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14 APRIL 2022 : PRESS RELEASES
Groundbreaking Ceremony Takes Place for the Central Station High-Rise in Downtown Phoenix
THE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT CREATES APARTMENTS, STUDENT HOUSING, AND OFFICE AND RETAIL SPACE, OFFERING AN URBAN HUB ADJACENT TO ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY'S DOWNTOWN PHOENIX CAMPUS.
PHOENIX, AZ – April 13, 2022 – Nationally recognized design firm Gould Evans is pleased to announce, together with Medistar Corporation, GMH Communities ("GMH"), and CBRE Investment Management ("CBRE IM"), the ceremonial groundbreaking of Central Station in downtown Phoenix.
Situated in the heart of Phoenix, Central Station is a dynamic one-million-SF mixed-use development that sits adjacent to Civic Space Park and Arizona State University's Downtown Phoenix Campus. The Gould Evans team designed the buildings to merge seamlessly with the existing transit station to create a bustling urban hub. Central Station consists of two residential towers—one 22-story building providing fully-furnished student housing with 655 beds and one 33-story building with 362 unfurnished residential units. The project also features retail space, flexible creative office space, and two levels of below-grade parking.
Commenting on the project, Principal Krista Shepherd said:
"As noted by Phoenix Community and Economic Development Director Chris Mackay, this is the most complex site in the downtown corridor, yet those are precisely the kind of projects we are attracted to—the challenging and even gnarly ones that hold great potential and require creativity and persistence toward remarkable goals."
According to Vice President Steve Valev:
"Our primary focus designing the project over the last five years has been creating a humane place full of creative juxtaposition that is entangled in everyday life and routine of the entire city."
The Central Station project revitalizes the existing City's bus and light rail transit hub into a mixed-use site that will enhance the experience for riders and transit personnel. A modern transit office is in the development center to provide optimal visibility, accessibility, pedestrian safety, and convenience. The project creates a connected ground plane linking the light rail, buses, the transit office, and public amenities.
Shepherd states:
"We are honored to be partners with so many and celebrate that which can only be achieved as a collective with a shared vision. Congratulations to Medistar, GMH Communities, the City of Phoenix, and the Layton Construction team."
About Gould Evans
Gould Evans' award-winning designs are recognized for their specificity to people and place. Our diverse portfolio stems from a design process that starts with the client's goals. We share a passion for regional architecture and design that positively impacts our communities. To learn more, visit www.gouldevans.com.
Gould Evans Media Contact
Pat Dimond
pat.dimond@gouldevans.com
KEYWORDS: architecture | community | design | gould evans news | mixed-use | phoenix | student housing | studio for city design | transportation hub
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» Texas police officer indicted on misdemeanor charge for Taser use
Texas police officer indicted on misdemeanor charge for Taser use
On Behalf of Law Offices of Anthony B. Cantrell | Feb 4, 2016 | Uncategorized
The alleged misuse of a Taser resulted in a Texas police officer's unpaid suspension. A misdemeanor charge for official oppression has also been filed against him. He was formally indicted recently. While police officers tend to face difficult situations in which they must make split-second decisions, recent confrontations between law enforcement and individuals across the United States have apparently brought tighter scrutiny to officer's actions.
Three police officers responded to a call for possible suspicious behavior in what has been described as a small college town with primarily black students. Two of the officers who responded were also black, and their other colleague — the man who has since been criminally charged — was white. Just prior to the discharge of the Taser, the officers were questioning four individuals about the possible activity. When one of the men did not follow instructions, the officer discharged the Taser according to the advice of one of the other officers present.
The individual who was shot was initially charged with interfering with police duties as well as for resisting arrest, but one of the charges was ultimately dropped while the other did not hold up as a grand jury decided not to indict him. The officer, however, was later accused of reacting based on racial stereotypes. The local police chief has commented that the Taser incident is in no way indicative of the town nor the local police force, and has stated that he believes the whole situation involving the officer is unfortunate.
For a civil servant who has dedicated his life to serving and protecting a community, the potential year behind bars might is just one devastating consequence of a conviction. For many defendants in Texas, a conviction — even on a misdemeanor charge — can effectively erase any number of career opportunities, even one in which a person previously thrived. As such, it is often well advised for defendants to take the process of preparing a competent and complete defense as seriously as possible.
Source: abc13.com, "Officer indicted for using Taser on Prairie View City Council member", Jan. 25, 2016

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The epidemiology of drowning in adulthood: implications for prevention
Am J Prev Med. 1988 Nov-Dec;4(6):343-8.
G J Wintemute 1 , J F Kraus, S P Teret, M A Wright
1 Department of Family Practice, University of California, Davis, Sacramento 95817.
Previous epidemiological studies of drowning in the United States have dealt primarily with children. The epidemiology and prevention of drowning in adulthood may be very different. To test this general hypothesis, we analyzed the 293 drownings occurring among Sacramento County residents 20 years of age and above during 1974 to 1985. Drowning rates were highest for men 20-29 years of age (11.5 per 100,000 population) and blacks (7.5 per 100,000 population). Swimmers, boaters, and motor vehicle occupants were most frequently represented. Alcohol use was involved in 48% of cases overall and 77% of those involving motor vehicle occupants. A history of seizure disorder was another contributing factor. Important differences do exist in drowning epidemiology between children and adults. Our results suggest that preventing drowning will be more problematic among adults than among children. The study was also used to test the sensitivity of two commonly used methods of case ascertainment for cases in Sacramento County. A manual review of coroner's records had a sensitivity of 96%. A computerized review of death certificate data from the state's vital statistics data base had a sensitivity of 79%. The sources and implications of these differences are discussed.
Alcoholic Intoxication / complications
Drowning / epidemiology*
Drowning / prevention & control
Seizures / complications
Wounds and Injuries / complications


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Brigitte Yagüe Enrique (born 15 March 1981 in Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain) is a taekwondo practitioner from Spain.

In 2004, Yagüe qualified for the Athens Olympics, winning over rival Belen Asensio in the –49 kg class at the Spanish Olympic Trials. There, she was eliminated in the first round of the women's 49kg competition by losing 5–9 to Yaowapa Boorapolchai of Thailand.

In May 2008, she was named to a member of the Spain national taekwondo team and competed in the European Olympic Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, and lost to Sumeyye Gulec of Germany 1–2 in the quarterfinals.

In 2012, she won the silver medal at the London Olympics in the women's 49kg competition. She lost the gold medal match by 1-8 to Wu Jingyu of China.

She is married to Juan Antonio Ramos, a two-time taekwondo world champion. Both won flyweight gold in 2007 at Beijing.

