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Респу́блика Хака́сия (; кратко: Хака́сия) — субъект Российской Федерации, республика в её составе. Занимает значительную часть Хакасско-Минусинской котловины, в пределах северо-западных отрогов Саяно-Алтайского нагорья (Южно-Сибирская горная агроландшафтная страна).

Входит в Сибирский федеральный округ. Является частью Восточно-Сибирского экономического района.

Столица — город Абакан.

На севере и востоке Республика Хакасия граничит с Красноярским краем, на юге с Республикой Тувой и Республикой Алтаем, на западе с Кемеровской областью России.

Образована 14 ноября 1923 года как Хакасский уезд Енисейской губернии (с 1925 года Хакасский округ Сибирского, а затем Западно-Сибирского края). С 1930 года Хакасская автономная область Западно-Сибирского, а с 1934 года Красноярского края.

3 июля 1991 года автономная область была преобразована в республику — Хакасскую ССР. С 1992 года носит современное название.

Государственные языки: русский и хакасский. В Таштыпском районе также распространён шорский язык.

История

Историческое развитие народов Хакасии протекало в относительно благоприятных климатических условиях, в его ходе создано уникальное культурное наследие, представляющее бесценный ресурс для развития региона. Основу культурного наследия Хакасии составляют природно-археологические ландшафты, составленные из десятков тысяч археологических объектов.

Заселение территории Хакасии началось в эпоху палеолита. Мустьерские слои многослойной стоянки Двуглазка (Глядены) датируются началом каргинского межледниковья 40 — 50 тысяч лет назад. Самое раннее поселение человека разумного на территории Хакасии палеолитическая стоянка «Малая Сыя» (30 — 35 тыс. лет назад), где были найдены сверлёные украшения, обработанные резцами, находится в Ширинском районе в окрестностях села Малая Сыя, на берегу реки Белый Июс.

 Первое государство на территории Южной Сибири
Первое государство на территории Южной Сибири возникло в IV — III веках до н. э. Древнекитайские летописи называли его создателей народом динлинов (), а государство Динлин-Го (丁零国).

Около 201 года до н. э. государство Динлин-Го было разгромлено войсками хунну.

После этого события в Хакасско-Минусинскую котловину передвинулось тюркоязычное племя кыргызов.

В VI — VII веках кыргызы с подвластными таёжными народами образовали периферийный удел центральноазиатских государств во главе с наместником — эльтебером.

В VIII веке являлась сепаратистской областью во главе с собственными беками и иналами, претендующими на ханское достоинство (см. Барсбек-каган).

В IX веке стала быстро расширяющейся агрессивной степной империей с обожествляемым каганским родом.

В 840 году это государство уничтожило Уйгурский каганат, распространило свою власть на Туву. Преследуя остатки уйгуров, кыргызы с боями дошли до Иртыша и Амура, вторглись в оазисы Восточного Туркестана.

Кыргызы предоставляли государству высших военных и административных руководителей. Они считались связанными династийно и через брачные отношения с правящими домами Китая и других сопредельных стран.

В суровой борьбе с агрессивными соседями (тюркские и уйгурские каганаты) государство кыргызов отстаивало свою независимость вплоть до XIII века, ставшего переломным в самостоятельном развитии Южной Сибири.

Кыргызы сохраняют два основных массива своего расселения: 1) Верхний и Средний Енисей; 2) Алтай и Иртыш. В последующем этнические пути енисейских кыргызов и будущих киргизов Тянь-Шаня разошлись.

Территория Хакасии в ходе завоеваний Великого Монгольского Улуса во главе с Чингисханом и его потомками была захвачена, но постепенно власть монголов ослабевала и полностью подчинение территории Хакасии империи Юань закончилось в 1399 году с образованием государства Хонгорай.

Государство Хонгорай вело постоянные войны с монгольскими хотогойтами под управлением алтынханов и русских. Основным союзником державы служило Джунгарское ханство, которое позднее дипломатически добилось вассализации Хонгорая.

 Хакасия в составе Российской империи
В XVII веке русские застали Хонгорай в виде конфедерации, состоящей из четырёх улусов: Алтырского, Алтысарского, Исарского (Езерского) и Тубинского, населённых предками современных хакасов, шорцев, телеутов, алтайцев и тувинцев. Другая часть кыргызов несколькими волнами мигрировала на Тянь-Шань начиная с середины IX века, с эпохи Кыргызского великодержавия, вплоть до середины XIII века.

Первые контакты между кыргызами и русскими начались с постройки в 1604 году Томского острога на земле эуштинских татар, данников кыргызских беков.

Более ста лет шёл сложный и болезненный процесс вхождения Хакасии под юрисдикцию Русского царства, а затем Российской империи.

Датой официального закрепления Хакасии за Российской империей можно считать 20 августа 1727 года, когда между Россией и Китаем был заключён пограничный трактат. Все земли, находившиеся на северной стороне Саян, отошли к России, на южной — к Китайской империи.

Фактическое вхождение территории нынешней республики произошло позже. В 1758 году китайские войска вторглись на Алтай и разгромили Джунгарию. Возникла угроза нарушения официально признанных границ Российской империи.

На этом участке царское правительство в спешном порядке разместило казачьи гарнизоны. С того момента, когда пограничную службу стали нести казаки, произошло фактическое вхождение Хакасии в Российскую империю.

Управление территорией осуществлялось сначала чиновниками Сибирской и Томской губерний. В 1822 году Кыргызская земля вошла в состав Енисейской губернии.

 Хакасская автономная область Красноярского края РСФСР и Республика Хакасия Российской Федерации

Хакасский уезд был образован 14 ноября 1923 года. Он стал национальным округом, затем 20 октября 1930 года на карте появилась Хакасская автономная область. Она входила в Западно-Сибирский край, а после его разукрупнения в 1934 году вошла в Красноярский край.

3 июля 1991 года автономная область была преобразована в республику и получила наименование Хакасская ССР, с 29 января 1992 года стала называться Республикой Хакасия. 6 июня 1992 года республика получила собственный флаг, а 20 декабря 2006 года — герб.

В 2007 году Центральным банком России была выпущена памятная монета, посвящённая Республике Хакасия.

В 2015 году утверждён Гимн Республики Хакасия.

Физико-географическая характеристика

Географическое положение
Республика Хакасия расположена в Южной Сибири, в левобережной части бассейна Енисея, на территориях Саяно-Алтайского нагорья и Хакасско-Минусинской котловины.

Протяжённость территории с севера на юг 460 км, с запада на восток в наиболее широкой части 200 км. На севере, востоке и юго-востоке Хакасия граничит с Красноярским краем, на юге — с Республикой Тыва, на юго-западе — с Республикой Алтай, на западе — с Кемеровской областью.

Всего на территории республики расположен 271 населённый пункт.

Территория Хакасии отличается ярко выраженным характером биосферных процессов, в силу чего здесь представлены почти все ландшафтно-природные зоны земли: полупустыни, степи, лесостепи, тайга, высокогорные альпийские луга, высокогорные тундры и ледники.

Республика располагает значительными ресурсами пресных подземных и поверхностных вод. Имеются практически все виды водных объектов: горные реки, каровые озера, реки предгорий, водные объекты с равнинным типом режима. Основная водная артерия: река Енисей.

Общая площадь лесного фонда составляет 65 процентов всей территории республики, что составляет 36,47 тыс км². Общий запас древесины 444,3 млн. м3, в том числе хвойных пород 363,9 млн. м3.  Особую ценность представляют кедровые леса.

Особо охраняемые природные территории занимают 7,6 процента площади республики.

Рельеф
Преобладающий рельеф местности: степи, горы и тайга. Саянские горы, высота которых порой превышает 2000 м, занимают две трети территории республики.

Самые крупные реки Хакасии: Енисей, Абакан, Томь, Белый Июс, Чёрный Июс, Чулым, последние четыре относятся к бассейну реки Обь. В республике более 500 озёр, рек и мелких речушек. Общая протяжённость рек 8 тыс. км.

Климат
Климат, в целом, резко континентальный, с сухим жарким летом и холодной малоснежной зимой. Средняя температура воздуха июля: +15...+22 °C, января: -14...−19 °C. Количество солнечных дней в республике значительно выше, чем в соседних регионах. Период с положительной температурой 200 дней. Ясных и солнечных дней 311.  Вегетационный период до 150 дней в долинах. Осень, зима и весна преимущественно без осадков, дожди выпадают в летние месяцы

Климат Хакасии разнообразен, что обусловлено особенностями географического положения и рельефа. Особенности климата формируются под влиянием солнечной энергии, рельефа, растительности, циркуляции атмосферы и т. д.

Суммарная величина солнечной радиации в степной части Хакасии значительно больше, чем на соответствующих широтах в более западных районах России. Здесь преобладает ясная малооблачная погода. Не случайно бытует название «солнечная Хакасия». Действительно, солнечных дней в Хакасии больше, чем в Сочи. Основной причиной засушливости климата является влияние горных хребтов, создающих дождевую тень.

В Хакасии преобладают юго-западные ветры. Сильные ветры характерны для весеннего периода, нередко они приводят к возникновению пыльных бурь. Открытость территории с севера способствует проникновению арктического воздуха.

Природно-лечебные ресурсы
Республика Хакасия богата природными лечебными ресурсами: подземными минеральными водами, водами озер, содержащимися в озёрах лечебными минеральными грязями.

Наиболее известны своими бальнеологическими свойствами озёра Шира, Белё, Тус, Джирим, Власьево, Горькое, Утичье, Алтайское, Шунет, Ханкуль и ряд более мелких озер.

На территории выявлено 24 водоёма с минерализацией более 10 г/дм3, которые могут быть использованы для ванн и купаний в лечебных целях. Наиболее минерализованными (до 92-149 г/дм3) являются озёра Тус, Алтайское-1, Камышовое.

