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Underground Music artist Calm Chor plays at antiSOCIAL Pune on Friday, March 25
Get ready for a power-packed performance by Calm Chor, the Alter ego of Ashvin Mani Sharma who has been a part of the Indian underground music scene since 1995. Calm Chor is one of the co-founders for Jalebee Cartel, a live electronic music act that has put India on the international EDM map.
Gear up for a night of Techno journey with the Pune based DJ-Producer, Quistek and join the second edition of EarthBound Misfits along with Nakul Music.
Date: 25th March, 2022
Venue: antiSOCIAL, Pune
Entry Fee: 500/-
Ticket: https://www.instamojo.com/Impresario/quistek-presents-earthbound-misfits-vol2-ant/
ABOUT CALM CHOR:
Calm Chor is the Alter ego of Ashvin Mani Sharma who has been a part of the Indian underground music scene since 1995. He has been producing music and deejaying since 1998, and is one of the co-founders of Jalebee Cartel, a live electronic music act that has put India on the international EDM map delivering power-packed performances from Paradiso in Amsterdam to Blue Frog in Mumbai.As a solo act he is much in demand because of his versatility to adapt musically to any situation. He also makes music under the name of Crash & Boom which is a Psy-Trance Project with Ash Roy and has also partnered with him on SoupHerb Records , a new label for groovy dance music.
ABOUT QUISTEK:
Quistek is a one-of-a-kind electronic music DJ and producer whose sound spectrum goes from psychedelic house with an Arabian influence for sundowners to dark underground minimalism when the vibe during peak hours demands it. The ability to create a fitting vibe no matter who he's playing for is what makes Quistek stand out, and that talent was recognised both when he was first signed by Submerge in 2015, and when he won the INCA DJ of The Year, Pune Award in 2019. His Label Releases under Lump Records, TRNDMSK, Kosa Records & NRTYA are only additional bonuses for his career as a musician. Quistek has built his own crowd over time that resonates with his music, and the genre he specializes in has made him a perfect addition to major music festivals like VH1 Supersonic, Satellite Beachside, Inscape (2018 & 2019) and Enchanted Valley Carnival to name a few.
ABOUT NAKUL:
Born in India, Drawn to the synthesizer at an early age, Nakul honed his production skills in 2014. The versatile spectrum, that is house and techno, is where he made his footprint. His tracks are signed with simple beats and loud rhythmic leads. Producing quality music has been on the forefront with wafting melodies and Effects. Recent releases made with Labels like Awen Tales, Trippy Code, Traum Techno, Melodic Deep India, Re: Sound, Mode 33 Records
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Spotlight on Londonderry in new global TV ad campaign
The spotlight is on the walled city of Derry as filming for the second phase of Tourism Ireland's global TV advertising campaign, which uses the tagline Jump into Northern Ireland, took place in the city recently. Filming for the campaign is also under way at other locations around Northern Ireland – including at the Giant's Causeway, Ballycastle Golf Club and Titanic Belfast – as well as in Dublin, the Cliffs of Moher and Lahinch Golf Club in Co Clare.
The new three-year global advertising campaign – comprising TV, radio, print and online advertising – has already been rolled out successfully across all Tourism Ireland's main overseas markets in early 2012. The campaign will reach an estimated annual audience of 200 million potential visitors.
Filming took place last week by the canons on the city's famous walls and in Guildhall Square. Other locations which will feature in the campaign include the River Foyle, the Peace Bridge, the Tower Museum and a number of arts venues around the city, showcasing the wealth of history and culture the city has to offer potential visitors.
Mark Henry, Tourism Ireland's central marketing director, said: "People want a holiday full of unique experiences. In our Jump into Northern Ireland campaign, we are placing particular focus on the iconic experiences that visitors can enjoy here – from delving into the rich history of the walled city of Derry, to experiencing Titanic Belfast, to seeing the spectacular Giant's Causeway. Our research is telling us that this campaign truly sets the island of Ireland apart from its competitors, helping to deliver growth in visitor numbers in 2012 and in the coming years."
Phase two of the TV ads is being shot by BAFTA-nominated short film director Samuel Abrahams. Director of photography on the shoot is Belfast-born Baz Irvine who has been involved in previous high profile ad campaigns for the likes of Nike, Ikea and Heineken. Baz shot Six Shooter (directed by Martin McDonagh) which won an Oscar for Best Short Film in 2006.
Research conducted by Tourism Ireland in our major tourism markets – including Great Britain, the USA, France and Germany – shows that while the island of Ireland ranks high among the top ten European destinations that people from those countries would like to visit, the main challenge lies in differentiating the island of Ireland from its competitors, giving them a sufficiently compelling reason to come and visit now. Tourism Ireland is highlighting the distinctiveness of a holiday here in its campaign, through compelling imagery focusing on the many experiences people can enjoy on a holiday here.
Other iconic tourist spots which feature in the TV ad campaign include Belfast, with a particular focus on the city's links with Titanic and its dynamic music scene, the Giant's Causeway, Connemara, Dingle, the Ring of Kerry and the Rock of Cashel.
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Stine Deja // Hard core, soft bodies
OPENING Thursday, December 6, from 4-10 pm!!
Schimmel Projects- Art Centre Dresden is proud to present the new solo show "Hard core, soft bodies" by the danish artist Stine Deja.
Hard core, soft bodies is a collection of videos that reimagine the human form. The 3D hybrid beings, constructed of biological organs and technological prosthetics, stand in a literal 'grey area' making familiar sounds and subtle movements. There is an undeniable bizarreness to imagining the inner-workings of our biological bodies, but when cleaned up and stripped of the 'mess' a digestive tract earns the same elegance as a single unoccupied contact lens. The work serves as a tribute to the intricate and phenomenal natural human body and the possibility for technology to further expand it's potential. This futuristic re-imagining of bodies draws on one of Deja's key questions: what does it mean to be human in the age of artificial intelligence and the technological takeover?
For this exhibition Stine Deja will create a site-specific environment around the pieces. Six tons of gravel will be installed to extract the grey zone narrative into the physical space and minimise the boundaries between the screen and the viewer. A unique ecosystem exists in the gallery: the natural floor makes the environment feel both inside and outside, while the smoke instates an unconscious mystery in the space by drawing on recurring sci-fi tropes. The viewer is forced to feel they have slipped into another reality, where even the view from the windows to the 'outside world' is no longer as expected.
Stine Deja (1986, Denmark) received her MA from the Royal College of Art in London in 2015 and has since shown her work in various places, most recently: Annka Kultys Gallery (London), UNIT 110 (New York) and SixtyEight Art Institute (Copenhagen). In January she will begin her three-month residency for 'Future human' at SPACE, London.
We Kindly thank Amt für Kultur und Denkmalschutz Dresden, The Danish Arts Foundation, Studentenwerk Dresden, Freundeskreis der HfBK Dresden & Netzwerk Kreativ for supporting the exhibition.
Exhibition duration: December 6 – December 16, 2018
Opening hours: Thursday-Sunday, 14:00-17:00
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Essex County Council has said it will only spend £300,000 on a scheme to increase safety at a notorious Brentwood junction – even though there have been around 150 accidents in the past decade.
A series of works will be carried out at the Devil's Head Crossroads including reducing the speed limit to 40mph and introducing a dedicated right hand turn for traffic heading from Ford's HQ into Childerditch Lane.
The first phase of the scheme, which is already underway, will see trees cut back to improve sight lines for drivers.
It is hoped the scheme will be completed by the end of the year.
Campaigners say it is better than nothing - despite pushing for a full roundabout that the county council say would have cost a prohibitive £1.5 million.
David Kendall, a Liberal Democrat at Essex County Council for the Brentwood South ward, has also been told that a mini roundabout is not suitable for a busy road such as Eagle Way which currently has a speed limit of 60 mph.
A signalised junction that would have cost £416,000 and a traffic calming layout with sped cameras would have cost £414,000.
"The problem is that it was that or nothing," Cllr Kendall said.
"To be honest we have been over this time after time. I have spoken to three cabinet members asking them for a roundabout and was told categorically no.
"Over the last ten years there have been 19 collisions recorded at the junction which have resulted in injury, with "failed to give way" cited as a factor in many of them.


