This is the confession of Dennis Galimzyanov. In this handwritten letter dated today the rider admits to his team that he took banned substances and waives his right to the B-sample being tested. He states that he acted alone, even using capital letters to help emphasise nobody from the Katusha team was involved.
However the matter isn't finished. There's the formal process of imposing a ban. If the letter is accepted by Russian Cycling and the UCI then a confession is equal to a positive test and he'll be banned for two years. Sacha Modolo (Colnago-CSF) now "wins" Stage 1 of the Circuit de la Sarthe.
For Galimzyanov there are more questions, namely whether he acted alone or if anyone else was involved. He says in the letter he's ready to face punishment but is he ready to co-operate? From whom did he buy the EPO? How did he learn about injections? Did anyone explain the dosages involved? Where did he consume the banned substance, was he at home or a training camp? Did he use EPO before? It is rare for a rider to act totally alone here.
Katusha had tried a contract where riders caught doping were supposed to pay back a multiple of their salary. But I think this was invalid to start with and probably unenforceable so at least Galimzyanov should avoid this.
Away from the 25 year old rider there are questions for the Katusha team and its management as well. Teams should prove support and coaching to help ensure riders are clean and whilst squads are not there as parent for childish riders, if riders are doping then it suggests the team environment can be improved. Especially since teams monitor their riders health and blood levels from time to time.
Worse for Katusha, the team's got some questionable leaders. As I mentioned yesterday, even being charitable the team manager Hans-Michael Holczer seemed careless, ignorant or naive when he was in charge of the Gerolsteiner team when several riders under his watch were caught doping; and that's assuming he wasn't actively part of this.
On the medical and sports science side the Katusha team's head doctor Andrei Mikhailov is a convicted criminal with a prison sentence for doping. We go back to 1998 when he was caught by French police who discovered a van with large quantities of EPO inside and given a suspended prison sentence and a large fine. He claimed to be on a mercy mission, that the EPO was actually destined for a hospital in Russia but the judge didn't believe him. Still, this was a long time ago and perhaps everyone deserves a second chance?
It's unusual to see a confession, we're more used to brazen denials. Galimzyanov was tested, caught and will now be banned.
But if handwritten letters are rare these days, doping totally alone is even more rare. It'll be interesting to see if we learn more about how Galimzyanov acquired the banned substance and where he learned to abuse it. It's good to catch the cheat but we often lose sight of the supply chain in the background.
This is Katusha's third EPO positive after Christian Pfannberger and Toni Colom. These could all be "lone wolf" stories but the team would do well to see if it can offer a more supportive environment for clean riding. Sadly, with Holczer and Mikhailov in charge I struggle a bit to see the commitment. But that's my problem to deal with.
It's good that he's 'fessed up, but does he hope or expect that this draws a line under the case?
I'm not keen on conspiracy theories, but it would seem that this confession gives people the option to sweep the case under the carpet without digging too deeply into who he was working with.
I am guessing that this confession letter was not voluntary. Sorry – you are dealing with a Russian team. Hell – the entire wealth of oligarchs were obtained through coercion, corruption, bribes and manipulation of the political process and media to get where they are today.
Something doesn't feel right here. If I read you right, Why does he send a letter to the team to confess that he acted alone?
Good question, I suppose the team don't need to be told he was acting alone. But the letter is a communications device for the wider media. Thinking aloud I suppose the team have prompted him into this because if he goes down, the team just can't afford any more bad publicity here.
This whole thing stinks to high heaven. Reminds me more of a Soviet show trial than anything else. Other than the points already raised in the blog post, why would a rider be using EPO in this day and age when there is a test for it? Nothing here makes sense at all.
Read the NYVelocity interview with Michael Ashenden, he explains it very well.
Basically EPO (in microdoses) can be used to mask blood doping rather than as a performance enhancer in its own right.
Seems rather unlikely that a rider acting alone, with no team support, would be dealing with EPO microdoses to mask blood doping.
Paul I. – I completely agree. This raises lots of alarm bells. We need to keep in mind – this is not some small Canadian team..this is a squad devoted to promoting and developing Russian cycling, and the main sponsor is, to put it mildly, corrupt.
Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil (as noted by the Inner Ring yesterday).
Careful with the "Soviet stereotypes". I know the team is named after a patriotic song from those times but perhaps we've all been reading/watching too many spy novels/films?
That said the team clearly has a unique attitude. The sponsor is in it for the long term and doesn't have the same risk averse stance that might have made others quit the sport by now.
Forget spy novels….between Yushchenko and Alexander Litvinenko (London poison victim), it seems clear to me that one does not go against the powerful in Russia without risking one's health and life (much less the career that likely would be denied by Galimzyanov). Not saying anyone was threatened with death, but this letter is nonsensical given its timing.
Let me ask you this….what would motivate such a letter before the "B" sample would come out? I mean, this letter could have come out later, after everyone let the process run its course. It seems to me that this has all the trappings of a forced confession as Katusha (and due to the inter-relationship as well as permissiveness of the UCI with respect to this squad) the UCI trying to get this issue closed as quickly as possible.
As I said above in reply to Duncan, I think this is a quick move for public relations purposes to ensure the team is distanced from the positive test. The rider admits everything and even handwrites a statement to say he acted alone. He could have confessed in private but the letter was written today and within hours put out into the public domain.
– the team is named after a nationalist-type, Soviet song. Why? Is that smart in 2012?
– Katusha is sponsored/run by several devious men (and a doctor with a criminal conviction).
disasters at Gerolsteiner and Holczer's blatant disregard for UCI's request to "rest" Leipheimer?
I have similar feelings about Astana; Kazakhstan is another former Soviet republic and Astana is no stranger to major scandal: kicked out of '07 TDF, banned from '08 TDF, multiple riders suspended for PED-use and the team failed to pay its riders during a 3-month period of 2009.
[Two more formerly-guilty staffers with Katusha: Christian Henn, Head of Sports Department Sports Director and Erik Zabel, Coach & Sports Consultant. Henn's quotes below are quite telling].
Surprisingly, Katusha's website lists highlights of each DS and management also; describing Christian Henn's cycling career, the site states, "No wonder that he was an important member of the Telekom wins at the Tour de France in 1996 and 1997." (Bjarne Riis doped and won TDF in 1996 for Telekom and Jan Ullrich doped and won in 1997 — many Telekom riders were doped from '95-'06). Henn was doped from '95-'99 and retired in '99 after testing positive for testosterone. "The times were like that. You couldn't expect to keep up if you didn't." (Speigel International, May 23, 2007) Does Katusha think fans don't read?
It's no surprise Henn was informed that former Soviet bloc countries were doping, as this was commonplace in specific sports during Soviet rule. The only way to compete was to also cheat.
Do anything and risk everything, as long as it brings victories.
cyclingnews.com, May 14, 2009) — this speaks volumes about Telekom's long-standing approval of systematic doping of its athletes. Enter Bob Stapleton and they cut and run.
In fairness I must mention Operation Puerto and the infamous Dr. Fuentes (a Spaniard), as it was one of the largest doping scandals in cycling history.
China's doping practices are long-lived, not unlike the Soviets and the East Germans.
The pressure to use PEDs in cycling is well-documented in the literature. I do believe that some of the older generations involved in pro cycling (sponsors/owners, DS's, management, doctors and some experienced riders, too) have carried their corrupt philosophies and practices forward to this day. They can have strong influences over young riders to do what it takes to win.
Galimzyanov is considered the best sprinter in Russia. I don't doubt for a second that Katusha, the Russian Global Cycling Project is involved in this latest doping case. We shall see.
For me the bigger question is why they have a team doctor who is a "convicted criminal" as you claim? Why is this guy involved in cycling in ANY official capacity? Few (if any) of these pro riders are smart enough to design and implement a doping plan of much complexity all by themselves without getting nabbed, as Tricky Ricky Ricco so well demonstrated. If they can't throw these crooked docs into the can or take away their license to practice medicine, the LEAST pro cycling should do is keep them the hell away from the teams and riders! How hard is it to simply implement a rule like this? I realize this is a sport where guys like Mr. 60% control teams but when is enough going to be enough? Eventually "one step forward, two steps backwards" means you end up going in the wrong direction, can nobody involved in the sport see the bigger picture here?
Couldn't agree more, Larry T. For any team to employ any personnel that have a criminal background is just blatantly dense. Sadly, Katusha has the feel of an old Soviet team using their athletes as scapegoats. Galimzyanov did not act alone, but he is likely under the "watchful eye…of Katusha mafiosi" as Ben states. No way a 25-year old performed EPO microdosing and [possibly] blood doping without the medical/science expertise of a doctor or someone experienced with this.
I do believe that it is probable that the older generations of doctors and management are pressuring these young athletes to cheat. I blame "the brass" for corrupting the young minds of athletes who only want to experience success in a sport they're passionate about. The Soviet Union may have collapsed in 1991, but the sport knowledge and philosophy of cheating without caring is still in the hands of the elders. Wiping this "cancer" out of cycling will be very political, but it's about damn time!
With the long history of the Soviet block/Moscow-Russia in the "race" for world super power, both on the political horizon AND in sport [most notably with the US], the fall of the USSR did not end the dreams and aspirations of those who lived under Soviet rule. It is here where I believe the elder "Soviets" still contain the willingness to risk cheating. The "fall guys" are their athletes who ultimately pay the price when caught.
As Larry T. says, how difficult is it to at least keep these criminals off the payroll of professional cycling teams? To have any chance of running a clean team, you must start at the very top; hire professionals who have clean backgrounds, it's not rocket science!
I hope the investigation sheds a bright light on ALL who were involved, and if it does, ban them all from the sport of cycling, period.
There does seem to be a lot of possibly subconcious use of language from Soviet times in use, parallels with the Zinoviev letter leap out.
There does seem to be a lot of possibly subconscious use of language from Soviet times in use, parallels with the Zinoviev letter leap out.
This handwritten note conjures up the image of Galimzyanov being dictated his own "confession" under the watchful eye of some uncompromising Katusha mafiosi.
Ever so convenient for the Katusha team to be absolved of any involvement by Galimzyanov!
Tha's exactly how I saw this.
When discussing Kolobnev's diuretic positive with Katusha DS Dima Konyshev on the rest day at the Tour de France last year, he shrugged and said he "can't understand it; Alexander is very profi" – meaning he's a true professional.
What I took him to mean wasn't that Kolobnev was resolutely clean but that he ought to know how not to get caught.
I shuddered when he said "we will see what will happen to him…" and could easily imagine Dima and Tchmil holding the 400w light into poor Alex's eyes whilst they help him with his story.
It's long been the case in many teams that riders are told to "prepare" but given clear warnings that if they are caught, they're on their own. This is why many cycling fans see the teams denouncing the rider as suspicious.
We cannot infer anything yet over Galimzyanov but a team that really cared about riding clean and supporting its riders should be saying "wow, we're sorry, we failed. How did this happen, why did he feel the need to do this, we gave him the best support possible" rather than "nothing to do with us".
Sort of the anti-Highroad team, ah! It's just sad really. This sport is struggling for market share and sponsors and drugs is going to kill any hopes of making inroads into either one. One would think that this would be painfully obvious to everyone in the sport by now.
To be honest, I think that if the focus was on some other sports (football, tennis etc), the world would see that cycling is not alone as far as the problem of drugs in sport goes…. Furthermore, this story of a fairly low profile rider getting caught should rate as a very small blip for people outside of cycling compared to the Contador story, which naturally made mainstream media headlines.
I have no idea what those vested interests might be, but I agree it would be very naive to think that any sports with similar physical demands (be it strength or endurance) would be cleaner just "because". Quite the contrary, my firm opinion is that cycling is the cleanest sports out there, because nobody else is so hard with the athletes. The reason that there's still so much doping really tells how much there is in other sports which don't have the bio passport, the hotel raids and everything else.
I wonder whether there is any (unofficial) agreement that after his ban he will be offered a new contract by the team (as long as he doesn't implicate the team in any way of course — if they even knew about it). Remember how long it took for Kolobnev to sign after he was free to race again?
I think that today with internet it's very easy to say that you have acted alone. Just googled EPO and you get numbers of pages selling and teaching how to use it. Off course this can be used and it's hard to denied. What do you think?
Sure a professional "smart" guy wouldn't use EPO just googleing, and will at least contact a "doctor" to help in out, but I don't think this guy will open his mouth and tell the whole story.
Exactly but at least he could explain why he decided to buy it from the internet, how much he paid and whether he was taking any steps to hide it. Plus if he tested positive on 22 March he must have injected the product soon before this date. Where was he? At home? With the team?
Is the possibility of a plea bargain – providing worthwhile information on practices, techniques and the machinery of doping (teams & doctors) – for a reduction in sentence too far beyond the culture of silence to be taken seriously by the doping authorities?
I suppose it depends what is promised in return for loyalty to the team?
It seems that once again the doctors are ahead of the authorities and other riders, teams and fans are being cheated.
Galimzyanov cocked up and got caught – maybe he didn't follow the instructions properly – but who is giving the instructions – because with guaranteed testing you'd have to be pretty certain of your doping programme to even try it which points to sophisticated professional assistance.
No one in my office has come to me yet with "news" of the doping story so it's definitely not hitting the mainstream, "all cyclists dope" media yet. Everyone knows of my cycling love so when it crosses over to mainstream, coworkers all try to be the first to tell me the story , not realizing of course I already got the Inrng tweet. Not great news to wake up to. I liked him. He's been Katusha (in whatever iteration) since the beginning, right? So what does this say about their culture on doping starting at the earliest levels? Have to agree that the letter just seems creepy, old school Soviet.
In whatever Itera-tion – Was that a cunning play on words??!!
I should say yes, absolutely planned, but no, definitely not that clever. Kind of surprised someone on here hasn't ever made that jump before.
"It is rare for a rider to act totally alone here". Most certainly. But I am afraid Galimzyanov has already stated the opposite, if my Russian is correct: "no one in the team knew, or could have known, what I was doing. It was my decision and my responsibility".
I guess he'll take his 2 years, some money will be returned to the team, or will appear to be returned, and that's it. Great victory for BMC today in Trentino, and Julien Simon is my guess for the Flèche(double feature tomorrow!).
Denis' written confession will hopefully take a back seat to a thorough investigation. Like several have already stated, it is likely that someone in Katusha's management "stood over him" while he wrote this personal divulgence of guilt. If he was pressured to cheat and pressured to accept solo responsibility if caught, then he will likely harbor anger towards those who led him down this path.
I can only imagine how panic-stricken he's gonna feel when he realizes the total consequences of the actions, be they the ultimate fault of those who say they have his best interest in mind [Katusha]. After his two-year ban, his name will be tainted like many, and signing a new contract will probably be even more difficult in 2014. Of course, the fault lies both with Galimzyanov and whomever taught him how to cheat. Does integrity exist anywhere in Katusha's staff?
My (naive) hope is that this case is the one which finally highlights the beginning of the end for the RGCP management [that is if Katusha personnel are indeed responsible for Galimzyanov's cheating]. Sadly, politics will play the biggest role in how things shake down.
These written confessions and 'rider acting alone' scenarios are far too convenient and common place.
Surely there should be some sort of rule in place where a team has a certain number of strikes then IT has to be investigated for its anti-doping governance rather than just the rider. It's too easy to continually trot out the bad apple excuse and let the teams go on their merry way, especially for squads that have housed multiple offenders in a relatively short space of time.
It's been said time and again, but cycling needs to confront the network enabling the doping rider and not just the end user, who is a partly unfortunate victim in all this.
This whole episode feels like a confession a mob hitman or bagman would make to ensure he or his family are safe (and he would be able to return to "task" once he did his time).
Remember – the Russians since Putin took over has been quite active in alleged poisonings etc..in London as well as allegedly poisoning of Yushchenko of Ukraine.
That's a bit unfair to the Russians. Whilst this team is very much team Kremlin and there are some shady links that others have alleged, it's still a cycling team. "Rider caught taking EPO" is not very Russian.
The thing with doping doctors – we sort of assume that they are some kind of cycling equivalent of the neighborhood pusher, coercing riders into doping. However, that seems a little simplistic and certainly isn't borne out by the various books and first-hand accounts that are in the public domain.
I can see it being quite likely that a doctor might have helped a rider who demanded dope during, say, the 90s but who might have cleaned up the act since. I can also see it being possible that riders who might have doped 5-6 years ago are now cleaning up their act in keeping with the times.
And it is quite likely that these doctors were hired for reasons other than their dope-administering skills. They may also be qualified sports doctors (in fact, I'll suggest that a doctor who is on the cutting edge of doping is probably on the cutting edge of legal performance enhancements as well).
I find this whole inference of guild merely because "he was in charge of Team X when a doping scandal erupted" to be a little too simplistic.
(This isn't really aimed at this post in particular. I am referring to the snide allegations that seem to crop up every time a rider does well. Cancellara in 2010, Gilbert last year and now Boonen. I think you pointed out in one of your Twitter updates that "guilt by past association" covers pretty much the entire cycling industry).
You guys went to town on the Kremlin angle. I'm all for some intrigue but I don't know how cold war this whole scenario gets.
It's appears very simple to me.
Dude is playing high stakes and crapped out. He knows how the game is played. Time to sit down for a bit while others get to play. The old boss man will throw him a little jobby job tickling the ivories in a petro hotel of the future so he can stay fit and we'll see him Pro Conti in a few years then back up the ladder.
Let's also keep in mind that geographically speaking Gman has exactly one option to get back to the big show. No other team will touch him as they most probably are thinking what most of you said x10.
The silver lining for the Gman is the Mr. Marakov prints money as a hobby.
How many other owners can sort a guy out in the real world post racing?
Bike shop jobs don't count either.
I do find the acceptance of responsibility refreshing regardless of agenda.
Maybe the written confession is the quickest way to move on, and minimize damage on many fronts. We know all to well the stories of the high profile American riders that spent most of their accumulated wealth on a wasted defense strategies (perhaps at the encouragement of legal counsel, who were billing by the way). Why drag it on? It seems that quick admission of guilt (and hopefully not a "forced" confession) bodes well with the governing body. Do the suspension then return to cycling. Goodness, there are at least 20 pros riding now that have been suspended previously for some form of PED offense. I agree, the "mobsta" and "commie" stereotypes being projected aren't really necessary. Perhaps better to frame this as just another case of a rider getting caught, regardless of nationality or domicile.
Those lawyers working on the high-profile American cases weren't doing it for direct payment for services, as those dopers were far from rich. The "fairness fund" angle was little more than a shield to hide this from the public. Their mission was to use those cases to defeat the WADA and USADA. This would then open up very lucrative opportunities for them defending other (much richer) cheaters in the future. Landis and Hamilton were little more than pawns in their game. They were used by the lawyers as much as they were used by the various cycling teams they raced for.
I have a feeling Holczer's head will roll this time.
One thing I should add is that he's been labelled as "Russia's top cyclist" by the media in Moscow. This is not playing too well domestically for the team, it's been on TV bulletins. He might not be a big name in the sport but amongst Russian riders he was a big fish and someone improving and seen as a prospect for an Olympic medal.
That's one perspective anyway. I didn't see the medal chances and the media seem to have forgotten Menchov.
Can I mention threshold doping?
We cycling fans are told that the testing regime in cycling is the best and most intrusive in the world. If we accept that premise then so must riders, who know that they face tough testing and possible detection.
Why would anyone want to take too much dope so as to test positive, especially when given the right medial attention any sports person can "threshold" dope so as to take some advantage without going over accepted levels.
There's an interview with Michael Ashenden somewhere on the web (i'm not sure where perhaps someone knows….) in which he says that nowadays EPO use is as a mask for transfusions: something to do with transfusions giving you a higher red blood cell count and the presence of EPO preventing more red blood cells being made, or something like that anyway. He also says it is by no means an exact science. So its quite possible that he has done this and made a miscalculation and got caught above the threshold.
However a transfusion also implies that he had help doesnt it? Surely you cant do a transfusion, storing the blood, reinjecting it on your own – safely? It sounds like this would be a big risk. Especially after Ricco.
I'm not sure blood trasfusion, storage or reinjection are per se dangerous (this is, by the way, be the crux of the Fuentes case in the Spanish courts). Not sure either that moderate amounts of EPO are bad for the health. Pretty sure, on the other hand, that blood management has become an integral part of athletic preparation, ever since soccer megastar Beckenbauer was advocating transfusions in the early 70s. The problem is how to regulate it in a way that is fair, non-intrusive, and easy to enforce. But the "ban-everything" approach won't work.
I'll argue the other side of this idea. I don't think danger or lack of it is a good reason to make rules. Of course I'd certainly not want some young kids to be fooling around with this kind of stuff in the garage as the "if some is good, more MUST be better" examples are out there – how many young riders went to sleep and never woke up in the early EPO days?
The real issue is, blood transfusions are against the RULES. Using a motorcycle is against the RULES. Hanging onto the DS's car is against the RULES. The WHY doesn't matter – ALL of these rules are agreed-upon in advance handicaps or inefficiencies – they're what make bicycle racing a SPORT. Certainly enforcing a rule against blood transfusions is more difficult than the other examples, but is that reason enough to toss the rule and let 'em transfuse? They once let 'em EPO themselves up to 50% hematocrit because they had no test for EPO….how well did THAT work? The guys who didn't want to risk their health by doping up to 50% found it tough to compete. Should they be told "too bad"? Should they also let Cavendish hold onto the car up the climbs in LeTour because it's too difficult and expensive to monitor this behavior, perhaps with a camera on ALL the sprinters? It's impossible to monitor everyone all the time, but that to me is no reason to water-down or toss out rules. Toss out the cheaters instead – lifetime ban unless you rat EVERYONE out. 2-4 years if your information is truthful and results in more cheaters being tossed. 2 years (or less) just isn't enough of a penalty when you can cop to it like this Katusha guy has and (likely) come back as if nothing ever happened.
I think we've discussed this before, but it's not bad to touch base again.
1) Sport was cycling when caffeine was forbidden beyond a threshold, sport it is now with the caffeine-bar open, and sport it was long before anti-doping controls. I don't recognize anti-doping crusaders the monopolistic right to define what the "spirit of sport" is.
2) Sport it was when derailleur gears were forbidden, and sport it is with electronic shifting. I prefer the former, but I admit that rules can and do change. I wouldn't want cycling to be too deletereous for the health or "too pharmaceutical", but keeping limitations there, just for the sake of keeping limitations, regardless of how easy and effective they are to enforce, and their impact on riders' health, makes no sense in my mind.
3) I'm not sure how many died of EPO, and after reading Verner Moeller, I'm not even sure any did at all (and those deaths can easily be attributed to unprofessional, de-medicalized handling and dosing), and I'm pretty sure that a number of deaths the media and authorities have historically attributed to doping were probably due to other causes.
4) The 50% hematocrit was at least clear and easy to measure (it would be even easier nowadays). Too bad they only tested it at the beginning of the GT (except of course, Pantani's case in the Giro). If they did that test to everybody, every race day at the moment of signing, it wouldn't be bad (but it would be expensive, I guess).
5) I think hanging onto the car should continue to be banned, and should be monitored more closely (you don't need to be a doctor for that, and I personally would do it for free in any major race). We should draw a line at the skin of the rider: any mechanical (in the physics sense of "mechanics") help outside the skin is cheating. What happens inside the skin is a different matter, where natural and artificial and not necessarily possible to tell, and less and less so, especially as progress allows technology to replicate nature.
Do your homework and back up your statements with credible sources.
Please don't assume the Katyusha name has any dark overtones. Firstly it is a pet name for anyone called Ekaterina and, having run a confectionery company where we used Katyusha as the brand name (after my partner's daughter), I can assure there is nothing sinister in its use!!
Wonder if the confession absolving the team and managers was coerced.
Blimey, this one has set the wires on fire! Just a word: I'm not sure Galimzyanov can really be called "a fairly low profile rider." He was Russia's big hope for the Olympic road race, he's had first Cipo and then Zabel contracted to school him (they can't come cheap), Astana have been fielding all-Russian teams to find the right combination of riders to support him in his Olympic bid. In short, he has been at the centre of a massive and costly project for some years now.
In other words, he has been under astonishing pressure. I've always found him likeable and naive: admittedly, I don't have fluent Russian. But I do feel rather sorry for him, a young man in a difficult position at a time when the quality of sprinters at the top end has never been higher: Cav – perhaps the best in history – but also the legions of differently-talented fast-twitch monsters from Greipel and Kittel to the likes of Guardini, Degenkolb and Viviani.
Who'd be a sprinter these days? In other words, stick with Inner Ring's careful line here: don't shoot the rider. He's just a young man who knows nothing but cycling – and may lack either good advice or the character to take it.
Inner Ring, it's not just your problem to deal with – it's the entire cycling culture, including myself. Winning at all costs influences rider opportunity, team director priorities, sponsor marketing agendas driven by the need for public attention. All of us need to remember the process and not just focus on the results. In this forum at least there are many who love the sport and all its participants; the winners make a good story but there are a lot of other stories in the peloton too and this is recognized here. Kudos.
So to tie that with the other thread re: Moneyball. Big money did not improve this rider's opportunity – he still doped. His big money team seems focused on the ends not the means; arguably those ends may have little to do with cycling given the sponsor agenda. The process got the rider instead of aiding him because process was ignored. Will punitive measures do its job as a corrector of behavior? We shall see.
Meanwhile, we can do our part. All of us improve the process when we do our parts as individuals in the culture to focus yes on the excitement of winning but also on the stories and people behind the entire peloton, including the lanterne rouge. You as a journalist/social influencer, me as a coach, your readers in their roles. We can make it better, one life at a time.
Whilst it's a convoluted way to achieve it, at least Galimzyanov's suspension solves Katusha's problem with its (one too many) team list.
Sad, sorry nonsense. If you believe half of this story then you'll probably also believe that the earth is flat and the moon is made of cheese. No-one short of a trained doctor can use these drugs on their own safely. They are nasty, tricky substances.
Where there is smoke, there's fire. This is a cover-up only the Marx Bros (pun intended…..) could have dreamt up. Pathetic.


