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Bottled Harmony; Credit: Photo credit: Haamonii Shochu
Real Harmony is Free Cocktails: Shochu Tasting at Gonpachi
Dawna Nolan July 30, 2009
James Key Lim and his wife, Joanne Woo Lim, are the makers of Haamonii Ultra-premium Shochu, and they're all about sharing. The Lims began to pour their shochu, a distilled clear spirit, for others first–quite literally. They started hosting complimentary tastings of Haamonii at restaurants in San Francisco, where the couple live. Now Haamoni tastings have come to LA, and will head to New York this fall. If you missed the recent tasting at Café Pinot, you can enjoy a complimentary quaff of the shochu, mixed in a Haamonii Yuzu Collins or a Haamonii Ume Kisu, at Gonpachi tomorrow evening in Beverly Hills, from 6 – 7 p.m.
Shochu probably came to Japan by way of Korea (where it's called "soju"), who got it from the Mongols somewhere around the 1300's, who in turn, learned it from the Persians (In many parts of the Middle East, a similar distilled spirit is called "arak"). And before that, we probably owe distillation to Arabic alchemists. To whom our debt is great. (If you want to really delve into this intoxicating history, read Anthony Dias Blue's The Complete Book of Spirits: A Guide to Their History, Production, and Enjoyment. James Beard award-winning writer Dias Blue awards Haamonii 91 points.)
Haamonii (which means "harmony" in Japanese) was conceived as a "global shochu"–one that can be enjoyed as much by people new to it as those accustomed to it. Though it isn't very well known yet outside Asia, shochu is the close second to vodka as the world's fastest-growing-in-popularity spirit. Lim noted that traditional shochu sometimes had harsh flavors that didn't appeal to his friends, and set out to create a smoother, purer spirit. It's billed as the "world's smoothest Shochu," and according to Lim, there's a reason for that. Haamonii is crafted in small batches, quadruple-distilled and triple filtered. The actual recipe is a secret, but Lim will say that it's grain-based. (Shochu can be, and is, made in Japan with any number of things, including sweet potatoes, rice, shiso, even sugarcane) Shochu is also unique in its alcohol content, which is higher than that of wine, but lower than that of vodka.
"Asian culture has always celebrated community and sharing and companionship," says Lim. And central to this is tradition that dictates one should should always pour for others and never pour for oneself–another person, adhering to tradition, will return the favor and pour for you–thus ensuring one never drinks alone. Harmonious, indeed.
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Facebook's Monumental Libra Debut: Crypto Experts Weigh In
Posted By: Jacob Wolinsky Jun 18, 2019, 2:23 pm
Facebook has announced the launch of its Calibra wallet that is backed by the Libra Association, an independent consortium with members such as Visa, Mastercard, Stripe and Coinbase. The association will independently govern and oversee Calibra's bespoke cryptocurrency, Libra-with the digital coin imagined to further a global financial system, this historically marks the social media giant's boldest foray into the financial services industry.
In light of this latest development, industry leaders within the blockchain and crypto industries have shared their insights on the upcoming announcement.
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Tony Gu, Founding Partner at NEO Global Capital, one of the world's leading blockchain investment firms with over $400 million in assets, commented:
"Facebook's arrival on the crypto scene illustrates the subtle transformation of money as an economic medium, mirroring the metamorphosis of the global financial system into a virtual economy. Whereas cryptocurrencies are often not viewed in the same league as traditional capital markets, the scales are set to tip in favour of the digital asset class with the social media behemoth's latest endorsement via Libra. The digital coin's core proposition, beyond onboarding a greater sense of legitimacy to the nascent space, lies in its fulfillment of a future where Facebook becomes the sole custodian of value. Money prescribed under the modern theory of macroeconomics have two definitions: M1 and M2, with the latter referring to the multiplier effect of currency in use. By boosting the circulation of transactions across its growing platforms, Facebook is a unique position to capture the spillover effects of coins that are issued within its ecosystem i.e. M2, imagined through a built-on-blockchain central bank anchored by Libra.
Consequently, the creation of value is now recognized as a responsibility that can reside with players in the private sector, previously the exclusive domain of centralized authorities such as governments and banks. By rewriting the playbook, Web 3.0 will welcome distinctly different rules of engagement, as well as players eager to stake their claim in an unexplored era. The deployment of blockchain technologies, in this instance, gestures to Facebook's greater need to create a token of trust that exists and functions independently of the business entity. While Facebook's purposed entry into the crypto-space has translated to optimism in the stock markets, observing steady share gains across the past few days, investors bearing in mind the longevity of their investments have to exercise prudence in navigating the blurring lines between emerging technology and the enterprise environment."
Jehan Chu, Co-founder of Social Alpha Foundation and Managing Partner at Kenetic, commented:
"Facebook's bold, all-in crypto approach is not only a breath of fresh air for the industry, but is the new benchmark for unicorns if they want to get to the trillion dollar level. Crypto economies are still in their infancy and have massive growth curves ahead, and Facebook will not only boost the industry, but benefit from utilizing their own internal cryptocurrency to capture and drive value. History will mark Facebook's Libra as the starting gun of cryptocurrency 2.0.
Facebook's onboarding of the "Who's Who" in global payments resembles how Apple brought in the largest music publishers to their iTunes platform. While it's unlikely that the endgame will result in the same power shift away from traditional institutions, Libra will trigger a seismic shift in how these institutions engage and adopt crypto into their businesses - Visa crypto won't be far away. While critics bemoan the centralized nature of Facebook's crypto, I believe it is an enormously positive driver that will accelerate crypto into mainstream consciousness and adoption, and provide further capital and opportunities for fully decentralized blockchains like bitcoin and ethereum and the startups that build on them."
