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There is wheelchair access from ground floor to first floor.
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Two storey landmark building, c.0.1 mile north west from St. Thomas's Church, to the northern side of the Wild Atlantic Way public roadway and known internationally as Gray's Guesthouse, with feature clock tower.
Fronting onto a minor public roadway, east facing, on a plot of lands c. 0.243 hectare. The original dwelling was constructed c.1837 of stone construction with a pitched slate roof and was renovated and extended in the 1960's with this extension being of concrete block inner and outer leaf cavity wall with a flat mineral felt roofs thereon, concrete and timber floors, a combination of double glazed PVC windows and single glazed hardwood windows and an external dash finish to the front of the building and nap plaster finish to the rear. This property also has the benefit of an oil fired central heating system. Boundaries are defined by the public roadway, stone and concrete block walls, post and wire fencing and hedgerow.
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Hip-Hop culture since its early beginnings in the 1970's has become a cultural phenomenon. It defined a decade and has become a the new rock-n-roll in terms of mainstream acceptance and popularity. This is one of the many reasons officials in the music department at York College have submitted a proposal to combine two classes in the course curriculum, from two very different departments into one class creating the new, Music 279, History of Hip-Hop.
History and Philosophy Department chair George White taught Music 250, originally a special topics course, since 2007. He decided to have the class cross listed with History 279 two years later. White spoke with the Director of the Performing and Fine Arts department, Tom Zlabinger and decided to cross list the course. Zlabinger renamed the course as part of ongoing changes to the music curriculum at York. A great nuance about the class is that it satisfies both a history and music credit for undergraduate students.
The class itself teaches students about the history of the genre and "traces the creation and evolution of hip-hop culture from the early 1970's to the present, starting in the South Bronx" according to the course syllabus. The class also examines how rap music has now made its way into American culture. It also examines the transition of rap music into the mainstream culture.
"Of course since hip-hop is a New York phenomena started in the South Bronx, we start there," said White. "We examine the environment in the South Bronx, then throughout New York City, then the rest of the country. The goal of the course is to examine the growth of hip-hop as a culture, over time," said White.
Music isn't the only part of the hip-hop cultural that is tackled in the class. Many of the activities that came out of the hip-hop are also talked about. "Although music is at the center of it, DJing, MCing, breakdancing, graffiti, we talk about all those things." said White.
Other learning objectives listed on the syllabus included "to place hip-hop within the context of the Cold War." With this objective, White tries to connect the birth of hip-hop in the 1970's with the socio-political issues of the Cold War and how they affected minorities in both the South Bronx and other New York areas.
"One of the major phenomena of the 1970's was the Cold War and it kind of driving our sense of who we are as a country," said White referring to the issues raised during the Cold War. "On a higher up political level, we're talking about freedom, liberty and democracy but a grass roots level the people are saying there ain't no freedom.
One of the other objectives for the course is for the students to develop what the course considers problem-solving skills. In other words, communicating an issue a person faces by addressing it in the form of rap lyrics. A prime example is 1989's "Fight the Power," by legendary hip-hop group Public Enemy. In this song, their solution to social inequality and racial disarray is to organize the community through energetic music and motivative lyrics. Even in more profane songs popular in the 90's and 2000's where an artist talks about drug-dealing, they are able to communicate a social problem and sometimes a solution to that problem according to White.
"Let's say you take a gangster rapper who's talking about selling dope. He's solving a problem. He's saying I'm poor I can't get paid so I hustle," said White jokingly.
Assigned readings for the course include Jeff Chang's "Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the hip-hop Generation", a book chronicling the beginning of hip-hop culture in a post civil-rights era in the Bronx and Kingston, Jamaica.
Similar pop culture courses have been offered at other universities across the country. Iowa State University offered History of Rock n Roll as a music course in spring 2013 taught by Dr. David Stuart. University of Missouri Professor Andrew Hoberek taught a course, English 2169: Jay-Z and Kanye West in fall 2013.
"Emphasis on hip-hop, who doesn't want to take a hip-hop course," said senior psychology major Akua Genfi.
