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...wind power can contribute only so much to energy independence. Its role should be appreciated, but not oversold......A more realistic expectation, some experts say, is that wind could supply 6 percent to 10 percent of the nation's need for electrical power. That would be a helpful contribution, but it will fall short of a panacea.
PEOPLE concerned about Americans' dependence on oil, a significant amount of which comes from hostile sources, have great hopes for wind farms.
The industry is growing fast, despite opposition from those who object to what wind farms do to the scenery.
But wind power can contribute only so much to energy independence. Its role should be appreciated, but not oversold.
Scott Malone of Reuters reported recently on the scramble to finish the largest wind farm in the northeastern United States, an array of 185 windmills about 300 miles northwest of New York City. The project had hit a snag -- difficulty obtaining parts.
Major wind turbine manufacturers like Vestas Wind Systems of Denmark, Siemens AG, and General Electric are scrambling to keep up with demand. Siemens has announced plans to open a factory in Iowa to make turbine blades.
Siemens has orders for turbines capable of generating 600 megawatts of electricity, and expects to double its volume in the United States in the next three years. GE said it has as much business as it can handle in 2006 and 2007, and is taking orders for 2008.
Victor Abate, vice president of renewable energy at GE, said... more [truncated due to possible copyright]
Victor Abate, vice president of renewable energy at GE, said the company expects to ship 2,000 turbines this year and record $3.4 billion worth of sales. He expects a 30 percent increase in 2007.
But as hot as sales are, some question how large a contribution wind power can make.
Wind farms now generate about 0.5 percent of the electricity produced in the United States, and the American Wind Energy Association thinks that can be raised to 20 percent.
But windmills need wind to generate power, and sometimes they don't get it.
"It can't be counted on for reliable supply," said Paul Flemming, director of power and gas at Energy Security Analysis Inc., a research firm.
A more realistic expectation, some experts say, is that wind could supply 6 percent to 10 percent of the nation's need for electrical power.
That would be a helpful contribution, but it will fall short of a panacea.
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The following is a transcript of the interview with acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney that aired Sunday, March 17, 2019, on "Face the Nation."
MARGARET BRENNAN: Good morning and welcome to FACE THE NATION. Happy St. Patrick's Day. We begin with acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney and Happy St. Patrick's Day to you.
MICK MULVANEY: And to you Ms. Brennan. So.
MARGARET BRENNAN: I want to get right to it. In the wake of this horrific terror attack in New Zealand. You know there's a lot of parsing of the president's own language in referring to what happened here. Broadly speaking, the number of attacks and support for white supremacy is up, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. And even a Trump appointed attorney in the state of Virginia, Thomas Cullen was recently quoted as saying, "White supremacy and far right extremism are among the greatest domestic security threats facing the United States." Has the president been briefed on this?
MARGARET BRENNAN: You know who the Southern Poverty Law Center is?
MARGARET BRENNAN: They're just saying the number of white nationalist groups has surged by 50 percent.
MICK MULVANEY: Since Trump has become office right?
MARGARET BRENNAN: Well in the past year.
MARGARET BRENNAN: So you disagree that it's a rising threat?
MICK MULVANEY: I- I- I- I disagree that there's a causal link between Donald Trump being president and something like this happening in New Zealand.
MARGARET BRENNAN: --by the judge or by that statistic. Is the president aware that this is a rising threat?
MICK MULVANEY: Again, a rising threat. I think the president you saw- you saw him asked the other day does he think it's a rising threat and he says, no, I think there's information that would back that up. The issue is how do you stop these crazy people, whether or not there's one of them or four of them, doesn't make a difference if they're willing to go on live TV and stream the murder of people. So I think that's where the time is better spent. Instead of worrying about well, who's to- who's to blame, how do we stop from doing this. Donald Trump is no more to blame for what happened in New Zealand than Mark Zuckerberg is because he invented Facebook. There are some terrible people in the world. We need to work with our partners, of which New Zealand is one of, and to try and figure a way to find them, expose them and bring them to justice.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Well President Trump and certainly during the campaign talked quite a lot about the need to be specific, to name a threat in order to counter it. So why minimize it? Why not directly address white supremacy and specifically Islamophobia?
MARGARET BRENNAN: Because a number of world leaders did and the president didn't.
MICK MULVANEY: I get a lot of questions from people saying why-- you need to tell the president to do X, you need to tell the president to go and give it an Oval Office address on this or on that. That's not how the system works. The president communicates in his way. Different presidents have communicated in their way. I don't think anybody can- can claim that Donald Trump hasn't done exactly what we would want him to do in this circumstance. We've immediately reached out to our allies. We've expressed the absolute disgust at the tragic- at the tragic events. We're doing what presidents are supposed to do.
That doesn't mean it's gonna make everybody happy because of the hyper partisan times we live in. But again, I really-- it frustrates me just as a citizen that everything something- every time something goes wrong around the world now, not just in our country, somehow the president of the United States must be responsible. And that's just- that's absurd and it doesn't help contribute to the dialogue that's necessary to fix these problems.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Point taken, but the President of the United States carries a megaphone louder than anyone in the world and arguably this president likes to use his. So because you're frustrated, why not remove any shadow of a doubt? I mean during the campaign, as you know, as a candidate the president called for a ban on all Muslims entering the United States. He said Islam hates us. This kind of language in the past leads to these questions of why isn't the president now directly using that megaphone to condemn it.
MICK MULVANEY: Well then ta- take- take- take- take the words and put them in one category and take the actions and put them in another. Something the president doesn't get hardly any credit for or any attention to is the work he's done in defense of religious minorities all around the world up to and including Muslims in the Middle East. Some of the religious minorities that are the worst oppressed to the Middle East are some of the ones that this administration has been doing- going to great lengths to protect. So I hear what folks says, "Oh Donald Trump said this during the campaign." Look at what we've done while we've been here. I don't think anybody could say that the president is anti-Muslim.
MARGARET BRENNAN: --in order to put together funding for the border wall. When will the White House give this detailed list, specifically on military projects, to Congress?
MICK MULVANEY: It could be a while and here's why. Here's- here's what's happening, is that we've already told Congress this, which is that none of the programs that were scheduled to be started or what we call obligated in 2019, so between now and the end of September, will be impacted at all.
MARGARET BRENNAN: --handing that list over.
MICK MULVANEY: No no that that's abs- I know of no list. And if anybody should it would be me. There's no list of projects that are absolutely going to not be funded so that the wall can be. What it is is a list of programs that fit the criteria that I've just laid out for you, which is that they are meant to be funded beyond the end of this fiscal year. Why is that important? Because if we- if it's going to be a project that would have been funded say in 2021, okay, it gives us another couple of years to call backfill. Congress will pass another appropriation this year, next year, so that ultimately none of the programs would be impacted.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Senator Tim Kaine who sits on Armed Services is going to be on the show later in the program. But when we spoke with him, he specifically said that he thinks the White House is withholding these details until after this upcoming vote on the veto override occurs. In other words you're trying to keep Republicans onboard and if you fully inform them about what you're going to do to their district, then you might lose their vote.
MICK MULVANEY: I- I don't- I'll watch the show and in fact if I catch Tim in the green room, I'll ask him what the basis is for that. Does he just think it because he wants it to be true or someone told him there was actually a list? Because again, I'm Chief of Staff. I'm also still technically over at the Office of Management and Budget.
MARGARET BRENNAN: And you still don't know what's getting cut?
MARGARET BRENNAN: And you don't know what's getting cut?
MICK MULVANEY: That's correct. I know of the universe of things that might be delayed or reduced or cut in a very extreme circumstance that could be funded- they used to fund the wall, but a list of a decision that's already been made saying this money is going to be cut and spent over there, that's not been made yet.
MARGARET BRENNAN: To block any kind of override.
MICK MULVANEY: Yes, no we fully expect the veto override to fail in the House.
MARGARET BRENNAN: All right, thank you, Mick Mulvaney, for joining us.


