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The terrain in Cusco is steep, combining fertile inter-Andean valleys with impressive mountains that descend to the rim of the jungle where the temperature rises and the landscape is transformed through a variety of vegetation.
The city of Cusco, the ancient capital of the Incan Empire, was placed on the World Cultural Heritage List by UNESCO in 1983, and is without a doubt one of the most important destinations in Peru. There are Incan buildings waiting for you to discover them among its cobble-stoned streets, ones like the Koricancha and the palace of Inca Roca as well as Andean Baroque structures from the Colonial Period like the Cathedral and the Church of the Company of Christ. In addition, you can visit the picturesque neighborhood of San Blas where the best artisans in the department have set up their workshops. This magical city also has an exciting nightlife with cafes, restaurants, and bars for all tastes. Just ten minutes away from the city, there are the massive walls of the Sacsayhuamán fortress, and a few kilometers from there, you find the archeological sites of Qenko, Pukapukara, and Tambomachay, Incan buildings constructed completely with stone.
There are also the towns of Písac, Maras, Chinchero, and Ollantaytambo, which are spread throughout the Sacred Valley of the Incas, one hour from Cusco. From there, it is possible to catch the train to Machu Picchu. Another way of getting to the citadel is by following one of the Inca Trails, a spectacular network of pathways that snake their way among the snow covered mountains, rivers, and overwhelming countryside. This is one of the best trekking routes in the world, since scattered throughout it, you find remarkable archeological sites and areas rich in unique plant and animal species.
The enigmatic complex of Machu Picchu, the most important and beautiful legacy of the ancient Peruvian, is part of the Historic Sanctuary of the same name, which is also one of the few places in the Americas placed on both the World Cultural and Natural Heritage Lists by UNESCO. It is located high on top of a mountain and complements the exuberant nature that surrounds it, creating a one of a kind place in the world.
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Altitude: Lowest point: 532 masl / 1745 fasl (Pilcopata)
Highest point: 4801 masl / 15.751 fasl (Suyckutambo)
The city has a semi-dry and cold climate. The annual average maximum temperature is 19.6ºC (67.3ºF) and the minimum is 4.2ºC (39.6ºF). The rainy season starts in November and ends in March, and it is the time when the mountains are covered in green. Between June and July is the time of the intense cold (heladas) even with occasional snowfalls..
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Puno – Cusco: 389 km / 242 miles (7 hours by car)
By air: Daily flights to Cusco from Lima (1 hour) and Arequipa (30 minutes)
By train: Regular service from Puno: 384 km / 239 miles (10 hours)
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Shepperton Studios Community Liaison Group - Wednesday, 23 February 2022 5.00 pm
Venue: Video Conference Call
Contact: Christeen Abee Email: c.abee@spelthorne.gov.uk
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To receive any apologies for absence.
Apologies were received from Councillor Mary Madams, Councillor Richard Smith-Ainsley, Pat Cheeseman, and Heather Morgan.
Minutes PDF 207 KB
To agree the minutes of the previous meeting as a correct record.
The minutes of the meeting held on 3 November 2021 were agreed as a correct record.
Overview of construction progress and programme PDF 865 KB
To receive an overview of construction progress and programme.
The Chairman invited Matthew Wright, Senior Development Manager, Pinewood Studios, to give a presentation that covered the agenda items for the evening (attached).
Works that had been completed at the Shepperton Northwest site included the construction of the backlot for external filming, building foundations, and fencing. A lift shaft had also been installed. It was anticipated in the next three months that offices would be erected as well as steel frames for workshops. Internal roadways would also be constructed, and power and drainage to the site would be turned on. Completion was anticipated in Spring of 2023.
Works to the Shepperton South site were between three to six months behind compared to Shepperton Northwest, but landscape bunds had been completed. Earthworks, piling, and utility installation were in progress. Within the next three months, it was anticipated that the full-site compound would be established with portacabins and car parks. Steelwork was anticipated to be delivered from May 2022. Anticipated completion for the site was in Summer 2023.
It was acknowledged that Amazon and Netflix were due to occupy these sites when they were completed.
Alick Whitfield, Senior Community Relations Manager for Laing O'Rourke, was invited to present the current construction routing plan. Alick explained that current routing would direct traffic through Upper Halliford and into Shepperton via the B376. The suggested routes sought to avoid Laleham if possible, and this route was submitted as part of the construction management plan and was subject to approval. Residents had requested a second wheelwash for large vehicles leaving the site, and this was being explored. Signage would also be erected on site with contact information and out-of-hours information if there were any issues with construction routing or lorries.
All lorries to the site would have signage in their windscreen identifying their visit to Shepperton Studios, and all drivers would need to make sure their lorries could be identified. Lorries visiting the site needed to be booked in, and if they arrived outside of their booking window, they would be turned away. Bigger vehicles would arrive to site early so they didn't contribute to morning traffic.
Cllr Attewell expressed concern that if lorries were turned away or turned up too early, they would park in the lay-bys. Alick assured her this would be policed and the lorry drivers would be aware they couldn't do this.
Landscaping Update
To receive an update on landscaping, bunds and planting.
Tree planting was underway for the Northwest and South sites. Minor amendments would also be made to the planting scheme due to the availability of some species of trees and shrubs. Meetings continued to be held with local residents regarding tree planting.
River Ash Update
To receive a progress update on the works surrounding the River Ash.
The large tree at the end of Studios Road would be removed, and work on this would commence in the next few weeks. Shepperton Studios had met with residents of Studios Estate regarding this, and the residents expressed a desire for the tree to remain on-site in Shepperton. Parts of the tree would be used in the River Ash Corridor as part of the enhancement works.
To receive an update around community matters.
Shepperton Studios continued to meet with local residents. Matthew Wright and Andrew Smith OBE, Corporate Affairs Director, explained they had upcoming virtual academy events including a five year Technical Support Services Training Programme that aimed to invest in technical support services training. Five scholarships per year would be awarded for local individuals to attend the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield, and a Film and Media Learning Support Programme would deliver training and education focused on the television and film industry to local primary, secondary and tertiary facilities.
Shepperton Studios would continue to support community events and hold outdoor film screenings, and there was intention for the Shepperton South site to have facilities to host community events. They would also continue to hold career fairs and continue with their community outreach work. A Shepperton Studios Community Fund had also been established to award £500k to support local individuals and organisations and was open for applications until April 2022 for awards to be given in July 2022.
Laing O'Rourke provided a summary of their past community support work and pledged a number of community activities and employment initiatives for Shepperton and the surrounding areas.
To receive a communications update.
Dan Burton was introduced as the new Community Engagement Manager for Shepperton Studios, and Alick Whitfield was introduced as the Senior Community Relations Manager for Laing O'Rourke.
Out-of-hours contact information was provided for anyone wishing to report any incidents or issues with noise or light emanating from the site.
Off-Site Highway Works
To receive a progress update on off-site highways works.
Technical approval was awaited from Surrey County Council for the new pedestrian crossing in Laleham.
Works on the Laleham Village Gateway were expected to commence in the next four to six weeks following finalisation of technical approvals.
The scheme for the revised Charlton crossing location had been submitted to Surrey County Council, but comments had not yet been received. A completion timescale could not be provided at this time.
The existing Charlton Village ages would be refreshed in April.
Planning Progress Update
To receive an update on other planning matters.
Sara Dutfield, Turley, was invited to provide a summary of live and future planning applications. There was one live planning application in relation to a construction compound with a decision due in March 2022. Future applications included non-material amendments regarding landscaping, door locations, and security barriers and booths. There were also amendments to the multi-storey car park application that included a potential reduction in height, and phone mast relocations, but this would be submitted by the mast operators.
For any other business to be raised.
Shepperton Studios wished to record their thanks to Councillor Attewell for her work with local residents, and Councillor Barnard wished to record his thanks to her for her previous work as chairman of the Shepperton Studios Community Liaison Group.
To receive questions from members of the public.
The Chairman invited further questions from attendees.
David Furst asked about the play space enhancements that were being funded. Matthew Wright confirmed these locations were agreed as part of the Section 106 agreement and local residents were welcome to contribute ideas for their improvements.
Ken Snaith queried the use of the construction compound, and Matthew explained this would be used for storage of materials and not for portacabins. Ken also queried if the phone masts could be concealed amongst buildings, and Matthew explained this may have a negative effect on the
Matthew explained that once off-site highway schemes were agreed by Surrey County Council, an update on the dates of the works would be provided to all local Residents Associations and local councillors.
Councillor Attewell raised some issues on behalf of local residents and requested further information on opportunities for youth in the community.
Karen Howkins queried the amount of lorry movements and when the proposed traffic routing would start. Matthew explained that numbers of movements were being confirmed, and the local planning authority would need to approve the routing but it may be possible to adopt it in the short term.