K2 Advisors seeks to add value through active portfolio management, tactical allocation and diversification across four main hedge strategies: long/short equity, relative value, global macro and event driven. In their fourth-quarter (Q4) 2017 outlook, K2 Advisors' Research and Portfolio Construction teams share the key market events they have an eye on. We believe offering these insights will help investors better understand the rationale for owning retail mutual funds that invest in hedge strategies.
In a recent Bloomberg interview, legendary investor Howard Marks of Oaktree Capital said that investing is "never black or white, in or out, risky or safe." He suggested that investing is about continually calibrating your portfolio across a spectrum of risk—from aggressive to defensive. We could not agree more.
The media likes to hear market calls. They like pundits who say "get out now," "buy now," or "it's time," etc. We don't believe anyone can ever be that certain. Most of the time the correct action is somewhere in between. We can never know what the future will hold, but we can get a sense of potential outcomes by looking at what the past gave us, and where we stand in the present. The amount you have invested, your exposures across various asset classes and sectors and the presumed riskiness of each in the context of the current market. These are all things we can consider.
So where do we stand today? From our perspective things are looking a bit frothy. Again, this is not a market call. This rally could continue on for another year or even longer—who could know? What we do know is where we are relative to historical context.
Consider the equity markets, for example. The chart below shows the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-Earnings ratio (CAPE), which is a way of assessing the value of stocks in the S&P 500 Index.
The CAPE has only been this high three times before: 1929 (leading to the Great Depression), 1999 (during the dot-com bubble), and in 2007 (during the housing bubble leading up to the Great Recession).
The point is, while we cannot predict market tops or bottoms, we can be prudent in how we position portfolios contextually. Perhaps now is the time to consider dialing back risk to some degree. We believe the easy money in this cycle has already been made.
Perhaps it's time to "risk adjust" portfolios and emphasize "alpha markets," where hard work and skill may add to returns without significantly adding to risk exposures.
Inflation expectations appear flat and may even be drifting lower. Perhaps we should have waited for more data to see if the recent drop in inflation is indeed "transitory" as Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Janet Yellen's statements seem to suggest. Perhaps not. Only time will tell.
We maintain a constructive outlook for long/short equity investing, despite our measured outlook on overall market levels. We have adjusted our focus from Europe to global non-sector.
We believe certain trends such as stocks reacting to fundamentals, lower stock correlations, and increased dispersion are likely to continue to be tailwinds for long/short equity performance over the next 12 months. Corporate earnings and economic growth also remain robust—most notably in the United States.
In addition, rising interest rates have resulted in short rebates turning positive for the first time in more than eight years for many managers. We expect this to persist.
The Fed and other central banks have been pumping tremendous liquidity into the system since 2008, compressing spreads globally and really driving risk-asset flows. In our view this is poised to end, and when it does, it will be an inflection point in the markets.
Just like the Fed, the Bank of England has telegraphed to the market that it is going to pull some liquidity out of the system. We expect the same from the European Central Bank.
In our view, the high-yield market has never been more interest-rate sensitive. Investors have been lulled into complacency, with the consensus view that rates will stay lower for longer. This is a very different narrative from the thinking when US President Donald Trump was first elected.
While rates have remained low, duration1 is still a significant and prevalent risk in many fixed income investors' portfolios. We believe that relative value fixed income managers, such as long/short credit managers, are well positioned to mitigate this risk given their shorter duration portfolios. We expect these managers can generate alpha from rising sector dispersion as rates rise, which we fully expect.
We define global macro CTA as intermediate-to-long-term systematic investing and trend following. We think it's an interesting time to be in the strategy because we are just starting to come out of a technical drawdown. In our experience, that's been one of the better entry points to be in the strategy. The Btop50 Macro/CTA Index has had four sizable drawdowns in its 30-year history, and June 30, 2017, was the bottom of the fifth such drawdown.2 We view the recovery as already underway, beginning in July and August 2017. The average recovery from the bottom of the prior four major drawdowns was 21.8% over the following 12 months.3 Of course, past performance cannot guarantee future results.
In short, the strategies appear to us to have entered a recovery phase, benefiting from stronger trending markets and an improved correlation environment.
1. Duration is a measurement of a bond's sensitivity to interest-rate movements.
2. Source: Bloomberg LP. Data from January 1987 to August 2017. See www.franklintempletondatasources.com for additional data provider information. Indexes are unmanaged and one cannot directly invest in them. They do not include fees, expenses or sales charges. Past performance is not an indicator or a guarantee of future performance.


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Newspaper reports Winnipeg teen killed last summer was in and out of foster care
SaltWire Network | Posted: Dec. 30, 2009, midnight | Updated: Sept. 30, 2017, 12:22 a.m. | 2 Min Read
WINNIPEG - A 17-year-old Winnipeg girl killed last summer had been in and out of foster care during her short life and had an open file with the province's child welfare system when she died, the Winnipeg Free Press reports.
Fonessa Bruyere was returned to a family member's home less than three months before she died, despite allegations in a report that such a move could expose her to both drugs and the sex trade.
Fonessa, who would have turned 18 last month, had been involved with Child and Family Services since she was at least four years old.
The Free Press obtained two reports on her CFS involvement - one written after she was reported missing in early August 2007, and one after she was found dead Aug. 30.
Police call her death a homicide. No arrests have been made.
She is described in the first report as "a youth with drug addictions (crack cocaine) and a suspected history of prostitution."
The second report, dated Sept. 4, 2007, notes that at the time of her death there was an open protection file for Fonessa's family with Sagkeeng Child and Family Services.
Sagkeeng took over Fonessa's file just over a year before she died. The report into her death says just a few months earlier, she overdosed on drugs and spent a week in forced detox before CFS workers returned her to the home of a family member.
One report warns the person into whose care she was being placed was a drug addict and sex-trade worker. The report also says there were allegations the person into whose care Fonessa was being placed had been involving her in both prostitution and drug trafficking.
Elsie Flette, CEO of the Southern First Nations Child and Family Services Authority, said a full review of Fonessa's case hasn't been ruled out.
The police investigation and an investigation by the chief medical examiner - which is required by law - will help determine whether the authority does its own review, she said.
Fonessa is one of at least 14 children who died in 2007 and who were either in care or had an active CFS file within one year of their deaths. Those include natural deaths, murders, suicides and accidents.(Winnipeg Free Press)
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Wow, the final week of January already! Time has flown, but at least its pay day and there are 3 releases to pick up.
Han, Chewbacca and Qi'ra have one chance to keep Dryden Vos from killing them teaming up with Lando and L3 to pull off the impossible Kessel Run heist! But if they succeed, will Enfys Nest once again take their stolen goods?
With a huge price on their heads, Aphra and Triple-Zero are hunted wherever they run. But now the entire population has tuned in to watch the chase through Triple-Zero's eyes, and everyone has a shot at that reward.


