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Kendrick Lamar's 'DAMN.' Named Best Album of 2017 by Rolling Stone
King Kendrick reigns on Rolling Stone's "50 Best Albums of 2017" list. Released today, the coveted top 10 features Kendrick Lamar's DAMN. in the peak position with rave reviews.
"Rap's most powerful voice at the absolute top of his game, with nothing left to prove but his staying power," the magazine proclaims. "Where 2015's To Pimp a Butterfly and 2016's Untitled Unmastered exploded rap formally with disparate flows, kaleidoscopic Flying Lotus beats, and Afro-delic Kamasi Washington jazz-funk jams, DAMN. shows how dazzling the man can be simply spitting verses."
Khalid's breakout debut American Teen comes in at No. 6, while Migos' Culture arrives at No. 9. Elsewhere, Sam Smith's The Thrill of it All rounds out the top 10, JAY-Z's 4:44 appears at No. 12, and SZA's Ctrl pops up at No. 20.
"After a trio of promising EPs and a prominent feature on Rihanna's Anti the budding alt-R&B star showed what she could do on a full-length LP," reads the Ctrl recap. "SZA unravels through largely improvised meditations on love and sex and all the promise and abandonment that can result from both."
Drake's More Life also earns a spot at No. 27 and Vince Staples' Big Fish Theory swims in at No. 28. See the top 10 below and the full list here.
ROLLING STONE BEST ALBUMS OF 2017 – TOP 10
Kendrick Lamar – DAMN.
Lorde – Melodrama
U2 – Songs of Experience
Kesha – Rainbow
LCD Soundsystem – American Dream
Khalid – American Teen
Taylor Swift – Reputation
Queens of the Stone Age – Villains
Migos – Culture
Sam Smith – The Thrill of It All
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Leading cloud providers join with NSF to support data science frontiers
Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure contribute initial tranche of up to $9 million in cloud credits through NSF's BIGDATA program
NSF's awards are paired with support from leading cloud computing providers.
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) is providing nearly $30 million in new funding for research in data science and engineering through its Critical Techniques, Technologies and Methodologies for Advancing Foundations and Applications of Big Data Sciences and Engineering (BIGDATA) program.
NSF's awards are paired with support from Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and Microsoft Azure, which have each committed up to $3 million in cloud resources for relevant BIGDATA projects over a three-year period, beginning with this year's awards. A key goal of this collaboration is to encourage research projects to focus on large-scale experimentation and scalability studies.
"NSF's participation with major cloud providers is an innovative approach to combining resources to better support data science research," said Jim Kurose, assistant director of NSF for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE). "This type of collaboration enables fundamental research and spurs technology development and economic growth in areas of mutual interest to the participants, driving innovation for the long-term benefit of our nation."
The BIGDATA program funds novel research in computer science, statistics, computational science and mathematics that seeks to advance the frontiers of data science. The program also supports work on innovative applications that leverage data science advances to enhance knowledge in various domains, including the social and behavioral sciences, education, biology, physical sciences, and engineering.
Data used in research originate from a variety of disparate sources, including scientific instruments, social media, transactions, machine-generated information from the Internet of Things (IoT), administrative systems and large-scale simulations. BIGDATA-enabled innovations will provide new insights derived from the growing wealth of data in myriad fields, leading to improved problem-solving and real-time decision-making.
The new BIGDATA awards will benefit from the unique, new engagement between NSF and leading cloud providers to foster innovation and provide a platform for computation, storage and analytics at large scale. This collaboration will specifically provide BIGDATA projects with cloud credits -- enabling access to cloud-based storage and computing.
NSF's collaboration with the technology industry through BIGDATA is vital, especially in the area of data science. In its first year, this collaboration is driving creative and principled approaches to address data management, modeling, and analysis of big data, and applying novel techniques to solve data-intensive domain science and engineering problems. Furthermore, NSF is actively seeking to expand this collaboration through a recently released Dear Colleague Letter.
The awards NSF is announcing today are part of a portfolio of over $100 million in big data and data science research, education, and research infrastructure across the agency in Fiscal Year 2017. The 21 new BIGDATA awards support foundational elements of data science -- the theories, techniques and methodologies that use big data to solve problems -- as well as the innovative applications that are enabled by these foundational advances. Of these, eight will benefit from additional cloud credits and resources made possible by the new participation by cloud providers.
Examples of this year's awards, including two that are receiving cloud credits, are:
Scalable and Interpretable Machine Learning: Bridging Mechanistic and Data-Driven Modeling in the Biological Sciences, University of California, Berkeley
While predictive models are an important step in understanding complex systems, equally important is the ability of humans to interpret the results from such models. This project focuses on developing novel, scalable, statistical machine learning algorithms that can effectively guide human decision-making and discovery in biological systems. Leveraging the cloud computing resources provided via the BIGDATA program, and using Apache Spark, these approaches and methods will be implemented for massive datasets in genomics and beyond.
Predictive Analytics of Driver's Engagement for Injury Prevention, Drexel University; Virginia Tech; Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania
This project aims to develop scalable predictive analytics that can detect driver disengagement and provide alerts capable of reducing motor vehicle crashes. Utilizing cloud computing resources provided via the BIGDATA program, researchers will analyze the federal Strategic Highway Research Program 2 (SHRP 2) dataset -- a publicly available repository of driving patterns consisting of two petabytes of heterogeneous data spanning over 100 variables -- to carry out instance-based learning and heterogeneous network mining, along with a novel distributed computing infrastructure.
Foundations of Responsible Data Management, Drexel University; University of Washington; University of Massachusetts, Amherst; University of Michigan
Responsible data management, including fairness -- and the related concepts of representativeness and diversity, transparency and accountability, and data protection -- are often only considered in the final step of data analysis, such as data mining and machine learning. The objective of this project is to develop the conceptual frameworks and algorithmic techniques to support responsible data management through all stages of the data lifecycle, from data discovery and acquisition to cleaning, integration, querying and analysis.
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Aya Collins, NSF, (703) 292-7737, email: acollins@nsf.gov
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2006 United States Federal Budget-Department of Defense (proposed)
Category: Legislation
See: White House budget:OMB Proposed 2006 Budget
This is not the budget for the war. This is the budget of military systems that aren't involved in a war right now and aren't particularly likely to be in the near future. There is no reason that this part of the budget should be spared while deep cuts are made in the domestic discretionary budget.
By service branch the spending is $127.5 billion for the Air Force (up 8.2%), $125.6 billion for the Navy (up 5.4%) and $100 billion for the Army (a 0.3% decline that will be made up with the Army getting the lion's share of the $80 billion supplemental appropriation).
The key points to keep in mind when looking at the Department of Defense budget are:
This budget is missing another $80 billion in supplemental appropriations that will go to primarily to the Army. According to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld "The only way you can look at this budget is to look at the supplementals". The real defense budget is not $441 billion for 2006, it is $521 billion.
The spending increases in this budget have nothing to do with U.S. deployments in Iraq or Afghanistan.
This budget does contain real cuts and delays in major new weapons buys.
The buy of F-22s "raptor" air superiority fighter jets is reduced.
The buy of Virginia Class Nuclear Attack Submarines is reduced.
The next generation destroyer DD(X) program is postponed.
The program to develop a new anti-tank missile common to all services instead of a separate one for each service is terminated.
There are $1 billion a year in cuts for national missile defense.
There are cuts in the V-22 Osprey plane/helicopter program.
A new and improved version of the C-130 transport plane (called the C-130J, but virtually an entirely new design) is cut.
The Navy's oldest or second oldest aircraft carrier will be taken out of service bringing the number of aircraft carriers from 12 to 11.
The new Marine Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (basically an armored personnel carrier type vehicle) is cut.
The Army's Future Combat System program is redesigned to be less ambitious and thus provide something troops can use much sooner with less risk.
These cuts are appropriate, although they may be too small. The F-22 is a plane that has some purpose, but the shift from a huge number of F-22s to a "silver bullet" force, in light of reduced threats makes sense. Our nuclear submarine fleet is actually quite new with significant service life left and the Navy doesn't even really want any more of them. The main reason we are buying new submarines at all right now is to keep the manufacturing skill base necessary to build them in place. There is no new threat that justifies a new generation of destroyer, and there are good reasons to be skeptical about any major new investment in large surface naval ships that could be vulnerable to massed cruise missiles, submarines and other threats that are hard to defend against. The main weapon associated with the DD(X), a railgun, is unproven technology that is likely to result in cost overruns and delays. National missile defense doesn't work even in tests designed to give the system an edge. It is still not clear if the V-22 will be reliable enough to play the central role in military planning it was supposed to fulfill. There were technological problems with the C-130J program. Cuts in the Marine's EFV reflect that fact that we have sufficient resources already to make any anticipated amphibious assaults making this purchase less urgent. The Future Combat System redesign makes sense.
The only program cut that may not make sense is the Joint Common Missile program. This is designed to create a successor to the Army's Hellfire missiles (inlcuding the longbow varriant) and the Air Force's Maverick missiles, among others common to all the services so that production costs could be reduced. Missiles are not cheap. Each one costs about $60,000-$120,000 and the military buys tens of thousands of them. They do their job, but even a modest reduction in missile cost by having one missile for all of the services could save a bundle of money in the long term. Presumably the cuts are based on the reasonable assumption that large numbers of missiles are already stockpiled and that the military opponents the U.S. is likely to face in the foreseeable future are unlikely to have large numbers of tanks that the missiles are needed to destroy.
The real story, however, involves the cuts that weren't made.
The Air Force has far more F-15 and F-16 fighters in service than it needs against any plausible enemy and operating and maintaining this air fleet is expensive. It is not meaningfully cut in this budget.
The Navy has a far larger surface fleet than is necessary or appropriate to deal with any plausible enemy (the Soviet Navy it was designed to fight has collapsed, leaving China as essentially the only significant Naval power in the world that could conceivably be hostile), but the cuts to the existing surface fleet are marginal. Again, the operating and maintenance costs associated with this massive fleet are very expensive.
The Army has more than 7,000 Abrams tanks. They turned out to play only a secondary role in the Iraq War and are ill suited to our future defense needs. They were designed to face advanced Soviet tanks a short distance away in wars with a clear front line on the plains of Europe, but are hard to transport, poorly designed to fight anything but a tank, and ill suited to wars where everyone is on the front line because their supply lines are vulnerable. But, by one estimate, maintaining those tanks accounts for 50% of the Army's non-war related maintenance costs. Fewer than one in six of these tanks is in Iraq. This plan does act boldly enough to reduce this massive expense.
National Missile Defense is still funded at $8.8 billion a year despite the fact that this program does not work.
There is new funding for an unnecessary and provocative new generation of nuclear weapons.
Simply limiting the growth in Air Force spending and leaving the Navy at its status quo spending level, by reducing proposals for spending from each of those services by 5%, cutting national missile defense from $8.8 billion a year to a $1.8 billion figure more appropriate for an early stage experimental program, and cutting nuclear weapons development could save about $22 billion ($220 billion over ten years), on top of the $5.5 billion a year of cuts already proposed by the Pentegon. A further 5% cut from proposed levels (for a total of 10%) for the standing Air Force and Navy not deployed in the war effort, would save another $12 billion a year ($220 billion over ten years).
The President's own budget proposal makes clear that the Pentagon is doing a poor job of managing its spending. While it doesn't spell it out, some of the big problems are a delay in base closures, the Halliburton contract, and a lack of accounting of Iraq spending. There are no meaningful initiatives to cut this admitted waste in the Defense budget.
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La base sommergibili di Lorient (o anche base sommergibili di Keroman) è un complesso di rifugi corazzati della seconda guerra mondiale, situato a Lorient in Bretagna ed è una delle cinque costruite dalla Kriegsmarine in Francia durante la guerra.

