The international community is entering a period of global instability. The unipolar world that emerged after the collapse of the Soviet Union has receded into the past. Obviously, this would have happened a little later, but the U.S. has significantly accelerated the international processes when it interfered in the internal affairs of Ukraine rather rudely. It was Washington that pushed this country to disintegration when it placed its stakes on radical nationalists. This allowed overthrowing the spineless Viktor Yanukovych, who, like all his predecessors, cared only about his own welfare. At the same time, Ukraine did not obtain any new prospects. The country is confidently moving to a complete collapse. It can be saved neither by an association with the EU, nor by Western credits on crippling terms, nor by the upcoming presidential elections. Only the federalization of Ukraine has a chance to save it as a single state. Instead, the new government in Kiev, pandering to radical representatives of the Maidan, in the form of the "Right Sector", is carrying out political repression in the country, strongly limiting the rights of the Russian-speaking population and other minorities, and organizing various forms of provocations and violations of international law.
The United States and its European partners immediately and unconditionally supported the new government in Kiev. This convinced many people about their direct involvement in the military coup, which was interpreted as a revolution against the hated regime of Viktor Yanukovych. If we analyze attentively all the events which took place in Kiev, the composition of the Maidan and the recent actions of the Supreme Rada, the attempts of a limited number of nationalists to impose their will on the Ukrainian people become apparent.
In such circumstances, Russia was forced to act, not to capture Ukrainian territories, but to ensure the safety of the Russian-speaking population. In particular, the Crimea was on the verge of a civil war since the Crimean Tatars, whose number, according to the population census conducted in 2001, was only 245,000 of the total population of 2.41 million, formed parallel authorities and presumably had weapons. Following the example of the Maidan, and with the tacit support of Turkey, the Crimean Tatars were ready to seize power in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. With a broad support from the local population, Crimean authorities, relying on friendly Russia, managed to paralyze the attempts aimed at destabilizing the situation on the peninsula by individual representatives of the Crimean Tatar people and the new government in Kiev. This created the conditions for the Crimean people for a free expression of their will as to their fate, via a referendum, the conditions of which fully comply with all European standards.
The information war, waged against Russia, allowed forming an extremely negative attitude in the West to President Vladimir Putin and his foreign policy. There have been clear attempts to demonize the Russian Federation, which allegedly threatens neighboring states by its actions and seeks to annex their territories. At the same time, they forget that it was the West that played a negative role in the disintegration of Yugoslavia, and enforced the separation from the country Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija . Similar actions were repeated in other regions, resulting, for example, in the de facto disintegration of Libya and Iraq.
There is no doubt that the events in Ukraine and Crimea will have a serious impact on the security of not only Europe, but also of the remote areas of the Middle East, Central Asia and the Caucasus. First, in the conditions of an extremely sharp confrontation between Russia and the West, we should forget about any nuclear arms reductions, mutual trust in the military sphere and joint addressing of problems of nuclear weapons proliferation. This will result in the race of both conventional and nuclear weapons and blocking of efforts to resolve the Syrian crisis, Afghanistan and other issues of regional security.
Second, in view of the imminent introduction of not only political, but also economic sanctions against Russia by the U.S.A. and the EU, Moscow will try to compensate for the losses by an increased cooperation with China, Japan, Turkey and Iran. The interaction with the latter state is the most promising, as a trade-oil agreement is being prepared, under which Russian goods will be supplied to the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) in exchange for Iranian oil. Starting with the volume of 100-200 thousand barrels of crude oil per day, Moscow can bring these volumes to 500,000 barrels in the future. Some of this oil will be re-exported to China, which will allow Beijing to increase the purchases of Iranian oil significantly, without aggravating relations with Washington.
Another area for Russian-Iranian cooperation is in the nuclear sphere. In the near future, Russia can start the construction of not only the second, but also the third unit of the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant in Iran. This can be represented as a continuation of the previously signed contract for the completion of the construction of the first power unit there. We should recall that Tehran has faithfully fulfilled the conditions of the first stage of the "Joint Action Plan" – an interim agreement between the representatives of Iran and the "six" international mediators (the permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany) to resolve the Iranian nuclear crisis, signed at Geneva on November 24, 2013. This was reflected in the relevant report by the IAEA Director General.
Of particular interest to the parties is the sphere of military and technical cooperation, which is limited to UN Security Council Resolution 1929 for the present. However, apart from the Russian Federation Presidential Decree No. 1154 of September 22, 2010 "On measures to implement UN Security Council Resolution 1929 of June 9, 2010", nothing prevents supplying air defense systems to Iran. According to this decree, it was prohibited to supply surface-to-air missiles (SAM) S-300 to Iran. The latter resulted in a claim for $4 billion against the Russian state-owned Rosoboronexport OJSC in the International Arbitration Court in Geneva. This question may be closed on the basis of delivery of SAM S-400 to Iran, which will significantly expand the range of arms and military equipment supplied by Russia.
There are other areas of mutual interest, where major contracts can be signed rather quickly. In this case, the bilateral trade, which amounts to about $2 billion per year now, may be increased by many times.
Moreover, Russia is even willing to follow a course on building a strategic partnership with Iran. Formally, this could be announced during an official visit to Tehran by President Vladimir Putin or his meeting with President Hassan Rouhani at the Caspian states summit, which will be held in Astrakhan in September of this year. Then the role of Russia in the Middle East will change fundamentally, as well as in the resolution of the Syrian crisis and the Afghan problem.
Third, strengthening of Russian-Iranian relations and quite possible improvement of Iranian- Turkish relations will give an opportunity to raise the issue of forming a non-aligned security system, in the South Caucasus at first. To do that, it is desirable to hold trilateral talks between Russia, Iran and Turkey in the near future, to develop common approaches to resolving conflicts in the region. This will allow formulating the concept of a new regional security system. As a result, this will be an opportunity not only to avoid a new war in the South Caucasus, but also to create a favorable environment for the resolution of problems of Nagorno-Karabakh, Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Fourth, the strengthening of Russian-Chinese relations, up to becoming allies under certain conditions, is inevitable. This will mark the emergence of a multipolar world where the West will no longer dominate.
Thus, the U.S. has made a strategic error when it initiated an armed coup in Kiev. They hoped that they would significantly weaken Russia and the integration processes initiated by it in the post-Soviet space by directing Ukraine toward the West. In fact, Washington will reach quite the opposite effect. After a substantial strengthening of ties with China, Iran, Turkey and some other countries, Moscow will be one of the centers of a multipolar world, the interests of which will have to be considered by the Americans.
Vladimir Yevseyev, Director of the Center for Social and Political Studies, exclusively for the online magazine "New Eastern Outlook".


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What does the Netflix/Verizon spat tell us about brand trust? New data indicates quite a bit it seems.
When waiting time video loading got slow, Netflix used social media to advise consumers they should blame Verizon. "The Verizon network is crowded right now," they tweeted, but informed customers that Netflix was in the process of adjusting for smoother playback.
Verizon vehemently disagreed and sent a message of their own to Netflix through their attorneys. A cease-and-desist letter that said in part, "false accusations have the potential to harm the Verizon brand" and that the allegation was "self-serving, deceptive, inaccurate, and an unfair business practice." Verizon went on to point out that Netflix's systems for streaming are complex and so you can't just blame Verizon – without substantiation at least, and they asked Netflix to produce a list of the customers who received the notice.
There are issues about who pays what for connecting directly to the Verizon network and bypassing the 'go-between' that carries content through the Internet, what makes it faster or slower, and other Internet/digital minutiae that's generally left to lawyers and technology expert-witnesses to sort out, but that's the legal perspective.
Here's the brand perspective: Ultimately it comes down to which brand the consumer believes – or doesn't believe. And believability is always ceded to the brand that consumers are most highly emotionally engaged with. Of course there are rational rights and wrongs, and nobody likes a slow download, but the more emotionally engaged a consumer is with a brand always translates to higher degrees of loyalty – real loyalty, not just collecting points – the benefits of genuine loyalty. Real loyalty is always accompanied by better behavior toward the more-emotionally-engaged-with-brand. More usage, increased recommendations, the kind of things successful brands aspire to. Engagement and loyalty also translates to higher degrees of believability and the consumer's willingness to give the brand with the highest engagement the benefit of the doubt in uncertain circumstances. Six times more, in fact.
While brand engagement is category-specific, it is possible to compare Online Video Streaming and Broadband Providers via their individual category Ideals, configured to be 100%. When we do that, Netflix comes out significantly higher than Verizon – 89% vs. 77%. And, as engagement correlates with all those positive behaviors and attitudes and compassion, consumers should feel the same way in the real marketplace. And they did.
In a survey of 1,000 U.S. consumers who have streaming video, when asked who was most likely responsible for slow program streaming/downloading, their primary Video Provider or the Broadband Provider, 86% blamed the Broadband Provider. And of 400 consumers in the sample who cited Netflix as their primary provider, when asked whether the blame would fall at the feet of Netflix or Verizon, 365, or 91% blamed Verizon.
That's the nice thing about predictive emotional engagement and loyalty metrics, they always play out in the real marketplace.
The Verizon letter to warned that the brand could "pursue legal remedies," but in this instance, given the brand's current emotional engagement levels, they probably want to avoid a jury trial.


