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#WCOE in the Digital Economy, Q3 2020
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Splunk Needs to Earn the Trust Back
Splunk's quarterly result this week was a disappointment no matter how you look at it. The company missed almost all the key metrics: revenue growth, ARR, Cloud ARR, and RPO growth. The management uncharacteristically suggested a large number of deals failed to close on the quarter's final days. A more significant issue is the management's credibility was taking a massive hit. The company reassured its quarterly outlook and long-term plan in late October but pulled all the targets after only six weeks.
"you guys had an Analyst day not too long ago, and you reiterated longer-term targets... it's a bit surprising to hear you withdraw FY '23 targets altogether." -- Keith Bachman, Analyst of BMO
Splunk's Deceleration
Salesforce's Acquisition of Slack
Expanding Slack's enterprise footprint will be Salesforce's key focus to turn the firm's most expensive acquisition into real success. Execution is everything. The good thing is history (Tableau, Mulesoft, etc.) is on Marc Benioff's side.
"That's the game-changer. This is bigger than I've ever thought it could be. And when I looked at the companies from around the world, we're implementing Slack from the fastest growing start-ups to Fortune 500 companies and Starbucks and Target and HP and what they're doing, and then when we integrate that with the single source of truth, it's a supercharger. So, we already know more than 90% of Slack's enterprise customers are also Salesforce customers, but we also see how much further they can go." -- Marc Benioff, Chairman & CEO of Salesforce
Slack- # of Paid Customers and Growth
Slack: # of Paid Customers with $100k + ARR
Snowflake: All About Driving Higher Consumption
The hottest software IPO didn't let investors down in the first quarter out of the gate. The quarterly results demonstrated an impressive growth at scale: product revenue growth of 115% YoY, RPO growth of 240%, and an improving net revenue retention rate of 162%. The conservative revenue guidance only turned off the market for less than 24 hours. $SNOW's jaw-dropping valuation is at 103x EV/Sales now ($ZM: 35x; $COUP, 36x; $PLTR, 29x).
Snowflake has also expanded its product features during the quarter. The announced Snowpark allows users to code, implement workloads on the Snowflake platform directly. It will support unstructured data sets soon. The data-sharing feature has been gaining traction among users (23% of penetration rate). As the management reiterated and emphasized many times during the call: $SNOW is a consumption-based company. All they do is to drive higher consumption.
"Our entire business model, as we've said over and over, is based on consumption. So anything that drives consumption of our query engine and our platform accrues to our business model. So our whole strategy is driven to move the dial on consumption."-- Frank Slootman, CEO of Snowflake
Snowflake Best-In-Class RPO Growth
Intel Seeking Help From the Government, but That May Be the Wrong One to Ask
Intel CEO Bob Swan wrote an open letter to President-elect Joe Biden this week. Intel is the last leading-edge semiconductor manufacturer in the U.S. soil but is gradually losing its mojo given the hiccups in recent years. In the letter, Bob Swan called for increasing investments by the U.S. government into the domestic semiconductor industry, citing foreign government subsidies as a significant disadvantage.
"According to the Semiconductor Industry Association, the U.S. accounts for just 12% of global semiconductor production capacity, with more than 80% taking place in Asia. Rising costs and foreign government subsidies to national champions are a significant disadvantage for U.S. semiconductor companies that make substantial capital investments domestically. A national manufacturing strategy, including investment by the U.S. government in the domestic semiconductor industry, is critical to ensure American companies compete on a level playing field and lead the next generation of innovative technology."
However, Intel's recent struggle has nothing to do with a lack of money or investment. The company has been pouring money into capital spending and share buyback. The root of the problem is more the execution, and that's not a problem that can be solved by a subsidy by the U.S. government.
Intel Capex and Share Repurchase ($ Million)
Workday: Is Management Too Conservative?
The leading enterprise SaaS company ($WDAY) delivered a solid quarter on almost all metrics but gave a very conservative subscription revenue backlog (a leading indicator of revenue) guidance for the final quarter of the year. The market didn't take it well since whether the company can sustain its growth rate above 20%+ matters the most for investors at the moment. The second wave of COVID-19 seems taking a toll, but the slow adoption of financial management products could be the real trouble down the road.
"The question is, are we already at pre-COVID levels. We are not, ..., obviously, there is the second wave as well in front of us that is creating more near-term uncertainty, for which we do not know yet what is going to be the impact or how long it's going to take, basically, for all of us to get on the other side, right?" -- Chano Fernandez, Co-CEO of Workday
"But I do believe there are some bigger (financial management) projects that are being held off until post-pandemic. And so the idea of starting a big project at a Fortune 500 company, we're getting those, but probably not as much as I think we'll get post-pandemic." -- Aneel Bhusri, Co-CEO of Workday
Workday: Subscription Revenue Growth Deceleration
Agora: Strong Customer Addition Shadowed by Margin Weakness
"Our number of registered applications reached more than 240,000 at end of September, adding nearly 10,000 per month in Q3. Our number of active users reached more than 1,800, up 95% year-over-year. Outside of China, we continue to see strong demand for our real-time audio and video products in both mature use cases such as entertainment and gaming and emerging businesses such as education." -- Tony Zhao, CEO of Agora
Number of Active Customers of Agora
Agora Gross Margin (%)
Bilibili: An Emerging Player in Online Ads/Gaming With Golden Cohort
"There are about half of the young generation in China has been active on Bilibili, which is the golden cohort for brand advertisers, …, and at the same time, we continue to improve our advertising efficiencies, launching innovative ad product, …, and as our brand perception and brand power continue to increase, Bilibili has now become a must-invest platform across many advertisers. …, so as of 2020, we believe our advertising value has been widely recognized by our advertisers. As we look into 2021, we're quite confident to continue to carry out this positive growth momentum." -- Juliet Yang, Senior Director of IR of Bilibili
Bilibili's Strong Advertising Business
Bilibili's Ads Growing Faster than iQIYI
On the gaming side, $BILI is the main Android distributor in China for Genshin Impact, which generated the most mobile gaming revenue globally in October 2020.
"Our solid reputation, strong game operation capabilities, and high destiny gamers demographic have made Bilibili the gogo-to platform for 20 operating partners."
"In September, as the main Android partner in China, we began jointly operating the highly anticipated Genshin impact. The massive success of Genshin and our operation is another feather in our cap." -- Sam Fan, CFO of Bilibili
Top Mobile Games by Worldwide Revenue for October 2020
JD: The Pie is Big Enough in the Online Supermarket & Fresh Market
"In China, the traditional retailers in fresh food categories, the top 10 players, top 10 supermarket brands only take about 5% of the overall Chinese market." -- Lei Xu, CMO & CEO of JD Retail
"...(supermarket and fresh) this is a huge market, and we have seen a structural opportunity for this category, ..., we understand that there are many companies entering into the market. But we believe, by the end of the day, there will be quite a few players, and we don't have to compete head-to-head at this stage."-- Sandy Xu, CFO of JD
China's Supermarket & Fresh sales by Channels
Nvidia: RTX 30 Series Pushing Gaming Revenue Over $2 Billion for the First Time
"Starting with Gaming. Revenue was a record $2.27 billion, up 37% year-on-year, up 37% sequentially, and ahead of our high expectations. Driving strong growth was our new NVIDIA Ampere architecture-based GeForce RTX 30 Series of gaming GPUs.
..., First announced on September 1st and ranging in price from $499 to $1,499, these GPUs have generated amazing reviews and overwhelming demand. PC World called them 'staggeringly powerful' while Newegg cited 'more traffic than Black Friday.' Many of our retail and E-tail partners sold out instantly.
The RTX 30 series drove our biggest ever launch. While we had anticipated strong demand, it exceeded even our bullish expectations. Given industry-wide capacity constraints and long cycle times, it may take a few more months for product availability to catch up with demand." - Colette M. Kress, CFO of Nvidia
