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Mythic Film Festival
Online Festival / Awards Event
First Year Running
Top Shorts
We're an online-exclusive genre festival that SUPPLIES FEEDBACK for successful film submissions! Watch our film festival trailer here - https://youtu.be/fDrDbrvvRqs
WE'RE A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM OTHER FESTIVALS - We asked festival entrants what they wanted from a brand new festival. We were surprised to find that they didn't want another screening - they wanted real, valuable feedback from people in the industry. So we set out to make that happen. Read more in the awards and prizes section, or visit our website for full details - mythicfilmfestival.com/feedback
WE'VE ASSEMBLED A TEAM OF EXPERT JUDGES - We're a team made up of award-winning creative professionals who work across film and advertising. From global production backgrounds to leading advertising agencies, our team of organisers and judges are perfectly placed to create a festival that behaves and thinks differently.
A FilmFreeway EXCLUSIVE PARTNER - We've partnered with FilmFreeway to launch our first festival. This exclusive partnership ensures legitimacy and ease of submission for all entrants.
ALL THE LAURELS! - We award laurels for shortlisted entries, highly commended entries, category finalists, category winners and judges picks.
THE MYTHIC AWARD - We give away one 'Mythic Award' every year - this is our overall winner's award for our favourite film of the festival.
WE AWARD WITH FEEDBACK - Our team of specialist Judges provide a range of numeric and bespoke, written feedback for each film that makes it through the initial selection process. We provide two tiers of feedback for successful submissions...
Numeric Feedback - We're delighted to be able to provide numeric feedback to ALL successful entrants to our film festival. This level of feedback is a 1to10 grade across 10 different categories like 'worldbuilding' for example.
Written AND Numeric Feedback - We provide both numeric AND written feedback to our top 30% ranked submissions. Written Feedback is a short paragraph - up to 100 words - that may express things the judges liked, disliked or even just simple praise - this will be different for each and every film.
Mythic Film Festival is on the hunt for the best genre shorts across Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror, adventure, comedy, student and international genres.
Films must be submitted via online screener.
All films must have a run time of between 1 and 20 minutes. We do not accept films that run beyond 20 minutes.
Submission Eligibility
- All submissions must have been completed after 1 January 2017.
- Works-in-progress and films with distribution are not accepted.
- Films must not have received more than 50% of their funding from a studio or broadcaster.
- All films not in the English language are required to have subtitles.
We are open to films of all recommended age classifications. We have no censorship rules on gore, violence or nudity. We will not tolerate cruelty to animals. We will not tolerate films in poor taste regarding issues like race or sexuality if it does not serve the plot.
Submission Fee
All FilmFreeway submissions for Mythic Film Festival are to be paid by credit card or PayPal. The submission fee is non-refundable.
Selection of Films
Submissions are reviewed and selected under the following criteria:
- Quality of narrative and production values
- Independent nature of the production
Mythic Film Festival endeavours to complete all selection procedures by August 31st and inform all submitting parties, via FilmFreeway, if their film has been successful or not after that time. In rare circumstances, the judging process may take longer than anticipated, so we reserve the right to roll over this date should the need arise.
Festival Screenings
We are an online-only festival and thus do not hold screenings. We endeavour to provide value in other ways - like awarding feedback with nearly all our successful submissions.
We do not provide feedback to films which do not pass our initial approval process. We endeavour to provide numeric feedback for all successful submissions. We endeavour to provide written feedback to the top 30% of ranked shorts in each genre. This ranking is determined on a numeric scale during the judging process. Written feedback is no more than 100 words and is at the judges discretion regarding the content of the feedback.
Whilst every effort will be made to adhere to the published schedule, Mythic Film Festival reserves the right to make changes at any time for any reason. Mythic Film Festival will not be liable for any costs claimed as a result of a change in scheduling.
GENERAL AGREEMENT OF PARTICIPATION IN MYTHIC FILM FESTIVAL:
By submitting to the Mythic Film Festival I confirm that I have read and accept the terms and conditions of Mythic Film Festival. I will provide the festival with any additional information required pursuant to these rules and regulations.
I certify that I hold all necessary rights for the submission of this film/video to the Mythic Film Festival and that all rights and clearances have been made. This film is not subject to any litigation nor is threatened by any litigation.
By Agreeing to these terms, I transfer to Mythic Film Festival the right to use excerpts of the submitted film, its stills, and trailers, for the purposes of publicity and marketing of the festival, and for other non-commercial uses related to the promotion of the 2019 festival. I hereby agree to indemnify Mythic Film Festival, in the event that such rights have not been properly transferred.


What Is The "Definition Of Wellness"?
What is the definition of wellness? In today's day and age, it seems like this question comes up more than ever before. No matter who you are, it is important to know the definition of wellness as well as how it pertains to your life. While there is no universal definition, there are certain characteristics that most people think of when it comes to the word wellness.
Generally speaking, wellness is a process in which you make decisions that will better your life. For many, wellness is only looked at in terms of physical appearance and help. While this is important, keep in mind that it also includes mental health and stability as well.
There are several aspects of wellness to consider. They include: social wellness, religious wellness, occupational wellness, intellectual wellness, physical wellness, emotional wellness, and medical wellness. If you consider wellness to be a state of your overall health, you are not alone. Some people liken this to the way that they feel, both mentally and physically. Although it is important, wellness is more than feeling good and keeping disease out of your life. It is also the way that you approach each day, and what you are doing to stay healthy.
Within the broad definition of wellness there are many other meanings to be aware of. For example, a wellness program is something you can take part in to improve this area of your life. Not only can you devise your own plan, but employee wellness programs, sponsored by corporations, are becoming more common. This is directly attributed to the fact that employers realize how important wellness is to the overall operation of their company.
With no set definition of wellness you are free to research what this means to you, and do what you can do lead the proper lifestyle.


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'Conviction': Daniel Franzese Joins New ABC Legal Drama Series In Recasting
Photo: Tyler Cheever Gomes
Looking alum Daniel Franzese is set as a series regular in Conviction, ABC's upcoming drama series from the Mark Gordon Co. and ABC Studios.
Co-created by writer Liz Friedman and director Liz Friedlander, Conviction stars Hayley Atwell as Hayes Morrison, the brilliant but ne'er-do-well daughter of a former President who is blackmailed into taking a job as the head of New York's newly created Conviction Integrity Unit. She and her team of lawyers, investigators and forensic experts work together to examine cases where there's credible suspicion that the wrong person might have been convicted of a crime.
Franzese will play Jackson Morrison. Equal parts brother and best friend to Hayes, he is a sharp-witted, sophisticated political operative who runs his mother Harper's Senate campaign. He's one of the only people who can pierce Hayes' tough exterior and call her on her B.S. Franzese replaces Daniel DiTomasso, who played the role in the pilot. The character since has taken in a different direction.
Franzese, repped by Stone Manners Salners Agency and Advanced Management, recently co-starred on Freeform's addiction drama series Recovery Road.
This article was printed from	https://deadline.com/2016/07/conviction-daniel-franzese-abc-legal-drama-series-hayley-atwell-1201795311/

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In June 2013, two incredible dogs started a love affair. Diva, a 3-year-old Staffordshire, fell hard for Joey, a 13-year-old shepherd mix.
Two months later, it resulted in a pregnancy.
Of course, Diva's dad Pepijn couldn't help but notice her giant belly growing, and there was good reason for her massive baby bump. After only 59 days, Diva went into labor with her litter of little miracles — 13 little miracles, to be exact! Diva was an inexperienced mother, so she was a little "spooked" when the first puppy came out. Thankfully, her parents were there to provide her with assistance and support.
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Novak Djokovic's status still in limbo as Australian Open chief confirms tournament's vaccine requirements
The ball is back in Novak Djokovic's court.
Australian Open chief Craig Tiley confirmed Saturday that everyone who attends the first Grand Slam tennis tournament of 2022 will need to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19, including all the players.
That continues to leave the status of defending and nine-time champion Djokovic in question. Djokovic, who has refused to say if he is vaccinated, would be attempting to win a record 21st Grand Slam singles title.
The tournament is scheduled for Jan. 17-30. The Victorian state government had earlier said only vaccinated persons would be allowed into the site for the tournament, and Tiley reiterated that Saturday.
"Everyone on site, the fans, all the staff, the players, will need to be vaccinated," Tiley said at the tournament's official launch. "There's been a lot of speculation about Novak's position. He's said it's a private matter.
"We would love to see Novak here, but he knows he needs to be vaccinated in order to play. He's always said that the Australian Open is the event that puts the wind in his sails."
The no-vaccine, no-play edict was made by the Victorian state government in late October. It means the Australian Open will become the first Grand Slam tournament to require mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for the players.
Victoria has been the hardest-hit state in Australia, with 1,268 pandemic deaths out of the country's total of 1,922 and 109,000 of 194,000 overall cases as of Saturday. Melbourne and many other areas of Victoria have been subject to lengthy lockdowns and overnight curfews over the past 18 months.
"It's been made very clear, when the premier [Daniel Andrews] announced several weeks ago that in order to participate at the Australian Open, to come into Victoria, you'll need to be fully vaccinated," Tiley said earlier on a morning television program. "Immediately, we communicated that to the playing group. It is the one direction that you take that is going to ensure everyone's safety."
Among the top male players, Tiley, who is the tournament director, said Rafael Nadal and Daniil Medvedev, who beat Djokovic in the US Open final, preventing the Serbian player from completing a calendar-year Grand Slam, plan to be in Melbourne in January.
Roger Federer, who continues to recover from right knee surgery, has already said he won't be coming. He, Nadal and Djokovic are all tied with 20 singles majors each.
Top-ranked Ash Barty of Australia will make another attempt to win her home major, and defending champion Naomi Osaka has confirmed she will play, Tiley said.
Tiley said he had been "on the phone" with Serena Williams in the past few days and that Williams, who has 23 Grand Slam singles titles and needs one more to tie Margaret Court's all-time record, is training and plans to play.
Tiley, who said he had also been in contact with Djokovic and his team, said it will be apparent by mid-December who will be coming. He said international players were currently going through the travel visa process with the Australian government and that entry for the Australian Open closes in December.
"I know that he wants to play, he's clearly indicated that, and he knows the conditions that he would have to undergo in order to be eligible to play," Tiley said of Djokovic. "Entry in here will be determined by around early to the middle of December on the entry deadline, so you'll know when a player's entered an event. ... So in the next couple of weeks, you will have a really good indication of where everyone's at because at that point there's an official list of who's going to be here."
Tiley said there will be full crowds for the tournament, meaning Rod Laver Arena will return to its capacity of about 15,000, as will the other main arenas.
The second week's schedule has changed for January's tournament, with both women's singles semifinals to be played Thursday evening ahead of the Saturday night final.
The men's singles semifinals will be split over the afternoon and evening session Friday, with the final on Sunday night, Jan. 30.
Also, Martin Pakula, sports minister for Victoria state, announced that Melbourne Park will host the Australian Open until 2044 under a new deal negotiated with Tennis Australia. There had been speculation for several years that Sydney and New South Wales state wanted to poach the tournament from Melbourne, but Saturday's announcement appears to have ended any speculation about a move northeast to Australia's largest city.