Students who have taken the class called it interesting. Fernanda Vilela, a senior music major at York said she learned a lot about the origins of hip-hop.
"Hip-hop came from a place of complete poverty and we were able to connect to that because some of us don't come from the best of situations," said Vilela.
Both Vilela and Genfi said Professor White was very knowledgable about the subject. Genfi called White an "encyclopedia" and said he really knows his stuff.
Both Vilela and Genfi encouraged students looking to take a writing intensive to take the class.
The class is offered every fall semester and according to the syllabus the class meets Tuesday from 6:00-8:50 in academic core building room LL02. Registration is open for all students now.


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There are plenty of excellent product suppliers on GM.
I can easily find out the most suitable supplier based on where I will carry out the project. I am amazed by what GM can do for us.
GM is one of those platforms which help us quickly get in touch with new customers from undeveloped market. This is unimaginable in the past.
It's never been so easier to exhibit your products globally.
What is GM sanitary industry expo?GM is an on-line sanitary industry exhibition, which brings together most of manufacturers、traders、dealers and buyers in sanitary industry worldwide.
This is an exhibition that releases from the limits of space and time.
GM creates a platform for fair competition for sanitary industry suppliers from all over the world. Meanwhile, it helps buyers quickly find the products they need.
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[POLL] Should London Coffee Shop "Fuckoffee" have to Change their Name?
By Teah Teriele — Oct 23, 2015
"Local government representative Damian O'Brien tells the Evening Standard that he likes the coffee shop. However, a number of humorless people have complained about the coffee shop's name and called the police over the matter. O'Brien adds that the police aren't too concerned, however: "The police don't feel that there's enough evidence to proceed... If the word had started with a 'C,' that would have been an entirely different case altogether." Which "C" word O'Brien is referring to is unclear. People have tweeted out support for the coffee shop, essentially telling Fuckoffee's landlord to, well, fuck off(ee)." -Eater
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When two 3rd tones come together, the first tone changes into the 2nd (but its tone mark remains unchanged), e.g. "你好 nǐ hǎo" (How are you) is actually pronounced as "ní hǎo".
When a syllable in the 3rd tone precedes a syllable in the 1st, 2nd, 4th or neutral tone, it is pronounced in the half 3rd tone, that is, the tone only falls but doesn't rise, e.g. "你们 nǐ men".
"不 bù" is pronounced in the 2nd tone (bú) when it is put before a syllable in the 4th tone or a syllable in the neutral tone developed from 4th tone, e.g. "不谢 bú xiè" (Don't mention it), "不是 bú shì" (No, it isn't). But "不" is still pronounced in the 4th tone (bù) when it precedes a syllable in the 1st, 2nd or 3rd tone, e.g. "不新 bù xīn" (not new), "不来 bù lái" (not come), "不好 bù hǎo" (not good).
"一 yī" is pronounced in the 2nd tone (yí) when it precedes a syllable in the 4th tone or a syllable in the neutral tone developed from the 4th tone, e.g. "一块 yí kuài" (a block/bar), "一个 yí gè" (a piece). But "一" is pronounced in the 4th tone (yì) when it precedes a syllable in the 1st, 2nd or 3rd tone, e.g. "一天 yì tiān" (a day), "一年 yì nián" (a year), "一起 yì qǐ " (together).
"er" is often added to another final to make it retroflexed. The retroflex final is transcribed by adding "r" to the original final, e.g. "玩儿 wánr" (play), "花儿 huār" (flower).
wo3 ke2yi3 shuo1hua4 ta1 ma?还是 wo2 ke2yi3 shuo1hua4 ta1 ma?
hao2, wo2zhuan3gao4 ta1, 还是 hao3, wo2zhuan3gao4 ta1 还是 hao3, wo3zhuan3gao4 ta1?
In lesson 24 in the ebook, I have pointed out a few rules that the tones of words change depending on the tone of the word precedes or come after it.
Rule # 1: If a 3rd tone is followed by a 3rd tone, the first 3rd tone becomes a 2nd tone.
