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US Ambassador to Uzbekistan: President Mirziyoyev wants to be seen as a reformer
Navbahor Imamova
US Ambassador to Uzbekistan Pamela Spratlen talking to Navbahor Imamova, VOA Uzbek, Washington, January 9, 2017
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As she starts her final year as the US Ambassador to Uzbekistan, Pamela Spratlen talks to Navbahor Imamova, Voice of America Uzbek Service, about how she sees the new leader and current dynamics in this country.
Navbahor Imamova, VOA Uzbek: Ambassador Spratlen, it's wonderful to have you in Washington. We like it when you visit the Voice of America.
Ambassador Pamela Spratlen: Navbahor, it's wonderful to see you, happy New Year to you and it's wonderful to be here.
Navbahor Imamova, VOA Uzbek: You have spent a lot of time in Central Asia, you have worked in Central Asia, you have worked with Central Asia for a long time, and you have witnessed some historic processes.
Ambassador Pamela Spratlen: Yes.
Navbahor Imamova, VOA Uzbek: What are you seeing in Uzbekistan now? How would you describe the current relationship? Most importantly, how different is this relationship from where it was more than a year ago, before the leaders in both countries changed?
Ambassador Pamela Spratlen: Those are very, very important questions. I'd first like to say that it really is my great honor to have been in Uzbekistan for three years this month. I presented my credentials to the late President Karimov on the 27th of January 2015. What we are seeing now, when I compare my arrival to what is happening, it's very, very difficult to see the same country. One of the biggest changes is just the level of energy, the level of energy given to change, given to trying to think more consciously about where is Uzbekistan in the world and how does it want to develop. This has been extremely exciting time. In terms of the rest of my time in Central Asia, I've been there since I was the Deputy Chief of Mission in Kazakhstan, and then I spent three and a half years as the Chief of Mission in the Kyrgyz Republic.
What's very exciting from a regional point-of-view is to see this convergence on a variety of topics, and I would say that we can really turn to President Mirziyoyev. The speech he made immediately upon assuming the interim presidency in September of 2016, in which he announced essentially a Good Neighbor Policy, that Uzbekistan wanted to reach out to its neighbors and to recast those relationships.
What's been happening not only inside of Uzbekistan, in Central Asia more broadly, and now Central Asia with Afghanistan - this is a sea change from when I arrived in 2015.
Very energetically, we've seen that happen first with the president's visit to Turkmenistan, then to Kazakhstan, and then to many other places. I've just read yesterday that the prime minister will be visiting Tajikistan. This is all extremely exciting for all of us who've been working on Central Asia for a long time who've seen the potential. Now I think there's a great sense of hope that that potential could be realized.
I think in addition to what's happening with the five Central Asian states themselves, we also have some very interesting developments, again, spurred by Uzbekistan regarding Afghanistan. President Ghani's visit last month was very, very good. I have the great privilege of being at the dinner between the two presidents. The tone, the rapport between them was excellent, presenting President Ghani with an Honorary Award and Bukhara. I understand the foreign minister is now talking with an Afghan delegation right now.
Navbahor Imamova, VOA Uzbek: The United States has always promoted regional integration in Central Asia, at least through the three administrations that we have seen. The Uzbek government was always seen as the major obstacle, right?
Ambassador Pamela Spratlen: Often, yes, that's right.
Navbahor Imamova, VOA Uzbek: Now we see President Mirziyoyev trying to be the enabler, the leader in that process.
Ambassador Pamela Spratlen: That's right. Not trying to, he is.
Navbahor Imamova, VOA Uzbek: Is that just it or do you also see him as being open to US ideas, to other ideas that US wants to promote in Central Asia?
He's open to many ideas, from the United States, from Europe, from South Korea, from lots of places, and I think this is wonderful. After a period of essentially being closed to the outside world is now saying in so many ways that Uzbekistan is open for business.
Ambassador Pamela Spratlen: I see President Mirziyoyev as a very open person in general. I think, from the very moment that he arrived it was very clear that he is an engagement-oriented person. He leans forward in his conversations, this was true when he met with General Votel, and there were many ideas expressed in that meeting. It was true when he met with Lisa Curtis, the Deputy Assistant to the President for South and Central Asia including Uzbekistan.
In any meeting that I have ever attended, including with Undersecretary Thomas Shannon, which was the first time we saw him in 2016, he's always been open, always been open. He's open to many ideas, from the United States, from Europe, from South Korea, from lots of places, and I think this is wonderful. After a period of essentially being closed to the outside world is now saying in so many ways that Uzbekistan is open for business.
We have to understand in real terms on the street what does that actually mean, but just the rhetorical commitment to being more open with all of the interlocutors I've seen is an important change.
Navbahor Imamova, VOA Uzbek: You see him as someone that you can closely work with?
Ambassador Pamela Spratlen: We certainly see him as somebody that we can talk to. We certainly see him as somebody who is interested in taking the country in a new direction, and all of that suggests that we're going to be able to work with him very closely.
Navbahor Imamova, VOA Uzbek: He is poised, we believe, to visit Washington this year?
Ambassador Pamela Spratlen: Well, that is the great hope, and certainly every ambassador would like the highest level engagement between the two countries, and that certainly true for me. We had a call last month and that was a very, very successful event. I think the tone established between the two leaders was good, and now we're looking to see what the next step will be, and of course, the very best thing that could happen would be a visit to Washington.
... the very best thing that could happen would be a visit to Washington.
Navbahor Imamova, VOA Uzbek: Has Mirziyoyev surprised you? Because he came out of the system, as you know, and very few people predicted him to be the kind of a leader that he's trying to be.
Ambassador Pamela Spratlen: Absolutely. I think he's just not surprised me, I think he surprised everyone. It was a very shrewd and interesting choice that was made to choose him, I think no one in the international community would have expected him to be the one who would follow President Karimov, but I would say he has surprised me in many ways.
First of all, I've mentioned this issue of just his temperament and being much more of an engagement-oriented person. Second of all, and I think this is important for the citizens of Uzbekistan, somebody who I think from the very beginning has said he wants to change the relationship between the government and the people. This was true in his year of dialog on human interest. I don't think that's an approach to governance that anybody would have expected.
There have been some fits and starts, some things have gone better than others, but I think it's very clear that when he talks, he's interested in making sure that instead of the government being an oppressive force in the lives of people, that it actually serves people. How to turn this all around? I think that there are some challenges associated with that, but that was one of the biggest surprises.
... he's interested in making sure that instead of the government being an oppressive force in the lives of people, that it actually serves people.
A second surprise was the change and focus on who could be part part of the government apparatus. In the past it was sort of an old guard, and some of those very, very talented people are still there, some of the ones who know where every nook and cranny of what the past was all about. We've also seen some exciting new people come on the scene, and I think the openness to having people in the government who are educated elsewhere, not necessarily in Uzbekistan, this is also an enormous change.
I think the focus on youth, a big, big change. Thinking of the people who find it necessary to work outside of the country instead of seeing them as a negative force, seeing them as an opportunity. You've talked a lot about this on your Twitter feed and other places. I think there are so many different ways. The idea of the economy, being a market economy. There's a lot of work to do in this area, but this is the direction which the president has said he wants to go. He announced it at the UN. He told our business community in New York in September that this is what he wanted to do. So, now we're waiting to see what is this actually going to be made of. Yes, there are many, many surprises and we keep seeing them everyday.
Another big surprise is the pace of change. In the past I think Uzbekistan was seen as a country that was delightful and charming because it took time. It took time to drink tea, it took time to build relationships, and I think this is still a basic part of the culture. But at the same time, the country wants to move forward.
I see President Mirziyoyev as somebody who wants to rush forward to try to get more business in the country, more foreign direct investment in the country. That's going to be a challenge, but it's again, a big surprise that he was willing to make the change that he did in September on the currency. We're waiting to see what happens with the rest of that. Again, surprises everyday.
