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Vesna Stanković-Milekić (en serbe cyrillique :  ; née le ) est une actrice et une femme politique serbe. Elle est membre de la présidence du Parti social-démocrate de Serbie (SDPS) et vice-présidente du groupe parlementaire du SDPS à l'Assemblée nationale de la République de Serbie.

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Vesna Stanković-Milekić naît en 1972 dans les monts Homolje, à l'est de la Serbie. Quand elle a 10 ans, sa famille s'installe à Petrovac na Mlavi, où elle termine ses études élémentaires et secondaires. Elle étudie ensuite à la Faculté de droit de l'université de Belgrade puis, au bout de trois ans, elle s'inscrit à la Faculté des arts dramatiques de l'université des arts dans la classe du professeur Vladimir Jevtović.

Après ses études, Vesna Stanković travaille pour le Théâtre dramatique yougoslave et elle écrit des pièces et réalise des mises en scène pour le Balkan Novi Pokret, théâtre qu'elle fonde en 1999 avec Milovan Zdravković. En plus de ses activités théâtrales, elle est aussi engagée dans un travail pédagogique, notamment à l'Académie des beaux-arts.

Vesna Stanković reçoit des récompenses nationales et internationales en tant qu'actrice et en tant que dramaturge, notamment deux médailles d'or au Festival international du monodrame et de la pantomime de Zemun, le prix de la meilleure actrice au Festival des petites scènes de Sarajevo, au Festival du monodrame de Korča et à Radio Belgrade (en 2010). Avec la troupe du Balkan Novi Pokret, elle participe à de nombreux festivals, à Londres, Édimbourg, en Italie, en Albanie, en Grèce, en Turquie, en Slovénie, en Moldavie ou en Bulgarie.

Sur le plan politique, Vesna Stanković-Milekić est membre de la présidence du Parti social-démocrate de Serbie (SPDS) fondé en 2009 par Rasim Ljajić et, lors des élections législatives du , elle figure sur la liste de la coalition Un choix pour une vie meilleure, soutenue par le président sortant Boris Tadić, ce qui lui vaut de devenir députée à l'Assemblée nationale de la République de Serbie ; le SDPS forme un groupe parlementaire et Vesna Stanković-Milekić en devient la vice-présidente.

À l'Assemblée, en plus de cette fonction, elle participe aux travaux de la Commission de la culture et de l'information et, en tant que suppléante, à ceux de la Commission des droits de l'enfant.

Vie privée
Vesna Stanković-Milekić est mariée et mère de deux enfants.

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Naissance en mars 1972
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News anchor attempts to draw a cannon, draws something NSFW instead
Don't play drawing games on live TV.
By Rebecca Brown on November 17, 2016
When we're lucky, live television produces some hilarious gems.
On Wednesday morning, Seattle news anchor Kaci Aitchison was in the middle of a seemingly innocent game(Opens in a new window) of Google AI's new game, "Quick, Draw!" when things went awry.
The game gives players 20 seconds to draw something before the computer guesses what it is, kind of like Pictionary, but with Google's AI.
Aitchison was tasked with the word, "cannon," and though she gave it her best effort, she ended up with something quite different. And something quite NSFW. She attempted to alter the drawing which only added to the hilarity of this unfortunate situation, causing her colleagues to erupt with laughter.
Basically: Don't play "Quick, Draw!" on live TV.

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The foodball game begins at 7:30 and ends at 9:15. So during this time, for exemple, at 8:30, Kevin will be watching the game.
A: Will you be using your car tonight?
A: Você estará usando o seu carro hoje à noite?
B: Why? Do you want to borrow it?
B: Por quê? Você quer pegá-lo emprestado?
Nós usamos will have done (Future Perfect) para dizer que algo já vai estar completo antes de um tempo no futuro.
The foodball game begins at 7:30 and ends at 9:15. So during this time, for example, at 9:30, The game will have ended.
O jogo de futebol começa às 7:30 e termina às 9:15. Assim, durante este tempo, por exemplo, às 9:30, o jogo terá terminado.
Kelly Always leaves for work at 8:30 in the morning, so she won't be home at 9:00. She'll have gone to work.
Kelly sempre sai para o trabalho às 8:30 da manhã, Então ela não vai estar em casa às 9:00. Ela vai ter ido ao trabalho.


