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GWP evaluates data solely for statistical purposes to measure the demand for GWP web offers. GWP has no way to associate this data with a specific person. A merge of this data with other data sources will not be done. The IP numbers are recorded for the duration of the visit to answer the queries and are not stored beyond the end of the visit.
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This time of year is cosy and beautiful, isn't it? Whilst natural light is hard to come by, there are sparkles on almost any street you're walking down and the air is filled with spicy scents and cheerful cheeks. However, it's the time of year where adverse weather and inevitable inebriation combine to bring about more accidents. Extra care should be taken in the winter months to protect your business and premises from incurring any accidents which can bring the season of cheer to a crashing halt.
Even seemingly small disruptions to your usual day to day service can have an impact on cash flow and expenses, and it is a good idea to make your business as winter ready as you can.
It depends on your business essentially, but getting winter ready should be fairly straightforward, if you plan for it. In addition to the potential ice and snow, the winter more commonly than not brings about flooding and this can cause disruptions such as being unable to access buildings. Congestion on even rural roads can be incurred due to weather conditions, or sadly, accidents which are down to irresponsible driving.
Since there are different eventualities caused by differing issues, we have broken these down to common problems and their resolutions.
Ensure that the building is protected by flood defences when there are sever weather warnings. This way, you are protected in case of rising waters. If the journey to the building can be hazardous, or held up by floods, arrange for staff to work from home during these times.
There are incidents of fires at this time of year, perhaps exacerbated by the fact that everyone is cooking large dinners and often with added booze. Fires destroy buildings, so it's best to ensure you are up to date with insurance and everything on the computers is backed up. Similarly, paper work should be backed up if possible.
Ice or snow can be lethal at this time of year, causing roads to be slippery and holding up traffic. Keep your eyes on local news and weather to check the state of roads. Grit your car park, and surrounding roads if possible. UK Landscapes gritting services provide this service, keeping you, customers and staff safe.
Storms can have knock on effects of flood or fire, as well as rain damage and other hazards. Stay connected to weather channels and keep alert where storms are concerned.


In this paper we complete and expand previous studies on how state capacity affects the economy by explicitly modeling the interaction between firms and state capacity. We model state capacity on a network framework where the provision of public goods and services boost productive decisions of entrepreneurs located in each municipality. This static model is the first that explicitly model the interaction between productive agents and state in a network framework of municipalities. By estimation of the reduced form model, we obtain a large and positive effect of state capacity on several indicators of productive development on the rm level like the number of formal firms, percentage of non-microfirms, median lifecycle of the rm and the median size of the firms.


A benefit concert, "Smooth Jazz in the Afternoon," featuring award-winning international music artist Sherry Winston, will be held at 4 p.m. May 19, at the Zlock Performing Arts Center of Bucks County Community College, 275 Swamp Road, Newtown Township.
NEWTOWN TOWNSHIP — A benefit concert, "Smooth Jazz in the Afternoon," featuring award-winning international music artist Sherry Winston, will be held at 4 p.m. May 19, at the Zlock Performing Arts Center of Bucks County Community College, 275 Swamp Road, Newtown Township.
Winston is a musician, composer and businesswoman who has performed in concert halls throughout the U.S. including Carnegie Hall, Constitution Hall, Lincoln Center and the Kennedy Center.
Proceeds from the event will support the Bucks County Chapter of the NAACP organization's scholarship program benefiting Bucks County high school seniors planning to attend school after graduation. Tickets are $60 per person and can be purchased online at http://bit.ly/2HNKbLg.
"This event promises to a great afternoon of entertainment, while at the same time assisting recipients to become future leaders of America," according to Karen Downer, president of the Bucks County Branch. The organization's offices are at 340 E. Maple Ave., Suite 106, Langhorne, PA 19047.
For information about the event, contact bucksnaacp@bucksnaacp2253.org.


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West Ham in talks for Rennes and Cameroon defender Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik
West Ham contact Rennes to discuss defender Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik
25-year-old is currently training with the club as they consider a £1.5m offer
West Ham sent Modibo Maiga out on loan to FC Metz with an option to buy
By Simon Jones for MailOnline
West Ham are in talks over a deal for Rennes defender Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik.
The 25-year-old has just one year left on contract with the Ligue 1 side but looks prepared to leave the French outfit.
Kana-Biyik is currently training with the club as they consider a £1.5million transfer.
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Close to a deal: West Ham are in talks over a deal for Rennes defender Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik (left)
Trial? Kana-Biyik is currently training with the London club as they consider a £1.5million transfer
West Ham have sent Modibo Maiga out on loan to FC Metz with an option to buy.
The 26-year-old forward was surplus to requirements at Upton Park and became the second deal between the clubs this month.
The first was Diafra Sakho, who joined West Ham in a permanent move earlier.
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The source of a river or stream is the place from which the water in the river or stream originates.
More specifically, a source is defined as the most distant point (from the river mouth) in the drainage basin from which water runs year-around, or, alternatively, the furthest point from which water could possibly flow. [ [http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2000/12/1221amazon.html National Geographic News @ nationalgeographic.com ] ] This latter definition includes sometimes-dry channels and removes any possible definitions that would have the river source "move around" from month to month depending on precipitation or ground water levels. This definition, from geographer Andrew Johnston of the Smithsonian Institution, is also used by the National Geographic Society when pinpointing the actual source of rivers such as the Amazon or Nile.
Thus, neither a lake (except in rare cases in which it has no inflows) nor a confluence of tributaries can by definition ever be a true river source, though both often provide the starting point for the portion of a river carrying a single name. For example, National Geographic and all other major geographic authorities and atlases define the source of the Nile River not as Lake Victoria's outlet where the name "Nile" first appears, but as the source of the largest river flowing "into" the lake, the Kagera River.
Often the source, or start of the most remote tributary, may be in an area that is more marsh-like, in which the "uppermost" or most remote section of the marsh would be the true source. For example, the source of the River Tees is marshland.
The furthest stream is also often called the headstream. Headwaters are usually small streams that are often cool waters, because of shade and recently melted ice or snow. They may also be glacial headwaters, waters formed by the melting of glacial ice.
The source is the farthest point of the river stream from its estuary, mouth, or its confluence with another river or stream, regardless of what name that watercourse may carry on local maps and in local usage. Where a river is fed by more than one source, it is customary to regard the longest as its source, with other sources considered tributaries. Often, however, the manner in which streams are named is not consistent with this convention. Many rivers change names numerous times over their length.
Near its source, a river or stream may have a modest flow rate, but the flow increases as more surface runoff and tributaries drain into the subject stream.
Headwaters are the most extreme upstream areas of a watershed. The end point of the watershed is called an outflow or discharge. A watershed is an area of land that is drained by a body of water. The river source is generally on or quite near the edge of the watershed, or watershed divide.
*"The River Thames rises in Gloucestershire."
*"The White Nile rises in the Great Lakes region of central Africa."


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Q: Where can I find derby.jar in JDK 8? I am reading about JDBC in OCP Java book, and in this book, it explains about JavaDB and before running my code, I need to add derby.jar file to my classpath.
java −cp "/my/jdk/home/db/lib/derby.jar:." SetupDerbyDatabase

OS: Ubuntu 19.04
Java version: 8

A: The JDK is being slimmed down and derby is no longer part of the distribution.
You must download the jar manually and then use the path to the downloaded jar instead of the one you use today.

