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Blog Tour! – Kin of Cain by Matthew Harffy
Today I'm very glad to be the next stop on the Kin of Cain blog tour. First let me tell you I jumped at the chance and did receive a copy of the book in advance but as always with Harffy's work it was already on my pre-order list so I've paid for my copy too 🙂
Other stops on the tour
1st March – Hoover Book Reviews
2nd March – Speesh Reads
4th March – Parmenion Books
5th March – For Winter Nights
6th March – History…The Interesting Bits!
7th March – Lives and Loves of a Book Nerd
Matthew has kindly wrote a post about what the future holds which will follow on from my review so sit back and enjoy! My thanks go to the author and Yasemin at Head of Zeus for making this blog tour happen!
Title – Kin of Cain
Author – Matthew Harffy
Length – 86 Pages
Publication –1st March 2017
My Rating –5/5 Stars
AD 630. Anglo-Saxon Britain. A gripping, action-packed historical tale set in the world of The Bernicia Chronicles. Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell.
Winter grips the land in its icy fist. Terror stalks the hills, moors and marshes of Bernicia. Livestock and men have been found ripped asunder, their bones gnawed, flesh gorged upon. People cower in their halls in fear of the monster that prowls the night.
King Edwin sends his champions, Bassus, Octa and band of trusted thegns, to hunt down the beast and to rid his people of this evil.
Bassus leads the warriors into the chill wastes of the northern winter, and they soon question whether they are the hunters or the prey. Death follows them as they head deeper into the ice-rimed marshes, and there is ever only one ending for the mission: a welter of blood that will sow the seeds of a tale that will echo down through the ages.
When I first read The Serpent Sword I was shocked at how quickly Octa disappeared from the tale, it's this murder that sets Beobrand on his journey but I was left wondering who Octa really was.. was he anything like his brother?
Well now we have the chance to see a little of the man himself in a short story set before the events The Serpent Sword.
86 pages is a decent amount of pages for a short tale in my opinion and Harffy doesn't hold back. For me what I really enjoyed was this tale has a bit of fantasy and mystery to it. The unknown force that is attacking people..is it human or beast.. either way the King wants it dead!
Octa sets out with a band of men to prove himself to his King and one of my favorite characters is included in this group, Bassus! oh how I love that man.
Harffy weaves a tale which includes the death and gore we are used to but it also manages to give some depth to Octa that wasn't possible before.
The tale is full of suspense, it's dark, gritty and gruesome..what more could you possibly want?
When I was reading the tale I couldn't help but see Octa as Beowulf and reading the author note it was really great to see the Harffy's thought process on this. It really made the tale stand out.
Personally I feel Harffy has loads to offer and I hope to see more shorts in the future as I feel they bring depth to the authors world and allow them the chance to share some great stories with us the readers. When I commit to an authors work I want to feel like they are committing to me also..to give me their best and Harffy never disappoints.
Kin of Cain is thriller/mystery/fantasy/myth/folklore and so much more wrapped in to 86 glorious pages and it's well worth the asking price.
What the future holds for me and my writing – Matthew Harffy
If you'd asked me four years ago what the future held for me and my writing I would have said I hope to find an agent and then get published. In February 2013 I was close to finishing the first draft of my debut novel, The Serpent Sword. I'd never written anything longer than a few hundred words before and I could see no further than completing the book and somehow getting it out in front of readers who hopefully would like it. That was it. I really had no ambition beyond that, apart, of course, from the secret dream of selling millions of books and becoming rich enough to retire to a tropical island somewhere. But we won't talk about that.
So much has changed in the last four years. I finished The Serpent Sword and found an agent. I then wrote the sequel, The Cross and the Curse, while my newly-acquired agent tried to sell the first book, and, unfortunately, failed. This failure pushed me to self-publish both books, whilst pressing on with the writing that had somehow become part of my life by this point. Both books were doing well and garnered many positive reviews. This finally piqued the interest of a publisher, so I signed a contract with Aria, a new imprint of publisher, Head of Zeus. Aria re-published the first two books and then published book three of the Bernicia Chronicles, Blood and Blade. They also managed to sell the rights for the three novels to Audible, who have now released the audio books for them, narrated by a great actor called Barnaby Edwards.
I have also written a prequel novella, Kin of Cain, which is out now, and completed book four in the Bernicia Chronicles, Killer of Kings, which is due out in June.
I am now well into the first draft of book five in the series, which will also be published by Aria, who have plans to release all the books in hardcover and mass market paperback in the coming months and years. I am even hearing talk of possible translations of the books in the works!
The point of this rambling on about the past and all the great things that have happened in the last four years is that I had no idea what would happen then, and I don't really know what the future will bring in the next four years. But what I do know is that there will be more novels in the Bernicia Chronicles. Beobrand's tale marches on into the seventh century and he will see more kings come and go. He will face his foes in the clash of shieldwalls in battles throughout the island of Albion and, who knows, perhaps even beyond its shores.
And when I decide to move on from Beobrand? When I am done with the mead hall and the shieldwall? What then? Well, I would love to write a western, but I am told there is no money in them. If I am ever close to living in my dream where I have enough money to write what I want and not care about how many people will read it, I will probably turn my hand to the American West. I can almost smell the rotgut whiskey and the pungent stench of gunpowder in the air of a rowdy cattle town when the ranchers and their cowhands have rolled in from the dusty trail. If you look carefully, you will see much of the so-called Wild West in the Bernicia Chronicles, but I would relish the chance to write at least one book set on the Frontier of civilization in the 19th century.
If, as is much more likely, I will have to write books that might sell and which appeal to readers of my books, I have an idea for a Viking saga, which actually has elements of a western in it. But I can say no more now, as it is just a twinkle in this author's eye! It's either that or romance, which my wife assures me sells better than the violent books I write. I'm not sure I would do very well at that, but I might have to think of pen name if I want to find out!
I am sometimes tempted to write a fantasy. I am a huge fan of writers like J.R.R. Tolkien, Robert E. Howard and David Gemmell, so I have a firm understanding of the genre. And the thing that I like most about it, is that I would not have to stick to historical facts! In many ways, the stories I tell could easily be transposed into a word of epic fantasy. But as I am writing historical fiction, I am constrained by what is known to have happened, the technology available, and when things occurred. Oh, and no dragons or magic!
I would love the chance to be able to just create a plot and write whatever I wanted because I would be in total control and nobody could tell me I had got something wrong, as it would be my creation!
So, what of the future? I think we'll have to wait and see. But if people keep buying my books, I think I can safely say I'll continue to write them.
Hopefully others will enjoy whatever directions in which the muse takes me.
Matthew Harffy is the author of the Bernicia Chronicles, a series of novels set in seventh century Britain. The first three books in the series, The Serpent Sword, The Cross and the Curse and Blood and Blade are available on Amazon, Kobo, Google Play, and all good online bookstores.
Kin of Cain, a standalone prequel novella set in the same world as the Bernicia Chronicles was published on Amazon and all good online bookstores on March 1st 2017.
Killer of Kings , the fourth of the Bernicia Chronicles, is available for pre-order now on Amazon and all good online bookstores.
Website: www.matthewharffy.com
Twitter: @MatthewHarffy
Facebook: MatthewHarffyAuthor
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Fulbright scholar Dr. M. Saidur Rahman recently visited Fort Valley State University's campus to give a lecture on Bangladesh's agricultural practices and to learn about FVSU's research and outreach services.
FVSU and the University of Georgia hosted Rahman at both campuses through the Fulbright Scholar Program's Outreach Lecturing Fund (OLF). OLF enables visiting scholars to share their research interests, speak about their home country and exchange ideas with U.S. students, faculty and community organizations.
In his lecture, "Development of Agricultural Education, Research and Extension in the Agricultural Universities in Bangladesh: How Far We've Come and How Far We've Yet to Go," faculty and students with FVSU's College of Agriculture, Family Sciences and Technology learned about Bangladesh's progression in agricultural education and the need to expand their research facilities and collaborative efforts.
The professor and former head of agricultural economics at Bangladesh Agricultural University said land-grant universities like FVSU and UGA have their own Extension system to serve communities. He said the Bangladesh government oversees outreach programs, and as the growth rate increases, their priority is to make sustainable food production.
Rahman looks forward to potentially collaborating with FVSU on future research projects and plans to take back some Extension practices that could help build a better connection with farmers in his country.
In addition, Dr. Bipul Biswas, FVSU assistant professor of plant science, said Rahman's visit allowed students to see that the opportunities in agriculture are worldwide.


