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Gizmodo reports on the arrest of programmer superstar Ola Bini by the Ecuadorean government:
Police in Ecuador have arrested Swedish programmer and digital privacy activist Ola Bini for allegedly trying to destabilize the Ecuadorian government by "collaborating" with WikiLeaks. Bini was arrested at Quito Airport in Ecuador on his way to Japan.
Ola Bini is a Swedish programmer with a truly impressive resume, and a frequent speaker at conferences. According to his own website, he has choose to focus on "privacy enhanching technologies".
So far, it doesn't seem like Ola Bini has been charged with anything, but the claims made by the Ecuadorian government are very serious.
The EFF has come out in defense of Ola Bini: The Ecuadorean Authorities Have No Reason to Detain Free Software Developer Ola Bini
I am entirely on the side of the EFF on this. I have met Ola Bini, and find it very doubtful that he would do anything like the things claimed by the Ecuadorian government. And even if he had, he should still be allowed proper due process, unlike how he has been treated so far, according to his lawyers.
There is a petition to get Ola Bini released, which you can sign here
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How many innocent people must be freed? A sweeping review is needed
There is a well-known saying, called Blackstone's formulation, which is supposed to represent the concept behind the judicial systems in the West
It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer
Yet, looking at the US judicial system, it seems like the exact opposite is the case. A lot of people are wrongfully convicted – either through being forced into plea bargains, or though plain wrongful convictions. The Innocence Project, which has been working to free innocent people for 25 years, have freed hundreds of people, many from the death row. Unfortunately, there is not enough resources to help everybody, and sometimes it takes a very unlikely series of events for someone innocent to get the attention of someone who can help.
This is the case with Valentino Dixon. He was wrongfully convicted of murder, and had served 27 years behind bars before getting his conviction overturned. While he family had fought for him getting released, the big breakthrough came when a golf magazine took up his case. Dixon came to the attention of Golf Digest because of his golf-related drawings. And as Golfworld explains, it didn't take long for the magazine to notice that his conviction seemed rather doubtful.
It took about a hundred drawings before Golf Digest noticed, but when we did, we also noticed his conviction seemed flimsy. So we investigated the case and raised the question of his innocence.
The case is complicated, but on the surface it involves shoddy police work, zero physical evidence linking Dixon, conflicting testimony of unreliable witnesses, the videotaped confession to the crime by another man, a public defender who didn't call a witness at trial, and perjury charges against those who said Dixon didn't do it. All together, a fairly clear instance of local officials hastily railroading a young black man with a prior criminal record into jail. Dixon's past wasn't spotless, he had sold some cocaine, but that didn't make him a murderer.
Golf Digest wrote about this, and the story was picked up by other media, without Dixon's case got any traction. Then his case was picked by 3 Georgetown undergraduate students as their case in a Prison Reform Project course.
Dixon's case was certainly the most advanced, mostly because he already had an attorney representing him and pursuing his innocence. But the case had stalled. One barrier to such efforts is the challenge of proving there is new evidence that needs to be considered — difficult in this case, since the real killer's confessions had been well-known for decades.
The three students working on Dixon's case kept pushing, traveling to visit Dixon in prison, tracking down witnesses, and interviewing the key figures in his original trial. Several interviews revealed the blatant incompetence and callousness of his original trial attorney, who didn't seem troubled at all by the conviction.
But the bombshell moment occurred when the original prosecutor, unprompted, revealed that after Dixon had been arrested, the investigators had conducted gun residue testing on his hands and clothes, and the test came back negative.
This was a blatant violation of the landmark Supreme Court case Brady v. Maryland, which ruled prosecutors are obligated to provide defense attorneys with any material evidence helpful to the defense. Yet in this case, no one knew about the test until the Georgetown students captured the prosecutor talking about it on camera.
In short, these remarkable students broke new investigative ground and contributed to Dixon's lawyers' final and ultimately successful motion to overturn his conviction based on new evidence.
If Gold Digest hadn't picked up the story, creating some media buzz, it is unlikely the case would have gotten the attention of the Georgetown professors running the course, and then the graduate students wouldn't have begun their digging.
I cannot help wonder how many other wrongfully convicted people there are out there without the benefit of a passion that catches the eye of someone outside the prison. Given what we know about the conduct of US prosecutors and police forces, and in many cases public defenders, I can't help but think that every case should be reviewed, especially those against poor, non-white people, who historically has been badly served by the US judicial system. This is not a small task, but it should be possible to identify cases with a high risk of wrongful conviction – this would be cases from districts where there has already been identified problems with the methods used by the prosecutor and the police force, cases where the public defender has a noteworthy bad record, and cases where there is evidence of a bias in the system (e.g. black crime against white people).
This is unlikely to happen as long as the GOP, and other though-on-crime politicians, are in political position – including the position of public prosecutor and judge in many cases. The only way to change this, is to vote for better politicians, and then pressure the elected politicians to work for justice, rather than being though on crime.
The original 2012 article in Golf Digest: Golf Saved My Life – Drawings From Prison
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CNAS, the democratic version of conquest imperialism
While Washington has no foreign policy, but several contradictory and simultaneous policies, "liberal hawks" have formed around General David Petraeus and the Center for a New American Security. Thierry Meyssan spotlights this think tank which now plays the role formerly devolved to the Project for a New American Century in the Bush era: promoting expansionist imperialism and world domination.
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General David Petraeus at the CNAS
The Syrian crisis, which had already been solved by the first conference in Geneva in June 2012, continues despite all the agreements negotiated with the United States. Clearly, the Obama administration does not obey its leader, but is divided between two political lines: one favourable to the imperialist division of the world with China and possibly Russia (President Obama's position) and, on the other hand, the expansionist imperialists (gathered around Hillary Clinton and General David Petraeus).
To everyone's surprise, the ouster of the CIA Director and the Secretary of State during the re-election of Barack Obama has not ended the division of the administration, but has exacerbated it.
Once again, the expansionist imperialists have revived the war against the People's Republic of Korea, under the pretext of a cyber attack against Sony Pictures attributed to Pyongyang against all logic. President Obama ultimately agreed with their discourse and signed a "sanctions" decree.
It seems that supporters of imperial expansion have first regrouped to create the Center for a New American Security, which played in the Democratic Party a role equivalent to that of the Project for a New American Century (and today of the Foreign Policy Initiative) within the Republican Party. As such, they played an important role during the first term of Barack Obama and, for some, have integrated the deep state from whence they continue to pull the strings.
Liberal hawks
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) was established in 2007 by Kurt Campbell and Michele A. Flournoy.
These two intellectuals had previously worked together at the Center for Strategic and International Studies CSIS). Two months after the attacks of 11 September 2001, they had edited: "To Prevail: An American Strategy for the Campaign Against Terrorism. [1] The book explained the decision of President Bush to attack not only terrorist groups but also states that support them, and even failed states who failed to fight them on their soil. Inspired by the CSIS work of the Task Force on Terrorism, he advocated a considerable development of the intelligence agencies to monitor the world. In short, Campbell and Flournoy agreed with the official narrative of the attacks and justify the "war on terror" that would cast a pall over the world for over a decade.
In 2003, Campbell and Flournoy, along with thirteen other democratic intellectuals, signed a document entitled "Progressive Internationalism: A Democratic National Security Strategy" [2]. This manifesto supported the post-September 11 war while criticizing the diplomatic weakness of President Bush. In view of the choice of the Democratic candidate in 2004, the signatories intend to promote the US imperial project (defended by George W. Bush) while criticizing the way he exercised leadership, including the doubts he had sown among allies. The signatories were then labeled "liberal hawks".
Kurt Campbell and Michele Flournoy at the the CNAS launching ceremony in 2007.
The CNAS
