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Sky Atlantic & Showtime Renew 'Penny Dreadful' For Second Season
By Patrick Munn | June 4, 2014 - 7:13 pm | 2 Comments
Category : News, UK News, US News
Tags : Penny Dreadful, Showtime, Sky Atlantic
Sky Atlantic and Showtime have renewed their co-production Penny Dreadful for a second season, the two broadcasters announced today.
Created by John Logan, Penny Dreadful sees some of literature's most famously terrifying characters – including Dr. Frankenstein and his creature, Dorian Gray and iconic figures from the novel Dracula – become embroiled in Victorian London. The series weaves together these classic horror origin stories as the characters grapple with their monstrous alienation. The series is produced by Neal Street Productions and stars Josh Hartnett, Timothy Dalton, Eva Green, Billie Piper, Rory Kinnear, Reeve Carney, Harry Treadaway, Helen McCrory, Danny Sapani and Simon Russell Beale.
The renewal comes part way through the show's 8 episode first season, with the two broadcaster's upping the order to 10 episodes for season two, which will enter production later this year for a 2015 premiere. Penny Dreadful is the latest successful drama launch for Showtime, following the likes of Ray Donovan, Masters of Sex and Homeland. For Sky, the series forms part of their pledge to invest £600 million per year in UK productions and is one of only a handful of original dramas for Sky Atlantic, who also have the high profile Fortitude in the pipeline for later this year.
"Over the last few years we have made massive strides in bringing world class dramas to our customers' screens", said Stuart Murphy, Director of Sky Entertainment. "Penny Dreadful epitomises the cinematic scale of drama we have come to expect from Sky Atlantic and we are really looking forward to continuing our partnership with David Nevins and Showtime, John Logan and Sam Mendes in the second series."
Cameron Roach, Sky's Acting Head of Drama, commented: "We are really pleased to be able to bring a second series of Penny Dreadful to our customers' screens. With the show set in Victorian London and filmed in Ireland, we are very proud of Penny Dreadful's British and Irish roots. We are thrilled to be working with Neal Street Productions and Showtime on the second series."
While David Nevins, President of Showtime Networks, added: "Picking up Penny Dreadful was one of the easiest decisions I've made. The series has had worldwide impact, drawing big, passionate audiences on both sides of the Atlantic, and more than any other show on our network has hit the bullseye with viewers who want to watch television in all the new ways that are available. John Logan has deftly created an epic series that has drawn raves from a wide-range of audiences from quality drama lovers to critics, to hardcore genre fans. We look forward to working once again with our partners at Sky Atlantic and are extremely excited for what's in store for season two."


The Department of Applied Sciences and Humanities is continuing from the date of KIT inception with a mission of imparting teaching and promoting implementation of practical aspects of Applied Sciences and Humanities to build a solid foundation as part of the Engineering Education. It prepares the students for higher studies and for industries by imparting fundamental facets of Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Professional Communication and first year Engineering Subjects.
The courses taught by the teachers of this department lay the foundation of engineering sciences. Professional communication is of particular importance for improving the vocal and written skills of students. An understanding of Physics and Chemistry is essential to several engineering subjects like electronics, electrical engineering and engineering materials. Mathematics is undisputedly important in all fields of engineering.
Synthesis and structural investigation of coordination compounds of Palladium (II) with 5- methyl uracil" Dr.Anshu Srivastava, Dr .D.C.Gupta. International journal of Applied engineering research Dindigul Vol.1, No, 2 2010 ISSN No-0976-4259 page 222-227.
"Synthesis and structural investigation of coordination compounds of Palladium (II) with uracil and uracil-4 carboxylic acid." Dr.Anshu Srivastava, Dr. D.C. Gupta. International journal of Pharma World research Vol.1, Issue –IIIrd 2010 ISSN No-0976-111X.
"Synthesis and structural investigation of coordination compounds of Palladium (II) with uracil" Dr.Anshu Srivastava. Visual soft research and development technical and nontechnical journal Vol.I Issue 2 ISSN No.0976-7967 page 57-63.
Synthesis and structural investigation of coordination compounds of Palladium (II) with uracil, uracil-4 carboxylic acid and 4-Amino uracil."Dr.Anshu Srivastava. Journal of Bioscience and technologyVol.II Issue-1 ISSN No-0976-0172.
Synthesis and structural investigation of coordination compounds of Palladium (II) with 5-fluorouracil and 5-methyl uracil."Dr.Anshu Srivastava. Techno-Path ,journal of science, Engineering and Technology Management Vol.03,No.01 ISSN No.0975-525.
Synthesis and structural investigations of co-ordination compounds of palladium (II) with uracil and 5-methyl uracil. Dr.Anshu Srivastava accepted published in March 2011. International journal of Pharmacy and research ISSN No.0975-766X.
Synthesis and structural investigations of co-ordination compounds of palladium (II) with 2-methyl imidazole. Dr.Anshu Srivastava International journal of Applied Pharmaceutics ISSN No.0975-7058 Vol-3 Issue1, 2011 pageno.14-15.
Synthesis and structural investigations of co-ordination compounds of palladium (II) with 1-methyl imidazole. Dr.Anshu Srivastava. Visual soft research and development technical and nontechnical journal Vol.II Issue 2 ISSN No.0976-7967 page 47-51.
Synthesis and structural investigations of co-ordination compounds of palladium (II)imidazole with 1-methyl imidazole. Dr.Anshu Srivastava. Inventi Rapid: Med Chem Vol. 1, Issue 3 [ISSN 0976-3821].
Synthesis, Structural Investigations and Antibacterial Activity of Co-Ordination Compounds of Palladium (II) With Uracil-4 Carboxylic Acid. Dr.Anshu Srivastava. International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Chemical Sciences Vol. 1 (2) Apr – Jun2012 page no 884-889. ISSN: 2277-5005.
Alternative fuel for transportation" Dr.Anshu Srivastava, Shakun Srivastava. International journal of environmental Sciences Volume 1, No 2, 2010 ISSN 0976 – 4402.
Bilogical Approach Managing Energy" Dr.Anshu Srivastava ,Shakun Srivastava Visual soft research and development journal Vol.I Issue 1ISSN No.0976-7967.
Brunt of Global house effect on Flora and fauna Dr.Anshu Srivastava, Shakun Srivastava International journal of environmental science and development .Vol.I No.4 ISSN No.2010-0264.
Water quality assessment of Ramganga River at Moradabad by physico-chemical parameters analysis Anshu Srivastava, Ravi Kr., Vikas Gupta, Gaurav Agarwal, Shakun Srivastava and Indu Singh Visual soft research and development technical and nontechnical journal Vol.II Issue 3 ISSN No.0976-7967 page 119-127.
Chemistry of life [Dr.Anshu Srivastava] Presented a paper in National seminar on Recent Trends in Science and technology held at Nagaji institute of technology and management (30th September and 1 October2009.
Effect of global warming on Flora and Fauna [Dr.Anshu Srivastava] Presented a paper in National seminar on Introduction to Green Chemistry Education: Theory and Practice held at V.S.S.D College, Kanpur (22-23October2010).
Synthesis and structural investigation of coordination compounds of Palladium with Imidazole. [Dr.Anshu Srivastava] Presented a paper in National seminar on Multifaceted Scope of Chemistry & Human Welfare held at D.B.S (P.G.) College (C.S.J.M.University), Kanpur (22-23 January2011).
Water Pollution :A Global Problem [Dr.Anshu Srivastava] Presented a paper in National seminar on Water Pollution and health hazards held at B.N.D (P.G.) College (C.S.J.M.University), Kanpur (1 February2011).
