Teams will comprise of 4 players (2 boys and 2 girls) and schools are encouraged to bring upto 3 teams (max 12 players).
Players will need to be ranked 1 to 4 and will compete in a short tie break set to 7pts against same ranked player from opposing team.
So 4 matches will be played in each rubber.
The top 4 teams will porgress to the Norfolk School Games Finals.


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The Oxford First Science Dictionary gives your child a head start in understanding the first scientific words and concepts that they will encounter in their first years at school. Organised alphabetically, it gives simple and clear meanings for over 300 science words, from 'abdomen' to 'zoo'. Each entry is illustrated with child-friendly contemporary artwork or clear diagrams to add meaning and support the definition in a fun and accessible way. Expertly-levelled supplementary material in a section at the back lists everyday vocabulary children will come across in their science lessons.


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The Living History Guide
Over the years we have received many requests from schools, media companies and historic venues for details of re-enactors, in order to help to bring alive the various period events that they wished to stage. In addition, many individuals have contacted us looking for similar information concerning societies and associations in which they can join, to share in the fun, interest and passion of a specific historic era.
In response to this demand, we have created a directory of UK-based living history societies and associations, complete with web links and contact details as appropriate. Each groups availability for public and school displays as well as film work is also indicated.
Select time period all Edwardian Era & WW1 Middle Ages Multiperiod Normans Post WW1 and WW2 Prehistoric Britain Roman Britain The Georgians The Victorian Age Tudors & Stuarts Vikings & Saxons
Fort Cumberland Guard
The Victorian Age
WW1 Remembrance Centre, Bastion, 6 Airport Service Rd, Portsmouth, PO3 5PJ.
We are proudly keep history alive by depicting 'The Royal Marines' of the 1830s and 1860s. Started in 1963 by members of the 'Fort Cumberland Preservation Society', we are possibly the oldest re-enactment / display unit in the UK. We have 3 groups: infantry, artillery and Corp of Drums.
Film Work
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Tastes Through Time
Multiperiod
We provide food and fashion tastes from late medieval to WW2. We are also passionate about the woman's role through history.
School Display
Malta Command World War 2 Living History Group
Post WW1 and WW2
Malta Command portrays the life, uniforms and equipment of the two Maltese Regiments serving with the British Army during WWII. We also provide accurate and well researched re-enactments of 185 SQN RAF, the Royal Navy, The Border Regiment, and Elements of the LRDG. Static displays, battle scenarios, drill and light anti-aircraft firing sequences.
HMS Wales Re-enactment Society
The Georgians
HMS Wales is a Navy Reenactment group. With members from across the UK, we aim to portray the lives of those who served in the Royal Navy during the age of sail and Admiral Nelson's career. We mostly portray a group of Sea Fencibles (coastal defence), the Homeguard of the Napoleonic Wars, but also act as a landing party of the Royal Navy.
Jörmungandr Austr Saxon and Viking Re-enactment Society
Vikings & Saxons
We have an extensive living history camp, portraying life, crafts and skills of the era. We give combat demonstrations. We offer a hands on educational and enjoyable experience to the public and to schools.
The Bluejackets
Central and southern England
The Bluejackets society was set up in 2001 to re-create the Royal Navy of the Victorian era. Since then we have added the Royal Navy in World War One and the Russian Civil War so that our period now spans from 1879 to 1919.
Airborne-44
Airborne-44 is a WW2 reenactment group that mainly portrays elements of the US 101st Airborne 506th Demolition Unit, known in WW2 as the "Filthy 13" due to their appearance. The unit fought at Normandy through to Germany, but our group specialises in the Normandy period portrayal.
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"Marine Mammals of the Holarctic"
The Council for Marine Mammals carries out a number of its own projects, among which the international conference "Marine mammals of the Holarctic" stands out.
150-200 specialists from various countries of the world take part in conferences and conduct research and projects related to the conservation of marine mammals. As a rule, these are representatives of organizations from Russia, Ukraine, USA, Canada, Norway, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Iran and Japan.
Since 2000, the conference, which is held every two years, has become the most important event in the study and conservation of marine mammals in the Russian seas.


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OK, so we all don't look that bad (or cute) sitting in the office. But isn't sitting pretty different from moving? Of course it is–and this is one of the great problems in sitting. The side effects of how we sit and and the amount of sitting that many of us at the office do is very detrimental to our health.
Also sitting often in a slumped position changes our breathing options. We breathe in a more shallow and irregular manner. We don't energize our system with proper deep diaphragmatic breathing like we would if we were moving more.
Sitting in a chair all day or a good number of hours shortens our joints and surrounding tissues so that our body starts to resemble this fairly bent or flexed posture.
Most important here is that our nervous system adapts to this static posture and we actually loose options to move and feel. This effect bores through many more systems than just the so called musculoskeletal system.
Sounds terrible, yet why don't we change our behavior? We naturally resist change. We really operate and behave based on habits. Changing habits is not easy as we all know. Without a good reason and without a practice–we just will continue in our habit.
There is nothing another person can do for us. We have to make our own assessment of ourselves. Ask ourselves if we want something different. If we do, then discover a deeper reason for change and then start a practice that supports these differences.
You will feel better and be more alert at work if you body, breath and mind are doing their full job.
Here is a video that shows you several simple exercises you can do without leaving your chair. How easy is that!
Are you still sitting while reading–I'm sure sitting while writing. How long has it been since we changed our position and took a break.
The first movement stretches the spine like a cat. It uses deeper breathing as a focus that follows or leads the movement. This forward and backward arching of the spine is a primary direction that is strongly embedded in the nervous system. By altering in a rhythmical way this powerful direction, you will strongly turn up the nervous system while you counteract the forward posturing from sitting.
The second exercise opens up our hips–which is so important in establishing a proper sitting foundation. These split leg movements done on the chair are very accessible to all (unless there are arm rests, oh well). The extension and stretching of the rear hip is very helpful to balance out the prolonged hip flexion that is required by sitting.
The third is simple a progression of the second. You add a bowing of the body to the side. This sideways direction is quite stimulating as we are often just stuck in a forward direction in sitting. If you again work with the breath as you expand the lateral/side wall of the chest, you will also expand the breath. Remember deeper breathing is better breathing.
The fourth exercise uses twisting. Now we all have heard of the dangers of twisting the spine while it is bent and flexed. This is very true in overstretching of the lower back or lumbar spine. Here the split leg position will often counter rotate the pelvis and you should try to work on twisting from the chest and not the waist.
Some times you will find yourself just stretching in you chair. Great idea. Try just turning in your chair if doesn't have arm rests and go into that split leg position.
I'm sure you can figure out other variations you could do as well.
Key point here is to do. So right now try out these movements and see if you don't feel better.


