E&JW Glendinning is the largest independent supplier of quarry and concrete products both to the trade and direct to the end user in Devon and Cornwall, UK. Over recent years, they have embarked upon an expansive programme of modernisation and automation, creating a state-of-the-art aggregates processing and supply facilities, which is essential to their business goals and to compete in the modern aggregates market.
As part of this, E&JW Glendinning need high-tech sensor solutions. They make high demands on equipment to get the best performance out of their plant.
The secondary crusher at the heart of the screening and grading plant in the quarry is typical of this requirement. The feed hopper above it is a critical process control point, this is where the majority of aggregate comes through at some stage. It is a noisy, dusty environment, with unpredictable flow patterns and material behaviours.
The crusher itself is capable of processing up to 400 tonnes an hour and the whole plant 4,000 tonnes a day. With this level of throughput, its vitally important to get accurate information and control to optimise productivity, energy consumption and product quality from the crusher.
Originally, as is the case with most sites in the sector, non-contact ultrasonic level sensors were installed. However, the noise, dust and product build up regularly delivered unreliable performance for the control they required.
Instead of an analogue indication of the level in the feed, it was more a series of step changes from low to high and back again, as the reflected echo signals came and went, or they would 'fail safe high' through loss of echo. This single measurement problem resulted in regular production halts, poor process and energy management and resets of the sensors to clear the problem. The ultrasonic units required regular maintenance: from cleaning transducers, adjusting angles and tweaking software to try and make them perform as they wanted.
The engineers needed to improve the performance of the plant to a level both they and their customers need for this busy quarry. With this in mind, they turned to VEGA to trial one of their new VEGAPULS 69 radar level sensors in this tricky, critical control point. In detail the application consists of a feed hopper over 8m high and around 5m square at the bottom two sides slope down onto a central crusher feed.
The hopper can be fed from any one of three different conveyors, which can be simultaneous, and the stone size feeding in can be from dust up to 250mm, as the majority comes from the primary crushing plant. Inside the feed silo it gets a heavy build up of stone on the 'shoulders' of the coned section, forming a narrower 'rat hole' to the bottom. This material rarely moves, so it was important for the sensor to be able to reliably read down past this point.
The VEGAPULS 69 was installed in the existing mounting position of the ultrasonic sensor, very close to the main infeed into the bunker. It was commissioned by the plug-in programmer on the top of the device.
As soon as it was installed on the empty silo, with no extra adjustments, the sensor was able to read right down to the bottom of the bin to the outlet conveyor, which boded well. Then, with just a few minor adjustments to optimise the performance of the sensor and its output, the radar has worked successfully without incident for over three months, providing a smooth level output to enable operators to effectively control crusher throughput and the conveyor speeds. This has been done without the need for extra maintenance work and a reduction in downtime caused by measurement problems, a first for this area of the process.
VEGAPULS 69 works with very highly focused 79GHz microwaves, not sound waves, to provide a very small beam angle (3.5°), along with optimised sensor performance for solids handling. This, combined with radar's natural immunity to inflight dust, filling noise and air turbulence, means it promises to be one of the most capable and versatile solids level sensors ever. Already proving itself in a number of difficult applications like this one, where unmeasurable applications are now being successfully solved.


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Pasadena author's latest book celebrates second chances
Y.C. Orozco
Published 4:27 pm CST, Monday, February 13, 2012
Pasadena author Dorothy Hagan's new book, The Offshore Triumphs of Karla Jean, takes the reader on a journey through the ups and downs of a strong female protagonist. The story is set against the backdrop of the petrochemical industry and Houston Ship Channel. less
Pasadena author Dorothy Hagan's new book, The Offshore Triumphs of Karla Jean, takes the reader on a journey through the ups and downs of a strong female protagonist. The story is set against the backdrop of ... more
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Dorothy Hagan was always something of a free spirit.
Impatient with the conformity of high school and traditional expectations, she forged a path that took her abroad and back home, and always on her own terms.
In her second published book, The Offshore Triumphs of Karla Jean, Hagan injects some of those same qualities into her protagonist and heroine.
Against a backdrop of the oil refinery industry very much like her hometown of Pasadena and the oils rigs off the Houston Ship Channel, Hagan's Karla Jean is the kind of strong female protagonist that graced her first book, The Edge of the Grace Period, published in 2000.
In fact Karla Jean Slidell was on the sideline margins of that book, and Hagan liked her so much she created a new world around her in Offshore.
"Throughout the first book, Darlene was the protagonist but Karla was actually my favorite character," Hagan said. "Basically since 1996, I've had the Karla character rolling around in my head."
The up and down journey of a feisty survivor who never goes the traditional route, Hagan's book, published by iUniverse, is a labor of love: for her central character and for the culture of industry she grew up surrounded by.
The book follows a woman from Brinkfield, Texas who goes offshore at the age of twenty in 1980 to work on oil rigs and 26 years later retires to start a new career. But on the eve of returning home and to her family, her helicopter goes down. Thus begins the adventures, returns and redemptions of Karla Jean.
"Its fun and its very local," Hagan said. "I'm hoping a lot of local folks will like it: it mentions places like Red Bluff Road, Sylvan Beach and Morgan's Point."
Seven years of research laid the groundwork of Offshore, but Hagan, 52, has been working on her own adventures since graduating from high school.
Those adventures include going off to work on an oil rig as a cook right after high school graduation. Hagan wanted to travel and as a crew member of the USS Leticia Lykes, she toured the Mediterranean, North Africa and at 19, saw the pyramids and the ruins at Carthage.
"When I was 18 years old I went to sea on merchant ships right out of the Houston Ship Channel," she said. "At the time, I was one of six women in the country on a merchant ship."
Although Karla Jean is a fictional character, elements of Hagan's own experiences shape some of the Offshore's broader themes.
"Karla basically runs up against a wall of sexism - 'we don't want you here, you don't belong here'," Hagan said.
But that's just one obstacle Karla Jean hurdles.
"The title really says it, the offshore triumphs - it is plural for a reason because she triumphs offshore over and over but basically, the story is about do-overs," Hagan said.
Offshore's cast forms a menagerie of flawed, human characters. From dysfunctional first marriages to issues with addiction, Hagan's heroes are everyday people who find redemption.
"It's really about second chances," she said.
Hagan knows something about second chances and finding new directions.
An impatient student, she admits to breezing though high school with her eye on the future. After traveling on the SS Leticia Lykes and spending much of her youth as a merchant marine, Hagan got restless again.
This time, she wanted to go back home and back go school, graduating from the University of Houston - Clear Lake with a humanities and arts degree when she was in her late 20s.
The kid who once rebelled against the status quo in high school is now an ESL instructor with The Harris County Department of Education.
The gift for writing, she said, was always there; the classroom just always seemed too small for her dreams then.
She might have taken the scenic route to those dreams, but she found them.
"It feels like a validation," Hagan said. "People used to say that if you stick to something and work hard you can make it happen and I used to not believe that. But it's really the truth."
And although her book is not autobiographical, Offshore's characters, Hagan said, are grounded in the kind of idiosyncratic backgrounds, quirky personalities that help shape a city like Brinkfield and for that matter, Pasadena, Channelview or La Porte.
If the details and circumstances in the book are purely fictional, Hagan also grounded her book in the kind of second chances, she believes, is everyone's right. While the backdrop will have a familiar ring to local readers, the overall themes, she said, are universal.
"There is a lot of hope in the book," she said. "If there is any reason on God's earth why I wrote it it is to tell people that whatever you are dealt, it doesn't have to be what you except."
The Offshore Triumphs of Karla Jean is available to purchase online through Barnes and Noble and Amazon and will be available at the Barnes and Noble book store at 5656 Fairmont Parkway March 3 when Hagan attends a book signing event from 1-4 p.m.
To learn more about the book and Hagan's writing, visit www.dorothyhagan.com
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31 Oct Acknowledging the pink elephant in the room.
Estimated reading time 5 minutes.
Yesterday Ariel and I went to our first party that wasn't with family. It was a Halloween party at Ariel's daycare center. As I have said before, I love our daycare and feel very welcome and catered for. The management and staff go out of their way to help us and the parents in our section accept and include us as "normal".
Our daycare also has a pre school so the party was quite big with lots of kids (and their families) that we don't normally see. It was busy and Ariel was quite overwhelmed at times. Even though her uncle Greg came along for support she did not want to leave my arms for long. In saying that, she did very well and after a while she relaxed, got her face painted and we went outside to sit on the ground and play.
This is when I got a chance to sit down myself and relax and observe the party.
Obviously we are always going to be the "Different" ones on the crowd. Ariel has Down syndrome. There is a 92% abortion rate so we all know that 92% of people who find out their baby has down syndrome don't want it and are prepared to terminate it. We are the pink elephant in the room. I guess most people feel awkward for us because they are probably in that 92%. I often get a look of pity, you know, the "I'm so sorry" look. I do get quite a lot of smiles, which is nice, and some people will comment on how gorgeous Ariel is which will always make me smile.
Last night, for the first time, I saw the "casually scan the room to get a better look" scenario and I actually felt embarrassed. I felt embarrassed only because I have been guilty of this in the past and it is not half obvious! One gorgeous lady approached me in her happy singsong voice and asked me if I was Ariel's Mummy. I replied yes and she went on to say how absolutely gorgeous Ariel was and when she was here for orientation Ariel was pulling off her scarf to play with. We chatted a bit about our children and it was nice. It was "normal" and not "awkward". I also chatted to a few of the parents of the kids in Ariel's age group/section about Ariel and "how she was going". All of which I am happy to do, as it's a good chance to educate others and make a difference in a casual and subtle way. I want to point out at this point that I didn't feel excluded at all and we had a great time. This was merely an observation and there was no malice intended in what I saw. Anyway, it got me thinking about "inclusion" and "acceptance" and what it means to me. I have read many blogs rehashing the same info, in different ways, about "what not to say to mums of kids with special needs". I have thought about political correctness and I have also thought about my past life when this subject was not even as issue. How did I act when the shoe was on the other foot?
To be honest, I don't care too much about what you say as long is your intention is good. I understand you don't know what to say, so you may come up with some cliché like "oh, they (kids with Down Syndrome) are always so happy". That is fine, even though it is not true. I will laugh and tell you so.
I don't want to tell you what to say or what not to say but I would like to invite you to ask me questions and chat to us about our life. I would like to learn about your children too. I have come to terms with Ariel having Down syndrome and I see she is falling behind kids her age. I already prepared myself for that. I am only concerned about Ariels health and happiness so we focus on things that make us happy.
So, don't feel awkward or feel sorry for us. Please come say hi, and maybe even say something cliche, I would rather hear that than be the pink elephant in the room.