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Rick Pitino, former University of Louisville head men's basketball coach, was fired prior to the 2017-2018 season amid another alleged recruiting scandal. Photo courtesy of Charles Bertram, used under Tribune News Service license.
In the heart of March Madness, we tend to push controversial topics to the back of our minds. Even in this scandal-driven year, we've simply pushed the issues to the back burner, at least until the holiday (basketball) season is over. Well, it's almost over, and the issues will remain.
According to CBS News, March Madness raked in over 900 million in 2015, with big-media companies signing a 10.8 billion dollar, 14-year extension in 2006. The money will only grow as we wrap up the decade, which means unless something is done, kids will continue to be shorted what should at least partially be theirs.
The common argument against paying college athletes is their scholarship money and the use of top-tier athletic and medical supplies. In "There's No Crying in College: The Case Against Paying College Athletes," from Bleacher Report, Zach Dirlam argues their commodities more than make up for their lack of pay.
"College athletes are already being paid with an athletic scholarship that is worth between $20-$50,000 per year. Oh, and that does not even begin to factor in the medical and travel expenses, free gear, top-notch coaching, unlimited use of elite athletic facilities and a national stage to audition for a job in the professional ranks. All of those perks are paid for in full by the universities these athletes choose to attend," Dirlam said.
While the argument makes enough sense to give attention, naysayers are missing the point. It's understandable to look at an average college student compared to a Division I student-athlete and point out ways in which the athlete is benefited unfairly compared to average students.
However, an average student doesn't make the university millions of dollars, or even close. Average college students get what they pay for — a meal plan, a dorm if they choose, books, etc. A top-tier DI athlete receives enormous benefits from a university, in exchange for his services and decision to attend that school.
In reality, this is the least the athlete can do — accept this proportionately small offer from the university in exchange for filling their pockets fat. Sadly, this is their only option.
He says they argue free education for the services of players, yet less than half of revenue-producing athletes don't graduate, and risk losing their scholarship if they get injured. He said college athletes, particularly top revenue-producing ones, spend over 40 hours a week on their sport alone, and generate billions a year.
"A joint study between the National College Players Association and Drexel University shows that the NCAA will strip football and men's basketball players of $6 billion of their fair market value between 2011-2015," Huma said. "In contrast, the NCAA admits that its scholarship limit leaves 'full' scholarship athletes with $3,000 to $5,000 in out-of-pocket-expenses each year.
Huma said although most would expect that revenue would be used for a colleges educational mission, history has shown it's largely used for expandments and flashy arenas in order to generate more revenue. In short, Huma says college athletes should be paid a fair wage for fair work, like all other Americans.
So, where do we start? This is not a quick fix, there are limitations and questions and a million formalities to figure out. How do we determine which athletes get paid? How do we determine which sports deserve payment consideration, and which do not?
Joe Nocera, sports business columnist for The New York Times, offers the idea of a salary cap based on the money brought into the program. In his article "A Way to Start Paying College Athletes," Nocera describes how he would fix the lack of compensation.
Obviously, not all athletes would be making this number. A small percentage of the best players will make bigger numbers based on their pre-college career and performance. That doesn't mean the rest of the players would be left out.
The only reason this sounds alarming on sight is because people have been conditioned to believe money in college athletes is equal to a compromise of integrity. In fact, these rules are set in corporate greed in universities, whose hands point at a poor kid accepting money and say, "this is wrong, this is a scandal", while they make millions and pay coaches millions.
It's time to pay these kids what they deserve. Whether it's a salary cap or another solution, paying players will help fix the current corruption in college sports, and allow the FBI to focus back on the aliens.


