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January 9th – Day of Republic of Srpska
January 13, 2020 by trb
The central manifestation of the Defile Ceremony was held for the fourth year in a row under the motto "For All Time", and the sixth echelon consisted of combat vehicles of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Srpska, including five specialized armored vehicles "Despot" produced by the Bratunac Technical Overhaul. (TRB).
The main Banja Luka street was identified by 2,400 police officers in the echelons and the civil sector, and according to the media, the reactions of citizens and officials were the despots of the "defile kings", as they caused the most attention this year.
Despot was first seen by the public a year ago in Banja Luka, and five armored men were presented at this year's defile in honor of Republic of Srpska Day.
They are now fully equipped with state-of-the-art thermal imaging cameras and 360-degree observation devices, face and vehicle recognition equipment, as well as forensic search.
More than six meters long and 2.7 meters high, this despot was again the star of the ceremonial defile, before the eyes of the public, the political leadership of Srpska, Serbian officials and other officials.
TRB Director-General Slavenko Ristic announced at this year's defile that a total of eight of these armored vehicles will be delivered to the Srspka MUP by the end of 2020.
"Last year, at the Banja Luka defile, marking Republic Day, we presented the prototype` despot 'and promised that on January 9 next year there would be almost five production vehicles for the needs of the MUP, and here we were able to fulfill our promise, "he said. Ristic to the media.
He emphasized that every new vehicle he makes is refined by TRB, from installations, small parts, the console now made of polymer and not aluminum, as well as other equipment according to the needs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
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[PT] O FabriCamp Lx1 foi excelente. Muito obrigado a todos os participantes, oradores e operadores de máquinas, pelo dia tão divertido que nos proporcionaram. Obrigado também ao Pavilhão do Conhecimento e a Ciência Viva, por tão caloroso e prestável acolhimento – mais do que isto não podíamos pedir.
[EN] FabriCamp Lx1 was great. Many thanks to all the participants, speakers and machine operators for making it such a fun day. Thank you also to Pavilhão do Conhecimento and Ciência Viva for being the most welcoming and helpful hosts we could wish for.
[PT] Participaram no FabriCamp cerca de 130 pessoas, e durante todo o dia, sem uma falhazinha que fosse, as máquinas de fabricação digital imprimiram em 3D e fresaram. E a verdade é que alguns membros do altLab conseguiram fazer progressos numa mini-Mendel modificada e reparar logo ali a MakerBot da Faculdade de Arquitectura.
[EN] Around 130 people participated and the digital fabrication machines 3D printed, frostruded and milled all day without a glitch. In fact, some altLab members even managed to make some progress on a modified mini Mendel and to fix the College of Architecture's MakerBot on the spot.
[PT] As palestras foram dos momentos altos do evento.
Os membros da direcção da AZ Labs Network – Ricardo Lobo, Pedro Ângelo, Tiago Serra, Catarina Mota e eu próprio –, falaram da organização, dos três laboratórios, da FabriCulture e de novos projectos empolgantes, como as Residências AZ e a nossa participação na Guimarães – Capital Europeia da Cultura 2012.
Filipe Martins tem um mestrado em Design de Produtos em Biopolímeros e tem vindo a explorar a sustentabilidade em processos, tecnologias e materiais. Deu uma palestra intitulada "Design para Autonomia Material", onde tratou de processos para criarmos os nossos próprios materiais de fabricação, e de formas para depois os tratarmos, no fim do ciclo de vida dos produtos.
Tiago Rorke é formado em Design Industrial e, com Greg Saul, criou o Diatom Studio (dedicado a explorar as possibilidade da fabricação digital, para dar aos utilizadores finais um papel no processo de design). Falou sobre a SketchChair, um sistema em desenvolvimento para criar uma ferramenta de software livre, open source, com que qualquer pessoa poderá facilmente desenhar e construir mobiliário de fabricação digital.
Vasco Portugal, que no âmbito da sua tese de doutoramento no programa MIT|Portugal tem explorado formas de alcançar um desenvolvimento sustentável, falou sobre as origens e a evolução dos FabLabs, e também do projecto que tem em curso – um "sistema gerador-de-formas-arquitectónicas para engenharia de areia através de cimentação induzida por via microbiológica".
[EN] The talks were some of the best moments of the event.
Members of the AZ Labs Network board of directors Ricardo Lobo, Pedro Ângelo, Tiago Serra, Catarina Mota and myself talked about the organization, the three labs, FabriCulture and a few new and exciting projects such as the AZ Residency and our participation in Guimarães Capital of Culture.
Filipe Martins, who has an MS in Product Design in Biopolymers and has been exploring sustainability in processes, technologies and materials, gave a talk titled Design for Material Autonomy focused on processes to create your own fabrication materials as well as dispose of them at the end of a product's life cycle.
Tiago Rorke, who has a degree in industrial design and together with Greg Saul formed Diatom Studio (with the goal of exploring the possibilities of digital fabrication to give end users a role in the design process), talked about SketchChair, a work-in-progress system to create a free, open-source software tool that will allow anyone to easily design and build their own digitally fabricated furniture.