Can I only allow a certain group to view a page?
In the "People" link, there are groups of students. Can I only allow a certain group to access a page in the Canvas course so not every student can view it?
You could also create the page in their group homepage: Canvas Group Homepage - YouTube ?
Genevieve, no, the only way that I'm aware of to have only certain groups access specific pages is to use a Mastery Paths Hack - Hacking Mastery Paths. In this case you'd make the different groups the different answer options and then based on the student's response they'd get the "path" with the page for their group.
Thanks, that's exactly what I would like to do!


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Sir Terry Pratchett OBE
Terry Sings!
Thread starter =Tamar
While looking forlornly for any site in the USA offering the new Wintersmith album, I noticed this:
http://mainlynorfolk.info/steeleye.span ... smith.html
Their listing of details for the Wintersmith album just released by Steeleye Span mention
mentions under "special guests"
"Terry Pratchett, vocals"
Which songs, I wonder.
Interesting. Maybe he'll be reading passages rather than singing. I've heard Terry sing . . .
Tonyblack said:
Reading a brief introductory passage seems likely.
OTOH, I also have heard Sir Terry sing, albeit over ten years ago. He sang a lot better than I did. Or do.
I can confirm that Terry speaks some lines rather than sings.
I really, love the album and would recommend it to anyone. It is certainly far better than I thought it might be. And the songs are very catchy and I find myself singing along (good thing I live alone). The songs are very relevant to the Tiffany books, Wintersmith in particular.
Wow! This news sounds really good! How can I listen to the album?
It is the first time that a Terry Pratchet's book has inspired a music project?
Here's one of the tracks on the CD.
And here's the official promo of the album.
The Dark Morris song at the start sounds like/reminds me of Jethro Tull similar vocal style.
Mixa said:
No, there were two earlier ones. First there was the CD titled "From the Discworld" which was a concept album by Dave Greenslade (if I have that right), with music inspired by the ideas in the Discworld, plus one song with the wizards themselves singing "A Wizard's Staff Has A Knob On The End".
Second, there was the music composed for the animated film of "Soul Music" which had complete songs written and performed. Only parts of the songs were included in the film, but the complete songs on the CD were very good pastiches of the style and content of the various periods of rock and roll music history.
That's cool! Thank you, =Tamar! I'm looking forward to hearing that "A Wizard's Staff Has A Knob On The End".
About the song ("You"), I think it perfectly gives some atmosphere to the book. And Tonyblack, you were right! It is really catchy! ;D
You can call me Tony - everyone does.
All right! Nice to meet you, Tony!
Unless he's been naughty, then you don't want to know what we call him!!
Oookey-dokey!
More from Terry and Steeleye Span.
Thank you! Seems they have enjoyed very much making the album!
P.S. I heard "A Wizard's Stuff has a Knob on the End". Love it! XD
Hi Just to let you all know Steeleye will be bring their Wintersmith show to Ireland
http://steeleyespanthedarkmorris.viinyl.com/
Town Hall Theatre Galway
00353 (0) 91-569777
http://tht.ie/1868/Steeleye-Span
Tues 20th May
The Hawk's Well Theatre Sligo
00353 (0) 71-9161518
http://www.hawkswell.com/events/event/steeleye-span
Weds 21st May
Vicar Street Dublin
00353 (0)1 77 55 800
http://www.vicarstreet.ie/events/detail ... -tour.html
Thank you for the information Park! If I lived in Ireland I would go to see them!
I found this illustration for Wintersmith that was in the Prog Rock Magazine.
Presumably that is the Summer Lady dancing with the Wintersmith - not Tiffany.
I would say so Tony as the grass is green and the Daffs have bloomed in her sphere, where all else is a winter scene.
There's a new double CD version of the Steeleye Span "Wintersmith" coming out soon.
Steeleye Span said:
We will re-releasing Wintersmith as a Deluxe 2 CD package complete with 4 brand new songs, 8 live tracks and 2 demos! Out 27th October
We will also be releasing a Wintersmith Tour DVD - out 10th November


