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Hard Rain Journal 11-02-06: Climate Crisis Update -- What Bush, Cheney, Bork & Starr Don't Want the US Electorate to Know About Global Warming
Did you know that the inspector generals of NASA and the US Commerce Dept. are "investigating whether the Bush administration tried to block government scientists from speaking freely about global warming and censor their research" (AP, 11-2-06)?
Did you know that Bush-Cheney regime will "take its industry-protection campaign to the Supreme Court, where it will argue that it has no legal obligation to limit global warming pollution," and that two infamous judicial thugs, Robert Bork and Ken Starr, are writing briefs in the support of their position (Tom Paine, 11-2-06)?
In the USA, even at this dire moment, less than one week before the 2006 mid-term election (perhaps the last chance to save the Republic), the political establishment and mainstream news media continue to mislead and misinform the electorate.
At least in the UK, there seems to be a sincere and urgent will to act now that the(BBC, 10-31-06) Stern report has articulated the economic risks of doing nothing or even not enough: "Downing Street is seeking the outline of a package with the G8 industrial nations and five leading developing countries by next year, or 2008 at the latest. Tony Blair will lobby the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, to put the need for international cooperation on climate change at the heart of Germany's G8 presidency when it begins in January...Gordon Brown will also be pushing for a radical rethink of the United Nations and the World Bank which, he believes, are not equipped to oversee a carbon trading scheme, including the principles on which carbon emission allocations would be handed out to individual countries." (Guardian, 10-31-06)
Here are two important pieces, a bold ten point plan from George Monbiot of the Guardian and a degree by degree breakdown of the "five degrees of disaster" from Steve Connor of the Independent:
If we're to have a high chance of preventing global temperatures from rising by 2C (3.6F) above preindustrial levels, we need, in the rich nations, a 90% reduction in greenhouse-gas emissions by 2030. The greater part of the cut has to be made at the beginning of this period....So how do we do it without bringing civilisation crashing down? Here is a plan for drastic but affordable action that the government could take. It goes much further than the proposals discussed by Tony Blair and Gordon Brown yesterday, for the reason that this is what the science demands.
1. Set a target for reducing greenhouse-gas emissions based on the latest science. The government is using outdated figures, aiming for a 60% reduction by 2050. Even the annual 3% cut proposed in the early day motion calling for a new climate change bill does not go far enough. Timescale: immediately.
2. Use that target to set an annual carbon cap, which falls on the ski-jump trajectory. Then use the cap to set a personal carbon ration. Every citizen is given a free annual quota of carbon dioxide. He or she spends it by buying gas and electricity, petrol and train and plane tickets. If they run out, they must buy the rest from someone who has used less than his or her quota. This accounts for about 40% of the carbon dioxide we produce. The remainder is auctioned off to companies. It's a simpler and fairer approach than either green taxation or the EU's emissions trading scheme, and it also provides people with a powerful incentive to demand low-carbon technologies. Timescale: a full scheme in place by January 2009.
3. Introduce a new set of building regulations, with three objectives. A. Imposing strict energy-efficiency requirements on all major refurbishments (costing £3,000 or more). Timescale: in force by June 2007. B. Obliging landlords to bring their houses up to high energy-efficiency standards before they can rent them out. Timescale: to cover all new rentals from January 2008. C. Ensuring that all new homes in the UK are built to the German Passivhaus standard (which requires no heating system). Timescale: in force by 2012.
4. Ban the sale of incandescent lightbulbs, patio heaters, garden floodlights and other wasteful and unnecessary technologies. Introduce a stiff "feebate" system for all electronic goods sold in the UK, with the least efficient taxed heavily and the most efficient receiving tax discounts. Every year the standards in each category rise. Timescale: fully implemented by November 2007.
5. Redeploy money now earmarked for new nuclear missiles towards a massive investment in energy generation and distribution. Two schemes in particular require government support to make them commercially viable: very large wind farms, many miles offshore, connected to the grid with high-voltage direct-current cables; and a hydrogen pipeline network to take over from the natural gas grid as the primary means of delivering fuel for home heating. Timescale: both programmes commence at the end of 2007 and are completed by 2018.
6. Promote the development of a new national coach network. City-centre coach stations are shut down and moved to motorway junctions. Urban public transport networks are extended to meet them. The coaches travel on dedicated lanes and never leave the motorways. Journeys by public transport then become as fast as journeys by car, while saving 90% of emissions. It is self-financing, through the sale of the land now used for coach stations. Timescale: commences in 2008; completed by 2020.
7. Oblige all chains of filling stations to supply leasable electric car batteries. This provides electric cars with unlimited mileage: as the battery runs down, you pull into a forecourt; a crane lifts it out and drops in a fresh one. The batteries are charged overnight with surplus electricity from offshore wind farms. Timescale: fully operational by 2011.
8. Abandon the road-building and road-widening programme, and spend the money on tackling climate change. The government has earmarked £11.4bn for road expansion. It claims to be allocating just £545m a year to "spending policies that tackle climate change". Timescale: immediately.
9. Freeze and then reduce UK airport capacity. While capacity remains high there will be constant upward pressure on any scheme the government introduces to limit flights. We need a freeze on all new airport construction and the introduction of a national quota for landing slots, to be reduced by 90% by 2030. Timescale: immediately.
10. Legislate for the closure of all out-of-town superstores, and their replacement with a warehouse and delivery system. Shops use a staggering amount of energy (six times as much electricity per square metre as factories, for example), and major reductions are hard to achieve: Tesco's "state of the art" energy-saving store at Diss in Norfolk has managed to cut its energy use by only 20%. Warehouses containing the same quantity of goods use roughly 5% of the energy. Out-of-town shops are also hardwired to the car - delivery vehicles use 70% less fuel. Timescale: fully implemented by 2012.
These timescales might seem extraordinarily ambitious. They are, by contrast to the current glacial pace of change. But when the US entered the second world war it turned the economy around on a sixpence. Carmakers began producing aircraft and missiles within a year, and amphibious vehicles in 90 days, from a standing start. And that was 65 years ago. If we want this to happen, we can make it happen. It will require more economic intervention than we are used to, and some pretty brutal emergency planning policies (with little time or scope for objections). But if you believe that these are worse than mass death then there is something wrong with your value system.
Climate change is not just a moral question: it is the moral question of the 21st century. There is one position even more morally culpable than denial. That is to accept that it's happening and that its results will be catastrophic, but to fail to take the measures needed to prevent it. George Monbiot, Drastic Action on Climate Change is Needed Now - and Here's the Plan, The government must go further, and much faster, in its response to the moral question of the 21st century, Guardian, 10-31-06
Average global temperatures have increased by less than 1C since the Industrial Revolution, but they are projected to increase by up to 5C over the coming century if carbon dioxide levels continue to rise without restraint. With each 1C rise in average global temperatures, the Stern Review portrays progressively more serious scenarios.
The five degrees of disaster
1C: Smaller mountain glaciers disappear in Andes, threatening water supply of 50 million people. More than 300,000 people extra die from increase in climate-related diseases in tropical regions. Permafrost melting damages roads and buildings in Canada and Russia. One in ten species threatened with extinction, 80 per cent of coral suffers regular bleaching.
2C: Water scarcity increases in southern Africa and the Mediterranean. Significant decline in food production in Africa, where malaria affects up to 60 million more people. Up to 10 million extra people affected by coastal flooding each year. Arctic species, such the polar bear, face extinction along with 15-40 per cent of world's remaining wildlife. Gulf Stream begins to weaken and Greenland ice sheet begins to melt irreversibly.
3C: Serious droughts in southern Europe occur once every ten years. Between 1 and 4 billion people suffer water shortages and a similar number suffer from floods. Many millions of people at risk of malnutrition, as agricultural yields at higher latitudes reach peak output. More than 100 million people are affected by the risk of coastal flooding. Mass extinction of animals and plants accelerates.
4C: Sub-Saharan Africa and the southern Mediterranean suffer between 30 and 50 per cent decrease in availability of water. Agricultural yields decline by 15-35 per cent in Africa. Crops fail in entire regions. Up to 80 million extra people are exposed to malaria. Loss of around half of the Arctic tundra. Many nature reserves collapse. Giant West Antarctic Ice Sheet begins to melt irreversibly, threatening catastrophic increases in global sea levels.
5C: Possible disappearance of the large glaciers of the Himalayas, affecting the water supply of 25 per cent of population of China and hundreds of millions more in India. Ocean acidity increases with threat of total collapse in the global fisheries industry. Sea levels rise inexorably, inundating vast regions of Asia and about half of the world's major cities, including London, New York and Tokyo. Steve Connor, A Global Catastrophe of Our Own Making, Independent/UK, 10-31-06
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What Bills are on their way?
On the 17 July 2018 the First Minister made a statement about the Welsh Government's Legislative Programme for the year. He announced that the Welsh Government would be bringing forward five Bills.
We know the year ahead will be one of the busiest in legislative terms since Wales gained primary law-making powers. As the UK prepares to leave the European Union, there will be a significant amount of work for this Assembly to undertake between now and March if we are to have a fully functioning statute book at the point of exit. This will be a challenging time and the legislative workload associated with leaving the EU should not be underestimated.
The Assembly will need to deal with a substantial programme of correcting regulations under the EU withdrawal Act between October and March. We will continue to keep under review the need for Brexit-related Bills over the coming 12 months, and it is likely that a number of UK Brexit Bills will require the consent of this Assembly. As far as possible, we must not allow this Brexit workload to limit our legislative ambitions, but we must be flexible and be ready to adapt our legislative programme should the need arise.
The Bill would provide equal legal protection in Wales to children and adults from physical punishment by removing the existing parental defence under section 58 of the Children Act 1989 of 'reasonable punishment'. Under the law at present, provided their actions do not amount to wounding, actual bodily harm, grievous bodily harm or child cruelty, it is not illegal for a parent to smack their child on the basis that it is reasonable punishment (although in the case of anyone other than their child their actions might constitute assault).
The Welsh Government would be bringing forward this legislation in the context of children's rights and its commitment to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Bill would not create a new criminal offence, but would remove a defence to the existing offence of common assault or battery.
The Welsh Government plan to introduce a Bill to improve the accessibility of Welsh law and making provision about how Welsh legislation is to be interpreted. The Counsel General made a statement to Plenary on 20 March 2018 and launched a consultation which closed on 12 June. He also gave evidence to the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee on 14 May 2018.
The consultation has suggested that there is an appetite amongst local government to work together to progress voluntary mergers and to increase and improve regional working. I therefore intend to introduce the local government (Wales) Bill early next year to legislate to enable this to move ahead at the earliest opportunity. This, Presiding Officer, was confirmed by the First Minister earlier today. The Bill will also make provision for electoral reform, changes to the governance and performance arrangements for local government, and a number of other proposals, including the general power of competence, which has been broadly supported at consultation.
A duty of candour would place statutory obligations on all health organisations in Wales to be open and transparent, and set out a process that must be followed when things go wrong and people suffer harm. This Bill will also establish a new independent body to represent the citizen's voice, ensuring people have a stronger voice that reflects their experiences of health and social care services. It will also include proposals to require NHS trust boards to appoint a vice-chair.
The proposals were included in a White Paper launched in 2017, Services Fit for the Future, Quality and Governance in Health and Care in Wales. They were consulted on and the summary of responses published.
An independent review, published in January 2016, supported a ban on using wild animals in travelling circuses and mobile zoos. A petition calling on the Welsh Government to ban the use of wild animals in circuses in Wales was considered by Petitions Committee on 23 January 2018 and a debate was held in Plenary on 7 March 2018.
Animal welfare is a priority for this Government and the way we treat animals is an important reflection of our values as a society. Circuses are legitimate businesses, and it's not our intention to outlaw all forms of circus entertainment in Wales, but the use of wild animals in this context is outdated and ethically unacceptable. We'll prohibit their use in travelling circuses in Wales.
A ban is already law in Scotland.


