the drill that In-Young is trying to find out about. Wasn't her dad involved in working with the drill?
As the mother seems to know that DB caused Jae-Min's accident, she doesn't seem to be concerned about it and continues to treat DB like nothing every happened.
It is bad enough that no web site has subs on this program, now they are off for the week doing up-dates!!!!!
This is a very good program and keeps the viewer interested in the different story lines. I like Jun Hee's dad. He seems to be an OK guy, some what laid back, but don't know if he is involved in any with DB's father, is it??? losing the company or committing suicide.
I BEEN WATCHING THIS SHOW ALSO THE MOM SEEMS TO KNOW A LOT , BUT WHY SHE IS LOOKING INTO ONE DAUGHTER INLAW AND NOT THE OTHER SHE SEEMS MORE DANGERIOUS I DONT KNOW WHY SHE WANTS TO MARRY JUN HEE THAT BAD.
SO THIS DRAMA IS REALLY NICE, I ENJOYED VERY MUCH, BUT THE ROMANCE IS TERRIBLE, WHERE IS THE ROMANCE???? THERE IS NO SUBTITLES TO IT. ITS KINDA LIKE SET BACK FOR ME. WHEN YOU HAVE SUBSTITLES IT REALLY MAKES THE DRAMA WORTH WATCHING FOR THE NON SPEAKING KOREAN VIEWERS THANK YOU.
HM was peaches and cream personality, but now that she out who In-Young is, some of her true colors are appearing. I am not sure if she is backing DB, or DB is backing her?? They both seem to be in it together w/what happened to In-Young's dad, Jun-Hee and In-Young's brother, Jai-Min.
It appears that Cheol-Gon is on D-B's side. He seems more concerned about DB than Jun-Hee.
Yoo-Ran is not so honest herself on why she is living in the house, and then she snitches on In-Young. Waiting for HM to find out the truth about her, and what DB is up to. YR — getting jealous now of JH caring for IY. Tsk Tsk. No way is JH going to end up with YR, that is for sure.
The detective that is following Jae-Min, is that the same detective that works for Dong-Bin????
The show is over online but it is over this Friday on tv. I did see the final episode and hated the ending.I feel I wasted my time investing in it.
Did any one notice the statement above that MBC will not be airing morning show after Backflow is finished????
Wonder why?? They have been airing this time slot for quite a few years????
Maybe the time slot was not working out for people???
Wonder if the 10:00 a.m. re-run dramas will continue or they will be canceled also??
But I don't know why Jang Cheol-Gon killed Dong-Bin's father?? Didn't Cheol-Gon go to jail also for killing a person??? If he did, he got out of jail sooner than Dong-Bin!!!
I liked the actor who played the father. He seemed pretty level headed. His wife knowing what Dong-Bin did, and going along with it, didn't have any penalty to pay?
i thought the last episode was so so. They tied everything up in one episode, so guess they didn't need to do 120th episode.


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State of Rhode Island considers limiting use of historic preservation tax credits
Locke Lord LLP
USA January 23 2008
As part of his strategy to stem the State of Rhode Island's looming fiscal crisis, Governor Donald Carcieri has proposed legislation dramatically limiting the ability of taxpayers to use historic preservation tax credits to offset income for tax years 2007 going forward.
Under the Governor's proposal, the state would honor only $20 million dollars in tax credits for tax year 2007 and $40 million dollars in tax credits for each tax year starting in 2008 and going forward. In the event that taxpayers collectively claim more than the amount permitted for any tax year, first priority would be given to those taxpayers with the least amount of carry forward years remaining. Any authorized amount still remaining would then be allocated on a pro rata basis among the remaining taxpayers attempting to claim the credit. The new legislation also imposes an onerous filing deadline of March 1, 2008, for taxpayers "to make application to the tax administrator" to use the credits for the 2007 tax year. There is no express provision for extensions. The nature of this application is unclear; rehabilitations are certified and credit certificates are issued by the Historic Preservation Commission, not the taxing authorities. As drafted, the legislation ostensibly applies retroactively to the 2007 tax year.
The Governor's proposal has yet to be taken up by the General Assembly, which may enact, reject or modify his proposal. If the General Assembly joins the Governor and retroactively changes this program, many developers (and their lenders) who have relied upon tax credit proceeds to finance their projects, and taxpayers who have purchased credits or agreed to purchase credits will be seriously harmed. This issue ultimately may have to be resolved by the courts.
What can you do? In the event that the Governor's proposal is adopted substantially as presented, taxpayers will be in the best position to argue that they are entitled to claim the credit if they have received the credit prior to legislative enactment. Thus, taxpayers who have not yet received certificates are encouraged to apply for and obtain their credits as quickly as possible. Taxpayers should also be prepared to use the credit by March 1, 2008, just over a month away.
In addition, taxpayers should also lobby the legislature that it is wrong to change the rules of the game after the game has started.
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GM Recalls 1.2 Million SUVs For Problem With Air Bags : The Two-Way This is separate from General Motors' recall of 1.6 million small cars for a problem with ignition switches. The company believes the recalls will trim $300 million from profits this quarter.
GM Recalls 1.2 Million SUVs For Problem With Air Bags
March 17, 20141:08 PM ET
Mark Memmott
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Already in the news for a recall involving 1.6 million small vehicles with faulty ignition switches, General Motors on Monday added 1.2 million SUVs and nearly 400,000 other vehicles to its list of models with problems that need fixing.
The new recalls, which GM has listed here:
-- "1.18 million Buick Enclave and GMC Acadia models from the 2008-2013 model years, Chevrolet Traverse from the 2009-2013 model years, and Saturn Outlook from the 2008-2010 model years." According to the company, the problem stems from what can happen if drivers don't pay attention to the "service air bag warning light." If that light's ignored too long, GM says, the air bags will be disabled.
-- "303,000 Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana [commercial vans] from the 2009-2014 model years with gross vehicle weight under 10,000 pounds." They need to have more protection built into their instrument panels for passengers who aren't wearing seat belts.
-- "63,900 Cadillac XTS full-size sedans from the 2013 and 2014 model years." There's a problem with the brakes that GM says "could lead to overheating, melting of plastic components and a possible engine compartment fire."
The company says it has set aside $300 million this quarter to account for the costs of those repairs as well as the fixes to the small vehicles' ignition switches. It says the need for the latest recalls emerged after new CEO Mary Barra's "request for a comprehensive internal safety review."
The Detroit Free Press reminds readers that GM "is facing four investigations over the timeliness of its reporting to federal safety regulators reports of crashes or deaths that may have been caused by defective ignition switches on 2005-07 Chevrolet Cobalts, Pontiac G5s, 2003-07 Saturn Ions, 2006-07 Chevrolet HHR SUVs and Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky sports cars."
As Morning Edition reported last week, the faulty ignition switches "have been linked to a dozen deaths. GM has had information about the defect for more than a decade."
General Motors has also been the focus of a safety group's allegation that 303 people died in crashes of those small vehicles when their air bags failed. But as the Free Press has also reported, that group's study has been challenged by other researchers and "death counts can be misleading in the midst of a recall" because the fatalities might be attributable to factors other than the cause of the recalls.
Other automakers have their issues too, of course. Among the most recent: Honda is recalling nearly 800,000 Odyssey minivans because of a danger that a leaky fuel pump could cause a fire.