See also
 List of Olympic medalists in taekwondo

References

External links
 London 2012 profile

1981 births
Spanish female taekwondo practitioners
Taekwondo practitioners at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic taekwondo practitioners of Spain
Living people
Taekwondo practitioners at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for Spain
Olympic medalists in taekwondo
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
World Taekwondo Championships medalists
European Taekwondo Championships medalists
Taekwondo practitioners at the 2015 European Games
European Games competitors for Spain
21st-century Spanish women

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Maleficent is called the evil fairy. For when sleeping beauty was still very small, she placed a curse on her, a Death curse. On her 15th birthday, she would fall on a needle and die. Luckily, a good fairy turned the Death curse into a deep sleep.


We were delighted in February to welcome no fewer than seventeen of our Italian wine producers to our Italian Tasting at Getty Images Gallery. It was here that we introduced Victoria Moore to Piero Lanza of Poggerino. Lanza is one of Chianti's greatest young ambassadors. A qualified oenologist, a very competent agronomist and a brilliant winemaker, his wines have improved immeasurably over the past few vintages.
Victoria and Piero spoke about the history of Poggerino, and how the estate is at the forefront of the trend for 'new-old technique(s)', like the concrete egg used in the aging of N(Uovo). It is clear though that regardless of what happens in the winery, the age old relationship of man and the land that he works is at the very core of the wines Piero makes.
These are wines that we really like drinking and are ones that, pretty much unanimously, we take home to enjoy properly. If you attended our tasting in February then you would have had the opportunity to taste through the Poggerino range too, including the latest releases. However if you didn't, then you can always find them available to purchase on our website and of course in our shops. If you didn't catch the article at the weekend and wanted to read it in full, for subscribers to The Telegraph online it is available to read here. If you're not, then you'll have to take our word for it that these are wonderful wines, carefully made by a standout Chianti producer.


John, you said you were going to update with pictures?
Can you update allready on this tree?
Well, it is looking goOd. Was repotted, will try and get some pics next weekend. I am in the process of bringing trees east for the National Exhibitionin Rochester June 9-10. Ask nicely.
Love the tree. I was just wondering if you ever got a chance to take anymore pics of this one. Pretty please...with sugar on top.
Dave, it is doing fine, will try and get pictures this weekend.


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import javax.annotation.Nonnull;

import mezz.jei.api.IGuiHelper;
import mezz.jei.api.IJeiHelpers;
import mezz.jei.api.gui.IDrawableAnimated;
import mezz.jei.api.gui.IDrawableStatic;
import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
import noxzet.fluxindustry.core.container.CentrifugeContainerGui;
import noxzet.fluxindustry.core.jei.FluxRecipeWrapper;

public class CentrifugeRecipeWrapper extends FluxRecipeWrapper<CentrifugeRecipe> {

	private final IDrawableAnimated progress, energy;
	private final String[] chance = new String[3];

	public CentrifugeRecipeWrapper(@Nonnull IJeiHelpers jeiHelpers, @Nonnull CentrifugeRecipe baseRecipe)
	{
		super(baseRecipe);
		IGuiHelper guiHelper = jeiHelpers.getGuiHelper();
		IDrawableStatic progressStatic = guiHelper.createDrawable(CentrifugeContainerGui.background, 176, 14, 16, 18);
		this.progress = guiHelper.createAnimatedDrawable(progressStatic, 80, IDrawableAnimated.StartDirection.TOP, false);
		IDrawableStatic energyStatic = guiHelper.createDrawable(CentrifugeContainerGui.background, 176, 0, 14, 14);
		this.energy = guiHelper.createAnimatedDrawable(energyStatic, 95, IDrawableAnimated.StartDirection.TOP, true);
		for (int i = 0; i <= 2; i++)
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Trump Presidency
End of an Epoch… or Beginning of the End
Alex Dunn It has been quiet here of late. I think that a brief pause to reflect on just how long 4 years can seem has benefitted us all. Such was the perceived length of Trump's presidency, it seems appropriate to refer to the Trump Epoch. Here in Europe, as Inauguration Day approached, we waited…
February 8, 2021 in Black Lives Matter, democracy, Education, Election, Europe, Presidential Election, Trump Presidency, US Politics.
Ding Dong, the Witch is Gone…
b. traven Donald Trump will soon leave the White House, either on his own, or escorted by authorities. As the song says, he'll "go where the goblins go, below, below, below." It's time for the Republicans to quit fiddling while America burns from the last four years of Trumpism. 10,000+ daily new virus infections, an…
November 6, 2020 in COVID-19, democracy, Presidential Election, Trump Presidency, US Politics.
Trump's Gift to America
Stuart Lyle Many envisage Donald Trump as a plague that has been visited upon the United States, bringing disorder, chaos, and the pestilence of a magnified pandemic. In this telling, before Trump crashed the Republican Party and swept up all the Party faithful, everything was "normal." Sure the Republicans were a bit edgy, pushing their partisan…
October 8, 2020 in democracy, Presidential Election, Trump Presidency, US Politics.
How Coronavirus Could Save Our Democracy
Stuart Lyle You have heard of the "October Surprise," that unexpected turn of events, sometimes manufactured or timed, sometimes just random, that has out-sized influence on the results in November due to its close proximity to the election. Think Comey's 2016 announcement of reopening the investigation into Hillary Clinton's email server, or Kissinger's announcement that…
August 28, 2020 in Black Lives Matter, coronavirus, COVID-19, democracy, Health, Presidential Election, Trump Presidency, US Politics.
Dan Mason After the spectacular failure of Hillary Clinton to win a shoe-in election for one anointed and "whose time had come," someone who deserved to be rewarded for past service to the people, the country, and the entirety of humanity at large, the Democrat Party elites tried to grapple with the reality of the…
August 8, 2020 in Black Lives Matter, climate change, democracy, Presidential Election, Trump Presidency, US Politics.
Pulling Back the Curtain on Trump
Stuart Lyle Trump says, "China," the World Jumps Trump and the GOP have decided that having failed to act effectively to stem the coronavirus pandemic, they can draw attention away from their failure by pointing the finger at China. After all, it is clear that this evil disease originated in China. Is it all that…
May 20, 2020 in China, coronavirus, democracy, Media, Trump Presidency, US Politics.
Opening Up The Economy: A Crap Shoot
Dan Mason Do ya feel lucky punk? Ladieees and Gentlemen!!!" Gather 'round the table and place your bets! Everybody gets a chance, everybody is REQUIRED to make a bet. The only bets accepted are your lives… or one of your family members (the older the better), or the life of a neighbor, an acquaintance, or…
May 11, 2020 in coronavirus, democracy, globalization, Health, Healthcare, Media, Society, Trump Presidency, US Politics.
The Coronavirus Is Immune to Lies
W.J. Astore Investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion, physicist Richard Feynman reached a famous conclusion: "For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." The COVID-19 virus is not going to be fooled with lies. It's not going to be fooled by a denial of medical science. You…
March 27, 2020 in democracy, globalization, Health, Healthcare, Science, Society, Trump Presidency, US Politics.
American Cracks – a View from Across the Atlantic
Alex Dunn I have a long-standing fascination with the extreme political polarisation that I perceive exists in the USA. As an Englishman, I am no stranger to the tribalism that pits Tory and Labour supporters against on another (let's set aside for now the spent force that is the Liberal Democrats). These are two sides…
February 19, 2020 in democracy, Election, Presidential Election, Trump Presidency, US Politics.
A Plague on the Warren-Sanders Kerfuffle
Don Rose With impeachment proceedings about to begin there are more significant things to discuss than the media-inflated battle between Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders over whether he told her privately back in 2018 that a woman could not be elected president. Unfortunately it's causing much consternation in progressive circles and much glee among their…
January 23, 2020 in democracy, Election, Presidential Election, Trump Presidency.


