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Procedure for Issuance of Clearances by Regional Inter-Agency Operational Centres for Security during 2018 FIFA World Cup and 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup | State ATM Corporation
Procedure for Issuance of Clearances by Regional Inter-Agency Operational Centres for Security during 2018 FIFA World Cup and 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup
Pursuant to Presidential Decree of the Russian Federation No. 202 dated 9 May 2017, security measures will be tightened in the Russian Federation during the 2018 FIFA World Cup and preparation thereto.
IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR AIRSPACE USERS
To implement the reinforced security measures, respective Orders of the Ministry of Transport introduce additional prohibited and restricted areas in the airspace above cities hosting the 2018 FIFA World Cup matches, as well as team base camps.
In case of necessity for airspace usage (except for authorized activities) within the aforementioned areas from 1 June 2018 to 17 July 2018, a clearance issued by a competent Regional Inter-Agency Operational Centre for Security during the 2018 FIFA World Cup (hereinafter referred to as RIAOC) is required in accordance with the Procedure published in the Information subsection of the Airspace Management section.
According to the above Procedure, an airspace user shall file a request for operations in a prohibited and/or restricted area to the responsible area control centre (hereinafter referred to as ACC).
The ACC forwards such a request to the responsible RIAOC, which makes the decision whether to grant permission for operations in a prohibited and/or restricted area or to reject the request.
The ACC informs the request originator of the issuance/rejection of clearance by the RIAOC.
Listed below are grounds for airspace usage in prohibited and/or restricted areas:
a) for manned aircraft:
in А and С class airspace – clearance by RIAOC and ACC airspace usage clearance;
in G class airspace – clearance by RIAOC and airspace usage plan filed to the ACC
b) for unmanned aircraft or airspace usage not related to aircraft operations in A, C, and G class airspace – clearance by RIAOC and ACC airspace usage clearance.
PROCEDURE for issuance of clearances by regional inter-agency operational centres for security during the 2018 FIFA World Cup and 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup for aircraft operations and other airspace usage activities in prohibited and restricted areas introduced by the Russian Ministry of Transport as part of implementing reinforced security measures during the 2018 FIFA World Cup (Russian)
Source (Russian): http://www.favt.ru/novosti-novosti/?id=4321

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China Health and Safety: serious issues or protectionism?
A couple of years ago, when the American economy suddenly found itself under threat from China manufacturing, a number of stories appeared in the Western media, alleging shoddy workmanship in the Chinese toy industry. This resulted in a clamour for the banning of unsafe imports in a wave of near hysteria, and a call for enhanced regulation to prevent accidents happening to children of American consumers.
It is now the turn of China's perceived lack of control of Health and Safety issues that is dominating the western press, with allegations surfacing that corruption is endemic and lays at the root of many issues that are now coming to the attention of the media. The calls for action have turned into a stampede following the high speed rail crash in July that killed 40 and injured 200, and has severely called into question the speed of deployment and general safety of this ' landmark ' China project.
A review however of Health and Safety issues in China reveals an interesting theme, one of progress at great speed which has inevitably allowed corners to be cut, sometimes it would seem as a natural consequence of the speed of development, but often as the result of the culture of corruption that is frequently described as one of the main 'business risks' to those who do business in China.
The High Speed Train disaster.
The high speed rail network is the flagship project of the China government, being one of the World's largest infrastructure projects in the last four years. It is only 3 years ago that the high speed rail took passengers from Shanghai Airport to Pudong ( leaving them stranded in a traffic jam a mile or so from their destinations), being one of the great experiences of a visit to China. The first planned journey opened recently, shaving over an hour off the 2 hour journey to Hangzhou, a fabulous City that is twinned with the City of Leeds. The speed of the train is simply stunning, and at only £5 [uk] far better value for a 7 minute ride than Alton Towers. A world record of 258.9 mph was recorded on the journey in 2010.
The network has grown at an alarming pace. Prior to the accident there were 18 daily services to Hangzhou and Beijing and more were planned to come on stream over the next few months. It is clear that China intended to export it's expertise in this field around the world, commentators have all indicated that the accident has severely affected the business prospects for this new form of transport.
Mr Luo Lin, director of the State Administration of Work Safety, who is heading the inquiry into the causes of the crash has said that there were 'serious flaws in the system design that led to equipment failure'. Officials had earlier said that the failure was due to signal failure. Questions had been asked about the constitution of the investigation that resulted in the removal of two officials from the railway ministry, the department that has come under the spotlight in the public outcry that followed the accident.
The Chinese news site Caxin has published a report that seems to put the cause of the accident on a red light warning system used to slow the train, and hints that they were used to enhance bonuses by taking unnecessary risks with the timetable. It also points to corruption and other ills in the State Signal and Communication department and the failure of an automatic backup safety system.
The exposure in the back streets of Zhengzhou of a 'stretching factory' that is involved in 'steel thinning' has called into question the safety of a number of China's new buildings. The process involves stretching of steel enforcement rods into a slimmer version, and then the sale of excess steel on the local commodity market.
The Times [14.9.2011] reported that a 'menu' discovered in a thinning workshop in Henan province, offers to diminish 6.5 mm reinforcement bars to 6 mm and 8 mm to 7mm, reductions that could prove critical. Developers who are suffering from over development in the affordable housing market may be tempted to cut corners, as happened in a recent inspection of such a project in Hainan project.
This discovery has coincided with the drafting of new guidelines on strenghtening 'graft' risk prevention and control' in Beijing, which has been introduced to clamp down on endemic corruption. The new campaign, launched jointly by the Ministry of Supervision, the National Bureau of Corruption Prevention and the Communist Party's Central Commission for Discipline and Inspection, has said that it will target infrastructure and construction projects where there is a threat to human life.
The BBC recently reported that battery factories around China have been closed following a number of cases of lead poisoning in the industry. 74 people have been detained this year after reports that 100 people have been affected by lead and cadmium poisoning. Reports have been made of numerous factories being closed down in an attempt by the regulators to 'clean up' this emerging business.
In Zheijang's Dequing county, 53 people were sent to hospital following tests on 332 residents. Several manufactures of batteries with shares traded in China have suspended production to investigate similar complaints. Other reports have emerged from Taizhou city where the state news agency reported the poisoning of 100 villagers including children from a battery factory. Warnings have been made not to consume food grown on land near to the factory due to contamination. In 2009 rioters broke into a smelting factory that had caused lead poisoning to 600 children.
China is one of the leading global producers of electric batteries. In 2005 there were 1,400 battery manufacturers, who produced 30.5 billion batteries, of which 13.9 billion were for the domestic market. Batteries are used in electric cycles predominately in the cities and mobile phones. Despite the introduction of new recycling plants in Beijing, only 5% of used batteries are recycled, causing a huge problem in illegal disposal with all the inherent risks.
The Chinese government has shifted policy towards intensive agriculture to provide food for is growing population. China accommodates 25% of the world's population on only 7% of the arable land available. Intensive practices include modern machinery and the increasing use of pesticides.
Although China is manufacturing its own pesticides, much of the material used is imported. A number of years ago, Professor Graham Mathews of Imperial College reported on the lack of health and safety measures and procedures in agricultural operations. He detailed lack of Personal Protective Equipment and a lack of pesticide calibration as being amongst the major failures that he had witnessed.
In 2010 the China Daily reported that there were numerous loopholes in the regulation of pesticides. A highly toxic pesticide was banned but had been discovered in tons of cowpeas from South China's Hainan province. The material, isocarbophos, is highly toxic and had been discovered in product recovered from several provinces. The pesticide is thought to sell on the open market for 5% of the cost of legitimate chemicals.
Enforcement of pesticide controls is clearly a difficult issue, as testing has to be carried out by enforcement officials on every farm or establishment that produces food. Food safety experts have pointed out that each test is expensive and it is clearly impractical to supervise this industry based on present funding levels. In 2009, China phased out the use of pesticides containing Persistent Organic Pollutants that can travel large distances through the air, as required by the Stockholm Convention. This enforcement action followed the banning in 2007 of 5 pesticides including methamidophos, that was being produced in 16 factories around China.
Enforcement of product safety and health and safety is clearly one of the main challenges that China faces as it takes it's position as the main manufacturing nation in the world. Inspection of goods from China that are imported to the UK has been a necessary step in 'due diligence' for all UK importers. Despite the increase of procedures, test facilities and enforcement action on the ground, the problem seems to be getting larger rather than smaller.
It is easy however for the West to sit back and blame China for these problems, after all it suits the protectionist lobby in the USA to highlight these difficulties, whilst taking the spotlight off home grown problems. A recent study into working conditions at the Foxconn plant in Shenzen highlighted the number of suicides by employees, due to the regime of working conditions. The factory makes components for Apple, who have also suffered reports of sickness to employees making their touch screens at a different factory in Taiwan. It has been easy for Western companies to distance themselves from local conditions, whilst reaping the benefits of price and lax enforcement. If things are to improve, corporate governance will have to strenghten 'self regulation', a term that has lost some of it's support due to difficulties in other areas of commerce.


