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Posted on August 22, 2019 August 25, 2019 by Michelle Galimba
On the Mauna
"I think," my daughter Ua said gravely, "I want to go up on the mauna." In Hawai'i, these words have a distinct and edgy meaning lately.
The mauna (mountain) she was referring to is Mauna Kea, where an encampment of kia'i (protectors/protestors) of the mauna have halted construction of a cutting-edge telescope by occupying the access road. Mauna Kea, the tallest mountain in Hawai'i is one of the premier spots on the planet for astronomical research. The summit of Mauna Kea is the proposed site in the northern hemisphere for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT), which will rival the Hubble Space Telescope in its capacity for advancing astronomical knowledge. The telescope, whose cost is cited at $1.4 billion would be eight stories tall and cover a five acre site at the summit. There are already thirteen telescopes on the mountain, some of them at the end of their useful life. The controversy over the TMT has been going on for many years now, with legal and political wrangling erupting every few years as the project has made its way, contested at every step, through the permitting system. However, the resistance to the telescope feeds on an long history of mismanagement of the mountain – which is a sacred or highly valued spot by any measure or point of view – and by the even longer history of land theft, broken promises, and general disrespect that the native people of Hawai'i have endured for more than a century. Native Hawaiians and young people of all ethnicities have been inspired by the movement to protect the mauna. It is a common sight to see trucks and cars on our island flying the flags of the movement: the Union-Jack-reminiscent flag of the state of Hawaii hung deliberately upside down to signify the overthrow of the native Hawaiian government by American annexationist businessmen in 1893, and the yellow, green, and red flag of the Hawaiian sovereignty movement. In the first few days of confrontation, approximately three thousand people gathered to block the entrance of the access road. There was a half-hearted arrest of approximately two dozen kupuna (elders) who presented themselves for arrest so as to prevent violent confrontation between younger protestors and the police.. However on my island just about everyone is related to everyone, whether by blood or social ties, so the arrests only increased public sympathy for the movement.
It was three days before my daughter was set to go to Boston to become a freshman at Harvard when she decided she needed to go up on the mountain. The protests had already been going on for a month, but the whirl of preparations and her roller-coaster emotions of excitement and terror had pre-occupied us both for weeks. She is a thoughtful young woman and she has been taught the history of the overthrow, annexation, and economic colonization of Hawai'i by Western interests in some detail at her school, which was founded by a visionary Hawaiian princess, the last of her royal line, who dedicated her inheritance of valuable lands throughout the island chain to fund the education of young native Hawaiians in perpetuity.
It was a bright day in early afternoon when we pulled off the highway and parked at the edge of the encampment. The access road to the summit starts on "The Saddle" where the two great mauna that make up the bulk of Hawai'i island meet in a broad plain of harsh, wind-swept beauty. We walked about a third of a mile past parked cars and tents to get to the main area of the protector's encampment. The wind whipped the many flags flying over the encampment, many of them the upside down flag of the overthrow but also flags of the various native Hawaiian groups that were taking part in the encampment. There was a welcome tent with information about events including guided hikes of Pu'uhuluhulu, the small hill nearby and a people's university with five different classes being offered hourly for free, with students and teachers gathered on the bare, black lava, to learn about the repatriation of native remains and artifacts or environmental law or native history. My daughter chose to attend the environmental law class, which was taught by some of the most well-known native Hawaiian and environmental lawyers and law professors in the state. People were walking by carrying plates of food from the dining tent. There was a medical tent and a recycling tent, and a long line of port-a-potties. There was a number of police and government vehicles present but these law enforcement personnel stayed on the roadway and seemed determinedly neutral in their bearing on this afternoon at least.
Above us all stood the mauna in all its massive, forbidding glory. "It is so beautiful," my daughter said of the mountain and of the encampment, "I'm glad I came up." The movement is beautiful – an awakening to the beauty of the mountain and of pride in native Hawaiian culture. Love of the land – of the land itself: the dirt, rock, plants and animals of the mauna – and an awareness of the sacred in our everyday life is being born on the mauna. It is deeply inspiring. At the same time, it is a difficult situation in which historical wrongs have found a symbolic focus. It is not a conflict with evil on one side and good on the other, so much as a conundrum in which well-intentioned people with different perspective and interests have come into conflict and the conflict has no bottom. The whole of the violent, hurtful, destructive but irrevocable history of Western expansion, aggression, colonization, and, yes, dynamism, ambition, and innovation, is wrapped up in this confrontation. Some would say that this conflict is about science and progress represented by the telescope, versus the resurgence of religious superstitions, but that would be a gross mis-representation of what is happening. The movement that has arisen in defense of the mountain is at least as cutting edge as the telescope itself but in the social dimension, rather than in the technological dimension represented by the telescope. The value of the movement in awakening an explicitly politically empowered love for the mauna, and for the environment in general, far outweighs the billion dollars of construction investment and the handful of jobs that would result. What will happen on the mauna is difficult to say. No one knows how we will resolve this confrontation. But I do know this: we all need to stand with our mauna – whatever shape the mauna may take in your land.
(Photo credits: Ua Alencastre-Galimba)
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5 Replies to "On the Mauna"
Wendy Vance says:
Mahalo, Michelle, for another thoughtful, insightful and beautifully written essay. Ku Kia'i Mauna!
Colby Taylor says:
Hard to know the value of this scientific resource, when set against the love of the land. The space required is same as a new Walmart complex, are the protest of these commercial spaces as vehement?
The astounding beauty. of the images and fundamental research value of Hubble have been inspiring. This unique location is one of the best in the world for this project and continuation of Hubble's legacy.
Glad to hear of revitalization of Hawaiian native pride and reverence for all nature. The stewardship of all lands, species and natural resources is sacred. This project would seem a pearl when viewed against the blight of thousands of commercial and industrial complexes. Wether strip malls or the convenience of our vehicles we all must weigh our personal and collective needs.
From a far distance here in Florida this project seems benign and helpful. This is all said against the backdrop of the Amazon and Tundra burning and a president saying he's seen as the King of Israel a second coming.
Blessing to all of you and may we find the wisdom to weather these times.
If somebody tried to build a Walmart on the mauna, yes, the protests would be Quite Vehement!! We do have two Walmarts on the island, and I remember the one on the east side was contested vigorously at the time but eventually got built. And that Walmart become the undisputed source of at least one invasive species: the ongoing invasion of the coqui tree frogs, and quite possibly the source of the devastation being visited on one of our most important tree species by a fungal disease brought over on house plants. On the other hand we got a lot of cheap stuff! 🙁
I like that word 'conundrum' in this piece Michelle, and your elaboration of it. The other Mauna up there is of course where global atmospheric CO2 concentrations are monitored and I'm profoundly grateful to your island for that service to humanity.
Wonderful though to read of the eruption of personal conviviality and love for the land associated with the movement you write of. It's the essence of what we need to tap into and can maybe find in common everywhere we look: both the desire to be a part of something with our fellow kind, and that something being something about the land we inhabit and draw life from. I believe that desire's at the heart of life for every creature with viscera and a soul, but completely incomprehensible to the corporations, institutions, local governments, developers, money-makers and agenda-setters etc for whom most of us work and whose projects drive development.
I am glad you got a sense of the conviviality of the movement because that is one of the remarkable things about it: this spontaneous joy in being able to relate to each other in a new, informal, and organic way, as people together with a purpose grounded in love for the land, rather than, as is the usual case, serving institutions enthralled to the growth paradigm.
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Denver housing market inventory tops 8,539 active homes in October.
Denver housing market inventory tops 8,539 active homes in October. Year to date, the inventory has increased 35.28% compared to last year. Although, other real estate market factors including sales volume, days on market, and housing prices continue to favor home sellers in the Denver area. Year to date through October, sales volume for the Denver area residential market has exceeded $22.5 Billion, up 5.45% from last year. Furthermore, the average and median home prices in October were $471,321 and $400,000 respectively, up 7.12% and 5.26% compared to 2017. The average sold price last month for a single family home was $526,092, up 8.43% year over year, while average days through October was the same, at 24 days, as in 2015, 2016, and 2017.
Although the Denver housing market inventory reached 8,539 active homes in October, it's still fewer than the end of September which was 8,807 active homes, but more than any other month since November 2017.
Months of inventory for single family homes increased to 5.76 months, while condos increase to 8.15 months.
For the luxury market, a total of 161 homes sold for $1 million or greater in October, up 26.77% from previous month but down 2.42% year over year.
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Comb Wrasse, Coris picta (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Scientific name: Coris picta
A Comb Wrasse photographed in 1999 at a depth of 25m, Shark Point, Clovelly, Sydney, New South Wales. Image: Ákos Lumnitzer
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Labridae
The Comb Wrasse grows to 24 cm in length.
The Comb Wrasse occurs in coastal and offshore rocky reefs in Australia and New Zealand. Mature male and female fish look similar, but within seconds males can assume a territorial or display colouration in which the black stripe disappears.
The Comb Wrasse has a pointed snout and an elongate body that is covered with ctenoid (view scale pages) scales.
Adults have a broad mid-lateral black stripe with comb-like extensions ventrally, hence the common name. Mature male and female fish look similar, but within seconds males can assume a territorial or display colouration in which the black stripe disappears.
Juveniles resemble Common Cleanerfish, a species well known for feeding on parasites of larger fishes. Juvenile Comb Wrasse can also pick parasites off larger fishes. Other species of fishes also feed in this way. View the fact sheets for the Eastern Cleaner Clingfish and Axilspot Hogfish.
A juvenile Comb Wrasse at a depth of 14m, "The Docks", Jervis Bay, New South Wales, March 2001. Image: Erik Schlögl
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It occurs in coastal and offshore rocky reefs in Australia and New Zealand. In Australia the Comb Wrasse is known from southern Queensland to southern New South Wales.
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Kuiter, R.H. 1996. Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia. New Holland. Pp. 433.
Kuiter, R.H. 2002. Fairy and Rainbow Wrasses and their Relatives. A Comprehensive Guide to Selected Labroids. TMC Publishing. Pp. 208.
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Blackspotted Pufferfish, Arothron nigropunctatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Starry Pufferfish, Arothron stellatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Beaked Leatherjacket, Oxymonacanthus longirostris (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Eye-stripe Triggerfish, Sufflamen chrysopterum (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Porcupine Ray, Urogymnus asperrimus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Clown Triggerfish, Balistoides conspicillum (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Titan Triggerfish, Balistoides viridescens (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Giant Guitarfish, Rhynchobatus laevis (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Roundbelly Cowfish, Lactoria diaphana (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
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Brie Carere guides FedEx amid trade wars, competition from Amazon
Chief marketing and comms officer Brie Carere's international team guides FedEx as it faces trade wars and speculation about tech giant competition.
by Thomas Moore / October 02, 2019
FedEx is so synonymous with shipping its name has become a verb. Instead of "I'm going to ship a package," people say they'll "FedEx it."
There's an element of risk in such recognition. When brands have that much consumer trust and mess up, customers become viscerally shocked and upset.
Add to that risk FedEx's reach and size — it employs 450,000-plus people in 220 countries and reels in approximately $70 billion annually in revenue — and you have a sizable corporate target.
That was evidenced recently when FedEx got caught up in the Trump administration's battle with Chinese electronics company Huawei. The incident played out as a mash-up of crushed consumer expectations and international trade dispute when a journalist tweeted about how his used Huawei phone was never delivered.
And when you're dominant in an industry, there's always talk of disruption. In FedEx's case, its proficiency at package delivery has fueled talk it could face serious competition from one of its biggest customers: online retailer Amazon.
EVP Brie Carere, FedEx's chief marketing and communications officer, is the person charged with guiding the conversation surrounding FedEx, including managing expectations around its capabilities and its reputation as a major American-based international corporation.
When she assumed her current position in January, she brought a long history of institutional knowledge gained in her 18 years with FedEx. With the exception of a short early career stint at Penske Truck Leasing in Canada, Carere has spent her entire professional life at the courier services company.
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Carere does not have a comms or earned media background and has spent most of her time at FedEx in marketing, starting in Canada in 2001 as a marketing specialist, with stints as global marketing manager in Memphis, director of marketing and then a wide-ranging marcomms, digital, customer service and clearance role at FedEx Canada.
Finally, before assuming her current role, Carere was SVP of FedEx's global portfolio marketing group.
"I grew up in product development and pricing. It was more the traditional Ps of marketing," she said. "But you have to understand your stakeholders, their motivation and have great empathy. That's what makes a great communicator as well as a great marketer."
Buoyed by the rising tide of e-commerce, FedEx is also morphing from being a solely business-focused logistics company to a more consumer-directed organization.
"We're no longer just talking to small and big businesses; we're also talking to consumers," says Carere. "We have to simplify our messaging, talk about the end touch to the consumer and make sure we're not using product or services jargon that only a logistician would understand."
Part of that transition is ensuring the comms voice FedEx adopts with stakeholders matches the company's character.
"We're trying to make sure our tone aligns with the culture and personality of the organization," she says. "I'm a very
matter-of-fact communicator, very straightforward and I ask our comms team to be the same. I try to be concise and use humor, where appropriate."
But Carere understands the trust consumers place in her company. So while humor has a role in FedEx's communications, the company has a strict no-jokes-allowed policy when it comes to delivery issues.
"When you deliver 15 million packages a day there are going to be challenges and exceptions," she says. "We've never used humor when there's an issue with a package. Every delivery is important to us. And we are spending a lot of time with our team members to understand the importance of tone and context and when humor is not appropriate."
Taken for granted
Another comms challenge arises in part from FedEx's efficiency. The company makes shipping look so easy, says Carere, people assume anyone with large enough pockets can do it.
"One of our challenges is threading the needle," she says. "We do what we do so well every day and it is so reliable that the market sometimes takes it for granted. And that creates poor reporting, frankly, on the idea that others could potentially do some of what we do."
Carere is speaking, of course, about media speculation that online retailer Amazon could pose a competitive threat to FedEx.
As Amazon grew as an e-commerce giant, it relied on FedEx (until FedEx Express dropped the Amazon account in June), the U.S. Postal Service and other delivery companies for shipping. But over the past few years it's been developing in-house capabilities.
One recent move was offering its U.S. workers a $10,000 incentive to start their own parcel delivery businesses. And, over the past few years, Amazon has invested heavily on shipping, opening sorting centers and delivery stations, leasing jets, exploring self-driving trucks and drones, and hiring mathematicians as full-time logistics experts.
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FedEx's CEO Fred Smith has been quoted saying the Amazon-as-a-threat concept is "fantastical." And FedEx has also been busy rolling out innovations, announcing seven-day delivery in May and unveiling, in February, an autonomous delivery robot named Roxo.
"Most days I don't need people to understand all of [what FedEx does], but some days I do," Carere says about the Amazon speculation. "When someone feels someone else might be able to do even a small fraction of what we do, as reliable as we do, that's a challenge for our communicators. They have to go back and say, 'Here's what we do every day.'"
Carere and her team's key messages include reminding people that FedEx is the premier logistics company in the world, e-commerce wouldn't exist without it, logistics is bigger than e-commerce — and e-commerce is bigger than Amazon.
For example, FedEx Extra Hours, introduced in January, helps small and medium-sized retail businesses with next-day local delivery and two-day shipping anywhere in the continental U.S.
The comms team also scored Carere and FedEx's same-day delivery robot a spot on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon last February.
Trade war woes
If from FedEx's perspective Amazon isn't a threat, the Trump administration's trade dispute with China certainly is.
FedEx told analysts 2% of its revenue, or $1.3 billion, comes from Chinese business. It's so significant the company filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Commerce over its blacklist of certain Chinese companies.
Business Insider reported FedEx claims the department's rules would force it to inspect the content of all packages it ships daily, a task it calls "virtually impossible."
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But despite the lawsuit, FedEx still found itself on China's naughty list. The recent Huawei incident prompted a Chinese government investigation, as well as a Twitter attack from the electronics giant accusing FedEx of conducting a vendetta.
"We are a global business and when you're at the center of a political discussion it creates a tall challenge for our communications," Carere says.
Carere and her comms staffers again found themselves having to thread a needle. "We need to be very thoughtful about what we say and how that will be reflected in the United States and China," she says. "If you're a Chinese consumer, your view of the trade conversation is very different than if you're sitting in Memphis, Tennessee."
When it comes to the Huawei incident, Carere says FedEx told both sets of authorities it has taken pains to follow their laws. But as she points out, FedEx is a global shipping company that can't survive if there's no international trade.
"It's a complex issue from a communications perspective," she adds. "But this is just one of many issues we face as a global company. We are very pro trade and we believe in globalization. We believe trade is the backbone of our purpose, which is connecting people and possibilities. If people trade, communities flourish."
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Brie Carere reports directly to FedEx's president and COO Rajesh Subramaniam. She is responsible for all of FedEx's global marketing and communications, including advertising, brand and reputation, product and business development, innovation, e-commerce, retail marketing and digital access.
In addition, she oversees the global customer experience and revenue management teams, so in all, Carere is responsible for more than 10,000 marketing, comms and customer experience employees.
Patrick Fitzgerald is SVP, integrated marketing and communications at FedEx, reporting to Carere. His remit includes advertising, brand experience marketing, sponsorship, corporate social responsibility and sustainability, plus corporate communications.
Local teams handle crisis and internal comms, but global marketing and comms are aligned under Fitzgerald. Broadly speaking, he is responsible for maintaining FedEx's reputation as a respected and valued brand: Carere says she relies on Fitzgerald for overall comms precision and expertise.
When talking about comms people, Carere says staff around the globe are generalists and report up to their regional SVPs.
"We're trying to have that right blend of local market business expertise as well as functional expertise," she explains.
However, those employees also have a dotted line of responsibility to Fitzgerald if more general comms issues arise.
When it comes to the company's various business units such as FedEx Freight or FedEx Ground, Carere has crisis and employee comms people embedded in each division.
"Corporate purpose and how we generally connect with consumers is centralized across the companies," she says. "Customers and stakeholders want to understand the value we bring to them, not the nuances of how we deliver that value."
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What Happened to Tania Murrell?
Missing for 32 years…
Does Tania Murrell lie in a long-forgotten grave, her bones slowly decaying like the investigation into her kidnapping?
Or is she alive, having been raised by a family of strangers?
On January 20, 1983, at around 11:10 A.M., while walking home from Grovenor Elementary School in Edmonton, Canada, Tania vanished. Bundled inside a heavy coat, the cute blonde-haired six-year-old fought below-zero weather as she trudged along. Her school was less than two blocks from the home she shared with her mother, father, and younger brother. That day, her aunt, Vera Stortz, waited for Tania to arrive.
When she didn't appear, Vera phoned Vivian Murrell, Tania's mother. Soon Vivian and her husband Jack left their places of work and began scouring the area for Tania. The online newspaper Canada.com recently summed up the search: "Police and volunteers canvassed the area around the home, at 10426-145th St., by foot and car. More than 1,900 square blocks, including ravines and alleys, were searched within the next few days. At the time, it was the largest door-to-door search ever mounted in Edmonton." Despite extensive efforts by police and the public, Tania was never found.
Today, more than three decades later, after their lives were shattered, Vera and Jack are dead. Her younger brother, John, is dead. Many of the original detectives are dead or retired. And one of the most baffling cases in modern Canadian history is still a blank page lying on the desk of cold case investigators.
So what happened to Tania Murrell?
The most prevalent theory is that she was abducted, raped, and murdered by a pedophile. A second theory is that someone who wanted a child kidnapped Tania, brainwashed her into thinking her parents didn't want her, and raised her as their own.
When a child goes missing, parents are always scrutinized. In Tania's case, both parents were at work, so they had alibis that removed them from suspicion. However, their hard-partying ways and suspected drug use raised the eyebrows of investigators. Because of this, detectives closely examined their associates. At least one friend was developed as a suspect, but was never charged.
Police also checked out "perverts" who lived in the area. Tania's parents were amazed at the number of molesters, rapists, and weirdos who lived close by. Yet no one emerged as a person of interest.
One witness claimed to have seen a woman dragging an unwilling child along the sidewalk at about the time Tania vanished. Because of this, the theory developed that a woman who couldn't have a child may have snatched the girl. Tania's sister, Elysia, born after Tania disappeared, thinks she is still alive. "I believe she is around and alive," Elysia said. "I figure they changed her name and she was young enough that she would forget and believe whatever they told her."
A school-mate recently informed police that she thought Tania was headed to a nearby convenience store instead of home. The store would have taken Tania in the opposite direction from her house. This would have changed the dynamics of the investigation had it been known earlier.
After more than three decades, the question remains: where is Tania Murrell?
Yes where is she and is she still alive, or what awful things has she had to endure over the years, of not being WITH her family, granted if it were the case of one just wanting a child to raise she might not have had it so bad, but what if its not...
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I've never forgotten about Tania. I lived in Edmonton at the time and had two young girls of my own. It really hit home and I always prayed for her safe return.
Galwaygirl said...
I've never forgotten Tania either, I lived in Edmonton at the time and I think because I was the same age as Tania when she went missing it stuck with me. Her poor family :(
Jillybean said...
I was only 5 when this happened but I remember my parents speaking about it and I've never forgotten her name or wondered what happened to her :(
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VMware informed customers on Thursday that it has patched a denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in its Workstation and Fusion products. Details of the flaw and proof-of-concept code have been made public.
In its advisory, VMware said the vulnerability affects Workstation 12.x and 14.x on all platforms, and Fusion 8.x and 10.x on OS X. Patches are included in Workstation 14.1.1 and Fusion 10.1.1. A workaround that involves setting a password for the VNC connection can be applied to Workstation 12.x and Fusion 8.x releases.
The flaw, tracked as CVE-2018-6957, was discovered by Lilith Wyatt of Cisco Talos. VMware says it can be exploited to cause a DoS condition by opening a large number of VNC sessions. VNC, which is used in VMware products for remote management and automation purposes, must be manually enabled for the exploit to work.
While VMware has classified the vulnerability as "important," Cisco Talos has assigned it a CVSS score of 7.5, which puts it in the "high severity" category.
In its own advisory, Cisco said an attacker can trigger an exception on a targeted server and cause the virtual machine to shut down by initiating numerous VNC sessions.
"Since the VMware VNC server is naturally multi-threaded, there are locks and semaphores and mutexes to deal with shared variables. The VNC server also maintains a global variable that indicates the amount of locks that are currently used, that is incremented by certain events," Talos explained.
The code uses a variable to count the locks and ensure that their number is not too high. Wyatt discovered that each TCP connection to the VNC increments this variable twice, and initiating a large number of connections will eventually lead to a DoS condition and a shutdown of the VM. Cisco's advisory includes a one-line PoC exploit.
VMware sponsored the recent Pwn2Own 2018 hacking competition and offered up to $70,000 for VMware Workstation exploits. However, none of the contestants targeted the company's products. At last year's event, white hat hackers did disclose exploits that included VMware virtual machine escapes.


