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Divide Jerusalem? Fuhgeddaboudit!
Posted Wednesday, September 21, 2016 12:00 am
From left: Event chair Dr. Joseph Frager with Minister of Justice Ayelet Shaked, Ambassador John Bolton, event co-chair Dr. Paul Brody, and ZOA National President Morton Klein.
The Jewish Star / Ed Weintrob
Queens Assemblyman David I. Weprin brought a photo that pictures him with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin in 1981. Begin was referenced by several speakers, in anticipation of his upcoming 25th yahrzeit.
At Sunday's event featuring Ambassador John Bolton and Minister of Justice Ayelet Shaked, from left: ZOA National President Morton Klein; Rabbi Jacob Nasirov; NCYI First Vice President Yosef Poplack; event chair Dr. Joseph Frager; Trump Jewish Adviser David Friedman; event media coordinator Odeleya Jacobs; Bolton; event co-chair Dr. Paul Brody; activist Ken Abramowitz; Lawrence resident and philanthropist J. Morton Davis, who introduced Ambassador Bolton;event co-chair Drora Brody, and millennial representative Dana Brody, who introduced Shaked.
By Ed Weintrob
Israel's Minister of Justice Ayelet Shaked told a full house Sunday evening that the American-Israeli bond was "unbreakable and unshakable" and that the "importance of an undivided and unified Jerusalem" to the Jewish people meant that the nation's capital would never be divided.
"No terror attacks, no murder's knife, will erode the iron will of the people of Israel and prevent our beacon from shining its lights," she said during an event sponsored by the National Council of Young Israel in the Young Israel of Jamaica Estates.
"In the continuing struggle for the right to be a free people in our land, the light wins," she said. "Day after day the light overcomes the darkness," and the clearest proof of this victory is the growth of the Jewish population in Judea and Samaria.
Shaked shared the spotlight with former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton, ZOA National President Morton Klein, and several other speakers.
Klein said that use of the term "occupation" to describe Israel's role in Judea and Samaria was "Orwellian."
"There is no occupation. This is an Orwellian propaganda lie," he said, pointing out that most of the West Bank areas where Arabs reside are self-governing — or "occupied" by the Palestinian Authority.
As for Jerusalem, Klein debunked the myth that the city, always holy to Jews, was of like importance to Muslims.
"Jerusalem was the capital of Israel under King David 3,000 years ago. It was never the capital of any other nation except Israel throughout history," he said. "When the Arabs conquered Palestine in 716, they made Ramla the capital, not Jerusalem. … Since first census in the mid-1800 until 1948, the majority of people living in Jerusalem have been Jews."
"We Jews did not come as colonists," Klein added. "We came neither like the British imperialists nor like the French colonizers in Algeria, nor like the English and Dutch settlers in South Africa. We Jews did not come seeking a new continent, a new homeland. We came back to our own ancient Jewish homeland given to us by G-d Almighty King of the universe."
Bolton, who served at the U.N. under President George W. Bush, was a leader, while assistant secretary for International Organization Affairs at the Department of State under the first President Bush, in the successful effort to rescind the United Nations resolution from the 1970s that had equated Zionism with racism.
With repeal, "I thought we made progress," Bolton said on Sunday. But it became "very clear very soon that repealing that resolution didn't change anything."
Bolton painted a grim picture of crisis points around the world today.
He mocked those who ridicule the use of "disproportional force" since when we "bring to bear overwhelming power [we] save American lives."
It's "not strength that is provocative," Bolton said, "it's weakness that's provocative."
With Sunday's event occurring just a few days after the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, Shaked said that a "direct line connects the terrorists who planned and perpetrated the Sept. 11 attacks and terrorists who this year attacked innocents in Oralndo, in Jerusalem, in Paris, in Tel Aviv, in Istanbul, in Brussels and in Kiryat Arba.
"The hate is the same blazing hate, the aim is the same aim, to harm whoever thinks, dreams or prays differently from them."
The enthusiastically pro-Israel and pro-American rally opened with co-chair Dr. Paul Brody singing both the U.S. National Anthem and Hatikvah.
The event strayed onto political grounds when J. Morton Davis of Lawrence suggested that he might not trust a hot-tempered Donald Trump with the "button," and Trump Jewish Adviser David Friedman spoke for several minutes promoting his candidate.


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Impact and learning
Islamic fund created to secure food in Niger
By: Wagdy Sawahel
By Wagdy Sawahel
A group of Islamic states have approved a five-year US$370 million fund to help combat desertification and dwindling agricultural output in Niger.
The fund was announced at a two-day international Islamic donors conference held in Doha, Qatar, last week (12–13 June), organised by the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) and the government of Niger.
Out of the US$370 million, Qatar alone has donated US$91 million.
Brunei, Libya and Malaysia have donated undisclosed amounts.
The fund, to be managed in Niger, will support projects in sanitation, the environment and water as well as increasing food production through improving agriculture and irrigation.
Small-scale farmers will be assisted to adapt to drought conditions by initiating forest regeneration activities, designed to help restore soil fertility in degraded land and protect arable land from wind erosion.
Technology and knowledge transfer from more developed African countries will also be promoted, along with organising training programmes to enable scientists to tackle desertification.
"In 25 years, Niger will be covered by desert. Unless we do something now to stop desertification, an estimated three million people will be risking their lives in the next few years," assistant secretary-general of the OIC, Atta El-Manan Bakhit, said at a press conference in Doha.
Niger was invaded by locusts during the 2004 crop season, and the following season was hit by severe drought and disastrous harvests that have left an estimated 3.6 million people short of food.
Barage Moussa, an agricultural biotechnologist at the Niger-based Abdou Moumouni University, welcomed the news, telling SciDev.Net the fund is a good example of south-south cooperation in securing funds for sustainable development.
"Instead of waiting for the partially empty promises made to Africa by members of the G8 countries, developing countries must stand on their own feet by establishing their own funding mechanisms," said Moussa.
Moussa added that as 80 per cent of Niger's population relies on agriculture in the five-month rainy season, the new fund must focus on a long-term strategy for agricultural development by initiating programmes for producing drought, climate change and high temperature-resistant crops.
Local people 'vital to preventing desertification'
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Asia Pacific vows to eliminate measles, rubella by 2023
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Q&A: WHO's chief scientist rises above her father's legacy
Asia Pacific countries failing on UN development goals
Eliminating malaria demands quality drugs
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Asia on alert as highly destructive fall armyworm spreads
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Bulk of Himalayan glaciers could vanish by 2100
North-South research partnerships need to be equal