Nvidia Quarterly Gaming Revenue ($M)
AMD's Record-Setting Quarter
AMD delivered a blow-out quarterly result and outlook. The management is seeing a very healthy datacenter environment without any slowdown. The Xilinx acquisition makes sense. It's not about technology synergy between the two, but more about TAM expansion and complementary product portfolio + customers. We will judge the deal in three years by how successful they are in cross-selling and revenue synergy, especially in Xilinx's strong markets like communication and A&D.
If things work out, by the end of FY2021, AMD could be a company with 15B revenue, growing at 20%, with an FCF margin ~20%. 3B FCF generation and keeps growing, with net cash over 3B. By that time, they could be bigger than Intel in terms of market cap and start acquiring other datacenter related semi companies.AMD delivered a blow-out quarterly result and outlook.
"Our business accelerated in the third quarter, resulting in record quarterly revenue, with net income and EPS more than doubling year-over-year"
"We set a record for quarterly client processor revenue and believe we gained client CPU share for the 12th straight quarter"
"In mobile, we set records for both quarterly notebook processor unit shipments and revenue as OEM sell-through doubled year-over-year. We have the strongest notebook processor portfolio in our history"
"We set a record for quarterly server processor revenue as sales grew a double-digit percentage sequentially and more than doubled year-over-year
AMD Revenue by Segment
Twilio's Re-accelerating DBNER Highlights its Strengthening Value Proposition
Some takeaways from the earnings call:
"Our success is a testament to the value proposition that Twilio's platform offers businesses: digital engagement, software agility, and cloud scale." "The combination of Segment and Twilio means that we will be able to help any business make their customer engagement across every channel more personalized, timely, and impactful. This is an important step towards our vision of building the world's leading customer engagement platform." --- Jeffrey Lawson, CEO of Twilio
"We just saw a great performance kind of all around in terms of a number of our customers, segments, geography, products, …, two of the things that we have pointed out both at our Investor Day as well as today, we are continuing to see a reacceleration, if you will, in our Messaging business, and we feel great about the additional growth that we've been able to drive there." --- Khozema Shipchandler, CFO of Twilio
Twilio's Dollar-Based Net Expansion Rate (%)
NXP Returning to Growth as Automotive Quickly Rebound
"The past quarter has been more than a little surprising. Our automotive business came back much more quickly than we thought it would do, and we've seen real strength in the industrial and mobile end markets"
"Our third-quarter revenue performance was significantly better than planned. Relative to our guidance, we experienced material improvement across all of our end markets. We are pleased that the third quarter was also a return to improved year-on-year revenue performance providing a solid position to build from going into 2021" --- Peter Kelly, CFO of NXP
NXPI Revenue by End Markets ($ Million)
ServiceNow's Growth Is Bound to Re-Accelerate
The increasing importance of enterprise workflow automation helps the company grow the top-line, with a broader portfolio of products.
"Before I move to guidance, I want to give a brief update on the trends we are seeing in our business. Overall, we see strong momentum heading into the last quarter of the year. The highly affected industries we outlined earlier in the year, which represented about 20% of our business and include areas such as transportation, hospitality, retail, and energy, continue to see macro headwinds but remain steady customers of ServiceNow. We closed 6 new deals over $1 million in these affected industries. And while we do expect some headwinds in severely impacted industries like airlines, renewals of existing customers have remained very strong."
"We've also seen very healthy payment terms and DSOs. Collections have been strong, …, and we expect that trend to continue into Q4."
"Our pipeline generation has remained robust, and our pipeline coverage ratio for the remainder of the year gives us confidence in our ability to deliver a strong finish to 2020." --- Gina Mastantuono, CFO of ServiceNow
ServiceNow: Growth Measures (%, YoY)
Amazon's Hiring Spree
"We're able to meet the heightened demand in Q3 because we opened up more network capacity, particularly in our transportation network. First, we hired a lot more people to support the strong customer demand. We welcomed 250,000 permanent full-time and part-time employees just in Q3 and have already added about 100,000 more in the first month of Q4." --- Brian Olsavsky, CFO of Amazon
Amazon Total Number of Employees
Amazon's Still Underappreciated Third-Party Seller Services
Amazon's "third-party sellers services," mostly fulfillment by Amazon (FBA), is now a $20.4 billion business growing at 55% YoY. What's more impressive is that its growth has been accelerating since FQ1'19 from 20% YoY. Amazon has spent heavily on building out warehouses: "assets acquired under operating leases" increased 175% YoY to $6.1B in Q3.
The company expected to grow fulfillment and logistics network square footage by approximately 50% this year, including significant additions to the fulfillment centers and transportation facilities. "The majority of these buildings opened in late Q3 and into Q4. About half of this square footage growth will be on the transportation side to the opening of more sorting centers and delivery stations."
The third-party sellers' services' scale has surpassed all other logistics giants globally, whether it's the 1st party or 3rd party business model.
Amazon Third-Party Seller Services Growth
Amazon's Heavy Spending on Warehouses ($, BIn)
Amazon 3rd-Party Seller Services vs. Other Logistics Giants
Delayed iPhone 12 Launch Weighs on Revenue
"Greater China is the region that was most heavily impacted by the absence of the new iPhones during the September quarter." --- Tim Cook, CEO of Apple
iPhone Revenue & Y/Y Growth
Apple's China Revenue & Y/Y Growth
Online Advertising Recovering, Google Trailing Facebook
Judging by the YoY incremental growth of the advertising business at Google and Facebook.
"So overall, we're pleased at the degree to which advertisers really have reactivated their budgets in the third quarter. And they're reacting in part to, I think, evidence that consumers are showing strong demand across nearly all verticals. It's everything from home and garden to computer to work from home." - Ruth Porat, CFO of Alphabet
The acceleration in advertising revenue growth from Q2 to Q3 was largely driven by strong advertiser demand resulting from the accelerated shift from off-line to online commerce that we saw in connection with the pandemic. We are seeing particular strength among small- and medium-sized businesses." --- Dave Wehner, CFO of Facebook
YoY Incremental Advertising Dollar ($, Billions)
5G Transition Starts to Drive Smartphone Semiconductor Growth Acceleration
Qualcomm, Skyworks, and Qorvo all reported their earnings last week, delivering a consistent message: smartphone semiconductor growth is accelerating, thanks to 5G.
"We're seeing a different set of drivers for revenue growth than units. It's driven by 4G to 5G transition, driving more RF front-end content." -- Akash Palkhiwala, CFO of Qualcomm
"In Mobile Products, the transition of 5G is fueling a shift from discrete products to higher-value content, including integrated modules in flagship and mass-market 5G smartphones." -- Robert A. Bruggeworth, CEO of Qorvo
"We have very strong content increase and content gain as 5G being introduced in the phones, it's adding a lot more complexity. It's adding new bands, which are being layered on top of the existing 2G, 3G, 4G technology and that adds a lot of complexity." -- Kris Sennesael, CFO of Skyworks
5G Driving Smartphone Semiconductor Growth Acceleration
Qualcomm Becoming One of the Largest RF Suppliers in the World
"In fiscal '20, we delivered $2.4 billion of RF front-end revenue, up 60% year-over-year. Qualcomm is now one of the largest RF suppliers with design wins across all our premium-tier smartphone customers and with a long-term road map to continue to grow our RF leadership as 5G is adopted in other industries." -- Steven Mollenkopf, CEO of Qualcomm
RF-Front End Revenue ($M)
AliCloud Near Breakeven With Huge Growth Potential
"AliCloud's revenue grew 60% primarily driven by growth in the Internet, finance and retail industry customers' contribution, and the penetration rate of AliCloud among China -- Chinese-listed companies continued to increase, and ARPU growth accelerated, too." -- Maggie Wu, CFO of Alibaba
"Alibaba Cloud is expected to turn profitable by the end of this fiscal year. We believe cloud computing is a fundamental infrastructure in the digital area, but it is still in the early stage of growth. We are committed to further increasing our investments in cloud computing." -- Daniel Zhang, CEO of Alibaba
