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Q: Modules that allow an infinite exact sequence on them I'm looking for a characterization of modules that fit the following property:
(*) There's an infinite exact sequence with $\phi_i \neq 0 \space \forall i\in I $
$\require{AMScd}$
\begin{CD}\cdots @>{\phi_i}>>\mathbb{M} @>{\phi_i+1}>> \mathbb{M}  @>{\phi_i+2}>> \cdots \\\end{CD}
I thought about the case of vector spaces and about factor rings $\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z}$:

*

*For vector spaces V with $dim(V)=1$ it's impossible, but possible for $dim(V)>1$ (Might hold for free modules in general)

*For $\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z}$ it's possible with 1 function, if n is square, with 2 functions as long as n ist not prime and impossible if n is prime.

But that's far from general... I'm also interested if the number of different functions has a deeper meaning.
Thanks in advance.

A: For any two nonzero $R$-modules $A$ and $B$, the maps
$$f(a,b)=(a,0), \quad g(a,b)=(0,b) $$
compose to zero, and moreover the sequence
$$ \cdots \to A \oplus B \xrightarrow{f} A \oplus B \xrightarrow{g} A \oplus B \xrightarrow{f} A \oplus B \to \cdots $$
is exact. This works for any ring, so indeed, if you allow rank at least $2$, this can always happen. Now if you want rank $1$, as you note, you can't allow $R$ to be a field. Indeed if $R$ is even an integral domain, there is no hope of composing two nonzero maps $R\to R$ to get zero. On the other hand, if $R$ is commutative but has zero divisors, you can still concoct an infinite exact sequence.


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Why travelers visit Portland: Forest Park, Crystal Ballroom, fine dining, boutiques, Hollywood Theatre, and the Portland Trail Blazers!
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Situated less than 15 miles from downtown, Portland International Airport is within the city limits, offering easy access to the lively Oregon metropolis. More than 13 million people pass through its doors each year, arriving on flights through a dozen different airlines - the major carriers include Delta, Southwest, United Airlines and US Airways. The facility is renowned for its supreme customer service, and it also offers a wide array of services and amenities, like ample shops and a kids play area. There's also an impressive variety of eating spots, from the takeaway Beaverton Bakery to the Laurel Brewing Company restaurant and pub.
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Germany: Aldi Nord sustainability status report
Discount Retail Chain ALDI North (family owned) is consistently pushing its own sustainability agenda forward. In the current interim report, the discounter published the latest status. Particularly in focus: The topics of packaging, climate protection and conscious nutrition.
In its current interim report, the ALDI North Group provides transparent information on its progress in terms of sustainability. Be it the expansion of the sustainable product range, the ecological procurement of raw materials or the respect for human rights in global supply chains the discounter has made considerable progress in all areas in recent years. Looking back on the 2020 reporting year, Rolf Buyle, Managing Director International Buying, states: "The corona pandemic has once again made it clear that we as a food supplier have a special responsibility. We not only take this responsibility towards our customers and employees, but also true to the environment and society. Our interim report shows where the ALDI North Group currently is and where we want to be. "
New international packaging targets decided
Packaging continues to be a central sustainability issue for the entire ALDI North Group. The basic principles of the circular economy serve as a guideline: "Avoid. Reuse. Recycle". In Germany alone, ALDI North has already saved 38,000 tonnes of packaging since 2015. The discounter is also making good progress with the goals of making 100 percent of its own-brand packaging recyclable by 2025 and offering at least 40 percent of the fruit and vegetable range unpackaged by 2025.
More ambitious international packaging goals were recently defined: In order to reduce the use of new plastics, the proportion of recycled materials in all own-brand plastic product packaging is to be increased to an average of at least 30 percent by 2025. Already today there are numerous articles with a high proportion of recycled material in the ALDI Nord range, such as the chilled 1L orange juice in a PET bottle with 100% recycled material or the Selection 1L mineral water, which is also gradually being converted to 100% recycled material. The aim is to gradually increase the use of recyclate across all product groups. In addition, by 2025, the total use of new plastics should also decrease by 20 percent compared to 2020. With these new goals, the ALDI North Group is sending out a strong signal for the responsible use of valuable resources.
Climate protection in focus
The discounter has also stepped up its efforts on the subject of climate protection: In July 2020, ALDI North joined the "Science Based Targets Initiative". By joining, the group undertakes to set binding and scientifically verified targets for reducing CO2 emissions over the next two years, which are in line with the 1.5-degree target of the Paris Agreement. First, ALDI North wants to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent by the end of 2021 compared to 2015 and then push this development further.
Enable conscious nutrition for everyone
Another strategic goal is still to enable conscious nutrition for all customers and to promote responsible use of food. In 2020, ALDI Belgium and ALDI France were able to label their first products with the Nutri-Score, while Germany and Spain registered their first own brands for the Nutri-Score in early 2021. In addition, the vegan and vegetarian as well as the organic and fairtrade range has been expanded. Another milestone in 2020 was the development of a new international guideline to prevent food loss and waste. This is the first time that ALDI Nord has created a binding framework for dealing with food waste.
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Airlines May Have to Refund Fliers for Delayed Bags
A new DOT rule proposes airlines refund fliers for delayed bags, and other services they fail to deliver on.
By Jessica Puckett
It's a frustration that many frequent fliers know—that sinking feeling when your flight safely arrives at its destination, but your checked bag is nowhere to be found.
Now, federal regulators are working to ease at least some of the irritation of this all too common scenario. Under a new proposed rule from the Department of Transportation, U.S. airlines would have to refund travelers' fees when checked bags are significantly delayed.
Current regulations say that airlines are only compelled to refund passenger bag fees when checked luggage is lost. Under the new rules, fliers would get their money back when bags are delayed beyond 12 hours for domestic flights and beyond 25 hours for international flights.
If passed, the new rule would be a major win for consumers. In recent years, airlines have steadily raised fees for checked baggage, with the average price for the first checked bag clocking in at $30. U.S. airlines made a collective $5.7 billion off bag fees in 2019—making luggage one of the industry's most lucrative charges. According to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, nearly 2 million bags were reported as mishandled by airlines in 2018, the most recent year for which data is available.
"After years of the powerful airline industry getting everything it wants at the expense of consumers, the actions by the administration and U.S. Department of Transportation are a long-awaited breath of fresh air for the flying public," Kevin Mitchell, chairman and founder of the Business Travel Coalition, said in a statement.
But it's not just bag refunds that airlines could now be on the hook for: The proposed rule also would require air carriers refund payments for other ancillary services that they don't deliver on. This would include fees for perks like Wi-Fi access or advance seat selection—services that fliers might pay for, but the airlines don't end up providing in the end.
"Consumers deserve to receive the services they pay for or to get their money back when they don't," U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in a release. The DOT's proposal is open for a 60-day public comment period before regulators decide on a final action.
The new rules were officially proposed on July 9, the same day President Biden signed a vast executive order to promote competition in the U.S. economy, including in the airline industry. As part of the executive order, Biden also instructed the DOT to enhance "consumer access to airline flight information so that consumers can more easily find a broader set of available flights, including by new or lesser known airlines."
Biden's order also tells the DOT to submit a report on its progress in investigating airlines that engaged in deceptive practices around refunds for canceled flights during the pandemic.
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Report: Calvey Case In Russia To Be Wrapped Up This Year…Guilty With Time Served
by Tsarizm Staff February 15, 2020 February 15, 2020 03676
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Russia may wrap up the Michael Calvey affair this year according to news reports. This positive development would be a relief for many in Russian business circles who have seen the episode as a blow to the business climate in the Russian Federation.
The famous private equity investor was targeted one year ago in a business dispute regarding Calvey's investment fund's stake in the Russian bank Baring Vostok.
It is likely that Baring Vostok founder Michael Calvey and his partners will be freed in May after being found guilty by a court and given short prison sentences, reported Russian news outlet The Bell.
The Bell spoke with two members of a group who have requested the Baring Vostok case be reviewed at the highest levels. Both said that Tuesday's decision is a signal the whole affair will be sorted out in the coming months. One source even provided a timeline. In his opinion, a court will find the defendants guilty in May, but only impose short sentences that they will have already served, meaning they can walk free. An acquaintance of the defendants agreed with this prediction, but said a verdict is unlikely before the end of the year. Neither source thought that the court will backtrack and deem the men not guilty.
February 15 will mark exactly one year since the Baring Vostok case began. The charges followed from a shareholder conflict within Vostochny Bank, 50.01 percent of which was owned by Baring Vostok. It is believed the case was ordered by the fund's partner in the bank, Artyom Avetisyan, a top manager at the state-owned Agency for Strategic Initiatives known for his close ties to the security services. Avetisyan is also friendly with Putin's former advisor, Andrei Belousov, who was appointed deputy prime minister last month. Belousov has denied any involvement in the case. Since Calvey's arrest, Baring Vostok lost its case against Avetisyan and his partners in the Russian courts, and was forced to transfer its shares in Vostochny Bank to Avetisyan.
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Q: How do I wrap JSON with square brackets in R language? I have a nested JSON as follows and I would like to wrap it with square brackets and return it. How could I achieve it in R with ease?
Input:
"{
    "info": {
        "val": 0.1885,
        "id": 1
    }
}, {
    "info": {
        "val": 1.3599,
        "id": 2
    }
}"

