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2 Copenhagen Business School 3 10 10 1
4 Graduate School of Business & Public Policy Naval Postgraduate School 5 31 1 2
52 Minsk Institute of Management 122 347 5 3
62 Telkom Institute of Management 30 418 19 4
6 Warsaw School of Economics 22 13 8 5
69 Escuela de Administración de Negocios 27 274 114 6
10 Singapore Institute of Management 153 3 228 7
1 University of Pennsylvania Wharton School 48 1 9 8
32 Finance Academy Government of the Russian Federation 158 64 31 9
7 Université de Montreal Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales 13 24 2 10
5 New York University Leonard N. Stern School of Business 38 5 3 11
96 Reims Management School 253 187 76 12
13 University of Chicago Booth School of Business 114 14 13 13
145 St. Petersburg State University Graduate School of Management 206 355 106 14
196 Faculty of Economics and Management Sumy State University 184 608 89 15
50 Graduate Program of Management and Business, Bogor Agricultural University 72 207 29 16
3 Harvard Business School 26 1 35 17
58 Monash University Business and Economics 251 127 46 18
507 Minsk Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship 765 734 544 19
87 University of New South Wales Australian School of Business 262 191 39 20
192 Dublin Business Studies 329 275 303 21
472 Escuela de Negocios de la Universidad Estatal de Guayaquil 109 1081 306 22
286 Colegio de Estudios Superiores de Administración 336 484 375 23
15 Northwestern University Kellogg Business School 102 12 27 24
20 University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business 142 18 20 25
9 INSEAD Business School 39 6 22 26
40 Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Economía y Gestao 124 121 14 27
308 Institut Teknologi Bandung School of Business and Management 215 521 545 28
199 Baltic Institute of Economics and Finance 4 726 285 29
33 Stockholm School of Economics 152 39 62 30
72 University of Waikato Waikato Management School 75 209 57 31
37 Carnegie Mellon University Tepper School of Business 130 55 68 31
28 Duke University Fuqua School of Business 216 26 28 33
27 University of Aarhus School of Business 14 91 48 34
80 City University of London Cass Business School 207 116 98 35
14 Universidad de Navarra IESE Business School 31 21 25 36
451 School of Business and Management of Technology Belarusian State University 438 906 293 36
75 Washington University In St. Louis Olin Business School 202 128 64 38
26 University of Finance and Administration Prague 12 171 4 39
25 Hautes Etudes Commerciales School of Management 68 36 45 40
22 Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad 21 23 85 40
95 University of Arizona Eller College of Management 278 146 73 42
59 State University High School of Economics Saint Petersburg Branch 169 111 58 43
19 Wroclaw University of Economics 24 54 6 43
78 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Business 237 151 41 45
115 Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management 276 238 40 46
390 Institute of Management and Economics 633 455 473 47
267 Fucape Business School 421 552 137 48
65 University of Lausanne Hautes Etudes Commerciales 246 96 49 48
18 Cracow University of Economics 23 28 32 48
61 Université Laval Faculté Des Sciences de L'Administration 213 114 38 51
30 Stanford University Graduate School of Business 205 16 91 52
24 Norwegian School of Management / Handelshøyskolen BI 74 40 18 53
56 University of Manchester Manchester Business School 229 60 95 54
34 University of Michigan Ross School of Business 227 29 42 55
54 Münster School of Business Administration and Economics 144 154 12 56
53 Oxford University Saïd Business School 322 37 108 57
16 EOI Escuela de Negocios 20 19 63 58
579 Volyn Institute for Economics and Management 545 893 715 59
55 Humboldt University Berlin Business School 174 107 37 60
12 Poznan University of Economics 37 17 11 61
43 All-Russian Finance & Economics Institute for Correspondence Studies 79 129 23 62
236 Australian National University College of Business and Economics 464 349 190 63
111 Universität Mannheim Business School 175 204 59 64
47 University of Toronto Rotman School of Management 264 48 52 64
164 University of Maribor, Faculty of Economics and Business 61 621 30 66
137 Purdue University Krannert School of Management 312 210 86 66
112 Kazakhstan Institute of Management Economics and Strategic Research 59 175 235 68
377 Georgia Southern University College of Business Administration 511 626 308 69
17 San Diego State University Aztec Business Alliance 100 11 15 69
35 Indian School of Business Gachibowli 15 71 97 71
82 Ashridge Bussines School 154 79 185 72
83 University of Florida Warrington College of Business Administration 262 144 34 73
36 University of Ljubljana Faculty of Economics 42 158 7 74
45 MIT Sloan School of Management 278 22 157 74
77 Leon Kozminski Academy of Entrepreneurship and Management 231 41 225 76
266 Vilnius International School of Law and Business 190 516 255 77
168 University of Queensland Business School 177 170 419 78
23 Yale University Yale School of Management 120 15 61 78
271 Kobe University, Graduate School of Business Administration 445 444 201 80
132 Indian Institute of Management Calcutta 160 131 297 80
42 University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business 196 46 47 80
43 University of British Columbia Sauder School of Business 247 50 33 80
418 Institute of Business Management 551 664 274 84
74 University of Georgia Terry College of Business 255 65 75 85
190 University of Auckland Business School 381 270 177 86
177 University of Gothenburg School of Business, Economics and Law 214 278 204 86
99 Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode 138 135 151 86
106 University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management 303 101 96 89
140 Barcelona Graduate School of Economics 409 126 188 90
51 Universidad ESAN 81 85 90 90
317 The University of Western Australia Business School 365 550 236 92
470 Higher School of Finance and Banking in Radom 386 803 509 92
371 Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek Faculty of Economics 127 935 153 94
175 Institute of Business Administration Karachi 342 277 112 94
438 Symbiosis International University Symbiosis Institute of Business Management 655 469 573 94
84 ESIC Busines & Marketing School 132 115 101 97
231 University of Management and Technology 271 396 205 97
207 University of Otago School of Business 398 345 131 99
86 University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School 202 81 117 99


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Portfolio Manager, Co-Director of Research
Hugo Scott‐Gall, partner, is a portfolio manager for the Global Leaders and Emerging Markets Leaders strategies, and co-director of research for the global equity team. Before joining William Blair in 2018, Hugo was a managing director and head of the thematic research team at Goldman Sachs. In that role, he managed a global team of approximately 15 people who investigated thematic changes, analyzed their effects across industries, and sought to identify long‐term structurally advantaged companies. He and his team produced Fortnightly Thoughts, a publication offering thematic insights across sectors, and GS Sustain, a long‐term‐focused publication that sought to find best‐in‐breed companies, with environmental, social, and governance (ESG) analysis forming an integral part of the process. He also oversaw GS Dataworks, a team that used alternative data to augment fundamental research. Before his move into thematic research, Hugo was an equity research analyst covering European transportation companies. Before joining Goldman Sachs, he was an equity research analyst at Fidelity Investments.
Hugo Scott-Gall, Partner February 8, 2023
Lessons From a Chaotic Year
Hugo Scott-Gall, Partner December 6, 2022
Olga and Hugo review their predictions and explore what surprised them in 2022, focusing on gross domestic product (GDP), interest rates, earnings growth, energy prices, and the dollar. Hugo: Olga, this has been quite the...
Falling Birth Rates: A Vote on Economic Policy?
Hugo Scott-Gall, Partner September 28, 2022
Olga and Hugo consider China's rapidly dropping birth rate and its implications for growth. Demography isn't necessarily destiny. Other countries have seen dramatic declines in fertility—only to turn things around with economic recovery. Hugo: In...
Cheers to the Next 5 Years, Part I
Hugo Scott-Gall, Partner August 2, 2022
The events of the past year have accelerated the transformation of energy infrastructure and the digitization of the workplace. Olga and Hugo look back and ahead to consider the investment opportunities beyond the headlines. Hugo...
Everyone's Quitting Their Jobs. Good!
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Innovation, as an attitude, is the response of a company to meet the challenges and opportunities of technological advancement and knowledge in general. Renewal (read, innovation) provides objects (equipment) and methods, the application of which is aimed at sustainable progress that has no other aim than excellence.
In an exemplary and unparalleled in Portugal way, EPDM shows a volume of investment in equipment at the technological forefront it is stated as a company's undertaking given innovation.
Proof of this is the recent acquisition of an MLA (Mineral Liberation Analysis), supported by a sample preparation laboratory equipped with the best products / equipment that the market can offer.
MLA, a particular case of an electronic microscope, allows the production of knowledge / information from a separate, fast and controlled manner. This knowledge reverts favorably in two specific sectors of mining, which will EPDM is on.
On the one hand, the exploration sector benefits from the considerable enhancement in the interpretation of their results, the understanding of which allows us to draw more efficiently and safety approach strategies to mineral deposits.
On the other, in terms of treatment of ores, MLA, by their nature, offers the possibility to extract information with unquestionable usefulness in improving their processes, identifying and correcting problems.
Although the acquisition of a machine of this kind represents a substantial economic investment, the advantages that are inherent materialize a quick return to legitimize their acquisition.
In this way, a bet convinced innovation not only offers better results, but also ensures a growing autonomy that aims to develop a supply of services on a global scale.


