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Delivering more than steel
We are a world leader in the highly diversified field of steel fabrication and erection.
We lead our industry by providing the best value
in products, services and solutions to our customers.
We are able to deliver complex solutions
on time and within budget regardless of size or scope of project.
We provide outstanding quality products and services
through our unrivalled production capacity and planning facilities.
NSF was established in 1995, with a single production facility in Egypt and a total annual production capacity of 36,000 tons. With our experienced team and the use of the latest equipment, we have more than doubled our capacity and have become a world leader. Today we offer a sophisticated and complex product range, which has resulted in NSF being chosen for critical projects across a variety of sectors and countries. We work on projects involving the production of different types of steel works, ranging from extra light up to extra heavy structural steel, specialist pressure vessels, storage tanks, a variety of plate works activities, piping spools, steel towers, and boilers. NSF's continuous improvement has resulted in us being the preferred supplier across Europe and worldwide for some of the biggest international EPC companies, and we strive for continued excellence. Delivering quality on precise and complex projects can only be achieved with the application of the latest equipment and technologies, combined with a highly experienced and skilled workforce. Our
production facilities include the latest CNC machines, laser cutting equipment and highly automated robots. In the past few years NSF has added state-of-the-art closed painting facilities accommodating highly specific painting requirements for special projects. Our experienced manpower combined with diversified equipment and our modern facilities give NSF an unmatched edge in its flexibility to fabricate and deliver several types of works on the same shop floor at the same time. Our production capacity, combined with our customer focused delivery schedules, enable us to provide our clients with complete solutions to meet all their project requirements. In addition, NSF production can be executed in line with ISO, ASME, AISC, BS, EN and Euronorm quality certificates. Many years of experience in on-site erection capabilities for steel structure, plate works and tanks, extends our services beyond steel fabrication and allows us to offer our clients a complete solution package for even the most complex site requirements.
NSF AT A GLANCE
We aim to be the preferred choice for steel fabrication and erection solutions. We lead our industry by providing the best value in products, services and solutions to our customers.
We work to deliver exceptional value for our stakeholders by following a coherent and considered strategy.
We provide the ideal model in achieving international quality standards throughout all phases of projects both.ocally and in regional market
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We work to deliver exceptional value for our stakeholders and have delivered projects in 24 countries around the world, including Europe, Asia, and Latin America
We own and operate two major facilities in Egypt with a total combined production capacity of 100,000 tons annually
Premier customer service We treat our customers professionally and serve them in the best possible way. We make sure the products and services they receive will meet and exceed their expectations and we continuously seek to improve our processes to better serve them.
Operational excellence We make our workplace a safe place and hire the best professionals in our business. We develop partnerships with the best suppliers and continuously strive to produce perfect products. We invest in our people, processes and relationships to be the best in our industry.
Deliver business results We work and win as a team by promising and delivering the best results.
100000 Tons
750000 m2
FACTORY PRODUCTION AREA
NSF Technical Brochure
With increasing demand for sustainable energy solutions we are focusing resources on wind and solar energy projects. In this specialist area we have worked on projects including the Kuraymat Solar Power Plant in Egypt, Shams 1 CSP plant in UAE and wind farms in Egypt and Greece.
However, our experience is not limited to solar and wind projects. We have extensive experience on all kinds of Power and energy generations projects including the Talkha combined cycle power plant in Egypt, the Langage gas fired power station in the United Kingdom and the Cartagena combined cycle gas turbine power plant in Spain.
Growing economies rely on industry to provide the raw materials they need to thrive. We have worked on projects in the oil and gas extraction industry, as well as petroleum refineries and pipelines for crude petroleum and natural gas.
Our experience in this sector extends to supplying different diameters of piping, structural steel, piling, plate works, design and fabrication of pressure vessels and reactors and painting systems for clients including Bechtel and Archirodon. Due to the environmental demands on companies operating in this sector, we frequently address challenging problems to reduce the environmental risks of our clients to the minimum acceptable levels
NSF has executed numerous large and complex projects through which we developed a wide range of niche core competences that enhance both our regional and international market positioning
Every project is met with NSF's proven expertise in project management along with exceptionally strong resources – the result of the Company's continuing investment in machinery, fleet, technology, and people. This investment assures NSF's capacity to deliver fast-track services and seamless technical support through the planning, design, construction, commissioning, and operational phases of projects.
With the global economy focusing on industrial advancements, allowing more industries to take active roles in the markets worldwide, it was inevitable that industrial applications using extensive steel constructions would grow as a result
NSF has carried out several projects in the cement, FMCGs, and pharmaceutical sectors. With the experience gained from executing such projects, we have positioned ourselves as a market leader in this sector and we are well equipped for any kind of industrial application regardless of the design complexity and sophistication.
As the world strives to build bigger and more impressive structures, we continue to rise to the challenge. We produce components for mega constructions offsite and deliver them ready to slot into place. Precision and timely delivery is essential so as not to disrupt strict schedules.
We have worked on mega steel structures including the El Ferdan swing bridge – the longest of its kind in the world, the new Cairo Terminal 2 airport, the C-130 maintenance hanger at Cairo West air base and Borg El Arab airport.
With increased global reliance on value added concepts, there has been a strong shift towards projects which involve transforming valuable raw materials like oil and gas into highly useful products which become the raw materials used in multiple other industries.
NSF has also been very active in this sector, working on several fertilizers and natural gas based projects throughout the region.
Burullus Combined Cycle Power Plant
West Nile Delta Gas and Condensate Fields
Egyptian Cement Company
Egyptian Fertilizers Company
Cairo Airport Terminal 2
Ain Sokhna Product Hub Sumed Jetty
Zafarana Wind Farm
El Galala Desalination Plant
Kuraymat solar power planet
El Ferdan Bridge
Grand Egyptian Museum
Cairo Metro Line 3
More Projects +
Plate works
Heat Recovery Steam Generators (HRSG)
Piping spools
Package skids
Steel collector elements – Solar energy applications
Conical cylinder fan towers - Wind energy applications
Abener
AC Boilers SpA, formerly Ansaldo Caldaie
Archirodon Construction (Overseas) Co.S.A.
Babcock Hitachi
GS Engineering & Construction
Toyo Engineering Corporation
Orascom Construction Industries
BG International
Chiyoda Corporation
Contrack
Enppi
Tecnicas Reunidas
TOMEN
Fluor Daniel
G+H Schallschutz
BESIX Group
UHDE
Techint
Kvaerner
Metito
SNC Lavalin
Nuova Cimimontubi
Foster Wheeler
Degremont
PGESCo
Snamprogetti
SPIG
Polysius
Sinoma
2005A Corniche El Nil
Cairo 11221
6th of October factory
Bolck 260 and 261
Industrial Zone 3
6th of October City
P.O. Box 126, Egypt
Tel:(+202) 38206641/2/3
Fax:(+202) 38206638
Email:business@nsfegypt.com
El Sokhna Factory
First Sector El Ein El Sokhna Industrial Zone,
North West of Suez Gulf – Egypt.
P.O Box : 146.Suez – Egypt.
Tel:(+2) (062) 3392053
Fax:(+2) (062) 3392055
Office 301, Level 3, Gate Village 1,
Dubai, United Arab Emirate
We provide the ideal model in achieving international quality standards throughout all phases of projects both locally and in regional markets. NSF was initially ISO 9001:1994 certified in 1997 by Lloyd's for implementing all the requirements. In 2000 and 2004, NSF made the necessary upgrades to achieve the latest upgrade of ISO 9001:2000, and then ISO 9001:2008, assessed and certified by TUV. Last year, NSF upgraded its ISO certification to ISO 9001:2015, as well as adding ISO 14001:2015, assessed and certified by TUV. We have also added to our portfolio the OHSAS 18001:2015 certificate. NSF was assessed by ASME for the first time in 1998 and was certified as ASME "U" stamp holder. NSF now holds ASME "U", "U2","S" and "R" stamps, as well as the EN 1090-2 certificate. In addition, both of our facilities carry the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) certificate.
We work to deliver exceptional value for our stakeholders by following a coherent and considered strategy. • Targeting large, complex steel fabrication and erection projects worldwide. • Working in partnership with local and global leaders. • Investing in the best people and technologies. • Maintaining our commitment to quality and safety. • Searching for new opportunities in order to deliver exceptional value.
We provide the ideal model in achieving international quality standards throughout all phases of projects both locally and in regional markets. • NSF was initially ISO 9001:1994 certified in 1997 by Lloyd's for implementing all the requirements. • In 2000 and 2004, NSF took the necessary steps to achieve the latest upgrade of ISO 9001:2000, and then ISO 9001:2008, assessed and certified by TUV (SUD).
• NSF upgraded its ISO certification to ISO 9001:2015, as well as adding ISO 14001:2015, assessed and certified by TUV (SUD)..
• We have also added to our portfolio the OHSAS 18001:2015 certificate and upgrading to ISO 45001:2018 certified by BV.
• NSF was assessed by ASME for the first time in 1998 and was certified as ASME "U" stamp holder. NSF now holds ASME "U", "U2","S" and "R" stamps, as well as the EN 1090-2 certificate.
• In addition, NSF is an American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) certified.
•NSF performs a varied group of Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) during the fabrication procedures, all carried out in-house with experienced and qualified manpower.
•Nondestructive Testing Methods
1. Visual Test (VT)
2. Magnetic Particle (MT)
3. Liquid Penetrant (PT)
4. Radiography (RT) X-Ray
5. Ultrasonic (UT)
•Nondestructive Testing Qualification
1. Level I (ISO 9712 & ASNT TC-1-A)
2. Level II (ISO 9712 & ASNT TC-1-A)
3. Level III(ASNT TC-1-A)
•Equipment's
1. Magnetic Yoke DC/AC & PERMENENT
2. X-Rays Panorama 300 KV
3. UT Flaw Detector
4. Borescope
• NSF Material Testing Lab is accredited according to ISO17025:2017 through EGAC (Egyptian Accreditation Council) CAB #022146 .
•The accreditation is aimed to ensure the impartiality and the confidentiality of the testing procedures and results as well as all other requirements of the ISO17025:2017 certificate.
• NSF Materials Destructive Testing "Laboratory" recognizes its responsibility as a provider of testing services. It offers a range of highly precise and reliable techniques that determine and measure the characteristics of materials, such as mechanical properties and chemical composition.
• It is fully equipped to test and analyze materials for a wide-range of industries and applications to their standards and specified criteria.
•The testing and results help determine whether materials meet the requirements of regulatory agencies, design engineers or business quality programs and are suitable for their intended applications.
•It has developed and documented a quality management system to better satisfy the needs of its internal and external customers.
Impact Testing
Chemical Analysis Testing
One of the largest gas-fired combined cycle power plants in the world
19700 Tons
STEEL WORKS
4800 MEGA WATTS
Client : Middle Delta Electricity Production Company (MDEPC)
Location: Burullus, Egypt
Completion: 18 months.
This plant will be one of the largest gas-fired combined cycle power plants in the world and the most efficient in Egypt. It will operate on natural gas, with future provision of light fuel as a back-up for one module.
NSF scope Supply, fabrication and delivery of steel structure, piles and tanks.
NSF's continuous involvement in wind energy extends from one of Egypt's first wind Farms in Zafarana to the most recent wind scheme in Gulf of Suez
130 TOWERS
4400 Tons STEEL WORKS
Client : Upper Egypt Electricity Production Company (UEEPC)
Contractor:Nordex, Siemens Gamesa
Location: Zafarana, Suez, Egypt
The wind farm at Zafarana is capable of producing 63 mega watts in winds that often gust to 10 meters per second. This farm is located in the desert with particularly harsh conditions such as extreme heat, sand storms and salty sea air. The turbines were specially prepared to prevent sand from getting into the units so that they can withstand these harsh conditions.
NSF scope NSF scope Supply, fabrication, delivery and erection of the steel structure for the 130 towers.
One of the major developments of gas and condensate fields in Egypt
12 bn US$ TOTAL ESTIMATED INVESTMENT
Client: BP, RWE DEA
Contractors: Bechtel.
Location: North Alexandria, Egypt
The West Nile Delta (WND) project involves the development of gas and condensate fields located within the North Alexandria and West Mediterranean Deepwater concessions, 65 km to 85 km off the coast of Alexandria, Egypt. These fields are being developed in several phases. In the first phase of execution, five major fields are under development: Taurus, Libra, Giza, Fayoum and Raven. Production from the offshore WND gas fields commenced on March 24th, 2017.
NSF scope Supply, fabrication and delivery of approximately 16,000 tons of structural steel works.
A world class center of energy
7700 Tons
Client: Arab Petroleum Pipelines Company
Contractors: Besix-Orascom and Enppi
Location: Ain Sokhna, Egypt
Completion: 12 months
BESIX-Orascom joint venture built the Ain Sokhna Product Hub, a 3 km F-shaped jetty. This facility, located in the Gulf of Suez, is of great strategic importance to the region. The project includes onshore and offshore facilities and will provide services for storage, loading, unloading and send-out of LNG. In an extremely fast tracked project with very tight deadlines, the construction of a 2 km long jetty 'ready to berth a ship' was completed in only 5.5 months.
NSF scope NSF scope Fabrication of steel structure frames for the pipe racks – Lot 2, and approximately 7,700 tons of catwalks.
Featuring Ski Egypt – Africa's first indoor ski resort
7500tons STEEL WORKS
Client:Majid Al Futaim
Contractors: OC/Besix .
Location: Cairo, Egypt
Completion:25 months
The development is located in 6th of October city outside Cairo. The mall will have more than 400 shops, 50 food and beverage outlets, an open air plaza and a hypermarket. It will service customers in the residential areas of Cairo's growing suburbs and potential tourists.
With over 7,000 tons of snow, Ski Egypt is launching the first ski resort in Africa with the world's largest indoor snow park.
NSF scope Supply, fabrication and erection of approximately 7,500 tons structural steel works.
The second largest cement plant in the world
10million Tons
CEMENT PRODUCED ANNUALLY
60000 tons STEEL WORKS
Client: The Egyptian Cement Company (ECC)
Contractors: Polysius.
Location: Suez, Egypt
Completion:10 months/kiln line
Over a 10 year period we have worked on various projects as the plant has grown from a single kiln line to five kiln lines with four raw material mills and six cement mills.
NSF scope Our core activity on the site has been the supply, fabrication and delivery of plate works and steel structures for the five kiln lines.
A world-class fertilizers production complex
3500 tons Steel Structure
Client: Orascom Construction Industries
Contractors: Uhde GmbH .
Completion: : 8 months for each of the two stages
Strategically located by Sokhna Port on the Suez Canal, the Egyptian Fertilizers Company is capable of producing 1.65 million metric tons per year of granular urea through two identical production lines.
NSF scope We supplied and fabricated the pressure vessels, separators, reactors and drums for line one, as well as the supply and fabrication of steel structure, plate works and equipment for line two.
State-of-the-art renovation more than doubling passenger capacity
Client: Ministry of Civil Aviation
Contractors: Limak .
The project includes the construction of apron, taxiways and connection ways in a 340,000 m2 area; the construction of a new terminal building connected to the current terminal building III and the construction of an airport hotel and a pier block. In addition, it has been designed to be capable of serving large body aircrafts such as Airbus A380 Super Jumbo and Boeing 747.
NSF scope Supply, fabrication and delivery of approximately 4,100 tons of structural steel and plate works for Terminal 2 building.
Egypt's frist integrated solar combined cycle power planet
Client: Upper Egypt Electricity Production Company (UEEPC) - Ministry of Electricity and Energy
Contractors: Flagsol, OC
Location: Kuraymat, Beni Suef, Egypt
The plant is capable of generating 62 mega watts of solar heat at temperatures of 393 degrees. It is the Egyptian government's objective to grow the solar energy generation sector in line with its electricity power diversification strategy. This is also aligned with global development objectives of increasing the market share of low greenhouse gas emitting technologies.
NSF scope Supply and erection of the steel structure which holds the 160 skal-et-parabolic trough collectors, spread over an area of 624,438 m2.
The longest bridge of its type in the world
LENGTH OF THE BRIDGE
Client: Ministry of Transport
Contractors: ThyysenKrupp
Location: Ismailia, Egypt
The swing bridge at El Ferdan was built as part of a major drive to develop the area surrounding the Suez Canal, near Ismailia in Egypt. The bridge provides an essential rail link across the Suez Canal to Sinai. The double swing bridge spans 340 meters, making it the longest bridge of its type in the world
NSF scope Suppy, fabrication and delivery of the steel structure.
One of the largest seawater desalination plants in the world
22 FILTER TANKS
DAILY CAPACIT
Client: Ministry of Defence
Contractors: OC/Metito .
Location: Port Said, Egypt
Completion: 6 months
The desalination station will benefit the economic zone located northwest of Suez Gulf, as well as supporting another three giant desalination stations located inside El Galala, east of Port Said Governorate and the New El Alamein city. The plant is expected to have the capacity to purify 164,000 cubic meters of seawater each day, by using Reverse Osmosis technology.
NSF scope Supply, fabrication and delivery of 22 filter tanks.
The largest archaeological museum in the world
TOTAL LAND SIZE
Client: The Ministry of State for Antiques
Location: Giza, Egypt
When completed, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), will be the largest archaeological museum in the world. The museum will exhibit the full Tutankhamun collection with many pieces to be displayed for the first time. With its location, only two kilometers from the Giza pyramids, the area is expected to be a truly inspirational reflection of one of the world's most intriguing civilizations.
NSF scope Supply, fabrication and erection of 10,900 tons of structural steel.
Line 3 will eventually extend from the northwest of the Greater Cairo area to the northeast serving Cairo International Airport
Client : Egypt Ministry of Transport Contractor: JV (OC/Vinci/Bouygues)
Contractor: JV (OC/Vinci/Bouygues)
The line will cross the River Nile twice — at the western branch between Kit Kat and Zamalek and at the eastern branch between Zamalek and downtown Cairo. The total length of the line will be approximately 30.6 km and will be implemented in four phases. 28.1 km will be underground and the remaining 2.5 km on grade.
NSF scope Fabrication of approximately 10,000 tons of steel structure for 6 overhead station
Cairo Metro Line 10
o Tensile Testing Machine
 Manufacture: SHIMADZU
 Model: UH-F1000KNX
 Origin: Japan
 Capacity: 1000 KN (100 Ton)
 Function: Determine Mechanical Properties such as : yield strength, ultimate tensile strength, elongation, reduction of area.
 Covering many kinds of tests such as, tensile test for(Plates, Sections, Bolts), proof test for Bolts,Z test & compression test.
 Compliant with Test Methods: ASTM E8/8M, ISO6892-1.
o Impact Testing Machine
 Manufacture: Zwick/Roell
 Model: HIT300P
 Origin: Germany
 Capacity: 300 J
 Range of application:
• The HIT300P is a universal pendulum impact tester and can be used for a wide variety of different types of test ( From ambient temp up to -50°C) .
• Modular design and comprehensive accessories make it well suited to the requirements of research, development and quality assurance.
• The HIT300P can be used for tests to the following standards: ISO 148-1, ASTM E23.
o Hardness Testing Machine
 Model: ZHU187.5
 Origin: United Kingdom
 Capacity: 187.5 Kg
 Range of applications: The Zwick ZHU Universal Hardness Testers perform UKAS accredited hardness testing to:
• Vickers (HV) DIN EN ISO 6507, ASTM E92
• Brinell (HB) DIN EN ISO 6506, ASTM E 10
• Rockwell (HR) DIN EN ISO 6508, ASTM E18
o Chemical Analysis Machine
 Manufacture Thermo SCIENTIFIC
 Model: ARL 3460
 Origin: Switzerland
 Function: Determine the chemical composition of the low alloy steel and stainless steel using the optical emission technology.
 Applied Test Methods: ASTM E415 & ASTM E1086.
o Advantages and Features
 Excellent sensitivity, reproducibility and accuracy
 Line selection in the range 130 to 780 nm, allowing analysis from low O, C and N to alkaline elements
 The design of the Thermo Scientific ARL 3460 combines high performance with rugged construction and operational convenience with reliable operation.
With the full range of specialized equipment for the fabrication of steel structure, NSF can produce the following: Heavy steel structure made from built up sections, such as bridges and crane girders which can be fabricated by the SAW built up section machine up to 3.5m depths Steel structure made from standard profiles, which can be fabricated efficiently utilizing the CNC profile SAW cutting and 3 axis drilling machine Steel buildings, served by overhead cranes Platforms including stairs and gratings Ladders including safety cages Handrail
NSF processes the capability of designing and prefabricating of fixed & floating roof storage tanks in accordance with the requirements of API620, API650 or similar standard, including but not limited to the following:
Rolling of shell plates including nozzles
Fabrication and machining of clean out doors
Fabrication of rolling ladders and stairs
Fabrication of the fire fighting and foam system piping and components. Stress relieving of the various components
Site erection for big tanks
A variety of plate work constructions, carbon and stainless steel can be produced at NSF facilities to serve a varied range of applications including, but not limited to the following:
Silos, cyclones, hoppers, bins ,.. etc
Ducts and chutes
Floating vessels such as pontoons
Casings for fans, heaters and precipitators
Conical cylinder to fan towers for new and renewable energy
NSF Pressure vessels and columns division is a holder of ASME "U", "U2", "R" and "S" stamps for the design and fabrication of carbon and stainless steel and alloy steel pressure vessels. Complete with all attachments and surface treatment internally and externally.
Range of products in boilers include Water tubes and fired tubes for industrial and utility boilers
HRSG
This includes pressure parts and non-pressure parts for HRSG for both horizontal and vertical boilers.
Capabilities in the production of piping extend to the following:
Fabrication of carbon steel and stainless steel piping including heavy wall
Stress relieving of Heavy wall piping
Galvanization of fabrication spools
Skids can be designed at NSF with the full package of vessels, piping, supports, electrical and instrumentation installed and tested. All valves and instruments will be wired up with the required continuity and loop tests. All Piping will be stress relieved, insulated as required and hydro tested , and the full packaged skid delivered as a pre-commissioned unit ready for use on site.
NSF has the capability of carrying out Solar Energy projects from start to finish. With highly automated machines and flexibility of relocating to erection site for Torque box assembly, NSF has taken the lead in many Solar Energy power plants projects.
NSF has the capability of carrying out the full fabrication cycle for wind energy fan towers including internal installations. All major steps of fabricating the conical cylinders of the fan towers are carried out at NSF facilities.
CNC cutting flame machine
Full automatic welding machines (Column and Boom)
Vertical Boring machine for flanges