Matt Luczynski, CEO, and Co-founder of Travala.com, the blockchain-based hotel booking platform said:
"Having Booking.com as one of the members of the Libra Association is indeed a positive sign not only for the cryptocurrency space but for the entire travel industry. Cryptocurrency and blockchain hold huge potential in revamping the travel industry, making it more efficient and streamlined, so seeing a well-respected, household name like Booking.com pledging their commitment to the future of cryptocurrencies is really refreshing to see.
I believe this is far more than a group of tech companies cashing in on the hype, this signals the start of crypto's mass adoption. Visa, PayPal, Stripe, are all trailblazers within the payments space, and this involvement in Facebook's Libra is not only reassuring but sparks a new excitement in those of us already championing cryptocurrency as a form of everyday payment."
Mateusz Tilewski, CTO of Concordium, the next-generation, decentralized world computer and the first with ID-verification built in at the protocol level, commented:
"With some of the world's biggest payment giants such as Mastercard, Visa, PayPal and Stripe on the consortium of companies governing Facebook's bespoke cryptocurrency, and with its coin due to be pegged to government-issued cryptocurrencies, this development is bound to transform the way international transactions are carried out. This development is especially interesting in light of the FATF announcing that it will impose new rules for virtual asset service providers (VASPs), with regulatory compliance set to be at the top of Facebook's agenda.
While detractors may claim that Facebook is trying to create a new stream of revenue amidst its net profit falling 51 percent year-on-year, it has an enormous reach of 2.38 billion monthly active users which will undoubtedly help with the mainstream adoption of cryptocurrencies and will see other big players moving into the space."
Iain Wilson, Advisor at NEM Ventures, the venture capital and investments arm of the NEM blockchain ecosystem, said:
"On balance, it's probably helpful for traditional players to enter crypto, especially alongside other traditional players who already have, such as Visa (with Wirex) and Paypal (with Coinbase). A company like Facebook has huge distribution and potential for P2P or micro transactions, so the mass market will be further exposed to tokens. At this point, people will be free to exchange out of a centralised Facebook system into a more decentralised currency like bitcoin."
Tara Annison, Technical Product Manager at the PR9 Network, which provides real-time trading and settlement for blockchain-based assets held in cold storage, commented:
"The introduction of Libra shows that a wide range of players across the blockchain and traditional finance/tech space are interested in blockchain technology and its potential. The Libra foundation has stated that they think blockchain is a powerful tool for improving financial inclusion and it will be interesting to see how they shape the product offering around this, especially regarding the user experience. They have also developed their own blockchain and are using Move as the programming language, so it will be exciting to see if this sparks other innovations in the space and other companies exploring their open source technology.
Within the Libra whitepaper, the focus is very clearly on improving financial inclusion and the prevalence of mobile technology in many of these regions. Therefore, I would expect a mobile-first offering which takes advantage of the user experience expertise many of these companies have. The ability for users to understand the offering and be able to easily purchase and trade Libra will be pivotal in the success of the project."

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Home Bullish News Binance Coin has Binance's LaunchPad to thank for its successful lift-off
Binance Coin has Binance's LaunchPad to thank for its successful lift-off
Binance, the world's largest and arguably, the most trusted cryptocurrency exchange in the world, has made a name for itself since its launch in mid-2017. Led by Changpeng Zhao, a man who made a name for himself as the 'good boy' of the digital assets realm, the exchange has heralded a slew of innovations out of China, Singapore, Malta, or wherever Binance is based out of now, while also giving lift-off to the world's most prominent successful ICO token, Binance Coin [BNB].
While the ICO market quickly turned sour in 2017-2018, BNB held its head high and soared on the back of several successful feats by its parent exchange. The tie between the exchange and its token, unlike any other, is undeniable. However, over the past few months, with Binance launching several new tools on its platform, BNB has received a price push unlike no other coin before it.
In 2019 alone, Binance Coin recorded a massive 390 percent YTD increase, breaking into the top-10 and overtaking notable cryptocurrencies like Stellar Lumens [XLM], Cardano [ADA], Tron [TRX], and Monero [XMR]. Among the top-10, BNB is the only digital asset that has broken its all-time high, doing so on April 20. It has since surged by 58.87 percent against its ATH.
The price rise of Binance Coin flows parallel to its parent exchange's comprehensive introductions this past year. However, one tool in particular buoys BNB's price like no other, the Binance LaunchPad. The exchange's token sale platform, as part of the IEO craze, has seen 7 token sales this past year, and was inaugurated by the flash-sale of BitTorrent [BTT]. But in March, the exchange changed the format of the same, which became either a blessing in disguise or a blessing by design for BNB.
Moving from a "first come first served" system to a "lottery" system, Binance announced that in order for users to participate in the token sale they had to hold a certain amount of BNBs. According to an official post dated March 24, the tickets claimed for the sale would depend on the number of BNBs held 20 days prior to the sale. The lottery drawn will be a "transparent, randomized system with a random selection of lottery tickets based on tail digits."
Binance also foresaw a 'price fluctuation' in the price of BNB due to its implementation. Again, the lottery system could by design cause a rise in price of their native token with the periodic listing of every token sale that comes to their door. And no doubt has the price of BNB risen periodically, post the March 24 announcement, BNB shot up by 15 percent against the U.S dollar.
The exchange however, noted that the fluctuation could be written off.
"If BNB price drops, it is entirely possible the drop in BNB price will outweigh any gains made by the new token. That is first assuming you win in the lottery draw. Further, the new token being sold is not guaranteed to increase in price. It may drop in price."
