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Sunday Paper: October 4, 2015
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Demi Lovato showed us that she is not afraid to bare it all with her new shoot for Complex Magazine. The "Confident" singer appears topless, shocked and sitting on a banana. In the interview with the magazine she discusses her journey from Disney kid to global sensation, but the road hasn't always been easy for the young starlet.
Demi opened up about why she doesn't have tons of celebrities in her Instagram photos, her relationship with Selena Gomez, whether she wanted Justin Bieber deported or not, her friendship with Iggy, her support system and of course she mentioned her longtime boyfriend Wilmer Valderrama. She also mentioned that if he proposed to her that she would say yes! Check out the full interview here!
While the photos of Demi look stunning she really decided to open up about her body image issues in her latest shoot. Demi is photographed completely nude, with no makeup and no retouching for "Vanity Fair" magazine. The 23-year-old singer explains in an interview that this is her way of showing she is confident because a few years ago she wouldn't have had the courage to do so.
"If there's one thing I've learned in the past day, it's that life is too short. I'm about to launch an album that finally represents who I truly am. How do I embrace this new chapter in my life? How do I really walk the walk? What does it mean to be confident? It means letting go, being authentic, saying I don't give a fuck and this is who I am. I want to show the side of me that's real, that's liberated, that's free. What if we do a photo shoot where it's totally raw? Super-sexy, but no makeup, no fancy lighting, no retouching, and no clothing. Let's do it here, let's do it now," Demi said to Vanity Fair photographer Patrick Ecclesine.
Check out the full photo gallery on Vanity Fair's website.
Will Smith has new music for the first time in 10 years and it's lit! The 47-year-old father of three proved that he's still can get jiggy with it as he is featured on Bomba Estéreo's song "Fiesta." Smith not only raps in English, but he flexed his Spanish speaking skills too. Check it out!
Speaking of new music, did you see Lorde's new sexy, sinister music video for "Magnets" with Disclosure? Check it out here!
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama celebrated 23 happy years of marriage on Saturday!
The couple married Oct. 3 1992 at Trinity United Church in Chicago. Mrs. Obama says it was Barack's character that truly made her fall in love. "It was his decency, it was his honesty, it was was his compassion, his conviction," she said in an interview.
And how can anyone forget their first dance as the first couple?
Here's to 23 years more of marriage bliss to the First Lady and President of the United States of America, Michelle and Barack Obama!
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SAN DIEGO — A dozen San Diego-area UPS employees were honored Wednesday for delivering packages for the company without a traffic accident for 25 years.
The 12 employees are among 1,436 inducted into the company's "Circle of Honor" for working a quarter-century without an accident.
A total of 128 California UPS employees were inducted into the Circle of Honor this year. Of California's 11,792 full-time UPS drivers, 1,039 of them are in the Circle of Honor.
Among the entire company, 10,364 active UPS drivers are in the Circle of Honor. Livonia, Michigan's Thomas Camp leads all other drivers in the company with 56 years of delivering packages without being involved in an accident. Huntington Beach's James Morton leads all California drivers with 42 years.
Drivers in the company's Circle of Honor have totaled nearly 300,000 years and 14 billion miles of accident-free driving in their careers. According to the company, UPS drivers account for 3 percent of the world's gross domestic product while delivering roughly 20 million packages every day.


In this series of blogs I am going to share my experiences and few best practices when it comes to installing and configuring a LINUX, in this case, a CentOS VM using VMware Workstation 8.
NOTE that these steps can well be used to install any LINUX VM on vSphere platforms as well... just the tuning with respect to the class of OS changes then.. like Debian, or Red-Hat..
Now there are two ways of installing a VM using VMware Workstation.. first; there is something called as Easy Install which assumes certain criteria for installing the OS and provides a quick way to complete the OS installation.. but i am going to avoid that and install the OS manually. In this way, i can specify the Partitioning tables for my CentOS as I want it.
Specify 8 GB as the Disk Capacity.. we don't want to provide a lot of Disk unnecessarily.. 8 GB is enough for installing any LINUX OS.. We will show you how to attach a HDD to the VM in our PART 3 of the series..
Click Customize Hardware to mount the CentOS ISO File manually and do other bit of "cleaning up" !!
NOTE: CentOS 6.3 comes with two DVDs. In this case, provide the FIRST DVD here.
Choose skip media test as it may take long time to check media.
CentOS 6.3 Welcome Screen press Next.
Select Basic Storage Device if your hard drive is attached locally. You can select Specialized Storage Devices if you are adding a device such as SAN, FCoE, iSCSI etc.
You may get Storage Device warning, you can click Yes, discard any data button to Continue.
Give a root password. Avoid using a dictionary based password.
Similarly, create a SWAP Partition. The size of the SWAP Partition depends on how much RAM is provided to the VM.. in this case, the VM is provided with 1 GB RAM.. hence we are providing SWAP 1024 MB..
You can provide the remaining space (using the option: Fill to Maximum Allowable Size) to the ROOT (/) Partition as shown.. The ROOT partition houses the installation of your CentOS System..
The completed Partition Table will look something like this.
NOTE: This is a minimalistic Partition Table. You can create advanced Tables by providing various options such as Volume Groups, Physical Drives, etc.
To install packages that you may want in your OS, you can select the Customize Now option here. Click Next if you want to stick with the default Packages installation.
You can choose to enable Kdump if you want.
Kdump is a kernel crash dumping mechanism and is very reliable because the crash dump is captured from the context of a freshly booted kernel and not from the context of the crashed kernel. Kdump uses kexec to boot into a second kernel whenever system crashes. This second kernel, often called the crash kernel, boots with very little memory and captures the dump image.
NOTE: If you assign 1 GB RAM or less to your VM, Kdump will not be enabled for your CentOS as there is insufficient memory for Kdump to work.
NOTE: In case you have assigned more than 2GB RAM, the KDump will be enabled by default. If you make any changes to Kdump's values, you will have to reboot CentOS.
IMP: Since you logged in as root, you will be prompted a warning stating you are running the CentOS as a Super User. You can ignore this message if you fully understand the super user roles and responsibilities.
If you don't, the I strongly suggest you use the User (cloud) that you created in the Post install steps. This user does not have super user abilities by default.
Your CentOS is ready to use! Congratulations !!
Its good for new lerner.
I like this article very much as it shares the complete information regarding the procedure for installing the CentOS VM on VMware Workstation.
I followed the above given procedure and it really worked for me.


GARETH BALE wants to be guaranteed regular first-team football if he leaves Real Madrid - but no team in the world could give him that.
That is the opinion of former Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon.
Bale fuelled speculation over his future following Real's Champions League final win over Liverpool on Saturday.
The Welshman suggested he was not happy with his game time at the Bernabeu this season.
Express Sport understands Manchester United are leading the way for his signature ahead of Premier League rivals Chelsea.
But Calderon says none of the big clubs would be able to promise Bale a starting spot, especially with his recent injury record at Real Madrid.
"It's understandable he's not happy - he hasn't been playing regularly in the last matches," Calderon said of Gareth Bale on talkSPORT this morning.


