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Q: MVC View get's compilation error (CS0246) when referenced assembly built as console application. When it built as Class Library - it works fine I have a solution. First project contains entity framework models, output type is Console application. Other project is frontend, asp.net mvc 5 application that have CRUD views for entities from the first project. First project referenced from the second project, also I added dependent assembly in web.config:
<dependentAssembly>
 <assemblyIdentity name="VolLoader" publicKeyToken="null" />
</dependentAssembly>

But when I access view that uses entity from this assembly, I get view compilation error:
Compiler Error Message: CS0246: The type or namespace name 'VolLoader' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

Source Error:

Line 29:
Line 30:
Line 31:     public class _Page_Views_JobMon_Index_cshtml : System.Web.Mvc.WebViewPage<IEnumerable<VolLoader.Data.JobToWatch>> {
Line 32:
Line 33: #line hidden

Adding namespace () to the web.config in views folder causes compilation errors on every view.
Assembly is copied to output.
But when I change Output type of the first project to the Class Library, it works, no compilation errors. I can't understand why? Does anyone has ideas?

A: I think I found why this is happening. I'm not 100% sure, but I can't recompile system.web.dll to prove it.
I found this code in system.web.dll:
namespace System.Web.Compilation
{
    /// <summary>Provides a container for building an assembly from one or more virtual paths within an ASP.NET project.</summary>
    public class AssemblyBuilder
......
}

Line 381:
internal CompilerParameters GetCompilerParameters()
{
    CompilerParameters compilerParameters = this._compilerType.CompilerParameters;
    string text = this._tempFiles.TempDir;
    if (this.CultureName != null)
    {
        text = Path.Combine(text, this.CultureName);
        Directory.CreateDirectory(text);
        compilerParameters.OutputAssembly = Path.Combine(text, this.OutputAssemblyName + ".resources.dll");
    }
    else
    {
        compilerParameters.OutputAssembly = Path.Combine(text, this.OutputAssemblyName + ".dll");
    }

As you can see, it takes only dlls:
compilerParameters.OutputAssembly = Path.Combine(text, this.OutputAssemblyName + ".dll");

A: Most likely that your first project can not be built as a console application (Do you have static Main method?. And because first project can not be built, second project fails to build because missing references - i.e. missing assembly for the first project.
Why do you want your EF models be contained within console application?


Predictability and timely access for investors to the authorities' regulation plans for this sector, the combining of prompt responses and adjustments in the segment in a coherent national strategy, along with the significant impact of a potential reduction in green certificates on photovoltaic investments are of paramount importance to the main energy operators, investors, distributors and regulators. And these topics were duly raised and debated at the event.
Also under discussion was the predictability that can reduce the risk assumed by investors in all markets, especially in the energy sector where any wrong calculation triggers high costs and could even cost business.
Issues surrounding the reduction of green certificates are being reconsidered, from the point of view of fair competition practices of conventional energy and renewable projects. However, the Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE) backs the four-green certificate support scheme for photovoltaic projects, especially as the investment per MWh in this segment has decreased lately from a formerly estimated EUR 3.5 million per MWh to at most EUR 1.5 million, specialists say.
The over-compensation situation would be avoided if the monitoring reports regarding renewable energy investors and their green certificates target could be done by trimester, and not yearly as now. Currently, Romania has a very generous support scheme for green energies but issues regarding over-supply in the segment should be considered.


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Q: How to refer to a bibtex entry within shorthand? This might be tricky and I am sure there is a better solution than the one I came up with (or actually didn't come up with).
I have a book which consists of a text-volume and a picture-volume, so I have three entries (the fourth entry is only for testing to have a label with a letter). But with @MvBook I only have the main-entry in my bibliography and the child-entries related to it.
What I would like to do is citing e.g. the text-volume in respect to the label of the parent-entry: In this case MOR 1893a|1 or MOR 1893a|1, 123. But somehow the page-sequence is repeated.
Happy to take any solution getting the result [shortauthor of child-entry] [labelyear of the parent-entry]|[volume of child-entry], [page]
\documentclass[ngerman]{scrartcl}
\usepackage{filecontents,babel}
\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
@mvBook{MOR-0,
  author        = {Ohnefalsch-Richter, Max},
  shortauthor = {MOR},
  year          = {1893},
  title     = {Kypros, die Bibel und Homer},
  volumes        = {2},
  publisher     = {A. Asher und Co.},
  location      = {Berlin},
  related = {MOR-1,MOR-2},
  relatedtype = {multivolume},
}

@Book{MOR-1,
  author        = {Ohnefalsch-Richter, Max},
  title         = {Text},
  volume        = {1},
  shortauthor = {MOR},
  crossref = {MOR-0},
  shorthand = {\cite{MOR-0}|1},
  options = {skipbib,skiplab}
}

@Book{MOR-2,
  author        = {Ohnefalsch-Richter, Max},
  title         = {Tafeln},
  volume        = {2},
shortauthor = {MOR},
  shorthand = {\cite{MOR-0}|2},
  crossref = {MOR-0},
  options = {skipbib,skiplab}
}

@mvBook{MOR-X,
  author        = {Ohnefalsch-Richter, Max},
  shortauthor = {MOR},
  year          = {1893},
  title     = {Kypros, the Bibel and Homer},
}

\end{filecontents}

\usepackage[
  backend=biber,
  style=archaeologie,
]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{\jobname.bib}

\DeclareDataInheritance{mvbook}{book}{
  \noinherit{year}
  \inherit{label}{shorthand}
}

\begin{document}
\cite{MOR-0}\par
\cite[123]{MOR-1}\par
\cite[456]{MOR-2}\par
\cite{MOR-X}
\printbibliography

\end{document}

A: This is not very elegant, and perhaps not the best alternative, but the following builds somewhat literally your specified desired result:
shorthand = {\printnames{shortauthor}\nameyeardelim\entrydata{\thefield{crossref}}{\printlabeldateextra}|\printfield{volume}},

In full:
\documentclass[ngerman]{scrartcl}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{filecontents,babel}
\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
@mvBook{MOR-0,
  author        = {Ohnefalsch-Richter, Max},
  shortauthor = {MOR},
  year          = {1893},
  title     = {Kypros, die Bibel und Homer},
  volumes        = {2},
  publisher     = {A. Asher und Co.},
  location      = {Berlin},
  related = {MOR-1,MOR-2},
  relatedtype = {multivolume},
}

@Book{MOR-1,
  author        = {Ohnefalsch-Richter, Max},
  title         = {Text},
  volume        = {1},
  shortauthor = {MOR},
  crossref = {MOR-0},
  shorthand = {\printnames{shortauthor}\nameyeardelim\entrydata{\thefield{crossref}}{\printlabeldateextra}|\printfield{volume}},
  options = {skipbib,skiplab}
}

@Book{MOR-2,
  author        = {Ohnefalsch-Richter, Max},
  title         = {Tafeln},
  volume        = {2},
shortauthor = {MOR},
  shorthand = {\printnames{shortauthor}\nameyeardelim\entrydata{\thefield{crossref}}{\printlabeldateextra}|\printfield{volume}},
  crossref = {MOR-0},
  options = {skipbib,skiplab}
}

@mvBook{MOR-X,
  author        = {Ohnefalsch-Richter, Max},
  shortauthor = {MOR},
  year          = {1893},
  title     = {Kypros, the Bibel and Homer},
}

\end{filecontents}

\usepackage[
  backend=biber,
  style=archaeologie,
]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{\jobname.bib}

\DeclareDataInheritance{mvbook}{book}{
  \noinherit{year}
  \inherit{label}{shorthand}
}

\begin{document}
\cite{MOR-0}\par
\cite[123]{MOR-1}\par
\cite[456]{MOR-2}\par
\cite{MOR-X}
\printbibliography