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H.R. 3089 (114th): GONE Act
To close out expired grants, and for other purposes.
Tim Walberg
Sponsor. Representative for Michigan's 7th congressional district. Republican.
Last Updated: Sep 29, 2015
Enacted Via Other Measures
Provisions of this bill were incorporated into other bills which were enacted.
This bill was incorporated into:
S. 1115: GONE Act
Enacted — Signed by the President on Jan 28, 2016. (compare text)
What legislators are saying
"Bipartisan Walberg Legislation to Increase Government Accountability Clears House"
— Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI7] (Sponsor) on Sep 28, 2015
"On the House Floor This Week - 9/28/15"
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Final Bill — Passed House
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In the past two weeks, our preschool, elementary, and middle school students all honored a 30-year Friends School tradition of celebrating Harvest and the change of the seasons.
Many of our school's traditions, that are still such an essential part of our program, began three decades ago in a house on Marine Street just a few blocks west of the Boulder Public Library. It was there in 170 square feet that the first eight children went to school. Our Founders hired a teacher and the magic began.
Our Harvest Celebration was born there, along with our Silver and Gold graduation ceremony, Winter Celebration, and many of the other traditions that are still at the heart of who we are as a school.
In the preschool, teachers told and acted out the story of the Giant Pumpkin and families celebrated together with cider and school-made pumpkin bread. In the elementary school, I told and helped others act out the story of Stone Soup, and families sat down together to share soup and other foods that all had contributed to. In the middle school, our newest program, we love taking the best of the old traditions and also creating new: our 6th and 7th grade students participated in community service, planting garlic and harvesting vegetables at Cure Organic Farm. They used some of the vegetables from the farm to create soup and other dishes to share with their senior partners at the Brookdale Senior Living Community.
At all our Harvest Celebrations, we emphasize the importance of community and sharing.
As our school continues to evolve and grow, we keep many of our important traditions initiate new ones, and reshape old ones, just as we always have.
This year, our teachers have made the choice to reshape our traditional Elementary Movin' & Boppin' event. A couple of years ago, we changed this tradition from a fund-raiser to a fitness-and-fun event only. This year, teachers decided that instead of doing a one day Movin' and Boppin' event, they would make each of their team lunches a "Mini Boppin' ". Each month PE teacher (and Friends parent) Lindsey Hilliard gives our teachers a fitness-and-fun challenge for their team. This way, our students will Move & Bop each and every month, rather than just once. We think it's an important enhancement!
At Friends School, we believe that a great education is founded in the myriad of life's meaningful personal experiences and connections. Being part of a community where everyone feels connected significantly enhances learning. Our school is a place where everyone is nurtured and respected for his or her individuality and contributions to the good of the whole. We hold in high esteem rituals and traditions that help children develop self-awareness and understanding of themselves as part of the bigger world.
In our new Middle School, traditions are important and evolving. Our oldest students participate in some of our most cherished traditions, such as Winter Celebration, buddy classes, and the upcoming Halloween costume parade. Traditions help us feel a sense of belonging to our larger community. At a time when middle school students may face pressures to grow up quickly and to think of school as less than a joyful and exciting place, these connections provide a different, more nurturing perspective.
We love our Friends School traditions and celebrations. As Tevye says, "Without our traditions, our lives would be as shaky as... as a fiddler on the roof!"


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SingPost revenue grows 24%+ on back of digital initiative
Net profit in first nine-months up 17.6% to S$143.5mil
53% YoY growth in e-commerce-related revenue, now 33.4% of group revenue
SINGAPORE Post Ltd (SingPost) said that revenue for the first nine months of the financial year ended Dec 31 2015 grew 24.3% to S$834 million. [S$1 = US$0.71]
In a statement, the company attributed the strong revenue growth to its continuing expansion into e-commerce and logistics activities, as well as contributions from new subsidiaries.
Operating profit improved 18.5% to S$176.8 million due to strong growth in logistics and e-commerce-driven international mail as well as one-off gains from divestments.
These improvements came during the peak season and arose out of increases in scale and synergies from post-merger integration of new subsidiaries, SingPost said.
Net profit was up 17.6% to S$143.5 million.
These figures bear out the group's transformation into a global e-commerce logistics company, which was achieved while growing underlying net profit, up 1.2% to S$121.8 million, the company said.
"We are realising the potential of our transformation into the global e-commerce logistics space with more scale and synergies from integration," said deputy group chief executive officer (Corporate Services) and group chief financial officer Mervyn Lim.
"Our transformation is showing in our financial results, which reflect how SingPost is on a new growth trajectory.
"The investments we made in the last few years are driving up both top and bottom line growth," he added.
E-commerce transformation
SingPost said its e-commerce-related revenues rose 53% and made up 33.4% of revenue, up from 27.1% the previous year.
Its expansion beyond a traditional domestic mail business into the fast-growing global e-commerce logistics space is showing up in the geographical makeup of its revenue streams, the company said.
Overseas revenues increased to 41.9% of group revenue in the first nine months, from 31% in the corresponding period last year.
Revenue from its logistics operations increased 39.5% to S$458.4 million on the back of growing contributions from e-commerce logistics activities and the inclusion of revenues of new subsidiaries.
Operating profit was up 57.6%, reflecting SingPost's increasing participation in the e-commerce market and higher margins on improved operating efficiency and synergies from post-merger integration.
Over the past nine months, the integration of Quantium Solutions and CouriersPlease, as well as SingPost's partnerships, boosted the company's e-commerce logistics capabilities in the region, I added.
Retail and e-commerce revenue rose 50.8% to S$102.6 million due mainly to higher e-commerce growth and the inclusion of new US subsidiary TradeGlobal's revenue from Nov 14, 2015 of S$29.4 million.
Operating profit declined on lower contributions from financial services and continued investments in e-commerce infrastructure and capabilities, SingPost said.
"Our transformation into a global end-to-end e-commerce logistics enabler is taking shape," said SP Commerce chief executive officer Marcelo Wesseler (pic).
"Last month, we launched SP Commerce, a global omni-channel commerce and fulfilment platform that integrates leading US-based eCommerce providers TradeGlobal Holdings, which we acquired recently, and Jagged Peak.
"SingPost now processes US$3 billion of merchandise every year. We do this through more than 50 distribution centres across over 18 countries that include major e-commerce markets in the United States, Europe, China and the rest of the Asia Pacific," he added.
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At Orrie Cowie Merino Stud, you can have a unique farm experience on a genuine working farm. Orrie Cowie is situated 10 kilometres north west of Warooka on the beautiful Yorke Peninsula.
You can meet the magnificent Australian Merino, be part of the shearing of its fleece. See the sheep dogs at work; seasonal experiences include feeding a lamb, collecting eggs from the chickens, playing with the puppies and throwing a fleece.
You can explore the history of the stations and sheep in the area, and learn about farm life.
Two hour tours are available or you can "Be a Farmer For A Day". Open by appointment – bookings are essential.


Almost everyone's favorite double IPA is making an annual appearance soon!
This beer will be distributed locally during March and April. Look for it soon on the shelves of your favorite beer merchant, or grab some from the source.
Taproom draft and 22oz bottles to go.
$7.99 + Tax with bottle limit of 1 case.


