His career began while at university at King's College, London, where he studied French and German, appearing in radio satire shows including Weekending on the cabaret circuit in London and Edinburgh.
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Since 1998 Endless Night has been the centerpiece of Halloween in New Orleans... However it has not been since after Katrina when we returned to NOLA in 2008 full time did we found our new home at the House of Blues. Here are a few flyers of the history of the Endless Night.


There's a short article of mine on some (very) basic compositional ideas in this month's Outdoor Enthusiast magazine.
"Well, I struggle a bit with composition…." I can usually guarantee this as a response when asking workshop clients what they're needing most help with in their photography. Which is understandable given that it's one of the more creative aspects of photography, the one where the hard facts go out of the window, and there are no real right answers…. wait, come back!
If you don't know where to begin, keeping a few basic compositional ideas in mind can help you build a more coherent picture, and even help you 'see' more potential shots in the first place.
Essentially, composition is how you manoeuvre all the elements of a scene into a visually pleasing array, and also coerce the viewer into seeing the scene the way you as the photographer did. Even if only partially successfully done, it can elevate an image into being something more than just a throwaway snapshot of a location.
Many will already be aware of the much – maligned rule of thirds, which is a fairly simplistic distillation of more complex compositional arrangements. However, it can be useful to keep in mind if you don't even know where to begin.
Split the scene into three both vertically and horizontally, and place important lines along the upper or lower thirds, and key points of interest off centre along intersections of both sets of lines.
With wider views, place the horizon line on the upper or lower third depending on whether your sky or foreground is the more interesting part of the scene.
This is one of the more basic 'rules' so don't try and contrive compositions to stick to it rigidly, and (as with all rules) don't be afraid to ignore it completely. Place your main point of interest dead centre if it pleases your eye better and has more impact that way.
Photography is of course a two dimensional representation of a three dimensional world and we can't escape that. The worst results are often crushingly flat and lifeless though. We need to begin to add some depth back.
One way to do this is to start adding more layers – the simplest way is with the nearest thing at your disposal, a foreground. That's not to say any foreground will do, don't include anything that is messy and confusing or that adds nothing to the shot. Pick, say, a fifty metre circle and walk around it repeatedly looking for anything which could be complementary. Change your angle of view and get down low rather than shooting from head height all the time.
If including a foreground, don't be tempted to use an ultra wide angle lens all the time, particularly with mountain scenes. Foreground objects can easily become too large and overly dominant, with distant mountains diminished and overwhelmed.
Instead of looking at the scene for what it is, try and view it as a series of lines and shapes, and look for ways to lead the viewer into and through the shot. Paths, walls, streams, rock strata, they all provide lines that can be used to guide the eye. Diagonal lines and, more subtly, s curves are both particularly useful.
As most regular hill walkers and wild campers will know, if you spend enough time amongst the landscape early or late in the day or in changeable weather, you will now and then encounter sublime lighting conditions that may only last for a couple of minutes. Isolated patches of light can light up certain parts of a scene whilst the rest remains in shadow.
These patches can almost become the main subject of the shot instead of what you were previously aiming the camera at, so try to react and compose around them accordingly. With fast moving bursts of light on wilder mountain days, try and wait until a particular hill or important part of the view is lit up before clicking your finger.
None of these ideas should be seen as rules, they're merely aids to try and nudge important parts of the composition into more pleasing positions should you be having problems knowing where to start. The final judgement should always be whether it looks pleasing to your eye, and not whether it conforms to any established idea.
Your compositions can nearly always be improved by taking a little more time and care at the capture stage. Spend some time and really look before you shoot. Check around the edges of the frame to make sure there's nothing intruding that shouldn't be; everything that's within it should be there for a reason, adding to or providing balance to the shot.
Once you've managed a few examples that you're happy with, consider why you think they work and then try and apply the same ideas to new locations. You'll soon begin to create more visually pleasing and arresting images that viewers will linger over a little longer on a more regular basis.
In this image I included the foreground rocks as they were almost a perfect deconstruction of the shape of the mountain in the background. This repetition of shape helps to add depth and connects the foreground and background for the viewer.
The nearest rock immediately points the viewer into the shot, from where you can trace a zig zagging line through the remainder towards Sgurr na Stri in the background. The most distant rock reinforces the connection by being of a similar shape and angle. I waited until the patch of light slowly moved across the scene, timing the shot to catch it as it hit the bay at Camasunary.
The sunlit foreground rocks not only help to add depth and scale to the image, but their diagonal lines also provide a nice entry point for the viewer. The eye is pointed right, then travels back left to the sunlit summit of Marsco, then back right again to Beinn Dearg Mhor and Glamaig.
If you're interested in learning more about the basics of photography, then feel free to take a look at one of my Lake District landscape workshops.


How revenue generated in MotoGP. A number of Motorsports racing fans like to understand the economic situation for a season of MotoGP. The system of money making run just like Formula one system, but if we compare the revenue profit its way lower then F1 races per race earnings and money distribution. Dorna is the actual company of MotoGP that generates revenue. Here you will see how the money made from MotoGP races.
A grand prix race promoter pays a specific amount of money to MotoGP (Dorna) to host a race.
Tv money mostly generated from television viewership. Once the sports become popular the coverage rights sold to channels world wide. Later to present on the local channels.
There are some other ways that MotoGP management uses to earn revenue by selling rights (video games making comapnies , sponsorship deals and MotoGP official website memberships).
As the sources confirmed, that some race are host on cost ($5.5 Million) but as previously a large number of fan base made for MotoGP. Now some circuits managements pay huge money to (Dorna) to host the race which is maximum cost upto ($10-$12 Million). So at the end of each season MotoGP estimated earn annual net income around ($120 million). In 2010, Motorland Aragon signed a contract deal with MotoGP of 6 year on which they will pay the (€41 million euros) during the contract time period which means, that Motorland Aragon each race cost (€7 million) a year.
MotoGP sell its tv rights to world wide channels, for example BT Sports who got television rights of MotoGP to show the coverage in United Kingdom they pay ($100 million) a year. The oval rights sold to all channels is about ($150 million). Not only this MotoGP holding company (Drona) spend huge money on producing a global feed for the broadcaster.
Another source from MotoGP made big money that is sponsorship deal with top motorsports companies such as (Tissot, Michelin, Singha, BMW, DHL, Red Bull, Monstor Energy) are long term partners of MotoGP. In 2013, sports magazine claimed that Drona makes netting from the Sponsorship deals estimated ($120 million).
Yes some of the bike making companies earn. MSMA earned $10 million which include around $2 million for producing every satellite bike. So that means satellite bike making companies earn extra amount.
No such information revealed so far about prize money procedure. But some other MotoGP class riders earn money by winning the race. The rider who finish 1st in Moto3 make (€3500). Winner of Moto2 race earns (€3000) and Z Cup winner received (€600). Here you get details about prize money for the MotoGP winning riders. its not disclosed by the authorities it is currently kept secret from Public.
MotoGP riders with experience of 2-3 years racing. Signed professional racing contracts from MotoGP team. Riders who become the world champion gets extra wage and salary increment for upcoming season MotoGP season. Not only this they earn from the sponsorship deals they signed with Motorsports companies and other marketing companies.


This recipe is adapted from Bobby Flay's version. I was looking around for ways to use saffron matzo balls and thought it was so odd that Bobby Flay had this recipe, but figured it was worth a shot. I loved the the flavor of the matzo balls mixed with the rich broth and the sofrito, just perfect. You can keep the sofrito out so that only those that want it get it if you have picky eaters, but everyone will love the matzo balls.
To make the matzo balls: Whisk the eggs, oil, seltzer, parsley, salt, garlic powder, saffron and pepper in a medium bowl. Add matzo meal and mix well. Cover with plastic wrap, pressed tightly against the batter and refrigerate for at least 1 hour, or overnight.
To cook the matzo balls: Bring a large pot of salted water or chicken broth to a boil over high heat. Moisten your hands lightly with water and form the matzo mixture into 10-12 balls. Carefully drop the matzo balls into the water or broth. Reduce the heat to medium and partially cover. Simmer gently until the matzo balls are cooked through, about 40 minutes. Using a skimmer transfer to soup when ready to serve or store.
Meanwhile, make the soup. Bring the chicken pieces and water to a boil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add the rest of the soup ingredients and reduce heat to simmer. Cook partially covered, until the chicken is tender, about 25 to 30 minutes. Remove the chicken from the soup. Remove and discard the skin, shred the meat into bite-sized pieces, and reserve the meat until service. Return the remaining bones back to the broth and simmer for 20-30 minutes more to further develop the soup's flavor.
While the soup is simmering, heat the oil in a medium skillet over medium heat. Add the onion, tomatoes, red and green peppers, cilantro, garlic and saffron. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables in the sofrito are tender, but not browned, about 8 minutes. Add the red pepper flakes, if using. Set the sofrito aside.
Note: Some may consider saffron to be kitniyot on Passover, consult your Rabbi.


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Brütsch Mopetta
Ben Branch April 4, 2012
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The Brütsch Mopetta is an interesting historical curiosity, only 14 of the microcars were ever made and even though there were some negations with Opel, nothing came of the talks and sadly the car never saw a production run.
Originally designed and built in a single day by Egon Brütsch in 1956 the Brütsch Mopetta is a 2-stroke, 50cc 3 wheeler with a top speed of 30mph and enough seating room for one man, his flap cap and his pipe.
It isn't hard to imagine the Mopetta taking on icon status in much the same way that the Messerschmitt, Goggomobil and Peel Trident did in the 1960s. If you're taken with the style of the Mopetta, there is a small company called Andy's Modern Microcars that'll build you almost any microcar you want, or just send you the kit so you can do it yourself.
Read more about the Brütsch Mopetta here via the Microcar Museum.
Published by Ben Branch - April 4th 2012
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A new writing prompt as a storytelling exercise. Go from where the prompt takes you and let it play out as you write. You could even avoid using any dialogue.
Write about a ghost or spirit correcting a wrong in a mansion.
Make it your own and this is just for fun,. Should you feel so inclined, feel free to leave a comment.