So far he has been the driver of the change absolutely, and the extent to which people can first of all keep up with him is one question, and then the extent to which his vision is really shared and that he has enough support for what he's trying to do.
Navbahor Imamova, VOA Uzbek: Do you see him as someone being under a deadline? Because very often when you listen to him there is obviously a lot of rhetoric and it resonates… People respond very positively. But the critics say that he's the sole variable here, that these changes you just mentioned are not systematic or systematic enough.
Ambassador Pamela Spratlen: I would say this is certainly something we're looking at. So far he has been the driver of the change absolutely, and the extent to which people can first of all keep up with him is one question, and then the extent to which his vision is really shared and that he has enough support for what he's trying to do. I think these are questions that a lot of people had. He is a person who wants to race forward. With respect to the idea of a deadline, I think that's a question for him.
Navbahor Imamova, VOA Uzbek: He's definitely under a lot of pressure.
Ambassador Pamela Spratlen: He under a lot of pressure and I think there's a sense that there's a window of opportunity. Well, windows open and windows close, so how long that window is going to be open, how long the patience of the population will be there behind him, I don't know. But I think that in him one senses that he had set for himself a deadline. Exactly what that deadline is I'm not sure, some people have said two or three years, but let's see what happens, let's see what happens. I'm not aware of any specific deadline but I agree with you there's an enormous sense of pressure and I think that some of that is the pressure that the president has put on himself.
Navbahor Imamova, VOA Uzbek: Yes, he is definitely. Every time he talks he's raising the expectations and it's going to be very difficult to manage those expectations.
Ambassador Pamela Spratlen: That's right.
Navbahor Imamova, VOA Uzbek: It's obvious. What is the Uzbek government asking from the United States at this point? Are they asking for some specific assistance in terms of supporting the reforms? We hear "investment" a lot when it comes to the United States.
Ambassador Pamela Spratlen: There are many things that are specific, but I think in general what the government of Uzbekistan would like certainly at the level of the president is recognition. Recognition that Uzbekistan that President Mirziyoyev is leading is not the Uzbekistan of old.
Navbahor Imamova, VOA Uzbek: Does he want you to see him as a reformer?
Ambassador Pamela Spratlen: Oh, I think, absolutely. I think he would like for, not only me, I think he would like to have all Americans in the policy space, see him as a reformer. Certainly in all the speeches... I wasn't there for his four-hour tour de force speech at the end of the year but I was there for the Constitution Day speech which he talked a lot about a subject like torture, something that would not have been discussed by the president before. That is a reform. The idea that there was a blacklist and now people are off it. That is a reform.
I think yes, absolutely, he would like to be seen as a reformer and he would like to see those reforms recognized. Because I think for a long time he knows that Uzbekistan was often compared unfavorably to many states in the region. And it was seen as certainly not a state that was moving forward in the area of how citizens related to the government. I think this is something he very much wants to change. Yes, he wants us to see him as a reformer.
I think yes, absolutely, he would like to be seen as a reformer and he would like to see those reforms recognized.
I do think that in the area of what kind of economic relationship that President Mirziyoyev would like, certainly as before, the government of Uzbekistan wants the United States to be very active as an investor, particularly, but also in trade. I think there we have always said that the ideas, that one of the conditions that Uzbekistan is offering is it's Uzbekistan that must attract the businesses, it's not that United States needs to go there necessarily.
I think this is a debate. This is a debate and there's a work that Uzbekistan has to do in order to be more attractive to our foreign direct investors. As we saw from the AUCC meeting, the American-Uzbekistan Chamber of Commerce meeting in New York in September, there's tremendous interest. The question is how do we turn that interest into something concrete.
There, I think, a lot depends on Uzbekistan. There's a lot that still needs to be done on the issue of currency, there's a lot that still needs to be done on the rule of law. I think there's a lot of concern about the bandwidth of the country.
Do they have the workers there who could really provide that human resource that investors need? Absolutely, I think one of the things that President Mirziyoyev wants is more foreign direct investment, a stronger economic relationship.
I also think he wants to be seen as a provider of security for the region and therefore we have been very appreciative of Uzbekistan's long-term support of what we have tried to do in Afghanistan, there's now a new strategy. The president has suggested that he is willing to be supportive of that. I think that's very much welcome. Again, I think he wants to be seen as a friend of the international community, where there is mutual interest for the United States and Uzbekistan to cooperate more closely. Absolutely, he wants that and of course, that's what we want too. The key is to find those areas where the mutual cooperation makes the most sense for both countries, that's what we really want.
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev
Navbahor Imamova, VOA Uzbek: As far as Washington is concerned, you are the most credible person in Tashkent. When you come visit the nation's capital here, what kind of issues are they raising - the political circles here, definitely the administration? What are the priorities for the Trump administration? We've read the national security strategy. Central Asia seems to be important but not as important. It's definitely not a priority region based on our reading. As the relationship with Pakistan is souring, the Central Asian stock seems to be rising here in Washington.
I wouldn't sell Central Asia short by any means, I think it's important.
Ambassador Pamela Spratlen: What I would say is we want to put this in context. What I think is interesting and important is that the South and Central Asia strategy specifically mentions Central Asia. We have had as I said, we've had General Votel come visit from Centcom, a visit of the Deputy Assistant to the President for the region in November to the Samarkand Conference. That's the very, very important message of the Trump administration to Uzbekistan about the importance of this country and of the region broadly. I wouldn't sell Central Asia short by any means, I think it's important.
Obviously, the relationships we have with countries differ, but it doesn't mean that we aren't very interested in expanding that cooperation and doing as much as we can with Uzbekistan. I would say while I'm in Washington, the meetings that I've had suggest that there's much more attention focused on Uzbekistan.
Navbahor Imamova, VOA Uzbek: It's not just about Afghanistan?
Ambassador Pamela Spratlen: It's not just about Afghanistan, it's broader. People really want to understand. What should we think about what we see? People know there's a difference. They know that some changes are taking place. But the question is how are we really to understand this. It goes back to these changes, and it goes back to what you said earlier about who is driving them and who beyond the president is really supportive of what is happening in the country.
Navbahor Imamova, VOA Uzbek: Do you see a strong team around him? Because many doubt that... We hear a lot from Tashkent about this, from the people on the ground, who say that this is still the old guard.
Ambassador Pamela Spratlen: Well, there are certainly members of the traditional team who were there and I think we know who they are, and we're actually very grateful that some of them were there. I think the foreign minister has proven to to be an extremely valuable contributor to the president's success with his idea of the more open regional policy and working more closely with Afghanistan.
Navbahor Imamova, VOA Uzbek: You have worked with Abdulaziz Komilov for a long time.
Ambassador Pamela Spratlen: For a long time. We don't want to sell experience short. At the same time there are some important new voices. If we look at say the state committee on investment, a new very young person who's in-charge there. If we look at the former minister of labor who has now moved on to work on tourism. There are some young people who are not around the president and I think that this is good, but the key is who were the people driving the ideas. He has some old friends, Senator Sodiq Safoyev being one of them who are helping him. But how big a team is this? And how can the president broaden the support for his program and make sure that people are with him?
And that as he is driving this change there are people who are with him. I think this is a question. As I talk to people I hope to hear more and more as I return to Uzbekistan to hear how deep and broad are the changes that we are seeing. They are remarkable, we see this is a moment of hope, we are encouraged by what we see, the relationship has the potential to grow, but we need to be sure that there really is enough support for what the president says he's trying to do.