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Alpha granules, (α-granules) also known as platelet alpha-granules are a cellular component of platelets. Platelets contain different types of granules that perform different functions, and include alpha granules, dense granules, and lysosomes. Of these, alpha granules are the most common, making up between 50% to 80% of the secretory granules. Alpha granules contain several growth factors.

Contents
Contents include insulin-like growth factor 1, platelet-derived growth factors, TGF beta, platelet factor 4 (which is a heparin-binding chemokine) and other clotting proteins (such as thrombospondin, fibronectin, factor V, and von Willebrand factor).

The alpha granules express the adhesion molecule P-selectin and CD63. These are transferred to the membrane after synthesis.

The other type of granules within platelets are called dense granules.

Clinical significance
A deficiency of alpha granules is known as gray platelet syndrome.

See also
 Platelet rich fibrin

References

Growth factors

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// Shift transition system.
//
// This transition system has one type of actions:
//  - The SHIFT action pushes the next input token to the stack and
//    advances to the next input token.
//
// For this very simple transition system, we don't need a specific
// TransitionState because we have no additional information to remember.
// We use it to compute look-ahead in DRAGNN by using its representations in
// downstream tasks.

#include <string>

#include "parser_features.h"
#include "parser_state.h"
#include "parser_transitions.h"
#include "sentence_features.h"
#include "shared_store.h"
#include "task_context.h"
#include "term_frequency_map.h"
#include "utils.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/lib/strings/strcat.h"

namespace syntaxnet {

class ShiftTransitionState : public ParserTransitionState {
 public:
  explicit ShiftTransitionState(bool left_to_right)
      : left_to_right_(left_to_right) {}

  explicit ShiftTransitionState(const ShiftTransitionState *state)
      : left_to_right_(state->left_to_right_) {}

  ParserTransitionState *Clone() const override {
    return new ShiftTransitionState(this);
  }

  // Set the initial value of next in ParserState.
  void Init(ParserState *state) override {
    if (!left_to_right_) {
      // Start from the last word of the sentence if we transit from right to
      // left.
      state->Advance(state->sentence().token_size() - 1);
    }
  }

  bool IsTokenCorrect(const ParserState &state, int index) const override {
    return true;
  }

  string ToString(const ParserState &state) const override { return ""; }

 private:
  bool left_to_right_;
};

class ShiftTransitionSystem : public ParserTransitionSystem {
 public:
  static const ParserAction kShiftAction = 0;