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While police have increased enforcement efforts year-round, there are certain days of the year when officials believe the risk of DUI crashes is especially high. These high-risk days include the Christmas holiday, New Year's Eve, and the holiday weekends surrounding both holidays. Because there are higher numbers of DUI crashes on those days, police are especially likely to use road blocks and other aggressive enforcement tactics to try to identify impaired drivers.
Motorists need to be aware of the added risks of being stopped by police during the holiday season and must understand their rights in order to try to reduce the chances of an arrest. If you do find yourself charged with driving drunk, a New Orleans DUI law firm may be able to help you take steps to prevent the arrest from turning into a conviction.
Wall Street Journal reports that many people make transportation plans ahead of time to ensure they don't end up with an arrest or an accident due to impaired driving on Christmas or New Year's. If you are planning to drink, this is one of the best options to consider. You should arrange a ride before you actually drink anything because when you have already been drinking, you may overestimate how sober you are. You should also consider having a backup plan, like having the number of a car service readily available, just in case your designated driver ends up being unreliable.
If you do find yourself pulled over or stuck in a DUI checkpoint, the best thing you can do to avoid DUI charges is to be prepared for your encounter with law enforcement. You should have your license, registration and proof of insurance ready whenever you are stopped and you should answer only the questions you are asked by the officer with polite, short answers. You do not want to accidentally incriminate yourself for any alleged wrongdoing and you should insist upon exercising your right to a lawyer if you are taken into custody. By having a lawyer come and advise you right away, you will not inadvertently do anything to make it easier for a prosecutor to prove you were driving impaired.
You also need to be aware you are free to decline field sobriety tests and handheld breath tests, but must submit to some type of test of your blood alcohol concentration if there is probable cause to suspect intoxication.
While it is perfectly legal for police to step up enforcement over the holidays, there are times when the behavior of law enforcement ends up being in violation of your constitutional rights. This can be an especially big issue when police are out in full force and eager to demonstrate the effectiveness of holiday DUI prevention efforts. A DUI law firm in New Orleans can help you determine if the Fourth Amendment was respected in your interactions with police. If not, your attorney may be able to prevent evidence from being used or may even be able to get the case against you dismissed.


