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Small-Time Debtors Detained, Larger Delinquents Get Away
Police in Tajikistan announced in early October, via a run-of-the-mill press release, that they had detained a delinquent debtor owing money to the recently liquidated mid-sized lender Tojprombank.
According to the statement, the detainee had taken out a two-year loan for 120,000 somoni ($13,700) that was due for repayment at the start of 2017. The arrest came on the heels of orders issued by Deputy Prime Minister Davlatali Said to the General Prosecutor's Office to hunt down people still owing money to Tojprombank, which had its license pulled by the Central Bank in February as it was teetering on the brink of collapse.
But as EurasiaNet.org has found, while authorities look intent on punishing Tojprombank's smaller debtors, larger delinquent loan-holders, many of them linked to the bank itself, are facing no such pressure.
When Tojprombank's license was withdrawn, accountholders were compensated with just 17,500 somoni ($2,000) apiece, as required by law. Officials pledged that the remainder of customers' savings would be returned as liquidators went through the process of selling off the bank's assets. Going after outstanding debts was another integral part of the effort to return account holders' money.
Following the license withdrawal, the majority owner and chairman of the bank, Jamshed Ziyoyev, was removed and replaced by a committee overseeing the liquidation process. EurasiaNet.org was not able to establish Ziyayev's current whereabouts.
The Asia-Plus news website has reported that Tojprombank currently owns an estimated 450 million somoni in assets ($51 million) and has 2,070 outstanding debtors owing a total of 266 million somoni ($30 million). The bank in turn has to pay out 550 million somoni ($62.5 million) to around 600 private customers and 235 companies.
Internal Tojprombank documents obtained by EurasiaNet.org show that the bulk of unpaid debt — 219 million somoni ($25 million) — is held by just 12 companies.
Two service companies registered in Tojprombank's name, Dahbed D and Dahbed M, collectively took out loans for 20.7 million somoni ($2.3 million). That debt remains unpaid. It is not clear from open-source information what precise line of services either company provided.
Another outfit registered to Tojprombank, OOO TPB-PET, owes another 27 million somoni ($3 million). A related enterprise, TPB AVTO, a car repair business, has outstanding debts of 6 million somoni ($681,000). (The letters TPB in these company names stand for Tojprombank).
Construction company Promstroy, which owes Tojprombank 3.4 million somoni ($386,000), belongs to another property development vehicle, Tropikan Invest, which is in turn owned by the bank.
TPB-AKVA, which owes 60.7 million somoni ($6.8 million), belongs to the former chairman's son, Aziz Ziyoyev. Records show that the younger Ziyoyev is also the owner of several other companies, including coal processor TPB-Angisht, trading company TPB-Kapital and aircraft leasing enterprise called ADM-Air.
All available evidence points to the likelihood that Tojprombank served, in essence, to provide liquidity for a diversified portfolio of commercial interests owned by the bank itself.
Other major delinquent debtors not obviously linked to Tojprombank have also escaped scrutiny.
Another aviation company, based in Hamburg, Germany, received a 15 million somoni ($1.7 million) loan from Tojprombank that remains unpaid. Information on the identity of the ultimate beneficiaries of that company were not immediately available.
Documents obtained by EurasiaNet.org also indicate that among the other debtors is Olim Textile, owned by Jamshed Abdulov, whose businesses are concentrated in Tajikistan's cotton sector, much of which is reputedly controlled by President Emomali Rahmon's brother-in-law, Hasan Asadullozoda. Abdulov owes 29 million somoni ($3.2 million). And an aviation services company Jahon Sayir, which is run by an individual called Behruz Hasan, took out a loan for 21 million somoni ($2.3 million).
Tojprombank was founded in October 1995 as an all-purpose retail bank. The controlling shares of the company were held by Jamshed Ziyoyev. Signs the lender was in distress began to emerge in 2015. In the middle of 2016, Ziyoyev was removed as head of the bank, which was placed under administration. In December, the National Bank declared it was refinancing Tojprombank to the tune of 450 million somoni ($56 million) and reappointed Ziyoyev to his old job and ordered him to restore the lender to health. The bailout money was raised through the emission of somoni-denominated sovereign bonds that were converted into liquid cash by the National Bank.
But then two months later, the National Bank performed yet another about-face and decided to shutter Tojprombank, together with another recipient of bailout funds, Fononbank.
And then in April, it emerged that the government decided unilaterally to allocate the money it had set aside as bailout funds for Tojprombank, and ultimately its customers, to construction work on the Roghun hydropower dam.
The collapse of Tojprombank caused substantial distress for small-scale depositors.
Solidjon Djurayev, a well-known local lawyer who said he had deposited $45,000 with the bank in 2013, appealed in an open letter in June to the government to take legal action against Ziyoyev and other senior managers at Tojprombank. In the letter, Djurayev accused Ziyoyev of shady accounting practices and parlaying the bank's financial resources into unprofitable enterprises. The lawyer said Tojprombank's management was purposely attempting to avoid paying back depositors by valuing the bank's remaining assets at exorbitantly high prices designed to discourage buyers. Tojprombank assets include, among other things, its headquarters in Dushanbe, all its branch offices, and numerous houses and apartments. Djurayev has, since writing his letter, moved to Russia.
At the start of August, a 50-year-old resident of Dushanbe, Hairiddin Kodirov, hanged himself and left a suicide note blaming Tojprombank for his misfortunes. Two years earlier, Kodirov, a railway worker, had deposited $84,000, the proceeds from the sale of his late parents' home, with the bank. Almost all the money was lost.
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Manchester United legend Teddy Sheringham wants Michael Carrick to start Cristiano Ronaldo in their Premier League clash against Arsenal on Thursday.
Ronaldo has featured in 10 Premier League games for United this season, scoring four goals, but the Portuguese maestro was surprisingly left on the bench in Carrick's first game as interim boss against Chelsea on Sunday.
This decision baffled Roy Keane, who said, 'Ronaldo has not come back to Manchester United to sit on the bench.'
And now, Sheringham has agreed with Keane stating that he would have started Ronaldo against Chelsea and that he should start against Arsenal.
"Yes, without a doubt," Sheringham told the Mirror when asked should Ronaldo start against the Gunners.
"I have to agree with Roy Keane in what he said the other night in that if you've got someone of Ronaldo's ability, he's come back to Manchester United to play in these big games, that's what big players do, they perform at the top level in the big games.
"Chelsea the other night, he should've been playing. Arsenal, again, is a big game, they're encroaching on the top four at the moment, it's always a big game against Arsenal for Manchester United.
"You need your best players out there and he's without a doubt one of their best players."
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Hello, "Eco" and all. Archeological digs in Philadelphia indicate they were voiding in holes then. I've perceived the cat and dog poop was cooling my pile back in summer. This winter's wood ashes and animal poop will loosen my clayey soil in random spots. Ten foot square pen of large leaf piles take my winter additions of "me" and food scraps.
