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Solar Energy in Africa: Towards A Bright Future?
In the next 30 years, the size of the African population will double, eventually reaching 2.5 billion inhabitants in 2050. Today, the pace at which new electricity production capacities are being commissioned is lower than the population growth. Therefore, the number of people without access to electricity (645 million Africans today) will continue to increase until 2025, if not 2040. In order to meet these tremendous needs, it is essential to increase the pace at which electricity production is being developed.
However, the significant future emissions that would result from the massive adoption of thermal production means to supply electricity to the 2.5 billion people who will live in Africa in 2050 would be an environmental disaster, which a global climate policy should aim to avoid through the adoption of carbon-free technologies.
The continent receives more hours of bright sunshine than any other continent.
Solar energy is competitive compared to thermal solutions.
It is simple to operate and can be built quickly.
It adapts to the reality on the ground, from the solar kit equipping an isolated fireplace, up to the gigantic solar farm supplying entire cities.
It can operate off-grid, and therefore immediately supply isolated rural populations without having to wait for the often long and costly deployment of high-voltage lines.
Existing financing tools are not adapted to the very capital-intensive nature and small size of solar power plants. Since most of their cost is concentrated on the initial investment, which is then absorbed over several decades, solar projects require long-term visibility. Guarantees must therefore be granted to companies wishing to invest in solar energy in Africa, in order to cover this initial cost. However, the guarantee tools that we have today are incompatible with the specificity of solar power plants, particularly because of their small size.
The indiscriminate subsidy policy pursued by a few states and development banks generates a price signal, which is certainly very attractive, but artificial. Subsidized initiatives in the field of solar energy have negative side effects: they set unreachable reference prices, thus preventing the emergence of any other privately funded projects in the region. They therefore discourage private developers from continuing to take risks by undertaking new projects in these countries.
Finally, the almost systematic use of tenders to identify and select solar projects poses certain problems. On the one hand, the cumbersome procedures, which are disproportionate to the size of most projects, lead to longer deadlines and higher costs. On the other hand, anticipating price reductions for solar panels, candidates are encouraged to underbid. As a consequence, the winning projects are often not economically viable and never see the light of day.
Institut Montaigne formulated nine recommendations aimed at overcoming these three obstacles, in order for solar energy to finally be able to fulfil its great potential.
Proposal 1 - Promoting planning efforts, which is a prerequisite for the development of solar energy, in particular by adapting regulatory frameworks to the specificity of solar projects.
Proposal 2 - Facilitating access to funding. In particular, setting up standardized documentation that would be available freely and accepted by all parties, and reducing the cost of examining applications by adapting donor requirements to the size of projects.
Proposal 3 - Reducing the cost of funding: facilitating access to credit enhancement tools (guarantees, insurance) and making concessional loans accessible to these projects.
Proposal 4 - Verifying that no private project is located in a given area before considering the implementation of a public project there.
Proposal 5 - Limiting artificial price signals as much as possible: avoiding subsidies (for studies, land, connections, etc.) likely to discourage private investment.
Proposal 6 - Promoting better collaboration between public and private funds: targeting public funds on projects that do not attract private funds, such as medium- and low-voltage network infrastructure, the provision of credit enhancement tools for public counterparts or support for capacity building.
Proposal 7 - Favoring mechanisms adapted to the size of projects and the context of immature markets.
Proposal 8 - Supporting the first developments, by providing states and decision-makers with the expertise they may lack, and then by organizing the transfer of skills in order to create a genuine sustainable industrial sector.
Proposal 9 - Once the market is more mature, gradually considering tendering mechanisms but limiting them to large-scale projects.
Global Energy Demand: How to Sustainably Respond to the Asian and African Challenges?