NBC and FOX were getting beaten up last week over their decision to carry baseball instead of one (in NBC's case) or all (in Fox's) of the presidential debates. (By press time, NBC had decided to provide feeds of both the game and the debates to its affiliates and let them make the call.) Paul Taylor, feeling his oats after apparently convincing all the big networks but ABC to adopt his free political airtime quotas, called their independent editorial decision on the debates "the worst form of arrogance, [which] shows the highest disregard for the public interest." Looks from here like broadcasters-if taken together-are teaming up to serve the public's interest in both politics and baseball.
We know the Paul Taylors of the world are convinced that the American people are such chuckleheads that unless you force them to watch debates, they will instead watch something else. But, of course, unless you send National Guardsmen to police each TV home, even if every broadcaster carried the debates, people could switch to cable or pop in a video or DVD or retune the satellite dish to a high-school lacrosse game or turn off the set and go listen to the baseball game on the radio.
Point is, the debates will be available over broadcast and cable to virtually everyone who wants to watch them. And we'll be among them, at least part of the time. And, thanks to FOX and NBC, if our eyes begin to glaze over during a particularly lengthy Gore response, or we must catch our breath from laughing over a Dubya flub, we can always arrogantly and disinterestedly sneak over to the game. Thanks, broadcasters, for serving all your publics.
Is Berman the Fox fix?


