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Pregnant producer Elvira Gavrilova walks the red carpet at the 74th Cannes Film Festival opening ceremony
Before appearing on the red carpet, Elvira did not talk about the fact that she was expecting a baby. We remind you that Elvira is 32 years old. She is waiting for her firstborn. There have been no comments about the child's gender yet. Let's try to guess who will be: a boy or a girl.
What can we say? Undoubtedly, pregnancy suits her. Elvira is wearing a dress from her brand Nanojy, which was created by her partner Yulia Lyatavskaya in Ukraine. At the Cannes Film Festival, Elvira is not only a charming lady who walked along the path, but she is also a producer who presented her film "The Incident at Wall Street Hotel". We remind you that three months earlier Elvira brought Hollywood actor Eric Roberts to Odessa, Ukraine, who played the main role in her short film, which was shot by the team of the international advertising company Amillidius.
Also, the main role, namely Eric Roberts's daughter, was played by the young model Anastasiia Bondarchuk, who recently turned 15 and whose producer is Elvira. Anastasiia also appeared on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival wearing a red dress by a Ukrainian designer. We will tell you later all the details about the dress, about the outfit, who helped to choose it, if she likes the current Cannes Film Festival.
Anastasiia went to the red carpet of the Cannes Film Festival with her mother, Natalia Bondarchuk, who is also in great shape and looks no less luxurious than the Hollywood star.
We remind you that this year the prestigious 74th Cannes Film Festival opened in France. It was canceled last year due to the pandemic. This year, movie stars walked the world-famous red carpet. But the restrictive measures remind of themselves. The guests and participants of the festival arrived in France in advance in order to have time to go through the obligatory ten-day quarantine before the start of the program. Everyone on the festival grounds must wear masks and undergo regular coronavirus testing. In addition, stars and directors are not allowed to kiss each other during a meeting.
Marion Cotillard, Jodie Foster and others walked the red carpet. With the forum hosts' permission, the participants and guests of the festival periodically took off their masks for photo and video reporters.
The Cannes Film Festival was opened with a film "Annette" by the French director Leos Carax. The movie's heroes, the events of which take place in Los Angeles, are a stand-up comedian and his companion, who is a world-famous singer. Their life will be changed forever with the birth of their daughter Annette, who has a unique gift. This rock opera will feature the music of the Sparks. The main roles in the film were played by Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard.
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María Teresa Pomar Aguilar (Guanajuato, 15 de diciembre de 1919 - Ciudad de México, 12 de enero de 2010) fue una maestra mexicana quien dedicó prácticamente toda su vida a la cultura indígena mexicana. Fue directora del Museo Universitario de Artes Populares María Teresa Pomar, que adoptó su epónimo en su honor. Asimismo, fue parte también del grupo fundador del Museo de Arte Popular en la Ciudad de México, conocido como "Las tequileras".

Vida
Nació el 15 de diciembre de 1919 en Guanajuato (Guanajuato), sin embargo ella y su familia se trasladaron a la ciudad de Guadalajara a vivir por el trabajo de su padre, el reconocido músico mexicano José Pomar. A partir de 1940 se convirtió en coleccionista de objetos de arte popular. Sus primeros artículos de colección los tuvo en el departamento donde vivió, sin embargo, la gran cantidad de ellas la obligó a alquilar el departamento de enfrente en el mismo edificio, habilitándolo como una ampliación de su almacén.

Posteriormente adquirió una casa en Coyoacán, donde continuó adquiriendo textiles, vidrio, miniatura, juguetería, cartonería y otros, las cuales empezó a presentarlas en exposiciones nacionales y extranjeras. Es por eso, que donó piezas de textil para el Museo de Arte Popular Brasileño, Brasil, auspiciando además similares empresas en Hermosillo, Tabasco, Chiapas, Puebla, Jalisco, Querétaro, Veracruz, Ciudad de México, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Tlaxcala y Monterrey.

Fue fundadora del Fondo Nacional para el Fomento de las Artesanías, también fundó y fue presidenta de Populart, organismo encargado de crear el Museo Nacional de Arte Popular.

Referencias

Profesoras de México
Historiadores del arte de México

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UCL's Olympic Park campus expansion approved by the Mayor of London
University College London Olympic Park expansion, which features Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands Pool Street West, has been approved by the Mayor of London.
Khan said: 'UCL East promises to build on UCL's reputation as a world-leading education and research institution and will sit at the heart of a new culture and education district in Stratford. As this new development takes shape it will cement London's reputation as the best place in the world to study, work and visit.'
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The Memory Mill è un cortometraggio muto del 1916. Il nome del regista non viene riportato. Fu l'ultimo film di Grace Lewis e di Edith Haldeman, un'attrice bambina che, dopo questa pellicola, si ritirò dagli schermi a undici anni.

Trama

Produzione
Il film fu prodotto dalla Universal Film Manufacturing Company (con il nome Big U).

Distribuzione
Distribuito dalla Universal Film Manufacturing Company, il film - un cortometraggio in una bobina - uscì nelle sale cinematografiche statunitensi l'8 settembre 1916.

Collegamenti esterni

Cortometraggi drammatici


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Q: Gtk# TreeView set a single cell to have a different renderer? OK this is probably insane, but I want to be able to have a check box at the very top of every row in my tree view. This box will "disable" or "enable" the ability to use the column. Oh I think it should be mentioned that I'm using a ListStore and am using C#, mono, GTK#. However, ill take anything and try to figure it out.
I'll even accept a way to make two views where the columns line up.
So, possible? or just insane?

A: I know it's an old post, but the answer might help someone else.
It's possible and quite simple to be honest. You have to add your custom widget (for instance a Gtk.ToggleButton or your own implementation of a checkbox) to the Gtk.TreeViewColumn.Widget property.
Job done! :)
You might find also quite useful a Gtk.TreeViewColumn.Clicked event to subscribe to.
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East Williamsburg es el nombre del área de la parte noroeste del burgo de Brooklyn en la Ciudad de Nueva York, Estados Unidos, que se sitúa entre Williamsburg, Greenpoint, y Bushwick. Gran parte de esta área todavía se conoce como Bushwick, Williamsburg, o Greenpoint con el término East Williamsburg cayendo en desuso desde los años 90. East Williamsburg consiste aproximadamente en lo que era el Tercer Distrito del Pueblo de Williamsburg y se llama ahora el East Williamsburg In-Place Industrial Park (EWIPIP), acotado por los barrios de Northside y Southside Williamsburg al del oeste, Greenpoint al norte, Bushwick al del sur y al sureste, y tanto Maspeth como Ridgewood en Queens al este.

Historia
En el siglo XVIII, Bushwick ya era una ciudad establecida y el área costera que daba servicio de ferry a la isla de Manhattan era simplemente conocida como Bushwick Shore. La tierra con matorrales que se encontraba entre Bushwick Shore y la ciudad de Bushwick se conocía como Cripplebush. Durante la ocupación de la zona por la Guerra de la Revolución por parte de los británicos, la tierra fue limpiada, y la madera de los matorrales se utilizó como combustible.
En 1800, Richard M. Woodhull compró la propiedad frente al mar y estableció un asentamiento, nombrándolo Williamsburgh en honor a su amigo y topógrafo, el coronel Jonathan Williams . Williamsburgh se incorporó como una aldea en 1827 (como parte de la ciudad de Bushwick) e incluyó 26 calles que corren de este a oeste y 12 calles al este de la línea costera que van de norte a sur.

El 18 de abril de 1835, el pueblo de Williamsburg se extendió hacia el este hasta la avenida Bushwick y la avenida Flushing al sureste (entonces conocida como carretera Newtown). La región ahora circunscrita en el oeste por la avenida Unión, en el del sur por Broadway, y entonces a lo largo de la avenida Flushing hasta la avenida Bushwick en el este y en el norte (aproximadamente) por el riachuelo Newtown fue designado como el Tercer Distrito del Pueblo de Williamsburg en 1835. En este tiempo, los tres distritos de Williamsburg eran más generalmente conocidos como el "North Side", "South Side", y el "New Village".