AliCloud Revenue (RMB, BIn) and Operating Margin
T-Mobile: Blockbuster Subscriber Net Adds
T-Mobile also delivered a strong quarter even after retiring the Sprint brand, during which It added 2.04 million new customers (vs. estimate of 839K). Here are some key takeaways from Mike Sievert, CEO of T-Mobile, in the earnings call.
"We delivered the biggest subscriber growth in our history, with over two million total net additions. This is our 23rd consecutive quarter leading the industry, and this quarter, we delivered more than AT&T and Verizon combined. We've now surpassed 100 million total customers, and we're pulling further ahead of AT&T as the nation's number two wireless provider."
"Churn went down with the best year-over-year churn performance in our industry for postpaid phones."
"We expect to realize over $1.2 billion of synergies in 2020, way ahead of our plans, and we're only a few months."
U.S. Carriers' Post-Paid Net Adds (Thousand)
U.S. 5G Deployment Update
Carriers all beat expectations amid pandemic, and they expect 5G to help them expand the total addressable market going forward.
1. Verizon: "Ultra Wideband" and "MEC." According to Hans Vestberg, CEO of Verizon:
"We continue our expansion on the Ultra Wideband, and we took a leapfrog with 19 more cities, and we are now 55 cities for mobility with 43 stadiums and 7 airports."
"We now have 5 Mobile Edge Compute centers together with Amazon. We also announced that Microsoft is now joining also on the mobile edge compute as well, with a focus on the private side of the 5G Mobile edge compute."
2. T-Mobile: "2.5 GHz." According to Mike Sievert, CEO of T-Mobile:
"We now have 2.5 GHz deployed in over 400 cities and towns, covering over 30 million Americans. And we're targeting more than 1,000 cities and towns, covering 100 million people with our mid-band high-capacity 5G coverage by year-end."
3. Accelerated Capex for 5G roll-out.
"And importantly, we also accelerated Capex spending, as Neville and team are running at full speed ahead on our synergy-driven network build." -- Mike Sievert, CEO of T-Mobile
"We expect our full-year Capex to be at the upper-end of our $17.5 billion to $18.5 billion guidance." -- Matthew Ellis, CFO of Verizon
Selected Carrier's Capex Spending ($, Million)
Square: Is Cash App Business Account the New Growth Engine?
"Cash App Business GPV, which is composed primarily of Cash for Business volumes as well as a small piece from peer-to-peer funded by credit card, Cash App business GPV was $2.9 billion, as you noted about 9% of Square's total reported GPV and we see transaction revenue here about $81 million, both of those metrics were up more than 300% year-over-year in the quarter. We monetize Cash of Business at 2.75% of volumes." -- Amrita Ahuja, CFO of Square
"What's different about Cash of Business, of course, it's all digital and allows those sellers to manage their business through peer-to-peer transactions through their cash tag and it also provides them higher weekly limits and relevant tax reporting forms." -- Jack Dorsey, CEO of Square
Square Cash App for Business GPV ($, Million)
PinDuoDuo: Online Agriculture Becomes the Next Growth Driver
$PDD delivered a better-than-expected quarterly result last week, lessening investors' concerns about the balance of growth and profitability. The management still prioritizes investment in growth areas, particularly in "DuoDuo Maicai," its online fresh grocery platform.
"Post-pandemic, we have noticed that consumer habit of grocery shopping in a wet market or supermarket are shifting. Many of our users have shifted to online channels for their daily staples. Pinduoduo has also become China's largest online platform for agricultural products by enabling direct selling from farms to the dining table." -- Chen Lei, CEO of PDD
"We see a bright future for agriculture in China. We generated RMB136 billion of GMV in this category in 2019 and expected it hit RMB250 billion this year. Consumers have come to identify PDD as the go-to-platform for agriculture goods." -- David Liu, VP of Strategy
Fresh Grocery Market: So Large, So Under-penetrated
Tencent vs. Alibaba: Virtual Economy Surpassing Real Economy?
Tencent posted a blockbuster growth of gaming revenue in 2020, after two years (2018 to 2019) of sluggish performance due to stringent government regulation. The total gaming revenue grew 42% in the latest quarter, and the mobile gaming revenue topped 60% YoY growth for three consecutive quarters. The channel renegotiation boosted gaming profitability even further.
Tencent gaming is now three-quarters of the size of Alibaba's core eCommerce business (Taobao+Tmall) but growing twice as fast. So here is the question: as a society, are we closer to the inflection point where the virtual economy is larger than the real one?
"We have been in the process of negotiating the kind of revenue shares to what we think are more sustainable levels, and that has and will continue to flow through over time into our game margins." - James Mitchell, Chief Strategy Officer of Tencent
Tencent's Mobile Gaming Business
Tencent Gaming vs. Alibaba eCommerce ($, BIn)
Disney: Transforming Into a Streaming Business With Theme Parks
Some highlights from $DIS's recent quarterly result: DTC business continued to grow, suspending dividends to support streaming investments, and the intra-company content licensing reached a $6B annual run rate.
"We launched Disney+, and it has quickly exceeded our highest expectations. Disney+ had more than 73 million paid subscribers, far surpassing our expectations in just its first year." -- Bob Chapek, CEO of Disney
"As part of that commitment and given limited visibility due to COVID and our decision to prioritize investment in our DTC initiatives, the Board has decided to forego payment of a semi-annual dividend in January 2021." -- Christine McCarthy, CFO of Disney
Disney: # of OTT Subscribers (millions)
Disney: Intra-company Content Licensing ($, BIn)
Datadog: Land and Expand, Rinse and Repeat
"Our powerful land-and-expand model continues to be driven by both usage growth of existing products as well as the cross-selling to our newer solutions. In the third quarter, we saw continued strength in our platform strategy, with over 70% of our customers using 2 or more products and about 20% of our customers now using 4 or more products, up from only 7% a year ago. Continued product traction is being driven by adoption in the initial land as well as strong cross-selling." -- David M. Obstler, CFO of Datadog
Datadog: Land...
Datadog: ...and expand
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Mikie Sherrill received a warm welcome from a packed audience of enthusiastic Democrats as she brought her campaign to Jefferson Township on Sunday afternoon.
The candidate for New Jersey's 11th Congressional District, U.S. House of Representatives, was in town on September 23 to meet residents who came out to phone bank and canvass in support of her candidacy.
The event, part of a district-wide "Day of Action," was organized by the local Democratic organization, which is under the leadership of Christine Clarke, Democratic Committee chair.
Sherrill addressed her concerns for residents of both the 11th District and New Jersey in general, which included the deteriorated condition of the state's infrastructure. She also stressed her belief that all residents deserve quality, affordable healthcare.
In discussing the condition of New Jersey's roads, bridges, and highways, she noted that most of the state's workers are commuters. "It can take them up to two hours just to get to work," she said, adding that it was an unacceptable reality.
Malloy emphasized that his major concern regarding township government, which has been without a Democratic voice in nearly two decades, is lack of transparency. In reading three years' worth of town council meeting minutes, he could find no in-depth information about governance. "We are just getting summaries of what is going on. The information is vague," Malloy said, stressing that the township deserves bipartisan representation.
The event included about an hour of socializing and mingling with Sherrill, who stayed to meet one-on-one with residents, answering questions and listening to concerns. Some 40 residents remained following the event to canvass and phone bank for Sherrill.
"It's been a positive year here," Clarke commented. "As I have been knocking on doors, folks have been paying attention, are interested, and glad to have their votes requested," she added.
Maria Weiskott is a Jefferson Township resident and a forty year veteran of the publishing profession. An award-winning journalist and editor, she served in top managerial positions at numerous business-to- business newspapers and magazines including Reed Elsevier and Fairchild Publications. Early in her career she operated a local newspaper in the Passaic Valley towns of Little Falls, Totowa and the former West Paterson. Following retirement, she launched a "ghostblogging" service that provides social networking update and blogging services for small and medium sized businesses. Maria travels widely with her husband and is a passionate photographer. She can be reached at maria.weiskott@thejeffersonchronicle.com.