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Across the Bay Area, generator etiquette and other lessons of the PG&E power shut-offs
Tom Hyde, left, buys a can of fuel for his Coleman camp stove from Kim Scheffer at a Village True Value Hardware store in Santa Rosa.
(John Burgess / Associated Press)
By Maura DolanStaff Writer
LAFAYETTE, Calif. —
Bay Area residents are unhappily adjusting to a new routine.
When talk of power shutdowns starts, there is a checklist. Get cash, gas and ice. Freeze as many water bottles as possible to keep refrigerators and freezers cold. Keep battery-operated headlamps, lanterns and flashlights at hand. Know generator etiquette: Shut off the noisy machines at night and offer to share them with neighbors.
The second power shutdown in a month, which started Saturday and ended Tuesday for most East Bay residents, found many of them more prepared.
During the first one, panic ensued when shelves quickly emptied of batteries, flashlights and ice, and long lines formed at gas stations. This time many residents already had stacks of batteries and had invested in power backup gadgets, including solar-run devices for charging telephones and listening to the radio. Cities opened charging stations and food trucks offered hot meals.
Having to endure cold showers and no lights also paled in comparison to the fact that people in Sonoma County were losing their homes to fire.
"Maybe they should shut it off if it prevents catastrophes," said Dave McCaughey, 63, an East Bay contractor.
But the shutdown did not prevent fire in the East Bay.
During a fierce windstorm that toppled mature trees on Sunday and littered freeways with branches, fires ignited in various Contra Costa County communities, forcing evacuations.
One of the fires, which destroyed a swim and tennis club in Lafayette, appears to have been started by a downed Pacific Gas & Electric line in a neighborhood that the utility did not power off. The Sonoma fire also may have been ignited by a PG&E transmission line that was left with power.
Ron Del Favero, 49, a salesman who lives in Walnut Creek, was one of many East Bay residents who prepared "go bags" on Sunday. Ready to grab during an evacuation, the bags contain passports, birth certificates, photographs, jewelry, hard drives, wills and things of sentimental value.
Del Favero and his family live only a couple of miles from where the Lafayette fire burned.
"It was very scary," he said.
The hardest hit were small businesses that had to close, hourly workers who did not get paid and people with medical needs who require electricity.
Leda Ciraolo, 56, a retired professor, awoke in the darkness early Monday to find her home in Orinda filled with smoke from the fires.
"I had trouble breathing," she said.
She suffers from respiratory ailments, and her HEPA machine and air filters did not work without power. On Monday, with her car packed with photographs, documents and her hard drive, she went to the city's charging station to try to book a hotel with power.
"Put out the word," she said. "PG&E has put us through hell."
Ciraolo and many others also did not have cell service during the outage and could not receive alerts.
Trish Devine, 69, a Moraga resident, was awakened by noise during the first power shutdown and opened her front door. She saw flames. Without cell coverage, she had not received any warnings.
She and her husband got into their car with their dogs and left until the fire, apparently started by a vape pen, was extinguished.
Joan Weil, another Moraga resident, said the power shut-offs make her anxious because "of the lack of control."
Residents have learned that police alerts about the timing of the outages are at best rough estimates. They power may go off before the specified time or many hours later. Residents also have learned to be leery of PG&E notices that say their addresses will not be affected by shutdowns. Many who were told they would suffer no impact lost power.
Before the shutdowns, said Weil, a retired teacher and administrator, she vacuums her house, does all the laundry, runs the dishwasher and prepares meals that can be eaten cold. Her son-in-law bought her and her husband a generator for the second outage.
Generators can keep appliances running with extension chords but do not by themselves light up entire houses. Even with a generator, people could not watch television because cable services did not work.
Weil, whose home has solar, said she and her husband plan to invest in solar batteries, which can power a home during an outage.
She suffers from "nonsmoker's lung cancer" and needs fresh air. She said her husband rigged up the generator to power air filters in her bedroom.
Susan Green, 71, a retired administrator, also had a generator in the Lafayette house where she is staying with her son and grandchildren for a few months. She said it stopped working half an hour after her son left the house for an outing with his kids on Sunday,
He called her and tried to instruct her on how to restart it. After he directed her to "choke" something, she said, she stopped listening. "It isn't worth it because of the complications and the noise," she said.
Grocery stores that stayed open with generators had almost no customers. People hunkered down at home. Once power was restored, the stores were instantly mobbed.
People with gas stoves could cook on them, but no one could barbecue because of the red flag fire alert. Most gyms shut down, and hiking trails also were closed because of the fire danger.
Jim Davis, 56, a retired business consultant, went to Arnold for the weekend. But his second home there lost power and he returned to the Bay Area. He said he tried to buy a generator for his Lafayette home, but they were sold out last weekend. He plans to try again Friday.
He lives alone and doesn't keep much food in his refrigerator, but he needs power to keep his fish alive in an aquarium.
Over a ham-and-cheese sandwich at a bagel store in downtown Lafayette, Davis contemplated the power shut-offs.
"Are blackouts a reasonable price to pay for a reduction in the risk of a fire?" he asked. "I bet you the answer is of course not."
PG&E is trying to protect itself from liability for starting fires, he said. "Why are they justified this year but not last year?" he asked. "The inherent risks haven't changed."
He said the shutdowns were costing the local economy billions of dollars in losses. If 100 homes each valued at $1 million burned, the cost to replace them would be far less, he said. He added, more soberly: "But loss of life is different."
Once the winds have died down, PG&E must inspect the lines for damage before restoring power. Local law enforcement agencies send more texts and emails advising residents that the process has begun.
In an email Wednesday, the Moraga Police Department advised residents that power was back on.
The "Public Safety Power Shutoff is Over ... for now," the advisory said.
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Maura Dolan is the California-based legal affairs writer for the Los Angeles Times. She covers the California Supreme Court and the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. A California native, she graduated from UC Berkeley and has worked in Washington and Los Angeles for The Times. She is now based in San Francisco.