\end{document}

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Opinion » Letters to the Editor
Letters 4/13-4/20
Is there some public way I can thank the person who makes the knitted hats for the ducks that sit with Art on the corner of Wall and Franklin? I just want them to know when I see the knitted hats, they just make my day!!! I'd love to donate some yarn or something to this wonderful person!!! Thank you!!!
~Mary Brooks
In response to "Mountain Bikers Seek Changes to 1964 Wilderness Act " (4/7)
First, thanks for covering the Sustainable Trails Coalition (STC) and the issue of mountain bike access in wilderness designated areas. I think there is a significant inaccuracy in the article. STC does NOT seek to change the 1964 Wilderness Act. Bicycles were allowed in Wilderness until the late 1970s and early 1980s where a series of decisions by the Forest Service, under pressure from some environmental groups, effectively banned bikes in wilderness.
STC's aims, to quote Ted Stroll (STC founder), are pretty simple:
The Sustainable Trails Coalition's proposal is modest. It would not permit mountain biking or walking with a baby stroller everywhere. Instead, local land managers would be given the discretion to allow forms of human-powered travel where they believe it's appropriate.
In short, STC aims to clarify the term "Mechanized Transport" to mean powered by a non-living thing (the STC and I believe this was the original interpretation based on the Congressional Record) and to allow regional land managers to make the call whether to allow bikes.
I can see how you came up with the headline, but I believe it is misleading in light of the actual facts.
~Mike Bishop
Thanks for your coverage of the mountain bikers trying to weaken the 1964 Wilderness Act to allow bikes in all Wildernesses in the country.
[Below] is a group sign-on letter from over 100 conservation organizations from around the country opposing this effort:
Dear Member of Congress,
The 115 undersigned organizations urge you to reject calls to amend the Wilderness Act to allow for the use of mountain bikes in designated Wilderness.
As you may know, some mountain bikers and a mountain biking organization, the Sustainable Trails Coalition, have announced its intention to have legislation introduced in Congress to amend the Wilderness Act to allow mountain bikes in units of the National Wilderness Preservation System. The undersigned organizations strongly urge you to oppose this effort.
These mountain bikers erroneously claim that mountain bikes were allowed in Wilderness until 1984, but then banned administratively by the U.S. Forest Service. This claim is simply not true.
The 1964 Wilderness Act (36 U.S.C. 1131-1136) banned all types of bicycles as well as all other forms of mechanical transportation in designated Wilderness. Section 4(c) of that act states, "[T]here shall be...no use of motor vehicles, motorized equipment or motorboats, no landing of aircraft, no other form of mechanical transport, and no structure or installation within any such area." (emphasis added).
Furthermore, the Congress stated the purpose of the Wilderness Act was, in part, to protect these areas from "expanding settlement and growing mechanization...." (emphasis added) (Wilderness Act, Section 2[a].)
For over a half century, the Wilderness Act has protected wilderness areas designated by Congress from mechanization and mechanical transport, even if no motors were involved with such activities. This has meant, as Congress intended, that Wildernesses have been kept free from bicycles and other types of mechanization and mechanical transport. The undersigned believe that this protection has served our Nation well, and that the "benefits of an enduring resource of wilderness" would be forever lost by allowing mechanized transport in these areas.
Please oppose attempts to weaken the Wilderness Act and wilderness protections by allowing bicycles in Wilderness.
Idaho Environmental Council • Idaho Rivers United • Kentucky Heartwood • Kettle Range Conservation Group • Klamath Forest Alliance • Kootenai Environmental Alliance • Lands Council • Massachusetts Forest Watch • Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy • Mountain Bikers for Wilderness • New Mexico Wilderness Alliance • North Cascades Conservation Council • North Fork Preservation Association • Northeast Wilderness Trust • Olympic Park Associates • Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) • Quiet Use Coalition • RESTORE: The North Woods • Rewilding Institute • River Runners for Wilderness San Juan Citizens Alliance • Save America's Forests • Save Our Canyons • Save Our Sky Blue Waters • Sawtooth Interpretive and Historical Association • Scholarly Brass Editions • Selkirk Conservation Alliance • Selway-Pintler Wilderness Back Country Horsemen • Sequoia ForestKeeper • Shawnee Forest Sentinels • Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute • Sleeping Bear Naturally • South Florida Wildlands Association • Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment • Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance • Speak Up for Wildlife Foundation • Swan View Coalition • Tennessee Citizens for Wilderness Planning • Tennessee Heartwood • Tuleyome • Upper Peninsula Environmental Coalition • Walden Woods Project • Wasatch Mountain Club • Western Lands Project • Western Watersheds Project • Western Wildlife Conservancy • White Mountain Conservation League • Wild Connections • Wild Utah Project • Wild Virginia • Wild Wilderness • WildEarth Guardians • Wilderness Watch • et al.
~Kevin Proescholdt
Conservation Director
Wilderness Watch
Pondering Potholes
Here's an idea. Remember barn raising? Neither do I, but the notion of neighbors coming together to solve a problem has sort of an "American Spirit" sort of ring to it.
We don't need to repave our streets today...but there are some really bad...unacceptable and embarrassing (for a city like Bend) potholes that if we came together we could probably fix in a day (or two or three).
How about organizing crews of volunteers to flush/wash out the worst potholes with water, then fill them with cement? The fire department could blast them with water...a cement truck could come after and fill the holes with cement and other volunteers could smooth the goo and place traffic cones around the patches until the cement dries.
The details of cost and logistics could be worked out. On a smaller scale this could be done out of pickup trucks with water tubs and wheelbarrows. At least for the worst ones.
I'm betting that 90 percent of the really bad potholes could be vastly improved through a community wide volunteer effort and a modest investment.
~Chuck Keers
Chuck ~ Thank you for your letter about a volunteer solution to Bend's pothole problem. City Council meetings are the first and third Wednesday of the month and open to the public. Citizen repair may present certain legal issues, but it shows creative thinking. Please have a cup of coffee on us. Pick up your Palate Gift Card at the Source Weekly office.
Speaking of Opinion
Chill Out, Oregon Voters. We Got This.
Primary Election: May 15, 2018
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Bif Naked
Bif Naked was born in secret, to a teenager living in India, the product of a Canadian girl and a British boy, she was rejected by both families, hidden away in a mental hospital from her diplomat-grandparents` society and politico friends. Adopted by American missionaries, and after years of legal hurdles, eventually gaining her and her adopted sister`s release from India they returned to North America. She embarked on what she recalls with humour as a "charmed life". A childhood of secret abuse, running away, targeted beatings by girl gangs, she was institutionalized for alcohol abuse as a teenager and sexually targeted, preyed upon by a long list of adult predators. She escaped this early life by joining a punk rock band and left on tour, she married the drummer became pregnant and under extreme duress she aborted the unborn child and later the marriage and continued on a deadly downward spiral which culminated when she hit the floor of a Vancouver drug den overdosed. All of this before her 21st birthday.Through it all, her creative and academic potential, multiple personalities, and her unstoppable humour were her weapons of self defence. Bif showcased her life`s journey etched in tattoo ink across her body and with her unique ability to transform her true life stories into song lyrics, she found her voice as a solo artist, started her own record company Her Royal Majesty`s Records and at 23 years of age became a Platinum and Gold Album selling International Recording Artist. Throughout her remarkable career, armed with her unique talent and instantly identifiable look, Bif would captivate the imagination of audiences and media alike, releasing ten albums and 24 videos. She embarked on seemingly endless international tours, several feature films and multiple television roles, only to be struck down with breast cancer at the age of 37, the newly married Bif would discover the passion for advocacy, and a triumphant return to health and what she cherished most of all - her own resilience, strength and her unfaltering relationships with her adopted (dog) children Anastasia the bichonfrise, and Nick Naked her maltese poodle dog. It`s already been a long, winding road... this is Bif Naked`s story so far....Music Career:Solo albums include the self-titled album, Bif Naked, released in 1996, "I Bificus" in 1998 and "Purge", released in 2001. A noted poet, she has also released a spoken word album called "Okenspay Ordway: Things I Forgot To Tell Mommy". In 2005, after narrowing it down from over 50 songs, she released "Superbeautifulmonster", which featured 13 tracks. "The Promise", which was recorded while Bif was undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer, was released in 2009 and was dedicated to her fans. The album featured tracks mixed by Juno Award winner Mike Fraser. In 2011, after doing acoustic sets on tour, Bif released an acoustic record on Her Royal Majesty`s Records and in Canada Reliant Music in late 2013, featuring acoustic versions of her past songs as well as four previously unreleased tracks. The album is entitled "Bif Naked Forever: Acoustic Hits and Other Delights". Prior to her solo career, Torbert played with punk bands Gorilla Gorilla and Chrome Dog. She has toured Europe, the United States, and Canada as a headlining act, and has performed on bills with Green Day, Snoop Dogg, Billy Idol, Dido, Devin Townsend, Sarah McLachlan, Sheryl Crow, Chrissie Hynde, Foo Fighters, The Cult and more.Bif`s music has been featured in and on soundtracks for shows including Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Charmed, Moonlight, The Crow: Stairway to Heaven and Celebrity Deathmatch. She recorded a rendition of the Christmas classic, "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" for MTV`s Total Request Live CD "MTV: TRL Christmas" in 1999 and was also featured on the Ready to Rumble soundtrack with a cover of Twisted Sister`s "We`re Not Gonna Take It." The song "Dawn," taken from "Purge", was featured in the movie American Psycho 2, starring Mila Kunis and William Shatner.She made a guest appearance in the song "Fucker", on Strapping Young Lad`s album "The New Black" in 2006. Bif Naked has also made guest appearances with artists such as SNFU on the songs "One Last Loveshove" and "You Make Me Thick". She also appeared on the Dead Celebrity Status album "Blood Music" on the track titled "In This Day And Age". In 2011, she recorded a duet with Vancouver yogi and Nettwerk recording artist Will Blunderfield for the international version of his album "Hallelujah".Aside from her music career, Bif is a university theatre major, and a Prairie Theatre Exchange graduate, also a sought-after actor. In 1990, she appeared in the film "Archangel", where she was credited as "Bif Torbert," playing a Russian soldier. In 1997, she played a liquor store manager in "The Boys Club". She appeared in the television series "Once a Thief" in 1998, playing Nastassja Momomame. In 2000, she voiced a character in the Daria movie, "Is It Fall Yet?", playing a bisexual art camp attendee who attempts to seduce Jane Lane. She was cast as lead actor in the Canadian indie films "Lunch with Charles" (2001) and "Crossing" (2005), the latter of which she recorded the song "My Greatest Masterpiece" for the movie. She was the host of the CBC Television series "ZeD" (becoming their first host in 2002). For Bodog, Bif hosted "Bodog Fight" in 2006 broadcast on ION Networks USA, and Bodog Battle a music reality series where she was a talent judge along side Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols, which aired in USA on Fuse Network. She voiced the character Zoe Payne in the SSX videogame series. In 2003, she made a cameo appearance in the zombie horror film "The House of the Dead". That same year, she appeared as a judge of a fictitious reality show in the TV series "Cold Squad". In 2006, she guest starred on an episode of "The L Word", playing a character named Cynthia. In addition, Bif Naked has appeared as herself in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", "The Crow: Stairway to Heaven" and "The Chris Isaak Show". Bif Naked also narrated the TV series "That`s Art?!" (2012).Personal lifeShe is heavily tattooed, getting her first, an Egyptian Eye of Horus, when she was 16. Her tattoos include a symbol of the Tao, Japanese writing, Buddhist poetry and images (such as theBodhisattva), and Hindu imagery she has stated on MTV that her favorite tattoo, on her left arm, reads "Survivor." Bif identifies as straight-edge. She is also a comic cartoonist. Bif has always been frank about her bisexuality, and the lyrics of her autobiographical songs (such as 1995`s "Everything") detail her attractions to and relationships with women. She is also a strict raw food vegan. She was diagnosed with a heart aneurysm, but corrective surgery was ruled out. In January 2008, she announced that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer, and underwent a lumpectomy and chemotherapy. Bif is a passionate Animal Rights activist, and a full-time cancer patient mentor and volunteer.Bif Naked spoke at the University of the Fraser Valley for International Women`s Day on March 8, 2013, at the Abbotsford campus in British Columbia, Canada it was announced she would be awarded an honorary doctorate from the university in June 2013.