  // Determines the direction of the system.
  void Setup(TaskContext *context) override {
    // TODO(googleuser): Use FetchDeprecated.
    if (context->Get("left-to-right", "<NOT-SET>") == "<NOT-SET>") {
      left_to_right_ = context->Get("left_to_right", true);
    } else {
      left_to_right_ = context->Get("left-to-right", true);
      LOG(WARNING) << "'left-to-right' parameter set: this is DEPRECATED. "
                   << "Use 'left_to_right' instead.";
    }
  }

  // The shift transition system doesn't actually look at the dependency tree,
  // so it does allow non-projective trees.
  bool AllowsNonProjective() const override { return true; }

  // Returns the number of action types.
  int NumActionTypes() const override { return 1; }

  // Returns the number of possible actions.
  int NumActions(int num_labels) const override { return 1; }

  ParserAction GetDefaultAction(const ParserState &state) const override {
    return kShiftAction;
  }

  // At anytime, the gold action is to shift.
  ParserAction GetNextGoldAction(const ParserState &state) const override {
    return kShiftAction;
  }

  // Checks if the action is allowed in a given parser state.
  bool IsAllowedAction(ParserAction action,
                       const ParserState &state) const override {
    return left_to_right_ ? (!state.EndOfInput()) : (state.Next() >= 0);
  }

  // Makes a shift by pushing the next input token on the stack and moving to
  // the next position.
  void PerformActionWithoutHistory(ParserAction action,
                                   ParserState *state) const override {
    DCHECK(!IsFinalState(*state));
    if (!IsFinalState(*state)) {
      int next = state->Next();
      state->Push(next);
      next = left_to_right_ ? (next + 1) : (next - 1);
      state->Advance(next);
    }
  }

  bool IsFinalState(const ParserState &state) const override {
    return left_to_right_ ? state.EndOfInput() : (state.Next() < 0);
  }

  // Returns a string representation of a parser action.
  string ActionAsString(ParserAction action,
                        const ParserState &state) const override {
    string current_word = state.GetToken(state.Next()).word();
    return current_word;
  }

  // All states are deterministic in this transition system.
  bool IsDeterministicState(const ParserState &state) const override {
    return true;
  }

  // Returns a new transition state.
  ParserTransitionState *NewTransitionState(bool training_mode) const override {
    return new ShiftTransitionState(get_direction());
  }

  bool get_direction() const { return left_to_right_; }

 private:
  bool left_to_right_ = true;
};

REGISTER_TRANSITION_SYSTEM("shift-only", ShiftTransitionSystem);

}  // namespace syntaxnet

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Please, don't get me wrong. Jurassic Park is a fantastic film. One of my favorites. It's a great concept with a fun script, and the technical achievements displayed were revolutionary. But, come on, let's face it. There are more goofs and errors in this 127-minute span than one continuity editor should have in his entire career.
Some of you may think it sacrilege to pick apart this film. Some of you may think it deserving. I simply consider it one more way to appreciate a fine piece of movie-making. Whatever your stand, I bet you'll have a hell of a lot of fun fast-forwarding and pausing your way through your copy to find them for yourself.
Flub - This is just an all-out flub. It's either too ridiculous to be believed or is too funny to ignore. These are the meat of the list.
Microflub - A usually forgivable flub that's not so obvious. If you scrutinized any film the way I have this one, you'd probably find a lot of these. But, like I said, this is the definitive list, so I have to be thorough. Sometimes the distinction between a flub and an unflub can be a bit hazy, so I just make a judgement call.
Unflub - Not a flub, although it may at first appear to be a flub. There are several I have received repeatedly, and I felt I needed to address them in the list.
So without further ado, as they say, on to the list! Incidentally, if you are kind enough to link to The Flubs of Jurassic Park, please link to this page and not to the list, and please don't call it "Jurassic Park Flubs." That's really annoying.
Jurassic Park is a trademark of Universal City Studios, Inc. All images from the film are copyright Universal City Studios, Inc. and Amblin Entertainment, Inc.