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Upcoming Deadlines to Publish Articles, Short Stories, & Enter Contests & Grants
Almost all of these were previously listed in Freedom With Writing, or Authors Publish Magazine.
Be sure to subscribe to both publications (for free), so you can get early notifications about opportunities to get published.
National Endowment for the Arts' Translation Project Fellowship is open for submissions
These are for published translators in the US. The fellowship is for the translation of works of prose, poetry, or drama from other languages into English. They encourage translations of writers and of work that are not well represented in English translation. The proposed projects must be for creative translations of literary material into English.
Value: Up to $25,000
Open for: Published translators who are citizens or permanent residents of the US
Deadline: January 12th, 2022
— S Kalekar
Atlas Obscura is Looking for Pitches
Atlas Obscura is "the definitive guide to the world's hidden wonders." They are looking for pitches for their book, Wild Life. The book is organized into about 8 chapters. Each chapter covers a different biome. They are currently looking for pitches for the Grasslands chapter. They are seeking pitches for entries (300 to 450-word writeups of interesting creatures in that biome); sidebars (700 to 1,000-word pieces that dig deep into broader phenomena); and interviews (500-word interviews with those who interact closely with nonhuman members of that biome). Rate is $350 for an entry, $800 for a sidebar, and $100 for an interview. If interested, send your pitches to wildlife@atlasobscura.com. To learn more, refer to this Twitter thread and this pitch guide.
— Fatima Saif
The John F Kennedy Profile in Courage Essay Contest is open for submissions
This is for US high school students in grades 9 through 12. Essays must describe an act of political courage by a US elected official who served during or after 1917, the year John F Kennedy was born. The official may have addressed an issue at the local, state, or national level. Essays should be 700-1,000 words and must quote at least five sources.
Value: $10,000, $3,000, $1,000 each for finalists, $100 each for semi-finalists
Open for: US high school students
Details here (also see tabs on the page for various details)
Solarpunk Magazine is open for submissions
This is another magazine that's open for a short period in January. It is a new magazine, and they are reading solarpunk fiction, as well as poetry and non-fiction submissions for Issue 2. They've also announced their reading periods for 2022, including for themed issues, on their website. They have extensive guidelines – please read them before submitting.
Reading period: 1-14 January 2022
Length: 500-7,500 words for fiction
Pay: $0.08/word for stories, $40 per poem, and $75 per essay
Cosmic Horror Monthly is open for submissions
Cosmic Horror Monthly will open for submissions of Cosmic Horror, Lovecraftian, Weird, and dark science fiction stories, original and reprints, for stories up to 5,000 words; pay is $0.03/word, and submissions will be open from 1st to 14th January 2022.
Ploughshares is open for submissions
There is a fee to submit online for non-subscribers, but postal submissions are free. They publish creative non-fiction, fiction, and poetry. Also look at their Solos, which accepts longer submissions, and Look2 essays, which are about underappreciated or overlooked writers, living or dead, anywhere in the world – there's no fee to submit online for Look2 essays.
Pay: $45/page, up to $450
Shenandoah is open for comics submissions; will open for poetry submissions in January
This literary magazine will be open for poetry submissions briefly, during 1-15 January 2022; send 3-5 poems. They read poetry submissions for "for power, surprise, intelligence, big-heartedness, craftiness, mystery, and risky strangeness." They accept comic submissions all year. They also have submission periods for fiction and nonfiction. Pay is $100/ poem, and $100/1,000 words of prose up to $500. Details here.
Lilith Magazine Fiction Contest is open for submissions
This magazine publishes work of interest to Jewish women. They like work with both feminist and Jewish content. Submit up to 3,000 words. The deadline has been extended to mid-January.
The Hillman Prize for Journalism is open for submissions (+ another grant)
This is for journalists who pursue investigative reporting and deep storytelling in service of the common good. Recipients exemplify reportorial excellence, storytelling skill, and social justice impact. The categories are: Book (bound volumes and ebooks), Newspaper Journalism (story or series/in print or online), Magazine Journalism (story or series/in print or online), Broadcast Journalism (story/series/documentary that has aired on television or radio), Web Journalism (story/series or multimedia that did not appear in print), and Opinion & Analysis Journalism (any medium) – includes all types of advocacy, opinion, commentary and analysis, normally short-form and/or frequent, regardless of medium; open to newspaper and magazine columnists, TV and radio presenters, podcasters, blogs, and bloggers. The US prize is open to all journalists and subjects globally but the work must have been primarily accessible to a US audience; the Canadian prize, too, is open to all journalists and subjects globally but the work must have been primarily accessible to a Canadian audience, and must have been published in Canada.
Value: $5,000 each
Deadline: 15 January for Canadian, 30 January 2022 for US entries
Open for: Journalists
Details here and here
(They also have Labor and Workforce Reporting Grants – they accept pitches on a rolling basis, and grants are up to $5,000.)
Orion Magazine will soon open for pitches
Orion is a magazine of nature writing, as well as environmental and cultural concerns. Their next window for pitches will open in January. "During this period we'll be open to pitches for our fall 2022 issue, which will reimagine the nature of our relationship with the land. Send us a few paragraphs describing a story you'd like to write about food, land ownership, or being consumed by the earth." The pitch window is 1-15 January 2022. Please do not send pitches before 1st January. They do not publish fiction or poetry. Details here.
Walter Muir Whitehill Prize in Early American History is open for submissions
This prize is for an essay on early American history (up to 1826), not previously published, with preference being given to New England subjects. Essays should be 40-60 pages, and can be emailed or mailed.
Deadline: 15 January 2022 (postmarked)
Paper Lanterns is open for submissions
This literary journal is 'for all things to do with Teen and Young Adult Literature'. They publish flash and short fiction (up to 2,000 words), and poetry. They accept submissions from writers ages 13+ and writers under 16 will receive book vouchers instead of cash payment. Pay is €50 for flash fiction and poetry, and €75 for fiction. Details here.
Ploughshares literary magazine publishes essays in the Look2 essay series. "This series seeks to publish essays about underappreciated or overlooked writers. The Look2 essay should take stock of a writer's entire oeuvre with the goal of bringing critical attention to the neglected writer and his or her relevance to a contemporary audience.
The writer can be living or dead and from anywhere in the world (if there are good English translations available). Essays should make note of biographical details that are pertinent to the writer's work." Ploughshares also publishes fiction, nonfiction, and poetry – there is a submission fee to submit work online, but there is no fee for postal submissions. For Look2 essays, there is no fee to submit online. Pay is $45/page, up to $450 for Ploughshares, including for Look2 essays. Details here and here.
Adi Magazine is open for political fictions
Their website says this is "a new US-based literary journal rehumanizing policy." They want short fiction for their winter 2022 issue. "We're looking for short stories that examine lives impacted by policy and politics. This should be interpreted expansively and imaginatively. Please familiarize yourself with the range and spirit of our archives; Adi tends toward creative, experimental approaches to political writing, with a particular focus on those on the margins and in the global south. … We're not interested in the drearily righteous; we want stories that unearth new worlds, that plumb interior lives alongside external conflicts, that satirize and fantasize, that disturb, beguile, challenge, surprise, ignite." They also accept fiction translations/proposals (see guidelines).
Length: Unspecified
Pay: $200 for flash (up to 1,000 words); $500 for stories of 2,500 words or more
The Reinvented Detective anthology is open for submissions
CAEZIK is a new SF/fantasy imprint of Arc Manor Books, an indie publisher, and they are reading submissions for a fiction anthology. Their guidelines say, "As we move forward into the age of information, what happens to our ideas of detection and crime? How do you handle it when your smart car blackmails you or you need to murder the downloaded personality of your enemy? What acts to enforce society's norms and catch those violating them in the future? Will our definitions of crime — or punishment — change, and what new forms of either might appear?" Among the stories they hope to see are updated tropes like but not limited to the hardboiled detective, the police procedural, or the locked room mystery; kidnapped AIs, stolen memories and identities, virtual crimes vs physical ones; stories that experiment, astonish, and entertain.
Jaggery is open for submissions
They publish fiction, essays & interviews, poetry, and reviews, as well as art & photography. The magazine "connects South Asian diasporic writers and homeland writers; we also welcome non-South Asians with a deep and thoughtful connection to South Asian countries, who bring their own intersecting perspectives to the conversation. (By South Asia we mean Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, The Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.) Our hope with Jaggery is to create a journal that offers the best writing by and about South Asians and their diaspora", according to their guidelines.
Length: Up to 5,000 words for fiction; varies for other genres
Pay: $100 for fiction; $25 for other genres
Discoveries 2022 prize is open for submissions
This prize is run by The Women's Prize Trust, Audible, Curtis Brown Literary Agency, and Curtis Brown Creative writing school. It is for UK- and Ireland-based women writers, for a novel-in-progress – send the first 10,000 words and a synopsis. Apart from a cash prize, the winner also gets literary representation.
Value: £5,000
Open for: UK- and Ireland-based women writers
Planet Scumm Magazine is open for submissions
Submissions are open for issue #14 of Planet Scumm magazine, for Fall 2022 – they publish science fiction of all kinds, speculative fiction, weird fiction, and slipstream. Pay is $0.04/word for stories up to 5,000 words, as well as a contributor copy. Details here.
The Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics Essay Contest is open for submissions
This contest is for registered undergraduate full-time Juniors or Seniors at accredited four-year colleges or universities in the US. Students are invited to write an essay about an ethical issue they have encountered, and analyze what it has taught them about ethics, and themselves. See guidelines for potential topics and issues.
Value: $10,000, $5,000, $3,000, two prizes of $1,000 each
Open for: Students in the US (see guidelines)
Learning Pool's Tall Tales Short Story Competition is open for submissions
This is a story contest for children. Writers ages 7-12 can enter. Their guidelines say, "We are asking you to write a short story of no more than 500 words based on a mythical character of your choice. Whether it's a shy dragon or a surfing mermaid, a silly werewolf or a scary fairy, we want to read your story. If you're feeling really creative, send us a picture of your character to bring your story to life." There are two categories, for ages 7-9 and 10-12 years. Writers have to ask an adult to submit their stories on the contest website. Royalties will be donated to Make-a-Wish International.
Value: £200 for winners in each category, £100 for runners-up
Open for: Writers ages 7-12 years
Deadline: January 21st, 2022
Curtis Brown Creative's The New Beginnings Poetry Competition is open for submissions
This prize is for UK- and Ireland-based writers, and it celebrates the launch of their online poetry-writing course. The theme is 'New Beginnings', and writers can interpret it as they like. Poems should be up to 40 lines. Entrants must not have previously published a full collection of poetry with a traditional publisher.
Value: £500, online poetry writing course
Open for: UK- and Ireland-based poets
SOHO Theatre's Verity Bargate Award is open for submissions
This is the 40th anniversary of their playwriting award. They want a play, of at least one hour production time (usually 40 pages, though monologues may be shorter). Musicals and plays with songs are accepted, but will be judged on text alone. Also, "If you've never written before, that's fine by us. What matters is that great stories are told – human, inspiring and urgent stories which can only exist in this moment."
Value: £7,500, production
Open for: Any playwright who has had fewer than three professional productions and who lives in the UK or Republic of Ireland
Modern Farmer is Seeking Pitches on the Future of Food and Farming
Modern Farmer is a quarterly magazine and website about agriculture and food. They are seeking pitches on the future of food and farming: "We've all read about (and perhaps even participated in) urban farming, vertical farming and plant-based meats. But what's really next for agriculture? What will agriculture look like in 10, 15, 30 years? Will we be farming in Space? What can be grown in Antarctica? Will ancient methods of cultivation become the new standard? Will vegetables be grown in a lab or in the ground?" They are looking for reported features and profiles of 500 to 1,200 words. They will pay CAD $0.50 to $0.66 (USD $0.40 to $0.53) per word. Pitches should be sent to shelby@modfarmer.com. To learn more, refer to their editor's Twitter thread and this page.
Deadline: January 22nd, 2022
Zócalo Public Square Poetry Prize is open for submissions
They want poetry from US poets whose poem best evokes a connection to place. "The prize interprets "place" in many ways: A place may possess historical, cultural, political, or personal importance, and may be literal, imaginary, or metaphorical."
Open for: US poets

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No. 3 Oklahoma looking for style points on trip to Kansas
No. 3 Oklahoma (9-1, 6-1 Big 12, CFP No. 4) at Kansas (1-9, 0-7), Saturday, 3:30 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Line: Oklahoma by 34 1/2.
Series record: Sooners lead 74-27-6.
The Sooners need to win handily against a team that hasn't beaten an FBS opponent all season to ensure the College Football Playoff committee doesn't forget about them. The Jayhawks would consider it a victory just to be in the game at halftime, let alone beat a team trying to lock up a spot in the Big 12 title game.
Oklahoma QB Baker Mayfield against the Kansas pass defence. The Heisman Trophy front-runner should put up huge numbers against a Kansas defence that is allowing more than 275 yards through the air per game. The Jayhawks are also allowing more than 42 points, which is 127th nationally.
Oklahoma's trio of freshmen defensive backs. Robert Barnes, Tre Brown and Tre Norwood shut down TCU in their first career starts last weekend, and will be tasked with stopping a Kansas offence that has the potential to score quickly.
Kansas QB Carter Stanley. The sophomore took over the starting job midway through the season and has plenty of highs, including a 418-yard passing performance against Kansas State, and just as many lows.
The Sooners have won 12 straight in the series, two shy of the longest run since the schools began playing in 1903. Each has been decided by at least 15 points. … Oklahoma is going for its 16th consecutive true road win. That includes 14 straight in Big 12 play, which would break a tie with Texas for most in league history. … Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley would match Barry Switzer (1973) and Chuck Fairbanks (1967) for most wins by a first-year Sooners coach with a win. … Oklahoma RB Rodney Anderson is averaging 147.5 yards rushing over the past four games. … The Jayhawks will recognize just 10 seniors during their home finale. … Kansas WR Evan Fairs had a career-high seven catches for 104 yards last week against Texas. … Kansas WR Steven Sims Jr. needs 60 yards receiving to become the fifth player in school history with 2,000.


