I know that a lot of you are still using stock setup and often ask for mines. I think it's time to give all my "secrets"... (lol) we have all we need to know how suspension works. (thanks to Geo and Gdub <3) But i think that the most important thing were forgotten. Testing workflow.
We are just going to speak about suspension setup here but just for you to know, here is my general setup.
First of all, before even hitting the track for the first time, you have to set your SAG. The race sag (rider sag) is the distance that the rear end of the bike settles when on the ground and under the load of the rider's weight. The static sag (free sag) is the distance that the rear end of the bike settles when on the ground, but only under the load of its own weight (no rider).
Your Static sag have to be around 30 (+/-10) at both ends.
To reach thoses values, you have to tweak your spring rate and preload button until you have it.
Now you can go on the track.
2) Setting the suspensions for the track.
Then you can start to tweak each setting, one by one and run 4 or 5 laps and see if you are faster or not.
Bump --> it's the compression damping. Higher the value is, stiffer your fork will be.
Rebound --> release, or rebound damping. Higher the value is, slower the suspension will deploy.
You have to change thoses values one by one to really feel the difference.
With deformation, or on a rough track it's not the same deal. Bumb/Rebound combo is really important, it's how the suspension will "read" the track. If it's too slow or too fast, the suspension won't have the time to travel all the way around bumps. in results ? loose of traction, sideways kicks and noob braking... or even fall. And it will also feel unsafe in turns.
And don't hesitate to take notes.
A big thanks to Geo, Gdub and Asdrael for all your tutos. I hope this will finish to complete them.
Just what I needed! Thank you very much Stone rider.
First use preload to set sag. If you run out of adjustments then you have to change the spring stiffness to give you more preload range. For a higher number sag use a softer spring and lower sag number use a harder spring.
I take it you are using the RMZ? i tried and it doesnt actually set like stone described either mate.
To set the sag for the 2016 RMZ250 set the front preload to 4mm as the only front adjustments and set the rear spring to 48 with 0mm preload. The actual amount of mm's used for preload is irrelevant and and will vary depending on which spring is used. With this adjustment my rear spring choice leaves no room to increase rear sag beyond 100mm as my preload is at O, however an even softer spring will allow for further preload adjustments. An example with this setup is with rear spring set to 48 and preload at 0 I get 100mm sag, if I soften the rear spring with a 45 than I can use preload setting 2 to get the same 100mm rear sag.
Thx, Wedge. Plenty of info to help me!
Are we sure about the sag tho? I seem to remember b3/4 had decent sag values stock for the stock bike. In b5 however, it's off. Is it because suspensions got changed and not the stock settings, or is sag now measured differently?
70/100 race sag AND 30/30 free sag is the best for 250 and 450 yeah. this is IRL values. you can find it on every IRL suspensions tutorial and too me... it's pretty obvious when you try it. make a lap in stock and then just set you sag, retry and you tell me.
Yeah I know about IRL sag values. I was just saying that it seems that those values changed in game between b4 and b5 if I remember correctly, for a stock bike with stock settings. Hence my question: did the suspension change cause this, or have the way the measurement is made changed?
or have the way the measurement is made changed?
i don't get it. it can't change..


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Plantar fasciotomy is a surgical procedure that treats plantar fasciitis, sometimes called heel spurs. This is a condition that causes stabbing or burning heel pain when the tissue along the bottom of the foot — which connects the heel bone to the toes — becomes inflamed. The procedure detaches the fascia, the thin connective tissue covering the muscles, from the heel bone. Connective tissue grows back, effectively lengthening the fascia.
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The Federal Government has created a new opportunity for some recent retirees to make additional superannuation contributions. From 1 July 2019, a 12-month exemption from the "work test" for newly retired individuals aged between 65 and 74 years with a total superannuation balance below $300,000 means many older Australians will now have an extra year in which to boost their superannuation savings. If you wish to take advantage of this measure, you should plan carefully to manage the relevant timing issues, your contributions caps and interaction with other contributions measures that may be available to you.
Many superannuation members are surprised – and sometimes frustrated – to learn that Australia's superannuation system places tight restrictions on who can make contributions after age 65. Generally, people aged between 65 and 74 years must satisfy a "work test" in order to make:
non-concessional contributions (ie personal contributions for which the member does not claim a deduction); and
concessional contributions above mandatory employer superannuation guarantee contributions (eg personal contributions for which the member claims a deduction or extra salary-sacrificed employer contributions).
The work test requires that the person is "gainfully employed" for at least 40 hours in any 30-day consecutive period during the financial year in which the contributions are made.
A person is "gainfully employed" if they are employed or self employed for gain or reward in any business, trade, profession, vocation, calling, occupation or employment.
Satisfying the test can be difficult for retirees who want to build their superannuation savings. Passive income (eg rent or dividends) and unpaid work are not considered to be "gainful employment". Frustratingly, even those engaged in paid work may not meet the work test if their work is more irregular than the "40-hours-in-30-days" rule permits.
To assist these members with their superannuation planning, the government has recently created a new 12-month exemption from the work test for recent retirees aged between 65 and 74 years with a total superannuation balance below $300,000.
This measure will be available from 1 July 2019. For qualifying individuals, the exemption applies for 12 months following the end of the financial year in which the person last met the work test, giving these retirees an extra year in which to boost their superannuation savings.
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On Friday, December 20, over 70 NAC students filled the library at Valley High School to listen to a panel of NAC alumni at the 3rd Annual NAC Holiday Potluck and Alumni Panel event.
The returning alumni, many of whom are first-year college students attending a diverse range of colleges, including Cal State East Bay, Hope College, Transylvania University, Birmingham-Southern College, UC Riverside, and Cal State Fullerton, talked to students about how they dealt with academic challenges, culture shock, homesickness, and financial issues while navigating their way through college.
On the topic of addressing academic challenges, NAC Class of 2013 alum, George Rodriguez, a first-year student at Transylvania College in Lexington, Kentucky, told students he made an Excel spreadsheet to plan out every hour of his schedule during the semester so that he wouldn't get behind in his studies.
NAC Class of 2013 alum Erin Davis, a first-year student at Birmingham-Southern College in Birmingham, Alabama, also found a way to address her academic challenges. Erin told students that she developed a reward program for studying. After studying for 40 minutes, for example, she would take a 10-minute walk and get a chocolate bar to snack on. One semester into her studies, Erin claims the "reward" program has worked.
To meet her academic challenges, NAC Class of 2013 alum, Brenda Benites, a first-year student at UC Riverside, told students she took advantage of TA's & Professors' office hours to ask questions & get to know school staff, especially for larger classes. Brenda also made sure to frequent the library, at times spending several hours per day while writing essays.
While studying away from home, most students experience some form of homesickness: depression, anxiety, withdrawn behavior, or trouble focusing. Sometimes, the symptoms surface almost immediately. In other cases, the symptoms don't take effect until much later. NAC Class of 2013 alum, Hector Valencia, a first-year student at Hope College in Holland, Michigan, told students he didn't really experience home sickness until the holidays hit, especially when a large number of his classmates travelled home to be with their families.
Another issue students face while attending college is covering their financial obligations, which one can understand with a quick glance at the average costs of tuition and board on U.S. News & World Report's list of Best Colleges. NAC Class of 2010 alum, Favie Silva, who now attends CSU Fullerton, told students that she has saved money in school by preparing her own lunches as opposed to buying lunch everyday from the cafeteria or other fast food franchises.
NAC Class of 2013 alum, Sara Benitez, a first-year student at CSU East Bay, also talked with students about being careful while managing their money, especially when studying away from home. While attending CSU East Bay, Sara learned to navigate the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system, but she found that traveling costs often left her with very little money to meet her other financial needs.
In addition to the panel, students heard from other alumni who were also present and willing to share their college insight.
After the panel, students mingled with each other and enjoyed a potluck dinner of pizza, pasta, tostadas, tacos, and more. The potluck also served as an alumni reunion, allowing alumni to catch up with one another while enjoying a home-cooked, holiday meal.
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I carmina convivalia erano dei carmi latini di età preletteraria di cui sono rimaste pochissime tracce, consistenti nei frammenti del Carmen Priami e del Carmen Nelei. Conosciamo l'esistenza dei carmina convivalia soltanto attraverso gli scritti di altri autori latini di epoca classica, come Cicerone e Varrone, che ne parlarono nelle loro opere.

I carmina convivalia venivano recitati o cantati con l'accompagnamento di flauti (tibiae) durante i banchetti presso le case delle più importanti gentes romane. È da essi che trassero origine i racconti epici e le leggende della romanità: i carmina, infatti, espressione di un'arcaica cultura gentilizia, avevano come fine la glorificazione delle gesta degli antenati illustri della famiglia e raccontavano quindi miti sulla fondazione di Roma o su importanti episodi bellici. Nei componimenti, dunque, l'elemento privato, riconducibile al luogo e alle circostanze dell'esecuzione, si fondeva con quello pubblico, evidente nella celebrazione di atti che avevano avuto come obiettivo l'accrescimento dello stato romano.

I carmina convivalia erano recitati o cantati dai convitati stessi, che si turnavano tra loro, o da fanciulli (pueri) di rango gentilizio appositamente convocati.