Открытые минеральные источники:

— Алтайское месторождение (минеральные воды);

— Боградское месторождение (минеральные воды, осуществляется бутелированный розлив воды);

— Дикоозёрское месторождение (радоновые минеральные воды);

— Таштыпское месторождение (Горячий ключ в верховьях реки Абакан, азотные кремнистые термальные воды).

Флора и фауна
Растительность республики насчитывает более чем полторы тысячи видов самых разнообразных растений. Большую часть территории Хакасии, около двух третей всей её площади, занимают леса, большая часть их приходится на горные. В лесах Хакасии преобладают хвойные породы деревьев: ель, кедр, пихта, сосна. Встречаются здесь лиственные деревья: осина, лиственница, берёза. Растительностью покрыто 13,4тыс км²  лесного фонда.

Степь занимает около 20 % Хакасии. В степях произрастает огромное количество, около 300 видов растений, являющихся лекарственными (тысячелистник, зверобой, кровохлёбка лекарственная и др.). Также произрастают растения, занесённые в Красную книгу: вереск обыкновенный, колокольчик алтайский, Венерин башмачок, адонис весенний и многие другие.

В Хакасии насчитывается 337 видов птиц, относящихся к 19 отрядам. По характеру пребывания птиц можно разделить на несколько  групп. Самую большую группу составляют гнездящиеся виды: 257, из них оседлых и полуоседлых 56 видов, перелётных 201 вид.  К пролётным относятся 22 вида, летающим 17, залётным 16, прилетающим на зиму 5 видов. В самостоятельную группу можно включить 20 видов с очень редкими летними нахождениями, характер пребывания которых неясен. Среди птиц здесь встречаются королёк, пеликан, скопа, фламинго, которые являются редкими видами птиц Хакасии.

На территории Хакасии обитает 75 видов млекопитающих, которые часто являются объектами охоты и промысла.

Гидрология
В республике имеются практически все виды водных объектов: горные реки, карстовые озера, реки предгорий, водные объекты с равнинным типом режима (степные малые реки и озера замкнутых котловин). Большая часть территории принадлежит среднему течению бассейна реки Енисей, которая в настоящее время зарегулирована гидротехническими сооружениями Красноярской, Саяно-Шушенской и Майнской ГЭС. Его водные ресурсы используются, в первую очередь, для выработки электроэнергии.

Поверхностные водоёмы представлены целым рядом водохранилищ, наиболее крупные из которых, Красноярское, Саяно-Шушенское, Майнское, а также более 500 озёр: Белё, Шира, Чёрное, Иткуль, Улуг-Коль и другие. Хакасия богата природными лечебными ресурсами: подземными минеральными водами, водами озер, содержащимися в озёрах лечебных минеральных грязей.

Экология
На формирование качества атмосферного воздуха в Республике Хакасия влияют различные факторы, в том числе степень индустриализации, наличие сетей магистралей с интенсивным транспортным движением, а также географическое расположение и климатические особенности.

Доля проб атмосферного воздуха, превышающих предельно допустимые концентрации по республике, в 2014 году не выявлена (в 2013 году 9,9%, в 2012 году 4,9%, в 2011 году 10,4%). Такая положительная динамика обусловлена общей тенденцией к снижению количества выбросов от стационарных источников.  Анализ проб атмосферного воздуха на содержание в них вредных веществ, как общих для воздушного бассейна всех городов, так и специфических для каждого конкретного города, свидетельствует о тенденции к улучшению экологической обстановки.

Геология
На территории Хакасии ведётся добыча железа (запасы 2 млрд тонн, крупные месторождения: Тёйское, Абаканское), молибдена (Сорский производственный комплекс), золота, угля (Аскизское, Бейское, Изыхское, Черногорское, Кутень-Булукское), неметаллических полезных ископаемых: барита, бентонита, облицовочных мраморов и гранитов, строительных материалов. Разведаны месторождения меди, полиметаллов, фосфоритов, асбеста, гипса, нефрита, жадеита. В разведанных месторождениях Хакасии сосредоточено (в процентах от запасов России): угля  3 %, железных руд 1 %, молибдена 11 %, барита 27 %, бентонитов 6,5 %, облицовочных камней 13 %.

Население

Численность населения республики по данным Росстата составляет  чел. (). Плотность населения  чел./км² (). Городское население  % ().

Изменение численности населения
Всё и городское население (его доля) по данным всесоюзных и всероссийских переписей:

Национальный состав

Населённые пункты
Населённые пункты с численностью населения более 3 тысяч человек

Органы власти и политика
Высший нормативно-правовой акт региона — Конституция Республики Хакасия. Она была принята 25 мая 1995 года Верховным Советом республики.

Высшее должностное лицо республики, возглавляющее исполнительную власть в регионе: глава Республики Хакасии — председатель правительства Республики Хакасия. Срок полномочий составляет 5 лет. С 15 ноября 2018 года этот пост занимает Валентин Коновалов (КПРФ).

Законодательная власть в Хакасии осуществляется однопалатным Верховным Советом Республики Хакасия, состоящим из 50 депутатов, избирающихся по смешанной избирательной системе: 25 по партийным спискам и 25 по одномандатным округам. Фракция «Единой России» составляет в парламенте региона абсолютное большинство (35 мест, 70 %). Председателем Верховного Совета нынешнего VII созыва, избранного в 2018 году, является Владимир Николаевич Штыгашев.

В Совете Федерации регион представляют член КПРФ сенатор Валерий Петрович Усатюк от исполнительной власти (с ноября 2018 г.) и член «Единой России» сенатор Александр Аркадьевич Жуков от законодательной власти (с марта 2019 г.).

Депутат Государственной думы VIII созыва от Хакасии Сергей Михайлович Сокол («Единая Россия»).

Органы власти в сфере туризма в муниципальных образований
В городских округах и муниципальных районах Республики Хакасия полномочиями в сфере туризма обладают: управления культуры, молодёжи, спорта и туризма; отделы спорта, туризма и молодёжи администраций муниципальных образований.

В городе Абакане  комитет муниципальной экономики администрации города является уполномоченным органом  по развитию туризма на территории городского округа.

Административно-территориальное деление

В рамках административно-территориального устройства Республика Хакасия включает следующие административно-территориальные единицы:
 5 городов республиканского значения: Абакан, Абаза, Саяногорск, Сорск, Черногорск,
 8 районов, включающие:
 83 сельсовета и 1 поссовет (с центрами в одноимённых сельских населённых пунктах: сёлах, деревнях, посёлках, аалах)
 4 посёлка городского типа (поссовета):

В рамках муниципального устройства республики, в границах административно-территориальных единиц Хакасии образовано 100 муниципальных образований, из них:
 5 городских округов,
 8 муниципальных районов,
 83 сельских поселения (82 сельсовета и 1 поссовет),
 4 городских поселения.

Районы и города

Экономика

Основные отрасли промышленности
Основа экономики региона: гидроэнергетика и производство алюминия.

В энергосистему Хакасии входят Саяно-Шушенская ГЭС (входит в Енисейский каскад ГЭС, самая мощная в России, 6400 МВт), Майнская ГЭС (мощность 321 МВт) и три ТЭЦ суммарной мощностью 300 МВт.

На территории республики находятся Саяногорский и Хакасский алюминиевые заводы, а также ПАО «Саянская фольга», все принадлежат компании «Русал».

Также в регионе осуществляется добыча угля (ООО «Угольная компания «Разрез «Степной» и Черногорский филиал ПАО «Сибирская угольная энергетическая компания»).

Разработка углей ведётся двумя шахтами (Енисейская, Хакасская) и пятью разрезами с общим годовым объёмом добычи более 6 млн тонн.

Среди других предприятий цветной металлургии ООО «Сорский ГОК» (ферромолибден и медный концентрат), ООО «Туимский завод по обработке цветных металлов» (медный прокат).

Коэффициент душевого производства по электроэнергии: 7,3, самый высокий в России коэффициент по углю: 5,3.

Энергетика

По состоянию на конец 2018 года, на территории Хакасии эксплуатировались электростанции общей мощностью 7155,7 МВт, в том числе 3 тепловые электростанции, две гидроэлектростанции (включая крупнейшую в России электростанцию Саяно-Шушенскую ГЭС), а также одна солнечная электростанция. В 2018 году они произвели 29 789 млн кВт·ч электроэнергии.

Сельское хозяйство
На 1 января 2021 года сельское население составляло 159.833 человек, 30% населения Хакасии.

По природно-климатическим условиям Хакасия относится к Восточно-Сибирскому региону.

Хакасия — развитый сельскохозяйственный район Южной Сибири. В сельском хозяйстве преобладает животноводческое направление (70% сельскохозяйственного производства) с высоким удельным весом овец, крупного рогатого скота, птицы. Благодаря сочетанию мягкого климата и плодородных почв (в степи и лесостепи преобладают чернозёмы) в регионе существуют благоприятные предпосылки для развития растениеводства, посевная площадь Республики Хакасия составляет 257,5 тыс. га.

Обширные площади, занятые пастбищами и сенокосами, основой развития животноводства (тонкорунное овцеводство, молочное животноводство). Важную роль играет коневодство. В растениеводстве главные культуры: пшеница, ячмень, овёс, просо. Из технических культур культивируются подсолнечник, сахарная свёкла. Коэффициент душевого производства по животноводству: 1,2. Сельскохозяйственные угодья составляют менее 20 % от площади региона.

 Животноводство
За 9 месяцев 2021 года  из Хакасии за пределы Российской Федерации вывезено свыше 3,5 тысячи голов сельскохозяйственных животных, рост увеличился в 8,6 раза. Сельскохозяйственными предприятиями реализовано в Казахстан 1739 голов крупного рогатого скота, треть из которых племенные животные, а также 1083 лошадей пользовательного и убойного назначений. В Кыргызстан вывезено 569 голов крупного рогатого скота, в Узбекистан 187 голов для убоя.