La struttura, che occupa l'estremità della penisola di Keroman, nella rada di Lorient e dà sul golfo di Biscaglia, prese il nome di base sommergibili "ingegnere generale Stosskopf" nel 1946.

Storia e descrizione
Costruita tra il 1941 e il 1944 dalla Germania nazista durante l'occupazione, essa era destinata a base della 2. e della 10. Unterseebootsflottille (dal tedesco: la 2ª e la 10ª flottiglia sommergibili) di U-Boot della Kriegsmarine, nel quadro del dispositivo difensivo del vallo Atlantico. La sua presenza fu la causa della distruzione della città di Lorient dalle aviazioni britanniche e statunitensi nel gennaio e febbraio 1943, poi la resa tardiva della poche de Lorient il 10 maggio 1945.

La base sommergibili è stata recuperata dalla Marine nationale francese dopo il conflitto e fu utilizzata fino al 1997 come base dei sottomarini. Gestita dalla Marine nel quadro dello sviluppo del programma di SNLE francese, e per la creazione di costruzioni navali a base di materiali compositi, il sito è stato consacrato successivamente ad attività civili il cui polo d'attività è centrato sul mondo marittimo.

Dopo la fine degli anni 90, il sito è stato riconvertito in un polo nautico specializzato nel turismo e le regate. Esso accoglie anche un centro d'affari specializzato nella nautica, un museo nel sottomarino Flore e la Cité de la voile Éric Tabarly.

Il complesso è composto da tre bunker, Keroman I, II e III, due Dom-Bunkers sono situati nello spazio del porto di pesca di Keroman, mentre il terzo bunker è situato a Lanester, sulle rive dello Scorff. Il tutto ha richiesto il lavoro di  persone e l'uso di circa 1 milione di metri cubi di cemento. I tre bunker di Keroman contano tra 5 e 7 darsene destinati ad accogliere gli U-Boot, coperti da un tetto di una decina di metri di spessore.

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Bibliografia
  Louis Bourget-Maurice et Josyane Grand Colas, Et la tanière devient village : La base de sous-marins de Lorient-Kéroman (1940-1997), Éditions du Quantième, 1997, 156 p. (ISBN 2-9511948-1-1)
  Christophe Cérino et Yann Lukas, Keroman : base de sous-marin, 1940-2003, Plomelin, Éditions Palantines, 2003, 127 p. (ISBN 2-911434-34-X)
  Luc Braeuer, La base de sous-marins de Lorient, Le Pouliguen, Liv'Édition, 2008, 64 p. (ISBN 978-2-9525651-2-7)
  Luc Braeuer, U-boote ! Lorient juin 40-juin 41 : le premier âge d'or, Le Pouliguen, Liv'Édition, 2009, 153 p. (ISBN 978-2-9525651-3-4)
  Luc Braeuer, U-Boote ! Lorient, juillet 41-juillet 42 : Cap sur les côtes américaines, Le Pouliguen, Liv'Édition, 2010, 172 p. (ISBN 978-2-84497-177-7)
  Luc Braeuer, U-Boote : Lorient, la base des as, Paris, Zéphyr éditions, coll. « Combat » (no 2), novembre 2011, 88 p. (ISBN 978-2-36118-037-9)

Voci correlate
 Flore (S645)
 Éric Tabarly

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Kriegsmarine
Porti della Francia
Basi militari in Francia
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CUSAT CAT 2019 will be held on 6th and 7th April 2019 and the candidates after the declaration of CUSAT CAT 2019 results are suggested to check their qualification status by going through the cutoff scores. CUSAT CAT 2019 cutoff scores will be released online for all the categories separately in the month of June 2019.
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What was South Africa called before?
What else is South Africa called?
Who started slavery in South Africa?
Who settled South Africa first?
Why are they called Boers?
Who ruled South Africa before Nelson Mandela?
What was South Africa like 1750?
List of official names of South Africa
Afrikaans Republiek van Suid-Afrika Suid-Afrika
English Republic of South Africa South Africa
Northern Sotho Repabliki ya Afrika-Borwa Afrika Borwa
Southern Ndebele iRiphabliki yeSewula Afrika iSewula Afrika
Dutch rule
The first slave, Abraham van Batavia arrived in 1653 ("van Batavia" meaning "from Batavia", the name of Jakarta during the Dutch colonial period), and shortly afterward, a slaving voyage was undertaken from the Cape to Mauritius and Madagascar.
European contact
The first European settlement in southern Africa was established by the Dutch East India Company in Table Bay (Cape Town) in 1652. Created to supply passing ships with fresh produce, the colony grew rapidly as Dutch farmers settled to grow crops.
The term Boer, derived from the Afrikaans word for farmer, was used to describe the people in southern Africa who traced their ancestry to Dutch, German and French Huguenot settlers who arrived in the Cape of Good Hope from 1652.
F. W. de Klerk
F. W. de Klerk OMG DMS
Preceded by P. W. Botha
Succeeded by Nelson Mandela as President
1st Deputy President of South Africa
In office 10 May 1994 – 30 June 1996 Serving with Thabo Mbeki
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By 1750, most of the people in southern Africa lived in small chiefdoms ruled by a chief. Chiefdoms were not isolated from one another. They traded and interacted with one another, and with the nomadic Khoisan. From time to time, chiefdoms went to war with one another.