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Q: Can I run a program as my Win10 wallpaper? (Similar to Android Live Wallpapers) Is there any way for me to run a program as a wallpaper? Just run an exe persistently in the background. It'd essentially be my own 'wallpaper application'.

A: No this is not possible. In Vista Microsoft created DreamScene which was only a video which play under the desktop. This was removed in Windows 7 and Microsoft never added something like this again.

A: Yes, depending on the EXE and depending on your skill, it's possible to have an application run as your desktop background.

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*There is a Free Open-Source program called Lively that facilitates adding most things (image, video, web page, Unity Engine Game/Application, etc) as your desktop background. Its features are not as broad as some paid programs, and it's not quite as efficient.

*There is a cheap ($4-$5 USD) program called Wallpaper Engine that offers more features and better performance than Lively.
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Quantum computing gets a lot of attention, but we don't hear much about quantum mathematics. The very idea is an affront to Platonist thinkers everywhere—those of us who consider the elements of mathematics to be independent of the physical universe. Is the truth of the Pythagorean theorem subject to the same uncertainty as the fate of Schrodinger's cat? Surely the counting numbers 1, 2, 3,… should be the same in any universe, whether quantum or classical; indeed, if you're a full-gospel, whole-Bible Platonist, you might well argue that those numbers existed even before there was a universe. (At the opposite extreme are the constructivists, who warn that the only numbers you can count on are those you have fingers for.)
Questions like these are easily settled by experiment: Just annihilate the universe, abolish space and time, and try doing a few sums in the void. I would put the proposition to the test right now except that I don't want to miss this week's episode of "1 vs. 100."
Paul Benioff of Argonne National Laboratory has been thinking and writing about these issues for some time. A few weeks ago he posted a preprint on the arXiv titled "Space of quantum theory representations of natural numbers, integers, and rational numbers." I've been struggling to understand that paper, along with a couple of earlier ones on the same theme (here and here). I'm still a long way from mastering this material, but here's what I've made of it so far.
Even if you go along with the Platonist view that the true home of all things mathematical is an ideal realm outside of time and space, we don't live in that realm. Whenever we want to do something with numbers (or other mathematical entities), we have to represent them somehow in this universe. We chalk them on the blackboard; we twiddle the beads of an abacus; we load patterns of bits into a computer memory; even mental arithmetic requires a mind, which in turn seems to require a body. Thus no one does mathematics without atoms and photons and other toys and tools of the physicist, and so perhaps it's not utterly crazy to suppose that what we can accomplish in mathematics may depend to some extent on the laws of physics. All the evidence suggests that those laws are inescapably quantum mechanical.
Benioff argues that numbers have to be represented and manipulated in ways that accord with quantum principles; for example, all operations should be reversible, and they should enforce "unitarity," meaning that the probabilities of all possible outcomes should sum to exactly 1. At the same time, it's important that numbers behave like numbers: They have to obey familiar axioms of arithmetic, or they're of no use to mathematics. In the case of the counting numbers (a.k.a. the natural numbers) we have to be able to add and multiply. For the integers (the natural numbers augmented with zero and negative values), subtraction must also be allowed. The rationals introduce division. And for all these kinds of numbers we should be able to determine if two numbers are equal, and put them in order if they are not.
Quantum computing is usually discussed in terms of qubits, or the quantum equivalent of binary digits. Benioff extends the discussion to qukits, the quantum equivalent of base-k digits. Think of a qukit as a black box that holds one of k values, but until you open the lid, you can't be sure which value. Once you look inside, the uncertainty is resolved, and the box is found to contain a specific value. The question Benioff addresses is: How do you do arithmetic with such unruly numbers? If you can't even be sure of what numbers you're working with, how can you add or subtract them, or test them for equality? The answer, ultimately, is that you have to put up with a degree of uncertainty. In the quantum world, the commutative law of addition, a+b = b+a, is not a bedrock principle but a statement whose truth is a matter of probabilities.
Benioff presents a specific implementation of quantum-theoretical numbers, based on a two-dimensional lattice of qukits. Each number occupies its own row of the lattice, with the digits arrayed from left to right. For integers, a designated qukit (actually a qubit, since it has just two states) serves as a sign bit. For rationals, this special qubit also marks the position of the decimal point (or "k-al" point), separating the integer part from the fractional part. On first glance, this lattice of qukits doesn't seem too different from the hardware of an ordinary computer, but the quantum nature of the qukits brings some peculiarities. For example, the result of every operation has to go into a newly allocated row of the lattice; you can never erase or overwrite an existing value, because quantum operations have to be reversible and cannot destroy information.
Benioff introduces a set of parameters for his numbering system: m and h are the coordinates of a number within the lattice of qukits, k is the base of the qukits, and g is a "gauge-fixing function." This last item sounds quite arcane, but I think it has a fairly simple explanation. You can imagine a qukit as a vector that can point in any of k directions; the gauge-fixing function defines a reference direction from which all the others are measured.
Here's a taste of what Benioff has to say about his quantum numbers:
Transformations (k, (m, h), g) → (k′, (m′, h′), g′) in the parameter set induce transformations in the representation space. These consist of unitary translations that move the qukit strings on the lattice, transformations that change states of strings of base-k qukits to states of strings of base-k′ qukits, and unitary gauge transformations for each k….
An interesting result is that the axioms and theorems for each of the three types of numbers [i.e., natural numbers, integers and rationals] are invariant under these transformations. They represent symmetries of the systems. This is the case even though the specific expressions of the axioms and theorems in terms of basic arithmetic relations and operations are different for different representations. This is like the situation in physics where the laws of physics are invariant under Lorentz transformations even though their specific expression in different reference frames may be different.
Another interesting result is that qukits qk where k is a prime number function as elementary qukits. These are the "elementary particles" as far as quantum representations of numbers are concerned. Qukits where k is not prime can be considered as composites of the prime number qk.
If you want to delve more deeply into these matters, I must send you to Benioff's paper. Here I want to return to the broad question of whether this line of inquiry can really lead us to some kind of quantum mathematics, as opposed to an abstract version of quantum computing. Personally, I'm not quite persuaded, although I find the proposition intriguing.
In most of this work the focus is on the representation of numbers, rather than the numbers themselves—a preoccupation that seems more characteristic of computing than of mathematics. Interesting mathematical properties of numbers tend to be independent of their representation; for example, the number seven is a prime whether you write it in decimal notation as 7, in binary as 111 or as the Roman numeral vii. Of course you must choose some representation, and the choice can make a difference in what you can accomplish. Benioff points out that unary notation (in which seven becomes 1111111) is inherently less efficient than other schemes, because the amount of work expended in manipulating a number is proportional to the number itself rather than to the logarithm of the number. For similar reasons Benioff objects to building all of arithmetic on the successor function (n → n+1). But this fretting over efficiency again suggests a more computational than mathematical frame of mind. After all, unary numbers and the successor function are essential building blocks in theories of the foundations of mathematics, such as in the Principia Mathematica of Whitehead and Russell—who were blissfully unconcerned with efficiency.
If you accept that the physical representation of mathematical objects is a fundamental issue in mathematics, then it's an easy step to the conclusion that any such representation has to be consistent with quantum principles. But is the mathematical imagination truly fettered by the bounds of the physical universe? Mathematicians routinely reason about objects and operations that have no explicit material representation—irrational numbers, for example, or Georg Cantor's infinite sets. A century ago, in response to another challenge from those who wanted to fence in the scope of mathematics, David Hilbert defiantly proclaimed: "No one shall expel us from the paradise that Cantor has created for us."
If I remain a tad doubtful about the mathematical status of quantum-theoretical numbers, I do think they offer an interesting perspective on quantum computing. So far, no one has succeeded in building a practical quantum computer with a large number of interacting qubits (or qukits). Technological skeptics contend it will not be done any time soon. Benioff's work turns this argument on its head. Quantum computers are the only ones we can build, he says, because we live in a world where quantum physics is the law of the land. We may think we have classical computers, but that's an illusion. We merely have quantum computers that are heavily biased toward specific classical outputs, but they always retain the possibility of delivering a quantum surprise. Usually we regard computing—whether it's done with a machine or with pencil and paper—as an approximation to a mathematical ideal. If a calculation shows that a+b does not equal b+a, we don't question the commutative law of addition; we look for a bug or an error. But maybe we need to consider the possibility that it's the quantum computation that's the ultimate reality, and the mathematical law is just our convenient and tidy approximation to it.
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Luis F. Moreno says:
Very interesting article.
I agree that Paul Benioff is confusing the physical representation of numbers with the (Platonic) concept of numbers. Thus, 2 observations:
(1) He should be content with the representation of numbers on an abacus. Each bead has trillions of atoms, so the probability that it may smear its position enough to make the number it represents uncertain is too small to worry in the lifetime of the universe. Better yet, let the abacus be constructed of planet-sized beads…
(2) Here is something more troubling for Benioff. When I look at Schrodinger's Equation, for example, I see "2″, "pi", and "i". Thus, the entire structure of quantum physics may itself be subject to some sort of Heisenberg Uncertainty in information being carried by the symbols, if we pursue Benioff's ideas. The theory itself may not be communicable with rigor. The paradox is that Benioff is building his theory on these very quantum principles.