Importanti sono le testimonianze riguardo a questi carmina lasciateci dagli autori latini nelle loro opere. Cicerone racconta nelle Tusculanae disputationes:

Altrettanto significativa è la testimonianza di Varrone:

Dalla Storia romana di Dionigi di Alicarnasso e da un carme di Orazio risulta probabile che i carmina convivalia continuassero ad essere recitati anche in età classica, probabilmente in seguito alla politica di restaurazione culturale attuata dall'imperatore Augusto. Lo stesso Orazio ci fornisce una poetica descrizione dei carmina:

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Recurring pain can take the fun out of life. Fortunately, most people do not have to live with pain. Today, many treatment options are available for those dealing with chronic pain.
In many cases, these types of pain can be controlled without a stay in the hospital. Additional types of recurring or chronic pain can also be managed. Speak with your personal physician/provider, or contact the the providers with the Pain Clinic for additional information.
The Pain Clinic is located on the second floor of the hospital as part of the surgical services unit. Prior to arriving for an appointment, patients will receive information about what to bring and what to expect during their appointment.


What is in store for the Ben Hogan Foundation in 2016? That has proven to be a more challenging question each year than we ever thought would be the case. But this is a good thing, because the surprises are all very positive and helpful for the foundation.
What we do know is this: Our friends like our Ben Hogan Breakfast Clubs and we will continue them in 2016. We are very pleased that our first meeting will be on Feb. 23 with our speaker being none other than country recording artist Clay Walker. Walker has had four of his 11 albums reach Platinum status!
We are looking forward to hosting our 4th Ben Hogan Classic at Fort Hood presented by the Miles Foundation in April, awarding our 4th Ben Hogan Foundation Mentor Scholarship in the spring, awarding a number of partial scholarships in partnership with the NTPGA, hosting our ninth Camp Broncho in August, and many more exciting events to honor Mr. Hogan.
We are very excited about a partnership with the Devlin Foundation this spring, called "A Night with the Aussies," in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Bruce Devlin's win at Colonial. We also have commitments from this year's World Golf Hall of Fame inductee, David Graham, and U.S. Open champion Geoff Ogilvy. We may even have a few more Aussies there to surprise you. Look for more information about this dinner, which will occur during Colonial week.
In celebration of Oakland Hills' 100th anniversary, the Ben Hogan Foundation will host a golf tournament for its membership called the Monster '51. Oakland Hills has done a wonderful job celebrating its Hogan legacy. As you may remember, Hogan won the 1951 U.S. Open there and nicknamed the course "The Monster" in his post-tournament interview. Proceeds of this event will benefit the Ben Hogan Foundation and Evans Scholars.
And it doesn't get any better than Pebble Beach in the summer. In partnership with the Pat Green Foundation, we will support the 2016 Texas National at Pebble Beach Golf Links. Thanks to Pat Green and his foundation, the two previous tournaments were a great success and something our supporters truly look forward to every two years.
We are already hard at work planning the Ben Hogan Invitational presented by the USA + Foundation. We were thrilled this year to reach a four-year agreement with USA + as our title sponsor. If you like a competitive atmosphere and great golf, join us next fall. We promise you and your guests will have a great experience.


Your view about whether you would like cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to be attempted is important. Ideally you would be able to talk this over with your family and healthcare team and come to a decision before a cardiac or respiratory arrest occurs. But if you haven't made a decision then your doctor will decide based on medical grounds.
If you don't want CPR to be attempted your decision is final. If you are sure you would like CPR to be attempted, your healthcare team will take your wishes into account. But a senior doctor can decide not to attempt CPR if they feel it's not appropriate.
If you haven't made a decision about CPR and you do experience a cardiac or respiratory arrest your doctors will discuss CPR with your family or next of kin. They will try to find out your views on CPR and make a medical decision based on this.
Once you have made your decision, the doctor will tell the rest of the healthcare team. This information is confidential.
Can I insist that I am given CPR?
What if I am unable to make a decision about CPR?
Will a decision about CPR affect the rest of my treatment or care?
What happens if I change my mind about CPR?
You may need time to think about your situation carefully. Talk to your healthcare team if you are unsure about anything. It may also help to talk to your family and friends.
You will usually make a decision about CPR with someone from your healthcare team, such as your GP, cancer doctor or specialist nurse. They will tell other members of the team that CPR has been discussed with you and what decision has been made. This information is confidential. It will only be shared with the team caring for you.
If you have told your healthcare team that you don't want to be given CPR, they will accept your decision. Very rarely, the healthcare team may decide that the person is not able to make the decision about CPR themselves. For example, this may happen if a person has a serious mental illness, or is confused or disorientated.
Some people don't want to make their own decision about CPR. You don't have to talk about CPR with anyone or decide about CPR. If you prefer, you can let your healthcare team decide for you.
The decision about CPR will be written clearly in your medical and nursing notes. If the decision has been made not to give CPR, this is written as a 'do not attempt resuscitation' (DNAR) order, or as 'not for resuscitation' (NFCPR). In the medical notes, the doctor usually also writes a date when the decision will be reviewed. This means that the decision will be discussed again to check it is still correct and up to date.
If you are in hospital, the decision will be written in your medical and nursing notes but not in any notes stored beside your bed. If you leave the hospital ward, for example for an x-ray, your medical notes usually go with you. Many hospitals have a system using stickers on the outside of the medical notes to show if CPR should not be given. This helps any person looking after you find this information quickly. As well as the sticker system, your team aims to communicate clearly with staff in other departments. Anyone involved in your hospital care should know about a CPR decision.
If you go home, the community healthcare team looking after you should also be told about a CPR decision. This includes your GP, your local out-of-hours service and the ambulance service. It may also include the community palliative care team, the district nurses and any carers. GPs or community palliative care teams will usually discuss CPR with the people they are looking after. But if they haven't and you want to discuss it, ask to talk to them. You will keep the written DNAR or NFCPR order in a safe place at home.
If your heart or breathing stops at home and an ambulance is called, the ambulance crew will always give CPR unless there's a clearly written DNAR or NFCPR order.
If no decision has been made and your heart or breathing stops, your healthcare team will make the best decision they can at the time. They will decide whether to give CPR based on your medical situation. In some areas of healthcare, CPR will always be given if a decision has not been made.
You may decide that you want to be given CPR even if your healthcare team tells you it is unlikely to work. Your team will consider your wishes about CPR. However, the final decision may be made by a senior doctor.
If you don't agree with your team's advice, you can ask for a second medical opinion from another senior doctor. Your doctor or GP can tell you more about getting a second opinion.
In some situations, you may not be able to make a decision about CPR. For example, if you are unconscious or too drowsy from medication.
Your healthcare team will make any final decision about CPR. They will think about your medical situation carefully. They will also talk to people close to you, such as your next of kin or family. These people may be able to give an idea of what decision you would make about CPR.
If you have asked your team not to discuss your care with certain people, they will respect this. The team will not discuss the CPR decision with them.
You may have arranged for someone to help make decisions for you if you are unable to. In England and Wales, this person is called a Health and Welfare attorney and must be named in a legal document called a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA). In Scotland, this person is called a Welfare attorney and the legal document is called a Power of Attorney (PoA).
Your healthcare team must discuss any decision about CPR with your attorney. However, if the healthcare team decides it will do you more harm than good, your attorney can't demand treatment.
In Northern Ireland, attorneys don't make decisions about medical treatment. However, your next of kin or relatives should still be asked for advice about the decision.
An Advance Decision to Refuse Treatment ADRT (or an Advance Directive in Scotland) is a written statement of your wishes to refuse a particular treatment in a specific situation. It is a way of making sure that everyone knows in advance if there is a treatment you don't want to have.
Before making an ADRT or AD, it is important to discuss the decisions you'd like to make with one of your healthcare professionals. This may be your GP, or a doctor or nurse specialist looking after you at the hospital. They will be able to tell you what the likely effects of stopping treatment are. They will also make sure your written statement meets legal requirements.
If you decide that you do not want to be given CPR, you can record this in your written statement. A copy can then be put into your medical notes for your healthcare team.
A decision about CPR will not affect any other care or treatment that you get.
Each time you are admitted to hospital, a doctor will check the CPR decision and discuss it with you. This is important because your medical condition or decision may change.
You can change your mind about CPR at any time. If you do, it's important to tell a member of your healthcare team. If you make a new decision with your healthcare team, they will record it in your medical notes. Remember to tell your family or carer about any changes to avoid confusion.


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Iowa prison worker treated after handling unknown substance
The substance is believed to have come from a bottle of eye drops. Other prison employees quarantined the substance, and the staff member was taken to a local hospital.
Iowa prison worker treated after handling unknown substance The substance is believed to have come from a bottle of eye drops. Other prison employees quarantined the substance, and the staff member was taken to a local hospital. Check out this story on press-citizen.com: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2019/04/05/fort-madison-prison-worker-treated-after-handling-unknown-substance-hospital/3382178002/
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FORT MADISON, Ia. (AP) — Authorities say an Iowa State Penitentiary worker is recovering after becoming extremely ill when she came in contact with an unknown substance at the prison.
Prison officials say the incident happened Friday. The substance is believed to have come from a bottle of eye drops. Other prison employees quarantined the substance, and the staff member was taken to a local hospital. Her condition has stabilized, and she has since been released to recover at home.
The unknown substance has been submitted to the State Crime Lab in Ankeny for testing by the Division of Criminal Investigations.
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Балъкесир () е град в Турция, административен център на вилаета Балъкесир, регион Мармара.

Населението на града e 331 788 жители (15-и в страната).

Икономика
От района на града се изнасят главно продукция, извличана от широко застъпеното маслинопроизводство.

Балъкесир е популярна дестинация за туристи от Турция и чужбина, на които служи като изходен пункт за преоткриването на красивата околна област и близката планина Ида или Каз Дагъ (на турски Kaz Dağı). Край Балъкесир са останките на римския град Адрианутерий, носил името на император Адриан.