We helped sponsor the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film festival and brought in a Miles Davis documentary maybe six years ago.... I thought it would be nice if we could find the right setting and the opportunity to do something with both independent jazz documentary pieces and independent films created with jazz as an important part of the musical landscape.... A key part of this launch was Ed Jones's show "Reel Jazz" on Monday nights, which looks at both jazz and film.
I had never heard Jackie Paris before now, and I certainly didn't know he was the first singer to record Monk's "'Round Midnight." You can hear sound clips on the film's Web site or download songs from iTunes. His most famous recording: "Skylark."


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Mitesh has been an active volunteer since joing Nashik community. He has helped organize many events in and around the city. His work for the Foxyeah Celebrations and Maker Party are note worthy. Mitesh also contributes some to L10N projects as well.
Mitesh is very active member of Mozilla Nashik. He is always ready to do the work which has assigned to him. He has also started to contributing in Localization Projects in Hindi & Marathi.
He is also been very important part of newly initiated event called MozSummmer FSA Camp. Happily vouch Mitesh.


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How many times have you fully intended to cook yourself a healthy lunch the night before a busy day at work, but then accidentally fallen asleep on the sofa?! Don't worry, us too! But now, Feedr has developed an ingenious solution to the problem. This London startup connects healthy food suppliers with office-based clean-living enthusiasts, who don't have the time, or energy to cook for themselves.
Calling themselves a "cloud canteen", Feedr arranges delivery of orders from a rotating menu, handling everything from collating requests to processing payments, making it super easy to stay healthy when you're rushed off your feet. It tops it off with personalised recommendations for its foodie customers and, with £1.5 million of funding in the bag, is also planning to develop more personalised menus in the not too distant future.
This short rental management platform makes it easy for private hosts to create a hotel-quality experience for guests from Airbnb, Booking.com, HomeAway and other platforms. Launched in 2016 by a group of frequent travellers and Airbnb hosts, GuestReady removes all the headaches involved in hosting multiple guests on a regular basis, including managing the listing and price, key exchange, cleaning and maintenance.
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Making a breakthrough in the digital health scene, London based Medopad has recently been named a $1 billion health tech company in the making by KPMG (we know!). According to Medopad's official statement, it wants to create a world where people can live longer, by using various applications and devices to track patients' conditions and connect them to the care they need.
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In other news, Medopad recently acquired Sherbit, a San Francisco based competitor and raised a total of $33M in funding. So, they're clearly on the right track.
Formerly known as TrekinHerd, Alpacr is a very young, travel-focused social media app that aims to bring together adventurous, thrill-seeking and travel-loving individuals from around the world.
Founded in 2017 and based in Cardiff, Alpacr was developed to combine various social media platforms into one space where travellers can share their experiences in a range of formats. According to Dan Swygart, CEO of Alpacr, in the first two months following its launch, over 10,000 photos were uploaded and the platform had the same percentage of daily active users as Tinder, immediately proving the validity and potential of the idea.
Later the same year, Alpacr won the Richard Branson-led Virgin Room competition, beating five other Cardiff-based young businesses.
In a world where social media is an integral part of living, it's hard NOT to be social. But sometimes, you want to get off your laptop or smartphone and go out and experience something in real life with real people - and that's where Make It Social comes in!
This Scottish startup makes it easy to make group bookings for tickets, flights, hotels and other experiences, with its clever checkout technology. If you're the group leader, you can put your booking through, then hold pre-authorised spaces for individuals to pay for themselves. So no more chasing and waiting for everyone to pay you!
Make It Social was founded in Edinburgh back in 2012 and has been busy making an impact on the social booking world. Successes so far include partnerships with Ambassador Theatre Group, the West End arena, Ticketmaster and SkiWorld - and there are sure to be many more to come.
There are a mind-boggling number of festivals to choose from these days, and then even once you've picked your top choices, nothing comes easy. From deciding between ticket types and packages, accommodation, and transportation options - together it can add up to a decision-making headache. But it doesn't have to be!
Festicket has been invented to ease the organisation involved in going to festivals, with a double-sided marketplace that packages up festival tickets, with everything else you need including travel, accommodation and other add-ons. It creates a place where everything can be found and booked, without the hassle - so you can focus on the fun part!
Since launching in 2013, this London-based startup has made quite an impact, now listing over 1,000 festivals in over 50 countries, and with an expansion to Australia and New Zealand underway. Festicket has also just announced a new round of funding of $10.5 million, taking its total to $20M. Way to quench the wanderlust, guys.
Innovating its way through every space and place, HyperSurfaces has developed a futuristic technology that turns every surface into a user interface. Yes, every surface! So that could be the table in front of you, the wall, your sofa… your bed! It's pretty mind-blowing stuff.
The London-based startup does it using sensor technology, combining vibration and AI to convert everyday objects into interactive platforms.
Founded in 2013, CEO Bruno Zamborlin says the startup's aim is to merge the "physical and data worlds", and with £2.9 million of seed funding to work with, the company is now busy developing its core technology. Watch this space… quite literally!
Well, I don't know about you, but we're feeling pretty inspired! The creativity and ingenuity of entrepreneurs never cease to amaze us and we can't wait to see what they come up with next. Catch you in a couple of weeks for the next instalment!