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Pardo was driving home on Brackenville Road at about 9 p.m. Sept. 12, 2014, with his three children, ages 5, 8, and 10. He hit Bishop, who was lawfully riding his bicycle on the road. A memorial honoring Bishop marks the spot.
"It's 9 o' clock at night, Mr. Pardo was a third of a mile from his house," said Julianne Murray, partner at Murray Phillips, who is representing Pardo. "He is on a road that is curvy with no shoulder, and he has three young children in the car. He thinks he hits a branch. His windshield is shattered, but he can still see through it enough to go home."
She said he examined the vehicle when he got home, but that there was no blood or visible evidence that he had hit a person. The next morning when he saw that a cyclist had been killed on Brackenville Road on the news, she said he called police.
"[He] reported that he had been in an accident on Brackenville Road the night before, and had [authorities] come look at his car," said Murray.
He was sentenced to eight years in prison at the culmination of his trial, but Murray said there are two main reasons for asking the Supreme Court to overturn the lower court's decision.
"One is that the court, the lower court, considered evidence that it should not have considered. It was actually triple hearsay, which wouldn't be permissible under the rules," said Murray. "And this lower court used that evidence in its verdict. Whenever you have a case where they use evidence that they're not supposed to, you have to analyze whether it's harmless error, or whether it's reversible. In my view, this is reversible error."
Murray said that in the trial her client is appealing, prosecutors used a statement that should not have been admitted. The state showed a Children's Advocacy Center video of Pardo's then 8-year-old son John answering questions about the accident.
"He's prompted by the interviewer as to what his [older] brother [Gabe] was doing. He says, 'my brother said, 'dad did you kill a person?'' And then he goes on to something else," said Murray.
Murray said the state did not ask Gabe, age 10 at the time of the accident, during his testimony whether or not he had said that, but relied on the younger brother John's statement.
"Because Gabe testified at trial that he thought his father struck a branch. It's my understanding, as I was not trial counsel, that Gabe said the same thing in his CAC video. Since he was consistent, his video was not shown at trial. The state did not ask Gabe if he said anything to his father about killing a person when he testified. Defense counsel was limited in the scope what he could ask, so he didn't either. Enter John's testimony. John didn't remember much, and after some debate about foundational requirements the court permitted the state to show the video."
Murray said not asking Gabe about this statement during testimony was intentional.
"It's significant because this is the only piece of evidence or the evidence that suggests Mr. Pardo knew he hit a person," said Murray.
Deputy Attorney General Andrew Vella disagreed.
"There was, in fact, plenty of evidence to convict him absent that statement," said Vella. "The physical evidence in the case is there are hand bar imprints on his hood. And that suggests certainly that he would have seen someone crash into his hood, and fly over the roof of the car. So, there is other evidence of his knowledge. This isn't the sole evidence. This is a small piece of that evidence, which is the facts themselves. His admission to driving on the wrong side of the road, the debris field, and just the physical evidence itself."
The statement by Pardo's son John about what the oldest son Gabe said was used in the verdict of the lower court.
"In the verdict the court said, 'Mr. Bishop was thrown over the roof of the Audi in full view of the rear seat passenger Gabriel Pardo through the open sun roof. His young son exclaimed, 'dad did you kill a person?'' While there was evidence that Mr. Bishop did fly over the car when he was struck there is no evidence that Gabe saw him flying over the car or exclaimed anything," said Murray. "Gabe never testified to this. So, it's a dangerous statement that I think constitutes reversible error in this particular case. If Gabe was available to testify to his own statement and his recollections he should have been asked those questions."
The second reason Pardo is asking the Delaware Supreme Court to overturn his conviction: The appellant is arguing that 21 Del C 4202 is strict liability. She said liability attaches without intent. To read the statute, follow the link. Murray said Pardo did not know he had hit Bishop, and thought he hit a tree branch.
"My position, the appellant's position, is that if you're going to be convicted of a felony and up to 5 years of imprisonment that the driver must know that the accident involved or resulted in injury or death to a person," said Murray.
"It's clear that the purpose of the law is to impose a duty on the driver to do just that, get out of the car and check to see what you hit," said Vella. "Whether it's property, or whether it's a person, or whether you don't know. You're obligated to go and find out, and you're obligated to stay there if there is something that's damaged or someone who is injured."
Vella said the statute is not strict liability, and that the lower court that convicted Pardo interpreted the statute correctly.
"The court said, the requirement to stop at the scene is not conditional upon whether the driver knew someone had been injured or killed," said Vella, "and I think that's an accurate reading of the statute."
He also said that the lower court found that statute 4202 was not unconstitutional.
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(Photo : Christianity Daily) Mission Agape held a meeting at a local cafe on August 20 to share updates on their ministry in Peru.
Mission Agape, which has been carrying out acts of love toward those who are homeless in downtown Atlanta, held a meeting at a local cafe on August 20, reporting updates on their mission work in Peru.
"Mission Agape has strived to do ministry according to the words, 'Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me,'" said James Song, the president of Mission Agape. "As Peru is a place in which we are just beginning ministry, we are planning to work together with missionaries in the mission field and continually provide support to bring revival to the local churches. We are planning to return to Peru in October to make a soccer team and a sports league as well."
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Uncertainty Reigns as Congress Fiddles With EDC
Oct. 8, 2004 – The Internal Revenue Service, the V.I. Bureau of Internal Revenue and acting U.S. Attorney Anthony Jenkins are all expressing concern that the Economic Development Company Program needs monitoring to run smoothly and within the law.
Oddly, these concerns were expressed in press releases when some people are saying that actions by the U.S. Congress may bring the program to an end. Even before congressional action this week, business people were becoming skittish about the program. (See "EDC Firm Closes Its Doors Citing Tax Rules Ambiguity").
Richard Difede, president of the Economic Alliance, a group which represents EDC companies, said Friday that the amendment attached to the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 might not kill the program, but it will severely limit which companies can be involved in the program and what they can do.
He said members of the Alliance had envisioned something quite different from what was working its way through Congress this week.
Keith Parsky, Insular Affairs spokesman, said the congressional insistence on changing the V.I. program might have resulted because, in the environment of free trade and trade agreements, the United States did not want to appear to be giving preferential tax treatment to certain residents.
But discussions of changes to the EDC program generally start with mentions of its potential for abuse.
The press release from the V.I. United States Attorney's office Sept. 21 expressed concerns of Jenkins and Brian Wimping, special agent in charge, Internal Revenue Service/Criminal Investigations, about the program.
It said, "While the EDC Program may present tremendous benefits to the Virgin Islands economy and legitimate business interests, [Jenkins and Wimping] cautioned that such incentives occasionally are viewed by less scrupulous interests, driven by greed and unconcerned with the law, as an opportunity to engage in fraud."
Meanwhile, on Thursday, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and V.I. Bureau of Internal Revenue announced a new partnership to work together on common tax enforcement issues.
A press release from the Internal Revenue Service said the partnership effort is designed "to enable federal, territorial, state and local tax agencies to join together in ensuring all taxpayers pay the amount of tax they are legally obligated to pay. Like the other agencies, the V.I. BIR will be working with the IRS to combat abusive tax avoidance transactions by sharing information and leveraging resources."
A spokesperson for the IRS Friday refused to answer questions about why this partnership was necessary or why it was made at this time. She referred the reporter to the Treasury Department, but no one there was available to answer questions.
Delegate Donna M. Christensen, however, did meet with Treasury officials before leaving Washington, D.C., on Friday to see if they were willing to work with territorial officials to develop acceptable rules to govern the economic tax incentive programs.
Christensen said in a press release that she met with John Emling, deputy assistant secretary; Barbara Angus, international tax counsel; and Carl Dubert, deputy tax counsel of the Treasury Department to discuss the urgency of clarifying what changes to the program will mean.
"I was pleased at the tone of the meeting and greatly encouraged that they intend to work with our local Bureau of Internal Revenue to quickly develop the rules and regulations needed to clarify changes and to give assurance to legitimate companies that it is safe to do business in the Virgin Islands," Christensen said.
"We discussed that it was necessary to clarify the exceptions that would allow "bona fide Virgin Islands residents" to be away from the territory for more than 183 days and not lose their right to file their taxes with the territorial government," Christensen said.
Other issues discussed include defining what kinds of income would qualify for tax reduction under the EDC program.
Difede, Friday, expressed concern over what he also saw as lack of clarity in the amendment. He said it is "leaving undefined what has been undefined in this law for 17 years."
Difede said it was impossible to gauge the effect the new regulations would have on EDC companies. There are about 100 EDC companies in the Virgin Islands; about 60 of them belong to the Alliance. Difede said many of them are already discussing layoffs and possibly closing down operations on the Virgin Islands.
He said what was "most shocking" about this week's developments was that the V.I. government had been very articulate in presenting a positive case for the EDC program, but was apparently ignored. He said the federal government "is trying to kill a mosquito with a cannon."
V.I. Bureau of Internal Revenue Director Louis M. Willis said that EDC beneficiaries contribute about 25 percent of the territory's revenues. He was unavailable for comment Friday on this or the partnership agreement with the IRS.
How the change in EDC regulations actually affects V.I. businesses will be determined after the final language is determined. Claims about what the changes were and what they would mean to businesses have changed almost daily (See "EDC: Treasury 'Lowers the Boom' on the V.I.").
Peter Hiebert, Washington counsel for the V.I. government, said Friday afternoon that the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 was in line to get passed, but a final version might not be approved until Saturday.
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A Real Força Policial de São Vicente e Granadinas (em inglês: Royal Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force) é a força policial de São Vicente e Granadinas.

Sendo a única força de segurança pública no país, inclui uma guarda costeira e uma pequena unidade de serviços especiais com treino paramilitar; no total, é composta por um efectivo de 691 elementos, incluindo 57 no combate a incêndios, 74 na guarda costeira e 20 cadetes.

