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China's Blockchain Service Network to launch stablecoin support in 2021
China's nationwide blockchain project, the Blockchain Service Network, or BSN, will be integrating stablecoin support in 2021.
Yifan He, CEO of Red Date Technology, a major tech company involved in the BSN development, told Cointelegraph that the project will soon start integrating stablecoins.
Piloted in late 2019, China's BSN is a state-backed initiative that intends to support medium-sized businesses in building and deploying blockchain applications.
The exec explained that stablecoins will be used as payment for various services on the BSN ecosystem, including cloud resources. "Only stablecoins can make it much easier, quicker and safer," the executive noted.
Stablecoins will purportedly enable instant settlement between public city nodes providers and the so-called BSN portals, He said.
"BSN involves many clearing and settlements among participants. For example, public city nodes providers allocate cloud resources onto BSN, and the BSN portals sell BSN resources to their end developers. Then part of the money the portals receive will be paid to the public city node providers, currently we are going through banks."
At the current stage of the initiative, it is not yet decided what stablecoins will be incorporated into China's major blockchain-related project, according to the executive.
He's comments come shortly after the BSN's international arm officially announced that its services will never involve the usage of any cryptocurrencies. In an Aug. 11 tweet, BSN said that the initiative still "may integrate stablecoins as a means of payment on BSN."
The BSN added that the project is not a blockchain platform and will never issue its own cryptocurrency. "You cannot buy BSN, only BSN's services," developers explained.
According to He, the BSN would be the best fit for China's national digital currency project, the digital yuan. Also known as the digital currency electronic payment, or DCEP, the project is backed by China's central bank, the People's Bank of China (PBoC).
While China's digital yuan is not based on blockchain technology, it could use BSN infrastructure. He said, "If some commercial banks will use blockchain on DCEP settlement or circulation, BSN would be the best infrastructure since we have PCNs all over China. We are keeping in touch with several commercial banks closely regarding this."
He is not alone in suggesting that China's central bank digital currency could be somehow incorporated into the BSN. Sky Guo, CEO of China's blockchain partner firm Cypherium, told Cointelegraph that the digital yuan could be integrated into the BSN, "but at the moment it is not clear enough yet."
Guo also noted that the digital yuan is focused on retail payments, while the BSN addresses enterprise use cases for blockchain tech.
(Source: Cointelegraph https://cointelegraph.com/news/chinas-blockchain-service-network-to-launch-stablecoin-support-in-2021 )
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25 years have passed since the dawn of South Africa's democratic dispensation with its promises of a better future for all of us.
Yet today we still face glaring injustices and inequality, and many of us still live below the poverty line with little hope of finding meaningful employment. We know that most South Africans feel unsafe; afraid of becoming the target of opportunistic criminals who do not fear the law. Racial divisions between us have been deepened, often by uncaring politicians who would rather see us hate and fear one another than be united in common purpose, respect and love.
The African Christian Democratic Party is built on a strong Biblical foundation that seeks to honour God and put you and your needs at the centre of its policies. We are here to serve you and help you fully realise the South Africa you deserve and are proud to call home; a safe South Africa that is ripe with opportunities to help you and your family truly flourish and grow. It's time we enjoyed genuine change and renewal in our country that is built on the pillars of integrity, justice, competence, honour and respect. Let's choose to heal and unite our beautiful country, build together and grow.
The ACDP has identified 7 giants we believe stand in the way of national unity, building our infrastructure and economy, and experiencing growth, happiness and well-being:
GIANT ONE
High unemployment and too few job opportunities
To build a South Africa where jobs and opportunities are in abundance and everyone – especially our young people – benefit, the ACDP will:
Create an enabling environment through infrastructure development, a professional and streamlined public service, good education and vocational training relevant to global trends and technological advances;
Encourage beneficiation and global branding;
Promote investment in innovation, research and development; and
Foster a culture of entrepreneurship by funding education and training, as well as small business incubators.
We will focus on curbing youth unemployment by:
Linking business needs and education, and ensuring that young people have the relevant skills by funding degrees and diplomas that are needed;
Reinstating the apprenticeship model; and
Expanding the Employment Tax Incentive for businesses and encourage businesses to provide paid internships for young people.
GIANT TWO
Poor economic growth
We all want a South Africa with a vibrant, healthy economy; where jobs and opportunities are in abundance, and where everyone is able to benefit. The ACDP supports an open market economy with a social conscience, and will:
Protect property rights within existing Constitutional provisions;
Ensure ease of starting business by reducing unnecessary red tape and quickly and efficiently processing applications by having dedicated one-stop business registration centres;
Enable unskilled labour and youth to more easily enter the job market without compromising the health, safety and well-being of workers within a framework of fair labour practices;
Remove policy uncertainty, such as that relating to land, which deters foreign direct investment;
Promote and develop industries where there is a competitive advantage, such as tourism, mining and related industries; and
Focus on further developing agriculture by helping commercial and subsistence farmers to be more profitable, better trained and resourced.
GIANT THREE
Substandard education and skills development
Everyone should have access to quality basic education in safe, well maintained facilities; where parents are central to the education of their children; where quality tertiary education is accessible to all who have achieved entrance requirements and where skills training is linked to market needs and career opportunities.
For this reason, the ACDP will:
Adopt a world-class education system such as the Cambridge system;
Protect freedom of religion within schools;
Introduce career-focused education;
Re-open and equip training colleges and re-introduce school inspectors;
Ensure teacher salaries are competitive and fair, and that an educator teaches no more than 25 pupils per class;
Introduce training programmes in schools to promote reading and support after-school initiatives;
Provide for special education needs through 'special' and mainstream schools;
Strengthen and support school governing bodies and their independence;
Restrict union activities that hinder the effective education of our children, and in certain areas, unfairly influence the appointment and promotion of educators and principals;
Place children's health and safety first in terms of school infrastructure, nutrition and transport;
Deal decisively with gangsterism, firearms and drugs in our schools;
Ensure Grade R is available at all schools and Early Childhood Development facilities are available in all areas;
Facilitate age appropriate sex education workshops for both parents and their children;
Build more higher education institutions;
Improve the quality of technical and higher education institutions; and
Encourage students to study science, technology, engineering and mathematics, and the application of these fields in manufacturing;
Introduce computer coding as a subject at schools in addition to the existing Information Technology (IT) subject for grades 10 to 12; and
Encourage tertiary institutions to increase the availability of inter-disciplinary degrees to cover financial innovation, information systems and information technology, big data analysis and innovation technology.
GIANT FOUR
Inadequate health service
To enjoy a South Africa where good health and well-being is the norm, and where access to quality health care and relevant social services are readily available to all, the ACDP will:
Ensure that proper sanitation and clean water are provided to all;
Maintain the private sector and regulate anti-competition practices;
Oppose government's proposed nationalisation of private health care;
Ensure that public awareness campaigns promote abstinence and fidelity;
Budget for hospital revitalisation;
Invest more in medical innovation, research and development;
Improve management and accountability in government hospitals and clinics by having medical business specialists review systems and organisation;
Support public/private health initiatives such as contracting the private sector to supply services and hospital beds;
Reduce queues and waiting times in hospitals and clinics through better management, and by boosting the number of nurses and medical staff;
Improve access to digital and telemedicine, especially in rural areas;
Make sure that orders for medicine, supply and budget are well managed to avoid shortages at public clinics and hospitals;
Increase numbers of trained community-based primary health care workers;
Ensure referrals for mental health services are followed up and that patients are treated with care and respect;
Support initiatives that promote healthy diet and lifestyles, and physical exercise; and
Amend laws and policies that undermine family values, such as those that grant access to contraceptives and abortion for young girls without parental consent, teach inappropriate sex education in schools, attempt to ban moderate parental chastisement, and legalise prostitution, pornography and abortion-on-demand.
GIANT FIVE
Escalating crime
We all want to live in a South Africa where we feel safe; whether it is in our homes or playing in recreational spaces; going to work or school; or surfing the Internet.
To achieve this, the ACDP will:
Implement a comprehensive anti-crime strategy to ensure that criminals are swiftly arrested, tried, convicted and sentenced;
Review political appointments, promotions and qualifications in police, the NPA, the Hawks and other law enforcement agencies, and expedite outstanding disciplinary and criminal proceedings;
Reintroduce specialised police units and improve the training of police officers to ensure that investigations result in successful convictions;
Increase the number of specialised courts, such as Sexual Offences Courts, and services for victims of sexual offences, domestic violence and human trafficking, particularly those involving vulnerable women and children;
Ensure that police stations, forensic laboratories and courts are well-equipped and staffed with skilled and trained personnel;
Shut down organised crime, including drug and human trafficking syndicates;
Increase the number of law enforcement officers and sniffer dogs at all ports of entry into South Africa and in police operations to prevent the influx of drugs and other contraband;
Ensure heavier minimum sentences are imposed for more serious crimes;
Review the parole system and deny bail for murder, rape, armed robbery, human trafficking and car hijacking accused;
Implement restorative justice programmes for those who commit minor offenses;
Broaden prison labour programmes which help develop skills and provide opportunities for prisoners to contribute towards the costs of their incarceration;
Build relationships of trust in communities, encourage community participation in crime prevention and strengthen community police forums;
Review the National Rural Safety Plan to improve the protection all rural dwellers, farmers and their workers; and
Create public awareness for individuals and businesses to adopt good cybersecurity practices and train and source skilled technicians and engineers to fully implement the Cybercrimes Bill.
GIANT SIX
Corruption within the public and private sector
Corruption will only be eradicated when South Africa has competent, trustworthy, servant leaders, who take seriously the stewardship of state resources and are passionate about improving the lives of all South Africans. We want to feel safe in the knowledge that our taxes are being used transparently, economically, effectively and efficiently so that we can realise our dream of a shared future for all.
Strengthen investigation and prosecution capacity and increase the number of courts to deal with crime in general, and corruption in particular;
Strengthen the Special Investigations Unit, Auditor-General, Public Protector and similar institutions, with both funding and enabling legislation and ensure that they are protected from political interference;
Ensure that swift action is taken to freeze assets and recover stolen state funds and assets as well as ensure that they are returned to the organisations and individuals from which they were stolen;
Ensure private sector offenders such as those implicated in the Steinhoff and VBS Mutual bank scandals are held criminally and civilly accountable, and that illicit capital flows out of the country are reversed;
Take decisive action to stop state capture and root out corruption in state departments and state-owned companies (SOCs);
Make sure that auditing is not compromised and ensure efficient oversight by professional umbrella organisations;
Ensure that whistleblowers are better protected, by ensuring that current laws are fully implemented;
Implement life-style audits for senior public servants and employees of SOCs, and prohibit them and elected politicians from conducting business with the state or SOCs; and
In addition to hefty sentences of imprisonment, ban politicians who are found guilty of bribery and corruption from standing as candidates in any subsequent election.
GIANT SEVEN
The threat to property rights and rural development
To realise a South Africa in which food is affordable and in abundant supply; where land reform benefits people and addresses past injustices; where title deeds are in the hands of those who live on their land; and just compensation is paid where expropriation is needed, the ACDP will:
Protect all property rights and ensure that just and equitable compensation is paid for any land that is expropriated;
Strengthen access to security of tenure as well as the freedom to acquire, utilise, rent and sell property, including land;
Conduct a comprehensive land audit of all land;
Ensure that state land that is not being fully utilised is allocated for the residential and agricultural needs of communities;
Ensure that the ownership of tribal or trust land is negotiated between the relevant traditional authority and the community in order to extend land ownership for the benefit of everyone connected to the land. Where citizens wish to remain within a tribal community land regime, they will have the right to do so;
Guided by principles such as fairness and equity, finalise outstanding land restitution claims as the process whereby a land owner who was illegally dispossessed of their land, is compensated or has their land restored to them;
Provide to the rural poor, labour tenants and entrepreneurial farm workers an opportunity to access land through a system facilitated by government's own land assets and that of other willing land owners;
Protect the rule of law by ensuring that law enforcement agencies stop illegal land invasions. The availability and usage of land will enjoy high priority to prevent the necessity for land grabs;
Prioritise agricultural development and food security and assist small and emerging farmers to become commercially viable by having better access to finance and markets; and
Promote rural development through incentives for industries to relocate to rural areas and the building of better infrastructure, roads, housing, schools, recreational facilities.
The ACDP is committed to implementing these policies to ensure that, together, we can all enjoy a safe, healthy and prosperous South Africa.
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Well, 'what the hey', I thought, and out of curiosity, I decided to dig through my stash (Knitters, you're not the only ones who keep huge yarn stashes. I have both yarn AND fabric stashes, too!) to see if I had anything that looked 'Living Coral' and here's what I was able to dig up! I found some coral(-ish) colored fabrics in all different shades, even some fabrics with fun prints that I think match pretty well.
You know what? The more I looked, the more I began to feel the color wasn't as blah as I thought and actually it was pretty charming! I kinda like (dare I say "love"?) it! The next thing I knew, I was running my machine and created a little bag out of the scratch material I had pulled from my stash. Oh man! First of all, I really like this new line of project bags I designed late last year. And second, I think this Live Coral makes the bag look absolutely alive! Don't you feel the vibe of spring? The bag is actually blooming right in front of my eyes as I type this!
My heart continuously changes what it likes, but I suppose that is part of what inspires my creations and choice of projects. Does that ever happen to you too? You like something, then get too much of it to the point that you're so sick of it you actually come to hate it? Only to come back to it a while later and fall totally in love with it again? It's pretty crazy but I can't lie – I love my wild, impulsive changes of heart!