[PT] Uma vez que se tratou do nosso primeiro FabriCamp, aprendemos coisas importantes para melhorar os encontros futuros. Se algum participante tiver propostas para alterações e melhorias que nos queira apresentar, pode usar a caixa de comentários aqui abaixo. O FabriCamp Porto e o FabriCamp Coimbra serão provavelmente os próximos, mas quem não viver em nenhuma destas cidades e quiser organizar um FabriCamp, informe-nos da intenção, que nós daremos toda a ajuda que estiver ao nosso alcance.
Por fim, gostaríamos de agradecer a todos os elementos da grande equipa que ajudou a pôr em pé este evento: Os membros da AZ Labs Network e a toda a equipa do Pavilhão do Conhecimento.
[EN] Since this was our first FabriCamp we also learned some important lessons on how to make future gatherings better. If any of the participants have suggestions for changes and improvements, please use the comments form below to tell us about your ideas. FabriCamp Porto and FabriCamp Coimbra will likely be next, but if you don't live in any of these cities and would like to host one, let us know, we will provide you with all the assistance we can.
Finally, we must thank all the elements of the great team that helped put this event together: AZ Labs Network members and the Pavilhão do Conhecimento team.
The AZ Labs Network is a collaborative network of portuguese medialabs/hackerspaces hosted by the Audiência Zero cultural association. It is comprised of altLab in Lisbon, LCD in Porto and xDA in Coimbra. This talk will present the network, its labs, ongoing projects and future plans.
Ricardo Lobo: President of the AZ Labs Network and co-founder of LCD. Background on political philosophy and political science. Presently studying Digital Art at University of Minho.
Catarina Mota: cofounder of altLab and of openMaterials.org, board member of the AZ Labs Network, PhD candidate at FCSH-UNL (with a scholarship from FCT-MCTES under the UTAustin|Portugal protocol), and visiting scholar at ITP-NYU.
Maurício Martins: chair of altLab, member of the AZ Labs Network board of directors. Has a background in electronics and video production. As a tinkerer develops physical computing and interactive interfaces projects.
Pedro Ângelo: interactive software+hardware researcher at EngageLab, Digital Art Master's student at University of Minho, cofounder of Blender-PT and PortoLinux, cofounder and chair of LCD, member of the AZ Labs Network board of directors.
Tiago Serra: cofounder and chair of xDA, member of the AZ Labs Network board of directors. Entrepeneur, Engineer and Designer at SenseBloom.
Overview of the open source digital fabrication panorama and introduction of the FabriCulture project.
Catarina Mota is cofounder of altLab and of openMaterials.org, board member of the AZ Labs Network, PhD candidate at FCSH-UNL (with a scholarship from FCT-MCTES under the UTAustin|Portugal protocol), and visiting scholar at ITP-NYU.
Biopolymers are now a growing family of materials that changes the source of the material, as well as other aspects of the materials life-cycle. As in the past times, when people produced the materials they needed for the objects they built, so today we can produce plastics to be injected in 3D printers. Though this is still in the fields of theory, it's development would increase the autonomy of the consumer in the most part of the stages of the design and production process, when inter-related with RepRap printers and 3d modelling software.
I'm a graduate in Product Design by the FA-UTL, with a master of Product Design in Biopolymers by the same university. In the last few years i've been in touch with sustainability in processes, technologies and materials, as well as arts and agriculture, and the way these things influence our life-style and behaviour.
This research focuses on designing an architectural-form-generator system able to deal with natural matter and living micro-organisms to produce architectural outcomes without hurting the environment. In doing so, it explores the possibilities of MICP (Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation), which is a biomineralization process applied to improve the engineering properties of granular structures like sand. MICP uses populations of bacteria (Bacillus Pasteurii) that cement sand in a growth medium amended with urea and dissolved calcium source. This method can be used to improve soil stability, to heal concrete cracks, to build roads and paths, to restore monuments, or to transform sand into sandstone to generate 3D structures.
The architectural-form-generator system consists of a robot that is able to manipulate sand and inject a mixture of bacteria, urea, calcium chloride and water into it, to generate an architectural outcome. The robot has a specific morphology that allows it to move on granular grounds and to administrate the mixture. It is programmed with a script that defines the trajectory it has to follow to generate an architectural shape. If the script is modified, the robot generates a different formal outcome. It works like a 3D printer that uses bacteria instead of resin to bind the grains together, generating the structure by layers. Hence the aim of this project is not to design a shape but a set of rules and protocols to generate it, in such a way that the robot would be able to produce surface-like outcomes: paths, roads, volume-like ones: shelters, houses, walls, or even inject the mixture into pre-existent structures to heal them.
Vasco Portugal studied Architecture Design at the FAUTL in Lisbon and Advanced Architecture at IaaC-UPC in Barcelona receiving is diploma in 2006. During his undergraduate years in the Lisbon Architecture University he carry out three years of studies in Animation and Directing in the audiovisual School RESTART and in one of the most prestigious Portuguese art Institutions, The Gulbenkian Foundation partnering with the prestigious French animation School SUPIMFOCOM.
After graduating he moved to Italy where he worked from 2006 to 2007 at Massimiliano Fuksas studio in Rome designing multiple scale buildings all over the world. In 2008 left to Barcelona collaborating as a freelancer for a number of architecture studios while concluding is master in Self sufficient habitats and Digital Tectonics at IaaC. During his studies he grows an interest in social, cultural and humanitarian design and digital fabrication. His master thesis focused on social housing for a developing Romania through passive design structured according to a pre-set number of rules of colonizing space.
