We find that 90 cm gas range cookers are the ideal proportions, deliver high temperature promptly and help you to influence the amount of heat required conveniently. They necessitate a gas connection for set-up; nevertheless the absolute majority of gas ranges likewise feature a transformation system.
Your kitchen is the centre of your home and food preparation is the lifeblood of your lifestyle. A love for cooking food justifies an exceptional all gas range cooker for impressive food while building charm and magnificence to your residence if the dual fuel cooker with half electric doesn't appeal.
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We will assist you to pick the most appropriate range cooker to your requirements. Whether or not you are performing a full kitchen space overhaul or exchanging an existing cooker, this information will streamline the shopping procedure by guiding you throughout the different ranges, highlights and solutions.
The first thing to locating an ideal range cooker to suit your needs is usually determining which sort of fuel to be utilised. In Britain, various choose an electric range style cooker cavity as the heat is more straightforward to regulate, particularly in the oven which uses modern technology.
Additionally, electric permits multi-purpose preparing of food whereby you are able to use a variety of heat sources from your top as well as the bottom level, the grill plus the fan system.
For anyone accustomed to cooking with gas, they have a tendency to experience a progressive heat range which several choose for overall superior flexibility. As soon as the cavity fuel continues to be selected, the hob is equally as significant.
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A handful of cooking aficionados like the visible aspect of preparing food with gas and the instantaneous high temperature designed for exotic stir food preparation. Advancements in the induction concept today render it among the most well-known options as a result of quick heat, low, gentle simmer and cool contact areas.
Whenever you can frequently complement gas or perhaps electric powered, spending budget and cooking food techniques play an essential part in making a decision. Some people favour electric power ranges as a consequence for questions of safety - but there is just no possibility of gas leaking.
A few smooth top ranges might be best sellers due to their selling price and satisfaction, and they will account for over 55 percent of all ranges distributed. Electric power ranges are generally more affordable than their particular gas equivalent.
Nevertheless, gas ranges are generally 'more affordable' to run, determined by whether your gas costs are less than the electric expenses. Various chefs choose gas ranges since the burner flame functions as a visible heat judge and will heat-up rather quickly, plus you may acquire a wok burner.
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Just about all bread bakers choose electric ovens as a result of constant and even high temperatures they achieve. You will find regular freestanding range versions, electric powered, gas, and then dual-fuel which is a gas stove top consisting of an electric driven oven.
Each kind incorporates a stovetop using at the least four gas burners - various high-quality models possess five or more. The oven generally offers two shelves and a single oven, but different superior ranges may have a bigger oven with 3 holders or maybe extra oven spaces.
If you prefer your range to look just like it's constructed into your kitchen cabinet area, you will find two additional possibilities. The two are relatively unique and might involve particular purchasing via a kitchen appliance seller.
Slide-in range cookers match among two cupboards plus the sides of the cooktop laying over the counters. They are accessible in gas, electric powered and dual fuel range variations.
The drop-in range cookers are installed to a pre-built cupboard gap with a cabinet partition throughout the lower side. That panel gets rid of the underneath storage cabinet ordinary of the majority of range cookers. They are accessible in electrical power exclusively.
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Several gas range cookers at the very top end of the price structure generally incorporate digital displays for heating system temperature ranges and cooking instances. Singular storage space drawers for cooking equipment and good sized oven screens.
Some disadvantages of coil heating system components are they may be sluggish to warm up and cool down. Heat elements should be eliminated for extensive maintenance. Indication lighting just proceeds in the event the cooktop coils will be started up, however, not if the coils are apart even so hot - and trying to cool off etc.
A few cook-tops are likely to spread heat erratically, but the smooth top versions possess sturdy discs or perhaps radiant heating system components underneath a one part ceramic glass cook-top, which makes cleaning unproblematic. Those smooth tops are the best selling range cookers for efficiency, price tag and appearance.
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Superior smooth top ranges incorporate speedily cooking convector ovens, which usually use fans to flow high temperature so food cooks or roasts more expeditiously and consistently. They are able to reduce cooking instances by approximately 29 percent.
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High-quality gas range cookers ordinarily incorporate concealed heating system aspects instead of an uncovered wire component residing on the lower part of the oven core for much easier oven scrubbing. Glass ceramic surface types are easy to clean up, nevertheless vulnerable to scratches.
You should not use cast iron or any glass cooking equipment on the cooktop since they will scrape. The overheated metallic cooking equipment may connect with the cooktop glass hard surface area.
Induction top designs are recognised for quick stovetop food cooking. Their particular burners do not create heat just like new stove tops - on the other hand, they use magnetised systems to turn suitable pots and pans perfectly well into a heat resource.
Gas offers suitability with all cook-tops and then oven cooking equipment. Surface area burners and then ovens usually still provide when electric power fades, however, not a powered convection characteristic. Enjoy reduced working expenses when compared to electric power range cookers according to the local power charges.
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Heat productivity for gas range burners is referred to in British thermal units where the burners array from 5000 up to 20000 BTU. Range cookers with substantial heat burners routinely could prove expensive. Regular versions are the most affordable gas ranges you can acquire and can be bought with a few ovens incorporated.
They may include porcelain cooktops, gas burners which usually do not burn just as hot as more costly range cookers of a typical 9500 BTU, storage space drawers, plus knobs and switches for the oven as well as burner regulation.
Choosing the appropriate kind of range cooker for your location is among the first actions of the shopping procedure. The ranges are available in some different positions that can be contingent on the format of the kitchen space. Freestanding stoves possess finished edges and sometimes a back or front regulation system.
These kinds of units can be somewhere between cupboards or perhaps standalone - and possess a fastened backsplash partition, which often provides the control functionality, and then gas only range cookers typically include heated or storage space drawers underneath.
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The slide in stoves enjoy a 'more customised' feel and incorporate finished or unfinished edges. The finished side variations can be utilised in virtually any application, while incomplete products involve and wish to stay flush with cabinets on both equal sides for proper setup.
Slide in's don't have joined backsplash and also have settings on the front side or around the cooktop, and generally possess heating and storage space compartments.
Distinctive drop-in range cookers appear comparable to slide-in by way of settings on the front side; nevertheless, they rest on the cupboard bottom and could need cabinet adjustments for a snug match - they don't have heating compartments.
If you are in a position to personalise how the range combines into your kitchen space, there are a variety of design alternatives for surface finishes and controls. The grates can be procured in diverse elements, just like ceramic for simple domestic cleaning - and iron.
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Seeing that range cookers are classified as the mixture of a cooktop as well as the oven, the characteristics classified by the parts can be found with all those parts for range cookers. Whenever deciding on a cook-top, it is essential to reflect on just how many gas burners you will require, and how much high temperature you expect.
Equally integrated cooktops and cooktop range cookers have sufficient possibilities; therefore you may get an 8 hob induction cook-top, a 6 burner gas powered cooktop or maybe a 2 burner electric powered cooktop - and then just about anything in the middle.
A gas burner cooktop may be the classic choice in the majority of people's homes as it permits for additional specific and instant command over temperatures and warms rather quickly.
Electric power induction cooktops heat-up by using an electromagnetic force. This particular concept is incredibly reactive and raises the temperature promptly, nevertheless will only work with specific cooking equipment, just like steel as well as iron.
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The most significant advantages of an induction hob are the surface area will not get sizzling hot, rendering it suitable for homes with young kids as well as for convenient cleaning.
Most dual fuel cookers take advantage of both gas and electric power incorporating the swift heat and straightforward influence over a gas cooktop with especially electric powered heat for the open space.
An excellent freestanding gas range cooker is undoubtedly the most straightforward alternative with regards to set-up. You may position them anywhere in your home where you possess gas and then electrical power resources.
Freestanding all gas range cookers possess completed edges and a flat back, and their particular dimensions are consistent; therefore they should squeeze into virtually any regular cooker location.
They will routinely have a rear guard on them which usually both shields the wall structure from any kind of clutter or heating build up and is generally where the oven's settings are located. They are the least expensive and most practical of the range models.
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The slide range provides the advantage of resembling it's integrated and customised style intended for the kitchen space, nevertheless, in fact, being more accessible to set-up than that because you may just slip them into the existing area in your home.
They do not typically have a back safeguard, and the adjustments can be found on the front side.
Just like a slide range cooker, the drop in offers incomplete sides and a 'broad enough' top to make sure there is merely no breathing space between range and the countertop. In contrast to a slide-in type, the particular drop-in range under no circumstances touches the ground, but is mounted over a cupboard panel.
It creates the range appearance even more integrated, nevertheless it's more difficult to set-up, just because it frequently needs custom fit cabinetry. Drop-in gas range cookers are not as well-known now as they were in the past; therefore you will find much less variety with this kind of cooker.
Any person who wants additional overall flexibility to their home style can purchase a wall oven together with a cooktop - and put them anywhere in the kitchen space.
This is often more expensive when compared to purchasing a range that delivers both home appliances collectively, nevertheless winds-up leaving you with increased space inside the kitchen and may occasionally create benefits whenever you happen to be preparing food.