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The Sahel (Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad, Cameroon)
Afghan migration information project
The EU-funded Afghanistan Migration Information Project was a fast-paced nine-month campaign aimed at providing credible and usable information to potential migrants in all parts of Afghanistan.
A Project of —
Afghanistan, European Union, ICF Mostra
At least one in three Afghans has been a refugee in the last ten years, and one in eight Afghans currently live outside the country. Afghans made up the second largest group of immigrants to the EU in 2015 and 2016.
Given this context, Afghanistan and the EU developed a joint way forward (JWF) on migration issues to step up their cooperation on addressing and preventing irregular migration, and on the return of irregular migrants. Included in the JWF is an information and awareness component designed to prevent further irregular migration from Afghanistan and to create conditions conducive to the sustainable reintegration of Afghan returnees. The government committed to taking steps to sensitize the population to the dangers of irregular migration, including through information and awareness-raising campaigns. This is the basis of the EAI-led Migration Information Project in Afghanistan.
The project was designed closely with consulting partner ICF Mostra, the European Union and the government of Afghanistan. The goal was to develop a strategy that would reach the maximum number of people, specifically those at-risk of migrating, over a short period, using mass media, localized engagement, and interactive technologies. Along with information about the dangers of migration to the EU, the project also developed a messaging framework highlight the benefits of staying to build the nation, given those most likely to leave tend to be young, dynamic and capable. All materials were produced in both Dari and Pashto languages. Specific outputs included:
24 radio station partners in 24 provinces run live weekly call-in shows
48 Listening, Discussion and Action Groups (LDAG) engaged in central issues holding a total of 960 meetings
20 Public Service Announcements broadcast nearly 30,000 times
2,000 facilitator's handbooks produced and distributed
170 live mobile theater performances in 17 provinces, each followed by audience Q&A sessions
50,000 informative flyers distributed to mobile theater audiences and others
IVR and SMS system developed to provide information and receive comments and feedback on all activities
A live 24/7 hotline to answer audience questions and direct participants to additional resources
Trained community reporters
Stakeholder workshops and Content Advisory Groups, which included the Ministry of Refugees, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Labor and social work and the Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Haj and Religous Affairs
Three large sports events reaching 7,000 people each engaging youth in the issue of migration and resilience to stay in Afghanistan
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Category: Facilitating Philanthropy Program
COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for WHO
JCIE has teamed up with the UN Foundation and the WHO Foundation as the Japan partner of the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for WHO. This fund enables Japanese companies, organizations, and individuals to donate to support the work of the WHO, CEPI, UNICEF, WFP, and other international organizations in their fight against the pandemic.
National Network for an Inclusive Future (NANIF)
JCIE has launched the National Network for an Inclusive Future, which aims to support the establishment of regional platforms to discuss the acceptance and settlement of foreigners throughout Japan. With support from the Toyota Foundation, JCIE will work with local governments, councils, NPOs, companies, media, and other Japanese organizations tackling obstacles to foreign talent and multicultural coexistence in local communities.
Sustainable Aid Systems for Foreign Residents in Japan (SAFOR)
JCIE has launched the Sustainable Aid Systems for Foreign Residents in Japan (SAFOR) Project in cooperation with Japan Platform to provide ongoing humanitarian assistance to foreign residents in need in Japan.
Nation Marks Second Year Since Calamity
From Japan Times
Memorial and prayer services were held across Japan on Monday, which marked the second anniversary of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated Tohoku's coastline and left some 19,000 people dead or missing amid the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.
Why Did Americans Donate $730 million to Wealthy Japan?
By Tom Paulson
A report by JCIE notes that Americans have given about $730 million to assist Japan in rebuilding and recovery from the 2011 tsunami. Many might be upset to learn that one rich nation donated so much to another rich nation when so many extremely poor countries and communities have bigger needs. Shouldn't we have directed that money elsewhere?
JCIE Marks One-Year Anniversary as the Japan Partner of the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for WHO
JCIE began partnering with the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for WHO to accept donations to support the WHO and other international organizations in the fight against the global pandemic.
Humanitarian Aid for Marginalized Immigrants (HAMIS)
In partnership with the Japan Platform (JPF), JCIE has launched a project to provide grants utilizing funds held in dormant bank accounts in Japan. Humanitarian Aid for Marginalized Immigrants (HAMIS), will provide financial support to organizations that provides humanitarian assistance and support self-reliance among foreign residents in Japan.
Diverse Roots, Inclusive Society Program
JCIE has launched the Diverse Roots, Inclusive Society initiative to build the social infrastructure needed to build a more inclusive Japanese society that can fully support youths with foreign roots. JCIE will act as a funding organization to provide grants that support the types of educational support, employment support, etc., that youths with foreign roots require.
COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund | The Significance of Private Donations in the Global COVID-19 Response
JCIE held a virtual meeting to deepen the understanding of COVID-19's global impact and the important role the WHO plays in the global response. The discussion featured Naoko Yamamoto, assistant director-general of UHC and health systems at the World Health Organization (WHO), and Masataka Uo, CEO of the Japan Fundraising Association, with JCIE's Satoko Itoh as a moderator.
Second Round of Grants for the COVID-19 Joint Philanthropic Initiative with JWLI
JCIE is workingwith the Japanese Women's Leadership Initiative and the Fish Family Foundation to facilitate small grants to 7 organizations in Japan to help them respond to the needs arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.


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Q: Hide submenu when clicking outside the div I created a side bar with submenu my problem is I want to hide the submenu when the user clicks outside the submenu container (the activities part). I tried the solution in here but I cant get it to work. What can I do to make this work? What am I doing wrong? My sample code and screenshot is below.

 $(document).click(function(e){
    var myTarget = $(".scrollbar-container");
    var clicked = e.target.className;
    if($.trim(myTarget) != '') {
        if($("." + myTarget) != clicked) {
           $("#app-container").removeClass("sub-show-temporary");
        }
    }
    });

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A: use this code:
$(document).on('mouseup', function(e) {
    if (!$(".sidebar").is(e.target) && $(".sidebar").has(e.target).length === 0) {
        //close or hide your submenu
    }
});

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Joe Izick Herzig, 83, of Batesville passed away Friday April 5, 2019. Joe was a veteran of the United States Air Force. Joe enjoyed hunting and fishing and being outdoors. Joe and his wife Shirley celebrated 47 years of marriage this past Valentines Day. Joe is preceded in death by his parents Pete and Hazel (Parish) Herzig, and his 2 brothers George and Roy Herzig. He is survived by his wife Shirley Dugger Herzig, his sons Rondell Hager (Karen), and Joe Rogers, his daughter Carla Hager Simer, 9 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Visitation will be Monday April 8, 2019 from 6-8PM at Willis Funeral Service in Batesville, AR. A gravesite service will be held Tuesday April 9, 2019 at 2PM at Barnes Cemetery in Bethesda, AR.


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Q: How to cause standard dialogue of properties of service? (Example: start services.msc, click 2 times on any service)
If it is possible an example on delphi, please

A: David is probably right ;-) In any case, whatever you want to do with services programatically will probably involve the use of the Service Control Manager API
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms684323%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
and here's another SO question that might help you further
How can I disable a service via Delphi?
and here's some old code that gives you a head start
http://www.swissdelphicenter.ch/torry/showcode.php?id=1322

A: As far as I am aware, there is no official programmatic way to show the services control panel UI to the user.
Consequently I believe that you must look for another solution.


