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The Bureau for Legislative and Public Affairs (LPA) is responsible for managing the Agency's external affairs and provides central Agency focus and overall coordination for all aspects of legislative and public affairs matters for the Agency. LPA serves as the central point of contact with Congress, the media, interested stakeholders from the international development community, and the American people regarding the Agency's international development programs and policies.
Among LPA's principal responsibilities are:
Coordinating the Agency's legislative programs;
Securing Congressional appropriations;
Providing information to Congress related to legislation;
Advising the Administrator and the Agency regarding the status of pending legislation and related concerns of Members of Congress;
Directing the Agency's external communications strategy;
Communicating positioning, messaging and branding;
Developing outreach and educational programs for key audiences;
Leading the Agency's digital communications strategy;
Managing the external and internal Web site;
Ensuring appropriate protocol for senior-level and/or diplomatic engagements;
Advising the Administrator and senior officials regarding strategic external engagement opportunities; and
Producing events and promotional products to generate support for USAID's mission.
LPA coordinates these Agency outreach and information programs across the various sectors of American society including the media, non-governmental and private voluntary organizations, international development companies, think tanks, universities, the private sector and diaspora communities. In short, LPA serves as the liaison between the Agency and the American people, Congress, the media, and the Agency's other key constituencies. In exercising this leadership role, LPA works closely with Bureaus and Offices of the Agency as well as its federal advisory committees. The Bureau is divided into the following organizational units.
The Office of the Assistant Administrator (AA/LPA) serves as the Agency's principal advisor on all aspects of legislative and public affairs relating to USAID policies, programs, and operations, and on the technical and operational matters relating to the mission of the Bureau. AA/LPA is responsible for the strategic positioning of the Agency, especially on Capitol Hill, in the media, and among external stakeholders, with regard to USAID's role in foreign policy and as the lead Agency providing U.S. economic and humanitarian assistance to foster sustainable international development.
The AA/LPA directs and supervises the Bureau, approving programs and initiatives and approving the appropriate allocation of resources among the Bureau's priorities and needs. Three Deputy Assistant Administrators (DAAs) for Legislative Affairs (DAA/LPA-LEG); for Public Affairs (DAA/LPA-PA); and for Program Operations (DAA/LPA-PO) assist in directing and supervising the Bureau in addition to providing critical technical liaison and expertise in the areas that they manage. The AA/LPA is also comprised of a Senior Advisor to the AA/LPA, a Secretary to the AA/LPA, a Secretary to the DAAs/LPA, and two Special Assistants. The Press Director, a Department of State official who serves as Press Spokesperson, reports directly to the AA/LPA with day-to-day guidance and oversight provided by the DAA/LPA-PA.
Under LPA's Legislative Affairs Section, the Office of Legislative Affairs (LPA/LEG) maintains continuous liaison with Members of Congress, congressional staff, and committees to inform them about USAID programs and policies and to obtain their views on issues associated with USAID, which are then communicated to the Agency. As the primary advisor regarding relations with the Congress on programs, policies, and issues, LPA/LEG assists in the development of Bureau strategies with regard to USAID's legislative objectives – be they related to funding or authorities, and makes recommendations regarding the preparation of materials representing the Agency's position on issues before Congress and congressional meetings and consultation as issues arise. LPA/LEG negotiates USAID legislative issues with Members of Congress, their committees, and staff. LPA/LEG is comprised of three divisions which report to the Office Director of LPA/LEG, namely, the Division of House Affairs, which carries out the preceding functions, with a particular focus on strategic engagement with the House of Representatives; the Division of Senate Affairs, which does so with a particular focus on strategic engagement with the U.S. Senate; and the Legislative Reference Division. The Legislative Reference Division handles the Agency's Congressional notifications, reports, and correspondence as well as serving as a liaison with the Office of Management and Budget with regard to testimony and legislative reference memoranda. In consultation with the Divisions of House and Senate Affairs, and the Office of Executive Secretariat, the unit manages preparation and tasking of materials related to the Administrator's Congressional testimony, legislative training, biographical information, Congressional travel, and outreach programming.
LPA's Public Affairs section is comprised of two offices responsible for positioning the Agency with external audiences and increasing public awareness and understanding of USAID. Together, these offices develop and implement strategies to provide information about the Agency's policies, mission, and programs to the American people, the media, and a variety of stakeholders as well as establish the Agency's communications policies and procedures.
The Office of Strategic Communications (LPA/SC) is responsible for creating communications campaigns and associated content to promote the Agency's priorities across various communications platforms. The content and campaigns are used to engage key audiences including Congress, key stakeholders, the media and audiences engaged through the Development Outreach Communicators in Missions overseas. This office is comprised of two divisions.
The Division of Content Strategy (LPA/SC/CS) is responsible for creating, producing and editing content including, but not limited to, web content, stories, videos, fact sheets and infographics to promote Agency priorities. The Division coordinates content from across the Agency and manages USAID's blog and online newsletter.
The Division of Communications (LPA/SC/C) is responsible for developing and implementing cross-cutting communications campaigns to engage the public. The Division also works closely with Bureau communicators to identify and manage communications opportunities and ensure that the flow of outgoing communications is coordinated. This Division develops and executes rapid response plans for crisis communications. It also manages a development outreach communications team whose functions and mandates are coordinated with overall Agency's communications strategies.
The Office of Public Engagement (LPA/PE) develops and implements the Agency's outreach strategies and education programs with specific audiences. This office manages relationships with the NGO community, the broader international development community, private sector coalitions, think tanks, universities and youth and other notable individuals. This office vets the Agency's speaking engagements and makes recommendations about strategic opportunities for engagement at events, conferences and related to domestic travel and after foreign travel. The Protocol and Special Events (LPA/PE-PSE) Team is housed in LPA/PE and ensures that proper international protocol for diplomatic engagements is executed to the highest standard. The Team is also responsible for the overall strategic implementation of Agency special events and ceremonies. The Office of Public Engagement manages the Agency's official speakers' bureau and public information requests.
LPA's Program Operations Section includes three offices, which together cover the management (budget and procurement, administrative support, human resources) functions of the bureau, website management, branding, and engagement with partners around potential business opportunities. The DAA/LPA-PO serves as the Agency's branding champion.
Office of Program and Management Operations (LPA/PMO): LPA's Office of Program and Management Operations provides guidance, advice and administrative support to LPA in the areas of management (budget and procurement), human resources and administration, developing and interpreting relevant policies and regulations for the Bureau in each of these areas.
Specifically, LPA/PMO serves as the principal advisor to LPA's leadership, managers and staff in the areas of Budget Planning and Execution, Procurement, and Management Advisory and Administrative Management Support Services.
Budget: LPA/PMO ensures that OYB allocations are consistent with the Bureau's budget and adjusted throughout the year to ensure maximum opportunity for carrying out Agency priorities and initiatives, takes appropriate action to ensure funds are available for implementation of the priorities and initiatives, staff travel and training.
The Office of Web site Management (LPA/WM) provides management and oversight for the Agency's internal and external Web sites. The Office of Web site Management (WM) is responsible for optimizing web functionality and usability, producing web analytics and making recommendations for improving content, and ensuring that web infrastructure is properly organized and maintained in a timely manner. The Office of Web site Management works closely with the Office of Strategic Communications to manage content on the Web site. The Office of Website Management also manages and directs the Agency's internal Web site.
The USAID OPEN Team (LPA/OPEN) ensures that the Agency is more accessible, responsive and easier to work with as a partner. The Team facilitates timely responses to inquiries from potential partner organizations, provides a customer-friendly "front door" to the Agency to help partner organizations more easily engage the Agency and navigate to the right points of contact, and ensures accountability in the Agency's interactions with potential partners.
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Program Operations
Wendy Coursen
Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator of Public Affairs
Clayton McCleskey
Acting Press Director and Spokesperson
USAID Deploys Disaster Assistance Response Team to Caribbean Region
United States Announces Additional Humanitarian Assistance in Response to Famine Risk, Violence, and Forced Displacement
White House Announces 'Let Girls Learn' Initiative


