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GS1 Switzerland honoured Hydrospider's logistics concept for green hydrogen with the Swiss Logistics Award 2021
In the coming years, Hyundai will grow its production of commercial hydrogen vehicles to approximately 1,600, significantly advancing the decarbonisation of heavy goods transport. In order to meet the resulting increase in demand for hydrogen, the necessary value chain, infrastructure and logistics must be further expanded.
Currently, the emission-free fuel is being produced in the first Swiss green hydrogen production facility at the Alpiq hydropower plant in Niedergösgen. The hydrogen is produced by electrolysis with renewable electricity. After being compressed to 350 bar, it is transported in nine pressure cylinders per 20‑foot container to the hydrogen filling stations as needed. On site, the containers are connected to a docking station. This eliminates the need for an additional storage tank at the filling stations. Hydrospider received the Swiss Logistics Award 2021 for this efficient and cost-effective concept with the swap bodies and docking stations, which were specifically designed by H2 Energy. GS1 Switzerland has been honouring new and pioneering logistics services with this award since 1996.
The expected 1,600 commercial hydrogen vehicles will eliminate up to 33,000 tonnes of diesel per year and reduce CO2 emissions from road transport by approximately 120,000 tonnes.
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«Бичкрафт», Бич Эйркрафт (, бывш. Beechcraft Division of Raytheon) — американский производитель гражданских и военных самолётов, ныне подразделение компании Hawker Beechcraft. Самолёты марки Бичкрафт имеют репутацию очень надёжных самолётов, но вместе с ней являются одними из самых дорогих в своих классах.

История
Основана в 1932 году как совместное предприятие Уолтера Бича и его жены Оливии Энн Бич. На то время являлось всего лишь заводом их нынешнего конкурента — Цессны. Первый собственный самолёт «Бич Стэггервинг» (Модель 17), разработанный Тэдом Уэллсом, впервые взлетел в ноябре 1932 года. Эти самолёты строились для американской армии всю Вторую мировую войну (выпущено 270 экземпляров).

8 февраля 1980 года приобретена компанией Raytheon.

21 декабря 2006 года компания Raytheon объявила о сделке по продаже подразделения Raytheon Aircraft компании Hawker Beechcraft Inc., принадлежащей компании GS Capital Partners, являющейся подразделением Goldman Sachs и Onex. Сделка не затрагивала подразделения Flight Options и Raytheon Airline Aviation Services (RAAS), оставшихся в собственности Raytheon. Продажа была завершена 26 марта 2007 года.

Продукты

Гражданские самолёты

 Beech 17 Staggerwing
 Модель 18
 Beechcraft Musketeer
 Beechcraft Musketeer (Модель 24 «Сьерра»)
 Beechcraft Bonanza («Дибонэйр»)
 Модели 35 и 36 «Бонанца»
 Beechcraft Twin Bonanza
 Модель 55 и 58 «Барон»
 Beechcraft Duke
 Beechcraft Queen Air
 Beechcraft Duchess
 Beechcraft Skipper
 Модели 90, 100, 200, 300 и 350 «Кинг Эйр»
 Beechcraft Travel Air
 Beechcraft Model 99
 Модель 400 «Бичджет»
 Модель 1900 «Эйрлайнер»
 Beechcraft Starship
 Beechcraft Premier I

Военные самолёты

 Beechcraft XA-38 Grizzly»
 AT-7 Navigator «Навигатор»
 C-6 «Юти»
 C-12 «Гурон» (RC-12 «Гуардрэйл»)
 C-43 «Тревелэр»
 C-45 «Экспедитор»
 CT-128 «Экспедитор»
 CT-134 «Мушкетёр»
 CT-145 «Супер Кингэйр»
 T-1A «Джейхоук»
 T-6 «Тексан II» (CT-156 «Гарвард II»)
 T-34 «Ментор»
 T-42 «Кочис»
 U-8 «Семиноль»
 U-21 «Юти»

БПЛА
 AQM-37 «Джейхоук»
 Beechcraft MQM-61 Cardinal

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Авиастроительные компании США

