The transport of mixtures of solids, liquids and gases arguably represent the majority of industrial multiphase flow situations. These mixtures including slurries, foams and emulsions pose complex problems, as the relationship describing the interaction of forces between the various phases must be known to characterize the problem with respect to the parameters of interest, including pressure drop, and flow regime. The challenges are further complicated by inter-phase transport of heat and mass, requiring consideration of the transport equations, thermodynamics, and inter-facial phenomena.
Coanda has addressed these multi-phase flow problems, both at steady and unsteady state, through both mathematical means, and through scaled physical modeling. The mathematical approach applied is tailored to the problem at hand, with techniques ranging from one dimensional renderings of the momentum equations, to the complete numerical solution to the equations of motion using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Many of the multiphase flow problems are associated with the development of new technologies.
In the lab, Coanda implements a variety of fit-for-purpose measurement techniques to study the attributes of interest. For instance, laser-based systems can be used to assess distribution and phase velocities. Tracer systems have been developed to quantify residence time distributions that can then be coupled with reaction kinetics to estimate reactor yields.
Physical and mathematical modelling of two-phase nozzles, and their associated flow conditioners.
Modelling of multiphase systems involving reaction-assisted diffusion.


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Karl Nickel
September 5, 1923 — January 11, 2013
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Karl L. Nickel,
Karl "Lud" Nickel, age 89 of Caledonia passed away Friday afternoon Jan 11th, 2013 at Riverside Methodist Hospital after a brief illness. He was born September 5th, 1923 in Burchobel, Germany as the son of the late Henry & Marie E. (Stroh) Nickel. Lud immigrated to the United Sates with his parents while still a small child. He was a graduate of Caledonia High School and served proudly in the United States Army during World War II. Most of his working career was spent at Tecumseh in Marion where he rose to the position of Assistant Superintendent. He was also a Farmer for most of his life and well known as a brick layer and concrete mason. Karl was a member of Caledonia Post 401 of the American Legion and the Caledonia Memorial United Methodist Church. In his spare time he loved to fish and traveled with his family extensively around the United States and Canada for that purpose. Another of his favorite past times was attending auctions and flea markets. But he enjoyed his family and friends most of all. He was a regular at the Liar's Table at the Camouflage CafAC. in Caledonia and with his group of friends at the Meijers Deli. There was nothing that meant more to him than having his family gathered together. In 1946 Lud married the former Flora L. Harris and they enjoyed their time together until she was taken in March of 1996. He is survived by his two daughters, Karen Goff and Jane (Les) Pierce of Caledonia. Six grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Lud was preceded in death by his daughters Karla in 1983 and Linda Shearer in 2006. He was also preceded by his son-in-law Richard Goff in 2005 and grandson James Goff in 2001, two brothers and two sisters. Funeral Services for Karl Nickel will be held at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday January 15th at the Timson Allen & Melroy Funeral Home in Caledonia with Pastor Ryan Strother officiating. Interment will follow in Caledonia Cemetery with Military Rites provided by the Marion Veteran's Council. Friends may call at the funeral home on Monday from 6 - 9. Memorial Contributions may be made to the Marion County Veterans Service Office.
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Junk in. Junk out. That's the essence of a recent study published in the British Medical Journal's online publication BMJ Open by researchers from the University of São Paulo and Tufts University in Boston. They discovered that 57.9 percent—almost 60 percent—of what Americans eat is junk, defined as ultra-processed foods packed with sugar, salt, unhealthy fat and more.
The study was from a large national study of U.S. health that included a detailed food diary and focused on 9,300 adults and children. It's not the first study to point out this unhealthy eating trend, but, hopefully, people will make healthier food choices as a result.
That's the "junk in" part. Now for the "junk out" part: The data also pretty clearly explains why two-thirds of Americans are obese or overweight and why diabetes and heart disease incidents are increasing, the researchers note.
Studies past and present point out that processed foods raise the rates of heart disease, diabetes and cancer. That's why nutritionists and public health officials say that fresh veggies and fruits should comprise most of what we eat. Why? Those who consume more veggies and fruits have lower rates of all those diseases. The truth is that most people know better than to consume ultra-processed foods, but they do it anyway.
The unhealthy consequences of this junk diet are seen nationwide, but in California, a newer study reveals that nearly half of California adults—and one out of every three young adults—have either pre-diabetes (a precursor to type 2 diabetes) or undiagnosed diabetes, according to a recent UCLA study. Diabetes is more common among older adults, so this study finding that 33 percent of young adults aged 18 to 39 with pre-diabetes or undiagnosed diabetes is particularly disconcerting.
Along similar lines, another recent study links higher consumption of white bread, white rice and similar foods—high-glycemic processed foods—with increased lung cancer risk, even if that person has never smoked. Researchers aren't sure why there's a connection, but they think high-glycemic foods drive up cancer risk due to the blood sugar spikes those foods create—prompting cancer cells to increase their growth. Studies also point out sugar's role in increasing the risk of heart disease, obesity and associated diseases as well as type 2 diabetes.
Unfortunately, Americans eat mostly junk, and that can lead to junk health.


