Policy responses to rapid change must consider complex combinations of social, environmental, political, and economic factors that can determine the future state of the Arctic. Quantitative scenarios offer a transparent and replicable approach to determining plausible combinations of factors that may result in different possible futures.
Policy decisions need to be informed by science that is not tucked away in the ivory tower but, rather, reflects real-world problems. Planning relevant research in a rapidly changing world—of which the Arctic is the epitome—is important to the well-being of society and the ecosystems. Forecasting is difficult, and best guesses are inadequate, but quantitative scenarios can systematically develop robust, plausible, and consistent pictures of multiple possibilities. This means research can be linked to different potential outcomes and agile policy strategies can be developed to account for more than one possible future state of the Arctic.
Figure 1: The future is influenced by many different factors. Precise predictions are difficult. Hence, it is more suitable to consider various scenarios.
Scenarios are pictures of the future that form 'a framework for what if–ing that stresses the importance of multiple views of the future in exchanging information about uncertainty among parties to a decision' . In contrast to forecasts—which narrow possibilities to the most likely—scenarios are designed to span the range of possibilities. In this way scenarios are also not visions of what we would like to have happen, but prepare us to respond to multiple possible circumstances.
Scenario techniques are well established as part of the futurist's toolkit [e.g., 1, 2]. There are many different nuances of scenario techniques, but broadly, these can be differentiated as either being qualitative or quantitative. Qualitative scenarios are generally based on the judgment, experiences, and creativity of one or more people. Quantitative scenarios offer a deeper analysis of underlying factors driving the future based on repeatable research, scoring, and calculation. In the best case, quantitative scenarios will also ensure that biases and opinions of project participants are either completely removed or significantly buffered by designing scoring processes such that the futurist may not be able to merely 'engineer' their most likely scenario. One quantitative scenario method is the Robustness-Analysis , an elaboration of the Consistency-Analysis . The Robustness-Analysis relies on an iterative process of collecting data through workshops and research to determine the Key Factors influencing the future state of—in this case—the Arctic. Quantifying combinations of the Key Factors allows projections of the possible future states (Future Projections). This process is open to diverse sources of expertise that allows a wider range of possible Key Factors, their Future Projections and the detection of "wild cards", or "black swans" – the unlikely but system transforming events that may be missed by too narrow of a focus or lack of knowledge. A Key Factor should lead to two to five Future Projections. Quantitative scenarios result from scoring the plausibility that a Future Projection will occur relative to all Future Projections of a given Key Factor and scoring the pairwise consistency of Future Projections from different Key Factors (Fig. 2). For example, projecting year-round heaving sea ice is not consistent with projecting increased Arctic shipping. Thus, each scenario for the future that is produced is a combination of possible future projections. Each scenario thus has a plausibility score, a consistency score, and robustness score, which directly denote the scenarios quality.
Figure 2: Two example key factors (Arctic shipping and Sea ice conditions) with their respective future projections and consistency scores shown. Scoring ranges from -2 to +2 with the former meaning entirely inconsistent future projections – these two futures cannot exist at the same time in the same place - and the latter indicating entirely consistent, in some cases dependent, relationships between the two future projections. Scores are combined in order to create possible future scenarios that can be evaluated and ranked relative to each other. All possible combinations of Future Projections for all Key Factors are assessed in terms of plausibility. Thus, a hypothetical "most plausible" overall future would include all Future Projections (one for each Key Factor) that received the highest plausibility scores, when viewed independently. However, this "most plausible" future is not necessarily internally consistent, given that Key Factors are not actually entirely independent of one another. Thus, the method also assesses consistency. Every possible combination of Future Projections (for pairs of Future Projections from different Key Factors) has a pairwise consistency score assigned based on the project participants' input and other pertinent research. The "most consistent" future would the one with the highest score based on all the pairwise consistency values described above. Finally, plausibility and consistency are combined into one score for "robustness". "Robust" sets of Key Factor Future Projections scored relatively highly in both consistency and plausibility. In other words, the "most robust" model output tells a story about a future that is both internally consistent and reasonably plausible in all its component parts.
Because scenarios span a range of possibilities, they then can shape agile research and policy strategies that are not as fragile as narrow strategies based on rigid assumptions about the future. More nimble strategies open to a wider array of possible futures can help shape the distant outcomes toward desirable states. Identifying a range of plausible scenarios facilitates the monitoring of early indicators of undesirable trajectories.
Scenarios have been used previously to assess developments in certain areas of the Arctic [e.g., 5, 6, 7]. Those projects yielded valuable insights for communities, industries, and policy-makers. SEARCH is bringing scientists and policy makers together to develop plausible scenarios of the future Arctic and the research needed to support policy decisions concerning those scenarios. Most recently, the Adaptations for a Changing Arctic project of the Assessment and Monitoring Program (AMAP) of the Arctic Council completed a three region review of ongoing adaptation processes and scenarios in the Arctic. For the Bering Chukchi Beaufort region report an extensive discussion of different types of scenarios was reviewed .
R.J. Lempert, S.W. Popper, and S.C. Banks (2003). Shaping the next one hundred years: new methods for quantitative, long-term policy analysis. RAND, Santa Monica, CA, USA. ISBN 0-8330-3275-5.
J.C. Glenn, and T.J. Gordon (2009). Futures Research Methodology – Version 3.0. The Millenium Project, Washington D.C., USA. ISBN 0-9818-9411-9.
J.E. Walsh, M. Mueller-Stoffels, and P.H. Larsen (2011). Scenarios as tools to understand and respond to change. In: North by 2020: Perspectives on Alaska's Changing Social-Ecological Systems. University of Alaska Press, pp. 19–40.
Mueller-Stoffels, Marc and Hajo Eicken (2011). Futures of Arctic Marine Transport 2030: An Explorative Scenario Approach. In: North by 2020: Perspectives on Alaska's Changing Social-Ecological Systems. Ed. by Hajo Eicken and Amy Lovecraft. University of Alaska Press, pp. 477–492.
Lovecraft, A.L. and B. Preston (Lead Authors) (2017). Arctic Scenarios. In Adaptation Actions for a Changing Arctic - Perspectives from the Bering/Chukchi/Beaufort Region, Chapter 8. Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), Arctic Council, Oslo, Norway.
L.W. Brigham (2007). Thinking about the Arctic's Future: Scenarios for 2040. The Futurist, World Future Society, Bethesda, MD, USA.