This is why I started a cooking show! Because I knew I would end up on adventures like this meeting characters and Captain Kenny Llanes is a character in every sense of the word. Smart, good natured, great musician, great fisherman.
We ended up in Kona and I called a local Captain I knew to see if he knew anybody who wanted to do a show. He said he knew someone. I called the guy and he said, "You want my Uncle, for sure." They knew Captain Kenny would do well on camera. He ended up taking us out, just myself and my girlfriend at the time, for just the gas money. An all day eight hour charter. He told stories about Vietnam, movie stars he'd taken fishing, and his prowess at karaoke. And of course we caught fish.
We caught a marlin as you can see but when I reeled in that Indian short nose spearfish both Kenny and his mate were salivating. The spearfish is an amazing tasting fish. And to cook it over keave really brings out the flavor. This was an epic adventure that I'll never forget.
This was such a fun episode to make because it features a lot of my favorite people Octavian, Todd (my bff), Nate, Ben, and YM. We made this on the last day you could drive on Devil's Slide at a place called Grey Whale Cove Beach just south of Pacifica, CA. It was a bear of an episode bc I was pretty tired when we got back to my apartment to cook the mussels. Plus I have a 3 story walk up so we had to schlep all the stuff down to my tint backyard. The food came out great.
The shark story is true and I still believe it was a baby great white that swam under Nate's board. I'm not talking about a dogfish, I'm talking about a great white!


