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package org.mifos.customers.ppi.business;

import java.util.Collections;

import org.mifos.customers.surveys.business.QuestionChoice;
import org.mifos.customers.surveys.business.Survey;
import org.mifos.customers.surveys.business.SurveyInstance;
import org.mifos.customers.surveys.business.SurveyQuestion;
import org.mifos.customers.surveys.helpers.SurveyType;

public class PPISurvey extends Survey {

    private Country country;
    private int veryPoorMin;
    private int veryPoorMax;
    private int poorMin;
    private int poorMax;
    private int atRiskMin;
    private int atRiskMax;
    private int nonPoorMin;
    private int nonPoorMax;

    public static int DEFAULT_VERY_POOR_MIN = 0;
    public static int DEFAULT_VERY_POOR_MAX = 24;
    public static int DEFAULT_POOR_MIN = 25;
    public static int DEFAULT_POOR_MAX = 49;
    public static int DEFAULT_AT_RISK_MIN = 50;
    public static int DEFAULT_AT_RISK_MAX = 74;
    public static int DEFAULT_NON_POOR_MIN = 75;
    public static int DEFAULT_NON_POOR_MAX = 101;

    /**
     * TODO: Not used
     */

    /**
     * implements a dispatch pattern so that a client will get the correct class
     * of survey without having to invoke instanceOf(). This method overrides
     * the superclass method to return
     */
    @Override
    public SurveyInstance createSurveyInstance() {
        return new PPISurveyInstance();
    }

    public void setCountry(Country country) {
        this.country = country;
    }

    public void setCountry(int id) {
        this.country = Country.fromInt(id);
    }

    public int getCountry() {
        return country.getValue();
    }

    public Country getCountryAsEnum() {
        return country;
    }

    public void setVeryPoorMin(int veryPoorMin) {
        this.veryPoorMin = veryPoorMin;
    }

    public int getVeryPoorMin() {
        return veryPoorMin;
    }

    public void setVeryPoorMax(int veryPoorMax) {
        this.veryPoorMax = veryPoorMax;
    }

    public int getVeryPoorMax() {
        return veryPoorMax;
    }

    public void setPoorMin(int poorMin) {
        this.poorMin = poorMin;
    }

    public int getPoorMin() {
        return poorMin;
    }

    public void setPoorMax(int poorMax) {
        this.poorMax = poorMax;
    }

    public int getPoorMax() {
        return poorMax;
    }

    public void setAtRiskMin(int atRiskMin) {
        this.atRiskMin = atRiskMin;
    }

    public int getAtRiskMin() {
        return atRiskMin;
    }

    public void setAtRiskMax(int atRiskMax) {
        this.atRiskMax = atRiskMax;
    }

    public int getAtRiskMax() {
        return atRiskMax;
    }

    public void setNonPoorMin(int nonPoorMin) {
        this.nonPoorMin = nonPoorMin;
    }

    public int getNonPoorMin() {
        return nonPoorMin;
    }

    public void setNonPoorMax(int nonPoorMax) {
        this.nonPoorMax = nonPoorMax;
    }

    public int getNonPoorMax() {
        return nonPoorMax;
    }

    public void populateDefaultValues() {
        setVeryPoorMin(DEFAULT_VERY_POOR_MIN);
        setVeryPoorMax(DEFAULT_VERY_POOR_MAX);
        setPoorMin(DEFAULT_POOR_MIN);
        setPoorMax(DEFAULT_POOR_MAX);
        setAtRiskMin(DEFAULT_AT_RISK_MIN);
        setAtRiskMax(DEFAULT_AT_RISK_MAX);
        setNonPoorMin(DEFAULT_NON_POOR_MIN);
        setNonPoorMax(DEFAULT_NON_POOR_MAX);
    }

    @Override
    public void setAppliesTo(String dummy) {
        super.setAppliesTo(SurveyType.CLIENT);
    }

    @Override
    public void setAppliesTo(SurveyType dummy) {
        super.setAppliesTo(SurveyType.CLIENT);
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        String output = "Survey name: " + getName() + ", country: " + getCountryAsEnum().toString() + "\n";
        Collections.sort(getQuestions());
        for (SurveyQuestion sQuestion : getQuestions()) {
            output += "\t";
            output += sQuestion.getMandatory() == 1 ? "*" : "";
            output += sQuestion.getOrder() + "\n";
            output += "\t " + sQuestion.getQuestion().getQuestionText() + "\n";
            for (QuestionChoice choice : sQuestion.getQuestion().getChoices()) {
                output += "\t\t" + choice.getChoiceText() + "\n";
            }
        }
        return output;
    }

}


Willow Tree The Roses in my garden tells the story of your family. With figurines representing boys and girls of different ages and personalities, you can gather those that are most meaningful, to represent the roses in your own garden.
Titles of individual pieces signify universal attributes that we wish for all our children. These figures are ideally displayed in the Willow Tree Reliquary - a special "place" designed to position figures so that they reflect sibling relationships and express unique personalities.
"Roses are a universal symbol of love. Like children, they require extra care, patience and hard work from the gardener. But when they bloom, they're outstanding. Their combination of intense fragrance, colour, and beautiful form is worth all the effort." Susan Lordi.


Knittique is now in its second year of producing exclusive, limited-edition hand-painted yarns, and this sumptuous alpaca/silk yarn is one of the luxury fibers I specialize in!
Continuing Knittique's Birthstone Collection yarns, this amazing colorway, Peridot, is one of my interpretations of August's birthstone. Peridot's colors range from bright chartreuse to deep golden-olive green and bronze, along with a subtle blue-green cast that I tried to capture in this colorway. Gorgeous!
For a more intense version of this palette, take a look at this shiny ribbon yarn in Peridot.
PROJECT IDEAS: 2 skeins of Lofty should easily be enough for 1 pair of adult-size socks. (Please note that I can't promise that, because I don't know what pattern you might be using, but in my experience so far, somewhere between 300-400 yards of a sock-weight yarn is enough for 2 regular-length socks).
This particular yarn is very soft and silky, and a bit less elastic than 100% wool, so it would also be lovely made into a scarf, shawl, cowl, etc. 1 skein should be enough to make a smaller scarf, for example.


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Nestled in the western sector of Sabi Sand Game Reserve, Leopard Hills offers an unbeatable view of the reserve's verdant landscapes. Perched high up in the hills, we love the breath taking views and the décor reminiscent of a luxurious tree house.
The eight suites are certainly opulent, with modern furnishings and floor-to-ceiling glass windows overlooking the forest-clad plains down below. Each suite is secluded, and the expansive veranda and spacious open-plan bedroom and living area are incredibly indulgent. Each suite also has a private plunge pool, perfect for relaxing and marvelling at the scenery.
The main deck and mess areas are just as phenomenal - jutting out into the canopies makes us feel on top of the world every time we visit. The lounge area is cosy and inviting, the old-barn style of exposed brick and high beams creating a very homely ambience. Although very chic and classy, there's the opportunity to enjoy that back-to-nature feeling with the fantastic boma and gourmet bush breakfasts.
With amazing views of the bush and a waterhole regularly visited by the Big Five, this is definitely one of our first-class lodges, both for indulging, and for seeing the unspoilt beauty Africa has to offer. Two generations of leopard have been born here, so there is no doubt that you'll spot a few of these majestic creatures, either on a phenomenal game drive, or even around the camp.
Combine three nights at Madikwe Hills, two nights at Leopard Hills and three nights at Kings Camp for a Luxury Madikwe & Kruger Safari.