Забележителности в региона:
 Национален парк "Птиче светилище" (Kuş Cenneti [Куш Дженети])
 заливи на градовете Бандърма, Ердек, Едремит и плаж на гр. Айвалък
 строви Мармара, Алибей
 музеи на открито в градовете Ердек и Гьонен
 храмове: Йълдъръм джамия в Балъкесир, храмов комплекс на Заганос паша, църква-джaмия с часовник в Айвалък, джамия Алибей

Личности
Родени в Балъкесир
 Йомер Сейфетин – писател
 Мехмет Чобан – състезател по класическа борба
 Джанер Еркин – футболист, нападател на ПФК ЦСКА (Москва)
 Ханде Ерчел - актриса

Починали в Балъкесир
 Заган паша – велик везир на Османската империя

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Planet Ice, the Isle Of Wight Ice Dance & Figure Skating Club and the rink coaches are happy to announce there will be a Christmas Ice Show this year. This year's show will contain live opera on ice, which will be performed by guest skaters brought in to do so. Our show will run as normal with the opera numbers included.
Our show will not be themed this year; therefore it can include something for everyone.
Limited ice and rehearsal time mean that we will be choreographing only three group numbers for our beginners and intermediate standard skaters. Our more advanced skaters will be included in our synchronized performance, group routines and solo performances (if chosen). Soloists will be decided on results from our annual artistic competition in October and on NISA tests passed.
You can contribute towards your own costume(s).
Saturdays, 9.30-10.00am – all beginners minimum level 4 to level 10 Skate UK grades.
Sundays, 10.00-10.30am – all intermediate skaters level 10 to NISA level 2 standard, 10 years and under.
Tuesdays 5.00-6.00pm – all intermediate skaters level 10 to NISA level 2 standard, 11 years and over.
Still keen? Great! ask your coach for more information. Fill in your forms and return to Terri or Matt by Friday 28 September.
We (as always) look forward to working with you!


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A small but lovely poem!! My first poem ever!!
To defend you and stand by your tone.
And the options will make you amused.
Now there's everywhere to run or take out a gun.
When he sees you wail even for a while.
That's the entanglement of sister-brother.


A note from Joe Raiola, Board President and Artistic Director of Theatre Within.
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ANTONINO FOGLIANI
Antonino Fogliani is considered one of the most exciting conductors of his generation.
Born in Messina in 1976, he debuted in 2001 at the Rossini Opera Festival conducting Il viaggio a Reims.
From season 2017/18 is appointed Principal Guest Conductor of Deutsche Oper am Rhein.
Principal Guest Conductor of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein since 2017 and Music Director of the Festival Rossini in Wildbad since 2012, thanks to his original talent, he quickly established himself on the international scene as one of the most appreciated musicians of his generation . After the acclaimed debut at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, which took place in 2001 with the direction of the Il viaggio a Reims, he rose to the podium of the most important opera houses in the world and some prestigious orchestras such as the Orchestra Nazionale dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, the Neue Philharmonie Westfalen Orchestra at the Westfalenpark in Dortmund, the Moscow State Philharmonic Society at the Ciakovsky Hall in Moscow and the Württembergische Philharmonie in Reutlingen.
Numerous productions of rare and best known titles that he conducted in the past seasons receiving praise from critics and warm welcome from the audience.
Among his latest successes are the productions of Maria Stuarda at the Teatro alla Scala, Don Pasquale, Amica and Mosè in Egitto at the Teatro dell'Opera of Rome, Oberto, conte di San Bonifacio and Otello at Teatro Filarmonico in Verona, Il barbiere di Siviglia at La Fenice in Venice, Rigoletto and Il turco in Italia at San Carlo in Naples, Turandot at the Bolshoi in Moscow, Otello, Il Signor Bruschino and La sposa di Messina at the Rossini in Wildbad Festival, Lucia di Lammermoor at the Donizetti Theater Bergamo and the Bayerische Staatsoper, Carmen at the Bregenzer Festspiele and at the Semperoper in Dresden, Tosca at the Verona Arena and at the Frankfurt Opera.
In the coming seasons he will conduct several new productions including I Puritani and La Bohème in Düsseldorf and Duisburg, Il Trovatore in Leipzig, Le comte d'Hoffmann and Donna del lago in Zurich, Il barbiere di Siviglia at Covent Garden in London.
His discography includes, among other titles, Ugo, Conte di Parigi by Donizetti (Dynamic), Il marito disperato by Cimarosa (Bongiovanni), Stabat Mater, Ciro in Babilonia, Mosè in Egitto, Semiramide, Guillaume Tell and Otello by Rossini, La sposa di Messina by Vaccaj (Naxos), Lucia di Lammermoor (Dynamic DVD), Maria Stuarda (DVD Arthaus Musik).
Graduated in Music Disciplines at the Bolonia University, he graduated in Piano at the Bolonia Conservatory and Conducting at the Milan Conservatory. He specialized at the Chigiana Academy of Siena with Franco Donadoni and Ennio Morricone. The meeting with Gianluigi Gelmetti in 1997 marked an artistic turning point in his career as a conductor, allowing him to follow numerous productions and concerts as his assistant.
In 2018 the President Sergio Mattarella awarded him the honorary title of Ufficiale dell'Ordine "al merito della Repubblica italiana".
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Some people actually go the expensive route when they decide to lose weight. Some people think the expensive way is the only way to lose weight. There are sooo many people who want to lose weight and can't do it themselves that a mega million dollar industry has sprung up to take advantage of this opportunity. Thank heaven for some of us who write about the real way to lose weight.
Gym memberships, diet pills and weight lose counselors all cost money. When in fact, you don't have to spend a dime. You can even save money while you lose the unwanted pounds. We don't always realize it, but as we go through our work day, we can spend a lot of time snacking. You can consume a lot of junk food and drinks and it all costs money.
Maybe you start your day at a coffee shop and you don't just buy coffee. You get to work and there's pastries in the break room, so why not. I use to do it. I'd look for something to snack on every time I took a break. The average person adds 2 or 3 pounds a year, even if their careful and don't over eat. Between the ages of 30 and 40, I personally gain 40 pounds. I had changed jobs. I had a construction job, outside all day and was very active and left that for an office job, sitting all day and eating and drinking too much. I didn't over eat on purpose, I would go along with the others and was snacking throughout the day.
She was rights I started by changing my diet. Nothing crazy, I was eating better food. I stayed out of the restaurants for a few months, brought my own food from home. I stayed away from ice cream, I changed to skim milk and non-diary creamer. I quit buying processed meats like lunch meat and look for better cheese. I'd get the cubes of cheese, I read that if you're trying to lose weight you should eat one ounce of swiss cheese before every meal. Swiss cheese will help you metabolize your food. I bought the package of cubes and they where the perfect weight, one ounce, and it did work. It's also really filling. Another little trick that helped me was drinking water with your meal. Even now that I lost 50 pounds, if I go out an eat and we order beer before a meal, I still get a glass of water to drink while I'm eating. I quit the gym membership after a few years, I work out at home. I started running after I lost the first 20 pounds. I had a lot more energy and running is one of the best exercises I know for your body and to lose weight. I started out by walking and then built up to a walk and run routine which I still do. Now that I'm in better shape I can run faster and longer with fewer breaks for walking.
There's many ways to spend money on weight loss memberships, low-cal foods, and exercise programs, and don't forget the gym equipment you can buy for your personal use, but only you can decide that you're going to lose weight. And after you make that decision nothing will stop you. My biggest investment was a pair of walking shoes that I traded for running shoes later on. But before you turn into an exercise nut who lives in the gym several hours a week, losing body fat is 80% diet and 20% exercise. You can't exercise away a bad diet. Just because your friends eat what ever they want and stay thin it doesn't mean you can. They are not trying to lose weight, you are. They don't exercise to lose weight, they exercise for their heart. You have to exercise differently to lose fat.


Probal Hazarika along with his father had gone to the river for bathing.
The Rongali Bihu revelry turned tragic note here with the drowning of youth in the Brahmaputra on April 14th, 2019. The youth has been identified as Probal Hazarika.
Hazarika along with his father had gone to the river for bathing. He is a student of Class 12 at the Shrimanta Shankar Academy in Guwahati. He hails from Mazgaon. His father has been rescued. A search operation has been launched to trace Hazarika.
In Assam, Bohag Bihu is being celebrated across the state with traditional fervour and enthusiasm. Today, the first day of celebration is known as the Goru or Cow Bihu. Goru Bihu is dedicated to cattle and livestock.
People take their cattle to rivers, ponds and other water bodies and give them a ceremonial bath rubbing them with turmeric paste and other herbs.


We discuss the 2014 International Team Tryouts; the effect of adding the European Open to the tryouts process and the team members.
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The Supreme Court of Nigeria delivered the final judgment on Friday, July 5, in the matter of the September 22 Gubernatorial election, and the September 27 re-run in Osun State.
Atuiku Abubakar: Justice has prevailed in Zamfara
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has commended the Supreme Court judgement which nullified the elections of all the candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara in the last general elections.
APC: PDP is simply blackmailing Supreme Court justices
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of intimidating and blackmailing Supreme Court Justices into doing their bidding in respect of the matter of the purported exclusion of Rivers State APC candidates from the last elections.
Justice Onnoghen resigns as Chief Justice of Nigeria
The National Judicial Council, NJC, on Wednesday, said it has forwarded the outcome of its investigation into corruption allegations against the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen, to President Muhammadu Buhari, for action.
Supreme Court affirms interim forfeiture of N2.4 billion linked to Patience Jonathan
The Supreme Court, yesterday, affirmed the judgment of the Lagos division of the Court of Appeal which ordered interim forfeiture of N2.4 billion allegedly traced to Patience Jonathan, wife of former President, Goodluck Jonathan.
Justice Onnoghen: Law taking its course, no interference – Presidency
The Presidency has refuted allegations that it is planning to arrest the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen and frame three other Supreme Court justices up.
Presidency: No plan to arrest Justice Onnoghen
The Presidency has expressed "considerable concern and surprise'' at the purported news of the Presidency's alleged plan to arrest the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, and frame three other Supreme Court Justices.
Justice Belgore: Nigeria's development rests on legal profession
A former Chief Justice of Nigeria, retired Justice Alfa Belgore, has said that the development and progress of Nigeria as a nation rest squarely on the shoulders of legal practitioners, who by virtue of their callings and activities, continue to mould societies.


