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David M. Potter's Pulitzer Prize-winning The Impending Crisis is the definitive history of antebellum America. Potter's sweeping epic masterfully charts the chaotic forces that climaxed with the outbreak of the Civil War: westward expansion, the divisive issue of slavery, the Dred Scott decision, John Brown's uprising, the ascension of Abraham Lincoln, and the drama of Southern secession.
If you are looking for a very detailed accounting of Prussian history this is it.
The fighting that raged in the East during the First World War was every bit as fierce as that on the Western Front, but the titanic clashes between three towering empires - Russia, Austro-Hungary, and Germany - remains a comparatively unknown facet of the Great War. With the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the war in 2014, Collision of Empires is a timely expose of the bitter fighting on this forgotten front - a clash that would ultimately change the face of Europe forever.
Richard J. Evans's gripping narrative ranges across a century of social and national conflicts, from the revolutions of 1830 and 1848 to the unification of both Germany and Italy, from the Russo-Turkish wars to the Balkan upheavals that brought this era of relative peace and growing prosperity to an end. The first single-volume history of the century, this comprehensive and sweeping account gives the listener a magnificently human picture of Europe in the age when it dominated the rest of the globe.
In The Vanquished, a highly original and gripping work of history, Robert Gerwarth asks us to think again about the true legacy of the First World War. In large part it was not the fighting on the Western Front that proved so ruinous to Europe's future but the devastating aftermath, as countries on both sides of the original conflict were savaged by revolutions, pogroms, mass expulsions, and further major military clashes.
Historian Sean McMeekin traces the events that ended Romanov rule, ushered the Bolsheviks into power, and introduced communism to the world. Between 1917 and 1922, Russia underwent a complete and irreversible transformation. Taking advantage of the collapse of the Tsarist regime in the middle of World War I, the Bolsheviks staged a hostile takeover of the Russian Imperial Army, promoting mutinies and mass desertions of men in order to fulfill Lenin's program of turning the "imperialist war" into civil war.
The terrible conflict that dominated the mid-19th century, the Crimean War, killed at least 800,000 men and pitted Russia against a formidable coalition of Britain, France and the Ottoman Empire. It was a war for territory, provoked by fear that if the Ottoman Empire were to collapse then Russia could control a huge swathe of land from the Balkans to the Persian Gulf. But it was also a war of religion, driven by a fervent, populist and ever more ferocious belief by the Tsar and his ministers that it was Russia's task to rule all Orthodox Christians and control the Holy Land.
For the first time in decades, here, in a single volume, is a fresh look at the fabled Tudor dynasty, comprising some of the most enigmatic figures ever to rule a country. Acclaimed historian G. J. Meyer reveals the flesh-and-bone reality in all its wild excess.
The Arms of Krupp brings to life Europe's wealthiest, most powerful family, a 400-year German dynasty that developed the world's most technologically advanced weapons, from cannons to submarines to antiaircraft guns; provided arms to generations of German leaders, including the Kaiser and Hitler; operated private concentration camps during the Nazi era; survived conviction at Nuremberg; and wielded enormous influence on the course of world events.
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In The Pity of War, Niall Ferguson makes a simple and provocative argument: that the human atrocity known as the Great War was entirely England's fault. Britain, according to Ferguson, entered into war based on nave assumptions of German aims-and England's entry into the war transformed a Continental conflict into a world war, which they then badly mishandled, necessitating American involvement.
Drawing on more than a half-century of research and teaching, Dennis Showalter presents a fresh perspective on the German Army during World War I. Showalter surveys an army at the heart of a national identity, driven by - yet also defeated by - warfare in the modern age, that struggled to capitalize on its victories, and ultimately forgot the lessons of its defeat.
Between 1929 and 1945, two great travails were visited upon the American people: the Great Depression and World War II. This Pulitzer Prize–winning history tells the story of how Americans endured, and eventually prevailed, in the face of those unprecedented calamities. The Depression was both a disaster and an opportunity. As David Kennedy vividly demonstrates, the economic crisis of the 1930s was far more than a simple reaction to the alleged excesses of the 1920s.
Good summary of a pivotal time.
After years of bitter debate, the United States declared war on Imperial Germany on April 6, 1917, plunging the country into the savage European conflict that would redraw the map of the continent - and the globe. The World Remade is an engrossing chronicle of America's pivotal, still controversial intervention into World War I, encompassing the tumultuous politics and towering historical figures that defined the era and forged the future.
When it declared war, the United States was the youngest of the major powers and militarily the weakest by far. On November 11, 1918, when the fighting stopped, it was not only the richest country on earth but the mightiest. With the mercurial, autocratic President Woodrow Wilson as a primary focus, G. J. Meyer takes listeners from the heated deliberations over US involvement, through the provocations and manipulations that drew us into the fight, to the battlefield itself and the shattering aftermath of the struggle. America's entry into the Great War helped make possible the defeat of Germany that had eluded Britain, France, Russia, and Italy in three and a half years of horrendous carnage. Victory, in turn, led to a peace treaty so ill conceived, so vindictive, that the world was put on the road to an even bloodier confrontation a mere 20 years later.
On the home front, Meyer recounts the breakup of traditional class structures, the rise of the progressive and labor movements, the wave of anti-German hysteria, and the explosive expansion of both the economy and federal power, including shocking suspensions of constitutional protections that planted the seeds of today's national security state. Here also are revealing portraits of Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Cabot Lodge, Robert La Follette, Eugene Debs, and John J. "Black Jack" Pershing, among others, as well as European leaders such as "Welsh Wizard" David Lloyd George of Britain, "Tiger" Georges Clemenceau of France, and Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany.
Meyer interweaves the many strands of his story into a gripping narrative that casts new light on one of the darkest, most forgotten corners of US history. In the grand tradition of his earlier work A World Undone - which centered on the European perspective - The World Remade adds a new, uniquely American dimension to our understanding of the seminal conflict of the 20th century.
I recommend this without hesitation. I have two other histories from Mr. Myer in my library, the prequel to this one " A World Undone" ( a history of WW!) and his history of the Tudors. I consider this ( " A World Remade") to be his best.
First what it is not. It is not a detailed history of the causes of,or events leading to and which occurred during, World War I (with heroic Britain, France and then America standing up against the evil German Empire). Neither is it a detailed recitation of the various battles (in other words, it was not co-authored by Max Hastings). It is, rather, a fascinating description of American society before, during and after the War, and a disturbing one at that.
Most startling is Mr. Myer's descriptions ( he gives many, many examples) of the extent to which President Wilson ( and Congress) suspended civil liberties almost completely after the war began. People could be, and were, jailed for upwards of 10, 15, 20 years merely for criticizing either himself or the war effort. Newspapers were shut down. Journalists were jailed. Unless one was "100% American" ( no ethnics need apply) they were shunned, mistreated, put out of business. Criticism of any kind was not tolerated - one bit.
He concludes, less interesting for me, with a detailed description of Wilson's post-War attempts to establish the League of Nations, resisted by Congress and the Senate.
Unlike the most recent (and worth reading/listening to) biography of President Wilson by Scott Berg, mostly supportive of the man, Meyer is very critical of the President, describing him as self-righteous, intolerant, and rigid.
Mr. Meyer repeats his usual pattern of breaking up the chapters with "Background" information, all interesting in and of themselves. His prose is clear, concise.
No problem with Mr. Shapiro's narration, Always a critical factor for me when I am ordering the book.
As a fan of The World Undone, I looked forward to The World Remade and was not disappointed. It offers a great overall view of the period with many anecdotes that give it a more intimate feel. Additionally, it is refreshing to have an author go into detail to expose the hypocrite that was Woodrow Wilson. This book looks closely at all the details and finds the good and bad with all characters, including Wilson. If you want an unvarnished read on this period (and one that does not glorify Wilson or shame Lodge reflexively) than this is the read for you.
Gripping! So very interesting and enlightening! I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn more about WWI, and what was going on in this country at that time. I especially enjoyed the background information at the end of each chapter.
The World Remade, by G.J. Meyer is the 'sequel' to his earlier work, A World Undone. That work is an exceptional history of the Great War and I recommend anyone considering The World Remade to read/listen to his other work first.
The World Remade focuses almost entirely on the United States during the war, and was very informative to me about where the US was extremely influential, and where they were not so much. It is focused primarily on the politics of the time, and the military events get relegated to a few chapters. However, as the US joined so late, and still was politically active from 1914-1917, it makes sense that most of the book would not be about the 6 months of combat US troops saw.
The book is very critical of President Wilson and his administration, and while I agree that he deserves this critism, it felt like the author was trying to exonerate the Germans from any wrongdoings besides being politically inept. The Allies are themselves cast as selfish and full of ulterior motives, and while they most certainly were, this is again done while German actions are defended by the author. As someone who has read much on the First World War, I was able to appreciate the German point of view that Meyer gives, but was aware that Meyer wasn't explaining the Allies' actions (i.e. the blockade of Germany) in the same light he did for Germany (i.e. unrestricted submarine warfare). A less aware listener may come away with a different impression.
Besides this, I do recommend The World Remade, and Rob Shapiro's wonderful narration made the 24+ hours a joy to listen to.
This is the third of My Meyer's histories that I have read, and it serves as a sort of companion book to Mr Meyer's other book on World War I, A World Undone. That book concerns itself with the lead up to World War I, the unsuccessful attempts to prevent the war from starting and the major events of the war. This book is almost entirely about the US actions during the period it called itself neutral and during the war itself, and so is a mostly political rather than military history, although there are sections describing how the US military worked with the British and French forces in France and some information about US led attacks. The book then covers actions by the US and the Allies (listed here as separate entities since the Wilson Administration always referred to the British and French as associates, and not as allies).
Mr Meyer's books have been extremely interesting to me, both because they are well written and because his books always seem to contain chapters giving background information that makes the main events more understandable. Almost half of the chapters in A World Remade cover background events both before and during this period, and give information that I, and perhaps others, were not aware of since the World War I period has not received as much attention as that of World War II in the last 30 or 40 years. In the background chapters in this book we hear about how the US had become an economic colossus during the 19th century, almost without noticing, and how Europe and the UK viewed the US, given that power, information about some of those figures who were important in the Wilson Administration, even if not much is taught about them today, the mystery about why the British passenger ship, the Lusitania, was where it was when she was torpedoed rather than where she should have been to be safe, about the strains of isolationism that ran through the US at the time as well as much, much more. This was particularly helpful to me because, even though I was well read about the US during the period leading up to World War II, I was not particularly familiar with the US of the 1910s.
Most histories, especially those concerning the last several hundred years, have a point of view, and this book is no different, and what struck me the most was the author's detailed explanation of the hubris of the Wilson Administration during these years. The Lusitania became an important event for the US because there were US passengers on board who died when it was sunk by a German submarine. The Lusitania was apparently carrying arms at the time she was sunk, and thus was a legitimate target for the Germans, but Wilson, against the advice of many of his advisors, insisted that US citizens had the right to safe passage on any ship, even warships sailing in declared war zones, and that Germany was to be held accountable for the loss of any US lives regardless of the rules of war as they existed in the years leading up to World War I.
Added to this are the questions about how the war changed Wilson who insisted prior to US entry into the war that the only way to end the war was with a treaty that avoided harsh treatment of the loser, only to become a champion of one of the harshest peace treaties of the modern era. Added to this we have the Wilson administration passing the Espionage Act (1917) and the Sedition Act (1918), and a variety of other laws intended to stop Americans from questioning US participation in World War I and his refusal after the war to accept even slight compromises to have the US Congress accept the League of Nations, and we have some idea of the hubris of his administration.
It seems too simplistic to suggest that Mr Meyer is more sympathetic to World War I Germany than to Great Britain and France, but he does make the point that World War I Germany was not World War II Germany and Kaiser Wilhelm II was not Adolph Hitler. The book details what we would today call war crimes on both sides, but debunks the idea that Germany committed the atrocities the British claimed they did in Holland during the invasion and occupation by showing that no Nuns were raped and no young boys had both of their hands cut off. He spends considerable time describing the British Blockade of Germany during the war and the effect that had on the civilian population, with the brunt of the resulting malnutrition and starvation falling on the elderly and the very young. While such actions, horrible as they may be, can be at least understood as the result of the excesses of war, it is more difficult to understand why the British continued the food blockage after Germany had asked for an armistice and demobilized its army.
The book is extremely well written, as have been all of Mr Meyer's histories that I have read, and is well narrated. I found this to be an extremely interesting book, well worth the time and I recommend it highly to any who are interested in US actions from 1914 through 1917 when the US entered the war and on through 1919 when the peace Treaty of Versailles was finally signed.
My feeling at the end of this book was disappointment and I don't know if it because of the book itself or what I learned about America's involvement in the war. The book itself is very Wilson-focused. Based on his style of leadership and prominent role in this era that is understandable, but I myself was quickly tired or hearing of Wilson. As portrayed by meyer, he seems an egotistical man whose leadership approach left the door open for all of his personal shortcomings to have too great an effect on his politics. If I was more interested in Wilson, I'd be interested to read a work by one of his admirers in order to judge Meyers assessment of him. As it stands, I do not admire Wilson after reading this and wish to know any more about the self absorbed man. In Wilson's favor, compared to the rest of the war-crazed country and politicians, one has to wonder if he was the best man for the job because even though he acted radically, he seems to have often represented the least (or lesser) radical stances.
While Meyers first book on ww1 positions America as the allies saviors in bringing an end to the war, this book certainly debunks any myth around America as the steady neutral world power who finally at the end decided to use their powers to bring the war to a close.
This book opened my eyes to the turmoil and nasty politics happening domestically for the us at this time, and also to the great profit America stood to gain by taking the non-neutral stance and supporting the allies.
The narration was a bit over dramatic for me, but easy to listen to.
In summary, I am left feeling the dirtiness of politics at this time, and the hypocrisy of a bunch of white men sitting on a room to decide the fate of the world. In this case, they failed us.
Very informative, very in depth analysis of WW1 Frontline and the US Homefront. How all these events from 100 years ago shaped much of the world we know today.
G J Meyer's first book World Undone written 10 years ago is an incredible work dealing with WW1 from the European perspective. This work is required reading in Great Britain for high school studies.
World Remade is Meyer's work dealing with the American involvement in WW1. The book in a granular fashion deals with America's decision to enter the War, the political climate in the USA prior to the War, Woodrow Wilson, the Treaty of Versailles, the League of Nations, and the Espionage Act which is still in effect 100 years later. In 2028 when political divisions are so evident in America, a Wirld Remade is a timely lesson to remind Americans that history repeats itself and that during WW1, America was divided and civil liberties were severely restricted. This is a great Audible selection.