"It's the economy, stupid". This sentence, coined during Bill Clinton's successful presidential campaign, defines perfectly the scenarios that Donald Trump, as well as Vladimir Putin, will have to face on their own and as "preferred partners" for international affairs. Last events, like Michael Flynn's resignation as security adviser for the White House, might appear, though it is quite blurry, as favoring the Kremlin. This political decision, Flynn's ouster, comes after what it has been considered, for some informed sources, as a plot trying to undermine Obama's policy by promising, through secret negotiations between Trump's team and Moscow, removing sanctions on Russia. But what the whole situation really implies is that economy and money move the world, always. On this post, I give some tips about the Empire that Trump, as well as Putin, are trying to build.
From here, a wide range of possibilities might open up. Russia, financially and economically limited due to international sanctions and low oil prices, is trying to sharpen its strategy by supporting autocratic and populist governments like Trump's. Thus, Russia pretends to accomplish two goals. On one hand, it is making big efforts to recover its financial health in order to go back to growth paths re-activating its trade relationships within energy and weapons fields. At the same time, its aim is to increase its specific weight as a global influencer. The most probable oil price rise, as well as ruble's stabilization, would reactivate internal demand, therefore the Russian growth cycle would become a reality.
But another factor must be taken into account. Practicing a protectionist policy in the USA, against countries like Mexico, South Korea, Malaysia, India and Thailand, can accelerate recession, giving China a major role to become a global leader. This would come along with Eurozone's stagnation.
Russia is the first world gas and oil exporter and the third one for iron and aluminum. Its weapon and aeronautic industries are extremely important.
Currently, Russian economy has gone through a recession for the last two years. This year economy is expected to rise if oil prices maintain their 50 USD position and internal demand grows with a stabilized ruble, after readjustments.
Moscow is aiming to end with liberal democratic Governments and back up autocratic regimes.
Russia has helped president Donald Trump's election spreading fake news throughout 2016.
Putin's Administration is doing exactly that on the French election campaign. Through its RT television channel in French and fake news websites it is trying to create a positive state of opinion to boost Marine Le Pen's populist list.
Putin must cope with economic and financial limitations due to American and UE sanctions since 2014 as the aftermath for the Ukrainian crisis, adding to that the fall of oil prices.
Besides, the Kremlin, right in the beginning of 2017, started to establish in the Arctic by setting military strongholds in the area due to its geostrategic position and to its natural resources, backed up financially by China.
During President Barack Obama Administration (January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017) different movements took place and must be taken into account.
Washington and Moscow relations have been in a dead end since 2008 when Russia got started a war against Georgia, becoming even aggravated as the Kremlin rose the tension due to the Ukrainian crisis. Russian intervention ended up with strong international financial and banking sanctions in 2014, that affected Russian Defense companies. The outcome implied the cancellation of financing programs as well as freezing energy equipment exports from the States. Weapons and military industry production was also cut off between Russia and the EU.
The US expelled 35 Russian diplomats in the wake of cyber attacks related to the US election.
Internal and external tensions have already had an effect on the brand new President Donald Trump Administration, January 20, 2017 due to economic ties and interests.
The main United States commercial partners are China, Canada and Mexico.
The White House wants to establish an approach policy towards Russia. To make it possible Rex Tillerson has been sworn in as the United States Secretary of State, very close to Putin by oil business between Exxon Mobil, where he served as CEO, and Rosneft.
The President of the United States has attacked globalization and China in Davos has already taken a step offering itself as the new world leader assuming the USA does not want to play that role.
On January 23, 2017 Trump cancelled the TPP and announced new tariffs on a wide range of goods coming from different countries. On the other hand, he also announced the NAFTA (North America Free Trade Agreement) renegotiation with Mexico and Canada, decreasing taxes and cancelling regulations.
Washington creates global tensions with the following countries: Mexico (on January 25 the decision of building a wall over the Mexican border was taken), Australia (on January 28 a phone conversation over migration policies), Iraq, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen (on January 28 an order was set to block visas from being issued to citizens of these countries), China (China Sea crisis), Palestine (recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital city and settlement of the embassy in the city), Germany (criticism spelt over refugees and European security policies), Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania (hypothetical Russian attack and NATO support).
International conflicts and the TPP being cancelled frame the countries with whom the USA maintains a commercial deficit (China, Germany, Mexico, South Korea, Malaysia, India, Thailand). Like this, Trump is able to turn them into his goals for his American protectionist policy. All this action is taken after being advised by Steve Bannon, Trump's current chief of strategy.
Being China the main USA external debt creditor, that might leave the Asian giant aside from protectionist policy; thus, on February 9, Trump announced his Administration wanted to have a constructive and smooth relation with China.
Trump voters are new, weak and not united. This makes it easier for him to create an state of opinion about the existence of the external enemy that must be fought down, as quotes and tensions he is creating show. Within this strategy, Spanish readers probably remember the outcome of the conversation between Mariano Rajoy and Trump. A White House statement outlined that the American President asked for a rise on UN's military budget. On the other hand, Breitbar, an online newspaper, owned by Steve Bannon, his current strategy chief, pointed out that Rajoy attacked President Trump for the Mexico wall. The problem with this was that Rajoy told Trump to rely on him as an ally to soften relations in South America.
Trump wants to establish changes, but he is swearing in new staff, day after day.
The current economic and financial cycle is coming to an end and a possible world deceleration is expected in 2018-2019. The situation could become worse, aggravated, by USA's tariff levying on imported goods unleashing a commercial and a currency war that could set a recession in 2018.
Oil prices will rise up to 50-60 USD and interest rates will become less advantageous. ECB will probably be tapering its bond buying program pressing on interest rates and risk premiums.


Adblock, a popular extension for blocking advertising in Chrome and Safari with more than 40 million users, was quietly sold today.
The extension displayed a popup on October 1 saying that it is now allowing EyeO's acceptable advertising — which allows advertisers to buy their way onto the whitelist — through the filter.
Buried in the bottom of that message, however, was a more notable change: Adblock has been sold.
What's strange is that the company won't disclose who it's been sold to, why it was sold, or how much it was sold for.
For the extension's claimed 40 million users this raises an interesting question: Can the extension continue to be trusted if the new proprietor is entirely anonymous?
TNW contacted Adblock's remaining staff to ask if they'd disclose the buyer but the company refused, saying that the purchaser had specifically asked not to be named.
The only thing the team would tell us is that the tool's creator Michael Gundlach will no longer have any relationship with the company — that probably means he's cashed out.
Adblock's previous director, Gabriel Cubbage, is now running things under the new owner.
Since its launch in 2009, Adblock featured a screen that pushed users to pay for the use of the extension because it was classed as "honor-ware." An ironic gesture, considering its existence technically deprives others of money.
Gundlach worked full time on Adblock after he quit his job in 2011, able to survive on the proceeds of donations from users prompted to 'gift' money toward the development when installing the extension.
Support staff claimed five months ago that the company was not being purchased by someone or preparing for participation acceptable ad program, but the move may have pre-empted today's deal.
The name was later changed back to simply 'Adblock' without further explanation.
The sale comes at an interesting time for publishers as the debate rages over whether adblocking will become widespread, as Apple has allowed iOS user to block ads on their mobile devices for the first time.
For users of Adblock, the uncertainty over ownership of the Adblock extension is a reasonable concern, particularly if the new buyer has any sort of agenda with the purchase of the extension.
Why would they keep their identity secret, if it's a legitimate deal? It's possible that the new owner simply wants to sit back and let the cash roll in, or was looking for a way to gain back some control.
We've contacted Michael Gundlach for further comment on the sale and secrecy, but haven't heard back at time of writing.