At its inception (2007), the CNAS said it wanted to renew US strategic thinking after the Baker-Hamilton Commission and the resignation of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. The launch was attended by many dignitaries, including Madeleine Albright, Clinton and Chuck Hagel. At the time, Washington was looking for an escape from the quagmire in Iraq. Campbell and Flournoy intended to advocate a military solution that allows the US military to continue to occupy Iraq without exhausting forces there. To continue its global expansion, US imperialism had to first develop a strategy against terrorism that would enable it to return its troops to Iraq at a reduced format.
Logically, Campbell and Flournoy therefore work with General David Petraeus who had been appointed commander of the military coalition in Iraq because he was the author of the counter-insurgency manual for the US Army. They hire an Australian expert named David Kilcullen, who would become the guru of General Petraeus and who would design the Surge. He said the Iraqi insurgents' about face is possible by the combination of two factors (carrot and stick): firstly a salary should be paid to the resistors who change camp and ensure order in their territory and, on the other, a strong constraint would be exerted on them by a temporary increase in US military presence. This strategy would be implemented with the success that we know: the country first going through a phase of intense civil war, then slowly returning to calm after being deeply destroyed. In fact, the reversal of part of the Iraqi resistance was only possible because it was organized on a tribal basis.
In fact, during this period, the CNAS and Petraeus are inseparable. Kilcullen becomes advisor to Petraeus and to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. The merger is such that Col. John Nagl, an adviser to Petraeus, became president of CNAS when Campbell and Flournoy entered the Obama administration.
The originality of CNAS is that it is a Democrat think tank that collaborates with and integrates Republican hawks. It also multiplies meetings and discussions with members of the Project for a New American Century. It is funded by arms manufacturers or providers of Defense (Accenture Federal Services, BAE Systems, Boeing, DRS Technologies, Northrop Grumman), financial (Bernard L. Schwartz Investments, Prudential Financial), foundations (Carnegie Corporation of New York, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Ploughshares Fund, Smith Richardson Foundation, Zak Family Charitable Trust) and foreign governments (Israel, Japan, Taiwan).
During the election campaign, Campbell and Flournoy publish their recommendations for the next president: The Inheritance and the Way Forward. [3] From the Bush era, they question the principle of "preventive war" and the practice of torture. In addition, they recommend redirecting the war on terrorism in order to avoid the "clash of civilizations" that would deprive Washington of its Muslim allies.
Three generations of women at CNAS: Madeleine Albright, Clinton and Michele Flournoy
The Obama administration
Elected president of the United States, Barack Obama designates Michele Flournoy to monitor the transition at the Department of Defense. Logically, she was appointed Assistant Secretary of Defense for Policy, that is to say, she must develop the new defense strategy. She is thus the No. 2 in the department and manages a budget of $ 200 million.
For his part, Kurt Campbell was appointed to the Department of State to direct the office of the Far East and the Pacific.
Campbell and Flournoy will then be the promoters of the "Pivot" strategy. According to them, the United States must prepare for a future confrontation with China. In this perspective, they must slowly pivot their armed forces from Europe and the broader Middle East towards the Far East.
The CNAS is so popular that many collaborators enter the Obama administration:
Rand Beers becomes Secretary of Homeland Security,
Ashton Carter, undersecretary of defense for acquisition, then defense secretary,
Susan Rice, ambassador to the United Nations, and National Security Advisor,
Robert Work, Deputy Secretary of Defense,
Shawn Brimley, Special Advisor to the Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Planning Director at the National Security Council,
Price Floyd, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs,
Alice Hunt, Special Assistant in the Department of Defense,
Colin Kahl, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East and National Security Advisor to the Vice President,
James Miller, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Policy,
Eric Pierce, deputy head of the Defense Department responsible for relations with Congress,
Sarah Sewall become, in 2014, Undersecretary of State for Democracy and Human Rights,
Wendy Sherman will become, in 2011, Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs,
Vikram Singh, Special Advisor to the Secretary of Defense for Afghanistan and Pakistan,
Gayle Smith, Director for Development and Democracy at the National Security Council,
James Steinberg, Deputy Secretary of State,
Jim Thomas, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Resources
Edward (Ted) Warner III, advisor to the Secretary of Defense for arms control.
The CNAS is already preparing the program of the next president of the US.
The influence of the CNAS
Michele Flournoy, who aspired to become defense secretary, was barred from that post in 2012 because she was considered too close to Israel. Yet she is now omnipresent in defense think tanks: she is a member of the Defense Science Board, the Defense Policy Board and the President's Intelligence Advisory Board.
Clearly, her policy recommendations are followed both in regard to the "extended Middle East" and the Far East.
The CNAS has supported the efforts of Wendy Sherman to negotiate the resumption of diplomatic negotiations with Tehran. Quite transparent, this stressed that the problem with Iran's nuclear issue was less of an issue than the export of its revolution. It calls for a series of extremely severe actions to cut Iranian networks in Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. [4]
Regarding Syria, the NSCC considers that it will be impossible to overthrow the Republic in the short term. It therefore advises the "tourniquet strategy": use the consensus that was created against the Islamic Emirate for all states involved to put pressure on Damascus and on the opposition groups in order to achieve a military de-escalation - but without however collaborating with el-Assad against the Islamic Emirate. Effort will therefore both be focused on obliging the Republic to integrate members of the pro-Atlanticist opposition into government and on humanitarian aid and logistical support provided to rebel areas so that they become attractive. Once the pro-Atlanticists are in government, they will be responsible for identifying the secret workings of the state apparatus so that it can later be destroyed. The originality of the plan is to claim the Syrian desert for the rebels who refuse to join the government. Yet this desert represents 70% of the territory and is home to most of the gas reserves. [5]
The CNAS is paying special attention to the Internet. The idea is to limit government censorship so that NSA surveillance can continue with the same ease. [6] Simultaneously, it is concerned about how the PRC protects itself from NSA spying [7].
In the Pacific, the CNAS advocates rapprochement with India, Malaysia and Indonesia. It has devised a plan to modernize the measures taken against North Korea.
The current officers
Gradually, the CNAS - which was a Democratic initiative working with republican neocons - has become the main center for studies promoting imperialist conquest.
Besides Kurt Campbell and Michele Flournoy, there are among its directors:
General John Allen, commander of the anti-Daeh Coalition
Richard Armitage, former deputy secretary of state,
Richard Danzig, vice president of the Rand Corporation,
Joseph Lieberman, former Israeli spokesman in the Senate,
General James Mattis, former commander of CentCom.
The CNAS is expected to grow as it is now the main think tank capable of opposing any reduction in the US defense budget and of reviving the war industry.
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[1] To Prevail: An American Strategy for the Campaign Against Terrorism, Csis Significant Issues Series, CSIS, November 2001.
[2] Progressive Internationalism: A Democratic National Security Strategy, Progressive Policy Institute, October 30, 2003.
[3] The Inheritance and the Way Forward, Kurt Campbell, Michele Flournoy, CNAS, 2007.
[4] Pushback Countering the Iran Action Network, Scott Modell and David Asher, Center for a New American Security, September 2013.
[5] The Tourniquet. A Strategy for Defeating the Islamic State and Saving Syria and Iraq, Marc Lynch, Center for a New American Security, October 2014. Et How This Ends. A Blueprint for De-Escalation in Syria, Dafna H. Rand and Nicholas A. Heras, Center for a New American Security, November 2014. "The incredible US "peace plan" for Syria", by Thierry Meyssan, Translation Roger Lagassé, Al-Watan (Syria), Voltaire Network, 29 December 2014.
[6] Bringing Liberty Online. Reenergizing the Internet Freedom Agenda in a Post-Snowden Era, Richard Fontaine, Center for a New American Security, September 2014.
[7] Warring State: China's Cybersecurity Strategy, Amy Chang, Center for a New American Security, December 2014.
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Anna's Hummingbird, like this one photographed at Famosa Slough in San Diego, is generally the most common hummer in coastal southern California. This year there were almost as many, maybe more, Allen's, but that is, in my experience, unusual. Famosa Slough is my go to place to photograph Anna's. It is easy as there are generally at least 2 males on territory near the end of the trail on the north side of West Point Loma Boulevard, and sometimes one on territory in the little garden between the boulevard and the water on the south side. The trick is getting one to sit with the sun illuminating the gorget. This one cooperated for just long enough to snap off one burst, and then was gone again. Sony RX10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. 1/640th @ f4 @ ISO 100. -.3EV. Processed in Polarr.