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Incoming European Commission President scraps Chief Scientific Adviser role
By Grant Jacobs • 19/11/2014 • 3
Last week European science reveled in landing a spacecraft on a comet, a triumph reported quietly in New Zealand.
Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield—who famously performed Bowie's Space Oddity on the International Space Station—alluded to the long arc of scientific progress on Facebook, writing "Last night I held in my hands original works of Galileo & Newton. Today we landed on a comet beyond Mars. Incredible."
What would Galileo have thought of flinging a craft into space, it journeying for a decade to detach a landing unit onto an object he saw streaking across the view through telescopes of his day, and the lander reporting back with images to be viewed by anyone? Never mind tweeted to the world at large.
Unreported[1] by the New Zealand media, as far as I know, was that while Philae was landing on comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, the incoming head of the European Commission (EC), Jean-Claude Juncker, dropped the position of European Union Chief Scientific Adviser. For non-scientists this might seem trivial by comparison, but potentially it has major implications for policy development in the European Union (EU). This, in turn, may affect trading partners such as ourselves.
Reports on this development can be found in the English and European media, including at the Guardian, the Telegraph and the BBC. Some commentary from scientists can be found at the British Science Media Centre and a number of science-related publications, including Nature, Science and NewScientist. There are many more: I've listed some additional opinion pieces in the Footnotes.[2] There is no commentary from our own Chief Science Advisor at the time of writing.
(Professor Anne Glover, the incumbent EU Chief Scientific Advisor (CSA), has objected to the Telegraph article writing to the journalist on twitter that "your article is simply wrong, an apology would be good". This appears to have been an objection to claiming she had been sacked,[3] which could be read as implying she had acted incorrectly in her position. A later (Nov. 15) tweet by the journalist seems to confirm this.[3a])
I originally heard of the news from fellow sciblogger Victoria Metcalf and replied thinking it perhaps boded ill that no replacement system was in place and also wondering how sincere Greenpeace and company's intentions were. My tweet tagged Greenpeace, who a few minutes later sent in response a link to an opinion piece by Doug Parr, chief scientist for Greenpeace UK. (Note the objections raised in the commentary to this piece.) Parr's article linked to "an initial letter"[4] sent by Greenpeace and eight other NGOs to the incoming head of the European Commission begging for the removal of the EU Chief Scientific Adviser position.
My initial response was to think that the article and letter were "self-serving & suggests GP [Greenpeace] doesn't like summaries it can't bring pressure to".
If I could be honest, my second thought was a single word: petulant.
I was left thinking of a spoil child—a bit of a sneaky bully at that—who unable to get their way, and jealous that someone else was able to offer advice that they didn't like, sought to try change things to suit themselves.
There are other services within the EC that allow groups to present their views to the EU, and it isn't the role of the Chief Scientific Advisor to lobby on behalf of others. (Her call is to evidence, not interest groups' thoughts.)
Sound evidence is important to good governance.
Looked at one way, sound evidence may be the most democratic thing we have. It speaks for everyone, whatever their views.
You might take policies not suggested by the evidence is other factors come into play, but this ought to be done with an understanding and appreciation of what evidence does show.
Groups of all kinds—including NGOs like Greenpeace—push views that are aligned with their ideology. Presented properly, evidence tries to stand independent of ideological notions. I'm not saying that's entirely possible, or easy, but at least it tries to. Interest groups, on the other hand, almost invariably put their ideology above evidence and are inclined to "find" evidence that supports their ideology, wielding evidence the wrong way – using it to shore up a pre-existing position rather than to determine what is known and derive positions from that.
One value of CSA positions are that they try to speak for the evidence independent of the values of the interest groups.
The letters by the NGOs seem to misunderstand (or, potentially, misrepresent) this point, expressing concern CSA positions might overly influence policy, but these positions are about what evidence shows, not policy as such.
Juncker is quotes in saying he "believes in independent scientific advice", but it would have been much more convincing if the new system were first proposed—to open discussion—prior to disestablishing the existing structure. In the absence of any word on this, you can't help feel doubtful. The letters to him from Greenpeace and company similarly do not offer alternatives, just make poorly veiled accusations and 'what ifs' (which have the implication that they want something that suits them).
Below I've given a breakdown of the development, best as I can on limited time, with some closing thoughts drawn from a presentation that Anne Glover gave at the Science Advice for Governments meeting held at Auckland earlier this year. More on this later, but you can view her presentation on-line here –
The news appears to have been broken by an email from Prof. Glover,
The European Commission confirmed to me yesterday that all decisions on the Bureau of European Policy Advisers (BEPA) were repealed and so the function of Chief Scientific Adviser has ceased to exist. The new European Political Strategy Centre (EPSC) which "replaces" BEPA does not comprise a function "Chief Scientific Adviser".
It is not up to me to comment on this decision, but I would like to express that I am proud of what this office has achieved in less than 3 years with very few resources. This has only been possible thanks to your continued support throughout this time and the hard work of the fantastic members of my team who will now seek new opportunities.
I am going to leave the Commission at the end of January and look forward to meet you again in the future.
With all best wishes
Several sources report that Juncker said the Chief Scientific Advisor position would be retained prior to his appointment, such as referred to in this letter by the PRRI. Reports widely attribute Juncker's changed position to a push from Greenpeace, along with other NGOs, to remove the position. (For the sake of simplicity I will refer to Greenpeace rather than the coalition of NGOs.)
This does not specifically remove Glover's post, but sets up a new advisory core where the position Chief Scientific Advisor post no longer exists. It does not dismiss the person, but removes the post.
Initial reports pointed to Glover's views on genetic modification as being a key issue for Greenpeace, as the laid out in the initial letter: "To the media, the current CSA presented one-sided, partial opinions in the debate on the use of genetically modified organisms in agriculture, repeatedly claiming that there was a scientific consensus about their safety …"
Greenpeace has since tried to backtrack on this, claiming this was a mistake. However, you can't really undo what was said and subsequent 'clarifications' don't appear very convincing (to be polite).
Greenpeace's initial letter objects to "The post of Chief Scientific Adviser is fundamentally problematic as it concentrates too much influence in one person, and undermines in-depth scientific research and assessments carried out by or for the Commission directorates in the course of policy elaboration."
You even level a similar concern with the President's power to alter the infrastructure, such as Greenpeace is calling for, nominally undermining infrastructure and policy processes set up by predecessors. A point is the claim could probably be made of anyone in a high position—including senior members of Greenpeace—as it's the nature of hierarchical systems. (You might even argue Greenpeace asked for an individual in a position of power to act in the way that they object to, with the position struck out by that individual, not a process seeking to reflect the interests of European citizens.)
Furthermore this characterisation misrepresents the role, which is directed to evidence, not politics. As slide 32 of Anne Glover's talk in Auckland highlights, "The CSA has a purely advisory function and no role in defining Commission policies." Furthermore, it goes one to say "Therefore, her views do not necessarily represent the views of the Commission." – point being, that the Commission is ultimately free to disregard her views should it wish to.)
A later letter continues the encouragement to remove the CSA role in similar vein, but avoiding the GM issue.
(Doug Parr has indicated that this and the earlier letter represent the full correspondence from Greenpeace and company to Juncker encouraging the removal of the CSA role.)
One thing not referred to in these letters is that Glover apparently invited several NGOs to discuss "how the use of scientific evidence by the Commission could be improved" including Greenpeace, the Pesticide Action Network and Health & Environment Alliance, all signatories to both of the letters to Juncker urging the removal of the CSA position. (See slide 85 of her presentation at Auckland.)
I have searched for, but have not been able to find a summary or transcript of this meeting. It would be interesting to see if this meeting would shed light on current developments.