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Tips for Seniors Being Older Does Not Mean Unemployable Written by: Scott Page
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) of 1967 prohibits employment discrimination against people age 40 or older. But a 2009 Supreme Court decision – Gross v. FBL Financial Services – imposed a sizeable burden of proof on workers who allege age discrimination than on those who allege discrimination based on race, religion or gender.
Still, many in the workplace have a gnawing in their gut. It's with them each day and no amount of Pepto will quench the queasiness. Then comes the call: HR would like to see you …
About 35% of the U.S. workforce is age 50 or older. A recent AARP workplace survey noted nearly 1 in 4 workers age 45 and older have been subjected to negative comments about their age from supervisors or coworkers. Moreover, about 3 in 5 older workers have seen or experienced age discrimination in the workplace.
According to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), "It is difficult to measure with any accuracy the prevalence of discrimination in the workplace. One indicator of the prevalence of age discrimination is based on the research of the perception of age discrimination by older workers in surveys. Another indicator is age discrimination claims. Most discriminatory and harassing conduct is unreported which means charges filed with federal and state enforcement agencies represent a fraction of the likely discrimination that occurs in the workplace."
Nevertheless, there are signs of age discrimination that you should be aware of:
Your performance reviews tank.
You stop getting raises.
You are reassigned to unpleasant duties.
You start hearing tacky comments about your age.
Older workers are being fired or offered buyouts, and younger ones are being hired.
The 2017 AARP study showed that 76 percent of older workers see age discrimination as a hurdle to finding a new job. Another report found that more than half of these older workers are prematurely pushed out of longtime jobs and 90 percent of them never earn as much again.
ProPublica and the Urban Institute analyzed data from the Health and Retirement Study that found that from 1992 to 2016, 56 percent of older workers are either laid off at least once or leave jobs under such financially damaging circumstances that it's likely they were pushed out rather than left voluntarily.
Involuntary job separations can have serious financial consequences. Only 1 in 10 of the workers analyzed in the study went on to earn as much as they did before their employment setbacks.
Currently, the Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act (POWADA) is working its way through Congress. Introduced by Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA), the bill would amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the retaliation provision in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to level the playing field for older workers.
The bill would restore the pre-Gross standard, recognizing once again the legitimacy of so-called "mixed-motive" claims in which discrimination is a deciding, factor. It would also reaffirm that workers may use any type of admissible evidence to prove their claims.
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Superman "Taking Time Away" from Justice League Amid Allegations of Sexual Misconduct
Date: December 11, 2017Author: Jack of 4 Trades 0 Comments
WATCHTOWER (Sidebar) – It was announced today that Superman will be taking time away from leading the Justice League after several female heroes brought forth allegations of sexual harassment.
The news is yet another blow to an American public that has already seen several prominent and beloved figures turn out to be vile scumbags.
"It was never about attraction," said Wonder Woman as she addressed the press this morning. "It was about power. Superman has always been far too powerful for his own good, or the good of anyone else in the League."
Allegations were brought forth by Black Canary and Element Girl, two former League interns. "You could always feel that X-Ray vision," said Black Canary. "Always."
When asked for comment, Superman cryptically responded: "Whatever happened to truth, justice, and the American Way?" Pundits point to this as an idealization of the pre-feminist movement 1950's, when such behavior was rarely, if ever, reported.
Wonder Woman has taken over as interim leader of the team. Her first act was to defend fellow Leaguer (and notorious playboy) Batman from rumors of similar activity.
"Batman has always acted professionally with us and with his female villains. Yes, he put Harley Quinn in traction last week, but it was to defend Gotham. He never put his hands on her for any reason other than to violently subdue her." Batman could not be reached for comment.
"[Superman's departure] doesn't surprise me," said superhero (and notorious playboy) Iron Man. "This sort of thing would never happen in the Avengers. That League has fallen on hard times financially and now they're ripping themselves apart." Intoxicated, Iron Man passed out before a reporter could explain that he'd missed the point entirely.
Lois Lane-Kent was unavailable for comment.
Time will tell if allegations against other League members will surface. Las Vegas oddsmakers consider it likely, giving the highest probability to minor Leaguers (and notorious playboys) The Flash, Nightwing, and Plastic Man.
UPDATE: Thor of the Avengers has been accused of sexual misconduct by Black Widow. Sources reveal that he privately told her, "Only the worthy can lift Thor's hammer." The hammer, sources clarified, was his penis.
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Statement by MB Leaders Referred to Military Tribunal
We are a group of university professors, businessmen and professionals who have been jailed pending investigations in the case No. 963 which was transferred to a military tribunal by the order of president Mubarak using his power as a military ruler of Egypt according to the emergency laws.
Saturday, February 24,2007 15:04
We are a group of university professors, businessmen and professionals who have been jailed pending investigations in the case No. 963 which was transferred to a military tribunal by the order of president Mubarak using his power as a military ruler of Egypt according to the emergency laws. We would like to state the following facts to the great Egyptian people,
First :
The charges brought by the government against us are groundless and politically motivated, and only aim at excluding the opposition-which we represent-from political participation at a time when Egypt is witnessing a heated discussion surrounding the government's proposed constitutional amendments. These amendments will curb freedoms, facilitate election rigging and alter the constitution in a way that establishes the authoritarian system and exclude the honored Egyptian citizens, including the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) members and leaders from engaging in any social, political and activities.
Second :
The Criminal Court on January 28, 2007 issued its ruling to immediately release all MB detainees and without delay, but instead of complying with the court order and respect the judiciary; the Interior Ministry issued another arrest warrant against all persons acquitted by the court. This was followed by a presidential decision to refer the case to a military tribunal denying us the right to stand trial in front of a normal civilian judge and to deny us the legal right to appeal the court ruling, which confirms that the case is politically motivated.
Third :
The State Security Prosecutor has violated the law when it falsely accused us of money laundry without following the proper legal procedures in this regard and ordered to freeze all assets owned by us, our families and our minors, which aims at humiliating our families for political reasons, a scheme which has never occurred except under dictatorial regimes.
Fourth:
Most of the detainees aren"t owners or even managers in the companies shut down by the government. These companies are not owned by the Muslim Brotherhood but by individuals who are only shareholders or partners in these companies.
Fifth:
The policy of fabricating charges in order to exclude the real political opposition, including the Muslim Brotherhood, only serves the interests of the enemies of this country who immediately welcomed and praised the Egyptian regime"s unjust measures against the Muslim Brotherhood.
These arbitrary measures against us are completely contradicting the claims of reform and change, and deny us our rights as citizens and violate right of ownership guaranteed by the constitution; they also have a negative impact on the economic atmosphere in Egypt, and make businessmen hesitate to invest in Egypt.
We demand all Egyptian national powers to reject such unjust measures; we demand all respected and honest citizens in Egypt, and every one advocating justice all over the world to work for lifting injustice and oppression which the political opposition is suffering in Egypt.
We finally confirm that we will maintain our national attitude despite the high price of reform which we are obliged to pay through this injustice and oppression.
"Verily We shall not suffer to perish the reward of any who do a (single) righteous deed. "
"And Allah hath full power and control over His affairs; but most among mankind know it not."
MB Leaders, Members ReferrCairo 24 February 2007ed to Military Tribunal on Case 2 of the year 2007
tags: Military Tribunal / President Mubarak / Emergency law / Constitutional Amendments / Detainees
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3 release orders issued for the detainees involved in Abul Fotouh's case.
Court rules in favour of Damanhour's Muslim Brotherhood's detainees.
Detainees remain behind bars in appalling conditions despite release orders
Delays, renewals of detentions and postponements of court martialed detainees.
The release of thirteen MB detainees to be challenged.
The Administration of Al-Marg Prison Continues its insurgence against MB Detainees
Administrative Judiciary decides release to MB military tribunal hostages
Hamas to decide on dialog today, affirms no political detainees held in Gaza
Appeal Court to Rule in MBs Military Tribunals' Verdict July 12
Families of detainees demand immediate release of loved ones
Appeal Court Refused to Release MB Behera Detainees
Human Rights Delegation to Observe MB Military Tribunal Tomorrow
67% of Egyptians Believe Military Tribunal for MB Leaders Unjust