Production & Stabilization of Metal Nanoparticle on Polyamide Nylon and its antibacterial activity [Dr.Anshu Srivastava] Presented a paper in National seminar on Nanomaterials and its applications held at D.A.V College, Kanpur (15-16 ferbuary2011).
Synthesis and structural investigation of coordination compounds of Palladium uracil, uracil-4carboxylic acid and 4-Amino uracil [Dr.Anshu Srivastava] Presented a paper in National seminar on New Trends in Green Chemistry D.A.V College (C.S.J.M.University), Kanpur (December14-15 ,2010).
Herbal medicines and its Applications National Seminar on "Current Trends in Herbal Healthcare" to be held on March 26th, 2011 at University Institute of Pharmacy, C.S.J.M. University, Kanpur. Presented a paper in National seminar.
Applications of Halloysite nanotubes: A latest Review [Dr.Anshu Srivastava] National Conference on Computing, Communication, Control & Informatics (NC4I) Presented a paper to be held on KIT Kanpur on 6& 7 November 2016.
Life member of Indian council of chemist L.M.-1526.
Life member of Academy of Microscope science and Technology L.M. - 0286.
Member of the World Association of Young Scientists (WAYS).b BOOK PUBLISHED : TITLE"FUNDAMENTALS OF POLYMER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY".
A bulk queueing model M/M (a, b, c)/2 for non-identical servers with vacation.International Journal of Management and Systems (IJOMAS), Vol. 18, No.3, pp. 319-331(2002).
A correlated random model of GIXn/G/ ∞ system with vacation.Varahmihir Journal of Mathematical Sciences (reviewed by American Mathematical Society), Vol. 2, No.2, pp.361-375(2002).
Cost analysis of the bulk queueing model M/M (a, b, c)/2 for non-identical servers with vacation. International Journal of Management and Systems (IJOMAS), Vol. 20, No.3, (September-December 2004).
Bulk services queues with vacations and non-identical servers. Journal of Mathematics and System Sciences, Vol.1, No.1, pp. 19-35 (June 2005).
Transient solutions for GIX/M (a, b)/2/ N queues for non-identical servers with vacation. A Journal of Tensor Society of India, Vol.23, pp.113-132 (July-Dec.2005).
November 2000, at NDUAT, Faizabad (U.P.), Indian Society of Agriculture and Statistics (ISAS) - Annual Convention. Paper Presented: A correlated random model of GIXn/G/ ∞ system with vacation.
December 2000, at IIM Ahmedabad, Operations Research Society of India - Annual Convention. Paper Presented: Transient solutions for GIX/M (a, b)/2/ N queues for non-identical servers with vacation.
January 2001, at University of Lucknow, Bharata Ganita Parisad - Annual Convention. Paper Presented: A bulk queueing model M/M (a, b, c)/2 for non-identical servers with vacation.
November 2003, at University of Lucknow, Bharata Ganita Parisad - Annual Convention. Paper Presented: Analysis of bulk queueing model M/Gk/2 for non-identical servers with grand vacation policy.
Invited for a talk in a National Seminar on "Current Trends in Mathematics with Special Focus on Operations Research and Computers" on 28-29 March, 2010 organized by Department of Mathematics & Statistics at Dr. R.M. L. Avadh University, Faizabad (U.P.).
Operations research Society of India (ORSI), Kolkatta.
Society of Statistics, Computers and Applications, New Delhi.
Paper Published in NC4 National Conference held at Kanpur Institute of Technology.
A Macroscopic Two-Phase Blood Flow through a Bell Shaped Stenosis in an Artery with Permeable Wall, Applications and Applied Mathematics: An International Journal (AAM) (2012).
Peristaltic Induced Flow of a Two Layered Suspension in Non Uniform Channel in journal - Applications and applied Mathematics (U.S.A.) Accepted on 30 Nov. 2010.
Herschel – Bulkley Model of viscous Fluids in Circular Cylinders of small Radius in journal. : Acta Ciencia Indica , Vol XXXII M, No. 3,957(2006).
Blood flow through stenosis in Newtonian fluid model. (Accepted in Acta Mathematica Scientia). June 2006.
National Research Paper Presented on the Topic "Necessity of Environmental Education in Each Level of Education".
National Research Poster Presented on Topic "Humoral and Cell Mediated Immune Responses by Herbal Medicinal Plant Argemone Mexicana".
National Research Paper Presented on the Topic Government Water Supply quality aspects and impacts on south region of Allahabad ".
National Research Paper Presented on the Topic 'Immunomodulatory effect of Herbal Medicinal Plant Ocimum sanctum'.
Six month training on "Biological Properties of Herbal Medicinal Plants with reference to their Medicinal Values (Ocimum Sanctum & Argemone Mexicana)" from Department of Microbiology and Immunology in University of Veterinary Sciences, Mathura (under National DST Project).
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The SVRA Vintage Races at Sebring March 12-15, 2008, will honor the 50th Anniversary of Elva sports racers at Sebring. There has been a $100.00 reduction for all US based Elva entries, and complementary entries for non US Elva entries. There is no requirement for FIA paperwork or special licenses. For those travelling extra long distances, do keep in mind that there are additional racing opportunities both before and after the Elva event and details are available from the organising groups HSR and SVRA websites. There is also the Amelia Island Concours the previous weekend.
Accommodation is at a premium as already announced on this website so do get something booked soonest. It could be worth considering an RV to avoid too much driving and possible traffic delays. There will be special Elva events within the Sebring meeting and all details will be advised over the coming weeks. Race schedules will be confirmed in early January, but again do PLEASE make contact with the SVRA to help them plan this event to best advantage.


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PRS Announces Fredrik Åkesson (Opeth) Signature SE
Model features include a single cutaway maple top with quilted maple veneer and thick mahogany back, a 24.5" scale length, 22-fret wide fat mahogany neck with ebony fretboard and PRS bird inlays, and a Tone Pros adjustable stoptail bridge.
Stevensville, MD (April 11, 2011) – Paul Reed Smith Guitars is proud to welcome Fredrik Åkesson – guitarist and backing vocalist for the landmark prog metal band Opeth – to the PRS family of SE signature artists. His new signature model, the SE Fredrik Åkesson, was unveiled in Frankfurt, Germany during Musikmesse 2011. Model features include a single cutaway maple top with quilted maple veneer and thick mahogany back, a 24.5" scale length, 22-fret wide fat mahogany neck with ebony fretboard and PRS bird inlays, and a Tone Pros adjustable stoptail bridge. Fontida Brun, Swedish for "Ancient Brown," is the exclusive finish option for Åkesson's signature model electric guitar.
The SE Fredrik Åkesson also comes standard with a volume and tone control for each pickup and a 3-way toggle on the upper bout, but this traditional configuration is "inverted" with the treble controls in front of the bass controls to mirror Åkesson's preferred setup, which allows easy access to the bridge pickup controls.
Veteran of the bands Talisman, Krux, and Arch Enemy, Åkesson has been described by Opeth's frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt (also an SE signature artist) as "an old-school shredder." This background along with Åkesson's knowledge of theory and scales, has allowed him to reinforce Opeth's trademark sound with fast riffs and virtuoso playing.
"I've always been impressed by PRS's high quality and am used to the short scale length…so this is a perfect guitar for me," said Fredrik Åkesson.
- Carved maple top with quilted maple veneer
- Thick mahogany back
- 22 frets
- 24.5" Scale
- Mahogany neck
- Ebony fretboard
- Wide-fat neck shape
- PRS bird inlays
- Tone Pros adjustable stoptail bridge
- PRS designed tuners
- Nickel hardware
- PRS designed SE 245 Treble Humbucker
- PRS designed SE 245 Bass Humbucker
- Volume and tone control for each pickup ("inverted" with treble controls in front of bass controls) with 3-way toggle on the upper bout
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Jackson, Miss – Roderick Sutton, 29, of Jackson, pled guilty in U.S. District Court today to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis.