The pinyin for 可以 is kě yǐ. But since both have 3rd tone, as mentioned in Rule #1, the first 3rd tone 可 kě should be pronounced as 2nd tone.
See that last sentence i wrote?
You have to change the tone 我 (wǒ ) to 2nd tone (wó).
I see, so is it very important to master this rule? I find myself now getting stuck on tones again because im focusing so much on making sure I go from second to third tone… but i think I might have been doing it anyway?
This question is a bit complicated.
When there is a sentence with three 3rd tone together, like " 我可以 …" ( wǒ kě yǐ ) , the first 3rd tone of the "pair words" would become a 2nd tone.
I hope you understand what I am trying to explain.
Reading these tutorials explain why tones always sounded different when I was learning Chinese years ago. The teacher would give oral tests and would say something like 你。你好的你。 I just had to remember to go off what I learned in the book to write the correct tome mark. This just confirms that tones really do change when spoken in phrases.
Yes. You are right. Change of tones always depends on the tone before or after it.
Once you can speak fluent Chinese, you will automatically know when to change tones without memorize the rules.


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Best Universities - Neuroscience
- Neuroscience Ranking
This ranking lists all the best researchers from the Neuroscience discipline and affiliated with Case Western Reserve University. There are a total of 11 researchers included with 4 of them also being included in the global ranking. The total sum for the D-index values for the best scientists in Case Western Reserve University is 647 with a mean value for the h-index of 58.82. The total sum of publications for the best scientists in Case Western Reserve University is 1,499 with the mean value for publications per scientist of 136.27.
The metrics for h-index, citations, awards, and publications featured in this ranking were last updated on Dec 6th, 2021.
This ranking features all prominent scholars affiliated with Case Western Reserve University. There are a total of 11 scholars listed with 4 featured in the ranking of top scholars. A top scientist is one with a h-index >= 30 in the field of Neuroscience.
The total sum for the H-index values for all top researchers in Case Western Reserve University in 2021 is 647 with a mean value for the h-index of 58.82.
The total number of all publications by leading scientists in Case Western Reserve University in 2021 is 1,499 with a mean value for publications per researcher of 136.27.
The total number of citations by prominent researchers at Case Western Reserve University in 2021 is 152,738 with a mean value for citations per scholars of 13,885.27.
Case Western Reserve University is currently ranked as no. 93 in our Neuroscience university ranking. It is also ranked 39 in the university ranking for United States.
Researchers from Case Western Reserve University have received a total of 8 awards and recognitions.
Please note that the research affiliation or university for a scientist is based on the affiliation details displayed on a variety of sources, such as their personal website, Google Scholar profile, MAG profile, and LinkedIn.
Hans Lüders
Jerry Silver
Cameron C. McIntyre
Damir Janigro
Lynn T. Landmesser
Richard E. Zigmond
Dustin J. Tyler
David M. Katz
Jonathan P. Miller
We list only scientists having Microsoft Academic Graph D-Index >= 30 within the area of Neuroscience. If you or other scholars are not listed, we appreciate if you can contact us.


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Seven Seas Voyager is a breath of fresh air for the ultra-luxury world of cruising. Carrying just 700 guests in all-suite, all-balcony accommodations features all the modern conveniences and with 447 crew, the personal service onboard is one of the highest at sea. Although Voyager is a small and intimate ship, the amenities are surprising plentiful and includes four main open-seated dining venues, all with no extra cover charge.


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Antonius Johannes van den Broek (4. maj 1870, Zoetermeer – 25. oktober 1926, Bilthoven) var en hollandsk amatørfysiker, der er kendt for at være den første, der opdagede, at nummeret som et grundstof har i det periodiske system (det såkaldt atomnummer) svarer til ladningen i atomkernen. Hans hypotese blev udgivet i Nature i 1911 og inspirerede Henry Moseley til at foretage eksperimentielle arbejde, der fandt gode beviser for at det var sandt i 1913.