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Popularity of Equity release is growing, but is this a good move?
Equity release is no longer the niche lending area it once was. More and more homeowners over 55 are choosing to release cash tied up in their homes and there are few signs of this trend subsiding.
Lending in 2018 increased by 27% compared to the previous year and is now nearly double what it was in 2016. It's likely that the UK's growing elderly population, where many don't have the pension security of generations past, is partly behind this expansion. The growing variety of equity release products on the market could also be a factor. Newer products mean that homeowners are able to gradually release money from their property, rather than taking it as a lump sum.
Is it a risky option?
Equity release doesn't exactly have a squeaky clean reputation. There have been past accusations of mis-selling and there are occasions where relatives find themselves receiving less inheritance than they might have expected.
Because of the way interest accumulates over the years, people can end up owing a large amount of money that is paid back from the value of the property when a person dies or goes into care.
Whether equity release is a suitable solution really depends on a person's individual financial and personal circumstances.
As well as getting sound financial advice beforehand, it's always best to be open with loved ones about releasing equity from your property. Two in three complaints to the Financial Ombudsman about equity release come from relatives of people who have died or gone into care. It can save a lot of upset later on to be open about releasing cash from a property when you do it, rather than further down the line.
The bottom line is that equity release can play a crucial role in supporting a full retirement, alongside pensions, savings and other assets, for the right homeowner. Since homes are most people's largest asset, it makes sense to at least consider how this asset can be used to fund retirement. Downsizing in later life is another way of releasing money from your home. If you have any questions about ways you can increase your financial security in later life, please get in touch with Chris West on 01923 270036, or visit our equity release page.
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Syrian government forces have killed dozens of foreign-backed militants across the country in anti-terror operations, including one that fully liberated an area on the outskirts of the capital Damascus.
Syria's official news agency SANA, citing an unnamed military source, reported that on Thursday, army units established full control over al-Taqi Mosque and its surrounding area to the north of Khan al-Shih Farms near Damascus, and killed a number of terrorists and destroyed their weapons in the process.
The Syrian forces also managed to destroy a command center and a 150-meter long tunnel used by terrorists to carry out attacks in Jobar neighborhood on the outskirts of the capital.
Syrian army warplanes also carried out airstrikes against terrorists' positions in Khan Touman southwest of Aleppo, killing dozens of them. The government forces also thwarted a militant attack in the vicinity of Minian village to the west of city, destroying two bomb-laden cars and killing several other militants.
The Syrian jets also pounded terrorists' positions in al-Rastan, Deir Ful, Abu al-Tababaer and Khan al-Surah near the western city of Homs, destroying a number of their vehicles. The Syrian ground troops also foiled a Daesh strike near Unq al-Hawa village, some 73 kilometers east of Homs, killing a number of terrorists and inflicting injuries on some others.
Elsewhere in the countryside of the western city of Hama, Syrian army airstrikes left a large number of militants dead and destroyed some of their vehicles. The Syrian soldiers had raided a weapons warehouse used by the militants in the southern parts of the city, seizing a large cache of ammunition and poisonous agents.
The army units also destroyed a command center of the Takfiri Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, al-Qaeda's Syrian branch formerly known as al-Nusra Front, in the southwestern town of Yadoudah in Dara'a province, and killing a number of the terrorists.
The foreign-sponsored conflict in Syria, which started in March 2011, has claimed the lives of more than 400,000 people, according to an estimate by UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura. Backed by the Russian air cover, the Syrian military is engaged in an operation to rid the country of Daesh and other terrorist groups.