What's left? Perhaps Newtonian physics. and Maxwell's Equations…
asad says:
14 September 2007 at 1:19 am
plZ also include the derivations of the radius equations in ur site .
shold b better in a flow so that easy 2 understand .
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Buzo Finds Success with Recycling Business
Blake Schmidt July 27, 2007 July 27, 2007
There was a time when a pregnant Elisabeth Brenes foraged around in a giant landfill to make a living for her child-to-be.
After arriving to Costa Rica as an illegal immigrant from Nicaragua, Brenes, now 43, left her low-paying job as a maid to try her hand as a buzo, or trash picker, at the Río Azul dump southeast of San José.
While she was working as long as 24-hour days to help support her children, her husband was shot dead in a bar fight. After four years of working as a buzo, she finally got her break in the form of a $200, beat-up pickup truck.
With the deal on her newfound set of wheels, the persevering mother of six put her entrepreneurial spirit into motion and began transporting the recyclable material other buzos salvaged from Río Azul directly to buyers in San José.
With her proceeds, she bought a bigger truck. And another. Then she invested in a giant warehouse near the foot of Río Azul, where she would set up her new family business.
Now the former buzo, who at one point endured an entire pregnancy picking through hazardous heaps of waste, owns her own business with seven employees and is putting her daughter through college.
Brenes not only went from rummaging through rubbish to relative riches, she also thumbed her nose at society when it plugged its nose at her presence, literally.
"We're very marginalized.We go through it all. People used to do this when they walked by us," she said, pinching her nose.
At Río Azul, Brenes and other buyers show up in the afternoon with empty trucks and wait in the shade beneath trash bags slung across wooden posts jutting out of the ground.
Carrying loads triple their size, buzos come heaving and hauling huge bags full of recyclable plastic and aluminum to buyers like Brenes. She pays them by the kilogram and uses a torn piece of cardboard as a calculator to tally up each worker's tab.
"People work here because they can make some money, but all they think about is getting out of here," said Brenes, looking like a queen ant standing in the shade as a worker hauled over two bags the size of giant leatherback turtles and plopped them in front of her.
Loaded to the brim with stuffed bags, Brenes' truck then bumps and moans down Río Azul's switchbacks and arrives at her warehouse outside the dump, where she and employees sort out the material to send to other buyers. That buyer, Brenes said, will likely grind up the recyclable material and resell it to companies such as Coca-Cola. Brenes said her next investment is a grinder.
It wasn't always Brenes' job to take out the trash.
When she arrived to Costa Rica 30 years ago, she started off working as a maid. But the pay wasn't cutting it. She heard through a friend about the job as a recycler at Río Azul.
"At first I took the job out of necessity, but when I realized I was helping the environment, I loved it more," she said.
Four years into her job as a trash picker, she realized she could make money as an intermediary. She bought her pickup truck and began hauling recyclables straight to her home to be sorted out in her living room.
"My house was my warehouse," Brenes said, standing outside her new office wearing a light green blouse with a matching skirt –a stark difference in attire from trash pickers, most of whom wear soiled clothes they picked out of the dump.
Then she took out a Banco Nacional loan for small entrepreneurs for ¢60 million ($115,000) and bought the warehouse. She has since moved out of her home at the foot of the landfill to Colima, a barrio a bit farther from Río Azul, where there are fewer illegal immigrant settlements and more working-class residents.
Brenes has made enough money that her 25-year-old daughter Lady has become the first in her family to go to college. She is studying English at Universidad Latina in the eastern suburb of San Pedro.
Brenes' children help out with the business, in addition to seven employees working at her warehouse.
"They treat me very well," said 30-year-old Marta Corea, who illegally crossed the Nicaraguan border to live in Costa Rica 15 years ago.Not only does she work for Brenes, but Brenes also gave her a room at the warehouse in which to live with her two children after Brenes found out Corea had an abusive landlord.
As she waits for buyers to purchase her mounting kingdom of recyclables, Brenes' nine-month-old warehouse is stuffed to the brim.
Though her lifestyle is much less dirty now, the vague smell of rot lingers, perhaps blowing in from Río Azul, just a few blocks away.
If it weren't for the vague stench, it would be easy to forget that taciturn Brenes, who trots around in her warehouse with her princess-like blouse and skirt, was once a buzo.
But the unassuming Brenes hasn't forgoten why she does what she does.
"I love working in recycling," she said, traipsing through a 20-foot-high valley of trash bags buzzing with flies. "We're helping out."
Reporter's Notebook: Rat Slayers
My interview with Elisabeth Brenes atop the Río Azul dump was abruptly interrupted by a shout. "It's huge!" a voice blurted out from behind us.
I turned and saw Brenes' 17-year-old son Wilfred galumphing around in the trash with a rock the size of a melon cocked above his head. The look on his face was intense.
It was something. Something moving.
That's when a rat the size of a rabbit scurried out from the trash. With all his might, Brenes heaved the rock down on the colossal rodent, picked up the rock, lifted it above his head and slammed it on the rat again. He repeated this scene several times. The varmint's pace was slowing noticeably.
Buzos nearby dropped the trash in their hands to watch the commotion. Brenes was grinning now, as were others nearby. It was the same playful mood as on crisp mornings when some of the younger buzos swing and throw fresh trash bags at each others' dirty heads.
Then one of the buzos squared up, lunged forward and unloaded an Alonso Solís game-winning kick.
The rat went twirling over the edge of the hill, body stretching out in flight, rotating flatly like a helicopter blade.
The fun was over. The buzos carried on with their work, none stopping to even make a comment about the rat's size.
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management pioneers as Frederick W. Taylor, Henri Fayol, and Frank and Lillian Gilbreth, between 1927 and 1932 G. Elton Mayo and his associates conducted experiments at the Hawthorne Works, a Western Electric factory in Cicero, Ill., a Chicago suburb. (Current students are not likely to be familiar with the Western Electric Company. Western Electric was the AT&T subsidiary that manufactured the indestructible black dial telephones that the students' grandparents and I had in our homes.) The experiments were conducted to explore possible factors that might improve workers' productivity. The most well-known version involved manipulation of the level of illumination in a room in which six women assembled telephone relays. When the researchers increased the level of illumination, productivity went up. The researchers increased the level of illumination again, and productivity went up again. Another increase, and there was even more productivity.
The Delaware Beta Chapter at Wilmington University donated food to Catholic Charities in its annual Thanksgiving Food Drive in 2012.
This issue has news on our chapters at Wilmington University, and Wichita State University.
The international office is selling royal-blue Pi Gamma Mu sweatshirts in sizes M, L, XL, and XXL for $25. We have navy-blue polo shirts, embroidered with the Pi Gamma Mu key design in white, which are always a popular item. We have them in sizes M, L, XL, and XXL for $25. You can order your honor cords any time during the year. They can be worn at graduation, they can be draped around your Pi Gamma Mu membership certificate on the wall, or you can be creative--but be sure to order yours. There is an order form on the merchandise page at www.pigammamu.org. You can also call the international office and purchase these items with a credit card, and they will be mailed to you immediately. If you would like more items with the Pi Gamma Mu logo, check out the selection from our CafePress storefront. Church Hill Classics offers beautiful Pi Gamma Mu frames that can turn your membership certificate into a spectacular work of art! Visit the Web page at http://www.pigammamu.org/church-hill-classics-store.html.
The international office solicits the submission of annual reports from chapter sponsors. It is very important that you fill out the report and return it to our office. The annual-report form is also on our Web site at www.pigammamu.org/chapter-reporting.html, so, if you would prefer to send your report electronically, you have the opportunity and is very easy to fill out and submit.
If you would like to see your chapter's activities mentioned in the Pi Gamma Mu Newsletter, you must send in your annual report and tell us what your chapter has been doing this year. Even better, send us photos to put in the newsletter to accompany the description of the activities that you sponsored (they can be sent in an E-mail to the international office). You need to brag about your students and what they are doing. The deadline is September 1 to submit the report to the international office.
Because of the new IRS tax laws, we require information from every chapter regarding its yearly income. Part of the annual report asks whether your chapter made more than $5000 during the previous fiscal year. We must have this information from each chapter, so please fill out the report and submit it to the international office.
The fiscal year of Pi Gamma Mu's international board ends on August 31. We solicit submission of pending membership-registration cards before then. Of course, a chapter can send membership-registration forms to headquarters at any time during the year. But, if you are holding on to membership registration cards and initiation fees, now is a great time to mail them to our headquarters so that our staff members can register your new members and credit your initiation activity to our 2012-13 fiscal year.
Our goal is for all chapters to have sent in membership registration cards this year--i.e., by August 31. We will greatly appreciate your attention to this matter.
Pi Gamma Mu is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation and able to accept tax-deductible donations. If you would like to make a donation to our organization in honor / memory of a professor, sponsor, loved one or friend, or to support our scholarship program, you are encouraged to do so. Pi Gamma Mu gives 10 scholarships to students going into a graduate program in social science each year. You can mail your donation to Pi Gamma Mu, 1001 Millington St., Suite B, Winfield, KS 67156.
Pi Gamma Mu's international officers have learned that Virginia Colonese Shingleton, sponsor of the Indiana Epsilon Chapter at Valparaiso University for 19 years, passed away on December 27, 2012, at the age of 62, following a lengthy, courageous battle against cancer. Dr. Shingleton helped get the chapter reactivated in 1994.
Anytime you move, such as after graduation, please notify the Pi Gamma Mu office immediately. This will prevent your mailings from being interrupted or discontinued. The International Social Science Review is returned to us by the post office, which is an additional expense for the international office to absorb. Just mail a change-of-address card, post card, or letter to Pi Gamma Mu, 1001 Millington St., Suite B, Winfield, KS 67156. If you prefer, you can send an E-mail message (executivedirector@pigammamu.org), or go to our Web site (www.pigammamu.org) to change your address information. We need your name, as well as your old and new address. Thank you very much for taking a few minutes to keep your information current.