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2019/05: IOC Session votes for Breaking's inclusion at Paris 2024
::: WDSF Press Release ::: Issue 25/06/2019 :::
The World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) warmly welcomes today's decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session to include Breaking on the sports programme of the Olympic Games Paris 2024.
Breaking made its Olympic debut last year at the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, but its inclusion on the Paris 2024 programme is the first time any DanceSport discipline has appeared at an Olympic Games. The 2024 Summer Olympic Games are scheduled to take place in the French capital from 26 July to 11 August.
"Today is a historic day for the DanceSport community and the discipline of Breaking," said WDSF President Shawn Tay. "We are sure Breaking will be an outstanding success in Paris and will add lots of energy, athletic excellence, innovation and youth appeal to the Olympic Games. WDSF, together with the Breaking community, is ready to collaborate closely with Paris 2024 and the IOC to make the Olympic dream of the world's best b-boys and b-girls come true."
Breaking, together with Skateboarding, Sport Climbing and Surfing were proposed in February by the Paris 2024 Organising Committee for inclusion at the XXXIII Olympiad. In March, the IOC Executive Board (EB) gave the green light to the proposal, which was then put to a vote by the IOC Session (the assembly of all IOC members), currently meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland.
The Paris 2024 organisers proposed the four sports in response to a new level of flexibility afforded to Olympic Games Host Cities to encourage innovation in the Olympic programme. Host Cities, beginning with Tokyo 2020, now have the option of suggesting new sports and events for inclusion in their edition of the Games that are not binding on future Games hosts.
"This is historic," said b-boy Mounir, the Vagabond Crew member who joined the Paris 2024 delegation presenting at today's IOC Session. "We were humble, but we never doubted. A pessimist never changed the world. We started from nothing, we learned how to make more with less, we believed in the impossible and today the impossible becomes possible."
Skateboarding, Sport Climbing and Surfing were also included on the programme for Tokyo 2020, making Breaking the only new sport currently being considered for the 2024 programme. A competition format featuring 16 b-boys and 16 b-girls is anticipated for Paris 2024.
The final decision on Breaking's inclusion at Paris 2024 will only be taken after the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, in December 2020. In the meantime, the IOC will have a monitoring programme in place that will look at the performance, management, governance and integrity of each of the four sports.
Today's thumbs up by the IOC Session recognises the worldwide appeal and growth of Breaking, as exemplified by the success of Breaking's three medal events at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Argentina, where upwards of 30,000 people came each day to see the competition.
The 2019 WDSF World Breaking Championship, held just two days ago in Nanjing, China, was hailed as an outstanding success as well. Over 150 b-boys and b-girls from 66 countries, including some of the biggest names in Breaking, competed in the event, which also served as qualifier for the Breaking competition at the first edition of the World Urban Games (WUG) in September in Budapest, Hungary. The qualification events for the WDSF World Championship in Nanjing were conducted by WDSF National Member Federations.


While searching for a new escape room location, we came across something very, very creepy in the basement. A dark dungeon where demonic arts were practiced. It looks like people were trying to connect with dark forces and experiment in paranormal sciences, but for what reason?
Odd occurrences have been increasing rapidly and there's no way we're going in there, something is not right! So we've invited YOU, the world's most skilled paranormal investigators to find out what's going on here at ClockWise.
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The advent of VR is considered to be a gamechanger for the future of the global e-commerce industry. Though VR is increasingly being adopted by both large online retailers and world's most popular fashion brands around the world, creating an industrially viable combination of VR and E-Commerce is still at a very early stage of development. However, the recent launch of MARK.SPACE, a 3D and VR open source platform powered by blockchain, has created new hopes in terms of making this dream a reality.
BitsGap has just announced the formal release of the beta version of its intuitive crypto trading platform. The platform offers extraordinary features to support trading via many different crypto trading platforms, utilizing just one interface and will be useful to both newbies as well as experienced traders.
BitsGap is pleased to announce that the beta version of their intelligently designed trading platform is now up and running. Unlike most other similar platforms, BitsGap will allow users to trade through many different crypto-trading platforms with just one single interface. Currently, BitsGap is inviting both experienced traders, as well as those, who are just getting into crypto trading, to try out the beta version of this new and unique platform.
The explosive rise of cryptocurrency in recent times has resulted in a significant growth of online currency exchanges and trading platforms, where anyone can profit from market speculations. However, these platforms lack some of the key features that traders look for.
The platform is ideally suited for the beginners in the field of crypto trading, because it comes with a demo mode feature, where users can hone their trading skills without any risk. Interestingly, BitsGap is the very first project in the crypto world where you can practice trading free of charge and without investing any of your own funds.
To make trading more profitable for the seasoned crypto traders, in its fully functional stage, BitsGap will offer a variety of attractive key features, including trading indicators, signals and a portfolio feature, as well as social trading, and much more. At the moment, among the different trading platforms that BitsGap will connect and unify there are: Binance.com, Kraken.com, LiveCoin.net, Poloniex.com, Exmo.com, Yobit.net, Therocktrading.com, Wex.nz, Cryptopia.co.nz, BitFinex.com, and Bitstamp.net, as well as many others yet to come.
BitsGap was created by a team of industry experts with a decade of experience in trading, asset management, and blockchain technology. Having successfully completed the beta launch of the project, the BitsGap team is confident about delivering a highly efficient online destination, that will take care of diverse requirements of the constantly expanding pool of crypto traders around the world.
About BitsGap: BitsGap is an intuitive crypto trading platform that allows trading via many different crypto trading platforms utilizing just one interface. The most extraordinary feature of this platform is that its demo mode provides an opportunity for the traders to practice trading without making any investment at all. Currently in its beta stage, upon completion, BitsGap will support crypto trading via Binance.com, Kraken.com, LiveCoin.net, Poloniex.com, Exmo.com, Yobit.net, Therocktrading.com, Wex.nz, Cryptopia.co.nz, BitFinex.com, and Bitstamp.net among others.
Blockchain technology is proving its mettle as a robust tool for disruption across various industries. This is evident in the establishment of potential value creation platforms for all levels of participants in the various industries that they belong.
Centralized film distribution systems can be blamed for the slow pace of innovations in the filmmaking industry. Considering the available resources and existing technology, it is evident that this industry retains much more potential than what is put out for the public to consume.
In other to change the status quo, StreamSpace is leveraging upon blockchain technology to deliver a decentralized platform that will offer all levels of filmmakers and viewers alike unlimited benefits.
With the goal of becoming the world's leading destination for innovative film content, StreamSpace is launching an innovative platform and community that will link creative, independent filmmakers with audiences that seek out quality, edgier film experiences. This is made possible by the implementation of blockchain technology so as to achieve a secure storage method of the video content, based in part on Protocol Labs' IPFS and Storj. This ensures that contents that are transferred between film owners and viewers do not run the risk of being tampered or pirated.
Apple TV, Amazon Fire, etc.). Portable viewership is currently the easiest and most effect way to reach a wider audience, thereby increasing revenue opportunities in terms of market size.
Apart from accessibility and market size, several other innovations embedded in the StreamSpace platform takes it beyond just filmmaking and entertainment. Features such as content recommendation engine, tokenized system of transaction, social community and crowdfunding opportunities makes the platform much bigger that a film distribution network. It indeed creates a total ecosystem that merges entertainment with social relationships and revenue generation.
Apparently, the total revolution that is championed by blockchain technology continues to unfold as we continue to experience its revamping effects, breathing life to dying industries and energizing already vibrant ones.
Eroiy will also make lives easier for merchants and service providers through low transaction costs, a limitation on the potential charge-backs, protection from data piracy and financial fraud, and complete independence from credit card companies. Use of multiple payment methods makes it mandatory for them to develop an intricate infrastructure to ensure streamline transactions. Utilizing cryptocurrency as the solution, Eroiy fulfils their ever-increasing need for a decentralized payment alternative.
EroiyCoins sold during the upcoming ICO will immediately be distributed to the provided address inside the EroiyCoin Client Area and be made visible and accessible at the Eroiy eWallet. Key details related to this crowdsale campaign are mentioned below.
About Eroiy: Eroiy is a blockchain-based cryptocurrency designed specifically as an incognito payment alternative in the adult entertainment industry. The beauty of it is that it allows for anonymous transactions and is independent of the financial middlemen and their associated fees. This revolutionary development promises to be a gamechanger for the approximately USD 100 billion adult entertainment market worldwide.
marketplace. The team at Propy.com facilitates connections between international entities to enable the seamless purchase of international real-estate online for the first time. It aims to solve the problems facing international real estate transactions by creating a novel unified property store and asset transfer platform for the global real-estate industry.
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Andrew B. Black, Board Certified in Condominium and Planned Development Law, obtained his Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from the University of Miami in May of 2003. He then attended Nova Southeastern University where he received his Juris Doctor and was admitted to the Florida Bar in 2006. While in law school, Mr. Black was a Senior Staff Member of the Nova Law Review and was the recipient of the Nova Law Review Team Player Award for his contributions. He also was a judicial clerk for the Honorable Robert B. Carney in the 17th Circuit Court in Fort Lauderdale, as well as the Research and Teaching Assistant for the Lawyering Skills and Values Course. Mr. Black joined Robert Kaye & Associates, P.A. in 2007, and continues to work at Kaye Bender Rembaum, P.L., assisting the Firm's Association clients on all aspects of Community Association operation. Mr. Black also has conducted many Board Member Certification seminars, as well as being a frequent speaker on various topics of interest to community association boards of directors, managers, and owners.