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A novel analytical model for optimal sizing of standalone photovoltaic systems
Jakhrani, Abdul Qayoom
Othman, Al-Khalid
Rigit, Andrew Ragai Henry
Samo, Saleem Raza
Kamboh, Shakeel Ahmed
This paper presents a novel analytical model for the determination of optimal sizing of standalone photovoltaic (PV) systems with least cost and predetermined reliability to satisfy load. Algebraic equations for optimal PV array area (Aopt), optimal useful battery storage capacity (Cu,opt) and the constant of integration (kopt) has been formulated. The proposed model provides the system output directly without going through the calculation of PV array capacity (Ca) and battery storage capacity (Cb). It is different from previous models, which only optimize the system parameters Ca and Cb without involving load. The isoreliability curves of proposed model are compared with other analytical and numerical methods with the pair of Ca and Cb in different environmental conditions without load involvement. The formulated model is also applied for the optimal sizing of a standalone PV system for domestic purpose at Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. The required optimal PV array area (Aopt) and useful battery storage capacity (Cu,opt) is determined with various load demands and loss of load probability (LLP). Proposed analytical model is more constructive due to incorporation of many useful variables namely desired LLP value, latitude and clearness index of location, load demand and unit cost of PV array and battery capacity. It is also rational in terms of power reliability and cost, and simple to implement for the size optimization of standalone PV systems as compared to existing models.
Jakhrani, Abdul Qayoom & Othman, Al-Khalid & Rigit, Andrew Ragai Henry & Samo, Saleem Raza & Kamboh, Shakeel Ahmed, 2012. "A novel analytical model for optimal sizing of standalone photovoltaic systems," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 46(1), pages 675-682.
Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:46:y:2012:i:1:p:675-682
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.05.020
File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.energy.2012.05.020?utm_source=ideas
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Биография
Родилась 25 апреля 1960 года в селе Старосубхангулово Бурзянского района БАССР.

В 1983 году окончила Уфимское училище искусств — отделение сольного пения (класс А. К. Масалимовой).

По окончании училища работала художественным руководителем Бурзянского районного ДК.

С 1996 года — артистка вокалистка Башкирской филармонии. Обладает голосом меццо-сопрано широкого диапазона.

Работала в эстрадных группах филармонии — под руководством Ф. Ганиева, Р. Вальмухаметова, «Кызык и Мэзэк».

С 2007 года Юлчурина А. М. — солистка эстрадно-джазового оркестра Башкирской государственной филармонии.

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 Народная артистка Республики Башкортостан (2010)
 Заслуженная артистка Республики Башкортостан (2002)
 Лауреат конкурсов песни «Йәш тауыштар» («Молодые голоса», 1989), исполнителей баш. песен «Яҙғы моңдар» («Весенние мелодии», 1995; оба — Уфа).