На 1 января 2021 г. поголовье крупного рогатого скота в хозяйствах всех категорий составляло 162,4 тыс. голов (−4,1 %), из него коров 69,2 тыс. голов (−4,2 %), овец и коз 313,4 тыс. голов (−0,5 %), поголовье свиней составляло 32,6 тыс. голов (−2,2 %), птицы 602,3 тыс. голов (+0,1 %). В структуре поголовья скота на хозяйства населения приходилось 50,2 % крупного рогатого скота, свиней 76,9 %, овец и коз 36,3 % (на 1.01.2020 года соответственно 53,5 %, 81,8 %, 34,8 %).

За 2020 год произведено 32,5 тыс. тонн мяса в живом весе (−3,8 %), 140,5 тыс. тонн молока (−3,9 %), производство яиц составляет 89,7 млн штук (−3,6 %).

Надои молока на одну корову в сельхозорганизациях в 2020 г. составили 4365 килограммов (+469 кг), яйценоскость кур-несушек 155 яиц (296 яиц в 2019).

Средний суточный надой молока в 2020 году с молочной коровы составил 10,2 литров (в соседнем Красноярском крае 16,4 литров, среднероссийский показатель 16,9 литров). Поголовье молочных коров составляет 10137 голов.

 Растениеводство
В 2021 году урожай зерновых и зернобобовых культур  173 тыс. тонн в первоначальном весе, в том числе 163 тыс. тонн зерна, при урожайности 21 ц/га. Собрано около 91 тыс. тонн пшеницы, 65 тыс. тонн овса, 8,3 тыс. тонн ячменя, 7,2 тыс. тонн гречихи, 10,2 тыс. тонн рапса, 2 тыс. тонн льна. Кроме того, на полях убрано 6,4 тыс. тонн моркови, свёклы, капусты и 3,2 тыс. тонн картофеля.

В 2020 году урожай зерновых и зернобобовых культур 177 тыс. тонн при урожайности 23,2 ц/га в бункерном весе (в 2019 20,4 цга). После сушки и с учётом потерь в закрома убрано 160,8 тыс. тонн зерна (рост на 20 тыс. тонн к 2019). В итоге получено: пшеницы 80 тыс. тонн, овса 56,3 тыс. тонн, ячменя 16 тыс. тонн, гречихи 6,7 тыс. тонн. Общий валовый сбор по масличным культурам, включая подсолнечник, сою, лен, составил 7,2 тыс. тонн. Общая посевная площадь составила 213 тысяч га, под зерновые и зернобобовые культуры отведено 76,5 тыс. га. Из них под пшеницей 34.6 тыс. га, под ячменём 7,8 тыс. га, под овсом 27,9 тыс. га, под гречихой 4,3 тыс. га.

Если правильно подобрать сорт любой сельскохозяйственной культуры, рост урожайности может составлять до 200%. Поэтому большое значение играет селекция. Для возделывания в Республике Хакасия рекомендованы новые сорта. Средняя урожайность яровой мягкой пшеницы «Юнион» в Республике Хакасия 40,2 ц/га. Урожайность гречихи «Жданка» в Республике Хакасия 26,7 ц/га.

Внутренние различия, специализация отдельных городов
Абаканский узел специализации по переработке сельскохозяйственною сырья (мясокомбинат, пивоваренный завод).

Черногорский узел — центр Минусинского каменноугольного бассейна (шахты «Хакасская», «Енисейская», Черногорский угольный разрез), разрез «Степной». Основа экономики города: Черногорский филиал Сибирской угольной энергетической компании (добыча каменного угля).

Саяногорский узел, один из трёх крупнейших алюминиевых заводов России — Саянский алюминиевый завод. В Саяногорске создана группа предприятий строительной индустрии (комбинаты «Саянмрамор». Выше по Енисею расположены Саяно-Шушенская и Майнская ГЭС.

Транспорт
Транспортная сеть республики представлена автомобильным, железнодорожным и воздушным транспортом.

 Автомобильный транспорт
Автодорожная сеть республики наиболее развита в её центре, западе и юго-западе, что напрямую связано с расположением крупных городов региона.

По Хакасии проходит федеральная трасса Р-257 «Енисей», к которой возле столицы примыкает региональная автодорога 95К-002 Абакан — Ак-Довурак. Наиболее развитые участки автомобильных дорог Хакасии: Абакан — Саяногорск, Абакан — Бея, Абакан — Абаза, Абакан — Сорск, Боград — Шира — Копьёво, Копьёво — Приисковый.

Общая протяжённость автомобильных дорог Республики Хакасия составляет 7011,57 км, в том числе: автодорог регионального и межмуниципального значения 2 749,6 км, в том числе 138,9 км автомобильных дорог находящихся в оперативном управлении ГКУ «Тываавтодор», автодорог федерального значения 186,1 км, автодорог местного значения 4062,54 км. Плотность сети автомобильных дорог общего пользования с твёрдым покрытием составляет 1,11 км на 1 км2.

Автомобильные дороги к другим, более мелким населённым пунктам, представлены, в основном, грунтовыми дорогами, хотя в данный момент ведётся их замена на покрытия на твёрдое.

Междугородное автобусное сообщение осуществляется во все соседние регионы: Красноярский край (Красноярск, Ачинск, Артёмовск), Тыву (Кызыл, Ак-Довурак), Кемеровская область (Междуреченск, Новокузнецк), Алтайский край и Республику Алтай (Бийск, Барнаул, Горно-Алтайск). Есть маршруты на более дальние расстояния: в Новосибирск, Томск.

Междугородное сообщение представлено автобусами, маршрутными такси, частными такси. С открытием летнего сезона нагрузка возрастает на участки дорог Абакан — Шира, Абакан — Сорск (до санатория «Туманный»).

 Железнодорожный транспорт
Ввиду значительной территориальной удалённости Республики Хакасия от центральных районов Российской Федерации на рынке транспортных услуг одна из ведущих ролей отводится железнодорожному транспорту как в сфере грузовых, так и в сфере пассажирских перевозок. На его долю приходится 99% грузооборота и 79% пассажирооборота Республики Хакасия.

В столице Хакасии Абакане находится железнодорожная станция Абакан, основной транспортный узел железнодорожных перевозок.

Железнодорожная сеть Хакасии относится к Абаканскому региону Красноярской железной дороги.

Эксплуатационная длина железнодорожных путей составляет 666,6 км, из них 288,4 км электрифицировано, оснащено устройствами диспетчерской централизации и автоблокировкой. Густота железных дорог на территории Республики Хакасия составляет 108 км на 1000 км2 территории.

Прямое железнодорожное сообщение из Абакана осуществляются по направлениям: Абакан – Новокузнецк – Барнаул, Абакан – Москва, Абакан – Красноярск.

Присутствуют как электрифицированные участки (Абакан — Калтас), так и неэлектрифицированные участки, составляющие основную часть железнодорожной сети республики: Тигей — Копьёво, Аскиз — Абаза, Бискамжа — Тёя.

По республике курсируют поезда местного следования № 659/660 Абакан — Красноярск (через Ачинск), № 675/676 Абакан — Барнаул (через Бискамжу), дальнего следования № 67/68 Абакан — Москва (через Ачинск, Омск, Екатеринбург);

Кроме того, из Абакана, в зависимости от времени года, прицепными вагонами и поездами сезонного формирования можно добраться до Иркутска, Тайшета, Адлера.

Участок железной дороги Тигей — Копьёво и далее на Ужур, Ачинск является связующим звеном между двумя железнодорожными артериями: Транссибом и Южсибом (Тайшет — Абакан — Новокузнецк — Артышта — Барнаул — Кулунда — Павлодар — Астана — Тобол — Карталы — Магнитогорск). Помимо Абакана, узловой является станция Бискамжа. Город Саяногорск связан с железнодорожной сетью через станцию Камышта.

 Авиатранспорт
В Хакасии действует международный аэропорт. Располагается он в пригороде Абакана посёлке Калинино.

Аэропорт Абакан введён в эксплуатацию в 1974 году, последняя реконструкция проводилась в 2016 году.

Авиаперевозки пассажиров и груза осуществляют авиакомпания Royal Flight и ПАО «Красноярск-Авиа». Выполняются рейсы в Москву, Норильск, Новосибирск, Томск, Красноярск.

Пассажиропоток за период с 01.01.2016 г. по 01.01.2017 г. на международных направлениях 4344 тыс. чел., на российских направлениях 175 462 тыс. чел. Аэропорт имеет одну взлётно-посадочную полосу (класс ВПП: Б), размерами 3250 х 45 метров с асфальтобетонным покрытием.

 Водный транспорт
В силу географических и климатических особенностей водный транспорт в Республике Хакасия широкого развития не получил.

Это объясняется наличием мелей и других навигационных опасностей (недостаточной глубиной, шириной водного пути, низкой маневрированностью).

В Хакасии имеются лишь внутренние водные пути передвижения: реки, озера, Красноярское водохранилище (на границе с Красноярским краем).

Наука и образование в Хакасии

В Абакане расположены Хакасский научно-исследовательский институт языка, литературы и истории, Хакасский государственный университет им. Н. Ф. Катанова с сельскохозяйственным, медицинским, педагогическим и музыкальным колледжами, Хакасский технический институт — филиал Сибирского федерального университета, Абаканский филиал Современной гуманитарной академии, Хакасский институт развития образования и повышения квалификации, Хакасский политехнический колледж, Хакасский колледж профессиональных технологий, экономики и сервиса и другие.

