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Sponsor Statement in Support of Ballot Measure 1
How does the Fair Share Act compare?
SB21's Failures
What Did SB21 Cost You?
How much did SB21 Cost Alaska?
Will the Fair Share Act drive Big Oil out of Alaska?
Jane Angvik
"I think this initiative is the PEOPLE of Alaska standing up to claw back what was taken from us by multinational corporations. They recruited and financed the people they wanted to do their bidding and got them elected to the Alaska state legislature. Then those elected officials could give away the assets of Alaska to them. It's time to Stand up for Alaska. Vote Yes For Alaska's Fair Share."
Alaskans don't get scared of challenging situations and we aren't afraid of hard work. This great state was built by those who have a love of the land, a sense of adventure and individuals who have an entrepreneurial, can-do attitude. And we work together to get the job done.
This election we have a job to do. It starts by Voting Yes on #1/Alaska's Fair Share. We can help put our great state back on track to prosperity and build a better future.
Alaskans are working harder than ever and many are still worried about making ends meet. Meanwhile, all we hear about is more budgets cuts and sacrifices that we, Alaskans will need to make, putting both our stability and future at risk.
Yes on #1 will keep in Alaska on average $1 Billion a year that is now being sent Outside. It's long overdue.
For six years, Big Oil has profited from taking our oil from our land, and Alaskans have been paying for it.
ConocoPhillips in the past six years increased their shareholder dividends by 60% and recently reported that they are planning a $1Billion stock repurchase – they are stockpiling cash and we are depleting our savings.
Meanwhile, Alaskans have had our PFD cut over the past few years by 60%.
Let's work together, as Alaskans do, to meet this challenge with a good and fair solution. Support Vote Yes on #1 today, and let's start building the future we want for Alaska and for our children on our terms.
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Paid for by Vote Yes for Alaskas Fair Share, 921 West 6th Ave., Anchorage, AK 99501. Robin Brena, Chair approves this communication. Top contributors: Robin Brena (Anchorage, Alaska), Dave Carter (Anchorage, Alaska), RSD Properties (Anchorage, Alaska). © 2020 Vote Yes for Alaska's Fair Share | All Rights Reserved


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Q: Create re-distributable image from a Virtual Machine I have a VM in VirtualBox which i built up in the hope i can re-use the base image across multiple (17) machines without having to download install all the updates/programs etc etc 17 times. Does anyone know of a way to take this Virtual Disk and make it, installable? Or just a way to get the image across multiple machines?
Thanks

A: So if I'm right your problem is not with "publishing" the image you created (as thatquestion is answered here) but insetad that windows updates get downloaded and installed on all instances all the time.
You could avoid this by "publishing" the image after it is up to date, or if you don't want that use WSUS.Still have to install X times all the updates but you need to download them just one time.

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Leadership is an important quality that you need to possess if you are going to be a successful businessman. If you have effective leadership skill, you can motivate others, climb the corporate ladder. Having these skills can enable you to form your own successful business empire! This article will help you learn how to develop maximum leadership skills.
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In business, great leaders are important. If becoming a leader is something you have been wanting to do, this article has likely been useful to you. Follow the guidance presented here, and you will quickly be on your way to building and enhancing your set of leadership skills.


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Q: Duplicate section defined classic asp We are moving a classic asp application from Windows Server 2000 to 2012. We created a new site in IIS and tried to browse to the site. We are getting the below error:
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We have installed ASP AJAX Control Toolkit from http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=883
Can anybody let us know how to resolve this.
Thanks in Advance.

A: I am getting this error because these sections are already defined at the machine level. Just commenting them worked for me.
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A: Commenting sections defined at machine level may affect other sites. To achieve your purpose you may edit C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\Config\applicationHost.config file and add an application pool for your site as:
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Many years ago I used to have a very active website and group on MSN Groups called Starlight Studio Graphics. When I started I was I will admit a complete newbie to the internet and had no idea what I was doing. But I persevered and grew the group. It started off as me making 'sig tags' (very popular on MSN at the time). I got more confident and began learning html which was self taught and ended up being able to code html and php all my pages were html w3school certified and I was so impressed that I started creating layouts for others. The site grew and I branched in to pixel designed graphics and dolls, including some hand drawn bases and dolls that I drew from scratch and tubed for others to download.
So...why start again? I am at a different place in my life now at 40 years young and have rediscovered my love of crafts, planners and art and would like a little place to share my makes. So as the title of the post suggests...Here we go again.


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ES Saloon
Lexus ES (2018-present)
The Lexus ES 300h is a distinctive, comfortable and efficient executive car let down by an ill-matched engine and gearbox.
Low running costs
Lots of equipment
Very comfortable and refined
Thrashy automatic gearbox
Not much fun to drive
Not as rounded as some rivals
Lexus ES Saloon 300h 2.5 takumi 4dr cvt
The Lexus ES is a luxurious executive saloon with a difference. If the idea of a Mercedes E-Class, BMW 5 Series, Audi A6, Volvo S90 or Jaguar XF leave you cold, it may just suit you.
It's different from these cars in a few key ways. First, Lexus really goes the extra mile in offering good customer service - an effort that's reflected in consistently high owner satisfaction results. For the past 30 years, it's been quietly nibbling at the heels of BMW and others with its models' blend of eye-catching styling, advanced technology and high quality.
Second, the ES is available with only one engine. It's a petrol-electric hybrid, where rivals offer traditional petrol and diesel engines, as well as one or two hybrids.
This means the ES combines electrical power with a petrol engine to reduce emissions, and therefore company car tax where charged, as well as boost economy. At best it emits just 100g/km CO2 and does 53.3mpg, both very impressive figures.
Third, the ES is not only extremely well built – at least as well built as, say, an Audi A6 – but is also likely to be very reliable. For example, its predecessor, the GS, ranked ninth in this year's Auto Express Driver Power owner satisfaction survey, just a few places down from two other Lexus models. It has a four-year warranty, too, where rivals' warranties are three years.
Since there's just one engine in the model range and only three core trim levels, choosing an ES is a relatively simple exercise. Basic ES is well-equipped and good value. It's the sensible choice but mid-spec F Sport still costs less than £40,000 while looking and feeling more exciting. In addition, you can choose from a few option packs that bring different combinations of technology, luxury and safety kit at prices ranging from £700 to as much as £4000.
The ES places comfort and refinement above a sporty drive. It really is very relaxing to drive and in its element on long motorway journeys, although the F Sport's adaptive suspension undoes some of these gains by making the car feel a little jittery, even on smooth roads.
Unfortunately, if you want lots of powerful acceleration and fun handling, you need to look to the BMW 5 Series or Audi A6. The ES's lack of driving excitement is largely the fault of its underpowered petrol engine and automatic gearbox, which can send the revs soaring with little increase in speed.
The ES's interior is stylish, refined and comfortable, and beautifully finished. In fact, in these respects it could be the best in its class were it not let down by a sloping roofline that impinges on rear headroom. Rivals are roomier.
Boot size:
Tax (min to max) :
£130-£150 in the first year; £145-£465 from the second
Best Lexus ES Deals
Lexus ES 300h 2.5 4dr CVT saloon
Lexus ES 300h 2.5 Takumi 4dr CVT saloon
Best Lexus ES for...
On the smallest 17in wheels, the ES returns a range-best 53.3mpg. Being the cheapest version also helps reduce your costs.
Lower running costs but still lots of standard equipment, both essential and luxury, make this version the best choice for a family.
Lexus ES 300h Takumi
This top-spec version is very expensive and brings the ES into contention with far better cars such as the BMW 530d SE.
Lexus ES History
2018: Model launched in ES, Sport and Takumi trims. Optional Premium Packs is £3500. Has a five-star Euro NCAP safety rating.
2018 (December): New suspension damper called the Swing Valve Shock Absorber introduced as standard to give a more composed ride.
2019: New WLTP economy figures released.
Understanding Lexus ES car names
F Sport
The number means the power of the engine is equivalent to a 3.0-litre petrol engine, while the letter 'h' stands for hybrid.
This tells you what level of luxury you can expect. There are three core trims called ES, F Sport and Takumi, plus option packs called Premium, Tech & Safety and Takumi, so you can mix and match as your budget allows.
These letters stand for constantly variable transmission, a type of automatic gearbox. It's standard on the ES.
Lexus ES Engines
Where rivals favour a range of large diesel engines, the ES makes do with just one engine: a hybrid, meaning it has a petrol engine supported by a small electric motor.
Fortunately, it's a powerful 2.5-litre engine, although it has just four cylinders and not six, which is usual with engines of this size. Unfortunately, it's not a plug-in hybrid so you can't recharge the battery from a remote power source. Instead, it's charged as the car drives along, coasts and brakes.
Its main benefit is in bringing emissions down to as low as 100g/km CO2 with a consequent reduction in company car tax, giving it a real edge over diesel rivals whose emissions are typically 130g/km. Economy of up to 53.3mpg is very impressive and at least as good as most comparable diesels.
Its predecessor, the GS, was rear-wheel drive but the ES is front-wheel drive. Since it's not a sporty car, most drivers are unlikely to care and in any case, front-wheel drive provides better traction on slippery surfaces so is safer and feels more secure.
As you'd expect of a luxury car, the ES is only available as an automatic. However, it's not one of the new generations of efficient double-clutch autos. Instead, it's a constantly variable transmission (CVT) with six artificial change points. It's smooth but less sophisticated than rival gearboxes and can make the engine sound noisy and revvy when you accelerate hard.
Petrol-electric
0-62mph: 8.9s
112mph.
Lexus ES Trims
ES, F Sport, Takumi
The ES is well equipped as standard with basic ES trim having features including powered and heated front seats, an electrically adjustable steering column, a sunroof, adaptive cruise control, and daytime cyclist and night time pedestrian safety systems.
For another £3000 F Sport provides more aggressive styling and 19-inch wheels. It and basic ES cost less than £40,000, meaning their road tax in the second year is £145.
Top-spec Takumi costs over £45,000, so taking the car into the luxury car tax bracket for years two to six. The extra price buys an upmarket Mark Levinson stereo, a 12.3-inch entertainment screen, head-up display, a 360-degree camera and LED headlights with an anti-dazzle function.
Both ES and F Sport can be upgraded with Premium (includes leather seats, LED headlights and extra safety kit), Tech and Safety (LED headlights, wireless charging and a heated steering wheel), and Takumi packs (the previous packs plus Mark Levinson stereo, a sat nav and a powered bootlid). However, they can be expensive and, being options, they depreciate faster than the car itself.
Lexus ES Reliability and warranty
In terms of peace of mind, the ES's lead over rivals begins with its four-year warranty compared with most car makers' three years. Better still, it's underpinned by the car maker's superb showing in the Auto Express Driver Power owner satisfaction survey, not just in 2019 but in all previous years, too.
Lexus models account for three of the top 10 positions in this year's chart, with other models in its range also ranking highly. The ES is too new to have been surveyed but its predecessor, the GS, does put in an appearance, in no less a position than ninth.
We've no reason to believe the ES is a lesser car. In fact, its interior is especially well finished and, in places, of a standard to worry even the likes of Audi.
In short, you can buy an ES with total confidence.
Used Lexus ES
As a new car, the ES is already well priced. Add its high quality, good specification, low sales numbers and strong image and it's no surprise that, as this was written, prices of nearly new examples were not much less than they are for new ones.
However, there's no escaping the fact that the ES is a saloon at a time when SUVs are more popular and also that it's available with a choice of just one engine whose tax advantages are of value only to a business user.
For this reason we would expect the ES to be a better used car buy as the miles and years roll by. One with the optional Premium pack would be good value buy as also would the most expensive Takumi whose price would need to reflect its higher road tax.
Lexus ES Prices
300h 2.5 4dr cvt
Fuel petrol/electric hybrid
300h 2.5 4dr cvt [premium pack]
Lexus ES F-Sport
300h 2.5 f-sport 4dr cvt
300h 2.5 f-sport 4dr cvt [takumi pack]
300h 2.5 f-sport 4dr cvt [tech/safety pack]
Lexus ES Takumi
300h 2.5 takumi 4dr cvt
The Lexus ES is a luxurious executive saloon with a difference
For the past 30 years it's been quietly nibbling at the heels of BMW and others with its models' blend of eye-catching styling, advanced technology and high quality.
The ES's interior is stylish, refined and comfortable, and beautifully finished.
It could be the best in its class were it not let down by a sloping roofline that impinges on rear headroom.
The Lexus ES has the smallest boot amongst its key rivals, measuring 454 litres.
Lexus ES (2018-present) - pictures