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Fall Music Preview
29 albums to listen to this fall
Featuring Diana Ross, Coldplay, Young Thug, and more
By EW Staff September 22, 2021 at 02:16 PM EDT
Pumpkin spice latte hell Fall is finally here, and with it arrives an impressive slate of new albums. From Diana Ross' first original material in 15 years to Lana Del Rey's second project of 2021 to Gunna's latest Drip installment, there's a little something for everyone to listen to this season.
Japanese Breakfast — Sable
After releasing a best-selling memoir, Crying in H Mart, and her lauded third studio album, Jubilee, Michelle Zauner (a.k.a. Japanese Breakfast) caps her banner year with an unexpected new project: a video game soundtrack. While the 32-song collection for Sable contains only a few vocal tracks, including the gorgeous single "Glider," it's as striking and audacious as anything she's put out. The instrumentals the Brooklyn musician crafted to depict indie developer Shedworks' story, about a young girl coming of age as she explores a desert planet, are starry-eyed and transportive, both primitive-sounding and futuristic. Comparisons to the back half of David Bowie's 1977 masterwork Low wouldn't be unfounded. (Sept. 24) —Jason Lamphier
Alessia Cara — In the Meantime
An unsung pioneer of the anxiety-ridden anthems in vogue with Gen Z, the Canadian singer-songwriter maintains her trademark vulnerability on her forthcoming third album while letting the productions wander in unexpected directions. Take Slinky single "Shape Shifter" teases, which explores themes of duality over a Salaam Remi beat evocative of the work he did with Amy Winehouse. But Cara further finds ways to mix in elements of ska, bossa nova, and more throughout what's ultimately a breakup record. (Sept. 24) —Marcus Jones
Mickey Guyton — Remember Her Name
Following years of neglect from the country music industry, which seemed content in keeping the lone Black woman signed to a major Nashville label on the sidelines, Guyton steps into the spotlight with a debut that more than meets the moment. Anchored by breakout single "Black Like Me," the 16-track effort is bursting with energy and purpose, as Guyton blends carefree happy-hour singalongs ("Rosé all day, I'm talking pretty in pink, that's my kind of drink" on "Rosé") with songs that further explore identity ("I love my skin, I love my hair/and if it bothers you I really don't care" on "Love My Hair"). "Remembеr the girl that didn't let anything get in her way," she belts on the album's thundering title track, "Remember Her Name." You'll be hard-pressed to do otherwise. (Sept. 24) —Alex Suskind
Sufjan Stevens and Angelo De Augustine — A Beginner's Mind
Sufjan Stevens' inspirations have always been eclectic. Over the years, he's written songs about serial killer clowns, troubled ice skaters, and various Midwestern landmarks. But his new team-up with Angelo De Augustine is a particular joy — a catchy collection of tracks all paying homage to classic movies. Listening feels a bit like wandering through the aisles of a particularly well-curated Blockbuster, with songs inspired by classics including The Silence of the Lambs and Point Break, as well as unexpected source material like Hellraiser III and the straight-to-video Bring It On Again. It's a joyous collaboration that can be both moving and playful — perfect for music and film nerds alike. (Sept. 24) —Devan Coggan
Brandi Carlile — In These Silent Days
In These Silent Days offers listeners an even richer, deeper experience than Carlile's previous work, the Grammy-winning By the Way, I Forgive You (which was no slouch in that department either). She probes relationships, her past, heartbreak, and finding solace in your partner through a lilting, revelatory collection of 10 songs, each equally affecting in lyric and melody. Carlile aligns with the likes of Kacey Musgraves and the Chicks in her ability to push country music and songwriting to something more progressive and profound, and you'll probably want to spend the rest of your fall under a blanket listening to this gem. (Oct. 1) —Maureen Lee Lenker
Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett — Love for Sale
A lachrymose air precedes Love for Sale, a collection of Cole Porter covers billed by Lady Gaga as "the last album" she'll record with jazz legend Tony Bennett amid the 95-year-old's ongoing battle with Alzheimer's. But the set doesn't play like a morose swan song; it's a celebration of warmth, platonic affection, and vitality, mostly felt across vibrant organic arrangements and stirring harmonies — both vocal and emotional — fused from two icons of disparate genres. Love for Sale is both a formal end to Bennett's career and an eternal testament to the life of a legend who, like his work, lived in permanent crescendo. (Oct. 1) —Joey Nolfi
Badbadnotgood — Talk Memory
Fresh off their newfound TikTok fame — a sample of the group's 2016 track "Time Moves Slow" recently became a fave among zoomers, who used it to soundtrack homemade Adult Swim promos on the app — the hip-hop-indebted instrumental crew returns with a cacophonous blend of psychedelic jazz, syncopated rhythms, and orchestral bombast. With appearances from the likes of Arthur Verocai, Karriem Riggins, Terrace Martin, and Laraaji, Badbadnotgood quickly turn Talk Memory into the kind of late-night improv session fans will wax poetic about for years to come. (Oct. 8) —Alex Suskind
James Blake — Friends That Break Your Heart
"Say What You Will," the first single from James Blakes' forthcoming full-length album, has everything you'd expect from the British crooner: soulful R&B inflections and melancholy. "The song is about finding peace with who you are and where you're at regardless of how well other people seem to be doing," Blake says in a statement. "Comparison really is the thief of joy." Meanwhile, the first three songs on Friends That Break Your Heart create an opening trio so beautifully composed that fans will have a hard time trying to get to the rest of the album without running it back. (Oct. 8) —Malcolm-Aimé Musoni
Natalie Hemby — Pins and Needles
On her second project, longtime songwriter Natalie Hemby delivers what she's known for: a country album with an occasional rock edge, filled with the types of songs she's written for the likes of Miranda Lambert and Maren Morris. On Pins and Needles, she ties together strong beats with her signature sharp lyrics like, "The hardest part about business is minding your own." The album touches on a variety of subjects, from breakups to her feelings about dealing with stardom on "Heroes," a track that channels Sheryl Crow. If you're a Hemby fan, this album will not disappoint. (Oct. 8) —Sam Highfill
Coldplay — Music of the Spheres
Coldplay took a surprising and well-earned detour on their intimate and experimental (for them, anyway) 2019 album Everyday Life. On their ninth studio release, the British rockers are back to their stadium-sized antics — and have brought along one of the most successful producers of the last quarter-century, Swedish pop god Max Martin, to helm it. Music of the Spheres promises to build on many of same themes they explored on Life, but with a galactic twist. To wit: Chris Martin's lyrics to single "Coloratura" include references to "Pioneer and Helix, Oumuamua, heliopause, and Neptune." (Oct. 15) —Alex Suskind
Santana — Blessings and Miracles
Guitar god Carlos Santana makes songs that keep people on their toes, something fans may have forgotten in wake of his group's ubiquitous 1999 album Supernatural (a project that would lead to 20-plus years of his music being perceived as the soundtrack to Starbucks). But the new Santana album lets the band stand more firmly in its Summer of '69 roots. Sometimes that means tracks that feel like psychedelic trips; other times it's a collaboration with Living Colour's Corey Glover that sounds more like a rallying cry. Of course, an obligatory jam with "Smooth" collaborator Rob Thomas makes the cut as well. (Oct. 15) —Marcus Jones
Young Thug — Punk
Thug has been teasing his long-awaited sophomore studio release since 2019. In an interview with The Fader that year, the rapper said he wanted the album to be a reintroduction of "real rap" to the world. "[Real rap is] letting people in, letting people know what you go through. Let them know that you the same," he said. One of Punk's offerings, "Die Slow," which Thug recently performed live, keeps that promise, with the rapper candidly reflecting on painful childhood memories. (Oct. 15) —Malcome-Aimé Musoni
Maxo Kream — Weight of the World
The up-and-coming Houston rapper returns from a two-year hiatus ready to address the tragedies that have recently befallen him, including the untimely death of his brother. Kream has a delivery that is both effortless and imposing, taking the listeners to highs — like the bombast of the just-released Tyler the Creator collaboration "Big Persona" — while keeping them engaged with the lows, including several tales of forlorn and desperate times. (Oct. 18) —Marcus Jones
Duran Duran — Future Past
New wave's hungriest wolves return with their 15th studio effort, enlisting a wildly eclectic pack of cohorts to ring in their 40th (!) year of making music together. Mark Ronson, DJ-remixer Erol Alkan, and ex–Donna Summer collaborator Giorgio Moroder produce; Blur's Graham Coxon co-wrote and plays guitar on several tracks; and David Bowie's former pianist Mike Garson contributes to a moony album closer, "Falling," that would make Aladdin Sane blush. Meanwhile, Swedish pop rebel Tove Lo, Japanese disco punks CHAI, and English YouTuber-turned-rapper Ivorian Doll lend a modern edge to the proceedings. The result is a slick, funky, splashy anniversary bash in which legends mingle with upstarts and the beats never run dry. (Oct. 22) —Jason Lamphier
Elton John — The Lockdown Sessions
COVID-19 may have forced Sir Elton John to pause his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour, but it doesn't mean he took the year off. Marking his 32nd studio album, The Lockdown Sessions is a record consisting entirely of collaborations with the day's biggest musical stars (Brandi Carlile, Dua Lipa, Lil Nas X, etc.) and legends equal to John in stature (Stevie Wonder, Stevie Nicks, Glen Campbell). From new songs to covers to remixes of his own music, John is determined to offer listeners something decidedly different from his existing collection. (Oct. 22) —Maureen Lee Lenker
Lana Del Rey — Blue Banisters
Just a few weeks after releasing her seventh album, the introspective Chemtrails Over the Country Club, Lana del Rey was already making plans for her eighth. Blue Banisters was originally scheduled to hit shelves over the Fourth of July, before being pushed back. Now, the singer's second project of 2021 is finally on the horizon, and the first few singles (including the already released "Wildflower Wildfire" and "Arcadia") suggest a familiar Lana: moody melodies, lyrical ennui, and plenty of references to Southern California geography. (Oct. 22) —Devan Coggan
My Morning Jacket — My Morning Jacket
My Morning Jacket's ninth studio release is stuffed with the kind of eye-popping riffage and jam-band verve we've come to expect from the Louisville rockers, as well as a refreshing level of earnestness. "The more you give, yeah, the more you get now/Go tell it to the world," frontman Jim James sings on the propulsive "Love Love Love," while lead single "Regularly Scheduled Programming" laments the "screen-time addiction, replacing real life and love." James' overall message is clear: Unplugging from our current hellscape does the body wonders. (Oct. 22) —Alex Suskind