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Q: Clearcase client installation issue- Linux RHEL5 I am not sure if it is the right place to ask this question. I have been trying to install clearcase client 8015 on a new machine with RHEL5u8 image. Tried googling a lot but could not resolve the issue as per suggestions on other forums.

*

*It gets installed successfully. (As per the prompt)

*listing of the views is done properly. (cleartool lsview)

*When I do cleartool mount -all,

cleartool: Error: The MVFS file system is not installed or not loaded,
  or the 'viewroot' is not mounted or is inaccessible: not a ClearCase
  object.

*logging in as root then starting clearcase, executing "/opt/rational/clearcase/etc/clearcase start"
OUTPUT:-

ClearCase is stopped Starting ClearCase ClearCase daemons: albd_server
  FATAL: Error inserting mvfs
  (/lib/modules/2.6.18-308.4.1.0.1.el5/kernel/fs/mvfs/mvfs.ko): Unknown
  symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg) Loading the MVFS
  was unsuccessful(8:1) /opt/rational/clearcase/etc/clearcase: Loading
  MVFS failed
  ---- Please review /var/log/messages for information on the problem.
  ---- You may need to rebuild your kernel, rebuild your mvfs module,
  ---- and reboot your system. Information on how to do this can be found in
  ---- your Release Notes and file /var/adm/rational/clearcase/mvfs/mvfs_src/README.txt.

I have followed all the steps in /var/adm/rational/clearcase/mvfs/mvfs_src/README.txt but still cannot achieve anything.
Uninstallation also fails as:-
./linux_8015_uninstall

ERROR: Installation data has incompatible version 1.8.0; expected
  1.7.0. Newer version of the Installation Manager was used on this system.
java.io.IOException: Installation data has incompatible version 1.8.0;
  expected 1.7.0. Newer version of the Installation Manager was used on
  this system.
00:01.33 ERROR [main]
  com.ibm.cic.agent.core.application.HeadlessApplication run
  Installation data has incompatible version 1.8.0; expected 1.7.0.
  Newer version of the Installation Manager was used on this system.
  java.io.IOException: Installation data has incompatible version 1.8.0;
  expected 1.7.0. Newer version of the Installation Manager was used on
  this system.   java.io.IOException: Installation data has incompatible
  version 1.8.0; expected 1.7.0. Newer version of the Installation
  Manager was used on this system.
      at com.ibm.cic.agent.internal.core.InstallRegistryParser.parse(InstallRegistryParser.java:160)
      at com.ibm.cic.agent.internal.core.InstallRegistry.load(InstallRegistry.java:679)
      at com.ibm.cic.agent.internal.core.InstallRegistry.openFile(InstallRegistry.java:485)
      at com.ibm.cic.agent.internal.core.InstallRegistry.open(InstallRegistry.java:429)

Cannot proceed with installation, cannot uninstall either to try another version of clearcase, tried googling for the version mismatch of IBM installation manager but could not find anything addressing the issue properly for Linux.
Any suggestions on how to proceed? I am new to clearcase tool.

A: Usually, when I see only snapshot views are supported, and MVFS (for dynamic views) hasn't installed properly, I uninstall everything and try the all process from the start again.
In your case, that means installing or downgrading the IBM IM Installation Manager to the right version (similar to this issue).
It can be an IM update issue, as seen  in this technote.

A: Further to @VonC's comment re: incompatible IM install,
review the following doc: MVFS not loading after kernel upgrade or is missing after installation on Linux.
I encountered a similar problem after an incompatible kernel path / ClearCase version. In my case, the error was similar to what is documented here in the post  MVFS not installed - RHEL6  and I had to edit the kernel source to the same as the patch and rebuild. Then things stared up fine.
Review also the link How to manually restore a pre-built MVFS on Linux.
If the corresponding kerenl level is not provided it will not start and you will have to patch and make your own.

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Seasonal pressures explain the rise of the Composite index in June and July
In July the Teranet–National Bank National Composite House Price IndexTM was up 0.8% from the previous month.[1] As in June, the gain might seem large but was below the historical average for the month (1.0% for July). If the index were purged from seasonal variations, the so-called "seasonally adjusted" index would have retreated in June and would have been flat in July.
As in May and June, prices were up in 10 of the 11 metropolitan markets surveyed, led by Ottawa-Gatineau (2.3%), Winnipeg (1.9%), Montreal (1.3%), Halifax (1.2%) and Hamilton (1.1%). For Toronto the index rise matched the countrywide average of 0.8%. The index was also up for Edmonton (0.7%), Quebec City (0.6%), Vancouver (0.4%) and Victoria (0.4%). The index for Calgary was flat.
The published (non-seasonally-adjusted) Toronto index rose for a fourth straight month in July. In contrast, the seasonally adjusted index would have declined for a fourth straight month. This means that the recent monthly rises in the published index reflected only seasonal pressures instead of an underlying trend. The retreat of the seasonally adjusted index over this period was due to non-condo housing[2] (−2.1%); the seasonally adjusted condo subindex was up 1.6%. These numbers are consistent with market conditions, tighter for condos than for other housing. The monthly rise of the Vancouver and Victoria indexes has slowed markedly since last September. Seasonally adjusted, both indexes would have been down in July for a second consecutive month. The index for Montreal stands out for its advance in 17 of the 19 months since January 2017, a showing equalled only by Vancouver.
Teranet-National Bank National Composite House Price Index™
In July the composite index was up 1.8% from a year earlier, the smallest 12-month rise since July 2013 and a 13th consecutive deceleration from the record gain of 14.2% during the year ending June 2017. The main contributor to the slowdown was Toronto, the largest metropolitan market, down 4.0% from a year earlier, followed by Hamilton (−1.5%) and Calgary (−0.1%). There were small 12-month rises in Edmonton (0.3%) and Quebec City (0.6%) and rises exceeding the countrywide average in Winnipeg (2.5%), Montreal (4.0%), Ottawa-Gatineau (5.1%), Halifax (5.5%), Victoria (6.8%) and Vancouver (10.6%).
Besides the Toronto and Hamilton indexes included in the composite index, indexes exist for the seven other urban areas of the Golden Horseshoe. In July, two of these (Barrie and Oshawa) were, like Toronto and Hamilton, below their peaks of Q3 2017. Indexes not included in the composite index also exist for seven markets outside the Golden Horseshoe, five of them in Ontario and two in B.C. The 12-month rise of these indexes varied widely, from 2.4% for Thunder Bay to 17.6% for Abbotsford-Mission.
For the full report including historical data, please visit: www.housepriceindex.ca


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Stian Vatne (Molde, 10 de mayo de 1974) es  un exjugador de balonmano noruego que jugaba de lateral izquierdo. Su último equipo fue el Füchse Berlin. Fue un componente de la selección de balonmano de Noruega.