A: You can download the required version from https://db.apache.org/derby/derby_downloads.html and then save it under this location. /my/jdk/home/db/lib/

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Smudgy fungal blemishes or surface blackening on late maturing mango varieties was recorded in Odisha as well as in various states during current mango season. Scientifically it is proved that this kind of blackening takes place in the absence of sap feeding insects and the pathogen responsible for this is different from sooty mould. This melanised fungal growth downgrades the fruits 'eye appeal by spoiling green fresh look of mangoes and appears at the time of maturity after rains. An effort towards removing this melody was made at Central Horticultural Experiment Station, Bhubaneswar by dipping the fruits after harvesting in a mixture of chemicals. This dipping removes 90-95% smudgy blemishes from the fruit surface. In order to validate the process and result, it was successfully experimented at various places during the season. Apart from CHES, it was experimented successfully at DERAS farm of Directorate of Horticulture with 80 tonnes of mangoes coming from the TSP villages of Rayaghada district of Odisha. This work was coordinated by Mr. K.L.Mohapatra at Bhubaneswar one among the progressive mango farmers in Odisha. After removal of blemishes these mangoes were sold at good rate on par with unaffected good quality mangoes. In south, the formula was evaluated at IIHR, Bangalore on five different varieties of mangoes viz., Alpnonso, Neelum, Amrapalli, Totapuri and Mayilampillai (root stcok) in presence of Dr. Krishna Reddy, Dr. A. Saxena, Dr.V.Ravindra, and G.C. Sathisa of IIHR. They expressed their satisfactory remarks over the performance of the treatment.
In order to see the impact of treatment in North India, the experiment was carried out in Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh), one of the known mango belt of Northern India, where farmers are facing this problem especially in the late maturing varieties like Dasheri, Langra, Chausa and Fazali. Experimentation was carried in three places with due support from Horticulture SMD and approval of concerned authorities. The dip treatment was imposed in villages namely Gangoh and Marwa and at mango packing house in the presence of eminent farmers like Paramod kumar Goyal, Sethpal Singh, Rajpal Singh (Former RAC member- NRC Litchi), Mohd. Ajam Khan, Amir Khan, Kahara Afagan, Suhale Khan, Tarun Kumar ( Mango exporter) and many others. Dr. Binayak pratap Shahi SMS/ Asst .Prof (Horticulture), KVK, Shaharanpur organised the experiment logistics and local support in the process. Here again the experiment was successful and all present appreciated and demanded the product for further use. It is pertinent to point out that the material used in this experiment is permissible in organic farming. As such, in multi-locational experimentations, this post harvest dip treatment technology was found to be highly successful in removing the smudgy fungal blemishes as evident by various demonstrations. Further efforts are in pipeline to make this technology available soon to farmers of different regions.


Due to the requirement of landing pages for your Internet advertising efforts, it is necessary to have tools that permit the creation of those pages efficiently. These tools are called landing page builders, and among the most notable is Instapage. It's a SAAS (software as a service) solution that allows you to create a landing page at a skilled and easy way, without having to resort to contracting with a technical firm in the field to construct your landing page. It's a simple interface that permits the consumer, both skilled and novice, to construct quality landing pages in rather short intervals. And since one of the leading landing page creation tools, it's extremely easy to locate guides and tutorials that will help shorten learning times much further.
Instapage includes a free version and several paid ones, which Can be bought by registering on the official site of the firm (www.instapage.com), using your email address. The free version is largely a trial version that allows you to create your landing page utilizing the Core plan options. It is going to only be busy for another 14 days until it reaches 100 visits, whichever comes first. This does not give you much choice other than to opt for one of the payments plans whose characteristics are under. It is important to mention that there is a difference between programs for people and businesses, each with its own characteristics and prices.
• Core Annual: this program has a cost of $99 per month billed annually, and it will be 23 percent off monthly plan rate. This is deemed good for getting started with post-click optimization, it's mobile responsive, comprises instablocks, boundless A/B testing, heatmaps and Conversion analytics.
• Core Monthly: this plan has a cost of $129 per month billed every month and has the very same characteristics of this Core Annual plan. The only distinction is the payment program is monthly and the decision to use one or another depends on your budget and level of commitment.
• Business Annual: the cost of the plan is adapted depending on your company's needs, and is customized by an organization's aim to scale at high levels of traffic for their landing page. This plan includes all the features of the Core plans and additionally has global blocks, AMP landing pages, real time cooperation, customer success manager and also enterprise-grade security.
• As a result of its simplicity and being so easy to use, as well as its numerous options in terms of templates, Instapage is excellent both for those expert marketers and for people that are completely new in this area and that have very little experience. Regardless of your level of expertise in creating landing pages, Instapage's simplicity alone makes it worth giving a try.
• Instapage is a system that's developed completely online, that is, it doesn't require installation on any of your own devices to operate, which offers you much versatility in where and how you decide to access it.
• There are still certain errors that happen in a few Sections of the platform, particularly when saving changes, because the use of certain web components complicates this step which may be a bit annoying.
• The fact that the free version is so limited forces You to elect for one of the paid versions, which have a somewhat large cost which could push some people off.
Whenever you agree with the Purchase Price of your potential plan, Instapage Is a Great option for creating landing pages to your business, Ones which are attractive to your customers, and help guide users to performing The activities you desire — activities like learning more about your goods and Services, supplying you with their information or purchasing what you must offer.


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Tonight you have an interesting free drink option, people.
LECTURE: Giant spiders, dense forests, and volcanic islands aren't just found in Lord of the Rings. Botanical scientist Dr. Susan Pell has encountered all of these things during her exploration of the Louisiade Archipelago, an island chain near Papua New Guinea's mainland. Dr. Pell is talking about her adventures there tonight at the Secret Science Club—where knowledge and cocktails collide—so stop by, listen in, and have a drink.


Jen of the Cob Jockey blog. Congrats Jen, I need your contact info (behindthebit @gmail.com)!
Talked about their plans for showing in the near future.
Explained their need for new breeches (weight loss or gain, worn out old breeches, etc).
Captured/described their plight in a creative way. Alexander Pope said, "True wit is nature to advantage dressed; what oft was thought but ne'er so well expressed." Clever writing sealed the deal.
The semi-finalists were STBEventer, Now That's A Trot, Madman, Faye Jane, Victoria, and rq. I really want to give a thank you to everyone who submitted an entry -- you're all a credit to the sport!
Jen's entry was really clever! The part about the stomachache made me laugh. Now her dressage horse will not have to be embarrassed by her attire! Congrats Jen!
Thanks to Stacey, and thank you TuffRider, too, for holding the contest!
Congratulations, Jen! My you, your horse, and your new show clothes have a wonderful season of competition!
Congrats to Jen and good luck this show season! Happy to see I was a semi-finalist but certainly pleased for her! :-) Thanks for the opportunity!
For some reason I am unable to view either of the following entries: Horses and Personalities or How To Ride A Half-Pass. I'm commenting about it here since I can access this post.
Congratulations, Jen. Good luck showing.
Those were accidentally published too soon, Ms. Martyr, they're coming in the future... Sorry!
Thanks, everyone! I am so excited to finally have a pair of breeches that doesn't have holes. I will do you proud in the show ring!
Neat! Thanks for considering me as a semi-finalist. I'm not much of a writer, so to get my story across in words that mean something to someone...means something to me!