This is a Foundation unit in Analysis, History and Culture studies.
Music in Western Culture 6 A The ability to follow a musical score while listening to the music and knowledge of elementary music theory.
Students will take a diagnostic in Week 1 of semester to ensure they have the required level of music theory and aural skills.
Audition Requirements: 2 contrasting pieces (or excerpts) totalling 5 minutes and a brief interview.
An ability to read music at a basic level and an understanding of fundamental musical terminology is an advantage in this unit of study.
Global Sound: Drum and Bass, Rhythm and Soul 6 P 18 junior credit points.
Australian Popular Music 6 P 18 junior credit points.
A good working knowledge of musical terminology and vocabulary is required.
This unit is a requirement for Honours in the Arts Music unit.
This unit is a requirement for Honours in the BA.
Students will submit project preferences, however first preference placements cannot be guaranteed.
Arts Music Honours Thesis 1 18 P 48 senior credit points with a credit average or above in any 2000 or 3000 level MUSC unit which must include MUSC3609, MUSC3629 and MUSC3699.


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For an independent state
Between wars
Reestablishment
Soviet sphere of influence
On June 29th, 1918 the government of the French Republic recognized the right of the Czech nation for an independent state. The following day a ceremonial public proclamation of these commitments took place in the town of Darney. This moment saw the foundation of a tradition, according to which on February 7th, 2002 the President ordered that the 30th June became the Day of the Armed Services of the Czech Republic.
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Ninety Years' Anniversary of the Armed Services' Fight
These days we are commemorating the ninetieth anniversary of the foundation of the Czech Republic, which arose as a fulfillment of the desires and will maintained by the Czech nation as well as nationally conscious Slovaks who longed for independence. The main impetus for the recognition was the historic fight of Czechoslovak soldiers operating abroad – so called legions – during World War I. Legionaries fought in all front lines, but let us remind at least of some, through which the soldiers proved their bravery: on July 2nd, 1917 they fought in the battle of Zborov, on August 21st, 1918 they participated in the battle of Doss' Alta in Italy, in late October 1918 their courage was displayed in Vouziers, Terron and Chesteres in France.
Several months later, the members of the armed services made final sacrifices in the battlefields of Těšínsko and Slovakia while defending the integrity of the newly established state. They took the same stand at the end of the 1930s when they were ready to face the fascistic aggressor and their faith to the Republic survived also through the Nazi occupation when they fought for the reestablishment of the independent state during the resistance movement.
The Army of the Czech Republic follows these traditions as well and proves its ability to defend and develop democratic values and contribute with a significant input into the international community. It becomes noticeable not only in the international field but it's also reflected in the growth of prestige of the Czech Republic's Army in the public eye.

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Britain hopes Christmas can be saved as COVID cases flatten
By Metro US
Britain's Health Secretary Matt Hancock attends a media briefing at Downing Street, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in London
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain could ease stringent COVID-19 rules to allow families to gather for Christmas as signs indicate that coronavirus cases are starting to flatten as a result of current lockdowns, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Friday.
The United Kingdom has the worst official COVID-19 death toll in Europe and Prime Minister Boris Johnson has imposed some of the most stringent curbs in peacetime history in an attempt to halt the spread of the coronavirus.
But heading into the holiday season, the government faces a dilemma – to ease restrictions, with the risk of renewed spread of the disease and death, or to ban large get-togethers.
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"It of course won't be like a normal Christmas, there will have to be rules in place," Hancock told Sky News.
He said he hoped that restrictions, which include a strict lockdown in England, could be eased to "allow for a bit more of that normal Christmas that people really look forward to".
Hancock said he was working with the devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland – which manage their own policies on combating the pandemic – for a UK-wide approach to rules for Christmas.
The head of London's Metropolitan Police, Cressida Dick, said that while police might try to stop wild parties, there were better uses of police time than trying to catch families out.
"Let's see what the rules are, but I have no interest in interrupting family Christmas dinners," she told LBC radio.
There was some sign that infection numbers were flattening. The Office for National Statistics said incidence had levelled off in recent weeks, with daily infections increasing by 38,900 in England in the latest week, down from around 50,000 previously. [nS8N2GK09G]
The government also reduced their estimate of the reproduction "R" number, and said the daily growth rate had fallen to between 0% and 2%.
England has been under lockdown for two weeks. It is due to end on Dec. 2, although ministers have not ruled out that it could be extended.
Scotland's biggest city Glasgow and parts of the nation's west and central regions begin a stricter lockdown regime on Friday to last until Dec. 11, including the closure of pubs and restaurants and non-essential shops.
(Reporting by Alistair Smout, Sarah Young, Kate Holton and Michael Holden, editing by Guy Faulconbridge and Angus MacSwan)
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France's Macron tells isolated students to look out for one another
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Biden, Johnson share many of the same values, says UK PM's spokesman
Georgia confirms Biden's victory in state as it completes hand audit of ballots
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President George W Bush he hoped Iraq's election would send a message to Iran and Syria.
Standing with Iraqis whose ink-stained fingers showed they voted, President George W Bush said Iraq's election on Thursday was a big step to meeting US goals and he hoped it would send a message to Iran and Syria.
Faced with wide US public disapproval of his Iraq strategy and eager to show any progress, Bush hailed the millions of Iraqis who voted for "defying the terrorists and refusing to be cowed into not voting."
"There's a lot of joy as far as I'm concerned in seeing the Iraqi people accomplish this major milestone on the march to democracy," Bush said.
He appeared in the Oval Office with five Iraqi Americans who voted at ballot places in the United States and who had ink-stained fingers to indicate they had voted.
Bush is under mounting pressure from Americans to show progress in Iraq that will enable a reduction in US troops next year.
"This is a major step forward in achieving our objective" of a democratic Iraq and ally in the Middle East, Bush said. He hoped Iraq's example would "send such a powerful example to others in the region, whether they live in Iran or Syria for example."
Washington says Iran and Syria are interfering with a drive to end the Iraqi insurgency and create a democratic Iraq.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, an architect of a war fought over unproved allegations that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction, called the election "a defeat for the enemies of the Iraqi people."
"It constituted a defeat to the people who have been doing the beheading, and conducting the suicide raids, and threatening people and assassinating people," he said.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the Iraqi people had shown their commitment to democracy against great odds but cautioned that a successful election was an incremental step forward.
"They've still got a ways to go and we keep our fingers crossed because the terrorists have every rason to want to disrupt what is happening here," Rice said on Fox News.
There are now about 1,55,000 US troops in Iraq, but the United States plans to reduce the force, recently bolstered to help protect elections, down to the usual level of about 1,37,000 early next year.
Going lower than that would depend on the security situation.
Twenty-four House Democrats, including Minority Whip Steny Hoyer of Maryland and 11 members of the Armed Services Committee, said in a letter to Bush that the elections gave the United States the chance to reduce its involvement in Iraq.
The letter said the US military presence "should decrease significantly in the next 12 months" and its role should be limited to isolating and defeating foreign terrorists there.
Iraq must take responsibility for defeating domestic security threats, the Democrats said, and the United States "must not be a proxy in an Iraqi civil war" if Sunni and Baathist violence against the government continues.
The election is expected to pave the way for establishing a permanent government. The US ambassador in Baghdad, Zalmay Khalilzad, said: "Since no single party will have a majority there will be a need for a very broad-based coalition."
But the determining factor for the Bush administration in bringing home US troops is whether Iraqi forces are sufficiently trained to fight the insurgency.
"There is still lots of tough work to do and we should expect the insurgency not to just go away because there were elections," said US Army Gen George Casey, commander of US and coalition forces in Iraq, in remarks piped into the Pentagon from Iraq.
US officials believed the turnout was higher than the 10 million who voted in the October constitutional referendum in Iraq, and they thought that more disaffected Sunni Arabs had voted than previously.