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Anthony Sartor Had a Key Role Overseeing World Trade Center Re-Development
Port Authority commissioner Anthony Sartor resigned Monday. In video from a 2011 meeting, he discusses two contracts related to World Trade Center redevelopment; meeting minutes indicate he did not participate in the talks. WSJ's Eliot Brown reports.
By Ted Mann
and Eliot Brown
Updated April 14, 2014 11:11 pm ET
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey commissioner with a key role overseeing the World Trade Center redevelopment resigned Monday in the latest high-profile departure at an agency under scrutiny since the George Washington Bridge scandal broke.
Anthony Sartor, 71 years old, submitted his resignation just days after the emergence of a new probe into the Port Authority by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., including the agency's work rebuilding the World Trade Center. A grand jury has subpoenaed a broad swath of the authority's records, and federal prosecutors are also investigating the agency.
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Thoughts from a chef on how to teach a kid to love food
Katherine Martinko feistyredhair
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Nate Appleman thinks there's always a reason for kids not liking a particular food; the key is to get around that.
Nate Appleman has a remarkable Instagram account. The professional chef posts pictures of his home cooking -- beautiful, sumptuous meals that most of us would hope to eat at a restaurant, let alone at home. Think pork belly with kimchi, squid with potatoes and chorizo, and broccolini with crispy hen-of-the-woods mushrooms and parmigiano.
Even more impressive is the fact that Appleman has a young son, 10-year-old Oli, who eats all of this food. According to Food & Wine magazine, Appleman expects his son to partake of these gourmet meals. He told the magazine,
"I don't believe that kids don't like certain things just because; there are always circumstances that cause that."
So, did Appleman just "get lucky" with a kid who's not picky? Or did he implement some kind of educational strategy that would ensure a non-fussy child? It turns out, he's staunchly in the latter category, a believer in a parent's ability to teach a child to love food. Here's what he has done over the years to help Oli learn.
1. Don't cater to the kid's tastes. Enough with the frozen fish sticks, Cheerios, and salami! Their tastes are undeveloped; they have no idea what's out there. The younger the child, the easier it is to expose them to new flavors, so start young and never stop.
2. Celebrate food on a daily basis. Food is of utmost importance, and yet it's often neglected. Appleman said, "I want my son to grow up with the idea of treating food as something special every single night." Hence, the emphasis on preparing delicious meals and sharing them regularly, and ensuring that this ritual takes priority over other activities.
3. Teach your kid how to operate in a kitchen. Lessons in organization, preparedness, and patience are valuable and can be applied to other aspects of life. Then there's the added bonus of having a kid who understands food and flavor, wants to cook, and then happily eats his or her own concoctions.
These are wise words for parents with kids of all ages. The act of preparing food is so foundational, so incredibly important to physical development and health, building relationships and having great conversations, and practicing valuable skills that will set your child up for success for life.
In the meantime, I think I need to up my supper game. Nate Appleman's pictures have made me hungry.
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Capsule Reviews: Arrival, Doctor Strange, Shooter, Star Wars VII
Alan Milner 11/18/2016
Arrival, which should be re-titled "Dead on Arrival," is one of the most boring alien invasion-time travel paradox films I've ever seen. Decent acting, really juvenile direction, terrible script (calling it a script makes me gag a little) and an incredible number of repeated long track shots that I think were supposed to introduce tension but were really, really boring. The time travel twist – well, that would give away the plot – IS a real brain teaser which (hint) has something to do with the order of events as presented in the film.
Doctor Strange wasn't one of my favorite comic book heroes when I was growing up, and he hasn't improved with age. He's still a prick. The plot for this episode (I'm sure they are planning to inflict sequels on us) also depends on a time travel paradox, only, this time, the paradox is so non-evident as to be non-existent, which is only fair because there are no time paradoxes, time travel being impossible regardless of what Steve Hawking thinks. However, the spectacular special effects (which, honestly, are neither that spectacular nor overly impressive) appear to have been leftover from "Inception," Leonardo DiCaprio's 2010 science fiction mind bender. I'm pretty sure some of them were actually outtakes from that much better Christopher Nolan film.
Which brings me back to an older release, Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens, a film that wasted no great expense on its special effects. In fact, they look almost as hokey as the special effects in the original series.
Question: How many times does the Force have to awaken, and why does it keep going to sleep? And why did Disney think it would be good idea to dust off the original script from the first Star Wars film (Episode IV if you are keeping score,) perform a sex change on Luke Skywalker, turning him into a female Jedi prospect named "Rey" (played by the really excellent newcomer Daisy Ridley) and then reincarnate bad boy Han Solo into a renegade black storm trooper, also well-played by John Boyega.
Ridley and Boyega are in on the joke, and both play their characters for the laugh potential. Ridley, who appears to have some acrobatic skills, runs everywhere with her arms akimbo, elbows sticking out, which is really funny once you realize that she is doing it because it is funny and not because she has a birth defect. (I wonder if she came up with that or if the director did.)
Boyega actually splits the Han Solo character with Oscar Isaac, who plays Resistance fighter pilot Poe Dameron, with Boyega playing the reluctant hero aspect of Han Solo's character, and Dameron playing the bad boy fighter pilot.
Ridley, Boyega, and Dameron will, of course, reprise the original love triangle between Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher), the original Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), with the additional complication that Boyega, being black, introduces a deeper racial element into the Star Wars plot,
In fact, just about the only character who isn't coming back is Han Solo himself, who manages to get himself killed by his son, Kylo Ren, renegade Jedi student, abjectly played by the terribly miscast Adam Driver. Kyolo Ren is supposed to be standing in for Darth Vader, but he doesn't have Darth Vader's ominous presence. In fact, like Driver, he is downright boyish, this Vader knock-off lacks the physical presence of the original Darth Vader, David Prowse, a former Mr. Universe, who suffered the double misfortune of having his lines dubbed by James Earl Jones, and his face doubled by the late Sebastian Shaw, who is the actor we see when Darth Vader's mask is finally removed.
Will this stop me from seeing Star Wars VIII? Of course not. I will keep seeing them as long as they keep making them and I keep breathing. That's just what you do when you are a science fiction writer, as I am, sometimes.
Shooter is a new USA Network series adapted from a Mark Wahlberg film of the same name which in turn was adapted from a novel by Stephen Hunter. (Wahlberg is producing the series.)
I was looking forward to this one, until shortly after the beginning of the first episode, when the protagonist, a former Marine Corps sniper from the Gulf War era (in the original novel, he was of Vietnam vintage), says that he heard the shot that shatters his leg before he felt the bullet strike.
Sniper rifles fire round at around 1500 feet per second. Sound travels at around 1125 feet per second…which really ruined the series for me. My father taught me that many years ago, when he told me that you never hear the bullet that kills you.
Stephen Hunter, who knows a thing or two about firearms, makes a cameo appearance as the gun dealer who sells the protagonist his shooting supplies, appears not to have script oversight. The rest of the pilot was a really poor, second-hand remake of a film that really wasn't good enough to be remade in the first place.
Shooter is one of those movies that, like The Crying Game or Bruce Willis' The Sixth Sense, depend on a gimmick that leads to a surprise ending….and, once you know the gimmick, the film loses its kick, but this Shooter didn't have one to begin with.
This week's roundup ends with a mini-review of Kiefer Sutherland's new ABC Network series, Designated Survivor. If you have somehow missed the promos for this one, Sutherland suddenly becomes president of the United States because, as the designated survivor, he was kept away from the Capitol during the State of the Union address, which blows up, killing all but one Congressman, who "miraculously" escapes immolation with the rest of the ruling élite.
What is most interesting about this show isn't the acting (which is pretty good), or the direction, which is all right, or the writing. No, the problem with this show is the basic premise, the idea that the United States of America is stupid enough to gather the entire ruling élite of the nation, the president, vice president, cabinet, the Supreme Court, and the Congress together in one place at a previously announced location. What could go wrong?
Oh, right. Terrorists could blow up our entire government with a few well-placed explosive devices, but isn't that plot device too far-fetched even for Hollywood…..um. wait a second….oh right: That's exactly what we are going to be doing on January 20th, 2017, as the United States inaugurates Donald J. Trump as the 45th president of the United States.
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Q: Forcing a Qt "Hello World" app to build 32 bit - harder than it seems Xcode 5.0.1, Mac OS 10.9, Trying to use Qt-Creator 3.0 beta.
I need to use Qt 5.2 with a 32 bit third party library, so I want Qt and my App to be 32 bit. Yes, I know it's 2013... But I have no choice in the matter for now.
I built Qt 5.2 (beta) with the following, did "make" and "make install". All fine.
./configure -debug-and-release -commercial -confirm-license -nomake examples -platform macx-clang-32 -arch x86 -no-sql-db2 -no-sql-ibase -no-sql-mysql -no-sql-oci -no-sql-odbc -no-sql-psql  -no-sql-symbian -no-sql-symsql -no-sql-tds  -prefix ~/dev/qt5

Now I wanted to test Qt 5.2 by building a simple "Hello World" application. But even tough my Qt is built for 32 bit, and even though the Qt Versions and Kits are set, and I'm using "Clang (x86 32 bit in /usr/bin) as my compiler, I am getting link errors as if my "hello world" application is being built for x86_64.
First I'm getting warnings:
"...QtGui.framework/QtGui, file was built for i386 which is not the architecture being linked (x86_64)...   QtWidgets.framework/QtWidgets, file was built for i386 which is not the architecture being linked (x86_64)...... etc"

Then I'm getting the errors themselves:
Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64:
  "qt_assert(char const*, char const*, int)", referenced from:
      QScopedPointer<QObjectData, QScopedPointerDeleter<QObjectData> >::operator->() const in moc_mainwindow.o
  "QArrayData::deallocate(QArrayData*, unsigned long, unsigned long)", referenced from:
      QTypedArrayData<unsigned short>::deallocate(QArrayData*) in mainwindow.o
  "QStatusBar::QStatusBar(QWidget*)", referenced from:
      Ui_MainWindow::setupUi(QMainWindow*) in mainwindow.o
  "QMainWindow::addToolBar(QToolBar*)", referenced from: ..... etc

I tried adding this into my *.Pro file:
CONFIG += qt x86
CONFIG -= x86_64

But it still tries to build X86_64.
How can I force my hello-world application to build for 32 bits and be compatible with the 32 bit Qt framework I've built?
Thanks.

A: It appears, that for the same "hello world" .pro file, I can do this from command line:
~/dev/qt5/bin/qmake -spec macx-clang-32 test2.pro
make

It will build everything correctly in using 32 bit (i386). It will link correctly with the i386 Qt 5.2 I've built.
HOWEVER:
load the same .pro file into Qt-Creator 3 beta: and build -- it will try to build it x86_64 and of course fail on the link.
You can see the difference in the command line: "-arch i386" is added when I do it from command line, but not when I do it from the QtCreator 3.0 beta.
Looking at the exact root cause: I can see that when I use command line the spec is "macx-clang-32". When I use it from within QtCreator 3.0 beta, the spec is "macx-clang".
So the workaround is:
I force it back to macx-clang-32 in the project build settings and I can now build 32 fine from within QtCreator 3.0