Following the phenomenal success of the GoGoGorillas! and the GoGoDragons! charity trails in Norwich, Break and Wild in Art the children's charity are once again coming together to organize the open air art event.
Break celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2018 and one of the key parts of it all is the GoGoHares! The first of these hares are already placed strategically all over the city of Norwich especially around the landmarks.
A special Mad Hatters Tea Party was organized at The Forum to celebrate the pronouncement of the new trail on the 1st of June. Martin Green, the fundraising manager for Break is leading the GoGoHares! project confesses that the excitement levels are running pretty high for the whole project at Break!
As GoGoDragons was such a great success, choosing the next sculpture was quite a challenge but GoGoHares! is now all set to capture the residents' imaginations and be a fabulous showcase for artists. The next step for the GoGo series is to get the people involved, and the charity expects a great turn out at The Forum. The Mad Hatters Tea Party would be an opportunity to see first-hand what Break and Wild in Art propose to deliver to Norwich and Norfolk in 2018.
Hares are one of the commonly found creatures in Norfolk countryside and a popular subject for the artists to work with, hence the decision to pick hares as the sculptures was quite a natural one. This time, however, there would be three different designs for the sculpture.
The trail through Norwich would be featuring fifty sculptures and the GoGoHares! would be dotting some other parts of Norfolk. Around 150 local schools, nursery groups and clubs are getting involved in the GoGoHares! education program.
Sally-Ann Wilkinson, director Wild in Art mentions the delight, the charity feels to be working with Break on the third part of this artistic GoGo trilogy organized to celebrate their 50th anniversary in 2018. The intent of the event is that every hare should be able to strike a golden chord with the local communities of Norwich, and Norfolk, with the sponsors and with the artists and to create a special event to celebrate the contributions Break has made to the region during the later half of the century.


For almost 20 years now, this Swedish company is specialized in digital consulting. It helps companies acquiring and mastering tools and methods to become or remain agile. Crisp consists of currently forty members and works for many big companies such as Spotify (article to be published soon).
We are welcomed by Michael, who came only to share with us about Crisp. He is proud of Crisp's special management style and he hopes that by sharing their experiences many companies will follow their path. After showing us around their offices, Michael offers us to have breakfast and coffee. What a mistake on our part to had breakfast at the hostel, Crisp's buffet is much better provided!
As well as during our previous company visits in Sweden we discover warm and well thought workspaces. Truly, the Scandinavian design is not just a cliché! During the visit, two trinkets particularly caught our attention: a moose head plush and a Darth Vader mask. Amused, Michael enjoys explaining us their meaning. The plush symbolizes conflicts and tensions: they must be addressed before a small tension may grow into an ugly conflict symbolized by a metaphorical dead moose head. To avoid this, communication is the magic word. If it's not enough to resolve a tension, a facilitator is designated to arbitrate the discussion. As for the mask, it is the shadow of the Evil Coach that hangs over the company to remind everyone not to sink into the dark side of management. This fake coach does not hesitate to post satirical articles on the blog of Crisp.
In terms of managerial innovation, Crisp is remarkable on several points: they have no CEO, they control their growth and they have an agile culture built on learning and freedom.
A company without CEO is a dream for many, a utopia for others, for Crisp this is reality. The company has succeeded in flattening its structure and giving up any type of hierarchy. Several years ago, they noticed that the Swedish law do not require them to have CEO. So, they asked themselves: why should they keep one? Thus, they listed the CEO's tasks and spread them among the members. They are only required to have a board of directors that is elected every year and every Crisper is eligible. However, the board has very limited power. Mainly track cash flow, some practicalities and members happiness. Three times a year, all Crispers gather to take all the important decisions. They are taken by consensus only, and if somebody has a valid objection, something else must be suggested by this person. Crisp has no boss and no hierarchy, but what we felt visiting the company is that everyone feels responsible within the firm. After two years working for Crisp, every employee has the possibility to buy shares of the firm. However, as Michael explains to us, this investment of about a thousand euros has no economic benefits. It does not yield dividends or additional power. Becoming partner is something symbolic, Michael compares it to a marriage. It makes the relationship of the Crisper with the company official. If the act is voluntary, he tells us that almost every member own shares of the company.
Crisp's prosperity is based on a balance that must be preserved: the company pays close attention to its recruitment and to its size. They do not integrate more than 2 or 3 people a year to protect their culture and communication. To enter the company, you must match with its DNA, its values like freedom and sense of community. Crisp tries also to maintain a diversified team. The recruitment process starts with the introduction of the candidate by a "sponsor". Then, skills are tested and the applicant will have the opportunity to meet and share with the members of Crisp community. After these steps, if the candidate matches and if no crisper is opposed to the hiring, the new talent is recruited.
The equilibrium of Crisp is also based on another pillar: its organization. The consultants are free to choose their clients, their schedules, their holidays… There is no constraint on their work as long as they respect the DNA of the company. This organization works because consultants are paid according to the work they do. Crisp reverses to its employees everything they bring back excepted 10% and a small fixed part per month to finance the operating costs of the company. Moreover, the remuneration is totally transparent, Crispers know what their co-workers are doing and how much they earned for the company. This system allows the Crisper to set his own goals without creating tensions or judgement. In 2008, the economic context weakened demand and some consultants experienced difficulties in finding assignments, then Crisp decided to set up a reserve fund to help consultants if they have no assignment for a while.
Finally, Michael insisted on the fact that Crispers are free. They chose their own clients. Work assignments are often contracted with the clients by the salesperson of Crisp but then they must also be "sold" to the consultants. Crisp wants to meet the real needs of the company and to do that, Crisp gives the client the right consultant for the right assignment. That is to say the more skilled regarding the need and the more motivated. Thus, Crisp matches a passionate Crisper with the client need.
Another distinctive characteristic of Crisp is that its culture is also very focused on learning and training. Thereby, a Crisper only works for clients 3 or 4 days a week and spends the rest of the time training, learning and teaching. This way, they enrich their skills and knowledge and spend time working on what they like.
If Crisp distinguishes itself by no having CEO, it must not be recognized only for that. Crisp succeeded in building an egalitarian model, a free community of people respectful of the company's DNA.


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To form an express contract, the necessary elements are the standard contract training requirements. In order for an explicit contract to be concluded, its terms must be clearly accepted by the parties. A tacit contract is a contract that exists when a person arrives at an establishment and expects to receive a service. For example, if a person goes to the local grocery store, the grocery store expects the customer to order their sandwich and then pay. The customer also expects that if he orders a sandwich and offers to pay for it, he will receive exactly what he ordered. This common agreement between the parties on the basis of their conduct in this situation serves as an unspoken contract. If you offer to sell your bike to John for $100 and John says he agrees to buy the bike for that price, you have an express contract. The defendant has a legal obligation that he does not have to refuse to exercise due diligence with respect to the plaintiff`s safety, so that the plaintiff has the parallel right to seek such care. The plaintiff does not take the risk while using the defendant`s services or facilities, although he is aware of the danger if he acts reasonably, and the defendant has taken no reasonable advice other than to refrain from exercising the law in full. An ordinary carrier or other utility that has negligently performed a dangerously erroneous rate of action cannot rely on risk-taking against a benefactor who uses the measures as the only convenient means of accessing the company`s premises. The same principle applies to a city that has a public road, sidewalk or other public space on which the applicant has a right of use and premises in which the applicant must enter into a contractual law. If there is a reasonable alternative, the applicant`s dissatisfaction with unreasonable danger constitutes co-ordating negligence and risk-taking.
Unspoken or unspoken contracts are a legally concluded contract in which the parties have not clearly expressed their agreement of condition. Implicit contracts mitigate cases where an alleged contractor claims that a contract is in effect and, if agreed, challenges the existence of a contract because the legal documents do not meet the usual requirements of the explicit contract. "The fact that a man and a woman live together without marriage and have a sexual relationship does not in itself invalidate any agreement between them on their income, property or expenses. Nor is such an agreement invalid simply because the parties may have considered the creation or continuation of a non-jugal relationship when they entered into it. You paid the full price to the contractor, but he or she did not deliver the project and did not perform the work in accordance with the agreement. The terms of express contracts are generally clearly defined and expressed. They can distinguish an explicit contract from an unspoken contract by the way they are trained.