On April 6, 2011, Sutton was driving a vehicle that was pulled over by Jackson Police Officers for a traffic violation. The officers questioned Sutton who told them there was a gun in the vehicle and that he was a convicted felon. The officers found the gun, and Sutton was arrested for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Sutton had been previously convicted of multiple drug offenses.
Sutton will be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate on November 6, 2013, at 10:30 a.m. and faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000.00 fine. This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Jackson Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst is prosecuting the case.


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Q: How to change case of latin UTF-8 strings in C++? In Objective-C, it's dead simple:
NSLog(@"%@", [@"BAÑO" lowercaseString]);  // Outputs "baño".

In C++, what's the equivalent? Can anyone provide valid code for this that produces the same output? Is there a nice STL way to do this without relying on ICU, Boost, or any other 3rd party libs?
My current non-solution is:
using namespace std;
string s = "BAÑO";
wstring w(s.begin(), s.end());
transform(w.begin(), w.end(), w.begin(), towlower);
// w contains "baÑo"

A: The problem turns out to be incredibly complicated in C++. There's only one library I know of that gets it absolutely right taking into consideration unicode normalization and other non-lower-128-ASCII character point issues.
IBM's ICU
It's massive but it does everything correctly. toupper and tolower fall short in this issue unfortunately and there's no other C++ construct available.

A: There is tolower, which is locale specific, but I don't think it'll work with UTF-8 strings.
The correct solution will always be locale specific, because the case rules depend on the language.  For example, the lowercase version of 'I' is not always 'i'.

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Jewish Traces in Unexpected Places: An Orthodox Australian South African Wedding in Thailand
Every once in a while we come across a video that illustrates the beauty and pervasiveness of Jewish life and traditions reaching out to corners of the world where they are least expected to be found. We categorize these as "Jewish Traces in Unexpected Places" and have reported on quite a few since starting Jewish Humor Central.
Today we're sharing a video of a Jewish wedding that took place last December on the beach of a remote island in Thailand that has no roads. The Australian groom met his South African bride while rock climbing in Asia.
Why Thailand? Well, it's roughly half-way between South Africa and Australia. Eighty of their friends and family traveled across the world to attend the wedding. Talk about destination weddings!
The couple were married in a traditional Orthodox ceremony by a South African rabbi who happened to be the grandson of the rabbi who had married the bride's grandparents on the same day two generations earlier in South Africa. You'll notice the signing of the ketuba at the chatan's tish, the badeken ceremony, the bride circling the groom during the ceremony, and the use of an RCA ArtScroll Life Cycle Madrikh (guide to performing life cycle ceremonies) by the rabbi.
The videographers deserve a lot of credit for shooting for 17 hours straight, walking and running over 12 miles between locations, each carrying 22 pounds of video gear all day in sweltering heat.
It's not exactly Jewish humor, but it clearly fits into our category of Yiddishe nachas. If you're looking for humor in this video, we can call your attention to:
- Monkeys cavorting on a fence
- Locals smoking home made cigarettes
- Wedding procession marching to Hebrew version of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah
- Fire dancers at nighttime reception
- Launching fire lanterns into the night sky
Mazal tov! Enjoy!
Labels: Australia, Jewish Life, Jewish Traces in Unexpected Places, Jewish Wedding, South Africa, Videos, Wedding, Yiddishe Nachas
The world's most portable religion.... and it works EVERYWHERE! I don't just see a wedding, I see a Jewish future... with supportive family and friends.
This is sad. This couple (and the 80 family members who traveled to be with them) could have had a lovely wedding for say, a quarter of what was actually spent, and the remainder would have made a wonderful contribution to fighting poverty, disease and suffering in the world. The Jewish values exhibited in this wedding are counter-balanced by so much that in superficial, materialistic and, to my mind at least, un-Jewish.
LOVED IT - THANK YOU!
Anonymous Thursday, August 23, 2012 at 12:44:00 AM EDT
Definitely not an Orthodox wedding but many traditional aspects and a beautiful couple enjoying the benefits of wealth and family and love in a magnificent setting.


When precision medicine ended my 23-year struggle with kidney cancer, I made it my mission to make individualized health care available to all. Now I have the good fortune to be part of a national precision medicine research effort that Americans are not only excited about but are eager to join.
The Precision Medicine Initiative, launched by President Obama in his 2015 State of the Union speech, aims to extend the concept of precision medicine — the right treatment or prevention plan for the right person at the right time — beyond cancer, where we have seen great progress, to all health conditions. A key part of this effort involves building the Precision Medicine Initiative Cohort Program, a group of at least 1 million Americans who will donate data about themselves, everything from health records to genetic sequences and diet surveys.
Over the last year, several thousand Americans from all parts of the country and all walks of life were surveyed about what they thought about this cohort.
The results, recently published in PLOS ONE, were very encouraging. More than half of the 2,600 respondents (54 percent) said they would definitely or probably be willing to take part in the program if asked. Younger people were a bit more likely than older people to be interested. Respondents' education mattered a little bit, while race, ethnicity, and income had little influence. The responses to the survey left me hopeful that we will be able to achieve the program's goals to engage diverse populations who have been historically underserved and understudied.
More than three-quarters of respondents reported that, if they were to join the cohort, they would be willing to contribute their family medical histories; data on lifestyle, diet, and exercise; soil and water samples from their homes; and genetic information. Again, our goal of having a dataset with some of the most rich, diverse data types ever — including wearable and smartphone data at some point — seems plausible.
The survey findings can't predict actual enrollment numbers, but they give us reason to be optimistic. This level of interest reflects what I've experienced since I was chosen to direct the cohort earlier this year. Family members, friends, and coworkers from previous jobs almost immediately started asking me how they could sign up to be part of the cohort. I've even been deluged with email requests from strangers who want to take part. While we aren't yet ready to enroll participants, I've been impressed with the variety of the individuals who have reached out and their level of interest in the initiative.
The Million Veteran Program, another important piece of the Precision Medicine Initiative, now includes more than 500,000 veterans and is growing. Enthusiasm from the veteran community to participate in this complementary study gives us more reason to believe in Americans' desire to step up and participate in something with the potential to improve health for future generations.
Guided by thoughtful and rigorous Privacy and Trust Principles that were designed to ensure the integrity and confidentiality of all data, our objective is to understand new and complex risk factors for disease that we have never known before.
It will be extremely diverse. The cohort will reflect the American melting pot in every way possible: age, race, ethnicity, education, income, occupation, geography, climate, and the like. It will cover a diversity of health conditions, since participants aren't being recruited because they have a particular disease, like cancer, or excluded because of one. It also will be designed to handle data diversity by accepting clinical data, biospecimens, information from participant questionnaires and electronic health records, and real-time data from wearables and other consumer health devices.
It is participant-centric. Members of the cohort can choose to be full partners in the work, providing input on program design, recruitment, and even suggesting what research questions to ask. They can also choose to just donate their information and be done with it.
The Precision Medicine Initiative Cohort Program can break new ground in another way by giving participants the option to receive their individual data, as well as study findings from across the cohort. This shouldn't be an advance, but it is. In my own fight with cancer, I took part in numerous clinical trials. I gave researchers a lot of information, but got little or none in return without fighting for it. What we learned from our conversations with potential participants is that some people want their own information as soon as they can possibly get it and may even share it on social media, while others aren't the least bit interested in seeing their data. There's room for all of them in the Precision Medicine Initiative Cohort Program, and one of our priorities is to give this information back quickly, responsibly, and consistently.