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Development of Calorific Values and Carbon Emission Factors for Petroleum Energy in Korea from 2012 to 2013
Lim, Wan-Gyu;Doe, Jin-Woo;Kang, Hyung-Kyu;Ha, Jong-Han;Lee, Sang-Sup 301
https://doi.org/10.5572/KOSAE.2014.30.4.301 PDF KSCI
Country-specific data for net calorific values and carbon emission factors requires for a higher tier estimate of greenhouse gas emissions in the energy sector. The objective of this study is to develop country-specific net calorific values and carbon emission factors for petroleum energy produced in Korea. Calorific values and carbon contents of the fuels were measured using the oxygen bomb calorimeter method and the CHN elemental analysis method, respectively. Sulfur and hydrogen contents, which were used to calculate the net calorific value, were also measured and then net calorific values and carbon emission factors were determined based on the measurement results. The net calorific values and carbon emission factors determined for the petroleum produced in Korea 2012 and 2013 were compared to those in the 2006 IPCC Guidelines. Most of the values were different compared with the default values of the 2006 IPCC Guidelines although those were placed within their upper and lower limits. Time series analysis results showed inconsistent seasonal variation for the net calorific values and carbon emission factors.
Assessment of PM Emission Factors Made by Construction Machineries
Lee, Im Hack;Lee, Kyoung Bin;Kim, Jin Sik;Kim, Shin Do 311
The goles of this study were that we calculated the difference between the emission factors currently used officially and the emission factors that calculated by atmospheric dispersion modeling results and actual field measurements of dust concentrations and that we investigated how we applied to the emission factors appropriate to the reality in Korea. At the results, we calculated the Business As Usual ambient dust concentration concerning U.S. EPA method emissions, and we thought that the emission reduction efficiency had to be 99.7% if the ambient dust concentration that measured in this study could be satisfied. In other words, U.S. EPA dust emission calculation method is very overestimated than reality, so it is important that our country obtain reliable construction site dust emissions estimation methods by continuous researches.
Emission Characteristics of Odor Compounds in a Charcoal Production Kiln
Park, Seong-Kyu;Choi, Sang-Jin;Hwang, Ui-Hyun;Lee, Jeong-Joo;Kim, Daekuen 319
Exhaust gas emitted as a result of the incomplete combustion of biomass in charcoal kilns includes odor compounds as well as other air pollutants such as particulate matters, sulfur and nitrogen oxides, and carbon monoxide. A number of offensive odor compounds affect quality of life. In this study, odor emissions were investigated from biomass burning in a pilot-scale charcoal kiln and a commercial-scale kiln. Complex odor from emission source reached up to 10,000 dilutions to threshold during the study period. Combustion fume was found to contain reduced sulfur compounds, aldehydes, and volatile organic compounds. Hydrogen sulfide and methyl mercaptan were the major odorants which highly contributed to the offensive odor.
Control Measures for Air Pollutant Emissions from In-Use Light-Duty Diesel Vehicles Regarding their Emission Control Technologies
Lee, Taewoo;Park, Hana;Park, Junhong;Jeon, Sangzin;Kim, Jeongsoo;Choi, Kwangho 327
The objective of this study is to enhance the effectiveness of Korean Inspection and Maintenance (I/M) program. Three main tasks are: to measure pollutant emissions of in-use light-duty diesel vehicles (LDVs); to evaluate the validity of existing smoke control scheme for low-smoke-emitting vehicles, which have diesel particulate filters, DPF, to meet stringent Euro-5 emission limits; and to assess the necessity and the benefit of $NO_x$ inspection, which is not involved in current I/M program. We measured second-by-second smoke, particulate and gaseous emissions of 27 LDVs using opacity smoke meter, photo-acoustic soot sensor, and portable emissions measurement system, respectively, under the Korean I/M test driving cycle, KD-147. We find that the DPF plays a key role in controlling soot, which can be considered as black carbon contained in particulate matter. Thus, from an I/M perspective, we believe smoke inspection strategies for Euro-5 diesel vehicles should be more focused on the capability of detecting DPF malfunctions or failures, in order to keep DPF properly functional. Fleet averaged distance-specific $NO_x$ emissions are consistently higher than corresponding emission limits, and the values are similar among pre-Euro-3, Euro-3, and Euro-4 vehicle fleets. These findings indicate that the $NO_x$ inspection should be incorporated into current I/M program in order to manage urban $NO_x$ emissions. This research allows the Korean I/M program keep pace with developments in vehicle technologies, as well as the increased emphasis on $NO_x$ with respect to air quality and human health.
Numerical Analysis of a Gliding Arc Plasma Scrubber for CO2 Conversion
Kim, Seong Cheon;Chun, Young Nam 339
$CO_2$ emission has been gradually increased due to rising fossil fuel use. A gliding arc plasma scrubber (GAPS) was proposed to destruct $CO_2$. For optimum design of GAPS, a CFD analysis has been conducted in different configuration for the system. The parameters considered included gas injection velocity at the nozzle and gas flow rate to gap between electrodes. The reactor configuration affected velocity fields which caused changes in the mixture fraction and the retention time. The mixing effect of $CO_2$ and supplied gas ($CH_4$ and steam) was enhanced by installing a orifice baffle. This revealed that the orifice baffle is effective in $CO_2$ conversion by positioning the reactants in the gas into the center of plasma discharge.
Removal of Air Pollutants from Charcoal Production Process Exhaust
Park, Seong-Kyu;Choi, Sang-Jin;Kim, Daekuen;Hwang, Ui-Hyun 350
Exhaust gas containing wood tar of high concentration is discharged from charcoal production kilns. The large amount of emissions are often found by operational failure. The purpose of this study is to investigate the performance of an integrated treatment system in treating charcoal production exhaust. The system, which combined a tar collection device and a post-combustion unit, was proposed to remove moisture, wood tar, particulate matter, and other gas-phase pollutants (CO, $CH_4$, total hydrogen carbons) from exhaust gases. Heat recovery units were also applied in the system to utilize waste heat.
Application of Adsorption Sampling and Thermal Desorption with GC/MS Analysis for the Measurement of Low-Molecular Weight PAHs in Ambient Air
Seo, Seok-Jun;Seo, Young-Kyo;Hwang, Yoon-Jung;Jung, Dong-Hee;Baek, Sung-Ok 362
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have been of particular concern since they are present both in the vapor and particulate phases in ambient air. In this study, a simple method was applied to determine the vapor phase PAHs, and the performance of the new method was evaluated with a conventional method. The simple method was based on adsorption sampling and thermal desorption with GC/MS analysis, which is generally applied to the determination of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the air. A combination of Carbotrap (300 mg) and Carbotrap-C (100 mg) sorbents was used as the adsorbent. Target compounds included two rings PAHs such as naphthalene, acenaphthylene, and acenaphthene. Among them, naphthalene was listed as one of the main HAPs together with a number of VOCs in petroleum refining industries in the USA. For comparison purposes, a method based on adsorption sampling and solvent extraction with GC/MS analysis was adopted, which is in principle same as the NIOSH 5515 method. The performance of the adsorption sampling and thermal desorption method was evaluated with respect to repeatabilities, detection limits, linearities, and storage stabilities for target compounds. The analytical repeatabilities of standard samples are all within 20%. Lower detection limits was estimated to be less than 0.1 ppbv. In the results from comparison studies between two methods for real air samples. Although the correlation coefficients were more than 0.9, a systematic difference between the two groups was revealed by the paired t-test (${\alpha}$=0.05). Concentrations of two-rings PAHs determined by adsorption and thermal desorption method consistently higher than those by solvent extraction method. The difference was caused by not only the poor sampling efficiencies of XAD-2 for target PAHs and but also sample losses during the solvent extraction and concentration procedure. This implies that the levels of lower molecular PAHs tend to be underestimated when determined by a conventional PAH method utilizing XAD-2 (and/or PUF) sampling and solvent extraction method. The adsorption sampling and thermal desorption with GC analysis is very simple, rapid, and reliable for lower-molecular weight PAHs. In addition, the method can be used for the measurement of VOCs in the air simultaneously. Therefore, we recommend that the determination of naphthalene, the most volatile PAH, will be better when it is measured by a VOC method instead of a conventional PAH method from a viewpoint of accuracy.
Comparison of Air Pollution Characteristics in the Center Lane-Bus Stop and the Surrounding Areas
Lee, Yong-Ki;Kim, Woong-Soo;Hong, Soon-Mo;Shin, Eun-Sang 378
The use of bus stop in the center lane has reduced the emissions of exhaust gas on the road due to the improvement of the traffic speed but has caused a health problem for the citizens who are waiting for the bus in the platform, and thus the air pollution control of bus stop in the center lane is emerging as a more important part. This study was conducted to investigate the air pollution degree for the center lane-bus stops in four regions using mobile air measuring vehicle, and to evaluate the characteristics of air pollution by comparing with the data measured at the urban air monitoring site close to the bus stops. In addition, the correlation analysis was performed to analyze the impact to neighboring region by vehicle exhaust gas. The regional mean concentration of nitrogen dioxide in the center lane-bus stops ranged from 0.025 to 0.043 ppm which shows from 2.5 times to 5.3 times higher than the values of urban air monitoring site selected as a control group. The regional mean concentration of ozone in the center lane-bus stops ranged from 0.023 to 0.034 ppm which shows from 3% to 28% lower than the values of urban air monitoring site selected as a control group. The concentrations of nitrogen dioxide and ozone for the sampling regions did not exceed one hour-air quality environmental standard (0.1 ppm). The mean concentration of particulate matter for four center lane-bus stops was $28{\mu}g/m^3$ which shows about 27% higher than the values of urban air monitoring site selected as a control group, and that of particulate matter did not exceed one day-air quality environmental standard ($100{\mu}g/m^3$). In the results of correlation analysis between data from center lane-bus stops and data from urban air monitoring sites, the correlation coefficient (r) of nitrogen dioxide was relatively low as 0.316 to 0.416, and the correlation coefficient was high as the distance was close and vice versa. However, the correlation coefficient of ozone ranged from 0.167 to 0.658 and the correlation coefficient was high as the distance was far and vice versa.
Estimation of The Global Warming Potential of Fluorinated Green House Gases
Kim, Jihye;Lee, Jeongsoon 387
This work aims at estimating global warming potentials (GWP) of $CF_3Br$ and HFC-134a among green house gases. It has been reported that they have much higher GWP than $CO_2$ in the atmosphere. $CF_3Br$, halon 1301 which is well known to be a fire extinguisher, as one of the bromine-containing halons has been banned since 2003 due to destruction of ozone. HFCs, a kind of chiller which replaced chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) are one of greenhouse gases regulated by the Kyoto Protocol. In this study, we produced GWPs of $CF_3Br$ and HFC-134a by calculating a life time and measuring an absorption cross section to obtain a radiative forcing (RF). Their absorption cross sections were measured by using Fourier-transformed infrared spectroscopy (FTS) with a gas cell filled with their certified reference materials at room temperature. As a result, the RFs of $CF_3Br$ and HFC-134a were 0.32 and $0.168Wm^{-2}ppb^{-1}$, respectively and the GWPs were calculated as 7989, 6076, 3903 for $CF_3Br$ and 3855, 1300, 656 for HFC-134a for the time horizon of 20, 100, 500 years, respectively. Overall, uncertainty of the estimated GWPs can be estimated to be about 2.6%. Our results were compared with those proposed by the previous studies (IPCC, 2007; WMO, 1999).