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Епархия Морогоро () — епархия Римско-Католической Церкви с центром в городе Морогоро, Танзания. Входит в митрополию Дар-эс-Салама. Кафедральным собором является церковь святого Патрика.

История
11 мая 1906 года Святой Престол учредил апостольский викариат Зангуэбара, выделив его из апостольского викариата Занзибара (сегодня — Епархия Занзибара). 21 декабря 1906 года апостольский викариат Зангуэбара был переименован в апостольский викариат Багамойо.

13 сентября 1910 года и 28 января 1935 года апостольский викариат Багамойо передал часть своей территории для образования апостольского викариата Килиманждаро (сегодня — Епархия Моши) и апостольской префектуры Додомы (сегодня — Епархия Додомы)

25 марта 1953 года Римский папа Павел VI издал буллу «Quemadmodum ad Nos», которой преобразовал апостольский викариат Багамойо в епархию Морогоро.

Ординарии
 епископ François-Xavier Vogt C.S.Sp. (25.07.1906 — 19.05.1923);
 епископ Bartholomew Stanley Wilson, C.S.Sp. (4.01.1924 — 23.05.1933);
 епископ Bernardo Gerardo Hilhorst C.S.Sp. (26.02.1934 — 11.08.1954);
 епископ Herman Jan van Elswijk C.S.Sp. (18.07.1954 — 15.12.1966);
 епископ Adriani Mkoba (15.12.1966 — 6.11.1992);
 епископ Telesphore Mkude (5.04.1993 — по настоящее время).

Примечания

Источник
 Annuario Pontificio, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Città del Vaticano, 2011, ISBN 88-209-7422-3
  Булла Quemadmodum ad Nos, AAS 45 (1953), стр. 705

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Few controversies polarise the sport of racing pigeons more than the 'eye-sign' theory. Briefly, this holds that the 'look' or structure of a pigeon's eye will help to determine if the pigeon will be a great racer or breeder. Adherents use a jeweller's loupe to examine the iris, the 'circle of correlation' between the iris and the pupil, the pupil, and the 'inner muscle' inside the outer rim of the pupil.
Many racing pigeon champions around the world attribute their success largely to studying the eyes of their birds. But just as many champions scoff at the theory.
There are differences between eye-sign 'experts' too. One condemned my number one breeding pair; another complimented me on it!
Racing pigeons are not kept for their beauty, but for their racing prowess. They are distinguished from 'show homers' kept for showing. Because looks matter here, presumably their eye-signs are impressive. I say 'presumably,' because eye-sign selection is rarely practised in these instances, as the theory is aimed at selecting ace racers.
The irony is, with their (presumably) top notch eyes, good show pigeons rarely make good racers. For one thing, their orientation and homing ability tends to be poor.
When it comes to true racing pigeons, a fierce process of selection has taken place over the years, with enthusiasts studying both the genotype and phenotype. Intense breeding programmes based on inbreeding, line-breeding and/or crossbreeding are used. Fanciers select, test and re-select. Notes are made of the outcome of their efforts.
Given that selection criteria include an aerodynamic body conformation, good wing design and other physical attributes, it's perhaps not surprising that someone decided to look at the eyes too.
Many fanciers believe they can grade intelligence, determination and health by studying a pigeon's eyes. Only in pigeon racing could this happen, says fancier Bob Prisco at The Pigeon Insider (pigeonracingpigeon.com). Can you imagine judging a human athlete's potential solely on the basis of eye-sign?
At the same time, there's little doubt that some fanciers have a better 'feeling' for pigeons than others. More research is needed. Until then, I believe we cannot simply jettison eye-sign theory as a pseudoscience. There might just be more to it than, er, meets the eye.


Practices will take place Monday-Thursday. Track workouts and plyometric conditioning at Mountain View High School two days/week and strength training at Snap Fitness on Reed Market Road two days/week. Snap membership is included with registration fee.
Based on interest of athletes and availability of coaching staff and chaperones, COTC winter athletes may have the option of competing in indoor track and field competitions. More information will be available. Cost of attending indoor competitions is not included in the registration fee.
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Q: Reference number brackets wrapping to next line in Word 2007's bibliography Anyone ever encounter this problem in Word 2007?

Word's automatic bibliography is not making the reference numbers column wide enough, so it's wrapping the closing bracket onto the next line. Is there any way to fix this? I can't manually change the column width, Word won't let me.
I'm using the IEEE 2006 bibliography style with the default Word 2007 Style Set.
I could make the font size smaller, but I'd prefer not to.

A: This appears to be a defect in the IEEE 2006 style when you have long URLs in a citation.
One of my citations has a long URL that is just about the same width as the page. It forced the citation column to be wider, and squished the reference number column.
I edited that citation's URL to have a space so that the URL could wrap. Now it doesn't squish the reference number column.
I did try editing the citation style XSL file (C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office12\Bibliography\Style\IEEE2006OfficeOnline.xsl). I replaced <xsl:value-of select="'1%'"/> with <xsl:value-of select="'5%'"/>. However this did not help because of the above problem with the long URL.

A: If you don't want to change the XSL style as explained in M. Dudley's answer (which simply did not work for me), you can simply change the column width by hovering next to the citation number column, then dragging it to the right when you get the cursor:

Note that you really need to change this column, and not the margins at the top ruler—otherwise you'll shift the entire bibliography to the right.

A: In word 365, using IEEE referencing style, I couldn't change the column width, but if I clicked "distribute columns" then it let me change it until I clicked away from the table, whereupon it did not let me change it again until I distributed columns again!
At least it worked

A: I was able to solve the problem by choosing "fixed column width" under the autofit option and then adjusting each column width manually to fit.

A: All you need to do is adjust the margin in your reference list. Move it to the right just a bit and everything will be okay.

A: No need to change the XSL file. Click on the bibliography and the table menu appears. Open the table properties and navigate to column. There you can click on Previous Column or Next Column. I had to click on Previous Column twice to get the column where the numbers are. Now you can change the percentage of the column width. I had to choose 3%.

I'm using Word 2016.
Edit: Maybe you have to choose Distribute Columns before and then choose the right percentage