Bartholomew's Loft is affordable, centrally situated, self catering accommodation, ideally suited to families or friends travelling together in the Eastern Cape.Bartholomew's Loft offers 3 bedrooms; one king size upstairs and two smaller twin rooms downstairs, a spacious open plan lounge/dining room/kitchen area.
It is impossible to describe the uniqueness of the Baviaanskloof in a few words. The area offers a wide range of eco-recreational opportunities and unique wilderness experiences. You can walk kilometres without seeing another human being. The area is characterized by extreme, diverse landscapes.
The Green Tree Cottage, in close vicinity of the Greater Addo Elephant Park and Sunshine Coast welcomes you! The Green Tree Cottage is situated on a working Dairy farm (Wycombvale) run by the brothers, Johan & Hilgard van Niekerk.
This exclusive self-catering flat on Port Elizabeth's beachfront offers the ideal base from which to plan a great holiday for the family or business stop over as the airport is only 10 minutes drive from the flat. Close to Bayworld museum and oceanarium complex, the Casino and beaches.
Offers the best of both worlds: four exclusive upmarket self-catering cottages (graded four star & AA Superior) on a sea facing nature reserve, located 10 minutes drive from the city (restaurants, shopping centres). Each cottage can accommodate up to four adults.
We would like to welcome you to Africa Beach B&B, only 450m away from the popular Summerstrand beaches and the Boardwalk Casino Entertainment Complex. Located within walking distance of all major beachfront attractions, AfricaBeach B&B offers very comfortable accommodation to tourists and business executives alike.
The only eventing stable in the area with 2 luxury furnished cottages right on the x-country course. Guided trail rides through the adjacent Seaview Nature Reserve and beautiful beaches. Micro-lighting, fishing, other adventures. Each cottage sleeps 2-7 people, with continental breakfast included and shops nearby for self-catering; deck and pool.


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Panthers put clamps on Pekin in M-I girls basketball victory
Steve Stein
sstein@pekintimes.com
PEKIN — Washington girls basketball coach Maggie Mose says her team has been locked in defensively since winning the Manual Holiday Tournament in late December.
The Panthers shut the door on Pekin and tossed away the key Friday night during a 47-32 win over the Lady Dragons in a Mid-Illini Conference game at Dawson Hawkins Gymnasium.
Washington (16-3, 6-3) didn't allow a point during an 11-minute stretch of the second and third quarters when the Panthers transformed a 13-11 deficit into a commanding 30-13 lead.
A three-point play by Madi McCoy with 2:51 left in the third quarter capped a 19-point Washington run.
Pekin's Haylie Yeley finally ended the Dragons' drought 10 seconds later when she dropped in a free throw. It was Yeley's basket that gave Pekin (13-8, 3-6) its 13-11 lead early in the second quarter.
Pekin shot just 22 percent from the field (10-for-45) for the night.
"Our girls worked hard and hustled, but we didn't finish. We missed 18 shots in the paint," said Pekin coach Becky Fulkerson. "When you do that, you deserve to lose. We've been struggling to finish for some time and working on it in practice. It's hurting us big time."
Only four Pekin players scored against Washington. Sydney Diekhoff and Maddy Cash each had 11 points to lead the way.
Hannah Heinz was assigned to guard Diekhoff, the Dragons' all-time leading career scorer, who was 1-for-8 on 3-point shots.
"Hannah usually guards the other team's top offensive player and she does a great job, but we pride ourselves on team defense," Mose said.
Heinz had six points in addition to her tough defense on Diekhoff. Tia Sherman led Washington with 14 points and McCoy had 11. Sherman scored eight of the Panthers' nine points in the fourth quarter.
Washington shot 38 percent from the field (18-for-47) and didn't commit a turnover in the second half, finishing with five. Pekin had a dozen turnovers.
The Dragons stayed in the game early thanks to some tough rebounding. They had 21 boards in the first half, including nine on the offensive end.
"They (Pekin) wanted the ball more than we did," Mose said. "But Madi (McCoy) was a beast on the boards in the second half. This was a tough game. I never felt comfortable, but I was happy every time I looked up at the scoreboard."
Washington beat Pekin by a similar 41-27 score when the teams met Jan. 9 in Torry Gymnasium.


Police have cautioned a man after an officer claimed to have been "bricked" in Bradford.
Officers were called to Back Girlington Road, Bradford, shortly after 2.40pm yesterday to assist an officer who was attempting to recover a motorbike, which was believed to be linked to an earlier incident.
The officers recovered the bike without injury and a 21-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of affray.
He was later given a conditional caution for a public order offence.
An officer had last night taken to Twitter to post that he was "bricked and set upon by a large group" during the bike recovery.


Here at Zen we're having a one day May flash sale!
Book a full head, half head or T-section hi-lights with our Artistic Stylist Faith on Friday 12th May and they will be half price. That's right. 50% off for full head, half head and T-section hi-lights with Faith on Friday 12th May only!!!!!


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Apple to Adapt 'Time Bandits' for TV!
by William Duggan
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The fantasy film, Time Bandits
is coming to Apple as a TV series! Apple is not stopping at The Lord Of The Rings
For those who don't know, Time Bandits is a 1980s fantasy adventure film that centers on a young boy who unexpectedly joins a band of time-traveling dwarves as they try steal treasure from various eras. The film included famous historical figures such as Napoleon Bonaparte (Ian Holm), Robin Hood (John Cleese), King Agamemnon (Sean Connery), and Dame Pansy (Shelley Duvall).
The TV series will be headed by Terry Gilliam (of Monty Python fame) as the executive producer but that is if the series goes into production, because Apple's streaming service has more than a dozen shows ready to go in production. The production date for Time Bandits is still up in the air, as is the release date and the name of Apple's new streaming service. Hopefully, we hear some news soon or else the Time Bandits adaption might be too out of date.
Michael Palin assisted in writing the script for the original film, and published it as a book in its own right, so here's hoping they stay true to Palin's original words!
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Q: Are separate "admin" accounts overkill? According to this article, the author recommends not using an "administrator" account for day-to-day computing, due to security reasons... Way back when I used Microsoft Windows-based operating systems, I would use a separate "administrator" account for this very reason.
But I have always been under the impression that this is less of an issue under Linux-based operating systems (particularly Ubuntu, which I single-boot these days), and hence it's only since I read this article that I have switched to using separate "administrator"/"user" accounts.
But is this necessarily a good security practice? Or is it overkill for day-to-day computing in a home environment?

A: No. The idea behind "sudo" is traceability and accountability. You use 1 account per person per role.  When you have 1 admin account used by 10 people ...
... you will never find the culprit when someone screws up.
... you will need to change the password and notify 9 people of that change.
On a single user machine not so much an issue but Ubuntu/Linux is a multi-user system so we inherited a few of those rules onto the desktop.

Or is it overkill for day-to-day computing in a home environment?

No, nowadays it is a necessity. Look at that ransomware attack last May. And the ransomware that is hitting servers at this moment. There are also rootkits that try to find holes to get onto system (also not really a problem for you and me since our systems are not worth breaching ;) ).
The user/admin role separation is just 1 of the security measures to prevent unwanted direct access to your system (both physically or remotely). It will not stop someone stealing your machine and rebooting.
It is good practice to keep the current safeguards active.

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Begum Akhtar was a renowned Ghazal singer who had reached legendary heights of musical excellence. She was popularly known as Malika-I-Ghazal, Queen of Ghazals. She enthralled the audience by her singing for nearly three decades from 1940.


Andre, Gayle, Jonathan and Robert went along to the launch of the UK Information Commissioner's Annual Report in Westminster last week. We all tweeted from the event and we thought a summary of our tweets in the storify here would give a flavour of the event and what the ICO and his team said. A pdf version is here.
For more information contact Jonathan Armstrong who is a lawyer with Cordery in London where his focus is on compliance issues.


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Q: Can't install vagrant-hostsupdater I try to fire vagrant up for VVV, but it has a local plugin dependency, the vagrant-hostsupdater. When I say yes to install it while vagrant starts up, I get this error message:
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I checked the spelling, but it its correct. I removed vagrant from my system and installed it again. No change. It seems to be a problem with the ruby gems install. I am clueless...
Thanks in advance!