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The purpose of the IAC Peace and Social Justice Roundtable is to provide a forum for international dialogue, networking, advocacy and strategic initiatives among counselling professionals to give voice and address inequity and injustice, and to advance the freedom and empowerment of those who are often marginalized and oppressed by society.
II. Roundtable Activities:
Create a network of academics and practitioners involved in peace and social justice work.
Facilitate a peace and social justice think tank at IAC conferences to identify relevant local and global issues.
Organize international peace and social justice forums in collaboration with national counselling associations and in areas where counselling is an emerging profession.
III. Documents that Frame and /inform the work of the Peace and Social Justice Roundtable.
Declaration of Principles on Tolerance
Declaration of Cultural Diversity
A Declaration on a Culture of Peace
IV. Supporting Information
Below are excerpts of the above documents to highlight the underlying philosophy and belief system that shapes the vision of this roundtable. We encourage all who are interested in this Round Table or these issues to take time to thoroughly read these important documents. In some instances the text is exactly as it appears in these documents and in other cased it is adapted - shortened to fit a smaller space. Other authors are also included below and they are cited. These documents can be found on the United Nations (UN) and United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) websites in their entirety.
A. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world.
The UDHR, increasingly referred to as customary international law, consists of five crucial notions fundamental of social justice concerns:
Civil and political freedoms
Economic, social and cultural rights
Rights to solidarity
"Inherent, universal and inalienable, meaning that "they are held by everyone by virtue of being human and cannot be given or taken away." While acknowledging that the meaning and relative weight of human rights may be interpreted differently in different social, political and cultural contexts." - Parlevliet, M. (2010). Rethinking conflict transformation from a human rights perspective. Human Rights and Conflict Transformation: The challenges of justpeace. Berghof Handbook Dialogue Series, no. 9, Berghof Conflict Research.
"Human Rights are the bedrock of social justice. The human condition mirrors an inextricable connection not only between mental and physical states, but also with spiritual-existential quests for meaning and within social and environmental contexts. The struggle for social justice constructed on a foundation of human rights requires one to attune to such linkages". - Wronka, J. (2008). Human rights and social justice. Social action and service for the helping and health professions. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
The overall aim of social justice practices is to minimize oppression and injustice in favor of equality, accessibility, and optimal developmental opportunities for all members of society. Social justice is about the elimination of any aspect of social structures or organizational practices that contributes to domination or oppression. (Young, 1990) regardless of ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, economic status, and other individual characteristics. (Lewis, Ratts, Paladino, & Toporek, 2011)
B. Declaration of Cultural Diversity
Excerpts: Diversity is as necessary for humankind as biodiversity is for nature. Diversity is the common heritage of humanity. Cultural diversity is a means to achieve a more satisfactory intellectual, emotional, moral, and spiritual existence.
The defense of cultural diversity is an ethical imperative, inseparable from respect for human dignity - in particular the rights of persons belonging to minorities and those of indigenous peoples
Culturally competent counsellors are:
Individuals in the ongoing process of becoming globally literate human beings who possess the awareness, knowledge and skills to actively address local & global challenges of human rights, peace and justice that impact the mental health and well-being of diverse individuals, groups and societies within context. (Lee, V. V., adapted from Lee, C. C. 2012)
C. Declaration of Principles on Tolerance
Within the Preamble: Alarmed by the current rise in acts of intolerance, violence, terrorism, xenophobia, aggressive nationalism, racism, anti-Semitism, exclusion, marginalization and discrimination directed against national, ethnic religious and linguistic minorities, refugees, migrant workers, immigrants, and vulnerable groups within societies, as well as acts of violence and intimidation committed against individuals for exercising their freedom of opinion and expression – all of which threaten peace and democracy, both nationally and internationally.
On Tolerance - Excerpts from the Declaration: (some adaptations)
Tolerance is respect, acceptance and appreciation of the rich diversity of our world's cultures, our forms of expression and ways of being human.
Tolerance is harmony in difference.
Tolerance makes peace possible contributing to the replacement of the culture of war by a culture of peace.
Tolerance at the State level requires just and impartial legislation, law enforcement and judicial and administrative processes.
Exclusion and marginalization can lead to frustration, hostility and fanaticism.
Without tolerance there can be no peace.
Tolerance is necessary between individuals and at the family and community levels.
Tolerance promotion should take place in schools and universities and through non-formal education, at home and in the work place.
Education is the most effective means of preventing intolerance.
Tolerance is about countering influences that lead to fear and exclusion of others and help young people to develop capacities for [sound] judgment, critical thinking and ethical reasoning.
D. A Declaration on a Culture of Peace
Culture of peace" is defined as: "consisting of values, attitudes and behaviors that reflect and inspire social interaction and sharing based on the principles of: freedom, justice and democracy, all human rights, tolerance and solidarity, that reject violence and endeavor to prevent violence by tackling their root causes to solve problems through dialogue and negotiation and that guarantee the full exercise of all rights and the means to participate fully in the development process of their society."
A culture of peace is a conceptual as well as a normative framework
Envisaged to instill in people a global consciousness and firm disposition to dialogue
A collective attempt to create paths for harmonious coexistence
Develop capacity to think about peace and order as dynamic forces of social, economic, and political life
Defining Everyday Peace within a Culture of Peace - UNESCO
Everyday peace is not the mere absence of war, conflict or violence.
Everyday peace is an active and collaborative social project
Everyday peace is closely tied to the perception of fairness in the social contract
Everyday peace begins in domestic and community life, not solely in the high corridors of power and diplomacy
Everyday peace and economic development are both complementary and reciprocal social conditions
Peace is never automatic, permanent or self-maintaining.