Research on sediments recovered during Ocean Drilling Leg 160 has concentrated on two issues: the first concerned the stratigraphy of sapropel formation, the second was oriented to clarify specific processes that explain sapropel origin. Progress has been made in the construction of stratigraphic composites out of sedimentary sequences from individual holes at each of the palaeoceanographic sites. On the composites, initial work has resulted in the establishment of high-resolution and intermediate-resolution stratigraphies for three sites (963, 964, 967); correlation of sedimentary cycles to astronomical (insolation) cycles extends the stratigraphies to Sites 969 and 966. The sapropel occurrences in the marine and land sequences over the entire Eastern Mediterranean are correlated; with the resolution that can be obtained from isotope studies, groups of sapropels occurred simultaneously over the entire basin. In detail, however, the temporal and facies patterns of sapropel sequences differ between individual sites and depositional basins. The differences may be related to effects of water depth, diagenesis, and post-depositional tectonic attenuation of sequences. Studies on the geochemistry and facies of sapropels agree that anoxic conditions favoured preservation of organic matter in sapropels, caused the enrichment of trace metals associated with sapropels, and helped to preserve primary sedimentary structures. Besides, all evidence is consistent with elevated fluxes of organic matter and associated elements during sapropel events. Abstract Copyright (2000) Elsevier, B.V.
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5 self-made billionaires outside the U.S. you need to know about
Jack Ma, Henry Sy, Masayoshi Son, Carlos Slim and Luis Carlos Sarmiento are all self-made millionaires who built their fortune outside America.
Anne Kings
When it comes to self-made billionaires or millionaires, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, George Soros, Warren Buffett, Carl Icahn and Jeff Bezos often come to mind. They have become the poster boys of prosperity through a combination of sheer guts, hard work, discipline, intelligence, persistence, patience, determination and a bit of luck perhaps.
However, there are also those who built their wealth outside the U.S. In a series of articles published by Forbes, here are five of self-made millionaires, in no particular order, you need to know about.
Masayoshi Son (Japan)
Masayoshi Son remain influential in Japan. (Photo by nobihaya via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 2.0)
Masayoshi Son is a Japanese businessman and the CEO of Softbank. His estimated net worth is at $23.2 billion. He is considered the wealthiest man in Japan. Softbank, a mobile telecommunications and investment firm, bought U.S. mobile phone carrier Sprint Nextel four years ago in a $22 billion deal.
Henry Sy (Philippines)
Henry Sy Sr. has built his wealth by making the SM Department Store as one of the leading mall chains in the Philippines. (Source)
Henry Sy is the cash king in the Philippines with an estimated net worth of $14.2billion. His family owns SM Investments, which deals with banking, property and retail shops. He started a humble footwear shop and built his empire through hard work and patience. He now serves as director for SM Prime.
Jack Ma (China)
Jack Ma is the wealthiest man in China. (Photo by World Economic Forum via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 2.0)
Jack Ma is the founder and executive chairman of the Alibaba Group. His estimated net worth is at $36.1 billion. Alibaba's IPO has set a record when it became available to the public in 2014. Under Ma's leadership, Alibaba became a global e-commerce giant with $463 billion worth of financial transactions in the fiscal year until March 2016.
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Carlos Slim Helu (Mexico)
Carlos Slim Helu is considered the richest man in Mexico. (Photo by José Cruz via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 3.0 BR )
Carlos Slim Helu is the richest man in Mexico. He has an estimated net worth of $69.1 billion. His family owns Latin America's biggest telecom company, America Movil. He also has businesses in construction, mining and real estate companies. Helu has a 17 percent stake in the American newspaper, The New York Times.
Luis Carlos Sarmiento (Colombia)
One of the richest, self-made billionaires in the world is Colombia's Luis Carlos Sarmiento. (Photo by Pife 24 via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 3.0)
Luis Carlos Sarmiento Angulo built his fortune in the construction industry and later on in banks. He has an estimated net worth of $11.5 billion. Grupo Aval, which he owns, controls 33 percent of banking in Colombia. Angulo bought El Tiempo, Colombia's largest newspaper, and also announced a deal with Grand Hyatt in Bogota.
Per Business Insider, one of the most glaring characteristics of successful people is their work ethic. They enjoy what they are doing and have no problems putting in the extra hours at work. Most of them are early risers, putting in work three hours in the morning before their workday begins.
What also makes them successful is their investment in time. As published in an article by Investopedia, they are putting money in assets that accumulate wealth over time. In addition to that, they are risk takers who are willing to gamble today to achieve something better in the future.
Self-made billionaires all have different paths, strategies and advises how to become wealthy in life. They should serve as an inspiration to everyone that success comes to people who are willing to work hard for it.
Related Topics:Bill GatesbillionairesCarlos SlimfeaturedGeorge sorosHenry SyJack MaLuis Carlos SarmientoLuxuryMark ZuckerbergMasayoshi Sonself made billionairesWarren Buffetwealth
Anne Kings is a reporter for the financial sector, often tackling Wall Street and shareholders' interests. She also covers the intersection of media and technology, and delves into interesting topics on entertainment. Sometimes she also writes about the cannabis industry, in particular CBD and hemp. She is currently based in New York.
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If that's the case then BONGO FURY has it made. The protagonist is Jimmy Black, and he's a fascinating guy. Black is a "Prod" living in a backwater of Northern Ireland. He runs a shop selling various musical accouterments, from guitar strings and drum skins to old vinyl records – but business is rather anemic.
Not a problem for the resourceful Jimmy Black. He's a guy with one foot in the world of the up-and-up and perhaps just a couple of toes still mired in the seedy underground of Irish organized crime. Jimmy plays it straight for the most part, but his darker past tends to pull him back into the dangerous games miscreants play.
His "extracurricular dealings" bring in enough extra cash to keep Bongo Fury – his music shop – afloat and to support a sweet two-year-old daughter he shares with a lovely Polish immigrant.
It's a fascinating set up for some great fiction, and for the most part, author SIMON MALTMAN pulls it off. In addition to a vivid main character, there's A decent plot here, as well as adequate description of background setting and perhaps even a mild theme. (Somewhat shady good guys finish first?) The author also handles dialog well, and displays decent skill with crafting tight action scenes.
Anyway, this offering is just 40 pages, or so, and those are double-spaced pages. So, what you get here is basically a long short story. If you go ahead and buy Bongo Fury 2, perhaps you get a bit more meat for your dime.
As good as BONGO FURY 1 and BONGO FURY 2 are, I must say that these are works that beg to be a novel. The weakness of both books is that the denouement of each seems rushed. A short piece of fiction needs to be powerfully compact, yet complete. That means cobbling together a resolution that delivers with impact — but the finish should provide the reader with the sense of satisfaction and finality for having confronted a complete story.
I suppose you could look at it this way: I found Bongo Fury 1-2 so enjoyable I wanted more — and so that's why I was disappointed with the endings. I'll give Mr. Maltman the benefit of the doubt and suggest that he or his publisher is engaging in cliff-hanging as marketing strategy to move future issues … and I do hope we see more of two-fisted drinker (and puncher) Jimmy Black.
NOTE: Simon Maltman is also the author of the full-length novel: A CHASER ON THE ROCKS.
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It is time for Wacky to be featured on Unang Hirit. That is tomorrow Dec.
Always remember to check your local National Book Shop, Expression Shop and Clipper Giftshop for new products from A. B. Magic. They are exclusively distributed by Magic Wacky Toys, Inc. in the Philippines. Find the new and very cute Button Doll keyrings out in a store near you now.
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757 F. 2d 100 - Kay v. United Technologies Corporation
757 F2d 100 Kay v. United Technologies Corporation
118 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 3335, 104 Lab.Cas. P 55,554
Leo R. KAY, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant,
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.
Sixth Circuit.
Argued Dec. 6, 1984.
Decided March 22, 1985.
Joseph A. Golden, Southfield, Mich., for plaintiff-appellant.
Richard J. Seryak (argued), Diane M. Soubly, Detroit, Mich., for defendant-appellee.
Before EDWARDS* and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge.
GEORGE CLIFTON EDWARDS, Jr., Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant, Leo R. Kay, Jr. was discharged by appellee United Technologies Corporation after an unsatisfactory evaluation report by his supervisor. United Technologies had taken over Essex Group, Inc. two years earlier. Kay had worked for Essex for two years prior to the takeover without any unsatisfactory evaluations as far as this record is concerned.
Plaintiff Kay's action is brought under the diversity jurisdiction of the federal courts. It is founded on Plaintiff's contention based on Toussaint v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Michigan, 408 Mich. 579, 292 N.W.2d 880 (1980), that he had an implied contract with his employer that he would not be discharged without "just cause." United Technologies contended before the District Court and contends before us that Kay's employment was "at will" of his employer.
This case was heard before District Judge Julian Cook in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on United Technologies' motion for summary judgment. In a thoughtful oral opinion from the bench, Judge Cook discussed each of Plaintiff's three claims of factual basis of entitlement to an implied employment contract of no discharge without "just cause" under Toussaint and found each to be without legal merit. The first of these is a September 28, 1979 letter from Peter L. Scott, President of Essex Group, to all employees. The letter describes improvements in employee benefits and concludes with the following paragraph:
You have helped make possible these improved benefits for you and your family by effective performance on the job. Maximum effort by each of us in the future is the surest way we can contribute to the company's continued growth and our own job security. We'll succeed together.
Plaintiff's second claim1 relies upon language in the Essex Group "Exempt Employee Performance Appraisal" form. The form's general instructions state, in pertinent part:
This program of performance appraisal applies to all salaried employees of the company. All members of management who supervise salaried employees are required to appraise the performance of each employee at least annually. More frequent appraisals are appropriate for new employees and those employees with performance problems.
The form further instructs that each salaried employee's performance is to be rated according to the following guidelines:
Performance clearly exceeds, in both quantity and quality, expectations and normal standards for the position. Significant examples of outstanding performance on specific assignments readily available. Does a superior job in planning and organizing activities and in dealing with unusual or unanticipated problems. Consistently produces results of a highly professional and finished nature.
Performance pursuant to expectations is substantially above average. Level of accomplishment reflects a high degree of proficiency and measurably surpasses that required for acceptable completion of established goals and objectives.
Performance pursuant to expectations fully satisfactory. Achieves agreed upon goals and objectives and requires no more than normal supervision and assistance. Normally produces results in an organized and effective manner. No particularly important variances from standard one way or the other.
Performance pursuant to expectations normally adequate, but often below fully acceptable level. Requires more supervision and assistance than is acceptable on a continuing basis. Necessity for improvement in one or more specific areas indicated. With improvement in specific areas, attainment of position goals and objectives could be achieved.
Performance is substantially below required level with respect to achieving established goals and objectives. Substantial improvement is required or corrective action indicated.
Finally, Plaintiff cites the following excerpt from the deposition of Stanley Craft, Plaintiff's supervisor with United Technologies:
Q: Was it your intent in utilizing this evaluation form to give the employee an opportunity to improve those deficiencies so that his or her employment with the company could continue?
Craft: It generally was not done with the idea of employment continuing or not continuing. It was done on the basis of improving job performance.
Q: To what end?
Craft: For the benefit of the company and the individual.
Q: How would the individual be benefited?
Craft: The individual by improving his performance can achieve higher opportunities, higher positions within the company.
Joint Appendix p. 221.
In relation to none of these three claims do we find a basis for an employment contract which promised Kay that he would not be discharged without "just cause." Our review of Plaintiff's claims leads us to agree with the District Judge that Plaintiff has not pled facts which establish a right to a jury trial on "just cause" under the Toussaint standards.
This last conclusion may have been in some doubt prior to the very recent decision of the Michigan Supreme Court written by Justice Levin, the author of the Toussaint case. In Valentine v. General American Credit, Inc., 420 Mich. 256, 362 N.W.2d 628 (1984), Justice Levin, joined by all his colleagues, revisited Toussaint and interpreted it in language which in this diversity case is binding on us. He said:
In Toussaint v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Michigan, 408 Mich. 579, 292 N.W.2d 880 (1980), this court held that an employment contract providing that an employee would not be terminated except for cause was enforceable although no definite term of employment was stated.
Toussaint makes employment contracts which provide that an employee will not be dismissed except for cause enforceable in the same manner as other contracts. It did not recognize employment as a fundamental right or create a new "special" right. The only right held in Toussaint to be enforceable was the right that arose out of the promise not to terminate except for cause.
Employers and employees remain free to provide, or not to provide, for job security. Absent a contractual provision for job security, either the employer or the employee may ordinarily terminate an employment contract at any time for any, or no, reason.2 The obligation which gave rise to this action is based on the agreement of the parties;3 it is not an obligation imposed on the employer by law. This is an action for breach of contract and not a tort action.
Honorable George C. Edwards took senior status January 15, 1985
Plaintiff's first two claims rest upon his prior employer's policies. The District Court did not decide nor do we whether such claims would be binding on a successor employer
See Suchodolski v. Michigan Consolidated Gas Co., 412 Mich. 692, 694-695; 316 N.W.2d 710 (1982), and Clifford v. Cactus Drilling Corp., 419 Mich. 356, 360; 353 N.W.2d 469 (1984)
McIntosh v. Groomes, 227 Mich. 215, 218, 198 N.W. 954 (1924); Lichnovsky v. Ziebart Int'l Corp., 414 Mich. 228, 241, fn. 23, 324 N.W.2d 732 (1982); Prosser & Keeton, Torts (5th ed.), Sec. 92, pp. 655-656; 167 Am.Jur.2d, Contracts, Sec. 1 p. 333