Erases all data from memory, removes pictures and set most parameters to default values.
They are arranged into nine regions, each with a specific focus. A Left click on any button activates the command.
A Right click on the Toolbar will open the following pane where Icons for display may be selected to give a fully personalised set to meet your operational requirements.
Place the mouse cursor on the icons to see their descriptions.
Opens a dialog box in order to load a previously saved project file. This project file contains units, nets, and system data. It also contains the map and pictures filename and path. The map file and pictures files are loaded automatically if they are found.
Opens a dialog box in order to save all project files on disk.
Opens a dialog box in order to save map data into a file. The file, is named with the map name followed by a .MAP extension, and contains elevation data. Contrary to older version, the map picture will not be saved, because program allows multiple pictures per map. Each picture must be saved with the Save picture as command.
New Network Save Network as..
Opens a dialog box in order to load a previously saved map file. The map file contains elevation data, and is normally associated with a picture file.
Opens the Map properties form with the centre and size settings adjusted to the next map created.
Opens a dialog box in order to save the networks data to a project file on disk.
Open Map Save Map as..
Opens the Map properties form with the centre and size settings adjusted to the previous map created.
Opens a dialog box in order to save a picture file in BMP, TIF, PNG or JPEG format.
Copies the active picture to the Clipboard.
Inserts the contents of the Clipboard in the active picture.
Creates a new picture window where is inserted the contents of the Clipboard.
Enable the selection of a source to be merged with the active picture, by copying, adding, multiplying, or logical and operation. The source can be another picture or a picture from the internet: LANDSAT (NASA), TerraserverUSA (USA only), Tiger (USA only), Toporama (Canada only), MapPoint or Mapquest. It can also be ADRG (compressed or not), or Land cover.
Opens a window in order to draw Lat-Lon or UTM grid over a 2D picture.
Opens a window in order to draw range rings over a 2D picture.
Select Lines, Filled areas, Labels, Cities or All to add graphic objects to the active picture.
Opens a window with rotation angle and stretch factor inputs that will be used to create a new picture on activation of the Apply command.
Floods all map pixels surrounding the cursor position that share the same elevation.
Opens a window used to colour a stratum of elevation.
Opens a window used to draw a custom defined elevation contour interval.
Modify a picture to force a gray scale (useful for coverage background).
Modify a picture to draw shadows behind mountains.
Add a distance scale to a picture.
Print the four corners lat-long coordinates over a picture.
Opens the Map properties window in order to extract elevation data in order to fit best all units in memory.
Opens a small window that shows 5x5 elevation data records centred at cursor position along with cursor coordinates.
Opens a new picture window with worldwide coverage.
Places cursor at the position on a picture or a selection where elevation is maximum according to elevation data in memory.
Places cursor at the position on a picture or a selection where elevation is minimum according to elevation data in memory.
Initiates drawing of the performance for all links of all visible networks.
Draws the Unit labels for all visible networks.
Hides network performance and unit labels on all pictures.
Opens the last flight animation generated with the Radio link form.
Maximize the active window to the maximum screen size. If the picture is larger than the screen, use keyboard arrows or mouse to move the picture.
The surface is covered according to polar coordinates around the centre unit. Range and azimuth span, and azimuth increment can be adjusted.
The surface is covered according to small squares of variable pixel size. Many sites can be used to produce a combined coverage with the best signal available at each position on the map.
The surface is covered according to small squares of variable pixel size. The coverage of a single transmitter side can be shown in two colours: the first colour shows the normal coverage according to a minimum signal to meet, while the second colour indicates that a signal from a second transmitter is interfering. Interference occurs when the minimum Signal to Interference ratio is not met.
The surface is covered according to polar coordinates around the centre unit. Range, azimuth span, and Fresnel Zone minimum and maximum clearances can be adjusted.
The surface is covered according to small squares of variable pixel size. Many sites or waypoints can be used to produce a plot of areas where the percentage of Units being covered by a defined Central Unit are displayed at each position on the map.
A Linear plot of the radio path performance between a mobile unit following a Route, defined by waypoints, to a fixed Central Unit is performed in defined 'step' sizes. Any radio path can be examined in detail using the Radio Link pane.
Opens a form in order to initiate visual horizon drawing.
Opens a form in order for the program to draw bearings from up to 6 unit locations.
Opens a form in order for the program to calculate the Height Above Average Terrain.
Opens a form in order to visualize the relationship between network components or change network size.
Opens a form in order to edit object files.
Opens a form in order to view antenna patterns.
Opens a form in order to show or print the performance matrix of all network links.
Opens a form displaying the last messages received on the multicast channel defined in GPS options.
Opens a form to perform metric conversion between two text boxes.
Opens a form in order to initiate reception from the Automatic Position Reporting System.
Opens a form in order to set preferences for SRTM , Toporama, Terraserver, and Lansat download from Internet.
Opens a form in order to set preferences for the elevation data extraction method that will be used in Radio Link and Network performance. Land cover options are also available on this form.
When Land cover is selected in 'Options/Elevation data/Land cover' and the Land cover data file is present on your computer, enabling 'Land cover' on the 'Toolbar Options' pane will show the Green background button below beyond Region 8 of the toolbar.
The Green background shows the the data is available, and is being used in propagation calculations. A click on the button changes the background colour to Red, disabling the use of the data in the calculations.
Where the data file is not available on the computer only the Red background will be displayed.
A Green button shows data is available and in use.
A Red button shows that the data is unavailable for use.


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Feipel & Bechameil
By Aoife Rosenmeyer
More Stories by Aoife Rosenmeyer
View of Feipel & Bechameil's A Perfect World, 2013, mixed mediums; at Katz Contemporary.
Feipel & Bechameil's exhibition "Among Silent Rooms" contained an echo of their uncanny installation for Luxembourg's pavilion at the 2011 Venice Biennale (Martine Feipel is from Luxembourg; Jean Bechameil is French). There, visitors walked through the interior of a palazzo transformed by the artists into an entirely white space in which columns appeared to buckle and furniture to collapse. In the first room at Katz Contemporary they likewise included altered white furniture and items of decor cast in polyurethane, such as Sleeping Piece, a fine-limbed bedside table that had lost its structural integrity and slumped helplessly on the floor. (All works referenced are 2013.)
As always, the duo's enquiry was, for the most part, engaged with architecture. The back wall of the entrance space was covered in peeling layers of paint as if in a derelict building (A Thousand Years). The device was not wholly convincing in the context of Katz's clean, businesslike rooms. From there, a corridor leading to the main gallery was hung with several spare pencil-and-cut-paper drawings from the series "Dernier Souffle" (Last Breath). These illustrate mass housing blocks during their demolition by explosives, in the brief moment when they seem to hover in the air before dissolving into debris. Fine lines limn details of buildings, and cuts in the paper pushed into relief represent slabs of concrete that, forced outward by the blasts, flutter like awnings.
The centerpiece of the exhibition was Un Monde Parfait (A Perfect World), a sculptural installation of four white towers of differing heights, the tallest nearly touching the ceiling; a fifth structure, a long, white rectangular block articulated with openings, came to waist height. All are made in an acrylic resin resembling plaster. Each of the four towers is formed from a cluster of conjoined cylinders, and each re-creates one or another of the 18 towers that make up the Tours Aillaud development in Nanterre, outside Paris, better known as the Tours Nuages (Cloud Towers) for the shape of their footprints and the detailed mosaics of clouds on their surfaces. Feipel & Bechameil's versions seem primed for destruction, the flanks gutted by holes and the interiors bare, an exaggeration of the stripping-down that takes place in the first stage of demolition. The other sculpture represents the Cité des 4000 (Project for 4,000), another landmark building that stood in the outskirts of Paris until its destruction in 2004.
The artists present buildings in limbo (as the Tours Nuages indeed currently are), giving the viewer a moment to pause and consider their short but concentrated history. Built in 1977 and 1961, respectively, the Tours Nuages and Cité des 4000 were constructed at astonishing speed and with high hopes; in the optimistic and idealistic spirit of late modernism, they were to resolve pressing shortages of reasonably priced housing while generating simple, humane spaces for living and working. Unfortunately, such hopes were dashed as poor maintenance and shifting demographics (many original residents moved out and low-income immigrant families became the principal tenants) led to the buildings' disrepair, ghettoization and stigmatization.
Feipel & Bechameil's re-creation of the towers presents them as empty follies, though their version of the Tours Nuages with its gaping holes reminds one of Antoni Gaudí's Sagrada Familia building in Barcelona, a construction that started in 1882 and is still ongoing. But Feipel & Bechameil's display of historical hubris contrasts markedly with their delicate, palpably fragile drawings. In the latter, hope still hangs in the air, even as destruction looms. This body of work is not an unqualified paean to the architects and planners, but more a melancholic celebration of utopian ambitions.
Bechameil
Feipel
Feipel and Bechameil
Katz Contemporary


Just in case any of you failed to notice, we are at the beginning of the longest election campaign since the 1960's and I was hoping that at this point we might have heard some real announcements or policy positions from the opposition parties at the very least around the sector given its high media profile recently. However about from some rhetoric and banner waving about Saving TAFE (whatever that actually means) we really haven't seen too much. The Greens, it seems, still want to decimate the sector by creating an almost complete TAFE monopoly, where only things that can't be delivered by TAFE could be delivered by Non-TAFE providers, so their policy position hasn't changed much since the last election. Labor want a review of the sector, which I am not against, providing as I have said elsewhere it is a fair and reasonable review and not one driven by ideology, which I am not sure we will see when the call for a review is accompanied by rhetoric about the unique position of TAFE. The Liberals clearly have a contestable market driven policy but ultimately what that will actually look like going forward with the National Partnership Agreement up for renewal next year and the clean up that is happening in VET FEE HELP is at this point a bit of anyone's guess. So given I can't actually discuss any details of any policy announcements I thought that I might look at what I thought a good VET policy might look like or at the very least what it might include.
A recognition that vocational educators are not teachers, but industry professionals as well as educators, they are not just delivering curriculum, they are assessing competence.
There is probably a great deal more things that a good vocational education policy should do and lets not kid ourselves here the devil is always in the detail, but I tend to think that we could at least get these things sorted out we might well on our way to have a policy that might actually work and not be like trying to sand on a bottle cap, resting on quicksand with mines floating through it.