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Concert/Book Tour Review: Liz Phair Does Double Duty as Reader and Rocker at Largo
November 6, 2019 News
"When do they issue those arm patches to authors?" Liz Phair wondered aloud on the opening night of a residency at L.A.'s Largo, designed to promote her new memoir. "Is that the second book? I can wait."
There is, in fact, a second book coming, or at least promised; hers is intended as a two-part autobiography, it's useful to know (divided by theme, not chronology, so no worries about cliffhangers). But for now, Phair has given her fans "Horror Stories," an excellent recap of a life only semi-horrifically lived. It's exceptionally well written, which, given the strength of her songwriting catalog, probably counts as the biggest "duh" since that Billie Eilish song. Its prose, self-lacerating and cockily defiant in about equal measure — well, okay, leaning slightly more toward the empowered side (this is Liz Phair!)— takes you methodically and mercilessly into just about every aspect of her life… except her actual musical creativity and output. Not to be perverse, with that exclusion; that's what the sequel is for.
But how to do a book tour, as a rocker, without getting so far into a woman-of-letters persona that it really does seem like there should be the proverbial arm patches on that mini-dress? Bookstore and lecture appearances by guitar slingers inevitably feel like a bit of a cheat: Yes, we know what you really want to do is direct, literarily speaking, but couldn't you whip out a guitar for just one number before they fold up the folding chairs?
Phair is very phorward thinking, in that regard. She's set up shop at Largo for four successive Monday nights for a combination book tour/concert series. And you definitely get a feel for how experimental this approach is, in the details of how it's been set up, the fine print of which is more complicated than the side-effects coda on a meds commercial. You can come for either the reading/Q&A/book giveaway/signing-photo hour, or the hour of rocking out, or both; the house will be cleared in-between, and either part is $49, with $69 getting you in for the whole evening. Got that? The idea of shuffling people in and out feels a little unwieldy, but offering fans choices in this crowdsourcing era does go down well with people.
How'd it work in practicality? On the first night, the house was about half to two-thirds full for the book portion, then filled out later for the concert segment, with all the additional arrivees who prefer staying in "Eff literature, let's dance" mode. (Dancing being a figurative thing in the very sit-down Largo space.) But it'd be highly surprising if more than the barest handful of people bought a ticket just for part one. You want to hear Phair read and get a photo and then pass up spending an extra 20 bucks to hear her and a band perform the condensed greatest-hits set of your dreams? Not likely — this is not an audience that's going to just fangirl-and-run, as it were.
The whole experiment worked without hitches to speak of Monday, except for one: As it turns out, you can't read a book chapter, do a satisfying audience Q&A, and then sign books, exchange pleasantries and pose for photos with more than a hundred people in an hour timeslot; that's a 90-minute business, minimum. By next week, presumably, the live set will have been pushed back a half-hour, because the alternatives, like cutting the Q&A, would be a buzzkill. This is a hybrid that, with a little breathing room, works: She really ought to take it on the road, although right now it's just traditional book events scheduled for other cities. (Tip to Angelenos still considering the remaining three nights: you're getting a bargain.)
"This book is called 'Horror Stories,' and that's partly tongue in cheek," she said by way of introduction, "because of the horror entertainment industry. But it is about those moments… that sometimes just happen to you randomly and yet stay with you for a very long time." It may have been deep into her reading of a chapter called "Below" — about hanging out at lakeside sand dunes in her native Michigan that, it eventually turned out, were capable of swallowing kids alive — that some of those in the audience who hadn't yet keyed into the book's m.o. realized that this was going to be the opposite of, say, Elton John's "Me." "Exile in Guyville" has been exiled to afterthought? What?
But among those who spoke up from the crowd, there was congratulation for straying so far from the tropes of a music memoir. And some of that s— is coming, anyway, she promised amid the felicitations. "I will be writing about the music business more. I will," she said. "It's just most of my experiences in music itself are very positive and didn't belong in 'Horror Stories.' Some of the industry stuff is in there, though." (If you're wondering if her experience making an uncompleted album and being occasionally come on to by Ryan Adams is horrific enough to be included, the answer is yes, although she shares some positive things about him, too, and it sounds like he was just about the least of her #MeToo experiences.)
"I don't write my songs as a rock star," she elaborated. "I write them as a human being. And I think when I approached writing prose, I felt the same sense of anchoring. I know people expect memoirs to be sort of a traditional 'what happened, what year, who was there, and what famous names crossed your path.' But I'm not particularly that interested in that stuff. Although I love Keith Richards' 'Life.' That was awesome. But if you're going to do that, you ought to be Keith Richards." (Phair actually reviewed his book for the New York Times when it came out, so going into hers, she knew what she was doing… or not doing.) "I have more, much more, to say about being human than I do, I think, about being famous or well known. I think that's kind of almost like the common cold: Anyone can catch it, and the pathology is the same: It will start in your nose, then go to your throat… I think like what I'm most proud of doing is reaching another human being and having this kind of resonate with the recognition that we are so much more alike than we realize" — all being ordinary average everyday sane psycho supergoddesses, maybe, to borrow a thought.
The next book, she said — the one about the pleasures of the music itself, and not so much her iffy industry experiences — will be called "Fairy Tales." Why "Horror Stories" first, an audience member asked? "Wouldn't you rather have the bad news before the good news?" Phair answered. "You know, Trump's in office, so like rip it off now. Let's have all our shittiness now while we're marinating in it."
The crowd Q&A led to stories that aren't in the book, some of which she said would be in the sequel, but at least one of which could have qualified for "Horror Stories." Asked what her hardest song was to write and/or release, she picked "Little Digger," which was about the time her very young son walked in on her and her new boyfriend in bed during her marital estrangement, and the guilt that came from that. On the lighter side, asked whether self-awareness was crippling or beneficial, Phair talked about the time she went on a family trip to England at age 8 and was so afraid of standing out that she adopted an English accent for the trip — and then kept it up for a year, which is definitely a way to stand out in America.
"I'm highly self-aware, and it's excruciating in a weird way to be on stage," she said, "and yet at the same time, you know how that adrenaline spikes and then you kind of like it, and then you're like, okay, I need another hit that big? I think it actually works in my favor that I'm terrified a lot of the time, because it makes life so much more exciting, for everything, even like the smallest things… I don't think it's an affliction at all. I think it is like a superpower… I think a lot of artists are the same way: We make art because we cannot process the amount of information and how it affects us emotionally. So we have to kind of put it into a shape we can control, make it smaller, look at it, figure it out, turn it into something we can recognize and put it on a shelf, and then we can go on about our day. …. I know at least a third of you out there are artists. But it's like being without a skin, in a funny way. I think the trick (is) trying to make it less easy for myself to wall up behind a persona. I think that is the task that I like to set out for myself — to stay permeable, to feel things, to take a moment and stay in the awkwardness of it long enough to actually sense what's happening between human beings."
Then came the half-hour break, then Liz Phair: The Persona, in performance. But persona and person are close enough for comfort. The closest she came to acknowledging any distance between the two during her live set was to half-apologetically introduce "F— and Run": "Here's one of the first songs I ever wrote as an adult, which I don't know what that says, but I know you guys love it." We do, but mostly because it was even more real than it was provocative… and it was pretty provocative, 26 years ago. Phair's 14-song set provided a reminder that hers has been a career that could be boiled down to: Come for the "she said what?," stay for one of the most original songwriting voices we've had in rock 'n' roll's last gasps of greatness.
Her hour-long show a perfect cut gem of what anyone who's not too obsessed with deep cuts could want out of a Liz Phair show, with a slamming band and a set list comprised mostly of fan favorites from the first three albums that most would consider canonical, along with "Extraordinary" and "Why Can't I" from the controversial self-titled Capitol album, for which a case could be made that it's actually her second-best record, but let's save historical revisionism for another time.
Phair apparently isn't far into writing "Fairy Tales," but she did say after the show that she might like to put it out in a year and a half — in the spring, she said, as a seasonal counterbalance to fall for the current one. But there's the issue of new music, maybe first, with one fan calling out that he needs a new album: "You and me both," she replied. (The book makes it clear that the double-album she was deep into making with Adams was scotched. She's started afresh with O.G. Brad Wood.) The Largo opening night offered a live band premiere of a single she put out last month, "Good Side," which is classic Phair frank-poetic-pragmatism in its most crystallized form, about love and leaving and regretlessness.