Discussion in 'Forthcoming Events Archive' started by badman gee, Jan 25, 2014.
I will be attending with my nephew again!
Plus waxstock on the Sunday!
I intend to go Mark, after last years disappointment of having to cancel at the last minute, I have it firmly marked in my diary.
I thought you said you weren't going Mark?
I wasn't but my nephew enjoyed it.
He'd like to go again.
Plus I can't get to many EAC meets at the moment.
Me & Jayne Gary & Kim going will be first time Gary as been able to go been offshore working last two year proberly go to waxstock as well .
Me and Linda will be there again too! Great weekend, all booked and paid for the Friday and Saturday.
Hotel booked for me & Gail too, staying Friday & Saturday nights. Just got to book the tickets now.
Has anyone got a link to book the Silverstone tickets. I got an email a few weeks ago from BMW with a link to book the 2 for 1 tickets, but this link doesn't work anymore.
Ron, this post has the booking codes you can use on the main Silverstone Classic website.
Thanks Gary it works fine now. I did try that code earlier but it didn't work, guess I need to go to Specsavers, must have put the code in wrong.
All booked fri&sat silverstone and same for hotel.
Hotel booked for Friday & Saturday, Silverstone for Saturday, looking forward to seeing everyone again, Dave & Sue.
Frankies trip could be epic at this rate, with everything that's going on!