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How many heavens do we have according to the Bible?
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What does heavens mean in the Bible?
What are the 7 heavens in the Bible?
Where are the 3 heavens mentioned in the Bible?
What are the 3 levels of heaven?
What is the difference between heaven and heavens?
What did Jesus say about heaven?
Did Moses go to heaven?
How many people can go to heaven?
How many hells are there?
Why was Book of Enoch removed from the Bible?
In religious or mythological cosmology, the seven heavens refer to seven levels or divisions of the Heavens (Heaven).
The fourth heaven is the world of positive souls. They have a positive system of beliefs. They follow love, peace, and truth. … The fifth heaven is the first world of light.
It is primarily God's dwelling place in the biblical tradition: a parallel realm where everything operates according to God's will. Heaven is a place of peace, love, community, and worship, where God is surrounded by a heavenly court and other heavenly beings.
To each of the seven heavens corresponds one of the seven classical planets known in antiquity. Ancient observers noticed that these heavenly objects (the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn) moved at different paces in the sky both from each other and from the fixed stars beyond them.
A third concept of Heaven, also called shamayi h'shamayim (שׁמי השׁמים or "Heaven of Heavens"), is mentioned in such passages as Genesis 28:12, Deuteronomy 10:14 and 1 Kings 8:27 as a distinctly spiritual realm containing (or being traveled by) angels and God.
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According to this vision, all people will be resurrected and, at the Final Judgment, will be assigned to one of three degrees of glory, called the celestial, terrestrial, and telestial kingdoms.
As nouns the difference between heaven and heavens
is that heaven is the sky, specifically : while heavens is (often with 'the') : the distant sky of the sun, moon, and stars.
Jesus taught his followers to pray: "Thy kingdom come on earth as in heaven." From as early as the third century, some Christian teachers tried to blend this with types of the Platonic belief, generating the idea of "leaving earth and going to heaven," which became mainstream by the Middle Ages.
In another exegesis, Moses had ascended to the first heaven until the seventh, even visited Paradise and Hell alive, after he saw the Divine vision in Mount Horeb.
Based on their understanding of scriptures such as Revelation 14:1-4, Jehovah's Witnesses believe that exactly 144,000 faithful Christians go to heaven to rule with Christ in the kingdom of God.
The Bhagavata Purana, the Vishnu Purana and the Devi Bhagavata Purana enlist and describe 28 hells; however, they end the description by stating that there are hundreds and thousands of hells.
The Book of Enoch was considered as scripture in the Epistle of Barnabas (16:4) and by many of the early Church Fathers, such as Athenagoras, Clement of Alexandria, Irenaeus and Tertullian, who wrote c. 200 that the Book of Enoch had been rejected by the Jews because it contained prophecies pertaining to Christ.
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Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa said on Friday he would resign if there are any proved "irregularities" in a signed contract between the Ecuadorian government and an international oil giant.
After the takeover ceremony of General Commander of the Navy in Guayaquil, Correa said he would let the Ecuadorian people decide if he can stay in office if an "anomaly" accusation against his eldest brother or any officer in the contract deal is proved.
"If it is proved that the government influenced or was influenced in a dishonest way to give that contract to the company Ivanhoe Energy, my charge will be at the disposal of the Ecuadorian people," Correa said.
The state-owned Petroecuador and Ivanhoe Energy Ecuador signed a contract on Oct. 8, 2008, to exploit and refine oil in the Pungarayacu field for 30 years in the Amazon province of Napo.
This project will give the state more than 40 billion U.S. dollars in profits.
The agreement involves the transformation of heavy oil into light oil through a technology developed by Ivanhoe Energy, which takes the investment risk of some 4.2 billion dollars in 30 years.
Jack J. Grynberg, president of Ecuadorian company Cotundo Minerales S.A., had filed a lawsuit against Fabricio Correa, the president's brother, at a district court in Colorado, the United States.
Grynberg said that Fabricio had demanded money and gifts as payments to speed up the grant of a piece of land, owned partly by his company, to Ivanhoe Energy.