Los nombres "North Side", "South Side", y el "New Village" aún se utilizan, pero el nombre para el Tercer Distrito ha cambiado a menudo. El New Village fue poblado por alemanes y durante un tiempo tuvo el sobrenombre de "Dutchtown". En 1844, Williamsburg separó de la Ciudad de Bushwick y se convirtió en la Ciudad y Pueblo de Williamsburg. Unas partes del Tercer Distrito se conocieron como "Irish Town" y "The Green" durante la mitad última del siglo XIX.

Biblioteca
La rama en Bushwick de la Biblioteca Pública de Brooklyn (BPL) está localizada en 340 avenida Bushwick avenida cerca de la calle Seigel. Fue fundada en 1903 y su edificio actual abierto en 1908.

Cultura
Hay varias comunidades y barrios dentro de East Williamsburg. Desde el siglo XIX tardío, la mayoría de los inmigrantes a esta sección han provenido Italia o de Puerto Rico y otros países latinoamericanos. La avenida Graham (también conocida como Avenida de Puerto Rico al sur de Grand Street, y Vía Vespucci al norte), Grand Street, y la avenida Metropolitan son los principales distritos de compras.

Hay también muchos residentes puertorriqueños. El final hacia el sur de la avenida Graham (también conocida como "Avenida de Puerto Rico") ha sido el centro de un barrio inmigrante latinoamericano desde los años 50.

Desde los años 90, el área ha visto una afluencia importante de artistas jóvenes, profesionales, alumnado y "hipsters", principalmente debido a la proximidad a Manhattan y la existencia de universidades importantes (p. ej. Pratt Instituto, Universidad de Nueva York, Escuela de Artes visuales, Instituto de Moda de Tecnología, La Escuela Nueva) y el alquiler relativamente económico.

Véase también

 Anexo:Barrios de Nueva York
 Anexo:Barrios de Brooklyn

Referencias

Williamsburg
Barrios de Brooklyn


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Judy Murray 'pretty sure' Andy and Jamie will 'have a crack at Wimbledon doubles title'
By Dan Quarrell
25/06/2017 at 12:07Updated 25/06/2017 at 12:45
Andy and Jamie Murray may well decide to team up and target a Wimbledon doubles triumph, according to their mother Judy.
Both have won Wimbledon titles, in singles and mixed doubles respectively, and led Britain to Davis Cup glory in 2015 playing together.
Andy has not joined Jamie in the doubles at SW19 due to his singles commitments, but the world number one could yet decide to make a run with his elder brother.
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The sight of her two sons playing doubles together at Wimbledon and targeting a joint title would not come as a surprise at all for Judy, who believes it is likely.
"I think winning the Davis Cup was a huge, huge moment because they did it together. It was a really special moment for me too," Murray told
" I'm pretty sure before they get to the end of their careers they're going to have a crack at Wimbledon doubles together."
"At the moment while they're happy and healthy they're quite happy doing their own thing - but I'm pretty sure you'll see them playing Wimbledon together before they end their careers."
Jamie took the Wimbledon mixed doubles title alongside Jelena Jankovic in 2007 and won the Australian Open and US Open with his current partner, Bruno Soares, last year as he reached top spot in the rankings.
Andy, who has Wimbledon titles in 2013 and 2016 to his name, made a doubles appearance at Wimbledon in 2005 alongside fellow Brit David Sherwood but was knocked out in the first round.
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It would be huge filip for Wimbledon fans, and doubles in general, if the Murray brothers were to partner for a tilt at the title. With both having already achieved most of their goals in the sport, there would be tremendous interest and attention given to the doubles if they decided to target glory in partnership.
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The brothers represented a formidable duo in Britain's victorious Davis Cup run in 2015 and demonstrated that they can work very effectively in tandem. Many tennis fans have longed to see top singles stars take their talents into doubles at the Grand Slams and, if Andy were to take on the additional workload, it could spark a resurgence in popularity in a format which is hugely underappreciated and undervalued.
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To replace the "Kalashnikov" of the Romanian army acquires Italian machine. This was announced by the Minister of economy of Romania, Nicolae, Bedeleu.
The Romanian plant in Plopeni will start in collaboration with the Italian arms manufacturer Beretta the production of two new types of automatic ARX-160.
"This weapon has already been tested by the armed forces of Romania. We held talks with our Italian colleagues and have concluded a corresponding agreement" – he said Bedelia.
He noted that the Romanian army should abandon the old weapons – Kalashnikovs – to meet NATO standards.
The Minister also added that the rifles ARX-160, manufactured in Romania, will be appointed not only for the rearmament of the country – some of them will be exported.


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O sutiã (do francês "soutien" que significa "apoio, suporte") ou sustentador é um tipo de roupa usado por mulheres, servindo para a proteção e sustentação dos peitos das mulheres.

História
Em 1914, Mary Phelps Jacob patenteava, nos Estados Unidos, o sutiã. A invenção tinha o objetivo de acomodar o seio, possibilitando moldá-lo, diminuí-lo, escondê-lo ou exibi-lo. Transformou a coadjuvante roupa de baixo em protagonista do figurino da mulher com lingeries sensuais. Antes escondido, hoje é usado até como roupa de cima. Porém, no dia 17 de Julho de 2012, o Departamento de Arqueologia da Universidade de Innsbruck na Áustria descobriu a peça íntima nos porões de um castelo da região austríaca de Lengberg. A descoberta entrou para a história, segundo Hilary Davidson, do Museu de Londres, que afirmou a descoberta ter o poder de "reescrever totalmente" a história da moda.

Esta peça de roupa tornou-se um aliado na busca da beleza, do conforto e da sedução.

Tudo começou com um gesto de rebeldia. Jovem nova-iorquina, Mary Jacobs revoltou-se contra o espartilho de barbatana que não só a apertava como "sobrava" no vestido de noite que acabara de comprar. Com a ajuda de sua empregada, fez uma espécie de porta-seios tendo como material dois lenços, uma fita cor-de-rosa e um cordão. Depois de confeccionar cópias para as amigas, resolveu comercializar a invenção. Mais interessada no sucesso de sua criação nas festas do que nas lojas, acabou por vender a patente por 1 550 dólares estadunidenses para a Warner Bros. Nos 30 anos seguintes, a empresa iria faturar 15 milhões de dólares estadunidenses com esta peça de roupa.

Há milênios, as mulheres vinham procurando uma matéria-prima para confeccionar algo que sustentasse os seios. Referências revelam que em 2000 a.C., na Ilha de Creta, elas usavam tiras de pano para modelá-los. Mais tarde, as gregas passaram a enrolá-los para que não balançassem. Já as romanas adotaram uma faixa para diminuí-los. O espartilho surgiria na Renascença para encaixar a silhueta feminina no padrão estético imposto pela aristocracia. Por meio de cordões bem amarrados, ele apertava os seios a tal ponto que muitas desmaiavam. O sutiã apareceu para libertar a mulher daquela ditadura.

Na década de 1920, os sutiãs compunham o estilo dito "garçonne" (termo francês que significa "menina moleque") e achatavam o busto. Nos anos 1930, a silhueta feminina volta a ser valorizada. Surgem os bojos de enchimento e as estruturas de metal para aumentar os seios. Nos anos 1950, com o advento do nylon, as peças ficam mais sedutoras e conquistam as estrelas de Hollywood. Nos anos 1960, as feministas queimam em praça pública a peça, que consideravam símbolo da opressão masculina sobre as mulheres.