Subsequently in 2009 worked for Julien de Smedt Studio and ADEPT architecture in Copenhagen addressing sustainability outcomes in the largest part of the projects to promote sustainable planning, mitigating our carbon footprint.
Presently is deeply committed to exploring how to achieve sustainable development while working on his PhD thesis at MIT(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Portugal Program – with the custody of Technical University of Lisbon (Instituto Superior Técnico, IST, and Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, ISEG).
Vasco's PhD research is an investigation of the sustainability of slum upgrading and research in sustainable development of infrastructure in poor environments and particularly in developing countries. Presently he is teaching digital fabrication at IST fab lab.
His work spans many disciplines, including Architecture, materials, fabrication, and convergent goods. The linking thread in these projects is empathy for conceptual thinking and a profound care for social issues, translating intangible projects into actual solutions.
SketchChair is a work in progress towards a free, open-source software tool that will allow anyone to easily design and build their own digitally fabricated furniture. By letting users upload and share chairs they have created, could designs evolve as they are continually refined and modified by a community of people? This could, we hope, provide a resource like an open-source Ikea store, filled with customisable products.
Tiago Rorke graduated from the industrial design program at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Together him and his collegue Greg Saul have formed Diatom Studio, with the goal of exploring the possibilities of digital fabrication to give end users a role in the design process.


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30 August 2012 at 9:13 pm | By: Writing Buddha
My Life by Brett Lee!!!
The only thing for which I, as an emotional Indian remember about Brett Lee is how he blocked Sachin Tendulkar in his way in the last Test series we had with Australia when Sachin was running between the wickets and got run out. Once again the dream got shattered- A dream to see Sachin scoring 100th 100 in the then match. All Indians abused Brett Lee on Social Networking sites and said that he did it intentionally. In an interview, Lee made it evident that it was a mistake that happened unintentionally. And what I have said above is too injustice to do with a player like Brett Lee. I also remember him for many balls that he has bowled with a speed that is unbeatable. The only person who has been able to give tough competition to him has been Shoaib Akhtar- who surpassed 161 Km/hr speed which still remains unconquerable for Brett Lee. You would be thinking as of why am I talking about Brett Lee in a specially dedicated post even when there's no match going around that would have made him an inspiration of mine. :-) Actually, I am done reading his Autobiography- "My Life" that is released by Random House in India.
Now, as I have completed reading this 405 pages autobiography, I must say that the book is not really inspirational or motivational but just an experience- Experience of living a life of a fast bowler in the game of Cricket during the beautiful tenure of reading this book. Every time we read and focus only about batsmen but very few of us really concentrate on the life of a bowler except Ashish Nehra. Bwahahaha. :-) But reading Brett Lee's autobiography has been a wonderful odyssey as he has been one bowler who has stunned everyone with his express speed of bowling. There has been few fast bowlers like Shoaib Akhtar, Dale Steyn, Zaheer Khan who we have seen recently but Brett Lee is quite different from them. Yes, he is. Not just because I have read his autobiography and turned into a fan. :-)
Book starts with the foreword by Allan Border that is a very light read. Then, the first chapter about how a photographer tried to climb the building through balcony in Brett Lee's room just for an interview/click is interesting to read. Through the very first chapter, Brett Lee tells how he still feels unbelievable that he is one of the celebrities. After the story of a cricketer begins, the injuries that are told about in the initial chapters frustrates you; and imagining the condition of the cricketer who has potential but still can't play because of an injury is too disheartening and a feeling of helplessness. First tryst with Steve Waugh is an amazing read as Lee tells how he didn't give his T-shirt to him just because he challenged Lee to play nicely and be a part of the team to win it himself. WOW. Sachin Tendulkar's detailed mention as one of the two batsmen including Brian Lara bought smile on my face. Aapla Sachin!!! :-)
A Cricketer is being seen as a role model by many youths and children. Lee clarifies in a part of the book about his strong and weak points to make it clear about why he can be seen as a role model and why he can't be. The sledging that he makes against batsmen is the most interesting chapters throughout the book. Haha. His initial perception about Graeme Smith is another funny part to read as he has openly told how much he hated him. :-) A match where Shane Warne got out at 99 is another humor-filled chapter when it should have been a depressing one. The way Lee celebrated as he's charging a machine is also described by Lee as to how it happened. Steve Waugh scoring century when critics targeted him is described very emotionally in the book. The description of India and why Brett Lee loved the country so much in many pages exactly in the middle of the book was another proud moment for me to read, being an Indian. :-) I respect Lee for giving the only country- India such a description in his autobiography. He has not even done this for Australia in the book. :-) The letter of a girl in the end of the description made me cry. The controversy of Harbhajan-Symond is talked very sensibly and maturely in the book as it's not easy to vindicate such an event in writing form.