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Das Unwetter in Japan 2018 (jap. ; etwa "Schwere Regenfälle im Juli des Jahres Heisei 30") führte im Westen des Landes aufgrund von Überschwemmungen zu schwersten Schäden und forderte mehr als 200 Todesopfer. Besonders betroffen waren die Präfekturen Hiroshima, Okayama und Ehime; insgesamt wurden über 8 Millionen Bewohner aufgefordert, ihre Häuser zu verlassen und Notunterkünfte aufzusuchen. Verursacht wurden die Überschwemmungen teilweise durch den Taifun "Prapiroon" (; etwa "7. Taifun des Jahres Heisei 30"), der Westjapan am 3. Juli erreicht und schwere Regenfälle ausgelöst hatte. Kombiniert mit den ohnehin schon starken und andauernden Niederschlägen in dieser Region liefen viele Bäche, Flüsse und Seen über und führten zu Sturzfluten, die Gebäude durch die Wassermassen und Erdrutsche zerstörten.

Bei diesem Unwetter handelt es sich in Japan gemessen an der Opferzahl um das schwerste seit 1982, als in der Präfektur Nagasaki 299 Personen starben. Die Meteorologische Behörde (kurz JMA) hatte schon im Voraus vor "noch nie dagewesenen Regenfällen" gewarnt und ab 5. Juli über 100.000 Bewohnern der Präfekturen Osaka und Hyōgo empfohlen, ihre Häuser zu verlassen. Ähnliche Überschwemmungen hatten bereits 2017 auf der Insel Kyūshū zu 40 Toten geführt.

Verlauf

Die Anfänge der starken Niederschläge reichen bis zum 28. Juni 2018 zurück, als es im Norden Kyūshūs ungewöhnlich lange geregnet hatte. Ebenfalls am 28. Juni entstand in der Nähe des Atolls Okinotorishima im Pazifik, östlich von Taiwan, der Taifun "Prapiroon", der etwa am 3. Juli die Präfektur Okinawa im Süden Japans erreichte. Infolgedessen wurden in mehreren Regionen die höchsten Niederschlagswerte seit Beginn der Aufzeichnungen gemessen, so z. B. 1800 mm auf Shikoku und 1200 mm in Tōhoku. Für die betroffenen Präfekturen mit Niederschlagswerten von teilweise über 1000 mm erteilte die JMA am 6. Juli nacheinander "Notfall-Unwetterwarnungen" ( Tokubetsu Keihō; eng. Emergency Warning); dies waren Okayama, Hiroshima, Tottori, Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Hyōgo, Kyōto, Gifu, Kōchi und Aichi. Die Wassermassen erreichten am 5. und 6. Juli Höhen von bis zu 5 m und zwangen viele Bewohner, die ihre Häuser nicht rechtzeitig verlassen hatten, auf deren Dächern auszuharren. Die starken Regenfälle endeten allmählich am 9. Juli und wurden anschließend von einer Hitzewelle abgelöst, welche die Rettungsarbeiten zusätzlich erschwerte und auch für Evakuierte und freiwillige Helfer aufgrund des Risikos für Hitzschläge gefährlich wurde.