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Interstellar gas | Article about Interstellar gas by The Free Dictionary
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(ISM) The matter contained in the region between the stars of the Galaxy, constituting about 10% of the galactic mass. It is largely confined to a thin layer in the galactic plane and tends to be concentrated in the spiral arms. Several different constituents have been observed in the ISM, including clouds of ionized hydrogen – H II regions – and smaller relatively cool (100 kelvin) clouds of neutral hydrogen – H I regions – surrounded by more tenuous regions of hot gas (1000–10 000 K). The presence of some very much hotter regions has been inferred from a diffuse background of soft X-ray emission and by ultraviolet absorption lines. There are also very cool (10 K) dense clouds of molecular hydrogen – molecular clouds – in which a number of other molecules and radicals have been observed.
There are several components of the ISM. In the three phase model of the ISM these are referred to as the cold neutral medium (H I gas at about 70 K and a density of 30 cm–3 filling 3–4% of the total volume), the warm neutral medium (H I, 6000 K, 0.3 cm–3, 20% of the volume), and the hot ionized medium (H II, 106 K, 10–3 cm–3, 70% of the volume). The three components are in approximate pressure equilibrium, and gas may cycle back and forth between the three phases.
In addition to the gas, cosmic dust is to be found throughout the medium. The dust comprises small solid grains that are between about 0.01 to 0.1 μm in size. The grains are thought to be composed of carbon, silicates, or iron material, with mantles of water and ammonia ice and possibly solid carbon dioxide, when they occur in dense molecular clouds. The total mass of interstellar dust is thought to be about 1% of the gas mass. The dust causes dimming and reddening of starlight (see interstellar extinction) and also interstellar polarization of starlight. The interstellar grains can undergo a complex life cycle, passing into and out of molecular clouds: the ISM is constantly churned up by shock waves from expanding supernova remnants, by stellar winds and bipolar outflows, and by other forces. While in a molecular cloud the grains may be incorporated in a newly forming star, and may later be ejected back into the ISM in a stellar wind or supernova explosion.
The medium is permeated by a flux of cosmic rays that spiral along the field lines of the galactic magnetic field of a few microgauss and cause the synchrotron emission that is the galactic radio background radiation. Radio maps show that this radiation is largely confined to the galactic plane but has several spurs, in particular the north galactic spur, radiating away from it. The north galactic spur is the most prominent segment of a huge fragmentary ring of gas detected at radio and X-ray wavelengths. This giant gas shell is probably a nearby old supernova remnant.
the tenuous material—interstellar gas and minute dust particles—filling the space between the stars in our and other galaxies. The interstellar medium also includes cosmic rays, interstellar magnetic fields, and quanta of electromagnetic radiation of various wavelengths. Near the sun (and other stars), the interstellar medium merges into the interplanetary medium; the space between the galaxies is filled by the intergalactic medium. V. la. Struve was the first to deduce (in 1847) the existence of an interstellar medium that absorbs star-light, but actual proof came only in the 1930's (the American astronomer R. Trumpler and the Soviet astronomer B. A. Vorontsov-Vel'iaminov).
Interstellar gas consists of neutral and ionized atoms and molecules. The main mass of the gas is made up of atoms of hydrogen and helium (90 percent and 10 percent, respectively, by the number of atoms) with small admixtures of oxygen, carbon, neon, and nitrogen (about 0.01 percent of each). Of the molecules, the most abundantly represented is H2, which is concentrated in clouds. In addition, there are small quantities of CH, OH, H2O, NH3, CH2O, and other organic and inorganic molecules. The interstellar gas is almost equally mixed with interstellar dust, which consists of particles measuring from 10-4 to 3 X 10-6 cm in diameter. The smaller particles consist of Fe and SiOa, and the larger ones have partially graphite cores, possibly with an admixture of iron and coated with condensed gases, such as CH4, NH3, and H2O. Gas and dust are almost entirely absent in elliptical galaxies, but in spiral galaxies of types Sa, Sb, and Sc they constitute about 1 percent, 3 percent, and 10 percent, respectively, of the galactic mass, and in irregular galaxies about 16 percent. The interstellar gas and dust are strongly concentrated in the galactic plane, forming a disk whose thickness averages several hundred parsecs and increases toward the periphery, sometimes to several kiloparsecs. The concentration of gas in the disks averages one atom or several atoms per cubic centimeter (density about 10-24 g/cm3); outside the disk and at its edges, the density of the gas is significantly less. In spiral galaxies, much of the gas and dust is concentrated in the spiral arms: the density of gas between the arms is three to ten times less than within the arms. In the arms, about 80-90 percent of the gas is concentrated in interstellar clouds, which often coalesce to form gas-dust complexes, located mainly on the inside (concave) side of the spiral arms. The parameters of interstellar clouds are extremely varied.
In our galaxy the diameters of the interstellar clouds are usually 5-40 parsecs; the concentration of atoms in them ranges from 2 to 100 atoms per cubic centimeter, and the temperature from 20° to 100°K. Clouds occupy about 10 percent of the volume of the galactic disk. The gas and dust of the interstellar medium along with the stars move around the center of the galactic disk in near-circular orbits with mean velocities of 100-200 km/sec. Individual clouds of interstellar gas have proper (peculiar) velocities averaging 10 km/sec and sometimes reaching 50-100 km/sec. In the galactic halo, gas of unknown origin has been observed falling onto the Galactic plane with velocities of tens or hundreds (up to 200) km/sec. The concentration of atoms between the clouds is 0.02-0.2 per cubic centimeter, and the temperature is 7°-10,000°K.
Hydrogen, helium, and other elements whose ionization potential is larger than that of hydrogen are ionized very weakly within the clouds, but between clouds the hydrogen is ionized to several tens of a percent. The remaining elements are singly ionized by the light of the stars. Such clouds and the medium between them are called H I (neutral hydrogen) regions and occupy the main part of the galactic disk. Around hot O-type stars the hydrogen is strongly (up to 99 percent) ionized by ultraviolet radiation. Such regions are termed H II (ionized hydrogen) regions, or Stromgren spheres. The temperature of the H II regions reaches 6000°-8000°K; the size of these regions varies, depending on the temperature of the star and on the density of the gas, from fractions of a parsec to several tens of parsecs; in exceptional cases it reaches several hundred parsecs. In addition to the ionized interstellar clouds, significantly denser diffuse nebulas, in which the concentration reaches tens or hundreds of atoms per cubic centimeter, are usually observed around hot stars. Possibly these nebulae are remnants of the dense complex out of which these hot stars were formed. The H II regions gradually expand under the influence of the hot gas. If in the way of such a cloud there happens to be a condensation from an H I region, then the boundary of the H II region bends around the condensation, eroding it from all sides. In this manner are formed the dark (against the bright background of the H II regions), cold, dense H I regions in the shape of filaments ("elephant trunks") or spherical clumps (globules). Bright emission lines of hydrogen and forbidden lines of oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, and some other elements are observed in the spectra of H II regions, as are weak continuous spectra. At radio wavelengths these regions radiate a continuous spectrum, as well as lines of hydrogen and helium arising from quantum transitions between very high energy levels. In the H I regions the gas does not radiate at optical wavelengths. These regions are studied by means of absorption lines in the light from stars situated behind the regions. Much information is provided by resonance absorption lines of atoms and ions, which are located in the ultraviolet region of the spectrum and are observable from space probes. Information about the neutral hydrogen in our galaxy and in other galaxies, such as the hydrogen's distribution and motion, is obtained by observing the line of neutral hydrogen at the radio wavelength of 21 cm. However, only a small fraction of the thermal energy of the gas in the H I regions is radiated at this wavelength. Most of the energy is radiated by H I regions in the far-infrared spectral lines of O atoms and C, Si, Fe, and other ions.
The mean density of the dust in the Milky Way Galaxy's disk is 10-26 g/cm3 (0.01 of the gas density). This dust absorbs starlight, absorbing more strongly in the blue than in the red. Therefore, because of the dust, the light observed from distant stars appears dimmer and redder than it actually is. The presence of dust prevents the observation of stars lying in the galactic plane at distances of more than 3 kiloparsecs from the earth. The dense clouds of gas and of dust that absorbs the light appear dark against the bright background of the Milky Way. Gas-dust clouds stand out even more sharply when projected against a bright nebula. Near very bright stars (primarily class B) the dust is illuminated sufficiently to be photographed from the earth; these bright clouds are called reflection nebulae. The layer of gas and dust in other galaxies, observed edge on, is seen as a dark band. Interstellar dust particles are nonspherical in shape and are generally oriented in a definite way with respect to the Milky Way Galaxy's magnetic field; this causes the polarization of starlight.
The masses of large gas-dust complexes can reach tens or hundreds of thousands of solar masses. In the central regions the temperature is very low (sometimes only 5°-6°K) with concentrations of atoms up to several hundred per cubic centimeter and more, and the density of the dust is greater than 1/100 of the density of the gas. The latter circumstance is associated with the fact that at low temperatures and high densities molecule formation occurs, including the formation of polyatomic molecules, followed by the adherence of these molecules to the dust particles. Stars may be formed in such places. In connection with this, it is highly significant that in the central portions of these complexes, compact objects are observed (of the order of 1015 cm and smaller in size), out of which possibly stars (protostars) and planets form. They radiate intensively at radio wavelengths of the molecules OH, H2O, and others, the radiation sometimes resembling that from lasers. Much less common in the interstellar medium are the particles making up cosmic rays and having enormous energies—from 106 to 1020 eV, but their total energy in a cubic centimeter is about 1 eV, that is, it exceeds the energy of thermal motion of the interstellar gas. High-energy cosmic rays interact weakly with the gas and dust, occasionally causing nuclear reactions. Less energetic particles (106-107 eV) are capable of heating and ionizing the interstellar gas and are among the principal sources of the heating of H I regions. The intensity of the interstellar magnetic field is low (105 times weaker than the earth's magnetic field), but the field's energy is approximately equal to that of the cosmic rays. Therefore, the pressure of the cosmic rays and the pressure of the magnetic field play an essential role in the dynamics of the interstellar medium. Electromagnetic quanta in the interstellar medium have frequencies ranging from radio wavelengths to hard gamma radiation. The greatest influence on the interstellar gas and dust is exerted by optical radiation, ultraviolet radiation, and soft X-radiation (with energy quanta of less than 1 keV). The last, which partly comes from intergalactic space and partly originates in X-ray sources within the Milky Way Galaxy, causes (together with cosmic rays) the heating and partial ionization of the H I regions. Optical and ultraviolet quanta in interstellar space are the result of radiation from stars in our galaxy.
In galaxies there is a constant exchange of matter between the stars and the interstellar medium. The interstellar medium serves as material for the formation of stars, and the stars, in turn, eject part of their matter into the interstellar medium, simultaneously imparting kinetic energy to the gas. This occurs even during the quiet stages of stellar evolution, as well as at the end of the evolution, when the star throws off an envelope, forming a planetary nebula, or explodes as a supernova. A constant circulation of matter takes place, during which the quantity of gas in the interstellar medium is gradually depleted. In particular, the latter circumstance explains why there is no gas in elliptical galaxies while at the same time there is a great deal of it in irregular galaxies—here it has been depleted least of all. Insofar as during the process of stellar evolution, and especially during supernova outbursts, nuclear reactions alter the chemical composition of the gas, the composition of the interstellar medium, and consequently of the stars formed from it, also changes. In addition, an exchange of gas occurs between galactic cores and the interstellar medium.
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Stromgren investigated theoretically the photoionization of interstellar gas and discovered the great importance of the radiation from the relatively rare, hot O stars in fixing the physical conditions in space.
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The new observations confirm predictions by astrophysicists over the past 25 years that whenever the temperature exceeds 200 degrees F, chemical reactions will convert most of the oxygen atoms in interstellar gas into water.
Scientists discover inter-galactic well
They developed computer simulations that explore how interstellar gas interacts with the harsh radiation from primordial stars or with a large black hole.
Black hole born without stellar parent: direct collapse of gas may explain observations in remote galaxy
As this massive star plows through space, astronomers discovered, its strong outflowing wind causes interstellar gas and dust to stack up in front of it, like the shock front of air that piles up ahead of a high-performance jet.
Runaways' telltale shocks
Favre is the greatest one-man show the league can offer, Warner is this unearthly being unleashing a Milky Way of luminous receivers and interstellar gas.
FEELING FAVRE FROM HOME
The VERA Project, organized by the National Astronomical Observatory, aims to generate the first-ever three-dimensional map of the Milky Way by ''tuning in'' to waves emitted by warm interstellar gas.
Wireless Internet threatening Japanese radio astronomy project
Color-enhanced image of the Eskimo nebula, or cloud of interstellar gas, as seen by the Keck telescope.
Superstar Search
When the hydroxyl group had been detected in interstellar gas clouds (see 1963), astronomers had been surprised.
But according to the Finnish researchers, their simulation of light transferring momentum in a transparent medium would also apply to interstellar gas.
Does This Light Experiment Disprove The Big Bang Theory?
A galactic skeleton of dark interstellar gas tendrils might help map the scaffolding of our galaxy, a new study suggests.
Galaxy's 'bones' map its structure: gas tendrils trace the milky way's spiral arms, study finds
This halo isn't part of HDW 2, but rather interstellar gas that's been ionized by radiation escaping the planetary nebula.
Night's serenity: the jewels of Cassiopeia sparkle on a peaceful winter night
The underlying physical processes that give rise to the "string of pearls" structure are related to the Jeans instability, a physics phenomenon that occurs when the internal pressure of an interstellar gas cloud is not strong enough to prevent gravitational collapse of a region filled with matter, resulting in star formation.
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At a time when interest in offering STEM-focused after-school programs is rapidly growing, a new report highlights the potential of "STEM-rich institutions" to serve as partners to make this a reality.
"The after-school environment provides a space for rigorous, hands-on STEM learning and engages a diverse group of children and youth," says the report from the Afterschool Alliance. Additionally, because these programs are set outside the formal school day, the report notes, they allow students to better match their learning experiences to their interests and skills.
This is the first of two issue briefs from the Afterschool Alliance that focus on ways to bring more STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) learning opportunities into schools through outside partnerships. Drawing from its Afterschool STEM Impact Awards, announced earlier this year, the briefs address two major topics of discussion in the after-school field: The first looks at partnerships with STEM-rich institutions, such as science centers, aquariums, STEM-focused businesses, or even federal agencies like NASA. The second will discuss computing and engineering in after-school settings. This second brief also will feature some of this year's winners of the STEM impact awards to illustrate the value of these types of programs.
Partnerships withoutside organizations can be a valuable resource, as they provide many of the characteristics that good STEM programs should include, the new report says, such as possible mentors, real-world materials, and opportunities for hands-on learning.
A higher likelihood of graduation and pursuing a STEM career.
A 2012 report by the advocacy group Change the Equation found that less than 20 percent of households have children enrolled in such STEM after-school programs. These programs need support, though, in order to grow. In a 2011 Afterschool Alliance poll, programs ranked funding as the highest need for maintain STEM programming. A desire for partnerships with STEM professionals and STEM-rich institutions was a close second.
The report details the role that these partnerships play in successful after-school programs. For example, it says science centers, museums, and other cultural institutions offer a wealth of resources and staff with STEM and educational expertise, as well as exhibits, artifacts, and equipment to give students a hands-on learning experience. Many also offer opportunities for teacher professional development. In addition, many businesses also getting more engaged in efforts to address the shortage of individuals with STEM skills. Company employees in the STEM fields are good mentors and role models, and businesses also help students get a behind-the-scenes look at operations.
Also, government agencies like the National Science Foundation and NASA invest substantial resources in STEM education initiatives, the report explains. Many of these agencies run programs to help develop and assess after-school programs. Also, like universities and business, they can act as a vast resource of STEM professionals who can engage young people.
For a closer look at the larger issue of learning about science and STEM outside of school, check out this Education Week special report.