I see one of the most valuable aspects of this Message Board is that we can actually discuss the subject of urine, faeces, etc. Many people in various social situations cannot bring themselves to think about it, much less do any discussion.
Here we read of successes; failures; ideas some sound, some not-so-sound; yet all respected as legitimate input to the subject.
Thank you MD Heath and Knothead, everyone that contributes and adds to my knowledge.
Knothead, very creative use of parts in the garage urinal. At least with your system the urine is still being added to the compost pile, which is the best use of it, in terms of ag output. I have a 'conventional' humanure toilet in my office, which only I use, with rare exceptions. I rarely empty it more than once a week, when I empty the house buckets, too. Maybe I am dehydrated and need to increase my fluids intake...?
MD, The only reason that I separate the urine by using a bottle urinal most of the time is because that way I only have to empty the bucket about every three weeks. Plus, I have to admit, after thirty years of sitting down to pee out of deference to my wife, I am enjoying being able to stand up to pee.
If I was peeing in the bucket every time, I would have to empty it about every three days and I would have to use a lot more cover material.
The urine from by bottle is emptied every day or so and usually goes directly on the compost pile.
I am the only one who uses the toilet in the garage. My wife still uses the water waster. On the boat however, the head is often used by female guests (they have no choice) and without the separator, the bucket would fill up fast. Plus this way I don't have to bother teaching them about how much cover material to use etc.
Here's a pic of my urinal. Made from a kitty litter bottle, a rum bottle, a fiber supplement bottle, a piece of hose and a section of vacuum cleaner pipe.
and, one suggestion on 'gastrointestinal troubles' while traveling. i have traveled all over the world, eating in the local restaurants and homes. i have found that if i will eat at least 1 cup of fresh, 'live', yogurt every day, montezuma has not had much revenge upon me.
i have yet to find a place in the world where yogurt is not made(after 5 continents and a few dozen countries). eating the local yogurt also helps as it seems to have some of the local cultures and counteracts the 'local' bug issues.
the cheap, commercialized, 'dead' stuff in the chain stores will not serve the purpose. but even there you can usually find yogurts made locally and, most importantly, with 'live cultures' in them. and the 'whole foods' genre of stores are full of good yogurts.
i have little access to sawdust, but i have lots of crushed leaves and they work fine. traveling in the US you can easily get sawdust at most any pet supply or farm feed store. I live with a wife and 4 daughters, plus all their girlfriends, and, as long a a good deposit of cover material is being added each time, i have not had any trouble with excess urine issues.
i have never understood the urine separating concept, ever. if you apply urine to plants, it is true that it improves growth. however, if you compost both urine and feces, together, and apply the compost to the plants, the resulting output is higher than urine only, or feces composted without urine. so, since it is more bother and expense to handle 2 substances separately, and since the positive result is higher with composting them both, together, then why separate them?
as for disposal, i can see several options: as Knothead suggests, bury it in the forest. just watch out for the control freaks out there who will want to throw you in jail for 'polluting' or for 'dumping hazardous materials'. there are plenty of public outhouses, such as those in the forest and other public campgrounds where you can add your bucket contents. you will not be adding to the compost value, but will likely improve the typical stink of the pit latrines, since you will be adding biomass with your deposit. last, in this digital age, try a posting of where you are traveling. maybe even create a blog and add a daily entry of your travels and seek out composting toilets users across the land. a blog on "my travels with mobile humanure", "the composting cargo van" or, as joe would probably call it, "the turd trucker", might get some readership.
Your trip sounds like fun. The idea makes me nostalgic.
I have been using my homemade head for a little over a year now and have come to a few conclusions. Maybe they are worth sharing.
I built two identical units. One for the garage and one for my sailboat. I purchased one urine separating bowl and seat from a company called Ecovita for a little over a hundred bucks. My thought was that I would simply use the bowl and seat on which ever head I was using at the time. What I ended up doing was just using the separating thing on the boat where it could expect to get some female use. Since I'm the only one using the toilet in the garage, I don't really have to worry about separating the urine since the bucket is only used once or maybe twice a day. The urine simply doesn't build up because I have a bottle urinal that I use most of the time. I think only females would have a problem with too much urine in the bucket. Most guy's would probably be happy to use a tree, bottle or the lee rail.
As far a cover material goes. I can't see where you would have a problem. If I were traveling I would simply stop in a forest once in a while and sift out some of the partially decomposed stuff that accumulates on the forest floor. I've used it and it works fine. I've also used plain dirt, compost, sawdust, coir, and biochar. It all works fine. You may have to use a little more of one thing than another, but it's not a big thing.
As far as dumping. Again, I would think that you could discretely bury a bucket of compost in some remote forested area without much problem. If it were me, I would have rotating buckets and I would cap off and allow my full bucket to sit awhile before I dispose of it. It has to be better than what most boaters with composting heads do. They mostly just put it into plastic bags and then dump the bags into the marina dumpsters. Seems to me that burying it in a forest is a much better idea.
I bet most of the problems you envision with be worked out easily and you will be so much happier than if you went with a port-a-potty.
Hey guys, I am a young guy and going to buy a cargo van and retrofit it into my home so I can travel across country and visit the national parks and some organic farms and communities. I don't know where I can get sawdust and not sure what other products I can use (Read about peat moss, but some people said that was no good). There was some concern with the amount of peeing and pooping in the bucket, as disrupting the pH balance is concerned, I don't know about you, but when I go for number 2, number 1 comes naturally as well. I had have experience with compost toilet buckets living in a community in Hawaii for three months. I learned that your poop won't stink as much if you are eating the correct diet for your body, so diet has something to do with it. Also, with bowel problems, and most of the poop being diarrhea that could disrupt the consistency of the material. Back to the discussion of where I can get a proper cover? Does anyone know of some places I can get proper cover material, real sawmills? Anyone find a really good alternative? What about where to dump the buckets when you are done? I won't be composting the stuff in piles in my backyard like Joseph does because I won't have a backyard, so maybe a farm would take it or maybe composting facilities would, but I'm not sure. Any help is greatly appreciated.


