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CPS Performance Materials's Handy Chemical USA acquisition concentrates napthalene sulphonates supply under single ownership
US: CPS Performance Materials has acquired Handy Chemical USA from Rain Industries. The two napthalene sulphonates producers are the only domestic suppliers of the dispersant to the gypsum wallboard industry in the entire North American region, according to Barney Heller, Hardt Chemical. The transaction concentrates napthalene sulphonates supply under single ownership in the region. The sale, which also included Rutgers Polymers, is valued at around US$87m.
Naphthalene sulphonates are produced using napthalene from the steel industry. Their use in gypsum wallboard production reduces the necessary water content, improving slurry stability, increasing line speed and strengthening the final product. Steel-producing countries such as China have previously exported napthalene sulphonates to the US. The market for gypsum wallboard in North America is estimated to be 45,000t/yr.
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Saint-Gobain signs cooperation agreement with Compania Industrial El Volcan
Argentina/Peru: France-based Saint-Gobain and Chile-based Compania Industrial El Volcan have signed an agreement to cooperate in the Argentine and Peruvian gypsum wallboard markets. The companies will finalise the agreement in January 2021.
In Peru, Saint-Gobain will purchase El Volcan Soluciones Constructivas , a company specialised in the production and sale of wallboard. After this new entity has been merged with SG Productos para la Construccion, which specialises in the production and sale of mortars and has been wholly owned by the Saint-Gobain Group since December 2019, Saint-Gobain will retain a 55% stake in the new consolidated group and will sell the remaining 45% to the El Volcan group.
In Argentina, El Volcan will purchase from Saint-Gobain a 45% stake in the group including Tuyango, the historical plaster business, and Aswell, the plasterboard business acquired in the first quarter of 2019, with Saint-Gobain owning a 55% stake in this Argentine gypsum group.
Etex agrees to buy Knauf Australia
Australia: Belgium-based Etex has agreed to buy Knauf Australia from Germany-based Knauf for an undisclosed sum. The company's portfolio consists of three gypsum wallboard plants, located in Altona, Victoria, Matraville, New South Wales and Bundaberg, Queensland, and it employs over 300 people. The Australian newspaper has reported that Etex plans to treat the newly acquired asset as a going concern, in which it will retain existing staff, including management. The acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions, with finalisation expected in early 2021.
Paul Van Oyen, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Etex said, "This transaction is a major milestone in the execution of our strategic roadmap initiated two years ago. Since then, we progressively exited non-core activities, such as the clay and concrete roof tiles business, that no longer fits with our portfolio. Our strategy is focused on being a leader in lightweight solutions and modular construction, offering sustainable, cost-effective, high-performing and inspiring building solutions to our customers. Plasterboards play a key role in such solutions, and we are looking forward to collaborating closely with our new colleagues to open up new opportunities for growth."
Etex previously acquired Lafarge's European and South American gypsum wallboard assets at the same time as Knauf acquired the entity now known as Knauf Australia from Lafarge in 2011. Knauf maintains a presence in the Australian gypsum wallboard sector via its partnership with Boral, concluded in October 2020.
Knauf to gain 100% ownership of USG Boral
Australia/Singapore: Knauf has agreed to buy Boral's 50% stake in USG Boral for US$1.02bn, bringing its total stake in the former Boral and US-based USG joint venture to 100%. The joint-venture includes gypsum wallboard-based businesses in Australia, New Zealand, Asia and the Middle East. The deal is "subject to typical conditions precedent including in relation to regulatory matters."
Boral chief executive officer (CEO) and managing director Zlatko Todorcevski said, "We have been working with Knauf for some time to find the best path forward for the business following Knauf's acquisition of our joint venture partner USG. We recognise that it makes sense for Knauf – being the world's largest gypsum wallboard player – to have 100% ownership of the business. USG Boral is a great business, and very well positioned to perform strongly under the ownership of Knauf. The strength of the joint venture business and its prospects are fully reflected in the sale price, as demonstrated by the attractive premium, which is a great outcome for Boral shareholders. The sale of Boral's interest in USG Boral to Knauf will be a step to simplifying Boral's geographic footprint and product portfolio."
Saint-Gobain named as potential buyer for Knauf's Australian gypsum wallboard business
Australia: France-based Saint-Gobain is reportedly considering the purchase of Germany-based Knauf's US$284m Australian gypsum wallboard business. The Australian newspaper has also named Saint-Gobain as a potential buyer of USG Boral's US$2.48bn US business. Separately, China National Building Material (CNBM) has been linked to the Knauf sale. Any such deals would be subject to anti-competitiveness checks.
Etex acquires FSi Limited
UK: Belgium-based Etex has announced its acquisition of FSi Limited, a leading UK supplier of intumescent sealants and ablative-coated stonewool batts, which generated an operating profit of Euro22.0m in 2019. The new subsidiary produces its firestopping materials in Cowdenbeath, Fife, West Thurrock, Essex and Measham, Leicestershire, where it is headquartered.
The group said, "The move strengthens Etex's ability to provide comprehensive lightweight construction solutions for clients through its building performance division, in particular complementing its Siniat and Promat brands, which provide plasterboard and passive fire protection systems respectively. The acquisition also supports Etex's original equipment manufacturer (OEM) solutions for industrial clients through its industry division."
Boral updates market on USG Boral situation
Australia: Boral has updated the market on its transaction with Knauf in relation to its USG Boral joint venture. On 19 March 2020, Boral announced that its view was that the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) was unlikely to approve the call option in relation to the Australian and New Zealand business. In further discussions between Boral and Knauf, it has now become clear that obtaining the necessary regulatory approvals required to allow the transaction to be implemented as signed in August 2019 is not achievable by the 30 June 2020 deadline. Other conditions to the transaction also remain outstanding.
As a result, Boral and Knauf will consider a range of potential options, with Boral's objective being to target a cash neutral transaction rather than a transaction with a significant funding requirement for Boral. Discussions are at a preliminary stage and any revised transaction remains subject to agreement between Boral and Knauf, and ultimately will also require the approval of regulators including the ACCC and New Zealand Commerce Commission (NZCC). Given this, the company's pre-existing US$400m acquisition bridge facility, put in place for the purpose of completing the transaction with Knauf, was allowed to lapse.
Boral 'considering options' on Knauf deal
Australia: Boral has announced that it is 'considering a range of potential options' regarding its planned resumption of 100% ownership of USG Boral Plasterboard from Germany-based Knauf in light of the fact that the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is 'unlikely to approve the call option in relation to the Australia and New Zealand business.' The call option would have given Knauf the right to return to 50% ownership of USG Boral Plasterboard within five years. The ACCC's likely intervention in the transaction is believed to have to do with Boral's financial situation.
Saint-Gobain prepares to complete acquisition of Continental Building Products
US: Saint-Gobain is preparing to complete its acquisition of Continental Building Products in early February 2020. The announcement follows approval by Continental Building Products' shareholders for the US$1.4bn deal.
Saint-Gobain said that the purchase of the gypsum wallboard producer would increases its presence in the US with its positioning in growth regions in the East and Southeast US. It would also widen its product portfolio and create the opportunity for at least US$50m in cost synergies and performance improvements by the end of the third year following the close of the transaction.
"This transaction will allow us to become a leading player in plasterboard and construction solutions across North America. It will enable the group to enhance its growth and profitability profile," said Pierre-André de Chalendar, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Saint-Gobain.
Continental Building Products shareholder mounts legal challenge to Saint-Gobain merger
US: A shareholder in Continental Building Products is taking legal action against the company over its acquisition by France's Saint-Gobain on 14 October 2019. The claimant alleges that company withheld necessary information from shareholders prior to the transaction, in violation of Securities and Exchange Commission regulations.
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Sleep is a basic biological need, so it is no wonder that tiredness is one the three biggest killers on NSW roads, contributing to 17% of crashes.
Tiredness affects drivers of all skill level and experience. Drivers who are tired have slower reaction times, and impaired performance and judgement. Tired drivers are more likely to fall asleep at the wheel, which can have devastating consequences.
There is a misconception that driving for long distances causes fatigue, when in fact hopping into a car tired or sleep deprived can be just as dangerous. For example, being awake for 17 hours is the same as having a Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) of 0.05.
While it is important to get a good night's sleep, we know that four in 10 adults suffer from inadequate sleep. Research shows that people who are most at risk behind the wheel are shift workers or those that work long hours, people with sleep disorders and young drivers.
However, the NRMA also recognises that new parents experiencing less shut-eye represent a significant yet potentially underreported cohort more susceptible to a crash or near miss due to fatigue. Very little is done to educate new parents of the dangers of driving tired.
Over the years, the NRMA has supported initiatives to address driver fatigue, but believes more could be done. The only way to address fatigue is sleep; however, the NRMA supports technological solutions such as fatigue detection technology, roadside fatigue testing, greater visibility of safe rest areas and road treatments that minimise and prevent fatigue-related crashes.
When driving, the only way to combat tiredness is to take a break. Research shows that a power nap of 15 minutes can significantly reduce the chance of a crash.
Motorists driving long distances are encouraged to take regular breaks from driving in order to reduce fatigue-related crashes. In fact, newer fleet cars will usually alert the driver when they have been on the road for longer than two hours.
It is vital that motorists don't start these journeys tired and the NRMA encourages people to delay getting in the car if they are not rested. The NRMA believes that more should be done to encourage drivers to take a break. The development of an interactive app that maps the locations of all rest stops areas, public toilets and points of interest such as scenic outlooks could have road safety and tourism benefits.
The interactive rest areas map developed by NSW Roads & Maritime, for example, provides the foundation of information that should be made available to motorists on their smartphone. The NRMA believes that the number of rest stop areas should be increased and adequately signposted to provide drivers with the opportunity to take a break, including both heavy vehicle and light vehicle drivers. Rest stops should also be clean and have adequate facilities such as showers, Wi-Fi, toilets, shelter and picnic tables. Regional rest stops should also include playgrounds to encourage young families to take a break. The NRMA also believes that in the future, rest stops could also include electric vehicle charging stations.
Along certain stretches of highway in remote and regional NSW, rest stop areas designated for truck drivers can become overpopulated with caravan and camping drivers. There is a need to share and ensure all road users have appropriate access to these sites.
A safe road environment is crucial in helping to reduce the number of fatigue-related crashes. Fatigue crashes tend to be run-off-road and head-on crashes. Road treatments that address these types of crashes include audio tactile line marking, divided roads and the removal of roadside hazards such as utility poles, trees, signposts and fences.
We know that 94% of road crashes are caused by human error, with fatigue being one of the main contributing factors. Over the years we have seen the development of vehicle technologies that help address fatigued driving. Vehicle technologies such as Lane Keep Assist or Lane Departure Warning alert drivers that their car is getting close to crossing over the line marking and leaving the lane of travel without indicating.
Further, fatigue detection technology, such as Optalert and Seeing Machines, is already being used in heavy vehicle fleets in the mining and logistics sectors. Companies such as Toll and Caterpillar have adopted technology that monitors and tracks head and eye movements, detecting when a driver is having a micro sleep. The driver receives an immediate in-car audio and seat vibration to help prevent an incident. Telematics of the incident are also sent to the fleet manager, to allow for intervention by management and to monitor staff occupational health and safety. Fleet owners should consider the use of these technologies, including NRMA's Connected telematics solution, in keeping their employees safe on the road.
The NRMA believes that until we have fully autonomous vehicles on our roads, which will eliminate all types of human error, vehicle technologies such as these will go a long way to reducing fatigue-related crashes.
The vibration of tactile edge-lines on roads can help alert drivers when they are drifting off the road. Studies have found a 29% reduction in single vehicle run-off-road crashes on rural, two-lane roads where tactile edge lines were added on sealed shoulders. The NRMA believes that priority should be given to implementing tactile line marking on high-risk rural roads known for fatigue-related crashes or have an AusRap rating of 2 stars or below.
A group of technology companies in the UK have joined forces with the University of Manchester and the Biomechanics Institute in Spain to develop a high-tech seatbelt that alerts the driver they are about to fall asleep. The system can also be adapted to warn drivers with heart conditions that they may be experiencing a heart attack.
The Heart and Respiration In-Car Embedded Non-intrusive sensors, or HARKEN, is being funded by a research grant from the European Union.
Mercedes-Benz has also unveiled a basic fatigue detecting system that monitors steering movement and other driver behaviour to try and determine if the driver is tired.
Currently in Victoria, a test is being developed that will allow police to measure the tiredness levels of drivers by the roadside. Researchers from Austin Health have tested technology that uses 'smart glasses' which track eye movements and measure the length of a driver's blinks to determine their level of fatigue, in laboratories and off-road driving simulations. The researchers are now working on developing a one-size-fits-all test that police can use to detect tired drivers by the roadside.
We know that the only way to change driver behaviour is to pair education with enforcement. The NRMA believes that revolutionary technology that can reliably detect tiredness levels for all drivers will ultimately save the lives of many.
Increase the number of rest stop areas to accommodate both light and heavy vehicles.
Have an acceptable level of cleanliness.
Have adequate facilities, including showers and Wi-Fi.
Are spaced at appropriate driving time intervals.
Develop a free Australian rest stop app providing details of rest stops on popular touring and freight corridors.
Investigate the instances of drowsy driving among new parents and develop fatigue education campaigns targeting new parents.
Undertake additional research exploring the potential benefits of roadside fatigue testing.
Give priority to implementing tactile line marking on high-risk rural roads known for fatigue-related crashes.
Fleet owners including government should consider the use of new technology with fatigue alerts. Our Connected telematics solution provides fleet managers with real-time data about their employees' driving and alerts them to breaches of safe driving time limits.