A: So to answer it myself: There is a problem with the hostsupdater on Windows 10. With a fresh version and clean install everything works as aspected. To make it really work everything from Ruby to Vagrant to VVV has to be reinstalled with the newest versions.
On MacOS everything works out of the box.


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100 Years Strong: Association For The Blind celebrates milestone
August 23, 2019 by NNYBiz
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Olivia Kassoum-Amadou, executive director of the Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired of Northern New York, poses for a portrait behind the glass door inside the association's Watertown office.
BY: Olivia Belanger
In 1918, a local businessman had an interest in assisting local blind residents after being influenced by a speaker from the New York Commission for the Blind.
M.E. Avery wanted to break the stigma surrounding the blind, who were typically panhandlers due to lack of employment opportunities, and help them gain purpose. With the help of his friend, Francis Lynch, Mr. Avery opened a sheltered workshop — an organization that employs people with disabilities separately from others — in the old Mohican Building, 206 State St.
Those who attended would earn an income, though a smaller amount than a sighted person, by repairing and caning chairs or by weaving rugs and linen.
The workshop transformed one year later into the Watertown Association for the Blind, creating the first volunteer program for the visually impaired.
The agency remained at its State Street location until 1947, when Florence E. Hall, who was partially blind, donated her home, 321 Prospect St., to the organization upon her death. The association remained in Ms. Hall's former home until 2017, when it moved to 131 Washington St.
Now, the small agency has grown into the Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired of Northern New York, which celebrated its 100-year anniversary in June.
Part of the association's celebrations was a Silver Tea Event, held in June. The event re-created the agency's first fundraiser in 1948, which marked the formal opening of its former Prospect Street location. The event was donation-based and held at the First Presbyterian Church, 403 Washington St.
The association will also be hosting An Evening with Mike Tyo, a legally-blond concert organist.
Mr. Tyo was born in Watertown, and entered the world like most health babies do, except that he was born totally blind. He showed a very strong interest in music at a young age — so much so that he began playing on a toy piano at the age of two.
After graduation from South Jefferson High School, Mr. Tyo enrolled in the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam, where he received a Bachelor of Art's degree in organ performance.
Olivia M. Kassoum-Amadou, executive director of the association, said hosting events with Mr. Tyo as the front-runner truly embody what the association is all about.
"Our founder's goals of independence and inclusion for legally blind persons 100-years ago, remain the goals today. As a legally blind man, Mike Tyo is the epitome of independence and inclusion. He obtained a college education, enjoyed a career as a concert organist, served as a community leader, and has lived independently with his family, alongside his sighted peers," Mrs. Kassoum-Amadou said.
Although the proceeds of the concert will benefit client services, Mrs. Kassoum-Amadou said its impact will reach far beyond funding.
"Mike's achievements demonstrate the abilities of persons who are legally blind and serve as an inspiration for clients who are striving to maintain the quality of life they would like to achieve," Mrs. Kassoum-Amadou said.
When asked of the struggles the association still faces, Mrs. Kassoum-Amadou said the stigma around legally blind or visually impaired people in the north country is still prevalent.
This stigma can prevent clients from furthering their education or obtaining employment, as well as discourage them from joining social situations.
"The biggest obstacle is educating the public on this organization and its role in the community," Mrs. Kassoum-Amadou said.
However, Mrs. Kassoum-Amadou said the agency has still made great progress over the years in continuing to create opportunities for its 320 clients, such as opening a Vision Rehabilitation Center in January.
The center, at 146L Arsenal St., provides education and employment opportunities for residents of Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties with training on assistive technologies.
"We've really brought the agency up to current standards of what it should be doing," Mrs. Kassoum-Amadou said. "We've come a long way."
Social interactions also help the clients further their independence, Mrs. Kassoum-Amadou said, which is why she brought back the support groups offered in previous years.
The groups will participate in recreational activities such as bowling or a movie, as well as partaking in health and wellness courses.
"I've just been here one year, but I am proud of the accomplishments that have been made before me because they set the foundation for the agency and it survived," Mrs. Kassoum-Amadou said. "Not many businesses can say they have survived 100 years and are still going strong."
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'Displaced Dishes' Shares the Recipes of Refugees in Greece's Second Largest Camp
Sometimes, remembering favourite dishes, arguing over ingredients, and telling their stories is as close as the refugees get to home.
by Ruby Lott-Lavigna
07 January 2019, 10:41am
Design courtesy Konstantin Zhukov / Photo courtesy Greg Oke.
When Pamela Gregory started teaching English to refugees in a camp in Samos, Greece, she noticed that one subject would always come up.
"We had this conversation about Qabuli pilau—which is pilau that comes from Kabul," she remembers over coffee on a bright, cold Tuesday in London, a day before she is set to return to the camp. "I said, 'Well, how do you make it then? and Fazana [a refugee in the camp] explained and somebody down the other end said, 'No, you don't make it like that! That's rubbish! No, no, you've got to put onions in it,' and then another person says, 'Oh, we put green beans is ours.'"
"These conversations are so typical," she continues, "but what they don't realise is that while they're having these conversations, they're losing all their inhibitions."
Qabuli pilau, a recipe from a resident of the Samos refugee camp in Greece, featured in the Displaced Dishes cookbook. Photo courtesy Greg Oke.
In the Eastern Aegean Sea, on the Island of Samos, lies the second largest refugee camp in Greece—and it's here that Gregory listens to debates about whether to put green beans in Qabuli pilau or if you should add chestnuts or walnuts to an Algerian pastilla. Originally set up in 2016 to accommodate the massive number of political migrants from mostly Northern Africa and the Middle East, the camp is now struggling to offer shelter to all its inhabitants. While it was originally only meant to house around 700 (in an old Greek prison), Gregory believes the number of inhabitants is now close to 5,000. Tents sprawl into the neighbouring forests for lack of space, causing hostility between locals and refugees.
The situation—and the state of the camp—is undeniably bad. A recent article in The Times unambiguously titled, "Stench of human misery overwhelms Greek island resort," explains that "the air is heavy with the smell of 4,000 unwashed bodies, human ordure, rotting rubbish, and smoke from wood, plastic or other detritus burnt for warmth." Gregory, who volunteers with an organisation called Samos Volunteers, located in a building ten minutes from the camp, confirms this.
"The camp is horrendous," says Gregory. "It's awful."
"It's not only bad where they're living but what they've had to endure to get there in the first place—maybe lost family members or children en route with drownings," she continues. "People have this kind of picture of refugees being economic migrants; people who don't have a lot of money being displaced just because of financial reasons. But these are journalists, doctors, lawyers, teachers, business owners, bus drivers, and dinner ladies."
"The people are ordinary people like we are, and they're living like animals and they think nobody cares," explains Gregory, and then pauses. "And a lot of the time, nobody does. It's heartbreaking."
Pamela Gregory teaches refugees at the Alpha Centre, a volunteer-run building located a few minutes away from the Samos camp. Photos courtesy Pamela Gregory.
Despite the difficult living conditions, lack of resources, and language barriers, discussion of food is lively amongst Samos' inhabitants. Not only the lack thereof—most refugees must survive on rations distributed by the Greek government—but of beloved dishes from their less turbulent pasts. This gave Gregory an idea: to create a cookbook featuring those dishes, with 100 percent of the profits from its sales going back to the camp, via Samos Volunteers.
"As a way of teaching English, I would start conversations about food," says Gregory. "I said to one of the co-ordinators one day, 'It would be great to write a cookbook because there's so much brilliant food.' [The idea] just grew from there."
So, Gregory started collecting the recipes. She would listen to people passionately tell her about their memories of misir wot, a lentil dish from Djibouti, or wait as they rang their mothers back home to ask about the right type of bread for a fattoush salad. She would write down the ingredients and method while in the camp, and then test them when she returned to the UK. Alongside Greg Oke, another former Samos Volunteers worker who co-edited the recipes and took photos of the dishes, plus a selection of other facilitators, designers, and recipe testers, they created the cookbook Displaced Dishes.
Aubergine caviar (also known as baba ganoush), a recipe provided by Mohammed from Iraq. Photo courtesy Greg Oke.
A dish of Syrian lamb. Photo courtesy Greg Oke.
The cookbook contains 30 recipes, each one donated by a resident of the Samos refugee camp. The dishes originate from Syria to Kurdistan to Palestine, with beautiful photos to accompany each entry. There are familiar recipes, like kofta (provided by Mansour, from Egypt) or spiced chickpeas (Zaha from Iraq), as well as less well-known dishes such as laxoox, a spongey pancake bread (Djamila from Djibouti) or dibs tahini, a kind of tahini soup (Rania from Kuwait).
Gregory takes my copy of Displaced Dishes and flips to the dessert section at the back. She points to a recipe for "The Sultan's shortbread," provided by Ruth from Palestine, and says that it's her favourite. "Do you like sweet things?" she asks, passing the book back to me. "You have got to try this. This is the business."
Adams, another refugee who donated a dessert recipe to the book, tells me over the phone from Greece that he shared his recipe for vitumbua mcele—small, sweet, or savoury African pancakes—because it reminded him of home. Adams arrived at the camp from Burundi, a country that in 2018 was named the least happy nation in the world according to a UN's World Happiness Report.
"I chose that [recipe] because it is something I grew up eating every morning," he tells me from Athens, having now been moved from the Samos camp to the second stage of his asylum appeal. "I'd eat it every morning when I wake up before going to school."
Adams' vitumbua mcele. Photo courtesy Greg Oke.
Although the vitumbua mcele seems more like a sweet breakfast meal, Adams explains that it's quite versatile: "We eat it with tea or coffee, then also with yoghurt. Sometimes with a soup, but not a vegetable soup, but with tomato, garlic, and onion."
"It is something special for me [as] my mum would make it," he adds.
Clearly, the recipes in Displaced Dishes hold great importance to the refugees, so I ask Gregory about how she sees this manifest in the camp.
"Their food is part of their heritage and their memories," she tells me. "I remember Ali who donated the [garlic] mash potatoes recipe. It's his first memory of being at home with his mum, who's died. It just brings back these memories of home, and at the moment there's no way they can make stuff like that because they have no cooking facilities, no the money to buy the ingredients, so they just keep living on their memories."
"A lot of the time they feel rootless," says Gregory, "that their identities are slipping away."
A bowl of spiced chickpeas. Photo courtesy Greg Oke.
The memory of food—both the comfort it provides and its heritage—is grounding for those who have been in Samos for months, living in makeshifts tents while their sense of selfhood is eradicated by the dehumanising conditions they live in literally, and politically, every day. The promise of a hot muhammara dish with their family could be years away—if it is possible at all.
"The memories that keep them going are the memories of them growing up and the happier times with their families," Gregory continues. "It's just kind of fundamental to who they are and where they came from."
Sometimes, remembering these dishes, arguing over their ingredients, and telling those stories is as close as the refugees will get to home.
Before I say goodbye, I ask Adams if he hopes to one day make vitumbua mcele again.
"Yes, maybe," he says, with a tone of weariness, explaining that it can be hard to source the correct rice flour or frying pan for the dish.
"I haven't been able to make it since I left my home," he adds, sighing. "I miss it a lot."
Samos Refugee Camp