So far, the tokens that have been launched and completed via the lottery system on Binance LaunchPad are Matic Network [MATIC], Harmony [ONE], Elrond [ERD], with WINk [WIN] their latest token sale in the "Preparation Period."
The token sale for MATIC began based on the final BNB balances on April 24. Therefore, the exchange's native token began to skyrocket 20 days prior to the sale. On 2 April, BNB rose by 3.46 percent over the hour, with eager investors hoarding the token to increase their chances in the lottery system.
After a brief dip to $16.94, the price of BNB began to skyrocket on 11 April. Between April 11 ans April 20, the price of the token rose by over 45 percent and reached $25, which held till the scheduled date of the MATIC launch. However, a day after the launch, the price dipped to $21.78 i.e. by 12.94 percent. Nonetheless, it continued its upward momentum.
Days after MATIC's token sale, the floodgates opened and the token burst into the top-100 on the back of a massive 1200 percent price gain.
Binance began the token sale of ONE once the BNB balances were settled on May 26, which as the MATIC case proves, resulted in a massive price increase for Binance Coin. On May 10, BNB was trading at $18.68, its lowest price point in the past 20 days. Within the 20-day lottery settlement period, the price surged by a massive 88.32 percent and reached $35.18 on May 25, a day prior to the token sale.
Till the close of May, the price continued to stay upwards of $30. However, it soon fell below during the first week of June as the spotlight shifted to the Justin Sun – Warren Buffett luncheon and the anticipation around Facebook's Libra.
Since launching in June, the price of ONE has been on a downward spiral, dropping from $0.030 to $0.01 in a span of under two months. Within the same period, BNB has also dropped, falling from $33.11 to $29.11, at press time.
The ERD token sale was based on the amount of BNB held with prospective investors on July 1, but surprisingly, in the 20-day period prior, the price of BNB fluctuated. From June 10 to June 22, BNB saw a 29.07 percent price gain, from $30.56 to $39.14. However, this price surge largely tracked Bitcoin's price growth owing to the Libra hype. From June 22 to the date of the token sale, the price of BNB fell by 16.27 percent to $32.84.
Post the token sale on Binance, ERD recorded a massive drop in price, especially over the last few days. The price of the token fell from $0.0077 to $0.0035, a massive 54.5 percent drop in the past month.
WINk [WIN]
Although WIN has not been launched on the Binance token sale platform yet, the exchange has confirmed that the lottery draw will take place on the 31 July. Hence, the price effect can be seen over the current period. Additionally, the price of the exchange's native token has been on the rise since July 17, with the price rising from $25.45 to as high as $31.56 within a 7-day period with continued persistence in the green.
Bobby Ong, Co-founder of CoinGecko, had previously told AMBCrypto that Binance's token sale platform and its integration of BNB on the same was a "large reason" for the rise in price of the native token. Ong had added that the general profitable performance of the IEO platform is also to be credited with the rise in BNB price. Binance's IEO platform, the Binance LaunchPad, has already amassed a Return on Investment [ROI] of 513.68 percent within a short period of time, according to the quarterly report.
It should be noted that the 20-day holding period has since been done away with, according to an update to the Binance Launchpad. The exchange announced that the 7th launchpad will have a 7-day BNB holding period, the 8th launchpad will have a 15-day holding period, while the 9th one will have a 30-day holding period.
For future token sales, the holding period will begin prior to the project being announced. The exchange stated,
"Going forward, the BNB holding period may start before each Launchpad Project is initially announced. For example, if the 8th Launchpad project is initially announced on August 7th with the final BNB holding date set on August 13th, that would mean the BNB holding period started on July 30th."
About this, Ong stated that this change in the lottery system will make it more difficult for shrewd investors to "game the system," and will lead to greater rewards for "long-term BNB holders" as the holding period is not specified. He concluded by saying,
"With this change, it is now harder to predict when a Launchpad announcement will be made and when BNB needs to be held to obtain lottery tickets to get a chance to buy Binance Launchpad IEOs….The incentive is now to hold for long period of time to get a chance to get lottery tickets for future Binance Launchpad IEOs."
It looks like Binance finally caught on to their token's price fluctuation, thanks to the periodic swings of the "holding period" and its connotations on the lottery system of the imminent token sale. The first two tokens, post the lottery system introduction, led to a massive surge in the price of BNB, while the third [ERD] saw varied movement.
Regardless of the change in the lottery system, Binance Coin has seen periodic price swings due to the launchpad-induced hoarding. However, whether it was by disguise or design, Binance looks to be committed to long-term BNB hodlers.
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It all began with a camera I got as a birthday gift in 2010. Camera in hand, I started exploring a passion that I knew I had in me long time before.
Like any of us, I kept carrying thousands of pictures of my past that I cherish despite the bad composition, wrong exposure, and wrong focus. Taking pictures gives me the ability to stop the course of time for a second, just a second! and have some stolen moments saved.
Photography is magic because it allows me to freeze and capture real moments, expressions, a snapshot on a window of life.
Many asked me "Why Rear Mirror?" Well, Photography is a mirror of the past.
I can't look at a picture without thinking that's its part of the past, a moment in time that is gone. It is the proof of a moment that actually existed, back in time.
Not only it witnesses the past, but it's like a Mirror since it reflects the characteristics of the moment in terms of light and composition.
For both the photographer and the subject, photography is a Mirror. It is the reflection of the way the photographer felt and the subject looked at this specific moment in time.
The Mirror makes sense in the mechanics of the camera as well.
When you take a picture, the Mirror in the camera body flips up out the way, a shutter in front of the image sensor opens letting the sensor capturing the image.