Jeremy Corbyn's convincing 62 per cent to 38 per cent victory over Owen Smith in the Labour leadership election ensures that the party continues to navigate uncharted waters in the relationship between leaders, MPs and party members. Debates about the desirability of internal party democracy have often assumed a tension between MPs and activists over ideology and electability. Typically, though, the leader was assumed to stand with "moderate" MPs against radical activists.
Corbyn, by contrast, is the figurehead and delegate of the activists against the overwhelming bulk of the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP), three-quarters of which expressed no confidence in him in June. Many believed that the PLP would reassert its control because of the practical necessity for a leader to organise a viable front bench and hold the government to account in parliament. Only MPs can do that, not activists (or trade-union leaders). If MPs withdrew their support, the leader would be finished. The no-confidence vote was duly followed by mass resignations from the shadow cabinet.
But Corbyn would not budge. Losing a confidence vote was moot for someone who never enjoyed the MPs' confidence in the first place. (It's one reason why comparisons with Michael Foot are misplaced: Foot was chosen to be leader by Labour MPs, not by activists.) Corbyn takes his mandate from the members alone. They in turn noisily demand that MPs respect it.
There is no precedent for this situation in a major British party, where a leader consistently sides with the grassroots against MPs. The assumption that the PLP will eventually bring him to heel can no longer be taken for granted. Indeed, the MPs' positions look shakier than their leader's, with a growing clamour among the activists for deselecting Corbyn's critics.
The new members were mobilised into the party via social media, which has hugely disrupted the old pattern of intra-party politics. The PLP has floundered in the face of this online whirlwind, but so have local Labour parties. Many have shared in the membership surge but also seen new recruits increasingly take over.
To describe this phenomenon as "democracy" raises questions about what that term means. The democratic process conventionally assumes debate and deliberation. But how many minds were changed in this leadership election? The immediate response of both pro- and anti-Corbyn factions was to recruit more members to tilt the vote in their favour. "Democracy" then becomes more about membership packing than persuasion.
Corbyn's victory means that this experiment in intra-party politics will continue. Labour MPs must reconcile themselves to a leader who survived their assault and owes them no favours. The PLP could one day try another putsch. The unions might resume their historical role of stabilising the party and fighting the left. Or perhaps the whirlwind will continue its course, with deselection now on the agenda. If MPs offer the last resistance to the new internal democracy, then making them too delegates of the membership would complete the left's transformation of the Labour Party.
Mr Corbyn's quiet courtesy and respect for democracy gives a voice to the citizens who have been most impacted by Conservative Austerity policies, which they initially accepted as we were 'all in this together' until David Cameron turned his back on the Big Society and gave money, which the country does not have, to his friends and colleagues to privatise national assets, and put them beyond the reach of accountability to the electorate. Labour bought into the privatisation mantra and many MPs have accepted lobbyists guiding policy on voting. The wider public has seen little point in voting for Labour when it rubber stamps Conservative policies. There is time now for Corbyn to call for unity and allow MPs who choose not to serve under his leadership to offer to stand down or stand for re selection in their local constituencies. Corbyn appears to offer a real economic alternative to the debt economy which has stifled growth in housing, transport and welfare infrastructure. Japan and China have inward investment in state of the art nationalised railways, public private joint investment in driverless cars, road network development and clean energy. China can meet all its energy needs with renewable energy as could the UK with inward investment free from EU restrictions. The priority of clean energy and stringent environmental standards reassures communities feeling under threat by fracking companies or nuclear risks. He has support from many people from across the political divides - as long as he shows he can lead, delegate and offer policies that command the respect of Labour politicians and the wider electorate.