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Vista Partners founder calls for a fintech revolution to help pandemic-hit, minority-owned small businesses
Jonathan Shieber	@jshieber / 8 months
The head of what is arguably private equity's most successful technology investment firm — Vista Equity Partners — made a rare appearance on Meet The Press to discuss the steps that the country needs to take to help minority-owned businesses recover from the economic collapse caused by the COVID-19 epidemic.
Robert F. Smith is one of the worlds wealthiest private equity investors, a noted philanthropist, and the richest African American in the U.S. Days after announcing a $1.5 billion investment into the Indian telecommunications technology developer Jio Platforms, Smith turned his attention to the U.S. and the growing economic crisis that's devastating minority businesses and financial institutions even as the COVID-19 epidemic ravages the health of minority communities.
Vista Equity Partners to invest $1.5B in India's Reliance Jio Platforms
Calling the COVID-19 "a pandemic on top of a series of epidemics", Smith said that the next round of stimulus needs to support the small businesses that still remain underserved by traditional financial institutions — and that new financial technology software and services can help.
"We need to continue to rally as Americans to come with real, lasting, scalable solutions to enable the communities that are getting hit first, hardest, and probably will take the longest to recover with solutions that will help these communities thrive again," Smith told NBC's Chuck Todd.
Smith called for an infusion of cash into community development financial institutions and for a new wave of technology tools to support transparency and facilitate operations among these urban rural communities that aren't served by large banking institutions.
In all, the first round of the Congressional stimulus package poured $6 trillion into the U.S. economy through authorizations for the Treasury to issue $4 trillion in credit and $2 billion in cash payouts to various industries. The average size of those initial loans was just under $240,000, according to a post-mortem assessment of the Payroll Protection Program written by Lendio chief executive Brock Blake for Forbes.
Blake's assessment of the shortcomings of the PPP echoes Smith's own criticism of the program. "Many of these small communities — urban, rural — aren't being banked by the large institutions," Smith said. Instead they're working with community development financial institutions that in many instances weren't approved lenders under the Small Business Administration and so were not able to distribute PPP money and make loans to their customers.
"We have to take this opportunity to reinvest in our business infrastructure in these small to medium businesses. In our banking infrastructure so that we can actually emerge out of this even stronger," Smith said. "We have to invest in technology and software so that these 'capillary banking systems' are more efficient and they have more access to capital so they can engage with these businesses that are underbanked."
In many instances this would amount to the construction of an entirely new financial infrastructure to support the small businesses that were only just beginning to emerge in minority communities after the 2008 recession.
"We need to get this average loan size to $25,000 and $15,000," said Smith. To do that, community banks and development finance institutions are going to need to be able to access new fintech solutions that accelerate their ability to assess the creditworthiness of their customers and think differently about how to allocate capital and make loans.
In some ways, Smith is echoing the call that fintech executives have been making since the PPP stimulus first started making its way through the financial system and banks began issuing loans.
Lending startups are angling for new business from the COVID-19 bailout
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10 Questions about the 2009 AL Central
The AL Central promises to be one of the most balanced divisions in baseball in 2009. No team should win more than 90 or less than 70, and a bunch of 80 win teams would not be surprising. Heck, even Vegas agrees - they predict all the teams will fall into the 75-85 win range. Does that make the Central boring or exciting? Gwyn and I will try to give you a couple of reasons why it might be of interest. With that being said, we'll start our preview.
1 - Is anyone in this division really good? Is anyone really bad?
Gwyn: No and No. Cleveland are verging on being very good, and I expect them to be the best team in the division. The offence is pretty formidable. Victor Martinez should be back to top form after the injuries that plagued him last year, Pronk had surgery and can expect to be a useful hitter again - if nowhere near his 2006 levels, Choo is a very accomplished hitter and I like Peralta for a bit of a breakout year. The bullpen is looking very nice, the only thing holding them down is the rotation where it's all a bit bleak apart from Lee.
Anders: I am high on the Cleveland's - I think the division is there's to lose. Lee comes back to earth a bit, but there is a ton of talent here., and Cleveland closed out the year on a high note after trading C.C. last year. I am not quite as sold as everyone else on Kansas City, but I don't think that they'll lose more than 90 games this year.
Gwyn: Kansas City have been very bad recently, but they'll be better this year I think (see below). As for the rest - Detroit, Minnesota and Chicago will probably be a few games either side of .500.
Anders: I have trouble getting a read on the White Sox ever, but they may struggle. I do think Detroit is going to be bad though - worse than people think. They are aging and may have rotation problems. Every time I look at the Twins I either like them or hate them - let's put them down for 80 wins perhaps then.
2 - Who is the best player in the AL Central?
Anders - The AL Central has a couple of really good hitters and it has a couple of even better players. Justin Morneau, Miguel Cabrera and Carlos Quentin each put up big years last year, however they are all play non-critical defensive positions. Meanwhile Grady Sizemore and Joe Mauer have been putting up big numbers at difficult positions, and even if their slash lines aren't quite as good as the aforementioned sluggers, they outrank them in value - Mauer's a catcher whose career OBP is hovering just below .400 and he probably could have won a couple of MVP awards by now if he people properly valued how hard what he's doing is.
Gwyn - My first thought was Grady Sizemore after all he plays great defense, runs brilliantly and swings for power too. Thinking about it Joe Mauer has to be up there too, and might just be better, it probably all depends how important you think OBP is, because Mauer could easily have a 40 or 50 point lead over Sizemore there. Mauer led the AL in win shares last year and was ahead of Sizemore in WARP too. They're both amongst the top handful of players in the league. If we call the defense a standoff - theyboth have great defensive reputations and I don't think you can make a comparison by the numbers, as I'm just not convinced that defensive metrics measure catchers very well. Then it's down to the offense, where they had a very similiar OPS last year (and probably will this year), just in very different ways: Sizemore - .268/.366/.502 Mauer - .328/.419/.451. Mauer's great OBP number trumps Sizemore's lead in SLG.
Anders - I love Sizemore as a player - as Gwyn mentioned, he hits for power, is a great basestealer and plays (by most accounts) good defense. As long as Mauer can still play catcher though, he'll be the pick over the (almost as) fantastic Sizemore.
3 - If Joe Mauer misses more than a few weeks are the Twin's doomed?
Gwyn - Yes. The Twins offense has two stars and one other solid hitter (Kubel), apart from that there's no one in their lineup I;d expect to put up an OPS over .800. There are very few teams in baseball who could survive the loss of their best player (especially one of of Mauer's ability) for a long period and not suffer significantly, the Twins just aren't one of those teams. Doomed is of course a relative term, for the Twins though I think it means they go from having a slim shot at contending to no shot.
Anders: Sort of. The Twins are going to be in tight all year - I think it's going to be a race to about 87 wins and the division crown, with none of the Central teams contending for the wild card. I don't think the Twins quite have the horses - there are just too many question marks, and they hit for a high average with RISP last year, something they are unlikely to repeat. With that being said, I think the team could keep afloat as long as Mauer's mysterious back ailments don't flare up for too long, especially if they can keep him in the lineup as a DH with Mike Redmond catching. If he can't hit for more than a month, then they are in trouble - not doomed though.
Believe it or not, the Twins actually finished 4th in the Majors in runs scored last year. Really. Morneau and Mauer were a huge reason for that, as was the high RISP average. However, Denard Span will (hopefully) take away playing time from Carlos Gomez, who was a sinkhole in the leadoff spot last year, and players such as Delmon Young could improve. I'm optmistic about Span - he should play a good CF, walk and steal bases. Other parts, such as Jason Kuebel and Michael Cuddyer, aren't bad, but a major injury to any of these guys would essentially sink the Twins offense and their chances.
4 - Will we see a full return to form for Francisco Liriano?
Anders: More Twins! Francisco Liriano will not be as fantastic as he has been in the past - few players ever have seasons like his 2006, and even fewer repeat them.
Gwyn: Full return as in posting an ERA+ north of 200 again ? No, but the lets be fair Doc and Santana have never done that in a full season. I can see Liriano being one of the the best starters in the league again though this year, he looked very, very good in the second half last year but he is giving up more flyballs than he used to and not getting quite as many strikeouts.
Anders: Liriano was one of the best pitchers in baseball last year when he was actually healthy - from August onward his era was 2.74 in 65.2 innings. I do think he will be the Twins best starter, and perhaps the best starter in the AL Central. Liriano really is a special talent. However, through his 4 year career he's thrown 220 innings - not quite a full Halladay season, meaning that his value will probably be limited by injuries again this year.
Gwyn - I could see him putting up a 3.60 ERA, 170 K, 65 BB season if he gets over 180 Innings Pitched. Interestingly I don't think he'll be the Twins best starter, I'm expecting big things from Slowey this year.
5 - Are the Tigers going to be good or terrible?
Gwyn: Somewhere in between. I think they'll be a game or two either side of 82. There are too many question marks about their pitching for me to be confident that they'll be any better than that, there are just many if's about that staff. The top of their lineup though is as good as any in the league though.
Anders: I do not think the Tigers are going to be a good team. The top of their lineup - Curtis Granderson, Placido Polanco, Carlos Guillen, Magglio Ordonez, Miguel Cabrera - is very good, but not unbelievably so. Granderson suffered a power outage last year in comparison to 2007, and Polanco and Guillen are both well on the wrong side of 30. After that there's the 40 year old Gary Sheffield, who had his worst season since 1991 last year, Adam Everett, who's glove might make up for his bat (worse than John MacDonald) after he missed almost all of last year with injuries, Brandon Inge, and Gerald Laird. They scored 821 runs this year, something I don't think they can repeat. The rotation of Justin Verlander, Jeremy Bonderman, Edwin Jackson, Armanda Galarraga and one of Nate Robertson or Rick Porcello could go either way, but I think their bats will underperform.
6 Will Alex Gordon breakout this year?
Gwyn: Yes, there's a good chance, though maybe this is a year or two early for him. At 24 last year he took some nice steps forward. He walked more - over 10% of the time - and struck out less. He hit a lot fewer groundballs and his hr/fb percentage edged a little higher too. If those trends continue he should turn into the hitter he was projected back in his prospect days, and he's young enough that more progress is easy to foresee.
Anders: Well anything can happen I suppose. I wouldn't say it's particularly likely though. Gordon's had almost 1200 ML plate appearances so far and has hit .253, a far cry from his impressive minor league averages. He strikes out too much, walks a decent amount and has some pop, but unless he improves in these areas he is destined to be a decent but not great player. Raising his batting average by 15 points would be a good start. We'll see.
7 - Who is the Division's best closer?
Gwyn: It's an elite group, the Central's closers. I'd rank them in order - Nathan, Soria, Jenks, Wood and Lyon. I'm a bit of a Soria fanboy, but Joe Nathan is, you know, Joe Freakin' Nathan! and that's about as good as it gets closer-wise.
Anders: Joe Nathan has been fantastic since arriving in Minnesota, and if the Twins would actually use him in more than strict slave-to-the-save situations they would be much better for it (a pet peeve of Aaron Gleeman's to be sure.) After that Joakim Soria has had success in KC, and Bobby Jenks will somehow convert 34/40 chances despite some poor peripherals and a massive frame. It's hard to figure what Kerry Wood will bring the Indians, but he can't be worse than some previous options in the Cleve. Brandon Lyon... well, he's not a particular memorable ex-Jay. Let's leave it at that.
8 - Is Cliff Lee going to be a Cy Young contender again?
Anders: No. Well, maybe. Lee cut his walk rate in half last year, and if he can keep that up he'll have a good year. However unless he can keep stranding runners at an unusually high rate and making sure that fly balls hardly ever leave the park then Lee will regress. That may be a nice year, but he isn't going to take home any hardware.
Gwyn: If he keeps doing whatever he was doing to get all those groundballs that he'd never got before last year than possibly. I'm think a little bit of that regression to the mean stuff might kick in for him though and he will regress from Halladay territory to being a merely very good starter. I'm never sure how to judge if a guy who had a sudden surge forward like he did last year was having a true breakout season to new consistent highs or a career year. For Lee I'm betting more on the latter than the former.
9 - Is this the year Kansas City move out of the cellar?
Gwyn: They should be a lot better, and they certainly have a shot to move past Detroit or Chicago if either of them has a bad year. They Royals smell like a team that's going to spend all year tilting at .500 and just miss. I think Gordon will be very good, Butler will improve markedly and I'm always very high on Meche, Grienke and Buck (Buck for no reason I can explain except he just looks good every time I see him play). The other thing to like about Kansas City this year, as Rany Jazayerli has pointed out, is that they should be giving very little time to really bad players. Jacobs, Aviles and Crisp aren't superstars, but they are a very significant upgrade over Gload, Pena and Gathright.
Anders: I don't know if I'm quite drinking the kool aid on this one, but I do think the Royals will make it out of the cellar, if only because the Tigers will occupy it. I could see Kansas City exciting for a couple of months as everyone rakes and Brian Bannister dazzles the league (well, maybe not on that count, but we're rooting for him.) I don't think they are the new Rays, as everyone seems to want to find, but I do think they could win 80 games if things go well, and imrpove further for 2010.
10 - Give me a relatively unknown player to watch out for in 2009?
Gwyn: I like the look of Clayton Richard in Chicago. He didn't impress much on his debut last year, with an ERA just over 6 in 47 Innings, and prior to 2008 his minor league career wasn't much to write home about either. He's a big (6' 6" 240 lb) lefty with a truly nasty sinker and he looks as though he has the skills to be a useful starter. He get's a lot of groundballs off his sinker, he had a very nice 29/13 K/BB ratio and he keeps the ball in the park. He'll probably start the year in AAA, but should get to the Show at some point during the year, and when he does I expect him to stick around.
Anders: I've already mentioned that I thnk Denard Span will have a good year, though I don't know if he counts. After that Jeff Larish is a big masher for Detroit - he's 27, hits for power and posted big walk rates in the minors that haven't translated in the show yet. I'll be interested to see what develops.
So those are the pressing questions we saw in the AL Central. It should be an interesting division. Watch the White Sox come out of nowhere to win it now...
Posted by Anders on Friday, March 27 2009 @ 10:50 AM EDT.
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Ryan Day - Friday, March 27 2009 @ 11:02 AM EDT (#197541) #
Liriano was one of the best pitchers in baseball last year when he was actually healthy - from August onward his era was 2.74 in 65.2 innings.
Not bad, but he's no Jesse Litsch - 1.92 ERA over August/September, holding hitters to 201/275/315 in 61 innings.
(which isn't to say Litsch is better than Liriano, but that two months probably isn't meaningful either way)
Mike Green - Friday, March 27 2009 @ 11:33 AM EDT (#197542) #
Interesting stuff, guys.
I saw Clayton Richard pitch in Arizona. Ryan Roberts took him deep, but he does look like he'll be all right in a generic crafty lefty way.
Years ago, in talking about the Russ Adams draft choice, I pointed out that most of the players chosen after him in the first round were not doing much in the minors. Denard Span was one of those. Score one for the scouts over the statheads, I guess.
JustinD - Friday, March 27 2009 @ 12:00 PM EDT (#197545) #
Wasn't that in 2008 when they finished 1 game ahead of the Tigers? ;)
Lugnut Fan - Friday, March 27 2009 @ 12:27 PM EDT (#197547) #
I look for Cleveland to win the central as well as I really like the additions of Kerry Wood and Mark DeRosa. I think Minnesota will be good for second followed by Detroit, KC and Chicago.
As far as the Tigers offense, I think they will score as many if not more runs than they did last year and I think the starters will be ok, it is the pen that is horrifying. Look for a ton of blown saves in Motown.
Magpie - Friday, March 27 2009 @ 06:20 PM EDT (#197561) #
I have trouble getting a read on the White Sox ever
You're not the only one. About all I've learned over the last few years is that they'll probably play about 162 games.
brent - Friday, March 27 2009 @ 07:52 PM EDT (#197564) #
Mike, one of the problems is that it took six years to develop him. I'm sure JP didn't feel that he could wait that long for players to come down the chain. Also, Span improved his numbers from the minors, which I assume is not that common. Last, I like how the Twins are always trying to give their homegrown players a shot to make the team. Tango liked how the Expos would just let the young player sink or swim out there.
Radster - Saturday, March 28 2009 @ 03:45 AM EDT (#197570) #
And in some years, they even play 163!
Geoff - Saturday, March 28 2009 @ 09:48 AM EDT (#197573) #
Richard didn't do much yesterday to back Gwyn up in a start against the Cubs. Allowed 5 hits, 2 walks, 7 earned runs and hit the showers having retired only one batter.
On the bright side, he'd have a hard time performing any worse this season.