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Q: Can we emit signals of a base class in pyside? Is it possible to inherit signals from a base class and in the derived class connect methods to them? If yes, how?
Working testcase with composition
Instantiates a MyObject in a MyWidget, and in the widget reacts to a signal emitted by the object.
from PySide.QtGui import QApplication, QMainWindow
from PySide.QtCore import QObject, QTimer, Signal
from PySide.QtGui import QLabel

class MyObject(QObject):
    sig = Signal()

    def __init__(self, parent=None):
        super().__init__(parent)
        QTimer.singleShot(3000, self.alert)
        QTimer.singleShot(5000, self.exit)
    def alert(self):
        self.sig.emit()
    def exit(self):
        print('All done')
        exit(0)

class MyWidget(QLabel):
    def __init__(self, parent=None):
        super().__init__(parent)
        self.monitor = MyObject(self)
        self.monitor.sig.connect(self.update)
    def update(self):
        print(2)

app = QApplication([])
w = MyWidget()
w.show()
app.exec_()

It is a small but working example that opens a minimal, empty window, the self.monitor object instantiated by the widget emits a timer signal after 3 and 5 seconds. The first prompts the widget to just print a number to the console, the second signal causes the application to quit.
Failing testcase with inheritance
For inheritance only the widget class is changed to:
class MyWidget(MyObject, QLabel):
    def __init__(self, parent=None):
        super().__init__(parent)
        self.sig.connect(self.update)
    def update(self):
        print(2)

If this is run in the console nothing is printed but a Segmentation Fault happens.
Why? And can this be salvaged?
Salvaged by replacing super()
Interestingly, if both classes are changed to not use super(), the example works again:
class MyObject(QObject):
    sig = Signal()

    def __init__(self, parent=None):
        QObject.__init__(self, parent)
        QTimer.singleShot(3000, self.alert)
        QTimer.singleShot(5000, self.exit)
    def alert(self):
        self.sig.emit()
    def exit(self):
        print('All done')
        exit(0)

class MyWidget(MyObject, QLabel):
    def __init__(self, parent=None):
        MyObject.__init__(self, parent)
        QLabel.__init__(self, parent)
        self.sig.connect(self.update)
    def update(self):
        print(2)

Generally I prefer to use super(), but maybe I need to reconsider? I've purposefully linked to two controversial articles about the usage of super() in Python. And now would be interested in how to use super() properly with pyside, or in explanations why it doesn't work in pyside at all.
Minor update:
When using inheritance and super() but removing all signal related code the example works in that it does open up the window and does not segfault. So there seems to be some indication that the combination of super() initialization and signals causes a problem.
Minor update2:
..and when commenting out the self.sig.connect the window starts up and only segfaults when the 5-second signal fires to exit the application.
(This is Qt 4.8.4, Pyside 1.1.2 on an Ubuntu 13.04 system with a CPython 3.3.1 interpreter)

A: Qt does not support multiple inheritance from QObjects, and the same limitation applies to PySide and PyQt. Although there are sometimes ways to work around this limitation, it is generally a bad idea to attempt to create subclasses with two or more QObject base classes.
For the inheritance of signals, using a simple non-QObject mixin is probably the best way to go - although I think this solution will only work with PySide; for PyQt4, signals can only be defined on QObject subclasses.
UPDATE:
This latter restriction was removed in PyQt5: it is now possible to define properties, signals and slots in classes that do not inherit from QObject.

A: The only solution - or rather workaround - I could come up with so far that satisfies the criteria (a) inheritance and (b) use of super() is to prevent the diamond relationship as inspired by a comment by user tcaswell.
For my use case it is essential to retain the inheritance of any consumer classes (for custom widgets). On the other hand it is guaranteed - currently - that all consuming classes will be derived (indirectly) from QObject. Therefore there's no need to derive MyObject from QObject, though this in fact creates a true abstract MixIn class: It is not usable standalone and has interface requirements to consuming classes. I'm not sure if I like it.
Here's the working code:
from PySide.QtGui import QApplication, QMainWindow
from PySide.QtCore import QObject, QTimer, Signal
from PySide.QtGui import QLabel

class MyObject:
    sig = Signal()

    def __init__(self, parent=None):
        super().__init__(parent)
        QTimer.singleShot(3000, self.alert)
        QTimer.singleShot(5000, self.exit)
    def alert(self):
        self.sig.emit()
    def exit(self):
        print('All done')
        exit(0)

class MyWidget(MyObject, QLabel):
    def __init__(self, parent=None):
        super().__init__(parent)
        self.sig.connect(self.update)
    def update(self):
        print(2)

app = QApplication([])

w = MyWidget()
w.show()

app.exec_()


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Posted on November 27, 2015 by Fairborn Daily Herald
Bellbrook native dies in annual OSU lake jump
Lisa Cornwell - Associated Press
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COLUMBUS — Ohio State University announced Wednesday that it will move to end an annual lake jump after a student, who graduated from Bellbrook High School, experienced a fatal medical emergency while participating in the campus tradition.
The student-led event, believed to have begun in the 1990s, is held every year on the Columbus campus before the football game against Michigan.
"We are heartbroken over this horrible tragedy," Ohio State President Michael Drake said in a statement.
The death occurred despite efforts to make the lake jump safer, and Ohio State leaders "strongly" agree that they will work with the campus community to end the event, the university said in a separate statement.
"We must come together and acknowledge that while this is a student-led tradition that has been passed down through the years, we cannot risk another tragedy," the university statement said.
The stricken man, Austin Singletary, was pulled from Mirror Lake around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday with a cardiac emergency, officials said. Drake said Singletary was a third-year student and that the school was reaching out to his family.
Other students could be seen jumping and splashing in the lake while the man was being treated nearby by emergency responders, but the event was halted shortly after he was taken to the hospital, where he died hours later.
University spokesman Chris Davey said the lake jump was not sanctioned by the university, and Ohio State had attempted to increase safety by putting up temporary fencing around the lake and requiring participants to get wristbands prior to the jump. Davey said an estimated 10,000 students attended throughout the evening.
Mirror Lake lies just off Ohio State's central green, known as the Oval. Students jump into it the Tuesday night of the week leading up to the Ohio State-Michigan football game, which is to be played Saturday in Ann Arbor.
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Autumn is always exciting. Not because it means Christmas is on the way and Halloween is just around the corner, but because it means the yearly edition of George T. Stagg Bourbon is released. 2013 is no different, because here it is! Feast you eyes on the beautiful bourbon, aged for no less than 15 years and although it is a lower abv than previous years, it still weighs in at a sizable 64.1% abv.
Nose: A thick spread of honey on well done toast. Not burnt, but crispy.
Palate: Big lashings of toffee and chocolate followed by peppery dashes and coffee warmth.
Finish: Very long, with toasty hints creeping in right at the end.
Overall: Despite the lower abv, it still packs a punch that followers of the George T. Stagg bottlings will love.
If you can get your hands on this, it's worth any amount.
This is a monster. N: An initial burst of ripe galia melon, then the fruity fun is playfully interrupted by a raging hit of toasty clove and black pepper. It dares you to sip it. P: Orange zest and dark coffee are married with classy spice and a lively twist of mange-tout giving a fresh green note. F: lingering. Marzipan comes through as the taste thinks about getting its coat. Almost outstaying it's welcome, the finish hangs about as long as the mother-in-law. Except you're not complaining.


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Home Business Diplomat wants Pakistani businessmen to exploit US expertise
Diplomat wants Pakistani businessmen to exploit US expertise
Fri, 11 Nov 2022, 2:23 PM
PESHAWAR, Nov 11 (APP):The United States has long been Pakistan's largest export market, importing more than $5 billion Pakistani goods that is surpassing any other country and we want bilateral economic relations to be further strengthened by inviting Pakistani businessmen to come to US and get advantage of United States expertise in different sectors.
This was stated by Nathan Seifert, Counselor for Commercial Affairs during his meeting on trade-ties between Pak-US with Member Board of Investors and former convener of Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industries for Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia Shahid Khan Shinwari on Friday.
The two held an hour-long meeting and thoroughly discussed Pakistan-US trade ties and exchange of visits of Pakistani businessmen to US to have business-to-business meetings with different US companies for extending trading ties and to get benefits from the US expertise in fields of business. Ayaz Ali Khan, Commercial Specialist of the Embassy of the United States of America in Islamabad was also present at the meeting.
The main products that Pakistan exports to the United States are house linens, knitted sweaters, and other clothing articles. During the last 25 years the exports of Pakistan to the United States has increased at an annualized rate of 4.79%, from $1.26B in 1995 to $4.04B in 2020. The United States is also one of the top trading partners of Pakistan.
Pakistan is importing aluminum, aircraft, spacecraft, dairy products, honey, edible products and manmade staple fibers.
Mr. Nathan said, we work closely with Pakistan on a wide array of issues ranging from energy, trade and investment, health, clean energy and combating the climate crisis. The United States has been one of the largest sources of foreign direct investment in Pakistan and remains Pakistan's largest export market, he said.
Trade and investment relations between the United States and Pakistan continue to grow and the U.S. government supports this relationship by organizing business to business trade delegations, providing technical assistance, and promoting business opportunities for U.S. companies to develop U.S.-Pakistan commercial partnerships.
For more than 70 years, Pakistan has been an important partner and that is why we want that the businessmen of Pakistan including Khyber Pakhtunkhwa should come up to various trade expos for interaction with various US companies for expanding their business sphere.
Such direct communications with companies based in the US would help them learn more about expanding their businesses, Mr. Nathan Seifert said.
He said Pakistan is the fifth largest country in the world with regard to population and ranked as the 44th largest economy in 2022 according to IMF estimates. The United States has long been Pakistan's largest export market, importing more than $5 billion of Pakistani goods in 2021, far surpassing any other country. The United States has also been a leading investor in Pakistan for the past 20 years. In the most recent fiscal year, U.S. direct investment in Pakistan increased by 50 percent, it is now the highest in over a decade.
Major U.S. investments are concentrated in consumer goods, chemicals, energy, agriculture, business process out-sourcing, transportation, and communications. The United States has sought to deepen commercial ties with Pakistan, including through engagement by senior officials from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Department of State, and the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) with Pakistani leaders.
However, Pakistan's business climate has areas that needed to be strengthened, including regulation, intellectual property protection, and taxation. The United States continues to work with Pakistan to achieve business climate enhancements.
Mr. Nathan said it is good opportunity for the Pakistani businessmen to visit and interact with leading companies of the world and through that way it would help Pakistan-US to deepen trade ties. Nathan Seifert and Shahid Khan Shinwari, CEO of Shahid and Brothers, pledged to strengthen trade ties and business-to-business contacts to enhance the bilateral trade volume.
The two sides discussed a wide array of issues to foster bilateral trade and investment. Moreover, both talked about boosting cooperation in lubricant, energy, agriculture, textile and healthcare sectors as well as promotion of digital trade and e-commerce. Protection of intellectual property, promotion of labors' rights and economic empowerment of women also came under discussion.
The US Diplomat assured Shahid Khan Shinwari to remove all obstacles in the way of visit of Pakistani businessmen and investors in the US besides a guideline would also be provided to other leading businessmen and companies who want to strengthen and expand business, trade and investment ties.
Shahid Khan Shinwari thanked Mr. Nathan Seilfert for his efforts to support and help the businessmen in expanding trade and investment ties with the US and taking advantage of available business opportunities.
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Government not considering access to commercial banks' forex: Dar
PML-N always keeps county's interest supreme: Ahsan Iqbal
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'SNL' just gave us the 'Walking Dead'-'Chappelle's Show' crossover of our dreams
No surprise. Clayton Bigsby is a Trump supporter.
By Laura Prudom on November 13, 2016
> Entertainment > TV Shows
At first, Dave Chappelle wasn't planning on reviving any of his Chappelle's Show characters on Saturday Night Live, but then The Walking Dead went and killed Glenn, and all bets were off.
SEE ALSO: Dave Chappelle tackles Donald Trump in hilarious and heartfelt 'SNL' monologue
Ten years after the iconic comedy series left the air, Chappelle dusted off some of his most beloved Chappelle's Show personalities as part of a spoof of the zombie show.
Chappelle, dressed as Negan, lords over a lineup of potential victims including Tyrone Biggums, Lil Jon, black white supremacist Clayton Bigsby (sporting a "Make America Great Again" hat, natch), Silky Johnson and white anchorman Chuck Taylor.
As Chappelle's Negan walks the line, his characters get a chance to revisit some of their most famous quotes before Tyrone gets an unceremonious introduction to Lucille.
Sorry, Tyrone. Credit: NBC
Thankfully, even decapitation can't keep Tyrone down. He actually manages to dodge Negan's hits before delivering an inspiring message to us all in the wake of the election.
SEE ALSO: 'Saturday Night Live' takes it easy on us with powerful Hillary Clinton opener
"And that is how we as a nation begin to heal, through laughing together," he says. "For even though our country seems irrevocably severed, like a man from his head, let my example prove that we should continue to move forward.
"Let us see ourselves in one another, for only empathy can conquer hate. I am every man. I am every woman. It's all in me. Anything you want done, baby, I do it naturally."
Well said, Tyrone.
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Alessio Sakara (Roma, 2 de septiembre de 1981) es un peleador italiano de artes marciales mixtas que actualmente compite en la categoría de peso semipesado en Bellator MMA.