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FILE- In this March 13, 2018, file photo, Joseph Percoco, right, former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, reacts while talking to reporters outside U.S. District court in New York. A federal appeals court has affirmed the conviction of Percoco for fraud and accepting bribes on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
NEW YORK (AP) — The conviction of one of ex-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's top aides for fraud and accepting bribes was affirmed by a federal appeals court Wednesday.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said the case against Joseph Percoco required it to again consider the reach of federal fraud and bribery laws.
Percoco, 52, was a longtime friend and top aide to Cuomo, a Democrat who recently resigned as governor amid sexual harassment allegations.
The appeals court also upheld the conviction of Steven Aiello, 63, a Syracuse real estate executive who was sentenced to three years in prison for his role in funneling bribes to Percoco to gain his influence in an ambitious Buffalo Billion development project aimed at encouraging economic development upstate.
Percoco, convicted of accepting over $300,000 from companies seeking to influence the Cuomo administration, was sentenced to six years in prison. He is scheduled to be released in April 2024.
The scandal was a multi-year black cloud over the Cuomo administration and was frequently cited by critics as proof that Cuomo failed to address chronic corruption in state government, even within his own administration.
In a decision written by 2nd Circuit Judge Richard J. Sullivan, a three-judge appeals panel rejected arguments that a jury at a 2018 trial was improperly instructed on the law by a judge who improperly concluded there was sufficient evidence for convictions.
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The appeals court agreed with lawyers for Percoco and Aiello that a judge's bribery instructions to the jury fell short of the legal standard that was recently clarified in another New York state corruption case, but it said the error was harmless and the jury would have convicted anyway.
Prosecutors declined through a spokesperson to comment. Messages seeking comment were sent to lawyers for Percoco and Aiello, who has not yet reported to prison.
Trial evidence overwhelmingly showed that Percoco and his co-conspirators understood that payments to Percoco's wife for a low-show job as an "education consultant" were in exchange for his help in getting energy company CPV a deal requiring New York state to purchase power from the company, the 2nd Circuit said.
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The COR Development scheme developed while Percoco was temporarily managing Cuomo's reelection campaign in 2014. The 2nd Circuit said evidence showed Aiello arranged for his company to pay Percoco to take actions to benefit the company.
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Well, only a few countries will offer both 2020 Fiat Fullback and upcoming Mitsubishi L200 / Triton. The cooperation between the two companies resulted in Italians building trucks. Now, the Fullback is already one of the important players. Launched in 2016, it is time for novelties. A mid-cycle refresh and noteworthy changes will improve its chances in a larger market. Fiat will have tough competition, but cooperation with Mitsubishi and Chrysler will put it in an advantage over most rivals.
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Q: In Laravel how to add language part in all anchor links? I am using blade template and put simple url like
About us