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Tales of the First – Training Session Part Three
August 23rd, 2019 | Published in Tales of the First | 1 Comment
Martin hummed thoughtfully to himself. "Tomorrow at the earliest. I need to check the computer for any kind of malware that might have infected us and passed on the information they needed to locate us. Then I need to get a new dongle or two cash."
"Leave that bit to me," Wendy said. "This month's stipend from the trust fund just hit so I'm flush. For now we should get on with Sienna's training."
"That's a good idea." Martin said and reached under the desk. Sienna expected him to bring up the tennis balls they had been throwing at her in order to train her to shield but instead he produced a nerf gun and tossed it to Wendy. "Use that."
Wendy looked from the lurid orange toy to Martin and back again before raising an eyebrow. "What do you want me to do with this?"
Martin chuckled. "Well we can't shoot a real gun at her. We don't have one and can't get one and anyway I'm not convinced her psychokinesis will stop a bullet. Not yet at least though her strength is increasing quickly."
"So this is a stand in for a real gun?" Wendy still looked as confused as Sienna felt. "But since she probably can't stop bullets what do you want me to do with it?"
"I want you to try and shoot her with it and I want Sienna to stop you firing it," he said. "Even if it turns out she can stop bullets it's still safer not to have them flying around in the first place."
"Okay, that makes sense," Wendy said. "But it doesn't work much like a real gun either."
"Yes, I'm working on that bit," he said. "But the main idea with this is to stop Sienna freezing if someone points a gun at her. She needs to react faster than they can pull the trigger because I really doubt she's faster than a bullet unless she can wangle superspeed out of her psychokinesis somehow but she can probably be faster than a finger." He paused thoughtfully. "Actually some sort of psychokinetic superspeed might be possible, let me think about it."
"Let me get a handle on the powers I already have before trying to add more, Martin," Sienna said dryly. "And that thing is bright orange. I'm not going to freeze having a toy gun that shoots foam bullets pointed at me."
"Fair comment, that's why once you've got the hang of it we'll paint it black to look more like a real gun."
"Yes, but I'll still know it's a toy."
"You will," he agreed. "But the idea is to train your responses to kick in even if your brain freezes. It's more about not thinking about it being real, acting in that moment before you realise and freeze."
"I see," Sienna said dubiously. "I see where you are coming from but I don't think it will work."
"It does sound a bit wacky," Lucy said.
"I suppose it does," Martin said. "But it can't do any harm can it?"
Sienna considered the question for a moment then shook her head. "No, the worst it will do is be a fun way to refine my powers. But we'll need something else as well – these aren't as heavy as real guns are they?"
"Yes, I'm thinking about a solution for that issue as well," Martin said. "But for now this is what we've got. Shall we adjourn to the gym and try it."
"You have a gym down here as well?" Lucy asked incredulously.
"We have a third room with some weights and an exercise bike we've scavenged and fixed so we didn't have to buy it," Wendy said. "But it's hyperbole to call it a gym."
Lucy's eyes lit up. "I want to see. Improving a gym set up is something else I can help with."
"Okay, it's not like we can buy more equipment," Wendy said. "We don't want to do anything that might look like we're training in case it attracts attention."
"Aren't you forgetting something?" Lucy's lips twitched. When Wendy just looked at her blankly she actually chuckled. "Athlete training for the national trials remember – once my lungs get better anyway. No one will bat an eyelid if I buy fitness stuff. Heck I have some old stuff in the attic that I can probably give you if you need it. You may not need as much as you think."
"Oh!" Wendy said. "I never thought of that. Come on then." She headed back to the second room and pulled aside another wall hanging to reveal a third room.
Lucy paused in the doorway checking the wall and the door frame. "Okay, this looks sturdy. You could easily put a pull-up bar here. That would be a good start." She surveyed the room. "Okay so you have an exercise bike and some free weights. This is pretty good. I'll bring you books on bodyweight exercise and suggested plans over next time. For now shouldn't you be trying to shoot Sienna?"
"Hah! Yes!" Wendy sounded entirely too enthusiastic about that idea in Sienna's opinion. "Let's do this!"
"We should start with a warm up with the tennis balls first," Sienna said.
"You just want to show off for Lucy," Martin said. "But it's not a bad idea to check you've got that fully bedded in before moving on." He ran back into the other room and returned with two new tubes of tennis balls which he opened before tossing a couple of balls to Wendy and Lucy.
"What do we do with these?" Lucy asked.
"Throw them at Sienna as hard as you can, of course." Wendy said. "If it hits her we get a point if she stops it she does." She threw one of her balls hard without warning obviously trying to catch Sienna off guard."
"Nice try!" Sienna stopped the ball about half an inch from her nose. She pushed it back to Wendy with a thought. "You might have managed to surprise me if you hadn't thrown it at me when I was looking at you."
Lucy gave a low whistle. "That's pretty impressive!" She threw one of her tennis balls and grinned as Sienna stopped that as well and sent it back to orbit Lucy's head like a miniature moon until the other girl grabbed it out of the air. "Cool!"
"Your control is improving," Martin said. "Five minutes of this, I think. Then we can move on." He set the stopwatch on his phone. "I'll keep score."
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Andrew Loza | Executive Director
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Andy Loza has served since 2000 as executive director of WeConservePA where he leads public policy efforts, develops technical guidance, and implements technical assistance and education programs. His initiatives include development of ConservationTools.org and its collection of model legal documents and technical guides. His work is informed by seven years as a land trust executive director and leading land use planning, environmental, conservation, economic development, and trail initiatives for county government. He holds degrees from the University of Pittsburgh and Lehigh University.
In his spare time, Andy enjoys gardening, reading, and defying the aging process in the gym. Among his top passions are eating and music. He's the proud father of two teenagers. He bicycles to work because he can and it's good for the planet, his wallet, and his physical and mental health.
Carol Grayshaw | Education and Office Coordinator
Carol Grayshaw has been with WeConservePA since April 2016. Her primary duties include the planning and administration of WeConservePA's various educational programs. Other administrative duties include the management of the Conservation Easement Assistance Program (CEAP), database maintenance and support, and providing direct assistance to WeConservePA members. Prior to her work with WeConservePA, she spent six years as the Coordinator of Children's Programs for the Wayne Art Center, a nonprofit community art center on Philadelphia's Main Line. She holds a BFA degree in fine metals from the State University of New York at New Paltz.
The majority of her spare time is spent with her husband and two sons, exploring the area and enjoying the ample parks and green spaces available. Other interests include making jewelry, reading, gardening, and volunteering at her local library.
Sara Painter | Director of Outreach and Development
Sara joined WeConservePA's staff in May 2019. Her roles include outreach to Pennsylvania conservation organizations, developing community partnerships, managing donor relations, and grant writing. She is a senior fellow of the Environmental Leadership Program and a leader for The Climate Reality Project. She graduated from West Chester University and studied writing at the University of Iowa.
Prior to joining PALTA, Sara served as director of marketing and development for French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust, where she led fundraising activities for land conservation in northern Chester County. Sara has also worked for the Los Angeles Stage Alliance and The Colony Theatre Company in Burbank, California.
Sara is very active in the arts scene in Media, Pennsylvania and is president of the Media Arts Council Board of Directors. Sara enjoys boating, swimming, playing the drums, and Seinfeld trivia. Her love for land preservation came from spending summers on her grandparents' corn farm in rural Ohio. Sara is also a proud member of the Screen Actors Guild and the Dramatists Guild. You may have seen her in the film Mr. & Mrs. Smith or in Pennsylvania Lottery commercials with Gus the Groundhog.
Hilary Hirtle | Communications Specialist
Hilary Hirtle joined WeConservePA in February 2020. She writes, researches, and edits a wide variety of communications materials and educational resources, manages WeConservePA's online presence, and spearheads projects to better tell the story of conservation.
Before moving to Harrisburg, Hilary was involved in communications initiatives for a number of environmental organizations within her hometown of Columbus, Ohio. She graduated from Southern New Hampshire University, where she majored in Creative Writing & English, and she is currently pursuing an MA in Biology from Miami University.
When she's not working, Hilary enjoys spending her time writing, reading, and going on hikes with her dog, Cooper.
Irina Beal | GIS Analyst
Irina Beal joined WeConservePA in February 2020. She creates, improves, and analyzes spatial data to support conservation-related efforts across Pennsylvania. Her many geographic information system-based projects include updating and improving WeConservePA's statewide database of privately and publicly conserved lands.
Prior to WeConservePA, Irina worked on living shorelines and shoreline monitoring projects in NJ and DE where long-term in situ data were collected allowing for trend analysis and calculating volumetric changes. She has her M.S. in Geology with a focus on Geomorphology from Temple University and her B.S. in Earth and Environmental Sciences from the University of Maine, Orono. She is well versed in field work, braving talus and scree slopes, ephemeral spits, and pluff mud.
Lina Berón Echavarría | Conservation Advocate
Lina joined WeConservePA in September 2020. In her role, she shines a light on the environmental, economic, cultural, and health benefits of conservation and advocates for public policies supportive of conservation including increased state environmental investments.
As a recent graduate of Kenyon College, Lina holds a BA in Environmental Studies and Studio Art. Prior to joining WeConservePA, she spent six years studying environmental issues from an interdisciplinary perspective in Hong Kong, rural Ohio, Greece's Dodecanese Islands, southwestern China, and Mexico's Baja California.
Growing up in Ecuador's Andean Choco, Lina became a nature enthusiast at a very early age–around the same time when she finally decided to crawl for the sake of piggy-backing caterpillars. She loves to travel, socialize, cook, make art, and learn about environmental history.
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Part of Brandywine Battlefield Preserved in Westtown Township
Natural Lands announced on October 26, 2020 the permanent protection of nearly 10 acres of land along the fast-developing Route …Read More »
Unlikely Partners BalletX and Natural Lands Make Nature Center Stage
What does it look like when the regions oldest and largest land conservation organization and Philadelphia's Premier Contemporary Ballet Company …Read More »
Heritage Conservancy Sets Pioneering Example of Partnership and Preservation with Manoff Market Gardens
Freda R. Savana for Heritage Conservancy It could be said that Gary and Amy Manoff have farming in their blood. …Read More »
Berks Nature Closes on a Conservation Easement of Olivet Blue Mountain Camp
On September 30th, 2020, Berks Nature closed on a conservation easement project in the Schuylkill River Watershed, Kittatinny Ridge and …Read More »
Fifteen More Acres Protected Forever!
Article originally published in September 2020 by Willistown Conservation Trust. The final conservation chapter to the 15-acre Stonehedge Farm …Read More »
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Shotaro Kaneda
Hotheaded and arrogant, Kaneda is nevertheless fiercely protective of the biker gang he leads. See them in Akira.
An upbeat, fun-loving teen, Sora would do anything for his friends. See them in Kingdom Hearts.
With an A.I. as loyal and witty as Cortana, who needs humans? See them in Halo.
Vash the Stampede
Vash might act like a carefree, peace-loving goof, but it's not wise to underestimate this "Humanoid Typhoon." See them in Trigun.
Dante Alighieri is a crusader fighting his way to absolution. See them in Dante's Inferno.
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Distributed Belief revision as Applied Within a Descriptive Model of Jury Deliberations
Belief revision is a well-researched topic within Artificial Intelligence (AI). We argue that the new model of belief revision as discussed here is suitable for general modelling of judicial decision making, along with the extant approach as known from jury research. The new approach to belief revision is of general interest, whenever attitudes to information are to be simulated within a multi-agent environment with agents holding local beliefs yet by interacting with, and influencing, other agents who are deliberating collectively. The principle of 'priority to the incoming information', as known from AI models of belief revision, is problematic when applied to factfinding by a jury. The present approach incorporates a computable model for local belief revision, such that a principle of recoverability is adopted. By this principle, any previously held belief must belong to the current cognitive state if consistent with it. For the purposes of jury simulation such a model calls for refinement. Yet, we claim, it constitutes a valid basis for an open system where other AI functionalities (or outer stimuli) could attempt to handle other aspects of the deliberation which are more specific to legal narratives, to argumentation in court, and then to the debate among the jurors.
Titolo: Distributed Belief revision as Applied Within a Descriptive Model of Jury Deliberations
DRAGONI, Aldo Franco
P. GIORGINI
E. NISSAN
INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY LAW
Abstract: Belief revision is a well-researched topic within Artificial Intelligence (AI). We argue that the new model of belief revision as discussed here is suitable for general modelling of judicial decision making, along with the extant approach as known from jury research. The new approach to belief revision is of general interest, whenever attitudes to information are to be simulated within a multi-agent environment with agents holding local beliefs yet by interacting with, and influencing, other agents who are deliberating collectively. The principle of 'priority to the incoming information', as known from AI models of belief revision, is problematic when applied to factfinding by a jury. The present approach incorporates a computable model for local belief revision, such that a principle of recoverability is adopted. By this principle, any previously held belief must belong to the current cognitive state if consistent with it. For the purposes of jury simulation such a model calls for refinement. Yet, we claim, it constitutes a valid basis for an open system where other AI functionalities (or outer stimuli) could attempt to handle other aspects of the deliberation which are more specific to legal narratives, to argumentation in court, and then to the debate among the jurors.