As for myself, I lived in 4 different continents and traveled in more than 20 countries. I am fascinated to see how different each destination is in terms of culture and life style. My camera helps me to share my feelings of the moment and gives credit to the difference that exists in each of us. Taking pictures helps to see more, to see deeper but also to learn about yourself. I pretty much enjoy music, vespa rides, good food, sport, my friend's company and keeping up to date with the news of this world...hold on, I forgot to add photography trips, early morning walks taking pictures, photography exhibits and reading this camera manual that never ends!
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Q: How to build Visual Basic (.vbp) project from AWS CodeBuild? I want to build .vbp using AWS CodeBuild. I have setup CI/CD pipeline and now want to build the project using CodeBuild.
I Googled around and found that following command needs to be executed:
vbc.exe test.vbp

How to invoke this command from CodeBuild?

A: Are you planning on using a docker image provided by CodeBuild or do you have your own custom image?
Currently, the images provided by CodeBuild are geared for a specific programming language and/or stack.  Which means that they will only have specific tools pre-defined based on that selected image.  At this time, since there doesn't seem to be an image geared for classic visual basic, I think you would first need to install the compiler in the "install" phase of your build spec before you can build your source code.

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Alberta now has 'good supply' of sodium bicarbonate, but restrictions to remain
Keith Gerein
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Alberta Health Services says it has now built up a "good supply" of injectable sodium bicarbonate, although restrictions on using the life-saving drug are likely to remain in place for at least two more months.
The measures have been in place since mid-June when the health authority announced it had been affected by a global shortage of sodium bicarbonate caused by a manufacturing problem at Pfizer company Hospira Inc.
AHS said at the time that it had enough stock to last only 10 days, but hoped rationing and other measures would improve the situation.
"We became more confident in our stock at the beginning of July," the health authority said in a written statement this week. "We do not anticipate lifting the restrictions until there is a reliable, ongoing source of supply of sodium bicarbonate injection."
The drug is used to counteract drug overdoses and help patients whose blood has become too acidic. It is often used during surgeries and in intensive care units.
AHS said it remains short of sodium bicarbonate vials, which have been subject to a voluntary recall after tests detected microbial growth in some units.
Pfizer has compensated somewhat by increasing supplies of pre-filled syringes, "but not to volumes that would allow us to return to pre-shortage utilization levels," the statement said.
The health authority said community pharmacies and private clinics have also contributed a small supply of the drug while the search continues for other stocks to purchase.
In the meantime, AHS said it will continue with various mitigation measures. These include giving patients a pill form of the drug when possible, prioritizing procedures, and choosing alternative treatments in non-critical situations. A strict criteria and approval process has also been implemented for using sodium bicarbonate.
"These mitigation measures are working," the statement said. "Currently, we have a good supply of sodium bicarbonate vials and pre-filled syringes. Other strategies have helped to extend our emergency use supply."
AHS said it is not aware of any surgeries or treatments that have been postponed due to the shortage.
Pfizer has notified the health authority it hopes to have vials available by mid-October.
"Alberta has been through critical drug shortages in the past. Strategies were developed at the time that ensures safe patient care and mitigates potential patient impact," the statement said.
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The vogue for sustainability, corporate social responsibility and ethical credibility has made 'green' packaging a major selling point for consumers. Packaging & Converting Intelligence considers how the desire to protect the planet is driving a move towards a no-waste economy.
Environmentally conscious innovation has moved from the fringes to near omnipresence. Nowhere has this been clearer than in the development and launch of the EU's circular economy plan. This champions the move from wasting resources through poor manufacturing, reclamation and recycling techniques to a cycle in which everything is used and no more raw materials are required, and is immensely important. It means an end to cost barriers to buying raw materials, or competing with alternate markets for finite resources, as the automotive and packaging markets do for plastics.
It should also eliminate wasted energy from manufacturing goods that are then thrown away: resources are kept in the chain so we do not need to find more.
Crucially, for private enterprise, vast savings are there to be made; the latest report from Ellen Macarthur foundation has ten projects worth €325 billion that could all be operational by 2025. To put this into perspective, the entire flexible packaging market by 2025 will be worth about €315 billion, and that will account for nearly a third of the entire packaging industry's materials use.
Clearly, there is an appetite for a transition from the EU's current, linear economy to this new version, but this will require a lot of change, and, therefore, responsiveness from producers and consumers and government alike. As Virginia Janssens, managing director of European Organisation for Packaging and the Environment (EUROPEN) asks, "How do we move towards business models with virtually no waste but only (secondary) raw materials that are reinjected into a circular economy?
"What kind of European policy framework is needed for the packaging supply chain to drive investments towards a competitive and growth-oriented circular economy? How do we take into account the global nature of value chains in this European framework? These are just a couple of questions EUROPEN is addressing in policy discussions related to the EU's recent proposals. This framework will affect a wide range of sectors and materials, including packaging and packaging waste.
For the packaging supply chain, life-cycle approaches (LCA) take into account trade-offs, as changes in one part of the chain will inevitably affect another. For instance, changing the type, weight or design of packaging may compromise a pack's ability to protect, preserve or market a particular product. Packaging should therefore always be considered in the context of what it contains, and not be considered solely in terms of end of life.
Packaging contributes to resource efficiency in all phases of its life by optimising resource use, helping to prevent product and food waste, extending shelflife, protecting products along different value chains, providing consumers with varied uses, choices and benefits of the products it contains and, finally, to recover the used packaging at the final phase. By answering these challenges, packaging is not only vital to modern societies and lifestyles, but also forms a crucial part of the circular future.