Культура
Абакан — культурный центр Хакасии. В нём работают Хакасский национальный краеведческий музей им. Л. Р. Кызласова, Национальная библиотека имени Н. Г. Доможакова, Хакасская республиканская филармония имени В. Г. Чаптыкова, центр культуры и народного творчества им. С. П. Кадышева, Абаканская картинная галерея, Абаканский дворец молодёжи, городской центр культуры «Победа», дом культуры железнодорожников.

Среди театров, действующих в Абакане: два драматических: Русский республиканский драматический театр имени М. Ю. Лермонтова и Хакасский национальный драматический театр имени А. М. Топанова, работают Хакасский национальный театр кукол «Сказка», Передвижной театр кукол «Подорожник», Хакасский государственный театр малых форм «Читиген».

Национальный колорит кроме ярких местных праздников, проводящихся согласно древнему календарю, подчёркивает конкурс красоты «Мисс Абахай».

Раз в два года на территории республики проводится летний фестиваль кукольных театров «Чир Чайаан» («Дух Земли»).

Археология
Афанасьевская культура  Окуневская культура  Андроновская культура  Карасукская культура  Тагарская культура  Таштыкская культура  Салбыкский курган  Боярская писаница  Сулекская писаница  Крепость Чебаки (Све-Тах).

Спорт
C 2018 года на территории Хакасии в посёлке Вершина Тёи действует база Олимпийской сборной России по лыжному спорту.

Также в республике развивается вольная борьба (Карамчаков Сергей, бронзовый призёр сеульской олимпиады, Чучунов Леонид, серебряный призёр чемпионата Европы, Сербигешев Алексей, бронзовый призёр чемпионата мира, Карамчакова Инга, серебряный призёр чемпионата мира, Карамчакова Наталья, серебряный призёр чемпионата мира, Каскаракова Лилия, чемпионка Европы, серебряный призёр первенства мира). Дмитрий Попов, мастер спорта международного класса по бобслею, 5-кратный победитель первенств России, в 2017 году стал единственным в России обладателем кубка Европы по бобслею.

Молодёжная команда СШОР по волейболу «ЦСКА-Хакасия» (село Белый Яр) многократный чемпион России среди девушек.

В Абакане широко распространены лёгкая атлетика, волейбол, баскетбол, настольный теннис, базируются профессиональный клуб по хоккею с мячом «Саяны-Хакасия» и любительский клуб по хоккею с шайбой «Кристалл». В различных российских лигах выступают мужской волейбольный клуб «Сибирьтелеком-Хакасия» и женская волейбольная команда ХГУ. Действует клуб айкидо-айкикай «Самурай», имеются команды по кик-боксингу и вольной борьбе. Работают секции бокса.  Практикуется конный спорт (выездка, конкур, троеборье).

В столице Хакасии функционирует городской спорткомплекс имени Н.Г. Булакина с плавательным бассейном и атлетическим манежем. Он по праву носит звание лучшего многофункционального спорткомплекса России. Здесь часто проводятся межрегиональные соревнования по танцевальному спорту на призы главы Абакана, так называемый «кубок мэра», а также проходят различные турниры по настольному теннису и чир-лидерству («кубок Хакасии»).

СМИ Хакасии
 Республиканская телевизионная сеть (телеканал «РТС»);
 Республиканская газета «Хакасия»;
 Республиканская газета «Хакас чирі» (на хакасском языке);
 телестудия ГТРК «Хакасия»;
 Информационное агентство «Новая Хакасия»;
 Медиахолдинг «Абакан» (газета, радио, телеканал «Абакан 24»);
 Еженедельная газета «Правда Хакасии» (орган Хакасского РО КПРФ);
 Агентство новостей «Хакасия Информ»;
 Агентство деловой информации;
 Медиа-группа «Юг Сибири» (новостной You-Tube канал Nota Bene);
 Еженедельная газета «Шанс»;
 Еженедельная газета «Пятница»;
 газета «Рекламный курьер»;
 Интернет-журнал «Новый Фокус»;
 Журнал «Стройка в Хакасии»

См. также
 Хакасская автономная область
 Туризм в Хакасии

Примечания

Ссылки

 Верховный Совет Республики Хакасия
 Официальный портал исполнительных органов власти Республики Хакасия
 Законодательство Республики Хакасия

 Общегеографическая карта Хакасии

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Yesterday a friend asked me if I'd enjoyed the recent bank holiday weekend.
"It seems ages ago now," I said. "It was good but the weather was shite though."
"I was glad the weather was shite," she said, "as I had an essay to write which is due any day now."
"Aha, so if the weather had been lovely and warm, you might have been distracted. Good for you!"
That's the thing about life, one man's shite is another's good.
Later as I was walking home, I saw this woman telling off her son. I noticed the woman was speaking Krio, the language we used to speak when I was living in Sierra Leone. So I stopped her and asked her if she was from S. Leone and she said yes. I asked her what school she'd attended. It turned out her primary school was not far from mine. Like me, she returned to the UK in the early 80s and hasn't been back since so the memories we both have of Freetown are untainted by the civil war. We chatted about old times. During those few minutes of conversation, her son was in bliss. As soon as we finished and I said goodbye, the bollocking resumed with earnest. Poor kid!
Even though my friend had been giving her son hell, I had spotted the good in that moment.
There is good in every moment, I just need to keep my eyes peeled.


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[AEYE Health in PR Newswire] AEYE Health announces best-in-class results, proving AI software is capable of predicting the future development of diabetic retinopathy in patients before diagnosable symptoms manifest
Jan 24, 2023 | News Center
NEW YORK, Jan. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — AEYE Health, a leading AI company for retinal-based diagnostics, is pleased to announce the recent publication of its paper describing the development of a deep learning algorithm which can accurately predict the future development of diabetic retinopathy in patients without any diagnosable retinopathy symptoms. Read more...
[AEYE Health in Reuters] AEYE Health gets FDA approval to screen diabetics to prevent blindness
Nov 15, 2022 | News Center, Newsticker
JERUSALEM, Nov 15 (Reuters) – Israeli digital health firm AEYE Health said on Tuesday it received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its screening system to detect damage to the retina of the eyes in diabetics. Read more...
[AEYE Health in PR Newswire] AEYE Health receives FDA clearance for AI-based autonomous screening for referable diabetic retinopathy
Nov 15, 2022 | News Center
AEYE Health and UMass Medical School, in collaboration with UMass Memorial Health Care, are developing a system which enables family doctors to screen patients for various retinal conditions and enable timely referrals to specialists. Read more...
[AEYE Health in HIT Consultant] How AI can accurately detect diabetes through retinal images
Recent advancements in AI have demonstrated that AI can accurately detect diabetes through the analysis of retinal images that retina experts would consider healthy. To better understand this achievement, it is worth taking a step back to understand the context and magnitude of the achievement. Read more...
[AEYE Health in The Times of Israel] Seeing straight with the help of artificial intelligence
Mar 2, 2022 | News Center, Newsticker
Israeli startup AEYE aims to save the sight of millions by making retinal exams cost-effective and readily available Read more...

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New Food Economy: A handful of companies control American agriculture. Cory Booker wants to change that
by Sam Bloch | August 30th, 2018 The New Jersey Senator has introduced a bill to halt the mergers and acquisitions that have hamstrung small-scale producers for decades. On Wednesday, Cory Booker, the Democratic Senator from New Jersey, introduced a bill that would impose a temporary moratorium on mergers and acquisitions between large farm, food,…
Organic Consumers Association: Are Banned Drugs in Your Meat?
by Rachel Rabkin Peachman | August 29, 2018 How did they get into food? What's known about the risks? And what can be done to keep these drugs off your plate? Ketamine, a hallucinogenic party drug and experimental antidepressant. Phenylbutazone, an anti-inflammatory deemed too risky for human use. Chloramphenicol, a powerful antibiotic linked to potentially…
RSN: Monsanto Court Ruling Bolsters Hope for Millions of Vietnamese Victims of Agent Orange
by Viet Nam News | 29 August 18 Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange have once again had their hopes for justice rekindled. But despite the recent landmark ruling against Monsanto in a San Francisco court, major obstacles remain on the path towards justice. On August 11, the US court ruled that the multinational agrochemical corporation…
Coyote Gulch: Opinion: Western water strategy shifting from 'use it or lose it,' to 'waste not, want not' — The Hill
August 28, 2018 From The Hill (Sandra Postel, Lesli Allison): In recent weeks, federal officials have warned residents of the southwestern United States that their two major lifelines — the Colorado River and the Rio Grande — will deliver alarmingly low water supplies in the coming months. This summer, the Rio Grande may actually run…
Food & Power – Will Big Booze Succeed in Becoming Big Buzz?
Did someone forward you this newsletter? Get your own copy by subscribing here. Will Big Booze succeed in becoming Big Buzz? Earlier this month, Constellation Brands, maker of Corona, Svedka, and Robert Mondavi wines, invested $4 billion in the largest pot corporation in the world, by market cap. The deal expands Constellation's ownership stake in…
Salina Journal: Solutions needed that help farmers, keep water clean
Aug 27, 2018 The tiny central Kansas town of Pretty Prairie has gained national attention for the wrong reason: As documented by Harper's Magazine earlier this year, this dwindling community of 600 has a tap water crisis caused by decades of farm runoff. Its problem is particularly severe, with drinking water nitrate levels at twice…
Forbes: Why Your 'Product Of U.S.A.' Steak May Not Actually Be From A Cow Raised On American Soil
by Nicole Rasul | August 29, 2018 American shoppers face yet another dilemma in the grocery store aisle. According to a petition submitted to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) by the Organization for Competitive Markets and the American Grassfed Association, not all meat labeled "Product of U.S.A." is actually…
New Food Economy: We already know climate change will make our crops less nutritious. Now we know how that will impact our health
by H. Claire Brown | August 27th, 2018 A new study shows this nutrient decline will mean that, by 2050, an additional 175 million people worldwide will be deficient in zinc, and 122 million more won't be eating enough protein. It's been almost exactly one year since Hurricane Harvey wrought havoc in Texas and Louisiana,…
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by Candace Krebs, Contributing Writer | Aug 22, 2018 Ranchers from Colorado and surrounding states are in Rapid City, S.D., this weekend for R-CALF USA's 19th annual convention, buoyed by success intervening in beef check-off collections in Montana and by a presidential administration that wants to put America first in international trade negotiations. "This is…
HPPR: Our Turn At This Earth: Saving The Farm To Save The World
by Julene Bair | Aug 23, 2018 "This farming has gotten so industrialized and out of hand," Gabe Brown said. We were sitting in the shade on his North Dakota regenerative farm, watching several hundred chickens scratching in a field of mixed cover crops. They provided ready contrast to the ills Gabe was describing. Most…