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Inhibits cellular Ca2+ uptake and calcium mobilization. Inhibitor of protein tyrosine kinase in leukemia (CEM) cells. Induces cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. Anti-inflammatory compound. Has anti-thrombotic, anti-proliferative and anti-mitogenic effects.Originally reported as a selective inhibitor of 12-lipoxygenase, baicalein has since been shown to inhibit both 12-LO and 15-LO (IC50=0.64µM for 12-LO and 1.6µM for 15-LO). Inhibits leukotriene biosynthesis (at higher concentrations) and release of lysosomal enzymes. Inhibits adjuvant-induced arthritis. Also inhibits prolyl oligopeptidase (POP/PREP)(IC50=36µM).
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Q: How does the Smooth Talker skill work when other players are involved? Note: As of update 25, this question is no longer relevant for the PC version since the Smooth Talker skill has been removed.
Players can normally answer two pagers successfully without any help from skills (Source), but that number increases to four for players with the Smooth Talker Skill. How does this work when some players have the skill but others don't?
Can anyone successfully answer the first three pages as long as the "skilled" player answers the fourth? Does the "skilled" player have to answer all four for this to work?
Also, how do banks find enough pagers in this day and age for every guard to have one? Actually, never mind, I think I know the answer to that one.
*I've heard varying reports on how many pagers can be answered without the Smooth Talker Skill. Some sources say two and others say three.