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Top 10 attractions in Russia, award-winning Travelers' Choice
Orthodox Church in St. Petersburg was in the leading group attractions, award-winning Travelers' Choice by TripAdvisor. - says National Geographic Russia
The rating included 712 sites from around the world. Separate lists were compiled for Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe, South America, South Pacific, UK and USA.
The annual ranking is compiled based on millions of reviews and opinions submitted by travelers on TripAdvisor.
The winners were determined using an algorithm that takes into account the quality and quantity of reviews of attractions in different countries of the world, left on the site during the preceding 12 months.
The Church of the Savior on spilled Blood took 12th place in the list of the most important attractions of the world. In the European ranking it has rounded out the top five, where were the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Cathedral of St. Peter in Vatican, Milan's Cathedral and the Eiffel tower (Paris).
Top 10 attractions in Russia, award-winning Travelers' Choice:
1. The Church of the Savior on spilled Blood — Saint Petersburg
2. Red square — Moscow
3. Grand Palace — Peterhof
4. Museum complex of St. Isaac's Cathedral — Saint Petersburg
5. Pokrovsky Cathedral (St. Basil's Cathedral — Moscow
6. Catherine Palace and Park Pushkin
7. Kazan Kremlin — Kazan
8. Palace square — St. Petersburg
9. Naval Cathedral Of St. Nicholas — Kronshtadt
10. The bridge on the Russian island — Vladivostok
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Malaysia Airlines flight MH370
MH370: Australian official rejects theory that pilot ditched aircraft
Investigator says captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah was probably unconscious when MH370 crashed into Indian Ocean
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An Australian parliament committee has heard decompression sickness would have knocked the pilot of Malaysia Airlines MH370 out within minutes. Photograph: Laurent Errera
The official in charge of Australia's search for MH370 has rejected new claims that the pilot was conscious in the flight's final moments, saying even with emergency oxygen, decompression sickness would have knocked him out within minutes.
At a Senate estimates hearing in Canberra on Tuesday, Peter Foley from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau outlined a possible theory – which he stressed was one of many – for the plane's disappearance four years ago.
The official explanation from the ATSB and Malaysian authorities is that the captain, Zaharie Ahmad Shah, was unconscious when MH370 crashed into the Indian Ocean, resulting in a steep dive.
But recent reports, including a one-hour special aired by Australia's 60 Minutes, claimed Zaharie was conscious at the end of the flight, and deliberately piloted his plane in a "controlled ditching" into the sea.
The program's experts said Zaharie depressurised the plane to incapacitate passengers and other crew through hypoxia (oxygen deficiency), and used an emergency air supply to stay conscious. He then repressurised the plane for the rest of the journey.
On Tuesday, Foley said this was "plausible", but Zaharie himself would have been knocked out by the sudden pressure change.
"Most of the people out there are speculating about a long period of depressurisation after the transponder went off," he said. "[They say] this may have been as long as an hour.
MH370 four years on: until the plane is found, theories run wild
"What they fail to understand is that while you don an oxygen mask and prevent the worst of the hypoxia situation, you are flying an aircraft at 40,000 feet. You are taking an aircraft from sea level to Mt Kosciuszko in 20 minutes, then you are talking it, over the course of a couple of minutes, to the height of Mt Everest plus 1,000 feet. You'll get decompression sickness too."
He said a similar situation happened to a cargo aircraft in 1994, documented by the US National Transportation Safety Board.
"During the climbout the flight crew was unable to pressurise the aircraft, and the captain elected to proceed with the flight. The crew donned their oxygen masks and shortly thereafter the captain became incapacitated from decompression sickness. The first officer took command and they landed the plane."
He said this occurred "within several minutes".
"The pilot in this particular aircraft was 51 and overweight. The pilot in command of MH370 was 53 and overweight. I'm not saying that happened and I hate to speculate, but that is one plausible scenario."
However, senator Rex Patrick continued to press Foley on the possibility that the plane was in a controlled descent.
"Today we have an analysis of the flap that tells us it is probably not deployed," Foley said. "We have an analysis of the final two transmissions that say the aeroplane was in a high rate of descent. We have 30 pieces of debris, some from inside the fuselage, that says there was significant energy at impact ... We have quite a lot of evidence to support no control at the end."
He added that the ATSB had spoken to experts who supported the controlled descent theory, including former Boeing 777 instructor Simon Hardy.
MH370: US team extends mission after failing to find plane in initial search zone
"Some of Simon's initial area where he was postulating it was controlled to the end, but not a ditching – we actually searched. We went a long way to the east in that search – 42 miles.
"We certainly listened very carefully to what Simon had to say. We certainly read the articles in The Australian where [another pilot] Byron Bailey said 'Clearly the pilot has done this ... He must have been in control at the end.' But it wasn't substantiated.
"We haven't ever ruled out someone intervening at the end. It's unlikely."
Foley has been the ATSB's director of the search for MH370 for the last four years. He also told the committee he believed Zaharie, or someone else, was in control of the plane for at least the first one and a half hours of its flight.
"Early in the flight an aircraft doesn't turn itself," he said. "There must have been someone in control of the aircraft up until 18:25 (UTC)."


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Antiparos (druhý pád Antiparu, ) patří k menším ostrovům souostroví Kyklad v Řecku. Ostrůvek, jehož plocha činí jen 35 km², leží jen 1,5 km jižně od ostrova Paru, odkud též pochází jeho jméno: Antiparos lze přeložit jako proti-Paros. Ostrov má délku kolem 12,5 km do šířky měří až 5,5 km; nejvyšším bodem je Profitis Ilias s 300 metry n. m.

Obyvatelstvo
V roce 2011 žilo na ostrově 1211 obyvatel, z nichž více než 90% v hlavním městě Antiparos nedaleko zřícenin středověkého hrádku Kastro. Celý ostrov tvoří jednu obec a také jednu obecní jednotku a komunitu, která se skládá z jednotlivých sídel, tj. měst a vesnic. V závorkách je uveden počet obyvatel jednotlivých sídel.
 Obec, obecní jednotka a komunita Antiparos (1211)
sídla — Agios Georgios (25), Antiparos (1102), Kampos (49), Soros (35).
neobydlené ostrůvky — Despotiko, Diplo, Kavouras, Revmatonisi, Stroggyli, Feira, Tsimintiri.

Využití
Turistika nehraje velkou roli, většina návštěvníků ostrova se večer vrací zpátky k ostrovu Paru. Hlavní atrakcí je krápníková jeskyně, ležící v hloubce 90 m. Jeskyně má rozměry zhruba 50 × 35 m a je 17 m vysoká. Na ostrově se nachází i několik pláží. Obyvatelé jsou zaměstnáni zejména v zemědělství a rybolovu.

Historie
Neolitické osídlení Antiparu prokázal britský archeolog James Theodore Bent. Féničané ostrov nazývali Oliaros. V 15. století zde Benátčané vybudovali pevnost. V letech 1770–1774 ostrov ovládali Rusové, které vedl Alexej Grigorjevič Orlov.

Na ostrově vlastní nemovitost Tom Hanks a Rita Wilsonová.

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Externí odkazy

Úřední stránka ostrova Antiparos

Paros (regionální jednotka)
Ostrovy Kyklad
Ostrovy Jižního Egeis
Ostrovy Egejského moře