Output:
[{
    "info": {
        "val": 0.1885,
        "id": 1
    }
}, {
    "info": {
        "val": 1.3599,
        "id": 2
    }
}]

Thank you

A: Not sure if you found the solution for this, but the following should work:
wrap_json <- function(x) {
  return(paste0("[", x, "]"))
}

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Stanley "Stan" Palk (* 28. Oktober 1921 in Liverpool; † 12. Oktober 2009 ebenda) war ein englischer Fußballspieler. Palk stand von 1940 bis 1948 beim FC Liverpool unter Vertrag und gehörte zur ersten englischen Meistermannschaft nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg, kam aber erst beim unterklassigen Profiklub Port Vale von 1948 bis 1952 regelmäßig zum Einsatz.

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Der aus Liverpool stammende Stan Palk spielte bis Kriegsausbruch für South Liverpool als linker Halbstürmer in der Lancashire League und arbeitete in einer Fabrik, als er Anfang 1940 George Kay, Trainer des FC Liverpool, empfohlen wurde. Dieser lud Palk zum Training ein und bot ihm trotz des durch den Zweiten Weltkrieg unterbrochenen regulären Spielbetriebs einen Vertrag mit einem Wochengehalt von £1,50. Sein Debüt in den kriegsbedingten Ersatzwettbewerben gab Palk an der Seite von Matt Busby, Bob Paisley und Billy Liddell im Mai 1940. In den folgenden Jahren bestritt Palk in den regionalen Ligawettbewerben 61 Spiele für Liverpool und erzielte dabei 14 Tore, bevor er ab 1944 für zwei Jahre in der Royal Navy diente und in Mombasa stationiert war.