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"Poultry education must constantly adapt to the new reality"
Professor Sjaak de Wit holds influential positions in the poultry veterinary sector and has strong opinions on many poultry issues. De Wit's view is that universities across the globe need to professionalise when it comes to poultry education.
Professor Sjaak de Wit studied veterinary medicine in the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Utrecht and obtained his PhD from Utrecht University in 1997 on the 'Detection and transmission of Infectious Bronchitis Virus'. Since 1989 he has held the position of senior poultry researcher at the Dutch Royal GD (formerly Animal Health Service). In 1998 he was recognized as a specialist in poultry healthcare. In 2008 De Wit was one of the founding diplomates of the European College of Poultry Veterinary Science (ECPVS) of which he has been president since 2016, and is currently post-president (until 2022). De Wit is also junior vice president of the World Veterinary Poultry Association (WVPA). De Wit: "Every 2 years we organise a global conference but the WVPA has many national branches as well. These branches organise several national meetings a year that cover technical subjects, plus discussions of general poultry issues." De Wit is still proud of the fact that in 2014 he was elevated to the World Veterinary Poultry Association's Hall of Honour.
Sjaak de Wit
Professor Sjaak de Wit is head of the Integrated Poultry Health Care department in the Veterinary Faculty at Utrecht University (UU), which he combines with his position as senior researcher at Royal GD animal health service. Alongside these roles, he holds several influential positions in the international veterinary community.
Since 1 July 2019 De Wit has combined the new position of Professor of Integrated Poultry Health Care in the Veterinary Faculty at Utrecht University (UU) with his work at Royal GD. "I am grateful that Royal GD enabled me to assume this role alongside my position as senior researcher at Royal GD. It brings together the best of both worlds, so to speak." As both a professor and a poultry veterinarian, De Wit can look at poultry-related issues from a more technical and holistic perspective.
In terms of the global developments taking place in the poultry sector, in the Western world De Wit sees a change in thinking about production and sales. "In recent decades, since the Second World War and, by extension, in the context of the European Mansholt plan, the primary sector produced poultry meat and supermarkets or consumers purchased the meat rather uncritically. Everything that was produced found its way to market by default, that was essentially guaranteed." In those days it was mainly all about the price per kilogram and there were few additional requirements, at most, only in terms of food safety.
According to the professor, breeding companies worldwide are trying to tread this narrow path of ideal selection. Photo: Dick van Doorn
Consumer demands and society
Over the last decade consumer demands and society in general have had a dramatic impact on poultry production practices. Producers have had to tailor their production to meet additional requirements, especially in developed markets. Consider little or no antibiotic use due to the development of antibiotic resistance. And this issue is not limited to the western world either. In other parts of the world, like Asia, people there are also becoming increasingly critical about the use of antibiotics, animal welfare standards and environmental requirements. Making a major reduction in antibiotic use is very demanding and not easy to follow through on farm. De Wit explains: "The pressure not to use antibiotics can be so strong that – in some cases – this can even have a negative effect on animal welfare in flocks with sick animals. Personally, I think this is going a step too far, given that there are approved waiting periods that guarantee food safety."
The pressure not to use antibiotics can be so strong that – in some cases – this can even have a negative effect on animal welfare."
Further to the poultry sector's pro-active approach, the use of antibiotics in both the US and Europe has fallen drastically. "However, if you look at the global situation, the reduction of antibiotics is not yet an issue in every corner of the planet," says De Wit. "I expect it to be just a matter of time. Everywhere in the world consumers are becoming increasingly better informed about antibiotic resistance and its risks. The internet and social media will also help to make people in developing regions more aware." Although the discussion on antibiotic resistance is not yet a major issue worldwide, De Wit sees that the influence of consumers, supermarkets and multinationals like McDonalds, is growing. "The pressure on multiple issues is growing: from discussions of animal care, cage bans, broiler densities and the debeaking of layers, all the way through to the euthanizing of 1-day-old male layer chicks. As a consequence, the poultry sector will have to take huge steps to improve, both in terms of its professionalism as well as through better management practices."
"If you look at the global situation, the reduction of antibiotics is not yet an issue in every corner of the planet," says De Wit. Photo: Dick van Doorn
The professor believes that it is not just farmers who will have difficulty with all these new developments, some veterinarians too, will find it difficult to accept that buyers and retail organisations have more and more influence over their work. He sees that the youngsters in the sector respond more easily to issues such as less use of medicines, fewer animal interventions and increasingly free housing. De Wit: "Utrecht University is also responding to these new developments. The poultry education provided in Utrecht is good but we have to adapt constantly to the new reality. All universities worldwide with a poultry department will have to do this and, in my opinion, that will be quite a challenge!"
Selection for other traits
The poultry sector will have to step up its professionalisation in many areas, De Wit believes. Not least in the areas of management and the general biosecurity of poultry farms. "As well as vaccination schedules, house climate and breeding," he continues.
About 30 years ago, the breeding companies opted for selection based mainly on feed conversion and growth. Those were the targets then. This has changed dramatically."
Now parent stock at the top of the breeding pyramid go through a CT scan to be able to select the healthiest birds. Many health factors, such as bone quality, and heart and lung function, are now included in the selection criteria.
On top of that, selection today is also made for the behavioural characteristics that are needed for the various housing systems. Breeding companies look at pecking and aggression in genetic lines as well. De Wit: "Because in some countries beaks can no longer be treated, these behavioural characteristics have become more important for both the hen and the cockerel." In the area of mating, De Wit's view is that in terms of behavioural characteristics a fine balance has to be found. A male bird that is too aggressive will injure the hens, but a male with too little temperament will not do its job properly. According to the professor, breeding companies worldwide are trying to tread this narrow path of ideal selection.
I think it is an advantage that most breeding companies operate worldwide. As a result, these characteristics automatically become established worldwide."
Product per market
According to De Wit, breeding companies must have a lot of resources if they are going select on the basis of dozens of technical, health and behavioural characteristics. Otherwise, they will not be able to use the latest scientific techniques to select. "Because of all these new traits, you see more diversity in breeding companies. This means that these companies can increasingly offer a suitable product for every market or region." For example, further to pressure from animal welfare organisations, Dutch supermarkets have opted for slow-growing broilers. However, the European Union is not yet making that choice.
Actually, many people in the EU look at the Netherlands with astonishment. In discussions with EU colleagues I regularly have to explain why the Netherlands chooses slow-growing broilers – despite the negative effects for the environment – as slow-growing broilers need more feed and water to grow, and produce more manure and nitrate." Says de Wit.
Globally, De Wit sees poultry meat as the meat of the future. If the WHO's projections are correct, by 2050 there will be around 11 billion people on the planet. And it is expected that people will have more to spend as well. De Wit: "They will therefore buy more poultry meat, as it is healthy, relatively cheap and produced with relatively little environmental impact." The current discussion about meat consumption in the US, the EU and elsewhere, is partly about setting the tone, the professor thinks. "It seems that animal activists set the tone and the retail sector responds to these sentiments. However, despite all these discussions, the sales of poultry meat have been unaffected, the consumer likes our product and with good reason!"
Dick van Doorn
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St. Paul 509011232
Six months in, St. Paul takes stock of its garbage rollout
Complaints have dwindled, but 11% of city residents still refuse to pay garbage bills.
By James Walsh Star Tribune
April 24, 2019 — 7:08pm
There are St. Paul residents who have welcomed the city's new system of organized trash collection for reducing garbage truck traffic down their streets and alleys. And there are others who continue to be vexed by the program's limited choices, including the ability to choose their own hauler.
But, six months after the turbulent rollout of the program, residents, haulers and city officials are gradually getting used to organized trash collection, the City Council was told Wednesday.
Complaints about trash service have dwindled since organized trash collection began in October, according to Christopher Swanson, solid waste program supervisor in the city's Public Works department.
On the other hand, the proportion of customers who aren't paying their bills has barely moved — from 11.5% in the first three months of the program to 11% in the second three months.
Wednesday's council meeting was informational, and the council's leeway to make changes is limited by the five-year contract the city signed with a consortium of haulers last year.
Still, some council members expressed concern with a service that has sparked a small-scale uprising among certain residents who say they got along fine with the old, privately arranged trash hauling.
Council Member Jane Prince said the service is especially difficult for people on fixed incomes. And she bemoaned the loss of personal customer service that people enjoyed with small local haulers after several large haulers bought out the routes of smaller businesses. She talked about a resident of her ward who had to leave the state for a month after a death in the family. The hauler wouldn't provide a temporary hold on her garbage bill because the resident didn't provide two weeks' notice.
"What I've asked the consortium for is some simple common sense," Prince said.
Council Member Rebecca Noecker asked, "How are we measuring success?"
She and others on the council decided to go with organized trash collection, in part, because of stated benefits that include less wear and tear on alleys and roads and less pollution from garbage trucks.
"What metrics are we tracking?" she asked Swanson.
He said officials wouldn't know the effects of the wear and tear and pollution for years. Public works officials will consider a number of ways to evaluate the program, he said, including looking at illegal dumping before and after the plan went into effect.
The 1,395 complaints about the service have largely concerned billing, late fees, service problems and confusion over payment, according to the city. The trash service has also been a challenge for some haulers. Buyouts and mergers have resulted in the original consortium of 11 haulers shrinking to seven, and further consolidation is likely.
The city also reported a relatively tiny number of missed pickups — 1,676, or 0.7% of all collections — though that number doesn't include weather-related disruptions.
Council President Amy Brendmoen asked Public Works officials to return to the council with another update in September.
James Walsh is a reporter covering St. Paul and its neighborhoods. He has had myriad assignments in nearly 30 years at the Star Tribune, including federal courts and St. Paul schools.
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Girls' Love
Oto no Hako
SchoolJosei
Continuation of the second chapter from Hana Bolo. Another freshman, Tanabe Kimi, enters the choir club of Sakura high school.
Illusion City
Psychometry is the communication channel hidden in the brain. It is the faculty of divining facts concerning an object or a person associated with it, by contact with or proximity to the object. Illusion City is a story of a girl who has such psychometric power. [Netcomics]
Ultramix Collection
In some town, the daughter of a Chinese Restaurant, Tantan. Suddenly got enrolled into a school! In the new school, she met a vampire-looking guy, Shin...!? (Source: ChuChu)
Kurogane Girl
Sci-FiShoujo
The Kurogane Girl and Prince Alpaca... the heart-aching love tale spins out from the clashes in their ordinary but kind of extraordinary lives! (Source: Aria)
Yoroiden Samurai Troopers
ActionSamuraiShounen
The Samurai Troopers are five warriors who were given magic armor and must use it to defeat Arago and his warlords.
Nejimaki no Niwa
DramaSchoolSlice of Life
Tucked away in the mountains and cut off from the rest of the world, Rosa Academy is your typical boarding academy—at least on the surface. And like most schools, it has its share of urban legends. But, as Raum and his friends—Tulli, Yan, and Karel—are wont to find out, there is more than meets the eye... (Source: Storm in Heaven)
Grigori
Hatsuhana
Issei Yotsuya inherits an old camera from his great-grandfather. While out trying it out, he accidentally drops it from a bridge. Looking down he is shocked to find it has hit a young girl wearing a kimono and hakama on the head. He quickly takes the unconscious girl home, but when she awakes, it seems she has lost her memory. But then Issei discovers a 80-year-old photograph featuring the very same girl in his apartment...
Ore to Kanojo no Love Comedy ga Zenryoku de Kuro Rekishi
ComedyRomanceSchool
Stray Keys
ActionFantasySchool
"Yoku" (desire) erodes humans, causes them to lose their reason and eventually become beings known as "Yokukai." They end up moving to a strange other world that is peopled by entities who have no bodies and who seek to take them from humans. When Hinagata Anzu's friend Sou collapses on the street one day, Anzu gets a glimpse into that other world. Later, to save another friend from the same fate, Anzu makes a contract with one of the other world's inhabitants. According to the contract, Anzu will eventually surrender her body. Regardless, Anzu is determined to find out what exactly happened to Sou and to save her, if it isn't too late. Her new partner has his own plans, involving opening the many locks on Pandora's box... (Source: MangaHelpers)