Veja também
 Sutiã de aleitamento materno
 Sutiã com aro
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Sustainability is an essential source of value in the cosmetic industry. Therefore, sustainable economic, environmental and social practices are a crucial focus of our company philosophy. Lipoid Kosmetik is proud to announce that, for the second year in a row, we have obtained a Gold Status Rating by EcoVadis for our responsible corporate business operations. Noteworthy, we have been ranked among the TOP 1% of suppliers assessed by EcoVadis.


The National Institute of Health claims Fibromyalgia Syndrome ( FMS ) affects 2 percent of the population. Conventional medical therapy struggles to treat this baffling and mysterious condition successfully. Presently, conventional treatments involve prescribing various combinations of medication to treat the varied symptoms experimenting until brought under control. This approach proves ineffective, frustrating and expensive. Because of these struggles, ninety percent of those suffering with fibromyalgia have used alternative or complementary treatments to alleviate symptoms. One emerging and effective treatment for FMS – acupuncture is leading the way in alternate therapies.
Fibromyalgia is diagnosed when widespread pain is noted in all four regions of the body for three months and pain in at least 11 of 18 designated spots on the body when given moderate pressure. Since the primary symptom is pain and Fibromyalgia causes no physical damage to the body and its tissues; presently there does not exist a laboratory test able to confirm a diagnosis. Females more frequently develop FMS and the likelihood of a diagnosis increases with age. In most cases, FMS does not appear to have a triggering event, although physical or emotional trauma have been known to onset symptoms.
In traditional Chinese medicinal theory, when the flow of Qi through the body is disrupted, it causes pain . With fibromyalgia, this disruption is the manifestation of disharmony between the liver, spleen, kidney, and heart systems. Achieving harmony between these systems is done through applying pressure to different acupuncture points on the individual body corresponding to where disruptions are detected . The difference in treatment between conventional and Oriental medicine stems from the differing views of FMS which leads to the difference in therapies . Because it aims to treat the unique and specific symptoms of the individual instead of treating it as one particular disease , acupuncture treatments possess a better rate of success and patient satisfaction . Every person treated with acupuncture will have their personal emotional mindset, locus of their pain, constitution, intensity of pain, digestive health, sleeping patterns and any other symptoms and signs reported to create a personalized and more comprehensive treatment than is afforded in conventional medicine. Each person will have their own unique acupuncture points, herbal treatments and personalized recommendations for diet and lifestyle. FMS is a highly variable, personal disorder. Because of this, a vast variety of traditional, complementary and alternative treatments have proven effective for treating the symptoms of this complex syndrome . A treatment program can be based around a combination of therapies, exercise, acupuncture treatment, prescription and herbal medicines.


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Alturair, located at Gillespie Field in El Cajon, California, is an innovative business dedicated to assisting BD-5 builders and Swift owners.
The BD-5 Aircraft:
The BD-5 was introduced in 1967 by Jim Bede at his BEDE Aircraft Company in Newton, Kansas. Approximately 3,000 partial kits were produced and shipped to pilots, excited about flying their sport aircraft. Unfortunately, Bede Aircraft was dissolved prior to shipment of the balance of kit parts including the engine and drive system.
Alturair was one of the few Bede Aircraft distributors and when the aircraft company was dissolved, Alturair purchased much of the remaining BD-5 tooling and inventory. Today, Alturair's invetory includes a comprehensive line of custom parts, hardware, and plans that Jim Bede was not able to supply. Alturair has the necessary jigs and fixtures specially designed for the BD-5 and can provide many alignment ad assembly services that can save the builder hours of work while ensuring the highest levels of quality, safety and performance.
Interest in the BD-5 has increased greatly over the years since its inception. A staggering number of original BD-5 kits are still waiting to be discovered by eager builders. At present it is estimated that about 200 BD-5's have been completed and flown. It is estimated that another 200 BD-5's are presently being assembled.
For more interesting facts and information on the BD-5 including the history, how to begin a BD-5 project, and skills and tools required to build a BD-5, request Alturair's Info Kit. The Kit also includes performance information, technical information, stories from builders, and how the BD-5J(jet) was developed.
The development or discovery of the optimum engine installation still awaits - with many convinced the Turbo-Honda is the best egine flown in the BD-5 to date. However, nine different engines have been used with varying degrees of success.
Alturair continues developing a single-rotor, liquid-cooled engine of approximately 100 horsepower, weighing less than 100 lbs. it uses aluminum to replace cast iron in the side housings.
This light-weight, rotary engine's simple construction with few moving parts and all rotary internal motion yields virtually vibration-free operation. A remote radiator and oil sump are needed to complete the installation along with mounts and a battery. Ratings for this engine are shown below:
Design: Rotary Combustion (Wankel Type) Rotor Cooling: Oil
Fuel System: Carburated or Injected Air Filter: Paper Element
Bearings: Sleeve Type Rotation: Counterclockwise
Weight: 102 lbs Housing Cooling: Liquid
Rated Speed: 6000 RPM Ignition System: Spark
Fuel: Gasoline Oil Usage: 0.08 g/hp-hr
Displacement: 0.65 L/Rotor (40 in.) Output: Direct or Geared
Compression Ratio: 9.7:1 Starting System: 12 or 14V Electric
Lubrication: 1. Remote sump required
2. Dry sump optional


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            {
                reverse += num[i];
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            }
            Console.WriteLine(reverse);

        }
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The Royal Malaysian Navy have released what could be a very useful app for cruising yachts in this region.
The Royal Malaysian Navy have released a marine emergency response/SOS/incident reporting app - available to all mariners in Malaysian waters.
Concerning incidents are happening more frequently in Malaysian waters so this new development will mean that via the app cruising yachts can report marine-related incidents and request emergency assistance from 6 different Malaysian maritime authorities including, Navy, Coastguard, Maritime Police, Jabatan Laut and the Fisherman's Association.
An on-going problem is cruising boats being harrassed by fisherman when at anchor, particularly on the West coast, blamed for laying their anchors over fishing nets and then being pushed for money to cover the damage (when in fact the net was laid over the anchor whilst the owners were sleeping). This kind of extortion is being taken seriously and cruisers along with local marine businesses are working together to try and present a compelling case to stop this action.
By using this app to report any such incidents, the cruising community in Malaysia will have actual evidence and proof in their discussions with the authorities - photos are always very helpful.
See this report for incidents of harrassment reported by cruisers.
Set up by long-term SE Asia cruiser Jennifer Rouse in May 2016, this group began as a place for cruisers to share important information and fun things about destinations in the Straits of Melaka - Penang. Jennifer has become more involved with security reports from cruising yachts, and in particular with the problems occurring with Malay fisherman.
The AHOY Penang facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/groups/236724750020789/) is also a good place to report any security incidents whilst cruising in Malaysian waters.
If you do report or request assistance via the new App, please also PM the facebook page AHOY Penang, or contact them via their website AHOY Penang (https://www.ahoypenang.com/), so that they can build a file for action. They also will appreciate all feedback about the new App so they can determine usefulness and responsiveness of the maritime authorities to the needs of the cruising yacht community in this region of SE Asia.


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Deputies: Pack of hunting dogs found shot dead in N.C.
WCNC-TV, Charlotte
UNION COUNTY, N.C. -- Authorities are asking the community for help after seven dogs were found shot to death outside of Charlotte.
The Union County Sheriff's Department said deputies located the dogs Friday, however, the animals appeared to have been there for some time. The dogs were found on the side of Morgan Academy Road.
The dog rescue group, Pawsitive Impact NC Dog Rescue, posted on Facebook after they received a "devastating" message about the dogs.
"Saturday morning Karlei and I drove out to the location (Morgan Academy Rd) that we were given to find a very gruesome, heartbreaking scene," the rescue's Facebook post read. "Seven dogs murdered! Shot in the head and their necks were broken."
The group's Facebook post said they took the dog's bodies to Ballantyne Veterinarian Clinic and were able to confirm the cause of death. The rescue group gave names to each of the dogs and say they will be cremated by Faithful Companion. They also included graphic photos of the dogs in their post in an attempt that someone may recognize them.
According to Union County Sheriff's Office, the dogs appear to be hunting dogs and none of them had micro chips.
Many of the people commenting on the rescue group's Facebook post said unfortunately hunting dogs are many times treated inhumanely.
"This happens all the time here where I live," Facebook user Stacy Smith West said. "When hunting season is over all the dogs that don't hunt, or are injured, or that are old, this is what happens to them. We find these all the time."
Anyone with information related to this incident is asked to call the Sheriff's Office at 704-283-3783 or Crime Stoppers at 704-283-5600.