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Wanji Walcott Joins Discover as Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel
July 22, 2019 08:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time
RIVERWOODS, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wanji Walcott, an accomplished business executive and legal expert in global payments platforms, joined Discover today as chief legal officer and general counsel and a member of the company's Executive Committee.
In her new position, Walcott will lead Discover's corporate legal function, which plays a critical role advising on corporate and product strategies, as well as managing litigation and legislative and regulatory affairs.
"Wanji's extensive experience working with global payments organizations and navigating an evolving regulatory landscape will help guide our success and strategy for growth," said Roger Hochschild, Discover's CEO and president.
Walcott joins Discover from PayPal, where she was senior vice president and general counsel and has led the company's global legal organization since 2017. She launched the PayPal pro bono program and has held leadership roles in initiatives to promote employee development and diversity & inclusion, including the launch of PayPal's Black Employee network and serving as global executive sponsor of PayPal's Women's Employee network.
Prior to PayPal, Walcott spent 13 years with American Express where she last served as senior vice president, managing counsel for global legal support in payments, ecommerce/social media initiatives and data security.
Walcott succeeds Discover's former general counsel Kelly McNamara Corley, who retired earlier this year after 36 years with the company.
About Discover
Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) is a direct banking and payment services company with one of the most recognized brands in U.S. financial services. Since its inception in 1986, the company has become one of the largest card issuers in the United States. The company issues the Discover card, America's cash rewards pioneer, and offers private student loans, personal loans, home equity loans, checking and savings accounts and certificates of deposit through its direct banking business. It operates the Discover Global Network comprised of Discover Network, with millions of merchant and cash access locations; PULSE, one of the nation's leading ATM/debit networks; and Diners Club International, a global payments network with acceptance around the world. For more information, visit www.discover.com/company.
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Wanji Walcott joins Discover Financial Services as general counsel and chief legal officer.


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The Advent School invites you to our campus to engage in dialogue about social justice teaching, Reggio-inspiration, and progressive education.
The Advent School invites you to our campus to engage in dialogue about social justice teaching, Reggio-inspiration, and progressive education. We offer visit days, workshops, and tailored learning experiences for educators working with a range of age groups (early education to upper elementary), as well as educational leaders and administrators. Ongoing dialogue and collaboration with fellow educators is an important part of our professional learning, the advancement of our profession, and the imagining of new possibilities for education.
We offer free educator visits and day-long Educator Partner Experiences, along with night and weekend programs. Find out more about each program by exploring the links on the left. We hope you will join us at our of our upcoming events!


Coastal Stays Victoria - Activities & Attractions - Activities & Attractions - Apollo Bay. Page 1.
From Apollo Bay passengers have a choice of flights and packages to explore Victoria's greatest coastal landmarks by air.
Experience the Great Ocean Road via the historical Shipwreck Coast to the 12 Apostles (flight route follows The Great Ocean Walk). Return to Apollo Bay in time for lunch.
*Flights from $60p.p. (Cessna min 2 persons).
• Always swim between the flags marking the area safer for swimming.
• Be careful where you dive – accidents often result from diving into shallow waters.
• Float with a current or undertow. Don't try to swim against it.
• When out on the water always wear the correct safety equipment.
Walking tracks to the various waterfall in the Otways can become muddy and slippery after rain. Appropriate footwear is recommended and stick to the designated tracks. Also be aware that mobile phones are frequently out of range in the Otways.
Turn right at the post office and follow the signs to Paradise and the Barnham River Road approx 13kms to the carpark. Follow the track along the river you will come to stepping stones (not always passable after heavy rains). Walk 3.4km (allow 1 hour return). See magnificent tree ferns, lichens and mosses on this stunning walk which takes you across several creek crossings. Waterproof footwear is recommended.
One of the most spectacular waterfalls in the Otways which has in recent times undergone an extensive upgrade. View the lower cascades as you follow the raised boardwalk through to the main falls. 3 cascades thunder past the viewing platform.
Triplet Falls is approx 90 minutes from Apollo Bay via Lavers Hill. At Lavers Hill turn right into Colac Lavers Hill Road follow for approx 14 kilometres turn right onto Phillips Track. This gravel road will lead you to the falls a great place for a family picnic, facilities include toilets and tables.
Return to Lavers Hill Colac Road and turn right towards Beech Forest, approximately 8 kms. Just past Beech Forest turn right into Aire Valley Road (gravel road) a short drive turn left to Beauchamp Falls Picnic facilities include tables and toilets. The walk to the falls is quite strenuous for some, moderate for others. It is recommended that you are of a certain fitness level.
Return to Aire Valley Road turn left travel approx 6kms and you will arrive at the falls carpark. Easy walk down the steps with hand rail, approx 10 minutes, but be aware its a hard, steep, walk back to carpark. Boardwalk with viewing platform at the spectacular falls makes the effort worthwhile.
Well worth continuing for a short distance down Aire Valley Road to the forest of Californian Redwoods planted in 1936. To experience this forest, stop at the river crossing.
Explore the Great Otway National Park – One of the finest temperate rainforests in Australia. Magnificent fern gullies, waterfalls, huge trees, some hundreds of years old. Walks and self drive tours await exploration in Victoria's newest National Park which covers some 103,000 hectares and combines what was the Otway National Park, Angahook-Lorne State Park, Carlisle State Park, Melba Gully State Park and State Forest areas.
Walking tracks in the Great Otway National Park and the Otways can become muddy and slippery after rain. Appropriate footwear is recommended. Also be aware that mobile phones are frequently out of range in the Otways. And always stick to the nominated tracks do not venture off on your own.
Approx 8kms west from Apollo Bay on the Great Ocean Road is the turn off to Elliott River picnic area. There is a 1 hour return walk to Shelley Beach. The longer walk to Elliott River takes about 2 hours.
Toilets, picnic tables. Be aware of tide movements avoid at high tide.
From Blanket Bay camp ground there is a diverse walk through coastal forest descending to Parker Inlet. Two lookouts along the way provide panoramic ocean and estuary views.
Approx 1.5 kilometers 30-40 minutes.
During the Summer and Easter holiday periods Blanket Bay campsites are allocated by ballot. Outside of this period the campground is available on a first-in first-served basis.
Cape Otway Lightstation Walks follow the Great Ocean Road 20kms turn left onto Cape Otway Lighthouse Road (clearly signed) approx 13 kilometers to the carpark. From car park there are marked walking tracks including a short walk to the fascinating cemetery the final resting place of early pioneers and ship wreck victims approx 30 minutes return. There is also a longer walk to Rainbow Falls approx 4-5 hours return. The Lightstation (entrance fee) is the oldest surviving lighthouse on the Australian mainland and was built by convicts in 1848. Guided tours allow you to experience views of the Southern Ocean from 90 metres above ground (take your camera or video) the tour also includes the Telegraph Station (1859) and other historic buildings. Accommodation is available and the café has great coffee and light meals.
91 km walk which links Apollo Bay to Glenample (opposite the 12 Apostles) passes through Great Otway and Port Campbell National Parks.
Short walks, day hikes and overnight treks, guided walks, hire equipment, accommodation.
Apollo Bay to Cape Otway Lightstation Distance 33kms Duration Approx 3 days. Outstanding coast and forest scenery. Shorter walks – step on step off include Shelley Beach, Blanket Bay, Parker Hill.
Approx 17kms (25 minutes) from Apollo Bay on the way to Lavers Hill this walk is about 40 minutes return and is a great walk for any age. The boardwalk takes you into the heart of the rainforest under a canopy of trees.
The viewing platform is located beneath the old Myrtle Beech tree which is approximately 300 years old.
3kms west of Lavers Hill 30 minute return walk relatively easy walk amongst huge blackwood, myrtle beech and tree ferns. Glow worms are seen at night. Toilets, picnic tables and free gas BBQ.
Carry all weather clothing as sudden weather changes are common.
Mobile phones are frequently out of range.
Be aware of slippery, winding roads and oncoming traffic.
Every Saturday on the Foreshore 9am to 1pm.
Local home grown produce and handmade wares.
Koalas can be seen in their natural habitat on the Cape Otway Lightstation Road. The road is narrow and traffic can be heavy so be aware as visitors tend to get excited and stop suddenly when they see a koala. The area with the most koalas is approximately 2 kilometres from the Lightstation. Remember do not pat or try and pick up a koala as they are not pets.
One of Australia's most famous and unique native animals is the Koala. Koala's are marsupials, that is the young are born and nutured in a pouch - They are not related to Bears.
Come and visit the Marengo Marine Santyary and experience up close the seals in their natural environment.
All equipment and wetsuit is provided.
Schools and group bookings available.
3 kilometres west of Lavers Hill approximately 1 hour leisurely drive from Apollo Bay.
Known as the Jewel of the Otways, this is one of the wettest places in the state. The gully has prolific plant growth and is a dense rainforest of Myrtle Beech, Blackwood and Tree-ferns, with an understorey of low ferns and mosses.
Perhaps the most unusual inhabitants of the area are the glow worms, which can be seen at night along the walking tracks.
The 35 minute Madsen's Track Nature Walk departs from the picnic area, providing an adventure into a world of ancient, mossy trees and cool fern gullies.
Picnic tables, a gas barbecue and toilets are provided at this site. Camping is not permitted.
Conditions can change in parks for many reasons. For the latest information on changes to local conditions, please visit the relevant park page on the Parks Victoria website.
Every Third Sunday of the Month 9am-1pm at 21 Moore Street Apollo Bay Youth Club.
17 kilometres west of Apollo Bay on the Great Ocean Road is Mait's Rest Rainforest walk in the Great Otway National Park. Easy stroll along boardwalks under a canopy of trees to viewing platform. Beautiful ferns and tall rainforest trees.
Walk approximately 1 kilometre allow 30-40 minutes.


