Bangladesh has chronic levels of undernutrition which most dramatically effect pregnant women and children. The project, "Fish consumption in the first 1,000 days for increased protein intake and improved nutrition," aims to improve the nutritional status of pregnant and lactating women and infants 6-23 months of age in Bangladesh through the provision of nutritious foods products made from common, locally available ingredients. The project has two main activities: (a) production of the two fish-based food products and then provision to approximately 300 women and children for a 12 month period; and (b) development of an education and social marketing campaign to generate local awareness of and demand for nutritious fish-based food products.


A 40-year study that downplays the health effects of asbestos exposure for miners and mill workers has drawn the ire of several mesothelioma advocacy groups.
Our Boston mesothelioma attorneys know that a hallmark of solid science is objectivity. This particular study, conducted by Dr. John Corbett McDonald of the McGill University's School of Occupational Health, based in Canada, has been criticized for lacking transparency and for being biased toward the industry.
It is a fact that the Chrysolite Institute, which is a lobbying group established to promote the use of asbestos in overseas products, uses the 40-year McGill study to bolster its claims of asbestos safety.
But why would a reputable scientist risk that reputation in order to show the asbestos industry in a favorable light?
According to an investigation by CBC News, it all boils down to money.
Back in the 1960s, the dangers of asbestos were becoming more widely known and understood. The industry, however, didn't want to risk government regulation. That would have meant huge profit losses and lawsuits (which later ended up happening anyway, but they were trying to avoid it at the time).
Just look at the tobacco industry. There were in fact many scientists on big tobacco's payroll who attested to the fact that cigarettes were simply a healthy stress-reliever – an account we now see as so blatantly false as to be laughable, if the consequences of those lies weren't so devastating.
But in this vein, it hired a scientist to begin research on the issue.
According to CBC, it was none other than Dr John Corbett McDonald of McGill.
The news station produced documents showing that McDonald and other researchers at the school accepted checks form the Quebec Asbestos Mining Association between 1966 to 1972, for amounts that today would translate into several million dollars.
The results of the McGill study seem to indicate it was exposure to another chemical, tremolite, that caused mesothelioma more frequently than did the asbestos.
McGill researchers reportedly refused to give the raw data to CBC reporters, but said it would be conducting an internal investigation regarding the integrity of the results. That investigation is ongoing.
Now, without seeing the raw results of this study ourselves, it's hard to make a conclusion one way or the other about whether the study was flawed. However, there is a great appearance of impropriety, whether or not the research itself remained untainted.
What we do know is this: The World Health Organization has concluded that all types of asbestos cause lung cancer, mesothelioma and asbestosis, and further that there is absolutely no safe level of exposure.
While the substance has been widely shunned by U.S. manufacturers since the 1970s, people continue to learn they have been sickened by mesothelioma, as the disease has an extremely long latency period. People who have been exposed to the airborne asbestos toxins don't learn until decades later that they are ill.


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Princeton physicists connect string theory with established physics
by Chad Boutin
May 1, 2007, 11:20 a.m.
String theory, simultaneously one of the most promising and controversial ideas in modern physics, may be more capable of helping probe the inner workings of subatomic particles than was previously thought, according to a team of Princeton University scientists.
The theory has been highly praised by some physicists for its potential to forge the long-sought link between gravity and the forces that dominate within the atomic nucleus. But the theory -- which posits that all subatomic particles are actually tiny "strings" that vibrate in different ways -- has also drawn criticism for being untestable in the laboratory, and perhaps impossible to connect with real-world phenomena.
However, the Princeton researchers have found new mathematical evidence that some of string theory's predictions mesh closely with those of a well-respected body of physics called "gauge theory," which has been demonstrated to underlie the interactions among quarks and gluons, the vanishingly small objects that combine to form protons, neutrons and other, more exotic subatomic particles. The discovery, say the physicists, could open up a host of uses for string theory in attacking practical physics problems.
"These problems include describing the interactions among the quarks within everyday atomic nuclei," said Igor Klebanov, the Thomas D. Jones Professor of Mathematical Physics at Princeton and an author of a recent paper on the subject. "We have previously been able to study these interactions in detail only at the high-energy conditions within particle accelerators, but with these findings we may be able to describe what's happening inside the atoms that make up rocks and trees. We cannot do so yet, but it appears that the math of string theory could be what we need to bridge this gap."
The team's paper appears in the March 30 issue of the scientific journal Physical Review Letters. Klebanov's co-authors include graduate student Marcus Benna and postdoctoral fellows Sergio Benvenuti and Antonello Scardicchio.
For Klebanov, the findings represent a major success in the decades-old search for connections between strings and gauge theory, the latter of which -- to a particle physicist -- lays out the established laws that describe all ordinary matter.
The many facets of gauge theory add up to a well-established and coherent picture of the behaviors of quarks and gluons, which largely compose most familiar forms of matter. Decades of observations at particle accelerators have shown that gauge theory accounts for quark and gluon behavior quite well, at least at the very high energy levels that exist when two isolated particles are smashed together at nearly the speed of light.
At these high energies, the interaction force holding the quarks together grows weak, and scientists can break particles apart to observe their constituents. Unfortunately, these observations -- and even gauge theory itself when applied at these high energies -- do not reveal as much as physicists would like about everyday matter traveling at everyday speeds.
"The sad truth is that when these quarks and gluons start binding together into protons and neutrons, this interaction force grows very strong, and it is hard to use gauge theory to understand it," Klebanov said. "Basically, to understand how we are actually made of all this stuff, we need to understand quark and gluon behavior when the interaction force gets strong."
In the 1970s, physicists posited that when gauge theory loses its power to describe particle behavior as quarks bond together, string theory might be able to step in and handle the job. What string theorists needed was some indication that both theories were headed in the same direction.
The lucky break came in 1997 and early 1998 when a precise relation between the two was conjectured in the work of Princeton physicists Alexander Polyakov, Steven Gubser and Klebanov, as well as the Institute for Advanced Study's Juan Maldacena and Edward Witten. However, more work to explain this connection was needed.
"It was as though our understanding was a road that started at the point where the interaction between quarks was weak," Klebanov said. "We could follow it for a few miles through greater and greater interaction strengths, but then it stopped before reaching the great strengths that exist in the atoms of rocks and trees -- the section of road that string theory describes."
Between the two road sections lay a seemingly unbridgeable mathematical gulf, and Klebanov had little more than a hunch that there was any smooth transition between gauge and string theory.
"In simple terms, what we really wanted was some indication that such a smooth transition exists, which would hint that the two sections of road were parts of the same route," Klebanov said. "But we were having trouble finding any sort of connection at all."
String theory, for all its mathematical beauty, once again seemed too difficult to test -- until an inspiring paper appeared last October. Klebanov said an equation formulated by Niklas Beisert and Matthias Staudacher of the Max Planck Insitute in Potsdam and Burkhard Eden of the Spinoza Inistitute in Utrecht contained a crucial piece of the puzzle.
"Beisert and his collaborators made an inspired guess based on sophisticated notions of gauge theory behavior," said Curtis Callan, the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Physics at Princeton. "Their equation allowed Igor and his colleagues to work out the 'transition' between the two regimes. They demonstrated that it exactly matched string theory's predictions at the strong interaction limit. That was the hard part."
Beisert said that his work with Eden and Staudacher provided a useful abstract proof of the transition between weak and strong interaction strength, but that numerical evidence had been lacking.
"The result of Klebanov's group gives beautiful numerical evidence for the validity of our proposal," said Beisert, who is on leave from his position as an assistant professor at Princeton. "All these studies now make us sure that string theory and well-established gauge theory are indeed two sides of the same coin."
Lance Dixon, a physicist at the Stanford Linear Accelerator, said the new paper by Klebanov's team provided a vital cross-check of the Beisert-Eden-Staudacher equation, which rested on a few insightful but unproven assumptions.
"The work by Igor Klebanov and his group really succeeded in removing all lingering doubts about the equation's validity," said Dixon, whose work provided other evidence in favor of the earlier paper's proposal. "The search is on now for a broad web of connections linking the high-energy behavior of quarks and gluons to that of strings, a web in which the first strand was laid down by (both teams') work."
Klebanov, while noting many other scientists' contributions, credits Beisert and his collaborators for "providing the techniques and writing down this fantastic equation," and said that his own team's findings were possible largely due to the Beisert-Eden-Staudacher paper.