A full deconstruction of these letters would be time-consuming and tedious. Suffice to say that there are several statements that to me don't stack up. In particular the letters suggest a misunderstanding (or misrepresentation) of the role of the CSA. I'll limit myself to just one example. The second letter refers to a proposed potential for the CSA to influence policy formation. Further in the piece it writes "The current CSA has stated that her advice should remain "not transparent" and immune from public scrutiny (1), and this is of concern to us." To my reading this misrepresents her: she was quoted as saying "has said that her opinions to the European Commission should remain independent from politics and therefore "not transparent" and immune from public scrutiny." (My emphasis added.) The important part has been left out: that her role should be independent from politics. This is mirrored in her statement on slide 99 of her talk at Auckland that she was constantly the target of lobbying "under the wrong assumption that this would influence my advice and that I have much more influence than I have in reality." (To my reading she has subsequently said her position should be transparent.)
The EU has other structures that serve as science advisories, such as the Joint Research Centre. (Contrary to what the NGO letters imply, she drew on contacts there [page 6 of Select Committee hearing].) Perhaps there are better structures, but the argument offered by Greenpeace and company isn't it – not only does their criticism seem unsound, they in fact make no suggestions all what might be better despite making vague statements that something else might be better. (There can be read an implication that they should be a source of scientific advice.)
Glover attended the Science Advice for Governments meeting held in Auckland, New Zealand. Slides of her presentation, 1000 days in the life of a Chief Scientific Advisor, are available on-line. A transcript of her presentation is below the slides. In it she lays out her roles and the challenges she faced.
Glovers "Lessons learnt", from slide 98 onwards, are particularly worth reading.
It seems Glover is to retain her position until January, but has been frozen out from doing anything. Apparently the CSA website has been taken down (although an archive of it appears to exist; click on the arrows in the boxed items at the bottom of the page for more details), and she is disbarred from attending a meeting of science advisors that she set up.
Those familiar with GMO literature will see slide 65 of Glover's talk notes a call for her resignation from Gilles-Eric Séralini, senior author of a widely discredited study, and French politician Corinne LePage prior to the letters this article refers to. Séralini in particular is seen as a hero by some opposing GMOs despite widespread objections from the scientific community about his work and how he presented it to the public. I've previously written about the republication of the retracted study and the lack of peer review of this.
For one meta study of GMOs, see Klümper and Qaim, A Meta-Analysis of the Impacts of Genetically Modified Crops (DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111629). They conclude, "On average, GM technology adoption has reduced chemical pesticide use by 37%, increased crop yields by 22%, and increased farmer profits by 68%. Yield gains and pesticide reductions are larger for insect-resistant crops than for herbicide-tolerant crops. Yield and profit gains are higher in developing countries than in developed countries."
Page 20 of the Select Committee Inquiry (PDF file) may interest some:
… that is a good example of where you cannot really invoke the precautionary principle, because we have the evidence. People might say, "Yes, but there might be some other evidence that we do not have now but we could have in the future". It is not a sustainable way of looking at evidence. People use it because it is a very emotive principle. It tends to flag up in other people's minds the following: "If one of my colleagues is invoking the precautionary principle, I should be worried about it". It is not being used properly. I think it would be helpful to everyone concerned if we could do almost what your question suggests, which would be to set up a simple tick-box process: if "yes" go here, if "no" go there. If you carry on, you can then invoke it. But if you go down some other channel, you do not necessarily invoke the precautionary principle. You do something else.
Q11 Baroness Scott of Needham Market: I want to be clear that the problem that you are identifying is the same one that I am, which is that "risk" and "hazard" are increasingly used to say the same thing. You can almost always point to hazards whatever you are doing, even when crossing the road, but actually what you really need to do is risk.
1. The Science Media Centre did report it in their weekly 'Heads up' report, there is a follow-up report on their site.
2. Additional commentaries can be found in the articles below (the dates will be local, these articles are from the northern hemisphere):
15 Jul., Corrected transcript of evidence taken before The Select Committee on the European Union Inquiry on THE ROLE OF THE CHIEF SCIENTIFIC ADVISER TO THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION. (PDF file.)
25 Jul., War of letters over call to abolish EC scientific adviser role by Nishad Karim (Guardian).
13 Nov., Juncker axes Europe's chief scientific adviser by James Wilsdon, professor of science and democracy at the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex and chair of the Campaign for Social Science.
13 Nov., The EU Science Advisor: Greenpeace and Climate Denial by Stephan Lewandowsky Professor, School of Experimental Psychology and Cabot Institute, University of Bristol.
13 Nov., Abolition of EC chief scientific advisor role 'blow to evidence-based policy making', press release from the Society of Biology.
13 Nov., EU scraps science advisor role – now are you happy, Greenpeace? by Mark Lynas. (Lynas is a former anti-GM activist who is noted for having changed his views to now support GM.)
13 Nov., Europe Drops Chief Science Adviser. Don't Like the Facts? Kill the Messenger by David Ropiek.
15 Nov., the British Minister for Health+Innovation, George Freeman tweeted "EU madness as Junker gets rid of EU Chief Scientist role. The EU NEEDS science + innovation for 21stC competitiveness".
Nov 16., It would be folly for the EU to turn its back on science by Dr Sarah Main, director of the Campaign for Science and Engineering.
3. Suggested to me by Peter Griffin, later seen to be suggested by others. This is what experienced journalists are good for and scientists less so, I guess…
3a. Another claim in the Telegraph piece that has received questioning is the claim the lobbying for the removal of the CSA position included from France. The journalist linked this to Ségolène Royal.
4. I feel there is some irony in the forum this letter is hosted – 'Corporate Europe Observatory: exposing the power of corporate lobbying in the EU'. Greenpeace and it's allies in this letter are lobby groups in the process of lobbying…
Other articles on Code for life:
Three kinds of knowledge about science and journalism
Media thought: Ask what is known, not the expert's opinion
XMRV prompts media thought: ask for the 'state of play'
Gene editing and GMOs in NZ, part one | Code for Life
GMOs and the plants we eat: neither are "natural"
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I've belatedly found that Steven Novella has also written on this:
http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/politics-vs-science/
(17th Nov. I've added a comment, yet to be approved at the time of writing.)
The Corporate Europe Observatory (whose by-line 'exposing the power of corporate lobbying in the EU' I find quite ironic as, to me, their article exposes the power of their lobbying) has written regards "how to organise independent scientific advice" that they have "sent a list of principles to the Commission on how to, in our opinion, try to best do this"
http://corporateeurope.org/power-lobbies/2014/11/how-improve-scientific-advice-european-commission
Their list doesn't actually show how the EC might better organise independent scientific advice and, in my opinion, is again trying to play word games to enable pushing their opinion ahead of evidence.
They seem to pretty much directly say that experts whose advice they don't like should be silenced:
"Experts with interests conflicting with the public interest in the advice process at stake should remain available as hearing experts but should not actively shape the advice or opinion."
(By claiming themselves to be acting in the public interest they can ask to exclude those whose views they don't like. This clearly is playing games, very unsound ones. It also is indirectly slighting the CSA office, implying that it's not in the public interest. While they understandably see themselves as champions of public interest (whether they are or not), but need to better recognise that only works if their advice/evidence is sound. This actually argues for strengthening the CSA position when it's thought through, and distancing of lobby groups such as their own. There's a lot else wrong in what they've offered, but that would take an entire article to put right…)
Those wanting more reading might like the links before and after the letter on this page: http://www.senseaboutscience.org/pages/maintain-eu-chief-scientific-advisor.html
Those looking for the EU Chief Scientist twitter account, @EU_ScienceChief, it's been deleted. Anne Glover now has a personal account for her EU work, @AnneGlover_EU
(I can't help noting that this also has the unfortunate effect of deleting all the tweets she made as Chief Scientist, removing the public record of these – not implying conspiracy, just thinking this unfortunate & perhaps in some ways inappropriate.)
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About the Royal Society
Sir Tim Hunt resigns from Royal Society awards committee
Sir Tim Hunt has today contacted the Royal Society to offer his resignation from the Society's Biological Sciences Awards Committee. The Society has accepted that resignation.
Sir Tim Hunt's recent comments relating to women in science have no place in science. The Royal Society believes that too many talented individuals do not fulfil their scientific potential because of issues such as gender discrimination and the Society is committed to helping to put this right.
Sir Tim Hunt has made exceptional contributions to science in terms of his own research on the cell cycle and its implications for our understanding of cancer which led to the award of the Nobel Prize. Over the years he has also supported the careers of many young researchers, often travelling tirelessly to support young people all over the world. It is the great respect that he has earned for his work that has made his recent comments so disappointing, comments he now recognises were unacceptable.