"There's so many ways to f— up a life," she sings in the new single's opening line; "I try to be original." That lyrical couplet could almost serve as all the dust jacket copy her memoir needs. It doesn't cover everything, given that her life has hardly been completely f—ed up, just like "F— and Run" didn't cover everything, but it's a pretty good tease.
Phair's remaining two-fer nights at Largo take place Nov. 11, 18 and 25. More information here.
https://variety.com/2019/music/news/liz-phair-concert-review-book-tour-horror-stories-largo-1203395252/
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Highway killing suspect ID'd, possible link to prior shootings ongoing
Updated: Jan. 30, 2019, 5:51 a.m. | Published: May. 04, 2018, 8:45 p.m.
By Olivia Rizzo | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Authorities in Monmouth County Friday afternoon said ballistic tests on handguns seized during the arrest of the man they say killed a woman on Route 33 in Freehold Township Thursday night will tell them if he's responsible for two other recent shootings.
Kader Mustafa
Kader Mustafa, 34, is the gunman who opened fire on a car driven by Sciasia Calhoun, 24, on the ramp from Route 33 to Halls Mill Road at about 11:45 p.m. Thursday, the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office alleged. He's charged with murder and several related felonies.
Calhoun died about an hour later at a local hospital. Her boyfriend and their 1-year-old child were in the car, and not physically injured.
Police caught Mustafa shortly after 8 a.m Friday on Oakland Mills Road in Manalapan. He was inside his vehicle, a white Chevrolet Impala, and police recovered two firearms during the arrest, a .40-caliber semi-automatic pistol and a .38-caliber revolver.
Investigators are waiting for the results of tests on the weapons that will help determine if there's a connection to two recent, nonfatal shootings - April 27 in Neptune Township and April 28 in Holmdel - First Assistant Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey said at an announcement.
"Last night's incident was a substantial break (in the prior shootings)," Linskey said. The investigations into those incidents continues, and Linskey appealed to the public for more information about them.
On Saturday April 28th at 2330 hrs. a subject reported to the Holmdel Police that his car was struck by a handgun round...
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Linskey said the office is confident, though, that there is no connection between Calhoun's murder and the killing of Lloyd Earl Sanders this past Sunday morning in Colts Neck. And the investigation of Mustafa has found no evidence of terrorism.
Sanders, 54, of Neptune City, was also fired upon while driving on Route 18. His car was riddled with bullets, and his passenger was wounded. No arrests or charges have been reported in that crime.
Holmdel police had posted on their Facebook page about the April 28 shooting in their town. A motorist reported his car was shot while northbound on South Holmdel Road, the post said.
Anyone with information for authorities can contact Monmouth prosecutor's Detective Andrea Tozzi at 800-533-7443 or Freehold Township Detective Jamie Burdge at 732-462-7500.
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Thomas Thompson Crawford (I4231) , 1834–1904 (aged 69 years)
Name Thomas Thompson Crawford
Thomas Thompson /Crawford/
Thomas Thompson
Thomas has 1 father-in-law and 1 mother-in-law recorded (2 in total).
Marriage with Rebecca Jane Slawson (I4232) (2)
Marriage Rufus B. Slawson + Mellicent Ann McDonald (F1525)
1 Rufus B. Slawson (I4233)
Birth: June 5, 1813 32 26 — Minisink, Orange, New York, USA
Death: February 14, 1874
2 Mellicent Ann McDonald (I4234)
Death: July 9, 1868
Thomas has one female partner recorded.
Partner of Thomas (1)
1 Rebecca Jane Slawson (I4232)
Birth: September 1845 32 25
Death: March 14, 1918
Siblings-in-law
Thomas has 2 sisters-in-law recorded.
Siblings of partners (2)
Marriage with Rebecca Jane Slawson (I4232)
1 Mary Ellen Slawson (I9445)
Birth: July 4, 1838 25 18
Death: September 14, 1919 — Oakville, Grays Harbor, Washington, USA
2 Martha Clarissa Slawson (I9443)
Co-siblings-in-law
Thomas has 2 co-brothers-in-law recorded.
Partners of siblings-in-law (2)
Partners of Mary Ellen Slawson (I9445)
1 Joseph Daniel Joe Bower (I9446)
Birth: March 11, 1838 23 28 — Columbia, Pennsylvania, USA
Death: January 4, 1904 — Porterville, Grays Harbor, Washington, USA
Partners of Martha Clarissa Slawson (I9443)
1 James Bower (I9444)
Birth: January 25, 1844 29 34 — Jefferson, Pennsylvania, USA
Death: May 29, 1923 — Albany, Albany, New York, USA
Thomas has one son recorded.
Parents Thomas Thompson Crawford + Rebecca Jane Slawson (F1524)
1 Thomas John Rufus Crawford (I4229)
Birth: February 14, 1864 29 18 — Jefferson, Pennsylvania, USA
Death: March 25, 1931 — McCrann, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, USA
Thomas has one daughter-in-law recorded.
Son Thomas John Rufus Crawford (I4229)
1 Lucinda Horm (I4230)
Birth: May 1866 — Pennsylvania, USA
Death: February 21, 1934 — Manor, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, USA
Thomas has 2 grandsons recorded.
Parents Thomas John Rufus Crawford + Lucinda Horm (F1523)
1 Harry McDonald Crawford (I4227)
Birth: April 17, 1886 22 19 — Ford City, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, USA
Death: January 14, 1970 — Whittier, Los Angeles, California, USA
Thomas has one granddaughter-in-law recorded.
Marriage Thomas Thompson Crawford + Rebecca Jane Slawson (F1524)
1 Daisy Rosetta Keeler (I4228)
Birth: November 13, 1886 — Ford City, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, USA
Death: September 11, 1973 — Whittier, Los Angeles, California, USA
The extended family of Thomas has 12 members (including Thomas). (additional members of the partner chains are not counted) Some of them are member in more than one part of the extended family.
Thomas has no Great-grandparents, Grandparents, Uncles and Aunts, Uncles and Aunts by marriage, Parents, Co-parents-in-law, Partner chains, Siblings, Cousins, and no Nephews and Nieces recorded.
Thomas has one father-in-law recorded.
The extended family of Thomas has 7 members (including Thomas). (additional members of the partner chains are not counted)
Thomas has no Great-grandparents, Grandparents, Uncles and Aunts, Uncles and Aunts by marriage, Parents, Co-parents-in-law, Partners, Partner chains, Siblings, Siblings-in-law, Cousins, Nephews and Nieces, Children-in-law, and no Grandchildren-in-law recorded.
Thomas has one mother-in-law recorded.
Thomas has no Great-grandparents, Grandparents, Uncles and Aunts, Uncles and Aunts by marriage, Parents, Co-parents-in-law, Partner chains, Siblings, Co-siblings-in-law, Cousins, Nephews and Nieces, Children, and no Grandchildren recorded.
Family with Rebecca Jane Slawson (I4232)
Thomas Thompson Crawford (I4231)
Parents Rufus B. Slawson (I4233) Mellicent Ann McDonald (I4234)
Rebecca Jane Slawson (I4232)
Family Lucinda Horm (I4230)
Harry McDonald Crawford (I4227)
Thomas John Rufus Crawford (I4229)
Thomas Thompson Crawford (I4231)(1834–1904)
Thomas John Rufus Crawford (I4229)(1864–1931)
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This page outlines some solar BALARANG facts and figures as well as giving you insight into what solar in the BALARANG region could do for you.
BALARANG has about 3.9 sun-hours each day. This is how many hours of useful sunshine (on average) is produced each day. This figure includes overcast days and has been sourced from the CEC solar power consumer guide. You can use this number to work out how much energy your system should produce each day.
This chart shows an example of a 1kW BALARANG solar system output generating 3.9kWhs per day.
In BALARANG you can expect to pay about $0.2218 for power (per kWh)	- which is pretty reasonable by national standards	. This will naturally vary depending on your network and your retailer. Some areas around BALARANG might have much higher power prices while some might be much lower.
We would expect a 5kW solar system in BALARANG to produce 7117.5kWhs of solar energy over the course of a year. How much this is actually worth depends on how much you pay for power and how much solar power you send to the grid.
The table below shows the example of a 5kW system in BALARANG if 50% of the energy produced was used and the other 50% was exported.
The list below shows some of the solar panel installers in the BALARANG - 2529 postal code. NOTE: These are only installers who are located in the postcode 2529, meaning there are likely to be many more installers servicing this area (who are not listed below).
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George Abell's examination of the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey in the mid 1960's yielded 86 planetary nebulae which have proven to be an observer's dream challenge, for many of these celestial objects are not only very faint in magnitude even under very dark skies but are also relatively large with dimensions often measured in minutes in lieu of seconds. Later analysis of Abell's catalog revealed that at least four of these objects, namely Abell 11, 32, 76 and 85, are not planetary nebulae at all. For the avid observer, an O-III filter is highly recommended in order to have any hope of visually detecting these elusive wonders.
An even greater number of planetary nebula can be found within the NGC and IC catalogs and are available elsewhere on this site (see here). As is evident from the image below, planetary nebulae are beautiful to look at thanks to the glowing and colourful gaseous shrouds which make their planetary appearance and colouration possible as a result of stars having exhausted their nuclear material and having reached the last stages of their life. Some of the more exotic planetary nebulae include the Cat's Eye (NGC 6543), the Saturn Nebula (NGC 7009), the Ghost of Jupiter (NGC 3242) and the Owl Nebula (M97).
Note: The planetary nebula Abell 71 is one of four such Abell nebulae in the constellation of Cygnus. It is second only to Abell 61 with respect to apparent diameter amongst the four Cygnus Abell planetaries and is perhaps the most dificult to observe thanks to a very dim surface brightness of 17.0 mag/arc-min2. As indicated by the image below, it is comprised of an irregular disk which is slightly elongated and measuring 168" by 147" with no distance estimate available in the academic literature. In a 1991 study by Pismi et al, it was suggested that Abell 71 is not a planetary nebula but simply an area of H-II emission.