Ever wonder how the ancient Chinese kept intruders out of their home? This was one way.
The palanquin is still in use in modern China. Today, instead of being used to parade the rich and powerful through the streets they are used to cart overweight tourists up mountains.
Bamboo baskets are used to transport children in China's Hunan province.
Innovation is perhaps the driving force behind the rise of China, and this is evident from the streets up to the highest skyscrapers.
An old man makes pop rice with an old-fashioned pressure cooker. Tools and devices such as this are fast becoming forgotten relics in a China racing for the future.
Right in the middle of consumer crazed modern China is a little shop roasting sweet potatoes on ancient clay ovens presenting a lens through which to view this country in transition.


It is in the best interest of humanity that we work collectively in building a transformational model of cooperation for sustainable global development, said Prime Minster of Antigua and Barbuda Gaston Alphonso Browne. Questioning the validity of modalities used to assess development levels, he said his small, vulnerable country is disqualified from access to concessional loans and grants due to skewed constructs of what represents development.
People in middle-income countries are being punished for their adherence to human and political rights and the openness of their economies to foreign investment, he said. Small groups of expatriates receive most of the profits from those investments, while arbitrary rules imposed by a handful of rich countries make economic diversification difficult. Fair trade, access to finance, anti competition rules and debt burden should be among the factors used to measure development as opposed to simply using per capita income, he said, warning that middle-income countries will witness economic decline and social dislocation if the way they are assessed does not change.
The obstacles such countries face, particularly small island developing States, are externally generated, he said, stressing: Our countries did not create climate change. He proposed setting up a global partnership on debt relief and for wealthy countries to divert defence spending to address climate related challenges.
Opening the meeting, General Assembly President Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces (Ecuador) said middle-income countries are a growing economic force substantially contributing to the global gross domestic product (GDP). Sheltering 70 per cent of the world's population, those countries will not achieve the 2030 Agenda unless obstacles the face are duly addressed. Gaps in inequality and financing must be eliminated, she stressed.
Elliott Harris, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, said middle-income countries play a leading role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly those related to poverty reduction. Cooperation among these countries must focus on building resilience against external shocks to avoid falling into the middle-income trap that prevents them from further advancing development strategies. Efforts to reform the United Nations development agenda will better position it to assist middle-income countries.
During the meeting's plenary segment, Mr. Browne, who then spoke on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), went on to say that certain countries promote the notion of graduation to middle-income status as a methodology for ending aid and development assistance. It would, therefore, appear that graduation works in favour of donor countries, he said.
Costa Rica's representative, speaking for the Like-Minded Group of Countries Supporters of Middle-Income Countries, echoing that concern, said that, as middle income countries' per capita income increases above low-income thresholds, their access to official development assistance (ODA) and external public financing often decreases faster than can be compensated for by higher tax revenues in per capita terms. She also took issue with the use of a single metric to classify the many different economies, stressing the need to increase and ease the access of such countries to development financing and climate finance to support national development plans.
Egypt's representative, speaking on behalf of the Group of 77 developing countries and China, said efforts to address the challenges of middle-income countries should be strengthened through the exchange of experiences, improved coordination, and better and focused support from international organizations.
The speaker for the European Union said that, as the world's leading provider of official development assistance, it contributed 57 per cent of global ODA in 2017. By working with a broader range of stakeholders and partner countries, the Union combines a focus on the poorest and most fragile partners with stronger partnerships with middle-income countries that are based on trade, investment, innovation and knowledge exchanges. Over the coming years, it will mobilize more than Euros 45 billion of added investments in developing countries, including middle-income countries.
During the first discussion, Member States called for new modalities to assess the development level of countries and warned that the lack of development resources directed at middle-income countries is resulting in growing dissatisfaction. Panellists Tao Zhang, Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and Carolina Sanchez-Paramo, Senior Director of the World Bank Poverty and Equity Global Practice, said that their organizations are exploring ways to account for country-specific challenges when addressing the needs of middle-income countries.
Throughout the second discussion speakers suggested not only reconsidering assessment modalities, but also cooperation modalities, with South-South cooperation being identified as a strategic and equitable tool for development. Mario Pezzini, Director of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Development Centre, said that triangular and South-South cooperation are indispensable. Cabo Verde's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Communities and Minister for Defence Luis Felipe Tavares valued the benefits of South-South cooperation at $20 billion.
MARA�A FERNANDA ESPINOSA GARCA�S (Ecuador), President of the General Assembly, said today's meeting demonstrates the tenacity of middle-income countries to shed a light on the distinct and unique challenges they face. Multilateralism is still strong, she said. In the last 50 years, middle-income countries have become a growing economic force substantially contributing to the global gross domestic product (GDP) and boosting their international exports. These countries shelter 70 per cent of the world's population. Hence, improving living conditions there is critical.
Middle-income countries continue to grapple with emerging challenges, she said, warning that unless obstacles and vulnerable areas are duly addressed, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development will not be met. Gaps in inequality and financing must be eliminated. Sustainable and predictable growth is essential to develop fiscal policies. Middle-income countries need responsible investments along with social commitments that respect human rights, environmental regulations and fiscal norms. Empowering women will make a difference, she said, underscoring the need to boost women's participation in politics and in the economy.
GASTON ALPHONSO BROWNE, Prime Minister, Minister for Finance, Corporate Governance and Public Private Partnerships of Antigua and Barbuda, said his country � one of the smallest and most vulnerable in the world � is disqualified from access to concessional loans and grants as a result of skewed constructs of what represents development, saying that the time has long passed to reject this palpably false basis of judging a country's wealth or its level of development. People in middle-income countries are being punished for their adherence to human and political rights and for the openness of their economies. Openness to foreign investment results in abnormally high repatriation of profits to small groups of expatriates, he noted, something he said distorts genuine per capita income. Middle-income countries will witness economic decline and social dislocation if the way they are assessed does not change.
He asserted that challenges faced by middle-income countries, particularly small-island developing States, are externally generated. Our countries did not create climate change, he said, warning that coping with the phenomenon is depleting their financial resources. Further, middle-income countries, whose economies largely depend on a narrow range of productive activities, face obstacles imposed by rich countries when they try to diversify. A handful of rich countries control and unilaterally enforce arbitrary rules that suit them, he said, calling for fair trade, access to finance, anti-competition rules and debt burden to be among the factors used to measure development, as opposed to simply using per capita income.
Heads of State and Government of middle-income countries are frustrated about the increasing number of obstacles they face as they pursue development strategies. With a unified vision of global development the international community can help address development gaps, he said. To that aim, the international community must agree that the current methodology for measuring development is flawed, he said, proposing a global partnership on debt relief. Servicing debt amid frequent disasters and external shocks restricts spending on education and new technologies. He called on wealthy countries to reduce defence spending and urged those countries most responsible for causing climate change to commit to containing the phenomenon. It is in the best interest of humanity that we work collectively in building a transformational model of cooperation for sustainable global development, he said.
ELLIOTT HARRIS, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, said middle-income countries play a leading role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly those related to poverty reduction. Poverty remains pervasive in middle-income countries, he said, adding that economic growth has failed to lift people out of the poverty in those countries. Large movements of people have further aggravated poverty rates. Gender-based inequality is also a major challenge for middle-income countries as they work to achieve the goals of the 2030 Agenda. Cooperation among these countries must focus on building resilience against external shocks.
Countries must avoid the middle-income trap that prevents them from further advancing development strategies, he said, stressing that avoiding the trap is critical to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. These countries can learn from each other on how to boost growth and South-South cooperation is a catalyst for mutual learning, he said, adding that development requires institutional reform that allows for financial growth. The United Nations has a comparative advantage in supporting all areas of sustainable development and advancing South-South cooperation. Efforts to reposition the Organization's development agenda will place it in a better position to assist middle-income countries. The international community cannot be satisfied until all people share equitably in the benefits of sustainable development, he concluded.
VALENTIN RYBAKOV (Belarus), Vice-President of the Economic and Social Council, said this is a ground-breaking moment, expressing hope that today's event will help address the challenges of middle-income countries. Poverty is multidimensional and achieving the 2030 Agenda will require a renewed focus and bolstered international support to middle-income countries. These countries are home to 73 per cent of the world's people. They are exposed to rapid technological change, mass migration, crippling debt and many other challenges that can only be addressed in a coordinated manner. Policy options to address synergies and trade-offs within a 2030 Agenda context are complex. Hard-won development gains are at risk.