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Chargers GM explains Tomlinson's release; teammates react to the news
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There has been reaction galore since news broke of LaDainian Tomlinson's release by the San Diego Chargers. XX 1090 in San Diego spoke with Chargers general manager A.J. Smith, who explained the thought process behind the decision; longtime teammates Philip Rivers and Antonio Gates, who spoke as highly about LT as a person as they did about him the football player; and Lorenzo Neal, the fullback who paved the way for much of LT's success.
Following are excerpts from those interviews. For a longer transcript, go to Sports Radio Interviews.
Smith on why the team opted to release LT now rather than closer to the March 5 deadline for making such transactions:
"Well, what we decided to do is, we still have more meetings and we'll wrap those up before the third or fourth of March, but we had discussed LT first, and with the Combine starting right now out of respect, and everybody's leaving tomorrow or the next day, everyone is there at the same time. All the agents are there, they have a convention; everybody in the National Football League is there. It would give him an opportunity with his agents to explore the possibilities for another team and get a jump-start on the process, which is really why we did it now."
Philip Rivers on the news: "It's always tough any time you lose a teammate."
Smith on how the thought process regarding LT's situation in San Diego dating back to this time last year:
"Well, we looked at the big picture a year ago. John, you're right on that. What we wanted to do is have a three-year contract in place so that we would know exactly what the monies would be in '09, '10, and '11. Because you know and the fans know, we have so much that we're looking at to try to fix on this football team in the upcoming years, that it basically was a year-to-year situation. For this year, we decided this particular year to go in a different direction."
Listen here to Smith's interview.
Philip Rivers on how he found out about the news and what his reaction was:
"Well, I guess I was in the weight room when he was released, and I was made aware down here about a half hour ago or a little more. It's always tough any time you lose a teammate, whether that be a trade, free agency or in this case after an unbelievable nine-year career here with the Chargers. LT, what he's meant to this organization and this community, is really unmatched. What he did on the field speaks for itself, and the No. 21 jerseys and the kids and people that he's affected, unbelievable. I'm sure those No. 21 jerseys will continue to be rampant in that stadium for many, many years"
Rivers on if he was able to speak to LT today:
"The thing about this that I always hate being a player that will return next year is anytime a veteran player or a player's career will no longer continue here, you feel horrible. We didn't win a championship while this group was here, while this guy was here. Especially LT, what he's done. When he got here in '01 and where we've come in large part due to his play, where we are now to not win a championship. You hate for him to be leaving without one. And that is what I tried to express to him. You remember every guy. In the past five or six years, you lose guys and you hate it that you didn't win a championship while they were here. But again, our friendship, and being a teammate of his, and having him stand right there beside me or behind me every play was a real treat and certainly an honor to play with him."
Listen here to Rivers' interview.
Gates on his initial reaction to the news of LT's release:
"Yeah, it's just a sad day for the Chargers, the city of San Diego. You're talking about a guy in LaDanian that I think knowing him and I played my whole career with him, so obviously he has a warm part in my heart. Obviously this is a situation with the business, and that's something that will happen to just about every player in the National Football League."
Antonio Gates was hopeful the Chargers could find a way to keep L.T.
Gates on if he thought it was ever a possibility that LT would finish his career in San Diego:
"Personally, I just thought they would find a way to keep him. I didn't know the real inside of what was going on, you know, negotiation reasons, what they wanted to do as far as extending him, did they want him to take less money. But when you talk about a guy like LaDanian, you talk about a guy who means so much to the organization. But we all know that one person is not above an organization and obviously that was the circumstance. It's just one of those situations where you hate to see it happen, but you knew it was coming, you had a feeling it was coming. And this past season, since I've been playing with him, this was the only season I felt different about how he felt about being in San Diego. So I just had a feeling at one point this would happen. But it came a lot sooner than I thought."
Gates on LT as a teammate away from game days:
You know what, the thing about LT is you look at him as a player as a phenomenal football player – Hall of Famer, MVP guy. But the person that he was was more impressive than than the football player that he was. I think that's something being in that locker room I can share, my teammates can share about him. Because he not only carried himself first class on the football field, but off the football field he was a first class act as well. That's something you can learn when you think of leaders, when you think of guys that lead teams to victories and are class acts off the football field, LaDanian Tomlinson is definitely a guy that stands for that."
Listen here to Gates' interview.
Neal on being shocked about the news, even if he knew the day was eventually coming:
Yeah, without a doubt. It's a tough day, and it's a sad day I think for San Diego and it's a sad day for the National Football League. You knew it was coming but like I said, it's not the crash that killed you, it's the sudden stop. We knew it was coming, it's just tough."
Neal on their special relationship:
"You know, me and LT, we have a great relationship. Like I always say if you listen to all the different times I've had to comment about LaDanian Tomlinson – LT will always be a better person than he is a football player. Football's what he does, it's not who he is, and that doesn't determine the size of the man's heart…"
News: Chargers release Tomlinson
Fantasy Source: Any value remaining?
Before the split: Unhappy with role
Go to Tomlinson's player page
Neal on how much left he thinks LT might have in the tank:
"He can definitely can still be a dominant player in the National Football League. I think LT, you'll see him this year, he's going to play with a passion, he's going to play with a big heart, and I think he's going to be successful. But it's just tough man, it's tough. When you're put in that position – you know, LaDanian he goes from a team that's committed to running the ball. Let's not get it twisted. If you look at San Diego and their philosophy, it's now to be a finesse team. And it showed up in the play. They are no longer a physical smash-mouth team. That's the way that Norv Turner has changed this offense. He's the head coach, they've got a dynamic quarterback in Philip Rivers and a lot of great talented receivers in Malcolm (Floyd) and those other receivers that they have. And Antonio Gates. So this is what they are. They're a vertical team. They can spread people out and go deep, and they're a passing team now. So it's tough. I think LaDanian wants to be in a position where he feels he's appreciated…You wish the best for LaDanian because he's an incredible athlete and he's an incredible person."
Neal on if he too believes that LT might have a big year this coming season given how he might be extra motivated to prove he's not done just yet:
"You know what? I kind of tend to see it that way too. I think that any great player, I think when you push any great man or great person and push him into a corner. Think about a cat – they're always running, they don't like it. But if you get a cat and you push him in that corner, and that cat's got a fight. Oh my, be careful. Wrap up your hands because you're going to come out with some scars and some cuts. I think LaDanian now, he's pushed in a corner. Everyone's looking at him. LaDanian, is he done? This is a man that lives for that type of moment. And I think that you will see LaDanian come back from in the corner from the beginning, from the opening day, and I think that this guy – given the right opportunity, going to the right office that suits him and believes in his passion – I think LaDanain Tomlinson will finish in the top 5 to 6 in rushing this next year, if that right opportunity presents itself, and barring injuries."
Listen here to Neal's interview.
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Olasupo Shasore (born 22 January 1964) is a legal practitioner and a founding partner in the law firm of Africa Law Practice NG & Co, a commercial law firm in Nigeria. A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He was Attorney General & Commissioner for Justice, Lagos State from 2007 – 2011.