Nach seiner Entlassung aus dem Militärdienst im Jahre 1946 meldete er sich wieder bei Liverpool und gab am 12. Februar 1947 bei einem 5:0-Sieg gegen Grimsby Town sein Debüt in der Football League. Palk kam bis Saisonende auf weitere fünf Einsätze, als Liverpool die fünfte Meisterschaft der Vereinsgeschichte gewann. Palk verpasste aber die für den Erhalt einer Meisterschaftsmedaille notwendige Mindestanzahl an Einsätzen. Nach sieben weiteren Ligaeinsätzen in der Saison 1947/48 wurde er unmittelbar nach einer US-Tournee in der Sommerpause von Gordon Hodgson, einem ehemaligen Liverpooler Mittelstürmer und Trainer von Port Vale, gemeinsam mit seinem Mannschaftskollegen Mick Hulligan für eine Gesamtablöse von £10.000 in die Football League Third Division South gelotst. Hauptgrund für Palks Wechsel war nach eigener Aussage die Aussicht auf regelmäßige Einsätze in der Profimannschaft. In den Saisons 1948/49 und 1949/50 bestritt Palk sämtliche Pflichtspiele für Port Vale, auch in den nächsten beiden Spielzeiten gehörte er regelmäßig zum Aufgebot, sein Vertrag wurde aber im Sommer 1952 nach 159 Ligaspielen und 14 Toren nicht mehr verlängert.

Palk spielte fortan im Non-League football für Worcester City, Northwich Victoria, Prescot Cables und in Wales für Pwllheli, Flint Town United und Oswestry Town. Er ließ seine Laufbahn in seinem Wohnort Maghull beim lokalen Fußballklub ausklingen, den er später auch trainierte und dem er bis ins hohe Alter als Zuschauer verbunden blieb. Der dreifache Vater verstarb 87-jährig im Oktober 2009 im Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