Since the initial concept of the Faces of Surfing, Nowak understood a strong method in capturing her subjects would be meeting them and photographing them in their own environments. "They are the most comfortable and they are in 'their' natural light," she says, "that light travels through each painting and their personalities and environment stays within my mind while I am making the piece." This theory started for Nowak even with her first portraits at Michigan State. "I could feel the Michigan light coming through and understood it very early on." She moved onto Key West and started her body of work, the Faces of Key West letting the sun of the Florida Keys create her tones, highlights, and shadows. "At first the light was very heavy in my paintings and I pushed a lot of contrast. The air in the Keys was heavier, the sun stronger, and colors had a richness I had yet to explore," she adds. Travel has been a relevant tool for some of the Faces of Surfing paintings as well. Rob Machado was of the first Nowak traveled to photogragh. The light in his painting is from his North County San Diego home. Currently she is working on both Lyndie Irons's and Donavon Frankenreiter's portrait. To photograph them, she made the trip to Kauai to capture the light and experience time with each of them.
The prints for the Faces of Surfing first series are now available for purchase in Nowak's online store: http://www.lettynowak.com/store The p.rints are available in three different sizes with an edition size of 50: 8x8 inches, 16x16 inches, and 30x30 inches. One of benefits of the prints for this project is clients can start their collection of not only an individual painting, but also have the possibility of creating their own diptych, triptych, or larger panel of the different faces. Nowak is also working towards donating part of the proceeds of these prints to non-profits in the future.
Check out Letty Nowak's new online store: http://www.lettynowak.com/store . There are three great items available for purchase at this time including her limited edition Hurley Faces of Surfing T-shirts, Faces of Key West book that includes all 100 portraits from the series and excerpts about each individual, and lastly- and most exciting- the first series of the Faces of Surfing limited edition prints.
Nowak has completed the final preparation for Donavon Frankenreiter's canvas. The stretcher is cut and the Gesso has dried. This legendary surfer and musician marks the beginning to the second series of the Faces of Surfing. Happy Valentines Day from La Jolla!
After two months in Key West, Florida Nowak has returned to her California based studio to begin the second series of The Faces of Surfing project. Stay tuned for updates and information relating to the project and her paintings.
Nowak ended her stay in Florida by teaching one of many seminars at The Studios of Key West. Nowak taught 14 individuals to become comfortable with using oils, such as being able to blend the colors on the canvas constructing a contemporary and unique portrait of a person of their choice. Nowak stressed the importance of steering away from the pencil and to use only their brush while developing the abstract curves and ridges of each individual face. Much to Nowak's enjoyment the class varied from professionals to beginners.
Late last month Nowak visited the private studio of fellow Key West artist and friend, John Martini. Martini resides in both Key West and Veuxhaulles-Sur-Aube, France. Fortunately during Nowak's visit she was able to view sculptures for his upcoming exhibition at Key West's Lucky Street Gallery. Nowak and Martini have worked together in the past during Nowak's Artist Lock-In Exhibitions that she held in her gallery, The Lemonade Stand Art Studio. .(To view Nowak's painting of Martini from one of her Lock-Ins go to http://www.lettynowak.com/paintings/C8 click, on "Lock-Ins '05" Martini is top row middle.) Nowak has always admired Martini for his consistently strong artistic expression through his vivid shapes and color and quotes him as being one of her long-time local mentors. "One interesting fact about John is if you are ever driving on Interstate 295 North in New Jersey at exit 65 one of his sculptures titled Head2Head towers 27 feet tall on side of the highway. I used to drive every summer from Key West to Sag Harbor, NY to paint and would pass it and smile to myself knowing that was unmistakably a John Martini," Nowak adds.


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MU engineers build robot to study drought resistance
By AGDAILY Reporters Published: April 04, 2017
Courtesy of MU News Bureau
With a $20 million NSF grant to study climate change and how corn maintains plant growth during drought conditions, University of Missouri engineers have developed a robot that is changing the way scientists study climate variability, crops, and plant composition.
"I've been working with CAFNR assisting them in experiments where we helped to create 3-D images of root growth in the laboratory," said Gui DeSouza, an associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science at MU in a recent release. "Now, we're creating robotics to assist in creating images of corn shoot growth out in the field."
The engineering and plant science research team developed a combination, two-pronged approach using a mobile sensing tower as well as a robot vehicle equipped with three levels of sensors. The tower inspects a 60-foot radius of a given field to identify areas affected by environmental stresses, while the vehicle collects data on individual plants. The sensors have the ability to measure various heights of the corn plant in order to reconstruct the 3-D image.
"Measurements taken from the tower alert us if any of the plants are under stress, such as heat or drought," DeSouza said. "The tower then signals the mobile robot, which we call the Vinobot, to go to a particular area of the field and perform data collection on the individual plants. The Vinobot has three sets of sensors and a robotic arm to collect temperature, humidity, and light intensity at three different heights on the corn plant. This is called plant phenotyping, which assesses growth, development, yield, and items such as tolerance and resistance to environmental stressors by correlating these to physiology and shape of the plants."
While the tower covers only a relatively small area, it can easily be moved to cover an entire field. This cost-effective measure means it is less expensive to have more towers, stationed at various points in the field, operating simultaneously.
"The towers not only are inexpensive, they also are available throughout the day and night and can generate more data than any aerial vehicle could," DeSouza said.


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Антонио Мануел де Оливеира Гутерес (; Лисабон 30. април 1949) португалски је политичар и дипломата, тренутно је Генерални секретар Уједињених нација. Био је председник владе Португалије, као и вођа Социјалистичке интернационале. Кофи Анан га је именовао за високог комесара УН за избеглице и на том положају је био од 2005. године до 2015. године у два мандата. Дана 5. октобра 2016. године Савет безбедности УН је подржао Антонија Гутереса за Генералног секретара Уједињених нација.

Гутерес је био генерални секретар Социјалистичке партије од 1992. до 2002. За премијера је изабран 1995. и поднео је оставку 2002. године, након што је његова странка поражена на Португалским локалним изборима 2001. године. После шест година владавине без апсолутне већине и са лошом економијом, Социјалистичка партија је прошла горе него што се очекивало због губитака у Лисабону и Порту, где су анкете показале да имају солидно вођство. Едуардо Феро Родригез преузео је вођство Социјалистичке партије, али су на општим изборима изгубили од Социјалдемократске партије, коју је предводио Жозе Мануел Барозо. Упркос овом поразу, анкете португалске јавности и 2012. и 2014. рангирале су Гутереса као најбољег премијера у претходних 30 година.

Био је председник Социјалистичке интернационале од 1999. до 2005. године, а од 2005. до 2015. био је Високи комесар Уједињених нација за избеглице. Гутерес је изабран за генералног секретара у октобру 2016, наследивши Бан Ки-муна почетком следеће године и поставши први Европљанин који је обављао ову функцију од Курта Валдхајма 1981. године.

Биографија
Антонио Гутерес је рођен и одрастао у главном граду Португалије, у Лисабону. Школовао се на престижној Camões Lyceum средњој школи (данас Camões Secondary School), где је дипломирао 1965. године и на којој је освојио националну награду (Prémio Nacional dos Liceus) као најбољи ученик у земљи. Студирао је физику и електроинжењеринг на Instituto Superior Tecnico у Лисабону. Дипломирао је 1971. године и започео академску каријеру као доцент. Пре одласка из академског живота и започињања политичке каријере, на факултету је предавао системе теорије и телекомуникационе сигнале. По струци је инжењер. Поред португалског језика течно говори и енглески, француски и шпански. Ожењен је и има двоје деце.