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You've never heard violin like this. Improvising on a 5-string electric violin with a looping system he developed, Dixon creates an all-live, one-man symphony of sound. This is music that will mesmerize you, move you, transform you.
Dixon is the only one in the world doing what he does. Very few violinists are both classically-trained (symphony-level) and able to improvise. To also have a command of such a wide range of pedal effects is nearly unheard of. But what sets Dixon apart is his empathy and presence - always conscious of the energy in the room, baring his soul through his instrument, guiding and inspiring the listeners through his words and bittersweet, beautiful sounds.
Classically trained, beginning at age 10. Highlights include: assistant concertmaster of the Flint Youth Symphony (one of only two youth orchestras in the U.S. invited to perform at the Olympic stadium in Munich, Germany), member of the Dort Honors Quartet, assistant concertmaster University of Michigan-Flint Symphony, principal second violinist of the Detroit Symphony Civic Orchestra, and performed with the Midland Symphony (1996-1997).
In the 2000's, Dixon played with numerous bands, in styles ranging from gypsy, jazz, blues, rock, klezmer, electronic, and middle-eastern.
Dixon got his solo start wowing crowds at virtually every major avant-garde event in Detroit, as well as with its major performance troupes. In 2011, he launched his first national solo tour, and has since been gaining tens of thousands of fans, millions of online views/listens, and is receiving acclaim headlining and performing at roughly 120 festivals and shows per year across North America!
Dixon had been playing classical music all his life, but in 2005 everything changed. A trip to the Burning Man festival
challenged him to improvise and gave a perfect opportunity to create his own music for the first time. "When I saw the look in people's eyes, that I could move them with my own music, it changed my life. I made up my mind then and there to rearrange my life priorities. I had been playing for 25 years, but for the first time I truly fell in love with music."
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Painter Decorator Finder Oldbury Painter & Decorator Listings page. This section lists as many Painters & Decorators we could find in Oldbury. If you are a Painter or Decorator in Oldbury please let us know by submitting your listing using the Get Listed link at the top. These Oldbury Painter Decorators offer a wide range of services including interior painting Oldbury, floor laying, papering / paper hanging, plastering and home refurbishment in Oldbury and home, kitchen & bathroom decorating. These Oldbury painters & decorators can also provide you with free decorating quotes and painting quotes.


Nicki Minaj went on a social media rampage against BET after someone at the network fired off a shady post in the aftermath of Cardi B's Grammy win — and now the network is apologizing.
Not only did Nicki take her frustrations to social media, but she also canceled her upcoming headlining show at this year's BET Experience.
BET Networks issued a statement praising Nicki for her career and apologizing for the post that set the rapper off.


This one-day course will provide you with the latest evidence based neuroprotective education and practical tools to make an immediate impact on those living with Multiple Sclerosis. Historically the management for MS was relatively conservative, however NOW you have the ability to slow down the progression of MS using key exercise principles including high intensity interval training.
Gilly Davy from Connect Neuro Physiotherapy, is an experienced senior neurological physiotherapist, clinical educator and an expert in treating Multiple Sclerosis. She is the founder of MS Get a Head start, an innovative six-week intensive rehab and education program for MS. Gilly is passionate about sharing practical knowledge of the latest evidence based rehabilitation approaches. She was awarded the Australian Physiotherapy Association 2015 Ipsen Contribution to Neurological Physiotherapy.
This course is open to physiotherapists, occupational therapists and exercise physiologists.


There are several Second-Hand & Used Store in Bangkok. The Used Store in Fortune Mall is a traditional second-hand store which sells just about everything you can think of. Eco Ring is a Japanese second-hand store with stock imported from Japan. If you are looking for purely Vintage Clothes click here. If you're looking for purely Retro Collectibles click here.
The Used Store is in the Fortune Town Mall at the Mercure Hotel end of the 4th floor. The store is full of second-hand items. You can find bags, shoes, hats, clothes, toys, ceramics, household items, watches, paintings, accessories, furniture, bicycles, guitars, violins, vinyl records, CD's, baby strollers, tools, cameras, electrical items, and much more. There are no prices so you will have to bargain.
Location: Unit 4018-4021, 4th Floor, Fortune Town Mall, Ratchadaphisek Road.
Eco Ring is a Japanese second-hand & used store featuring genuine stock imported from Japan. Inside you will find bags, shoes, toys, ceramics, Jewellery, dolls, kitchenware, furniture, musical Instruments, golf equipment, bicycles and more. There are also some genuine brand name items such as Hermes, Vuitton etc. There are two central Bangkok branches at Sukhumvit Soi 39 and Soi 55.
Location: 1/41-43 Sukhumvit Soi 39, Phrom Phong, Bangkok.
Opening Hours: 11.00-20.00 Monday-Friday. 10.00-20.00 Saturday-Sunday.
Getting There: BTS Phrom Phong (exit 3). Take the first left on Suk 39.
Location: 413/9 Sukhumvit Soi 55 (Thonglor). Between Thonglor Soi 23 and 25.
Getting There: BTS Thong Lo (exit 3). Then take a taxi or the little red Thonglor shuttle bus.