Government websites can be a starting point for many journalists investigating issues in the public interest, such as local planning and development, or spending.
There are also many other data sources available that are often the result of other investigations and projects journalists and news organisations have worked on, or that have been compiled by civic groups and non-profits, which other reporters can use.
Below we have compiled a list of 18 databases and data sets that contain information about a variety of topics and industries. Most of them are available for free, while some, such as the ones maintained by the Investigative Reporters and Editors, require you to have a membership to the organisation to access them.
This list is not exhaustive. Are there any additional resources you have come across in your reporting, or has your organisation made any datasets available following an investigation? Tweet us at @journalismnews and we will update this collection.
The Investigative Dashboard from the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project allows you to search documents from the organisation's previous investigations, as well as official sources and scraped websites. In total, you can explore 93,374,268 leads for your investigations, the website states, including information on people and companies and their assets.
More than a year has passed since Panama Papers broke, yet journalists are still finding stories in the 11.5 million documents leaked from law firm Mossack Fonseca.
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) created a public database of 320,000 offshore companies, based on information from Panama Papers and the 2013 Offshore Leaks Investigation. Here's a step-by-step guide on how to find stories in this database.
The 'Next to die' project from non-profit US outlet The Marshall Project is not a traditional database, but it can definitely be a starting point if you are investigating executions in the United States.
It tracks upcoming scheduled executions, and provides information on the name of the person, the state, the date and a summary of each individual's case. Each case also comes with background on the history of the death penalty in a given state, and past executions to have taken place in that location.
Similarly to 'The next to die', 'The Counted' project from the Guardian tracks people killed by police in the United States.
The database contains information for 2015 and 2016, which can be filtered by an individual's name, state, race, age and whether or not they were armed at the time the incident took place.
Another US non-profit, ProPublica, makes some of the data and APIs from its investigations available online through its Data Store. Some datasets, such as the Trump administration's financial disclosures, or information about the types of ads shown on Facebook, are available for free, while others are paid for.
The National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting (NICAR) in the US maintains a list of databases on topics such as boat accidents and federal campaign contributions.
A data sample can be downloaded for free, but the full information is available at a cost (or for free if you are a member of Investigative Reporters and Editors). An annual membership for non-US journalists costs $70 (£54), and also provides access to tipsheets and reporting guides.
Companies House is a UK government database, currently available in beta, that allows journalists to search for a specific company and find information on ownership, affiliates, and registration information, among others. Here's a tutorial for using Companies House to access financial information about UK firms.
Open Corporates is the "largest open database of companies in the world", with information about more than 134 million companies and over 176 million individuals.
With OpenSpending, reporters can search for more than 45 million government fiscal records across 76 countries.
The Global Open Data Index (GODI) is the annual global benchmark for publication of open government data, run by the Open Knowledge Network. It offers datasets on topics such as government budgets, national statistics, and draft legislation for a variety of countries going back to 2013.
The data is available for use under a public domain data license and is provided as a single, downloadable archive, or as individual files in CSV and JSON formats.
The European Data Portal can be searched by keyword or browsed by category, including energy, transport and education, among others. For each category, there are a number of datasets available, which you can dig into further by country.
The Open Data Inception online directory is an interactive map of more than 2,600 open data portals around the world. You can search by topic or country, or go straight to the location you are investigating and see what databases are available.
According to its website, OpenInterests "combines different sets of information into a search engine, which can be used to quickly retrieve information about the activities of companies, people and institutions in a European context". Browse its 107,105 organisations, 18,200 individuals and 28 EU institutions to get started.
LittleSis is a free database connecting the dots between powerful business and government figures. Use it to investigative conflicts of interests and corruption, before trying the Oligrapher tool to visualise networks of influence using the data.
Get access to global development resources through the World Bank data catalog, which can be searched by topic, alphabetically or according to the date when a dataset was last updated.
The International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) Registry provides links to all raw data published by organisations using the IATI Standard. Its Datastore is currently available in an Alpha version, so the data can be queried through an API or using an online form to access it by sector or organisation.
The Aleph search engine has over two million documents filed by oil, gas and mining companies to financial regulators, which can be browsed by people, company, project or technical terms.
Fifty-eight datasets that aim to "help people realise the benefits of their countries' endowments of oil, gas, and minerals" are available on the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) website.
What did we miss? Tweet us @journalismnews, and make sure to also check out the Research Desk and FOIA This! series from the Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN) for additional resources.
If you need to sharpen your investigative and data journalism skills, Journalism.co.uk is running three practical workshops this autumn that will help: Investigative skills for young journalists; Web detectives: online research; and Finding Stories in data: Intermediate Excel skills for digging deeper.


Three new remixes of the classic Totó La Momposina track "Adios Fulana".
Two from Bristol DJ, musician and remixer, Rob Smith (RSD), best known for making and playing breakbeat, drum & bass and dubstep, and as half of the duo Smith & Mighty (with Ray Mighty).
One remix from Sidestepper's Richard Blair, who retains the earthy Colombian sound of the traditional African-influenced drums and adds his own dub twist.


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UK's AstraZeneca wins approval for two drugs including potential coronavirus vaccine
A sign is seen at an AstraZeneca site in Macclesfield, UK. (File photo: Reuters)
Published: 01 June ,2020: 06:11 PM GST Updated: 01 June ,2020: 06:22 PM GST
Britain's AstraZeneca has clinched expanded regulatory backing for two medications, including one for blockbuster cancer treatment Lynparza, in a development pipeline that now includes a possible coronavirus vaccine.
Lynparza received a recommendation from a panel of the European health regulator for use as a follow-on treatment for a form of advanced pancreatic cancer while heart drug Brilinta received a US green light, the company said on Monday.
AstraZeneca, now the most valuable London-listed company, has garnered international attention with its hot pursuit of a coronavirus vaccine, sealing US government funding last month as it aims to produce a billion doses this and next year.
Separately on Monday, AstraZeneca's manufacturing partner Oxford Biomedica said it had hired French pharma veteran Roch Doliveux as non-executive chairman as the gene and cell therapy company vies for major role in the vaccine.
Oxford Biomedica last week signed a one-year deal with AstraZeneca to provide multiple batches of the vaccine, which is now being tested on humans.
The vaccine, AZD1222, was developed by researchers at the University of Oxford and licensed to AstraZeneca. The drugmaker is in talks with several governments and global partners in its efforts to boost production of the vaccine.
While the British company actively signs deals for its vaccine, AstraZeneca's core offering of cancer and heart medication continues to perform well.
Lynparza, which is being developed with US drugmaker Merck, can now be marketed as a treament for a form of pancreatic cancer in Europe if the European Commission endorses the recommendation from the European Medicines Agency's human medicines committee.
Lynparza had gained US approval for the same indication late last year. (https://reut.rs/2XolifQ)
AstraZeneca also said the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved Brilinta for use as a treatment to reduce the risk of a first heart attack or stroke in high-risk patients.
The company's shares were up 1 percent at 86.70 pounds at 1306 GMT.
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Matt Armstrong was hurt seriously yesterday afternoon about 3 o'clock by falling from a moving motor train. He was under the influence of liquor, and as the train was coming along twenty-fourth street [ineligible], his hat blew off and in attempting to alight before the conductor could stop the train, he was thrown violently to the pavement. His skull was fractured on the right side. Dr. Bell was summoned and the man was removed to his office on N. Street where the wound was dressed. Armstrong is from Hooper. He was taken to Omaha last night.