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Northwestern Pacific Railroad's (NWP) Marin County Interurban Electric Service
NWP Timetable and System Map
For nearly 40 years, electric-powered "interurban trains" connected Marin County. Think about it: A clean and green, electric-powered rail system with stations in Fairfax, San Rafael, Mill Valley and San Anselmo, all connecting to a terminal in Sausalito where commuters could take a ferry into San Francisco. Its only sound was a low moaning air whistle. As for the electric power that made this train silent? That came from the High Sierras via 150 miles of transmission line that was, at the time, the world's longest.
The history of the electrics in Marin starts in 1871 with the North Pacific Coast Railroad (NPC), which was built to bring timber from the large reserves in Marin to San Francisco. The narrow gauge railroad, built as narrow gauge to save on cost, ran from Sausalito to San Anselmo and then east to San Rafael. The railroad opened in 1874 and by the end of that year, the line had been extended from San Anselmo through Fairfax all the way to Tomales Bay. The line to Tomales Bay required impressive engineering to get through White's Hill. In 1886, the line essentially was completed when it reached present day Cazadero.
With its lines from Sausalito to San Anselmo and San Rafael, the NPC had established itself a modest commuter business. In 1889, the San Francisco, Tamalpias and Bolinas Railroad built a line from a junction on the NPC and Mill Valley. The NPC leased their tracks for commuter and freight service even before the line opened. In 1896, Mill Valley became an even more important stop on the NPC when the Mill Valley & Mount Tamalpias Scenic Railway opened between the NPC's terminal and the top of the 2600 foot mountain (The railroad was called the crookedest railroad in the world with its 281 curves on only 8 1/2 miles of track. The "Mountain Railroad" as the locals called it was the Northern California equivalent of the wonderful Mount Lowe Railway in Los Angeles).
In 1902, John Martin and Eugene de Sabla, Jr., who were pioneers in the electric utility business and founders of the Pacific Gas & Electric Company bought the NPC with the vision to electrify it. Hydro-electric power was in abundance and electric trains would be more efficient for commuters than the steam trains. In 1902, the NPC was reorganized as the North Shore Railroad (NSR). High speed interurbans had never been built anywhere in the world to this point. Martin and de Sabla tried to make their dreams reality.
One of the challenges of building a high speed and high capacity interurban resided in powering the train. Historically, a locomotive pulled a train of unpowered cars. The longer the train, the longer the train takes to accelerate to high speeds. In many cities, rapid transit consisted of a steam engine pulling cars on elevated structures. In Chicago, the railroad went a step further to include an electrically powered passenger car pulling a train. That trains with one locomotive did not accelerate very quickly and that the locomotive had to be run around to the other side of the train at terminals did not make rapid transit of the time all that rapid. For a true rapid transit system, all of the train's cars needed to be powered and the motorman needed to be able to control the train at both ends. At one terminal, he would just walk to the other end of the train to begin travel in the other direction.
In 1897, Frank Julian Sprague invented "multiple unit control" for the South Side Elevated Railway in Chicago, a technology that quickly spread throughout the country. Multiple unit control did exactly what the NSR needed to do. With Sprague-General Electric control, trains of any length could be operated at high speeds and could be controlled at both ends.
However, with high speeds and high frequencies, the railroad soon realized the importance and problems with their current signals. Electric trains powered by direct current used the rails to return power to the substation or powerhouse. Thus, it would not be possible to use the traditional battery circuits for signals because the electric trains would interfere. In response to this problem, the NSR installed alternating current circuits for its signals. For the first time in history, it was possible to operate trains safely at high speeds. The technology that the NSR created allowed also for the creation of subways. In 1904, New York opened its first subway with the NSR's signal technology.
1941 Staff Timetable
Rather than using traditional trolley pole, the North Shore Railroad opted to use an electric third rail. Instead of having overhead wire interfering with freight trains and unreliable trolley poles jumping the wire, the railroad laid an energized third rail alongside the track. A third rail "shoe" stuck out from the bottom of the train to rest on the third rail to power the train. This technology is still used today by the Southern Railway in England.
System Map inside Staff Timetable
NWP at San Rafael's 4th St Station, 1910 Three rails to the left are for narrow-gauge steam and standard-gauge steam and electric The fourth rail, being stepped on by brave Conductor Orr, is electrified at 600 volts.
With all of this new technology available, the North Shore Railroad upgraded its narrow gauge tracks by essentially building an entirely new railroad between Sausalito and San Anselmo. The railroad was double tracked, and each track consisted of four rails: two standard gauge rails, an inner rail for narrow gauge trains and the electric third rail.
With minimal fanfare and the utmost of confidence, the Northwestern Pacific Railroad's interurban electric cars began operating on August 16, 1903. So what went wrong? The railroad's formula lacked one key ingredient: people. At the onset, Marin had but 16,000 residents, and by the mid-1930s the county's population was only 41,000. In addition, by then most Marin households owned at least one automobile. "At best, no more than 20,000 fares — perhaps representing 10,000 people — were collected in a single day," writes historian Harre W. Demoro in Electric Railway Pioneer (Interurban Press, 1983).
The death knell came on May 28, 1937, when cars, driven mostly by commuters, began traversing the Golden Gate Bridge into the city. Sadly, Marin County's last interurban electric train ran on February 28, 1941."
What did the trains look like? Here's a few pics.
NWP interurban 386, arrived from Sausalito, unloads from the front platform special express shipments at Mill Valley Depot, October 1939. 386 was the last of 12 motors and 7 trailers bought new in 1930. It had only 11 years of service until abandonment in 1941, after which it was transformed to Pacific Electric as No. 4511.
Northwestern Pacific electric train at Ross Station on its northbound run to the ferry terminal at Sausalito. This is 1938 and the system had less than three years more to operate. The steel electric cars got their power from a "third rail" beside the tracks (under the board covers on both sides of the fence).
NWP electric passenger motor 383 at High School Station near Mill Valley, July 1937. St. Louis Car Co. 1930. Electric 3rd rail this side of car. Mill Valley Branch electric trains quit on 9/30/40 and the entire NWP interurban system serving San Rafael, San Anselmo and Manor was abandoned 2/28/41.
A Marin County tradition was the "Peanut" train, so-called because of the shrill whistle carried by Baggage Motor 370. The Peanut carried the daily newspapers from San Francisco to Marin readers. Here is the Peanut, captured by Jack Farley, about to end its run at San Rafael Union Station.
#308 - North Shore R.R.
Marin County Electrification
#178-Electric Interurban Lines of
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The Western Railroader devoted two issues to the Marin Electric Interurban Lines. The first was issue 178 published in August 1954 – Electric Interurban Lines of the Northwestern Pacific Railroad. The second was issue Number 308 published in September 1965 – North Shore R.R. Marin County Electrification. Both these issues are included in full here and may beread by clicking on the covers shown right. A pdf version of issue #178 can be downloaded here and issue #308, here.
Below is a link to a video of the Marin Electric Trains:
http://youtu.be/znLBYLeH1Nk


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Since 2010 the concert series "Soundtrips NRW" has been dedicated to improvised music.
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Anyone who goes on one of the up to five Soundtrips each year can experience fascinating worlds of sound, new musical creations and spontaneous encounters with extraordinary music and musicians.
The programme for 2021 will once again bring top-class international guests to NRW. So far, the following acts have been confirmed: From 2 to 11 May, the British jazz and improvisation musician Rhodri Davis will be a guest. In the following Soundtrip from 27.05. to 06.06., Chilean cellist Isidora Edwards and Swedish bassist Nina de Heney will be on an improvisation tour through the relevant venues in NRW.
And the young Swiss women's trio Andrej-Zang-Zimmermann has announced its participation for the period 2 to 12 September.
"Soundtrips NRW" is characterised by a special event concept, which is supported and permanently developed by various partners: Renowned musicians from NRW meet here on international stars, younger talents on established representatives of improvised music. In the first part of each concert, the international guests play their own programme - in the second part they perform together with professionals from NRW and provide the scene with new impulses. The local hosts are also happy to make guest appearances with their colleagues in other cities and thus benefit from additional performance opportunities.
With the support of the NRW KULTURsekretariat, this special format has been continuously developed into a state-wide, highly regarded forum for high-quality concerts. The "Soundtrips" festival in autumn 2019, which celebrated the tenth anniversary of the event series with concerts and discussions in Bonn, Moers, Münster and Wuppertal, has generated a great deal of attention with international impact.
In 2021, various cities will again be participating with their concert organisers: Bielefeld, Bochum, Bonn, Düsseldorf, Duisburg, Essen, Hagen, Cologne, Moers, Münster and Wuppertal.


The world is progressing at such a speedy rate, that you can waste time on issues which dont yield you results. The new U.S. law allows American residents to go on Cuba holidays for religious, academic, educational, cultural and specialist purposes and lots of businesses have arranged charter flights to Cuba and particular packages for the Pope's stop by that involve accommodation at Cuba hotels, tours, flights and meals. In the spot of higher barriers to entry imposed by regulation, the main airlines implemented an equally higher barrier referred to as loss leader pricing. Every nation has its personal airlines of named following it. These flights serve both the national and the international sector. Airlines such as EasyJet and Ryanair have often grown at the expense of the classic national airlines.


Amazing villa surrounded by beautiful gardens and a large private swimming pool. This property is walking distance to local amenities such as supermarkets, restaurants, banks and pharmacy.This stunning property features a large living/dining room with fireplace and kitchen with seperate washing room, as well as a bedroom and ensuite bathroom on the ground floor. On the 1st floor you will find a further 3 bedrooms all with fitted wardrobes and ensuite bathrooms, and fantastic sea views from the master bedroom.There are two seperate entrances and car ports, as the basement has been transformed into a huge play area and cinema room, as well as 3 further bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, kitchen and storage room.This villa has so much to offer and is in inmaculate condition.Real opportunity to purchase your dream home.


On March 15, 2011 it was my honor to be interviewed by Julie West of the Mountain Lion Foundation (MLF) which is based in Sacramento, California, as part of their "ON AIR" podcast series. The topic of my interview was "Native Americans and Mountain Lions." MLF is a national nonprofit conservation and education organization dedicated to increasing understanding of, and protection for mountain lions (cougars) and their habitat. MLF is one of the oldest and most respected grassroots environmental activist groups in the nation. In 1990 they spearheaded a successful effort to pass the California Wildlife Protection Act – Proposition 117 – landmark legislation that permanently banned the sport hunting of cougars in California, restricted the depredation killing of cougars, and set aside $30 million dollars annually in state funding to acquire and protect critical habitat for all wildlife species. The passage of this law was necessitated by decades of state mismanagement of mountain lions, and reflected a true "grassroots" movement on the part of the citizens of California.
The audio and transcript of this interview can be accessed through the MLF main website – www.mountainlion.org. This interview is also permanently archived.