But how big a team is this? And how can the president broaden the support for his program and make sure that people are with him?
Navbahor Imamova, VOA Uzbek: Last question is on Uzbeks in America.
Navbahor Imamova, VOA Uzbek: Has the fact that Uzbek immigrant stands accused of a terrorist attack in New York that happened last October affected the relationship in any way? Should the Uzbeks here in America be worried? Because what they're hearing from President Trump scares them.
Ambassador Pamela Spratlen: What I would say is, obviously anytime there's a terrorist attack on our homeland, the United States is going to react to that, the United States is going to be very concerned about that. There were eight people who lost their lives in that event, and so that's a tremendous tragedy and it's extremely unfortunate that it was a person who happened to have an Uzbek passport and Uzbek nationality.
I would say that this event took place in the context of a much broader conversation in the United States about immigration and about how to address the concerns about illegal immigration now. In the case of this individual, he came legally to the United States, but there are still security concerns about immigration in general.
We have looked at the diversity visa program very carefully and we know that the vast majority of the people who participated in this program have come and used their visas as they were suppose to. I would say that those people should continue to live their lives and contribute to the society that they've chosen to live in.
What happens to the broader immigration debate I think is something that we have to all watch very, very closely. So far I have not heard of Uzbekistan being singled out in any way in any of this discussion, but I think it's a conversation that's extremely acute in the United States and I would say that the terrorists or the attack that took place in New York didn't help things.
Well, they're expecting a lot and we hope they deliver a lot, those two things need to go together.
At the same time, I just like to point out that in spite of that, it was after that that Lisa Curtis came to Uzbekistan. We had an eight-member congressional delegation that came. They left very happy. I just ran into one of the congressmen who attended that - very happy with their visit. There was a call between President Mirziyoyev and President Trump. All of that suggest that individual events are not going to derail what is an emerging and developing relationship between our two countries. I think that's the place to focus.
Navbahor Imamova, VOA Uzbek: We will continue to closely watch what's happening here and there.
Ambassador Pamela Spratlen: Absolutely. We're going to closely watch what happens. As I say, I return extremely excited, happy about the potential that Uzbekistan represents not only in terms of the bilateral relationship which has always been the foundation and will continue to. The United States will continue to support the sovereignty of the territory, and the integrity and the independence of Uzbekistan. We want to see the development.
We had another delegation that came with USTR. We want to be supportive of Uzbekistan's desire to enter the WTO, another sign of wanting to internationalize its presence. All of the folks in UN who have visited including Mr. Shaheed, the Special Rapporteur, and Mr. Zeid who came as the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. These are exciting changes that are taking place and they all give us hope that Uzbekistan truly is on another path.
I want to say that we wish not only President Mirziyoyev but his entire team and all the citizens of Uzbekistan the very best not only for 2018 but for the future, a very bright ahead.
Navbahor Imamova, VOA Uzbek: We think that the Uzbek government is definitely expecting a lot from 2018 in this relationship.
Ambassador Pamela Spratlen: Well, they're expecting a lot and we hope they deliver a lot, those two things need to go together.
... you are also having an influence on the policy space, so just keep up the good work.
Navbahor Imamova, VOA Uzbek: Good to hear that. Thank you so much, it's always wonderful to have you here.
Ambassador Pamela Spratlen: It's wonderful to have you too. Navbahor, let me just say that the Voice of America plays a very important role. I follow you very closely on Twitter and I know that you are playing an important role not only in informing the citizens of Uzbekistan and those who speak Uzbek everywhere in the world, but you are also having an influence on the policy space, so just keep up the good work. I greatly admire what you're doing and I wish you the very best for 2018 and beyond.
Navbahor Imamova, VOA Uzbek: Thank you so much.
Ambassador Pamela Spratlen: You're welcome.
Navbahor Imamova - "Amerika Ovozi" teleradiosining yetakchi multimedia jurnalisti. "Amerika Manzaralari" turkumidagi teledasturlar muallifi. Ko'rsatuvlar taqdim etish bilan birga prodyuser, muxbir va muharrir. O'zbekistonda akkreditatsiyadan o'tgan yagona amerikalik jurnalist. "Amerika Ovozi"da 2002-yildan beri ishlaydi. Jurnalistik faoliyatini 1996-yilda O'zbekiston radiosining "Xalqaro hayot" redaksiyasida boshlagan. Jahon Tillar Universiteti Xalqaro jurnalistika fakultetida dars bergan. Ommaviy axborot vositalari bo'yicha bakalavrlikni Hindistonning Maysur Universitetidan (University of Mysore), magistrlikni esa AQShning Bol Davlat Universitetidan (Ball State University) olgan. Shuningdek, Garvard Universitetidan (Harvard University) davlat boshqaruvi va liderlik bo'yicha magistrlik diplomiga ega. Jurnalistik va ilmiy materiallari qator xalqaro manbalarda chop etilgan. Amerikaning nufuzli universitetlari va tahlil markazlarida so'zlab, ma'ruzalar o'qib keladi. "Amerika Ovozi" oltin medali sohibi. Tashkilotda gender va jurnalistika bo'yicha kengash raisi. Toshkent viloyati Bo'stonliq tumani Qo'shqo'rg'on qishlog'ida ziyoli oilasida ulg'aygan.
Navbahor Imamova is a prominent Uzbek journalist at the Voice of America. As anchor, reporter, multimedia editor and producer, she has covered Central Asia and the U.S. for more than 20 years on TV, radio and online. Since 2018, she has also been reporting from inside Uzbekistan as the first-ever U.S.-based accredited correspondent in the country. During 2016-2017, she was a prestigious Edward S. Mason Fellow in public policy and management, while earning her Mid-Career Master in Public Administration at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. Navbahor played a pivotal role in the launch of Uzbek television programming at VOA in 2003, and has since presented more than 1000 editions of the flagship weekly show, "Amerika Manzaralari" (Exploring America), which covers American foreign policy focusing on Washington's relations with Central Asia, as well as life and politics in the U.S. She speaks frequently on regional issues in Central Asia, as well as Uzbek politics and society, for policy, academic, and popular audiences. Her analytical pieces have been published in leading academic and news outlets including Foreign Policy, The National Interest, and the Atlantic. Navbahor also is the founding President of the VOA Women's Caucus. She began her career at Uzbekistan's state broadcasting company in Tashkent. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in journalism and mass communication from the University of Mysore, India and a Master of Arts in journalism from Ball State University, Indiana.
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Vivo has launched a new smartphone in its U-series dubbed as the Vivo U3. Last month, the company had announced Vivo U3x in China. The U3 has arrived in its home country as an upgraded variant of the U3x. Let's take a look below:
Vivo U3 specifications and features
On the display front, the Vivo U3 features a 6.53-inch panel bearing full HD+ resolution, compared to the HD resolution of the U3x. The new device retains the same design as the U3x, and comes in Black, Blue, and Porcelain Green colours. There is a waterdrop notch on the top of the display and a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner.
On the imaging front, the Vivo U3 sports a triple camera setup consisting of a 16MP main sensor (upgraded from 13MP on the U3x), an 8MP ultra-wide-angle lens, and a 2MP macro camera. In the front, the smartphone is fitted with a 16MP selfie snapper instead of 8MP found on U3x.
Another difference between the Vivo U3 and U3x is in the processor department. The former is powered by a Snapdragon 675 chipset, while the latter is equipped with a Snapdragon 665 SoC. The U3 is available in 4GB + 64GB and 6GB + 64GB configurations. The device runs the Android Pie-based FunTouch OS. It comes with features like Multi-Turbo, Game Space, and the Jovi digital assistant. The Vivo U3 is backed by a massive 5,000mAh battery with support for 18W fast charging.
Vivo U3 pricing and availability
The Vivo U3 is priced at RMB 999 (~Rs 10,000) for the base variant. The higher 6GB + 64GB model carries a price tag of RMB 1,199 (~Rs 12,000). The smartphone is up for pre-orders in China through the company's official site. India availability and pricing is not known at the moment.
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In the most recent issue of Scientific American, Pawan Sinha shares the eye-opening experience that shook his worldview. When riding through the streets of New Delhi one night in 2002, Sinha's cab slowed for a red light by a struggling family sitting on the side of the road. Both of the children, emaciated and barefoot, […]
Soul to sole: Eye surgeon Anthony Vipin Das has developed shoes that see for the blind
A haunting black-and-white video screened during the TED Fellows talks depicted people speaking into a device and then walking — at first taking halting steps, then more confident strides. As the video unfolds, the camera zooms in on the faces of the walkers — revealing that they are blind. With his team, TED Senior Fellow […]