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Norwich University accrediting body invites public comment
By NU Office of Communications
NORTHFIELD, Vt. — Norwich University will undergo a comprehensive evaluation visit March 15 through March 18 by a team representing the New England Commission of Higher Education (formerly the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, NEASC).
The commission values information provided by individuals to help in determining whether an institution's performance is consistent with the Standards for Accreditation and commission policies and procedures. For that reason, and in compliance with federal regulations, the commission accepts public comments from students, faculty, staff and members of the public about affiliated institutions.
The New England Commission of Higher Education is one of seven accrediting commissions in the United States that provide institutional accreditation regionally. Accreditation is voluntary and applies to the institution as a whole. The commission, which is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, accredits approximately 220 institutions in the six-state New England region and several American-style institutions overseas.
Norwich University has been accredited by the commission since 1933 and was last reviewed in 2010. Its accreditation by the commission encompasses the entire institution.
For the past year and a half, Norwich University has been engaged in self-study, addressing the commission's Standards for Accreditation. An evaluation team will visit the institution to gather evidence that the self-study is thorough and accurate. The team will recommend to the commission a continuing status for the institution. Following a review process, the commission will take the final action.
The public is invited to submit comments regarding the institution to:
Public Comment on Norwich University
3 Burlington Woods Drive, Suite 100
Burlington, MA 01803-4514
Public comments must address substantive matters related to the quality of the institution. The commission cannot settle disputes between individuals and institutions, whether those involve faculty, students, administrators, or members of other groups. Comments will not be treated as confidential and must include the name, address, and telephone number of the person providing the comments.
Public comments must be received by March 18. The commission cannot guarantee that comments received after that date will be considered.
About Norwich University
Norwich University is a diversified academic institution that educates traditional-age students and adults in a Corps of Cadets and as civilians. Norwich offers a broad selection of traditional and distance-learning programs culminating in Baccalaureate and Graduate Degrees. Norwich University was founded in 1819 by Capt. Alden Partridge of the U.S. Army and is the oldest private military college in the United States of America. Norwich is one of our nation's six senior military colleges and the birthplace of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC). www.norwich.edu
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Last year at WordCamp Toronto I learned about the use of the fake WordPress Logo. Unfortunately the fake logo with a mis-proportioned 'w' is everywhere. The image below shows the difference between the fake WordPress Logo and the Official Logo. Check out Google Images and you'll see that the fake logo is widely used.
So all you WordPress Bloggers out there don't continue to spread the use of the wrong logo! Get your WordPress logos, buttons, and official Colours from WordPress not from Google Images. And if you see the wrong logo in use, let the blogger know so they can change their images and start using only the official WP logo.
AND while we are at it….Capitalize WordPress correctly! This is one of my biggest pet peeves.
It is WordPress with a capital P not a lowercase p.
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Kapsch CarrierCom and Opanga Networks announce their continued successes with Software Enabled Network Densification deployments in Europe with a nationwide deployment for Hrvatski Telekom in Croatia.
Vienna/Zagreb, November 14, 2017 – "The Network Densification solution developed by Opanga and delivered and implemented by Kapsch CarrierCom has provided immediate gains in radio network capacity and performance", says Hrvatski Telekom CTIO, Boris Drilo. "We have deployed the solution nationwide and right away increased connection speeds up to 40% over 3G and 4G congested cell sites. As video traffic grows in markets around the world, operators need to embrace innovative, cost-effective solutions to keep pace. Opanga's software solution provides us capacity improvements now and maximizes the investments we will make in eNodeB deployments in the future. Hrvatski Telekom is a very innovative operator, and this technology is a great example of where we intend to invest in the future".
Software Enabled Network Densification provides proactive traffic optimization that reduces eNodeB resource congestion that occurs when cells become swamped by large video flows. The solution is deployed solely as software in the core of the network and allows cell towers to carry up to 40% more traffic without degraded quality of experience. As a vital add-on tool optimizing existing resources, it reduces the cost per gigabyte delivered.
Thomas Schöpf, COO of Kapsch CarrierCom says, "Kapsch CarrierCom has long been a provider of technical solutions that deliver impactful results to our customers throughout Europe. Hrvatski Telekom's leadership with this solution is a flagship deployment for this region. We are looking forward to continue delivering a fast track to network efficiency with our innovative solutions for telcos. We want to support Hrvatski Telekom in building the very best network while improving the return on investment, increased connectivity and user experience across Croatia".
Opanga Networks has pioneered the development of software techniques that drive enormous cell site capacity improvements delivered with software speed and scale. "Operators will continue to invest in infrastructure and small cell builds, but as capital and operating costs increase and time lines for cell site deployment get longer and longer, making hardware investments 40% more efficient is a critical strategic move" said Dave Gibbons, CEO of Opanga Networks.
In many markets traffic is doubling every year and consumer revenue is under pressure from competitive data plan offerings. Therefore, capital efficiency in the Radio Access Network will be a critical strategic differentiator.


Exposure reporter Mark Williams-Thomas goes undercover as a criminal who wants to move stolen art, gold, diamonds and large quantities of cash out of the country using diplomatic bags that cannot be searched.
Comedian and Presenter Ade Edmondson sets sail to explore Britain's maritime past and meets with people whose lives are still influenced by the sea today.
Three Couples. Three Nights. Three Dinner Parties.
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No Deep Philosophy Here: Old Indian Just Wants To Play Sick Riffs
By Keith Mathias
"I don't try to sound, like, artsy or make people think or whatever," says Old Indian singer Cory Springirth. Paul Horning
Old Indian doesn't have any highfalutin ideas about its music. The fuzz-rock band from Frederick, Maryland, is focusing on the basics.
That's clear on "The Riff," a standout from the trio's recent full-length debut, Mumble.
"It's about skateboarding," says Cory Springirth, the band's 26-year-old guitarist and vocalist. "Well, trying to go skate and then having it rain on you."
If this sounds rather straightforward, that's because it is. "All the lyrics are pretty literal, but they can apply to anything in life," Springirth says. "I put thought into my lyrics, of course, but I don't try to sound, like, artsy or make people think or whatever. We just like being simple about things, which I really like in the band."
Musically, "The Riff" is pretty simple, too, in line with what listeners can expect from Old Indian. "We do this in a couple of songs," Springirth says, "where it's really fast at first, and then it kind of slows down and gets kind of Sabbathy."
But Springirth is quick to point out that "The Riff" stands on its own, as do all of the other tracks on Mumble. "It's only an eight-track album," he says, "but we wanted to have a lot of different types of songs." Citing examples, he points to the band's surfer-rock track "Just A Bum" and its Spanish guitar-inspired "Spanish Blues."
"I don't like when every song on the album sounds too similar," Springirth says. "Of course I want you to know what band you're listening to, but I try to not write anything too similar."
Perhaps what truly sets apart "The Riff" from the rest of Mumble is its wailing coda. "I tracked two solos at the end, and then put them on top of each other, and that just ended up sounding all right," Springirth says. "They're slightly different, but they complement each other."
With all the pieces put together, "The Riff" manages to sound both familiar and fresh.
"Of course we want to be original," Springirth says, "but we don't want to be so far out there that we don't relate to anyone. We just play music that we like."
Mumble by Old Indian
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Q: Checking whether this sequence is convergent or divergent Q: Check if the following series is convergent or divergent and if convergent, find the limit:
$$\frac{1+\frac{1}{2}x+\frac{1}{3}x^\frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{4}x^\frac{1}{3}+\frac{1}{5}x^\frac{1}{4}+ \ldots}{1+x+x^\frac{1}{2}+x^\frac{1}{3}+x^\frac{1}{4}+ \ldots}$$
My Attempt: I have used D'Alembert's Ratio Test, Cauchy's Root Test but to no help since all give the inconclusive result. I tried to use Comparison Test but could not find a proper sequence to compare.
I don't know if we can make some conclusion by proving the convergence or divergence of the numerator and denominators separately.
Any form of help is appreciated.