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Q: Add metatags to a file when copying to SharePoint following this article: Powershell script to transfer files from local folder to document library
is it possible to add more properties to a file when uploading from a file share to sharepoint,
Forr example، I have an Enterprise Keyword column, and if the file is being copied from a folder X to sharepoint I want it to have the enterprise keyword "X" added as a property to that file.

A: Yes, you can do that.
First add a column in SharePoint document library for example you named the column "Keyword"
Use the following updated script to update managed metadata column:
if((Get-PSSnapin "Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell") -eq $null)
{
Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell
}

#Script settings
$webUrl = "http://vs-server12"

$docLibraryName = "Documents"
$docLibraryUrlName = "Shared%20Documents"
$localFolderPath = "C:\temp\Docs4SharePoint"

#Open web and library
$web = Get-SPWeb $webUrl

#Getting the managed term
$taxonomySession = Get-SPTaxonomySession -Site $web.Site
$termStore = $taxonomySession.TermStores["Managed Metadata Service"];
foreach($item in $termStore.Groups)
{
    if($item.Name -eq "Marketing")
    {
        $group = $item
    }
}

$termset = $group.TermSets["Marketing Initiative"];
foreach($t in $termset.Terms)
{
    if($t.Name -eq "X")
    {
        $term = $t
    }
}

$docLibrary = $web.Lists[$docLibraryName]
$files = ([System.IO.DirectoryInfo] (Get-Item $localFolderPath)).GetFiles()
ForEach($file in $files)
{
#Open file
$fileStream = ([System.IO.FileInfo] (Get-Item $file.FullName)).OpenRead()

#Add file
$folder = $web.getfolder($docLibrary.rootFolder.URL)

write-host "Copying file " $file.Name " to " $folder.ServerRelativeUrl "..."
$spFile = $folder.Files.Add($folder.Url + "/" + $file.Name, [System.IO.Stream]$fileStream, $true)
$spFile.Item["Keyword"] = $term
$spFile.Item.Update();
write-host "Success"

#Close file stream
$fileStream.Close();
}

#Dispose web

$web.Dispose()

NOTE:
I had to change $folder =  $web.getfolder($docLibraryUrlName) to $folder =  $web.getfolder($docLibrary.rootFolder.URL) to make the script work.