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A Noble Park school has won an Australian film prize.
St Anthony's Catholic Primary School's short film Amazing Mums won it the Junior Live Action category in the Screen It competition.
The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) runs the annual competition, Australia's largest moving image competition for school-aged filmmakers, animators and game makers.
It announced the winners on Thursday 3 November, judged from a pool of more than 580 entries from across the country.
Winners will receive trophies and prizes at a red carpet awards ceremony at ACMI in Melbourne on Friday 18 November.
Winning entries will be exhibited in the kids' space in ACMI's free and permanent exhibition Screen Worlds.
They'll also appear on the ACMI website alongside all finalists, which included The Mystery of the Missing Bunnies from Wooranna Park Primary School in Dandenong North.
ACMI education manager Christine Evely said Screen It's core purpose was to celebrate the creativity and imagination of young people and foster skills development.
All entries this year related to the theme 'mystery'.
Watch how Amazing Mums get it all done.


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Since Slack uses OAuth2, we gain the access token on the backend (because of the app secret) and use it on the frontend. On the client-side, the token is stored in local storage.
Is it okay to store such tokens in local storage? The access does not expire itself, however can be revoked. P.S. the Slack application itself stores tokens in local storage.

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I love to write in the rain. Coffee. Ink.
I type and transcribe anytime but I like to compose text in the rain.
I'm from a dry place. The children's rhyme "rain rain go away..." - well, we don't teach the kids that where I'm from.
It might stop raining in June and not rain again until September. I've seen it. I've seen the prairie afire horizon to horizon from dry lightening.
I like the rain. I like my meadows. I like my woods. It's wet here and I like that fine.
The raindrops are fat ink splatters on my windows.


Craig Lewis, who lives in Risca, launched Advanced Electrical Solutions in February 2010 with fellow electrician Adrian Smith, 40, after being made redundant as an apprentice electrician with a firm based in Gwent.
Less than three years on and after funding his own training, Advanced Electrical Solutions has a workforce of more than 20 people, including some of the electricians Craig used to work alongside, and a rosta of clients which includes Brains, William Hill, Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust, Newport Transport and Coleg Gwent.
We are also proud to announce the launch of the sister company Advanced Contracting Solutions Ltd.
The company has many professional services to offer and is currently expanding our premises to our exclusive specifications in order to become self sufficient and environmentally sound.


Amazonite will encourage you to trust in your intuition. When you have this stone in your possession, you will be attracting good fortune and good luck. It also protects against electromagnetic pollution and absorbs and filters toxic energy from phones and computers.


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Solomon Islands PM welcomes NZ aid money during first official visit
5:19 pm GMT+12, 06/06/2018, New Zealand
The Solomon Islands Prime Minister has welcomed the New Zealand Government's renewed interest in the Pacific.
But he has shied away from commenting on the reasons behind a recent lift in Pacific aid - China's growing influence in the region.
Prime Minister Rick Houenipwela held bilateral talks with his New Zealand counterpart Jacinda Ardern this afternoon in Auckland - part of his first official visit to this country.
New Zealand committed last month to spending an additional $714 million (US$502 million) in foreign aid over the next four years as part of its "Pacific Reset" strategy.
Houenipwela said the new strategy and funding boost would refocus the two countries' relationship from "donor and recipient" to a partnership.
New Zealand's aid funding is aimed at ensuring it holds ground as China and other countries increase their own presence in the Pacific.
The Solomons could be in line for Chinese investment, as officials have already held talks about the possible development of a tourism hub in Guadalcanal. That is despite the Solomons' diplomatic ties with Taiwan.
At a press conference following the talks, Houenipwela was asked whether his country was now benefitting from a geopolitical battle in the Pacific.
"I am cognisant of the fact that China is making a lot of movements and what have you in the different sectors in the region," he said.
"But whether development assistance has changed as a result of that is probably for our development partners to respond to."
Chinese firm Huawei had planned to build a telecommunications cable linking the Solomons to Sydney but the Australian Government took over the project after concerns that China would use it for spying.
Houenipwela confirmed that Australia's concerns about security were the reason that Huawei's plan did not go ahead, but he would not elaborate on what those concerns were.
Ardern said Wednesday that New Zealand would spend another $2 million (US$1.4 million) to help the Solomons create a state-owned enterprise to run Munda Airport. She said it was "not necessarily" an example of New Zealand providing aid to counter other countries' investments.
"We've been there alongside the Solomon Islands on airport infrastructure as a way to build up tourism for some time."
She said it was important for New Zealand to rethink its role in the Pacific "regardless of what everyone else is doing".
A key part of the bilateral relationship, the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI), wound up last year after 14 years.
In all, 2000 New Zealand Defence Force and police were deployed in the region to help restore stability after the ethnic conflict known as "The Tensions". Nine New Zealand police officers remain in the country.
Elections are scheduled for early next year and Houenipwela said he was confident that stability could be maintained.
"I can assure everybody that the security situation can't be better than right now."
The two leaders also discussed the Recognised Seasonal Worker (RSE) scheme, with Houenipwela saying his country had not fully taken advantage of it.
He wanted to double the number of Solomon Islands workers coming to New Zealand to 1300, he said.
Earlier, Houenipwela was welcomed at Government House in Epsom with a 19-gun salute, a haka, and a military procession.
SOURCE: NZ HERALD/PACNEWS