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I was in Portland and it was Maker Faire weekend so I had no choice, at the risk of missing my flight I had to go. Attending Faires is one of my favorite activities. Feeling the energy in the air, talking with makers, and unearthing fun projects are what it's all about for me. Below are some of my take aways.
iPhone 4 compared to two prints of the 6 and 6 Plus.
Like many of you, after not upgrading my iPhone for several years I've been trying to choose between an iPhone 6 or an iPhone 6 Plus. While there are many differences, none is more prominent than size. Will the iPhone 6 Plus be absurdly large? Visiting the Apple store provided no insight; they still don't have phones. However, the path to answer this question became apparent at the Faire … 3D print both phones! These Thingiverse files produce live-sized prints of both phones (if your build volume is large enough!). Me? I'm 6 Plus bound.
As soon as the RaspberryPi B+ came out I had ordered a couple and was on the hunt for cases. Of course, in our open source maker world it didn't take long for options to start surfacing and before long I'd printed or laser cut a few. However, there's a difference between any old case and one that looks great with appealing design. The above was laser cut and stained and to a great extent was friction fit. Two tiny wood screws are used only to prevent slippage when pressure is applied to insert USB connectors. C4 Labs are the guys behind this beauty which is hot off the presses (or laser bed).
In MAKE Volume 40 starting on page 74 is an article about the Fused Filament Fiddle. David Perry, the founder of OpenFab PDX, designs and prototypes products for clients, develops and delivers programs and is looking into starting a makerspace. His FFFiddle has intrigued me since I first saw pictures of it and read the MAKE article. It was fun to stumble across him at the OMSI Mini Maker Faire.
I'm forever on the hunt for big and fun exhibits for our SoCal Maker Faires in San Diego, Irvine and Riverside so I was pleased to come across useful insights in Portland. In the event this info might be useful to you and your Faire, I'll share it here.
Many makers are intrigued by the idea of making a Tiny House but starting from scratch is a large undertaking. Global Green Concept Designs exhibited a Tiny House kit which, for obvious reasons, they'd be willing to exhibit at other Faires. Always a fan of cupcakes, I spoke with Paige the Hoopanista about hers and she turned me on to Acme Muffineering where the project was conceived and where more can be learned. Lastly, Tesla coil performances are always winners so where do you find the wonderfully crazy people who do such things? I was told that Tesla Mania is a root source for this playful insanity.
Back to DaVinci Days for a second. Here's an event very much in the spirit of Maker Faire. For 25 years they've been celebrating creativity and innovation in Corvallis, OR in collaboration with Oregon State University and the local community. While I've focused on the Kinetic Challenge because I like human powered, large things that the attract attention of makers, they do much more: art, music, film, science, and tech. Though the event was suspended(?) for 2014 they had enough wind in their sails to bring some excellent exhibits to Maker Faire. Everyone I spoke with on the shores of the Willamette river where rides were offered said they enjoyed seeing the pedal-powered monstrosities.


ORIGINAL MUSIC FOR YOUR PRODUCTION!
The April Meeting of MCAI's LA/OC Chapter will make you want to sing out loud! Come and hear a panel of Orange County's most successful film and TV composers talk about the best way use original music on your next production! Please Note that this meeting is on the fourth Wednesday of the month -not our usual third Wednesday-due to NAB. Set the date aside now.


I was busy last week at the New York National Boat Show as a representative for the Foundation for Safe Boating and Marine Information, a not for profit i have been volunteering with for the last 12 years. The booth this year contained a live demo of virtual boating in second life, projecting onto a large screen my activities in Second Life for a week (December 13-21, 2008).
An excellent bit of coincidence was the ongoing SL Boat Show 2008 being held in Dears Garden with the sponsorship of disisme Misfit and many of the best builders and sailing special interest groups in SL!
Second Life is a virtual world where you can enjoy watersports of all kinds without the cost of boating in real life. Many had never seen a virtual world before, and some were very curious. I am sure there were new accounts created from some of the attendees looking to explore this new boating experience.
Below are just some of the images and experiences shared with the meatspace boaters.


