'Three Fitted Flies' ranked 9th in the Top Industry Survey of 2016's Best Animated Short Films.
7′ 47" / Colour / 2015.
Summer in a small village in a plain and arid region of central Spain. Prying neighbours, mourning rituals, tediousness, extreme heat and undertones of guilt make a perfect soil for madness. The old woman will try to bring her late husband back by means of twisted rituals.
Short animated film produced during our CreArt residency in Kaunas, Lithuania. Supported by CreArt, VšĮ "Artkomas" and Culture Programme.
Jury Prize. Be there! Corfu Animation Festival 2017. Greece.
Jury Special Mention. 3D Wire 2016. Segovia, Spain.
Jury Special Mention. Comunidad de Madrid Animation Awards. Spain.


Great luncheon or light supper idea.
Combine in medium bowl: chicken cream cheese, chives, milk, and salt. Mix by hand. Unroll crescent rolls. Each tube will contain four rectangles of dough with a diagonal perforation. Press dough along dotted lines so halves do not separate. Place ¼ cup chicken mixture in center of each rectangle. Fold dough over filling. Pinch edges to seal tightly. Dip each packet in melted margarine. Coat with crouton crumbs. Place on baking sheet or baking stone. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until golden brown.


Vintage Mothu et Doria Advertising Poster.
This poster was created by Steinlen, Theophile-Alexandre.
Illustrated is two men, one offering the other a light for his cigarette.
Musee Grevin, Les Dames Hongroises, Grand Orchestre Vintage Poster.
Vintage French C.G. Transatlantique Line Poster. Shipping Travel Poster of the Normandy by Paul Colin.
Visit France. The Basque Coast, Vintage French Poster.
Visit Paris, France. Vintage Trans World Airlines Poster.


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package org.encog.app.analyst.csv.basic;

/**
 * A basic cached column. Used internally by some of the Encog CSV quant
 * classes. All of the file contents for this column are loaded into memory.
 */
public class BaseCachedColumn {

	/**
	 * The data for this column.
	 */
	private double[] data;

	/**
	 * The name of this column.
	 */
	private String name;

	/**
	 * Is this column used for output?
	 */
	private boolean output;

	/**
	 * Is this column used for input?
	 */
	private boolean input;

	/**
	 * Should this column be ignored.
	 */
	private boolean ignore;

	/**
	 * Construct the cached column.
	 *
	 * @param theName
	 *            The name of the column.
	 * @param theInput
	 *            Is this column used for input?
	 * @param theOutput
	 *            Is this column used for output?
	 */
	public BaseCachedColumn(final String theName, final boolean theInput,
			final boolean theOutput) {
		this.name = theName;
		this.input = theInput;
		this.output = theOutput;
		this.ignore = false;
	}

	/**
	 * Allocate enough space for this column.
	 *
	 * @param length
	 *            The length of this column.
	 */
	public final void allocate(final int length) {
		this.data = new double[length];
	}

	/**
	 * @return The data for this column.
	 */
	public final double[] getData() {
		return this.data;
	}

	/**
	 * @return The name of this column
	 */
	public final String getName() {
		return this.name;
	}

	/**
	 * @return Is this column ignored?
	 */
	public final boolean isIgnore() {
		return this.ignore;
	}

	/**
	 * @return Is this column used for input?
	 */
	public final boolean isInput() {
		return this.input;
	}

	/**
	 * @return Is this column used for output?
	 */
	public final boolean isOutput() {
		return this.output;
	}

	/**
	 * Set if this column is to be ignored?
	 *
	 * @param theIgnore
	 *            True, if this column is to be ignored.
	 */
	public final void setIgnore(final boolean theIgnore) {
		this.ignore = theIgnore;
	}

	/**
	 * Set if this column is used for input.
	 *
	 * @param theIgnore
	 *            Is this column used for input.
	 */
	public final void setInput(final boolean theIgnore) {
		this.input = theIgnore;
	}

	/**
	 * Set the name of this column.
	 *
	 * @param theName
	 *            The name of this column.
	 */
	public final void setName(final String theName) {
		this.name = theName;
	}

	/**
	 * Set if this column is used for output.
	 *
	 * @param theOutput
	 *            Is this column used for output.
	 */
	public final void setOutput(final boolean theOutput) {
		this.output = theOutput;
	}

}

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Q: Angularjs - Lazy loading is not working in my application I have a div those are coming from ng repeat,I have tried to use lazy loading,like once my page load only first div will load after that other divs will be load based on scroll.but here it is not working.When I scroll my application lazy load is working but after loading all the divs. Here is the code below html and javascript.
html

<link rel='stylesheet prefetch' href='https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/3.3.5/css/bootstrap.css'>

 {{group.list}}

script
var app=angular.module('app', ['ui.bootstrap','ngSanitize','angular.filter']).directive('whenScrolled', function() {
    return function(scope, elm, attr) {
        var raw = elm[0];

        elm.bind('scroll', function() {
            if (raw.scrollTop + raw.offsetHeight >= raw.scrollHeight) {
                scope.$apply(attr.whenScrolled);
            }
        });
    };
});

app.controller('AccordionDemoCtrl', function ($scope,$location,$anchorScroll) {
  $scope.oneAtATime = true;

  $scope.groups = [
    {
      title: 'title 1',
      id:'1',
      list: 'Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source. Lorem Ipsum comes from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" (The Extremes of Good and Evil) by Cicero, written in 45 BC. This book is a treatise on the theory of ethics, very popular during the Renaissance. The first line of Lorem Ipsum, "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..", comes from a line in section 1.10.32.'
    },
    {
      title: 'title 1',
      id:'2',
      list: 'Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source. Lorem Ipsum comes from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" (The Extremes of Good and Evil) by Cicero, written in 45 BC. This book is a treatise on the theory of ethics, very popular during the Renaissance. The first line of Lorem Ipsum, "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..", comes from a line in section 1.10.32.'
    },
    {
      title: 'title 2',
      id:'3',
      list: 'Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source. Lorem Ipsum comes from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" (The Extremes of Good and Evil) by Cicero, written in 45 BC. This book is a treatise on the theory of ethics, very popular during the Renaissance. The first line of Lorem Ipsum, "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..", comes from a line in section 1.10.32.'
    },
    {
      title: 'title 3',
      id:'4',
      list: 'Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source. Lorem Ipsum comes from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" (The Extremes of Good and Evil) by Cicero, written in 45 BC. This book is a treatise on the theory of ethics, very popular during the Renaissance. The first line of Lorem Ipsum, "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..", comes from a line in section 1.10.32.'

    },
    {
      title: 'title 4',
      id:'5',
      list: 'Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source. Lorem Ipsum comes from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" (The Extremes of Good and Evil) by Cicero, written in 45 BC. This book is a treatise on the theory of ethics, very popular during the Renaissance. The first line of Lorem Ipsum, "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..", comes from a line in section 1.10.32.'
    },
    {
      title: 'title 5',
      id:'6',
      list: 'Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source. Lorem Ipsum comes from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" (The Extremes of Good and Evil) by Cicero, written in 45 BC. This book is a treatise on the theory of ethics, very popular during the Renaissance. The first line of Lorem Ipsum, "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..", comes from a line in section 1.10.32.'
    }
  ];
  var counter = 0;
    $scope.loadMore = function() {
        for (var i = 0; i < 1; i++) {
            $scope.groups.push({id: counter});
            counter += 1;
        }
    };

    $scope.loadMore();

$scope.groups[0].isOpen = true;
});

A: I went ahead and updated the plunkr I linked with a working example. Here it is.
What I did is created a second array that acts a source.
var sourceGroups = [
      {
      title: 'title 1',
      id:'1',
      list: 'Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source. Lorem Ipsum comes from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" (The Extremes of Good and Evil) by Cicero, written in 45 BC. This book is a treatise on the theory of ethics, very popular during the Renaissance. The first line of Lorem Ipsum, "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..", comes from a line in section 1.10.32.'
    },
    {
      title: 'title 1',
      id:'2',
      list: 'Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source. Lorem Ipsum comes from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" (The Extremes of Good and Evil) by Cicero, written in 45 BC. This book is a treatise on the theory of ethics, very popular during the Renaissance. The first line of Lorem Ipsum, "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..", comes from a line in section 1.10.32.'
    },
    {
      title: 'title 2',
      id:'3',
      list: 'Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source. Lorem Ipsum comes from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" (The Extremes of Good and Evil) by Cicero, written in 45 BC. This book is a treatise on the theory of ethics, very popular during the Renaissance. The first line of Lorem Ipsum, "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..", comes from a line in section 1.10.32.'
    },
    {
      title: 'title 3',
      id:'4',
      list: 'Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source. Lorem Ipsum comes from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" (The Extremes of Good and Evil) by Cicero, written in 45 BC. This book is a treatise on the theory of ethics, very popular during the Renaissance. The first line of Lorem Ipsum, "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..", comes from a line in section 1.10.32.'