Taking a lesson from the way Silicon Valley and other tech companies develop big data platforms, we are taking a user-centered, iterative approach to designing and piloting the Precision Medicine Initiative Cohort Program. We will launch when we have all of the pieces in place and can deliver a high-quality experience for our users and a trusted, secure infrastructure. Our initial pilot work is well underway. We plan to launch in phases, making improvements as we go, beginning as early as late fall or early winter. Stay tuned, and please think about joining us!
Eric Dishman is director of the Precision Medicine Initiative Cohort Program.


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Apprenticeship starts post GDPR
by Adm1n | May 31, 2018 | General
Following the introduction of GDPR on 25th May, we have updated the apprenticeship employer and learning agreements to include new our privacy notices, the ESFA notice and an updated 'opt-in' section. Please ensure you use these documents, which can be...
Reminder – English & maths in apprenticeships
by Adm1n | May 29, 2018 | Posts: Employer Responsive
The ESFA will fund apprentices to achieve qualifications in English or maths (or both) if they do not already meet the required standard (see below). This will be paid in full to you by the ESFA at the rate they set, and will not be deducted from the employer's...
The College's GDPR webpages
The College has updated its Data Protection policy, and also provided information about Subject Access Requests on it website – https://www.howcollege.ac.uk/about/legal/gdpr In addition, there are a number of Privacy Notices for specific groups of people –...
Enrolment form (non-apprenticeship)
For partners: The college enrolment form for use with the adult education budget and young people's study programme has been updated with the new privacy notices etc. Please ensure the updated form is used for enrolments from 25th May 2018 until the end of the...
ACE: Apprenticeship consent form
From ACE: "We have revised the ACE Consent Form to include a link to our updated Data Use and Management Policy."...


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Aboutaruben2019-09-30T04:36:01+00:00
Adam Ruben is a writer, comedian, storyteller, and molecular biologist. For over a decade, he has performed at clubs, colleges, and private venues across the country, including at some of the best-known storytelling shows and comedy clubs. He is the author of Surviving Your Stupid, Stupid Decision to Go to Grad School (Random House, 2010), a satirical guide to the low points and, well, lower points of post-baccalaureate education. His new book, Pinball Wizards: Jackpots, Drains, and the Cult of the Silver Ball, was published by Chicago Review Press on November 1, 2017.
For more than a decade, Adam has taught an undergraduate stand-up comedy class that has quickly become one of the most popular January "Intersession" courses at Johns Hopkins University; he currently teaches storytelling with Story District and is one of the Lead Producers for the DC and Baltimore chapters of Mortified. He writes the humor column "Experimental Error" in the otherwise respectable journal Science; he has also been seen and heard on the Food Network's Food Detectives, the Science Channel's Head Rush, the Travel Channel's Mysteries at the Kremlin, Discovery International's Superhuman Science, the Weather Channel's Weather Gone Viral, the Science Channel's How Do They Do It? and What on Earth?, Netflix's The Mortified Guide, and NPR's All Things Considered and The Moth Radio Hour. He co-hosts the Science Channel's Outrageous Acts of Science (airing outside the United States as You Have Been Warned or Loco Lab on Discovery International), with more than 100 episodes. Adam also produced and hosted a weird little web video series for the Journal of Visualized Experiments called Ask Adam about Grad School and has appeared on another web series, Gizmodo's Sound Mysteries.
His one-man show, Please Don't Beat Me Up: Stories and Artifacts from Adolescence, debuted to rave reviews at the 2011 Capital Fringe Festival; it was followed by the equally well-received Dr. Science's Science Time Science-va-ganza! in 2012 (including scientist-comedians Chuck Na and Jason Pittman) and I Feel Funny: True Misadventures in Stand-Up Comedy in 2015. In addition to his day job as a molecular biologist, Adam travels the country, performing his solo show as part of anti-bullying programs, talking about his books to audiences of disaffected grad students or pinball fanatics, and giving lectures on science careers and the public perception of science.
Adam lives with his wife, Marina Koestler Ruben, and their two children, Maya and Benjamin, in Washington, DC.
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After reading our Beginner's PLO Pre-flop Strategy Guide you have (hopefully) found yourself in good position, playing a quality PLO starting hand with a reasonably small pot – what now??
Pot-limit Omaha is a game of draws, re-draws and nut hands. This beginner's guide to playing PLO after the flop will help you navigate through the basic decision making processes, and to avoid those expensive mistakes that many players new to this game will make.
The starting point for playing on the flop is the 'texture' of those community cards – how well they coordinate and the likelihood of them having hit you and / or your opponents. Accurately assessing your draws, outs and chances of 'drawing dead' is a skill that goes with this. Next we look at your opponents, the number of them, their tendencies and whether they or you took the betting lead before the flop – and from what position. Finally we bring these areas together with some ' post-flop Omaha rules of thumb' to use while you build some experience at the tables.
We will start looking at flop texture by comparing two contrasting Omaha flops. The first is 8-9-10 with 2 of a suit and the second is 2-8-K with 3 different suits. Good post flop play in Omaha involves quickly assessing the likelihood that any flop helped your opponents. For the sake of illustration imagine that you have A-A-x-x (4 suits) in both situations and are deciding whether to bet.
Flop 1: 8-9-10 (2 of a suit), ouch, in the unlikely event that none of your opponents already have a straight then there are likely to be many combination draws against you. In fact with 2 or more opponents you might as well fold those bare aces right now. Here almost every card in the deck has the opportunity to make a nut hand against you.
Flop 2: 2-8-K (3 suits). Conversely this is a very 'raggy' flop. There are no flush or straight draws which can be made on the turn and 2 low cards which are less likely to have made a set. The only real dangers are trip kings (if your opponents did not raise before the flop this is less likely, especially at the lower buy-ins) or a 2-pair hand. Here you would feel more confident betting out with your aces. If you encounter resistance then you will have to start considering that unlikely 2-pair or low set may be in your opponent's hand after all.
Of course, most flops will be in between these two extremes. The general point is that some flops will help the likely holdings of opponents more than others. The betting before the flop can often give you information about the kind of hands you are up against – for example aggressive raising and re-raising is often a high pair / broadway (picture cards) straight combination – a low flop is less likely to hit these hands. In multi-way pot after the flop then almost any flop that completes straight draws or flushes is very dangerous indeed.
Paired flops should also set alarm bells ringing in pot-limit Omaha. Unless you have flopped a full house or at least trips then you can not call a bet on a paired flop. You should hardly ever chase straights or flushes in these circumstances – there is too much risk that you will hit your hand only to find out that it is second best. Paired flops (or a pair on a later street) can sometimes make good bluffing opportunities. See our article on Bluffing In Pot-Limit Omaha Poker for more information on this topic.
'Nut Outs': These cards will make you a nut hand, the highest possible straight, the best flush or the highest full house.
'Outs': Cards which will make you a very strong hand and one that is fairly likely to be the best at the table.
'Help': Cards which might come on the turn which give you a number of further outs on the river. For example if you have a straight and 2 hearts then a further heart on the turn could give you an additional draw to a flush on the river.
'Killer Outs': Cards which will make you a hand which can not be beaten, for example the highest straight flush or highest quads.
A good rule of thumb here is that, with 15 outs to a nut-hand you are a favorite against any made hand you are up against before the turn is dealt. If you can get all your chips in the pot at this point then you will win money over time.
Note: Whether this is the best play in fact depends on many factors, there may be alternative 'lines' which are more profitable over time.
In our Common Omaha Hand Match-Ups article we go into more detail on assessing your outs and chances of your drawing hand beating a made hand (or vice-versa, as you will hold the made hand on many occasions).