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There was an immediate requirement to equip 50 TX4 vehicles, followed by a further 300 vehicles during the first half of 2016 and up to 2000 vehicles over the next 5 years.
Sherbet London Taxis chose Virtual Access GW1042 router incorporating dual SIM 4G (LTE) celluar data modem, dual Ethernet ports and 802.11bgn WiFi. The FPS capability of the GW1042 was not initially requires, however the ability to enable the router's GPS feature simply by changing the router's software configuration profile, was an attractive option for future cost savings. A combined cellular data and GPS antenna was included to ensure optimum access to 4G (LTE) and GPS satellite data signals.
The GW1042's ability to support multiple WiFi SSIDs means that completely separate WiFi connections are available for passenger public internet access and for in-vehicle streaming content delivery to the TFT display; the former being broadcast as public WiFi and the latter being a hidden SSID.
A key business driver for the service is to eventually enable monetisation by means of sponsorship from the clients of advertising agencies. The GlobalReach Technology captive portal solution supplied by Virtual Access enable a wide range of user analytics data to be collected and managed by cloud-based application servers. Furthermore, the technology offers the facility for gender, location and device-specific advert insertion.
Another solution differentiator was the carrier-grade Activator router provisioning and monitoring system designed to scale to tens of thousands of devices. This technology removes the need for routers to be pre-configured, so they can be installed without staff skilled in networking. This enabled Sherbet London Taxis to benefit from rapid deployment as well as the ability to centrally manage router configuration changes and updates if needed.


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Chris Helme and Ragsy are coming to St David's Hall Saturday 12th March!
BRITPOP hero Chris Helme is coming to St David's Hall armed with an arsenal of solo songs and his most powerful weapon – his voice!
Plus, he's bringing Aberdare singer-songwriter Ragsy with him as support for this special show in the L3 Lounge on Saturday 12 March at 7.30pm.
Chris first shot to prominence as the frontman of John Squire's post-Stone Roses band The Seahorses after he was plucked from obscurity by guitar technician Martin Herbet, who spotted him busking outside Woolworth's in York. He was blown away by Chris' version of The Rolling Stones' No Expectations, and asked for a demo tape which he passed onto Squire. After witnessing a few gigs, Chris was quickly invited to be the vocalist in the new Seahorses project.
Long-time David Bowie producer Tony Visconti manned the decks for the subsequent album Do It Yourself, which stormed into the UK charts at No.2 in May 1997. Hit singles Love is the Law and Blinded By the Sun also surged into the Top 10. After support slots with Oasis, U2 and The Rolling Stones, The Seahorses sadly split up due to musical differences.
Now a respected solo artist, Chris' songs still contain the same energy and excitement as ever. He may have received widespread critical acclaim in recent years for his work with The Yards, but it's his latest album The Rookery which really melds his knack for melody and beautifully intricate guitar play.
Welsh roots rocker Ragsy will provide ample support for Chris with tracks aired from his raw debut album Ouch!!! which is a compelling collection of classic rock vocals, gorgeous melodies and heart-on-sleeve songwriting. His stunning second single from the record entitled My Love (Bring Out the Guards) is out on Friday 4 March and features the haunting vocals of Welsh based singer-songwriter Caroline Harrison.
Most notably, Ragsy featured on BBC show The Voice in 2013 when he wowed the judges including Sir Tom Jones with his impassioned version of Coldplay's The Scientist, which has received over 2 million views on YouTube. He's also captivated crowds on the UK festival circuit including Glastonbury, and has won the BBC Radio Wales Artist of The Week award.
Wales' Six Nations clash with England may be kicking off at 4pm on the same day, but why not make a night of it?
Don't miss this chance to experience these leading lights of indie music with Chris Helme and Ragsy live at St David's Hall!
Tickets are priced £10 (plus a £2.95 Ticket Service Charge per transaction and an optional 95p postage fee).


Classic Car Show | Oregon City, OR | Premier Choice Insurance Agency, Inc.
Premier Choice Insurance Agency is excited to be a part of the 2017 8th Annual Cruise to Historic Downtown Oregon City!
Come to downtown Oregon City on September 16th for the annual classic car show as hundreds of rare vehicles make their way from states across the Pacific Coast to parade through the streets. The event is free to the public and every dollar raised will go to benefit local charities, including H.O.P.E., Meals on Wheels, Clackamas Women's shelter, The Child Abuse Center, Clackamas Community College automotive scholarships, Oregon City Senior Center, and the Downtown Oregon City Association.
For more information on the event, please visit the Downtown Oregon City events page, If interested in cruising, find the registration form here.
Terri and the Premier Choice team are proud to host a VIP event at the newly-opened Arch Bridge Taphouse. Stay tuned for more details on the exclusive event.
To get involved in classic car events leading up to September's annual cruise and beyond, check out the Trick 'N Racy Car Club website.
Be sure to find out how Premier Choice Insurance Agency can insure your classic car by visiting our insurance information page and learning about our policies through Hagerty Insurance.


Howard C. Hertz, 90, of Clintonville, passed away on Saturday, June 25, 2016, at Evergreen Care Center, Shawano.
Howard Curtis Hertz was born at home on Jan. 22, 1926, in Weyauwega to Fredrick and Elizabeth (O'Reily) Hertz. He began his schooling in Weyauwega and the family moved to Clintonville. Howard graduated from Clintonville High School in 1944. Then he entered the U.S. Navy during World War II and served aboard a tank landing ship in the Philippines Campaign for close to three years, being discharged in 1947.
After the military, Howard met the love of his life, Shirley A. Heinz, and the couple was united in marriage on Oct. 25, 1947, at the Sacred Heart Church rectory, Shawano. Howard spent 18 months in Thule, Greenland, helping to build the new Air Force base there. The couple made their home in Clintonville, where Howard was employed for some time at the Ford Garage and AEG Electric. He worked for 25 years for Automotive Supply Company, Clintonville. Later he started working as a Realtor with Hilgenberg Realtors, Clintonville office, and after a while went on his own. Howard continued as a Clintonville area Realtor, as owner and operator of Hertz Reality, until his retirement in 1994.
He was a longtime member of St. Rose Catholic Church, Clintonville, and was involved with all sorts of activities with the Knights of Columbus. Howard was a life member of American Legion Post 63, Clintonville, and a 34-year volunteer with the Clintonville Fire Department. His interests included woodworking, refurbishing furniture, collecting antiques, and sharing conversation with friends at the daily 10 a.m. coffee klatch. He always enjoyed the outdoors, spending weekends at their cabin in the woods, deer hunting and his two yellow Labradors consecutively named Ginger.
Howard will be remembered as a devoted husband, a loving father and grandfather; and especially for his wonderful sense of humor.
Survivors include his wife of 68 years, Shirley; and four children, Steve Hertz, of La Crosse, Mike (Vicki) Hertz, of Clintonville, Kathy (Joe) Pavelski, of Stevens Point, and Barb (Dr. Scott) Laux, of Bonduel. There are eight grandchildren, Jake, Jesse, Matt, Joe, Jenelle, Annie, Nicki and Peri. He is further survived by three stepgrandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren, and many other relatives and friends.
Howard was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Gilman and Vaughn; and a sister, Joyce Griffith.
A Memorial Mass will be held on Tuesday, June 28, at 11 a.m. at St. Rose Catholic Church, Clintonville. The Rev. John "Jack" Mullarkey will officiate and inurnment will be in the parish cemetery. Military honors will be provided at the cemetery by members of VFW Post 664, American Legion Post 63 and American Legion Auxiliary Unit 63, all of Clintonville. The family will visit with relatives and friends during the luncheon at church following the cemetery.
The Beil-Didier Funeral Home, Clintonville, is assisting with the arrangements.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred in Howard's memory to American Red Cross, P.O. Box 37839, Boone, IA 50037-0839.