    },
    {
      title: 'title 4',
      id:'5',
      list: 'Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source. Lorem Ipsum comes from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" (The Extremes of Good and Evil) by Cicero, written in 45 BC. This book is a treatise on the theory of ethics, very popular during the Renaissance. The first line of Lorem Ipsum, "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..", comes from a line in section 1.10.32.'
    },
    {
      title: 'title 5',
      id:'6',
      list: 'Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source. Lorem Ipsum comes from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" (The Extremes of Good and Evil) by Cicero, written in 45 BC. This book is a treatise on the theory of ethics, very popular during the Renaissance. The first line of Lorem Ipsum, "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..", comes from a line in section 1.10.32.'
    }
  ];

Then, we set the $scope.groups array to be empty.
$scope.groups = [];

As far as your function goes:
$scope.loadMore = function() {
      var groupToPush = sourceGroups[$scope.groups.length] || {
        title: 'title' + $scope.groups.length,
        id: $scope.groups.length,
        list: 'Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source. Lorem Ipsum comes from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" (The Extremes of Good and Evil) by Cicero, written in 45 BC. This book is a treatise on the theory of ethics, very popular during the Renaissance. The first line of Lorem Ipsum, "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..", comes from a line in section 1.10.32.'
      };
      $scope.groups.push(groupToPush);
    };

... we get the object at the index that corresponds to the length of your $scope.groups array. For example, if the length of $scope.groups is 0, then it will get the object at the 0th index of sourceGroups. If it can't find it, it will default to a new object that is basically generated.
Then we just push this object into the $scope.groups array.
Lastly, we call `$scope.loadMore to instantiate a single object into the array.
$scope.loadMore();

Hope this helps!

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Home»Uncategorized»Proposed bill aims to crack down on hazing
Proposed bill aims to crack down on hazing
Katy Dara 2018-09-04
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Source: Wikimedia Commons
There could be a serious change in the hazing practices of New York State universities in the near future. Senate Bill S2552, which passed through the New York State Senate in March, "Provides increased penalties and education for hazing, underage drinking and drug use within athletic teams, fraternities and sororities at college campuses."
Hazing has been a hot-button issue on college campuses around the country. Although less than five percent of University at Albany students participate in Greek life, it has had its fair share of hazing scandals. Of the 39 Greek chapters listed on the university's website, 17 are under suspension, probation, or derecognized altogether.
Due to past hazing-related issues, UAlbany has a strict anti-hazing policy. According to UAlbany's Anti-Hazing Coordinator Emily Feuer, education is an important step in hazing prevention.
"When we think about prevention, we're really thinking about it in different approaches. One approach is education about hazing, so we have a hazing prevention course," Feuer said.
"As of right now, any new member of a fraternity or a sorority has to take that course. Any executive board member of a fraternity or sorority has to take that course, and also any executive board member for any club or organization on-campus has to take it."
The new hazing-prevention bill in the New York State Senate also advocates for increased anti-hazing education. In fact, much of what is in the legislation is already being done on UAlbany's campus.
"To be honest, I don't think the bill will have too much of an impact, because we're already doing a lot of the things that the new bill is stating," said Feuer, who explained current university policies already mirror those in the new law.
According to the UAlbany policy, hazing is defined as "any reckless or intentional conduct in connection with the initiation into, or affiliation with, any organization which degrades, humiliates or endangers the mental or physical health of any person, regardless of the person's willingness to participate." This conduct is included but not limited to forced consumption of alcohol, food, or illegal, substances, forced personal practices, psychological abuse, and physical brutality.
There will also be a Hazing Prevention Week from Oct. 22 to 26 on campus, where students can learn how to recognize, prevent, and report hazing practices.
Senate Bill S2552 has passed the Senate and will face the State Assembly next. This means that for UAlbany students who continue hazing practices could face much more serious charges if caught, while pledges may expect a less stressful experience while rushing.
Katy Dara
Tags:alcoholcrack downCuomoGreek LifehazingpolicyrushSUNY
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NY updated its voting laws – finally!

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If you're self employed, you already know how hard it can be to get a Canadian mortgage for someone without a traditional job. Being self employed shouldn't be punitive; you're going to need to get creative about your financing if want to get a home or refinance your current home. When you work with a Toronto mortgage broker, you'll be able to get the help that you need to get financing; when working with a bank's loan officer you're just another number. Here we're going to go over everything you need to know about getting a mortgage for the self employed, so let's get started!
Why is it So Hard to Get One?
Banks and every other type of lender make money off of the interest. It could be argued that they're making profit appear out of thin air, but that's just how things are. They have to know that you're going to be able to be able to pay off your loan plus interest for the length of the loan… so mortgages for the self employed can be a tricky proposition for a lender. You'll want to speak with a Toronto mortgage broker near you (or a mortgage broker where you live) so you know what kind of paperwork and documentation you're going to have to provide.
This will depend on your income (usually based per annum, or yearly income), your employment (this can be seasonal if you earn most of your income during the holiday season for example), and where you want to live. The criteria are pretty much the same, but there are some adjustments that make these unique to someone who is self employed. They may need you to have a cosigner, someone with a job and good credit, to get the loan. Working with a Toronto mortgage broker or a broker near you will help you better understand the conditions that may apply in your case.
Before you start shopping for financing you need to understand the kind of borrower you are. If you're self employed, you already know that part of the puzzle. Have you had bad credit in the past? Are you going to be able to prove that you have a host of liquid assets (money) at your disposal; will you be able to pay off the down payment right off the bat? If you have bad credit or not a lot of money, you may want to ask your Toronto mortgage broker if they know of any bad credit mortgages for the self employed that would be right for you. Explore your options before you commit to anything.
Talk with a mortgage broker before you sign anything; make sure that you have all of the proper documentation and paperwork filled out before you try and apply for one of these mortgages. You'll save time and money, getting into a home faster!
About the Author: Mike Smith is a mortgage broker and avid blogger for Home Base Mortgages. HBM is a Toronto mortgage broker that provides home mortgages, mortgage refinancing, home equity loans, debt consolidation, private mortgages and second mortgages.
How Does a Secured Line of Credit Work?


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Q: Could you please recommend an approach on converting non-unique field to a unique field? On our prod db we have two tables:

*

*companies

*invoices

Relationship:
A company has many invoices
An invoice belong to a company
The invoices table contains duplicate invoice_number for each company. What is the best approach to make invoice number unique for each company. what ever approach we go with, the changes shouldn't affect the existing references to the invoice table. It should only affect new invoice records.

A: My answer is not what you expect, but I have to make it.
In most countries around the world, the invoice number has to be unique, but only within the emitting company.
In some countries, invoice numbers are strongly regulated (especially with regard to sequentiality and absence of unused numbers between consecutive invoices). In some other countries it is not, but in case of a tax control, the controller will be very suspicious about holes within one company.
This is why it is completely normal to have duplicates if you only look at the invoice numbers. Uniqueness is only to be guaranteed for a pair of company_id and invoice_number. So in reports, you either need to display both with the appropriate sorting, or ask the user for which company the report is.
If you want to work internally with a globally unique number, just use your existing id field and let it be populated automatically by your db.
Another approach can be used for ensuring unique numbers globally: use different number ranges for different companies. This is usually well understood by tax controllers, as long as numbers are still sequential within one range. A variant thereof is to implicitly determine the number range based on the company_id (e.g. company_id * 1000000 + sequential counter).  Then you need to ensure that no number range is overflown.  (Again, tax controllers usually understand if there's one break in the numbering if the numbering scheme is changed and the change is well documented).

A: The correct approach for you here is that the Primary Key for the Invoices table is the combination of id and company_id. Both form a unique identifier, and there is no problem for it to work like that. If you need to provide an Id in your UI (or to the client), you can just show something like '4-10' ( {company_id}-{id} ).
But! If you still need a unique identifier in a column, then add a new one in the Invoices table and call it something like unique_id. You don't mention any other dependencies, but this way you'll prevent breaking anything that might be currently using the id or company_id combo. Plus, what Christophe mentions is correct: some countries need correlative numbers for invoices or proof of payment.
I do not recommend replacing the current ids: You might lose data integrity and/or other relationships you might have (your clients might be using the ids in their systems, for example). Plus: it would be a cumbersome, rather hard and dangerous task to execute on your production database.