12/14 Season Two, Episode 22: Murder Between Friends-Scarecrow and Mrs King | "Just walk with me.."
Back to IFF the next day and Lee's corvette is out front.
Billy off camera: What did happen last night with Jordan?
Wha?? the script says 'what did happen that night with Jordan'.. but I'm hearing 'last night' which is of course a boo boo of Mel Stewart's I think..
Also, today has to be Tuesday- the day Nabuti arrives.
Amanda answers: Ah, we just had dinner and and talked.
Amanda: I don't know, really. Not about anything in particular.
Billy: Nabuti is scheduled to arrive at the mansion in less than an hour. Now we know that a paid group of assassins are going to try and kill him but.. we still have no idea when, or where.
Lee: Well at least we have the new security system installed around the mansion.
Amanda to Lee: New system???
Francine: Yeah somebody obviously murdered Jordan to get access to the security system soooo ah we thought they might have stolen it so we installed (Amanda shakes her head) the new system with Tucker.
Amanda: But they couldn't possibly have stolen it because he had it all in his memory (Amanda points to her head with both pointing fingers).
ROFL!!! So funny how every time Jordan keeping the codes in his head is mentioned- we need someone to point for us where the head is!
Lee: What?!! Did Jordan tell you if anyone else knew about that access code?
Amanda: No! In fact, that's the reason he memorised them, so no one else would know what they were.
Lee: And Tucker knew that! He set us up!
…Since he didn't know Jordan's code, he put in his own security system.
Yippeee… finally they put the pieces together.. should have just asked Amanda about it in the first place. but then that would be too easy! I can hear your cries now- of course iwsod! or there wouldn't have been an episode!!! I know I know!!! tee hee..
Whooo by the way- it's Star Trek day at work again!!! Glad you left the agency Amanda? Then again.. Amanda's ear buttons are back! gah!!! Still I don't think they can compete with Francine's Star Trek uniform with her matchy matchy ear buttons and bracelet! So many fashion felonies I'm getting distracted.. focus iwsod!!
Amanda: Sir, there's an emergency operating system that can bypass some of the sensors.
Amanda: It's. Ah..it's sort of hard to explain but I could show you.
Lee motions to Amanda to come with him: Alright come on come on. And stay close to me. Very close.
They all exit the office together and the scene ends.
This scene in the office –anyone else thinking Lee suddenly has the guyliner on again? I think Lee has fallen off the guyliner wagon!!! Nooooo!!!! Lee Leee!!!! Repeat after me Lee: 'No thank you makeup person- I am no longer wearing guyliner!' Ahem.. okay.. just had to let that out.. On the plus side – Amanda has on the awful ear buttons and the hair don't – but IMHO she looks absolutely lovely in this scene anyway! Guess it's that side part hey BJo?
Maybe kudos to the make up person for Amanda's make up.. I guess! lol.. maybe BB used up most of the eyeliner so KJ had to go light that day haaaaa..
We see a shot of Lee driving the gang along a busy DC street.. Naughty Lee!!! He drives down the middle of two lanes and doesn't use his indicator to change lanes- what a role model you are Lee Stetson! Not!!
On to the special diplomatic mansion where Nabuti is staying for an emergency summit meeting..
Only.. that doesn't look like an emergency summit meeting.. it looks like a social reception! Having a party before your 'emergency' summit meeting Nabuti?
How did Augie even get in to the party??? Errr I thought the security was suppose to be tight?!! whahahahaaa!!
Augie to Nabuti: No no no you don't understand. See this far surpasses mere capital gains. I- I'm talking about.. gross national product here. It's a major growth industry, you ah you could say that it had legs. It's.. it's a sure bet your highness!
Nabuti: President Nabuti. What is this magic economic elixir you are talking about?
Augie: Have you ever seen… women box?
Augie: Yeah. You know, fight. With gloves on. I mean really hit each other. Whoo hooo it draws a crowd! It's perfect for your country. It's primitive!
Nabuti: No I don't think that you quite understand.
…the economic potential is unlimited!
Time for the baddies to make their move on this mansion! They should have just hired Augie to bore Nabuti to death… but.. I guess this way is more exciting Colby the baddie jumps a fence, followed by Isley, Walters and Tucker. They congregate, then Tucker motions to Isley and Colby to move closer.
Love how Isley and Colby approach the house.. huddled over in the middle of the lawn like that – yeah.. that doesn't look suspicious at all!! 😉 They totally blend!
Yeah.… that guard there? He wouldn't spot that.. no need to maybe go around the outside, just cut across the middle of the lawn! whahahaahaaaa!
Wait a minute.. So ummm.. there is like all this security at the mansion right? That ahh you know..like.. work for the agency right?? I mean the men on the ground, they wouldn't be from Jordan securities right? Otherwise, why do the baddies need to sneak in? and kill one of them? Tucker would have just told them to go or something..
It looks to me like they all just got in Lee's car (keeping Amanda-very close 😉 ) and notified no one.. Hilarious!!
Oh wait! Here is another way to give Amanda a raise! All those other agents at the agency? we don't really need them! Lee, Amanda, Francine and Billy can pretty much deal with anything without the rest of the agency! whwhahaahaa.. tee hee.. oopsie sorry I'm getting subtracted distracted..
Back at the mansion, Tucker and Walters are ready and waiting to make their move. They can see Isley and Colby taking out the guard in the garden.
Walters: Yeah good! I like it workin for us!
Tucker and Walters laugh at how clever they are.
They begin to move closer to the mansion.
Lee's Corvette is still on it's way.. Faster!! faster!!! come on!!!!!!!
At the mansion, Isley uses a rope to climb the mansion wall, while a guard aims to shoot him, Colby takes out the guard in time. Tucker and Walters sneak in carrying machine guns and enter the main reception room yelling to get down..lots of chaos.. rah rah..
Tucker waves his gun around. All the guests have their hands in the air. Except Nabuti who stands still.
Tucker yells: Quiet! (then to Nabuti) We send you greetings from your great country.
Nabuti: There will be no negotiations. You will just have to kill me.
Tucker: We may get around to that. First, we're gonna make you a TV star.
Okay I'm going to finish up here for the moment.. with the fab four about to arrive at the mansion and save the day! Any thoughts you'd like to share? Byeee for now!
One last comment on this – just because there aren't enough plot holes already. I think we all assume the Agency is in Georgetown, right? Didn't that come out in the tag of TFT? And Georgetown is in the NW quadrant. And most, if not all, embassy type spreads like this one are also in the NW quadrant of DC. I know all of them might not be, but I would be willing to bet there aren't any south or east of the US Capitol that Lee drives by here. So why on earth does Lee start in the NW, drive down to the SE only to go back up to the NW again? Grrrr. Even if this party was in Virginia it makes no sense for Lee to drive by the Capitol – especially if he was in a hurry! Ok, I'll stop ranting now.
And yes, the slight side part in Amanda's hair makes a big difference. Plus it's a bit fluffier on the top – that helps too. It was sort of flat on the top in the CO poisoning scene. Now just need to get rid of those ear buttons and that sweater rug she's wearing.
Maybe Lee got Auggie into the party because of his help in DAgent? Or because he wants to keep Augie interested in being his snitch? And even though he wasn't particularly helpful on this case, he was helpful in DOA wasn't he?
I do not think Augie's joke would pass in today's PC world. Only if it were in a movie about a certain period in time and in the right context to show historical accuracy of ignorance or attitude or something like that.
ROFL – Augie and Mancine…now there's a woman I think even Augie would say no to!
Is it just me or does that remind anyone of Marisa Tomei's line in My Cousin Vinny to Joe Pesci, "Yeah, you blend." ROFL – LOVE that movie!!
It seems rather ridiculous that Tucker and his men who are responsible for the security are sneaking into the house and grounds. Plot holes schmot holes.