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Colorful New Bee Species Discovered in Fiji, but Extinction From Climate Change Feared
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Homalictus terminalis is named so to indicate that, like many Fijian bees, it is nearing its limit and is at risk of climate-related extinction.
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Bee biodiversity barometer on Fiji — New species described as environment changes
The biodiversity buzz is alive and well in Fiji, but climate change, noxious weeds and multiple human activities are making possible extinction a counter buzzword.
Just as Australian researchers are finding colorful new bee species, some of them are already showing signs of exposure to environmental changes.
Flinders University PhD candidate James Dorey — whose macrophotography has captured some of Fiji's newest bee species — says the naming of nine new species gives researchers an opportunity to highlight the risks.
"Homalictus terminalis is named so to indicate that, like many Fijian bees, it is nearing its limit and is at risk of climate-related extinction," he says.
"Found only on Mount Batilamu near the city of Nadi, where many tourists launch their holidays, H. terminalis has only been found within 95 meters of the mountain peak."
South Australian university students on the Australian Government's New Colombo overseas study program have gone to Fiji in the south-west Pacific for several years, naming nine new species in one of their latest research publications in Zootaxa.
The impressive black Homalictus achrostus, featuring unusual large mandibles, is one of the most interesting endemic bee species on Fiji.
But, like many Fijian bee species, H. achrostus has only ever found on a single mountain top.
"Six individuals were collected on Mount Nadarivatu in the 1970s and two in 2010, but despite frequent searching almost every year since no more have been found," says Flinders University Associate Professor Mike Schwarz, a co-author on the paper.
"A likely driver of this possible extinction is changing climates," Associate Professor Schwarz says.
"The cooler climate of the Fijian highlands could be slowly pushed upwards and off the top of the mountains bringing with it the species that require this climatic refuge.
"With H. achrostus one of the four previously described species of endemic bee in Fiji, this raises real concerns about the extinction of many highland species in Fiji and across all of the tropics."
South Australia Museum senior researcher terrestrial invertebrates, Dr Mark Stevens, says the bee genus Homalictus Cockerell has not been taxonomically reviewed in the Fijian archipelago for 40 years.
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Sleeping giants no more: working together to deliver social value
By Lee Sugden
Collaborative working is key to social value in Greater Manchester.
A number of years ago I read in an article in a national broadsheet that housing providers were the 'sleeping giants' of social enterprise.
Collectively, Greater Manchester Housing Providers contribute more than £1.2 billion to the regional economy. That's 2% of the total gross value added of Greater Manchester, which when you think of like that, really highlights the spending power that we, as housing providers, have.
'Giants'; yes. 'Sleeping', however, I would have to say, no longer.
Our spending power coupled with the ability to innovate, our multiple ties in the most deprived communities and our dedication to driving positive change, make social housing providers an ideal force to help lead social value strategies to meet social, economic and environmental challenges.
And in Greater Manchester, by working together, we're proving what can be possible.
Collectively, in the last year, GMHP members have supported 6,500 residents towards work, awarded £2.2 million of grants for community-run projects, housed close to 2,000 people who were previously homeless and built more than 1,200 new homes. There are also more than 100 local community and voluntary sector organisations who are contracted to provide services.
Impressive numbers, but it's the partnership of 26 housing providers that make this possible, who despite each being an independent business in their own right, have found a series of common goals. With the scale that comes with owning one in five homes in the region, we can leverage in skills, expertise. investment and influence that achieve way more than we could individually and make the pounds we spend, work harder.
This is starting to bear fruit. As well as those collective statistics, a whole host of joint projects, initiatives and subsidiaries have been established, to create social value in everything from training, apprenticeships, procurement, homelessness and much more.
And last month, we hosted our first ever social value conference, bringing together partners, businesses, politicians and social enterprises from across the region and beyond. Not only does this showcase what the sector can achieve in the name of social value, but it gives countless local social enterprises a platform to speak to and engage with businesses and service providers from across the region.
Far from sleeping giants, housing providers can, and are, leading the way for how social value can be maximised to meet some of the key challenges facing society today, from the local to the global. This is real, meaningful CSR, that is at the root of what we do and is a model that many industries could learn a great deal from.
Furthermore, what we're proving in Greater Manchester, is that when we come together collectively, the impact can be enormous. We have made a huge difference to the region, but the potential to do more is even bigger.
Lee Sugden is the former Chief Executive of Salix Homes.
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By: Paula Yeoman
After decades in the music business, Sinead O'Connor still manages to keep it fresh.
A couple of topics are off bounds when interviewing Sinead O'Connor - Miley Cyrus to name just one. And fair call. Why anyone would want to waste precious moments with the Irish singer reliving the so-called "social media stoush" is beyond me.
There have been times in O'Connor's 30-odd year career where she has touched on musical genius - Lion and the Cobra in its entirety and the same can be said of its follow-up I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got. And then there is the album's hit, Nothing Compares to You.
It has been played ad infinitum but it still chills to the bone. Her albums since may not have had the same commercial success, but there are moments of pure gold.
My point? Who cares about Miley Cyrus when there's so much else to talk about? And what's more, thanks to Womad, she's coming to New Zealand this month for the first-time.