A: As I see it, you have several solutions. It all depends on whether you want a permanent one or a workaround.
A permanent one would be to update your invoice table and replace the field invoice_number with something like:
CONCAT(company_id, '-',  invoice_number)

Now, if you want a workaround, you might change your data selection query to something like this:
SELECT
    c.name AS company,
    CONCAT(i.company_id, '-',  i.invoice_number) AS  invoice_number,
    i.total_amount
FROM
    invoices AS i
LEFT JOIN
    companies AS c
ON
    c.id = i.company_id

Or you could just create a view where you have company_id and invoice_number already concatenated in your invoice_number field and point your queries to that view.
Hope this is useful.

A: Perhaps just concatinating the company_id into what the plain invoice number would have been. Depending on how many invoices your system assigns to a given company, you might want to add another 0 or two to the original invoice number if you need to keep it in a numeric format.
For example,

*

*The next invoice for company id #1 is 100003

*The next invoice for company id #5 is 500004


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Statement on Anti-Racism
Hate and race-based injustice goes against everything we believe as a Christian organisation.
As a world-wide organisation we:
are all one in Christ, equally and uniquely created in God's image for a purpose. Our work focuses on supporting peace, ending injustice and ensuring that all children enjoy life in all of its fullness, regardless of race or ethnicity.
oppose racial discrimination in all communities and we join in solidarity with our brothers and sisters around the world as we pray for unity, strength and justice.
invite you to join us in praying for those affected by this injustice and learn more about the issue of racial discrimination and how we can all help end it.
"For there is no doubt that racial injustice breaks the heart of God. It is abhorrent and it goes against everything we stand for as a Christian organisation.
How can your heart not be broken when children like Siplae, 13, from Cambodia, tell us: "I was isolated by my friends. They mocked me because of my darker skin and curly hair." Or by 16-year-old Armando, from Colombia, who told us recently: "Many people think we're thieves," simply because of their race".
We want to live in a world where we can truthfully tell our children that racism has been consigned to the history books – not that they must live it in the present."
- Andrew Morley, World Vision International President & CEO
Within World Vision UK we believe racism is an abhorrent form of discrimination. We will not allow discrimination to have any place in our organisation. That's why we have been passionately and continually seeking to improve the diversity and inclusivity of our organisation, particularly recognising the lack of diversity at our senior management levels. From March 2020 we have included both gender and ethnicity diversity data in our quarterly performance reporting, building on a longer period of monitoring of gender diversity.
Over the last two years our Diversity and Inclusion actions have included in-depth unconscious bias training for our People and Culture Team and for members of our staff-led Diversity and Inclusion Group, the development of Equality in Recruitment Training for all managers and a commitment to having diverse candidate pools for all leadership recruitment.
Because we believe racial discrimination is particularly abhorrent, following the tragic and pivotal death of George Floyd in the US and in response to feedback from staff, our leadership team ran a number of "listening and learning" sessions where our BAME staff shared their experiences of discrimination outside the organisation and within it. It became clear that, despite the work done to date, our policies, processes and behaviours, however unintentional and unconscious, have still allowed some systemic racial discrimination to exist. We cannot accept this - and we will change.
We are therefore applying even more effort and greater urgency to this task and have already initiated a number of actions some of which are described below.
have published an updated and expanded Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan
have recommunicated all the channels open to staff for reporting incidents of discrimination, direct or indirect.
have reached out to external experts who will work with senior leadership to develop a truly inclusive culture
are improving the scope, quality and presentation of our quarterly diversity data
are updating our onboarding and induction to ensure that it is clear we will not tolerate racism or any other form of discrimination
are developing a mandatory learning programme for all staff that includes an exploration of unconscious bias, racism and wider issues of discrimination
have committed to having diverse candidate pools for all senior appointments and to tracking the progress of women and BAME candidates through the stages of recruitment to better understand where the blocks to appointment are
with the guidance of external ED&I experts, we will update our recruitment processes including reaching out to specialist recruitment agencies that will enable us to reach a more diverse candidate pool
through mentoring and development opportunities, we will be giving specific encouragement and support to all groups under-represented at our leadership levels
We acknowledge and are deeply saddened by our lack of awareness about how many of our talented and committed colleagues have been enduring discrimination their whole lives. We are committed to eliminating racism from our organisation.
Change will not happen overnight, which means that we must act - and act quickly. We know we will not get everything right, but we will try, and we will learn. The actions we are taking over the coming months will ensure we have inclusive policies and practices, that everyone is aware of what racism and other forms of discrimination look like, and is confident to challenge it, and that we will see greater diversity in the leadership of our organisation.
We will not rest until World Vision UK has ensured that all forms of racial discrimination are completely absent from our organisation.
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Join us for this back-to-school celebration! The Quarry Persons are back at the Freight to reprise their wildly popular sing-along show which packed the house in June 2016. They led standing-room only Sing the Beatles events at the San Francisco Free Folk Festival for several years and more recently rocked the Kensington Circus Pub in Kensington for many a Saturday. This tribute band recreates your favorite Beatles tunes with Joe Cadora and Carol Curtis on guitars, Amy Friedricks on bass and Bill Coffin on drums.
For this special event they are once again teaming up with Pete Elman, longtime Bay Area performer, composer, producer and educator. Peter gets rave reviews when he teaches his series of classes on the history of popular music for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. He brings The Beatles back to life with a wealth of information and behind the scenes anecdotes, and inspires us all with his passion for the music and the people behind that music.
Come and sing along to your favorite Beatles songs with all those memorable lyrics projected on a screen, learn some cool Beatles harmonies, relive some great moments in Beatle history, and get up and dance! Fun for all ages!