State Rep. La Shawn Ford (in the back, second from left) Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti (front center) and state Rep. Camille Lilly (third from right) attended last week's event held at Loretto Hospital, as did George Miller, president and CEO of Loretto (front row, fourth from left).
Ford was joined last Wednesday by Lt. Gov Evelyn Sanguinetti and members of Ford's West Side Heroin Task Force. The event – held on the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination – offered members of the task force, a diverse array of legislative and medical professionals, a chance to address the state of the opioid epidemic and outline plans to fight it.
Speakers included Loretto Hospital President and CEO George Miller; Beverly "BJ" Walker, director of the Illinois Department of ; Children and Family Services; and James T. Dimas, head of the Illinois Department of Human Services.
Also present were residents from A Safe Haven, a residential treatment center for recovering addicts located on the West Side, who hope to see an increase in the number of long-term treatment programs like theirs.
Between 2014 and 2017, the number of annual opioid overdoses on the West Side have tripled from 600 to 1,900. Across the rest of Illinois, that number has doubled.
"Everyone has been impacted by this epidemic, and everybody needs to pitch in and help," said Amanda Kim, head of strategic health initiatives at the Illinois Department of Public Health.
Ford spearheaded the creation of the West Side Heroin Task Force in 2016 to address this inequality and to determine the best course of action for alleviating the opioid crisis. The task force includes staff from Loretto Hospital and Roosevelt University, drug policy experts, former users, physicians and advocates.
Loretto is the only hospital on the West Side to offer comprehensive addiction treatment including inpatient, aftercare and Suboxone treatments.
Other speakers highlighted the numerous ways the opioid epidemic has affected the West Side.
The event was held on April 4 to underscore the social root of the opioid crisis. Eighty-three percent of Chicago's opioid hospitalizations occur on the West Side, and the African-American community is disproportionately affected.
Gov. Bruce Rauner signed an executive order in fall 2017 creating the Opioid Prevention and Intervention Task Force, which Sanguinetti co-chairs.
That action came after the first-term governor received flak for vetoing a 2015 bill known as the Heroin Crisis Bill, which was sponsored by Ford. The Illinois House overrode the veto.
A former gang member hopes to help others by sharing his past troubles.


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Q: Disabling/Enabling of form text boxes on click of checkbox and passing name of the text box as a parameter to javascript function This is a sample code where in I am disabling or enabling the textbox on click of checkbox.

function enable_text(status) {
  status = !status;
  document.f1.other_text.disabled = status;
}

  <form name=f1 method=post>
    <input type="checkbox" name=others onclick="enable_text(this.checked)">Others
    <input type=text name=other_text>
  </form>

The problem I am facing is that I need to repeat the javascript code for everytime I add a new checkbox and textbox in the form as the name of the checkbox has been hardcoded. How shall I make it dynamic so that once I have added a new textbox  with a checkbox it should take it dynamicaaly and enable it on clicking of checkbox

A: This is how you can do with javascript code

var classname = document.getElementsByClassName("chkbox");

var myFunction = function() {
if(this.checked == true){
this.closest(".parentDiv").getElementsByClassName("txtbox")[0].disabled = false;

}else{
  this.closest(".parentDiv").getElementsByClassName("txtbox")[0].disabled = true;
}

};
for (var i = 0; i < classname.length; i++) {
    classname[i].addEventListener('click', myFunction, false);
}
  <form name=f1 method=post>

        <input type="checkbox" class='chkbox' name=others>Others
              <input type=text name=other_text class='txtbox' disabled='disabled'>

            <input type="checkbox" class='chkbox' name=others>Others
                  <input type=text name=other_text class='txtbox' disabled='disabled'>

      </form>

This is how you can do with JQuery code

$('.chkbox').on('click',function(){
   if($(this).is(':checked')){
   $(this).closest(".parentDiv").find('.txtbox').prop("disabled",false)
   }
   else{
   $(this).closest(".parentDiv").find('.txtbox').prop("disabled",true)
   }
});

<form name=f1 method=post>

        <input type="checkbox" class='chkbox' name=others>Others
              <input type=text name=other_text class='txtbox' disabled='disabled'>

            <input type="checkbox" class='chkbox' name=others>Others
                  <input type=text name=other_text class='txtbox' disabled='disabled'>

            <input type="checkbox" class='chkbox' name=others>Others
                  <input type=text name=other_text class='txtbox' disabled='disabled'>

</form>

A: This can accept as many checkbox/input as you want, as long as the data-name attribute of the checkbox is the same as the name attribute of the input element.
I used querySelectorAll('input[class="checker"]'), but this can be also replaced with getElementsByClassName('checker') (since I'm selecting through class)
I'm sure this can still be optimized, but I did this to show the connection between the checkbox and the input

var checkbox = document.querySelectorAll('input[class="checker"]');
for (var i = 0; i < checkbox.length; i++) {
  checkbox[i].onclick = enable_text;
}

function enable_text() {
  var status = !this.checked;
  var name = this.getAttribute('data-name');
  var input = document.querySelector('[name="' + name + '"]');
  input.disabled = status;
}

<input class="checker" type="checkbox" name="others" data-name="other_text">Others
<input type="text" name="other_text" disabled>

<input class="checker" type="checkbox" name="name" data-name="name_text">Name
<input type="text" name="name_text" disabled>

<input class="checker" type="checkbox" name="address" data-name="address_text">Address
<input type="text" name="address_text" disabled>

<input class="checker" type="checkbox" name="email" data-name="email_text">Email
<input type="text" name="email_text" disabled>

A: Try this...

$(".txt").prop("disabled",true);
$(".section input:checkbox").change(function () {
 $(this).closest(".section").find('.txt').prop("disabled", !this.checked);
});

  <form name=f1 method=post>

   <input type="checkbox" name=others  class="checkbox">Others1
    <input type=text name=other_text class="txt" >

   <input type="checkbox" name=others  class="checkbox">Others2
    <input type=text name=other_text class="txt" >

   <input type="checkbox" name=others  class="checkbox">Others3
    <input type=text name=other_text class="txt" >

  </form>

A: You can do it by getting the checkbox change event and getting the next input box to the check box as shown in the code below.

$(function() {
  $("input[type=checkbox]").change(function(){

    if($(this).is(":checked"))
    {
        $(this).next('input[type=text]').prop('disabled', false);

    }
    else
    {
    $(this).next('input[type=text]').prop('disabled', true);
    }
    });
});

  <form name=f1 method=post>
    <input type="checkbox" checked='checked' name=others>Others
    <input type='text' name=other_text>
    <input type="checkbox" checked='checked' name=others>Others
    <input type='text' name=other_text>
  </form>