We are seeking a capable administrator with excellent interpersonal skills and attention to detail to join our Admissions team.
Eltham College is an academically outstanding independent day school situated just 15 minutes from both central London by train, and from the M25 and the Kent countryside by car.
The school currently caters for boys aged 7 to 18, with a co-educational Sixth Form. From 2020, it will begin to move towards becoming a fully co-educational day school, when it welcomes its first intake of girls and boys in Year 3 and 7. It is regularly found amongst the leading academic schools in the country and boasts many county and national players in a range of sports. The co-curricular programme is wide and diverse.
The school has a distinctive character, born out of its Christian heritage, and continues to focus on the care of the individual. Strong pastoral care and a relaxed and unpretentious atmosphere make the school a happy and vibrant place.
There is an ambitious programme of development and expansion as well as a strong emphasis on staff development. Many staff choose to stay; but equally others are prepared and trained for future promotion in leading HMC schools.


VENTURA, Calif. – No charges were filed against the Yuma truck driver tied to a train derailment in Oxnard, California. In a press release sent Thursday, District Attorney Gregory D. Totten said Jose Alejandro Sanchez-Ramirez is no longer facing charges of felony hit and run.
Totten said the ongoing investigation is complex and involves numerous local and federal agencies including the District Attorney's Office, Oxnard Police Department, and the National Traffic Safety Board. The District Attorney must await the completion of this investigation before making a formal filing decision. Totten said that while charges will not be filed at this time, the arrest of Jose Alejandro Sanchez-Ramirez by the Oxnard Police Department was clearly appropriate and lawful.
Ramirez' attorney, Ron Bamieh, said Wednesday that Ramirez made repeated efforts to move the vehicle before the train arrived. He then said Ramirez accidentally drove onto the tracks. He made things worse by driving farther to try to get enough speed to get over the rails.
Bamieh says Ramirez then tried pushing the vehicle before putting on his high beams and running for his life before impact.
The derailment in Oxnard sent 30 people to hospitals, four with critical injuries.
Ramirez was scheduled to be formally charged Thursday afternoon. He was being held at the Ventura County Jail on $150,000 bail.


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Blackwater mercenaries' record of murder in Iraq
By Kate Randall
In the aftermath of the bloody shooting incident in Baghdad on September 16 involving hired guards of Blackwater USA, more information is coming to light about the operations of this and similar mercenary outfits in Iraq.
The Iraqi Interior Ministry contends that as many as 20 Iraqis were killed and several dozens wounded in the massacre, and that the security contractors' actions were unprovoked. To date, Blackwater has released no account of the incident, and has maintained that its guards fired in self-defense.
New details of the September 16 shootings and other violent incidents involving Blackwater demonstrate that the security firm has operated with impunity in Baghdad and other areas of Iraq, firing on unarmed civilians without provocation. US State Department reports, which likely underestimate violent incidents involving Blackwater, show that since the beginning of the year Blackwater guards have been deployed on 1,873 missions and have discharged weapons in the course of 56 of these.
Despite widespread outrage in the civilian population over the episode, and calls by the Iraqi government for the security firm to leave the country, armed Blackwater convoys continue to patrol through Baghdad, escorting American diplomats.
According to information provided to the New York Times by an American official who was briefed on a US investigation into the September 16 shooting, during the incident at least one guard continued to fire on civilians while others called on him to stop. At least one guard reportedly drew a weapon on another who would not stop shooting. A Blackwater spokesperson would not confirm any of these details.
The episode began at around 11:50 a.m., when diplomats with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) were meeting about a mile northwest of Nisour Square in a guarded compound.
A bomb exploded a few hundred yards from where the USAID diplomats were meeting. Instead of waiting 15-30 minutes for things to calm down, the customary practice, the Blackwater convoys began carrying the diplomats south, toward the Green Zone, which would take them through Nisour Square.
At least four sport utility vehicles operated by Blackwater stopped in lines of traffic that were entering the square from the south and west, and some armed guards exited their vehicles and took up positions.
At 12:08 p.m., at least one guard shot at the driver of a car approaching the square, killing the driver, who has not be identified. More shots were fired, killing a woman in the passenger seat—Mahisin Muhsin, a doctor—and the baby she was holding. A grenade or flare was then fired into the car, setting it on fire.
Traffic officer Ali Khalaf, who was on the scene, told Agence France-Presse that the Americans continued to shoot: "The Americans fired at everything that moved, with a machine gun and even with a grenade launcher. There was panic. Everyone tried to flee. Vehicles tried to make U-turns to escape. There were dead bodies and wounded people everywhere. The road was full of blood. A bus was also hit and several of its occupants were wounded."
He added that two small black helicopters hovering overhead swept down and sprayed the scene with machine-gun fire.
One of those killed was Ghania Hussein, a mother of eight, who was riding in a bus towards the square with her daughter Afrah Sattar. As the Blackwater guards turned toward the bus, Sattar cried out, "They're going to shoot at us, Mama." Moments later a bullet pierced her mother's skull and she was dead.
"They are killers," Sattar said of the Blackwater guards. "I swear to God, not one bullet was shot at them. Why did they shoot us? My mother didn't carry a weapon."
In the wake of the September 16 massacre, numerous US investigations into the incident as well as the activities of Blackwater and other security firms have been launched. While these investigations are an effort at damage control, they also reflect tensions over the operations of the hired mercenaries—both between the US military and the State Department, and between the Bush administration and the puppet Iraqi regime.
A joint American-Iraqi inquiry was set up by the American Embassy and the Iraqi Ministry of Defense following the shootings, comprised of five State Department officials, three US military officials and eight Iraqis. While Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki had originally said Blackwater should immediately leave Iraq, he backed down and agreed to await the inquiry's findings. As of last Saturday, the commission had yet to meet and had not responded to Iraqi government requests for information.
Last Friday, the US State Department announced it was sending a team to Iraq to evaluate security measures used to guard US diplomats. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, however, has not taken action to change any policies in regard to the 842 Blackwater guards working for the department. The State Department continues to defend the security firm, saying the guards were ambushed in Nisour Square and reacted appropriately.
Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte claimed the State Department exercised "close in-country supervision" of Blackwater. "I personally was grateful for the presence of my Blackwater security detail, largely comprised of ex-Special Forces and other military, when I served as ambassador to Iraq," he said.
The State Department is under pressure from the Iraqi government to investigate seven incidents involving Blackwater since the beginning of the year, and department officials say their review will consider five of them.
The Iraqi government has threatened to try the Blackwater guards under Iraqi law and is considering legislation that would bring the supervision of private contractors under its control. This is unlikely as, under provisions put in place by the US following the 2003 invasion, US military and foreign contractors are immune from prosecution under Iraqi law.
One of the incidents the Maliki government wants investigated took place September 9, a week before the latest Blackwater shootings. Batoul Mohammed Ali Hussein, a clerk in the Iraqi customs office in Diyala province, had come to Baghdad for the day in connection with paperwork at the central office near the fortified Green Zone.
According to an account in the Seattle Times, as she walked out of the customs building a US Embassy convoy under Blackwater protection was passing through. When the guards ordered construction workers to move back, the workers responded by throwing rocks. Witnesses said the guards then sprayed the intersection with bullets.
"Hussein, on the opposite side of the street from the construction site, fell to the ground, shot in the leg. As she struggled to her feet and took a step, eyewitnesses said, a Blackwater security guard shot her multiple times. She died on the spot," the Seattle Times reported. "Before the shooting stopped, four other people were killed in the beginning of eight days of violence."
Three days later, Blackwater guards were back in Al-Khilani Square terrorizing Baghdad residents and hurling frozen bottles of water into windshields and store windows.
Another incident involved a shooting last Christmas eve of an Iraqi guard for the Iraqi vice president by a drunken Blackwater contractor, who was whisked out of the country after the killing, infuriating the Iraqi government. While this killing is being investigated by the US Justice Department, it is unclear what laws will be applied as the crime occurred overseas.
As Iraqi anger mounts to the bloody death toll and unprovoked violence by security contractors, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has sent a five-man team to Iraq to investigate relations between US military forces and these private firms. The actions of these hired mercenaries are focusing new attention on the crimes of the US occupation and on the growing debacle in Iraq.
Last week, Gates's top deputy sent a three-page directive to senior Pentagon officers ordering them to review rules governing contractors' use of arms and to reportedly begin legal proceedings against those who have violated military law. In a copy of the directive obtained by the Los Angeles Times, Dep. Defense Secretary Gordon R. England wrote, "Commanders have UCMJ [US Uniform Code of Military Justice] authority to disarm, apprehend and detain DoD [Department of Defense] contractors suspected of having committed a felony offense" in violation of the rules for use of force.
This is the same Defense Department, is should be noted, that has refused to prosecute any high-ranking military officers in connection with the multiple atrocities in Iraq that have become public knowledge, from Abu Ghraib, to Haditha, to Mahmudiya, to Fallujah, etc. It is, moreover, well established that the "rules of engagement" promulgated by commanders in Iraq permit, if not encourage, the murder of Iraqi civilians.
In testimony before the Senate Appropriations Committee on the Bush administration's request for an additional $189.3 billion to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2008, Gates said, "My concern is whether there has been sufficient accountability and oversight in the region over the activities of these security companies."
The defense secretary's comments highlight tensions between the US military and the hired mercenaries of Blackwater USA and other security contractors operating in Iraq: US companies DynCorp International and Triple Canopy, and British-run Aegis Security and Erinys International. An estimated 20,000 to 48,000 armed contractors from at least 25 private security companies are currently operating in Iraq.
As a rule, these contractors earn far more than US military soldiers. Blackwater guards providing security to US Ambassador Ryan Crocker and other diplomats can earn as much as $1,000 a day, more than ten times the pay of the lowest paid American soldier and more than a four-star general.
Many come from backgrounds in the Navy Seals and the Army's Delta Force, and flaunt a hunger for blood and violence and open distain for the civilian population. They drive at high speeds through Iraqi neighborhoods, leaning out of vehicles with leveled weapons, hurling obscenities at residents.
In a civil court case last month in Virginia against Triple Canopy, two former employees of the contractor testified that their supervisor—formerly from the military—shot randomly into two Iraqi civilian vehicles on the airport road in Baghdad, telling them he wanted to "kill somebody" before leaving for vacation. He denied it.
These mercenaries are part of the privatization of US military operations. When the US invaded Iraq in March 2003, they bought the largest force of private contractors ever deployed in modern warfare. While during the first Gulf War the ratio of troops to private contractors was about 60 to 1, in the current war in Iraq privately employed operatives outnumber US troops, with 180,000 contract personnel involved in both security and other tasks from more than 100 countries, compared to the official US military presence of 160,000 troops.
In the prosecution of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, vast sums of money have been funneled into the pockets of Bush administration cronies and US multinational corporations. While US spending on mercenary and private contracting services is not readily available, some congressional estimates indicate that 40 cents of every dollar spent on the war goes to private contractors. An estimated $2 billion a week is spent on US operations in Iraq.
Multimillion- and billion-dollar profits are channeled to companies like Haliburton, where Vice President Dick Cheney formerly served as CEO. In the early days of the war, Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg Brown and Root (KBR) was awarded a no-bid contract to extinguish oil well fires in Iraq estimated at tens of millions of dollars. KBR also has thousands of military contractors on the ground in Kuwait and Turkey as part of a government contract worth close to a billion dollars.
Blackwater USA has government contracts totaling at least $800 million, providing security to US Ambassador Ryan Crocker and other diplomats. Only recently, it was awarded a large State Department contract to provide helicopter services in Iraq.
Cofer Black, former State Department coordinator for counterterrorism and former head of the CIA's counterterrorism center, is Blackwater vice-chairman. Former CIA divisional head Robert Richer joined the company as vice president of intelligence in 2005.
The North Carolina-based company has trained more than 20,000 mercenaries ready to be deployed in wars around the world. Blackwater has also hired at least 60 Chilean commandos trained under the Pinochet dictatorship.
Under conditions of growing opposition to the war in Iraq, the Bush administration has assembled a de facto shadow army of shock troops that can be used to wage this and other unpopular military ventures in the global "war on terror." These mercenaries are not accountable to Congress, the US military or international laws governing war and war crimes.
The recent spate of violent killings carried out by the Blackwater mercenaries in Iraq must serve as a warning of the threat posed by a ruling elite that subordinates the interests of the vast majority of the population to its profits and imperialist adventures. These fascistic mercenary elements are being groomed to be thrown against workers and youth in the US who resist the escalating attacks on their living standards and democratic rights.
Canadian government tacitly endorses US assassination of Iranian general Soleimani
US assassinates top Iranian general as 4,000 troops readied for Iraq intervention
Washington escalates Mideast war threat with strikes on Iraq, Syria
Iraqi prime minister offers resignation after army unleashes bloodbath
German government to continue military operations in the Middle East
Washington continues war buildup against Iran
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa


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Peri Jolley
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Lorelei 'Peri' Jolley, a woman who embodied a life lived to the fullest. Peri's spirit and joie de vivre live on through her children, Janice Monaghan (Patrick), Catherine Parry (Jon), and John Jolley. She also leaves her treasured grandchildren, Alyson, Emma, Caitlin, and Evan; beloved sister, Linda Hannah; and brother-in-law, Douglas Jolley (Mae). She was predeceased by her husband, John Jolley, her parents, Samuel and Mary Barker, and brother, Meredith "Mac" Barker.
Peri lived a storied life, constantly evolving and yet remarkably consistent in how she enhanced the lives and community in every chapter she lived. She trained and was practicing as a nurse when she met and married her husband, John. The newlyweds moved to Kitchener, where Peri began a career in television at a local news station before starting their family. Moves to St. Catharines, Mississauga, Chatham and Oakville followed.
Well into her professional career, Peri's exceptional artistic talent began to shine. While raising her three children, she returned to school and graduated from Sheridan College (Creative and Visual Arts, 1975) and the University of Windsor (BA in Fine Arts, 1982). Peri passionately supported education and inspired the people in her life to pursue their academic and professional goals. Peri hung her work in art galleries around Ontario and won numerous awards. She was elected to the Society of Canadian Artists in 1988, was the Gallery Director of the Thames Art Gallery (1986-87), and for many years volunteered with the Oakville Art Society.
Peri spent her final chapter living in her beloved Southampton, where she moved in 2008, having cottaged there with her family since 1960. This town was where she spent many happy summers swimming, playing tennis and sharing her love of cooking and good food. She was known for her generosity and fair and wise counsel, supporting and inspiring others as a mother, grandmother, friend and teacher. She became involved with the Southampton Art Centre, joining the Arts Society in its early days, and inspired that same group to create the Shoreline Artists. She was engaged in the creation of the printmakers group and taught watercolour and printmaking with the Southampton Art School. In February of 2019, the Art Centre honoured her contributions to the community with a solo show entitled, "Peri's Influence," to acknowledge her enormous contribution as an artist, mentor and teacher to so many in Saugeen Shores.
Special thanks to the doctors, nurses and caregivers in Southampton and at Chapman House Hospice in Owen Sound. In accordance with her wishes, cremation has taken place. A celebration of Peri's life will be held on Saturday, August 10th at 1 PM at St. Paul's Anglican Church, 248 High Street, Southampton, Ontario. Reception to follow at St. Paul's Bevan Hall. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to support the Southampton Art School or Chapman House Hospice.Arrangements entrusted to the Eagleson Funeral Home, Southampton.
Southampton Art Gallery honours artist for her contributions
By Sandy Lindsay – March 1, 2019 – Southampton Times
There was a recent excerpt on CBC radio (Feb. 27/19) that said artists are often not recognized until at least 40 years or more after their death.
Fortunately, in Southampton (Saugeen Shores), that rule does not apply for the Southampton Art Gallery – particularly when it comes to an artist who has contributed to the artistic community of the area, Peri Jolley. Many fellow artists and fans gathered on Wednesday (Feb. 27th) to pay tribute to Jolley.
The Gallery that was co-founded by renowned artist Bert Henderson and others, it has become a gallery of renown that works in combination with the Southampton Art School.
Artist Sharon Barfoot gave a tribute to fellow artist Peri Jolley (L)
Jolley has been a renowned artist of Southampton and has continued to contribute to every artistic event in the community from the Shoreline Artists annual summer art tour to 'Art on the Fence' and many more.
Her artistic style has changed and evolved over the years as she has worked in a variety of mediums and she still continues to create.
The Southampton Art Gallery has undertaken recognition of living artists who have contributed to the world of art.
. Radio & Television by Gordon Sinclair – Toronto Daily Star – June 3, 1954