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Published on April 20, 2015 in Daily Dirt, Michigan Contractor & Builder and National. Closed Tags: asphalt, bridges, concrete, construction, construction industry, contractors, economy, employment, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), gas tax, heavy equipment, Highway Bill, highways, infrastructure, Interstate Highway System, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), pavement, roads, safety, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), the American Transportation Research Institute, The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT), the Michigan Transportation Asset Management Council, the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI), the U.S. Census Bureau, transportation.
Michigan's transportation system faces mounting challenges in the form of deteriorated roads and bridges, a lack of adequate safety features, highway bottlenecks and an inability to fund projects needed to support economic development opportunities in the state. Increased investment in transportation improvements at the local, state and federal levels could improve road and bridge conditions, boost safety, increase roadway efficiency and support long-term economic growth in Michigan, according to a new report released today by TRIP, a Washington, DC based national transportation organization.
The TRIP report, "Michigan's Top Transportation Challenges: Meeting the State's Need for Safe and Efficient Mobility," finds that pavement conditions are projected to deteriorate significantly over the next decade under current transportation funding levels. And while the state has made progress in reducing the share of deficient bridges in recent years, the share of deficient bridges is expected to increase in the coming years due to a lack of funding. Failure to make needed improvements to Michigan's transportation system could threaten the state's economic recovery.
The percentage of Michigan's major roads that are in poor condition increased significantly in recent years, from 23 percent in 2006 to 38 percent in 2014. By 2025, the share of major roads in poor condition is projected to increase to 53 percent. Driving on rough roads costs Michigan motorists a total of $4.8 billion each year in the form of extra vehicle operating costs, an average of $686 annually per motorist. These costs include accelerated vehicle depreciation, additional repair costs, and increased fuel consumption and tire wear.
Michigan has made progress in recent years in reducing the share of bridges that are structurally deficient.
However, under current funding levels, the share of structurally deficient bridges is expected to increase. The percentage of structurally deficient bridges decreased from 16 percent in 2006 to 12 percent in 2014. By 2023, the share of structurally deficient bridges is projected to increase to 14 percent. Bridges that are structurally deficient have significant deterioration of the bridge deck, superstructure or substructure. Sixteen percent of Michigan's bridges are functionally obsolete, an increase from 2006, when 12 percent were functionally obsolete. Bridges that are functionally obsolete no longer meet modern design standards, often because of narrow lanes, inadequate clearances or poor alignment.
0.75 fatality rate on all other roads and highways in the state.
Michigan's economic recovery is threatened by increased road and bridge deterioration, freight bottlenecks and the lack of needed transportation improvements to serve economic development. The efficiency and condition of Michigan's transportation system, particularly its highways, is critical to the health of the state's economy. Annually, $520 billion in goods are shipped throughout Michigan, mostly by truck. The amount of freight, measured by weight, shipped annually throughout Michigan is expected to increase by 25 percent from 2015 to 2030, putting further stress on the state's roads, highways and bridges.
The efficiency of freight delivery and personal travel in Michigan is being compromised by six significant highway bottlenecks. Relieving congestion at these bottlenecks will require significant investment to improve traffic flow at these locations. The top six highway bottlenecks in Michigan include the following: I-94 at I-75 and I-75 at I-696 in the Detroit area; I-96 at US 131 in the Grand Rapids area; I-69 at I-96 and I-96 at US 127 in the Lansing area; and I-94 at I-69 in the Port Huron area.
The Federal Highway Administration estimates that each dollar spent on road, highway and bridge improvements results in an average benefit of $5.20 in the form of reduced vehicle maintenance costs, reduced delays, reduced fuel consumption, improved safety, reduced road and bridge maintenance costs and reduced emissions as a result of improved traffic flow.
As Michigan continues to recover from a devastating economic downturn, the condition, efficiency and safety of the state's transportation system is likely to play a critical role in determining the extent and pace of the state's re-emergence as a region with a strong economy and a desirable quality of life.
Since unemployment and population loss crested in 2010, Michigan has experienced steady economic and employment growth and seen its population stabilize and begin to grow modestly. But the state's economic recovery is threatened by Michigan's inability to address its transportation challenges. These challenges include deteriorating roads, highways and bridges, a lack of adequate traffic safety features, a lack of transportation facilities to support economic growth and quality of life, and a lack of adequate financial resources to address the state's transportation challenges.
For Michiganders to enjoy an enhanced quality of life while the state sustains and accelerates economic recovery, Michigan will need to maintain and improve the condition of its roads, highways and bridges. Making needed improvements to the state's transportation system will enhance its ability to provide efficient, safe and reliable mobility for residents, visitors and businesses.
Meeting Michigan's need to modernize and maintain its transportation system will require a significant boost in local, state and federal funding.
The condition of locally and state-maintained roads and highways are deteriorating and are forecast to worsen significantly under current levels of funding. Repairing roads and highways while they are in good or fair condition greatly reduces long-term preservation costs because of the high cost of repairing roads in poor condition.
Keeping roads in good condition by performing minor maintenance is far more cost- effective than waiting until roads are in fair or poor condition when it becomes far more costly to make needed.
Roads in good condition can be maintained by preventive maintenance, which costs approximately $85,000 per lane mile. Roads in mediocre or fair condition require resurfacing, which costs approximately $575,000 per lane mile. Roads in poor condition require reconstruction to repair the surface and the base under the road, which costs approximately $1,625,000 per mile – 19 times greater than the cost of preventive maintenance.
A Fall 2014 poll of local Michigan governments conducted by the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan found that a majority (52 percent) of the state's local governments are only able to keep up with short-term road fixes such as filling potholes, as opposed to practicing long-term and more cost-effective preventive maintenance.
Michigan has made progress in reducing its share of bridges that are rated structurally deficient, but under current funding levels, the share of Michigan's locally and state- maintained bridges that are structurally deficient is expected to increase.
Sixteen percent of Michigan's locally and state-maintained bridges are functionally obsolete. Bridges that are functionally obsolete no longer meet current highway design standards, often because of narrow lanes, inadequate clearances or poor.
In 2006, 16 percent of Michigan's bridges were rated structurally deficient and twelve percent were rated functionally.
Improving safety features on Michigan's roads and highways would likely result in a decrease in traffic fatalities and serious crashes. It is estimated that roadway features are likely a contributing factor in approximately one-third of all fatal and serious traffic crashes.
Michigan's overall traffic fatality rate of 1.00 fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles of travel in 2013 is slightly lower than the national traffic fatality rate of 09.
The fatality rate on Michigan's rural non-Interstate roads was 1.76 fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles of travel in 2013, nearly two-and-a-half times higher than the 75 fatality rate on all other roads and highways in the state.
Where appropriate, highway improvements can reduce traffic fatalities and crashes while improving traffic flow to help relieve congestion. Such improvements include removing or shielding obstacles; adding or improving medians; improved lighting; adding rumble strips, wider lanes, wider and paved shoulders; and better road markings and traffic signals.
The efficiency of Michigan's transportation system is critical to the recovery and health of the state's economy. The state's economic recovery is threatened by increased deterioration of Michigan's roads and bridges and the lack of needed transportation improvements to serve economic development.
More than half of Michigan local governments (58 percent) said that poor roads in their jurisdictions had a negative impact on economic development, in response to a 2014 Fifty-one percent said that poor roads had a negative impact on the fiscal health of local governments.
Michigan's population has achieved modest growth as the state's economy has The state's population rose from 9.877 million in 2010 to 9.909 million in 2014.
Michigan's economy faltered during the latter half of the 2000s. Employment peaked at approximately 4.7 million jobs in 2005 resulting in an unemployment rate of 7.1 percent, before dropping to approximately 4.2 million jobs and an unemployment rate of 9 percent in 2010.
By January 2015, Michigan had added approximately 300,000 jobs, reaching approximately 4.5 million jobs, and the state's unemployment rate dropped to 9 percent.
Annually, $520 billion in goods are shipped throughout Michigan, mostly by Seventy-eight percent of the goods shipped annually throughout Michigan are carried by trucks, another 21 percent are carried by rail, and the remaining freight shipped by water and air.
New international bridge crossing between Detroit and Windsor.
Improved intermodal truck-rail terminal and facilities in Southeast Michigan.
Modernizing and repairing portions of I-94 and I-75 in the Detroit area.
Improvements to Willow Run Airport in the Detroit area.
New rail tunnel between Detroit and Windsor to accommodate modern rail cars.
New intermodal rail/bus transit facilities in Troy/Birmingham, Grand Rapids, Dearborn, East Lansing, Ann Arbor and Detroit.
Completion of the M-1 Streetcar along Woodward Avenue in Detroit.
Construction of a second bus rapid transit line in the Grand Rapids area and a bus rapid Transit line in the Lansing area.
Improve and enhance public transit along the Woodward Avenue corridor from the Detroit riverfront to the city of Pontiac.
Improve and enhance public transit from northeast of Ann Arbor to south of Ann Arbor, connecting the campuses of the University of Michigan, downtown, the medical center, the train station and commercial areas.
Highway accessibility was ranked the number two site selection factor behind only the availability of skilled labor in a 2013 survey of corporate executives by Area Development magazine.
Without a significant boost in transportation funding at the local, state and federal level, the condition of Michigan's roads, highways and bridges will decline. This lack of funding will reduce economic productivity in the state and many projects needed to support economic growth and to support quality of life in Michigan will not move forward. New research indicates that the cost of making needed road, highway, and bridge improvements is far less than the potential loss in state economic activity caused by a lack of adequate road, highway and bridge preservation.
Seventy-nine percent of local Michigan governments said they would need a 50 percent increase in state funding for local roads just to maintain their roads in their current condition. And more than half (56 percent) said that state funding for local roads would need to more than double to allow them to improve the condition of their roads, in response to a 2014 poll.
Signed into law in July 2012, MAP-21 (Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act), has improved several procedures that in the past had delayed projects, MAP-21 does not address long-term funding challenges facing the federal surface transportation program.
In July 2014, Congress approved the Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014, an eight-month extension of the federal surface transportation program, on which states rely for road, highway, bridge and transit funding. The program, initially set to expire on September 30, 2014, will now run through May 31, 2015. In addition to extending the current authorization of the highway and public transportation programs, the legislation will transfer nearly $11 billion into the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) to preserve existing levels of highway and public transportation investment through the end of May.
If Congress decides to provide additional revenues into the federal Highway Trust Fund in tandem with authorizing a new federal surface transportation program, a number of technically feasible revenue options have been identified by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO).
A 2014 report by the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) concluded that allowing the state's major roads, highways and bridges to deteriorate would result in significant reduction in job growth and reduced state gross domestic product (GDP) as a result of reduced economic efficiency.
The ODOT report estimated that the road, highway and bridge deterioration anticipated over the next 20 years will result in Oregon creating 100,000 fewer jobs and generating $9.4 billion less in state GDP.
Sources of information for this report include the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), the U.S. Census Bureau, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI), the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT), the Michigan Transportation Asset Management Council, the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan, the American Transportation Research Institute and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). All data used in the report is the latest available.


Wow! The U.S. Energy Administration publishes State Profiles and Energy Estimates at U.S. Energy Information Administration.
These profiles include energy indicators, prices, reserves, supply and distribution, consumption and expenditures, and "environment" data.
What's in the environment data? Renewable energy capacity, utility -scale hydroelectric net electricity generation, and utility-scale solar, wind, geothermal, biomass net electricity generation, and distributed solar photovoltaic generation.
Want to know about renewable energy consumption, total carbon dioxide emissions, and electric power industry emissions, including carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide.
All this and maps too! Thanks to a CCL Coal Country Group for posting this on CCL Community.
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How Long Has Xi Jinping Been in Power and Is He President for Life?
By Mohit Oberoi, CFA
Dec. 8 2021, Published 8:40 a.m. ET
Chinese President Xi Jinping is the world's second-most powerful person, after the U.S. president. Meanwhile, under his watch, U.S.-China relations have nosedived. The Biden administration's decision to diplomatically boycott the Beijing Olympics hasn't helped the relations. How long has Xi been in power in China? Is he really the president for life in China? Also, what does his leadership mean for U.S.-China relations and the world in general?
Xi was born in June 1953 and is married to Peng Liyuan—a famous Chinese folksinger. They have a daughter named Xi Mingze. She was born in 1992 and has largely maintained a low profile.
Xi Jinping comes from a political family.
Xi's father was also a prominent leader of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party). Xi Zhongxun was very close to Mao Zedong but later he fell out of favor due to alleged disloyalty. Zhongxun was sacked from the party and was sent to prison when Xi was 15 years old.
After his father was jailed, Xi was sent to the countryside. For over six years, he served as a manual laborer in a remote village of the Shaanxi province. According to Xi's own admission, the stint in the countryside transformed him.
Xi Jinping became the Chinese president in 2013.
Xi became the Chinese president in 2013. He took over the baton as the General Secretary of the CCP in 2012. He was re-elected as the president in 2018. Xi is the most powerful leader in China since Mao Zedong.
Xi Jinping holds multiple roles in China.
Apart from being the Chinese president and the General Secretary of the Communist Party, Xi holds several other titles. He's the chairman of the Central Military Commission and the Central National Security Commission. He also took over the title of commander in chief.
Xi has tightened his grip on the party and has either sacked or jailed dissidents. Xi has also tightened his hold on the armed forces. Under his watch, Chinese armed forces have taken an aggressive stand and after decades of peace. There have been armed clashes with neighbor India with whom the country shared a long but disputed border.
China's first combat deaths since its 1979 Vietnam attack were a national humiliation. Eight months after the clash with India, China admits some fatalities. It will admit more later. But truth and CCP don't go together. So, China will never come clean on its exact fatality toll.
— Brahma Chellaney (@Chellaney) February 19, 2021
"Xi Jinping thought" is being taught in Chinese schools.
"Xi Jinping thought" is being taught to Chinese students ranging from primary schools to universities. In 2018, Xi Jinping thought was added to the Chinese constitution. Meanwhile, it wasn't the only constitutional change under Xi's watch.
Xi Jinping could be China's president for life.
Like the U.S., China also had a two-year limit on presidents. However, in 2018, the year Xi was re-elected as the Chinese president, the term limit was removed. This effectively means that Xi could be China's president for life.
JUST IN - Communist party leader and China's President Xi Jinping set to unveil new doctrine that could let him rule for life.
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) November 8, 2021
The way Xi has sidelined dissidents within the party and tightened his grip on almost everything in China, he can remain president as long as he wants. Xi's re-election at the end of the current tenure in 2023 would only be a formality.
What does Xi Jinping's rise mean for the world?
Xi's rise means a more assertive and aggressive China. Under Xi's controversial BRI (belt and road initiative), the country has been investing in the infrastructure of neighboring countries creating a debt trap for the smaller countries. China has been able to control strategic assets like airports and ports in other countries that failed to repay their debt.
The Xinjiang Papers demonstrate the evilness of the Chinese Communist Party and Xi Jinping's direct involvement in targeting Muslim Uyghurs.
— Sen. Marsha Blackburn (@MarshaBlackburn) December 2, 2021
As for U.S.-China relations, for all practical purposes, we are in a new cold war. Irrespective of who sits in the White House, there's a bipartisan agreement that China is the biggest strategic threat for the U.S., even ahead of Russia.
From Taiwan, trade, human rights issues, and global dominance, expect more frictions between the world's two biggest countries as an assertive China seeks to undo what it calls a "century of humiliation" and works towards a pivotal role in the world order.