At Lakeside, we are dedicated to the needs of our people. Men need fellowship and encouragement in their own style and setting.
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Thursday nights men get together to study the book of Judges!
Call John at 586-899-7135 for the location details!
Every Friday morning, the men of Lakeside gather together in the Garden Room at 7am to pray over their families, their businesses/employment, and the needs of the church!
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On Tuesday, a Baton Rouge judge temporarily blocked restrictions on abortion that went into effect in Louisiana after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, allowing state officials to regulate and restrict abortion according to their political ambitions.
The block will stand at least until a hearing planned for next Monday on the question of issuing a longer-lasting order against the abortion restrictions' enforcement. Previously, a New Orleans judge issued a temporary restraining order blocking three abortion bans in the state from going into effect, but another judge subsequently concluded that New Orleans judge lacked the appropriate authority to issue that order. Now, it's Baton Rouge District Judge Donald Johnson who once again temporarily blocked the Louisiana abortion restrictions.
Predictably, Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, a Republican, indicated he'd keep pushing to keep the abortion restrictions in place. "The people of Louisiana have spoken both directly at the ballot box and through their elected legislature again and again and again – not only statutorily but also constitutionally," he complained Tuesday. There's a constitutional amendment in Louisiana that was passed in 2020 with 62 percent of the vote and specifies that there is no right to abortion enshrined in the state Constitution. After the initial block on Louisiana's abortion restrictions, Landry sought action from the state Supreme Court, which punted the matter back to lower state courts. It's after that point when Louisiana Judge Ethel S. Julien ruled against the first block.
Abortion providers challenging Louisiana's abortion restrictions alleged they are in violation of due process protections contained in the state Constitution. They've also claimed the restrictions to be "void for vagueness" because of a lack of specifics. Hope Medical Group for Women, a Louisiana abortion clinic that is participating in the court challenge against the state restrictions, indicated it would once again be providing abortions — for now — following Johnson's decision.
"Every hour and every day that a clinic can still provide abortion care fundamentally changes the lives of people for the better," Jenny Ma, a lawyer with the Center for Reproductive Rights, remarked. Jason Williams, the district attorney for Orleans Parish in Louisiana, signed a joint statement from prosecutors across the nation pledging not to bring prosecutions in connection to any cases involving someone receiving an abortion. The statement says that signatories "decline to use our offices' resources to criminalize reproductive health decisions and commit to exercise our well-settled discretion and refrain from prosecuting those who seek, provide, or support abortions." The state-sanctioned legal intimidation of abortion providers and potential vulnerability to action from other officials likely means Williams's pledge won't be enough to ensure abortion access in his jurisdiction, but he won't be participating in any proceedings that might spring up connected to obtaining an abortion.
Litigation against post-Roe abortion restrictions has also emerged in states from North Dakota to Kentucky. It seems safe to assume Republican officials will be pursuing more restrictive anti-abortion measures now that the protections provided by the Roe ruling are gone. The main front for pushing back against those restrictions is now the state judiciary in various locales, at least for now. Others arguing against new abortion restrictions have pointed to protections in individual state Constitutions, since an amendment like the one semi-recently passed in Louisiana — specifically stating the document doesn't protect abortion — is rare.
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< David Geffen School of Medicine
Know the signs of heat stroke and heat exhaustion
By Sandy Cohen • June 20, 2022
As temperatures rise, so does the risk of serious illness
Heat can be deadly.
As summer temperatures climb — and as climate change contributes to more 100-degree days each year — heat illnesses become a more serious risk, particularly for young children, older adults, outdoor workers, athletes and people with chronic conditions.
"On any day with extreme heat, emergency rooms in Los Angeles see an additional 1,500 patients," says David Eisenman, MD, a professor at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and co-leader of a research project to address extreme heat in Los Angeles.
"We estimate that an additional 16 people die on a single day of heat in Los Angeles County," Dr. Eisenman says. "There are an extra 40 deaths a day by the fifth day of heat."
These heat illnesses disproportionately affect Black and Hispanic members of the community living in historically redlined neighborhoods, he says, where housing units have less insulation, often lack air-conditioning and there are fewer trees to provide shade.
Dr. David Eisenman
"Part of the lack of investment was the lack of trees and shade," Dr. Eisenman says. "These are communities that are several degrees hotter all the time. And on an extreme heat day, they can be 10 or 20 degrees hotter."
Los Angeles recently named its first Chief Heat Officer, Marta Segura, to oversee the city's systemic and acute response to extreme heat events.
Dr. Eisenman says heat is the type of hazard that requires "multiple sectors of government and society to mitigate it as well as help us adapt to it, because it's already here."
On the individual and community level, here's what to look out for and how to respond to heat illnesses.
Different kinds of heat illnesses
Heat illnesses and injuries range from simple heat rash and sunburn to more serious conditions such as heat exhaustion and heat stroke, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
All call for cooling down the affected individual and getting them out of the sun. Heat stroke, however, can be deadly, says Mark Morocco, MD, professor of emergency medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and attending faculty at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center Emergency Department.
"That use of the term 'stroke' is because you should really think of it as a life-threatening heat illness," Dr. Morocco says. "Heat stroke is an emergency, a very big emergency, the way a regular brain stroke is. That's something where you need to immediately react and get your person to somebody who can help them. That means calling 911."
Heat stroke is when the body's core temperature exceeds 103 degrees. Such high temperatures "cook" the body at a cellular level, "so proteins stop working and basic body functions begin to break down," Dr. Morocco says.
Identifying symptoms of heat stroke
People experiencing heat stroke often begin acting strangely, like they are "drunk with heat," Dr. Morocco says. A person who is dangerously overheating may:
Seem confused or agitated
Have trouble walking or talking
Experience nausea or dizziness
Dr. Mark Morocco
An individual experiencing these symptoms needs immediate cooling and emergency medical attention. Call 911, and while waiting for help to arrive:
Get the person out of the heat, into shade or an air-conditioned space.
Loosen or remove tight or constricting clothing.
Begin cooling the person down however you can. Apply cold, damp towels to their body or spritz them with cold water. If possible, point a fan at dampened skin to create evaporative cooling.
"The thing to remember is we want to reduce the core body temperature as quickly as possible, back down to what sounds like a relatively normal temperature range, where people are used to taking care of fevers," Dr. Morocco says.
Heat stroke can affect anyone, whether or not they are exercising outdoors in the heat. While exercisers should take particular caution, even sitting in a hot apartment for several days can raise the body's core temperature to potentially dangerous levels.
Symptoms of heat exhaustion generally appear before heat stroke sets in.
Identifying symptoms of heat exhaustion
People experiencing heat exhaustion don't exhibit the behavior associated with heat stroke, Dr. Morocco says, but they are likely to:
Appear overheated
Sweat profusely
Have a quick pulse
Feel tired or weak
Experience muscle cramps, nausea or vomiting
Individuals experiencing these symptoms need to get out of the heat and into shade or an air-conditioned space, drink non-alcoholic fluids and rest.
People experiencing heat exhaustion will usually recognize they are overheating, Dr. Morocco says. However, those experiencing heat stroke may not, as the condition worsens with continued exposure to heat.
"The thing to remember is we want to reduce the core body temperature as quickly as possible ..."
"People can be exposed to increasing levels of heat over a heat wave of a couple of days, or even a week, and slowly get worse and worse and worse," he says. "It begins with, 'It's hot; I feel bad.' And maybe they have other medical issues or challenges. And then all of a sudden, they slip into this state where they're not able to really recognize quite what's going on with them."
Take action to prevent serious illness
It's critically important to check in on loved ones — especially older adults who live alone — during heat waves.
It's wise to stay out of the sun during the hottest times of the day, if possible. If you exercise outdoors, aim for early morning or late evening. When spending a day at the beach or the park, seek out a shady spot. Remind children to rest periodically and drink water.
And when a heat stroke hits, look for cool places to be inside. If your home lacks air conditioning, consider heading to a mall, a movie or a cooling center. Los Angeles County maintains a list of cooling centers at Ready LA County.
"The most important thing for folks to realize is that in hot weather, you've got to check on people who are at risk," Dr. Morocco says. "That includes the elderly; it includes people who have lots of medical problems; it also includes includes infants and children."
To learn more, take the Heat Stroke Quiz.
UCLA's Green Initiative Fund is sponsoring a 10-week heat campaign in collaboration with the LA County Department of Public Health to build awareness of the dangers of extreme heat. Here's how to participate.
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Should I write my personal story? And what about publishing it?
Several years ago I went to a writing conference that drew in authors and agents, and it was a good conference…until Sunday morning. The last panel was composed of mainly agents, discussing publishing. They worked it up to a feverish point and concluded by expressing the view that the publishing world had collapsed, there had been major changes, and basically we attendees were probably not going to be published — and self-publishing was frowned upon by the traditional publishing world. The room fell silent. Wait, I just spent a thousand dollars to come here and discover there's no hope? It was a downer that ruined the whole event, and I left for home stunned.
I'm always skeptical about conferences now. Agents come…looking for that author and story that's going to make money. It's business, after all. They look for people with platforms — national champions, football heroes, a country music star, the frat boy who spent a summer in Central Park with the homeless, someone with a lot of media attention. Someone who can draw crowds and produce a best-selling book.
I was reminded of this the other day when I read Chip's blog at MacGregor Literary. "Should I write my cool personal story?" I encourage you to read the whole thing, but if you don't have time, here's the gist of it.
1. There's very little market for personal story books.
2. It's where we are in today's publishing economy. No matter how successful these books used to be…publishers just aren't selling enough copies of personal story books to make it worthwhile anymore.
3. Network TV is filled with personal stories (reality shows), there are 20 million blogs, and the web is filled with people who want to tell the world about their stories. There are cool personal stories everywhere — and they are FREE!
4. The internet is killing nonfiction book sales. People can find the answers to their questions and self-help needs on the web for free.