Now I change language like
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then how i can add language part in all url like
mydomain.com/hn/aboutus

A: Take a look at Laravel localization. It may be useful to you.
Laravel Localization

A: Try to create a link like this
About us

and then in routes/web.php make a route for it like this
Route::get('aboutus/hn', function () {
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Ho sposato un'ombra (I Married a Dead Man) è un romanzo di Cornell Woolrich, pubblicato con lo pseudonimo di William Irish nel 1948.

Tradotto in numerose lingue, in Italia è uscito nel 1954, nella collana Il Giallo Mondadori, con il numero 285.

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Patrice e Bill Hazzard hanno tutto per essere felici: un matrimonio d'amore, una posizione sociale molto distinta, ricchezza, una splendida dimora, un bambino delizioso. Ma vivono nell'angoscia, a causa di un delitto che li porta a chiedersi quale dei due sia il colpevole.

Tutto è cominciato due anni prima, quando una giovane, munita di cinque dollari e incinta al nono mese, si mette su un treno diretto a San Francisco, con partenza da New York. Dei cinque dollari sono rimasti appena diciassette centesimi e la ragazza siede sulla valigia nel corridoio. Una simpatica e gioviale coppia la nota e i due, Patrice e Hugh Hazzard, si prodigano in gentilezze. Anche Patrice è in stato molto avanzato di gravidanza; essi vanno a vivere con i genitori di Hugh, che non hanno mai visto la nuora.

