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AGAFONOV Egor Andreevich
( State Duma: the Soviet District N94: Kirov oblast.Glava Department of Agriculture - deputy chief of staff of the Kirov region.)
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Biography AGAFONOV Egor Andreevich
Born in the family of collective farm. December 10, 1941, Mr.. d. Baranovo Monastyrshchinsky region Smolensk region in 1960. Dosugovskuyu graduated from high school.
In 1963, Mr.. Shantalovsky graduated from the Agricultural College of Smolensk region, specializing in agronomy, and in 1970 he. - All-Union Agricultural Institute of Distance Education, Scientific Agronomy. Awarded the Order of Red Banner of Labor, the medal "For Labor Valor", a bronze medal VDNH.
After graduation he worked as an agronomist, economist and chief agronomist, farm manager Elninskaya region of Smolensk region. Since 1979, Mr.. worked in the Kirov region director stock-farm "Meadow" Orichevskogo area, on the basis of which was established Regional School of Excellence.
In January 1986, Mr.. approved by the Vice-Chairman of the Kirov regional agro-industrial complex on economy.
From 1987 to 1992. worked as general director of the agro-industrial association "Vyatka", director of the farm "Krasnogorskij".
Since October 1992. is the head of the Department of Agriculture - the Deputy Governor of the Kirov region.
Political views, position:
In 1993, Mr.. in his campaign speeches promised to seek adoption of All-Russia State Duma Agrarian Reform Program, aimed at improving human welfare, the revival of the peasant way of life. Freedom, according to Mr. Agafonov, is to ensure individual rights, the guarantee of equality before the law and the court, the guarantee of the inviolability of property, is the freedom of conscience and religion.
In its election platform called for the equal existence of all forms of land ownership: state, collective, private, that in his opinion, is the key to the resurgence of Russia. "Land should not be the subject of speculation, but the primary concern of the state should be the preservation of fertility of the earth".
Mr. Agafonov is primarily for the provision of legal and economic rights of the peasants in all forms of property for parity prices of agricultural and industrial products; for tax breaks for the village
. In his campaign statements, has repeatedly emphasized, . that will dabivatsya development of public programs for material supplies of motherhood and childhood, . social protection of students, . Students, . military, . low-income families, . War Invalids and rear, . Pensioners, . as well as giving citizens the right to protection against unemployment,
In November 1993, Mr.. group of voters had been nominated for the State Duma of the Soviet single-mandate electoral district N 94 of the Kirov region. Total in District 5 candidates run for. The turnout of voters county 51,1%. Mr. Agafonov won a 31.82% of voters who took part in the voting.
He was a member of the "New Regionalism". He was a member of the "Stability" (with 14.03.95, protocol, N65).
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The UAF is continuing its rotation and heavy weapons withdrawal from the front line in anticipation of the winter. Thus the UAF "lost" a T-64B tank after the truck towing the tank-bearing flatbed trailer broke down. The tank sat in the middle of Kharkov entirely unattended for several hours before another truck showed up and towed it away.
We reported last week that the Ukrainian military had, by the most optimistic estimate, 19 operational Su-25 attack aircraft. Now that number has been reduced to 18 following the crash of an Su-25 near Dnepropetrovsk.
Ukrainian authorities are still trying to come to grips with the causes of ammunition storage explosion in Svatovo reported last week. The military prosecutor general Anatoliy Matios believes the cause was carelessness of the officers responsible for the facility …while the occupied Lugansk Region governor Georgiy Tuka believes it was a terrorist attack.
Well, why not both? A terrorist attack by the careless officers responsible for the facility?
There are also news concerning the Ukrainian naval forces.
The country has received the first new-construction naval vessel since it became "independent" a quarter of a century ago. The ship, to be sure, is not overly impressive–it is the Gyurza-M 51-ton coastal/riverine gunboat apparently armed with two weapon modules sporting a 30mm automatic cannon and anti-tank guided missile launchers. The vessel's construction actually began during the rule of President Yanukovych.
Meanwhile, the Malyshev plant in Kharkov is officially hoping to win the Pakistani contract for some 300 MBTs, the slow pace of deliveries of Oplot-M tanks to Thailand (average of 6 per year!) could well become a major problem for Malyshev's further export prospects. Furthermore, there are credible reports that, following the scandal with the sub-standard armor plating on armored vehicles supplied by Ukraine to Iraq, Thailand requested that its Oplots be made with Russian armored steel.
The number of UAF soldiers who have defected to Novorossia is continuing to grow, and the defectors are now engaging in media operations to try to convince soldiers still in UAF's ranks to follow in their footsteps.
The news from the "western front" are also fairly dismal. Even though the joint US-Ukrainian training mission that began back in April of 2015 has just concluded, it received practically no coverage within the Ukrainian media. Likewise the US has not trumpeted this huge "breakthrough" in bilateral relations.
The reasons for this interesting development are open to speculation. In all likelihood, the US side was not overly impressed with the quality of Ukrainian participants and has decided not to continue the practice which is very costly to the US and is yielding no practical results.
Instead, US "aid" programs to Ukraine seem to be mainly oriented to benefit US defense contractors, not the UAF. Since the Humvees supplied to Ukraine by the US now turned out to be over 20 years old, the US is now offering Ukraine a modernization program whose cost would be comparable to the value of the vehicles when they were brand new! Naturally, the modernization program would come out of the US aid budget for Ukraine and would be spent entirely on US defense firms qualified to repair these elderly vehicles.