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aviation mishaps
Faulty equipment, lapsed training, repeated warnings: How a preventable disaster killed six Marines
Robert Faturechi, Megan Rose and T. Christian Miller, ProPublica
An F/A-18D Hornet with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 242, and a KC-130J Hercules with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 152, conduct simulated aerial refueling during the 41st Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force – Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Friendship Day at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, May 5, 2017. (U.S. Marine Corps/Cpl. Aaron Henson)
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Capt. Jahmar Resilard and Capt. Austin Smith were hurtling over the Pacific Ocean at 280 miles per hour. From inside the cockpit of their U.S. Marine Corps fighter jet, they kept their eyes on the hulking fuel tanker flying ahead. Off to their right, two Marines in a second jet assigned to Fighter Attack Squadron 242 did the same.
The moon was below the horizon. The lights on all three aircraft were turned off. In total darkness, 50 miles off the coast of Japan, the two jets were to stick their noses into fuel hoses trailing behind the tanker's wings.
Even for the most prepared aviators, the training mission was not simple. Doing it at night made it even trickier. The night vision goggles fastened to their faces badly constricted how much they could see, like wearing binoculars to operate heavy equipment.
It didn't help that Resilard had only executed a nighttime refueling once before in his career, more than a year earlier. His qualification to do so had formally lapsed, but no one realized it because a known glitch in the Marine Corps' training tracker had yet to be fixed.
Resilard gained on the tanker, a behemoth capable of carrying more than 12,000 gallons of fuel. He connected gingerly to the hose.
"Good flow," Smith assured him from the backseat of their cockpit.
The second Hornet had connected to the tanker's other fuel hose. As the gas poured in at a rate of hundreds of gallons a minute, the three Marine Corps aircraft turned a wide, careful oval inside the safety of their approved airspace.
The December 2018 flight was part of a week of hastily planned exercises that would test how prepared Fighter Attack Squadron 242 was for war with North Korea. But the entire squadron, not just Resilard, had been struggling for months to maintain their basic skills. Flying a fighter jet is a highly perishable skill, but training hours had been elusive. Repairs to jets were delayed. Pleadings up the chain of command for help and relief went ignored.
"Everyone believes us to be under-resourced, under-manned," the squadron's commander wrote to his superiors months earlier.
And now, in perhaps the world's most volatile theater, a Marine Corps general had ordered up a rushed set of exercises. The aviators in the air over the Pacific, investigators later found, had been given so little time to adjust their sleep schedules in order to fly at night that inside their F/A-18D Hornets that night it was as if they were legally drunk.
"Don't have a good feeling," Capt. James Wilson, the pilot of the second Hornet, had texted to his wife before taking off that night. "Love you."
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Russia's advanced Su-57 fighter jet suffers its first crash
A prototype of the Su-57 in flight at the MAKS 2011 air show. (WIkimedia Commons/Maxim Maksimov)
MOSCOW (Reuters) - One of Russia's Sukhoi Su-57 stealth fighter jets crashed on Tuesday in the Far East during a test flight, the plane's maker said, the first accident of its kind involving what is the country's most advanced warplane.
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Minnesota National Guard identifies 3 soldiers killed in helicopter crash
Soldiers from the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) hold folded flags before military funeral honors. (U.S. Army/Elizabeth Fraser)
The Minnesota National Guard has released the names of the three soldiers killed in Thursday's helicopter crash.
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3 soldiers killed in Army National Guard Black Hawk helicopter crash in Minnesota
A UH-60 Black Hawk departs from The Rock while conducting Medevac 101 training with members of the 386th Expeditionary Medical Group, Feb. 16, 2019. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys)
(Reuters) - A Black Hawk helicopter went down in central Minnesota on Thursday, killing all three soldiers on board, after it lost contact with the Minnesota National Guard during a maintenance test flight, Governor Tim Walz said on Thursday.
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F-16 pilot ejects safely near Kunsan Air Base, South Korea
An Air Force pilot safely ejected from an F-16 that crashed while landing at Kunsan Air Base in South Korea, according to the 8th Fighter Wing.
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13 French troops killed in helicopter collision while pursuing militants in Mali
French soldiers work on a Tiger attack helicopter at a base in Gao, northern Mali, on August 1, 2019. (Reuters/Benoit Tessier)
PARIS/BAMAKO (Reuters) - Thirteen French soldiers were killed in Mali when their helicopters collided at low altitude as they swooped in at nightfall to support ground forces engaged in combat with Islamist militants.
It was the biggest loss of French troops in a single day since an attack in Beirut 36 years ago when 58 soldiers died.
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Jessie Kaye squares off with Jewells Malone. Jewells is nursing a series of WSU losses, not having scored a win since Secret Show #2. Jessie, meanwhile, hasn't wrestled for the promotion in the same amount of time, though she picked up a tag team win at Blood and Thunder. Who will earn up a long-awaited win?


The most innovative aspect of the Rietveld red blue chair is perhaps its design on a modular grid. Here I shall analyze the problems he had to solve within these self imposed restriction. Chairs effectively serve to assist man to stay in a possibly comfortable way in a sitting position and as such they have more in common with anthropometry than with mathematics. Rietveld has his motives to solve this equation.
Rietveld's module is 10 cm.
In 1952 Rietveld teached design in the Royal Academy of The Hague in Holland in a Post Graduate course. One of his exercises was to create a cubical form with segments cut out in such a way that the proportions of the cube could be easily 'read'. This was my project that was well received by Rietveld as I still, proudly, remember. The proportions are 2x4x6 , the module is 40 mm.
My first teacher has been Gerrit Tomas Rietveld (1888-1964) in 1953 in a special course on Industrial Design at the Royal Academy in The Hague, Holland. His lessons were of utmost importance for us young and curious students. One thing I remember very well was his revelation that some aspects of esthetics are rational inasmuch we can apply mathematics.
He introduced his ideas about modularity as a self imposed limit in expression. Naturally it came to discussions about his designs, such as the 'red blue' chair that we students criticized as being uncomfortable. The answer was: "You are perfectly right, actually I did hurt my ankles badly on the protuberances but, on the other hand it is not really a chair but a manifest ".
He also explained his concept of another famous chair, the "zig-zag": the idea being to contrast the cage like space enclosed by the traditional four legs using instead a "membrane" that divides the front side space from the backside space: a chair as a "space divider" or a screen. At first he tried to use fiberglass reinforced polyester with a steel frame but the final solution was done in dovetailed wooden planks.
Rietveld was a positive and relaxed person, he even gave the impression of a modest artisan, never indulging in intellectualistic declarations like his friends in the "De Stijl" group, Theo Van Doesburg or Piet Mondriaan, preferring to talk about materials and construction, on how to do things in a simple way. "What counts in product design is maximum simplicity and clarity of expression, easy to produce and resistant for daily use", he used to tell us. We should imagine him in 1917 when designing the 'red blue': his challenge was to construct an easy chair in a modular grid with simple elements from the carpenters workshop or the furniture factory, wooden sticks and flat plywood sheets, and just with doweled connections.
But things are never so simple as they seem as we see in these pages on the red blue chair.
The question of the geometrical relations in the human body is scarcely considered in anthropometry and it is still open in ergonomy. Have a look at some suggestions.
In Rietveld's chair it exemplifies how a chair, or indeed any other piece of furniture, can be made to satisfy functional, ergonomic, productive and esthetic requirements within the rigid limits of a simple modular system of structural elements and standardized joints.
Here, it seems, human inventiveness reveals its real force as a rupture between abstract speculation and pragmatic convention. The diagram shows in extreme synthesis how a radical innovation can overthrow conventions, open new roads. In the case of Rietveld's chair we can see the practical result as an image in sign 4, the product itself, whereas the implications on a speculative level can be seen, symbolically, in signs 8, 9 and 10, but the essence of this design, what we could call the idea, is represented in sign 5, the diagram.
On the next page I analyze the similar role of this sign, as Tipharet, in cabbalist mystical speculation.
The next sign in our analysis of design language is about the importance of the design of the details of the product.


Ally Bull and Chris Clay of Auckland University of Technology's (AUT) Educational Futures Network are hosting a workshop course over September and October that's designed to build confidence among teachers to successfully teach and get the most out of the Nature of Science. Ally spoke with NZST about the knowledge she hopes teachers will come away armed with.
Ally sees these workshops - entitled Science Unleashed - as quite different from the other Nature of Science (NOS) she's undertaken, in that her and Chris are trying to help teachers "embrace complexity".
"Traditionally, science has been taught by breaking things down into little bits, to identify the building blocks that make up the big picture. What we're trying to do here though is capitalise on complexity, which is based on the idea that, in today's world, you need to be able to find problems, not just solve them.
The workshop series happens over four separate sessions. At the beginning, teachers will receive a box containing all sorts of science related equipment in it, that they can take back to their own classes. Each week, Chris and Ally will be using one of the objects in the box in demonstration and discussion. The idea is that teachers will, before the next session, recreate the activity and learning objectives with their own students. This then provides opportunities for discussion as to how the activity went at the next Science Unleashed session.
At this stage, the exact details of the contents of the box and the surrounding activities are being finalised, but Ally gives an example of an idea that her and Chris have discussed, to illustrate how they're going to help teachers grasp complexity, which could be intimidating.
The Science Unleashed workshop series will be held at AUT's North Campus between 4.30 and 6.30pm, on the 14th and 21st of September, and the 12th and 26th of October. You can register by clicking here.
This sounds great, where thinking and doing meet!
Would you consider coming to the South Island with this please?
Or, do you have a book or something to provide teachers with down here?
Good evening! How do I register for the Science Unleashed Workshop? I can't find the hyperlink where it says, 'click here'. Thanks in advance!


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Emma brought a very interesting object to school with her today!
We weren't sure what it was but we had some very good guesses, such as radish, turnip or a big potato.
We all got a suprise when Emma told us that we were close but that it was a sugar beet! We had fun learning about how the sugar beet is turned into sugar.
We then cut it up and all had a taste, it was very sweet!
Thank you Emma for bringing the sugar beet to school!


©Tamara Voninski. Metropolis- Night time in Kings Cross in Sydney.
©Tamara Voninski. Metropolis- Dog and owner competition in Sdney.
©Tamara Voninski. Metropolis- Royal Botanical Gardens in Sydney.
©Tamara Voninski. Metropolis- Window in Wollahra in Sydney.
©Tamara Voninski. Metropolis- Ferry on the Harbour in Sydney.