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Tribes take a greater role in managing the Colorado River, still seek water rights
Debra Utacia Krol
LAS VEGAS — Tribes from across the Colorado River basin came to Las Vegas this week looking for a more significant role in managing water supplies amid an ongoing drought, while still fighting for rights to the water they need to sustain their communities.
Tribal leaders joined other water officials, experts and advocates at the annual gathering of the Colorado River Water Users Association. The tribes' growing clout was evident in the latest plan to stretch the river's flow in Arizona, Nevada and California, but leaders said they wanted to remain a vital voice on the 246,000 square-mile watershed.
This year's conference included flags of the members of the Ten Tribes Partnership, a consortium of communities on the Colorado River, alongside federal and state flags. Tribal officials spoke on panels throughout the three days of meeting, a change from the past, when tribes appeared mostly in Native-focused panels.
Water officials recognized the need to include Indigenous leaders in future decisions.
"Absolutely, tribes will be at the table," said Terry Goddard, president of the Central Arizona Water Conservation District. Tribal governments are currently working with state, federal and other water agencies to develop the new Colorado River management guidelines that are set to take effect Jan. 1, 2026. In contrast, tribes were left out of talks when developing the 2007 interim guidelines to address shortages.
Camille Calimlim Touton, the recently confirmed Bureau of Reclamation commissioner, said on Wednesday that the recent infrastructure bill enacted by Congress will provide $2.5 billion to settle Indian water rights settlements to help the Department of the Interior fulfill its obligations to Indian tribes.
"We stand ready to be a full partner with those that want to work with us," Touton said.
She singled out Gila River and CRIT for stepping up to help reduce the risk of Lake Mead falling to more precarious levels.
"The drought has very real implications on people and the environment," Touton said, "including tribal communities who too often have seen their dreams denied and denied, who fear the loss of species of cultural significance."
Maria Dadgar, executive director of the Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, offered a land acknowledgment — a statement that names the tribe or tribes whose ancestral lands the event or venue is located — believed to be the first-ever at the gathering.
"We can all agree whether we're Indigenous or not that water is essential for life, and therefore water is life," said Dadgar, a member of the Piscataway Tribe in southern Maryland. "We also believe that where there is a body of water, this is a sacred place."
The importance of a river's health
The Inter Tribal Council of Arizona recently met with Maori tribal leaders from New Zealand and discovered that the far-flung Indigenous peoples shared that sentiment with Arizona tribes, she said.
"The Maori tribes said that the health of the people correlates with the health of the river," Dadgar said. "When you understand that, you'll begin to see the viewpoint that tribes have when they approach their work around negotiations for the Colorado River."
But while Native nations hold the most senior of senior water rights, tribes historically have not been a part of the negotiations around the management of the Colorado River, she said. Dadgar said that should be considered history, because tribes are playing a critical role in the implementation of the Drought Contingency Plan.
"We are going to see that tribes are here to play an integral role in all of the Colorado River management decisions," she said.
Dadgar pointed to three different collaborations the Arizona-area tribes are engaging in to build water management capacity collectively as they grow into key stakeholders in the health of the Colorado River, which supplies water to some 40 million people in the Southwest.
A new agreement signed Wednesday at the conference affirmed the Colorado River Indian Tribes' and Gila River Indian Community's commitments to leave a combined 179,000 acre-feet of their water allocation in Lake Mead as part of a pledge by several states and water districts to conserve 500,000 acre-feet. The two tribes' contributions made Arizona's contribution to the effort possible.
Drought plan:Arizona joins Nevada, California and tribes in a pledge to slash Colorado River water use
The Colorado River Tribal Roundtable, an Inter Tribal Council initiative, signed an agreement with the Bureau of Reclamation in March that created a platform for the council's 21 tribal members to engage directly with the bureau on issues related to the management of the Colorado River.
"It's really was like a handshake on paper to say that we will be working together," Dadgar said. The Tribal Leaders Water Policy Council, a longtime Inter Tribal Council group, will direct the collaboration.
Tribal rights predate states' rights
While some tribes like the Gila River Indian Community and the Colorado River Indian Tribes look forward to playing leading roles in river management, others still struggle simply to firm up their own water rights.
Shaun Chapoose, chairman of the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray, led a delegation of tribal officials to advocate for those rights. The Upper Basin tribe, located in northeastern Utah, has been battling for its water since its 4.2-million-acre reservation, the second-largest in the U.S., was established in 1861.
"Our Indian water rights predate state rights," said Chapoose.
But he and other tribal officials at the conference said both Utah and the U.S. governments have interfered with their ability to claim their water rights and use the water for the benefit of the tribe's nearly 2,100 members for decades. Tribal officials cited several examples, including taking water from the tribe to help fill the Flaming Gorge Reservoir in the mid-20th century.
The tribe held a referendum in 2018 to codify its own water law only to have it rejected by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, said Emmett Duncan, assistant director of the tribe's administration.
"We have a complicated history with water rights," Chapoose said.
The Ute Indian Tribe is a member of the Ten Tribes Partnership.
Taking steps:One tribe seeks to offer water for lease, another moves to conserve more
Another tribe that has long sought to quantify its water is the Navajo Nation. The tribe with the largest land base in the U.S. has sought to claim its fair share of water for decades and is currently in litigation.
Stanley Pollack, a water law attorney who worked with the Navajo Nation before he retired in October, said the situation is dire in the nation.
"About 40% of Navajos have to haul their water," he said.
The widespread lack of access to public water supplies hit hard when COVID-19 hit. People were unable to wash their hands properly, which facilitated the spread of the virus. And even though the nation sits almost entirely within both the upper and lower basin, he said the special master in the landmark case Arizona v. California that affirmed the current river allocations did not award mainstem rights to the more than 300,000-member nation.
That led to numerous and ongoing efforts to acquire water rights and to build the infrastructure to bring water to the scattered communities within the 17.5-million-acre reservation.
On the other side of Arizona, the Colorado River Indian Tribes will fallow enough of its farm fields to contribute 50,000 acre-feet to keep Lake Mead levels high enough to forestall more shortages. But tribal citizens still want to continue farming, said Vice Chairman Dwight Lomayesva.
"We're doing our part to save the river," said Lomayesva, "not just because it's important but because the river is sacred to us."
Debra Krol reports on Indigenous communities at the confluence of climate, culture and commerce in Arizona and the Intermountain West. Reach Krol at debra.krol@azcentral.com. Follow her on Twitter at @debkrol.
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A first rate history The seven volume history by Sir Charles Oman graces my bookshelves and I have read it through twice, with deep enjoyment I therefore wasn t sure if this muchconcise volume would teach me anything new To my delight, it did Oman is of course rather dated now, and Esdaile points out that the weakness of Oman is his lack of attention to the Spanish political background This is by no means a dry subject the complex interplay of ideas in nineteenth century Spain from A first rate history The seven volume history by Sir Charles Oman graces my bookshelves and I have read it through twice, with deep enjoyment I therefore wasn t sure if this muchconcise volume would teach me anything new To my delight, it did Oman is of course rather dated now, and Esdaile points out that the weakness of Oman is his lack of attention to the Spanish political background This is by no means a dry subject the complex interplay of ideas in nineteenth century Spain from reactionary ultra conservatism to extreme liberalism, and all shades in between had consequences that could easily get you killed The squabbles between the junta and the generals, and between the Spanish generals themselves, make farsense when one sees them as a battleground between competing ideologies and not just competing egos The Spanish adherents of Joseph Bonaparte, el rey intruso , were not all corrupt chancers and traitors some genuinely saw themselves as pledging allegiance to a new kind of liberal Spain I find this kind of thing absorbing, and Esdaile is brilliant at showing not just the complex nuances of Spanish politics but how these had a direct influence on battlefield events This gives the whole conflict a clarity which is lacking in Oman, where sometimes the mass of battlefield accounts are difficult to follow because they lack a political context.Of course the battles are not forgotten here, and there are some good maps to complement the text The disgraceful behaviour of many British soldiers off the battlefield made me wince But all sides in this conflict get their due, and Esdaile shows that those on all sides could perform heroically at some times and with cowardice or criminality at others Esdaile also gives every general a pungent pen portrait even if it is only to refer to him as a nonentity which adds a further level of flavour to one s understanding Really good stuff I will say it again I really think this website needs half star intervals I really couldn t give this book 3 stars, but it s also hard to give 4 at some points It has great analysis, is a particularly good military narrative for beingpolitical than military, and is written very well It s just.you ever have a book you re reading underwhelm you, but you don t know why That s this book for me Esdaile does make great points about French abilities militarily to win this war at multiple I will say it again I really think this website needs half star intervals I really couldn t give this book 3 stars, but it s also hard to give 4 at some points It has great analysis, is a particularly good military narrative for beingpolitical than military, and is written very well It s just.you ever have a book you re reading underwhelm you, but you don t know why That s this book for me Esdaile does make great points about French abilities militarily to win this war at multiple points, even as late as early 1812, but fails to give analysis on the WHY in terms of Napoleon s inactivity in 1811 13 The only time from 05 to 15 that he is not at war You probably could draw your own conclusions in all fairness to the author seeing as how the Spanish factions couldn t stand Napoelon as soon as 08 , but a little insight from the author would be nice Again, super hate that I didn t like this book Napoleon Bonaparte s decision in 1808 to occupy Spain typically is ranked second only to his invasion to Russia in terms of the disastrous mistakes made by the French emperor What began as a swift military operation soon degenerated into an ulcer that tied down thousands of troops, slowly bleeding France s strength For this reason, the Peninsular War has never wanted for attention, especially among British historians who have long chronicled the campaigns waged by Arthur Wellesley in his asc Napoleon Bonaparte s decision in 1808 to occupy Spain typically is ranked second only to his invasion to Russia in terms of the disastrous mistakes made by the French emperor What began as a swift military operation soon degenerated into an ulcer that tied down thousands of troops, slowly bleeding France s strength For this reason, the Peninsular War has never wanted for attention, especially among British historians who have long chronicled the campaigns waged by Arthur Wellesley in his ascent to glory as the Duke of Wellington.Yet for all of the attention the war has received Charles Esdaile is able to offer something different from most English language accounts of the war, which is a Spanish centric focus This allows him to highlight a number of important points lacking from previous accounts, not the least of which is the importance of the war to the history of Spain itself This self evident point is detailed superbly in his book, which shows how the French occupation played into Spanish politics Dominated by the royal favorite Manuel Godoy, Spain agreed in 1807 to support France invasion of Portugal Godoy s unpopularity with both the Spanish public and the heir, the future Ferdinand VII, did little to warm the Spanish political nation to their involvement The political crisis created by the Mutiny of Aranjuez gave Napoleon the opportunity to intervene by exploiting the request to arbitrate the succession crisis between Ferdinand and his father Charles IV by installing his own brother Joseph as king.Esdaile is sympathetic to el rey intruso, presenting Joseph as a man with good intentions thrust by his younger brother onto a throne he did not desire These intentions were often thwarted by Spain s limited resources which Napoleon expected to finance the occupation and by the war Esdaile does not minimize the brutality of the conflict, detailing the outrages and atrocities committed on all sides He is particularly judgmental about the sometimes romanticized guerrilleros, viewing them as having a negligible military impact and describing how they were often viewed as the greater evil by many Spaniards Esdaile is no less critical of the activities of the Spanish junta and their armies, though he gives them due credit for their performance n several battles.Nonetheless Esdaile argues that for all of the efforts of the junta and the Anglo Portuguese army to resist the French occupation, the French were enjoying considerable success in establishing control over Spain prior to 1812 In this respect, the key event in Spain s liberation was not any one battle or domestic political development but Napoleon s decision to invade Russia, which resulted in the withdrawal of French units necessary for maintaining control Facing a weakened opponent, the Spanish Anglo Portuguese forces were able to unravel French control, driving French forces out fo most of Spain by 1814 and setting Spain down a path of political turmoil that would last for over a century.Esdaile s arguments may challenge the assumptions of some of his readers about the war, but his arguments are difficult to deny Based on an impressive range of Spanish, English, and French sources, they offer a valuable multi dimensional account of a complicated and often vicious conflict While his prose is often blunt, his combined analysis of military operations and Spanish politics make his book necessary reading for anyone interested in the Peninsular War or the history of modern Spain Though it will hardly be the final word on the subject it will long be one that people will need to consult to understand this event and its lasting repercussions for all involved This was long Not as long as the Peninsular War itself, which lasted from 1808 to 1814 Over the years, I ve seen references to this war, and wanted to better understand what happened This book offers a thorough narrative political military history of the conflict, with the emphasis on Spain s domestic political dynamics Two factors make the book a challenging read First, most of the time the author doesn t use topic sentences The narrative has a structure and flow, and the author has inter This was long Not as long as the Peninsular War itself, which lasted from 1808 to 1814 Over the years, I ve seen references to this war, and wanted to better understand what happened This book offers a thorough narrative political military history of the conflict, with the emphasis on Spain s domestic political dynamics Two factors make the book a challenging read First, most of the time the author doesn t use topic sentences The narrative has a structure and flow, and the author has interesting things to say but if your practice when reading nonfiction is, as mine, to note or highlight the topic sentences as a way to retain the thread of the argument, that doesn t work here As a result, it takeseffort to build and retain a clear picture of the sequence of events and the author s interpretive arguments Second, one should ideally come to this account with a really clear sense of the geography of the Iberian peninsula, including locations of most major rivers and cities That s because the heart of the story is that, following invasion by France and establishment of Napoleon s brother Joseph as king, Spain effectively fell apart into multiple pieces, with local politics unfolding in each region As a result, Esdaile jumps from one region of the Peninsula to another, and sometimes forwards or backwards in time to trace these various local histories.Ultimately, Esdaile argues that the Peninsular War, while important for the subsequent history of both Spain and Portugal, was not that critical in bringing down Napoleon Rather, Napoleon s deep seated inability to acknowledge the limits of his own power drove both France s repeated strategic overreaches in Spain and the catastrophic decision to invade Russia in 1812 Esdaile doesn t wallow in the atrocities committed by French, British, Portuguese, and Spanish troops he has another book on the social history of the war that appears to do that but he does make it clear that the conflict was hell for much of the Iberian population The frequent desertions of Spanish recruits makes perfect sense to me I wouldn t have felt it was meaningful to die for any of the factions in this war, and yet so many residents had no way to avoid being swept up into the conflict on one side or another This is an erudite scholarly examination of the Peninsular War Charles Esdaile has unravelled the twisted strands of political, social, economic and military history that pervade this chaotic period.Though sometimes heavy going the information is presented in a logical rational manner A most informative read. Terrible book so bias against the English you would think the Spanish actually had an army in the field that did something in stead of running away at Talavera not even mentioned can not saythis book made me so angry A mix which neither seemed to go into the detail of the battles or the economic consequences Seemed to end withquestions. For centuries Spain had been the most feared and predatory power in Europe it had the largest empire and one of the world s great navies to defend it Nothing could have prepared the Spanish for the devastating implosion of Trafalgar destroyed its navy and the country degenerated into a brutalized shambles with French and British armies marching across it at will The result was a war which killed over a million Spaniards and ended its empireThis book is the first in a generation to come to terms with this spectacular and terrible conflict, immortalised by Goya and the arena in which Wellington and his redcoats carved out one of the greatest episodes in British military history ➷ [Reading] ➹ Gender in Psychoanalytic Space By Muriel Dimen ➬ – Ralphslaurensoutlet.co.uk immortalised by Goya and the arena in which Wellington and his redcoats carved out one of the greatest episodes in British military history The best one volume history of the Peninsular Esdaile often surprises by coming up with something really worthwhile when you d think it had all been done and said A review by Bernard Cornwell states that he suspects this will become the standard work on the Peninsular War Though i am not a military historian, I found that this volume was very readable and appreciated all of the quotations Esdaile included from contemporary accounts, memoirs, dispatches and the like These enlivened the narrative and made visualizing the events much easier The 22 maps of Spain and various campaigns made it easy to follow the battle narratives, though had the map of S A review by Bernard Cornwell states that he suspects this will become the standard work on the Peninsular War Though i am not a military historian, I found that this volume was very readable and appreciated all of the quotations Esdaile included from contemporary accounts, memoirs, dispatches and the like These enlivened the narrative and made visualizing the events much easier The 22 maps of Spain and various campaigns made it easy to follow the battle narratives, though had the map of Spain been a relief map ofdetail, it would have increased, I think, my understanding of the challenges facing all armies and generals I did find at least one quoted source that was not listed in the bibliography, however