My days at The Company are numbered… Because I am not one to really hold a grudge (and I don't hate the job and the new one, anyway), I'm turning this Job Hater's Journal into the Broken Chord's Memoir.
Last night, at the birthday party, an uncle joked about their church choir having broken chords – well, I loved the name and decided to keep it as my own. No, I don't really have broken musical chords but "broken" signifies a lot of things: broken relationships at work, broken emotions at work, broken (well, soon) links with the company, broken ground for the new house (another coming-soon-feature), etc. I'm still trying to figure out how I could place the header on 😀 – not so techie here.
Why don't I change the blog altogether?
Mga kapwa ko kapamilya sa pananampalataya, based on my comprehensive research, the quotation came from the 14th Dalai Lama.
Alam ko walang kokontra sa desisyon mo, at sa pag-gamit mo ng banal na salita ng kapwa ko spiritual leader.
@Crazy Koala: Hey, you are not so crazy after all – your grade in logic must have been exceptional! (for an old guy, that is!) Well, what happens when the "something" is right in the middle of mediocre and exceptional? That really must be something, no?
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Daniel Alexander Williamson (1823–1903) was a British artist, part of a group of Liverpool painters who were influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite style.

He lived and worked in London from 1849 to 1857, before returning north to the Lancashire village of Warton. He went on regular painting trips with fellow Liverpool artist, William Lindsay Windus.

Several of his oil paintings are in UK public art collections, including National Museums Liverpool.

See also
List of Pre-Raphaelite paintings - including the works of Daniel Alexander Williamson.

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1823 births
1903 deaths
19th-century English painters
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RECON, with the support of Sweden and the United Nations Development Program, has made the first survey aimed at social entrepreneurs in the country, surveying 500 social entrepreneurs with the purpose of identifying the state of their business model. This model is growing in Colombia and in the world and can become an engine to promote social and economic development. The information collected reflects the opportunities and strengths, as well as the weaknesses, challenges, difficulties and problems faced by social entrepreneurs in the country.
The results of the survey allowed us to know that 100% of social entrepreneurs work for the benefit of vulnerable populations, reducing the gaps of discrimination and participation, that 50.6% of social enterprises are led by men and 49.4% by women, a ratio of 1: 1.
However, 61,2% have not been formalized; 85.6% said they started the venture with personal savings, noting that only 2.2% have received State program resources. Less than 12% have received training from the State to help strengthen their ventures.
Regarding income received by leaders of initiatives, 65.8 % receive less than a minimum wage, 16% receive two minimum monthly salaries, 11.3% one minimum monthly salary, and only 6.9% three minimum wages or more.
90% of social enterprises in Colombia claim to be non-profit organizations. 27% operate in areas where illegal armed groups are present, 34% said they were inspired by the conditions of violence and conflict to start their projects and 83% consider that their social entrepreneurship project contributes to the construction of peace in the country.
Regarding academic training, 71% of social entrepreneurs have a professional level of education, 14% have a technical level, 12% have a graduate degree and 3% have only a primary or high school degree.
As a source of financing, 86% of social enterprises are driven by their leaders' own resources. Likewise, 38% of the monthly income comes from contributions of partners and / or founders. Only 34% come from the sale of products and/or services, a percentage that shows that very few have managed to be profitable and sustainable.
66% of social entrepreneurs receive less than a minimum monthly salary. 11% receive the minimum wage, 16% receive two minimum wages and only 7% receive more than three minimums, with little remuneration for the work they do.
In relation to the financial system, 97% of entrepreneurs consider that there are no adequate lines to support social enterprises and that accessing credit to receive financing support is complex.


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L'affrontement de Habersbirk (tchèque : Habartov) a été, le 13 septembre 1938, la première confrontation armée entre la gendarmerie tchécoslovaque et les allemands des Sudètes. Elle est parfois marquée comme la première bataille de la Seconde Guerre mondiale.

Contexte
En 1938, Habersbirk était habité par 3135 personnes, dont 207 étaient tchèques. La population était majoritairement sudète allemande. La gendarmerie locale était composée de quatre hommes : le chef (praporčík) Jan Koukol et les sergents Jan Pardus, Antonín Křepela et Matěj Příbek. Au cours de l'année, le commissariat de gendarmerie a reçu plusieurs messages anonymes menaçants, visant principalement Pardus. Les  ont entrepris de garder les carrefours dans la région.

Affrontement
Les premiers incidents se sont produits dans la matinée du 13 septembre. Le sergent Pardus a été intercepté par une foule d'allemands des Sudètes alors qu'il se rendait pour acheter des cigarettes, mais n'a rencontré que des jurons. Une bannière à croix gammée a été accrochée au clocher de l'église, que Pardus et Koukol ont entrepris de retirer. L'affrontement avec la foule s'est tendu à l'église, mais les deux gendarmes ont dû regagner la gare, où la foule s'est partiellement dispersée.

Une autre partie de la foule allemande s'est enfoncée dans le bâtiment et a traîné la femme de Pardus, Růžena Pardusová. Ils l'ont ramenée de force dans son appartement et l'y ont emprisonnée, exigeant la capitulation des gendarmes. Cela a entraîné une fusillade entre les gendarmes et les allemands, qui ont pris d'assaut le bâtiment mais ont été chassés par les gendarmes. Jan Koukol et le chef des insurgés, Otto Plass, ont été tués dans l'action, le sergent Příbek a été blessé.

La foule a amené Růžena Pardusová devant la gare, après l'avoir lynchée auparavant. Les gendarmes ont reçu un ultimatum de se retirer, de peur qu'elle ne soit abattue. Les gendarmes ont alors commencé à sortir du poste sans armes, Příbek d'abord, puis Křepela et Pardus. Pardus a été immédiatement abattu et lynché par la foule, qui lui a percé les oreilles avec des trous en forme de croix gammée.

Vers , onze autres gendarmes sont arrivés dans la ville en bus et ont affronté immédiatement les allemands. Les gendarmes Roubal et Černý ont été tués lors de l'engagement. Les allemands ont été contraints de fuir. Plus tard, le cadavre de Křepela a été retrouvé avec des signes de torture.