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It was 1977 when, in Carpi, Anna Molinari and her husband Gianpaolo Tarabini Castellani founded Blumarine, debuting at the dawn of the eighties on the Milano Collezioni catwalks. It was a pioneering moment for Italian fashion, which gained relevance on the international scene by combining in a unique way the quality of artisanal craft with the rhythm and volumes of industrial production. Of this new wave Blumarine soon became a leader, creating a language made of invention and experimentation, characterized by joyful and proud femininity, and a new, seductive way with romanticism. Success was immediate, bringing at the end of the decade to the foundation of the Blufin group in 1988, of which today Anna Molinari is creative director and her son Gianguido Tarabini Castellani CEO.
A family business in the best Italian tradition, Blumarine proudly maintains its roots in Carpi despite acting on the global market. The savoir faire of one of the most productive industrial districts of the country is what makes the collections remarkable.
The first knitted pieces screen-printed as they were art multiples, decorated with crystals, enriched with precious inserts were created in the Carpi ateliers. Since then, it's been an unstoppable succession of inventions. New management strategies, today, result in a dynamic and significant growth, both in retail and in the development of distribution agreements and targeted licenses.
Blumarine is the composite result of careful stylistic research communicated through press campaigns developed in collaboration with renowned image makers such as Albert Watson, Helmut Newton, Juergen Teller, Ellen von Unwerth, Craig McDean, Camilla Akrans. Sensuality and romance are salient features of collections in which precious materials and skilled workmanship translate into an idea of luxury that is seductive and personal, pictorial and pleasing, yet never ostentatious. From the ideal dialogue with customers identified by the attitude, not by age, a composite universe is born, combining a proud expression of femininity with the lightness of humor. The voluptuous esthetic translates into a lifestyle and includes, in addition to accessories, beachwear, underwear, bridal and eyewear collections, fragrances and a home collections, developed under license. Miss Blumarine develops the same ideas into babies-wear.
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Q: Arithmetic operation using a conditional statement I need to write a function to divide a column by an element of a matrix if two conditions are met. These two conditions change also does the matrix element.
foo <- c('A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'F', 'G')
phi <- c('Z1', 'Z1', 'X3', 'W4', 'V5', 'W4')
tal <- c('1-2', '3-4', '5-6', '7-8', '9-10', '11-12')
n <- c(324, 872, 163, 953, 453, 943)
df <- data.frame(foo, phi, tal, n)

mtx <- c(5983, 4079, 4253, 3516, 3452, 2519, 10079, 3083, 1998, 3115, 3545, 327790, 6847, 2583, 2193, 2221, 3557, 5031, 866, 3685, 3452, 2519, 10079, 3083, 1998)
mtx <- matrix(mtx, 6, 6, dimnames = list(c('Z1', 'Y2', 'X3', 'W4', 'V5', 'U6'), c('1-2', '3-4', '5-6', '7-8', '9-10', '11-12')))

I need to write something like this:
df$P <- ifelse(df$phi=="Z1" & df$tal == "1-2", df$n/mtx[1,1],
     df$phi=="Z1" & df$tal == "3-4", df$n/mtx[1,2],
     df$phi=="Y2" & df$tal == "1-2", df$n/mtx[2,1])

I know the ifelse function itself isn't enough to get what I need. Would someone be able to find a solution? Thanks a lot

A: Using within and same subsets on LHS and RHS.
df <- within(df, {
  P <- NA
  P[phi == "Z1" & tal == "1-2"] <- n[phi == "Z1" & tal == "1-2"]/mtx[1, 1]
  P[phi == "Z1" & tal == "3-4"] <- n[phi == "Z1" & tal == "3-4"]/mtx[1, 2]
  P[phi == "Y2" & tal == "1-2"] <- n[phi == "Y2" & tal == "1-2"]/mtx[2, 1]
})
df
#   foo phi   tal   n          P
# 1   A  Z1   1-2 324 0.05415343
# 2   B  Z1   3-4 872 0.14574628
# 3   C  X3   5-6 163         NA
# 4   D  W4   7-8 953         NA
# 5   F  V5  9-10 453         NA
# 6   G  W4 11-12 943         NA


There, the possibility that words could be born, become perfected, and continue forever does not arise.
Does religion need a language?
Reincarnation is integral to Kabbalistic teaching, the idea that all of us live many different lives in order to become perfected.
And even if certain skills have not become perfected, they generally become habits or even bad habits because of repetition.
The 35mm single lens reflexes had become perfected to the point we could sell them to everybody, and we didn't just sell a camera," he said.
Long-term, as petroleum supplies dwindle and biofuels and hydrogen propulsion methods become perfected, gas taxes won't work at all.


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La communauté rurale des Agnams est une communauté rurale du Sénégal située au nord-est du pays.

Elle fait partie de l'arrondissement de Agnam Civol, du département de Matam et de la région de Matam.

Villages
 Agnam-Goly
 Agnam Civol
 Agnam Godo
 Agnam Balanabe
 Agnam Lidoubé
 Ouro Molo
 Agnam Thiodaye
 Agnam Toulel Thiallé
 Agnam Yéroyabé
 Kangal
 Mbellabélé
 Mberlaberlé
 Ndiaffane Belthindy
 Ndiaffane Sorokoum
 Sinthiou Boumacka
 Sinthiou Cire Matou
 Walo Sylla Worgo

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Liens externes
 Plan local d'hydraulique et d'assainissement de la commune d'agnam civol ()