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Release Date: September 28, 2012 (North America)
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Horror MPAA Rating: PG
Studio: Columbia Pictures Production Company: Happy Madison Productions
Who's In It: Ceelo Green (Murray), Steve Buscemi (Wayne), Kevin James (Frankenstein), Selena Gomez (Mavis), Andy Samberg (Johnny)
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A big announcement came from Sony Pictures Animation today as they unveiled the star list of voices to appear in Hotel Transylvania, the company's newest computer generated cartoon. Columbia Pictures will release the 3D movie on September 21, 2012.
Adam Sandler has had a long work history with this Hollywood studio and he's once again saddling up with Team Sony/Columbia for Hotel Transylvania. Joining him are several Sandler buddies who have starred in other Happy Madison productions. The premise of the film is that Dracula (voiced by Sandler) is the owner of a five-star hotel for monsters who need some time for R&R. Providing the voice of Frankenstein's Monster (who's called by the more buddy name Frank in the film) is Kevin James, star of the upcoming Zookeeper and the former King of Queens. David Spade voices Quasimodo, the famous hunchback who's now the resort's chef, and Steve Buscemi will play the head of household of a werewolf couple. Playing the Bride of Frankenstein is Fran Drescher (The Nanny), Molly Shannon as the werewolf wife, and singer Cee Lo Green as a mummy named Murray. Finally there's SNL cast member Andy Samburg who plays a straight-up human who happens to find himself vacationing at the monster hotel.
Directing this monstrosity of a movie is Genndy Tartakovsky, the creator of Samurai Jack and director of Star Wars' first Clone Wars cartoon series. Producing is Michelle Murdocca who brings with her experience making feature length CG films like Open Season and the live-action/CG Stuart Little features.
With that kind of star power, naturally the studio is seeing
as a family friendly comedy picture. The president of Sony Pictures Animation, Michelle Raimo-Kouyate, sees her new movie as a "unique story" that presents a "comedy Dracula for a new generation."
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This programme includes writing procedures to translate policy into 'action', and techniques for ensuring that policies and procedures are accepted by those who use them. In addition, consultation and communication strategies will be addressed. The programme gives delegates a framework for developing and documenting operational policies and procedures that apply to a wide range of situations. The programme is experiential in nature, using real life scenarios and case studies. Delegates will be given models and checklists for future use and reference.
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All staff who are responsible for writing policies and procedures, as part of their job, will benefit from this programme. You will learn how to set up the framework and systems necessary to write clear and effective policies and procedures. The programme will offer templates, exercises, and plenty of brainstorming, to help you write your policies and procedures. It will also help you to apply writing processes and editing checklists to your policies and procedures, enabling you to feel confident you are producing top quality documents.