Notes et références

Septembre 1938
1938 en Tchécoslovaquie


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He's the cajoler and confidant of maybe the world's greatest motorcycle racer. Less gray eminence perhaps – Santi Hernandez is mop-haired and bearded – but this man is an almost permanent fixture at the side of five-time MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez.
Marquez has broken record after record in his relatively short career and redefined what is possible in the saddle of a multi-million-dollar MotoGP bike.
Throughout the 26-year-old Catalan's time in the premier class, Hernandez has been his shadow. Watch any MotoGP weekend and the affable 44-year-old is there, clipboard in hand, whispering advice into Marquez's ear and marshaling the intense activity in the garage around him. The two appear inseparable; friends with an unbreakable bond.
Marquez himself speaks with obvious affection for his fellow Spaniard. "I started to work with him in 2011," the multiple champion tells CNN Sport. "Of course, in that time, there have been great moments, bad moments, but it's like he's not my chief mechanic, he's my friend."
Like a marriage
But most friends don't have to play the role of both good and bad cop as a world champion's chief engineer.
"The thing is that you need to separate your personal relationship," Hernandez tells CNN Sport.
"When I start, I don't want to be friends with the rider, because this is a job, we're in a professional world. Whether you're a good friend or not, when you are with a champion, or any rider, they want the result."
Personality counts for nothing, he says: "You can be nice, a funny guy, but at the end, if you are not doing your job well…", Hernandez smiles, whistles and makes a gesture with his thumb, "you are out."
The crew chief is generous enough to credit Marquez for the pair's special bond.
"You can be with a rider for 10 years and never be a friend, the relationship is just professional. With Marc it's different," says Hernandez.
"But it's not to say everything is right when we're working; many times, we fight, many times we're looking for what is the best way to do something, and many times we are not agreeing … but this is part of the job."
Marc Marquez ... catch him if you can ...
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READ: Japan's rising star could be its two-wheeled savior
Journalist David Emmett, one of the MotoGP paddock's pre-eminent voices and editor of the influential MotoMatters site, has watched the relationship between Hernandez and Marquez blossom.
"It really is like a successful marriage," Emmett told CNN Sport. "Marc trusts Santi, and Santi is open to Marc's ideas. They spend hours every day poring over data, discussing ways of improving every aspect of racing, both at the track and at home.
"They win together, and they lose together, they accept both the praise and the blame together."
Marquez negotiates a corner during the second practice session of the Malaysia MotoGP in November 2018.
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The racing bug
Hernandez was born into the world of engineering – his father worked as a mechanic – and he raced scooters as a child. His brother raced in the Spanish championship, but the young Hernandez was more interested in soccer than MotoGP. It's noticeable how often he uses soccer as an analogy for his work.
Gradually he started to get the motorbike bug. Then as a teenager, he got a lucky break.
While studying to be a mechanic and working in a shop, an opportunity came up to work at legendary suspension manufacturer Showa.
"They needed a young guy for an apprenticeship, and to teach him about everything about suspension, and I was lucky that I knew some people working in the world championship, and they gave me the opportunity. And now, here I am."
The MotoGP calendar is a slog. With 19 races across five continents, teams travel more than 76,000 miles (123 kilometers) over the course of a season.
Journalist David Emmett (right) is the editor of Motomatters.
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It is enough to put a strain on anyone, and Hernandez admits it can be hard.
"I have a daughter, she is living in London, I am in Barcelona; but it's not only my daughter, I have my partner, my father, my brother, my uncles, the whole family, you need that."
Between races the Barcelona-based Hernandez tries to make it home when he can, but it isn't always possible.
"It depends: for example, the last three races of the season, in Asia, you go forward, because you are away for three weeks in a row," he explains.
"Right now, I prefer to go home between races, even if it's just for one week or five days. Of course, when I was younger, I would want to stay, because everything is new, but after 22 years, not so much."
Hernandez is the man who keeps the wheels turning for Marquez.
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No respite
Even in the off-season, there is little respite.
There is a post-season test in November, an analysis of how the team has done to be conducted as well as briefing Japanese engineers in preparation for the next championship.
But, Hernandez says, rest is vital.
"It's like the riders," he says. "They have to stop, they cannot keep going in the gym, keep in the physical condition every day, because they need to also recover.
"Me too – you need to switch off, I mean, take two or three weeks, enjoy with the family, with friends, because this job is such a sacrifice, because you don't do anything with friends of family, so for that reason, that time is very important to recharge the batteries."
The Marquez era has been a golden one for Honda, and the manufacturer dominates the sport. But success, Hernandez explains, only increases the pressure.
"It's like in soccer, when you are with a team that has to win the league, the championship, the European league, everything, if you win nothing it's a disaster.
"Here it's the same. When you are with a rider like Marc, every year you start the season thinking about winning the world championship, not to finish in the top five. Every time you don't get your target, it's not a good result."
That winning feeling ... Marquez celebrates victory at the MotoGp of France in May.
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READ: From a roar to a whirr – MotoGP goes electric
The pressure to win
Hernandez believes seeing a result in context is vital after a race, but also says that pressure is important.
"Of course, after the race you have to look at the bigger picture, because many things can happen, maybe you finish third, but it's quite good because maybe there are many crashes, or an injury, many things.
"But when you are with a rider like Marc, there's one thing only: to win. But the moment I don't feel that pressure, I have to go home, I cannot be here."
Two-wheeled racing is, by its nature, heavily influenced by the weather. At April's MotoGP of the Americas in Austin, teams were faced with wet, dry and windy conditions on different days.
So what happens when a crew is confronted with such a weather forecast?
"Well, yeah, you say 'f***', Hernandez laughs. "The thing is, the bike is never perfect. You always want to improve, improve, improve, and even if you have 10 days, you need one more.
"This is the same in a race weekend. If tomorrow maybe every session is in the wet, and Sunday is dry, you have only two sessions to make the bike set-up.
"You have to manage for the weather, and maybe sacrifice some things today to be ready, and focus on the biggest things, like the tires, the set-up of the bike, so okay maybe you don't arrive in the best condition, but to have the best idea of what we can do on Sunday."
Marquez is the dominant force in MotoGP
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In any race weekend, teamwork is key, Hernandez explains.
"My job, my position, is a little like the coach in soccer, but around the coach are many people, they are working very hard, and without that it is impossible.
"One guy like me is the face, but in that moment every mechanic is under pressure. They have to quickly assemble the bike, they cannot make a mistake. They have to prepare, or repair the bike, or change a tire at the last moment."
The crew chief's role is utterly crucial to a team's potential success, according to Emmett.
"It is hard to overstate just how important Santi Hernandez' role is. A great crew chief can listen to what the rider says about how the bike feels and responds and translate that into technical changes to make the bike faster. That demands trust, communication, and a very strong relationship."
Marquez says the relationship goes beyond technology. "Of course, we speak about technical things but also he is helping me about mental things, about life, and that professional relationship becomes a very friendly relationship."
Another day, another win for Marquez ... this time at the Spanish Grand Prix in May.
Hernandez cuts a distinctive figure in the MotoGP paddock, but – despite some gentle ribbing from Honda's press officer during CNN Sport's interview, he insists his fame is restricted to the track.
"In the circuit of course, I mean, the people who come to the track, they follow MotoGP, and if you follow Marc, or you follow other riders … you know the team … they come up to you," he says.
"Then at home, maybe you go to a restaurant one time, and someone comes up to you and he's watching MotoGP and he says 'ah, you are working with Marc,' and so on.
"I'm not the star, we are a team and we have to work in the same direction. It's like I say, I'm the person who everybody knows, and people think I do everything. But without all the rest of the people, I mean the engineers in the back and many people, I'm nothing."
Marquez challenges Andrea Dovizioso.
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Even after 22 years in the paddock, and with a grueling schedule that would push anyone to the limit, Hernandez says life away from MotoGP is unthinkable.
"This is a drug," he laughs. "I'm completely, how to say in English … addicted. Now it's like I would have to go to the hospital to take that addiction. But for now, I don't think of that."
Whatever the future holds, Marquez tells CNN Sport the relationship with Hernandez will endure. "If now I stopped racing he will be one of my best friends in my life."