A sera, le due donne si ritirano nella toilette del treno. Patrice, tra le mille sciocchezze che succedono, insiste perché la nuova amica (presentatasi come Helen Georgesson) si provi la sua fede nuziale. Helen non vorrebbe fare questo gesto che le sembra di malaugurio, però la fede calza alla perfezione. Subito dopo il treno derraglia e Helen perde i sensi. Raggiunta dai soccorsi, si accorge di aver partorito: poi di nuovo il buio. Al risveglio è in ospedale, in una camera confortevole, con un bimbo bello e tranquillo. A causa della fede che aveva ancora al dito, è stata scambiata per Patrice Hazzard e da quel momento non riesce a far capire che si tratta di un errore. Hugh Hazzard è morto, come pure una ragazza trovata lì accanto, con diciassette centesimi nella borsetta.

Seguono giorni di grande apprensione: la nuova Patrice si accorge che i suoceri sconosciuti tengono moltissimo ad averla con loro e non risparmiano le spese per il suo benessere. Quando è in condizione di viaggiare, il personale ospedaliero si occupa di metterla su un treno con il bimbo. Alla stazione di arrivo, nella cittadina di Caulfield, vede dal finestrino due coniugi di mezza età che subito si fanno avanti amorevolmente. Condotta in casa, amata, protetta, non trova mai il coraggio di parlare, né di deporre l'ansia, tanto più che il fratello di Hugh, Bill, della sua stessa età, sembra guardingo e le tende qualche tranello. Col trascorrere del tempo, lei si convince che sta mentendo per il suo bambino, per l'affetto che riceve a piene mani e soprattutto perché, povera e ignota, non aveva mai saputo cosa significasse una famiglia come quella.

L'ansia si muta in angoscia quando cominciano ad arrivare a Patrice certe lettere anonime, con messaggi brevi, dai quali si capisce che è stata riconosciuta da qualcuno nella sua reale identità. Una sera, a una festa, è avvicinata da un tale che riesce a strapparla a Bill per un ballo: egli le intima di seguirlo fuori con una scusa, quindi comincia a ricattarla nel modo più squallido. Altri non è che Georgesson, un mascalzone, ma pur sempre colui che l'ha abbandonata dopo averla messa incinta, quindi il vero padre del bimbo creduto di Hugh. Esperto baro al gioco, ha escogitato un piano diabolico per succhiarle quanto denaro gli è possibile. Il piano dell'uomo prevede anche un matrimonio segreto con "Patrice Hazzard", al fine di sottrarle la parte di eredità che le dovrebbe spettare come presunta vedova di Hugh.

Eppure Patrice potrebbe chiedere aiuto, ma sempre qualcosa sembra impedirlo,  finché si arriva alla realizzazione del matrimonio segreto ed estorto con l'intimidazione. La resistenza della donna si rivela inutile e lei si trova sposata all'uomo che più odia. Reagisce infine, sulla via del ritorno, decide che la notte stessa lo ucciderà. Giunta a casa, nel silenzio, si appropria di una piccola pistola chiusa nello studio di papà Hazzard. Con uno stratagemma si procura l'indirizzo del suo carnefice, vi si reca. La porta è aperta, l'uomo si nasconde in camera: Patrice gli punta l'arma, ma fallisce il colpo e, soprattutto, si accorge di essere stata preceduta, perché Georgesson è morto per uno sparo alla tempia.

Il suo terrore aumenta ancora quando arriva Bill. L'occasione di Patrice per dire la verità è ormai inevitabile, ma lui non vuole sentirla e si preoccupa di far sparire ogni traccia della presenza di lei su quella scena. Insieme trasportano il morto lontano, lo fanno cadere sulla scarpata della ferrovia, poi ritornano a casa. Qui sono accolti dalla notizia che mamma Hazzard sta per morire e desidera vedere Patrice. Disperata, la giovane si precipita dalla moribonda che dimostra di sapere cosa è successo. Patrice riceve dalla madre una busta chiusa, il perdono e la richiesta di sposarsi con Bill, una benedizione.

Anche Bill le aveva dichiarato il suo amore e aveva capito che non si trattava della vedova di Hugh, ma di una giovane che nulla pretendeva per sé. Aveva fatto pedinare Georgesson da un investigatore, sapeva dove trovarlo. Dopo il funerale della mamma, in casa arrivano due poliziotti che cercano Bill e lo portano con loro. Così Patrice, sempre più inorridita, apre la busta che le è stata consegnata dalla madre e scopre che la donna si è accusata di avere ucciso Georgesson, perché avvertita dallo stesso investigatore che, con la forza, aveva costretto a un matrimonio indesiderato la sua carissima nuora. Quando, con immensa sorpresa, Patrice vede rincasare Bill, gli consegna la lettera e lui la strappa: non c'è bisogno di infangare una morta, lui non è accusato, ha solo dovuto riconoscere Georgesson, morto in un regolamento di conti tra delinquenti, secondo il verdetto della polizia.

Finalmente è arrivata l'ora per i due giovani innamorati di sposarsi e viene dato l'annuncio ai giornali. A cerimonia finita, gli sposi sono chiamati dall'avvocato di famiglia e ricevono un'altra lettera da parte della madre. Si ritirano per aprirla: contiene un'altra confessione in cui la donna dichiara di non aver mai ucciso Georgesson, perché già in preda alla crisi che l'avrebbe stroncata alla fine della notte. La sua coscienza è pulita e solo per amore di Bill e Patrice aveva redatto la precedente missiva, affinché non venissero mai accusati. Così per i novelli sposi si spalanca un abisso infernale: entrambi giurano di aver trovato già morto quel criminale, ma entrambi sanno che se uno è innocente, l'altro non potrà esserlo. E il senso di colpa li accompagnerà fino a quando l'uno o l'altra, incapace di sopportare oltre, se ne fuggirà nell'oblio.

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I Married a Dead Man è stato adattato per il cinema in due occasioni:
1950, Non voglio perderti (No Man of Her Own), con Barbara Stanwyck, John Lund, Jane Cowl; regia di Mitchell Leisen;
1983, Ho sposato un'ombra (J'ai épousé une ombre), con Nathalie Baye, Francis Huster, Richard Bohringer; regia di Robin Davis.

Edizioni in italiano
Cornell Woolrich (William Irish), Ho sposato un'ombra, I libri Gialli nuova serie n. 285, A. Mondadori, Verona-Milano 1954
Cornell Woolrich (William Irish), Ho sposato un'ombra, I capolavori dei Gialli n. 158, A. Mondadori, Milano 1960
Cornell Woolrich (William Irish), Ho sposato un'ombra, I Classici del Giallo n. 155, A. Mondadori, Milano 1973
Cornell Woolrich (William Irish), Vertigine, introduzione di Roberto Barbolini, (contiene: Si parte alle sei, Vertigine senza fine, Ho sposato un'ombra), A. Mondadori, Milano 1989
Cornell Woolrich, Ho sposato un'ombra, traduzione di Mauro Boncompagni, Mondadori, Milano 1992