O'Connor is, of course, no stranger to Womad, having been asked to play on the 1993 bill by the festival's founding father, Peter Gabriel. You might still question her credentials as a "world" artist, but if you dig into O'Connor's genre-hopping back catalogue - pop, rock and reggae, to torch and Celtic songs - she's well and truly up for the task.
And as you might expect, she's not keen on the "world music" title.
"You can't label a particular artist a world artist, just because they come from the Sahara and then say that someone that comes from England isn't a world artist. In a way, it's a ludicrous title. I mean, we're all in the world making music, therefore it's all world music."
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The 48-year-old returned to the Womad fold last year when she was called upon to replace Bobby Womack at a UK festival after his death.
"They were happy that I took over and that it was a great gig. I think they see me as somebody they'd like to have under their umbrella, which I'm delighted with," she says.
O'Connor recalls a similar "world" festival in Ireland last year, to which she took her then seven-year-old son, and says she was blown away by his reaction to the music. "He's crazy about music and I've taken him to other shows where he has been bored stupid and not remotely interested. But there was this band called Tinariwen from the Sahara. He just loved it.
"He liked it, I think, because it was real music, not processed. He's going to school in the car and he's hearing all this processed pop music on the radio and he can tell there's not even a real instrument on there.
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"His response was astonishing. He's never in his life asked me to buy records, and he made me buy him every single one," she says, laughing.
It's a similar thing with Womad. "What's brilliant about it is that you get to see all these bands you've never seen."
As much as O'Connor is excited about the upcoming New Zealand gig, she's spent long stretches on the road touring her latest album, I'm Not Bossy, I'm the Boss, and is brutally honest about the toll it takes on her as a single mother.
"It's difficult because it interferes with your family life, your social life. It's very hard to have a relationship. It's not an easy life by a long shot. But that's the way it is, that's how I make a living."
And it's not glamorous, she points out. "I don't think anybody realises, for example, that you can't take a shit on a tour bus. Not even Barbra Streisand can take a shit on a tour bus."
It's a laugh-out loud moment. Even the straight-shooting O'Connor manages a little chuckle before we return to the serious issue of illegal downloading.
"Because people are not buying records - they're basically stealing them - we all have to tour a lot more than we used to.
"And I don't like that I have to leave my kids more often than I used to. The fact that people are stealing records is having an enormous cost on the lives of musicians' families. We used to go on tour three months a year, but now we're all permanently touring.
"It feels kind of bad to whine about it, I suppose I'm just being honest ... at the end of the day, I love it or I would've got another job," she says, adding that the stresses melt away the moment she steps on stage. "I love it. I really do. That one-and-a-half hours that you're on stage makes it all worth it."
O'Connor's Womad set on the Sunday will be a mix of songs - old and new - but a few favourites won't be heard.
"I never do songs because I have to. I don't think a singer should ever sing a song they can't emotionally identify because then you can't do your job right.
"And there are certain songs I can't identify with anymore. Like Troy, for example - I just don't feel that way anymore. I'm 48 now. I was 18 when I wrote it. I don't emotionally identify with it and I can't pretend it.
"And I don't do Nothing Compares to You any more. I only stopped doing it about nine months ago. I kept singing it for 27 years, or whatever, but I ran out of anything I could use or bring to it emotionally. Oddly, no one ever notices. Nobody ever comments or says anything. The show is strong without it."
That says it all. Nothing Compares to You might be O'Connor's biggest commercial hit but there's so much more to her than that.
For many she was the voice of a generation, an artist who never failed to shock or surprise. And nothing has changed. It does mean those who have waited decades to see her play here might not get your standard cookie-cutter "best of" show at the Bowl of Brooklands in New Plymouth on March 15. But it is Womad and this is Sinead O'Connor - who wants that!
• Visit womad.co.nz for more information. Womad is held March 13-15 in New Plymouth.
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Provide comfort for the family of Eldon Voss with a meaningful gesture of sympathy.
Eldon Herbert Voss, 86, died Sunday, February 10, 2019 at Grace Pointe.
He was born December 17, 1932 in Worthington, Minnesota to Harm T. and Ella Hilda (Bottin) Voss. Mr. Voss attended public schools in Worthington and graduated from the University of South Dakota.
In 1952, he married Ruth Ann Peters in Worthington, MN. He was employed by Central National Insurance Company, Home Insurance Company and later State Farm. He finished his working career with United Artist Theatre Circuit, retiring in 1996.
Eldon was a member of Our Savior's Lutheran Church.
Survivors include his daughter, Colleen K. (Dennis) Mau of Greeley and son, Herb of Greeley; brother, Tom (Helen) of Windom, MN and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his wife and a son, Tony.
Life Celebration Services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, February 21, 2019 at Adamson. Private inurnment will be held at Sunset Memorial Gardens at a later date. Memorial gifts may be made to the "Weld County Humane Society" in care of Adamson, 2000 47th Ave., Greeley, CO 80634.
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I will always fondly remember him as a great dad and as someone myself and Herb always tried to avoid as much as possible. That's because we were usually up to no good and he always seemed to know that. I didn't appreciate it then, but I certainly do now. I was saddened to hear of his passing. RIP Mr. Voss.
If I had a question about insurance or investments I always knew I could count on Eldon for good advice. He worked in those fields for years and you could always count on him. He was a good father and loved his family and always took good care of them. When any of his offspring needed his help he was there. He loved Ruth his wife very much and was there for her to the end. He researched everything very well before he made a decision and he kept perfect records of all his purchases and transactions. As Frank Sinatra said Eldon truly did it his way. He will be sorely missed.