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Maximize Customers By Integrating Search and Social Advertising
February 21, 2019 Author: Kody Pedersen
We've long known that last-click attribution is a flawed model. It ignores the nuances of the customer journey, where consumers interact with brands and products at multiple touchpoints on their way to converting. Perhaps more important to marketers than misunderstanding, last-click attribution can lead to wasted ad spend.
Understanding this multi-channel reality is a first step in not just limiting waste, but increasing revenue at a higher rate. The next step is understanding which channels in the existing environment are performing at the highest level. The third step is understanding how those high-performing channels influence each other in order to maximize impact.
The Multi-Channel Reality
We know the path to conversion isn't linear. Consumers are interacting with brands and products on a constant basis. From searching on their digital devices to out-of-home signage, traditional TV, and much, much more, consumers are gaining interest, researching, and eventually purchasing products. All of these channels are responsible for pushing the consumer toward a final purchase, but which channels carry the most weight in today's digital-first environment?
When it comes to inspiring consumers to make a purchase, search and social are the two most important channels in marketing. That conclusion lies in the complementary ways that consumers use the two channels.
Consumers use search to find information, ask questions, and solve problems. Search facilitates a connection between the consumer who has the problem and the brand that offers a solution.
For example, a consumer may search for "burgundy sweater womens". A brand that offers women's burgundy sweaters can purchase the keywords in the search query as a way to advertise their specific solution. In this example, the consumer finds value in the brand's burgundy sweater offering, and the brand finds value in the consumer's seeming intent to purchase — a win-win that makes search an important foundational tactic.
Consumers have traditionally used social channels to share content and information. Demographics, interests, behavior, and more – social media gives marketers a wealth of consumer information. This allows marketers to target social media users with highly tailored ads. Unlike search, however, consumers often use social channels for entertainment, which isn't always a high-intent environment.
According to Statista, there will be 2.7 billion social media users worldwide in 2019. The ability to connect with that many consumers, combined with the targeting capabilities makes social a high-potential tactic.
Search and Social
The pure volume of user engagement on both channels make them worthy of our attention as marketers. But it's when we consider their potential as complementary strategies that we get excited.
Consumers are using social media, and especially Facebook, to discover. While they aren't necessarily actively looking to make a purchase, they are present and engaged. Marketers are able to use the advanced targeting capabilities of the platform to get brand messaging in front of a consumer more likely to engage with their brand. This could inspire the consumer to visit the brand website and even make a purchase. According to a Curulate Consumer Survey, 11 percent of U.S. consumers have immediately purchased a product online after seeing it in a brand's social media post.
But more likely than that, the consumer will continue their path to purchase elsewhere. At some point, that path is likely to go through search. Facebook has been researching the impact of Facebook-served ads on search behavior since 2015, when the Facebook Marketing Science team concluded:
Facebook ad campaigns can help decrease cost-per-click, increase click-through rates and return-on-ad spend for paid search advertising, and increase traffic volumes to advertisers end-sites.
A more recent analysis gives even more clarity to this effect. The analysis compared search-referred site visits from two groups: one that had been exposed to a Facebook ad prior, and one that hadn't.
On average, Facebook ads were responsible for 19% more organic search-referred site visits and 10% more for paid search-referred visits vs. when people didn't see Facebook ads.
Not only are Facebook ads having a positive effect on site visits, the combination of both tactics is bringing more motivated visitors to brand sites. The same analysis concluded that 50 percent of search-referred site visits driven by Facebook ads led to an incremental action on the site.
How To Get Get Started Today
First, it's important to assess your current approach to each channel:
Do you have different goals for each channel, or is their alignment between your goals for Google Ads campaigns and your Facebook campaigns?
Are your search campaigns using completely different targeting, messaging and campaign flights than your social campaigns?
Are you spending significantly more budget in one channel versus the other channel?
How are you evaluating performance for each channel, or your digital advertising ROI in general?
Once you've established a clearer picture of how each channel is working (and not working) for your brand and business, you can begin to find alignment between the two.
A good next step is to ensure you're leveraging retargeting programs on both channels to re-engage with potential customers in your target audience who have already had some level of interaction with your brand, and are more likely to be lower-funnel.
For Google specifically, take advantage of your Google Remarketing Lists and make sure you're dedicating budget to RLSA (Retargeting Lists for Search Ads) campaigns. For Facebook specifically, you can tap into existing search query data as a means for creating custom Facebook audiences tailored to users who have researched your products and services using a search engine.
Both of these efforts allow you to focus your campaign targeting more effectively, and make your advertising dollars go further while increasing conversions along the way.
From a performance measurement standpoint, there are a number tools and platforms that allow you to evaluate search and social performance together, so it's important to evaluate which one works best for you.
At Location3, we've been integrating performance metrics for search and social advertising in our own LOCALACT platform and will be releasing version 3.0 with even more features and updates in Spring 2019. Whether you're running large-scale, national or branded campaigns, or focused on executing hyper-local customer acquisition campaigns, it's important that you not limit your efforts to a single channel or tactic.
Understanding how an integrated approach to search and social advertising impacts each phase of the consumer journey can help you reach and convert more customers and produce significant increases in ROI for your business.
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M TA's retired members provide an invaluable combination of expertise and action as they advocate for the teaching profession and their fellow educators.
That was the message MTA leaders delivered at the annual MTA Retired Members Gathering on Sept. 28 at the Sheraton Framingham Hotel and Conference Center.
MTA President Barbara Madeloni, MTA Vice President Janet Anderson and Executive Director-Treasurer Ann Clarke thanked the retirees for their ongoing advocacy, from protecting workers' rights to fighting bad education policies.
Madeloni pointed out that there are several ongoing battles that educators — retired and active alike — are facing. They include attempts to reduce the public employee pensions that educators rely on in retirement, campaigns to lift the cap on charter schools in Massachusetts, and continuing efforts to introduce a new regime of high-stakes standardized testing.
relationships for concerted action," Madeloni said.
She lauded the hundreds of retired educators on hand — from across the state and representing the full range of public education — for continuing to stay connected to their union.
Association during turbulent times that led to strikes.
educators and better learning conditions for students.
Addressing all of the retirees, Anderson said, "Thank you. We still need you." C ommittee Co-Chair Kathleen Roberts urged her fellow retirees to support the Raise Up Massachusetts ballot initiative, which would raise revenues for public schools and transportation projects through an increased tax rate on annual income over $1 million.
Roberts pointed out that to qualify for the higher tax rate, someone would need to earn more than $19,000 per week. She joked that she didn't know of any Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System checks that reached that threshold.
The annual gathering once again provided a way for retirees to donate educational supplies and materials to a school district working with a large number of students in financial need. This year, the donated goods went to the Dennis-Yarmouth Regional School District.
Also in keeping with tradition, the Honor Our Own Award was presented. Susan Cogliano, a retired Stoughton science teacher, received this year's award for her outstanding contributions as an educator and a union leader. Stoughton Teachers Association President John Gunning nominated Cogliano.
2008 to 2011. She also served on the MTA Board of Directors.
After accepting the award, Cogliano said, "When approached with the idea to run for union president, I was very reluctant but eventually said yes. It certainly removed me from my comfort zone and took me to places that I would not normally have gone.
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Please join us for First Unity Church's October 31, 2021 Sunday Service at 10:30 a.m. This week's message is from Rev. Jan Mourning and is entitled "Be True to You."
You can livestream the service through the following direct link: https://youtu.be/n87XdyG_H5E
On Sunday afternoon, the link above will take you to the recording of the service. You can also watch the service from one of the links below:
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Blessings, Love and Light to All!
Order of Service — October 31, 2021
Welcome through Music — "Little Ol' Me" — Composed and performed by Mitzi MacDonald — Accompanied by Steve Schenkel
Daily Word — Lance Baugh, Prayer Chaplain
Congregational Hymn — "I Live in God's Way"
Message — Be the True You!! — Rev. Jan Mourning
There is only one Presence and one Power in the universe and at work in my life, God the Good, omnipotent.
When I Pray- by Daniel Nahmod — Sung by Chuck Seger
Worship Through Music — Composed and performed by Mitzi MacDonald — Accompanied by Steve Schenkel
Blessing of Offering
Congregational Hymn — "Let's Be"
Closing — Prayer for Protection
Musical Ending — "Affirmation of Life" — Composed and performed by Mitzi MacDonald — Accompanied by Steve Schenkel
Mitzi McDonald Is Our Featured Musician for Sunday, October 31, 2021
Mitzi MacDonald, vocals and piano
Mitzi MacDonald was born and raised on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. Cape Breton is known the world-over for it's great Scottish fiddlers, and musicians of celtic based music. Mitzi started playing piano when she was eight years old, and was performing on stage by eighteen. In 1979 she took the stage with "Copperwood", a very popular showband in eastern Canada. They toured throughout Canada, and parts of the United States. They opened for some major artists, and also had a featured special on Atlantic Television. In 1985 Mitzi went solo, and headed for Nashville. She recorded two albums of her original material, that were mostly Country. "Teddybears Can't Keep Me Warm", and "Hey, It's the Big Time". She won the Blueberry Hill Songwriting Contest, in the country category, with her song, "Dangerous."
In 1991 Mitzi finally had the Nashville offer that she had pursued for so long. She was now married and living with her husband and their infant son in St. Louis, Missouri, and realized that her priorities had changed. She decided to decline the offer, for she knew her songwriting and her life were pulling her in a different direction. Mitzi performed for a number of years, all around the St. Louis area. She played piano and sang in bars, restaurants and hotel lounges. She loved the intimate relationship between herself and the audience. Always, her listeners were drawn to her original music, which was so much about life…hers and theirs. By 1995, you'd be more likely to find her singing in a church, than a bar. She recorded "A Shelter For My Soul", and then later… "Here I Am" and "Higher Ground". Both albums speak volumes about her feelings toward life, her friends, family, and her creator. Since releasing "Here I Am", Mitzi, in the past, has appeared on all the major St. Louis TV stations. Her music has also been featured on St. Louis radio stations KEZK, WIL Country, public radio KDHX and stations in Lake of the Ozarks. Mitzi still performs at numerous churches, peace events, pubs, coffee houses, outdoor concerts, and special events. She has opened for authors Alan Cohen, and Neal Donald Walsh at Westport Playhouse, and has performed at the Sheldon Concert Hall with CD release concerts.
Steve Schenkel, Guitar
Steve Schenkel is the guitarist and orchestra manager for the Fox Theater, guitarist for the Muny Opera and the St. Louis Symphony, and a freelance jazz musician. He recently retired after 37 years at Webster University, where he taught music, media, and religion and is now a professor emeritus. During his time at Webster University, Steve founded the Jazz Studies program, the Webster Jazz Concert Series, and the Jazz Studies/Music Technology program. His music is heard nationally on the PBS program "Breaking Bread," as well as by millions of visitors each year in the multimedia show under the Gateway Arch. Steve now serves as the Music Director for First Unity Church of St. Louis.
Divine Love, flowing through me, blesses and multiplies all I am, all I have, all I give, and all I receive.
We are a self-sustaining ministry, with most of our revenue coming from direct contributions. Your support is what allows us to keep providing powerful spiritual services to all who seek them.
If you would like to make a contribution to support First Unity Church, you may do so online by using First Unity Church's secure PayPal account or any major credit card.
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Gazing Upon the Galactic River
We, the Amateur Astronomers Association, and its participating members, had an enjoyable season for observing at North-South Lake this 2022 season. We are always grateful
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U.S. Solar Eclipses for 2023 and 2024
You'll want to be aware of these eclipses and make arrangements to see them fully or partially. Annular Solar Eclipse: Oct. 14, 2023 An "annular"
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Happy Trails: Stamford 22" Telescope Makes Move To New Mexico
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Plymouth councillors are passionate about their city and the issues facing local people. They care deeply about tackling the challenges facing their communities. They want to make a difference on issues such as schools, crime, transport and the environment and to create a prosperous future for Plymouth people by supporting jobs and creating homes.
Plymouth City Council holds elections three years in every four. Future election dates can be found here.
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If you decide you want to be a councillor, you need to put yourself forward as a candidate to either represent a political party or stand as an independent person.
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For more information on becoming a councillor you can download our handy guide to being a councillor in Plymouth and visit the Local Government Association website.