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Collegamenti esterni

Romanzi di autori statunitensi
Romanzi noir di Cornell Woolrich

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George Richard Renfrew was raised by his aunt and uncle after his father died when George was only three years old. He ultimately became a furrier and later joined in the evolution of what was to become Canada's famous Holt, Renfrew & Company. In 1886 G. R. Renfrew & Co., as the company was renamed after George's uncle, John Henderson retired, was appointed "furrier to the Queen of England." On June 14, 1877, in Quebec City the youngest son of this famed Renfrew was born...his name was Gordon Campbell Renfrew. His older brother, Walter Charles, was born in 1869.
It is likely that Walter and Gordon Renfrew built the home in Kelowna's suburb, called Okanagan Mission, together. The Renfrew House is now owned by Paul and Tracy Mitchell, who are not related to the clans, Holt or Renfrew. It is reported that the home was a copy of the original Renfrew family farm home in Ontario, which makes it likely that each brother had a part in its construction. The Renfrews do seem to have a history of working as a family.
The home is quite large and boasts oak hardwood floors on the main floor with warm, colourful fir flooring on the 2nd and 3rd storeys. Teak paneling (Tracy Mitchell reports may not be original) and fir mouldings adorn the home which still sports original leaded glass doors in the dining room. It is believed the dining room is detailed with cherry wood. The original windows still illuminate the home's interior. Two bedrooms were finished by the Horne family, previous owners to the Swikert family who owned the home before the Mitchells.
"The moment we walked in it just felt like home," states Tracy. They purchased the Renfrew House in 1989 when their children were ages 8, 6 and 5. "This is where we raised our family and we started to restore our new, but older, home," she concludes.
A former owner of the Horne family records in a letter that the house, built originally in 1913, "is a very traditional design and despite its size is extremely easy to care for." The total living space is 4000 square feet.
The Mitchells recently received The Continued Preservation of a Heritage Building Award from the Central Okanagan Heritage Society (COHS). So it would appear that all of their hard work has paid off even though The Renfrew House was put on the registered list of heritage buildings several years ago. Its exterior can be viewed at 504 Keith Road.
One final historical note, Gordon Renfrew only lived in the home for 9 years as he accidentally drowned in 1922 a few weeks shy of his 45th birthday. His widow, Gertrude Constance Piddington Renfrew lived to the see 91 years passing away in 1967. Walter came up three years short of seeing the century mark in 1966. It is unknown how long the Renfrews occupied the house. However, they may all rest peacefully knowing that the home they built is being restored room by room and preserved with loving care. The trio may have been born in Quebec City, but they pioneered West, lived and died. It seems appropriate that their personal memorial markers stand at the Kelowna Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Come sail with the cast as they tap and sing their hearts out in this classic Cole Porter show. Sailing on the S.S. American are a gangster on the run posing as a minister, his ditzy girlfriend, a former evangelist who is a nightclub singer, four tap-dancing "Angels", a society miss who is engaged to an English gentleman (also on the ship), and her ex-boyfriend that stows away on the boat to try to win her back. A series of comical mistaken identities ensues as the passengers and crew sing and dance their way across the Atlantic.