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Q: rsync over a serial connection I need to effectively rsync two directories (running on two different machines) over a serial connection.  I'll have to handle actual file transfer over a custom protocol.
What I'm really after is determining which files to send.  I need to essentially create an index of files (with checksums) on one side, transfer that index to the other side, have it create an index as well on it's side, and then send back a comparison.  And then I'd just only transfer the files that are different.
I can certainly code all of this myself, but I'm hoping Linux has some built in tool to help.  In particular, is there an way to have rsync create some sort of index.  It already does most of the work anyway, but I can't find a way to output that work.
Any ideas on how to do this without custom coding all of it would be great.

A: As the comments mentioned, running an IP protocol over the serial connection gains a ton of flexibility, and would be the recommended way to go.  But to answer the question originally asked:

In particular, is there an way to have rsync create some sort of index. It already does most of the work anyway, but I can't find a way to output that work.

If you mean which files should be transferred, no.  rsync is comparing files on both sides.  Without knowledge of the destination, that information isn't created.
If you just mean which files are considered (parsing the source files and any includes/excludes), you could generate that list by parsing the --verbose output of a --dry-run directed to an empty location.
I don't know of a way to calculate/display the block checksums out of a pass.

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In May 2013, futurist Christopher Barnatt published a book called 3D Printing: The Next Industrial Revolution. This proved popular, and was followed by a second edition in November 2014, as well as translations into Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Thai. Now, in November 2016, a third edition of the book has been published, so we thought we'd catch up with Chris for his latest take on where things are headed in the 3D printing world.
3Ders: So Chris, here we again with another edition of your 3D printing book. Is this another significant update?
Chris: Yes, here we are again! And, as last time, it is a very major update. I did wonder quite how much I would need to change this time around. But there was a lot to cover, not only in terms of new technologies and applications, but also changes in the 3D printing industry.
3Ders: Things have certainly moved on since 2014, with several new companies entering the market.
Chris: Very much so. Back in 2014 3D printing was still dominated by the large pure-play manufacturers, and 3D printing stocks were rather buoyant. But fast-forward to today, and the fortunes of Stratasys and 3D Systems—at least financially—have stalled. Meanwhile some large, diversified manufacturers are having a significant impact. Personally I find it fascinating how 3D Systems has left the low-end desktop 3D printer market, while Kinpo's XYZprinting has risen to sell more personal 3D printers—and indeed more 3D printers in total—than any other company. In the industrial marketplace, HP, Ricoh, Prodways, and GE are clearly also set to play a major role, with Canon, Toshiba and others hovering in the wings. Just as in personal computing, it may have been start-up, pure-play organizations who got the ball rolling with a new technology and a new industry. But fairly soon I am certain that it will be large, traditional manufacturers that will dominate both personal and industrial 3D printing.
3Ders: It seems the market is growing more confident today.
Chris: I agree. There is no doubt that, around 2012 and 2013, 3D printing became mired in hype. It therefore has to be very significant that so many large, traditional manufacturing organizations have decided to invest in 3D printing since that time.
3Ders: GE's recent purchase of Arcam and Concept Laser would appear to be a testament to that.
Chris: It is, although I remember being at TCT a few weeks after GE made its initial offer for Arcam and SLM Solutions, and all the talk was of 'GE is buying Arcam and SLM Solutions.' And I kept saying 'no, GE has announced its intent to do this, but that does not mean it will actually happen, it really is not a done deal yet.' And as we know, in the case of SLM Solutions, the purchase did not go ahead due to the actions of an activist investor. I mention this because I think a lot of people in 3D printing are still far more technology savvy than business savvy, and that is why the next phase of the 3D Printing Revolution will need to be driven forward by large, traditional manufacturers who will think business first. A lot of the progress to me made in the industry really is not technological.
3Ders: You mentioned the term 'The 3D Printing Revolution' there. Are you are still comfortable using that?
Chris: I am! And I know it is contentious. But I continue to believe that what is happening in additive manufacturing is going to be part of a revolution in how some—but by no means all—future products are made, either directly or indirectly. The idea that many people will 3D print their own stuff at home, which captured the imagination of the popular press a few years ago, is clearly ludicrous. But I do think there is a danger that, in the wake of the hype, we risk becoming too cautious in our predictions and expectations for what 3D printing has to offer, and just how transformative it is going to be.
One of the things that really interested me in revising the book was the number of new examples of direct digital manufacturing there were to include. Granted, the 3D printout of final metal and plastic parts remains limited to certain industries, such as aviation and the medical sector, but the additive manufacturing of final product parts is now definitely starting to take hold, and has advanced considerably since the second edition of my book was published only two years ago.
3Ders: And what else do you think has radically changed, if anything?
Chris: 3D printing technology, for sure. For a start, it is great to see more technologies on the desktop, such as Daylight Polymer Printing (DPP) from PhotoCentric, and the sub-$10,000 plastic laser sintering hardware from Sinterit and Sintratec. In the past few years there has also been a major move industrially into hybrid technology solutions, with direct-metal powder bed fusion and directed energy deposition processes integrated into machines that also offer CNC milling. Xjet's NanoParticle Jetting—effectively the inkjet printing of metal parts—is clearly also a game changer, as may be the mix of stereolithography and robotics included in the developmental 'Figure 4' hardware from 3D Systems.
Very much the smart focus today is on 3D printing as part of a hybrid manufacturing solution. There are certain things that 3D printing is really good at, and certain things where it falls short of other manufacturing methods. And what we need to do now, across the industry, is to sharpen our focus on where the use of 3D printing will add the most value, and not least so that we do not descend into another hype cycle.
3Ders: As in your previous books, you have dedicated a chapter to bioprinting.
Chris: Absolutely, not least because the 3D printout of living tissue both fascinates me, and offers such extraordinary potential. There are now several commercial bioprinters on the market, and many research teams continue to make very impressive progress in the field, and often ahead of schedule. Not least, in recent months Organovo have started selling thei ExVive bioprinted Human Kidney Tissue, in addition to their Human Liver Tissue launched in 2014. They've also announced the development of human liver tissue patches for transplantation, which they expect to be ready for testing within three to five years. Add to this the progress made by Bioprinting Solutions in Russia in successfully transplanting bioprinted thyroids into mice about a year ago, and I think it is becoming clear that we will see the first human trials of implanted bioprinted tissues in the early 2020s.
3Ders: You also make the case that bioprinting will have applications far beyond the medical sphere.
Chris: Absolutely. This links to my belief that the coming revolution in digital manufacturing will involve a blend of technologies, of which 3D printing things in layers will be just one. Also involved will be the molecular self-assembly of both inorganic and organic materials. And this is why bioprinting is so important.
Today, when we 3D print in plastics or metals, although some final post-processing may be required, the object is pretty much in its finished 3D form as it leaves the printer. But when we bioprint in living cells, an organic self-assembly process continues after printout, with the bioprinted cells fusing together and re-arranging according to the digital dictates of their inherent biology. This means that, for example, when we are able to bioprint complex organs like kidneys or livers, we will not have to 3D print in layers every minute capillary, as these structures will organically self-assemble in the living material after printout.
Fast forward a decade or few, and my hunch is that we will start to 3D print many things out of synthetic, self-assembling materials. For millennia human beings have made things out of things such as wood and leather that were once alive, but which we use in a dead state. So we have a strong history of leveraging organic self-assembly to make a lot of products. And by combining layer-by-layer manufacturing with developments in synthetic biology and 'nanotechnology 2.0', I think we will discover many amazing new ways to turn CAD designs into physical things.
3Ders: I think you are giving away the ending to the book!
Chris: To some extent that is true! But I would not want to leave you with the impression that I've written a work of science fiction. As in the two previous editions, most of what I've done has been to report on the down-to-earth hard facts of every existing 3D printing technology I can find, as well as the state of the industry making those technologies, and the pioneers who are innovating their application. As I hope to have conveyed in this interview, everybody with an interest and stake in 3D printing now needs to strike a careful balance between realism and future possibility, and more than anything I hope that 3D Printing: Third Edition does that.
3Ders: And will there be a fourth edition?
Chris: If there is a demand for it, then yes, I'll be back with another update in late 2018. And by which time I think the 3D printing industry will look very different than it does today.
Readers looking to get a taste of 3D Printing: Third Edition before buying can download its preface and first chapter for free. More info about the new book can be found on on Christopher Barnatt's website.