Due to the severe crowding, this is an extraction case. Since her upper midline is aligned with her face I think that on the upper you will extract both 1st bicuspids. You can retract the cuspids into the extraction sites, then bring the laterals into the space created by retraction of the cuspids. Very little space closure will be needed on the upper arch. The lower arch is a bit more tricky. The left side will be done conventionally, that is extracting the lower left 1st bicuspid. It will be done this way because the molar relationship is Class I and retracting the lower cuspid into the 1st bicuspid extraction site, then moving the lower left lateral incisor into the created space will solve the crowding problem on that side and at the same time maintain a Class I molar relationship. The lower right side is a bit more tricky. Look at the molar relationship. It is Class II. The strange thing is that even though the molar relationship is Class II on the right side and Class I on the left, the upper and lower midlines are aligned. This is unusual, and it means there is an asymmetry somewhere.
If we simply extracted the lower right 1st bicuspid and close space reciprocally, I think you would be left with a Class II relationship on the right side and a midline discrepancy in the lower arch. So, how do you treat this? Well, looking at the crowding, there is about 8 mm of lower arch crowding on the left side and about 5 mm of lower arch crowding on the right. This is where your asymmetry lies. To finish in a Class I relationship we need to use less of the extraction site on the right side to relieve crowding than we do on the left. Additionally we need to use more of the extraction site on the right side to protract the molar-move it forward-than we do on the left. We can do this by extracting a lower right 2nd bicuspid instead of the more traditional lower right 1st bicuspid. So the bottom line is this: we will extract upper right, upper left, and lower left 1st bicuspids, and the lower right 2nd bicuspid.
This is a rather unusual extraction sequence. However, I think it will also allow us to close space reciprocally-which is easier mechanically than asymmetrical space closure-and still end up with a Class I molar relationship. You will have to pay attention to the molar relationship throughout treatment and add a Class II elastic to the right side if the molars are not cooperating by moving into Class I. Refer to the month to month plan for details.
There is another unusual aspect of this case. Even though she is only 13 years old, she has 4 fully developed wisdom teeth. It appears a couple of them are partially erupted. If she were my patient, I would have the wisdom teeth extracted at the same time that the bicuspids were extracted. I would refer to an oral surgeon to have all 8 teeth taken out. Then I would wait about 3 weeks before starting orthodontics.
A treatment alternative that I might consider would be extraction of the lower right 1st molar instead of the lower right 3rd molar. By protracting (that is moving forward) the lower right 2nd molar, we could create enough space for the 3rd molar to erupt at the same time to help us achieve a Class I molar relationship. The 2nd molar would have to move forward only about 4 or 5 mm to get into Class I. This would solve the problem of having to put a crown on the lower right 1st molar. However, after considering this treatment plan, I have decided to reject it. It is tough to protract the 2nd molar, and there is no guarantee that the 3rd molar will erupt in a reasonable manner. So, if the patient hasn't had any trouble with the root canal, I would save that tooth and just take out the 3rd molars.
I find it hard to believe that this patient is only 13 years old. It is rare to see fully developed 3rd molars can someone so young. But since they are developed I think it is okay to remove them. Most parents and patients would rather have only one surgical procedure rather than spreading it out over more than one procedure. Therefore extracting all 8 teeth at one time makes a lot of sense.
The mechanics may be a little difficult. Good use of anchorage control-that is lacebacks- is essential. A couple of other things are also important from a mechanical standpoint. When you bracket the upper lateral incisors, place the brackets on upside down. You need a lot of labial root torque to put those teeth in the proper position. You just don't get that when the brackets are positioned normally. I would start with the brackets upside down right from the initial bracketing and leave them that way throughout the whole treatment. To manage the space on the lower right side I would probably start by not engaging the lower right 2. Pack coil between the lower right 1 and lower right 3 and combine that with a laceback from the lower right 3 to the lower right 6. Once you have enough space for the lower right 3 stop using a laceback in that quadrant. This will probably happen more quickly than in the other 3 quadrants because you have less crowding to correct. You do not want to over retract the lower right 3 because you want to save as much space as possible to move the lower right 6 forward. So the bottom line is you probably will have lacebacks in the other 3 quadrants for a month or 2 longer than you will in the lower right quadrant.
This case is quite difficult mechanically. But, the results will be fantastic. She has beautifully shaped teeth and a nice smile line. Also her profile looks great and that should not change a bit if the mechanics are handled properly. She and her family will be very happy with the results.
Plan: refer to oral surgeon for extraction of all 4 3rd molars, as well as upper left and right 1st bicuspids, lower left 1st bicuspid, and lower right 2nd bicuspid.
2 weeks later: place spacers. Wait 1 week, then begin treatment.
Month 1. Band 6's and bond 5 3-3 5 on the upper (do not bracket upper 2's yet) and 4 3 1 1 3 5 on the lower. Place anterior brackets on both upper and lower 1 mm incisal to the center, and all other brackets in the center. Bond a 1 mm thickness of composite to the occlusal surface of the lower 6's to open the bite slightly to clear the anterior brackets from the occlusion. On the upper, place lacebacks in both quadrants and pack coil between the 1 and 3 on both sides. The coil spring should be 2 mm longer than the distance between the distal of the bracket on the 1, and the mesial of the bracket on the 3. Do not engage both upper 2's. On the lower left place a lacebacks and pack coil between the lower left 1 and lower left 3. The coil spring should be 2 mm longer than the distance between the distal of the bracket on the 1, and the mesial of the bracket on the 3. On the lower right, place a laceback. The lacebacks will be a little different than the other 3 quadrants because it will engage the 3, 4, and 6. Do not engage the lower right 2 and pack coil between the lower right 1 and the lower right 3. The coil spring should be 2 mm longer than the distance between the distal of the bracket on the 1 and the mesial of the bracket on the 3. Wires used: 016 nitinol/016 nitinol. Remember to place the lacebacks underneath the nitinol wire so when you retie the wire you don't have to remove the lacebacks.
Month 2. Tighten lacebacks and retie 016 nitinol/016 nitinol. Repack coil in all 4 areas. Each coil spring should be 2 mm longer than the spring used in month 1.
Month 3. Tighten lacebacks and retie 016 nitinol/016 nitinol. Repack coil in all 4 areas. Again, the springs are each 2 mm longer than the springs used in month 2.
Month 4. By now, there should be enough space created to engage the lower right 2. Remove the laceback in the lower right quadrant, tighten the lacebacks in the other 3 quadrants, and retie 016 nitinol/016 nitinol, this time bracketing and engaging the lower right 2. There should be 3 coil springs remaining. Repack coil in these 3 areas, using a spring that is 2 mm longer than the spring used in month 3.
Month 5. By now, there should be enough space in the 3 remaining areas where you have coil spring to engage the blocked out lateral incisors. Tighten lacebacks, and bracket the 3 lateral incisors. If the upper lateral incisor brackets interfere with the occlusion, bond more composite to the occlusal surface of the lower molars so the bite is open enough so the lateral incisor brackets no longer interfere with occlusion. Place both upper lateral incisor brackets on upside down. Because these teeth are so far out of the arch form, they will move more efficiently if you can use a lighter arch wire when engaging them. I would use 012 nitinol/012 nitinol. So, at this point you have all the teeth bracketed, lacebacks in 3 quadrants (you have already removed the laceback in the lower right quadrant) and all coil springs removed.
Month 6. Remove all lacebacks and retie 012 nitinol/012 nitinol.
Month 7. By now, the upper lateral incisors and lower left lateral incisor should be in the arch form. Remove the composite from the occlusal surface of the lower molars. At this point, go back to 016 nitinol/016 nitinol.
Month 8. Begin wire progression. Wires: 014 stainless steel/014 stainless steel. Coordinate arch wires so no expansion or constriction of arches occur. Refer to CD for details.
Month 9. 016 stainless steel/016 stainless steel. Coordinate arch wires.
Month 10. 020 stainless steel/020 stainless steel. Coordinate arch wires.
Month 11. 019X025 nitinol/019X025 nitinol.
Month 12. Panorex, reposition, check root resorption. Wires: 016 nitinol/016 nitinol.
Month 13. 019X025 nitinol/019X025 nitinol.
Month 14. 019X025 stainless steel/019X025 stainless steel. Coordinate arch wires. These are your working wires. Leave them in until finishing.
Month 15. Retie working wires. Begin space closure. There probably is not a lot of space to close. I would guess you would have about 2 mm of space on each side on the upper, 2 mm of space on the lower left (in all 3 of these quadrants the space will be distal to the canine) and about 4 mm of space mesial to the lower right 1st molar. Close this remaining space with 6-6 chain, upper and lower. If the right side molar relationship is still Class II, add a Class II elastic on that side. Elastics used-1/4 inch medium. Patient attaches elastic from upper cuspid hook to lower molar hook on right side only. She wears the elastic full time, changing it every 12 hours. Eating with it in place is optional.
Month 16, 17. Retie 6-6 chain, upper and lower. Continue right side Class II elastic until the molar relationship on that side is Class I.
Month 18. By now, all spaces are closed and occlusion is good. Begin finishing. Panorex, reposition, check root resorption, and go over pre-finishing checklist. Evaluate the position of the 7's. If they are out of position, bracket and engage them now. If you keep them engaged throughout the finishing procedure, by the time the braces are removed they will be aligned well. If the 7's are not out of position, there's no need to bracket them. Wires: 016 nitinol/016 nitinol.
Month 19, 20. Finishing wires. 018 stainless steel/018 stainless steel. Coordinate arch wires and use finishing bends and/or finishing elastics if needed.
Month 21. Removal. Retainers: upper Hawley with a bite plane and lower 3-3 lingual bonded retainer. Because her bite is slightly deep and extraction mechanics were used, a bite plane is necessary to retain the occlusion. Refer to CD for fabrication instructions. After 2 years, replace the lower 3-3 with an Essix.