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Association analyses identify 38 susceptibility loci for inflammatory bowel disease and highlight shared genetic risk across populations
High-density mapping of the MHC identifies a shared role for HLA-DRB1*01:03 in inflammatory bowel diseases and heterozygous advantage in ulcerative colitis
Meta-analysis identifies 29 additional ulcerative colitis risk loci, increasing the number of confirmed associations to 47
Genome-wide meta-analysis increases to 71 the number of confirmed Crohn's disease susceptibility loci
Genome-wide association defines more than 30 distinct susceptibility loci for Crohn's disease
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We know very little about this particular school thus far. While bearing an address of Cheraw, the former school is actually located in the community of Cash near Cheraw State Park. In 1951 Governor James Byrnes developed a program to construct new elementary and high schools for African-American children throughout South Carolina. The construction was funded by the first general sales tax passed in the state and came in response to the Supreme Court case of Briggs v. Elliott, based out of Clarendon County, which challenged the South's stance on "separate but equal" education.
These schools became known as South Carolina Equalization Schools. Prince-Carr Elementary School is thought to have been constructed in 1953. The case of Briggs v. Elliot was the first of five cases to be combined into Brown v. Board of Education, the famous 1954 case in which the United States Supreme Court declared public school segregation unconstitutional.
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Our mission is to lead a global Community of physicians, scientists and allied professionals through education and research with the goal to better prevent and treat liver cancer.
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OLYMPIA, WASH. (Jan. 31, 2019) – House Bill 1556 to establish the Opportunities for Employment in Hospitality Grant was heard in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards on Thursday morning.
This bill directly supports the work of the Washington Hospitality Association Education Foundation as it works to break down barriers to employment and create public/private partnerships to help its workforce succeed.
Under the bill, the foundation will work with the Employment Security Department and the Department of Social and Health Services to connect prospective employees with employers, provide on-the-job training and offer wrap-around services with community partners, including job coaching and networking. Job seekers and employers will come together at four hiring events across the state.
Workforce development is a top legislative priority for the Education Foundation and the Washington Hospitality Association in 2019.
In 2018, the Education Foundation trained 857 employees with hospitality skills, and in the past two years, the foundation helped 485 candidates get hired in the industry, said David Faro, director of the Washington Hospitality Association Education Foundation. He said he hopes the momentum from this bill fuels even more tangible results in 2019.
Hospitality is the industry that serves. The Washington Hospitality Association Education Foundation's mission is to provide wins for the industry by helping our workforce succeed. The nearly 300,000 jobs the industry provides are the backbone of our state's economy. The foundation, the nonprofit arm of the Washington Hospitality Association, works to get employees into hospitality and train them to their highest potential because the industry is not successful unless its employees are successful.


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It sounds a lot like Donald Trump in 2016. But, in fact, that was Barack Obama in 2008.
Surprised? John G. Murphy, the senior vice president for international policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, told Paul Miller fellows that they shouldn't be.
While the Trump administration has been aggressive and vocal about wanting to clamp down on imports it says are harming American companies and industries, Murphy pointed out that beating up on trade has often been a bipartisan exercise.
As the Trump administration begins to dismantle the free-trade ethos that governed commerce the past few decades, the chamber will continue to advocate for the kind of agreements that have come under attack, he said.
He reviewed evidence on U.S. trading patterns – those with the 20 nations subject to free-trade agreements and those that aren't.
He also reviewed public opinion on trade issues. While it's true that trade has been a hot issue since the 2016 election, it's also true that Americans aren't deeply invested in their trade views.
Even after the anti-trade rhetoric of the 2016 election, far more Americans see foreign trade as "an opportunity for economic growth" than see it as a "threat to the economy," according to a Gallup poll Murphy cited.


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The Basics of Dominoes
Dominoes are a family of tile-based games. They are rectangular tiles that have two square ends, each marked with a spot with a number. When playing the game, you use these tiles to score points, by stacking them up until you reach a certain number. If you manage to collect all of your pieces, you win.
The origin of domino is disputed, but it is believed to have originated in France after 1750. The name is derived from the Latin word "dominus", which means "to fall." It is also thought to be related to a Venetian Carnival mask. Its name may have been inspired by this, as ivory domino pieces are black, just like a priest's hood.
It is possible that the game's name derives from a legend, but there are numerous competing versions of the origin story. Some say the game was invented by a hero named Hung Ming, and others believe that it was created by a man named Keung T'ai Kung in the 12th century. Other versions say it originated in China, but this version is not confirmed.
Many variations exist for the classic game of domino. The most basic version is for two players, with each player holding seven tiles. The tiles are laid out on an edge in front of the players, so that they can see their own tiles and the tiles of their opponents. Other variations use multicolored tiles. Some even use doubles as spinners.
The origins of the game are unclear, but the game was most likely invented in France in the 1750s. Its name originally referred to the long hooded cloak worn by priests. The pieces are usually ivory or black. As the game gained popularity, domino lingo emerged. The game now has slang terms and jargon that are used in discussions about game strategy.
There are several different types of domino games, but the most common ones are played by pairs or fours. The aim of the game is to get a number of points. Each player draws seven dominoes and then plays them into tricks, where each trick is worth one point. A trick occurs when a domino has more than one five-dot spot.
Domino rules are fairly simple. The goal of the game is to build a cell with at least one tile, which scores points. Players can play dominos either horizontally or vertically. The first player to reach 120 points wins.
Sets of dominoes
There are many different types of sets of dominos. For instance, there are double-seven sets, double-eight sets, double-ten sets, double-eleven sets, and double-twelve sets. The basic idea of a domino game is the same no matter the set. Each set of dominos contains two tiles, one for each suit. Each pips combination occurs exactly once in the set. Typically, a standard double-six set contains 28 tiles. These tiles are arranged in two rows of six, making the numbers on each side of the tiles distinct.
The original sets of dominos were ivory or bone. More recent sets have been made of stone or plastic. Some sets feature contrasting white and black pips. Other sets feature ebony or marble dominoes. The first known set of dominoes was created in the 17th century. Now, you can find domino sets in stone or plastic.
Scoring domino is a fun and challenging game. You must follow rules to be a winner. The game is played with two or more players. There are two basic game types: three-handed and four-handed. Each player must play one domino that matches the number of the domino in front of it in order to score points. The highest scorer wins.
Scoring domino is similar to blocking dominoes, but with a different strategy. In this game, players try to match rows of dominoes using only one tile. The player who matches the most pairs or fours wins the game. In addition to matching tiles, the player must also remember the game's rules so that he or she can win the game.


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import { Injectable }    from '@angular/core';
import { Headers, Http } from '@angular/http';

import 'rxjs/add/operator/toPromise';

import { Hero } from './hero';

@Injectable()
export class HeroService {
  public heroesUrl = 'app/heroes';  // URL to web api
  public headers = new Headers({'Content-Type': 'application/json'});

  constructor(public http: Http) { }

  getHeroes(): Promise<Hero[]> {
    return this.http.get(this.heroesUrl)
      .toPromise()
      .then(response => response.json().data as Hero[])
      .catch(this.handleError);
  }

  handleError(error: any): Promise<any> {
    return Promise.reject(error.message || error);
  }

  getHero(id: number): Promise<Hero> {
    return this.getHeroes()
      .then(heroes => heroes.find(hero => hero.id === id));
  }

  create(name: string): Promise<Hero> {
    return this.http
      .post(this.heroesUrl, JSON.stringify({name: name}), {headers: this.headers})
      .toPromise()
      .then(res => res.json().data)
      .catch(this.handleError);
  }

  delete(id: number): Promise<boolean> {
    let url = `${this.heroesUrl}/${id}`;
    return this.http.delete(url, {headers: this.headers})
      .toPromise()
      .then(res => res.ok)
      .catch(this.handleError);
  }

  update(hero: Hero): Promise<Hero> {
    let url = `${this.heroesUrl}/${hero.id}`;
    return this.http
      .put(url, JSON.stringify(hero), {headers: this.headers})
      .toPromise()
      .then(() => hero)
      .catch(this.handleError);
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}