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A groundbreaking study of Chabad-Lubavitch's impact on university campuses throughout the United States was released this week, the first time that independent researchers have systematically examined the movement's impact on students. The independent study was commissioned by the Hertog Foundation. (Photo: Dovid Birk)
A groundbreaking study of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement's impact on university campuses throughout the United States was released today, the first time that independent researchers have systematically examined Chabad's transformative impact on students during and after college.
Commissioned and funded by the Hertog Foundation in New York, the study was conducted by noted social scientists Dr. Mark I. Rosen and Dr. Steven M. Cohen, along with Arielle Levites and Dr. Ezra Kopelowitz. Over a period of three years, they analyzed survey data from more than 2,400 alumni under the age of 30 and conducted extensive in-person interviews with students, parents, faculty, university officials, and local Chabad and Hillel leaders at 22 campus Chabad centers. The Hertog Study of Chabad on Campus gauges Chabad's post-college impact according to 18 different measures of Jewish engagement, and details the means and methods that produce that engagement.
According to Cohen, research professor of Jewish social policy at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion and director of the Berman Jewish Policy Archive at Stanford University, the study is a pivotal one: "In the context of American Jewry's legitimate concern for its Jewish future, this is a vital study that's coming at the right time."
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The study reveals that Chabad on campus is having a significant and lasting effect on the long-term Jewish engagement of students from all backgrounds.
The data indicates that "students' involvement with Chabad on campus has a very strong impact on their Jewish lives after college," states Rosen, associate professor and director of field-experience programs at the Hornstein Jewish Professional Leadership Program at Brandeis University and the lead author of the study. "The impact is across the board, and is actually strongest for those who were raised Reform or unaffiliated."
The study reported that those raised Reform who were active with Chabad had a 113 percent increase in their overall engagement compared to their counterparts who hadn't been active with Chabad during college—2.13 times higher. For students raised with what they termed "no denomination," Jewish engagement was 107 percent higher, and those raised Conservative measured 63 percent higher than students not active with Chabad.
Many Students From Unaffiliated Homes
Dr. Mark I. Rosen of Brandeis University
From USC and Arizona State to Harvard and Yale, campus Chabad centers have sprung up at nearly every American institution of higher education with Jewish students. The Chabad centers are directed by Chassidic couples who by appearance stand out among the college crowd—the rabbi sporting a beard, his spouse and co-director modestly dressed, both with young children in tow.
The study empirically confirms that the large numbers of young Jews attracted to Chabad centers on campus hail overwhelmingly from backgrounds very different than those of the emissaries who influence them. The study found that 88 percent of Chabad on campus attendees do not come from Orthodox homes, with a significant portion not affiliated at all. Those unaffiliated are described by the study as "usually the most difficult group for most Jewish organizations to attract and engage."
"It's counterintuitive that they would show up at all," says Rosen.
Cohen, a seasoned researcher who has been studying the Jewish community for decades, points out that some within the broader Jewish community have been under the assumption that "to reach young Jews who are distant, you need other Jews who are distant to attract them.
"[But what] we're seeing here is that you do not have to be assimilated to reach other assimilated Jews. In fact, Chabad shows that it's actually better to be engaged and Jewishly learned to succeed."
And although this population is "clearly hard to reach," adds Cohen, once engaged with Chabad, "they travel far."
Dr. Steven M. Cohen, director of the Berman Jewish Policy Archive at Stanford University
Making Personal Connections
So what actually draws students to check out Chabad at college?
The Hertog report reveals that the first encounter is often the result of a friend's recommendation to join Chabad's plentiful Friday-night Shabbat meals or convivial holiday programs, where they are warmly welcomed to what alumni described as a "homey" atmosphere. It's also fun.
The social scene on Friday night was variously described by students as "cool, fun, hip, lively, vibrant, and exciting," states the study.
But what keeps them coming back afterward is "personally connecting with the rabbi or rebbetzin in some fashion," says Rosen, author of several books and numerous publications, including an important study of the campus Hillel organization.
The study finds that it is the "extraordinary level of concern" shown by the emissaries toward each individual that establishes the students' "foundation for Jewish growth."
That personal care, Rosen says, affects pivotal life decisions by students, such as dating and marrying Jewish.
Other ways in which the impact was measured include a belief in G‑d, post-college participation in Jewish learning, an emotional attachment to Israel and donating to Jewish causes.
The report reveals that first encounters with Chabad on campus are often the result of a friend's recommendation, where they are warmly welcomed to what alumni describe as a "homey" atmosphere. And what is warmer than Havdalah? (Photo: Chabad on Campus International)
Strong Roots, New Growth
Chabad-Lubavitch's work on American college campuses stretches back to the 1940s and `50s, when the Sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe—Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, of righteous memory, and his successor, the Rebbe—Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory—sent rabbinical students to campuses to serve as resources for Jewish students.
The Rebbe spent many hours personally meeting and corresponding with Hillel student groups and individual students, answering their existential questions, guiding them in their campus challenges, and urging them towards greater Jewish observance and pride. He charged the Chabad-Lubavitch movement and other Jewish groups with the urgent responsibility to meet the various needs of Jewish students. He also counseled Jewish organizations on creative ways to engage campus students Jewishly.
The data suggests that those with moderate and high levels of participation in Chabad come closer to the mainstream Jewish community in the post-college years. (Photo: Chabad on Campus International)
Chabad outposts worldwide dedicated significant resources and attention to student outreach. In the late 1960s, efforts began to establish permanent student-focused centers near major American academic institutions across the United States, beginning with UCLA in 1969. By 2000, there were some 35 permanent Chabad-Lubavitch student centers in the United States, and the movement's emissaries provided student programming at more than 100 college campuses.
The last decade-and-a-half has seen significant growth in the number of full-time Chabad student centers, in large part due to the pioneering charitable investment of philanthropist George Rohr and his family. Today, the Chabad-Lubavitch movement has 264 permanent campus centers, serving students at 500 schools across the globe. That number continues to grow, with several in the pipeline at any given time.
One eyewitness to the growth and evolution of Chabad on campus has been Rabbi Menachem Schmidt, co-director of Lubavitch House at the University of Pennsylvania and president of Chabad on Campus International, the umbrella organization for campus-based Chabad work. He and his wife, Chava, founded the campus Chabad House in 1980 and just recently celebrated extensive new renovations on the building.
"When we first came to Penn, people really didn't know what to make of us," says Schmidt. "Today, a student might come to Penn while his or her friends are at the University of Michigan, Stanford, or Miami, and they'll all share their respective experiences at the Chabad Torah class or challah bake or 'Shabbat 1000.' That's a big change from 36 years ago.
"But the foundational approach of what we do on campus hasn't changed at all," says the rabbi. "Making personal connections, forming friendships, being there in a student's time of need and sharing the treasures of Judaism—all of which come directly from the Rebbe's teachings and example—remain very much the same."
Torah classes, one-on-one study, the Sinai Scholars program and other Jewish learning opportunities are available to students and led by Chabad. (Photo: Chabad on Campus International)
Creating a Welcoming Environment
The impetus to study Chabad's effect on campus did not originate from the movement. That came from investor and philanthropist Roger Hertog, president of the Hertog Foundation and chairman of the Tikvah Fund.
Hertog says he long wondered about "the efficacy, the value of the impact on students coming to Chabad Houses." Conversations with Chabad on campus leadership eventually led him to engaging researchers to systematically gather and evaluate data about its work on campus.
Almost four years later, Hertog notes that what surprises him most is that "Chabad is able to reach across lines and create a welcoming environment for young people, and then get them interested in learning more."
"I think it will make the donors and all the people involved proud of what they're doing," says Hertog.
Studing Torah (Photo: Chabad on Campus International)
George Rohr, who serves as chairman of the board of advisers of Chabad on Campus International, concurs.
"Over the years," says Rohr, "many friends from across the denominational spectrum who have college-age children have asked me questions like 'Why is my cool, independent, fun-loving, intellectually curious child at XYZ college so attracted by this couple who appear to be so different than him or her?' This study answers those questions."
Examining the factors that contribute to Chabad's success, the authors delved deeply into the goals and modus operandi of the campus emissaries. They explored how emissaries encourage students to adopt Jewish practices, assessing whether they are in any way coercive; they examined Chabad's approach to the public role of women, emissaries' overall compatibility with college populations, their relationships with college administrations, their budgets and fundraising responsibilities, and their opinions on the role of Hillel on their campuses.
The researchers discovered what they describe as the emissaries' "complete acceptance" of students, and how despite their "scrupulous and unwavering personal observance" they "do not consider students who do not follow these practices to be any less Jewish [than they are], and they do not impose these practices upon them."
This and a series of traits and behaviors, including intellectual and spiritual depth, authenticity, modeling a strong personal example while demonstrating a flexible, personalized approach to each student converge to form a deeply resonant experience for the student—one that has a powerful and long-lasting impact on his or her life.
Putting up a sukkah on campus (Photo: Chabad on Campus International)
"There are many external things—great food, warmly greeting people—that are practiced elsewhere, too," explains Rosen. "But there's a lot that Chabad does that is not easily replicated: The dedication, devotion and commitment of the rabbis and rebbetzins in both their work and personal lives. The way their entire family is involved. The Talmudic wisdom. The Chassidic teachings. The teachings of the Rebbe. Can you take a few ingredients and apply them? Sure. But can you bake a cake without all of the ingredients?"
Hertog says that he is particularly taken by the study's portrayal of female Chabad emissaries, with whom students often forge deeper bonds even than with the rabbi. "Her role is unheralded in the Jewish world in how giving she is," states Hertog. "Given all she does as a mother caring for her children, often cooking for very large numbers of people, and on top of that, to have students coming in at all hours of the day, every day, and to engage with them. That's a pretty impressive finding."
Rosen says that the biggest surprise for him was "how long so many students stay in touch with their campus Chabad representatives after college. Generally, few students stay in touch with their college faculty after they graduate. But 60 percent—that's three out of five students—were in touch with the Chabad rabbi or his wife during the previous 12 months. You keep your rabbi and rebbetzin after college. That's quite remarkable."