TMC has named Crexendo's Cloud Telephony Solution as a recipient of the 2013 INTERNET TELEPHONY Excellence Award presented by INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine.
Sept. 3, 2013 —TMC has named Crexendo's Cloud Telephony Solution as a recipient of the 2013 INTERNET TELEPHONY Excellence Award presented by INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine.
The Crexendo Cloud Telephony Solution is a leading hosted communications platform that enables SMB's to medium sized enterprises to enhance levels of productivity with advanced communication features. Utilizing the self-management web portal, Crexendo Cloud Telephony users can fully administer and maintain their corporate phone system from a single central login regardless of geographic location. The Crexendo Mobile or CrexMo application available for Android and iOS operating systems enables busy professionals to extend their desktop features to their mobile device for even greater efficiency and functionality.
With over 200+ years of combined engineering expertise behind its innovative platform, the Crexendo Cloud Telephony Solution offers a robust feature set including a newly updated Call Center Application that enables users to be more productive while maintaining superior levels of service uptime and redundancy.
Crexendo is a hosted services company that provides web hosting, hosted telecommunications services, e-commerce software, website development and broadband internet services for businesses and entrepreneurs. Our services are designed to make enterprise-class hosting services available to small and medium-sized businesses at affordable monthly rates.
TMC is a global, integrated media company that supports clients' goals by building communities in print, in person and online. TMC publishes multiple magazines including Cloud Computing, M2M Evolution, Customer and Internet Telephony. TMCnet is the leading source of news and articles for the communications and technology industries, and is read by as many as 1.5 million unique visitors monthly. TMC produces a variety of trade events, including ITEXPO, the world's leading B2B communications event, as well as industry events: 3D Printing Conference & Expo, Asterisk World, AstriCon, CVx ChannelVision Expo, Cloud4SMB Expo, DevCon5 - HTML5 & Mobile App Developers Conference, M2M Evolution Conference & Expo; Mobile Commerce Zone Conference & Expo; SecureIT; StartupCamp, Super Wi-Fi Summit, SIP Trunking-Unified Communications Seminars, Wearable Tech Conference & Expo, WebRTC Conference & Expo, and more. Visit TMC Events for additional information.
This press release contains forward-looking statements. The words "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "will" and other similar statements of expectation identify forward-looking statements. Specific forward-looking statements in this press release include information about Crexendo (i) innovating its technology and cloud infrastructure in-house which gives an extreme advantage- to seamlessly deliver cloud services based on the needs of a rapidly changing marketplace; (ii) being fortunate to have such a phenomenal team of engineers that are building solutions every day to make customer's communication capabilities even greater; (iii) being excited to offer such great tools at a remarkable cost savings and (iv) taking great pride in our products and technology with an amazing team that works tirelessly to make our products and services the best in the market.


How can you get the most from your Museum visit?
We are dedicated to meeting the educational needs of all visiting groups and offer a variety of ways for you to expand and deepen your use of Museum resources. The KMA has developed programs based on thoughtful collaboration with schools and community organizations that can be tailored to meet your needs.
Thinking Through the Arts engages students' looking, writing, critical thinking and artistic skills. Led by KMA writer-in-residence Pamela Hart, the program features a series of structured workshops in the Museum's galleries and school classrooms that culminate in student readings, performances, and art exhibitions.
Made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. Additional support from Gail and Caesar Bryan.
This dynamic Museum and school program is designed collaboratively to enrich family learning through art at school, at home, and in the Museum. In a nine-session program children and parents develop language and literacy skills through viewing, discussing, and creating art. The culminating event is a Family Day at KMA where parents and children engage with art together.
This art program engages economically disadvantaged youth, ages 12-13, in the world of art. School specialists and KMA educators identify learning objectives and design program activities around a Museum exhibition, encouraging kids to stretch their thinking skills, their creativity, and their ownership over a final product. Students spend eight two-hour sessions learning about the art on view, making personal connections through their own art, exploring museum careers, and training to become exhibition tour guides. Along with public speaking skills, the participants develop interview skills and learn to express their thoughts through visual media. The culmination of the program brings the process full circle as students become the tour guides, and family, and school and museum staff become the beneficiaries of all that they have learned.
The KMA has a strong history of working with underserved groups in Westchester County including hospitals, group homes, and community-based organizations. Visits are collaboratively planned to meet the physical, developmental, and educational needs of every group.
Use the KMA for your next professional development day. Programs may include an introduction to the Museum as a resource for teachers; a first-hand experience of our Thinking Through Art program; or consider collaborating on a program which uses the content of current exhibitions to support your curriculum.
Contact the Education Department to discuss these programs or other collaborative visions. 914-232-9555, ext 2969.
Academy. Photo by Margaret Fox.


Controlled droplet applicators provide precise, low drift coverage and can treat several acres an hour!
These sprayers utilize a spinning disc for Controlled Droplet Application (CDA) of herbicides and other chemicals. These CDA applicators put out consistently large spray droplets, which minimize drift and provide precise spray widths and patterns. The great coverage provides excellent results and saves you time and money, not to mention less fatigue due to its light weight design. The applicators are powered by 4 D-cell batteries and will provide 30-40 hours of spraying. The Herbi and Herbaflex are lightweight, provide great coverage, and don't require continuous pumping. Imagine how quickly they will pay for themselves. Herbi model provides a 4 ft swath and is used commonly for borders, pathways, strip spraying or large areas.
Powered by 4-D cell batteries, dry weight 3.5lbs., shoulder strap, 4ft. wide circular pattern, 5 pint tank. Over 40 hours of spray time. 200-300 micron droplet size. Roundup ratio is 1 parts Roundup to 4 parts water. Other chemicals are usually a 3 to 17 ratio. OK to use with diesel or kerosene instead of water, if the chemical recommends it.
The rate for the 41 Roundup is 3.2 oz. Roundup per pint of water.
Love it I have had mine for over 25yrs, I am a women and I do all yard spraying. You get more out of your herbicides it makes it go a long way. It will never Disappoint you it pays for it self and you will have it for years have recommended to my friends and they love theirs too!
This little wonder will pay for itself in just a few applications with the money you save using much less herbicide in a much more efficient way. I've been using mine for over 10 years and have yet to replace any parts. Don't let the price scare you off.
I've used the Herbi Micro Sprayer for the last 30 years with excellent results. Sure saves on the amount of roundup used over the period of years.


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namespace UthandoNewsletterTest\Form;

use UthandoNewsletter\Form\Element\SubscriptionList;
use UthandoNewsletter\Form\SubscriberForm;
use UthandoNewsletterTest\Framework\TestCase;
use Zend\Form\Element\Csrf;
use Zend\Form\Element\DateTime;
use Zend\Form\Element\Email;
use Zend\Form\Element\Hidden;
use Zend\Form\Element\Text;

class SubscriberTest extends TestCase
{
    public function testCanCreateFromServiceManager()
    {
        $form = $this->serviceManager
            ->get('FormElementManager')
            ->get('UthandoNewsletterSubscriber');

        $this->assertInstanceOf(SubscriberForm::class, $form);

        $this->assertInstanceOf(Hidden::class, $form->get('subscriberId'));
        $this->assertInstanceOf(Text::class, $form->get('name'));
        $this->assertInstanceOf(Email::class, $form->get('email'));
        $this->assertInstanceOf(SubscriptionList::class, $form->get('subscribe'));
        $this->assertInstanceOf(DateTime::class, $form->get('dateCreated'));
    }

    public function testCanUseNameAsOptions()
    {
        $form = new SubscriberForm(['name' => 'subscriber']);

        $this->assertSame('subscriber', $form->getName());
    }
}

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Was Laura Morrison even trying?
I have no idea what Morrison and her campaign did behind the scenes to try to expand their support and I'm starting to wonder if they did anything at all. Did she interpret her support among current and former members of the city's two land use commissions and think that meant the city was desperate for change?
Although Morrison's campaign rhetoric sought to appeal to people who aren't intimately involved in zoning battles, it's worth noting that her circle of advisers and volunteers came almost entirely from the defenders of "neighborhood character." At least if we're going off all of the campaign photos she posted.
This video she posted a few days before the election showed three people working in the background: ZAP Commissioners Betsy Greenberg and Jolene Kiolbassa.
In this other photo we see Planning Commissioners Patricia Seeger and Karen McGraw, along with Ora Houston aide Christopher Hutchins. To Morrison's credit, Hutchins and a couple other younger people in the photo suggest her campaign wasn't entirely run by Baby Boomers.
AustinPolitics.net is updated 3-5 times a day with reporting and insight on city politics and policy. Bookmark it and visit regularly!