5. That's taken away the incentive people have to purchase a personal story book, unless there is a great sense of celebrity or media associated with the book.
Sounds like a real downer, huh?
But Chip goes on to say MORE. And it's the same thing I've heard at creative nonfiction conferences and workshops and the same thing I teach in every venue I have an opportunity to speak.
Consider turning your personal story inside out. Don't focus on your personal story — focus on the principles for living that come out of your story. Don't just use the book to tell what happened — use the book to share the principles for living you've learned, and use your story to illustrate those principles.
In other words, it's not all about you. Remember the reader. Draw the reader in, give the reader something, teach the reader what you learned while going through your personal experience. Reflect. Make something of your story.
I will never forget…at the first Oxford Creative Nonfiction Conference in 2008, I went through a manuscript critiquing session with Dinty W. Moore. We began discussing my manuscript. Then, he tossed it aside and with a sneer said, "Who cares?" My mouth dropped open. "Who cares?" I got his point. And it was the best thing that ever happened to me.
IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT YOU. Get over yourself. Give the reader something. Because if we don't have readers, we don't have anything. The reader needs to walk away after reading your story feeling as though he bought something worthwhile. He has spent time with you (gotten to know you as a character) and learned with you and from you something that will help him in life and gained insight that will be valuable if he ever encounters a situation similar to yours. It's not about you — it's about the reader.
I've said it a million times: Writing that is all about you will never see the light of day in print.
Clarksdale, Mississippi. Last weekend. Creative Nonfiction at the Crossroads. Neil White led a Saturday morning workshop, Susan Cushman read an essay from a newly published anthology she's in, and I read my essay in The Best Creative Nonfiction Vol. 3 and shared and led manuscript critiquing sessions during the 24 hours of the workshop weekend. About twenty people came together — beautiful, creative people, from Mississippi and not from Mississippi. We gelled quickly, we talked and read and listened and shared and were genuinely inspired by one another. We talked about getting together again. For a bigger conference.
Oxford, Mississippi. Next year: May 2-5, 2013. The Oxford Creative Nonfiction Conference. With Lee Gutkind and other top names in the genre. Neil White, Susan Cushman, and I are co-directors, and we're excited about offering the opportunity for people from all over the country to come to Mississippi, to attend workshops and panels and to pitch to agents and to grow and build skills in the genre…and to enjoy the sweet Southern spirit of quaint Oxford.
Writers, come join us! It's time NOW to make a reservation at the Inn at Ole Miss. The conference will be held on campus, and it's important to secure a room there. Now.
Come, be a part of our Southern Creative Nonfiction Community. We're building and bonding and supporting one another.
Clarksdale, I know. It's sort of like home. I was born and raised about forty miles south, down the straight and narrow Highway 61. My spirit came out of that fertile soil, I was born of it, steeped in it. My spirit is still attached there. I feel it when I go home. On the day we sold my mama's house in 2010, after she and Dad had owned it for 64 years, I dug some dirt out of her yard and put it in a crystal dish. I have it with me now, along with the house numbers 807 that hung next to her front door. A reminder of who I am and where I came from. The Delta. The Mississippi Delta. Formed by that mighty river…that is mine, too.
Oxford. An hour and a half from my girlhood home. I remember William Faulkner in the news. I remember things people said about him. I remember the day he died. Now, I know other authors from there. I've seen and felt the creative spirit that lingers there around the Square and over the town.
The Mississippi spirit. Come. Feel it. Join us in 2013.
I stayed in the Red Shack Over Yonder, across the tracks from Shack Up Inn. It's one of many authentic sharecropper shotgun shacks of Hopson Plantation in Clarksdale. The plantation still has a cotton gin and other farm outbuildings. It's three miles from the legendary Crossroads, where Highway 61 meets Highway 49, where the muse is carried in the breeze across wide flat fields, over meandering bayous, and through the cotton, white and open on the vine.
This is a land of birth. Blues music came out of these fields, came from poor black workers and sharecroppers, from their spirituals and field hollers and ancestral rhythms—those people who lived in the real shotgun shacks of the last century or two, the shacks that dotted Highway 61 all the way down from Memphis.
I grew up down here in the Fifties and Sixties and remember far down deep in my soul riding in the back seat of my daddy's Ford down that narrow straight two-lane 61, window rolled down, leaning my head out, letting my hair whip in the wind, and watching and listening to groups of fieldhands chanting and singing, clanking their hoes to the earth on the beat. It's where the music came from.
And the spirit of it was birthed in me, enough of it anyway to hold that sound as a treasure, something significant, something that came out of suffering and hard times and unfairness, and that sound created out of the fertile Delta soil would rock and change the whole world.
Times have changed. There's not a lot of cotton in the Delta anymore. And Highway 61 is four lanes. And the shotgun shacks have been revitalized.
The bottle tree outside the Shack Up Inn office is alive with purpose, catching light, its colors dancing in the sun, beckoning evil spirits inside the bottles, trapping them for eternity. Letting the muse stay free and unfettered. Letting the winds blow through this land with sound.
It was this spirit of new possibilities and dreams of new talents taking root on soft-blowing winds that brought a group of twenty to the plantation on the autumnal equinox: Creative Nonfiction at the Crossroads.
New people brought new sounds, stories to tell, gripping stories of loss, pride, illness, injustice, unfairness, and death. We shared, listened, learned the basics of telling true stories, inspired each other, and laughed, and drank wine and bourbon, and ate some Southern soul food, and sat on porches, and slept in shotgun shacks, and watched the sun rise over Delta cotton and a black country church, and wrote while the sun was rising. It doesn't get any better than this.
And hopefully, this weekend was the hoe-beat to the earth that kicks us all into creative mode to do what we need to do. It was a magical time. They are our stories. It's our time. Let's make it happen.
When you tell your story, when you open up and share your innermost feelings, you are putting yourself on display. You are letting the real you be known. You have picked the scab off the ugly stuff under it. You are out there, vulnerable, for all to see and judge. You are supposed to do this in creative nonfiction. You are supposed to admit what you did wrong, confess faulty philosophy, share your raw emotions and feelings, share your idiosyncrasies. You are an open wound.
Often, others don't know how to treat that wound. They don't like who you are.
And so, you try to sink back down into the new pink flesh and pull the dried blood over you and you vow to stay under the scab, hidden away, and never, ever again share yourself.
Only you can't. Because you've already done it.
As I remember and reflect, I re-read "Nine Eleven," eleven years later, an excerpt from Pink Butterbeans.
I quote from my journal of 9/11/01: This day began like any other day. I woke up at 5:30, let the dog out, and got a cup of coffee. It was cool, in the 50s, and a beautiful morning.
A crew of painters arrived that morning to paint the trim on our house. We decided that Charlie would stay home, give instructions, and get them started, while I went to the office to take care of important details before returning home to exchange places with him.
Driving east on Mack Hatcher Bypass, approaching its intersection with Franklin Road, I heard the news on 92.9 that a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center. I thought a small plane, an accident. So did the deejays, but they also suggested the possibility of a terrorist act. One said, "Oh, gosh, why would anyone do that?" Stopped for the red light, I grabbed my cell phone, punched in the 5-digit code to unlock it, and called Charlie. He would be at his workbench in the garage with a TV just above him.
He had Channel 13's Breaking News on before I finished my sentence. Then he started a roll . . .
"What? What? WHA-A-AT?" I pleaded. "What is happening?" He's an engineer—logical, exact, serious, factual, precise—never emotional or panicky like me.
I was still reeling, my head spinning, trying to achieve a balance with my thoughts, trying to make sense out of all this, not understanding the full implications, the utter horror, the short-term or long-term significance of what had just happened. How could he grasp this concept? How did he know?
Heart thumping hard, I jerked open the office door, bell clanging a B flat above my head, and cried out to our technician, seated at his desk, "What is going on in this world?" He was a part-time employee of the Tennessee Air National Guard. Puzzled at my frenzy, he never took his eyes off me as he switched on the radio. We listened to unfolding, breaking news.
Two planes crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center. A plane hit the Pentagon. The White House was evacuated. Another plane crashed near Pittsburgh. Why Pittsburgh? We learned later that it was headed for the White House or the Capitol.
I felt scattered. Things were happening that shouldn't be happening. Gravity did not exist anymore. Everything had gone awry. The whole world had exploded into confusion. Like confetti scattered to the wind. How do you collect it all? I wanted to sweep it all up, to put my world back together. How would we ever restore order again? Where would it end? What other tragedies were lurking, waiting to happen. What else? WHAT ELSE?
Charlie called, "Go do your banking and come home now! I'm going to the store. Going to get some necessities—flour, sugar, bottled water, canned goods. We don't know what's going to happen." I wasn't sure why we needed flour and sugar, but if that's what he needed to feel safe and prepared, so be it.
All planes in the United States of America were grounded. All planes were ordered to proceed to the nearest airport and land.
On my way home, I drove across South Berry's Chapel Road, as I do every day. Over the high hill and down into the beautiful valley, gated community with million dollar homes, green pasture on the hillside, horses grazing, swishing their tails, trees flirting with September yellow, Canada geese on a pond, skies so blue, so beautiful. A plane, an orange Southwest, flew over low, headed to the airport for an unscheduled landing. I slowed and watched it overhead through my sunroof. It would be the last jet I'd see for a long while in normally busy skies. The skies were empty, eerie. And so quiet . . . so damn quiet.
Again, I quote from my journal of 9/11/01: For the first time in my life, I was afraid. I kept looking at the skies—looking for the dreaded long white contrails of nuclear missiles approaching.
I was glued to the TV news the remainder of the day. Watching over and over the plane hitting the second tower. Over and over the towers crashing down, killing thousands of innocent people. Watching gray survivors fleeing, coated with ash. Ashes of victims incinerated. Ashes of powdered concrete. I just stared. I couldn't comprehend it. I couldn't process the horror. My brain didn't have enough megahertz or gigabytes to accumulate this data, to process it, to assimilate it, and react.
I could not react. It was so far away. It was in my living room. It was in my country. America. We live above violence of this nature. Things like this don't happen here. We are safe here. We are not safe here. We will never be safe here again. Tears wouldn't come.
From my journal of 9/11/01: I watched continuous coverage on CNN. CNN's banner was "ATTACK ON AMERICA." During the afternoon, I retrieved messages from the office. One message was from the Air National Guard, trying to reach our technician, a navigator with the Guard. It said, "We are considering this an Act of War." The guard was on Threatcon Charlie, the second highest alert, with two units on Threatcon bravo. Chilling.