Политичка каријера
Политичку каријеру је започео 1974. године када се придружује Социјалистичкој партији. Антонио Гутерес је 1976. године изабран за посланика у португалском парламенту у којем је био члан 17 година. За то време председавао је Одбором за економију, финансије и планирања, а касније је био у Одбору за територијалну и локалну самоуправу. Био је и шеф посланичке групе своје странке.

Од 1981. до 1983. године био је члан Парламентарне скупштине Савета Европе када је био и председавајући Комитета за демографију, миграцију и избеглице. Један је од оснивача Португалског савета за избеглице 1991. године који је чинио део Државног савета Португалије од 1991. до 2002. године. 1992. је постао генерални секретар Социјалистичке партије у Португалији. Антонио Гутерес је био активан и у Социјалистичкој интернационали обављајући дужност потпредседника ове организације од 1992. до 1999. године када је постао њен председник и обављао ту дужност до јуна 2005.

У два мандата од 1995. до 2002. године био је Премијер Португалије. Тада је предводио представнике међународне заједнице у мировном процесу на Источном Тимору. Почетком 2000-их био је председник Европског савета, када је усвојена Лисабонска агенда, а председавао је и првим самитом Европске уније и Афричких земаља.

Антонио Гутерес је био високи комесар УН за избеглице од јуна 2005. до децембра 2015. године предводећи хуманитарну организацију са око 10.000 запослених у 125 земаља. Током свог мандата надгледао је суштинску структурну реформу UNHCR-а смањивши особље у седишту у Женеви за више од 20% и подигавши ефикасност агенције и капацитет за брзо реаговање. Активности хуманитарне организације су се утростручиле како због увођења другачијег планирања буџета тако и због повећања расељених лица широм света због сукоба. Његов мандат су обележиле неке од највећих криза, као што су сукоби у Сирији, Ираку, Јужном Судану, Централноафричкој Републици и Јемену.

Генерални секретар УН
Антонио Гутерес је постао девети Генерални секретар Уједињених нација 1. јануара 2017. године након његовог формалног избора од стране Генералне скупштине УН 13. октобра 2016. године. На том положају је заменио јужнокорејског дипломату Бан Ки-Муна.

Изабран је после шест кругова гласања у Савету безбедности, где су му највећи ривали били бивши министар спољних послова Србије Вук Јеремић и шеф словачке дипломатије Мирослав Лајчак. На последњем, неформалном гласању Антонио Гутерес је добио подршку 13 држава, док су две биле уздржане, укључујући и једану сталну чланицу. Вук Јеремић је добио подршку седам држава, шест је било против, а две су биле уздржане. Исти резултат забележио је и Мирослав Лајчак.

Заклетву је положио 12. децембра 2016. године на церемонији у Генералној скупштини УН као нови Генерални секретар УН.

Дипломатска каријера

Године 2005, на предлог Гутереса, Јоргос Папандреу је изабран за потпредседника Социјалистичке интернационале. Године 2006. Папандреу га је наследио на месту председника Социјалистичке интернационале.

У мају 2005, Гутерес је изабран за Високог комесара за избеглице на петогодишњи мандат од стране Генералне скупштине УН, заменивши Руда Луберса.

Високи комесар за избеглице

Као високи комесар, Гутерес је био на челу једне од највећих светских хуманитарних организација, која је на крају његовог мандата имала више од 10.000 запослених у 126 земаља и пружала је заштиту и помоћ за преко 60 милиона избеглица, повратника, интерно расељених лица и лица без држављанства. Његово време на функцији обележила је фундаментална организациона реформа, смањење броја особља и административних трошкова у главној канцеларији UNHCR-а у Женеви и проширење капацитета UNHCR-а за реаговање у ванредним ситуацијама током најгоре кризе расељења од Другог светског рата.

Гутерес је током 19-23. марта 2006. посетио Пекинг, Кина, и изразио приговор на репатријацију севернокорејских избеглица од стране кинеске владе.

У интервјуу за NPR из фебруара 2007. године, посвећеном углавном проблемим ирачких избеглица, Гутерес је рекао да је ово једна од највећих избегличких криза на Блиском истоку од 1948. Међу слабо публикованим избегличким кризама, навео је оне у Централноафричкој Републици и Демократској Републици Конго. Током својих последњих година као Високи комесар, он је углавном радио на обезбеђивању међународне помоћи за избеглице из грађанског рата у Сирији, називајући избегличку кризу "егзистенцијалном" за земље домаћине (као што су Либан и Јордан), а додатну помоћ називајући "питање опстанка" за избеглице. Он је био отворени заговорник боље координисаног и хуманијег приступа европских земаља медитеранској избегличкој кризи. У јуну 2013. покренуо је помоћ од 5 милијарди долара, највећa до сада, да би помогао до 10,25 милиона Сиријаца те године.

Референце

Спољашње везе

 Званични сајт Антонија Гутереса
 Official website of Antonio Guterres - UN Secretary-General

Рођени 1949.
Португалски политичари
Премијери Португалије
Генерални секретари Уједињених нација

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Sure, eating chicken soup has been clinically proven to alleviate the symptoms of cold and flu. And even if you're not sick, eating chicken soup on a cold day just makes you feel good.
But the time and effort required to make chicken stock from scratch and simmer a vat of soup makes old-fashioned chicken soup more of a long weekend project than a quick weeknight dinner.
So here are eight speedy variations on chicken soup — some with meat, some without — that can be ready to serve in half an hour, more or less. The secret, of course, is using stock (and yes, you can go with vegetarian stock instead of chicken) that's ready to go, either homemade or with a packaged stock you like. Add salt and pepper to taste, simmer as directed, and serve.
#(clear n1). Chicken soup with wild rice and mushrooms. Back in my 20s, I slung many a hamburger at the Jarrettown Hotel. This is a variation of a soup that Peter Elias, the chef there at the time, used to make.
#(clear n2). Chicken tortellini soup. My daughters call this "mommy soup." Actually, it's a variation on a recipe my mom gave me about 10 years ago, which I think came off a package of frozen tortellini. It called for frozen spinach and canned broth and was exactly what a hungry and busy graduate student needed either to feed herself for a week or a suppertime crowd of hungry fellow students. Since then, it's evolved a bit to include fresh, organic ingredients, but it's still a crowd-pleaser, especially among the 9-year-old set.
#(clear n3). Chicken orzo soup. Why make plain old chicken-noodle soup when you can make the fancier-sounding chicken-orzo soup instead? I love the feel of orzo in this soup — such perfect little pasta. Much less messy to slurp up, too, than long egg noodles.
#(clear n4). Chicken soup with dumplings. This is a sentimental favorite — my mother used to make soup this way when I was little. These days she makes her dumplings with boxed mix, which is faster, but the old-fashioned way is comforting.
#(clear n5). [%image reference-image float='clear right' width=350 caption="Italian wedding soup is like a minestrone with meatballs."] Italian wedding soup. Legend has it that the name "Italian wedding soup" is a misinterpretation of minestra maritata ("married soup"), which refers to the combination of meat and greens. I've seen recipes for this soup that use beef and chicken meatballs and even sausage, and recipes with or without pasta. This one uses ground-turkey meatballs made with pesto, as well as the tiny pasta known as pastina. For a similar soup that combines Asian and Mexican influences, try Chicken Meatball Soup.
#(clear n6). Chicken fajita soup. This is probably the most complicated of all these recipes in terms of slicing and spicing. But chopping veggies is a great way to unwind at the end of a long day, and the taste is worth it. The first time I tried this soup, my twin daughters had just been born. A neighbor's mom made us a pot of it and delivered it, steaming, to our door. Nursing and caring for two infants, I was grateful just to have something edible in front of me — and it tasted so good, I had to sit down and savor it. We've since moved and I've lost the recipe, so this is my attempt at recreating it. Still, I never eat this soup without thinking of Martha's mom.
#(clear n7). Easy tom kha gai. A spicy, coconutty, milky Asian version of chicken soup. For a similar take on this classic Thai soup, try Coconut Curry Soup.
#(clear n8). Matzo-ball soup. The Jewish classic, traditionally served at Passover but also delicious on any cold, rainy day. If you don't feel like making the matzo-ball dumplings, substitute dried egg noodles instead.
With cake for him and soup for me!
p(bio). Zanne Miller is a writer based in Eugene, Oregon.


