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Carbon Trading: What Europe Can Actually Teach Us
By Bradford Plumer
Of all the questions about climate policy, one of the biggest is whether a cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gases will even work. Will it actually and tangibly reduce emissions? The only real-world example we have is the EU's Emissions Trading System, set up in 2005. Conservatives take it as a given that the ETS has failed—see Martin Livermore's Wall Street Journal column last week. But on closer inspection, the ETS seems to be working pretty well after a few early miscues, and there's plenty that American policymakers can learn from Europe's experience.
It's helpful to divide the ETS into phases. In Phase I (2005-2007), the cap only covered about 45 percent of EU emissions, including electric utilities, mining, and the steel and chemical industries. Crucially, according to a 2007 Lehman Brothers analysis, the European Commission had no good data on EU emissions, so they initially relied on industry estimates. As a result, member states gave out way more permits than there was actual pollution—meaning, in effect, the cap was set way too high at first. The price of carbon crashed to nearly zero, and emissions increased in some countries.
In another early stumble, the EU gave away nearly all of the pollution permits for free, rather than auctioning them off. Policymakers hoped that if electric utilities didn't have to pay for their carbon allowances, they would pass the savings on to ratepayers and consumers. But utilities didn't do that. Instead, they jacked up electricity prices and simply kept the value of the permits for themselves, earning windfall profits.
Happily, the United States should be able to avoid many of these blunders. For one, the Energy Information Administration has much more comprehensive data on U.S. carbon-dioxide emissions than Europe did in 2005. And, while the House climate bill only auctions off 15 percent of its allowances, it does give a hefty number to heavily regulated electricity distributors, which are required by law to pass on savings to ratepayers. Some watchdog groups like Public Citizen are worried that these distributors will wriggle free of oversight, and that's a real concern, but in theory, there's a mechanism to avoid windfall utility profits.
Moving on, in Phase II, the EU tightened its caps and started auctioning off a greater chunk of the pollution permits. According to Lehman, once the initial kinks were hammered out, the system "succeeded, and fairly quickly, in imposing a price on carbon." Emissions have now fallen for four straight years. According to the European Environment Agency (EEA), the EU-15 has slashed emissions 5 percent below 1990 levels, and is on pace for a 11.3 percent cut by 2012—easily exceeding the 8 percent goal required by the Kyoto Protocol. Here's a graph:
For the final batch of cuts, the EEA estimates that 7 percent will come from actual reductions, 1.4 percent from stuff like planting trees, and 3.3 percent through clean-energy projects in the developing world. Even if you consider the latter two actions somewhat dubious (I agree), that's still a significant real reduction driven by the cap. And, to be sure, some of the recent drop has been due to the global recession, but not all of it. In 2008, the EU economy shrunk 0.8 percent, but emissions fell much faster—3 percent. The European Commission credits the ETS with much of that drop.
There's also anecdotal evidence that Europe's carbon cap is having an effect. The U.K.-based consulting firm GHK recently studied more than a dozen companies in Europe and found that the cap-and-trade system was driving real changes in business behavior:
The reviewers found that these companies' major moves so far have been aimed at improving energy efficiency. "Energy efficiency is the first thing they look at," said James Medhurst, director at GHK Consulting. Power plants have become more efficient, companies have invested in new fleets of cars, airlines in new planes and transport companies in new trucks. ... [I]n internal operations, these companies have taken widespread measures to substitute high-energy-intensity goods and services with services that burn less energy. ...
As for jobs, the study shows that climate change policies among the companies reviewed have an impact on skills rather than on actual employment levels. "It's essentially a greening of existing jobs," said Medhurst. The researchers found a widespread need for new skills and a general need for upskilling, which companies are attempting to meet by gearing up the introduction of new training programs....
Switzerland-based Holcim (90,000 employees), one of the world's largest producers of cement, told researchers that the E.U. ETS and other market instruments such as the Clean Development Mechanism are key players in driving the company to reduce CO2 emissions. Holcim said it has achieved a 16.3 percent reduction in net CO2 emissions per ton of cement in 2007 from 1990 by optimizing products and processes, and investing in research and development such as bringing out new types of cement and using alternative fuels.
Now, it's true, a few special circumstances have helped Europe meet its targets more easily. Germany is well below 1990 emission levels thanks, in part, to the collapse of Eastern German heavy industry. And Britain's cuts came, in part, because Margaret Thatcher broke the coal-miners' union in the late '80s, which eventually led the country to shift to cleaner natural gas. That said, Europe has long had higher energy taxes and stricter efficiency standards than the United States, so you could argue that we have a lot more fat to trim, and that making initial cuts will actually, in many respects, be easier for us than it was for Europe.
My biggest caveat is that, when you look at Europe's "outsourced" emissions, the picture looks much grimmer. According to the Stockholm Environment Institute, Britain's carbon emissions have actually grown by 20 percent when you factor in imports from China. No domestic cap-and-trade system can fully work unless it's placed in a global context. But on the bright side, an international treaty would also make cutting emissions far cheaper. A recent analysis by PointCarbon found that EU permit prices—and hence the cost of reducing carbon emissions—would drop dramatically if the EU and the United States could link up cap-and-trade systems.
Bottom line: The EU cap-and-trade system suffered a slew of early mishaps, but the United States has been watching and learning, and we should be able to avoid most of those fumbles. What's more, now that the problems have been ironed out, Europe's cap genuinely appears to be working, spurring companies to become more energy-efficient and making meaningful cuts in emissions. That said, the China factor is still huge: Europe obviously can't stop global warming all by itself, and there's no substitute for an international treaty.
--Bradford Plumer
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Charly Luske is one of those people who have a gift to excel in almost everything they set their mind to. The Holland native is an accomplished actor in the theater, film, and television genre, but Luske also boasts an impressive set of pipes that has garnered wide recognition in Europe and abroad.
When he was 12, Luske started out by taking lessons in Classical music. After making his debut on a Dutch television show, "Lucky Lotto Live Show," four years later, Luske then gravitated to "boy bands" – Velvet and X Marks the Spot – but soon discovered it wasn't quite his style.
It was when he was venturing his pipes in the boy bands that Luske started to find himself getting more and more into Soul music, what he termed as "dark soul and old Soul." He started listening more to Otis Redding, James Brown, and Marvin Gaye and, as a result, his vocal intonations started to change as well.
So, what does a white Dutch man know about Soul?
As mentioned, Luske had found success with his boy bands, but found it harder to get his Soul music out to a wider audience. Using his voice to make a living, Luske progressed to musicals like "The Wiz" and "We Will Rock You," and even ended up in fourth place in the infamous Eurovision Song Contest.
Luske decided to take the plunge and perform on "The Voice of Holland," wowing audiences with "It's a Man's World" by James Brown. Throughout the season, Luske was favored to win the competition by audiences and judges alike, but eventually bowed to another in the semifinals. It was a move that he doesn't regret to this day.
When Luske sings Soul, the listener can feel the emotion he is emitting through his voice.
While Luske is known for his cover versions of Soul classics and putting his own spin on them, he is also an ardent songwriter.
Luske acknowledged that new and younger artists have an even harder time making it in this day and time.
Luske released a couple of successful singles: "Fly," which was the title track for the Dutch movie Fataal, and "Meant To Be" among others. And, during a time where Rap and Dance Music reigns, Luske is keeping himself on course with his Soul.


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LCD Soundsystem - 45:33
Blending funk, soul and LCD, it's a great listen; the voiceless version of Someone Great a particular highlight
Album Review by Franck Martin | 07 Dec 2007
Album title: 45:33
Artist: LCD Soundsystem
Label: DFA/EMI Records
45:33 is the somewhat bizarre result of a collaboration between LCD and the sports giant Nike. James Murphy had publicly stated that he wanted to make a long-form record similar to E2-E4 by Manuel Göttschingand. After some discussion with Nike, Murphy jumped at the opportunity to make something a bit different that was not connected to his studio material. 45:33 was created as a companion for joggers, and as such the mix rises and falls in tempo in a similar way to the average person's ability to run. Blending funk, soul and LCD, it's a great listen; the voiceless version of Someone Great a particular highlight. North American Scum is the most 'LCD' track on 45:33, with its fast paced electro beats, while Freak Out/Starry Eyes is an uplifting funky, trumpet driven number with a percussion section that is perfect for motivating coach potatoes. [Franck Martin]

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Im Zeit-Temperatur-Umwandlungsschaubild (ZTU-Diagramm, im englischen TTT, "Time Temperature Transformation") wird die Gefügeentwicklung bei unterschiedlichen Zeit-Temperaturverläufen für einen einzigen Werkstoff bzw. eine Legierung dargestellt. Eine der häufigsten Anwendungen erfolgt beim Härten von Stahl. Erstellt werden ZTU-Schaubilder oft mittels eines Abschreckdilatometers. Daneben werden aber auch andere Methoden wie Dynamische Differenzkalorimetrie oder elektrische Widerstandsmessung angewendet. Prinzipiell unterscheidet man das isotherme und das kontinuierliche ZTU-Diagramm. Zum ZTU-Diagramm gehören meist zusätzliche Angaben wie Werkstoffbezeichnung (inkl. chemischer Zusammensetzung), Ausgangsgefüge, vorangegangene Zeit-Temperaturpfade (bspw. Austenitisierungsbedingung), Gefügeanteile oder Härte.