LANCASTER -- Mrs. Betty Jeanne Mohl Prete, 78, of 521 Rock Springs Road, died Thursday, July 19, 2007, at her home.
The funeral will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Davidson-Mancinelli Funeral Home by the Rev. Brian Bennett, with burial at East Oak Grove Cemetery in Morgantown, W.Va. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at Davidson-Mancinelli Funeral Home.
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Former UK prime minister weighs in on tank debate as he visits Borodyanka; Polish PM criticises German silence on tanks as 'unacceptable'
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Boris Johnson has weighed in on the row over whether Ukraine will get more tanks to fight back against Russian forces.
The former UK prime minister, who said he was invited to Ukraine by Volodymyr Zelenskiy, was on a walkabout of Borodyanka.
In a statement carried by PA Media, he hinted at his support for more tanks to be sent to Kyiv, saying: "This is the moment to double down and to give the Ukrainians all the tools they need to finish the job."
Johnson also said: "It is a privilege to visit Ukraine at the invitation of President Zelenskiy. The suffering of the people of Ukraine has gone on for too long.
"The only way to end this war is for Ukraine to win – and to win as fast as possible … The sooner Putin fails, the better for Ukraine and for the whole world."
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The time in Kyiv is 8pm. Here is a round-up of the day's news:
Former UK prime minister Boris Johnson has made a surprise visit to Ukraine, where he said that it was "the moment to double down and to give the Ukrainians all the tools they need to finish the job". Downing Street said Rishi Sunak is "supportive" of Boris Johnson's visit, despite warnings that it would undermine the current prime minister's authority.
German chancellor Olaf Scholz, under pressure to allow the shipment of German-made tanks to Ukraine, said on Sunday that future decisions on weapons deliveries will be made in coordination with allies, including the United States. Scholz, when asked at a news conference about providing tanks to Ukraine, said that all weapons deliveries to Ukraine so far have taken place in close coordination with western partners.
French president Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday he does not rule out the possibility of sending Leclerc tanks to Ukraine. He was speaking at a summit with German chancellor Scholz.
The UK foreign secretary said the UK wants to see Ukraine equipped with Leopard 2 tanks. "I would like to see the Ukrainians equipped with things like the Leopard 2, as well as the artillery systems that they've been provided by us and by others," he said. "I will keep having those conversations with our NATO allies and friends."
Russia has claimed to have made advances in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region. After months of stalemate in the south-eastern region, Moscow-installed officials say the front is now "mobile" while the Ukrainian army reported that 15 settlements had come under artillery fire.
Talks between government representatives from France and Germany took place in Paris, as officials mark the 60th anniversary of the Elysee Treaty and the relationship between the two nations. It comes as the two countries seek to overcome differences exposed by differing attitudes about how the continent should proceed and whether Germany will agree to send tanks to Ukraine.
German chancellor Olaf Scholz promised that Germany will "continue to support Ukraine – for as long and as comprehensively as necessary", adding: "Together, as Europeans – in defence of our European peace project."
Poland's prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, criticised Germany's failure to supply tanks to Ukraine. "Germany's attitude is unacceptable. It has been almost a year since the war began. Innocent people are dying every day," Morawiecki said.
An adviser to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said that caution and slow decision making over whether to send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine is costing lives. Mykhailo Podolyak tweeted on Saturday his frustration at "global indecision" over arms supply to Ukraine: "Today's indecision is killing more of our people. Every day of delay is the death of Ukrainians. Think faster."
Baltic countries have told Germany to send the tanks "now" to Ukraine after perceived heel-dragging by the government in Berlin. The Latvian foreign minister, Edgars Rinkēvičs, tweeted they are "needed to stop Russian aggression". The same tweet was put out by his counterparts in Estonia and Lithuania.
That's it from me, Tom Ambrose, and indeed the Ukraine live blog for today. Thanks for following along.
German chancellor Olaf Scholz, under pressure to allow the shipment of German-made tanks to Ukraine, said on Sunday that future decisions on weapons deliveries will be made in coordination with allies, including the United States.
Scholz, when asked at a news conference about providing tanks to Ukraine, said that all weapons deliveries to Ukraine so far have taken place in close coordination with western partners.
"We will do that in the future," he said.
Updated at 12.43 EST
French president Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday he does not rule out the possibility of sending Leclerc tanks to Ukraine.
He was speaking at a summit with German chancellor Olaf Scholz.
The speaker of Russia's parliament warned that countries supplying Ukraine with more powerful weapons risked their own destruction.
The message followed Ukraine's supporters pledging billions of pounds in military aid to the country on Friday, including armoured vehicles, air defence systems and other equipment, but not including the battle tanks Kyiv had requested, the Associated Press reported.
State Duma chairman Vyacheslav Volodin said:
Supplies of offensive weapons to the Kyiv regime would lead to a global catastrophe."
If Washington and Nato supply weapons that would be used for striking peaceful cities and making attempts to seize our territory as they threaten to do, it would trigger a retaliation with more powerful weapons.
A soldier prepares his vehicle near the Bakhmut frontlines on 22 January in Chasov Yar, Ukraine.
A soldier prepares his vehicle near the Bakhmut frontlines with Russia on 22 January 2023 in Chasov Yar, Ukraine. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Ukraine's government has praised the former UK prime minister Boris Johnson following his visit to the country, saying: "Friends like this are worth more than a squadron of tanks."
Friends like these are worth more than a squadron of tanks. We are glad to welcome Boris Johnson to Ukraine. A person who has been with the Ukrainian people since day one. pic.twitter.com/RQjawNJj7l
— Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) January 22, 2023
When will Putin give up Ukraine? Only when his inner circle forces him to stop | Olga Chyzh
Olga Chyzh, an expert in political violence and repressive regimes has argued that as Putin is not answerable to an electorate, he can only be stopped by his inner circle.
Putin's second advantage comes in the form of policy latitude. With no requirement to answer to the public, who bear the brunt of the war's financial costs, Putin's policy range is determined by competing interests in his small inner circle. And those mainly military and intelligence elites are fully onboard with the war: to them, the benefit of reuniting Soviet territories far outweighs what they perceive as temporary costs. Some of these elites have been clamouring for further escalation, such as the total military mobilisation of Russian society. The current concentration of power within Russia's conservative elites points to the Kremlin's imperialist foreign policy stretching far beyond Putin's leadership.
Even if Ukraine chases every last Russian soldier from its land, Russia's aggression will not end. Russia will continue to make claims to Ukraine's territory, and will back them up with threats, intermittent missile launches and border skirmishes. There is no such thing as a decisive victory for the defender. A decisive victory implies the destruction of the attacker, lest it come back after a brief reprieve. Destroying Russia's will or long-term capacity to take its land is something that, for Ukraine, is not an option. With an aggressor impervious to international or domestic pressure, tenuous peace, backed by a state-of-the-art anti-missile defence system and a world-class military on standby, may just be the best outcome Ukraine can hope to achieve.
Kyiv has dismissed deputy minister Vasyl Lozynskiy who allegedly received a $400,000 (£322,870) bribe, reports the Kyiv Independent.
⚡ Cabinet dismisses deputy minister Vasyl Lozynskiy who allegedly received a $400,000 bribe.
According to law enforcement, the money was a kickback for rigging a large procurement tender for generators and other equipment.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) January 22, 2023
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau detained Deputy Minister Vasyl Lozynskiy on 21 January.
The Kyiv Independent reports that the deputy minister allegedly accepted $400,000 in bribes for the procurement of electricity generators.
The Guardian's chief reporter, Dan Boffey, has filed this dispatch from Kyiv on the fierce fighting in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region, where Russia claims it has made advances, and the developments of the day.
Russia claims advances in Zaporizhzhia as Nato squabbles over tanks to Ukraine
He writes:
Russia has claimed to have made advances in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region as Nato allies continued to squabble over the potential supply of tanks to the war-torn country's defence.
After months of stalemate in the south-eastern region, Moscow-installed officials said the front was now "mobile" while the Ukrainian army reported that 15 settlements had come under artillery fire.
"Attempting to study our defence, the enemy has activated artillery fire," wrote Oleksandr Starukh, governor of the Zaporizhzhia region of south-eastern Ukraine, on the Telegram messaging app.
Russia fired on the region 166 times through the day, Starukh said, with 113 attacks aimed at populated areas, killing one civilian.
Two years since the arrest and imprisonment of the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, his deputy, Maria Pevchikh, an investigative journalist, has talked to the Observer's Carole Cadwalladr about continuing his anti-corruption work and why she won't give up hope of his release.
It's a fascinating read.
"We prepared for it very well," she says of Navalny's absence. And then hesitates. "It's just a very noticeable loss. We're fully functioning, probably better than before. But we lost a lot of our spirit. We do our work because we're angry."
Oleksii Reznikov, Ukraine's minister of defence, has tweeted to mark Ukraine's Day of Unity, saying that in difficult times the nation "more than ever" feels like a single country.
Today, 🇺🇦 celebrates the Day of Unity. In these difficult times,we,more than ever,feel like a single country&nation. The North, South, East, West&Center of 🇺🇦 are doing everything possible for victory. We've learned the lessons of history. We'll win this war!
Art by Nikita Titov pic.twitter.com/s7SJxITbLs
— Oleksii Reznikov (@oleksiireznikov) January 22, 2023
The CNN journalist Luke McGee has written an interesting piece of analysis on why "Germany is struggling to stomach the idea of sending tanks to Ukraine".
McGee writes:
If Russia's invasion of Ukraine has confirmed one thing, it's that peace on the continent cannot be taken for granted. The status quo – decades of low spending and defence not being a policy priority – cannot continue.
This is especially true in Germany, which for years has spent far less on its military than many of its western allies but is now reconsidering its approach to defence at home and abroad.