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Suryachaur Cycling tour is a newly designed package for the people who want to go for cycle ride. This is one of the cheapest and most enjoyable journeys. Suryachaur with an altitude of 1925 m is located is in the Northern part of Kathmandu Valley. Suryachaur is the highest hill which lies quite close to the Kathmandu City. It lengths around 10 KM away from the Kathmandu city. It's addressed in the beginning of Gurje Bhanjyang. Your journey with us begins from Shorhakhuttey Chowk near the Heart of Kathmandu i.e Thamel. We will be setting our journey with the route of Kakani drive which takes around 1 and half hour. After we reach to Kakani Memorial Park the real hike begins.
The target is Suryachaur Hiking through Shivapuri National Park. After 2-3 hours ride we will reach the check post 2-3 minutes before reaching Gurje Bhanjyang. . Your excitement of the hike will rise like a volcano and you would definitely be curious to see the amazing scenery whole around you. After 15 m walk you will finally reach Suryachaur. There's a high tower around 22 m long. If you are not afraid of height but want to see the thrilling scenery from the top than climb the tower. Make you are safe and not afraid.
The target is Suryachaur Hiking through Shivapuri National Park. After 2-3 hours hike we will reach the check post 2-3 minutes before reaching Gurje Bhanjyang. Than the best part of the hike starts you will be hiking observing several mountains half a side. . Your excitement of the hike will rise like a volcano and you would definitely be curious to see the amazing scenery whole around you. After 15 m walk you will finally reach Suryachaur. There's a high tower around 22 m long. If you are not afraid of height but want to see the thrilling scenery from the top than climb the tower. Make you are safe and not afraid.
The Annapurna Circuit with the best!
I first used Bharal Adventures three years ago when Arjun was my guide for my Everest Base camp trek. Arjun was very genuine, friendly and knowledgeable about the area and I felt very relaxed and in good hands. I adored the holiday and the beauty of the Himalayas so decided to return to Nepal again. This time to trek in the Annapurna region. I of course chose Bharal Adventures to be our tour guide company again. This again has been a fantastic experience.
trip to the fullest. I would recommend this company and this guide to anyone. He loves his country, its mountains and his job and it shows. A thoroughly great holiday, thank you Arjun and Bharal Adventures!
Nothing prepares you for the Himalayas. Waking up every day to 5-mile high mountains is one of the most humbling and incredible experiences of my life. As a frequent traveller, this was my first time to Nepal, so I wanted to be sure my experience was going to match my expectations. On arrival, Arjun from Bharal was there to greet my partner and I with a smile - which he kept all week. Even when we were snowed in along the pass; walking slowly up the mountains and laying in a little too long - Arjun always made sure our needs were prioritized.
I thoroughly recommend Arjun and Bharal. I came to Nepal as a tourist, to meet a guide and a porter. I left with 2 friends, incredible photos, lifelong memories and a promise we will return one day, with my daughter to tackle the incredible Manasalu!
Amazing trek in Kanchenjunga region!
Last November I traveled to Nepal to visit the remote area of Kanchenjunga. I'm from Spain and did the Kanchenjunga circuit (North and South base camps) with my Indian friend. After many mails sent to several trekking companies based in Kathmandu we only received overpriced offers, until we finally met Arjun, the manager of Bharal Adventures, and our expectations changed immediately. He provided us with reliable information, answered all our mails quickly and carefully and made an itinerary to suit us at a very reasonable cost, exactly what we were looking for since a long time. Once in Kathmandu, his partner Bijay came to the hotel to introduce himself and give me some instructions before the trek and all the assistance I needed. The day before the departure, Arjun and Bijay invited us to have dinner at their home to offer us a warm welcome, they were really friendly. As per the trek itself, our guide had good experience in the Kanchenjunga region and managed all the situations in a solvent way. Besides, we were very lucky with the weather and could enjoy the trek with its stunning views. It was really a fantastic experience. Once the trek finished, Bijay and Arjun came to my hotel to be sure we received a good service during the trek and say goodbye. I can only recommend this trekking company to all the people traveling to Nepal. You will not be disappointed.
Our journey started in 3 different cities in Malaysia, 6 travellers in all - Myself and my good friend Ray started out from Johor Bahru, Suk(the only female in our group) & Ricgen's journey started from Mallaca, the 4 of us met with See and Su in their home town of Kuala Lumpur, (KL) Malaysia.
6 of us met in KL and departed from KL international airport for Kathmandu Nepal. where Arjun Dhakal met us at the airport and we transferred to our hotel and finalised all details for the EBC trek.
The next day we flew out to Lukla and this is where the real adventure began.
The actual trip is a story for another time all I will say is that this adventure was absolutely amazing in fact so amazing that I'm contemplating doing ABC with Arjun next year sometime.
Arjun and his team were very professional, his personable character allows for a very relaxed but very organised approach to everything during our trip.
The EBC adventure was one of the most amazing adventures I have ever experienced I would add that this trip rates equal to The Kokoda trek I completed in Papua Nuigini.
The incredible Kanchenjunga circuit with Bharal Adventure !
We were two persons intending to trek in the remote and restricted Kanchenjunga region. I am an Indian and was with a Spanish friend. After not getting positive responses from various organizations or getting quoted very high prices, we landed on Bharal Adventure. And it was a great experience right from the beginning. The extremely polite Arjun answered all of our queries patiently, tailored the itinerary according to our requirements and finally helped us with a knowledgeable guide for this 22 day trek. And when everything was done at a reasonable cost, we couldn't ask for more. The superb weather and views during the trek added to everything and the overall experience was fantastic. Highly recommended for all your adventures in Nepal !
Going to the Everest Base Camp was once an impossible dream to achieve.
With Bharal Edventure, the impossible dream comes to a reality. Mr Suraj, our guides, Ganesh and friends who made it possible for me to reach the EBC. I would not be able to go through the tough journey with extreme environments without their help and encouragement.
Thank you very much for the hospitality given by Bharal Adventure especially Mr Suraj and Mr Arjun. Thank you so much for making this once impossible dream become possible. This is truly the most valuable experience I ever have.
Lead by arjun and 7 porters to bring 14 of us to amazing journey to annapurna base camp. Very friendly and helpful. Received first class services from them and the porters also friendly and hardworking.Sure to look back for them for the next trip to nepal.
Da jeg rejste alene, var det vigtigt for mig, at få afklaret alle spørgsmål. Arjun var meget behlælpelig og tålmodig med at besvare alle mine spørgsmål inden trekket. Selve turen var en super oplevelse. Deepak var vores guide. Han er en meget sympatisk, sjov og hjælpsom ung mand, der hele turen havde god føling med, hvordan det gik undervejs. Vi havde mange gode snakke om hvordan livet er i Nepal, for tidligere generationer op til i dag.
Det var en fantastisk oplevelse.
Everest view Trek mit schnen Aussichten und einem Guide, der auf alles achtet. Ich crate immer wieder in Nepal , nur habe ich mich in solche Hhen noch nie getraut. Es braucht schon etwas Vorbereitung , denn man muss fit sein fr thus ein Vorhaben. Schon allein der Flug nach Lukla ist ein Abenteuer fr sich . Man sieht Berge und Menschen , die mit wenigen Worten nicht zu beschreiben sind . Mit Suman act ich auf einen wunderschnen Weg unterwegs .Jedes mal, wenn er merkte, dass ich an meine Grenzen gekommen box, wurde erst mal eine kleine Rast eingelegt, in view of that dass ich mich immer wohl und gut aufgehoben gefhlt habe. So konnte ich den ganzen Weg geniessen. Vor allem suit ich sehr fasziniert, wie die Menschen da oben leben und wie herzlich sie doch sind. Der Weg alleine, ist mit all seinen Aussichten und seiner Geschichte , diese Reise wert. Noch einmal vielen Dank fr die liebe Beratung und einen Freund, der mir immer zur Seite gestanden hat.
I went to Nepal on a 9-day trek in the Langtang region a couple years ago. I was traveling on my own so I really appreciated to be with a trustworthy and friendly guide Sujan. I would definitely recommend his agency and would like to go back myself!


At the 2017 Professional Marketing Conference http://www.pmforum.co.uk/conference.aspx , Allan Evans, Global Head of Business Development and Marketing at BDO International provided a fascinating talk on adapting to cultures for international relationship management.
"Our clients are going global" he concluded.
And whilst he acknowledged that cultures were homogenising, he also highlighted the importance of understanding and adapting to different business practices in different parts of the world.
He shared the golden rules for leading, supporting and managing an international pitch and guidelines for international pricing. He pointed out the need – for regulatory purposes – of understanding what makes a good international client.


I ran into a friend on the platform who mentioned that despite his attachment to his local synagogue, he opted to pull his kids out of supplementary school. Instead, he banded together with two other families, hired a young rabbinical student, and set up weekly, intimate, in-depth, classes. His family craved deeper educational engagement – which his model could achieve – and at a more affordable price-tag. Nevertheless, he continues to maintain his synagogue membership and engages with the institution in other ways.
Respondents to Jonathan's article argued over the pros and cons of adopting a learner-centered approach, reflected in this anecdote, but ignored the other half of Jonathan's argument: no matter how innovative the philosophy, pedagogy, or practice of Jewish education, no single institution can serve the whole person, and the fractured landscape of Jewish organizations will continue to stymie real change.
Everybody in the field recognizes these challenges, but few convene the kinds of discussions that confront these challenges with practical solutions and shared resources. For example, what would it look like if a large institution with great facilities but a dwindling membership opened its doors to several small, cutting-edge, program providers that lacked infrastructure?
Here's a concrete example. Last week, The Jewish Education Project (formerly the New York Bureau of Jewish Education) convened a meeting of Jewish educators from Westchester County to consider what a community-wide approach to teen education would look like if Federation, Jewish Community Centers, youth groups, upstart organizations, and others planned collaboratively. The underlying question was whether organizations could share overhead, staff, space, information and intellectual capital to create a web of exciting experiences for teens and their families. The outcome remains to be seen, but congratulations to the convener and to those intrepid organizations that decided to participate.
When I reflect on my friend's story from our subway ride the other day, I recognize that his synagogue could have responded in one of several ways: 1) pleasure that one of its students opted for a more intensive Jewish education than what it could reasonably offer, 2) a consideration of how it could work with other organizations or Jewish educators, such as the rabbinical student, to offer a more comprehensive menu of educational options, or 3) anger over the lost revenue and pupil. The synagogue opted for the latter approach. I wonder how long my friend will continue to pay dues.
Adam Gaynor is a Consultant with The Whelan Group, a 30-year old New York-based firm providing planning and advisory services to non-profits and foundations nationally. Adam is also a doctoral student in Education and Jewish Studies at NYU.