International cooperation must help address social and economic structures, unemployment and low productivity sectors, he continued, also underscoring the need to facilitate technology transfer, and ensure market access and insertion in global value chains. The sustainable development of middle-income countries has the potential of stabilizing a region in conflict. Development cooperation can help these countries build resilience and adapt to humanitarian crises. Challenges, gaps and inequalities can also be addressed through South-South cooperation. It is important to share good practices, he added. There continues to be limited institutional capacity to implement the Sustainable Development Goals, he said, calling for more financing and new partnerships that encourage greater public-private cooperation.
The General Assembly then held a high-level panel discussion on Successes and challenges in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for middle-income countries moderated by Elliott Harris, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development. The discussion featured presentations by Mohamed Benchaaboun, Minister for Economy and Finance of Morocco; Ryna Garay, Vice-Minister for Development Cooperation of El Salvador; Abdoulaye Mar Dieye, Assistant Secretary-General and Director of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Bureau for Policy Programme and Support; Tao Zhang, Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF); and Carolina Sanchez-Paramo, Senior Director of the World Bank Poverty and Equity Global Practice.
Ms. GARAY said middle-income countries must overcome challenges to mobilize development resources. This is particularly important in countries with low production levels and low foreign direct investment, she said, noting that such factors result in a lack of essential development funds. Middle-income countries tend to be particularly vulnerable to climate change and the loss of lives and resources due to natural disasters adversely impacts development. The use of per capita income as the sole tool to measure development is flawed, she asserted, adding that El Salvador promotes private sector involvement to ensure efforts to achieve the 2030 Agenda are sustained. Efforts are also under way to ensure the inclusion of vulnerable groups in development initiatives.
Mr. DIEYE said the use of complex and comprehensive indicators such as the Human Development Index will lead to socioeconomic progress and that the journey from low- to high-income status is tedious. It takes an average of 50 years for countries to make that transition, he said, asserting that five decades was too long. Middle-income countries fall into a trap when they rely too heavily on the comparative advantage that brought them to the middle-income level in the first place. Countries must strive to diversify their economies, he said, adding that inclusion is essential to avoid economic disruption. It is critical to build economies driven by educated and healthy people with the skills needed to make the transition to high-income status, he said. Countries can avoid the middle-income trap by diversifying their economies and creating the conditions that allow for sharing of development gains. Development partners need to respond to the diverse realities of middle-income countries, he concluded.
Mr. ZHANG said middle-income countries have made large leaps forward in efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. While more than 1 billion people in such countries have risen above the poverty line, much remains to be done for the jump to higher income levels to be sustained. Small States are among the most vulnerable to natural disasters and climate change, he said, adding that the international community must work towards a new multilateralism to manage risks. Middle-income countries must pursue structural reform to sustain medium-term growth, including by advancing labour market reforms and trade liberalization. Reform efforts must focus on fiscal policy, actions to ensure equal access to education and health services, enhancing financial inclusion and building economic resilience.
Ms. SANCHEZ said that while middle-income countries are home to more than 60 per cent of the world's extreme poor, they have seen major advances over the past two decades thanks to inclusive growth strategies. Lower-middle-income countries face daunting challenges, including Nigeria which is set to become the country with the most people living in extreme poverty. Conflicts in Yemen and Syria have pushed them from middle- to low-income status. Projections suggest that many middle-income countries will not achieve the Sustainable Development Goals without major reform, she said, noting that the World Bank has introduced new methodologies to measure poverty that will allow for better assessments of inequality. The Bank also introduced a new multidimensional poverty measure that accounts for myriad means of deprivation such as lack of education. The single most important investment countries can make is in its people, she noted, adding that building human capital leads to economic growth.
The representative of the Philippines said that grouping States solely based on per capita income is ineffective, stressing: It is important to understand the individual challenges of middle-income countries. The representative of Mauritius echoed this belief.
The concerns expressed during the discussion also affected less-developed countries, said the representative of Uganda � one such country. Investing in people through inclusive and sustainable policymaking is critical, he said, asking how countries can mitigate illicit financial flows.
Mr. DIEYE said recent studies indicate that to ensure domestic financial resources are promoting growth the tax-to-GDP ratio must be 24 per cent. He said he is mystified at the fact that States are at the tyranny of the GDP to assess development. We have indicators that can better approximate development, he said. Turning to comments by Costa Rica, he said inequality remains a major menace and that illicit financial flows are an obstacle to development.
Mr. BENCHAABOUN said the tax-to-GDP ratio for Morocco has been identified as 20 per cent. The country is using emerging technologies to make relations with the private sector more efficient, especially in customs-related matters. The use of technologies improves transparency, he noted. Morocco receives some $6.5 billion in remittances from its citizens abroad, he said, adding that the Government has set up physical infrastructure in countries hosting its citizens to facilitate transfers.
Mr. ZHANG said defining the tax-to-GDP ratio requires an understanding of each State's conditions. Addressing the financing gap requires implementing institutional reforms. The IMF is considering the vulnerability of markets to climate change.
Ms. GARAY said El Salvador aligned its national development plans with the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals. The highest priority area is increasing literacy rates, she said, adding that the Government is focused on providing access to computers to children in primary education. Inclusive access to technology will lead to an increase in national productivity levels. Our production base needs to expand in symphony with technological and scientific development, she said.
GASTON ALPHONSO BROWNE, Prime Minister, Minister for Finance, Corporate Governance and Public Private Partnerships of Antigua and Barbuda, speaking on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), said developed nations and Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries promote the notion of graduation to middle-income status as a methodology for ending aid and development assistance. It would therefore appear that graduation works in favour of donor countries, he said. CARICOM calls for priority consideration to be given to, among other things, the creation of timelines for international financial institutions to recognize an alternative to GDP as a way to assess a country's level of development and its eligibility for concessionary financing. Climate finance initiatives must be at the heart of programming for middle-income countries, he said, calling also for a review of the high debt levels of Caribbean territories with a view to negotiating better long-term solutions.
Among other recommendations, he underscored CARICOM'S support for expanding the remit of mechanisms to assess the resilience of middle-income countries. The aim of leaving no one behind and the fostering of resilience-building must be a fundamental component of all United Nations programming. He went on to emphasize the United Nations role as an interlocutor between middle-income countries and international financial institutions and the wider donor community. He suggested that the situation of middle-income countries become a regular General Assembly agenda item, adding also that South-South cooperation, North and triangular cooperation, and genuine and durable partnerships will be pivotal for assisting middle-income countries.
ILEANA NASA�EZ MORDOCHE, Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment of Cuba, said there must be a more comprehensive, multidimensional and complete methodology for classifying levels of development that goes beyond income indicators and which accounts for the special challenges, vulnerabilities, structural gaps and particularities of countries. The problems faced by middle-income countries must be addressed in a multilateral framework, she said, rejecting attempts to weaken existing multilateral mechanisms. Recalling that Cuba is a middle-income country subject to an economic, commercial and financial blockade by the Government of the United States, she said South-South cooperation is a valuable complement to North-South cooperation. For that reason, Cuba has � despite limited resources � implemented cooperation programmes with 157 countries, including in health, education and sports.
MOHAMED FATHI AHMED EDREES (Egypt), speaking on behalf of the Group of 77 developing countries and China, said efforts to address the challenges of middle income countries should be strengthened through the exchange of experiences, improved coordination, and better and focused support from the United Nations development system, international financial institutions, regional organizations and other stakeholders. Institutional arrangements must be established urgently to support middle-income countries, including a comprehensive system-wide long-term strategy that would facilitate sustainable development cooperation and coordinated support.
The Assembly then held a high-level panel discussion on The role of South-South cooperation and Triangular cooperation in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development chaired by Ileana NA�Aez Mordoche, Vice-Minister for Foreign Trade and Investment of Cuba and Chair of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) South-South Cooperation Committee. The discussion featured presentations by Mario Pezzini, Director of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's Development Centre; Luis Felipe Tavares, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Communities and Minister for Defence of Cabo Verde; Antonio Pedro, Regional Director of the Economic Commission of Africa Sub-regional Office for Central Africa; Jorge Chediek, Director of the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation; and Alicia Barcena Ibarra, Executive Secretary of ECLAC.
Mr. PEZZINI said that a major economic transformation in the last several decades has led to a series of unintended consequences. While some countries' economies improved substantially, in many cases the change that came about is beyond what could be measured in a graph. South-South cooperation and trade have increased substantially. In many cases, extreme poverty has declined. However, a series of problems has also emerged, including in the economic, social and geopolitical sectors. These include a slowdown in GDP growth and international trade, and increased protectionism. On the social front, the world has seen a rise in inequality and loss of social cohesion. This is particularly worrying as the population ages rapidly. On the geopolitical front, weakening global governance and armed conflict have posed their own unique challenges. Countries will need to adapt their strategies accordingly. In many cases, the problem in middle-income countries often stems from the lack of capacity. Triangular and South-South cooperation are indispensable in that regard, he said, adding that challenges are becoming increasingly more difficult to solve with just two people at the table.