There is a mystery that must be solved. There will be lots of clues, puzzles, codes, and keys. Work in teams to get into the box and you might just get a reward. Breakout Box Jr. is for children in K-3rd grade. Space is limited. Registration required. Go to mjcpl.org and click on "Events" to register or call the library at 812-265-2744.
There is a mystery that must be solved. There will be lots of clues, puzzles, codes, and keys. Work in teams to get into the box and you might just get a reward. The afternoon session at 2pm is for 4th-8th grades and is slightly more difficult. Space is limited. Registration required. Go to mjcpl.org and click on "Events" to register or call 812-265-2744.


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Carol Lim & Humberto Leon Are Quitting Kenzo
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Channing Hargrove
Photo: Noam Galai/Getty Images.
And just like that, Carol Lim and Humberto Leon's time at Kenzo has come to a close. After eight years, they are leaving the LVMH-backed French fashion house to focus on their Opening Ceremony business, which is based in New York. Lim and Leon joined Kenzo as artistic directors in 2011, the first Asian-Americans to hold the position in LVMH history.
Since then, the duo has continuously outdone themselves with innovative collections and campaigns, including casting all Asian runway, celebrating Britney Spears as a fashion icon, and reminding us of the immigrant stories that shape the fashion industry. In a press release announcing their departure, the brand curiously stated the duo was "quit[ting] the artistic direction of Kenzo" but also celebrated the collaborations during their tenure, most of which were the first of their kind at a global luxury brand.
"Humberto and Carol consistently brought diversity and inclusion to the forefront at Kenzo, using their collections, fashion shows, advertising, and special projects to engage and galvanize a new generation of creatives," said Kenzo CEO Sidney Toledano in a statement.
Lim and Leon's official last day is July 1, days after they present their final collection for Kenzo — Spring 2020 — on June 23. The brand has not yet named their replacement.
Carol Lim And Humberto Leon Are Quitting Kenzo
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Meet Ohio's pie-baking, Bible-holding first lady – one of the governor's closest advisers
Jessie Balmert
COLUMBUS – Ohio's new first lady Fran DeWine is no stranger to chaos.
With eight children and now 24 grandchildren, DeWine is well acquainted with unanticipated meltdowns, joyful interruptions and last-minute changes to plans.
A grandson wants to wear his Pikachu costume to a rally with President Donald Trump? Sure. Twelve grandchildren and Lt. Gov. Jon Husted's three children agree to lead the "Pledge of Allegiance" at Gov. Mike DeWine's inauguration? The more the merrier. A candidate's child runs up and down a ramp at the DeWines' annual ice cream social fundraiser? Have a chuckle.
"They just laughed about it," said Tina Husted, who is married to DeWine's running mate Jon. "It's okay to just let kids be kids. Nothing is perfect."
And that line – or something approximating a line – of well-dressed DeWine and Husted children saying the pledge with their hands over their chests was Fran DeWine's favorite moment from her husband's ceremonial inauguration in the Ohio Statehouse's rotunda.
"You never know what is going to happen," DeWine told The Enquirer. Still, "they all took their job very seriously."
A certain tolerance for chaos has served DeWine well during her husband's 40-plus years in politics. She's no longer the shy sixth-grade girl who hid in her parents' basement when a young Mike DeWine knocked on the door with a Whitman's Sampler of chocolate and a silver cross necklace in hand.
DeWine is now the Ohio governor's closest adviser and friend. Their shared passion for children is evident in Mike DeWine's campaign promises and his coming state budget.
"(Jon Husted) and Fran are probably his top two advisers," Tina Husted said. "I'm certain he talks to Fran about everything."
Mike DeWine credited his wife with his successes, both political and personal, during the inauguration.
"Fran – more than anyone – helped us achieve this moment and deserves the most thanks. Without her, I would not be here today," he said.
As the role of political spouses evolved over the years, the role of Fran DeWine remained constant: connect with Ohioans at their schools, town squares and homes. Listen to them. And when in doubt, feed them pie.
To that end, DeWine kept a rigorous schedule during the gubernatorial campaign against Democrat Rich Cordray, visiting all 88 counties herself and handing out thousands of her handwritten cookbooks. (The campaign distributed 130,000 during the race. The governor doled out more to Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabić and her staff last week.)
"No one goes to a lot of these counties," DeWine said. "I always tease Mike. If he goes to a small county and gives a major address, it will get a write-up. If I go, they put my face on the front of the newspaper."
Maybe that's because she comes with recipes. Her now-famous cookbooks started as a way for shy DeWine to feel better about knocking on strangers' doors during dinner during her husband's first political race: Greene County prosecutor in 1976.
"It makes them smile, and they keep it a lot longer than (Mike's) literature," DeWine said. She distributed her 14th edition during the gubernatorial election, a version that included recipes from Jon and Tina Husted.
DeWine's favorite recipe: her grandmother's chicken and noodles, which she likes to make with homemade rolls and pie.
"Fran has an incredible way of connecting to people: through her cookbook, her dedication to family and community," Ohio Republican Party leader Jane Timken said. "I'm incredibly excited that she's our new first lady."
What's next for DeWine? She hasn't yet decided which causes she'll champion in the role, which she noted is much more public than her previous ones.
"No one cares what the wife of a senator does," she said.
Former first lady Karen Kasich advocated for the arts. Frances Strickland, an educational psychologist, led the Ohio Family and Children First Council.
But children and their futures are never far from DeWine's thoughts. She touted programs, such as Moms2B, a prenatal and first-year-of-life educational course through Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and Dolly Parton's Imagination Library that mails books to children from birth until they enter school.
DeWine will attend news conferences and offer advice. She's not on DeWine's cabinet, but they talk often about their shared goal of improving children's lives in Ohio.
"Mike and I always work together," she said.
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But that meant holding the stack herself. And they weren't light, a staffer who held them for a few minutes attested.
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Maija Grotell est une céramiste finno-américaine, née à Helsinki le  et morte à Pontiac (Michigan) le .