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U.S. Markets: The Dow Jones Industrial Average joined the S&P 500 and NASDAQ Composite indexes in all-time high record territory, as optimism grew about a "phase one" trade deal between the U.S. and China. The Dow added 333 points to close at 27,681, a gain of 1.2%. The technology-heavy NASDAQ Composite added 1.1%, ending at 8,475. By market cap, the large cap S&P 500 rose 0.9%, while the S&P 400 mid cap index and Russell 2000 small cap indexes rose 0.8% and 0.6%, respectively.
International Markets: Major international markets were green across the board last week with Canada's TSX adding 1.7% and the United Kingdom's FTSE 100 gaining 0.8%. On Europe's mainland, France's CAC 40 rallied 2.2%, while Germany's DAX added 2.1%. In Asia, China's Shanghai Composite added 0.2% and Japan's Nikkei gained 2.4%. As grouped by Morgan Stanley Capital International, developed markets rose 0.5% and emerging markets gained 1.1%.
Commodities: Precious metals sold off given the considerable strength in the equities markets. Gold declined ‑3.2% to $1462.90 an ounce, while Silver plunged more than twice gold's decline, dropping -6.8% to $16.82 an ounce. Oil rebounded nicely from last week's slight decline, adding 1.9%. West Texas Intermediate crude oil finished the week at $57.24 per barrel. The industrial metal copper, viewed as a gauge of world economic health due to its wide variety of uses, finished the week up 1.1%.
U.S. Economic News: U.S. jobless claims fell to a one-month low last week as the labor market remained strong, and the number of Americans seeking first-time unemployment benefits fell by 8,000 to 211,000. Economists had forecast new claims would total a seasonally-adjusted 215,000. Jobless claims fell the most in California, Georgia and Virginia. Claims had previously risen in California as wildfires and power outages kept many people from work. The monthly average of new claims, smoothed to iron out the weekly volatility, ticked up by 250 to 215,250. Continuing claims, which counts the number of people already collecting unemployment benefits, fell by 3,000 to 1.69 million. Those claims are near their lowest level since the early 1970's.
The Labor Department's Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) showed the number of job openings fell in September for a fourth consecutive month to 7.02 million. The reading is down from 7.3 million, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Companies have cut back on hiring as the U.S. economy continues to grow more slowly. The "quits rate" component of JOLTS for the private sector ticked down from 2.7% to 2.6%. The quits rate is rumored to be one of the Federal Reserve's key indicators of the health of the labor market as it's presumed an employee would only leave a position for a more lucrative one. For all workers, including government employees, the reading fell to 2.3% from 2.4%.
The services side of the U.S. economy rebounded last month after hitting a three-year low, the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) reported. ISM stated its non-manufacturing index rose 2.1 points to 54.7 in October. Economists had expected the index to rise to lesser 53.8. Numbers over 50 indicate businesses are growing. Analysts believe the improvement was predominantly due to the recent thawing in trade tensions between the U.S. and China. Service-oriented companies haven't been hurt as much by the trade dispute as manufacturing companies, but the spillover effects have resulted in slower growth. The services index is down 6 points from its post-recession peak set last year.
For the first time in almost five years, the productivity of American workers declined. The Labor Department reported that productivity declined at a 0.3% annual rate in the third quarter, reflecting a cutback in production as the economy slowed at the end of summer. Economists had predicted a 0.6% increase in productivity. The decline in productivity might be just temporary if the economy speeds up again, but it could also be a warning sign. Businesses reduced production in response to softer demand, especially for exports. The trade conflict between the U.S. and China has disrupted global supply chains and contributed to a world-wide slowdown in economic growth.
For a second consecutive month, consumers pulled back on their use of credit cards. U.S. consumer borrowing grew at its slowest rate in 15 months in September, according to Federal Reserve data. Total consumer credit increased $9.5 billion, down from a $17.8 billion increase in August. Economists had been expecting a gain of $15 billion. The September gain was well below the monthly average growth for the first eight months of the year of around $16 billion. It translates into an annual growth rate of 2.8%--the slowest since June 2018. T.J. Connelly, head of research at Contingent Macro Research stated, "The credit card spending trend appears to show that while consumers remain willing and able to spend, they are doing so only cautiously and are still reluctant to take on substantial debt."
Sentiment among the nation's consumers improved slightly this month, according to the University of Michigan. UofM's consumer sentiment survey rose slightly to 95.7 this month, up 0.2 point from October. Economists had expected a reading of 95. In the details, consumers' views on current conditions fell 2.3 points to 110.9, while their expectations of future conditions rose 1.7 points to 85.9. Economists follow readings on sentiment to get an insight into their spending, the backbone of the U.S. economy. Richard Curtin, chief economist of the survey stated, "Although consumers have become somewhat more cautious spenders, they see no reason to engage in the type of retrenchment that causes recessions."
International Economic News: The Canadian job market expansion came to an unexpected abrupt halt losing a net 1800 positions, Statistics Canada reported. Economists had expected that over 15,000 jobs would be created. The unemployment rate remained at 5.5%. Employment declined most heavily in the manufacturing and construction sectors. Doug Porter, chief economist at BMO Capital Markets stated in a note to clients, "It definitely runs against the grain of very strong job gains we've seen through most of the past year." Porter went on to say "We have to be cautious about reading too much into any one report, but it shows that the economy is not simply on a one-way trip north here." Canada's central bank, which has not moved even as its counterparts in Europe and the United States have eased rates, held firm as expected but left the door open to a possible future rate cut.
Representatives of the United Kingdom and the European Union agreed to further postpone the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union, this time until January 31, 2020. Ironically, political watchers noted that UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson actually made an incredibly compelling argument against his own Brexit deal. Speaking at a meeting in Northern Ireland, the Prime Minister said, "Actually, Northern Ireland has got a great deal. You keep free movement, you keep access to the single market, but you also, as it says in the deal, have unfettered access" to Great Britain. This poses the obvious question that if retaining free movement and staying in the European single market is such a "great deal" for Northern Ireland, then why should the UK prevent that same access and freedom to the rest of its nations.
On Europe's mainland, after years of lagging Europe's economic powerhouse Germany, France is now the region's economic growth engine. French GDP beat economists' consensus forecast in the third quarter, up 0.3% from the same time last year, while Germany is believed to have remained stagnant over the same period. For the first time in years, France appears to be growing much faster than its bigger neighbor. According to European Union forecast, the French economy is expected to grow by 1.3% this year, compared to 1.1% for the Eurozone as a whole, and just 0.4% for Germany. Analysts state that President Macron's tax reforms early in his presidency, his business-friendly proclamations, and increased government spending following last year's "yellow vest" protests have all contributed to the improvement.
With its vast manufacturing industry in recession, Germany's third-quarter economic data (due to be released this coming week) is widely expected to confirm that Germany as a whole is in a recession. Economists are expecting readings of -0.1%. However, the reading doesn't change the bigger picture that Germany's economic pain is expected to last well into the next decade, according to Commerzbank economist Jorg Kramer. Kramer states, "Germany is likely to remain in a zone between modest positive growth and slight GDP declines. Once the downturn is over, however, there is unlikely to be a strong economic recovery ... the German export industry will suffer for a long time to come."
China's consumer prices rose to a nearly eight year high as the price of pork doubled. China's consumer prices rose 3.8% last month, the highest since January 2012, according to government data. The increase beat forecasts by 0.4%. The gain was driven primarily by skyrocketing pork prices, which have risen 101.3% from the same time last year. African swine fever has ravaged the country's pig population and is predicted to wipe out half of China's pig population by the end of the year. Adding to the problem, the price of poultry soared 66.8% as increased demand for other meats pushed up those prices as well. Absent meat, other price pressures remain tame. Consumer prices for items other than food actually ticked down across various categories by -0.1% to -0.9%.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gave orders for Japan's first economic stimulus package since 2016 as concerns of a global economic slowdown grow. Government officials vowed to produce an "agile" and "comprehensive" stimulus that will take advantage of ultra-low interest rates and borrow in order to finance public investment. "To speed up our recovery [from natural disasters], deal with risks from abroad and accelerate productivity growth, we are formulating an economic plan along the lines of a 15-month budget," said Yoshihide Suga, Japan's chief cabinet secretary. The plan would help boost the economy all the way into 2021 analysts say.


Abstract: 研究期間:10205~10304;In wireless sensor networks, a smart sensor node (SSN) is required to have the self-power, the sensing signal, the transmission signal, the computing functions, and so on. Therefore, an SSN contains digital and analog units. PCB with high-speed transmission or SoC technologies are often be used to integrate an SSN. To maintain the signal integrity in PCB technology, finding suitable routing paths for high-speed transmission lines and general signals is a challenging issue. SoC technology increases the circuit complexity and results in hard precisely to detect design errors in circuit validation. Physical probing technologies can be used to overcome the difficulty and focused ion beam (FIB) is the most popular one. Making a layout that is suitable to apply FIB in SoC is another challenging issue since the increasing circuit complexity decreases the successful rate of FIB. Due to the layout parasitic effects have a high influence on the performance sensitivity of analog circuits, considering complex characteristic of the devices and interconnects are needed for high-performance analog layout. It is hard to evaluate the circuit performance before the layout generated since the estimated ideal characteristic will be degraded due to the layout parasitic effects. Since layout is a key step to make an analog circuit work, we need to have a smart methodology to estimate the layout parasitic effects before the layout generated and a smart simultaneous placement and routing technique. The subproject has two major missions. The first mission is to prove effectively optimizing techniques for the key issues of mixed-signal integration flow. The optimizing techniques can make the design flow more smooth and speed-up the development schedule. Another mission is to develop an advanced and practical design automation platform for analog circuits. The platform considers the layout parasitic effects during the sizing and place & route stages to make the platform can be applied in real circuits. We hope this work can fully assist designers and make the time-to-market shorten by automate sizing, placement, and routing.


The Fire Department does not allow open burning, except recreational fire and burn barrel fire in accordance with the State Fire Code. Open burning is any burning of materials wherein the products of combustion are emitted directly into the ambient air without passing through a stack or chimney from an enclosed chamber. Any other open burning must have a permit obtained from the Fire Marshal's Office.
The Fire Department requires a permit for the use of any flame torch for the removal of paint or other building products in which the flame could be exposed to combustible building materials.
The State requires a blasting permit to be issued any time there are explosives used for building or construction sites. Only those Licensed or Approved by the State can apply or obtain a blasting permit.
The Fire Department requires a permit for the manufacture, storage, possession, sale, display and use of fireworks as defined in the Statewide Fire Code. A permit is not required for the sale, storage, possession, display, or use of permissible fireworks as defined by the code.
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The Fire Department requires any business that stores, dispenses, uses, manufactures or processes with any hazardous materials in excess of exempt quantities per the fire code to obtain a permit. For a list of those hazardous materials and exempt amounts, please contact the Fire Marshal's Office. A permit is required for each separate category of hazardous materials.
The Fire Department requires an operational permit for any of the following.
Temporary membrane structures, tents and canopies – Operational permit for any air-supported temporary membrane structure 900 sqft or more and having an occupant load for more than 50 people.