A: To have the $x^{1/k}$ defined, one must suppose that $x\geq 0$. If $x=0$, the result is easy; suppose $x>0$. Note that $x^{1/k}\to 1$ as $k\to +\infty$, so the numerator and denominator are divergent series. Now, if you want to study $$v_n=\frac{1+\sum_{k=1}^n \frac{x^{1/k}}{k+1}}{1+\sum_{k=1}^n x^{1/k}}$$ then put $u_0=1$, $u_k=x^{1/k}$ for $k\geq 1$, and $a_k=\frac{1}{k+1}$. You have $$v_n=\frac{\sum_{k=0}^n a_k u_k}{\sum_{k=0}^n u_k}$$
and as $u_k>0$, $\displaystyle \sum_{k=0}^n u_k \to +\infty$ and  $a_k\to 0$, by Cesaro's Theorem, you have $v_n\to 0$.

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So i actually own the coin but i found it under the tv on the tv stand. Not sure how long it has been there but it is a silver Eqyptian coin.
The coin is a 1917 2 Piastres from Egypt and it is made from 83.3% silver, it is a fairly common coin but it is a cool find.
Just finding silver coins under the tv stand like it's nothing... haha! 😄😆 That's awesome!
Congratulations @gdwcoins! You received a personal award!
Awesome find! It's always great to find a piece you forgot about.


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using System;

namespace VkApi.Wrapper.LongPolling.User
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Additional answer options codes list.
    /// </summary>
    [Flags]
    public enum AnswerFlags
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Receive attachments.
        /// </summary>
        ReceiveAttachments = 2,

        /// <summary>
        /// Receive expanded set of events.
        /// </summary>
        ReceiveExpandedSetOfEvents = 8,

        /// <summary>
        /// Return pts (it's required for the messages.getLongPollHistory
        /// method operation without a limit of the most recent 256 events).
        /// </summary>
        ReceivePts = 32,

        /// <summary>
        /// For the event with code 8 (a friend is online) extra data is returned
        /// in the field $extra (learn more in the Event Structure section).
        /// </summary>
        ReceiveExtraData = 64,

        /// <summary>
        /// Return the parameter random_id with a message (random_id can be
        /// transferred while sending messages using the messages.send method).
        /// </summary>
        ReceiveRandomId = 128
    }
}

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Mastering robotics, IoT and AI at once - Podcast with Ahti Heinla
Based On Podcast Featuring:
Ahti Heinla // CTO at Starship Deliveries
Ahti Heinlah went through his first computer programming Bootcamp when he was ten years old. This was back in 1982. His mother came home one day and decided to teach him how to program computers. In just a few days, he created his very first computer program. They didn't have a computer at home, so they went to his mother's workplace to run the program. It worked. The whole experience excited him and introduced him to the world of electronics engineering and computer programming.
In this podcast, Tobias engages Ahti on how he has managed to be successful in three different and complex areas at the same time: IoT, robotics, and AI. Ahti is the co-founder and current CTO of Starship Technologies, a company that's doing groundbreaking work in robotics. Tobias talks to him about his formative years and his journey to becoming one of Estonia's most respected founders.
From Skype to Starship
Ahti is best known as one of the founding engineers of Skype, but he's been part of many startups. He has always loved the idea of trying out different ideas. It is this same approach that pushed him and fellow Skype cofounder Janus Friis to start Starship.
"We were sitting together and thinking, 'we want to work together: what are the big startups that we could do? What are the ideas that we could work on together?', he explains, "And we thought, 'OK, what can we do with robotics that is potentially bigger than Skype?'.
They wanted to venture into robotics because the field was starting to open up for startups and sought ways they could use robotics to touch many people's lives. Six years later, Starship has grown from "two guys, a napkin, and a whiteboard to a couple of hundred people."
Ahti was Starship's CEO in its first four years but relinquished the position to Lex Bayer, instead choosing to be the company's CTO.
"I actually never wanted to be a CEO. I always wanted to be a CTO," he says, "Running the whole business: I didn't really think that's my cup of tea, but I can run the technology part of it."
Building Everything from the Ground Up
Tobias engages Ahti on the inner workings of Starship robots, including whether they're entirely automated. The robots are programmed with several different messages it can play based on the issues that arise when interacting with humans. Still, the automated system can alert human operators to intervene.
Starship is in the process of mapping and annotating the world for its robots, but in places where this has already happened, they have transformed the possibilities in package deliveries. Being the first company to create and roll out autonomous driving robots in public places, Starship has had to build all hardware and software from the ground up.
"We're building practically everything on our own, one of the reasons being that we started this in 2014. So, there wasn't a lot of (licensed software) available," Ahti intimates.
"With robotics, it's also that we realized immediately that we need to do a lot of vertical integration. We decided that we were going to build our own hardware. We were going to design our own hardware. We were going to select ourselves what sensors we were going to use and build the software to work with these sensors."
Tobias asks Ahti about Starship's hiring process, given the challenge many companies find themselves in trying to get data scientists and engineers to collaborate.
"It is indeed a recurring theme in our interviews. Generally, the most valuable employees, the biggest rock star engineers in Starship are the people who can do data science, can do machine learning, can write production software, and can build data pipelines."
What's Starship's secret sauce? Ahti says it is its overall complexity.
"It is a very complicated technology that we are building. It's a very complicated business that we are building, and that is actually the sensible competitive advantage against the competitors," he says.
"We are still the world leader in this field after six years. We've always been the world leader in the field of autonomous delivery robots."