2011 was a good year for integrative medicine. Many of the developments reported here grew out of the mandated inclusion of integrative and complementary and alternative medicine practices in the Obama-Pelosi Affordable Care Act. Here is the Top 10 for Integrative Medicine Policy and Action for 2011. (Those interested in highlights for the years since 2006 will find links here.) This article is posted here at the Huffington Post. Join the dialogue!


The care that women receive for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and related outcomes lag behind those of men, despite the fact that more women have died from CVD each year for decades. RAND senior sociologist Chloe Bird and cardiologists Tamara Horwich and Karol Watson explain CVD within the context of women's health, outlining possible solutions for improving quality of care. Finally, two heart disease survivors who have become patient advocates share their personal experiences.
This report is part of the RAND Corporation presentation series. RAND presentations may include briefings related to a body of RAND research, videos of congressional testimonies, and a multimedia presentation on a topic or RAND capability. All RAND presentations represent RAND's commitment to quality and objectivity.
Bird, Chloe E., Women's Heart Health: Research That Matters. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2014. https://www.rand.org/pubs/presentations/PT120.html.


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Why Building Restoration May Be Better Than Raze-and-Rebuild
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By Eric Peterson – GlobeSt.com
In the past, as often as not, the tendency has been to tear down old buildings and replace them with new ones. The whole redevelopment and reuse genre has, of course, taking on new meeting in land challenge New Jersey, and with it has come new interest in taking older buildings in need of significant repair and restoring and reusing them. That includes everything from commercial buildings to residential properties to schools.
One proponent of that movement is Michael Sackler, an architect with The Ives Architecture Studio, in Fair Lawn, NJ. While structures with historic significance continue to be among the most popular candidates for preservation, TIAS is seeing a stepped up number of restoration efforts prompted by environmental consciousness.
"People have always been interested in preserving existing buildings, especially when the property has some type of significance in the community," Sackler says. "More recently, the conservational benefits of reusing older structures have become a major focus. In short, reuse is one of the best things you can do to preserve resources, and building modernization also frequently allows the incorporation of energy-efficient elements. In addition, depending on the level of rehabilitation, repairs can be far less costly than rebuilding."
One example, Sackler says, is PS 34 in Jersey City, designed by locally renowned architect John Rowland and built in 1911. The aging school building was in need of window replacement to correct a growing water infiltration issue, and the Ives Team was retained as designer for the project. The firm brought a preservation specialist to consult on the building's historic terra-cotta and brickwork.
"It was understood that we would preserve as much of the original façade as possible and that we would replace any pieces beyond salvation with closely color matched materials," Sackler recalls. "By using a smaller mortar color and join size in repairing the brick facing, we were able to create a seamless transition between what remained and what is new."
According to Sackler, razing and rebuilding PS 34 was considered but rejected for number of reasons, including it's architectural significance. Beyond that, however, rebuilding would have cost more than double the repair budget.
"The quality of new construction cannot match that of older structures," Sackler says. "In the particular case of PS 34, it would have been cost prohibitive to re-create the brick and terra-cotta detailing."
Because the work on the school was deemed a "necessary repair," the project was not subject to the scrutiny of the local or state his state preservation societies. Many projects, however, do require approval by these types of organizations.
In a general context, the goals of historic preservation, energy conservation and cost efficiency can find themselves in conflict, says Sackler. So it's important to consider each project individually.
"Sometimes, the historic significance of the structure, both to its owner and it's community, can outweigh the more practical considerations of cost and efficiency," he explains.
One example: TIAS's Sackler was tasked to analyze the replacement, in-kind, of the 100-year-old red slate roof of preforming arts building at a prominent New Jersey college. This rare type of slate is available only at one quarry in upstate New York, and college officials have decided to pay a premium for the material.
"Replacing the roof with red asphalt would be far less expensive, and the lighter color material would adhere better to up' green' standards," he says. "But there's little chance that such a departure from the original material would be allowed, as it would degrade the integrity of this beautiful old building."
According to Sackler, the practice of restoration encompasses such a broad spectrum of work that what he terms the "correct approach" is in consideration of each projects unique circumstances.
"Reusing an old building is inherently efficient," he concludes. "At the outset, the most important thing to do is to establish what is there in the first place. It then becomes possible to envision the revitalization that, ideally, works to balance history, modernization and cost."
Originally published on www.GlobeSt.com. Edited and republished here by ives-arch.com.
The Ives Architecture Studio (TIAS), based in Fair Lawn, NJ, has over 30 years experience in the disciplines of architecture, interior design & planning.