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Hattusas Archeological Site And Ankara City Tour – By Flight
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Anatolian Civilizations Museum, Ankara Castle, Augustus Temple, by flight from Izmir. More than a daily tour but a discovery trip in capital city of Turkey.
Visit the ancient city shoulders of the mountains of Bogazkale: Hattusa Ancient City
See the reliefs on the rocks: Yazilikaya
Anatolian Civilizations Museum
Ankara Mausoleum (Anitkabir)
A day tour to Hattusas and Ankara. Ankara and Ancient Galatia. Ankara is not a tourist destination. But, there are plenty of things to see in Ankara. It is the modern capital of Turkey, Ankara (ancient Ancyra), was also the capital of ancient Galatia. And Hattusas was the capital of the Hittite Empire in 3000 BC. This tour is a combination of Ankara and Hattusas. Our first stop will be The Mausoleum of Ataturk, Ataturk means "The Father of Turkey". The magnitude of Ataturk's legacy is undeniable when you first witness his lavish memorial. It's hard to not be impressed by its sheer size and grandeur – it's simple, yet powerful. Then visit Ankara Castle and Museum of Anatolian Civilizations. Contains priceless artifacts from the Paleolithic and Neolithic eras. It also includes items from the Hatti, Hittite, Phrygian, Urartu, and Roman civilizations. After that, drive to Hattusas, and we will visit Lion's Gate, City Walls, The Sphinx's Gate of Hattusa, King's Gate, The Rampart of Yerkapi, The Hieroglyph Chamber, Yazilikaya, and the 12 Gods of the Underworld, and mysterious greenstone.
Starting Points: Turkey/Izmir
Route 1 Hattusa Ancient City
Flight to from Izmir to Ankara. Hattusa is the capital of the Hittites, which is the first organized state in Anatolia. First discovered by French archaeologist Charles Texier in 1834, Hattusa was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1986. The declaration of Hattushash, which is mentioned in the sources as "the city of a thousand gods", as a capital dates back to 1600 BC. Hattusa ruins are divided into lower and upper cities in a large area, so it is difficult to travel on foot. The most important artefact in the lower city is the Great Temple, the largest religious structure of Hattusha. The upper city, where the Lion Gate is located, mentioned as a city where there are more sacred places and temples. In addition to The Lion Gate, there are also structures such as King Gate, ground Gate, Sphinx Gate in the city, which is surrounded by walls of about 6 kilometres. One of the interesting formations of the ruins is the ground Gate Tunnel. This tunnel, called the Potern, is 71 meters length and 3 meters in height. And when you go through the tunnel and turn left and use the stairs, you are greeted by a door with a Sphinx. You can watch the city through the door located at the highest point of the city.
Hattusa Ancient City
Route 2 Yazilikaya
Yazilikaya, an open-air temple dating back to the 13th century BC, 3 kilometres from the ancient city of Hattusa, is a temple area surrounded by high cliffs. It was used for ceremonial purposes for the New Year celebrations in spring. The open-air temple, which is the largest of the Hittite rock monuments known until now, has magnificent reliefs depicting Hittite gods and consists of two parts, rooms A and B. There is a relief of twelve underground gods in room A, the encounter of God Teshup and Goddess Hepat, and the relief of IV Tuthaliya, which is the biggest relief in this room. Room B, which is accessed through a narrow passage, has the most interesting, twelve underground god reliefs. The guidance of God Sharumma by hugging IV Tuthaliya, the Underworld Sword God (Nergal) and the IV Tuthaliya reliefs are other works of section B.
Yazilikaya
Route 3 Anatolian Civilizations Museum
A beautiful museum where you can walk without getting bored with its easily navigable structure: Anatolian Civilizations Museum. It is a museum in Ankara that exhibits archaeological artefacts of Anatolia and is one of the few museums in the world. The museum, which initially displayed only works belonging to the Hittite period, was later enriched with works belonging to other civilizations and ceased to be a Hittite Museum and became a Museum of Anatolian Civilizations. Today, Anatolian archaeology is exhibited in this museum, which is among the few museums of the world with its unique collections.
Route 4 Ankara Mausoleum (Anitkabir)
Although it is a vast area, we shall only visit the mausoleum of the founder of the Republic of Turkey; K. Ataturk. Visitors who want to visit Ataturk's eternal resting place, Anitkabir, must follow the 262-meter-long road called Aslanli Road (Lion Road). At the beginning of Aslanli Road, the towers on the sides represent liberty and independence. As you tour the towers, you may come across a change of guard for soldiers. For more experience, Anitkabir waits for you.
Ankara Mausoleum
End Points: Turkey/Izmir
• Complementery Turkey Map, Ankara Map
• It is suitable for wheelchair users
Private tour to the UNESCO heritage site, full day educative journey to biblical history of Ephesus. With Temple of Artemis, House of Mary & St. John Basilica.
The House Of Virgin Mary, Ephesus Ancient City, St.John Basilica, The Temple of Artemis
A Private half day Ephesus tour. Travel to the UNESCO Heritage Site Ephesus. Visit to the Selcuk Archeology Museum to see the statues from Ephesus excavation.
Ephesus Ancient City, Ephesus Archaeological Museum
TRD20 • 8 Hours (Full Day) • 3 Cities • 5 Places
Tour to the Ephesus city where was housed numerous of Jewish citizens. Also Izmir Konak Square and Kemeralti is known as the Jewish Quarter and Synagogues.
Panoramic driving to Izmir, Beth Israel Synagogue, Dario Moreno Street and The house of Dario Moreno, Asansor (Elevator), Kemeralti or Havra Street in Turkish (The Street of Synagogues) [...]


Between Carmarthen and Cardigan on the A484 is the pretty little village of Cenarth situated on the banks of the River Teifi.The village is famous for the "falls" which isn't really a waterfall as we know it, but a spectacular cascade of water over rocks and boulders.
The best time to visit Cenarth is after a heavy fall of rain, then the sight is really something.
On the bank of the river is a 17th century mill complete with waterwheel which is open to the public 10:30~5:30 Easter until end of October. The mill was last used commercially in 1964. Behind the mill is a nature trail and riverside walk.
There is also The National Coracle centre where you can learn all about this river "boat" and the ancient art of making a coracle. The centre has a gift shop selling souvenirs, etc. There is access for the disabled, Dogs are welcome, and there are tea rooms nearby.
There are two local inns The White Hart and The Three Horseshoes, I have had a few drinks in the Three Horseshoes and you will find a friendly welcome there. There is also a tea room at the mill. There is a good car park on the river side with a small charge.


This World of Warcraft Map of Azeroth Fleece Blanket will keep you warm and cozy as you dream of the hit game. It measures a generous 44″ tall x 62″ wide.
Fans of World of Warcraft are going to love this blanket. Especially on cold nights.