Ausmaße

Opfer und Sachschäden

Die JMA hatte seit dem 5. Juli ausdrücklich vor lebensbedrohlichen Regenfällen gewarnt und Bewohner der betroffenen Regionen zu besonderer Vorsicht aufgefordert. Insgesamt wurde 8 Millionen Menschen empfohlen, sich in Sicherheit zu bringen. Etwa 70 % der Todesopfer sind über 60 Jahre alt. Mit Stand 20. Juli 2018 hatten die Regenfälle laut dem Innenministerium je nach betroffener Präfektur folgende Auswirkungen:

Infrastruktur

Die Überschwemmungen und Erdrutsche beschädigten weite Teile der Infrastruktur im Westen Japans und führten zwischenzeitlich aufgrund von Stromausfällen und blockierten Transportwegen zu Lebensmittelknappheit. In einigen Orten mangelte es vor allem an sauberem Trinkwasser, welches aufgrund der Hitzewelle ab dem 9. Juli dringend nötig war. Das Energieversorgungsunternehmen Chūgoku Denryoku meldete am 8. Juli, dass in deren Betrieb in 18.800 Häusern der Strom ausgefallen sei; laut NTT West seien im Zeitraum von 7. bis 8. Juli etwa 12.400 Stromleitungen aufgrund von Beschädigungen nicht zu gebrauchen gewesen. Viele Straßen, darunter auch mehrere Autobahnen, sowie Eisenbahnstrecken wurden mit Schlamm überschwemmt und mussten für mehrere Tage gesperrt werden. Der San'yō-Shinkansen wurde am 7. Juli stillgelegt, sodass vom Bahnhof Tokio kommende Tōkaidō-Shinkansen-Züge nur bis Shin-Osaka fuhren, die dadurch ungenutzten Shinkansen-Züge wurden von der West Japan Railway Company (kurz JR West) als temporäre Übernachtungsmöglichkeiten für Evakuierte zur Verfügung gestellt. 10 Strecken der JR West mussten für mehrere Monate außer Betrieb genommen werden, darunter auch die San'yō-Hauptlinie. Der Flughafen Hiroshima selbst wurde zwar nicht beschädigt, jedoch mussten von 6. bis 8. Juli insgesamt 1500 Menschen im Flughafengebäude übernachten, da die Zufahrtswege überschwemmt waren.

Folgende Autobahnen der West Nippon Expressway Company ( Nishi Nihon Kōsoku-dōro kabushiki-gaisha) wurden infolge des Unwetters schwer beschädigt:
 San'yō-Autobahn zwischen Hiroshima und Mihara
 Chūgoku-Autobahn zwischen Niimi und Maniwa
 Kōchi-Autobahn zwischen Shikokuchūō und Ōtoyo
 Kyūshū-Autobahn um Kitakyūshū

Absage geplanter Ereignisse
Im Sport wurden u. a. mehrere Spiele der Central League (Baseball), die z. B. im Nagoya Dome stattfinden sollten, sowie der J2 League, J3 League und des Kaiserpokals (Fußball) infolge des Unwetters abgesagt. Die Unterzeichnung des Freihandelsabkommens EU-Japan wurde von Brüssel nach Tokio verlegt und um mehrere Tage verschoben, da Premierminister Shinzō Abe seine geplante Europa-Reise absagte, um die Rettungsmaßnahmen für das Unwetter koordinieren und das Katastrophengebiet besuchen zu können. Bei der Militärparade zum französischen Nationalfeiertag in Paris, zu der Abe eingeladen worden war, wurde er durch Außenminister Tarō Kōno vertreten.

Wirtschaftliche Schäden
Mitsubishi Motors, Mazda, Daihatsu, Panasonic und andere Unternehmen schlossen ihre Produktionsstätten zwischenzeitlich aufgrund von Lieferungsschwierigkeiten und zu hohen Risiken für ihre Mitarbeiter. Allein die landwirtschaftlichen Schäden beliefen sich am 22. Juli auf insgesamt 119,8 Milliarden ¥ (etwa 921 Millionen €, Kurs von Juli 2018).

Rettungsmaßnahmen

Premierminister Shinzō Abe berief am 8. Juli erstmals seit dem Kumamoto-Erdbeben 2016 eine Katastrophen-Kabinettssitzung ein und sprach von einem "Wettlauf gegen die Zeit". Chefkabinettssekretär Yoshihide Suga verkündete am 10. Juli, dass die Regierung 2 Milliarden ¥ (etwa 15,3 Millionen €) zur Verbesserung der Transportwege und Lebensmittelversorgung sowie einen Notfonds von 400 Milliarden ¥ (etwa 3,1 Milliarden €) zur allgemeinen Katastrophenbewältigung bereitgestellt habe. Rund 54.000 Einsatzkräfte der Selbstverteidigungsstreitkräfte, Polizei, Feuerwehr und Küstenwache suchten nach Vermissten und räumten Trümmer auf. Trotz des sehr schwülen Wetters mit Temperaturen von bis zu 40 °C halfen tausende Freiwillige bei den Aufräumarbeiten.

Internationale Hilfe
Mehrere Staaten wie Taiwan, China, die Philippinen oder die Vereinigten Staaten unterstützten die japanischen Einsatzkräfte bei den Rettungsmaßnahmen und stellten auch finanzielle Mittel zur Katastrophenbewältigung zur Verfügung.

Weblinks

 Informationen zum Unwetter auf der Website des japanischen Kabinetts (japanisch)
 Wetterinformationen zum Katastrophengebiet auf der Website der JMA (englisch)

Einzelnachweise

Naturkatastrophe 2018
Japan
Japanische Geschichte

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Soham Gadre December 12, 2020 Filmmaker of the Month, Movies
Descending into the "Se7en"th circle of hell
Se7en (New Line Cinema)
Director David Fincher's movies are generally fascinated with creating a mythos around his characters that then breeds an egotistical obsession of oneself. It's no wonder famous people like Mark Zuckerberg, Orson Welles, and the Zodiac Killer became points of fascination for him. He is also fascinated by propaganda and engages in it a bit himself.
The origin of this, of course, is in the central killer in Se7en, whose existence throughout most of the film is that of a mythological God, bending human life to his whim and weaving it into his own personal narrative and philosophy. Being tugged along for this ride are detectives William Somerset (Morgan Freeman) and David Mills (Brad Pitt).
Like in True Detective, a show which basically takes the entire DNA of Se7en and stretches it into a prestige TV series, the story begins with an odd couple of detectives who don't really get along or personally like working with each other at first, but through their investigation come to respect and understand each others' ticks. Mills is the young upstart who's eager to 'do good' and take on the world with his fist.
Somerset is a weary veteran who knows the many ways the cruelty of the world chews idealists up and spits them back out. Andrew Kevin Walker's script plays off the character traits extremely well, especially in the memorable dialogue like Mills' sardonic quip, "just because he has a fucking library card doesn't mean he's Yoda!".
The 'world' that Fincher surrounds these characters with is a peculiar and menacing one. It looks and feels like New York, but there is no clear evidence of a location, just the generic notion of a big city, filled with high ceilings, long hallways and street-sides populated with wet newspapers and the homeless.
Yet, it feels like a circle in Dante's inferno. Somerset describes the history of his living there as being a never-ending parade of vicious and sadistic violence on nearly every corner – one story he relays is of a man getting mugged and his eyes gouged out while simply walking his dog. Mills and his wife Tracy's (Gwyneth Paltrow) recent move to the city is met with discomforts. Their apartment rattles and shakes supposedly from the violent subway trains pummeling on the bridges near them – like something out of David Lynch's Rabbits where the disruptor is never seen, just heard and ominously felt.
Fincher's direction is top-notch, Darius Khondji's cinematography featuring a damp, greyed- and browned-out palate that features both dilapidated apartments filmed in claustrophobic closeup and palatial libraries and government halls filmed with Dutch angles accentuating the smallness of the citizens to the unknown powers of the city they inhabit.
These powers, it seems, are being explicitly puppeteered by John Doe (Kevin Spacey), the film's central killer and in nearly all respects besides physical presence its central character as well. Spacey's character – a seemingly untouchable and unknowable figure who he plays twice in the year 1995, the other time in The Usual Suspects – serves as a catalyst for Fincher's exploration of generational ideology in looking at the world. John Doe is absent from most of the film and therefore, he represents a metaphorical node for the meaning of suffering. Why does he behave in such mysterious ways? Is he testing us? Young people and old people deal with these questions differently, the former through skepticism like Mills, and the latter with begrudging despair like Somerset.
The investigation takes many layers as the killer's motives are slowly divulged. He is killing based on the seven deadly sins from Christian religious teachings. These make prominent appearances in the works of both Dante Allighieri (The Divine Comedy – "Purgatory") and Geoffrey Chaucer (The Canterbury Tales – "The Parson's Tale"), which Somerset and Mills study thoroughly for hopes of finding the Doe's motives, methodology, and predict where and how he may attack next.
This is classic stuff for Fincher, where the egoism of a fictional character is laced not only through great works of art and literature, but through religion. Here, Fincher's egoist central character John Doe doesn't fancy himself a mere tech genius or artistic visionary – he sees himself as God.
The mythological realm which the film inhabits is littered with the characteristics of our world but darker, more compact, and much more violent. It's as if the world itself was created by John Doe and now he enacts his will on it. Somerset, having toiled through the depravity of this world says he doesn't understand it and wants to go into retirement and "get the hell away from here".
Mills specifically asked to be reassigned to this forsaken hellhole and ultimately gets Somerset to stay on for another case. These two are inextricably linked to Doe not only by them being on his case but by their inability and almost psychological draw to the dangerous limits of his crimes.
The template from which many of today's popular crime shows and movies derive their formula from can be found in the themes and dynamics of Se7en. There aren't many movies which consist of such a pallet of ingredients that became so influential for Hollywood decades down the line.
On rewatch, the film's surface operates like a routine cop thriller taking the necessary twists and turns that one would expect from the unraveling of a psychologically demented serial killer case, it revealed something bigger and more sinister operating above the narrative. It's the true blueprint story of Fincher's oeuvre, the movie which turned him from "the guy who made Alien3" to the one guy in Hollywood who really understood how men could convince themselves they were God.
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Q: Select emails being sent I have recently been approached by an employee who claimed he was not getting all of his email sent from our server. Therefore I opened up exchange system manager and navigated through message history. I found out that only 2 internal emails were receiving the automated messages despite the fact that 4 email addresses were listed in the TO: field of the email.
For example, the email lists recipient A,B,C,D's email in the TO: field but only sends the message to recipient A and B.
Another piece worth noting is the emails are Sent via the SmtpClient class in Visual Basic, in .NET 2.0
Any ideas as to why the email is only being sent to certain clients email address's?