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Erwin quarterback Kendrick Weaver has thrown for 12 touchdowns this season while leading the Warriors to a 4-1 mark. (Photo credit: Weaver).
Six weeks down, six weeks to go in the 2018 prep football regular season.
At the halfway point, Reynolds and Murphy have emerged as the favorites to win their conferences, not surprising for dominant programs who have been WNC's top two teams in terms of total wins over the past 10 years.
As they have been for several years, Mitchell and Mountain Heritage are once again the class of the Western Highlands Conference, and the winner of their showdown on Oct. 5 in Ledger will be the heavy favorite to go undefeated through league play.
And then there is the Mountain Six Conference.
While the other conferences – Western Mountain Athletic (23-27 overall record), Western Highlands (13-18) and Smoky Mountain (17-19) are bottom heavy with struggling teams – the Mountain Six is a combined 27-8.
There are the perennial powers like Pisgah (5-1), Franklin (4-2) and Hendersonville (4-2). And the upstarts - Brevard (5-1), East Henderson (5-1) and Smoky Mountain (4-1) - are also playing very well.
All teams are at least two games over .500, and conference play that begins Oct. 5 should be very interesting and exciting as teams battle for the league title and playoff berths.
The Gryphons' senior quarterback accounted for 358 yards of offense and five touchdowns in a 38-20 win over Cherryville.
He rushed for 248 yards and four scores and passed for 110 yards and a TD.
Nothing new for the leader of coach Jerry Cash's offense - in his fourth season with the program, McMullens has 6,837 yards of total offense.
After a slow start, the Bears' sophomore quarterback turned in his best game in a 54-6 rout of Polk County. Griffith was 15-of-17 for 268 yards and three scores. The youngster has thrown for 772 yards and seven scores while helping lead his team to a 5-1 start.
The Tigers' quarterback completed 15-of-19 passes for 190 yards and two TDs and rushed for 37 yards and a pair of scores in a 46-27 win over Andrews.
Stewart (1,087 yards passing, 8 TDs) has thrown for more than 1,000 yards in each of the past three seasons and has 4,230 career passing yards.
The Warriors' versatile receiver had 14 touches for 215 all-purpose yards and three scores in a 36-8 win over North Buncombe.
He caught eight passes for 99 yards and two TDS, rushed three times for 79 yards and a score and returned three punts for 37 yards.
Quarterback Kendrick Weaver (21-of-28, 257 yards, 2 TDs) turned in another stellar effort.
The Panthers' quarterback continued a sold season by completing 14-of-21 passes for 184 yards and two touchdowns in a 35-0 rout of Owen. Teammate Isaac Dewey paced the ground game with 11 rushes for 122 yards and a pair of TDs.
Gibson has thrown for 737 yards and eight scores this season.
The Maroon Devils' tailback ran 19 times for 161 yards and two touchdowns in a 21-20 win over Hayesville.
He and fellow sophomore Bryce Sain have combined for 839 yards rushing and 11 scores this season.
The Blues' running back had 165 yards on the ground and scored three touchdowns in a 54-0 blowout of Statesville Christian.
He had scores of 23, 23 and 52 yards.
The Rams (1-5, 1-2) went into Friday's game with West Henderson winless and allowing an average of 46 points a game.
But in the second half of a wild, back-and-forth 41-40 win, Roberson gut-checked its way to its first victory.
Four times in the third and fourth quarters, the Falcons scored to take a one-touchdown lead, and four times Roberson responded with a TD of its own.
The game-winner came with 46 seconds left after quarterback Ty Gossett (two TD passes and a 14-yard scoring run in the second half) and tailback Devin Credle (140 yards rushing, two TDs, 60-yard kickoff return) refused to let their team lose.
The Blue Devils hammered Chase 44-0 to continue an impressive run.
In a five-game winning streak, Brevard has outscored opponents 230-14 and the defense has pitched three shutouts.
Coach Craig Pritchett has three of the area's top tacklers – Graham Phillips, Luke Ellenberger and Nick Bumgarner – that all rank among WNC's top five in stops.
The Blues are 4-1 after unveiling their new $3 million athletic complex with a 54-0 win over Statesville Christian, the first night game at home in school history.
Coach Gus Schill's top three runners – Uchenna Ikwuakor, Chris Hemphill and Titus Morrison – have combined to rush for 1,106 yards through five games.
After a 20-10 loss to Pisgah early in the season, the Mountaineers (4-1) have outscored opponents 125-28 in a three-game winning streak, including a 35-21 win Friday night against previously unbeaten Smoky Mountain.
Tailback Bailee Ewart has rushed for 628 yards for Tuscola, which has a chance to prove it is for real this week under first-year coach JT Postell with a game at Reynolds.
On a modest two-game winning streak after a Smoky Mountain Conference win against Andrews, give the Tigers (2-4, 1-1) credit for hanging tough against a killer schedule.
After non-conference games against East Henderson, Brevard and Mountain Heritage – schools that are a combined 14-3 – coach Matt Stack's squad (2-4, 1-0) has four straight SMC games coming up against Robbinsville, Cherokee, Swain and Murphy.
No WNC team has a more challenging slate of games.