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3,200 Dead, 26 Million Freed, and a Long Ways Yet to Go
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Four years ago, on the evening of March 20, 2003, operation 1003 Victor — which would come to be known as "Operation Iraqi Freedom" — was launched with a multi-pronged, multi-national invasion of, Saddam Hussein's Iraq.
Air Force, Marine, and Navy aircraft combined with Tomahawk cruise missiles to provide the "shock-and-awe" light show covered so avidly by American and international media, while the 3rd Infantry and 101st Airborne Divisions made a lightning-fast run to Baghdad, seeking to reach the Iraqi capital and to oust Saddam Hussein rather than to secure the country piece-by-piece as they passed through.
A few weeks after the initial border crossing by coalition forces, Hussein and his sons had fled, Baghdad had fallen, and the famous toppling of the Saddam statue had taken place. On May 1, 2003 — just over a month after the initial invasion — President Bush boarded the USS Abraham Lincoln and made his famous (or notorious) speech announcing the end of "major combat operations" in Iraq.
Fast-forward four years. While the initial invasion of Iraq can hardly be considered anything other than a resounding success, the time since has been anything but. Sectarian violence, insurgent attacks, and an influx of al Qaeda-linked terrorists have kept stability at bay to this point.
This is not to say that there have not been significant achievements in the region, as well. The Iraqi people have gotten the chance to participate in free and fair elections. They now have a free press, and no longer live in fear of their government. Saddam Hussein and his murderous sons, Uday and Qusay, are dead; likewise Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the former leader of al Qaeda in Iraq. Water and power services have been progressively restored and expanded, medical care has been greatly improved, and convenient technological advances, such as the internet and cell phones, have been made more available to the general public.
The bad news from the past four years has dominated media reports and political speeches; however, many of these well-publicized setbacks have been the result of our own mistakes. The rules of engagement forced upon coalition and Iraqi servicemen, for example, provided an overly restrictive environment, and allowed our enemies to grow and to thrive largely unmolested. From allowing insurgents to flee into — or to hide weapons caches within — mosques, to restricting the movement of allied troops (such as prohibiting them from entering Sadr City), to refusing to forcefully interrogate captive terrorists (although when U.S. soldiers were captured, they were not only brutally tortured, but beheaded and mutilated beyond recognition), combat in Iraq became dangerously asymmetrical in the time since the fall of Baghdad in early 2003 — and began to look more and more like an unmanageable, unwinnable "quagmire" of a war, from which some thought that America needed to extricate herself as quickly as possible, regardless of the long-term consequences.
These developments have affected the U.S.'s standing in the eyes of the world, as well. While going into Iraq initially sent the message that America and her allies would not sit idly by while rogue dictators thumbed their noses at us, or while terrorists plotted to murder us, what has been happening since then has also made our enemies take note — but in an entirely different way.
Our enemies have long since noted America's unease at the sight of its own blood being shed, and of soldiers in flag-draped coffins; so, they have provided copious amounts of both. They noted our refusal to pursue terrorists into mosques, or to return fire when civilians may be in danger (though they freely slaughter their own innocent without compunction), and used each of these to their advantage. Finally, our enemies have long since learned how to use America's media against her — and they have done so spectacularly, propelled along by the nation's anti-war sheep and congressional Democrats who, when forced to choose between securing the country and opposing the President, have consistently chosen the latter.
However, after nearly four years of roller-coaster developments from Iraq, the tide appears to be turning. In recent weeks, a new focus has been placed on securing Baghdad and on preparing the Iraqi military to eventually take over national defense. Two of the five extra brigades involved in the 20,000-troop "surge" have arrived in-country, and coalition forces' ROEs have been adjusted to correct for the needlessly unproductive restrictions on troop movement and on the engagement of sectarian fighters. Gen. David Petraeus, the new commander of Multinational Forces in Iraq, has pointed out the ample cause for optimism, saying: "By early June, we should then have everyone roughly in place — and that will allow us to establish the density in partnership with Iraqi security forces that you need to really get a good grip on the security situation."
The "security situation" has already improved to such a degree that the sectarian murder rate has plummeted in recent weeks, and hundreds of Baghdad families have been able to return home. Long-term, as National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley has said, the war has provided all Iraqis with "a chance to take responsibility for the future of their own country." A recent Opinion Research poll revealed that the majority of Iraqis "believe that life is getting better," that "current American-led military operations now under way in Iraq will disarm all militias," and that "life is better now than it was under Saddam Hussein."
The overall effect on the U.S. military has been positive in many aspects, as well. New recruits abound, with no lowering of the standards for enlistment. NCO retention remains at an all-time high. New equipment is being combat-tested, and necessary adjustments and improvements are being made quickly. Medical and logistical advances — again, achieved out of necessity — have paid dividends in the present, and will continue to do so into the foreseeable future. Inter-service coordination has, out of necessity, drastically improved since the war's beginning — a prime example being the improved coordination of air and ground forces, which has been helped along greatly by the integration of Air Force JTACs (Joint Tactical Air Controllers) with other-service ground forces. Perhaps most importantly, members of every branch of service are gaining valuable combat experience, giving the armed forces a fresh crop of combat-tested officers and NCOs.
Besides the air and conventional land assets involved, the Iraq war has seen the greatest battlefield use of Special Operations troops in decades, with operators from all services performing a wide range of duties at the highest of levels — from counterterrorism, to airfield seizures, to combat search and rescue, to training Iraqi forces. I was in-theater at the time of the Iraq war's commencement, working as a tactical air controller with a Joint Special Operations Task Force, responsible for providing short- and long-range communications and airstrike and artillery control for coalition SpecOps teams in-country, among other tasks. Since that time, SOF teams in Iraq have continued to provide exactly what is expected of them: the absolute best effort and performance of any units in the world, period.
These positives, though, go largely unheard here at home, as the mainstream media and congressional Democrats have done their best to portray Iraq as a lost cause, our military as strained far beyond its capacity, and the best course of action as immediate withdrawal. None of these representations are accurate.
The war in Iraq is far from being won. However, it is not lost — provided that we at home have the stomach to continue this long fight to a successful end. Signs are (tentatively) encouraging at this point, and, as Petraeus has said, by summer we will know a good bit more.
Petraeus has also made a solemn pledge of honesty regarding the situation on the ground, regardless of outlook. "I have an obligation to the young men and women in uniform out here," he said, "that if I think it's not going to happen, to tell them that it's not going to happen, and there needs to be a change.
"In other words," he concluded, "if you can't accomplish your mission, you owe that to your boss — and you owe that, more importantly, to those who are out there serving in the coalition."
If ever a commander deserved a chance to prove his strategy works, Petraeus is it. Those in Congress who would deny him that chance should not only be voted down, they should — in 2008 — be voted out.
Crumple Zone: Drug Warriors Push Broad Censorship of Student Speech
The Witch Hunt Against Gun Owners
Written By jemanuel
Mr. Emanuel, a special operations military veteran, is a columnist, a pulitzer-nominated combat journalist, and a director emeritus of conservative weblog RedState.com.


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Spotlight on private renting
Cake Time causes a stir
Councils to keep 'right to buy' funds
Budget relief for homeowners
98% of councils failing on affordability
Government failing overcrowded children
Midlife cyclists take to the saddle
Shelter has welcomed the Government's new homelessness figures but has called for regulation of the private rented sector, which is used to house homeless families.
Responding to the latest homelessness statistics issued by Communities and Local Government, Kay Boycott, Shelter's director of policy and campaigns said: 'Any drop in new cases of homelessness is to be welcomed, provided it is brought about by genuine work to prevent people from losing their homes in the first place.
'But the fact remains that 53,000 households are still housed in temporary accommodation, lacking the safety and security of a permanent home'.
Ms Boycott added: 'Shelter is also concerned about the increasing role the private rented sector is playing in housing homeless households, which can often be poor quality and unaffordable.
'If local authorities are increasingly using private renting to prevent homelessness then the Government must recognise the need for the sector to be professionalised.'


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Аэропорт Биарриц—Англет—Байонна ()  — французский аэропорт, расположенный на территории коммун Англет (90 %) и Биарриц (10 %) в департаменте Атлантические Пиренеи региона Аквитания. Аэропорт был образован в 1950-х годах. Здание аэровокзала, диспетчерский пункт, ангар компании Dassault Aviation и аэроклуб находятся на территории Англет, а западный край взлётно-посадочной полосы — на территории Биаррица.

Аэропорт находится в центре городской агломерации, что встречается довольно редко во Франции, и пассажирам требуется совсем немного времени для поездок между аэропортом и центрами соседних городов.

История
Земельный участок, на котором расположен аэропорт, был приобретён Генеральным советом департамента Нижние Пиренеи в 1922 году. В годы Второй мировой войны аэродром бомбила авиация союзнических сил; работа была возобновлена в апреле 1954 года. Существующее сейчас здание аэровокзала было введено в строй в 1994 году.

Аэропорт эксплуатируется образованным специально для этих целей смешанным консорциумом, в состав которого входят торгово-промышленная палата Байонны, агломерация Кот-Баск—Адур, департаменты Атлантические Пиренеи и Ланды, а также коммуна Сен-Жан-де-Люз. Президентом консорциума является мэр Биаррица.

Деятельность аэропорта
В 2012 году аэропорт Биаррица обслужил 1,084 миллиона пассажиров. Прежний рекорд был установлен годом раньше, в 2011 году, когда пассажиропоток составил 1,032 миллиона человек. По размеру пассажиропотока аэропорт Биаррица занимает 19 место во Франции (15-е место в метрополии).

Рост пассажиропотока в 2012 году объясняется открытием новых маршрутов авиакомпаний Ryanair (Манчестер) и Régional (Страсбург), а также появлением новой авиакомпании Volotea, выполнявшей рейсы в Нант и Лилль.

Бурный рост пассажироперевозок привёл к необходимости устройства рулёжных дорожек для упорядочения движения самолётов севернее взлётно-посадочной полосы. При этом существующую длину ВПП (2250 метров) невозможно увеличить более чем до 2500 метров.

На протяжении зимних месяцев (с ноября по март) из аэропорта выполняются рейсы в Париж-Орли, Париж — Шарль-де-Голль, Лион, Марсель, Ниццу, Страсбург, Женеву, Шарлеруа (Брюссель) и Лондон (Станстед).

В течение летнего сезона 2013 года (с марта по октябрь) в аэропорте Биаррица дополнительно выполнялись рейсы в Роттердам, Стокгольм, Лилль, Страсбург, Дублин, Брюссель, Лондон (Гатвик) и Копенгаген.

Основные авиакомпании, выполняющие рейсы в Биарриц: Air France, Hop !, Transavia, Ryanair, EasyJet, Volotea, Scandinavian Airlines System, Thomas Cook и Darwin Airline.

Пассажирам авиакомпании Air France доступны различные международные рейсы при стыковках в аэропорте Париж-Орли. Компания EasyJet также предлагает своим пассажирам множество международных направлений при стыковках в аэропорте Париж — Шарль-де-Голль. Наконец, рейсы в аэропорт Лион-Сент-Экзюпери авиакомпании Hop! (3 рейса в день) позволяют пассажирам продолжить своё путешествие, воспользовавшись пересадкой на вокзале высокоскоростных поездов TGV, расположенном в аэровокзальном комплексе.

Аэровокзальный комплекс в Биаррице позволяет обслуживать примерно 1,4 миллиона пассажиров ежегодно.

Оснащение аэропорта
 1 взлётно-посадочная полоса, оснащённая курсо-глиссадной системой по типу «ILS CAT I». Эта система, однако, не позволяет воздушным судам совершать посадку в условиях низкой видимости. Предложение о модернизации КГС до ILS категории CAT III имеет широкую поддержку, но не у местных депутатов, которых останавливает высокая стоимость этого проекта.
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Ссылки

 Официальный сайт аэропорта
 Сайт аэроклуба басков

Примечания

Биарриц
Биарриц
Байонна
Здания и сооружения департамента Атлантические Пиренеи

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Q: Agfa SnapScan e50 scanner doesn't work with Mac OS X 10.6 We have just upgraded from 10.5 to 10.6 and now our Agfa e50 scanner no longer works.
We have attempted to download and install the SnapScan software from the Agfa website, but before the installation it gives a fatal error, claiming to require monitor calibration. After we have run the calibration tool in Sys Prefs, it still doesn't work.
It's quite an old scanner but obviously still works perfectly, so we'd prefer to have it working again.
Has anyone managed to fix this or is there some other software we could be using instead?

A: There's a post online with the very same concern when 10.6 came out. Attempts to contact Agfa were without resolution. Instead, two solutions emerged from that thread:
TWAIN SANE drivers and a SANE front-end. There's an OS X TWAIN SANE page that has 5 binary packages that you would need. ScanAgain is SANE front-end. Free.

VueScan, which is a self-contained program with drivers for over 1200 scanners, and works for 10.6. $39.95 with free trial.