Education
Shasore attended the Federal Government College Lagos and Igbobi College, Lagos before studying law at the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) graduating with an LL.B in 1986 followed by a Bachelor of Laws from Nigerian Law School in 1987. He then achieved an LL.M through the University of Lagos in 1990.

Career
He was called to the Nigerian Bar on 22 October 1987; Became a member of the Inner Bar and conferred with the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) in 2006; Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (United Kingdom) 2007; Former member of the Body of Benchers of Nigeria; Notary Public for Nigeria; President of the Lagos Court of Arbitration (LCA) (until January 2016); Chairman of the Lagos State Law Reform Commission (until 2015); Member/Secretary of the Presidential Petroleum Revenue Special Taskforce (2013); Led Lagos State delegates at National Constitutional conference (2014)

As Attorney General & Commissioner for Justice, Lagos State, he led the review of the Criminal Code Law, and the Administration of Criminal Justice Law; Authored and issued the first Prosecutors' Guidelines (2011); Initiated the first African Regional Conference of the International Association of Prosecutors (IAP). Chaired the Mortgage and Property Law Reform Committee, which produced and recommended the Mortgage & Property Law (2009). He also authored the Home Ownership and Mortgage Policy (2011). He also initiated the policy and crafted the tenant friendly Tenancy Law of Lagos State, balancing the inequality between landlords and tenants.

Writings
He is also an historian and author, his recent books include Ministering Justice: Administration of Justice in Nigeria (Qbooks, 2019); Platter of Gold: Making Nigeria (2016); Possessed – A History of Law & Justice in the Crown Colony of Lagos (2014); Commercial Arbitration – Arbitration Law & International Practice in Nigeria (Lexis Nexis, 2011), Johnson and Shasore; Jurisdiction & Sovereign Immunity in Nigerian Commercial Law (Practice and textbook) (2007, NIIA).

Personal life
Shasore is married with three children.

References

Living people
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Constantin Rauțchi (n. 22 mai 1934, București – d. 17 noiembrie 1984, București) a fost un actor român de teatru și film, de o deosebită expresivitate.