Agnam Civol


He is an advocate having a practicing experience of 14 years before the courts of Delhi NCR, Including Supreme Court, High Court. He has an expert in Civil, Criminal, Company, Consumer, family, company matter, and others. but try to avoid service matter.
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If you're looking for something different to light up your space, these pendant light sets will deliver! Create a nostalgic or modern look easily with these affordable pendant light sets. Used alone or in clusters, these single cord sets are easy to install and come in a variety of color combinations to match any interior!
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Pellini's Pleated Shading & Blackout Blinds are a very popular choice as they have a range of systems and offer enhanced privacy for its users. The Blinds are suitable for a range of different applications, including Bi-Folding Doors, Windows and other types of doors.
The Screenline C System is a cord (manual) or External Motor (electric) operated integral blind. It is suitable for use in 20mm to 32mm sealed units.
The Screenline M system is a motorised integral blind available as a Venetian Blind, a Pleated Blind and a Pleated Blackout Blind.
The Screenline W System is a battery operated integral blind for Venetian, Pleated and Pleated Black out blinds with a raise and tilt operation. It is suitable for 20mm to 32mm thick sealed units.
The Screenline B system offers a similar manually operated, tilt-only function for Venetian blinds found in the P System, but the control knob is positioned on the bottom of the glass unit instead of on the side.
The Screenline S System is the most popular integral blind product for bifolding doors, windows and sliding doors as well as fixed glazing.
Screenline S system is available as a Venetian blind with the magnet on the side of the unit or a Pleated blind with the magnet on the bottom of the unit.
The Screenline P system is a manually controlled system for Venetian blinds with a Tilt only operation. Used where the blinds are required to provide privacy but intended to be lowered at all times.
ScreenLine® SL20-22S Pleated is a patented magnetic system with manual operation (raising function) for pleated blinds incorporated within 20-mm or 22-mm double glazing units and fitted into window frames with whatever degree of inclination.
The blind movement is transferred from a magnetic device (consisting in a removable knob) positioned centrally on the outer surface of the internal glass to a similar internal magnet located in the moveable head-rail, so as to absorb possible glass deflections. The blind can be adjusted at any inclination and raised in all directions: from right to left, left to right, from the top to the bottom and vice versa.
The performances in terms of heat reflection and adjustment of light transmission of Verosol® pleated fabrics, which are coated with an aluminium layer on one side, are optimised by special "U"-shaped specer bars.
The special features and the high product quality make the system ideal for attic, dormer and skylight applications.
SL20-22S ensures with time the insulating properties of the double glazing unit, notably protection from dirt or weather conditions. The integrated unit can be fitted into the window frame like standard insulating glass.
The system is supplied with warm edge spacer bars as standard.
ScreenLine® SL20-22C Pleated is a patented magnetic system with manual operation (raising function) for pleated blinds incorporated within 20-mm or 22-mm double or triple glazing units and featuring Verosol® fabrics, which are coated with an aluminium layer on one side.
The external magnetic device applied on the glass by means of high-resistance adhesive tape contains a cord loop and a magnet that is perfectly interfaced with the magnetic joint of the internal drive, which is completely housed inside the head rail. The movement provided to the cord enables the rotation of the magnets that activate the blind.
The cord is kept under tension by means of a special cord tensioner applied on the glass.
SL20-22C Pleated is particularly suited to structural façades, although there are actually no limits to its application.
SL20-22C Pleated ensures with time the insulating properties of the double or triple glazing unit, notably protection from dirt or weather conditions. The integrated unit can be fitted into the window frame like standard insulating glass.
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The blind operation is achieved using a rotational magnetic transmission through the glass thereby guaranteeing the unit's hermetic seal. The external magnet, fixed to the internal glass by double sided high-performance adhesive tape allows perfect alignment with the internal magnet.
The blind is raised and lowered using a continuous cord loop that drives the external magnet. The cord is held lightly under tension by a cord tensioner on the glass directly below the external magnet.
A dedicated mechanical end stop inside the head rail ensures a safe stop of the blind in the bottom position.
SL27-32C ensures with time the insulating properties of the double or triple glazing unit, notably protection from dirt or weather conditions. The integrated unit can be fitted into the window frame like standard insulating glass.
System SL29C Pleated is supplied with warm edge spacer bars as standard.
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ScreenLine® SL27-29-32W is a battery-operated motorised system with raising function for pleated blinds incorporated within 27-mm, 29-mm or 32-mm insulating glass units and featuring Verosol® fabrics, which are coated with an aluminium layer on one side, or Vanity fabrics.
ScreenLine® SL20-22MB Pleated is a motorised system with raising function for pleated blinds incorporated within 20-mm or 22-mm insulating glass units and featuring Verosol® fabrics, which are coated with an aluminium layer on one side.
The blind is raised or lowered via a device consisting of a brushless motor and a miniaturised control unit, which allows (by means of an encoder) the simultaneous and synchronised operation of several blinds. The motor and the entire electronic blind management system are positioned within the head rail, on a specially designed slide that will reduce vibrations, thus making the system very silent.
No other control device is applied on glass or window frame, since the motor is activated by means of wall-mounted push buttons or remote control (options). The purity of the aesthetic appearance and the high technical performances of the system make it particularly suited to prestigious projects.
The kit can be assembled, mounted and transported very quickly and easily. It ensures with time the insulating properties of the insulating glass unit, notably protection from dirt or weather conditions.
ScreenLine® SL27-29-32MB Pleated is a motorised system with raising function for pleated blinds incorporated within 27-mm or 29-mm or 32-mm insulating glass units and featuring Verosol® fabrics, which are coated with an aluminium layer on one side.
The kit can be assembled, mounted and transported very quickly and easily, without special operations, due to the complete lack of wires coming out of the blind.
It ensures with time the insulating properties of the double glazing unit, notably protection from dirt or weather conditions.
System SL29MB Pleated is supplied with warm edge spacer bar as standard.
ScreenLine® SL27-29-32MB Pleated Black-out is a motorised system with raising function for pleated black-out blinds incorporated within 27-mm or 29-mm or 32-mm insulating glass units.
No other control device is applied on glass or window frame, since the motor is activated by means of wall-mounted push buttons or remote control (options). SL27-32MB is suited to areas that require complete darkening.
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Bezos compares "Day 1" companies — companies that are at the beginning of their potential — with "Day 2" companies. "Day 2 is stasis. Followed by irrelevance. Followed by excruciating, painful decline. Followed by death. And that is why it is always Day 1."
And to hammer his point about Day 1, Bezos attached a copy of his original, 1997 shareholder letter, which Business Insider founder Henry Blodget calls "still a playbook for building a great company."