Biografía
Sakara nació en Roma el 2 de septiembre de 1981. Cuando Sakara tenía cinco años comenzó a jugar al fútbol como centrocampista. Sakara comenzó a entrenar en el boxeo a la edad de 11 años, a los 18 años comenzó a entrenar con Roberto Almeida en el Jiu-Jitsu Brasileño, y tiene un cinturón negro bajo el exveterano de UFC Marcus "Conan" Silveira. Antes de convertirse en un peleador de artes marciales mixtas, Sakara compitió como boxeador aficionado. Su apellido proviene de Saqqara, que fue una Colonia romana en Egipto.

Carrera en artes marciales mixtas

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Peso semipesado
Sakara hizo su debut en UFC 55 contra Ron Faircloth. La pelea fue declarada sin resultado debido a que Sakara conectó una patada en la ingle de Faircloth.

En su primer combate del 2006, Sakara se enfrentó a Elvis Sinosic en UFC 57. Sakara ganó la pelea por decisión unánime.

Sakara se enfrentó a Dean Lister el 27 de mayo de 2006 en UFC 60. Sakara fue sometido por Lister en la primera ronda.

El 18 de noviembre de 2006, Sakara perdió ante Drew McFedries en la primera ronda por nocaut técnico en UFC 65.

Sakara derrotó a Victor Valimaki en UFC 70 por nocaut técnico al 1:44 de la primera ronda.

En UFC 75, Sakara perdió por tercera vez en cuatro peleas, perdiendo por nocaut técnico en la primera ronda contra Houston Alexander.

Sakara se enfrentó al veterano James Lee el 19 de enero de 2008 en UFC 80. Sakara ganó la pelea por nocaut técnico en la primera ronda.

Baja al peso medio
Después de su victoria sobre Lee, Sakara anunció que se trasladaba a la división de peso medio.

Sakara perdió por nocaut técnico en la primera ronda contra el excampeón de peso medio de WEC Chris Leben en UFC 82.

En UFC Fight Night 15, Sakara derrotó a Joe Vedepo por KO en el primer asalto con una patada a la cabeza, lo que le valió para ganar el premio al KO de la Noche.

Sakara se enfrentó a Thales Leites el 8 de agosto de 2009 en UFC 101. Sakara ganó la pelea por decisión dividida.

El 21 de marzo, Sakara derrotó a James Irvin por nocaut técnico en UFC on Versus 1.

Sakara se enfrentó a Chris Weidman en UFC on Versus 3. Weidman derrotó a Sakara por decisión unánime.

El 14 de abril de 2012, Sakara se enfrentó a Brian Stann en UFC on Fuel TV 2. Sakara perdió la pelea por KO en la primera ronda.

Sakara se enfrentó a Patrick Côté en UFC 154. Sakara fue descalificado por golpear la nuca de Côté en repetidas ocasiones.

Sakara se enfrentó a Nicholas Musoke en UFC Fight Night 30. Musoke derrotó a Sakara por sumisión verbal.

El 18 de diciembre de 2013, Sakara fue despedido por la UFC.

Bellator MMA
El 27 de noviembre de 2015, se anunció que Sakara había firmado con Bellator.

En su debut, el 16 de abril de 2016, Sakara se enfrentó a Brian Rogers en Bellator 152. Sakara ganó la pelea por nocaut en la segunda ronda.

Campeonatos y logros
 Ultimate Fighting Championship
KO de la Noche (Una vez)

Récord en artes marciales mixtas

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St Albans Roman gold coin hoard goes on display
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-34199524
Image caption The coins have gone on display at the Verulamium Museum
A hoard of Roman gold coins worth nearly £100,000 that was found in St Albans has gone on display at one of the city's museums.
The stash, found in October 2012, and believed to be one of the largest Roman gold coin hoards buried in the UK, can be seen at Verulamium Museum.
The 159 coins date from the final years of Roman rule in Britain in the 4th Century.
A museum spokesman said it was "quite a relief" they were finally on display.
Image caption It is thought the coins were minted between 404-408AD in Rome
The coins, discovered on private land by Westley Carrington during his first metal-detecting outing, were declared treasure at an inquest in July 2013 and the value was decided by an independent committee at the British Museum.
Some had come from France, Germany and Greece, but they were mostly struck in the Italian cities of Milan and Ravenna, issued under the Emperors Gratian, Valentinian, Theodosius, Arcadius and Honorius.
'Good nick'
A museum spokesman said it is thought the coins were minted between 404-408AD in Rome and - given their lack of wear and tear - buried just outside Verulamium just a few years after that.
David Thorold, a curator at the museum, said they were in "phenomenally good nick" and "had not been handled by many Roman individuals".
Image caption The coins were found on private land
"You get a radiant effect from the striking process and that is still there so the majority are in almost mint condition - it looks like they came straight here and were buried for safekeeping," he said.
"We don't know why no one came back for them - it could be that they just couldn't find the spot again."
The coins were purchased with support from the Heritage Lottery Fund, St Albans Museums and Galleries Trust and an anonymous overseas benefactor.
Image copyright St Albans Council
Roman gold coins
Gold coins, known as solidi, were extremely valuable and not traded or exchanged on a regular basis
They were used for large transactions
They were mainly used by the wealthy elite to buy and sell or to pay taxes
Source: David Thorold, Verulamium Museum
St Albans Roman gold coin hoard found bought for £100,000
St Albans Roman gold coin hoard declared treasure
Roman gold coin hoard found in St Albans is 'nationally significant'
St Albans Museums
St Albans City & District Council


Air Arms is alerting the trade to a rogue consignment of Air Arms gunbags that are leaking onto the market.
Air Arms are thrilled to sponsor the 2019 UKAHFT National HFT Recoiling Championship event.
The HW44 finally landed in the UK right at the tail end of 2017 and I couldn't wait to get my hands on one to see how it would perform. There were clearly a lot of other people who thought like me and it's taken until now, the end of 2018, for Hull Cartridge to have one available for me to test.