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Preheat oven to 220°C/425°F/Gas 7.
Put the flour and salt (if used) into a bowl. Cut off a quarter of the lard and rub into the flour. Grate or slice the rest of the fats into the mixture and stir with a knife.
Pour all the water in and stir until absorbed. Knead a little and leave for approx. 30 minutes in the fridge.
Keep the sliced potatoes in a basin of cold water until needed. Trim excess fat off the meat and cut into small (6mm/1/4") pieces.
Generously flour the board or area you are using. Cut off a quarter of the prepared pastry. Roll it out, keeping the shape, into a circle 21-23cm (8-9"). The pastry should now be the right thickness. Place an upturned plate over the pastry and trim round to get a good shape.
Place most of the turnip and onion across the centre of the round. Sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper.
Place meat along the top and add remaining potato and onion.
Dampen one side of the pastry with a little water. Fold dampened side to the other and press firmly but gently together, so that you have a seam down across the pastry, or by the side, whichever is easier for you.
Crimp edges, by folding pastry seam over to the end and tuck in well to seal. Alternatively, curl the edge, like a wave.
Make a small slit in the top with a knife and patch any other breaks with a little dampened rolled-out pastry.
Brush the pasties with the beaten egg. Place them on parchment baking paper, leaving 5cm (2") in between.
Bake in oven for 20-30 minutes, then reduce temperature to 160°C/325°F/Gas 3 and bake for another 20 minutes. After this, turn off oven and leave them in for another 15 minutes, with the door shut.
Remove from the oven and gently lift onto a plate (with egg-lifter).
Cut in half, allowing steam to escape. Enjoy!


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Denver arena naming rights, LA Rams and Arsenal included in KSE's Ball Corporation deal
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Aluminium can maker Ball Corporation has signed as a sponsor of major Kroenke Sports & Entertainment (KSE)-owned sports teams and properties in the UK and the US.
The large-scale deal includes English Premier League club Arsenal and the NFL's Los Angeles Rams, as well as naming rights for Ball and KSE's hometown arena in Denver, Colorado, home to the NBA's Denver Nuggets, the NHL's Colorado Avalanche and Colorado Mammoth of the National Lacrosse League.
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Seoul Tent Corporation pitches in for Gwangju's Universiade
Korean temporary structures solutions company Seoul Tent Corporation has agreed to become an official partner of the 2015 summer Universiade multi-sport event in Gwangju.
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Danone signs on as official partner of Paris 2024
French food products manufacturer Danone has signed a sponsorship deal with the organising committee of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris
Senior Kadokawa executives resign amid Tokyo 2020 sponsorship scandal
Japanese media conglomerate Kadokawa has accepted the resignations of chairman Tsuguhiko Kadokawa and vice-chairman Masaki Matsubara with the company embroiled in a corruption scandal over sponsorship…
Brisbane searches for branding agency for Olympics, Gabba redevelopment in doubt
Brisbane has a chance to become the "Barcelona of Australia" when it hosts the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2032, Andrew Liveris, chair of the organising committee for the events, said this week.


The Pro-Life feminists and mothers who form Reivindica Feminist Movement in Chile confounded the culture of death on October 2 when they marched through the streets of their nation broadcasting the voices of their preborn children – their heartbeats. In a creative and powerful demonstration, pregnant mothers strapped fetal heart monitors to their bellies and amplified the sound of their children's heartbeats using megaphones.
Coordinated by the national NGO Reivindica, an organization that aims to empower "different" voices of women (meaning, the voices not considered by mainstream pro-abortion feminists), pregnant Chilean women gathered in Plaza de la Constitución, then marched to the government buildings. But this time, the women did not speak. They carried loudhailers, which broadcasted the sounds of their unborn children's heartbeats.
The result was profoundly moving.
La Voz del Corazon, or the "Voice of the Heart" flooded the streets as mothers let their children speak for themselves in the face of discrimination, saying, "I'm here. I'm alive. Don't forget about me even though you can't see me." These tiny hearts begin beating almost immediately, with new research from the British Heart Foundation revealing that preborn babies' hearts begin beating at just 16 days after conception.
Reivindica seeks to be a voice for the women forgotten by mainstream feminists; namely, mothers, who feel marginalized by society for choosing Life and motherhood.
Special thanks to C-Fam for bringing this story, originally reported in Spanish, to the attention of English-speakers worldwide.
This was beautiful.. For 39 weeks my daughter was a live she, she moved, flipped and flopped and had hick ups. Then 2 hrs before she was born God chose to take her home, That was the worst feeling in the world. How some one could choose to do that to an unborn BABY I will never understand. It's been 24 years and I still think about and love my little Amver Renee.