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// -*- Mode: C++ -*-
// $Id: AliHLTTPCClusterTransformation.h 40939 2010-05-04 15:35:58Z kkanaki $

#ifndef ALIHLTTPCCLUSTERTRANSFORMATION_H
#define ALIHLTTPCCLUSTERTRANSFORMATION_H

/

// see below for class documentation
// or
// refer to README to build package
// or
// visit http://web.ift.uib.no/~kjeks/doc/alice-hlt

#include "Rtypes.h"
#include "TString.h"
#include "AliHLTTPCGeometry.h"
#include "AliHLTTPCFastTransform.h"

class AliTPCParam;
class AliRecoParam;
class AliHLTTPCReverseTransformInfoV1;

/**
 * @class AliHLTTPCClusterTransformation
 *
 * The class transforms internal TPC coordinates (pad,time) to XYZ.
 * Allnecessary calibration and alignment corrections are applied
 *
 * @ingroup alihlt_tpc_components
 */

class AliHLTTPCClusterTransformation{

 public:

  /** standard constructor */
  AliHLTTPCClusterTransformation();
  /** destructor */
  virtual ~AliHLTTPCClusterTransformation();

  /** Initialisation  */
  Int_t  Init( double FieldBz, Long_t TimeStamp, bool isMC, int useOrigTransform );

  /** Initialisation  */
  Int_t  Init( const AliHLTTPCFastTransformObject &obj );

  /** Initialised flag */
   Bool_t IsInitialised() const;

  /** Deinitialisation  */
   void DeInit();

  /** Setting the current time stamp  */
  Int_t SetCurrentTimeStamp( Long_t TimeStamp );

  /** Returns the current time stamp  */
  Long_t GetCurrentTimeStamp() const { return fFastTransform.GetCurrentTimeStamp(); }

  /** Transformation: calibration and alignment*/
  Int_t  Transform( int Slice, int Row, float Pad, float Time, float XYZ[] );

  /** Applying reverse alignment */
  int  ReverseAlignment( float XYZ[], int slice, int padrow);

  /** Last error message */
  const char* GetLastError() const { return fError.Data(); }

  /** Printout */
  void Print(const char* option=NULL) const;

  /** total size of the object*/
  Int_t GetSize() const ;

  const AliHLTTPCFastTransform& GetFastTransform(){ return fFastTransform; }

  AliHLTTPCFastTransform& GetFastTransformNonConst(){ return fFastTransform; }

  void SetInitSec(Int_t min, Int_t max) {fFastTransform.SetInitSec(min, max);}

  const AliHLTTPCReverseTransformInfoV1* GetReverseTransformInfo() {return fFastTransform.GetReverseTransformInfo();}

 private:

  /** copy constructor prohibited */
  AliHLTTPCClusterTransformation(const AliHLTTPCClusterTransformation&);
  /** assignment operator prohibited */
  AliHLTTPCClusterTransformation& operator=(const AliHLTTPCClusterTransformation&);

 /** Set error string */
  Int_t Error(Int_t code, const char *msg);

  static AliRecoParam    fOfflineRecoParam;  //! static container for TPC Reco Param

  TString fError; // Last error message

  AliHLTTPCFastTransform fFastTransform;// fast transformation object

  bool fIsMC; //Do we process MC?

  ClassDef(AliHLTTPCClusterTransformation, 1)
};

inline Int_t AliHLTTPCClusterTransformation::Error(Int_t code, const char *msg)
{
  // Set error
  fError = msg;
  return code;
}

inline Int_t  AliHLTTPCClusterTransformation::Transform( int Slice, int Row, float Pad, float Time, float XYZ[] )
{
  // Convert row, pad, time to X Y Z
  Int_t sector=-99, thisrow=-99;
  AliHLTTPCGeometry::Slice2Sector( Slice, Row, sector, thisrow);
  int err = fFastTransform.Transform(sector, thisrow, Pad, Time, XYZ);
  if( err!=0 ) return Error(-1,Form( "AliHLTTPCClusterTransformation::Transform: Fast Transformation failed with error %d :%s",err,fFastTransform.GetLastError()) );
  return 0;
}

inline Int_t  AliHLTTPCClusterTransformation::ReverseAlignment( float XYZ[], int slice, int padrow)
{
  // reverse the alignment correction
  Int_t sector=-99, thisrow=-99;
  AliHLTTPCGeometry::Slice2Sector( slice, padrow, sector, thisrow);
  int err = fFastTransform.ReverseAlignment(sector, XYZ);
  if( err!=0 ) return Error(-1,Form( "AliHLTTPCClusterTransformation::ReverseAlignment: Fast Transformation failed with error %d :%s",err,fFastTransform.GetLastError()) );
  return 0;
}
#endif


Midtown sushi addicts with the highest standards know that Hatsuhana has their number. Not only does it ensure the freshest fish possible with frequent air-lift deliveries, but it also carves up the bounty expertly. The resulting pair of exquisite freshness and superb craft is sushi that transcends expectations. The space inside is well-appointed, and you can sit at the sushi bar (to get the best recommendations) or get comfortable in one of the booths.


November is the month when game shooters are in their element. The shooting is (hopefully) more accurate now the trigger is being pulled more often, the birds are flying faster and stronger, and as the countryside sheds its autumnal attire the air is fresh and the cheeks rosier than a robin's red breast. We're starting to think about Christmas too, so keep an eye out for a fantastic subscription offer in this month's issue that is sure to make the perfect present for the shooter in your life.
Fond memories and faux pas from 40 years' pheasant shooting.
One man's mission to accurately measure cartridge performance.
Are you worried about recoil?
Advice on how to solve your woes.
In conversation with Countryside Alliance executive chairman Sir Barney White-Spunner.
A preview of the IGL Retriever Championship at the Great Park.
The Porch House in Stow, Gloucestershire; the Volkswagen Touareg; and the Holland & Holland Sporting Over & Under all go under the microscope.
How a day on the range at WMS improved our accuracy.
The Shooting for Heroes team visits Barney Stratton's shoot for a day on partridge.
Get the game shooter in your life what they really want this Christmas.