When facing big bets after the flop it is important that you assess your likelihood of winning the hand if you do make the draw you are chasing. Drawing to a non-nut hand is one of the most expensive errors in pot-limit Omaha, and should only be considered against a single opponent who is known to be aggressive. Betting your draw may in fact be a better option – this gives you extra chances to win the pot if your opponent should fold.
There are multiple factors to consider when looking at the role that your opponents play in pot-limit Omaha post flop play.
The number of players who saw the flop: Here is a good trick to use, each player who sees the flop will have 6 possible combinations of 2 cards in their hand – picture this in a Texas Holdem game. Against 1 opponent you are facing 6 possible Holdem hands, 2 would mean 12 and so on. Against 5 opponents you are potentially facing 30 combinations of 2 cards. Picturing this scenario should help you realize why you should only ever draw to the nuts in PLO!!
The Tendencies Of Your Opponents: There are extremes of players who will only ever bet with the nuts after the flop, calling stations who will call all the way with non-nut hands and the aggressive types who will raise and re-raise. Watching your opponents is key in pot-limit Omaha and will help you make good decisions. For example if you face a raise from a tight player you may fold a hand that would have made a good re-raising candidate against a wild and loose opponent. Your chances of being paid-off should you make a nut hand also need to be factored in. If you see a player calling a very large bet with a questionable holding then make a note – this could be a source of profit at some point in the future.
Your Position Relative To Opponents: Where you sit in the betting order after the flop will have a big impact on how you play a hand. The dealer button is the best position as you will see the actions of all your opponents before you need to make a decision. However, if there is a raise from a player to your immediate right – and other players still in the hand – you may be in a 'sandwich' between the bettor and the other players. This means that your position is in fact not good and you need to be cautious not to get caught in a 'raising war'.
Who Took The Lead In The Betting Pre-Flop? The most likely candidate for betting after the flop is the player who put in the last raise before the flop was dealt. Whether you choose to continuation bet depends on a number of factors – including the number of opponents, texture of the flop and a number of the other things mentioned right here. If someone else took the lead pre-flop and you hit a monster hand you will need to decide whether to check in order to let them bet (in which case you can check-raise or call depending on how strong your hand is), or whether to lead out in the hope of a re-raise.
It is in fact the combination of many factors which determine the best play post-flop. As you gain more experience at the tables you will quickly see how these fit together.
There are many things to think about in pot-limit Omaha post-flop play, the preceding discussion has introduced many things to think about. These can be boiled down into some easy to remember rules of thumb.
Work Out Your Outs When Considering Calling Bets Post-Flop, Are They Nut Outs?
Play From Good Position Where Possible, If You Are Not On The Button Then Make Sure You Are Not In A Sandwich.
Be Aware Of Opponent Tendencies, Who Will Pay You Off Easily And Who Will Bet Without A Hand?
Once you have the basic strategy you are ready to hit the tables, before you do so make sure know where to find the most profitable games -. read our Best Omaha Poker Sites guide for more information on this important area.


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By Bloomberg December 15, 2020 16:11
De Beers Raises Diamond Prices for First Time Since Pandemic
Prices increased by 2 percent to 3 percent at the diamond giant's final sale of the year.
Source: De Beers
De Beers raised diamond prices for the first time since the outbreak of the global pandemic, signalling growing confidence in a rebound for the struggling industry.
Prices increased by about 2 percent to 3 percent at the diamond giant's final sale of the year last week, according to people familiar with the situation who asked not to be identified as the information is private. That's the first time De Beers has been able to start reversing steep cuts made earlier this year.
The diamond industry is showing signs of recovery after coming to a standstill in the first half as the coronavirus destroyed demand. Last week's auction by De Beers is likely to be its third consecutive sale to exceed $400 million, the people said. By comparison, the one-time monopoly sold just $50 million during the whole of the second quarter.
Rough-diamond buyers have been replenishing stocks ahead of the industry's most important selling period that stretches from Thanksgiving to the Chinese New Year. Still, after purchasing almost nothing in the first half of the year, it's not clear how much of that is being fuelled by end-consumer demand.
"Diamond stocks are incredibly low," said Anish Aggarwal, a partner at specialist advisory firm Gemdax. "Less rough than demanded was sold by the miners, and more polished than expected was sold to retailers. Consumer appetite for jewellery's been good, especially as they couldn't spend on experiential items, like travel."
The diamond industry's engine room is dominated by small family-run businesses that cut, polish and trade the stones. They form the invisible link between African mines and jewellery stores in New York, London and Hong Kong. They buy diamonds 10 times a year from De Beers at prices the company sets.
After holding out for much of the year, De Beers and Russian rival Alrosa PJSC cut prices in August, firing life back into the industry. De Beers will hope strong holiday sales allow it to continue unwinding its almost 10% price reduction early next year.
"We've seen destocking in both the midstream and the downstream. More so than any time I'm aware of and certainly the most since 2008," Mark Cutifani, chief executive officer of De Beers parent Anglo American Plc, said Friday. "I'm expecting prices to improve. I'm hoping we do a lot better."
For the industry to sustain a recovery, market participants say the biggest miners must remain disciplined on how much they produce and sell after building up billions of dollars in stocks this year.
Last week, Anglo lowered its production forecasts for the next two years, signalling its intention to keep supply tight.
"We certainly are not going to be a contributor to oversupply," Cutifani said. "We won't push more production out there unless we're comfortable prices are going to increase."
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7 Westphalia – A Paradigm?
28 Preventing Military Humanitarian Intervention?
This chapter provides an invaluable foundation for understanding the ongoing Afghanistan conflict with a survey of the realities of law and governance in the region, both before but especially after the toppling of the Taliban regime by the American-led military campaign known as Operation Enduring Freedom. It presents a critique of the "limitations placed upon [the newly summoned Afghan polity] by global governance." The new Afghanistan is seen as a problematic test case for a series of interrelated jurisprudential phenomena that challenge traditional notions of inviolable sovereignty with unexamined risks: the rethinking of sovereignty from a post-modern perspective; global constitutionalism; autopoietic law; and the entrenchment of privileged and disadvantaged spheres in the global community. The chapter argues that international law is trapped in the dialectic between apology and utopia and, in the shadow of the war on terror, and pleads for a "rethinking of sovereignty".


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Healthcare City To Come Up At Hi-Tec City
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A healthcare city with world class facilities will come up near Hi–Tec City.
US–based Alexandria Inc., will develop the healthcare city on five acres land with multispeciality hospitals, clinics and other allied medical facilities at Khanamet village in Serilingampally mandal in the city.
Officials said Alexandria Inc has recently entered into an agreement with the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority for the five acre land, which was given at the rate of Rs 10 crore per acre.
HMDA has already earmarked about 200 acres MedTech Valley at Jawaharnagar area. Two companies have shown interest to establish their units. But Alaxandria Inc wanted land near Hi–Tec City where it purchased land from HMDA.
"The civil works will begin within three months and will be completed in two years. The promoter has already begun the process to award construction works to developers," a representative of the group told TOI. A draft plan for the healthcare city has been prepared by Alexandria Equities Management (India) Pvt Ltd. According to the report, Indian healthcare market is about $38 billion.
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Chip and Joanna Gaines Donate Profits from Magnolia Market to Victims of Mass Shootings
By Bobbie Jean Sawyer 5 months
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Chip and Joanna Gaines will help victims of recent mass shootings by donating the profits from their Magnolia Market business.
In a series of tweets by the company's social media account, Magnolia Market announced that all profits from sales made over the weekend would be donated to organizations helping victims and their families as well as the communities impacted by the tragedies.
"This past week's events were incredibly difficult. We cannot begin to comprehend the loss that the communities in Texas, Ohio, California and Mississippi must be feeling," the message read. "Our hearts are breaking and we feel the need to quickly offer whatever tangible support we can."