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The Net Neutrality Decision And The IP Transition. What Happens When You Cant Make Phone Service Wor
By Harold Feld
Net Neutrality, phone transition
As I noted in my first post-Verizon v. FCC blog post, the Net Neutrality decision both dramatically expanded and dramatically limited the FCC's authority. This has a large number of immediate implications for the FCC's ability to conduct its work. While this ripples across just about every area of FCC jurisdiction, it has its most immediate impact on the transition of the phone system to all IP.
At a glance, the biggest losers are cable operators (except Comcast), CLECs, and anyone else that wants mandatory interconnection or cares about call completion. That means resolving the rural call completion problem just became harder, since VOIP providers cannot, now, be subject to the duty to complete calls. The most recent FCC Order, which imposes reporting requirements is still OK. But the original declaratory ruling requiring IP-based providers to actually complete calls is probably a dead letter.
On the other hand, the decision potentially empowers the state Public Utility Commissions ("PUCs"), or gives the FCC power to delegate to state PUCs, the ability to override the laws passed in 27 states that prohibit any regulation of IP based services, and to override limits on municipal broadband.
Immediate Impacts: Rural Call Completion, Service Blocking.
As the Court explained in the Net Neutrality decision, when the FCC decides to put something in the "Title I" Information Services box, the one thing the FCC can absolutely never do is make it work like the phone system.
Problem: What if it is the phone system?
As regular readers know, we have spent a lot of time here at PK talking about [the transition of the phone system] to an all IP (Internet protocol) system. In particular, we have highlighted the fact that the FCC has declined to declare that "voice-over-IP" (VOIP) is a Title II telecom service. Instead, the FCC has pretty much regulated it through ancillary authority and hoped no one noticed.
So what happens now? In certain ways, like privacy and other forms of consumer protection, the FCC has expanded authority. For example, the FCC now has clear authority to extend slamming and cramming rules to IP-based services.
On the downside, however, the FCC can no longer require VOIP providers to complete phone calls, can no longer prohibit VOIP carriers from blocking calls, and can no longer impose "carrier of last resort" (COLR) on IP-based service providers. I'm also somewhat doubtful that the FCC can regulate the inter-carrier compensation rate (ICC) of VOIP providers, so the ICC Reform Order of 2011 (especially its decision to zero out ICC and force carriers to use "bill-and-keep") probably needs re-examination.
Since all of these have already come up as potential problems, the inability of the FCC to solve them (other than by classifying VOIP as Title II) is problematic (unless the FCC classifies VOIP as Title II).
Problems in Action
Lets give a few examples of why this matters. In 2007, AT&T and several other carriers decided to block calls to freeconferencecall.com over a dispute about the rates paid under the rather arcane rules of telephone call compensation. The FCC issued an Order saying that phone companies are not allowed to engage in such self-help and absolutely, positively MUST put calls through to whoever customers dial. Because—wait for it – they are Title II common carriers.
Post IP transition (and absent reclassification as Title II), could the FCC issue such an Order? No. Because, according to the D.C. Circuit, requiring a provider to complete a call (aka "no blocking") is "the essence of common carriage."
The FCC issued a similar order in 2012 to address the problem of rural call completion. In fact, the FCC's entire campaign to address the problem of rural call completion is grounded in Title II common carrier authority and the duty to serve everyone. As the Court explained in the Net Neutrality decision, this is precisely the kind of thing you CANNOT DO to a non-Title II common carrier service.
So, post-IP transition, absent reclassification, the FCC would be unable to ensure that all calls go through when you dial your 10-digit phone number. They would not be helpless. They could – as they can with net neutrality – require companies to disclose if they are blocking calls or otherwise "managing" traffic in a way that degrades rural traffic. As everyone in rural America (and the folks at freeconferencecall.com) can tell you, this has been highly effective at curbing the problem.
As always, I am struck by the number of people who insist that such things would never happen when they already happen. The usual response to evidence that the problem already does exist is to observe that it doesn't happen often (i.e., it doesn't bother me), and therefore we don't need a rule – conveniently overlooking the fact that the reason these things don't rage out of control is because we actually have a rule that deals with them effectively.
Finally, as the fact that phone companies blocked the popular freeconferencecall.com service in 2007 and that VOIP providers continue to use methods that degrade service to rural America, customer backlash is not a particularly good safeguard against this sort of behavior. Heck, we are talking about companies with the lowest customer satisfaction rating in America. As demonstrated graphically in this South Park episode, pissing off customers is practically their business model.
No More Carrier of Last Resort
Another casualty of the disappearance of Title II common carriage is the idea of "carrier of last resort" (COLR). For 100 years, we have considered phone system so basic that you have an absolute right to use it. As we noted back a few years ago when the BART messed with the cell system, this prevents anyone from just cutting you off because they don't like you. More importantly, even if you live in an area that is geographically hard to serve, and therefore expensive to provide, the phone company has to bring you service.
Right now, the FCC requires a phone operator to serve an entire area. As states eliminate their own COLR requirements (and about 15 have already done so), the ability of the FCC to require carriers to serve everyone whether or not they want to serve them becomes increasingly important.
But this doesn't apply to Title I services. To the contrary, the requirement to "serve the public indiscriminately" is one of the core obligations of common carriage. So after the IP transition, the FCC will have no authority to require carriers to provide COLR.
Again, lets consider a real life example. The FCC has before it Verizon's request to discontinue common carrier service in Mantoloking, NJ and replace it with an unclassified service called "Voice Link." Verizon points to the presence of Comcast, which offers VOIP in Mantoloking, NJ, as a reasonable wireline alternative.
But Comcast, as Title I provider, has no obligation to serve everyone who asks. If Comcast kicks you off its network for being a bandwidth hog, they have no obligation to give you phone service. If you build a new house somewhere too expensive for Comcast to pull a line, they have no obligation to build out to you just to give you phone service. If you cancel your Comcast cable and/or broadband, they have no obligation to sell you voice. And as a consequence of yesterday's decision, the FCC cannot do anything about that.
Yes, cell services are still common carriers. But if you don't have good coverage in your home, that doesn't help.
If the FCC grants Verizon's request to discontinue phone service in Mantoloking we would, for the first time in the United States for 100 years, have a place where you have no legal guarantee of getting wireline phone service. This is, of course, only a problem if you happen to be the person denied service. For most people, this probably won't be an issue.
But to the extent the FCC takes seriously its responsibility to provide phone service "to all Americans," it needs to recognize it will no longer have the authority to do that without reclassifying VOIP as Title II.
State Laws Barring Regulation of IP-Based Services.
On the bright side, it appears that the army of lobbyists pushing through laws actively preventing states from regulating IP-based services or prohibiting them from offering municipal broadband (or voice) wasted their money. As the decision explains, Section 706 delegates power both to the FCC and "to each State commission with regulatory jurisdiction over telephone service" the same broad powers to encourage broadband availability and infrastructure build out.
Since Section 706 is a federal law, it preempts state law. Since the law delegates this power to the "state commission with regulatory jurisdiction over telephone service," the delegation applies directly to the PUC and the state legislature and cannot remove it. At the very least, the FCC may delegate authority if it so chooses.
Certainly this has limits, as noted above. State PUCs could not impose COLR obligations on IP-service providers or require IP-based service providers to complete calls – as noted above. But they can use this authority to impose quality of service requirements and other forms of consumer protection. Such mandates could extend not merely to VOIP, but to broadband access service as well.
Where Does This Leave The Phone Transition?
First, let me note that classifying VOIP as Title II is not the same as classifying broadband access as Title II. What the two have in common is a court decision that says "you are either information service or telecom service – choose." In the case of VOIP, the FCC has hemmed and hawed and generally delayed making a choice for the last 10 years. Barring an appeal from someone that changes this opinion, the luxury of kicking this can down the road has ended.
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Jama vagy Jamarádzsa (szanszkrit:यम, यमराज ; nyugati átírással Yama, Yamaraja) hindu félisten, a halál és az alvilág ura. A zoroasztrizmus Zend-Avesztájában Jima (Yima) néven ismert. A kelet-ázsiai vallásokban és a buddhizmusban is ismert, mint a pokol ura és a holtak bírája. A buddhizmusban több vonatkozásban Mára lép a helyébe.