The Association of the Sovereign Order of the Temple of Christ, whose members claim to be descended from the legendary crusaders, have filed a lawsuit against Benedict XVI calling for him to recognise the seizure of assets worth 100 billion euros (£79 billion).
Surely this is more for publicity than anything else, and I guess they're getting it. I think the Indiana Jones in all of us would like to believe the Holy Grail exists under a cloth in a wooden box in someone's basement. Maybe the pope wll countersue them for it.
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It's paved in places and rocky in others.
It's full of traffic when all we want is space.
It's dark and abandoned when we long for the love and comfort of another.
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This next video won him an oscar nomination in the category "short films" in 2002.


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package pl.intelliseq;

import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
import org.springframework.security.authentication.AuthenticationManager;
import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.authentication.builders.AuthenticationManagerBuilder;
import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.method.configuration.EnableGlobalMethodSecurity;
import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.builders.HttpSecurity;
import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter;
import org.springframework.security.config.http.SessionCreationPolicy;
import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserDetailsService;

/**
 * Created by Marcin Piechota
 */
@Configuration
@EnableGlobalMethodSecurity(prePostEnabled = true,securedEnabled = true)
public class SecurityConfig extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {

    @Override
    protected void configure(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
        http
            .httpBasic()
            .and()
            .csrf().disable()
            .sessionManagement()
            .sessionCreationPolicy(SessionCreationPolicy.STATELESS)
            .and()
            .authorizeRequests()
            .antMatchers("/actuator").permitAll()
            .antMatchers("/autoconfig").permitAll()
            .antMatchers("/beans").permitAll()
            .antMatchers("/configprops").permitAll()
            .antMatchers("/dump").permitAll()
            .antMatchers("/env").permitAll()
            .antMatchers("/flyway").permitAll()
            .antMatchers("/health").permitAll()
            .antMatchers("/info").permitAll()
            .antMatchers("/liquibase").permitAll()
            .antMatchers("/metrics").permitAll()
            .antMatchers("/mappings").permitAll()
            .antMatchers("/shutdown").denyAll()
            .antMatchers("/trace").permitAll()
            .antMatchers("/docs").permitAll()
            .antMatchers("/heapdump").permitAll()
            .antMatchers("/jolokia").permitAll()
            .antMatchers("/logfile").permitAll()
            .anyRequest().authenticated();
    }

    @Override
    protected void configure(AuthenticationManagerBuilder auth) throws Exception {
        auth
            .inMemoryAuthentication()
            .withUser("admin")
            .password("admin")
            .roles("USER", "ADMIN");
    }

    @Override
    @Bean
    public AuthenticationManager authenticationManagerBean() throws Exception {
        return super.authenticationManagerBean();
    }

    @Override
    @Bean
    public UserDetailsService userDetailsServiceBean() throws Exception {
        return super.userDetailsServiceBean();
    }
}

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According to Kojiro (@cojilo), he snapped the picture of the starfish and display sign below an outing to the Shinagawa Aquarium in Tokyo.
"When we found this starfish, we were left with no comment.
In case you were wondering, although granulated sea stars may slightly differ in color, they all retain their questionably phallic shape. The species can generally be found in tropical waters, such as the Great Barrier Reef, or if you can't quite make it to that part of the world, at the Shinagawa Aquarium.


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Q: SwiftUI watchOS How to display array content as subviews in a single View? I'm doing an Apple Watch app, using SwiftUI. The idea is to display different activity content in a single watch ContentView using four individual subviews within the ContentView Body View. I don't want to use a List to display the activity content, but rather multiple custom views within the ContentView.
I would like each individual subview to display unique content from my model.
My model is called QuadActivity and has the following content:
struct QuadActivity: Identifiable {

  let id = UUID()
  var activityImage: Image
  var activityTitle: String
}

I currently have created an extension to QuadActivity as follows, to hold some hardcoded test data:
extension QuadActivity {

  static func all() -> [QuadActivity] {

     return [
        QuadActivity(activityImage: activityImage1, activityTitle: "activity1"),
        QuadActivity(activityImage: activityImage2, activityTitle: "activity2"),
        QuadActivity(activityImage: activityImage3, activityTitle: "activity3"),
        QuadActivity(activityImage: activityImage4, activityTitle: "activity4")]
  }
}

My ContentView.swift Body view is made up of a VStack with 2 HStacks embedded. Each HStack contains 2 of my subviews with miscellaneous spacers and padding modifiers. Each of the subviews should display the content of one of the array elements from an instance property:
 var activityArrayEntry = QuadActivity.all()