He notes the criticism mounting against Germany, which holds the key to sending – or allowing other countries to send – German-made Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine.
Experts estimate there are around 2,000 Leopard tanks in use by 13 countries across Europe, and they are increasingly being seen as vital to Ukraine's war effort as the conflict grinds into a second year. But Berlin must grant these nations approval to re-export German-made tanks to Ukraine, and it has so far resisted calls to do so.
But he notes that for all of the criticism of Germany's hesitancy, Berlin has played a crucial role in supporting Ukraine over the past year. The US and the UK are the only two countries to have delivered more military aid to Kyiv than Germany since the invasion began, according to the Kiel Institute.
Germany now finds itself at a "pivotal moment", the piece concludes.
Germany, Europe's wealthiest country, has undeniably benefited enormously from its policy of keeping feet in two camps. It is protected by Nato membership while maintaining economic relations with undesirable partners.
That policy has been called out and Germany must now decide exactly what kind of voice it wants to have in the current conversation taking place about global security. The decisions it takes in the next few years could play a crucial role defining the security of the entire European continent for decades to come.
Rishi Sunak is "supportive" of Boris Johnson's visit to Ukraine, Downing Street has said.
The prime minister's press secretary said he is "always supportive of all colleagues showing that the UK is behind Ukraine and will continue to support them".
Here are a few more pictures from Johnson's visit to the Ukraine. The former prime minister visited a church in Bucha after his appearance in Borodianka.
Boris Johnson visits a church in Bucha where pictures of the destruction and killings in the town are displayed. Photograph: Nacho Doce/Reuters
The former UK prime minister and an Orthodox priest lay flowers to pay tribute to those killed during Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Photograph: Nacho Doce/Reuters
Boris Johnson shakes hands with Sun Kuzma, 14 months old, as his mother, Olga, 33, holds him during a visit to the Church of Saint Apostle Andrew the First-Called in Bucha. Photograph: Nacho Doce/Reuters
Russian forces are improving their positions in the Zaporizhzhia region, the country's defence ministry has claimed.
"During offensive operations in the direction of Zaporizhzhia, units of the Eastern Military District took up more advantageous ground and positions," the defence ministry said.
Reuters writes that the Russians claim to have inflicted casualties and destroyed equipment including Ukrainian fighting vehicles, howitzers and two US-made Himars rockets.
Reuters was not able to independently verify Russia's claims. Ukraine on Saturday saidthe accounts were exaggerated.
Fighting in recent weeks has centred around the town of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, where Russia's Wagner mercenaries and Ukrainian forces have been locked in a battle of attrition.
Neither side has claimed major movements on the southern front since November, when Russia pulled out of the city of Kherson.
With the war now 11 months old, Ukraine has said it believes Moscow is likely to attempt a new offensive in the coming months.
The former UK prime minister Boris Johnson has been seen on a visit to Ukraine. Johnson was photographed walking through Borodyanka, which was destroyed in the early part of Russia's invasion.
Boris Johnson in Borodyanka. Photograph: Viacheslav Ratynskyi/Reuters
Johnson, who is facing questions about his financial dealings back home, was awarded an honorary 'Citizen of Kyiv' medal from the city's mayor Vitali Klitschko at Davos last week.
He has been treated as a hero by many Ukrainians thanks to his support after Russian troops invaded the country in February 2022.
Meanwhile, in Paris, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has promised that Germany will "continue to support Ukraine - for as long and as comprehensively as necessary"
Speaking at an event to celebrate friendship between Germany and France, he said:
We will continue to support Ukraine - for as long and as comprehensively as necessary. Together, as Europeans - in defence of our European peace project.
#UPDATE France and Germany will support Ukraine for "as long as necessary" in its fight against Russia, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Sunday on a visit to France.
"Together, as Europeans, to defend our European peace project" pic.twitter.com/LGCLjGvLYx
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) January 22, 2023
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New Zealand end Australia's winning streak by 1 point in Netball World Cup 2019 final
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The New Zealand Ferns beat the Australian Diamonds by 52-51 in a nail-biting final. This was the seventh Netball World Cup final between the two teams, and only the second time that New Zealand have come out on top.
Noeline Taurua is a netballing genius.
How else do you explain her 11-month transformation of the Silver Ferns?
From rock bottom to back where New Zealand netball belongs, sporting resurrections don't come any more seamless.
No other netball figure could have guided the Ferns to an unlikely World Cup final in Liverpool, from fourth-ranked in the world, not so soon after last year's Commonwealth Games capitulation where New Zealand lost to Malawi.
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'Roses' hearts are broken!' England lose exciting semi-final to NZ
England missed out on the Netball World Cup final once again as they fell to an agonising 47-45 defeat by New Zealand in Liverpool/By Denise Evans, BBC Sport in Liverpool
New Zealand go on to face holders Australia in Sunday's final for a sixth consecutive tournament.
England have now lost eight straight World Cup semi-finals and face South Africa in the bronze-medal match.
They will match their achievements from 2015 if they beat the Proteas, who were narrowly beaten by Australia in the opening semi-final.
As it happened: England fall to semi-final defeat
Australia edge to South Africa victory
Tracey Neville's Roses famously fought back to snatch a late win in the gold-medal match against the Diamonds at the Commonwealth Games in 2018.
But this time they were on the receiving end of the disappointment.
New Zealand showed their intent by surging into a 5-0 lead as England panicked, but the Roses regrouped to take a three-goal lead into half-time.
Until this match, England had not come from behind in the tournament and as the Silver Ferns pushed back in front, they looked intent on staying there.
England threw everything at the Kiwis in the final quarter – but their opposition soaked up the pressure and played down the seconds left on the clock.
What went wrong for England?
England did not look like the confident team who came through the group stages without losing a quarter.
Shooter Jo Harten's form dropped dramatically in the first half, compared to her heroics in the previous game against South Africa, and she only improved when she moved to goal attack.
England's engine room and captain Serena Guthrie was also guilty of failing to bring the goods on the day.
Head coach Neville said her side's "basic errors" cost them the game.
"New Zealand came out really strong in that first quarter, "she said. "We didn't learn our lessons quickly enough. We seemed to be chasing the game, which is something we haven't done in this tournament.
"We gave it our all but didn't have the legs. This tournament is quite brutal. We've got another game tomorrow and we go again."
'We've already won in some respects'
It was a rocky road to this final for New Zealand. They failed to reach the Commonwealth finals in 2018 for the first time and dropped to fourth in the rankings, one place behind England.
Off the court, key player Laura Langman, who has made more than 100 international appearances, was out of the set-up for 18 months because she chose to play her club netball in Australia.
But the arrival of coach Noeline Taurua in 2018 led to those club rules being relaxed and now Langman, along with veteran defender Casey Kopua, will get a shot at gold again in what is likely to be their last World Cup.
"I'm a bit lost for words," said Taurua. "We've got one more game to go to get the gold and that's what we're going for.
"We've already won in some respects. We were underdogs coming into this game. There's nothing else for us to worry about."
New Zealand came close to beating the Diamonds in the preliminary stages and this victory over the hosts will surely give them the belief they need to beat their long-time rivals.
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At a CSIA organised event last Wednesday, an impressive, confident and undeterred woman stands at a podium in front of 70 or more people from the community services industry. Everyone is quiet and eager to hear what she's going to say about rethinking regulation in Human Services, and – if in fact – it's truly even possible.
At a CSIA organised event last Wednesday, an impressive, confident and undeterred woman stands at a podium in front of 70 or more people from the community services industry. Everyone is quiet and eager to hear what she's going to say about rethinking regulation in Human Services, and if – in fact – it's truly even possible.
Liz Forsyth – Global Lead, Human Services and Deputy Chair, KPMG Australia – is a matter-of-fact woman who does not hold back in making sure every single person in the room knows that the need to change the approach to quality assurance in this industry is really not up for discussion… consumers are already controlling this story.
"This will all be taken out of your hands by consumers," Liz states without doubt.
"The National Disability Insurance Scheme is a perfect example of this in that we already have a dialogue happening in social media about providers, and about which providers do a good job and which providers don't do a good job.
"We know across Australia we have a multiple series of innovation labs, start-ups and other organisations setting up the Disabilities' trip advisor.
"There's a process government and industry want to go through [for quality and safeguard measures] but the reality is its being taken away from you at quite a rapid rate.
"This is one of those ones you've got to gallop to rather than pace it slowly. And the reason you've got to gallop to it is there will not be a single source of truth about quality of services.
But quality assurance is only one aspect of regulation in community services, and the room is full of people intently listening for some sort of how-to-guide as Liz positively declares that there is a way and means of doing all this and that it's not as complicated as it sounds.
The good news was that she did in fact come to the party with the goods in tow.
We need to think about behavioural economics.
And Liz's final comment on how we do this is to build a strawman.
"You could pick an area where you have radical reform afoot – and radical changes of which there's industry interest – to start rethinking the regulatory context," she said.
Belinda Drew, CSIA CEO, said Liz Forsyth was spot on and that as industry approaches government, it's got to come to the table with a more comprehensive and mature view of itself.
"We've got to engage the agenda and rethink. We need to be in control instead of waiting for people to tell us what to do," Belinda said.
"This is a structural transition and lots of industries go through it but they get investment to assist.
Leigh Roach, Deputy Director-General of Strategy, Engagement and Innovation at the Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services, was also speaking at the event held on Wednesday 17 August, 2016.
Anyone seeking more detailed information on the suggestions from Liz Forsyth and KPMG can find their full publication, Unleashing Value: Rethinking Regulation in the Human Services Sector, by clicking the button below.