Biographie
Maija Grotell naît à Helsinki, en Finlande. Elle étudie la peinture, le design et la sculpture à l'école d'art industriel de la ville et travaille la céramique auprès de l'artiste-potier Alfred William Finch.

En 1927, elle immigre aux États-Unis et participe à un cours d'été à l'université d'Alfred. Elle s'installe à New York et enseigne à la Henry Street Craft School.

En 1936, elle devient la première femme à remporter un prix au Ceramic National. Deux ans après, elle est nommée master craftsman par la Boston Society of Arts and Crafts.

En 1938, Grotell rejoint Cranbrook et prend la direction du département de céramique de l'institution, où elle reste jusqu'à sa retraite, en 1966, formant ainsi de nombreux artistes tels , Toshiko Takaezu,  ou Jeff Schlanger.

Œuvres

Plusieurs de ses œuvres sont aujourd'hui conservées dans les collections de grands musées, notamment au Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Hommages
En 2012, le cratère mercurien Grotell est nommé en son honneur.

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Naissance en août 1899
Naissance à Helsinki
Décès en décembre 1973
Céramiste finlandais
Céramiste américain
Femme céramiste
Décès à 74 ans

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One of These Days exhibition at Unit 24 Gallery is a retrospective of the career of Ian Emes, a pioneer of music videos and video art.
The opening on 1st March, combined projections of Emes' animations, dim lighting and coloured spotlights. Original cells of some of the artist's most famous works – from his early career, animating for the prolific live shows of Pink Floyd – filled the gallery, placed alongside hanging torches for close examination of the bold colours and dynamic shapes Emes' is best known for. The exhibition also includes some more intimate insights, such as early preliminary sketches and notebooks.
In an interview for The Upcoming, Emes' expressed his views on the relationship between art, film-making and commercial film-making: a fraught issue, which he clearly feels strongly about. This exhibition gives credence almost exclusively to his personal, truly felt, artistic works. One can see a great emphasis on the relationship of music and moving images in the selection of his work. In the colourful and atmospheric set-up of Unit 24, a kind of nostalgia for a lost time in music can be felt. An honest harkening back to a time when rock and roll was a true expression of selfhood, not a pre-packaged image.
Although Emes offers a personal view on how culture should define itself (or rather, avoid being falsely defined by society and the media), One Of These Days is far from preaching. It does not actively impose one idea, but rather seeks to perpetuate the value of freedom and honest creativity. Standing as a retrospective, it is nice to see an exhibition from an artist with strong affiliations to musicians, which maintains focus upon the artist. One of These Days is very much an examination of Emes' work and a retrospective of his broad and influential career.
Unit 24 Gallery's retrospective exhibition is perfectly timed, as Emes' work examines the problem of freedom in society, flooded with self-effacing advertising and information overload. On the gallery's website, One of These Days is described as "a walk through the internet" – this collection of Ian Emes' work should be taken as an experience, rather than a prescription of a certain feeling, or a specific meaning. In this respect, the influence of music in Mr Emes' work is the most palpable – image and sound are completely interwoven in a way that affects mood and influences emotive experience.
The Upcoming caught Ian Emes for an interview, minutes before the exciting opening of his retrospective exhibition, One of These Days at Unit 24 Gallery. The exhibition spans his career with Pink Floyd and is an examination of his most artistic works. The concept of individuality and freedom is central to Mr Emes' work. It is clear how strongly he feels about this issue and the problems that today's emerging artists are faced with.
On Unit 24's website, you mention that you're a rock and roll film-maker who sold out to commercial films. Do you think it's possible to build a bridge between the two or is it important to keep them completely separate?
I think it's very personal. Some people can disassociate themselves from the sell-out work, and then they can put themselves into another compartment for the more personal, artistic work. Other people find the area blurred and that their integrity becomes corrupted by doing the commercial work. For me, I've always hated doing commercial work. I love the craft, but I hate the content. So there has never been any confusion for me. I've always felt that the content means nothing at all, and it's all for the practice of the craft. So I didn't get confused; and with the money that I made from the commercials, I would then make a film of one of my own projects.
In terms of practicing the craft and experimentation in your art work, is this something that you would encourage in new, upcoming artists? Do you feel that there's any such thing as good, or more worthwhile, experimentation?
I don't think there's any such thing as a bad experiment. Because the whole point about an experiment is that it's not guaranteed to succeed. And, as we say, the price of experimentation is failure. For me, there's not enough emphasis on the benefits of failure. Through the process of trial and error, you make many mistakes; and through learning from those mistakes, you'll eventually have a success. I think there's pretend experiment, or packaging a concept, which for me is the most appalling thing you could ever do to make a brand name attach to an experiment.
Do you think that art and music can help a culture to define itself?
Without being old fashioned, I think art has a duty to be a mirror on society and to reflect on it, without thinking about being successful. I think there's a big emphasis on being famous. I don't think an artist necessarily has to be the starving garret artist, but back in the Surrealist period, or the Cubist period, they weren't setting out to be successful: they were tackling an idea. So my worry is that people are too busy becoming a success, and not spending enough time coming to terms with the thought processes in their work.
Do you think it's more difficult for people to create this individual sense of themselves now, than it was when you started your career?
I think there's more opportunity, but I also think there's more self-consciousness about identity. I don't want to make sweeping statements, but I feel that the younger generation are being bombarded, all the time, with what they should be like. How they should be and the brand associations with that. Whereas, in the 60s, rock music was inventing itself and was going on regardless of the marketing. During the time of the concept album, there were some big philosophical ideas going around, from Dark Side of the Moon to The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, by Genesis. The concept albums had ideas in them, and now … I don't think a big music label would really want a concept album. It would be too challenging, or too unlikely to sell. Because of the money, people control everything now; no one wants to take a risk.