Thus HStack 1 should display activityImage1 and activity1 and activityImage2 and activity2. The other HStack should display the array elements for items 3 and 4.
I can't figure out how to access each of the activityArrayEntry array elements and display each one in one of the subviews.
I was thinking I could use a:
ForEach(activityArrayEntry) { activity in
  VStack and embedded HStack code here}

and display the subview content by looping through the ForEach above.
However, since all my VStack and HStack and subview code is within the ForEach loop, the same array element activity content would be displayed for all subviews because the loop encompasses all the view information for a single pass of the loop. I want each subview to display one of the unique array element's content.
If I move the ForEach within the ZStack and HStack code for each HStack subview display section, it will loop through the array entries, but the loop won't encompass all the subviews code and I won't get all the subviews to display only the activity array content from 1 array element.
Maybe using a ForEach loop is not the way. Is there another way to access the individual array elements from my instance variable such that each unique array element is used only in 1 of the subviews?
Again, how do I get the overall ContentView.swift to display the four subviews within the ZStack and HStack structure so that each subview displays the activity content of only 1 of the array elements.
Here is my ContentView so far. Note a number of commented lines that I will eventually comeback to in order to use an Observed Object model approach from a @Published Observable Object of my model. This will eventually be (maybe) the approach instead of the function all() from my model that I'm using now with hardcoded data to test the data flow in my app... thus the original question/issue.
Note
Call to QuadView() is just a call to an extracted subview where I define the display of the subview (simple Image and Text):
import SwiftUI

struct ContentView: View {

//    @ObservedObject var quadViewVM = QuadViewVM()
    var activityArrayEntry = QuadActivity.all()

    var body: some View {

        ZStack {

            HStack {

                Divider()
                    .frame(height: 175.0)

            }
            .edgesIgnoringSafeArea(.horizontal)

            ForEach(activityArrayEntry) { activity in

            VStack {

                HStack(alignment: .center) {
                    QuadView(activityTitle: "\(activity.activityTitle)", activityImage: activity.activityImage)

                        //                        NavigationLink(destination: QuadDetail(content: , newActivity: false)) {
                        //
                        //                        }
                        .frame(width: 85.0, height: 100.0)
                        .buttonStyle(PlainButtonStyle())

                    Spacer()

                    QuadView(activityTitle: "\(activity.activityTitle)", activityImage: activity.activityImage)

                        //                        NavigationLink(destination: QuadDetail()) {
                        //
                        //                        }

                        .frame(width: 85.0, height: 100.0)
                        .buttonStyle(PlainButtonStyle())
                }
                .padding(.horizontal, 15.0)
                .padding(.bottom, -10.0)

                Divider()

                HStack(alignment: .center) {
                    QuadView(activityTitle: "\(activity.activityTitle)", activityImage: activity.activityImage)

                        //                        NavigationLink(destination: QuadDetail()) {
                        //
                        //                        }

                        .frame(width: 85.0, height: 100.0)
                        .buttonStyle(PlainButtonStyle())

                    Spacer()

                    QuadView(activityTitle: "\(activity.activityTitle)", activityImage: activity.activityImage)

                        //                        NavigationLink(destination: QuadDetail()) {
                        //
                        //                        }
                        .frame(width: 85.0, height: 100.0)
                        .buttonStyle(PlainButtonStyle())
                }

                .padding([.leading, .bottom, .trailing], 15.0)
                .padding(.top, -10.0)

                .padding(.top, 30.0)
                .edgesIgnoringSafeArea(.horizontal)

            }
        }
    }
}
}

struct ContentView_Previews: PreviewProvider {
    static var previews: some View {
        ContentView()
    }
}

A: Instead of static QuadActivity.all() you can store your data in the ViewModel:
class QuadViewVM: ObservableObject {
    @Published var quadActivities: [QuadActivity] = [
        QuadActivity(activityImage: activityImage1, activityTitle: "activity1"),
        QuadActivity(activityImage: activityImage2, activityTitle: "activity2"),
        QuadActivity(activityImage: activityImage3, activityTitle: "activity3"),
        QuadActivity(activityImage: activityImage4, activityTitle: "activity4"),
    ]
}

In your ContentView you can create a grid by using two ForEach loops (as it's a 2D grid):
struct ContentView: View {
    @ObservedObject var quadViewVM = QuadViewVM()
    let columnCount = 2
    var rowCount: Int {
        quadViewVM.quadActivities.count / columnCount
    }

    var body: some View {
        ZStack {
            // Horizontal divider
            VStack {
                Divider()
            }
            .edgesIgnoringSafeArea(.horizontal)
            // Vertical divider
            HStack {
                Divider()
            }
            .edgesIgnoringSafeArea(.vertical)

            activityGrid
        }
    }

    var activityGrid: some View {
        VStack {
            ForEach(0 ..< self.rowCount) { row in
                HStack {
                    ForEach(0 ..< self.columnCount) { column in
                        self.quadView(row: row, column: column)
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

    func quadView(row: Int, column: Int) -> some View {
        let activity = quadViewVM.quadActivities[row * columnCount + column]
        return QuadView(activity: activity)
            .frame(width: 85.0, height: 100.0)
            .buttonStyle(PlainButtonStyle())
    }
}

The QuadView is extracted to another function to make it more readable and easier to apply view modifiers.
I'd also recommend passing the whole QuadActivity variable to the QuadView (instead of its single components) - specifically when you need them all:
struct QuadView: View {
    let activity: QuadActivity

    var body: some View {
        ...
    }
}

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The Moon in the Sky has launched a new blog called The Moon Shines Bright Tonight which is to focus on various transgender and crossdreamer issues.
"I am from Brazil and I identify as a woman despite having a male body, I'm going to explain these terms later so you will understand what I am talking about. I will blog often about Blanchard's typology of transsexuality, I disagree with him for most part, as this blog blossoms to life, I will add my own ideas about the origins and typology of transsexuality, I believe it is caused both by nature and nurture, just like so many human traits."


The Rocket Science Challenge allows students to build their own rocket using only a bottle, water and a pump. Different groups of "Rocket Scientists" will be made up of students from local secondary schools (TYs) where they will compete against each other to see who can achieve the longest flight trajectory. The challenge is full of fun, entertainment and of course it's educational!