Referencer

Litteratur
 H. A. M. Snelders (1979) BROEK, Antonius Johannes van den (1870-1926), Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland 1, The Hague. (in Dutch)
 E. R. Scerri (2007) The Periodic Table, Its Story and Its Significance, Oxford University Press
 E.R. Scerri (2016) A Tale of Seven Scientists and A New Philosophy of Science, chapter 3, Oxford University Press

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The Women of Achievement celebrates its 60th Anniversary this year. More than 100 Women of Achievement from the Classes 1966 – 2014, including the oldest Woman of Achievement, attended a special cocktail party at The Zodiac, Neiman Marcus, Wednesday, January 21, 2015. .
The guests, consisting of Katie Wright, Women of Achievement's oldest member, and Joan Quicksilver, the only living member from the Class of 1966, came together over hors d'oeuvres, prepared by The Zodiac, and cocktails to toast the occasion. Susan Block and Phyllis Langsdorf, former honorees, served as co-chairs, and along with the current president, Dr. Nanci Bobrow, thanked the women for their gifts of time, talent, and treasure.
Founded in 1955 by the St. Louis Globe Democrat, Women of Achievement remains the oldest, ongoing program in the St. Louis ares whose sole mission is focused on honoring and recognizing the volunteer service and volunteer leadership of women. Originally created as an awards program and later established as a not-for-profit organization, the Women of Achievement continues to acknowledge the accomplishments of women, who, through their volunteer efforts, have demonstrated their dedication and commitment to improving the St. Louis region's quality of life.
Dr. Nanci Bobrow, president, addresses the group with co-chairs Susan Block, Phyllis Langsdorf.


The Mega Society was founded by Dr. Ronald K. Hoeflin in 1982. The 606 Society (6 in 106), founded by Christopher Harding, was incorporated into the new society and those with IQ scores on my Langdon Adult Intelligence Test (LAIT) of 173 or more were also invited to join. (The LAIT qualifying score was subsequently raised to 175; official scoring of the LAIT terminated at the end of 1993, after the test was compromised). A number of different tests were accepted by 606 and during the first few years of Mega's existence. Later, the LAIT and Dr. Hoeflin's Mega Test became the sole official entrance tests, by vote of the membership. (The Mega was also compromised, so scores after 1994 are currently not accepted; the Mega cutoff is now 43—but either the LAIT cutoff or the Mega cutoff will need to be changed, as they are not equivalent.) More recently, Dr. Hoeflin's Titan Test was added to our list of qualifying scores, with the same cutoff and the same date of compromise. As no uncompromised tests that discriminate at the Mega level are available currently, we will need to revisit the question of admission standards soon.
Mega publishes this irregularly-timed journal. I am pleased to note that the overall quality of the material submitted by members and nonmember contributors to the journal recently is quite high. If my efforts have helped to present this material in an attractive package I am pleased, but most of the credit belongs to the writers. I hope that we'll be able to put past issues of Noesis and its predecessor, the Megarian, onto the Web. Is anyone interested in working on this project?
We have also experimented with communication via the Internet. See the announcement of our new e-mail list in my Editorial.
Noesis, the journal of the Mega Society, #149, September 2000.
Noesis is the journal of the Mega Society, an organization whose members are selected by means of high-range intelligence tests. Jeff Ward, 13155 Wimberly Square #284, San Diego, CA 92128, is Administrator of the Mega Society. Inquiries regarding membership should be directed to him or e-mailed to <megainfo@polymath-systems.com>.
Dues for members of the Mega Society and subscriptions to Noesis for non-members are two U.S. dollars per issue. One free issue for each issue containing your work. Your expiration issue number appears on your mailing label. Remittance and correspondence regarding dues and subscriptions should be sent to the Publisher, not to the Editor.
Copyright © 2000 by the Mega Society. All rights reserved. Copyright for each individual contribution is retained by the author unless otherwise indicated.


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Live from iFX EXPO Cyprus – What do retail traders want? Algos, AI, best execution? Yes, but they want the dream too!