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New – EBS Direct APIs – Programmatic Access to EBS Snapshot Content
by Jeff Barr | on 03 DEC 2019 | in Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), AWS re:Invent, Launch, News | Permalink | Share
EBS Snapshots are really cool! You can create them interactively from the AWS Management Console:
You can create them from the Command Line (create-snapshot) or by making a call to the CreateSnapshot function, and you can use the Data Lifecycle Manager (DLM) to set up automated snapshot management.
All About Snapshots
The snapshots are stored in Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), and can be used to quickly create fresh EBS volumes as needed. The first snapshot of a volume contains a copy of every written block on the volume. Subsequent snapshots contain only the blocks that have changed since the previous snapshot. The incremental nature of the snapshots makes them very cost-effective, since (statistically speaking) many of the blocks on an EBS volume do not change all that often.
Let's look at a quick example. Suppose that I create and format an EBS volume with 8 blocks (this is smaller than the allowable minimum size, but bear with me), copy some files to it, and then create my first snapshot (Snap1). The snapshot contains all of the blocks, and looks like this:
Then I add a few more files, delete one, and create my second snapshot (Snap2). The snapshot contains only the blocks that were modified after I created the first one, and looks like this:
I make a few more changes, and create a third snapshot (Snap3):
Keep in mind that the relationship between directories, files, and the underlying blocks is controlled by the file system, and is generally quite complex in real-world situations.
Ok, so now I have three snapshots, and want to use them to create a new volume. Each time I create a snapshot of an EBS volume, an internal reference to the previous snapshot is created. This allows CreateVolume to find the most recent copy of each block, like this:
EBS manages all of the details for me behind the scenes. For example, if I delete Snap2, the copy of Block 0 in the snapshot also deleted since the copy in Snap3 is newer, but the copy of Block 4 in Snap2 becomes part of Snap3:
By the way, the chain of backward references (Snap3 to Snap1, or Snap3 to Snap2 to Snap1) is referred to as the lineage of the set of snapshots.
Now that I have explained all this, I should also tell you that you generally don't need to know this, and can focus on creating, using, and deleting snapshots!
Access to Snapshot Content
Today we are introducing EBS direct APIs that provide you with access to the snapshot content, as described above. These APIs are designed for developers of backup/recovery, disaster recovery, and data management products & services, and will allow them to make their offerings faster and more cost-effective.
The new APIs use a block index (0, 1, 2, and so forth), to identify a particular 512K block within a snapshot. The index is returned in the form of an encrypted token, which is meaningful only to the GetSnapshotBlock API. I have represented these tokens as T0, T1, and so forth below. The APIs currently work on blocks of 512K bytes, with plans to support more block sizes in the future.
Here are the APIs :
ListSnapshotBlocks – Identifies all of the blocks in a given snapshot as encrypted tokens. For Snap1, it would return [T0, T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7]. For Snap2, it would return [T0, T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7] with updated values for T0 and T4.
GetSnapshotBlock – Returns the content of a block. If the block is part of an encrypted snapshot, it will be returned in decrypted form.
ListChangedBlocks – Returns the list of blocks that have changed between two snapshots in a lineage, again as encrypted tokens. For changes between Snap2 and Snap1, it would return [T0, T4] and for changes between Snap3 and Snap2, it would return [T0, T5]. For changes between Snap3 and Snap1, it would return [T0, T4, T5].
Like I said, these APIs were built to address one specialized yet very important use case. Having said that, I am now highly confident that new and unexpected ones will pop up within 48 hours (feel free to share them with me)!
The EBS direct APIs are available now and you can start using them today in the US East (N. Virginia), US West (Oregon), Europe (Ireland), Europe (Frankfurt), Asia Pacific (Singapore), and Asia Pacific (Tokyo) Regions; they will become available in the remaining regions in the next few weeks. There is a charge for calls to the List and Get APIs, and the usual KMS charges will apply when you call GetSnapshotBlock to access a block that is part of an encrypted snapshot.
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New Delhi, Sep 10: The Opposition political parties plan to target the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government on many economic issues during the band. Besides rising petrol and diesel prices, the issue of Goods and Services Tax (GST), devaluation of Rupee and even Rafale will figure during protest.
The Congress leaders said, "We demand that petrol and diesel prices must also be brought under goods and services tax (GST) as there are 40 per cent things still out of GST and they must also be brought under GST." Senior Congress leader Ajay Maken, who will be leading protest in Delhi, said that devaluation of Rupee is continuing which is a big threat to the economy of the country and the BJP did not bother to talk about it in its national executive. Maken said quoting Modi that in 2013 when Rupee was falling he had said that the Congress had sent Indian currency in ICU but now Rupee is at the lowest ebb during the Modi regime.
The Congress leaders are saying that the BJP talks about cut in VAT rates on petrol and diesel prices but they are charging maxim VAT in the BJP-ruled states. They said that the BJP-ruled states have 27 per cent VAT while the Congress ruled states like Karnataka, Punjab and Pudduchery have VAT rate at 17 per cent on petrol and diesel prices. Crude oil prices were much higher during the UPA government than today but petrol and diesel were not hiked as they are today. Rajasthan government slashed 4 per cent VAT on petroleum products on September 9 still it is very high.
The Congress leaders including Maken said that since May 2014 till today the excise duty has been increased to 211.7 per cent. In common parlance the tax that was Rs 9.2 per liter has gone up to Rs 1948 per liter while excise duty on diesel has gone up to 443.06 per cent. So the excise duty that was Rs 3.45 in May 2014 has gone up to Rs 15.33 today. The Modi government has earned Rs 11 lakh crore by imposing tax on petrol and diesel.
Besides all this the issue of Rafale will also figure in this Bandh call. The Congress leaders say that the UPA government had a deal for 108 Rafale that were to be built by Public sector Hindustan Aeronautics India Limited but the Modi government has given the contract to his friend and killed the Make In India plan.


Many of OC's favorite artists aligned in this weekend's New York Times T Magazine winter issue for a special Milan spotlight, which profiled some of the city's best kept destinations and most elegant inhabitants. Tasked with the portraiture was Magnum photographer Paolo Pellegrin, whose always-stunning photographs make you wonder if he made a pact with Henri Cartier-Bresson's ghost. His portraiture work shines, but his Capa/Smith-esque photojournalism (especially his b/w work from Kosovo, Darfur, and Lebanon) leave you breathless. Sandwiched between quiet portraits of Miuccia Prada, Armani, the Sozzani sisters, Bolle gets perspective from La Scala's side palchi. Click here for Bolle's favorite Milan hang-outs (scroll down).