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Evaluation of cerebellar size in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
Stewart H. Mostofsky, Allan L. Reiss, Paula Lockhart, Martha Bridge Denckla
Kennedy Krieger Institute
Evidence from animal and human research suggests that the cerebellum may play a role in cognition. This includes domains of executive function that are normally attributed to the prefrontal cortex and are typically deficient in individuals with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). To investigate cerebellar structure in ADHD, magnetic resonance imaging morphometry was used to measure the area of the cerebellar vermis in 12 males with ADHD and 23 male controls matched for age and Wechsler Full-Scale IQ. Analyses were conducted to evaluate group differences, as well as differences between matched pairs of subjects with ADHD and those without ADHD. All measurements were corrected for overall brain size. Both analyses revealed that the size of the posterior vermis was significantly decreased in males with ADHD (P < .05 in both analyses), and that within the posterior vermis, the inferior posterior lobe (lobules VIII-X) was involved in this reduction (P < .05 for group analysis, P < .005 for matched pair analysis), while the superior posterior lobe (lobules VI/VII) was not involved in the reduction. The finding of abnormal inferior posterior vermal size suggests that dysfunction within this region of the cerebellum may underlie clinical deficits seen in individuals with ADHD.
Journal of child neurology
Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Dive into the research topics of 'Evaluation of cerebellar size in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity Medicine & Life Sciences 100%
Cerebellum Medicine & Life Sciences 25%
Cerebellar Vermis Medicine & Life Sciences 19%
Matched-Pair Analysis Medicine & Life Sciences 18%
Wechsler Scales Medicine & Life Sciences 17%
Executive Function Medicine & Life Sciences 14%
Prefrontal Cortex Medicine & Life Sciences 12%
Mostofsky, S. H., Reiss, A. L., Lockhart, P., & Denckla, M. B. (1998). Evaluation of cerebellar size in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Journal of child neurology, 13(9), 434-439. https://doi.org/10.1177/088307389801300904
Evaluation of cerebellar size in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. / Mostofsky, Stewart H.; Reiss, Allan L.; Lockhart, Paula et al.
In: Journal of child neurology, Vol. 13, No. 9, 09.1998, p. 434-439.
Mostofsky, SH, Reiss, AL, Lockhart, P & Denckla, MB 1998, 'Evaluation of cerebellar size in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder', Journal of child neurology, vol. 13, no. 9, pp. 434-439. https://doi.org/10.1177/088307389801300904
Mostofsky SH, Reiss AL, Lockhart P, Denckla MB. Evaluation of cerebellar size in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Journal of child neurology. 1998 Sep;13(9):434-439. doi: 10.1177/088307389801300904
Mostofsky, Stewart H. ; Reiss, Allan L. ; Lockhart, Paula et al. / Evaluation of cerebellar size in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. In: Journal of child neurology. 1998 ; Vol. 13, No. 9. pp. 434-439.
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First, the Floron du Jour: Jilted Florida woman, 25, arrested wearing just a BRA after she 'intentionally crashed into ex-boyfriend's truck' because he dumped her right after they had sex
A Florida woman was arrested wearing just her bra after she allegedly crashed into her ex-boyfriend's truck as revenge for dumping her that day right after they had sex. Brianda Nayeli Ramirez, 25, has been charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.
Ramirez intentionally hit the truck of her ex-boyfriend, Gabriel Sandoval, as he attempted to make a right turn and caused it to flip over, police said.
Sandoval, 38, told police that he and Ramirez began to argue in her apartment after he revealed he wanted to end their one-year relationship. Ramirez told police the couple had just finished having sex, and she threw on a bra and got into her silver Ford Fusion sedan so that she could follow Sandoval after he left her apartment.
She followed Sandoval to his aunt's house in Belle Glade, where a friend dropped him off so that he could pick up his own truck, according to WPBF. Ramirez told police that Sandoval refused to talk to her and drove off, but she continued to follow him. Sandoval's Ford truck flipped onto its roof in the middle of the road after he was hit. He later told police he only knew it was Ramirez who hit him after a witness mentioned a silver car.
Never date a girl crazier than you, although it's not clear that's true in this case. Meanwhile, above the state line. in Georgia: 'Naked Twister' mom gets probation for teen party
Rachel Lynn Lehnardt, 35, of Evans, pleaded guilty in late June to six counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, a misdemeanor, The Augusta Chronicle reported. Lehnardt, who was sentenced under the Georgia First Offender Act, also was fined $600.
When the 16-year-old texted her mom to ask if she could have friends over "to party," Lehnardt replied, "come on, let's party," Lehnardt told her sponsor.
Lehnardt said she allowed the teens to smoke marijuana and drink alcohol in her home, according to the Columbia County Sheriff's Office. The party-goers were allowed to play Twister while nude with Lehnardt, who left the game in order to have sex with an 18-year-old in a bathroom, a police report states. Lehnardt allegedly demonstrated various sex toys to the group, officials said.
Outrage in Rome as bikini-clad tourists cool off in 17th century fountain
Residents of Rome have reacted angrily after three women stripped down to their swimsuits to cool off in one of the city's historic fountains.
The women, two of whom were wearing bikinis and the third in a one-piece swimsuit, are believed to have been tourists.
With temperatures hitting 90F (32C) the women thought the best way to cool off was to frolic under the jets of water in the 400-year old Fontana dell'Acqua Paola in Rome.
It dates back to 1612 and was featured in the opening scenes of Paolo Sorrentino's Oscar-winning film "The Great Beauty".
The city's extensive network of baroque fountains are cherished by Romans as some of the architectural highlights of the Italian capital.
Anyone leaping into the fountains faces a fine of up to 200 Euros (£170).
It's a crime wave, I tell you. Women everywhere breaking all the rule, and exerting female privilege.
Wombat-socho has "Rule 5 Sunday: Racy" ready for business at The Other McCain.
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The Argyros Presents: Western Stars
Margaret Hamamoto September 24, 2020 Leave a Comment
Backed by a band and a full orchestra, Bruce Springsteen performs all 13 songs from his new album `Western Stars,' touching on themes of love, loss, loneliness, family and the passage of time.
The Argyros Presents: Shine a Light
Martin Scorsese's glowing rockumentary about the Rolling Stones is a medley of concert performances, interviews and backstage footage of "The World's Greatest Rock-and-Roll Band." Filmed over a two-day period at the Beacon Theater in New York, this tour documentary features the band as they prepare to go onstage and archive interviews.
The Argyros Presents: Madonna Truth or Dare
A behind-the-scenes look at the iconic and controversial entertainer Madonna's relationships with her dancers and crew during her 1990 "Blond Ambition" tour, with concert clips and black-and-white off-stage footage. The film is an intimate glimpse into the boundary-pushing singer's drive and individuality.
The Argyros Presents: Stop Making Sense
Director Jonathan Demme captures the frantic energy and artsy groove of Talking Heads in this concert movie shot over the course of four nights at Hollywood's Pantages Theater in December 1983.
The Argyros Presents: The Last Waltz
On Thanksgiving Day, 1976, The Band gave its farewell concert at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom. On hand to help say goodbye to this influential rock group were some of the most acclaimed musicians of the late 1960s and '70s. Filmed by Martin Scorsese, this documentary features standout performances by rock legends such as Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Eric Clapton, Joni Mitchell and Muddy Waters, as well as interviews tracing the group's history and discussing road life.
Alyssa Jacey
Margaret Hamamoto September 8, 2020 Leave a Comment
Alyssa Jacey is a multi-genre singer/songwriter, dancer/choreographer and actress. Her infectious personality, easy-going music, and smooth vocals make Jacey a deeply original artist.
The Way Forward – A Celebration of Music and Dance
Margaret Hamamoto July 21, 2020 Leave a Comment
Immerse yourself in this remarkable cinematic event. The Way Forward is a portrait of a musical community brimming with talent, energy, and passion that continues to innovate. Under the guidance of filmmaker Hamid Shams, The Way Forward was filmed around the world, from Finland to Australia, Spain to Los Angeles. Spanning jazz, classical, vocal, and dance, the film re-imagines the concert-going experience for the digital age.
The Argyros Presents: Chris Botti
Margaret Hamamoto March 2, 2020 Leave a Comment
Since the release of his 2004 critically acclaimed CD When I Fall In Love, Chris Botti has become the largest-selling American instrumental artist. Performing worldwide and selling more than four million albums, he has found a form of creative expression that begins in jazz and expands beyond the limits of any single genre.
The Argyros Presents: Lightwire Theater: Dino-Light
Margaret Hamamoto February 26, 2020 Leave a Comment
This glow-in-the-dark adventure is visually amazing and has been praised for its cutting edge blend of puppetry, technology and dance by audiences all over the world.
The Argyros Presents: Cecile McLorin Salvant
One of the most acclaimed vocalists of her generation, Cecile McLorin Salvant is the winner of the 2010 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition. Other honors include her being selected for Jazz Album of the Year by the DownBeat International Critics Poll and NPR, as well as Up-and-Coming Jazz Artist of the Year and Top Female Vocalist from the Jazz Journalists Association.