How is your company using imagery and visuals to communicate your brand story? And, are these conveying the brand image you want people to associate with you? These elements can play a large role in cementing a positive or negative picture in your current and potential clients' minds.
Custom corporate photography for architectural firm SFCS in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Great photos that are relevant, consistent and tie in with who you are and the products and services you offer can work with other elements, like design and messaging, to tell an engaging, impactful story. The wrong images, or ones that just don't quite fit, can indeed have the exact opposite effect. In a Social Media Examiner report, 32 percent of marketers say visual images are the single most important form of content.
Start with your brand position and messaging. What is your company all about? How does it help clients in their everyday businesses or solve their pain points? What do you want potential clients to know about you? Maybe you want to convey trust, professionalism, authority, fun, edginess or something else completely.
More than likely, you are not going to be able to simply hunt down stock photos that precisely communicate what you want to say about your brand. And in this case, you run the risk of using the same photos other companies (or worse yet, competitors) are using in their advertising and creative. On the other hand, custom photography is a great option that is unique to you and can work with your marketing campaigns and messaging to tell the story you want to tell and how you want to tell it — to your target audience and across all channels.
So, what is your brand story and what does it say about you? It is partially about the narrative you build and communicate, but much of it also is based on how your clients view your brand. Some elements you can control, but of utmost importance is how your audience perceives you and your products and services. Keep in mind, it is critical to determine how you will communicate your story, via what channels, and how clients will interpret it. And within that, you will need to consider the creative elements and messaging that need to be included in these communications.
According to Dr. John J. Medina's Brain Rule Rundown: "We are incredible at remembering pictures. Hear a piece of information, and three days later you'll remember 10% of it. Add a picture and you'll remember 65%." Not only do you need to have a strong headline and messaging, but also the marketing creative design and photos need to complement and strengthen what you are trying to communicate to current and potential clients about your brand. This combination will not only help you gain your audience's attention, but it will also assist in engaging them with your brand in a positive way and make you memorable.
Create an emotional connection and enable clients to visualize who you are and what your products or services can do for them. Let photos show them what is possible and how clients can benefit from working with you. Sometimes you only have one shot; it is that first impression, how it makes them feel about your company and if they would consider doing business with you. Of course, it is also important for all creative elements to work together to ensure you are adequately conveying the same message across all channels, as mixed messages can hurt your credibility and work against you.
Consistent branding, including custom photography and relevant messaging, when used to communicate a story will also help in keeping you top of mind for your target audience. By telling an engaging narrative with memorable visuals, people are more likely to remember your company and what you do. Start the conversation with them and support it throughout the client journey, always reinforcing your story and brand image.
Custom commercial photography can also be valuable for your content marketing. In fact, the Content Marketing Institute found that 56 percent of B2B marketers use photos or illustrations in their content marketing efforts. Images can work together with other content to strengthen communications delivered through email, social media, blogs, magazines, websites, events, webinars, in-person presentations, and more. Again, images can reinforce your brand with not only current clients but also with potential new ones, as well.
Are you ready to explore the next steps and find out how custom commercial photography can help you tell your brand story? Contact Brett Winter Lemon online or at 540-529-3876 to talk about your company's specific needs.
In our digital world run in by the Internet and Artificial Intelligence, we are apt to forget that a great deal of the sweat and tears behind the functional machines in our lives remain unseen – hidden behind the walls of industrial factories stretching far and wide throughout the US. The examples are endless: the cars we drive; the refrigerators, washing machines, boilers, and broilers in our kitchens; not to mention our garden implements, and myriad other household items. Of course all these as mentioned compile only a small subset of the industrial production landscape that inevitably makes our lives easier. Indeed, factory dynamics reflect another world – one that is simply fascinating to the eye if presented by an industrial photographer that knows all about imagery and building specialized image libraries.
Manufacturing photography in Raleigh, North Carolina.
We spoke to Brett Lemon, a noted and prolific commercial photographer in Raleigh NC to get the inside scoop as to why this aspect of photography is in such high demand, and why it commands finely attuned skills to capture the right moods and image-induced emotions. The chat was not only illuminating it was quite mind boggling when boiled down to the nuts and bolts of the matter (excuse the pun). Brett's insight was deep, notwithstanding his experience covered the region from Raleigh in North Carolina to Roanoke in Virginia. The following captures most of his enlightening description.
Industrial environments are hard-core, to say the least: they represent blue-collar America in its best light, toiling over churning production lines with spanners, wrenches, screwdrivers, and hammers to keep the wheels of commerce turning. Factories in America are integrated with fire, kilns, stark brick walls, sheets of metal, iron and alloy ingots ranging in color from dull grey to brassy gold. Also, forklifts, steel-structured warehouse shelving loaded with parts big and small – all overlaid with billowing steam, and the perspiration streaming from the pores of factory workers.
It's the task of the industrial photographer to extract the most compelling images – the ones that capture the reality of the most stressful moments; the furrows creasing brows of grizzled individuals that mark the years of dedication to the production line; the extreme temperatures endured every day no matter what the climate outside is like – and then, of course, there's the machinery. The machinery may be modern or antiquated, gargantuan in size or minuscule, simple or intricate, new or worn-out, active or idle, manually operated or automatic. The industrial photographer is inevitably contracted by the manufacturer's management to capture the moods, the dynamics, and the personnel inside the business with standout brand imagery as the underlying motivation. This requires him or her to be adept at shooting close-ups as well as macro-photography, which in turn involves skillful adaptation of macro lenses and accessories, ring flashes, comprehensive lighting gear and all the other latest-technology equipment needed for high-end shooting. Here's the bottom line: in any factory setting geared to modern-day USA, the raw and gritty lives alongside the slick & smooth - sometimes with a facade. This implies there's importance attached to depicting glaring contrasts inside typical factory businesses as essential ingredients of any advertising image portfolio.
Finally, from Brett's viewpoint looking at things through Raleigh NC colored lenses: great industrial photographers emerge from a versatile professional photography background. It is not uncommon to see the best industrial-image-experts link back to photojournalism, architectural shot makers, or even those whose skills were honed in fashioning portraits. In almost all cases, in this somewhat unique but extremely profitable branch of photography, the best have been apprenticed to dedicated industrial photographers for a reasonable tenure before breaking out on their own.