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Christina Milian Says She Would Still Fcuk Lil Wayne, After 2 Months Of Break Up-Up
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Christina Milian and Lil Wayne have been broken up for months now.
Following their break-up, the singer was heartbroken and broke down in tears on her E! reality show, Christina Milian Turned Up, as she spoke about Weezy... while declaring her love.
Today, Milian is finally over it... and ready to move on, but opens up about what went wrong in an interview with Hot 97.
"It is what it is. I still love him. I love the time I spent with him. But yea, like, maybe I should've checked out his history and his dating history," she said. "I thought maybe it was different, because it felt different and we were really completely in it. He even spoke to The-Dream in the beginning, out of respect."
"It just came to a point, where I just needed the honesty to understand what I was dealing with and I wasn't getting that," Milian continued.
She goes onto say that she's "completely single" and "willing to try any kind of guy." In fact, Milian says she went on a date with a random guy in Toronto and had a good time.
However, Milian says she will not rule out a random hook with Wayne again. "I'm not gonna count that out. I won't count that out. There's a possibility that could happen. You never know," she says.
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The sails of the Sydney Opera House were being used as a billboard for a horse race a few days ago. Regardless of the value of the horse race, or the ethics about using a UNESCO listed landmark for promotion of gambling, there is a problem about the way it was done.
According to The Guardian,
Racing NSW applied to the Opera House to use it as a venue to promote a horse race on Saturday 13 October, but Sydney Opera House chief executive Louise Herron drew the line at projecting horses' names, the name of the race and the numbers of the barriers onto the Opera House sails.
Then Alan Jones interviewed Louise Herron. A couple of weeks after Jones, and by association his employers, had been found guilty of defaming the owners of a quarry in South East Queensland and ordered to pay $3.7 million, clearly he hasn't yet learnt that his opinion is not necessarily fact, and bluster doesn't change the facts. Jones
was furious and took up the case for Racing NSW on his program. "Louise I'm sorry I think you're out of your depth here," he said. "You should put your resignation on the table today ... if you can't come to the party, Louise, you should lose your job."
Jones also threatened to ring NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and demand Louise Herron be sacked. Berejiklian hasn't sacked Herron but has overruled her decision to only allow horses' colours to be displayed on the world-famous sails. Jones was reported as haranguing Herron by suggesting
who the hell do you think you are, you don't own the Opera House, we own it ... you manage it," Jones said.
To that extent Jones is correct, Herron doesn't own the Opera House. However, the NSW Government pays Herron to manage the facility on behalf of its owners — all those who live in NSW. So, by the same token Jones, the management of the Daily Telegraph or Berejiklian don't 'own' it either.
All this happened on Friday 5 October and media reports the following Tuesday suggested that over 270,000 had 'signed' online petitions asking the NSW Government to reverse their decision. Accordingly it would be reasonable to suggest that a large group of the Opera House's owners are aghast at the gambling promotion pushed by Jones and News Corp (with support from NSW Premier Berejiklian) being projected onto the building.
On Tuesday night about 1,000 people shone torches to dilute the projection and peacefully protested the use of the Opera House for the promotion of gambling. Racing NSW and the Premier claim they have heard the message 'loudy' and the stunt won't be repeated. Waleed Aly also 'went to town' on the crass commercialisation of the Opera House by vested interests, including the two major political parties .
There is a significant cost to gambling across Australia. Tim Costello, a director of Alliance for Gambling Reform, detailed some of them in an opinion piece published in The Guardian. While Jones has given an half-hearted apology four days after the event for his bullying of Louise Herron, it still demonstrates that Jones and Berejiklian persist with accepting the cash over the ethics, and still steamroll those with alternative viewpoints.
Sadly, we should not have expected better. Also demonstrating an alternative world view of acceptable is the LNP's Stuart Roberts. Roberts, Morrison's choice for Assistant Treasurer and former ICT Executive, has been charging the Australian taxpayer (that's you and me) over $1,000 a month for his 4G Internet connection since 2016. As the linked article reports, Roberts lives in a 'semi-rural' area behind the Gold Coast and the NBN has yet to reach his home. The article also reports that
Roberts told Fairfax Media he racked up a high bill [over $2,000] in May because he used 300 gigabytes of data, so had to pay for extra after exceeding his 50GB limit.
Optus currently offers unlimited 4G broadband for $90 a month, while Exetel offers 250GB a month for just $70.
Now it has become 'an issue', Roberts is apparently going to pay it back, despite claiming he had done nothing wrong. Those in his electorate that rely on Newstart are receiving not much more than $1,000 a month to live on.
Matthew Lesh, a research fellow with The Institute of Public Affairs has recently released a book suggesting that the major parties have a lot of difficulty in being relevant to those that live in the inner and outer suburbs of Australia's major cities. Lesh suggests the politicians are aligning themselves too closely with the 'inners' and leaving the 'outers' to splinter groups such as Katter, Palmer and Hanson. Then, when the splinter groups can't achieve what they promise (because they don't get enough seats in parliaments across the country), people living in outer suburbs then get frustrated and disengage with the process.
There could be something to Lesh's theory. In the electorate of Warringah, former PM Abbott has been the elected Member of Parliament for a considerable period of time. A group of people who live in the electorate, rather than disengaging, have a plan to crowbar Abbott from the seat at the next election by following the process used by Cathy McGowan's supporters when they removed Sophie Mirabella from the seat of Indi in country Victoria. The President of WoW (Women of Warringah)
Louise Hislop, told Guardian Australia the group was created after Abbott's refusal to engage on issues considered important to constituents, including climate change, plastics pollution, traffic issues, same-sex marriage and mental health services
Warringah, despite Abbott's public posturing, recorded 75% support for the same sex marriage vote and it seems there is considerable community disquiet about Abbott's role in the destruction of the Turnbull Government. Abbott's schtick however does go down well in areas that support the Katters, Hansons and so on of this world.
If Lesh is correct, Jones, Berejiklian, Roberts and Abbott are all sailing into irrelevance as they clearly are not representing significant sections of their communities. Why do these people believe they don't need to consider the views of others? It must be because those on the right are prettier and more confident!
To me, Ad Astra, "Time to say goodbye" are among the saddest words in our language. Yet say them now we must. I chose Ad Astra as my moniker because my secondary school's motto is 'sic itur ad astra', which can be liberally interpreted as: "Here is the way to the stars". How inspiring these word...
There is a conspiracy theory that suggests that birds (in the USA at least) aren't real. The claim is that all the birds in the USA were hunted down by the government between the late 50's and early 70s and replaced with bird like drones to spy on you. According to the theory President John F. Kenne...
You may not have heard of Mike Rinder. A Scientologist for most of his life, at the age of 52 he walked out, and as a result lost his family, friends, employment and pretty well everything else in his life. RInder has written a book on his time in Scientology, runs a website that questions Scientolo...
Prior to becoming President, Joe Biden was a US Senator for around 36 years. He is known as Amtrak Joe as he routinely took the daily 90 minute each way train trip (on the USA's national passenger train network — Amtrak) from his home in Delaware to Washington DC to represent his state. If you liste...
Last September, you might have seen Qantas CEO Alan Joyce received a pay increase of $278,000 per annum. It seems that Joyce has met or exceeded the performance goals set by his employers and contractually has earned the reward. It does, however, raise a larger question. Joyce's pay increase for t...
In his recent Budget reply speech, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton laboured (pun intended) on the increasingly difficult to achieve promise by Prime Minister Albanese that power bills will be $275 less in 2025. While the government is claiming the modelling done in 2021 supports the accuracy of the p...
The good economic units
Wellbeing and politics have collided in the past couple of weeks. Federal Treasurer Dr Jim Chalmers has started a conversation about measuring the 'wellbeing' of the nation as a result of the measures in the budget. The Opposition, as you would expect, has poured scorn on the idea. On a purely lo...
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Recently, in what could be described as an epic fail in recruiting practices, the Essendon Football Club hired and accepted the resignation of the same CEO within a day. The issue was that the CEO was also the Chairman of 'City on the Hill', a church that seems to promote some conservative views on ...
We can do it better
It was probably co-incidental that the Australian Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) was held in Sydney around the time the NRL and AFL finals were occurring. CPAC originally advertised the conference would be at Luna Park — until Luna Park claimed they had never had a booking. The Conf...
Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong recently addressed the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Accompanying Wong on the trip was Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen and 'Special Envoy for Reconciliation' Pat Dodson. Wong told the General Assembly that Australia believed the UN an...
Kicking climate down the road
You're probably aware of some who don't see the need to reduce emissions. They have a lot of different reasons or excuses for the position, including the current systems have served us well in the past, we're only a small population so our changes won't mean much or just a general reluctance to cons...
A home amongst the gumtrees
A local real estate agent rings me every couple of months asking if I am willing to sell my house. So far he's tried the 'look how much you could get' strategy, 'the market is moving, you don't want to miss out' strategy and telling me he could help me buy another house if I did sell; to which my re...
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lawrence winder
It's been a Week of Revelations ...not that Scummo would have been pleased how the London toilet boy and Rolex man effectively scuppered his campaign of thought bubbles.
paul walter
His harangue of Herron reminded me of those old clips nazi Judge Friesler abuses the White Rose members in 1944 after the failed coup against Hitler.
Joe Carli
Alan Jones is nothing more than a media version of the old "Mock Auction" con job...His bullying is most effective and usually directed at those who are not used to such aggressive confrontation...ie: the "soft middle" of society..He'd get a swift kick up the arse if he approached the wrong people with his big mouth!
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What depth of moral turpitude forges the State of Fascism?
"Just because the shrewdest lie feels itself inwardly annihilated before the simple truth, and because all the dignity and glory of human nature ultimately depend not on shrewdness but on honesty, Cato has played a greater part in history than many men far superior to him in intellect. It only heightens the deep and tragic significance of his death that he was himself a fool; in truth it is just because Don Quixote is a fool that he is a tragic figure. It is an affecting fact, that on that world-stage, on which so many great and wise men had moved and acted, the fool was destined to give the epilogue. He too died not in vain." :Theodore Mommsen..; "History of Rome" Vol' 5 chap' 10.
How many times have we, in private deliberation of a great work, metaphorically bowed our head in acknowledgement of a magnificent sentence of writing, it's power of word and vision giving concise agreement to our thoughts?....The above paragraph is in my mind one of those magnificent moments. In it is contained that force of nature that pushes past both the author and social constraint to lay before the reader, a cartographer's splendid map before the experienced geographer, the undeniable truth of boundaries and bs of topography real and absolute, so that to alter such would require both a duplicitous nature and an indelible pen.
That we now see the rise, in deliberate confrontation, of those who would once again in the space of only a couple of generations, forge the desire for a Fascist State, demands us to seek an answer as to how such a vile body corporate could justify itself to a public that honourably marches in sombre celebration every 25th. April in memory of so many millions who died in two World Wars, the latter under the cursed image of Mussolini's Black-shirt Fascists and the Nazi Swastika?
What depth of moral turpitude would it take to forge again this ghastly talisman of hate and despair? For surely there can be no closer comparison nor more accurate depiction of the clumsy buffoonery of the philosophic ideology of Fascism, than to stand it next to the manic pursuit by Don Quixote of a hallucinogenic state that must be contained and controlled. Yet here in Australia, a land of absolute plenty…of sea, sunshine and surf, there is a troop of fools trying to orchestrate just that idea… What do we do?
Here..the full Monty!
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I think the Prime Minister has embarked on a journey and he has no idea where he's taking us.
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Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing.
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His promises were, as he was then, mighty. But his performance as he is now, nothing.
William Shakespeare: Henry VIII.
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However is it all about the results?….. Absolutely not.
The act of running frequent google audits on your name is the important factor here, and like many (free) tools, it's the thought process that the Online ID Calculator™- takes you through rather than the actual results from the Calculator.
Similar to the leadership principle 'Show me Don't tell me' keeping a close tab on your online presence is as critical as running a spell check through your CV. Sloppy & Careless does not radiate 'Hire Me' in anyone's books.
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Andrés Bordoy, né le  à Rosario (Argentine), est un ancien joueur argentin de rugby à XV évoluant au poste de talonneur, il a joué avec l'équipe d'Argentine et dans les clubs de Brive, La Rochelle et Pau.