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Read the Thoughts of a Boy with Autism
Reprinted with permission from SFARI.org, an editorially independent division of the Simons Foundation. (Find original story here.) The autism described in The Reason I Jump is quite different from the mostly social disorder that I, as a researcher and clinician, find in textbooks and journal articles.
By William Mandy on November 20, 2013
Reprinted with permission from SFARI.org, an editorially independent division of the Simons Foundation. (Find original story here.)
The autism described in The Reason I Jump is quite different from the mostly social disorder that I, as a researcher and clinician, find in textbooks and journal articles.
The new bestselling book, featuring the remarkable testimony of a Japanese boy who has severe autism, is a surprising and engaging memoir that's full of paradoxes.
Foremost amongst these is the book's genesis: Even though it suggests a sense of direct, immediate access to the thoughts and ideas of the author, 13-year-old Naoki Higashida, the prose for the book was in fact created by a sequence of processes involving several collaborators.
Higashida finds spoken communication all but impossible, but has learned to express himself by pointing to Japanese hiragana letters printed on a piece of card in order to spell out words. In this manner, he meticulously wrote the book over the course of months with his mother as scribe.
The book then came to the attention of a married couple, who were perhaps uniquely qualified to make it accessible to English speakers: the renowned novelist David Mitchell (author of Cloud Atlas) and his Japanese wife K.A. Yoshida, who have a son with autism. Mitchell and Yoshida translated Higashida's work for an international audience.
The result is a slim volume whose lucid prose has caused me to reconsider some of the most basic ideas I have about autism.
Over a hundred or so pages of question-and-answer, Higashida displays an originality of thought and poetry of expression that eludes most writers, let alone most 13-year-old boys. For example, when answering "Why do you ignore us when we're talking to you?" he writes: "A person who's looking at a mountain far away doesn't notice the prettiness of a dandelion in front of them. A person who's looking at a dandelion in front of them doesn't see the beauty of a mountain far away."
Further, the level of empathy and emotional insight this teenager displays will surprise many readers, and certainly anyone who has studied autism. The conventional wisdom holds that the disorder, at its heart, is a social disorder, in which the capacity for understanding the thoughts and emotions of others is badly impaired.
Locked in:
Higashida's account blows this conception out of the water.
He regularly conveys a sense that he understands the reader may have a perspective that is different from his own, and shows extraordinary skill in knowing what that perspective is and in trying to change it. He describes experiencing emotions that rely on social awareness, such as embarrassment and envy; he loves to be with other people; and above all he feels terrible when he thinks he has caused upset or pain for others.
Higashida reveals some of this heartbreaking meta-awareness when describing why he seems to ignore people when they're talking to him.
Even though I feel guilty toward the person who has spoken to me, I can't even apologize, so I end up feeling miserable and ashamed that I can't manage a proper human relationship.
Higashida gives an account of a sort of 'locked-in' syndrome, in which he is a person just like anyone else, but has become the victim of a body and mind that he cannot control — "as if my whole body, except for my soul, feels as if it belongs to somebody else and I have zero control over it."
In this way, his book sometimes evokes an appalling sense of claustrophobia, as if it is a communication painstakingly tapped out in Morse code from within a solitary prison cell. As Mitchell points out in his introduction to the book, Higashida's social difficulties are not core symptoms of his autism, but rather one of its indirect consequences.
Whatever outward appearances may suggest, this book argues that people with severe autism are not so different from anyone else. Crucially, we are reminded that they are just as sensitive to the reactions of others, and have the same need to be understood and treated with kindness and respect, as the rest of us.
However, at other times, Higashida's account suggests profound differences between the daily experience of people with and without autism. In particular, he appears to know little distinction between the passing of a day and of a second: "Inside my head there really isn't much difference between what I was told just now, and what I heard a long, long time ago."
To my knowledge, scientists have shown no interest in the felt experience of time in autism, and this would seem to be a fundamental feature of the disorder that requires further investigation.
Jumping forward:
But what do we do with these revelations?
The idea that Higashida's description of his life could suggest a topic for empirical investigation raises the broader question of what we can learn from this book. In its gentle, lyrical way, The Reason I Jump is controversial, because it suggests that the current official consensus about autism is wrong.
As someone who studies autism, and tries to help people with the disorder, I was left wondering how much I should be influenced by this book: Should I continue to trust mainstream opinions, based on clinical wisdom and findings from scientific investigations? Or should I ignore the so-called experts, and be guided instead by this authentic voice of experience?
To grapple with these questions is to ask about how we can know things, and whether some routes to knowledge should be more privileged than others.
Trying to decide whether the book will teach me more than the scientific literature on autism is like asking whether I will learn more about America from reading Moby Dick or from studying reports from the U.S. Census Bureau. Both provide insights. But these insights are qualitatively different, and no universal standard sets one above the other.
In the history of autism research, however, so far there has been too much U.S. Census Bureau, and not enough Moby Dick. The Reason I Jump serves as a reminder that the voices of people with autism must play a greater role in shaping the general understanding of autism, and should be more influential in shaping clinical services and the research agenda.
Naoki Higashida is explicit about why he wrote The Reason I Jump. Speaking on behalf of people with autism he writes, "We are misunderstood, and we'd give anything if only we could be understood properly" and "I hope that, by reading this book, you might become a better friend of someone with autism."
His book has become a popular sensation, selling out of its first hardcover run and making late-night television. I'm heartened to think of readers all over the world falling under its spell, and discovering in themselves a compassionate curiosity about the worlds of people with autism.
William Mandy
William Mandy is senior lecturer in clinical psychology at University College London.
The Ancient Marriage between Music, Movement and Mood
By Shelly Fan on November 18, 2013
The Dark Side of Power Posing: Cape or Kryptonite?
By Jay Van Bavel on November 21, 2013


The following checklist is a companion to Core Elements of Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship Programs. This checklist should be used to systematically assess key elements and actions to ensure optimal antibiotic prescribing and limit overuse and misuse of antibiotics in hospitals. CDC recommends that all hospitals implement an Antibiotic Stewardship Program.


Two local artists are excited about their work being displayed in Cambridge for the month of February.
An opening reception will be held at the Cambridge Center for the Arts on Friday, Feb. 1, from 4 to 7 p.m. for a new exhibit featuring the works of Marilyn Cuellar and Larry Ostrom.
The show, titled "Two Views: Graphite and Clay" describes the nature of the show, with Cuellar's graphite drawings and Ostrom's clay pottery.
Ostrom has been making pottery for 42 years, he said, although his work has evolved over the years. In the 1980s, he spent three years in Japan, where he taught and studied.
More than anything, Ostrom said it was his pottery instructor at Bethel University who inspired him to work with clay.
In his sophomore year, he dropped out of school for a year with a friend and they set up a studio in a small barn in Cambridge, where they built their first kiln. They then bought a turkey barn, which they remodeled into two living quarters and a pottery studio and music studio.
Ostrom said they lived in the barn for about 10 years before he moved into Cambridge and set up his studio and gallery at his new home.
Ostrom describes his work as functional pottery.
Graphite artist Cuellar also works out of her studio in Cambridge. In 2012, she was awarded the Best of Show-Drawing at the Uptown Art Fair (Minnesota's national show) and has received this award three times in the last five years. Overall, 300 juried fine art fairs throughout the Midwest have featured her drawings, including the Minnesota State Fair Fine Art Exhibit, Chicago Botanic Art Festival, Port Clinton Art Festival, Kansas City Plaza Art Fair, Des Moines Art Festival and Madison Art on the Square.
Marilyn Cuellar won the Best of Show-Drawing award at the Uptown Art Fair (Minnesota's national show) in 2012—receiving this award three times in the last five years.
She minored in art at Wisconsin State University-Eau Claire, but it wasn't until later that she started working more with graphite.
Cuellar entered the Uptown Art Fair for the first time in 1991 and got in her first year, which she said was a surprise. That's when she started entering juried art shows throughout the Midwest every year.
She said the essence of her work is in the details. Whether a portrait or botanical or architectural image, her work uses the medium's full range of values to create contrast and texture.
Cuellar will have originals and prints for sale at the show, which will be on display throughout February at Cambridge Center for the Arts, located at 144 2nd Avenue SE in Cambridge, one block east of Main Street. For more information, visit www.cambridgecenterforthearts.org or call 763-691-9679.


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Equity releaseNews
Advisers want more equity release support
Some four in 10 (40%) of advisers thought more support to increase the number of equity release-qualified IFAs is needed to make the product more accessible, Canada Life Home Finance has found.
Some one in eight (13%) UK advisers aren't equity release-qualified, although 38% of these intend to become qualified in the next 12 months.
More support to help advisers become qualified ranks ahead of better education for customers (37%) and lower product costs (37%) as the main measure advisers believe is needed to make equity release more attractive in 2019.
Clearing an existing mortgage was most popular reason for equity release
Alice Watson, (pictured), head of marketing and communications at Canada Life Home Finance, said: "The majority of equity-release qualified advisers use their qualification on a regular basis, and it's little wonder.
"More and more customers are becoming open to what the product can offer them and are happy to treat property wealth similarly to other assets, as something they can draw on to help them have the retirement lifestyle they want.
"But the shortfall between the number of advisers and the growing number of retirees – even before considering the growing demand for equity release – presents a real challenge to the industry.
"It's no surprise that advisers have identified more help to get qualified as the best way of narrowing the gap, and at Canada Life we're proud to play a part in providing that much needed support."
Almost all (97%) qualified advisers use their qualification at least once a year, with 75% using it weekly.
However, while the majority of UK advisers are equity release-qualified, there is a shortage of advisers in the industry. There were approximately 33,000 registered advisers in the UK in 2017, compared with around 700,000 people who reach retirement age each year.
Further to this, recent research by Garry Heath, director general of adviser trade body Libertatem, indicates that 7,000 advisers could leave the industry in the next five years – increasing the advice gap even further.
The news follows Canada Life's launch of another round of its equity release exam workshops nationwide.
The workshops, which are free to attend, saw strong demand when a similar series was organised last year by Canada Life, with over 300 unqualified advisers attending fully-booked events.
As well as this, Canada Life has also announced a series of 'Setting the Standard' workshops for already-qualified IFAS, helping advisers with a range of capabilities to make the most of their qualification and learn more about latest industry best practise.
Equity release becoming more popular among women
The future of equity release: access, education and innovation
One in five use equity release to cover daily living expenses


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Przylaszczka (Hepatica Mill.) – rodzaj roślin z rodziny jaskrowatych. Rośliny występują na półkuli północnej w klimacie umiarkowanym – w Europie, Azji i wschodniej części Ameryki Północnej. W Polsce występuje jeden gatunek – przylaszczka pospolita Hepatica nobilis, będąca gatunkiem typowym rodzaju.