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Electronic harassment is the purported use of electromagnetic waves to harass, terrorize or Mind Control a victim. Psychologists have identified evidence of auditory hallucinations, delusional disorders or other mental illnesses in online communities supporting those who claim to be targeted.Individuals suffering from auditory hallucinations, delusional disorders or other mental illness have claimed that government agents make use of electric fields, microwaves (such as the microwave auditory effect) and radar to transmit sounds and thoughts into their heads, referring to technology that they say can achieve this as "voice to skull" or "V2K" after an obsolete military designation.
In the US, there are people who hear voices in their heads and claim the government is using "psychotronic torture" Mind Control against them, and who campaign to stop the use of alleged psychotronic and other mind control weapons. These campaigns have received some support from public figures, including former U.S. Congressman Dennis Kucinich and former Missouri State Representative Jim Guest. Yale psychiatry professor Ralph Hoffman notes that people often ascribe voices in their heads to external sources such as government harassment, God, and dead relatives, and it can be difficult to persuade them that their belief in an external influence is delusional. Other experts compare these stories to accounts of alien abductions.
Targeted Individuals TI's
These covert weapons are said to be used secretly and silently to harass loyal Americans, strangle their businesses and gain control of their assets. Targeted Individuals (or TIs as they call themselves) warn that so long as these weapons technologies remain classified, responsible government and law enforcement agencies cannot protect them and other Americans, families and businesses from these threats.[2]
Remote Neural Monitoring
The Remote Neural Monitoring technology employs Satellite-delivered (ELF) Extra Low Frequencies to communicate voice-to-skull transmissions for Electronic harassment, terrorism and Mind Control purposes. This produces delusional or schizophrenic related symptoms, such as hearing voices. ELF radio signals are used to communicate with Naval Submarines deep below the oceans' surfaces. These frequencies can pinpoint a target anywhere on Earth and can penetrate water, rock, concrete and other dense matter. The brain is composed of neurons (wires) and is powered by low electrical currents. Much like insects communicate with non-contact antenna, humans can communicate with radio transceivers. Each person has a unique genetic code (DNA) each of has our own distinct radio frequencies. Find the frequencies and a terror technician, such as those operatives employed by the CIA's Project MKUltra, can communicate directly into the brain. Remote Neural Monitoring is known to be used commonly by handlers to control MILABS or those recruited to work covert military operations.
CNS Redirection via Electronic Harassment
When the body and Brain are being blocked with some method or form of bio-neurological harassment, it redirects the nervous system and brain to be more accessible to receiving thought transmissions generated from external sources of electromagnetic pulses, such as Artificial neural networks. Artificial networks continually send out electromagnetic pulses of information through the mass media to keep people fixated on meaningless dramas, 3D narratives and negative emotions. The current role of mass media is to keep the CNS redirected towards a range of negative thoughts, and to fixate or obsess on external physical stimulus or material things. In many forms of mass media and marketing, there are electronic hacking attempts on the biological neural networks that signal messaging into the brain. In the media, whether through movies, internet or any recreational medium, when focusing the person's attention on a series of light and sound images, these images transmit holographic information, sometimes transmitting frequency implants into the CNS and Brain. The most popular form of mass media is the propaganda used by the cabals for directing Mind Control, which is used to shape the person's brain activity and Mental Map. The content for mass consumption is produced and controlled to reflect light and sound holographic images that form what people believe is the nature of their reality.
There are a variety of external transmissions both in sound and light waves (audio and visual), emanating from the ranges of the electromagnetic spectrum of frequencies. Some of these transmissions are more natural and human, while others are designed for artificial mind control and are non-human. The physical human body emits electromagnetic waves and the signals used to control most brain and bodily functions exist in the extremely low frequency scale. Extremely low frequencies can be easily sent out through a variety of technologies and are used as a method of electronic harassment, targeted towards many human beings. These Electromagnetic Signals are directed into the planetary body and earth surface in order to control the neurological system and brain, of individuals and groups of people. Implants and Mind Control technology are real, it is an established, certifiable fact that the media will not tell you about. The technology exists, the hardware is in place, the patents are on record and the agencies that run and control it are in place and have been operating these technologies for a long time.
Mind Control frequencies and forms of Electronic harassment generate bio-neurological impairment in the human body, which reverse and confuse brain signals. The Satanic agenda is to reverse human neurological functioning by conditioning the person to create and feel pain in order to activate their pleasure centers. The cycle of interconnection made between pain and pleasure centers is reinforced and conditioned into the Bio-Neurology non-stop, which escalates into harmful addictions or deviant behaviors. When we pay attention and we care about what is happening to the planet and people, we will begin to clearly see an agenda designed to assault and damage the human nervous system. If we are more aware of how the neurological functions in our body are related to our mental and emotional states, then we are equipped to take control over the direction of our thoughts and emotions. Then we can open and train our neural pathways to receive direct messages from our higher consciousness bodies, the Soul-Spirit Self, overriding the messaging from the Three Layers of Ego that are the main frequency spectrums used in Electronic harassment and Mind Control.


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Chris Pratt to Produce 'Standard Asset'; Sim Richardson to Star in the Action-Comedy
By Arpita Roy
Can. You. Believe. It!!! Chris Pratt is ready to produce his next new action-comedy and if you are all ears, I am here to explain and talk all about it.
This would probably be Chris Pratt's first take to produce a movie. However, we are glad that he is doing it though. The title of his new comedy slash action movie is Standard Asset.
Furthermore, the movie will see Sam Richardson, who was the co-writer of the film along with Jen D'Angelo. We know Sam Richardson from epic movies like The Tomorrow War and Veep.
Tomorrow's War also stars Pratt and D'Angelo, and thus, the three of them seem to have a history together. The movie was produced by Chris Pratt along with him playing a major role in it whereas D'Angelo, the author of the movie who is also known for her well-known devotion to Hocus Pocus 2.
There isn't a lot that has been revealed about the action-comedy right now but looking at the trio here, we can't expect anything less than what we are gonna get from Universal Pictures.
Chris Pratt's Another Take as a "Producer"
The film currently is under covers and not being spoken about a lot.
Simply put, Sam Richardson is going to star in Standard Asset along with Jen D'Angelo by his sides and Chris Pratt will be the one producing it for Universal Pictures.
Under the Indivisible Productions banner, Pratt is all in for producing. However, there's a deal with Universal which involves the first-look announcement.
Standard Asset is no less than the sci-fi blockbuster that people are talking about comparing it with The Tomorrow War.
Richardson, who is been having a great time was spotted last in Werewolves inside, a horror-comedy. Moreover, he is also ready to be a part of The afterparty for Chris Miller and Phil Lord at Apple TV+. Furthermore, he was also seen in Superintelligence from HBO Max's.
He is also known for his talents like acting, producing, and writing. He is also a renowned SAG Award winner.
D'Angelo, is a well-known writer, actor, and producer. She also bagged a recent deal with Netflix, which is an Untitled Sister Comedy that stars Awkwafina and Sandra Oh. The on-set writer for The Tomorrow War and Hocus-Pocus 2 has been popular for a lot many reasons.
Offer, Rise Management and Sloan, Weber, UTA, and Dern are the ones representing Pratt. Richardson's representation includes Artists First Inc., UTA, Klein Michael A. Auerbach. D'Angelo's representation has attorneys Ginsburg Daniels LLP, UTA, and Artists First Inc.
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Combining art, history
SUBMITTED PHOTO From left: Ashley Gorel, Deanna Holbert, Rogemarie Navarrette and Francheliz DeJesus. Taylor Swingle also had artwork submitted.
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, Carbondale Area Jr./Sr. High School students from the art class of Lizz Smith created posters that will be sent to Ohio where they will be enlarged and judged then returned to be displayed at the Steamtown Marketplace in Scranton.
The 19th Amendment, made in 1920, prohibited the states from denying the right to vote based on sex.
Tenth-grade student Francheliz DeJesus enjoyed the project.
"I found that doing the research for my poster was fun and made me feel empowered," DeJesus said. "The work pushed me out of my comfort zone artistically because I had never painted on a true canvas before. It's inspiring for me to think about what we take for granted for today was fought long and hard for by the women who came before us in history."


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What exactly happens to the string?
Does the pointer automatically assign an address to store the string and point itself to that address?
How does "dereferencing" works in pointers to strings?

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Q: I see strings often assigned to pointers during initialization.

I think, what you are calling as string is actually a string literal.
According to C11 standard, chapter §6.4.5

A character string literal is a sequence of zero or more multibyte characters enclosed in
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The representation, "xyz" produces the address of the first element of the string literal which is then stored into the pointer, as you've seen in the initialization time.

Q: Does the pointer automatically assign an address to store the string and point itself to that address?

A: No, the memory for storing the string literal is allocated at compile time by the compiler. Whether a string literal is stored in a read only memory or read-write memory is compiler dependent. Standard only mentions that any attempt to modify a string literal results in undefined behavior.

Q:  How does "dereferencing" works in pointers to strings?

A: Just the same way as it happens in case of another pointer to any other variable.