Network Opportunity Maps (NOMs) of Australia's electricity grid identify the most valuable locations for investment in renewable energy and demand management across the grid.
The Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) led development of the interactive maps to consolidate information on current and future capacity constraints in electricity network infrastructure across Australia based on network planning report data.
The first full, interactive iteration of the maps is now available and includes spatial data from all electricity Network Service Providers (NSPs) on network constraints, planned investment and the potential value of distributed energy resources in networks across the Australian National Electricity Market (NEM).
The maps will make it easier for NSPs, their customers, and proponents of non-network alternatives to network investment to develop a common understanding of the potential value of reducing peak electricity demand in different parts of the network. By consolidating information, the project aims to build the market for distributed energy resources and reduce costs for all customers.
Provide potential for streamlining the reporting requirements of the Annual Planning Reports (APR) through a consistent mapping approach.
Importantly, the maps can assist non-network service providers to identify opportunities for developing distributed generation and storage and other non‑network solutions. The opportunities from the maps will assist in transforming the network, as described by the Energy Networks Association's and CSIRO's Electricity Network Transformation Roadmap project.
Figure 1 below is a screen shot from the NOMs showing available capacity on the electricity network around Port Phillip Bay in Victoria and potential areas of constraint.
In addition to network capacity, the NOMs also highlight areas of proposed investment (as shown in Figure 2 below). By installing distributed energy resources or implementing a non-network solution, it may be possible for the proposed network investment to be deferred. Figure 3 (below) illustrates the Annual Deferred Value that can be achieved by avoiding network investment.
The three‑year project to develop the maps received assistance under the ARENA Emerging Renewables program. Funding and in‐kind support was provided by the NSW Department of Industry, Ergon Energy (now Energy Queensland), UTS, TransGrid, and ElectraNet.
Network operators, Transgrid, ElectraNet, Ausgrid, Ergon Energy, Energex and United Energy.
All NSPs operating in the Australian electricity market provided data to populate the maps.
The majority of data presented in the Network Opportunity Maps already exists in the NSP's APRs, although it is presented in varying forms. For the maps to become an effective part of network businesses' demand side engagement frameworks, it is important that NSPs provide the required data in a standardised format on an ongoing basis to allow the maps to be updated annually.
The Energy Networks Association and its members are working with the ISF to develop a guideline and template for the standardised collection of the data required for the annual update. Energy networks from around Australia will be able to use the template to provide the information required to keep the maps up to date.
The NOMs project uses the Dynamic Avoidable Network Cost Evaluation (DANCE) model developed by the ISF as part of the Intelligent Grid Research Program. The ISF previously applied the DANCE model to mapping Decentralised Energy for Victoria and to rural areas of the NEM suitable for concentrating solar power in Breaking The Solar Gridlock. These previous versions of the DANCE model involved time-intensive manual processes, which have now been successfully streamlined through the NOM project.
Click 'Add Data', then select 'Electricity Infrastructure' and 'Network Opportunities – ISF'.
Move time slider along the bottom of the screen to scroll through the years from 2015 to 2024 (for Available Distribution Capacity or Annual Deferral Value) or hours of the day (for Peak Day Available Capacity).
The ISF is hosting a webinar on 3 August, 2016 from 2pm to 3.30pm to demonstrate how the maps work and what they show. Participants will be able to ask questions about the maps. Register for the webinar here.
Further information about the NOMs can be found at the ISF's NOM project website.


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Cole Porter's Anything Goes coming to Follies
In exciting news, Milton Follies is able to announce their June 2019 Junior show, Cole Porter's classic, Anything Goes. Lloyd McDonald, director of Joseph, The Little Mermaid and Seussical, is excited to be bringing this famous show to Milton Theatre, along with choreographer Ash Howes and musical director Ruth Myers.
"This is a great show with incredible opportunities for our local young performers. It's a play with great comedic characters, so I'm looking for charismatic actors. It's full of toe tapping songs like Anything Goes, I Get a Kick Out of You and You're the Top, so my leading men and ladies are going to need to be strong singers.
Most importantly, this is a dancer's show, so Ash is going to have her work cut out for her! Ideally, we'd love a core of 4-6 high quality dancers to feature in the high energy show-stopper numbers."
There's still a bit of administration and planning for Follies to get through, but expect audition information to be posted online towards the end of the year.
This entry was posted in 2019 season, all ages, Anything Goes, musical, opportunities and tagged all ages, Anything Goes, children, family show, musical, teens on June 26, 2018 by miltonfollies.
NIDA Open Workshop a Great Success!
Milton Follies, with the assistance of a $4500 CASP grant, hosted a NIDA open workshop for 16 talented budding thespians this weekend.
NIDA director, Elsie Edgerton-Till, who has worked with Opera Australia, Sydney Theatre Company and Griffin theatre, brought her years of training and experience to Milton CWA Hall for an intensive two day workshop, attended by a mix of teen Follies regulars and newcomers.
"I have absolutely loved working with this group, " said Elsie. "Country kids are so much more relaxed and open to expressing themselves and trying new things. This group has risen to every challenge I gave them. We have had an incredible time."
Milton Follies President, Ruth Myers, attended both days and was impressed by the commitment and enthusiasm of the all involved.
"There was a lot of hard work put in by the Follies Committee to make this workshop happen. We are grateful to NIDA Open and to Regional Arts NSW. Without the CASP grant we would not have been able to go ahead. Given the success of this weekend, we are keen to pursue all avenues to provide professional training locally as often as we can. We look forward to seeing these teens bringing their improved skills to a Follies production soon!"
Despite the diversity of age and experience, the participants responded well to the enthusiastic direction of Elsie, with improvement demonstrated by all. As a part of their audition training, each performer was pushed to their limits to breathe life into rehearsed monologues.
Follies regular, Sophie Morrissey, was thrilled to be included in the workshop. "I am passionate about performance and acting, and will be producing a major drama work for my HSC this year. Elsie has been a fantastic teacher, and I am grateful for the opportunity to learn from her.
This entry was posted in 2017 season, all ages, opportunities, workshops and tagged all ages, Milton, teens on February 7, 2017 by miltonfollies.
Friday 4th at 7.00pm Saturday 5th at 8.00pm Sunday 6th at 2.00pm
Friday 11th at 7.00pm Saturday 12th at 8.00pm Sunday 13th at 2.00pm
Kiss Me Kate Cast Announced !
To all those enthusiastic people who auditioned for a role in our newest production of Kiss Me Kate we thank you very much. Congratulations to those who were successful. The cast list is below.
First rehearsal is this Tuesday, 26th July, Ulladulla High School at 6.30pm. (Students with school information night please join us when you have finished.).
MILTON FOLLIES 2016
Baltimore players Shrew players
Pops (stage doorperson)…………Sophie Morrissey…………….Padua Priest
Hattie (Lilli's Dresser)…………..Samantha Kneeshaw
Paul ( Fred Graham's Dresser)…Rocco Forrester-Sach…..Dancer in Too darn Hot
Ralph/Rosie (stage manager)…..Rachel Tidbury…………………..ensemble
Lois Lane …………………………..Carla West…………………..Bianca Minola
Bill Calhoun………………………..Gaven Dorrell………………………Lucentio
Lilli Vanessi………………………..Elissa Skinner……………KatherineMinola
Dance Captain…………………….Maya Holstegge………..ensemble/Gregory
Fred Graham………………………Lloyd McDonald……………………Petruchio
Harry Tevor…………………………Sean Hendry………………..Batista Minola
Stagehand#1/electrician/cabdriver..Isobel Rabbidge………………….Nathaniel
First Man/Gangster………………..Jacob Woods………….(Aide to Katherine)
Second Man/Gangster…………….Mason Lake…………..(Aide to Katherine)
Flynt/Aide to general Howell……Ebony Millard…………Gremio/ensemble
Riley/Aide to general Howell……Caleb Howe………..Hortensio/ensemble
Stagehand #2………………………Alannah-Grace Henkel…Philip/ensemble
Stagehand #3………………………Michelle Babington..Haberdasher/ensemble
General Harrison Howell………..Matt Bryan
Wardrobe Lady……………………..Di L'Estrange……………………ensemble
Ensemble singer……………………Carly Jenkins…Padua Inn Waitress/ensemble
Ensemble……………………….Amy Driver…………………ensemble
This entry was posted in 2016 season, cast announcements, Past productions and tagged adults, cast, Kiss Me Kate, musical, teens on July 24, 2016 by miltonfollies.
Coming in November… Kiss Me Kate
The next Milton Follies adult production, Kiss Me Kate, will be held at the Milton Theatre in November. Watch this space to meet the cast that will bring this popular musical to life and to purchase your tickets.
The next kids' show (to be announced) will be held in June 2017, with auditions in early February.
Below is a picture from last year's production of Godspell.
This entry was posted in 2016 season, media, Past productions and tagged adults, Kiss Me Kate, musical, teens, tickets on July 17, 2016 by miltonfollies.
A massive thank you to the wonderful sponsors of The Little Mermaid Junior 2016. And thank you also to our fantastic community that continues to support Milton Follies.
This entry was posted in 2016 season, all ages, media, Past productions, sponsorship and tagged adults, cast, children, family show, Little Mermaid Jr, Milton Theatre, musical, teens on June 22, 2016 by miltonfollies.
Little Mermaid to make a splash
Disney fans will flock to the Milton Theatre to see stunning teen songstress Brea Holland as Ariel in the hit musical Little Mermaid Junior in June 2016.
The Milton Follies will present six magical shows at the historic theatre, opening on Friday June 10.
Starring Ulladulla's Australia Day Music Scholarship winner and Milton Voice winner Brea Holland as Princess Ariel, plus an all-singing, all-dancing cast, the show is sure to be a hit with lovers of princess stories of all ages.
The energetic cast of 46 young performers will bring the Disney story to life in a show featuring the well-known songs Part of Your World, Under the Sea and Kiss The Girl.
Show director Lloyd McDonald said the musical was sure to be popular and the cast and crew were ready to wow audiences.
"This is a really big show, with lots of music, dancing and energy," he said.
"The performers may be young, but they will bring loads of talent to the stage.
"The Milton Follies is a community theatre group, however we strive to put on a professional show."
The Little Mermaid Jr follows on the from the Follies' sell-out production of the Seussical Jr musical last year.
Shows will be held on Friday June 10 at 7pm, Saturday June 11 at 5pm and Sunday June 12 at 2pm and again the following weekend June 13-15 at the same times.
Tickets are $20 and available from the website: miltonfollies.org or from Splatters in Milton.
Lloyd said the June long-weekend was an ideal time for people to invite family and friends to the show and make the most of Milton's wonderful eateries and shops.
"What an ideal way to spend a long weekend on the coast – with a great show at the Milton Theatre and good food."
ABOUT THE SHOW: Somewhere under the sea, and beyond your imagination, adventure awaits! Join Ariel, a headstrong young mermaid, who longs to be part of the magical world on land, much to the dismay of her father King Triton. When Ariel falls in love with a human prince, she trades her voice to the diabolical sea witch, Ursula, for legs. Ariel and her friends – shy, lovable Flounder and Sebastian, a reggae-singing crab – must win her prince's love in a thrilling race against time! Featuring the much loved songs, "Under the Sea", "Part of Your World" and "Kiss the Girl".
This entry was posted in 2016 season, all ages, media, Past productions, Uncategorized and tagged adults, children, family show, Little Mermaid Jr, musical, teens on June 8, 2016 by miltonfollies.
June 10, 11, 12, 17, 18 & 19
PURCHASE TICKETS HERE:
https://events.ticketbooth.com.au/event/the-little-mermaid
Click here to see articles about the Show
If you have questions or feedback, please email Milton Follies at miltonfollies@gmail.com
This entry was posted in 2016 season, all ages, media, Past productions and tagged adults, all ages, cast, children, family show, Little Mermaid Jr, musical, posters, teens, tickets on May 5, 2016 by miltonfollies.