Wale — Folarin 2
The verbose DC-area MC and stalwart of Rick Ross's Maybach Music Group holds fast to the buoyant, conversational sound that's filled his catalog. Lead single "Angles," which interpolates Diddy's "I Need a Girl (Pt. 1)," and a party record that samples Q-Tip's "Vivrant Thing" (featuring a seemingly out-of-left-field guest), is indicative of the era of rap Wale is paying homage to this go-round. (Oct. 22) —Marcus Jones
Ed Sheeran — =
Sheeran, who is notorious for taking long hiatuses from social media and public life, is finally back with what promises to be his most radio-ready album yet. Singles "Bad Habits" and "Shivers" feature prominent club-like production with over-the-top, CGI-clad music videos to match. Seemingly solving his equation of mathematically named records, = (pronounced Equals) appears to mark the end of Sheeran's metamorphosis from intimate acoustics to an arena-rocking dance-pop sound. (Oct. 29) —Calie Schepp
The War on Drugs — I Don't Live Here Anymore
On their fifth studio album (and first since their 2017 Grammy winner, A Deeper Understanding), the acclaimed Philly band continue to push the boundaries of classic rock, and in the process make their most uplifting, vital music to date. Fans can expect their signature Springsteenisms ("Wasted") and references to Bob Dylan (the towering, gospel-tinged title track), but also forays into shimmering electro-pop ("Victim") and a canny wink to Phil Collins' "In the Air Tonight" ("I Don't Wanna Wait," with its evocative reverbed drum sounds). If frontman Adam Granduciel returns again and again to images of darkness and rain, I Don't Live Here Anymore is actually about the light that awaits when the clouds part. Its optimism is intoxicating. (Oct. 29) —Jason Lamphier
Kid A and Amnesiac — two albums recorded together but released as separate bodies of work — marked an impressive left turn for a band that had taken a drastic one just three years prior (on the future-forward opus OK Computer). Here Thom Yorke and crew wandered further down the musical rabbit hole, fusing abstract, existential lyricism with electronic dissonance. This fall, these early aughts projects are being released as their own singular entity — a triple-disc album that includes Kid A, Amnesiac, and a collection of 12 B-sides and unearthed material from the sessions that spawned the original versions, 21 years ago. The background strings from "How to Disappear" and the alternate, jaw-dropping take on "Like Spinning Plates" alone are worth the price of admission. (Nov. 5)—Alex Suskind
Snail Mail — Valentine
Three years after releasing her critically hailed debut, Lush, 22-year-old Lindsey Jordan is back and ready to bare it all. She doesn't mince words about what got her there: "Post-rehab I've been feeling so small/I miss your attention, I wish I could call," she sings on her sophomore album, addressing both a breakup and her 45-day stint at a recovery facility in Arizona. But Valentine feels anything but small. Co-produced by Brad Cook (Bon Iver, Waxahatchee), it is bolder, catchier, and more expansive than its predecessor. You can hear it in the chilly synths of its rousing title cut, in the aching strings of the Elliott Smith–esque ballad "Mia," in the light-FM breeziness of "Forever (Sailing)," and in the hip-hop-inflected beats of "Ben Franklin." From her sorrow and solitude, Jordan reemerges as one of indie rock's most astute, confident, and compelling songwriters. (Nov. 5) —Jason Lamphier
Damon Albarn — The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows
Inspired by the landscapes of Iceland (because who wouldn't be?), the Blur and Gorillaz leader follows his 2014 solo debut, Everyday Robots, with a new project initially conceived as an orchestral piece (after the pandemic forced him to cancel a tour to support it, he unveiled the music in a Boiler Room livestream last year). Stuck in lockdown, Albarn revisited his original arrangements to transform them into more traditional pop songs tackling memory, loss, and rebirth. The record veers from placid ("Medicating/Joining the saline to start the inspection of the lines," Albarn muses on the sax-laced bossa nova groove "Polaris") to plaintive ("Thе year has its winter as well as its May/Thе sweetest leave us and the fairest decay," he grieves on the title track). Backed by the sounds of crashing waves and blissed-out ambient textures, the singer has never sounded so deeply in touch with nature — and with himself. (Nov. 12) —Jason Lamphier
Courtney Barnett — Things Take Time, Take Time
The Australian indie-rocker and poet of the ordinary charts a new course on her third LP, embracing a lusher, more polished sound with mere traces of the grungy rock on her first two albums. She also mostly abandons her signature rambling delivery and wry, wordy lyrics, with open-hearted, vulnerable tracks (including a few straight-up love songs) that reflect a very COVID-era, but also universal, raw yearning for human connection. It feels like Barnett has relaxed and dropped some artifice; it also feels like she's made a straightforward pop-rock record. Not that that's a bad thing. (Nov. 12) —Tyler Aquilina
Diana Ross — Thank You
It's truly a flex to return after a 15-year absence and bring 13 original songs specifically engineered to be sung in the stadiums the Supreme icon continues to fill. Lead single "Thank You" gives listeners a tease at the breath of fresh air hitmakers like Jack Antonoff, Tayla Parx, and Jimmy Napes bring to her timeless sound. Still, whether she dives into her Motown roots, or invokes her disco divadom, the most impressive trait Ross maintains as an artist is the ability to make listeners feel she has shined her grand light directly on them, providing a message of love and unity. (Nov. 12) —Marcus Jones
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss — Raise the Roof
It's been 14 years since Robert Plant and Alison Krauss teamed up for their unexpected duet, 2007's powerful Raising Sand (which became a chart hit and eventually won Album of the Year at the Grammys). Now, the Led Zeppelin singer and bluegrass icon are joining forces again for their long-awaited follow up. Like its predecessor, Raise the Roof, produced by T Bone Burnett, is a collection of eclectic covers written by folk and country legends like Merle Haggard, Lucinda Williams, and the Everly Brothers. (There's also an original song, cowritten by Burnett and Plant.) More than a decade later, Plant and Krauss are still proof that sometimes the best things come from unlikely collaborators. (Nov. 19) —Devan Coggan
Taylor Swift — Red (Taylor's Version)
Get out those old scarves and plaid shirts, because it's time to step back into the quintessential fall heartbreak album. Following the release of Fearless (Taylor's Version) earlier this year, Red (Taylor's Version) is the second of Swift's old albums to receive the re-recording treatment in her bid to own the masters to her work. Like the new Fearless, fans can expect fresh versions of Red's original songs (including the ones from deluxe editions of the album), in addition to nine unreleased "from the vault" tracks. A new collab with Swift's dear friend Ed Sheeran is among them, as are songs featuring the likes of Phoebe Bridgers and Chris Stapleton. However, the true pièce de résistance is the extended, 10-minute version of "All Too Well." Jake Gyllenhaal, eat your heart out. (Nov. 19) — Lauren Huff
Camila Cabello — Familia
The 24-year-old singer-songwriter has had a magical 2021. She starred as the titular princess in the Amazon Prime retelling of the classic Cinderella, performed at the VMAs, attended the Met Gala alongside beau Shawn Mendes, and released "Don't Go Yet," the first single off her upcoming album. Inspired by her Cuban-American roots, Cabello gave the song a Latin-rhythmic flair that's meant to make you gather with loved ones and dance for hours. Expect more of the same on the rest of Familia. —Calie Schepp
Gunna — Drip Season 4
It's drip season! After teasing fans with snippets, Gunna dropped first single "9 Times Outta 10" from the fourth installment in his anticipated mixtape series. Produced by Tauras, the track serves as a celebration of confidence and perseverance. The last project in the series, 2018's Drip Season 3, is the one that skyrocketed Gunna to mainstream recognition. If its predecessor's success is any indication, Drip Season 4 will make him an even bigger star. —Malcolm-Aimé Musoni
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Secretary of State John Kerry urges world to boost pressure after new nuclear test to send strong message to Iran.
John Kerry, the recently appointed US secretary of state, has urged the international community to impose more effective pressure against North Korea over its nuclear ambitions to send a strong message to Iran, which has also been sanctioned repeatedly over its uranium enrichment programme.
Kerry said on Wednesday that nations must agree on a "swift, clear, strong and credible response" to Pyongyang's third nuclear test.
"It's important for the world to have credibility with respect to our nonproliferation efforts,'' Kerry told reporters after meeting Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh at the US State Department.
"Just as it's impermissible for North Korea to pursue this kind of reckless effort, so we have said it's impermissible with respect to Iran. What our response is with respect to this will have an impact on all other nonproliferation efforts," he said.
In defiance of UN Security Council resolutions, the latest issued last month, North Korea detonated a nuclear device at a remote underground site.
The fresh resolution warned of "significant action" if Pyongyang conducted another rocket launch or a nuclear test.
Referring to the UN statement, Kerry said: "If you are going to say things, they have to mean something. And to mean something you have to be prepared to follow up, and that's exactly what we are prepared to do."
European Union Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton, speaking on Wednesday at the Security Council, called North Korea's nuclear test "a further blatant challenge to the global non-proliferation regime".
She said it was vital for the international community to stand united and demonstrate "that there are consequences of continued violations".
In Washington DC, US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said that North Korea's actions represent a clear threat to the United States and undermines regional security.
He vowed that the US will take whatever steps necessary to meet its commitment to South Korea, including continued military exercises and increases in missile defence in the region.
Panetta said US technical experts are still assessing available data to learn more about the underground explosion.
In a speech on Tuesday, US President Barack Obama warned North Korea following its latest nuclear test, which he called a "provocation" that could lead to the US "taking firm action in response to the threat".
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon also condemned Pyonyang's latest nuclear test, saying he was "exploring further action" against it.
"This was an outrageous and reckless act. I have deep concerns about the impact on regional stability and the global effort to curb nuclear proliferation," he said on Wednesday.