Ohhh Jenbo you are on a roll tonight! I'd say Francine's outfit is out of this world!
I guess gestures make more interesting viewing for the viewer when there is lots of dialogue and sitting around. Hmm maybe that explains the over the top outfits on Francine too..
Yes!!! I think this one's a plot crater!
Yup, the four of them in Billy's office. That is how it should be, isn't it? Billy and Lee know it now. Got to make it permanent.
Got to have Amanda close, very close, for the Agencies sake and Lee's. I bet at some level it was a relief for Lee to vocalize those words. I wonder how Amanda felt deep down hearing them?
I think Augie's "primitive" comment is supposed to be cringeworthy. President Nabuti is obviously a cultured, courteous and well-educated man; he's a president, not a ruler, which brings up connotations of progressiveness and democracy. This contrasts with Augie crashing the party, not bothering to get Nabuti's title right, shoving his way forward to get his tasteless sales pitch out, and insulting his intended customer.
– I was wondering if these days people would dare to make the same joke- in order to portray someone as cringeworthy..
I wondered if by standards today this may not be PG.. or just such a culturally unacceptable thing to say.
'Your highness' was hilarious! and all things considered I think Nabuti coped quite well with Augie! poor Augie!!
Love the group shot of the baddies… I think maybe they were posing for the cover of the Baddies R Us catalogue.
Oohhh… I just figured it out. They sent Stunt Lee ahead in the Corvette as a red herring to divert the baddies' attention. Meanwhile, Lee, Amanda, Billy and Francine are road-tripping it to the mansion in Amanda's station wagon. Francine is aghast at being stuck in the wagon… in the back seat, no less. Lee is driving–of course–and Billy is sitting in the back with Francine, looking stunned at her Star Trek outfit. Amanda is in the front passenger seat, staying close to Lee by having put up the armrests… but thinking that she could have stayed closer if they were in the 'Vette.
haaa love it KC!! It's all so silly you've just gotta have fun with it! haaaa!! too funny!
Oh hey, does the corvette only seat two people? It's been so long since I saw season 3 and 4 I don't know!
Absolutely 2 seats, although you might be able to stow a small kid or two in the back compartment. Not at all suitable for family motoring. It is definitely a car that suits a super handsome bachelor spy gadding about the nation's capital. The whole message of a Corvette is sophisticated manly style and virility.
Thanks for clearing that one up. The Fab four racing to the mansion in Lee's vette? hilarious!
IMHO–regarding your reservations about the Corvette–I actually think that given Lee's age, sophistication, etc, it was an appropriate car. If he'd been in his, I dunno, 50's, say, it could be "trying too much"/"crisis car"/"extension". 😀 I think there were other cars that might've been too "wanna-be"–like a Camaro… or too "muscley" like a classic Mustang (oohhh… think Eleanor from Gone in 60 Seconds, or Steve McQueen's car from Bullitt–nice cars, but wouldn't suit the dashing super spy).
Yes you are right KC.. I've just gotta think context! and that the car was suppose to say: studly man.
I like that idea, KC! Although I don't see him in anything other than his Corvette. I've loved that car since Lee's been driving it. I still want one. A real one.
oops sorry missed this! I agree with BJo KC, I think this is a really fun idea!
I love polls though! tee hee.. they're fun!
I think Jule's husband would vote for the bathtub on wheels [cough] Porsche 356.
Focus, Iwsod! waves smelling salts Porsche!
OMG! How could you not notice the Corvette? I've wanted one ever since first hearing Prince's Little Red Corvette a year or two before it appeared on SMK in NZ. When Lee's Porsche got totalled and he got the Corvette I thought I had died and gone to heaven – the perfect man in the perfect car.
I've never been able to afford a Corvette (they tend to be a bit pricey here in NZ). Totally impractical car but I still want one.
Makes me think Lee has a few penny's stashed away if he could afford one – he must've got some inheritance from his parents' estate Okay, some of it would have gone towards his schooling, etc, but there should be some left over for him to have bought this expensive vehicle. Maybe he could've funded Amanda's pay increase but of course that would be awkward. Also, the Agency seems to be quite generous with the expenses it covers, so aside from basic living costs, most of his travel, clothing and other expenses would be paid for, so he must have saved a few pennies over the years.
Iwsod, a 2 seater is the perfect car for an intelligence operative. I would want to minimise the opportunity for anyone to hide or sit behind me out of direct sight if I was in that business. The only problem with it for his work is it is a bit too distinctive for some situations. A more run-of-the-mill car would blend in better and not be so obvious to the baddies.
Remember the bendy knife incident?! If you missed it check out this post.
Sorry–it's been a loooong day.
I'm sensing you are in a meme making mood?
My meme muse has run away again… 😦 (Being neck deep in transcription doesn't help.) Meh.
Hang in there KC!!! and everyone else transcribing an episode!!!
I'm wondering if I should just bite the bullet and finish spiderweb, since I've already transcribed half of it anyway.. hmm.. I'll have to contact Petra about that..
this is good thinking! 🙂 haaaa… come on Debilyn, it's so obvious! 😉 tee hee.. Ahhh youth! think they know everything 😉 tee heee! I love it!!
Good question about how Augie got into this party. I've been wondering about that myself. What is that he's wearing around his neck, too?
you think the medals are fake? so funny that Augie got into this party that was super secure haaaaa!
Augie is a bit of a con-man so I think we are supposed to assume that he managed to get into the party with a fake pass, and the suit and medals helped his "cover". I think we've already seen how good the security at this party is with the complete lack of attention to "snips" sneaking in plain sight.
SNIPS – beyond awesome! Plotholes? What plotholes?
Of course, the guy who's now in charge of the security company is corrupt, so I suppose we shouldn't expect too much of them, lol.
Maybe all those Star Trek people a hundred years in the future (or however many it is) were looking back through old Agency files and found a photo of President Nabuti with Francine. Maybe they got their uniform idea from this very outfit of Francine's. Maybe she's actually a trendsetter!
Hah! The only viable explanation LASinLA!
Francine = trendsetter. Got it!
Knowing Francine's ego? I'd say she would agree with you on that one LASinLA!
So much fun I'm missing!! I can't wait to get back on the blog. I was behind to begin with and then the Snow and Ice-mageddon hit Atlanta and it's been an awful past couple of days. It's been as bad they've been reporting on the news!
Take it slow and easy and be careful BJo. This has been an epically bad winter and we still have February and March to go. Be safe and stay warm!!
Thanks, Valerie – you too! I hope things get better for you soon. All the snow and ice will be gone down here in the next day or so.
I hope you and yours are safe and sound (and warm!).
We are jule, thanks! But it was a very unnerving 24 hours!!!
How did they fit 4 adults into the Corvette? Lee wasn't kidding when he said he wanted to keep Amanda "very close". She must be sitting on his lap – say no more kiwismh 😉 We just must assume that Billy and Francine are travelling behind – way, way, way behind because Lee is literally racing to the scene – in the stock standard brown or beige Agency sedan.
Augie's not very PC but It's perfect for your country. It's primitive! is exactly the sort of thing someone like Augie would say. Yes, it might be offensive (it would have been offensive then, definitely offensive in 2014!) but it's absolutely the sort of thing Augie would say.
Just wanted to say that the actor who plays Nabuti, James Avery, just passed away on New Year's Eve. He played the uncle on the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, at least that was probably his most well-known role. So he did become a TV star. He looks so young here.
Francine looks like a cross between Star Trek and that V movie.