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Q: Angular How to put a html component after a dependent component? I'm trying to use the Angular-Material paginator. In the html, the pager appears after the list it applies to (where the user expects it).
Here is what it looks like (Data is just an array property from the component. That works fine. This is just about *ngFor depending on the paginator)
<mat-list *ngIf="Data">
  <mat-list-item *ngFor="let item of Data.slice(
                        dataPager.pageIndex * dataPager.pageSize,
                        (dataPager.pageIndex + 1) * dataPager.pageSize
  )">
    {{item.name}}
  </mat-list-item>
  <mat-paginator #dataPager [length]="Data.length"
                            [pageSize]="10"
                            [pageSizeOptions]="[5, 10, 25, 50, 100]">
  </mat-paginator>
</mat-list>

However this gives me a big scary error
ERROR Error: ExpressionChangedAfterItHasBeenCheckedError: Expression has changed after it was checked. Previous value: 'ngForOf: '. Current value: 'ngForOf: [object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]'.

Strictly speaking, everything seems to work fine anyways but I don't want to get this error at all. I don't get this error if a put the paginator before the *ngFor, but than the paginator isn't where I want it on the page. So how do I make sure the paginator component gets initialized before the *ngFor component that is based on it, even though the paginator is further down the page?

A: I don't think you can base your mat-list-item loop length on the dataPager values itself.  You probably need to use the events it fires to re-calculate the list-view contents.  You can initialize both with the same starting page size.
https://material.angular.io/components/paginator/api#PageEvent

A: I ended up adjusting the conditions, and moving the pagniantor just outside the list, so that the paginator is created with the initial page, and then the ngFor doesn't run until the feeding Data is initialized in the ngAfterViewInit(). At least it prevents the initial page error. And I changed the paginator to default length to 0 if Data isn't initialized so that it doesn't have to wait for data.
<mat-list *ngIf="Data">
  <mat-list-item *ngFor="let item of Data.slice(
                        dataPager.pageIndex * dataPager.pageSize,
                        (dataPager.pageIndex + 1) * dataPager.pageSize
  )">
    {{item.name}}
  </mat-list-item>
</mat-list>
<mat-paginator #dataPager [length]="(Data)? Data.length : 0"
                          [pageSize]="10"
                          [pageSizeOptions]="[5, 10, 25, 50, 100]">
</mat-paginator>

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Posts Tagged 'mysteries'
What Lengths Are Readers Willing to Go to Read Your Work?
In: creative writing | creativity | women and creativity | writing
Two conversations, in the past few months, has me thinking a lot about readers and the lengths they will go to for the authors they love. And, as writers, how do we put our attention even more squarely on creating an amazing reader experience.
This author has created very loyal and responsive fans
One of my colleagues recently shared a story with me about how completely determined she was to obtain the latest release of a Louise Penny novel. At the time, she was traveling in Michigan and the bookstore that she usually visits while there had already run out of LP's novel. She was scheduled to take a plane home later that day. She was so determined to get this novel that she called several bookstores in the area and then wound up driving over 45 minutes to a bookstore that still had the novel in stock. * She almost missed her plane in search of this book. That's devotion.
One of my dearest friends and I were recently discussing what we were reading. Since I knew that my friend was also a fan of LP, I mentioned that my colleague was looking forward to diving into the latest LP novel. My friend paused and said with intensity, "Louise Penny is the only author that I make sure I do a pre-order for, so that the day of her release, the book arrives at my door. And, then I drop everything for a few hours to read it."
I was struck by both conversations. Also, on a recent episode of the fantastic 'The Writer's Well' podcast with Rachael Herron and J. Thorn, Rachael mentioned that a writer she knew had fans who would call in sick on the day of a new release. That's commitment!
Having fans that make it a priority to read your work is every writer's dream. It made me think about the question posed in the blog post title: What Lengths Are Readers Willing to Go to Read Your Work?
The deeper question is: How do we craft stories that readers can't put down? Stories that keep them coming back for more.
This, as you already know, is a million-dollar question and there is no magic answer. I do think a piece of the answer is consistently thinking about one's ideal reader. Over the years, I made an important realization—I am ultimately writing for reader experience and engagement, not just my own personal pleasure. Twenty years ago, I really didn't think much about reader satisfaction or engagement—it was all about MY MESSAGE. Or, it was all about HOW CLEVERLY I USED LANGUAGE. This sounds so dumb and pretentious as I write it here, but it is the truth. Now, for me, managing and heightening reader experience is where the gold is and is always in the forefront of my mind. The first draft of anything is still just for me, my flights of fancy and risk-taking. Each subsequent draft though, I try to hone the kinds of emotions I want the reader to feel in each scene and across the whole manuscript. I also pay much more attention to where I might lose the reader in a story.
While teaching at the Table Rock Writers Workshop a few weeks ago, I had the distinct pleasure of hearing a fantastic book talk by Emily Nunn, author of The Comfort Food Diaries: My Quest for the Perfect Dish to Mend a Broken Heart and former writer and inventor of the "Table for Two" column in The New Yorker.
She shared the grueling writing process she went through her after book proposal for a memoir (based on her experiences being in a psychiatric facility) was sold with relative ease. Her book is about the circumstances that got her into the facility and after leaving, how she healed by traveling to see friends and cooking together. She shared with us that she really wanted to include a chapter about her time in the psychiatric facility and someone on her team (I can't remember if it was her agent or editor), said no and told her to take the chapter out. She was very upset with this advice. She had labored over that chapter and to her it represented the heart of the book. They, however, felt that the tone of the chapter was completely out of sync with the rest of the overall upbeat feel and transformational tone of the book. This same person said something along the lines of, "You don't want to eject the reader from the book." And, that chapter, in their opinion, though well-written would have created such incongruities for the reader, there was a potential of ejecting them out of the book. Thinking about what ejects the reader out of our work struck me as a useful bit of advice. We never want to eject the reader from our work! Ejecting the reader can look many different ways, right?
For example: Sloppy dialogue, a wandering plot, undeveloped characters, shoehorning one of our darlings into a book that just doesn't fit (Nunn made it clear that the chapter she was being asked to cut was one of her favorites and she considered it important). Nunn added though that in retrospect, the advice was solid—the chapter didn't fit in the current version of the book and could work instead as an excellent essay. Her team was thinking about the reader's experience.
Many writers don't read their reviews for a variety of reasons. I have found it helpful to look at the reviews of my work and pay attention to emails I receive or in person responses. What they like (or don't like) are hints to their reader experience.
Sometimes when soliciting feedback on a draft, I will ask someone to mark in the text, exactly where they were able to out the book down. I go to that spot(s) and ask hard questions about what is either not working, or what is working but in a very uninteresting way.
No one starts out writing something that they know readers will devour; if you're lucky you grow into a gifted storyteller over time. The writers who consistently create work that makes people stay up late, almost miss planes, and tell others about it have cracked something valuable about reader experience. The answers are out there in others' work and our own, if we are brave enough to dig for them.
How do you understand the role of the reader's experience? Are there questions you ask yourself when rewriting that focus on reader experience? I'd love to know!
*You may be wondering why she didn't order it on Amazon—she doesn't use Amazon and prefers to support independent bookstores.
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Photo Credit-Emily Nunn
Tags: cozy mysteries, creative, creative writing, creativity, Emily Nunn, fiction, Louise Penny, mysteries, novel writing, novels, publishing, readers, reading, The Comfort Food Diaries, the reader experience, the writer's well, the writing life, writers, writing, writing drafts, writing exercises, writing prompts