"That a particular kind of gauge theory is in some sense 'exactly solvable' realizes a longstanding dream," Klebanov said. "This is almost like coming to a gap you expected to find between two sections of road and finding that someone else has built such a smooth connection between them that you don't notice it when you drive over it."
This is not to say that string theory is likely to become accepted as an overall explanation of subatomic physics anytime soon. Klebanov's team has found a bridge between established physics and a mathematical theory, which is only one step toward solid experimental proof that the world is actually constructed of tiny vibrating strings. And even this bridge applies to only one facet of gauge theory. Bridging this gap for other facets will be necessary to enable physicists to understand fundamentally the interiors of the protons and neutrons that make up the earth beneath our feet.
"I think there is hope that other facets of gauge theory are amenable to similar treatment," Klebanov said. "We don't know for sure if we can use this discovery to address other problems, but at least we now have new methods for bridging the gap between the weakly and strongly interacting regimes of the gauge theory."
This research was sponsored in part by the National Science Foundation and the Princeton Center for Theoretical Physics.
A Test of the AdS/CFT Correspondence Using High-Spin Operators
M. K. Benna, S. Benvenuti, I. R. Klebanov, A. Scardicchio
In two remarkable recent papers the planar perturbative expansion was proposed for the universal function of the coupling appearing in the dimensions of high-spin operators of the [script N]=4 super Yang-Mills theory. We study numerically the integral equation derived by Beisert, Eden, and Staudacher, which resums the perturbative series. In a confirmation of the anti–de Sitter-space/conformal-field-theory (AdS/CFT) correspondence, we find a smooth function whose two leading terms at strong coupling match the results obtained for the semiclassical folded string spinning in AdS5. We also make a numerical prediction for the third term in the strong coupling series.
Beyond Einstein: Physicists find surprising connections in the cosmos
Gubser looks to strings for answers, bringing the public along, too
Princeton researchers contribute to search for elusive Higgs particle
Capping decades of searching, Princeton scientists observe elusive particle that is its own antiparticle
Nobel goes to emeritus faculty member, graduate alumnus
Higgs particle's favorite 'daughter' comes home
Princeton scientists create a 'cauldron of brainstorming'

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Grounded In Local Issues, Delgado Punches Above His Weight
As one of the few House Democrats from a rural district, Antonio Delgado has a balancing act to perform. The River checks in with NY-19's Congressional rep on the value of keeping it local.
Timothy Knight
4:15 PM EDT on May 21, 2021
When a leaked email sent by freshman Congressman Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) revealed that his priorities in his first term would revolve more around communication than legislation, the reaction was a collective shrug on Capitol Hill.
Although Cawthorn's revelation was more honest than most, many younger members in Congress have been drifting towards the same outlook. Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-FL) wrote in his 2020 book that "if you aren't making news, you're not governing." Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) draws millions to her Twitch streams. But so far, neither representative has had any of their sponsored bills signed into law (both have had minor amendments approved in the House).
Meanwhile, another young member of the House is shunning the spotlight—and quietly getting things done. Congressman Antonio Delgado, Democrat of New York's 19th, hails from the eighth-most rural district in the country. A careful, centrist legislator in his second term, Delgado has been unusually effective at nationalizing local issues—ranging from veterans' cemeteries to COVID-19 relief for local governments—and getting legislation signed into law by presidents of both parties.
For newer House members, getting legislation passed can be an uphill battle. In the 113th Congress, only 19 bills sponsored by freshmen representatives became law; seven of them renamed post offices and other public buildings. In Delgado's freshman term, he introduced five bills (including one post office renaming) that have become law, either directly or by being incorporated into other legislation.
Delgado credits his legislative success to a focus on local issues important to his district, which is one of the most politically balanced in the nation, and the willingness to reach across the aisle. Recently, The River spoke with the Congressman about what he's gotten done in office so far, and how he operates.
Staying Anchored
Elected in November 2018 against then-incumbent Congressman John Faso (R-NY), who was deeply unpopular in New York's 19th district after voting to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Delgado was one of nine newly elected Democratic representatives from so-called "swing districts" that had voted for Obama in 2012 and Trump in 2016. Although he was elected amid a national backlash against the Trump-led GOP, Delgado turned his attention towards local issues.
"[Washington] DC, in many respects, is a bubble: you can go there, and if you aren't grounded with your community, you can be persuaded to directions that aren't appropriate," Delgado says. The congressman travels frequently across his large district, holding town halls and meeting with constituents, and staying in touch with local issues via advisory committees and district offices is a priority for his staff. Delgado says that "staying anchored to the local community" is important to him as a representative, and informs his policy objectives in Congress.
One example of local advocacy leading to federal law is the Fairness for Local Veteran Cemeteries Act, which was brought to Delgado's attention by an Ulster County member of his veterans advisory committee. Existing federal law had a loophole that prevented county-administered veterans' cemeteries from receiving federal funding. Delgado's proposal for fixing the law, whose Republican cosponsors included fellow New York representative Elise Stefanik and Don Young of Alaska, was incorporated into a comprehensive veterans benefit package and signed into law by President Donald Trump in January of 2021.
Another piece of legislation Delgado sees as a bipartisan local win is the Family Farmer Relief Act, which was signed into law by President Trump in August of 2019. Bipartisan success has a "snowball effect," Delgado believes. "I want to work with anybody if the objective is to help our communities," he says. Delgado was recently ranked as one of the most bipartisan members of the 116th Congress by the Lugar Center, a think tank devoted to bipartisan governance and informed debate on global issues.
The political system rewards polarization—and so does social media. It's easy for a representative to become "distracted by the extremes," Delgado says, and moving to the political fringe may benefit individual members in terms of financial opportunities or social media following. Ocasio-Cortez has 12.7 million Twitter followers, and Gaetz has more than 1 million; Delgado has just 29,400.
The Fight for Local Funding
Bipartisanship has its limits. Originally introduced by Delgado with bipartisan support, the congressman's most noteworthy legislative achievement to date—securing $130.2 billion in COVID-19 relief funds for local governments nationally—was passed by party-line vote in the House and signed into law by President Joe Biden in March.
Last year's $2.2 trillion CARES Act had no funding available for any locality that served fewer than 500,000 residents, which completely shut out local governments in New York's 19th District from receiving federal assistance. Delgado introduced the Direct Support for Communities Act in May of 2020 to rectify the inequity, but the road to passage was long and fraught.
Delgado's funding formula was included in Democratic proposals blocked in the Senate, but excluded from Republican proposals that passed both chambers. Delgado described the nearly yearlong process of getting his funding formula passed as "really frustrating."
Ultimately, with a Democratic president and a narrowly Democrat-controlled Senate newly sworn in, Delgado's funding formula was incorporated into the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan. "It basically led to $130.2 billion in COVID-19 relief going directly to local governments all across this country," he says. Local governments in the 19th district are receiving over $400 million.
"I'm looking forward to seeing how our counties, our towns, and our villages ultimately use these dollars to invest in our communities and to invest in our future," Delgado says.
Making the River Matter
When asked by a reporter in Delaware County whether a Delaware River Watershed Caucus existed in Congress, Delgado decided it ought to. "If there is one, I will join. And if there isn't one, I'm going to create one," he recalls saying.
Delgado was as good as his word. The bipartisan Delaware River Watershed Congressional Caucus was formally launched on April 12 in Callicoon, New York by Delgado and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), affording representatives of the vast watershed, which stretches from upstate New York to the Delaware Bay, a platform for collaboration.
New York's 19th is "probably the most beautiful district in the country," Delgado says, conceding that he might have a spot of personal bias. At the heart of it is the Delaware River, a rich natural and economic resource whose watershed touches 23 Congressional districts across four states and generates roughly $25 billion in economic activity. "I thought it was important to shed light on this, and there's always power in numbers," Delgado says.
Staying in touch with people across a sprawling, politically kaleidoscopic district like the 19th isn't easy, and it has put plenty of miles on Delgado's car over the past three years. But even after a decisive re-election in 2020, he isn't resting on his laurels.
"Representative government requires that the folks who people send to Washington to represent them know who they're representing," he says. "You can't do that job unless you actually have a connection with the people."
Timothy Knight is a freelance writer based in Middleburgh. He has also written for the Mountain Eagle and the Watershed Post.