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Concentration. Rather than a game, something I lack. I try to do too much at once. I procrastinate. I daydream. I always have. I remember the nun calling me on it, then calling me on my eye-roll.
I need to meditate. I don't really even hesitate to claim it will solve all my "problems". I know it will help. I know I'm not going to make much progress on all my other things without it. There are too many of them. I need focus.


The animation in this is so adorable.
I'm so angry about this right now!
You might just get the shock of your life.
Watch This Cute Bulldog Puppy Bark At Her Mom. What Happens Next Is Hysterical.
Let's hope Marcus is off the streets now!
Watch This Energetic Dog Prance Around In 54″ Of Snow. Merry Christmas!
That's right, 54 inches of snow in less than 48 hours.
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LGP2 has also focused its attention on very promising cellulose derivative particles: nanocellulose.
There are two types of nanocelluloses: nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC) is akin to nanometric-sized rice grains, measuring 100 to 1,000 nanometres in length and 2 to 20 nanometres in diameter. It is obtained by destroying the amorphous zones of the cellulose fibre with sulphuric acid. Microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) is a spaghetti-like element, 500 to 1,500 nanometres long and 10 to 30 nanometres in diameter, produced by abrasion of the fibre.
Manufacturers are taking an increasing interest in these particles due to their exceptional properties. "As soon as their volumetric fraction allows it, the NCC units organise into a network to form a matrix with exceptional mechanical properties that can achieve the resistance of Kevlar while remaining very light, explained Alain Dufresne, professor at Grenoble INP - Pagora and researcher at LGP2. Furthermore, nanocellulose has useful optical properties, is impermeable to gas and stable over time". All these qualities appeal to manufacturers in sectors such as composite materials, packaging, the biomedical industry, the agrifood industry, the cosmetics industry and so forth.
Grenoble INP - Pagora boasts a strong position in the knowledge of cellulose and is conducting several research projects on these materials. For example, at LGP2, researchers and doctoral candidates are trying to endow these materials with new properties depending on the target applications. "As part of the European NewGenPack project, we are trying to endow the nanocellulose with antibacterial properties to create active food packaging, explained Julien Bras, lecturer at Grenoble INP - Pagora and researcher at LGP2. As is the case with the Panagro project conducted in cooperation with Agro ParisTech, we can also modify their surface to endow them with gas absorption properties that will help to improve meat preservation". In the medical field, nanocellulose particles could be used to manufacture bandages containing medicines that would be gradually administered. Finally, the rheological properties of nanocellulose in suspension make it suitable for use in cosmetics (nail polish) and in the agri-food industry as a texturing agent (yogurts).


This is the first instalment of Mike's Micro Movie Reviews, brought to you by my good friend Michael Court. Like me, Michael likes to watch as many movies as his busy life will allow. He loves to write up brief and easy to digest 'micro' reviews and pass them on to his friends. He has kindly allowed me to post his micro reviews to this site for the benefit of my readers.
More a feature length drama than a proper film as such, this was screened on Channel 4 in 2008. I bought it on Amazon as I was intrigued to see Andrew Garfield's performance for which he won a Bafta and became destined for bigger things, and it did not disappoint… One of the most thought provoking, poignant and tragic stories I have ever seen, based on a fictional book by Jonathan Trigell which I also read ages ago. There are clear parallels with the James Bulger case of the 90s (in the UK), but it manages to keep a respectful distance and admirable absence of bias towards any aspect it…. I would highly recommend this.
Pre Dark Night Rises I was intrigued to see more of Tom Hardy's work. To be frank this was violently psychotic and brutally uncomfortable to watch! The fact it was based on a true story of one the UKs most notorious prisoners, and played with such ferocious intensity by Hardy really makes an impact… Didn't particularly like the over theatrical and stylised direction of Danish oddball Nicholas Winding Refn – I am convinced he will never be able to better 'Drive' – although having said that he is working with Ryan Gosling on a new project….
Look out for Episode 2 of Mike's Micro Movie Reviews coming soon.