How much does translation cost?
Translation costs vary between agency and freelancer. It is typically priced per word in the UK, per line in Germany and per page elsewhere. Others may price per project, per day or per hour. The simplest way to compare is to divide your total quote by the number of words in the project and you will have a good gauge for what you are being charged. Estimate some 3500 words per day and you can approximate how long it will take for a single translator or a small team, depending on their availability.
What is the translation process?
It's usually as simple as an email with the file and a brief sent to the translator, the project is translated then returned by email with the invoice and any comments. The translation stage can involve computer assisted translation tools (CAT tools), which save every sentence translated and offer it up if a similar sentence returns later. They also retain formatting and allow the translator to build glossaries, memories and cross-reference their previous work and dictionaries. They can cost from free to thousands of pounds, but typically are in the £3-500 range, with annual upgrade and support costs.
How long does a translation take?
A translator can typically work at 3500 words per day. Sometimes more, sometimes less, all depending on the text. But for a well-considered, effective translation, pushing beyond this target is not advisable.
How do I know if it's a good translation?
The acid test is usually to have another translator proofread and make comments. If the text sounds native, conveys all of the meaning of the original, without adding to it, then you're on the way to enjoying a return on your translation investment. Could it be improved? Perhaps, depending on your target readership, particularly if they change over time, but in general what many novices call improvements are often fair alternatives, given the number of ways to say the same thing. If the tone of the translation suits the readership and conveys the meaning, that could be considered a successful, or good, translation.
Can a translation improve on an original?
It can in certain cases where the source text has spelling and grammar errors. It can in cases where the source text doesn't speak clearly enough to the reader, in which case the translator has a decision to make about whether to diverge enough from the source to help the reader, or to retain the ambiguity to please the client. In most cases the client will appreciate an improvement for the target language, when mentioned in any comments. The goal isn't necessarily to improve, but to offer a faithful, readable, native version of the original. If improvements can be made, everyone wins along the way.
Most of the world's estimated 250,000 translators work from home offices. Most professionals are affiliated with a national body and attend events to top up their continued professional development. There are a number of 'in-house' translators, the figures for which I've never seen, who are staff of the companies involved and work exclusively for those companies. Freelancers work through agencies and direct clients, filling their days at their computers with projects emailed in on a regular basis.
How do translators make a living?
The work sent over by agencies and direct clients can provide a living. Income can rise and fall over time, but a living wage is certainly possible. There are translators grossing £100k+ pa, but those are outliers, with most studies showing an average more in line with national average wage figures.
How do translation agencies work? And which is cheaper, freelance translator or translation agency?
Translation agencies will manage your project, sometimes among several project managers, outsourcing the work to freelancers or occasionally in-house staff. They have overheads of office space and payroll which freelancers don't have, thereby raising their prices for the same work. The advantage can be when a multilingual project arises you can leave it with the agency and they will handle the translator search and work. You pay a premium for the benefit, however. One drawback of the agency is that you don't know who they are outsourcing to. This could be someone not entirely qualified to do the work. This is more transparent and direct with a freelance translator. In that case you could end up paying more and receiving less.
What should I look for in a translator?
You should look for qualifications, such as a degree in the source language. Years of work and life experience in a source language country and also in the specific industry of the source text. You should look for affiliation with a national translation association (ATA in America, CIoL or ITI in the UK, AUSIT in Australia, SFT in France, etc.) who will hold them and their membership accountable. The translator should respond quickly and professionally to your requests and want to refer back to you with any questions they may have about the text.
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Pennsylvania Ballet presents three contemporary works
The Pennsylvania Ballet has always prided itself on its dancers' abilities to master the classics, but this weekend, the company is bringing to the Merriam Theater stage three contemporary works.
Pushing Boundaries: Forsythe & Neenan, a dynamic program of three contemporary works opened last night and runs through February 12.
The program includes The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude, by William Forsythe, and Keep and 11:11, both by Matthew Neenan.
"Our dancers have an incredible ability to master not only the classics, but also contemporary work," Artistic Director Roy Kaiser said in a recent statement.
"This program showcases both their athleticism and dramatic talents in a beautiful way."
The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude, returns to the local stage after a premier last February. The work features five dancers, who interpret the last movement of Schubert's Ninth Symphony.
Keep, which the Pennsylvania Ballet says was commissioned in 2009, is said to be an intimate piece that features vibrant costumes.
The third work, 11:11, features six songs from singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright with a cast of 20 performing them on stage.
You can find show times and additional information on the Pennsylvania Ballet website.

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These organizations provide assistance, support, information and advocacy to individuals and providers involved in probation services in your area. To find local, state and national organizations focusing on criminal justice, please browse the list below. You also can search our nationwide database of support groups at right.
Represents approximately seventy percent of all persons arrested in Philadelphia. The Association, however, has no power to appoint itself as legal counsel. The Court of Common Pleas and the Municipal Court of Philadelphia determine standards of indigence and make all counsel appointments for the Association.
Exists to meet the legal and advocacy needs of homeless individuals and families in Philadelphia. With a legal staff of 13 and a corps of 400 volunteer lawyers, paralegals, and law students, HAP engages in direct outreach to homeless individuals in need of legal services.
PRO-ACT is a Southeastern PA, volunteer-based grassroots recovery support services and advocacy organization of consumers, family members and friends of people struggling with or in recovery from the disease of alcohol/other drug addiction. Chapters in Philadelphia and surrounding counties promote and put a face and voice on recovery.
A North Central Philadelphia, non-profit organization working to improve the lives of the economically challenged.
Youth workforce development, internships, academic support, summer camps and after-school programs for out-of-school under-21s living in the Empowerment Zone.
The primary purpose of the group is to carry the message of recovery to the alcoholic who still suffers. Covers the Southeastern Pennsylvania area, including Philadelphia and the surrounding counties of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery.
Seeks to create a more just and equitable society by advancing the rights and status of all women throughout their lives. To this end, we engage in high-impact litigation, advocacy, and education.
A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to defending and protecting individual rights and personal freedoms. Through advocacy, education and litigation, their attorneys, advocates and volunteers work to preserve and promote civil liberties including the freedom of speech, the right to privacy, reproductive freedom, and equal treatment under the law.
Advocates for all those who care about children and their families, and works supportively with foster, adoptive, and kinship families, and with local foster parent associations and agencies who care for the children the association serves.
Strives to promote quality and ethically mandated representation for all juveniles charged with acts of delinquency in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Committed to the provision of resources to support the proliferation of quality prevention and intervention programs aimed at promoting positive youth development and preventing violence, delinquency, substance abuse and other problem behaviors in children and adolescents.
A client-centered organization that provides leadership, funding, and support to improve the availability and quality of civil legal aid and direct legal services for low income people and victims of domestic violence in Pennsylvania.
Strives to advocate for a humane, just and restorative correctional system, and to promote a rational approach to criminal justice issues. The Prison Society recognizes that constructive corrections helps to repair the damages of crimes to victims and communities. The equilibrium achieved through this restorative approach, which is both cost effective and humane, benefits and enriches all facets of society and advances the well being of the entire community.
Accepts a small number of high impact litigation, promotes public policy and education to achieve legislative and social change, and offers a free telephone counseling and consumer education service.
With more than 400,000 members, the ABA provides law school accreditation, continuing legal education, information about the law, programs to assist lawyers and judges in their work, and initiatives to improve the legal system for the public.
From modest origins as a small legal resource center focusing exclusively on child abuse and neglect issues, the Center has grown into a full-service technical assistance, training, and research program addressing a broad spectrum of law and court-related topics affecting children.
Provides individualized support to attorneys representing victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking that includes research assistance, sample practice tools, model pleadings, and access to experts in the field. Commission members, Liaisons and Commission staff include national experts in many areas of domestic violence and the law.
Works to strengthen and secure the legal rights, dignity, autonomy, quality of life, and quality of care of elders. It carries out this mission through research, policy development, technical assistance, advocacy, education, and training.
Provides technical support to attorneys representing crime victims in civil actions, refers crime victims to lawyers in their local area, and works to increase general awareness about the availability of civil remedies for victims of crime.
A non-profit research and educational organization at Lewis & Clark Law School, Portland, Oregon. NCVLI is the only national organization in the country working to assert victims' rights in criminal trial courts.
NLADA is the nation's leading advocate for front-line attorneys and other equal justice professionals – those who make a difference in the lives of low-income clients and their families and communities.
Works to advance victims' rights through public policy efforts on the federal, state, and local levels. Through the promotion of education and awareness about the rights and needs of crime victims, the organization works to improve services for victims to assist in their emotional, financial, and physical recovery.
Uses the cognitive-behavioral, peer-to-peer, self-help training system developed by Abraham Low, MD, to help individuals gain skills to lead more peaceful and productive lives.


Lourdes Has Her Birthday at Delicatessen; Penn and Blake Do Billy's BakeryOur weekly roundup of where the pretty people are eating.
Bloomberg Makes Cookies; Paterson Bans Bottled Water at State AgenciesPlus: fast-food jobs and YouTube, and cheap wine, all in our morning news roundup.
Sushi Eaters Face Tuna FearsThe Times tested the mercury levels in tuna sushi served at twenty different city stores and restaurants this week. At most of them, mercury levels exceeded those set by the Environmental Protection Agency. On Wednesday, New York's Tim Murphy set out to see who in the city was still buying tuna sushi, and why. 6 p.m.: Whole Foods, Chelsea Rebecca, a redheaded Web editor, is picking up salmon sushi. She'd noticed that the Times report found the highest mercury levels in tuna from Blue Ribbon and the lowest levels at Fairway. "People who eat high-class sushi are more at risk for poisoning than people like me who eat ghetto sushi from Whole Foods," she said with some satisfaction.