A key instrument linking the circular economy, the internal market and packaging waste policy is extended producer responsibility (EPR) for used packaging. This is currently applied in 25 EU states and has been instrumental in enabling the separate collection and sorting of used packaging to reach continent-wide and national recycling targets for packaging. EPR is seen as a key interface between the supply and demand sides of material flows that are reinjected into the economy as products or materials. This important role is acknowledged in the circular economy package, which calls for binding European minimum performance requirements on EPR compliance schemes (packaging recovery organisations) to ensure more transparency and cost-effectiveness on existing EPR schemes and proper enforcement in the countries implementing EPR. A minimum level of harmonised European rules will help producers and importers in Europe to comply with their legal obligations under EPR and will ensure more control and transparency on their end-of-life costs.
Better-functioning EPR will ultimately boost qualitative and quantitative secondary raw material markets, which will help industry to better manage volatile (virgin or secondary) material markets and related material supply and demand challenges that businesses face in Europe and beyond. The circular economy package offers a great opportunity to address regulatory and market barriers in the EU. Along with a well-functioning internal market for packaging and packaged goods, the supply chain in Europe remains committed to further transition to a resource-efficient and competitive circular economy in which a more transparent EPR framework will be vital for the industry to meet its current and future sustainability challenges.
Janssens concludes by explaining further actions taken by EUROPEN to support the Waste Framework Directive and Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive this February.
The first action is to safeguard a strong internal market. The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) voted to safeguard the internal market objective and legal base of the PPWD. EUROPEN strongly supports this outcome, which will preserve the single market for packaging and packaged goods. Nevertheless, ENVI introduced some new elements that might disrupt the internal market.
"EUROPEN's recommendation is to ensure that the internal market is explicitly and consistently safeguarded in relation to measures such as packaging reuse and national waste reduction targets. Next is the extended producer responsibility (EPR) requirements for waste management that will increase transparency, cost-efficiency and accountability.
"It is vital that producers know what they are paying for, and that all stakeholders fulfil their respective roles and responsibilities. "EUROPEN welcomes the improvements that ENVI has made to the proposed EPR general requirements, in particular about efforts to demarcate producers' responsibility with a closed list of costs.
ENVI has voted to ban the incineration of separately collected waste, "with the exception of residue resulting from the sorting of that waste", in addition to the ban on sending separately collected (packaging) waste to landfill.
This amendment states members states will take measures to promote high-quality recycling and will set up the relevant, separate collection of waste required to meet and exceed targets and quality standards as set out in article 11 in the current 2008 WFD4 in all member states.
EUROPEN recommends supporting the implementation and enforcement of separate collection as laid down in article 11 of the current 2008 WFD, along with the condition of technical, environmental and economic practicability.
Finally, the ENVI has called for indicative reuse targets to be set at member-state level. As Janssens concludes, "EUROPEN welcomes the indicative nature. In addition, it recommends establishing a harmonised approach for calculation methodologies, data collection, and verification and determining baselines, before introducing any new target. It also supports ENVI's decision to maintain the current definition of 'preparation for reuse' in the WFD.
"This will allow the crediting of reuse efforts as follows: allowing member states to deduct reusable packaging from 'packaging waste generated' in order to calculate recycling rates, giving credit to those that have invested in reuse systems. This would make the data a more accurate reflection of reality, as it would mean that states would no longer report on 'packaging placed on the market' (all packaging) as a proxy for 'packaging waste generated' (which excludes reusable packaging).
So far, there is a lot of promise in the circular economy, which is why it has the support of the brands, the government and consumers. However, this is clearly a process, rather than a single action, and it must develop organically if it is to succeed. The aims of the plan at its inception may well change as implementation and reality combine to forge a new, more adaptable scheme. Either way, it is a journey that will generate a great deal interest for the foreseeable future.


The Bugey was a fief of the Holy Roman Empire. When Emperor Henry IV received the much-needed support of Adelaide of Susa, marchesa of Turin, when he came to Italy to submit to Pope Gregory VII and Matilda of Tuscany at Canossa, in return for her permission to travel through her lands, Henry gave Bugey to Adelaide. Henceforth it belonged to the House of Savoy until 1601, when it was ceded to France by the Treaty of Lyon.
Bugey is delimited by the Rhone in the south and east and by the Ain in the west. The northern boundary of Bugey is disputed. In 1867 Baron Achille Raverat declared the Valserine to be the northern border of Bugey, but contemporary definitions generally include the entire Ain department as part of Bugey. The region of Revermont has never been considered part of Bugey.
The residents of rural areas in the Bugey, Valromey, and Chautagne speak Savorêt, a dialect of the Arpitan language, and spoke it in everyday life until the 1970s.
The area is known for its wine, Bugey AOC.
^ Previté-Orton, The Early History of the House of Savoy (1000-1233) (Cambridge, 1912, pp. 237f.
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Psectrogaster ciliata is een straalvinnige vissensoort uit de familie van de brede zalmen (Curimatidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1844 door Müller & Troschel.

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TIGER OF JAVA EATING A BOAR
Paul JOUVE
Nuanced brown-green-red patina bronze model, signed «JOUVE ».
Cast by Alexis Rudier, bears the handwritten mention «Alexis.Rudier. Fondeur. Paris».
Circa 1914.
Height: 36.4 cm – 1′ 2³/₈" in.
Depth: 38 cm – 1′ 3″ in.
Width: 99.1 cm – 3′ 3″ in.
Provenance: Jean Goulden's former collection.
Exhibition: Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris 1914, n° 1832.
Literature: Art et Décoration, January-June 1914, tome XXXV, page 171 to 172; Félix MARCILHAC, Paul Jouve, peintre sculpteur animalier, Paris, 2005, page 74, model shown on page 76.