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Bios Urn is much more than an urn — it's a catalyst for life. It is made using 100% biodegradable materials, and is respectful to the environment in all the ways possible. Built with a special capsule that meets the needs of any type of tree, it's the perfect medium to allow for the proper growth of a tree or plant when planted with the remains of your loved one.
The Bios Urn is made using a custom moulding system which is produced without the use of glues or chemical additives. The degradation of the product is respectful to the environment because of its organic components.
The urn is made in two sections.
The two section fit snuggly together.


Beauty Care Choices: Spring 2016 Hair Color!
I would love to try some pretty colors in my hair.
I like the Ronze, nice way to add color to darker hair.
Didn't know I need a diffuser to dry my hair. Thank you.


The Prime Minister is the number one Minister in this country. The role of leader, an example for all other Ministers to follow, someone to be held in high esteem. Or they should be. They should be utterly honest and trustworthy, loyal and straight forward, good hearted and transparent, a prime example of a thoroughly decent human being.
It would seem that once again this week that John Key has displayed his characteristic "brain fades" otherwise known as lies. His claims around his relationship and subsequent hiring of his old school friend Ian Fletcher to the head of the GCSB role were quiteblatantly untrue. Just some more lies, rolling off the tongue quite easily. Which he has also made easier for himself, by surrounding himself with people that enable this particular behaviour.
When in this country did we lower our standards and have lying become acceptable? Our levels of tolerance seem to have risen and we now accept that our elected representatives (or some of them) will bend the truth, conveniently forget, and flat out lie. Is this really something that we should be comfortable with? Surely not!
We are allowing by acceptance of this lying, the lowering of the whole tone of our Parliament. I believe it has contributed to the standards we now have, it has increased the cronyism, the favouritism, and the "perception" of corruption, perception is everything.
Sadly this situation is not unique to New Zealand. Lying as a Member of Parliament is seemingly rife all over the world. These people are attracted to the power of politics it would seem, in fact thrive and do well as politicians in a lot of cases. Just because corruption here doesn't seem too bad for the most part does not mean that we should just accept what IS happening. Things can get worse quickly if ignored, if no one is ever held to account. We should take a stand.
Thankfully not all of our MP's are dishonest, we do still have some rays of hope, lets push and work hard to keep these good hearted honest and hard working representatives on our side. Lets vote this year for honesty and for truth. It is time to demand more from our elected politicians and remove the utter acceptance, even endorsements from radio and media journalists has become part of the cycle by promoting lying as no big deal. Well it is a big deal for me, I want my politicians to be honest, however hard the truth may sometimes be to hear, I would rather hear truth than lies any day of the week.
We all now know when Key is lying… his lips move.
Nationannul's strategy for this election will be to run a "clean" campaign and to cry foul if the Opposition attempts to remind the voters of the many lies that Key and his minions have told and will tell throughout the run-up to Polling Day.
The sympathy and support that poor helpless wee Judith Collins garnered from the "stress" of having her "honesty and integrity" questioned by those nasty bullying thugs on the Opposition benches was the first taste of things to come.
To nashernil's supporters and apologists the corruption and blatant lies are completely irrelevant, and worse, seem to be lauded and admired by them.
I look forward to the day when any M.P caught telling lies can be impeached, called to account and face severe penalties of imprisonment for doing so, though it will be a cold day in hell before Key and his accomplices will support the requisite legislation to do so.
The way to corrupt a person is not to ask them to commit a major crime but something small and then repeat the process. For some reason a huge number of New Zealanders have been willing to allow this to happen to them. The question is have they been corrupted or like John Key were they amoral in the first place.
However I think the title of the article could have more appropriately read "The Prime Minister is the number one Traitor in this country".


Hundreds of students across Moray received their exam results yesterday (Tuesday 7th), with many star pupils achieving high marks.
Attainment at S5 is broadly in line with the previous two years, with 22 students achieving five 'A' grades in their Highers. Overall, 13% of all candidates in S5 gained five Highers, with 33% of S5 pupils achieving three Highers.
Higher results in Moray have shown the greatest increase in many of our schools, with more pupils achieving one or more in 2018 than previously. Elgin Academy has a very impressive 63% of S5 pupils gaining at least one Higher, and 20% achieving five Highers.
This year a revised National 5 qualifications was implemented, which saw a change in assessment structure and for some courses a change to subject content. Across S4, 53 students achieved six A grades at National 5 level. This is an increase from last year, although there is an increase in all the A and B passes at National 5 level across our schools.
In addition there were a number of young people in S4 who combined National 5 passes at A with Higher passes at A. Overall S4 attainment has decreased from last year's high point, although current results present particularly strong attainment for a number of individual pupils and subject areas.
Individual school results have shown impressive improvements, none more so than Elgin High School where N5 results in S4 show major improvements with 35% of pupils achieving three or more National 5 results, as well as 75% of fourth year pupils gaining at least one National 5 award, the best S4 results in recent years.
Moray Council's Head of Schools and Curriculum Development, Vivienne Cross, said: "Analysis of our results is ongoing with more detailed work taking place over the course of the next week or so. In line with Scottish Government priorities we will be looking closely at how schools are closing the attainment gap for all young people.
Students or parents who have any queries or concerns about their results should contact their school directly in the first instance.
For any student concerned about their results, the first point of contact is their school where senior staff or guidance teachers will be available to deal with enquiries.
UCAS can be contacted by telephone on 0371 468 0468 , by email [email protected] or via their website www.ucas.com. You will also find UCAS on Twitter or Facebook.
For those youngsters looking for careers and employment advice, Skills Development Scotland staff will be on hand at their office at 232 High St, Elgin where face-to-face advice is available.


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Dialog Semiconductor extends power management position in China with latest HTC smartphone
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Dialog Semiconductor, a provider of highly integrated power management, AC/DC power conversion, solid state lighting (SSL) and Bluetooth Smart wireless technology, has announced that its DA9210 IC (sub-PMIC) will deliver precision power management to the MediaTek processor in HTC's latest smartphones, the HTC One M9+ and HTC One E9+.
The elegant HTC smartphones host a wide range of enhanced HTC proprietary features including high quality surround sound simulation and 20-megapixel dual cameras. The HTC One E9+ has a 5.5-inch extremely sharp Quad HD (534 ppi) display and the M9+, a 5.2-inch display with a front-mounted fingerprint sensor.
Important features in the selection of the DA9210 sub-PMIC by HTC included programmable soft start up, the ability to allow the processor to go from sleep mode to full load in micro seconds, and dynamic voltage scaling supporting adaptive adjustment of the supply voltage dependent on the processor load. The remote sensing capabilities guarantee the highest levels of accuracy, while the high integration level of the DA9210 removes the need for external FETs or Schottky diodes. The DA9210 was also successfully used in Mediatek's earlier MT6595 platform.
"The top ten smartphone manufacturers leverage Dialog Semiconductor PMICs to enable them to push the limits of performance in their products while maintaining outstanding power efficiency," commented Udo Kratz, senior vice president and general manager, Business Group Mobile Systems. "It's a privilege to be chosen by a manufacturer of HTC's global standing as the supplier of power management technology in its latest smartphones. Our technology provides both models with sophisticated power control by supplying high currents in a tiny space without the risk of overheating other components."
MediaTek's MT6795 octa-core 4G LTE processor is based on the ARM big.LITTLE architecture and uses four Cortex-A17 cores together with four energy efficient Cortex-A7 cores. It integrates a range of technologies including Mediatek's CorePilot™ heterogeneous multiprocessing technology providing ultra-low power consumption and optimised thermal control. The Clearmotion technology eliminates motion jitter, ensuring smooth and the highest quality video performance.
PCBs have been described as one of the top 10 tech inventions of 20th century …


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Александр Игнатьевич Косачёв (23 мая 1936 — 15 сентября 2014) — советский и российский режиссёр и сценарист неигрового кино. Заслуженный деятель искусств Российской Федерации (1994).