A Rigvédában az első ember megfelel a zend Jimának, akit a későbbi párszik a hőskori királyok közé számítanak. A Védákban ő hal meg először és mutatja meg az embereknek az alvilágba vezető utat, ezért a hinduizmus vallásos rendszerében az alvilág istenévé és a holtak bírájává lett.

A Kartha upanisadban Jama a legfőbb tudás birtokosa. A posztvédikus mitológiában viszont az alvilág bírája és a holtak büntetője.

A küldöttei vonszolják a megkötözött lelkeket az alvilágba, a bírói széke elé. A lélek (átman, dzsíva) a tettei (karma) szerint megítéltetik és megkapja büntetését.

Gyakran emberfőkből készített nyakékekkel és eltorzult arcvonásokkal, több karral, fekete bivalyon ülve, néha fáklyával és mérleggel a kezében ábrázolják. A Mahábháratában vörös ruhát viselő, ragyogó szemű alak, aki kötélhurkot tart a kezében, amellyel megkötözi a holtak lelkeit.

Források
 Akadémiai Kiadó: Világvallások, 2009

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Fordítás

Hindu istenek
Alvilági istenek

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L'ample ferroviari estàndard és aquell ample ferroviari (distància entre els costats interiors de dos rails paral·lels) que fa 1.435 mm. Aquest ample és conegut com a estàndard, internacional o normal perquè fou l'ample que s'adoptà en el primer ferrocarril que es construí. També és conegut com a ample "UIC", que són les sigles de la Unió Internacional de Ferrocarrils en francès (Union Internationale des Chemins de fer).

L'ample estàndard al món

Aquest ample és el més utilitzat al món, un 60% dels ferrocarrils l'utilitzen. Tota la xarxa de nord Amèrica (Canadà, Estats Units i Mèxic), la Xina, i les dues Corees, entre d'altres, utilitzen l'ample ferroviari estàndard. A Europa (menys Espanya i Portugal), Austràlia i alguns països del nord d'Àfrica i de sud Amèrica utilitzen principalment l'estàndard tot i que algunes línies concretes han utilitzat un ample diferent, sobretot en metros, tramvies o trens turístics.

Els països de l'Est d'Europa i del nord d'Àsia, entre ells Rússia i aquells influenciats per aquest país varen optar per construir ferrocarrils amb amples superiors, igual que els països del sud d'Àfrica.

Hi ha una llegenda que intenta explicar perquè el primer ferrocarril que es construí, a Gran Bretanya, fou de 1.435 mm. La llegenda diu que els primers vagons utilitzats eren carretons de cavalls modificats. La grandària dels carretons depenia de dos factors: de l'amplada dels camins i de l'amplada que ocupaven dos cavalls paral·lels. L'amplada dels camins, antigues calçades romanes, tenien l'amplada perquè hi poguessin circular un carretó tirat per dos cavalls. Els cavalls ocupaven 1.435 mm i per tant la distància que hi havia entre les rodes dels carretons era de 1.435 mm. Alguns estudis han desacreditat aquesta llegenda o teoria, ja que els carros dels cavalls no tenien un ample estàndard.

Espanya

El cas de la xarxa espanyola és bastant anòmala, ja que com Portugal i l'illa d'Irlanda, va optar per un ample diferent més ample que l'estàndard i major que el rus. L'illa d'Irlanda (Irlanda i Irlanda del Nord, aquesta última part del Regne Unit) van optar per un ample ferroviari concret però no tenen cap connexió amb altres països per tant no tenen problemes d'incompatibilitat de xarxes ferroviàries. Portugal tan sols té connexió amb Espanya.

A Espanya es va decidir utilitzar un ample diferent, l'anomenat ample ferroviari ibèric de 1.668 mm. Decisió que ha provocat que, ferroviàriament, es trobés incomunicada amb França i per tant amb Europa. Els Talgo van solucionar en part el problema de la incompatibilitat, ja que poden canviar l'ample de les seves rodes i poden circular per ambdós amples. Actualment a Espanya estan coexistint diferents amples: 11.823 km d'ample ibèric i 1.233 km d'ample estàndard. La majoria dels 1.233 km d'ample estàndard són de nova construcció amb l'arribada de l'alta velocitat a Espanya: AVE. Però la xarxa d'Alta Velocitat Espanyola està en plena expansió.

Per la nova xarxa d'alta velocitat es va decidir construir-la en ample estàndard per permetre la connexió amb Europa. Una de les primeres línies que s'havia de construir era la LAV Madrid - Barcelona - Frontera Francesa (que arribà a Barcelona el 2008). Finalment la primera línia d'alta velocitat que es va construir va ser la LAV Madrid-Sevilla perquè pogués estar a punt per l'Exposició Universal que havia de tenir lloc el 1992 a Sevilla.

Durant el transcurs dels anys s'han fet diferents estudis sobre la viabilitat de canviar l'ample de l'actual xarxa ferroviària espanyola i adaptar-lo a l'ample estàndard. El 24 de setembre de 2005 el Ministeri de Foment espanyol va adjudicar la redacció d'un estudi per definir les estratègies de futur relatives a l'ample de via de la xarxa ferroviària espanyola. Estudi que havia de definir una estratègia precisa de canvi d'ample de via a la xarxa convencional, coherent amb l'objectiu de desenvolupament de interoperabilitat europea.

Vegeu també
 Ample ferroviari ibèric
 Ample ferroviari mètric
 Ample bosnià

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Surround yourself with the healing sounds of ancient Tibetan Singing Bowls. Experience deep relaxation, balance your energy system and open up to the flow of your spiritual self.
Over five years ago I rediscovered the power of sound and it has clearly expanded my mental renewal tool box. Currently, I am listening to hemi-sync music while I create this post. Brain sync music and other healing sounds are an excellent way to acknowledge negative emotional states and gently shift to a balanced brain.
I have experiemented with the sounds produced by Tibetan Singing Bowls, rattles, cd's, drums and our own vocal chords. Singing Bowls are my personal favorite. The transcendant sounds they produce have been astounding. My collection has multiplied from one bowl purchased over one year ago to twelve and still growing. The antique bowls produce harmonic and rich tones that pull you into a brain entrainment of deep relaxation.
Through these ancient methods for producing healing sounds clients have experienced deep states of relaxation, the removal of emotional blocks and a return to a less stressed - more authentic self.
In this workshop we will learn about the healing paths of sounds, experiment with group soundings and experience a meditative "sound bath" from playing multiple singing bowls. If you haven't experienced the healing sounds of the singing bowls you are in for a physical and mental treat. Here is what Dr. R. Karnhem said about his experience.
Your perceptions are negatively altered when your body and brain is "jazzed up" on excessive worry. Every anxious thought floods your brain with "worry" chemicals causing a neurological equivalent to someone yelling fire at a movie theater. This cascade of electrical and chemical responses can over time hard wire your brain to be addicted to worry and anxiety.
Sound Therapy is a new name for an ancient practice. Recent brain research can explain what the healers and mystics of old knew all along. You can now re-program your brain through brain entrainment by playing different types of sounds and music. In effect, it can liberate your own brain's inner resources to function at an optimum capacity. Sacred or healing sounds return your brain and consciousness back to a place of syncronicity and balance.
Join with us on the Feb. 3nd to "taste" different auditory delights. Music and instuments exists that increase brain waves which correlate with energy, focus, relaxation, creativity and even a good night's sleep.