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Gen. Wayne Eyre felt need to respond to predecessor's letter to senior officers
OTTAWA — Canada's newly minted chief of the defence staff says he felt he needed to speak up and remind senior military officers who they work for after his predecessor sent them a letter arguing to get back his job as Canada's top military commander
OTTAWA — Canada's newly minted chief of the defence staff says he felt he needed to speak up and remind senior military officers who they work for after his predecessor sent them a letter arguing to get back his job as Canada's top military commander.
"When the senior leadership of the Armed Forces was engaged, I felt I had to jump in and remind them that we work for our duly elected civilian officials, who represent the will of the Canadian population," Gen. Wayne Eyre told The Canadian Press in an interview on Friday.
The comments represent the first time Eyre has spoken publicly about Admiral Art McDonald's controversial letter, which has been heavily criticized by the Liberal government and others since it was distributed to the top brass last month.
On Thursday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed Eyre as permanent defence chief, nine months after he took over the position on an acting basis while military police investigated an allegation of sexual misconduct against McDonald.
That investigation resulted in no charges, which prompted McDonald to launch a campaign for reinstatement that included the letter to fellow officers laying out his case for reinstatement.
At the time, Eyre responded with his own message describing McDonald's letter as "shocking," and reminded his officers they work for elected officials while the chief of the defence staff serves at the pleasure of the prime minister.
He reiterated that message Friday, saying: "That civil-military relationship needs to be reinforced because that's the strength of a democracy. … We just have to be absolutely clear that we know who we work for."
Eyre otherwise would not comment on McDonald's case, nor was he prepared to provide substantive details on how he plans to address the broader sexual misconduct crisis that has shaken Canada's military over the past nine months.
However, he did promise new plans to support victims and change the military's culture will be announced in the coming weeks, even as senior leaders eagerly await the results of retired Supreme Court justice Louise Arbour's review of the problem.
The government has already accepted Arbour's recommendation to transfer the investigation and prosecution of sexual assault cases and other criminal sexual behaviour to civilian authorities.
While the military has long resisted any external involvement in its affairs, Eyre on Friday signalled a fresh openness to including non-military experts and actors to address the current crisis that has eroded faith and trust in the leadership.
"I welcome external expertise, external advice, external solutions for what we're facing," he said. "And I've made it clear that we are going to welcome oversight, we are going to welcome external reviews to help us make the institution better."
Some experts and advocates have been demanding the government strengthen the office of the military ombudsman or create an office of the inspector general, which would provide independent oversight and accountability over the Armed Forces.
Asked about these calls, Eyre said he would welcome the creation of what he described as an "independent complaints mechanism" for service members to voice concerns or issues without having to go through their chain of command.
"It's been recommended numerous times, in fact going back to the Somalia inquiry," he said. "So if that's going to restore the confidence of all in the Canadian Armed Forces, well let's bring it in."
The current crisis has caused a great deal of upheaval across the Canadian Armed Forces, with a number of top officers currently under investigation or otherwise having to step aside because of past actions.
At the same time, the military has faced unprecedented demands over the past two years as it has conducted numerous missions abroad while helping provinces with the COVID-19 pandemic and a growing number of natural disasters.
That includes deploying troops to flood-ravaged British Columbia and Newfoundland in recent days. These increased demands have come at a time when recruitment has dropped significantly and the military is short several thousand troops.
"We are a fragile organization right now because of our numbers being down, because of the (operational) tempo, because of this crisis in misconduct," he said.
"That being said, when the people of Canada — when our population — is at risk, that rapidly goes to the top of the priority list."
Eyre added that the number of service members hanging up their uniforms has decreased during the pandemic, and that he has received no indication the recent push to change the military's culture has led to an exodus of personnel.
"If individuals are leaving because they don't like the direction we're going," he added, "well that's OK too. Because I prefer quality over quantity, and that's going to make us better in the long run."
Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press


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Asser International Sports Law Blog | Blog Symposium: FIFA must regulate TPO, not ban it. The point of view of La Liga.
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Blog Symposium: FIFA must regulate TPO, not ban it. The point of view of La Liga.
14. April 2015 Oskar van Maren Blog, International Sports Law Commentaries (1)
Introduction: FIFA's TPO ban and its compatibility with EU competition law.
Day 2: Third-party entitlement to shares of transfer fees: problems and solutions
Day 3: The Impact of the TPO Ban on South American Football.
Day 4: Third Party Investment from a UK Perspective.
Day 5: Why FIFA's TPO ban is justified.
Editor's note: This is the first blog of our symposium on FIFA's TPO ban, it features the position of La Liga regarding the ban and especially highlights some alternative regulatory measures it would favour. La Liga has launched a complaint in front of the European Commission challenging the compatibility of the ban with EU law, its ability to show that realistic less restrictive alternatives were available is key to winning this challenge. We wish to thank La Liga for sharing its legal (and political) analysis of FIFA's TPO ban with us.
The Spanish Football League (La Liga) has argued for months that the funding of clubs through the conveyance of part of players' economic rights (TPO) is a useful practice for clubs. However, it also recognized that the practice must be strictly regulated. In July 2014, it approved a provisional regulation that was sent to many of the relevant stakeholders, including FIFA's Legal Affairs Department.
Although initially we felt that FIFA would focus on strict regulation, FIFA finally tilted the balance towards the idea of an absolute ban. FIFA even put an end to the working parties it had put in place to regulate this issue. After verbal and written notices, La Liga has filed a complaint with the Competition Authorities of the European Union, since the prohibition of TPO violates the EU competition rules. In our view, apart from breaching the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, it also violates the rules on competition in place in other countries, such as Argentina and Brazil.
La Liga has raised the following arguments to show the disproportion of the absolute prohibition of TPO:
FIFA now prohibits undue third-party influence on a team and on players' agents' economic rights.
The UEFA now regulates the financial aspects of TPO in its Financial Fair Play Regulations.
Only three professional leagues worldwide have banned TPO.
The two independent studies commissioned by FIFA do not support the prohibition of TPO.
The General Assembly of FIFA concluded that TPO is a complex issue that must continue to be studied in detail.
The FIFA Working Party on TPO held only one meeting before it was banned and adapted no specific recommendations.
The FIFA Executive Committee agreed to ban TPO with no supporting report or internal proposal.
FIFA has not consulted governments, authorities or, in particular, the European Commission before adopting the ban.
The arguments used to ban TPO reveal the lack of proportionality of the measure.
Independent experts have denounced the lack of proportionality of a TPO ban.
The lack of proportionality of the measure
FIFA's main argument is that TPO threatens the integrity of sporting competitions. In La Liga's view, both the integrity of the competition and, where appropriate, footballers' independence could be protected by measures that do not require the full prohibition of TPO. For example, it could limit third-party economic rights to a minority percentage (>50%) together with other measures, such as limiting the number of players from the same club in which a third-party has minority economic rights.[1] Indeed, in its ENIC/UEFA decision, the European Commission took into account that the UEFA rule only prohibits the control of multiple clubs, but not the acquisition of minority stakes in them ("(T)he UEFA rule does not limit the freedom of action of investors that have shares in clubs below the level that gives them control over the club, because clubs with such ownership structure remain free to play in the same UEFA competition").
Consideration must also be given to the fact that the risk to the integrity of competitions is much greater when two teams controlled by the same investor play against each other compared to when a certain number of players over whom a third party holds economic rights play each other. In the former case, the owner or investor of the clubs may want a team to lose if they can avoid relegation, win the championship or qualify for an international competition. In the latter case, a third-party investor's interest is for players to play as well as possible to increase their economic value, regardless of the result of the match. In fact, there is an increased risk of conflict of interest if a player has been loaned by one club to another and has to play against the club that holds the economic rights. It should be highlighted that neither FIFA nor UEFA have taken steps to regulate loans of players between clubs, despite the fact that loans account for a significant part of player transfer[2] and that independent experts recommend more restrictive regulations for loans.[3] Similarly, we fail to understand why FIFA, prohibits TPO when it is considering deregulating the profession of player agent and accepts that only a few agents represent and share economic interests with star football players.[4]
FIFA further argues that banning TPO will avoid speculation and inflation of transfer costs, preserve economic flows within football clubs, protect players' human dignity, combat economic crime, etc. La Liga is of the opinion that these arguments violate even further the principle of proportionality and are of questionable legitimacy. Therefore, they should be rejected from the outset.
POLITICAL ASPECTS
As the Association of Spanish Football Clubs, we first and foremost defend a regulation of TPO. Banning it would be denying a fundamental tool for our clubs' funding and competitiveness
Based on the current socio-economic context of the football sector and its practical reality, it seems particularly inappropriate to reject a source of external funding used in every sector of the economy and which, when appropriately regulated, could create greater legal certainty for all concerned.
More specifically, from a political point of view, it is essential to design the regulation of TPO so that La Liga and its clubs maintain or even increase their current competitiveness.
Indeed, there is no doubt about the benefits provided by TPO/TPI since many clubs are in the position to sign players who they otherwise could not afford. Moreover, clubs also profit from the ability to anticipate revenue by selling the rights of the squad players in their team. Thus, in terms of the competitive balance, the use of TPO enables small/medium-sized clubs to maintain their competitiveness against their "bigger" rivals. For example, winning the Spanish league and reaching the Champions League final in the 2013/14 season is an achievement Atlético Madrid would probably not have reached without having recourse to TPO. Furthermore, it makes it possible to increase investment in sports facilities for better training and the development of young players.
The above shows that the private investor also "shares" a risk with the club: when investing in a specific player, the investor also assumes the negative results of the potential investment, which is then shared between the club and the investor, greatly reducing the negative impact on the accounts of the club in question.
And finally, taking into account the economic and financial difficulties currently affecting football clubs, it is necessary to support appropriate financing mechanisms in football to foster investment in the sector, since, at present, most clubs would not be able to survive on their current sources of income.
Should the absolute prohibition of TPO/TPI be maintained, as intended by FIFA and UEFA, it will be very difficult to keep the constellation of star players in our affiliated Clubs. They will most certainly leave their respective clubs for other competitions and clubs that have greater financial resources. It is clear that a large number of Spanish teams will see their competitiveness reduced and, at the same time, the competitiveness of and interest in our competition will plummet.
In addition, proper regulation of this issue would avoid the risk of compromising the integrity of competitions, since it would provide greater legal certainty for all the involved parties. Instead, the absolute ban imposed by FIFA will lead to the creation of a "black market" that would be out of regulatory control and would therefore endanger the very integrity of the competitions. Thus, it is absolutely necessary to regulate the matter appropriately.
LEGAL ASPECTS:
In line with the aforementioned political aspects, from a strictly legal perspective, regulating TPO is particularly advisable since:
a. It is a common practice in the football sector and it is a source of funding that promotes the competitiveness of clubs. Moreover, it stimulates competition and allows clubs to attract and retain top-level players.
In recent years, the number of investments in football players has increased. These investments were sought by Spanish clubs in order to finance the registration of the players' federative rights. Furthermore, the investor's remuneration is (wholly or partially) calculated depending on the positive economic results that may be obtained through future transfers of the player's federative rights by the club that received the investment money.
La Liga believes that investments of this nature can constitute a useful alternative source of financing for clubs and investment for funds, especially now that the Spanish financial sector and the Spanish professional football sector are undergoing a profound financial crisis. Accordingly, these investments may foster the competitiveness of Spanish professional football clubs in Spain and outside. Indeed, the signing and retention of players' federative rights cannot be secured without third-party investments.
b. TPO requires an adequate regulatory framework to ensure legal certainty and promote the integrity of professional football competitions.
Based on the widespread use of TPO in practice, La Liga considers it appropriate to introduce certain rules and provide legal certainty to both the clubs as well as the investors. This would require imposing reasonable limitations and duties, and providing for the transparency of the TPO transactions, to protect good sportsmanship and the integrity of competitions.
La Liga's proposal for a regulatory framework is based on the following basic principle:
Compliance with FIFA's rules on the influence of third parties in clubs, according to which no club may enter into a contract whereby any party to said contract or third party may assume a position that could influence labour issues and transfers in relation to the independence, policies or actions taken by the teams of any club.
Based on this principle, the following regulatory measures are suggested:
prohibition of certain transactions based on the player's age;
maximum percentage of participation in the "economic rights";
quantitative limitations on the maximum number of players per club;
maximum remuneration for the investor;
prohibition of certain clauses that may limit the independence and autonomy of the clubs; and
prohibition of transactions depending on the investor's particular status or business (or participation in the same) such as shareholders, directors and managers of the clubs.
This regulatory framework would provide transparency through duties of information and registration of the investors (including full identification of the real owners) and the financial transactions themselves.
There is no doubt that the use of TPO/TPI needs to be regulated in Spanish professional football. However, it is also necessary to acknowledge that the full prohibition of TPO by FIFA will only trigger a search for "creative" alternatives to fulfil the same purpose, using fraud and/or other contractual fictions. Furthermore, the prohibition of TPO will be very difficult to enforce and it will generate a great deal of conflicts, which is obviously not a desirable outcome. This is also without prejudice to the considerable loss of competitiveness and footballing talent for our clubs and our competitions.
Thus, it is necessary to devise an alternative approach to the issue by means of a specific regulation. Indeed, we consider that third-party investment in football is a legitimate financing vehicle for clubs, based on risk-sharing and productive investments through private funds. However, there are also obvious threats that need to be tackled. Therefore, in the view of La Liga, it is necessary to establish a sustainable, secure and transparent regulatory system that encourages sound investment in the sector and provides for a better control of the investors.
The benefits to be gained from regulating TPO/TPI are more than evident and would be shared by all the stakeholders that make up the 'football family'. We believe that an adequate regulation in this area would pave the way for a secure, reliable and transparent system, allowing the 'football family' to safely enjoy the benefits TPO can provide.
[1] See, for example, alternatives to the total ban proposed by Luís Villas-Boas Pires, "Third Party Ownership- To ban or not to ban?, LawInSport,10.12.2013: http://www.lawinsport.com/articles/regulation-a-governance/item/third-party-ownership-to-ban-or-not-to-ban.
[2] The Economic and Legal Aspects of Transfers of Players", KEA-CDES, December 2013, p. 193: "These operations involve a large number of transfers in Europe – 21% i.e. 1333 in 2011, according to TMS".
[3] The Economic and Legal Aspects of Transfers of Players", KEA-CDES, December 2013, study performed for the European Commission, pp. 253-254: "Proposal 4:Regulate the loan transfer
Abusive loan transfer practices contribute to competitive imbalance and unfairness of the competitions. We suggest regulation to limit or prevent such abusive practices. This could encompass:
- Limiting the number of loans by the lending clubs
- Limiting to xx the number of loans to the beneficiary clubs
- Regulating loan contracts between clubs which pose a risk to the integrity of competition (for instance: a contractual clause that prevents a player from participating in a certain competition or a given match). Main stakeholders: International federations, national federations and leagues."
[4] The Economic and Legal Aspects of Transfers of Players", KEA-CDES, December 2013, pp. 128-129:
"The second feature of the upper primary segment is the concentration of superstars in the hands of a few agents (individual or agencies). It is a question of knowing what the actual market power of these agents is and what can be done to regulate their actions. For example, let us note that Gestifute, the Portuguese agency led by Jorge Mendes, has in its portfolio José Mourinho, Cristiano Ronaldo, Nani, Anderson, Pepe, Ricardo Carvalho, Raul Meireles and Miguel Veloso. This agency has generated €369.85m in transfer rights (Poli, 2012). The role of the major sporting agents should be better known, in order to assess whether they are responsible for an increase in the dualisation of the labour market and, therefore, for a deterioration in competitive balance. Small championships can no longer hang on to their stars and the major championships are competing to attract them, thus contributing to the inflation of speculative bubbles regarding the salaries and transfer fees of these stars.
In the lower primary market, as in the higher primary market, the role of agents is decisive in transactions and we once more find the same recommendations:
An analysis of the concentration of wage
- bills.
- An analysis of the concentration of transactions at the agent level."
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Couldn't agree more. I also think that this is part of a larger movement by Europe's bigger clubs to ensure their financial hegemony in the market. With FFPR, TPO bans and the way in which the world's biggest clubs are abusing immigration regulations to amass players and then loan them out overseas, there is no room for the smaller clubs to break into the big time any more. But then again, AFC Bournemouth may prove me wrong. More on how the TPO ban could actually present a risk to integrity here: icss-journal.newsdeskmedia.com/Third-party-ownership-a-risk-to-integrity