"Design Your Life: Inventing the Next Chapter," a free lecture by Kingsley Gallup, will be held from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Durango Arts Center theater, 802 East Second Ave.
Free lectures are offered monthly.
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To celebrate National CPR Awareness Week, Heart Safe La Plata will offer a CPR and automated external defibrillator class to the community at a discount price of $10 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Durango Fire & Rescue Authority Station No. 1, 142 Sheppard Drive.
The class will cover adult CPR and the AED. Participants will earn a two-year CPR certification. It is limited to 40 students.
CPR PRO for health-care providers or first responders will be held from 6 to 10 p.m. June 11 at the station. This is professional-level emergency cardiac care for adult and pediatric emergencies, including bag-valve mask. The cost is $50 and includes a book and two-year certification.
safelaplata.org. To sign up, call 382-6003.
Instructors also are available to teach at business locations, churches or service clubs by calling 769-7473.
MyLastDip.com, a Web site designed for young people, is free to any smokeless tobacco user between the ages of 14 and 25 who wants to quit. Killthecan.org also is designed to help people quit using smokeless tobacco.
San Juan Basin Health Department has free Quit Chew kits at the front desk, or call Caleb at 247-5702, ext. 236, to set up a free appointment.
•United Blood Services office from 1 to 6 p.m. Monday through Wednesday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday and Saturday at 146 Sawyer Drive in Bodo Park.
•New Country Auto Center from 3 to 6 p.m. Tuesday at 1200 Carbon Junction.
•Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at 265 Turner Drive.
•Durango Coffee Co. and Maria's Bookshop from 3 to 6 p.m. Thursday at 960 Main Ave.
•Cortez Community Drive from 12:30 to 6 p.m. Thursday in the Church Hall at First United Methodist Church, 515 North Park St. in Cortez.
•Durango Coffee Co. and Maria's Bookshop from 9 a.m. to noon Friday at 730 Main Ave.
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The Southwest Colorado chap-ter of the American Red Cross is looking for volunteers interested in teaching community disaster preparedness classes.
The Red Cross will train participants and provide them with the tools necessary to teach local residents how to prepare for emergency situations that might occur in the area.


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Q: Adding items to Symfony2 parameters array I have a Symfony2 (2.8.1) application made of many bundles.
I would like to have an 'about' page showing version of each bundle.
To do so I am trying to use a parameters array like this:
revision:
  'bundle1':
    version: 1.0.0
    build: 42
  'bundle2':
    version: 1.2.0
    build: 4242

and so on.
If I put everything in a single YAML file it works.
Instead I would like to have each bundle defining its revision. Something like:
parameters file of bundle1:
revision:
  'bundle1':
    version: 1.0.0
    build: 42

and parameters file of bundle2:
revision:
  'bundle2':
    version: 1.2.0
    build: 4242

If I do this way, the revision array is populated only with values of the last included yaml file.
Is there a way to 'add' entries to a parameter array defined in different yaml files?
BR
  Stefano

A: I changed approach and solved the problem.
Instead of adding revision information to configuration, I simply create a Yaml file in the config folder of each bundle.
Then I load yaml files contents in an array to be used in the about page.
code is something like:
    # first place to check is app config folder
    $kernel_root=$this->get('kernel')->getRootDir();
    $toLocate[]=$kernel_root.'/config';

    # then get config folder for each active bundle
    $kernel = $this->get('kernel');
    $configDirectories=$this->getParameter('kernel.bundles');
    foreach ($configDirectories as $bundleName => $configDirectory) {
        $toLocate[]= $kernel->locateResource('@'.$bundleName).'Resources/config';
    }

    # now get array of revision files
    $locator = new FileLocator($toLocate);
    $yamlRevFiles = $locator->locate('revision.yml', null, false);

    # and finally create array of date read from revision files
    $revs=array();
    foreach ($yamlRevFiles as $yamlRevFile) {
        $revs[]=Yaml::parse($yamlRevFile);
    }