Биография
Родился в Новосокольниках Псковской области. С 1955 года учился на режиссёрском факультете ВГИКа (мастерская А. П. Довженко и М. Э. Чиаурели), который окончил экстерном. С 1959 года работал на Дальневосточной студии кинохроники в Хабаровске, затем на Нижне-Волжской студии кинохроники. В 1962 году переехал в Москву, работал на студии «Моснаучфильм» («Центрнаучфильм» — с 1966 года).

Лауреат международных и всесоюзных кинофестивалей.

Скончался 15 сентября 2014 года.

Семья
 жена — Л. А. Васильева, киновед;
 сын — Илья Александрович Косачёв, оператор и режиссёр.

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  — Шёл геолог… (приз Всесоюзного фестиваля в Минске)
  — Начинается город
  — Невыдуманная земля
  — Сырые запахи реки (приз международного кинофестиваля в Лейпциге)
  — Перед лицом экрана
  — Каждый день дорога
  — Алжир
  — Болгария, одна Болгария
  — Лондон 1851 — Монреаль 1967
  — Детская спортивная школа (первый приз Всесоюзного фестиваля спортивных фильмов в Москве, приз 2-го фестиваля телевизионных фильмов в Баку)
  — Поезд
  — Черты великого образа
  — Новогодний привет
  — Ключи от хоккейных ворот
  — Ленин и Крупская
  — Семь раз отмерь (специальный приз Международного кинофестиваля спортивных фильмов в Ампеццо)
  — Маршал Чуйков
  — Очевидное и невероятное <small>(совместно с С. Прошиным)</small>
  — На морях и океанах
  — Отчизна (специальный приз Всесоюзного кинофестиваля в Алма-Ате)
  — С темна до темна
  — Эстафета (киноальманах, 1 выпуск)
  — Эстафета ''(киноальманах, 2 выпуск)
  — Анастас Иванович Микоян
  — Сосенки
  — Понедельник — день обычный
  — Днём и ночью в небе
  — По Москве
  — Рабочий день в библиотеке»
  — Шестой Международный конкурс Чайковского
  — Гармония танца
  — Оникс — камень подземных дворцов
  — Вспоминая Менделеева (специальный приз Всесоюзного кинофестиваля в Вильнюсе)
  — Станиславский
  — Скульптор Орехов»
  — Великие имена России. Лермонтов
  — В пределах возможного
  — С компьютером за партой
 — — Тайна для миллионов глаз
  — Самоучка Суворов
  — Слово о Тургеневе
  — В доме Достоевского
   — Фонвизин
 — Сергей Прокофьев
 — Портрет Рахманинова
  — Загадка Лобачевского
 — История Москвы

 Сценарист
  — Сырые запахи реки ''(совместно с Е. Кряквиным)
  — Лондон 1851 — Монреаль 1967 ''(совместно с Ю. Гурвичем)
  — Ленин и Крупская ''(совместно с Л. Купецкой, К. Мамтаковой)
  — В доме Достоевского

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Boekelo (Nedersaksisch: Bokel) is een buurtschap in het noordwesten van de Nederlandse gemeente Haaksbergen (provincie Overijssel), ten noorden van de buurtschap Holthuizen, tussen Hengevelde en St. Isidorushoeve. In de middeleeuwen was Boekelo een van de marken in het richterambt Haaksbergen. De buurtschap moet niet verward worden met het gelijknamige dorp in de gemeente Enschede.