"It's gratifying that this landmark study confirms empirically what many of us have long known instinctively," says Rohr. "The reason behind Chabad's success on campus is the utterly selfless dedication and hard work of every single emissary—both the husbands and the wives—and their unconditional love for each student. Their sincerity and self-sacrifice is incredibly compelling to students, and their warmth allows these students—whether or not they agree with the emissaries on a variety of subjects—to form lasting and rewarding relationships with them."
Chabad emissaries see one of their most important roles as opening up their homes to Jewish students and modeling observant Jewish family life for them. Young children are active and involved in Chabad events. (Photo: Chabad on Campus International)
History and Continuity
Both Rosen and Cohen say the Hertog study is an important report to be read by people who care about the future of the American Jewish community and Jewish continuity. Professor Jonathan Sarna of Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass., agrees, saying the findings point to a changed atmosphere on campus.
"Go back a generation ago to when Yitz Greenberg wrote about universities as the death knell of Judaism. You had Jewishly committed students who were going to college and leaving their Judaism behind," explains Sarna, a leading Jewish historian and author of American Judaism: A History, and most recently, of Lincoln and the Jews. In this study, "we see today's students coming to college uninterested in Jewish life and become turned on to it, rather than the reverse."
Sarna believes that the effects of the life-long investment of the Chabad campus emissaries will be increasingly felt throughout the Jewish world.
Many students are introduced to tefillin and have the opportunity to don them, assisted by rabbis and oftentimes their own peers. (Photo: Chabad on Campus International)
Reciting prayers over candles before Shabbat (Photo: Chabad on Campus International)
"Chabad rabbis are there to stay forever," he says, "so they develop a history and continuity with the institution. They're there for the long haul. With so many of the Chabad centers relatively new now, we'll likely see a yet far larger Chabad impact 20 years from now."
Echoing Sarna's projections, Rabbi Yossy Gordon, executive vice president of Chabad on Campus International, says: "This news bodes well for the Jewish future."
All told, Chabad's work both on campus and in communities around the world stems directly from what Hertog calls "the Lubavitcher Rebbe's big idea."
"The Rebbe had a big goal, a vision, to look and see something in every Jew, no matter how observant they are," he says. "Sending [religious] young men and women [and their families] to cities or campuses not only around the United States but all over the world, that is a profoundly big idea. That you can bring Jewish people closer to Judaism and that each person has something to offer, that's an idea that is alive today as it was when the Rebbe was alive, and will continue on."
Male students tend to form close relationships with the rabbis, while female students develop strong bonds with their wives. The data shows that these relationships continue long after college is over. (Photo: Chabad on Campus International)
Challah-making is a popular activity on campus, a skill that emissaries hope women take with them when they leave college and eventually start families of their own. (Photo: Chabad on Campus International)
The likely impact of involvement with Chabad during college is pervasive, affecting a broad range of Jewish attitudes and behaviors. These include religious beliefs and practices, Jewish friendships and learning, communal involvement, dating and marriage, an emotional attachment to Israel and the importance of being Jewish. (Photo: Chabad on Campus International)
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Google's camp on climate change confirms many of our fears
Did the meeting of the minds to discuss the global climate emergency end up doing more harm than good…
The billionaire creators of Google, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, recently invited a number of A-listers and other well-known tech entrepreneurs to a luxury resort in Sicily for a three-day event for the 7th annual Google Retreat, which this year focussed on fighting climate change. The event is intended to be 'top secret' and attendees are reportedly not allowed to bring phones with them, but clearly all obey the rules as several images of the event have been leaked into the public domain.
As images were released, it became clear why the event was intended to be private; celebrities were captured arriving at the event in private jets and cruising around in Maseratis. Unsurprisingly, they have been criticised for their chosen methods of transport to and whilst at the resort, for what was intended to be an event addressing the global climate emergency. It has been reported that 114 private jets were chartered to transport guests to the retreat, which has been estimated to have produced up to 100,000 kilograms of CO2.
It is extremely ironic that the attendees of an event on climate change, which includes some of the most outspoken personalities on the matter, such as Leonardo Di Caprio and Orlando Bloom, chose to travel to the event in this manner.
It is unsurprising that, at a gathering of the rich and famous there were also many well-known superyachts – Rising Sun, Andromeda and Infinity were among the yachts spotted in the nearby bay – which as much as we don't profess them to be, are not the most eco-friendly means of travel to such an event.
So, considering the nature of the gathering, why would public figures choose to travel in this manner? It appears to me that, while many UHNWIs proclaim to care about climate change, they seem unwilling to actually take action. Katy Perry, for example, who has appeared in videos for UNICEF talking about climate change, was spotted driving around in a Maserati SUV. If she genuinely did care about this issue, wouldn't she have looked into using a more ecologically-responsible method of transport?
Emma Thompson came into criticism recently for flying from the US to one of the recent climate marches in London. Her response was that people have been asking for eco-friendly transport methods for years but airlines have failed to offer any reasonable solutions. At a gathering of some of the brightest minds and visionaries in the world, why weren't they able to come up with a more responsible method of transport?
This highly-publicised PR blunder brings into stark contrast our industry's own internal debate. Many shipyards and OEMs are promoting evermore environmentally-friendly solutions but occurrences like this do bring into question whether superyacht owners are actually interested in buying them. Are clients generating enough demand for these niche operators to support the complex and costly R&D that will ensure the continued shift towards greener tech? Or, as with many incentives to drive new business, should the industry be taking the lead in 'educating owners'? It's certain an internal dilemma the industry is tackling head on, but one that is not helped by glaring errors such as the aforementioned farce.
Such events only justify the argument put forward in a previous article written on SuperyachtNews about the industry's need to take steps towards more ecological solutions purely because it is the right thing to do and not as a PR stunt. The guests at this event perfectly demonstrate this point; it is one thing to use their profile and social platform to spread a message they believe in, but if they aren't actually following through with their message, why bother with it in the first place? In some ways it affirms a rather depressing narrative that we sometimes fear to be true within our own industry – that some clients simply don't care about the environment. However, as we all know, challenges present market opportunities, and when it comes to the next generation, this is perhaps the greatest of all.
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The Finnish state railway company just changed their automatic announcement voice, discarding old recordings from trains. It's a good time for some data dumpster diving for the old ones, don't you think?
A 67-megabyte ISO 9660 image is produced that once belonged to an older-type onboard announcement device. It contains a file system of 58 directories with five-digit names, and one called "yleis" (Finnish for "general").
Each directory contains files with three-digit file names. For each number, there's 001.inf, 001.txt and 001.snd. The .inf and .txt files seem to contain parts of announcements as ISO 8859 encoded strings, such as "InterCity train" and "to Helsinki". The .snd files obviously contain the corresponding audio announcements. There's a total of 1950 sound files.
The file system seems to be structurally pointless; there's nothing apparent that differentiates all files in /00104 from files in /00105. Announcements in different languages are numerically separated, though (/001xx = Finnish, /002xx = Swedish, /003xx = English). Track numbers and time readouts are stored sequentially, but there are out-of-place announcements and test files in between. The logic connecting numbers to their meanings is probably programmed into the device for every train route.
Everything can be spliced together from almost single words. But many common announcements are also recorded as whole sentences, probably to make them sound more natural.
The audio files are headerless; there is no explicit information about the format, sample rate or sample size anywhere.
The byte histogram and Poincaré plot of the raw data suggest a 4-bit sample size; this, along with the fact that all files start with 0x80, is indicative of an adaptive differential PCM encoding scheme.
Unfortunately there are as many variations to ADPCM as there are manufacturers of encoder chips. None of the decoders known by SoX produce clean results. But with the right settings for the OKI-ADPCM decoder we can already hear some garbled speech under heavy Brownian noise.
For unknown reasons, the output signal from SoX is spectrum-inverted. Luckily it's trivial to fix (see my previous post on frequency inversion). The pitch sounds roughly natural when a 19,000 Hz sampling rate is assumed. A test tone found in one file comes out as a 1000 Hz sine when the sampling rate is further refined to 18,930 Hz.
There's still a high noise floor due to the mismatch between OKI-ADPCM and the unknown algorithm used by the announcement device, but it's starting to sound alright!
"Ladies and Gentlemen, as due to heavy snowfall, we are running slightly late. Please accept our apologies."
"Ladies and Gentlemen, an animal has been run over by the train. We have to wait a while before continuing the journey."
"Ladies and Gentlemen, the arrival track of the train having been changed, the platform is on your left hand side."
"Ladies and Gentlemen, we regret to inform you that today the restaurant-car is exceptionally closed."
Also, there is an English recording of most announcements, even though only Finnish and Swedish are usually heard on commuter trains.
One file contains a long instrumental country song.
In an eerily out-of-place sound file, a small child reads out a list of numbers.
This is something I've wanted to do with this almost melodically intonated announcement about ticket selling compartments.
Cool Thanks for sharing! Is it possible to decode all the files to mp3/wav? It would be cool to hack a simple site where you can interactively construct any phrase from the existing words.
Yes, I've decoded them in a similar manner.
Wow, this is great. Please please post more audio files. Would love to hear the ones in Finnish, and some of the odder ones in English, and the country song. These would all make amazing samples, and it's a cool archive.
Boris, i think that's exactly what Oona is trying to accomplish, but the encoding format is still not quite clear. I too would really like to have the whole sound library as usable and clear clips, but we'll have to wait. VR, the railway company, would do a culturally significant deed if they did release the sounds in an open and compatible manner. They are, after all, built on state money (mine included) so the could very well release some left overs to the people.
Also the old Finnish metro announcements are available!
Seems i have different bunch of announcements (for DKK), 5000+ sound files. Folder says "LÄHILIIKENNE". Files are dated to around 1999-2001, but format is same.
Kimmo, DKK=Digitaalinen KuulutusKone (=Digital Announcement Machine). KTL=KuulutustenTekoLaite (Announcement Producing Machine). I forgot to mention that the chip had a bug in recording ADPCM. You may need to add 127 (or 128, cannot remember anymore) to the values in order to produce clear sound. This may have been fixed in PC driver automatically - I don't know.
Since you now know which chip is used to generate the audio, this is probably out-of-scope. But I would anyhow have guessed the Stichting Mathematisch Centrum Intel/IMA adpcm codec. And reading the datasheet actually gives at hand that it probably is... Good luck.