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Some other substantial reason – Leach v OFCOM
27th August 2012 /in News /by Nicola Brown
The Court of Appeal recently considered a case about the dismissal of an employee by OFCOM and whether this was justified (Leach v Office of Communications). The case gives guidance on dismissals for "some other substantial reason" and the process an employer needs to follow in order to fairly dismiss for this reason.
OFCOM dismissed Mr Leach following receipt of information that he may have been involved in sex offences against children in Cambodia. The information was provided by way of a limited disclosure from a specialist Metropolitan Police unit. OFCOM asked questions and requested clarification of certain points in the disclosure (because the allegations were unproven) before ultimately inviting Mr Leach to a disciplinary hearing. Following the hearing, OFCOM made the decision to dismiss Mr Leach for a breakdown in mutual trust and confidence.
The Employment Rights Act 1996 refers to five reasons for fair dismissal; one of these is "some other substantial reason of a kind as to justify dismissal," often shortened to SOSR. The dismissal in this case was said by OFCOM to be a SOSR dismissal.
The initial judgment on the case by an Employment Tribunal ruled that the dismissal was justified and the Employment Appeal Tribunal agreed with that judgment. Mr Leach appealed to the Court of Appeal, arguing that he had not been found guilty of any offences and it was not reasonable for OFCOM to have terminated his employment.
The Court of Appeal also agreed with the Employment Tribunal judgment and stressed that OFCOM had followed a fair procedure by adopting a critical and questioning stance of the disclosure, allowing Mr Leach an opportunity to have his say and conducting even further investigation upon appeal. The Employment Tribunal was therefore correct to agree that the dismissal was within the range of reasonable responses for OFCOM.
The judgment by the Court of Appeal made it clear that an employer in receipt of information from a third party must establish for itself as far as reasonably practicable, the reliability of the information given and the integrity of the third party informant. There should not be a knee-jerk reaction. The employer should also consider the likely effect of disclosure and whether there was evidence of a pressing need for the disclosure to have been made.
The Court went on to stress that SOSR is not a catch-all reason for employers who cannot find a more conventional reason for a dismissal. The reason has to be 'substantial' and also a fair process must be followed in all circumstances. SOSR dismissals are extremely fact-specific and legal advice should always be sought in circumstances where a SOSR dismissal is being contemplated. In this case, the process followed by OFCOM was commended and being an authority that came under regular media scrutiny, the risk to their public reputation if they did not dismiss was found to have been high.
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Q: Can't update Developer Tools on Mojave Hello,