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I made this hot chocolate for a Christmas Party we had recently and I seriously wanted to jump in the crock pot and bathe in it. It was TO. DIE. FOR. There's most likely about 12 bazillion calories per glass, but it's more than worth it. You'll go back for another glass for sure.
Cook on low for 2 hours, stirring often.
This makes about 6-8 cups (depending on serving sizes), I will likely double the recipe for the big group we'll have Christmas day.
You can create a fun Hot Chocolate Bar to go with it too! I did things like candy canes, peppermints, toffee bits, cinnamon, sprinkles, yummy candies and of course whipped topping!
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Murphy 10 year old cob X , who i have had since he was a yearling. i broke him in myself and we have tried a bit of everything together, jumping,X country,poloX and HUNTING which we both love very much, but sadly haven't had much time to do lately.
George 5 year old Shetland x, who i have had from a yearling, i broke him also with the help of little friends, he loves going out ,iether pulling the trap or with a little person on board, he is going to spend summers with a friend in swindon to do pony club etc, which i am sure he will love every min, but we will miss him.
I have my own yard, which is a dream come true, i love being with horses they are like a tonic to me.
I also have 2 dogs Bugly and Charlie (both Sharpei),1x hamster, 2 boys and 1 hubby which i love also.
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Malikai is a lanky seventh grader at Tech Boston Academy who loves animals, making art, and playing lacrosse. He's doing well in school now, but that wasn't always the case.
Beginning at age six, Malikai had a series of traumatic experiences that left him angry and confused. A few months after his twin sisters were born, an electrical fire ripped through his family's apartment. They lost almost all of their possessions, including Malikai's toys, baby blanket, and cherished stuffed tiger. Afterwards, the family bounced around friends' houses for several months until they found a new place to live.
A few months later, Malikai's father was in the basement showing two men a dirt bike he was selling. One of the men shot his dad before taking off with the bike. The father spent more than a week in the ICU at Boston Medical Center and didn't get home for six weeks. The robbers were never caught. Malikai was afraid they would come back and also angry that they could get away with their violent crime.
That was when Malikai was referred to Boston Youth Sanctuary (BYS), a therapeutic after school program for children ages 6 to 11 who have experienced trauma. At BYS, he was paired with a child psychotherapist and participated in activities such as gardening, cooking, creative arts, and trauma-informed yoga.
I recently met with Jana Karp (no relation), who founded BYS in 2011. I asked her how she developed this innovative approach. "We thought about caregivers as experts, because they are the experts on their children," she said. What parents said they needed most was trauma-sensitive programming during after-school hours provided by culturally competent providers who shared lived experiences with their kids. They also wanted adults who would be present in their children's lives for more than a few weeks or months as well as free transportation and hot meals.
Jana and her team then set out to meet those needs and the results of their active listening are evident. Stepping through the doors of BYS, you immediately sense you are in a caring and nurturing environment. Staff members work patiently with students, who appear engaged and comfortable in the space. Student artwork is displayed on walls that are painted in warm colors. "We chose these colors because they are trauma sensitive," Jana explained as we walked around the space.
BYS believes in meeting the needs of the "whole child" rather than focusing solely on specific symptoms of trauma. Through enrichment programs that integrate mentoring, empowerment activities, as well as individual, group, and expressive therapies, BYS supports children as students, family members, community members, artists, friends, and athletes.
Cheryl says the organization is like a loving family. "The staff here goes above and beyond. They genuinely care even after the students graduate." She described how staff members attended Malikai's lacrosse games to show their support.
But I wonder if this approach isn't backwards. In this era of #MeToo, which has exposed widespread misogyny and bullying at major corporations and institutions, there is much to be learned from organizations like BYS that value people more than profits. Many of those in power at large institutions could benefit from seeing what it takes to grow an effective organization based on respect for people. Perhaps they could learn how to truly listen.


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Q: Creating html doc in CLI C++ with macros From a native, external library, I get a header file with enum declarations:
#define LIST(declare) \
   declare(A, "aaa") \
   declare(B, "bbb") \
   declare(C, "ccc") \

Using it, I create a .NET enum:
#define EXTRACT(p1,p2)  p1,
enum class Val { LIST(EXTRACT) };

Which works great. The result is Val.A, ... values. Now, I would like to auto-generate /// aaa html doc using the same method, so that macro's output would look like this:
enum class Val {
    /// aaa
    A,
    /// bbb
    B,
    /// ccc
    C,
}

Creating a macro like
#define EXTRACT(p1,p2) /// p2 \
                           p1,

does not work because C++ compiler treats /// as a comment, which goes to the next line because of the \ at the end of the line.
Is it possible at all to achive this without using codegen tools? Thanks!

A: Microsoft's preprocessor does not preserve comments in macros. So technically inserting a newline is impossible. See this Q&A for details.
So that makes your code generation impossible using MS's preprocessor in the first place.


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construction has started??really??wow..i'm so excited..
Nice buildings. how much glass they used?
i love design of each view of building. is one of the most prestigious shopping complexes.Consisting of seven floors, each with a different name, the centre boasts one of the finest collections of both international and local brands in the higher-price range.jewellery, accessories, leather goods and more can be bought from such names as Jim Thompson, Louis Vuitton and Gucci.


Jonathan Bruno of the Coalition for the Upper South Platte first thanked Smokey the Bear for teaching kids across the state wildfire safety. Then, he told a room of ranchers at the Colorado Cattlemen's Association annual convention in Colorado Springs that Colorado's wildfire risk is largely Smokey's fault.
Since Smokey taught everyone that only they cold prevent forest fires, Colorado's forests have gotten overly dense, which makes for too much tinder and quicker, harder-to-fight burns. According to data from FEMA, last year, more than 9 million acres burned in wildfires.
Every time a fire burns thousands of acres in Colorado, it damages hay and grazing land, as well as having the potential to cause harm or death to livestock and people, Bruno said.
He advocates for forest thinning for not only wildfire mitigation, but also for ecosystem health and water quality and quantity. He told the room of ranchers when forests thin out, more snow makes it to the ground instead of getting stuck in the canopy and evaporating. That means more snow soaks into the ground and back into the water system.
He thinks of it like a Chinese food buffet. Imagine the buffet only has enough food for 50 people, but 100 show up at the door. The first 50 can eat a full meal, but the next 50 might only get a wonton. That's how it works in a forest, too.
"I like to say we're using chainsaws where fire used to do the work for us," Bruno said.


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The History of the 'Death Tax'
by Jane McGrath
The Ancient Origins of the 'Death Tax'
Thanks to Emperor Caesar Augustus, Romans had to grapple with their own death taxes.
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The death tax has endured so long partly because it's a convenient way to collect revenue. After someone dies, the community must calculate the person's wealth for distribution. This is usually a public transaction, as opposed to private gifts made during life, which are harder to tax [source: Smith]. Thus the government can easily swoop in and take a share.
We know the ancient Egyptians understood this because we have papyrus with depictions of a man being fined for failing to pay the succession tax for his inheritance from his father. Another papyrus depicts a father giving his possessions to his children during his life for a small tax in order to avoid a larger death tax [source: West].
The Romans used the death tax in the first century, when Emperor Caesar Augustus instituted the Vicesina Hereditatium. This translates to "twentieth penny of inheritances" and taxed "successions, legacies and donations" after death [source: Smith]. However, this Roman tax also allowed exemptions for close family and charity to the poor, similar to the modern tax. Pliny the Younger criticized the tax, saying it cruelly took advantage of grieving families [source: Eisenstein]. Yet the tax endured in some form or another for at least a few hundred years [source: West].
The death tax was also prominent in feudal England and France. The most significant medieval reference is found in the Magna Carta. In 1215 feudal England, rebellious barons forced King John to sign this document, which listed many limitations on his powers. In feudal society, the king owned the land and granted its use to his subjects during their lifetimes. Kings and lords would charge a death tax (called relevium, translating to relief) for the kindness of allowing succession.
In practice, the seemingly arbitrary fees fueled bitterness. One of the first clauses of the Magna Carta states that the king agrees to limit the relief heirs must pay upon the death of any "person that holds lands directly of the Crown" [source: British Library].
What is Heriot?
The Heriot (or Hereget) was also an early incarnation of the death tax in which a lord would get the best armor of his knights who died in battle. The famous Anglo-Saxon tale of "Beowulf" makes reference to this custom when the hero states, "If I fall in the battle, / Send to Higelac the armor that serveth / To shield my bosom, the best of equipments, / Richest of ring-mails" [source: "Beowulf"].
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The Tekken World Tour 2018 Finals saw 20 of the best Tekken 7 players battle it out for the title of world champion. And while last year's champion Qudans once again made his way to the grand finals, his potential two-peat was ultimately stopped by fellow Korean Rangchu with one of the most unexpected characters – Panda and Kuma. While both aren't particularly popular characters in the competitive Tekken 7 scene, Rangchu was able to make it work for him and win at the biggest stage of the year.
At the tournament, right after topping his group and ending up in the upper bracket of the Top 8, Rangchu would quickly be sent to the Losers' Bracket by Knee. Interestingly, it was the only match in the Top 8 where Rangchu chose not to use either Panda or Kuma. This might have pushed him to stick to the two characters for the rest of the tournament, which ultimately proved to be the right choice.
Rangchu would go on to sweep fellow South Korean Tekken greats Jeondding and Chanel before facing Knee once again in the Losers' Finals. Their second meeting ended up in favor of Rangchu this time as he was able to eliminate Knee 3-1, preventing the latter from enacting his own revenge against Qudans who had previously defeated Knee in the Winners' Finals.
With momentum on his side, Rangchu was able to reset the Grand Finals bracket 3-1 against last year's winner Qudans and his Devil Jin, who is widely considered to be one of the best characters in the game. While it wasn't an easy match, Rangchu was ultimately able to defeat Qudans 3-1 to seal his title as world champion.
Rangchu not only goes home with USD 7,500 and the title of Tekken World Tour 2018 champion but he also makes history as the first Panda and/or Kuma player to win a tournament of this magnitude.