This past week's events were incredibly difficult. We cannot begin to comprehend the loss that the communities in Texas, Ohio, California and Mississippi must be feeling. Our hearts are breaking and we feel the need to quickly offer whatever tangible support we can. pic.twitter.com/W2zuLOdu02
— Magnolia (@magnolia) August 5, 2019
Magnolia Market is also organizing a blood drive in Waco, Texas for employees and visitors who wish to donate blood. The company also asked that everyone do what they can to spread love and kindness.
Twenty-one people were killed and 26 injured after a shooter opened fire at an El Paso shopping center on Saturday, August 3. It's the second deadliest shooting in Texas history.
Read More: Chip and Joanna Gaines Donate $1.5 Million to St. Jude, Build Playhouse for Patients
Early on the morning on Sunday, August 4 a gunman opened fire in downtown Dayton, Ohio. Nine people were killed and dozens more were injured.
On July 30, a man shot and killed two Wal-Mart managers in Southaven, Mississippi. The suspected shooter also wounded a police officer.
On July 28, a shooter killed three people at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in Gilroy, California.
Last month, Chip and Joanna Gaines donated $1.5 million to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.
The couple is launching a multiplatform media company in 2020. The company will include a cable network and TV Everywhere app. The company even has plans to launch a subscription streaming service. The DIY Network will be rebranded as the Gaines' yet-to-be-named network, which will focus on inspiration, lifestyles and design. The channel will be the new home of "Fixer Upper" re-runs.
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The popularity of audiobooks is increasing, and with good reason. After a long day at the office or in the car, many of us are simply too busy to sit down and physically read an entire book—or even a single page. With audiobooks, however, avid readers can commute, work, run errands, and still cross their favorite novels off their reading lists. This is why Books Out Loud: Bowker's Guide to Audio Books, 2023 is the perfect, must-have collection development and reference tool for any library or bookstore.
In two, packed volumes, this helpful resource offers bibliographic information on over 300,000 audiobooks from more than 10,000 producers and 2,100 distributors and wholesalers. Works in this guide represent a comprehensive look at the contemporary marketplace of spoken-word publications, all jam-packed into a whopping 3,000+ pages. Within these two volumes, your patrons will have no trouble locating the audiobook they're looking for, whether it be Stephen King's newest novel or one of fourteen available versions of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit.
Books Out Loud is divided into six indexes for the user's convenience: Volume 1 contains the first part of the Title Index (A-S), while Volume 2 contains the second part of the Title Index (T-Z), as well as the Author, Reader/Performer, Subject, Publisher Name, and Wholesaler & Distributor Name Indexes. In addition, Volume 1 is preceded with a handy "How To Use" guide, lists of Publisher Country Codes, County Sequence, Language Codes, and Abbreviations, and a list of the most recent Bestselling Audiobooks and Audie Winners from Publisher's Weekly.
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Radio Show: Radio Has What P&G Wants—Unmatched Reach
Posted at Inside Radio on 8th September (updated 10th September)
After a decades-long absence, Procter & Gamble is back in business with radio. During a Radio Show panel Thursday afternoon, one of P&G's top media and marketing execs said the company will increase its new plan to spend on radio—but the medium will need to deliver results to remain part of its media plan.
"We are spending more and you're going to see more in the next couple of quarters," John Fix, analyst/manager—North America Media & Marketing at P&G, told a packed room of broadcasters during his first appearance at a radio event.
The consumer-packaged goods giant has been advertising on broadcast radio over the past several months for some of its biggest brands. But, said Fix, "If at the end of fiscal, I haven't coordinated a way to make the brands feel good about their investment, next year won't be as active."
Like most homecomings, P&G's radio return has a back story, one chronicled in an Inside Radio story package that has reverberated across the industry.
As the world's largest advertiser, P&G invests billions of dollars in media time. But it and other CPG giants have grown frustrated by narrow digital-ad targeting. P&G wants to speak to everyone, not a narrow target, Fix explained, which is why it has rediscovered radio.
There is a lack of growth and lot of pressure in the category, noted Lana Busignani, executive VP of Nielsen Marketing Effectiveness, during the Radio Show panel Fix appeared on. That's one reason why P&G rethought its marketing, which included cutting $100 million in digital advertising it deemed ineffective. When you're selling products almost everyone uses every day, like, say, toilet paper, a niche approach isn't the answer.
P&G wants to reach as much of America as it can, once a week, Fix explained. While TV has been its media cornerstone, it's a costly investment to use television to reach 72% of the U.S. "The brands are looking to get the reach they want and they can't get it with TV," Fix said. "Knowing that, radio seemed to be an option."
P&G is now augmenting its media portfolio with radio buys for some of it biggest brands to reach Americans it can't get through TV. Among P&G brands now using radio are Tide, Pantene, Vicks and Gillette.
"You saw 93% of households are listening to radio. That's the scale I need for my brands to reach the people that buy them," Fix said during the panel, moderated by Nielsen Audio managing director Brad Kelly. "My marketing portfolio adds up such that I can talk to as much of the U.S. as buys my products."
Fix credited a piece penned by Kelly, "The Six R's of Radio," as making a compelling argument for giving the medium a shot. "Recency, relevancy talking to the right people before they get to the retailer….There's such a compelling argument for it," Fix said. …
… read on at insideradio.com
Originally posted at Inside Radio
8th September (updated 10th September)
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Polarized light spectroscopy of azobenzene or disperse red 1 with Mn12 single-molecule magnets in PMMA film hybrid materials
Takashiro Akitsu , Chiaki Ishioka and Tsubasa Itoh
From the journal Open Chemistry
A series of organic/inorganic hybrid materials containing the single-molecule magnet [Mn12(CH3COO)16(H2O)4O12]·2CH3COOH·4H2O with the photochromic compounds azobenzene or disperse red 1 cast into polymethyl methacrylate films was prepared. To understand the photomodulation of analogous mixtures' AC susceptibility, we investigated the molecular alignment based on Weigert's effect accompanying cycles of cis-trans photoisomerization by alternate irradiations with polarized UV and visible light. Polarized electronic spectra of the hybrid materials demonstrated gradually increasing anisotropy. These features suggest interactions between photochromic compounds and the Mn12 complex in polymethyl methacrylate.
Keywords: Single-molecule magnets; Disperse red 1; Organic/inorganic hybrid materials; Polarized spectroscopy; Weigert effect
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Akitsu, Takashiro, Ishioka, Chiaki and Itoh, Tsubasa. "Polarized light spectroscopy of azobenzene or disperse red 1 with Mn12 single-molecule magnets in PMMA film hybrid materials" Open Chemistry, vol. 7, no. 4, 2009, pp. 690-696. https://doi.org/10.2478/s11532-009-0075-2
Akitsu, T., Ishioka, C. & Itoh, T. (2009). Polarized light spectroscopy of azobenzene or disperse red 1 with Mn12 single-molecule magnets in PMMA film hybrid materials. Open Chemistry, 7(4), 690-696. https://doi.org/10.2478/s11532-009-0075-2
Akitsu, T., Ishioka, C. and Itoh, T. (2009) Polarized light spectroscopy of azobenzene or disperse red 1 with Mn12 single-molecule magnets in PMMA film hybrid materials. Open Chemistry, Vol. 7 (Issue 4), pp. 690-696. https://doi.org/10.2478/s11532-009-0075-2
Akitsu, Takashiro, Ishioka, Chiaki and Itoh, Tsubasa. "Polarized light spectroscopy of azobenzene or disperse red 1 with Mn12 single-molecule magnets in PMMA film hybrid materials" Open Chemistry 7, no. 4 (2009): 690-696. https://doi.org/10.2478/s11532-009-0075-2
Akitsu T, Ishioka C, Itoh T. Polarized light spectroscopy of azobenzene or disperse red 1 with Mn12 single-molecule magnets in PMMA film hybrid materials. Open Chemistry. 2009;7(4): 690-696. https://doi.org/10.2478/s11532-009-0075-2
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Sneglu-Halli (SnH)
11th century; volume 2; ed. Kari Ellen Gade;
Lausavísur (Lv) - 11
III. Fragment (Frag) - 1
Skj info: Sneglu- [Grautar-] Halli, Islandsk skjald, 11. årh. (AI, 388-90, BI, 358-60).