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Are Humans Reversing Cat Domestication?
By Tia Ghose 25 October 2013
Whether a cat hisses at strangers or snuggles up to them has a lot to do with socialization.
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When your cat sees a stranger, does he come and snuggle close or hiss and run away?
Whether a feline friend is a lap cat or a claws-out kitty is largely affected by their socialization as young kittens. But at least part of cats' friendliness may be in their genes. And the widespread practice of spaying or neutering cats before they are adopted may be inadvertently selecting for aloof cats, by ensuring the friendliest animals don't reproduce, one researcher says.
"The very cats that are the friendliest and the ones that don't do much hunting are the very ones we are told we should be neutering," said John Bradshaw, an anthrozoologist at the University of Bristol in England, and the author of "Cat Sense: How the New Feline Science Can Make You a Better Friend to Your Pet" (Basic Books, 2013). [6 Secrets to Unlock Your Cat's Personality]
But not everyone is convinced.
Domestic and feral cats are genetically indistinguishable, so spay/neuter programs are unlikely to nudge the gene pool one way or the other, said Carlos Driscoll, a University of Oxford biologist who is studying the genome of the wildcat from which the domestic cat emerged at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md.
Subtle differences
Domestic cats arose from a subspecies of cat called Felis silvestris lybica between 10,000 and 20,000 years ago in the Near East or North Africa. But the genetic differences between this wildcat ancestor and its tamer offshoot are very subtle: Wild cats and domestic cats look alike and are able to mate with one another, Driscoll said.
Just 10 to 20 gene changes may be responsible for domestication in the tame cats, though scientists don't know which ones.
Because so few genes are associated with domestication, spay and neuter policies that ensure the friendliest cats don't reproduce could be "pushing domestication backward" to a noticeable degree in the next 50 to 100 years, Bradshaw told LiveScience.
Selecting for less-friendly cats?
To support that notion, Bradshaw conducted a simple test of cat personality in Southampton, England: He had strangers enter the houses of kittens in the area, try to pick up and stroke the cats, and then watched the kitties purr or hide.
In an area where spaying and neutering rates were highest — more than 98 percent —kitties tended to be a bit more skittish around strangers, possibly because they have to "import" their fluffy friends since their own pals aren't able to reproduce. Less-affluent areas had bolder, friendlier cats. [Images: See How Cats See the World]
"What we suggest is people [in affluent areas] are getting kittens in from the countryside from feral cats that are a little bit wilder," or from a few feral females and just a few tomcats that are "living in the shadows," Bradshaw said.
Therefore, intensive spay and neuter programs may be artificially selecting for the less-tame cats, he said.
"Neutering is — in terms of biology, in terms of population dynamics — a mortality factor," Bradshaw said. "If you neuter, you've removed its genes from the pools, so when you look at the next population, you have to rule it out."
The study has a few caveats: It hasn't been published in a peer-reviewed journal, and the team only looked at about 70 cats in all.
And even if the findings are borne out, Bradshaw isn't suggesting a return to the old days, when cats mated freely and the unwanted kittens were tossed in a sack and drowned.
Cats kill billions of animals a year, so cities rightly want to keep feral-cat colonies in check. But if that's cities' aim, Bradshaw said, they should find the ultimate source of the problem: food.
"Are there people feeding them, are they stealing the food, is it bad hygiene in restaurants?" Bradshaw said.
Reduce the available food, and the feral-cat population will naturally decrease, he said.
Identifying the genes involved in cat personality could also help, by allowing breeders, for the first time, to select for traits such as friendliness and gentleness, rather than just looks, he said.
Skeptics remain
Driscoll doesn't think spay and neuter programs will make cats any less friendly. For one, no studies have ever shown any genetic differences between house kitties and feral cats — which are, after all, just domestic cats that fend for themselves and haven't been socialized to live with humans.
Moreover, simply too many cats with too much freedom are on the prowl for spay and neuter programs to change the entire gene pool.
"The population of domestic cats has been stable for a very long time," Driscoll said. "There's a lot of genetic inertia there. You can go out and spay and neuter all the damn cats you want, and the next year, they're all going to be back."
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Home All issues Volume 399 / No 2 (February IV 2003) A&A, 399 2 (2003) 799-805 Abstract
Volume 399, Number 2, February IV 2003
Atomic, molecular, and nuclear data
Effective collision strengths for transitions in Fe XI*
K. M. Aggarwal and F. P. Keenan
Department of Pure and Applied Physics, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland, UK
Corresponding author: K. M. Aggarwal, K.Aggarwal@qub.ac.uk
Collision strengths for transitions among the lowest 48 fine-structure levels belonging to the (1s22s22p6) 3s23p4, 3s3p5, 3s23p33d and 3p6 configurations of Fe XI have been calculated using the Dirac Atomic R-matrix Code (DARC) of Norrington & Grant (2003). Results are tabulated at energies above thresholds in the range Ry, although resonances have been resolved in a fine energy mesh in the thresholds region. Effective collision strengths, obtained after integrating the collision strengths over a Maxwellian distribution of electron velocities, are also tabulated over a wide electron temperature range below K. Comparisons with other available results are made, and the accuracy of the present data is assessed.
Key words: atomic data / atomic processes
Tables 2 and 3 are only available in electronic form at http://www.edpsciences.org
Atomic data from the IRON Project — XXIV. Electron excitation of Li-like Fe xxiv between the n = 2 and = 2, 3, 4 fine-structure levels
Effective collision strengths for transitions in Fe XIII
Atomic data from the IRON Project. XV. Electron excitation of the fine-structure transitions in hydrogen-like ions He ii and Fe xxvi
"Electron collisional excitation of argon-like Ni XI using the Breit-Pauli R-matrix method" — [Eur. Phys. J. D 42, 235–241 (2007)] Electron impact excitation of Ni XI
Eur. Phys. J. D 46, 205-213 (2008)
Relativistic multireference many-body perturbation theory calculations on Au64+ - Au69+ ions
Eur. Phys. J. D 41, 77-93 (2007)