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Happy Canada Day from the Canadian Senate
Happy Canada Day from the Canadian Senate! Unless you're a trans person, or someone who faces discrimination because of your gender identity. In that case, have a disappointing Canada Day. With the Senate taking their summer recess bill C-279 will be left to die on the order paper without being passed into law. The bill passed third reading in the House of Commons on March 20, 2013 and received first reading in the Senate on the next day. Second reading and referral to committee took place on May 29, 2013. Two years and one month later it was still languishing in the committee stage waiting for amendments proposed by the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs to be voted on and their report received.(LEGISinfo 41st Parliament 2nd Session Bill C 279) It is important to note that any bill passed by the Commons and later amended in the Senate then has to go back to the Commons for the amendments to be voted on. We can dissect what happened to the bill the Senate in many ways, instead I will look forward and discuss where we go from here.From an organizing standpoint we have a bit of a breather, but not much. With a fall election expected it will be important to raise the issue of federal legislation to protect trans rights with candidates in ridings across the country. Factor this in when making decisions on who to support in the upcoming election. Remember that Prime Minister Harper voted against C-279.
In addition to talking to the candidates in your riding, also talk to friends and family about this legislation. Many people don't realize that trans rights are not included in the Canadian Human Rights Act. The more who bring this up with candidates, and then with members of parliament after the election the more momentum we can build to have it passed quickly by the next parliament.
We should also be looking beyond the human rights legislation. Access to trans health care in this country is different in each province. Ability to change one's name and gender on official documents is also not available in all provinces. Even without the federal legislation we can advocate and push for changes across the country. People in Newfoundland should not be required to travel to Toronto at their own expense in order to have access to transition related surgeries. We need more surgeons in Canada who are able to perform the various genital surgeries that trans people need so that one does not have to travel across the country or go abroad to have surgery.
There is also the issue of employment, or more accurately the lack thereof, especially for trans women. "Trans PULSE findings showed that while 71% of trans people have at least some college or university education, about half make $15,000 per year or less."(We've Got Work to Do: Workplace Discrimination and Employment Challenges for Trans People in Ontario, 2011) Yes there have been changes to human rights law in a few provinces, discrimination still happens. Proving discrimination in hiring processes is difficult at the best of times. For trans people seeking employment there is usually no reason given for not hiring that would allow one to go to a human rights tribunal. If one is lucky enough to get an interview, they are then told, "we found someone who would be a better fit for our organization." The only way for this to change is to educate employers and to have some successful human rights complaints take place.
Access to shelters and other social services is, to put it mildly, also problematic for trans people. Many shelters do not know what to do when a trans person comes through their door. If there are policies, staff often do not understand them, or do not follow them. I was told in 2011 by someone close to me that I should not disclose my trans status if I ever needed to use a shelter. Policies are only effective if they are implemented and procedures followed. Staff treating trans people as less than human is not acceptable. Being referred to as "it" or other much more derogatory terms by staff, either to a trans person's face, or when discussing a trans person's case among staff is not acceptable. Yet it happens. This is changing, slowly, and that is a positive sign. If you are dealing with a shelter, or other social service agency, and have the ability, it never hurts to ask if they have policies for working with trans people who come through the door. In these settings the trans person seeking services is usually not in a position to be able to advocate for themself. Therefore, those of us who can advocate must step up and do so.
All is not doom and gloom, though. Things are changing. Yes, it takes time. Yes it is, unfortunately, too slow for many. But there is change happening.
Happy Canada Day everyone, and may we be celebrating more successes than stagnations or failures this time next year. Let's work together to make sure we have trans rights in the Canadian Human Rights Act before Canada celebrates its 150th birthday in 2017.
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Star Is Born, A: Lady Gaga Wins BAFTA and Grammy for the Song "Shallow"
February 10, 2019 by EmanuelLevy
Lady Gag began the night off strong with Grammy Awards before she even hits the red carpet.
Prior to the actual awards ceremony, the "A Star Is Born" Oscar nominee took home two awards for song written for visual media with "Shallow," and best pop solo performance with "Joanne (Where Do You Think You're Goin'?)."
The news of the wins came just hours after Gaga won a BAFTA Award for original music at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards in London, making the pop star the first person to win a BAFTA and a Grammy in the same day.
After hearing the news, Gaga tweeted her excitement, writing, "I can't believe we just won Best Original Music @BAFTA's. I wish so much I was there but am at the Grammy's to show them our love as well. We made a film about music. This means the world to me. Thank u to all our fans we love u so much, we wouldn't be here without u #BAFTAs."
Gaga was more sentimental about her Grammy wins, which she said brought her to tears: "I'm not gonna be able to wear any makeup tonight. We just won our first of Grammy nominations for the night. I'm in tears with honor and gratitude. Thank you @RecordingAcad #Grammy and my co-writers and Bradley I love you so much thank you."
Gaga's tears continued with her "Joanne" win, which appeared to strike a more personal note for the "A Star Is Born" singer.
"A Grammy for Joanne is more than me & my family could ever dream of. I sang that version in one take, & poured my entire life & soul into it," she tweeted. "Thank you so much for this gift I am completely shocked. 2nd Grammy win of the night I am so overwhelmed by this kindness.
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these economists close to Macron who advise the CFDT
The CFDT is taking part in massive within the coming weeks. It has secured the launch of a convention on pension funding within the close to future, through which the social companions will take part. It's as much as the cedetist middle, now, to exhibit that the sport was well worth the candle and that options might be discovered to stability the system within the brief time period.
The train, which ought to begin on the finish of January, guarantees to be troublesome. It includes negotiating with employers, who defend concepts very completely different from these of the unions to cut back the deficit of the system – evaluated in a spread oscillating between 7.9 and 17.2 billion euros in 2025. As well as, the The manager instantly indicated to the protagonists that it was essential to exclude leads which have the impact of accelerating the price of labor or reducing the extent of pensions.
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Confronted with such a fancy equation, Laurent Berger, the primary CFDT, strives to place the utmost of probabilities on his facet. "We're within the strategy of bringing collectively, together with consultants, to work on extraordinarily exact proposals", he mentioned on January 16 on Franceinfo, with out giving the names of the personalities who will assist him.
"Struck by lack of understanding"
After investigation, it seems that the confederation will probably be supported particularly by economists who had been near Emmanuel Macron over the past presidential marketing campaign. Amongst them, Jean Pisani-Ferry, this system director of the candidate of En Marche! in 2017: "I've outdated and common contacts with the CFDT, on many topics, confides the professor to Sciences Po Paris. The truth that a corporation like this takes into consideration the reflections of impartial economists appears to me to be an excellent factor. " A professor on the Collège de France, Philippe Aghion, who supported Mr. Macron in 2017, can be amongst those that need to assist the CFDT. There's additionally the French Observatory of Financial Situations (OFCE), which didn't take a place in 2017.
Up to now, the federal government has positioned a number of emphasis on short-term monetary balances, "However it's to be hoped that this convention additionally gives the chance to take care of long-term balances, which have been too little mentioned till now or left within the background"says Pisani-Ferry. For him, "The French have nonetheless not understood tips on how to stability a pension system by factors, and subsequently what would be the guidelines which can decide the quantity of their pension". "It's nonetheless important to create confidence among the many inhabitants", he says.
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Is Vinegar Flammable and Combustible? [quick Answer!]
February 25, 2022 May 6, 2021 by Kevin
The ancient Babylonians have been using vinegar since 3000 BC, needless to say, it's been around for medicinal and culinary purposes for thousands of years. But it's only natural to think vinegar might have a chance of being flammable as it's made from alcohol.
So, what's the deal here? Is vinegar flammable?
Despite being made from alcohol, vinegar is not flammable. The only flammable part is the acetic acid. But there's only a 5-20% acetic acid in vinegar along with 80-95% of water. The higher proportion of water doesn't let vinegar catch on fire.
If that's what you came here for, you can close the tab. But vinegar is an interesting liquid with a lot more interesting fact.
Have a spare minute? Great. Let's start-
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What Is Vinegar?
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What Is the Difference Between Cleaning Vinegar and Regular Vinegar?
Is Apple Cider Vinegar Flammable?
Is It Dangerous to Inhale Vinegar Fumes?
Is It Safe to Boil White Vinegar?
Can You Flambé with Balsamic Vinegar?
Vinegar is a 5-20% acidic solution made from fermenting ethanol with acetic acid bacteria. It has a distinct flavor along with helpful chemical properties, making it ideal for both cooking and cleaning. When you blend in different base ingredients, they add their own unique flavors to the vinegar.
Back in the old days, people used to make homemade vinegar. They bottled up old wine or beer, mixed in the ingredients, and let it sit for a long time. After a significant amount of time, the alcohol turns into acetic acid, which is what's responsible for the all-known sour taste of vinegar.
But nowadays that's not what happens. Commercial producers use sugar and different fruits for the fermentation process. From apples to oranges, you could use a number of different fruits and vegetables.
Because of the super easy manufacturing process and various useful properties, vinegar is still popular even after 3,000 years the Babylonians started using it.
Vinegar mainly consists of acetic acid and water. Acetic acid is a flammable compound but you have to keep in mind that vinegar is mostly water. With a water percentage around 80-95%, it's not affected by heat. However, the pH of the vinegar will change depending on the amount of heat.
But that's it. You won't notice any other changes. The water will evaporate before it even gets a chance to do anything. And needless to say, the properties of the vinegar will stay the same regardless of the pH change.
However, you should never try to heat vinegar. When you put vinegar in a high-temperature environment, the concentrated acetic changes its properties, making itself into a corrosive compound.
Unless you heat it up in a glass container, chances are it'll have rust and corrosion within a short time. That said, avoid heating vinegar altogether.
No matter how you heat it, vinegar won't catch fire. Even though vinegar consists of a highly flammable compound such as acetic acid, the primary ingredient here is water. And water can't catch fire regardless of how much you heat it.
But if you want to go deep, then the answer is a bit different. At one point, the heat is going to evaporate all the water, leaving you with only acetic acid. Even though 5%-20% of acetic acid is not much, you'll still get to see it.
However, this is not an easy task. The boiling point of acetic acid is 118°C. As you can guess, it's far too similar to water. What trying to say is, you'd have to maintain extreme precision to make sure the acetic acid stays intact.
Only then you can separate it and put it on fire. Seems like a far-fetched process, right? Well, it is.