Bestimmung von ZTU-Diagrammen
Über die Änderung einer physikalischen, messbaren Größe wie der Länge einer Probe während der Temperaturführung wird der Beginn und gegebenenfalls das Ende einer Umwandlung bestimmt. Oft lassen sich auch mehrere Umwandlungen eindeutig identifizieren. Da die meisten physikalischen Größen selber temperaturabhängig sind, bei der Länge über den thermischen Ausdehnungskoeffizienten, ist dies zu berücksichtigen. Das jeweils entstandene Umwandlungsgefüge wird metallografisch bestimmt.
Für mehrere Temperaturführungen werden der Umwandlungsbeginn und -ende sowie das jeweilige Gefüge in ein Zeit-Temperatur-Diagramm eingetragen. Die Zeit ist dabei meist logarithmisch aufgetragen. Oft werden die verwendeten Zeit-Temperaturpfade zur Information mit eingezeichnet.

Das isotherme ZTU-Diagramm

Nach der Austenitisierung (Wärmebehandlung beim Härten von Stahl) wird das Werkstück sehr schnell auf die gewünschte Temperatur gebracht und solange gehalten, bis alle Umwandlungen abgeschlossen sind, was über die Längenänderung (Dilatometer) ermittelt werden kann.

Das kontinuierliche ZTU-Diagramm
Nach der Austenitisierung wird das Werkstück mit verschiedenen Abkühlgeschwindigkeiten bis auf Raumtemperatur abgekühlt. Dabei werden die für verschiedene Abkühlarten (z. B. in Luft, Wasser oder Öl) verschiedenen Umwandlungspunkte festgehalten, die dann eine von der Abkühlart abhängende Abkühlkurve bilden. Zusätzlich wird am Ende der Abkühlkurve meist noch die erreichbare Härte notiert. Ein kontinuierliches ZTU-Schaubild ist nur entlang der Abkühlkurven zu lesen, auch wenn Beginn und ggf. Ende der Umwandlungen, ähnlich dem isothermen ZTU-Diagramm, mit die Abkühlkurven kreuzenden Linien gekennzeichnet werden.

Die beiden Arten der Diagramme müssen streng getrennt betrachtet werden.

Weitere bzw. verwandte Arten von Diagrammen
Weiter gibt es noch das Schweiß-ZTU-Diagramm zur Beschreibung des Werkstoffverhaltens beim Schweißen und das ZTA-Diagramm (wobei das A für Austenitisierung steht), welches die Gefügeumwandlungen beim Aufheizen von Stahl definierter chemischer Zusammensetzung und vorhandenem Ausgangsgefüge inkl. Kornwachstum beschreibt. Zeit-Temperatur-Austenitisierungs-Schaubilder wurden von den wichtigsten Stählen erstellt, um erreichbare Austenitisierungszustände bei möglichst geringem Kornwachstum darzustellen. Beim Umform-Zeit-Temperatur-Umwandlungsschaubild (UZTU) wird die Probe vor der Abschrecken druckverformt und hat den Zweck, das Umwandlungsverhalten nach einer Warmumformung zu charakterisieren. Die UZTU-Diagramme hängen vom Umformgrad der Probe ab.

Die Temperaturen, bei denen es zu einer Umwandlung kommt, werden mit Hilfe einer dilatometrischen Untersuchung ermittelt. Die bei dieser Temperatur im Gefüge jeweils vorhandenen Phasen und ihre Volumenanteile werden durch metallografische Beobachtungen, z. B. mit einem Lichtmikroskop, ermittelt.

Siehe auch
 Eisen-Kohlenstoff-Diagramm
 Wärmebehandlung

Einzelnachweise

Metallkunde
Wärmebehandeln
Diagramm

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Brussels seeks €50 billion to digitalise Europe's industry
By Jorge Valero | EURACTIV.com
According to the Commission, there are currently more than 30 national and regional initiatives related to the digitalisation. [Wikimedia]
The European Commission unveiled its long-awaited strategy to support the digitalisation of industry on Tuesday (19 April), aiming to mobilise around €50 billion by 2021 to help manufacturers catch up in the global race for the fourth industrial revolution.
The conjunction of cutting edge technologies such as artificial intelligence, combined with the spread of cheap sensors and advanced robotics are all pointing to the arrival of a new industrial era.
But compared to the United States or Japan, the traditional industrial base in Europe is slow to adopt these technologies and reap the benefits of digitalisation.
"It will be complex, it will take time but it is very necessary," said Andrus Ansip, the Commission Vice-President for the Digital Single Market. "The Industry has asked us to build the foundations of our industrial future and there is no time to lose," he told reporters in Brussels as he presented the new strategy.
"We have to hurry up," he stressed.
A European Parliament study estimates that €40 billion in investments will be needed every year in Germany alone to digitalise the industry. In Europe, the figure could reach as much as €140 billion.
The figure looks impressive but the promises are equally high. Across Europe, PwC and Boston Consulting Group estimate that the digitalisation of industry could create an additional €110 billion per year over the next five years.
In order reap the benefits of the transition to "Industry 4.0" (as the Germans labelled this new manufacturing paradigm), a more coherent approach and deeper cooperation is required across Europe, with a more granular implementation at regional level, and common standards for manufacturers from Lisbon to Helsinki.
A coherent approach
To that end, the EU executive proposes measures to link up existing national initiatives in various member states and support investment in key technologies that are expected to fuel the next industrial revolution.
According to the Commission, there are currently more than 30 national and regional initiatives related to the digitalisation of industries, including in Germany, The Netherlands, France, Italy, Spain and Slovakia.
In order to better screen and coordinate those, the Commission will organise various meetings every year — two roundtables and one annual major stakeholder meeting.
On top of that, EU authorities will invest €500 million to set up digital innovation hubs in technical universities and research organisations across European regions. These hubs will help power the digital transformation from the bottom-up by supporting SMEs and other initiatives at regional level.
In order to support the transition towards this fourth industrial revolution, the EU will rely primarily on public-private partnerships (PPPs), by investing around €22 billion.
These initiatives will support the industrial transformation in areas where Europe is well-positioned, such as the automotive industry, health or energy. The private sector will contribute €17 billion, while an extra €4 billion and €1 billion will respectively come from EU funds and national governments.
Industry 4.0: The future of manufacturing is here
The European Commission is preparing an action plan for publication in April to mobilise an estimated €25 billion to harness the potential of the fourth industrial revolution, euractiv.com has learned.
The Commission also urges member states to add another €15 billion over the next five years to support these PPPs. EU authorities recommend the national governments to look for financing under the European Fund for Strategic Investment (EFIS), the new EU guarantee scheme to support investment in the 28-country bloc.
Together with €5.5 billion from national and regional investment in the digital innovation hubs and €6.3 billion committed for the production of the next generation of electronic components, EU authorities expect €50 billion investment in the digitalisation of industry over the next five years.
The EU has already launched a PPP focusing on the next generation of wireless connectivity (5G) and the manufacturing industry, as Europeans want to prioritise the industrial dimension of the next generation of mobile internet.
Europe hopes to make 5G networks a reality by 2018
The European Commission will unveil its strategy to develop the next generation of mobile broadband network (5G) on Monday (22 February), EURACTIV has learned.
Standardisation and clear regulation on the flow of data, the new 'oil' of this fourth industrial revolution, are seen as critical to facilitate the involvement of high-tech manufacturing.
Günter Oettinger, the EU's Digital Agenda Commissioner, stressed that Europe needs "fewer but common standards for the industry, and we need to fix them quickly".
Regarding data management, the EU executive will put forward a free flow of data initiative later this year to examine in greater detail the issue of data ownership and rules for data re-use in an industrial context.
Carlos Moedas, the EU's Innovation Commissioner, said that "data should be open by default" but warned that Europe should at the same time protect companies' ideas.
"I am totally for opening knowledge by default but [also] protecting the ideas," he said. As an example, he mentioned the Human Genome Project, with open knowledge upon which different firms have developed their own business projects.
To respond to the rise of smart cars and 'intelligent' robots, the Commission will also look into the rules that should be applied to autonomous systems, new safety rules and clearer liability principles.
Meanwhile, the Commission also intends to mobilise up to €6.7 billion to create a super-computer in order to support a new European Open Science Cloud. This will become an open environment for 1.7 million researchers and 70 million science and technology professionals to store, share and re-use scientific data and results.
Markus J. Beyrer, Director General of BusinessEurope, the EU employer's association, commented: "The strategy focuses on the right priorities and the European Commission rightly provides (...) and EU coordinated approach to reduce the current legal fragmentation within the EU". On the issue of the free-flow of data, he said that the strategy must prevent Member States from obliging companies to store data in a specific country, and facilitate cross-border data flow, which is essential for companies to function.
Thilo Brodtmann, Executive Director of VDMA, the German engineering federation, said: "Our businesses need a single market for Industry 4.0 to enable them to develop innovative technologies and apply them throughout Europe. The current policy framework is not sufficient." He added that public authorities need to give "legal certainty when it comes to the use of new technologies, without limiting the scope for innovation."
In a statement, Vodafone supported the Commission's plans to harmonise policies related to the Internet of Things across Europe and to remove unnecessary barriers to the flow of data across borders. "Europe can become the world leader in the development of a new generation of connected devices and processes that will transform the workplace and home," the statement added.
But the company warned that the connectivity required to attain digital industrial leadership is lacking in many Member States which remain reliant on outdated copper telephone networks rather than gigabit fibre.
Charlotte Holloway, Head of Policy at TechUK said: "Harnessed correctly, digital technologies can help Europe's two million manufacturing businesses become more efficient and drive their competitiveness." As regards to the upcoming free flow of data initiative, she stressed that "important questions remain on liability regimes in the new Internet of Things and automated devices industries – those can only be overcome through a better understanding of technical feasibility and the latest market developments."
The world is currently witnessing the dawn of a new industrial revolution, according to a growing number of business leaders, politicians and academics.
The speed, scope and impact of those technological developments herald a promising era of smart manufacturing, less routine jobs, customised products, more efficient cities and even better leisure experiences.
This is made possible via the widespread use of small and cheap sensors that will basically allow every physical object to be connected to the Internet. Combined with 3D printing, this will massively reduce the cost of producing any good according to consumer wishes.
In Europe, the traditionally powerful industrial sector is lagging behind the digital transformation but is working hard to catch up. The result is a race between America's top-down and Europe's bottom-up approaches.
In order to fully integrate the value chain and digitalise the processes, the EU is cooperating with the industry on key enablers of this fourth industrial revolution via public private partnerships. There are ongoing PPP on the factories of the future, photonics, high performance computing, robotics, the future of internet, 5G and on electronic components and embedded software.
25-29 April 2016: Commission unveils plan to industry and other stakeholders at Hannover fair.
European Commission: Ongoing Public Private Partnerships
European Parliament: report on Industry 4.0
Boston Consulting Group: report on Industry 4.0
Strategic Policy Forum on Digital Entrepreneurship: recommendations for the acceleration of the digital transformation of the European industry
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One response to "Brussels seeks €50 billion to digitalise Europe's industry"
Nice clip but very dystopian. Automated manufacturing is a wonderful thing and so is automated designing, but to put two together and take out human factor might not be so successful. Bionic limbs are great too but the cost of a single enhancement would feed an African village for months. As usual were dreaming of a fantastic future that might not turn out so nice at all except for those rich enough to afford it.