Biografie
A studiat la Liceul industrial "Polizu" și la Institutul de Artă Teatrală și Cinematografică din București. În anul 1956, împreună cu Amza Pellea și Dinu Cernescu, a fost arestat de autoritățile comuniste, fiind totuși, cu toții, eliberați după scurt timp.

Debutează la Teatrul Național din Craiova, făcând parte din generația de aur a teatrului românesc, promoția 1956. A interpretat următoarele roluri: Bartolo în Bărbierul din Sevilla de Pierre Beaumarchais, valetul Lane din Bunbury sau Ce înseamnă să fii onest de Oscar Wilde, Pleșoianu din Ultima generație de Vasile Nițulescu, marinarul răgușit din Tragedia optimistă a lui Vsevolod Vișnevski, Fortunato din Gâlcevile din Chioggia de Carlo Goldoni și actorul din Hamlet de William Shakespeare. Criticii de teatru au scris la acea vreme că Rauțchi "face parte din familia unui Morțun și Iancu Brezeanu".

Își continuă cariera teatrală la Teatrul Național din București, unde este coleg și prieten cu Gheorghe Cozorici. Printre rolurile sale memorabile sunt Azdak din Cercul de cretă caucazian de Bertold Brecht, Șbilț în Patima roșie de Mihail Sorbul, negrul din Oameni și șoareci după John Steinbeck (regia: Alexandru Finți), bufonul din Regele Lear de  William Shakespeare (regia: Radu Penciulescu) sau Hagi Tudose din piesa omonimă a lui Barbu Delavrancea. A mai jucat, alături de Ileana Predescu, în piesa Scaunele de Eugen Ionescu.

A avut un rol principal în ecranizarea pentru teatru TV a romanului Oameni sărmani de Fiodor Dostoievski, având ca parteneră de scenă pe Leopoldina Bălănuță. Rolurile din film au fost secundare, dar Rauțchi le-a transformat, potrivit criticului Victor Parhon, în "mici bijuterii, căpătând, prin forța expresivității sale, nu o pregnanță deosebită, ci una de neuitat".

Pictorul Constantin Piliuță i-a făcut un portret.

Constantin Rauțchi era un om tăcut și însingurat, "de o mare generozitate și delicatețe sufletească", dedicat până la epuizare teatrului. Munca sa l-a istovit prematur, iar actorul a decedat la 17 noiembrie 1984, la vârsta de numai 50 de ani.

Filmografie

 Alo?... Ați greșit numărul! (1958)
 Bădăranii (1960) - slujitor
 Celebrul 702 (1962)
 Lupeni 29 (1962)
 Liniște (1963)
 Camera albă (1964)
 Străinul (1964)
 Titanic-Vals (1965) - un funcționar la primărie
 Neamul Șoimăreștilor (1965) - Ilun, omul de încredere al lui Temir Bey
 Răscoala (1966)
 Vremea zăpezilor (1966)
 Maiorul și moartea (1967)
 Zile de vară (1968)
 Oameni sărmani (film TV, 1969) - Makar Alekseievici
 Brigada Diverse intră în acțiune (1970) - borfașul Dumitru Procop
 Ítélet (1970)
 Ciprian Porumbescu (1973) - pușcăriașul din celula lui Ciprian Porumbescu
 Aventurile lui Babușcă (1973)
 Dincolo de nisipuri (1974) - lemnarul Petre Dună
 Muntele ascuns (1974)
 Lockruf des Goldes (miniserial TV, 1975) - Caribou-Charly
 Cantemir (1975)
 Mușchetarul român (1975)
 Mastodontul (1975)
 Prin cenușa imperiului (1976) - prizonier român
 Osînda (1976) - găzarul Iordan
 Roșcovanul (1976) - gardianul de la casa de corecție
 Serenadă pentru etajul XII (1976)
 Dincolo de orizont (1978)
 Drumuri în cumpănă (1979)
 Capcana mercenarilor (1981) - mercenarul fără dinți
 Întoarce-te și mai privește o dată (1981)
 Cucerirea Angliei (1982)
 Căutătorii de aur (1984)

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Nașteri în 1934
Decese în 1984
Actori români
Bucureșteni
Absolvenți ai Universității Naționale de Artă Teatrală și Cinematografică "Ion Luca Caragiale" din București
Actori ai Teatrului Național din Craiova
Actori ai Teatrului Național din București


The festival for interactive and digital art HALF MACHINE , inspired by the theme "meltage man and machine", will feature a variety of interactive installations and live events using the technology already thrown away, old computers, 16 mm film, telephones, sound tapes, video equipment, tesla coils and other curious devices.
It will take place in Copenhagen, on 4th-8th August.
Interview with Simon Moe, one of the artists and creator of the event.
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Support Philly's Black–Owned Businesses, Today and Every Day
Do your part to promote meaningful change in our community.
Photo: Isabel Liang
By HANNAH LONSER
As the fight to end systemic racism rages on, protesters in all 50 states and around the world are calling for an end to police brutality and for justice in the killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and innumerable others. People everywhere are signing petitions, devoting their dollars to organizations committed to combating racial injustice, contacting their elected officials, educating themselves and others, and filling up their social media real–estate with posts promoting the cause.
There is no one correct way to fight racial injustice. Beyond turning to social media for education, there are many different courses of action that you can take to both amplify the voices of the Black community and catalyze actual change in our system—including using your buying power to support the hundreds of black–owned businesses in the Philadelphia community.
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The brainchild of former Temple student Ariell Johnson, Amalgam is a comic book store and a coffee shop rolled into one. Showcasing both big–name and self–published stories that comic lovers of all ages can enjoy, Amalgam is North Philly's hub of geek culture. First opening its doors in 2015, Amalgam Comics & Coffeehouse has been celebrated in the national media for its dedication to representation and inclusion. Not only does this store boast the title of being the only black–woman owned shop of its kind, it's also the first black–woman owned comic book store on the East Coast.
COVID-19 Note: Amalgam Comics & Coffeehouse is currently closed, though online ordering is still available.
Location: 2578 Frankford Ave.
More like this: Uncle Bobbie's Coffee and Books, Harriett's Bookshop, Black and Nobel, Hakim's Bookstore
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48th Street Grille
Located in the heart of West Philly, 48th Street Grille is known for serving up a colorful selection of Caribbean– and American–inspired dishes. Visitors to this beloved casual joint are invited to sit back and relax while digging into some of chef and owner Carl Lewis' signature dishes—all of which are made with fresh, locally sourced ingredients. From jerk chicken sandwiches to rasta pasta to shrimp and grits, 48th Street Grille brings a true taste of the Carribean to the City of Brotherly Love.
COVID-19 Note: 48th Street Grille is currently only available for take–out.
Location: 310 S. 48th St.
To find more restaurants to support, check out this spreadsheet devoted to black–owned Philly restaurants.
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Philly Art Collective Gallery
Founded by artist Martell Oliver, the Philly Art Collective serves as a platform for local artists to promote their work. The collective hosts several events every month, including the HERspace Women's Art Festival and exhibits playing tribute to influential musical artists such as Aaliyah and Frank Ocean, which showcase dozens of creators. In the spirit of giving back to the community, the Philly Art Collective also collects donations through ticket sales to support local causes, such as opening the Black Bird Community Center–a "place for black and brown youth to learn and experiment with multidisciplinary arts."
Location: 253 N. 3rd St.
More like this: Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation and October Gallery
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Freedom Apothecary
As Northern Liberties' premier holistic wellness boutique, Freedom Apothecary is your one–stop shop for toxin–free skincare and beauty products. Customers can browse the apothecary's vast selection of all–natural body butters, oils, face masks, and more, or formulate a personalized product with a skincare specialist at the Blend Bar. Beyond promoting self–care products, owners Morrisa Jenkins and Bonkosi Horn intend for the apothecary to be a community space where women, especially black women and women of color, can find connection and support.
COVID-19 Note: While the doors to Freedom Apothecary may temporarily be closed, their online store is still up and running.
Location: 736 N. 2nd St.
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Curve Conscious
Awarded Best of Philly Plus–Size Budget Friendly Fashion in 2019, Curve Conscious offers trendy, gently used apparel, shoes, and accessories in women's sizes 12 to 28. Since 2016, this Brewerytown boutique has been celebrated for its commitment to both body positivity and to promoting sustainable shopping. In addition to shopping for stylish pieces from popular brands like Forever 21, Lane Bryant, and Torrid at a fraction of retail price, at Curve Conscious you can also sell or swap pieces from your own wardrobe that you no longer have use for.
COVID-19 Note: Curve Conscious is currently closed, but you can still show your support by purchasing a gift card online.
Location: 5312 Germantown Ave.
More like this: Perfectly Flawless Boutique, Dolly's Boutique and Consignment, Blue Sole Shoes, The Sable Collective
The Black community needs our support now more than ever, and supporting the black–owned businesses in our own backyard is just one of the ways that we can be part of the change. And while this list is by no means complete, hopefully it can serve as a starting point.