Lucas Maassen (Eindhoven, 1975) lives and works in Eindhoven.
After studying at the Design Academy Eindhoven he started his career as an independent conceptual designer.
His work has been exhibited in museums all over the world such as MoMA New York, Grand Palais Paris, Vitra Design Museum Weil am Rhein, New Museum New York, Taiwan Design Museum Taipei, Museum of Art and Design New York, Centraal Museum Utrecht and the van Abbe museum Eindhoven.
Besides his design practice Maassen teaches at the Social Design Master program at the Design Academy Eindhoven and at the Academy of Art Communication and Design inTilburg.


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In a video published by the Nor Seround AYF France showing Armenian activists of ARF Nor Seround in Paris, being attacked by the members of law enforcement and security, during a peaceful demonstration denouncing the unacceptable violations of human rights of the Azerbaijani state, where "Azerbaijan village" security made use of their completely disproportionate force against the demonstrators.
Nor Seround AYF France has made a statement, "It is a SCANDAL that French citizens can not use their own freedom of speech on French soil, nor denounce the policy of the CRIMINAL ASSASSIN State.
Nor Seround AYF France part of AYF International
The youth and student organization of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (FRA) better known as the Armenian Youth Federation (AYF) works in more than 17 countries including Armenia, Artsakh, Lebanon, the United States , Canada, Argentina, France, Greece, Russia, Cyprus.
Each AYF works in a decentralized manner. The regional, international and pan-Armenian work of FRA youth and student organizations is coordinated by the youth office (section) of the FRA World Bureau, which was established in 2001 in Yerevan, Armenia. The AYF has more than 10,000 members.
The creation of the AYF did not happen at once since, during the first part of the creation of the FRA, the young people joined it and were involved in the work of the Federation. However, it was for the first time in 1929, during the 11th General Assembly, that there was talk of officially creating youth and adolescent associations (the Badanis).
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The Buttington Quarry ERF is a modern state-of-the-art facility that will recover energy from residual waste that arises in Powys and surrounding areas, thereby diverting it away from landfill. The ERF will produce an equivalent amount of electricity for around 20,000 homes.. It will also supply heat created during the process to local industry or other suitable users.
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Man Utd Women's boss: Men's game not step up
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Abby Dahlkemper insists the USWNT are not focusing on games beyond Sweden in the World Cup. (2:20)
Manchester United manager Casey Stoney has said she would not see coaching a men's team as a step up and added she has no immediate ambition to leave women's football.
The former England international, who helped guide Manchester United to promotion up to the Women's Super League in their inaugural season, said working in the men's game would create a different pressure for a female coach but she would not be tempted away from her role at present.
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"Right now, I can't envisage ever going into men's football and I wouldn't necessarily see a job in the men's game as a step up, but you can never say never about anything," Stoney wrote in a column for BBC Sport.
"It would be a very brave decision taking that step, because you have to realise the time-span of a manager in the men's game averages just over a year. When you have a family and have to keep a roof over your head, leaving a potentially more stable job in women's football is a massive risk.
"I love the women's game and I owe it a lot because of what it did for me. I'm at a fantastic football club and I don't think I'd ever get the opportunity to be a head coach at Manchester United otherwise."
Manchester United manager Casey Stoney helped earn her side promotion to the Women's Super League in its inaugural season. Nathan Stirk/Getty Images
Stoney, who was capped more than 100 times for England and enjoyed spells with Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool, said female managers have to work harder than men to earn respect in football.
But in response to speculation Chelsea Women's coach Emma Hayes could replace Maurizio Sarri and take charge of the men's team at Stamford Bridge, Stoney said she believes the skills of managing in women's football would transfer to the men's game.
"As a woman in football, it feels like you have to be twice as good at your job, and you have to work twice as hard," she said. "Whenever I go on a coaching course, I have to spend the week earning respect, whereas a man gets it automatically.
"I can only imagine the pressure a woman would be under if she was a manager in the men's game."
Stoney also said women's football was benefiting from the involvement of figures in the men's game including England head coach Phil Neville.


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Abortions Illegal in 14 States, 'Bomb Cyclone' & New Mexico Church Majors on Prayer
Most abortions are banned in 14 states as the overturning of Roe v. Wade continues to impact state laws protecting life in the nation. Heavy rains continue to pound California. Mike Bivins, director of disaster relief and camping ministries for the California Southern Baptist Convention, told Baptist Press despite all of the damage from the storms, there currently are not any "unmet needs" among churches from either the earthquakes or recent heavy rains. And, are you prone to sit in the same place at church week in and week out? Do you know the people sitting near you? Have you ever thought about intentionally praying for them during the week?
Most abortions illegal in 14 states after Idaho, South Carolina rulings
'Bomb cyclone' the latest natural disaster to affect California Southern Baptists
New Mexico church majors on prayer, evangelism
Most abortions are banned in 14 states as the overturning of Roe v. Wade continues to impact state laws protecting life in the nation.
In the latest pro-life ruling, the Idaho Supreme Court rejected a challenge from Planned Parenthood and ruled on Jan. 5 that the state constitution includes no implicit abortion protections. In the 3-2 ruling, the court upheld the constitutionality of three state laws restricting abortion.
The procedure remains widely available in 24 states, is banned as early as 15 weeks in two states, and is banned after 22 weeks in as many as five states.
Heavy rains continue to pound California.
Mike Bivins, director of disaster relief and camping ministries for the California Southern Baptist Convention, told Baptist Press despite all of the damage from the storms, there currently are not any "unmet needs" among churches from either the earthquakes or recent heavy rains.
"We've weathered the current storms and our teams remain on standby to provide assistance," Bivins said.
The recent disasters have affected churches in several local Baptist associations, including Rio Dell Baptist Church in the North Coast Baptist Association.
The church is continuing to recover from being affected by a 6.4 magnitiude earthquake back in mid-December.
Are you prone to sit in the same place at church week in and week out? Do you know the people sitting near you? Have you ever thought about intentionally praying for them during the week?
First Baptist Church of Aztec, New Mexico utilizes what they call "Worship Center Intercessors," (WCI) developed by Pastor Mike Napier, each intercessor has a section in the 250-seat worship center. At some point during the week WCIs come individually to the church and pray over their section. They pray over their section again before the worship service starts Sunday morning and after it, engage with people they do not yet know who sit in their section.
The WCIs are trained to approach people they do not know and engage them with three simple questions before the Sunday service begins and then look for an opportunity pray for them on the spot.
You can learn more about the ministry and the church's outreach in the full story at Baptist Press.