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Studies measure the financial impact of arts in KC – KansasCity.com.
Organizations generated $273 million, supported 8,346 jobs in the five-county area in 2010.
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I've set up cbox.org with the same nameserver settings as commonsinabox.org. Pending agreement from the team, I think we should set up cbox.org as the main URL for our Commons In A Box site (currently commonsinabox.org). Let's wait a day or two to see whether any members of the team object, and then if not, let's make cbox.org the main URL. I think that everything just needs to be set up on the server/dashboard side.
When I visit cbox.org, I see a white screen. How is the domain currently set up? ping shows me that it goes to the correct IP, but I don't see anything in httpd.conf that suggests that it should work. André, is this in your domain?
Attached is a screenshot of what's on the host records; anything I need to change there?
If we need to raise a ticket with the GC temporary sys admins, please let me know.
OK, I wasn't sure of the effective date.
Yes. Because I don't have root access, we'll need someone to create a vhost entry for cbox.org before moving forward.
Okay - I've made the request and will let you know what I hear.
Okay, IT has resolved this -- cbox.org now redirects to commonsinabox.org. Is that the way we want it, or do we want cbox.org to be the default domain?
The way they've set it up seems to be a bit off. Requests to cbox.org/foo are redirecting to commonsinabox.orgfoo - the slash after the .org is not being added. I tried fixing this with an .htaccess rule, but it looks like the change is happening at the level of apache config, so it's out of my control.
Is that the way we want it, or do we want cbox.org to be the default domain?
The latter will mean a fair amount of work to rewrite all addresses in the database and change the necessary WP configuration. But it's your call.
Okay - pinged IT on the first issue. We can leave the second as-is.
Looks like redirects are occurring as they should. If we want to switch the primary URL to cbox.org at some point, let me know and I'll draw up a plan.


Domain validated SSL certificates (DV SSL) is server security certificates that provide the lowest level of validation available from commercial certificate authorities. Before a DV SSL certificate can be issued, the issuing certificate authority will verify that a contact at the domain in question approves the certificate request. This approval is usually done by email, but can also be done via telephone or through alternate methods. Because DV certificate issuance can usually be automated, DV certificates are often offered at prices much lower than High-Assurance or EV SSL certificates, both of which require a degree of the human element in the certificate issuance process and additional organizational validation processes. Encryption, validation of domain control and padlock in the browser are issued in minutes.


Just because Labor Day has come and gone, doesn't mean that summer has to officially end. For us, summer isn't over until it breaks 80 degrees.
The calendar can say it's fall all it wants, but until we start breaking out those fall booties, we're going to be living it up like it's July for another few weeks. And that means spiked lemonade, tequila-infused watermelon juices and grapefruit-flavored concoctions.
We're mourning the end of summer with these 33 refreshing cocktails. Scroll through below to see what we're sippin' on!
Blanco Tequila – 2 oz.
Fresh Lime Juice – 1 oz.
In a large pitcher or punch bowl with plenty of ice combine the fruit juices.
Pour the Ruffino Prosecco over top. Garnish generously with sliced citrus and pomegranate seeds.
TIPS: For best flavour use freshly pressed juices as available. Ruffino Sparkling Rosé is a great choice for this recipe too.
Shake all ingredients, except soda water. Pour shaker contents into highball glass with salted rim.
Place Casa Noble, lime juice, pineapple juice, and simple syrup into shaker with ice.
Strain into glass; top with soda and bitters.
In a glass with ice, combine the listed ingredients.
Stir and add pomegranate seeds, as desired.
Fino Sherry - .75 oz.
Simple Syrup - .5 oz.
Add ice, bourbon, lime juice, simple syrup, and WTRMLN WTR Tart Cherry to a cocktail shaker and shake well.
Pour contents into a chilled cup with additional ice.
Add muddled cherries and top with sparkling water.
Enjoy in the fresh air with friends.
Add 125 g of hibiscus, 2 cups of sugar, and 2 cups of water in a pot and heat to boiling point.
Once boiled, let the solution simmer for 20 min.
Infuse the triple-sec with jasmine green tea for 20 mins, using 2 tea bags per pint.
Jasmine honey can be store bought or homemade. To make at home, add a cup of dry jasmine buds per cup of honey. Infuse to taste.
Mix infusions with JAJA Reposado tequila in a shaker. Add ice, pour over glass.
Garnish drink with star anise and jasmine buds. Enjoy!
Measure ingredients and shake vigorously. Fine strain in a cocktail glass and serve.
Recycled coffee liqueur: After brewing coffee, take the grounds and add them in 2 cups of vodka. Let sit for 12 hours and filter 3 times. Add 3.5 ounces and stir until sugar is dissolved. Bottle in a heated bottle and keep in a cool and dark place. Keep for 6 months.
Fill Moscow mule mug with ice.
Pour in muddled berries and vodka and fill with Brooklyn Crafted (roughly 6oz).
Garnish with blueberries and blackberries.
Combine the ingredients in a glass pitcher and let sit, refrigerated, for at least 4 hours – or preferably overnight, before serving.
Serve the vodka mixed with the berry water either shaken or served strained or combined over ice.
Combine all ingredients into a mixing glass with ice. Stir until cold, then strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice. Garnish with an orange twist.
Build ingredients in a Cidre wine glass with ice, stir.
Garnish with a grapefruit twist, sip slowly, and enjoy.
Mount Gay Black Barrel – 1.5 oz.
Lime Juice – .75 oz.
Simple Syrup – .75 oz.
Ambient Pear Puree – 1 oz.
Add edible flowers to tea and freeze in a bread pan.
Combine other ingredients in a punch bowl.
Cut berries and add into punch.
Add all ingredients except sparkling water into a shaker tin.
Garnish with a grapefruit wedge seasoned with salt.
**Sage simple syrup- 1 cup sage leaves, 3cups of water, 3cups of sugar. Bring to a boil, reduce to simmer until it thickens.
In a cocktail shaker with ice combine all the ingredients, shake and serve over the rocks in glass.
Combine all ingredients except soda and stir to mix well.
Top with soda and garnish with lime wheels and edible flowers.
In a mixing tin, combine all of the ingredients, add ice, and then shake vigorously until properly diluted.
Next, strain the cocktail using a Hawthorne and fine mesh strainer into a coupe glass.
Finally, take a channel knife and cut a horsetail garnish from a fresh lemon, incorporate the lemon oil over the cocktail.
Place the garnish on the side of the glass, allowing some of the horsetail to fall on the side of the glass.
*A horsetail is a thin, fine, string-like piece of a fruit peel that is roughly 6-10 inches long.
Add all ingredients, save Ginger Ale, to a mixing tin.
Shake with ice and strain over fresh ice in a double old fashioned glass.
Garnish with a peach wedge or a lemon wheel.
Take off heat and drop in cloves. Allow to sit for 15 minutes.
Add sugar and stir until sugar is dissolved. Allow to cool to room temperature.
Strain out cloves. Bottle, label and date. Keep refrigerated.
Top with whipped cream, strawberry sauce, and fresh strawberries. Enjoy!
Add the Tequila Don Julio Blanco, seasoned watermelon juice and lemon juice to a cocktail shaker.
Strain the drink over fresh ice into a rocks glass.
Fill a tumbler glass with ice cubes.
Add gin and bitter bianco.
Top with grapefruit juice and soda water.
Give the glass a gentle stir and garnish with a thin wedge of pink grapefruit.
Muddle grapes in a cocktail shaker, add remaining ingredients, and shake well.
Combine all ingredients in glass, garnish and enjoy.
In a glass full of ice, Combine Prosecco followed by Aperol in equal parts.
Finish with a raspberry garnish.
Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add the whiskey, blood orange juice, lemon juice, agave nectar, and bitters.
Strain and pour into a cocktail glass filled with fresh ice and top with Pink Grapefruit Sparkling Ice.
Garnish with a thyme sprig and serve.
Pour over crushed ice into a Collins glass or your favorite Tiki mug.
Serve with banana slices and orange wedges.
Combine water, sugar, and lavender blossoms in a small saucepan.
Bring to a boil, stirring until sugar dissolves. Simmer on low heat for 1 minute.
Remove from heat and let syrup steep, about 30 minutes.
Strain syrup through mesh strainer into jar. Let cool. Store in fridge for up to 2 weeks.
Cut ½ lemon into wedges. Slice remaining half for garnish.
In the bottom of a cocktail shaker, crush using muddler.
Add Fonseca Siroco dry white port and simple syrup.
Add ice and cover with cocktail topper.
Shake well. Pour into glass. Garnish (optional). Enjoy!
Top off with lemonade. Garnish with lemon and/or mint.
Build ingredients in a shaker, shake and strain into a tall glass over crushed ice.
Garnish with a mint bouquet and lime wedge dusted with nutmeg.
And for more happy hour inspiration, watch the video above!