Regular or white vinegar has acetic acid of about 5% with 95% water. But cleaning vinegar has more acetic acid with a percentage of 6% and 94% water. The extra 1% acidity might seem insignificant but it's what makes the vinegar 20 times stronger than regular vinegar.
Some might say that buying cleaning vinegar is better as you can use it for both cleaning and cooking. But little do they know, it's not been tested for impurities. And not to mention the taste is going to be horrible.
Nevertheless, cleaning vinegar is still environmentally safe for both humans and pets. On the other hand, white vinegar or regular vinegar is used primarily for cooking. But it's not like you can't use it for cleaning. It's just that the efficiency is going to be low similar to distilled vinegar.
Similar to every other vinegar out there, apple cider vinegar is not flammable. Even though it includes highly flammable acetic acid, it can't catch fire because of the water.
Apple cider vinegar has an acid percentage of 5-6% with pH levels ranging from 2-3. Needless to say, it's almost as similar to regular white vinegar.
If you can separate the acid from the vinegar, only then would it become flammable. But then again, the acetic acid is what's flammable, not the vinegar. Without water, you can't call it vinegar.
Anyway, don't worry about fire hazards due to vinegar. There's no way it can catch fire without precise scientific methods.
Vinegar is weak compared to other acidic solutions, making it completely safe to inhale. Unless you have to inhale vinegar for a prolonged period of time, don't even worry about it. After all, vinegar is 80-95% water.
It's only dangerous when you have to inhale vinegar fumes for a long time. And even then, you can wear safety gear to eliminate the risks.
Let's say you work in a vinegar manufacturing company. Now it goes without saying that you'd have to be around vinegar all the time. In such a situation, if the acidic solution is intense, the manufacturing company will provide your safety gear for precaution.
Again, this is a completely made-up situation. And it's highly unlikely to happen to you. But remember this, it's not a problem if you inhale vinegar. Just don't do it for too long.
That's when you might notice irritations or color changes in your skin, nose inflammations, and a bunch of other problems. Anyway, those things will only happen with long-term exposure to vinegar.
I get where you're coming off. A lot of people on the internet suggest that vinegar steam can disinfect your household. Before I answer if it is safe or not, let me discuss why you shouldn't boil vinegar at all.
But the truth is, boiling vinegar can give 2 effects on your home-
Your house will have a vinegary smell.
You will have less vinegar.
This is something that spread around the internet by naive people. And it's gained credibility as 'a lot of people' were saying it. But deep down, it's nothing but an old wives tale.
Even if you can kill disinfectants with vinegar steam, the concentration would need to be much higher. But the problem is it'd be toxic to humans.
Vinegar does have disinfectant properties. But only when it comes into contact with other virus or bacteria particles. The problem is flu diseases don't spread that way. It's never in the air per se.
When someone secretes a virus or bacteria particle, it becomes aerosolized and then falls onto a surface. After that, another person touches and somehow it gets into the body. So, vinegar steam is never going to work. You're better off washing your hands with soap.
Now, when it comes to whether vinegar is safe to boil or not, it's totally safe unless to use coal as fuel. The carbon monoxide of coal and vinegar create a deadly combination.
And most importantly, boiling vinegar turns itself into a corrosive material, which can damage your pan or pots. So, boiling vinegar is safe but it's bad news for your cooking material.
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The acidity percentage of balsamic vinegar is around 6%, which is not enough to make it catch fire. While acetic acid is a flammable content, most of it is water. This all makes it unsuitable for flambé. Liquor is your only option if you want the true taste of flambé.
You can pour over some balsamic vinegar to bring in the famous distinct flavor. But no matter what you do, it won't create a fire.
I mean a lot of people do say that they get a similar taste without using alcohol. However, you can't call it a flambé dish, if it doesn't have the aftertaste of rum or brandy.
If you truly want to taste a flambé dish, there's no alternative to alcohol. The balsamic vinegar will only add its own flavor, nothing else.
Is vinegar flammable? Well, now you know it better than me. Even though vinegar might look like a flammable solution for its transparent color and unique smell.
But everyone seems to forget that vinegar is mostly water. There's no way for it to catch fire without separating flammable acetic acid. And trust me, doing that is not a task for everybody.
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Entering Into Eternal Life and Love
Instructions for Building the Kin*dom
In Our Right Minds
A Reflection on the Trinity: God as Communion
by Ellen Sims
text: Acts 16: 9-15
The first verse of our reading from Acts reminded me, oddly enough, of the iconic scene from the original Star Wars where Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker receive a plea for help via a hazy hologram. You remember. The hologram projects a woman asking Obi-Wan to come to Alderaan: "Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope." When General Kenobi invites Luke to leave his family behind and accompany him to Alderaan, Luke initially declines. After his aunt and uncle are murdered, however, Luke aligns himself with The Force and against the evil Empire and adventures follow.
If we Christianize the Star Wars saga, we might imagine The Force (as in "May the Force be with you") as the Holy Spirit and those who serve that force as working, like Jesus followers, for God's reign and for the end of oppressive empires. That was probably not George Lucas's intended message, but it's a way of thinking about the forces at work in that galaxy far, far away–and in the kingdom that Jesus served.
In today's story from Acts, it's not a mysterious woman but an unknown man from Macedonia who appeals to Paul for help in a vision: "Come over to Macedonia and help us," he pleads. So Paul and others sought passage on a seafaring vessel—-a very early version of the Millennium Falcon, no doubt—-seeking the man who was seeking his help.
"Help us!" the voice of an unknown man called to Paul from an Empire 2000 years ago. "Help me!" the voice of an unknown woman was transmitted "a long time ago [from] a galaxy far, far away." As Obi Wan Kenobi and Luke resisted the Galactic Empire's aggressions, so Paul and other apostles tried to curb the Roman Empire's abuses by traveling to distant districts and colonies with a message of love and liberation.
Unlike Luke Skywalker's Jedi tactics, however, Paul's Jesus-y fight against Empire was nonviolent. And unlike Luke Skywalker, Paul never found the specific person he saw in his vision. In fact, Paul found not a man but a woman, Lydia. And eventually Lydia and her household came to a faith in God, resisting the ways of Empire. But that was after Paul meandered from city to city in Macedonia without any recorded events about the initial stage of that journey, though he likely was preaching along the way and probably keeping an eye out for the man in the vision. Finally, he and his companions journeyed to Philippi, "the leading city of Macedonia and a Roman colony" (Acts 16:12), where the Roman Empire's impact might have been strongest and where we see Paul finally interacting with Macedonians.
On the Sabbath, several days into their stay in Philippi, Paul and friends walk outside the city gate to the river, which they assume is a place of prayer. As one commentator explains, synagogue services were sometimes conducted "in the open air" and "whenever possible, urban synagogues were built near rivers or springs so members could purify themselves in running water." By the time Paul finally came to Philippi (by way of Troas and then Samothrace and Neapolis) without having yet encountered the man in his vision, Paul might have been ready to give up his expectations about the person with whom he was to share the Gospel. By then he might have been ready to disciple a woman, a non-Jewish woman no less. There's often a change in itinerary for those who want to follow Jesus, a change in plans for those resisting Empire, a change of expectations for people who are "faithful to the Lord" (Acts 16:15), a change of heart and mind for those on a quest for justice.
For Luke Skywalker and Paul of Tarsus, heeding a call to confront Empire can eventuate in unexpected friendships with surprising characters. Thus begins many a risky adventure for those (in fiction and real life) who oppose Empire's violence, authoritarianism, and standardization. What does Paul's simple conversation with and conversion of a woman have to do with upsetting empire?
The Jesus Way certainly doesn't involve light sabers. The Jesus Way upsets Empire just by being relational, peaceful, nonhierarchical. Paul and Lydia's relationship seems mutual. Paul taught and baptized Lydia. But Lydia hosted Paul him in her home, a magnanimous role. In next Sunday's reading from Acts we'll learn that after Paul and Silas were jailed and then miraculously freed after an earthquake, they returned to Lydia's house, which had become something like a home base for them in Phillipi. Lydia became a key supporter of Paul and a leader in the nascent Christian community at Phillipi.
If we want to undo Empire, we'll listen to the women, the children, the poor, the sick, the immigrants, the prisoners, the marginalized. If we want to help usher in the reign of God, we'll attend to those crying out for help and beware of leaders who operate by intimidation, disrespect, and fearmongering; understand situations and perspectives; resist stultifying roles and labels; extend hospitality; be in community; recognize that conversion of the individual human heart impacts conversion of a complex political reality.
It's not clear to me if there's a straight line between Paul's vision of a Macedonian man calling for help–and Lydia's conversion and leadership. But the story does say Paul went looking for one person in need but ended up serving another's need and elevating her role. And in the process Paul received what he needed. Maybe I'm not getting it. Or maybe that's the point. In the kin*dom of God the stratified roles within the Empire fall away. Some disagree about whether Lydia was wealthy merchant or a slave. But labels and titles needed within the empire disappear in the kin*dom. And chance may be a means of grace. Perhaps Paul meets up with Lydia, the first Jesus follower in Macedonia, by accident. Plans that make corporations and armies efficient are not necessarily the means for bringing in the Kin*dom. Businesses may need long-term goals and strategic plans. Even churches plan strategically and craft mission statements. It is good for us to come together and dream and agree to do certain things in order to adhere to our values and keep our commitments.
Recall both the careful planning we undertook to discern Open Table's first signature ministry and to launch Mobile's support group for LGBTQ teens. But also consider the nearly traumatizing impact on us a little over a year ago when the organization with which we first partnered folded. Scrupulous planning is necessary, but living in the Kin*dom sometimes requires imaginative thinking and bold responses to the unexpected. Now over a year later, Prism has become an independent 501(c)(3) with expanded services and still receives support from Open Table.
God's kin*dom, unlike Empires, fosters innovation and experimentation. God's Spirit—-as one of my mentors insisted—-is always dancing out ahead of the church within the big justice "movements" of human history. For instance, long before the Civil Rights movement was embraced by the mainstream white Church, people led by the Spirit were fighting for civil rights. And long before churches offered explicit welcome to LGBTQ+ folks, people, prompted (knowingly or not) by God's Spirit, were marching and organizing for those rights.
And even now something amazing is happening within the brains and hearts of Open Table members and participants. Many of us have developed a hunger for liberating theology and are listening to the Spirit's leadership and are asking brave questions. For instance, in recent weeks in our 9:30 class we've been discussing substitutionary atonement theology, and some of us have been critiquing some expressions of it and recognizing it may present God in harmful ways. At Open Table we think it's a hard but helpful practice to question received doctrines if God is presented as unloving. Many feel empowered to "deconstruct" their theological worldviews—and then to reconstruct in ways that seem logically consistent and loving. It is freeing to become a beginner theologian: to question, create, critique, and to do so without fear that God will be displeased.
Life led by the Spirit is bracing and often surprising. Let us not fear the new or reject out of hand the old. Let us be a respectful friend to both. But let's be prepared for the unexpected and expect to rethink life and scripture and God . . . again and again. In so doing, may we follow the movement of the Spirit and resist entrenched Empire. Amen