On Linienstraße, amongst the white-walled gallery spaces that make this part of Berlin-Mitte so renowned, you will find Ruth Barry's Black Isle Bakery. Originally based in London, a serendipitous trip to Berlin in 2014 inspired Ruth to relocate her bourgeoning bakery to Germany — and the locals are certainly glad she did.
Designed by local architecture firm Atheorem, the interior transposes the modern lines of an art space to a café setting. With custom-made furniture finished in precious metals, and walls adorned with whimsical lines like From the fields of Mount Eagle search the skies for the Red Kite, the café is both elegant and playful. While this physical space only opened in 2017, Black Isle Bakery has been operating since 2012, when an inspired Ruth quit her job in art publishing to pursue her dream of becoming a baker — "It was that simple, and perhaps naive," she tells us. By way of London and an internship in Paris, she landed finally in Berlin. We visited Ruth — who is conveniently also our neighbor — and spoke to her about the evolution of Black Isle Bakery, finding the right space in Berlin, and what sweet or savory baked treat she couldn't live without.
You're originally from Scotland, how did you wind up in Berlin?
It's a pretty classic tale: I fell in love with someone living here. My business was still at quite an early stage in London and so it felt reasonable to transplant it in Berlin. I spent a few weeks here in late 2014 to do some research and see how possible it might be to establish the bakery here. I think I was convinced after about two weeks, I just felt so at home. The relationship didn't work out in the end but by that point things were really starting to take off with the business so I continued to pursue my dream.
Could you tell us a bit about your background and how you came to be a baker?
I came to baking via fine art. I studied sculpture at Edinburgh College of Art and after graduating spent some time working at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City before moving to London. There I managed Carl Freedman's contemporary print publishing company Counter Editions. I worked with some of the world's "I realized that I was baking a lot and I came to the conclusion 'why not be a baker?'." best-known artists and had the privilege of managing some wonderful projects during my time there, but I'm a maker at heart. I started to feel restless and really wanted to work for myself. When I looked to what I was occupying my spare time with, I realized that I was baking a lot and I came to the conclusion "why not be a baker?". It was that simple (and perhaps naive…). I resigned from my job in February 2012 and I contacted Christophe Vasseur, the Chef Patron of Paris institution Du Pain et Des Idées. A friend had told me about the bakery and how Christophe had left a job in the fashion industry to follow his dream of becoming a baker. I was curious to talk to him, and after an afternoon of chatting and sampling his incredible pastries, he offered me the opportunity to do an apprenticeship with him. Six weeks later I was in Paris trying to muddle through with my high school French. After three hard months, I returned to London and began planning how Black Isle Bakery would come to fruition.
How long has Black Isle Bakery existed, and when did you open the physical space?
Initially, Black Isle Bakery operated only as a catering service. My first job was in October 2012. My dear friend Carrie Rees was doing the PR for the soon to open Marlborough Contemporary in London. She called me and said, "how would you feel about catering the opening reception events for the gallery?". I "It still thrills me to walk through the door every morning and see what I've created."replied, "I'd feel like I couldn't do it." I dwelled on it for a bit though and decided that I didn't want to risk closing doors on my idea so I agreed. I think I made 1500 pastries that day. It was madness. I was very fortunate in London that I'd built up a strong network of creative industry contacts and so before I knew it I was doing catering for clients such as Acne Studios, David Zwirner gallery, and Heatherwick Studio. When I moved to Berlin the business operated slightly differently. I began supplying cafes in the city, slowly at first, but before long I was baking for eight spots around the city. The goal was always to have a cafe though, and after some terrible real estate bad luck, I finally found the home for Black Isle Bakery. We opened in September 2017 and it still thrills me to walk through the door every morning and see what I've created.
Was it a challenge finding a space in Berlin?
Yes. I initially rented a space in November 2015 in Prenzlauer Berg. After renovations had started my architects found out that there was no legal commercial usage in place and all work came grinding to a halt. The issue couldn't be resolved in a reasonable amount of time and I ended up having to walk away from the contract (and all the money I'd invested). It was devastating, both emotionally and financially. It took another year to find the property in Linienstraße, but it was worth the wait. The shop is beautiful.
How would you describe the food and concept of Black Isle?
The bakes that I make are just things that I just love to eat. They're simple, I don't do elaborately decorated cakes, but I'm constantly striving for perfection. I'm inspired by things that I grew up with, such as the "I wanted to place this very traditional craft into a contemporary cultural context."Scottish ginger cake, but I'm mostly motivated by simply making delicious, satisfying food. My experience in Paris helped me refine my ideas about the concept for my own business, I knew that I absolutely didn't want to run a traditional bakery, but instead I wanted to place this very traditional craft into a contemporary cultural context. I commissioned London based design studio OK-RM to create the brand identity. We worked with fashion photographer Lena Emery to create the beautiful images on my website. When it came to the interior design for the shop, I commissioned Berlin-based studio Atheorem to create a gallery-like environment. The results are striking and beautiful, we've created a space that is unlike anything else in this city.
Finally: what is your favorite baked treat?


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Researchers will use a new $99 million contract to bring renewable energy discoveries from lab research into field use.
E2 Technologies LLC (E2T), a joint venture between the University of Dayton Research Institute and Concurrent Technologies Corporation in Johnstown, Pa., has been awarded a five-year Air Force Research Laboratory contract with a $99 million ceiling for research, testing and transition of new energy and environmental technologies to the Air Force and other Department of Defense agencies. The contract included an initial award of $1.5 million for evaluation, testing and installation of advanced renewable energy storage and management technologies at the Maui High Performance Computing Center.
The program is designed to help the Air Force improve its energy efficiency and independence by increasing its use of alternative and renewable energy resources, while simultaneously reducing its use of hazardous and toxic materials, said program manager Sukh Sidhu, who also leads the energy technologies and materials division at the Research Institute. Researchers will identify, evaluate and demonstrate the best materials, processes and systems for each program area, then work to transition the new technologies into practical application.
"This is beyond fundamental research," Sidhu said. "The function of this program is to put new technologies to use. You can have a lot of exciting research breakthroughs, but if they don't work in the real world, they're useless."
Sidhu said the E2T partnership was created to unite complementary strengths in energy and environmental engineering to better meet Air Force needs in those fields.
"Both organizations bring to the partnership a great deal of research expertise, capabilities and experience, not only in the types of energy and environmental technologies that will be addressed in this program, but also in understanding the requirements and needs of the Air Force and other branches of the Department of Defense," Sidhu said. "We're prepared to deliver any technology that will help the Air Force meet its energy and environmental mandates."
David Schario, vice president of capabilities with CTC, said the joint venture will also provide the Air Force with an efficient and cost-effective means of contracting for energy and environmental research and development.
"This partnership provides the Air Force with a single point of engagement, which will help streamline contracting activities and enable rapid response," Schario said. "The subject matter expertise and proven capabilities that both organizations bring to the table will allow E2T to provide the best possible solutions to our clients."
Through its partner organizations, CTC and the Research Institute, E2T has access to more than 50 chemists, biologists, engineers, physicists and materials scientists, each with at least five years experience in the program's technical areas, along with 300,000 square feet of laboratories and test facilities.
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Josh Halpern practices appellate and complex litigation at the D.C. office of Weil, Gotshal, & Manges. He also serves as a Lecturer on Law and part-time Research Fellow at Harvard Law School, where he focuses on the corporate and constitutional law issues in boycotts and sanctions regimes. Before joining Weil, Josh served as a Bristow Fellow in the Office of the Solicitor General, as a law clerk to Judge Patricia Millett of the D.C. Circuit, and as a law clerk to Judge Jerry Smith of the Fifth Circuit. Josh graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he served as a Notes Editor on the Harvard Law Review, and from Yeshiva University, where he earned a B.A. with Honors in Philosophy.
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Fusion Speaker – Mike Mander | Beau Photo Supplies Inc.
– Choosing additional equipment: tripods, accessories such as cable releases, timer remotes etc.
– Optimizing exposures: optimal f-stops and ISOs, as well as shutter speed concerns in certain situations.
– When to use or avoid filters, and shooting with the specialized NiSi Natural Night Filter.
– Miscellaneous items: security and awareness, headlamps, shooting fireworks, avoiding bridge vibrations, flashlights for light painting, tracking mounts for sky shots and more.
– Tips for post processing the raw files of your night shots.
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A group of adult people.
An adult is a person who is grown up completely, or is not a child anymore. It is the phase after being a teenager. Once someone reaches adulthood, that person typically no longer has to take directions from a parent or guardian, but rather can make decisions for themselves.
In biology, a person is considered an adult when they are sexually mature. This means that they have begun or passed through puberty, and are able to sexually reproduce.
In most countries, someone is legally considered an adult when he or she is older than a certain age. This is called the Age of majority. In most countries, this age is 18 years. However, it varies from ages as low as 16 to as high as 21. There are many additional laws that determine from what age a person is allowed to do something; for example, vote and drink alcohol.
There are also some cultures that say a person is an adult from an age of 12 years on, for example see Bar Mitzvah.
Adult Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.


Cosmos 2010 - Jellyfish washed to the shore were photographed in the early morning. A transformation occurred when the photos were imported into the computer and became images of the cosmos. Music composed by Christina Green is a response to the images to complete the metamorphosis.


Technology has changed the way people live in the 21st century. Once ubiquitous, land lines anchored to kitchen walls have now given way to smartphones that can be taken anywhere. Bulky television sets that required at least two people to move have been replaced with high-definition offerings so light and thin they can be mounted on living room walls.
Converting an existing home into a smart home can seem intimidating, especially for people who don't consider themselves tech savvy. But today's user-friendly technology makes it relatively easy for anyone to turn his or her home into a smarter one.
Before you get started, recognize that there are certain must-have items to turn a home into a smart home.
Some people rent their routers from their internet/cable providers, while others buy their own routers. Regardless of which category you fall into, you're going to need a good WiFi router to get your smart home up and running. Determine which type of WiFi your home currently has and then find a router that's compatible with that WiFi. Request a list of routers that are compatible with your WiFi from your service provider, as not all routers will necessarily work with your internet connection. If possible, upgrade to the fastest WiFi your internet provider offers, as that will make your smart home that much more enjoyable and frustration-free.
You won't necessarily need to upgrade your devices to get a smart home. In fact, if you control or can control any device in your home with a smartphone, you are already on your way to having a smart home. Upgrading to a programmable thermostat that's compatible with your smartphone might be a great idea if your current thermostat is old and not internet-compatible. With a programmable thermostat, you can control the temperature in your home remotely. That ensures the home is a comfortable temperature when you arrive home and allows you to turn off costly heating and cooling units when no one is home.