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ALGON TO END MULTIPLE TAXATION, ILLEGAL ROAD BLOCKS – NEC JULY 15, 2021
Obiora Orji
The Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) has revealed that it will end multiple taxation of goods and services as well as illegal roadblocks across the country. The association revealed this in a statement signed by its national secretary for publicity, Mr. Solomon Onah, and released on Wednesday in Abuja, after the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held in Enugu. The association said it was taking the initiative in collaboration with the National Multiple Anti-Taxation Scheme (NAMTAXS) and the National Transit Insurance Scheme (NATIS). The initiative, the statement said, would optimally respond to food security challenges, lower the cost of goods and curb inflation in the country. "It will also strengthen the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of local governments and regional councils in collaboration with federal and state governments and other stakeholders. "NEC is pleased that the projects seek to bring all road users together and capture them in its tax net. "NEC has also set up a five-person committee to properly harmonize all modalities for their launch and report back in two weeks for implementation," the statement said. The statement said that NEC also asked the contractor running their comprehensive primary health care centers to come back to the site within a week and ensure that they have delivered an additional 300 PHC to them by the end of the year at the latest. August 2021. "On the issue of ALGON's Comprehensive Primary Health Care Centers, the NEC expressed dissatisfaction and dissatisfaction with the contractor regarding the limited and low number of centers running across the country. "NEC ordered the contractor, MM. Mathan Nigeria Limited, to return to the site within one week and that an additional 300 PHCs are expected to be completed, fully equipped and delivered to ALGON by the end of August 2021 at the latest. "NEC also reiterated that it will not hesitate to take the necessary measures to enforce compliance by the contractor," the statement said. The NEC appreciated all of its representatives when presenting its memoranda to the Senate and Federal House of Representatives zonal public hearings on the 1999 Constitution Amendment. He expressed the hope that favorable considerations would be given to the issues raised and also urged its members to continually engage members of states and national assemblies on issues which included, a uniform four-year term for all presidents in council. of local authorities and the conduct of local elections, on the scheduled date. Others were increasing the allocation of the Federation account to local governments to 35.5 percent, as well as repealing the joint account of state and local governments, in addition to its support for state police, in order to reduce the growing security challenges in the country. "On the sustainable paradigm shift to build capacity of members and collaborate with local and international agencies, NEC endorsed continued engagement with key stakeholders," the statement said. NEC also passed a vote of confidence on the National President of ALGON, the Honorable Kolade Alabi, for his inclusive leadership, he added.


I love having our own home and decorating for every holiday. It feeds my desire for beauty AND randomness!
Donated: 2 purses, a sweater, 3 gloves, 2 scarves and some faceplates I bought from the Habitat store before we switched to Decora.
My husband used to live in a small town next to Rutherford (where Giants stadium is) so whenever someone asked "Where is that!?" he'd say "Next to Rutherford."
So gorgeous. One may be our tree topper this year!
Dansk Mesa bowls about an inch deep. Oddballs.
The crystal bunny matches the one I bought last summer! I can't wait to reunite them next month. Google helped me identify the dogs as a maltese and a lab.
Love that Dansk pattern. Those shouldn't last long. You'll sell those quickly.


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Eggs are an excellent source of relatively cheap and high-quality nutrients for which many people are deficient, particularly proteins and lipids.
One egg contains:
The nine essential amino acids
One of the best high-quality proteins. Proteins are nutrients that are essential for the construction, maintenance and repair of body tissues such as skin, internal organs and muscles.
They are also the main components of the immune system and hormones
Lutein and zeaxanthin (for eyes)
Choline for the brain and for the nervous and cardiovascular systems
Ideally, it is better to eat eggs raw or at least cooked so as to keep the yolk liquid, such as poached or soft boiled. Nutritionally egg yolks are significantly richer than whites. It is important that the eggs are produced by hens raised outdoors with organic farming methods.
2. Oily Fish
Fish are a good source of protein because their flesh is much more digestible than meat from land animals including red meat.
Oily fish that live in cold water are rich in omega 3..
The best are anchovy, herring, mackerel and sardines because they are not subject to industrial farming.
Salmon and trout in the wild are also excellent sources of omega 3. But as they are usually farmed, unlike the others, their omega-3 content is lower.
Other oily fish like tuna are quite rich in omega-3 but as they are at the end of the food chain and have a much longer lifespan, they are likely to contain high levels of heavy metals (mercury particular) and pollutants such as PCBs, which are very soluble.
3. Kale (Curly Green Cabbage)
KKale is considered one of the most nutritious plants with powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.
It is very rich in beta-Carotene, vitamins A, C and K, and antioxidants, lutein and zeaxanthin. It is also an excellent source of calcium.
In general the whole cabbage family, including broccoli, Brussels sprouts and cauliflower has more or less the same nutritional qualities.
4. Almonds
Almonds are a rich source of vitamin E, containing 26 mg per 100 g. About 20 percent of the kernel is a high quality protein, one-third of which is composed of essential amino acids.
They are also rich in dietary fiber, B vitamins, essential minerals and monounsaturated fatty acids one of the two fats that can potentially reduce LDL cholesterol.
Like most nuts and seeds, almonds also contain phytosterols, associated with cholesterol-lowering properties.
5. Apples
"An apple a day .... " It is well known, is very good for health. They have unique nutritional benefits relating to their unique make-up, in particular:
low calorie content per 100g
richness in antioxidants. It has been shown that the antioxidant potential contained in 100 g of unpeeled apples would be equivalent to 1500 mg of vitamin C. These antioxidant compounds - flavonoids and polyphenols combined - added to the benefits of vitamin C, significantly reduce the growth of at least two types of cancer cells: those of the liver and the colon.
its specific content including fiber pectin which is an active fiber ingredient in apples that helps regulate intestinal transit, and improves the quality of the bacterial flora and the digestive function.
Regular consumption of apples reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer and asthma. However, it is important to eat organic apples or wash non-organic ones.
6. Red Fruits
They are very rich in flavonoids, a pigment responsible for the bright colors of fruits and flowers.
This pigment has two important properties:
It increases the resistance of the small blood vessels of the body,
it has antioxidant qualities that protect glial cells against damage caused by harmful free radicals. (Glial cells represent approximately 50% of brain volume and almost 90% of brain cells)
7. Kefir
Le kefir is a drink made from the fermentation of milk or sweetened fruit juices. It is a living food that provides trace elements and many species of micro-organisms.
It contains enough yeast and bacteria living to be considered as a "probiotic" , a substance beneficial to health, which favours to stimulate the intestinal flora and natural immunity.
Sprouted seeds undergo changes that make them more digestible. They are rejuvenating, rich in amino acids, vitamins, trace elements and fiber enzymes.They also have an antioxidative and alkalizing role .
They have nutritional properties far superior to dry seeds: the vitamin and enzyme content can be multiplied hundreds of times after germination.
9. Advocados
Avocados are an excellent source of monounsaturated fatty acids. Avocado oil also has a high content of alpha-linolenic acid (omega-3) whose presence contributes to a correct omega-3/omega-6 ratio
They also provide nearly 20 nutrients essential for good health, including the following :
Potassium (more than twice the amount found in a banana)
In addition, avocados help the body absorb lipo-soluble nutrients more efficiently, such as alpha and beta carotene and lutein contained in other foods eaten at the same time.
10. Algae (seaweed)
Algae are a natural source of food, especially in Asia. They provide many vitamins including: A, B1, B2, B6, niacin and C, and are rich in iodine, potassium, iron, magnesium and calcium. In addition microalgae grown commercially, including both algae and cyanobacteria, are marketed as. nutritional supplements, such as Spirulina and Chlorella.
Algae are national foods of many countries: China consumes more than 70 species, including the "fat choy", a cyanobacterium considered a vegetable, Japan, more than 20 species; Ireland, dulse, Chile the cochayuyo. Laver (Porphyra umbilicalis) is used to make "laverbread" in Wales where it is known as Bara Lawr, in Korea, gim, Japan, nori and aonori.
It is also used along the west coast of North America from California to British Columbia, Hawaii and by the Maori of New Zealand. Sea lettuce and badderlocks (Alaria esculenta) are salad ingredients in Scotland, Ireland, Greenland and Iceland.