Categories: Animaliers XXème, chefs-d-oeuvre en vente, GALERIE FAUBOURG SAINT-HONORÉ, Paul JOUVE
In line with the realism and anatomic perfection of Antoine-Louis Barye's animal sculptures, this Java tiger eating a boar has a powerful expressiveness. It shows a striking resemblance to the 'Tiger devouring a gharial' of Barye exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1831.
Passionate about big cats as was his renowned predecessor, Paul Jouve presents his tiger in the same movement, the final stage of the hunt, when the predator lying down devours its prey.
This Tiger eating a boar was displayed in a half-sized version together with a Walking lion at the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts in April 1914, where it was noted that they were carefully studied as regards anatomy and had an imposing presence.
It is a beautiful testimony of the deep friendship which bound Paul Jouve, Jean Goulden and their families.
A doctor of Medecine, Jean Goulden (1878-1946) was also a painter and decorator especially renowned for his beautiful enamels. He met Paul Jouve during the First World War in Macedonia where they were both stationed. The two artists drew what was around them. A 'Caparisoned bullock' for Jouve and Ruins for Goulden. Thanks to his personal wealth, Jean Goulden became the patron of the Dunan-Goulden-Jouve- Schmied Group. The sculpture was to be handed over to Goulden's grand child after his death in 1973 and it remained in the family until its purchase by the gallery.
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2015 NFL Playoff Preview
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That party is over for most as people around the world welcomed in a new year but for football fans that party is just about to begin. The NFL playoffs are here and it is the best time of year for NFL fans. The regular season has been a great one with some surprises and many of the top teams finding their way back to the playoffs. Although the regular season was full of drama it will be nothing compared to what is coming. The NFL playoffs are some of the highest tension and most exciting games in sports as they marl the only Big Four sport in North American with single elimination games. There are no second chances and there is no room for an off day as every snap is important in a game that could end your season. These games ratchet up the pressure every year and for some teams it could mean the difference between achieving a big goal or looking at what went wrong. For the teams that didn't make the playoffs the issue right now is to figure out if they are on their way to the playoffs or declining and needing to rebuild. That happens a lot less for the teams in the playoffs as they have accomplished something that many other teams have not been able to do during the year. Yet there are still the teams that have gotten used to the playoff vibe but have nothing to show for it. These teams always seem good enough to play for the Super bowl and win it but can never seem to get over the hump. It is one of the most difficult positions to be in for an NFL team. On one hand they are one of the best teams in the league by making the playoffs so there should be little change considered. On the other hand they need to do something to get over that last hurdle and win a Super Bowl. These teams can often find that a change in a few players or some assistant coaches will make the difference. Then there are those who have exhausted their options and look for much bigger changes that can help them get that final goal of winning a championship. There are a few teams that could be in that position this year with the Green Bay Packers, Cincinnati Bengals, and Dallas Cowboys all trying to get that elusive championship. The Packers are recent champions in 2010 but have looked like a Super Bowl team since then and have yet to win their second. The Bengals have been on the upswing for years and yet can't have the same success when they get to the playoffs. The Cowboys, meanwhile have looked great and terrible at times in their regular seasons and have only won one playoff game since 1996. These teams may all make significant changes if they can't make it to the Super Bowl this year as they look to finally get past everyone on their way to Arizona. Meanwhile every other team is there to attack and with single elimination any team can win at any time. Every team will have the same chance now and whether they are defending champions, former conference champions, constant playoff teams, or brand new to January football everyone will be playing for a trip to Arizona on February 1st.
The AFC has been the more powerful conference in the last few years as they are home to some of the toughest divisions in the NFL. They are rarely a conference that has losing teams in the playoffs with the competition level being so high. Yet when it comes to the Super Bowl they have not had the most success over the last few years. In the last seven Super Bowls the AFC has only claimed two championships. That is a big difference from the seven Super Bowls from 2001 to 2007 when they won six championships. Lately it has been a different story and although they contain some of the strongest teams in the NFL they have not been able to be as dominant as they were in the past. The six teams trying to represent the AFC this year will look to change that and take the Vince Lombardi trophy back to their city and claim bragging rights for the conference. It was not an easy road for any team this year to earn a spot in the playoffs but it was especially difficult in the AFC North. It has arguably been the best division in football over the last few years and despite reports of a decline they proved that none of their teams were going away. The Bengals led the division for most of the season but when it came down to the end of the year the Pittsburgh Steelers got hot winning three games in a row heading into their final game against the Bengals. With another win the Steelers took the title while the Baltimore Ravens and the Bengals sat outside of the division title but took the wild card spots with ten wins each. It was another tight battle in the South but as the season moved on the Houston Texans fell off and the Indianapolis Colts pulled away. Thanks to Andrew Luck the Colts amassed 11 wins on the year although it was not enough to earn one of the top two spots. Those spots were reserved for the beasts of the AFC in the New England Patriots and Denver Broncos who put up 12 wins each. The Patriots did so with some struggles at the start of the year that made it seem like they might miss the playoffs. Tom Brady figured it out though and since Week 4 have looked dominant again. The Broncos have not had the fanfare that they did in 2013 when they had the best offence in the league under Peyton Manning but they still managed to earn 12 wins and took the division. They will be the two powers this year but every other team did not fight their way into the playoffs to give up before they even start as they are sure to bring the fight to the dominant teams in the conference.