Metals magnate who controls London-listed Vedanta Resources has been hitting headlines lately.
Metals magnate who controls London-listed Vedanta Resources has been hitting headlines lately. In a bold move to expand into oil and gas, he struck a deal to buy upto 60% stake in Cairn Energy's Indian unit which owns country's biggest onshore oil field, for an estimated $9.6 billion. Earlier he won the bid to acquire the zinc business of U.K's Anglo American for $1.3 billion. Faced setback when India's environment ministry rejected Vedanta's proposal to mine bauxite in Eastern India, following a report by a government panel that it would cause hardship to tribal people in the area.


I havent been able to get my head around writing a blog post this week. Ive been lost in the no mans land of jet lag, end of holiday melancholy and snuffling and sneezing my way through a ripper of a head cold. Our lovely month away has disappeared in a never ending pile of post travel washing, a neglected house and garden and the inevitable routine of home life.
…and I want to have a tantrum. A foot stamping, I don't want to play this game anymore, wobbly.
Travel does that. My eyes have been opened to the mess in my cupboards, the clutter of too many belongings (to which I have added another two suitcases of stuff) ; the ties of our delightful fur children and the constraints of needing to educate our girls and it has left me feeling momentarily numb. Don't worry, I know this is temporary…it happens to me after every holiday.
The funny thing is…I love my home, my pets, the normality of life as we know it. I'm a true homebody and not very adventurous, but the joy that comes from seeing new places and scenery, smelling different air and viewing the world through another culture is so, so rewarding and I want more of it, or at least more often than our average of every 2 years for an overseas holiday and certainly more often than the 17 years it has taken us to get back to the UK.
Slap in the face reality? We live in Australia…a million miles from anywhere except Asia; it costs a small fortune to place 4 bums in aircraft seats and, guess what? We cant travel all the time. Money needs to be made, kids need school. Life needs to be lived…daily…in our homes, amidst the mess and bills and never ending dullness of housework and somehow we need to make this daily existence as beautiful and enjoyable and simple as we can.
I fail often at this. Often. Perfectionism can never be met just by thinking about it. So, when my head clears from the fogginess of this head cold, I plan on getting back into the enjoyment of being home; daily walks with fur child, getting back into my studio and stuck into this years painting projects; getting the girl's back to school and dreaming of and planning future jaunts around this wonderful planet of ours. Saving some money may also help…its been a very expensive month.
I feel so blessed. We can travel. We do travel…which is more than many can ever dream of and I feel like a Princess to have this at my fingertips, especially with my brother now working for Emirates. I will look back on my photos from the last month and remember our amazing time, every detail imprinted into my memory and brought back to life through the joy of photography.
There is still so much I want to write about our trip…stories, thoughts and photos need to be shared. I bought a new laptop this week…my old one is on its last legs and is running so hot, that I've expected a spontaneous combustion of it, or me, at any moment. Once the data is transferred…watch out! There may be a whole series of posts once I see my photos on a real computer and not just on the iPad!
Watch this space…Editing and Digital photo albums are still to be made. A new computer system needs to be learnt…Apple Mac. Thank goodness for a 'know it all', just turned 'Sweet Sixteen' year old in the house. This Ol' brain is going to need all the help it can get!!
I cant wait to see more!!!
Cant wait to see all your images…. welcome back to reality!!
Oh I so get what you mean about coming home again. Even a weekend away makes me come home and stare at full cupboards and the signs of a messy family everywhere and get grumpy. Just part of the transition I guess. Temporary but still. Hope your cold shifts soon.
Thanks for the comment Jennifer…seems a very normal transition for mothers especially! Motivation to do some much needed decluttering after needing so little on a holiday.