Mr. TAVARES said that South-South cooperation is not a silver bullet and it should never rule out other options. It is not a substitute but rather a complement to other forms of cooperation. South-South cooperation goes beyond development cooperation. Its exact value in 2013 was estimated at around $20 billion, he said, adding that it is critical to learn the strengths and weaknesses of such cooperation. Cabo Verde has benefited from it, he said, noting various examples of his country collaborating with other Southern nations, including in technical capacity-building. He noted a programme in partnership with Angola that promotes the empowerment of women and as well as other programmes focused on knowledge sharing in urban gardening and agriculture. In terms of a long-term vision, Cabo Verde is working to diversify its economy. We want to be a platform for services in the Atlantic, where we are located, he added. Cabo Verde is looking for partnerships that can help it grow and achieve sustainable development.
Mr. PEDRO said that breaking away from the boom and bust cycle of development takes a lot of time. Even countries that have made significant strides in diversifying their economies remain vulnerable. He stressed the need for coordinated, patient and predictable investments. Turning to Africa, he said that more investments are needed to change the structural composition of the continent. That requires countries to better understand their comparative and competitive advantages. Bankable projects are essential as they attract investors. Parts of the continent are arid, he said, calling for deeper partnerships to advance research and development. Africa's development model could be more balanced and inward-looking to fulfil its own needs. We cannot talk about addressing the middle-income trap without engaging the private sector and increasing bankable projects, he said. With the drop of commodity prices in 2014, several middle-income countries in central Africa suffered some significant setbacks. Another area in need for collaboration is innovation, science and technology which will help deepen the diversification strategy.
Mr. CHEDIEK recalled the origins of South-South cooperation, saying that in the 1970s it was believed that the mere transfer of technology from the North to the South would produce the same results accomplished in the North. Many believed that this would create islands of progress in developing countries which would carry the entire country towards progress. In the 1980s and 1990s, South-South cooperation was not a central component of the United Nations. It was more prevalent in the work of regional organizations. South-South cooperation really took off this century, he said, adding that countries from the South have transformed their economies and made much progress in recent years. At the same time, developing countries and international organizations decided to commit funds and engage in triangular cooperation. He expressed concern that many Southern countries still do not have the structure to support South-South cooperation and urged all Member States to renew their commitment to both South-South and triangular cooperation.
Ms. BA�RCENA said that business-as-usual in development is not working; a shift is critically needed. Trade is not as dynamic as many countries require it to be. Countries in the region are focused on building the institutional architecture required to achieve sustainable development. The world is facing a real crisis in multilateralism which no one can deny. She said the Latin America and the Caribbean region is facing some critical challenges, including a shift in funding and a decline in trade. In the face of weakening multilateralism and a return to protectionism, the region must move toward reliable and predictable funding required to meet the Sustainable Development Goals. While the region has reduced levels of poverty, it continues to face increasing inequality. The world has changed so much that cooperation is no longer about developed countries helping developing countries. This new yardstick should incorporate different aspects of development, she said, adding that looking at only income is not enough. It is critical to examine human capacity and potential as well.
In the ensuing discussion, the representative of Qatar said that South-South and Triangular cooperation play a critical role in trade and the fight against poverty, particularly in middle-income countries. Such cooperation is an essential part of Qatar's foreign policy, which also continues to attach great importance to ODA.
The representative of Uganda said that South-South cooperation is a strategic tool for development, adding that in recent years it has been moved to the centre stage of development. He underscored the importance of a paradigm shift and changing challenge into opportunities. For example, the challenge of migration has brought about a positive return in the form of remittances. Development is not a race but a destination, he added.
JOA�O PEDRO VALE DE ALMEIDA (European Union) said it is the world's leading provider of ODA and in 2017 its contributions made up 57 per cent of global ODA. Driven by the 2030 Agenda, the European Union is also committed to strengthening cooperation with the middle-income countries, in which many people live in poverty and there are high levels of inequality and social exclusion. The European Union emphasizes better-tailored partnerships with a broader range of stakeholders and partner countries. This means combining a focus on the poorest and most fragile partners with stronger partnerships with middle-income countries that are based on trade, investment, innovation and knowledge exchanges.
RODRIGO ALBERTO CARAZO ZELEDA�N, (Costa Rica), speaking on behalf of the Like-Minded Group of Countries Supporters of Middle-Income Countries, said the homogenous designation middle-income country oversimplifies the complexities of the countries within this designation and does not reflect the varied situations requiring tailored engagement from the international community. Economic growth alone does not mean advancement towards sustainable development. At all levels of per capita income, developing countries continue to face serious challenges, including obstacles to poverty eradication, inequality, external debt and environmental vulnerabilities. The Like-Minded Group urges the United Nations development system, as part of its reform process, to set forth a comprehensive long-term strategy across the system to coordinate support to these middle-income countries. It is also necessary to lay down a road map, with the Department of Economic and Social Affairs and other relevant organizations, to address the middle-income countries' most imperative needs as they move to achieve the Goals and other internationally agreed objectives.
Costa Rica emphasizes the importance of knowledge-sharing platforms and the pivotal role of South-South and triangular cooperation for these countries, who play the double role of providers and recipients of these types of cooperation. Regarding ODA and concessional financing, Costa Rica is concerned that the graduation process does not let these types of financing be maintained for countries that shift from one level of income group to another, he said. As these countries' per capita income increases above low-income thresholds, their access to ODA and external public financing often decreases faster than can be compensated for by increasing tax revenues in per capita terms. The Group stresses the need to increase and ease the access of middle-income countries to development financing and climate finance to support national development plans and development objectives. International public finance is still a powerful tool for complementing these countries' efforts to mobilize public resources domestically to achieve sustainable development.
VALENTIN RYBAKOV (Belarus) said the meeting represents a breakthrough to help promote the needs of the middle-income countries, which have played a key role in helping achieve the Millenium Development Goals. The interests of the middle-income countries are too frequently sidelined and the organizational system of the United Nations acts in silos and without the cohesion necessary to meet their needs. The United Nations does not have a single approach. He called for a clear application of the Organization's efforts that do not leave anyone behind. The middle-income countries remain vulnerable to external factors and they need more support from the United Nations system. Belarus advocates for a long-term and comprehensive strategy and welcomes the fact that some organizations within the United Nations system, such as the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), are waking up to the needs of middle-income countries.
SOVANN KE (Cambodia) said the population of middle-income countries represents 93 per cent of the global population and their cooperation with other groups of countries and international development partners is critically important to achieve the Goals and the 2030 Agenda. Cambodia's pro-growth economic policies and comprehensive reforms have led to impressive achievements. It attained lower-middle-income status in 2016 after strong economic growth of more than 7 per cent over the past decades. Its GDP jumped from $1,044 to $1,427 within the last five years. This sustained economic growth has helped reduce poverty. Despite these achievements, several challenges remain, such as slow diversification of the economy, high logistical costs and a shortage of skilled labour. As middle-income countries begin an industrialization process, it is important to enhance technology cooperation between the North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation. Trade is also important to advance the countries' social and economic development.
ALI NASEER MOHAMED (Maldives) said middle-income countries make up some of the largest economies in the world and some of the smallest and most vulnerable, such as the Maldives. Their vulnerabilities are manifested in economic, environmental and structural dimensions. The Maldives graduated from the Least Developed Country category in 2011 and when the Assembly made the decision to graduate the Maldives, the country did not meet the threshold for the Economic Vulnerability Index, one of the criteria for graduation. After seven years, the Index for the Maldives has increased. The new Government's strategy is to build the country's national resilience to mitigate against vulnerabilities. The country needs international support to create more helpful opportunities and build its resilience by creating a conducive environment to attract investors. This means an environment that is transparent, predictable and governed by the rule of law. International partners can help by extending technical assistance to strengthen the country's national capacity to create an investor-friendly atmosphere.
MA ZHAOXU (China), associating himself with the Group of 77 and China, said over the last three years, the middle-income countries have faced developmental challenges that cannot be ignored. Such countries, like any other developing countries, face many challenges, including food security, the changing climate and technological progress. Strong support from the international community is needed for their development. China supports multilateralism and defends the multilateral trading system as well as efforts to safeguard the interests of all.
The Secretary-General will use this valuable information to present a report at the Assembly's seventy-fourth session, she said. The Organization is committed to developing a comprehensive and cohesive view that helps middle-income countries reduce poverty in all its phases.