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The 2007 Annual Network Meeting was held at the Laguna Beach Resort in Phuket from 23-25 April 2007. Over 100 Senior Managers from 65+ countries attended the event, which was a clear indication that the UFO network is growing from strength to strength.
The first day of the meeting began with an official update from the UFO Head Office and an insight into future plans. A Workshop Session then gave delegates an opportunity to perform a SWOT analysis on the UFO network. The analysis proved to be a powerful technique to help uncover opportunities that Members are well placed to take advantage of.
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In the afternoon, delegates took part in a Team Building Session (pictured below), which was a great success! Delegates threw themselves into the tasks and their enthusiasm made it such a memorable event. The day ended with an evening of fun and trivia ... the annual UFO Quiz Night and Buffet!
The 2nd day was opened with an presentation on how to maximise internet exposure. We then moved on to 2 further workshop sessions Increasing Inter-Trade and Member Profiling. The aim of this project would be to uncover potential business opportunities and to proactively 'match' Members. The day was closed with a wonderful Sukhothai Banquet on the beach.
Our 3rd day began with a presentation on our Global Exchange Programme and the introduction of our UFO Environmental Policy. The meeting was closed with our Award Ceremony and Closing Speech from UFO Chairwoman, Rachel Humphrey.
Our Thailand Member, R R Logistics organised a fantastic Farewell Dinner for all delegates and their partners at the wonderful Phuket View' Restaurant, which we all enjoyed immensely.
The 3 days included our fundamental 1-2-1 Meeting Sessions, where delegates were able to discuss current business. These sessions enabled our delegates to meet new contacts, build business relationships, get to know, like and trust their fellow members with a view to gaining new business.


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Yemeni Leader Arrives in U.S. for Medical Treatment
Video National | 29th Jan 2012 | admin
The Yemeni Foreign Press Office announced his arrival around 6:30 p.m., but did not disclose his location. Last month, when the Obama administration decided to permit Mr. Saleh to visit the country, an official said that NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital would be providing the treatment, but the hospital has not confirmed that report. Myrna Manners, a spokeswoman for the hospital, said Saturday night that "he is not currently a patient at the hospital."
Before arriving in the United States, Mr. Saleh first stopped in Oman, which borders Yemen to the east. He briefly touched down at a commercial airport near London for a "refueling stop," according to Mohammed Albasha, a Yemeni government spokesman who described the itinerary on his Twitter account.
Mr. Saleh's visit is particularly contentious. He has become known for his resilience and canny maneuvering in holding onto power for 33 years, and had long been considered an American ally in the fight against Al Qaeda, which has sought a permanent foothold in Yemen. But he has responded to the demonstration movement against him with brutality, instigating a series of violent crackdowns that have killed more than 270 protesters and led to widespread factional violence, according to Human Rights Watch.
Despite the outcry at what has been seen by some as the Obama administration's decision to harbor a dictator, American officials said his absence from Yemen at this time would smooth the way for the Feb. 21 election that will determine his successor. Mr. Saleh originally said he would postpone any medical trips, citing the need for him to be in the country during the election, but reversed his position several times.
In a deal brokered by Persian Gulf countries, Mr. Saleh agreed in November to resign in exchange for immunity from prosecution for crimes against the protesters.
In Mr. Saleh's absence, Abdel Rabbo Mansour Hadi, the vice president, has assumed leadership duties, Mr. Saleh said in a speech. Mr. Hadi, according to Saba, the state-run news agency, was nominated by Parliament as the candidate for the election.
Mr. Saleh has insisted that he will be back in Sana in time for the swearing-in ceremony for the new president, but whether his medical treatment will be completed by that time is unknown.
In a farewell speech last month, after the Yemeni Parliament granted immunity to the president and several of his aides, Mr. Saleh apologized to Yemenis. "I ask for forgiveness from all my people, men and women, for any shortcomings during my 33-year-long rule," he said. NYT
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Cuyuna Country State Park is located in the Heartland region of central Minnesota near the towns of Crosby and Ironton. This dormant iron mine was, at one time, a major contributor to Minnesota's economy. The mine closed in 1984 and seemed to be abandoned for good until creative people reimagined the former mine as a unique state park site featuring mountain biking trails and fishing holes.
How to Get to Cuyuna Country State Park: Drive north from Ironton on County Road 30 for 0.7 of a mile. Turn right into the park.
Cuyuna Country State Park is Minnesota's newest state park. Until recently the area had been closed to the public because of the abandoned mine pits.
The area now designated as the Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area was once dotted with mining pits. These deep pits are now filled with clear north woods water. The result is 25 miles of natural shoreline and lakes that are perfect for fishing, canoeing and scuba diving.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has stocked these created lakes with game fish including bass, northern, sunfish and crappies. The park has yet to be discovered by many.
Cuyuna State Park is also a perfect destination for mountain biking and fat bike biking with approximately 25,000 bike riders enjoying the park every year. There are bike trails for bikers of every skill and ability.
You can rent bikes, including fat bikes, at the Red Raven bike shop and cafe in downtown Crosby.
If you want to stay for a while in this area, you can find lodging at the True North Base Camp, or for a rustic experience, rent one of the DNR lakeside yurts.
Cuyuna Country's Natural Attractions: The area features six natural lakes as well as the 15 deep lakes that were created in the former mine pits. Surrounding the lakes is a vast area of forest and marsh. This habitat provides a home for many species of wildlife and birds.
The excess rock piles left from mining operations are now covered with trees and vegetation. Some of these are as much as 200 feet high. From a distance they appear as natural features of the landscape.
Things to Do in Cuyuna Country State Park: World-class mountain biking (with more than 25 miles of single-track trail), and hiking are both available. The Cuyuna Lakes State Trail winds through the park and provides more than six miles of paved biking and hiking trail. Scuba divers have discovered that the clear lakes make exciting places to explore. Canoe enthusiasts will enjoy the short portages between lakes that allow for a variety of canoeing experiences.
A picnic area, fishing pier and boat ramp are available in the park.
Snowmobiling is popular in the park in winter.
Camping in Cuyuna Country State Park: The park has 25 drive-in campsites on the shore of Portsmouth Mine Lake. 18 sites have electrical hookups and 7 do not. One group site accommodates up to 25 people and is near the swimming beach. Picnic tables, fire rings, and vault toilets are provided. All campsites are available on a first come, first serve basis with self-registration at the campground.
More Attractions in This Region: Visit the Croft Mine Historical Park in Crosby to learn about the history of mining in this area and see some of the old mining equipment. More mining history and artifacts can be seen at the Cuyuna Range Historical Museum.
If you visit the second week of June, go to the village of Cuyuna to take in the Wood Tick Races.


Notes: You can pickle this asparagus (through step 2) up to 2 days ahead; the flavor becomes more intense the longer the asparagus stands in the brine. Serve chilled or at room temperature.
In wide 4- to 5-quart pan, combine vinegar, salt, sugar, pickling spice, and 2 cups water. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes.
Add asparagus; if liquid doesn't cover it, add water to cover. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until asparagus has faded to dull green and is tender-crisp to bite, 4 to 6 minutes. Remove from heat; add 1 cup ice cubes to stop cooking. Let stand at least 30 minutes (see notes).
Drain asparagus and arrange on a platter or seal in a container for transport.


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Behind the Lens: Humbled by Brasvellbreen Glacier
June 9, 2020 By Matthew Scott
Silversea's Onboard Photographers carry the weight of guests' excitement and curiosity on their lenses. They often photograph once-in-a-lifetime moments for travelers who have journeyed far and wide, and take pride in preserving experiences, capturing feelings, and delivering the unexpected. Silversea's guests take great delight in reliving their voyage through the images and videos of the professionals.
For Denis Elterman, "photography and videography extend the voyage experience for travelers, recreating magic moments and re-conjuring felt feelings." The Expedition Filmmaker enjoys shedding new light on guests' experiences: "I use my drone to take guests up into the sky and I use my GoPro to take them beneath the water. And with my Canon DSLR and each of my lenses, I unlock a new view of the same unforgettable experience."