En 2014, il entre dans le staff de la Section paloise, responsable du secteur de la mêlée et assistant préparateur physique. En 2015 il passe entraîneur assistant responsable des avants. En , il quitte la section pour devenir entraîneur des avants de la franchise argentine des Jaguars auprès de Gonzalo Quesada.

Carrière

En club
 2007-2008 : CA Brive
 2008-2011 : Stade rochelais
 2011-2013 : Section paloise

En équipe nationale
Il a honoré sa première sélection internationale en 2010 à l'occasion de la Coupe des nations.

Palmarès

En équipe nationale
 2 sélections avec l'Argentine en 2012

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Joueur international argentin de rugby à XV
Joueur du CA Brive
Joueur du Stade rochelais
Joueur de la Section paloise
Talonneur (rugby à XV)
Entraîneur argentin de rugby à XV
Entraîneur de la Section paloise
Naissance en décembre 1982
Naissance à Rosario

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De-risking by banks is making it difficult for nonprofits working internationally to send and receive money, causing projects to be delayed and even canceled, a new report has found.
The report by the Charity & Security Network finds that two-thirds of U.S. NGOs working abroad have experienced banking difficulties as a result of precautions around anti-money laundering and terror financing regulations, with 37 percent saying their wire transfers have been delayed and 33 percent saying fees have gone up. In addition, 6 percent of NGOs surveyed said their accounts have been closed, while 10 percent reported that banks have refused to open accounts for them.
These difficulties in accessing finance can have negative impacts on program delivery. The report includes examples of programs being canceled or delayed due to slow wire transfers. For example, in 2015, a charity was unable to pay for the fuel to power a hospital in Syria due to lengthy delays in transmitting funds.
Furthermore, charities are resorting to carrying cash or using other payment providers in order to get money where it needs to go, exposing them to higher risks and reducing transparency, the report finds.
International banks have become increasingly cautious when it comes to providing services to nonprofit organizations and banks in developing countries as a direct response to anti-money laundering and terror financing — also known as AML/CFT — regulations. These were introduced in developed countries after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the U.S.
Under these regulations, the responsibility for assessing and mitigating money laundering and terrorist financing risks rests with the banks, which face fines and reputational damage for falling foul of the regulations. As a result, many large banks have taken conservative positions to insulate themselves from risk, including severing relationships with countries and sectors that are perceived to be higher risk, in a process known as de-risking. This often includes banks in developing countries and nonprofit organizations operating abroad.
In other cases, the process of moving money is delayed due to banks returning wire transfers with requests for additional information and recipient banks demanding excessive documentation from the beneficiary to access the funds, as part of their efforts to safeguard against risk, according to the report. This means that transfers from the U.S. and other countries can take weeks or even months to land in beneficiary accounts.
"When you're carrying out seasonal programs, when that money doesn't go through, particularly in the case of smaller organizations that don't have cash reserves, those programs just don't happen," according to Scott Paul, a senior humanitarian policy advisor at Oxfam America, who was speaking at the launch of the report at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C.
Oxfam America has experienced the fallout from de-risking both through its own operations and through its partners in countries, including Syria and South Sudan, Paul said. In Syria local banks prefer to stop serving NGOs, or bombard them with paperwork, rather than risk their relationships with correspondent banks in the U.S., with whom they liaise to make international transfers, he explained.
Paul added that the de-risking trend could make it difficult to keep pledges to put 25 percent of emergency funding directly into the hands of local and national operators — a target agreed by donors and aid agencies at the World Humanitarian Summit in Turkey last May as part of the "Grand Bargain," a package of reforms to humanitarian funding. Currently, only 0.4 percent goes directly to these organizations.
"This is going to be a problem when these organizations have the least ability to access the financial system," Paul said.
Remittances — the money migrants send back to developing countries, totaling approximately $440 billion every year — are also negatively affected by de-risking. Many of the banking and non-banking channels through which remittances flow have come under fierce scrutiny as a result of AML/CFT regulations.
Potential strategies to overcome access to finance challenges center on how to better identify, manage and share risk.
Oxfam's Paul made a case for redistributing more risk away from NGOs. "It would be much better to equitably share the risk between nonprofits, financial institutions and government than to impose it all on the humanitarian organizations, which are already in the field and are already taking on a great deal of other kinds of risk to deliver this public good," he said.
The Charity & Security Network report offers a number of recommendations aimed at restoring financial flows to NGOs, including convening "multi-stakeholder dialogue to work towards solutions," and creating special banking procedures to ensure that funds can be transferred in a more timely manner to places experiencing humanitarian crises. The report also proposes identifying and vetting alternative payment channels, as well as virtual currencies such as Bitcoin, for NGOs to use if banking channels remain a challenge.
Adopting a "safe harbor" provision for financial institutions that bank NGOs — absolving them of responsibility if AML/CFT provisions are breached — is another policy that has been suggested to mitigate the risk involved in serving the nonprofit sector.


The great events of Roman history are represented here, from the Battle of Mylae to the triumph of the Barbarians, and Rome's social, cultural, and religious life in all its sophistication, luxury, and depravity. Using memoirs, letters, and official reports, inscriptions, and household accounts, this new collection draws from life sketches of the Roman way of war, empire building, civilization, and the pax romana.
These and many other accounts, whether of great events in war and politics, or everyday matters such as the raising of children, bring the Roman world to life in all its color and variety.