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Ann Curry Says She's 'Not Surprised' by Matt Lauer Sexual Misconduct Allegations
Jackie Willis
Entertainment Tonight January 17, 2018
The journalist gave her first TV interview since leaving the 'Today' show five years ago.
Ann Curry gave her first TV interview on Wednesday since leaving the Today show in 2012.
The 61-year-old newswoman appeared on CBS This Morning, and openly addressed the sexual misconduct allegations that led to the firing of her former colleague, Matt Lauer, in November.
"I am not surprised by the allegations," she told Gayle King and Norah O'Donnell when asked about the accusations.
Curry seemed to be internally battling with how much to say on the subject, adding, "Now I'm walking down that road. I'm trying not to hurt people and I know what it's like to be publicly humiliated. I never did anything wrong to be publicly humiliated and I don't want to cause that kind of pain to somebody else."
That being said, Curry does admit that she witnessed "verbal harassment" during her time on Today.
"I can say that I would be surprised if many women did not understand that there was a climate of verbal harassment that existed," she expressed. "I think it would be surprising if someone said that they didn't see that. It was verbal sexual harassment."
.@AnnCurry says she is "not surprised" about the allegations against former "TODAY" co-host Matt Lauer. #AnnCurryThisMorningpic.twitter.com/2nPl3By1tS
— CBS This Morning ❄ (@CBSThisMorning) January 17, 2018
Curry told the co-hosts that women speaking out about harassment is "overdue," proclaiming, "This is about power, a power imbalance where women are not valued as much as men."
"We clearly are waking up to a reality and injustice that has been occurring for sometime," she continued. "I think it will continue to occur until the glass ceiling is finally broken."
Curry -- who now hosts the PBS show We'll Meet Again -- also supports the decision to have two women, Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb, co-hosting Today. "The idea that women are involved speaking to women is actually an overdue idea. So absolutely, I think it's a good idea."
King then pressed Curry about speculation as to whether Lauer was behind her leaving Today five years ago. "You'll have to ask someone else," she said. "It hurt like hell."
As for what she's learned about herself since leaving Today, Curry noted, "When we open our arms wide to life, all the good and the bad, if we can just open ourselves wide to it and embrace it. We can learn what we need to learn and we can go on and become better people."
What's the 1 thing you learned about yourself? "When we open our arms wide to life, all the good and the bad, if we can just open ourselves wide to it and embrace it. We can learn what we need to learn and we can go on and become better people." -@AnnCurry#AnnCurryThisMorningpic.twitter.com/h8PuOTvGFv
After Curry's interview aired on CBS This Morning, a source at Today told ET that staff members were "happy to hear" her story. "They were pleased she finally spoke out," said the source. "It wasn't necessarily the talk of the office, but people definitely mentioned it. Ann is very loved by the show and network. There weren't any negative comments going around when people watched [the interview]. There's nothing bad that can be said about Ann."
The source added, "She's an incredible journalist and a kind person. A lot of people were upset when she left [the show] and a lot of people would love to see her return in some capacity. She has stayed in touch with certain people at the show since her departure."
Curry also spoke with People magazine about the sexual misconduct allegations against Lauer, saying that she felt "outrage," and had "tremendous empathy for the victims."
Following Lauer leaving Today, many fans of Curry tweeted that she should feel vindicated, referring to the rumors that he was behind her leaving the morning show. "I wish I could say that I was celebrating," she responded. "But actually I immediately checked myself, because I knew women had suffered."
While Curry was "not surprised" by the accusations lodged against her former co-host, a source told ET at the time of Lauer's firing that Guthrie was "visibly" shaken by the news.
"She is doing her best to stay upbeat and jolly on-air," the source said, adding that Guthrie was "not herself" and appeared "sad, in deep thought and preoccupied."
Here's more of Curry talking about Lauer:
Ann Curry Finally Speaks Out About Leaving the 'Today' Show in 2012
Ann Curry Is 'Still Processing' Matt Lauer Firing as Source Says Savannah Guthrie 'Took the News the Hardest'
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Morsi referred to Egypt criminal court in prison escape case
In addition to espionage and incitement of murder, the ousted president faces a new trial for jail break in 2011
Elsayed Gamal Eldeen, Saturday 21 Dec 2013
Ousted former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi gets out of a van as he arrives on the first day of his trial on inciting murdercharges, at a courthouse in Cairo, in this still image taken from video provided by Egypt's Interior Ministry on November 4, 2013. (Photo: Reuters)
Former president Morsi faces livestock-related accusations
An investigative judge referred Saturday morning ousted president Mohamed Morsi and 132 co-defendants to criminal court for escaping from Wadi Al-Natroun Prison during the January uprising of 2011.
Morsi, members of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, the Lebanese Hezbullah and the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood are accused of storming prisons and attempted murder of police officers on 28 January 2011.
Titled "The Most Dangerous Terrorism Crime the Country Has Ever Seen," the statement issued by investigative judge Hassan Samir Saturday accused the defendants of the attempted murder and kidnapping of three police personnel, and of detaining them in the Gaza Strip in the wake of the anti-Mubarak 25 January protests, along with other charges including possessing heavy weapons, committing aggressive acts, vandalising government facilities and looting "livestock, poultry and weapons" from prison warehouses.
The statement also accused the international Muslim Brotherhood organisation of plotting a "terrorist plan" in collaboration with Hamas and Hezbollah "to give up part of the Sinai Peninsula for the resettlement of Palestinians from Gaza."
On Thursday, prosecutors released new charges against the ousted president, of "collaborating with foreign organisations to commit terrorist acts in Egypt and revealing defence secrets to a foreign country," also naming Hamas and Hezbullah and running between the period 2005 to 2013.
Morsi is already standing trial on charges of inciting the murder of protesters in the December 2012 presidential palace clashes.
The scope and nature of the charges levied against the ousted president drew international criticism. Human Rights Watch regional director Sarah Leah Whiston was quoted as saying that the charges were "fantastical" and filed without appropriate evidence.
Morsi, Egypr's first democratically elected president, was ousted by the army on 3 July following mass protests against his year-long rule.
Egyptian authorities have since launched a sustained crackdown on his Islamist supporters, with hundreds killed in clashes with security forces and thousands others arrested.
Tarik Toulan
A devil in a sheikh's clothing
Morsi is a devil in a sheikh's clothing.
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THE EGYPTIAN..
The Nation...
To the criminal court....then the cage....or...the rope...Job well done.
Huda
The junta is is criminal...it should be behind bars
Cooperation with Hamas is not a crime. It is an honor. Cooperatio with Israel is a crime.
What nonsens
Full of nonsense .court is not fair.20000 thousands peoples murderer ruling and enosent person in jail .what about mubarak and sisi .did court take any step against murderer.
Say Whaaaaat ?
Knock Knock at John's head... Anybody there? 20000 thousands ? Its 400 millions, where you getting your numbers from? Even if you meant only 20000, still... wake up from MB's hypnotism please