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Ağlı () is a town in the Kastamonu Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Ağlı District. Its population is 2,110 (2021). The town lies at an elevation of .

History
The history of Ağlı descends to the depths of the First Age, with no definite evidence at hand. Findings from this period indicate that various civilizations have come and gone on these lands. B.C. It is known that between 1100-700 Kastamonu and its surrounding Paflagans were ruled. The history of Kastamonu shows that the tribes such as Byzantines, Danishmenders, Shepherds and Candaros ruled in and around Ağlı. It has been under the Byzantine rule for a long time. The most important work that has come to this day is Ağal Kalesidir. Kastamonu and its surroundings also participated in the Ottoman Empire after İsmail Bey did not resist Fatih and gave up his sovereignty rights in order to prevent his sister from casting. A municipal organization was established in 1918.

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Funz wrote: Good to have kids who are observant and know what the inside of the plug should look like.
I think I would not have thought twice why the plug could be hot. Actually I would have thought that it is normal for it to be a bit warm to the touch. Even I were to open up the thing I won't know if it was properly assembled.
I too think it is good to pick up such skills.
He fixed the Europace steamer that short circuited some time ago when he extended the wire for me.
Where does elder boy learn all these?
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I learned from my dad, but I don't think my brother did because he was never interested. My husband learned from various people (his brother, me, reading up) but handles most of it now. This is reminding me that I need to teach my daughters!
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Home » News • USA • USA Sidebar » New Gurdwara is Dedicated at Gobind Sadan, USA
History Made! Giani Iqbal Singh ji, Jathedar Siri Harmandir Patna Sahib
Dedicates new Gurdwara at Gobind Sadan, USA.
"Out of the ashes – comes the Light"
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"The taste of a lifetime." That's how some of the hundreds from all faiths and backgrounds gathered for the dedication of the new Gurdwara at Gobind Sadan, USA, described their experience today as Jethedar Giani Iqbal Singh ji offered prayers and spoke glowingly about how he witnessed the spreading of the universal message of love of Guru Granth Sahib by His Holiness Baba Virsa Singh ji first in India and now here in this small rural upstate New York community.
"When we bow before the Holy Guru Granth Sahib, we bow before the saints and prophets of all religions and we bow before those of low caste, and those of all ages. Guru Gobind Singh ji, at whose birthplace I have the honor and privilege of serving, taught us to recognize all people as one human race. These words I have seen practically demonstrated by the Great Brahmgyani (Enlightened Soul) Baba Virsa Singh and now here before my eyes, you have come from all religions to praise the One God and speak of how Babaji and his message touched your lives."
There were Christian theologians from Africa, an elder in the Mormon Church, a Christian woman, a Buddhist Abbott, a Muslim man and Hindu woman all sharing their experiences with the love of God that Babaji reflected and that they experienced in Gobind Sadan.
The Rev. Dr. Harvey Sindima, a Malawi Presbyterian Minister who is also a professor of religion and philosophy shared his tribute how more than anyone he'd ever met, "Babaji had embodied the holiness which is Jesus and truly loved people unconditionally and loved all those who are messengers of God."
Onondaga County Executive Joanne Mohoney, shared how she was touched by the openness of the invitation and offered her admiration for Babaji and the Gobind Sadan community's response to the arson which destroyed the original building in 2001.
I was fitting that the Holy Guru Granth Sahib and Dasam Granth which triumphed over the fires of hatred were brought in procession with great love and installed and opened with great reverence in their new home for all to see. The service entitled "Out of the ashes – comes the Light" captured the essence of the moment: "Today is especially appropriate to dedicate this new building. As the world celebrates Easter, this building has risen out of the ashes of hatred and offers the Light of God's love to everyone. Just as Jesus forgave those who crucified him, so Baba ji forgave the young people who, out of ignorance, burned down the original temple building. Babaji's words created a wave of positive energy that until today move us forward, said Ralph Singh, Gobind Sadan, USA founding president, who now serves as Director of Publications and Public Relations for the worldwide Gobind Sadan community.
United States Congressman James Walsh, in his letter addressed to the entire sangat of Gobind Sadan, USA in which he welcomed Giani Iqbal Singh ji, wrote, "Baba Virsa Singh ji's message of peace healing, and love is exemplified in this temple. I greatly admired his powerful statement of forgiveness towards those who committed the arson. Babaji turned this sad story around and used it as an opportunity to educate all on tolerance and the importance of celebrating the commonalities shared by all religions. It is wonderful to see this new temple dedicated so that it once again may serve as a place of spiritual strength and acceptance for all."
Gurbachan Singh, Chairman of Gobind Sadan, USA actingas stage secretary was able to shift between Punjabi and English in sharing the history of Patna Sahib and the significance to the day's events. Sajjan Singh, Vice Chair welcomed the Jethedar, referring to Guru Gobind Singh ji's universal teachings and Jaspal Singh Kalra read a beautiful scriptural passage which was presented to Jathedar Sahib.
In his closing prayer Giani ji, asked blessings on the leadership and all present, "May God bless you with even more love and joy so you may share it with the world."
The temple was built largely through the efforts of a team of volunteers lead by Paramjit Singh from Canada who worked day and night to ready it for this day. When asked about the day, he replied, "it's such a wonderful feeling that all our work was accepted by the Guru. It's like the taste of a lifetime."
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They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but what if the picture is a bar graph with a bunch of statistical notations? It may be worth a thousand words, but only to a handful of people. In the context of climate change, that's clearly not enough. This week's guest on Sea Change Radio, is Randy Olson, a marine biology professor turned filmmaker and author whose book "Don't Be Such A Scientist" makes the case that scientists can and should be better communicators, especially to regular (non-scientist) folk.
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Steven McCornack is an unlikely member of the Amgen Scholars community. He is not a biology researcher, undergraduate, program alumnus, or student program director. A professor of communications at the University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB), McCornack studies interpersonal relationships. He has recommended students before for the Amgen Scholars Program but his true connection to the program is a very recent and personal one: his son was a 2017 Amgen Scholar.
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"Xploration Station," Fox's Block of STEM Programming for Kids, Earns Eight Daytime Emmy Nominations
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has announced the nominees for the 45th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards and included eight nominations for Xploration Station, the three-hour block of STEM-related programming for kids and teens that airs on Fox TV Stations. Xploration Station consists of six half-hour shows exploring a wide range of scientific subjects, including space exploration, earth science, and more.
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"Xploration Station" Earns Eight Daytime Emmy Nominations
PHILADELPHIA, March 23, 2018 /3BL Media/ - The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has announced the nominees for the 45th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, and the
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On the eve of the premiere of One Strange Rock, the thrilling 10-part documentary series exploring the conditions that create life on Earth, 21st Century Fox's National Geographic has launched a suite of educational tools designed to bring to life some of the series' key scientific lessons. The resources are available completely free for educators and include activities for students of all a
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Dr. Tama Hasson starts off her New Year grilling would-be science writing skills tutors. From January to June, she interviews and evaluates senior graduate students to see if they have the "write stuff" to shepherd Amgen Scholars through the science writing process at UCLA.
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Undeniably one of the top hotels in the country, to stay here is to tick every box!
Las Balsas Gourmet Hotel & Spa, a member of the elite Relais & Chateau Hotels, really is a treat! While it looks very much like it should have been a family home, it was, in fact designed always as a hotel. I guess this fact gives an idea as to what to expect…a home from home. Set overlooking a small bay on the shores of the Nahuel Huapi, it has everything you could ask for and more…excellent food, service, location, facilities…we could go on…and do!!
Situated in a wooded area to the east of the small village of Villa La Angostura, Las Balsas has the feel of a private house. Featuring stunning gardens and views out onto the Nahuel Huapi Lake, it is the perfect place to spend a few days, relaxing or exploring the surrounding woodlands and nature.
Constructed around 30 years ago this quaint, shutter board house is picture perfect in every way. Featuring private gardens on one side and a private beach and the lake on the other, you feel transported into a story tale of sorts!
The main entrance and the communal areas to Las Balsas are arguably the highlights to the property with the standard bedrooms being on the small side…although, should you opt for a suite then they are a really good size. On entering, you are greeted with a really comfortable main lounge area with central fire and luxurious seats, as well as a phenomenal view out across the lake. To the right of this area is the main dining room, and, outside, there is a small patio that is perfect for "al fresco" lunches and summer suppers.
As mentioned, the bedrooms are probably not the strong point of Las Balsas, but this is more than made up for with the facilities and communal areas. In addition to the main building, they have also built a small leisure house of sorts with a gym, Jacuzzi, spa, sauna and swimming pool. Being set away from the main building allows families to make as much noise as they like here and not disturb others.
On the whole this hotel is a real joy to stay in with good access to walking and a whole host of other activities. Anything can be arranged through their concierge service and with options such as wine tasting with a trained sommelier you are guaranteed a stay to remember.