Atari is a plush wombat with a passion for retro gaming. He enjoys nothing more than being behind his 1980's console and ridding the world of those dreaded space invaders!
Standing about 30cm tall by 18cm wide, Atari the Wombat is a plush creature made from felt, and firmly stuffed for that nice, solid, huggable feeling. He is hand-stitched and embellished with brass buttons.


At the western end of the seafront is the best preserved stretch of the original sea wall with its gate. Above that is the great bastion, from the 15th century, called "the Five Brothers," referring to five great cannons that protected the entrance to the harbor. To the right as you look to sea is the fortified islet called Bourtzi which is open to the public.
Representing a segment of the extended fortification of the city, Bourtzi castle was built on the islet Agios Theodoros in 1473 by the Venetians and was linked to the Akronafplia castle by chain, intended to prevent enemy vessels from approaching. Following the liberation of Greece from the Ottomans, this Nafplio landmark served as a retreat for public executioners before being converted into a luxury hotel. These days, it hosts cultural events.
Renowned to have 999 steps that lead to the top of the castle, but, in actual fact, totaling about 853, Palamidi castle stands as a Nafplio landmark and one of the city's most impressive sites. It was constructed in 1714 by the Venetians and features impressive fortification design comprised of eight bastions that operated independently. Even so, it fell to the Ottomans almost instantly following an act of betrayal.
The footprint of the original defensive wall and moat on the east side of the town is clearly visible, leading back to the 18th century bastion, and the Land Gate, which was in use until the beginning of the 20th century, has been faithfully rebuilt on its original foundations. You can see the drawbridge mechanism and the cart – worn cobbles.
The modernized museum occupies the former Venetian naval arsenal on the main square. It houses objects from nearby Bronze Age sites – Tiryns, Midea, etc. Its star attraction is the Dendra cuirass. Found in 1959 in the village of Dendra, this is a suit of Homeric body armor.
The lion is located in the Pronoia area. It was commissioned by King Otto's father, Ludwig, as a memorial to the Bavarian soldiers who died of typhoid in Nafplio in the 1830s. Six meters long, it was carved from the surrounding rock itself. In its unadorned simplicity it is striking and utterly moving.
Splendid views of the sunset and city are offered from this landmark. The Clock Tower, at Akronafplia castle, was first constructed during the reign of King Otto, blown up by Nazi German forces in 1944 because it apparently obstructed the firing range, and reconstructed in 1949. The original clock mechanism, which had been saved, was re-installed.
Nafplio served as the original capital city of the newly independent Greek state from 1829 until 1824. Today, the city is a picturesque seaside resort nestled among the orange groves of the Peloponnese. There is something of interest on nearly ever corner. A walk down narrow, meandering side streets will lead to unexpected slices of history. When you're done trying to tackle the not quite 999 steps of Palamidi Castle, take a break on the harbor with its panoramic view of the sea.


My name is Maxime Chouinard. I am a sword collector, museum professional and martial arts instructor living in Ottawa, Canada. I have been collecting antique swords for more than 10 years, regularly acquiring new pieces, and as a result, I also rotate them frequently. I have then created this website as a page to advertise the swords I am currently selling.
As I am not a professional dealer, I try to keep my prices relatively low. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or would like to make an offer. All swords are, to the best of my knowledge, genuine antiques. I do not sell fakes or replicas of any kind, and will include any repairs including replacement of parts in my listings. As a museum professional, I have a reputation to maintain and it is important to me to be absolutely honest about what I sell.
I am also open to negotiate the price on most of these swords, so don't hesitate to make me an offer.
Please note that I do not sell swords to people under 18, and I am not responsible for what you would choose to do after you acquire one. Swords are weapons and must be handled safely and responsibly.
Thank you for visiting this website and let me know if you have any questions. To be kept aware of new arrivals you can subscribe to this page, or simply send me an email and ask to be added to the mailing list.
I also sell on Ebay!
I was initially nervous ordering a sword that I hadn't handled and from another country, however my fears were unfounded. After purchase things proceeded like clockwork, regular correspondence and prompt delivery. Upon delivery the packaging was excellent, and the sword itself exactly as described. I wouldn't hesitate to purchase another sword from isellswords.com again. Fantastic service all round.
Do you buy? I inherited a French smallsword, a Spanish rapier and a main-gauche dagger, and I have no heirs who might be interested in them so I am looking to sell.
Hi Martin. I just sent you an email. Let me know if you don't receive it.


Agrees with and commits to the philosophy of the program – gradual yet progressive performance improvement over several years as well as the development of a well-balanced, successful person.
Can adapt and to our coaching methodologies and trust our experience and philosophies.
Has an unwavering desire to achieve full potential in mid or long distance running and the maturity and integrity to be a professional athlete in a team environment.
Possesses the athletic potential to develop into a national class mid or long distance runner.
Understands and is committed to the long-term focus (2 - 4 years) and commitment necessary to reach maximum performance ability.
Possesses a "champion's mentality" and enjoys competition.
Believes that further improvements can be made at distances from 1500m, 5,000m and 10,000m as well as long distance events.
Should be very durable with no or few injuries in the past.
Must get along well with others and exhibit mental maturity.
Would never consider or use illegal performance enhancing drugs.
Athletes who are USA citizens and have met one or more of the above performance standards within the last 18 months and are interested in becoming an ASICS GTC-ELITE athlete should submit the application @ http://www.gtc-elite.org/apply.html.