A: The detail on the Payday 2 skills site, which utilises information scraped from the game files suggests the following:

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*With no skills, any player should be able to answer two pagers without issue

*With Smooth Talker, a player with the skill can answer four pagers without issue

If you have a team with a player that has the Smooth Talker ability, the rest of the team is able to answer the first two pagers but the player with Smooth Talker has to answer the rest.
If you have a team with multiple Smooth Talkers, this will still only guarantee that you can answer four pagers, but it gives you more flexibility regarding who in your team can answer.

A: The first two pagers can be answered by anyone, the third and fourth must be answered by the player with the smooth talker skill.  A fifth pager will always sound the alarm, and if a non-smooth talker player answers the third or fourth.  When you include the dominator skill, that is a total of 5 guards that can be removed from the equation.
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Aberdeen occupies the sixth spot in the table, after posting 27 points on the board from their 16 matches so far. Their record reads eight wins, three draws, and five losses.
Dundee is ninth, in a league of 10. They have registered just nine points against their name so far. The team won just two matches in the league campaign, drew three and lost the remaining 11.
Aberdeen orchestrated a comeback in their last league game, against Livingston, at home. The final score was 3-2, in favor of the hosts. The score was tied at 1-1 at the end of regulation time. Ferguson scored the winner in the 90+2nd minute to take the three points.
Dundee played out a draw, at home, against Rangers, in their last match-day. The game ended 1-1. Dundee had to play the major portion of the game with ten men, as Ralph saw a red card in the 20th minute.
Aberdeen has won the last ten h2h matches in a row.
The home side, Aberdeen, has recorded 15 of the last 16 h2h wins.
Aberdeen was unbeaten in 27 of their last 33 games.
Dundee has won only two of their last 17 ties.
Aberdeen has lost just two of their last 19 home games.
Dundee was winless in six of their last seven away fixtures.
Aberdeen has won the last five h2h matches, at this stadium, in a row. They have also registered the last eight h2h wins in a row.
The home team is the absolute favorites to win this tie. Aberdeen has recorded the last ten h2h wins in a row. The team also registered 15 of the last 16 h2h wins.
Dundee is one of the two worst teams in the league, and they are on the road for this match. Their away record is easily one of the most unimpressive in the whole league.
They are winless in six of their last seven away matches. The team also could post only two wins in their last 17 overall games.
Aberdeen was undefeated in 27 of their last 33 fixtures. They lost only two of their last 19 matches in front of their home crowd.
Half Time/ Full Time: Aberdeen/ Aberdeen @ 2.20 (6/5).


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Q: Batch optimistic locking queries in EclipseLink We have a codebase with JPA entities, each of which has a long field annotated with @Version. Over the course of a transaction, optimistic locks are grabbed on some entities with entityManager.lock(entity, LockModeType.OPTIMISTIC), and so when the transaction commits EclipseLink runs queries of the following form:
UPDATE <table> SET VERSION = <x> where ((ID = <y>) AND (VERSION = <x>));

where y is the entity's ID and x is the current version number (it doesn't get updated). However, for some reason it's running each query individually, like so (from the MySQL logs):
UPDATE TableA SET VERSION = 5 WHERE ((ID = 1) AND (VERSION = 5));
UPDATE TableA SET VERSION = 4 WHERE ((ID = 2) AND (VERSION = 4));
UPDATE TableA SET VERSION = 3 WHERE ((ID = 3) AND (VERSION = 3));
UPDATE TableA SET VERSION = 2 WHERE ((ID = 4) AND (VERSION = 2));
UPDATE TableA SET VERSION = 1 WHERE ((ID = 5) AND (VERSION = 1));
-- etc

Whereas we would want all of the queries for the same table to be batched up into one UPDATE.
Is there some flag somewhere that we need to set to enable this? A typical transaction can generate hundreds of these queries for the same table.

A: Batch writing is configured using the "eclipselink.jdbc.batch-writing" persistence property. You might still not get this to change the optimistic lock statements though, as it depends on your driver and EclipseLink DB platform class: the code needs to determine which statement failed if there is an issue so that it may indicate which object was involved in the thrown OptimisticLockException.