The Division is Ubisoft's latest foray in to the open world genre and it features a beautifully realized Manhattan, an interesting take on multiplayer and some very competent cover based shooting.
I've spent a good chunk of time playing the open beta this weekend and while I certainly enjoyed it I am somewhat worried about the long term appeal of The Division. It is a well made game, there's no doubt about that, but it doesn't push any boundaries or make attempts to be more than just "good".
Which is a real shame because even after the graphical downgrade The Division looks gorgeous. The streets are littered with broken down cars, random debris from all of the fighting, snow that has become blackened by ash and various other small details that contribute heavily towards a very immersive and realistic depiction of Manhattan.
The attention towards immersion is especially apparent when a snowstorm blows in and the usually cheerful landscape turns almost completely dark and silent as a blanket of snow piles down on it and limits visibility to about a few meters in each direction. Its unfortunate I never had this happen while I was roaming around in a Dark Zone because that would've been one hell of an experience.
I also have to give special mention to the destruction physics, especially when it comes to background objects we've been conditioned to ignore all these years. For example: If you shoot the tires on a truck they will visibly and audibly eject air and the vehicle itself will lurch violently downward; If you shoot glass it won't shatter in to a million pieces like its a Hollywood movie, instead it will produce a simple hole and the spiderweb effect. But if you continue creating holes in the glass it will eventually collapse and fall out; Finally, if you continuously shoot a building cowered in brickwork you will start seeing brick fragments and a whole lot of dust fall out of the cracks.
These small examples might not be relevant to the gameplay side of The Division but they sure do make the world feel a lot more lively.
Which is a much needed given that for some reason the open world in The Division is almost devoid of enemies or even things to do. It wasn't uncommon for me to run all the way from the HQ on one side of the city to my quest location on the other without encountering a single living person. And even if you do run in to a couple of enemies they're usually tied to a generic open-world event and thus almost always comprised of the same formation of bad guys.
I've heard rumors that the enemy spawns and random events have been reduced for the open beta and I do hope this is the case because The Division right now has a beautiful world to explore with absolutely nothing of interest to find beyond a couple of resources to upgrade your HQ with.
Speaking of the HQ, I found it to be a rather welcome, albeit simple addition. As it stands right now you can upgrade various parts of your base by completing missions, recruiting personnel and gathering resources. In return you will get some lore, brand new functionality such as the Event Scanner and a couple of perks and abilities to use in combat. There are three distinct branches you can improve: Security, Engineering and Medical. Each of them is equally valuable but uses up different resources so in theory you need to make some hard choices on which perks and tools to focus on. In reality, you can just upgrade everything.
Don't get me wrong, I love the idea behind the HQ as it feels like I'm making a real impact, like I'm helping to recreate what was once lost. The problem is that there are no actual choices or even thought involved, you're simply going down a checklist based on your available resources. However, many features were locked in the beta and everything you could do was limited to early game stuff so there is still a good chance that late-game HQ management can be a compelling activity rather than a by-the-numbers one.
But let's be honest here, no one is going in to The Division expecting it to be the premier war-time business management simulator. Instead, what I and most others are interested in is the fast-paced combat and tons of shiny loot with colorful text. If that's something that piques your interest I'm glad I'm able to tell you that the combat works great... but just great. I know that sounds like a strange, borderline insane complaint but if you've played even a few cover-based shooters you would quickly realize how similar The Division is to all of them. I'm not saying that as a negative, I just expected a lot more than your standard well-polished cover-based shooter from a game Ubisoft has been hyping up for years now.
To their credit they've managed to seamlessly integrate RPG mechanics in to a shooter while completely avoiding the bullet-spongy enemies that plague games like Borderlands. You will still need to headshot them a couple of times before they go down, depending on your gear, but it doesn't feel like you're shooting a brick wall, it feels just right. The only enemies capable of soaking up immense amounts of firepower are bosses but they drop guaranteed loot so I will find it in my heart to forgive them for that.
What's sadly unforgivable is how boring the loot system is. Given the modern day setting all you will be finding is weapons with incrementally better numbers and a bunch of practical clothing. Finding a pair of fingerless gloves after 30 minutes of battling through the Dark Zone just doesn't feel like a very rewarding activity. The same applies to the weapons. Upgrading from an SMG to the same SMG that comes with a slight bonus to crit and nothing else to distinguish it is just not that interesting, neither is finding a pair of shoes that come with 5 extra armor. I'm hoping this is a beta only issue and that once we get further in to the game more interesting loot will start appearing but as it stands right now I didn't feel my efforts were well rewarded outside of maybe getting ridiculously strong weapons from the Dark Zone.
Their stats might not be inspirational but the weapons in The Division feel great to use, especially the shotgun which does this somewhat muffled *TWHUMP* sound every time you fire it which is so, so satisfying. Even though charging enemies behind cover with a shotgun might not be the smartest idea in the world I've somehow managed to get through the entire beta doing just that, though I did die on more than one occasion.
Which brings me to the topic of difficulty and how Ubisoft has actually dared to make one of their games properly hard. After being the equivalent of god in both Assassin's Creed and Far Cry I was surprised when I had my knickers handed down to me by a bunch of low level thugs just because I didn't respect the damage they would do and I left cover to talk things over, face to face. The battles were nowhere near Dark Souls levels of difficulty but they were just hard enough to keep me on my toes and in a constant state of awareness which is a welcome break from the usual "we don't want to alienate anyone" mantra most AAA games subscribe to.
While the combat itself was very enjoyable the reasons for entering it were not. The story, what little of it I've seen, is about as generic as it gets and even though its well voice acted it completely failed to capture my interest. Even the characters, which should be the easiest to break the mold with, fall in to stereotypical roles seen in almost every action game ever. The good doctor, the wounded soldier that wants to get in to the action as soon as possible, the constantly angry guy, the guy that has a beef with authority even though he's an ex government official and so on. I'm betting you can even guess what they sound like just from these descriptions alone.
I keep repeating this sentence but it really is a shame that the developers didn't take a bit more time in order to flesh out every part of The Division. Instead what you get is a generic, completely tame story that takes you through some beautifully crafted locations filled with so much detail and passive storytelling that makes you wonder where it all went wrong. The second mission for example takes place in a building that's being used as a mass dumping ground for diseased bodies.There's coffins wrapped in American flags everywhere but what's supposed to be a touching moment is instead constantly interrupted by a quest that has you flip a few switches because the generator has gone down.
This mission could've been one of the defining moments in The Division, one that makes you realize how truly fucked the world is and why you need to work so hard to fix it and yet, all that people will remember is just another in a series of generic story missions that lead to no satisfying conclusion.
Ironically, given how much I can rant about the story, my favorite part of The Division has none of it. I'm talking about the Dark Zone which allows you to either team up with other people to beat up the elite baddies found there or to simply beat up other players in order to steal their loot. In the Dark Zone you don't get to just keep all the loot you get, instead what you need to do is call down an extraction helicopter by lighting a flare and then strapping your spoils of war to it so that it can be decontaminated first.
As you might imagine lighting a bright flare in a dark and snowy environment is the universal sign for "I'M OVER HERE AND I HAVE EXPENSIVE LOOT". Soon after a flare gets lit you will start getting visitors, first a trickle and then people will start appearing by the dozens. Some will be there in order to try and steal your precious goods, others are there to do the same thing as you while a completely different set of people might be on the lookout for renegades to shoot down for points and exp.
The end result is the most extreme game of cat and mouse I've seen in a while, with dozens of people circling each other, no one really sure whose planning what. Eventually someone will foolishly open fire on the crowd and the whole area will erupt in chaos given that you now have a bunch of people standing in a circle firing indiscriminately as they have no idea who started or even whose shooting at them.
Its hard to explain these moments as your own personality will influence how you experience them and how others treat you but for me it has been an absolute blast. Out of the all the hours I've spent in the beta I most remember my time in the Dark Zone, even though there wasn't much to do. Which is perhaps my main complaint with the Dark Zones, they feel empty much like the overworld.
Sure there's some elite enemies here and there that require groups but on a full server those died incredibly quickly and I was left to run around the desolate wilderness of the Dark Zone all alone with nothing to do. I ended up making my own fun, mostly through interaction with other players, but I'm worried that if the late game Dark Zones don't offer anything unique that the whole experience will become very boring, very quickly. This was just the beta however, so there is still a good chance things might improve on higher levels but its an issue worth mentioning regardless.
The Division is a very well made and competent cover-based shooter that unfortunately didn't seem to receive the same amount of attention to detail on all fronts so things like the story and HQ progression got left by the wayside while the actual shooting and world design got polished to a mirror sheen.
Is The Division a good game? Absolutely. Should you buy it at full price though? That's where I start getting second thoughts because on one hand I came out of the beta with a smile on my face but on the other I'm slightly worried that the content will grow old and stale even after a few weeks of play. What I would recommend is to wait for release-day reviews so you can get a clearer picture of what exactly The Division offers as the beta had many elements sealed away, elements that might prove to be significant.