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"The Paphos Seminar: Elevated Reflections on Life as Good Work" is a stimulating intellectual journey into what constitutes some of the fundamental elements of deep-seated well-being and happiness. It brings together in an eloquent manner the theoretical fibers of Dr. Saarinen´s personal reflection on elevation (and good life), and the insights that arise from the practical work performed at Paphos seminars over the past 10 years. Saarinen is not an ordinary philosopher – he is all about rolling up his sleeves and exploring the practical implementation of theories. I wholeheartedly concur with Dr. Howard Gardner in stating how sincerely grateful I feel for having this brilliant intellectual among us. Dr. Saarinen can not only envision a way to a more meaningful human future, but is able to deliver his wisdom in a compelling yet uncomplicated manner. Delightfully, he is also a person who embodies his thinking in his own personal life.
I am thrilled that Dr. Saarinen´s work is reaching wider audiences, as it has the potential to offer building blocks for sustainable and deep-seated happiness. His work should not be a national secret reserved for Finns alone, but instead should be available for the benefit of all (I´m sure we will see an English language sister-event for Paphos very soon, and I volunteer to be in the organizing committee!) Saarinen´s work on elevation and the descriptions of its practical implementation serve a vital purpose of adding empowering narratives into the cultural repository of good life. Our era is in dire need of people like him, and the work done by the Good Project. I feel immense joy that our beloved Finnish philosopher and systems-thinker is part of the beautiful Good Project effort, striving for a more positive human future (and that through Saarinen´s work I also became aware of this brilliant global effort!).
Dr. Saarinen has made it his life mission to tangibly improve the world, as well as to reduce ´emotional negativism´ by creating practical tools for supporting individual´s capacity for creative thinking. "The point is to activate the mind by feeding its various resources in a way that is subjectively convincing, rewarding and forward-looking." Saarinen´s approach builds on what is good in us by focusing on the fundamental constituents of elevated reflection of one´s reality and possibilities, and in the individual´s capacity to leverage this freshly unearthed inspiration.
Dr. Saarinen does not treat well-being or Good Life as separate elements of human life, but instead ties them to the construct of work (Life as Good Work). "More than efficiency in performance, the (Paphos) seminar cultivates mastery in life; more than brilliance, it seeks to encourage wisdom, judgment and moderation." Similarly, The Good Project builds on the idea of Good Life as a result of individuals and institutions striving for moral excellence and socially responsible action within all realms of human experience and performance.
Well-being and flourishing could and should, indeed, be viewed as a work ethic, which derive from the conscious effort of adhering to morally correct choices. The key to well-being therefore, would be to promote a life of virtue (through elevated reflection), which leads to more ethical choices and altruistic, socially responsible behavior, as well as acknowledging the significant role we each play within the systems of social networks in which we are embedded. The road to measuring the contribution of an individual or an institution is to evaluate how much good they have done, and how much value they have added to their surrounding environment: positive thinking should manifest itself as positive action. The focus then becomes the cultivation of ethical actions which benefit us as a society. Changing the world requires cooperative effort and we may likely have to learn a new, more altruistic way of communicating with each other. Getting serious about the vision for a more flourishing world will require us to tap into what is good in everyone of us, cultivate it for its own sake, and facilitate and measure its spread through social networks. Dr. Esa Saarinen´s work and that of The Good Project are both a call to acknowledge not only our responsibility, but also the immense power we have to improve the world. It is a gentle call to tap into what is good in all of humanity and let those merits ripple through the entire system.
View more comments and join the inspiring conversation at The Good Project, originally founded by psychologists Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, William Damon and Howard Gardner. The Good Project is a large scale, multi-site effort to identify individuals and institutions that exemplify good work—work that is excellent in quality, socially responsible, and meaningful to its practitioners—and to determine how best to increase the incidence of good work in our society.
This is really forward thinking work and I look forward to reading the entire paper. This was the part that really stuck with me and I believe is the true catalyst for any positive and meaningful change in the world.
The truly enlightened people who chose to utilize their elevated states to better the world understood this at the core (Ghandhi and MLK Jr.). I believe that positive action does require an intervention from the ego. Altruism alone cannot create a person to act, at least initially. Sometimes even just the longing to be considered a good and virtuous person can stir a person to act in an ethical way. I believe the line between a consumptive ego that possesses a "win at all cost" mentality (Lance Armstrong) and a person who strives to move the world from a moral high ground is razor thin. Curious what your thoughts are on that. Thanks for posting and I look forward to diving deeper into Saarinen's work.
Matt, I´m so glad to have you in this conversation. You are such a wise and deeply thinking individual (as well as being a living embodiment of sisu).
The wish to appear virtuous or good in other people´s eyes can indeed propel action. However, I´m not sure how sustainable this kind of extrinsic motivation is on the long run, or whether one would eventually feel some kind of cognitive dissonance (perhaps feeling fake or a hypocrite). On the other hand, practicing virtuous deeds might lead to forming good habits (which virtues are according to Plutarch and Aristotle) and therefore become something we wish to engage with for its own sake.
You wrote: "I believe the line between a consumptive ego that possesses a "win at all cost" mentality (Lance Armstrong) and a person who strives to move the world from a moral high ground is razor thin." Could you elaborate on this a bit? These examples seem to be in the other ends of the spectrum and I don´t quite yet get the connection : ) The other one of a person aiming for individual gain at any cost (and not contributing to higher moral standards but perhaps even lowering them. If anything, Lance was a hypocrite), and the other one is the exact opposite. Would love to hear your thoughts on this.
Thanks for being here, Matt!


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Gamer Forge Listener Email: Chaotic Characters & Regeneration
Name: Steven
Comments: I recently started DMing after playing 4th edition D&D around 10-15 times. While going over player and DM books I started to wonder if regeneration works while a PC is dying.
For example, a level 2 fighter by the name of Korgul is down to -2 hit points. In the previous round he used Boundless Endurance. Since his modifier for the skill gives +2, that is a regeneration of +4. This would mean that he would get to 2 hit points at the start of his round and become conscious? Or does the regeneration stop?
Well this turned into to 2 questions actually. First one is about regeneration and dying in general. Does dying count as bloodied in relation to Boundless Endurance.
To me, as a DM, if regeneration worked while dying it would seem overpowered.
Gamer Forge Response:
DCR says:
Regeneration does take effect after you fall below zero hit points. Most of the regeneration powers require you to spend an action of some kind to activate, so you must be conscious to use it. If the regeneration is in effect before the character falls, then it stays active while they are down. No need to deny what is rightfully won. BUT, keep in mind that death saving throws must still be taken when a character falls below zero hit points, as usual. In short, regeneration is fair game.
Name: Richard Besley
Comments: When I first started playing with a group of completely new players, one of the first things I did was to explain the alignments as best I could at the time. When describing Chaotic Neutral, my exact words were, "A chaotic neutral character will do whatever he wants to do, so long as there is a reason that is justifiable to at least him behind doing so."
Well, recently, I'm beginning to think that that explanation is not exactly accurate, or at least not perfectly clear.
To explain, through every game I have played with this group, I have regretted each and every time I allowed a player to play a chaotic neutral character. The exact same thing will happen, no matter how many times I explain why it shouldn't. Said character will, for no reason I can fathom other than because his player (and by extension the character itself) wants to. Anything from using a squirrel to test out a new spell, to burning down the local pub to stop the flow of polluted beer, to openly mocking authority figures until nothing short of character death is put on the table, and even then only because I made the desire for self-preservation a required character trait. This is not to say that they do this because they prefer to, or that it's simply a style of play that they find more fun. We've played campaigns where I banned chaotic-neutral alignment, and everyone enjoyed themselves without this being an issue. It's simply that, whenever this issue comes up, I'll point it out to them and they'll reply with some variant of, 'I'm a chaotic character, and I'm being chaotic. Why is that wrong?" I don't have an answer to that.
So, what's a better way to describe a chaotic neutral character? How do I explain to this group that, even if the alignment is 'chaotic,' that doesn't mean they have to play either chaotic-stupid, or insane?
Your alignment isn't like the alignment on your car! These things can change and shift like the winds. When it comes to not making your character "Chaotic Stupid", DCR says:
1. What defines chaos and neutrality, and what happens when you combine the two? "Chaotic Neutral", as defined by Dungeons and Dragons, states that chaos must balance the scale between good and evil, without preference to either one. This is much easier than it sounds. Being unpredictable is only small part of the big picture. The end result should be something along the lines of everything balancing out, and neither side is ahead. That's the real problem. "Chaotic Neutral" involves nobody truly getting ahead in anything.
2. Motivation! Alignment is a motivation, not a justification. It's about the start of the action, not the end. Your character's alignment is never a reason to commit a good or evil act. If the character is already bent on burning down an orphanage, he/she is gonna do it. But this also means that the character is already evil. We say that an alignment can change as soon as your GM decides that your motivations are clear. If you are hell-bent on being "Chaotic Neutral", be aware that that can change just as easily as your actions do.
3. You are an outsider! As "Chaotic Neutral", you will be extremely hard to deal with, professionally and personally. Your shifting attitudes and actions will make you hard to pin down and even harder to rely on. That's just it: you will ultimately be unreliable! Nobody will want to count on you. So what's the point of even playing? You may as well be playing a computer game. Sadly, this is where being this alignment hits a dead end. We say that it's best to just steer clear of "Chaotic Neutral". Alternately, just do away with alignments all together.
Bonus XP: Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski. That's the only real exemplar of "Chaotic Neutral" we can think of. Which absolutely proves the point that this alignment is unreliable. Funny? Yes. Adventure? Not at all. At best, he is motivated by laziness and keeping Walter off his back. Remember this the next time you decide to pop that movie into your DVD or Blu-Ray player.
Gamer Forge Listener Email: Charming the Ground Rules
Name: Regan
Comments: This question about Charm Person got me musing about a problem with the spell. Obviously, you can't cast Charm Person in the middle of a forum to sway an interlocutor to your side without the other 20 persons noticing the foul play. And yet, I'd find it incredibly cool if it was somehow pulled off in a game.
My question is thus : Is there any mean to covertly cast a spell in d&d3.5 / Pathfinder ?
I've thought about Quicken Spell but nothing in the feat description indicates that you're not noticeable in doing this (as the spell still "takes an action", be it a swift one).
This was a hard one. No joke, it was difficult. But when getting the most of a charm, DCR says:
1. You're gonna need a distraction. It's called a Tennessee Shuffle. When everybody is looking left, you move right. Have one of your companions run interference by causing a commotion. Fake a seizure or something. Uncontrolled outburst from the gallery. Something. This will give the player the moment he/she needs to begin casting the charm. It's not very sophisticated, but when being sneaky, its all about subtlety.
2. Just how subtle can you be? You've got several dozen, if not a hundred people actually watching you as you do this. No pressure, right? The key to winning this will be hiding the charm in your argument. We were reminded of an old "Pinky and the Brain" episode where a scheme involved hiding a subliminal message in a paragraph. This phase of the plan will involve all of your wits and charisma, as one slip of the tongue and you are BUSTED! To tip the scales in your favor, construct your argument to include certain phrases and the final sentence will have a sort of "trigger word" to have it take effect. But none of that will matter unless...
3. Do your homework. Find out who will be attending the gathering and make sure that no one will be actively looking for magical influence. This will be the easiest step, and the most crucial to the plan. None of this will work if you have the extra scrutiny centered on you. In general, when making and executing a dastardly plan like this, just take precautions. Oh, and have and escape plan!
Name: Jacob Stevens
Comments: Gentlemen,
My name is Jacob and I live in Raleigh, North Carolina. I have been listening to your show over the years. I started way back when it was just Revan and Malak. Those shows were interesting to say the least but over the years the show has really matured and grown into a really solid show.
Even with the ups and downs you have experience over the years.
So down to my question.
When running a campaign, especially one with newer players mixed with optimizers, is it a fair call to limit the variety of books available for play? For feats, classes, prestige classes, magic items and spells? (or whatever other variants exist in whatever other system and it's expanded rulebooks)
It seems that this would be quite unfair to the optimizer, but not doing so comes across as unfair to the beginner. Barring the idea to just separate these two breeds into different play sessions, is limiting the variety of books a sign of fair DMing, bad DMing or neither?
Yay! We got to do two topics this week! When laying down the ground rules, DCR says:
1. If you're not sure, just start simple. Especially when introducing players who are new to the RPG experience, it's best to have finite options. It can cause a great deal of frustration for a new player to have to pour over a mountain of books to find something, when a core class will do just fine. Besides, it's counter-productive to have more information than you need. Just ask a librarian. Start your game by allowing only the core rulebook for the players. More experienced players may scoff and give you some sass for this, but this is your game, and you run it as you please.
2. Grow with the players. As the players grow, and characters live and pass (as they tend to do in a good adventure), slowly grow the source materials in which they are allowed to draw. We feel that this cultivates a true "win-win" situation for both new and experienced players. Compromise is best when resolving issues between players.
3. It's best to understand. Rather than force your will on others (which we are almost always against), clearly and concisely explain what the decisions are and stick with it. However, don't thumb your nose at logic and reason. These are your friends and deserve your respect and consideration. If someone comes up with a good reason to play as something out of a different book, take a closer look and make a decision after getting the facts. Starting a new game should be neither tedious nor heart-breaking.
*Bonus XP: Always be on the lookout for players' ingenuity! If a player has access to a phone app that has a full spell listing for your game, then more power to them! Let them use that. If they use their tablet computer to store their books on .pdf files, then that makes the GM's job all that much easier. These are some great "win-win" scenarios that can make a new player feel more efficient and adapt to a new game with ease.