May 24, 2017 11:00 am UTC, Andrew Saks-McLeod, Head of Research and Analysis, ETX Capital
"In some respects, retail structure should be offered in the same way as it is to institutional and B2B clients. They want security, a fair price and execution procedure. We see it in the B2B world where credit is a very hard matter, where many companies cannot get a true prime brokerage"
"The only way to stay in this business is discipline" – Fred Scala, Forexware
The gestation period of the surge into the retail FX industry of retail brokerages with very low entry barriers lasted just a matter of three years.
Since the introduction of the now absolutely ubiquitous MetaTrader 4 platform in 2005, the entire web became littered with a proliferation of small, white label license holders whose $5000 subscription to MetaQuotes was enough to set them on their way to living from the profit and loss of what were at the end of the last decade, very inexperienced entrants to the electronic trading world.
Times change very quickly in the retail FX industry, and here today in Limassol Cyprus, the first day of the iFX EXPO International 2017 FX industry conference is underway, produced by ConversionPros, discussions have begun between senior industry leaders who have witnessed the changes in the retail sector as they have been present from its birth.
Introduced by Finance Magnates Editor in Chief Jonathan Fine, the discussion was moderated by an extremely highly renowned senior executive Brian Griffin, whose current position as COO of Settler Trading was preceded by a substantial career at senior level within some of the world's largest FX and electronic trading entities, including five years at Managing Director level at FXCM between 2008 and 2013, and ten years with a Directorship at CMC Markets between 1998 and 2008.
Jonathan Fine, Editor in Chief, Finance Magnates
This level of experience brought a very welcome and engaging interaction between moderator and panel participants, elevating the iFX EXPO's discussions yet a level further.
Commencing, Mr Griffin posed the question: Where is retail FX going?
Avner Ziv, CEO of ZotaPay began by explaining his background, that he had studied Chinese for four years whilst living in China before embarking on his career which involved senior executive positions at eToro and SafeCharge before joining ZotaPay one and a half years ago. Mr. Ziv considers the payment channels by which client funds are distributed to & from brokers to be critical to the evolving execution and regulatory structure that is currently in place.
Advocate Tal Ron, Managing Partner at law firm Tal Ron Drihem & Co thanked the organizers Gal Ron and Moshe Wasserman for producing what is the number one B2B FX industry conference series globally, before reflecting on how the retail FX industry was structured four years ago at the time of the first iFX EXPO in Cyprus in 2012.
"Back then, firms were registering companies in Anguila and doing unregulated business, those days are gone now.
"In the next few years, we will see a lot more regulated brokers in proper jurisdictions, as well as a shift from binary options toward simplified FX and CFDs, (very retail and mainly aimed at very small firms and novice customers from unaffiliated regions – Ed), and we will see classic financial instruments rather than products that came from gaming" he said.
Kobi Gur, CEO, Leverate
Fred Scala, VP Sales at Forexware reiterated the question: "What is next for retail FX? I remind myself that I started in the business 20 years before the Euro was even circulated, so I saw the establishment of the entire retail industry from its beginnings. As Tal brought up, with regard to the regulations for retail OTC products, regulators are concerned with risk, we have seen what the way that risk is handled has done to our larger friends in the US, so risk management tools and focus is necessary."
Duncan Anderson, CEO of Tickmill in London explained that he had begun his career in the futures industry on some of the larger exchanges around the globe, arriving recently as CEO of Tickmill in the UK, a company that is relatively new.
Mr Anderson explained that the firm has recently begun its Tickmill Prime division, demonstrating that there is a continued trend of retail brokerages making attempts to enter the institutional space, and in some respects creating a need for some distinction with regard to what a retail redistributed feed is compared to a prime of prime, something that FinanceFeeds will develop in the future.
Mr. Anderson explained that the new service have started Tickmill Prime, aimed at offering services to smaller brokers. Mr Griffin then asked Mr Anderson "What do retail clients really want?" to which Mr Anderson explained "They want opportunity. They want to be given decent products, and not necessarily complex products but they want full scope."
Mr Griffin then interacted "Are clients still very spread sensitive and leverage sensitive?