ROLLA (AP) � Engineering students at Missouri University of Science and Technology are putting on a subterranean creep fest for the 15th year.
Students have been spooking Halloween-season visitors to the school's Experimental Mine since 1997. The site near the Rolla campus includes an underground mine, quarry, classrooms and labs.
The Haunted Mine has been open the past two weekends. The last chance to tour it is from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Halloween.
Tickets cost $10 for those 11 and older and $8 for younger children, S&T students and active military. There's a $2 discount for a donation of three canned goods.


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Book Review: Walking on the Sea of Clouds by Gray Gray Rinehart
Walking on the Sea of Clouds
by Gray Gray Rinehart
WordFire Press
ON THE LUNAR FRONTIER . . .
. . . survival and success require sacrifice.
. . . some sacrifices are greater than others.
. . . sometimes surviving is success enough.
Every frontier, every new world, tempts and tests the settlers who try to eke out an existence there. In Walking on the Sea of Clouds, a few pioneering colonists struggle to overcome the unforgiving lunar environment as they work to establish the first independent, commercial colony on the "shore" of Mare Nubium, the "Sea of Clouds." What will they sacrifice to succeed -- and survive?
David Farland, author of the NYT-bestselling Runelords novels, said, "This book will be treasured by anyone who has ever dreamt of visiting the Moon, walking on another world, or bathing beneath the light of a distant star."
Captain's Log: Star Trek Enterprise.....
This book evoked ambivalent feelings. It took me a while to finish because of the massive amount of technical data given, but I still wanted to find out the disposition of the main characters.
I know the genre is science fiction, but perhaps it's more prognostication than fiction. I saw this read as an intro to a space colonization class with a human interest sidebar.
The writing was excellent although technically wordy. If you have any dream of being a Christopher Columbus, a Ponce de Leon, a Neil Armstrong or a pioneer to unchartered lands, this book would be a must read. Whether it is technically correct, I couldn't say, but the author's credentials lead me to believe it's based on a lot of facts!
The book follows 2 main couples with a dream of being involved in the colonization of the moon. Not necessarily a "happily ever after tale" so be prepared to weather some disappointing outcomes. I felt a little let down at the conclusion, but the body of the read left me amazed at the tenacity those must show to achieve a dream only a few of us would even contemplate. You might even need to show a little of that same tenacity to get through this story without wanting to "speed read" thru some of the parts. I am sure some will find this spellbinding. I am just too old to want to go back to school for mechanical engineering. Pick this up if you want to expand your horizons.
Getting 3.5 "not MY dream" sheep.
Jeanie G
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Gray Rinehart retired from the U.S. Air Force after a rather odd career. "Eclectic," he likes to call it. During his first and second assignments, he researched and wrote the first edition of Quality Education. He is the only person to command an Air Force tracking station, write speeches for Presidential appointees, and have his music played on The Dr. Demento Show.
After retiring from active duty, Gray became a Contributing Editor for Baen Books, and also spent several years on the staff of the Industrial Extension Service at North Carolina State University. His fiction has appeared in Analog Science Fiction & Fact, Asimov's Science Fiction, Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show, several anthologies, and elsewhere. His first novel is slated to be published by WordFire Press. He is also a singer/songwriter with two albums of mostly science-fiction-and-fantasy-inspired songs—two of which have been featured on The Dr. Demento Show.
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The beginning of this book is very compelling- giving the last scene from Mercy's now-forgotten memory. Waiting for the moment she would remember her past kept me in suspense. I didn't feel there was much chemistry between her and Rand, although they were supposed to be in love. It was interesting to see her try to adjust and make a new life for herself. Her actions in the last part of the book I thought were totally out of character for her new identity, but it sure did give the story a much-needed adrenaline shot. I thought the ending was fabulous- except for the fact that it was just when the story got good! I'm so looking forward to the next book in the series, but I think one year between publishing dates is too long to ask readers to wait or maintain interest. Since it's supposed to be a trilogy I hope there won't be as long of a wait for the third book.


Are you looking for a fun and interactive outdoor project to work on with your kids this summer? By gathering some everyday items from around your house, you and your kids can perform some simple water science projects at home — transforming ordinary water into something magical. Enjoy the warm outdoor weather and teach your kids about the science of water with these three fun science projects.
Floating vs. sinking: Gather some of your kid's favorite toys and other household items — measuring cups, plastic toy animals, small plastic cars, blocks, an egg, coffee filters and a sensory ball. Fill a bowl with water, and drop the items inside of it to see which will sink and which will float. Have older children make predictions about which things they think will sink or float. For an advanced water science trick, show how the egg sinks when placed into the water alone but floats when sitting on the coffee filter.
Air bubbles: Show the magic of water by experimenting with air bubbles submerged in water. Stuff a piece of a paper towel into the bottom of a small cup. Then, with the top down, submerge the cup in the water inside a bowl. When you take it out of the water, have your child try to explain how the paper towel stays dry.
Colored bubbles: Drop food coloring down the sides of a clear cup. Then, submerge the cub, top down, into the basin of water. Watch as the colored dye dissolves into the water, but above, the air bubble stays in place.
For this water science trick, you'll need only a glass, a t-shirt and water. To begin, place the cloth over the mouth of the glass, then use your finger to press a slight indent into the fabric. This step will help the glass fill with water and dampen the material. Then, fill the glass about three-quarters full with water, and pull the fabric taut over the cup.
At this point, you have two options — either flip the glass quickly, using one hand to hold the fabric tightly, or place one hand over the top and use the other to hold the material and slowly turn the glass upside down. With either method, you'll notice the water won't pour out. This trick uses gravity and the high surface tension in water to keep everything in place using the cloth. See what happens to the water when you dab detergent, soap or other liquids onto the cloth.
Similar to the anti-gravity trick, the pepper and water science experiment explores the surface tension of water. For this project, you'll need a shallow dish, pepper, dishwashing liquid and water.
Fill the dish with water and sprinkle pepper over the top, then dip your finger in the water — nothing will happen. Then, do the same with a bit of detergent on the tip of your finger, and watch as the pepper retreats to the edges of the plate. With the detergent addition, the surface tension of the water is lowered.
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Raychelle Santos, right, defeated future teammate Ciera Min Thursday.
NORMAN, Okla. – Raychelle Santos continues to enter unchartered waters for Gonzaga University women's golfers in the 37th U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Championship.
After defeating future teammate and incoming Bulldog freshman Ciera Min 4 and 3 in the morning Round of 32 Thursday, the native of La Quinta, Calif., came back in the afternoon to take a 2 and 1 victory over 17th-seeded and 12th ranked women's amateur in the world Chirapat Jao-Javanil who attends the University of Oklahoma. With the victory in the Round of 16 Santos advanced to Friday's Round of 8. Jao-Javanil, from Hua-Hin, Thailand, won the 2012 NCAA Women's Golf Championship, meaning Min and Santos have eliminated the last two NCAA medalists in the last two days. The WAPL is being played at the Jimmie Austin OU Golf Course, the home course for the Sooners but also the course Santos and the Bulldogs played during the NCAA Central Regional in May.
Santos became the first Bulldog to advance past the Round of 32 with the win over Min. In the Round of 8 she will face 41st-seed Cindy Ha, a senior-to-be at Demarest, N.J., High, who won in 19 holes after trailing Ember Schuldt who was 4 up after 8 holes.
A power outage at the course has shut down the WAPL website, thus further information on her afternoon match is currently unavailable.
Friday's schedule has the Round of 8 at 5:30 a.m. PDT followed by the semifinals at 10:30 a.m. PDT. The tourney concludes with a 36-hole final Saturday.
The sophomore-to-be Santos and Min, a pair of bright young stars on the Gonzaga women's golf scene, became rivals for a few short hours Thursday morning.
In the end, Santos, the 32nd seed, prevailed over her future teammate and 64th-seeded Min, who got everyone's attention Wednesday with her shocking 6 and 4 win over top-seeded and defending NCAA Champion Annie Park of NCAA team champion University of Southern California.
Santos, the West Coast Conference Freshman of the Year and All-WCC pick this past season after finishing second in the conference tournament, took a 1-up lead against Min into the back nine and steadily pulled away. Par 4's on the 10th and 11th holes put her 3 up as Min bogeyed both holes. She went 4 up with a birdie on the par 5 13th as Min made double-bogey, and they halved the next two holes to give Santos the victory.
Can you say Final Four? Santos won 2&1 this morning.
Very cool run she is having.
She tees off for final four in about 10 minutes.
Forgot they in CDT... Should be on the course now.
Down three through 7. She needs to get positive here soon.
Down 3 thru 13... Had been down 5. Has to narrow gap soon.
Took a step back on 15 and lost 4&3.
No shame in final four. Congrats Ms. Santos!
Thanks, LIZF...for keeping us up to date on Raychelle Santos' progress today.
NORMAN, Okla. – The amazing run for Gonzaga University sophomore-to-be Raychelle Santos at the 37th U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Championship ended Friday afternoon when Lauren Diaz-Yi of Thousand Oaks, Calif., captured a 4 and 3 semifinal victory.
Santos, the 32nd seed into match play from La Quinta, Calif., earned the semifinal berth Friday morning with a 2 and 1 quarterfinal win over Cindy Ha at the Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club, site of this spring's NCAA Central Regional which included Santos and the Bulldogs. The course played 6,258 yards to par 72.
No Bulldog had advanced past the Round of 32 prior to this year.
Santos, who had trailed in just 10 holes over her previous 67 holes of match play entering the semifinal, never did quite get untracked against the 28th seeded Diaz-Yi who will begin her collegiate career at the University of Virginia this fall.
Both golfers bogeyed the par 4 first hole, then Diaz-Yi won the next two holes as Santos went bogey 4 and double-bogey 6. Santos, runner-up in the West Coast Conference Championship and named the WCC Freshman of the Year to go with All-WCC honors, birdied the fourth hole to cut Diaz-Yi's lead to 1-up.
Diaz-Yi, who qualified for her first WAPL as a 13-year-old and last year was eliminated in the match play Round of 64, opened some ground on Santos by winning the sixth through ninth holes to go 5-up, a lead she held through the 11th. But Santos climbed back into the match with pars on the par 3 12th and par 5 13th to win both holes and trail by three with five to play.
But Diaz-Yi made par 3 on the 15th while Santos made bogey to bring an end to the match between good friends from southern California.
Santos never trailed in Friday morning's match, but the duo was all square at the turn. Santos went 1-up on the 10th but Ha pulled even on 12 when Santos bogeyed the par 3. Santos won the next two holes, dropped back to 1-up on the 16th and won the 17th hole to go 2-up and end the match.
As a quarterfinalist this year Santos is guaranteed a spot in next year's WAPL to be played at The Home Course in DuPont, Wash., a suburb of Tacoma. The 2014 WAPL will be the finale as the event is being discontinued after 2014.