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EVE in Review: A Year in Blog Banters
It has been a year since we relaunched the Blog Banter initiative to support and encourage the EVE blogging community. I am proud and grateful that it has been a consistent success and has been embraced by the community in general.
I thought I'd take the opportunity to take a look back at a year of EVE Blog Banters, what we discussed and why. Here's the tale of the last twelve months in EVE from the Blog Banter perspective.
Blog Banter 27: EVE Quick Matches
It was the Summer of Incarnage, folk were disillusioned with CCP's development decisions and were finding solace in less demanding games like World of Tanks, between cathartic bouts of trying to smash indestructible New Eden scenery.
Meanwhile, Crazy Kinux's Blog Banters had been silent for months, leaving the disparate strands of the blogging community to grumble quietly to themselves whilst chasing Panzers. Picking up on Kirith Kodachi's musings about a WoT-like quick-match system for EVE, this seemed like the perfect test case to see if the desire for the return of Blog Banters remained. The question posed was this;
"Kirith Kodachi recently discussed the idea of what a World of Tanks style quick-match element would bring to EVE Online. Would the opportunity for a quick combat interest you? How could it be implemented? Could it be done without having a negative impact on existing gameplay elements? Or does such a concept have no place in EVE?"
Despite little fanfare and no mailing list, 18 bloggers pitched in with wild and thought-provoking ideas and opinions. It seemed the communal desire to chew the cud was as strong as ever. In an effort to get a grand overview of the varied ideas and opinions, a review of all entries was written. This was a well-received addition to the tradition and with the subsequent acquisition of Crazy Kinux's old mailing list, the Blog Banters were reborn.
BB28: The Future of EVE Online, CCP and the CSM
With player discontent at unprecedented levels, the elected ambassadors of the playerbase, the Council of Stellar Management, had their work cut out for them. The community uproar was clearly a result of a disconnect between CCP's development strategy and the needs of the active playerbase. With the CSM back from an emergency summit in Iceland and the gaming press apparently dancing to CSM Chairman The Mittani's tune, the blogosphere awash with player vitriol, there could only be one focus for the next Blog Banter.
"In recent months, the relationship between CCP and it's customers has been the subject of some controversy. The player-elected Council of Stellar Management has played a key role in these events, but not for the first time they are finding CCP difficult to deal with. What effect will CCP's recent strategies have on the future of EVE Online and it's player-base? What part can and should the CSM play in shaping that future? How best can EVE Online's continued health and growth be assured?"
The explosion of news items, forum posts and blogs was challenging to keep track of, but I like to think that the blogging community response to the crisis went some way to shake off the unkind suggestions that they were simply an empty "echo chamber". Certainly the list maintained became a referenced resource for the very same CSM Chairman who coined the phrase. Summarising the whole series of events and the 39(!) banters was no short order either, running to nearly 2000 words.
But in the end, the community had stood proud and CCP had been set on a new path.
Blog Banter 29: Immersion
I recall the admin required to keep on top of BB28 had been quite taxing, so I allowed myself the luxury of picking a pet topic which would sooth my burnt-out political neurons and hopefully solicit fewer banter responses. It also served to encourage participants to look for positives in the gameworld we'd spent the past season trashing.
"EVE Online is renowned for its depth. Its backstory, gameplay and social aspects are all qualities that draw players in. What does immersion in EVE Online mean to you?"
Twenty-six bloggers took part and, even with the Monocle-Gate hangover still pounding in our brains, the resulting summary ended up being a refreshingly upbeat series of testimonials which served as a reminder of why folk are so passionate about EVE. Still today I find reading this particular summary makes me feel better about my association with internet spaceships.
Blog Banter 30: The Melting Pot
CCP had announced their winter expansion, Crucible, and made it known that it would directly address many of the concerns voiced over the Summer. Whilst the upper management reorganised, EVE Online development teams were given free reign to tackle the "low-hanging fruit" issues that had long plagued players.In support of this new development direction, the Blog Banter asked;
"With the Winter expansion possibly being named 'Crucible', it certainly is a melting pot of refinements and tweaks aimed at making the EVE experience smoother and more wholesome. If the developers suddenly found themselves some spare resources and approached you for an additional feature to include before release, what single concept would you pitch them and how would you implement it?
For bonus points, the one thing lacking from this "patchwork" of iterations is a cohesive storyline to package "The Crucible" together. How could this expansion be marketed to potential new customers?"
In a remarkable coincidence which I hoped was indicative of an increasing synergy between developers and players, shortly after this banter was launched, Lead Designer CCP Soundwave announced a #littlethings initiative on the EVE-O forums and Twitter, inviting players to suggest almost exactly what the Blog Banter was tackling.
The cacophony of fantastic ideas that were produced by the 27 participating banterers was exciting. In a mischievous move, I wrote up the summary in the style of a CCP patch notes release and published it the day before the official patch notes went public. The internet being what it is saw these "fake patch notes" linked elsewhere and even resulted in a sense of humour failure from CCP forum moderators, labelling the summary as "misleading and false advertising".
Blog Banter 31: EVE Online Community Review
With a blogging community willing to participate in a shared endeavour like the Blog Banters, I thought that combined literary power might be directed to achieve something no individual could manage.
"As any games journalist would probably tell you, a true and complete review of a Massively Multiplayer Online game is impossible. MMOs are vast, forever evolving entities with too much content for a single reviewer to produce a fair and accurate review. However, a collection of dedicated bloggers and EVE players (past and present) with a wide range of experience in various aspects of the game might be able to pull it off.
This special 'End of Year' Blog Banter edition aims to be a crowd-sourced game review. Using your gaming knowledge and experience, join the community in writing a fair and qualified review of EVE Online: Crucible. This can be presented in any manner of your choosing, but will ideally include some kind of scoring system.
With each Blog Banter participant reviewing the areas of EVE Online in which they specialise, the result should be a Metacritic-esque and accurate review by the people who know best."
It was a brave attempt and although not every one of the 21 reviewers bought into the 'focusing on a specialist area' concept or even giving some kind of score, averaging out the scores that were provided gave a post-Crucible EVE a score of 82% in the final review. I'd like to make this a yearly tradition so we'll likely take another stab at it post Winter expansion.
Blog Banter 32: Non-Consensual Combat Restrictions
January saw the villainous Goonswarm null-sec alliance terrorising the ice miners of high-sec in an attempt to manipulate POS fuel source prices. Drackarn of Sand, Cider and Spaceships proposed that we use the Blog Banter to stick our collective fingers in the ever-open wound of non-consensual combat.
"A quick view of the Eve Online forums can always find someone complaining about being suicide ganked, whining about some scam they fell for or other such tears. With the Goons' Ice Interdiction claiming a vast amount of mining ships there were calls for an "opt out of PvP" option.
Should this happen? Should people be able to opt-out of PvP in Eve Online? Should CONCORD prevent crime rather than just handing out justice after the event? Or do the hi-sec population already have too much protection from the scum and villainy that inhabits the game?"
Clearly hitting a nerve, this discussion produced 40 well-reasoned responses, even enticing CCP Manifest to get involved. So what was the general consensus? you'll have to read the summary to find out. 😉
Blog Banter 33: The Capsuleer Experience
As CCP's revision of the EVE experience continued, the newly formed Player Experience Team were tasked with tackling the initial EVE tutorial experience and were seeking input from the playerbase. This sounded like a job for the Blog Banter collective. With such a gift of a topic, there was little to do but to quote from CCP Legion's devblog;
"…we want to make the first days, weeks and months in EVE enjoyable and not just something 'you have to plough through in order to get to the good stuff'" and the newly formed Player Experience team will focus on "…where and why people lose interest in EVE…"
"We invite you to pour your heart (or guts) out and tell us what you think is good or bad with the current new player experience and what you think could be done about the problems."
The response was interesting, with many bloggers returning to the tutorials to review them. At the time of this banter, the tutorial was centred around the Captain's Quarters and heralded the return of Aura's voice and the ability to pace around the room. I found it interesting to compare the findings of the 29 banterers in the summary with the choices made in the current revision of the tutorial. Draw your own conclusions.
Blog Banter 34: The Rise of the Spaceship Politicians
March is the height of CSM election season and it would have been remiss of the banteratti to not take the opportunity to get involved. CCP Xhagen – the "Father of the CSM" – offered the following poser;
"How would you like to see the CSM grow, both in terms of player interaction and CCP interaction?"
It became clear from the resulting discussion that the two key points of concern were; effective communication and varied playstyle representation. Personally, I think the current CSM ticks both of those boxes.
Despite CCP Xhagen mentioning the Blog Banter and presenting the question in his CSM presentation at Fanfest, only a modest fourteen contributions were forthcoming for inclusion in the summary. I can't think what else everyone could have been talking about at that time…
Certain drunken words uttered at Fanfest by the former poster-boy of machievellian EVE players only served to compound the wider gaming world's perception of the EVE Online community. Only a few months previously, The Mittani had found the gaming press to be a useful weapon during the Incarna/Monoclegate crisis, but now found himself staring down the twin barrels of their scapegoat-sensationalism shotgun. The gaming world was being led to wonder how many New Eden residents were morally bankrupt bullies.
Related banter suggestions came from CCP Nullarbor, Rundle Allnighter (Lost in EVE), Bagehi (Eve News 24) and others and was distilled down into this:
The 27 responses were mind-meltingly deep and whilst both myself and Marc Scaurus gave it a look, we both ran away screaming. Later on it would become clear to me that because of my many other EVE and RL duties, reading and summarising every Blog Banter wasn't always possible. With this one, thankfully EVE Stratics eventually volunteered and had a stab at it.
Blog Banter 36: The Expansion of EVE
The summer expansion, Inferno, had been released and whilst it built upon the work done by the well-received Crucible expansion, it was met with a more muted response. It led to thoughts on what made a successful and unsuccessful expansion.
"With the Inferno expansion upon us, new seeds have been planted in the ongoing evolution of EVE Online. With every expansion comes new trials and challenges, game-changing mechanics and fresh ideas. After nine years and seventeen expansions, EVE has grown far more than most other MMOGs can hope for. Which expansions have brought the highs and lows, which have been the best and the worst for EVE Online?"
Although there were some out-liers and controversial suggestions, the results of this particular discussion were no great suprise. What I found interesting was how people arrived at their conclusions. A Scientist's Life in EVE expertly summarised everybody's entires.
Blog Banter 37: The Line in the Sand
Considering old stories of DDoS attacks on fleet comms being implemented in null-sec warfare, the Fanfest Suicide-gate drama and recent rumours of an EVE blog being shut down after alleged harrassment are all examples of in-game goals influencing out-of-game behaviour, this question was asked:
"EVE Online sits on the frontier of social gaming, providing an entertainment environment like no other. The vibrant society of interacting and conflicting communities, both within the EVE client and without, is the driving force behind EVE's success. However, the anonymity of internet culture combined with a competitive gaming environment encourages in-game behaviour to spread beyond the confines of the sandbox. Where is the line?"
Flying Silent did a fine job of sifting through the line definitions of the thirty-two bloggers who shared their inner moral codes with us. I'm relieved to say that there's no obvious serial killers amongst them. Now we've just got to screen the other 299,968 EVE players and we're all good.
On a personal note, I wholeheartedly believe that it is important that as a community, we EVE players keep a check on what is acceptable behaviour. Whilst laws, EULAs and ToS are great at defining a line, that doesn't necessarily tie in with what is socially acceptable or adhered to, especially in such a unique morally-challenging meta-game environment as EVE. Every society has individuals who will push beyond the line of acceptable behaviour. It is then that the society needs to know when and how hard to push back.
Blog Banter 38: Dogma
Two prominent bloggers, Ripard Teg and Poetic Stanziel, published posts which presented two sides of a single argument about EVE's "idiosyncracies" at the same time Senior Producer CCP Unifex had made statements about CCP's game design ethics. I attempted to mould these vaguely-related incidents into a single Banter topic.
"In his recent "That's just the way it is" post on Jester's Trek, blogger Ripard Teg posits that the established EVE player-base has come to accept many of EVE's design idiosyncrasies, rarely questioning their purpose or benefit. Conversely, he also suggests that new players might not be so forgiving of these "quirks". In an interview with Gamasutra, Senior Producer CCP Unifex describes EVE Online's developers as "relatively hands-off janitors of the virtual world", underlining that he has only four content developers but "a lot" of programmers and engineers.
Has a culture developed where CCP has started to take player effort for granted – expecting the "social engine" to fulfil tasks that might otherwise be CCP's responsibility? Or should this culture be embraced as part of "emergent gameplay" with these quirks accepted as the catalyst for interaction?"
Still in progress and despite the convoluted question, 21 bloggers have thus far got stuck in with a varied selection of responses. I've learnt a lesson from this one – it's a bit of a hit-and-miss art to pitch a banter question that is broad enough in scope to encourage a variety of responses whilst being focused enough to be clear. This one is perhaps a little too scattershot, but we'll see what comes out in the as-yet unwritten summary – a volunteer for which I'll be needing soon.
A Bantered Year of EVE
So that brings us up-to-date. A year of vibrant discussion and debate all focused around the many aspects of EVE Online. The ever-evolving Blog Banter process is a learning experience for all involved but I hope that we'll have another year at least as productive as the last. It's certainly been a journey that is both rewarding and draining and I look forward to the inevitable madness of EVE's tenth year. One thing is for certain; there'll always be something to banter about and our celebrated community will be ready and waiting.
Blog on!
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Good god we're an opinionated bunch.
Thanks for taking the project on Stan 🙂
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other mmo are already looking askance at eve online
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Cameron expresses hindsight regret
London: Embattled British Premier David Cameron on Wednesday came close to apologising for hiring former News of the World deputy editor Andy Coulson as his media adviser, saying he would not have done it "in hindsight," as he launched a spirited response to the biggest political crisis of his term.
In his showdown with angry opposition in the House of Commons, Cameron said he had done nothing wrong in the now mothballed Murdoch bid for BSkyB and also had no dealings with another NOTW hacking suspect Neil Wallis.
He, however, defended his former communications chief, saying Coulson should be held innocent until proven guilty, making an emergency statement to parliament on the phone- hacking scandal, a day after media mogul Rupert Murdoch refused to take the blame for the phone hackings that have already led to resignations of two top London cops.
Cameron, nevertheless, said he would offer a "profound apology" if Coulson came out tainted in the scandal.
"People will of course make judgements about it. Of course I regret and I am extremely sorry about the furore it has caused," Cameron said.
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Cameron also said that the arrested ex-deputy editor of NOTW, Wallis may have advised Coulson before last year`s general election but denied that his Conservative party had paid him.