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Maryland Thoroughbred Hall of Fame Inductees: Jameela and Jay Trump
Posted by The Biz | May 10, 2013 | Maryland, MD Breeding, MD Racing, Top Stories | 0 |
In a series that began yesterday (here), we're focusing on the inaugural class of the Maryland Thoroughbred Hall of Fame, whose achievements will be celebrated at Pimlico on Saturday, May 11, prior to the first post.
With this evening's two horses, we're past the halfway mark. In this piece, we look at Jameela, the first Maryland-bred to top $1 million in career earnings — she's the one who broke Find's career earnings mark — and Jay Trump, one of the great steeplechase horses and already a resident of the National Hall of Fame.
JAMEELA
Betty Worthington saved the best for last.
The longtime Maryland breeder left the business in the 1970s, but not before bestowing on the game this dark bay daughter of Rambunctious — who was 26 at the time — out of Asbury Mary, by Seven Corners. Jameela, Arabic for beautiful, was the last horse to carry the Worthington colors — and how she carried them!
In a career that saw her pass $1 million in earnings and win multiple Grade I events, she also put a hammerlock on Maryland-bred awards. She earned Maryland-bred three year-old filly of the year in 1979 after winning five stakes and followed that up by winning the next three Maryland-bred older filly or mare trophies. In the last two of those years, 1981 and 1982, she was Maryland-bred Horse of the Year.
Worthington sold her in 1981 to Peter Brant, and Jameela continued her winning ways, knocking down three more stakes, before an injury ended her career. In her too brief time as a broodmare, she produced only two foals — but one of those, Gulch, won an Eclipse Award as top sprinter and became an important sire.
Learn more at the Maryland Thoroughbred Hall of Fame website.
JAY TRUMP
Jay Trump was a terrible racehorse — on the flat.
Over jumps, on the other hand, was a different story. Over jumps, he was truly magnificent.
The modestly bred son of Tonga Prince out of the Bernborough mare Be Trump won 13 of 21 steeplechase starts, after going winless in eight tries on the flat.
Bred by Jan Sensenich, he learned his trade under the tutelage of trainer Bobby Fenwick, but after a victory in the Maryland Hunt Cup — and a disagreement between Fenwick and owner Mrs. Mary Stephenson — Mikey Smithwick took over training duties. Under Smithwick, Jay Trump five of seven races in 1964, including the My Lady's Manor, the Grand National, and the Maryland Hunt Cup — the Timber Triple Crown.
Jay Trump – shown here in fourth – came in third at the Grand Steeplechase de Paris at Auteuil. Photo from the Maryland Thoroughbred Hall of Fame.
And then came his greatest feat: In 1965, Jay Trump became the first American-bred, owned and ridden horse to win perhaps the greatest of all steeplechases, the English Grand National.
Jay Trump's racing career ended in 1966 and in 1971, he was inducted into the National Racing Hall of Fame. He lived to the ripe old age of 32, and his remains are buried at the finish line of the Kentucky Horse Park's steeplechase course near Lexington, Ky.
(Featured photo is Jameela, Photo by Double J Photography. At the end of her career, Laurel held a farewell for the great racemare. In the picture, Cowboy Jack Kaenel is in the irons, as owner Peter Brant leads her in the winners' circle.)
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Can shortness of breath cause diaphragm strain?
Can shortness of breath/heavy breathing cause diaphragm strain/sprain?
I often have severe tightness below my ribs (more pressure than pain). It is sometimes oppressive and causes me to walk leaning forward. My doctors shrug their shoulders and have no answers.
Thank you for your reply Lynnilene, My pulminologist will be tired by the time he has finished my consultation, I have so many questions as I have not been seen by one before. Although I do believe that my lung function test results done will give me more idea of why I am so uncomfortable. It is such a waiting game, but I have ti be infection clear for a certain length of time so it has been delayed, and my nurse cannot refer me to pulminologist until she as done the test as you may well be aware.
Susanmarie. Good that you have your questions prepared! I hope your appt. Wed. was informative. Have you had the Pulmonary Function tests yet?
Hi Lynnilene. No not had it yet, had a bit of a bad spell and back on more steroids, my doctor is reffering me to pulmonary rehabilitation, so i will have more support in manageing my bteathing control etc, i return in 3wks to see if my right lung ready for my function test and flu and pneumonia jabs, thank you for asking .
Hi Lynnilene and thanks for your post. Besides the references that Allyson provided you with, I thought you also might find it helpful to look over this material on COPD and posture: https://copd.net/answers/posture/. This may provide you with a bit more insight for your concerns.
Thank you for this link Leon, it was very helpful.
It's my pleasure, Susanmarie. I'm so glad to hear you've found the information to be so helpful. It's why we're all here!
thanks Leon! This is useful info…and somewhat validating.
Hi again Lynnilene – that's good to hear! I was hoping somewhere in our responses we'd hit the right information for you. Keep up the good work!
I hope this helps you a bit! Please let us know if we can be of further assistance! I am glad you are part of the community!
Hi Allyson, I am finding this post very helpful, as I have been suffering from very much the same, made worse by cold air, one question I do need answering is why do I feel so much in my back just where a bra strap would lie, this is very uncomfortable and makes me stoop forwards.
Not diagnosing, just making an observation. We use our chest/rib muscles when we breathe. In labored breathing, we may put more strain on those muscles. ( and cold air can influence our breathing) My Pulmonologist and GP Dr.s can give me no answer. I am now looking into bodywork/therapy…for someone to work on my muscles.
Do let us know if your Pulmonologist/lung Dr. has any answers about your muscle pain.


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Loan charge under review: Government's tax policy set to be challenged under EU law
A fresh attempt to judicially review the government's controversial disguised remuneration policy is being launched, and its backers have already secured 85% of the £180,000 needed to test whether the loan charge breaches EU law
Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
Published: 17 Sep 2020 9:57
The government's controversial loan charge policy could be subject to a judicial review for breaching European Union (EU) law, now that 85% of the £180,000 needed to fund a fresh legal challenge against it has been raised.
The policy, introduced in November 2017, is geared towards recouping the taxes HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) claims individuals avoided paying between 9 December 2010 and 5 April 2019 by taking part in loan-based remuneration schemes.
Participants in such schemes would be remunerated for all or part of the work they did in the form of non-taxable loans, in lieu of a salary, which would typically be paid to them by an offshore employee benefits trust (EBT).
The government's loan charge policy has sought to clamp down on the use of these schemes, with HMRC taking the view that because the loans were never intended to be repaid, they should be reclassified as income and taxed accordingly.
As a result, tens of thousands of individuals – including a sizeable number of IT contractors – have found themselves on the receiving end of life-changing tax bills relating to their past use of loan schemes.
As previously reported by Computer Weekly, concerns about the ability of those caught within the scope of the policy to pay back the sums of money HMRC is seeking have been repeatedly raised by a campaign group and the cross-party Loan Charge All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) of MPs.
This, in turn, has led to calls for all retrospective elements of the policy to be scrapped, and has seen MPs make abortive attempts to have amendments made to the Finance Bill along those lines.
Following the publication of an independent review into the policy in December 2019, the original 20-year time period it covers was scaled back by about 11 years, resulting in an estimated 11,000 people falling out of its scope.
The policy has also been subject to a crowd-funded judicial review, which sought to have the policy scrapped on human rights grounds. This challenge was dismissed by the High Court, but is in the process of being appealed.
A separate, crowd-funded effort to judicially review the policy on the basis that it breaches EU law is now being embarked upon by a group of individuals affected by the loan charge, with links to the Loan Charge Action Group campaign team.
Banding together under the Loan Charge Judicial Review EU (LCJREU) banner, the group has set out its plans to legally challenge the policy both in England and Scotland concurrently, by demonstrating that it breaches EU law.
Read more about the loan charge policy
Thousands of IT contractors are at risk of financial ruin as HMRC pursues them for tax it claims they owe on work they did up to two decades ago and were reimbursed for via loan remuneration schemes. Computer Weekly investigates.
The IT contractor community shares its verdict on the UK government's plans to revamp its controversial loan charge policy, which has left thousands of people facing life-changing tax bills and financial ruin.
Thousands of IT contractors are being pursued by HMRC for "life-changing" tax bills for work they did up to 20 years ago, as part of a disguised remuneration clampdown known as the loan charge policy. One of those affected anonymously shares his take on what it's like to live with a six-figure tax demand hanging over you.
"Under EU law, there are four fundamental rights and one of those rights is the 'freedom of movement of capital', which LCJREU is seeking to prove is undermined by the loan charge," said LCJREU in a statement.
"If successful, then EU law overrides the domestic law and the enforcement of the loan charge would be invalidated."
The challenge is being raised on the back of a joint opinion shared by legal experts Richard Clayton QC of Exchequer Chambers, who specialises in judicial reviews, and EU law specialist Nik Grubeck of Monckton Chambers.
According to the pair, a challenge against the loan charge based on EU law arguments has a "better than 50% chance of success", prompting LCJREU spokesman Andrew Earnshaw to declare the challenge as the "last and best hope" for those caught in the scope of the policy.
The group has already secured 85% of the £180,000 needed to begin judicial review proceedings.
"We believe that LCJREU is the last and best hope of challenging the loan charge legally and urge people facing the loan charge to chip in and fund it, to make it happen," said Earnshaw in a statement.
"This is the only judicial review that, if it succeeds, would stop enforcement of the loan charge. Other judicial reviews can only challenge certain decisions made relating to it, but would leave the loan charge in place. So we urge all those facing the loan charge to contribute to LCJREU to allow this challenge to happen."
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How to Apply: Eligible Candidates apply in the prescribed application format. Separate application for each category as per prescribed application format to be sent, in a closed envelope super scribed 'APPLICATION FOR SPORTS QUOTA RECRUITMENT FOR THE YEAR 2018-2019' by post to "The Chairman, Railway Recruitment Cell, Eastern Railway, 56, C.R. Avenue, RITES Building, 1st Floor, Kolkata - 700012" OR to be dropped in the box placed at ground floor in front of the Eastern Railway Sports Association's (ERSA) Office at the said address during office hours except Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays.
The last date for receipt of applications is 26/11/2018 up to 17:30 Hours. For candidates residing abroad and Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram. Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim, Jammu & Kashmir, Lahaul & Spiti districts and Pangi Sub Division of Chamba District of Himachal Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep Islands: the closing date and time is 11/12/2018 at 17:30 Hrs.