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Why the revolution in Chile matters
Protesters storm the streets of Santiago. The flag has written on it "we got tired. We united so that never again in Chile will sister blood be spilled. No more violence."
Griselda Eychaner, Staff Writer
Back in October, there was a very small rise in the price of subway fare in Chile. It amounted to 30 pesos, or about five cents. And yet, this tiny amount caused a revolution.
Because of that small increase, protests began to break out. People would flood the streets, demanding a new constitution, fair pay, equality under the law, etc. But was the cause of all this really just five cents?
While on the surface the protests seem like they started because of the hike in subway fare, that was just what pushed it over the edge. In reality, there's a lot more history that has contributed to the spark of a revolution.
In the 1970's, Chile elected a socialist president named Salvador Allende. He made reforms in order to help the lower classes.
Unfortunately, it was the middle of the Cold War, and America didn't take kindly to anything vaguely resembling communism; plus the big American companies were starting to complain. So the U.S. staged a military coup, killed Allende, and set up a military dictatorship, which ended less than 30 years ago in 1990.
A statute commemorating the politicians who were executed or disappeared during military rule. Written below is their name, age, and date of death. Two of the names visible belong to two year old children.
Henry Kissinger, the foreign policy architect involved, later won a Nobel peace prize.
The last 30 years of Chile's history is what seems to be a victory. They're a very prosperous country with a big income. Of course, a third of that goes to the 1 percent, and most people make minimum wage — barely enough to pay for all their expenses. That's where the subway fare comes in.
When the subway fare was raised, even though it amounted to five cents more, it was too much for families to be able to pay for it all. As a result, students started jumping over the turnstiles to avoid paying the fares. These small protests quickly escalated into something much greater, with more than a million people protesting on the streets in Santiago, the capital.
The protesters are violent, yes, but they are fighting against 30+ years of oppression. What oppression, you ask? Well, life under military rule, to start. Can't forget the unequal distribution of wealth, either.
Then there's the discrimination faced by the Mapuches (indigenous people), who are less likely to be employed and often live separately, in parts of town that are poor and neglected. Many protesters have been tearing down statues of conquistadors (colonizers) in clear support of the natives. Other minorities, like transgender people (who have a life expectancy between 30 and 35 years in Latin America), are also fighting to be recognized.
Besides, when the police are willing to shoot students and blind protesters, peace is hardly an option.
The protests in Chile are in fact similar to other revolutions in other parts of the world, such as the one in Hong Kong — with one big difference. The media coverage of Hong Kong is much, much higher than that of Chile — or any other Latin American country. Because Hong Kong provides a better narrative for capitalists, it gets more attention. To admit what happened in Chile would be to admit it could happen here, too.
Chile fell because the economic gap between the rich and the poor was so wide. The United States isn't far behind.
The revolution in Chile isn't being covered because the rich are too afraid of losing their wealth — and they should be. Jeff Bezos, the richest person in the world, has many workers who are on food stamps. It would only take a small rise in expenses to push them over the edge to revolt. A very small, but significant expense.
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Posted on June 21, 1999 by NLPC Staff
An ex-teachers union boss pled innocent Jun. 2 to a 20-count grand jury indictment in U.S. Dist. Court in Fort Wayne, Ind. for union corruption. Steve Confer allegedly embezzled over $53,000 in 1994-96 while treasurer of the Professional Service Org. of the Ind. State Teachers Ass'n. Confer moved to Las Vegas in 1996, becoming exec. director of the Clark County Edu. Ass'n — the second largest Nat. Edu. Ass'n chapter. He resigned from that post in 1998.
Confer allegedly wrote himself $45,300 in checks and charged $7,800 on the union's credit card for personal purposes. PSO sought to recover the funds. Reportedly, Confer settled by repaying the disputed amount in a 1997 agreement. But a private settlement doesn't shelter Confer from prosecution. He faces a life ban from union office as well as 5 years in prison or a $10,000 fine for each charge. [Las Vegas Review-Journal 6/3/99]
New York Boss Allegedly Embezzled $215,000
In Yorkers, N.Y., Roosevelt High School's Discipline Dean, Vincent Marolla was arrested Jun.14 after he got to work for allegedly embezzling $215,000 while treasurer of his teachers union. Marolla was Yonkers Fed. of Teachers treasurer for 27 years and used union dues for his own dinners, trips and other personal items, according to Westchester County Dist. Atty. Jeanine Pirro. In Sep. 1998, Marolla allegedly admitted to a $40,000 theft but claimed he repaid it. The union commissioned an audit that showed more shortfalls. He faces 15 years in prison. [A.P. 6/14/99]
Nevada Boss Sentenced for $72,500 Theft
Johnie M. Williams, ex-secretary-treasurer of the Am. Fed'n of Gov't Employees Local 1199 in Nev., was sentenced Jun. 7 to one year in prison for embezzling $72,500 from AFGE. He was ordered to pay $67,800 in restitution. In Aug. 1999, a federal grand jury indicted Williams on 162 counts of embezzlement from AFGE and three counts of filing false reports with the Dep't of Labor. The 1993-96 scam entailed checks written to cash, Williams and personal creditors. [Las Vegas Review-Journal 6/8/99]
Three New Jersey Bosses Arrested for Kickbacks and More
Three bosses of Int'l Longshoremen's Ass'n Local 1588 in Bayonne, N.J., were arrested Jun. 10 for embezzlement and conspiracy. They allegedly took $24,000 in contractor kickbacks and used union credit cards for $7,600 in personal purchases. Local 1588 boss John Angelone allegedly used bought such personal items as a $1,087 dinner at N.Y.'s Bouley restaurant, $1,186 for a three-day N.Y. hotel stay and $135 for Broadway tickets. He reportedly spent $5,826 for a "tea party" in Jersey City. He also allegedly cashed $2,400 in ILA paychecks issued to "T.R." and on the same day "T.R." was put on the ILA payroll. Eugene G'Sell and Denise Bohn were also charged. The three were released on $100,000 bonds. Prosecutors didn't describe the "tea party" or identify "T.R.," but said the expenses cited are a fraction of what the three are believed to have taken. [A.P. 6/10/99]
Felon Returns to Power in Cleveland
Cleveland's Int'l Bhd. of Teamsters Local 507 boss, Terrence Freeman, was convicted of perjury on Aug. 14, 1998 and sentenced Nov. 18 to 5 months in prison. He was back at work as Local 507's secretary-treasurer on Jun. 3. IBT's Independent Review Board chose not to block Freeman's resumption of office. But whether he will remain depends on IRB's hearing scheduled for Jul. 8. IRB will consider a Mar. ruling made by Joint Council 1, which oversees Local 507, to remove Freeman from his post and bar him from the union for life. The Council first held that the perjury conviction didn't bring "reproach" upon IBT and allowed him to keep his post. The Council later reversed. [Plain Dealer 6/5/99]
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Chronicle of a Blood Merchant by Yu Hua
One of the best Chinese novels of the 20th century. Without the apparent search for big ideas, it seduces the reader by its simplicity, and ends up entangling him in its plot.
Chronicle of a blood seller, in reality, it is only partly that chronicle, as its Chinese title shows: «Xu Sanguan sells blood» because the story is that of Xu Sanguan, an orphan peasant who at a very early age learns from two neighbors the economic possibilities that selling blood can bring, and in the most desperate moments of his existence resorts to this activity to get ahead.
The story of Xu Sanguan goes from the first time he sells blood and gets the money to marry the beautiful Xu Yulan, until he tries to sell blood for the last time at the age of 60. In between, a lifetime and the entire history of China from 1949 to the end of the Cultural Revolution.
Xu Sanguan marries Xu Yulan and they have three children. When the eldest, the most beloved by the father, turns 9 years old, rumors begin to be heard that he resembles Mr. He, a former suitor of Xu Yulan. Overwhelmed by the continuous rumors and accusations Xu Yulan confesses that He forced himself on her after severing their relationship and that the eldest son may indeed be his son. Much of the novel describes the contradiction of discovering that his beloved son is not from his same blood, and in an environment where the family income is barely enough for the survival of each member of the family, the contradiction takes on an incomprehensible character with the demand to his natural father to take care of the expenses caused by a child's fight.
These small family dramas are overwhelmed when the family is immersed in the great tragedies that shook the whole country. The first, the great famine of the Great Leap Forward, is barely overcome by making the greatest economies, rigorous rationing of the last food, and at the end of all, the income generated by a new sale of Xu Sangguan's blood.
The insanity of the Cultural Revolution hit them full force when an anonymous accusation claimed that Xu Yulan was a prostitute. Since then, and for months, she becomes a necessary companion in all the sessions of reeducation of some «enemies of the people» of more than dubious danger. The first part of chaos only gives way to the march to the camp of the young people.
Yu Hua does not have to say anything to show Mao as the master of the life or death of every person in China:
"In the end, Chairman Mao spoke. He spoke every day. He said, «The struggle must be verbal, not armed.» That's how everybody put down their knives and sticks. Chairman Mao said, «The revolution must be made by going back to class.» That's how Yile, Erle, and Sanle went to school with their briefcases over their shoulders, and classes resumed. Chairman Mao said, «We must devote ourselves to the revolution by increasing production.» So it was that Xu Sanguan returned to daily work in the silk factory, and Xu Yulan in the frying shop."
And the efforts to alleviate the precarious situation of his two eldest sons in their respective work units show how favoritism and corruption were as important in that era as at any other time in Chinese history. In the end, the resilience of Xu Sanguan and his entire family will be tested once again before reaching the end of the novel.
The novel presents the reader, both the Chinese cosmopolitan and the Westerner, with a description of a society that is not idealized. In a precarious balance to ensure their own survival and that of their loved ones, each one is both sender and receiver of misery and tenderness. There are times when there is room for tenderness, others when all love is excluded. The difficult contradiction in which the relationship between father and son moves during a large part of the novel presents us again with the crudeness of some situations as they were only a few decades ago.
Although Yu Hua adopts a chronological narrative strategy, downplaying the importance of history as shown by the fact that there is no mention of politics before the Great Leap Forward, history is decisive in shaping what his life will be like. And in fact, the blood sales that mark as milestones the most difficult moments in Xu Sanguan's life, accelerate with the Cultural Revolution, where successive crises make him become a continuous donor, an activity that only ceases when he himself needs to pay for the blood of others.
For some critics, this is one of the 20 best novels of the 20th century. I don't usually realize if a novel really stands out among other readings until years later, when its trace, possibly distorted, is still there, with a sweet, or bitter, aftertaste in my memory.
To cite this post: Ceinos-Arcones, Pedro, "Chronicle of a Blood Merchant by Yu Hua," in Ethnic China, 27 mayo 2021, https://ethnic-china.com/chronicle-of-a-blood-merchant-by-yu-hua/.
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In determining the most appropriate measures to be used to respond to challenges faced in the management of the Public Service, the Establishment, Personnel and Training Department is guided by the public's desire for improved service delivery. The Department is currently engaged in a comprehensive programme to improve Service Delivery through e-Government and the enhanced use of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) and will continue with a number of these strategic initiatives.
The Department is committed to being a Model User of e-Government and ICTs and will be engaged fully over the next year in re-engineering of its business processes, in collaboration and coordination with other agencies such as the Public Service Commission. The introduction of a Document Management System (DMS) and the upgrade of our Human Resource Information System (HRIS) for the Public Service will contribute significantly to this objective.
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The Costume Institute Gala at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art may be the greatest event around the fashion fundraiser calendar. Founded by publicist Eleanor Lambert, the advantage was initially locked in 1948 to inspire donations from New York's high society. In the modern incarnation, the favorite's faces in the realms of favor, film, music and art combined efforts to raise money for that Met's Costume Institute and celebrate the grand opening of their latest exhibition. The night time is centered on the party's theme from the new exhibition, with previous styles encompassing from Manus x Machina and Punk: Chaos to Couture to China: Through the Looking Glass. This year's exhibition theme is Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination.
When is the Met Gala 2018?
The Met Gala happens around the first Monday of May, which this season fell on May 7. Red carpet coverage started at 7pm local time, with Vogue reporting all of the outfit details after some assistance of our celebrity stylist buddies.
Where will the Met Gala 2018 take place?
The Met Gala always happens within the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New You are able to. As always, the night time started having a cocktail hour, by which visitors walked the red carpet and explored the brand new exhibition, before sitting lower to dinner. These were then treated to some surprise performance by Madonna, who opened up her set having a ripping – and fitting – rendition of "Just like a Prayer". The 2010 exhibition is spread across three venues: the Anna Wintour Costume Center, the medieval galleries in the Met's primary location, and also at the Cloisters, further uptown.
What is the Met Gala 2018 theme?
Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and also the Catholic Imagination features some 40 Vatican vestments and accessories spanning 15 papacies, which curator Andrew Bolton is stated to possess visited a minimum of 10 occasions to secure pieces that have never left the Vatican's possession before. Products for example Pope Benedict XV's white-colored silk cape embroidered with gold thread and also the pointed bishop's hat of Pope Leo XIII, goes displayed alongside pieces by Coco Chanel, who had been educated by nuns, John Galliano, Cristóbal Balenciaga and Donatella Versace, who's a sponsor from the exhibition.