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Transformation through Travel: "As the longest-serving Onboard Photographer for Silversea Cruises, I've been traveling the world aboard Silversea's ships for the last five years, on and off," continues Elterman. "I've visited all seven continents, including the remotest corners of the planet—many of which seem to have been explored by few humans before me and lie outside of the sphere of popular exploration. It's this feeling of discovery that keeps me coming back time and time again: always new, always exciting, never predictable. I'm completely hooked. I think the same can be said of the most passionate travelers. But for me, there's one experience that stands out above all others from my travels…"
Glacial runoff gushes into the sea from atop the Brasvellbreen Glacier, Svalbard/Denis Elterman
"Those travelers who have seen a towering glacier first-hand will appreciate why I've selected my first-ever journey to Brasvellbreen Glacier as my stand-out experience with Silversea. I changed that day, back in July of 2016, when I first set eyes on the immense wall of Arctic ice while sailing on a 10-day Svalbard cruise. Something within me transformed, as I saw this natural structure merging with the sky above, runoffs of vibrant blue gushing from atop the glacier into the sea below."
Approaching the Wall of Ice: "We were sailing aboard Silver Explorer in the remote waters of the Barents Sea around Svalbard. As the glacier came into view, I could make out a long white line on the horizon, stretching from port to starboard. I had no sense of scale at first, with no idea how tall the ice was. We edged closer and the line gradually grew. As we approached, we saw birds circling above the flowing meltwater pools. The sunlight made the glacier glitter and I was entranced. This was a wholly sensuous experience: seeing this ancient structure of ice before me, hearing the bird calls and the powerful flow of water, and feeling the fresh gusts of wind. I felt inspired.
Silversea's guests admire the Brasvellbreen Glacier in Svalbard from Silver Explorer's Zodiacs/Denis Elterman
Camera Poised: "The ship was anchored a fair distance from the glacier and the Expedition Team members were operating Zodiac tours a safe distance from the landmark. I felt nervous, as if about to participate in a running race, the excitement and curiosity of Silversea's guests a key factor in my nervousness. My turn came and I boarded the Zodiac with guests, butterflies in my stomach, clutching to my Canon 5d MkIV and my DJI Phantom 4 Pro+ drone—my preferred tools of choice for the challenge ahead.
Our Zodiac glided across the calm water, transporting us closer to the vast Brasvellbreen Glacier. As we moved, our accompanying Expedition Expert was describing the life cycle of glaciers: how fresh snowfall takes two years to become ice, how the glacier shifts under it own weight, and how ice breaks off at the glacier's base in a process called calving. All the while, Kittiwakes were darting across the white of the ice, catching my attention with their squawking calls.
We got nearer and nearer, as was reasonably allowed. I was stunned by the enormity of the structure before us. The streams of flowing water were in fact vast waterfalls, plummeting from dozens of meters above sea level with great force."
Elterman was determined to capture footage of the glacial runoffs from above, as they plummet into the Barents Sea/Denis Elterman
Soaring Above the Glacier: The longest glacier front of the northern hemisphere, the 180km-long Brasvellbreen Glacier forms part of Austfonna, Europe's third-largest ice cap in terms of area and volume. Elterman had eagerly anticipated the opportunity to cast his lens upon the spectacle and photographing Brasvellbreen Glacier had become his obsession.
"I love filming natural landscapes and extraordinary natural phenomena, and so I was desperately excited to see Brasvellbreen Glacier for the first time, mentally preparing for the moment for months prior to the voyage. But I was determined to show guests the icy mass from a unique perspective—from an angle that they couldn't have enjoyed without professional equipment.
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From Formation to Calving: The Life Cycle of Glaciers in Chile
From the Zodiac, under the watch of a spotter, I took to the skies with my drone to illustrate the vein-like waterways that were etched into the glacier's surface by flowing meltwater. From imagining to seeing, I was amazed by the view; the incredible patterns on the top of the glacier stretched far into the distance. The sheer volume of the ice block was made real. I'd never seen anything like it before—it was a completely otherworldly surface that looked like another planet.
For a second, I became disoriented, astray in the depths of Mother Nature. I couldn't determine from which direction I had flown and the sea was lost to the horizon. Once I had finally found my course again, I traced the glacier's boundary, looking down upon white pools of meltwater in a sea of blue. I couldn't stop smiling at the thought of what I had filmed."
Vein-like meltwater channels decorate the top of the Brasvellbreen Glacier/Denis Elterman
"When I showed my video of Brasvellbreen Glacier to Silversea's guests at the end of the expedition, they were amazed to see this once-in-a-lifetime experience from a new perspective. For me, this is what I love most about both photography and travel: each broadens your horizons and pushes your boundaries, enabling you to develop a new appreciation for incredible beauty, time and time again. We travelers share moments, emotions and stories, collecting them like mementos, enriching ourselves in the process."
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Bloomingdale's said yesterday that it would close two unprofitable stores in Dallas and in Stamford, Conn., this summer.
The two stores contribute about 4.5 percent of the fashionable department store chain's $1.2 billion in total sales. The company has 15 other stores.
The Dallas store, in the Valley View Mall outside the city, was opened with considerable fanfare in 1983 and is Bloomingdale's only store in Texas.
The New York-based Bloomingdale has been in voluntary bankruptcy along with its parent, Federated Department Stores Inc., and eight other store divisions since Jan. 15.
The decision to close the two stores was seen yesterday by retail observers as a move dictated by the financial pressures of the Chapter 11 bankruptcy status of both Bloomingdale's and Federated.
Bloomingdale's announcement yesterday followed a report on Monday in New York Business, a weekly newspaper, that Bloomingdale's might close four stores, including the one in Fresh Meadows, Queens, as well as the Stamford store.


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China, Cambodia intergovernmental committee holds meeting via video
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Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi co-chairs the sixth meeting of the China-Cambodia intergovernmental coordinating committee with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Hor Nam Hong via video on July 14, 2022. (Xinhua)
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, co-chaired the sixth meeting of the China-Cambodia intergovernmental coordinating committee with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Hor Nam Hong, on Thursday via video.
Next year will mark the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and Cambodia and the completion of the two countries' first five-year action plan for building a community with a shared future. Noting this, Wang confirmed that China is willing to work with Cambodia to push bilateral cooperation at the forefront of the times, better serve the development of their respective countries and contribute to regional development and prosperity.
The facts show that the building of a China-Cambodia community with a shared future serves the fundamental and long-term interests of the two nations, and conforms to the trend of progress of the times and to the overall interest for peace and stability in the region. This cooperation is moving in the right direction, Wang said. The two sides are writing a new chapter in the high-quality development of bilateral relations in the new era, Wang adds.
Hor said Cambodia firmly adheres to the one-China policy, firmly supports the Global Development Initiative and the Global Security Initiative, and wishes the upcoming 20th National Congress of the CPC a complete success.
Cambodia and China have made remarkable progress in fully implementing their plan of action for building a community with a shared future for both countries. Hor thanked China for providing a large amount of vaccines and anti-epidemic supplies, guaranteeing that Cambodia will be able to effectively control the epidemic and improve its economic situation.
Hor also thanked China for helping Cambodia maintain stability and improving people's standard of living, bringing tangible benefits to the Cambodian people.
"The Cambodian side is firmly committed to building a Cambodia-China community with a shared future and consolidating our ironclad friendship so as to bring more benefits to the two countries and their citizens," Hor added.
The two sides reviewed the implementation of the consensus reached at the fifth meeting of the China-Cambodia intergovernmental coordinating committee and made plans for the next step of their cooperation.
The two sides formulated a new action plan on building a China-Cambodia community with a shared future and coordinated exchanges and cooperation in various fields.
The two sides will deepen the exchange in governing their respective countries, and firmly support each other in safeguarding core interests and taking the development path in line with their national conditions.
The two sides will promote the joint construction of key projects of the Belt and Road Initiative with a high standard, continue to fight the epidemic together, and develop their cooperation in the fields of economy, trade and agriculture.
The two sides will increase flights between the two countries, implement livelihood projects, and strengthen cooperation in science and technology, education, culture, think tanks and tourism.
The two sides will adhere to the ASEAN-led regional cooperation architecture and reject any attempt to turn the East Asian cooperation platform into an arena for major powers to engage in game playing.
After the meeting, the two sides jointly announced the signing of cooperation documents on human resources and infrastructure.
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As South-East Asian countries gear up for their ASEAN Economic Community, coming into effect by the end of this year, Indonesia should look into setting up special economic zones together with bordering countries.