This question is about the Command Line Developer Tools that are usually installed with xcode-select --install and updated via a software update from the Mac App Store (at least until macOS 10.13). I use the developer toolchain on a daily basis and it has always worked and updated without issues.

Today I've updated my mac from High Sierra 10.13.6 to Mojave 10.14.1, and I've lost the ability to update the Developer Tools.

After the update I've executed a terminal command that relies on the developer tools being installed. It was a command to update Homebrew, although I don't think that the specifics matter, as I believe that any task that tried to access the developer tools would have triggered the same error message.

The error was:

xcrun: error: invalid active developer path (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools), missing xcrun at: /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/xcrun

The phrasing was new (maybe), but I thought that it was caused by the usual need to re-install the Developer Tools after some macOS updates.

Later I tried to dig a bit deeper into the failure, and found out that:
$ ls -l /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/total 0drwxr-xr-x  3 root  admin  96  4 Nov 19:32 share$ which xcrun/usr/bin/xcrun$ xcode-select -p/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools

Still, as I normally do, I entered the command to install and update the Developer Tools in the terminal:
xcode-select --install

This started the usual procedure: modal window to confirm, then request to accept the license agreement, followed by a progress bar. Except that it failed very quickly with an unexpected error:

Can't install the software because it is not currently available from the Software Update server.

I've tried several times, to no avail. It gets always stuck.

Sometimes, however, the failure causes the System Preferences to report a pending update:

If I open that preference panel it starts searching for updates, and it always finds nothing except the first time that it happened. The first time, it found this:

It literally suggested me to install the updates for macOS 10.11 and 10.13. I have no idea why.
I closed the preference without installing, and as I said it hasn't shown them again. There is also no update available in new Mac App Store.

Is this a known issue? Is there any way to resolve the problem?

Update
Of course I can download the Dev Tools for macOS 10.14 installer from https://developer.apple.com/download/more/.
Before installing them manually, though, I'm wondering if there is anything that's broken with the system.

A: I faced the same problem. The way I have solve the issue is given below.

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*I got the new xcode 10.1 from App Store. Though the problem existed.

*Then I run xcode-select --install which didn't work.

*I update my homebrew by brew update. Than I run sudo xcode-select --reset.

Now it works fine.

A: I'm the original poster. In the end I resolved the problem by installing the tools manually, with the installer I downloaded from https://developer.apple.com/download/more/.

A: I had the same problem. It started to work without doing nothing special.
I only run the following commands:
xcode-select -print-path
then
cd /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/share/man
finally
whatis xcode-select
after that I was able again to run commands like git etc.