EECS researchers develop, verify, and field high assurance information systems. Expertise includes theoretical modeling, synthesis and verification, security modeling and analysis, network and database security. Additionally, researchers explore user privacy and security issues in centralized, distributed, and Web environments. Expanding leading-edge cyber security and defense mechanisms earned EECS a federal National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education designation.
Understand the cryptographic foundations of information security.
Understand and able to employ common encryption/decryption protocols.
Understand the fundamental principles, models and algorithms in information and systems security.
Understand the risks, vulnerabilities, threats, and attacks in computer and communications systems.
Understand the state-of-art protection and defense mechanisms, and the theoretical foundations behind the mechanisms.
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Understand user privacy issues and protection mechanisms, in centralized, distributed, and Web environments.


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Karma preprocessor to scan HTML-based server side templates for embedded AngularJS templates, and convert the AngularJS templates to JS for use in unit tests.

This is useful for *[testing directives](https://github.com/vojtajina/ng-directive-testing).*

Based on [karma-ng-html2js-preprocessor](https://github.com/karma-runner/karma-ng-html2js-preprocessor).

Module name left long intentionally.

## Installation

`npm install karma-ng-server-side-template2js-preprocessor`

## What This Module Does Not Do

* **It does not compile your server-side templates.**  Thus, if you have template code within any of your AngularJS
templates, it will be rendered raw.  Try [Protractor](https://github.com/angular/protractor)?
* It does not understand anything that doesn't at least vaguely look like HTML.  Karma runs in browsers and browsers need HTML.  Templating languages like Jade do not run in browsers unless compiled.  If you want to use a Jade template, compile it, and hand the resulting HTML to Karma.

## What This Module Actually Does

* It takes some sort of HTML-like server-side template and extracts the [AngularJS templates](http://docs.angularjs.org/guide/templates) from it.  Given an EJS template (for example), `foo.ejs`:

```html
<script type="text/ng-template" id="bar">
  <div ng-repeat="herp in derp">
    <!-- ... -->
  </div>
</script>

<script type="text/ng-template" id="baz">
  <ul>
    <li ng-repeat="apples in oranges">
    <!-- ... -->
    </li>
  </ul>
</script>

<%- // EJS garbage in here, but we ignore it %>
```

and a Karma configuration containing:

```js
preprocessors: {
  '**/*.ejs': ['ng-sst2js']
},

ngSst2JsPreprocessor: {
  moduleName: 'myTemplates'
}
```

It will produce a module named `myTemplates` which can then be loaded by your unit tests.  Templates `bar` and `baz` will live in your [`$templateCache`](http://docs.angularjs.org/api/ng/service/$templateCache) service.

They can then be used like so:

```js
'use strict';

describe('myDirective', function () {

    beforeEach(module(
        'myTemplates',
        'myModuleContainingDirective'));

    it('has templates', inject(function ($compile, $rootScope) {
        // myDirective leverages the "bar" template
        var markup = '<my-directive></my-directive>',
            compiled,
            scope = $rootScope.$new();
        compiled = $compile(markup)(scope);
        scope.$apply();
        expect(compiled.find('div').attr('ng-repeat')).to.equal('herp in derp');
    }));
});
```

*(Note: example has not been tested; something similar has, so something similar should work, at least.)*

## TODO

See [issues](https://github.com/boneksull/karma-ng-server-side-template2js-preprocessor).

## Author

[Christopher Hiller](https://boneskull.com) <boneskull@boneskull.com>

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Is there a Social responsibility in Business as well?
Traffic sense is metro's are going off day by day in India. People are driving crazy with all high end bikes and cars. Our infrastructure is not ready to take the load. The increased CAR-SALES is heading towards long traffic jams, high polution, more oil price and Global Warming. can you think what is the root cause?
In my opinion, the first component is the real estate boom. Every third localite who had land in any of the big cities is a millanior now. The first thing they do, after selling their land in crores; is buying a big car.
The second most influential component is the IT industry people. Most of the IT guys live in a separate world which is almost disconnected to the real world. Most of the IT guys are aged between 20-30 year. They are either bachelor or have tiny families. Almost 85% of this population thinks that they can get service if they pay the money. They also assume if something is highly costly, it will have good quality. Most of them never validate the prices before buying anything and also they don't prefer to bargain.
And what is happening because of this? – Business is going profitable. Think of a global jeans brand. What do you think? they import the clothes for you in India? NOOOOOOO. The clothes are made by local vendors or made in local unit using local raw threads. But Yes Offcourse the TAG qulaity is maintined though.
Who is responsible for the increased CAR SALES? – it's the BANKs. The bankers now providing Car loan without much headache. You can get a car for as small as 1000/- down payment.
After reading this till here you must be thinking what I am trying to say here?
I just want to convey here to all that Start living in the real world friends. Realize your social responsibility. Stop paying more for what is not worth. Ask for valid reasons. Think from the perspective of a common man even if you have enough of wealth. Make this earth a better place to live.
Real Estate prices dropping heavily in Hyderabad.
Sandeep Joshi is a full stack transformation leader with a successful track record of advising executive leaders on enterprise transformation, scaling innovations, building high performing engineering teams and delivering business outcomes.


ANIMALS AS LEADERS is rated 4.2 out of 5 by 18.
Rated 5 out of 5 by AAL come back from Great performance by AAL Incredible performance and what an amazing venue. See you at Koko next year?!
Rated 4 out of 5 by neuk01642 from AAL - A lesson in the technical art of exceeding expectation. So been waiting for this for a while. Bought the ticket on day of release as I absolutely wanted to cement my place at AAL's only UK show. The venue was intimate enough to have have a really electric atmosphere the pit, heaving as you'd hope at a gig like this (I'm past the point where my ageing frame can withstand the demands so I staked my claim to a spot centre stage just off the back of the madness). Nick Johnstone, a great addition to the bill. Exceptional guitarist and got the crowd warmed up nicely with some stellar playing and some amazing tone. The other support, not at all familiar with and really didn't grab me, however I was in the minority and the vast majority of the crowd... frankly went off! Then to the main event. Percussive, precise, brutal, melodic, harmonic. An amazing juxtaposition of contradictions the AAL sound. So unbelievably locked in together and yet still full of the raw aggression you really want. Playing a good selection from their new album plus all the classics from their back catalogue they were everything I'd hoped for and so so much more. It's only my second gig back in the saddle after 8 years bringing two small kids up with my wife, and all I can say is gig number 3 is going to have to go some to top this. Quality evening, quality band.
Rated 4 out of 5 by Amyontherocks from Pleasantly surprised Having not heard much of the band prior to the show (went with a friend who is a fan) I have to say I wasn't sure what to expect. They did not disappoint!!! Firstly the support acts were a solid choice, complimentary to the band's style without being carbon copies. So, Animals as Leaders...(I am not a music boffin, so forgive the ignorance) A group of unbelievably talented musicians who's skill will leave you bopping your head one second and baffled in the next. Occasionally it's like each member is playing an entirely different song (but in the most wonderful way) and just like any expert, once they get going they could easily leave you confused. Then, just as easily, the tangents form seamlessly back into a rhythm and you understand exactly what they were talking about in the first place. In terms of style, I think anyone who can understand talent and skill will instantly love this band, particularly if you've got a bit of a soft spot for borderline psychedelic metal with hints of classical guitar, jazz drums and funk. You have to see them to understand it. Just don't expect to sing along, this band have no vocals and they certainly don't need them. Each song can hold your attention without the need for a catchy hook.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Lexz from Intervals were fantastic What a treat this gig turned out to be. Small venue with incredibly good bands. Intervals, the support band was tremendous. Tunes were melodic through to rock'n and wow are they something to see. The level of musicianship was as high as it gets. The band was actually pretty cool too, friendly and funny, banter and all round nice guys. Seriously, such a surprise to see a band with such a great attitude, a real treat. Highly recommend to anyone and everyone out there. They are what a band should be. After that, Animals as Leaders were OK, I suppose. They were way too loud for a venue of that size and it really stopped me from enjoying their set. I have good quality ear plugs and they were largely rendered useless. I left have way through their set as a result. The last gig I went too that I left because it was painful was about 5 years ago. I go to loads of gigs and I rarely complain about volume so, seriously, way too loud. Great crowd in Leeds too. No trouble and everyone looked to be having a great time. It was my first time too The Keys nightclub. Great Venue! Overall, even with my volume winging, I have to give this gig full marks. One of the best gigs I have been too in years.
Rated 5 out of 5 by stankypops from Excellent event Great venue, just the right size. The band was perfect live, nothing negative to say. Thoroughly enjoyed the experience.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Duncanlateo from Outstanding I think I witnessed 3 geniuses at work tonight - outstanding gig.
Rated 5 out of 5 by jobones from Amazing!!!!!!! I went with friends who hadn't heard of the band before, but now they are huge fans like me.