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Q: UnauthorizedOperation on terraform apply. How to run the following AWS config? I want to deploy an infrastructure on AWS using terraform. This is the main.tf config file:
terraform {
  required_providers {
    aws = {
      source  = "hashicorp/aws"
      version = "~> 3.27"
    }
  }

  required_version = ">= 0.14.9"
}

provider "aws" {
  profile = "default"
  region  = "us-west-2"
}

resource "aws_instance" "app_server" {
  ami           = "ami-830c94e3"
  instance_type = "t2.micro"

  tags = {
    Name = "ExampleAppServerInstance"
  }
}

AWS config file ~/.aws/config,:
[default]
region = us-east-1

[humboi]
region = us-east-1

Running terraform apply and entering "yes" gives:
aws_instance.app_server: Creating...
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│ Error: Error launching source instance: UnauthorizedOperation: You are not authorized to perform this operation. Encoded authorization failure message: r8hvTFNQzGA7k309BxQ9OYRxCaCH-0wwYvhAzbjEt77PsyOYyWItWNrOPUW4Z1CIzm8A6x6euBuSZsE8uSfb3YdPuzLXttHT3DS9IJsDs0ilX0Vxtu1OZ3nSCBowuylMuLEXY8VdaA35Hb7CaLb-ktQwb_ke0Pku-Uh2Vi_cwsYwAdXdGVeTETkiuErZ3tAU37f5DyZkaL4dVgPMynjRI3-GW0P63WJxcZVTkfNcNzuTx6PQfdv-YydIdUOSAS-RUVqK6ewiX-Mz4S0GwAaIFeJ_4SoIQVjogbzYYBC0bI4-sBSyVmySGuxNF6x-BOU0Zt2-po1mwEiPaDBVL9aOt6k_eZKMbYM9Ef8qQRcxnSLWOCiHuw6LVbmPJzaDQRFNZ2eO11Fa2oOcu8JMEOQjOtPkibQNAdO_5LZWAnc6Ye2-Ukt2_folTKN6TH6v1hmwsLAO7uGL60gQ-n9iBfCIqEE_6gfImsdbOptgz-IRtTrz5a8bfLOBVfd9oNjKGXQoA2ZKhM35m1ML1DQKY8LcDv0aULkGzoM6bRYoq1UkJBYuF-ShamtSpSlzpd4KDXztpxUdb496FR4MdOoHgS04W_3WXoN-hb_lG-Wgbkv7CEWMv2pNhBCRipBgUUw3QK-NApkeTxxJXy9vFQ4fTZQanEIQa_Bxxg
│   status code: 403, request id: 0c1f14ec-b5f4-4a3f-bf1f-40be4cf370fc
│
│   with aws_instance.app_server,
│   on main.tf line 17, in resource "aws_instance" "app_server":
│   17: resource "aws_instance" "app_server" {
│
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The error is that the Operation was Unauthorized. What's the cause of the unauthorized operation if I have the ~/.aws/config and also the ~/.aws/credentials?

A: I have this happen when I change my backend configuration without deleting .terraform. I believe terraform caches credentials in .terraform. If you delete that directory, it will regenerate it and it might work for you.

A: Also, make sure you restart your machine after setting environment variables for aws.

A: The IAM User which you have created

doesn't have Admin access or EC2 FULL ACESS

so enable it and try it again..