Curtis Van Charles Sorensen is best known for his paintings of animals joyfully jumping above the horizon such as his mural City Foxes currently under the 4th Ave bridge in East Village Calgary, AB.
For the past seven years Curtis has worked as a full time artist in Calgary on projects such as the set design for Alberta Ballet's The Sleeping Beauty, murals for the City of Calgary, and Disney Studios.
His deep rooted love for nature began as a child where he spent all his free time alone exploring the riverbanks near his childhood home in Saskatoon, SK. The time he spent fishing, swimming, catching crayfish and sleeping under the stars had a deep effect on him, which laid the foundation for who he is today.
His artwork references our natural surroundings as a way of exploring concepts of change, progression and interaction. Whether it's a patch of grass in the city centre or a mountain top deep in the Rockies. For him, nature is always present, and it harnesses the ability to elevate our emotional selves.
The latest body of work is a series created using bright colours, bold brush strokes and paper collage. Each piece is made using a combination of art paper prints and painting. First, the art print is applied (animal or mountain) and then Curtis paints on to the canvas to create a truly unique piece. The canvases chosen are a birch panel and are made in Canada. Each piece is sealed with varnish for extra durability.
No two pieces are alike. From the selection of colours to the way each brush stroke is painted. Each piece is one-of-a-kind.
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Cheshire Phoenix win the Mike Burton Invitational
The new-look Nix got off to a great start as they finished the tournament with a 3-1 record, which was enough to crown them champions ahead of the Glasgow Rocks (2-2 record) and Bristol Flyers (1-3 record).
Ben Thomas' team enjoyed a perfect opening day as they defeated the Rocks 63-59 and the Flyers 64-59, with the likes of Teddy Okereafor, Kyle Carey, Namon Wright and Josh McSwiggan making some huge plays down the stretch in both fixtures.
The hosts clinched the trophy on the second day of the tournament with an emphatic 63-49 victory over the Rocks.
Cheshire dropped the final game of the tournament against the Flyers 56-64, however they still finished the tournament with an impressive 3-1 record & a trophy in the bag!
Carey was rewarded with the MVP award for his sublime performances on both days of the tournament.


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Bouwinvest Real Estate Investors

Bouwinvest commits to DGBC's 'Paris Proof Commitment'
On 22 September, Bouwinvest signed the 'Paris Proof Commitment' drawn up by the Dutch Green Building Council (DGBC), the national institute committed to making the built environment sustainable and future-proof at an accelerated pace by 2050. Bouwinvest is targeting a zero carbon portfolio by 2045.
The real estate sector has a big responsibility to help achieve the goals outlined in the Paris Climate Accord. That pact prompted DGBC to develop a multi-year sustainability programme aimed at making the built environment 'Paris Proof" as rapidly as possible.
As a leading player in the real estate sector, we feel responsible for ensuring that buildings and urbanised areas emit far less CO2. Under the Paris Climate Accord, we have all agreed to use sustainable and renewable energy by 2050. That also means we need to move towards energy-efficient buildings. In practice, that amounts to our built environment becoming two-thirds more energy-efficient on average than it is now because Paris Proof buildings need to be extremely energy-efficient and not use natural gas, which is often the case now.
Bouwinvest contributed to the development of the DGBC's Paris Proof Commitment which is also part of the global Advancing Net Zero Commitment. As a signatory, Bouwinvest pledges to:
Achieve the Paris Proof climate goals for 2050, but goes one step further by aiming to be Paris Proof by 2045;
Be transparent about our energy consumption and CO2 emissions, so that it is clear to everybody how energy-efficient our buildings are;
Draw up roadmaps for our own Dutch portfolios and execute consistently;
Monitor and report progress to gain insights into the results achieved. We will share this information with the (real estate) industry and the government;
Promote Paris Proof and show leadership to our investors (pension funds), tenants/users, the (real estate) industry, partners and suppliers. In that way, everybody in the chain, not just Bouwinvest, contributes to becoming Paris Proof.
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Data is key to create roadmaps on how to green our portfolios long-term
To achieve our Paris Proof objectives by 2045, Bouwinvest is developing strategic plans to make our Dutch real estate funds sustainable for the long run. A roadmap has already been drawn up for our Dutch Residential Fund. The plans for our Retail, Office, Healthcare and Hotel funds are currently being created in collaboration with INNAX.
The roadmaps incorporate the following objectives:
to make our sustainability goals specific at both portfolio and building level;
to list the relevant features of the buildings (in our portfolios) such as year of completion, the energy value of facades, roofs, floors, type of installations; and existing sustainable measures such as LED lighting and solar panels;
to record actual energy consumption of the buildings;
to determine which sustainability measures are necessary;
to implement, where possible, new measures during existing maintenance programmes and in line with the energy transition policies of Dutch municipalities.
Reliable property and energy consumption data is vital to creating a Paris Proof roadmap that incorporates the right measures. On 23 September, a webinar was held on this topic where both Bouwinvest and INNAX discussed our data-driven approach to create efficient roadmaps. Micha Reusen, Head of Sustainability & Innovation, took part in the webinar on behalf of Bouwinvest.
Eindhoven Strijp S resi complex pioneers smart living with direct current pilot
Making the built environment 'Paris Proof' is, without a doubt, the responsibility of real estate asset managers such as Bouwinvest, but our mission cannot succeed without intensive cooperation with our partners in the property chain. During an 18-month period, Bouwinvest conducted a unique pilot project at the BLOK 61 residential complex at Strijp S in Eindhoven together with VolkerWessels iCity and Interconnect to connect several apartments to a direct current (DC) system for the first time ever. As part of our efforts to stimulate innovation in the field of smart living we have bundled our insights, conclusions and recommendations in a white paper entitled 'Smart DC Lofts and opportunities for smarter living.'
New office opens in New York
Bouwinvest has opened an office in New York as part of our strategy to expand our invested capital in North America by €300 million in the coming years to €1.7 billion in 2022 (YE 2019: €1.4 billion). A presence in the market and closer proximity to our investments will help us achieve our growth targets and our goal to create 'Real Value for Life'. Bert van den Hoek, Senior Portfolio Manager North American Investments, will head our new satellite office after joining the team of Gijs Plantinga, Director North American Investments, late last year. We see excellent opportunities to expand our North American investments and to focus on sustainable investment, for example in affordable rental housing in metropolitan area.
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Hey, I've been playing around with different concepts for this contest.
Decided to give it a quick shot and go for a minimalistic, architectural photography style.
I changed some of the materials slightly and added small light fixtures.
Awesome composition on all of these so far dude!
Come on I've been working on this style for a month and yours already looks better than mine.
This is great, nice work!
The narrow FOV is definitely something I love, it feels unnatural for me to create shots without it.