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Satul s-a numit inițial Görögfalva. Din anul 1952 poartă numele politicianului comunist Nikos Beloiannis.

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Conform recensământului din 2011, satul Beloiannisz avea  de locuitori. Din punct de vedere etnic, majoritatea locuitorilor (%) erau maghiari, existând și minorități de greci (%) și germani (%). Apartenența etnică nu este cunoscută în cazul a % din locuitori. Nu există o religie majoritară, locuitorii fiind persoane fără religie (%), romano-catolici (%), ortodocși (%), reformați (%) și atei (%). Pentru % din locuitori nu este cunoscută apartenența confesională.

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★★, BFI Flare 2021, BFI Player, Chris Drew, Estonia, On Demand, out now, queer, Reviews, UK March 28, 2021
BFI Flare: Firebird (2021) – on demand
By Chris Drew
At an Estonian air base in the Cold War a junior officer falls for a new lieutenant, leading to a forbidden romance which affects a number of lives in director Peeter Rebane's romantic drama Firebird.
★★★★, London Film Festival 2016, Reviews, USA January 1, 2017
A Monster Calls (2016)
JA Bayona's magical fantasy A Monster Calls tugs at adult heartstrings.
★★★★, festivals, London Film Festival 2016, Reviews, Spain, USA October 6, 2016
BFI LFF 2016: A MONSTER CALLS (2016)
★★★★, biopic, UK January 1, 2015
Dramatisation of Stephen Hawking's life from gifted university student and romance with the woman who became his wife, to international acclaim as a physicist and the break-up of his marriage.


CanDo is a community of global humanitarians who believe that critical life-saving work is done at the front lines of a crisis, by local life-savers. We are working together to bring local humanitarians the funding they need and deserve to continue this important work.
CanDo is a global engaged community of global humanitarians. CanDo relies upon the inherent good nature of people and the idea that the power of collective action can solve problems.
CanDo is a non-profit social enterprise. As well as having a financially sustainable business model, technology enables us to pioneer a more efficient and effective humanitarian response.
CanDo is a registered charity. This means we're regulated and must demonstrate a responsibility to our stakeholders.
We have the courage to imagine a better world, the resourcefulness to make it real, the humility to know we don't have all the answers, and the tenacity to stand up again after we have fallen.
We will lead with intellect and compassion, with the heart of a humanitarian and the mind of an entrepreneur.
We believe that positive change happens when we are willing to try, curious to learn, when we face challenges, embrace doubt, create new solutions and treat failure as a teacher not an enemy.
We bring a fresh, cando, bottom-up approach to humanitarian action, working in the most volatile places on earth to provide their communities access to healthcare.
We are a global community standing with and for local humanitarian partners. Together we channel resources where they have the biggest impact and can save the most lives. On the front lines, in local hands.
With audacious openness, we can create the trusted, relevant and impactful humanitarian community that we all deserve.
Our Founder, Dr Rola Hallam, on how CanDo came into being.
War shows us the worst people can do to each other. But it also brings out the very best in humanity.
I was practicing as a doctor in the United Kingdom when war broke out in my home country of Syria in 2011. So I did the only thing I knew I could and got involved in the humanitarian response, delivering medical aid, war, death, suffering and emergency aid became part of the narrative of my family's daily lives. And dozens of my family members are among the more than half a million Syrians killed in the conflict.
As war engulfed the country, Syrian doctors, nurses, aid workers and volunteers rushed to help our communities. We turned our houses into aid depots. We sent bandages, blood bags and antibiotics into devastated areas during the still of the night. As the war continued this coalesced into an organised and structured humanitarian response.
I had the good fortune to go on to work with several Syrian-led organisations and together we have been able to build six hospitals in Syria in last five years.
This is how in 2012 I first met the inspirational Dr Amina. Because there were no health care facilities left in her area, she was delivering dozens of babies on her kitchen floor, often sick and premature babies. I was working with Hand-in-Hand for Syria, a UK based NGO, at the time (and we helped Doctor Amina expand her home to include a delivery room and clinic; we then went on to establish a women and children's hospital - the only one in the area.
People like Dr Amina are the first and often only responders for their war-devastated communities. But she - and thousands like her - are being let down by a broken aid system.
It is a system that fails to recognise our expertise in our own country: that takes a one-size fits all approach to aid delivery - rather than listening to what is really needed in the context at the time. We are told that we don't have "capacity" yet few organisations try to support us to build it. Worst of all, we don't get the resources we need. As a result, successful services are shut down and hundreds of thousands of people are left with no health services because we - the local humanitarians who had the access and know-how - were being paralysed by the system.
This same system fails to acknowledge the citizen humanitarian. When I've asked my friends about charitable giving, most say they are disillusioned. They feel they give blindly with scant knowledge of where their money has gone - or even if it has arrived and what good it did. Sadly, the current humanitarian aid system has caused many of them to stop supporting humanitarian crises - full stop.
My experience of working with local, on-the-ground groups, networks and organisations in war-torn Syria made me realise that while they deliver 75% of the humanitarian work, they receive less than 1% of the available funds. Yet they are the local heroes, taking action and creating projects that change communities and save lives, but with no way to tell their story and articulate their needs to a global audience.
At the same there are millions of us around the world who see tragedy unfolding in war zones, who long to help alleviate the suffering but feel powerless to make a difference.