Richland County Public Library is one of the recipients of the 2017 National Medal for Museum and Library Service award. Each year, the Institute of Museum and Library Service presents select museums and libraries with the nation's highest honor. Contract Construction was retained by Richland County Public Library to renovate Richland County's main library located in Columbia, SC. The extensive interior renovations began in October 2015 with completion slated for the third quarter of 2017.
The National Medal for Museum and Library Service honors outstanding institutions that make significant and exceptional contributions to their communities. Selected institutions demonstrate extraordinary and innovative approaches to public service, exceeding the expected levels of community outreach. The winners are honored at a National Medal award ceremony held in Washington, D.C.
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Konica Minolta Launches KOTOBAL Multilingual Translation System in Japan With Dictionary of Civil Service Terms to Accelerate Introduction to Government Offices
Konica Minolta Launches KOTOBAL Multilingual Translation System in Japan
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Tokyo (July 16, 2020) - Konica Minolta, Inc. (Konica Minolta) is pleased to announce that the company has launched KOTOBAL in Japan, a tablet-based multilingual translation system that assists communication with foreign nationals. The KOTOBAL service was introduced in October 2019 as a demonstration experiment for financial institutions, pharmacies and government offices. With the recent increase in foreign nationals living in Japan, personnel dealing with visitors are facing heavier workloads, especially at government offices. Konica Minolta has therefore launched a new KOTOBAL system that includes a dictionary of civil service terms to encourage such personnel at government offices to use the system.
The KOTOBAL system has the following features.
High-accuracy Machine Translation
With the increasing foreign population in Japan, more foreign nationals visit government offices with various needs. This, coupled with the Covid-19 pandemic, places an excessive workload on personnel at government offices. In response, Konica Minolta has developed a dictionary of civil service terms and incorporated it in the KOTOBAL system, while using the optimal speech translation engine for each language to enable conversations involving specialized civil service terms to be machine-translated more accurately.
Secure, Reliable Handling of Personal Information
Government offices handle personal information. Therefore, if they are to use public cloud services, strict rules on the security and protection of such information, as well as a reliable system for handling it, must be in place. However, many local governments struggle to define security requirements and establish such a system. Backed by a wealth of know-how, Konica Minolta is helping government offices overcome these difficulties by building a reliable system.
Konica Minolta is a member of the "Investigative Commission on Guidelines for Use of Multilingual Machine Translation Systems at Government Agencies"*1 and is also undertaking a research project of the Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications for "Establishing Guidelines for Introduction of Multilingual Machine Translation Systems to Local Public Organizations." Konica Minolta not only offers the translation system but also assists government agencies to use cloud services and provide public services in a reliable manner.
In cases where complicated explanations are required which cannot be properly machine-translated, then a remote interpretation service by human experts can be used. The cost can be reduced by using machine translation for routine conversations, combined with remote interpretation by humans when necessary.
The KOTOBAL system is also equipped with a Japanese speech recognition function, which assists communication with persons with disabilities and elderly people with impaired hearing. By launching the KOTOBAL system, Konica Minolta hopes to remove communication barriers for people in need of care as well as foreign nationals across all local government sections, thus contributing to a society where all people can live in comfort.
The KOTOBAL System to Date
Prior to its commercial launch, the KOTOBAL system has been installed and used in government agencies in all 47 prefectures of Japan, as well as the Nakano ward office and Meguro ward office in Tokyo and the Kameyama municipal office in Mie Prefecture, under the demonstration experiment that began in October 2019.
KOTOBAL assisting communication with a foreign visitor at the Meguro ward office
High-quality Remote Interpretation
Konica Minolta provides a remote interpretation service as part of the KOTOBAL system in cooperation with Language One Corporation (Language One), a Tokyo-based company that has a proven track record of offering interpretation services through its multilingual call center. Language One has been offering a one-stop multilingual support service*2 to ensure smooth communications between personnel at government offices and foreign nationals, and thus is capable of providing professional remote interpretation for government offices as part of the KOTOBAL system.
*1:This Commission discussed the "Technical requirements to be referred to in introducing multilingual machine translation systems to government agencies," which were announced in March 2020 in the "Liaison Conference of Relevant Ministries and Agencies regarding Removal of Language Barriers" held by the Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications. The Commission members are companies providing machine translation systems and security audit agencies.
*2:Japanese website for information on Language One Corporation's "one-stop multilingual support service" to assist desk personnel at local government offices and local international exchange associations in dealing with foreign nationals:https://www.languageone.qac.jp/20190612news/
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RadioShack owner sticks to gun giveaway for Dish subscribers
Robert Beatty— April 7, 2011
HAMILTON, Montana (AP) — A Montana RadioShack owner said he will continue to give away guns with satellite television subscriptions despite the corporation's insistence he halt the promotion.
Since October, independent dealer Steve Strand has been offering a gift card for a $125 pistol or $115 shotgun and a free background check to customers who sign up for two-year Dish Network packages.
Those not interested in the firearms can opt for a $50 pizza gift certificate.
RadioShack Corp. officials called Strand and ordered him to pull the promotion, he told the Ravalli Republic. Strand refused, saying he is within his rights as a legal dealer and is now seeking legal representation.
"RadioShack has taken the position that we're tarnishing their brand image with the promotion," he said. "I don't think this is a negative impact. I don't think they understand the way of life in Montana."
A statement from RadioShack Corp. said Strand's offer does not follow the corporation's marketing practices.
In an attempt to appease the company, Strand has taken down the sign in his window that said: "Protect yourself with Dish Network. Sign up now, get free gun." In its place is a sign advertising a website Strand set up detailing the promotion, www.GetaGun.net.
Dish Network spokes-man Marc Lumpkin said Strand is an independent retailer and can offer whatever promotion he wishes.
"We've not objected to what he's offering. We're neutral on his decision to offer the firearm promotion," Lumpkin said.
He said Dish Network is reviewing Strand's marketing materials but declined to say whether the promotion has resulted in an uptick of subscriptions.
Strand had planned a similar promotion with DirecTV but after word of the promotion made international headlines, DirecTV said it would not participate in the giveaway.
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In studies, people who took inhaled insulin had an increased risk of lung cancer. However, it is not entirely clear if the inhaled insulin was to blame. All of the people in the studies who developed lung cancer had a previous history of cigarette smoking.
Inhaled insulin works faster than regular insulin. Make sure to begin eating within 10 minutes after taking the medication.
The drug can cause low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) in some people. This is more common in elderly people and in people with adrenal, pituitary, liver, or kidney problems, as well as during fasting before surgery and after prolonged exercise. Symptoms of low blood sugar may include irritability, trembling, cold sweats, or blurry vision, among other things.
Fever, infections, injury, or surgery can temporarily increase blood sugar, even in people with well-controlled diabetes. Contact your healthcare provider if you have a fever, infection, injury, or will be having surgery. Also, make sure you know the symptoms of high blood sugar and how to check your blood sugar levels.
Careful monitoring of blood sugar is necessary any time diabetes drugs are changed, and it is recommended for all people taking inhaled insulin.
The drug is not recommended for people with lung problems, such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Your lung function should be checked before starting inhaled insulin, since it can have a negative effect on lung function. In addition, your healthcare provider should monitor your lungs periodically during treatment to make sure inhaled insulin is not causing lung problems.
Inhaled insulin does not need to be stopped in people with respiratory infections (such as the common cold). However, close monitoring is recommended in these situations.
The medication has not been studied in people with liver or kidney problems. Your inhaled insulin dosage may need to be adjusted if you have liver or kidney problems.
As with all insulins, inhaled insulin can cause allergic reactions, including wheezing or difficulty breathing. Be sure to tell your healthcare provider if you are having an allergic reaction.
Inhaled insulin is considered a pregnancy Category C medication. This means that the full risks of using it during pregnancy are not known. Talk to your healthcare provider before taking the drug while pregnant (see Exubera and Pregnancy).
Inhaled insulin passes through breast milk. Therefore, if you are breastfeeding or plan to start, discuss this with your healthcare provider.
Inhaled insulin can interact with certain medications (see Drug Interactions With Inhaled Insulin).
Pfizer, Inc. Dear healthcare provider letter for Exubera (4/2008). FDA Web site. Available at: http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/safety/2008/Exubera_DHCP.pdf. Accessed October 3, 2008.