What is it about these cameras that they demand the prices they do. They were very basic cameras (compared to the II) so is there something special other than weight or is it cult status?
Lightweight, rigid, and dead simple. "Cult status" helps too. They were not "small" production runs, but they were no Deardorff in terms of numbers, either.
Very nice cameras. If I were to get back into 8x10, I'd probably search one out.
I had a Phillips 8X10 (can't remember which model), and sold it because it gave me an inferiority complex. I'll eventually replace it with something I feel equal to.
They take better pictures than any other field camera. besides mine.
I know Linda Connor had one of the blonde originals, I can definitely understand the benefits for someone traveling as she did.
I've played with that 8x10 but own a 4x5. Sugimoto uses one too http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/09/arts/design/hiroshi-sugimoto-at-the-american-museum-of-natural-history.html?pagewanted=all. I have also managed to destroy a couple of wooden 4x5s so......all the Phillips are rigid as hell, elegantly simple in function, relatively light and made of extremely durable materials.
I feel exactly the same way about my camera.
tophat extension in order to shoot my 600C Fujinon. It's fast to set up and relatively stable in the wind. No rear swing. I have a Sinar for when I need all the bellsn' whistles.
Lightweight, rigid, and dead simple.
A replica of the original Compact design ought to be quite a bit simpler and less expensive to build than the Compact II sort-of-clones sold by Chamonix and Shen Hao. Maybe someone will be inspired to give it a try.
always goes back into the pack after each shot. His later cameras were obviously painted black.


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Syllabus: Human Rights and Media by Peter Lucas
In the Spring of 2009, Peter Lucas taught a graduate course about the international human rights movement with an emphasis on the crucial role that media plays in representing and responding to critical human rights issues. In the last decade, the convergence of new media technologies with the human rights movement has had a profound impact. This transformation has enabled the globalization process of human rights activism through the rapid distribution of web-based news, research, and visual representation. Digitalization has also crossed over with traditional media (television, print, film, photography, and radio) enhancing both the production and the distribution of human rights reports. The emerging interactivity between producers and consumers of human rights information is also changing as people once considered as objects of human rights reports are becoming subjects who are now creating, manipulating, and challenging dominant paradigms of media representation. This growing diversity has had serious social and cultural implications on
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Design of this playroom is inspired by Central Park in New York. We design a storage display cabinet that is graphical & 2 dimensional in nature, as an abstraction of the trees in Central Park. These storage cabinet is functional and it also gives a playful environment in the room.


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Peter's Market Kiszka is great for sandwiches. Slice Kiszka and place on your favorite bread and top with horseradish sauce. You can also eat it for breakfast. Slice Kiszka and remove casing. Place Kiszka in frying pan with butter. As the Kiszka browns, break-up the slices. Once browned, scramble in eggs.


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[Source: AnimeNewsNetwork] The story will follow Lupin and his partners in crime before they became a gang. They will infiltrate the high security of the Ark of Navarone, a gigantic fortress-like safe, to lay claim to the Crimson Heart of Cleopatra within. It is said that whoever possesses this treasure shall "unite the world."
The movie stars (from left to right in the images above) Tadanobu Asano as Detective Kōichi Zenigata, Gou Ayano as Goemon Ishikawa, Shun Oguri as Lupin, Tetsuji Tamayama as Daisuke Jigen, and Meisa Kuroki as Fujiko Mine. An original character, Lupin's nemesis Michael Lee, will be played by Jerry Yan (Meteor Garden) of the popular Taiwanese group F4. Other cast members include South Korean actor Kim Joon (South Korean Hana Yori Dango) and Thai actor Thanayong Wongtrakul (The Man from Nowhere).
The first live-action adaptation of Lupin III in four decades will open on August 30. The movie began filming on October 3 and finished principal photography on December 26. The production shot in Japan, Thailand, Hong Kong, Singapore, and the Philippines.
The film is now in the middle of the final steps of editing, and the staff aims to complete post production and the film itself at the end of June. Ryuhei Kitamura (Azumi) is directing the film, and Mataichirō Yamamoto wrote the script.
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Anthony April 21, 2014 at 10:44 PM
I'm wayyyy more interested in the new Lupin anime movie:
http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/04/17-1/video-teaser-for-lupin-the-iiird-daisuke-jigens-gravestone-anime-film