These special zones are in line with the ASEAN Economic Community's blueprint to support local businesses and allow people and goods to move freely between states. Having countries jointly set up economic hubs in border areas can minimise territorial disputes, reduce cross-border crimes and improve the lives of people living in remote outposts.
Economists call these areas Special Border Economic Zones (SBEZs). It's a variation of Special Economic Zones (SEZs), a dedicated area where businesses receive tax breaks and other regulatory incentives to produce and distribute goods.
A Special Border Economic Zone is an area set up by bordering countries to support businesses and promote trade and tourism at the border.
Malaysia and Thailand have a couple of these hubs and plan to have at least eight between them. The Greater Mekong Subregion, which covers Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar plus China, will have 60 SBEZs by the end of 2015. Some 54 of these are between the borders of Laos and Cambodia.
But Indonesia, which shares land borders with Malaysia, Papua New Guinea and Timor Leste, has yet to join the crowd.
Most Indonesians living in border areas are poor. Far from the centre of government and business, the roads and schools in these remote areas are in bad condition. Human traffickers and drug smugglers often use unsupervised borders to move their victims and illegal cargo.
Border economic zones may be a solution to these problems. SBEZ is not a one-size-fits-all solution to stop these crimes. But it is a way to minimise them.
These shared economic zones in border areas increase community and government presence, which may reduce the areas' vulnerability to illegal activities. By creating jobs, border economic zones may also reduce welfare problems in these areas.
Indonesia can look at different models between Thailand and Malaysia, the countries in the Greater Mekong Subregion, and the Oresund region between Sweden and Denmark, as case studies.
The Narathiwat-Rantau Panjang zone between Thailand and Malaysia is an incubator for small and medium businesses. It produces traditional snacks and has a shared market that can attract tourists.
The two countries also share Rubber City, an industrial zone that produces rubber and products from the material, between Thailand's Ban Prakob and Malaysia's Durian Burung. It has an inland port and Thailand and Malaysia are planning to build a border town with schools, hotels, a convention centre, health facilities and public transportation.
Meanwhile, through a Cross-Border Transport Facilitation Agreement, countries in the Greater Mekong Subregion agreed to build economic zones around the borders. Countries set up joint facilities to inspect people and goods going through the borders. Similar to SBEZs between Malaysia and Thailand, these border economic zones provide jobs and promote trade and tourism.
The Oresund region between Denmark and Sweden is far more advanced. It's an area of more than 2 million hectares – more than twice the size of Melbourne – where Swedes and Danes share a space to work, trade and live.
To develop SBEZs, Indonesia should arrange the relevant regulations and policies with neighbouring countries. An intergovernmental body to oversee these areas will be needed too.
Indonesia may consider doing a more comprehensive study to determine potential areas that could benefit from SBEZs and start talks with neighbouring countries on this basis.
Indonesia faces many problems in its border areas, from human trafficking and smuggling to activities of separatist groups. It should not deal with these issues only through a defence and security approach.
If Indonesia would like to improve control of its borders and retain its sovereignty, it should also improve the wellbeing of people living there.


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in westminster. here maryland's most powerful doppler radar. we can highlight the snow frederick and montgomery county and some of it will try to slide off toward the east. you may see a band of snow crossing i-70 and into howard county over the next hour or. two but most of the stuff has been locked to our west. look out for the wind advisory. flurries of snow showers, 29 will feel like single digits or teens. here kim with more on how the wind is affecting traffic. >> reporter: that's right. wind warnings are in place at
the bay and key bridges this morning. so keep that in mind. and you could see the occasional icy patch on the roadways. watch your speeds making are way on and off the exit ramps and on the bridges and overpasses. fortunately, we are off to a quiet start around the beltway. no problems on 695 at providence road. very light volume. no delays at this time. we have the two incidents in baltimore city including a crash at south president and fleet street and homewood avenue is closed between st. ann's and cokes bury because of a dwelling fire. traffic is diverted on loch raven road. now back to you. >> thanks. it's 5:32 right now. the health care overhaul has suffered a setback. a federal judge ruled part of the reform law unconstitutional. as john hennedrin. >> reporter: , the case could wind up in the supreme court. >> reporter: a federal judge decision in virginia could put the president's signature program on life support. >> the case is -- case is not about health insurance. it's not about health care.
it's about liberty. and the judge said as much in his order. >> reporter: the judge hudson appointed by george w. bush ruse the mandate forcing individuals to buy health insurance is-counsels tuesdayal. >> if we cross the line now the unconstitutional line where the government can for us to buy private product and say it's for our own good, then we will give the government the power to force us to buy other products. cars, gym memberships, and asparagus. >> reporter: white house response, virginia's decision is a minority view with judges having dismissed 13 earlier lawsuits against the health care law. >> we are confident it's constitutional and quite frankly of the three courts that surrendered -- rendered decisions on this question, two have ruled in our favor. >> reporter: this case and another in florida with arguments on thursday are high-profile. the plaintiffs are the state themselves in the florida case, 20 of them. >> part of the health care system obviously needs to be
fixed. yeah, expenses are out of control, and everyone's needs are not being met right now. but there are better solutions than giving up our freedom. >> reporter: that's a point courts could take months or years to decide. a senior obama administration says the department of justice most likely will appeal the case. a case that may end up in the supreme court. abc news, washington. time 5:34. 21 degrees outside. president obama says diplomat richard holbrooke was true giant of american foreign policy. president went onto call him one tough son of a gun. he died last night after having heart surgery. holbrooke was hospitalize after colappetting -- collapsing at state department e played a key role in the afghan peace effort and brokered a peace agreement between the warring bosnian factions. michael steele plans to run
for a second term as the head of the republican national committee. this will be one of the toughest fights of his political career because five others want the job. steele kep the decision secrets until a conference call last night. a lot of members of the gop are unhappy with the fund raising efforts as well as management style. dramatic video caught on tape. >> yeah. police officer stops to help an accident victim and when he is hit by a car, we will show you what happens. and the slow moving storm that brought bone chilling cold and dropped heavy snow moves out to the midwest. and we will show you all the problems it caused. time for a look at trains and buses throughout the metro area. good morning kurt. hope you are warm this morning. >> reporter: yes, once i got in the building. that's good thing. we have of course warm bus and trains out there moving folks along and a delay on the light rail northbound running about 20 minutes late. metro subway on schedule. warm buses are moving along. 8 bus with a 15 minute delay.
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welcome back. mid-december seems too early to deal with icy arctic blast. >> but the brutal weather system that dumped feet of snow in the midwest is moving east dropping temperatures into a deep freeze. abc karen travers has latest. >> reporter: winter doesn't arrive for one more week, but this early season storm made quite an impact. in northern indiana, icy conditions high winds and six foot snowdrifts made interstate highways impassable. state troopers used snowmobiles to reach drivers stranded in their cars some for more than 12 hours. >> i am stuck because i can't go back north or west or east. so what's left, you know? so technically you are stuck. i can move but i can't go nowhere. >> reporter: one tow truck driver was digging out vehicles for 17 hours. >> i ran into one lady down there and she was in tears. she couldn't function in the car. it was really disorientating.
>> reporter: with the storm moving out of the midwest, crews in minneapolis are work around the clock to shovel off the ripped apart roof of the metro dome stadium. the goal, get the roof and the field back in shape for next week's game. >> everything is a challenge, right? >> reporter: the storm bitter cold air reached as far south as florida where the governor declared a state of emergency. and citrus growers are worried about losing crops. >> we are not ready for this. certainly last week we were enjoying nice weather and now to get bombarded with freeze or below temperatures, so it's a concern. >> reporter: more than half the country felt the effects of the massive winter system and the cold weather is not going away any time soon. >> the cold behind it, that will be impacting mostly the eastern third of the country at least another day or two. >> reporter: so far, there have been at least 14 deaths attributed to this storm. and officials are urging people to take precautions to stay warm and stay prepared.
karen travers, abc news. now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weatherate. to warm your spirits look at this bag with the snowman i got. it was -- dish was visiting north carroll high school and hang out with the foot forecast team that you will see on a special airing this weekend. north carroll and everybody else dealing with a chill. it's teens outside the beltway. but officially 21 in baltimore. 23 in easton. wanted to calculate the wind and show you it feels like seven in town 11 in easton and that's not a advertisement for your morning slurpee which is probably the last thing you want. look at oakland, the wind chill is 15 below. the rest of the east coast, they are talking about a deep freeze in the south. look at florida this morning. it's currently 30 in orlando. there's ice on makeey's ears.