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INTO THE UNKNOWN: A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL SPACE LAW
Home Blogs INTO THE UNKNOWN: A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL SPACE LAW
"Sometimes you have to go up really high to understand how small you are"
– Felix Baumgartner
The Earth, as we know it, is a grain of sand in the expansive desert we call the universe. The human race has made strides in space exploration and discovered millions of astronomical objects we see in our night sky. Our never-ending curiosity of the unknown is only growing with the development of technology. Entrepreneurs like Elon Musk already envision a future where we colonise neighbouring planets, like Mars. With ambitious goals like this, certain questions arise, who owns Outer space? Do we all own it by belonging to the human race? Does the ownership of Outer Space lie with the countries that have the technological capabilities to reach it?
THE INCEPTION OF THE SPACE AGE
The advent of the Space age, also known as the beginning of the new era in the evolution of the human race began in 1957, when the USSR launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik I. This launch triggered a race for the development and innovation of space technology between the USSR and the United States. The next major event was the Apollo 11 mission which was considered to be the most defining moment in space exploration when Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon. The 1990s ushered in a new phase where the governments of different countries including India were eager to make their mark in space. [1].
THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE FOR OUTER SPACE AFFAIRS
The General Assembly in its resolution 1348(XIII) of 13 December 1958, created The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA). The Assembly recognised that all countries share a similar interest in outer space and want to collectively use space to mutually benefit all countries. An ad hoc committee, The Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space was established to discuss the legal aspects of space exploration and how the countries could peacefully use outer space as a shared resource. This committee, later on, came forward with five treaties on Outer Space that form the foundation of international space law. These treaties emphasize the fact that space-related activities must be carried out for the mutual gain and benefit of humankind. [2]
THE OUTER SPACE TREATY, 1967
The Outer Space treaty cements the fundamental principles of space exploration and space-related activities. The treaty declares space exploration and uses as a free enterprise that can be carried out by all states, it strengthens this principle by preventing countries from claiming space as their sovereign right. It prevents the use of space to place any nuclear weapons or other weapons in the earth's orbit that can cause mass destruction. The treaty also places liability on the states for all Governmental or Non-governmental space activities carried out. States are also liable for any damage caused by the debris of their space objects and the harmful contamination of space.[3]
THE RESCUE AGREEMENT, 1968
This agreement emphasises the duty of the states about astronauts and space objects belonging to other states. The states must ensure that astronauts are rescued and assisted when there is distress and the states must ensure prompt rehabilitation of the astronauts to the launching state as astronauts are considered to be envoys of mankind to outer space. The states should also ensure that they support the launching states in retrieving any space objects that have fallen out of orbit upon their request. These principles are elaborated in Article 5 and Article 8 of the Outer space treaty. [4]
THE LIABILITY CONVENTION, 1972
The liability convention or the Convention on International Liability for Damage Caused by Space objects, highlights the principle mentioned under Article 7 of The Outer Space Treaty. The treaty dictates that the launching state will be liable to compensate for any damage caused by its space objects on the surface of the Earth, to other space objects or an aircraft. This treaty also provides for the procedure in which such compensation can be claimed and settled. An interesting feature of this treaty is that the private person is not held liable but the state to which the object belongs is held liable. [5]
THE MOON AGREEMENT, 1979
The Agreement mentions that the use of the moon and other celestial bodies must only be done for peaceful purposes and that the environments of these celestial bodies must not be contaminated and disturbed. The United Nations acts as a supervisory body and supervises over all the activities that take place on the surface and under the surface of such terrestrial bodies, [6] for example, if the United States establishes a Moonbase, the United States must be informed of the purpose of the moon base and also its location. Celestial Bodies are warehouses that contain large reserves of precious metals and other important natural resources. The moon is rich in Platinum, Aluminium and several rare-earth metals and this could come in handy when all resources are exhausted on earth. [7] .The Agreement states that all the natural resources found on the moon are "the common heritage of mankind" and one country or entity cannot exploit it for their private gains.
THE REGISTRATION CONVENTION, 1976
This treaty was enforced to supplement the Liability Convention and the Rescue Agreement as this treaty provided for the registration of all objects launched into space and this would in turn aid in the identification of the space objects, this treaty also mentions the role and responsibilities of states have towards the space objects they launch. [8]
In conclusion, space is becoming more accessible to different countries across the globe through collaborations and research and development projects undertaken by two or more countries. Developing countries like India are innovating and developing economical and efficient methods to expand the reach of man to outer space. Private Enterprises like SpaceX are at the forefront of space technology innovation as they continue to develop and innovate, the most recent success being the Falcon 9 rocket which is a reusable two-stage rocket that could be used to transport people and equipment to space. Blue Origin, an aerospace company is attempting to fly its first crewed flight, New Shepard to space, Jeff Bezos and his brother Mark Bezos are scheduled to fly on 20th July 2021. [9] . The company aims to provide commercial space travel to passengers who seek the thrill of being in outer space and this might very well be the first step towards it.
Author(s) Name: P Mir Minhaaj Ahmed (Student, CHRIST, Bengaluru)
[1] "The New American Space Age: A Progress Report on Human SpaceFlight". Aerospace Industries Association.
[2] https://www.unoosa.org/
[3] Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies (Outer Space Treaty), 10 October 1967
[4] http://ops-alaska.com/IOSL/V1P1/1968_RescueAgreement_EN.pdf
[5] Convention on the International Liability for damage caused by space objects. Available at: https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/UNTS/Volume%20961/volume-961-I-13810-English.pdf
[6] AGREEMENT GOVERNING THE ACTIVITIES OF STATES ON THE MOON AND OTHER CELESTIAL BODIES Available at: https://media.nti.org/documents/moon_agreement.pdf
[7] Warren and Taylor (2014). Treatise on geochemistry (2nd ed., Vol. 2), Boston, MA: Elsevier
[8] CONVENTION ON REGISTRATION OF OBJECTS LAUNCHED INTO OUTER SPACE; Available at: https://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/spacelaw/treaties/registration-convention.html
[9] https://edition.cnn.com/2021/06/07/tech/jeff-bezos-space-blue-origin-new-shepard-flight-scn/index.html
space law
THE PROBLEMS AND EFFECTS OF SPACE POLLUTION
Space Pollution is commonly known as Space Debris which in simple language refers to the leftover machinery or else the failed satellite as well as the ones which are not of any further use. In other words, Space debris is composed of a variety of artificial debris such as abandoned satellites,
AN OUTLOOK ON THE SPACE LAWS IN UK AND USA
The development in space has indeed arrived at an inflexion point wherein it has witnessed a smooth metamorphosis from the initial stages of discovery to the matured stages of security and commerce. Space law refers to an arena of law that governs all space-related activities. It usually
SPACE LAW: AN ADVENT OF NEW ERA FOR INDIA?
On July 11, Richard Branson, a British money manager, turned into the principal vacationer to go outside of Earth in his space motor beating Jeff Bezos to do as such and impacting the world forever in the field of room investigation.