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The Rock Goes Bad: Dwayne Johnson Embraces Villainy as Black Adam
Exclusive new images of the DC antihero, who has all the powers of Superman—except for mercy, empathy, and compassion.
Photo by Hiram Garcia
You can tell Dwayne Johnson has absorbed some personality traits from his Black Adam character by the way he's already starting to trash-talk Superman. Black Adam is the nemesis of Shazam in comics lore, but Johnson seems to enjoy picking fights with those who loom even larger. "When you pull Black Adam out of the pantheon of superheroes in the DC Universe, he is blessed with these incredible superpowers from the gods that rival Superman," the actor says. "The difference is, well, a few things. Number one, Superman's greatest weakness is magic, and one of Black Adam's greatest superpowers is magic."
Black Adam can fly, bullets bounce off his skin, and explosions would merely muss his hair (if he had any). He can rip through stone walls and bend steel. Instead of shooting heat rays from his eyes, he channels lightning blasts from his fists. But unlike Superman, he doesn't have any soft spots like mercy, empathy, or compassion.
"Superman won't kill anybody. There's a code that he lives by and he honors," Johnson says. "Black Adam has a unique code of ethics too. He will not hesitate—and I like to have a little fun when I'm explaining this—to rip somebody in half." Does that mean the actor is…kidding? "Literally, he'll grab someone by the neck and by the thigh and then rip them up, tear them apart," Johnson clarifies.
Charged Atmosphere: Dwayne Johnson powers up as Black Adam.
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That's why Black Adam falls more into the category of supervillain than superhero—and why the October 21 movie is a heel-turn for Johnson, who built his global superstardom playing fundamentally decent men who are bulldozer tough but also have a moral core that's solid as, let's say, a rock. After starring as good guy after good guy in blockbuster after blockbuster, Johnson says it's time for fans to see him in a new light. Or maybe light is the wrong word.
It's okay to have zero idea who Black Adam is. Few outside the hard-core geek sphere do, although the character has been causing havoc in the pages of comic books since 1945. "I did think about that a lot because I didn't know about Black Adam either," says Jaume Collet-Serra, the director of the movie. Johnson and producers Hiram Garcia and Beau Flynn first pitched him the project while they were making Jungle Cruise in 2018.
Collet-Serra says he was interested in leaning into the character's obscurity, making the movie more of a mystery than a recitation of a familiar origin story. "It's not your typical superhero movie where a guy wants to be a superhero and gets the powers, and then you spend 50 minutes trying to figure out how the powers work," the filmmaker says. "This is a movie where you introduce Black Adam right away, and then throughout the movie you slowly peel back the onion and reveal what happened."
In the actual world, Black Adam first appeared at the end of World War II in the pages of Fawcett Comics, now long defunct. He was always a foe of Captain Marvel's (although not the Captain Marvel you think), possessing matching powers but using them very differently. Adam was once a mortal from ancient Egypt who was granted his mystical abilities to "fight evil in the world." Instantly afterward, he became a brutal tyrant. A forced "time-out" from the planet lasted several thousand years, which only enraged him more when he returned.
Fawcett Comics also took a long hiatus, abandoning superhero storytelling in the early 1950s in part because of a long-running lawsuit that claimed it had repeatedly ripped off Superman stories. In the 1970s, DC officially acquired the rights to Fawcett's fallow characters, integrating them into the very universe they were once accused of imitating. By then, rival Marvel Comics had created its own Captain Marvel (still not the one you think, but closer), so the new DC version of the character had to be rebranded with the magical catchphrase that activates his powers: Shazam!
Awakening: Sarah Shahi as Adrianna, Mohammed Amer as Karim, and a cloaked Dwayne Johnson as the unleashed, all-powerful vengeance-seeker.
When Warner Bros. began development on a Shazam movie in 2014, Johnson signed on to costar as Black Adam. But when the film starring Zachary Levi was released in 2019, there was no Rock, and almost no Black Adam either. "When the first draft of the movie came to us, it was a combination of Black Adam and Shazam: Two origin stories in one movie," Johnson recalls. "Now that was the goal—so it wasn't a complete surprise. But when I read that, I just knew in my gut, 'We can't make this movie like this. We would be doing Black Adam an incredible disservice.' It would've been fine for Shazam having two origin stories converge in one movie, but not good for Black Adam."
Johnson started lobbying for the bad guy to get his own film. "I made a phone call," Johnson says. "I said, 'I have to share my thoughts here. It's very unpopular…' because everybody thought, 'Hey, this script is great, let's go make this movie.' I said, 'I really think that you should make Shazam!, make that movie on its own in the tone that you want. And I think we should separate this as well.'"
The 2019 Shazam! movie did include one allusion to Black Adam: The wizard who bestows the powers of the superhero reveals that he once gave the abilities "recklessly" to the wrong person, who used them to unleash vengeance on the world. As he recounts this tale, an illuminated figure who looks a lot like Johnson as Black Adam is shown presiding over the misery.
The stand-alone movie will undoubtedly make Black Adam go mainstream. But for now the filmmaker, producers, and Johnson himself have some work to do, introducing him to the unfamiliar. There's a voracious appetite for superhero stories—but in an era of reboots of reboots and multiverses uniting three actors who all played the same part once upon a time, audiences have come to believe that most of the great characters have already had at least one moment onscreen. That's not the case with Black Adam. "I always get asked, nine times out of 10, 'Well, what's taken them so long? How come we haven't heard of this character?'" says Johnson, who sees that as a plus. "We get a chance to deliver a movie, deliver a character, that's never been seen before. There has been no other Black Adam."
But who is he? Let's start with the name. "Black Adam's real name is Teth-Adam," Johnson explains. "And the Black in Black Adam refers to his soul."
Man in Black: Dwayne Johnson behind the scenes of Black Adam.
"Teth-Adam" was also the name given to the character during his debut in 1945. For the film, Egypt has been replaced as his homeland with the fictional Middle Eastern realm of Kahndaq, as it has been in the comics for years. Otherwise, the origin stories match up. Black Adam's turn to the dark side will also provide more of a rationale for his mercilessness, if not a justification for it.
It's all connected to something unspeakable that happened to his family when they were enslaved in that long-ago era. "That's something that's universal, that everyone can relate to," Johnson says. "It doesn't matter your color, or religion, or what your bank account says, or wherever you live, or what your job is. I mean, everybody can relate to family and wanting to do all you can to protect that family. And when your family's ripped away from you…it changes the person."
Comics are full of heroes who lose loved ones to wrongdoers, only to seek solace in saving others from similar fates. Black Adam is just built differently. He's more aligned with the vengeance-seeking antiheroes of the '70s, whose brutality start to overtake that of their enemies: Think Charles Bronson in Death Wish, Pam Grier in Foxy Brown, and Meiko Kaji in Lady Snowblood—or one particular cop who simply harbored extreme contempt for punks.
"I talked early on with D.J. about how there were many similar aspects between Black Adam and Dirty Harry, which is a movie that broke rules in the '70s," Collet-Serra says. "The systems were corrupt, so you had criminals taking advantage. You needed a cop that would cut through the bullshit, and basically do what needs to be done. That's very much in line with Black Adam and his way of thinking. I think that's appealing to pretty much everybody. Everybody knows how the world sometimes is not fair, and you need people that break the rules to even out the playing field."
The world doesn't see Black Adam that way—at least, not when he is first awakened and unleashed on the earth as a terrifying, unstoppable supernatural force. To everyone else, he looks like a monster. And he basically is.
"His view of this world that he is brought back into—the current world, now, after 5,000 years—is very myopic," Johnson says. "There's no room or space for him being wrong. There's no room or space for anyone else's opinion. There's only room and space for him justifying anything that he does because of his pain. And he pushes and pushes and pushes and does not see any other way. It's very black and white."
Eventually, all that pushing will lead him to others who are willing to push back.
The film introduces moviegoers to the Justice Society of America—which is separate from the similar-sounding (and now more widely known) Justice League. The JSA started uniting heroes about two decades before and features the likes of Dr. Fate and Hawkman, who turn up in Black Adam, played by Pierce Brosnan and Aldis Hodge.
The Leader: Aldis Hodge as Hawkman.
In the comics, Hawkman flies with wings forged from extraterrestrial metal. He also dates back to ancient Egyptian times, reincarnating ceaselessly over the centuries while passing on the mantle of the flying hero. In the present day, he is leader of the JSA and leads the others in standing up to Black Adam's aggression. Collet-Serra notes that some DC writers have forged a connection between the two over the years that dates back several millennia. But the movie isn't going to get tangled up with that.
"In the comics, there are clear references of like, 'Hey, I saw you 5,000 years ago. You remember me?' We're not doing that," the filmmaker says. "It would be too confusing. Obviously, Hawkman reincarnates, so how many times do you need to reincarnate and still remember? All these rules [are something] you don't want to set until those characters are really established."
Hodge's Hawkman is repulsed by Black Adam's tactics but shares some of his stubbornness. "He is a very driven character that knows that he's on the right side," Collet-Serra says. "Definitely, he's a leader. He wants to bring this team together, and bring a certain stability to the world. Hawkman has a very strong sense of what's right or wrong, and Black Adam challenges that."