This page presents the history of ALG (Advanced Landing Groud) A-5, used by the 9th United States Air Force during the Battle of Normandy.
– 404th Fighter Group (506th Fighter Squadron, 507th Fighter Squadron, 508th Fighter Squadron) using P-47 Thunderbolt.
The ALG A-5 has a singularity concerning its name. Known most often as "Chippelle", this aerodrome is located north-east of Cartigny-l'Epinay, near the place called "Le Lieu Chipel". Like the name Pointe du Hoc, renamed "Pointe du Hoe" by the Americans because of a typo, the Allies only retain the name of Chipel they turn into "Chippelle" thereafter. An appellation that has remained in the history.
This aerodrome serves as a base for the 404th Fighter Group.
– Memorial stele in the church of Saint-Martin-de-Blagny.
– Memorial stele along the road linking Cartigny-l'Epinay to Livet's farm.


What is Bicep Tendonitis and How Is It Treated?
Dr. Walter G. Stanwood: Sometimes in my office patients come in with complaints of pain around the biceps near the elbow, sometimes those complaints, well, seemingly at the biceps can actually be part of a lateral epicondylitis-type picture or a medial epicondylitis picture, which have the lay terms of tennis' elbow and golfer's elbow respectively. All three of them, frankly, can be managed without surgery in the vast majority of patients. Here at the office, we have physical therapy. We can plug you in with them. We can do cortisone injections if needed. Banding has also been used in the lateral epicondylitis and medial epicondylitis.
It's debatable whether or not they help. I think we have an evolution in our thinking around epicondylitis and that we used to do more surgery for it. There's an evolving idea that this is part of passing through middle life. And as long as we can help you manage the symptoms and maintain a quality of life, your body will work itself out and the pain will abate ultimately.


There is a popular adage that one always leads to another. This seems to be true as I had ventured to reflect on the "Two States" by Chetan Bhagat. Now I happened to read a virtuoso performance on the banana leaf in another blog which inspires me to place this blog on this site.
The author has made a wonderful description of the skills required to manouvre the fluids such as rasam, curds, buttermilk etc from reaching the boundaries of the leaf while savouring the goodies on the same receptacle with a fan overhead trying to blow away the favourite appalam while the silk sari vies for attention by ensuring the sweat on the brow. The description took me down the memory lane where I recollected the recipes rattled by dear Appuswamy, the efforts of arranging a wedding at Washington as well as wonder as to whether our own Foodie of the day has attempted this feat. I must admit to have a sneaking admiration for the Foodie of Times Now channel who adds the true flavour to the Cyrus Broacha shows of The news that Wasn't by giving outrageous performances. The travel did take me to my own battles with the food on the banana leaf. The banana leaf was rivalled by a poorer cousin which was round in shape and was in fact a collection of about eight to ten leaves held together by small sticks. These leaves were also popularly used by people to serve the tiffin in functions or at hotels as well as to steam the much revered idlis. The Salem merchants had come up with another novelty of crafting a stainless steel plate with embedded cubicles. In fact, it would amaze some that I still treasure a stainless steel plate which has cup shaped receptacles much like the ones used in some restaurants or darshinis wherein the liquids could be safely contained while one could leisurely chew at the food laid out. All this when I am not one of the favourites of any reasonably good chef with a sane head on his or her shoulders. The reason being my ineptitude to do any justice to the fare laid out.
As I visualise people heaving sighs at the number of feasts I have given a miss only to ensure that I do not become a cynosure for the abysmal performance, another incident came to my mind which would set anyone thinking.
We had the privilege of being the neighbour of a native of Tumkur district who believed that they were the best in terms of purity and emphasised that they were above "even Brahmins". We used to be in awe of her peerage though I must admit that in retrospect the smart lady had ensured that none question her caste credentials by invoking such a pristine position. Imagine a catastrophe striking a person of such a noble lineage. What else it could be than that her brother who chose to marry a person outside their caste more so which was considered much lower in the name of love? All offences had been committed at one go by this superbrat but the noble lady would still host a feast for the young couple. The nobility thus displayed was greeted by tears of this errant brother. One marvelled at the tears of joy and gratitude that welled in the eyes of the guest who had sacrificed his noble lineage at the altar of marriage.
It was much later that one was enlightened that the serving of the meal had taken place on the round congregation of leaves. Banana leaves after all a costly affair, one thought. But how was one to know that if a close relative of this noble community was served a luncheon on the leaf then it amounted to humiliation as per their tradition.
If this is the tale between Tumkur and Bangalore what could be the difference between Punjab and Tamil Nadu would be anyone's guess. It is for nothing that one says that India revels in its diversity.
My heart goes out to those Punjabis who are adept at tearing of a portion of the paratha held in the left hand by the right hand and gulping it with ado as much as it goes out to the Tamilian who believes that the left hand has sinned and should never be seen to as much as touch his much privileged leaf. While rasam of South and the kulchas of the North vie with each other we do have the binding force in the dal albeit cooked differently. If you disagree cruise along in a houseboat on the Dal lake to set the appetite on fire.
wonderful discussion on the plates and the palates :) well it made me get out of the seat and go for lunch :)... the way it was expressed made me really visualise the entire thing..


Internal process system proposed to CIFF (Cairo International Film Festival), the study in Arabic language since the customer operates under the Egyptian Ministry of Culture.
The story begins after 2 years of collaboration with CIFF internal team. We have collected tremedous amount of insights, which braught us to propose this tailored system to reduce cost by saving information in an organized manner, avoid duplicating efforts by their team, and enabling statistics for the first time.