Skj poems:
1. Et digt om Harald hårdråde (?)
2. Lausavísur
Sneglu-Halli (SnH) came from a poor family from Fljót near Svarfaðardalur in northern Iceland. The meaning of his nickname (Sneglu-) is unclear, but it could have referred to his slender stature (Flat 1860-8, III, 416; Finnur Jónsson 1907, 297) or to his irascibility (Andersson and Gade 2000, 442). In later literature he was given the nickname Grautar-Halli 'Porridge-Halli' because of his fondness for porridge (ÍF 9, cxii n. 1; ÞjóðA Lv 7). Around 1053 Halli arrived at King Haraldr harðráði Sigurðarson's court in Norway, and after a trip to Denmark and England he returned to Iceland, where he must have died prior to 1066. According to Flat, King Haraldr received the news of Halli's death with the following comment (ÍF 9, 295): Á grauti myndi greyit sprungit hafa 'The bitch must have burst with porridge'. Skáldatal (SnE 1848-87, III, 254, 262, 275) lists Halli as a court poet of Haraldr harðráði, and he is said to have composed a poem in his honour (ÍF 9, 275, 280). A half-st. in fornyrðislag metre (SnH FragIII) attributed to Halli in TGT (TGT 1884, 20, 80) has been assigned to that poem by some eds. See Introduction, SnH FragIII. Otherwise, only the lvv. below have been preserved of his poetic oeuvre, which is also said to have included Kolluvísur 'the Cow's Vísur', a poem composed about cows in Iceland, and a panegyric to an Engl. earl (see SnE 1848-87, III, 599-604; LH 1894-1901, I, 635-7). In H, Hr and Mork, ÞjóðA Lv 8 is erroneously attributed to Halli (see Mork 1928-32, 238; Fms 6, 364).
Lausavísur — SnH LvII
Kari Ellen Gade 2009, '(Introduction to) Sneglu-Halli, Lausavísur' in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings' Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 323-32.
cross-references: 4 = Hharð Lv 9II
Skj: Sneglu- [Grautar-] Halli: 2. Lausavísur, o. 1054 (AI, 388-90, BI, 358-60)
in texts: Flat, H-Hr, Mork, Snegl
SkP info: II, 323-32
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If you've been using Skype to make calls to your contacts, you've probably gotten in the habit of simply adding contacts as they come along. As long as you only have a few contacts, that isn't a problem — you can see at a glance who's online. But if your number of Skype contacts just keeps growing, you'll have to take steps to make sure that you can make use of your contact list effectively. Unfortunately, Skype doesn't offer all the bells and whistles of an address book — relying instead on a fairly basic contact list. With these tips, though, you can make your contact list do exactly what you want.
No matter what cute or corporate names your contacts have chosen as their Skype IDs, you probably think of them by their actual names. Skype can display any name you wish to associate with a particular ID, helping you avoid mixing up which real name goes with which ID. Doing so is relatively simple: under the 'Contacts' menu, you can select the 'Rename' option, which allows you to change the name of any contact you have highlighted.
While the default setting for Skype is to display all of your contacts in one list, you can divide them into groups. You'll need to turn on the group display by clicking 'Show Contact Groups,' under the 'Contacts' menu. Also under the 'Contacts' menu are tools for managing your contacts. Skype offers you the option to use preset groups, like people you've recently contacted or those that are currently online. You can also create your own groups, and add contacts just by dragging and dropping them on your contact list. How you divide your contacts comes down to how you work: one option, for instance, is to divide your contacts among the projects you rely on.
At the top of your contact list is a search bar. You can really speed up your abilities to find one Skype contact among many by just typing in the name of the contact you want to call. However, the search bar works best if the name you're looking for matches the name in your contact list, making it doubly important to edit the names of your contacts.
Depending on what program you rely on to manage your address book, you may be able to synchronize it with your Skype contact list. If you use SkypeOut to place phone calls to people who aren't Skype members, you'll have instant access to all your phone numbers. With especially common programs, like Mac's Address Book, Skype can automatically sync.
Whenever you add a new contact, you can make a point of making sure he or she is listed under the correct name and group. If you make a habit of doing so every time you add a contact to Skype, you won't need to worry about going through and cleaning out your contacts later on.
Skype is an ideal tool for a home office: with it you can often eliminate the need for a landline phone at all. You can learn the basics of Skype from this Bright Hub tutorial, How to Use Skype.


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Campbell River RCMP. RCMP photo
Pre-Christmas shenanigans add to Campbell River RCMP's record year for service calls
Campbell River Staff
Dec. 27, 2021 5:30 a.m.
Local police are busier than ever, setting a record for the most files in a year.
The Campbell River RCMP quietly passed a milestone on Dec. 15, said RCMP Media Liaison officer Const. Maury Tyre.
"For the first time since modern reporting systems have been in place, the Campbell River RCMP surpassed 17,000 files for a year," Tyre said Friday. "As we enter into Christmas Eve, the Campbell River RCMP has responded to 17,368 calls for service in 2021."
What this has meant is that local police are busier than ever, said Const. Tyre.
"For the most part our members have weathered the storm well and with a great deal of professionalism. However, a by product of being as busy as police are means that less proactive work can be done by officers as the bulk of their time is dealt with responding to calls and the subsequent investigations those calls create. Effectively that means that there is less time available to prevent crime."
Keeping the Mounties busy lately were calls like these…
Can't You Hear Me Knocking?
Not just the title of a Rolling Stones song, but a call for help. At approximately 3 a.m. on Dec. 15, police were flagged down by a male that advised them that someone was stuck in one of the luggage undercarriages of a tour bus parked in the 500 block of 11th Ave.
Apparently the 45-year-old male had sought refuge in the luggage carrier from the weather and closed the door which locked him inside and then fell asleep. When he awoke, he was unable to open the door from the inside and started to knock and make as much noise as possible to gain the attention of limited foot traffic in the area.
Police were attempting to extricate the man from his predicament when a bus driver arrived for work early and was able to unlock the compartment.
"The man was fortunately uninjured and likely will be a little more cautious as his sleeping arrangement could have meant waking up in a totally different community," Const. Tyre said.
On Dec. 17, shortly before 1 a.m., officers were looking for a pickup truck that had been involved in a minor hit and run at an apartment complex on South Dogwood St. late on Dec. 16.
One of the Campbell River RCMP members located the vehicle pulling into the hospital and initiated an impaired driving investigation. The driver, who was belligerent with police, was brought back to the Campbell River RCMP detachment where it was determined that he was already prohibited from driving a vehicle in the province and he refused to participate in the impaired driving investigation.
After the driver was lodged in cells, police found that the man in his rage had defecated in the back seat of the police vehicle.
Police will be seeking Criminal Code charges of Obstruction and Failing to Comply with a Breath Demand as well as a Motor Vehicle Act charge of Driving While Prohibited for a 37-year-old Campbell River man.
What some people refuse to understand, said Const. Tyre, is that refusing to take part in an impaired driving investigation by declining to provide a legally requested breath sample can and does result in the same penalties as if you were to fail a breath test. There are just simply requirements in the Criminal Code and Motor Vehicle Act that have to be followed.