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Locsin and Lorenzana so terribly misinformed about PH vs China arbitration
IF President Duterte has foreign affairs and defense department secretaries who demonstrate astonishing nescience over a very important matter as the Philippines vs China arbitration, he should be very worried.
Do you really want to implement the award? Left, without the award, Pag-Asa's potential EEZ (red circle) encompassing nearly half of the South China Sea. Right, implementing the award: only a tiny territorial sea (tiny small circle). BY THE AUTHOR USING GOOGLE EARTH PRO
If the two officials echo almost verbatim the belligerent statements against China exploiting the arbitration award of Kelly Kraft, the United States ambassador to the United Nations, last June 1, and the more recent one of Secretary of State Michael Pompeo — which are really just part of President Trump's recent attempts at distracting his nation from his catastrophic failure to deal with the coronavirus pandemic — he should be very concerned.
It is humiliating for us Filipinos that our foreign affairs and defense secretaries are issuing statements against China in chorus with the US Secretary of State, issued on the same day, continuing the same propaganda line. I thought we had become independent of the US, with Duterte even emphasizing this with his rapprochement with China.
If the two through their declarations are in effect reversing the foreign policy that Duterte had set in 2016 to shelve the Yellow regime's reckless arbitration suit, engineered by the US, they are no longer his alter egos, and should be fired.
Surprising most observers, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. and Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on July 12 issued almost exactly similar statements lambasting China, demanding it, as Lorenzana put it, "to comply with the Permanent Court of Arbitration ruling." While Locsin did not refer to the "PCA," he also mistakenly saw the arbitration panel as a court when he claimed that the "award is a milestone in the corpus of international law."
Lorenzana and Locsin are shockingly misinformed. I thought that after four years past the Yellow administration, and with Duterte — even if only on a pragmatic basis — junking his predecessors' anti-China policy, the truth about the arbitration case would have been crystal clear by this time, which has two main features.
First, it was part of the Obama administration's "Pivot to Asia" policy, which had as one component the demonization of China as an evil empire grabbing islands in the South China Sea.
And second, as I will discuss in detail on Monday, then-President Benigno Aquino 3rd and his Foreign secretary Albert del Rosario foolishly thought that the suit would force China to allow a firm of the Indonesian-owned First Pacific Co. to explore and develop for oil and gas in the Reed Bank which both the Philippines and China claim, and which the latter bans other claimants from exploring without its permission. It doesn't' seem coincidental that it was del Rosario, a director of First Pacific for decades, who had pushed for the suit, then and to this day.
While the Philippines has the right to pursue it sovereign rights in its exclusive economic zone (EEZ), especially if this could extract oil and gas in the Reed Bank, the First Pacific project was so reckless: It ignored China's earlier warnings , and pushed it to the corner to drive out of the area the Indonesian firm's survey vessel MV Veritas Voyager in March 2011. That was the start of the Aquino's belligerent stance against China that led eventually to its suit against the superpower.
What Aquino, del Rosario and now Locsin called a "victory for the Philippines" was a huge deception of nauseating scale. That the deception continues is a testament to the power of US media and their minions here.
The award was not a ruling by The Hague-based PCA. The PCA simply acted as a registrar (the depository of documents), offices and secretarial staff for the arbitration panel. It provided the theatrics with its impressive cathedral-like hall where the hearings were held.
That there is a note at the top of the page "PCA Case No. 2013-19" is only because of its function as a registrar. Lorenzana and Locsin obviously were too intellectually lazy to find out why it was titled such.
The body that heard the suit and issued the award was, as the title page of the actual document on it puts it: "An Arbitral Tribunal constituted under Annex VII to the 1982 United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea." (Annex VII details the procedures for arbitration.) The word "tribunal" is used here in its sense of a panel handling disputes, and not in its second meaning of a "court of justice."*
To help Locsin and Lorenzana understand this: You and your neighbor are quarreling over ownership of a vacant lot. Instead of going to a court though, you just agree to an out-of-court arbitration and ask some respected person to appoint the members of the panel.
Arbitration is, by definition, mostly voluntary. What shocked the international legal community was that the Philippines invoked a very technical provision of UN Convention of the Law of the Sea (Unclos), by which the panel justified its hearings and award even if China refused to participate in the arbitration.
But why have the US, the Yellows, and now even Lorenzana and Locsin kept saying that it is a "PCA decision"? It is not simply semantics. The term has powerful propaganda use.
A "court" connotes a body that rules on what is the applicable law on a particular issue, which fits into the messaging of the US and the previous regime — and swallowed hook, line, and sinker by Duterte's two department secretaries — that China is defying the international rule of law.
Locsin pontificated in his statement: "The award is non-negotiable." How can an arbitration award not be negotiable, if it is between two parties? The award ruled, as will be discussed in more detail below, that our Pag-asa Island is not an island, but just a "rock." That is non-negotiable?
Locsin pointed out: "The arbitration award conclusively settled the issue of historic rights and maritime entitlements in the South China Sea and is a milestone in the corpus of international law."
How in the world can an arbitration set precedents in international law? As an Oxford University professor recently pointed out in his article on the award: "Judicial and arbitral decisions are not binding on other parties in future cases, even before the same court or tribunal. No other court or tribunal, be it the ICJ, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea or another Annex VII arbitral tribunal, is bound to follow the arbitral tribunal in the South China Sea arbitration in its interpretation and application of the Unclos."**
Lorenzana says that "the international community" demands that China comply with the arbitration award. He is so totally misinformed. Locsin echoes this when he said the arbitration is a victory for "the international community." If it is, the world has ignored it.
The fact is that only seven countries — the US which is not a signatory to the Unclos, Vietnam which has become China's arch-enemy in Asia, and four other countries that have always been the American puppets in dealing with the world — are demanding that China comply with the award.
Seven countries oppose the award, which include Russia and Taiwan. Thirty-three countries — including the European Union — "acknowledge the ruling but do not call for compliance," while 147 countries have simply ignored it. This is according to the Asian Maritime Transparency Institute, a think-tank/propaganda platform the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies set up to disseminate US views on the South China disputes.
Maritime zones
Locsin happily states: "The tribunal conclusively ruled that none of the features in the Spratly Islands is capable of generating extended maritime zones." This is almost hilarious for our foreign secretary to say, if one reads the arbitration award.
Our Kalayaan island group, which Marcos annexed in 1978 and made a municipality of Palawan, is part of the Spratly Islands. Locsin apparently is ignorant of this or he would not dare mention that part of the award, which prompted international-law academics to remark that if the if we really won the suit, it was a pyrrhic victory.
We have the greatest number of islands in the Spratlys, including the second biggest, Pag-asa Island. Marcos beat the others in grabbing the Spratlys, as had his marines occupy eight of the biggest islands from 1970 to 1974, leaving China to seize only seven reefs in 1988 and Vietnam the smaller islands and numerous shoals.
The ruling means we can no longer call our Kalayaan Island Group as such. If we comply with the arbitral ruling, we have to rename it as "Kalayaan Group of Rocks" and our Isla ng Pag-Asa as Bato ng Pag-Asa.
Taiwan occupies the biggest island Taiping; Vietnam occupies five; and Malaysia, one. Will the award's ruling on this apply to them?
An arbitration
No, since it was an arbitration, involving only two parties, the Philippines and China. But China did not agree to participate in the arbitration. Only the Philippines is required to degrade its islands in the Spratlys into "rocks." And former foreign secretary Albert del Rosario insists we bring the case to the UN for implementation?
More than the nomenclature though, we lost huge areas of the South China because of this particular provision of the award. For example, we could have declared an EEZ around our Pag-asa island (as well as our other seven islands) that would encompass 431,000 square kilometers, which is four times Luzon's area. We could have claimed this as the exclusive area for our fishermen, and more importantly, for our firms to explore and develop for oil and gas. The arbitration award ruled that we cannot do that: Pag-Asa is not an island and hence can claim only a tiny 12-nautical mile territorial sea around it.
The US' hypocrisy of course is that while it demands that China to comply with the arbitration, it is silent on the fact that it has declared EEZ around features in the Pacific that are much smaller than Pag-asa island, such Howland Island, Baker Island and Kingman Reef. Japan has an EEZ it vigorously defends around its Okinotorishima, which is the size of a bedroom. Nearly all Western powers in fact have declared EEZs on their islands which the arbitration declares as mere rocks.
What Pompeo, Locsin and Lorenzana are ecstatic about over the award is that it ruled that China's nine-dash line in the South China Sea has no basis in international law.