Innovation is a constant action that permeates all the sectors and processes of our company. The products that we develop pass through multiple stages of technological maturation, that goes from conception of need, market analysis, proposition of concepts, state of the art, product engineering, prototyping, experimental tests and validation of the final product.
We use the most diverse set of instrumentation and data processing techniques with the objective of establishing communication between engineering theories and the physical phenomena that develop in the environments that we analyze. We search, through these techniques, information that can fundament methodologies to correct or prevent problems.
We offer to the market structural integrity assessment, which consists on the application of a set of multidisciplinary techniques, theoretical and empirical, with the objective of predict or verify the evolution of damage caused by loads and environmental hazards which the components are submitted to.
Experimental testing is a fundamental method to evaluate a product in extreme operational conditions, where information about the performance is obtained in a controlled and safe environment, providing the necessary feedback for product engineering. Símeros executes and develops several different mechanical tests through its complete high capacity structure.
"Símeros is an innovating company with the DNA of highly qualified professionals with great potential that has as a brand the resilience, being able of absorbing and overcoming technological challenges with innovation, quality and commitment with the accorded deadlines."
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On Monday 19th March, the Game Developer Conference 2018 will open its doors, and professionals involved in the world of making games, from designers and artists to programmers and producers, will gather together for five days of learning, networking and general inspiration.
Imagination Technologies has been powering the mobile gaming world since the very beginning and we will, of course, be there to show off our latest developments. We'll be located in booth #102, in the south hall of the Moscone Center. You can find us using the floorplan, so come on over and see us!
Our main announcements this year centre on two new products aimed at developers. We believe these ground-breaking tools will make a huge difference to anyone working with our class-leading GPUs, so stay tuned on Monday for the announcements. If you're at the show, be sure to come by our booth to have a face-to-face chat to learn about the new capabilities the tools offer first hand.
Exploiting Machine Learning in Gaming, hosted by Dr Jon Peddie from JPR. Kristof Beets, our senior director of business development for PowerVR, will be taking part and with a great panel of people it looks as though this will be an interesting one to listen to.
Once you've heard that, come to our booth and you'll find a number of demos to entice and attract you. Here's a sneak peek at what you'll find.
If you walk up to the booth a nearby webcam will detect your face and display it up on a screen with a mask over your face, which in keeping with our 'Game of Gnomes' theme will be a pointy hat and a beard. Don't worry – it's just virtual! It's running on a Google Nexus Player featuring a PowerVR G6430 and just a bit of fun to show off our real-time face detection algorithms using OpenCL™ and our OpenGL ES® rendering.
Once you're in the booth you'll find one of our brand new demos which we've dubbed 'Rogue Swarm.' This features a spaceship being chased through an asteroid field by a flock of smaller ships, and, biased as we may be, we think it looks pretty cool, especially considering that it's running on a so-called 'low-end' GPU, a PowerVR Series8XE – specifically as GE8300. Unlike some competitor GPUs this fully supports the Vulkan API, and as well as a smooth frame-rate it is also running a compute shader flocking algorithm to independently control the movement of the smaller ships. It's pretty cool – check it out.
This demo is a winner for the name alone. (We love a good terrible pun here!). In this demo, we show off our ability to run augmented reality applications on our GPUs. It shows a moving gnome and animated soldiers and uses marker cards to do it. It's built on the Vuforia platform and is running on a Meizu Pro 7 Plus featuring a MediaTek Helio X30 chipset with a PowerVR Series7XTP GPU inside. It's fun and worth checking out.
Do you remember the Disney movie Tangled? Well, if you had a young daughter when this came out a few years ago you'll certainly remember it, and you won't have had any choice in the matter! Anyway, enough about me… In the film, there was a very pretty sequence excellent sequence where Chinese lanterns were released into the sky – it was a torture test for 3D-capable TV back in the day. This demo reminds me of that, with a lantern in the foreground floating through the sky with the background blurred out. It's photographic quality bokeh and it's an excellent demonstration of the ability of our ability to do advanced HDR post-processing on a low-power mobile chip – essentially desktop quality graphics on mobile. Again, it's running on a Meizu Pro 7 Plus featuring a MediaTek Helio X30 chipset with a PowerVR Series7XTP GPU inside.
We look forward to meeting you at the show and be sure to follow us on Twitter for updates at @ImaginationTech and @PowerVRInsider and also on LinkedIn, Facebook and Google+.


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Q: Load model partly in Ruby On rails guys! I'm trying to make right architecture decision:
I need to hide from user of my site some fields of other users by default. So not to bother with filtering the fields in views I want to not load those fields at all, like:
default_scope -> { select(column_names - FILTERED_PARAMS) }

the rest of fields should be loaded explicitly in special cases.
The problem is that once code refers to the missing fields nomethod error shows up. I tried to meta-program those fields but fruitless this far. It seems to me that this approach doesn't fit to the AR object life-cycle.
Have you ever implemented such functionality if so what pattern have you chosen?

A: From my experience the best decision would be not to filter these params on the query with select, but to filter what parameters are actually sent to the user. my_model.as_json (with given param filtering options) is a simple solution for that, but for more advanced uses I would advise Rabl gem
https://github.com/nesquena/rabl
That way you have more control over which params are returned even in very advanced cases in a model-view-controller manner.

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Hume Whittlesea Primary Care Partnership Celebrating our Partnership workIdentifying and Responding to Family Violence Project
Family violence is the leading contributor to preventable death, illness and disability for Victorian women aged 15-44 years and has serious implications on the health, education, employment and economic security of women, children, families and communities (VicHealth 2011).
Statistics show that women who experience violence access health care services more than non-abused women and health care providers are well placed to assist with the health and psychosocial needs of women who access their services (WHO 2013). The health system is a key point of contact for both identifying family violence, and for intervening to support women and children to reduce their risk of violence as recognised by the Victorian Royal Commission into Family Violence:
All services that come into contact with family violence victims should be equipped to identify, and in some cases, assess and manage risk, and to ensure that victims are supported. Mainstream services such as health services, must be able to identify risk and refer victims to services that can provide more comprehensive support, such as specialist family violence services.(p 9).
The Identifying and Responding to Family Violence project aims to provide a more streamlined and coordinated service system response to family violence by:
1. Building the capacity of mainstream health organisations to effectively identify and respond to family violence
2. Supporting organisations to develop a whole of organisation approach to family violence
3. Strengthening and consolidating the pathways between mainstream health organisations and the integrated family violence sector across the North West Metropolitan Region (NWMR)
Project deliverables that have been developed to date have occurred in consultation with the Steering Committee, Implementation Network as well as key experts in the sector.
The intention of the project is that the deliverables and findings can be used to inform other PCP catchments and interested stakeholders.
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The Identifying and Responding to Family Violence Project Evaluation Report was released in April 2018.
The purpose of the evaluation was to assess the implementation of project activities in phases two and three of the project, and examine the impact of the project on the systems, practices and processes of participating member agencies.
Feel free to contact Gail O'Donnell on 9389 2261 or GailO@inwpcp.org.au if you are interested in discussing the project in more detail.
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If you are interested in delivering this training please contact Emma Fitzsimon, Executive Officer, Inner North West Primary Care Partnership on 9389 2261 or email EmmaFi@inwpcp.org.au