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What Is an Emolument?
An emolument is compensation, based on time and length of activity, for employment, services, or holding office, and is generally used in a legal context.
An emolument is compensation, based on time and length of activity, for employment, services, or holding office and is generally used in a legal context.
Emolument is derived from the Latin term "emolumentum," which could mean either effort or labor, or benefit, gain, or profit.
Article I, section 9 of the U.S. Constitution is often referred to as the "Emoluments Clause," since it forbids U.S. officeholders from accepting "any present, emolument, office, or title" from a foreign country.
The Emoluments Clause in the U.S. Constitution seeks to prevent foreign influence, domestic influence, and influence of one branch of government on another.
Understanding an Emolument
The word "emolument" is derived from the Latin term "emolumentum," which had a dual meaning. On the one hand, it meant effort or labor. The other meaning was a benefit, gain, or profit. It may have originally meant the sum paid to a miller for grinding a customer's wheat.
Emoluments can vary depending on the type and length of service being performed. The word is archaic and little used today, except in legal contexts, particularly when it pertains to the Emoluments Clause in the U.S. Constitution, which was established in order to safeguard the nation from corruption, foreign influence, and any other influence not in the best interest of the country.
Emoluments Clause in the U.S. Constitution
Emolument is commonly used in constitutional law, where it refers to Article I, Section 9 of the U.S. Constitution:
"No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States: and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state."
There is also a "Domestic Emoluments Clause" (Article II, Section 1) that states:
"The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them."
There's also a third clause that mentions emoluments, known as the "Ineligibility Clause" (Article 1, Section 6).
"No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been increased during such time; and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office."
Purpose of the Emoluments Clause
The idea behind the Emoluments Clause is to prevent certain individuals, primarily those in a government office, from personally profiting from their unique and elevated position in society.
The Foreign Emoluments Clause is in place to prevent foreign influence in the U.S. government and any other corruption. It derives from the practice of gift-giving that European officials used to practice when visiting foreign leaders. In this manner, the prevention of receiving a gift or any other compensation removes any influence on the would-be recipient of the gift.
The purpose of the Domestic Emoluments Clause is to preserve the independence of the President, and similarly, remove any influence on them by the ability to adjust their salary.
The Ineligibility Emoluments Clause serves a similar function, primarily to separate the branches of power, and to prevent Presidential influence on the legislature.
History of the Emoluments Clause
St. George Tucker, a late 18th- and early 19th-century professor of law, traced the rationale behind the Emoluments Clause to the aftermath of the English Civil War (1642–1651), when "almost all [Charles II] officers of state were either actual pensioners of the court of France, or supposed to be under its influence, directly, or indirectly, from that cause."
Alexander Hamilton expressed concern that the same situation could occur in the newly formed United States. He said, "One of the weak sides of republics, among their numerous advantages, is that they afford too easy an inlet to foreign corruption."
Prior to the drafting of the Constitution, the Articles of Confederation contained a version of the Emoluments Clause (Article VI). But when the monarchs of Spain and France made lavish gifts to American diplomats, Congress approved the gifts after the fact, temporarily waiving the law.
For example, Louis XVI gave a diamond-encrusted portrait of himself to Benjamin Franklin in 1785. Two years later, the Emoluments Clause explicitly mentioned Congress's ability to approve gifts, which the Articles of Confederation had not addressed.
During World War II, Congress passed a law permitting members of the military to accept foreign donations. Denmark's King Christian X, for example, knighted Dwight D. Eisenhower and inducted him into the 600-year-old Order of the Elephant.
Emoluments Clause Lawsuits
Since 2016, three lawsuits have been filed against former President Donald Trump, alleging violations of the Foreign Emoluments clause related to payments by foreign governments for services at Trump-owned properties or licensing agreements with Trump business entities.
On January 25, 2021, the United States Supreme Court brought an end to pending lawsuits over whether Trump illegally profited off his presidency. According to the Supreme Court, the cases are no longer relevant now that Trump is no longer in office. Based on our research, Donald Trump seems to be the only president to date who has faced accusations of violating the Foreign Emoluments Clause, making it an area of law that has rarely been explored in history.
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