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Cold Moon to reach peak on December 12 at 12:12 a.m.
by: Evan Anstey
A nearly full Harvest Moon is seen on October 04, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Heiman/Getty Images)
(WIVB) — The next time a full moon lights up the sky, it will be numerically significant.
In December, the full moon, which is known as the Cold Moon, will occur at a moment surrounding the number 12.
Specifically, it will be at its peak on December 12 at 12:12 a.m.
Needless to say, it won't be hard to forget when you should be on the lookout for this.
by AARON FAVILA and JIM GOMEZ, Associated Press / Jan 19, 2020
TAGAYTAY, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine government will no longer allow people to live on the crater-studded island that's home to the erupting Taal volcano, with officials warning that living there would be "like having a gun pointed at you."
The simmering volcano has ejected smaller ash plumes for days after a gigantic eruption Jan. 12 sent ash drifting north over Manila, the capital, about 65 kilometers (40 miles) away. While a larger, explosive eruption is still possible and tens of thousands of evacuees remain in emergency shelters, officials have begun discussing post-eruption recovery.
Astronomy VLOG: Why did SpaceX blow up a rocket?
by Jeff Edmondson / Jan 19, 2020
Today was a big day for SpaceX and their test of the Dragon Launch escape system. This is built to keep our astronauts safe if and when a rocket fails. In today's test, the Falcon 9 rocket intentionally shut off its engines. As this happened, the dragon's thrusters turned on and blasted the capsule safely away. A few moments later, because of aerodynamic forces the rocket blew up! Minutes later, the truck of the Dragon Capsule disconnected, it fell towards the earth, opened its parachutes and splashed down in the Atlantic.
What does this mean? This is big, this paves the way for the next dragon capsule to be manned. The manned mission could launch as early as March! Congrats to all of the scientists working on this rocket for a successful test!
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Brandon Routh first played Superman in Bryan Singer's 'Superman Returns', then had a recurring role on 'Chuck'. Now he's headed back to (possibly) red and blue spandex as a recurring guest star on 'Arrow'. Which DC character is he assuming the identity of?
Routh will be playing Ray Palmer, also known as the tiny hero The Atom. On 'Arrow' he will be a scientist and the new owner of Queen Consolidated and will play an "unexpected" role in the lives of both Oliver Queen and Felicity Smoak. Well, we all saw that Felicity had a thing for brainy guys when Barry Allen appeared on the series. And while Barry (Grant Gustin) only appeared in two episodes, Routh's Ray Palmer is signed to appear in 14.
In a bizarre coincidence, Routh recently wrapped the indie sci-fi film '400 Days' in which he starred alongside 'Arrow' star Cailty Lotz (Sarah Lance/Black Canary) and 'The Flash' actor Tom Cavanagh (Harrison Wells). The film examines the effects of astronauts who are set adrift in space for 400 days with no contact from Earth.
In the comics, Ray Palmer/The Atom launched around the same time as Barry Allen's version of The Flash and Hal Jordan's Green Lantern. He was one of the first new recruits to join the Justice League after it launched and he even starred in his own animated segments on the 'Superman/Aquaman Hour Of Adventure' as well as in the 'Justice League Of America' segments, and he's steadily appeared in other animated adaptations, including 'Super Friends', 'Justice League' and 'Batman: The Brave And The Bold'.
In the comics, one of his biggest story lines was 'Identity Crisis' in which his estranged wife Jean Loring murdered Sue Dibny, the wife of the Elongated Man and arranged the death of Jack Drake, the father of Robin/Tim Drake.
His role in modern comics has been limited, however, and his spot in the Justice League was taken by Rhonda Pineda/Atomica, who turned out to be a traitor from Earth 3 and a member of the Crime Syndicate. Will DC push The Atom back into the spotlight? It worked for Aquaman.
What do you think? Are you interested in seeing Brandon Routh take on another super heroic role? How do you think The Atom will work in the world of 'Arrow'? Will The CW be adding yet another spin-off to its programming?


New evidence has emerged that shows the damage caused by the Department for Work and Pensions' (DWP) "Digital by Default" systems. An investigation by HuffPost revealed that nearly half a million people needed help with the online application for Universal Credit. It's shutting out people in desperate need and adding to widespread issues with the controversial benefit. And the implications of this are devastating.
The DWP's flagship welfare payment, which combines six old means-tested benefits, has been dogged by controversy. Since its launch in 2013, the benefit's been in chaos and caused misery for thousands of people. As The Canary previously reported, the impact of austerity alongside the rollout of Universal Credit is devastating. From a damning National Audit Office report to its links with increased foodbank use and rising rent arrears, it's destroying lives.
But in addition, it's part of the government's "Digital by Default" system and claims must be made online. This is causing further problems for thousands of people.
And the figures from the HuffPost investigation may just be the tip of the iceberg.
In November, Philip Alston – the UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights – concluded an investigation into the impact of austerity and rising levels of poverty in the UK. One of his key areas of criticism was the "Digital by Default" nature of Universal Credit. He warned of the "immense" impact this has "on the human rights of the most vulnerable in the UK".
Investigations by The Canary also revealed further evidence of the true impact of the online system on people's lives.
On 11 February, even Amber Rudd was forced to admit that Universal Credit delays have pushed up foodbank use.
It took me about four to six weeks to actually apply… because you can only do it online. I don't have a computer and when I went to school we didn't learn how to use computers. So in between working six days a week, I've had to actually learn how to use the computer and navigate their system – which isn't the easiest in the world – and then you have to wait weeks before you get any help.
I had a sick note to say I was so unwell I couldn't move. But they make you hand in your sick note when you're sick. I didn't have any way of getting onto the internet. They sanctioned me even before the sick note was finished.
After this, her situation spiralled further into crisis and she lost her home.
Tailored support is an important principle of Universal Credit and these quoted figures include people helped by Job Centre staff. 98% of people claim online and our latest claimant survey showed the majority of people found the process easy. Additional support is also available for those that need it.
The question we ask is: how many more are out there who haven't completed their applications because they had no help?
So yet again, the government's flagship benefits policy is causing misery and challenges for those people most in need. It's quite simply not fit for purpose.
Join the fight against the root causes of today's problems – austerity, cuts, exploitation, and inequality. Join a union, activist group, and/or political party to make your voice heard.


Laura's Birding Blog: Look up, Hannah!
"I'm sorry, but I don't want to be an Emperor - that's not my business. I don't want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone, if possible -- Jew, gentile, black man, white. We all want to help one another; human beings are like that. We want to live by each other's happiness, not by each other's misery. We don't want to hate and despise one another. In this world there's room for everyone and the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone.
Look up, Hannah. Look up!
Aw, heck, Laura. You made me tear up on a Monday morning. Thanks for sharing that.