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Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities
A faulty model?
World Bank drawing in climate funds?
Climate sabotage: Bank undermines direct access to UN Adaptation Fund
30 September 2010 | Guest comment
by Red Constantino
The World Bank is actively undermining the ability of the Philippines to directly access urgently needed climate adaptation finance without involving intermediaries. Documents acquired by Philippine NGO, the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (iCSC), and testimonies of government officials exposed plans by the Bank that would deny the Philippine government the option of directly accessing resources from the UN's Adaptation Fund (AF) and potentially impose more climate loans.
The AF has two funding modalities – the multilateral modality where a country accesses AF resources through intermediary institutions such as the Bank, and the direct access modality which offers developing countries the option to directly access funds.
Long championed by the Philippines, the direct access modality in the AF was crafted and agreed in the UN as an alternative to conditionality-spiked, inefficient, and bureaucratic intermediary institutions. Among global climate funds, the AF today represents the benchmark for democratic governance (it is governed by a board mandated to maintain a developing country majority) and financing mechanisms that do not replicate the donor-driven models of the aid system.
The document acquired by iCSC shows the Bank inserting itself as the funding conduit to the AF. It demonstrates the Bank colluding with unwitting officials from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAG-ASA) in relation to a prospective $15 million AF grant.
The scheme was exposed in a mid August speech by Philippine Senate president Juan Ponce Enrile, based on analysis provided by iCSC, which revealed the Bank's plan to charge excessive management fees for serving as the intermediary institution that would access the AF.
The Bank responded to Enrile's charges the next day in a letter that admitted knowledge of the proposal. The Bank denied, however, that it had tried to insert itself as an intermediary institution, saying that it was actually approached by DPWH and PAG-ASA and that it was supportive of Philippine direct access to the AF.
The Bank's letter admitted that it was aware that another agency, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), had already applied to the AF board for accreditation as the Philippine agency that would directly access AF funds. However, the Bank said the DENR was also the authority that would endorse Philippine proposals to the AF. AF rules show that the entity that intends to directly access AF funds cannot be the same authority that endorses proposals to the AF board. The Bank delivered another letter to the Senate in early September which said the Bank was still "the fastest way for the country to mobilise resources from the AF." However, Enrile retorted that the issue is not about speed but the country's ability to submit proposals based on country-crafted plans in a process that is free from Bank meddling.
Enrile's speech prompted the Senate Climate Change Committee to hold a hearing on 25 August, where officials from the DPWH and PAG-ASA testified that they were in fact approached by the Bank in relation to the proposal. Philippine climate change network Aksyon Klima Pilipinas (AKP) said "The Bank's hand has been caught again in the climate cookie jar. It is part of the problem and has no business peddling itself as a conduit for climate finance for the Philippines or abroad."
Instead of concrete adaptation projects, the Bank's proposal would have funded feasibility studies costing $2 million and allocated $1.5 million to rehabilitate failed projects. It also allocated $1 million to "consultancy services" provided by teams that would likely follow Bank-designed plans instead of nationally crafted action plans. Finally, the $15 million proposal allocates almost $2 million – 13 per cent – for Bank management costs; even the most corrupt official would smile at the prospect of taking such a large share.
The controversial Bank proposal deliberately contradicts the long-held Philippine position in international climate finance talks, which champions adaptation finance options free of multilateral development bank intermediaries. The proposal was not based on the country's adaptation action plan and would have squandered urgently needed financial resources from the AF.
Red Constantino, redcosmo[at]gmail.com
Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities, http://www.ejeepney.org


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William M'Intosh (c. 1760 – July 1832; surname also spelled "McIntosh") was a fur trader, treasurer of the Indiana Territory under William Henry Harrison, and real estate entrepreneur.  He became famous for the United States Supreme Court case of Johnson v. M'Intosh (1823) and for his massive real estate holdings on the Wabash River.

For a time he was a close friend of William Henry Harrison, but their relationship eventually soured and Harrison sued him for slander.  When Harrison won the lawsuit, M'Intosh was forced to pay him a large sum of money.

Early years
William M'Intosh was born in Aberdeen, Scotland around 1760. In Scotland he served as a lieutenant in the Northern Fencibles from 1778 to 1781 and then emigrated to Canada. In 1785 he moved to Vincennes, Indiana and operated as a fur trader in the Illinois country along the Wabash River. About 1815-20 he moved to a tract of land he owned on the Illinois side of the Wabash River, near the present site of Mount Carmel, Illinois. It is thought that he resided near where the Grand Rapids Dam was built in the 1890s. Thomas S. Hinde, one of the founders of Mount Carmel, later purchased this property.

Fur trader and agent
M'Intosh operated in the Illinois country of the Northwest Territory in association with the fur trading company of John Askin in Detroit.  His primary residence was located in Vincennes, Indiana.  Certain sources claim that his methods were deceptive and he was able to acquire vast land holdings by profiting unfairly from other people.  He claimed to own 11,560 acres around the Wabash River.

Marriage and family
M'Intosh lived with Lydia, a former slave. At one time, they had to fight off litigation regarding her status from individuals in Knox County, Indiana trying to claim her as property. M'Intosh had two daughters and one son by Lydia.

Johnson v. M'Intosh

Johnson v. M'Intosh (1823) is a notable Supreme Court case that held that private citizens could not purchase lands from Native Americans; it affirmed the relationship between the tribes and the United States government.  The decision was written by Chief Justice John Marshall, who was a close friend of Thomas S. Hinde. The latter later purchased a substantial portion of the property that was in question in the litigation.

M'Intosh had obtained a land patent from the United States government, while Johnson's descendants had inherited the land from a purchase he had made directly from the Piankeshaw Indians. The court ruling rendered the Johnson purchase invalid, as he had no authority to buy land from the Piankeshaw after the United States had formed as a nation. In short, M'Intosh won based on Marshall's creation of the discovery doctrine.

Death and additional information
On July 14, 1832 the Vincennes Gazette reported: "Died--at the Grand Rapids of the Wabash, William McIntosh Esq. for a long time resident of Vincennes. He was a native of Scotland, from which country he emigrated at an early age." According to one report, Lydia and her children inherited none of M'Intosh's land holdings and were left destitute.