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Q: Lookup value from another array and group keys I have got 2 arrays tags and typenames:
const tags = [
    {
        title: 'Warrior',
        data: {
            type: 'audience'
        }
    },
    {
        title: 'Juggler',
        data: {
            type: 'section'
        }
    },
    {
        title: 'Journey',
        data: {
            type: 'audience'
        }
    },
    {
        title: 'Travel',
        data: {
            type: 'nonexistingtag'
        }
    }
];

const typenames = [
    { audience: 'au' },
    { section: 'se' },
    { sponsor: 'sp' },
    { contextual: 'co' }
]

The expected output is to create a string that is grouped by keys matching between array1 and array2 type and each key is separated by the pipe "|" symbol and each group is separated by "&" from one another, so for the above sample the final expected output string would be :
au=Warrior|au=Journey&se=Juggler

Here is what I tried so far,
let arr = [];
tags.forEach(element => {
    typenames.forEach(el => {
        if (Object.keys(el)[0] === element.data.type) // finding matching keys and pushing to an arr
            arr.push({ title: Object.values(el)[0], desc: element.title });
    })
});

Sort the keys so that they are easy to group :
arr.sort((a, b) => {
    let keya = a.title;
    let keyb = b.title;
    if (keya > keyb) {
        return 1;
    } else if (keya < keyb) {
        return -1;
    } else {
        // the characters are equal.
        return 0;
    }
});

Concatenate the string:
let str = '';
arr.forEach(({ title, desc }, i, arr2) => {
    if (title === arr2[i + 1]?.title) { // Check that the next item in array has the same title
        str = str.concat(`${title}=${desc}|`)
        return;
    }
    str = str.concat(`&${title}=${desc}`)
});
console.log('str', str);

Output :
au=Warrior|&au=Journey&se=Juggler
Issues :

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*Since im checking the next item in the array to see if the title matches, then there is an extra unrequired "&"

*Is there an easier way to accomplish the same ? (Using shorthand, filters etc?)

A: Considering the problem, you ultimately want to iterate through all of the typenames and see what values match in the tags - so you should start out by restructuring the tags array to something easier to search through, rather than try to go through the whole somewhat convoluted structure every time. Perhaps an object indexed by the type, eg:
{
  audience: ['Warrior', 'Journey'],
  section: ['Juggler'],
  nonexistingtag: ['nonexistingtag']
}

Then when going through the typenames, all you need to do is look up the linked property on the object, and join twice:

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*once to join the titles: ['Warrior', 'Journey'] to au=Warrior|au=Journey

*once to join the joined titles from all the typenames into a single string

It's much easier to use grouped data structures like arrays that you can join instead of adding a separator based on whether the next item in the array has a certain property.

const tags=[{title:"Warrior",data:{type:"audience"}},{title:"Juggler",data:{type:"section"}},{title:"Journey",data:{type:"audience"}},{title:"Travel",data:{type:"nonexistingtag"}}],typenames=[{audience:"au"},{section:"se"},{sponsor:"sp"},{contextual:"co"}];

const titlesByType = {};
for (const { title, data: { type } } of tags) {
  titlesByType[type] ??= [];
  titlesByType[type].push(title);
}
const combinedStrs = [];
for (const typeObj of typenames) {
  const [[key, abbrev]] = Object.entries(typeObj);
  if (titlesByType[key]) {
    combinedStrs.push(titlesByType[key].map(str => `${abbrev}=${str}`).join('|'));
  }
}
const output = combinedStrs.join('&');
console.log(output);

A: Use arrays to handle tokenization
This is a standard trick for intelligently getting "glue" right when assembling strings.