The Kirkwood men's basketball team left nothing to doubt Thursday night as they man handled the Iowa Central Community College Tritons 90-61.
The Eagles started a little slow but really turned it on as the game progressed. The Eagles were very balanced in their attack with unofficially 6 players scoring in double digits.
Da Rion King established himself as a dominant inside presence in this game unofficially scoring 16, while Kaliph Fagan seemed unstoppable as he continued to drive to the bucket and unofficially scored 21.
Petersen. "I was extremely proud that we held them to 33 percent shooting as a team and made them earn every point" Petersen exclaimed.
The Eagles will look forward to a finals match up Saturday evening against Iowa Lakes Community College. The men have split the two match ups they have had this season with the Eagles winning on the home floor of ILCC, and having faced defeat on Kirkwood's home floor.
Petersen said "it is going to be a tough game, but I like the fact that we are at home." The Eagles have only lost two games in Johnson Hall this season, so it may bode well for the men.
There was an outstanding crowd in Johnson Hall to help push the Eagles through to the finals, if the same atmosphere shows up Saturday, the Eagles will be inspired to play another great game.


HDR: what does it mean?
While this technique works in photography to capture a static image, there are some drawbacks. Details (such as the darkest parts of the clouds) that are visible only at long exposure levels (right picture) become invisible at low exposure levels (left picture). However, using a long exposure tends to "wash out" the bright areas of a photograph. Each photo becomes a compromise between the details of dim objects and details of bright objects.
This is not generally a huge problem with photography, as photographs are able to accurately capture the rich colors and textures of the real world. However, for computer graphics, the limited range tended to produce very static, lifeless-looking pictures. And in a first-person shooter game, where the object is to simulate what a person would see as they run around realistic environments, this flattening effect is only made worse.
Enter Paul Debevec. In 1997, he presented a paper at SIGGRAPH (PDF), the leading graphics industry expo. He brought forward the idea that a high range of brightness levels could be captured by combining multiple exposures of the same image, much like the pictures shown above. Differences in brightness at the various exposures could then be stored in what is known as a radiance map, which could be added to the picture's color information. For example, most pixels are stored as varying levels of red, green and blue, or RGB. With the generation of a radiance map, a fourth value, A, could be added to each pixel, and the resulting file stored in an RGBA format.
Okay, so you now have radiance maps showing what is known as "overbright" information, or areas where pixels should be brighter than they are capable of being displayed on an RGB monitor, but what can you actually do with this extra information? You can't simply display it on a monitor, as the extra information will simply be discarded and you will be back to where you started. But what Paul discovered is that you can do a lot of interesting things with this information when creating moving, or dynamic images, as well as making standard computer-generated images look and feel more realistic.
One idea that Paul successfully investigated was that of generating motion blur. Without a radiance map, synthetically generating blur from a static image results in a washed-out image. However, using the extra overbright information generates an image that is very close to what is obtained by physically rotating the camera while the shutter is open (see above).
Another possibility was the phenomenon known as bloom, where bright lights appear to bleed around skinny objects placed in front of them. A limited version of this technique had already been used to in games such as Far Cry. Additional possibilities for HDR included simulating the adjustment that a human eye experiences when moving from bright to dark areas, generating more realistic reflections of bright lights (such as the sun) in water and off metals, and creating more realistic lighting using a rendering technique called radiosity.
Radiosity is a method of rendering an image using only visible light sources, and calculating all the paths that light will take from these sources to illuminate a scene, taking into account the fact that light bounces off objects multiple times. In traditional 3D games, light reflection was only calculated once, and as a result interior areas often had to "cheat" by placing invisible fill lights inside rooms in order for the player to see anything. However, as brightness decreases drastically with every bounce off a wall, without HDR techniques the light streaming in from an outside source would never be bright enough to fill a room. In addition, when using radiosity it becomes possible to simulate the behavior of light when it passes through translucent media, such as the effect when light streams through stained glass windows.
But getting from Paul Debevec's theories to a working, high-performing game would be a long, difficult process for Valve Software.


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In March of 2016, Hillary's campaign chairman, John Podesta, received an e-mail, purportedly from Google, suggesting that Podesta needed to change the campaign's password. The campaign's info-tech staffer meant to warn Podesta that the e-mail was "illegitimate;" however, the info-tech staffer made a typo and Podesta read that the e-mail was "legitimate." Dutifully, Podesta clicked on the "phishing" e-mail, and, unwittingly, gave the new password to the "phisher" -- whose identity is still not proven.
Almost immediately, WikiLeaks released ten years of emails between Hillary Clinton and her staffers. Therefore, Hillary's campaign was not necessarily "hacked" by the Russians. That would have required an attack on the "home-brew server" Hillary was illegally using to discuss classified information with her staff and even with President Obama. Hillary was the "victim," if you will, of her campaign manager's lack of computer sophistication and a typo made by one of her paid staffers.
"Hacking," on the other hand, requires a fairly high level of computer programming know-how and the ability to invade the target's computer operating system at its "root" in order to read the system's contents and/or to plant "malware" that puts the hacker covertly in charge of the operating system and can even crash it. The Russians, the Red Chinese, and even some of our allies, are assumed to be good at both "hacking "and "phishing."
We see "fake news" going around the Internet and on the main-steam media all the time. Good examples are diatribes, purportedly by well-known celebrities, spouting off against the Left or the Right. These are written by people who can approximate how the celebrities express themselves. Quite often, they are false.
Here are just a few infamous examples of fake news stories where, in each and every case, the purveyors of the fake news had to make retractions and disavow their own work: KoranGate: The story that Korans were flushed down toilets at Gitmo was totally false and Newsweek had to retract it. But the damage was done. RatherGate: The famed anchorman had to admit his charges against George W. Bush were based on forged documents. After that, Rather was done. Exploding TruckGate: NBC-TV planted explosives in a GM truck to make it look like GM trucks were inherently dangerous. Caught in the act, the president of NBC News had to offer an abject apology. FergusonGate: Someone fabricated the story that convenience-store robber, Michael Brown, had his hands up and was saying, "Don't shoot!" when shot by a white police officer. The New York Times, The Washington Post, and MSNBC ran the story without checking the facts. Cameras showed the officer being beaten by Brown. The officer fired in self-defense. But the damage was done. Rioting and attacks on law enforcement officers continue.
While the Communications Revolution should be more blessing than curse, it is sad to observe that some people, some organizations and crime cartels cannot resist the temptation to make it more curse than blessing.
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A complicated world for the government in the Senate just got more complicated. Are you sorry to see the Palmer United Party seemingly disintegrating?
My focus and that of the government remains on trying to implement the policies we took to the last election to get Australia back on track, the occasional sideshow that takes place in the Senate is part and parcel of the Senate composition and I'm not getting distracted by it.
But you need six out of eight senators and Palmer United used to be able to deliver four, seemingly, not anymore.
The fundamental problem remains that we've got an opposition that is unwilling to put the national interest ahead of its own political interest. The fact remains that we wouldn't need to use crossbench senators if the opposition was willing to take decisions that are in Australia's national interests. Decisions like getting a budget back under control, decisions about long-term reforms to make sure that Australia children aren't indebted to the tune of 20 to 30,000 dollars each.
You've been putting that case for a long time and the opposition continues to oppose, but it's suggested in some reports today that, in fact, some of your budget measures you may be abandoning. The independents are saying, for example, you haven't been speaking to them about the seven dollar Medicare co-payment for a while. Have you given up on that?
Not at all. The government remains committed to implementing the reforms that are necessary to get Australia back on track. We find it curious that the Labor Party in particular, but more broadly those that stand in opposition to the government, seem unwilling to do the very things that they these have been pushing for.
Take, for example, with respect to the co-payment. It was Labor that introduced the co-payment. Labor supports a co-payment on pharmaceuticals. Yet bizarrely Labor says "No, we will not accept a co-payment in relation to a modest charge when it comes to going to pay the doctor."
These are curious problems that the government faces, but that notwithstanding, we remain absolutely focused on making sure we implement policies that we know to be in Australia's long-term interest.
Can you push the co-payment through by regulation rather than depending on legislation if you can't get the legislation through?
The government's made it clear that we are very focused on putting forward the changes that we believe are necessary. There's a variety of ways and means of doing that. Fundamentally though, we remain committed to trying to implement reform through the parliament because we know that that's the best way forward. But what we require is for those in opposition to be methodical about the way in which they're willing to address Australia's long-term structural challenges, to stop their short-term populism. The fact remains that we cannot continue to borrow a billion dollars a month just to pay the interest on the debt that the Labor Party left behind.
Sure, but on the seven dollar co-payment, when you say there's a variety of ways and means, does that mean the government may be able to put it through by regulation without going to a vote in Parliament?
I'm not going to go into the various approaches that the government can adopt, Marius. I'm going to continue to make the case, though, about why the government's trying to implement the reforms that we're trying to implement. Obviously we don't need and do not want an opposition that just keeps saying no purely and simply because they think it's in their political interest to do so. What we're going to continue to be advocates for is a calm, considered, rational approach to deciding policy that is in the long-term interests of this nation. Policy which will make a difference to making sure that we don't put future generations of Australians into an unsustainable level of debt.
But you've been selling those policies, the budget policies, since May and the public is still not buying them. Normally a government flies at the highest altitude in the polls in its first year after an election, and since the May budget the government has been trailing the opposition. You've been unable to convince the public of the merits of the budget.
That's part of the policy challenge that we face. It's never good to be in a situation where you're having to deliver news that isn't what people want, but that notwithstanding, we're not doing this to be popular. We're doing it because this is the right thing to do. That's been the case since we were elected. We were elected on the basis of saying "We're going to take decisions that are in Australia's long-term interest, and that's what we remain committed to doing.