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Share this Story: Stampeder Tre Roberson released to pursue NFL opportunities
Stampeder Tre Roberson released to pursue NFL opportunities
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The Calgary Stampeders have released Tre Roberson so he can pursue a potential NFL contract. Photo by Al Charest /Postmedia
Tre Roberson is free to pursue NFL opportunities.
On Friday, the Calgary Stampeders announced that they would release the all-star boundary corner so that he can explore his options south of the border.
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While the Stamps did something similar with receiver Reggie Begelton on Thursday, there are some key differences in their situations.
Begelton was set to become a free-agent in February and would have been free to pursue whatever opportunities were available to him. With Roberson, meanwhile, the Stamps had a team option for the 2020 season and were therefore under no obligation to release him.
What complicated matters was the planned NFL window for CFL players who were under contract to workout and potentially sign contracts with NFL teams. Heading into the off-season, players were under the impression that the window existed, but in early-December it was revealed that the NFL had not signed-off on it.
That left Roberson stuck in limbo until Friday when the Stamps announced they were releasing him. He will be able to set-up workouts with NFL teams and eventually sign a contract when one is offered.
Roberson put together a resume in 2018 and '19 that definitely makes him look like an appealing target for NFL teams, and he was reported to have up to a dozen workouts organized heading into December.
"As of right now, I'm a Calgary Stampeder," Roberson said at the end of the season, before opening up more publicly on Twitter about his intentions to try for the NFL after the issues with the NFL window became clear.
In 2019, Roberson earned CFL all-star honours and was the Stampeders' nominee for Most Outstanding Defensive Player after finishing with the second-most interceptions in the league, with seven, and scoring two touchdowns — one a pick-six and the other off a fumble recovery.
His departure leaves a hole in the Stampeders defence, there's no question about that. The team will retain no rights to Roberson should he fail to crack an NFL roster, so it looks as if they'll be heading into their third-straight season having lost an all-star calibre corner — Tommie Campbell left in free-agency prior to the 2018 season, while Ciante Evans departed last year.
The Stamps scouting team managed to find Roberson to replace Campbell, and then Raheem Wilson to fill Evans' shoes, and they'll need to find something similar here and now.
Either way, between Begelton and Roberson, the Stampeders have now released their nominees for both Most Outstanding Defensive Player and Most Outstanding Player in a 24-hour stretch.
ARBUCKLE TO OTTAWA
Shortly after Roberson's release was announced, the Stampeders made another big move when they traded the rights to quarterback Nick Arbuckle to the Ottawa Redblacks.
In return, the Stamps got a third-round pick in the 2020 CFL Draft and a conditional draft pick that they'll receive if Arbuckle signs to stay on in Ottawa.
That's a solid return for a player who was set to become a free agent in February, and it's an indication that the Redblacks view Arbuckle as their starting quarterback of the future.
After spending 2018 as the backup to Stampeders starter Bo Levi Mitchell, Arbuckle took over late in the Stamps' Week 3 game against the B.C. Lions after Mitchell went down with a torn pectoral muscle.
Arbuckle led the Stamps to a thrilling comeback in that game and would go on to start the team's next seven games.
He completed 191-of-263 passes for 2,247 yards while throwing for 12 touchdowns and five interceptions.
By the time Mitchell was ready to return in the Labour Day Classic, Arbuckle had convinced most around the league that he was more-than-capable of being a CFL starter and he admitted at season's end that he wanted to pursue an opportunity to play more.
That wasn't going to happen in Calgary unless Mitchell got hurt again, and the Redblacks and Toronto Argonauts were viewed as his most likely destinations — although he did have a workout with the New York Giants in late-December.
With the Stamps knowing they were almost certainly going to lose Arbuckle's services in February, getting a pick — and potentially two — back from the Redblacks means they're not seeing him walk away for nothing. That's a win.
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On Thursday, the NCAA's Cal Poly Mustangs announced that J.C. Sherritt, the Stampeders' linebackers coach last year, would be joining their program as co-special teams coordinator, as well as their linebackers coach.
Sherritt took to Twitter to thank the Stamps for the opportunity they provided him.
"It was an absolute privilege and honor to coach for the (Stampeders) organization," Sherritt wrote. "Thank you to (Stamps president/GM John Hufnagel and head coach Dave Dickenson) for giving me the opportunity to start my career. This new opportunity is not possible without them. Go Stamps and Go Mustangs!"
Sherritt is the third member of the 2019 Stampeders coaching staff who has left the team since the end of the season, with Dinwiddie going to the Argos and receivers coach Pete Costanza also leaving.
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Kent State Stark will host the ninth annual educational fall celebration for elementary school-aged children from 5-7 p.m. at its campus located at 6000 Frank Ave. NW in Jackson Township. "Boo U" is free and open to the public.
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How brain works when we are in LOVE?
Our brain's reward system plays an important role in how we love and who we love. The mental processes shape our love life and not heart processes. Know how our brain reacts when we fall in love with someone.
Anecdotally, love is a matter of the heart. However, the main organ affected by love is actually the brain. Where is love "located" in the brain, and what does it do to our minds and bodies, according to science? We investigate.
Butterflies in your stomach. That giddy feeling you get when the person you like is nearby. Excitement to be around them again. All of these feelings will be familiar to people who have fallen in love.
However, love itself remains largely a mystery. Why do we fall in love with the people we do? Why do we stay in love, and what makes us fall out of love?
Some of these questions remain unanswered, and researchers from a range of disciplines are still grappling with what makes love … well, love.
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Still, scientists have been working for decades to understand the mechanics of love, including how it expresses in the brain and how it "makes us tick."
So, while we may not yet know everything about this deeply human experience, we do have some good pointers — about its neurobiological underpinnings, at least.
Where in the brain is love?
This is the main question that scientists have striven to answer.
In 2000, Prof. Semir Zeki and Andreas Bartels, Ph.D. — from University College London, in the United Kingdom — set out to find out. They conducted a study with 17 healthy volunteers — both males and females, aged 21–37 — who reported being "truly, deeply, and madly in love" with someone.
In their study — the findings of which they explained in the journal NeuroReport — Prof. Zeki and Bartels conducted brain scans of the volunteers while they viewed images of their significant others.
The scans revealed that when the participants gazed at the face of the person they were in love with, some specific brain areas "lit up." Those were the medial insula, the anterior cingulate cortex, and segments of the dorsal striatum.
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However, there were also some brain regions that appeared to deactivate. These included parts of the right prefrontal cortex, the bilateral parietal cortex, and the temporal cortices. Further research revealed an even more complex picture of romantic love in the brain.
In a commentary that appeared in FEBS Letters in 2007, Prof. Zeki went on to note that "[t]he areas that are involved [in the neurochemistry of love] are, in the cortex, the medial insula, anterior cingulate, and hippocampus and, in the subcortex, parts of the striatum and probably also the nucleus accumbens, which together constitute core regions of the reward system."
What does all of this mean? Medical News Today spoke to Sandra Langeslag, Ph.D., who is an assistant professor of behavioral neuroscience at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.
Langeslag is an expert on the neurocognition of romantic love, and she has been studying this topic for years. "Love," she told us, "is a very complex process, so many different brain regions (and hormones and neurotransmitters) are involved."
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"There are a number of brain regions that are more active when people look at their beloved than when they look at other people. One of my studies suggests that activation of the caudate nucleus and putamen (which together are called the dorsal striatum) reflects that attending or responding to your beloved is typically associated with positive reinforcement more than attending or responding to other people, or ignoring your beloved, are."
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"But other than that, we don't really know what these brain regions are doing while people are looking at their beloved. In addition, we don't really know if these brain regions are more active when people are in love compared [with] when they are not in love," Langeslag added.
And because of the complex "mapping" of love in the brain, it is also unlikely that injuring any one of the brain areas associated with this emotion will actually prevent a person from being able to feel love.
"Because there are so many brain regions, neurotransmitters, and hormones involved in love, it wouldn't really be the case that [people] with specific brain lesions would specifically have issues with love as a result," Langeslag explained.
How does love affect our minds?
There are some hypotheses, however, that correlate the activation and deactivation of certain brain areas with specific behaviors and attitudes associated with romantic love.