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1970s-80s Science Fiction & Fantasy Shōjo Manga Omnibus Features Moto Hagio, Keiko Takemiya
posted on 2017-04-29 16:45 EDT by Amanda Whalen
An omnibus volume of definitive science fiction and fantasy shōjo manga from the 1970's and 80's was recently published by Rittorsha on April 20. The volume includes the first printing of Moto Hagio 's short science fiction work The Unicorn's Dream in A5 size, Moto Hagio 's They Were Eleven , Keiko Takemiya 's Toward the Terra , and more.
Also included in the omnibus are 106 color cover illustrations contributed to Hayakawa Bunko by female manga artists and a variety of articles related to science fiction and fantasy.
Moto Hagio has been incredibly influential and is considered a 'founding mother' of shōjo manga. She was the first female manga artist to win Japan's Purple Ribbon, and won the Asahi Prize for the fiscal year of 2016.
Hagio was a guest of honor at Comic Con 2010, where she said she was inspired by science fiction authors Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, and Robert Heinlein. She also described how when originally breaking into the industry she was rejected by Kodansha , as they wanted "bright" and "lively" works, and hers frequently involved death and killing. She was later recruited by Shogakukan and says that now she is "killing people left and right."
The manga omnibus, Shōjo Manga no Uchuu SF& Fantasy 1970-80 Nendai (The Outer Space of Shōjo Manga SF& Fantasy 1970s-80s), can be purchased at Amazon JP and participating bookstores.
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Author Josepha Sherman (b.1946) died on August 23 following a year of deteriorating health. Sherman began publishing in 1986 with a "Find Your Fate" adventure book and the novel Golden Girl and the Crystal of Doom.
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SFWA member Samantha Henderson's "Maybe the Stars" is live at Drabblecast, part of Lovecraft Tribute Month: http://t.co/yypDll6u #
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Harry Harrison (March 12, 1925-August 15, 2012) passed away early today. Best known for the film Soylent Green, Harry was also a SFWA Grand Master, a pioneer of genre, and a colorful personality. He will be greatly missed.
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The future of humanity hangs in the balance as Kira Zo organizes a Resistance movement to overthrow the T'Akons, a powerful alien race.
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Luíz Leão de Carvalho (Cachoeira do Sul, 1 de novembro de 1907 − Porto Alegre, 17 de janeiro de 1985) foi um futebolista, treinador de futebol e dirigente esportivo brasileiro.

Conhecido por Luiz Carvalho (Luiz de Carvalho para a imprensa carioca), ou pelas alcunhas de "Rei da Virada" (girava o corpo rapidamente, sempre com a bola no pé e surpreendendo o adversário) e "El Maestro" (devido ao gol que marcou, em 1940, na grande vitória do Grêmio contra o Club Atlético Independiente da Argentina).

É ídolo da torcida do tricolor gaúcho, sendo o maior artilheiro em Grenal (17 gols) e esta entre os 10 maiores artilheiros do clube, com 160 gols (na quinta posição).

Iniciou a carreira aos dezesseis anos no Grêmio Football Porto Alegrense e ajudou o clube a conquistar 12 títulos nas décadas de 1920 e 1930, entre eles, dois campeonatos gaúchos: 1926 e 1931, além de vários títulos do Campeonato Citadino de Porto Alegre.

Em meados da década de 1930, transferiu-se para o futebol carioca, jogando no Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas e no Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama. Sua contratação para o Vasco foi na forma de "jogada de marketing" (talvez a primeira vez que explorou-se a imagem de um jogador de futebol). Os produtores de vinho do Rio Grande do Sul, com a intenção de aumentar o volume de vendas no mercado carioca, ofereceram de graça e com salários pagos o jogador ao Vasco e como a esmagadora maioria dos portugueses, apreciadores da bebida, eram vascaínos, associaram a imagem do jogador ao produto. Se os lucros dos produtores foram satisfatórios, não se sabe, porém, Luiz Carvalho acumulou mais dois títulos no seu currículo: os estaduais de 1934 e 1936 pelo Vasco da Gama. Também é deste período, suas convocações para a Seleção Brasileira de Futebol.

Após a sua aposentadoria, no início da década de 1940, ainda trabalhou como treinador de futebol. Mais tarde, virou membro da diretoria do Grêmio e em 1974, assumiu a presidência do clube para o biênio 1974-1975.

Pai de Marlene Carvalho, avô de Luiz Antonio Carvalho Beck e bisavô de Francisco Beck.

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Falecido em 1985, em julho de 2014 foi homenageado, pois o CT do Grêmio, construído no bairro Humaitá, foi batizado de Centro de Treinamento Luiz Carvalho.

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NEO Energy Acquires 14 North Sea Oil & Gas Sites
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NEO Energy, through its acquisitions, is expected to double its production, exclusively based in the United Kingdom, to 70,000 b/d of oil equivalent. A major step towards the short-term objective of producing 120,000 b/d.
NEO Energy targets production of 120,000 b/d
NEO Energy, the portfolio company of HitecVision, has acquired a number of non-operated oil and gas assets fromExxonMobil. The $1 billion transaction includes 21 assets, including 14 estates in the central and northern North Sea. But this price could vary depending on fluctuations in commodity prices. It could therefore be increased by approximately $300 million through contingent payments.
NEO Energy said these holdings would provide an additional 140 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe) of reserves. In total, the company hopes to produce 70,000 b/d this year. This is a major step towards the short-term goal of producing 120,000 b/d.
Becoming a UKCS leader
With these acquisitions, NEO Energy aims to become one of the top ten oil and gas producers in the UK. The objective is to become a leading exploration and production (E&P) company in the full UKCS cycle.
However, despite the continued interest in the Southern North Sea, the assets may not be easy to offload. They do come with an aging infrastructure and a significant decommissioning cost. This may be an opportunity to participate in the UK government's efforts to transform the UKCS oil and gas industry.
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Today's action followed a rich Congressional debate about the history of finance in America in this century, the causes of the banking crisis of the 1930's, the globalization of banking and the future of the nation's economy.
Administration officials and many Republicans and Democrats said the measure would save consumers billions of dollars and was necessary to keep up with trends in both domestic and international banking. Some institutions, like Citigroup, already have banking, insurance and securities arms but could have been forced to divest their insurance underwriting under existing law. Many foreign banks already enjoy the ability to enter the securities and insurance industries.
But consumer groups and civil rights advocates criticized the legislation for being a sop to the nation's biggest financial institutions. They say that it fails to protect the privacy interests of consumers and community lending standards for the disadvantaged and that it will create more problems than it solves.
''The concerns that we will have a meltdown like 1929 are dramatically overblown,'' said Senator Bob Kerrey, Democrat of Nebraska.
Others said the legislation was essential for the future leadership of the American banking system.
But other lawmakers criticized the provisions of the legislation aimed at discouraging community groups from pressing banks to make more loans to the disadvantaged. Representative Maxine Waters, Democrat of California, said during the House debate that the legislation was ''mean-spirited in the way it had tried to undermine the Community Reinvestment Act.'' And Representative Barney Frank, Democrat of Massachusetts, said it was ironic that while the legislation was deregulating financial services, it had begun a new system of onerous regulation on community advocates.
Many experts predict that, even though the legislation has been trailing market trends that have begun to see the cross-ownership of banks, securities firms and insurers, the new law is certain to lead to a wave of large financial mergers.
The White House has estimated the legislation could save consumers as much as $18 billion a year as new financial conglomerates gain economies of scale and cut costs.
Other experts have disputed those estimates as overly optimistic, and said that the bulk of any profits seen from the deregulation of financial services would be returned not to customers but to shareholders.
*Banks will be able to affiliate with insurance companies and securities concerns with far fewer restrictions than in the past.
*The legislation preserves the regulatory structure in Washington and gives the Federal Reserve and the Office of Comptroller of the Currency roles in regulating new financial conglomerates. The Securities and Exchange Commission will oversee securities operations at any bank, and the states will continue to regulate insurance.
*It will be more difficult for industrial companies to control a bank. The measure closes a loophole that had permitted a number of commercial enterprises to open savings associations known as unitary thrifts.
One Republican Senator, Richard C. Shelby of Alabama, voted against the legislation. He was joined by seven Democrats: Barbara Boxer of California, Richard H. Bryan of Nevada, Russell D. Feingold of Wisconsin, Tom Harkin of Iowa, Barbara A. Mikulski of Maryland, Mr. Dorgan and Mr. Wellstone.
In the House, 155 Democrats and 207 Republicans voted for the measure, while 51 Democrats, 5 Republicans and 1 independent opposed it. Fifteen members did not vote.
Tucked away in the legislation is a provision that some experts today warned could cost insurance policyholders as much as $50 billion. The provision would allow mutual insurance companies to move to other states to avoid payments they would otherwise owe policyholders as they reorganize their corporate structure. Many states, including New York and New Jersey, do not allow such relocations without the consent of the insurer's domicile state. But the legislation before Congress would pre-empt the states.
Both the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and the Prudential Life Insurance Company are in the midst of reorganizing into stock-based corporations that are requiring them to pay billions of dollars to policyholders from years of accumulated surplus. In exchange, the policyholders give up their ownership in the mutual insurance company.
The legislation would permit any mutual insurance company to avoid making surplus payments to policyholders by simply moving to states with more permissive laws and setting up a hybrid corporate structure known as a mutual holding company.
The provision was inserted by Representative Bliley at the urging of a trade association. It attracted little opposition because it was attached to a provision that forbids insurers from discriminating against domestic-violence victims.