Hewlett Packard Enterprise has patched a vulnerability in its remote management hardware called Integrated Lights-Out 3 that is used in its popular line of HP ProLiant servers. The bug allows an attacker to launch an unauthenticated remote denial of service attack that could contribute to a crippling on vulnerable datacenters under some conditions.
The vulnerability (CVE-2017-8987) is rated "high severity", with a CVSS base score of 8.6, and was discovered by Rapid7 researchers in September. HPE publicly reported the bug on Feb. 22 and has made patches available.
Affected is the v1.88 firmware for HPE's Integrated Lights-Out 3 (iLO3). Not impacted are newer versions of the firmware (1.8, 1.82, 1.85, and 1.87) along with firmware for iLO4 (v2.55). iLO5 devices were not tested, according to a Rapid7 technical brief on the vulnerability written by Sam Huckins, the company's program manager.
The Hewlett-Packard iLO is an embedded server management technology for ProLiant servers that consists of a physical card with a separate network connection. It allows system administrators to remotely manage servers.
"An attacker who has already compromised a network can now can easily lock out an admin from fixing or mitigating against an attack," said Tod Beardsley, Rapid7's research director. "An attacker can use this to make a data center go dark and keep it that way by locking out remote management and mitigation." Alternatively, system administrators will have to tackle on-premises fixes.
According to Beardsley, an attacker sharing the same network as a vulnerable iLO3 can simply send several HTTP requests and cause the iLO3 device (running firmware v1.88) to stop responding for up to 10 minutes.
One of those examples includes using a Secure Socket Shell where an "open sessions will become unresponsive; new SSH sessions will not be established." In another scenario with a web portal "users cannot log into the web portal; the login page will not successfully load," according to Rapid7.
"An attack doesn't require authentication. The device itself requires some kind of authentication, such as a web portal that you use to like login. But this attack comes in before that. The attack is literally just an HTTP command," Beardsley said.
According to Rapid7, HP's Integrated Lights-Out is not on by default, which likely disqualifies many ProLiant from the vulnerability.
iLO is pretty common in large computing environments.