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Floyd Mayweather Jr. (born Floyd Joy Sinclair; February 24, 1977) is an American professional boxing promoter and former professional boxer. He competed from 1996 to 2007 and 2009 to 2015, and made a one-fight comeback in 2017. During his career, he held multiple world titles in five weight classes and the lineal championship in four weight classes (twice at welterweight), and retired with an undefeated record of 50–0, surpassing Rocky Marciano's record of 49–0. As an amateur, Mayweather won a bronze medal in the featherweight division at the 1996 Olympics, three U.S. Golden Gloves championships (at light flyweight, flyweight, and featherweight), and the U.S. national championship at featherweight.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. has returned to a life of retirement after earning a staggering $300 million for his cross-promotional match up against Conor McGregor. That being said, rumors have since spread that the undefeated pugilist legend may be preparing for a match up inside the octagon.
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Drone journalism is the use of drones, or unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), for journalistic purposes. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, "an unmanned aircraft is a device that is used, or is intended to be used, for flight in the air with no onboard pilot. Under the new FAA rules known as Part 107, news organizations or individual journalists wanting to add drones to their storytelling tools will have to go through training and learn the regulations.
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Animal Welfare Code of Practice - Breeding of Dogs and Cats - New South Wales
You must comply with this code if you intend to breed dogs or cats. The code also outlines the responsibilities of owners and lessees of puppies and kittens.
The code sets standards for the care and management of breeding dogs and cats, including standards for housing, environment, security, animal management, food and water, cleaning and disinfection, transport, health and care, human destruction, transfer of ownership, and breeding and rearing.
Please consult the Contact Officer for more information and to ascertain the level of compliance that may be required.
A code of practice is a set of rules which details how people in a certain industry should behave. A code of practice can be defined as a result of legislation or by industry regulators and bodies.
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Today we've been performing development work on this stunning Mercedes C63 AMG. The car had previously been tuned elsewhere (Engine Remap only) and the customer came to us looking for more as he felt it wasn't running to its full potential.
Firstly we strapped the C63 down onto the dyno and performed a couple of 4th gear runs with our Lambda probe inserted into the exhaust to get accurate Air Fuel Ratio (AFR). The results showed an AFR of 10.6 which is much richer than we would expect the car to be running.
The next step was to flash our Engine ECU and Gearbox TCU performance software onto the car. Our C63 AMG performance remap software makes changes to fuelling and ignition along with torque limiters and shift strategies in the gearbox control module to provide some quite staggering results. The results on the dyno whilst impressive, considering this car was already tuned, are only half the story. Massively quicker gear shifts and much quicker torque convertor locking really let this C63 launch off the line far quicker than it did before. The graph below shows the gains at the wheels with our software installed, along with the vastly improved AFR.
The Engine and Gearbox software whilst having had some adaptation time on the dyno, will now continue to adapt over the next few hundred miles on the road. The ECU and particularly TCU will continue to adapt and we fully expect a few more horsepower and even better shift speeds once there is some mileage on the car.
If you're interested in our C63 AMG Engine and Gearbox tuning solutions, do give us a call on +44 (0)1795 342006 or email info@jrtuning.co.uk. We can supply C63 AMG performance software worldwide through the use of our hand-held OBD flash tool, allowing us to post out a tune to you for you to install in a matter of minutes. We can even tailor the software to include corrections for different exhausts or headers (etc)… or even better, book us for some dyno time here in Kent and see the results for yourself!
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Edwin Cordova, Esq., currently serves as an attorney on Legal Aid's Housing Team. For the past six years, Edwin has worked to help people in our community who are facing foreclosure, eviction and termination of subsidized housing benefits. He has worked with several programs such as Housing Opportunities for People with Aids (HOPWA), HEART, Broward Partnership for Homeless and Victims of Crime (VOCA). He also makes presentations to other community organizations, speaking about housing rights, legal issues in housing, and the services provided by Legal Aid.
Before becoming a resident of Florida, Edwin was an attorney in Peru with a practice focusing on business law, bankruptcy, and international trade Law. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Law School at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, where he was an assistant professor of international business law and a teaching assistant for contracts law.
Edwin enjoys giving back to the community. For the past four years, he has volunteered as a head coach with the Plantation Athletic Soccer League.
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En berättelse är en skriftlig eller muntlig skildring av ett händelseförlopp, som kan skildra verkliga eller fiktiva händelser, eller en blandning av båda.

Berättelsen är en av hörnstenarna i all skönlitteratur och dramatik, men även i vanliga samtal, och till viss del även i mer vetenskapliga sammanhang, såsom referat av experiment. Den byggs upp av en rad sekvenser som ofta hänger ihop på ett logiskt sätt till en klimaktisk avslutning, enligt olika narratologiska regler. De första beskrivningarna för hur man ska skriva en berättelse nertecknades av Aristoteles i hans poetik Om diktkonsten.

Skickliga berättare varierar berättelsen med hänsyn till vilken publik som är den tänkta mottagaren.

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Members of Inclusion International have always been catalysts for change. Inclusion International is harnessing our energy as catalysts and supporting our members to make progress on inclusive education.
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Stony Brook University's School of Marine Sciences has received a $326,963 federal grant to conduct research into Quahog Parasite Unknown, also known as QPX, which dramatically impacted Long Island's clam harvest in the 2000s.
Congressman Lee Zeldin, a member of the House Shellfish Caucus, announced Sept. 28 that he had helped secure the grant from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
In 1987, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) began what's known as a "clam relay" from the bacteria-contaminated waters of of Raritan Bay between Staten Island and New Jersey.
In that program, commercial clammers transported clams from Raritan Bay to certified waters on eastern Long Island, where the shellfish are left for at least 21 days to purge themselves of pathogens.
By 2000, about 45 percent of New York's clam harvest came from this program, but in 2002, the DEC began receiving reports of dead and dying clams in Raritan Bay.
Dr. Bassem Allam of SoMAS's Marine Animal Disease Laboratory was called in to diagnose and work on a solution to the die-off, while the relay program was cancelled in 2004 and 2005, though it has partially reopened as levels of QXP have declined in the bay.
Dr. Allam's team discovered that Quahog Parasite, known as QXP, a parasite first discovered in Canada in the 1950s, was responsible. QXP does not infect people, but it does kill the clams that people eat.
Dr. Allam's team has since been working on molecular investigations of how clams interact with the QXP parisite.
Dr. Allam and co-worker Jackie Collier began their work with Quantitative Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction, also known as Quantitative PCR, which detects low concentrations of the parasite, and have been working on genetic sequencing of the parasite and clam messenger RNA molecules in both clams that fall prey to the parasite and clams that seem to have developed an immunity to it.
Their team has also been looking into environmental factors that are favored by the parasite.
More information on Dr. Allam's team's work on QXP is online here.