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Q: missing characters with xmlpullparser I'm parsing some file with XmlPullParser in Android
Everything goes fine except for some especial HTML characters on the text like this:
í it should be í
é it should be é

but they are missing on the Strings I extract:
camión it should be camión  and I get camin

and the same with other similar characters.
I don't know exactly where the problem is, if it's on
xmlpullparser.getText() or on Java String
How can I solve this?

A: I found a solution but it's expensive in terms of app size and performance so please let me now if something is wrong or could be done a better way or less steps.

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*first get a String from the file.
pseudo code:
 String content = File to string;

http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/1335

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*Import commons-lang3-3.1.jar to your project from Apache commons. Feed that string for unescape Html characters:
 String output =   StringEscapeUtils.unescapeHtml4(content);

*Feed that unescaped string to your XmlPullParser:
xpp.setInput( new StringReader (output) );

And that's it.

A: As far as HTML unescaping is concerned, it seems that someone were using Html.fromHtml, which comes built-in with the Android platform. Application size-wise, this could be a proper solution; however, performance-wise you may need to do a bit of profiling, since apparently Apache Commons unescaping is reported to be much faster that the Android built-in alternative.

A: The problem is that plain XML does not have HTML entities.
é is not defined for XML.
You either have to use an HTML parser (as in the above suggestions) or else translate the entities yourself in XmlPullParser.
Your loop would have to be run by nextToken() and not next();
You would have to respond to XmlPullParser.ENTITY_REF
Of course if you can change your input file to encode the characters directly in utf-8 or iso-8859-1 instead of using HTML entities, that would work too.


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Dallas Sidekicks Announce Roster for PFL
(ALLEN, TEXAS: August 14th, 2019) The Dallas Sidekicks have the roster finalized for their exhibition game in the Professional Futsal International Challenge on August 17th at the Allen Event Center in Allen, Texas. The Sidekicks will play against Team Australia at 6.00PM CT. Former Sidekicks player Ricky Cavalcante, who retired from the Sidekicks in the 2018-2019 season, will be coaching the Sidekicks for this PFL game.
Some familiar faces will be playing on behalf of the Sidekicks:
Juan Gamboa
Billy O'Dwyer
Bruno Guarda
RJ Luevano
Gustavo Piedra
Kristian Quintana
Fixed DF
Fabinho Ribeiro
Arthur Ivo
Allyson Angieski
Carlos Enriquez
Cameron Brown #15 RW
Felipe De Sousa #12 Target
**Roster has been updated since first announcement
For tickets to the game use PROMO CODE: SKSAVE10 at the following Ticketmaster link to receive a special Sidekicks discount (https://www.ticketmaster.com/pfl-international-challenge-tickets/artist/2090440). For more information on the Dallas Sidekicks and our 2019-2020 season tickets, call the front office at 469.393.0160.
ABOUT THE PROFESSIONAL FUTSAL LEAGUE: The PFL is committed to providing fans, communities, and partners with the highest quality sports and entertainment experience. As FIFA's only officially approved version of 5-a-side soccer, futsal is currently played in 198 of the 207 FIFA member associations across the globe with an estimated 30 million participants playing worldwide.


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Annales Museum Botanicum Lugduno-Batavi (abreujat Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi) és un llibre de botànica escrit pel botànic, micòleg, pteridòleg, briòleg i algòleg neerlandès Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel. És una obra en quatre volums editats a Amsterdam en el període 1863-1869.

Publicació
 Vol. 1, p. 1-160, 1863; 161-331, 1864;
 vol. 2, p.¹1-148, 1865; p. 149-313, 1866;
 vol. 3, p. 1-315, 1867;
 vol. 4, p. 1-96, 1868; p. 97-319, 1869

Referències

Enllaços externs
 Descripció a IPNI
 Descripció a botanicus

Llibres de botànica


Right about now most of us are gearing up to prep our gardens for planting. Whether its a veggie, herb, or perennial garden (or all three together in a beautiful design), you need to "make the bed" before any of your plants can get in it. This means prep the soil. I am often asked why a garden bed hasn't thrived even though the gardener has made sure the plants are fed and watered, etc. The answer more often than not is that the soil itself needs the TLC. If you haven't already amended your soil, now is the time. So here are a few basic, but very important, things to do before planting.
Adding peat moss is a time-proven method of binding sandy soil or breaking up clay soil. Clay soil literally acts like a clay pot, holding water which eventually breaks down the root and kills the plants. Peat moss breaks up the clay soil so that the water drains properly. Peat moss also binds thin, sandy soil so that it will hold the water, and the soil nutrients. You need not add it every year. Once and done, whether its a raised bed or a traditional garden bed.
If you are planting a new perennial garden bed and removing lawn to do it, add it to the garden soil you purchase from your garden center. Often times the helper at the garden center will tell you that it's not needed because the garden soil has sand or gravel already added to it. Trust me, add it! You'll thank me later.
If you are just planting a few bushes, or trees and not preparing an entire bed, just add a couple of shovels of the peat moss directly into the hole you just dug. If the soil is thick with clay, first break up the clay in the hole with your shovel and then add the peat moss. Then fill the hole with water and let your bush, tree, etc. sit in the mixture before filling the hole back up.
The next step for your veggie or herb garden bed is to add any compost you've created over the winter, or mushroom compost or worm castings (yep – its worm poop). Over time the living material in your beds, seen and unseen, will create the perfect environment for all plants. You will find the healthier your soil the less fertilizer and pesticides you will need. This is because your plants will be healthier and therefore resistant to disease.
Do not till or turn over the beds. Just gently rake in the good stuff. If you till each year, you risk compacting the soil and cooling off the microbes and good bugs who are nice and warm in their homes. Your plants need these microbes and bugs. The bugs will loosen the soil and add nutrients which the microbes thrive on. The microbes work to help your plants absorb the nutrients.
If just thinking of adding the compost to the whole bed makes your muscles sore, then you can add a bit of compost in the row you've created for the seeds or seedlings. I add it to the whole bed because I layer my plants throughout the season, so I prefer the one and done method. But I also have teenage boys who will do the dirty work for me for a few bucks, or anything from the kitchen.
After you've prepared your soil and planted your seeds or seedlings, flowers, bushes and trees, you need to lay mulch. Mulch helps to keep the temperature of your beds even – not too hot to kill the seedlings but warm enough to germinate the seeds. Mulch also keeps the beds moist on a hot day, and keeps your plants from floating away in the spring rains.
The texture of the mulch should vary with the size of your plants. The more tender the plant (seeds, seedlings) the finer the mulch. Some gardeners use grass clippings on their veggie garden beds to add nutrients and as a seriously cheap mulch. But, if you have allergies or don't like the smell of decomposing grass clippings, I'd steer clear of this method. We are so close to our neighbor's yards that I'd lose a friend if I used this method.
Many of us can start planting now. Use the list below in my previous blog to see who can start what where. If you start early you can layer your plants so that early stuff is ready to harvest when the seedlings that like it hot are ready to go in. Remember to keep the short stuff (radishes and some salads and herbs) in the front and the tall stuff in the back. Keeping your bed full will actually limit your weeding time!!
Here's a few photos for inspiration. Enjoy! And,as always, send any Q's you have this way.
Before and after pics of my veggie garden behind my garage.
Over the next few days I will post design combinations for perennial gardens in the R & J tab for those of you who want to knock adding to or creating new garden beds in your yards this year off your "to do" list. Until then, happy planting. Enjoy the sun wherever it may be for you.