This workshop is for the beginner-intermediate level orthosis fabricator (splinter) (OT, PT, COTA, PTA) who would like to learn how to successfully fabricate and use static-progressive and dynamic/ mobilization orthoses (splints). Participants must be able to fabricate a static (immobilization) orthosis (splint). Student to faculty ratio is maximum of 6 students to 2 instructors.
Take the Beginner & Intermediate course on the same weekend and save! This introductory course is offered on the same weekend as Beginner Hand Orthotic Fabrication. Students may register for one or both courses on the same weekend. To take advantage of the $15 discount, select the 2-day option from the course drop down on the registration page.


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Ha partecipato a tre edizioni dei giochi olimpici (2004, 2008 e 2012) conquistando complessivamente due medaglie.

Palmarès
Olimpiadi
2 medaglie:
1 oro (classe 49er a Atene 2004)
1 argento (classe 49er a Pechino 2008).
Mondiali
4 medaglie:
3 ori (classe 49er a Kaneohe Bay 2002, classe 49er a Atene 2004, classe 49er a Port Lucaya 2010)
1 argento (classe 49er a Malcenise 2001)

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

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Three weeks last spring Ryan Byrne and Chris Hill shot a 10 part webseries called The People That Touch Your Food in Edmonton Classic norwegian dinnerware . It's pretty neato that I'm friends with these guys, they managed to pull this off with only a pair of cheap dslrs (Canon T2i), a tripod, one mic with boom, some borrowed lights, and a handful of friends. It came together and actually ended up being pretty super swell, I could ramble off about it but, you might as well just go to the website FoodSeries.tv (designed by me) and check it out. Anyway, I hope these Willow And Everett Copper Mugs products tickle you.
Most of this is just some new filler for the Classic norwegian dinnerware. I took these a long while ago back when I was working 70 hour weeks at a non-photo job. Like many things around that time, these shots fell through the cracks to only recently surface. I always bring a camera with me but, for most of these shoots I was too busy holding a mic, setting up a light, or eating some of the free food to snap many shots. Anyhoo here they are.


Nearly 400 people, including 188 online, participated in the All HR Get-Together: An Enterprise Systems Upgrade Program Update for HR Professionals on Aug. 7 on the Twin Cities campus. The three-hour meeting gave human resources, finance and other professionals from the University's five campuses a comprehensive update about ESUP, which is scheduled to go live in April 2015*. Participants also had the opportunity to ask detailed questions of several panelists.
The Get-Together included a welcome by Human Resources Vice President Kathy Brown, as well as an overview of ESUP by Executive Program Director Dennis Wenzel. The gathering also featured presentations by representatives of the three major workstreams -- Lori Lamb (Human Resources Management System), Susan Van Voorhis (Student) and Mike Volna (Finance). It also included presentations highlighting the major PeopleSoft 9.2 upgrade changes that will affect the Human Resources Management System (HRMS), including the areas of position management, recruiting solutions, appointment structure, benefits, payroll accounting, electronic time and absence reporting, and the reporting center.
Those attending also heard an update about the new MyU portal that plans to launch in April as part of the upgraded systems. Amanda Wolford of Leadership and Talent Development provided an overview of the training plan and how-to resources that will be available to all employees before, during and after Go Live.
Vice President Brown thanked the entire ESUP team and noted that it's due to their dedication, hard work and collaboration that the upgrade remains on budget and on time for its planned April launch. She also highlighted the important contributions that several groups have made to the HRMS Upgrade, including Subject Matter Experts, Functional Steering Committee members, HR Stars and HR Leads.
To see a video recording of the meeting, or the presentation slides, click here to go to the HRMS news and updates web page.
All HR Get-Together sketch notes created by Jen Mein.


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ICSU-ISSC merger
General Assembly 2021, Muscat, Oman
ISC Patron, Mary Robinson
ISC Patron, Ismail Serageldin
Special Envoy for Science in Global Policy, Flavia Schlegel
Regional Office for Latin America/Caribbean
Freedoms & Responsibilities of Scientists
Freedom of Movement and Association
Science & Human Rights
Committee on Data (CODATA)
World Data System (WDS)
Frequencies for Radio Astronomy & Space Science (IUCAF)
Monitoring and Observations
Global Climate Observing System (GCOS)
Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS)
Thematic Organizations
Committee on Space Research (COSPAR)
Comparative Research Programme on Poverty (CROP)
Gender, Globalisation and Democratisation
Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR)
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR)
Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics (SCOSTEP)
Urban Health & Wellbeing
World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)
Our work at the UN
IPBES Review
History: ICSU and climate change
ICSU Grants Programme
Leading Integrated Research for Agenda 2030 in Africa
Projects funded in 2017
Transformations to Sustainability
Funding Science for Sustainability
International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA)
International Year of Plant Health: #IYPH2020
Science International
ISC in the News
Bosnia & Herzegovina: ANURS, Academy of Sciences and Arts of the Republic of Srpska
The Academy of Sciences and Arts of the Republic of Srpska is a member since 2009.
The Academy of Sciences and Arts of the Republic of Srpska was created in 1995 and is charged with fostering the development of science and art, cherishing and promoting the culture, spirit and creative potentials of its people, encouraging the study of significant problems in the field of science and art, and making sure that scientific information is treated as an important strategic resource. It coordinates research in all fields of scholarly activity, organizing scientific conferences, forums, round table disccusions, etc.
The Academy's work is carried out in four departments: Social Sciences, Literature and Art, Medical Sciences and Natural, Mathematical and Technical Sciences.
Website of the Academy
T: +33 1 45 25 03 29
F: +33 1 42 88 94 31
E: secretariat@council.science
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1. Adds new criteria related to the development of the individualized family service plan (IFSP).
A policy that ensures that appropriate early intervention services are based on scientifically based research and are available to all infants and toddlers and their families, including … infants and toddlers with disabilities who are homeless children and their families.
A description of the appropriate transition services.
2. Adds new Child Find criteria with emphasis on specific subpopulations, including at-risk populations.
3. Adds new provisions for Early Childhood Transition.
4. Establishes additional dispute resolution options under Procedural Safeguards.
5. Adds definitions and clarifications.
A rigorous definition of the term "developmental delay" that will be used by the state …; and policies and procedures to ensure that, consistent with Section 636(d)(5), … the provision of early intervention services … occurs in a setting other than the natural environment that is most appropriate, as determined by the parent and the IFSP team, only when early intervention cannot be achieved satisfactorily … in a natural environment.
6. Adds new members to the State Interagency Coordinating Council (SICC) and eliminates the Federal Interagency Coordinating Council (FICC).
Not less that one member shall be a representative from the state agency responsible for children's mental health.
The authority for the FICC at 644, IDEA 1997, has been deleted.
7. Revises the requirements for the Part C application.
Other appropriate written methods as determined by the chief executive officer of the state or designee of the officer and approved by the secretary through the review and approval of the state's application pursuant to Section 637.
8. Ensures the application of Sections 616-618 to Part C.