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Alfa Future People 2018
Bolshoe Kozino, Russia
Date to be announced
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EDM and dance on a spectacular scale
Alfa Future People is a huge EDM and dance music festival in Russia. The lineup covers everything from stadium house to bass, with AFP creating some of the most impressive staging around.
Expect some of the biggest DJs in the world, with full-throttle production to take the party to the next level.
The lineup has not yet been announced. Last year included Hardwell, Netsky, W&W, Oliver Heldens and many more.
An hour east of Moscow by plane, Bolshoe Kozino provides ample space for a huge-scale festival. The nearest city is Nizhny Novgorod, with an international airport also close by.
Bolshoe Kozino is around 45 minutes north of Nizhny Novgorod International Airport, though it is a lot closer to the city of Nizhny Novgorod itself.
The airport is a 1-hour flight, or a 4-hour train ride, from Moscow.
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Absolute Write Water Cooler > The Break Room > Office Party > Put Your Positive Energy Here!
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Give your most positive comment here! You can praise anyone, give anyone here a sweet comment. All this thread will contain is positive, hopeful sweet, thoughtful words.
I thought I'd start this thread out by saying, "Thanks to all who've helped me get this far...you know just who you are, love U guys, you're the best!!!
cooeedownunder - thanks for all your support and good ideas. I really appreciate it.
Thank you AW for being a sanctuary, even when I stopped calling myself a writer. Thanks to a silly comment on here, I have a new WIP. And I'm a writer again :D.
Thank you to everyone at AW for the laughs, the stimulating posts, the kind words, encouraging private messages, rep points etc.
Everyone of you for letting me know through your posts that we all face the same struggles in life and in writing.
This is so refreshing to read...I love it. Please EVERYONE join in.
Today I'd like to thank Scarletpeaches and Idiotsrus for answering my silly topic of the day and putting my mind at ease.
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There's so many of you to thank, I will have to come back and thank again.
Just wanted to show my utmost appreciation to you guys who've listened in my darkest of times. YOU ROCK AW.
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Q: How do I flush the DNS cache in Mac OS X 10.5? I have done some changes to /private/etc/hosts on my mac and need to flush the DNS cache.
Previously been using lookupd -flushcache on Mac OS X 10.4 to do this successfully. However something seems to have changed in Mac OS X 10.5, cause the lookupd command doesn't seem to exist? How do you flush the DNS cache in Mac OS X 10.5?

A: Found the answer on Mac OS X Hints =)

I primarily work with web servers, and I use lookupd -flushcache all of the time to clear my DNS cache.
This morning was moving some websites around using my newly-upgraded Mac, and I went to flush my DNS cache with lookupd and I got a command not found error. It seems that lookupd has been removed in 10.5 and replaced with dscacheutil.
So now I can flush my DNS cache with dscacheutil -flushcache.

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Autoimmunity in membranous nephropathy
Clinical image and causes of membranous nephropathy
Membranous nephropathy (MN, also membranous glomerulonephritis) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the kidney corpuscles (glomeruli) characterised by thickening of the glomerular capillary walls due to deposits of immune complexes (see illustration). The deposits damage the podocytes and impair the permeability of the glomerular basement membrane in the glomeruli, leading to proteinuria. If protein excretion in the urine increases significantly (>3.5 g/24 h), nephrotic syndrome with reduced protein concentration in the blood (hypoproteinaemia), increased blood lipid levels (hyperlipidaemia) and oedema may develop.1
Immunohistochemistry (IgG1 dye) of renal tissue samples
Left: Inflamed renal corpuscules of a patient with pMN; antibodies in the area of the glomerular basement membrane (red)
Right: Healthy kidney tissue; no antibodies detected (modified illustration from: Hoxha et al., Kidney Int. 82, 797-804 (2012))
Approximately 20 to 30% of MN cases occur as secondary conditions as a consequence of different underlying diseases or the use of specific drugs.1,2 They must be differentiated from primary MN, which is caused by autoantibodies (see table). PLA2R and THSD7A are the first antigens to be discovered as target structures of these autoantibodies. If neither an underlying disease nor detectable autoantibodies are present, the condition is referred to as idiopathic MN.3
Causes of pMN
Autoantibodies (PLA2R/THSD7A)
Causes of sMN4
Infections (e.g. hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, syphilis, malaria)
Autoimmune diseases (e.g. rheumatoid arthritis, Sjögren´s Syndrome, bullous pemphigoid)
Other diseases (e.g. sickle cell anaemia, Guillain-Barré syndrome)
Drugs (e.g. nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID), gold, mercury, penicillamine)
CONCLUSION: Since the treatment of the two disease forms differs significantly, the diagnostic differentiation between primary and secondary MN is of greatest clinical importance.4 In sMN, the therapy focuses on the underlying disease, whereas patients with pMN are mainly treated with immunosuppressives. Therefore, correct and fast diagnosis may prevent unnecessary diagnostic procedures or drug treatment.
Discovery and pathogenic value of the autoantibodies
In 2009, David J. Salant and colleagues discovered PLA2R, a185-kDa glycoprotein, as a specific autoantigen for antibodies that could be detected in 70-80% of all patients with MN without secondary cause.3 In 2014, a second antigen was described in connection with primary MN, THSD7A.5 The prevalence of antibodies against THSD7A is given with values of up to 10%. Although antibodies against PLA2R and THSD7A can occur in parallel in rare cases, anti-THSD7A antibodies have been found predominantly in anti-PLA2R seronegative pMN patients.6 In patients with sMN, both autoantibodies against PLA2R and THSD7A could not be detected.
The antigens are expressed on the surface of the podocytes. They bind circulating autoantibodies and immune-complex deposits are formed.
Modified illustration, from: Ronco et Debiec, Nat Rev Nephr 8, 203-213 (2012)
The pathogenic mechanism of the development of pMN is not yet fully understood. However, scientists agree that the thickening of the glomerular capillary walls is caused by deposited immune complexes. These trigger local complement activations, which lead to a degradation of the cytoskeleton of the podocytes via the involvement of various mediators. The impaired podocytes lose their filter function and secrete additional factors that have a negative effect on the glomerular basement membrane.1 This causes a progressive impairment of the filter function and thus an increase in the amount of protein in the primary urine (proteinuria). This leads to the development of oedema and a compensatory increase in lipoprotein synthesis, which can result in nephrotic syndrome.
The relevance of autoantibodies in the pathogenesis of pMN was shown in 2017 for THSD7A in the mouse model. Injection of antibodies directed against THSD7A induced severe nephrotic syndrome with proteinuria and hyperlipidaemia in mice.7
While the pathogenesis triggered by the autoantibodies is the same regarding the mechanism, differences have been observed in the clinic of anti-PLA2R and anti-THSD7A-positive pMN patients. A study by Hoxha et al. (2016) showed a higher incidence of malignant tumours in anti-THSD7A-positive patients.8
1Ronco et al., Nat Rev Dis Primers 7, 69 (2021)
2KDIGO, Kidney inter. 100 (Suppl.): 1–276 (2021)
3Beck et al., N Engl J Med 361, 11-21 (2009)
4Trujillo et al., Nephron. 144, 261-271 (2020)
5Tomas et al., N Engl J Med 371, 2277-2287 (2014)
6Tomas et al., J Am Soc Nephrol 28, 3262-3277 (2017)
7Larsen et al., Mod Pathol 29, 421-426 (2016)
8Hoxha et al., J Am Soc Nephrol 28, 520-531 (2017)
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Egypt braces for new Gaza influx
Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani The Electronic Intifada 6 May 2008
Hamas policemen rest after taking part in drills on the streets of Gaza City, 5 May 2008. That same day, Hamas warned that the Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip would result in an "explosion" if the crisis was not resolved within days. (Wissam Nassar/MaanImages)
CAIRO, 6 May (IPS) - With next-door Gaza Strip in a humanitarian crisis, the government is desperate to avoid a repeat of January's Palestinian influx into the Sinai Peninsula. In recent weeks, the security presence along Egypt's 14-kilometer border with the hapless territory has been significantly reinforced.
"The authorities are still in the process of boosting the police presence and enhancing security along the border," Hatem al-Buluk, independent journalist and resident of al-Arish, located some 40 kilometers west of the border, told IPS.
Since last June, when authority over the Gaza Strip was seized by Palestinian resistance faction Hamas (after it won the elections here in 2006), the territory has been subject to a crippling Israeli embargo. Backed by both the US and the EU, the siege has effectively deprived Gaza's roughly 1.5 million inhabitants of badly needed food, medicine and fuel.
In the last week of April, the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, which provides some two-thirds of the territory's population with essential foodstuffs, reportedly suspended deliveries due to fuel shortages.
Along with the siege, the people of Gaza have also borne the brunt of almost constant Israeli aggression. In March, more than 120 were killed — many of them civilians — during a six-day Israeli military incursion employing tanks and helicopter gun-ships.
"Their situation is agonizing," said al-Buluk. "In addition to facing brutal Israeli violence on a regular basis, they have almost entirely run out of fuel and most basic food commodities."
Egypt's border build-up follows recent suggestions by Hamas officials that if the siege is not lifted soon, desperate Gazans could storm the border en masse and pour into Sinai seeking food and supplies.
"The situation [in Gaza] is no longer bearable," Hamas leader Khalil al-Haya told reporters. He went on to warn that in light of Gaza's desperate circumstances, an "unprecedented explosion" was "imminent."
Cairo, interpreting the comment as a veiled threat to the integrity of its border, reacted angrily.
"These statements are unacceptable," a foreign ministry source was quoted as saying in the local press. "Pressure from any party, or any violation of the border by force, will be decisively met with."
Hamas officials quickly moved to reassure Cairo that the group had no intention of breaching the border with Egypt.
"Hamas has no plan to knock down the border fence or to target Egyptian border guards," Hamas spokesman Sami abu Zahri declared, answering exaggerated claims in Egypt's official media that the group intended to launch an armed assault on the frontier.
Nevertheless, the government is taking no chances. According to press reports, and confirmed by people in the area, the police presence along the border has been significantly strengthened in recent weeks.
"There has been a gradual reinforcement of Egyptian border security since early April," said al-Buluk. He went on to note that, over the course of the last month, the number of central security officers stationed in the area has been raised from 750 to 2,750.
Al-Buluk also noted that the government was in the process of building an imposing barricade between Egypt and the Gaza Strip "as fast as possible."
"Some 20 local companies are currently working on the wall, which runs along the entire length of the border," he said. At four meters high and two meters thick, he added, the wall appeared to be "impervious to assault."
On 23 January, an estimated half million Gazans flocked into northern Sinai after the border wall was destroyed by a series of explosions. Most used the opportunity to stock up on vital foodstuffs and medicine not available in Gaza.
Although Cairo initially tolerated the influx, the border was re-sealed ten days later after most itinerant Gazans had returned home. As the flashpoint Rafah border crossing was closed, limited clashes erupted between some Palestinians and Egyptian security forces.
Since the re-closure, Cairo has held separate talks with Palestinian and Israeli officials in hope of reaching a mutually acceptable arrangement governing border traffic. These efforts have been hindered, however, by Tel Aviv's insistence on maintaining significant control over border security.
Abdelaziz Shadi, professor of political science at Cairo University, said that Egypt was "well within its rights" to bolster security in the area. "The status of the border is inextricably tied to Egypt's national security," Shadi told IPS.
According to al-Buluk, Cairo fears that another major influx of Gazans could lead to their permanent settlement in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula.
"The government is worried that, should the Palestinians flood into Egypt a second time, Israel could reoccupy Gaza and close the border, preventing them from returning," he said.
In such a scenario, al-Buluk added, "Israel will have successfully transplanted its Palestinian problem from Gaza to Sinai."
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The Estonian Horse — A Strategic Commodity in the Middle Ages
Author: Ivar Leimus
The horse was the primary means of transport and labour in the Middle Ages. According to Livonian sources, horses can conditionally be divided into 3–4 groups according to their price — cheap, moderately priced, expensive and very expensive. Work and draught animals prevailed amongst the cheaply priced horses, also including some carriage horses, but these were admittedly mostly for lower class travellers. Moderately priced horses were used mostly for travel pur- poses. More expensive horses were also used for travel to meetings, conferences and negotiations, but in such cases the men sitting in the saddles were gentlemen who belonged to the city's elite. Yet this kind of animal was also a suitable gift for some more distinguished person. The more expensive steeds nevertheless circulated primarily amongst the nobility. The most expensive horses, which were primarily stallions, were given as gifts to especially high-ranking persons, but nobles also used them.
Livonia's location at the line where the western and eastern cultural spaces met made Livonian horses a strategic commodity. For this reason, the authorities tried in every possible way to restrict and regulate their export. Only the cheaper horses were allowed to be exported. In troubled times, their export across the eastern border was completely prohibited.
Surviving sources allow the reconstruction of the procedure for exporting horses from Li- vonia. After purchasing a horse, a Russian had to appear with it before either the commander of the Teutonic Order or the commander of the fortress in Tallinn, or before the bishop's bailiff or the town hall bailiff in Tartu. The official gave the Russian a certificate stating where the horse was from, what its price was and what the Russian's name was. A special stamp was used to stamp an imprint (teken) on the certificate. This service, which can be considered a kind of customs duty, cost a mite. In the border town of Narva, a Russian had to appear before the bailiff or the commander of the castle and present the horse together with the certificate. Only the officials of Narva had the right to allow horses to be taken out of the country. Thereafter someone was sent to escort the Russian across the border to Russia together with the horse. For this the Russian had to give the escort a Russian silver coin — a denga.
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Гаврила Петрович Уланов — русский военачальник, генерал-майор. 1-й комендант Динабургской крепости.