The entrance of IPL in the international Cricket is also described by Lee in the book in a very detailed manner. I liked reading it. His break up with his wife is another emotional read in the book while his love for his son-Preston is also clearly visible from the kind of sentences he has formed to dictate it. :-) The reason why he retired from Test is also written in a detailed emotional form. I didn't like what happened with him. All the moments when he didn't like Ricky Ponting has also been narrated. This actually surprised me. It's not an easy thing to do. And the best part of the book is when he tells how he was waiting for Sourav Ganguly to declare the match but later he thought the captain is waiting for Sachin to touch 250 but when he saw that the match is being declared before him scoring 250, he saw that his bowling figures has crossed 200, hence, embarrassing him. Hahaha. If not for anything, read the book for this part. :-) Else, there are many other events that I can't subject here in the review as
Else, the book is 50% interesting and 50% stretched. I personally feel that this autobiography could have been completed in just 200-250 pages. 405 pages is too much. Plus, Random House selling it for Rs. 500 is another drawback. They should come down by 50% at least. PLEASE. Otherwise, this autobiography will go unnoticed. I would recommend this book to all just for a reason that you shall come to know about the perspective with which a Fast bowler plays on the field as all of us know what a batsman feel.
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My Unfinished Life said...
hmmm..i never am interested much in autobiographies :)
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Standing on the brink of a new record, Dublin boss Jim Gavin has made 5 changes to the team which drew with Kerry last weekend.
Cian O'Sullivan and James McCarthy have come into the half-back line in place of Darren Daly and John Small, while Ciaran Reddin is set to replace Michael Darragh Macauley in midfield.
Up front, Paul Flynn and Bernard Brogan start, with Shane Carthy and Conor McHugh set to drop to the bench.
The Boys in Blue can become statistically the most consistent team in the 133 year history of the associaion if they avoid defeat this evening. Their last loss in league or championship came in on the 1st of March 2015 against Kerry in Killarney. Coming away from Croker this evening with at least a point will mean they surpass the previous record held by the side from The Kingdom which went unbeaten between October 1928 and March 1933.
Roscommon come into the game knowing that their slim hopes of avoiding relegation rest on them winning their last two games. They're yet to win a game in this season's league.
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Former Sheriff Poised to Be GOP Point Person on Policing
By Emma Dumain
Posted June 4, 2015 at 4:01am
Reichert, a former sheriff, is taking the lead as House Republicans shape the party's message on policing. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Who do House Republican leaders call when the Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations bill is on thin ice and the party's susceptible to critiques it doesn't care about police-civilian clashes occurring nationwide?
They call the sheriff.
That's how many members on Capitol Hill refer to Rep. Dave Reichert, R-Wash., the former King County sheriff whose 33-year law-enforcement career was capped by his capture of the infamous Green River serial killer.
The six-term legislator has been talking for years about the need to invest in community police departments to improve relationships between officers and the people they serve.
But a string of recent incidents involving deadly police force in Ferguson, Mo., Staten Island, N.Y., Baltimore and elsewhere, have given new resonance to Reichert's calls for action, and sent a signal to Republican leaders that maybe their party ought to respond.
At Tuesday's GOP leadership news conference, Reichert was brought in to discuss the importance of funding community police resources in the fiscal 2016 CJS spending bill, which — like every other appropriations bill this year — has come under siege from all sides.
"It was intentional to bring him in today," said House GOP Conference Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers, also from Washington. "With all the unrest around the country and growing scrutiny over local law enforcement, I think his perspective and his leadership is really important at this time."
McMorris Rodgers, whose job is to promote the image of a politically in-touch Republican Party, suggested the public will see more of Reichert: He'll soon be leading a Republican Policy Committee working group, alongside Chairman Luke Messer, R-Ind., to explore legislative options for easing tensions between police and civilians.
Reichert told CQ Roll Call he initially asked leadership to set up a formal select committee to probe the subject matter, something like the one established in 2014 to investigate the terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya. The task force was a consolation prize, but Reichert is willing to take it, saying a leadership-sanctioned effort "brings a floodlight."
People who work with Reichert, however, say he brings his own floodlight when he talks about policing.
Reichert acknowledges his background gives him credibility. As King County sheriff, he started programs that connected officers with community youth. Congress needs to appreciate the value of such initiatives, Reichert said, especially those proven to work.
But Reichert's low-key approach also makes him a compelling figure among colleagues. In an environment in which lawmakers constantly compete for attention, a little humility goes a long way.
"He doesn't talk to hear his voice heard," said one GOP insider. "He talks when he has something important to say."
Reichert felt such a pull Tuesday, when he drew on deeply personal life experiences — such as growing up with an abusive father — to urge colleagues to support the CJS bill.
"Families aren't perfect. Communities are not perfect. Legislation is not perfect. Law enforcement is not perfect. … We can find the imperfect very easily," he said. "The hard part is finding those things that are good.
"The bill's not perfect," Reichert said of the CJS measure, "but the priority's coming together and recognizing that we need to support law enforcement across this country."
With his background, Reichert might succeed in bridging the very real gap between Republicans and Democrats on community policing.
House Republicans have largely steered clear of the charged national debate that has exploded in the wake of the recurring instances of young African-American men dying after violent encounters with police. But Democrats — particularly members of the Congressional Black Caucus — have demanded action.
Reichert, who is white, thinks there's an opportunity for common ground. While he didn't address the racial tensions underscoring the debate, he acknowledged police might be at fault.
"Cops make mistakes," he said, "and that's what we have to admit. We have to hold them accountable."
He said he's reached out to CBC members such as Reps. John Lewis, D-Ga., and Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, to explore possibilities of publishing joint op-eds on the subject.