I taught two brothers in Singapore over a period of six months. My main task was improving their English, but what was so great about the experience was the freedom that Tavistock Tutors and the family afforded me in the form of their learning: if I noticed that there was a relevant or interesting museum exhibition, then after morning classes, I would take the lads out with me and I was able to prepare a whole lesson around what we saw and the discussion that ensued from it.
This really is the reason why residential tutoring is so great: a short 1-hour tutorial can be restricting and frustrating, as it doesn't allow you the time to explore in depth or beyond the curriculum. Things with the two boys were completely different: I was always able to keep things fresh, engaging, dynamic and interesting. Needless to say, the boys' English improved tremendously.
At the start of my stay, they could barely sustain a conversation, whereas by the end, they were running them! Tutors, students and parents alike: consider a residential tutor as it really does make an enormous difference.


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Motorist strikes cyclist, threatens to sue for damage to vehicle
GJEL » Archives » Motorist strikes cyclist, threatens to sue for damage to vehicle
The battle between cars and bikes rages on, as the insurance company of a New Zealand motorist attempted to sue a cyclist for vehicle damage occurring after the driver struck the cyclist while making a u-turn. Following a November collision in which Auckland engineer Oisin Frost was hit by a motorist while cycling, the at-fault driver's insurance company attempted to make Frost pay for damages that occurred after the crash.
Although the driver took responsibility for the incident, saying she tried to make a u-turn after missing the entrance to a supermarket, the driver claimed Frost caused additional damage to her vehicle after the collision by angrily throwing his bike at her car. As a result of Frost's rage induced lapse in judgment, the insurance company IAG was attempting to recover $1,273.44 on behalf of their client.
According to Frost, "The lady passed me in her car then swung around in a u-turn right in front of me. I hit her pretty hard and flew onto the bonnet." Frost recounts wondering whether he'd survive the fall during the split second before hitting the ground, and says he was "hazy" in the minutes following the crash. Frost says he has absolutely no recollection of throwing his bike, and suggests that if it did happen, it was likely the result of his concussion and confusion over the crash that had just taken place.
The insurance company IAG asserts differently, and sent a letter to Frost claiming he, "may be responsible for causing some of the damages." In the letter, IAG claims, "… you then picked your bike up and have thrown it … causing damage to the bonnet and windscreen. Because of this, it will be our intention to hold you liable for the costs of the repairs …"
Fortunately for Frost, prior to being heard by the Disputes Tribunal, IAG decided (at the request of the driver) not to pursue the matter further. IAG issued a statement saying, "irrespective of the outcome" of the hearing, the company was satisfied everything had been done correctly when it came to the claims procedure process.
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What is the Best SoundCloud Promotion 2021?
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the supreme team Best SoundCloud Promotion 2021 The Supreme Team is an Austin, Texas based influencer promotion agency. Our Organic SoundCloud Promotions are provided through a network of influencers, and artists. All of our work is legit and comes with a...
Can You Sell Your Music as an NFT?
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By Disc Makers' Author Tony van Veen What the heck is an NFT? And is there any money to be made as an independent artist selling your music as one? NFTs are all over the news. Record albums, paintings, and gifs of NBA players dunking are all selling for big...
8 steps to making money with Patreon
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How to organize a set as a vocal warm-up
By Disc Makers' Author Matthew Ramsey You might not always have time for a vocal warm-up before a performance, and if you're playing a three-hour gig, a warm-up might be a good way to tire yourself out. Vocal coach Matt Ramsey explains how to organize your set...


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Valley Reality
Virtual Views of Appalachia (and beyond)
VR Community Profiles
ITDI in Ecuador
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The Scoop on the Town Store
The Scoop on the Town Store Campbell's Market ended a four-year trend and started improving a community calling for help A food desert is defined as an area lacking a full-service grocery store within a 20-mile radius. They afflict areas as populated as urban Cleveland, according to Campbell's Market co-owner Rick Campbell, and as rural as McArthur, where his newest market resides. "Everybody was just tickled to death when they heard [Campbell's Market] was coming in," McArthur resident Forney Harper said. As an outlet for fresh meat and produce for the first time in more than four years, "it really is a big asset for the community," Harper said. Since…
The 'Dog Pound': A Home for Athens Bulldog Fans
Sam Smathers is a big believer in the importance of location in real estate. "I think I have the most valuable property in town because of that," he said, with a finger pointed at the Athens high school football field across the street. "I've been watching games here since I graduated," said Caleb Moon, one of the many Athenians who enjoy the tailgate in Smathers' garage for every Athens football game. Smathers spends most autumn weeks thinking of the next food to prepare for the affectionately named "Dog Pound." "I've made chili, smoked ribs, jambalaya, you name it," Smathers said, pride gleaming across his face. "The food is phenomenal," said…
How does Athens County handle athletic records from consolidated schools?
Closing two schools to form another can cause an interesting dilemma: What happens to athletic records? It was a problem that occurred for Trimble as well as Nelsonville-York High School and Athens High School, all three located in Athens County. Trimble was established in 1964 with the current building put into place in 1973. It consolidated Glouster High School and Jacksonville-Trimble High School. Facing a decision of how to integrate the communities, Trimble kept the Tomcat mascot from Glouster High and the red and white colors from Jacksonville-Trimble. The answers aren't so easy to come up with. Because record keeping was not always a top priority, those past performances can…
A Community for Gamers
A booming gaming industry coupled with unprecedented technological availability has given gamers of all ages and backgrounds a chance to enjoy a variety of virtual experiences. Unlike urban regions of the United States, Appalachia is trailing in terms of gaming popularity and appreciation. To combat the discrepancy, a gamer hub has been created in Appalachia with the surrounding community in mind. JesterLine, a gaming center complete with virtual reality headsets, consoles, and computers, is in Buckhannon, West Virginia. The center is also a place for tournaments, educational gaming, and family game nights. Jarod Ramsey and his wife Lacy took note of gaming's rising popularity and hoped to establish a hub…
Escaping the Concrete Jungle
Athens Bike Path offers outdoor experience Growing up on the east side of Cleveland, I used to fear going outside. Being outdoors meant walking to the car and driving to the grocery store or downtown. An outdoor activity was a simple sporting event held just outside a cul-de-sac, hoping that a parent didn't go off on a drunken rant yelling at the umpire. Going to the Cleveland metro park meant potentially running into a drug deal, looming child abductor or random act of violence that was so promptly shown on our newscasts at 7 p.m. For me, and many others, the outdoors was something that we saw on our TV…
A mission to save historical landmarks most overlooked in Marietta
Even more than two centuries after the town's founding, local residents still try to preserve the town's history. At a secluded table in the local history and genealogy archives of the Marietta Public Library, an aged woman sits surrounded by stacks of tattered articles and photos. Jane Young was born in Marietta, Ohio, but her family left the town when she was an infant. Right now, many of Young's days have been spent researching local residents who worked for the Red Cross during World War I. Local history can help people focus on the contributions of ordinary people. "We know how strong communities can be when they come together and…
Coach Frank Solich's Impact on Southeast Ohio
What makes a college football coach stand out? Is it his success on or off the field?... It's both. This is exactly what Ohio University's Head Football Coach has done. Frank Solich hasn't been successful with just the football program alone, he has made a great impact on the Athens community and Southeast Ohio as a whole. "He really has brought more awareness to Athens and the surrounding areas," Chris Rodgers, assistant athletic director for football operations said. "Prior to Coach Solich there was no brand recognition." Taking over the program in 2005, Solich has led his team in several community service and charity events. They have served at local…
Reality of Healthcare in Southeastern Ohio
Living in the poorest county in Ohio means fending for yourself when it comes to health care. For many residents, it is far too difficult to find help.
Why Don't "Big Bands" Come To Athens?
What is a "Big Band?" "When I think of (a big band) I think of a band that can sell out an arena." That's Chris Pyle. He's a band member and the owner of Donkey Coffee. Pyle has lived in Athens for more than two decades and has seen a shift in big bands coming to Athens. Athens lacks the infrastructure to support thousands of fans, he said. The largest venue in Athens is the Convocation Center at Ohio University and that can only hold 13,080 attendees. Arenas like U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati can hold up to 17,556 people, and Nationwide Arena can hold up to 20,000. Big bands…
Bookstore Owner Immerses Herself and Her Business in the Community
A school teacher that lived across the street from her taught Leanne McClellan to read at a young age. She was hooked from the start. "I read pretty much anything I can get my hands on," she said. "I read everything. Dictionaries… everything." Now, she helps children that are excited to read. "If a child comes in here and tells me that they love to read, of course, I'm going to do everything I can to help them find the books that they're looking for. There's a book out there that'll spark everybody, but it's just a matter of finding it." Leanne McClellan, owner of Paperback Exchange McClellan has owned…
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A leading European shipbroking firm has asked AFM to find a Shipping Professional to head its Tokyo office. Our client is strong in dry cargo markets and also profitable in Tankers, Sale & Purchase and in Ship Finance.
The company wishes to expand its existing business with Japanese Charterers and Ship-owners in Japan, Singapore and globally. The firm has strong relationships, developed over the last 20 years, with Japanese trading houses and Owners working on behalf of close European Charterers, to conclude both Sale and Purchase, Projects and long-term chartering deals.
While the primary focus will be to develop SnP/Projects and long term charter deals, working alone in Japan but in close co-ordination with colleagues overseas, the Representative will also be expected to support the firm's spot broking business across all sectors.
This is NOT a role purely to maintain existing business. Candidates will need to be energetic and keen to develop new business and have the experience, gravitas and presence to maintain relationships at all levels in the Japanese shipping community.
Suitable candidates will likely have 15 or more years of global shipping/shipbroking experience connected to Japan and have deep, long-held relationships with major Japanese Trading companies, Ship-owners, Charterers and Financiers.
A professional ability to approach, develop and maintain contacts with Japanese clients as well as the cultural ability and skill to succeed in business with them.
A hunger to work with multiple offices and teams supported by a firm with long experience of working with Japan.