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Mumbai: The common admission test (CAT) 2015, which was held recently has threw a few surprises this year for aspirants seeking admission to the premier Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs).
Around 2.19 lakh students had registered for the test this year, which is highest in last six years. Students appeared for the exam found the section on logical reasoning (LR) and data interpretation (DI) tougher than verbal and quant. The test was conducted over two slots on Sunday.
Siddharth S, a student who got a centre at Pune said, "There were lot of surprises this year. Most questions were on reading comprehension (RC) and the remaining 10 on verbal were non-MCQs.There was nothing on grammar and vocabulary. However, the section was not tough. Only the LR section was difficult."
Prashanth Nair, regional director of a coaching institute, said that 33 out of 100 questions did not have multiple choices, which may have contributed to the difficulty level of the paper.
Hemang Panchmatia from another coaching institute said that the non-MCQs though were time consuming, tested students on their actual knowledge instead of mere guesswork.
The test was conducted smoothly across centres, except for a few minor technical glitches. Few students reported power failure at a centre in Chandivali for 10 minutes which was compensated. In some cases, the server crashed and in a sporadic case, the mouse of a students stopped functioning leading to wastage of time. However, the instances of glitches were fewer in comparison to previous years.


The appearance of wrinkles and fine lines is inevitable as our skin loses elasticity over time. You can help delay signs of wrinkles by avoiding the sun and maintaining a healthy lifestyle, but at some point wrinkles will surface. Fortunately, there are effective options to reduce their appearance with little or no downtime for you.
Over time, repeated movement of powerful muscles on the face can cause the skin to fold or furrow, resulting in stubborn lines (dynamic lines). Botox and Dysport are prescription medications that are injected in very low doses into facial muscles in an effort to relax muscle motion, resulting in less furrowing of the skin and diminishment of these dynamic lines.
Most people experience no side effects. However, the most common possible side effects are nose and throat irritation, headache and injection site skin reactions, including localized pain, infection, inflammation, tenderness, swelling, redness, and/or bleeding/bruising. Rare side effects include upper respiratory tract infection, eyelid swelling, eyelid drooping, sinus inflammation and nausea. A few cases of serious side effects, including swallowing or breathing problems, have been reported.
For additional information, visit the Allergan and Galderma product websites.
You can expect to see results within days after your treatment, and the areas treated may continue to improve for up to two weeks. Visible results have been shown to last up to four months. After that, many patients are ready to return for a follow-up treatment. In addition to decreasing crows-feet, areas that can benefit include the space between the eyebrows and the forehead. The effects are very localized, and when administered by an experienced physician, do not affect your ability to smile, laugh or otherwise show expression.
As Botox and Dysport are dissolved over time, your skin will begin to gradually look like it did before the treatments. Periodic maintenance injections will help you retain the corrected look.
Brinton Lake Dermatology offers a vast selection of today's most effective dermal fillers, including Bellafill®, Belotero®, Juvéderm Ultra®, Juvéderm Volbella®, Juvéderm Vollure ™ XC, Juvéderm Voluma® XC, Radiesse®, Restylane®, Restylane Defyne®, Restylane Lyft®, Restylane Silk®, Sculptra® Aesthetic. These injectable substances are used to restore volume and fullness to the skin and to correct moderate-to-severe facial folds and wrinkles, such as the creases that extend from your nose to the corner of your mouth.
Made out of biocompatible (compatible with living systems) and biodegradable (dissolves in the body) materials, these injectable fillers are synthetic materials that mimic natural components of the skin that function to provide volume, elasticity and hydration. Some fillers attract and hold water within skin tissues, resulting in a secondary filling effect that happens gradually over the course of three to four weeks after the injection as the filler attracts water and expands the tissue further. Other fillers stimulate new production of natural collagen within the injected tissues.
Your doctor will estimate the number of treatment sessions and the amount of filler you will need at each treatment session. Generally, significant changes may be achieved with the first treatment, but touch-ups are likely needed to achieve optimal results. In clinical studies, the average volume of filler needed to achieve full correction was two to three mL (two to three syringes) per patient. As fillers are dissolved over time, your skin will begin to gradually look like it did before treatments. Periodic maintenance injections will help you retain the corrected look.
The most common side effects with dermal fillers are redness, bruising or swelling, but these last for a short time and are mild in nature. As with all procedures that involve an injection through the skin, there is a slight risk of infection. Other side effects may include itching, pain, skin discoloration and granulomas (bumps). Most patients feel comfortable going back to their normal activities immediately after treatment with a filler. You may be able to feel the area where the filler was injected for some period afterwards. Over time, the injected area will soften.


There is a lot of fun to be had doing Lake Garda clothes shopping! The Italians really know how to dress to impress and also the European fashion capital, Milan, is close by. So, you just know that the clothes here are going to be amazing and at the cutting edge of the latest designs.
As is the case with most places, the bigger the town the better the shops. In Lake Garda though, being Italy, you will find clothes shops everywhere and some suprising bargains too! We have often being surprised at what good prices there are here, especially if you seek out the little back street shops. If you purchase more than one item from the same store during your Lake Garda clothes shopping expedition, you can often get money taken off the normal price.
If, however, you were to come here with eyes only for the latest top designer clothes, then I would recommend you go to Desenzano and Riva, as these towns will give you the best choice of top boutiques. Shop at either of these 2 towns and the sky is the limit, you can spend whatever your heart desires! The shops are open quite late here, so you can take your time and really explore all the best Lake Garda clothes shopping.
Which is the Best Lake Garda Clothes shop?
Do you love shopping for clothes at Lake Garda? Loads of us do, but which do you think is the best clothes shop here? Why not share your story about it and you are highly likely to get your own spot on our website! Your story could well feature on a dedicated web page and may even get in our newsletter too! How good would it feel to show your friends and family your own Lake Garda story on a well respected Lake Garda site! We love pictures as well, so feel free to send us your best shots and there will be no mistaking you then!
To find out more about shoes, handbags and other leather clothing and accessories, please look at the leather shoes and goods page.


STEP ONE Lower spare tire for access to the winch mechanism mounted above the frame cross-member. Locate the threaded ends of the two winch mechanism mounting bolts which extend down through the frame cross-member. Install U-bracket over the threaded end of mounting bolt to the right side of the winch cable. Position the U-bracket with the open side parallel to the side of frame cross-member, as shown. Install the U-bracket with the provided locknut.
STEP TWO Install the lock bar through the holes in both legs of the U-bracket, with the grooved end facing toward the front of the truck. Place the crimp-ring retainer in the groove and crimp closed with pliers.


Rideout Health Group Embraces Social Networking!
Rideout Health Group is now on Facebook, come join the discussion with us. Be our friend. Share your comments about why you care about Fremont-Rideout Health Group. We enjoy hearing from you.
We share the latest FRHG news, information for special events, classes, awards and screenings to keep you and your family informed and healthy.
When we can, we post pictures and videos from our events and Community Health Education classes.


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Marcel Alfons Gilbert van Meerhaeghe (* 12. April 1921 in Wetteren, Ostflandern; † 22. März 2014 in Gent) war ein belgischer Ökonom, Publizist, Kolumnist und Professor für Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen an der Universität Gent.

Biografie
Van Meerhaeghe studierte Wirtschaftswissenschaft und Soziologie an der Universität Gent.

Berufstätigkeit als Universitätsprofessor
Von 1953 bis 1954 war er faculty advisor am NATO Defense College. Seit 1957 war er ordentlicher Professor für Wirtschaftswissenschaft und Außenwirtschaftstheorie an der Universität Gent. Seit 1973 war er Gastprofessor am Wolfson College (Cambridge). Nach seiner Emeritierung in Belgien im Jahr 1986 lehrte er an der London School of Economics and Political Science, an der Universität Tilburg, der Universität Turin und an der Universität La Sapienza.

Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte reichten von der Finanzwissenschaft (Geldtheorie) über die Politische Ökonomie bis hin zu theoriegeschichtlichen Beiträgen. Er war ein überzeugter Europäer.