Według części ujęć systematycznych (także Linneusza) rodzaj nie jest wyróżniany. Gatunki tu zaliczane włączane są do rodzaju zawilec (Anemone). W ujęciach wyróżniających rodzaj zalicza się tu ok. 7–9 gatunków, różne ich liczby powstają w zależności od traktowania niektórych taksonów w randze odmian, podgatunków lub gatunków.

Morfologia
Rośliny z kłączem, z którego wyrastają gęste korzenie i pojedyncze, długoogonkowe liście. Liście są wcinane na trzy lub pięć klap, na brzegu całobrzegie lub ząbkowane. Na szczycie łodygi pojedynczy kwiat wsparty przypominającymi kielich, zielonymi podsadkami. Kwiat jest obupłciowy, z pojedynczym okółkiem listków okwiatu, licznymi pręcikami i słupkami. Owocem jest niełupka.

Systematyka
W pierwszych pracach systematycznych Linneusza (Species Plantarum 1753) gatunki zaliczane później do tego rodzaju włączone zostały do rodzaju zawilec Anemone. Później jednak dominował w systematyce pogląd o odrębności rodzaju Hepatica ustalony też wcześnie, bo już w 1754 roku przez Philipa Millera. Kwestia odrębności rodzaju Hepatica wróciła w końcu XX wieku wraz z analizami filogenetycznymi bazującymi na cechach molekularnych i morfologicznych. W ich rezultacie bowiem zaproponowano włączenie kilku linii rozwojowych sztucznie rozdzielanych, a tworzących jeden klad określany mianem rodzaju zawilec Anemone sensu lato.

Kluczowe znaczenie dla wyodrębnienia rodzaju Hepatica miało odkrycie, że Anemone sensu lato nie tworzy grupy monofiletycznej, lecz stanowi parafiletyczny grad ewolucyjny prowadzący do pary rodzajów powojnik Clematis i Anemoclema (wcześniej uznawano, że cała grupa Anemone sensu lato jest monofiletyczna, ponieważ w badaniach w latach 90. użyto rodzaju Clematis w roli grupy zewnętrznej). Ze względu na rozpoznawalność i znaczenie rodzaju Clematis, jego włączenie do rodzaju Anemone uznano za zbyt wywrotowe dla klasyfikacji i w efekcie dla jego zachowania wrócono do koncepcji podziału całej grupy Anemone na drobne, monofiletyczne rodzaje, w tym też wyodrębniając rodzaj przylaszczka Hepatica.

Rodzaj należy do rodziny jaskrowatych z rzędu jaskrowców. W obrębie rodziny klasyfikowany jest do podrodziny Ranunculoideae Arnott, plemienia Anemoneae.

 Wykaz gatunków
 Hepatica acutiloba DC.
 Hepatica americana (DC.) Ker Gawl.
 Hepatica asiatica Nakai
 Hepatica falconeri (Thomson) Steward
 Hepatica henryi (Oliv.) Steward
 Hepatica insularis Nakai
 Hepatica maxima (Nakai) Nakai
 Hepatica × media Simonk. – przylaszczka pośrednia
 Hepatica nobilis Schreb. – przylaszczka pospolita
 Hepatica transsilvanica Fuss – przylaszczka siedmiogrodzka

Uprawa
Przylaszczki preferują gleby pochodzenia wapiennego. Mogą rosnąć w różnorodnych warunkach. Spotykane zarówno w cienistych lasach, zaroślach jak i na otwartych, słonecznych łąkach. W zimie, ukryte pod pokrywą śnieżną dobrze znoszą znaczne mrozy.