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Chelsea £325,000 a-week star keen on to join Serie A giants on permanent basis
Romelu Lukaku has confirmed that he is determined to secure a permanent return to Inter Milan during this summer's transfer window.
The 29-year-old initially represented Inter between 2019 and 2021, scoring 64 goals in 95 appearances during two successful seasons with the Italian giants.
Lukaku completed a return to Chelsea in the summer of 2021, but he found it difficult to show his best form for the Blues, only managing 15 goals during an underwhelming campaign.
The Belgium international returned to Inter on loan in July, but it has been a frustrating season for the forward due to injury, only managing two goals and one assist in five appearances.
As it stands, Lukaku will be back at Stamford Bridge this summer, but the striker is hopeful that he can secure a permanent move back to San Siro.
"I spoke to Chelsea about my relationship with the coach and I decided to come back to Inter. Things went very fast and I'm happy. I hope to stay at Inter, Inter for me is everything. But we need to find a way with Chelsea," Lukaku told Sky Sports Italia.
Inter CEO Giuseppe Marotta recently urged Lukaku to "find the right condition" amid a frustrating period for the centre-forward.
"Lukaku loves Inter and we've learned it by spending many days with him," Marotta told Sky Sports Italia.
"We expect something important, he is dealing with a muscle issue, but now he has fully recovered and needs to get back in shape. He must find the right condition."
Meanwhile, Inter president Steven Zhang added: "It's football and during games, there are ups and downs. We are confident and sure that he is working hard.
"He needs no pressure, we wait and we are sure he will give an amazing performance in the second half of the season."
Lukaku represented Belgium at the 2022 World Cup despite his injury problems, but he only made two group-stage appearances against Morocco and Croatia, missing a host of chances in the goalless draw with the latter at the start of December.
The striker is in line to represent Inter in their next Serie A contest with Napoli on January 4.


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Economy of Korea may refer to:

Economy of South Korea
Economy of North Korea

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Allergic rhinitis is a reaction that occurs when your child breathes in something they are allergic to, like dust, dander or pollen. Sometimes, allergic rhinitis is called hay fever.
There are two types of allergic rhinitis.
Occurs mostly during pollen seasons.
Doesn't usually develop until after 6 years of age.
At Boston Children's, allergy disorders are tackled by a team approach, coordinating care with immunotherapy, behavior modification and investigational therapies. In addition, we offer numerous workshops and one-on-one consultations to help you and your child learn to live with chronic rhinitis. Boston Children's is widely recognized as one of the world leaders in allergy and immunology treatment and research.


Today's business has to be concerned about more variables than ever. Companies that depend on their supply chain, and those that distribute goods, need to be able to rely on their management to coordinate efficient and effective business. In the past, business moved slower, and the management of a supply chain was done by a department of people. Today, the process is significantly more streamlined. Today, we'll take a look at contemporary supply chain management and how thorough logistics can be a real difference maker.


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Making good progress with the Energiewende
Making good progress with the Energiewende, © dpa/picture-alliance)
The first Government monitoring report entitled "Energy of the future" shows that Germany's Energiewende – the transformation of its energy system – is on course.
As part of the "Energy of the future" monitoring process, the German Government takes stock of progress made with the Energiewende each year.
Transforming the energy system is a major challenge, but it also opens up immense opportunities. It breaks new ground in many areas. This is why it is important for it to be monitored closely and continuously. And it is why the German Government established the monitoring process. The annual report, compiled jointly by the Federal Economic Affairs Ministry and the Federal Environment Ministry, highlights the progress made towards meeting the targets and takes stock of the steps taken to implement the pertinent political decisions.
A detailed progress report will be published every three years from 2014. It will be based on data from several years, as used in the monitoring report, and will provide an opportunity for more detailed analysis. The monitoring process has scientific support – an independent commission comprising four renowned energy experts has been set up to advise the ministries.
Successes to date
The German Government set itself a number of ambitious targets for the Energiewende, not least in its Energy Concept of 2010. The first report, for the 2011 reporting year, shows that the Energiewende is progressing well in all key areas:
Energy consumption is declining. It decreased significantly in 2011 despite a considerable rise in economic activity (‑4.9 percent). Gross electricity consumption in 2011 was around 1.5 percent below the level of the previous year and 2.1 percent lower than in 2008. However, the comparatively mild temperatures had a positive influence on both developments.
All in all, Germany's expansion of renewable energies is on track. In 2011, the share of renewables in gross final energy consumption rose to over 12 percent. In the electricity sector the expansion of renewable energies has exceeded the minimum target. In 2011 the renewables' share in gross electricity consumption surpassed the 20 percent mark for the first time, and in the first half of 2012 their share was around one quarter.
The reduction in greenhouse gas emissions which has been achieved is well within the range set by the German climate change targets. By 2011 an overall reduction in greenhouse gas emissions of 26.4 percent against 1990 levels had been achieved.
Electricity supplies remain reliable in Germany, despite the shutdown of eight nuclear power stations. However, the grid in southern Germany is under strain. For this reason the latest revision of the Energy Industry Act contains new legal provisions for securing power plant reserve capacities. The foundations have already been laid for speeding up grid expansion.
Measures to implement the Energiewende
Even if we have made good progress, we still have a long way to go. Major efforts are still needed to achieve the ambitious energy and climate targets. Even better use must be made of potential efficiency savings in order to reduce energy consumption in all sectors. Renewables must be further expanded, and the fleet of power stations restructured in a way that guarantees energy security. And lastly, we must push ahead with grid expansion.
Some 160 measures have been launched since the adoption of the Energy Concept. Many of them were implemented quickly. In particular,
the foundations were laid for coordinated grid planning and for accelerating planning and licensing procedures,
measures were taken to improve investment security with respect to offshore wind farms and to improve coordination with regard to grid expansion,
options for market and system integration of renewables have been improved and tariffs for photovoltaics reduced,
more funds have been made available for improving the energy efficiency of buildings, and
support for efficient heat-power cogeneration has been made more attractive.
The German Government has established effective structures and work flows for steering and coordinating the transformation of the energy system, which ensure broad participation by all stakeholders. Key elements include a steering group at state secretary level, biannual energy summits between the Federal Chancellor and the Minister-Presidents of Germany's regions, regular consultations with the regions and a dialogue with various other stakeholders through the grid platform, the power plant forum and the renewable energies platform.
Overview "Economy"