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GTN reflects on ad spends: 'It's just not the same'
Ad spends are up again across the trade – but once this figure would have been the norm and not a peak, as Gun Trade News editor Colin Fallon reflects
Advertising is up for the second month in a row, though in some sectors it's hard to work out who's providing this boost.
Take the top 10 retailers list, which doesn't exactly look any better than two months ago, when we had a very poor overall toral. Not only can you get into the top 10 with just two pages of advertising – you can tie for a spot in the top five.
Actually, it's been something of a poor month for retailers, with the big distributors more than compensating. But even last month's 'good' retail advertising total is barely more than half of what I considered good when I took on this column a mere seven years ago.
Obviously given the overall total, though, there are signs of growth to be found. Above that 'base' in each top-10 chart, we've seen healthy rises from some companies, along with the usual subjects at the top.
Not that the lists are full of completely new names to the industry, but the likes of Thomas Jacks and Hawke are establishing themselves as regulars in the top 10 now, when not long ago they were never to be found – a heartening sign of growing confidence.
We have passed the typical 'trough' in spring and move towards a summer buoyed by game fairs and then the game seasons, which are never as far away as you think.
If only the rises were as sharp as the falls – but then, there's nothing wrong with slow and steady when it comes to long-term business. There's not much we can do about the seasonal nature of the shooting market, but we can look for signs of steadier, longer-term growth that cut through this seasonality.
This month's results aren't enough on their own to indicate such growth, but we can look forward to the summer season with renewed hope.
So there are 15 more pages of advertising in this month's magazines. Where have they come from? The answer to that isn't immediately obvious – the biggest gains on last month have come in the hard-to-define 'Accessories and 'Other' sections.
You'll find all sorts of products and services advertised on these pages, from gun safes to game fairs, multi-tools to mugs – but scanning through the list of data, one type of advertiser that recurs in this category is shoots and shooting grounds.
Of course, with the clay competition season getting properly under way, this is the time for it – but they are worth mentioning here anyway, as they are responsible for a significant chunk of advertising but very rarely get an individual callout in Industry Data as no individual ground is big enough to break top 10s. It is as a unit that they really show their strength.
Of the 20 advert pages excluding classifieds in the issue of Clay Shooting surveyed here, seven are for clay grounds or shooting schools. Not a huge surprise, but they aren't confined to the clay mags.
Shooting Gazette and Shooting & Conservation add another three or four pages each. Already it looks like a significant sector, and that's in a month where Pull! isn't included in the survey.
I tend to criticise businesses for not advertising enough – and it's not just because I want GTN's coffers to be filled. Really! It's important. According to Allbusiness.com, small business owners tend to give marketing a low priority, which in some cases leads to them having a difficult time executing it very well and maintaining a good return from it.
But it is a vital part of attracting customers and needs to be involved right from the planning stage as opposed to being an extra you think about after everything else.
Allbusiness's Kevin Stirtz says: "Too many businesses fall into the 'if we build it they will come' trap. If you don't let people know what you do and why they should do business with you, they won't. Business owners need to view advertising as a critical expense just like paying the rent, hiring employees and filling the shelves.
"For local, retail businesses that target a local audience, I think four to eight per cent of desired gross revenue is a good range to consider. For newer businesses or those wanting to grow faster, the higher end of the range is best."
If you baulk at spending eight per cent of your planned turnover on ads, consider how much the very largest businesses spend. I remember a few years ago when one of the UK's biggest advertising accounts, Tesco, changed hands, with a multitude of companies pitching for it. How much is that ad account worth? I'll give you a second to guess how much Tesco spends on its advertising…
Time's up – and the correct answer is no less than £110 million. Now that's a big decision.
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State owes cash to blind vendors
Alex Ortolani,Associated Press
CONCORD — A group of blind state-licensed vendors should be awarded damages for not being given the chance to run vending machines at highway rest areas, a federal judge has ruled.
U.S. District Judge Steven McAuliffe ruled last Friday the state did not give the group the opportunity to manage the machines before going to private firms as early as 1998. The state said it had.
Federal law promotes allowing licensed blind people to operate vending machines on federal property. New Hampshire law requires they be given priority on state property.
The case came before the federal court after the state appealed a decision by a U.S. Department of Education arbitration panel supporting the vendors? claim and awarding them damages.
The state argued the arbitration panel did not have jurisdiction.
Nancy Smith of the attorney general's office said Tuesday the state has 20 days to decide whether to appeal McAuliffe's decision.
The blind vendors group brought legal action against the state after a series of rest areas were built along interstate highways in New Hampshire in recent years. In each case, the state entered into contracts with a private firm.
The state argued it allowed the blind vendors to bid on the contracts. The group would have been granted a contract if it matched or beat the highest bid, the state said.
The vendors argued that "priority" meant accepting or declining a contract before it was offered to a private company.
McAuliffe wrote that the priority system described by the state is not an extension of economic opportunities to licensed blind vendors, but instead maximizes revenue from vending machine operations to enhance its own general fund "at the expense of blind vendors."
"What has occurred here is nothing less than the state's shunting aside the disabled citizens Congress intended to benefit in order to maximize its own general fund," McAuliffe wrote.
The judge ruled the group was entitled to commissions ranging from 75 percent to 100 percent from various rest area projects.
"It's clearly a great victory by the blind vendors," said Jack Middleton, a lawyer who represented the group.


The Aurora Writing Prize is a national competition run by Writing East Midlands, in partnership with The Society of Authors.
In 2019, the prize will be awarded to outstanding new writing in two categories, short fiction (of up to 2,000 words) and poetry (of up to 60 lines), with 1st, 2nd and 3rd place prizes in both categories.
The winners, in each category, will receive a cash prize of £500, feedback on a piece of work of their choice from a leading literary agent (or Editor as appropriate) and a year's free membership to the Society of Authors, which includes access to advice and resources on all aspects of the business of writing. Winners will also be offered a session with Society of Authors staff including an introduction to how the Society can support them in their careers as professional authors and covering essential advice on copyright, payment terms and contracts.
Second Prize winners in both categories will receive £150.
Third Prize winners in both categories will receive a one-day course of their choice from Writing School East Midlands.
As a champion of writers from the East Midlands, we will also be offering a regional prize of £100 to the best work in each category from the region. The regional winners will also be offered a year of free membership to The Society of Authors, along with a career development session.
All submissions must be previously unpublished. Full terms and conditions, visit the competition web page. here.
Submissions for the prize cost £9 for first entries and £7 for each additional entry. There is no limit on entries per person.
The 2019 prize opens for entries on Monday, 25th March 2019 and closes on Wednesday, June 26th (National Writing Day).
Winners will be invited to a celebration event and prize giving ceremony in September as part of Lincoln Book Festival.


Ariel Schrag is the author of the novel Adam (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2014) and the graphic memoirs Awkward and Definition (Simon & Schuster 2008), Potential (Simon & Schuster 2008), and Likewise (Simon & Schuster 2009). She is the editor of the comics collection Stuck in the Middle: 17 Comics from an Unpleasant Age (Viking 2007) and has written comics and articles for Cosmopolitan, Medium, New York Observer and others. Schrag wrote the screenplay adaptation for her book Potential which is currently in development with Killer Films and was a writer for the Showtime series The L Word and the HBO series How To Make It in America. She is a Yaddo and Radar Lab fellow. Her new graphic memoir, Part of It, will be published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2018.


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Q: "I wonder" when we're thinking out loud The phone's ringing. Who's it for, I wonder?
Or:
I wonder what time the store opens.
There are some materials I have made acquaintance with:
https://youtu.be/BdaQ55-JlPg
https://grammarhow.com/i-was-wondering-vs-i-am-wondering-vs-i-wonder/
The problem that all these and some other resources do not explain anything.
They just state a fact: use present simple here.
The girl in the video explains:

We use "I wonder" when we're thinking out loud. But as we're thinking
out loud we don't always want an answer or  expect an answer.

So, this is not an exmpalation. This is just stating a fact.
From grammar point of view I could suppose the following explanations.

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*Performative verb. You ask yourself a question. And as you ask it, the action is finished.

*Stative verb.

*A single action going on at the moment of speaking and which is not viewed in its progress.

Could you help me understand this? I mean why definitely the present simple, but not present progressive is used to express a question when we are thinking out loud.
I'm absolutely confused about this case.

A: The 'Grammarhow' examples with I wonder use several different tenses; it doesn't say that you may only use one tense.

I wonder why the family opposite chose to paint their front door purple.
I wonder what that man is doing.
I wonder if it will rain tomorrow.

In the case of the sentence about the store, the speaker could have said

I wonder what time the store will open.

but we usually use the present tense when speaking of events scheduled to happen at a particular time (The store opens at 9.00; the train leaves at midday).