About 60 people attended the Holiday Potluck at the Wonder Valley Community Center last Saturday, which ran from noon to 3 p.m.
Volunteers Kevin Bone, Monica Shaw, Lisa Manifold, Steve Reyes and his wife, and Bill and Bob, helped Community MAC Delegate Teresa Sitz host the event. Ricardo Figueroa, the WVCC coordinator helped, too, setting up tables and cleaning up. DaShon made sure everyone had a name tag.
The staff from Pacific Clinics came and joined in the festivities.
Many thanks to everyone who came, and made such lovely dishes to share.
Diane, Mary and Diane help Kevin set up the dessert table which Jerry samples.
Little Jackson grooves as Bill and Bob play for the crowd. Bill and Bob often play at the 29 Palms Inn. It was much easier hearing them at the WVCC and their music was the perfect backdrop for a community gathering.
There had not been a community potluck in the two years I've served as the MAC Delegate. I was unsure how many people would come and was very pleased to see so many people attending. Others, who couldn't make it, dropped off contributions, which were gratefully received.


Completely satisfied with Safety King. Kerry scheduled the appointment with me – she was very prompt after I e-mailed with initial questions and was good via e-mail and telephone after that. Eric and Brendan came to the house in the 30 minute time period we were given. I was extremely impressed with their attention to detail – to ensure their truck didn't leak any fluids on to my asphalt driveway, they put down a tarp. Also, given that the truck has to run the entire time while the house door is open, they put a tube on the exhaust pipe to route it away from the door. Once inside, Eric did a great job explaining everything to me. Both Eric and Brendan were very polite and they worked hard the entire time they were here. Further, Eric suggested a duct treatment as a result of what he saw on his camera – he was able to justify to me why he thought it was a good idea, but was not pushy about it. Would definitely recommend Safety King, Kerry, Eric, and Brendan to anyone who asks.


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Family says community is forcing out 8-year-old girl battling cancer
PUNTA GORDA, FL-- A family says a 55-plus community is forcing out a girl battling cancer.
8-year-old Amani Norton is suffering from a rare form of stomach cancer The young girl was diagnosed in November but after two surgeries doctors found three more tumors in February. Now, Amani is undergoing 16 weeks of chemotherapy.
Amani, her mom and her siblings moved into a 55 and over community with her grandmother. The move was intended to help Amani's mom who is out of work because she is caring for her daughter. However, the community management is giving Amani's grandmother 7 days to get them out, according to the family. If not, she will be kicked out in 30 days. Residents say the management should make a special exception in this case.
Management at community have failed to return calls or requests for comment.
Amani's family has set up an account on GofundMe to help pay for her medical expenses. To help her, please visit https://www.gofundme.com/amanisfight.


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C.R. Keeps Streak Alive, Dominates U.S.
The United States soccer team stepped off the field Wednesday night after a 3-1 loss, still haunted by the curse that's kept it from winning a game in San José for more than 20 years.
In each World Cup qualifier since 1989, the United States has been unable to deliver a win in the intimidating concrete confines of Ricardo Saprissa Stadium, just north of the city. And this most recent game was no different. From the beginning, the North American giant never had a chance.
Costa Rican players, dancing around the defense and picking off every stray ball, caught the North Americans flat footed. Pushing up the field with an unrelenting attack, the Ticos lodged an early goal in the second minute and chased it with another goal 10 minutes later.
Despite efforts to control the game with long sequences of passes and organized attacks, the United States team could not break away from the Ticos' constant pressure.
"If you look at every area, we came up short," said Coach Bob Bradley, speaking to members of the media before his team climbed on a 1:30 a.m. flight out of San José.
The scoreboard remained stagnant until the 69th minute, when Costa Rican player Pablo Herrera moved past a defender and charged the goal unmarked. He drove the ball to the lower right-hand corner, making the game 3-0 with less than 25 minutes left on the clock.
The U.S. team got a lucky break in the 92nd minute, when Costa Rican defender Junior Díaz tripped Oguchialu Onyewu in the penalty box. Veteran Landon Donovan drove the ball into the net, allowing the U.S. team to leave the game with one goal on the scoreboard.
Although they were ranked higher in the World Cup qualifying group, the U.S. team came into this match as the underdog. Along with never having won a game on Costa Rican soil, they were facing a 24,000-fanfilled-stadium, clad in red and rooting against them. They were also playing on Saprissa's hard artificial turf, the only artificial grass used in FIFA World Cup qualifiers anywhere the world, and they had to adjust to the ball bouncing higher and skipping further.
But, in the end, it wasn't the turf or the fans or the curse that got them; it was the team.
The U.S. team returns home to face the Honduran team in Chicago on Saturday. The result of Wednesday's game will make the U.S. even more ready for that game, Howard said. "We've got our work cut out for us and, in a way, that's kind of good." Costa Rica's National Team, La Sele, will play against the Trinidad and Tobago team on Saturday and against the Honduran team in August.
With this win, Costa Rica tops its qualifying group and, if it maintains this position, it will be one of the three teams sent to the FIFA World Cup Soccer Tournament in South Africa in 2010.
The U.S. team players left the pitch on Wednesday night with their heads hung low, but soccer pundits still expect them to be among the three regional teams competing in South Africa.
As far as the lack of success that continues to haunt the U.S. players at Saprissa Stadium, there should be some good news for the next time they visit this little country of four million people. A new national team stadium is under construction in the heart of the city, and the blocky Saprissa Stadium, which shakes when the stands fill with people, may be seeing its last days as a venue for international matches.
But for now, the curse lingers on.