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Fort Owen State Park
Barracks at Fort Owen, the only original structure still standing
Ravalli County, Montana, U.S.
Stevensville, Montana
46°31′10.128″N 114°5′49.3794″W / 46.51948000°N 114.097049833°W / 46.51948000; -114.097049833Coordinates: 46°31′10.128″N 114°5′49.3794″W / 46.51948000°N 114.097049833°W / 46.51948000; -114.097049833
1 acre (4,000 m2)[1]
Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks
Fort Owen State Park is a park owned by the state of Montana in the United States. It is located on the northern outskirts of the town of Stevensville, Montana. The park is named for Fort Owen, a mission and later trading post established in 1841 and named for trader John Owen. The park is 1 acre (4,000 m2) in size,[1] 3,293 feet (1,004 m) in elevation,[2] and is owned and managed by the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks. Fort Owen is known as the "cradle of Montana civilization".
1 History of Fort Owen
1.1 Original St. Mary's Mission
1.2 Fort Owen
1.3 About Fort Owen State Park
History of Fort Owen[edit]
Original St. Mary's Mission[edit]
In the spring of 1841, Father Pierre-Jean De Smet entered the Bitterroot Valley of western Montana accompanied by Fathers Nicholas Point and Gregory Mengarini and lay brothers William Claessens, Charles Huet, and Joseph Specht. By fall they erected a small Catholic chapel, St. Mary's Mission, at the site of Fort Owen State Park, which DeSmet used as the base for his missionary work among the Bitterroot Salish tribe of Native Americans.[3] It was the first permanent white settlement in Montana,[4] the first Christian church in Montana,[5] and the first Catholic church in Montana.[4] The wagons and oxen Father DeSmet brought with him were the first ever to enter Montana.[3] By winter, several houses, a trading post, and shops were also constructed.[3] In the spring of 1842, Father DeSmet planted the first oats, potatoes, wheat, and domesticated garden plants,[4] and engaged in which is considered by historians to be the first farming in Montana.[6][5] In the summer of 1842, cows were brought to St. Mary's Mission from Fort Colvile in the unclaimed territory that would later become Washington state. These were first domesticated cattle ever in Montana.[7] Father Antonio Ravalli joined the mission in 1842.[4] By the end of that year, the priests had erected the first sawmill, first grist mill, and the first school in Montana as well.[4]
For these reasons, St. Mary's and Fort Owen is known as the "cradle of Montana civilization".[4]
Fort Owen[edit]
Old Fort Owen near Stevensville, Montana
By 1850, hostility to the Catholic missionaries led to the closure of the original St. Mary's mission.[5] (Another church, also called St. Mary's Mission, was constructed in 1866 about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) to the south. This structure still stands, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.)[8] John Owen, a civilian sutler at Fort Hall in what is now southeastern Idaho, moved to the Bitterroot Valley and purchased the site of St. Mary's Mission for $250 ($7,529 in 2018 dollars).[4] This was the first recorded land transaction in Montana.[4]
Owen renamed the site Fort Owen after himself.[1] Owen and his wife Nancy, a full-blood Shoshone, managed the fort themselves and turned it into a highly popular trading post and rest stop for fur trappers, traders, missionaries, and explorers.[2] Owen discovered gold in the Bitterroot Valley in 1852, which led to a rush of settlement in the area.[5] Owen was appointed an Indian agent for the United States federal government in 1856, serving until 1862. For a time, Fort Owen even served as the chief Indian agency for the area.[2] In 1860, Owen significantly upgraded the fort by replacing its wood stockade with adobe brick walls.[4]
Nancy Owen died in 1868, and John Owen's mental health deteriorated afterward.[2] Fort Owen began to deteriorate as hostility from the Piegan Blackfeet[5] and Owen's own mental health issues led far fewer people to visit the facility. When the Mullan Road opened in May 1864, it bypassed Fort Owen in favor or Hell Gate, Montana, in the Missoula Valley to the north, and Fort Owen's financial difficulties worsened.[1][9]
Fort Owen was sold at a sheriff's auction in 1872 to Washington J. McCormick, to whom Owen owed money. McCormick continued to operate the saw and grist mills at the site.[2] In 1889, he was working to repair the roof of the fort when a powerful wind gust ripped the roof from the structure and flung McCormick to the ground, where he died.[1]
After McCormick's death, Fort Owen was owned by a succession of local farmers and ranchers. Eventually, the decrepit fort was donated the Stevensville Historical Society.[1] The historical society donated what little remained of the fort to the state of Montana in 1937.[2]
About Fort Owen State Park[edit]
Fort Owen is located on the Stevensville Cutoff Road, south of Missoula, Montana, on U.S. Route 93.[1]
Little is left of Fort Owen today. The only original structure still standing is the East Barracks.[1][2] The back wall, a portion of the side walls, and the interior walls are original adobe brick manufactured and erected by Father DeSmet and his associates in 1841 and 1842.[1]
Archeological investigations by the University of Montana from 1957 to 1980 uncovered the fort's foundations, which are visible to visitors today.[2] Visitors can also see a reconstructions of an 1850s cabin, a root cellar, and a well house.[1]
Fort Owen State Park is just 1-acre (4,000 m2) in size. It is surrounded by private property, and no camping is allowed. The state park is open every day of the year. Volunteers from the Stevensville Historical Society occasionally staff the park to answer questions, but visitors mostly rely on interpretive signage to learn about the mission and the fort and their history.[1]
^ a b c d e f g h i j k Madison, Erin (January 3, 2013). "State Park Challenge: Fort Owen Home to Many Firsts". Great Falls Tribune. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
^ a b c d e f g h Aarstad et al. 2009, p. 92.
^ a b c Leeson 1885, p. 838.
^ a b c d e f g h i Conklin 2002, p. 68.
^ a b c d e Crutchfield 2008, p. 21.
^ Leeson 1885, pp. 838, 841.
^ Leeson 1885, p. 841.
^ Conklin 2002, p. 69.
^ Conklin 2002, pp. 68-69.
Aarstad, Rich; Arguimbau, Ellen; Baumler, Ellen; Porsild, Charlene L.; Shovers, Brian (2009). Montana Place Names From Alzada to Zortman. Helena, Mont.: Montana Historical Society Press. ISBN 9780975919613.
Conklin, David G. (2002). Montana History Weekends: Fifty-Two Adventures in History. Guilford, Conn.: Globe Pequot Press. ISBN 9780762711611.
Crutchfield, James A. (2008). It Happened in Montana. Guilford, Conn.: TwoDot Press. ISBN 9780762745685.
Leeson, Michael A. (1885). History of Montana, 1739-1885. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co.
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The curriculum for the Gastroenterology Fellowship varies depending upon whether you choose the Clinical Scholar Track or the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-Sponsored Track. However, all clinical training includes patient care, procedures, elective rotations, didactic training, and teaching opportunities.
Several rotations in ambulatory and inpatient care are mandatory for all fellows. For example, on the gastroenterology hospital service, you serve as a first assistant to the staff and learn how to manage many types of cases, from the straightforward to the complex.
You are expected to serve in a junior faculty-type role, directly supervising and guiding medical residents on the team, together with the staff physician. These resident physicians are responsible for most direct patient care (such as note writing, orders and dismissal summaries), which frees your time for supervision and teaching.
You also participate in gastrointestinal consultations and perform procedures on hospitalized patients. These experiences help you learn pragmatic and scholarly approaches to a wide array of inpatient diagnostic and therapeutic gastrointestinal problems. Your assignments include several specialty areas that are largely hospital based, including nutrition and liver transplantation.
During the outpatient department rotation, you rotate through most of the subspecialty clinics (such as pancreas, motility and inflammatory bowel disease), where you work directly with expert staff gastroenterologists. In the outpatient practice, the same focus on pragmatic and scholarly approaches to diagnostic and therapeutic gastrointestinal problems exists. In all rotations, you work directly with a supervising staff gastroenterologist.
All procedures are performed under the direct supervision of Mayo Clinic staff gastroenterologists. Procedural training includes upper endoscopy, esophageal dilation, esophageal and anorectal manometry, esophageal pH readings, small bowel enteroscopy (including capsule enteroscopy), paracentesis, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy placement, colonoscopy, and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography.
Your endoscopic experience also includes exposure to therapeutic endoscopy, which includes electrocoagulation, hemoclip application, variceal banding, and various stenting procedures. You also have opportunities to learn about gastrointestinal motility, the dynamic assessment of pancreatic, hepatobiliary and gastrointestinal function, and other procedures.
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Several elective rotations are available, including rotations to Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, Mayo Clinic in Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona, and some Mayo Clinic Health System sites, such as Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and Mankato, Minnesota, among others.
You may also spend elective time pursuing additional clinical or endoscopic experience at smaller private practices near Rochester, Minnesota; within the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology; or in other Mayo Clinic departments, such as surgery, radiology or pathology.
The Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology is known internationally for the breadth and depth of its research activities, with expertise in practically every area of these fields. As a result of our research efforts, we have had 2,028 articles, editorials, and reviews published by trainees and faculty over the past five years. See our fellows' publications.
Basic science support is provided in physiology, biochemistry and molecular biology, pharmacology, microbiology, genetics, immunology, cell biology, epidemiology, statistics, and other areas.
At Mayo Clinic, your research mentor closely supervises protocol development, the conduct of the study, data analysis, and final manuscript preparation. Our division's statistician is available to review methodology and statistical considerations. Critical peer and institutional reviews at each stage help ensure high quality. Most Mayo fellows present their work at national meetings and publish several papers.
The integration of basic and clinical research into practice is one of the division's strengths. Over the past five years, we have had 162 reviewed and approved patient-oriented protocols in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology.
Some major areas of research include:
Colorectal cancer (prevention and early detection)
Endoscopy (development of new procedures)
Enteric neurosciences
Fecal microbial transplant
Liver and biliary cancers
Current new initiatives within the division include epigenetics, microbial ecology, proteomics and genomics, clinical trials, and obesity.
The divisional research activities are coordinated through the Gastroenterology and Hepatology Research Committee, which meets once a month. Research findings are presented at a weekly research conference.
Clinical conferences, seminars, small discussion groups, journal clubs, formal coursework in the Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCaTS), and one-on-one instruction are integral parts of the Gastroenterology Fellowship. You work one-to-one with staff gastroenterologists during all aspects of your training. Bedside instruction and other informal teaching methods also are part of the fellowship.
A variety of conferences are held each week in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Fellows may also find topics of special interest in other conferences sponsored by the departments of Internal Medicine, Surgery, Oncology, Radiology, and Laboratory Medicine and Pathology.
The weekly schedule includes:
Monday — Gastroenterology research conference
Tuesday — Core curriculum for hospital residents,* core lecture for fellows, journal club
Wednesday — Various interest group conferences,* medical grand rounds
Thursday — Gastroenterology and hepatology grand rounds
Friday — Various interest group conferences*
*Fellows make presentations at these conferences.
Fellow Badr F. Al Bawardy, M.D., giving a presentation to staff and fellows
You have the opportunity to teach Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine students, visiting students from other medical schools, and medical residents through bedside instruction and formal didactic lectures. At the beginning of the Gastroenterology Fellowship, you are taught how to give effective presentations, and feedback is provided after most presentations.
To ensure that you gain proficiency and develop the corresponding technical skills, your performance is monitored throughout the Gastroenterology Fellowship. You are formally evaluated by supervising faculty members after completing each clinical rotation and then meet with the program director to review these evaluations. In addition, you regularly evaluate the faculty to ensure your educational goals are being met.
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Honda reveals 2020 Forza 300
Honda launches new mid-size 2020 Forza 300
Honda March 20, 2020 - 3:50 PM
The 300cc mid-size scooter segment may be a bit slim locally, but in Europe, it is thriving. Honda hopes to get a piece of the lucrative market with their newly unveiled 2020 Forza 300.
Building upon its new larger size since 2018, the 2020 model makes use of a revised chassis, redesigned frame and larger diameter rear wheel. The radiator and battery are located between the fuel tank and underseat storage area, focusing mass to the center. These in turn have increased its acceleration, top speed, and fuel efficiency.
Revised styling
Its new look was designed for both style and aerodynamic efficiency. New silver accents have been added around the nose, front, and side cowls. It now includes an electronically adjustable wind screen that can be raised or lowered while riding. It's controlled by a switch on the left handlebar, which adjusts smoothly through 140mm. Finally, all its lights are now LED.
Two full-face helmets can be stored under the seat, and it's also possible to partition the storage area to house a helmet and/or rain gear and A4 sized bags. The front left inner fairing pocket is lockable, and its internal space can be arranged for the rider's convenience, to hold a phone and water bottle, for instance. It also houses a 12V charging socket.
Smart additions
The Forza 300 uses a Smart Key. It's turned on with a knob that includes compartment locking, as well as for the optional 45L removable top box. Once on, It features an analog speedometer and rev-counter dials with a digital display with 3 modes. These include odometer, range remaining and current mpg; trip meter, average mpg and timer; or ambient temperature thermometer and battery sensor.
Efficient power
Powering the Forza 300 is a 279cc, liquid-cooled fuel-injected SOHC four-valve engine, also used by the SH300i. It produces peak power of 18.5kW @ 7,000rpm, with 27.2Nm torque @ 5,750rpm. Power goes through an automatic centrifugal clutch to a V-Matic transmission (with ratios set for fast low speed reaction and smart acceleration) and belt final drive.
Honda claims it can reach a top speed of 129km/h and fuel economy is 31km/l (WMTC mode). Its fuel tank holds 11.5-liters, giving a potential 350km+ range. It is fitted with Honda Selectable Torque Control (HSTC) as standard, a system that detects any difference between the front and rear wheel speeds, calculates the slip ratio and then controls engine torque via the fuel injection to regain rear wheel traction. It can be turned off manually if desired.
Better ride
It rides on 33mm telescopic forks with twin rear shock absorbers on a 1-piece aluminium swingarm. The rear shocks are adjustable through a 7-stage spring preload. It rolls on cast aluminium 15-inch front wheel with 120/70-15 tires while the 14-inch rear wears a 140/70-14 tire. These grant it a seat height at 780mm and wet weight of 182kg.
As for brakes, a 256mm single disc performs stopping duties up front, mated to a 240mm rear, with the benefit of 2-channel ABS for braking control on slippery surfaces.
Colors and options
Honda offers the Forza 300 in Europe in five different colour schemes: Crescent Blue Metallic, Pearl Nightstar Black, Matt Cynos Grey Metallic, and Matt Pearl Cool White.
The fifth color, Air Force Grey, is reserved for a special 'Limited Edition' in a striking new grey and gloss black color scheme. It also features red stitching around the leather seat and matching wheel rim tape, a color-matched Smart Key top box and a new distinctive Forza 300 logo.
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FLETCHER: And again see that's what this is, the power of story.
SLOPER: Well Ryan, the way that I found you was basically the power of your story right? I mean obviously you talked a lot about your background and how you found real estate and your kids and all of these different things which allowed me to identify with you and furthermore got me to the point where I basically told you that, "Hey, you basically got my money for life," just so I can be associated with you right? But the only way I could get to that point is to have a strong enough story and for me to believe enough in your story that I could allow myself to fully invest in a relationship.
Now take the money out of it, I am committed to our relationship because I feel like if I am not associated with you then I'm going to miss out on something.
FLETCHER: Well I think our relationship has transpired money. I mean we've actually now started NTC where we are going into businesses with each other, we're doing this podcast together, I mean it really is like a friendship that has opened up the door so that neither of us really expected 3 ½ years ago.
FLETCHER: And so one of the things now that you bring that up like my story, is Brian Wizzit who is another member friend of ours, he read my story and he goes, "Dude I like to the moment I read about you." He's like, "You didn't have to pitch me, you didn't have to try to sell like I just wanted to give you my money. I didn't know how." He goes, "That's what I wanted to teach me. Teach me how to do to others what you did to me which is I want others to know, like and trust me before they even… Before I even know who they are." And so it is this really strange phenomenon. When you put your story out into the world, these people whoever they are and it could be you guys on the podcast okay maybe I don't know you personally but maybe you feel like you know me or maybe it's your favorite talk with your host or your favorite podcast individual or maybe it is somebody like Marcus Lamona's if you studied and read about him or James Patterson, whoever your favorite authors or even if it is on a sitcom and it is one of the characters, you feel like you intimately know them.
And so this is one of the key and defining differentiation elements for one of the platforms that we are billing out right now which integrates a built in traffic source using podcasting to drive a real estate business. And so I wrote this real simple explanation, we believe if you can't trust the person then you can't trust his work. Here is the truth, trust is a function of quote unquote getting to know someone. What is their story? Why did they choose the career path they chose? What drives them? What motivates them? What is their philosophical viewpoint? Does it align with yours? Do they have a family? Have they experienced tragedy? Adversity? Have they bounced back? If you put them in a difficult situation, how do they respond? You see, it's these kinds of questions that allow you to build your character.