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The Price Of 'C' In China
By Henry Hewitt - Aug 08, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
Source: U.S. Department of Energy
As the chart above indicates, since the end of World War II, the amount of carbon being leaked into the atmosphere has increased almost parabolically, with a brief pause around 1980 after the price of oil had come unhinged from its single digit moorings and economic activity slacked off for a bit. This rise is in line with the amount of coal, oil and gas that has been consumed in the meantime. It is also highly correlated to atmospheric and oceanic temperature increases.
In 2014, 35.5 billion metric tonnes were added to the mix. So far, this has not been a pay-as-you-go proposition, rather, the effects, and the externalities have been passed on to anyone and everyone who has been in the path of rising seas, rising temperatures and the storms, droughts and fires that have spread in their wake.
Though the U.S. has contributed the most since 1965, when temperatures started to rise (273 billion to China's 166 billion, out of a total of 1.14 trillion added tonnes, according to BP), China has now taken the lead in annual output (9.7 billion tonnes in 2014 vs. 6 billion tonnes for the U.S., making up 44 percent of the total between the two), mostly due to that country's reliance upon coal for so much of its electricity. China became the world's largest car market a few years ago and expects to sell 24 million units, compared with 16 million projected sales in the U.S., assuming the recent market selloff there does not portend a dramatic economic slowdown. Related: Could North America Pull Off Its Own Oil Cartel?
Clearly, what China and the U.S. decide to do about the price of carbon will determine how much more there is to come, and how much hotter the atmosphere gets before renewables ascend the world's energy throne. And it is likely that China itself will determine what that price is. When will carbon get a price? What should that price be? Will the markets decide or will politicians?
Can China reach its growth targets without burning more coal? What will their next 500 million vehicles use for fuel? Assuming that there are 24 million cars and light trucks sold in China this year, and figuring a 5 percent growth rate, that number (which is twice the entire U.S. fleet) will be on the streets before 2030. Can EVs come down in price in time? Can wind and PV be scaled in time? How much time do we actually have?
We Have Met the Enemy
And he is us. There was not much debate about whether or not it was critically important to get the bomb before Hitler did. This article would be written in German if we hadn't, assuming any of us were still here, and the Reichstag approved its content.
By the same reasoning, after Sputnik animated the October sky in 1957, it was clear that we had to beat the Soviets to the moon, not because we wanted to be cooler than they were (face it, the U.S. had already won that one – JFK was way cooler than Nikita Khrushchev), but because the race to space meant that the best player could lob a nuclear weapon thousands of miles away on top of an inter-continental ballistic missile and come within 100 meters of its target. It was the same problem, really, but the enemy had a different face. The nuclear genie was out of the bottle and the risk of losing 'the great game' had become too high, for everyone.
The moment of truth came in Oct. 1962
This time it is different. Only a fool, or someone getting paid to do it, would debate the science of whether or not more atmospheric CO2 is making the earth's temperature rise or deny the correlation between fossil fuel consumption and the production of that CO2. See John Oliver and friends debate the issue here. However, when it comes to beating the enemy this time around, cognitive dissonance kicks in because the enemy is the face that most of us see in the mirror; Pogo got it right. Related: The Saudi Oil Price War Is Backfiring
We know where the carbon comes from and we know where it is going. What we haven't yet figured out is a way to pay for it. Dumping the effects and costs on the next generation, and those to follow, seems rather reckless, unless you think there is no duty of care owed to posterity. The fellow who said: "Après moi le déluge," King Louis XV, was right. His successor got his head chopped off. There is, however, no truth to the rumor that, after taking control of the U.S. Senate in the 2014 elections, Mitch McConnell, the new Majority Leader from Kentucky (a coal state), said: "Let them eat Carbon."
Obama Didn't Kill Coal, The Market Did
So reads the headline from Michael Bloomberg's article on August 4. On the previous day, the President announced the Clean Power Plan.
"Critics of the Environmental Protection Agency's new Clean Power Plan are describing it in apocalyptic terms. But much of what they believe about the plan -- that it will destroy the coal industry, kill jobs and raise costs for consumers -- is wrong. And it's important to understand why. . . . the fact remains that King Coal is dying of natural causes: Market forces, technological advances, and public demands for clean air and climate action have combined to make alternative sources of energy more financially attractive. The price of new wind power, for example, is lower than that of coal in most parts of the country," Bloomberg wrote.
Mr. Bloomberg is certainly correct about the trend for coal in the U.S. However, the biggest player in the world of coal is China, which burns close to 4 billion tons per year; in the U.S. the figure is around 1 billion tons. A glance at the chart below tells the tale. The arc for coal consumption bent sharply upward around the year 2000 when China began its all-out push for more power production. Chinese demand at that time was roughly equal to U.S. demand. Looking at this chart, it should not be a surprise if King Coal goes back to the top of the table before China's braking maneuvers take full effect; momentum is governed by mass. Related: Top Trader Sees $500 Million Evaporate In July Thanks To Low Oil Prices
Source: BP
King Coal is not dead. "He's just mostly dead."
China Will Decide
As discussed in a recent article on Oilprice.com, China's energy ambitions are directly at odds with its climate goals. "Since coal is a major source of carbon emissions in China, the Chinese government is aiming to reduce its usage to 62 percent of primary energy consumption by the year 2020 in order to reduce its air pollution levels and greenhouse gas emissions. In a rather alarming revelation, a recent report from China's Ministry of Environment Protection revealed that only eight of its cities could pass the national air quality standards in 2014."
An article posted on Greenbiz.com on July 27 sheds more light on China's intentions. In order to achieve an overall peak in emissions by 2025, China plans to:
• Obtain 20 percent of its energy from non-fossil fuels by 2030
• Slash the economy's carbon intensity by 60 to 65 percent below 2005 levels
• Start a national cap-and-trade program in 2016 that will include a meaningful price on carbon
Posterity may well be amused if it takes a Communist country to establish a price for carbon; it will also be relieved.
The Case for a Carbon Tax
On June 6, the editorial board of the New York Times published: 'The Case for a Carbon Tax.' "In a welcome development, businesses are asking world leaders to do more to address climate change. This week, the top executives of six large European oil and gas companies called for a tax on carbon emissions. . . . These companies — the BG Group, BP, Eni, Royal Dutch Shell, Statoil and Total — are not taking a bold environmental stand. They are being pragmatic. They want an efficient and predictable policy to limit greenhouse gas emissions because they realize something must be done.
"A carbon tax would raise the price of fossil fuels, with more taxes collected on fuels that generate more emissions, like coal. This tax would reduce demand for high-carbon emission fuels and increase demand for lower-emission fuels like natural gas. Renewable sources like solar, wind, nuclear and hydroelectric would face lower taxes or no taxes. To be effective, the tax should also be applied to imported goods from countries that do not assess a similar levy on the use of fossil fuels.
"British Columbia started phasing in a carbon tax in 2008 and used the revenue to reduce income taxes. The province's fossil fuel use fell after the tax was put in place, even as fuel consumption increased in the rest of Canada, and the economy of British Columbia has grown faster than that of the rest of the country. The tax is currently capped at 30 Canadian dollars per ton of carbon, or about 24 cents per gallon of gasoline."
Whether or not America's political class can manage to install a carbon tax, or perhaps something their friends and contributors can more easily game, i.e. a cap and trade system, remains to be seen. But it probably doesn't matter since the Chinese will likely go first and their clout and size will matter the most. In other words, it's got everything to do with the price of C in China.
The editorial board concludes: "But world leaders, who will meet in Paris later this year to negotiate a climate change agreement, cannot give up in the face of this opposition [from Republican lawmakers]. Carbon taxes are one of the best policies available to solve this global problem." The time has come: Cry 'Havoc!', and let slip the dogs of the market place.
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Lee James on August 10 2015 said:
Thank you for this article outlining China's plans for slowing their burning of coal. The discussion helps us see what China is doing overall -- something that is hard to grasp because China is at once the largest burner of coal and the largest developer of renewable energy, and ... is likely to become the largest pricer of carbon.
I think a take-away for the USA is that somehow we must "see" the problems associated with too much carbon in the atmosphere (the Pogo cartoon on visible pollution helps!). Unlike China, we are not enveloped in light-extinguishing smog. Many North Americans see no problem at all and distrust government to such an extent that trust of scientists is at a new low. Unlike China, our ability to command climate action has its limits.
The U.S. now has significant backing of the business community for enacting a price on carbon. World leaders are on-board. The U.S. Congress is at least informed by such organizations as Citizens Climate Lobby. I see our Congress as looking for evidence that constituents support pricing carbon so that our representatives can get off the dime.
Add up all the support for acting on climate and pricing carbon, and I think we can move the American people and Congress. Americans need to see the momentum for action. As this article shows, China is a key leader, as are businesses all over the world. China and business are moving.
Expect carbon pricing. Unite on carbon pricing and move ahead on the details without necessarily expecting that one size fits all jurisdictions ... but aligning with neighboring jurisdictions, where possible, goes a long way toward keeping it simple.