Home-grown company Optiemus Infracom, which manufactures and distributes BlackBerry-branded handsets, on Thursday launched "Evolve" and "Evolve X" smartphones in India for Rs 24,990 and Rs 34,990, respectively.
The devices are designed and manufactured at Optiemus' facility in Noida.
"Our strategy to partner locally and license the design and manufacture of secure Android BlackBerry smartphones continues to gather momentum with this latest launch by our partner, Optiemus Infracom," said Alex Thurber, SVP and GM of Mobility Solutions at BlackBerry.
BlackBerry Evolve and BlackBerry Evolve X come with Full View 18:9 display, Dolby surround sound, dual cameras, enterprise-grade security and privacy and quick wireless charging technology.BlackBerry Evolve X has 6GB RAM and 64GB internal memory, which is expandable up to 2TB. Powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 octa-core processor and running Android 8.1 Oreo OS, the device houses 4,000mAh battery.Powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 octa-core processor, Evolve also runs Android 8.1 Oreo OS. The device comes with 4GB RAM + 64GB storage which is expandable up to 256GB.
The devices have facial recognition and fast fingerprint unlock functionalities."With BlackBerry Evolve and Evolve X, we have worked hard to refine design and technology elements," said Hardip Singh, Executive Director, Optiemus Infracom.
BlackBerry Evolve X sports a 16MP selfie camera and a 12MP+13MP AF dual rear camera with dual tone LED flash.Evolve is equipped with a powerful 13MP+13MP dual rear camera and dual tone LED flash and a 16MP wide angle front camera.


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Home » Life » CHEERS to 2016!
2015 was good to me. I've said that a few times now and as I scroll through social media, I notice I'm not alone. Yesterday, I posted a photo with the following caption: I'm so thankful for all the great gifts 2015 brought to me!
I thanked 2015 as if it was a real person or a character in my life.
The truth is I worked really, really hard last year. A degree and a job is proof of that. Although I am thankful for another year of happiness and prosperity, it's not to discredit the hard work, determination and luck that ultimately landed me here. I couldn't be happier with the current status of my personal and professional life, and I look forward to 2016 with the hopes that my continued hard work emanates further success.


When you are in Dubai, anything is possible. Talk about the craziest thing a man can ever do, and experience that turn into a reality. Who knew man was ever capable of building snow castles on a deserted land? Who knew that a sequestered land of sand dunes would one day turn into the biggest entertainment zone with Arabs chilling in. There's more surprises than you'd think that Dubai would ever have. Apply for your Dubai visa and find out how Dubai is the best. Here are a list of top 10 picks that will entertain you more than any Bollywood movie.
1. A desert party with the Arabians.
The slothful camels trudge slowly over the Arabian sand dunes as the gleaming tourists enjoy a desert journey over its hunchback. The sun sets over these formidable dunes and huge cars roaring with tourists bash over it. As the day dilutes into the dusky night, an ubiquitous Arabian party lights up its darkness. A graceful belly and tanoura dancer flaunt best of their moves and a horde of tourist chill with the Arabs. One can even wear the traditional Arabic white thawb along with a checked headgear to click photos with a trained falcon resting on your wrist. Girls can pretty themselves up with a mehendi tattoo and join in the party along with a barbeque dinner.
2. It's always snowy in Ski Dubai.
You cannot challenge the Arabs, I repeat - you simply cannot challenge them. In a barren land with absolutely no hope, a temperature controlled zone with snow castles, penguins, ski slopes, tube rides and zorbing was created. Kids or adults, one cannot stop but amaze at this piece of beauty. They also have a chairlift ride with the view of the entire snow park; quite reminiscent of the times in Switzerland.
3. The athletic animals and birds at the Dubai Dolphinarium.
What we don't have we create; and what the world doesn't have, we invent. That is literally and figuratively the motto of Dubai. Dolphins, no! So let's build a huge park, call some exotic species of birds from around the globe and make it one of the most happening places in the world. Here the dolphins, seals and pretty looking birds do a couple of acrobatics for you. Watch in amazement as these small wonders get huge applauses.
4. Chills and thrills at the Wild Wadi Water Park.
Bang opposite the Burj Al Arab, the Wild Wadi Water Park is one other wonderland in Dubai. Chills and thrills, this water park has a bundle of rides for family and kids. Sit in some heart-throbbing capsules and get ready to scream your way out as your ride reaches various highs and lows.
5. Earn and learn at KidZania.
Not only is it entertaining and fun for kids, but also informative as it gives them a glimpse into the complex workings of the grown-up world. A safe, educational environment, this place allows kids to try out different professions. Right from bankers, firemen, doctors to actors, children are given a chance to try out different career options. Watch kids try out one dream job after another, enjoying it all the while. Located in Downtown Dubai, watch children's make-believe world come alive at KidZania.
Soar over the majestic skyline of Dubai and a get glimpses of its high rises like Burj Khalifa, and a view of the beautiful Palm Jumeirah. Circle over Port Rashid and head inland to view the Dubai Creek. End this journey with a spectacular sea landing, and then step off onto dry land again. Safety is given paramount importance so that your experience can be enriching.
If you were in the capsule of Formula Rossa, you'd outrun a cheetah. No kidding! This Formula One themed adventure park boasts of the fastest ride in the world going up to 240 km/hr.
Happy New Year, the movie might not evoke great memories, but Atlantis surely does. Although, credits to the cinematographer for capturing Atlantis, The Palm so well and elegantly. There's a whole another world at the Aquaventure and The Lost Chambers, with fascinating river rides, shark safaris, interactive aquatheatre shows and some secrets that are only revealed to those who go. Here's one we know of, you can even snorkel and scuba dive.
Oh Dubai, you look so beautiful from up there! Like the disco, the city lights of Dubai dazzle from every corner. You'll feel the nip in the air as you step on the observation deck of Burj Khalifa. There are experiences, then there are some more experiences, and then you have Burj Khalifa.
10. Sailing over the Dubai creek with the dazzling city lights at the backdrop.
If cruising through the peaceful water, with the wind in your hair and a starry night as your backdrop is your ideal romantic scenario, then Dhow Cruise is the cruise you need to be on. Enjoy this exotic experience of cruising through the Dubai creek getting a glimpse of this beautiful city with your loved one by your side or even family. Music, dance, and a scrumptious barbecue buffet dinner, the perfect setting, for an entertaining night.
Now that you know of all the magic Dubai has in store for you, all that is left is to book your Dubai holiday package and set off to this land that has everything to offer.


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Illinois State Recommends No Tuition Increase for Fall
Published at 6:06 am on March 30, 2017
Incoming Illinois State University students this fall won't pay more to attend the school than last year's freshman class if the board of trustees follows an administration recommendation.
School President Larry Dietz said Wednesday not calling for a tuition increase despite the ongoing Illinois budget impasse is a "little silver lining." He says the goal is to provide a sense of stability for prospective students and their families and rebuild their confidence in the state.
Dietz says record enrollment for three consecutive years is a factor in the decision. He says tuition revenue has helped Illinois State remain "strong and stable." However, he says the university still needs state funds.
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If the recommendation is approved, new students would pay the same rates as students who started at ISU last fall — $370.35 per credit hour.
The board meets May 12.