There's something about the experience of live music that can take you out of yourself. How do you think that music and moving images relate in this way? Do they create a relationship that feeds off each other?
I have to talk personally, because music was a big part of my life growing up and Pink Floyd, in particular, were an enormous influence. One of the reasons that they were so inspirational for me is that they have an architectural background. They went to architecture college and so I think their music creates spaces. It creates environments of sound and I was so stimulated that my mind would soar, and so I would see images that were stimulated by the music. As for the live experience, that was the most thrilling when Floyd started to use imagery in their concerts. The trick is not to force it on people, but rather to allow the music to stimulate their imagination and the visuals continuing this without over-defining. This makes it even more exciting and exhilarating because there's part of you contributing to the process.
Could you perhaps say it's encouraging an experience, rather than pushing a specific meaning or feeling?
Yes. And it's also a group experience, a mass experience amongst your generation. It's a generational experience. So you have ownership in it and it's enormous, it's as big as where your imagination can take you.
Finally, thinking about this idea of forming our own individuality, one that isn't overly influenced by media and societal factors, does this exhibition offer your own subjective opinion on how that should be done, or just confront us with the issue?
Yes, it does. I don't want to be preachy, obviously, but I'm playing with the idea of identity and with the notion that the corporations take the identity of youth and try to sell it back to them. For me, the worst thing is when a perfume manufacturer says "Be who you are, whatever". Now, the thing about that is you can "be who you are" provided you buy my perfume. It's an absolute abuse of freedom of thinking – to take the very concept of freedom of thinking, and attach a brand to it. And this is hitting on young people from every direction; it's like rain, like static, it's information overload. I would like to encourage young artists to listen to themselves, not care what anyone thinks and just go by their gut feeling. Not copycat, but just be stimulated and excited by something, and do what feels true to them. That's what I want from the exhibition.


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Home Economy Stimulus Check Update: $500 Rebate For Massachusetts
Stimulus Check
Stimulus Check Update: $500 Rebate For Massachusetts
On July 11, House Speaker Ron Mariano, Senate President Karen Spilka, Ways and Means chairs Representative Aaron Michlewitz, and Sen. Michael Rodrigues tweeted that Massachusetts had announced a $500 million package of tax rebate stimulus check centered around "a framework for radical reforms to our taxation system that will put funds back into the pockets of lower- and middle-income residents of the Commonwealth."
The Massachusetts legislature just last week said it will create the Taxpayer Energy & Economic Assistance Fund to provide rebates for personal economic relief. In order to counteract the rising cost of living, Spilka and Mariano proposed a one-time tax credit of up to $500 to be given to Massachusetts citizens by September 30.
Are You Eligible For Another Stimulus Check?
According to their joint statement, "the adjustments to our tax code would diminish income disparity, increase Massachusetts' competitiveness on the national level, and lessen the devastating effects of rising prices, inflation, and economic instability. Together with the payments for middle-class citizens' economic assistance announced last week, these modifications bring the Legislature's taxpayer relief package to a total of $1 billion.
They also claim that the planned tax code adjustments amount to at least $500 million. Additionally, qualified Massachusetts residents will get one-time Stimulus Checks of $500 for married couples filing joint returns and $250 for individuals filing individual returns by September 30, 2022. The minimum and maximum yearly incomes for individual taxpayers and joint filers, respectively, will be $38,000 and $100,000, respectively, as reported in 2021.
The Massachusetts Legislature "has heard loud and clear that higher expenditures due to inflation have cut into family budgets," Spilka noted in a tweet. "Whether it is the growing price of petrol, food, or summer apparel for kids," she continued. "These Stimulus Checks demonstrate the Legislature's dedication to providing immediate financial assistance directly to Commonwealth citizens, rather than to huge oil firms that continue to benefit from global unrest and unstable economies," the legislature said.
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COVID19: Cyprus economy weaker-than-expected rebound
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Uncertainty looms over Cyprus' economic future as it prepares to exit a prolonged crisis brought on by the pandemic with a less vibrant rebound from recession in 2021.
The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) said in its medium-term forecasts on key macroeconomic figures that the country "continues to be characterised by an unprecedented uncertainty due to the pandemic".
The CBC said Cyprus is no exception to the trend and course of economies of the euro area, which is why since the pandemic Eurosystem forecasts are made using three scenarios, basic, mild, and adverse.
This year's recession is predicted at -6.2%, while a relative GDP recovery of 4.1% is expected in 2021, followed by growth rates of 3.4% and 2.7% in 2022 and 2023, respectively, according to the Central Bank.
The forecasts of the baseline scenario have Cyprus' GDP reaching pre-pandemic levels in the third quarter of 2022.
Regarding inflation, according to the baseline scenario, it is expected to be -1.2% in 2020 compared to 0.5% in 2019.
For 2021-23, inflation is expected to gradually increase, reaching 0.5% in 2021, 0.9% in 2022 and 1.4% in 2023 depending on GDP developments.
Compared to CBC's June 2020 forecast, a milder recession is expected for the current year and a lower GDP growth rate for 2021. This applies to all three forecast scenarios.
For 2020, the GDP reduction in Q3 was relatively limited compared to what was expected at the early stages of the pandemic but exceeds the largest GDP contraction expected in Q4 due to the resurgence of the virus in the autumn.
The Central Bank said the gradual recovery expected in 2021 will be weaker than expected in June, partly because of the second wave of the pandemic.
The baseline scenario for a recession for 2020 is -6.2%, while in the optimistic scenario is -5.5% and the adverse one -6.7% GDP.
Recovery for 2021 is projected to be 4.1% in the baseline scenario, while in the other scenarios its 4.8% and 1.8%, respectively.
For 2022-23 in the basic scenario for positive economic growth rates are projected at 3.4% and 2.7%, respectively.
Source: Financial Mirror