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Air Diver
Are you sure this jet is diving, Asmik? Are you sure it isn't… soaring majestically upwards?
Oh look, a slightly different jet. Still no diving, though.
PUBLISHER: Asmik (JP) / Seismic (US)
DEVELOPER: Copya Systems
GENRE: Arcade flight-sim
RELEASE DATE: 03/09/90 – (JP), 04/90 – (US)
Developer Copya Systems spared no expense with Air Diver's cockpit. Just look at the detail!
The cockpit's immaculately rendered insides might make you think Air Diver is the 16-bit Steel Battalion, but no. The game does not come with its own $200 flight stick, and save for the radar screen, your fuel gauge, and your missiles, the cockpit is meaningless bells and whistles.
None of this means anything either, since the F-119 Stealth doesn't exist.
The emptiness in the 'pit doesn't matter, really. The lights and gadgets exist only to immerse you in your role as Joe "Only Fighter Pilot Who Can Save the World From Terrorists and Aliens" Smith. And you are immersed, at least initially. The game's thrilling sense of speed sends you soaring over areas like the African Savannah or the Australian Outback, and the intense dogfights are leagues better than After Burner's janky battles. After destroying enemy jet after enemy jet and avoiding endless missile parades, however, Air Diver feels like a hollow spectacle, as flashy and empty as the cockpit itself.
Sure looks pretty, though.
On the main menu, you choose one of eight battle arenas spread out across the world. Each arena is rated by attack, defense, and a mission achievement percentage. The "attack" is, I presume, the amount of enemy fighters that will be unleashed at your jet. I do not know what the defense and mission achievement percentage mean. There's very little documentation for Air Diver available online, save for a couple stray reviews and the Japanese version of the manual.
If anyone knows what some of this jargon means, please leave a comment!
Your goal is to shoot oncoming fighter jets and avoid any missiles fired by them. Because the fighter jets move faster than your jet, it's best to keep track of them on your radar where they're portrayed as red dots. Your jet has three actions: shoot bullets, launch missiles once you've locked onto a jet, and a speed boost, which twirls your plane 360 degrees. Thanks to the automatic acceleration and the inability to fly in any direction (you can tilt your cockpit in a direction, but you only ever fly straight), you never feel like you have full control over your jet. The 360 twirls help you avoid missiles, but that's it.
Now that's some serious diving.
Once you've taken down a couple waves of standard fighter jets, a Special Edition fighter jet (usually a different color than the standard army green) comes and rides your butt with a steady stream of bullets and missiles. Basically, Special Edition Bogey is a jerk, and it's always a crapshoot as to whether you'll be able to outmaneuver his attacks. I destroyed a couple of these jets during my playthrough, but I just as often got stuck behind them. There's no function that allows you to slow down and let them pass, and even if you speed boost away until they're no longer on your radar screen, they'll always manage to catch up with you.
The bastard's on my six. Deploy! Deploy!
If you can get past those frustrations, you'll do battle against a large alien ship. The ships only look slightly otherworldly, but the way they slink slowly onto the screen is intimidating. Once the battle begins, you'll get some hits in, but the foreign alien weaponry is impossible to avoid. I died within a few seconds on all of these battles, thanks to a staggering amount of electrical pulse bullets hurled directly at my jet.
"Alert! You're screwed!"
Should you manage to defeat the alien ship, you'll be taken back to the transport aircraft where you're given additional fuel and weapons for your next battle. It's then back to the main menu for more dogfights around the world. Aliens and terrorists don't sleep, so you can't either, I'm afraid.
I think I've dove enough for one day
In the Options menu, you're able to turn Air Diver's difficulty down to Easy, which I'd recommend if you want to play through the entire game. While this decrease in difficulty certainly eases the pain (there's also a Hard setting – a big "hell no" to that), it also highlights the game's lack of substance. Without the extra challenge, the objectives grow monotonous within a couple levels. With the challenge, it's impossible to progress, and thus, care about saving the world. By the time I finished with Air Diver, I was ready to hand Earth over to the Terrorist/Alien regime. It's not like the rest of us are doing that great of a job anyway.
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I rented this, and beat it when it came out. It was OK. I seem to remember some fuel management aspect to it as well. Like you had to tackle missions somewhat strategically. I mostly remember the large boss encounters which at the time were somewhat unique for this type of game, other than that, ya it's an After Burner action type of game. You could do worse.
I only ran out of fuel one time, though I imagine harder missions might give you less fuel or something.
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This game never appealed to me. I remember seeing screenshots, and thinking to myself that there's almost no playfield to observe, because of the sheer size and scope of the cockpit. Who wants to spend half the game staring at a tiny radar screen when you have all the eye candy to look at? I never bothered with this one as a result.
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The Reformers saw the three occupations of prophet, priest, king in the Old Testament as completely fulfilled in Christ and expressed in his work of salvation. This is now becoming the case in other traditions. The office thus leads to a fuller understanding of the work of Christ. Even problems such as the old chestnut of predestination and free will yield to this approach. This book investigates the paradigm of prophet, priest and king in the belief that a fuller understanding of what God provided for Israel, fulfilled in Christ and extended to the Church, will provide the groundwork for a more Biblical approach to many of the problems that the modern Church is facing. It examines this not only in the experience of Western churches, but also specifically in the changing expression of Christianity in the African churches.