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SC closes criminal cases against Italian marines in 2012 Kerala fishermen shooting case
The Supreme Court on Tuesday closed all proceedings in India against Italian marines Massimilano Latorre and Salvatore Gironde, who faced murder charges for killing two Kerala fishermen in 2012. The compensation of Rs 10 crore paid by the Italian government, over and above payments already made, is adequate, the court said
The apex court in its order further said that Italy shall resume its criminal investigation in the events of 15 February 2012 and it is further directed that the Union of India, Republic of Italy and the state of Kerala shall cooperate with each other in pursuit of that investigation.
The compensation amount of Rs 10 crore now lying with the Registry of the SC be transferred to the High Court of Kerala, out of which Rs 4 crore be paid to the heirs of each deceased and Rs 2 crore be paid to the owner of the boat—St Antony, the court said
The top court asked the Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court to nominate a judge to pass appropriate order of disbursement/investment of the amount to be paid to the heirs of each deceased (Rs 4 crore each) so as to protect the interest of the heirs and ensure that the compensation is duly received by the heirs and not diverted.
On 15 February 2012, two Indian fishermen returning from a fishing expedition near Lakshadweep islands onboard fishing vessel St Antony were gunned down by two Italian marines on board oil tanker Enrica Lexie. The incident occurred around 20 nautical miles off the coast of Kerala. Shortly after the incident, the Indian Coast Guard intercepted Enrica Lexie and detained the two marines—Salvatore Girone and Massimiliano Latorre.
Both countries had claimed jurisdiction to try the marines. While the Indian government claimed that it was entitled to try them as they were in Indian territorial waters, the Italian government claimed that Enrica Lexie was flying the Italian flag when the incident took place and it accordingly had the right to try its own nationals. In 2020, an international tribunal ruled that the Italian government would try the marines and ordered a Rs 10 crore compensation for the victims in the case.
The Government of India agreed to abide by this ruling and moved the court to close the case so that the issue could be sorted out as per the tribunal award by the two sovereign nations.
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These books approach the subject of church leadership differently, but both are well worth the read!
In Go Big, the authors strongly advocate a pastor/staff led church. In The Unity Factor, Osborne advocates the use of a church board to provide leadership to the church.
While I lean more towards the staff led paradigm for multiple reasons, I walked away from Osborne's book with a TON of great takeaways!
One of the best things we did as a leadership team (staff and church board), in the church I previously served at, was to take a two day retreat and work through the principles of Go Big! It helped our church move from more of a board led paradigm to one in which the staff was granted more freedom to initiate and execute ideas.
Whatever your take on how a church should be led, you will benefit greatly by picking up these two books and working through them with your team!


Decent second week for Sukitte Ii na Yo which is good to see, just a little under where volume 10 was at by this time.
9135625 - Shingeki 2013 sales (Oricon), probably higher.
Attack on Titan has to be getting a second season for the anime. Look at these sales and they jumped up dramatically, since the airing of the anime.
Good for them and I look forward to reading/watching where this story goes.
As for One Piece, still a powerhouse and with no ending in sight, who knows how long this will go on for.
Is it safe to say, the manga industry (in Japan at least) is doing really well? That's alot of paper and books they produce each month!
Attack on Titan needs season 2 because the manga is nowhere near done... It will be a long wait however as the anime done weekly has almost caught up to the manga which is done monthly... Somehow anime is faster!
In the commentary track for Aiura I was listening to this morning it was interesting as the mangaka Chama was included along with the main seiyuu. He said he is envious of the animators!!!
The manga industry overall is doing incredible!(I dream that in my country it was like that) The problem is that each year is declining steadily. If that decline don't stop, then sooner or later the industry will enter a crisis(the decline is really slow. If I had to estimate I would say it would take 50 years to be significant). Some people think that the industry is already in a crisis, because in the 80s-90s it was a lot of times bigger than it is now, and because some small magazines are ending, when before survived comfortable.
I would say that you could see that sort of economic collapse due to the aging demographics in Japan in just about every section of society. It's certainly influenced some of Japan's other notable export industries, like video games and consumer electronics.


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Former NBA player Mike Bibby accused of sexual abuse against Arizona teacher
By: abc15.com staff
Former NBA player Mike Bibby is facing sexual abuse allegations from a teacher at the Arizona school where Bibby coaches the boy's basketball team.
Phoenix police said Monday that they were recently made aware of allegations involving staff at Shadow Mountain High School.
"As of now, the investigation is ongoing and no suspect has been named, nor any charges recommended," Phoenix police said.
The alleged victim filed a restraining order against Bibby on February 22, 2019, in reference to an incident that happened on February 22, 2017.
In the paperwork, the teacher says she was outside with several coworkers when Bibby pointed at her from his car and asked her to come talk. When she approached the car, Bibby allegedly got out and picked her up, forcing her into the vehicle on her back. The woman says Bibby smelled of alcohol as he touched her inappropriately and said sexually explicit things to her.
The alleged victim says she managed to get out of the car, but Bibby followed her toward the school, and once again grabbed her and touched her inappropriately. The woman reported that she told Bibby to stop several times before she was able to get away and go into a private room.
The victim says days after the incident, Bibby asked her to tell the athletic director of the school that everything was ok between the two of them. She says she did tell the AD that in 2017, before filing the restraining order this week.
Bibby has been ruled ineligible as a volunteer coach while police and the district investigate, according to a district spokesperson.
Paradise Valley Unified School District released a statement, saying:
At PVSchools, our first priority is always the safety and well-being of our staff and students. We take all allegations of misconduct very seriously and work in cooperation with law enforcement on all police matters. In addition, PVSchools adheres to its own internal policies and protocols as established by the Governing Board.
On February 14, 2019, PVSchools was notified that the Phoenix Police Department opened an investigation into alleged sexual abuse/harassment of a Shadow Mountain High School staff member by the boys head basketball coach, Mike Bibby. At the request of the Phoenix Police Department, the District's internal investigation was suspended pending the conclusion of the Police Department's active investigation into the accusations.
PVSchools conducts thorough background investigations for all employees and volunteers, including a notarized criminal affidavit, background check, and fingerprint clearance.
PVSchools will continue to fully cooperate with the Phoenix Police Department on the investigation and will provide the police with any support requested. As this is an ongoing police investigation, any additional questions about the case should be referred to the Phoenix Police Department.
Bibby starred at Shadow Mountain High School playing basketball, before playing for the University of Arizona.
He was then drafted second in the 1998 NBA draft and played for six different teams before retiring.
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We had some fun in the rehearsal room last night. New songs coming together.
Tonight we are playing stop drop and roll for nxne. With our underwear on.
Tonight we're playing stop drop and roll with some of our favourite bands. Really looking forward to this one. 300 college st.
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