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The sky-high price of gold has triggered a modern gold rush in Peru that's poisoning the Amazon and its people.
This reminds me a lot of the slaughter of elephants and rhinos in Africa. I can barely think about that and still function as a person. This feels equally as terrible in it's own way. Economics are a central component of both situations.
When I think about solutions, one of the primary issues I see that can help is to elevate the opportunities for people in poorer countries. We have our own battle to wage here for the poorer people in this country, but both can happen simultaneously. The answers are not straightforward in any way, but bringing it to the forefront is always the first step. I would love to hear what ideas you have. Leave a comment or tweet/snapchat us.
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On Friday night, T-Mobile and Samsung pushed out an update to the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+. The update isn't necessarily major, but does weigh in at 280+MB and brings with it some additional tweaks.
For one, the update (G950USQU1AQFJ, G955USQU1AQFJ) brings June's Android security match. Yes, we're already 10 days into July, so this isn't exactly the most positive moment in Samsung's relatively decent security update history. The update also brings a tweak or two to the navigation bar, including the ability to hide it with a little dot off to its left (see image below), along with a really limited set of color options for it.
Additionally, the guys at Android Police are under the impression that this update may also break may of the Bixby remapper apps that had been previously working. That seems quite user hostile, no? I seem to recall a certain Samsung employee suggesting that the initial kill-job was fine because Android users always find another way. So much for that.
To grab the update, head into Settings>Software update.
UPDATE 2: T-Mobile has adjusted the wording after "Google Daydream capable" to include "with Google availability." In other words, the phone is ready for Daydream, we're just waiting on Google to press the green button.


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Theresa May has announced the Government's plans for the NHS in a speech covering issues including workforce, patient-focused care and childhood obesity.
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Dallas, Texas Valedictorian Rocks Pro-Choice Speech at Graduation [Video]
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Well, this is a bit more exciting than the graduation I went to.
Paxton Smith, the valedictorian of Lake Highlands High School in Dallas, Texas, took a shot and hit nothing but net. Smith had an approved speech, but she punted in favor of a very emotional three minutes about women's rights.
So what's crazy about this? Her mic was not cut off. She wasn't ushered off stage. She was, in fact, cheered for speaking out with the few minutes she was granted.
The video is like a scene from a movie. I've actually advanced it in the video below so you can jump right into the young lady's speech. You may not like what she has to say or even her choice of where to say it, but her bravery is something that everyone should aspire to.
I just attended a local graduation ceremony, and for over two hours I heard kids and administrators repeatedly talk about "challenges they've overcome" and vague references to "challenges in the future." There were no bold statements; there were no concrete ideas presented. It was as if all the approved speeches came from a B-level Disney movie. There was just nothing memorable said, and no real challenges made.
As a male, I feel I have zero right to comment on the topic she presented. I'm just here to applaud Paxton for being bold, for issuing challenges, for expressing real concerns, and for talking passionately about something that concerns her. This kid did more with her three minutes on stage than most people do in a lifetime.
LOOK: Milestones in women's history from the year you were born
Women have left marks on everything from entertainment and music to space exploration, athletics, and technology. Each passing year and new milestone makes it clear both how recent this history-making is in relation to the rest of the country, as well as how far we still need to go. The resulting timeline shows that women are constantly making history worthy of best-selling biographies and classroom textbooks; someone just needs to write about them.
Scroll through to find out when women in the U.S. and around the world won rights, the names of women who shattered the glass ceiling, and which country's women banded together to end a civil war.
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Nissan Kicks Deals Near Greeneville, TN
The widespread popularity of SUVs and crossover vehicles has created a jam-packed automotive segment. For those who love the style and versatility of SUVs but also like the fuel efficiency and easy driving dynamics of cars, a subcompact crossover may be just the ticket. But before you go wading through all the many models on the market, we invite you to take a closer look at one of the best ones out there and see what it has to offer: You'll quickly see that the Nissan Kicks has all the right stuff!
Stylish, sporty, and loaded with value, the Kicks is the total package for shoppers seeking an SUV that's small in size but big in all the ways that matter most: space, features, performance, and quality.
Not only does the Nissan Kicks come with an attractive price right from the start, but it also boasts remarkable mpg ratings that enhance its inherent value for as long as you drive it. And don't think that its budget-friendliness means the Kicks cuts any corners: This SUV sacrifices nothing while giving you the features you want, the safety you need, and the quality you deserve.
Keep reading to learn more about the Nissan Kicks and how this spirited little SUV is holding its own among pricier competitors in a highly competitive class. When you're ready to see for yourself what the Kicks can do, turn to Gateway Nissan to see what we have in store!
What's New in the 2021 Nissan Kicks?
The 2021 Nissan Kicks showcases some updated styling elements that are sure to impress. For starters, the front end gains sharper headlights, a bigger and bolder V-Motion grille, and more aggressive lines and angles. An expanded array of standard features is also on deck for the 2021 Kicks, with a larger 8-inch touchscreen infotainment display, additional active and passive safety equipment, and more.
Inside the cabin, you'll find supportive and comfortable seating for up to five, with ample legroom to go around. Materials are high-quality and durable, and you can upgrade with options like soft synthetic leather upholstery, heated front seats, and a leather-wrapped steering wheel.
The Kicks has earned praise for its generous cargo room - behind the rear row is 25.3 cubic feet of space, and if you're traveling with no passengers in the back, you can fold down the rear seats to access a maximum of 53.1 cubic feet. This is one way the Kicks is outshining many of its competitors.
Anchored by a user-friendly infotainment system, the technology offerings in the 2021 Kicks are impressive. Even the base model offers a lot of bang for your buck, and you can step up from there to one of the higher trims and find additions like automatic climate control, remote start, a premium audio system, and satellite radio. The Kicks also has its bases covered in terms of safety, with plenty of standard protective systems and available upgrades to round out your safety suite.
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The Nissan Kicks debuted on the North American market as a replacement for the Juke for the 2018 model year, and it gained instant praise for its budget-friendliness, comfort, and long list of technology features.
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The first major revisions in the 2021 Kicks included an expanded array of standard features as well as refreshed exterior styling elements including a larger and more dynamic grille and more aggressive angles.
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Old school Manchester boozer The Lass O'Gowrie now has a cinema room
Introduced as part of a six-figure refurb, the new mini cinema seats up to 20 for intimate screenings
Georgina Pellant - 18th August 2022
Scottish pub The Lass O'Gowrie has been a fixture on Manchester's Charles Street for over 170 years.
For most of that time, it's been something of an old-school Victorian boozer, serving the poor residents of its "Little Ireland" neighbourhood throughout the 19th century, and, more recently, the mix of students, city workers and academics that float down from nearby offices and campuses.
Already popular for its weekly open mic and quiz nights, the Greene King-owned pub has now added another string to its bow with the installation of a new mini cinema in its second room.
With a big screen, comfortable seats, and space to accommodate 20 people seated (or 35 standing), whilst the rest are in the main bar getting the pints in, film fans can catch intimate screenings of their favourite cult classics behind the scenes.
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Set to open for a mix of bespoke screenings and private sessions, the new mini cinema also has access to BBC and Sky Sports channels.
The dog-friendly pub has just undergone a six-figure refurb, with an upgrade to its 23-seat floating beer garden seeing the arrival of new seating, decking and fencing.
Read more: Festa Italiana 2022 – full line-up, opening times and how to get there
Elsewhere, new furniture, carpets/floors, lighting fixtures and artwork have been introduced to give the pub a 'new and improved urban feel.'
Bosses have also reintroduced its food offering, serving up crowd-pleasing classics like fish and chips and vegan-friendly Beyond Meat burgers.
Speaking on the pub's new look, Josh Murray, General Manager of Lass O Gowrie, said: "We couldn't be happier with phase two of the refurbishment and are really excited to be able to welcome our regulars and newcomers back through the pub's doors.
"Having received a full makeover both inside and out, the Lass O Gowrie has never looked better, and I speak on behalf of myself and the team when I say we can't wait to show it off"
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Die Batterie von Azeville war eine deutsche Artilleriebatterie aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg, die in der Nähe des französischen Dorfes Azeville im Département Manche in der Normandie errichtet wurde. Sie bildete einen Teil der deutschen Küstenbefestigung des Atlantikwalls und war während der Landung in der Normandie von Bedeutung. Sie beschoss den 15 km entfernten US-Landungsstrand Utah drei Tage lang nach dem D-Day am 6. Juni 1944. Die Batterie wurde am 9. Juni 1944 schwer bombardiert und fiel noch am selben Tag an die Amerikaner. Das Gelände befindet sich im Besitz der Gemeinde und in einer der Geschützkasematten der Batterie ist heute ein Museum untergebracht.