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BOOK REVIEW: POISONED NATION
Posted on 23/01/2014 by CA Care
Review by Yeong Sek Yee & Khadijah Shaari
When an award–winning investigative journalist, Loretta Schwartz-Nobel was assigned to investigate the epidemic surges in autism, birth defects, breast and lung cancers, asthma and clusters of other illnesses in cities and towns in the US, it began a chain of research that opened up to a frightening world of hidden contamination in the US and around the world.
Poisoned Nation links the soaring epidemics of cluster illness to the chemical contamination of water, air, food and everyday products for the profit and power of a reckless few. With irrefutable evidence and moving personal stories of the sick and dying, it shows how the government operates in tandem with America's most notorious polluters, and how they have deceived the public, buried evidence of spreading disease, and suppressed critical scientific data. Poisoned Nation also traces the relationships between organizations whose products cause diseases and those who profit from diagnosing and treating them, as well as their efforts to avoid research into environmental causes and possible cures
The book exposed the conspiracy of corrupt politicians, negligent regulators and greedy industry leaders covering up the epidemic of poisoned food, water and air that, the author claims, is filling up the hospitals, killing children and spreading cancer, birth defects, autism and leukemia.
One particular area the author explored and exposed was the cluster of cancers (specifically leukemia) at most of the military camps in the US. At Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, she discovered that quite a number of children of the marines stationed there died from acute lymphocytic leukemia, which is known to be caused by either radiation exposure or drinking contaminated water.
Schwartz-Nobel learned that for years the military had dumped highly toxic chemicals into trenches within feet of the base's drinking-water wells. Elsewhere, crops including apples, potatoes, and spinach, raised on farms downstream from factories, were tested positive for carcinogenic chemicals in toxic amounts. Contaminated ground water just keeps moving and the contamination of ground water means the contamination of water everywhere.
(So, how safe is Malaysia's Lynas project??).
The initial chapters of the book dealt with the dangers of contaminated ground water which goes on to form toxins in foods with the constant use of pesticides and herbicides that are sprayed on the grass or vegetables. Sometimes, the vegetables even acts as a concentrator to these chemicals.
Scientists had long feared that these chemicals could end up in and perhaps even be concentrated in breast milk. In fact, in July 2005, a renowned non-profit organization known as the Environmental Working Group conducted a study on newborn babies in US hospitals. They found 287 industrial chemicals and pollutants in the umbilical cord blood taken from a sample of ten babies. These chemicals included pesticides, flame-retardants, chemicals from non-stick cooking pans and plastics. On average, each baby has been exposed to 200 chemicals even before they were born.
Successive chapters in the book dealt with mercury as an airborne pollutant, and its role in the association between vaccinations and autism; and breast cancer in US women and the role of toxic compounds in the environment, and mammography-derived radiation, in causing this disease.
Despite a global ban on methyl bromide, an acutely toxic chemical known to cause devastating birth defects, it is still being sprayed on Christmas trees, fruits, and vegetables sold in America. The EPA has refused to reveal the extent of methyl bromide's use and the country's stored supply of the product.
The soaring epidemic of autism could not have taken place without the cooperation of drug companies, the government, scientists, and health officials. The worldwide poisoning of children during routine vaccinations continues today, especially in Third World countries.
Many doctors and scientists have proven that the increase in autism is directly linked to the number of scheduled vaccinations babies received. Many of the vaccines contain a mercury additive called thimerosal, a dangerous, highly toxic preservative that stops contamination of vaccines and preserves shelf life at very low cost to drug manufacturers.
(In America, short-term profits are valued over life)
These drug manufacturers knew from the start that its products could cause damage or even death in both animals and humans and that…."mercury in the form of thimerosal was 50 times more toxic to susceptible infants than mercury from the consumption of fish was to young children."
Injected mercury is more toxic than injested mercury. There is no blood-brain barrier in infants, so mercury accumulates in brain cells and nerves. Finally, infants under 6 months do not produce bile, which is necessary to excrete mercury. Mercury in thimerosal is stored in the gut, liver, and brain and…becomes very tightly bound to the cells
(NB: All mothers with newly born babies or expecting mothers should read more about vaccinations).
In Chapter 6, The Breast Cancer Industry, we learn that:
The FDA allows thousands of cosmetic hair dyes and personal-care products known to contain carcinogens to remain unregulated and to be sold daily to millions of American men, women, and children even as links with cancer have been clearly established.
A wide range of personal care products, including shampoos, hair conditioners, cleansers, lotions, and creams, are dangerously contaminated with intense concentrations of the highly volatile 1,4 dioxane (a solvent), which is classified as a human carcinogen.
The American Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute have long known that mammograms used for diagnosis actually increase the risk of breast cancer, especially in younger women, yet they continue to recommend this diagnostic method. As Barbara Brenner, an activist and breast cancer survivor explained….mammograms do not prevent cancer. At best, they find it and at worst, they cause it. Mammography screening is a profit driven technology creating risks that are compounded by unreliability.
…drug companies, in addition to profiting from cancer treatment drugs, sometimes also produce toxic chemicals that may be contributing to the high rates of cancer (in US) and increasing rates throughout the world.
In Chapter 7, The New Lung Cancer Pandemic, we catch a glimpse into how the tobacco industry's marketing strategies work:
For fifty years, the truth about addiction and disease from smoking was deliberately hidden from the public….smoking is the single largest cause of premature death from chemical contamination in the US (and perhaps the whole world).
Free samples are given to young children (as young as 7 years) and they become addicted to the cigarettes. The expense of giving away free samples to innocent kids all over the world is dwarfed by the long term economic gain through deadly addiction of yet another generation.
About 80,000 to 100,000 young people are drawn in, tricked, then newly addicted to the chemicals in tobacco everyday and 4.9 million people die every year from tobacco-related illnesses. This is the equivalent of approx 35 jumbo jet planes crashing everyday of the year!!
Cigarette manufacturers purposely use special chemical additives to make cigarettes that provide extremely high levels of "free" nicotine, in order to increase the addictive speed…the additives are also used to enhance the taste of tobacco smoke. The addition of flavorings is designed to make cigarettes more appealing to children and other first-time users.
Some of the additives are toxic or addictive in their own right or in combination. When these additives are burned, new products are formed, and these, too, may be toxic or pharmacologically active.
Even people who don't smoke are placed at much more extreme risk for lung cancer and other illness from contaminated air than we are led to believe, especially children and women. Nonsmoking women increase their lung cancer risk by 24 % when they live with a smoker….their risk is increased by 39 % when they work with people who smoke and an astounding 50 % when they hang out with smokers in such social settings as bars and restaurants.
Dana Reeve was one such case. A singer and actress, she was married to Christopher Reeve aka Superman. In Aug 2005, Dana was diagnosed with lung cancer. Although a non smoker all her life, Dana was exposed to secondhand smoke in the clubs she sang at. Eight months later she was dead despite all the scientifically tested chemotherapy drugs she was treated with after diagnosis.
Hence it is not difficult to understand why lung cancer has reached such pandemic proportions in America and worldwide.
From the above summary, the title of the book is most apt to describe America….a POISONED NATION. But honestly, we feel Malaysia is not very far away in achieving the poisoned nation status. What do you think?
Further related references:
SILENT SPRING…Rachel Carson's Silent Spring was first published in three serialized excerpts in the New Yorker in June of 1962. The book appeared in September of that year and the outcry that followed its publication forced the banning of DDT and spurred revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and water. Carson's passionate concern for the future of our planet reverberated powerfully throughout the world, and her eloquent book was instrumental in launching the environmental movement.
LIVING DOWNSTREAM by Sandra Steingraber, a biologist, poet, and survivor of cancer in her twenties, brings all three perspectives to bear on the most important health and human rights issue of our time: the growing body of evidence linking cancer to environmental contaminations. Her scrupulously researched scientific analysis ranges from the alarming worldwide patterns of cancer incidence to the sabotage wrought by cancer-promoting substances on the intricate workings of human cells.
POLLUTANTS, HUMAN HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT by Professor Jane Plant is a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of environmental pollutants that are of current concern to human health. Clearly structured throughout, the main body of the book is divided by pollutant type with a chapter devoted to each group of pollutants. Each chapter follows a similar format to facilitate comparison and discussion. For each pollutant, the authors describe the sources, pathways, environmental fate and known toxicological effects.
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OSU Extension » Auglaize County » Events » Past Events
Western Ohio Dairy Luncheon
Jan. 18, 2023 11:00am to 1:00pm
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New Pesticide Applicator Training
Jan. 11, 2023 1:00pm to 4:00pm
We will be offering New Pesticide Applicator Training January 11th from 1:00-4:00pm. This program is designed to help new pesticide applicators prepare for the Ohio Private Pesticide Applicator License. Instructions will focus on CORE, Grain and Cereal Crops. Cost is $35 for the course and study materials. Call the office to RSVP - 419-910-6050
Junior Fair Board Meeting
Dec. 28, 2022 9:00am
OSU Academic Recess - Office Closed
Dec. 27, 2022 (All day) to Dec. 30, 2022 (All day)
Christmas Day Observed - Office Closed
Dec. 26, 2022 (All day)
President's Day Observed - Office Closed
Dec. 21, 2022 11:00am to 1:00pm
AG Brunch
Dec. 20, 2022 11:00am to 12:00pm
The Ag Brunch will bring in speakers from across Agriculture Management perspectives to the county to discuss with producers the current issues and trends in Agriculture.
Planning For a Successful Succession of Your Farm
Dec. 15, 2022 8:30am to 4:00pm
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Australia's unique take on Impressionism is here represented by four major artists: Tom Roberts, Charles Conder, Arthur Streeton, and John Peter Russell. The first three were leading players of what became known as the Heidelberg School, which hit its stride around 1888, a time of a growing movement towards a federalisation of the colonies, and a sense of what it meant to be 'Australian', as the Australian-born population started to outnumber migrants.
With this more acutely felt sense of identity came a desire to capture more faithfully the Australian landscape, in particular the unique light. The landmark 9 by 5 Impression Exhibition of 1889 served to introduce Melbourne society to 'Impressionism' through around 180 'impressions' or oil sketches, many of them painted on panels from cigar boxes of around 9 x 5 inches. Australian Impressionism is introduced as something quite different from French Impressionism, and one more under the influence of London's avant-garde, and in particular Whistler, whose exhibition 'Notes' – 'Harmonies' – 'Nocturnes' Roberts had seen in 1884, and was a prototype for the 9 by 5.
Russell was born and died in Sydney, but spent some 40 years in Europe, fully embedded in the avant-garde; he was friends with Van Gogh, Monet and Gauguin, and his talents as a colourist made a deep impression on the young Matisse, but his reputation was only rediscovered in the second half of the 20th century.
Australia's Impressionists
Chris Riopelle is Curator of Post-1800 Paintings at the National Gallery, London.
Timothy Bonyhady is an Australian lawyer, cultural historian and author. He is Professor of Law at ANU College of Law.
Allison Goudie is Harry M. Weinrebe Curatorial Assistant at the National Gallery, London.
Sarah Thomas is Lecturer in the Art of the Nineteenth Century at Birkbeck, University of London.
Alex Taylor is Professor of History of Art at University of Pittsburgh.
Wayne Tunnicliffe is Head Curator, Australian Art at Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.