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Bing vs Snyder Who's For Us?
I had a great blog that I was ready to share with all of you when I got a media alert from the City of Detroit. That alert was shared on Facebook as well. They wanted everybody to know that Mayor Bing has had it! Mayor Bing has stated that he is not in favor of Governor Snyder's Consent Agreement plans for the city of Detroit. In fact, Bing claims Snyder has been disingenuous the whole time. WOW, YOU DON'T SAY?!
I admit it. I was ready to blast Mayor Bing for giving up on recovering $220 million in funds that he said was owed to the city by the state. Also he was ready to accept state assistance in handling Detroit's current financial crisis citing several meetings with Governor Snyder. All that has changed now and the Governor's plans have been exposed.
Mayor Bing is so upset that the word "disingenuous" appears often in this media alert. If you go to thesaurus.com and punch in "disingenuous", you get the following synonyms; deceitful, artful, cunning, tricky, false, dishonest, sly, unfair, two-faced, underhanded to name a few. The word "disingenuous" appears in three out the six paragraphs comprising the media alert! Governor Snyder must be one disingenuous rascal! I knew that from day one.
Detroiters do not want a state takeover but I feel it may be in evitable in some shape or form. The city is still losing money and people are still losing jobs. Nobody trusts Governor Snyder but we may have no choice. Holla if you hear me!
Posted on March 14, 2012 by KELLY GREENE	• This entry was posted in Politics, Uncategorized and tagged city of detroit, Consent Agreement, Governor Rick Snyder, Mayor Dave Bing. Bookmark the permalink.
This man (Snyder)has had in for this from day one and it this for the Mayor to stand up for our city? Can not wait to see what happens next. Love your blog kelky this one really rock!!
Thank you soooo much! The next 10 days are going to be real interesting!


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Q: Microsoft Face API 1.0 Error Resource Not Found I am working on a face recognition project with Microsoft Azure Cognitive services. Not quite sure why I am not able to correct my own JSON Malformed syntax I thought I nail this 6 months ago. I want to create a group name, so I call upon  'Person Group API' and everytime I follow MS example I get errors in my code however in the API testing Console no problems here is my code example borrow from MS site :
 { "error": { "code": "ResourceNotFound", "message": "The requested resource was not found." } }

and the code which is run in Console mode :
static async void CreateGroup()
        {
            string key1 = "YourKey";
             // azure the one should work
            var client = new HttpClient();
            var queryString = HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(string.Empty);

            // Request headers
           client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add
           ("Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key", key1);

        var uri = "https://westus.api.cognitive.microsoft.com/face/v1.0/
        persongroups/{personGroupId}?" + queryString;

        HttpResponseMessage response;

        // Request body
        string groupname = "myfriends";

        string body = "{\"name\":\"" + groupname + ","+ "\"}";
        // Request body
        using (var content = new StringContent
        (body, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json"))
        {

            await client.PostAsync(uri, content)
                .ContinueWith(async responseTask =>
                {
                    var responseBody = await responseTask.Result
                    .Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
                    Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Yellow;
                    Console.WriteLine("Response: {0}", responseBody);
                    Console.WriteLine("");

                    Console.WriteLine("Group Created.... ");
                    Console.WriteLine("Hit ENTER to exit...");
                    Console.ReadKey();
                });

            response = await client.PutAsync(uri, content);
            Console.WriteLine("what is this {0}", response.ToString());
            Console.ReadKey();

        }// end of using statement

    }// end of CreateGroup
    #endregion

I am guess here but I think its my JSON is malformed again and I just don't know what I am doing wrong again this time. According to the site  the field name that I require to send over to ms is 'name' : 'userData' is optional.

A: Faced the similar issue, after adding "/detect" in the uri the issue fixed.
See the below
var uri = "https://westus.api.cognitive.microsoft.com/face/v1.0/detect

Also make sure the subscription key is valid.

A: Your request url must specify a group ID in place of where you have {personGroupId}.  Per the spec the group ID must be:

User-provided personGroupId as a string. The valid characters include
  numbers, English letters in lower case, '-' and '_'. The maximum
  length of the personGroupId is 64.

Furthermore, the http verb needs to PUT, whereas you've made a client.PostAsync request.  So you'll need to change that to client.PutAsync.
Microsoft provides a client library for C# for the Face API where you can find working C# code.

A: In python, simply this worked for me.
ENDPOINT='https://westcentralus.api.cognitive.microsoft.com'

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Does the EU have any leverage vis-à-vis China?
Conflict-laden issues including the New Silk Road are setting the agenda at the EU-China summit today, Tuesday. Brussels wants China to commit to fair and free trade relations. But commentators point out that Europe doesn't hold much sway over its second most important trade partner anymore.
Europe united as China's new partner?
French President Emmanuel Macron invited Angela Merkel and Jean-Claude Juncker to also attend his meeting on Tuesday with Chinese President Xi Jinping. While in Paris Xi promoted Beijing's New Silk Road project. Some commentators see the meeting as a positive development for Europe. Others focus on what wasn't addressed at the meeting.
Italy as China's gateway to Europe?
Italy wants to be the first G7 state to take part in Beijing's "New Silk Road" project. The two sides signed a corresponding memorandum of understanding on Saturday in Rome. While Germany and France criticised the move, commentators come to Italy's defence.
The US has warned Germany and other countries against tasking Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei with the construction of the 5G network in Europe. It threatened Berlin with ending its collaboration with German intelligence services and military cooperation within Nato if the country failed to heed its advice, as it believes China could misuse the sensitive infrastructure. How should Europe react?
How dangerous is China for democracy?
Investor George Soros has warned of the impact advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence could have in the hands of authoritarian states. He stressed that China's leader Xi Jinping could become the most dangerous threat to democracy - particularly as he is expanding his influence through global investments. Not all commentators agree.
The EU Commission's rejection of the plans for a merger between Siemens and Alstom's train divisions has sparked a debate about EU competition laws. On this issue Brussels ignored the will of Berlin and Paris, who wanted to pave the way for a European company that could compete with the US and China in the global railway sector. Should EU states have more or less say when it comes to competition ?
The EU and China are joining forces in the trade dispute with the US. At the EU-China summit they agreed to cooperate more closely in the areas of economic affairs and environmental protection. Commentators welcome this new unity but warn that Europe must not forget the human rights abuses in China.
Sweden is caught up in a heated debate about China's influence in the country. In the western Swedish city of Lysekil Chinese investors wanted to build the biggest deep-water container port in Northern Europe, but protests brought the project to a halt. How should the country behave with regard to Beijing and major projects of this kind in general?


The development of daily chemical products generates the packaging demands. To cope with the market trend, daily chemical products packaging will become the focus of "The 24th China International Exhibition on Packaging Machinery & Materials" (Sino-Pack 2017) and "The China (Guangzhou) International Exhibition on Packaging Products" (PACKINNO 2017), which will be held in March 2017.
Daily chemical products refer to shampoo, body wash, skin-care product, conmestic, etc., in which conmestic,has the greatest business potential.
Transparency Market Research (TMR) from United States estimated that the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of the global cosmetic packaging market will reach a 4.4% over the period between 2016 and 2024. The market value will rise from US$23 billion in 2015 to US$33 billion by 2024. In terms of geography, the cosmetic packaging in Asia Pacific market is expected to account for 32.5% out of the global market in 2016.
The development of China economy and its large population base determine the advantages for the daily chemical industry. With the 25% annual growth rate, China has become a significant country in manufacturing and consuming daily chemical products. Therefore, enterprises actively engage in product development, packaging design and promotion in order to attract more end users.
According to the increasing market demands, the organizer "Adsale Exhibition Services Ltd." will hold 2 packaging shows namely "Sino-Pack 2017" and "PACKINNO 2017" at Area B, China Import and Export Fair Complex, Guangzhou, PR China from 1-3 March 2017. The shows aim to provide a one-stop trade platform to buyers by showcasing innovative packaging machinery and products. Meanwhile, exhibitors will also display the latest equipment and materials in the industry to facilitate business deals.