Stingray was a steel flying roller coaster located at Giant Wheel Park of Suzhou in Wuzhong, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China. The ride had a vertical lift hill, opened in 2009 and closed in 2018.
Single train with 2 cars. In each car, riders are arranged 4 across in a single row for a total of 8 riders per train.
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Check out a cool Tesla expo with a torn-down Model S and other EVs
The Petersen Automotive Museum has opened a new exhibition titled '"Inside Tesla: Supercharging the Electric Revolution'. The floor is dedicated to all kinds of electric cars – not just from Tesla and not just the mass-produced ones, either.
Among other highlights, the visitors may check out a vintage 1908 Columbia Victoria Phaeton electric carriage, a battery-powered AC Propulsion tZero that inspired Elon Musk to launch his electric car business back in the 2000s, and the Lotus Elise that later provided the basis for the Tesla Roadster.
Another highlight is a ceiling-mounted projector located next to the roadster prototype, which projects various skeptical quotes of major media personalities and experts onto the floor of the exhibit. Despite being barely a decade old, it is already clear as day that these predictions had aged like fine milk.
Other noteworthy sights to be found in the museum include a disassembled Tesla Model S suspended from the ceiling, prototypes of the Roadster II, Cybertruck, Cyberquad and Semi, the millionth Model Y produced and the formidable Model S Plaid that set a new North Loop record.
Also on display are a robot known as Tesla Optimus and an exhibit dedicated to The Boring Company, Elon Musk's other company currently specializing in building underground tunnels for self-driving electric vehicles. The innovative mode transportation is already being used in select U.S. cities and a few other countries.
Rest your eyes on these sublime Bugatti Mistral photos from Tokyo
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Macao's new CE: 'One country' is premise of 'two systems'
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Ho Iat-seng speaks after being elected at the Macao East Asian Games Dome, Macao, Aug 25, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]
The Macao Special Administrative Region's chief executive-designate Ho Iat-seng vowed to strictly uphold the "one country, two systems" principle, emphasizing "one country" is the premise of "two systems".
Ho made the remarks during a recent exclusive interview with Radio the Greater Bay when he visited the China Media Group in Beijing. Radio is the nation's first radio station dedicated to residents of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
During the interview, Ho pledged to strictly carry out the "one country, two systems" policy without any distortion or alteration.
To understand that, it is important to understand where our powers come from, Ho said.
Macao people's rights and the executive, legislative and judicial power of the Macao SAR have all been empowered by the city's Basic Law, which is mandated by the nation's constitution, Ho said.
Knowing that, Macao could fully apply the principle and avoid actions crossing the bottom line of national sovereignty, Ho said.
He also noted that to ensure the successful practice of the "one country, two systems", it's necessary to make good use of the advantage of "two systems" by leveraging Macao's unique strengths.
The Greater Bay Area blueprint, which comprises the Macao and Hong Kong Special administrate regions and nine other cities from South China's Guangdong province, has positioned Macao as a world-class tourism and leisure center, a commerce and trade cooperation service platform between the country and Portuguese-speaking countries, and a base for exchange and cooperation where Chinese culture is the mainstream and diverse cultures coexist.
Ho pledged to well play the roles to live up to the nation's unswerving support.
In the meantime, the CE-designate also vowed to seek new breakthroughs in achieving a more diversified economy by proactively engaging in the nation's overall development.
In the past two years, progress has been achieved in the exhibition, retail and financial industries. Yet there is still some distance to the appropriate level of diversified economic development, Ho said.
Noting Macao is striving to meet the goal, He also hopes breakthroughs can be seen amid further integration into the nation's development, especially closer collaboration with Bay Area cities.
To accelerate the process, Ho called for more of Macao's young people to seek development opportunities on the Chinese mainland, a much-vaster market. Whether to expand businesses, or simply get a first-hand experience of the nation's development, going to the mainland is a matter of course, said Ho.
Ho will be sworn into office on Dec 20 at a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of Macao's return to China.
Ho was elected the fifth-term chief executive of the Macao SAR on Aug 25, garnering 392 votes from the 400-member Election Committee. On Sept 11, Premier Li Keqiang handed Ho a State Council decree to officially appoint him as the new CE-designate of Macao SAR.
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My winter break began the same as any other. I trekked five hours through holiday traffic to Melbourne to spend the traditional warm and sunny Florida Christmas with my family.
Christmas Eve we stuffed ourselves with homemade lasagna and southern comfort cake that made the whole house smell like heaven. We spent Christmas morning opening presents in our PJs and ended the night with our bellies full of ham and arguments with my brother in the movie theater lobby over whether we'd see Sisters or Star Wars: The Force Awakens. I felt the holiday spirit as I spent the short week and a half I had off of work with my family.
And yet, a strange feeling hung in the background of our small family holiday. The light tugs in the bottom of my stomach returned this break. I've felt that tug before, after my first move away freshman year.
This time, however, it felt different: A reverse homesick. I felt homesick for Tallahassee. Since moving away, my brother now resided in my old room, and I slept in the newly deemed guest room under the old, faded blue comforter. I stared up at empty, undecorated walls and longed for my Tallahassee apartment, away from a house crammed with more people than beds. Don't get me wrong; I love spending time with my family and visiting Melbourne. But this break, my family became the only real reason I had to stay.
I stared down at my phone in my hand. The flashing cursor blinked up at me. It was then that I realized that I didn't have "a squad" in Melbourne anymore.
I once had my handful of high school friends with whom I spent most of my adolescent time. Despite the sleepy, less-than-exciting reputation of Melbourne, we always found something fun to do when we were together. We strolled the beach late at night with sand between our toes and got ice cream at our favorite soft serve place.
After graduating high school, we began to drift apart. We tried to stay friends as long as we could. We promised to see each other on our weekend trips home, and for a while we did meet up over lunch when we were all in town, talking about our new schools or the crappy part-time jobs we acquired just to pay rent.
As time passed, we cancelled plans more and more until we no longer bothered answering each other's text messages. That was it. Aside from my parents and brother, I no longer felt any emotional connection to a place that I once called home.
I felt guilty when I first recognized my reverse homesickness for Tallahassee. I thought I should always feel some kind of pull toward the place I grew up, but I just don't anymore. I soon realized that there's nothing wrong with leaving your hometown behind you. I found a new home at FSU; that's just a part of growing up. Reverse homesickness is a weird feeling, but it's also a grown up one. You can't stay rooted to home forever or you'll never be able to let yourself leave.
Melbourne still holds a special place in my heart; nothing can change that. But late nights in Tallahassee watching bad horror movie sagas with my girls and bonfires where we stuff our faces with s'mores reside across the state from me now, nestled somewhere in the rolling, green hills of Florida State University: My new home.
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The Theological Challenge of Globalization
by Max L. Stackhouse
At the time this article was written, Max L. Stackhouse taught at Andover Newton Theological School, Newton Centre, Massachusetts. He subsequently taught at Princeton Theological Seminary.
A longer version of this article was presented at a conference on "World Order and American Religion" at Amherst, Massachusetts, which was supported by the Lilly Endowment. This article appeared in The Christian Century, May 3, 1989, pp. 468-471. Copyright by The Christian Century Foundation; used by permission. Current articles and subscription information can be found at www.christiancentury.org. This article prepared for Religion Online by Ted & Winnie Brock.
The shock of deprovincialization makes us aware that Christianity is not the only great religion. Isolated ignorance of other faiths is both socially irresponsible and religiously foolish.
Globalization is a term frequently encountered in theological circles these days. It arises from the recognition that the world is shrinking, and that tomorrow's clergy and communities of faith will encounter a new dimension of pluralism. Cross-cultural experiences of a radical kind are increasingly a part of our everyday experience.