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Body of Minnesota man who fell to death recovered from Montana peak
August 29, 2019 12:47PM CDT
(Information from: The Billings Gazette, http://www.billingsgazette.com)
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — An emergency crew has recovered the body of climber who died on Montana's highest peak.
The Billings Gazette reports a helicopter retrieved a man's body from the south side of Granite Peak Tuesday.
Authorities have not yet identified the 65-year-old victim from Minnesota.
Park County Sheriff Brad Bichler says the man fell Saturday while ascending the 12,807-foot-high (3,904 meter) mountain peak with his son.
Bichler says the victim slipped and fell about 150 feet (46 meters) when he was about 120 feet (37 meters) from the summit.
The sheriff says the climbers approached Granite Peak from the Cooke City side, which he called an "inherently more difficult side to climb from."
The high angle rescue team from the Gallatin County Sheriff's Search and Rescue conducted the evacuation.
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Morgan Stanley CEO Doesn't Think Crypto Is a Fad
Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman sees no intrinsic value in cryptocurrencies
During his Thursday appearance at a Reuters conference in New York, Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman said that he didn't view cryptocurrencies as a fad. He is convinced that cryptocurrencies are here to stay.
At the same time, Gorman says that he cannot put an intrinsic value on the fledgling asset.
Gorman added that he generally doesn't like investing in things that have such a wide range of outcomes.
In a September interview with CNBC's "Mad Money," Gorman said that crypto was a speculative asset "by definition." He mentioned that he didn't view it as a new form of store of value.
Back then, Gorman also confirmed that he didn't own any crypto, adding that he was glad that he didn't buy Bitcoin at $60,000.
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He opined that a lot of investors got caught up in the hype, comparing the recent crypto craze to the dot-com bubble in the late 90s.
Morgan Stanley has invested millions of dollars into the shares of Grayscale Bitcoin Trust. In fact, as of the end of 2021, it owned more GBTC shares than Ark Invest.
In a recent report, the New York-based banking giant compared Bitcoin to Tesla.
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It's Certifiable: CBD Brand Earns Industry-First USDA Organic Certification
Posted by Chris Hudock
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By William Sumner, Hemp Business Journal Contributor
Earlier this month, the cannabidiol (CBD) brand Palmetto Harmony became the first to gain certified organic status from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for hemp flower and selectively bred seed. The official designation was made possible due to passage of the 2018 Farm Bill, which legalized hemp and hemp-derived products such as CBD.
"This is one of the most important certifications that we could obtain," said Janel Ralph, the CEO of Palmetto Harmony. "Many of the people that purchase CBD products are usually medically fragile, which is why it is very important for these people to have a level of security to know that there are no chemicals that could harm them going into their products."
Obtaining organic status is one of the most challenging certifications to obtain from the USDA. For example, organically grown crops must be cultivated in soil free of synthetic chemicals (such as pesticides) for at least three years. Farmers are also required to list and account for every item used in the cultivation process, including tools, containers, and even the type of labels they use.
According to the USDA, organic certified product sales totaled $7.28 billion in 2017, up 133% in five years (from $3,12 billion in 2012). Overall, the Organic Trade Association reported that U.S. consumers spent nearly $50 billion on organic products in 2017, with organic food sales accounting for 5.5% of total retail food sales.
Not only is the organic certification process arduous, but also lengthy. According to Ralph, it took five months for her company, with three employees dedicated to it full-time, to gain its certification.
"I think people have a misunderstanding of what USDA organic certification really means. It is truly a grueling process," added Ralph.
Though Palmetto Harmony is the first CBD brand to obtain organic certification for hemp flower, it is not the first hemp or CBD company to gain organic status. Under the 2014 Farm Bill, hemp companies were permitted to seek organic certification, but only for certain parts of the plant, such as the stalk or non-viable seeds. Hemp flower and viable seeds were excluded from USDA organic certification or accreditation.
Consequently, some hemp brands have been able to claim products made with certified organic ingredients, while the product itself is technically not organic. The technicality was why there had not previously been any genuinely certified organic CBD products before Palmetto Harmony's.
Looking forward, Ralph sees a future where more hemp companies start seeking USDA organic certification as a means of distinguishing themselves. She also predicts that in the next few months the USDA will revise its rules to allow hemp cultivators to earn Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) certification, and that organizations like NSF International will eventually offer certification to hemp and CBD producers.
Now that the USDA is issuing organic certifications to hemp companies, it calls into question the need for industry-based certification programs like the U.S. Hemp Authority (USHA)'s Certification Program.
In its current iteration, the USHA certification program lacks many of the rigors present in the USDA's organic certification program. For example, the USHA program does not distinguish between U.S. grown and imported hemp, nor does it differentiate between natural and synthetic CBD.
The USHA is currently working on a second version of the program, and pledges to "take into account input from farmers and certified companies to further improve the certification."
William Sumner
William Sumner is a writer for the hemp and cannabis industry. Hailing from Panama City, Florida, William covers various topics such as hemp legislation, investment, and business. William's writing has appeared in publications such as Green Market Report, Civilized, and MJINews. You can follow William on Twitter: @W_Sumner.
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All "jokes" aside. This ball is a beast. I have a stacked pin up layout. While it goes long with this layout it certainly doesn't lose energy through the final transition to the pocket. Medium or heavy oil this ball is a definite for leagues and tournaments.
Strong cover stock and this ball has an unbelievable motion down lane off the spot for a symmetrical core.
Drilled this ball at 60x4x32 and had to change the surface to 3000 with polish in order to get the ball down-lane on some of the local THS conditions.
Check out the hitting power of this ball. This will definitely will be one of my favorites. This SWAG line is for REAL!.