35 in west palm and 38 in miami. we are going to stay at 29 today a wind advicery are gusts to 45 miles per hour and occasional flurries. here's kim with the traffic. >> reporter: well, traffic is a fairly smooth start this morning. as we look live at the beltway, traffic is flowing freely on the northeast side at providence road. no problems heading towards the top side on the 83s and outer loop headed around towards 795 towards 70. traffic looks really good. we are dealing with one crash in baltimore city at south president and fleet street. we still have a road closure in place because of a dwelling fire at homewood avenue which is closed between st.an's and cokesbury. stay with us, there is more of your news, weather and traffic when "good morning, maryland" comes back after this.
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it's 5:45. you know folks, thee are the games that will drive you to drink. the ravens looked like they were in control and would beat the texans by four or five scores but the ravens d collapsed to come alive again in overtime. to houston. the texans tie it at 28 after
going for two point conversion. 21 second left in regulation and that send us to overtime. oh, but in that extra frame, josh wilson picked off matt schaub and returned it for the game winning score stealing the ravens win 34-28 in ot. so with the d giving it up at regulation, they can take it away in ot. >> quarterback threw it inside, and i said this can't be happening. and, i was concentrating catch the ball. and the game was over. >> our guys overcame a tough situation and found a way to win. >> the ravens included 9-4 and moved into a tie for the jets for the two wild card playoff slots. baltimore 16-1 against sub.500 teams during the past two years. 5:46. the wood lawn man accused of a
terrorist plot is going to stay in jail up until his trial. antono martinez' lawyers claims was set up by federal agents. at a hearing in federal court downtown prosecutors say martinez was grinning grinning ear to ear as he prepared to blow up a military recruitment cornet route 40 in catonsville. but it was a fake bomb planted by the fbi. listen to what the -- listen to what the woman who says she is martinez' mother says. >> [audio not understandable] >> i don't care he is. >> the terrorist. he is not. >> how can you be sure. >> i know him. i am the only person that knows him. needs guilty? >> i just believe that it's entrapment. >> the fed said martinez planned to video the explosion after he detonated the bomb from the site near catonsville. new reports that george hughley the former university
of virginia lacrosse player could get a plea deal. they don't plan the death penalty. he is charged with the murder of yardley love. he admitted to police he fought with love shake her as her head repeatedly slammed against the wall. baltimore speed cameras bringing in some serious revenue. baltimore's department of transportation says from november 1st of 09 to the same time this year it hand out close to 379,000 citations. megan, do you have any. >> no. none. are you kidding. no. i do not speed. >> receipt reely? $40 a pop that equals a total of more than $15 million for the city. the city leaders and department of transportation officials insist the cameras are not about generating revenue but calling it a safety tool. and new this morning, we are learning a lot more about the
plans to build slots parlor nearan arundel mills mall. a developer says temporary casinos with 2000 slot machines would be built on the ground floor of the parking garage and the first phase of the casino would open in late 2011. cordish president says the full complex would open about a year later. a consume are alert this morning. walgreens and mcdonald's say that they have had unrelated security breaches. walgreens says hackers gained access to a list of customer e-mail address and sent spam seeking personal data. mcdonald's says a subcruetor improperly handled data from customers who signed up for certain promotions. now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar, and the forecast certified most accurate by weatherate. >> a bitterly cold day yesterday that seemed to get colder and colder. the high temperature early on 39 degrees. we had some snow that did not amount to too much.
but temperatures continue to slide below freezing during the afternoon from any spots where they stayed in the 20s to the west. now we have a full grip across the reasonableon, we look at the almanac and we are not close. on this 14th of december, the normal low of 28 degrees. it's close to the forecast high for today. so nowhere near the 46 degree mark we would expect. record of 11 was set in 1960. 719 high mark in 1929. and the sun up at 7:18 and goes down at 4:45. satellite and radar composit during the morning hours highlights a band of streamers. coming off lake erie they ride up the algeany plan toe and dry out. we have a little hit back towards montgomery county and another hit near salisbury and he essentially that's it. snow showers and flurries. nothing accumulating around these parts. but there will be the bitterly cold win as low pressure churns up and spins across northern new england and eastern canada. the wind will increase during the afternoon as we expect high temperatures essentially stuck in the 20s with wind chills
that can be stuck into the single digits as gusts reach 45 miles per hour. you can see the storm winding itself up, up towards the northeast. and with that in mind, we watched the jet stream work to the deep south opening up the floodgates of cold air all the way down to florida this morning. we are watching a little disturbance to the west that may ride the upper level winds, could stay just to the south. we may get clipped by that. but that would be a thursday event. there's a possibility we do get a little snow. but the forecast models indicate we may have flurries and clouds stuck around today, we lift that pattern on thursday. and there's the next system and we will watchite if it skirts to the south or clips with us another chance of light snow. 29 with wind adviews ris it will feel like single digits. teens overnight and tomorrow expecting a high of 30.
wind ease up a little bit. temperatures come back a little bit. but thursday, a chance of light snow a possible coastal storm again on sunday. records this morning the winds are playing a part in the community as we have wind warnings in place as you head towards bay bridge and the key bridges this morning. as we look live at the beltway, however, traffic is beginning to build a little bit on the outer loop side. but we are incident free around 695. no problems up and down the 95 corridor. 83 is checking in good. look live at the maps -- looking live at maps, a earlier accident at south president and fleet street are being cleared. but homewood avenue in the 2200 block to the 2400 block of homewood avenue is closed because of a fire that has confirmed with a fatality. it's going to be closed between st. ann's and part of bartly is shut down. traffic is being diverted on loch raven road. avoid the area until they get it cleared up. no problems on the jfx, tunnels checking in without issues. maryland -- stay with us,
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of homewood avenue. at least three row homes caught on fire and investigators say the wind played a huge role in this causing it to go all the way up to 2 alarm. this forced fire fighters to evacuate from the home. in news from around the nation, this morning, video from cincinnati. remarkably a. police officer doing okay after surviving a serious accident. take a look. he stopped by the side of the road to help someone in a wreck when another driver lost control and hit them. they were pinned between the car and a concrete barrier. both taken to the area hospitals and doing okay. official say slick icy roads are partly to blame for that very dramatic crash. check this out. a block in one oregon town is now below the street level. this incredible huge sink hole opened up in astoria. crews fenced off the area so no one could get near it and get hurt. officials say the rain likely caused the block to collapse.
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The first I ever heard of Deng Xiaoping was in my O Level history class. We were learning Chinese history, the excesses of Chairman Mao, the suffering of the Chinese people during the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution. Then in stepped Deng Xiaoping, Dengism and the beginning of a new era. To hear my history teacher describe it, Deng was the Messiah, and the Chinese Communist Party the flock gone astray.
According to Wikipedia, the Peoples Republic of China is one of the last five communist states in the world. China's government has been variously described as communist and socialist, but also as authoritarian, with heavy restrictions remaining in many areas, most notably on the internet, the press, freedom of assembly, reproductive rights and freedom of religion.
Deng Xiaoping served as de facto leader of China for almost twenty years. He put it firmly on the path to becoming one of the fastest growing economies in the world. All without the trouble of having regular elections, 'people driven' constitutions or misfortune of an Inclusive government. This, despite China effectively being a one party state. In a 2008 Pew research Centre survey 86% of Chinese people expressed satisfaction with the way things were going in their country and with their nation's economy.
When ZANU PF looks East I wonder what it is looking at. Is it examining the Chinese Communist Party's successes and failures and how these may be instructional for them too? The same words that describe the Chinese Communist Party may be applied to them. It is not far-fetched that ZANU's policies could successfully be implemented. Then an all ZANU PF government could also have an 86% approval rating from it's oppressed citizens. Oppression is subjective. If most people are happy most of the time, are they really oppressed?
Democracy was never a prerequisite for a successful government or economic growth. It's a nice idea, but I would wager that the majority of people, including myself, would give up a measure of freedom in return for prosperity. China's one billion plus population is nothing to laugh at.