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ד"ר פיש כתב תחת הנחייתו של דני אטאס את עבודת הדוקטורט, שכותרתהConsequentialism and the Value of Individuals
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According to a central and well-established principle of consequentialism, moral philosophy should concern itself with the good, and not with whose good it is. The consequentialist indifference to individual identities is considered to be an expression of impartiality: it is because the good of every person counts as much as anybody else's that we should focus on the good itself. This principle explains why consequentialists find no difficulty in aggregating and trading off losses and gains across persons. It also serves as the ultimate line of defense against consequentialism's many critics. Those accusing consequentialism of failing to respect the separateness of persons, or the notions of fairness and of personal rights, need to confront it. They have to explain why it matters, for example, that harms and benefits accrue to different persons rather than to the same individual; or why it is so important that the rights of one particular individual be protected against the interests of other people, who are just like him.
Each of the four essays collected in this work stands on its own, but they all challenge different aspects of that same fundamental principle of consequentialism. They aim to demonstrate that this principle is neither as unassailable as some believe it to be, nor as morally compelling. What appears to be a commitment to equal concern, I argue, might be more appropriately described as indifference.
The first essay concerns the principle known as 'anonymous Pareto'. On this principle, an alternative A is better than another, B, in case it is Pareto superior to either B or a permutation of it. This is an attractive idea that purports to apply Pareto-based judgments to a broader range of cases while preserving some of the intuitive appeal of the standard, more familiar principle. It has a particular appeal for consequentialists, as it offers to establish consequentialist moral conclusions without resorting to aggregation or interpersonal trade-offs. This essay considers some ways in which anonymous Pareto is sometimes defended and argues against each separately, as well as in more general lines. It suggests that the reasons in light of which people find standard Pareto so compelling are the reasons for doubting the anonymous variation of that principle.
The subject of the second essay is the debate over statistical lives – the anonymous lives of faceless victims who are expected to be lost once a risk materializes. According to a widespread view, since our moral concern should be with saving lives as such, regardless of whose life is concerned, no distinction should be made between statistical lives, and the lives of particular individuals facing concrete life-threatening situations. I argue that the distinction between identified and statistical lives is a non-trivial one. When weighing the competing interests of an identified and a statistical 'person', what we are in fact faced with is not a conflict between the comparable interests of two individuals, one named and the other anonymous. It is rather a decision between an individual interest on the one hand, and on the other the collective interest of a group of persons. Whatever claim statistical victims have on our resources is a claim that belongs to the group under risk, and cannot be associated with any one of its members in particular.
The third essay touches upon a long-standing dispute in the literature on social choice theory, namely the Diamond-Harsanyi debate. It has been argued that a consequentialist social welfare function is blind to the value of equal chances. Judging by the outcomes, a policy that gives everyone a fair chance might be indistinguishable from a policy that does not. The established response is that outcomes could be re-described so as to incorporate facts about fairness. This paper argues that consequentialism's incompatibility with the value of chance equality runs deeper than some philosophers and economists are inclined to admit. Consequentialism is committed to the twin views that, first, producing the most good is to be preferred, and secondly, that it does not matter whose good is concerned. The idea that people should receive an equal chance, however, is concerned primarily with determining whose good is to be promoted, rather than with how much of that good there should be.
Finally, the fourth and last essay addresses the subject of this collection more directly. In this essay I consider two major arguments that go along way back in the history of utilitarianism. Utilitarians believe that we should be concerned with losses and gains of well-being, but not with whose losses and gains they are, because, first, this notion is thought to follow from the principle of equal consideration; and secondly, because personal good is an independent source for agent-neutral reasons, regardless of whoever's good it is. I argue, first, that the fact that one person's good is as important as another's does not entail the claim that it does not matter which of them gains or loses. Secondly, I offer some reasons to think that the value of well-being is not independent but derivative from the value of individuals


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Tag archive for 'journalists in prison'
By The Dispatch On Wednesday, March 6th, 2019
Egypt: Mahmoud Abou Zeid, Shawkan, released after spending over 5 years in prison
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By The Dispatch On Saturday, March 2nd, 2019
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By Brandon Jones On Tuesday, December 18th, 2018
2018 was a deadly year for journalists, 80 killed, nearly 350 in prison, 60 more are hostages
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By The Dispatch On Thursday, December 13th, 2018
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By The Dispatch On Saturday, September 8th, 2018
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Britain: Journalist, activist Tommy Robinson arrested for filming Islamic child rapists, judge tells press not to report on it
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Spreading the News: How News Sites Create Passive Income
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By The Dispatch On Saturday, December 2nd, 2017
Egyptian journalist Ismail Alexandrani, Ismail Al Sayed Mohamed Omar Toufic, jailed two years, still no trial
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By The Dispatch On Friday, December 30th, 2016
Al-Jazeera reporter Mahmoud Hussein questioned, arrested in Egypt for 'inciting sedition' and 'fake news'
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By Brandon Jones On Tuesday, August 23rd, 2016
Donald Trump attacks 'free speech,' newspaper which 'lie' and cover for Hillary Clinton
The GOP nominee, Donald Trump, continues to make enemies in the press, now calling the journalists "crooked media," sounding increasingly authoritarian. At a Saturday night rally in Fairfield, Connecticut, More...
By Butter Bracco On Thursday, May 26th, 2016
Journalists Salud Hernandez, Diego D'Pablos and Carlos Melo go missing in Colombia
(CNN) Three journalists covering the cartels and Marxist guerrilla infested areas of Colombia have gone missing. First was Spanish journalist Salud Hernandez, who went missing while working on a story in Catatumbo, More...
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The Best Camera Equipment to Document an Ever-Changing World With
We live in an era of constant change, loud noise, and thousands of sources vying for our limited attention. At times it can be extremely difficult to find the signal in the noise, to filter through the 24/7 media More...
By Brandon Jones On Saturday, January 16th, 2016
Iran releases Saeed Abedini, Jason Rezaian, Amir Hekmati, Nosratollah Khosrawi
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Journalists calling for 'openness' and transparency from Obama administration
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speech to Congress
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By Brandon Jones On Sunday, February 1st, 2015
China: Journalist detained after reporting on destruction of crosses
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By Brandon Jones On Friday, January 30th, 2015
California public defender Jami Tillotson arrested for protecting client's rights
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By Kaye Wonderhouse On Tuesday, January 27th, 2015
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If someone wants to make with all CPUs, he'll add it to makepkg.conf. So make -j$(nocpu) is not needed.
I went and added in a few patches to get it working for now. Everything compiles and runs on my end just fine. This package was also updated to correctly include the desktop launcher and all of the Litecoin binaries: litecoin-qt, litecoin-cli, litecoind, and litecoin-tx.
https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin/pull/241 Once this is merged into the code I'll update this.
@ewhal4 Thank you for updating and disowning, I have now taken over the package.
I just emailed you, that was quick! I'll take over the package then since you disowned it.


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Dana White Levels Woke Reporter When He Tries to Mock UFC Exec's Support for Ivermectin - Video
By Elizabeth Stauffer January 17, 2022
Little Boy with Cystic Fibrosis Became Garbage Man for Day Thanks to 1 Wish
By Amanda Thomason September 26, 2020 at 11:53am
Many boys gravitate toward heavy machinery from a young age. Tractors, trucks, planes and trains — anything with oomph and power is a popular choice for starry-eyed young ones.
In 2016, 6-year-old Ethan from Rancho Cordova, California, had a fascination with a very particular kind of vehicle: garbage trucks. It's a shared interest, with many children developing a passion for them thanks to the weekly appearance of the large, loud trucks.
Ethan's situation was a little different than many children's, though.
Since he was just 8 weeks old, he has been undergoing treatment for cystic fibrosis, a disease that gives its sufferers a median life expectancy of just 44 years.
"I want him to have fun and not have to worry about the day-to-day," his dad, Ken Dean, told Fox News four years ago. "It's all about him."
At the time, the Make-A-Wish Foundation helped arrange a special treat for the garbage-truck-obsessed kiddo, and what followed was a day that brought joy to more than just the recipient.
"When selecting his wish, one in particular stood out to him — to be a garbage man!" the Make-A-Wish Northeastern & Central California and Northeastern Nevada website shared. "He is a big fan of the garbage man, and loves to watch them come to pick up his trash."
Ethan's dad confirmed his son's obsession.
On our way to pick-up Ethan in his very own garbage truck! Hope he's surprised! #EthanCleansUp pic.twitter.com/ZxlxdhedUF
— Make-A-Wish CA NV (@MakeAWishCANV) July 26, 2016
"We pretty much knew it was going to be about garbage trucks," Dean said. "He's been watching them come down the street since he first learned how to crawl."
So the date and the scene were set to give Ethan a wonderful day.
He showed up on a Tuesday at his elementary school, and from there he experienced five stops to give him a taste of that garbage man life, breaking for a news conference and lunch at the state capitol.
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"On July 26, 2016 Ethan was surprised at school when he was picked up in his very own garbage truck," the Make-A-Wish website continued. "He received his own Waste Management uniform and name tag that he got wear all day.
"Ethan spent the next few hours 'cleaning up' Sacramento with the help of Waste Management and his Adopt-A-Wish sponsor, Randle Communications, in a garbage truck fittingly labeled 'Ethan's Garbage Truck.' Superheroes welcomed Ethan at each stop where he learned the importance of recycling, reducing and reusing."
John deBerge with Make-A-Wish pointed out that anyone can help make a child's dreams come true.
"Ethan's wish to be a garbage man for a day is a perfect example that anyone and everyone has the ability to grant a wish," deBerge told ABC News.
"Today we saw a local garbage man alongside thousands from the community of Sacramento, join together to make a 6-year-old boy's wish come true."
The photos say it all: Ethan's day as a garbage man will certainly stick with him for the rest of his life.
Act of Kindness, children, good Samaritan, Uplifting
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Amanda holds an MA in Rhetoric and TESOL from Cal Poly Pomona. After teaching composition and logic for several years, she's strayed into writing full-time and especially enjoys animal-related topics.
As of January 2019, Amanda has written over 1,000 stories for The Western Journal but doesn't really know how. Graduating from California State Polytechnic University with a MA in Rhetoric/Composition and TESOL, she wrote her thesis about metacognitive development and the skill transfer between reading and writing in freshman students.
She has a slew of interests that keep her busy, including trying out new recipes, enjoying nature, discussing ridiculous topics, reading, drawing, people watching, developing curriculum, and writing bios. Sometimes she has red hair, sometimes she has brown hair, sometimes she's had teal hair.
With a book on productive communication strategies in the works, Amanda is also writing and illustrating some children's books with her husband, Edward.
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Tun Mustapha Tower is a 122-metre, 30-story glass tower in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. It was built in 1976 by Mori Building Company, a Japanese builder. The building was formerly named Yayasan Sabah Tower as it housed Sabah Foundation (Yayasan Sabah), a state-sponsored foundation to promote education and economic development in the state. In 2001, the tower was renamed to honour Tun Datu Mustapha, a former Sabah chief minister.