At this time, there does not appear to be a way to copy one existing list to another existing list.
The only way to copy one list to another is to create a new list.
I wanted to copy my already existing Central America list to my already existing Clements list.
Is there a way to do this? If not, I would highly recommend adding this feature as it would save a lot of time entering the same birds for multiple lists.
You are quite correct in that it is not possible to do this currently. It's been requested by a couple of other users too, and is clearly something that would be helpful. It's quite tricky to do, particularly between different taxonomies and/or different regions, but it is something I'll look at over the next few months.
I just entered an Arizona list with new life birds. I haven't found a way to merge it with my Continental ABA list. Isn't there a way to just copy the Arizona list into the ABA list?
Unfortunately not - this is the point that Chris was making, i.e. it is not possible to merge one list into another existing list. We will look to add this feature in the future.
One option you may or may not be aware of is that when you are adding a sighting you can add it to multiple lists at the same time. This can save considerable time when you have a few new records to add.


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People lift weights and perform other weight training exercises at the Clinical Research Center, the research location for the Wake Forest Health and Exercise Science department.
The findings, "Effect of Exercise Type During Intentional Weight Loss on Body Composition in Older Adults with Obesity," appear in the November issue of the journal Obesity.
Losing weight is generally recommended for those with obesity, but preserving muscle – while losing fat – is particularly important for older adults in order to maximize functional benefit, Beavers said.
These results may be even more important for older adults who gain and lose weight with frequency, because seniors typically don't regain muscle – they regain fat mass – which is "all the more reason for older adults to try and preserve muscle mass during weight loss," Beavers said.
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Our Company provides all kinds of services for Incentive Groups and Congresses.
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Also noteworthy are our smaller events as Amper 2011 (fair of electronic in Brno) or Twirlings European Championship in Karlovy Vary.
More than 5 years we are cooperating with the biggest Czech NGO People in Need on their Documentary Film festival "One World". In this year we provide accommodation for more than 100 participants of the festival. In the year 2011 the festival is newly connected with the conference of documentary film so this year we provide conference rooms as well.
The biggest event in the history of our company was the YMCA Europe festival in the year 2008. For more than 7000 participants we provided accommodation in all kinds of capacities, from student hostels to luxury hotels.


Greetings to the Avon Park Holiness Camp Meeting community!
I trust you are finding time during these summer months to be refreshed physically, mentally and spiritually.
These months are very busy for Ella Mae and me with numerous denominational and district councils and camp meetings. I will also be speaking at a couple of camp meetings in Ohio and Pennsylvania. In the midst of all the denominational activities I had the joy of officiating at one of our grandaughters' wedding.
You might be interested to know that I was re-elected to serve four more years as General Superintendent of the Churches of Christ in Christian Union. I want to thank Dean Gilkerson for overseeing activities at Avon Park in my absence. He keeps me well informed and we work very well together.
Let's begin now to earnestly pray for a great outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the 2015 camp meeting. Ella Mae and I are looking forward to getting to Avon Park. We hope to see you there.
Please pray for Jean Alexander, Mary Allen, Norma Barnard, Burnis and Thelma Bushong, FLossie Coller, Len Gamber, Walter and Genny Hackett's daughter and son-in-law, Tom and Ella Mae Hermiz, Bob and Bonnie Hudson, Fran Moore, Millie Rutkowski.
Please pray for open hearts and open doors for a team of ten who will join Colombian church planters in the streets of Medellin July 19-26. Micah and Maddy are traveling with me this time, so please ask God to develop their faith and grant them peace as they place trust in Him to use their life and words to persuade others to follow Jesus Christ. Also pray for Jeff & Daniel Shepple (Greenwood), James Vernot (Ft Wayne) and Michael Stuart and sons Jared, Brennan and Wesley (Colorado).
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REMINDER: All women who attend Avon Park Holiness Camp are de facto members of the Women's Auxiliary. If you would like to receive the annual newsletter and your address is not in the 2012 Camp Directory or has changed, please let Nina Morrow know by email at i9ah@att.net, or by mail at 545 Timberidge Dr, St Peters MO 63376. That address is also good if you would like to pay the voluntary annual dues and have not yet.
The past 14 years I have been privileged to have been on the Camp Board, and the last 12 years as Secretary of the Board, and Director of Business. I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to serve in these capacities. I felt that I had been placed in the center of the Lord's will for me. During that time, many people, no everyone, prayed, gave and volunteered their time and labor to make the Camp what it is today. Many have gone on to heaven. Thank you all.
The Kelley Building had just been completed. What a wonderful addition to the Camp. Our debt was approximately $700,000.00 at that time. After the hurricanes in 2004, many buildings had water damage. Most of the buildings had new metal roofs installed. Major improvemets were made inside the dorms and duplexes, including AC, new carpeting, paint and furniture. We partnered with Highlands Coutny Emergency Management Agency to provide Hurricane Shelter for people with pets. We began to have other denominations use our facilities during the summers. What a blessing. Of course the Trailer Park had major renovations, including new Park Models, and utilities. A well was drilled, irrigation installed and sod laid in various places, creating beautiful grass. Today our effective debt, adjusted for annuities, is just at $25,000.00. All of that was accomplished by people working together for the Glory of the Lord, and the benefit of the Camp. Praise His Name!
After much prayer, I feel the Lord has released me from those responsibilities, to perhaps do something new. I have been on work and witness trips to Haiti three times in the last two years, Honduras last year, and just returned from Cuba. We would perhaps like to go on some homeland work trips. So, as you might have heard, I have retired/resigned from my responsibilities here.
I trust that you will continue to support the next generation of Camp management.
God Bless Avon Park Holiness Camp. See you next camping season.
Dr. Rozaline Jean Tucker passsed away in May. She was a WGM missionary for 35 years, mostly in Burundi, Africa, working primarily in translation and education projects.
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest parts of the earth.
So then, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence but even more in my absence, continue working out your salvation with awe and reverence, for the one bringing forth in you both the desire and the effort—for the sake of his good pleasure—is God. Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without blemish though you live in a crooked and perverse society, in which you shine as lights in the world by holding on to the word of life .
What is this power we receive when the Holy Spirit comes upon us? Is it simply power to work miracles? No, it is much more. This power can make us strong enough to hold fast, to follow Him, even if we do not know where He is leading. It is the power to follow Him, to display moral excellence and ethical behavior; to be light and life to the world. It is the power, no matter what circumstances we endure, to remain in Him, in His Gospel, which is life. It is the power to unite with one another in his purpose, without grumbling or arguing, by keeping in mind our responsibility as His people regardless of the cost to our ego, our pocket, our pride.


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Dexter Fletcher Replaces Bryan Singer As Director Of 'Bohemian Rhapsody'
By eelyajekiM | @ | Thursday, December 7th, 2017 at 4:00 pm
In the last few days, Bohemian Rhapsody, the Freddie Mercury biopic, has been looking for a new director since Fox fired Bryan Singer (X-Men: Apocalypse) after reports of constant absences and on-set clashes with the cast started to surface. Singer claims that he was absent to address a family matter. However, the studio promised that they would find a director to finish the job, which had two weeks of production left on the schedule.
Now it appears that they have found him. Reports confirm that Eddie The Eagle director Dexter Fletcher will be Singer's replacement. More on the story below.
Variety was the first to report on the news. Based on it, the studio didn't have to look too far to find a director considering that they were the ones to distribute Eddie The Eagle. In fact, Fletcher was one of Fox's top choices before Singer signed on to direct.
With only two weeks left of production left, it is hard to tell if we will see any of Fletcher's vision in the film. While there have been similar cases of this in the past – Ron Howard replacing Phil Lord and Chris Miller after they parted ways on Solo: A Star Wars Story, and Joss Whedon stepping in to oversee post-production of Justice League after Zack Snyder had to leave to address a family matter. However, Bohemian Rhapsody comes with its own special set of circumstances because it's not clear if he will just direct the remainder of the film or if he will try to work with what Singer did before he left and essentially make it is own. We won't even know who will get a directing credit, at least not until the Directors Guild Of America takes a look at what happened.
Bohemian Rhapsody centers on five years of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, and stars (Rami Malek) as the lead singer of the iconic band up until his performance at the Live Aid. The film also stars Ben Hardy, Gwilym Lee, Joseph Mazzello, Allen Leech, and Lucy Boynton.
It is set for release on December 25, 2018.
[Source: Variety]
Topics: Movies, News
Tags: Allen Leech, Ben Hardy, Bohemian Rhapsody, Bryan Singer, Dexter Fletcher, Fox, Freddie Mercury, Gwilym Lee, Joseph Mazzello, Lucy Boynton, Queen, Rami Malek, Twentieth Century Fox
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