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Sovereign Grace Ministries: Courts Shouldn't 'Second-Guess' Pastoral Counseling of Sex Abuse Victims
Legal observers question whether clergy-penitent privilege applies to denomination accused of covering up crimes.
Bobby Ross Jr.| January 25, 2013
Image: James Thompson / Flickr
In response to a civil lawsuit alleging that it covered up numerous cases of child sexual abuse, Sovereign Grace Ministries (SGM) has pledged to "carefully review" each accusation.
However, the lawsuit—which claims the association of Reformed church plants discouraged victims' parents from reporting abuse to authorities and had victims forgive their abusers in person—has also prompted the denomination to cite its First Amendment right to religious freedom.
Specifically, SGM has defended its freedom to provide confidential pastoral counseling free of government infringement.
"SGM believes that allowing courts to second-guess pastoral guidance would represent a blow to the First Amendment that would hinder, not help, families seeking spiritual direction among other resources in dealing with the trauma related to any sin including child sexual abuse," Tommy Hill, SGM's director of administration, said in a November 14 statement.
Such a stance strikes some legal observers as more of a smokescreen than a legitimate defense.
Boz Tchividjian, founder and executive director of Godly Response to Abuse in the Christian Environment (GRACE), which has investigated sex abuse allegations previously for New Tribes Mission and currently for Bob Jones University, readily acknowledges that he does not know all the facts. But the former Florida child abuse prosecutor takes issue with the SGM statement.
"Quite frankly, any time an institution—a Christian institution—responds or defends its behavior as it relates to sexual abuse allegations with quoting laws and hiding behind constitutions, it causes me concern," said Tchividjian, a law professor and grandson of Billy Graham. "I think an authentic, gospel-centered response to sexual abuse disclosures within an institution is to be transparent and to be vulnerable.
"God did his most powerful work when his son was transparent and vulnerable," Tchividjian added, referring to Jesus' crucifixion.
In the November statement, Hill accused plaintiffs' lawyers of seeking to violate SGM's First Amendment freedom "by asking judges and juries, years after such pastoral assistance was sought, to dictate what sort of biblical counsel they think should have been provided."
In a January 15 statement, he stressed, "We take seriously the biblical commands to pursue the protection and well-being of all people—especially children, who are precious gifts given by the Lord and the most vulnerable among us. These biblical commands include fully respecting civil authority to help restrain evil and promote righteousness as Romans 13 instructs us."
Hill told CT he was unable to comment further beyond the public statements. SGM stated in November that the lawsuit "contains a number of untrue or misleading accusations as well as considerable mischaracterizations of intent."
David Skeel, a law professor at the University of Pennsylvania, said he would need more information to fully assess SGM's defense. However, he stressed that "the First Amendment is not—and shouldn't be—a defense against child abuse.
"There's a pastor-penitent privilege that might protect some kinds of conversations relating to child abuse, although many states purport to override the privilege in cases of child abuse, and to require pastors to report any evidence of child abuse," said Skeel, who recently wrote about the issue for the Wall Street Journal's Houses of Worship column. "I think many of the statutes were enacted after the Catholic clergy scandals of the last several decades."
In Maryland, where the lawsuit was filed and SGM was based until relocating to Kentucky last year, state law does not require the reporting of child abuse if such notification would disclose a communication protected by the clergy-penitent privilege.
However, Tchividjian said the focus of the law "is on perpetrators who may 'confess' and not victims or their family members who may disclose the abuse to their pastor."
The lawsuit, originally filed in October, seeks class-action status. The petition was amended in January, adding five plaintiffs (bringing the total to eight) and alleging that some church leaders—who are among the dozen defendants—engaged in abuse directly.
The amended lawsuit came shortly after SGM flagship Covenant Life Church of Gaithersburg, Maryland, voted to sever ties with the denomination, and SGM leader Dave Harvey stepped down from his duties.
SGM made headlines in 2011 when its president, C.J. Mahaney, took a leave of absence for a "period of examination and evaluation" of charges against him by alienated SGM pastors, including "various expressions of pride, unentreatability, deceit, sinful judgment and hypocrisy." The process proved difficult for the denomination, but six months later SGM reinstated Mahaney after vetting the charges and declaring full confidence in him.
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Not long after Pope Francis' election in 2013, we friends around Solidarity Hall began to sense that some of our fellow Catholics were just not getting this new Argentinian guy. We decided to collect some essays, partly "translating" Francis for an American audience and also speculating on how we saw the coming years of his papacy. Somewhere I had heard of a youngish but talented Patheos Channel blogger, Sam Rocha, and we asked him to contribute something.
Still, none of this prepared us for Sam's next venture, a music CD dedicated to Augustine's Confessions and entitled "Late to Love." I'm sure by now Sam has a certain group of fans who couldn't care less about his writing: they just want more music like this album, a folk/funk/jazz experiment in re-imagining an ancient soul with new soulfulness.
If the latter book sounds a tad strenuous (Sam is not afraid to riff alternately on thinkers like Heidegger and Foucault, among other such heavies), then by all means start with his Tell Them Something Beautiful, a highly approachable collection of essays, blog posts and talks, including an interview with Sam by Max Lindenman (who wrote the foreword). Along with pieces on the failures of liberalism, the likelihood of a Trump presidency (written in 2011!), the Great Books, Pope Francis' "gangsta ways", Jean-Luc Marion and Maya Angelou, a final section is dedicated to the notion of "funk phenomenology," a concept which must somehow be related to the folk phenomenology of Sam's other book, although Sam doesn't elaborate here.
Finally, I will suggest that funk phenomenology, in my reading at least, is a kind of extended exploration of the theology of the body–or at least, of embodiedness–in an approach that strikes me as an expression of an American (or Latino) version of liberation theology in its latest, Benedict XVI-approved, non-Marxist formulation. I'm also thinking here of the writings of Latin American theologians influential on the thinking of Pope Francis, especially Fr. Juan Carlos Scannone (Argentinian) and Alberto Methol Ferré (Uruguayan). These thinkers represent this new wave of liberation theology, one which includes a teología del pueblo, a theology of the people grounded in popular piety and devotions.
Ready or not, we American Catholics now belong to a church whose source is now the global South, especially Latin America. And while Sam is a native "Texican" by origins, I think his work in several ways points us in this same southerly direction.
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Sun Hing Garden () is a Home Ownership Scheme and Private Sector Participation Scheme court built on reclaimed land of Tai Po Hoi in Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong near Fu Shin Estate, Chung Nga Court, Ming Nga Court, New Territories North Regional Police Headquarters and Fu Shin Sports Centre. It has a total of five residential blocks built in 1986.