Haaksbergen
Buurtschap in Overijssel


Paneer Pakora - A spicy and tasty fritters with cottage cheese dipped in a batter of gram flour. Pakora's are a common and popular snacks or appetizers made with vegetables like cauliflower, potatoes and brinjal. These paneer pakora's tastes a lot more different ,as they are spicy and crisp on the outside and very soft inside.
Heat oil in a deep kadhai.
In a bowl, mix all the ingredients required for the batter with sufficient water.
Dip paneer into the batter and gently drop them in hot oil. Fry until they turn golden brown, drain them on a kitchen towel.
That's look too delicious, a mouthwatering fritter for festive parties.
That is yummmm .. perfect dear.
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I can finish that whole plate rite now..tempting pakoras..
Love anything with paneer and this looks real yumm!
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looks delicious and yummy ..crispy fried ones!!
Perfect Pakoras, one of my fav.appetizer.
they look absolutely yum, wish i could have some now..
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6.A lack of investment in the educational area emtodas its instances. We go to analyze these elements, PEAR TREE (2007), for example, places that Brazil possesss caractersticasda authoritarian public administration and elitist mainly after 1964 orientandopara the promotion of development and accumulation of capital, in the modernization dasinstituies economic-financiers and the industrialization that is conceived under aperspectiva of other social groups, of other cultures, with characteristics politician-econmicasque very differ from the reality of the Amaznia and, therefore, conditioning it nofenmeno of the growth not-economic. Learn more at: Senator of Massachusetts. The not-economic growth says respect to the deficit between economic ocrescimento the ambient and social problems caused pelaspolticas public IV dosgovernos federal, state, municipal, therefore they favor the capital international eou of the national elites who do not include in the productive process hand-of-obralocal and degrade the environment, configuring one high degree of agressividadeeconmica provokes one of problems with reaction in chain. The deforestation, erosion, assoreamento of the rivers, thermal inversion, global heating, poluiodo air, pollution of waters and the ground, hole in the ozone layer, increase dovolume of waters in the oceans, floods, affect the social life of health, the hunger, misery, unemployment and thus successively. Dr. Neal Barnard has similar goals. All the questions raised at this moment in the ones of the one idiade that the six (6) elements that we elencamos above are concatenated and provocamentre itself called ' ' effect domino' ' that they justify our thesis of one polticadependente that privileges groups, creates extremely bureaucratic processes comoo access the credits wounding the more elementary democratic principles, associates to this we have institutions with professionals badly preparadostecnicamente and that they finish contributing for the shunting line processes dinheiropublico it and the lack of Inter cooperation and intra institucionaisseja it for the equipment lack, pelafalta of knowledge or still for the physical distances mesmasapresentam that them in function of the immense dimension of the territorial one of the Amaznia is nessascondies that C& T is faced in Brazil and the Amaznia having configured the tesedo growth no-econmicodefendida for Pear tree with much property causing social, economic and ambient the deficit regional and local and supervits of the capitaisinternacionais and the national elites. . (As opposed to Senator Elizabeth Warren).
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Runs the backdrop and begin to baste fantasy, creativity and hope, the work of six one-person worlds self-proclaimed sand and mats. Avenida Los Alamos, in Villa El Salvador, hides among its blocks a different from their neighbors House: it would go unnoticed but holding scenes of social denunciation on the facade. And still the arena his closest companion, this peculiar House Theatre is known as the center of art and culture Arena and mats. For even more opinions, read materials from Senator of Massachusetts. Its interior has been prepared with the intent of simulating an amphitheatre. Their side bleachers are now empty and over them lie mist scrolls each winter morning. Suddenly, an imaginary curtain rises. Mist penetrates the stage, dance entangled in the movements of a petite figure, moving to the same beat with that drives carefree – their juggling clavas.
As this activity was for him a secret skill, hid under the pseudonym of Nico. Since ago five years; Nico contemplates, diligent, their clavas rising sheltered by the fire. The flames subject to the tyranny of the wind draw hesitant silhouettes. The clavas alternate in the air and back into his hands, while one of them dares to fly higher: shines in the sky. Flames pegboards on eyes timidly inquisitors of Nico, until the torch falls. I started to juggle at traffic lights in the Centre from the ten because I needed to help my family. A few years ago, a member of Arena and mats saw me and invited me to join me, says trying to sketch a smile. VOICES after the BACKDROPS when Nico came to sand and mats, discovered that his art became a vocation and a dose of discontent became the potion that drove the founding of this collective, the work of six young, led by Ana Sofia Pinedo. In 1992, following the murder of Maria Elena Moyano, we decided to form sand and mats because we didn't believe that everything that had been built in Villa El Salvador, with so much strength and organization, were destroyed by terrorist violence, He says while his hands are found and are accompanied by a dispassionate tone in the voice.
Urticaria – a disease characterized by the sudden appearance of the skin, rarely on mucous membranes, blisters – edematous, sharply demarcated rash of elements that are very similar to the rash arising from a burn nettles. In the etiology and pathogenesis of urticaria significant role belongs to the neuro-allergic mechanisms, intoxications, gastro-intestinal tract. Often, patients suffering from urticaria, are helminth infestation, giardiasis, foci of focal infection. In some cases the rash is the result of idiosyncrasies of the various foods, medicines. The rash of urticaria is pinkish or pinkish-white in color, subcutaneous fat, forming large units, called angioedema.
In rare cases blisters on the surface may have blisters or bleeding. In some cases, swelling can be expressed as weak that only watch the rash of spots, sometimes in the form of rings. Typically, a rash with hives disappear without a trace, but in some cases, on-site lesions remains pigmentation. There are acute and chronic recurrent urticaria. Acute urticaria occurs suddenly and disappears after a few hours or days. Appearance of rash is often accompanied by malaise, headache, joint pain, etc.
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As result the individual can reviver these events for ways: distressing, intrusivas memories or recurrent of the event, also images, thoughts or dreams (flash-back). It has one high incidence of co-morbidade with other psychiatric upheavals, as: depression, upheaval of the panic, social anxiety and abuse of you substantiate chemistries. The farmacolgico treatment is little efficient. Through the BZD the effect can be palliative, as well as the receivers of stolen goods of captation of serotonina.
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Nana Patekar cancels press conference on Tanushree Dutta's sexual harassment allegations
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In light of the accusations of sexual harassment levelled by actor Tanushree Dutta against him, actor Nana Patekar was to address a press conference on Monday. At the event, Patekar was expected to give his account on the allegations levelled against him. But the press conference was cancelled on Sunday; the rescheduled dates are yet to be announced.
The 67-year-old star's lawyer has sent a legal notice to Tanushree for allegedly making false accusations against him. Tanushree also received a legal notice from filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri, after accusing him of sexual misconduct and harassment.Tanushree has filed a police complaint against Nana, choreographer Ganesh Acharya and the director and producer of the 2008 film.
After Tanushree Dutta publicly accused Patekar of sexual misconduct during the shooting of Horn OK Pleassss in 2008, Patekar denied the allegations and said he was falsely accused of sexual harassment. He described Tanushree's claims a 'lie'.
Patekar, who was shooting for upcoming film Housefull 4 in Jodhpur with actors Akshay Kumar, Kriti Sanon and other, returned to Mumbai on Saturday. "I said this 10 years ago… a lie is a lie (Dus saal pehle bol chuka hoon, ab jo jhoot hai woh jhoot hai')," Patekar told PTI at the Mumbai airport.
Tanushree's allegations have found a stronger voice 10 years later with the #MeToo and Times Up movements gaining momentum. While several Bollywood stars like Farhan Akhtar, Sonam Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Ayushmann Khurrana have come out in her support, veteran actor, Annu Kapoor, has made no secret of his distaste for the "media trial" of Patekar, after he was accused of sexual misconduct. Annu went on to suggest he doesn't believe Tanushree's allegations.
"The dignity and pride of a woman has been hurt. But if this is true, then the person should be punished, be it Nana Patekar or Annu Kapoor. You bring the proof, and then the culprit should be punished. But if without any proof, you are just levelling allegations. So many questions have been raised today, and you have to answer those questions. Why this media trial? Why you are not going to the police station? This only makes me doubt your intentions," Kapoor said on Thursday.
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4-7 Two and then three years passed. The impurities accumulated, steadily eating away at him. The dusky golden hue of his shadow grew darker and darker.
And, thought Sanshi cynically, it seemed that the more polluted his shadow became, the easier things got for them. Slipping away from Taiki's shadow had once been quite difficult. Now it was becoming surprisingly easy. Perhaps they were drawing energy from the pollution itself. Or perhaps this was proof that the shell enclosing them was growing thinner and more brittle.
Or perhaps—and as she examined the state of her own being, the thought send chills down her spine—the impurities gathering within Taiki's shadow came not only from without but also from within.
Sanshi drove away all those who tried to harm Taiki. And every time she sensed the golden glow corroding and dimming. As far as she was concerned, she didn't have a choice.
She was his foster mother, born from the golden fruit at the same time and destined to share the entirety of his life with him. When the end of his days arrived so would hers. Such was the extent to which she lived her life through him. Taiki chose the emperor and then descended from the place of his birth to become the Saiho. Even though no longer the child that Sanshi had raised, she lived to serve him as she always had.
Gouran was no different. To be sure, Gouran had not been born for Taiki's sake. But the covenant that bound them was as true as that binding Taiki and Sanshi. The covenant between kirin and shirei was on a par with that between emperor and kirin. So not only Sanshi, but Gouran as well existed to protect and serve Taiki.
How long could they stand by silently and watch injury pile upon injury? According to Taiki's command, or for the emperor whom Taiki served with all his heart and soul, they could endure and even approve of the stripes he suffered. But no such reasons were forthcoming.
Only a warning at first. Those who showed him any disrespect had to understand that a price must be paid. But the incivilities did not cease. Sanshi had no choice but to impress upon them what a grievous mistake it was to take Taiki for granted. The realities of their situation compelled her and Gouran to condone his imprisonment and the abuse of his jailers.
That did not mean he had lost any of his dignity or divinity.
In particular, attempts to compound his injuries with malice aforethought were deserving of death. The law notwithstanding, injuring the Saiho was a capital offense. There were no mitigating circumstances.
Remove one threat and there were more malcontents where that one came from. They came, it seemed, out of the woodwork. Every time they disposed of one, their patience and forbearance ran thinner. With every contest, the malice of his persecutors increased and Sanshi and Gouran sensed the golden hues of Taiki's shadow growing muddier.
The muddier it became, the weaker the psychic streams became.
Even if this was in part the fault of Sanshi and Gouran, she didn't know how else to deal with the threats. How long must it continue?
If there was one thing that rescued her at all from the depths of despair, it was the joy that Taiki evinced when, spurred by one impetus or another, she reached out to touch and console. Unfortunately, Taiki remembered nothing about Sanshi or Mt. Hou or Tai. And yet he had not forgotten the touch of her hand.
I am always with you. I am always by your side.
Whenever she comforted him, a small ray of light brightened the darkness, and Sanshi felt, however slightly, that her efforts were being rewarded.
"I shall protect you, come what may," she whispered.
Within the gloom, though, she was gradually losing form. Sanshi was not aware of this herself—that she was slowly losing control of herself. Her thoughts constricted and hardened. In such a state, it did not occur to her that the impurities were attaching to herself as well.
And neither was she aware of what was happening to herself and to Taiki.
To be sure, Taiki had noticed the many "accidents" happening around him, but put them down to echoes from the wrinkle in time that had brought him to this here and now.
For as long as he could remember, he'd suspected there was something "off" about him. He was conscious of the strange feeling—the knowledge, even—that the existence of a strange creature like himself meant his environment must be somehow amiss. He sensed that he was a disappointment to those around him, a bewildering burden.
Those feelings grew year by year, blossoming into a conviction.
He really was an alien here, a source of unease to his surrounding. A bad seed. The rift in time and space that at some point had cut him free from this world grew so deep that he could no longer turn his eyes from its reality.
There came the point that, despite all her efforts, his mother could no longer bridge the widening divide between them.
He was cast adrift. He understood the necessity of his isolation. Calamities struck those connected to him. He was rumored to be cursed, rumors that became attached to his character. He had no choice but to accept that he was a dangerous element, a mark of bad luck whever he went.
And he accepted this with an almost uncanny sense of resignation.
He did wonder now and then where these feelings sprang from. When he was small, being the odd child out was very painful and disheartening. However, now the fact struck him as neither painful nor disheartening.
Perhaps because of that comforting presence. At some point he'd realized that something like spirits tended to him with their warm assurances. Hence his isolation never truly isolated him, never left him truly alone.
Though when it came to associating with others—namely, when it came to avoiding drawing others into danger and considering the distress when such things actually occurred—avoiding such relationships was so many more times preferable.
But more than that, many orders of magnitude deeper within him, something was breaking down and falling apart.
The feelings haunted his mind. Except that no particular sense of suffering accompanied these thoughts. At some point in time he had already come to fully accept it.
As a child, nothing weighed on his conscience more than when his mother wept because of him. Even now it stung at his heart. But whenever he grieved for his mother, the impression descended upon him that his life was that much more precious. More than his mother, more than his family, he should be concerned for his own welfare.
Growing with every passing year, this impression eclipsed the anguish and the inward turning of his thoughts. He was forgetting something of supreme importance. Something of great importance that he positively could not put behind him.
During this time, living his life with no purpose in mind, he grew into the knowledge that some part of him was missing and lost beyond all repair.
That lost year. The love and longing for what he'd possessed during that important lost year grew day by day, the growing distance between now and then filled only by a growing despair.