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Q: Implementations PBKDF2 in Delphi? How do I use this algorithm in Delphi? Is there a class to do this in Delphi?
Thank you.

A: I implemented the algorithm using the link @alzaimar provided and some reading on Wikipedia. Suggestions for improvement are welcome of course!
uses
  System.SysUtils, System.Math, IdHMAC, IdHMACSHA1;
type
  TIdHMACClass = class of TIdHMAC;

// Modeled after http://www.di-mgt.com.au/cryptoKDFs.html#PKCS5
function PBKDF2(const P: TBytes; const S: TBytes; const C: Integer;
  const kLen: Integer; PRFC: TIdHMACClass = nil): TBytes;
var
  PRF: TIdHMAC;
  D: Integer;
  I: Int32;
  F: TBytes;
  U: TBytes;
  J: Integer;
  T: TBytes;

  function _ConcatenateBytes(const _B1: TBytes; const _B2: TBytes): TBytes; inline;
  begin
    SetLength(Result, Length(_B1) + Length(_B2));
    if Length(_B1) > 0 then
      Move(_B1[Low(_B1)], Result[Low(Result)], Length(_B1));
    if Length(_B2) > 0 then
      Move(_B2[Low(_B2)], Result[Low(Result)+Length(_B1)], Length(_B2));
  end;

  function _INT_32_BE(const _I: Int32): TBytes; inline;
  begin
    Result := TBytes.Create(_I shr 24, _I shr 16, _I shr 8, _I);
  end;

  procedure _XorBytes(var _B1: TBytes; const _B2: TBytes); inline;
  var
    _I: Integer;
  begin
    for _I := Low(_B1) to High(_B1) do
      _B1[_I] := _B1[_I] xor _B2[_I];
  end;

begin
  if not Assigned(PRFC) then
    PRFC := TIdHMACSHA1;

  PRF := PRFC.Create;
  try
    D := Ceil(kLen / PRF.HashSize);
    PRF.Key := P;
    for I := 1 to D do
    begin
      F := PRF.HashValue(_ConcatenateBytes(S, _INT_32_BE(I)));
      U := Copy(F);
      for J := 2 to C do
      begin
        U := PRF.HashValue(U);
        _XorBytes(F, U);
      end;
      T := _ConcatenateBytes(T, F);
    end;
    Result := Copy(T, Low(T), kLen);
  finally
    PRF.Free;
  end;
end;

procedure TestPBKDF2SHA1HMAC;
var
  P: TBytes;
  S: TBytes;
  K: TBytes;

  function _BytesToHexString(const _B: TBytes): string;
  var
    _I: Integer;
  begin
    for _I := Low(_B) to High(_B) do
      Result := Result + IntToHex(_B[_I], 2);
  end;

begin
  P := TBytes.Create($70, $61, $73, $73, $77, $6F, $72, $64);
  S := TBytes.Create($78, $57, $8E, $5A, $5D, $63, $CB, $06);

  K := PBKDF2(P, S, 2048, 24);
  Assert('BFDE6BE94DF7E11DD409BCE20A0255EC327CB936FFE93643' = _BytesToHexString(K));

  P := TBytes.Create($70, $61, $73, $73, $77, $6F, $72, $64);
  S := TBytes.Create($73, $61, $6C, $74);

  K := PBKDF2(P, S, 1, 20);
  Assert('0C60C80F961F0E71F3A9B524AF6012062FE037A6' = _BytesToHexString(K));
  K := PBKDF2(P, S, 2, 20);
  Assert('EA6C014DC72D6F8CCD1ED92ACE1D41F0D8DE8957' = _BytesToHexString(K));
  K := PBKDF2(P, S, 4096, 20);
  Assert('4B007901B765489ABEAD49D926F721D065A429C1' = _BytesToHexString(K));
  K := PBKDF2(P, S, 16777216, 20);
  Assert('EEFE3D61CD4DA4E4E9945B3D6BA2158C2634E984' = _BytesToHexString(K));

  P := TBytes.Create($70, $61, $73, $73, $77, $6F, $72, $64, $50, $41,
    $53, $53, $57, $4F, $52, $44, $70, $61, $73, $73, $77, $6F, $72, $64);
  S := TBytes.Create($73, $61, $6C, $74, $53, $41, $4C, $54, $73, $61, $6C,
    $74, $53, $41, $4C, $54, $73, $61, $6C, $74, $53, $41, $4C, $54, $73, $61,
    $6C, $74, $53, $41, $4C, $54, $73, $61, $6C, $74);

  K := PBKDF2(P, S, 4096, 25);
  Assert('3D2EEC4FE41C849B80C8D83662C0E44A8B291A964CF2F07038' = _BytesToHexString(K));
end;

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The President of the Australian Human Rights Commission, Professor Gillian Triggs, has found that the Commonwealth's failure to release Mr AQ from closed immigration detention for a period of 27 months was inconsistent with the prohibition on arbitrary detention in article 9(1) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).
Mr AQ is a national of Iran who arrived by boat on Christmas Island on 4 June 2011, seeking asylum under the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees. He was detained in immigration detention facilities until 6 September 2013. At that time, he was granted a visa and released into the community.
The Department of Immigration and Border Protection (at that time known as the Department of Immigration and Citizenship) had assessed Mr AQ to be a refugee on 23 November 2011.
At all relevant times, it was government policy not to allow people in Mr AQ's position to apply for a protection visa until they had received a security assessment from ASIO. Mr AQ received a 'clear' security assessment from ASIO on 21 November 2012. Despite that fact, the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship did not allow him to apply for a protection visa at that time.
At all times Mr AQ was in detention, the Minister had the power to place him in community detention, or grant him a visa. On 22 February 2012, and again on 26 October 2012, ASIO advised the Commonwealth that Mr AQ would not pose a risk to security if released into community detention.
Despite these facts, the Commonwealth did not place Mr AQ in community detention or grant him a visa until 6 September 2013. In these circumstances, the President found that the Commonwealth had not shown that keeping Mr AQ in detention was necessary and proportionate to any legitimate objective.
The Commission made recommendations that the Commonwealth pay compensation in the amount of $150,000 to Mr AQ and provide him with an apology. These recommendations were not accepted.
A copy of this report: AQ v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Immigration and Border Protection) is online.


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Wesley L. Ellis, age 80, of Johnson, Kansas died Friday, March 22, 2019 at St. Catherine Hospital, Garden City, Kansas. He was born February 15, 1939 in Garden City, Kansas, the son of Jimmie Lee and Linda (Karb) Ellis.
Wesley was a graduate of Garden City High School, Garden City, Kansas. Wesley was a Farmer and loved Rodeos and cattle. He was an avid sports fan and along with his boys enjoyed motor cross racing.
On June 13, 1957, Wesley married Becky Clark in Garden City, Kansas. She survives.
Other survivors include three sons; Jim Ellis and wife Pam of Pratt, Kansas, Steve Ellis of Johnson, Kansas and Scott Ellis of Rolla, Kansas, one sister; Barbara Maerz of Rolla, Kansas, eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Wesley is preceded in death by his parents.
Funeral service will be held Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. at Fields Memorial Wesleyan Church, Johnson, Kansas, with Reverend Kurt Rovenstine officiating. Burial will follow at the Stanton County Cemetery, Johnson, Kansas. Friends may call on Monday, March 25, 2019 from 2:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Garnand Funeral Home, Johnson, Kansas. Condolences may be posted at www.garnandfuneralhomes.com.