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Biostage Provides Update on FDA Investigational New Drug Application for its Lead Product Candidate Cellspan™ Esophageal Implant
PR Newswire January 2, 2020
HOLLISTON, Mass., Jan. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Biostage, Inc. (OTCQB: BSTG) ("Biostage" or the "Company"), a bioengineering company developing next-generation esophageal implants, received the anticipated formal response from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) related to the Company's Investigational New Drug (IND) application for the Cellspan Esophageal Implant (CEI).
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This anticipated letter, received December 26th, details specific questions and clarifications that will enable Biostage to complete and submit its formal reply. Biostage received a preliminary communication from the FDA on November 27th, allowing the Company to begin preparing its responses.
"Our R&D team is expeditiously finalizing our responses," said Jim McGorry, CEO of Biostage. "Prior to receiving approval to begin testing human subjects for a first-in-human trial, multiple rounds of communication with the FDA are anticipated and routine. Entering the clinic is our greatest priority and we will provide an update as soon we receive approval from the FDA."
The FDA noted in its letter that it will inform Biostage of its decision within 30 days of the Company's submission of its formal response.
About Biostage, Inc.
Biostage is a bioengineering company that is developing next-generation esophageal implants. The Company's Cellspan technology combines a proprietary, biocompatible scaffold with a patient's own cells to create an esophageal implant that could potentially be used to treat pediatric esophageal atresia and other conditions that affect the esophagus. The Company's esophageal implant leverages the body's inherent capacity to heal itself as it is a "living tube" that facilitates regeneration of esophageal tissue and triggers a positive host response resulting in a tissue-engineered neo-conduit that restores continuity of the esophagus. These implants have the potential to dramatically improve the quality of life for children and adults. At Biostage, we believe the future of medicine has been inside us all along.
For more information, please visit www.biostage.com and connect with the Company on Twitter and LinkedIn.
Some of the statements in this press release are "forward-looking" and are made pursuant to the safe harbor provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These "forward-looking" statements in this press release include, but are not limited to, statements relating to our financing activities; development expectations and regulatory approval of any of the Company's products, including those utilizing its Cellspan and Cellframe™ technology, by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the European Medicines Agency or otherwise, which expectations or approvals may not be achieved or obtained on a timely basis or at all; or success with respect to any collaborations, clinical trials and other development and commercialization efforts of the Company's products, including those utilizing its Cellspan and Cellframe technology, which such success may not be achieved or obtained on a timely basis or at all. These statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause results to differ materially from the statements set forth in this press release, including, among other things, the Company's inability to obtain needed funds in the immediate future; the Company's ability to obtain and maintain regulatory approval for its products; plus other factors described under the heading "Item 1A. Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 or described in the Company's other public filings. The Company's results may also be affected by factors of which the Company is not currently aware. The forward-looking statements in this press release speak only as of the date of this press release. The Company expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to such statements to reflect any change in its expectations with regard thereto or any changes in the events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.
Peter Chakoutis
Vice President of Finance
pchakoutis@biostage.com
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Q: what is the use of "#@" in c language? The # symbol is used at the start of preprocessor directives (#ifdef, #define etc). # is also used as the stringification operator.
## is the token pasting operator.
Then in an online quiz I saw this:
#define MAKECHAR(operand) #@operand

What operator is #@ and what is it used for?

A: It is an analogy to the stringify marker # but for characters, but it is not standardized. For example, clang/llvm does not support it.
To show the analogy:
#define MESSAGE(x) printf("%s: %d\n", #x, x)

int main(){
    int i = 5;
    MESSAGE(i); // expands to printf("%s: %d\n", "i", x)
    return 0;
}

Output is:
i: 5

With a compiler supporting #@, you could write:
#define MESSAGE(x) printf("%c: %d\n", #@x, x)

int main(){
    int i = 5;
    MESSAGE(i);  // expands to printf("%c: %d\n", 'i', x)
    return 0;
}


Newberry symbols compared to cave art.
Comparison of cave art to Paleo-Hebrew script circa 8th century BC.
On to last post on Newberry Tablet.
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Global Bioenergies: Successful completion of REWOFUEL project
Paris, 22 September 2022 – Global Bioenergies announces the end of the REWOFUEL project, which ran from 1 June 2018 to 30 June 2022. This project brought together several European industries such as Repsol, Sekab and Fibenol, with the objective of demonstrating the conversion of wood residues into sustainable high-performance components for road and aviation fuels, and thus participate to the decarbonization efforts of ground and air transportation. The project was coordinated by Global Bioenergies and received €13.8 million in funding from the European Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.
The project, otherwise known by its full name, "Residual Wood Conversion to High-performance drop-in Biofuels", was funded under contract n° 792104 through the Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA). Beside Global Bioenergies, Repsol, Sekab and Fibenol, the project also involved SkyNRG, Peab, Neste, IPSB, Technip FMC, Metex NoovistaGo and the Energie Institut JKU.
For this project, sugars from wood were supplied by Sekab and Fibenol.
Tino Lassmann, Project Manager at Sekab said: "Our technology to produce second generation sugars is considered to be among the best in the world, especially when it comes to wood as raw material. We are convinced of its many values and possibilities as a way to reducing our environmental footprint. We are proud to have been a part of REWOFUEL together with other leading players in the European bioeconomy and we will continue the cooperation towards a more sustainable world."
Peep Pitk, Chief Development Officer at Fibenol said: "We have been impressed by the performance of Global Bioenergies' bio-isobutene process with our wood sugars. From 2023 we are producing these wood sugars at 20,000 tons per year capacity at our plant in Imavere, Estonia and looking forward to taking this collaboration to the next level."
These sugars were then processed into high performance sustainable biofuels.
Bernard Chaud, Head of Industrial Strategy at Global Bioenergies, said: "We have shown that bio-isobutene produced from second generation sugars from wood can be used to produce both octane booster for road transportation as well as Sustainable Aviation Fuel."
As a result, batches of bio-isooctane, bio-ETBE and sustainable aviation fuel have been produced by Global Bioenergies and then tested by Repsol, Spain's leading oil company.
Javier Marcos González, Project Manager at Repsol said: "The initial tests we conducted were satisfactory. Having these isobutene derivatives from second-generation renewable resources would be a significant step forward for the fuel industry."
Batches of sustainable aviation fuel were produced and transferred to SkyNRG, leader in the sustainable aviation fuel industry. Significant work has been coordinated by SkyNRG for the certification of these isobutene derivatives as a sustainable aviation fuel.
Maarten van Dijk, Chief Development Officer at SkyNRG said: "For the aviation industry to lower its carbon footprint and meet European targets on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), we need to keep developing new production pathways, with the aim to unlock new sustainable feedstock sources and increase conversion efficiencies. The REWOFUEL project has proven to be able to do exactly this. We have been impressed by the drive of all partners to make this project a success and by the innovative platform of Global Bioenergies in particular. We are looking forward to the next scale-up step and hope to see Global Bioenergies' sustainable aviation fuel in commercial aircraft in the future."
Meanwhile, by-products from the ligneous part of wood chips have been incorporated by Peab into successfully implemented bitumen products. Producing bitumen with a better environmental footprint will help to optimise overall road transport performance.
The proteins resulting from fermentation are intended to be used in animal feed. The experiments conducted by Metex NoovistaGo in this respect have produced positive results.
Finally, the Energie Institut JKU has carried out life cycle analyses of the various segments of this value chain and has quantified the reduction in CO2 emissions according to different configurations, which can lead to savings of up to 85% compared to the benchmark fossil solution.
Meanwhile, engineering efforts have been conducted by Neste , Technip-FMC, and IPSB, a French engineering company specialized in agribusinesses.
Marc Delcourt, Chief Executive Officer of Global Bioenergies, added: "This REWOFUEL project has brought together players from different fields to assemble an industrial value chain aimed at reducing the carbon footprint of air and road transportation. These sectors are at the heart of the environmental debate: transportation based on thermal engines must switch to renewable energy if it wants to survive in the coming decades. Air transport must also reduce its environmental impact. The players of the REWOFUEL project will maintain relations beyond the project to make the prospects more concrete."
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Global Bioenergies converts plant-derived resources into compounds used in the cosmetics industry, as well as the energy and materials sectors. After launching the first long-lasting and natural make-up brand LAST® in 2021, Global Bioenergies is now marketing Isonaturane® 12, its key ingredient, to major cosmetics companies to improve the naturalness of their formulas whilst improving their carbon footprint. In the long run, Global Bioenergies is also aiming at cutting CO2 emissions in the aviation and road sector and thereby curb global warming. Global Bioenergies is listed on Euronext Growth Paris (FR0011052257 – ALGBE).
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Are you in the real estate business? Do you want to target motivated sellers and make a quick sale? Are you unsure of how to create a website to attract motivated sellers? Then you have come to the right place. There are a few components you need to keep in mind when building this type of website. These components include capturing information regarding the property and seller. You also need to set up a Google Adwords campaign as your advertising strategy.
Let�s begin with how you can drive traffic to your real estate website. First, you should set up a Google Adwords campaign. Keep in mind that you are going to advertise in a very specific location. For example, you only want to advertise locally to bring in local traffic to your power squeeze page. If you don�t specify these location parameters in Google Adwords then you might end up driving customer traffic from a person in a whole different country. This wastes your time and money. You can specify specific cities and locations in your Google Adwords campaign.
Once you drive local traffic to your website, you need to encourage them to sign up for your service. You can offer a free report to entice them to provide you with information regarding their property. For example, you can offer a free report on how to sell your home in seven days.
In addition, you are targeting motivated sellers that are trying to sell real estate property. Therefore, you need to capture more then just their name and email address. You need to find out information about their house. For example, you need to ask for their name, address, phone number, number of bedrooms, value of the house, and other market information.
A great way to capture this detailed information is to create a form with custom fields. This electronic form can capture the information for each seller and store it in a database. You can also use this information to send Autoresponder emails and keep in touch with the seller.
How can you create an information form with custom fields? Seek out the services of a computer programming expert. You can find knowledgeable freelancers at such outsourcing websites as www.elance.com.
The purpose of collecting detailed information from your seller is to determine whether or not you will follow up on the lead. For example, a motivated seller may have a house value that you are not interested in selling. However, you may find a motivated seller that has all the items you are looking for. You can then call this person up on the phone to discuss a business arrangement.