Lewis, a civil-rights icon who was nearly beaten to death by police officers in 1965, said he welcomed Reichert's interest. In a brief interview with CQ Roll Call, however, the Georgia Democrat stressed the importance of bipartisan collaboration: "We should have a caucus, really. We all should become members of it."
Still, plenty of Democrats are skeptical of the Republican effort. As with last summer's all-GOP task force on the child migrant border crisis, Democrats see being excluded as a sign Republicans are only interested in appealing to their base.
One senior Democratic aide noted it was bizarre that lawmakers whose districts were the sites of fatal police-civilian confrontations would not be included in the effort just because, in many cases, those members happen to be Democrats.
Reichert told CQ Roll Call he agreed Democrats should be involved, and hoped at some point they would be. He pointed out his original request for a select committee would have automatically included members from the other side. In the meantime, he reiterated the importance of the exposure the Republican Policy Committee-backed working group would bring to an issue that's been ignored on Capitol Hill for years.
But while GOP leadership might have something specific in mind for the task force, Reichert said giving the party some talking points on community policing was the furthest thing from his mind.
"I haven't even thought about it that way," he said. "What I think about is moving forward in what's right and what's wrong.
"I view myself as a cop in Congress," Reichert said, "versus a congressman who used to be a cop."
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This necklace is made of a piece of circuit board cut out in a shape of "at" symbol. One side is covered with clear resin, so it is shiny as glass.
The pendant is approx. 40 x 28 mm (1 3/8" x 1 1/8"). The chain is silver toned, we can make it any length you want (default length is 50 cm). Upon request the necklace can be supplied with a black ball chain.
You will receive one similar to those you see on pictures, but not the particular one. The colors may vary slightly due to different characteristics of the board. If you have any particular preferences to design feel free to contact us.


By now, it should be clear that I love a good 2-in-1, especially when it comes to color for my face. I've also been a longtime devotee of Tata Harper and for good reason. Her all natural products are literally good enough and safe enough to eat. Her lip and cheek tint? Well, it's no exception. Perfect for an easy and natural flush, it's utterly divine and endlessly flattering.


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Contributed by Anastasia Piatakhina Gire, Member of IIAP
There are places I'll remember all my life.
—I was born in a small Russian town, a very cold and dirty place.
This was one of the first things Anna shared about herself in a long introductory email reaching out to me for online psychotherapy.
In this description of her native town, I could sense her sad childhood: a lack of emotional warmth and possibly some neglect.
The way people describe their early surroundings usually tells something significant about their life story.
We developed early bonds with our caretakers, but also with a place. We end up internalizing the qualities of the landscape or family house where we grew up.
Can we ever detach ourselves from our original place? Does it not persist inside us, long after the physical building has been knocked down?
Anna had left her native town early, to study and work in Moscow, and then she had moved abroad. Her departure had been more of an escape: eager to leave, she had barely said her goodbyes. Since then she had changed countries several times, and finally landed in London. But the original "coldness" and "dirtiness" had followed her, as a malevolent shadow from her past.
It was only our second session, and I was experiencing Anna as frozen and difficult to reach out to. She complained that no town ever felt good enough to her: "too cold" or "too dirty." Through the videoconferencing, I could have a glimpse of her current London interior, which looked unsurprisingly impersonal and rather messy.
Anna's restlessness was partly due to her conscious desire to find a more nourishing environment, but this was conflicting with a deeper sense of hopelessness and despair: she believed that such a place did not exist for her.
Even in a warmer and more welcoming country, she would always feel alienated by a feeling of guilt—as if betraying her birthplace, her motherland. That felt deeply wrong.
But at the same time, she could not feel belonging to this new and "better" place, she felt painfully "different."
Deep inside she kept being "a girl from a dirty and cold place," her life stained by it forever.
As often happens with expatriates, something shifted when Anna went back home for a holiday. We had an online session whilst she was there. As her face appeared on my screen, I was struck by how different she now looked: instead of her usual impeccable jacket, she was wearing a loose t-shirt; her hair was messy; and without make-up she looked younger.
This was a unique opportunity to accelerate the process.
She was staying at her parents' flat—the very one where she had grown up, and was certainly getting in touch with some early emotional experiences of her childhood.
Internet connection is always bad here, so maybe we will need to switch-off the video at some point. She warned me, preparing a retreat in case the session triggered too much shame. She was also reminding me how "imperfect" her childhood place was.
Shame was indeed around for the whole hour, but Anna was brave enough to stay with it, and we managed to navigate through this experience together.
Using her laptop's webcam, Anna finally showed me around. This was a real risk-taking, and I could appreciate how exposed and vulnerable she felt. The place was indeed muddled, and was a testimony of an un-nourishing childhood environment.
Anna's mother, born just after the war, had been stockpiling all sorts of things, an aversion to discarding possessions which qualified her as a "hoarder." Understanding her mother's struggle helped Anna make sense of the level of messiness she grew up with, and the shame she was feeling about it.
That "back home" session actually was a turning point in my work with Anna.
She realized how much she was actually attached to her birthplace, with a painful loyalty that did not let her leave it completely behind.
Making a better sense of her mother's mental condition, Anna was now able to re-evaluate her own relationship with her family home and her native town. This place was not her. It did not define her; it was rather a sum of her experiences, which had started in that town, but did not have to end there. And the latter was her choice—such an empowering realization.