Today we celebrate the International Day for Biological Diversity. Its theme, Water and Biodiversity, coincides with the designation of 2013 as the International Year of Water Cooperation and highlights the indispensible role of nature in our water security and the sustainable development of our planet.
Water is life. Our well-being, food security, health, sanitation and most economic activities directly depend on it – but it is nature that makes it possible for us to use it.
Nature provides us with infrastructure that complements man-made levees, dams, canals and reservoirs in a cost-effective and sustainable way.
Aquifers, soils, lakes and wetlands store water. Wetlands and soils filter it. Rivers transport it. Floodplains and wetlands lower flood peaks in downstream cities. Mangroves, coral reefs protect coasts against storms and flooding. All of these services from nature contribute to our water security, our health and our livelihoods.
Where ecosystems degrade, biodiversity is lost and so is the precious natural infrastructure we depend on. If we fail to account for ecosystem services - invest in them, protect them and sustain them – we will no longer be able to rely on them for our water security and sustainable development. If we invest in nature and its services, it will offer us solutions for water security and other development challenges.
Through the EU-funded BIOFRESH project, IUCN is providing key scientific data on the status and trends of global freshwater biodiversity to develop an information platform for scientists and ecosystem managers from around the world.
IUCN is also supporting biodiversity research for the Trans-boundary Waters Assessment Programme (TWAP). We assess the state of trans-boundary basins in order to prioritize their needs and direct funds where they are most needed. Using data from The IUCN Red List, IUCN is developing an index for the ecological condition of trans-boundary river ecosystems, and the threats they are facing.


For other people called Princess Alice of Bourbon-Parma, see Princess Alice of Bourbon-Parma.
Princess Alice of Bourbon-Parma (Italian: Alicia Maria Carolina Ferdinanda Rachael Giovanna Filomena; 27 December 1849 in Parma, Duchy of Parma – 16 January 1935 in Schwertberg, Austria) was the youngest daughter of Charles III, Duke of Parma and Princess Louise Marie Thérèse of France, the eldest daughter of Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry and Princess Caroline Ferdinande Louise of the Two Sicilies.
Archduke Leopold Ferdinand of Austria (1868–1935). He renounced his titles on 29 December 1902 and took the name Leopold Wölfling. He married thrice.
Archduke Joseph Ferdinand of Austria (1872–1942). He married first Rosa Kaltenbrunner and, after divorcing her, he married second Gertrud Tomanek, by whom he had issue. Both marriages were morganatic.
Archduke Peter Ferdinand of Austria (1874–1948). Married Princess Maria Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and had issue.
Archduke Heinrich Ferdinand Salvator, Prince of Tuscany (1878–1969). Major General in the Austrian Army. Married morganatically to Maria Karoline Ludescher and had issue.
Archduchess Anna Maria Theresia, Princess of Tuscany (1879–1961). Married Johannes, Prince of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein; their granddaughter married Count Hans Veit of Toerring-Jettenbach, son of Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark.
Darryl Lundy (10 May 2003). "Alix di Borbone, Principessa di Parma". ThePeerage.com. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
This page was last edited on 28 January 2019, at 19:54 (UTC).


Areas are available for gold panning and fossicking in New Zealand.
Alluvial gold (found in soil and sediments, usually around rivers and streams) is present within all the gold fossicking areas, although the concentrations are often low.
Location maps can be obtained from the Department of Conservation or the relevant district council office.


Sometimes I buy books because I need them for a current project. Sometimes I buy books because they are classics I recognize and feel like I should read them. Other books I buy books because they look interesting and I think I might get around to them someday.
James Riley's book, Sufferings in Africa, is just such a book. I purchased it in the early 2000's at the downtown Niantic branch of The Book Barn. It was a new book at a used book store, but doubtless overstock since it was significantly marked down.
In any case, I can now justify this purchase made a decade ago because I finally have read the book and enjoyed it thoroughly. I suppose this should assuage my conscience for boxing it and moving it three separate times.
Suffering in Africa is largely an account of the misery of travel across the Saharan desert. It describes the practices used by the camel caravans to survive and the struggle Riley and his crew had to maintain the will to live despite the depredations of the desert, the little hope of a positive outcome, and the misery of a dearth of melanin under a scorching sun.
The narrative drags a bit in spots, with more details than seem necessary and a good deal of imprecise description. However, it is helpful to remember that Riley was telling the story to an audience that did not have National Geographic, atlases, or Google to fill in details. He was also working through a language he picked up while a slave, which may have resulted in some confusion on his part in some of the details. Still, the topic and suspense are enthralling.
No doubt many contemporary readers will find some of Riley's depictions of his captors as stereotypical. (In fact, he may have helped create many of the stereotypes.) He describes some of the unreasonable arguments, tendency toward violence, and dishonesty among his captors in ways that will make the sensibilities of a citizen of the 21st century cringe.
This was an engaging book and well worth the time and energy to read it. There are parts that warrant a closer read than others, but in all, it is a gripping story.
The book's literary history is nearly as interesting as the narrative itself. This history is hinted at in the 1965 introduction, by Gordon H. Evans, which is included in the Lyons Press edition I read. This book was a favorite of Abraham Lincoln, who read it as a boy. At the time the book had sold approximately one million copies, which is astounding for that day since the population in the U.S. in 1830 was just under 13 million, with around 2 million of that number slaves.
McMurty goes on to argue that Riley's account, including his description of being evaluated as an object for purchase impacted Lincoln deeply. Thus, when at nineteen years old Lincoln made a trip to New Orleans and saw a slave market in full-swing, he was most likely significantly impacted. The wrongs done to Riley made the reality of the wrongs done to the black slaves more apparent. This was a book that was a powerful influence in the abolition movement.
This book is not, however, merely anti-slavery propaganda. As McMurtry points out, Riley's books was written prior to slavery being recognized as a critical political issue. Instead, it was a simple, personal account of an evil that was done, which increased rather than diminished its powerful impact on a future world leader.
Riley did return to the United States as an abolitionist. Toward the end of his volume, a section which has unfortunately been removed from the edition I own, he does speak out against the slave trade in the United States. He pledged himself, and apparently was effective in leading others to work toward ending the slave trade in the U.S.
This is a compelling call that is still important today.
Gerald McMurtry, "The Influence of Riley's Narrative upon Abraham Lincoln," in Indiana Magazine of History, Vol. 34, no. 2, June 1934: 133-138.