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How HDR Is Transforming Digital Displays
May 23, 2019 by guest author sixteenninewpadmin, sixteenninewpadmin
Guest Post: Aaron Cheesman , D3 Dynamic Digital Displays
Aaron Cheesman
The video industry has gone through monumental changes over the years. However, for a long time, the focus was on producing thinner screens and higher resolutions.
On the latter front, we've reached a point of diminishing returns where, unless you're sitting particularly close, your eyes may not even be able to tell the difference between last year's ultra-high-definition display and the latest ultra-ultra-high-definition display.
Today, the biggest leap forward in image quality is not about achieving higher resolution. It's HDR—or High Dynamic Range – which applies advances in brightness, contrast and color depth to create a far more true-to-life experience.
More Bits, More Colors, More Contrast
A good example of how color depth affects viewing experience is found in the phenomenon of "banding." Consider a basic display with a gradient on screen. If you can see bands where the color steps from one value to the next, that means the display can't produce enough variations in between. Banding is to limited color depth as pixelation is to limited resolution.
Standard Dynamic Range (the current industry standard) uses 8-bit color. You can make a lot of colors with 256 reds, 256 blues and 256 greens. HDR protocols require at least 10-bit color. That may not sound like a huge leap to the layperson, but it means that we're now working with 1,024 reds x 1,024 blues x 1,024 greens. We've gone from 16 million distinct colors to over a billion.
Brighter Brights and Darker Darks
The human eye is capable of registering a vast range of luminance, from the dimmest star to blinding daylight. HDR takes advantage of major improvements in modern display capabilities.
Standard Dynamic Range was based on the limitations of cathode ray tubes, whose darkest tones were nowhere near true black and whose brightest displays were still rather dim. High Dynamic Range captures and displays a much wider range of brightnesses as well as more subtle gradations between shades.
The HDR Ecosystem
There's much more to HDR than just a great screen. True HDR requires a whole series of components working together to capture, process and render images containing far more information than before. That means you have to begin by creating native HDR content. (HDR photography has been around for some time, but HDR video cameras, which use an entirely different capture process, are still a bit exotic.)
Once the content has been developed, you need HDR gear at every step – Playback, Interface, Video Processor, Driver, and Display – to render it. If any element in that series is not HDR-compatible, you will not see a true HDR result.
While many LED companies are chasing individual links in the HDR chain, very few are working on an end-to-end solution. My company is one of the exceptions, as D3 engineered an entire HDR package that includes everything but the camera.
HDR is clearly the way of the future. However, some specifics have yet to take shape. As of this writing, there are several competing HDR standards, with names such as HDR10, Dolby Vision, Advanced HDR, Hybrid Log Gamma and HDR10+.
Some are open format, some are proprietary. Some favor streaming, others broadcasting. As with previous format wars, it is the content creators who will likely have the final say on what protocols become international standards. Watch this all closely.
Want to learn more? D3 Dynamic Digital Displays, where I work, put out a free, highly readable white paper on the subject.
Ann Holland says:
Great article, Aaron. Very true that one needs and end-to-end solution. Our BrightSign Series 4 players are a great choice in this respect.
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A planetary nebula is a nebula that is made up of gas and plasma. They are made by certain types of stars later in their life. They look like planets through small optical telescopes. They do not last for long compared to a star, only tens of thousands of years.
At the end of a normal-sized star's life, in the red giant phase, the outside layers of a star are ejected. Because the outside is gone, the star shines brightly and is very hot. The ultraviolet radiation given off by the center of the star ionizes the gas and plasma that was thrown out from the star. This is what causes a planetary nebula to look like it does.
While some planetary nebulae look similar, others have very distinct and unique shapes. Scientists are not sure why planetary nebulae can look so different from one another. Scientists think that binary stars, stellar winds and magnetic fields might be some of the reasons planetary nebulae can look so varied. In the early 21st century some astronomers began calling them "globular nebulas" to avoid confusing them with the Protoplanetary nebulas that make planets.
Planetary nebula are not very bright. None of them are bright enough to see without a telescope. The first one discovered was the Dumbbell nebula. Astronomers did not know what these objects were until the first spectroscopic experiments were done in the 1800's. William Huggins used a prism to look at galaxies. He noticed that they looked a lot like stars.
When he looked at the Cat's Eye nebula, it did not look the same. He saw an emission line at a place that no one had seen before. This meant that it looked like an element that no one had ever seen before. Scientists thought it might be a new element. They decided to call it nebulium.
Later, physicists showed that it is possible for gasses with a very low density to look like something else. It turned out that the gas they were looking at was oxygen, and not nebulium.
The stars in planetary nebulae are very hot. They are not very bright, though. This means that they must be very small. The only time that stars get that small is when they are dying. That means that they are one of the last steps in a star's death. Astronomers saw that all planetary nebula are expanding. This meant that they were caused by a star's outer layers being thrown into space at the end of its life.
Stars weighing more than eight solar masses will become supernovae. Stars of lesser mass will form planetary nebulae. After billions of years of stellar evolution a star will have no more hydrogen. This makes the surface of the star colder, and makes the core smaller. The sun's core is about 15 million degrees Kelvin. When it runs out of hydrogen, the smaller core will cause it to rise to about 100 million degrees Kelvin.
The outer layers of the star become much bigger because of the heat of the core, and become much cooler. The star becomes a red giant. The core gets even smaller and hotter. When its reaches 100 million K, helium begins to fuse into carbon and oxygen. When this happens, the core stops shrinking. Helium burning soon forms a core of carbon and oxygen, with both a helium and a hydrogen shell surrounding it.
Because helium in fusion reactions is not very stable, the core starts to grow and shrink very quickly. Strong stellar winds blow the gas and plasma in the outer layer of the star outwards. These gases form a cloud around the core of the star. As more and more of the gas moves away from the star, deeper and deeper layers at higher and higher temperatures are sent out. When the gas heats up to around 30,000 degrees kelvin, the gas starts to glow. The cloud has then become a planetary nebula.
We know of about 3,000 of these nebulae in our galaxy, compared to 200 billion stars. Their very short lifetime compared to a star is why there are not that many compared to stars. They are found mostly in the plane of the Milky Way, and there are more and more the closer you get to the center of the Milky Way.
Only about twenty percent of planetary nebulae are spheres (like Abell 39). The rest of them have various shapes. The reason for these shapes is not understood. It may be because of the gravitational pull of secondary stars (for example, if it is a binary star system). A second theory is that planets near the star might change how the nebula forms. A third theory is that magnetic fields cause the shapes. .
A problem in studying planetary nebulae is that astronomers can not always work out how far away they are. When they are close, astronomers use something called expansion parallax to estimate how far away they are, but this takes a long time. If they are not close, there is not yet a good way to find how distant they are.
↑ Bowen I.S. 1927. The Origin of the chief Nebular Lines. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 39, 295.
↑ Majaess D.J; Turner D. & Lane D. 2007. In search of possible associations between planetary nebulae and open clusters, PASP, 119, p1349.
↑ Reed D.S et al. 1999. Hubble Space Telescope measurements of the expansion of NGC 6543: Parallax distance and nebular evolution. Astronomical Journal. 118, 2430.
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Middle East operations: building capacity in Iraq
1 May 2015|David Johnston
Security across the Middle East region is of increasing concern, with the Houthi insurgency destabilising Yemen and drawing airstrikes from Saudi Arabia and nine Arab allies, and the Da'esh franchise spreading its propaganda and its brutal philosophy to North Africa and Afghanistan. The beheading of 30 Ethiopian Christians in Libya, the death of 33 civilians in Jalalabad, Afghanistan in a bombing claimed to be by Da'esh, and the arrests in Melbourne and London of young men attracted to their savage cause highlights why our support to the coalition's mission in the Middle East is so pressing.
In Iraq, the assessment for April is that Iraqi and Kurdish Security Forces have made territorial gains while Da'esh continues to rely on asymmetric tactics. CENTCOM has produced a map that provides analysis of the territory held by Da'esh and since reclaimed by Iraqi Security Forces. There have also been set-backs but the synopsis is that Iraqi ground forces have reclaimed more territory and inflicted more losses on Da'esh than have been suffered. The momentum, while limited in some areas, favours the Iraqi Security Forces.
The Australian government has recently approved the deployment of the Building Partner Capacity (BPC) mission comprised of approximately 300 Australian Army personnel which will operate in partnership with 110 New Zealand Defence Force personnel. The deployment of the advance party has commenced and the collective force will be called 'Task Group Taji'. The mission is a non-combat, 'behind-the-wire', training task within the Taji Military Complex, northwest of Baghdad.
Our training of Iraqi Security Forces will allow us to provide skills and competencies to their forces that will complement other coalition enablers such as air-strike, airborne intelligence-surveillance and reconnaissance, and partnership at the headquarters level. This will help the Iraqi ground forces to counter Da'esh attacks and roll back their hold on Iraqi sovereign-territory.
There are five Building Partner Capacity sites: al-Asad in Anbar province, Erbil in Erbil province, Baghdad, Taji north of Baghdad and Besmayah west of Baghdad where Iraqi Security Forces and Kurdish Security Forces are being trained for four-to six-week periods of instruction to prepare them for operations against Da'esh. The BPC mission will continue to build Iraq's military capabilities encompassing the development of individual junior non-commissioned officer and officer through to collective training at the brigade headquarters level in order to:
Manoeuvre,command and control their forces;
Provide support to counter-attack operations;
Build survivability and intelligence-gathering skills such as countering IEDs, and obstacle clearing and breaching; and
Improve professional military conduct, for instance in the Law of Armed Conflict and Rules of Engagement.
Already, these training sites have graduated more than 6,500 security forces with another 5,000 under training. BPC site military trainers come from a host of countries including Denmark, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain and the United States
One specific strategy of Da'esh has been the attack and control of Syrian and Iraqi oil refineries as part of its financing to fund its military campaign. Of particular strategic interest to Da'esh has been the Bayji Oil Refinery which has the capacity to process 300,000 barrels of oil a day—equating to one third of Iraq's oil. However, since fighting began there more than 10 months ago, the refinery has stood still. Da'esh launched their latest attack in mid-April and breached the outer perimeter using vehicles packed with explosives. In and around both the refinery and the city, several hundred Da'esh members have been fighting against Iraqi Security Forces. Since then, Da'esh fighters have remained determined to seize the refinery. The area remains heavily contested. According to coalition reporting, more than half of the Da'esh fighters have been killed and 50 vehicles and weapon systems have been destroyed with close air support provided by almost 90 air-strikes on enemy targets by coalition forces, including the Air Task Group
The Royal Australian Air Force personnel assigned to the Air Task Group continue to make an important contribution through the provision and support of coalition air-strikes. Da'esh have not been able to move in large military convoys on preferred highways, cannot mass forces or operate high value military equipment without facing the threat of aerial attack. However, Da'esh has maintained some freedom of movement along the Euphrates river valley and in the border regions near Sinjar Mountain and Jordan.
F/A-18 Hornets from the Air Task Group have been involved in deliberate attacks against Da'esh fighting positions, sniper hides, and enemy fighters attempting to lay Improvised Explosive Devices. In the past month, 60 strike sorties involving the F/A-18 Hornet have delivered 24 Joint Direct Attack Munitions, 500 pound bombs against a variety of targets in Iraq including seven weapons released against targets in one mission. The E-7 Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft has also continued with its role of air-space coordination and control and has flown almost 90 hours for the month. The KC-30 air-to-air tanker has also maintained its high tempo with 30 sorties for the month of April delivering 2.6 million pounds or 12-hundred tonnes of fuel.
The challenge for Iraqi and coalition forces is not just the disruption and degradation of Da'esh in Iraq but the freedom it has in presenting a false image that the conflict in Iraq and Syria is going its way. As a contributor to the coalition campaign, we may need to put as much effort in the battle for the narrative as we are in finding and targeting Da'esh in Iraq.
David Johnston is the Chief of Joint Operations of the Australian Defence Force. Image courtesy of Department of Defence.
Middle East operations: an update
IS strategy and Kobani
Strike from the air: the ISIL target
Strike from the air: Syria after the first 100 days
Strike from the air: Iraq after the first 100 days
Strike from the air: the first 100 days of the campaign against ISIL


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Q: Rescale column in dataframe? I have a dataframe called data where I would like to rescale the values in the 4th field to a range of 0-1000 and round the scaled value to the nearest integer. I'm trying to use ddply, round and rescale:
scaled_data <- ddply(data, round(rescale(data[,4], to=c(0,1000), from=range(data[,4], na.rm=TRUE)), 0)

The above code throws this error:
Error in `[.data.frame`(envir, exprs) : undefined columns selected

Can anyone point out the problem or a better way to accomplish what I am trying to do?

A: I think you're making it too complicated -- I don't see why you need ddply at all.
dd[,4] <- round(ggplot2::rescale(dd[,4],to=c(0,1000))

(I'm using ggplot2::rescale because you did, but (x-min(x))/diff(range(x))*1000 would do the same thing)
Or if you know the name of the fourth column you can:
dd <- transform(dd,fourth=rescale(fourth,to=c(0,1000)))


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In a quiet environment , with an open view this apartment of 55 m² (about 591 ft²), built in 1968, in a building of 9 floors has 3 rooms including 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom and 1 toilet. It has a living room of 24 m² (about 258 ft²), a separate kitchen, a garage, a cellar of 2 m² (about 22 ft²) and a parking lot. It's located on the 4th floor with a lift. Heating : collective. Others : intercom, parquet floor.