The Charmer: Pierce Brosnan as Dr. Fate.
Photo by Frank Masi
Dr. Fate is known for his distinctive golden helmet and supernatural abilities, but Collet-Serra says this Black Adam opponent's other superpower is raw charisma. While Fate can't overpower Black Adam in the strength department, he might be able to reason with him.
"You need a special actor to play, basically, a legend," the filmmaker explains. "Dr. Fate is a very powerful being, so you need someone like Pierce who can play powerful without it being overly done. He can do it in a very subtle way. I mean, he's one of the coolest people in the world—he was James Bond! But as a person, he's magnetic, so warm with such gravitas."
The Force of Nature: Quintessa Swindell as Cyclone.
While Hawkman and Dr. Fate are the veterans, the JSA also includes some relative novices. "With Cyclone and Atom Smasher, they're also very beloved characters, but we've gone the younger route in this," Collet-Serra says.
Quintessa Swindell's Cyclone hails from a family of heroes and now has to live up to that legacy, overshadowed by a grandmother who was known as Red Tornado. "It's always fun when you introduce characters in a team that have never really seen combat before, so the audience gets to experience it through those fresh eyes," Collet-Serra says. "And the same with Atom Smasher, even though Atom Smasher is a bit more experienced. They're close in age, and together they have a bond: We are the new ones here, let's not screw it up."
The Big Guy: Noah Centineo as Atom Smasher.
Noah Centineo's Atom Smasher can make himself gigantic, but also feels crushed by the expectations that come with his powers. "He's still not sure that this is what he wants to do," Collet-Serra says. "He thinks this is what he wants to do. He thinks he's on the right side, but he has a lot more questions."
That seems to be a running theme in Black Adam. The more certain you are that you're right, the less likely that's true.
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Professor Muhammad Yunus delivers the inaugural International Human Rights Lecture 2014
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NEWS RELEASE · 18th April 2012
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The Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia (AME BC) today welcomed Natural Resources Canada Minister Joe Oliver's announcement of its plan for Responsible Resource Development.
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• 45 day timeline for decisions on whether or not an environmental assessment is needed;
• 365 day timeline for standard environmental assessments;
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• eliminating duplication between two orders of government; and
• better integration of aboriginal consultations into the environmental assessment and regulatory processes
"We are pleased that the federal government has developed a reasonable and workable plan to reduce duplication in the environmental review process while maintaining the high environmental standards that Canadians expect and enjoy," emphasized Dirom. "For everyone's benefit, we look forward to the implementation of the Responsible Resource Development initiative so that Canada's mineral resources can be explored for and developed responsibly and efficiently."
About AME BC:
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David Rupiny
By Davidson Ndyabahika
Veteran journalist David Rupiny has announced his retirement as a reporter from Uganda Radio Network ending near 20 years in influential journalism.
At 45, a senior Business reporter said "I think I have done my part" while bidding farewell to workmates at Uganda Radio Network –URN offices in Kampala this week.
Who is David Rupiny?
Rupiny hails from a non-descript village, Pei-Zziwa in Nyapea sub-county in Zombo District, West Nile.
Records show he was born in June 1974 from Nebbi Hospital to Roseline Ocanda, now, a retired midwife, based in Panyimur, Pakwach District and his deceased dad Thomas Omika Ocanda.
His father, Ocanda was an agriculturalist famously remembered for challenging third and former President Idi Amin Dada against turning the whole of West Nile into a cotton-producing region.
"In a regional meeting in Arua, my dad (rest in peace), gave a technical advice against the idea, arguing that in the higher and colder areas the cotton crops would grow into trees instead. He paid a heavy price for it, including imprisonment," Rupiny recollects.
The project went on and indeed in the highlands, the cotton crops grew into huge trees. He has he has fond memories of admiration and inspiration partly from his father.
Rupiny Born a Journalist
His passion for journalism he says, started, while in primary school in Nebbi. On joining St Aloysius College Nyapea in 1988, the budding journalist joined the school newsletter –The Giraffe.
In A-level at Mvara Secondary School in Arua, Rupiny became the editor of the school newsletter, The Excavator.
He would later join Makerere University in 1995, 7 years after his dream course, Bachelor's degree programme in Mass Communication had been introduced in 1988.
He became the assistant editor of The Northcoter newsletter. This was one of the most vibrant students' magazine, as started by award-winning, world-renown Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o in earlier years.
Having missed Mass Communications course by 0.2 points, Rupiny ended up in a Social Sciences class. Unsettled there, he approached the then head of Literature and Mass Communications department, Dr. Abbas Kiyimba, who advised him to do Political Science and Literature, reasoning that the combination would give him a good grounding in the media.
Heeding to the new advice, Rupiny, chose Art of Communication and Critical Literary Criticism among his course units to boost his communications knowledge.
"I would also attend Mass Communications classes, as well as borrow journalism textbooks to deepen my knowledge and skills," he sighs.
Soon, Rupiny became the Makerere University stringer for The Crusader newspaper, breaking stories like the army recruitment of fresh graduates and a move by the university to significantly increase private students' enrollment from the experimental few in the mid-1990s. The Crusader newspaper would later close in April 1999 after its finances were frozen in sudden closure of Greenland Bank.
His life at Makerere University
He says he was rather focused on books, although a member of the notorious Northcote Hall. Rupiny was in the Introspection Group, led by Frank Rusa Nyakaana (now, Uganda's Country Representative at the Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy (NIMD)) who wanted a progressive Northcote culture.
"Had the radicals not overrun the Introspection Group, Northcote and its unique culture would still be around," he says.
After sitting his last paper at University in June 1998, Rupiny joined Radio Paidha, the first commercial radio station in northern Uganda as the news editor, rising to head it as a station manager and programme manager. It is at Paidha that Rupiny's media abilities came alive.
In addition to spearheading the attraction of young people to join the media in the remote region of West Nile, Rupiny's traces are still present in Paidha FM's programming and sound.
While at Paidha, the former head of Lwo (see Luo) language department at the then Institute of Languages head-hunted him, on recommendations from Makerere's Literature department, and he joined as a teaching assistant.
Although he performed well, evidenced by approval of his supervisors, his nose for news stories haunted him and he would soon opt for the media, returning to his station manager job in Paidha.
In 2002, Rupiny got a scholarship and went for a broadcast journalism course at Radio Netherlands Training Centre in Hilversum, The Netherlands.
A year later, in 2003, he went to London where he did a course in media management at the British Broadcasting Corporation –BBC World Service, Bush House.
Upon his return to Uganda, Rupiny started The WestNiler newspaper, focusing on northwestern Uganda. Due to the tough economic terrain for newspapers, Rupiny's newspaper folded after about three years, no mean achievement in the local media scope.
After a brief stint at Radio Pacis in Arua, Rupiny joined Uganda Radio Network in October 2005, and has since been in and out of the organization, performing roles of reporter, trainer, mentor, producer, among others.
In 2008, after a course in training of (media) trainers at Radio Netherlands Training Centre -RNTC in The Netherlands, and another in public service broadcasting at Swedish Radio in Sweden, Rupiny joined 9.33 KFM as the news manager. He also briefly worked as Total E&P Uganda's public relations officer in the Lake Albert Basin.
In 2011, Rupiny founded Nebbi-based Rainbow Radio as a citizen radio, running it for four years before selling it to Joshua Anywarach, the Padyere County legislator.
Largely, until now, Rupiny has worked with Uganda Radio Network, an opportunity he is appreciative and proud of, as he tearfully told URN staff during his parting words.
"Much of my journalism has been with URN and for that matter I hold URN so dear because if it was not for URN, I don't think I would have achieved much in my career," Rupiny told URN staff this week.
According to Rupiny, after 20 years in the newsroom it is time he moved on to other challenges. Although he is leaving the newsroom, he says he will be working with the media.
He attributes his longevity in the media to passion, selflessness and a desire to do good. "Look at journalism as a service to humanity," his message to young journalists.
Rupiny also expresses concerns about the failure of crucial aspects of journalism like peace journalism in taking root in Uganda.
A trained policy analyst from Uganda Management Institute –UMI, currently pursuing MA in Journalism and Media Studies at Uganda Christian University –UCU, Rupiny wants to dedicate the future to media research, policy and publishing.
His interests are in media, peace building, culture, development management, among others.
Ultimately, Rupiny says; "I would also like to grow my Rainbow Community Knowledge Centre for the benefit of those at the base-of-the-pyramid."
On national unity, Rupiny says it was while on campus that he started to realize that Ugandans were not as united as they appeared in his early days, making him disappointed. He had lived in Benn Hospital quarters where many nationalities lived, and the schools he went to like St Aloysius College Nyapea and Mvara then also had students from many ethnic groups.
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