Houses

Demographics
According to the 2016 by-census, Sun Hing Garden had a population of 4,303. The median age was 42.9 and the majority of residents (96.5 per cent) were of Chinese ethnicity. The average household size was 3 people. The median monthly household income of all households (i.e. including both economically active and inactive households) was HK$36,430.

Politics
Sun Hing Garden is located in Fu Ming Sun constituency of the Tai Po District Council. It was formerly represented by Kwan Wing-yip, who was elected in the 2019 elections until July 2021.

See also

Public housing estates in Tai Po

References

Tai Po
Residential buildings completed in 1986
Home Ownership Scheme
Private Sector Participation Scheme
Housing estates with centralized LPG system in Hong Kong

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Monday: Outgoing Assembly Member Jim Brennan is among the honorees at the Riders Alliance's annual gala. 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday: Council Member Donavan Richards and NYC EDC host a "public scoping hearing" on the future of Downtown Far Rockaway. 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday: Brooklyn Community Board 2's transportation committee will discuss four new Citi Bike station locations in Boerum Hill. 6 p.m.
Wednesday: DOT reports to the Manhattan CB 4 transportation committee about recent from DOT at its monthly meeting. 6:30 p.m.
Thursday: Transit officials from D.C. and New York discuss challenges facing their cities at a Transit Museum panel. 6 p.m.
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New Colonialism: Pentagon Carves Africa Into Military Zones
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Last year the commander of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), General William Ward, said the Pentagon had military partnerships with 35 of the continent's 53 nations, "representing U.S. relationships that span the continent." [1]
That number has increased in the interim.
As the first overseas regional military command set up by Washington in this century, the first since the end of the Cold War, and the first in 25 years, the activation of AFRICOM, initially under the wing of U.S. European Command on October 1, 2007, then as an independent entity a year later, emphasizes the geostrategic importance of Africa in U.S. international military, political and economic planning.
Africa Command's area of responsibility includes more nations - 53, all African states except Egypt, which remains in U.S. Central Command, and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (Western Sahara), which is a member of the African Union but which the U.S. and its NATO allies recognize as part of Morocco, which conquered it in 1975 - than any of the Pentagon's other Unified Combatant Commands: European Command, Central Command, Pacific Command, Southern Command and Northern Command (founded in 2002).
The U.S. is alone in maintaining regional multi-service military commands in all parts of the world, a process initiated after World War Two as America arrogated to itself a 20th century manifest destiny as history's first worldwide military superpower..
Until October 1, 2008 Africa was overwhelmingly in the European Command's area of responsibility, with all African nations assigned to it except for Egypt, Seychelles and the Horn of Africa states (Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Sudan) overseen by Central Command, and three island nations and a French possession off the continent's eastern coast (Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius and Reunion) placed under Pacific Command.
The month before AFRICOM began its one-year incubation under U.S. European Command in 2007, Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
Ryan Henry said, "Rather than three different commanders who have Africa as a third or fourth priority, there will be one commander that has it as a top priority." [2]
The Pentagon official also revealed that Africa Command "would involve one small headquarters plus five 'regional integration teams' scattered around the continent" and that "AFRICOM would work closely with the European Union and NATO," particularly France, a member of both, which was "interested in developing the Africa standby force". [3]
The Defense Department official identified all the key components of Africa Command's role and adumbrated what has transpired in the almost three-year interim: By subsuming nations formerly in the areas of responsibility of three Pentagon commands under a unified one, the U.S. will divide the world's second most populous continent into five military districts, each with a multinational African Standby Force trained by military forces from the United States, NATO and the European Union.
Later the same month, the Pentagon confirmed its earlier disclosure that AFRICOM would deploy regional integration teams "to the northern, eastern, southern, central and western portions of the continent, mirroring the African Union's five regional economic communities...."
The Defense News website detailed the geographic division described in Defense Department briefing documents issued in that month:
"One team will have responsibility for a northern strip from Mauritania to Libya; another will operate in a block of east African nations - Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda, Kenya, Madagascar and Tanzania; and a third will carry out activities in a large southern block that includes South Africa, Zimbabwe and Angola....
"A fourth team would concentrate on a group of central African countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo, Chad and Congo [Brazzaville]; the fifth regional team would focus on a western block that would cover Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Niger and Western Sahara, according to the briefing documents." [4]
The five areas correspond to Africa's main Regional Economic Communities, starting in the north of the continent:
Arab Maghreb Union: Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia.
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With documentary, Stolichnaya courts gay, lesbian trendsetters | The Honolulu Advertiser | Hawaii's Newspaper
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With documentary, Stolichnaya courts gay, lesbian trendsetters
By THERESA HOWARD
Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people are attractive to distillers because they create trends and have high disposable incomes.
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NEW YORK — Stolichnaya vodka, which wants to oust Absolut as the reigning vodka in the gay and lesbian market, will kick off a one-year series of programs beginning today on Viacom's Logo cable channel.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) consumers are attractive both as trendsetters and for high disposable income: an expected $641 billion in spending this year, up from $600 billion in 2005, according to the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. Absolut, the top U.S. import, for many years has courted this market.
Stoli's campaign begins with a one-hour, ad-free documentary that it produced, "Be Real: Stories from Queer America," on the LGBT-oriented Logo channel. The film will appear at least 10 times on Logo as part of the yearlong deal.
Stolichnaya looked beyond traditional advertising to market "in a culturally relevant way," says Adam Rosen, senior brand manager. "Because of the nature of the community as trendsetting, they are heavily marketed to and very skeptical of advertising."
The deal with Logo also includes a six-episode reality show to air in April, tentatively titled "Be Real." It will profile pairs of couples going through parallel experiences, such as a commitment ceremony. Tomorrow, Stoli will launch www.stolibe real.com, where visitors can watch the documentary online and also nominate couples for "Be Real."
The network made the deal for the advertiser-produced shows because they are "authentic," says Logo president Brian Graden. "We started out with the question, 'Is this good content and something that our audience would like to see?' "
The shows contain no commercials but will open and close with "sponsored by Stoli" messages and a 30-second ad for Stoli's latest flavor, Blueberi.
"We're hoping to create the association that Stoli is bringing you this message and that we support your community," says Rosen.
The image of support is important because Logo viewers "disproportionately reward advertisers they know are stepping up and positively selling to the gay and lesbian audience," says Graden.
A Harris survey of 1,500 viewers commissioned by Logo found 73 percent were more inclined to buy a product advertised on Logo than on another channel, and 80 percent were more likely to watch commercials on Logo.
Stoli, bought by Pernod Ricard from Allied Domecq last year, has doubled its LGBT marketing to 10 percent of its annual marketing budget from 5 percent in 2004.
The increase comes as premium vodka sales continue to soar — up 8 percent in 2005 versus 2004, according to Impact's 2006 Annual Spirits Study.
But competition within the category is fierce. Absolut and Stoli volume each rose about 3 percent from 2000 to 2005. However, Absolut's market share fell to 34.5 percent of volume from 55.6 percent in that period, while Stoli's slid slightly to 14.5 percent from 16.8 percent.