Euro-Kritik
1998 war van Meerhaeghe einer der Unterzeichner der Erklärung "Der Euro kommt zu früh", eines Manifests von mehr als 160 Professoren gegen eine zu frühe Einführung des Euro (Mitinitiatorin Renate Ohr). Mitgliedsländer der Europäischen Union gäben ihre harten Währungen auf, ohne zu wissen, durch was diese einmal ersetzt werden. Die Gefahren eines politisierten Euro und einer Inflationsgemeinschaft sind schließlich nicht imaginär.

Mitgliedschaften
Seit 1955 war M.A.G. van Meerhaeghe Mitglied der Denkfabrik Königliche Institut für Internationale Beziehungen. Weiter war er Mitglied der Denkfabrik Institut Européen (Institutum Europaeum:1979–2002) und der konservativen Denkfabrik Centre for the New Europe (1993–2009). Seit 1988 war er Mitglied der Mont Pèlerin Society.

Veröffentlichungen (Auswahl)

Bücher
 International Economic Institutions (Longmans, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 7 Ausgaben zwischen 1966 und 1998). 7. Ausgabe: Kluwer Academic Publishers/Springer. Ein überaus brauchbares Handbuch, das eine Lücke in der Literatur ausfüllt.
 Economics: Britain and the EEC (Longmans, London 1969): mit Harry Johnson, John Pinder und Prof. Dennis Swann.
 Price Theory and Price Policy (Longmans, Green & Co. Ltd., London 1969). Ein nicht-orthodoxes Lehrbuch, in denen man viel Neues finden kann.
 Economics, A critical approach (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London 1971).
 Economic Theory. A Critic's Companion (H.E. Stenfert Kroese, Antwerpen/Martinus Nijhoff, Boston, Lancaster 1980, 2. Ausgabe 1986). 2. Ausgabe: Springer.
 Belgium and EC Membership Evaluated (Pinter Publishers, London, St. Martin's Press, New York 1992): mit Alfred Cahen und Jean-Pierre De Bandt.

Heilbronn Symposium
 The lost chapter of Schumpeter's 'Economic Development' in Joseph Aloïs Schumpeter. Entrepreneurship, style and vision, Herausg. J. Backhaus, The European Heritage in Economics and the Social Sciences, Band 1, Kluwer, Boston, Dordrecht, London 2003, S. 233–244.
 Bismarck and the social question, Journal of Economic Studies, Sept. 2006, Band 33, Heft 4, S. 284–301.
 The Austrian and German "Economist" in the interwar period: international aspects, in The beginnings of Scholarly Economic Journalism, Herausg. J. Backhaus, The European Heritage in Economics and the Social Sciences, Band 12, Springer, 2011, S. 65–71.
 Globalisation: concept, outcome, future – a continental view, European Journal of Law and Economics, April 2012, Band 33, Heft 2 (Essays in honour of Dr. Reginald Hansen, 1919–2016), S. 239–306.

Weitere Publikationen
 De economische toestand van Belgisch-Kongo en Ruanda-Urundi in 1950, Economisch-Statistische Berichten, Band 36, Heft 1771, 25. April 1951, S. 315–319.
 Die Marktformen, das Marktverhalten und die Marktergebnisse in Belgien, Zeitschrift für die gesamte Staatswissenschaft / Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Band 121, Heft 1. (Januar 1965), S. 131–142. Internationale finanzielle Relationen werden die europäische Integration verhindern.
 Die Entwicklung der Wirtschaft im Kongo. Folgerungen für die Theorie des Wirtschaftswachstums (Nürnberger Vorträge – Gegenwartsfragen aus Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft, Band 2; Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1965).
 Aktuelle Probleme der belgischen Wirtschaftspolitik (Kieler Vorträge, Heft 43, Institut für Weltwirtschaft an der Universität, Kiel 1966).
 The purpose of competition policy. A critical essay on the EEC's views, Zeitschrift für Nationalökonomie, Wien, Band XXVII, Heft 4, Dezember 1967, S. 425–438.
 Prior Notification of Price Increases as an Instrument of Price-Stabilization Policy, Kyklos, Februar 1968, Band XXI, S. 26–44. Der Autor beleuchtet Maßnahmen die in Frankreich, Belgien, den Niederlanden und Österreich zur Preisreguliering ergriffen worden sind.
 The Belgium-Luxemburg Economic Union, in International Economic Integration, Herausg. Franz Peter Lang und Renate Ohr (Physica-Verlag, Heidelberg 1995), S. 95–119. Geschichte von die UEBL seit 1921; Richtlinie 88/361/EWG (Freier Kapital- und Zahlungsverkehr).
 Attilio da Empoli's significance for economic theory, Journal of Economic Studies, Sept. 2001, Band 28, Heft 4/5, S. 324–333; auch in On the frontiers of the modern theory of value: essays on Attilio da Empoli (1904–1948), Erfurt Studies in Public Finance and Fiscal Sociology, Herausg. J. Backhaus, 2002, Heft 3, S. 113–125.

Meinungen
In 1972, auf der Tagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik Professor van Meerhaeghe sagte:

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Ankabut Integrates Educhain to Launch Digital Certificates Platform for the UAE
Ankabut Blockchain to Provide Applications to Manage, Issue, Attest, Share, and Verify Any Academic Record
November 25, 2020 – Abu Dhabi, UAE – The Khalifa University of Science and Technology managed Ankabut, the Emirates Advanced National Research and Education Network, today announced – has launched 'Ankabut Blockchain', a digital certificate platform for the issuance, attestation, and exchange of digital certificates for all levels of education.
The integration of Educhain, a leader in UAE in education blockchain applications, by Ankabut, the UAE leader in education services and infrastructure, is significant.
Ankabut has 26 institutional members with connections to over 67 sites throughout the UAE, and offers UAE academic and research institutions connectivity to other education networks worldwide. Managed by Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Ankabut is jointly funded by the Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRA) through the ICT Fund.
The Educhain blockchain ecosystem includes several leading institutions in the UAE such as Khalifa University, UAE University, and Zayed University. The integration with Ankabut provides a secure, robust, scalable platform, accessible to all academic institutions across all Emirates in the UAE.
Ankabut Blockchain serves schools, institutions, universities, and regulators to digitize academic records and attestations. It provides applications to manage, issue, attest, share, and verify any academic record. Learners receive a digital wallet to manage their academic records from all schools, institutions, and universities in the network.
The ecosystem moves all certificates and records fully online, from the issuance, to attestation, sharing, and verifying. It integrates blockchain applications into their processes and workflow – moving from physical processes to digital – saving time and costs for all parties, collecting data and insights, and allowing recipients to verify all documents online.
Ankabut Blockchain is also developing new applications for digital badging, equivalencies, and credit transfers, among others, to serve both academia and government.
Fahem Al Nuaimi, Ankabut CEO, commented; "Academia must seriously consider the next step after e-learning. As restrictions on travel continue both locally and abroad, learners are no longer able to receive and share their degrees and other accomplishments. The UAE needs to be ready for the next stage, a "2.0" moment, to securely digitize academic records, attestations, equivalencies, and credit transfers, moving fully online."
Mark Balovnev, CEO at Educhain, added; "We are very excited to work with Ankabut to be the partner of choice for every online certification. As the world shifts to digital, we are here to support institutions in these challenging times, to serve their learners and partners safely and effectively through digital channels."
Ankabut Blockchain is also in line with the UAE's Emirates Blockchain Strategy 2021, enabling all academic institutions to digitize their certificates and enabling government and regulators to play a role in the network. As the UAE looks to conduct 50% of government transactions on the federal level using blockchain technology by 2021, securely digitizing education records and attestations is a natural next step.
Through providing a unique digital wallet for each learner, the "Academic Passport", Ankabut Blockchain aligns with the UAE 50-Year charter, a central education file for every citizen – "documenting all the academic degrees obtained, classes and training taken, and conferences attended".
Ankabut is the United Arab Emirates' Advanced National Research and Education Network, and the UAE leader for education services and infrastructure. It has 26 institutional members with connections to over 67 sites throughout the UAE, and offers UAE academic & research institutions connectivity to other education networks worldwide. Ankabut also co-operates on a national, GCC, regional and international arena representing the UAE in conferences, exhibitions and forums. Ankabut aims to offer professional and innovative IT services with a focus on the research and educational sector. Services include Cloud, Connectivity, IT infrastructure, managed service and professional services such as IT Consultancy, Project Management, Licenses, Training and Development.
Ankabut interconnects more than 80 tenants with a 10G backbone and 1G access links. It enables a closed community network that allows the transfer of real-time services such as voice and video communication, time-critical services such as grid computing interconnect (cloud computing), public internet services, web hosting (C panel), co-locating, Edu-roam, High Performance Computing (HPC), Learning Management System (LMS), Virtual Desktop Interface (VDI), Mozoon system and Sierra Library Management System.
Ankabut supports initiatives in the e-learning environment, library content and distribution systems and research collaboration. Ankabut believes that identifying these initiatives and offering network, processing and storage support is the best way to develop a collective collaborative approach to research and education. The Ankabut Project is jointly funded by the TRA through the ICT Fund, Khalifa University and member support. Ankabut is managed by Khalifa University, and the CEO of Ankabut is Fahem Al Nuaimi.
For inquiries, please contact services@ankabut.ae
About Educhain
Educhain, a Techstars-backed company, is the most reputable organization in MENA for blockchain in education, with the longest track record. Educhain enables institutions to issue secure verifiable digital records to learners, such as certificates, diplomas, transcripts, and letters. With presence in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Riyadh, and Vancouver, Educhain is revolutionizing education management.
About Khalifa University of Science and Technology
Khalifa University of Science and Technology is a world-class, research-intensive institution that focuses on producing world leaders and critical thinkers in applied science and engineering. Khalifa University of Science and Technology endeavors to be a catalyst to the growth of Abu Dhabi and the UAE's rapidly developing knowledge economy as an education destination of choice and a global leader among research-intensive universities.
For more information, please visit: http://www.ku.ac.ae/