It is the fifth tallest building in Borneo after the 132-metre tall Sabah State Administrative Centre, 129-metre tall Jesselton Quay Citypads, 126-metre tall Wisma Sanyan and the 125-metre tall Harrington Suites.

There is a revolving floor on the 18th floor, which slowly spins to give a complete view of Likas Harbour. It makes one 360 degree rotation per hour.

In 1997, urban climber Alain Robert successfully scaled the building, with government approval, for a fundraiser.

See also
 List of tallest buildings in Kota Kinabalu
 Sabah State Legislative Assembly Building
 Wisma Innoprise
 Kinabalu Tower
 Jesselton Twin Towers

Buildings and structures in Kota Kinabalu
Tourist attractions in Sabah
Skyscrapers in Malaysia
Buildings and structures completed in 1977
20th-century architecture in Malaysia

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This Mr & Mrs Wedding Cake topper from The Sprinkle Sisters is made with gold glitter card stock. It will make a great centre piece on top of your wedding cake!
The cake topper pictured measures 4″ wide and is double sided.


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"Bolder Than Most" Rapist to Spend Year at Mental Hospital
Alvin Quarles was set for release after serving half his sentence
By Megan Tevrizian and Andie Adams	• Published at 8:17 pm on July 21, 2014
The sexually violent predator nicknamed the "Bolder than Most" rapist has made a surprise decision to spend at least a year at a mental hospital, forgoing his release for the time being.
Alvin Quarles, 51, was slated for parole late last year after serving 25 years of a 50 year-sentence for four counts of rape, as well as charges of burglary and robbery.
However, when they heard about his early release, his victims and the District Attorney's office filed a petition to have him civilly committed to a state mental facility.
Quarles' trial over the issue was set to begin Tuesday, but last week, the convict decided to admit to the allegation that he is a sexually violent predator.
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Two of his victims told NBC 7 Monday they are happy he will not be set free, but they're still frustrated that his release was an option at all.
"No community, no community should have to live with this -- knowing that someone has a history of doing this is there with the opportunity to do this again," said victim Mary Taylor.
Deputy DA Wendy Patrick said this case is unique because the women who were victims of Quarles' in the 80s are still willing to have an active role in the case.
"It's true that these cases are battles of the experts because of the person's state of mind, but it was great to see two women brave enough to come forward and be involved," said Patrick.
Quarles will be able to ask for release after one year in the state mental hospital. His victims and the DA's office said they will continue to fight to keep him in custody


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Fashion that 'sparks joy' at Sies Marjan, The Row. Plus Carolina Herrera's modern twist
Sander Lak has stuck to his guns for the past couple of years. The Belgian designer, and once an assistant to Dries van Noten, exploded onto the fashion scene in 2017 with colour stories worthy of Tate Modern exhibitions. Lak started out as a relatively-unknown, in an unsold, unfurnished New York real estate property.
Three years later, he's one of the most in-demand names at New York Fashion Week, commanding the attention of top editors and important buyers. He's proved himself as one of New York's finest, and one of the few designers worth travelling to America's fashion capital to see.
Fall 2019, presented yesterday afternoon in a darkened space illuminated only by spotlights and shimmering Swarovski crystals, felt like a true progression for him and the Sies Marjan label. Yes, there was the emotional involvement of colour. This time he was thinking about love. Lak explained that he wanted things to feel "magical."
Falling in love meant fluid forms. On paper, it was your typical Sies Marjan show but there was newness abound. Firstly, he segued from softer palettes into extraordinary neon hues. Slightly chaotic styling evoked the near-incapacitating rush of falling headlessly in love, playing on the duality of comfort and discomfort. He introduced lace and asymmetric drapery and fine-tuned his tailoring output.
Lak trod new ground whilst continuing to compel his audience with fantastic fashion that can be adopted into a woman's everyday wardrobe. It's the kind of fashion you can fall in love with.
Established in 2006, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen's brand, The Row, prescribes the ease of luxurious basics with the rigour of Saville Row tailoring. A coat could cost you $8,000. You won't get change out of $5,000 for a suit. A handbag commands a $1,500 price tag. Of course, their clientele won't have an issue with this.
Press, buyers, and eventually customers, flock to The Row for a soothing repose, a momentary lapse from the tumultuous political climate, and a balm to the world's woes. They fashion a narrative driven by neutral shades and supple shapes. From oversized blazers with nipped waists, turtlenecks to retreat into on dark days, and jackets to swaddle oneself in when the temperatures begin to plummet. They do everything with such effortless mastery. They're the kind of clothes that 'spark joy' and it's a recipe that never gets old.
Wes Gordon had to update Carolina Herrera, where he started a year ago. Gordon's gambit is the uptown chic doyennes that his predecessor connected with but Herrera's legacy will only be honoured if the incumbent catches the eye of younger clientele. His attempt last season faltered in its datedness. He responded to the lukewarm critical response with a collection that was modern in its disposition and colourful in its expression.
Amidst a sea of twee cocktail dresses and flowing trapeze gowns, Gordon incorporated some neat tailoring, blazers with cut-out details, and oversized jackets. If Gordon wants to have the same grasp on New York Fashion Week that Sander Lak and the Olsen twins have he'll need to cohere his point of view.
Photo Credit: Vogue Runway
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