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Iran's Shahid Beheshti Port in Chabahar, which was taken over by Indian Ports Global Limited last month, registered high volumes in in container loading and unloading.
"Container and petroleum products unloading and loading in the Chabahar port have increased by 61% and 81% respectively," Behrooz Aghaee, Director General of Ports and Maritime of Sistan and Baluchestan Province said.
Detailing on the performance of the Chabahar port, Aghaee pointed that Loading and unloading of containers operations has grown by 61% within the last 10 months compared to the same period last year. Loading and unloading of petroleum products has been 80% higher than in the same period last year.
According to a recent report, the loading and unloading of non-oil goods set a 35% growth compared to the same period last year and exports and transshipments of non-oil products also show a 100% increase.
The Director General of Ports and Maritime of Sistan and Baluchestan Province concluded that the loading and discharging of oil and non-oil goods and products during the first ten months of this year increased by 54% compared to the same period last year.
Chabahar is India's gateway to Eurasia and key to the development of landlocked Afghanistan.
Indian Ports Global Limited, an Indian state undertaking, took over the operations of parts of Shahid Beheshti Port, Chabahar in Iran during the Chabahar Trilateral Agreement meeting held on the 24 December 2018.


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carlos nazario has been named i-D's global fashion director
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Photography Oliver Hadlee Pearch. Styling Carlos Nazario.
Big news for the i-D family today as Carlos Nazario is appointed Global Fashion Director.
Previously Senior Fashion Editor, Carlos will take on his new role immediately, reporting into our new Global Editor-in-Chief Alastair McKimm, and continuing his already stellar track record of commissioning and creating visually stunning fashion stories and features across print, digital and video.
Since setting out on his own as a freelance stylist, creative consultant and image-maker in 2016 -- after six years working alongside iconic stylist Joe McKenna -- New York native Carlos has become one of the most exciting and progressive voices at the forefront of fashion's new guard. Since joining i-D in 2018, he has worked on beautiful fashion stories alongside Tyler Mitchell, Oliver Hadlee Pearch, Collier Schorr and many more.
"I couldn't be happier to announce Carlos Nazario as Fashion Director of i-D," Alastair McKimm said today of the news. "Not only is Carlos an incredible stylist, he is the voice of a new generation and embodies i-D through and through."
"i-D is such a huge part of the reason I work in fashion today," Carlos added. "I have always been inspired by the ethos of the brand and its commitment to documenting the most exciting, heartfelt, relevant and colourful stories happening in our global culture. i-D's ability to grow and evolve with the world we live in is uncanny. It is an honour and privilege to help continue that long legacy of progress and evolution with Alastair and the team."
Congratulations Carlos!
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Holmes will not be seeking reelection to her House seat in West Anchorage
Anchorage Rep. Lindsey Holmes confirmed on Friday that she will not be seeking reelection to her House seat in West Anchorage.
"It was a hard decision because I love my job, and I feel really good about a lot of things I did as a legislator," she said. Her heart, however, wasn't 100 percent in it. She said she's looking forward to working, spending time with her god kids, friends, and in the house that she loves.
Holmes switched from Democrat to Republican last year, and has received much criticism, and a recall effort, for doing so.
She doesn't know what she'll be doing now. She's a lawyer and she'll be looking for a job in the private sector, but she doesn't have anything lined up.
As for party politics, she going to continue to be a Republican, and will help out Rep. Mia Costello in her run for state Senate, she said. She'd also like to help those who are working to oppose an oil tax repeal. She will not be supporting Matt Claman, the Democrat who is running for her seat.
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This entry was posted in news, Politics and tagged lindsey holmes on May 2, 2014 by Amanda.
Holmes' bill levels playing field between public defenders and prosecutors
On Tuesday, the Legislature unanimously passed HB 262, introduced by Rep. Lindsey Holmes, which gives the Office of Public Advocacy (OPA) and the Public Defender Agency (PD) latitude in contracting expert witnesses and other services to defend people who don't have enough money to hire a private lawyer.
As it stands, when securing certain services like expert witnesses or contract lawyers, OPA and PD are required to put in a formal request for procurement. The Department of Law, which is the prosecutor, doesn't have to, which can give the already powerful DOL an advantage. Also, the bill ensures that public defenders don't have to get permission from the DOL to contract services.
Holmes has been mightily criticized for switching from Democrat to Republican in 2013. But it's hard for a member of the minority to get a bill of any significance passed. So although her switch might have hurt the Democratic Party, in this case anyway, it appears to have been good for the public.
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This entry was posted in news, Politics and tagged lindsey holmes on April 15, 2014 by Amanda.
Some surprises in campaign fundraising reports
Campaign disclosure reports were due on Tuesday, and there were a few surprises in the money game. For one, GOP lieutenant governor candidate Alaska state Sen. Lesil McGuire out-raised Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan, who is also running for the seat. On the Democratic side of the aisle for lieutenant governor, relatively unknown Bob Williams sort of out-raised Sen. Hollis French. In the race for governor, Democrat Byron Mallott raised more than expected, but he spent more than expected too. Read on for details.
Gov. Sean Parnell raised $407,253 this election cycle. He spent $76,220, leaving him with a hefty amount to spend on the race. Much of his staff so far, like Jerry Gallagher, have been working as volunteers. Such is the luxury of incumbency.
Byron Mallott raised an impressive $234,000, which included $40,000 from the Alaska Democratic Party. However, he spent $188,136 and owes $9,633, leaving him with $36,580 to spend. Much of the money he raised went to traveling around the state. A good chunk also went to staff. He spent $27,000 for management expenses to Vantage Point, a consulting firm. He paid his communications director campaign manger Claire Richardson more than $19,000, and thousands went to other staffers.
Independent Bill Walker raised $202,629, of which $29,000 is his own money. He spent $77,952 leaving him with $124,677, a respectable amount for a non-incumbent independent.
GOP lieutenant governor candidate Alaska state Sen. Lesil McGuire raised more than $108,000 and spent about $35,000, leaving her with about $73,000 on hand. Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan raised about $91,000, and has $57,000 left to spend.
Another surprise: Democratic lieutenant governor candidate Bob Williams raised $63,000, about $12,000 more than was reported by Sen. Hollis French. If you compare debts, however, Williams has $41,324 left to spend and French has $51,700. (The numbers are a little tricky because French brought $22,605 to the campaign, about $8,000 of which are funds from a previous state Senate race. The rest came from when he began raising money in August to run for governor. He changed his candidacy to lieutenant governor in October.)
In another race that I'm watching, Republican Rep. Lindsey Holmes raised $42,152. She brought $4,800 into the campaign and still has more than $44,200 on hand. One of her Democratic challengers, Clare Ross, raised $31,427, which is pretty impressive for a political neophyte. Ross has $18,717 to spend. Matt Claman, who's not a political neophyte and who is also running for Holmes' seat, raised $34,663 and has $21,974 left over.
I'll have more on these and other numbers on Wednesday.
UPDATED: The story was updated to include Bill Walker's tally.
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Who Will Fill Kamala Harris' Senate Seat? Newsom Ought To Appoint A Climate Hawk
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On Sunday, December 6, President-elect Biden's transition team announced that it would be tapping California Attorney General Xavier Becerra as Secretary of Health and Human Services, according to a press release from the Last Chance Alliance. Uniting more than 750 public health, environmental justice, climate, and labor organizations, the group urged Governor Gavin Newsom to end fossil fuel extraction across California and build a "just climate future where every community can thrive."
"Should Becerra be confirmed by the Senate, Governor Newsom faces the opportunity to fill both his position and the seat in the US Senate left vacant by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris," the alliance stated.
"While California has long paved the way for progressive national policy, Governor Newsom has fallen shamefully short of offering even basic health protections to the millions of Californians who live on the frontlines of fossil fuel extraction and production."
Climate and Environmental Justice advocates, along with Last Chance Alliance, are urging Newsom to use this historic wave of new appointments to show his commitment to racial justice and the climate for both California and the nation:
"President-elect Joe Biden has named climate as a top priority with many of his cabinet appointments. Governor Newsom, you now have a chance to improve your mediocre record and make addressing the climate crisis and protecting frontline communities a matter of greatest importance during your administration. At this critical time, we must appoint climate leaders with a demonstrated commitment to protecting the people most harmed by the fossil fuel industry, as well as ushering in a just transition away from fossil fuels. There's no shortage of qualified candidates who, if nominated, would prioritize climate justice.
Local, state and federally elected officials like Representative Nanette Barragán and Los Angeles County Supervisor Holly Mitchell are already committed to protecting people from these reckless polluters. We urge you to immediately nominate climate justice leaders to the Senate and the role of state Attorney General, and any other open positions."
Since January 2019, Governor Newsom's regulators have approved a total of 7,625 total oil and gas drilling permits, according to updated data from Consumer Watchdog and the Fractracker Alliance at the website.
In 2020 to date, CalGEM has approved 3,344 permits, including 1,884 new permits and 1,460 oil well rework permits. New permits approved during the first nine months of 2020 rose 160%, while new wells actually drilled plummeted, the groups found.
"New data provided by the state shows that despite the thousands of new permits issued by the Newsom Administration only 60 new wells were actually drilled in the first three quarters of 2020 – a 74% decrease over the same period in 2019 when 228 new wells were drilled," the groups reported.
Just days after California oil and gas regulators approved eight more fracking permits for Chevron this year, the California Department of Finance released an audit detailing repeated violations of the state's oil and gas regulations
The 16-day report published on the eve of the Thanksgiving holiday weekend reveals that the California Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM), the state's oil and gas regulatory agency, repeatedly skipped required reviews when approving hundreds of oil and gas wells last year.