Turkey is preparing for a national election. President Erdogan appears to be in jeopardy of losing his office.
So in the final days of Erdogan's campaign, official Turkish TV and news sources have imposed a virtual blackout on any discussion of Erdogan's opponents.
One opponent, Muharrem Ince, addressed a crowd of 4 million in Istanbul without any coverage on government TV. Erdogan, by contrast, spoke before much smaller groups and received widespread news coverage. See here.


Reimagining the decorative mirror as a sculptural piece of furniture, the Round makes an ideal focal point for the space. Part of Sylvain Willenz's Shapes series of mirrors, this pastel pink design works well as both a freestanding and wall mount piece with its functional reflective surface helping to brighten up the space.
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Отрокский сельсовет — сельское поселение в Идринском районе Красноярского края.

Административный центр — село Отрок.

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Местное самоуправление
 Отрокский сельский Совет депутатов
Дата избрания: 20.09.2015. Срок полномочий: 5 лет. Количество депутатов: 6

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 2010—2015 — Акулов Владимир Петрович
 с 2015 года — Москаленко Константин Иванович

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Муниципальные образования Идринского района
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Ada Byron Lovelace life and biography
Ada Byron Lovelace biography
Birthplace : London, U.K.
Nationality : British
Credited as : Countess of Lovelace, ,
In her 1843 translation of an article on Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine, Ada Byron Lovelace (10 December 1815 – 27 November 1852) added notations three times the length of the original text. The "Notes" earned her a place in computer history when they were later recognized as the first detailed description of a computer, including what is now considered a software program. In recognition of her enlightened ideas that were over 100 years before their time, the United States Department of Defense named its Ada programming language after her in 1980.
Though she was born the daughter of the notorious English Romantic poet, Lord Byron, Ada Byron Lovelace chose to pursue the more objective field of mathematics. She proved to be her father's daughter, though, for her sense of passion was arguably as strong as her father's, despite her mother's attempts to suppress any "Byronic" tendencies in her. She went against traditional Victorian society by studying mathematics which was a discipline few women attempted. The height of her passion for mathematics can be seen in her "Notes" on Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine, a calculating device that was never actually built. She wrote with tremendous insight and her ideas about the capabilities of an analytical engine became reality in 20th century computers which earned her a place in the history of mathematics and computer science.
Augusta Ada Byron was born on December 10, 1815 in London, England, and was Byron's only legitimate child. Five weeks after her birth, her mother, Lady Byron, left her abusive husband. On April 24, 1816 a deed of separation was signed and Lord Byron left England for good. Ada never saw her father again for he died eight years later in Greece. However, he did correspond with Lady Byron regarding her well-being and her studies. He also wrote of her in his poetry. The line, "ADA! sole daughter of my house and heart, " can be found in Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto III.
After Lord Byron's departure, Lady Byron took control of her daughter's upbringing. This control included the suppression of any undesirable traits that may have inherited from her father. In her book, The Calculating Passion of Ada Byron, Joan Baum notes, "Lady Byron had insisted on the cultivation of mathematics primarily because its discipline represented for her the direct opposite of everything associated with her depraved husband: dangerous fancy, melancholy moods, evil, even insanity." Baum also stated that "Mathematics was first for Lady Byron a mode of moral discipline. Accordingly, she arranged a full study schedule for her child, emphasizing music and arithmetic-music to be put to purposes of social service, arithmetic to train the mind."
By her early teenage years, Ada realized she had a true passion for numbers not unlike that of her father's passion for poetry. Lady Byron provided tutors of high distinction for her such as William Frend, a Cambridge mathematician, who instructed Ada in the areas of astronomy, algebra and geometry. Another tutor, Augustus De Morgan, was the first Professor of Mathematics at the newly founded University of London. He described Ada as "an original mathematical investigator, perhaps of first-rate eminence" according to Dorothy Stein in her book, Ada: A Life and a Legacy. "Indeed, it was a desire for mathematical glory, rather than a particular kind of mathematics, that compelled Ada, " concluded Baum.
This passion continued throughout the rest of her life as Stein demonstrates in a quote from an 1843 letter Lovelace wrote to Babbage, "I hope another year will make me really something of an Analyst. The more I study, the more irresistible do I feel my genius for it to be. I do not believe that my father was (or ever could have been) such a Poet as I shall be an Analyst, (& Metaphysician)."
On July 8, 1835, Ada Byron married William King who was then the eighth Baron King. In 1838, he became the 1st Earl of Lovelace and she became the Countess of Lovelace. The following year, Lord Lovelace also became lord lieutenant of Surrey. Her husband was 11 years older than she and considered to be somewhat reserved. He did, however, take pride in his wife's mathematical talents and supported her endeavors. His approval was quite fortunate for Ada Byron Lovelace as few women of her station in Victorian England were encouraged to pursue academic interests of any kind. In fact, those of the aristocracy considered it to be beneath them to practice a profession. For that reason, Lovelace only signed the initials, "A.A.L." to her "Notes." Consequently, she was limited by her class status as much as by her gender with regard to her passion for mathematics.
Lovelace first met Babbage when she was 18 at a dinner party hosted by Mary Fairfax Somerville, the 19th century's most prominent woman scientist. Despite the fact that he was 23 years her senior, Babbage became her good friend and intellectual mentor. She was immediately intrigued when she first saw Babbage's Difference Engine and plans for the Analytical Engine in 1834. The perfect opportunity for Lovelace to study the Analytical Engine came after Babbage's 1840 lecture in Turin, Italy. An Italian military engineer by the name of Luigi Federico Menabrea wrote an article on the lecture that was printed in a French publication in 1842. Lovelace's translation of Menabrea's article from French to English and her accompanying notations were published in the prestigious Taylor's Scientific Memoirs the following year.
Lovelace labeled her seven "Notes" with the letters A through G. The word "computer" did not mean in the 19th century what it came to mean in the 20th century. Rather, it referred to a device that only did arithmetic or a person whose job was to add up numbers. Therefore, Lovelace never used the word in her "Notes."
"Note A" distinguished between Babbage's Difference Engine and his Analytical Engine. This note was significant in that it described a general purpose computer that would not be invented for more than 100 years. In "Note B, " Lovelace looked at the concept of computer memory and the ability to insert statements to indicate what is happening to the person looking at the program. This idea is similar to the current practice of using REM or non-executable remark statements in a program.
Lovelace expanded on a method called "backing" in "Note C." This allowed for the operation cards to be put back in the correct order so that they could be used again and again like a loop or subroutine. "Note D" was a very complex explanation of how to write a set of instructions or a program to accomplish a set of operations. "Note E, " aptly stated by Baum, clearly "emphasize[d] the versatility of the Analytical Engine and suggests, in its brief description of operation cards which designate cycles, modern-day function keys."
"Note F" explained how the Analytical Engine could solve difficult problems and eliminate error. This would allow for the solving of problems that were prohibitive due to the constraints of time, labor and funds. Baum also noted that Lovelace wondered "if the engine might not be set to investigate formulas of no apparent practical interest … as computers are used today, to find problems rather than to solve them."
The last and probably the most mathematically complex and most quoted of Lovelace's notations was "Note G." In this note, she stated what some have referred to as "Lady Lovelace's Objection" or, in the more modern phrasing, "garbage in, garbage out." Basically, she was saying that the computer's output is only as good as the information it is given. "Note G" also included an actual illustration of how the engine could produce a table of Bernoulli numbers.
Lovelace faced numerous illnesses throughout her life. As a child, she had bouts with both measles and scarlet fever. Byron received a report on Lovelace's health stating that she "had symptoms of fullness of the vessels of the head … varying in degree during different parts of the day, never very severe but never or scarcely ever totally absent" according to Doris Langley Moore in her book, Ada, Countess of Lovelace: Byron's Legitimate Daughter. Byron had had the same affliction, possibly migraine headaches which can be hereditary, until he was 14.
In 1829, Lovelace suffered an unidentified ailment that left her unable to walk for many months. She was also subject to convulsive fits and there was speculation that they may have been due to a mental rather than a physical condition. None of these conditions, though, caused any permanent disabilities. In fact, Lovelace was an accomplished dancer, horseback rider and gymnast. Only uterine cancer would prove to be insurmountable for her.
Lovelace's life was also fraught with difficulties of her own making. She not only had a passion for mathematics, she had a passion for men of mathematics. She was known to have had affairs with several men whose attention she initially sought on an intellectual level. Her affair with John Crosse proved to be the most devastating. She pawned the Lovelace diamonds to pay his gambling debts, and it is possible that he was blackmailing her as well. Lovelace, too, fell victim to the vice of gambling and enlisted the help of some of her male friends to place bets for her.
Lovelace's passions far exceeded her body's limits. She died on the evening of November 27, 1852 of uterine cancer at the age of 36, the same age at which her father had died. At her request, she was buried beside her father in the Byron vault at Hucknall Torkard, near Newstead Abbey, the ancestral home of the Byrons in Nottinghamshire. This last request was prompted by a visit in 1850 to Newstead Abbey where Lovelace finally made peace with her father's memory.
Though Lovelace's "Notes" were well received by those who knew her, there is no indication of how they were taken by the general public. In fact, she did not obtain widespread recognition until the historian, Lord B.V. Bowden, rediscovered her "Notes" in 1952 and had them reprinted the following year, 110 years after their original publication.
Posthumous mathematical glory was probably not what Lovelace had in mind when she was alive. However, she would have undoubtedly been pleased with a fourth-generation programming language being named after her. In the words of Baum, Lovelace "was the world's first extensive expositor of a computing machine. She was also a fascinating woman, interesting as much for her motives as for her work, illustrating as she does the theme of creative energy in collision with suppressed desire."
Baum, Joan, The Calculating Passion of Ada Byron, Archon Books, 1986.
Moore, Doris Langley, Ada, Countess of Lovelace: Byron's Legitimate Daughter, Harper & Row, 1977.
Stein, Dorothy, Ada: A Life and a Legacy, The MIT Press, 1985.
"Ada Byron Lovelace: The First Computer Programmer, " AIMS Education Foundation, http://www.aimsedu.org (March 15, 1998).
"Augusta Ada Byron, Countess of Lovelace, " Sonoma State University, http://www.sonoma.edu/Math/faculty/Falbo/adabyron.html (March 15, 1998).