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Diuris magnifica, commonly called the large pansy orchid is a species of orchid which is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has large, colourful flowers and is common in a narrow range near the coast around Perth, often occurring with the similar but smaller Diuris corymbosa.

Description
Diuris magnifica is a tuberous, perennial herb, usually growing to a height of . Two or three leaves emerge at the base, each leaf  long,  wide and folded lengthwise. There are between three and nine golden-yellow and purple flowers  long and  wide. The dorsal sepal is egg-shaped,  long and  wide and curves upwards. The lateral sepals are linear to lance-shaped,  long, about  wide, turned downwards and usually crossed. The petals are erect with an egg-shaped blade  long and  wide on a purplish-brown stalk  long. The labellum is mauve or purple with some yellow markings,  long and has three lobes. The centre lobe is wedge-shaped,  long and  wide and the side lobes are  long and  wide. There is a single yellow, ridged callus  long in the mid-line of the labellum. The species is similar to several other Diuris including D. corymbosa and D. amplissima but is distinguished from them by its size, flowering period and distribution. Flowering occurs from late August to October.

Taxonomy and naming
Diuris magnifica was first formally described in 1991 by David Jones from a specimen collected in a reserve near Kwinana and the description was published in Australian Orchid Review. The specific epithet (magnifica) is a Latin word  meaning "noble", "eminent" or "splendid" referring to the large, colourful flowers of this orchid.

Distribution and habitat
The large pansy orchid is common in near coastal shrubland and woodland between Lancelin and Mandurah in the Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain biogeographic regions. At the northern end of its distribution, this species hybridises with the as yet undescribed Arrowsmith pansy orchid (Diuris sp. 'Eneabba') and in the south with D. corymbosa.

Conservation
Diuris magnifica is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.

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Aperitivo & Drawing Night with Kaitlin McDonough
28 January 2020 / 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
CIMA opens its unique and intimate setting to artists, students, and others interested in trying their hand at studying works from the Marino Marini: Arcadian Nudes exhibition through drawing — interacting with, analyzing, and drawing inspiration from the sculptor's work.
Expanding upon the premise that drawing is the most optimal way to apprehend a work of art, this Drawing Night, led by artist Kaitlin McDonough (New York Studio School), will present drawing as a way of understanding, empathizing and seeing.
Materials will be provided and all skill levels are welcome!
6pm – Registration and exhibition viewing
6:10pm – Introduction by Kaitlin McDonough
6:30–7:45pm – Drawing in CIMA's galleries
7:45pm–8pm– Conclusion
8pm – Evening concludes
Kaitlin McDonough paints exuberant abstractions, often incorporating objects and nontraditional supports. Equally fascinated by imagery and materiality, her content originates from the sensual inextricability of both and hybrid ways of perceiving. McDonough received her MFA from Tyler School of Art, Temple University and her BFA from Boston University, Summa cum laude. Prior to being based in New York, Kaitlin lived and worked in both Venice and Rome, Italy where she developed a close relationship with Italian art of the past and present. Her work has been exhibited throughout Italy–in Venice, Rome, Vicenza, Bologna, Verona–and in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Richmond and Serbia. She is the recipient of the Temple University Project Completion Grant and has participated in a residency at the Vermont Studio Center. Kaitlin McDonough is currently the Program Director and member of the Faculty at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture where her courses focus on drawing strategies, Color, and Painting on Paper.