Amarillo Announces Non-Brokered Private Placement For Up To $2.1 million - Amarillo Gold Corp.
(TSX-V AGC) ("Amarillo" or the "Company") is pleased to announce is that, subject to regulatory approval, it intends to proceed with a non-brokered private placement financing (the "Private Placement") of up to 3,000,000 units (the "Units") of the Company at a price of $0.70 (seventy cents) per Unit for aggregate proceeds of up to $2.1 million. Each Unit will be comprised of one common share in the capital of the Company. Subject to certain conditions including, but not limited to, the receipt of the approval of the Toronto Stock Exchange.
All currency references are in Canadian dollars. The proceeds will be directed towards further exploration and definition of our Brazilian gold projects. Successful closure of this offering will allow the Company to proceed with a work program on its gold projects in Brazil over the next 12 months, with a particular focus on drill testing at our Lavras do Sul project.
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.
Amarillo Gold Corp. is a company focused on the acquisition, definition and discovery of gold resources in Brazil. Its principal projects are the Mara Rosa project in the state of Goiás and the Lavras do Sul project in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The Posse Deposit at Mara Rosa was found by an independent 43-101 compliant preliminary economic assessment study carried out by CCIC to contain 643,000 ounces indicated @ 1.48 g/t Au, 538,000 ounces inferred @ 1.26 g/t Au. The Company also has a portfolio of earlier stage projects. All properties under Amarillo's management are located in areas of good infrastructure and robust community support. Current share issue equals 42,968,133.