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Bitka pri Klokotnici (bolgarsko  Битката при Клокотница, Bitkata pri Klokotnica) se je dogodila 9. marca 1230 pri vasi Klokotnica v sedanji bolgarski provinci Haskovo. V bitki se je Drugo bolgarsko cesarstvo ponovno dokazalo kot najmočnejša država v jugovzhodni Evropi, Solunsko cesarstvo pa je postalo drugorazredna država.

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Okrog leta 1221 ali 1222 je bolgarski car Ivan Asen II. sklenil zavezništvo z epirskim vladarjem Teodorjem Komnenom Dukasom. Teodor je pod varstvom pogodbe osvojil latinski Solun in bolgarsko Makedonijo, vključno z Ohridom, in ustanovil Solunsko cesarstvo. Po smrti latinskega cesarja Roberta Courtenayskega leta 1228, je bil najbolj verjeten regent za  mladoletnega Balduina I. Ivan Asen II.. Teodor je menil, da je Bolgarija samo majhna ovira na njegovi poti do oblasti v Konstantinoplu, zato je prelomil mirovno pogodbo in na začetku marca 1230 brez vojne napovedi napadel Bolgarijo.

Bitka
Teodor Komnen je zbral ogromno vojsko, v kateri so bili tudi zahodni najemniki. Bil je tako prepričan v svojo zmago, da je na pohod odpeljal tudi ves dvor ter ženo in otroke. Vojska je med počasnim prodiranjem plenila vasi ob poti. Ko je Ivan Asen II. izvedel za napad na svojo državo, je zbral majhno vojsko nekaj tisoč mož in se hitro odpravil proti jugu. Bolgarska vojska je v štirih dneh prešla trikrat daljšo pot kot Teodorjeva v enem tednu.

9. marca sta se vojski srečali pri vasi Klokotnica. Izročilo pravi, da je Ivan ukazal, da se prelomljena mirovna pogodba natakne na sulico kot zastava. Z dobro taktiko mu je uspelo obkoliti nasprotnika, ki ni pričakoval tako zgodnjega prihoda Bolgarov. Bitka je trajala do sončnega zahoda. Teodorjeva vojska je bila popolnoma poražena. Rešil se je samo manjši oddelek vojakov pod poveljstvom Teodorjevega brata Manuela, drugi pa so bili ubiti ali ujeti. Med ujetniki je bil tudi Teodor z družino in ves njegov dvor.

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Ivan Asen II. je po bitki takoj in brezpogojno osvobodil ujete vojake, plemiče pa je odpeljal s seboj v Veliko Tǎrnovo.  Zaradi tega dejanja je zaslovel kot usmiljen in pravičen vladar. Na čelu svoje vojske je brez odpora osvojil ozemlje Teodorja Komnena in ga priključil k svoji državi.

Tǎrnovski napis
Bolgarski car je dal v spomin na bitko pri Klokotnici v enega od marmornih stebrov v cerkvi 40 mučencev v Velikem Tǎrnovem vklesati naslednji napis:

V tretji indiciji leta 6738  (1230) sem jaz, Ivan Asen, Kristusu Bogu zvest  vladar  in suveren Bolgarov, sin starega carja Ivana Asena, od temeljev sezidal in poslikal to sveto cerkev z imenom svetih 40 mučencev, s pomočjo katerih sem se v dvanajstem letu moje vladavine spustil v vojno z Bizantinci in porazil grško vojsko in ujel njenega cesarja Kira Teodorja Komnena skupaj z vsemi njegovimi bojarji. Zasedel sem vse njegovo ozemlje od Odrina do Drača, grško, albansko in srbsko. In mesta okrog Konstantinopla, v katerem so vladali Frizi (Latinci). Vdali so se mojemu cesarstvu, ker niso imeli nobenega drugega cesarja, razen mene. Meni gre zahvala, da so preživeli, ker je Bog tako ukazal. Brez Njega se ne zgodi nobeno dejanje in ne izreče nobena beseda. Naj mu bo večna slava, amen.

Viri
 Dujčev Ivan (1944). Iz starata bǎlgarska knižnina, II. del, str. 38-39
 Zlatarski Vasil N.. Istorija na bǎlgarskata dǎržava prez srednite vekove, III- del, Vtoro bǎlgarsko carstvo, str. 587-596
 Uspenskiіj F.I.O.. Drevnostja goroda Tǎrnova. Izvestіja Ruskogo Arhealogičeskogo Instituta v Konstantinopole, 1901, VII, I. del, str. 6-7 in preglednica 5

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Morocco is a country rich in sounds and smells, culture and charm. Flights from the UK are not only frequent to Marrakech Menara but also extremely cheap. With the Air Arabia flights now from London Gatwick, getting to Fez has also never been easier. It's a fairly quick flight at just over 3 1/2 hours from London, making it a great option for some winter sun when you don't have a huge budget.
Start with a few days in Marrakech, spending your days wandering the winding streets of the medina and souks. Accommodation ranges from the traditional riads with their interior courtyards and refreshing plunge pools to the grander options found in the Palmeraie, such as Selman with its imposing gardens and 80-metre swimming pool.
Head out from Marrakech to spend a night or two in the magical Atlas Mountains. We can arrange a visit to Lalla Takerkoust for a fabulous lunch, a glimpse into traditional Berber life and, for the more energetic, a quad-biking tour of the desert.
With any time left to spare, we'd recommend exploringe the more secret side of Morocco. Essaouira is known for its wind (hence: excellent kite and wind surfing conditions) so tends to attract the adrenaline junkies. However, in recent years, we've seen exciting hotels popping up here such as Le Jarden des Douars with its gorgeous adult-onlyinfinity pool and traditional hammam. The same applies to Fez. The direct flights from London Gatwick and Stansted have now made exploring the labyrinth-like Medina easier than ever before retreating to your luxurious hotel to regroup.
Hotel by Beldi is a perfect retreat when in Marrakech, situated just 10 minutes from the medina but arranged as a traditional villa set around expansive gardens, pools, restaurants, a spa and even souks to pick up a bargain or two. With only 28 traditionally designed bedrooms, some boast their own private garden, terrace or private sundeck. Three restaurants serve authentic Moroccan dishes as well as French cuisine; 4 glassy swimming pools and a decadent spa with hammam up the luxe-factor. You can play tennis, shop in their souks (that all help support the local community), play backgammon or play golf at the nearby Royal Golf and Country Club Samanah. Staff can also arrange lakeside picnics at their Atlas Mountains Kasbah with snow-capped peaks shimmering in the distance.
Set in 4 hectares of Persian-style gardens, with water and streams criss-crossing to symbolise the rivers of paradise, Ksar Char Bagh is close to heaven on earth. Luxurious suites more closely resemble apartments, plus there's a billiard room, a library, a cigar room, a huge vaulted marble hamman, a tennis court, a show-stopping pool, and an exceptionally discreet staff of 45 (including a talented French chef), who will move heaven and earth to arrange anything you want. This stunning private palace has been inspired by 14th century Moorish architecture and 21st century minimalism – with a spa, restaurant and magical grounds being just outside the city.
A hip hideaway in the historic medina with private courtyard, hammam and rooftop plunge pool. Located in a pedestrianised street in the Bab Doukkala neighbourhood (with handy vehicle access, ideal when you're arriving with lots of heavy bags). The souks are all within 10-15 minutes' walk. Riad 72 hotel is an art-school version of a traditional Moroccan house in Marrakech's medina. Downstairs is an elegantly decorated communal room gently lit by beautiful copper lanterns. On the food front, expect Moroccan home cooking with a contemporary twist. Lunch, which consists of a delicious range of seasonal Moroccan and Lebanese salads, and dinner must be booked in advance.
This airy retreat brings together a modern look with traditional Moroccan features. Enjoying unparalleled views over the sprawling medina and new town from its hillside vantage point, the five-star abode is a veritable celebration of modern Morocco. With an inviting pool, Givency Spa (one of only four in the world), two restaurants and soon-to-be-open rooftop bar, there is really no reason to ever leave. But if you head out, you can delve into Fez's labyrinth-like Medina, with over 9,000 winding streets, with a guide to help you discover the city's enchanting history and culture.


SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) Manny Machado had two doubles, Mark Trumbo hit a two-run single Saturday, and the Baltimore Orioles broke their spring winless streak with an 8-1 victory over the Minnesota Twins.
The Orioles are now 1-10-2. According to STATS, they had the longest winless streak to start spring games since the 2009 Houston Astros were winless in 19 games.
Manager Buck Showalter said that he wasn't relieved to get a win, but noted that his team's last one was on Oct. 4.
''I was adding up the days in the dugout,'' Showalter said.
Ubaldo Jimenez allowed one run on four hits in 3 1-3 innings for the Orioles. It was the second time in five days he faced Minnesota. On Monday, Jimenez threw three scoreless innings, allowing one hit.
Trevor May started in place of Phil Hughes and allowed four runs and five hits. Audry Perez and Steve Tolleson hit two-run homers for Baltimore.
Twins designated hitter Byung Ho Park was 2 for 3.
Twins: Hughes was originally scheduled to start for the second time in five days against Baltimore, but manager Paul Molitor elected to start May instead.
Hughes threw a four-inning simulated game in Fort Myers. Molitor said that he wanted to avoid the possibility of Hughes facing the Orioles in three consecutive spring starts and then pitching against them in the first series of the regular season.
''It's not like they don't know him. We just wanted to tweak it a little bit,'' Molitor said.
Orioles: Jimenez wasn't disturbed about facing Minnesota in consecutive starts.
''You probably don't feel too good facing against those guys too many times, but this is spring training,'' Jimenez said.
Twins: OF Danny Santana is out with a tender left wrist.
Orioles: Catcher Matt Wieters left the game in the first inning because of right elbow soreness. Wieters, who had Tommy John surgery in June 2014 and didn't return until nearly a year later, had an X-ray and will be re-evaluated on Monday.
''I think everybody gets alarmed because of, rightfully so, with the surgery there. Hopefully, it'll manage and be OK,'' Showalter said.
Chris Tillman, who missed his first start with a strained right hip flexor and threw two innings in a ''B'' game against Pittsburgh on Thursday, will make his first Grapefruit League start at Toronto on Tuesday. Catcher Caleb Joseph has missed the last three days with flu-like symptoms. Showalter expects him to play Sunday.
Showalter says that Pedro Alvarez will make his Orioles debut on Sunday. He signed with Baltimore on Thursday.
Twins: Host Baltimore on Sunday in Fort Myers with RHP Ricky Nolasco making his third start. Nolasco threw three scoreless innings against St. Louis on Tuesday.
Orioles: Miguel Gonzalez makes his third start against the Twins. In his first two, he's allowed eight runs on 11 hits in four innings.


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HomeBitcoinKadena Launches $100 Million Grant Fund to Develop Web3 Experiences – Bitcoin News
Kadena Launches $100 Million Grant Fund to Develop Web3 Experiences – Bitcoin News
April 23, 2022 John Bitcoin 0
Kadena, a proof-of-work-based cryptocurrency that also has the possibility of supporting smart contracts, has announced a new set of grants directed to incentivize the creation of Web3 experiences. This $100 million grant fund is part of the Kadena Eco initiative, whose objective is to offer builders a complete suite to deploy their solutions on top of the chain.
Kadena Grants Seek to Attract People to Ecosystem
Kadena, a top-100 cryptocurrency project that is based on proof-of-work (PoW) consensus but also offers the possibility of executing smart contracts, has revealed a new set of developer grants seeking to attract builders to its chain. The grant program, which will have $100 million available for interested teams, is part of the Kadena Eco program, which presents a set of other initiatives directed to help teams, companies, and startups to produce Web3 experiences.
The Kadena Eco program includes several other aspects that are to be developed in the near future. Among them are an incubator for growing the skills of more developers in different projects, an accelerator to power other projects, and even a venture fund that aims to "propel companies using or pivoting to Kadena's blockchain platform to realize their vision."
Regarding this full global support that Kadena seeks to offer builders, Stuart Popejoy, founder and CEO of Kadena, stated:
We're empowering builders to pioneer new projects that transform the world, and we're doubling down on our promise to make that happen by actively and responsibly deploying our treasury resources to ensure long-term sustainability of our ecosystem.
Grants Process and Similar Programs
The grants program is already open and receiving proposals. The press release from the Kadena team explains that each of the proposals will be examined taking several key aspects into consideration that include: technical strength, detail of specifications, team experience, and usefulness for its ecosystem. The team will be receiving proposals in the areas of gaming, metaverse, NFT, Web3, DeFi, and DAOs.
However, recipients of this grant will have to also abide by Kadena's requirements, and contribute to the ecosystem by producing material directed to teaching other members of the community about the programming of their products.
Web3 has become a very important focal point for many companies and funds that are investing and offering incentives for builders. Griffin Gaming Partners announced one of the biggest funds for Web3 and gaming in March, raising $750 million at that time. The Avalanche Foundation also launched a $200 million fund called Blizzard last November, which seeks to invest $200 million in innovations built on top of Avalanche.
What do you think about Kadena's $100 million Web3 development fund? Tell us in the comments section below.
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This weeks Unplugged Project theme is "People". Emily loves having her hands traced so I thought she would think it was fun to trace Juliette. It would also be a fun project for us to save and remember how tiny she was. It also turned out that yesterday when we did the project Juliette was exactly 7 weeks old!!
I laid Juliette down on a long piece of drawing paper and traced around her.
Emily is helping her arm stay in the right place in this picture.
Emily was able to draw her face and color in her outfit.
She did a great job on the face...but it didn't show up in the photo.
I traced the pencil outline in marker so we could see it better. Emily actually enjoyed coloring her in!
Now it was Emily's turn!
After I hung up the picture of Juliette I thought we needed one of Emily so we could see the size difference.
Check out all the other fun Unplugged Projcets at Unplug Your Kids!!
Love these. You're right about that being neat to look back on!
HOw cute. My girls would love this and it would be fun to see how much small they really are.
We did this recently and it was a lot of fun. My kids loved looking at books about the human body and trying to fill in their outlines. I LOVE that Juliette was involved! So cute!
That looks like so much fun! Your kids are soooo stinkin' cute! How can you stand all the cuteness???
We used to do this project at school with all the children. It is so neat to see all the different levels of the children with their drawing ability.
What a neat idea - it's amazing to see a difference between an infant and a 3 year old, and what a great memory for the future!
This is such a cute idea, I remember doing it in school but I forgot all about it. I don't think my daughter is at the right age for it. I should have done it when she was too young to get away. And she is too young now to stay still long enough for me to trace her. I'm going to file it away in my brain for later. Thanks, btw cute kids!


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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible
Judges Judges 12
At last deliverance came through Jephthah, whose history is full of interest. He was the son of a harlot and had been thrust out from his inheritance by the legitimate sons of his father. Evidently the iron had entered into his soul and he had gathered to himself a band of men and had become a kind of outlaw freebooter. He was evidently a man of courage and heroic daring, and it is impossible to read the story of the approach of the men of Gilead to him without recognizing that he had certain excellencies of character. He can hardly be measured even by the highest standards of his own time. For some period he had been compelled to live outside the national life. Nevertheless, it is evident that he had his own religious convictions.
Perhaps the chief interest in this story is in the matter of his vow, of which there have been various interpretations. The story seems to leave no room for doubt that he intended to offer a human sacrifice, for when he promised to give what came to the door of his house, the reference can hardly be to an animal. When his daughter appeared, whether he actually slew her or whether, as some commentators believe, he condemned her to perpetual virginity must remain open to question. If indeed he offered her as a sacrifice by death, the question of the morality of his act can be discussed only in the light of his time, and, indeed, in the light of his own personal conviction. Certainly such an act was not justified by the law of Moses. Nevertheless, the impulse was a religious impulse.
Morgan, G. Campbell. "Commentary on Judges 11:4". "G. Campbell Morgan Exposition on the Bible". http://odl.studylight.org/commentaries/gcm/judges-11.html. 1857-84.


Hallucination is the term used to describe false perceptions towards one's senses; a person who hallucinates behaves in response to the things he sees and/or hears despite the fact that the things he perceives are not actually there.
Hallucinations are diagnosed via monitoring one's behavior, therapy consultations and counseling.
Hallucinations can be treated with sedatives and other anti-hallucinating drugs, such as Prozac. However, these drugs do bring about some problems especially when a patient begins to rely on medications to keep himself "normal". Other forms of treatment include counseling as well as shock therapies.
Hallucination itself is a symptom of other psychiatric disorders. When one hallucinates, he claims to have seen people or things; as well as hear voices. But in reality, these perceptions do not exist.
Hallucinations can be a result of other disorders. One may be suffering from mental illnesses such as schizophrenia or dementia, as well as manic depression. People intoxicated with drugs or alcohol may sometimes hallucinate depending on how their body responds to these influences. Hallucinations are also triggered by memories of traumatic experiences one has suffered in the past.