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Cristina Barceló i March, també coneguda com a Motxa Barceló, (Girona, 11 d'agost de 1987) és una jugadora d'hoquei sobre patins catalana.

Formada com a davantera al Girona CH, posteriorment va jugar a l'HC Salt, guanyant una Copa Catalunya i un Campionat d'Espanya entre 2001 i 2004, i al CHP Sant Feliu, entre 2004 i 2007. La temporada 2007-08 va fitxar pel CP Voltregà amb el qual ha guanyat la majoria dels títols, destacant sis Copes d'Europa, un Campionat d'Espanya, cinc Ligues espanyoles, quatre Copes de la Reina i dues Lligues catalanes. Internacional amb la selecció espanyola d'hoquei sobre patins entre 2004 i 2009, va guanyar un Campionat del Món (2008) i un d'Europa (2009). Amb la selecció catalana, va formar part de l'equip que va disputar el primer partit internacional contra Portugal el desembre de 2003. També hi va participar en la Copa Amèrica aconseguit un campionat el 2011 i dos subcampionats el 2007 i 2010. Actualment, és la capitana del CP Voltregà. El 13 d'abril de 2021 va anunciar en un comunicat oficial publicat a xarxes socials que es retiraria a final de temporada després de 13 temporades a l'equip osonenc.

Entre d'altres reconeixements, va rebre la medalla del Comitè Olímpic Espanyol l'any 2009 per la seva trajectòria esportiva.

Palmarès
Clubs

 6 Copes d'Europa d'hoquei sobre patins femenina: 2007-08, 2010-11, 2012-13, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2018-19
 1 Copa de Catalunya d'hoquei sobre patins femenina: 2002-03
 2 Lligues catalanes d'hoquei sobre patins femenina: 2007-08, 2008-09
 2 Campionats d'Espanya d'hoquei sobre patins femení: 2002-03, 2007-08
 5 Lligues espanyola d'hoquei sobre patins femenina: 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2015-16
 4 Copes espanyola d'hoquei sobre patins femenina: 2007-08, 2010-11, 2013-14, 2016-17

Selecció catalana

  1 medalla d'or a la Copa Amèrica d'hoquei sobre patins: 2011
  2 medalles d'argent a la Copa Amèrica d'hoquei sobre patins: 2007, 2010

Selecció espanyola

  1 medalla d'or al Campionat del Món d'hoquei sobre patins femení: 2008
  1 medalla d'argent al Campionat del Món d'hoquei sobre patins femení: 2006
  1 medalla de bronze al Campionat del Món d'hoquei sobre patins femení: 2004, 2010
  1 medalla d'or al Campionat d'Europa d'hoquei sobre patins femení: 2009
  1 medalla d'argent al Campionat d'Europa d'hoquei sobre patins femení: 2007

Referències

Enllaços externs
 Fitxa de Cristina Barceló i March - RinkHockey.net
 Fitxa de Cristina Barceló i March - COE

Jugadores d'hoquei sobre patins catalanes
Esportistes gironines
Jugadores d'hoquei sobre patins del Girona CH
Jugadores d'hoquei sobre patins del CP Voltregà
Jugadors d'hoquei sobre patins gironins
Gironins contemporanis


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Razzak first Bangladeshi to take 600 wickets
Veteran left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak of Khulna Division has become the first Bangladesh bowler to take 600 first class wickets.
He reached the milestone bagging seven wickets conceding 69 runs against Rangpur Division on day-1 of the 4th round of the National Cricket League (NCL) on Saturday.
"I'm happy, very happy. I must say taking 600 wickets in the first-class cricket is not a joke. I'm fortunate enough to be the first Bangladeshi cricketer to do so," an emotional Abdur Razzak told the media at the end of the first day's play at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur in the evening.
"It requires too much skill to achieve the record. I'm not skilled enough to do so. But I did it. I'm feeling really lucky. I always try to do well whenever I get a chance to prove myself. I never thought that I can reach this level. But it's true that I did it," he added.
The southpaw started playing first-class cricket in 2001-2002 season. Since then, he has been playing regularly well in domestic cricket. At the same time, he played for the national side for more than 10 years. Like in domestic cricket, he enjoyed enormous success in international cricket as well.
"I don't like to say goodbye to professional cricket at this moment. I just can say I'll keep playing cricket as long as my mind wants. Everything depends on the fitness as well," Razzak said.
Along the process of taking 600 wickets in first-class cricket, Razzak registered five or more wickets in an innings for 39 times, which is also the record of the most five-for haul in the first-class cricket for the Bangladeshis.
Source: UNB
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\section{Introduction}
Our starting point is the classical Brauer--Siegel theorem for number fields first proven by Siegel in the case of quadratic fields and then by Brauer (see \cite{Bra}) in a more general situation. This theorem states that if $K$ runs through a sequence of number fields normal over $\mathbb{Q}$ such that $n_K/\log|D_K|\to 0,$ then $\log (h_K R_K)/\log \sqrt{|D_K|}\to 1.$ Here $D_K,$ $h_K,$ $R_K$ and $n_K$ are respectively the discriminant, the class number, the regulator and the degree of the field $K.$

In \cite{Tsfa} this theorem was generalized by Tsfasman and Vl\u{a}du\c{t} to the case when the condition $n_K/\log|D_K|\to 0$ no longer holds. To formulate this result we will need to introduce some notation.

For a finite extension $K/\bbQ,$ let $\Phi_q(K)$ be the number of prime ideals of the ring of integers $\calO_K$ with norm $q$, i.e. $\Phi_q(K)=|\{\frakp\mid \Norm \frakp =q\}|.$ Furthermore, denote by $\Phi_{\bbR}(K)$ and $\Phi_{\bbC}(K)$ the number of real and complex places of $K$ respectively. Let $g_K=\log\sqrt{|D_K|}$ be the genus of the field $K$ (in analogy with the function field case). An extension $K/\bbQ$ is called almost normal if there exists a tower of extensions $K=K_n\supseteq K_{n-1} \dots \supseteq K_1 \supseteq K_0=\bbQ$ such that $K_i/K_{i-1}$ is normal for all $i.$

Consider a family of pairwise non-isomorphic number fields $\{K_i\}.$

\begin{definition}
If the limits $\phi_{\alpha}=\lim\limits_{i\to\infty}\frac{\Phi_{\alpha}(K_i)}{g_{K_i}}, \alpha\in \{\bbR, \bbC, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, \dots \}$ exist for each $\alpha$ then the family $\{K_i\}$ is called asymptotically exact. It is asymptotically good if there exists $\phi_\alpha\neq 0$ and asymptotically bad otherwise. The numbers $\phi_{\alpha}$ are called the Tsfasman--Vl\u{a}du\c{t} invariants of the family $\{K_i\}.$
\end{definition}

It is not difficult to check (see \cite[Lemma 2.7]{Tsfa}) that the condition $n_K/\log|D_K|\to 0$ from the Brauer--Siegel theorem is equivalent to the fact that the corresponding family is asymptotically bad. One can prove that any family contains an asymptotically exact subfamily and that an infinite tower of number fields is always asymptotically exact (see \cite[Lemma 2.2 and Lemma 2.4]{Tsfa}).

Now we can formulate the Tsfasman--Vl\u{a}du\c{t} theorem proven in \cite[Theorem 7.3]{Tsfa} in the asymptotically good case and in \cite[Theorem 1]{Zy} in the asymptotically bad one.

\begin{theorem}
\label{assgood}
For an asymptotically exact family $\{K_i\}$ we have
\begin{equation}
\label{TVZ}
\lim\limits_{i\to\infty}\frac{\log (h_{K_i}R_{K_i})}{g_{K_i}}=1+\sum_{q}\phi_q \log \frac{q}{q-1} - \phi_\mathbb{R} \log 2 - \phi_\mathbb{C}\log 2\pi,
\end{equation}
provided either all $K_i$ are almost normal over $\bbQ$ or the Generalized Riemann Hypothesis (GRH) holds for zeta functions of the fields $K_i$.
\end{theorem}

To generalize this theorem still further we will have to use the concept of limit zeta functions from \cite{Tsfa}.

\begin{definition}
The limit zeta function of an asymptotically exact family of number fields $\{K_i\}$ is defined as
$$\zeta_{\{K_i\}}(s)=\prod\limits_{q}(1-q^{-s})^{-\phi_q}.$$
\end{definition}

Theorem C from \cite{Tsfa} gives us the convergence of the above infinite product for $\Re s\geq 1$. Let $\varkappa_K=\mathop{\mathrm{Res}}\limits_{s=1} \zeta_K(s)$ be the residue of the Dedekind zeta function of the field $K$ at $s=1.$ Using the residue formula (see \cite[Chapter VIII, Theorem 5]{Lan})
$$
\varkappa_K=\frac{2^{\Phi_{\bbR}(K)}(2\pi)^{\Phi_{\bbC}(K)}h_K R_K}{w_K\sqrt{|D_K|}}
$$
(here $w_K$ is the number of roots of unity in $K$) and the estimate $w_K =O(n_K^2)$ (see \cite[p. 322]{Lan}) one can see that the question about the behaviour of the ratio from the Brauer--Siegel theorem is  immediately reduced to the corresponding question for $\varkappa_K.$

The formula (\ref{TVZ}) can be rewritten as $\lim\limits_{i\to\infty}\frac{\log \varkappa_{K_i}}{g_{K_i}}=\log\zeta_{\{K_i\}}(1).$ Furthermore, Tsfasman and Vl\u{a}du\c{t} prove in \cite[Proposition 4.2]{Tsfa} that for $\Re s>1$ the equality $\lim\limits_{i\to\infty}\frac{\log \zeta_{K_i}(s)}{g_{K_i}}=\log\zeta_{\{K_i\}}(s)$ holds.

Our main goal is to investigate the question of the validity of the above equality for $\Re s<1.$ We work in the number field case, for the function field case see \cite{Zynew}, where the same problem was treated in a much broader context.