Globalization is in this sense a fact. But the term also points to an unrealized project: making our theological perspective large and supple enough truly to comprehend the social and religious pluralism of the globe. I want, then, to identify three distinct dimensions of globalization: the experience of deprovincialization, the fact of internationalization and the search for universality.
Part of the puzzlement and confusion of globalization comes from the shock of deprovincialization. For those who have had little exposure to anything but a specific religious tradition or a denominational faith, or a religionsaturated local or national culture, an introduction to world religions and to cosmopolitan cultures makes certainties less stable. Over the centuries, theological education itself has introduced generations to aspects of tradition or biblical history that manifest shifting accents, multiple meanings and constantly. revising patterns of piety and practice. However, modern historical and developmental views, including theories of progress, have allowed historical variety to be absorbed without strain on mind or soul or social imagination.
Today, deprovincialization occurs less often through immersion in classical texts than through immediate exposure. Islam is on TV, Hinduism is in the religious section at the bookshop, Confucians are members of the PTA. The daughter of a church member marries a Buddhist, a relative converts to Judaism, a lay leader in the church becomes fascinated with the Samurai sense of duty to a corporate unit—which threatens both his sense of the superiority of the Protestant ethic and his job—while his wife signs up for yoga class and his son becomes a Marxist.
Ethnocentrism in faith is simply no longer possible. Those who did not learn from the "comparative religion" or "history of religions" scholars of the past two centuries that non-Christian religions were out there, and
were at least as subtle, coherent and devoutly held as anything homegrown, and those who did not learn from World War II and the decolonial period not to identify cultural-linguistic traditions with Christianity, are learning from contemporary cross-cultural exposures that many things thought to be unique are in fact quite common.
Each may have a preferred example. Consider this one: Christians might think that the dynamics of grace and faith in human salvation could only be worked out in Christianity—until they learn, for example, about the intricate, debates between the "cat doctrine" and the "monkey doctrine" in Bhakti Hinduism. The mother cat, wanting to save a kitten under threat, takes it by the scruff of the neck and moves it to a new place; the kitten is helpless by itself, although it trusts. In contrast, the baby monkey, hearing the warning cries of its elders, clings to the mother as she moves, and is thereby graciously saved. In the moment of true enlightenment, both movements occur.
The shock of deprovincialization makes us aware that Christianity is not the only great religion. This realization often ends, in students, with a tenuousness about what they do believe—an insecurity of faith, a doubt about the propriety of having strong convictions about anything, except as a purely personal commitment. The last thing anyone would ever want to do is to impose a view on someone else. Such an effect can bring about a proper modesty. It can also evoke a systematic loss of confidence that produces poor preachers with nothing to say beyond psychobabble or sociojargon. In mass cultures, a "wimp faith" also may evoke a militantly postured confidence—which we sometimes call "fundamentalism."
In scholars, deprovincialization takes a more subtle form. Often it appears in symposia about the relative incapacity of anyone to say much of anything with security about God, since everything we can say is a perspectival construal conditioned decisively by the sociohistorical situation from which one comes—a view that, oddly, always seems to be coupled with a plea to discuss the matter a lot more. Sometimes deprovincialization takes the form of inventive explorations of polytheism, with minimal wrestling with pertinent classical traditions. (It is intriguing, for instance, to see how little leading proponents of pluralism have engaged the doctrine of the Trinity, which long ago defined most of the problems of diversity and unity.)
Whatever we may think of these responses, however, the theological community today has come to substantive agreement on this point: isolated ignorance of other faiths is both socially irresponsible and religiously foolish. Max Mueller was surely correct when he said that whoever understands only one religion understands none.
Those who work in theological education are also aware, however, that we must also avoid intellectual or spiritual tourism—the tendency to explore the range and quaintness of the world's wondrous variety without asking about the truth-claims of various cultures, without attempting to discern the relative justice of alternative social practices, or without seeking commonalities that may overarch multiple lands and religions.
Beyond deprovincialization, beyond individual discovery of and wonder at variety and pluralism, is the fact of internationalization. This term points to the reality that some aspects of modernity have transcended national and cultural boundaries and require a new awareness of interdependency and new levels of commonality—aspects of which are likely to destroy much of the variety we have known and to produce new varieties of cross-cultural and transnational interaction.
Arend Van Leeuwen argued in his greatest work a quarter of a century ago, Christianity in World History, that the sociohistorical forces of technology, urbanization, democracy and human rights, as worldly effects of prophetic Christian presuppositions, were in fact spiritual forces in secular garb, bearing with them deep implications for social transformation. They would shatter all the particular ontocracies of hierarchy and traditionalism in Asia and Africa, as they had begun to do in the West. That would both open the horizon to evangelization and spur the development of a global community.
His views were severely criticized at the time and remained highly controversial for more than two decades; they may well be in need of modulation still. But subsequent developments suggest that he may not have been entirely misguided. As we face the 21st century, not only blue jeans and soft drinks are exported from the West to the exploding cities of the globe; technology is eagerly pursued wherever people can get access to it. By technology I mean not only machines or pills or techniques but the central praxis of modernity—the most consistent and self-consciously methodical way of using contemporary science to alter the natural order so that it will serve human desires and needs. The most remarkable thing about the international embrace of technology is that modern humanity has agreed with Christianity that we have a right, indeed a duty, to change the world—a notion many cultures do not swallow easily.
In South India, where I teach as often as possible, the racks at the front of the bookstores are no longer filled, as they were a scant decade ago, with volumes dedicated to the preservation of village life, or to the intellectual, cultural or social history of South Asia, or to the writings of spiritual and political leaders calling the people to overcome imperialism and colonialism. They are filled with books on technology, computers, management and business.
And in the villages, the rice paddies are plowed while transistor radios next to the field broadcast the changing prices of oil—which influence fertilizer and marketing costs—along with the latest pop music from all over the world. Oxen are still used for plowing, water may have to be carried from the tank, and pujahs are still said at the local shrine, but the oxen are tied with nylon rope, not hemp; the water is carried in plastic, not earthenware or brass, pots; and the donations for pujah are broadcast on a PA system. The young adults are not to be seen; they have gone to the city—to technical school if they are lucky, bright and have family support.
Nor are Indian farmers the only ones to be plunged into this technological, global society. Indiana farmers listen to the weather reports from Asia on transistor radios in their barns. The news shapes their purchase of fertilizer and their marketing also. Their sons and daughters have also left for the city, training to become technicians, computer experts, managers or engineers.
We need not rely only on examples from farming. Most news programs broadcast the changing prices on the stock exchanges of Tokyo and London as well as New York. The gold, bond and financial markets are global and continuous.
As important as such indicators of internalization are, more remarkable developments can be found in other sectors—developments that run entirely against the forecasts of the best minds of several decades. Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev has followed his earlier initiatives in reducing nuclear weapons by making two announcements of momentous import: economically, socialism does not work, and politically, democracy is the road to the future.