Биография
Родился в 1753 году в обер-офицерской семье.

Службу начал 12 ноября 1772 года в Ладожском канальном батальоне, в 1774 году переведён в Бомбардирский полк. В 1784 получил чин подпоручика. С 1787 года участник Русско-турецкой войны и взятии Очакова, был ранен. За боевые отличия произведён в поручики и штабс-капитаны. В 1797 был назначен исполняющим обязанности коменданта Тирасполя. В 1798 году произведён в полковники.

С 1799 года участник Итальянского похода и Швейцарского похода, был ранен при осаде Мантуи. В 1802 году будучи шефом 3-го осадного артиллерийского батальона был произведён в генерал-майоры. С 1803 года командир 2-го артиллерийского полка.

В 1805 участвовал в походе в Шлезвиг-Гольштейн. С 1806 года командир Рижского цитадельного артиллерийского гарнизона, с 1807 года начальник Охтинского порохового завода. С 1808 года управляющий Рижским провиантским депо. С 1810 года комендант Рижского артиллерийского гарнизона и комендант Динабургской крепости, занимался строительством её укреплений.

С 1812 года с началом Отечественной войны во главе гарнизона оборонял Динабургскую крепость и отражал атаки неприятеля, стремившегося занять Динабург. С 1814 года окружной начальник артиллерийских гарнизонов Санкт-Петербургского округа.

18 января 1819 года Высочайшим приказом он был исключён из списков умершим. Похоронен на Волковском православном кладбище в Санкт-Петербурге.

Литература
 Уланов Гаврила Петрович // Отечественная война 1812 года: Биографический словарь / : Росвоенцентр; Кучково поле; Росспэн, 2011 г. — 352 с. — ISBN 978-5-9950-0171-3
 Уланов Гаврила Петрович // Российский Архив: История Отечества в свидетельствах и документах XVIII—XX вв.: Альманах / : Студия ТРИТЭ: Рос. Архив, 1996 г. — С. 589. — [Т.] VII.

Примечания

Персоналии по алфавиту
Даугавпилсская крепость
Артиллеристы Российской империи

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Germany, Heer. A Soldbuch to Oberleutnant Horst Schröder, 93rd Infantry Division
(Heer Soldbuch). A Soldbuch named to Oberleutnant Horst Schröder of the 93rd Infantry Division, dated 4 December 1940, measuring 105 mm (w) x 145 mm (h), material fatigue evident, otherwise in very fine condition.
Footnote: Horst Schröder was born on 3 February 1920, and initially served in the 193rd Tank Destroyer Unit, attached to the 93rd Infantry Division. On occupation duty in France through the spring of 1941, the division was transferred east in June to participate in Operation Barbarossa. Assigned to Army Group North, the division participated in the Siege of Leningrad. Schröder was then transferred to the 14th Panzergrenadier Regiment, attached to the 5th Panzer Division, where he saw further action on the Eastern Front through 1942, suffering a gunshot wound to the leg in November. He was initially treated at a field hospital in Lyuban, near Leningrad, before being moved to Königsberg.
On 1 January 1944 he was assigned to the 1114th Grenadier regiment, attached to the 551st Grenadier Division, once again within Army Group North. The unit was engaged against the Red Army in the Baltics through the fall and winter of 1944/1945 and was effectively annihilated in Samland. He was decorated three times during the war, receiving the Eastern Front Medal (19 August 1941), the Wound Badge in Silver (1 March 1943), and the Iron Cross II Class (1 December 1944).