1.3 1) Qualifiers work update - Igor F.
1.4 2) IU/Test update - Thanh H.
1.5 3) SWT & Equinox launchers - Krzysztof D.
1.6 4) WTP - Carl A.
1.7 5) Platform monolith discussion - Andrew R.
Andrew R., Igor F., Thanh H, Paul W., Krzysztof D., Carl A.
1) Qualifiers work update - Igor F.
2) IU/Test update - Thanh H.
some empty source bundles. need to be cleaned up upstream. build.properties vs. feature.xml <= Igor will look at to consider if Tycho could build.
Some third party bundle differences.
NPE's to jar files it couldn't find. Need a platform team member to help tell us where they need to be & why.
3) SWT & Equinox launchers - Krzysztof D.
Expected tomorrow fully working build with latest tycho snapshot.
4) WTP - Carl A.
5) Platform monolith discussion - Andrew R.
Andrew suggested it's highly unlikely the platform will be re-organized. Too big, too risky, and little concrete business value.
Andrew suggested it may be possible to have Tycho do build avoidance by pulling pre-built bundles from a repository. Thus making it possible to skip over components you don't want to build.
Igor noted the circular dependencies were nasty, and the tests run against the monolith rather than just a component. As a result, this may not always be much help.
Andrew noted the build is 11 minutes to build the entire monolith on his machine, so perhaps not so bad.
Igor agreed these options may help.


Sweden's Infrastructure Minister Åsa Torstensson has commissioned a report from the country's telecoms regulator, the PTS, on how TeliaSonera could be split into separate infrastructure and services divisions. She has also asked the PTS to look at alternatives to splitting the Swedish-Finnish owned group, which comprises elements of both countries' former monopoly operators. The move is partly in response to Swedish alternative telcos' complaints about the firm's dominance over the infrastructure-based fixed line and broadband markets. In a statement released on Thursday, Torstensson said that 'Sweden has fallen behind in rankings showing the number of homes with broadband connections. I hope that PTS can work out a proposal that will create greater possibilities for more households to get broadband.' TeliaSonera has previously resisted calls to separate, but the company has vowed to give its competitors fairer access to its network. The PTS's study is due to be completed on 15 June. The regulator has been asked to create 'clear rules of engagement' for all telecoms companies. The Swedish government is the largest shareholder in TeliaSonera with a holding of 45.3%, whilst the Finnish government has 13.7%, with the rest distributed. The Swedish government is planning to divest some of its interest in the telco as part of a wider privatisation programme.


Carlo Ancelotti: "The most important thing is to play well and win a game. Now it happened that we won with large results but that is not so important for us because the last three matches we have played very well.
Gary Megson: "We were nowhere near what we can and have produced. The fans gave us their backing all the way through, they sang and cheered, and we didn't give them a performance, which was disappointing because they deserve better.
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If a stuffy classroom where a teacher monotonously lectures for hours comes to mind when you think about school, think again. Like a real journey, the learning journey at OBS offers as much variety as possible. This includes bilingual education as well as subjects as varied as coding, drama, robotics and Aikido. The classrooms are designed and furnished in a way that allows for flexibility and ensures a friendly and welcoming learning environment. At OBS, you will not only find specialized rooms for the sciences, arts, technical design, coding, robotics and music, but also a LEGO innovation studio and a TV studio. Different from other schools, OBS employs a teacher-tandem-team for each year and subject in primary school. One teacher is a native English speaker, the other a native German speaker. During primary school, the children are taught in an alternating weekly rhythm by one of the teachers. Beginning in the lower secondary school, the language changes yearly. That ensures that the students learn the important terminology in each subject in both languages.


On this episode of INSIDE MUSIC, host James Shotwell calls Pentimento drummer and songwriter Mike Hansen to discuss his band's upcoming album. Along the way, James and Mike get sidetracked with discussion of growing up, the cost of maintaining a dream, and how to cope with the uncertainty of your own future. It's an open and honest conversation about life in the music business today, and we are thrilled to be able to share it with you here. Pentimento's new album, 'I, No Longer,' arrives October 23 via Bad Timing Records.
The music you hear in this episode is "Small Talk For Strangers" by Pentimento. The song can be found on the band's new album, I, No Longer, which can be ordered here.