On April 27th, controversial religious figurehead, alleged cult leader and self-proclaimed Messiah Sun Myung Moon, is to officiate over a mass "blessing" of clergy couples at a ceremony in a Washington, D.C. hotel.
The event claims to be part of a simultaneous worldwide wedding of 144,000 clergy couples via satellite link.
"The public thinks that the Moonies have gone away. They haven't. They have been quite busy in recent years, focusing their recruitment efforts to Christian clergy, politicians, and business people," says Steven Hassan, former Moonie, author, licensed counselor and mind control expert. "They are still deceptive and quite dangerous," Hassan wrote in a press release.
Moon is an 82-year old Korean billionaire and convicted felon who served 13 months in federal prison for income tax evasion and conspiracy in the mid-1980s. Moon owns the Washington Times newspaper, U.P.I., Insight magazine, The University of Bridgeport (CT) and The New Yorker Hotel.
"I am certain that Christian clergy who are planning to participate in this 'blessing' are not aware of the real theology of Moon, says Hassan. "What people have to understand is that destructive cults use deception and extensive manipulation to achieve their goals - in this case to help legitimize and mainstream Moon."


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Alfonso Mejia Arias is a Mexican musician, writer, social activist and politician. He was born in Veracruz, Mexico on 11 September 1961 and has lived mostly in Mexico City, where his family settled.

Career
From his childhood joined musical associations that defined his vocation. He studied violoncello, art history, ethnomusicology and choral and orchestral conduction at the National Conservatory of Music, and the National School of Music of UNAM. Disciple of prestigious teachers as Barbara Kaminska (Poland), Enrique Marmisolle, Jorge Cordova, Leonardo Velazquez, and Christian Caballero among many others. Also attended Master Classes from Yo-Yo Ma and Mstislav Rostropovich.

Dr Mejia-Arias is a specialist in Japanese traditional music and has been renowned in Japan as First Hispanic American Shakuhachi Player (Distinction granted by Dai Sensei Aoki Reibo, national living treasure). Mejia-Arias also had the personal guidance of Kifu Mitsuhashi, Hodo Yamaguchi, and Katsuya Yokoyama in Mexico, Los Angeles, California, United States, and Okayama, Japan.
In Mexico he learned composition and orchestral conduction from Humberto Hernández Medrano. Mejia-Arias is member of the Orchestral Conducting Workshop of Itzvan Lenker in New York City, United States, and San Salvador, Republic of El Salvador.

Mejia-Arias also studied in Toyohashi, Nagoya, and Bisen, Okayama in Japan, New York City, Los Angeles, California, United States.  Baroque Music Interpretation from Rainer Johansen and Isabel Shau of  Musika Antiqua Köln, (Germany). Interpretation and Ornamentation of Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Music from Philip Pickett, of The Musicians Of the Globe, London, UK.

Political career
Alfonso Mejía Arias has participated in Mexican politics, and ran for a position representing the Mexican Liberal Party (PLM). He openly criticized government policies, and wrote in many publications such as La Noche de Las Luciérnagas and Podium, denouncing corruption and human rights violations in his country, as well those inflicted to Mexican ethnical minorities as those to his own Romani people settled in Mexico. These actions brought him prosecution from different parties, specially from the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), governing Mexico City and other important cities.

Works
Diferencias conceptuales entre los Barrocos Europeo y Mexicano (Conceptual differences within European and Mexican Baroque) essay. As well as musicals and other multidisciplinary performances.