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Rave The Washington Post ... remarkable and often riveting ... Drawing from contemporaneous accounts and biographies of the central characters, Meltzer and Mensch use Lincoln's two-week journey by train from his home in Illinois to his under-cover-of-darkness arrival in Washington as a gripping narrative to revisit the discovery of the assassination plot and the frantic efforts to prevent its success ... In their briskly paced telling — each of the book's 81 chapters is just a few pages long — the authors provide a robust historical framework.
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Positive The Washington Post If the book is a reminder of all our nation's misdeeds against the country's original inhabitants, it is also a call to action. In each chapter, Dorgan presents a problem faced by Native Americans that seems intractable and then offers examples of individuals or tribes that have succeeded despite the enormous challenges. The statistics in some cases are breathtakingly daunting ... Those depressing numbers, affecting every aspect of Indian life, can feel overwhelming. Dorgan does his best to alleviate despair by telling readers about the many Indian men, women and children who are working to address them.
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BOOK-O-TRON CARD READING & KEYPUNCH COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR LIBRARY USE 88824
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Made in the late 1960s or early 1970s, this film shows the Book-O-Tron system, a high tech card reading and keypunch computer system developed by the Harwald Company of Evanston, Illinois for a library to keep track of film rentals. A 16mm film library is also seen, and the system by which films are rented and shipped to teachers in classrooms. An IBM computer was used to keep track of overall film usage by title, apparently providing ready statistics to librarians. The library shown is part of the Broward County, Florida school system. Harwald Co. was apparently a pioneer in the television equipment business and also built film inspection equipment. The company declared bankruptcy in 1974 and its assets were taken over by Research Technology, Inc. ('RTI'). The effectiveness and disposition of this computer system is unknown. If you know anything about it please add to comments! We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example like: "01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference." This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD and 2k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com
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The Critical Visitor: Intersectional Approaches for Rethinking & Retooling Accessibility and Inclusivity in Heritage Spaces
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH PROJECT | 2020 - 2024
The Research Center for Material Culture will work together with Eliza Steinbock on a NWO funded project that will coordinate efforts and initiatives to rethink & remake archives and museums from the perspectives of various "critical visitors" who demand inclusion and accessibility to the scene of cultural heritage. The approach of the project will be intersectional, bringing together the study of how power/knowledge regulate inclusion and exclusion mechanisms from the fields of disability, gender, sexuality, race and coloniality.
'The aim of the project is to reduce structural exclusion within cultural institutions. We can achieve this by implementing daily activities - such as selection, collection management and conservation, exhibition design and interaction with the public - in an inclusive way that contributes to reducing structural exclusion,' says Steinbock. 'We will renew the field of research on critical heritage studies and propose inclusive practices that meet the current ethical standards of government agencies and critical voices. Knowledge will be made accessible to the entire heritage sector and cooperation between researchers and entrepreneurs will be promoted.'
The Dutch heritage sector is currently highly committed to achieving more diverse, inclusive, and accessible cultural institutions, as evidenced by the renewed national "Cultural Diversity Code" and the Museum Association announcement of 2019 as year of "connection and inclusivity" for employees and visitors. The 2018-Roadmap SMART Culture explains this sea-change as partly due to the "critical visitor", making new demands to present culture through physical, virtual, and interactive means, accessible for all abilities and inclusive of all backgrounds. Although these observations are right, we need to go further than concentrating on empirical research on publics or visitors to fulfill such demands. Neither does an "add-and-stir" identities inclusion model help to transform heritage spaces in a long-term sustainable fashion. Instead we need to develop cohesive strategies, involving different stakeholders pivotal to the Dutch heritage sector.
The proposed research project will take an "intersectional approach" towards inclusivity and accessibility. Consisting of fifteen consortium partners from the heritage sector active in six work-packages we will test and make recommendations to foster such inclusion. Our aim is to enable cultural institutions to implement daily working practices (selection, collection, preservation, display, interaction) that alleviate structures of exclusion. Through the method of triangulating "theory-ethics-practice," the project will innovate the field of critical heritage studies and propose a palette of inclusive practices that fulfill today's ethical standards set by governmental bodies and critical voices in heritage spaces. The policy-driven, scholarly, artistic output of enhanced tools and concepts will establish a new benchmark in museological theory and practice.
Image: Eduard Duval-Carrié, Apotheosis Altar, 2004. AM-694-1a
Steinbock will collaborate with Hester Dibbits (Amsterdam School of the Arts and Erasmus University) and Dirk van den Heuvel (TU Delft), among others. A total of fifteen partners are involved in the project, including the Amsterdam Museum, IHLIA LGBT+ Heritage, the Nieuwe Instituut, the Research Centre for Material Culture and izi.travel. Steinbock will also supervise two PhD students, together with Leiden professors Monika Baár and Kitty Zijlmans, and during the project, will ensure that communication between all partners is well organised.
Eliza Steinbock
Eliza Steinbock is Assistant Professor Cultural Analysis, Leiden University. Author of Shimmering Images: Trans Cinema, Embodiment, and the Aesthetics of Change (Duke, 2019), co-editor of Art and Activism in the Age of Systemic Crisis: Aesthetic Resilience (Routledge, 2020), and project-leader of "The Critical Visitor" consortium, developing intersectional approaches for inclusive heritage (2020-2025).
Hester Dibbits
Hester Dibbits is a lector of Cultural Heritage at the Reinwardt Academy (Amsterdam University of the Arts) and endowed professor of Historical Culture and Education at the Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication (EUR) and the director of the international master Applied Museum and Heritage Studies at Reinwardt Academy.
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Research Coordinator & Senior Researcher
The Critical Visitor: The Solidarity Methods Lab
Archival Interactions 2: Criticality and Solidarity
Practicing Togetherness? Refusal/Revolt in the Minor Mode


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You will work within a very busy unit that cares for children from all specialities requiring in-patient, high dependency and day care admissions; in addition to obtaining experience working within a busy assessment area.
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Informal enquiries to Senior Nurse for Paediatrics April Emmott on 01463 705328 or email april.emmott@nhs.net .
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Demonstrators and Broadway matinee patrons will jam Midtown streets and sidewalks Wednesday
Drivers should avoid Montague St. and adjacent streets in Brooklyn Heights on Wednesday afternoon and early evening. (Noonan Jeanne Freelance NYDN/Noonan Jeanne Freelance NYDN)
All city parking rules are in effect Tuesday and Wednesday.
Midtown alert! Matinee Day plus protests will affect Midtown proper as well as the Theater District Wednesday afternoon. An estimated 15,000 building workers are expected to show up to rally on Sixth Ave. from 42nd to 48th Sts. between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. They will first assemble on Broadway at 41st St. starting at 2 p.m. Broadway matinees also start at 2 p.m. In addition, the Rockettes will be performing at 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. coinciding with the start and end of the rally. What all this means is that you, unless you're a demonstrator, should avoid driving in Midtown and the Theater District Wednesday afternoon.
The annual Brooklyn Heights Promenade Christmas tree lighting and sing-along will tie up the length of Montague St. from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. Slowdowns on Hicks, Henry and Clinton Sts. at Montague St. are likely.
Harlem-bound drivers beware: The Harlem River lift span of the RFK-Triborough Bridge (affects traffic coming into Manhattan from Bronx and Queens) will be fully closed in both directions 1 a.m. to 3 a.m. Thursday morning. The Willis Avenue Bridge will also be closed between 1 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. nightly through Friday morning. Drivers should detour to the Madison Ave. or 145th St. bridges or use the Queensboro Bridge for Queens-Manhattan travel.
Two lanes on the upper level of the George Washington Bridge in both directions will be closed 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. nightly through Friday morning.
Queens Plaza North between Crescent and 21st Streets will close 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. nightly through Sunday morning (closures extend to 6 a.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. Sunday morning).
The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound between Atlantic Ave. and Cadman Plaza West will have two lanes closed 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. nightly through Saturday morning. Expect some turbulence heading to the Brooklyn Bridge.
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Dear Gridlock Sam,
I'm picking my vacation for 2012 and I'd like to avoid the worst week in September when the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) screws up the traffic all week. Can you please advise me on which week this will be next year?
Al via e-mail
Dear Al,
I'm predicting the worst of the jams around Sept. 25 to the 27th. So, I suggest you take the entire week of Sept. 23 off.
Readers: Get your 2012 Gridlock Sam Calendar so you too can know when to head out of town and when it's safe to return. The calendar, which also lists all the parking suspension dates and how to save money on E-ZPass, is available for just $8 (plus $2 shipping) at www.gridlocksam.com.
Gridlock Sam