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The next AMC Book Club meeting will take place on Tuesday 15th October at 7.30pm in Church.
On this occasion the group hopes to share thoughts on the book "The Bible in Politics" by Richard Bauckham.
Anyone wishing to join would be very welcome.


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Posted on March 30, 2007 by eric
RETRO: Cake Like "Lorraine's Car" live
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Kerri Kenny of Reno 911, Viva Variety, and The State (all Comedy Central comedies) fame used to front an experimental, all-girl trio called Cake Like, whose debut came out on John Zorn's Avant label back in 1995. Kenny and her two bandmates (Nina Hellman, guitar and Jodi Seifert, drums) just barely knew how to play their respective instruments when they recorded Delicious but still managed to eke out a pretty damn fine debut, mixing Breeders-like intensity with quirky indie-pop harmonies and a minimal, no-wave backdrop.
This performance of "Lorraine's Car" (on some unidentified Comedy Central program) is in support of 1997's Bruiser Queen, which lacked some of the DIY charm of Delicious but still has its share of oddball hooks and experimental non-sequiturs.
I'm obviously feeling a bit nostalgic today.
RETRO: Unwound "Petals Like Brick" live
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I don't know where this was recorded or when, but this live version of "Petals Like Brick" off 1995's The Future of What is incredible. My all-time favorite Unwound song. Just about every spring they would put out a new record, and each time I would travel either to Atlanta or Chapel Hill or Nashville to see them play. My collection of Unwound t-shirts from each tour started getting out of hand by the late 90's. God, I miss this band.
Paul Weller spits on portait of Sting at Cancer benefit
Apparently, I had Paul Weller all wrong. He hasn't lost his edge, despite years of boring, watered down soul records. At the Teenage Cancer Trust concert on March 28th, Weller saw a portrait of Sting hanging in the corridor at Royal Albert Hall in London and decided to spit on it. Accoring to NME, he took his time coughing up as much phlegm as he could muster, spat it out onto Sting's head, and muttered: "fucking twat" as he walked away. Very classy behavior at a benefit from Mr. Weller. And unprovoked at that. What would he have done had Sting actually been there in person? Well, Weller's opinion of Sting is no secret: "He's a fucking horrible man. Not my cup of tea at all. Fucking rubbish. No edge, no attitude, no nothing." If only all this pent up anger could muster its way into a record by Weller, he might not be such a bore himself when he's not slagging off his peers.
What kind of Monstrance buggery is this?
Andy Partridge has teamed up with original XTC keyboard player Barry Andrews and drummer Martyn Barker to form Monstrance– an improvisational trio. Its self-titled debut, a double CD set, is performed comletely live and, obviously, improvised and available in two forms, orange, and a very limited pressing of blue. However, due to its extreme rarity, the blue version is unavailable for purchase on its own. Here's the kicker: in order to obtain the blue version, you must purchase the orange one as well. So, let's add this up: one would ostensibly have to buy two copies of the same CD (at a slightly discounted rate) just to get a blue one? Yes, that's correct. And if you really want to toss some money into the shitter to listen to Partridge wax nonsensical, you can purchase the full Monstrance, comprising both the Orange and Blue versions of the album, a set of 2 T shirts (one orange and one blue, of course), and an array of 5 button badges. Umm, I think I'll pass.
Of Montreal already working on follow-up
Impressive, in-depth piece on Of Montreal mastermind and resident freak Kevin Barnes over at Australia's Wireless Bollinger. In it he discusses how anti-depressants saved his life but screwed up his marriage (thus, creating the thematic groundwork for Hissing Fauna…), his affinity for Syd Barret's pop complexities, and his work on the next Of Montreal record, among other bizarre tangents.
On the tall order of following up Hissing Fauna…, Barnes had this to say: "I'm working on a new album now. It will still be poppy and melodic, but more fragmented in its structure. I'm stepping away from the pop song template. I am going to create a bunch of 30-to-50-second sections and string them all together. I don't think there will be any pauses between pieces. I want it to feel like one long piece with hundreds of movements. The tentative title of the album is Skeletal Lamping."
Posted on March 28, 2007 by k
Camera Obscura, Tears for Affairs
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Just because.
The Jesus Lizard prepare live DVD for June release
A vintage 1994 performance by The Jesus Lizard at the Rat in Boston is very exciting, indeed. There are few frontmen as blissfully insane as David Yow. I love how perfectly this Michael Azerrad quote from his book, Our Band Could Be Your Life describes Yow's vocals: "on the Jesus Lizard albums (Steve) Albini recorded, singer David Yow sounds like a kidnap victim trying to howl through the duct tape over his mouth; the effect is horrific."
I saw The Jesus Lizard around this time at Rockafellas in Columbia, SC, and Yow took a girl's shirt off, who was smashed against the stage barrier up front. He put her tiny, pink shirt on his profusely sweating torso and wore it the remainder of the show, while the girl stood there embarrassed with her hands cris-crossed over her bra. When the song was over, Yow leaned out the back door of the club and puked. He wasn't exactly tidy about cleaning himself up, so there were vomit stains all over this poor girl's shirt. I'm pretty sure she told him just to go ahead and keep it.
Proof of Yow's lunacy from '94 in Dallas at The Orbit Room:
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The Briella is one of our favorite off the shoulder dresses! We love the contrast of black and pink floral, it just brightens our day! The beautiful faux wrap is gorgeous and arm cuffs are CHIC! Pair with your favorite heels or flats and you're set!
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Collocations are the key to fluent English. Learning words on their own may enable students to communicate, but to sound natural, students must learn what words typically go together.
Using Collocations helps students improve the way they use the words they already know. Comprising twenty-four units and six review sections, collocations are first presented in simple exercises. Students go on to understand and use the collocations with confidence in a variety of contexts.
Using Collocations puts an emphasis on learning to use collocations appropriately. Collocations are always presented in typical contexts, and information on formality or informality is included. Exercises include working on a range of text types from tweets to emails, postcards to letters and adverts to newspaper articles. Examples of conversational English are also included with texts recorded on Audio CD, which allow students to notice features of stress and intonation.


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Currently recruiting for a Laser Operator for a sub contract engineering company based in Nuneaton, specialising in Laser and Fabrication. The Laser Operator role will involve operating a 5 Axis Trumpf Flatbed lasers on a 4 on 4 off shift.
The role of Laser Operator will involve operating 5 Axis Trumpf Flatbed Lasers within a subcontract engineering company based in Nuneaton.
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As Dr. Tyson does in discussing, "Don't Believe the Hype about Dark Matter", we record the data without assumption. Sort of a "Just the facts," approach of any detective.
I relish in the facts that the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) probes have been able to "fix" their positions 12 times at ~100,000 miles into the interlunar space from the GPS constellation encircling Earth. I find it extremely plausible. There is no other massive object near the MMS probes, so why not? Free-fall into a natural world-line with the MMS probes is the same as free-fall into a natural world-line with the ISS.
"The four Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) spacecraft recently broke the world record for navigating with GPS signals farther from Earth than ever before. MMS' success indicates that NASA spacecraft may soon be able to navigate via GPS as far away as the Moon, which will prove important to the Gateway, a planned space station in lunar orbit.
NASA predicts and asserts a reliability of GPS at "extreme altitudes" all the way to The Moon. Yet, of course, they have not tried GPS on the Moon, nor anywhere close to the Moon. We had hoped this bravado and administrative ignorance had left NASA. Feynman warned about administrative and "bureaucratic justification," like the now-infamous "60 Space Shuttle Missions a year," claim when, in fact, NASA has never had a year in which 60 launches were performed of the Space Shuttle.
First, they should need 5 GPS satellites to determine their position precisely. Why? Remember, each GPS satellite is designed to give a time-stamped distance to a geographic position. A hypotenuse or radius of a topological circle. Two give two intersecting circle. Two intersections. Three gives three intersecting circles with one intersection. Four gives the time of the one intersection, with the concomitant precision. For interlunar space, Five GPS satellites at a minimum would be necessary to eliminate one of the two intersections in time. One when the MMS probes are moving away from Earth in apogee, and the other when it is moving towards Earth in perigee. They just eliminated the perigee from their considerations. They "knew" by dead reckoning that the MMS probes were at apogee. Just as we only "need" three GPS satellites if we know we are on land, and not at an intersection point over water, or vice-versa, for example.
Still its an assumption, not stated.
Second, it works because there is not another massive object near the MMS probes. Once we introduced the lunar gravitational strong-fields, all bets are off. As, obviously any lunar-orbiting Gateway, a planned space station in orbit around the Moon utilizes. The reason for the GPS not working is the timing on the Gateway will be different from the GPS satellites and the MMS probes, and Earth, and even on the Lunar Surface. All have their own frames of reference. We know this, because General Relativity tells as much. That's how GPS works. Two videos below explain this. The last one at T = 6.00 minutes with Dr Tyson starts his discussion of GPS timing.
*The GPS system currently has 31 active satellites in orbits inclined 55 degrees to the equator. The satellites orbit about 20,000 km (12,200 miles) from the earth's surface and make two orbits per day. The orbits are designed so that there are always 6 satellites in view, from most places on the earth.
The satellites transmit the exact time the signals are sent. By subtracting the time the signal was transmitted from the time it was received, the GPS can tell how far it is from each satellite. The GPS receiver also knows the exact position in the sky of the satellites, at the moment they sent their signals. So given the travel time of the GPS signals from three satellites and their exact position in the sky, the GPS receiver can determine your position in three dimensions – east, north and altitude.
There is a complication. To calculate the time the GPS signals took to arrive, the GPS receiver needs to know the time very accurately. The GPS satellites have atomic clocks that keep very precise time in their free-fall frame of reference, but it's not feasible to equip a GPS receiver with an atomic clock on Earth. Even if it was, corrections for a change of frame of reference would be necessary. However, if the GPS receiver uses the signal from a fourth satellite it can solve an equation that lets it determine the exact time, without needing an atomic clock.
If the GPS receiver is only able to get signals from 3 satellites, you can still get your position, but it will be less accurate. As we noted above, the GPS receiver needs 4 satellites to work out your position in 3-dimensions. If only 3 satellites are available, the GPS receiver can get an approximate position by making the assumption that you are at mean sea level. If you really are at mean sea level, the position will be reasonably accurate. However if you are in the mountains, the 2-D fix could be hundreds of feet off.
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Q: How to match start or end of given string using regex in java I want to match a string which starts or ends with a "test" using regex in java.
Match Start of the string:-
      String a = "testsample";
  String pattern = "^test";

  // Create a Pattern object
  Pattern r = Pattern.compile(pattern);

  // Now create matcher object.
  Matcher m = r.matcher(a);

Match End of the string:-
      String a = "sampletest";
  String pattern = "test$";

  // Create a Pattern object
  Pattern r = Pattern.compile(pattern);

  // Now create matcher object.
  Matcher m = r.matcher(a);

How can I combine regex for starts or ends with a given string ?