I remember when I first heard Liz talk about Jordan. It was over her Christmas break at a girl's night and she told us how they became "official" and how special this guy was and now fast-forward time to this… their Wedding Day! It was such an honor to photograph such a special moment in Liz's life and capture all their wedding day moments for her! We couldn't be more blessed to be apart of such a beautiful day and we are "head-over-heels" happy for these two as they embark on their life together! From the very beginning, Jordan and Liz were something special! Both of them have a heart for the Lord and serving others and that shows within their relationship with one another. They care for each other, share the same passions, and are so incredibly sweet to one another!
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Abdelrahman al-Dajani, 19th-century mayor of Jerusalem
Dana Dajani, Palestinian actress and writer
Daniel Dajani (1906–1946), Albanian martyr
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Jamal Dajani (born 1957), Palestinian-American journalist and television producer
Karma Dajani, Lebanese-Dutch mathematician
Kobi Dajani (born 1984), Israeli footballer
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Nijmeddin Dajani, Jordanian economist and ambassador
Omar Dajani (born 1970), Palestinian-American legal scholar
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Testimony of Nyima Lhamo before the Subcommittee on Human Rights of the European Parliament – 28 November 2016
By International Campaign for Tibet|November 28, 2016|
Testimony of Nima Lhamo at the European Parliament's Sub-committee on Human Rights on November 28, 2016.
My name is Nyima Lhamo and I am the niece of late Trulku Tenzin Delek Rinpoche. I was born in Kham Lithang in eastern Tibet. I am 26 years old and am the second born of five siblings. I have a six-year old daughter and her name is Dawa Dolma. My father Thupten Kalsang is no more. With my mother Dolkar Lhamo are elder sister Tenzin Palmo who has a nine-year old son and two younger brothers. My youngest sister has also passed away.
My uncle Trulku Tenzin Delek Rinpoche was a highly respected lama in our village. He was falsely accused and unlawfully detained by the Chinese authorities leading to his death while serving his life sentence in jail on 12 July 2015 in Chengdu. known for his philanthropic works in eastern Tibet where he established schools, clinics, orphanages, and old-age homes. I consider my uncle as my teacher who taught me the real meaning of being a Tibetan Buddhist, someone who always helped others in need and had no ill intentions toward others. So when I heard the news of his arrest in 2002, I was 12 years old and the first thing that came to my mind was he would be released soon since he had not committed any crime. However I was wrong. Justice was not done in my uncle's case. He was falsely accused and unlawfully detained by the Chinese authorities leading to his death while serving his
life sentence in jail on 12 July 2015 in Chengdu.
While growing up in Tibet it was common to hear such sad instances of Tibetans dying in Chinese prisons without justice being done to them. I know there are many other Tibetans who continue to face the same fate as my uncle. So with a lot of difficulties and hardship I escaped Tibet but for a very important reason; to share the suffering of my late uncle Tenzin Delek Rinpoche and that of other political prisoners in Tibet, who continue to suffer under the repressive Chinese rule.
It is a wonderful feeling to be here and experience the freedom that I have always yearned for. I feel extremely happy to be in front of all of you and I am most grateful to you for giving me this opportunity to speak.
Today I would like to emphasize on two points and one hope regarding my uncle Trulku Tenzin Delek Rinpoche's case. My two points are of the circumstances surrounding before and after my uncle's death. First I would like to speak about the situation before my uncle's death.
My uncle Trulku Tenzin Delek Rinpoche has never committed any offense against the law of the nation. However, he was falsely accused by the Chinese authorities and was imprisoned for 13 years and the authorities denied every appeal made by Rinpoche and his supporters for his release.
On 2 July 2015, ten days before Rinpoche's death, we were informed that we could meet Rinpoche. Hence my mother and my aunt left immediately for Chengdu. However, after reaching there the prison authorities kept postponing the visit for 10 days. At around 10 pm on 12 July, they were informed of Rinpoche's death. I received a call from my mother saying that Rinpoche had passed away. Immediately thereafter with a lot of difficulty, I left for Chengdu. As soon as I reached Chengdu, my mother, my aunt, I and some other people protested against the authorities for not allowing us to see and claim Rinpoche's body. We shouted "you killed Rinpoche, if you didn't kill him, give us the medical certificates." My mother hit her head against the wall and shouted for evidence to prove Rinpoche's death. We protested in front of the officials asking them, "if we belong to "one nation" as you claim it, then why are we being treated differently? Why do you have two policies for the so-called "one nation?" Then I attempted suicide by tying scarf around my neck. Alarmed by our protest, the prison authorities let us into the prison office. Subsequently, they asked us to tell them our concerns. So we wrote our concerns; first, we requested them to preserve Rinpoche's body for 15 days in accordance with Chinese law. Second, if Rinpoche died of natural cause as claimed by the authorities, we want the medical certificates. Third, we want clear information on who ordered Rinpoche's body to be burnt and not returned to our family. Finally, we will not carry any further appeals or petitions against the authorities regarding Rinpoche's case, if his body is handed to our family. However, none of our concerns were addressed, moreover they informed us that they would burn Rinpoche's body at 7:00am the next day against our wishes.
Later they let us in briefly to see Rinpoche's body. After seeing his body, I have six reasons to believe that my uncle was poisoned to death in prison. First, the prison authorities did not allow my mother to meet Rinpoche and kept postponing the visit for 10 days. Second, they did not provide any medical documents or death certificate to corroborate the claim that Rinpoche died of a natural cause. Third, the government officials denied our request that Rinpoche's body be preserved for 15 days in accordance with the Chinese law. Fourth, the time of death cited by the authorities kept changing with one version stating that it occurred at 2pm and other at 4pm. Fifth, in violation of Chinese law, neither Rinpoche's body nor his ashes were returned to my family. Finally, when they let us see Rinpoche's body briefly, I noticed that his lips were black and even the monks who had cleaned Rinpoche's body said his fingers and toenails were black.
My second point is regarding the circumstances following Rinpoche's death and the situation in Lithang now.
After Rinpoche's death the Chinese authorities continued to dishonor him in the following manners. First, the Chinese authorities distributed Pamphlets and aired false and distorted information on Television, such as, Tulku Tenzin Delek Rinpoche is a fake lama, a criminal, and that he was a threat to the so-called "social stability". Second, my family and local Tibetans were not allowed to offer traditional butter lamp and organise public prayer in memory of Rinpoche. Third, the local authorities did not allow building of a memorial stupa for Rinpoche. Fourth, I have also heard that authorities in Nyagchuka (Chinese: Yajiang) are attempting to manipulate the reincarnation of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche like the Chinese authorities did in the case of 11th Panchen Lama. Fifth, pictures of Rinpoche were banned in Lithang. Finally, Rinpoche's belongings including his money were confiscated and were told they will be burnt.
These are the two points I wanted to share with you today.
I feel very lucky and happy to be speaking in front of all of you today. An opportunity like this, to speak freely, is a long cherished aspiration of every Tibetans inside Tibet. I believe it is important for the free world to know the injustices suffered by the Tibetans in Tibet. I sincerely hope that their voices are heard and justice be done to them.
I fled Tibet leaving my family including my six-year old daughter behind. I know my speaking here might jeopardize my family's safety in Tibet. Despite that I am taking all the risks and speaking in front of you today with a sincere hope and appeal to the International Community to prevail upon the Chinese government to carry out a thorough investigation into the circumstances leading to the death of my uncle Tenzin Delek Rinpoche. More importantly, I do this as Rinpoche had advised his sister during their last meeting in prison to appeal for his case whenever possible and not get embarrassed if in case they had to beg for financial assistance.
Last but not least, on behalf of Rinpoche, my family and his supporters, I wish to take this opportunity to thank the European Parliament for passing resolutions on Tenzin Delek Rinpoche in 2004 and 2005 and other resolutions passed in 2002 and 2003 expressing your concerns on the imprisonment of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche and urging China for his release. I sincerely hope that you will use every possible political and diplomatic instrument to raise the issue of Tibet with your Chinese counterparts.
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Ustby, 3-point shooting help UNC upset No. 4 NC State 76-69
Associated PressFeb 8, 2021, 1:28 PM EST
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. –Freshman Alyssa Ustby had season-highs of 20 points and 12 rebounds to help North Carolina upset fourth-ranked rival North Carolina State 76-69 on Sunday.
Stephanie Watts added 17 points for the Tar Heels (9-8, 4-8 Atlantic Coast Conference), who hit a season-high 11 3-pointers and led by as many as a dozen after halftime.
UNC had won just one game since shortly before Christmas, yet responded with a huge performance to upend a top-10 Wolfpack team for the third consecutive season.
Ustby went 4 for 4 from behind the arc to lead the Tar Heels' outside shooting.
Elissa Cunane scored 14 points to lead the Wolfpack (12-2, 7-2), who shot the ball poorly until well into the third quarter as UNC gained confidence by hitting from outside early. N.C. State regrouped with a 13-0 run to get back in it and lead 52-49 entering the final quarter.
But the Tar Heels responded with their own push to go ahead for good, starting with freshman Kennedy Todd-Williams' 3-pointer near the 9-minute mark.
UNC went on to hit 5 of 7 3s in that final period, including Ustby feeding Watts for one that made it 69-62 with 2:11 left. N.C. State got no closer than four the rest of the way.
N.C. State: The Wolfpack's 74-60 win against top-ranked Louisville on Monday followed a 54-46 win at then-No. 1 South Carolina on Dec. 3. That made N.C. State just the third Division I women's team in the last 20 seasons to have two wins against a No. 1-ranked team in the same season – and the only one to earn both on the road. And it gave N.C. State at least a claim to the top spot in Monday's next poll. Yet the Wolfpack stumbled once again against the rival Tar Heels.
UNC: The Tar Heels had managed just one win against Notre Dame since beating Wake Forest on Dec. 20. That stretch included six losses as well as one cancellation in what has been a difficult second year for coach Courtney Banghart. But for the second straight year, her team claimed a big rivalry win on their homecourt in the first meeting of the year.
N.C. State: Clemson visits the Wolfpack on Thursday.
UNC: The Tar Heels' game at Boston College for Thursday has been postponed, meaning UNC's next scheduled game comes next Sunday at Pittsburgh.