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Living people
Mexican musicians
Mexican Romani people
Mexican people of Spanish descent
People of Spanish-Romani descent
Romani activists
Romani musicians
Romani politicians
Romani writers
Musicians from Veracruz
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New judicial interpretation enables property preservation in China before a Hong Kong arbitral award is recognised and enforced
On 26 November 2020, the Supreme People's Court issued the Supplementary Arrangement Concerning Mutual Enforcement of Arbitral Awards between the Mainland and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (the "Supplementary Arrangement"). Article 4 of this Supplementary Arrangement provides that a court can, before or after accepting an application for recognizing and enforcing a Hong Kong arbitral award, take preservation on or compulsory measures for safeguarding the property of the party subject to enforcement in accordance with the legal provisions of the locality of the court if the party concerned requires to do so.
Before the issuance of the Supplementary Arrangement, such preservative measures were only available where a Hong Kong seated arbitration tribunal issued interim measures during pending arbitration proceedings. Such interim measures are to be recognized and enforced cross-border under the Arrangement Concerning Mutual Assistance in Court-ordered Interim Measures in Aid of Arbitral Proceedings by the Courts of the Mainland and of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region effective as of 1 October 2019 (the "Assistance Arrangement"). But neither the Assistance Arrangement nor the Arrangement of the Supreme People's Court on Reciprocal Enforcement of Arbitral Awards between the Mainland and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region effective as of 1 February 2000 contains any express stipulations on preservative measures during the process of recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards, i.e. after the underlying arbitration proceedings had been completed.
This is different to the respective Arrangement of the Supreme People's Court on Reciprocal Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitration Awards between the Mainland and the Macau Special Administrative Region. Article 11 of the PRC-Macau Arbitration Arrangement expressly stipulates that a court can, before or after accepting an application for recognizing and enforcing an arbitration award, take preservative measures regarding the property of the party against whom the application is filed in accordance with the legal provisions of the locality of the court if the party concerned requires to do so.
In practice, different local courts had taken different approaches in granting such preservative measures before a Hong Kong arbitral award is recognised.
Some People's Courts approved applications for preservative measures against the property of party subject to enforcement during the recognition and enforcement procedures of foreign arbitral awards (e.g. (2015) Hu Hai Fa Min Ren Zi No. 1-2) on the basis of Articles 100, 102 and 103 of the PRC Civil Procedure Law. There have also been a few other decisions where property preservation has been granted during the process of recognition and enforcement of a foreign arbitral award.
Other People's Courts rejected respective applications (e.g. (2016) Qiong 72 Xie Wai Ren No. 1-2), arguing that (i) there is no such requirement under the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (the New York Convention), (ii) there was no relevant agreement between the PRC and country where the award was made (i.e. the UK in the relevant case) and (iii) there are no specific PRC laws or regulations in this regard.
In a PRC Supreme People's Court's reply to the Hubei High People's Court issued in 2017, the Supreme People's Court stated that a court may, by taking reference to Article 100 of the PRC Civil Procedure Law, grant a property preservation provided that the applicant has provided sufficient security. However, there is uncertainty as to whether the Supreme People's Court's reply to the Hubei High People's Court applies only to that specific case concerned or applies as a general principle in other cases handled by other courts too.
Now Article 4 of the Supplementary Arrangement provides a clear legal basis enabling the winning party of a Hong Kong arbitral award to apply for preservative measures in a local Chinese court even before the award is recognised and enforced. Considering that the recognition and enforcement proceedings may take months, this new provision may significantly increase the winning party's chance to get fully compensated as that granted under the award before the losing party transfers or otherwise dispose its property subject to enforcement to escape enforcement.
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In May 2017 he was named in Wales' squad for the Under-20 competition in Toulon, only to withdraw and be included in England's travelling party just 11 minutes later.
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"I had expressed my interest in playing for Wales, but it hadn't come around at the time and when England offered for me to go to Toulon, I accepted.
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"I'm committed to Wales. I don't have any interest in going back to England. I wouldn't be travelling across the world if I didn't want to," he said.
"My mum knew before me I had been called up by Wales and she was already crying on the phone when I phoned, bless her. She was delighted and it was obviously a big thing for the whole family.
"I've been in a few squads and this is the first time I've been away with Giggsy. He was part of the team I supported and looked up to growing up.
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"It came at a bad time as I was just nailing down a spot in the Sheffield United team. But I'm getting there now and all the lads are welcoming here so I just have to get down to playing my football and show what I can do.


The utility model discloses a cut opening fixing device which comprises a first ring and a second ring, wherein the first ring is connected with the second ring through a tubular elastic membrane. The first ring and the second ring are both silica gel rings, and the elastic membrane is made of silica gel. The cut opening fixing device is simple in structure, convenient to use, and capable of effectively reducing cut infection chances.
 本实用新型涉及一种固定器,特别涉及一种切口牵开固定器。  The present invention relates to a holder, particularly to a retractor holder notch.
 在目前的手术中,患者的手术部位切口切开后,人体组织会由于自身收缩作用,切口会呈现闭合状态,这给手术的顺利进行造成了一定的困难,为了手术的顺利进行,急需要时切口牵开。  In the current surgery, after surgery, the patient's incision site, the body's own tissue contraction due to the incision will assume a closed state, which gives smooth operation caused some difficulties for the smooth operation, to urgent need to cut retractor. 早期的手术都是靠人工使切口牵开,这种方式会对切口造成伤害,更会感染人体组织,对患者很不利。 Early surgery is to rely on the manual incision retractor, this approach would cut damage, but will also infect human tissue, the patient is very unfavorable.
 本实用新型要解决的技术问题是提供一种结构简单、使用方便,且能有效降低切·口感染机会的切口牵开固定器。  The present invention to solve the technical problem to provide a simple, easy to use, and can reduce the chance of infection slit opening cut-retractor holder.
 一种切口牵开固定器,包括第一环与第二环,所述第一环与第二环通过管状的弹性膜连接,第一环与第二环均为硅胶环,弹性膜由硅胶制成。  An incision retractor fixing device, comprising a first ring and a second ring, the first ring and the second ring are connected by a tubular elastic membrane, both the first ring and the second ring silicone ring, the elastic membrane It made of silicone.
 进一步地,所述第一环、第二环以及弹性膜为一体结构。  Further, the first ring, the second ring and an elastic film is a unitary structure.
 进一步地,所述第二环的外径大于第一环的外径。  Further, the outer diameter of the second ring is greater than the outer diameter of the first ring.
 进一步地,所述第一环与第二环为圆形形状、椭圆形形状或腰形形状。  Further, the first ring and the second ring shape is circular, elliptical or kidney-shaped shape.
 采用上述技术方案的切口牵开固定器,由于所述第一环与第二环通过管状的弹性膜连接,第一环与第二环均为硅胶环,弹性膜由硅胶制成,所以透明的弹性膜能提高医生对周围组织的能见度,手术时,第一环放在体内,第二环露在体外,能有效降低切口感染的机会。  The foregoing technical solution incision retractor fixing device, since the first ring and the second ring are connected by a tubular elastic membrane, both the first ring and the second ring silicone ring, the elastic membrane is made of silicone, Therefore, the transparent elastomeric film to improve visibility of the surrounding tissue doctors, surgery, a first ring on the body, a second ring exposed in vitro, can effectively reduce the chance of wound infection. 由于所述第二环的外径大于第一环的外径,所以手术更能顺利进行。 Since the diameter of the second ring is greater than the outer diameter of the first ring, so the operation more smoothly. 由于所述第一环与第二环为圆形形状、椭圆形形状或腰形形状,所以能均匀分散人体组织,避免了对人体组织集中于一个方向的牵开作用力。 Since the first ring and the second ring shape is circular, elliptical or kidney-shaped shape, the body tissue can be uniformly dispersed, to avoid concentrated in a human tissue retractor force direction pair.
 图I为本实用新型切口牵开固定器的结构示意图实施例一。  FIG. I present new incision retractor holder schematic structural diagram of a practical embodiment.
 图2为本实用新型切口牵开固定器的结构示意图实施例二。  FIG. 2 is a new incision retractor holder practical structural diagram of the second embodiment.
 图3为本实用新型切口牵开固定器的结构示意图实施例三。  FIG. 3 is a cutout invention retractor holder schematic structural diagram of third embodiment.
 如图2所示,一种切口牵开固定器,包括第一环I与第二环2,第一环I与第二环2通过管状的弹性膜3连接,第一环I与第二环2均为硅胶环,弹性膜3由硅胶制成,第一环I、第二环2以及弹性膜3为一体结构,第二环2的外径大于第一环I的外径,第一环I与第二环2为椭圆形形状。  2 An incision retractor fixing device, comprising a first ring and the second ring 2 I, I 2 is connected to a first ring a second ring tube 3 through the elastic film, and a first ring I the second ring 2 are silica, the elastic film 3 is made of silicone, I first ring, the second ring 2 and an elastic film 3 as an integrated structure, the outer diameter of the second ring is greater than the diameter of the first ring 2 I, I first ring and the second ring 2 is elliptical in shape.
 如图3所示,一种切口牵开固定器,包括第一环I与第二环2,第一环I与第二环2通过管状的弹性膜3连接,第一环I与第二环2均为硅胶环,弹性膜3由硅胶制成,第一环I、第二环2以及弹性膜3为一体结构,第二环2的外径大于第一环I的外径,第一环I与第二环2为腰形形状。  3 An incision retractor fixing device, comprising a first ring and the second ring 2 I, I 2 is connected to a first ring a second ring tube 3 through the elastic film, and a first ring I the second ring 2 are silica, the elastic film 3 is made of silicone, I first ring, the second ring 2 and an elastic film 3 as an integrated structure, the outer diameter of the second ring is greater than the diameter of the first ring 2 I, I first ring and the second ring 2 is waisted shape. · 本实用新型切口牵开固定器的第一环I置于手术切口内,第二环2置于体外,透明的弹性膜能提高医生对周围组织的能见度,弹性膜3均匀分散人体组织,避免了对人体组织集中于一个方向的牵开作用力,能有效降低切口感染的机会。 *  The present invention incision retractor holder ring I disposed within the first incision, the second ring 2 is placed in vitro, a transparent elastic film to improve visibility of the surrounding tissue doctors, uniform dispersion of the elastic film 3 human organization, avoids human tissue concentrated in a direction of retraction force, can effectively reduce the chance of wound infection.
1. 一种切口牵开固定器,其特征在于:其包括第一环与第二环,所述第一环与第二环通过管状的弹性膜连接。 An incision retractor fixing device, characterized in that: it comprises a first ring and a second ring, the first ring and the second ring are connected by a tubular elastic membrane.
2.如权利要求I所述的切口牵开固定器,其特征在于:所述第一环、第二环以及弹性膜为一体结构。 2. I claim the incision retractor holder, wherein: said first ring, second ring, and the elastic film is a unitary structure.
3.如权利要求2所述的切口牵开固定器,其特征在于:所述第二环的外径大于第一环的外径。 The cutout claim 2 retractor holder, wherein: the diameter of the second ring is greater than the outer diameter of the first ring.
4.如权利要求I至3任一项所述的切口牵开固定器,其特征在于:所述第一环与第二环为圆形形状、椭圆形形状。 4. I according to any of claims 3 to a cutout of the retractor fixing device, wherein: said first ring and the second ring is a circular shape, an elliptical shape.