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Box Office: Labor Day Proves To Be Another Slow Weekend At The Movies
By: LATF Staff | Sept. 5, 2017, 9:22 a.m.
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It was a lackluster weekend at the box office to say the least. With no major movie releases until the following week, Labor Day weekend was another record low for the domestic movie-going market.
However, Christopher Nolan's 'Dunkirk' dominated the international box office by opening in China and Italy this weekend with an impressive $36.5 million generated in 60 markets, a global weekend of $40.625 million, an international cume to date of $280 million and a worldwide tally that stands at $458.8m million and counting.
1. The Hitman's Bodyguard - Lionsgate - $10.2M
2. Annabelle: Creation - Warner Bros. - $7.3M
3. Wind River - The Weinstein Company - $5.9M
4. Leap! - The Weinstein Company - $4.9M
5. Logan Lucky - Bleecker Street - $4.4M
6. Dunkirk - Warner Bros. - $4.1M
7. Spider-Man: Homecoming - Sony - $3.6M
8. The Emoji Movie - Sony - $2.5M
9. Despicable Me 3 - Universal - $2.4M
10. Girls Trip - Universal - $2.3M
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Under Discussion: Dog Whistles, Implicatures, and "Law and Order"
A.G. Holdier
This piece completes our Under Discussion series. To read more about this week's topic and see more pieces from this series visit Under Discussion: Law and Order.
For the last several days, The Prindle Post has explored the concept of "law and order" from multiple philosophical and historical angles; I now want to think about the phrase itself — that is, I want to think about what is meant when the words 'law and order' appear in a speech or conversation.
On its face, 'law and order' is a term that simply denotes whether or not a particular set of laws are, in general, being obeyed. In this way, politicians or police officers who reference 'law and order' are simply trying to talk about a relatively calm public state of affairs where the official operating procedures of society are functioning smoothly. Of course, this doesn't necessarily mean that 'law and order' is always a good thing: by definition, acts of civil disobedience against unjust laws violate 'law and order,' but such acts can indeed be morally justified nonetheless (for more, see Rachel Robison-Greene's recent discussion here of "substantive" justice). However, on the whole, it can be easy to think that public appeals to 'law and order' are simply invoking a desirable state of peace.
But the funny thing about our terminology is how often we say one thing, but mean something else.
Consider the previous sentence: I said the word 'funny,' but do I mean that our terminology is designed to provoke laughter (or is humorous in other ways)? Certainly not! In this case, I'm speaking ironically to sarcastically imply not only that our linguistic situation is more complicated than simple appearances, but that the complexity of language is actually no secret.
The says/means distinction is, more or less, the difference between semantics (what is said by a speaker) and pragmatics (what that speaker actually means). Often, straightforward speech acts mean precisely what a speaker says: if I ask you where to find my keys and you say "your keys are the table," what you have said and what you mean are roughly the same thing (namely, that my keys are on the table). However, if you instead say "your keys are right where you left them," you are responding with information about my keys (such as that they are on the table), but you also probably mean to communicate something additional like "…and you should already know where they are, dummy!"
When a speaker uses language to implicitly mean something that they don't explicitly say, this is what the philosopher H.P. Grice called an implicature. Sarcasm and ironic statements are a few paradigmatic examples, but many other kinds of figures of speech (such as hyperbole, understatement, metaphor, and more) function along the same lines. But, regardless, all implicatures function by communicating what they actually mean in a way that requires (at least a little) more analysis than simply reading how they appear on their face.
In recent years, law professors like Ian Haney López and philosophers like Jennifer Saul have identified another kind of implicature that explicitly says something innocuous, but that implicitly means something different to a subset of the general audience. Called "dog whistles" (after the high-pitched tools that can't be heard by the human ear), these linguistic artifacts operate almost like code words that are heard by everyone, but are only fully understood by people who understand the code. I say "almost" like code words because one important thing about a dog whistle is that, on its face, its meaning is perfectly plain in a way that doesn't arouse suspicion of anything tricky happening; that is, everyone — whether or not they actually know the "code" — believes that they fully understand what the speaker means. However, to the speaker's intended clique, the dog whistle also communicates a secondary message surreptitiously, smuggling an implicated meaning underneath the sentence's basic semantics. This also means that dog whistles are frustratingly difficult to counter: if one speaker uses a dog whistle that communicates something sneaky and another speaker draws attention to the implicated meaning, the first speaker can easily deny the implicature by simply referencing the explicit content of the original utterance as what they really meant.
Use of dog whistles to implicitly communicate racist motivations in government policy (without explicitly uttering any slurs) was, infamously, a political tactic deployed as a part of the Republican "Southern strategy" in the late 20th century (for more on this, see Evan Butts' recent article). As Republican strategist (and member of the Reagan administration) Lee Atwater explained in a 1981 interview:
"You start out in 1954 by saying, '[n-word], [n-word], [n-word].' By 1968 you can't say '[n-word]'—that hurts you, backfires. So you say stuff like, uh, forced busing, states' rights, and all that stuff, and you're getting so abstract. Now, you're talking about cutting taxes, and all these things you're talking about are totally economic things and a byproduct of them is, blacks get hurt worse than whites.…"
Of course, terms like 'forced busing' and 'states' rights' are, on their faces, concepts that are not necessarily associated with race, but because they refer to things that just so happen, in reality, to have clearly racist byproducts or outcomes — and because Atwater's intended audience (Republican voters) knew this to be so — the terms are dog whistles for the same kind of racism indicated by the n-word. When a politician defended 'forced busing' or when a Confederate apologist references 'states' rights,' they might be saying something about education policy or the Civil War, but they mean to communicate something much more nefarious.
Exactly what a dog whistle secretly communicates is still up for debate. In many cases, it seems like dog whistles are used to indicate a speaker's allegiance to (or at least familiarity with) a particular social group (as when politicians signal to prospective voters and interest groups). But other dog whistles seem to signal a speaker's commitment (either politically or sincerely) to an ideology or worldview and thereby frame a speaker's comments as a whole from within the perspective of that ideology. Also, ideological dog whistles can trigger emotional and other affective responses in an audience who shares that ideology: this seems to be the motivation, for example, of Atwater's racist dog whistles (as well as more contemporary examples like 'welfare,' 'inner city,' 'suburban housewife,' and 'cosmopolitan elites'). Perhaps most surprisingly, ideological dog whistles might even work to communicate or trigger ideological responses without the audience (and, more controversially, perhaps even without the speaker) being conscious of their operation: a racist might dog whistle to other racists without any of them explicitly noticing that their racist ideology is being communicated.
This is all to say that the phrase 'law and order' seems to qualify as a dog whistle for racist ideology. While, on its face, the semantic meaning of 'law and order' is fairly straightforward, the phrase also has a demonstrable track record of association with racist policies and byproducts, from stop-and-frisk to the Wars on Drugs and Crime to resistance against the Civil Rights Movement and more. Particularly in a year marked by massive demonstrations of civil disobedience against racist police brutality, politicians invoking 'law and order' will inevitably trigger audience responses relative to their opinions about things like the Black Lives Matter protests and other recent examples of civil unrest (particularly when, as Meredith McFadden explains, the phrase is directly used to criticize the protests themselves). And, crucially, all of this can happen unconsciously in a conversation (via what Saul has called "covert unintentional dog whistles") given the role of our ideological perspectives in shaping how we understand and discuss the world.
So, in short, the ways we do things with words are not only interesting and complex, but can work to maintain demonstrably unethical perspectives in both others and ourselves. Not only should we work to explicitly counteract the implicated claims and perspectives of harmful dog whistles in our public discourse, but we should consider our own words carefully to make sure that we always mean precisely what we think we do.
A.G. Holdier is a graduate student in philosophy at the University of Arkansas interested in social and political epistemology, public policy, and the intersection of ethics with philosophy of language. Learn more at www.agholdier.com.