Research or study range land management practices to provide sustained production of forage, livestock, and wildlife.
Develop methods for protecting range from fire and rodent damage and for controlling poisonous plants.
Develop new and improved instruments and techniques for activities such as range reseeding.
Develop technical standards and specifications used to manage, protect and improve the natural resources of range lands and related grazing lands.
Maintain soil stability and vegetation for non-grazing uses, such as wildlife habitats and outdoor recreation.
Manage forage resources through fire, herbicide use, or revegetation to maintain a sustainable yield from the land.
Measure and assess vegetation resources for biological assessment companies, environmental impact statements, and rangeland monitoring programs.
Mediate agreements among rangeland users and preservationists as to appropriate land use and management.
Offer advice to rangeland users on water management, forage production methods, and control of brush.
Plan and direct construction and maintenance of range improvements such as fencing, corrals, stock-watering reservoirs and soil-erosion control structures.
Plan and implement revegetation of disturbed sites.
Regulate grazing, and help ranchers plan and organize grazing systems in order to manage, improve and protect rangelands and maximize their use.
Study forage plants and their growth requirements to determine varieties best suited to particular range.
Study grazing patterns to determine number and kind of livestock that can be most profitably grazed and to determine the best grazing seasons.
Study rangeland management practices and research range problems to provide sustained production of forage, livestock, and wildlife.
Tailor conservation plans to landowners' goals, such as livestock support, wildlife, or recreation.
Advise others about land management or conservation.
Plan natural resources conservation or restoration programs.
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Marlins lose lead in eighth, walk-off Mets in the ninth
By Juan C. Rodriguez and Sun Sentinel
MIAMI — Heath Bell returned to ninth inning duty for the Marlins Friday night. He had to settle for the win instead of the save.
Before Bell entered to face his former team, Edward Mujica gave up three runs on two hits in the eighth, logging the Marlins' major league-leading ninth blown save. The Marlins came back from the 5-3 deficit, scoring one in the eighth and two in the ninth for the 6-5 victory over the Mets at Marlins Park.
"This is a ball team," Bell said. "We've come together big time."
Giancarlo Stanton initiated the decisive rally with a double off Frank Francisco and scored the tying run from third on Emilio Bonifacio's one-out, RBI-single past a drawn-in infield. Bonifacio got himself into scoring position with his second stolen base of the night, and Greg Dobbs smacked Francisco's first offering to right-center for the game-winner.
The Marlins have won nine of 10.
"We believe in ourselves, we believe in each other," Dobbs said. "It takes that kind of resiliency. You can't let things get you down. You have to believe you can come back. That's what this club has."
In the eighth, the Mets sent nine men to the plate and got three doubles, two off Mujica and a Mike Baxter two-bagger off Ryan Webb that scored two.
The Marlins opened play Friday with the best May ERA (2.07) among National League staffs, ahead of the Cubs (2.18) and Reds (2.54), thanks in large part to their starting pitching. They got another outstanding performance from Mark Buehrle, who gave up two runs on eight hits through 6 2/3 innings, dropping the rotation's collective May ERA to 1.94.
Without the comeback, the Marlins stood to drop to 13-12 in games a starter gives them a quality outing (six or more innings, three runs or fewer). The Marlins' have just five saves in 14 opportunities for a major league- worst 35.7 save percentage.
Buehrle consistently got ahead, throwing first pitch strikes to 17 to 28 batters. Fifteen of those were called strikes. Among his mistakes, a 1-0 pitch to Ike Davis that just cleared the right-field wall and put the Mets on the board.
"I don't know if they were sitting on certain pitches," Buehrle said. "Just facing them a couple of starts ago, I don't know if their game plan coming in just said, 'Hey, let's take a pitch or make him throw a strike.' I can't really sit there and say we were just throwing one pitch for strikes. I was using everything to try and get ahead in the count."
Jose Reyes, who went 1-for-12 last month in the Mets' at Citi Field sweep, opened the first with a triple. He lined a Johan Santana pitch to deep center that Andres Torres appeared primed to catch. Torres raised his glove and the ball sailed past.
Playing in their 8,000th regular season game, the Mets still do not have a no-hitter.
Eight pitches into the game, Santana trailed 1-0 thanks to Omar Infante – hitting second for the first time Friday – dumping a base hit into short left. Infante has now hit safely in seven of his last eight games and has knocked in at least one run in five of six. With 17 RBI, Infante is more than one-third of the way toward matching his 2011 total (49).
Infante contributed his third hit of the game in the eighth, an RBI-double off Bobby Parnell that made shrank the deficit to one.
"Omar, it seems like no matter where you put him he's does good," manager Ozzie Guillen said.
Logan Morrison was in the Marlins' original lineup, but Guillen made a late switch, inserting the right-handed hitting Austin Kearns. With one out in the first, Kearns smacked a 3-2 pitch into the Clevelander beyond the left-field wall to cap the three-run first.
Kearns was 2-for-15 with three strikeouts all-time against Santana before that at-bat. Santana struck him out the next two times up and gave up just three more hits over his final five innings.
Said Guillen: "When things are going your way, that's what you're going to see."
jcrodriguez@tribune.com or twitter.com/JCRMarlinsbeat


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Q: Saxon-C CentOS8 Compile I am trying to evaluate Saxon-C 1.2.1 HE on CentOS8 and installation seems to have gone ok. Trying out the samples by cd samples/cppTests && build64-linux.sh though leads to a myriad of compilation errors to the tune of the following:
../../Saxon.C.API/SaxonProcessor.h:599:32: error: division 'sizeof (JNINativeMethod*) / sizeof (JNINativeMethod)' does not compute the number of array elements [-Werror=sizeof-pointer-div]
     gMethods, sizeof(gMethods) / sizeof(gMethods[0]));
Before I summarily and trustfully switched off -Werror=sizeof-pointer-div i checked the source code and what's going on there do seem dubious.
bool registerCPPFunction(char * libName, JNINativeMethod * gMethods=NULL){
    if(libName != NULL) {
        setConfigurationProperty("extc", libName);

    }

    if(gMethods == NULL && nativeMethodVect.size()==0) {
    return false;
    } else {
        if(gMethods == NULL) {
            //copy vector to gMethods
            gMethods = new JNINativeMethod[nativeMethodVect.size()];
        }
        return registerNativeMethods(sxn_environ->env, "com/saxonica/functions/>
    gMethods, sizeof(gMethods) / sizeof(gMethods[0]));

    }
    return false;
}

more specifically sizeof(gMethods) / sizeof(gMethods[0]) would not seem to calculate anything useful by any margin. The intention was probably rather to output some code that would arrive at the same value as nativeMethodVect.size() but seeing this project's source for the very first time i might be mistaking and the division is in fact intentional ?
I am inclined to guess the intention was in fact closer to b than to a in the following example:
#include <cstdio>
struct test
{
    int x, y, z;
};
int main()
{
    test *a = new test[32], b[32];
    printf("%d %d\n", sizeof(a)/sizeof(a[0]), sizeof(b)/sizeof(b[0]));
    return 0;
}

which output 0 32 which is expected as the sizeof(a) gives the size of a pointer not the size of an array's memory region.

A: That bit of code is to support the feature of user defined extension functions in XSLT stylesheets and XQuery queries. If a user is not using these features then they don't need that bit of code. In fact User defined extension functions is only available in Saxon-PE/C and Saxon-EE/C so it should not be in the Saxon-HE/C code base. I have created the following bug issue to investigate the error above and to  https://saxonica.plan.io/issues/4477
I would think the workaround would be to either remove the code in question if the extension function feature is not used or remove the compile flag -Werror=sizeof-pointer-div.
The intent was code is as follows:
jobject JNICALL cppNativeCall(jstring funcName, jobjectArray arguments, jobjectArray argTypes){
   //native call code here

}

JNINativeMethod cppMethods[] =
{
  {
     fname,
     funcParameters,
     (void *)&cppNativeCall
  }
};

bool nativeFound = processor->registerNativeMethods(env, "NativeCall",
cppMethods, sizeof(cppMethods) / sizeof(cppMethods[0]));


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The Golden Fleece Award
About the Award Award Shortlist Who can apply Advisory Panel Trustees Contact Us
Guidelines for Applicants
Lillias Mitchell
Commendation 2015
Rachel Joynt
racheljoynt.com
Born in Co. Kerry, Rachel Joynt studied Fine Art (Sculpture) at the National College of Art & Design, Dublin and has completed a number of high-profile public art commissions, including Perpetual Motion (with Remco de Fouw) on the N7 Naas Bypass and People's Island at O'Connell Street Bridge, Dublin. Her practice is largely sculptural and installation-based.
Her work is generally figurative, modelled from nature, and in particular, from sea forms. She is interested in our human relationship with underwater creatures, both physically and metaphorically. Scale is also important, and she often transforms and challenges the viewer's usual viewpoint by using different magnifications to scale up her subjects. Permanence, transience and flux are recurring themes in her work and her use of sand, light, glass, bronze and cast iron underline this. She creates visual illusions and allows familiar forms to take on fresh, unexpected shapes. Place and context are key to her public art pieces, and she often involves the viewer in her work by inserting 'eyepieces' or glowing interior lights that invite closer inspection and contemplation.
Rachel Joynt applied for a Golden Fleece Award to buy herself the time and space required to embark on an intensive period of research and development towards a new body of work for exhibition using bronze shell casting and experimental reflective optical effects. It would allow her to focus on her own work, rather than having to seek deadline-driven public art commissions.
Rachel Joynt installation view, 'Sea Change', 2013, RHA Ashford Gallery, Dublin
Rachel Joynt 'Mother of Pearl', 2006, cast bronze, 200 cm high
Rachel Joynt 'Guiding Star', 2009, cast iron, 200 x 40 x 200 cm
Rachel Joynt 'Bounty', 2013, cast bronze with LED light, 45 x 45 x 8 cm
Rachel Joynt 'Golden Apple', 2012, bronze, cast glass, LED lights + stainless steel, 200 x 180 x 200 cm
Rachel Joynt 'Sea Eye', 2014, cast + polished bronze with mirror, 26 x 26 x 15 cm
Explore the Artists
Nuala O'Donovan
Nuala O'Donovan makes delicate sculptural pieces in porcelain based on the geometry of natural forms and fractal patterns.
John Lee makes pieces that explore the enhancement of timber's natural properties and experiment with form, function and finish.
Seliena Coyle
Seliena Coyle makes jewellery inspired by Bronze Age artefacts and indigenous materials that blends new and old technologies.
info@goldenfleeceaward.com


The Europe Thermal Desorption Instrument market report is created with an in-depth study of the trending growth opportunities and also includes self-explaining statistics of the Europe Thermal Desorption Instrument market development. The global market report provides a comprehensive overview of the fundamental definitions, specifications and also explains overall manufacturing process along with various advanced production methods. Our qualified researchers have intensely crafted Europe Thermal Desorption Instrument market report by referring the databases, secondary sources, and the directories to enhance the understanding of the related technical terms.
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It also provides an In-depth summary of the major key players that includes manufacturers, vendors, and suppliers along with individually analyzed historic data and the company's growth plans. Europe Thermal Desorption Instrument market report also highlights the latest mergers and acquisitions, expansions, product development, and modifications carried out by the companies. The report comprises data created with deep study of global economic aspect and its effect on Europe Thermal Desorption Instrument market economy.
There are 17 Chapters to deeply display the Europe Thermal Desorption Instrument market.
Chapter 15, to describe Thermal Desorption Instrument sales channel, distributors, traders, dealers etc.