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A Better Justice?
Community Programs for Criminalized Women
By Amanda Nelund
Do community programs offer an effective alternative to imprisonment for women within the criminal justice system? A Better Justice? sets out the case.
The Justice Crisis
The Cost and Value of Accessing Law
Edited by Trevor C.W. Farrow and Lesley A. Jacobs
Based on innovative recent empirical research, The Justice Crisis assesses what is and isn't working in efforts to improve access to civil and family justice in Canada.
Law and Neurodiversity
Youth with Autism and the Juvenile Justice Systems in Canada and the United States
By Dana Lee Baker, Laurie A. Drapela, and Whitney Littlefield
Through a comparison of juvenile justice systems in Canada and the United States, Law and Neurodiversity examines gaps of accommodation and consideration for youth with autism.
Trustees at Work
Financial Pressures, Emotional Labour, and Canadian Bankruptcy Law
By Anna Jane Samis Lund
Trustees at Work explores what is means to be considered a deserving debtor in under contemporary Canadian personal bankruptcy law.
This book, the second in the Landmark Cases in Canadian Law series, argues that in subsequent, post-Hunter v Southam decisions, the Supreme Court of Canada has strayed from the principles set out in that case, which were intended to protect the privacy of citizens from encroaching state power.
Crossing Law's Border
Canada's Refugee Resettlement Program
By Shauna Labman
Crossing Law's Border offers a comprehensive account of Canada's refugee resettlement program, from the Indochinese crisis of the 1970s to the current era of controversy and flux in refugee and asylum policy.
Ruling Out Art
Media Art Meets Law in Ontario's Censor Wars
By Taryn Sirove
This fascinating account of Ontario's 1980s' censor wars shows that when art intersects with law, artists have the power to transform the law, and the law, in turn, can influence the concept of art.
Seeking the Court's Advice
The Politics of the Canadian Reference Power
By Kate Puddister
The first comprehensive analysis of the Canadian reference power, Seeking the Court's Advice examines how policy makers use the courts strategically to achieve political ends.
Truth and Conviction
Donald Marshall Jr. and the Mi'kmaw Quest for Justice
By L. Jane McMillan
A passionate account of how one man's fight against racism and injustice transformed the criminal justice system and galvanized the Mi'kmaw Nation's struggle for self-determination, forever changing the landscape of Indigenous rights in Canada and around the world.
The Promise and Reality of Access to Justice
By Jasminka Kalajdzic
The first major empirical and critical study of class actions in Canada, this book provides a detailed account of how they operate and whether they are achieving their goals.


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Q: Relationship between derivatives of tensors in different Cartesian coordinate systems I'm new to tensor calculus: I'm reading a little introductory book whose title is "Quick Introduction to Tensor Analysis", written by R.A Sharipov. I've reached the section called differentiation of tensor fields. There the author explains how the tensors can be differentiated, distinguishing two cases:

*

*with respect to external parameters

*with respect to spacial variables (used as arguments of the tensorial function)

while explaining the second case it is told a theorem (which holds only for Cartesian coordinate systems): "for any tensor field $X$ of type $(r, s)$ partial derivatives (21.3) with respect to spacial variables $x^1, x^2, x^3$ in any Cartesian coordinate system represent another field $Y$ of type (r, s+1)":
(21.3) $$ Y^{i_1, \cdots, i_r}_{q, j_1, \cdots, j_s} = {\partial X^{i_1, \cdots, i_r}_{j_1, \cdots, j_s} \over \partial x^q} \Rightarrow Y^{i_1, \cdots, i_r}_{q, j_1, \cdots, j_s} = \nabla_q X^{i_1, \cdots, i_r}_{j_1, \cdots, j_s} $$
where
$$ \nabla_q = {\partial \over \partial x^q} $$
It is then suggested the following exercise: "Prove the theorem. For this purpose consider another Cartesian coordinate system $\tilde{x}^1, \tilde{x}^2, \tilde{x}^3$ related to $x^1, x^2, x^3$ via $x^i = S^i_j \tilde{x}^j + a^i$ and $\tilde{x}^i = T^i_j x^j + \tilde{a}^i$ (where $a^i$ is the ith component of the translation vector from $O$ to $\tilde{O}$ and $\tilde{a}^i$ is the ith component of the translation vector from $\tilde{O}$ to $O$, $O$ and $\tilde{O}$ being the origins of the two coordinate systems). Then in the new coordinate system consider the partial derivatives $$ \tilde{Y}^{i_1, \cdots, i_r}_{q, j_1, \cdots, js} = {\partial {\tilde{X}^{i_1, \cdots, i_r}_{j_1, \cdots, js}} \over \partial \tilde{x}^q} $$ and derive relationships binding this above partial derivative and (21.3)"
I've struggled trying to find a solution to this exercise, but I'm not even sure I've really understand what it is asking. Anyone could help me out?
P.S. Another side question: could I think of $ \nabla_q X^{i_1, \cdots, i_r}_{j_1, \cdots, j_s} $ as the product of two tensors, one being $\nabla_q$?

A: The tensor expression has different realizations in different coordinate systems. For example, the expression $T_{ij}$ has the transformation rule:
$$ T_{i' j'} = T_{ij} J_{i'}^i J_{j'}^j$$
And similarly the derivative also has similar transformation rule, take for example a function given in one coordinates as $f(x,y)$ then in another coordinates as $f(r(x,y) , \theta(x,y) )$ then:
$$ \frac{\partial f(x(r,\theta) , y(r ,\theta) )}{\partial r} = \frac{\partial x}{\partial r} \partial_x f + \frac{\partial y}{\partial r} \partial _y f$$
You see the rule to take derivative also transforms. In general:
$$ \frac{\partial}{\partial x^{i' } }  =J_{i'}^i \frac{\partial }{\partial x^i}$$
The prime denotes the new 'indexed' coordinates. So, all the exercise is asking you to do is plug in the expression for the transformed tensor expression w.r.t cartesian coordinates and evaluate the derivative.
Note: $J_{i'}^i$ is denoting the Jacobian matrix. If the index is upper, there is a different jacobian transformation rule.

I will use Pavel's notation to work this out, we begin with the equations given:
$$ x^{i'}= T_j^i x^j + a^{i'}$$
I assume the displacement vector is constant, and I differentiated both sides with $x^p$ assuming $T_j^i$ is a constant:
$$ \frac{\partial x^{i'} }{\partial x^p} = T_j^i \frac{\partial x^j}{\partial x^p}$$
Now, $\frac{\partial x^j}{\partial x^p} = \delta_p^j$ and with contraction on the kronceker:
$$ \frac{\partial x^{i'} }{\partial x^p} = T_p^i$$
Relabelling indices  $( p \to i)$and recalling the definition of jacobian:
$$J_{i}^{i'} = T_{i}^{i'}$$
Similarly we can find the inverse jacobian $J_{i'}^i$.. now it is simply a matter of plugging the jacobian terms in for the transformation:
$$Y_{i_1',i_2',...i_n'}^{j_1',j_2'...,j_n'} = Y_{i_1,i_2...,i_n}^{j_1,j_2...,j_n} J_{i_1'}^{i_1} J_{i_2'}^{i_2}...J_{i_n'}^{i_n} J_{j_1'}^{j_1}... J_{j_n'}^{j_n} $$
However I do wish to make the same remark the pdf does here:

Warning 21.1. Theorem 21.1 and the equality (21.5) are valid only for Cartesian coordinate systems. In curvilinear coordinates things are different.

You may find this question by me and pavel's approach in here easier


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Top-heavy growth in container tonnage sparks overcapacity concerns
April 18, 2018 - The number of containerships sold for scrap has slowed dramatically as shipowners in the smaller sectors take full advantage of a rejuvenated charter market and reactivate mothballed tonnage.
According to Alphaliner, only 12 ships, equating to 21,778 teu, have been sold for demolition so far this year, compared with around 70 vessels for 230,000 teu at the same time last year.
The consultant said that, as a consequence, it was adjusting its full-year scrapping estimate to 200,000 teu for 2018, compared with the 413,982 teu and 654,862 teu in 2017 and 2016, respectively.
However, the final figure this year could be even lower, "somewhere in the 100,000 teu to 200,000 teu bracket", it suggested.
Alphaliner has seen its idle fleet chart fall to fewer than 100 ships for 340,000 teu from a record high of 1.6m teu in October 2016, as demand for the smaller vessels in particular has driven daily hire rates, on average, 40% higher than 12 months ago.
Shipowners that had previously consigned ships to lay-up against a background of sub-economic rates are now reviewing their strategy and, despite the fact that scrapping rates have jumped to around $500 per long ton, are opting instead to reactivate and fully crew their ships to take up attractive new fixture offers.
According to vesselsvalue.com, containership values are more than 15% higher than a year ago, reflecting the strong market conditions. A 5,600 teu post-panamax can now command over $17,000 a day, compared with around $13,000 just two months ago. One London broker told The Loadstar last week that the sector was "sold out" on his books.
The substantial reduction in the idle tonnage fleet and sharp decline in scrapping is the result of a complete lack of orders for newbuild tonnage in the smaller-sized containerships, as ocean carriers and non-operating owners focus almost entirely on ordering big ships.
Alphaliner notes that over 1m teu in ultra-large containership capacity is slated for delivery this year, which, along with reduced scrapping, could push annual capacity growth up to 6%.
Meanwhile, the top-heavy growth in container tonnage is causing overcapacity concerns in the ULCV sector. The Loadstar has heard anecdotal reports this week of tumbling load factors on the Asia-North Europe trade, with spot rates weakening daily.
Every delivery of a new mega-containership requires the carrier to redeploy an incumbent large ship, but this cascading appears to have hit a wall, according to one carrier source who admitted to The Loadstar recently that many of the displaced ships were proving to be "far too large" for other trades.
So, the dearth of available smaller-vessel tonnage is causing a significant hike in charter rates and a halt to scrapping, while at the other end of the scale there is far too much capacity chasing demand, leading to freight rate pressure.
Source: The Loadstar
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Hyundai Merchant Marine confirms it will place ULCV orders to triple fleet capacity to 1m teu
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