Winter is coming, and you need a travel jacket that actually fits in your backpack. Impossible? Not really. All you need to pack a lightweight carry on bag for winter is a good base layer *cough* MERINO *cough* and a rugged weatherproof jacket that can handle a little weather and some chill. Don't just stuff a jacket in at the last minute. A truly great (aka "flexible") winter packing list starts and ends with the right jacket.
Here's our complete rundown of some of the best lightweight, waterproof, insulated, comfortable, and even tech-friendly travel jackets to pack for your next winter trip.
Despite what you think, it's a rare winter trip that requires a heavy jacket every single day. For most European destinations you just need that extra top layer for chilly nights or bad weather. For a lot of trips, my expensive travel jacket remained nestled in my bag taking up space, so unless you're sumitting Everest, a lightweight travel jacket is key.
This Patagonia Crankset travel jacket is what a lightweight winter travel jacket should look and feel like. Weighing less than a pound, it's water-resistant, stylish, insulated, with adjustable cuffs and hems, and it packs into its own pocket/stuff sack. Not too shabby.
Add zippered pockets with a reflective zipper pull, stand up collar with a stowaway hood (love those), and fancy features like a back vent and even a headphone compatible left breast pocket and you've got a pretty great winter travel jacket for well under $200 from one of the most trusted names in the business.
If you want to take your winter jacket to the limit, the even slimmer Patagonia Nano Puff travel jacket is the way to go.
Insanely lightweight while still being warm, this jacket is windproof, water-resistant (DWR treated), and will maintain up to 96% of its warmth rating even when wet.
Not bad for a jacket you can crumple up in your fist.
Sometimes the best winter coats are the simplest.
The Craghopper Compresslite travel jacket is exactly that. Extremely lightweight, warm (even when a little damp), and teeny tiny when it's all packed up.
A great entry level, easy to pack winter jacket.
A great travel jacket is about more than warmth and waterproofing. The right jacket can be an extra carry on for the flight, a safe for your wallet and passport when you're out on the town, and a dry place for phone and camera in wet weather.
Here are some great travel jackets that are packed to the hilt with features for today's digital nomads.
The BauBax windbreaker is part of a full line of outerwear launched after the record breaking success of the BauBax sweatshirt on Kicktstarter. The windbreaker features all the same gizmos and gadgets–like a built-in inflatable neck pillow, eye mask, gloves, iPad pocket, stylus (it's in the zipper), water-resistant phone pocket, double lined hand warmer pockets, passport pocket, and more.
If you want to squeeze every ounce of functionality out of your travel jacket, look no further. Also, check out the Women's Baubax Windbreaker ($119), or Baubax "Bomber" Travel Jacket ($139).
Equipped with 13 pockets for on the go digital nomads, the ScotteVest Pack Jacket is a tech friendly beast.
In addition to the standard two zippered pockets this jacket has two chest pockets, an extendable key holder, sunglasses pocket, passport pocket, iPad pocket, phone pocket (with headphone cable access) and the "weight management system" to keep everything in place and balanced so you don't bulge and sag like a tourist. However, the best pocket might be the back pocket. You can stuff the Pack Jacket in and it's a handy case.
Designed by a former Army Ranger, this jacket is built for active travel. Featuring a water-resistant, super lightweight, stretchable "ninja" fabric weave, breathable back vents, contoured hood, reflective strips, and adjustable cuffs and hem. The action jacket is designed to be tailor fitted to your body so you forget you're wearing it. However, the coolest part has to be the phone pocket.
The seam sealed zipper and adjustable tension strap keep your phone dry and snug against your arm. No more bouncing around on that morning jog, or sprint through the airport terminal.
Perfect for listening to your favorite tunes, staying dry on a hike, or throwing over your insulated layers, this travel jacket packs down into an attached pocket and "weighs less than a banana." Seriously. This might become your new favorite travel jacket.
Sometimes you want a great travel jacket but you don't have a ton of money to invest in the top of the line, because you spent all your money on a plane ticket! Here are some perfectly serviceable, budget minded jackets for winter travel.
I don't know if you've noticed, but over the past three or four years, H&M and Uniqlo have quietly become the best budget alternatives for travel gear on the market. Case in point: H&M's Lightweight Parka.
This jacket is the perfect weight and thickness for winter travel, and features essentials like a lined hood, quilted interior lining, and drawstrings at the waist and cuffs. And the clincher–this jacket is only $25. Even if it gets thrashed on your trip, who cares? It packs down small, looks great, and keeps you warm all for the price of a good meal. Sold.
This Uniqlo Pocketable Parka is a winter travel kicker layer for less than $20. Water-resistant DWR treated, it features a stow away hood, zipper pockets, and interior passport sized pocket and it's only $20. Stop it.
When you say "waterproof travel jacket" you mean a shell. Shells have been a crucial part of winter packing forever, and while the outer layer shell hasn't changed much in the past 20 years, there are still some pretty great options.
The Craghopper NatGeo 250 travel jacket was designed for adventurous photographers and journalists. If this jacket can live up to the rigorous field test of NatGeo employees it can handle whatever adventure you have in mind.
Featuring "Aqua Dry" and "Thermo Air+" waterproofing and breathability, as well as a pocket with built in RFID shielding technology (nice), this jacket is for the pros.
I love the flexibility of a 3-in-1 travel jacket, but so often the insulated layer/outer shell combo is more like a 3-in-none. Not so with the Helly Hansen Squamish jacket.
The insulated layer is great for keeping you warm around the bonfire or a chilly clear night out without the added protection of the outer shell. Just zip it off and you're good to go. Bonus: It doesn't look like the "inside" of a jacket, so that's good.
The outer shell layer is perfect all by itself for a fall hike with rain in the forecast. Fully seam sealed so it's wind and waterproof, the jacket features nice touches like a storm flap on the front zipper pocket, and waterproof pockets for your phone, as well as adjustable cuffs (super important). If you wear both layers together take solace in the fact that you can adapt to warmer temps or sunny weather as the day changes.
The Columbia Watertight II windbreaker is definitely the lightest travel jacket on the list, and easily my personal favorite. A slim, carry on friendly top layer, this travel jacket simply performs. It keeps you warm, dry, and doesn't weigh you down. What else are you looking for?
I packed this rain coat for my 800km hike across Spain on the Camino de Santiago this past October. When every ounce counts, you want a jacket that's worth it, and the Watertight performed beautifully. This jacket stuffs into its own pocket (easy to pack), and it kept me dry in several downpours in the high altitude of the Pyrenees.
Elastic on the cuffs, waistband, and even the trim of the hood kept the wind and wet off my skin and locked in my body heat.
Pro Tip: If your jacket doesn't pack into a stuff pocket, save space by rolling it into a tight cylinder and wrap a thick rubber band around it to keep it bundled in the bottom of your bag until you need it.
Looking good while you travel is important. Particularly in Europe, land of stylish people and a place where North Americans notoriously stand out, lagging behind the fashion by at least a season. Here are some suggestions to keep you warm and looking good in Europe this winter.
I know, I know. Canada Goose is super expensive and you're totally "that traveler" when you wear one, but I'd be remiss if I didn't mention these top of the line travel jackets.
The Brooklvale Hoody is a lighter, leaner jacket than the flagship parka, and the versatility really comes through.
This jacket looks great, but really is built for winter.
The quilting and patented duck down means this jacket is rated for -15C (that's icy), and the "Veraflex" fabric means you can wear it in practically any environment. Even better, the Brookvale hoody packs down into its own stuff pocket for increased packability. Expensive, but worth it.
A modern twist on the classic bomber look, if you're not weathering any major storms, this is the jacket for looking good in winter.
Made from a stretchy, breathable fabric filled with warm, "diamond quilted Primaloft Silver insulation" (so fancy), the Strafe Drifter Jacket is a premium lightweight stylish travel jacket.
Ok, yes I understand that the Poler Napsack isn't a "jacket," per se. But you have to think a little bigger. Just imagine rocking into the bar for some apres ski in one of these bad boys.
You've got the draw string cinched up tight around your waist, the hood up, the zipper playfully halfway zipped, hands in your pocket. You're cozy, you're stylish, and I'll be damned if you're not the most interesting person in that whole damn bar. If you want to make an entrance, this is the "jacket" for you.
All joking aside, this sleeping bag rules. If you were gonna pack a sleeping bag for a European winter trip and want to bring a good coat, look no further than the Poler Napsack.
Psych. I'm not recommending anything with the word "heavy" in it. If you're really on an Arctic trek, this isn't the travel jacket list for you. Digital nomads and carry on packers have to fight the cold with a merino base layer, a comfy sweat wicking t-shirt, a wool "shaket" and a breathable outer layer shell/travel jacket.
If it gets warm, you ditch a layer. If it gets super cold, add a scarf, hat, and gloves. Don't buy a heavy jacket unless you're off to study emperor penguins.
The right travel jacket can actually save you space in your carry on bag. I know, it sounds crazy but it's true. Find the perfect travel jacket and go anywhere in style and comfort this winter.


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GTT and Sembcorp Marine sign a license agreement for the design and construction of membrane tank solutions
Submitted by Editorial staff on 15th August 2018
GTT has signed a Technical Assistance and License Agreement (TALA) with Singapore-based Sembcorp Marine for the design and construction of Sembcorp Marine's Gravifloat, FSRU and mid-scale LNG carrier products, using GTT membrane solutions
Sembcorp Marine is a leading provider of engineering solutions for the offshore, marine and energy sectors, operating a total of nine shipyards in Singapore, Indonesia, the UK and Brazil.
Sembcorp Marine received its approval after successfully completing a qualification process which started in 2017, including the building of a Mark III mock-up and an audit conducted by GTT. This new partnership allows both companies to target new markets, especially focusing on solutions for LNG terminals, and to advance the development of LNG in the global fuel supply chain.
"We are pleased to count Sembcorp Marine among our new-building partners. We are committed to developing and building together new LNG infrastructures which can be installed worldwide, to provide energy in remote areas," declared Philippe Berterottière, Chairman and CEO of GTT.
As a GTT-licensed yard operator, Sembcorp Marine is building on the success of two of its shipyards in Singapore already approved for the maintenance of LNG carriers equipped with GTT membrane technologies.
"Sembcorp Marine and GTT share the goal of enhancing the worldwide accessibility of clean and affordable LNG fuel," said Mr Wong Weng Sun, President & CEO of Sembcorp Marine. "By combining our respective solutions, we can ensure safer and more reliable LNG delivery, handling and use, and in turn contribute towards more sustainable power generation and consumption. We look forward to an impactful partnership with GTT."