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MAC Newsletter, October 2020
Metropolitan Airports Commission sent this bulletin at 10/29/2020 03:15 PM CDT
Cora's Lounge opens at St. Paul Downtown Airport
MEA week saw increased traffic at MSP
Improvements advance at Crystal and Lake Elmo Airports
Earlier this month, the St. Paul Downtown Airport marked the opening of "Cora's Lounge," located in a converted section of the historic terminal building's lobby.
Operated by Holman's Table, the popular restaurant just down the hall, the cozy lounge area allows the restaurant to accommodate more guests.
"If trends continue, it's absolutely going to help us," said Troy Reding, co-owner of the restaurant.
With seating limited to just 50 percent of capacity (10 tables) due to coronavirus social-distancing requirements, Reding and his team asked the Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) if it could expand into the airport lobby.
"We want them to succeed so we opened it up and they did a really nice job of decorating the space," said Mike Wilson, manager of the St. Paul Downtown and Crystal airports for the MAC. "It looks like an old-time airport lounge."
In addition to some couches and cozy chairs, the lobby space allows for eight more tables – room for 30 to 35 people with social distancing – to make up for the lost patio seating due to the onset of colder weather.
Cora's Lounge is open from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, and until 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturdays. In addition, happy hours in the lounge are from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays. That menu features cocktails and small plates such as crab cakes, a hamburger made with organic beef, and mushroom toast.
The lounge is named for Cora M. Fuller who, in 1931, became the first Minnesota woman to get her pilot's license.
A recent bright spot for Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) included an uptick in passenger numbers the week of MEA.
The annual Minnesota Educator Academy break wrapped up the weekend of Oct. 16, and managed to spur the biggest week of passenger travel at MSP since the first impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in March.
In a typical year, the four-day MEA weekend is one of the busiest travel periods for MSP. On Thursday, Oct 15, nearly 17,500 passengers cleared Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoints, making it the single busiest day since the week of March 16.
"It's encouraging to see the positive trend in passenger traffic. I believe it reflects the tremendous work MSP, other airports, the airlines, and our federal partners have done in implementing major health safety initiatives for passengers and the public," said Brian Ryks, CEO of the Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC), which operates MSP. "I think there's a pent-up demand to travel again, and it's merging with the public's increased confidence about traveling safely."
Read more at this web page.
Construction projects at two of the General Aviation airports operated by the Metropolitan Airports Commission progressed in the months leading up to another Minnesota winter. Work is set to wrap up soon at Crystal Airport, and a new phase of construction starts soon at Lake Elmo Airport.
At Crystal Airport, major construction is complete, with a new taxiway open and Runway 14/32 undergoing nighttime groove work to increase braking action for planes.
The improvements at Crystal helped align the airfield infrastructure with forecasted levels of flight activity, and enhanced airfield safety by simplifying the layout of runways and taxiways.
Also, a new self-serve fuel system at Crystal has a new pilots' lounge nearby, in a repurposed conference room in the base of the airport's air traffic control tower building (pictured above). Read more here.
At the Lake Elmo Airport, the realignment of 30th Street N. between Manning Avenue and Neal Avenue (pictured) was completed this summer.
In coming months, grading work will begin on the site of the planned new runway and adjacent taxiways.
When the project is complete in 2022, the Lake Elmo Airport will have a new runway, 14/32, and a new parallel taxiway, converted from the existing runway. The lengthened runway will improve safety, address failing infrastructure and better meet the needs of existing airport users and their aircraft operations.
The projects at both Crystal and Lake Elmo followed lengthy periods of planning, environmental assessments and public input.
As we move ever closer to the holiday season, MSP's strategies for safe and healthy travel remain a top priority for both airline passengers and airport employees.
To ensure we're keeping your concerns top-of-mind, we're asking travelers for their feedback via a three-minute survey.
We want to know your expectations regarding air travel and your comfort level with your next flight. Your input will help guide our next steps. And we're tracking traveler sentiment over time, so if you took the survey earlier, feel free to take it again.
Thank you for your help in making air travel safe and comfortable.
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An official MLB baseball autographed by MAJOR LEAGUE MOVIE Actor CHARLIE SHEEN, who played Ricky "Wild Thing" Vaughn. Signature is in blue ball point pen and includes the "#99″. This would make a great addition to any Major League Movie collection! This item was signed at our store during a Public signing in our store. It is guaranteed to be 100% authentic and will a COA from PSA/DNA Authentication with matching serial numbers. We have been in business for over 30 years and are frequently featured on Signings Hotline as well as SCD. We specialize in Super I&II Green Bay Packers as well as 1982 Milwaukee Brewers autograph memorabilia. Thanks for looking, we appreciate your business. The item "CHARLIE SHEEN Signed MLB Baseball AUTO with 99 R Vaughn MAJOR LEAGUE Movie PSA" is in sale since Monday, January 15, 2018. This item is in the category "Sports Mem, Cards & Fan Shop\Autographs-Original\Baseball-MLB\Balls". The seller is "waukeshasportscards" and is located in Waukesha, Wisconsin. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Dominican republic, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, El salvador, Honduras, Jamaica.
An official MLB baseball autographed by MAJOR LEAGUE MOVIE Actor CHARLIE SHEEN, who played Ricky "Wild Thing" Vaughn. Signature is in blue ball point pen and includes the "#99″. This would make a great addition to any Major League Movie collection! This item was signed at our store during a Public signing in our store. It is guaranteed to be 100% authentic and will a COA from PSA/DNA Authentication with matching serial numbers. We have been in business for over 30 years and are frequently featured on Signings Hotline as well as SCD. We specialize in Super I&II Green Bay Packers as well as 1982 Milwaukee Brewers autograph memorabilia. Thanks for looking, we appreciate your business. The item "CHARLIE SHEEN Signed MLB Baseball AUTO with 99 R Vaughn MAJOR LEAGUE Movie PSA" is in sale since Wednesday, May 31, 2017. This item is in the category "Sports Mem, Cards & Fan Shop\Autographs-Original\Baseball-MLB\Balls". The seller is "waukeshasportscards" and is located in Waukesha, Wisconsin. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Russian federation, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Dominican republic, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, El salvador, Honduras, Jamaica.


We just watched as Central Arkansas Transit had a car flatbedded away from the corner of Cumberland and President Clinton Ave, down the street from our building. The transgression: a fender jutting over the white line on the south side of President Clinton Ave. -- the line that marks the streetcar right of way. The trolley had been stuck for 20-odd minutes out in front of the offices of the Arkansas Times, waiting for the obstruction to be cleared. Almost on cue, less than a minute after the tow truck rolled away, what appeared to be the angry owner of the car arrived on the scene, just in time for a chat with a waiting bicycle cop.
They're serious about those lines, folks.