This week Steve will have scans to see how the cancer in his lungs and liver are responding to the last 2 cycles of chemo. We will get the results from this next week when we see the doctor.
A miracle at this time would be great. Just like some of the stories I've been reading to inspire me. The doctor will come in with a smile instead of the sad sorry look he has had in the past. He'll sit facing us and tell us the cancer is miraculously gone, no sign of it anywhere. We'll be shocked as we look at each other in amazement, knowing God can do this but hardly believing it. The doctor will want to do a 6 month follow up of course. And we will walk out holding hands just like we did 49 days ago in a stunned silence. We'll go to Heritage Church for prayer again, only this time in astonished praise at being healed.
Or I will settle for hearing that the cancer has responded to the chemo and is now smaller.
Story Time - It was during the last dance of our wedding reception that the accident happened. The groom, doing the splits one more time went down, but didn't get up. The remaining guests left as we iced his throbbing knee.
A sore knee did not stop us from leaving for our honeymoon at a Chicago resort. But we barely checked in when the pain became unbearable and we headed for the nearest emergency room. Trying to make the best of a bad situation I continued to take pictures of doctors and technicians as he was examined and x-rayed. Eventually we left with crutches, a knee immobilizer and a diagnosis of torn knee ligaments.
The resort was kind enough to provide a wheelchair and tactful enough not to snicker at us as we pushed past with his leg sticking straight out. After all we were" the honeymooning couple in room 1092" who weren't doing too much honeymooning. I continued with my picture taking, him in his wheelchair with a snarl on his face, a picture of the ceiling above the bed which is what he viewed most often.
The real challenge came when it was time to drive home. He couldn't drive and I didn't know how to drive a stick. The best time to learn is NOT when the person who is teaching you is in a leg brace. So we jerked and stalled and tried to laugh and not cry.
The final kicker came as I got home and went to take the film out of our camera only to find I hadn't put any film in to begin with. Our pain filled honeymoon would remain a fond memory. But then we are still married aren't we?
Finally, a camping night. The weather broke, Steven felt okay and I got rid of my headache. I felt high sitting by the campfire last night. We saw the deer family across the river come get a drink. The owls courting each other in the trees above. I heard geeseeneese from the geese as they honked.
My son Joshua said I should have a plant hospital. People are always bringing me their half dead plants as a last resort because they can't toss them.
I don't know why they thrive with me. I don't do anything special. I tell them as I repot them that it's their last chance. I cut off all the dead area and some of the leggy stuff. I put them outside next to a healthy plant and say, "Look at your sister here, how healthy she is. Don't you want to be just like that?"
I give them a good watering and leave them alone. It takes a month to 6 weeks to really see what they will choose, new life or.... Inevitably they choose new life. Some will even flower in thanks. And I do thank them.
If only Steven were a plant. But he is in a way God's plant isn't he?
Finally, Steve had a good day. He walked around the yard and decided to water the almost dead grass. All day long the sprinkler was going and I don't care how much water was wasted on a very dry yard, he was happy.
I touched base with family and was able to give good news. I know he would like to make these calls himself but he can't get his voice loud enough since the bronchoscopy damaged his vocal cords.
He actually had an appetite today. I went snack shopping and got gourmet nuts, chocolates, chips, crackers, cheese and fruit. Easy to grab items. I think he is at 125 lbs. I never thought I'd weigh more than him but I do now.
When he's happy, I'm happy.
For I am convinced that neither chemo nor radiation, neither scans nor procedures, neither good news or bad news, neither predictions nor unanswered prayer, nor anything else in all the world of cancer, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is ours in Christ Jesus.
Our close friends and family know where Steve and I will be at 7 p.m. We are sitting together talking. We stop whatever we are doing, get something to drink and sit at the table. The T.V. is off, candles are optional, music is a must. We don't care who joins us, as long as we are there together. The kids knew when they were young, if they needed to talk, here was one opportunity.
Weather pending we are on the deck. We have a propane heater and a wonderful view of all our trees. Or an even better place is at our camp site with a fire between us, watching the river go by.
There is more than "How was your day", in passing. He knows my coworkers even if he's never met them. I know what vehicle he's trying to paint match at the body shop. I know how his lunch was and he knows if I talked to the boys today. If it's Monday, I'm just getting home at 7 p.m. so am either hyper or brain dead. As the week comes to a close there is more talk of the weekend. What we will do if the weather does this or that. What home tasks will we work on, or maybe a nap is prioritized instead.
The table looks different now with a blood pressure cuff, nebulizer, voice enhancer, calendar of appointments, medicine bottles and get well cards but it can all be moved to accommodate a couple coasters and a mug of beer or cup of tea.
I love this part of us. It's my favorite part of the day.
Steven is home. He has his own toothbrush, pillow and lovely wife (okay skip the last part). I can tell he is happy because he is giving me a hard time about everything in an effort to be funny. Of course I laugh, even at my own expense because I'm a good wife. I can tell he is still recovering because it's nap time and we've only been home long enough for him to shower. That's okay, I just love having him home.
We went to ER last night because Steven felt like he couldn't get a deep breath due to this cold. After doing a couple breathing treatments with no improvement they decided to admit him. He will stay tonight and keep getting breathing treatment and antibiotics. Prayer that his headache eases and he can get some much needed sleep.
We had an appointment tomorrow at the University of Iowa City for our second opinion but Steven is not able to make the trip. This cold has him stuck in bed. We thought he would be better by now. So I'll call his doctor's office in the morning and get him in there to see if this has turned into pneumonia or what. So prayers please. That we find out if this is just a run-of-the-mill cold or more and that he gets his energy and appetite back.
Steve to me- I'm fine, how are you?
Me turning to Large Elephant - How are you?
It cannot shut out memories, it cannot silence courage.
It cannot invade the soul, it cannot reduce eternal life.
It cannot quench the Spirit, it cannot lesson the power of the resurrection.
Then my mind goes to God. I know every bit of strength I have to get thru today is His. I have hope. Nothing can take that away. And I know now Steve has that same hope.
Miracles happen all the time and it could be we are in this very place for that very reason. Regardless of the miracle happening, I've been brought to this day with a bigger picture in mind. And that gives me peace.
Today we begin the next cycle of chemo. Today is 3 hours, 1 hour tomorrow and 1 hour on Thursday. Since there was some nausea last cycle they will give him something in the IV to prevent that this time.
Accompanying him today is his brother Ernest. He is here visiting. I thought it great he was here to do this since I have this cold. I'm sure they appreciate me staying away from the cancer center.
Ernest has been showing Steven how to use an iPad. We both find it very cool. Maybe we can get Steven to blog too! I'm sure you would all rather hear from the big guy himself.
How do you go to your neighbors and tell this kind of news? It's too much. But you want them to know because you would want to know if it was them. And then you could ask, 'what can I do?'. How I wish I could make a list and give everyone a job and we would all feel better. But I can't think. I'll blame it on the cold.
So I confided in a close neighbor and asked if she would go around and explain to folks. She could give them a flyer for the benefit. Maybe I took the easy way out but at this point I need a break.
There probably isn't one of you reading this who know Steve who haven't been helped out by him a time or two. I'm sure we all have words to describe him...I'll just use maniac.
If you were moving, have those boxes packed and get out of his way. If your car broke down, he'd know exactly what to do and then do it or get someone who could. If you were in jail, he'd bail you out. Well, unless it was your third time.
Before getting sick he was in 5th gear most of the time. I never saw him watch T.V. during the day or on weekends for several years into our marriage. The muscle, steam and good intentions were always there.
Maybe you'd like to tell of a time Steve helped you out. Feel free to share. Of course there was the old guy walking in the rain storm with all those groceries that he took home, the car accident he came upon and assisted with, the driveways he plowed before the owners were even awake, and the countless people pulled out of snow drifts who won't be able to tell their story. Those will just be stored up treasure.
When we went to the emergency room June 4th, 2012 to treat Steven's migraine the last thing we thought would hear would be he had lung cancer.
He was immediately admitted and scheduled for a biopsy the next day. We were told it would be 3-4 days until they knew the results, but the surgeon who saw us after the procedure said he could tell it was cancer and that it was in his lymph nodes. From there more tests would show that it was in his liver.
This is a fast growing, aggressive cancer that responds well to chemo but it will roar it's ugly head again. It is incurable and the life expectancy is said to be about 1 year. Of course nothing is bigger than God, so we will pray for a miracle and treasure each day we have.


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Deal | The best deal on the Galaxy S8 is now live — get it now for as low as US$425
The unlocked Samsung Galaxy S8 is now available in Coral Blue. (Source: Android Central)
The Samsung Galaxy S8 is now available for $150 off the regular price: combine that with Samsung's trade-in program for eligible phones and reap the rewards of the limited period discount.
Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, Published 07/31/2017
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Heads up people! The unlocked Samsung Galaxy S8 can now be had at a discounted price of US$574.99. That's US$150 off the regular price of US$724.99 straight off the bat. The Samsung Galaxy S8 is one of the best flagships money can buy in 2017, but the steep price has put off a lot of potential buyers. Samsung hopes to bring these users into its fold with the launch of this offer, which is valid till August 4.
That's not all. You can combine this offer with Samsung's now famous trade-in program for eligible handsets and claim another US$150 off (plus an extra US$150 trade-in credit) bringing the effective price to just US$424.99. This places the handset right in the affordable flagship territory and has the potential to entice a lot of prospective buyers.
The deal is valid even for the carrier-locked versions of the Galaxy S8. The handset is also available in a Coral Blue model and is currently the only unlocked color variant. The unlocked model is also available via easy financing for US$17.71 a month along with a month of Samsung Premium Care included.
If you've been on the fence about laying your hands on Samsung's latest and greatest, this could be the deal you've been looking for. But its not going to last long, so you might want to hurry up.
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A Dispatch From the Other Side of War
Pablo Tosco,
Fighting has started again in the world's youngest country. But an old truth still reigns: women always pay a high price for wars started by men.
It was Africa's longest-running civil war, with two million lives lost over 50 years from 1955-2005. But an even older truth reigned in Sudan's internecine violence: women always pay a high price for wars started by men.
Now that fighting has started again in South Sudan, with troops loyal to the president, Salva Kiir, pitted against those aligned with his rival, former vice president Riek Machar, the women are still suffering.
In South Sudan, women are the last bastion of stability, the keepers of water and meals, the caretakers of the elderly and children. But like many others, Matha Nyandit was forced to flee her home after brutal attacks led by armed groups around the town of Bor in Jonglei state. Her husband was killed. She now struggles to survive with her children in Mingkaman, South Sudan's largest camp for internally displaced people (IDP).
Before the conflict erupted, around 7,000 people lived in Mingkaman. In May 2014, that same number of people was settling here every week. Today, the camp's population has reached nearly 100,000. But women like Nyandit must fight alone for their survival.
"Both opposing sides are aware of women's role as caregivers and guarantors of stability in their communities," explains Edmund Yakani of CEPO, a South Sudanese civil rights defense organization. He has been documenting the impact of the conflict on women among other issues. "Hence, they are systematically attacked. The women, who are primarily responsible for sustaining life, become, paradoxically, one of the main victims of violence and death in a war led by men."
Nyandit says all she can do now is to survive and to wait for better times. Sitting under a tree in the vast expanse of the camp, she looks at her children and thinks about all the others in her situation. "Unfortunately, the only thing we can do is to keep hope."
Julia Serramitjana contributed to this dispatch.
Mary Abey is a Dinka. She hid in the reeds along the Nile river for five days to flee the violence. She was pregnant.
To protect their families, women have to cross the Nile. It costs a lot of money and they can only bring a few of their belongings.
Mingkaman is the largest IDP camp in South Sudan.
Arush, 50, lives in Mingkaman.
During the rainy season, water floods the camp, increasing the chances of diseases like cholera or malaria.
Mingkaman has very few resources. The arrival of displaced families means there is even less to go around.
Much of the population has been unable work the land, and in September there will be nothing to collect. It is estimated that food shortages will extend until mid-2015.
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