August 2017 - Darrington Strong, Inc.
Steve gave the Treasures report of $ 17,816.28 inclusive of all divisions and committees. We have now grown to 32 memberships!
FFPU, Friends For Public Use - Martha reported it has been a slow summer for road volunteers due to the thick smoke, high heat and dry conditions not allowing use of power tools in the forest. We hope to return to the White Chuck Ridge Road soon to continue brushing the road.
FNM, Friends of North Mountain - Rick reported that some small work parties went on for the lookout. One work party had to be cancelled due to the poor air quality with thick smoke from the Suiattle and BC fires.
Darrington Business Round Table - JoAnn reported that most people felt the first annual Darrington Street Fair was a success. She sent out a questionnaire to vendors to help her evaluate feedback and recommendations. There will be plans for a second annual Darrington Street Fair!
Visual Impact, Dot Park - Martha reported right now it is a struggle just keeping things watered during this extreme heat. The Darrington Girl Scouts are scheduled to come and help out at the park next week.
Darrington Library - Ashley reported on the many fun activities coming up at the library. Don't tell us there is nothing to do in Darrington! Discover your Darrington Library!
Speaker: Jacob Kukuk of the newly forming Darrington Internet Users Association, a project to establish local not for profit internet service around Darrington, WA. They will be developing a system to run a Internet Service Provider (ISP) locally with volunteers as the backbone of the project. DIUA will Improve Access, Enhance Public Safety and Enable Commerce.


After Monday, the beloved international pastime known as Carpool Karaoke may never be the same.
The Late Late Show segment, in which one of the many late night Jimmys cruises around Los Angeles with a popular recording artist of interest, will next feature recent Grammy nominee Cardi B. That's not news, as we already knew that, but what is news is that this particular late night Jimmy has now shared a teaser clip.
Indeed, you can find the teaser for Cardi B x Carpool Karaoke up top. The full episode debuts Monday.
2018 has, to put it mildly, been absolutely stacked with career-defining moments for Cardi. Her debut studio album Invasion of Privacy was released back in April to both critically and commercial adoration, a wave of support that eventually resulted in those aforementioned Grammy nominations (including for Album of the Year). In the months since the album's release, Cardi has also linked with Maroon 5 and Bruno Mars for more of 2018's most ubiquitous hits.
"When I was, like, a nothing, everybody was rooting," Cardi B told CBS News during a sit-down broadcast chat last week. "And now that I'm finally here, people have a problem for it. Like, I feel like I work so hard, why do people feel like I don't deserve it? . . . I do snap out of it. And I do ignore it. It's just like, it drives you insane!"
Cardi B's fellow Album of the Year possibles include Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Post Malone, Kacey Musgraves, Janelle Monáe, Brandi Carlile, and H.E.R.


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This is WOW News 247: Popular Pastor Myles Monroe, Wife & Daughter Die In Plane Crash!
Popular Pastor Myles Monroe, Wife & Daughter Die In Plane Crash!
Myles Monroe and his wife died in a plane crash yesterday (November 9, 2014). In case you're in doubt, it has already been updated on Wikipedia.


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Chips Cooked by Casuals
Corinthian-Casuals 3-1 Chipstead
Tuesday 23rd September 2014
Match Report by Stuart Tree
A stellar second half performance from Corinthian-Casuals saw the Amateurs go second in the Ryman League Division One South after defeating fellow over-achievers Chipstead.
Casuals came into the match off a defeat and a draw and Matt Howard's men looked to get back to winning ways. Casuals had a 100% midweek record to maintain and at half time, it looked in jeopardy. However, goals from Jamie Byatt, Carl Wilson-Denis and Dave Hodges ensured that Corinth made it six wins from six from midweek encounters.
Matt Howard and Luke Garrard tinkered with the formation prior to kickoff, fielding an attacking 4-3-3 formation. Steve Goddard returned to the starting line up as did Mason Welch-Turner at left-back. Jordan Vidal was moved to midfield with Jamie Byatt taking up a wide position in a three pronged attack that included Goddard and Carl Wilson-Denis.
Chipstead also came into the game full of confidence. Though they were knocked out after extra time in the FA Cup the previous week, a decent start to their league campaign had only seen them defeated once in eight games.
Both sides were set up for an offensive game and throughout the ninety minutes, each side played slick, entertaining football. In the seventh minute, the first chance fell to Casuals when Niall Wright's cross found Steve Goddard whose flick-on went narrowly wide. On the counter, Chipstead's Will Turl beat Danny Bracken to the ball outside the keeper's area but couldn't find the target from the ever-increasingly difficult angle.
Shortly after, Jamie Byatt, deep in the channels, found Carl Wilson-Denis in the middle of the box and the veteran striker's turn and shot passed narrowly wide of Paul McCarthy's post. The combination of Byatt and Wilson-Denis was to prove deadly to Chipstead all night.
But it was Chipstead who took the lead in the 31st minute. Josh Gallagher opened the scoring for the Chips in what was their first real effort on goal. Immediately at the other end, ex-Chipstead defender, Danny Dudley agonisingly-stretched for a cross in a move reminiscent of Gazza's effort versus Germany at Euro 96 – his feet inches away from putting the ball in the net.
After the break, Casuals emerged with a different formation, switching to the more traditional 4-4-2. Wingers Juevan Spencer and Dave Hodges also emerged from the bench to make a real impact. But the game could've turned before they had a chance to make an impression; Chipstead hit the bar from an acute angle that could so have easily snuck in. If the Chips had gone two-up, there's every likelihood that the result would've been very different. However, games turn on missed opportunities and Chipstead were to pay.
With the two pacey wingers now in play, Byatt switched back to head the attack and Maz Bettache was given more space to create in the centre. It worked: In the 50th minute, Byatt, running onto a sweet pass struck the ball first time in a goal that can only be scored by a striker with a real instinct of where the goal is. His shot beat the stranded McCarthy and nestled in the bottom corner, much to the delight of the Casuals faithful behind the goal.
It was soon to be two: Casuals now in the ascendancy were tearing apart the Chipstead defence with such ease, it was hard to see how the visitors had such a high placing in the league. Byatt linked up with Wilson-Denis to provide the latter with a cross that was neatly put away and to give Corinth the lead.
From there on in, there was only one winner. On 88 minutes, Dave Hodges sealed the victory when breaking through the defence, shot hard and low past McCarthy to make it 3-1. In truth, Casuals should have made it four or five after Juevan Spencer spurned a one-on-one chance and Byatt went inches wide with another instinctive stab at goal. It was a resounding second half performance and a victory that confirms the Amateurs are in real top-class form.
All credit to Chipstead: they came to King George's with the intention of playing attractive, free-flowing football and they played a huge part in making this match a real entertaining affair for the 153 in attendance. But the main credit must go to the management team of Matt Howard and Luke Garrard who changed the formation, the playing style and made two inspired substitutions that led to Casuals taking all three points.
After the match, Assistant Manager Luke Garrard gave his thoughts.
"First half we were poor but at half time, we changed it a little bit and it seemed to pan out like it has done so far this season and we put in a performance that was typical of us.
"Two long balls exposed Chipstead. We had numbers up front and Busy (Jamie Byatt) took advantage scoring one and setting up Carl (Wilson-Denis) who got in between the posts and put the ball away.
"The fact that we changed it from a 4-3-3 to a 4-4-2 came to fruition. It released the two wide players gave us pace and energy.
"We're a team that gains momentum with every match. We're a fit side. Teams when they come here seem to tire a lot quicker than what we do. We gain more energy as they lose it. That's how we hurt teams. We hurt them in the wide areas with pace as the game progresses.
"I always fancy us to go on and get a result, even if we concede a goal first like we did tonight.
"Saturday against Herne Bay will be a different story – it's a tough place to go, but if we can keep the same shape and hit them on the break, we're a match for anyone."
Andy Nunn's excellent photos from the match can be seen here.