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Movie Review: Daawat-e-Ishq (2014)
1 Star (out of 4)
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Daawat-e-Ishq ("Feast of Love") wants to be a strong social statement against dowries. In reality, it's a fantasy film for men's rights supporters.
The movie opens with a card explaining that, though the practice of dowry payments has been illegal since 1961, one woman is killed every hour in India because her family cannot afford to pay the fee demanded by her prospective husband's family. Despite being an ace student, star athlete, and total knockout, no man will marry Gullu (Parineeti Chopra) because of the measly dowry her widowed father (played by Anupam Kher) can afford on his law clerk's salary.
After having her heart broken by a rich guy named Amjad, whose family demands an outrageous sum to approve the marriage, Gullu decides to use the law to her advantage. She and her father leave Hyderabad for Lucknow, where they assume false identities in order to land Gullu a rich husband.
After the wedding, the plan is for Gullu to file a suit against the groom's family accusing them of dowry extortion (section 498a in the Indian penal code). Presumably, the family will settle out of court, and Gullu and her dad will have enough money to move to America so that she can become a shoe designer.
Gullu and her dad pick Taru Haidar (Aditya Roy Kapur) — a restaurateur from a rich family — as their mark. Unfortunately for Gullu, Taru is nice, virtuous guy who doesn't like that his parents have asked for a dowry. Gullu must decide whether to confess her scheme or take Taru's money and break his heart.
Thus does a movie about the evils of a system which unfairly punishes women turn into a tale with a wealthy man as the system's true victim.
For a movie as mind numbingly slow as Daawat-e-Ishq, the twist that positions Taru as the victim still comes as a shock. His character doesn't even show up until forty minutes into the film, and he's introduced as a loud, tacky boor. His victimization is supposed to sting not because of who he is or the audience's affection for him but for what he represents: an innocent man exploited by a law designed to protect women.
There are so many reasons why the movie doesn't work, and all can be laid at the feet of writer-director Habib Faisal. Faisal asks his talented cast to overact. The film looks dingy and flat. For a movie about a chef with "Feast" in the title, precious little time is devoted to Taru's culinary creations. The camera pans quickly past the dishes with nary a description or lingering shot.
The screenplay is the film's biggest problem. As mentioned above, Taru isn't introduced until forty minutes have elapsed, time that is instead spent on Gullu's futile romance with Amjad and a couple of lifeless songs. The romance between the leading couple is compressed into a single song, which isn't enough time for Chopra and Kapur to develop any kind of chemistry.
Faisal lets down his heroine in the way he transforms her from an unappreciated modern woman into a ruthless criminal mastermind. The circumstances that prompt her to concoct her extortion scheme aren't dire enough to warrant it, and the whole plan seems out of character for a woman who takes pride in succeeding on her own merits.
Gullu's heel-turn opens the door for a song in which the "black magic woman" wreaks havoc "while the mustache studs looked on in dismay." Taru's lawyer friend shouts, "All the girls of India will learn a lesson that they shouldn't trick innocent boys into 498a." I'm sure the twenty-four women murdered today over dowry would feel properly chastened, were they still alive to do so.
The most telling indicator of where Daawat-e-Ishq falls on the moral spectrum is its epilogue, featuring the rich guy, Amjad. He finally stands up to his parents, telling them that he won't accept a dowry from his future bride. Not because their regressive ideas cost him the one woman he really loved, but because, dammit, he's tired of being treated like a piece of meat, an object that can be sold to the highest bidder. And the women of the world collectively rolled their eyes…
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This entry was posted in Reviews and tagged 1 Star, Aditya Roy Kapur, Anupam Kher, Bollywood, Daawat-e-Ishq, Feast of Love, Habib Faisal, Hindi, Indian, Movie Review, Parineeti Chopra on September 19, 2014 by Kathy.
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22 thoughts on "Movie Review: Daawat-e-Ishq (2014)"
JustMeMike September 19, 2014 at 7:24 pm
Sorry that the film let you down. and your review, hammers it home.
I was ready to head up to Tampa today to see this one and Khoobsurat – but the rain was too heavy for me to take on that long of a drive. Khoobsurat and Daawat-e-Ishq are both playing at the same theater in Tampa along with Finding Fanny and none of them are here in Sarasota.
But I will see Daawat on way or another as Parineeti has been on my radar for a while. As for Khoobsurat, same applies to Sonam Kapoor.
Kathy Post author September 22, 2014 at 9:05 pm
Here's my ranking of the three Tampa options, Mike:
Daawat-e-Ishq
Keyur Seta September 20, 2014 at 10:02 am
You always get it right when Bollywood filmmakers get it all wrong while giving a social message.
I read the synopsis yesterday and I straightaway decided to stay away from this one. The only reason is that I just couldn't accept the character of Gulrez becoming, in blunt terms, a criminal!
Thanks, Keyur! The filmmakers would've had less trouble had they not tried so hard to send a social message (and a conflicting one at that!).
Keyur Seta September 23, 2014 at 1:14 am
Yes, it just kills such an important message.
Nav September 20, 2014 at 4:23 pm
Seems a pretty b.s. movie
That just about sums it up, Nav.
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#ifndef _ASM_X86_MMU_CONTEXT_H
#define _ASM_X86_MMU_CONTEXT_H

#include <asm/desc.h>
#include <linux/atomic.h>
#include <linux/mm_types.h>

#include <trace/events/tlb.h>

#include <asm/pgalloc.h>
#include <asm/tlbflush.h>
#include <asm/paravirt.h>
#include <asm/mpx.h>
#ifndef CONFIG_PARAVIRT
static inline void paravirt_activate_mm(struct mm_struct *prev,
					struct mm_struct *next)
{
}
#endif	/* !CONFIG_PARAVIRT */

#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
extern struct static_key rdpmc_always_available;

static inline void load_mm_cr4(struct mm_struct *mm)
{
	if (static_key_false(&rdpmc_always_available) ||
	    atomic_read(&mm->context.perf_rdpmc_allowed))
		cr4_set_bits(X86_CR4_PCE);
	else
		cr4_clear_bits(X86_CR4_PCE);
}
#else
static inline void load_mm_cr4(struct mm_struct *mm) {}
#endif

#ifdef CONFIG_MODIFY_LDT_SYSCALL
/*
 * ldt_structs can be allocated, used, and freed, but they are never
 * modified while live.
 */
struct ldt_struct {
	/*
	 * Xen requires page-aligned LDTs with special permissions.  This is
	 * needed to prevent us from installing evil descriptors such as
	 * call gates.  On native, we could merge the ldt_struct and LDT
	 * allocations, but it's not worth trying to optimize.
	 */
	struct desc_struct *entries;
	int size;
};

/*
 * Used for LDT copy/destruction.
 */
int init_new_context(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm);
void destroy_context(struct mm_struct *mm);
#else	/* CONFIG_MODIFY_LDT_SYSCALL */
static inline int init_new_context(struct task_struct *tsk,
				   struct mm_struct *mm)
{
	return 0;
}
static inline void destroy_context(struct mm_struct *mm) {}
#endif

static inline void load_mm_ldt(struct mm_struct *mm)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_MODIFY_LDT_SYSCALL
	struct ldt_struct *ldt;

	/* lockless_dereference synchronizes with smp_store_release */
	ldt = lockless_dereference(mm->context.ldt);

	/*
	 * Any change to mm->context.ldt is followed by an IPI to all
	 * CPUs with the mm active.  The LDT will not be freed until
	 * after the IPI is handled by all such CPUs.  This means that,
	 * if the ldt_struct changes before we return, the values we see
	 * will be safe, and the new values will be loaded before we run
	 * any user code.
	 *
	 * NB: don't try to convert this to use RCU without extreme care.
	 * We would still need IRQs off, because we don't want to change
	 * the local LDT after an IPI loaded a newer value than the one
	 * that we can see.
	 */

	if (unlikely(ldt))
		set_ldt(ldt->entries, ldt->size);
	else
		clear_LDT();
#else
	clear_LDT();
#endif

	DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(preemptible());
}

static inline void enter_lazy_tlb(struct mm_struct *mm, struct task_struct *tsk)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
	if (this_cpu_read(cpu_tlbstate.state) == TLBSTATE_OK)
		this_cpu_write(cpu_tlbstate.state, TLBSTATE_LAZY);
#endif
}

static inline void switch_mm(struct mm_struct *prev, struct mm_struct *next,
			     struct task_struct *tsk)
{
	unsigned cpu = smp_processor_id();

	if (likely(prev != next)) {
#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
		this_cpu_write(cpu_tlbstate.state, TLBSTATE_OK);
		this_cpu_write(cpu_tlbstate.active_mm, next);
#endif
		cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, mm_cpumask(next));

		/*
		 * Re-load page tables.
		 *
		 * This logic has an ordering constraint:
		 *
		 *  CPU 0: Write to a PTE for 'next'
		 *  CPU 0: load bit 1 in mm_cpumask.  if nonzero, send IPI.
		 *  CPU 1: set bit 1 in next's mm_cpumask
		 *  CPU 1: load from the PTE that CPU 0 writes (implicit)
		 *
		 * We need to prevent an outcome in which CPU 1 observes
		 * the new PTE value and CPU 0 observes bit 1 clear in
		 * mm_cpumask.  (If that occurs, then the IPI will never
		 * be sent, and CPU 0's TLB will contain a stale entry.)
		 *
		 * The bad outcome can occur if either CPU's load is
		 * reordered before that CPU's store, so both CPUs must
		 * execute full barriers to prevent this from happening.
		 *
		 * Thus, switch_mm needs a full barrier between the
		 * store to mm_cpumask and any operation that could load
		 * from next->pgd.  TLB fills are special and can happen
		 * due to instruction fetches or for no reason at all,
		 * and neither LOCK nor MFENCE orders them.
		 * Fortunately, load_cr3() is serializing and gives the
		 * ordering guarantee we need.
		 *
		 */
		load_cr3(next->pgd);

		trace_tlb_flush(TLB_FLUSH_ON_TASK_SWITCH, TLB_FLUSH_ALL);

		/* Stop flush ipis for the previous mm */
		cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, mm_cpumask(prev));

		/* Load per-mm CR4 state */
		load_mm_cr4(next);

#ifdef CONFIG_MODIFY_LDT_SYSCALL
		/*
		 * Load the LDT, if the LDT is different.
		 *
		 * It's possible that prev->context.ldt doesn't match
		 * the LDT register.  This can happen if leave_mm(prev)
		 * was called and then modify_ldt changed
		 * prev->context.ldt but suppressed an IPI to this CPU.
		 * In this case, prev->context.ldt != NULL, because we
		 * never set context.ldt to NULL while the mm still
		 * exists.  That means that next->context.ldt !=
		 * prev->context.ldt, because mms never share an LDT.
		 */
		if (unlikely(prev->context.ldt != next->context.ldt))
			load_mm_ldt(next);
#endif
	}
#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
	  else {
		this_cpu_write(cpu_tlbstate.state, TLBSTATE_OK);
		BUG_ON(this_cpu_read(cpu_tlbstate.active_mm) != next);

		if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, mm_cpumask(next))) {
			/*
			 * On established mms, the mm_cpumask is only changed
			 * from irq context, from ptep_clear_flush() while in
			 * lazy tlb mode, and here. Irqs are blocked during
			 * schedule, protecting us from simultaneous changes.
			 */
			cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, mm_cpumask(next));

			/*
			 * We were in lazy tlb mode and leave_mm disabled
			 * tlb flush IPI delivery. We must reload CR3
			 * to make sure to use no freed page tables.
			 *
			 * As above, load_cr3() is serializing and orders TLB
			 * fills with respect to the mm_cpumask write.
			 */
			load_cr3(next->pgd);
			trace_tlb_flush(TLB_FLUSH_ON_TASK_SWITCH, TLB_FLUSH_ALL);
			load_mm_cr4(next);
			load_mm_ldt(next);
		}
	}
#endif
}

#define activate_mm(prev, next)			\
do {						\
	paravirt_activate_mm((prev), (next));	\
	switch_mm((prev), (next), NULL);	\
} while (0);

#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
#define deactivate_mm(tsk, mm)			\
do {						\
	lazy_load_gs(0);			\
} while (0)
#else
#define deactivate_mm(tsk, mm)			\
do {						\
	load_gs_index(0);			\
	loadsegment(fs, 0);			\
} while (0)
#endif

static inline void arch_dup_mmap(struct mm_struct *oldmm,
				 struct mm_struct *mm)
{
	paravirt_arch_dup_mmap(oldmm, mm);
}

static inline void arch_exit_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm)
{
	paravirt_arch_exit_mmap(mm);
}

#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
static inline bool is_64bit_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
{
	return	!config_enabled(CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION) ||
		!(mm->context.ia32_compat == TIF_IA32);
}
#else
static inline bool is_64bit_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
{
	return false;
}
#endif

static inline void arch_bprm_mm_init(struct mm_struct *mm,
		struct vm_area_struct *vma)
{
	mpx_mm_init(mm);
}

static inline void arch_unmap(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
			      unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
{
	/*
	 * mpx_notify_unmap() goes and reads a rarely-hot
	 * cacheline in the mm_struct.  That can be expensive
	 * enough to be seen in profiles.
	 *
	 * The mpx_notify_unmap() call and its contents have been
	 * observed to affect munmap() performance on hardware
	 * where MPX is not present.
	 *
	 * The unlikely() optimizes for the fast case: no MPX
	 * in the CPU, or no MPX use in the process.  Even if
	 * we get this wrong (in the unlikely event that MPX
	 * is widely enabled on some system) the overhead of
	 * MPX itself (reading bounds tables) is expected to
	 * overwhelm the overhead of getting this unlikely()
	 * consistently wrong.
	 */
	if (unlikely(cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_MPX)))
		mpx_notify_unmap(mm, vma, start, end);
}