Prof. Zeki, for instance, explains that romantic love activates "brain regions that contain high concentrations of a neuromodulator that is associated with reward, desire, addiction, and euphoric states, namely dopamine."
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This is why, he suggests, people in love get a constant "high" — because dopamine makes us want to bond with others and strengthen existing bonds.
However, he adds that when dopamine levels go up, levels of another brain chemical, called serotonin, decrease. This chemical messenger "is linked to appetite and mood," says Prof. Zeki.
This change may explain why people in love tend to fixate on the object of their affection, perhaps leading them to think of very little else.
People in the early stages of romantic love may experience "a depletion of serotonin […] to levels that are common in [people] with obsessive-compulsive disorders," notes Prof. Zeki.
Two other neurochemicals that appear at higher concentrations when a person is in love are oxytocin and vasopressin. Based on findings from animal research, Prof. Zeki notes that both of these chemical messengers facilitate bonding and are associated with the brain's reward system.
But he also points out that in romantic love, a small brain area called theamygdala becomes deactivated. The amygdala is the part of the brain that coordinates fear responses, helping humans stay safe in potentially dangerous situations.
The researchers explain that desire activates parts of the striatum associated with "automatic" reward responses, such as eating, drinking, and having sex
The fact that it becomes deactivated when a person is in love also means that fear responses are dampened, Prof. Zeki suggests.
He also adds that the decrease in activity in another brain region — called the frontal cortex — may explain why people can be "blind" to red flags shown by a potential romantic partner as they are falling in love. He writes:
"[T]he all-engaging passion of romantic love is mirrored by a suspension of judgment or a relaxation of judgmental criteria by which we assess other people, a function of the frontal cortex."
Do love and desire overlap?
When we think about romantic love, many of us also think about sexual desire. For numerous couples, love and sex go together. But do love and sex also "switch on" the same areas of the brain?
According to psychiatrist and neuroscientist Stephanie Cacioppo, Ph.D. — currently of the University of Chicago in Illinois — there is some overlap between romantic love and sexual desire.
In a paper she co-authored in 2012, she and her colleagues point out that when someone sees a picture of someone they find sexually arousing, some of the same brain areas activated by romantic affection also become active.
These areas, which include the insula and the anterior cingulate cortex, are also those involved in human reward circuitry. This reinforces behaviors that allow the species to survive, such as eating and drinking.
However, other researchers point out that love and desire, though they do overlap in the brain, do not do so all the way.
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Also in 2012, researchers from Concordia University in Quebec, Canada, conducted a review of the studies that had aimed to "map" the location of romantic love versus sexual drive in the brain.
The team concluded that although both love and desire appear to be connected with a brain area called the striatum, they each activate specific — and different — locations in that area.
The researchers explain that desire activates parts of the striatum associated with "automatic" reward responses, such as eating, drinking, and having sex.
Love, on the other hand, activates the parts of the striatum associated with "learned" reward responses — or the things that we come to associate with pleasurable sensations in time and through experience.
However, this is also the part of the striatum that is linked to addiction, which has prompted researchers to suggest that love itself may manifest like an addiction in the brain.
"Love is actually a habit that is formed from sexual desire as desire is rewarded," speculates co-author Prof. Jim Pfaus, reflecting on the "location" of love versus sexual desire in the brain.
"It works the same way in the brain as when people become addicted to drugs," he adds.
Can we control love?
Because love is such a complex, and often surprising, experience, there is some question as to whether or not people are able to control it.
In 2016, Langeslag and colleagues turned their attention to precisely this topic. Working with a group of 32 participants, all aged 18–30 and all in love, the researchers aimed to assess whether or not these individuals were able to exert any control over their feelings.
Langeslag told us that "some people think that love is a natural process that shouldn't be controlled, or that love regulation is very difficult or even impossible."
By studying those animals in those situations, we have learned quite a bit about the neural basis of sexual desire and attachment
"[H]owever," she added, "people are actually able increase or decrease their love feelings for someone." How? The answer, she explained, is actually fairly simple:
"If you want to decrease your feelings of love for someone, you should think about his or her negative qualities (e.g. he never puts his socks in the hamper) and the negative qualities of your relationship (e.g. we often fight). You could also imagine negative future scenarios (e.g. he'll cheat on me)."
"Negative thoughts like these will decrease infatuation (i.e., passionate love) and attachment (i.e., companionate love)," Langeslag explained.
The opposite approach can also work, she told us. "If you want to increase your feelings of love for someone, you should think about his or her positive qualities (e.g. he's so funny) or the positive qualities of your relationship (e.g. we have the same values)."
However, Langeslag cautioned, "love regulation doesn't work like an on/off switch."
"Thinking these negative or positive thoughts will only change your love feelings a little bit, and the effect will wear off after a short period of time," she said.
As to why someone may want to change their romantic feelings, in her study paper, Langeslag explains that love regulation could be useful in different contexts.
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For example, a person might want to try to boost their affection for a spouse — perhaps they have been together for a long time, and the novelty of love has started to wear off.
Or, they may want to dampen the intensity of their feelings for a person who clearly does not share their feelings.
The trouble with love science
Despite all the available research about love and how it expresses in the human brain, much remains unknown. This is because studying love can be a difficult task.
One reason for this is that there appears to be more than just one type of romantic love — or, to be precise, more than one type of emotion and experience associated with romantic love.
"In my research, I assume that there are at least three different types of love: sexual desire, infatuation (or passionate love), and attachment (or companionate love)," Langeslag explained to MNT.
Then, there is a question about the extent to which humans and other animals share the same experiences of love or attraction.
"Animals mate, so they must have some form of sexual desire. Some animals also form pair bonds, so they must experience some form of attachment," Langeslag told us.
"By studying those animals in those situations, we have learned quite a bit about the neural basis of sexual desire and attachment. However, I don't know if animals experience infatuation, or how we would be able to tell when they do," she added.
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And because many studies to date — even those related to love — have been in animals, it can be hard to tell to what extent those findings also apply to humans.
"As a result," Langeslag explained, "we know a lot less about the neural basis of infatuation [passionate love]."
"How do I love thee? Let me count the ways," wrote poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning almost 200 years ago.
"Freely," "purely," "and "with passion" is the answer she outlines in her poem, but when it comes to understanding how these attributes of love contribute to our embodied human experience, scientists still have a long journey ahead.
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The Netherlands have kicked off their Euro 2020 qualifying campaign with a resounding victory over Belarus. Ronald Koeman's men defeated the East Europeans 4-0 in their first Group C match.
The home side lived up to expectations, keeping up their good form again after the winter break, following their hard-fought qualification for the Nations League semi-final. The Dutch left Belarus, placed 78th on FIFA's World Ranking, little chance.
Memphis Depay gave the hosts the lead inside the first minute, the fastest opening goal for the Netherlands since March 2005 when Phillip Cocu scored against Romania after just 38 seconds.
Twenty minutes later, Memphis set up the second goal by sending a cross for Liverpool's Georginio Wijnaldum to sweep home. And in the 55th minute, it was Memphis again, this time converting a penalty after a foul by Sivakov: 3-0.
The Dutch suffered a setback on 70 minutes when the third substitute, Kenny Tete, hobbled off the pitch with hamstring trouble. His night was over after no more than 40 seconds, forcing the Netherlands to play the final 20 minutes with 10 men in a 4-4-1 formation. It didn't change the game much, although Belarus gained more possession and got their first shot on goal in the 77th minute.
Memphis picked up where he left off, sending a cross for captain Virgil van Dijk to nod home from close range. The 4-0 victory was a suitable birthday present for manager Ronald Koeman, who may be slightly worried about the number of injuries after this match.
The next opponent, Germany, will be tougher to beat on Sunday. Die Mannschaft will be seeking to rectify their poor performance against the Dutch in last autumn's Nations League qualifiers. The first of the two matches, in October, ended in a 3-0 defeat followed by a 2-2 home draw a month later. Ceremonies will be held at Sunday's match in the Johan Cruijff ArenA in Amsterdam to mark the third anniversary of the death of the Dutch football icon who gave his name to the stadium.
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Belarus: Gorbunov; Shitov, Martynovich (c), Sivakov, Polyakov; Maevski, Dragun; Putilo, Kovalev, Stasevich; Signevich.