References

External links
 City of Mount Carmel Website

Miami tribe
People of pre-statehood Indiana
People of pre-statehood Illinois
William Henry Harrison
Indiana Territory
People from Mount Carmel, Illinois
1832 deaths
Year of birth uncertain


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A new state law due to take effect Jan. 1, 2015, creates a pilot program under which 15 California community colleges can offer four-year degrees as long as they do not duplicate the fields of study offered by the University of California or California State Universities.
Some proposed degrees are in health care fields.
"As patients are being treated with more and more complexity and are being taken care of at their home, health providers need more education to do that very well," said Joanne Spetz, assistant director for research strategy at the UC-San Francisco Center for the Health Professions.
The program is meant to help meet a demand for a million new workers in California's workforce — about 40% of all jobs — in the next decade.
Experts estimate California needs 450,000 health care workers, with two- and four-year degrees, in the same timespan.
Spetz said community college programs in health care will also level the playing field between rural and urban settings, providing better trained health care workers in rural settings and expanding the access that health care professionals have to extend their education.
Part of the debate centers on whether it would be easier for a state university to start a new four-year degree program or for a community college to expand a two-year degree health care program they already have, which will require faculty with doctorate degrees or very competent faculty with master's degrees for the upper division courses.
"There is a sense coming from the legislature to do these programs at the community college level rather than ask four-year colleges to do a new program," Spetz said.
The baccalaureate programs are to be in place by the 2017-18 academic year, although some could begin as early as next fall.
Planning has already begun, with 36 of California's 72 community college districts submitting letters of intention to develop programs to the state Chancellor's office. Nine of those districts are proposing degrees in health care related fields.
The applications will be reviewed by a committee representing the Chancellor, business and workforce community, and representatives of the California State Universities, University of California and community colleges administration, faculty and staff.
Under the program, lower division coursework would cost $46 and upper division coursework $84, for a total cost of the bachelor's degree about $10,000.
San Bernardino district is proposing degree programs in emergency services and allied health.
The bill creating the new program, SB 850 authored by Sen. Marty Block (D-San Diego), was signed by Gov. Jerry Brown (D) this fall.
Foothill-De Anza and State Center districts are proposing degrees in dental hygiene; Glendale and San Diego districts are proposing degrees in health information management; Napa Valley, Ohlone, San Mateo and Yosemite districts are proposing degrees in respiratory therapy or respiratory care; Southwestern is proposing a degree in allied health: and San Bernardino district is proposing degree programs in emergency services and allied health.


Here are a few links to resources available to help you with designing textures or simply downloading them.
Blender is a full functional integrated 3D creation software suite. It lets users create high quality 3D graphics, movies and replay real-time, interactive 3D content.
Check out this site for *.ASE (Ascii Scene Export) export-plugins as well.
Note that you will have to make most of them tilable yourself. You can use TheGimp for that.
Please give credit to the texture-creators when you release your map!
Here's where u can download my custom textures. I give credit to cgtextures.com. If anything is wrong with them plz reply.
Here i make into installer, and once again thankyou slaughter for submitting this for the mapper community. here is link for any mappers who want to dload.
I'm releasing all_purope_pack_2! But, I can't get frazscotland's texture pack to work... RC UnrealEd just crashes when I try to open it. Plz help!
Hmmm dunno why that is mate works fine for me. but anyways i make that into installer again . so here is links for 2 custom texture paks kindly sourced by SLAUGHTER.
I got frazscotland's pack to work! If u wanna, u can save the texture package to C:/Program Files/LucasArts/Republic Commando/Game Data/Textures. You then open Unrealed, and the click the texture browser. Then you click open (all_purpose_2.utx) or (whatever pack u want), and then it should show the knew textures. Hope that works!!
sounds weird i use XP PRO os so i dont get much funky weird stuff hapenein ,. i jus install and everything works hunkydorey for me. 8-) not all nu stuff is goodstuff microsoft !!
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US Begins Issuing First Visas In Cuba In More Than 4 Years
HAVANA, May 3th The United States announced two months ago it would begin a "limited" and "gradual" reopening of its embassy and consular services. It was closed in September 2017 after then-US President Donald Trump hit out at the alleged sonic attacks.
A US government report in 2020 said the illnesses suffered by staff and their families were most likely caused by "directed, pulsed radiofrequency (RF) energy."
"We're hoping that everything goes well. I've been waiting three years for this to rejoin my daughter" who is in the United States, said one man who spoke on condition of anonymity. "I haven't seen her for seven years."
Following the embassy closure, Cubans wishing to emigrate to the United States were obliged to overcome numerous obstacles, among them being forced to travel to Colombia or Guyana to submit a request.
Many instead opted to make the perilous journey through Central America and Mexico and enter the United States as undocumented migrants.
The US customs office says more than 78,000 Cubans entered the country from Mexico between October 2021 and March this year.
According to existing immigration agreements, the US should authorize 20,000 immigrant visas a year to Cubans, something it has not been fulfilling.
Cuba is suffering its worst economic crisis in almost 30 years, in large part due to the coronavirus pandemic and the subsequent decrease in tourism.
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Bought these for my 18 month old daughter (no idea why they're labelled as boys mittens!) and they are lovely. I can get them onto her hands easily and the velcro strap keeps them secure around her wrist. She is a little small for her age so I bought the 12-18 month size and they still have a bit of growing room. We haven't tried them in a wet playground yet, but hopefully the fact that they are fleece lined will keep her hands dry enough so they don't get cold. My 3.5 year old loves them too, so I've had to buy another pair for him!
Great stuff although not the cheapest. I love the colors and the asymmetry in the pattern. Not waterproof but very warm and dry quickly after getting wet.
just right, i hope they'll wear them!


For German beauty and fashion photographer Marie Bärsch, making the world her studio was as simple as slipping a couple of Profoto A1s in her bag and catching a plane to Matera, an ancient Roman town in southern Italy.
Marie, who has been creating images for about eight years, turned full-time professional in 2013. "I had been working in a field that wasn't very creative, and one day I just grabbed a camera from a friend and started shooting," she recalls.
When it comes to using on-camera flash, though, she had not been a big fan of it in the past and had rarely used it because it hadn't given her what she wanted.
Fortunately, she already had just the right location in mind - Matera, a UNESCO World Heritage town dating back to Roman times and sometimes used by film directors as a stand-in for Jerusalem and other ancient cities.
"I visited Matera last year and liked the idea of setting up a fashion shoot there," she recalls. "Since it was high summer when I was there, I already knew I would be dealing with harsh sunlight all day, which would make it difficult to create great images without another source of light that I could control.
Doing a fashion shoot on location wasn't new, but using an external light source in a very subtle way on-location, where she would normally use a reflector or her Profoto B1, was. And the Profoto A1 immediately proved itself.
"First off, the A1 was extremely easy to use," she says. "Since we had been busy the day before the production, my assistant and I only had a couple of minutes to play around with it before the shoot.
"But the layout of the menus as well as the overall control layout was extremely similar to other Profoto products, and everything was very easily accessible. Since the A1 is so easy to use, I could set it up in minutes and concentrate on what was important: directing the model and getting the shot I want.
So, in a series of photographs with a model, Marie began to put the A1 through its paces, sometime using it on camera and sometimes off.
In one of Marie's favorite shots, things got a little more complicated. As the model reclines against the wall beside some steps, her dress and skin tones blend with the colors of the stones in an attractive way. But to make the shot more dramatic, Marie placed an A1 with the Dome Diffuser behind the model's right side to add a subtle rim light that would separate her face and shoulder from the background. "My assistant was also holding another A1 with the Soft Bounce for a tiny bit of fill on the right side of her face," Marie adds.
On one of the last shots of the day, Marie needed to overpower the midday sun, so she used a fast shutter speed with high-speed sync to knock down the power of the sun and correctly expose the sky and shadows in the background. Then she used a single Profoto A1 off camera with a second one on camera as an Air Remote to add some soft, smooth lighting on her face.
So what did Marie think of the A1 after a day of using it to make the world her studio?
"I will use it for freelance projects to quickly add a light here and there. And I can also imagine taking it with me on bigger editorial projects just to be more flexible than I can be with just a single B1.