Maybe a warmer place existed somewhere for her after all…?
[Note: This has been re-posted from Psychotherapy.net with permission from the author.]
Author Anastasia Piatakhina Gire, Member of IIAP
There are many different models of counselling and psychotherapy available today and it is easy to get confused. The main quality of the Integrative approach I practice is its relational value. Every hour we spend together is your own time and space, where nothing is expected of you, except for the commitment to being honest and willing to share. I will always strive to be fully present and available for my clients. Throughout my time as a therapist I remain in regular supervision with a fully qualified Psychotherapist.
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I bought my lodge as a wonderful place to escape to for weekends and holiday times. While I am not using it, I wanted others to be able to get the benefit from the amazing facilities offered by Ladram Bay Holiday Park and my wonderful views.
What influenced you to choose Ladram Bay Holiday Park for your rental?
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Mandát znamená v diplomatice písemnost, jíž se uděluje rozkaz či nařízení podřízeným osobám a institucím. Je proto nejvíce využívána ve správních záležitostech. Na rozdíl od listiny je časová platnost mandátů omezená a po splnění daného příkazu zaniká. Poté jsou takové mandáty již bezcenné, proto byly v minulosti likvidovány. To je také důvod, proč se jich dochovalo jen málo.

Proti listinám měly mandáty jednodušší úpravu. Již od 14. století byl k jejich vyhotovení užíván místo slavnostnějšího pergamenu papír. Od 15. století se mandáty také tiskly, aby mohly být snáze distribuovány více příjemcům.

Mandáty se dělily na otevřené (litterae patentes) – později patenty – a uzavřené (litterae clausae). Papežská kurie rozlišovala mandáty, doručované osobě, jež je měla vykonat (littera cum filo canapis), a mandáty vydávané osobě, jež z nich měla mít prospěch a jež se jimi vykázala před příslušným výkonným orgánem (littera cum filo serico). Otevřené (veřejné) mandáty a patenty se později tiskly a byly nejběžnějším způsobem rozhodování a vládnutí.

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 Diplomatický materiál
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Literatura
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 ŠEBÁNEK, Jindřich - FIALA, Zdeněk - HLEDÍKOVÁ, Zdeňka. Česká diplomatika do r. 1848. 2. vyd. Praha: SPN, 1971. s. 20n

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Hong Kong's PAG takes interest in Incitec's fertilisers
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Nov 28, 2019 — 9.31pm
Hong Kong-based private equity firm PAG is running the numbers on Incitec Pivot's up-for-sale fertiliser business.
Street Talk understands PAG is one of a handful of parties taking a look at the business, which was pitched by Incitec's adviser UBS as "Australia's leading fertiliser and plant nutrition company" and is expected to be worth more than $1 billion.
PAG's biggest private equity investment in Australia is Oporto owner Craveable Brands. William Meppem
Should PAG progress through the auction, it would be a big move for the Hong Kong firm.
While PAG is a major player regionally, with more than $US30 billion ($44 billion) in assets under management, its Australian plays haven't really done its appetite for big buyouts justice.
In July, PAG bought fast food brands business Craveable Brands from Archer Capital, which is the master franchisor and store owner of chicken businesses Oporto, Red Rooster and Chicken Treat. While Oporto may be a household name Down Under, the deal was worth $450 million, which is a relatively small bite for the private equity giant.
Its other Australian private equity investment is The Cheesecake Shop, which it acquired for $100 million two years ago. (It had its eyes on Crust Gourmet Pizzas at the start of this year but the mooted deal never happened.)
Should PAG's interest at Incitec develop, it's unlikely to be the only private equity tyre-kicker vying for the asset.
Incitec Pivot CEO Jeanne Johns said the company was testing the market for a sale of its fertilisers business at its AGM earlier this month. Dominic Lorrimer
Street Talk reported late last year that BGH Capital had a nibble at the fertilisers business and was politely rejected. It's expected to be back in the process.
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Indicative bids are understood to be due in the coming fortnight.
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As can be seen, the profit margins in the three different business units are very different. Batteries 7.0%, Handset 3.7% and Auto 9.0%. As of now most of the battery sales goes to BYD's own vehicles in intersegment sales. So growth in sales in the Auto segment, will quickly increase profits on the bottom line. BYD surely has a lot of interesting prospects going on for the future, everything from solar panels and electricity storage to mono-rail trains in smaller Chinese cities. All these things could be great growth areas in the future. I chose to focus this write-up on the Auto segment and how the battery production is linked to that success.
So just to be clear, when we are talking auto, I mean regular gasoline cars, electrics car and electric bus sales. For 2015 the sales of gasoline and electric vehicles were about 50/50 in terms of sales, but in the future the electric vehicle sales is assumed to push far passed gasoline. And already today, because of poor margins for gasoline vehicles, most of the profits comes from electric. At the moment for BYD I see greatest potential in electric bus sales. Electric buses is the one area where the company has managed to push past all the well established bus and truck makers and deliver a product in its own class, much thanks to BYD's battery capabilities.