Nobody likes being ill - no matter what type of bug you pick up, chances are that the first tickle in your throat is something you either pretend you didn't feel, or throw as many drugs as possible at.
Although taking time off work or school is sometimes needed, if you have a busy job or a household to run, it's not always an option.
So we've compiled some great ways to treat a flu or cold and help get it out of your system as fast as possible - many of the items below can be used in conjunction to get rid of that nasty virus.
Antibiotics - Use as a last resort so your body doesn't build up resistance to them.
Apple Cider Vinegar - Mix with hot water and inhale.
Avoid Alcohol - It dehydrates you and won't help.
Avoid Coffee - Also dehydrates you.
Avoid Dairy - Milks, creams and cheeses can block up your system and impact on the speed of your digestion, expending more energy.
Avoid Exercise - Your body is working hard to get rid of the sickness, so making it work on something else leaves you wide open to getting worse.
Avoid Flying - Changes in air pressure put even more stress on your respiratory system.
Blow Your Nose (Gently) - Don't sniff back mucous, make sure you blow regularly. Don't blow too hard though, as it can cause ear ache.
Blueberries - A great source of vitamin C and very good for you.
Catch It Early - As soon as you feel the first tickle, make sure you start treating yourself for a cold.
Cayenne Pepper - Helps your body heat up and sweat out the toxins.
Cold & Flu Tablets - You can buy over the counter tablets which can help alleviate symptoms.
Dark Chocolate - The natural kind. Great for a bad cough.
Don't Talk - Talking, yelling or even whispering can irritate your respiratory system even more.
Echinacea - Long been used as an herbal remedy for colds.
Elderberry - You can have them fresh, dried or in a syrup. They are a natural immune system booster.
Epsom Salts Bath - Not only can a hot bath help you relax, epsom salts can speed up the healing process and help you detox.
Essential Oils - Sniffing oils like eucalyptus can help unblock a stuffy nose, and diluted peppermint can be dabbed on hands and feet. Make sure you check dilution amounts and poison information before using essential oils however, as some need to correctly administered.
Fennel Tea - A great way to relieve respiratory issues.
Fenugreek - In capsule or tea form. Great for clearing congestion and particularly for pneumonia.
Gargling - Helps moisten a sore throat.
Ginseng - A great way to ward off a cold is nibble the roots or take an extract.
Great Tea - Helps keep you hydrated and relieve symptoms.
Honey - Helps soothe and protect a sore throat.
Hot & Cold Packs - Apply around congested sinuses.
Hot Soup - Chicken is usually the recommended type.
Humidifier - Helps you breathe easier.
Hydrogen Peroxide - Drop a 3% mixture in the ears to help ear infections and relieve respiratory issues.
Keep Clean - Keeping your hands and body clean helps prevent the buildup and spread of germs.
Licorice Tea - Licorice in all forms is good for a cough.
Nasal Spray - Helps flush out toxins in your nose and unblock it.
Onion - Although some claim this is a hoax, many people have had success using an onion close to their bed, claiming that it can absorb germs (just as it will absorb smells in your fridge.) Simply slice and leave on your bedside table.
Oranges - Full of vitamin C and fiber.
Pineapple - Helps break down and loosen mucous.
Propped Up - Sleeping propped up can reduce coughing fits.
Rest - The more sleep and rest, the faster you'll recover, as your body has more resources to fight with.
Salt Water - Salt water is a great way to keep yourself feeling fresh as well as relieve sore throats. Swish it around your mouth when it's feeling yucky, to clean it or gargle.
Shower, Bath & Bed - A very hot shower followed by a tepid bath is said to increase antibody activity in your body. Go to bed straight after and let the antibodies do their work.
Skin Cream - Your skin can get dry while you're sick, especially around your nose if you're blowing regularly. Use a calendula or Vitamin E based cream to help it stay healthy.
Socks - A lot of heat is lost through the feet, so keep your feet warm to keep yourself healthy.
Steamy Shower - Helps with respiratory issues.
Vick's Vapor Rub - Can be rubbed on the chest, or feet.
Vitamin C - Although studies indicate it may not help everyone, it can help reduce the length of a cold.
Wasabi - Can help your body sweat out the toxins. Not for the faint hearted!
Water - Drink lots and lots of it!
Zinc - Available in tablets, liquid and other forms, it helps prevent the production of proteins that colds need to reproduce.