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Upselling and cross-selling are both beneficial for any industry for one simple reason: more revenue.
But you must be strategic in how you approach your customers or they will see right through the "You may also like …" sales pitch. To really see success with your product suggestions, you must strive for the ultimate goal: customer delight. When you can convince your customer that your suggestions are for their benefit, then you can master the art of upselling and cross-selling.
Keep reading to learn how to use upselling and cross-selling to your advantage.
Upselling is encouraging the purchase of anything that would make the primary purchase more expensive. Cross-selling is encouraging the purchase of anything in conjunction with the primary product. For example, it would be upselling to offer the purchase of batteries with a camera, but it would be cross-selling to offer the purchase of a scanner with a printer.
Helen Campbell, founder of business coaching and training company Jazz Cat, advises her clients to tailor their offering to the client's specific needs. "By upselling or cross-selling your services appropriately you can help your client achieve their goal, for example, more time, peace of mind, or a solution to a problem," she says. It is all about adding value, and the difference between 'selling' something to someone and adding value is huge. "The key skill is to listen, hear your client's needs and offer innovative and practical options," says Campbell.
It's worth keeping in mind that upselling can be 20 times more effective than cross selling, probably because once they have a specific purchase in mind customers don't want to be distracted by something else. However, something that makes their first purchase better has far more chance of encouraging them to buy.
And upselling and cross-selling is not just for retail. It can trickle into other businesses…for example, travel agencies. Pam Smith, leisure manager at Frosch Mann Travels in Huntersville, North Carolina, notes that "Travelers have a tendency to default to the product they've done before. If they've cruised before, for example, and enjoyed it, they might assume a cruise is best for their next trip. But that's not always the case—we need to have those conversations about what they want to see and do to figure out the best option." This is the heart and soul of travel professionals—using your expertise to point travelers in the right direction towards their best possible vacation.
Opportunities for upselling and cross-selling exist in every realm of business; you just have to be aware and ready when they arise. By using your knowledge and expertise to identify the right experience for each client, you will create a loyal client base and continually grow your business.


Academic freedom is a core principle of the modern university. It is linked to the liberty of thought as a means of fighting political absolutism and religious intolerance. The present lecture intends to give a restrictive concept of academic freedom, which must not be reduced to free speech. It is a professional freedom which allows academics to do their job correctly. It is a guarantee against many exterior threats, and its substance has a triple dimension: freedom of research, freedom of intramural expression, and freedom of extramural expression. Eventually, we claim the intrinsic relationship between academic freedom and authentic university.
Olivier Beaud is Professor of Public Law at the University of Paris 2 (Panthéon-Assas), and a former member of the Institut Universitaire de France (junior and senior) with a research focus on the theory of the state, constitutional law, and the history of legal thought. His books include La puissance de l'Etat (1994), Les derniers jours de Weimar. Carl Schmitt face à l'avènement du nazisme (1997), Le sang contaminé. Essai critique sur la criminalisation de la responsabilité des gouvernants (1999), Théorie de la Fédération (2007), Les libertés universitaires à l'abandon? (2010), (with C. Guérin-Bargues L'état d'urgence), (2016), La République injuriée. Les offenses au chef de l'Etat de 1875 à 2013 (forthcoming, 2019).


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Marin Voice: Memorial Day and a chance to grow…
OpinionGuest Commentary
Marin Voice: Memorial Day and a chance to grow peace
(Christian Goepel/IJ archive) Heidi Kuhn speaks at 9:30 and 11:15 a.m. Aug. 10 at Unity in Marin in Novato.
By Heidi Kuhn |
PUBLISHED: May 27, 2016 at 4:49 pm | UPDATED: July 19, 2018 at 12:48 pm
As Americans celebrate Memorial Day holiday with picnics and barbecues, we must remember those soldiers who died while serving in the armed forces. For my generation, it was the Vietnam War.
Growing up in Marin County during the 1960s, I watched the evening news on our black-and-white television as Walter Cronkite reported the "body count" of young soldiers ending his nightly broadcast with, "And that's the way it is." I was 10 years old, as I watched the Tet Offensive with tears in my eyes, as I deeply wanted to change the way it was.
During my years at San Rafael High School in the 1970s, our friends lost older brothers to war as the peace movement roared from the heart of the San Francisco Bay Area.
Our teacher, Virginia Franklin, burst into our government classroom during my junior year to announce, with elation, that the war finally had ended. That was April 30, 1975.
Young veterans returned from war, only to be scorned rather than respected for serving our country. They had deep emotional battle scars that would remain for a lifetime.
Vowing to make a difference for peace, I pursued an education at UC Berkeley in political economics during the 1970s, as students sought a brighter future.
Last week, I was honored to receive a formal invitation from the president of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Tran Dai Quang, to attend the May 23 state banquet in honor of President Barack Obama.
Walking along the red carpet, the pathway for peace, which was born in my childhood dreams, was now a reality. American and Vietnamese flags adorned the streets of Hanoi, as I walked into the International Convention Center as a guest of the Vietnamese president.
As they played our national anthem, I placed my right hand over my heart, which beat with pride as I witnessed this historic moment of healing among nations.
As President Obama addressed Secretary of State John Kerry and other Vietnamese and American dignitaries, he stated, "When you eat the fruit, remember those who planted the tree."
I reflected upon the work of the charity that I founded nearly two decades ago with a vision of planting the Roots of Peace — turning mines to vines by replacing minefields with vineyards and orchards.
Millions of trees have been planted on former battlefields in Afghanistan and Vietnam, as a result of a childhood dream to heal the wound of war.
Yet, while farmers are tasting the juicy nectar of the fruit, there remain millions of landmines/UXO/cluster munition in Vietnam — over 40 years after the war has ended.
My humble gift to both the American and Vietnamese presidents was fresh pepper harvested from Quang Tri province, former DMZ.
The work of Roots of Peace is vital to the healing process as deadly remnants of war must be removed for the sake of children and future generations.
Both the American and Vietnamese government have agreed to work with me to remove the last vestiges of war — landmines.
While the work is not easy, the concluding words of President Obama resonated in my heart, "We must draw upon the lotus flower — hoa sen. It takes root in the mud and thus is a symbol of hope and hardship. It survives where others cannot and thus is a symbol of strength and endurance. It radiates color, and thus is a symbol of beauty."
Together, may we plant the Roots of Peace on Earth.
Heidi Kuhn of San Rafael is the founder and CEO of Roots of Peace. More information about its work can be found at www.rootsofpeace.org
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Marin IJ Readers' Forum for Jan. 27, 2020