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NGO Insights: Vidyaranya
Dated : 24 Mar 2014
Sector and Positioning:
Vidyaranya was started in 1991. It aims at holistic and integrated development of beneficiaries in all spheres of life. Vidyaranya focuses on Bangalore urban, Bangalore rural, Hassan, Chikkaballapur, and Ramanagar districts of Karnataka. The NGO believes in executing overall development programmes for women, the aged, special children, orphan and street children from socio economically backward sections of Society. At the outset, Vidyaranya focused on health and sanitation with support from CAPART, New Delhi and later moved on to help children with special needs through its Integrated Education for Disabled Children (IEDC), a programme supported by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD).
Vidyaranya runs a project 'Open Shelter Home' for street children in Bangalore in collaboration with Ministry of Women and Child Development, New Delhi under Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS). The children are rescued by outreach workers and provided temporary stay facility. The children requiring long term care are referred to the nearest shelter or children's home. These children are provided with opportunities for education, and are reintegrated into families/the community or are given, alternative care.
A project 'Rainbow Home' for orphaned and semi orphaned girls is run by Vidyaranya in support with Partnership Foundation, Netherlands. The project aims to provide the girls with basic requirements and streamline them in Government Model Primary School, Kodihalli.
Vidyaranya runs residential schools 'Daarideepa' (for visually impaired children) and 'Spruthi' (for mentally challenged children) recognised by the Government of Karnataka. The objective is to ensure availability of basic necessities, treatment and training to help them succeed in life.
Under the Swadhar programme sponsored by Ministry of Women and Child Development, New Delhi, two rehabilitation centres Sarojini and Sanjeevani were started for oppressed women. Ujjwala, yet another programme works towards rescue and rehabilitation of women from trafficking. Vidyaranya aims at social and economic rehabilitation of women through education, training and counselling.
Vidyaranya runs two homes for the elderly (Gandhi for women and Hosa Belaku for men) and ensures proper food, accommodation and medication to the inmates.
In addition to its core programmes, Vidyaranya also works for other research projects and deprived children in urban areas. It also runs a missing children bureau and mobile health clinic.
Financial Parameters:
Government Funding: Vidyaranya has managed to raise funds through various government departments which accounted for 56% to 69% of its total income during FY10-FY13.In FY13, the funding from government agencies was to the tune of 60% (Rs15mn) of total income.
Donations: Funds raised through agencies such as United Way and GiveIndia form part of donations. In FY13, donations accounted for 30% (Rs7mn) of total income. General donations have been in the range of 29% to 36% during FY10-13.
Foreign Sources: Funds sourced through foreign agencies such as Centre for Equity Students and Give Foundation, U.S.A accounted for 9% (Rs2mn) of total income in FY13. The funds were utilised for the Rainbow Home Project. (Ref Fig. 1).
Direct Programme Expenses: In FY13, total expenses were Rs25mn. Of this, 31% (Rs7mn) was spent on programme activities (sector average: 68%) and 37% (Rs9mn) was spent on staff salaries (sector average: 19%). Salary includes salaries paid to outreach workers, staff of their residential schools, old age homes and rehabilitation centres and has been in the range of 32% to 36% during FY10-FY12. Vidyaranya needs to incur the higher cost to retain quality staff.
Overheads: In FY13, 27% (Rs6mn) of total expenses were incurred on overheads against the sector average of 16%. The high overheads were on account of expenses to the tune of Rs4mn incurred on rent and maintenance of the shelter homes, residential schools and old age homes and have ranged between 23% to 28% during FY10-12. (Ref Fig. 2).
Current Assets: In FY13, current assets included grants receivable of Rs9mn and accounted for 82% (Rs10mn) of total assets. Grants receivable accounted for 87% of total current assets.
General Funds: General funds have recorded an increase from Rs6.5mn in FY12 to Rs6.7mn in FY13 on account of marginal increase in surplus Y-o-Y.
Loans: In FY13, loan funds accounted for 36% (Rs4mn) of total funds and were termed as loans against grants receivable. The loan consists of funds lent by management due to a shortage of funds. The loans are repaid on receipt of the grant.
Sustainability Parameters:
Income Growth: Vidyaranya posted total income of Rs25mn in FY13 and recorded a marginal increase in growth rate from 29% in FY12 to 30% in FY13. CAGR of income was 21% during FY10-13.
Funds utilisation ratio: The ratio measures ability of an organisation to utilise cash received during the year. The ratio of 99% in FY13 indicates that Vidyaranya has utilised 99% of the funds received for its activities.
Self-sufficiency ratio: The ratio is 31%. The ratio measures ability of an organisation to meet expenses from its own funds. Own funds include donations, interest income, and membership fees. The low ratio is on account of small proportion i.e. 30% of total income pertaining to donations.
Dependency: Vidyaranya largely depends on government funding and has been able to garner government support for its activities. The share of government funds ranged from 56% to 69% of total income during FY10-13.
Major Challenges:
Shortage of resources: Vidyaranya has limited access to funds and is just able to meet the basic needs of its beneficiaries. Other than funds, they have also been grappling with issues like volunteer management. The NGO is seeking donations in kind to satisfy beneficiary needs such as stationery, clothes, vessels, etc. However, not much response has been received on this front.
Staff training: The staff skills and knowledge needs to be regularly updated to keep up with the competition. Vidyaranya lacks access to the necessary training materials and professionals to conduct training sessions for its staff.
Lack of networking and expertise: Networking and optimum use of social media is of utmost importance to get visibility. Networking and crisp presentation skills are areas where the NGO needs to develop itself further.
Governance & Reporting Standards:
The members on Board of Vidyaranya comprise of social workers and home makers interested in development of the underprivileged. The secretary Mr. M. C. Ramesh has completed his masters in social work and works full time in the social sector. The Board meets once a year and the governing council meets once in two months.
Vidyaranya is listed with reputed accrediting agencies. In FY13-14, the NGO received the state award for providing services to disabled children.
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SYDNEY FC marquee Alessandro Del Piero says the reason behind his unusually quiet display in yesterday's match against Perth Glory was because he is carrying a hamstring injury and battling fatigue.
Despite converting the penalty to bring Sydney level just before the hour mark, Del Piero largely had a match to forget after starting as the Sky Blues' lone striker.
Del Piero appeared tired from the outset and struggled to get by his opponents, something he has done with ease since coming to the A-League.
But he admitted he wasn't anywhere near full health and that he still had to build his match condition.
''I had a problem with the hamstrings, both [of them], especially the left. It's been a hard week for me and that's why I told you [the media] last week that I need two-three more weeks for my health,'' he said.
Coach Ian Crook offered to substitute Del Piero in the second half but the Italian insisted he should stay on and finish the match.
Despite being tired, when asked if he needed a break, Del Piero said he was happy to keep pressing on.
Del Piero agreed that while the team was poor, it was a good sign it was still able to emerge with the three points.


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Saprinus grandiclava es una especie de escarabajo del género Saprinus, familia Histeridae. Fue descrita científicamente por Kanaar en 1989.

Se distribuye por Indonesia y Papúa Nueva Guinea.

Descripción
Cuerpo convexo, pronoto marrón oscuro con un brillo metálico de bronce tenue, élitros azul oscuro con tinte metálico; pigidio negro; patas, piezas bucales y escapo antenal castaño a rojo; maza antenal negra.

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Saprinus grandiclava Enciclopedia de la vida.