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Zack Hawkins, Running in NC House District 31
After 20 terms in the NC House, legendary civil rights activist and statesman Henry "Mickey" Michaux is retiring from the General Assembly. Stepping in to run for his District 31 House seat is Zack Hawkins, well known Democratic activist from Durham. Hawkins was one of 13 "superdelegates" from North Carolina at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. He's also 2nd
Zack Hawkins with Mickey Michaux
Vice Chair of the North Carolina Democratic Party and works for the office of student affairs at UNC-Chapel Hill. He previously was Director of Development at East Carolina University.
In 2008, when Hawkins was chair of the North Carolina Young Democrats, he was featured in a Bob Geary article in the Independent Weekly as one of three up-and-coming African-American men in the state:
Zack Hawkins grew up in the tiny town of Chocowinity, in Beaufort County, where his grandmother and mother were school board members, church was central, and his parents always said, "Doing the right thing is the right thing to do." He caught a break when a high school science teacher plugged him into biology, which helped him land an internship at an environmental institute in RTP. He got another break in 2000 when Democrats reached out to the HBCUs—historically black colleges and universities—while he was the vice president of student government at Elizabeth City State University.
Twice bitten, he landed in Durham where he earned his master's degree in biology at N.C. Central University and a "Ph.D. in politics" by working on campaigns for U.S. Rep. David Price and U.S. Senate candidate Erskine Bowles. Four years ago, he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention, where he heard Obama's stunning keynote address and felt he was "in the moment" of history.
Michaux last had a Republican opponent in the general election of 2014. He often ran for his 20 terms (first elected to the House in 1982) without Republican opposition. Since it's now an open seat, the Republicans would be crazy lazy not to put up a candidate, but at the moment there's no announced person willing to run under the GOP label.
Zack Hawkins will be hard to beat.
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Brush Master
$12.00 / Sold out
Published by Half Letter Press
By Jasper "Mississippi" Travis - Brush Master, Kyle Long, Douglas Kearney, Sam Roberts, Tatjana Rebelle, Produced and edited by Stuart Hyatt, Design by Janneane and Benjamin Blevins, Illustration by Sam Roberts.
"An epic collaboration honoring the work of the Indianapolis sign painter known as the Brush Master!
"(This zine starts with an interview with) Jasper "Mississippi" Travis, who paints signs under the name Brush Master, describing his start and evolution as a sign painter, as well as the philosophy behind his approach. In the center-spread, artist and poet Douglas Kearney uses his own lettering and design scheme to reflect on the cultural significance of the Brush Master. In a short but unusually rich essay titled "Drum machines have no soul: the enduring appeal of hand-painted signs" writer Sam Roberts contextualizes the Brush Master's work within the history of sign painting and supplies a smart guide to recommended reading and viewing for those who want more. Finally, Tatjana Rebelle, a writer and activist who grew up seeing signs by the Brush Master around Indianapolis, crafts verses inspired by his work.
"Rather than reprinting photos of these signs, Kyle Long's original photos were rendered as illustrations by these brilliant designers, along with geometric abstractions of Brush Master sign locations. The result is a three color RISO-printed production that hopefully feels true to the spirit of the source material."
From the back cover, by Kyle Long:
At the height of his activity in the early 2000s, the Brush Master's artwork covered an enormous span of the Indianapolis cityscape. For me, his once-omnipresent hand-painted signs are an important component of the visual aesthetic of Indianapolis. His hand-painted signs represent a dying tradition in a world increasingly dominated by technology and the generic corporate design of chain stores and franchises.The Brush Master's work is threatened by the ever-expanding intrusion of gentrification in downtown Indianapolis, a reminder that we need to protect our cultural assets.
2018 | 48 pages, half-size, three colour risograph throughout


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When you ask your child to put something away, are you met with a blank stare? Does your child begin to follow multi-step instructions and then stop because she can't remember the next step?
Following directions is an essential life skill, yet it can be tough to learn — especially for children with developmental challenges.
Why Do Some Children Struggle with Following Directions?
Following directions depends on several other skills, including hearing, language processing, understanding (vocabulary and concepts), attending, sequencing, and working memory. Some children have difficulty in one or more of these areas, which in turn effects their ability to follow directions.
Why is Following Directions Important?
Following directions is at the heart of learning and can directly impact a child's ability to perform daily routines, develop socially, and to be academically successful within the classroom. Struggling with this task can negatively affect a child's functioning at home and school, ability to make friends, self-esteem, and behavior.
What are Milestones for Following Directions?
3 – 4 years: Follows 2-3 step related and unrelated commands (go get the ball, put it in the toy box, and come here).
What are Red Flags for Difficulty Following Directions?
How Can You Help Your Child Learn to Follow Directions?
Make eye contact – this helps ensure that you have your child's attention.
Use simple, direct, and specific language – rather than could you please go and pick up your toy, try please get your block. Or, rather than would you please clean up your room, try please put your dirty clothes in your hamper.
Ask your child to repeat the instructions – this lets you know she heard you, and reinforces her understanding of what you said.
Break down multi-step directions – if you want your child to put her shoes away and start her homework, say please put your shoes next to the door. When she has done that, then say please bring your homework to the kitchen table.
Use first and then – this helps your child do things in the correct order: first put on your shoes and then go outside.
Use visuals – for non-readers, try using images for common instructional tasks. For example, if your child has trouble sequencing the steps involved in brushing her teeth, create a drawing of the steps and tape it to the bathroom mirror. If your child is a reader, write instructions down so she can refer to the paper if she needs to.
Encourage asking for clarification – tell your child to ask for help! Seeking clarification, in itself, is a valuable language skill, so encourage her to and praise her for doing it.
If your child already works with a speech-language therapist, be sure to align your at-home efforts with therapy activities and goals. If your child does not work with a speech-language therapist and your at-home efforts aren't effective (or she exhibits difficulty in other areas of language), a skilled speech-language therapist can help you evaluate her challenges and needs.