A young leopard frog confronts a drying stream bed during a drought in the lower central plains of Missouri. One-third of all river and lake basins in the world are facing water scarcity. Freshwater species quickly decline as water is diverted for agriculture and other uses.
After 2011 record temperature, Medina Lake is filled to just 25% of its capacity. Located northwest of San Antonia, the reservoir sits along the recharge zone and helps filter water underground to the Edwards Aquifer.
Water flows into the Mexican portion of the Colorado River in San Luis as a result of the opening up of the Morelos dam and a landmark agreement between the US and Mexican governments. Like many major rivers, the Colorado is being completely depleted by human use at times, with all water being diverted before the river reaches the ocean.
Juan Butron looks at the remnants of the mighty Colorado river near the Morelos dam behind him, which marks the border between the US and Mexico, and diverts 1.55m acre feet of the river into Mexican irrigation canals that supply farmers in the Mexicali Valley with water and Tijuana, Tecate and Mexicali municipalities with water.
Colorado River near Mexicali in Baja California, Mexico. In the water-scarce regions of the world, more than 90% of all water consumed goes to farms. In most parts of the world alleviating water shortages will require finding ways to use less water on farms.
An aerial view of the mouth of the Colorado River in Mexico.
Irrigated fields at Ute Mountain Farm and Ranch bring some green to the otherwise arid plains of southwestern Colorado. Half of all cities and three-quarters of irrigated farming areas in the world have experienced water scarcity.
An irrigation channel stretches across the San Luis Valley with the the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in the background near Monte Vista, Colorado. In some places in the US, cities, industries and farmers can use water markets to buy and sell water; shifting usage when supplies are limited. But nature's needs are often left unmet.
Green US farmland separated from the dry desert by the USA/Mexican border and an irrigation canal.


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Winnipeg's Raging Grannies fight for social justice
Winnipeg's Raging Grannies fight for…
A few Winnipeg Raging Grannies standing in the rain at Vimy Ridge Park.
On Saturday, June 14, 2014, the Winnipeg Raging Grannies for Social Justice stood defiant in the pouring rain at Vimy Ridge Park and sang several songs advocating against war, defending of our Canadian Armed Forces personnel and criticizing pension cuts our Armed Forces are facing, thanks to the current government, they said.
"Yes, Mr. Harper, we are talking to you," stated one of the Grannies. "Have you ever gone to war, Mr. Prime Minister?"
The Winnipeg Peace Alliance march had just concluded and about 60 folks from various ethnic backgrounds crowded together under wet tents to share songs and music.
The rain didn't stop fearless peace supporters from showing up the rally in support of "No more war!"
All applauded as the Grannies sang and showed support for the men and women who have diligently and fearlessly served to protect our country and other countries, all in the line of duty.
Other advocators of the Winnipeg Peace Alliance were in attendance. Some included representatives from Canadian aboriginal communities, Chinese Falun Dafa, African Canadians, and representatives from the Canadian Leadership Muslim Community. All of which agreed on the demand, "No more war!"
Members of Winnipeg's Peace Alliance marching in the rain through downtown Winnipeg.
The Grannies said they wanted to remind everyone that the Canadian Armed Forces served this country for several decades and were promised their full pensions when they enlisted.
They also pointed out that Members of Parliament only need to serve one term on Parliament Hill in order to automatically qualify for a lifetime pension paid for by Canadian taxpayers.
"There is something ethically and morally wrong with your system, Mr. Harper, and the Winnipeg Raging Grannies are raging loud and clear about it," the Grannies stated. "Uphold the promises of a full pension to our brave men and women who have served in our Armed Forces."
Some of the Grannies acknowledged that even though they may play only a small role in this debate, they "promise to continue to rage and do our part for social justice," they said.
Further information regarding The Winnipeg Raging Grannies for Social Justice can be found at https://sites.google.com/site/winnipegraginggrannies or at the Raging Grannies International website at www.raginggrannies.org
International sign for The Raging Grannies.
All photos by Bonny Hill
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