A: FWIW here's what helped me:

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*Uninstall Homebrew completely (see FAQ).

*sudo xcode-select --reset (thanks for the idea @Boka!).

*Install Homebrew again (see brew.sh).

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Home / Cities / Samara / The "Samara Space" Museum and Exhibition Centre
The "Samara Space" Museum and Exhibition Centre – a place for exploring the cradleland of Russia's cosmic power.
A life-sized rocket of the "Samara Space" Museum and Exhibition Centre
In fact, that Samara was one of the main centres for USSR's Aerospace Programme. It was in Kuibyshev (former city's name of the Soviet time) that "Vostok" rocket was built, in which the flight operation into the outer space was carried out for the first time in the whole history of human beings. It was here in Samara that the aerospace might and authority of the Soviet Union was established and had been sustained.
The rocket and building of the "Samara Space" Museum and Exhibition Centre
The Museum and Exhibition Centre itself serves as a basement to hold a life-sized missile (R-7). The rocket was manufactured for the training of Soviet Aerospace Troops in early 80s. After almost decades of its continuous usage it was given back to the factory where it was assembled, then all the instruments and equipment was removed and, finally, a real rocket prototype was obtained. The monument was unveiled in 2001 marking the 40th anniversary of the first manned flight operation and scientific mission into the open space. The rocket is almost 70 meters high, and its weight is more than 20 tons with its basement construction that is 3.5 times heavier. The monument shortly got well-known and then "Samara Space" Museum and Exhibition Centre was made open to public on 12 April 2007, where the legacy of rocket and missile engineering is presented. The exhibition includes the real large-scale products of space industry: the descent vehicles Yantar 4K-1, Resurs F-1, models of liquid rocket engines RD-108 and NK-33 for the N1 space rocket complex. Quite soon the museum become a mandatory thing to see in almost every tourist program. No doubt, the "Samara Space" Museum and Exhibition Centre is one of the most uncommon and stunning sights of the city.
The "Samara Space" Museum and Exhibition Centre at night


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1957 Topps Bill Russell #77 PSA EX-MT 6. The University of San Francisco won two consecutive NCAA basketball titles in 1955 and 1956. The U.S. men's basketball team took home the gold medal during the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. From 1959 through 1966 the Boston Celtics won eight straight tiles. All three had one uncommon man in common - 6 foot, 10 inch center William Felton Russell. Only six others have won an NCAA Championship, NBA Championship, and Olympic Gold. The Celtics would win three more championships during his tenure and this was an era when other greats like Jerry West, Oscar Robertson and Wilt Chamberlain entered into the league. In 1967 his status as player/coach made him the first African-American coach in NBA history.
Graded PSA EX-MT 6. Our offered card is his rookie card from the 1957 Topps series. It is one of the most significant cards in the hobby. Rich hues, a pair of near-mint corners, a bright white border, and shiny gloss all described our coveted card, one rated for vertical centering.


Maybe a naive question: But how could the immigrants of maybe 70 or 80 years between ~1840 and 1920 clearly outnumber those of more than 300 years of immigration from England between the 1600s and 1900s?
I also wonder how this is counted. Many Americans have to classify as of both German and British or Scandinavian or whatever heritage as we have 150 or more years of interbreeding by now.