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Peace Corps volunteers help young people develop life skills on International Youth Day
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WASHINGTON – In honor of International Youth Day today, Peace Corps highlights volunteers who are making a lasting difference in the lives of children and young adults. Peace Corps volunteers are teachers, mentors, and friends to young people in communities around the globe. Founded by the United Nations in 1999, International Youth Day acknowledges the need to engage youth in development initiatives.
Currently, eleven percent of volunteers work in Peace Corps' Youth in Development sector, yet many volunteers serving in other sectors also work on secondary projects that engage and empower children. Below find the stories of two Peace Corps volunteers working on projects related to Youth in Development.
During the diversity camp, nine students from nine different universities were trained to facilitate a session on People with Disabilities (Photo and caption courtesy of Evelyn Estrada)
Volunteer Evelyn Estrada of Anaheim, California, works at a university in the Philippines, helping almost 300 students from low-income families graduate successfully with skills for the workplace. She has coordinated multiple camps for the students, including a Respecting Individuality and Striving for Equality (RISE) diversity camp. The university where Evelyn works hosted students from other universities across the Philippines for the camp. During RISE, students discussed large-scale social issues, such as the impact of HIV/AIDs and inclusion for people with disabilities. When they returned home to their respective universities, these students held smaller discussion groups on the same topics they covered at RISE. These break-off discussions reached nearly 600 students across the country. Evelyn says that the camp was the biggest success story of her service.
"It was fulfilling for me to witness the collaboration between two different cultures address social issues and advocate for inclusivity. It was also a rewarding feeling to see students feel empowered to facilitate difficult topics to their peers…I am grateful for all the people that came together for this event and the effort invested by everyone."
The boys were assigned a task to work as team in building a tower out of paper. This activity helped improve their communication, listening and teamwork skills. (Photo and caption courtesy of Julissa Reynoso)
In Armenia, volunteer Julissa Reynoso of Homestead, Florida, is an administrator for Teaching Our Boys Excellence (TOBE), a camp for Armenian boys. TOBE teaches boys life skills and helps improve how they communicate. It also helps educate young males in Armenia about gender equality. In addition to writing grants, Julissa plans logistics and writes curriculum for the camp.
Julissa also holds a weekly conversation club with youth in her community to help them foster critical thinking and problem solving skills. She says the young people she works with have had the greatest positive impact on her service.
"The youth whom I've worked with are truly motivational and amazing. I honestly don't know what my service would've been without them. They really have taught [me] to have fun and challenged stereotypes of what people think Armenians are. We've accomplished a lot together."
Find current open youth in development positions here.
About the Peace Corps: The Peace Corps sends Americans with a passion for service abroad on behalf of the United States to work with communities and create lasting change. Volunteers develop sustainable solutions to address challenges in education, health, community economic development, agriculture, environment and youth development. Through their Peace Corps experience, volunteers gain a unique cultural understanding and a life-long commitment to service that positions them to succeed in today's global economy. Since President John F. Kennedy established the Peace Corps in 1961, more than 230,000 Americans of all ages have served in 141 countries worldwide.
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Let Us Stream 'The Drew Carey Show' You Cowards
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Someone please figure out how to get The Drew Carey Show on Hulu or Netflix or Amazon Prime or Shudder or Disney+ or MLB TV or ESPN+ or UFC Fight Pass or Crackle or Pluto TV or HBO Max or HBO Go or HBO Now. It doesn't matter. It's just a travesty that every millennial spends hours every day at Central Perk while none of them have ever spent a day at Winfred-Lauder waiting for the five o'clock whistle.
The Drew Carey Show ran from 1995 to 2004 and then in syndication for more than a decade, but it is currently without a home and cannot be streamed anywhere. This is a travesty on par with Mimi Bobeck's makeup. [laugh track] You can only buy the show's first season on DVD, not that anyone would buy physical media in this economy, but it would still be nice to have the option.
I understand that the main problem is the show's reliance on music. MTV went through the same thing with Daria, but they eventually replaced all the actual songs with soundalikes and now it's on Hulu. Maybe Wayne Brady could cover every single song used in the original Drew Carey Show run. It would take him a couple days. He could probably do it from his home. Or he could improv them with Ryan Stiles. I would watch the remaking of the Drew Carey Show Soundtrack 20 years later with a Whose Line reunion. There, now you've got three shows to add to your arsenal for the streaming wars.
This is a show that should be watched and rewatched. It was constantly trying things and breaking format. The cast is incredible. The titular character ended up hosting The Price is Right. Another actor hosted a late night show. Everyone on the show was great and they were great when people sat down and watched television every night.
So someone please figure this out. Now is the time. We need Drew and Oswald and Lewis and Kate back in our lives. Hell, how about a reboot? That's four shows. And a caffeinated beer. I just don't see the downside. Let's stream Drew Carey.
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Let me tell you a few things about Elin… even though you'll most definitely will be able to tell the same exact things by looking at exactly one photo of her. 1. She looks like a babydoll. 2. She has the most beautiful blue eyes. Seriously, eyes for days. 3. She is a little lady on the move. That last one should be expected, as Elin recently turned celebrated her first birthday, which these sweet family photos of her, dad Jeremy, and mom Laura in historic, downtown Charleston were captured to celebrate. And again, as to be expected, she was happiest when able to do her own thing, which let me snag some adorable photos of this lady on a mission to move.
Another thing you should know about the Berman family session is that we took these photos on one of the hottest Charleston mornings we experienced all summer. SO. DARN. HOT. But that is one thing you WON'T be able to tell by looking at the photos because the three of them were just the best sports. We laughed about the heat as we walked around downtown and let little Elin lead the way. Jeremy and Laura even introduced me to a (at least to me) hidden ally that I had never ventured into before that looked like a little tropical oasis in the middle of Charleston with greenery all around.
We ended the morning back at the Berman house where I captured a few photos of the adorable nursery that Laura and Jeremy put together for Elin before she arrived a year ago. I am SO HAPPY Laura decided to let me take some pictures of the nursery for them to have as keepsakes because as a mom that is about to transition a nursery into a little boy room I know how special these memories will be for them. Not to mention it contained the sweetest details including colorful versions of classic novels, personalized book ends in Elin's initials, and tiny moccasins – totally on trend in Millennial Pink I may add – that just made it a dream to photograph.
Jeremy and Laura, thank you for not only braving the heat, but for trusting me with these memories of your little girl. I can't wait to see the little lady she becomes in the years to come!