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*Start by creating an array of items

*Use Array.prototype.join to produce the final string

I'm thinking something like this:
let items = arr.reduce((output, { title, desc }, i, fullArray) => {
    if (title === fullArray[i + 1]?.title) {
        output.push(`${title}=${desc}|`)
    }

    return output
}, [])

let str = items.join('&')

A: You can try this simple and readable method:

const availableTags = [
    {
        title: 'Warrior',
        data: {
            type: 'audience'
        }
    },
    {
        title: 'Juggler',
        data: {
            type: 'section'
        }
    },
    {
        title: 'Journey',
        data: {
            type: 'audience'
        }
    },
    {
        title: 'Travel',
        data: {
            type: 'nonexistingtag'
        }
    }
];

const availableTypenames = [
    {
        audience: 'au'
    },
    {
        section: 'se'
    },
    {
        sponsor: 'sp'
    },
    {
        contextual: 'co'
    }
];

const getResultString = (tags, typenames) => {
  let result = '';

  for (const typename of typenames) {
      const type = Object.keys(typename)[0];
      let needSeparate = false;

      for (const tag of tags) {
          if (type === tag.data.type) {
              result +=`${needSeparate ? '|' : '&'}${typename[type]}=${tag.title}`;
              needSeparate = true;
          }
      }

  }

  return result.slice(1);
}

console.log(getResultString(availableTags, availableTypenames))

A: I wil do that this way...

const tags =
  [ { title: 'Warrior', data: { type: 'audience'       } }
  , { title: 'Juggler', data: { type: 'section'        } }
  , { title: 'Journey', data: { type: 'audience'       } }
  , { title: 'Travel',  data: { type: 'nonexistingtag' } }
  ]
const typenames =
  [ { audience   : 'au' }
  , { section    : 'se' }
  , { sponsor    : 'sp' }
  , { contextual : 'co' }
  ]

// build jso_K = { audience:{ref:'au',titles:[]},section:{ref:'se',titles:[]},sponsor: ...}
let jso_K = typenames.reduce((r,e)=>
  {
  let [k,v] = Object.entries(e)[0]
  r[k] = {ref:v, titles:[] }
  return r
  },{})

// complete jso_K on titles --> { audience:{ref:'au',titles:['Warrior','Journey' ] }, section:...
tags.forEach(({title,data})=>
  {
  if (jso_K.hasOwnProperty(data.type)) jso_K[data.type].titles.push(title)
  })

// Build result
let txt = Object.keys(jso_K).reduce((t,k) =>
  {
  if (jso_K[k].titles.length > 0) t.push( jso_K[k].titles.map(t=>`${jso_K[k].ref}=${t}`).join('|'))
  return t
  },[]).join('&')

console.log( txt )

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Keywords: Implementation, large scale implementation project, electronic exchange of health information, electronic messaging, e-health, Normalization Process Theory.
The paper presents a case study describing and analyzing a large scale implementation project taking the sociological model Normalization Process Theory (NPT) into consideration. Two of the authors of the article are also managers of the implementation project, and the article summarizes the experiences made in the project period. NPT can help understand the challenges the implementation project met in the last phase of the project period. The NPT focus on what people actually do and how they work, aligns with the experiences made in the project. Although partners say they will start implementing e-health technology, it does not necessarily mean they will start the work immediately. An implementation project must plan for this and adapt the implementation strategy accordingly.


Nava Durga Homam on Ugadi Pooja bring to you blessings aplenty like keeping bad energies away, contr...olling bad effects of karma, fulfilling your desires, etc.
Navadurga are the nine forms worshipped together by the admirers of Goddess Shakti. They bestow upon the people various boons that are so special to their individual aspects.
Durga Saptashati Month is a very auspicious month to invoke the powers of Goddess Durga. It's also a time when Vasanth Navaratri is celebrated glorifying the ever-powerful goddess. It falls in the Tamil month of Masi (mid Feb-mid Mar). Saptashati are the 700 verses of Devi Mahatmyam that when recited during the navaratris (there are four in a year) gives strength, great mental balance, bliss and success. Also, performing rituals to Nava Durga during this month bring to you blessings aplenty like keeping bad energies away, controlling bad effects of karma, fulfilling your desires, etc.
The three main forms of Shakti, Maha Saraswathi, Maha Lakskmi and Maha Kali were evolved from Brahma, Vishnu and Maheshwara respectively. Each of these deities gave rise to three more forms and therefore nine forms manifested known as Navadurga. Each of these goddesses has their respective governing planet, mantras for invocation, dyana etc. on the auspicious day of Ugadi, they in their combined form bless you with wealth and eradicate diseases. Also, effects of planets, including sarpa dosha that occurs due to rahu-ketu positions in chart are nullified. These gods grant jaya or victory, ensure peace and prosperity and also gives blessing of a successful marriage.


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Contres est une commune française située dans le département du Cher en région Centre-Val de Loire.

Géographie

Localisation

Urbanisme

Typologie
Contres est une commune rurale. Elle fait en effet partie des communes peu ou très peu denses, au sens de la grille communale de densité de l'Insee.

Par ailleurs la commune fait partie de l'aire d'attraction de Bourges, de la couronne urbaine de laquelle elle est une commune. Cette aire, qui regroupe , est catégorisée dans les aires de  à moins de .

Occupation des sols
L'occupation des sols de la commune, telle qu'elle ressort de la base de données européenne d'occupation biophysique des sols Corine Land Cover (CLC), est marquée par l'importance des forêts et milieux semi-naturels (63,7 % en 2018), une proportion sensiblement équivalente à celle de 1990 (63,3 %). La répartition détaillée en 2018 est la suivante :
forêts (56,6 %), terres arables (35,6 %), milieux à végétation arbustive et/ou herbacée (7,1 %), prairies (0,6 %).

L'évolution de l'occupation des sols de la commune et de ses infrastructures peut être observée sur les différentes représentations cartographiques du territoire : la carte de Cassini (), la carte d'état-major (1820-1866) et les cartes ou photos aériennes de l'IGN pour la période actuelle (1950 à aujourd'hui).

Risques majeurs
Le territoire de la commune de Contres est vulnérable à différents aléas naturels : météorologiques (tempête, orage, neige, grand froid, canicule ou sécheresse), mouvements de terrains et séisme (sismicité faible). Un site publié par le BRGM permet d'évaluer simplement et rapidement les risques d'un bien localisé soit par son adresse soit par le numéro de sa parcelle.

La commune est vulnérable au risque de mouvements de terrains constitué principalement du retrait-gonflement des sols argileux. Cet aléa est susceptible d'engendrer des dommages importants aux bâtiments en cas d'alternance de périodes de sécheresse et de pluie. La totalité de la commune est en aléa moyen ou fort (90 % au niveau départemental et 48,5 % au niveau national). Sur les  dénombrés sur la commune en 2019, 14 sont en en aléa moyen ou fort, soit 100 %, à comparer aux 83 % au niveau départemental et 54 % au niveau national. Une cartographie de l'exposition du territoire national au retrait gonflement des sols argileux est disponible sur le site du BRGM.

Concernant les mouvements de terrains, la commune a été reconnue en état de catastrophe naturelle au titre des dommages causés par des mouvements de terrain en 1999.

Toponymie

Histoire

Politique et administration

Démographie

Économie

Culture locale et patrimoine

Lieux et monuments

Personnalités liées à la commune

Articles connexes
 Liste des communes du Cher

Notes et références

Notes et cartes
 Notes

 Cartes

Références

Liens externes

 Contres sur le site de l'Institut géographique national

Contres
Aire urbaine de Bourges
Aire d'attraction de Bourges

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In a city full of exciting eateries this Sauchiehall Street restaurant has created a real buzz.
In fact, it can be easier catching Monica Galetti cracking a smile, than it is to get a weekend table at this top spot. And the reason locals seem to have taken it to their hearts is it is that very rare thing – a restaurant serving gourmet standard food that isn't formal and intimidating.
NEXT: See Scotland's very own Downtown Abbey.
The owner is Jon MacDonald – a former head chef to the McLaren F1 team.
Judging by the happy foodies flocking to the place, he seems to have succeeded. The decor is the usual warehouse chic mix of brick, wood and tiles and the British/Mediterranean menu specialises in small plates to encourage tapas style sharing.
Blag a booth seat and watch the chefs at work in the open-plan kitchen.