The first thought that pops into most peoples minds when they hear the word "awning" is that Main Street, Old Town awning style. Older buildings can become trendy landmarks with the right awning. If your building needs to attract more traffic – or your existing awning has worn out its welcome, we can help turn your entryway into a work of art that gets attention.


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Angelina reveals her reason for divorcing Brad Pitt
Before now, they've both been pretty tight-lipped about their split – but Angelina Jolie has just given a rare insight into why she left Brad Pitt.
by Bronte Coy
Angelina Jolie has given a rare insight into the cause of the breakdown of her marriage to Brad Pitt.
The 45-year-old Maleficent actress addressed their 2016 split in a new interview with British Vogue, explaining it was for the "wellbeing" of her six children.
"I separated for the wellbeing of my family. I continue to focus on their healing," Jolie told the magazine.
"Some have taken advantage of my silence, and the children see lies about themselves in the media, but I remind them that they know their own truth and their own minds.
"In fact, they are six very brave, very strong young people."
Jolie with her six kids at the world premiere of Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil on September 30, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. Picture: Kevin Winter/Getty Images
It comes after Jolie made a thinly-veiled swipe at Pitt in an interview with US Harper's Bazaar late last year.
In the honest interview, Jolie was asked if she'd considered leaving the United States.
She replied: "I would love to live abroad and will do so as soon as my children are 18. Right now I'm having to base where their father chooses to live."
The Brangelina split came as a shock to many. Picture: Anthony Harvey/Getty Images
The actress has three biological children with Pitt: Shiloh, 13, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 11. They also adopted three children: Maddox, 18, Pax, 15, and Zahara, 14.
In another subtle dig at her ex during the interview, Jolie also credited her kids with helping her "find" herself again.
"The part of us that is free, wild, open, curious can get shut down by life. By pain or by harm. My children know my true self, and they have helped me to find it again and to embrace it," she said.
"They have been through a lot. I learn from their strength. As parents, we encourage our kids to embrace all that they are and all that they know in their hearts to be right, and they look back at us and want the same for us."
The "Brangelina" split in 2016 was one of the biggest shock relationship breakdowns Hollywood has ever seen.
Jolie and Pitt met as co-stars on the set of Mr and Mrs Pitt in 2005, began dating shortly afterwards, and eventually tied the knot in 2014.
But the couple filed for divorce in September 2016 following an incident on a plane when Pitt allegedly lost control of himself and clashed with son Maddox, then 16.
Pitt and Jolie released a joint settlement where they stated they'd agreed to settle their divorce in private, and in February 2017, Jolie spoke about the divorce for the first time, saying "we will get through this time and hopefully be a stronger family for it".
While Pitt and Jolie were finally both declared officially single by a judge in 2019, the terms of their divorce are still being finalised.
According to Us Weekly, the legal negotiations are still ongoing largely because the "sticking point is the value of Chateau Miraval" - the former couple's historic property in the south of France - and Jolie believes she should be given the entire estate because it was "her idea to purchase the property to begin with".
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The worst affected province is the Eastern Cape, followed by Gauteng, and protests are getting more violent.
South Africa has so far seen 144 protests against lack of service delivery since January this year, the latest data released by the Municipal IQ today showed.
The worst affected province is the Eastern Cape, followed by Gauteng. There was a slight increase of protests in the Western Cape and Free State.
"The footprint of protest activity is increasingly evident across a diverse range of communities – from cities to rural areas, with the range of issues including growing demands for housing and job opportunities in urban areas to basic services and better governance in smaller municipalities," Karen Heese, economist at Municipal IQ, said in a statement.
As of June 30 this year, the province with the least protests was Mpumalanga at three percent. At third place after Eastern Cape and Gauteng was Western Cape at 15 percent, followed by KwaZulu-Natal at 14 percent, North West at nine percent, Northern Cape at six percent, and Limpopo at five percent. The protests have become more violent in recent years, said Municipal IQ managing director Kevin Allan.
Municipal IQ is a specialised local government data and intelligence organisation that collects data on service delivery protests staged against municipalities, using its Hotspots Monitor tool.


Maybe you're in a financial jam and you need to figure out how to make some quick cash. Or perhaps you just want to bolster your current income with a side hustle. If you've got a car, there are several ways you can use it to make money.
This is the most obvious idea, and also the one that's likely to make you the most money, at least in terms of a lump sum. Selling your car private party could earn you quite a bit, depending on your car's current market value and if you're willing to drop the price to sell it faster.
If you're in need of a solid chunk of cash, this may be the way to go. The downside is that you won't have a car anymore, but if you live in or around a city, this may not be as bad as you think. Public transportation is getting better and better, plus there's rideshare options available, which coincidentally brings us to our next money-making venture.
Provided your car is new enough to meet the minimum requirements, driving on Uber, Lyft or another ridesharing platform is an excellent way to make money on your own schedule. Now, in all fairness, it's important to mention that rates aren't what they used to be. The days of making huge money through these platforms are mostly over. You can make some decent extra cash, or drive consistently to make a living. For the best results, you'll want to drive during the most popular times, when rideshare services jack up their rates. This usually happens on holidays and around the times when bars are closing.
The great thing about driving for ridesharing platforms is that it's also an excellent way to meet new people. This is especially helpful if you want to network. You can print out business cards and distribute them to anyone you drive who is interested.
Delivering products is an easy enough job that you don't need experience to get hired, and besides a base rate for every delivery, there's also the possibility of receiving tips. The traditional way of getting a delivery driver job is applying at a company that needs products delivered, such as a restaurant that offers food deliveries. While this is still a good option, you can also work for a company such as Postmates, which has an app that allows customers to order whatever they want and have it delivered to their door. This type of job is similar to working for a rideshare company, as you simply log in on the app and make yourself available, and then you can accept delivery requests.
If you're in need of fast cash but you don't want to sell your vehicle, then car title loans are another option. You go to the title loan company's office, they appraise your car, and then they'll issue you a loan based on the current market value of your car. You'll typically have 30 days to pay back the loan plus any interest charges.
This is definitely a last resort option. The interest rates on title loans are almost always very high, often reaching an annual percentage yield (APR) of 300 percent. This does depend on your state, and some states, such as Florida, actually put a reasonable cap on title loan interest rates. The key with a title loan is that you borrow as little as possible and you make sure that you'll be able to pay it back.
There are many ways that a vehicle in good condition can make you money. All you need to do is find the method that's best for you and your financial needs.