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NGC 6027 é uma galáxia lenticular, a aproximadamente 190 milhões de anos-luz, na direção da constelação de Serpens Caput. A galáxia é o membro mais brilhante do Sexteto de Seyfert, um grupo compacto de galáxias.

A galáxia NGC 6027 foi descoberta por Édouard Stephan, em 1882.

Ver também
NGC 6027a
NGC 6027b
NGC 6027c
NGC 6027d
NGC 6027e
Sexteto de Seyfert

Ligações externas

Galáxias
Objetos listados no Novo Catálogo Geral
Galáxias lenticulares
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Objetos astronômicos descobertos em 1882


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National Republicans start cash dash for California recall
National party leaders are increasingly zeroing in on the recall, a cause around which they say the GOP can rally after a devastating 2020 election. | Mario Tama/Getty Images
By Alex Isenstadt
The Republican Party is creating a big-money vehicle for the expected California recall election, the clearest indication yet that the national GOP is preparing to spend massive sums to oust Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom.
The Republican Governors Association has launched Recall Newsom! RGA Action, an entity that is allowed to raise and spend unlimited amounts of cash. Party officials say they envision it as a central hub into which major donors across the country will funnel their checks.
The new organization underscores how national party leaders are increasingly zeroing in on the recall, a cause around which they say the GOP can rally after a devastating 2020 election. While the Republican National Committee has spent $250,000 encouraging Californians to sign petitions to put the recall on the ballot, the American Conservative Union turned Newsom into a piñata at its recent annual conference. Conservative talk show host Sean Hannity and Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), staunch allies of former President Donald Trump, have made a public show of trying to lure Trump's former director of national intelligence, Ric Grenell, into the recall election.
Top Republicans have already begun reaching out to big givers. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, the RGA chair, and Dave Rexrode, the organization's executive director, held a call Wednesday evening with major donors to discuss the recall. Nearly a dozen of the party's top California-based bundlers were present on the call.
Recall leaders faced a Wednesday deadline for submitting the 1.5 million valid signatures needed to qualify the recall for the ballot. Organizers say they gathered far more signatures — nearly 2.1 million — than needed in order to give themselves a cushion given that the secretary of state's office is all but certain to deem some to be invalid. Election officials are expected to make a determination about whether a recall will go forward by the end of April.
Should it qualify, it would be the first time a sitting governor faced a recall since 2003, when then-Democratic Gov. Gray Davis was kicked out of office and replaced with actor and professional bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Republican. The ballot would ask two questions — whether Newsom should be removed from office and, in the event a majority agrees, who should replace him.
5 things you need to know about the Gavin Newsom recall
The new Republican entity is expected to focus its efforts on encouraging California's to vote yes on the first question, which will determine Newsom's fate.
But Newsom isn't likely to have any shortage of funds himself. The former San Francisco mayor and ex-lieutenant governor has established a massive donor network and has more than $20 million in the bank. Democrats earlier in the week launched Stop the Republican Recall, a group that, like the RGA's newly established vehicle, is allowed to raise and spend unlimited amounts.
Newsom in recent days has received public support from the likes of Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), who are likely to further energize the liberal donor base.
"There's been tremendous low-dollar grassroots interest, particularly in California and also across the country," said Dan Newman, a Newsom adviser.
David Turner, a spokesperson for the Democratic Governors Association, said in a statement that his organization would "help fight against this Republican recall with every tool at our disposal."
Huge sums are all but certain to be spent in the race, given California's size and its expensive media markets. The race is also expected to draw a number of wealthy candidates who will have the ability to pour in millions of dollars. Two already-announced Republican candidates, former Rep. Doug Ose and businessman John Cox, have a history of self-funding.
Republicans have already show they're willing to invest large amounts to unseat Newsom. The two leading pro-recall groups say they raised more than $4 million combined, organizers say, with big contributions received from the likes of Silicon Valley venture capitalist David Sacks and Beverly Hills real estate developer Geoff Palmer.