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Meta to lay off 11,000 employees globally, says CEO
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the company will lay off 11000 employees or 13 percent of it's global workforce due to slower revenue growth. This is the first mass layoff in the company's history since it's inception 18 years ago and it joined other tech companies like Musk-owned Twitter and Microsoft as they also are undergoing mass layoffs. Mark Zuckerberg announced the move in a blog post shared on Facebook's new room.
He said, "At the start of Covid, the world rapidly moved online and the surge of e-commerce led to outsized revenue growth. Many people predicted this would be a permanent acceleration that would continue even after the pandemic ended. I did too, so I made the decision to significantly increase our investments. Unfortunately, this did not play out the way I expected."
Zuckerberg said that he takes responsibility for all this as he made the decision to increase Meta's investment after the increase in revenue due to the global pandemic as users spend more revenue on eCommerce during the pandemic. He said that his decision during the pandemic did not pay well as there is an economic downturn after the pandemic which led to lower-than-expected revenue.
The popularity of TikTok in recent years and the change of Apple's privacy policy following the launch of iOS 15 has also impacted Meta's business severely, especially the revenue that comes from advertisement. In 2022, Meta lost around $9.4 billion on it's Metaverse initiative and the company said that it will spend more in the coming years on this technology.
Apart from mass lay off, the company is also limiting discretionary spending and also extending the hiring freeze in the first quarter of 2023. As the company is planning to hire fewer employees in 2023, the recruitment team of the company will be most affected by this situation after the completion of the mass layoff.
Mark Zuckerberg further said Meta would now "become a leaner and more efficient" company by reducing staff and spending. The company now shifts it's focus on "a smaller number of high-priority growth areas," which includes advertisements, AI, and Metaverse.
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A collection of photographs highlighting Bermuda's wildlife and natural beauty will soon be added to the LF Wade International Airport.
LookBermuda yesterday announced its AirportArt project, which will feature images and installations by Jean-Pierre Rouja, Chris Burville and National Geographic photographer David Liittschwager.
A LookBermuda spokesman said the group have secured the rights to install large scale art installations on open walls throughout the airport, and will initially focus on a combination of "themed instillations and powerful stand-alone images".
"High resolution panoramas by Mr Rouja and underwater photography by Mr Burville are initially being earmarked for some of the larger open walls," the spokesman said. "Several of the larger panoramic murals being prepared by Mr Rouja will exceed eight feet by 40 feet that will help transform the airports appearance."
One of the first themed installations, titled The Nonsuch Island Expeditions, will be the result of a collaboration between Mr Rouja and Mr Liittschwager, who is known for his Biodiversity Survey photography and trademark One Cubic Foot projects that showcase the living subjects photographed against a white background in very high detail.
Mr Rouja said: "I had worked with David on another project and wanted to apply his process to our ongoing efforts to showcase Nonsuch Island.
"The project started with images of newly hatched Cahow chicks and is now being expanded to showcase the biodiversity of the Nonsuch Island Nature Reserve and its surrounding waters.
"By using his techniques we are able to capture anything visible to the naked eye from a few millimetres in size to a fully grown cahow, showcasing both terrestrial and marine flora and fauna."
Airport general manager Aaron Adderley meanwhile said: "LF Wade International Airport is pleased to partner with LookBermuda and through these installations immerse airport users in the flora and fauna of our Island.
"We believe these images will prove spectacular and will draw attention to the natural beauty around us."
The exhibit will also see light outside of the airport through a travelling "MobileArt" exhibit mirroring the airport installations, which will be making appearances throughout the Island, including at public and private schools.
LookBermuda is currently seeking Patron Sponsors on a per image basis and will display sponsor information alongside the images when exhibited.


Presiding Bishop Michael Curry is known throughout The Episcopal Church as an energetic, charismatic, inspiring preacher. His stirring manner, his stories, and his passion deeply connect listeners to God's message of love.
One can only speculate on what Curry's sermon (address) will be when Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are married Saturday, May 19, 2018 at Saint George's Chapel in Windsor Castle, England. He will reach a worldwide audience likely to be in the hundreds of millions.
Will Curry share themes that are familiar to us in the Diocese of Fort Worth and to others who've heard him preach? We've got you covered with a bit of fun to give insight into themes and phrases he uses. He's very clear about his messages, and he has empowered the Church to share them in so many ways!
Download a set of 10 Michael Curry bingo cards and play with your friends. This is fun for your family or for a watch party or celebration gathering.
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Coming soon in 2018, the Featured Artist Coalition (FAC) will release a unique online course about the music industry with *Music Gurus. * The modern music business is more diverse and innovative than ever, there are many ways to forge a succesful career beyond going through the traditional gatekeepers of the industry. But the business has never been more complicated and fast-changing. The Featured Artist Coalition (FAC) is dedicated to helping artists take ownership of their careers.
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Whitehall Mystery: The Kotaku Review
In 2011, the board game Letters from Whitechapel put detectives on the hunt for Jack the Ripper. In 2017, that game has been stripped down to all but its most essential systems, and has become better for it.
Whitehall Mystery is the name of the new offering. Made for 2-4 players, it puts one person in control of Jack the Ripper, while everyone else takes charge of London cops running around the streets trying to find him.
The player controlling Jack has 15 turns to complete four murders, and is able to move around the map invisible to the eyes of the police. The cops, meanwhile, are blundering about the streets in plain sight, but have the advantage of being able to work as a team.
Here's how it all works: as you can see above, there are two types of marking on the map's streets, numbered circles and black squares. The police can only move between the small squares, while Jack can only move between numbers.
Being visible on the map, moving the police around is fairly straightforward. Because Jack is hidden, though, he gets to be more cunning; with a screen obscuring some paper from other player's view, he plots his progress by noting which circles he has moved to, leaving an invisible trail.
It's up to the police to find this trail by moving to squares then, like an "'allo 'allo what 'ave we 'ere then" version of Battleship, calling out asking whether Jack has visited the adjacent circles.
If he hasn't, nothing happens. If he has, he places a marker on that circle. This means the police have found his trail, but they don't know where exactly he is; he could be long gone from that spot, or he could be literally standing right on it.
Jack's in black, the other characters are the police.
When the police players feel they're close enough, they can risk attempting an arrest on a circle; if Jack is on it, they win the game, but if he's not, they're unable to call out for any more circles that turn, potentially slowing down and even crippling their investigation.
Once Jack's trail has definitely been found, the game stops being about policework and starts to feel more like frantic fumble in the dark, as the police players try and triangulate Jack's position while closing in on him, alternating between sounding out for his presence while attempting arrests.
So, yeah, it's a lot like Marco Polo, only about a murderer. What I liked about the game was the fact it rarely feels "over", even if you've lost hope. Jack has 15 turns to complete four murders, but is mandated to commit one crime in each quarter of the map, so even if your searches have turned up nothing for 3/4 of the game, the police are still able to narrow their focus and be in with a fighting chance of catching him before the end.
Jack, meanwhile, gets to sit in the corner and be a smug prick for the entirety of the game, knowing that even if the police really round on him, with only three of them on the map he still has a very good chance to slip out through their grasp. And it's devious fun getting to be the only one who knows exactly where you are, especially as you're slipping between the sweating and oblivious police.
The best part is probably the smooth, state of tension the game generates. Knowing Jack is out there, somewhere constantly tugs at the police, especially so as the game draws to its conclusion, but because the turns move so fast you never sink into a greater sense of anxiety or helplessness. It's not a wild ride, just a generally pleasant one.
Everything in Whitehall Mystery is very fast and very simple, an almost perfect execution of some really simply mechanics, so much so that I was playing it thinking it was a game I'd really love to play with kids...if the setting wasn't focused on a serial killer who cut open prostitutes.
But it is, so until they're older it'll just be something I play with my friends. Which given its quick and easy nature—and the fact it only takes around 60-90 minutes to play a game—is something I think I'll be doing quite a bit of in the coming months.