grandiclava
Insectos descritos en 1989
Insectos de Asia


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Market Review: "IMF Revises Growth Estimates Higher"
11th August 2019 in Ahmed Tabaqchali, Investment
By Ahmed Tabaqchali, CIO of Asia Frontier Capital (AFC) Iraq Fund.
Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News.
The market's action in July was so quiet that it turned activities like watching paint dry into spectator sports, as the start of the peak summer and holiday season depressed trading volumes.
Nonetheless, the average daily turnover's decline of −15% month-on-month did not erase the turnover gains made in the prior two months, small as they were.
For the month, the market, as measured by the Rabee Securities RSISX USD Index (RSISUSD), was down −4.40% and down −3.97% for the year.
The highlight of the month, though, was the release of the latest IMF country report for Iraq, in which the IMF updated its estimates, last made in the summer of 2017, for both the future economic outlook and for the last few years. The changes to its GDP growth estimates for the crisis years 2014-2017 were as follows:
Year 2014 2015 2016 2017
Old estimates +0.7% +4.8% +11.0% -0.4%
New estimates +0.7% +2.5% +15.2% -2.5%
While estimates for the years following the conflict changed as follows:
Old estimates +2.9% +1.7% +2.0% +2.1%
New estimates -0.6% +4.6% +5.3% +2.6%
The main takeaway is that the crisis years were, on the whole, weaker than initially expected. While, 2018, the first year following the conflict, was the second year of a deep recession with a contraction of -0.6% on the back of the prior year's -2.5% decline, instead of being a first year of an economic recovery, at +2.9%, following a shallower decline of -0.4% -a message telegraphed by companies listed on the Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) over the last two years. On the other hand, the expected recovery in 2019/2020 would be much stronger than estimated earlier with GDP growing at +4.6%/+5.3% instead of +1.7%/+2.0%.
Higher oil exports and the improved oil pricing environment, over the last two years, resulted in much higher government revenues, than estimated earlier, from 2017 onwards. This, with a long lag, is initially translating into increased consumer spending in 2019, given that the government employs over 50% of the working population. This, would then, be followed by the government's investment spending powering the non-oil economy. Subsequently, the IMF's new assumptions on non-oil GDP growth rates are crucial for the economy and the stock market. The IMF's estimates for the severe contraction in non-oil GDP during the crisis years changed as follows:
Old estimates -3.9% -9.6% -8.1% +1.5%
New estimates -3.9% -14.4% +1.3% -0.6%
Accordingly, the downward trajectory in 2015 was much steeper at −14.4% than earlier estimates of −9.6%, while the stability expected for 2017 was, instead, a double dip recession following the bounce in 2016. Also, the contraction lasted longer at four years than earlier expectations of three years. While estimates for the years following the conflict changed as follows:
New estimates +0.8% +5.4% +5.0% +4.1%
Confirming the earlier message that 2018 was the second year in a contraction with the non-oil GDP dragging the overall GDP down, negating the strong contributions of higher oil prices and exports to the overall GDP growth. Subsequently, the expected recovery for 2019/2020 would be much stronger at +5.4%/+5.0% versus earlier estimates of +3.0%/+3.9%. The changes, for outlook for non-oil GDP growth, are consistent with the analysis, made here over the last few months, on the drag on the economy in 2018 and early 2019 as a result of the political paralysis before, during, and after the May 2018 parliamentary elections. A paralysis that would have ended in March as the 2019 budget was only passed into law in late February 2019.
Furthermore, the IMF estimates that non-oil investment spending for 2019 would be about USD 11.25bln, or an +8.5% stimulus to the new non-oil GDP estimate for 2019. It's unlikely, that the government would be able to spend all of the budgeted amount in 2019, given the slow nature of investment spending, and the government's historic under-execution of such spending. Which probably explains the IMF's estimates for investment spending at about 13.5% less than that projected by the 2019 government budget.
(Source: IMF, country reports no. 17/251 and 19/248, Asia Frontier Capital)
On the heels of the new IMF report, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) data as of May, show a month-on-month growth in investment spending of +20%, but from a very small base, as the January-May investment spending is only about 8% of the non-oil investment spending budget of USD 11.25bln. Implying that most of the estimated +5.4% growth in non-oil GDP for 2019 would be backend loaded, and thus a much stronger growth is anticipated in the second half of 2019 than the first half. It will likely accelerate further in 2020, as the unfinished spending for 2019 spills over into 2020. The government has considerable firepower at its disposal to continue investment spending, even as it continues to under-execute, as the same MoF data for May shows a further growth in budget surplus for 2019 at USD 3.3bln, for a cumulative 29-month surplus of USD 26.5bln.
As postulated here in the past, this investment spending which started with a trickle in 2019, should grow as the full spending gets underway, carrying over into 2020, and ultimately would lead to a sustained economic recovery in line with the new IMF's future outlook, or probably somewhat higher given the multiplier effects of such spending.
The news from the corporate world supports the economic picture painted by the IMF as evidenced from a number of corporate earnings reports for the second quarter. Pepsi bottler, Baghdad Soft Drinks (IBSD), continued its strong growth with revenues for the six months in 2019 up +3% over the same period in 2018, with its pre-tax profits for the same period up +9%. Telecom operators AsiaCell Communications (TASC) and Zain Iraq (TZNI) reported increased customers by 6% and 4% respectively for the six months in 2019 versus the same period in 2018. However, both revenues and earnings continued, for the same period, to show an industry in the early stages of recovery with TASC having flat revenues but earnings before interest depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) down −9%, while TZNI reported revenues declining −6% and EBITDA up +13%. Both companies cited increased competition and marketing costs.
Bank of Baghdad's (BBOB) second quarter (Q2) numbers, marked a bank following through with the recovery that began in 2018, which, while confirming the initial signs of a gradual recovery in the sector, also disappointed local speculators who were hoping for a repeat performance of the first quarter (Q1). Deposits continued to grow at +4.3% for the first half of 2019 versus the same period in 2018, while credit growth continued to be negative at −1.4%- which is a slower rate compared with the past- and led to a drop of −27.1% in net interest income. FX income recovered +57.0%, which is an easy comparison given the severe drop seen in the same period in 2018, but nevertheless pointing to a stabilization in this income source. Commission income, continuing to rise in importance, was up +21.3%. Net income, while up +983% in the period or at over 10x the figure for the same period in 2018, while very healthy, was mostly achieved in Q1. Therfore, while Q2's net income showed continued growth, it nevertheless poured cold water over speculative hopes for the bank to resume dividend payments for 2018's earnings. It was these hopes that led to a +62.5% rally in the stock in May, which soon moderated to a decline of −12.8% in June, and declined a further −17.6% in July as the bank confirmed in its AGM that it would not pay dividends for the year. The stock's closing price in July, is still up +16.6% from the April close before it started its wild three-month ride. While, BBOB pulled the other leading banks up with it in May, it did not drag them lower in June and July which is very different from the market's responses to such disappointments in 2018. That time all banks were painted by the same brush, which shows a market that has begun to discriminate showing it has likely bottomed or is making a bottom.
Trading activity in August will likely continue to be in-line with that of July's activity, as it is part of the peak of the summer season and will include the second Eid holiday break of the year. While, there is no new source of liquidity in the market, and local speculators continue to dominate activity, foreign investors have been consistent net buyers over the last few of months in a marked contrast from the picture for most of the prior months as the chart below shows.
Index of net foreign activity on the Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX)
(Source: Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX), Asia Frontier Capital)
The extension of the June pull-back in July, continues to suggests the beginning of a consolidation phase, which would need a significant recovery in turnover before a recovery can become sustainable and for the market, as measured by the Rabee Securities RSISX USD Index (RSISUSD), to claw back some of the −70.5% decline from the peak in early 2014 to July's 2019 closing levels.
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Mr Tabaqchali (@AMTabaqchali) is the CIO of the AFC Iraq Fund, and is an experienced capital markets professional with over 25 years' experience in US and MENA markets. He is a non-resident Fellow at the Institute of Regional and International Studies (IRIS) at the American University of Iraq-Sulaimani (AUIS), and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at AUIS. He is a board member of the Credit Bank of Iraq.
His comments, opinions and analyses are personal views and are intended to be for informational purposes and general interest only and should not be construed as individual investment advice or a recommendation or solicitation to buy, sell or hold any fund or security or to adopt any investment strategy. It does not constitute legal or tax or investment advice. The information provided in this material is compiled from sources that are believed to be reliable, but no guarantee is made of its correctness, is rendered as at publication date and may change without notice and it is not intended as a complete analysis of every material fact regarding Iraq, the region, market or investment.
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Officially urgent .. Open the road to Baghdad airport this evening
(Baghdad: Euphrates News) Baghdad Municipality announced the completion of all service procedures for the road to Baghdad airport in accordance with the instructions of the Office of the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces to open it to traffic.
A statement by the Secretariat received a copy of the agency (Euphrates News) that "the Municipality of the airport and the Green Zone completed the work of rehabilitation of the street and cleaning and removal of debris and a number of agricultural work, as directed by the Office of the Commander-in-Chief to reopen the airport road at 6 pm today for citizens traveling with tickets. Passing through the terminal after lifting the control of one falcon. "
It is noteworthy that the procedures for opening Baghdad International Airport came after the directive of the Prime Minister to form a specialized committee through the Diwaniya Order No. 247 with the participation of members of representatives of the Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority, Baghdad International Airport and other concerned parties.