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Home SPORTS Former Zim Cricketer wows crowd in singing competition in Australia
Former Zim Cricketer wows crowd in singing competition in Australia
Former Zim Cricketer wows crowd in singing competition in Australia.
Henry Olonga, along with his skipper Andy Flower, wore black armbands in their opening match of the 2003 World Cup against Namibia to protest against Robert Mugabe's presidency and "mourn the death of democracy in Zimbabwe".
Former Zimbabwe paceman Henry Olonga, who retired prematurely from international cricket because of political reasons, auditioned for The Voice Australia – a singing competition – on Monday (May 27).
He had to retire from international cricket after the end of the tournament and was also forced to flee the country due to constant death threats. After living in exile in Britain for 12 years, Olonga moved to Australia where he lives in Adelaide with his two daughters and wife Tara.
Olonga performed on a song 'This is the Moment' and has even made it to the next round after impressing the judges. "Music is special to me because I sung as a soloist in the choir every term of my schooling. It became a very important part of my education," he said.
"I've been singing a lot of music since I retired from my previous career,' he said. 'I just wanna sing now. Just sing." Former Australia player and coach Darren Lehmann and former South African pacer Shaun Pollock too seemed pretty impressed with his performance.
Olonga played 30 Tests and 50 ODIs for Zimbabwe, picking up 126 wickets across both the formats. He was the first black cricketer to represent Zimbabwe at the international level.
Former Zimbabwe paceman
Henry Olonga
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Dr. Prather is an industry insider whose passion is to change healthcare delivery to benefit the consumer. He has over twenty years of experience as a board-certified emergency medicine specialist. He also has experience managing large provider groups and has most recently served as the managing partner for an outsourced emergency and pediatric staffing group in Denver, Colorado. He has been involved in multiple medical industry start-ups including iTriage where he served as medical director.
Dr. Prather completed his undergraduate studies at Vanderbilt University. He attended medical school at UCLA where he graduated Alpha Omega Alpha. He went on to complete his residency training in emergency medicine at Denver Health and Hospitals where he served as Chief Resident. He obtained his MBA from the University of Colorado.
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INTEGRATING HIGH-TOUCH INTO HIGH-TECH
HOW COMPANIES CAN USE THE INTERNET TO BECOME MORE VALUABLE TO CUSTOMERS
by Debbie Coakley
So your company has had a Web site for several years now. And perhaps it�s generating what you consider to be a decent amount of traffic. Where do you go from here? It�s time to make the Internet a true customer relationship management tool.
"By simply putting up a Web site, companies are improving customer service because growers can access the site at their convenience 24 hours a day, seven days a week to learn more about products and services," says Joe Dales, senior vice president of Farms.com, a provider of e-business solutions for the ag industry. "But agribusinesses can go a step further and improve communication with producers by customizing information for them."
Farms.com, which started in 1996, offers an independent information Web site (www.farms.com), as well as a marketplace for producers and their customers to meet to sell and buy products. On Nov. 1, the Memphis, Tenn.-based company launched my.farms. The personal information service, which is accessed from the Farms.com home page, allows a farmer to select from an extensive menu (including farm type, market quotes and links) and input data about his interests to develop his own my.farms page. Then each time he goes to the Farms.com site, he simply logs in with his password to access the page.
For instance, hog producers can select information about the hog industry and the crops they grow. "This helps streamline the information producers need to help their specific operation," Dales says. "It saves them valuable time."
While much of the my.farms site is free, farmers can pay a monthly subscription fee to have access to market commentaries and in-depth analysis of the ag markets. "Farmers also buy and sell livestock (swine and cattle) for a transaction commission or use other fee-based services like our AgCareers site," Dales explains. "Or, they can take an online course in business or computers from Farms.com University."
During the first month, hundreds of farmers signed up for my.farms. "Our site is an example of how companies can continue to expand and refine their Internet presence," Dales says. "A month before we launched my.farms, we previewed the site and gave visitors an opportunity to complete an online survey about it. We�ll continue to solicit visitor feedback to find out their likes and dislikes and how we can improve."
He adds that Farms.com will launch several innovative Web-based marketing, decision support and risk management services in the future.
VANTAGEPOINT NETWORK
VantagePoint Network LLC, Fort Collins, Colo., also is in the business of customizing information for customers. Deere & Co., Farmland Industries and Growmark formed the company in 1999. VantagePoint Network provides information and management systems to link business partners in the agricultural industry value chain.
The company has a public Web site ( www.vantagepoint.com) that offers free information such as ag news, weather and 15 future exchanges worldwide, including the Chicago Board of Trade. Producers and merchants can subscribe to the private site and use the crop management system to build field-level plans and store farm production data.
VantagePoint can then customize a member�s account with information specific to his operation. "This includes local weather, commodity futures and local grain prices," says Greg Holzwarth, president and CEO.
The company recently began delivering a Precision Weather service, which allows the member to get specific rainfall, wind and temperature data for each individual field. Another new service is Production Planner - a program that calculates and optimizes a series of field level production plans.
The primary goal? "Growers can associate agronomic data to each field map, which helps them improve their planning and farm smarter," Holzwarth says. He notes that each producer controls the use of his information. If a producer wants help with his crop recordkeeping, he can access the system through a retail subscriber of his choosing. He notes that retailer members have a secure application so they and their growers can communicate back and forth and maintain field-level records.
"Producers can grant their retailers real-time access to cropping programs, operation schedules and preferences, giving retailers access to powerful information that can improve their sales and services," he adds.
For example, dealers can extend their agronomy services through VantagePoint�s crop management system. "They can customize a selection of cropping programs for each customer," Holzwarth says. "Then they can post these within the grower�s VantagePoint account and allow him to analyze each cropping program at various breakeven scenarios."
Two-way communication is a necessity to make the system work. "In order for growers to put information in their VantagePoint account, they need to feel they are getting something in return," Holzwarth explains. "They also need to have confidence that their information is private and secure."
Holzwarth anticipates that after a period of time, growers will see the value of comparing on an anonymous basis how they�re doing with others farming similar land. He says this kind of benchmarking should lead to improved yields and increased profitability.
"Additionally, producers are soon, we believe, going to be offered income incentives to share their detailed production data with food processors and input manufacturers," Holzwarth notes. "Food safety and premium quality crop traits are becoming important issues with consumers. Manufacturers can use the same data to cut their inventory and logistical costs.
"In the end, we see VantagePoint Network as providing farmers with a very personal, localized and powerful communication tool to collaborate with and draw on the expertise of their trusted advisors and suppliers," Holzwarth says. "The result is closer, more effective working relationships between farmers and their local management team."
ROOSTER.COM
Rooster.com, (www.rooster.com) based in Bloomington, Minn., was launched in March 2000 as a provider of electronic services to the ag marketplace, including local farm retailers, cooperatives and manufacturers. Cenex Harvest States Cooperatives, Cargill and DuPont were the initial investors. Since then, ADM, the Andersons, Bunge, IMC Global and the Louis Dreyfus Group have joined the investor group.
"Rooster.com has the industry and technology resources and expertise to help all participants in the food supply chain take more control of the way they conduct business for long-term efficiency and success," says Bill Pool, director of brand marketing. "Currently, our Web site also offers a comprehensive package of ag news, weather and information so producers can make better business decisions."
In December, the company introduced E-business centers, which allow dealers and elevators to create their own Web site utilizing custom templates. "Dealers and grain elevators will have control of the information content, product and service offerings, local news and weather, and other business decision tools," Pool explains. "Producers will be able to browse, search, decide and transact when they want, because the E-business centers never close."
Dealers can use the Web site to gather information from their customers electronically. Then they can use the E-business center platform to provide agronomy, dairy, fertilizer or other reports to customers via e-mail. "Dealers can segment customers based on their cropping practices or informational needs and send them very specific, timely e-mail solutions," Pool says. "Previously dealers relied solely on newsletters or personal sales calls to determine and respond to customer needs."
Pool views Internet communication as a complement to, not a replacement for, traditional means of communications. "The individual face-to-face time dealers and farmers spend is still incredibly valuable. But the Web enhances and supplements it."
Pool says manufacturers should encourage their dealers to establish a presence on the Internet. "Once the capability is there, it allows suppliers to deliver information about their products and services to dealers in unique ways," he explains. "It�s a lot more cost-effective and timely than sending a brochure or sell sheet."
Dealers in turn can deliver the information they receive from their suppliers to their customers via their Web site or e-mail. "For instance, if a supplier provides general information about usage of an herbicide to their dealer network, each dealer can subsequently add usage information specific to their local area to the message each of their customers receives," Pool notes. AM
Debbie Coakley is a freelance writer based in Warrenville, Ill.