It is clear what teams are favourites in the AFC and what matchup everyone wants to see for another year. The Patriots and the Broncos are two of the best teams in the NFL with two of the best quarterbacks in the league. Last year they faced off for the AFC Championship and this year they are positioned to do the same. The Patriots are first this time around and that has everything to do with the match that has made them one of the most dominant teams. Bill Belichick and Tom Brady continue to push this team forward with a great offence that got going late this year but is still putting up points. The Broncos are led by the other future hall of famer in the conference, Peyton Manning. Last year he led them to the best offence in the league and although they are not as potent as they were in 2013 they are still explosive. The Broncos and Pats are going to be the teams to beat this year and there will be plenty of people ready to challenge them. The Colts are a rising team and that rise has a lot to do with a potential hall of famer in Andrew Luck. He is the league's third leading passer, ahead of both Manning and Brady, and leads the league's best passing offence. The rest of the AFC does not concentrate on their quarterbacks but that is mainly because they are from the defensive division. The Steelers, Ravens, and Bengals are all defensive first teams and they all come by it out of necessity to survive in the North. Still they have not been as dominant as usual and as much as they would prefer to be defensive teams they are transitioning. The Steelers took the division thanks to a great passing offence that has concentrated on the league's 2nd leading passer, Ben Roethlisberger, and leading receiver, Antonio Brown. The Bengals and Ravens are more traditional as they both rank among the top 10 in rushing yards led by Justin Forsett in Baltimore and a combination of Jeremy Hill and Giovanni Bernard in Cincinnati. Almost of these teams rank among the best in the league in offence and they will need that power to get through as the usually defensive conference has turned a corner and is sure to put up points with the defence that can stop some of the best offences in the league will be headed to Arizona for the Super Bowl.
The NFC has been the better conference in the past few years winning five of the last seven Super Bowls. They are looking a lot more like the old conference that they were created from as the teams are doing it with a mix of old school and new school. They rank among the best defensive teams in the league but are still full of offensive playmakers. They will try to show that they are the better conference this year in taking their second straight Super Bowl and it is quite possible with some great teams that are sure to give a challenge to the AFC champions and have a shot at bringing home another title. There were plenty of battles this year in the NFC divisions as almost all division battles came down to the last few weeks. In the East the Dallas Cowboys struggled to start their year and looked once again like a disappointing season. Then they caught fire as the defence began to play and Tony Romo helped the offence to first place. The Cowboys took the top spot thanks to a four game winning streak at the end of the year passing the Eagles to earn the title. The North came down much closer as the Green Bay Packers seemed to be on their way to an easy division title with a five game win streak near the end of the year. Then Aaron Rodgers got hurt and they lost momentum until beating the Detroit Lions in the final game of the year to take the division. With the loss the Lions were unable to take the division spot and a first round bye but still made the playoffs in the wild card game with an 11 win season. The odd division out was the south where it seemed like no team wanted the title. The Panthers took the division crown with a 7-8-1 record after beating the Atlanta Falcons in the final week of the season. As these divisions continued to fight it out between typical opponents the NFC West became the most surprising division in the conference. They were expected to be one of the best divisions in the NFL but saw the two top teams struggle to start the season. Instead it was Arizona that made a splash immediately coming out to an early lead and becoming the best team in the first half of the year. With injuries to two quarterbacks the Cardinals fell off in the last half of the season while the Seattle Seahawks began playing like a championship team. The Seahawks moved ahead of everyone in the NFC and earned the top spot in the division and the conference. There are some of the strongest teams in the league in this conference and yet they also claim the only losing record division winner in the playoffs. It will be a mix of teams in the NFC but in the end the records mean nothing in the pursuit of the Super Bowl.
The favourites are clear in the NFC and they occupy the two top spots in the conference although there is plenty of teams to challenge them. The Seahawks will play the role of favourites and most of that has to do with the fact that the road to the Super Bowl goes through Seattle. They hold the league's biggest hoe advantage and will stay at home all playoffs. That added to the fact that they are the best rushing team and the best defensive team in the league and it is going to be hard to beat the defending champions. The Green Bay Packers seemed to have the best shot after five straight wins but in the last three weeks they have not been the team they were. The defence has stepped up and is playing its best football but the offence will hinge largely on MVP candidate Aaron Rodgers' health as he has laboured with a strained calf muscle in the last two weeks. With an extra week to heal the Packers are hoping to have him at as close to 100% as he can be and if they do the Packers are a dangerous team. As the Packers and Seahawks look to be headed for a big matchup there are four other teams trying to spoil their playoffs. The Dallas Cowboys are the hottest team in the NFC right now and with the league's leading rusher, DeMarco Murray, they are hoping to grind out some wins. They do not have history on their sides though as they have one playoff win since 1996 and seem to falter when the pressure is on. Carolina won't have history on their side either as they are the only losing team in the playoffs. Teams like that don't last long and despite a top 10 defence led by Luke Kuechly they will be facing teams that have looked better than them all year. The wild card teams would be division champions in most years as Detroit and Arizona both amassed 11 wins this year but were outdone by better teams. They won't feel out of place though as the Lions are the second best defence in the league with the league's best rushing defence. The Cardinals were one of the best defences but with their third string quarterback now leading them it could be an uphill battle to earn a spot in a home field Super Bowl. There are plenty of good teams but plenty of questions in the NFC and they will all be solved as the playoffs will weed out the weak and produce a potential Super Bowl Champion.
The 49th version of the greatest sports spectacle in North America will feature a great matchup between the defending champions and the NFL's latest dynasty. The Patriots are an offensive team but have the mind of Bill Belichick working to find ways to stop teams and it is always creative. The Seahawks are a defensive first team that boasts the best defence in the league along with an offence that can score but is not prolific. The two will face off and with the Seahawks not looking like the defence that won the Super Bowl a year ago the Patriots and Belichick will learn how to win and will take another Lombardi Trophy home.
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Home / US / The voters of Sanders and Warren have surprisingly little in common
The voters of Sanders and Warren have surprisingly little in common
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The fact that the bases of Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders do not overlap perfectly has not attracted much public attention, but is very important to their aides and allies. | Ethan Miller / Getty Images
His supporters are younger, earn less money, have fewer degrees, and are less involved in politics.