Strong cover. I polished mine. The ball still makes the turn very predictable but hard at the break point. Great ball for speed dominant players with the box finish or you can polish it like i did to get more length and love it no matter what type of bowler you are.
Kept the original finish. CG is kicked out slightly and the pin is positioned just above the fingers. The ball needs oil and will compliment your arsenal & drives hard through the pocket.
This ball is a beast!! If you don't have one in your arsenal, ORDER IT NOW!!! It smashes the pocket like a Gallagher smashing watermelons. Shot 299 with it last week, had it drilled with a stacked layout.
This ball instantly became my favorite for medium heavy to heavy oil. Fresh oil has no chance with this beast! It compliments the Athena very well. This ball looks as good as it performs, I highly recommend it!
This ball eats through oil without an issue. I drilled mine pin down to help open up my angle on house shots and it has done just that. I was looking for a strong solid to help me play around the bowlers in the track and this ball fits the bill. It does not overreact when it hits the dry on the outside and gives me plenty of area. This is my first ball from the Swag line, but it will not be my last!
After having a few weeks of using this ball, I decided to take it to a 4000 sanded finish. This was the trick for me at my house that has a medium to heavy volume. I had the ball drilled with a stacked layout. The ball reads the mids super clean and has great continuation through the pins! First time throwing the ball at 4000 sanded I shot a 296 game with a 799 series! I was able to use the ball even when the lanes broke down. By far my favorite ball in my bag. I would highly recommend getting one before they're gone !
I finally found a ball that is similar to the Terminator Armageddon. The Joker is a bit stronger but with the layout I have with it. It makes it a really Smooth to the pocket and now I have something that I can use to ball down from the Blizzard Shock then if the Joker is bit strong still I can always ball down again to the Terminator Armageddon.
Just to add the Joker was my first Swag ball and it was a awesome choice I have to thank Brian Roberts and Doug Humphreys for the recommendations I was not lead astray . This ball has already replaced my 1st ball out of the bag.
Quite possibly the strongest ball I've ever owned. Pin up, had to polish to control this animal. Hits HARD! May get another one and leave rough for tourneys.
Not very often I come across a ball that instantly becomes my go to ball at multiple houses, this ball easily falls into that category. I'm a low rev stroker who usually plays straight up the 7 or 8, around 15mph . Drilled on up stacked and on a heavy oil 41 foot shoot the ball instantly found the pocket with a very strong, yet predictable reaction in the out of box condition. At a different center, 42 foot medium condition, moved inside a little due to less oil, the ball just struck over and over, when I missed and pushed it right 3-4 boards, it found its way back. On the 37 foot Broadway pattern, was able to play straight up 5 and had a money shot when everyone else was struggling to find the pocket. I already have a 2nd drilled up for more length, and really couldn't be happier.
Don't think this ball is not strong just because its symmetric. The cover on this ball grips the lane with authority.
Mine is drilled 70 x 3 3/8 x 20. With this layout, I can bring the surface up and move left - or I can rough the surface and move right. It has excellent continuation through the pins with excellent front and midlane read.
The Joker is a ball that I am really excited about. This is a strong rolling hard hitting ball that keeps the pins mixed up and low to the pin deck. This type of reaction equals more strikes. Even though it does not hook gutter to gutter it is very easy to manipulate the break point which allows the bowler to control the entry angle. This ball is so easy to read off the hand and on the lanes which allows you to easily stay ahead of the moves. The consistency and performance you get from this ball makes it one of the best in the game. I've used mine 5 weeks in league so far and my 15 game average with the Joker is 247.9. Why not see what the Joker can do for your game!
I have this drilled pin up. It has been my go to ball since I got it drilled. It is a great ball for both sport patterns and house shots. Most predictable ball I have. It destroys pins. I also like the color pattern on this ball. Makes it very easy to see how ball is rolling. I have used it on a lot of sport patterns since I got it. Love this ball on all patterns.
Just got this ball punched up today and I absolutely love it! Hits very hard and carries very well. Can't wait to start using this on the tournament scene!
I like this ball. It was drilled pin up with cg out to get an earlier roll and arc. The more arc in my shot with this ball the better chance of smashing. I will say that when I play the shot tighter its good chance I will leave an pin from the back or 10 pin.
The Joker is no joke. This ball did it all in the oil from a 13-7 swing to swing it across 30 boards on the 39' USBC White #3 pattern. The joker carried from spots on the lane where other balls would be a guaranteed corner pin, especially deep inside. In my bag the Joker is going to be my "A" ball for long, high volume patterns.
This is the most aggressive ball currently in my bag. I used to have an issue with corner pins because my old equipment just wouldn't face up and finish properly. I bring this ball out, and it absolutely destroys the rack. Very versatile and smooth, and a must-have in your bag!
This ball is everything the hype said it would be, and more. I have mine drilled, pin through the ruing finger, for a great combination of length and continuous motion. 35 games in with this ball, between league and tournaments, and am averaging 233+ with this ball. Like American Express, I never leave home without it.
This balls cover is amazingly strong and starts to hook as soon as it touches the lane, do not let the symmetrical core fool you because this ball is very strong off the spot.
Honestly this ball is best used in heavy oil environments with its out of box surface finish. If you smooth the surface a bit however, you can definitely use it on dryer lane conditions.
This ball is great on heavy oil. Strong cover. It stores its energy thru the head and mid land and unleashes it when it hits the pins. This ball is must in your tournament bag.
I drilled mine pin under ring finger and I actually used 4000 abralon on it right out of the box. The ball is so consistent and hits like a truck! It has quickly became my bench mark ball. Swing it or play it up the boards either way! Play your cards right and get the joker!


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Q: How big is the args array in public static void main(String[] args) in java? When using command line arguments in java I am curious to how big is the args array parameter in main. And if it is varied length how does main know the length?

A: It will be as big as needed to hold the arguments passed in. So if you do

java -jar myjar.jar 1 2 34

Args will contain

["1", "2", "34"]

Note the array is typed as string so if you pass in numbers you need to convert the string containing the number to actual number.