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The GOP's Cynical Bluff
Tina Dupuy: Their real goal is the pyrrhic victory of making the President fail because they think the GOP will rise from the country's ashes.
Tina Dupuy
GOP leaders in Congress don't want a balanced-budget amendment. The party which rails against government bureaucracy is counting on government bureaucracy to prevent them from successfully changing our founding documents. It's perfect because they don't actually want to amend the Constitution – well, not in a serious way. Maybe in a drunken, overly-clever, 1:30 AM in a Hill-adjacent dive bar kind of way: "The 28thAmendment should outlaw blue food on Wednesdays…that'd be hilarious!!"
Now the debt ceiling, originally a WWI cap on bonds the government could issue (back when Congress insisted on actually paying for wars), is the catalyst for yet another insincere call to pass a constitutional amendment. Since 1962 Congress has raised the debt ceiling 69 times with no pageantry and little protest. Basically, the debt ceiling is a stupid wonky antiquated law we should scrap altogether.
But instead of a reasonable discussion about the health of our finance laws, the minority party (loosely) controlling one-half of one of the three branches of government is demanding two-thirds of the Congress get together to propose an amendment for then three-fourths of state legislatures to ratify BEFORE allowing the country to pay its creditors in the next few days. This can be summed up in one word: cynical.
It's like insisting we touch down on Neptune before we land on the Moon again: It means you want to appear to be advocating "big ideas," when, in fact, you don't really want to go to either destination and despise travel in general. And since you know Neptune will never happen, you can be for nothing while appearing to be enthusiastically for something – albeit something impossible.
It's cynical. It shows contempt for governing and a presumption that American's are too ignorant to catch on.
If Republicans were serious about their newest go-nowhere proposal, they'd quietly try to acquire support from Democrats while trying to gather a consensus from their constituents. Just ask anyone alive during the Equal Rights Amendment debate in 1972. They will tell you how amending the Constitution is a lengthy, drawn-out, overwhelming campaign, and it was meant to be so. The GOP isn't interested in this process.
Neophyte Senator Rand Paul's (R-KY) favorite go-to non-solution is "constitutional amendments." He's a self-described libertarian. His admitted scorn for government showed when he proposed repealing the 14th Amendment to eradicate alleged "anchor babies." This was an idea to strip citizenship from children born in the U.S., thus creating more illegal immigrants. Paul now says he'll filibuster raising the debt ceiling until a balanced-budget amendment is passed. He told ABC News in June, "We will vote to raise the debt ceiling if we get a balanced-budget amendment."
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With the deadline of Aug. 2 rushing down, Republicans flooded the Sunday morning talk shows this week with a show of solidarity in – you guessed it – cynicism:
Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) on CBS's Face the Nation: "Why in the world isn't there the votes for a balanced-budget amendment in the U.S. Senate? That's the question Americans ought to be asking."
Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) on NBC's Meet the Press: "The only plan on the table that'll keep us from default and will keep us from falling to a negative rating is the Cut, Cap and Balance Plan." Then he followed with the dubious statistic, "Now folks can say that it's outrageous to balance our budget, but over 70 percent of Americans think we need to."
Over on ABC's This Week, Raul Labrador (R-ID) magically added to the popularity of the GOP's pet proposal: "Eighty percent of the American people want us to have a balanced-budget amendment. I'm not sure why the President is standing in the way of that."
Why is the President standing in the way of this sham demand? "I think it's important for everybody to understand that all of us believe that we need to get to a point where eventually we can balance the budget," President Obama said at one of the many press conferences on the debt ceiling. "We don't need a constitutional amendment to do that; what we need to do is to do our jobs."
Speaking of jobs, that's what the GOP ran on: jobs. But once sworn in, they're nothing more than ineffective congressional seat-fillers on the public's dime.
We as citizens need to call their bluff. They don't want to amend the Constitution.
Their real goal is the pyrrhic victory of making the President fail because they think the GOP will rise from the country's ashes.
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This residence, completed in the Fall of 1996 features granite and stucco wall facings, slate roof and ornamental wood and ironwork. Local craftsmen were employed for the majority of the work with materials sourced from North America and Europe. "Smart house" technology regulates heating, lighting, sound and security systems.


text:
package com.facebook.imagepipeline.memory;

import android.graphics.Bitmap;
import android.os.Build;
import com.facebook.common.internal.Preconditions;
import com.facebook.common.internal.Throwables;
import com.facebook.common.references.CloseableReference;
import com.facebook.common.references.ResourceReleaser;
import com.facebook.imagepipeline.common.TooManyBitmapsException;
import com.facebook.imagepipeline.nativecode.Bitmaps;
import com.facebook.imageutils.BitmapUtil;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import javax.annotation.concurrent.GuardedBy;

/**
 * Counts bitmaps - keeps track of both, count and total size in bytes.
 */
public class BitmapCounter {

  @GuardedBy("this")
  private int mCount;

  @GuardedBy("this")
  private long mSize;

  private final int mMaxCount;
  private final int mMaxSize;
  private final ResourceReleaser<Bitmap> mUnpooledBitmapsReleaser;

  public BitmapCounter(int maxCount, int maxSize) {
    Preconditions.checkArgument(maxCount > 0);
    Preconditions.checkArgument(maxSize > 0);
    mMaxCount = maxCount;
    mMaxSize = maxSize;
    mUnpooledBitmapsReleaser = new ResourceReleaser<Bitmap>() {
      @Override
      public void release(Bitmap value) {
        try {
          decrease(value);
        } finally {
          value.recycle();
        }
      }
    };
  }

  /**
   * Includes given bitmap in the bitmap count. The bitmap is included only if doing so
   * does not violate configured limit
   *
   * @param bitmap to include in the count
   * @return true if and only if bitmap is successfully included in the count
   */
  public synchronized boolean increase(Bitmap bitmap) {
    final int bitmapSize = BitmapUtil.getSizeInBytes(bitmap);
    if (mCount >= mMaxCount || mSize + bitmapSize > mMaxSize) {
      return false;
    }
    mCount++;
    mSize += bitmapSize;
    return true;
  }

  /**
   * Excludes given bitmap from the count.
   *
   * @param bitmap to be excluded from the count
   */
  public synchronized void decrease(Bitmap bitmap) {
    final int bitmapSize = BitmapUtil.getSizeInBytes(bitmap);
    Preconditions.checkArgument(mCount > 0, "No bitmaps registered.");
    Preconditions.checkArgument(
        bitmapSize <= mSize,
        "Bitmap size bigger than the total registered size: %d, %d",
        bitmapSize,
        mSize);
    mSize -= bitmapSize;
    mCount--;
  }

  /**
   * @return number of counted bitmaps
   */
  public synchronized int getCount() {
        return mCount;
      }

  /**
   * @return total size in bytes of counted bitmaps
   */
  public synchronized long getSize() {
        return mSize;
      }

  public synchronized int getMaxCount() {
    return mMaxCount;
  }

  public synchronized int getMaxSize() {
    return mMaxSize;
  }

  public ResourceReleaser<Bitmap> getReleaser() {
    return mUnpooledBitmapsReleaser;
  }

  /**
   * Associates bitmaps with the bitmap counter.

If this method throws
   * TooManyBitmapsException, the code will have called {@link Bitmap#recycle} on the
   * bitmaps.

   *
   * @param bitmaps the bitmaps to associate
   * @return the references to the bitmaps that are now tied to the bitmap pool
   * @throws TooManyBitmapsException if the pool is full
   */
  public List<CloseableReference<Bitmap>> associateBitmapsWithBitmapCounter(
      final List<Bitmap> bitmaps) {
    int countedBitmaps = 0;
    try {
      for (; countedBitmaps < bitmaps.size(); ++countedBitmaps) {
        final Bitmap bitmap = bitmaps.get(countedBitmaps);
        // 'Pin' the bytes of the purgeable bitmap, so it is now not purgeable
        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP) {
          Bitmaps.pinBitmap(bitmap);
        }
        if (!increase(bitmap)) {
          throw new TooManyBitmapsException();
        }
      }
      List<CloseableReference<Bitmap>> ret = new ArrayList<>(bitmaps.size());
      for (Bitmap bitmap : bitmaps) {
        ret.add(CloseableReference.of(bitmap, mUnpooledBitmapsReleaser));
      }
      return ret;
    } catch (Exception exception) {
      if (bitmaps != null) {
        for (Bitmap bitmap : bitmaps) {
          if (countedBitmaps-- > 0) {
            decrease(bitmap);
          }
          bitmap.recycle();
        }
      }
      throw Throwables.propagate(exception);
    }
  }
}


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