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Don't drive far, stay close to home and shop local! Oldham County has many locally owned businesses. We highlighted some places to shop in Oldham County this holiday season. Maybe you'll find yourself stopping in a new place for the first time and seeing what great businesses we have in our area! Not only will you find one of a kind items and activities, you will develop relationships with business owners living in your community! We started with a brief description of a few of our favorite places to shop in Oldham County.
And don't forget about all of the yummy restaurants, salons and spas, dance studios, gymnastics and more. Many have specials or gift certificates available. Check out our Experience Gifts List.
Addie's Goods - If your loved one has a heart for helping others then Addie's Goods is the place to shop. This boutique has quality goods handmade by organizations offering economic empowerment & abundant life around the world. There is a personal story behind each crafted item -choose a one of a kind item that's special to you or your loved one. Women's clothing and jewelry, journals, children's items, home décor and more. Located in Crestwood.
Mercantile on Main - This is a store you do not want to pass by in LaGrange. Inside the teal building, you'll find a mixture of handmade, vintage and repurposed goods. We especially love the bourbon barrel and tobacco stick products. There are great gifts for men, women and children. Grab a delicate Kentucky themed necklace, a set of bourbon glasses or vintage ornament for that special person on your list. Many of the gifts are customizable, too! When you shop here you support several local artisans like Curry's Beer Crafts, Porch Light Studios and Tobacco Barn Craftsman.
Eleanor's Room - Fairly new to Oldham County, Eleanor's Room is a warm, inviting space located down Floydsburg Road in Crestwood. They specialize in custom home décor and furniture, but you can also find ready to purchase home goods in the store. This is my go-to store when I need to find something for those on my list that love to cook. Their kitchen ware and baking utensils are unique and sweet, not something you'll find at the mall. If you have a young aspiring cook, make sure you check out their oh-so-cute children's aprons. If you're ambitious and want to refinish your own piece of furniture, you can find the tools needed for the project at Eleanor's Room.
Picked N' Painted - Kim Silcox and her team have transformed Picked N' Painted into a magical winter wonderland. The store is located on Main Street in downtown LaGrange and is beautifully decorated with all of your holiday hosting and gifting needs. I lost count of how many trees are up in the store, but each one has a unique theme with coordinating bows and ornaments. The fun and sassy tea towels are great hostess gifts. We like the customizable signs ranging from bible verses to family names. Your dining room banquet table will not be bare after you visit Picked N' Painted and see all of the holiday décor.
Waxy Beans - You might be thinking, "Where is this store?" I best describe it as, "Right down the road from Dairy Queen in Crestwood, near the House of Soccer store." Waxy Beans has a lovely owner ready to help you with your shopping needs. I have purchased several gifts customized for special girlfriends and teachers. Their handmade candles are one of a kind and are literally the best candle I have burned in my home. The store items are very affordable and represent many local artisans from Oldham County and the surrounding area. Make sure you stop by this store when you're out shopping this season.
Feed and Seed Depot - Another Crestwood favorite is this small garden and feed center. If you have a gardener on your list, stop in this store. We know it's hard to think of gardening when it's so cold outside, but your purchase will be appreciated once the warmer months return. The owners and staff are knowledgeable and friendly and will help you find what you need. They have gifts for non-gardeners also. Pick out some succulents and ask for help making a creative arrangement. These make great hostess or teacher gifts. Their farm fresh eggs and other ingredients can help you make that dish you have to take to the holiday party. Pair the local honey with some tea and a cute mug from one of the other stores listed in this directory.
Cailin Art Studio - Family owned and operated Cailin Art Studio is located in Crestwood and shares a building with another one of our favorites, Eleanor's Room. The studio offers several art medium classes for all ages. Experience gifts are great to give and receive during a season of collecting an abundance of "things." Gift certificates are available if you don't know which class or workshop to choose for your special person. Or perhaps you want to take a class and create a unique gift for someone to unwrap? Cailin Art Studio also has several ceramic pieces already fired and available for purchase.
The Treasured Child - This Main Street LaGrange store has unique gifts for children of all ages. What we love the most in the store are the games and books that they offer. We can always find a fun board game that won't be on the shelves in chain stores. Their books range from baby to cool journals for children that love to write. You can find big toys and small stocking stuffers at The Treasured Child.
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(Ottawa, May 21st, 2013) A major report released today by Canada's Science, Technology and Innovation Council (STIC) has concluded that Canada continues to tread water as a mid-level performer in science, technology, and innovation (STI) and is calling for Canada to aim higher and aspire for global leadership on key STI measures.
The State of the Nation 2012 report, Canada's Science, Technology and Innovation System: Aspiring to Global Leadership – the third public report from STIC – charts progress from a baseline set in 2008 and compares Canada's performance to global science, technology and innovation leaders.
Canada has much to celebrate with respect to the high quality of our talent and our strength in generating new knowledge. However, Canada continues to lag in private sector investment in innovation and transferring knowledge into the marketplace, as well as deploying our STI talent to best advantage in the labour force.
"In order for Canada to create jobs and opportunity in a competitive world, we must aim higher," said Dr. Howard Alper, Chair of STIC. "We cannot be satisfied with the status quo or incremental progress. That is why STIC members have identified five areas, in particular, where concerted action is needed to reach global leadership."
"For each of these areas, we have identified the world's top five performing countries and the threshold that Canada would have to attain to break into their ranks," said STIC member Simon Pimstone, President and CEO of Vancouver-based Xenon Pharmaceuticals. "We believe that enhanced performance in these five areas will help secure Canada's future as a global STI leader, bringing significant economic and societal benefits."
The five key STI indicators identified by STIC as strategic areas for improvement include:
Business Performance of Research and Development (BERD) as a share of GDP
Business investment in Information and Communications Technologies
Higher education expenditures on Research and Development (HERD) as a share of GDP
Science and engineering doctoral degrees granted per 100,000 population
Share of human resources in science and technology
"Canada continues to improve in terms of science and engineering doctoral degrees granted per 100,000 population," said STIC member Heather Munroe-Blum, Principal and Vice-Chancellor, McGill University. "However, in 2010, Canada ranked only 15th in the OECD on this measure – we need to continue to improve our performance if we are to compete with, and break into the ranks of, the world's top five performing countries."
"Canadian business investment in research and development has continuously declined over the past decade. In 2011, Canada ranked 25th out of 41 economies," added STIC member Sophie Forest, Managing Partner, Brightspark Ventures. "Increased business R&D investment is essential to Canada's future as a nation of innovators."
The Council, chaired by Dr. Howard Alper, is comprised of 18 senior, highly accomplished individuals from the business, research, education, and government communities. The Council provides the Government of Canada with external, confidential advice on key science, technology, and innovation policy issues, and produces the biennial, public State of the Nation reports that measure Canada's STI performance against international standards of excellence.
A copy of STIC's State of the Nation 2012 report, Canada's Science, Technology and Innovation System: Aspiring to Global Leadership, as well as biographical notes on the Council members, can be downloaded at http://www.stic-csti.ca.
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State of the Nation 2012 — Canada's Science, Technology and Innovation System: Aspiring to Global Leadership
Canada has an opportunity to take better advantage of those science, technology and innovation areas where we are strong and enhance our performance in those areas where we are weak—to reach for global STI leadership and reap the resulting economic and societal benefits.
The third State of the Nation report from Canada's Science, Technology and Innovation Council (STIC), Canada's Science, Technology and Innovation System: Aspiring to Global Leadership, tracks the country's science, technology and innovation (STI) performance against key comparator countries. New to this 2012 report, STIC identifies five areas, in particular, where concerted action is needed to achieve global leadership.
The State of the Nation 2012 report confirms that Canada has much to celebrate with respect to our knowledge and talent fundamentals. But there are also key areas where our performance is lagging, areas where we must improve — in some cases significantly.
Talent – Canada has a strong STI talent base
Canada's highly-educated population continues to be an asset, with 51 percent of the adult population having attained a university or college education, one of the highest levels in the world.
Canada is increasing the number of science and engineering graduates we produce. From 2006 to 2010, there was an impressive 32 percent increase in the overall number of science degrees granted and a 7.3 percent increase in the overall number of engineering degrees granted.
However, to further enhance this talent base, Canada must produce more graduates at the doctoral level. Production of doctoral graduates reflects a country's potential to engage in cutting-edge R&D and to train the next generation of talent. In 2010, Canada ranked 15th in the OECD in the number of science and engineering doctoral degrees granted (per 100,000 population). This positioned us at about 64 percent of the threshold that we would have to attain to break into the ranks of the top five performing countries in this area.
On a positive note, between 2006 and 2010, Canada experienced 48.7 percent growth in the number of science doctoral degrees granted and 38.6 percent growth in the number of engineering doctoral degrees granted.
Canada needs to do much better at deploying its STI talent
Canada's performance in the measure of employing human resources in science and technology (HRST) in the labour force continues to disappoint. In 2008 (the latest year for which internationally comparable data is available), Canada's HRST share of the services labour force was about 39 percent, positioning Canada in the middle ranks among OECD countries. Canada's HRST share of the manufacturing labour force, at 11.5 percent, was among the lowest in the OECD.
Knowledge – Canada has strength in generating new knowledge
Substantial investment in research in the higher education sector has reaped significant rewards, as the production and refinement of scientific knowledge in Canada continues to be characterized by vitality and high quality. With a share of only 0.5 percent of global population, Canada accounted for 4.4 percent of the world's natural sciences and engineering publications in 2010 — eighth after other countries with significantly larger populations.
But Canada cannot be complacent on this front. Canada's higher education investment in R&D (HERD) as a proportion of GDP has fluctuated, declining to 0.66 percent in 2011. With this decline, Canada's rank among 41 economies has dropped from fourth in 2008 and third in 2006, to ninth in 2011.
Canada must do better at transferring knowledge into the marketplace
There is considerable knowledge transfer that takes place "on two feet" (through the movement and interplay of people). In addition, the value of Canadian business funding of higher-education R&D (much of it through contract research) has generally increased over time. Canada ranked seventh among comparator countries on the measure of business funding of higher education R&D to GDP.
However, Canada continues to show disappointing results in terms of traditional knowledge transfer indicators such as licensing and spin-off companies.
In general, U.S. institutions are more successful than Canadian ones at creating licences, keeping them active, and earning income from them. There was also a general downward trend in the number of spinoff companies created from higher education institutions between 2000 and 2010 — although promising signs of an increase in 2011.
Canada's private sector must increase investments in innovation.
Canada underperforms on the measure of business expenditure in R&D (BERD). Although preliminary data suggests that BERD in Canada increased very slightly in 2011 and 2012, BERD intensity (BERD as a percentage of GDP) has been in almost continuous decline for the past decade. At 0.89 percent in 2011, Canada's rank among comparator countries on BERD-to-GDP fell to 25th (of 41 economies).
Although Canadian business investment in ICT is growing, on the measure of ICT investment intensity, Canada still ranks in the middle among countries of the OECD. In addition, Canada's ICT investment intensity gap with the U.S. is increasing. ICT investment intensity in the business sector in Canada averaged only 42 percent of U.S. levels over the period from 2000 to 2010.
Canada also performs poorly on venture capital investment as a share of GDP, ranking 15th out of 27 comparator countries.
About the Science, Technology and Innovation Council
The Science, Technology and Innovation Council (STIC) is an important element of the federal government's Science and Technology Strategy announced in May 2007, which encourages a more competitive Canadian economy and improved quality of life for Canadians through science and technology. The Council is an advisory body composed of 18 senior, highly accomplished individuals from the business, research, higher education and government communities that provides the Government of Canada with external advice on science, technology and innovation policy issues and produces the biennial State of the Nation reports that measure Canada's STI performance against international standards of excellence. www.stic-csti.ca
A copy of State of the Nation 2012, Canada's Science, Technology and Innovation System: Aspiring to Global Leadership, as well as biographical notes on the Council members, can be downloaded at http://www.stic-csti.ca.