A: use this code
String string = "test";
String pattern = "^" + string+"|"+string+"$";

// Create a Pattern object
Pattern r = Pattern.compile(pattern);

// Now create matcher object.
Matcher m = r.matcher(a);

A: Just use regex alternation operator |.
String pattern = "^test|test$";

In matches method, it would be,
string.matches("test.*|.*test");

A: Here is how you can build a dynamic regex that you can use both with Matcher#find() and Matcher#matches():
String a = "testsample";
String word = "test";
String pattern = "(?s)^(" + Pattern.quote(word) + ".*$|.*" + Pattern.quote(word) + ")$";
// Create a Pattern object
Pattern r = Pattern.compile(pattern);
// Now create matcher object.
Matcher m = r.matcher(a);
if (m.find()){
    System.out.println("true - found with Matcher");
}
// Now, the same pattern with String#matches:
System.out.println(a.matches(pattern));

See IDEONE demo
The pattern will look like ^(\Qtest\E.*$|.*\Qtest\E)$ (see demo) since the word is searched for as a sequence of literal characters (this is achieved with Pattern.quote). The ^ and $ that are not necessary for matches are necessary for find (and they do not prevent matches from matching, either, thus, do not do any harm).
Also, note the (?s) DOTALL inline modifier that makes a . match any character including a newline.

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package main

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"encoding/xml"
	"fmt"
	"html/template"
	"net"
	"net/http"
	"strings"
	"time"

	humanize "github.com/dustin/go-humanize"
	"github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter"
)

var (
	funcMap = template.FuncMap{
		"sub": func(a, b int64) int64 {
			return a - b
		},
		"add": func(a, b int64) int64 {
			return a + b
		},
		"nums": func(max int) (nums []int) {
			for i := 0; i < max; i++ {
				nums = append(nums, i)
			}
			return nums
		},
		"mediaexists": func(id string) bool {
			_, err := FindMedia(id)
			return err == nil
		},
		"safe": func(s string) template.HTML {
			return template.HTML(s)
		},
		"bytes": func(n int64) string {
			return humanize.Bytes(uint64(n))
		},
		"time": humanize.Time,
		"duration": func(seconds int64) string {
			hours := seconds / 3600
			seconds -= hours * 3600

			minutes := seconds / 60
			seconds -= minutes * 60

			if hours > 0 {
				return fmt.Sprintf("%d:%02d:%02d", hours, minutes, seconds)
			}
			return fmt.Sprintf("%d:%02d", minutes, seconds)
		},
	}
	errorPageHTML = `

                <title>Error</title>

An error has occurred. Check the logs

    `
)

func Redirect(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, format string, a ...interface{}) {
	location := httpPrefix
	location += fmt.Sprintf(format, a...)
	http.Redirect(w, r, location, http.StatusFound)
}

func Error(w http.ResponseWriter, err error) {
	logger.Error(err)

	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/html; charset=utf-8")
	fmt.Fprintf(w, errorPageHTML)
}

func Prefix(path string) string {
	return httpPrefix + path
}

func Log(h httprouter.Handle) httprouter.Handle {
	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, ps httprouter.Params) {
		// Request info
		addr := r.RemoteAddr
		xff := r.Header.Get("X-Forwarded-For")
		realip := r.Header.Get("X-Real-IP")
		method := r.Method
		rang := r.Header.Get("Range")
		path := r.RequestURI

		// Run the handler
		start := time.Now()
		h(w, r, ps)
		elapsed := int64(time.Since(start) / time.Millisecond)

		// Response info
		mime := w.Header().Get("Content-Type")
		logger.Infof("%q %q %q %q %q %q %q %d ms", addr, xff, realip, method, path, rang, mime, elapsed)
	}
}

func Auth(h httprouter.Handle, optional bool) httprouter.Handle {
	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, ps httprouter.Params) {
		user := ""

		// Method: Basic Auth (if we're not behind a reverse proxy, use basic auth)
		if authsecret != nil {
			user, password, _ := r.BasicAuth()
			if user == httpUsername && password == authsecret.Get() {
				ps = append(ps, httprouter.Param{Key: "user", Value: user})
				h(w, r, ps)
				return
			}
			if optional {
				h(w, r, ps)
				return
			}
			w.Header().Set("WWW-Authenticate", `Basic realm="Sign-in Required"`)
			http.Error(w, http.StatusText(http.StatusUnauthorized), http.StatusUnauthorized)
			return
		}

		// Method: Reverse Proxy (if we're behind a reverse proxy, trust it.)

		clientIP, _, err := net.SplitHostPort(r.RemoteAddr)
		if err != nil {
			http.NotFound(w, r)
			return
		}

		if clientIP == reverseProxyAuthIP {
			user = r.Header.Get(reverseProxyAuthHeader)
		}

		if user == "" && !optional {
			logger.Errorf("auth failed: client %q", clientIP)
			if backlink != "" {
				http.Redirect(w, r, backlink, http.StatusFound)
				return
			}
			http.NotFound(w, r)
			return
		}

		// Add "user" to params.
		if user != "" {
			ps = append(ps, httprouter.Param{Key: "user", Value: user})
		}
		h(w, r, ps)
	}
}

func XML(w http.ResponseWriter, data interface{}) {
	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/xml")
	fmt.Fprintf(w, xml.Header)
	enc := xml.NewEncoder(w)
	enc.Indent("", "    ")
	if err := enc.Encode(data); err != nil {
		logger.Error(err)
	}
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "\n")
}

func JSON(w http.ResponseWriter, data interface{}) {
	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=utf-8")
	enc := json.NewEncoder(w)
	enc.SetIndent("", "    ")
	if err := enc.Encode(data); err != nil {
		logger.Error(err)
	}
}

func HTML(w http.ResponseWriter, target string, data interface{}) {
	t := template.New(target)
	t.Funcs(funcMap)
	for _, filename := range AssetNames() {
		if !strings.HasPrefix(filename, "templates/") {
			continue
		}
		name := strings.TrimPrefix(filename, "templates/")
		b, err := Asset(filename)
		if err != nil {
			Error(w, err)
			return
		}

		var tmpl *template.Template
		if name == t.Name() {
			tmpl = t
		} else {
			tmpl = t.New(name)
		}
		if _, err := tmpl.Parse(string(b)); err != nil {
			Error(w, err)
			return
		}
	}

	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/html; charset=utf-8")
	if err := t.Execute(w, data); err != nil {
		Error(w, err)
		return
	}
}