The share price is currently 23.700 EUR.
The amount of the next dividend paid by Axa is 1.340 EUR. The dividend will be paid on 06/05/2019 (ex-dividend date: 02/05/2019). It represents a yield of 5,65 %, based on the stock price as of 25/04/2019 (23.700 EUR).


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Assigning Oxidation Numbers
You will get a different set of ten matches each time you attempt this quiz.
Repeat as often as you like.
Match each pair by selecting correct answer from the dropdown menu.
Then click the Check button to see your result.
Hydrogen in HBr -2 +7 +1 +5 +6 +2 +2.5 0 -1
Sodium in NaCl -2 +7 +1 +5 +6 +2 +2.5 0 -1
Oxygen in H2O -2 +7 +1 +5 +6 +2 +2.5 0 -1
Oxygen in H2O2 -2 +7 +1 +5 +6 +2 +2.5 0 -1
Oxygen in O2 -2 +7 +1 +5 +6 +2 +2.5 0 -1
Potassium in K -2 +7 +1 +5 +6 +2 +2.5 0 -1
Sulfur in H2SO4 -2 +7 +1 +5 +6 +2 +2.5 0 -1
Oxygen in NaOH -2 +7 +1 +5 +6 +2 +2.5 0 -1
Chlorine in Cl- -2 +7 +1 +5 +6 +2 +2.5 0 -1
Magnesium in MgO -2 +7 +1 +5 +6 +2 +2.5 0 -1
Phosphorous in H3PO4 -2 +7 +1 +5 +6 +2 +2.5 0 -1
Manganese in KMnO4 -2 +7 +1 +5 +6 +2 +2.5 0 -1
Oxygen in Na2O2 -2 +7 +1 +5 +6 +2 +2.5 0 -1
Carbon in C6H12O6 -2 +7 +1 +5 +6 +2 +2.5 0 -1
Hydrogen in NaH -2 +7 +1 +5 +6 +2 +2.5 0 -1
Hydrogen in CaH2 -2 +7 +1 +5 +6 +2 +2.5 0 -1
Nitrogen in NO3- -2 +7 +1 +5 +6 +2 +2.5 0 -1
Oxygen in OF2 -2 +7 +1 +5 +6 +2 +2.5 0 -1
Sulfur in Na2S4O6 -2 +7 +1 +5 +6 +2 +2.5 0 -1
Chromium in Cr2O72- -2 +7 +1 +5 +6 +2 +2.5 0 -1
Chlorine in ClO3- -2 +7 +1 +5 +6 +2 +2.5 0 -1


The APMP has defined the "competencies" that are required of Proposal Management Professionals. This activity is now complete. As a result, APMP is able to launch the world's first Professional Accreditation Program for Proposal Management Professionals.
"To advance the arts, sciences, and technology of new business acquisition and to promote the professionalism of those engaged in those pursuits."
This level is aiming to measure whether a candidate would be able to act as an informed member of a proposal / bid team within a proposal environment using appropriate methods to support process. To this end they need to show they understand the principles and procedures and terminology of accepted methods of work.
• be a member of the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP) - Candidates must provide the Association with a Certificate of Experience (CoE), signed by the candidate's line manager (or a peer) confirming that the candidate has at least one year's experience working in a proposal environment.
• have a minimum of one year's experience working in a proposal / bid environment.
• The candidate must answer correctly 42 or more questions in the independent, multiple-choice, examination designed to test the candidate's learning and development within a bid / proposal environment.
• Professional accreditation enables organisations to achieve greater recognition for themselves as a reputable employer with a business agenda for excellence.
• Just as an employee increases their productivity and value through their professional development, your company can improve its marketability, efficiency and profitability, by supporting and nurturing its most valued asset - YOU.
• Most companies invest in the development of their staff, recognising that this provides future benefits to the company. Through sponsoring you to achieve accreditation and supporting your training, coaching or mentoring requirements, your company will demonstrate to you, and other business professionals in your company, that it recognises the proposals-related discipline as profession. The company will be showing it is committed to investing in its people.
NB: For SME owners and sole practitioners, 'line manager' could be interpreted as 'commissioning customer', and 'peer' as 'those working with the candidate on significant proposals'.
IRIG 1 Candidates should be able to look for gaps in intelligence.
IRKM 1 Candidates should be aware of existing internal and external data sources in bids.
IRKM 2 Candidates should be able to add to the knowledge base.
PSD 1 Candidates should understand and tailor proposal tasks to suit the proposal.
PSD 2 Candidates should fully understand internal processes.
PSD 3 Candidates should be able to assess customer timescales and estimate the resources required to execute the proposal.
PSD 4 Candidates should be able to produce a cost budget for a routine proposal.
DOQ 4 Candidates should be able to present data for a qualification meeting.
DOQ 5 Candidates should be able to use qualification tools.
DWPW 1 Candidates should be able to analyse competitors and customer to establish a winning price target.
DWPW 2 Candidates should be able to work with others to set cost targets.
DWPW 3 Candidates should be able to ensure the development of sound business case.
DWPW 4 Candidates should be able to understand the difference between value and price.
DTI 1 Candidates should be able to recognize the need for teaming partners.
DTI 2 Candidates should be able to help identify suitable partners.
DTI 3 Candidates should be able to help recruit partners.
DESD 1 Candidates should understand the key elements of Executive Summary development.
DESD 2 Candidates should use the Executive Summary as a proposal briefing tool.
DSD 1 Candidates should be able to understand the benefits and appropriate use of storyboarding proposals.
DSD 2 Candidates should be able to design and complete simple storyboards.
DSD 3 Candidates should be able to brief contributors in the use of storyboards.
DRI 1 Candidates should be able to identify documented customer requirements.
DCCD 2 Candidates should be capable of building a compliance matrix.
DOD 2 Candidates should be able to add extra document structure if required.
DOD 3 Candidates should recognize scope for re-using material from previous proposals.
MSRM 2 Candidates should understand how to manage storyboard reviews.
MSRM 3 Candidates should be able to ensure that storyboards are amended.
MSRM 4 Candidates should be able to identify and recruit appropriate reviewers.
MSRM 5 Candidates should be able to take part in review.
MSRM 6 Candidates should understand how to organise storyboard reviews.
MKO MM 1 Candidates should be able to prepare for kick-off meetings.
MRM 1 Candidates should understand common proposal reviews.
MRM 2 Candidates should be able to assemble appropriate information for reviews.
PMRM 1 Candidates should be able to recognize proposal risks.
PMRM 2 Candidates should be able to help establish a proposal risk management policy.
MRRM 1 Candidates should be able to organize a Final Document review.
MRRM 2 Candidates should be able to identify and recruit appropriate reviewers.
MPM 1 Candidates should be able to manage proposal production.
MLL AM 1 Candidates should ensure that internal and external feedback on the proposal is obtained.
MLL AM 2 Candidates should be able to recognize systematic proposal process problems and suggest changes.
MPM 1 Candidates should understand the key elements of a good proposal development process.
SOSP 1 Candidates should be familiar with sales methodologies.
for the Proposal Practitioner qualification, and show that they can apply and tune Principles, Process and Procedures to address the needs and problems of a customer response.
• Be a member of the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP).
• Have achieved Foundation Level status.
• apply the process and procedures and tools and techniques, in a variety of circumstances.
• Demonstrate that they understand the relationships between processes, components, techniques and can apply this understanding.
• Demonstrate that they understand the reasons behind the processes, components and techniques and that they understand the principles underpinning these elements.
• Demonstrate their ability to relate process and procedures to different proposal / bid response circumstances.
• Demonstrate an understanding of what it takes to win business with proposals.
• Demonstrate a willingness to seek Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
This level measures whether a candidate would be able to require the use of, and drive the application and continuous improvement of organizational Best Practice Process and Procedures within the proposal / bid environment.
• Be a member of the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (UK APMP).
• Have achieved Proposal Practitioner level.
• Have a minimum of seven years' experience working in a proposal environment.
• Provide details of a referee that is prepared to complete an on- line assessment in the area of Behaviour and Attitude.
• Have made a contribution towards furthering the profession.
• Have helped develop others within the profession.
• Have a track record of Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
• Demonstrate that they can drive a team to recognize intelligence gaps and to use existing internal and external data sources in bids.
• Demonstrate that they understand how to make or endorse compliance decisions and approve the proposal structure.
• Demonstrate that they understand and are able to ensure that the proposal team are right for the task.
• Demonstrate that they are proficient in the use of and require storyboarding to take place.
• Demonstrate that they are proficient in the use of and take part in reviews.
• Demonstrate that they are proficient in the complete proposal / bid process.
• Demonstrate that they are expert at assessing complex strategic opportunities.
• Demonstrate they are proficient at implementing policy.
• Demonstrate they are proficient at briefing team members on wider aspects of the proposal; customer, strategy, outline solution.
• Demonstrate they are proficient at owning the win strategy and the business case.
• Demonstrate they are proficient at operating to broad guidelines from senior managers.