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Part of the Oxford Psychiatry Library series, this resource is a clear and comprehensive overview of the brain science underpinning addiction that helps explain the current and future therapeutics for the range of addictions, using full colour images to enhance understanding. It focuses on the nature of addiction as a brain disorder that includes a range of different behavioural traits such as impulsivity and reward dependence, and discusses the critical role of kinetic and pharmacological factors. The also explains how the primary pharmacological targets of drugs of abuse are now understood, the relation to the variable nature of addiction to different substances, and how this may lead to new approaches to treatment.
Chapter 1 What is addiction?


Belonging to the Mont-Dore municipality, the Isle of Ouen is located south of the Woodin canal, almost half-way between Nouméa and Île des Pins. Discovered by a sandalwood tradesman in the 19th century, the island is now home to a population of around one hundred people, concentrated in the village of Ouara, in the heart of a coconut plantation.
For the last few years, a discovery week-end has been regularly organized to meet the local population of the island and visit an exceptional site. The island's inhabitants, respectful of their environment and boasting a rich culture and history that have long been ignored, welcome tourists in their customary warm fashion.
The Isle of Ouen is a fragment detached from the continental mass, a high land, with deep coves in the East, in Kumbé and Port-Kuté. The island has long been famous for its turtles and former jade mine. This site is also renowned for its apple-green ouenite rock. Carried back to Grand Terre in its raw form, the rock was sculpted into common or ceremonial axe blades.
The island, whose main activity remains fishing, is relatively isolated but attracts many humpback whale watchers every year, during their mating season, between June and September.