PHILADELPHIA – Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders are two of the ideologically most aligned candidates of Democratic primary politics – both left-wing populists opposed to a "manipulated" Scold economic system.
But the enemies of the 1 percent have surprisingly different fundamentals of support.
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In polls, Sanders appeals to low-income and less-educated people; Warren beats Sanders among those with postgraduate degrees. Sanders performs better in men, Warren in women. Younger people who vote less frequently are more common in the Sanders camp. Senior citizens who are close to politics generally prefer Warren.
Sanders has also won more African American than Warren for himself: he receives, according to the recent Morning Consult, a greater share of support from black voters than any candidate in the race, except for Joe Biden polls.
For progressive activists gathering this week in Philadelphia at the annual Netroots Nation conference, it is both promising and worrying that the two leading left-wing primary-schoolers are attracting so many fans. It shows that a progressive economic message can excite different parts of the electorate, but it also means that Sanders and Warren are likely to need to expand their bases to win the Democratic nomination.
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In other words, if their voters magically could be left behind one or the other, that would greatly increase the chances of a democratic candidate on the left wing of the ideological spectrum.
The fact that the bases of Warren and Sanders do not perfectly overlap has not attracted much publicity, but is of great importance to their aides and allies.
"It shows that the media have no basis for their perception of publicly available data," said Ari Rabin-Havt, chief of staff of the Sanders campaign. "I think people are developing oversimplified views on politics, which assume that people who live in the real world think the same way as elite media in DC and New York."
It is not a matter of course that Sanders voters flock to Warren or vice versa when one of them leaves the race and advocates the other. In surveys by Morning Consult, Reuters-Ipsos and Washington Post-ABC News, more Sanders advocates call Biden their second choice than Warren – and a higher percentage of Warren voters choose Kamala Harris as their # 2 Sanders.
Wes Bode, a retired contractor in the state of Iowa, explains the point: He thinks it's good that Sanders has "new ideas", such as: Free tuition, and one of them recently visited its town halls in the state. But he also likes Biden because he is "for the worker".
It may seem strange that a voter's top picks for 2020 are the two candidates that best represent the opposite poles of the Democratic Party. But a person like Bode is actually more common than a person like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, whose favorites are Sanders and Warren.
For Sanders there is a need to increase his base, a problem that dates back to his run in 2016. This year he was largely unable to win the nomination because he could not win over older voters, especially older color voters.
"Two places that Bernie has always struggled with are older voters and women to some extent," he said Mark Longabaugh, a Sanders top strategist in 2016. "Warren is a Democrat and steps Democrat on. So I think that much more establishment democrats in the party are attracted to her – while Bernie deliberately ran for independent and independent candidate identifies as independent and appeals to those who look to the Democratic Party and think that it is not their thing is. "
During the 2020 campaign, Sanders consultants acknowledged that he needed to appeal more to senior voters, and he was recently in the early states more intimate events tend to attract more high-profile viewers than his rallies. His team is also very concerned about expanding the primary electorate by selecting rare voters.
Meanwhile, Warren is aggressively working to gain support from African Americans. Her allies argue that her performances at events such as the Al Sharpton National Action Network Convention and She the People conference show she has room for growth among black voters.
"If you wanted to buy a rising stock, you'd be looking at future market shares and strong fundamentals indicators," said Adam Green, co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, who supports her inspirational plans for her personal story of fighting she grew poor in Oklahoma and was a single mother in Texas. "
Several Democratic activists stated that Warren had the opportunity to extend their base to black women in particular.
Senator Bernie Sanders won the nomination For the most part, they did not win in 2016 because they did not win over older voters, especially older color voters. "Scott Olso n / Getty Images
" She impressed 2,000 top color activist women at [our conference]"said Aimee Allison Founder of She the People. "Elizabeth Warren has deepened racial justice, tightened it up, and "A fundamental component of their policy."
A look at their poll numbers shows how different the pools of support for Sanders Vs. Warren are.
Twenty-two percent of Democratic primary voters earning less than $ 50,000 a year support Sanders, while 12 percent are for Morning Consult surveys for Warren, according to an average of the past four weeks. 22 percent of respondents without a university degree are behind Sanders. 10 percent back, Warren.
Approximately the same percentage of voters with undergraduate degrees – 16 percent and 15 percent, respectively – supports Sanders and Warren. Postgraduates are 12 percent for Sanders and 19 percent for Warren.
There is a similar breakdown by age, gender and interest in politics. Sanders wins more than a third of 18 to 29 year olds, Warren 11 percent. Warren is supported by 13 percent of 30- to 44-year-olds, 12 percent of 45- to 54-year-olds and 13 percent of 55- to 64-year-olds and 65-year-olds and more. Sanders & # 39; support decreases as voters grow older: it is supported by 25 percent of 30- to 44-year-olds, 17 percent of 45- to 54-year-olds, and 12 percent of 55-64 year olds 8 percent of the 65 and older.
Twenty percent of men support Sanders and 11 percent support Warren; 18 percent of women are behind Sanders and 14 percent behind Warren.
Warren also scores best among voters who are "extremely interested in politics" (17 percent of them), while Sanders is the strongest among those who "are not present" (26 percent). [Oftheblackvoters19percentarebehindSanderswhile9percentsupportWarrenandsomearestillworriedthatWarrenandSandersmightdividetheleftandhandoverthenominationtotheformervicepresident
"There's a lot more to this campaign Time, "said Sean McElwee, co-founder of the liberal think tank Data for Progress," but it's clear that it's very important for the left that we do not split the field and allow someone like Joe Biden to make the nomination. "
Steven Shepard contributed to this report.
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