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Ducey keeps restrictions in Arizona on drug Trump takes to prevent virus
By: Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services	May 20, 2020
Gov. Doug Ducey, R-Ariz., greets President Donald Trump as he arrives at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport, Tuesday, May 5, 2020, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Gov. Doug Ducey won't rescind his order denying Arizonans access to a drug to prevent COVID-19 that is now being used by President Trump.
The April 2 directive bars pharmacists from dispensing hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine unless they have a prescription from a doctor saying the patient actually has the virus. And even in that case, the governor limited the prescription to no more than a 14-day supply, with no refills without a new prescription.
It's even more specific than that. It spells out that prophylactic prescriptions for the drug — essentially prescribing it to keep people who don't have COVID-19 from getting it — "are strictly prohibited unless peer-reviewed evidence citing prophylactic evidence becomes available."
And to date the only published study involves 62 patients in China taking hydroxychloroquine where the authors said the potential of the drug in treatment "has been partially confirmed." But they also said there is the need for large-scale clinical and basic research.
The sole exception in Ducey's April 2 order denying prescriptions for chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine are for patients taking the drug "for treatment other than COVID-19."
The issue arises as the president said Monday he had started taking hydroxychloroquine. And the White House on Wednesday confirmed that Trump's personal physician prescribed it to him as a preventative measure.
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That prescription could not be filled here in Arizona.
"We're not denying Arizonans any rights and privileges," Ducey said Wednesday during a briefing on the latest on COVID-19 in Arizona.
But even Health Director Cara Christ, a physician herself, acknowledged that the ability of doctors to prescribe chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine in Arizona is limited to patients who need it for some reason other than to prevent COVID-19. That includes treatment for malaria and auto-immune disorders.
During the briefing, the governor said the infection situation in Arizona has not changed sufficiently to permit changes in what businesses and activities he is allowing. But Ducey said he is "thinking ahead of what is next."
"Our goal is we want to open up summer camps, schools and youth activities," he said. "All the evidence we have seen for the last four or five weeks say it is responsible and prudent to plan ahead."
But the only thing on which he had any suggestion of timing deals with public schools.
"We're working with the education community, school leaders on a plan to safely resume school in the fall," he said.
Everything else, he said, involves doing things "the Arizona way."
"It's going to be gradual and phased in" Ducey said. "We're going to have a phased-in return based on recommendations of the CDC and health experts."
That issue of what health experts recommend has come up with Trump's disclosure of his use of hydroxychloroquine.
The president actually has been touting the drug since March, mentioning them in a White House briefing.
That resulted in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issuing a warning last month saying the drug poses a risk of severe heart rhythm problems. For that reason, the agency said, it should be taken only in a hospital or as part of a clinical trial.
Meanwhile, the presidential mentions created a rush of sorts by people trying to get the drug. And it was that which an aide to the governor told Capitol Media Services last month that resulted in the directive denying the ability of people to get it in a bid to prevent contracting the coronavirus.
"It is limited to the diagnosis or the suspected positive for COVID-19 so that we're not running into shortages for those individuals who are taking it for other reasons," explained Trisa Guzman Glover, the governor's director of boards and commissions.
On Wednesday, though, Ducey said no one is being denied anything.
"Of course, Arizonans can access needed pharmaceuticals and health care and medicine," he said.
Christ said that's not entirely accurate.
"It can be used if a physician feels that it is necessary," she said. And in cases of COVID-19, Christ said, the order is "not to pre-prescribe it for anybody."
"But they can use it under certain circumstances," she said.
The Hill reported that White House press aide Kayleigh McEnany, in explaining Trump's decision to take the drug, linked it to legislation he signed in 2018 allowing terminally ill patients to try medications that have not been approved by the FDA. She said the same is true for people who are "facing a fatal illness."
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Get your motor running and head out on the highway for the heavy metal thunder of the Sons of Anarchy, the biker gang–er, motorcycle club, or MC–from Charming, California, whose members rank among television's more unlikely heroes. Fans of the FX series already know that the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original Chapter (better known as SAMCRO, or simply Sam Crow), are a fairly unsavory bunch engaged in any number of criminal activities; the fact that they specialize in illegal gun running doesn't stop them from also dabbling in pornography, drugs, murder, assault, and various other nefarious pursuits, all of which are on display throughout the 13 episodes (on three discs, plus bonus features) comprising this second season. But that sort of thing didn't stop anyone from caring about the gangsters in The Godfather, and while no one is suggesting that creator Kurt Sutter's show is on that level (then again, what is?), he too has imbued his characters with enough individual nuance, along with a consistent moral code, to make for very compelling viewing.
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Boyd: Work to do but we're in the hunt
Monday 6 December, 2021
Director of Rugby Chris Boyd insists there is still plenty for Northampton Saints to work on despite posting a bonus-point victory over Bath on Saturday.
The men in Black, Green and Gold closed out the latest block of Gallagher Premiership matches in style as they ran in six tries at cinch Stadium at Franklin's Gardens – with a brace from Juarno Augustus adding to early efforts from Rory Hutchinson and Tommy Freeman to secure the try bonus point before half-time.
And despite Bath hitting back just after the break, a second-half double from Courtnall Skosan sealed Northampton's win and propelled the side up to third in the standings ahead of two Heineken Champions Cup clashes in the next fortnight.
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But Boyd admitted the performance from Northampton left a lot to be desired in some areas.
He said: "I'm happy with the five points but the performance was a bit like the old box of chocolates – it was very mixed; some of it was good and some of it was atrocious. There was the odd sour lolly in there.
"The whole game was frustrating. The crowd were getting frustrated with how slow the set pieces were to get formed, and I don't think Bath were in any particular hurry to play the game.
"We try to play the game with as much tempo as we can, but we were guilty of giving away penalties in that middle third which led to us surrendering a couple of soft tries that we're very grumpy about.
"There's plenty of work to do. If people are going to score tries against you, you want them to have to earn them. We gave them let-outs through the middle third into or defensive area and it was too easy for them to score. It's an area of our game that we need to work on.
"All our backs had patches of good play today, good touches, and all the forwards had their moments too but we didn't play consistently well enough for long periods of time."
Chris Boyd, Director of Rugby
Saints' victory over Bath – their sixth of the league season – moved them up to third in the Gallagher Premiership after nine games.
But with the Heineken Champions Cup getting underway this Friday evening and an all-star Racing 92 line-up coming to town, Boyd knows that his side will face as tough a challenge as any in Europe.
"We're happyish with where we are," he added. "We look back at a couple of our performances and think we should have done better, but when you're in a marathon – which the Premiership is – the best place to be is in the front pack. We're in the hunt.
"If the Premiership is a marathon, the European fixtures are probably a 100 or 200 metre sprint by comparison. We've drawn a pretty tough pool with Racing and Ulster but we're looking forward to it.
"When you look at Racing's back line, in particular, there's some bling in that side.
"We're going to have to impose ourselves upon them physically to stop them playing their game, otherwise they'll be just about as good as anyone we've faced."
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Can Twitter, Facebook and Google Evolve Fast Enough to Extract Us from The Mess They've Made?
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Robert Mueller's Special Counsel investigation just indicted 13 Russians and three organizations for social-media manipulation in the 2016 election. Most interesting and problematic. But other events this past week show just how little has been fixed at YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter since that long string of hostile acts by a foreign power became publicly known.
Indeed, the question is whether the social-media giants can evolve what they do fast enough to protect their users, and our unsteady democracy, from the weaponized manipulation that may soon become a fixture of our future.
The 41-page Mueller indictment laid out in excruciating detail how Kremlin-connected Russians embarked on long-term, systematic and focused efforts to first complicate the U.S. election, and then to actively work against Hillary Clinton's election.
Two years before the election, Russian troll farms began building their bot networks and Facebook groups and YouTube channels. They supported not just Donald Trump but also losing Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders and Green Party candidate Jill Stein to undercut support for Clinton. Trump, who lost the popular vote by about 3 million ballots, still cobbled together enough support in three Midwest states to swing the Electoral College to his side.
None of the indicted Russians is likely to see the inside of a jail cell, at least not in this country. But much more important than just detailing the conspiracy has been the response of Google, Twitter, and Facebook. The companies' initial reactions were disbelief and dismissal, followed by minimization, followed, finally, by vows of significant action. Based on their latest missteps, the three giants still have a ton of work to do.
Immediately after the Parkland, Florida, school shooting, trolls and bots a-plenty weighed in. Their influence, echoing and amplifying far-right extremists' looniest conspiracy claims, helped push to the top of YouTube and Facebook hoax videos accusing student David Hogg, one of the outspoken survivors, of being a paid "crisis actor" in a fake shooting. Hogg, a budding media star, called the allegations "abuse" but said, to his credit, that he doesn't want to censor the trolls behind them.
YouTube and Facebook both removed the hoax videos after controversy erupted. In both cases, it was clear company safeguards over manipulated material remain woefully inadequate. Both have spoken of enhanced algorithms and artificial-intelligence tools, backed by actual human reviewers. Those efforts and more should help keep the airwaves clear of crud. And yet, and yet, and yet.
On February 15, Google changed its photo-search functions, removing useful tools to check the veracity of images. The move was done mostly to appease copyright concerns of photo giant Getty Images, but it just got harder to spot fakes repurposed from some other use.
The same day those image-checking changes hit, trolls distributed faked posts of white people allegedly attacked by blacks while attending Black Panther screenings. The trolls weren't subtle; sometimes they reused images of celebrities involved in domestic-abuse cases. Sharp-eyed skeptics quickly identified many bogus photos but not before they had been widely shared.
This week also saw Twitter change its API and policy on bots, curtailing their ability to simultaneously modify multiple accounts with joint likes, shares and reposts. The bot-hobbling is unfortunate, given their utility, but like many other useful tools, they also can be used in crappy, creepy ways, empowering small groups of mayhem makers to do bad. Twitter's action was way overdue, defanging a tool beloved by the worst troublemakers out there, including what Twitter itself now estimates were 50,000 Russian-controlled bots in 2016.
Perhaps predictabiy, the bot-icide left some conservative Twitter users sputtering. They complained about losing followers, as accounts were locked and re-verified. A conservative meme storm, #TwitterLockout, broke out. Twitter blandly asserted that its machine-driven review process was apolitical, merely tracking and temporarily freezing accounts for review with typical bot-related behaviors.
More distressing to me was that conservative complainers didn't ask why they had so many fake followers to begin with. It's an uncomfortable question if you've benefited from secret support by shadowy forces whom your ideological ancestors despised.
Both Google and Facebook are trying to hire tens of thousands of people this year, in part to improve content oversight. It's a gargantuan process, likely to choke their respective human resources operations. That makes it unlikely that the human component of their content-review processes will improve anytime soon.
Beyond sheer numbers, all these companies are looking for "culture fit." Like many in Silicon Valley, the companies want employees who play well with their existing teams. Admirable, even efficient in the long run, because it helps avoid failed hires.
But rating, as Google interviewers do, the "Googliness" of hires also creates a monoculture of mindset. Similar culture fit ratings at Facebook almost certainly contributed to the company's clueless response in 2016, when Mark Zuckerberg didn't even listen to warnings from some of the top officials in the U.S. government, as well as his own company's major early investors.
Magically transforming Facebook to support "meaningful interactions" and "time well spent," isn't so easy, even if Zuck has been issuing "Make it so" commands left and right. In fact, Facebook executives can't figure out how to measure, advantage and incentivize the changes. The real problem, as the Washington Post pointed out: the transformation is counter to Facebook's culture, structure, and mindset.
Google, meanwhile, is getting whipsawed with lawsuits by ex-employees from both sides of the political spectrum, each accusing the company of a hostile work environment because of their differing views with coworkers. Given that the aggrieved parties come from both the left and the right, there's a comforting sense of inclusivity in the discriminating accusations.
But that's a chilly comfort as Facebook, Google, and Twitter struggle to close the Pandora's box they so thoughtfully left sitting outside the Kremlin. With the 2018 elections underway, and plenty of signs of continued Russian manipulation, I hope they figure it out soon.


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