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Kushner Cos., the family business of President Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner, received a loan of $184 million last November from Apollo Global Management, a firm whose founder, Joshua Harris, made several visits to the White House over the year, three people with knowledge of the matter told The New York Times. Harris met with Kushner multiple times to discuss infrastructure policy, but they also spoke about Harris possibly getting a job with the administration, which never happened. The Apollo loan was triple the size of the average Apollo property loan, the Times says. Citigroup also lent Kushner Cos. $325 million last spring after CEO Michael Corbat met with Kushner in the White House, reportedly to discuss financial and trade policy.
Jared Kushner met multiple times in the White House with leaders of at least two financial institutions that subsequently made large loans to Kushner's family real estate business https://t.co/bVb9n5UO4d pic.twitter.com/vnmmFKvZAL
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Identity and Access Management projects are very common nowadays. The interesting fact is that too many of them either vastly under-deliver or totally fail. I have been fighting in the IAM trenches for many long years and I have seen both successful and failed projects. It looks like to me that the IAM projects are surprisingly easy to ruin. I though that it would be good to summarize some of the worst mistakes.
Everybody knows the waterfall development model even though you may not know that it is called "waterfall". It goes like this: analysis -> design -> implementation -> testing -> deployment -> failure. This model is known to the software engineers since 1970s. And even back then it was considered to be fundamentally flawed and it was only documented to make a bad example. The interesting fact is that it is widely used until today. It is sometimes even recommended as a best practice. But that does not change anything about the fact that the process is flawed and that it is a recipe for almost certain failure.
Do not start your IAM project without any iterations in it. You may as well throw the money out of window. You IAM project needs to be decomposed into a smaller iterations. Each of the iterations needs to have its own small analysis, design, implementation, test and deployment. The iteration should not be longer than 3-5 months. Each of the iterations should provide a tangible value. Each of them needs to pass its own ROI assessment. If it does not then skip the iteration or stop the project. Plan first couple of iterations before the project starts and check ROI. If it fails then do not start the project at all and re-consider the choice of technology and delivery partner.
Are you using a commercial IDM product that has huge licensing cost and therefore you cannot proceed in iterations without ruining ROI? This has a very simple solution: do not use such product. The IAM market is crowded. If you look around a bit you can surely find a cheaper product. The capabilities of commercial IAM products are very similar therefore there are many options to choose from. If you do not want to change the product then ask for a discount. I have reports that many vendors are happy to discount the license fee by giving off 50% or even more. Or even better: go for open source product. Open source products have reached (and exceeded) the capabilities of many commercial IAM products during last few years. Licensing cost of open source is zero – by definition. Therefore there is absolutely no reason for paying huge license fees. Every IAM project must be able to work in an iterative fashion and maintain a ROI. If it does not then do not go for it.
Buy product, deploy it and have fun. This simple plan may work for some technologies but IAM is definitely not one of them. IAM products typically do not work out-of-the-box. They need to be configured, customized, extended, connectors, plug-ins, workflows and widgets need to be developed, etc. The cost of the product is only a part of the total cost. And in fact it is quite a small part. Have a look at the cost structure of your project. If you plan to spend more on the product than you plan to spend on services then stop immediately. Such project is extremely likely to fail or run very high over the budget. The ratio of product to service cost needs to be at most 50:50 – and this is still a very risky endeavor. The ratio of 20:80 in favor of services is perhaps the most realistic one.
Also forget about using expensive products. The differences between individual IAM products are quite small. Any reasonably good product can satisfy your needs. The best-of-the-breed IAM is a myth. A marketing strategy. What you need is not a product, you need a solution. Therefore do not buy the product and then look for a team. Look for an experienced team that can deliver a solution first. And let them recommend a product. A product without a good deployment team is a waste of energy and money. On the other hand a good deployment team can satisfy your needs with almost any product.
All the big vendors offer technology suites: a set of products that are sold under the same brand. Such suites often create an impression that together they form one complete and integrated solution. However this is almost never the case. Most suites are created by acquisitions. The acquired products are technologically very heterogeneous almost to the point that they cannot really be integrated together. Therefore the "suite" is usually only a thick layer of paint designed to cover product differences. It does not make product integration considerably easier. Therefore there is usually no significant technological difference between buying a suite or buying several independent products.
But there is one very significant business difference if you buy a suite: vendor lock-in. The vendor that offers a complete suite has only a very little incentive to support integration of his products with another products from a competing vendor. Therefore suites are actually much harder to integrate with third-party products. If you are going to buy a suite you are going to stay with that suite forever. This is a life sentence. And it is going to be very expensive.
Customization is a necessary part of any non-trivial IAM deployment. But it has to have its limits. Customizations are by definition pieces of functionality that are not reusable and therefore are not part of the product. Therefore too much customization naturally means long and expensive deployment. But it is worse than that. Many IAM products are notoriously difficult to upgrade. The upgrades often ruin all the customizations. But even if an upgrade goes smoothly part of the customizations is almost certain to break and needs to be modified. This creates a huge maintenance burden. In a lot of practical cases the operation team simply decides not to upgrade the product any more. However this creates a technological debt. A need to upgrade the product eventually comes sooner or later. Then the only practical option is to re-implement the complete solution from the ground up. Which will completely ruin your initial investment.
Therefore keep the amount of customization reasonably low. The best project that I have witnessed are those where both the technology and the business processes adapt to each other. However this is a slow process and it just cannot be delivered in one huge package. This needs to be implemented using an iterative approach.
Also completely avoid products that require you to make customizations to support the very basic IAM features. Such products are very expensive road to hell. Prefer products that have common functionality present out-of-the-box but are still reasonably customizable. And choose a deployment team that can take advantage of such products.
Many people believe that the IAM effort starts with analysis and ends with deployment. But that is definitely not the case. The real life of an IAM solution actually begins with a deployment. The day when the deployment team hands the IAM solution to the operations team is actually the very first day of IAM lifetime. Similarly to security practices the IAM is not a project. It is a program. It may have a start but it does not have an end. It is a continuous process. It is not possible to reflect all the requirements before the system reaches operation. IAM solution needs to be continually improved and adjusted. Therefore if your contract with the delivery team end when the solution is deployed then you are very likely doomed to fail in the long run.
Build up a long-term cooperation. Choose a delivery team that is able to work with you even after the system is deployed. Make sure that you can afford it. If you cannot then there is absolutely no point in starting the IAM project in the first place. Make sure that the team is empowered to really help you. Conducting a Proof of Concept (PoC) before the project start is a very good idea. Make sure that the PoC contains at least one very advanced scenario. Any fool can download and install the product. But going through an advanced scenario in a limited time can tell you whether the team really has the skills to use the product, whether they have good support from the vendor and also whether the vendor is open to support non-standard scenarios.
Bonus trick: If you are evaluating an IAM product have a look at the logfiles. Let the engineers show you logfiles from the actual deployment (e.g. a PoC deployment or a demo). Choose a random part of the logfile and ask the engineers to interpret the logfile for you. Let them explain what each line of the logfile means. If they cannot do it then the team may not have enough skills to use the product. Or maybe the logfile is not intelligible at all and even the most skilled team cannot use it. Which means that the deployment team will be powerless if they encounter a product problem and they will need to ask vendor for assistance every time. Which means lock-in and very slow response times. Avoid this at any cost.
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Its Quite Amazing Info !!!
Right on the nose. If I had time to write this article the content would be the same….
– organization should be mature enough to use an IAM. If an organization does not have business roles, and certain data governance policies in place then the whole project needs a lot of time in advance in consulting services so implementation will be done in a very small time frame.
– IAM for an integrator has a starting and an ending point as a project. It is not a program for the engineer who will spent hours there for a PoC or an implementation. This means that by default integrator will leave at some point, unless you are ready to train your staff as engineers of the product in place, or simply pay for a very pricey SLA.
– As mentioned there is always a time point where product will be upgraded or even migrate to a newest version. This means that besides the tech difficulties there is also the need to apply a new model , by using consulting services again unless you have an engineer of the product in your team. If you are not ready for it, migration/upgrade is the least of your issues.
– It is true that suites are built by acquisitions of software modules which are integrated between them in order to work with a high level functionality (I/O). But i dare also for someone to try to do that on his own with different modules bought by different vendors (e.g. RSA SSO, NetIQ IDM, Oracle Advanced Authentication, etc. ). I would gladly hire him if he completes a big project like this.
My closing argument is that sometimes you need to take a closer look and do that by placing yourself in other people's shoes so you will be able to have a complete opinion of all things.
Ad "organization should be mature enough": In fact, almost any reasonably-sized organization is mature enough for IDM project – assuming the project is sized and managed properly. IDM project does not necessarily need to reach the deepest levels of IDM, it does not need to include governance and so on. The trouble with commercial IDM solutions is that there is a huge up-front cost for the project (product license). Therefore the projects tend to be very big to justify such up-front cost with a lot of benefits. But there is no license cost for open source. Therefore the up-front cost is much lower. Iterative and incremental projects are possible with open source. Therefore even organizations with lower maturity levels can implement IDM solutions to match their needs and readiness.
Ad "IAM for an integrator has a starting and an ending point as a project": Yes. But this is quite a selfish point of view. I dare to say that if IDM deployment is managed as a project it is almost certainly doomed to fail. It has to be managed as s program, either by the customer or by the integrator. I also dare to say that good integrators do not abandon the project after it is "finished". Good integrators stay and support the customer in a long run. IDM/governance without a long run is completely pointless exercise.
Ad "product will be upgraded": Yes. There are "flag days" in the lifecycle of almost any project or product. The difference is how often they happen. Whether there is a huge upgrade effort for each new version of a product. Or whether you can easily upgrade twice a year for almost a decade. That makes huge difference.
Ad suite integration: Agreed that it would be very difficult to integrate products from different commercial versions. Customers using commercial products are therefore often locked-in to a particular suite. Luckily, there is open source. Things are very different in open source world.
Ad "other people's shoes": I did. I made my living by deploying IDM systems since early 2000s. I was in in integrator's shoes. Otherwise I would not dare to make those claims.