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The Muppets Labs And The Goose Present At The Game Awards 2019
The Muppets Labs And The Goose Present At The Game Awards 2019 | Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker presented the Games for Impact Award, alongside the goose itself from Untitled Goose Game.
By: gamespot.com
Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker presented the Games for Impact Award, alongside the goose itself from Untitled Goose Game.
Amazon Games' MMO New World Will Launch May 2020
At The Game Awards, a new trailer for the upcoming open-world MMO New World was revealed--Amazon's first large-scale online game--took to the stage to announce that the game will launch May 2020. Developed by Amazon Games Studios, formerly Double Helix Games, New World is set in a high-fantasy setting taking inspiration from the age of exploration in North America from the 17th century. Set on a mysterious island known as Aeternum, you play as settlers venturing to establish a foothold and uncover the mysteries of what happened in this strange land filled with undead monsters and relics of an ancient civilization.
It's been a while since we last heard from New World. Earlier this year, we got the chance to get an early look at the game, which showcased much of the game's exploration, combat, and base-building mechanics. According to the developers in an interview before the reveal at The Game Awards, they wanted to retool mechanics of the game following an extended alpha test period. With its release coming to Amazon and on Steam, the developers want the game to be available to as many players possible.
In familiar MMO fashion, you'll take your created character and venture forth into the land, exploring the different open-world regions at your leisure. While MMOs mostly have you take part in group-oriented tasks, you can tackle much of your adventures on your own, which includes taking on quests, exploring dungeons, and crafting goods. But if partner up with others, you can take part in large-scale conflicts with up to 100 players fighting on a battlefield or engaging in siege-combat. By forming companies with other players, you can build strongholds in different regions of Aeternum.
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In a press release, vice president of Amazon Games stated the following: "We want our players to feel the depth—and the danger—of New World from the moment they step onto the shores of Aeternum in May 2020. Our team has been working tirelessly to create a deep, immersive world that delivers challenges and surprises at every turn, and we're so excited to reveal a bit more of it today."
It's also important to note that Amazon Games Studios has another MMO in the works, which will be set in the realm of Middle Earth. Announced last July, this Lord of the Rings MMO will be free-to-play and will be developed by Leyou Technologies and Athlon Games.
For more on the latest reveals and award winners from The Game Awards, be sure to stick with GameSpot for more info as it comes.
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Beat Saber is getting Green Day music DLC. The news was announced during The Game Awards, where Green Day also performed.
After opening with their 1994 hit Welcome to Paradise, the band played Father of All..., the titular song from their upcoming album, while footage of the song being played in Beat Saber was projected behind them. Beat Saber DLC was announced immediately after, bringing six songs-- a mix iconic hits and new singles from Father of All..., their upcoming album due in February--to all platforms.
We'll update once we know which songs the pack will feature.
Beat Saber developer Beat Games was recently bought by Facebook. In November, DLC featuring music from Rocket League was released.
Riot Forge Reveals A Second League Of Legends Story Game About Time Travel
Another Riot Forge game has been announced at The Game Awards, Conv/rgence: A League of Legends Story. Conv/rgence is a single-player, action platformer that allows you to manipulate time as Ekko--a League of Legends' character who's nicknamed the Boy Who Shattered Time.
As his nickname suggests, all of Ekko's abilities in League of Legends allow him to control time in some capacity, whether that's speeding up his own time to increase his speed or creating alternate timelines to slow down enemies in alternate realities.
This story is still developing.
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Update on Hurricanes Jose and Maria
Maria now a Category 5 Hurricane
Updated: 8:29 PM EDT Sep 18, 2017
Here is the latest on the storms in the Atlantic.Lee is a non-factor and will be fading away.The update from the National Hurricane Center for hurricane Jose has a minimal 75 mph wind hurricane.Jose will bring some rain and wind to coastal U.S. areas along with big waves. The storm will meander around for a few days and weaken.__________Hurricane Maria is now a Category 5 storm with winds of 160 mph. Maria is intensifying rapidly and is forecast to reach winds of 155 mph on Tuesday.Forecast winds from the NWS and NHC......St Croix: 85-105 mph with gusts to 140 mph.San Juan, Puerto Rico: 105-125 mph with gusts to 175 mph.These forecast numbers were issued at 5:00 and may need to be updated.Maria has been moving across the island of Dominica this evening and damage is expected to be extreme. Dominica has never had a Category 5 hurricane before.If Maria is a direct hit on Puerto Rico, then areas near the eye will experience 135-160 mph winds with gusts to 185 mph. This will result in devastating to catastrophic damage near the center of the storm where it comes ashore. If Maria, passes just north of Puerto Rico, then the damage will not be as bad.For more info..... NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTERHere are the latest maps......
Here is the latest on the storms in the Atlantic.
Lee is a non-factor and will be fading away.
The update from the National Hurricane Center for hurricane Jose has a minimal 75 mph wind hurricane.
Jose will bring some rain and wind to coastal U.S. areas along with big waves. The storm will meander around for a few days and weaken.
NHC Hurricane Jose forecast for the next 5 days....staying off shore with some tropical wind advisories for New England.
Hurricane Maria is now a Category 5 storm with winds of 160 mph. Maria is intensifying rapidly and is forecast to reach winds of 155 mph on Tuesday.
Forecast winds from the NWS and NHC......
St Croix: 85-105 mph with gusts to 140 mph.
San Juan, Puerto Rico: 105-125 mph with gusts to 175 mph.
These forecast numbers were issued at 5:00 and may need to be updated.
Maria has been moving across the island of Dominica this evening and damage is expected to be extreme. Dominica has never had a Category 5 hurricane before.
If Maria is a direct hit on Puerto Rico, then areas near the eye will experience 135-160 mph winds with gusts to 185 mph. This will result in devastating to catastrophic damage near the center of the storm where it comes ashore. If Maria, passes just north of Puerto Rico, then the damage will not be as bad.
For more info..... NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
Here are the latest maps......
NHC 5 day forecast track for Maria.
The HWRF hurricane computer model has Maria passing just NE of Puerto Rico which would result in extensive damage to the northeast part, but the highest winds would be over the ocean.
The HMON hurricane model brings Maria right in to the San Juan, Puerto Rico area.
The hurricane spaghetti model plots pretty much keep Maira east of the U.S. although the GFS does make a push toward North Carolina.
GFS forecast for a Maria landfall in North Carolina.


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Robin George: History | FESTIVALPHOTO
Robin George: History
Angel Air/Border
Wolverhampton guitarist Robin George started out back in the late seventies with the band LIFE, releasing one single. For a young lad it must have been remarkable to record with the likes of Dave Holland (ex. JUDAS PRIEST), Pino Palladino (THE WHO), and Mo Birch (UB40). Later on he would also work with David Byron (URIAH HEEP) and Phil Lynott of THIN LIZZY fame. But back to this album. The band seemed to be headed for stardom but then Dave got an offer from JUDAS PRIEST. The rest is history, as well as this band as their record company dropped them. It´s been a few years but it´s here at last.
Robin had the looks and the poses of a guitar hero big 80´s style, but the music here is way more laidback and seemingly older than the cover style hints at.
Most of the tracks here, e.g. the title track, "Too Late", "This Time" is pop/rock with nice arrangements and an authentic 80´s sound. Even more are rather soulful slow rock songs firmly rooted in a time before this album was rooted (1979-81). There´s even reggae rhythms featured in "Too Late". Of cause there are a good many truly eighties grooves as in the ubiquitous "Heartline, here in its most poppy guise, the single "Go Down Fighting" and "Showdown". The latter featuring the ate great Phil Lynott. Sometimes there are the plainly outdated songs, like "Get On Your Knees" and "Castles in the Sky". And the finest hour? No doubt in my mind..."Charlotte Starlight" is a great instrumental in which Robin handles classical music with ease.
As a whole "History" is a lesson and a historical document. It might have its tedious moments but the development of an obviously talented musician, his equally talented surroundings and the makings of the future rock artist, bluesman and master arranger are all there, even at such an early point. I think this one is for us oldies, but most aspiring musicians or rock fans have a lesson coming here.
Heartline
Go Down Fighting
She Really Blew My Mind
Get On Your Knees
Castles in the Sky
Tonight Was Meant to Be
Charlotte Starlight
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Dale Earnhardt Jr, Kevin Harvick, Jeff Burton and Justin Marks purchase CARS Tour
January 10, 2023 by Shane Walters
Asphalt Late Model series is under new ownership heading into the 2023 season Four from the NASCAR industry have teamed up to purchase the late model series. Icons Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Burton, Kevin Harvick and Justin Marks have formed an ownership group to purchase the series. 19 races remain […]
Darlington Raceway throwback paint schemes for 2022 (Photos)
May 5, 2022 by Shane Walters
Here's a list of throwback paint schemes along with photos before the cars touch the track this weekend This weekend, NASCAR rolls into Darlington, South Carolina for thowback weekend. The 1.366-mile of Darlington Raceway is set to host the Goodyear 400 View the 2022 Darlington throwback schemes below. Before the […]
2023 NASCAR Hall of Fame: Nominees
April 5, 2022 by Shane Walters
Here are the 15 nominees for the NASCAR Hall of Fame class of 2023 15 nominees have been announced for the NASCAR Hall of Fame's Class of 2023 ballot. This marks the first voting ballot since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Voting is split into three categories. Ten nominees appear on […]
NASCAR Drivers Council relaunched; NASCAR comments
February 11, 2022 by Shane Walters
NASCAR drivers have formed a new council with 8 members Years ago, Denny Hamlin had a meeting with NASCAR. He told them about his plans to form a drivers' council. Days later, the sport themselves formed an official council for the drivers. Since, that council has disappeared. Now, the drivers […]
Ward Burton talks snakes as one climbs his wall (VIDEO)
His brother, Jeff Burton does not approve Ward Burton spent 13 years at 200mph with the NASCAR Cup Series. He retired from the sport in 2007 with 375 starts and 5 career wins. Since the days of stock car racing, Ward has gone a different route. Watch the Ward Burton […]


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Bankruptcy End Nears For Tribune, Judge Confirms Reorganization Plan: LAT, Chicago Tribune
It's official. A federal judge today confirmed a plan for Tribune Co. to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, according to the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune. Deadline reported last week that Judge Kevin Carey said he would sign an order approving the plan after final wording changes were made and that has now happened, according to the reports. Tribune owns 23 television stations and and eight daily newspapers including the Chicago Tribune and LA Times. The order will allow the Federal Communications Commission to move forward on the company's application to transfer its TV and radio broadcast licenses to the new owners – a group of senior creditors led by the Los Angeles investment fund Oaktree Capital Management.
Related: Tribune Bankruptcy Plan OK'd By Judge
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