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Chinese Famous Names Starting with Letter Q
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Qi Baishi
Was a Chinese painter.Born to a peasant from Xiangtan, Hunan, Qi became a carpenter at 14, and learn
Was a Chinese painter.Born to a peasant from Xiangtan, Hunan, Qi became a carpenter at 14, and learned to paint by himself. After he turned 40, he travelled, visiting famous scenic spots in China. After 1917 he settled in Beijing. In his later years, he continued to make "later-year innovations."
Qi Haifeng
Is a Chinese decathlete. His personal best in decathlon is 8290 points, achieved in May 2005 in Götzis.
Qi Hong
Is a Chinese football player.He plays for China national football team and was a participant at the
Is a Chinese football player.He plays for China national football team and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Qi Hong is famous for his goal from 20 meters in the 1-0 home win against Oman in the World Cup 2002 qualifiers that sent China to the World Cup. During the World Cup 2002 qualifiers, he was often regarded by many in China as the playmaker of the team. His midfield influence waned after the World Cup and the rise of Li Tie as the creative force of the team.
Qi Hui
A Chinese swimmer. She specialises in breaststroke but is also a world-class individual medlay swimm
A Chinese swimmer. She specialises in breaststroke but is also a world-class individual medlay swimmer. Technically perfect and undoubtedly very hard-working and talented, Qi has a career that has been marked by lots of ups and downs over the years.Qi first got noticed at the 1997 Chinese National Games, where the 12-year-old placed 4th in the 200 breast (2:30.77). She made her international debut in the 1998 Goodwill Games in New York. She won silver behind Japan's Masami Tanaka in the 200 breast (2:28.44 to 2:28.71) at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, where she was the youngest athlete in the Chinese delegation.
Qi Jia
Is a Chinese ice dancer. She competes with Sun Xu
Qi Jianhua
Is a Chinese volleyball player. She currently plays club ball for Liaoning.
Was a Chinese military general and national hero during the Ming Dynasty. He was best remembered for
Was a Chinese military general and national hero during the Ming Dynasty. He was best remembered for his courage and leadership in the fight against Japanese pirates along the east coast of China, as well as his reinforcement work on the Great Wall of China.
Qi Jingxuan
Is a Chinese International Master chess player.He also competed once at the World Men's Team Chess C
Is a Chinese International Master chess player.He also competed once at the World Men's Team Chess Championship (1985) having played a total 8 games (1 wins, 3 draws, 4 losses);[3] and four times at the Asian Men's Team Chess Championship (1977-1983) having played 31 games (18 wins, 7 draws, 6 losses).[4]
Qi Kang
Is an Architect, Professor, Ph.D. Supervisor in Southeast University, Academician of Chinese Academy
Is an Architect, Professor, Ph.D. Supervisor in Southeast University, Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Foreign Academician of French Academy of Architecture ( Académie d'architecture de France), and Director of Research Institute of Architecture of Southeast University. Qi Kang works to integrate contemporary and Western technology in redefining Chinese Architecture.[citation needed] His work, which stems from Classical principles, is imbued with contemporary innovations.[citation needed] Over the past 50 years, many Chinese architects tend to either adhere to classical forms, or embrace the western approach. Qi Kang has combined the two. In the past 40 years, he has designed over 200 projects, many of which are meaningful to China.
Qi Wusheng
Is a Chinese football coach and a former international football player. As a footballer he played as
Is a Chinese football coach and a former international football player. As a footballer he played as a centre back and was known for his extraordinary ability and superb running game. His wealth of experience was limited due the Chinese Cultural Revolution, however he was still able to play within the 1976 AFC Asian Cup and help China to a third place finish before he retired. He would take a position with Wuhan Hongjinlong before spending several seasons with Yunnan Hongta F.C. until the club merged with Chongqing Lifan F.C. and Qi was released. After a short spell with Tianjin Teda F.C. he would return to Guangzhou to help manage them to push for premotion back into the top tier, unable to achieve this he would leave at the end of the 2006 league season.
Qian Du
Was a Chinese landscape painter during the Qing Dynasty (1644–1912).His style name was 'Shumei' an
Was a Chinese landscape painter during the Qing Dynasty (1644–1912).His style name was 'Shumei' and his sobriquets were 'Songhu, Songhu Xiaoyin and Hegong'. Qian painted landscapes in a style influenced by Wang Meng. He also painted human figures and flowers.
What Does The Name Mean?
Once you select a name that you and your spouse really like, go ahead and find out what it means. Often the nicest sounding names have extremely unpleasant meanings or means nothing at all. While some parents are ok with that, others may not be.
Qian Gu
Was a Chinese landscape painter during the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644). His date of death is unknown,
Was a Chinese landscape painter during the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644). His date of death is unknown, but is traditionally given as around 1578.Qian was a client of the literatus Wang Shizhen (1526-90), and frequently spent time at Wang's home in Taicang in his later years. In 1572 Qian painted an album of scenes along the Grand Canal while accompanying Wang Shizhen on a journey to the capital at Beijing.
Qian Hong
Is a former butterfly swimmer from China,
Qian Jialing
Is a Chinese archer, who won the silver medal in the team competition at the 2006 Asian Games.
Qian Sanqiang
Was a Chinese nuclear physicist.A native of Huzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, Qian was born in Shaox
Was a Chinese nuclear physicist.A native of Huzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, Qian was born in Shaoxing. His father is Qian Xuantong. After graduating from the Tsinghua University, he went for France in 1937. He studied in Collège de Sorbonne and Collège de France, doing research under Frédéric Joliot-Curie and Irène Joliot-Curie. He returned to China in 1948.c
Qian Xuantong
Was a Chinese linguist. Born as Qian Xia (??), he had the courtesy name Deqian (??).
Was a Chinese literary scholar and writer, known for his burning wit and formidable erudition.
Qiao Hong
Is a former female Chinese table tennis player, now coach of women's national table tennis team and
Is a former female Chinese table tennis player, now coach of women's national table tennis team and a member of Chinese Olympic Committee.
Qiao Ji
Was a major Chinese dramatist and poet of his day. He was originally from Taiyuan in Shanxi, but liv
Was a major Chinese dramatist and poet of his day. He was originally from Taiyuan in Shanxi, but lived in the West Lake area in Zhejiang province. His courtesy name was Mengfu (??) and his pen name was Shenghao Weng (???). Qiao was said to have maintained an aloof and intimidating demeanor, to the point he frightened people away, according to the Record of Ghosts (???), of his many plays eleven are still extant.
Qiao Leiying
Is a female Chinese water polo player. She will compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Qiao Ya
Is a retired Chinese artistic gymnast. She was the 1994 Asian Games All-Around Champion, a finalist
Is a retired Chinese artistic gymnast. She was the 1994 Asian Games All-Around Champion, a finalist on Balance Beam at the 1994 and 1995 World Gymnastics Championships, and competed at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta - where she placed 11th in the individual All-Around and 4th with the team during Team Finals.