There's an odd, and slightly twisted argument doing the rounds at the moment. It goes: it's perfectly ok to let genocide happen, yes, even on your doorstep. Let's just restrict the discussion to that. Not regime change, not geopolitical advantage, simply the prevention of genocide. It's ok.
Kenya Votes to Withdraw from ICC: A Victory for Impunity?
On the 6th of September, the Kenyan Parliament passed a motion to withdraw from the ICC. Kenya is the first country ever to make moves to withdraw from the court and this could have wide reaching implications, not least for Kenya.
The ongoing 'Arab Winter' is showing that there was always more than dictatorships to blame forthe Arab world's malaise. Popular protests across the Arab world in early 2011, which led to the overthrow of deeply entrenched authoritarian dictatorships, were warmly welcomed around the world.
Humanitarian interventions are not a passing fad, but a genie that is now well and truly out of its bottle for good, to the horror of the remaining dictators in the world. There are many reasons why humanitarian interventions aren't going away any time soon.
Human rights are universal, but they are yet to be universalised. Transparent sovereignty is the answer. Whilst being a legalistic term that tends to evoke groans, apprehensive of impending, inevitable boredom, the word 'sovereignty' is central to any debate on whether humanitarian intervention in the internal affairs of a State is appropriate or justifiable.


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More specifically, I want to transform a tree of SomeExpr to a tree of (SomethingElse, SomeExpr), "prefixing" each node with a default value in the process.
The result have essentially the same structure as the input.
Currently I have values of type (AST ()),  and I need to transform them to (AST ASTAttachment) in the obvious way.
Now I'm stuck at "derive instance Data (ASTExpr ASTAttachment)", where ghc reports "Multiple declarations of '$cSomeConstructor'".
Even if I can get past this, I still don't know how to use SYB to transform between trees of different types.


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The Cultural Mapping conference will focus on conceptual and practical approaches to cultural mapping from around the world, with a particular focus on various forms of cultural mapping taking place across the Mediterranean region. It will be held on the 22nd & 23rd October 2015 at the Mediterranean Conference Centre in Valletta.
Registration for the upcoming international Valletta 2018 conference on Cultural Relations in Europe and the Mediterranean is now open.
The conference will focus on conceptual and practical approaches to cultural mapping from around the world, with a particular focus on various forms of cultural mapping taking place across the Mediterranean region. This conference, titled "Cultural Mapping: Debating Spaces and Places" will be held on the 22nd & 23rd October 2015 at the Mediterranean Conference Centre in Valletta.
For more information on the conference, including registration details and speaker profiles, visit the Valletta 2018 conference section.
The full conference programme will be issued in due course.