Kobi Gur, CEO at Leverate enthused "Yes, they are, but the professional and more institutional traders are and have always been price sensitive and are continually using their resources to look to see where their trades are being executed and to ensure that the money is going to the right place. Newbies don't know what trading is all about so they need a soft entry into that world. One of the things we see at Leverate is the facilitation facilitation of this via social treaidng, especially for those who don't know how to use indicators and analytics, they can start slowly. The Millenials work on mobile, they often don't have desktop computers, so we see a lot of necessity toward developing the ability to work on mobile."
"Of course all the components that make for good execution are much more relevant to retail traders than they used to be" said Mr Gur.
Mr Griffin then asked Ran Cohen, CEO of Traders Education, to elaborate on his experience with retail clients.
"Retail clients are risk lovers, they need a platform that allows them to gain that ability to enjoy taking risks with confidence. Simplicity should be embedded within the trading mechanism, and the developers should consider ways to make FX trading simple to the end user" – Ran Cohen, CEO, Traders Education
Mr. Griffin asked Mr Ziv to then provide his perspective with regard to payment processing and how this is now a central point within the retail sector. Mr Ziv said "What I believe traders are looking for is a high quality product. They are more mature than they used to be. Retail traders that are not professionals are nowadays looking to buy shares of Facebook or Google so they have expanded their asset class remit, however they are often people who look to the retail platforms because they do not have access to the institutional charts or access to the futures markets."
"There are several aspects where retail traders can sometimes dictate what is required by a broker with regard to payment facilities, some of this is region specific tailoring with different local providers, which means that as well as the regular Visa and Mastercard, they would like to see the most preferred local payment services that would be used in high streets and supermarkets in that specific region."
"Secondly, an important matter is the security of funds and how fast pay in and pay out methods can be delivered. Now, brokers need to be able to process funds within 24 hours. In China, if a broker cannot service one hour payouts, customers will do a media campaign that the firm is unreliable and have this distributed across the entire internet and television channels."
Fred Scala, VP Sales, Forexware, and Advocate Tal Ron, Tal Ron Drihem & Co Law Firm
Mr. Griffin then asked "Is payment procssing now part and parcel of the retail FX busine in the same way that spread, charting and execution is? Mr Ziv said "The number of lots and deposits is relatively less than could have been achieved a few years ago, so now there is a shift toward wire transfers and sending higher amounts of initial capital to brokers."
Mr Griffin then asked Mr Ron if he had a view on that, to which Mr Ron responded "If five years ago there was lots of focus on refining terms and conditions, which in some cases showed up labor lawsuits against key employees moving from one to another broker, now things are different."
"It's all about the wire solitions and paying promptly. Avner said that in South East Asia clients, if they dont receive their money within 2 hours, they will not just write media articles and distribute them but they will come to your booth at the Shanghai Money Fair, come to your office with posters and damage your brand and image. This payments focus became a very big factor. Clients are delaing with things like Bitcoin which is becoming a very interesting instrument. Companies like Bitfinex are now gaining ground. We don't see large leverage with these new instruments either, with Bitfinex its 1:3 which is enough for clients to feel energized and trade on it" – Advocate Tal Ron, Managing Partner, Tal Ron Drihem & Co.
Mr. Ron continued "From a legal point of view, we still see issues that have existed in the past like terms and conditions, and bonuses, but in our law firm we would say that the number one issue is the payments channel and the regulation whether Vanuatu or MiFID, to make sure the client funds are secured and payments are done effectively."
"For example, if a broker has $200,000 stuck in a bank in Singapore and cannot access it to pay salaries or operational costs, that is one thing but inability to service client withdrawals combined with that would mean that a broker in that position would not be here next year" said Mr Ron.
Mr. Scala continued on this point "In some respects, retail structure should be offered in the same way as it is to institutional and B2B clients. They want security, a fair price and execution procedure. We see it in the B2B world where credit is a very hard matter, where many companies cannot get a true prime brokerage."