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Q: Is it better to get all the needed data from the database once or is it better to make more often requests? So, I have to develop a web component with a help of CQ5 (a CMS in Java based on OSGi, Sling, JCR Content Repository)
This component should do the following:
Collect answers to three questions from the user, and then, based on those answers of the user, the response from the database will be provided to the user (one could say it's a calculator)
The first question has 5 variants of answers, the second has 5 variants, and the third has also 5 variants.
But the problem is, if the user has selected, say, option 1 as an answer to the first question, the number of possible answers the second question will be decreased - there will be only 3 possible answers left.
For example, a user has questions:
Which country are you from?
Which state are you from?
Which city are you from?
If the user answers Canada to the first question, he will then be able to choose only Canadian states as an answer to the second question.
So, on event when the form is changed by the user, the data in it should be updated through ajax
So, the question is: is it better to get all the data at once from the database (there is not so much of it as you see), or is it better to make a request to database on each "form-changing event"? Or maybe, it doesn't make any difference?
To my point of view, the second variant is better from the point of view of amount of code needed to be written, but what's better from the performance point of view?

A: Premature optimisation should be avoided. I would go with the multiple-requests approach. Like you said, it will make the application much cleaner.
Then, only if it proves too slow, you could look at caching or front-loading that data.
There is a lot of debate about premature optimisation - the general opinion is to avoid it until you've proved that you need it!

A: As usual: "it depends". For your example with the states it may be useful to preload all states if it is limited to Northern America. Once your list of countries grows and with that the number of states grows, it may be better to only fetch the needed states onChange from the underlying data storage.
I also make this choice dependent on the number of

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*possibilities the user can choose from (only a few countries or all ~200 countries in  the world?)

*amount of items in the second select box

*if the user should be able to see the non-matching items in the second select box (as would be the case if the items were only removed client side, without AJAX, just plain JS)

*required performance (is it OK to load the possibilities of the second box with a second delay or is it required to be near-instant?)

Evaluating those points usually gives you a good rule of thumb. For your actual case with 3*5 possibilities, pre-loading all possibilities from the database and doing the filtering in program code seems like a rational choice.


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An end to tenure review is a vital reprieve for some of New Zealand's most endangered species, says Forest & Bird.
"We've argued for many years that not only is tenure review a spectacularly bad deal for New Zealanders, it's been terrible for our natural environment," says Jen Miller, Forest & Bird conservation and advocacy manager.
"It's a process which has allowed thousands of hectares of extraordinarily special dryland landscapes to be privatised."
Research shows that while most of the alpine landscapes which went through tenure review went into conservation land, the vast majority of the basin floors – which are the breeding habitat for high country birds – were put into private hands.
"We've already lost 70 percent of our dryland habitat. This is a landscape with an astounding array of biological diversity – including kakī, the rarest wading bird in the world. And yet in the last decade we've let more of it become dairy farms.
"An end to tenure review gives us the best chance in a generation to put this to rights and finally create a drylands park in the heart of the Mackenzie Basin.
Forest & Bird also welcomes news that reform will include better management of the remaining South Island high country leases.
"Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) has managed pastoral leases very poorly, allowing discretionary consents which breach regional environmental laws and destroy native vegetation.
"We'd very much like to see an overhaul of this, with priority given to the protection of native plants and animals, rather than farm development."


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BARGAIN DECORATING WITH LAURIE: YEE-HAW!
Those who have been reading my blog for awhile already know that my sweetheart is a cowboy wannabe. He just had another birthday (they seem to come around more often these days!), so of course, he got a chuck wagon, cowboy birthday dinner.
I served a salad in clear glass bowls, which I put in "campfire skillets", and the salad dressing was in the little boot jiggers at each place setting.
Dried wheat in a cowboy canteen was the centerpiece.
Vintage cowboy toys decorated a side table. Yep, that's the cowboy wannabe when he was a little bitty cowpoke.
While the cowboy ripped into some birthday gifts, I reset the table for dessert. Of course, as soon as I had the table ready, everyone rushed over to get cake and ice cream. So…… I wasn't able to take photos of the table. The following day (after I had removed a leaf from the table and redecorated the side table with Halloween instead of cowboy, I recreated the dessert table for a photo session.
The centerpiece for the dessert table was these cute candy kabobs that Sarah at Hyacinths for The Soul sent me. (Obviously, Sarah knew my sweetheart would be getting another cowboy table soon.) I think the grands didn't realize they were edible, so I was able to re-wrap them and save them until the next night, when the grands came trick-or-treating. Sarah, I loved having these for a great centerpiece, and my grands loved getting them in their trick-or-treat buckets. Thank you for all of the fun these darling kabobs provided at my house!
Tablescape Thursday hosted by Between Naps on the Porch.
So, giddy up cowgirls and cowboys, and go have a look see fer yersef at the centerpieces and tablescapes in this here Blogville. When you git over to Style Sisters and Between Naps on the Porch, tip yer hat and say howdy from me to these here hostesses. Yee Haw!
Oh my gosh Laurie! This is wonderful. Love it.
This makes me want a cowgirl birthday party!!! This is so great!!!
I love this cowboy table! You are so clever the way you layered the cast iron skillet with the plates. And that tablecloth is wonderful! Cute little boy pic of your cowboy too.
Laurie, you are just too clever. Hope your favorite cowboy has many more.
What a cute table setting - you have so many great ideas!! A delayed "Happy Birthday' to your husband.
Another cool wet day here today. Enjoy your evening.
Giddy up and Yahoo! I love your cowboy theme and all your accessories! Fabulous.
Oh, Laurie! How adorable is this! You knocked yourself out on this one, girl! Love it. I need to go back and ogle it some more! Your husband must have been thrilled with all the effort you put into this as it is cute, cute, cute! And masculine, too. So for him it would be fun, fun, fun!
What I love about your tables is that they are always so creative! My favorite two parts of this one would be those cute little boot jiggers and the frying pans holding the salad plates. Now, that's just plain FUN. Those scewers are very cool, too.
Happy Birthday to the cowboy wannabe... who gets a big yeeehaw for his table!
this is absolutley fabulous, CUTE CUTE CUTE!
Adorable cowboy table! The dishes -- are they vintage?
Cute ideas -- the skillet and boot jigger.
What a cute table and I love the side table with vintage cowboy toys and a pic of the birthday boy himself. Very clever and now I want a cow girl birthday!
OH my gosh this is the best!! I love all the vintage cuteness going on. The skillets, the boot jigger, the tablecloth....and I love love love the dishes!!! Really this is tops in my book!
Laurie, I was hopeful that you would spotlight this table this week. You are amazing! Love the idea of using the camp skillets under the salad bowls and the jigger for the salad dressing. You certainly know how to set a clever table for your cowboy. Happy Birthday to him!
This is amazing! Your attention to detail is impeccable! I just SO love this!!
Golly, Laurie, what can one say other than yee-haw...this is such a fun table for a guy who loves ranching/rodeos/Westerns. I love the incorporation of the old skillets. You come up with some of the best tables in blogland...thanks for sharing your talent.
Happy Birthday to your cowboy Dan! I bet you really made him smile with this awesome table, my friend! I just stand in awe...you really do create some of the most awesome tables ever, Darlin'! First of all, I have to ask about that fabulous tablecloth...is it vintage? Ohhh...it's sooo cool! Love, love, LOVE your cowboy plates! Ohhh...and what a GRAND idea...to use the skillets under the salad bowls! I think they made the whole table!!! And...how cute...to use your cowboy canteen and wheat for the centerpiece! Girl, I am sooo serious...you create the neatest tables! Ohh...loved the toy table...sooo many great things! Your honey sure was a cute little buckeroo!!!
Well dear friend, thank you so much for sharing your fabulous cowboy table with us...I love it!!!
So glad that you came by for a visit and took a peek at my autumn table! Thank you sooo much for the sweet note, dear friend! You always make my day!!!
Oh what a great table Laurie!
Your cowboy is a lucky Man indeed!
And the vintage looking tablecloth is so wonderful!
He's a very lucky guy to have a wife like you!!!
How perfectly adorable! Makes me wish my DH was a cowboy wannabe, but he's a woodworker. I'm thinking hammers, nails, saws, oh my! You did such a cute job.
I know that your cowboy just loved this table -- you always make every family member feel like royalty on their birthday! This leaves me humming, "Happy Trails to you...."
Wow Laurie! So many details on these great tables! Where did you get the canteen in the centerpiece? My CW reenactor husband would be jealous!
Laurie, That was one of the best and most fun theme table settings ever! I loved all things cowboy...so festive.
What a sweet tribute to your husband! I can tell you had great fun setting this oh-so-perfect table for him. Love the cast-iron skillets -- we have several of the small ones, but I've never thought of using them in a tablescape! I always get great ideas from you, Laurie!
This is just precious! Your husband is a lucky man!
Girl, ya just blew my manure stompin' boots right off with this grand tablescape! I love the cowboy theme and how very creative ya were with it! I sure hope your cowboy wanna be appreciate you...your a treasure!!!
God bless and have an awesome day sweetie!!!
Oh! How very cool! Have never seen anything like it! What a treat!
Oh very cool. I love your plates. I have a set of Sky Ranch, but I don't remember seeing yours with the rope edges. Very clever to use the skillets.. I might just have to borrow that one!
well howdy! what a great table. Love the fryin' pans! You better get into butcherin' cattle and hogs there missy!
OK this is just too adorable..
That is the best! What a yee hawy table you created for your cowboy!
I hope he loved it! Happy Bday to Mr. Bargains!
What a great theme! I love those skillets, and all of the wonderfully colorful accessories. So clever!
OMG, that is the cutest cowboy set up ever. Love the use of the iron skillets and all the vintage cowboy goodies!
what a delightful vignette and table party setting!!
I was smiling ear to ear !!
Wow, Laurie you are amazing and so darn creative. Happy Birthday to your cowboy husband. How special he must be to have a table setting just for him!!!!
I still want to know, where do you store all these dishes you have?
This is about T*H*E most DELIGHTFUL TABLE SETTING for a "special cowpoke"!!! (I ADORE that tablecloth~ could use one here in the west/desert~ care to tell me where you found it, "perrrrty pleeeease"? It's FUN!) And the dishes... and the skillets... I mean, TOOOOO PRECIOUS!!!!! It's such a SPECIAL TABLE, laden with fabulous creativity !!! SINCERE KUDOS, KIDDO!
I so appreciate your incredible support (& sweet sidenotes here, re my health), & want to SINCERELY THANK YOU for your thoughtfulness n' caring. As you know, since we spoke (that was SUCH FUN!), I am doing REALLY WELL these days, altho I still cannot really lift or carry much of anything other than my water bottle (not even any of my fave purses (!!!)... Yep, Jim sez they're so HEAVY they're not only bad for my BACK, but LETHAL WEAPONS to boot!)... All in all, I'm so grateful to "be where I am" in recovery... it's been a long haul, but thanks to thoughtful angels like you, it has been made much more bearable!
So creative. Love the salad dressing in the boot idea!!
What a delightful table! I bet your husband loved every wonderful detail!
This table is just adorable! I love all the vintage items, everything is put together so well, so creative!