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26 April 2003 by Eric Toussaint
Some days after the beginning of the invasion of Iraq by the American, British and Australian forces, George W Bush gave an estimate to Congress that the cost of the war for the US Treasury would reach 80 billion dollars. According to the UNDP UNDP
United Nations Development Programme The UNDP, founded in 1965 and based in New York, is the UN's main agency of technical assistance. It helps the DC, without any political restrictions, to set up basic administrative and technical services, trains managerial staff, tries to respond to some of the essential needs of populations, takes the initiative in regional co-operation programmes and co-ordinates, theoretically at least, the local activities of all the UN operations. The UNDP generally relies on Western expertise and techniques, but a third of its contingent of experts come from the Third World. The UNDP publishes an annual Human Development Report which, among other things, classifies countries by their Human Development Rating (HDR).
and UNICEF, that is precisely the annual sum needed to guarantee for the whole planet universal access to drinking water, basic education, primary health care, a decent food supply and gynaecological and obstetric treatment for all women. The US government achieved the feat of raising and spending this amount in several months - a sum which no world summit in recent years has succeeded in bringing together (in Genoa in 2001 the G7 only managed to raise a little less than one billion dollars for the funds for combating AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis). The 80 billion obtained by Bush from Congress is the amount necessary to destroy Iraq and guarantee an occupation of its territory until 31st December 2003. Apparently the financial costs of the damage inflicted by this intervention have not been taken into account.
This neo-colonial aggression once again made use of a humanitarian pretext: the wish to offer the Iraqi people a democratic regime and to save humanity from weapons of mass destruction. This pretext is one more in the long list of humanitarian justifications used to cover up disgraceful operations of territorial conquest and economic rape and pillage. From the evangelisation of the Americas by the conquistadors to the fight against terrorism, via the fight against slavery which screened Leopold II's colonial campaign in the Congo….
Who will really pay the price of this aggression? The war was not yet over when the finance ministers of the 7 most industrialised countries met in Washington on 10th/11th April 2003 to prepare the Spring meeting of the World Bank World Bank
WB The World Bank was founded as part of the new international monetary system set up at Bretton Woods in 1944. Its capital is provided by member states' contributions and loans on the international money markets. It financed public and private projects in Third World and East European countries.
It consists of several closely associated institutions, among which :
1. The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD, 189 members in 2017), which provides loans in productive sectors such as farming or energy ;
2. The International Development Association (IDA, 159 members in 1997), which provides less advanced countries with long-term loans (35-40 years) at very low interest (1%) ;
3. The International Finance Corporation (IFC), which provides both loan and equity finance for business ventures in developing countries.
As Third World Debt gets worse, the World Bank (along with the IMF) tends to adopt a macro-economic perspective. For instance, it enforces adjustment policies that are intended to balance heavily indebted countries' payments. The World Bank advises those countries that have to undergo the IMF's therapy on such matters as how to reduce budget deficits, round up savings, enduce foreign investors to settle within their borders, or free prices and exchange rates.
and the IMF IMF
International Monetary Fund Along with the World Bank, the IMF was founded on the day the Bretton Woods Agreements were signed. Its first mission was to support the new system of standard exchange rates.
When the Bretton Wood fixed rates system came to an end in 1971, the main function of the IMF became that of being both policeman and fireman for global capital: it acts as policeman when it enforces its Structural Adjustment Policies and as fireman when it steps in to help out governments in risk of defaulting on debt repayments.
As for the World Bank, a weighted voting system operates: depending on the amount paid as contribution by each member state. 85% of the votes is required to modify the IMF Charter (which means that the USA with 17,68% % of the votes has a de facto veto on any change).
The institution is dominated by five countries: the United States (16,74%), Japan (6,23%), Germany (5,81%), France (4,29%) and the UK (4,29%).
The other 183 member countries are divided into groups led by one country. The most important one (6,57% of the votes) is led by Belgium. The least important group of countries (1,55% of the votes) is led by Gabon and brings together African countries.
http://imf.org and the annual G8 G8 Group composed of the most powerful countries of the planet: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the USA, with Russia a full member since June 2002. Their heads of state meet annually, usually in June or July. summit (due to take place in Evian, France at the beginning of June). They agreed to set Iraq's foreign debt at 120 billion dollars, higher than that of Turkey (which has almost three times the population of Iraq). This does not include the compensation owed by Iraq for the invasion of Kuwait in 1990. If the finance ministers of the G7 are to be believed, were this compensation taken into account, Iraq's debt would be increased to 380 billion dollars. Post-Saddam Iraq would thus have the unhappy privilege of being the most indebted country in the Third World, far surpassing Brazil, which currently holds the record of 230 billion dollars. The arbitrary agreement on this amount is directly aimed at justifying the take-over of Iraq's oil resources on the pretext of ensuring the repayment of the debt. Fixing the debt so high has the enormous advantage of subjecting the new Iraqi authorities to the demands of the creditors for decades. Even if the military occupation were of limited duration, and even if the UN undertook the management of reconstruction, the country's politics would still be determined by the creditors and by the oil multi-nationals which will obtain the concessions.
This is why the demand to cancel Iraq's foreign debt is not only legitimate but also a condition sine qua non for re-establishing Iraq's sovereignty after the ignominious military aggression which it has suffered. In international law, the doctrine of odious debt can be applied perfectly to Iraq. According to this doctrine, "if a despotic power (= Saddam Hussein's regime, Ed.) contracts a debt that is not used to meet the needs and interests of the State, but to strengthen the despotic regime and oppress the population which opposes it, this debt is odious to the population of the State as a whole. This debt is not binding for the nation; it is the regime's debt, a personal debt of the authorities which contracted it. Consequently, it becomes null and void with the fall of the regime." (Alexander Sack, Les effets des transformations des Etats sur leurs dettes publiques et autres obligations financières, Recueil Sirey, 1927). The USA have applied this doctrine at least twice in the past. In 1898, after their victorious attack on the Spanish Armada off the coast of Cuba to "liberate" Cuba from Spanish domination, the US government used it to get Madrid to give up its financial claims on Cuba.
25 years later, in 1923, the US Supreme Court rejected the claims of the creditors of Costa Rica after the fall of the dictator Tinoco [1] , arguing that they should be addressed to the deposed dictator and not the new regime. In 2003, you can bet that the members of the G8, not only the four who supported the war (USA, UK, Italy, Japan) but also the four who were opposed to it (Germany, France, Canada, Russia) will come to an agreement not to apply the doctrine of "odious debt" to Iraq.
It is up to the movement for an alternative globalisation to promote the demand for cancellation of Iraq's foreign debt, along with other demands such as the withdrawal of the occupying forces, the payment of reparations to the Iraqis for the destruction and pillage caused by the war started by the US/UK/Australian Coalition, and the full and complete exercise of sovereignty by the Iraqis themselves (including the benefit of their natural resources).
Clear differences divided the members of the G8 before the beginning of the aggression against Iraq. They will undoubtedly try to minimise their differences and unite again, ready for the next stage in pushing neo-liberal globalisation even further. They will try to reach agreement on tackling the global financial crisis (rampant stock market crashes, financial instability, massive debts in the private sector in the most industrialised countries) and on their approach to the inter-ministerial meeting of the WTO WTO
World Trade Organisation The WTO, founded on 1st January 1995, replaced the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs (GATT). The main innovation is that the WTO enjoys the status of an international organization. Its role is to ensure that no member States adopt any kind of protectionism whatsoever, in order to accelerate the liberalization global trading and to facilitate the strategies of the multinationals. It has an international court (the Dispute Settlement Body) which judges any alleged violations of its founding text drawn up in Marrakesh.
, planned for the beginning of September 2003 in Cancun (Mexico). They have learnt the lesson of Seattle: they are aware that the lack of an agreement between the USA and the EU on a commercial agenda could lead to the failure of Cancun. They will be meeting in Evian from 1st to 3rd June 2003 to harmonise their points of view.
The alternative globalisation and anti-war movements will be there too.
Translated by David and Barbara Forbes.
[1] See Damien Millet, Eric Toussaint, "50 questions /50 réponses sur la dette, le FMI et la Banque mondiale", joint edition CADTM / Syllepse, Bruxelles / Paris, 2002, pp. 163-179 and 184-187. This book will be published soon in English by Zed Books.
is a historian and political scientist who completed his Ph.D. at the universities of Paris VIII and Liège, is the spokesperson of the CADTM International, and sits on the Scientific Council of ATTAC France.
He is the author of Bankocracy (2015); The Life and Crimes of an Exemplary Man (2014); Glance in the Rear View Mirror. Neoliberal Ideology From its Origins to the Present, Haymarket books, Chicago, 2012 (see here), etc.
See his bibliography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89ric_Toussaint
He co-authored World debt figures 2015 with Pierre Gottiniaux, Daniel Munevar and Antonio Sanabria (2015); and with Damien Millet Debt, the IMF, and the World Bank: Sixty Questions, Sixty Answers, Monthly Review Books, New York, 2010. He was the scientific coordinator of the Greek Truth Commission on Public Debt from April 2015 to November 2015.
Other articles in English by Eric Toussaint (505)
Brazil: from Lula to Bolsonaro
14 January, by Eric Toussaint
President Lula's "realpolitik" and the "alterglobalisation" movement
13 January, by Eric Toussaint , Frédéric Lévêque
"Any Third World government which takes the decision to carry on refunding the external debt is opting for the road to ruin"
13 January, by Eric Toussaint , Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
The Varoufakis-Tsipras line was doomed to fail from the word 'Go'
2 January, by Eric Toussaint
Argentina: facing another debt crisis
18 December 2019, by Eric Toussaint
A critical review of Costa-Gavras' Adults in the Room
26 November 2019, by Eric Toussaint
South Africa: actions against the abusive debts imposed on the popular classes
New Threats, New Resistances and New Alternatives
12 November 2019, by Eric Toussaint , Patrick Bond , Ishmael Lesufi , Lisa Thompson
Alert on the sophistication of illegitimate debt techniques via mobile telephony
8 November 2019, by Eric Toussaint
Local South African Economic Conditions
6 November 2019, by Eric Toussaint , Patrick Bond , Ishmael Lesufi , Lisa Thompson
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By Michael Lynderey
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The first month of summer season 2015 is defined by the inevitable (Avengers), the possible (Tomorrowland), and the improbable (Mad Max: Fury Road?). There's a notably diverse slate of releases, offering two comedies and a musical along with the usual action spectacles. But there's no question that one film looms above all rest.
1. Avengers: Age of Ultron (May 1st)
The sequel no one was asking for (I'm reasonably sure) arrives at last, ready to assume its mantle as the biggest film of the year (or at least until December; can Star Wars 7 overtake it? Or if Clint Eastwood and Bradley Cooper make another movie?). I can't help but feel that Avengers 2's shine has been dimmed somewhat by the massive success of Furious 7, much like Thor (2011) had his thunder stolen by the breakout run of Fast Five (puns not intended. I would never!). Still, this franchise, these characters, and the whole doggone Marvel Cinematic Universe are all immensely popular, so much so that interconnecting-universe filmmaking has redefined big-budget tentpole movies across the board (funny, I always thought all movies were already set in the same place, even when that doesn't make any sense).
In so far as the film itself goes, the gang's all back together again, off to combat Ultron, an animated robot sourpuss who out of sheer tedium has decided to exterminate the whole human race (dogs, too). On the one hand, Ultron seems like he's just marking time until Josh Brolin's constipated-looking Thanos arrives in the next two Avengers movies (as I understand it, Thanos has concocted a dastardly plot to exterminate the whole human race! He's an American original).