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Q: client / server division of responsibility It makes sense to give the server applications as much responsibility as possible as to avoid having to rewrite logic across different types of clients.
In my case I am developing a data structure that represents human relations (mother, father, sister, brother, etc.) the purpose is to query the data structure and get the chain (if there is one) of relations between two people.
I ultimately want to support types of relations that are not consistent through cultures and languages. In English for example there is only grandmother and grandfather, where as in other languages these can be expressed in terms of which parents side they are on.
I am not sure how to divide the responsibilities of the service on the client and server.
Should the server return a relation chain that is independent of culture? That is only using simple relations like mother, father, son, daughter... to the client and let the client deal with culture specific conversions? In this case I would develop some client conversion libraries in Javascript for the cultures i wish to support. If someone wants to use my service in their xamarin-app they would have to rewrite that conversion logic in C#.
Or should I do everything on the server? Using this option it feels like the server would do to much almost, shouldn't it be enough to return data (culture independent relations) that can represent other data (culture-specific relations) and let the clients do the conversion as they see fit? On the other hand the conversion involves quite a lot of logic...
Or should I have both? That is, on the server provide a relation chain independent of culture on the plus some culture specific relations that i wish to support. This way, if some types of relations are not supported by the API someone can grab the culture independent relation chain and do their own conversion.
If you think of other pros / cons with the different approaches I'd like to hear them.
What is the better approach and why?

A: REST (HTTP) has a concept of content negotiation. The client can ask the server for the content type of a resource and can also tell the server what type of content type it will accept. The client and server can then figure out the best format to return the data in.
So you could support some very specific representations of these relationships resources via a custom content type that you define (see vendor and unregistered content types https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_type#Vendor_tree)
You could also have a very generic format that clients can fall back on if they don't support the specific representation.
This gives you the best of both worlds, you can support specific representations without having to worry that if you miss one your clients won't work.

A: The case described is ideal for using logic programming and graph-based data structures. You have two parts: Relationships in the most basic form (including basic facts like marriages, divorces, births, etc - I believe there are good standard ontologies for those), and rules on how to "call" those relationships.
I do not know how constrained is your "client", and whether it can perform inferences on it's own, but once the facts and rules are in place, it's quite simple for the inference engine to deduce the facts even in the muddiest cultural cases (provided you have supporting facts).
It is possible also to make your knowledge base into modules, one per culture, if we know that only part of the cultural-specific knowledge will be in use. This means, that the inference may happen faster.
The nice side of using knowledge base approach is that all the knowledge is in the uniform format, it's extendable by just loading more facts to work (for example, in semantic web speak - just adding new triples or graphs with triples), and it requires quite generic inference engine (which you may probably even find in the form of some library).
Accordingly, API will boil down to requesting packages of facts (around specific individuals) and rules (if the whole set of rules does not fit to the client side of the application, which I doubt is the case).
I do not know if you have user queries, but inference engines can easily work in both directions: "Understanding" complex relationship as consisting of smaller ones, and identifying complex relationships given elementary ones: It just depends on what is your goal. Every book on Prolog I've seen uses family relationships as an introductory example.

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19-year-old Danni Messina was trying to do a good deed when she posted a tweet on her Twitter account supporting St. Jude's Children's Hospital and promising to donate money to the pediatric facility for each favorite and retweet. Messina assumed that 25 cents for each retweet and 50 cents for each favorite would result in her donating around $1000 to the hospital. With just over 600 followers, she didn't realize how quickly her tweet would catch on. She first tweeted early in the morning on November 26, but soon discovered that she had vastly underestimated Twitter users. By the next afternoon, her tweet had been retweeted by thousands of people and received hundreds of likes. Messina realized that, according to her promise, she now owed St. Jude's more than $40,000. The sum was much more than her original $1000 amount and completely beyond her means as a struggling college student at Washington State University.
Overwhelmed by the outpouring of support for her cause online, she quickly ended her Twitter fundraising campaign. When the final social media numbers were totaled, Messina found that her pledge would be around $200,000 if she stuck to her original parameters. However, despite her financial limitations, Messina wasn't ready to throw in the towel. She launched a GoFundMe page online to help her fulfill her pledge. The online community responded with generosity, donating over $50,000 in five days. Messina says that she will donate the money to St. Jude's along with $1000 of her own money.
Messina was inspired to tweet her pledge after she found out her friend was spending the Thanksgiving holiday with his grandmother at St. Jude's Children's Hospital. Moved by the plight of children who are forced to be in the hospital during the holidays, Messina decided to send the charitable tweet supporting St. Jude's out to her followers. She never expected the pledge to gain so much attention, but her efforts have won her praise from patients at St. Jude's and their families. Her donations will help defray the massive cost of running St. Jude's. The hospital provides free healthcare, but daily operating costs amount to more than $2 million.