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Briefing on the environmental damage caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine (8-14 April 2022)
The full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine has claimed thousands of lives, causing serious damage to Ukraine's economy, infrastructure, natural heritage, and environment. War-related pollution has a negative transboundary environmental impact on other countries in the region. Some risks (including nuclear) threaten the environment on a continental and global scale.
On 11 April 2022, participants of the meeting of the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe condemned Russia's barbaric actions in the war against Ukraine, accompanied by humanitarian catastrophe, nature's mass destruction and pollution of the environment. In her speech, Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine for European Integration Iryna Stavchuk stressed that Russia's invasion undermined all foundations of international law and deliberately created environmental hazards.
The Government of Ukraine records the occupiers' crimes against the environment and will use every opportunity to bring the aggressor country to justice, in particular through the mechanisms of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties.
Anyone can confidentially report the crimes against the environment to the special task force of the Ministry of the Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine that collects evidence to file the lawsuits with the UN International Court of Justice for damages by the aggressor country. Please visit https://www.saveecobot.com/features/environmental-crimes
Nuclear and radiation safety threats
In early April, the State Agency of Ukraine for Exclusion Zone Management (DAZV) regained control over all Chornobyl nuclear power plant facilities. The infrastructure restoration and power plant staff rotation are being carried out.
Before the war, an automated radiation monitoring system operated on the territory of the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone. This system monitored the power of the equivalent dose of gamma radiation throughout the Exclusion Zone at 39 stationary units in real-time. As a result of the Russian aggression, DSP "Ecocenter" was looted. The occupiers confiscated the server rooms engaged in the maintenance and processing of this information. DAZV plans to resume the operations of the monitoring system of radiation pollution in the Exclusion Zone as soon as possible.
The central analytical laboratory in DSP "Ecocenter" has been destroyed. Russians broke into the storage of ionizing radiation sources containing examples of radioactive solutions and calibration sources.
The occupiers stole and damaged 133 radiation sources with a total activity of about 7 million Becquerels. This is comparable to 700 kg of radioactive waste with beta and gamma radiation. Even a small part of this activity is deadly if handled unprofessionally and uncontrollably. The location of the stolen radiation sources is currently unknown.
The Chornobyl NPP Security Institute offices and laboratory were also looted and destroyed by Russian invaders. These laboratories contained the sources of ionizing radiation and samples of fuel-containing materials from the Chornobyl Shelter, which were used for scientific research purposes. The location of these materials is also unknown.
The Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant was captured on 4 March 2022 and is still controlled by the Russian military. All power units of the station are serviced by Ukrainian personnel. The power plant staff rotation takes place regularly. The power plant staff is forced to align all technical decisions regarding the station with the Russian military commander and Rosatom employees.
During the shelling of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, Russian invaders damaged a number of its facilities, causing losses of UAH 18.3 billion according to preliminary calculations.
The Ministry of Energy of Ukraine and the Energoatom's management have repeatedly appealed to the international community highlighting that the presence of the Russian military at the nuclear facility and the interference of Rosatom representatives in the plant's operation is unacceptable.
Recent attacks on infrastructure and industrial sites
On 9 April, the Russians hit a tank with 4 tons of non-concentrated nitric acid near the town of Rubizhne (Luhansk region). The attack caused an explosion releasing significant amounts of nitric acid into the air. The poisonous cloud was carried away by the wind towards the positions of Russian troops near the villages of Kudryashivka and Varvarivka. There are no reports of civilian casualties.
On 9 April, Russian troops shelled the town of Lysychansk in the Luhansk region. The attack caused a fire at a gas station. It was impossible to put out the fire due to constant shelling.
On 10 April, Russian troops launched numerous missile strikes on the city of Dnipro and the Dnipropetrovsk region, one of Ukraine's most developed industrial centres. The attacks damaged infrastructure and industrial facilities. The Dnipro airport has been destroyed.
On 11 April, the State Ecological Inspectorate of the Polissya District received a report from law enforcement officers about the depressurization as a result of the explosion of the "Samara-West" oil pipeline on the territory of the Ovruch community in the village of Rudnya, Zhytomyr Region. State inspectors and laboratory specialists arriving at the scene recorded the depressurization of the pipeline and spill of diesel fuel. Sampling and measurements of contaminated areas were carried out. Upon completion of laboratory tests, specialists will calculate the damage to the environment and will send the relevant reports to the national police.
On the night of April 12, the Russian occupiers launched a missile strike on an oil depot on the territory of a military airfield in the Khmelnytsky region. As a result of the attack a fire broke out, which was extinguished by SES forces.
About 4 million chickens have already died at the Chornobayivska poultry farm in the Kherson region, one of the largest and most modern chicken eggs production enterprises in Europe. As a result of the Russian shelling, the electricity supply was cut off, leaving the poultry farm unable to feed birds and export its production.
Despite the danger, and under the occupiers' fire, the poultry farm employees managed to give away about 90,000 chickens and more than 1.4 million eggs to the local citizens and neighboring farms. The poultry farm workers buried dead birds, trying to avoid the danger of bacterial contamination, to protect groundwater and soil from contamination.
The village of Demydiv (Vyshhorod district, Kyiv region) is still under threat of flooding. As a result of the destruction of the dam by the occupiers, water from the Kyiv Reservoir is flooding the Irpin River.
Pollution caused directly by hostilities
Russian troops use incendiary munitions with white phosphorus banned by international law. In particular, on 9 April, the cities of Mariupol, Avdiivka, Maryinka, Vuhledar, Slovyansk, Pokrovsk, Toretsk, Solodke, Novomykhailivka, Troitske, Stepove, and Katerynivka were bombed with white phosphorus munitions. Such attacks pose a threat of large-scale fires and chemical contamination of the soil.
On 11 April, Russian troops used a poisonous substance of unknown origin dropped from an enemy UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) against the Ukrainian military and civilians in the city of Mariupol. The victims have respiratory failure and vestibule-atactic syndrome. Ukraine's military leadership is currently verifying information about the use of chemical weapons by the Russian occupiers in Mariupol.
Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the Russian military has fired more than 1,500 missiles into Ukraine, and more than 5,000 units of Russian military equipment of various types have been destroyed. The total weight of all destroyed Russian equipment as of April 8 is around 85,000 tons. About 75,000 tons of this are carbon steel and stainless steel; 2,500 t - aluminium; 1,000 tons - copper; more than 360 tons of titanium and magnesium; as well as 10 kg of platinum, 18 kg of gold, and 1.2 tons of silver. Recycling of military scrap metal is a complex and time-consuming process requiring state control.
At a briefing on 11 April 2022, Oleh Bondar, Head of the Pyrotechnic Work and Humanitarian Demining Department at the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, said that about 300,000 square kilometers of Ukraine's territory needed humanitarian demining due to a large amount of ammunition left by the occupiers. Due to large-scale mining by Russian troops, a vast areas of arable land in Ukraine cannot yet be used for agriculture.
Damage to natural reserves and protected ecosystems
Currently, dozens of Ukrainian nature reserves and national parks have suffered significant damage as a result of Russian aggression. The destruction of Ramsar sites at the coasts of the Azov and Black Seas and in the lower reaches of the Danube and Dnipro rivers cause deep concern.
The war caused a lot of damage to forestries in Ukraine. A lot of buildings and vehicles have been damaged and destroyed, and the infrastructure and forests are mined. Part of the forests in Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, and Kherson oblasts are currently under the control of the occupiers.
Damage to freshwater resources
The Russian military has caused significant damage to water supply, sewerage, and communications systems directly threatening freshwater supplies, and polluting rivers that are sources of water for industry, utilities, and individual households.
Due to Russian aggression, the wastewater treatment is not provided for Severodonetsk, Lysychansk, Rubizne, Popasna, and part of Zaporizhya, causing pollution of water resources by untreated wastewater. As a result of the destruction of the dam of the Oskol Water Reservoir and the flood caused by it, the Seversky Donets River is being polluted.
Black and Azov Seas
Currently, the sea traffic from all Ukrainian ports in the Black Sea has been suspended. Dozens of commercial vessels are blocked in ports due to the threat of attacks by the Russian navy, and the capture or detonation of sea mines.
The Turkish newspaper Hurriyet, citing Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, reports that 400 dangerous mines might be floating in the Black Sea. The Minister said that since the end of March Turkish underwater security groups have deactivated 3 mines, all of them made in Russia.
On the night of 8 April, Russians attacked the icebreaker Captain Bilousov in the port of Mariupol. At the time of the shelling, there was a civilian crew on board. One person was killed and several others were injured. On 11 April, the Russian occupiers hit the SMARTA cargo ship and captured the crew and the captain's wife in the port of Mariupol.
The Russian Federation breaches its obligations under international treaties, including the UN Charter. Russia's invasion of Ukraine undermines all foundations of the international legal order.
The Government of Ukraine will hold further international consultations and study all the possible options for bringing the aggressor country to justice, particularly through the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties.
Previous reports of the Ministry of the Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine on environmental crimes committed by Russian troops since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine are available following the links:
Briefing on key environmental issues, associated with Russian invasion in Ukraine 1-7 April 2022
Key environmental issues, associated with Russian invasion in Ukraine 24-31 March 2022
Record Of Environmental Damage Inflicted By Russian Aggression In Ukraine As Of 14 March 2022
Information on the environmental consequences of Russian aggression in Ukraine 24 February - 9 March 2022
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Raising the price of fishball noodle may not be as straight forward as it seems.
A topic close to the hearts of Singaporeans surfaced last week when a young Gen Y hawker, Mr Douglas Ng, shared his thoughts after attending the tender briefing for the new Bukit Panjang Hawker Centre managed by NTUC Foodfare. His cause for concern was the requirement of having a "minimum price set for every stall"; $2.70 for fish ball noodles.
It is first important to point out that what hawker Douglas probably meant when he wrote "minimum price" is actually a price ceiling (i.e. a maximum price capped for a food item). NTUC Foodfare has a standard policy where each stall owner has at least 2 items that are not priced over a certain benchmark so as to allow for an affordable range of food that budget conscious consumers can purchase.
Singaporeans are divided about how much a bowl of fishball noodles should really cost. On one hand, we are used to the $2.50 – $3 price range that the old generation hawkers are pricing their fish ball noodles. On the otherhand, hawker Douglas asked a good question, which is why certain Asian dishes, like fishball noodles ($2.70), have to be priced lower than western dishes, like a plate of Spaghetti ($5.80).
Besides, he argues, Singaporeans are already paying a premium for other Asian dishes such as a bowl of Ramen in shopping malls. So why not pay more for a bowl of fishball noodles?
Price = Marginal Cost. P=MC. That's what our first year econs lecturer drove in our heads when explaining about a perfectly competitive market. If there were excess profit in any particular industry, competition from new entrants will drive price down to such levels where price will equal marginal cost. To be clear on this point, excess profits do not translate into zero profit. Rather it refers to no company being able to make anything beyond the "normal" profit it is entitled to for the opportunity cost put in. Some textbooks call it no economic profit.
The logic is simple. Excess profits in an industry meant that new entrants could enter the market and simply undercut existing players by bidding down the price or increasing current cost. For example, if Starbucks were to make insane profits selling its coffees in an existing prime location, other players, who are in the coffee business such as Coffee Bean could enter the market by bidding up existing rent.
Let's assume that there is no price ceiling and that a hawker could sell the same quantity of fishball noodles for $5.80 as he could if it was priced at $2.70. This scenario of high profits that hawker Douglas wishes for, will, according to him, be a strong motivating factor for more Gen Y hawker to join the trade. Isn't that great?
Not exactly. Unless there is a large supply of stall space in Singapore (last we check, there wasn't) these new "Gen Y" hawkers can only enter the market by competing for the same stall space that existing hawkers are occupying. Creating more space within a coffeeshop for two fishball mee stalls while possible isn't feasible.
What would happen in this instance would be the rents of stalls in either the coffee shops or hawker centres being bidded up. With all due respect to the trade, fishball noodle stalls are fairly common in Singapore and there is no shortage of good hawkers (or bad ones). Stall spaces would eventually command high rents and the increase in price that consumers are paying for their fishball noodle would translate into higher profits for landlords. Unfortunately, there is no economic logic to suggest that the hawker (though deserving) would be the main beneficiary of this increase in price though it may appear that way in the short run.
Ever wondered why F&B outlets in Singapore shopping malls are constantly changing? Aside from the fact that some of these outlets sell lousy food accompanied with equally bad service, the main reason is the high rents mall operators charge, which could be in the region of $20 – $30 per square feet.
Noticed how a $6 Latte is (almost) always served at a nice café within a shopping mall or at a chic location? The reason for the high price is not so much because of the taste of the coffee, but because of the ambience and atmosphere the café provides. You will feel comfortable to have a conversation with your date or have a business discussion there. But it will be harder to do that in the local coffee shop, regardless of how good the traditional $1.10 coffee might be.
Are these cafés making great profits? The answer is probably no and the reason is simple. The rental and operational costs are likely to take away a big chunk of the gross profits made. Operating a café in the CBD area is a totally different business from selling "Kopi" at the local neighbourhood. Likewise, comparing a $2.70 fishball noodle sold at a coffee shop to a $15 bowl of ramen noodles sold at a mall is simply not equitable, even if they both are selling the same commodity, food.
Who is right, who is wrong?
NTUC Foodfare is not wrong in setting a price ceiling for at least two items per stall in return for a lower rent. The company, being a co-operative, seeks to ensure that prices of food are kept at an affordable rate for all people in the community.
At the same time, neither is hawker Douglas and others who share the same viewpoint, wrong. There are no reasons why a fishball noodle hawker should sell at a price that he feels will not commensurate him fairly for the effort required, especially if he is convinced people are willing to pay more.
However, the fact is that no one is stopping these hawkers from simply opening another stall in another coffee shop if they feel they can find a better deal elsewhere. Ultimately, no one can force them to sell a food item at a price that they do not think is reasonable. Would this result in higher, more expensive rents that proves unsustainable? We don't know for sure, but we are guessing the Gen Y hawkers would have done their math.
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SYDNEY FC's captain Alex Brosque is certain his side's commanding recent record against Melbourne Victory will be weighing heavily on their rivals' ahead of Saturday night's do-or-die semi-final.
The reigning Hyundai A-League champions have won seven straight encounters with Kevin Muscat's men, who sealed a trip to Allianz Stadium with a late 2-1 win over Adelaide United on Sunday.
Having already prevailed in three Big Blue meetings this season, Sky Blues skipper Brosque says his side is well and truly inside the heads of the team they beat on penalties in last year's Grand Final.
"We know how tough games against Melbourne have been in the past so to have seven wins in a row over them, no doubt it's playing on their mind. It's on our mind," Brosque, 34, said.
"They'll maintain the semi-final is a different game of football.
Brosque's view is shared by team-mate Michael Zullo, who is unphased by Melbourne Victory's strong recent form.
"Regardless of what they've done since December, we win every time we play against Melbourne," the left-back said.
"That's something we're taking into the weekend and we're using that confidence to put in a good performance.
On Friday night, Melbourne City ousted Brisbane Roar 2-0 in the Elimination Final at AAMI Park south of the border to book its place in a blockbuster semi-final against Newcastle Jets at McDonald Jones Stadium this Friday night, with a bumper crowd expected.
Melbourne City are one match away from a maiden A-League Grand Final, while for the Jets, itÕs the first taste of post-season action since March 2010.
Sydney FC's showdown with Melbourne Victory kicks off at 7.50pm at Allianz Stadium on Saturday.