They are of course correct on this point. But the Chinese must be laughing: Their claim of sovereignty over the Spratlys, the Paracels, Pratas and Macclesfield Bank area (which includes Scarborough Shoal) are not based on that line drawn in 1947 on a Chinese map by a low-ranking bureaucrat of the communists' enemy, the Kuomintang.
It is based on certain agreements, one of which is the Cairo Declaration of November 1943, signed by China, the US, and the UK that declared that those islands which Japan had seized during World War 2 be returned to China. Vietnam disputes this, claiming that these were stolen not from China but from France, when it was the colonial power in Vietnam, which now claims that it is the rational heir to such territories.
The Philippine claim to the Spratlys is based on the 1978 Marcos decree, which could now be justified now as sovereignty based on a long period of effective occupation. A weaker claim is that a main part of Kalayaan is within our exclusive economic zone, defined in 2009.
More on this, and on the ambitious venture of First Pacific to become a major oil producer that dragged us into a conflict with China during the Yellow era on Monday.
Indeed, so true in this dispute with China is Samuel Johnson's aphorism, "Patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels."
*See my column July 17, 2018, "Fake news: No such PCA decision."
** Stefan Salmon, "The South China Sea Arbitration and the Finality of 'Final' Awards," Journal of International Dispute Settlement, Volume 8, Issue 2, May 2017.
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The government must wake up to the danger of fake news before its too late
Giles Kenningham
Fake news has been around for decades. But it was normally the preserve of despotic regimes. Now it's threatening to undermine democracies across the world. The rise of the internet means that, in the words of Mark Twain, 'a lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes'. You can normally assume newspapers, irrespective of their political stance, have sourced and doubled checked their facts. But with the explosion of social media, we need to adapt our mentality to make sure people start questioning the sources and veracity of their news more. While the government, rightly, commits billions to tackle cyber security to protect the nation form cyberattacks, disinformation has become a new front in the cyberwar.
This week we have finally seen tentative moves to get a grip of the issue. Ipso have launched a logo aimed at tackling fake news by giving websites a form of accreditation. Encouragingly, the BBC have unveiled a fresh initiative to help young people identify false information. But in reality these measures barely touch the surface.
The chief culprit when it comes to the spread of fake news is Facebook. It needs to step up and get real. With two billion users worldwide – and over half the UK population on the platform – it is now part of the establishment and has a moral responsibility to bring in stringent safeguards and take down fake news. Let's be clear, it is a publisher not a carrier of information. Similarly, other social media giants need to be held to greater account when it comes to taking down bots and fake accounts that rapidly spread fake news. The reality is that we are now in a situation where people are unwittingly spreading falsehoods.
In the areas of public health and public safety, misinformation can have devastating consequences. If it's not gripped, peddlers of hate speech and the persecution of minorities will go unchecked. In developing countries hit by humanitarian crises, misinformation about clean water and food could prove to be catastrophic. We've already seen the real life example of how fake news can be a matter of life and death. The quick actions of the police in the United States last December meant they arrested a man brandishing an assault rifle who entered a pizza restaurant wrongly assuming it was operating a child abuse ring, before it was too late.
Clearly there needs to be a concerted drive in schools to educate people around multiple sourcing and reverting to established and credible news sources. We should look closely at building the issue into the curriculum. And we need more third party fact checking organisations holding people to account. As the media continues to fragment, we as a country need to do more to promote older established news outlets.
Politicians so far in this country have chosen not to regulate. But I think the time has come for them to act. We could do worse than follow Germany's lead. Social media sites peddling false information are given twenty-four hours to take down material before they are hit with fines of more than £40m if they don't comply. Furthermore, until we invest in developing some form of a fake news tracker or index we are not going to be able to quantify and grip the problem. To be quite blunt, will it take an act of unimaginable horror triggered by the spread of false information for the UK government to wake up?
Giles Kenningham is a former Number 10 special adviser and founder of PR Consultancy Trafalgar Strategy
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The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct is a do-whatever-you-need-to-survive first-person action game from Activision for the Microsoft Xbox 360.
The game follows the mysterious, crossbow-wielding survivor Daryl Dixon alongside his overbearing brother Merle on a haunting, unforgiving journey across the Georgia countryside.
Player Choice & Consequence - Use wit to stay alive in this post-apocalyptic world.
Resource Management - Scrounge for food, water and ammunition to survive.
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Euro 2020: England aim to book pre-quarterfinal berth today by breaking Scotland hearts
England's Raheem Sterling (right) celebrates after scoring against Croatia. (AFP)
London - The oldest fixture in international football takes place at a major tournament for just the second time with the Scots aiming to avenge England's 2-0 win at Euro 96
Published: Fri 18 Jun 2021, 9:24 PM
England can join Italy, Belgium and the Netherlands in the last 16 of Euro 2020 on Friday if the Three Lions get the better of neighbours Scotland in a grudge match at Wembley.
The oldest and most played fixture in international football takes place at a major tournament for just the second time with the Scots aiming to avenge England's 2-0 win at Euro 96.
England manager Gareth Southgate was part of that winning side 25 years ago, but does not want his players to be distracted by the acrimony that surrounds a meeting with Scotland.
"For the fans and for us it is a big occasion but it is another opportunity for three points and our objective is qualification. That is what we have got to focus on," said Southgate.
"I want them to approach it like any other game of football and focus on playing well and (they) don't need to emphasise the other parts too much."
Despite having just 2,500 tickets for the 22,500 crowd limited by coronavirus restrictions, Scottish fans have descended on London in their thousands.
After a 23-year wait to reach a major finals, the Scots were stung by Patrik Schick's double in a 2-0 loss to the Czech Republic on Monday.
Another defeat would leave Steve Clarke's men needing to beat World Cup finalists Croatia heavily in their final game and other results to go their way to have any chance of reaching the knockout stage for the first time.
Scotland's chances of causing an upset have received a massive boost with the return of Arsenal defender Kieran Tierney from a hamstring injury.
"We need him back. He's a top player and an amazing character and someone we want back in the team," said Manchester United midfielder Scott McTominay.
"He's someone we need and we rely on him a lot for what he brings to the squad."
England also have a full complement of players to choose from with United captain Harry Maguire back in contention after recovering from ankle ligament damage.
Southgate's men avenged their World Cup semi-final defeat by Croatia to get off to a winning start in the European Championship for the first time on Sunday.
Croatia will look to bounce back from their sluggish display in the Wembley heat when they play against the Czechs in Glasgow in Friday's 1600 GMT kick-off.
Likely lining up against the Croats will be Schick, who scored a goal of the tournament contender in the Czechs' win over Scotland, a stunning drive from near the halfway line that left goalkeeper David Marshall wrapped in his own net.
Slovakia were the only side in Group E to get off to a winning start as they beat Poland 2-1 and could also secure a place in the knockout stages with victory over Sweden in Saint Petersburg in a game kicking off at 1300 GMT.
They will line up with talismanic captain Marek Hamsik, who will take on the nation which helped him get ready for the Euro in his record-extending 128th appearance for his country.
The 33-year-old playmaker joined Swedish team IFK Gothenburg from Chinese Super League club Dalian Pro in March, ending his stay in East Asia due to the Covid-19 pandemic complicating travel to and from China.
And now that former Napoli star Hamsik is match fit and playing in the Euro, he will join Turkish side Trabzonspor at the end of the month.
The Slovaks are in line for a spot in the round of 16 thanks to another player who has made his name in Italy in Milan Skriniar.
The Inter Milan defender lashed home the decisive goal against Poland which gives Slovakia the chance to ensure they keep hold of top spot in the group heading into the final round of fixtures.
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50 Questions to Ask Your Favourite Fashion Brands
Navigating which brands are sustainable and ethical is a minefield. Especially with the amount of lies we're told by brands regarding their practices and supply production. One of the ways you can find out more about brands' actions, as well as hold them accountable, is to ask them questions directly. In the age of social media, we have direct access to contacting brands. Comment a question on one of their Instagram posts, Facebook posts or even LinkedIn if you're wanting to get everywhere covered! You can also reply to tweets or just tweet them out of the blue – my favourite way to do this is to hijack marketing ploys like #PrettyPleasePLT! You can also email brands directly with more detailed questions that a tweet just won't allowed you to do. You can find an email somewhere on their website or social media. They are less likely to reply via email as it's not public, but it's still worth a shot and gets the topic on their radar.