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China To Build A Super Dam On Brahmaputra River That Could Impact India (Representational Image)
New Delhi: China will build a "super" dam on the lower reaches of the Yarlung Zango river close to the Line of Actual Control in Tibet, report state media on Sunday in a move that could have a far-reaching impact on northeast India's water security.
The chairman of the Power Construction Corp of China, Yan Zhiyong, said China will "implement hydropower exploitation in the downstream of the Yarlung Zangbo River" (the Tibetan name for the Brahmaputra) and the project could serve to maintain the water resources and the domestic security, reported the Global Times.
Yan, speaking at the conference, said the project was clearly put forward in the proposals for formulating the country's 14th Five-Year Plan and its long-term goals through 2035 made by the Central Committee of the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC) quoted an article on the WeChat account of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China on Sunday.
"There is no parallel in history... it will be a historic opportunity for the Chinese hydropower industry," Yan told the conference organized to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the founding of the China Society for Hydropower Engineering.
The details of the plan were expected to be released after the formal ratification by the National People's Congress (NPC) early next year.
The proposal for the dams on the Brahmaputra has evoked concern in India and Bangladesh, the riparian states, and China has downplayed such anxieties saying it would keep their interest in mind.
China has already operationalized the USD 1.5 billion Zam Hydropower Station, the largest in Tibet in 2015.
About the new dams, the Global Times report said that the speculation about China planning to build a "super hydropower station" in the Medog country, where the Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon is located, have circulated for years.
As per the reports, the mainstream of the Yarlung Zangbo River has the richest water resources in Tibet Autonomous Region, about 80 million kilowatt-hours (kWh), while the 50-kilometer section of the Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon has 70 million kWh
Tibet has around 200 million kWh of water resources, which accounts for 30 percent of the total in China.
The 60 million of the kWh hydropower exploitation downstream of Yarlung Zangbo River could provide the 300 billion kWh OF of clean, renewable and zero-carbon electricity annually.
"It is a project for national security, including water resources and domestic security," he said, noting that the project will also smooth cooperation with South Asia.
India and China have established the Expert Level Mechanism (ELM) in 2006 to discuss various issues related to trans-border rivers.
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New Interviews in the Coney Island History Project Oral History Archive
Among the additions to the Coney Island History Project's online Oral History Archive are the following audio interviews recorded by Charles Denson, Jiangxin Jin, Julia Khanina, Kaara Baptiste, Ruonan Zheng, and Samira Tazari. Please listen, share, and if you or someone you know would like to record a story, sign up here.
Bensonhurst native Ralph Avella was 16 years old when he became the youngest member of the Coney Island Parachute Jump's operation crew in 1961 after graduating from Brooklyn Technical High School. This interview is probably the best description ever of how the Jump operated and what it was like to ride it.
Crystal Isley shares memories of growing up in Coney Island Houses in the 1980s and '90s. After a happy childhood growing up in a close-knit community, things started to change and ducking from gunshots became normal. "Either people saw Coney Island as the end-all, be-all, or they wanted more. I was one of the people who wanted more," recalls Crystal, who now lives on Ocean Parkway but says Coney Island will always be her home.
Yi Xin Tong is an artist from Mount Lushan, China, where he grew up learning calligraphy, poetry and fishing from his grandfather. At Coney Island Creek, which he describes as "the place that I can feel closest to home in New York," Yi Xin spends his time fishing for striped bass and flounder and creating videos. He recorded two interviews: one conducted in Mandarin and a second in English.
Khonya Epstein, 91, author and leader of the Holocaust Survivors Group at the Marks JCH of Bensonhurst, is a Ghetto Survivor and World War II Veteran. A native of Mogilev, Belarus, he tells the harrowing story of how he escaped the Nazi massacre of the Jewish ghetto and joined a partisan brigade at age 13. This interview was conducted and recorded in Russian and includes a Russian transcript and an English translation.
Connie Scacciaferro, 86, remembers going to Coney Island Beach as a child in the 1930's and a teen in the '40s. Among her childhood memories are her youngest sister getting lost and finding her eating ice cream at the police station; a cousin being saved from drowning by her father and uncle; and rides on the L.A. Thompson Scenic Railway and the Cyclone.
Jewel Hough lives in Brighton Beach and has been working at Coney Island's Deno's Wonder Wheel Park for the past 18 years. She describes her favorite rides ("The Tilt-A-Whirl, I love it!") and the process of making cotton candy and candy apples at Deno's Sweet Shoppe.
Ahmed Hussain, 24, has spent every summer since he was eight in Coney Island helping out in his family's stores in the amusement area. What he enjoyed most about growing up in Coney was his friendship with the operators of Faber's Fascination Arcade and Shoot Out the Star, whom he describes as his mentors.
Alito Hernandez shares memories of learning to breakdance as a young boy in the 1980's and the history of Fresh Kids crew in Coney Island. "They would break till dawn when I met them. I was a baby. I was inspired by them," recalls Alito, who says the Polar Express was the crew's stomping grounds and they practiced at Our Lady of Solace schoolyard.
Olga Lozar is a Sea Gate resident and Coney Island Polar Bear Club member. She talks about the pleasures of winter swimming and first learning to swim in the alpine lakes of the Caucusus Mountains. This interview was conducted and recorded in Russian and includes a Russian transcript and an English translation.
Song Xin is an artist who used traditional Chinese paper cutting techniques to create Tree of Life, a public art work in the Bay Parkway subway station in Bensonhurst. "The place is a new immigrant hub. I am one of them," says the artist, who moved to New York from Beijing in 2000. This interview was conducted and recorded in Mandarin and includes a Chinese transcript and an English translation.
The Coney Island History Project has over 330 oral histories archived online. Most are in English, with long-time or former residents, workers or visitors. In recent years we began recording interviews with immigrants and foreign-born New Yorkers both in English and other languages including Russian, Mandarin, Cantonese, Spanish and Turkish who live or work in Coney Island and adjacent neighborhoods in Southern Brooklyn.
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The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the participation of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the participation of the body of Christ? For we being many are one loaf — 1 Cor. 10:16, 17.
It is one cup, though it be the juice of many grapes, even as it is one loaf, though it be from many grains. The grains cannot maintain their individuality and their own life, if they would become bread for others; the grapes cannot maintain themselves as grapes, if they would constitute the life-giving spirit; and thus we see the beauty of the Apostle's statement that the Lord's people are participants in the one loaf and cup. There is no other way that we can attain the new nature than by accepting the Lord's invitation to drink of His cup, and be broken with Him as members of the one loaf, and to be buried with Him in baptism into His death, and thus to attain with Him resurrection glory, honor and immortality—Z '01, 76 (R 2771).
Parallel passages: Ex. 12:3-14, 18, 21-28; Matt. 26:26-28; Mark 14:22-25; 10:35-39; Luke 12:50; John 18:11; 1 Cor. 11:23-34; Luke 22:19, 20; Rom. 6:1-11; 8:10, 17; 12:1; 1 Cor. 15:29-34; 2 Cor. 1:5; 4:8; Gal. 2:20; Phil. 3:10; Col. 1:24; 2 Tim. 2:10-12; 1 Pet. 2:19-24; 3:17, 18; 4:13-19; Col. 1:27; 1 Cor. 12:12, 13; Heb. 3:1; 7:26, 27; 1 Pet. 2:5, 9; Heb. 10:4-10; 13:10-14; 9:13-23.