The case $s=1$ is in a sense equivalent to the Brauer--Siegel theorem so current techniques does not allow to treat it in full generality without the assumption of GRH. From now on we will assume that GRH holds for Dedekind zeta functions of the fields under consideration. Assuming GRH, Tsfasman and Vl\u{a}du\c{t} proved (\cite[Corollary from Theorem A]{Tsfa}) that the infinite product for $\zeta_{\{K_i\}}(s)$ is absolutely convergent for $\Re s \geq \frac{1}{2}.$ We can now formulate our main results.

\begin{theorem}
\label{main1}
Assuming GRH, for an asymptotically exact family of number fields $\{K_i\}$ for $\Re s > \frac{1}{2}$ we have
$$\lim\limits_{i\to\infty}\frac{\log ((s-1)\zeta_{K_i}(s))}{g_{K_i}}=\log\zeta_{\{K_i\}}(s).$$
The convergence is uniform on compact subsets of the half-plane $\{s \mid \Re s > \frac{1}{2}\}.$
\end{theorem}

The result for $s = \frac{1}{2}$ is considerably weaker and we can only prove the following upper bound:
\begin{theorem}
\label{main2}
Let $\rho_{K_i}$ be the first non-zero coefficient in the Taylor series expansion of $\zeta_{K_i}(s)$ at $s=\frac{1}{2},$ i.~e. $$\zeta_{K_i}(s)=\rho_{K_i}\left(s-\frac{1}{2}\right)^{r_{K_i}}+o\left(\left(s-\frac{1}{2}\right)^{r_{K_i}}\right).$$
Then, assuming GRH, for any asymptotically exact family of number fields $\{K_i\}$ the following inequality holds:
\begin{equation}
\label{ineq}
\limsup\limits_{i\to\infty}\frac{\log |\rho_{K_i}|}{g_{K_i}}\leq\log\zeta_{\{K_i\}}\left(\frac{1}{2}\right).
\end{equation}
\end{theorem}

The question whether the equality holds in theorem \ref{main2} is rather delicate. It is related to the so called low-lying zeroes of zeta functions, that is the zeroes of $\zeta_K(s)$ having small imaginary part compared to $g_K.$ We doubt that the equality $\lim\limits_{i\to\infty}\frac{\log |\rho_{K_i}|}{g_{K_i}}=\log\zeta_{\{K_i\}}(\frac{1}{2})$ holds for any asymptotically exact family $\{K_i\}$ since the behaviour of low-lying zeroes is known to be rather random. Nevertheless, it might hold for "most" families (whatever it might mean). A more thorough discussion of this question in a slightly different situation (low-lying zeroes of $L$-functions of modular forms on $\SL_2(\bbR)$) can be found in \cite{Iwaniec}.

To illustrate how hard the question may be, let us quote the following result by Iwaniec and Sarnak, which is the object of the paper \cite{IS}. They manage to prove that there exists a sequence $\{d_i\}$ in $\bbN$ of density at least $\frac{1}{2}$  such that
$$\lim\limits_{i\to\infty}\frac{\log \zeta_{\bbQ(\sqrt{d_i})}(\frac{1}{2})}{\log d_i}=\log\zeta_{\{\bbQ(\sqrt{d_i})\}}\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)=0.$$
The techniques of the evaluation of mollified moments of Dirichlet $L$-functions used in that paper are rather involved. We also note that, to our knowledge, there has been no investigation of low-lying zeroes of $L$-functions of growing degree. It seems that the analogous problem in the function field has neither been very well studied.

Let us formulate a corollary of the theorem \ref{main1}. We will need the following definition:

\begin{definition}
The Euler--Kronecker constant of a number field $K$ is defined as $\gamma_K=\frac{c_{0}(K)}{c_{-1}(K)},$ where $\zeta_K(s)=c_{-1}(K)(s-1)^{-1}+c_0(K)+O(s-1).$
\end{definition}

Ihara made an extensive study of the Euler-Kronecker constant in \cite{Ih}. In particular, he obtained an asymptotic formula for the behaviour of $\gamma$ in families of curves over finite fields. As a corollary of theorem \ref{main1}, we prove the following analogue of Ihara's result in the number field case:

\begin{corollary}
\label{EK}
Assuming GRH, for any asymptotically exact family of number fields $\{K_i\}$ we have $$\lim\limits_{i\to\infty}\frac{\gamma_{K_i}}{g_{K_i}}=-\sum\limits_q\phi_q \frac{\log q}{q-1}.$$
\end{corollary}

This result was formulated in \cite{Tsfa1} without the assumption of the Riemann hypothesis. Unfortunately, the proof given there is flawed. It uses an unjustified change of limits in the summation over prime powers and the limit taken over the family $\{K_i\}.$ Thus, the question about the validity of this equality without the assumption of GRH is still open. It would be interesting to have a result of this type at least under a certain normality condition on our family $\{K_i\}.$ Even the study of abelian extensions is not uninteresting in this setting.

\section{Proofs of the main results}

\begin{proof}[Proof of theorem \ref{main1}]

The statement of the theorem is known for $\Re s > 1$ (see \cite[Proposition 4.2]{Tsfa}) thus we can freely assume that $\Re s < 2.$

We will use the following well known result \cite[Proposition 5.7]{IK} which can be proven using Hadamard's factorization theorem.
\begin{proposition}
\begin{enumerate}
\item For $-\frac{1}{2}\leq \sigma \leq 2, s = \sigma+i t$ we have
$$\frac{\zeta_K'(s)}{\zeta_K(s)}+\frac{1}{s}+\frac{1}{s-1}-\sum_{|s-\rho|<1} \frac{1}{s-\rho} = O(g_K),$$
where $\rho$ runs through all non-trivial zeroes of $\zeta_K(s)$ and the constant in $O$ is absolute.
\item The number $m(T, K)$ of zeroes $\rho=\beta+\gamma i$ of $\zeta_K(s)$ such that $|\gamma-T|\leq 1$ satisfies $m(T, K)< C (g_K+n_K\log(|T|+4))$ with an absolute constant $C.$
\end{enumerate}
\end{proposition}

Now, applying this proposition, we see that for fixed $T > 0, \epsilon > 0$ and any $s\in \calD_{T,\epsilon}=\{s\in \bbC\mid |\Im s| \leq T, \epsilon + \frac{1}{2} \leq \Re s \leq 2 \}$ we have
\begin{equation}
\label{eq1}
\frac{\zeta_K'(s)}{\zeta_K(s)} + \frac{1}{s-1} = \sum_{|s - \rho| < \epsilon} \frac{1}{s-\rho} +O_{T, \epsilon}(g_K),
\end{equation}
for by Minkowski's theorem \cite[Chapter V, Theorem 4]{Lan} $n_K < C g_K$ with an absolute constant $C.$

If we assume GRH, the sum over zeroes on the right hand side of (\ref{eq1}) disappears. Integrating, we finally get that in $\calD_{T,\epsilon}$
$$\frac{\log (\zeta_K(s)(s-1))}{g_K}=O_{T, \epsilon}(1)$$

Now, we can use the so called Vitali theorem \cite[5.21]{Tit}:
\begin{proposition}
Let $f_n(s)$ be a sequence of functions holomorphic in a domain $\calD.$ Assume that for some $M\in \bbR$ we have $|f_n(s)|<M$ for any $n$ and $s\in\calD.$ Let also $f_n(s)$ tend to a limit at a set of points having a limit point in $\calD.$ Then the sequence $f_n(s)$ tends to a holomorphic function in $\calD$ uniformly on any closed disk contained in $\calD.$
\end{proposition}

It suffices to notice that the convergence of $\log \zeta_{K_i}(s)/ g_{K_i}$ to $\zeta_{\{K_i\}}(s)$ is known for $\Re s > 1$ by \cite[proposition 4.2]{Tsfa}. So, applying the above theorem and using the fact that under GRH $\zeta_{\{K_i\}}(s)$ is holomorphic for $\Re s \geq \frac{1}{2}$ \cite[corollary from theorem A]{Tsfa} we get the required result.
\end{proof}

\begin{proof}[Proof of theorem \ref{main2}]
Denote $g_k=g_{K_k}.$ Let us write
$$\zeta_{K_k}(s)=c_k \left(s-\frac{1}{2}\right)^{r_k} F_k(s),$$
where $F_k(s)$ is an analytic function in the neighbourhood of $s=\frac{1}{2}$ such that $F_k\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)=1.$
Let us put $s=\frac{1}{2}+\theta,$ where $\theta>0$ is a small positive real number. We have
\begin{equation*}
\frac{\log \zeta_{K_k}(\frac{1}{2}+\theta)}{g_k}=\frac{\log c_k}{g_k}+r_k\frac{\log \theta}{g_k}+\frac{\log F_k(\frac{1}{2}+\theta)}{g_k}.
\end{equation*}
To prove the theorem we will construct a sequence $\theta_k$ such that
\begin{enumerate}
\item $\frac{1}{g_k}\log \zeta_{K_k}\left(\frac{1}{2}+\theta_k\right) \to \log \zeta_{\{K_k\}}\left(\frac{1}{2}\right);$
\item $\frac{r_k}{g_k}\,\log \theta_k \to 0;$
\item $\liminf \frac{1}{g_k}\log F_k\left(\frac{1}{2}+\theta_k\right)\geq 0.$
\end{enumerate}

For each natural number $N$ we choose $\theta(N)$ a decreasing sequence such that
\begin{equation*}
\left|\zeta_{\{K_k\}}\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)-\zeta_{\{K_k\}}\left(\frac{1}{2}+\theta(N)\right)\right| < \frac{1}{2N}.
\end{equation*}
This is possible since $\zeta_{\{K_k\}}(s)$ is continuous for $\Re s \geq \frac{1}{2}$ by \cite[corollary from theorem A]{Tsfa}. Next, we choose a sequence $k'(N)$ with the property:
\begin{equation*}
\left|\frac{1}{g_{k}}\log \zeta_{K_k}\left(\frac{1}{2}+\theta \right) - \log \zeta_{\{K_k\}}\left(\frac{1}{2}+\theta\right)\right|< \frac{1}{2N}
\end{equation*}
for any $\theta\in[\theta(N+1), \theta(N)]$ and any $k\geq k'(N).$ This is possible by theorem \ref{main1}. Then we choose $k''(N)$ such that
\begin{equation*}
\frac{-r_k\log \theta(N+1)}{g_k}\leq \frac{\theta(N)}{N}
\end{equation*}
for any $k\geq k''(N),$ which can be done thanks to the following proposition (c.f. \cite[Proposition 5.34]{IK}):
\begin{proposition}
Assume that GRH holds for $\zeta_K(s).$ Then
$$\mathop{\mathrm{ord}}_{s=\frac{1}{2}}\zeta_K(s)< \frac{C \log 3|D_K|}{\log\log 3|D_K|}$$
the constant $C$ being absolute.
\end{proposition}