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Blog Archive – May, 2010
'Sex and the City' Arrives in Abu Dhabi
Are we, Arabs and the lands we so love, a mere theater stage for today's Orientalists as well? There is hardly a doubt this was our 19th century role. I am beginning to realize little has changed. For confirmation I need only take a glimpse at the explicitly 'orientalist'-staged production 'Sex and the City 2'. What a brilliant idea boast publicists: —4 sexy girls of Manhattan fame take a fling on the desert, arriving in exotic Abu Dhabi for a weeklong spree. Imagine what this can inspire among millions of suburban wives who follow the stars!
Besides camels and sand there's fashion and luxurious hotel settings. Surely Arab hospitality has reached a new zenith. A new stage of orientalism. That's us. From Morocco to Abu Dhabi, we're the hottest thing in entertainment.
Of course we've practiced this. Coming out of the 19th century we had Isabelle Eberhardt in North Africa, Gertrude Bell in Iraq; we propped for Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express. We furnished nasty characters for a plethora of espionage war novels during the cold-war years.
Then with political independence and dictatorships we offered our 'oil rich sheiks'. They set new heights in extravagances and vulgarities. Their behaviour may seem obscene but obscenity has its appeal. After all, their profligacy helped pour Arab dollars into the accounts of all those US and European suppliers
I was in Abu Dhabi a year ago where I learned that 100,000 westerners, mainly Europeans, live there and in nearby Dubai. Plenty of work. Wonderful salaries. They can look to the princes for ideas of how to spend.
Today cultural depravation in these desert cultures is no longer a problem; these new urbane populations have discovered international theater, art, film and poetry extravaganzas. All this just a few hundred miles from the 'war theater'. Thus Abu Dhabi and vicinity offer convenient R& R facilities for those weary warriors from Iraq.
Much of the $US trillion dumped into that war seeps into neighboring states who not only host officers and soldiers. They are the commissary. All conveniences.
Then, as if real battles and bombs are insufficient, we have the rush of Iraq war films. Too dangerous inside Iraq? Jordan and Morocco are handy orientalist theaters for film-companies. You need bombs, terror images, ugly, dumbstruck Arabs, camels? No problem. We are the most hospitable people on the globe.
Morocco is the actual setting for Sex and the City 2. It seems somebody in the real Abu Dhabi didn't come through for American stars.
[ 'Sex and the City' Arrives in Abu Dhabi ]
A Melayu Philippine Muslim Play in NY
Today's comment is a review of "Pandibulan –Bathing by moonlight", a moving and very special dance, music and folk tales presentation of the Melayu people of Southern Philippines.
Directed by an old friend from WBAI Radio, Potri Ranka Manis, this completely overwhelmed me when I saw it. The performance also showed me how much Potri Ranka Manis has been doing in the 5-6 years that we hadn't seen each other, and all while she remained fully employed in a nursing career.
I almost missed Pandibulan, only catching the last performance Sunday May 2 at the end of its run at La Mama Theater in New York City. Pandibulan was a profound presentation of events, culture, history and politics that far surpasses what most New York theatergoers experience.
The 90 minute play fully absorbed me although it had virtually no spoken dialogue and neither HipHop music nor wild staging. The story was essentially told through a Yakan pantomime in music and dance. It was, in many respects, an opera. It tells the story of the far reaching trials of a people who inhabit Basilan Island, one of the most fertile areas of Mindanao in South Philippines. A people now fighting for its existence, their story traces their ancestry in their homeland to New York where her people have migrated in search of work, fighting here as well, this time to survive as a nurse.
This kind of history is rarely attempted on stage these days when political messages from the authentic source of a conflict are essentially taboo, and these simply would not attract funding. Moreover, how often do we see such a complex political story told in music and dance alone?
Potri Ranka Manis has given us a superb presentation. She created this for a talented young team, costumed in the most simple folk clothes that remind us of the peasant quality of life. Perhaps Ranka Manis saves all the luxury for the music; it runs through every second of the performance, changing the moods and guiding the choreography. No one would leave the theater after Pandibulan, without feeling uneasy about the story of the Maley people of The Philippines.
[ A Melayu Philippine Muslim Play in NY ]
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MIT engineers an anti cancer smart bomb
MIT engineers an anti-cancer smart bomb
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Imagine a cancer drug that can burrow into a tumor, seal the exits and detonate a lethal dose of anti-cancer toxins, all while leaving healthy cells unscathed.
MIT researchers have designed a nanoparticle to do just that.
The dual-chamber, double-acting, drug-packing "nanocell" proved effective and safe, with prolonged survival, against two distinct forms of cancers-melanoma and Lewis lung cancer-in mice.
The work will be reported in the July 28 issue of Nature, with an accompanying commentary.
"We brought together three elements: cancer biology, pharmacology and engineering," said Ram Sasisekharan, a professor in MIT's Biological Engineering Division and leader of the research team.
"The fundamental challenges in cancer chemotherapy are its toxicity to healthy cells and drug resistance by cancer cells," Sasisekharan said. "So cancer researchers were excited about anti-angiogenesis," the theory that cutting off the blood supply can starve tumors to death. That strategy can backfire, however, because it also starves tumor cells of oxygen, prompting them to create new blood vessels and instigate metastasis and other self-survival activities.
The next obvious solution would be combining chemotherapy and anti-angiogenesis-dropping the bombs while cutting the supply lines. But combination therapy confronted an inherent engineering problem. "You can't deliver chemotherapy to tumors if you have destroyed the vessels that take it there," Sasisekharan said. Also, the two drugs behave differently and are delivered on different schedules: anti-angiogenics over a prolonged period and chemotherapy in cycles.
"We designed the nanocell keeping these practical problems in mind," he said. Using ready-made drugs and materials, "we created a balloon within a balloon, resembling an actual cell," explains Shiladitya Sengupta, a postdoctoral associate in Sasisekharan's laboratory.
In addition to Sasisekharan and Sengupta, the co-authors are David Eavarone, Ishan Capila and Ganlin Zhao of MIT's Biological Engineering Division; Nicki Watson of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research; and Tanyel Kiziltepe of MIT's Department of Chemistry.
The team loaded the outer membrane of the nanocell with an anti-angiogenic drug and the inner balloon with chemotherapy agents. A "stealth" surface chemistry allows the nanocells to evade the immune system, while their size (200 nanometers) makes them preferentially taken into the tumor. They are small enough to pass through tumor vessels, but too large for the pores of normal vessels.
Once the nanocell is inside the tumor, its outer membrane disintegrates, rapidly deploying the anti-angiogenic drug. The blood vessels feeding the tumor then collapse, trapping the loaded nanoparticle in the tumor, where it slowly releases the chemotherapy.
The team tested this model in mice. The double-loaded nanocell shrank the tumor, stopped angiogenesis and avoided systemic toxicity much better than other treatment and delivery variations.
But it is patient survival and quality of life that really inspire this research, Sasisekharan said. Eighty percent of the nanocell mice survived beyond 65 days, while mice treated with the best current therapy survived 30 days. Untreated animals died at 20.
"It's an elegant technique for attacking the two compartments of a tumor, its vascular system and the cancer cells," said Judah Folkman of Children's Hospital Boston. "This is a very neat approach to drug delivery," said MIT Institute Professor Robert Langer.
The nanocell worked better against melanoma than lung cancer, indicating the need to tweak the design for different cancers. "This model enables us to rationally and systematically evaluate drug combinations and loading mechanisms," says Sasisekharan. "It's not going to stop here. We want to build on this concept."
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FFH: The Ties That Bind