Joyce I. Seasholtz, 82, of Jersey Shore, passed away Friday, Nov. 30, 2018, at her home.
Born July 18, 1936, in Lewisburg, she was daughter to the late George R. Aurand and the former Mary E. Brouse. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a grandson, Brennan M. Seasholtz.
Joyce was a graduate of Jersey Shore High School and the Williamsport Hospital School of Nursing, class of 1957. She retired from ManorCare as the assistant director of nursing and the staff development coordinator in Jersey Shore, after 23 years of service.
Joyce was a member of the Tiadaghton Quilt Guild and was a longtime member of the Trinity United Methodist Church.
Surviving are two sons, Craig A. (Tammy) Seasholtz, of Avis, and Lester R. (Angie) Seasholtz, of Grayson, Ga.; a daughter, LuAnn A. Seasholtz Boock, of Hazleton; seven grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and three brothers, Donald R. (Charlotte) Aurand, of Dubois, Gary Aurand, of Beach Haven, N.J., and John (Terry) Aurand, of Jersey Shore.
A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 7, at the Trinity United Methodist Church, 1407 Allegheny St., Jersey Shore. Friends may call from 10 a.m. until the time of service Friday, at the church. The Rev. Brian Moyer, her pastor, will officiate.
She will be laid to rest in the New Berlin Cemetery.


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? Brad Allen Shaw pleaded guilty as a prior offender and was given a suspended nine-month jail sentence.
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? John Edgar Weiler pleaded guilty as a prior offender and was given a suspended one-year jail sentence.
? Brian Samuel Weiss pleaded guilty and was given a suspended 30-day jail sentence.
? Christy Ann Wilds pleaded guilty as a prior offender and was given a suspended one-year jail sentence.


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Every winter dozens of bull sharks come to Mexico's Mayan Riviera to breed. A single bull shark can give birth to up to 15 young. They are the only species of shark that can live in both fresh and salt water.
Azael Meléndez recalls the tornado that in May 2015 struck his hometown of San Gregorio Atlapulco, in Xochimilco, on the outskirts of Mexico City.
Maricela Fernández, an indigenous woman from the Ñañhú or Otomí people, shows the damages that the Sept. 19 earthquake inflicted on the old house where 10 families of her people were living as squatters, in a neighbourhood in the center-west of Mexico City.


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BLOG: KFC BBL06: Perth Scorchers v Melbourne Stars (Semi Final 1)
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2nd Innings: Perth Scorchers 3/139 defeat the Melbourne Stars 8/136 after 20 overs.
The Perth Scorchers have booked themselves another BBL Final at home with a clinical victory over the Melbourne Stars at The Furnace. Shaun Marsh carried the innings with an unbeaten 56 from 44 deliveries. Sam Whiteman and Ian Bell also contributed with 31 and 26 respectively. Marcus Stoinis was the pick of the bowlers with 1/15 from his two overs. The Stars bow out of the competition in the semi finals for the fifth time in six attempts and the Scorchers will host a BBL Final once again.
Click play to hear from Shaun Marsh after the Scorchers' seven wicket win.
1st Innings: Melbourne Stars 8/136 after 20 overs.
The Melbourne Stars have limped to 8/136 after Mitchell Johnson ripped the top order apart, taking 3/3 from his four overs. Seb Gotch, 48 (47), and David Hussey 26 (20) led the revival for the Stars, but they were unable to get back on track after the damage Johnson did. Every other Scorchers bowler picked up a wicket and classic catches to Ashton Agar and Shaun Marsh completed the team effort on what was a surprisingly slow pitch.
Click play here to from Mitch Johnson and all the 1st innings highlights from The Furnace.
The Perth Scorchers have won the toss and elected to bowl first.
The KFC Big Bash is back at The Furnace tonight with the Perth Scorchers playing host to the Melbourne Stars.
The first semi-final gets underway tonight at the WACA as the Perth Scorchers host the Melbourne Stars. The Stars have a great record at the venue, defeating Perth earlier in the tournament. However, they're coming off a loss to the Sydney Sixers while the Scorchers take the momentum of a win over the Hobart Hurricanes. These two teams will be meeting in a semi-final for the fifth time, with the Scorchers winning four of those five encounters.
Marcus Stoinis returns from international duty and is joined by Dan Worrall in the Stars' squad. Sam Harper and Cameron Gannon make way for the duo. The Scorchers take an unchanged squad into the game, but will lose Shaun Marsh to the ODI team if they make the final. Can the Scorchers add another BBL final appearance to their calendar or can the Stars end their poor run of finals performances?
Click play to hear captains Adam Voges and David Hussey with their thoughts ahead of tonight's clash.
Perth Scorchers Squad: Whiteman (wk), Klinger, S Marsh, Bell, Voges (c), Turner, Agar, Tye, Bresnan, Johnson, Richardson
Melbourne Stars Squad: Wright, Quiney, Pietersen, Gotch (wk), D Hussey (wk), Stoinis, Gulbis, Hilfenhaus, Boland, Worrall, Beer


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Pitu de caleya («pollo de camino» traducido literalmente al español) es un plato de la gastronomía asturiana basado en los pollos que se crían por los pueblos sin pienso, es decir, que se crían comiendo lombrices, maíz, semillas, cereales, insectos, etc.

Estos pollos son más grandes que los criados en granja, y pueden llegar a los 6 kg de peso. Gracias a su alimentación y su crecimiento más naturales, tienen la carne más oscura, más dura y con menos grasa.

Los de raza autóctona asturiana son los de Pita Pinta Asturiana.

Gastronomía de Asturias


The world's top archers, wielding Easton X10's, continued their unbroken medal streak in the 2017 World Cup circuit after another total podium sweep at the second stage in Antalya, Turkey. In a hard-fought battle, Rio Olympic Silver Medalist Jean-Charles Valladont of France defeated the USA's Rio Olympic bronze winner, Brady Ellison, in a four-set final in windy conditions. JC beat Brady with a final 10 to take his first title since his podium performance at the Rio Games- and to clinch the #1 overall World Archery Ranking for men's recurve. Italian archer David Pasqualucci took the bronze.
Brady is a four-time World Cup final winner, and is still ranked #1 for the World Cup 2017 circuit, while JC is ranked 2nd. Shanghai winner Steve Wijler of Netherlands is ranked third.
For the recurve women, it's another total X10 sweep, with Russia's Ksenia Perova taking the #1 ranking in the world cup with her X10's and Easton Contour stabilizer system. Korean legend Ki Bo-bae is ranked 2nd, and French shooter Audrey Adiceom is third.
For compound, a silver medal performance from Team Easton's Steve Anderson in Turkey catapulted him to the #1 ranking, followed by USA's Reo Wilde and French archer PJ Deloche. For the women, Sarah Sonnichsen (DEN) and Sara Lopez (COL) lead the World Cup rankings.


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'The Tale of Tales' Official Trailer Starring Salma Hayek and John. C Reilly (NSFW)
The first official trailer for The Tale of Tales has been released. Directed by Matteo Garrone, the
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IN THE MOOD is more than a music revue—it's a concert, a musical, a history lesson, a show of patriotism, and a celebration of one of the most important times in American history. The 1940's was a time of significant change. In music, the whole nation was listening to the same big bands. Swing music, romantic ballads, and dancing shaped an entire cultural movement and most importantly became a prevailing icon of hope as we faced the reality of World War II. Proudly, the show takes a segment to recognize and honor the veterans in attendance. In its 20th year of touring, IN THE MOOD is an international success.
Marcel Williams Foster turns social media and performance upside down, and spontaneous performance, situational intimacy, and social media are the tools you have to curate your own audience/performer experience.
A typical concert dance performance does not usually conjure up thoughts of social justice and governmental reform. At first glance, dance and politics might not seem to go together. That is not to say that the art form is entirely apolitical – different genres of art can certainly serve as a persuasive medium for declaring political statements. From a historical perspective, analysis of the arts can be used to study social change and political reform, and dance is no exception to this.
Is a play told solely through the extant letters of its real-life characters really a play? Sarah Ruhl's DEAR ELIZABETH, which traces the friendship between Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell through their thirty years of correspondence (1947-77), seems more of a pedantic academic exercise in hero worship by a playwright who began her writing career as a poet and an admirer of Bishop's oeuvre.
In shooting Richard Greenberg's THREE DAYS OF RAIN, my first photographic challenge was to capture the unique structure of the play: the first act is set in 1995 and involves a brother/sister and their old friend – the son of their father's architecture partner and oldest friend. In Act II, the three actors play the parents of their Act I characters. So it was a dual challenge to photograph basically two casts instead of one, and to try and paint a visual portrait of what is both similar and different between each character and his/her parent, and to portray the look of two very different decades.
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