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Apple plans to add new health features to future Watch products, including blood pressure tracking
Apple is reportedly working on advanced health features for its smartwatch that will make it possible to measure blood pressure, skin temperature, sleep apnea, and more right from your wrist.
According to a new report from Wall Street Journal, the blood pressure feature that Apple is currently discussing would show users how their blood pressure is trending, though it would not provide a baseline measure of systolic and diastolic blood pressure. Apple is studying a proxy that involves measuring the speed of the wave a heartbeat sends through a person's arteries using sensors in the Apple Watch. Multiple reports in the past have pointed at Apple bringing blood pressure monitoring to the upcoming Apple Watch Series 7. However, WSJ notes that the tech is still in development and won't be ready anytime soon.
Samsung's smartwatches have long offered blood pressure monitoring, but the feature is only available in select markets, isn't very accurate, and needs to be calibrated using the traditional cuff every few weeks. As such it will be interesting to see whether Apple will be able to tackle these challenges and make the feature actually usable without many caveats.
The wrist thermometer is also on the cards and it could be ready as soon as the next year. One of the planned use cases for the temperature sensor is fertility planning. Later down the road, Apple hopes to use the sensor for detecting fevers as well, the report says. The ability to measure skin temperature is currently offered by the Fitbit Sense and Fitbit Charge 4.
Apple is also reportedly studying a feature that might be able to detect diabetes, however, the work remains at a very early stage, a person familiar with the project told WSJ. Beyond that, the company is looking into the possibility of using the blood oxygen sensor on the Apple Watch to detect signs of sleep apnea.
Finally, the report says that Apple is planning to roll out new updates to its existing smartwatches that will add support for irregular heartbeat monitoring and the ability to alert users when their blood oxygen level drops.
Apple is expected to unveil the new Apple Watch Series 7 alongside the iPhone 13 lineup later this month. The new smartwatch series will reportedly feature a brand new design with flat edges, an upgraded display, a faster processor, and improved health and fitness features.
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Obstruction of Justice is a crime, and if you find yourself at the center of an investigation, you will need to find a criminal defense attorney. Rhode Island Attorney Chad F. Bank can answer the questions you may have about your charge. A criminal accusation is always troublesome, and it's wise to let a knowledgeable attorney handle the details of your case.
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Obstruction charges are laid when it is discovered that a person questioned in an investigation, other than a suspect, has lied to the investigating officers. However, in most common law jurisdictions, the right to remain silent used to allow any person questioned by police merely to refuse to answer questions posed by an investigator without giving any reason for doing so.
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Mark Twain Releases New Book After Just 107 Years!
follows Johnny, a young boy who gains the ability to talk to animals after eating a magical flower, and his newfound animal friends on their journey to rescue the kidnapped Prince Oleomargarine.
Prince Oleomargarine originated in a Parisian hotel in 1879, when Twain's daughters begged him for a story. Taking inspiration from a photograph in a magazine, Twain told them Johnny's tale, later jotting down some notes after the fact.
Using sixteen pages of Twain's handwritten notes, the Steads brought Twain's fairytale to life over a century later, ultimately resulting in a beautifully illustrated book with 160 pages across eleven chapters. Prince Oleomargarine is a wonderful homage to the iconic author. Philip and Erin Stead channelled Twain's style, humor, and satirical playfulness to create a classic tale that will sit comfortably on today's bookshelves.
In an exclusive behind-the-scenes video with Bustle, the couple documents the momentous discovery of the manuscript and Philip and Erin Stead's experience writing and illustrating the book.


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What are the Best Online Summer Classes?
Savvy college students know that now is the time to make summer plans. If your plans include taking college classes, you may already be asking: what are the best online college classes to take over the summer?
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We've created this checklist to help you make smart summer course decisions.
When you invest your time and money into summer college courses, be confident those courses will transfer into your degree program.
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The online classes you plan on taking this summer should be considered an extension of your existing degree plan. Don't limit the types of classes you take over the summer. If you need to focus on core degree requirements, know which courses you need to focus on. Otherwise, explore the full range of general education courses and maximize your learning (and degree savings) opportunities.
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Verdict against Youthful Musicians in Sudan stirs controversy
September 20, 2020 Alice Thomas News 0
CAIRO — A Sudanese court's choice to send five young musicians to prison has stirred controversy in Sudan and overseas, together with activists and rights groups calling for judicial reforms after the past year's pro-democracy uprising that toppled longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir.
The artists — famous because they supported the uprising — were detained and sentenced Thursday to two weeks in prison on behalf of public interference and violating public security measures by a criminal court in the capital, Khartoum, their attorney Othman al-Barry explained.
The artists were fined 5,000 Sudanese pounds ($90) each, " the attorney said.
One of the jailed musicians is award-winning filmmaker Hajooj Kuka, whose movies" Beats of those Antonov" and"aKasha" were exhibited in the Venice and Toronto film festivals.
"The judiciary system is still heavily affected by the militant Islamist ideology of this ex-regime, which criminalized liberty of association and artwork and jeopardized the presence of girls in the public world," stated the Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa, or even SIHA.
Sudan continues to be on a delicate path to democracy because the popular uprising directed the army to overthrow al-Bashir in April 2019. A military-civilian government currently rules the nation, with elections potential in overdue 2022.
The judgment has also caught the attention of movie professionals worldwide, a lot of whom delivered an open letter to the authorities calling for its artists' release.
… Now he has been jailed in Sudan. We will need to generate some noise about it."
The case dates back to August when a group of musicians had been rehearsing with the Civic Lab artistic team in Khartoum. Neighbors complained about the sound, along with the event organizers reduced the quantity, but the neighbors didn't leave and proceeded to yell at them, based on al-Barry, the attorney.
Among those neighbors attacked Duaa Tarig, an office and artist director for Civic Lab, while others began beating the staff and artists in addition to throwing stones in them, al-Barry explained.
Police forces detained eleven artists such as Tarig, that has accused an investigator of slapping her till she fainted after she took place with him photographing her along with his telephone, their attorney said. The remaining half are awaiting their trial on similar charges Thursday, he explained.
While in detention, the artists whined and chanted slogans like people they had used throughout the uprising, according to a 30-second video shared online.
SIHA, the women's rights NGO, accused police of managing the situation at a"biased and politicized environment" It stated Tarig's efforts to submit a complaint against the investigator that allegedly attacked her were denied a few times. The team called for their immediate release.
A government spokesman didn't respond to telephone calls from The Associated Press on Sunday seeking comment. Sudan's Youth and Sports Minister Walaa al-Boushi seen the unsigned artists on Saturday to demonstrate solidarity together.
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Get revved up: Check out the racing machines exhibit at the Harley-Davidson Museum
By Brian Kramp
Brian Kramp checks out the "Racing Machines" exhibit at the Harley-Davidson Museum
Brian Kramp checks out the "Racing Machines" exhibit at the Harley-Davidson Museum
MILWAUKEE -- It's easy to get revved up about a visit to Milwaukee's Harley-Davidson Museum. But that's doubly so right now -- because there's a new racing machines exhibit on full display.
About Harley-Davidson Museum (from website)
History roars to life at the Harley-Davidson Museum®. It's the best of American design and culture – seasoned with freedom and rebellion, showcased in a landmark building. See why the Museum is one of Milwaukee's top tourist destinations.
Conveniently located off I-94, you'll find the Museum at the crossroads of 6th and Canal Streets.
FREE PARKING for approximately 500 cars or 1,000 motorcycles is available on the streets of the Museum grounds and in the Parking Gardens located across the street from the Museum. Entry to the Parking Gardens is from Canal Street. Overnight parking or camping are not permitted on site.
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Mass murder and slave labour are bad enough. Wilful complacency and collusion — from people who should know better — make particularly painful reading. In Giles Udy's meticulous account of the British left's attitude to Bolshevik terror in Russia and elsewhere, villains abound, and not just among the murderous zealots in Moscow. He leaves the interwar Labour movement, and its latter-day defenders, sizzling on a skewer.