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Hanover County (Va.) Election Records, 1879-1966. Local government records collection, Hanover County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.
These items came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from Hanover County under accession number 45307.
Hanover County was named for George I, who at the time of his ascent to the English throne was elector of Hanover in Germany. The county was formed from New Kent in 1720.
The 1902 voter registration books were created following the passage of the 1902 Virginia state constitution. The purpose of the 1902 state constitution was to maintain white suffrage while eliminating African-American voters by means of literacy tests as well as property and poll tax requirements.
Most county court records, particularly deeds, wills, and marriage records, were destroyed by fire in Richmond on 3 April 1865, where they had been moved for safekeeping during the Civil War. The circuit court records were not moved to Richmond and were relatively unscathed. Consequently, there is a strong run of common law papers and chancery papers after 1831 that were generated by the circuit superior court of law and chancery and its successor, the circuit court.
The Hanover County (Va.) Election Records, 1879-1966, consists of 133 volumes of rolls and lists of registered voters along with county poll books for general, primary, and local option elections.
Hanover County Rolls and Lists of Registered Voters record the roll of registered voters in the county. The volumes are divided by precincts: Ashland, Rockville, Mechanicsville, Higgason, Hall's Shop, Blunts, Farrington, Old Church, Rural Point, Cold Harbor, Clay, Smith's Store, Montpelier, Washington Henry, and Beaverdam; and within each precinct on the basis of color. Information found in the volumes includes date of registration; name of registered voter; date of birth; age; occupation; residence; length of residence in state, county, and precinct; whether exempt from poll tax; if naturalized, and if so, date of papers and by what court issued; if transferred from another precinct, and if so, when and to what precinct. The rolls also include names of women who registered following the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920.
See the Lost Records Localities Digital Collection available at Virginia Memory.
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Really wonderful narrative and pictures. Glad the bear didn't attack. I would have peed my pants.
Kent, I actually CLIMBED near the Top of the 10,000 drips cliff this last spring! You are on Facebook, correct? I can show you my Photo of me up near the top! LOL!
Great narrative and beautiful captures. The babbling creek capture is beautiful!!
Thanks Sis! It was great to see you and the family and get to spend some time in your mountains.


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A: Bit of an old answer but you could try the code from this link, technically it should work.
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Dean Hoyle
Hoyle impressed by young Fergie and Iron Adkins
DEAN HOYLE admits he's been impressed by the likes of Darren Ferguson and Nigel Adkins.
He said: "They are both quality managers who have been performing miracles," said Hoyle.
"Nigel has done a tremendous job at Scunthorpe, surprising a lot of people along the way, and they are up there again.
"As for Darren, we know only too well from recent experience that he has built an exceptional squad at Peterborough and he's backed by an ambitious chairman.
"They are both quality people, but the honest truth is that I have not approached anybody for our job and I have not spoken to anybody."
Nigel Adkins
Sheffield Wednesday FCHow former Sheffield Wednesday loanee Connor Wickham has fared since returning to Crystal PalaceThe 27-year-old striker, who has entered the final six months of his Crystal Palace contract, has not played a single minute for the Premier League club this season
Chris Wilder explains Jack Rodwell's absence from Sheffield United squad
Sheffield United FCThe former Everton and Sunderland player has been signed as a back-up but has rarely featured since his arrival on a free transfer last year


Freshman Noah Niznik tosses a pitch in his first collegiate win against Western Illinois on Saturday, Feb. 23.
Southeast baseball team dropped its first series of the season this past weekend as Western Illinois University won the series two games to one. The Redhawks won the middle game of the series, 14-2 on Saturday, but dropped the opener 14-2 on Friday and the rubber game 5-2 on Sunday in 11 innings.
Each game followed the same trend, with WIU striking first. In a pivotal third game, the Leathernecks scored in the first inning. The Redhawks pulled even in the fifth inning with an unearned run when Peyton Faulkner scored on an error.
Both teams scored one run in the eighth inning. The Leathernecks scored on a wild pitch and the Redhawks scored on a two-out RBI single by senior third baseman Alex Nielsen.
In the 11th inning, Western Illinois loaded the bases with nobody out on a leadoff single, a walk and a fielding error CJ Schaeffer brought a run in with a single and Kevin Raisbeck followed up with a double, bringing in two more runs.
Carberry came on to retire the Redhawks in order in the bottom of the inning. Bergtholdt took the loss for Southeast, which fell to 5-2 on the season.
The Redhawks were 4-0 on the season entering the series. The Leathernecks have entered the series 0-3 on the season.
In the first game of the series, WIU scored runs in five innings.
Western Illinois led 3-1 in the fifth inning when Drue Galassi hit a home run. The Leathernecks added a run in the frame.
One inning later, Galassi crushed a three-run homer, to extend the lead to 8-1.
Dylan Dodd, the first of four Southeast pitchers, took the loss. He allowed five runs — four earned — over 4 2/3 innings. He gave up seven hits, walked one and struck out one.
The Leathernecks finished with 10 hits.
The Redhawks had eight hits overall by eight different players off two WIU pitchers.
WIU starter Javin Drake threw the first 5 innings and recorded the win.
In the second game of the series, WIU scored both its runs in the second inning in taking a 2-0 lead off starting pitcher Noah Niznik.
The lead didn't last for long as Southeast junior first baseman smacked a three-run home run off WIU starter Alex Dorethey in the bottom of the inning.
Southeast blew the game open with five-run frames in the fifth and sixth innings.
Niznik, a freshman left-hander, struck out four batters and allowed five hits in five innings, in recording his first collegiate victory.
Nathan Bock and Chase Hegarty held WIU scoreless for the remainder of the game with four innings of one-hit relief.
Southeast had 11 hits in the game, which were helped by five walks and five hit-by-pitches by three Leatherneck pitchers. Tyler Wilber, Wade Stauss, and Alex Nielsen combined for seven hits.
A number of runners were left stranded throughout the series.
The Redhawks left 11 base runners stranded the first game and 14 stranded in the final game.
Southeast will play host to Purdue Fort Wayne in a three-game series beginning at 1 p.m. Friday, March 1.


Running one business can be hard enough. That said, could you ever see yourself overseeing two or three businesses at the same time? I have a few entrepreneur friends to run multiple businesses.
Recently, I got a new type of business and was wondering how I'd find the time, energy, and structure to work on the new venture alongside my main business.
Luckily, I'm taking advantage of these key tips. If you're looking to manage multiple businesses, here's how you can do it without losing your mind.
CEOs make corporate decisions, serve as the main point of contact, and manage the overall operations and resources of the company. If you're going to have multiple businesses, you can't work in all of them like a producer. You have to take on more of a lead management role.
This means you need to outsource. You can't possibly work full time in two or three different businesses. Hire a team you can trust and rely on. Be the person with the ideas and the strategy, but not the one who necessarily does all the work.
To make managing multiple businesses easier, try to connect all your businesses in some way. Whether you can cross promote, repurpose content, or market your products to the same audience, it will help you avoid splitting your focus so many different ways.
Get clear on the tasks you want to take on early on. Ideally, you'll want to make the final decision on all important matters. You should also focus most of your attention on the areas of your business that you love and that are the most profitable for you.
Pay attention to analytics, expenses, and core strategies so you can assess what's working and how to keep moving forward. Prioritize what needs your attention and delegate the rest.
Have you ever thought about getting a business partner? Having a business partner! can be helpful in several ways. One one end, two heads are better than one. You can both pull on your networks, experience, and skills to build a better business.
You can also split up tasks and focus on one end of the business while your partner focuses on the other. Generally, you want to partner with someone who you can trust and has something unique to bring to the table. The partnership should benefit both sides and you can save time and money by working with someone else without sacrificing a successful business.
Tracking your time spent working on your business can be a complete game changer. Even if you're super organized and feel you work pretty efficiently, you may have no idea how much time you're spending on your business.
Tracking your time allows you to get a more realistic view of how long certain tasks take so you can structure your day better.
You also may want to track your time spent doing other activities as well. For example, the average American watches around 35 hours of television per week. If you could cut some of your T.V. time out, you could likely find enough time in your schedule to oversee a second business no problem.
Running multiple businesses is not for the faint of heart. The main obstacle entrepreneurs face is lack of time to manage more than one business. If you want to run an additional business, focus on taking more of a CEO role and employing a dependable team. Also, improve your time management skills and prioritize what you focus on realizing you can't do every single thing on your own.
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