Its time to start transitioning our wardrobes from summer to pre-fall/ fall and all I could think of was a fitted peplum top in a shade of white. I am so excited to share my latest creation with you. This off white peplum top I just finished sewing. All design details are at the bottom of th post if you want to make your own version!
I wanted to make something that was a bit dressy, but still comfortable, so I chose to sew with a soft and comfortable ponte knit from Fabric Mart Fabrics. I chose an off-white color. For the pattern, I chose Mccalls 7126 View D as a base pattern and modified the peplum.
I drafted the peplum from scratch because I wanted a much fuller peplum and a more dramatic look. I wanted it to be a full circle (think of it as a mini full circle skirt), but I also wanted a high low effect. The peplum is about 3 inches shorter in the front.You can draft your own high low peplum using my tutorial described HERE. To get the hem to be stiff and show off the ruffles, I used a one inch wide horsehair braid.
Very pleased with the way the horse hair braid hem turned out. This fabric is not too heavy weight, but given that the peplum is a full circle peplum, it would drape very differently had I not used the horse hair braid. LOVE the stiffness of the hem and it makes twirling super fun! Even though this is a knit fabric, the look I was going for was a bit more structured, so I treated the fabric more like a woven. For example, I sewed it with my sewing machine instead of a serger, and I paid special attention to pressing the seams, using heat and steam generously, and pressing the seams crisp with my beloved tailors clapper. You can see my tutorial on pressing seams HERE. I also lined the entire bodice with a lighter knit fabric. I applied an exposed gold metal zipper on the back.
Update: A few people asked to see the back view with the zipper. I didnt have a good view of the back,zipper, but here is the best I have since my hair was covering the zipper.
My kid decided to come join me in the pictures! Oh and you know I've been gardening this summer…My iris has a bloom! So proud!
SEWING: I seriously loved sewing with the ponte knit. Its my first time working with ponte and I am pleased to say that is sews so well on a sewing machine as opposed to the less stable knits. This is definitely a good fabric to start sewing with you are a beginner with knits. It's a stable, medium weight fabric and lovely to work with.
.I hope you enjoyed reading about my latest creation!
What are you planning on sewing this weekend? I am taking a short break this weekend since my daughter is turning two and its time to celebrate.
Beautiful! I am glad to see the use of horsehair braid with a knit. I will have to see if I can find some tutorials using it on a round hem, I would have thought it would be wonky in places since it is a straight strip. I have not worked with it before. Could you also post a photo of the back, showing the zipper? Thanks!
HI Nani! Tnank you! It did not look good when I tried to sew the horse hair braid with the machine,so I finished it with hand sewing.. If you need to put horse hair braid in a curved hem of a woven fabric, you can use that kind that has built in pull tabs that will allow you to curve the braid as you sew.. Its amazing! Let me know if you need more details on that. Happy to help!
* I absolutely love this !!! Do you have a pattern to follow to make this top !


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Der Hansen Spur ist ein 13 km langer Felssporn in der antarktischen Ross Dependency. Im Königin-Maud-Gebirge reicht er von der Nordwestflanke des Nilsen-Plateaus bis zum Rand des Amundsen-Gletschers unmittelbar östlich der Olsen Crags.

Der United States Geological Survey kartierte die Formation anhand eigener Vermessungen und Luftaufnahmen der United States Navy aus den Jahren von 1960 bis 1964. Das Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names benannte den Sporn 1967 nach dem Norweger Ludvig Hansen (1871–1955), Matrose und Eislotse auf der Fram bei der Südpolexpedition (1910–1912) des norwegischen Polarforschers Roald Amundsen. Das Komitee wahrte damit die von Amundsen vorgenommene Benennung eines nicht identifizierbaren Bergs in der Umgebung des Felssporns als Mount L. Nansen.

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,  po japońsku stopień, ranga – jest to system liczenia poziomu osiągniętych umiejętności. Im niższy numer kyū tym wyższy poziom umiejętności - najwyższy poziom umiejętności w tej skali to 1 kyū. Powyżej kyū są stopnie dan. Liczba stopni kyū różni się w zależności od sztuki walki, a nawet konkretnego stylu. W aikido i judo często stosuje się skalę od 6 do 1 kyū, w karate od 10 do 1 kyū (choć czasem od 12, a czasem od 8 – w zależności od federacji, stylu, czy szkoły), natomiast w go od 20 do 1 kyū (czasem nawet od 30).

Dotyczy m.in.: go, shōgi, japońskich sztuk walki i innych dziedzin, np. poziomów egzaminów JLPT.

W go różnica 1 kyū oznacza 1 kamień handicapu dla słabszego gracza.

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Pees joined the Titans in 2018, and in January he announced he was returning for the 2019 season.Until next time.San Francisco has been more dependent on its rushing attack since losing quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo to a season-ending knee injury.When I first put on the mask, the boys all told me I would scare the women.The Giants signed Beckham to a five-year, $90 million contract with a $20 million signing bonus.As time went on and I learned more about through John, and just how driven they are to raise the awareness of the condition to save lives in the future, my wife and I both were really inspired by how much they want Evelyn to live forever through her cause and what this can do for people in the future, Licht, who will be wearing National CMV sneakers along with John on Sunday, said.
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22 people killed when a truck bomb went off in a heavily secured area close to the presidential palace, out of a hotel in Mogadishu, capital of Somali.
At the time of the blast on Tuesday, a security conference was in way at the hotel.
Al-Qaeda affiliated Islamist al-Shabab group claimed the responsibility behind the attack.
SYL, which is, the Somali Youth League hotel, is a well-known meeting place for government officials and has been aimed by terrorists before.
The truck tried to enter the Presidential place breaking the security. The militants of the vehicle trade fire with the security forces after being prevented. Then the truck exploded near the hotel.
Al-Shabab is fighting to expel Somalia's UN-backed government and set up an Islamic state.