Every novice athlete who has come to the gym begins his journey with learning, simulators that are presented in the gym to understand the principle of each simulator and after studying to begin their full-fledged training to pump up his body in relief.
Much attention to everyone who starts training in the gym will do their abdominal press to make his relief cube for this all are looking for different methods to remove excess belly weight and get rid of fat in the waist region of the abdomen.
There are various methods of getting rid of the abdomen, one of them is a diet that must be made up with the mind otherwise the body can fail to eventually undermine the health that will then need to be restored! With the proper composition of the diet and only you can already get rid of excess fat weight and lose excess pounds at the beginning of your workouts.
This is to observe a very strict diet if you do not keep to a diet, and eat everything that you will get on hand and at the same time train that press you will not see fat will hide your press so the protein diet is needed for the body to burn its own fats and the body could decrease to the minimum fat threshold in the body!
How do I know if I have cubes on my stomach or not?
If you used to exercise and never followed a diet, then maybe you have cubes for this and there is a diet! After a while, as the body will be 15% fat and below you can see in the mirror whether you have the cubes of the press or not!
In men, the guys in physiology, the muscles of the press grow much faster, therefore, it is possible to pump up the dice and relief more quickly than girls who need much more time to pump the dice.
Let's take a look at the exercises that you can do in the gym to press men for guys to create a relief press.
• Bending of the trunk on a horizontal bench.
• Lifting the legs on an incline bench.
Technique of performing it is necessary to lie on a bench to grab the rollers of a bench or the handle to press the waist to the bench to raise the head, then stretch the legs and raise the legs to a 90 degree angle, then do not need to tear off the bench and then lower your legs to the starting position.
The technique of performing the network on the simulator is then to fix the torso and gently flex the trunk down then return to the starting position one of the simplest exercises on the press on the simulators.
• Bending the body of the lying body with twisting on the bench.
The technique of execution is the same as bending the trunk on a horizontal bench, but here you need to perform a lifting of the body beforehand by twisting it in one direction; you should touch the elbow of your neighboring knee and alternately perform twisting.
Technique of execution must be kneeled slightly away from the simulator to grab the handle of the simulator and then perform a flexion of the trunk downward then return to the top in the starting position.
Technique of execution sit on the floor with two hands on the weight and tilt the body slightly back, then stretch your legs so that they do not touch the ground and start bored the trunk to the left to the right, it is desirable that the weight touches the ground. An example on a photo with a medbol but you need to stretch your legs more to be straight.
Technique of lying on the mat place your hands behind your head and then start moving your legs by pulling them to your arms in the opposite direction, which are located behind your head and continue doing the exercise.
Technique lying on the floor extend the arms of the foot completely then simultaneously perform lifting of hands and feet and then smoothly release to the starting position.
Technique of performing the initial position of the hand behind the head of the leg, set aside to keep the balance, then perform the flexion of the trunk not completely so that the muscles of the press keep always in tension and then return to the starting position.
The technique of doing the exercise on the horizontal bar is necessary to lift the legs to the horizontal bar. At the same time, it is necessary not to swing as much as possible after lifting the legs, you need to touch your feet to the horizontal bar and lower it slowly than you raise your legs to feel the press, then you need to repeat the lifting process and lowering of legs.
• Lifting the legs on the bar is a simplified version.
The technique of hanging on the horizontal bar needs to be tightened up and the knees of the chest should not be swung slightly to the starting position and the process of lifting the legs and lowering is repeated.
The technique of performing the emphasis on the hands should be raised feet parallel to the ground and then slowly lowered, without swinging and then repeating the process of lifting and lowering the legs.
And so they began to train their press so that the long-awaited cubes appeared on the abdomen and the relief started to follow the protein diet and you had a question how many times you need to do a press a week? in a month, namely whether it is necessary to rock the press every day? How many repetition approaches need to be made so that the cubes will appear, not disappear!
Let's start in order whether you need to download the press every day?
If you decide to pump yourself a press and follow a strict protein diet every day, the press is not properly shaken every day, as the press does not fully recover during daily workouts, so the best option is to do two three workouts a week, so that there is one two days of rest between training sessions.
How many it is necessary to do approaches and repetitions for the press to keep the press cubes and leave it embossed ..
To keep the press cubes and keep it bumpy after you have achieved this, train the press you need to force, not to endurance as many think! All the trainers who say to keep the press cubes and the relief you need to pump it to endurance is complete illiteracy unless you are training with pharmacology and nutrition that promotes rapid recovery and muscle growth regardless of the loads that you give him during such press training and other muscles will grow.
Strength is usually performed by 2 to 3 approaches. 6 – 10 repetitions. Stamina is usually performed by 2 to 3 approaches. 15 to 30 repetitions. You need to do 3 exercises per press on one workout and do not more. For endurance to burn fat and remove stomach, you can do up to 7 exercises. This includes exercises with own weight, and also on simulators!
So, you think that for a long time already do this number of repetitions, but the whole training program is designed to make you do all the exercises with weights and then you need to take extra burden on the head or legs and perform! If according to the plan you have a leg lift on the bench, then you need to hold your dumbbells or attach the weights to your feet and raise them if you plan to flex the body, then you need to take a pancake and place it behind your head and perform the exercise if you have a bar , then you need to put extra weight on your back to get enough for 1 minute and not more on, then how much is written according to the program. Now you can start the training program and feel the difference between your training program and ours! After a month of training, you will see a significant result for yourself in changing your press.


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