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Indore: The Madhya Pradesh Paschim Kshetra Vidyut Vitaran Company Ltd. (MPPKVVCL) has planned to make electricity bill available in Hindi language now for over one lakh consumers in the areas, where spot billing is done. It will also introduce a simplified layout of the existing electricity bill.
According to Discom managing director Akash Tripathi, a customer will be able to seek the option of getting the electricity bill in Hindi language by logging into the company's website or via mobile phone. "Our consumer profiling revealed that many of consumers were not proficient in English. That is why we have decided to introduce the option of giving the bills in Hindi language," Tripathi told TOI.
He said that since the region is Hindi speaking, electricity bill in Hindi language would be a great relief for the consumers in rural belts, where the spot billing is done.
Overall layout of the present electricity bill will also be changed. "The bills carry some unnecessary information. We are planning to remove it from the layout so that it would become easy for consumers to understand," said Tripathi.
Discom officials said that the work for change in layout is in progress and the company might come up with the new layout within a month or so. It also plans to fix bill delivery date before 20th of every month to streamline its distribution work. The agency engaged in generation of bills has been instructed to ensure their delivery before 15th of every month.


It's so difficult to get a nice creamy soup at Bandra these days.
The cream of chicken/ tomato/ asparagus soup of yore which you would get at the Gaylords, Mocambos and Kwalitys of the world. The sort you would otherwise get in buffets which feature butter chicken, dal makhni, veg augratin, jalfrezi, Goan fish curry, jalebi, ice cream and gulab jamun.
I mean French onion soup, gazpacho, mom's broths with tomato juice, barley & whole grains are good but not when you have a sore of the throat and you need a bit of the creamy milk of human kindness to mollycoddle you.
Thankfully got some hearty soup last evening at the Temperance India cafe at Bandra.
We went to Dr Miranda for my sore throat and sudden bout of fever (gone this morning in case my mom is reading this). Dr M's quaint bungalow and her cheery demeanour is a big part of her treatment and always buoys one up.
I suddenly remembered that Temperance India, which is next door next to Rizvi Catering College beside St Anne's Church and behind Bagel Shop, had some nice creamy soups when I went there earlier.
My first visit to Temperance was for a tasting at the new cafe. We later conducted a weekend workshop there for a client at work. Perfect place for a workshop. It's at Bandra next to home so I can get out of bed and tumble in without waking up early.
Very different from the average closed hotel basement hall where one does these workshops. Big windows which looked on to trees and a terrace garden…it even drizzled a bit on cue when we did the workshops. The participants seemed energised all through and the open surroundings kept the ideas and creativity flowing. Highly recommended as a workshop venue. And I have seen many in my time and all over the world.
They also have a restaurant and that's where we headed last evening.
Yet, there was a bit of magic in the air with candlesticks on the table (difficult to read the menus though), big windows, high backed chairs with a touch of velvet, ornate lamps, windows looking onto trees outside and little fairy lights twinkling through the dark.
Took us back to our dinners at The Cave Hotel at Cappadocia and The Veranda in the Forest at Matheran.
Yes they had creamy soups that evening at Temperance.
Cream of broccoli and cream of chicken.
No pics as I wasn't planning to blog but the cream of chicken soup at Temperance India was just what Dr Miranda would have approved of. Bursting with flavours cheering your fever dulled palate and urging your tired senses to come out to play. Warm, nourishing, soothing…patiently coaxing your throat…don't worry if you can't swallow the food, I'll wait with you, see you through, it will all be good…touches of Florence Nightingale and yet it wasn't a sick man's broth…the firm and juicy bites of chicken would make the sternest of epicures smile. As would the beautiful hearty texture of the soup.
We also had a double chicken Panini. Interesting flavours with a sharp base of pesto and odd bursts of very good cheese which, as K pointed out, embellished but didn't drown all other tastes. She quite liked it and the fries which she said were perfect - 'crisp outside and soft inside'. With my sore throat I showed extreme discipline and skipped the fries even as K kept praising them. Though I can tell you with full authority that the coleslaw was pretty good and fresh with the just the little bit of sweetness required. Frankly I could have done with a bit more moisture in the sandwich though K just loved it as it were.
From my earlier visits there I remember particularly liking the roast chicken, which was surprisingly juicy and delectable for a chicken breast, and the mixed bean (yes) salad. Was happy to know that they open by 11 am so I think we will head there once for the hearty omelette (4 egg whites & olives) or waffles with cappuccino breakfast.
When I went to Temperance last evening I remembered I had 3 vouchers for yoga, kickboxing or dance classes from the tasting.
Perhaps I should do all three and become Agent Vinod.
Well it was rainy and grey this morning so we did go to Temperance for breakfast.
Realised a couple of things which you have to keep in mind if you go there.
First, you should be fine with a place which is completely empty.
Which honestly worked for us because with the greens outside and sense of space it did seem as if we were in the dining hall of a resort out of town. Very Veranda in the Forest or Cave Hotel as I had said earlier. So a 2 minute drive or a ten minute walk, we chose the former, to feel that one was one out of Mumbai.
The other thing is that you have to be willing to give a very wide allowance to things not being right or more importantly shouldn't be too hungry and shouldn't have gone there just to eat.
I remember the owners of Temperance telling me that they are making a slow start in terms of publicity before they get their act right and the fact that the cafe is part of the overall offer and not meant to be standalone restaurant.
This morning we saw why.
We started off by ordering a healthy hearty omelette made with 4 egg whites, spinach, olives, capsicum and in olive oil and served with multigrain bread according to the menu.
The omelette didn't take too long.
The omelette was nice and tasted like something one would make it home. Slightly under-seasoned but that was easily fixed.
The high point was the bread. It tasted so wickedly sensuous…golden with butter, lovely tasted garlic flavoured hues, soft, white…very obviously not multigrain and definitely didn't belong to the healthy breakfast section of the menu that we had ordered from.
We also wanted waffles and the smiling waiter promised to get it for us with our cappuccinos.
Then another waiter came back.
"Would you like it with chocolate, Nutella, butter or maple syrup…tastes very good Nutella".
I first said yes to Nutella then sobered down and said maple and butter.
Soon after the omelette the aromas of the waffle began wafting through the restaurant and my smile of anticipation grew wider.
Then the waiter got the cappuccinos which were frothy and competent.
A bit later he came up to us.
Well we were in a nice relaxed holiday mood and you would expect this sort of thing in a small resort far away from home. So even though we were in a cafe in the middle of Bandra I soaked in the same spirit, smiled, and asked for another waffle.
Sort of explains why the place is empty I guess.
See the pictures below and you will realise why I hope they fix things soon.