We do not know whether he will be able to lead the Soviet Union in new directions over the long haul. But it is more than remarkable that world leaders have celebrated his efforts by declaring the end of the cold war, and that both mixed-economy nations everywhere and socialist nations in developing countries are privatizing industry as fast as possible, as well as trying to reclaim democracy. What these and other developments appear to signal is the emergence both of new, interdependent, international structures for every sector of society, and of an international consensus about what the good society might look like in the 21st century—or, to be more modest about it, a temporary vision of what is not likely to work, and a willingness to adopt and adapt at least features of the West's technological, pluralistic, democratic capitalist experiment.
If this is so, internationalization poses the question of whether the United States as a nation has the depth of character to model and to guide what is likely to be, at least for a time, a global Pax Americana.
No civilization can endure for long if it is built on technological prowess, business acumen, political power, military might or, mass-culture artistry only. It may well be that no civilization can exist without those things; but peace cannot be established on these bases alone, and none of these can, by themselves, discern truth or assure justice. The various sectors of society depend, in the long run, on a deeper foundation—a religious orientation. That is what forms the cognitive and emotive skeleton to which the deepest loyalties of the people adhere, and on which institutions depend.
If it is the case that civilizations are, in their roots, dependent on the quality of religion, and if it is the case that America, by the cunning hand of Providence, has been thrust into the leadership of a global civilization, then we should attend to the question of whether the religion that guides us is genuinely universal.
For several reasons, theology in America is not fully prepared to address this question. Many of the structures of American life have been shaped by strands of Christianity deriving from the 16th century, a century divided against itself. Not only were "Roman" and "anti-Roman" parts of the church separated, but both sides contained a "protestant element" and a "reformation element. "
The one side is based on protest, on debunking false claims to universality in the name of particularity. This is a marvelous instrument to undercut pretense and expose fraud. It can demystify domination and exploitation. It gets us out from under pharaoh, from feudalisms, from slaveries, from patriarchies, from all the Babylonian captivities to which nations, empires and human hearts are heir. The tradition of protest, centered in freedom, is a great tradition, now allied, against its earlier intent, with the dynamics of the free market.
But it has a fatal flaw. It knows no other norm. It cannot, finally, order, reconstruct and build. The other side of American theology, and of the Reformation and of Christianity generally, is "form"—the recovery and actualization of a normative vision of eternal truth, justice or righteousness. Here lies the notion of moral law, based in some relatively secure knowledge of how, so far as humans can know these things, God wants things to be. This is the motif in our heritage that forms a covenant for those wandering in the wilderness, after the escape into freedom. This is the element that turns protest into reconstruction. According to Ernst Troeltsch, it transmutes the autonomy won in the struggle against heteronomy into the discipline and restraint of theonomy. According to Paul Tillich, it weds the "Protestant Principle" to "Catholic Substance. "
This element of re-formation is, however, in poor repair today—especially among ecumenically oriented Christians who, in principle, would seem to be the logical custodians of this heritage. This element contains presuppositions about which many have doubts. It contains, for example, the suggestion that, by the grace of God, humans have a serious capacity to recognize in scriptures, traditions or experiences what is universally true or false, just or unjust.
Further, it suggests that we ought, that we have a right and indeed that we have a duty, to draw our own freedom into a disciplined constraint, on a universalist basis even when, or perhaps especially when, we are not constrained to do so by others.
These two sides of our heritage have become split into opposing schools in much of contemporary thought—with one side protesting constrictive rationalisms of all sorts in the name of freedom, and the other resisting all plunges into historicist relativism. But in most serious theology and the best sociology of religion, the mutually rejecting tendencies of Dionysius and Apollo, or of Rousseau and Kant, or of faith and science, are not taken with ultimate seriousness. The deepest orthodox, the widest catholic, the most reformed, and the best New World theology sees not opposition but complementarity in the voluntarist and intellectualist dimensions of life. Today, in America, it will be enough to try to regain a decent balance.
It may be useful to conclude, then, by suggesting some guidelines for theology as we move toward the next, inevitably global, century. Above all, theology will have to engage in a quest for norms beyond freedom and beyond a description of how things are. But even more than that is needed, both for the sake of theology and for salvation of the world. We must ensure that:
1. Our theology is public. Our guiding faith must be based in moral realities beyond private interest and beyond the privileged insights of our unique historical experience. The public which it addresses and for which it speaks cannot be that of particularity alone. If we may draw elements from these, we have to indicate why we do so beyond the fact that they accord with our interests and experience; and the criteria for such assessments have to be open and accessible to those who are not part of the experience and do not benefit from it. "Public" attached to theology means "worldwide" in a normative sense, or it is simply political.
2. To this public, we can make a case for our faith, beyond merely the confession of it. We should not expect anyone to take us seriously if we cannot do this. The dogmatic method in theology is very useful in proclaiming the faith to those who already (or almost) believe it; but in a global society, we shall have to take up the apologetic method again. That is, we shall have to make the substantive case for that which we hold to be true in the face of those who really do not know, and cannot quite imagine, what we are talking about—especially if we expect our faith to have some bearing on how we conduct public business. That means that we shall have to enter into philosophical and cultural-linguistic systems other than our own and show in their terms that what we say makes sense, or that that system is in itself confused on its own terms, and that we are prepared to abandon our beliefs if they cannot make sense in other viable systems and hence are not universal in significance.
3. Our faith leads ethically to the formation of inclusive, compassionate communities beyond particular solidarities. Communities, for instance, based on class, caste and clan exclude any who are not of the "proper" physical condition—economically or genetically or sexually. They are, by definition, not universal, and are structured to resist universal equity and rights. They produce a pluralism, but it is a pluralism of exclusion, not of mutuality and care. Solidarities of interest may have temporary roles to play in some moments of life, but communities of compassion reach beyond them and break barriers that exclude persons from participation in the common life.
If these aspects of religion can be nurtured by theology into the conscience and character of America, it is likely that God—the only real basis of all that is universally true and just—will be served. And if these aspects are vital and alive in our interactions with the peoples of the world, and if we are called to global leadership, as is likely to be the case, we may assume this temporal vocation with fear and trembling, but perhaps also with a touch of grace.
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Milestone announce Monster Energy Supercross - The Official Videogame 4
Veteran racing developer Milestone (RIDE 4, MotoGP 20) have announced their latest riding sim, Monster Energy Supercross – The Official Videogame 4.
by Liam Andrews
Touted as the "most realistic Supercross video game" to date, Supercross 4 will feature a "faithful representation" of this year's Supercross season including eleven stadiums, seventeen tracks, and over 110 official brands for cosmetic and performance upgrades to both bike and rider. A track editor based on the official 2020 tracks will also allow players to create and customise their own courses.
Career mode has received a bit of a revamp in Supercross 4. Players are now able to begin their journey as an amateur rider in Supercross Futures events, before earning their place in the 250SX and 450SX categories where they'll be challenging the "biggest number of pro riders ever in franchise history."
Career mode will also feature a new skill system, with players able to upgrade their stats and performances via a skill tree. Skill points can be earned from races, training, competing in special events or by completing special objectives.
As well as online multiplayer there'll be co-op for up to four players, plus a new free-roam area based on the Islands of Maine where players can race against friends, compete in challenges or track down collectibles.
Monster Energy Supercross – The Official Videogame 4 is out 11 March for Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, PS5, and PC via Steam and Stadia.
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1980 en gymnastique - 1981 en gymnastique - 1982 en gymnastique