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Most Read: Contributor UK, February 2021
UK: UK Office Of Financial Sanctions Implementation Publishes Revised Guidance On Civil Monetary Penalties
by Jason Hungerford , Paul Whitfield-Jones and James Ford
The UK Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, OFSI, has published revised guidance on civil monetary penalties for breaches of financial sanctions (Guidance), which comes into effect on 1 April 2021. The Guidance replaces guidance that was issued in 2017, shortly after OFSI obtained its civil enforcement authority through the Policing and Crime Act 2017.
The changes to the Guidance are more of tone than substance, but taken together they indicate OFSI's subtle pivot to an agency increasingly more focused on its enforcement role. Removal of numerous references to compliance programmes underscores this turn. Particular changes, as described below, indicate that OFSI is reserving greater discretion over how it will assess and respond to potential violations, and that it will impose a higher burden on companies who make voluntary disclosures and seek to obtain reductions in penalties.
Increased enforcement discretion
A number of changes in the Guidance indicate that OFSI may afford itself more discretion with respect to enforcement in the future. New language also de-emphasises compliance programmes in the Guidance, which previously held a central place.
For example, the revised Guidance no longer states that OFSI "will not normally impose a penalty on any person who already has been prosecuted" (paragraph 1.22). Where OFSI provides an overview of the enforcement actions it can take (paragraph 3.2), it has replaced "issuing correspondence requiring details of how a party proposes to improve their compliance practice" with simply "issue a warning". The Guidance now also states that OFSI can undertake several different kinds of enforcement action in any one particular case.
Similarly, the Guidance now lacks language it previously contained about circumstances in which OFSI reserves the right not to impose a civil monetary penalty (former paragraph 4.21). It was arguably unnecessary to include this language in the first place, since in any case OFSI has the discretion not to impose a penalty, and including it may provide fodder for companies seeking to argue against the imposition of a penalty. By deleting it, OFSI may be seeking to ensure that its hands are not unnecessarily bound.
Voluntary disclosures
OFSI can treat voluntary disclosures as a mitigating factor in its assessment of breaches, which can lead to a reduction in any monetary penalty imposed.
The previous Guidance required that voluntary disclosures be "materially complete on all relevant factors that evidence the facts of a breach" (former paragraph 3.34), and noted that "OFSI takes very seriously any disclosures made in bad faith and any evidence that a disclosure was not materially complete" (former paragraph 3.35). OFSI has now made this standard more stringent by stating that it expects disclosures to "include all evidence relating to all the facts of the breach" (paragraph 3.33, emphasis added). This puts an additional premium on obtaining all relevant evidence in the course of an internal investigation and seriously considering the merits of being more, rather than less, inclusive of information in a disclosure.
Assessment of violations
Where OFSI decides that it is appropriate to impose a monetary penalty, it makes a distinction between "serious" and "most serious" breaches for the purposes of determining the level of the penalty: in a "serious" case, a reduction of up to 50% can be made where a person makes a voluntary disclosure, and up to 30% in a "most serious" case.
The previous Guidance stated that "most serious" breaches could involve, among other things, "blatant flouting of the law" (former paragraph 3.49). This has now been deleted and replaced with "particularly poor, negligent or intentional conduct" (paragraph 3.46). This is clearly a much wider range of conduct which includes, notably, conduct that is not intentional.
This was perhaps implicit in the previous Guidance, but the point was recently highlighted by OFSI's £20m civil monetary penalty imposed on Standard Chartered Bank in February 2020. That case involved failures by SCB to properly utilise a certain exemption under sanctions against Russia. SCB sought a Ministerial review of the penalty, and whilst the Minister agreed with OFSI that the breaches were "most serious", he also found that SCB did not wilfully breach the sanctions regime. See our article on the SCB case.
The revised Guidance also clarifies that OFSI might not reduce a penalty even where a person makes a voluntary disclosure. The previous Guidance stated that a person had "automatic access" to a reduction once they affirmed that their voluntary disclosure was materially complete (former paragraph 4.11). The revised Guidance states that, whilst a person will usually be given a reduction for voluntary disclosure, this will be decided on a case-by-case basis, and no reduction will be given if (among other things) a person has not made a "complete disclosure in the course of the investigation", or has only disclosed a matter because they believe OFSI is already aware of it, or has refused to provide information on request (paragraph 4.10).
Finally, OFSI has made a number of other changes that are more subtle but potentially also significant. For example, the revised Guidance states more succinctly and clearly that OFSI, when assessing violations, will take into account the level of a person's actual and expected knowledge of financial sanctions, the kind of work they do and their exposure to financial sanctions risk (paragraph 3.19). Interestingly, OFSI has deleted guidance stating that it will consider whether a penalty is proportionate if they only distinguishing feature in a case is "if a person simply falls below a high standard", and particularly "when the person has acted swiftly to remedy the cause of the breach" (former paragraph 3.22). We see this as an indication that OFSI will hold companies to higher standards of compliance, having perhaps less sympathy for companies that adopt light-touch compliance programmes, or for sophisticated actors who try hard and nonetheless fail.
Calculation of civil monetary penalties
When OFSI calculates a civil monetary penalty, it first calculates the statutory maximum that could be imposed, which is the greater of £1m or 50% of the value of the breach. Within that maximum, OFSI will then decide what is "reasonable", meaning what an ordinary reasonable person would regard as appropriate, and "proportionate". In the original Guidance, "proportionate" meant that there was a "clear relationship between the value of the proposed penalty and both the value of the breach (if known) and how seriously the breach undermined the sanctions regime" (paragraph 4.8).
The revised Guidance gives OFSI significantly more discretion to levy penalties the value of which are not related to the underlying value of the transactions. In the new Guidance, "proportionate" now refers to "a relationship [and so not necessarily a "clear" one] between the value of the proposed penalty and a holistic assessment of all the other factors in the case. This does not mean that penalty should necessarily be either a specific percentage or multiple of the breach amount" (paragraph 4.8) In other words, the penalty should neither be too high or too low, based on all the circumstances, and not just the value of the breach or the impact on the foreign policy objectives of the relevant sanctions regime.
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Q: Text running off from cell in table I am trying to create a table using latex - more specifically, the latex table generator (http://www.tablesgenerator.com/) because I have tons of tables from MS powerpoint that I would like to import and I think copying and pasting tables individually is the most efficient as of now.
In any case, I have a table that I want to import below.

The problem here is that the width of the columns is what I want but as you can see, the text is spilling over to the neighboring cell. Does anyone have a suggestion to fix this? I was also thinking of modifying the row heights but I'm not too sure how to auto adjust the row height because some tables may have more or less text in different rows. Anyways, I would appreciate it, thanks!
The code that I used to generate this table is below and if possible, I would like to not use external packages as I'm very new to latex and I rather not deal with configuring the document with external packages (I'm using a template provided to me).
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A: The first and foremost take-away: Don't use http://www.tablesgenerator.com/ -- at least not for tables for which line wrapping within cells should be allowed.
Further observations:

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*It is truly pointless to specify column types (p) that allow line-wrapping but then to override that setting for each and every cell with a column type (l) that does not allow line-wrapping.

*Since the columns are quite narrow, full justification must yield unsatisfactory results. Better to use ragged-right while allowing hyphenation.

*Using a \tiny font size throughout more or less guarantees that the material will be unreadable, at least not unless extra magnifying glasses are made available. Consider using \scriptsize or (better still) \footnotesize instead.

*For goodness' sake, replace all instances of \cline{1-8} with \hline.
The following screenshot shows two tables that implement these ideas. The first uses footnotesize, the second uses scriptsize.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{rotating,array,ragged2e,caption}
\newcolumntype{P}[1]{>{\RaggedRight\arraybackslash}p{#1}}
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\begin{sidewaystable}
\setlength\extrarowheight{2pt}
\setlength\tabcolsep{3pt} % default: 6pt
\centering

%% First, \footnotesize
\captionsetup{size=footnotesize}
\footnotesize

\caption{My caption -- footnotesize}
\label{my-label}
\begin{tabular}{|*{2}{P{1.5cm}|}*{7}{P{2.3cm}|}}
\hline
& Event Identification & Named Entity Recognition & Object Identification
& Predicate Relationship -- Ident. & Predicate Relationship -- Count
& WSD -- Ident. & WSD -- Count \\
\hline
Manual annotation & Assault, detonated, suicide & 9:20 p.m~(time), Friday (day),
one terrorist (N\_count), soccer (sports), Paris (City)
& Their, Bomb, gates, stadium, outskirts
& Assault (their, 9:20p.m., Friday, detonated), detonated (one terrorist bomb
outside the gates),
suicide (bomb)
& Assault (4), detonated(), suicide (0) & Assault (), detonated (), suicide ()
& Assault (7), detonated (2), suicide~(2), \\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\bigskip\bigskip
%% Second, \scriptsize
\captionsetup{size=scriptsize}
\scriptsize

\caption{My caption, scriptsize}
\label{my-label}
\begin{tabular}{|*{2}{P{1.5cm}|}*{7}{P{2.3cm}|}}
\hline
& Event Identification & Named Entity Recognition & Object Identification
& Predicate Relationship -- Ident. & Predicate Relationship -- Count
& WSD -- Ident. & WSD -- Count \\
\hline
Manual annotation & Assault, detonated, suicide & 9:20 p.m~(time), Friday (day),
one terrorist (N\_count), soccer (sports), Paris (City)
& Their, Bomb, gates, stadium, outskirts
& Assault (their, 9:20p.m., Friday, detonated), detonated (one terrorist bomb
outside the gates),
suicide (bomb)
& Assault (4), detonated(), suicide (0) & Assault (), detonated (), suicide ()
& Assault (7), detonated (2), suicide~(2), \\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\end{sidewaystable}
\end{document}