When ZANU PF looks East it sees the fat wallets of Chinese investors and turns a blind eye to the deals that short change the people. While the president lectures about sovereignty, his ministers systematically turn Zimbabwe once again into a client state for a different ideology.
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The Queen and Prince Philip Will Skip Christmas at Sandringham Due to COVID-19
Out of an abundance of caution and due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip will not be heading to their Sandringham estate for Christmas this year.
Buckingham Palace confirmed that the sovereign and the Duke of Edinburgh will instead stay put at Windsor Castle as the United Kingdom continues to slow down the spread of the novel virus. Medical experts and scientists are currently advising against unnecessary travel and private gatherings between individuals while the globe works to combat the enduring pandemic.
"Having considered all the appropriate advice, The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh have decided that this year they will spend Christmas quietly in Windsor," read a statement from a Buckingham Palace spokesperson.
Under normal circumstances, members of the royal family come together every year for a traditional public walk to church for a Christmas Day service, followed by a lavish family lunch at the queen's Sandringham estate. In the past, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and their children, as well as Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan, have joined in on the public procession and royal tradition.
It's unconfirmed for now whether or not the queen will have visits from some of her family members at Windsor Castle come Christmas Day, but the concept isn't being entirely ruled out just yet. In the U.K. between the days of December 23 and 27, the current lockdown rules will be temporarily relaxed, allowing up to three families to meet indoors for the holiday.
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Yes, there are. The most common way of getting an advantage is to use software in order to farm and perform certain tasks automatically, also called botting. There are also some other more specific scripts and even client hacks, but those are far less common. However, there are NO gold hacks, god modes, item adders or anything alike.
Legal to Cheat in WoW and will my Account get Banned?
Well, unless you are being obvious and/or annoying other people, you really need not worry too much. However, if you are running whole armies of bots or using your farming software for 24h every day, you will certainly get banned sooner or later and you will deserve it. However, as long as you are cheating casually and using software that is up to date, you will be fine. – And cheating in games is legal everywhere in the world.
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There are many possible ways to cheat in WoW that are currently being used or have been used in the past. There are hacks, such as speedhacks, radar hacks and similar cheats that are being injected into the game. There are exploits that are mostly temporary and can allow for things as duping, unlimited experience and gold farming and similar things. Exploits are usually patched a few weeks after being discovered. The last and probably most used way of cheating in World of Warcraft is botting: That means using computer scripts to automate certain tasks such as farming money and experience, fishing, crafting, enchanting, gathering, buying and selling on the auction house, looting items, raiding and questing. Bots are the most save and effective way of cheating in WoW as of now.
As in most MMORPGs cheating has become a part of the meta. Most serious players in World of Warcraft are using some kind of script, bot or exploit to save time, be more effective in their grinding or simply have an advantage in PvP. Most hackers never get caught, since they are using paid bots or hacks and those are especially hard to detect and ban. There are players in WoW that have been cheating for 5+ years now and have amassed such incredible wealth that they can actually make a living from selling some of it.
Bots are programs that will take control of your character and do certain preprogrammed tasks in order to save you a lot of time. Bot scripts will read your PC memory (ram) and read your location in the world (coordinates), then they will use that piece of information among others to navigate the world, attack mobs, loot, craft, enchant, fish, quest and do other repetitive tasks. Bots are very effective to level up characters in a short time and to farm money you can then spend on gear, pets or mounts ect. Bots will usually make the PC they are used on, unavailable for other tasks: So if you want to farm 24/7, then you will have to have a dedicated World of Warcraft bot grinding computer.
Bots can be programmed to do almost anything. Especially since there is almost no dodging in WoW, bots are quite effective and can do most tasks just as effectively as a human being could. However, bots do run into problems when it comes to PvP and certain raids. A bot is a script and cannot think like a human being, cannot come up with strategies, and will lose to any human player with experience in PvP.
Bots are very effective when it comes to making gold (money). In World of Warcraft. It is more than likely that at this point over 50% of the money in the WoW economy has been produced by bots. Bots can buy and sell from the auction house, they can craft, mine, enchant, craft jewels, tailor, cook, work leather, fish, forge runes and a lot more. They can perform almost any professional skills and help you to max them out and make money off of them. – The most famous bot when it comes to professions is probably the fishing bot that is pretty popular in WoW and can be a constant source of income.
Hacks are pieces of code that is injected into the game client (game program running you your PC) edit the way the game works or add certain functions to the game. Examples of this are wallhacks or radar hacks. A wallhack will give you the ability to walk through walls and radar hacks will make enemies visible through obstacles and give you a huge tactical advantage. There are also hacks that can teleport you, make you fly or jump really high or increase your walking speed (speed hacks). Even though hacking in WoW is certainly still possible, people are doing it less and less, since using bots is a lot more effective. Positional advantages are not that useful in the PvE of World of Warcraft and since the game is very much centered around the PvE and grinding, hacks are very hard to find right now. The only place where hacking is still viable is the PvP.
Another reason why hacking is not all that popular in WoW is that people will notice that you are cheating quite quickly, if you are walking through walls and flying around. When it comes to the danger of detection, bots are a lot saver a well, since they do not inject any code into the game and are not all that obvious.
There have been a lot of different exploits in the history of World of Warcraft. The most famous or rather infamous of all exploits is the duping exploit: A duping exploit (aka dupe) will allow you to duplicate items and can potentially ruing the economy of an MMO. Duping and other exploits are often found by accident and are mostly related to lag or performing multiple actions at once. For example: Depositing an item and using it to craft at the exact same time in combination with lag can potentially lead to both actions being performed and a successful dupe. Some dupes are exploiting glitches due to lag and are hard to patch for the developers and other dupes are exploiting a fundamental error in the code of the game.
Other exploits use more obvious bugs in the game like mobs that give too much experience or are dropping items they are not supposed to drop ect. These kinds of exploits are often found by very dedicated players after new content has been added to World of Warcraft (expansions ect) and are usually patched quite quickly after people report the bugs in the forums.
There are a lot of people out there in the depths of the internet and to protect you from being scammed, I will now explain to you how MMOs work when it comes to important values such as Health or Money: Some values in an MMORPG are processed on your PC and some are processed on the servers. Obviously, we have no means to change values processed on the Blizzard servers, but we do have access to our own computer. Problem is that very important values such as our money or health and items are not processed on our PC and thus cannot possibly be changed by any hacks or cheats. Today there are simply no MMOs left that are primitive enough, not to process currency and health on the client side. So I urge you not to fall for people offering you "God Mode Hacks" and "Item Generators". They are mostly just editing videos to look like it works, when it really does not.


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Research Topics for a Ph.D. in Forensic Science
By John Huddle
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Forensic science research develops new scientific knowledge and methods to solve crimes and civil legal issues. With several disciplines from which to choose, such as digital and multimedia sciences or questioned documents, training is specific to each discipline. The National Institute of Justice is a major funding source, as of 2014, for dissertation topics in forensic science. Each discipline requires specific training that drives the selection of the research topic.
Modern Slavery Patterns
Slavery is alive and well in the 21st century, with an estimated 27 million slaves worldwide, as of 2014. According to the United States State Department, modern slavery is holding someone in compelled service, such as forced labor, sex trafficking, bonded labor to pay off a debt, involuntary domestic servitude, forced child labor and child sex trafficking. As a research topic for forensic scientist doctoral candidates, research is primarily focused on the development of methods to detect and establish proof of slavery as well as human behavioral issues that fit within the disciplines of forensic psychiatry or psychology. The National Institute of Justice, the State Department and the American Psychological Association all have an interest in slavery-related research.
Travel Identity Theft
In 2014, when Malaysia Airlines flight 370 disappeared, two passengers boarded using stolen and forged passports. The theft and alteration of travel documents is a world-wide problem with Interpol recording over 40 million lost or stolen passport entries as of 2014. Forensic research into the theft and alteration of travel documents falls within the discipline of questioned documents. The National Institute of Justice, as of 2014, was the richest source of funding for this type of research for forensic scientists. The research focuses on developing better methods to detect patterns of theft and alteration of travel documents.
Technology Privacy Invasion
The evolution of technology provides many benefits, but it also opens up new ways to invade your privacy. Forensic research focuses on detecting and successfully prosecuting those who use technology to invade privacy. This type of research melds the disciplines of digital and multimedia sciences, which looks for evidence of crimes within technology, such as in digital records. As of 2014, The National Institute of Justice included digital evidence in their high-priority technology needs with research grant awards available to higher education institutions training forensic scientists.