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Summer Budget 2015
By Lyndsey Hall
Yesterday, George Osborne announced the first Budget to a majority Conservative government in almost twenty years. Expectations were high, and many of them were rewarded, but as the Chancellor said during his speech, some "difficult decisions" have to be made.
Osborne announced that this is "a Budget for working people…a big Budget for a country with big ambitions".
Here is a summary of the key points from yesterday's Budget take two:
A new National Living Wage will be introduced for over 25s, starting in April 2016 at £7.20 and increasing to £9 by 2020
Personal Allowance to rise to £11,000 in 2016
Higher rate income tax threshold to rise to £43,000 next year
Income threshold for tax credits will decrease from £6,420 to £3,850
Working-age benefits frozen for four years
Includes tax credits and local housing allowance, but excludes maternity pay and disability allowance
Tax credits and Universal credit restricted to two children from April 2017 (unless third child is result of multiple birth)
Disability benefits will not be taxed or means-tested
Benefit cap reduced from £26,000 to £23,000 in London and £20,000 in the rest of the country
Mortgage interest relief for buy-to-let homebuyers restricted to basic rate of income tax
Rents in social housing sector will be reduced by 1% a year for the next four years
Subsidies for social housing phased out
Local authority and housing association tenants in England who earn more than £30,000 (£40,000 in London) will pay up to the market rent
18-21 year olds will lose their automatic entitlement to housing benefit
A new Family Home Allowance of £175,000 will mean that the Inheritance Tax threshold increases to £1million in 2020-21 for surviving spouses and civil partners
State pension triple lock protected (annual increase will be highest of earnings growth, inflation or 2.5%)
Annual Tax relief on pension contributions limited to £10,000 a year
Maintenance grants for students scrapped and converted to loans from 2016/17
18-21 year olds must "earn or learn"
Corporation tax cut to 18% by 2020
Tax-free threshold on dividends set at £5,000 from April 2016
Rates of dividend tax set at 7.5%, 32.5% and 38.1%
Employment allowance increased from £2,000 to £3,000 from April 2016
Small firms' will be able to hire four staff on the National Living Wage without paying National Insurance
Annual investment allowance will be permanently fixed at £200,000 from January 2016
IR35 to be reformed
3 million new apprenticeships will be created by 2020
Fuel Duties frozen for rest of 2015
New cars and motorbikes will not need MOTs for the first four years, up from three
£30million of funding for Transport for the North
Road Tax will be reformed, with a flat rate of £140 for most new cars after the first year
Cost of funding free TV licences for over 75s will be absorbed by BBC between 2018 and 2021
Pay awards will be capped at 1% for next four years
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Non-dom status will be abolished for those who have been in the UK for more than 15 of the last 20 years
Osborne announced that the UK economy is "fundamentally stronger than it was five years ago", although the growth forecast for this year has decreased to 2.4% and the date by which public finances will move into surplus has been pushed back to 2019/20.
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Whisky Terms from A to Z
This stands for alcohol by volume and shows what percentage of the drink is alcohol. For example, adding more mixer to your whisky highball will reduce the ABV.
To achieve its iconic taste, whisky needs ageing. This means storing it in wooden barrels to remove the harshness of the alcohol while also adding complex flavours from the wood.
Angel's Share
When whisky ages, a small amount of alcohol evaporates through the wood and into the atmosphere over the years. This was described as a sacrifice to the heavens, or the angels taking their share, to ensure the resulting whisky will be blessed with amazing flavours.
Balance describes the flavours of a whisky and how well they work together. Whiskies contain different flavour profiles such as floral, sweet and peaty, so the master blender's role is to balance these flavours, ensuring no element is too dominant.
Whisky is stored in barrels made of oak, which add deep and vital flavours to the liquid.
Blended Scotch whiskies like Chivas Regal are made by combining two or more malt and grain whiskies, produced in different distilleries. These elements are skilfully blended together to create something greater than the sum of its parts.
Combining one liquid with another is known as blending. Single malt whisky is a single ingredient in this process, while blending involves expert knowledge about how to balance different whiskies in the right proportions. This adds complexity and brings out desirable characteristics from each element.
Body refers to how the whisky feels in the mouth. For example, whisky with a complex profile of flavours is described as 'full-bodied'.
Bourbon is a specific type of American whisky (spelled 'whiskey' in the USA) where the grains used for distilling are made from at least 51% corn and the liquid is aged in new charred oak barrels. As Chivas Regal is made entirely in Scotland, it is a Scotch whisky.
Whisky is aged in casks made of oak, also known as barrels. The type of wood used plays an important role in the ultimate flavour profile of the whisky, imparting all kinds of aromas and tasting notes into the liquid as it matures.
Cask Finish
Where a distiller transfers the aged whisky from one type of cask to another to impart new, beneficial properties to the spirit. For example, Chivas Extra 13 Rye Cask is selectively finished in American rye casks to deliver juicy orange and creamy chocolate flavour notes.
Add a dash of water or another mixer, such as soda water or lemon, to whisky to enhance or alter the rich mix of aromas. A dash is a small amount, around 10 drops of liquid.
Where the magic happens. Whisky is made in buildings known as distilleries, where the initial alcoholic substance is heated and cooled before it goes on to be matured into whisky. Strathisla is the oldest working distillery in the Scottish Highlands and the main distillery for Chivas Regal.
A Scottish term for a single measure of whisky. It's not a specific amount and can range from a small splash to a hearty glug.
The flavour of the whisky after it has been swallowed, where the aromas remain in the mouth after drinking.
Whisky made using cereal grains along with a small amount of malted barley to kick things off. It has an accessible flavour profile and proves more flexible in cocktails. Chivas Regal is made with a combination of grain whisky and single malt, expertly blended to create a smooth and rich combination of flavours.
Highball
A timeless cocktail consisting of an alcoholic spirit and a mixer. The classic whisky highball is made with soda water but you can use juice and garnishes to make unique drinks such as the pineapple highball.
An hourglass-shaped measuring tool used by bartenders and expert cocktail-makers to dispense accurate measures of spirits.
Malt whisky
The original whisky of Scotland, malt whisky is made using malted grains - usually barley - and distilled in copper pot stills.
Maturing
The ageing process of whisky. To be called Scotch, whisky must be matured for a minimum of three years. Whisky won't age in a glass bottle, as it only matures in oak barrels by absorbing desirable aromas from the cask.
Add a mixer to your whisky to complement the rich, complex flavours. Popular mixers include ginger ale, soda water, juice, cola and more - be bold and find out which flavours mix best with your preferred whisky.
Muddle
Crushing fruit, sugar and herbs to release the flavours so they mix with alcohol is known as muddling. Fresh herbs like mint and basil are often muddled in cocktails to release the essential oils for maximum flavour and aroma.
Drinking whisky neat means having it without any mixer, extra flavours or ice. Sip slowly to truly appreciate the undiluted flavours.
The aroma and scent of the whisky. To 'nose' a whisky is to appreciate the liquid's smell before drinking. Bring the whisky to your nose and inhale the aromas, picking out the flavours you can't detect through sipping alone.
Peaty
If whisky is peaty, it has a smoky aroma, caused by the peat fires used to dry malted barley. The strength of this flavour is caused by the length of exposure to peat smoke.
Drinking whisky on the rocks means a neat pour over cubes of ice. Alongside chilling the temperature a little, it can help tame a particularly spicy whisky, allowing for different flavours to be released. On the rocks can also be used to describe a cocktail that's served over large cubes of ice, or one large block of ice.
If you want to level up your whisky cocktail game, you'll need a good quality shaker. Find your favourite shaken cocktail recipes, add into a vessel and shake to produce a timeless drink. If you don't have a cocktail shaker, a jam jar or protein shaker are ideal replacements .
A measure of whisky often served in a shot glass. This isn't a universal measurement and ranges from 25-35ml across the UK.
Single malt whisky is produced and bottled by a single distillery using only malted barley, whereas blended whisky is a combination of multiple single malt or grain whiskies from different distilleries.
To make high-quality cocktails, you'll need a strainer. This is a simple tool that separates unwanted substances such as fruit pulp and seeds from your drink.
A French word referring to how natural factors such as weather, soil and local conditions can affect the flavour of a drink. It's commonly used for wine but terroir has an important impact on the flavour of whisky too.
Whisky tumbler
An elegant small glass designed for whisky drinks. They can be used for neat whisky, on the rocks or classic cocktails like the timeless Old Fashioned.
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This issue is a variant of Marvel Adventures Spider-Man (Marvel, 2005 series) #15 [Direct Edition].
Spider-Man / cover / 1 page (report information)
Amanda Conner (credited)
Chris Sotomayor (credited)
in Marvel Adventures: Spider-Man (Marvel, 2005 series) #4 - Concrete Jungle
in Spider-Man Magazine (Marvel, 2008 series) #10 (May 2010)
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Q: Word for in-house jargon If a word or phrase is used and has evolved its own meaning peculiar to a specific group, is this described as jargon or is there a closer semantic match?