BYD have produced 10 000 of electric buses since 2010 and from my point of view we are going to see something of the famous ketchup effect coming through in the next 2 years. As I have interpreted things, the main reason for BYD success with electric buses is that their battery technology is at the moment the perfect candidate to put in buses. They don't have the most advanced technology in terms of energy density. But BYD's batteries has good/fast recharging times are safer (meaning very hard to ignite), two aspects that are very important for someone buying a electric bus. In a car you need a lightweight battery with maximum energy density, in a bus it doesn't matter if the battery weighs a little bit extra. BYD is also the only bus producer in the world with deep expertise and factories to produce its own batteries. I believe these facts around BYD's edge in batteries is a very important insight for the probability of future success in electric bus production.
345 kWh (BYD LiFePO4-type lithium-ion batteries) good for up to 190 miles (305 km) of typical urban driving according to the internationally recognised SORT test conditions.
seats for a total 54 passengers with a further 27 standees spaces (total passengers: 81).
Their main backer on buying electric buses has been the Chinese city Shenzhen who purchased a huge number of buses so far and are running the world's largest fleet of electric buses. For once, very impressive of China on the environmental front!
It should be mentioned that Shenzhen just recently cancelled their latest huge order (1.8bn RMB) of buses from BYD. The reason? "Due to capacity adjustment, the procurement plan for 2,919 new energy vehicles (Batch 2) has been changed and the tendering process terminated,". Well that comment doesn't make you much wiser. Obviously this is negative, but I don't believe it is because of quality issues. As most things in China it's rather political or budget reasons for the city. But that one city (albeit a huge one) can make an order of 1.8bn RMB just shows the size of potential orders when this catches on in China and the world. I don't like to use that kind of logic, but the number of cities in the world that would want to change to electric public transport buses is mind boggling. For so many reasons (pollution, noise, and actually also economics) they will come to this conclusion over the coming 5 years. The future is electric – and right now BYD is in the driving bus seat.
To put some numbers on all this rambling. The cost of a full size electric bus (before subsidies) is around 2 million RMB. As a side note, it should also be mentioned that currently China is giving heavy subsidies for these buses (up to 1 million RMB, driving a lot of the sales and giving BYD a competitive advantage to competitors). The Global sales of all types of buses is about 600 000 every year. I believe a big player like BYD, with in-house battery production as its edge, within 10 years can catch 10% of that market, that is 60 000 buses a year. That translates to sales of 120bn RMB per year, 1.6x the whole company's current sales, and that would be just bus sales.
Again BYD's edge would rather be in that they are a major battery producer and car maker, just as Tesla is trying to become with its Gigafactory. But for electric cars LG Chem, Samsung SDI and Panasonic in co-op with Tesla seem to have a technological advantage in terms of battery performance/density. So short term I can't see BYD being a winner in the car space – except in China where the competition isn't fair and BYD can enjoy subsidies and not being hit by import taxes. Since the Chinese car market is so large, being successful in China will go a long way, but as mentioned, there is many other Chinese car makers also wanting a piece of that pie. Maybe I'm sounding overly negative, BYD will for sure grow its sales in this segment, but it will be fierce competition on all fronts.
As at 31 December 2015, the Group held a 65% stake in Hong Kong listed BYD Electronics, this stake is today valued at 8.9bn HKD in the market, a little less than 3 HKD per BYD share.
As at 31 December 2015, the Group held 179,127,725 shares of Holitech, with market price today of 15 RMB per share, or about 3bn HKD, a little less than 1 HKD per BYD share . Holitech is the new owner of parts of the handset business previously run by BYD Electronics. Holitech bought the business from BYD in 2015, paid in cash and shares. Hence BYD's large holding in Holitech. This is an attempt for BYD to focus on it's core products and if BYD intends to keep its stake in Holitech or not, is still unknown.
I would see it as a positive if BYD could get rid of these businesses and invest the cash in the much more profitable EV and battery business.
As I have try to present, a sum-of-the-parts of BYD's businesses shows that almost all the value lies in the future sales of electric cars and buses. My interpretation is that Mr Market is putting a too high value on potential car sales and too low value on potential bus sales. My assumption is that there will be a window of opportunity for BYD, to gain massive market share in electric buses for public transportation, with peak growth in 3 years time. My assumptions are that BYD will take a 10% global market share in the bus market in the coming 10 years. At the same time there is a window of opportunity also for the chinese market for plugin in hybrid vehicles. I'm much less certain for the long term growth case in cars. Other areas which we did not touch on are the growth in sales for Energy Storage Systems (ESS), which I see further ahead as a strong area also for BYD battery. Operating margins will also improve significantly when sales are tilted away from mobile to EVs.
I use a 10% WACC, assumptions of heavy re-investments of profits in the next 4 years (negative Free Cash Flow) and all this gives me a fair value of 75 HKD per share. When I started writing this fairly long post BYD was trading around 46 HKD and now after announcements that Samsung is taking a stake in a private placement round, the stock traded up to 51 HKD. This valuation some would call a blue sky scenario and to a certain extent I would agree that it is optimistic. Although I'm very certain of BYD success in the area of buses.
As a more bearish scenario BYD might not reach the high growth in bus and car sales, but someone else for sure will. So BYD will be able to supply the batteries for those companies. Such a scenario would obviously not bode well for the stock price. How bad? A proxy could be Samsung SDI which is more of a pure play battery-maker, it's current market cap is about a third of BYD. Given that BYD is a even bigger battery producer than Samsung SDI a very bearish view on the company gives a floor around 25 HKD for the company.