A: I propose two solutions with tabularx, a sideways table, and another 'normal' table, in case it might make sense for the real tables, with much less horizontal lines and a simpler code, just swapping rows and columns:
        \documentclass{article}%
\usepackage{geometry}
 \usepackage{ragged2e}
  \usepackage{booktabs}
        \usepackage{tabularx, rotating, makecell, cellspace, caption}
        \usepackage{blindtext}
\setlength\cellspacetoplimit{4pt}
\setlength\cellspacebottomlimit{5pt}
\addparagraphcolumntypes{X}
\setcellgapes{3pt}
        \begin{document}

\begin{sidewaystable}[!htbp]
  \footnotesize\captionsetup{font =footnotesize}
  \renewcommand{\tabularxcolumn}[1]{>{\arraybackslash\RaggedRight}p{#1}}
  \centering\setlength\tabcolsep{4pt}
  \caption{My caption}
  \label{my-label}\makegapedcells
  \begin{tabularx}{\textheight}{| >{\hsize=0.7\hsize}X |*{3}{>{\hsize=0.98\hsize}X|}*{2}{>{\hsize=1.2\hsize}X|} *{2}{>{\hsize=0.98\hsize}X|}}
    \cline{1-8}
                              & \makecell{Event & & & & & & \\ Identification} & \makecell{NamedEntity\\ Recognition} & \makecell{Object\\ Identification} & \makecell{Predicate\\ Relationship-Ident.} & \makecell{Predicate\\ Relationship-Count} & \makecell{WSD-Ident.} & \makecell{WSD-Count}\\%
    \cline{1-8}
    Manual\newline annotation & Assault, detonated, suicide & 9:20 p.m. (time), Friday (day),\newline one terrorist (N\_count), soccer (sports), Paris (City) & Their, Bomb, gates, stadium, outskirts & Assault(their, 9:20p.m., Friday, detonated), detonated (one terrorist, bomb, outside the gates), suicide(bomb) & Assault(4), detonated(), suicide(0) & Assault(), detonated(), suicide() & Assault(7), detonated(2), suicide(2), \\ \cline{1-8}
  \end{tabularx}
\end{sidewaystable}
\newpage

\begin{table}[!ht]
  \footnotesize\captionsetup{font =footnotesize}
  \renewcommand{\tabularxcolumn}[1]{>{\arraybackslash\RaggedRight}p{#1}}
  \centering
  \caption{My caption}
  \label{my-label2}
  \begin{tabularx}{\linewidth}{|l|S{X}|}
    \hline
    \rule[-1.6cm]{0pt}{1.6cm} & Manual annotation \\%
    \hline
    Event Identification & Assault, detonated, suicide \\%
    NamedEntity Recognition & 9:20 p.m. (time), Friday (day),\newline one terrorist (N\_count), soccer (sports), Paris (City) \\%
    Object Identification & Their, Bomb, gates, stadium, outskirts \\%
    Predicate Relationship-Ident. & Assault(their, 9:20p.m., Friday, detonated), detonated (one terrorist, bomb, outside the gates), suicide(bomb) \\%
    Predicate Relationship-Count & Assault(4), detonated(), suicide(0) \\%
    WSD-Ident. & Assault(), detonated(), suicide() \\%
    WSD-Count & Assault(7), detonated(2), suicide(2), \\%
    \hline
  \end{tabularx}
\end{table}

\end{document}

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Q: Use class styles as inline styles? So a pretty basic question: is it "okay" to use classes like inline styles?
Basically what I've done is build a "bootstrap"; but instead of doing so by element, I've done it by property. So basically, the CSS is nothing but a set of pre-defined styles.
For example:
.margin-left-1 {margin-left:1px;}
.margin-right-1 {margin-right:1px;}
.bg-blue {background-color:blue;}
.padding-5 {padding: 5px;}
.radius-10 {border-radius:10px;}
.width-10 {width:10%;}
.width-10px {width:10px;}
.font-arial {font-family: 'Arial';}

etc.
This makes it so you can quickly & easily build the website and its styles right in the HTML. However, is this a bad practice? Should I simply have styles for things like border-radius, colors, buttons, etc and leave the padding, margin, etc. (general box layout properties) defined within classes/id's?

A: Its the exact opposite of what you are supposed to do. CSS selector names should nor represent selector content but rather the nature of the object they are supposed to describe (style). In other words selector names should be as abstract as possible in regards to how much they depend on the selector content itself.
Here is a practical problem which you will run into if you decide to use your system. What if you decide to change the value of your margin-right attribute for the .margin-right-1 class? Following your logic you would now have to change its name to lets say margin-right-10 and not only that but you would also be forced to update your complete HTML code in order to replace references to the margin-right-1 with margin-right-10 class.
However if you define a class selector named, lets say, .wrapper you could redefine its attributes later however you like.
Not only that but what will you do if your selector also has a margin-left attribute? Which one would become dominant in order to give name to that particular selector?

A: I suggest you to use LESS.
You can then create so called "mixins" and use them in your styles. E.g.
.rounded-corners (@radius: 5px) {
  border-radius: @radius;
  -webkit-border-radius: @radius;
  -moz-border-radius: @radius;
}

#header {
  .rounded-corners;
}
#footer {
  .rounded-corners(10px);
}

A: There has been a lot of discussion about what constitutes a good class name.  Community consensus and the HTML spec itself suggest that your class names describe what the element is, not how it should look.

There are no additional restrictions on the tokens authors can use in the class attribute, but authors are encouraged to use values that describe the nature of the content, rather than values that describe the desired presentation of the content.

Also see the Semantic HTML page on Wikipedia.

A: Imagine that you then decide to use the same HTML for your mobile website, but a different stylesheet. Let's say you have an article container that you've set to 800px wide. Rather than having .article {width: 800px} you'll have .width-800 {width: 400px}. How confused will you be when trying to write and debug your new layout?
Also, maybe you don't want all elements that were 800px wide to now be 400px, just articles. So using your method, to target your article container, you'd have to chain together all the different classes that are used by it, e.g:
.float-left.border-solid-black.padding-10.bg-blue.font-arial.width-800 {
    width: 400px;
}

This much longer selector means that:

*

*It takes up more room (file-weight) in the CSS file, so slower page loads

*It's slower to parse nodes via XPath or JavaScript

*It's more brittle to changes, as you don't know if any other divs may be affected (if they happen to also have the same classes applied)

*It's much harder to debug and isolate bug-fixes  (not negatively impact other areas on the page by mistake)

A: Generally you want to use classes to say what your text is, and then use CSS to say how such things should be displayed. This way if you decide you want your headings to have 0.5em of space beneath them instead of 0.3em of space, it's an easy thing (especially with a tool like FireBug).
Using them the way you've indicated isn't taking advantage of this separation. It's brittle and has no additional functionality beyond just putting inline styles all over the place.
That said, you will usually have a few utility classes like this (e.g. .collapsed { display: none }) for toggling and such.