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University of Georgia men's basketball play the number four team in the nation.
WUGA | By Martin Matheny
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University of Georgia men's basketball is headed to play the Tennessee Volunteers, number four in the nation, after two lackluster losses against Kentucky and Vanderblit.
Tennessee is 16-3 for the season and coming into the game with only one conference loss.
UGA head coach, Mike White, understands the weight of Tennessee and says they are"one of the best defenses he's scouted".
UGA center, Braelen Bridges is confident that if they "stay locked in" they can succeed.
Bridges is likely to be the biggest starter on the court for either team, staggering at a height of 6 '11 and averaging just under 8 points, 5 rebounds per game.
For high scouring, keep an eye on guard Terry Roberts averaging nearly 16 points a game. Georgia has also outscored their opponents reserves by 168 points this season. Catch tonight's game at 7 p.m. against the Volunteers.
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Elphel, Inc. designs and manufactures open hardware and free software cameras. The company was founded in 2001 by Russian physicist Andrey Filippov, who emigrated to the US in 1995.

Elphel cameras have been used to capture images for Google Street View and the Google Books project.  The Moss Landing Marine Laboratories use Elphel cameras in their project called Submersible Capable of Under Ice Navigation and Imaging (SCINI) – an NSF-funded research project for robotic under the sea ice for surveying and exploration in Antarctica.

See also
 AXIOM, an open source hardware 4K digital cinema camera

References

External links
 Elphel official website

Cameras
Digital cameras
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Linux-based devices
Open hardware electronic devices
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What to be done by EVN to supply sufficient power in 2019?
It is forecasted that in 2019, the demand for power would highly increase with limited supply capacity from thermal and hydropower sources. What solutions will EVN implement to solve difficulties and ensure sufficient power supply?
At the Conference for summarizing the work of 2018 organized by EVN, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung identified: "The risk of local power shortage in the coming years is obvious if we do not come up with solutions to develop power sources and grids".
Demand on power for socio-economic development and people's living is continuously increasing, exceeding the supply capacity. Currently, the total power source capacity of Vietnam is about 48,000MW. With a growth rate in power output of about 10%/year (according to adjusted Power Master Plan VII) by 2025, the expected power demand of the National power system will be 90,000MW, doubling the current one. By 2030, it will increase to about 130,000MW.
Meanwhile, hydropower is currently meeting about 40% of the demand, but its potential has been almost exploited, being difficult for further development. Other sources of alternative power are also facing many difficulties as Vietnam has temporarily suspended the implementation of nuclear power projects, many thermal power projects have been behind progress, renewable energy sources have currently been unable to develop on a large scale because of high cost, failure to meet the requirements of transmission system. The borrowing of foreign capital for the development of power sources also faces many difficulties due to obstacles by Governmental guarantee procedures, etc.
Another big challenge for the Power sector is the imbalance between supply and demand of each area and region. While the South uses more than 50% of the total power demand (this figure of the North is nearly 40%, the Central is nearly 10%), currently, the power source is mainly concentrated in the North and Central regions (nearly 60%), the South can only generate less than 40%.
Power transmission system between areas and regions has not met the requirements. The construction of "backbone" transmission lines and their branches has been slow, not consistent with the required progress of projects on source development. The process of negotiation on importing power from foreign countries has also faced many difficulties.
Which solution to ke taken?
In response to the above-mentioned challenges, implementing the Government's directive on "preventing power shortage for production and people's living" (Resolution No. 01/NQ-CP, dated 1st January 2019), Chairman of EVN's Member Council Duong Quang Thanh requested the whole Group to urgently implement its key tasks to be on schedule.
Accordingly, it is required to ensure ready operation to reach the designed capacity of generator units, particularly coal-fired power plants must ensure their uninterrupted and stable operation in the dry season; full preparation of backup supplies and equipment for maintenance and repair; tightening operation disciplines, not letting occurrence of big incidents. Domestic and foreign coal, gas sources for power generation shall be balanced, particularly in the dry season of 2019. It is required to continue working and signing contracts with coal/gas suppliers (Vietnam National Coal - Mineral Industries Holding Corporation Limited (TKV), Dong Bac Corporation, PetroVietnam Gas Joint Stock Corporation) to solve the problem of primary fuel for power plants. In case of insufficient supply of domestic coal, the units should take the initiative in or coordinate with TKV and Dong Bac Corporation to import coal for power generation.
Vietnam Electricity will closely coordinate with local authorities in saving power; take solutions for load regulation, ensuring the stability of the power system; ensure the progress of invested works for power source and grids, complete negotiations on signing power purchase contracts with Laos and China in Quarter I of 2019.
Additionally, the Group will promote applying scientific and technological achievements in order to improve its production and business efficiency and labor productivity. The Group will continue implementing practical schemes, applying such new and modern technologies as BigData, Cloud, AI, IoT, Blockchain, digital technology, etc.
Along with determining to make breakthrough in investment in power source development and transmission system as the leading requirement for avoiding power shortage in any situation, EVN will actively advise the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Government to adjust and supplement Power Master Plan VII; redefine the structure of power sources, transmission systems in each period, area and region; safely operate the power system; reduce power loss; continue improving customer service quality, etc.
- Generation and purchase power output: 232.5 billion kWh, increasing by 9.2% compared to that of 2018.
- Access-to-electricity index: Rank 24/190 countries, economies in the world and remain its position in ASEAN 4.


The Prime Minister has approved the appointment of Shri Rajiv Mehrishi, IAS (RJ:1978) Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance as Home Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs for a period of two years with effect from 31.08.2015. He succeeds Shri L.C. Goyal.
The Prime Minister has also approved the request of Shri L.C. Goyal, IAS (KL:1979) seeking voluntary retirement from Government service due to personal reasons with immediate effect.