As you readers know I have a very bullish view of the future of EVs. I'm sure it will happen, just not who the winners will be. Looking at Tesla's valuation in the stock market, it is clear these companies carry a big premium compared to BMW and others "old" car makers, which are valued at historically low P/E multiples. Most of BYD's stock valuations is not a reflection on current profits, but an assumption of rapid profit growth over the coming years. Mainly from battery and electric vehicle sales which has better profit margins than the mobile handset business. To invest or not is based on the belief in this success, it has been a bumpy road so far as an investor, and I expect it to continue to be so. If you are a believer as I am, take advantage of the dips and buy, otherwise stay out.


We purchase most of our malted grain (or 'malt') in 50-55 pound sacks as it is considerably less expensive than buying by the pound. This is especially true for the base grains that will often make up 70-100% of any given recipe.
Purchasing other specialty grains in bulk doesn't always make sense as they usually only make up a small percentage of any given recipe. It's not uncommon to add only 1-2 pounds of crystal malt or only a few ounces of roasted malt per 10 gallons of beer produced. Unless you intend to split a 50 pound sack with other brewing friends, it's best to purchase specialty grains by the pound.
Others exist of course, but these are the ones we use the most.
Grain is best stored in a cool, dry place away from sunlight and heat. One of the most important factors in keeping grain fresh is to keep it in a completely sealed/airtight container of some sort. The container must be completely airtight if the grain is to be kept fresh for any length of time. The 50-55 pound sacks that bulk grain is shipped in are not airtight by any stretch of the imagination and should be used within a few months. Stored under ideal conditions in an airtight container however, un-milled grain will stay fresh for well over a year.
We store our grain in our cool basement in 6 gallon 12" diameter food grade buckets that were previously used in the food making industry. Once cleaned they make ideal storage containers for grain. Two 6 gallon containers hold exactly one 50-55 pound sack of grain.
The lids of these containers however are not sealed/airtight so we use Gamma Seal lids instead of the stock lids. These lids are used for all sorts of applications including canoers who need waterproof and airtight containers. Snap the adapter onto the bucket using a rubber mallet, and then simply spin on the removable lid to screw them tight and create an airtight seal. They are very easy to use and no special tools needed to remove the lid - simply spin them on and off. Specially engineered gaskets ensure that the lid and adapter are properly sealed to guarantee airtight protection. Gamma Seal lids are available in different colours allowing for a quick and easy reference by using one colour for base malts, another for crystal, and so forth.
The Vittles Vault line of pet food storage containers are also an excellent for storing grain. They come in various shapes and sizes for up to 80lbs of storage, and include stackable versions for easy access. Gamma Seal lids are included.
Gamma Seal lids are available in assorted colours are available too so you can organize your grain any way you like by lid colour.
The combination of 12" food grade buckets and Gamma Seal lids is by far the most inexpensive and convenient way we've found to store large quantities of grain in a completely airtight manner. The lids are extremely easy to open and close by hand and create a perfect seal every time.
We've seen many other containers (mostly cheap pet food storage containers) that claim to be sealed or airtight but upon closer inspection they do not create nice airtight seals as promised. Try this simple test: Walk into the area where you store your grain and if you can smell the grain at all (even just a little bit) when up close or when you squeeze or press on the container or lid, your storage system is not airtight. A plastic lid, even if it has a foam lining, snapped to a plastic body will not form an airtight seal. Over time air will circulate causing the grain to go stale at an increased rate.
To store our grain, we simply pour base grain directly from the sacks into the buckets and spin on the lids to seal. One 50-55 pound sack fits in two 6 gallon 12" buckets.
Specialty grains are also stored in the buckets but are first placed in ZipLoc double zipper gallon storage bags and labelled with a Sharpie permanent marker. Each gallon bag holds approximately 4 pounds of grain. We then label the outside of the buckets too.
We keep approximately 20 buckets on hand which provides us with enough grain to brew any beer imaginable, any time we want.


In this story for The Independent I looked at how the inhabitants of Svalbard, high above the Arctic Circle, endure the polar night – four unrelenting months of darkness.
How does this ceaseless darkness affect the locals? I'd only been in Longyearbyen a few hours, but the lack of light had already started playing tricks with my body clock. It was just 4pm and I was on my fourth pint.


More patients should be told to go home and rest rather than being given antibiotics, health officials say. Public Health England says up to 20 per cent of all antibiotic prescriptions are unnecessary as many illnesses get better on their own.
And overusing the drugs is making infections harder to treat by creating drug-resistant superbugs.
According to the PHE figures reported today by the BBC, 5,000 people die in England each year as a result of drug-resistant infections. Four cases in every 10 of the E.coli infection in the bloodstream cannot now be treated with 'first-choice' antibiotics.
By 2050, drug-resistant infections are expected to kill more people than currently die from cancer.
Antibiotics are vital in cases of sepsis, pneumonia, bacterial meningitis and other severe infections, but PHE says antibiotics are not essential for every illness.
Coughs or bronchitis can take up to three weeks to clear on their own, but antibiotics reduce that by only one to two days, it says.
Instead of antibiotics, the advice is to have plenty of rest, use pain relief such as paracetamol and drink plenty of fluids.