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Q: What is $\mathbb{Z}_{mn}$? What is the relationship between $\mathbb{Z}_{mn}$ and $\mathbb{Z}_m$? What is $\mathbb{Z}_{mn}$ for $m,n \geq1 $? Can someone give an example? What is the relationship between $\mathbb{Z}_{mn}$ and $\mathbb{Z}_m$? What is our 'well-known' group which similar to $\mathbb{Z}_{mn}$?

A: $\mathbb{Z}_{mn}$ should denote the integers modulo $mn$. The relationship between $\mathbb{Z}_m$, $\mathbb{Z}_n$ and $\mathbb{Z}_{mn}$ is:
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\mathbb{Z}_{mn} \cong \mathbb{Z}_m\oplus\mathbb{Z}_n \Leftrightarrow m,n\text{ coprime}
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As an example consider $\mathbb{Z}_2$ and $\mathbb{Z}_3$. You can check that $\mathbb{Z}_2\oplus\mathbb{Z}_3\cong \mathbb{Z}_6$ by finding an element in $\mathbb{Z}_2\oplus\mathbb{Z}_3$ of order $6$

A: I have seen a nice question before about to this question, but cannot find it to make you linked. Anyway, consider the set $\{0,1,2,...,n-1\}$. This set establish a goup under addition in (mod n). More over this group is cyclic and it has $n$ elements. We always denote it by $\mathbb Z_n$. So $$\mathbb Z_n=\{0,1.2...,n-1\}$$. From above you can easily find out what is $\mathbb Z_{mn}$. For the second question, I am adding an exampe in which you can understand the relation between $\mathbb Z_{mn}$ and for example $\mathbb Z_m$. Indeed: $$\mathbb Z_m\cong H\leq\mathbb Z_{mn}$$ when $(m,n)=1$. In fact, there is a theorem says this property as @Daniel noted. I hope you can find the difference between $n\mathbb Z$ and $\mathbb Z_n$ as well.

A: The most pertinent relation between $\def\Z{\Bbb Z}\Z_{mn}=\Z/mn\Z$ and $\Z_m$ is that there is a (unique) ring morphism $\Z_{mn}\to\Z_m$, in other words, if you know the remainder of some integer modulo $mn$, then you can also determine its remainder modulo $m$ (and arithmetic operations modulo $mn$ correspond to the same operations after having reduced modulo $m$). It is important to note that such a morphism $\Z_k\to\Z_m$ exists only if $k$ is a multiple of $m$; in other cases representatives of the same remainder modulo $k$ will in general have different remainders modulo $m$, making it impossible to define such a morphism.


Standing at the front of the Empire Stage, patiently waiting for the PC Music showcase to kick off, is a man dressed in an immaculate combination of white lycra cycling shorts under a netted dress cut up to the thigh and a pink PVC cap, with white leather flip flops. It is an aesthetic that says a lot about the PC Music showcase, a London-based label whose saccharine sound has been hailed as either the second coming or the sad demise of good taste.
In an age of overexposure, the PC Music collective has managed to maintain a much sought-after mystique since they emerged in 2014. Their twisted brand of hyper pop and electronica – and the inclusion of a fictional pop star on their roster – has led many to question whether it is simply one big in-joke between art school students. Those questions aside, their SXSW showcase proved the group is producing some of the most challenging, catchy and, most importantly, funny pop and dance music around at the moment.
Over the five hours of music, it was a far-reaching set with multiple high points, from Spinee's twinkly Evanescence remix to SOPHIE's Kitty Kat finale and AG Cook's entire thundering set that show this is a label refusing to be confined by definitions of genre or good taste.
Doubters gathered suspiciously at the back of the venue were evidently won over within seconds when easyFun, aka Finn Keane, took to the stage. With a take-off sound effect, his hyperactive set dominated by pounding house beats, shimmering synth and sickly sweet vocal samples rolled out the carpet for the PC Music's eclectic characters. Appropriately named after a Jeff Koons exhibition, trippy, high contrast graphics of aeroplanes and paradise islands are projected behind the decks. It feels like we've been thrown fully into PC Music's kaleidoscopic parallel universe and are all just characters in their weird video game world.
Lil Data follows with a set that is, if possible, more schizophrenic in its samples, stripped back and minimal one second, crazy-paced electro the other making him one of the harder acts of the night to get on board with. But the showcase reaches an early peak with Kane West, who, aside from rocking one the strongest looks at SXSW so far with a fake Newcastle football shirt and aviators, proves that you can create great dance music without taking yourself too seriously. He weaves in synths, sirens, whistles and cow bells and at one point, raises both arms in the air as the euphoric house beats build up, looking every inch the pastiche of Norman Cook.
It is a euphoria and energy that is only built on by Danny L Harle, who creates one of the night's most majestic moments when he drops his 2013 heavily pop-infused track Broken Flowers. But this was not a show purely about those stuck behind laptops and mixing decks. GFOTY – the first non-DJ performer – bounds on stage with two highly sculpted, bare-chested backing dancers and maniacally performs her hyper-catchy track Secret Mix complete with dance routine worthy of Daphne and Celeste. It sums up all the criticism leveled at PC Music from those who claim it signals the death knell for pop – unashamedly cute, fluffy and contrived – and the crowd go wild for it.
It's a similar case for Hannah Diamond, the label's bona fide pop star, who takes to the stage resplendent in a diamanté choker and crop top. I wouldn't be surprised if the lyrics to Pink And Blue and Attachment, two of her most playful and naïve tracks, had been written all in emojis. It's a well-crafted performance, as much about the aesthetic and choreography as the camp songs.
But this wouldn't be PC music without QT, the fictional pop star creation of AG Cook and SOPHIE. She is an Barbie avatar figure, all silver PVC and lip gloss, whose 'mission' here on earth is to promote the QT energy drink. QT represents a frank and very funny comment on identity on our commercialised and advert-saturated society. Her brief set – featuring her simply miming along to her own catchy theme song Hey QT and handing out cans of energy drink while chatting on her iPhone – sums up all that is great about PC Music.
It's probably the most bizarre performance of SXSW. In a set that is at once silly and serious, PC Music manages to turn the macho culture of so much dance and house music on its head in a single showcase.