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Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters Daybreak: Special Gigs Review
Dan Thompson October 1, 2016
I've always been partial to the movie Ghostbusters ever since I was a child. And while bustin' ghosts made me feel good, I had always been fascinated by how Japanese culture described and entailed the supernatural.
Based alone by the concept that's presented by name alone, Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters sounded like a game that would have limitless potential for my desires to bust ghosts juxtaposed by an anime aesthetic. The game received a 7/10 from our very own Nicky Coales who concluded that Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters "was good; if visual novels are your thing then you should enjoy it enough to carry on playing for the story aspect. The hunting parts are actually alright once you know what you're doing; it plays just like a tactics game. The choices aren't really fun and more or less ruin the game, but the art style really picks this up. For these reasons I'm giving this game a 7, as for the most part it is actually a decent game, it's just the gameplay that unfortunately lets it down. But if you can push this aside, you may actually enjoy yourself."
While Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters was somewhat underwhelming, Daybreak Special Digs promises to have many of the improvements players like me were looking for. Ranging from translation improvements, added background visuals, smoother displays, and more voice-acting (while still only in Japanese).
The game looks gorgeous on PC, in full 1080p I can fully appreciate the artwork that's presented to me. While the episodic nature of the story is much more suited for portable play. I was still engrossed and was able to play the game in long-sittings (save for some certain situations I encountered with the "improved" combat). I enjoyed the voice-acting that resonated through my headphones, and it was very calming to be able to play this sort of game on a much larger screen.
As for the story, there isn't much different from the original game that was released on PS3 and Vita around a year ago, I wasn't particularly fond of the narrative and writing back then, but the translation has improved greatly. Where what used to be just a simple "…" is dialogue that extends character behavior and explanations. Apart from translation differences, there are additions to the story as well.
On one hand, the included Daybreak Episodes add to the somewhat short visual novel aspect of the original Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters. But otherwise, I felt as if the brief direction the story took, wasn't something that needed to be fixed save for some writing problems. I did enjoy however, the new characters that were added. By far, my favorite was a gunslinger-ghosthunter that looked straight from an 80's manga.
Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters has potential that's rooted deep within its concept. However, while the battle system has some concepts that could be considered improvements. In some ways, it makes the entire concept of the battle-system completely distracting and disappointing.
The battle-system is similar to that of a turn-based strategy game. However, there's little to be seen here. You move on grids, controlling multiple characters. Unfortunately that means that you aren't going to be able to rely on the battle-system on parts that are almost entirely based around luck. This leads to some very frustrating experiences in the game. There's so many ways that this could've been executed better, and when a JRPG's battle system doesn't rely on the strategic skill of the player–then it becomes synonymous throughout all those ranging from experience to assume that the mechanics are unfair.
There's a lot of creativity under the gorgeous aesthetic that's presented in Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters, but as stated before–the game is marred by an unfortunate battle-system. With its mostly unsurprising story however, I can't exactly recommend it to anyone. I had hoped that with this entire year of development, that Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters: Daybreak Special Gigs would be able to establish this franchise to status among the other niche Japanese titles on PC. But unfortunately, the additions can't deter me from the ultimately disappointing combat.
REVIEW CODE: A complimentary PC code was provided to Brash Games for this review. Please send all review code enquiries to editor@brashgames.co.uk.
Dan Thompson given free games by Brash Games in exchange for his reviews. As such all reviews belong to Brash Games and must not be reproduced under any circumstances. (© 2010 - 2017 All Rights Reserved).
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Analogplanet posts files here containing a minute's worth of music recorded at 96/24 resolution taken from the stupendous sounding out of print Wilson Audiophile LP Winds of War and Peace (W8823). Our thanks to Dave Wilson of Wilson Audio Specialties who originally engineered it with Bruce Leek and Joseph Magee, and granted us permission to use it.
The recording of the National Symphonic Winds conducted by Lowell Graham was minimally miked using Sennheisers and captured to 30IPS ½" analog tape on John Curl's Ultramaster reel to reel deck. The sound of the enormous bass drum is absolutely sensational as you will hear. Be prepared.
Which phono preamplifier will you think sounds best? The Rega Aria? the Lehmann Black Cube SE II, the P.S. Audio NuWave Phono Converter, the Musical Fidelity M1 ViNL or the Ypsilon VPS-100?
The first four moderately priced units were tested using a Pro-Ject Xtension10 turntable ($2995) and Transfiguration Phoenix MC cartridge ($4249). The Ypsilon ($26,000+ $6000 for the "L" series transformer) was paired with the new Lyra Etna cartridge ($6995), mounted on the Kuzma 4 Point tonearm ($6500) installed on the Continuum Caliburn (don't ask).
You'll find reviews of the first three on analogplanet.com. The $1199 Musical Fidelity M1 ViNL was reviewed a few years ago in Stereophile and used as a benchmark in the Aria and Lehmann reviews.
The ultra-expensive front end was thrown in just as a reference, though none of these files will be identified so you will be traveling "blind." After listening, please vote for your favorite. When we have a sufficient number of votes we will reveal which was which. Enjoy!
Here are the five files: Right click on PC or Control click on a Mac to download to your desktop.
Below you will find ten 96K/24 bit FLAC files, each containing a version of "Spider And the Fly" from Myra Taylor's double 45rpm album My Night to Dream (Analogue Productions APO 2017).
Each was recorded using one of ten different cartridges, nine of which were mounted on a VPI Traveler connected to a Graham Slee Era Gold Mk. V MM phono preamp.
The tenth is Ortofon's $8499 Anna, which was mounted on the Continuum Cobra tonearm, Caliburn turntable combo connected to a Ypsilon MC-16 step transformer and VPS-100 phono preamp. That file is the "control" against which the others should be compared, except it will not be identified as such. None of the files, all created using a moderately priced HRT LineStreamer+ analog to digital converter, will be identified.
If you so choose, you can download the FLAC files and using a USB DAC, play them through your audio system. This will enable you to compare each cartridge's rendering of the same song and your judgments without knowing which was which. Should you choose, you can vote for your favorite and in addition, in the comment section, we welcome your top three or top five favorites.
All are moving magnet designs, with the exception of the Grado Gold 1, which is a moving iron and the Sumiko Blue Point EVO III, which is high output moving coil design.
While the cartridges are listed above in order of price, the files are not! The are organized randomly. Right click on PC or Control click on a Mac to download to your desktop.
In a few weeks we will reveal their identities. In addition, because I'm sure some if not many of you will not take the time to download and listen, I will review each from my perspective and include the specs (etc.).
In addition, if you like the track (I didn't get sick of it and I listened dozens of times), HDTracks has generously given us a discount download code if you are so digitally inclined. Also note that the album is available on CD and SACD as well as on vinyl.
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Vaccines are a one-size-fits-all solution created for a diverse population. See the problem?
It?s no secret that vaccines are riddled with risks and side effects. Though the current debate surrounding vaccines is often polarizing, it is still imperative for everyone to think critically about the state of vaccine requirements and legislation, as well as the various effects it could have on our country?s posterity.
Vaccines have seemingly received an exempted status when it comes to acknowledgement of possible side effects. Though side effects of over-the-counter medication are heavily advertised and displayed, parents are often ill-informed when it comes to the detrimental and recognized side effects of vaccines.
A ?vaccine injury? is the legal term for a disability, illness, or condition brought on by a vaccination. It is an interesting turn of phrase, considering death is legally regarded as a vaccine injury.
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, it is recommended that an infant receives the Hepatitis B, Rotavirus, Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Haemophilus Influenzae Type B, Pneumococcal, Inactivated Poliovirus, Influenza, Measles/Mumps/Rubella, Varicella, and Hepatitis A vaccines all before their first birthday.
A few side effects of these ten vaccines include: anaphylaxis, anaphylactic shock, chronic arthritis, thrombocytopenic purpura, and death. These are, of course, just a few immediate conditions periodically manifested after vaccine administration.
On the Center of Disease Controls? website, a colorful vaccine checklist is provided as a resource for parents. The list outlines the recommended time frame for children receiving vaccinations. Next to each vaccine there is a convenient checkbox for those who wish to make their child?s vaccination schedule feel more like a scavenger hunt. Little emphasis is made on parents creating a plan of action made in conjunction with their doctor based on personal beliefs, concerns, or up-to-date research.
Vaccines go beyond the guise of public health.
In a perfect world, children would be safe and healthy without the need for consistent and gratuitous medical intervention. However, it is unclear if we will reach a point where medical decisions are comfortably determined between parents and doctors. This is especially true with the recent Senate Bill 277 (SB277) being signed into law in California this past June.
SB277, which goes into full effect August 2016, removes many vaccine requirement exemptions for families wishing to enter California public or private schools. This includes the Personal Beliefs Exemption (commonly referred to as the PBE), which has been an ally to thousands of California parents who wish to choose some or no vaccines for their children.
Now more than ever, vaccines are a public issue. Education equality is a civil rights matter. Though the demographic of those now lacking access to education is different, they should not be ignored. California is only the beginning; it is anticipated that the intertwining of vaccination rights and access to education will continue throughout the nation.
The California Chiropractic Association has made its vaccine position clear: parents possess the right to choose when it comes to medical interventions and decisions made on behalf of their children. Acknowledging that there is no vaccine without risk, the CCA is supportive of alternative courses of action regarding vaccinations.
This position is especially true at DeMoss Chiropractic, where we believe in the parents? right to choose which vaccines, if any, are appropriate for their child and that these choices should not limit a child?s access to education. Above all, we believe in informed choices. This is why we frequently host vaccine workshops open to the public. Visit our Workshops page for more information.
Join us as the vaccine debate continues at Cal Jam, March 18th-20th 2016 as Dr. Sherri Tenpenny and Dr. Andrew Wakefield take the stage to speak on their research regarding vaccine risk and injury. Cal Jam is an annual event which exists to awaken, educate, and empower an ever expanding community of people who seek the truth regarding health and sustainability. Visit caljam.org for tickets and more information.