Les faits marquants de l'année 1981 en gymnastique

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François Poupart a gagné la médaille de bronze après avoir exécuté une très belle performance

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Q: Is this a good way to debounce a switch? There are plenty of debouncing circuits on the internet, but I couldn't really find one that fitted my needs / available parts, so I came up with my own, from what I had. There's nothing special about it, and it probably already exists, I just haven't come across it yet.
Here's the schematic:
schematic http://kepfeltoltes.hu/141017/debouncing_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.png
I guess it works with 5V as well, but I use this with my Raspberry Pi, which has 3.3V logic on the GPIO pins, that's why it says that on the schematic.
I went with the 330k and 100nF combo because I read that some switches can even have a 10+ ms bounce, so I really wanted to make sure this thing smoothes out everything. I don't need super fast switching, so this is fine for me. It makes both rising and falling edges very smooth. Also, it kind of inverts the switch: when it's open, the output reads high, and when you close it, it drops to 0V. But I'm good with that.
So I just wanted to know whether this is any good, or should I take a different approach? What do you think of it? Any advice maybe?
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I updated the circuit a bit based on your suggestions. I realized that the 220 ohm resistors were wasting current for nothing, so I replaced them with more appropriate values. Also, I went with 100k / 150nF for faster operation. I think that the 330k / 100nF was a bit of an overkill. As you can see, that would reach 1.8V (roughly the logic threshold for the Raspberry Pi GPIOs) in about 25ms. This new circuit takes about 10ms to reach that level, therefore allowing over 10ms of bouncing, which is enough for almost all switches, and still unnoticeable for a human.
Also, I know that I the transistor is redundant, but I already built it this way, so I'm leaving it in there.
schematic 2 http://kepfeltoltes.hu/141018/debouncing_v2_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.png

A: In your design, assuming you're using a common small signal NPN BJT (2n2222, BC547, 2n3904…), you're wasting about 20-30mA of current when the switch is closed. That is, about 10-15mA through the upper 220Ω resistor and 10-15 through the lower one.
In addition, driving the base of the transistor with 10mA or more in this situation makes no sense: using a 10KΩ base resistor and thus reducing base current makes the circuit behave almost in the same way.
That said, I would just avoid using the transistor, something like this should work:

simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
I kept your values for R1 and C1, so the cutoff frequency of the circuit is similar to yours. I.e., the GPIO pin will not 'see' changes of the switch above about 5Hz (well, simplistic and not completely exact: see Wikipedia - Low Pass Filters for detailed info).
R2 is used as pull-down resistor: it is useful because it clearly pulls the pin to ground when the switch is open. Its value isn't critical, something between 10 and 150KΩ should be ok.

A: Short answer, yes.
Long answer, yes and use a circuit simulator!
Green trace is the switch, blue is the debounced output.

A: So when you press the switch You turn On the transistor and when you release the transistor is cut-off.
So why use transistor in first place can't you just connect your switch instead of transistor.?
I mean Like this:

simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
(Don't care about component Values)

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Amaorican: School holidays starts tomorrow and I am sad about it.
School holidays starts tomorrow and I am sad about it.
It's been raining since at least Sunday and it's not supposed to stop till maybe Monday. If it keeps raining we'll be flooded and the only way across the dip to civilization would be to swim because my Vectra is not a 4WD, but it's OK .. I have a store cupboard with enough sgetti and peaches in it to feed the nation.
We went to see a movie today at the local cinema, which is much more expensive than the commoners cinema in Napier. I should have taken a photo of the missing hole where the drinks are supposed to fit. It's purposely flat for a cheese board that is available from the cinema cafe.
Who in the hell wants to eat gorgonzola and beef summer sausage while watching a movie?
The food cost more than the tickets.
My mum found this Christmas card rifling through stuff looking for a photo. I wonder why they didn't sign it as 'The All Blacks' because they got that name in the early 1900s. AB vs Namibia tomorrow morning. They can do this blind folded. They should do it blind folded otherwise it's going to be a very boring game.


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Apple security cracks down on drone pilot who shoots epic Apple campus videos
April 16, 2018 Sally French 0 News,
Apple security doesn't want you flying drones over their campus — which means the days of those sweet drone videos of the iPhone maker's spaceship-like campus may be over.
Drone pilot Duncan Sinfield, who has been producing videos about twice a month that give aerial tour updates of the progress on the Apple Park, says his videos may be coming to an end.
During recent flights, the Apple security team has been catching him flying his drone and subsequently been asking him to leave, according to a post on Sinfield's YouTube account today.
"Security at Apple Park generally responds in two white Prius's to my precise take-off locations in 10 minutes or less," Sinfield wrote. "As always, I respect all requests by Apple Security to land my drone and leave the area when asked to do so."
"My instincts tell me that Apple is tracking all drones in the vicinity of the campus with sophisticated radio frequency technology from companies such as Dedrone," Sinfield added.
Dedrone uses sensors, including RF/WiFi scanners, microphones and cameras to collect data and determine whether or not a drone is in a certain area, as well as analyze its flight path and the type of drone. From there, it can also analyze where the pilot is located (drones like the DJI Phantom are capable of flying about a mile away from the operator, so without technology like Dedrone's, it is otherwise difficult to find the pilot).
A spokeswoman for Dedrone said that she could not confirm or deny whether the Apple security team was a customer, due to confidentiality. Dedrone's past customers have included the PGA Tour and the Golden State Warriors.
Other anti-drone companies that have models similar to Dedrone's include SkySafe, which creates technology to disable drones from flying. SkySafe, which last year closed a $11.5 million Series A funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz, has a a $1.5 million contract with the Department of Defense (DoD) to provide mobile counter-drone systems to Naval Special Warfare units.
It is a federal crime to shoot down a drone — even if it's flying over your own private property — but tracking the drone in an attempt to find and confront the pilot is legal.
Apple is not the first company to have drones flying over its property. Tesla Motors has observed drones in their airspace over Fremont, Calif., capturing footage and production information. Other drone videos posted to YouTube show aerial footage over WalMart and Facebook's secretive data centers.
But while companies could see it as a problem, the Internet seems to have come to Sinfield's defense.
Apple security should stop giving this guy a hard time. This is the best recruitment ad I've ever seen to go work for Apple. https://t.co/inwfmExd8G
— Marco Arment (@marcoarment) April 16, 2018
It has been really great seeing his work. We got to see #Applepark in a way we never would have otherwise.
— Mahir@ (@Mahir_uddin1987) April 16, 2018
Sinfield's videos are shot typically by DJI products, including the DJI Inspire 1 drone, which can be purchased for between $1000 and $2000.
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