#endif /* _ASM_X86_MMU_CONTEXT_H */

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Strategy & Operations » Legal » Supreme Court boost for employers re non-compete clauses
Supreme Court boost for employers re non-compete clauses
Employers may now have greater confidence in the use of non-compete clauses as a way to protect their business, says Karen Coleman, an employment solicitor at Excello Law.
Karen Coleman
Excello Law Date published July 25, 2019 Categories
UK employers may now have greater confidence in the effectiveness of contractual clauses that restrict their employees from leaving to work for competitors. A recent UK Supreme Court decision provides significant comfort for employers seeking to enforce such contractual clauses, which are often known as non-compete clauses. However, employers must nonetheless be careful to ensure that non-compete clauses are carefully drafted so as not to be unreasonable or unduly broad.
This latest ruling will be welcomed by employers, since non-compete clauses are an important way to prevent key staff from damaging a business after they leave – for example, by immediately bringing a company's key clients over to a competitor. These clauses can also discourage competitors from poaching staff. Non-compete clauses are usually time-limited, typically preventing staff from working for competitors for periods of 6 or 12 months.
It is widely believed amongst employers that non-compete clauses are hardly worth the paper they were written on. However, the Supreme Court's ruling in Tillman v Egon Zehnder Limited [2019] UKSC 32, confirms that, where there is genuine business interest to protect, and the relevant clauses are drafted reasonably, non-compete restrictions will be upheld by the courts.
In this case, Ms Tillman had been employed in a senior role with a global management consultancy and recruitment firm. Her employment ended in January 2017 and she informed her employer that she wished to work for a competitor firm before expiry of the six-month restricted period specified by the non-compete clause in her employment contract. Her former employer initially obtained an interim injunction preventing her from working during the restricted period, but this was overturned by the Court of Appeal, before the case was appealed to the Supreme Court by her employer.
The non-compete clause in Ms Tillman's employment contract stated that she must not "directly or indirectly engage or be concerned or interested in any business carried on in competition with any of the businesses of the Company or any Group Company". The Supreme Court found that the words "interested in" made the clause too broad. However, instead of striking down the entire clause, the court instead held that the words "interested in" could be severed from the clause, but that the remainder of the cause would stand.
This decision surprised many observers as it overturned longstanding judicial guidance as to how parts of a contract may be severed, as set out in the leading 1920 case of Attwood v Lamont. The Tillman judgment has now freed the courts to take a more flexible approach in such cases. Judges may now let certain parts of a non-compete clause stand, even when striking down aspects of it as unenforceable.
The Tillman judgment found that the key question is whether removing the offending provision would "generate any major change in the overall effect of all the post-employment restraints in the contract." The court emphasised that the "focus is on the legal effect of the restraints, which will remain constant, not on their perhaps changing significance for the parties and in particular for the employee."
Applying this approach to Ms Tillman's contract, the court held that "the words 'or interested' [were] capable of being removed from the non-competition covenant without the need to add to or modify the wording of the remainder. And, second, removal of the prohibition against her being 'interested' would not generate any major change in the overall effect of the restraints. So those words should be severed and removed."
Non-complete clauses however continue to present a difficult balancing act for employers and their lawyers. They must be drafted sufficiently broadly to by effective, yet not so broadly that they risk being deemed unenforceable. The Tillman decision is welcome news for employers, since it means that even if part of a non-compete clause is found to be overly broad, the remainder of it may stand as enforceable. This will make such clauses far easier to enforce in practical terms.
The Supreme Court's judgment tilts the balance in favour of non-compete clauses being enforceable which should discourage their being challenged.
The Tillman decision follows the Court of Appeal's 2016 judgment in the case of Dyson Technology Limited v Pierre Pellerey [2016] EWCA Civ 87. That case concerned a Dyson employee, Dr Pellerey, who was working on a secret project to develop an electric car. While working with Dyson, Dr Pellery accepted a position working on electric cars for Tesla. Dyson sought an injunction to enforce the 12-month non-compete clause in Dr Pellerey's contract of employment. Dr Pellerey resisted this, arguing, amongst other things, that the contractual non-compete clause was too broad.
The Court of Appeal in Pellerey set out the useful summary of the fundamental principles relating to the courts use of its discretion to provide injunctive relief in support of such clauses. These were originally set out by Justice Colman in the case of Insurance Co v. Lloyd's Syndicate [1995] 1 Lloyd's Law Reports 272.
The fundamental principles cited with approval included the principle that express or implied covenants "will in general be enforced by injunction without proof of damage by the plaintiff" and the principle that "it is unconscionable for the defendant to ignore his bargain."
However, in Pellerey, the court took issue with the principle that the court's discretion to refuse an injunction could only apply in exceptional cases. It instead held that courts should not attempt to "prescribe with any sort of particularity the types of circumstances in which it might be appropriate to refuse an injunction." The court made clear that "every case will turn on its own facts". It therefore reaffirmed that courts have the discretion to refuse such injunctions where hardship would be caused to the defendant by enforcing a non-compete clause, but little damage would be caused to the applicant if it were not enforced.
Facts of the case
However, the Court of Appeal in Pellerey recognised without reservation that parties should be held to their contractual bargain as regards non-compete clauses and that "the starting point" in such cases is that "the ordinary remedy is an injunction". However, the courts firmly retain their discretion to look at the facts of each case more broadly.
Such disputes are not without risks for the new employer of an employee bound by a non-compete clause. They can also be dragged into the dispute and they can sometimes find themselves accused of inducement to breach the employment contract and, in certain cases, even conspiracy.
It is now clear that courts will generally uphold well-drafted and reasonable non-compete clauses – even if each case turns on its own facts. In practice, injunctions and damages are very expensive to pursue through the courts. Yet if a non-compete clause is well-drafted and an employer can demonstrate that financial loss has resulted, or could result, from the breach of that clause, an employer stands a good chance of success. In such cases, when faced with a plausible threat of injunctive proceedings, an employee's solicitors will typically advise the employee to cease their activities and undertake to abide by the restrictions. The recent Supreme Court decision is welcome as it provides greater certainty as regards the enforceability of non-compete clauses.
Employers should however ensure that non-compete clauses are well drafted and properly executed by the employee. Such clauses should also be regularly reviewed so that they can be updated to reflect the particular risks posed by the departure of an individual employee, as the business develops or the employee's role changes. Thanks to the recent Supreme Court judgment in Tillman, however, employers may now have greater confidence in the use of non-compete clauses as a way to protect their business.
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Lawyers for Monsanto Co.'s parent company, Bayer AG, have asked the federal judge overseeing a batch of lawsuits accusing the company's blockbuster herbicide Roundup of causing cancer to reverse an $80 million dollar damages verdict in the first case to go to trial in the multidistrict litigation, or to grant the company a new trial.
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Nearly 19 hours after it started, the fire at the Indian Oil Corporation's fuel depot in Sitapura industrial area on the outskirts of Jaipur is still raging.
Six people have been killed and 150 are injured. Six people are also said to be missing.
300 army men are helping with rescue, as some people are feared trapped in the depot. Experts from Mathura have also been called in to help.
Five-km area around the fire spot has been declared a "danger zone". Five lakh residents in the surrounding area have been moved to safer locations.
Among those who were evacuated were all the patients, doctors and staff of a government hospital and engineering and medical students of 10 hostels.
The IOC has said that they have disconnected the underground pipeline connecting the oil well and the depot.
The administration is also taking all precautionary measures to secure a nearby Indane gas bottling plant.
Cold water mixed with foam has been sprayed on the pipeline of LPG storage tankers located near the petroleum depot to keep it cool and unaffected from the heat generated from the fire.
Assistant Fire Officer at the site has said the intensity of fire has been reduced to 75 per cent and by evening it would die down when the fuel gets fully burnt.
Petroleum Minister Murli Deora reached Jaipur on Friday morning. "Not much can be done about the fire. It will have to be allowed to burn out," he said. He also announced a compensation of Rs 5 to 10 lakh for the injured and the families of the dead.
A high-level committee of the Petroleum Ministry will conduct a probe into the incident.
The chairman of the IOC has said this is the worst fire in the history of the Indian Oil Corporation.
Sitapura industrial area, just 3 km from Jaipur, is a busy place with many heavy electrical industries and a number of engineering colleges.
Within minutes two dozen fire extinguishers were rushed to the spot but given the 80 lakh litres of petroleum products in the depot the fire spread, rapidly engulfing the entire depot. Soon the state government was forced to seek help from the Union Petroleum Ministry.
"It is a terrible blaze. I have spoken to the Petroleum Minister who is sending a team of officials to the site," Ashok Gehlot, the Chief Minister of Rajastan, said on Thursday.
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"I was working when there was a sudden explosion. All the glass around us was shattered and it fell on us. We ran away from the spot," said one of the injured.
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