Qigang Chen
Is a composer of Chinese origin born in 1951 in Shanghai. He has lived in France since 1984, and obt
Is a composer of Chinese origin born in 1951 in Shanghai. He has lived in France since 1984, and obtained French nationality in 1992.Qigang Chen was born into a family of artists, including several members who were sent to the Laogai during the Cultural Revolution. Chen was sent to an ideological reeducation camp. After the introduction of induction courses for higher education in 1977, Chen passed a series of tests which allowed him to go and study abroad. At the age of 33 he arrived in Paris where he was the final student of Olivier Messiaen until 1988.
Was a renowned Manchu Chinese calligrapher, artist, painter, connoisseur and sinologist. He was an a
Was a renowned Manchu Chinese calligrapher, artist, painter, connoisseur and sinologist. He was an advisor for the September 3 Society, one of China's recognized political parties.Both his great-grandfather and grandfather were Jinshi, the highest Chinese academic title roughly equivalent to a doctoral. He was a descendant of the Yongzheng Emperor through his son Hongzhou. Upon coming to prominence, he declined to use both the Manchu Aisin Gioro or sinicized Jin surname, and went by the legal surname of "Qi" to establish a name for himself removed from that of the Imperial family.
Qin He
Is a male Chinese freestyle wrestler who wil compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Qin Hui
Is a Chinese historian and public intellectual. He holds the position of Professor of History, Insti
Is a Chinese historian and public intellectual. He holds the position of Professor of History, Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing.
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Many Republican Men Think Women Have It Better Than Men, But Here Are 6 Reasons Why That's Nonsense
By Claire Warner
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Feminism has unquestionably made progress over the last century, but inequality remains a problem for anyone who isn't a straight, white, cisgender man in the United States. It might seem like an obvious statement — this Saturday, after all, hundreds of thousands of women are expected to gather in D.C. to demonstrate against the inauguration of a self-described p*ssy grabber — but apparently, not everyone feels the same way. According to a recent study featured in the New York Times, Republican men think women have it better these days than men, a sentiment that's equal parts laughably out of touch and wildly depressing.
The research is part of a poll conducted by the nonpartisan group PerryUndem, which surveyed around 1,300 adults in December. The good news is that according to their results, the vast majority of people (93 percent) believe in gender equality. The bad news is, well, everything else. Nearly three-quarters of respondents (71 percent) reported feeling unsafe as a woman, and 54 percent said they had been touched without their consent by a man.
Although most agreed that it's harder to be a woman than a man even in today's society, researchers found a disconnect between men's perceptions of sexism and women's actual experiences. (This is perhaps unsurprising, given that a recent Pew Research Center survey found that the majority of men think sexism is over — although honestly, that just makes the whole thing more depressing.) Around half of married women reported being touched inappropriately by a man, but just 30 percent of men reported the same about their wives. Similarly, 64 percent of married women said they were treated disrespectfully due to their gender, but only 49 percent of married men said the same.
The widest gap between perception and reality was present in Republican men. The poll found that they were some of the least likely to perceive gender inequality. While just 20 percent of adults thought full gender equality had been achieved, 39 percent of Republican men felt this way. In fact, Republican men were more likely to say it's a good time to be a woman in the United States than a man.
Researchers also noted that these men were more likely to hold sexist attitudes: Three in 10 agreed that men make better political leaders than women, two-thirds reported being unbothered by Donald Trump's Access Hollywood tape, and 40 percent agreed that women "like to tease men and then refuse male advances."
If you're anyone other than a cis dude, you already know that American society is hardly a level playing field. Here are six facts to show that despite what some believe, gender equality — and, in fact, equality as a whole — is still a long way off.
1. The Wage Gap Persists
Although it receives widespread attention every few years, the wage gap persists even today. The most widely-cited statistic is that women make 79 cents for every dollar a man makes doing equal work, but the reality is more complex: Women of color tend to make far less, and the pay ratio changes based on location.
Unfortunately, this difference is closing at a snail's pace. In fact, the American Association of University Women points out that there hasn't been a significant change in the earning ratio since 2007, and the Institute for Women's Policy Research estimates that it won't close until at least 2059, assuming the changes don't slow down further.
2. Mothers Are Punished At Work
Even setting aside the issue of equal pay for equal work, sexism can be found in the way parenthood is treated in the workplace. While men receive a "fatherhood bonus" — that is, they tend to be paid more after having children — women experience the exact opposite effect. Research has shown that mothers are actually paid less, to the tune of about five percent per child, and even the possibility of getting pregnant can affect their career prospects.
3. 1 In 3 Women Survive Domestic Violence
People of any gender can be victims of domestic and sexual violence, including men; what's more, the culture that expects men to keep violence to themselves is a pressing issue. However, women are more likely to report experiencing domestic violence; according to the National Coalition against Domestic Violence, one in three women (compared to one in four men) are survivors of some sort of physical violence from their partners. One in seven women (versus one in 18 men) report being stalked, and according to RAINN, women are more likely to experience sexual assault than men.
4. Sexual Harassment Is Commonplace For Women
Although men report experiencing sexual harassment, it's far more common for women. According to a 2007 Gallup poll, women report feeling less safe than men in countries like Italy, New Zealand, and of course, the U.S. In 2000, a different poll found that 87 percent of adult women said they had been harassed by a male stranger on the street, 30 percent of young women reported being harassed at least once a week.
5. Women Are Discouraged From STEM Professions
It's no secret that women are highly underrepresented in traditionally masculine fields like the sciences. Women haven't seen any STEM employment growth since 2001, and while they hold about half the jobs in the U.S. economy, a Department of Commerce report found that they make up less than a quarter of jobs in science and technology. It isn't that women are any less capable; it's that they're discouraged from "masculine" interests from birth.
6. Women Hold Fewer Political Offices
Although gender played a major role in the 2016 elections, women make up just 19 percent of Congress. Furthermore, it wasn't until 2007 that a woman, Nancy Pelosi, was elected Speaker of the House.
If the presidential election is any indication, things are going to be tough for women under Trump's administration, and ignoring gender inequality certainly doesn't help matters. So, here are some things you can do to fight for equality during Trump's presidency. They're just a starting point; there's so much we can and should do in the coming months and years. But do it, we must. Far too much is at stake.