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Skycamefalling are an American metalcore band from Long Island, New York. Formed in 1996, the band released three EPs and one full-length album from 1996 to 2003. After going through several lineup changes (mainly several drummers and bassists), the band eventually split up in 2003. After a seven-year break, four of the five founding members reformed the band in 2010.

History
Skycamefalling formed in 1996 and self-released a four-song demo cassette entitled A Penny for Your Confessions. The demo went on to sell over a thousand copies and the band was contacted by Belgian record label Good Life Recordings, whom the band had sent a demo tape addressed to the owner Edward Verhaeghe. Early influences include Converge, Cave In, Glassjaw, and Pantera. The band entered Brass Giraffe studios in New York City in May 1998 to begin recording their label debut EP. Recording ended in June that year, and To Forever Embrace The Sun was released in 1998. After the release, the band quickly began establishing a fanbase in both the United States as well as Europe and Tzompanakis formed his own record label, One Day Savior Recordings.

By the year 2000, their relationship with Good Life had soured and Skycamefalling signed with New Jersey-based  record label Ferret Music. 10.21, the band's only full-length album, was released in November 2000 through Ferret and was well received by both fans and critics. Touring relentlessly for nearly two years as well as a brief stint on Warped Tour, Skycamefalling decided to go their separate ways, citing a lack of interest being the main reason. The band played two final Long Island shows at the Local Seven (one under the name Embrace The Sun in which the band played To Forever Embrace the Sun from start to finish) as well as their last show at Hellfest in the summer of 2003. Their final self-titled EP, released posthumously in 2003, left their fans with two final songs ("Thera" and "The Elephant Graveyard"). These tracks were early, rough recordings for songs that were to be on 10.21 but since the band was breaking up, they gave Ferret Music the rights to release the songs because of left-over debt that the band had yet to fulfill.

In 2003 guitarist Cameron Keym formed The Sleeping along with bassist Sal Mignano and drummer Joe Zizzo. Christopher Tzompanakis, Matt Woisin, and Rob Holohan formed Farewell Tide which disbanded shortly after formation. Christopher Tzompanakis went on to briefly front Spectators before reforming Farewell Tide in mid-2009 with Brian Parker, Skycamefallings original drummer.  In 2011 Christopher Tzompanakis joined the Long Island band Divider.

Reunion
Four of the bands founding members, with the exception of John Clerkin, reunited the band in early 2010. The first reunion show was supposed to take place at the Long Island Fest 2010. However, just before the show, the guitarist injured his hand and the band was forced to postpone the reunion show. Skycamefalling and Long Island Fest issued an apology to fans and stated intentions to play the show later in 2010.

The band did however reform, with the lineup mentioned above, at Long Island Fest 2011 and went on to perform at Webster Hall in July 2011 with Harvest & Burnt By The Sun. They later announced a tenth anniversary weekend of their album 10.21 with Long Island's Incendiary in October 2011. The band played 10.21 in its entirely on October 21, 2011, along with shows in both Poughkeepsie, NY and Warren, NJ. The band also reunited on February 23, 2018, and played a show at Amityville Music Hall in Amityville, NY.

Band members
Current members
Cameron Keym – guitar, vocals (1996–2003, 2010–present)
Christopher Tzompanakis – vocals (1996–2003, 2010–present)
Matt Woisin – bass (1996–2000, 2010–present)
Brian Parker – drums (1996–2001, 2010–present)
Andrew Keym – bass (2001), guitar (2018–present)

Former members
John Clerkin – guitar (1996–2003)
Joe Micolo – bass (2000–2001)
TJ Orscher – drums (2001–2002)
Sal Mignano – bass (2001–2003)
Rob Holohan – drums (2002)
Joe Zizzo – drums (2002–2003)

Timeline

Discography
Studio albums
10.21 (2000, Ferret Music)

Extended plays
A Penny for Your Confessions (1997, self-released)
...To Forever Embrace the Sun (1998, Good Life)
Skycamefalling (2003, Ferret Music)

References

External links
Official Purevolume
Official Myspace
Official Facebook
Ferret Music
Official Fanlisting

Metalcore musical groups from New York (state)
Musical groups from Long Island
Ferret Music artists
Good Life Recordings artists


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Q: Ubuntu Software Center (12.04) Error Almost every time I try to download from Ubuntu Software Center it claims that files are all 380.5mb on the first attempt to download. Even when downloading programs like Chromium which is really 24.1 mb. So I have to cancel the download and on the second try it gets it right. Can someone explain how to stop this?

A: Ubuntu Software Center - Install errors
I have not really an answer, but try to start Ubuntu Software Center over the Terminal and look what it shows up, when you install some software.
Or try to install the same software via sudo apt-get install xxxxx. Maybe there s an Error Message that could explain what s going on there.
Kind regards