Healthcare Fraud
Healthcare fraud, such as medical billing fraud costs the country an estimated $80 billion a year, according to 2014 FBI statistics. The FBI also reported that healthcare fraud is widespread, such as in insurance billing, denial of basic nursing home services or in illegal online pharmacies that deliver questionable drugs. Pursuing a research topic in healthcare fraud, like developing better methods to locate fraud patterns, fits under the general forensic discipline as a field of forensic accounting. The National Institutes of Justice fellowship program is a likely funding source for healthcare fraud research, helping grow this area of forensic science.
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American Psychological Association: Division 41, American Psychology Law Society News, The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents in the United States: A Call to Action for Psychology and Law, Abigail M. Judge, et al
American Psychological Association: Division 41, American Psychology-Law Society, AP-LS Awards, Grants and Funding
CNN: No Sign Of Malaysia Airline Wreckage; Questions Over Stolen Passports, Chelsea J. Carter and Jim Clancy
Interpol: Interpol Confirms at Least Two Stolen Passports Used by Passengers On Missing Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 Were Registered in Its Databases, Author
U.S. Department of State: Investigations
U.S. Department of State: How Passport and Visa Fraud Relate to Identity Fraud, Robert W. Starnes
The American Society of Questioned Document Examiners: Frequently Asked Questions
National Institute of Justice: Questioned Documents
The Kansas City Star: Technology Makes Invasion of Privacy Easier, Christine Vendel
The Japan Times: Editorial, The "Internet of Everything," Author
Harvard University: Berkman Center for Internet & Society, About
National Institute of Justice: High-Priority Technology Needs: Protecting the Public
Federal Bureau of Investigation: Health Care Fraud
National Association of Forensic Accountants: Forensic Accounting
National Institute of Justice: NIJ's Fellowship Programs
John Huddle is an Army veteran with enlisted service as general hospital staff and hospital chaplain's assistant. His career also included stints as a teacher, adjunct faculty, administrator and school psychologist. Twice, Dr. Huddle was a major party nominee for state office. He also served as a director on several nonprofit boards. Today he enjoys consulting and lobbying for underdog causes.
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Story in Parts is an event in which prompts are given to groups of people, each of which writes a different part of the same story, without knowing what the other groups are writing.
After all the groups have finished collaborating and writing, each part is read in succession to see how much continuity and ridiculousness we managed to achieve (hint: usually one is pretty high and the other pretty low).
If you're not into writing, no worries! You can contribute to discussions, throw out the occasional idea, or just hang out and watch the fun. Hope to see you there!


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Mindful Meats merges with Marin Sun
MERGED: Claire Herminjard and David Evans spent their recent honeymoon in Switzerland and Iceland "for a bit of wilderness meets working landscapes. We were so inspired..." she said.
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While honeymooning in Switzerland last summer, Claire Herminjard and David Evans found themselves bombarded with messages about their respective meat businesses back home. Ms. Herminjard, C.E.O. of Mindful Meats, and Mr. Evans, C.E.O. of Marin Sun Farms, then had a lightbulb moment.
"We realized we had an answer for each other's challenges," Mr. Evans said.
When the newlyweds returned from their honeymoon, they began "grilling each other" on what a merger would look like, and by October they had finalized their plans.
On Jan. 1, the couple's companies merged and Ms. Herminjard became a co-executive of Marin Sun Farms.
Mr. Evans, a fourth-generation rancher on Point Reyes, founded Marin Sun Farms in 1999 and has since become a leading meat provider in the region. In 2014, he purchased a processing center in Petaluma that's since become the only certified organic slaughterhouse in the Bay Area.
Ms. Herminjard established Mindful Meats in 2013 with the intent of providing organic and hormone- and G.M.O.-free beef. The company sources from a network of six small farms in Marin and Sonoma Counties.
The critical component for Mindful Meats with the merger will be its access to Marin Sun Farm's processing center. In the past, Ms. Herminjard used a slaughterhouse in Merced. She said Mindful Meats will continue as a separate product line but that the company will have access to Marin Sun Farms' distribution fleet.
Mr. Evans said the merger will allow Marin Sun Farms to join Mindful Meats in providing food to the Oakland Unified School District and Stanford Hospital, which Mindful Meats has done since 2015.
The pair can also join forces in marketing, hire the same accountant and maintain a single tax record. And "why have two P.O. boxes instead of one?" Mr. Evans asked.
Ms. Herminjard said the merger will allow Marin Sun Farms to increase production and hire more employees. The duo expects to enlist up to 10 new hires—such as butchers, drivers, production floor managers, packing and inventory supervisors—for their Petaluma processing center. "One thing I care deeply about is transparency," Ms. Herminjard said.
"The last piece [for Mindful Meats] was owning the process—when animals went in, how they were processed," she said. Her company had been steadily growing, she said, but transporting her cows to a slaughterhouse was a challenge.
In fact, "that was the biggest challenge," she said. "I happened to really luck out…that my husband was the owner of a U.S.D.A.-approved processing center. If not for that, Mindful Meats would be in a different position. Now we can plug in and focus on the growing market and selling the product. We want to continue pushing the envelope for building sustainability and being first to market."
Mr. Evans said he is following her lead in a commitment to the "dual purposing" of animals. Ms. Herminjard harvests dairy cows: "Essentially, these types of livestock are older in age and have traditionally been looked at as not as good as animals who have been raised specially as younger, single-purpose meat animals," she wrote in an email. "We are upcycling these dual-purpose animals showing that there is a lot of value in them as good food produced by our community for our community."
At the Petaluma processing center, Mr. Evans said that since the merger they are harvesting 80 to 100 cows a week, and expecting the number to grow. They also harvest up to 70 lambs and 50 pigs a week, and up to 15 goats. Marin Sun Farms does not slaughter poultry, instead sending 3,000 chickens to a Modesto processing center each week.
Mr. Evans is excited about the new opportunities presented by the merger, but said, "Our first merger was our marriage and this is an extension of that."
Ms. Herminjard added, "Our passion around this facilitated our meeting. It's a shared purpose and I couldn't imagine anyone else who I could accomplish this with."


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National News • World Meeting of Families 2015
U.S. lawmakers invite pope to address joint meeting of Congress
By Catholic News Service • Posted March 17, 2014
WASHINGTON (CNS) — A bipartisan invitation to Pope Francis to address a joint session of Congress if he comes to the U.S. in 2015 recognizes "the importance of the qualities" the pontiff embodies that resonate with people around the globe, said Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl of Washington.
Those qualities include "a desire for peace, care for the poor, and an ability to bring people together to address the needs of the suffering and marginalized," the cardinal said in a statement March 13, the first anniversary of the pope's election.
"These are values that our broken world is so in need of at this moment in history. I am grateful to Congress for acknowledging the universal appeal of Pope Francis' message with this invitation," he added.
Earlier in the day House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, issued a formal, open invitation to the pontiff to address a joint meeting of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate as a visiting head of state.
"(It) would honor our nation in keeping with the best traditions of our democratic institutions," Boehner said in a statement. "It would also offer an excellent opportunity for the American people as well as the nations of the world to hear his message in full."
There has been speculation that Pope Francis will come to the U.S. in September 2015 to attend the last day of the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia, but there has been no official confirmation the pope will be there. Past popes have attended the final day of the gathering.
Boehner, who is Catholic, issued the formal invitation to the pope as the constitutional officer of Congress. News reports said he sent it to the Vatican.
If he were to agree to address American lawmakers Congress, Pope Francis would be the first pontiff to ever address from the U.S. Capitol, according to Boehner aides.
Boehner said that in the last year, the pope's actions and words, especially about human dignity, freedom and social justice, "have prompted careful reflection and vigorous dialogue among people of all ideologies and religious views in the United States and throughout a rapidly changing world."
On March 7 in Philadelphia, Archbishop Charles J. Chaput led a news conference with Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett and Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter to announce they planned to lead a delegation March 24-26 to meet with Vatican officials to plan the 2015 international family gathering. They also will have an audience with Pope Francis.
The three leaders vowed to personally convince the pontiff to make his first pastoral visit in North America to the city for the conclusion of what will be the eighth World Meeting of Families.
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