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A mobile workstation, also known as a desktop replacement computer (DTR) or workstation laptop, is a personal computer that provides the full capabilities of a workstation-class desktop computer while remaining mobile.  They are often larger, bulkier laptops or in some cases 2-in-1 PCs with a tablet-like form factor and interface. Because of their increased size, this class of computer usually includes more powerful components and a larger display than generally used in smaller portable computers and can have a relatively limited battery capacity (or none at all). Some use a limited range of desktop components to provide better performance at the expense of battery life. These are sometimes called desknotes, a blend of "desktop" and "notebook", though the term is also applied to desktop replacement computers in general. Other names being monster notebooks or musclebooks in reference to muscle cars.

Origins

The forerunners of the mobile workstation were the portable computers of the early to mid-1980s, such as the Portal R2E CCMC, the Osborne 1, Kaypro II, the Compaq Portable and the Commodore Executive 64 (SX-64) computers. These computers contained the CPU, display, floppy disk drive and power supply all in a single briefcase-like enclosure.  Similar in performance to the desktop computers of the era, they were easily transported and came with an attached keyboard that doubled as a protective cover when not in use.  They could be used wherever space and an electrical outlet were available, as they had no battery.

The development of the laptop form factor gave new impetus to portable computer development. Many early laptops were feature-limited in the interest of portability, requiring such mobility-limiting accessories as external floppy drives or clip-on trackball pointing devices. One of the first laptops that could be used as a standalone computer was the EUROCOM 2100 based on Intel's 8088 CPU architecture, it duplicated the functionality of the desktop models without requiring an external docking station.

The development of the modern mobile workstation came with the realization that many laptops were used in a semi-permanent location, often remaining connected to an external power source at all times. This suggested that a market existed for a laptop-style computer that would take advantage of the user's reduced need for portability, allowing for higher-performance components, greater expandability, and higher-quality displays. Mobile workstations are also often used with a port replicator, to full enjoy the desktop comfort.

Design features
Modern mobile workstations generally perform better than traditional laptop-style computers as their size allows the inclusion of more powerful components. The larger body means more efficient heat-dissipation, allowing manufacturers to use components that would otherwise overheat during normal use. Furthermore, their increased size allows for more modularity, which allows for a greater expandability and features, as well as larger and brighter displays. However, these advantages generally come at a price premium, with many computers in this class costing as much as two desktop computers with similar specifications.

Using a laptop form factor, however, mobile workstations still often suffer from limitations similar to those of more mobile laptops. They usually lack the ability to accept standard PCIe expansion cards, somewhat limiting their expandability. While mobile workstations can offer better cooling than other laptops, they rarely dissipate heat efficiently enough to allow for high-end desktop-class components, and thus may not reach the same performance levels as desktop computers.

Mobile workstations computers are, with a few exceptions, difficult to upgrade compared to desktop computers, with many of their major components (such as the display) integral to the design of the machine, and others (such as the CPU and GPU) often being hard to access and replace.
A small segment of mobile workstations do not include a battery as a standard feature, while some do not include ExpressCard support. They have the same limitations on serviceability as laptops, and can rarely use identical components to a desktop computer.

See also
 Clevo x7200
 Overclocking
 SLI
 Enthusiast computing
 Gaming laptop

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