A: Yes, jargon usually has a meaning peculiar to a specific group. A synonym is intalk. Here's the Wiktionary definition for confirmation.

jargon
Noun
jargon (countable and uncountable; plural jargons)

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*(uncountable) A technical terminology unique to a particular
subject.

*(countable) Language characteristic of a particular group.

*(uncountable) Speech or language that is incomprehensible or
unintelligible; gibberish.

Synonyms (language characteristic of a group): argot, cant,
intalk, slang vernacular

A: The definition of jargon refers to the vocabulary of a specific group:

the language, especially the vocabulary, peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group

However, if the word or phrase developed to keep others out (that is, it was purposefully created as a kind of linguistic barrier) it might be classified as a cant:

Cant is the jargon, argot or cryptolect of a group, often implying its use to exclude or mislead people outside the group

A: On can also see term of art for some things like this.

term of art NOUN
A word or phrase that has a precise, specialized meaning within a particular field or profession.
'public domain' is a term of art in copyright law and you shouldn't throw it around if you don't know what it means

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A: The word vernacular would work.

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Q: Non-linear torque vs speed response for DC motor I have a Faulhaber DC motor (model 1524T012SR) that I coupled to a cheap DC motor in order to characterize the cheap motor to use as a generator (and get RPM and torque from voltage and current). The Faulhaber motor uses a motion controller (MCDC 3006S) that was purchased with the motor years ago. I am using the motion controller to step through various motor speeds from 1000 to 9000 RPM.
I expected the current output from the Faulhaber motor to be linear for a linear change in speed but it is not. The current increases until about 2500 RPM and then starts to drop as the RPM increases, similar to a stepper motor response. The problem that I have is that the datasheet provided with the motor only gives a single torque constant (11.5 mN-m/A) so I have no idea how to get the actual torque supplied to the coupled motor.
Is this a problem caused by using the speed controller for the Faulhaber motor? What can I do to determine the actual torque output by the Faulhaber motor?
Here is my setup:

Here is the current drawn by the driving motor for a linear increase in speed: (it says torque but it's just the current times Kt.)

A: The Current required by the driving motor is not necessarily a linear function of speed.
The current into the driving motor depends on the torque required of it as well as a other factors. The torque depends upon its own friction as well as the output torque to drive the load.  There will also be current required to account for electrical losses.  These other terms may not be linear with speed.
To determine the torque being absorbed by the generator first plot a curve of the motor current without the generator attached - this will give you the current required just to spin the motor.  Then repeat the experiment when driving the generator.  The difference in current should be a function of the torque to drive the generator.
You should perform the test with various loads on the generator at each speed to get a complete characteristic.
Subtract the plot with no-load from the ones with a load. That will represent the additional current required to drive the generator. Multiply that current by your torque constant to get the actual torque required by the generator.

A: A brushed DC motor has a linear current vs torque curve. The upper boundary of the curve is the stall torque and current. The lower boundary is zero torque, zero current. The slope of this line is the proportionality of motor current to torque (A/Nm), and is called the current constant. The reciprocal of this slope is the torque constant of the motor (Nm/A).
The motor spec sheet lists the stall torque as 6.52 mNm and the torque constant as 11.5 mNm/A. From this we can compute that the stall current is 6.52 mNm/11.5 mNm/A or ~0.57 amps. You can confirm this experimentally by locking the rotor and measuring the current.
So in summary, simply measure the motor current, multiply by 11.5 mNm/A, and you will have the mNm of torque developed by the motor.
If you wish to calculate RPM, first measure the resistance (R) of the motor (take several readings, rotating the shaft each time, and take the most commonly read value). The spec sheet lists this as 19.8 ohms. The Back-EMF constant, Ke, for your motor is listed as 1.21 mV/min-1.
Now monitor motor current (I) and voltage (VO) and calculate RPM as:
RPM = ((VO-(I*R))*1000)/Ke

A: On the Faulhaber website there is available for download very extensive information about the motor including definitions of all of the constants, equations of the relationships among the constants and data items etc. Complete analysis of your set-up and the data obtained will probably explain everything. Each applied motor voltage creates a different speed vs. torque characteristic. Each speed creates a different generator voltage. Each generator voltage creates a different generator load. Each generator load creates a different motor torque. All of that can be calculated.
The Faulhaber motor current doesn't need to be controlled. To characterize the motor that is being used as a generator, it is sufficient to control the driving speed and the load resistance.
Note that the Faulhaber motor motor efficiency is only 37.3% at rated speed and load.
Rated speed = 4130 RPM
Rated torque = 2.9 mNm
Mechanical output power = 4130 X 2.9 / 9549 = 1.25 Watts
Rated voltage = 12 V
Rated current = 0.28 A
Electrical input power = 12 X 0.28 = 3.36 Watts
Total losses = 3.36 – 1.25 = 2.11 Watts
Motor resistance = 19.8 ohms
Losses at rated speed and torque:
Copper loss = 0.28^2 X 19.8 = 1.55 Watts
Friction torque = 0.08 mNm
Friction loss = 0.08 X 4130 / 9549 = 0.035 Watts
2.11 – 1.55 – 0.04 = 0.52 Watts windage and other losses