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What started in 1947 as Olympia Bar and Restaurant has evolved as a refute to innumerable Calcuttans and tourists alike. The Oly Pub we know changed its avatar from Olympia in 1981, shrinking its name into a cooler and international version. For my parents' generation, it was still Olympia in their college years, for most of them, it was the ultimate inexpensive hangout. Besides the cheap liquor and food, Oly Pub's USP was the Beef Steak at an affordable price and lip-smacking taste. Times have changed, Olympia has changed to Oly Pub, which has been renovated again post the fire last year. I haven't been then pre-fire, hence I can't vouch for what it used to be, but I can give you a sneak peek of what it is in circa 2015.
Image Courtesy: Kolkataonwheels dot com
The Decor – From friends who were regulars at Oly Pub since college, I've heard it was never acclaimed for its decor. The ground floor was shabby and a smoking zone, which in my opinion is very suffocating, though it is ideal for smokers and dopers. Post-fire renovation, the ground floor has been turned into a non-smoking zone with centralised air conditioning. The decor is still shabby, but quite comfortable now with optimally spaced tables and waiters dribbling in the narrow slits between them. The lights are ordinary fluorescent ones, and if you're looking for a fancy or romantic date, it's certainly not the place. The floor above has poshier tables and dim lights, oh, and the coveted 'Ladies Toilet' that is absent downstairs.
The Decor, not impressive. Image Courtesy: Times Oh dot com
The Ambiance – Oly Pub is warm, with its people and tourists alike. You'll always find animated students and a lot of young people, though it's not as inexpensive now as it used to be. It's a regular for people working in the Park Street area, and a lot of tourists who visit the most bustling part of Calcutta. It may not be the most happening pub, but you'll find a lot of interesting people at one go.
Fish Finger at Oly Pub.
The Food – From three to four visits for me now, the food curve has been all crests and troughs. While the Fish Finger was superb one time, it was the worst next time. If the quality of fish varies each day, Oly Pub certainly loses its brownie points here. We found stale Bombay Duck within the crumb coating once, which doesn't qualify as Fish Finger for sure. It has to be Bekti (Bhekti) , Bhola or its oceanic versions of Bombay Bekti (Rawas) at least. Cheap and stale Bombay Duck doesn't work for us. French Fries were at least face savers, though their {quantity : price} ratio is questionable. Cocktail Sausage platter wasn't bad but too less in quantity for the price they come in.
Beef Steak at Oly Pub. Unfortunately all my photos have disappeared and this image is from Tripoto dot com.
The biggest disappointment though, was the Beef Steak. We were hopeful of it since having heard so much from friends. However, it failed us each time we visited. The steak, priced low, is hardly 8oz (though people in Calcutta don't bother about the size of steak), chewy, kind of rare done, and burnt at portions. It is served with a side of boiled peas and mashed potatoes. While the latter is still edible, the former is a complete dud. Who likes to chew on hard boiled peas with a chewy elastic steak? The last time we tried steak was hilarious, with four of us asking for sharper knives to cut on the real hard meat. I didn't get what I heard since long and I won't try it again.
The Service – One of the worst in Calcutta, I can vouch for that. We had a huge tiff with one waiter who was abominably rude in his service. I don't know if the staff has undergone any change post-fire, but if it has, this is the worst lot. They don't seem to respond ever, and are very slow. The manager, Mr Haque, was apologetic, but things are beyond his control, it seemed. I'd rather go somewhere else than the celebrated Oly Pub, a hangout for commies once, preaching equality.
My Rating – 2.5/5
Zomato – 3.4/5
Burrp – 3.7/5
Address – 21 Mother Teresa Sarani, A.J.C. Bose Road, Park Street, Kolkata – 700016. Phone – 033-64520472
Have you ever been here? Let me know how you liked it.
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Jul24July 24, 2015 • By PRB • This entry was posted in Food, Restaurant Review and tagged Beef Steak, Bekti, Bhetki, Calcutta, Chicken a la kiev, cocktail sausage, Fish finger, Kolkata, Oly Pub, Olympia Bar and Restaurant, Park Street. Bookmark the permalink.
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6 thoughts on "Oly Pub"
himanju23 says:
Nice review dear 🙂
chatterjeeavik says:
Feeling nostalgic to see a post on Oly Pub. This was one of the regular places during my masters. But to be frank enough, the ground floor was not good enough for ladies at least at that time. I have practically not seen any ladies even in the floor above as well. It was a preferred choice for us as it was cheap and quite delicious compared to the others in the Park Street area. Good to know that is is renovated.
abhiraj (@nosepic_kings) says:
Maybe. Maybe a not so kind review. Beef steak is not available now. *Hush hush* Chicken Ala-Keev rules though. Service was never best (10 yrs exp only). But still sticks to the "cheapest" label. Ok. At least around where it stands. Love.
Well, it's an honest review, if not kind. And beef steak gone? Had it when I last visited, about two months ago.
Diptee says:
I have not been to Oly Pub yet and now, after reading this review, I think I will just avoid it.
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The song comes from the duos debut record, which is set for release later this year via 300 Entertainment / +1 Records. Like a trip to Disneyland; with each song like a stop in another world, Coast Modern's debut album is a rollercoaster ride through a musical spectrum that spans from introspective acoustic streams of consciousness to psychedelic jams to relaxed dancehall vibes. Coast Modern are capable of covering a large swath of musical territory, yet a strong, self-aware voice and a sense of groove tie them all together.
After releasing their debut single, "Hollow Life", the duo have gone on to release a handful of tracks in their short tenure as a band – the anthemic "Animals," summer-tinged "Guru" and jungle cruise jam; "The Way It Was" (all four of which sat at the top of the HypeMachine charts), and followed up with "Comb My Hair" and "Pockets Full of No" – tracks to kick you out of the most serious of funks. The band would later receive praise from across the blogosphere and fashion press. Their tracks would creep their way to the airwaves, garnering heavy rotation from the likes of SiriusXM Alt Nation and KCRW. Coast Modern made their live debut at SXSW, playing their first shows together as a band, and were subsequently scooped up to tour with BORNS, The Wombats and The Temper Trap respectively. The duo just wrapped up the Alt Nation Advanced Placement Tour which saw them hit the road with Missio, 888 and Sundara Karma.


If you've got a nerd of a partner, then your Valentine's Day gift to them will most certainly not be the standard flowers or chocolate. But don't stress! There are plenty of geeky gifts that they will without a doubt love and appreciate forever.
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