Finally, we choose an increasing sequence $k(N)$ such that $k(N)\geq \max(k'(N), k''(N))$ for any $N.$

Now, if we define $N=N(k)$ by the inequality $k(N)\leq k \leq k(N+1)$ and let $\theta_k=\theta(N(k)),$ then from the conditions imposed on $\theta_k$ we automatically get (1) and (2). The delicate point is (3). We will use Hadamard's product formula \cite[p. 137]{Sta}:
\begin{multline*}
\log{\vert D_K\vert}=\Phi_{\bbR}(K)(\log\pi-\psi(s/2))+2\Phi_{\bbC}(K)(\log(2\pi)-\psi(s))-\frac{2}{s}-\frac{2}{s-1}\\
+2{\sum_{\rho}}'\frac{1}{s-\rho}-2\,\frac{\zeta'_K(s)}{\zeta_K(s)},
\end{multline*}
where $\psi(s)=\Gamma'(s)/\Gamma(s)$ is the logarithmic derivative of the gamma function. In the first sum $\rho$ runs over the zeroes of $\zeta_K(s)$ in the critical strip and $\sum'$ means that $\rho$ and $\bar{\rho}$ are to be grouped together. This can be rewritten as
\begin{multline*}
\frac{1}{g_k}\left(\log \zeta_k\left(\frac{1}{2}+\theta\right)-r_k\log \theta\right)'=-1 +\frac{\Phi_{\bbR}(K_k)}{2g_k}\left(\log\pi-\psi\left(\frac{1}{4}+\frac{\theta}{2}\right)\right)+\\
+\frac{\Phi_{\bbC}(K_k)}{g_k}\left(\log 2\pi-\psi\left(\frac{1}{2}+\theta\right)\right) + \frac{8\theta}{(4\theta^2-1)g_k}+{\sum_{\rho\neq 1/2}}'\frac{1}{(1/2+\theta-\rho)g_k}.
\end{multline*}
One notices that all the terms on the right hand side except for $-1$ and $\frac{16\theta}{(4\theta^2-1)g_k}$ are positive. Thus, we see that $\frac{1}{g_k}\left(\log F_k\left(\frac{1}{2}+\theta\right)\right)'\geq C$ for any small enough $\theta,$ where $C$ is an absolute constant. From this and from the fact that $F_k\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)=1$ we deduce that
$$\frac{1}{g_k}\log F_k\left(\frac{1}{2}+\theta_k\right)\geq C\theta_k\to 0.$$
This proves (3) as well as the theorem.
\end{proof}

\begin{proof}[Proof of the corollary \ref{EK}]
It suffices to take the values at $s=1$ of the derivatives of both sides of the equality in theorem \ref{main1}. This is possible since the convergence is uniform for $\Re s > \frac{1}{2}.$
\end{proof}

\begin{flushleft}
{\bf Acknowledgements.} I would like to thank my advisor Michael Tsfasman for many fruitful discussions and constant attention to my work. I would also like to thank Michel Balazard for giving valuable advices and sharing his ideas with me.
\end{flushleft}

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Bamboo 3 is a small wall-mounted loudspeaker that employs a Tang Band fullrange loudspeaker W3-871B. Bamboo 3 has been developed by Marko Krause and Bernd Timmermanns.
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While manual testing is always going to have its place, there are several types of tests that can be automated for efficiency. In this session, we'll discuss everything from automating functional and load tests to the automation of writing test case steps and designing for reuse.
I'm totally stoked to be the latest Chicagoan to be named an ALM MVP. There are currently only 114 ALM MVPs worldwide (that I see on the site anyway), and I am proud to be counted amongst these awesome folks. Sadly, the site is not quite updated so you won't see yours truly listed just yet.
This is not to say I know EVERYTHING there is to know on the topic of ALM, oh how I wish there were enough hours in the day. But on any given day you're likely to find me Installing/upgrading/customizing TFS, scouring MSDN forums, leading a class through the ropes of agile development, or perhaps giving a talk at a local user group on adopting a new ALM strategy in the real world. I'm definitely passionate about what I do.
Anyway, that's it for now! Just a little update on the latest excitement in my professional life. Hope to catch you at a conference or user group near you soon! And don't forget to stop by the Chicago ALM User Group sometime. We will be posting details on out October meeting soon!
The TFS upgrade to 2013 was super fast and straightforward, I was literally done in under an hour including upgrading my build service. Unfortunately for me, I got up super early (had to get fresh flowers and donuts at the Oak Park farmers market!!) and kicked off my upgrade around 9:30am. So by the time the upgrade support Lync meeting came on-line at 11:00am I was done with the install and had already started smoke testing. Not a bad problem to have right?
I'd certainly seen this issue before, and it was always because the VS bits necessary to run the build were not installed on the build server. But in my case I KNEW they were there, I had put them there myself some time ago! So I went to the server and out of curiosity I launched VS, and good thing I did.
This error was even nice enough to link me directly to the place where I could download what I needed for a fix (i.e. reinstalling SSDT tools). So, after re-installing the data tools, I rebooted the server for good measure and the builds ran perfectly, everything looked good. Lastly I installed VS 2013 RC as well, we will certainly need it as our folks will soon be chomping at the bit to use all of the new tools. All I need to do now is configure a few projects to take advantage of the new Agile Portfolio Management features!
So not a bad morning for a TFS upgrade, and if you haven't upgraded yours, now you know how fast and easy it is :) If you;re still nervous about going it alone, you don't have to! Microsoft offers a program called Deployment Planning Services that many customers qualify for. You may be eligible for free services (free consulting funding) from people like me that can help you get up and running on TFS, regardless of what version you want to upgrade to or what you are on today!
Lastly, MAD, MAD props to Microsoft and the TFS product team for offering free support today. Even though it was so smooth that I barely needed them. They seriously deserve a special sparkle pony award for their hard work, and for giving up a weekend to make sure we had everything we needed to succeed!


Our client had parked her car in a multi-storey carpark. As she was walking out, her foot was caught in a metal drain cover that was dangerously sticking out above the ground. As a result, she fell to the ground and injured herself.
We were instructed by the client to sue the owner of the carpark and claim compensation. Among other things, we sent her to consult our partner specialist doctor to determine the extent of her injury and calculated her compensation. In terms of liability, we asserted to the owner of the car park that he was totally negligent for not ensuring that the premises were safe. Subsequently, after much negotiations, the owner accepted liability and we secured a fair compensation for our client.


In government, what is done when a problem is identified? A Committee is formed. This is not a new thought. One of the items recently unearthed in the Municipal Library is a pamphlet entitled "Report of The Food Problem Committee." This sparked immediate questions: what was the food problem to be resolved? Who was on the Committee? What solutions were offered? How did it work out?


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I would like to thank the faculty and staff of Leaders high school, along with the staff of the NY outward bound program, to offer my daughter this once in a lifetime opportunity. I am hoping my daughter comes back with a better appreciation of just EVERYTHING. From all the picture i have seen she looks extremely happy and looks like she is even having a good time, the smiles give it away. I look forward to her return tomorrow and hearing about all the exciting adventures she had and all the things she learned. But first she MUST take a shower.
I am very greatful for Leaders and Sharp Reservation giving my daughter a once and a lifetime experience. Helping them to challenge themselves in ways they may not have known they had the ability to achieve. I am 100% confident that my daughter will come home feeling proud of every obstacle she had accomplished.
Adapting outside of her comfort zone.
I thank every staff member at Sharp and Leaders crew team doing this for the students.


One of the most common reasons given for why people dislike – and kill – large carnivores is because they attack livestock. This is particularly true in traditional pastoralist societies, because livestock (especially cattle) have important cultural value as well as their economic worth. Attacks upon livestock are not a small issue – they occur frequently around Ruaha, and particularly for a poor family, losing even a small number of livestock can be devastating both economically and socially. We have found that attacks on cattle almost always lead to efforts to kill the carnivores concerned, but often people resort to indiscriminate methods such as poisoning, which can kill many carnivores as well as high numbers of non-target species, such as critically endangered vultures. Furthermore, people are scared of just the risk of such an attack happening, so preventative carnivore killing is also common. Villagers are often either unaware or unable to implement other methods to better protect their livestock, so all too often method like snares, poison and spears are used to try to reduce attacks on stock.
The Ruaha Carnivore Project works closely with local villagers to reduce carnivore attacks on livestock, and helping empower people to implement better, non-lethal livestock protection methods such as the use of fortified enclosures and livestock guarding dogs. In addition, our Lion Defenders respond immediately to any reported threat of a lion attack at a household, and will often sleep at households and chase lions away in order to protect both people and livestock. This work helps to reduce both preventative and retaliatory carnivore killings, and also helps to better protect peoples' livestock and therefore secure their vital economic and social assets.
We monitor the effects of our livestock protection measures by training and employing conflict officers in local villages. 11 such officers collect regular data on over 600 households across the study area, and respond to any carnivore attacks. They help the householder identify which carnivore caused the attack, and share with them the best methods of preventing any such attack happening again. At a wider scale, their information helps us better understand the patterns of carnivore attacks and therefore develop the most appropriate strategies for preventing them in the future.
These measures have been very successful, with carnivore attacks on livestock reduced by over 60% in the core study area since their inception. However, it is not sufficient to reduce the risk of attack – for long-term conservation, local people need to recognise real, tangible and relevant benefits from the presence of wildlife. We are working closely with local communities to develop such initiatives, with the aim of ensuring that the benefits of wildlife presence outweigh any remaining costs.