It is difficult to know what to ask sometimes. So, to help, here are some questions you can ask to brands to hold them to account and heavily imply that they should be doing better. You don't have to use them all at once – that would be a ridiculously long exchange – but you can pick and choose and use them at different points, as well as asking questions that aren't included on this list. You could email a brand with one a day for 50 days if you really wanted to be a pain in their backsides! This is one way you can make a difference and fight for change without having to spend a single penny and which doesn't need to take too much time.
1. Who made my clothes?
2. How much are your garment workers paid?
3. Where are your products made?
4. Please provide me with a list of the factories in your supply chain.
5. Are your garment workers able to form and join unions without threatening their job security?
6. Are you in regular contact with your garment workers' unions?
7. What have you done to keep your workers' safe in a pandemic?
8. How are you tackling sexual and gender-based violence in your supply chain?
9. If you posted a Black Square in summer 2020, what have you done since then to tackle white supremacy in your organisation and supply chain?
10. What is your gender pay gap?
11. What are you doing to reduce and eradicate your gender pay gap?
12. How much profit have you made since the start of the pandemic?
13. Are you sharing your profits with your garment workers?
14. Did you cancel orders at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic?
15. If you did cancel orders at the beginning of the pandemic, have you since paid up? If so, when, how much, and why didn't you do so sooner?
16. How old are your workers?
17. What do you do to ensure health and safety standards in your supplying factories are maintained?
18. Do you treat pregnant workers (both in your supply chain and in your company headquarters) fairly? (i.e. paid maternity leave, no unfair dismissal, etc.).
19. Who makes your fabric?
20. Where is your fabric produced?
21. Are the farmers who harvest the materials in your clothes paid a living wage?
22. Are migrant workers making your products paid the same as citizen workers?
23. What is the gender-make-up of workers and managers in your supplying factories?
24. How much do you pay your retail staff?
25. Do you listen to garment workers and directly involve them in your policy-making?
26. What size range do you produce?
27. Why can't you provide more options for plus-size people?
28. How much do you pay influencer collaborators (e.g. Molly-Mae Hague) in comparison to your garment workers?
29. Has your CEO met with any of the garment workers making your company's products?
30. Do you have suppliers still manufacturing in Myanmar despite the military coup?
31. If you are still manufacturing in Myanmar, will you support the garment workers there by boycotting the country as they have demanded? Will you also publically denounce the regime there?
32. Do your clothes contain cotton made in the Uighur region in China?
33. If you do source from the Uighur region (as practically every fashion brand is implicated), what are you doing to oppose the ongoing genocide and support Uighurs in their resistance?
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34. Do you used organic/recycled materials?
35. If you use recycled materials, where are these sourced from and what percentage of the garment is made using recycled materials?
36. What percentage of your overall produce/stock is sustainably sourced and produced? (e.g. what percentage of overall stock does H&M Conscious account for?)
37. What happens to clothes when I return them?
38. How many garments do you produce every year?
39. What exactly are you doing to reduce your contribution to the climate crisis?
40. What are you doing to prevent and monitor pollution as a result of your production?
41. What are you doing to reduce the amount of plastic both in your products and in your packaging?
42. What are you doing to help create a circular economy?
43. Will one of your garments last me for life?
44. Can I bring a garment back in to you to be repaired? Patagonia and other companies have a repair system, why don't you?
45. What do you do with your factory waste and offcuts?
46. What happens to the clothes in your recycling schemes? (e.g. the 'recycle' boxes present in shops like H&M)
47. Is this product stolen from another, smaller, company? If yes, why didn't you pay or at least give credit to that small business?
48. Are you planning on reducing the number of products you release soon?
49. Do you know the amount of resources (such as water, earth, electricity, etc.) your products use?
50. Are you looking into less resource-intensive materials and methods of production?
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Behind every popular pinball machine is a legendary pinball designer who made a significant contribution to the development of the arcade staple today.
Every pinball machine is different. Each play field is completely unique, offering different playing experiences. Some tests your accuracy and reflexes while others are for pure fun and entertainment. Even if you are a non-pinball wizard, you have surely been curious who the geniuses behind such sophisticated creations were.
Here, you will get to know them as we list down 13 legendary pinball designers who made the best machines in history:
#1. Steve Ritchie
Steve Ritchie is an acclaimed pinball and video game designer. He is the older brother of fellow pinball designer, Mark Ritchie. He is regarded as the "Master of Flow" by pinball aficionados because his games are some of the most fluid and fast in the pinball history. He designed a total of 23 produced individual games.
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"Terminator 2: Judgment Day" (1992)
"Spiderman" (2007)
#2. Pat Lawlor
Pat Lawlor may be the most commercially-successful pinball designer of all time. He created some of the best-selling pinball machines of the 1990s with "The Addams Family" (1992) as the most popular. It remains the bestselling solid state pinball machine of all time, with over 20,000 units sold. He has designed a total of 18 produced individual games and his games are considered the most involved and fun the industry has to offer. In 2016, he revealed his latest game "Dialed In!" an original theme released under pinball manufacturer, Jersey Jack Pinball.
"The Addams Family" (1992)
"Dialed In!"
#3. Brian Eddy
Brian Eddy started his career in the pinball industry as a software designer. He only started designing pinball machines years later with "The Shadow" (1994) as his first game that was produced. Although his designs are few, each of his games has ranked as some of the best games ever played in pinball history.
"The Shadow" (1994)
"Attack from Mars" (1995)
"Medieval Madness" (1997)
"Arctic Thunder" (2001).
#4. John Borg
John Borg is the legendary designer behind many of the most popular tables produced by the Japanese video game company, Data East. He has designed a total of 25 produced individual games and is currently a principal designer at Stern Pinball.
"Star Wars" (1992)
"Guns 'N Roses" (1993)
"Metallica" (2013)
#5. George Gomez
George Gomez was famed for creating some of the greatest pinball machines in the 1990s. In his dedication, he still produced some of the greatest games in pinball while it was declining in popularity. He has designed a total of 11 produced individual games that included his most recent titles
"Lord of the Rings" (2003)
"Batman 66" (2016).
#6. John Popadiuk
John Popadiuk is a noteworthy pinball designer who was in the limelight from the 1970s up until the late 1990s. His machines are easily recognizable for its vivid and fun playfield designs, combining visual effects and technology in each.
"Theatre of Magic" (1995)
"Tales of the Arabian Nights" (1996)
While Popadiuk has produced a remarkable number of pinball machines, he also has a number of failed attempts at building one. This includes the "Magic Girl," a limited edition pinball machine that comes with the price of $16,000 each. It was easily the greatest and most expensive pinball machine of all time, if only it had worked.
#7. Barry Oursler
Barry Oursler worked his way in the pinball industry for over 20 years. A former Pinball game designer for Williams Electronics, he produced nearly three dozen titles that collectively sold over 135,000 games over the course of his career.
"Phoenix" (1978)
"Harley Davidson" (1999)
"Junk Yard" (1996)
#8. Dennis Nordman
Dennis Nordman is a longtime designer of arcade pinball games boasting of over twenty years of experience in the field. He worked for several arcade game companies including Gottlieb, Bally and William Electronics and Stern. He was quite unfortunate for being laid-off several times, but despite all those, he was able to produce some of the most memorable games.
"Indianapolis 500" (1995)
"Scared Stiff" (1996)
#9. Greg Kmiec
Greg Kmiec is an industry veteran with more than 30 titles to his credit in a career spanning 3 decades. He worked for Bally where he designed numerous titles, a lot of which have become icons of the early solid-state years. He received but declined offers from competitors such as Atari and William Electronics during his stint at Bally.
"Harlem Globetrotters on Tour" (1978)
"Supersonic" (1979)
"Xeno" (1980)
#10. Jim Patla
Jim Patla is an industry senior who worked on over 40 tables for Bally in a span of fourteen years. He created memorable games and was inducted into the Pinball Expo Hall of Fame in 2002 and is now retired.
"Mata Hari" (1997)
"Playboy" (1978)
"Space Invaders" (1980)
"Centaur" (1981)
#11. Joe Kaminkow
Joe Kaminkow was one of the founders of Data East Pinball now known as Stern Pinball. Before helping found the company, Kaminkow worked for Williams where he helped acquire the Space Shuttle license from NASA. He also became the key person to go to for pinball machines licensing. He was inducted into the Pinball Hall of Fame in 2004.
"The Simpsons" (1990)
#12. Jon Norris
Jon Norris started his career by designing his homemade game "Tour de France" in 1984 until he was offered a job in Premier (Gottlieb). In addition to creating popular tables, he also helped develop the rule sets for other's pinball tables and worked as a company photographer and playtester. He went into a series of misfortunes but eventually got back and has been designing slot machines and redemption games with Joe Kaminkow.
"Super Mario Bros" (1992)
"Street Fighter II" (1993)
"Freddy: A Nightmare on Elm Street" (1994)
#13. Python Anghelo
Python Anghelo was a designer and artist popular for his work on pinball machines and arcade games. He landed a job in several companies including Disney, Williams and Capcom wherein he designed one game. "Flipper Football" (1994). Before he succumbed to cancer in 2014, he spent his last several years assembling a team to help his most ambitious project, "Pinball Circus" come to life.
"Flipper Football" (1994)
"Pinball Circus" (2014)
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