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Two orders received for air-duct heaters
24th September 2004 By: ongezwa manyathi
Johannesburg-based market leader in the trace heating business Bartec Barlian's MD Fritz Boettiger tells Engineering News that the main function of trace heating is to make up for heat loss in pipes, vessels, and hoppers. The company has had particular success with its hot-water systems, used in hotels, hospitals, upmarket apartments, domestic households, banks and office blocks. The hot-water system provides a solution for buildings which have more than one floor. Boettiger says such buildings would typically have one geyser in the basement and complicated piping which goes through each floor and to all the points of use. "The problem here is that once the water leaves the geyser it gets cooler and, as a result, has to be circulated to keep it hot, resulting in extra and often unnecessary piping," informs Boettiger. "Our solution involves laying a heating cable along the hot-water pipe from the geyser to all the points of use," informs Boettiger. This self-limiting heating tape keeps the water in the pipe warm and it is designed to maintain the water at a certain temperature. He says the advantage is that there is almost instant hot water in a tap on each floor and this eliminates water wastage. The other advantage is that it is self-limiting so it will never overheat and comes with a lifespan of more than ten years. Boettiger says that it is almost maintenance-free and would only require maintenance if it is damaged by a knock during construction. The tapes can be installed on existing pipelines but Boettiger says that it is usually used on new piping installations. Further, senior project engineer Neil Syrett informs that the company recently received two orders for its air-duct heaters. The heaters are to be installed in Gauteng for companies involved in the food industry. Syrett says that the heaters, which are still at the engineering stage, are required to raise 7 860 kg of air an hour from ambient temperature to a delivery temperature of 150 ˚C. "The hot air is blown through maize to decrease the moisture content to about 3%," he says. The heater outlet has a cross-sectional area of 0,56 m2 and the duct is 2,2 m long. Syrett also tells Engineering News that the company has received a similar order from Kwazulu-Natal. He says that similar heaters are used in the air-pollution control industry. Further, because of the many electrical power failures across South Africa due to limited capacity, existing power stations are currently being recommissioned. One such power station is Camden, which currently has one of its six units being refurbished. Syrett says that once this unit is successfully commissioned the other units will also be refurbished in a similar way. He explains that, for this project, electrical trace heating will be used on the pipelines to maintain the heavy fuel-oil at 25 ˚C at all times. "In the event that the trace heating is switched off, it has been designed in such a way that it is able to raise the product in the pipe back to 25 ˚C within 24 hours," he says. A 500-m pipeline will be used for one circuit and 1,5 km of trace-heating tape will be used on this pipeline. Syrett says that the heavy fuel- oil will be pumped into six bulk- storage tanks. He informs that the oil has to be heated to avoid it from becoming too thick. The fuel will be used to initially fire up all the boilers in all the units. "What happens is that the low-pressure pump sucks the heavy oil from the storage tanks. "The oil is then pumped to a high-pressure pump via inline heaters and then through to the boilers," informs Syrett.
He says the heavy fuel-oil is also used to support the coal if there is unstable firing in the burners. "Because a constant-wattage heating cable is used there is a need for temperature control, and controllers are mounted locally on the pipelines," he adds. The first unit (unit 6) will be commissioned in 2005. He informs that the company has put in a bid to Camden in order to maintain the surface of 64 hoppers at 150 ˚C using electrical trace heating. Further, project engineer Filip Castro informs that the company uses thyristor control in industrial heaters, especially for variations of control of heat. "Eighty per cent of the plants in industry are auto controlled so the advantage of the thyristor control is that it regulates the temperature to the desired heat accurately," says Castro. He says that, in the past, electrical contactors were used but their disadvantage was that they had only minimum or maximum switching (on – off) and nothing in between. The thyristor is a soft-start controller and has a longer life expectancy. Moreover, customers can gradually raise temperature from minimum to maximum depending on the process in the plant and get 20% more lifespan on their heating elements. Further, Engineering News learns that the company is currently working on a do-it-yourself hot-water kit. "We want to make it possible for the person in the street to be able to install trace heaters," says Boettiger. He says that the kit, a first for South Africa, and designed by the company, will come with a 30 m roll of electrical trace-heating tape PSB 33 (33 W/pm), 50 m aluminium tape roll, 5 terminations, 4 m roll of fibre tape and an easy-to-follow instruction manual. It is an easy-to-install kit.
"The heat emitted by the tape will be evenly distributed over the pipeline by the aluminium tape," he informs. Trace heating is already used around the world in countries with colder climates for snow melting and ice prevention. The trace-heating tape used for frost protection and freezing is also used in the refrigeration industry to enable drainage and to be able to open the big fridge doors and prevent them from freezing shut. Boettiger concludes by saying that the challenge facing the industry – like any other industry – is the strong rand. "The strong rand has slowed down import-replacement manufacturing and export manufacturing and this affects us because our customers are involved in these industries," says Boettiger. He says that, when the company designs and manufactures products it keeps to one of its slogans of keeping the product flowing. "The biggest application for trace heating is keeping the product flowing," he concludes.
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Bucket Shopper's Dogged Fight
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A San Francisco, California ordinance outlawed bucket shopping in 1911 — no longer was running or visiting such an enterprise legal — and one operator didn't like it.
Henry A. Moss, a bucket shop owner and Nevada citizen, vowed to fight the new law, as it prohibited him from running his four San Francisco branches, which did substantial business. Moss claimed that he'd invested $50,000 in his business locally, that he spent $4,400 a month in telephone and telegraph charges, that he had more than 1,000 customers and that he took in about $15,000 a year in profits (about $365,000 today).
His enterprise, Moss & Co., also had shops in these California locales: Sacramento, Oakland, Fresno, Long Beach, Redlands and San Diego. Locations outside of the state were in Reno, Nevada; Ogden, Utah; and Portland, Oregon.
His Tactics Begin
Moss immediately applied for a temporary restraining order (TRO) and a permanent injunction to prevent the police from hindering his operations, such as arresting him or any of his workers or customers. He claimed the city ordinance was "arbitrary, unreasonable, unjust, oppressive and discriminatory, and in violation both of the constitution of the state of California and the constitution of the United States."
In response, a judge, in June, denounced bucket shopping as "nothing but gambling," deemed the ordinance valid and denied Moss' request (San Francisco Call, June 1, 1911). The proprietor then asked for several days to remove the telegraph network between his offices and close his business.
Instead of shutting down, Moss appealed the ruling and took the case to the federal court, asking it for a similar injunction, which a judge there denied.
City Fights Back
Despite the ban, Moss kept his San Francisco bucket shops open. In October, members of the San Francisco Police Department raided his offices, confiscated various paraphernalia and arrested six employees, 26 visitors and one of Moss's attorneys.
The following month, those workers and Moss were found guilty and fined $100 or 50 days in jail (the visitors weren't charged). He filed an appeal and secured a stay of judgment.
Soon after the U.S. District Court of Appeals declared constitutional the law that the federal Congress had enacted, thereby eliminating any basis for Moss's appeals.
3 More Legal Rounds
1) Subsequently, Moss pled his case before the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, "reciting imaginary grievances and dismally pleading that his business has been attacked by competitors in the shape of the New York Stock Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade."
The justices refused to reverse the lower court's ruling, thus, denying Moss' initial request for a TRO and injunction.
2) In December, Moss sued a dozen U.S. Circuit Court officers, charging they all conspired, with the management of the San Francisco Call newspaper (which believed bucket shopping to be nefarious and vowed to help eradicate it), to put him out of business. Further, he asked they be restrained from interfering with his operations.
Again, though, he lost his case. That didn't stop him.
3) Next, he sued three Call newspaper executives — John D. Spreckels, owner; Charles W. Hornick, general manager; and Ernest P. Simpson, managing editor. He claimed they'd libeled him in the article, "Bucketshop Moss Cries Conspiracy," which "was intended to impeach his honesty, integrity, virtue and reputation" (San Francisco Call, Dec. 29, 1911).
He also cited an op-ed piece, "Bucketshop Rascal and Newspaper Rascal Join Hands Against a Common Foe, The Call," which purported the real purpose Moss had filed suit in the federal court system was to gain publicity in the San Francisco Chronicle, whose managers' attitude toward bucket shopping was the same as Moss's. He sought $100,000 in damages (about $2.5 million today).
In February 1912, Police Judge Charles Weller dismissed the cases against the Call men as baseless.
"So ends the legal farce, the shady and tricky misuse of the courts whereby the proscribed swindlers made their last stand against the inevitable. In none of these proceedings was there ever the slightest merit," wrote the San Francisco Call (Feb. 18, 1912).
From Plaintiff to Defendant
Moss soon found himself the target of some civil suits. One, brought by an H.E. Churchill of Sacramento in 1912, claimed a male agent of Moss & Co. "induced" her to gamble in wheat by telling her it was like any other investment (San Francisco Call, Feb. 11, 1912). He subsequently persuaded her to bet more money, only to be informed later on that she'd lost all of it — $324 (about $7,000 today) — due to a turn in the market.
The judge required Moss to pay her back in full.
J.C. Robinson, a former San Francisco newspaperman, complained that on December 12, 1911, he'd arranged with Moss & Co. at its Oakland office to sell short, or bet against, 200 shares of stock at a certain price, and that he deposited $400 with the company to cover an advance. A month later, the stock had dropped seven points, paying a profit of $1,400 (about $33,000 today). All told, he was to get $1,800 — his original $400 investment plus his winnings. When he'd gone to cash in, he'd been told he had to go see Moss in San Francisco. There, Moss had informed him the business didn't have enough money to pay him back in full and had given him a $200 check as partial payment. Moss & Co. hadn't paid anything more.
Moss argued that because he hadn't had a contract with Robinson — a violation of the state constitution — the deal was void and he didn't owe the money.
The outcome of this case isn't known. How do you think the judge should have ruled?
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<?php namespace Vhiearch\UserActivity\Updates;

use Schema;
use October\Rain\Database\Updates\Migration;

class CreateActivitiesTable extends Migration
{

    public function up()
    {
        Schema::create('vhiearch_useractivity_activities', function($table)
        {
            $table->engine = 'InnoDB';
            $table->increments('id');
            $table->timestamps();
        });
    }

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}

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Igual el paraíso es nuestro (Still, Paradise Is Ours) is an installation interrupted by planks that recalls an uncertain landscape of remains, a precarious habitat… a geometry that alludes to a vast, yet defined context. There, on a shelf in the background, we find paradise.
It is a small paradise constructed of stones, carefully selected pieces of debris, plants in delicate pots, small video screens showing crystal blue water (the way it ought to be), and a small fan which provides the necessary breeze.
Although surrounded by or near a natural paradise, it remains fenced off and inaccessible, therefore appearing to only exist in this representation.
In this opportunity this pieces of work are shown in dialog with some historic pieces, showing the presence of landscape as a reflexion, as unreable context, where the feeling of absence is present throughout Riva's body of work.
Rivas was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1957, where she graduated from the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes. In 2001 she was awarded the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, as well as an Artist in Residence Fellowship at the Wexner Center for the Arts in 2005. Rivas has exhibited her work at the Bronx Museum, New York; El Centro Cultural Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes and Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, Argentina, Malba Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires,and Fundación Proa; as well as numerous other museums and biennials around the world.