"As for poop in the backseat?" said Tyre. "Sadly, it's not the first time it's happened, but we'd really hope it would be the last. For anyone who has been in our backseats, it's the reason they are so uncomfortable and hard plastic. It's so they can be properly cleaned and sanitized."
Winter Driving – Fail to Remain at an Accident Scene
Police were called to a report of a vehicle that had hit a hydro pole near 16th Avenue and Peterson Rd. on Dec. 17, shortly after 9 am.
Witnesses explained that a newer model blue/teal Chevy with a camper on the back had collided with the pole and then fled the scene.
Drivers have a duty under the Motor Vehicle Act to remain at the scene of an accident and report it, said Const. Tyre. Especially when there is significant damage to property involved, any failure to remain on a scene often points to other concerns such as driver impairment. Vehicle owners can face stiff Motor Vehicle Act penalties in these matters as well as civil liability for damages.
Police are actively looking for the vehicle which should be sporting significant front end damage.
Meanwhile, Tyre passed on a seasonal message, "The Campbell River RCMP would like to wish everyone in Campbell River, the We Wai Kai, We Wai Kum, and Homalco First Nations a very safe and happy Christmas Season. Please be safe in the upcoming cold and icy weather and as always if you drink, please don't drive."
Fire destroys trailer in Courtenay
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On one side are the proponents of building dams or enlarging existing dams, so that surface water can be stored and moved as needed across the state. The wish list includes enlarging Shasta Dam, expanding Los Vaqueros Reservoir in the Contra Costa Water District, or building Sites reservoir, west of the Sacramento River, in Colusa and Glenn counties, among others.
On the other side are those in favor of projects to store water underground, recharging groundwater basins that are rapidly being depleted or cleaning up contaminated aquifers in the Central Valley and the Los Angeles basin. Last year, groundwater made up more than 60 percent of the water used in the state.
Some are pushing the California Water Commission to act quickly, saying the problem has been studied for decades and the need for more storage is now. Others are pointing out that it would take years to construct dams or infrastructure to bank groundwater, and 50 percent of the cost would have to be locally matched.
The commission's challenge will be to take a broad view of the state's plumbing system and to develop a strategy for better integrating storage and water transfers into an efficient, statewide network. That must include independent analyses of which surface water and groundwater projects work best in California's diverse geography and consideration of the impact of climate change on our water supply.
Beyond that, however, the challenge will be to maintain focus. The commission should take a cold and calculated view of which projects pencil out and which ones do not. Some projects will be best suited for Northern California, while others will have more impact in the Central Valley or Southern California.
It's a daunting task made even more difficult with so much political pressure brought on the independent commission. Recently, 11 members of the Legislature sent a letter to the water commission to fund the construction of reservoirs at Temperance Flat on the San Joaquin River, and at Sites. In Washington, Reps. John Garamendi, D-Walnut Grove, and Doug LaMalfa, R-Richvale, introduced a bill to speed up feasibility studies for the Sites reservoir.
Thankfully, the water commission is not made up of elected politicians. The issue of storage is already highly politicized, proving to be the most contentious aspect of the water bond. The commissioners are appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Senate. They bring a wide range of knowledge and views about water issues to the monthly hearings, with expertise in agriculture, the environment, engineering and construction.
But the goals of this commission are a far cry from the original board, which was established in 1945, with Gov. Earl Warren appointing its first member. Back then the board was recommended flood control projects and beneficial uses of water.
With the creation of the Department of Water Resources in 1956, many of the commission's functions were transferred to DWR as the board came under its purview. In the mid-1960s, the commission was responsible for getting federal money for flood control projects, inspecting the State Water Project and holding public hearings up and down the state.
In the late 1990s, terms of the commission members expired, no appointments were made, and it no longer had a quorum to hold meetings. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger revived the commission in 2010, giving it new relevancy with the mission to build dams and help implement an $11.1 billion water bond. But that water bond stalled.
Now Gov. Jerry Brown is planning to appoint three new members, to replace those whose terms expired in January. His choices should be vetted quickly and approved by the Senate. Commission members have a lot of work in front of them as the next chapter of California's water wars are waged in the first-floor auditorium at the Department of Water Resources on Ninth Street.
Proponents pulling for new dams will argue that with winter rain instead of snow, the state will need more surface water storage to handle runoff as the natural storage of the Sierra snowpack decreases.
Tugging in the opposite direction are those who say the state would get more bang for the buck by investing in groundwater storage. It would cost less than constructing or enlarging dams and the benefits would quickly pay off.
Even with the outlook for another year of severe drought, the commission doesn't expect to spend huge chunks of money for storage projects until Dec. 15, 2016. Commission members say that's an aggressive timetable, but they should still do everything they can to accelerate the process.
Given all that's at stake, and all the hope that Californians placed in the water bond, the water commission needs to get it right.


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Japan's KITZ Corp Buys Big Stake In Unimech At A Premium
Stock With Momentum: Unimech Group
Counts On Export Markets
To Bank On Overseas Markets
Eyes Oil and Gas Markets In Asia
Delivers Valves and Pumps Worth RM120Mil
Unimech's Indonesian unit fixes IPO shares at 220 rupiah
Unimech to grow overseas revenue contribution to 30%
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UNIMECH ENGINEERING (KL) SDN BHD
The Global Leader in Industrial Valve, Pipe Fittings and Related Products.
Unimech Group eyes oil and gas markets in Asia
Monday, 26 Mar 2018
GEORGE TOWN: UNIMECH GROUP BHD, a leading manufacturer of valves and pumps, will tap into oil and gas (O&G)-related markets in Asia this year.
Its group chief executive officer Datuk Lim Cheah Chooi said the group is currently negotiating with customers from the O&G industries interested to purchase its valve products, which obtained the American Petroleum Institute (API) certification last year.
He told StarBiz that "the valves would be used for onshore and offshore O&G extraction projects, and as well as refining operations in Asia."
According to energy consultancy firm Wood Mackenzie, the fuel demand in Asia is expected to grow by 2% in 2018.
Its senior research analyst Joe Willis noted that Asia's demand to refine crude oil into fuel products like gasoline and diesel will average 34.5 million barrels per day (bpd) in 2018, up 630,000 bpd from the year before.
Lim said: "The demand for oil in 2018 will come from growing usage of road fuels such as gasoline and diesel, as well as liquefied petroleum gas used for cooking and transport.
"China and India are projected to take up about 40% of the global demand," he added.
On its oil palm business, Lim said its valve-supply chain business in Indonesia would benefit from the growth in palm oil output this year.
"Output is projected to grow to 37.8 million tonnes," according to a Reuters poll.
"Production expected to rise gradually in the first quarter 2018, will peak in the third quarter, in line with seasonal trends."
Lim noted that "the increased in palm oil production will impact positively on the sales of our valves, which are used in the palm oil mills".
The Indonesia Palm Oil Association had estimated production at 36.5 million tonnes last year.
In Thailand, the group's valve business will be driven by the high-rise construction industry in Bangkok.
"The valves are used in the fire fighting facilities of the high-rise buildings.
"We obtained the Underwriters Laboratories Factory Mutual certification last year, which enabled us to sell to the construction sector and fire-fighting industries," he added.
For the first half of 2018, Unimech is targeting to produce valves and pumps with an estimated value of RM127mil, compared with RM116mil in the corresponding period a year ago.
Lim said: "We will see an increased contribution from Indonesia, Thailand, and Australia."
Unimech produces it valves and pumps in six manufacturing facilities in Penang, Kedah, and Perak.
In China, the group has three plants in Tianjin, Dongguan, and Huangshan.
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