Nashville's The Castle recording studio hearkens back to the Middle Ages with its imposing grey stone structure, sprawling green front lawn and wooded area behind. Coming up the long, winding drive, one almost expects to see armored knights on horseback guarding the entryway. Strangely enough, local legend has it that famous Chicago gangster Al Capone originally built it as a hideout — his half-way point between Chicago and Florida.
Rounding the corner to park your car, however, sets The Castle in a contemporary context. An elaborate alarm system clocks your presence, in place, no doubt, to protect the pricey recording gear used recently by country star Brad Paisley and too many Christian artists to count. Land Rovers and Fords line the perimeter, and a basketball court has now eclipsed the parking lot. Cigarette butts and empty Coke cans are evidence of the hours logged and the music created here.
This Tuesday morning, Essential Records act FFH is gathered to shoot a promo DVD to accompany its new record, "Still the Cross," due out this month. Band leaders/husband-wife duo Jennifer and Jeromy Deibler are bleary-eyed from yesterday's long airplane ride followed by a late night with their 1-year old, Hutch.
However, after a session with the band's stylist, professional hair and makeup in place and trendy rock-star attire on, the two look fresh and ready for their close-ups. In between takes, they take time to chat about their new record. The interesting thing that emerges from speaking with the Deiblers, bassist Brian Smith and guitarist Michael Boggs is not quite what one would expect from the group with seemingly endless energy. While we did discuss the album's 10 tunes (all co-written by band members), the producers (FFH's longtime friend Scott Williamson and Mark Miller) and its sound (catchy pop/rock fans have come to expect from the band), these guys let us in on what really goes into making the band. And it's not your average VH1 special.
Maybe it's because they are all, self-admittedly, exhausted — from babies, touring and recording — that they are bare-it-all honest today. But it's stuff they want us to know. Like, for instance, that while life as a best-selling Christian artist has its perks ("It's allowed me to buy a house," says Boggs.), it's also just another day at work sometimes. And there are days they just don't want to go. After a year of immense change, including new additions to the families and the passing of loved ones, "The only way we would be doing this is because we are supposed to, that we were called to it," Jeromy says.
Making the Band
FFH credits its beginnings nearly 13 years ago, when Jennifer, Jeromy, Smith and former member Steve Croyle began playing together. The band didn't sign its record deal until nearly six years later. Croyle departed shortly thereafter, and Boggs stepped in. And that's when FFH really started taking shape, Jeromy says.
On early, independent records ("Called a Christian," 1996, and "One of These Days," 1998), the band members employed top-notch, technical studio musicians to help round out the sound as they worked to improve their own musical chops. "When we first came to Nashville in 1998 and watched how the whole studio thing worked, it was intimidating. We realized that we couldn't play our songs and make them sound radio-ready. My background was more piano-based; Brian had just picked up the bass. We went from a group of singers to a 'band.'"
The miles logged playing live shows forced FFH to sharpen its act. "Ready to Fly" (2003), its previous album, served as the rehearsal. The band had decided that, for the first time, the core group would play the bulk of the songs; and studio musicians would be used for "ear candy' only," Jeromy says.
"Still the Cross" finds the band confident and assured of its newfound roles. Alongside Miller and Williamson, Jeromy wielded control from behind the producer's console as well. And it actually felt comfortable, he says, since he put in his share of knob-turning as producer on projects by Fervent Records artist Big Daddy Weave and new Fervent artist Palisade. Additionally, the songwriting for "Still the Cross" represents the band as a whole, more so than any other time because more of its members had a hand in writing. Jeromy co-wrote material with Smith and Boggs, partly "from necessity as we were working on so many songs at one time," he says.
The result is a body of work that represents the band on all creative fronts. "I think we've found 'our sound,'" Jeromy says. "Not only are the vocals trademark, but we're really coming into our own. It's like we just hit our stride," he explains.
Functioning as a band, however, means far more than perfecting the musical aspect. Though it's common to hear of band breakups due to "creative differences," it's often the stuff outside of music that serves as the agitator. Throughout history band mates have been notorious for their lifestyles as much as their musical prowess. A shared outlook on life is an important and binding thread for any collective. For this band, the commonality has always been Christ, Jeromy says. "We had the opportunity early on to learn everything that it takes to be a band, aside from the music."
He recalls a series of conversations that took place when Boggs first joined the band. "We talked about how our lifestyles would be different if we weren't in this band. We talked about what FFH was going to leave as a legacy. It's more than just playing and singing. Christian music is not a style of music. It's a lifestyle of people who listen ... and we got all that stuff figured out before we put on this mantle," he explains.
Eschewing drinking alcohol and smoking and cautiously filtering the movies they watch on the tour bus are self-imposed restrictions for these band members. "But it's not to be legalistic," Jeromy explains. "It's just to be safe. It's to make sure we create an atmosphere that's pursuing God."
Boggs interjects: "Some people try to get as close to the line of sin as they can without going overboard. We just want to stay away from that line so as to be holy, pure and blameless as [the apostle] Peter taught."
Foundational for this band has also been the importance of family over the years. Aside from Boggs, all the members, including the touring drummer are related. Thus "keeping us together hasn't been an issue," Jeromy says. "There hasn't ever been a time when we said, 'Let's just bail on this.'"
The last year, however, given the arrival of the Deibler's firstborn, the birth of Smith's second child and a death in Smith's family, among other changes, forced FFH to look hard at its future.
Juggling career and parenthood has proven more difficult than anything they ever anticipated, Jeromy says. "People ask us, 'How do you balance all this?' We tell them flat out, 'We don't!' We're not good at it yet." Jennifer concurs, "Every day I consider quitting. But then I go out on the road, and I say, 'God, You're going to have to reconfirm to me that this is where You want me.' All I want to do is be with my baby," she admits.
Next to parenthood, it's a general maturing process — for all the members of FFH—that's prompted them to such soul searching. All the members span the mid-20s to mid-30s. And they actually welcome adulthood now, with all its responsibilities, they say.
"When you're in your early 20s, most people think, 'Oh, if I could just travel and have fun," Jeromy says, "But something happens in your mid-20s when you start to crave a home church and an inner circle of friends that you can really confide in."
The late 20s hits, the 29-year old Jeromy explains, and the importance of community-building is just magnified. "You're so scared your whole life of becoming an adult; then you get into your 20s, and you start to want to live like an adult. You start to want that normality," he says. "We don't have that."
Though "normal" is still a foreign concept, FFH seems to be inching closer. Smith says all the changes have demonstrated to the group how much more to life there is than FFH. "We're entering a new season," he says optimistically. "We've come back around, and we're enjoying it more than ever now."
Boggs agrees. "Some years are exciting; some are harder — like this past year. But when you consider the course of things and when you see how God is placing things in your life, you realize that He's moving you to this point because He knows what's coming up."
Despite their limited future forecast, all members agree that they've finally come full circle. "In '91, when we were starting, we couldn't have stood up onstage and done it live like we do it now; we wouldn't have been able to," says Jeromy. "It really is 10 percent talent and 90 percent hard work. It's learning how you grow together, play together, pray together and learn about each other."
FFH credits a solid foundation rooted in Christ as the glue that's held them together through the natural flux of life. Boggs explains: "Teaching that there was power in Jesus' blood was an important thing for us at the beginning of our career. We made that statement of faith with our first record, "Power in the Blood." "Still the Cross" is an echo of that. Our mission is to reach as many people for Jesus as quickly as we can ... and that's the reason we still make this music."