A new stable build 0.41.01 is up!
The new 0.41.01 update has been up on the stable branch for a few days now. It transitions our latest work on the experimental branch to the stable branch. If you haven't been following the progress of our experimental branch, we've recently added a new Fishing Rod and Bobber, a completely new Fish System, Official Controller Support, the ability to craft new Medicinal Buffs, new Farmable Plants, a revamped Life Raft, new Sailing mechanics, new Diarrhoeaeffect and more!
Dual-analogue style controllers are now officially supported in this update. You can view the controller mapping in the Input settings menu.
Sails have been split into separate Sail and Rudder components. A Sail adds forward propulsion, while a Rudder controls the direction. A raft will now begin moving whenever a sail is raised.
Drinkable Coconuts have been replaced with a new Coconut Flask. These flasks can be used as an ingredient together with native plants to craft Medicinal Buffs.
Sun exposure is kept track of in-game, which is shown visually as sunburn on your arm. If you are exposed for longer than the time it takes to burn you'll get Sunstroke. When you've contracted Sunstroke you need to find shade to reduce your sun exposure. You can keep track of your sun exposure by checking for visual signs of sunburn on your arm. Aloe plants can be used to immediately reduce your sun exposure. This can be a simple way to prevent Sunstroke if you pay attention to the sunburn arm effect and re-apply every so often so it doesn't escalate into Sunstroke. The other option is to be pro-active and craft Aloe Salves which will completely prevent any sun exposure and Sunstroke for 12 hours. Sleeping in a Shelter is a quick way to remove Sunstroke if you're unable to craft a salve.
– Fixed new Fish generating waypoints in unrealistic positions (under terrain, inside objects, etc) and the resulting glitches from attempting to move to that position.
– Changed Fish bounds weight to apply exponentially to allow a bigger range of movement inside area bounds.
– Fixed FPS Counter displaying in top corner of standalone builds.
– Fixed unsupported multiple Sails causing weird physics bugs until new sailing mechanic completed.
– Fixed Gyrocopter not ejecting player when underwater.
– Fixed not being able to interact with Doors.
– Added auto-centering for Raft Rudders.
– Fixed [b[Small Plants[/b] stopping placing building constructions.
The player now sits more forward on the Raft and controls it as you would in real life. You also require a paddle to be able to move the raft. Your forward controls move the raft forward as usual, however to change direction you need to rotate your raft by paddling left and right.
– Added new Coconut model.
– Added new Coconut Brown model.
– Added new Coconut Half model.
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Image: Hubble's best image of Alpha Centauri A and B
by NASA
Credit: ESA/NASA
The closest star system to the Earth is the famous Alpha Centauri group. Located in the constellation of Centaurus (The Centaur), at a distance of 4.3 light-years, this system is made up of the binary formed by the stars Alpha Centauri A and Alpha Centauri B, plus the faint red dwarf Alpha Centauri C, also known as Proxima Centauri.
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has given us this stunning view of the bright Alpha Centauri A (on the left) and Alpha Centauri B (on the right), shining like huge cosmic headlamps in the dark. The image was captured by the Wide-Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2). WFPC2 was Hubble's most used instrument for the first 13 years of the space telescope's life, being replaced in 2009 by Wide-Field Camera 3 (WFC3) during Servicing Mission 4. This portrait of Alpha Centauri was produced by observations carried out at optical and near-infrared wavelengths.
Compared to the sun, Alpha Centauri A is of the same stellar type, G2, and slightly bigger, while Alpha Centauri B, a K1-type star, is slightly smaller. They orbit a common center of gravity once every 80 years, with a minimum distance of about 11 times the distance between Earth and the sun. Because these two stars are, together with their sibling Proxima Centauri, the closest to Earth, they are among the best studied by astronomers. And they are also among the prime targets in the hunt for habitable exoplanets.
Using the European Space Organization's HARPS instrument, astronomers already discovered a planet orbiting Alpha Centauri B. Then on Aug. 24, 2016, astronomers announced the intriguing discovery of a nearly Earth-sized planet in the habitable zone orbiting the star Proxima Centauri.
Scientists to unveil new Earth-like planet: report
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The Suzuki Vitara has been a steady vehicle for many years, with ongoing design changes from model to model. The latest model has been redesigned with a number of new features added.
There are a number of options in both engines and transmissions choices. The two engines are a 1.4 Boosterjet or a 1.6 lt petrol version, with a five-speed manual or a six-speed auto gearbox for both engine choices.
The redesign of the body includes the front grille, a two panel sun/moon roof. LED headlights and other subtle changes. Some of these include LED daytime running lamps and fog lamps, 17 inch polished alloy wheels.
The 4×4 model has been given a new name "The ALLGRIP system" adding to the flexibility to really head into tough, unforgiving country.
The auto mode prioritises fuel economy and switches to 4WD wheh detecting slippage.
The sports mode improves cornering by allocating torque to the rear wheels for better engine response.
The snow mode is designed for snowy unpaved and other slippery surfaces enhancing traction during accelartion and promotes stability.
The lock mode is designed for extracting the vehicle from snow, mud or sand, wit the system apportioning more torque to the rearwheels. Lock mode automatically switches to snow mode over 60km/h when it detects conditions to provide maximum grip and stability.
The body design with greater structural efficiency absorbin and dispersing energy in the case of a collision.
Six airbags, Electronic Stability Control add to the safety features of the Vitara, and important element in our increasingly crowded road environment.
The other feature is Hill Decent Control. This comes into force when the car is travelling downward on a steep slope and engine braking is insufficient to slow the vehicle.
Hill Descent Control applies the brakes and keep the vehicle at a certain low speed. This allows the driver to concetrate on steering (this feature is only on ALLGRIP fitted models).
The interior has also been upgraded with added space, new soft instrument panel, 7 inch touch screen display, new geometric pattern seats with ample adjustments to suit most shapes and sizes.
It even features an analogue clock, a nice touch in our increasing digital age.
The multi-functional steering wheel gives the drive easy to see and reach control to radio, Bluetooth and cruise control.
The list of standard items is extensive.
Power windows and mirrors, quality sound and climate control, remote locking, push button start, front and rear parking sensors, cruise control, rear camera, lane departure warning, blind spot monitor and other small but convenient "bits & pieces" are part of the package.
There is ample leg and head room front and rear, as well as a generous cargo area.
It drives smoothly around town and on the highway, and performs amazingly well when let loose on rugged terrain.
It is a creditale family car, with the added quality it will serve you well when you decide to head of the beaten track.


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African Preacher makes impact at Katherine Convention
The Christian community in the Northern Territory is rejoicing over the work of God amongst them after the recent Katherine Christian Convention (KCC) – where Langham Scholar Alfred Olwa was keynote speaker.
Alfred Olwa, left, at the KCC
Alfred preached five times from 1 Peter on the theme 'Chosen and Called', at the 43rd KCC, an annual event that brings different Christian organisations, missionaries, and Aboriginal mobs (a people group under one leadership) in the Northern Territory together to 'feed and drink together from the spiritual wellspring—the Bible' and encourage one another.
It was a convention with a difference, said Phil Zamagias, the NT Bible Society's 'flying Bibleman' who chaired this year's KCC.
"Alfred had the crowd enthralled with his blend of enthusiasm for God's Word and his clear preaching," he said. "Many people queued up after the final session to meet this wonderful man of God who had captured the hearts and minds of the locals with his warmth, courage and godliness."
The messages emphasised the privilege of being chosen by God and being called into fellowship with Him through the work of the Holy Spirit.
"The six images Peter paints in 1 Peter 2:1-17: new born babies, living stones, holy priests, God's own people – 'God's mob', foreigners and aliens, and citizens heaven living temporarily on earth – resonated strongly," said Alfred.
"I was interrupted several times in the messages with loud clapping over the points I made; and on the last day I made an altar call — though I am told that neither clapping in middle of the sermon nor altar calls happen regularly in the Northern Territory," he said.
The convention had a dramatic impact on those who attended.
"This was the best KCC ever," the organising committee said at the conclusion of the convention. 'Thank you for blessing us so mightily.' After presenting Alfred with the recently-published Kriol Bible (the first complete Bible in an indigenous Australian language), the leader of one of the Aboriginal mobs told Alfred that they would 'remember and talk over your message for over 50 years! "
To Alfred's great surprise, the convention sung a Swahili song taught by Ugandan evangelist Bishop Festo Kivengere, the subject of Alfred's doctoral studies, during his 1959 Australian visit.
"It was great to be among brothers and sisters who love the Lord and depend on him in all that they are doing," said Alfred.
"I was reminded of this need when Paul in Romans 7:24 said 'Oh, what a miserable person I am! Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin? ' (NLT). Paul knew who and not what he will depend on for daily living and spiritual growth in salvation. He will depend on the person of Jesus for his daily living and not some programme or philosophy. I could see this simple and profound truth at work in most of the people at the Convention! "