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Die Deutsche EU-Ratspräsidentschaft in der ersten Jahreshälfte 2007 bezeichnet den turnusmäßigen Ratsvorsitz der Bundesrepublik Deutschland im Rat der Europäischen Union auf Grundlage von Art. 203 Satz 1 EGV in Verbindung mit dem Ratsbeschluss 2005/902/EG, EURATOM. Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel war Vorsitzende des Europäischen Rates, die übrigen Mitglieder der deutschen Bundesregierung im Kabinett Merkel I leiteten die verschiedenen Formationen des Ministerrates. Bundesaußenminister Frank-Walter Steinmeier saß dem Rat für Allgemeine Angelegenheiten und Außenbeziehungen vor.

Der deutsche Ratsvorsitz vom 1. Januar bis 30. Juni 2007 wurde im Rahmen der Dreier-Präsidentschaft wahrgenommen, zu der auch die folgende portugiesische und slowenische Ratspräsidentschaft gehörten.

Politische Agenda

Bei der Vorstellung der politischen Agenda der deutschen Ratspräsidentschaft nannte die deutsche Bundeskanzlerin in einer Rede vor dem Europäischen Parlament in Straßburg am 17. Januar 2007 die Fortentwicklung des Europäischen Verfassungsprozesses, die Weiterentwicklung der gemeinschaftlichen Energie- und Umweltpolitik, sowie die Verbesserung des transatlantischen Verhältnisses.

Europäischer Verfassungsvertrag
In den Vordergrund ihres Programms stellte die deutsche Bundesregierung zu Beginn ihrer Ratspräsidentschaft die Belebung des politischen Prozesses auf dem Weg zu einem Europäischen Verfassungsvertrag, der in seiner ursprünglichen vom Europäischen Verfassungskonvent verabschiedeten Form von Frankreich und den Niederlanden im Mai und Juni 2005 durch Volksabstimmungen abgelehnt worden war. In ihrer Rede vor dem Europäischen Parlament am 17. Januar 2007 erklärte die deutsche Bundeskanzlerin die "Phase der Reflexion" für beendet und erklärte, die Verfassungsfrage bis zu den Wahlen zum Europäischen Parlament 2009 einer Lösung zuzuführen. In der sogenannten "Berliner Erklärung" anlässlich des 50. Jahrestages der Unterzeichnung der Römischen Verträge erreichte die Bundesregierung unter den Mitgliedstaaten Geschlossenheit in dem Bemühen, die EU bis zu den Europawahlen 2009 "auf eine erneuerte gemeinsame Grundlage zu stellen".

Auf dem Europäischen Rat in Brüssel verständigten sich die Mitglieder in langen Verhandlungen auf die Eckpunkte einer EU-Reform, die die "Substanz" der Verfassung enthalten sollte. Zu den Kernpunkten des Grundlagenvertrages zählen die Einrichtung eines EU-Ratspräsidenten sowie eines Hohen Beauftragter für die Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik, zusätzliche Mehrheitsentscheidungen im Rat und mehr Rechte für das Europäische Parlament und die nationalen Parlamente. Die Zahl der EU-Kommissare sollte 2014 auf 18 reduziert werden und die EU-Grundrechtecharta wurde außer für Großbritannien für bindend erklärt.

Umwelt- und Energiepolitik
Im Vorfeld des Brüsseler Frühjahrsgipfels des Europäischen Rates am 8. März 2007 plädierte die deutsche Ratspräsidentin für eine ambitionierte Klimaschutzpolitik. Der endgültige Brüsseler Beschluss sah im Rahmen einer verbindlichen unilateralen Selbstverpflichtung eine Reduzierung der Treibhausgasemissionen bis 2020 um 20 % gegenüber der Emissionsmenge aus dem Jahr 1990 vor. Dieser Prozentsatz soll auf 30 % erhöht werden, für den Fall, dass weitere Industriestaaten ähnliche Maßnahmen ergreifen. Uneinigkeit herrscht in der Frage des Energiemixes. So visiert die deutsche Ratspräsidentschaft zusammen mit der Europäischen Kommission und anderen Staaten wie Dänemark und Schweden eine Steigerung des Anteils Erneuerbarer Energien am Gesamtenergieverbrauch auf 20 % bis 2020 an. Traditionell kernenergiefreundliche Mitgliedstaaten wie Frankreich oder die Tschechische Republik hielten dagegen unter Hervorhebung der Emissionsfreiheit von Kernkraftwerken an dieser Energieform fest.

Nachbarschaftspolitik
Am 1. Januar 2007 traten Bulgarien und Rumänien der Europäischen Union bei. Die Assoziierungsgespräche mit Serbien wurden nach einjähriger Verhandlungspause wieder aufgenommen und auch mit der Türkei wurden die Beitrittsverhandlungen weitergeführt.

Ein neues Partnerschafts- und Kooperationsabkommen mit Russland scheiterte am Einspruch Polens, das ein russisches Fleischembargo gegen sich nicht akzeptieren wollte. Im Nahostkonflikt bemühte sich die deutsche Ratspräsidentschaft erfolgreich um eine Wiedereinberufung des Nahostquartetts, ohne jedoch konkrete Friedensergebnisse im Zusammenhang mit den Kämpfen im Libanon und den Palästinenser-Gebieten zu erreichen.

Weiter hat die Union neue Kriterien für ihre Nachbarschaftspolitik entwickelt, die im besonderen Nachbarländer in Osteuropa (Ukraine, Moldawien) auch ohne Vollmitgliedschaft an die EU binden soll.

Weitere Politikfelder
Auf deutsche Initiative verpflichtete sich die EU durch vereinfachte Verfahren der Industrie jährlich 1,3 Milliarden Euro zu sparen. Für Roaming-Gebühren wurden eine Obergrenze von zunächst 58,3 Cent pro Minute für abgehende und 28,5 Cent für eingehende Gespräche beschlossen. Die europaweite Liberalisierung der Postmärkte für das Jahr 2009 scheiterte am Widerstand einzelner Staaten.

Die EU-Justizminister im Rat für Justiz und Inneres beschlossen, die Strafregister der Einzelstaaten zu vernetzen und eine Visa-Datenbank einzurichten. Ein im Vorjahr gegründetes Europäisches Netzwerk für Beratergruppen (European Network of Advisory Teams, EuNAT) zur grenzüberschreitenden Verfolgung von Entführung, Geiselnahme und Erpressung mit Bedrohung von Menschenleben wurde ausgebaut und an Europol angekoppelt.

Im bargeldlosen Zahlungsverkehr wurde beschlossen, dass transnationale Überweisungen und Lastschriften ab 2008 nicht teurer als Inlandsüberweisungen sein sollten. Die Finanzminister beschlossen den einheitlichen europäischen Zahlungsraum und in der Forschungspolitik wurde die Gründung eines Europäischen Technologie-Instituts beschlossen.

Ministertreffen
Eine Übersicht über die Ministertreffen laut den Angaben auf der Webseite der deutschen Ratspräsidentschaft.

 14. bis 16. Januar 2007: Informelles Ministertreffen Justiz und Inneres in Dresden
 18. bis 20. Januar 2007: Informelles Ministertreffen für Beschäftigung und Soziales in Berlin
 12. bis 13. Februar 2007: Informelles Ministertreffen Kultur und Medien in Berlin
 01. bis 02. März 2007: Informelles Ministertreffen Bildung in Heidelberg
 01. bis 02. März 2007: Informelles Ministertreffen Verteidigung in Wiesbaden
 12. bis 13. März 2007: Informelles Ministertreffen Entwicklungszusammenarbeit in Bonn/Petersberg
 30. bis 31. März 2007: Informelles Außenministertreffen in Bremen
 19. bis 20. April 2007: Informelles Ministertreffen für Gesundheit in Aachen
 20. bis 21. April 2007: Informelles Treffen der Wirtschafts- und Finanzminister in Berlin
 26. bis 27. April 2007: Informelles Treffen der Forschungs- und Wirtschaftsminister in Würzburg
 15. bis 16. Mai 2007: Informelles Minister- und Ministerinnentreffen für Gleichstellung und Familie in Bad Pyrmont
 20. bis 22. Mai 2007: Informelles Treffen der Landwirtschaftsminister in Mainz/Rheingau
 24. bis 25. Mai 2007: Informelles Treffen der Verkehrs-, Telekommunikations- und Energieminister in Leipzig
 01. bis 03. Juni 2007: Informelles Ministertreffen Umwelt in Essen

Literatur
 Bertelsmann Forschungsgruppe Politik: Bilanz der deutschen EU-Ratspräsidentschaft. (PDF; 1,2 MB) CAP Analyse, 5, München 2007.
 Daniela Kietz/Volker Perthes (Hg.): Handlungsspielräume einer EU-Ratspräsidentschaft. Eine Funktionsanalyse des deutschen Vorsitzes im ersten Halbjahr 2007. SWP-Studie, 24, Berlin 2007.
 Carolin Rüger: . In: Bayerische Landeszentrale für politische Bildungsarbeit (Hrsg.): Einsichten und Perspektiven 2/2007. S. 106–121.

Weblinks

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 Merkels Verfassungsvorstoß stößt auf Widerstand in: euractiv.com, 19. Januar 2007
 Die Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung zu den Themen der Ratspräsidentschaft
 SWP-Themendossier: EU-Ratspräsidentschaft Deutschlands 2007 Hrsg. von der Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin. Mit zahlreichen Links auf relevante Webseiten und mit Literaturhinweisen zur Thematik

Einzelnachweise

Politik 2007
Deutschland im 21. Jahrhundert (Politik)
Angela Merkel
Deutschland und die Europäische Union