Konstruktion
Zwischen 1942 und 1944 errichtete die Organisation Todt mit 300 Zwangsarbeitern die Artilleriebatterie von Azeville als eine der ersten deutschen Verteidigungsanlagen an der französischen Küste. Zunächst wurden im Dezember 1941 vier französische 105-mm-Artilleriegeschütze aus dem Ersten Weltkrieg in offenen Schießschächten aufgestellt. Im Jahr 1943 wurden Kasematten (zwei H650 in Regelbau und zwei H671 (die H671 ähneln den H650, haben aber abgerundete Kanten)) zur Unterbringung der Artillerie gebaut. Kasematte Nr. 1 war vom Typ H671 und hatte ein 3,7-cm-Flakgeschütz auf dem Dach; Kasematte Nr. 2 war ebenfalls vom Typ H671 und beherbergte den Hauptgefechtsstand der Batterie. Kasematte Nr. 3 und Nr. 4 waren vom Typ H650 mit einem weiteren Flakgeschütz auf der Kasematte Nr. 4. Die vier Kasematten waren 40 m voneinander entfernt in einer Reihe aufgestellt.

Jede Kasematte war durch zwei Maschinengewehröffnungen geschützt, eine davon links vom Haupteingang. Jeder Bunker hatte einen Bereitschaftsraum für 12 Soldaten und verfügte über zwei Räume, in denen die Granaten und Ladungen für die Geschütze gelagert wurden. Für jede Artillerieeinheit gab es etwa 300 Schuss. Die Geschützscharten hatten einen Schwenkbereich von 120 Grad und waren in der Höhe um 35 Grad verstellbar. Die 105-mm-Geschütze hatten eine Reichweite von 12 km (7,5 Meilen). Auf jeder Seite des Geschützes befanden sich Löcher, in die verbrauchte Hülsen geworfen wurden. Die Geschützgrube hatte ein eigenes Filtersystem, um die Gase nach dem Abfeuern des Geschützes abzusaugen. Jedes Geschütz hatte eine Besatzung von 25 Mann. Die Flakgeschütze hatten eine Besatzung von fünf Mann.

Zusätzlich zu den Kasematten gab es Munitionsbunker, defensive Mörsergruben und mit Maschinengewehren bestückte Tobruks sowie ein Minenfeld. Die Bunker waren durch 700 m lange Tunnels miteinander verbunden. Die Garnison hatte keine Kaserne vor Ort und war in den umliegenden Dörfern untergebracht.

Die Lage der Artilleriebatterie erlaubte keine direkte Sicht auf die umliegenden Strände, und die Feuerleitung für die Geschütze in Azeville wurde vom Feuerleitbunker der 2 km entfernten Batterie von Crisbecq übernommen. Die Bunker waren durch gepanzerte Kommunikationsdrähte miteinander verbunden.

Die Außenwände der Kasematten waren so bemalt, dass sie wie lokale Gebäuderuinen aussahen.

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Die Batterie war mit 170 Offizieren und Männern der 2. Kompanie des Heeresküstenartillerie-Regiments 1261 (HKAA) besetzt. Der Kommandeur der Batterie war Hauptmann Hugo Treiber, der die meiste Zeit auf dem Beobachtungsposten der Batterie von Crisbecq verbrachte, während die Bewachung und der Betrieb der Artilleriebatterie von Azeville in den Händen von Leutnant Kattnig lag.

Landung der Alliierten
Vor der Landung in der Normandie wurde die Batterie häufig aus der Luft bombardiert, war aber am D-Day, dem 6. Juni 1944, noch einsatzbereit. In der Nacht vom 5. auf den 6. Juni 1944 wurde sie erneut von der amerikanischen Luftwaffe bombardiert. Die Batterie wurde zunächst von 20 Fallschirmjägern des 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment angegriffen, die in einem falschen Gebiet abgesprungen waren. Den deutschen Verteidigern gelang es jedoch, die leicht bewaffneten Amerikaner abzuwehren. Im Morgengrauen fuhr Hauptmann Treiber die kurze Strecke nach Crisbecq und überließ Leutnant Kattnig das Kommando.

Die vier 105-mm-Geschütze der Batterie bekämpften die alliierten Schiffe in der Nähe von Utah Beach und beschossen auch den Strand selbst während des gesamten Vormittags des D-Day. In Verbindung mit der Batterie Crisbecq behindert das Granatfeuer der beiden Batterien den Vormarsch der amerikanischen 4th Infantry Division. Die Artilleriebatterie wurde von den alliierten Schiffen beschossen, aber nur geringfügig beschädigt. Das von der USS Nevada eintreffende Feuer traf die Kasematte Nr. 4.

Eine Reihe deutscher Soldaten, die sich aus dem alliierten Brückenkopf bei Utah zurückzogen, suchten in der Batterie Schutz – etwa 250 deutsche Soldaten befanden sich jetzt in den Bunkern. Am Morgen des 7. Juni begann das amerikanische 22. Infanterieregiment der 4th Infantry Division einen Angriff auf die Artilleriebatterie von Azeville. Infanterie und Panzer näherten sich von Südosten her. Die Deutschen eröffneten das Feuer mit ihren 105-mm-Geschützen und wehrten den Angriff ab. In der Nacht vom 7. auf den 8. Juni versuchten die Amerikaner, die Batterien Azeville und Crisbeq zu umzingeln. Oberleutnant zur See Walter Ohmsen, der Kommandant von Crisbeq, forderte die Besatzung der Artilleriebatterie von Azeville telefonisch auf, das Feuer auf seine eigene Batterie zu richten, um die Amerikaner, die seine Batterie angriffen, zu vertreiben. Das daraufhin von Azeville abgegebene Feuer zwang die Amerikaner zum Rückzug, wobei sie 90 Gefangene zurückließen. In derselben Nacht griffen die Amerikaner die Artilleriebatterie von Azeville erneut an. Maschinengewehre und Flakgeschütze auf den Kasematten 1 und 4 beschossen die herannahenden amerikanischen Panzer und Truppen. Der amerikanische Angriff verpuffte.

In der folgenden Nacht vom 8. auf den 9. Juni beschoss das Schlachtschiff USS Nevada Azeville und setzte die Kasematte Nr. 1 außer Gefecht, wobei alle deutschen Besatzungsmitglieder getötet wurden. Am Morgen des 9. Juni folgte auf einen ersten Artillerie- und Panzerbeschuss ein Angriff des 1. und 2. Bataillons des 22nd Infantry Regiment. Die deutschen Verteidigungsanlagen wurden jedoch nicht ausgeschaltet. Die Amerikaner setzten Sprengkommandos ein, um den Eingang der Kasematte Nr. 1 zu sprengen. Der Vormarsch der Amerikaner wurde bemerkt und Leutnant Kattnig forderte Deckungsfeuer von Crisbeq an, um die Amerikaner zu vertreiben. Die nächste Taktik der Amerikaner war der Einsatz von Flammenwerfern auf Kasematte Nr. 1. Der Flammenwerfer wurde eingesetzt, um den Munitionsraum zu entzünden. Die daraus resultierenden Explosionen töteten alle Verteidiger des Bunkers.

Der schwer verletzte Leutnant Kattnig meldete sich beim Gefechtsstand von Crisbeq und bat um die Erlaubnis, sich zu ergeben. Um 14:30 Uhr gaben die verbliebenen deutschen Verteidiger die Batterie auf. Von den 253 Deutschen in der Batterie wurden 78 getötet, der Rest geriet in Gefangenschaft und eine kleine Gruppe entkam nach Norden.

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