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Dogs' day out in Hyderabad-First dedicated dog park to open in India
WION Hyderabad, Telangana, India Oct 17, 2018, 08.15 PM(IST) Written By: Prasad Bhosekar
Dogs' day out in Hyderabad. Photograph:( WION )
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is opening what is touted as 'First Dog Park' in the country dedicated especially to dogs and their owners.
Every dog has its day, they say. But dogs and their owners in Hyderabad are going to have every day a special day starting from October 18.
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is opening what is touted as "First Dog Park'' in the country dedicated especially to dogs and their owners.
Built at a cost of Rs 1.1 crore on 1.3 acres, this Dog Park is located in Kondapur area on the western side of Hyderabad city.
"There were lot of requests from dog owners to have a dedicated place wherein they can bring in their dogs for recreation because in normal parks people object the presence of dogs due to various reasons,'' says D.Harichandana, IAS, Zonal Commissioner of GHMC, who herself is a dog lover and the brain behind this Dog Park while speaking to Zee Media.
"There are many benefits both for dogs and its owners from this dedicated park wherein they can relax and there will be a Vet in case any dog needs medical attention,'' adds D.Harichandana.
Every day this park will be open from 6 am to 10 pm. Nearly 100 dogs can be accommodated at a time which has walking track, clinic, splash pool among various other facilities. Also, there are different enclosures for big and small dogs.
"This is a good move and I appreciate it. Right now we cannot take our dogs to regular parks as some people do not like it. Certainly, it will help dogs and their owners to have such dedicated place,'' says Kishore Reddy, a dog lover and also Life Member of Kennel Club of India.
Depending on the footfalls and the response this Dog Park generates, the GHMC has plans to create atleast couple of more such places in other parts of the city.
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J'son & Partners Consulting Company presents the results of the research "Mobile Instant Messaging Systems as a Direct Threat to SMS".
MIM (Mobile Instant Messaging) is a service of message transfer allowing to receive and send text messages using mobile devices in real time. Mobile Internet access (3G, 4G, or Wi-Fi) is used as a communications channel. Generally, MIM services support such a function as Presence (subscriber's status).
transmission of data about the location and changes of statuses in social networks, etc.
There is no direct tariffication of the messages by mobile operators in the MIM system (they belong to the so called OTT services ); the presumed cost of a message may be influenced by the amount of payment for a MIM application (if it is paid), and the cellular operator's tariff plan for Internet access.
According to Informa Telecoms & Media, the revenue from MIM was $5.9 billion in 2011, or about 4% of the revenues from all types of mobile messages (SMS, MMS, E-mail, IM), and the worldwide MIM traffic (operators and OTT providers) was 1.6 trillion messages, which corresponds to 17% of all mobile messages annually. In 2012, the number of MIM messages is estimated at 2.2 trillion, which is 20% of all mobile messages.
The level of usage and the development of services of mobile instant messaging systems fluctuate in relation to such indicators of social-economic and technological development of a country as the level of cellular communications penetration, mobile broadband Internet access, smartphone usage, development of 4G networks, operators' strategies in the pricing of mobile communications services, including data communication and the mobile messaging services.
The level of the usage of mobile instant messaging systems in Europe is relatively high. By Onavo's estimates, 97% of iPhone users in Spain, 84% in Germany, and 83% of the mobile users owing iPhones in the Netherlands used the WhatsApp service at least once a month in 2012.
In 2009 – 2011, the US market showed decrease of SMS traffic growth rates because of the use of alternative messaging services, such as IP-based mobile instant messaging systems.
The data presented in the report by Ofcom "International Communications Market Report 2012" registered a decrease in SMS traffic and the revenues from the service in Spain and the Netherlands in 2011. The size of SMS traffic in Spain has been decreasing by an average 3.2% per year since 2006. In 2009, the WhatsApp service was established in the Netherlands. In 2011, the SMS traffic and revenues fell. In its financial report for the 1st quarter of 2011, the Dutch telecommunications operator KPN reported decrease in revenues from SMS by 10% as compared to 2010. In 2011, the size of SMS traffic in the country decreased by 4%.
As of January 2013, the number of the users of the WeChat MIM application reached 300 million in China.
In 2010, a popular mobile instant messaging service KakaoTalk was launched. Almost every smartphone user in Korea uses it; as of the beginning of 2013, the total amount of users of the service is 72 million.
In Russia, the effect of alternative mobile instant messaging services is not so significant yet as in developed countries; to a large expense, this is due to the relatively low level of smartphone penetration (37% as of the beginning of 2013) and poor development of 4G networks.
Traditionally, SMS is an operator service, while MIM services are delivered by various players of the ICT market. The value chain for the mobile user experiences evolution; equipment manufacturers, social networks, Internet giants, platform developers and others, offering to end users their own services including mobile instant messaging services, start taking an active part in this chain.
The players try to expand their roles and provide users with services at several loops of the chain.
For instance, the Apple Company produces not only terminal mobile devices but also develops applications, and has an application store where the company makes the content available for the company's users. Apple launched the popular MIM service iMessage for its users. Social networks launch instant messaging services for their mobile users, and the huge amount of the users assures an unprecedented level of usage of these services. IM service providers adapt their applications for mobile platforms, thus extending mobile phone users' opportunities of messaging.
There is a risk of marginalization of a mobile operator to a transport provider, which, combined with the forecasted substitution of SMS services by mobile instant messaging services and the decrease in SMS revenues, makes mobile operators extend their roles, modify their strategies and pricing in order to occupy the central position in the mobile ecosystem.
Openness of the Internet, open smartphone platforms, combined with flat rates for data communication services offered by cellular operators, have played an important role in changes of the market and the shares of its main players.
To decrease or prevent the risks of the traditional SMS revenues decline, caused by the use of mobile instant messaging OTT services, operators use various strategies: implementing MIM services separately, lowering the appeal of third-party services usage by changing the data communication tariffs, creating industry-wide projects and initiatives for the implementation of mobile messaging IP services, blocking or banning the usage of OTT services by their subscribers.
For example, in the USA, the AT&T and Verizon Wireless operators abandoned flat rates for data and implemented tariffs limiting the volume of data communication traffic, but at the same time their tariffs may include unlimited number of text messages. By doing this the companies try to lower the consumer appeal of instant messaging OTT services.
the analogous indicator among the users of pre-paid tariff plans amounted to 11.7%. According to Informa Telecoms & Media, the SMS traffic of three of four mobile operators in Great Britain grew in 2011, thus increasing the quarter growth indicators.
In 2012, to lower the risks of losing revenues because of competing technologies, the major mobile operators in Spain, Germany, USA, South Korea and other countries launched the Joyn project which is a part of the Rich Communications Service (RCS) program. Inter alia, RCS enables the mobile users to exchange instant messages, video and other files during conversation. It is suggested that the service will become inter-operator, and specialized software will be preinstalled in mobile phones.
In 2007, the incumbent Chinese mobile operator China Mobile launched the Fetion project, a free mobile instant messaging service. The operator service Fetion accounts for 21% of the accounts registered from 3Q 2010 to 3Q 2012.
MegaFon is the most active among Russian operators in the sphere of implementing alternative message transfer services. In 2010, the operator launched the Multifon project which, among other things, supports mobile instant messaging service. In December, 2012, MegaFon also started testing the UMS application (Unified Messaging Solution), which combines many communication technologies (e-mail, SMS, MMS, IMS, social networks, etc.) and allows a subscriber to use all the communications channels available for him/her in one application* (* http://msk.corp.megafon.ru/press/information/20121210-2259.html).
The development of mobile instant messaging services is stimulated by the growth in using smartphones, development of high-speed mobile networks, and the growing popularity of Internet communications (social networks, instant messaging systems, etc.). Users start using their mobile devices and MIM services that provide extended possibilities for messaging and communications more extensively. Unlimited tariff plans and the low cost of mobile Internet access offered by mobile operators also positively influence the MIM service consumption.
The constraints of the MIM market are: low penetration of the broadband mobile Internet and smartphones, disadvantageous tariffication of mobile data communication services in respect to users, low cost of traditional SMS messages, not enough appeal of MIM consumer characteristics for end users, market fragmentarity and low interoperability of different MIMs.
As of March 2013, globally SMS remains the key service among other types of mobile messages (MMS, E-mail, IM). There is demand for the service of traditional short messaging, and it demonstrates a positive dynamics of revenues and traffic worldwide.
According to Informa Telecoms & Media's forecast, SMS will remain the leading technology of mobile messaging at least until 2015. The worldwide revenues from SMS will grow, however, the share of this service in the structure of revenue from all types of mobile messages will continue to decrease: from 80% in 2010 down to 68% in 2015.
Analysts of Informa Telecoms & Media also forecast decrease in the share of SMS traffic within the world traffic of mobile messages from 66% in 2011 down to 45% in 2016. Active advance and popularity of the services of mobile instant messaging systems will become the main cause of the change in the market's structure.
In 2010, traditional SMS between subscribers (P2P SMS) accounted for 90% of the revenues ($95.3 billion) and 96% of the traffic (4.8 trillion messages) of all SMS. The increase in the usage of mobile instant messaging systems will be the main factor to cause decrease in P2P SMS usage.
A2P (Application-to-Person) SMS, in which a specialized application automatically sends a message to one or several subscribers, are characterized by the growth rate higher than that in the P2P SMS segment. As a result, the segment expands its share in the revenue structure and the total SMS traffic structure. A2P SMS have a good potential of growth owing to the development of mobile and Internet advertising and their active application in the banking and financial sector; SMS notification messages are utilized by social networks, commercial companies and state institutions.
One of present day trends is a possibility of substituting SMS with such instant messaging applications as WhatsApp, iMessage and others that are provided through an Internet channel without participation of an operator. As a consequence, the risks of cellular operators' losing revenues grow; the Ovum Company has estimated the losses to be $13.9 billion in 2011.
According to a forecast by Informa Telecoms & Media, the number of transmitted MIM messages from 2013 to 2015 will double from 3.2 trillion up to 6.3 trillion messages, respectively. Therewith, the share of MIM in the volume of the world traffic of mobile messages will increase to 32%. Nevertheless, MIM traffic, according to Informa Telecoms & Media, will be still less than SMS traffic.
Portio Research's forecast promises more radical changes of the mobile message traffic structure. The company estimates that OTT traffic will grow from 3.49 trillion messages in 2011 up to 20.29 trillion messages in 2016, exceeding the number of SMS more than twofold as of the end of the forecasting period.
Representatives of Juniper Research estimate that mobile operators' initiatives like the Joyn project will not prove very successful and by 2017 operator services will account for less than 1% of message traffic (83 billion messages in absolute terms).
On the whole, the level of substituting traditional SMS with MIM services will depend on a set of factors such as the penetration of the broadband mobile Internet and smartphones, as well as the product strategy chosen by mobile operators and their pricing for services, and particularly, for SMS services and mobile Internet access.
2.5. Development forecasts of mobile messaging systems market, 2013 – 2016.


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South Asia Check has examined whether this statement is correct or not. For this, Vedic literature has been reviewed to see whether Nepal is mentioned or not.
The period in between 1500 BC and 500 BC is regarded as the Vedic period.
The term 'Nepal' is not mentioned in any of the above-mentioned Vedic scriptures.
But Aatharva Parishista (Appendix of Aatharva Veda), which was later added to the Atharva Veda, is not regarded as the Vedic literature.
Nepal is mentioned only in the literatures scripted after the Vedic period.
Therefore, Rawal's statement is wrong.