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Crocodile Museum at Kom Ombo Egypt
The small town of Kom Ombo is situated on the East side of the Nile, 45 kilometers to the North of the city of Aswan, about 800 kilometers to the South of Cairo, the capital of Egypt. Surrounded by fields of sugarcane and corn, Kom Ombo is a pleasant agriculture town that now hosts many Nubians that were displaced after when the water of the Nile flooded their hometowns after the construction of the Nasser Lake. The word "Kom" in Arabic means the small hill and the word "Ombo", in the Hieroglyphic ancient Egyptian language means the gold. Therefore, the word Kom Ombo, as a whole, means the hill of the gold. The word Ombo was actually originates from the Pharaonic word "Nbty" which is an adjective derived of the word Nebo that meant gold. During the Coptic period, the word was slightly changed to become Enbo and when the Arabic language became common in Egypt, the word became "Ombo". Egypt's first museum devoted exclusively to crocodiles was inaugurated in 2012 by Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim.
Crocodile Mummies
Crocodile Mummies. Crocodile Museum at Kom Ombo Egypt
Crocodile Mummy. Crocodile Museum at Kom Ombo Egypt
The museum displays 22 mummified crocodiles of various sizes out of forty to have been unearthed in Aswan. The crocodiles are arrayed on a sand hill inside a large glass showcase, allowing visitors to see how crocodiles passed their days in ancient Egypt. A collection of crocodile coffins and wooden sarcophagi, along with crocodile foetuses and eggs, are also on display, in addition to stelae and statues depicting the crocodile-god Sobek, bearing a human body and the head of a crocodile. Replicas of Sobek's original tombs and niches are also on display.
Crocodile Eggs
Crocodile Eggs and Fetuses. Crocodile Museum at Kom Ombo Egypt
Painted Crocodile Egg. Crocodile Museum at Kom Ombo Egypt
The association of Sobek's eggs with the act of creation made mummified crocodile eggs and fetuses a popular votive offering to the god. Crocodiles were seen as very fertile and virile creatures. The ancient Egyptians admired the males for their sexual prowess and the females for their fecundity, they lay between 25 and 80 eggs at a time. As parents they carefully guard their young and are fierce fighters. Often mothers take their infants into their mouth in order to protect them from prey. Thus Sobek, like an actual crocodile, was a creator as well as a guardian of the people.
Egyptian God Sobek
Sobek N372.2. Brooklyn Museum. Wikipedia
The God Sobek (also known as Suchos) is depicted either as a crocodile or as a crocodile headed man wearing a headdress of ram-horns topped by a sun disk into tall plumes. Crocodiles were both revered and feared as they had both benevolent and violence sides, and were extremely powerful creatures. The ancient Egyptians prayed to Sobek for protection, strength, and fertility, and also viewed him as a creator God. Sobek first appears in the Old Kingdom (2500 BCE) and was worshiped until the end of the Roman era (4th century CE). His cult became increasingly important during the middle Kingdom (2000 BCE) when he was worshiped extensively not only at Kom Ombo but also in the Fayam. Originally Sobek only protected his worshipers from crocodiles. Later he became known as the "Lord of the Waters" as the Egyptians believed that he had created the Nile from his sweat. In one Egyptian creation myth, Sobek appeared on the mound that arose from the primeval water called Nun and laid his eggs, beginning the process of creation. He was also known as the "Lord of the Inundation" perhaps because crocodiles were known to predict the height of the flood, as they always built their nests above the flood level. The inundation is also linked to another of Sobek titles, "He who made the plants green" are underlining his association with fertility and rebirth. In the New Kingdom Sobek replaced many of the aspects of Hapi.
Sobek-Re Statue. Crocodile Museum at Kom Ombo Egypt
Sobek-Re was associated with the sun god Re, both as his incarnation and as his guardian. Crocodiles were physically associated with the sun as these creatures clamber out of the dark water where they spend the night to bask on a sandbank throughout the day, only to return to the dark depths once again at dusk, mirroring the passage of the sun through the day and it's disappearance at night. Sobek is shown protecting Re during the sun gods trip through the land of the dead, helping to destroy and devour his enemy the great snake Apophis and his confederates, thus ensuring the sun with every day. Thus Sobek was venerated as one who restored this senses of the dead and protected them from the evil forces that attacked them as they traveled through the netherworld.
Amenhotep III and Sobek
Sobek offering an Ankh to Amenhotep III. Luxor Museum
Pharaoh Amenhotep III with a Solar Form of Sobek, likely Sobek-Horus. Luxor Museum, Luxor. Wikipedia
The Egyptians both respected and feared the power of the crocodile. The crocodile's ability to snatch and devour its prey was considered symbolic of the might of the pharaoh. Indeed the word sovereign was written with two crocodiles linking both the crocodile Sobek the God with the king. In times of need Sobek was thought to give the pharaoh strength and fortitude so that he might overcome all obstacles. Sobek was further tied to the king as in the myth concerning the god Osiris, with that of the afterworld, who was murdered by his brother Seth. Sobek carried the dead body of Osiris safely to the banks of the Nile, making Sobek the protector of the divine rulers. Amenhotep III felt a special bond to Sobek-Re and chose to be depicted with that god in particular. The king established this relationship in his mortuary temple at Kom el-Hettân in western Thebes by erecting a life size statue of a crocodile with a falcon head there. His temple also reflected the royal association with Sobek as god of the inundation, as it was annually flooded by the Nile, symbolic of the regeneration, fertility and rebirth of the pharaoh and the Nile. Thus the association of Sobek with Hapi who was not recognized as much during the reign of Amenhotep III. However, later in the New Kingdom Ramesses II elevated Hapi to once again become the God of the annual Nile flood. During Ptolemaic and Roman times Sobek-Re again achieved great prominence and prestige.
Votive Offering of the Priest Nebnefer, Crocodile Museum at Kom Ombo Egypt
This votive offering of the priest Nebnefer, shows a pair of crocodiles resting on a base that is decorated on all four sides. The object, offered to Sobek in a temple, dates to the reign of Amenhotep III (1410-1372 BCE), a king who was devoted to Sobek-Re. He is identified here with Sobek as well as the goddess Hathor. The front is carved in the form of the sistrum (percussion instrument) of Hathor, his wife in a version of the holy family, where Khonsu is their child. The hieroglyphics on the front are also a rebus writing for the king's throne name, Nebmaatre (The Lord of Truth is Re). The back shows two priestesses with sistra and the sides depict Nebnefer praising Sobek and the name of Amenhotep III.
Stelae to Sobek
Stela to Sobek. Crocodile Museum at Kom Ombo Egypt
Stelae (decorated stone slabs) often were given as votive offerings to the different forms of Sobek and erected in the temple or in the cemetery where the sacred crocodiles were buried. The stelae were carved with images of the God and the dedicator. Inscriptions giving the name of the devotee, and a short prayer to the God were also frequently carved on the stelae.
Stela to Sobek by Iy-hebnef. Crocodile Museum at Kom Ombo Egypt
This is a stella erected by Iy-hebnef at the Sobek Temple in Dahamsha near Luxor. The uppermost register shows Sobek and a goddess, the "Mistress of the Breeze" seated beneath the sacred Ima tree. An offering table is placed before Sobek, behind which Iy-hebnef's father Pla censes the gods, followed by Iy-hebnef in an attitude of prayer. Pla was the high priest of Sobek at Dahamsha. The second register shows Sobek, enthroned, being approched by a procession led by Pla and comprised of his family (Iy-hebnef, followed by Pla's mother Iya and Pla's wife, Tinet-nebu), all bringing offering to the God Sobek. The lowest part of the stela is inscribed with the dedicatory text of Iy-hebnef, who asks Sobek to favor and protect him.
Middle Kingdom (1991-1665 BCE) Kiman Farez, Fayum
Temples to Sobek are most common in the Fayum and at Kom Ombo, although chapels to that God are present in Gebel el-Silsilah as well as within other larger temples throughout Egypt. Al-Fayoum, located 62 miles southwest of Cairo, in the Faiyum Oasis, is the capital of the modern Faiyum Governorate. Originally called Shedet in Ancient Egypt, the Greeks called it Crocodilopolis or Krocodilopolis, the Romans Arsinoë. It is one of Egypt's oldest cities due to its strategic location. The entire Faiyum region – the "Land of the Lake" in Egyptian (specifically referring to Lake Moeris) – served as a cult center of Sobek. Most Faiyum towns developed their own localized versions of the god. This central panel from the middle Kingdom temple at Kiman Farez, seen above, shows an image of Sobek as a crocodile stretched out on a standard with two arms. It is flanked by two stelae depicting the God in his various forms, being worshiped by his devotees who give him offerings in exchange for his protection and blessing.
This is a small but very interesting museum. If you are visiting Kom Ombu, you should take the time to visit. If you are intrigued by Sobek, I highly suggest you check out the "Book of the Faiyum", a book known from multiple sources in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt. As always, I hope you enjoyed, please leave a message.
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Crocodile Museum Opening: http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/44/33460/Heritage/Museums/Crocodile-Museum-opens-in-Aswan.aspx
Book of the Faiyum: https://izi.travel/en/d902-egypt-s-mysterious-book-of-the-faiyum/en