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Inherent in the design for the proposed AIIMS Hospital Complex and Campus in Rishikesh is a composite layering of structural relationship such as cutting edge technologies, functional efficiency, sustainable development, green design, natural environment, and building placement guided by Vastu (the Hindu tradition of space design that promotes harmony with natural forces).
The concept for this campus was to return the grounds to its former natural forested state through a systematic process of reforestation. This sustainable strategy will minimize the visual density of built form by the masking of the buildings allowing only filtered views through the trees. The vision is to create the setting for health services within a natural and sacred garden environment of green, light and water.
The Institute is organized around an internal pedestrian spine or mall that parallels the directional flow of the nearby Ganges River. Attached to the other side of this organizational spine, hospitals and other buildings are then sequentially connected to create an internal pedestrian precinct with the larger campus. The mall will be covered to provide protection from exposure to the elements and will be naturally ventilated. With state-of-the-art high-tech medical equipment, the facility will offer diagnostic and therapeutic care in clearly identified specialty and super-specialty services. Health research, both basic and applied, will be conducted in the facility as well, along with a Nursing College for 60 students annually. The Institute was designed to include a 500-bed hospital to provide medical treatment in 18 specialty disciplines; six Basic Science Departments, a Nursing school and Hospital Administration and other support services.


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Rent Arthur (2011)
Russell Brand reinvents the role of lovable billionaire Arthur Bach, an irresponsible charmer who has always relied on two things to get by: his limitless fortune and lifelong nanny Hobson (Helen Mirren) to keep him out of trouble. Now he faces his biggest challenge: choosing between an arranged marriage to ambitious corporate exec Susan (Jennifer Garner) that will ensure his lavish lifestyle, or an uncertain future with the one thing money can't buy -Naomi (Greta Gerwig), his true love. With Naomi's inspiration and some unconventional help from Hobson, Arthur will take the most expensive risk of his life and learn what it means to be a man.
Russell Brand, Helen Mirren, Jennifer Garner, Greta Gerwig, Geraldine James, Luis Guzmán, Nick Nolte, Christina Jacquelyn Calph, Murphy Guyer, José Ramón Rosario, John Hodgman, Scott Adsit, Evander Holyfield, Peter Van Wagner, Robert Clohessy, Ed Herbstman, Jared Parker, Tom Toner, Richard Bekins, Matt Malloy
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Arthur review by Melissa Orcine - Cinema Paradiso
Was the 1981 original 'Arthur' starring Dudley Moore a romantic comedy? From what I've seen it was dubbed a screwball comedy with a glint of love story in it. But in 2011's 'Arthur' remake with Russell Brand taking on the titular role, it seems the gist has been totally changed. It's a full-on romantic comedy with a male lead; that's quite a rarity in Hollywood, but with all the supposed 'changes' like Helen Mirren playing the Oscar-winning role of John Gielgud as Hobson, now a nanny when it was a butler before; making Arthur more of a drunken man-child rather than a drunken lovelorn; and a younger British actor, Brand for Moore in its lead, 2011's 'Arthur' seems a remake uncalled for.
How unfortunate that a classic like Dudley Moore's 'Arthur' would be reduced to something as forgettable as Russell Brand's. Whereas Moore was lovable and charming in his version, Brand is just all over the place, hamming it up to the point of annoying. No wonder his mother wants him to grow up and get with the program: marry a wealthy heiress so his and hers wealth will be a hundredfold. Or, lose his inheritance and be a poor, drunk playboy instead. It also doesn't help that Jennifer Garner who plays Brand's intended is too over-the-top to be a high-society shrew. Even her dimples won't endear her to the audience, so when Greta Gerwig shows up as the commoner New York tour guide who captures Arthur's heart, you're made to root for this rival more than Garner.
'Arthur' could have been Russell Brand's vehicle for showing off his range but he fails because he can't help himself. Everything he does must be grandiose, must scream 'Look at me! I'm funny HAHA!' and the effect is somewhat a dud. I'm not saying the original 'Arthur' with Dudley Moore is such a comedy classic that doing your version of it is sacrilegious. But when you remake an old movie, make it count. At least Moore's 'Arthur' had Christopher Cross singing its love theme called – you've guessed it – 'Arthur's Theme!'


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How marginalized communities in the South are paying the price for "green energy" in Europe
by faster | Jul 9, 2021 | Blog
SNIP: In 2009, the European Union (EU) pledged to curb greenhouse gas emissions, urging its member states to shift from fossil fuels to renewables. In its Renewable Energy Directive (RED), the EU classified biomass as a renewable energy source — on par with wind and solar power. As a result, the directive prompted state governments to incentivize energy providers to burn biomass instead of coal — and drove up demand for wood.
So much so that the American South emerged as Europe's primary source of biomass imports.
Earlier this year, the EU was celebrated in headlines across the world when renewable energy surpassed the use of fossil fuels on the continent for the first time in history.
But scientists and experts say it's too early to celebrate, arguing that relying on biomass for energy has a punishing impact not only on the environment, but also on marginalized communities — perpetuating decades of environmental racism in predominantly Black communities like Northampton County, where Macklin and his family have lived for generations.
To say cutting down trees and burning them for power is a renewable energy source feels counterintuitive and, in reality, it is.
Burning wood is less efficient than burning coal and releases far more carbon into the atmosphere, according to almost 800 scientists who wrote a 2018 letter to the European parliament, pushing members to amend the current directive "to avoid expansive harm to the world's forests and the acceleration of climate change." President Joe Biden and other world leaders received a similar letter from hundreds of climate scientists earlier this year.
The EU directive that encouraged the pivot to biomass also left a loophole — it did not prevent the leveling of rooted trees for wood pellet production.
"I can't think of anything that harms nature more than cutting down trees and burning them," said William Moomaw, professor emeritus of international environmental policy at Tufts University.
Yet by burning wood, European power plants can reduce their carbon footprint — at least on paper.
In 1996, scientists at the United Nations devised a method to measure global carbon emissions. To simplify the process and avoid double counting, they suggested emissions from burning biomass should be calculated where the trees are cut down, not where the wood pellets are burned.
The EU adopted this methodology in its Renewable Energy Directive, allowing energy companies to burn biomass produced in the US without having to report the emissions.
The accounting method — which was never intended to assign national responsibility for carbon emissions, according to climate experts — has created a lot of discussion and disagreement among advocates, scientists and policymakers. But ultimately it is not the accounting of carbon that is the problem, it's the emissions.
"It doesn't change the physical reality," said Tim Searchinger, senior research scholar at Princeton University. "A law designed to reduce emissions that in reality encourages an increase in emissions … has to be flawed," he said, referring to Europe's directive.
Ultimately, Europe is not reducing emissions by burning American trees — it's just outsourcing them to the United States.
"The idea was to curb our addiction to fossil fuels," said Bas Eickhout, Dutch politician and member of the European Parliament. Biomass was an attractive option for EU countries at the time, he explained, because it was much cheaper than solar or wind power and could be "mixed in" when burning coal.
However, European decision-makers didn't fully consider the repercussions of importing biomass, Eickhout said, adding they "were too naïve."
"The production of biomass has become an industrial process which means something has gone fundamentally wrong," he said. "The professionalization of the biomass industry is a problem that needs attention."


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Q: accessing the scratch org with access token obtain from devhub connected app? I am developing automation script for our app and want to use connected app @DevHub to access my scratch org. Is it possible to do? I have tried but I am getting ""user hasn't approved this consumer" error when getting access token from devhub.

A: Once you create Scratch orgs you can login into the Scratch org using one of the below methods headless
JWT Server to Server oauth
force:auth:jwt:grant

https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.sfdx_cli_reference.meta/sfdx_cli_reference/cli_reference_force_auth.htm
In this method, you will need to run below command with the private key of your connected app and also the consumer key of connected app
   $ sfdx force:auth:jwt:grant -u me@acme.org -f <path to jwt key file> -i <OAuth client id> -r https://acme.my.salesforce.com

me@acme.org is the scratch org username if you log into the scratch org.
SFDX URL Store
force:auth:sfdxurl:store

This is documented here
https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.sfdx_cli_reference.meta/sfdx_cli_reference/cli_reference_force_auth.htm
NOTE: Once you create a scratch org there is a <username>.json file created in .sfdx in your root folder. You can read the JSON and has an access token for the scratch org and also has the refresh token. You should use that to log in to the scratch org.


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