COLLEGE STATION – Wichita Falls' housing market was the most affordable in the state last quarter, according to the latest Texas Housing Affordability Index (THAI).
The Wichita County metro had a housing affordability index (HAI) of 2.63 in second quarter 2017.
For reference, an HAI ratio of 1.00 means that the median family income (MFI) is exactly sufficient to purchase the median-priced home. Anything higher means the median family income exceeds the required income to purchase a median-priced home. A higher HAI indicates relatively greater affordability.
"As the numbers suggest, Wichita Falls has the best ratio between local median family incomes and home prices," said Real Estate Center Chief Economist Dr. Jim Gaines. "Basically, home prices haven't escalated there as they have in so many of the other MSAs, keeping the THAI higher there."
For more on Wichita Falls, read the Center's June 2017 housing report.


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Ben Tate waived by Cleveland Browns
Nov 18, 2014 • Last Updated November 18, 2014 • 1 minute read
Ten games into a two-year, $6.2 million contract, running back Ben Tate was waived Tuesday by the Cleveland Browns.
Tate, a backup to Arian Foster before reaching free agency in March 2014, signed with the Browns and opened the season as Cleveland's starter. But he left the Week 1 game after four carries with a knee injury and never found his footing as rookies Terrance West and Isaiah Crowell carved out their own niche in a committee backfield that Tate said last week he didn't like.
"With all the transactions we make while constructing our roster, it will always be our intent to do what is best for our football team," Browns general manager Ray Farmer said. "This move is no different and we wish Ben the best going forward."
Tate played in eight games and had two carries for minus-9 yards last week against Houston.
Tate, who made $2.5 million in signing bonus and guarantees before Tuesday's transaction, is subject to waivers and eligible to be claimed by any team. The priority order is set by overall record, with the Oakland Raiders (0-10) first and the Arizona Cardinals (9-1) 32nd.


I have the great good fortune of a beautiful, large open plan loft space in which to have my studio. It has big windows at the front, looking down onto the street below and the treetops outside. I've got my painting easel and my desk under the windows, and a cosy computer work station nestled next to it in the eaves of the roof. It's a very pleasant place to work!
Last year, on something of a creative whim, I decided to make an enormous paper cut design for the studio windows, to celebrate Christmas. I glued tissue paper on the back of the paper cut so that when the lights were shining on it from the back, at night, it would shine like a stained glass window. It worked! It was so popular among local people, they have been asking me for a few months to make another one for this year.
There were a few teething problems with last year's design that I had to iron out for this year. First, it kept on falling down! I made it in three large sections last time, and they were so large that their own weight kept pulling them down. So I resolved this year to make it in 9 sections (matching them all up was a tricky procedure, I can tell you!). Last year was in three colours. This year I wanted it a little brighter. Last year the words were not quite bold enough. The constant drive for improvement is always pushing me forward!
Bearing all that in mind, I got to work. It took 3 days to painstakingly cut the design from black paper with a very sharp knife. Then a day of sticking tissue paper on the back. Then a further day's work to fine tune and assemble it onto the windows. It's taped on to the window frames with parcel tape, and so far, it hasn't fallen down quite so easily. When the dusk falls, each day, I turn on the lamps and the studio lights, and from the street it really does look like a stained glass window.
I hope everyone likes it! My motivation in making it is to express so much joy, creativity and enthusiasm to the world. Maybe also to express what the meaning of Christmas is for me – something more than the presents and the food (although I get ridiculously excited about those too). The whole window project is definitely a labour of love, from which I really want nothing back but to know that people have looked up and enjoyed my gift to them this Christmas.


In your second year, you have the option of pursuing one of several primary care pathways. Because our primary care track is integrated within the three year categorical program, residents can pursue this pathway in the beginning of their second or third year of residency training. After you have gained some experience in the different areas of internal medicine, you have the option of pursuing a particular primary care pathway. When you leave our program, you will be extremely competent and capable to excel in the primary care pathway you have chosen.
St. Luke's University Health Network has a significant number of physician practices that are recognized medical homes by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). This is important because effective and comprehensive primary care is given in the setting of a patient care medical home. The goal of the primary care pathway is to train future physicians not only in the evaluation and management of acute and chronic illness in an evidenced based manner, but also in collaborative based care.
Our electronic medical record is EPIC for both inpatient and outpatient care to better facilitate patient centered care.
Primary Care Internal Medicine Pathway: during your second and third years of internal medicine residency, you have the option of personalizing your residency training with more of an ambulatory focus. This means an additional outpatient continuity experience with additional outpatient experiences in various subspecialties of internal medicine.
Primary Care HIV Pathway: during your second and third years of clinic, you also can maintain an additional continuity care experience caring for individuals with HIV. This experience would enable you to take the certifying examination to gain HIV provider certification.
Other Possibilities: There are opportunities to personalize your training program to how you want to learn and what you want to achieve based on your particular interest; examples include palliative care, women's health and geriatrics.


Pupils of Kimisagara Primary School in Kigali using laptops during a lesson. Rwanda is among top 10 African countries in ICT usage. The New Times/ T. Kisambira.
Rwanda has been ranked among the top 10 countries in Africa that are in better position to benefit from new information and communication technologies.
The 2013 Networked Readiness Index, released on Wednesday by the World Economic Forum (Wef) and European Institute of Business Administration (INSEAD), considers several aspects, including a country's market and regulatory framework in advancing ICT for inclusive development.
INSEAD is one of the world's largest graduate business schools, with campuses in Europe, Asia and the Middle East, as well as a research centre in Israel.
The survey that assesses the capacity of 144 developed and developing economies to leverage ICT for growth and well-being, ranks Rwanda top in East Africa, 6th in Africa and 88th globally with a score of 3.68.
Mauritius ranks first in Africa and 55th globally with a score of 4.12, followed by South Africa on 70th (3.87), Seychelles (79th with a score of 3.80), Egypt on 80th position scoring 3.78, Cape Verde (81st with a score of 3.78) and Rwanda.
The report, titled "Growth and Jobs in a Hyper-connected World", recommends that national policies in some developing economies are failing to translate ICT investment into tangible benefits in terms of competitiveness, development and employment.
The Global Information Technology Report 2013 says Finland comes first in the world with a score of 5.98, followed by Singapore with 5.96 and Sweden with 5.91 in the third position.
The findings dwell on each country's ICT infrastructure, cost of access and the presence of the necessary skills to ensure an optimal use, use of ICT among governments, business and individuals, business and innovation environment, the political and regulatory framework and economic and social impacts accruing from ICT.
"Despite initial concerns that ICT would hasten the deployment of resources towards developing countries, the benefits are now widely recognised as an important way for companies and economies to optimise productivity, free up resources, boost innovation and job creation," said Beñat Bilbao-Osorio, senior economist, global competitiveness and benchmarking network, WEF, and co-editor of the report.
The survey states that despite progress, Latin America and the Caribbean still face connectivity challenges, while sub-Saharan Africa ICT usage remains very low, even though nations continue to build ICT infrastructure. In the Middle East and North Africa, ICT investment and use is sharply divided.
The report recognises Rwanda's efforts to transform its agrarian economy into a knowledge-based one by 2020, using ICT.
"Rwanda's ICT investments in education, partnerships with foreign universities and the laying of fibre-optic cables have created a conducive environment. Services such as E-Soko, a mobile service that allows farmers to check market prices for their products, have already improved the daily life of many Rwandans," the report says.
Rwanda has been on several occasions ranked among the most dynamic performers when it comes to ICT development globally.
Last year, the International Telecommunication Union report named Rwanda, Bahrain, Brazil, Ghana, Kenya, and Saudi Arabia as developing nations with strong dynamic ICT markets because of catching up fast in efforts to bridge the 'digital divide'.
To advance ICT growth, Rwanda plans to establish an ICT park that will be a base of technological investments, including training, industries, research and development. The country has also laid a robust 2,500-kilometre national fibre optic cable that seeks to enhance access to various broadband services and the National Data Centre.
"Individual countries need to identify the digital divide gap in order to fulfill long-term growth, competitiveness and innovation targets," said Bruno Lanvin, the executive director INSEAD and co-editor of the report.
To maximise the country's ICT infrastructure, Rwandan information technology students and fresh graduates are actively engaged in software applications, thanks to kLab innovation centre—an open technology hub for IT entrepreneurs.
Well that is a good news for Rwanda. Congratulations to peope of Rwanda. Indeed, IT plays important role in development of a country and surely, people of Rwanda are going to get good benefits from this development. They will be reaping its benefit soon.
And what about asian countries?
Can you tell me which countries are among top 3?
I guess india would be in top 3 as it is progressing really fast in IT industry.


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