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'Looking to the future, we should be very cautious': Why a vaccine will not end uncertainty for businesses
Ann Wen
As COVID-19 vaccines roll out across the world, businesses are experiencing a rare moment of optimism.
However questions about the effectiveness of the vaccine and how long it will take to distribute mean that businesses are still kept in limbo.
Dr Ian Norton, a specialist emergency physician who headed the WHO Emergency Medical Team and also founded the social enterprise Respond Global, warns that businesses will face at least another year of pandemic-induced uncertainty.
"Looking to the future, we should be very cautious. I am not bullish about vaccines," said Dr Norton.
"Firstly, we should be cautious about the 90 per cent efficacy rates. This is highly unusual for any vaccine, so all my alarm bells are ringing. I was also shocked to see the Pfizer CEO sell $US5.6 million in shares after announcing the efficacy rate.
"It's far too early to make a long term call on efficacy. The current numbers are small numbers of people in large cohorts – these rates are just what everyone wants to hear.
"Secondly, when it comes to vaccines, we won't see a roll out until March and it won't end for at least 6-9 months. I see the same risks staying until the end of 2021.
"People wish it was disappearing. But we'll have risks of outbreaks until the whole population is vaccinated. And it's not just the 25 million people in Australia, it's also about trading partners and when we can relax quarantine and send staff overseas – and this won't happen until the rest of the world is equally vaccinated."
Responding to demand globally
In January 2020 Dr Norton founded Respond Global, which guides businesses and governments on their emergency response to outbreaks.
"It is set up to do three major things: help with emergency preparedness and planning, look at operation centres, and write plans for businesses and governments. We look at interactive training for both business personnel and also training for national medical teams."
Despite being launched at the onset of a global pandemic, Respond Global had been in the works for a long time.
"I planned this last year," said Dr Norton.
"I saw that the multilateral agency WHO wasn't keeping up with demand. NGOs had constraints because they rely on donor funding, which was shrinking. At the same time, government to government support exists but it is finite."
An example of how Respond Global has been helping businesses is through contact tracing.
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"They thought public health departments would help them.
"Businesses have had to carry a lot of the shortfall in government testing and they were unaware that they would have to do that."
Respond Global has been able to fill the gap between government resources and the specialised response plan that businesses need as we continue to experience small outbreaks.
"You don't get enough from just the state and territory government websites. You need an organisation to come in especially if you are in a higher risk industry.
"If you are, you're much more likely to keep on trading all the way through isolated outbreaks.
"Little flare ups are a danger for your business and you must keep that latent capacity to escalate a response to go to amber and eventually to red in your business."
Misconceptions about the coronavirus
Dr Norton also cautions businesses of the changing scientific knowledge and hidden misconceptions surrounding the virus.
"For a while, WHO said that COVID-19 is not transmitted by food packaging.
"But WHO said that because they didn't want to strike up panic. So they didn't get the whole message across.
"The risk from touching food packaging and putting it in your mouth and getting infected is low.
"But frozen food is different. Frozen viruses are perfectly effective. If we lose control of that cold chain, the virus is still alive.
"If a sick person in Brazil were to cough onto a package of frozen beef, that virus is absolutely alive and well after defrosting."
Thus Respond Global helps businesses make well-informed business decisions by stripping away marketing myths and poor planning.
"Some businesses are spending 2 to 3 million on COVID-19 products that they don't need. We protect businesses from other businesses leveraging the fear of COVID-19.
"We tell you the science, what you need to spend money on and what you don't."
A tool that Respond Global believes would revolutionise emergency responses in Australia is antigen testing.
Whilst the current PCR (polymerase chain reaction) testing in Australia involves a laboratory, specialist equipment and a minimum 24 hour wait, antigen tests can produce a result within 10 minutes.
Antigen tests don't have the near 100 per cent sensitivity of current PCR testing, however Dr Norton believes that its 80-90 per cent efficacy within 10 minutes will provide enormous benefits to at risk industries.
"If you're in manufacturing or travel, you can access a test and get a result in 10 mins and act on that."
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