"I was with a Senior memeber of Citi told me we have 40% of the FX market and i dont know if we are doing the wrong thing, and now we see them pull back a lot, so many firms are moving into the PoP space to fill the gap. We have done that ourselves" he concluded


Toronto, Sept. 10, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- (TSX: LUN; Nasdaq Stockholm: LUMI) Lundin Mining Corporation ("Lundin Mining" or the "Company") announced today that it will be hosting an analyst and investor site visit of the Candelaria Copper Mining Complex in Chile from September 12-13, 2018.
During the visit presentations will be given by senior management. The presentations will be available on the Company's website (www.lundinmining.com) when distributed at site.
The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact persons set out below on September 10, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time.


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A couple weeks ago, Friends of Berthoud Pass announced a trash-cleanup effort for yesterday morning. They did one in June, but I was busy making last-minute preparations for my Alaska trip and couldn't make it. About 14 of us met up at 8am on the top of the pass, watched a safety video, and got to work.
It was a beautiful morning; the weather couldn't have been more perfect.
Things seemed pretty clean up on the edge of the road, but the trash had just piled up down the embankment.
I was amazed and a little scared by the amount of beer cans, and beer, rum, and vodka bottles that people had tossed out of their cars.
After digging some trash out from the trees, I looked down and saw the other guys in the group hauling some rather big chunks of metal towards the road.
The way the group split, we ran in to some people coming up from the bottom of the side we worked after about an hour and a half, and started heading back up to the top of the pass. Though it was a lot more work than I expected, it was a great time and I got to help clean up a place that I love. I'll definitely be back in the spring if my schedule allows it.


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Initially, the Republic of Gorgonzola has no commercial banking system. Then, the government directs the central bank of Gorgonzola to put into circulation 5,000,000 identical paper notes, called guilders. The central bank prints the guilders and distributes them to the population. In order to safeguard the money, some Gorgonzolan entrepreneurs set up a system of commercial banks. When people need to make a payment, they can either withdraw their guilders or, more conveniently, to a check on their account. Checks give the banks permission to transfer guilders from the account of the person paying by check to the account of the person to whom the check is made out. With a system of payments based on checks, the paper guilders need never leave the banking system, although they flow from one bank to another as a depositor of one bank makes a payment to a depositor in another bank. Deposits do not pay interest in this economy.
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France, Germany and Spain have joined Switzerland, Austria and Italy in banning flu vaccines produced by Novartis after small particles were found in batches of both Agrippal and Fluad.
In France, Health Minister Marisol Touraine called for all doses of Agrippal to be withdrawn from the market, although she emphasised that there was no known risk for patients using the vaccine in France.
The nation's stance, which doesn't extend to Fluad, is pending action from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) regarding the matter, despite vaccines being the responsibility of member states.
The Agency can, however, be requested to support country-specific issues by individual governments.
France's decision mirrors that of Germany, which also said it would ban four batches of Agrippal – marketed in the country as Begripal. In addition, one batch of the Fluad vaccine will also be withdrawn.
Like France, Germany's Paul Ehrlich Institute, which is the vaccines division of the Ministry of Health, said that no adverse events had been reported in patients using the vaccine, but measures were still necessary.
Professor Klaus Cichutek, president of the Institute, said: "In the interests of risk management and the safety of consumers, it is necessary to withdraw approval for certain batches of vaccines, as particles have been found in the vaccines and the potential for serious side effects cannot be excluded."
Spain has also withdrawn Agrippal and Fluad, which is known as Chiromas in the country.
The Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products (AEMPS) said it was freezing all use of both vaccines as a precautionary measure, pending a complete report based on an investigation by Novartis.
These three countries join Switzerland, Austria and Italy, all of which had already implemented bans following the discovery of contaminate vaccines in Italy.
In a statement, Novartis confirmed the contamination, but said any risk was minimal and it was "confident that there is no impact on the safety or efficacy of the vaccine".
The company is currently working with the Italian Ministry of Health and the Italian Medicines Agency to "understand the reasons for their decision and to clarify any questions".
In the meantime, the company has set up a website to try and answer questions from member of the public with any worries about the vaccine.