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Anyone who was expecting a political battle royal at last night's West New York Board of Commissioners meeting, the last one before the May 14th municipal elections, was not disappointed as both sides let it all hang out.
Gearing up for Earth Day at the end of April, more than 20 students from the North Bergen High School Environmental Club gathered on a warm spring Monday to clean up bags and bags of trash from 3701 Tonnelle Avenue, leaving a much cleaner space.
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First day of the week: low temperatures in central and northern Europe.
During the weekend and today temperatures have dropped in central Europe and northern Europe, with 'freezing' conditions in some areas.
The minimum temperatures observed this morning (Figure1) are well below 0 °C mostly everywhere in central and northern Europe, with values between -5/-10 °C especially in Germany, Alpine region and Czech republic; in some areas (central Germany and in the Alps) values between -10/-15 °C are observed.
Moving north towards Scandinavia, temperatures are well below -20 °C, with peaks of -30/-35 °C especially between Sweden and Finland.
Cold conditions are also occurring in Russia and E Europe, instead moving towards the Mediterranean region and the Atlantic coast temperatures tend to increase, with values above 0 °C mostly everywhere. The warmest conditions are observed in S Greece, Cyprus and S Spain, with minimum temperatures between 10/15 °C in some areas.
The afternoon has seen still very cold temperatures in central/northern Europe, with numerous cities observing maximum temperatures below 0 °C (Figure2), instead moving southward and westward temperatures have been milder, with values above 10 °C especially in Portugal, S Spain and E Mediterranean.
Figure2. Maximum temperatures observed today (source: Meteociel).
The low temperatures observed in central Europe are due to the combination of the cold air, moved southward last week, with a high-pressure system (Figure3) settled on central Europe since this past weekend. Thus, the cold air is 'trapped' at surface causing temperature inversion (temperatures in the free atmosphere around 1500 m a.s.l are 'warmer' than at surface) and fog/low clouds.
Looking on the Atlantic, a low pressure system is moving towards the UK, leading Polar maritime air to move south-eastward (notice the scattered clouds).
Scandinavia and Russia are reached by very cold air coming from Siberia, which is moving southward towards central Russia (see the cold front, band of clouds, from Sweden to central Russia).
Finally, in the Mediterranean region settled conditions occur on the Iberian peninsula (positioned on the warmer side of the anticylone); in Italy a weak low-pressure system is causing overcast conditions and rainfall especially along the peninsula and finally, in the E Mediterranean, showers are occurring mainly in Turkey.
Figure3. Satellite image of today. I have coloured in blue the Polar maritime air, in purple the Polar continental and in yellow the high pressure. Notice the fog/low clouds in central Europe. (source: Sat24).
The next days will see colder air towards the UK and W Europe, with showers and snow at low levels especially between tomorrow and Thursday, with the high-pressure moving eastward towards Russia.
The cold air will move towards the central Mediterranean region, causing the development of a deep low pressure system between Spain and Italy which will bring rain, strong winds and snow (at low-medium levels) along the Italian peninsula and in N Spain; some snow should fall also in the Po valley and Alpine region.
Later in the week, the low pressure system will move towards Greece and the Balkans causing unsettled weather.
In Central and N Europe instead, the weather will be nice (but still cold), with some snow showers especially mainly between central Sweden and Finland.
In conclusion, it will be a very interesting week, because of the presence of different air masses on the continent and possibility of snow at low levels in numerous areas.
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If we look at the satellite imagery of today (Figure1) we can see different weather conditions across the continent.
Between the UK and Scandinavia we can see the cold air coming from the Arctic, visible for the scattered cumulus clouds on the N Sea caused by instability (ocean surface is warmer than the air mass, thus the warm air lifts up in the atmosphere and condenses forming clouds and precipitation); these are causing scattered showers (mainly snow) in Scotland and E England, as well as a decrease in temperatures in the UK, Norway and N France.
On the west (in N Atlantic) a deep low-pressure system (989 hPa) is moving towards Ireland, though it will weaken before reaching the coast (between tomorrow and Saturday), so no severe event is expected.
On the southern part of this cyclone, less clouds and calm conditions are due to a high-pressure west of Spain, which is leading to a warm air advection from mid-Atlantic towards the Iberian peninsula (maximum values of +14/+17 °C today between Portugal and S Spain).
Instead, from E Spain to the Baltic region, a long and narrow tail of clouds stands for a cold front moving southeastward (causing rainfall and snow between France, N Italy and the Alpine region ); this is simply the front of the arctic air mass which is 'pushing' towards central-southern Europe.
Moving eastward, we can see how between S Italy, the Balkans and Turkey the weather conditions are 'calm', with clear skies (notice the snow at the ground between Greece, Serbia and Romania). Here, a high-pressure is causing settled (and relatively) mild conditions (maximum temperatures between +12/+15 °C in S Greece and Turkish coast).
On the northern side of the anticyclone, we can see another band of clouds (between Ukraine and Russia) which is related to a warm front moving eastward and causing snow at ground level (due to the negative temperatures at surface).
The warm front in E Europe and the cold front in central Europe are related to a deep low-pressure system (976 hPa) positioned between the Baltic sea and S Finland. This is causing intense snowfall in the area and quite strong winds on the Baltic sea, and it is leading to very cold air from NE Russia towards central Scandinavia, where temperatures close or below -30 °C are observed.
Figure1. Satellite imagery of today. I have added the different type of air masses and weather systems. Tropical maritime air (yellow), high pressure (orange), Polar Maritime air (purple), Arctic air (blue) and Polar continental air (dark blue). (Source: Sat24).
Thus, today has been fascinating on a meteorological point of view, and also the next days will be interesting due to the fast change in the weather conditions over Europe.
UK (but not only): Beast from the east? Attention to the 'fake' news.
In the last few days numerous news stories have reported the possibility of a very cold spell in the UK (usually called 'the Beast from the East') with snow and very low temperatures which should occur from this weekend.
However, up to now, the ensemble models are not seeing any of these dramatic freezing events (not only in the UK , but also in Europe), but only cold spells which can occur during every winter. In fact, in order to be as cold as last year (when, between February and March, for more than 10 days very low temperatures and snow where observed both in southern and central Europe), the air mass should come straight from Siberia/NE Russia where the coldest temperatures are observed (usually between -30 °C/-50 °C). Thus, the type of air should be Polar Continental (that is coming from the polar region, originating on land), which is the coldest in Europe and can cause snow and low temperatures also in the Mediterranean Region (e.g. in February 2018 between 10-15 cm of snow fell in Rome).
This week instead, even if colder air will move towards the UK and Central Europe, it will mostly come from the Arctic (Figure1). Thus, it will bring snow showers (especially in Scotland and N. England between tomorrow night and Thursday), but no severe event is expected.
Figure1. Synoptic chart for Thursday afternoon. I have added (blue arrow) the direction of the air mass (from the Arctic) and the areas where snow showers are likely in the UK (blue stars). Finally, notice the 528 dam line over Scotland and E. England which shows how snow can be possible at low levels. (Source: Met Office).
It will be a normal cold spell (as usually occurs in January), with snow at low levels and frost (the latter especially in the mainland between Thursday afternoon and Friday morning).
Temperatures will be only few degrees below 0°C during the night on Thursday (-2/-4 °C in some areas), and above 0 °C during the day mostly everywhere (0/+4 °C).
In addition, already from Friday afternoon, the arctic air will be replaced by a 'milder' polar maritime air mass from the N Atlantic, which will cause an increase in temperatures (especially in Wales, N Ireland and W England), with values above 0 °C mostly everywhere; snow will be replaced by rain except in Scotland (mainly Highlands) and N England (Pennines).
Finally, for the next week, air from N Atlantic is still expected, with cold (and wet) conditions at times, but without causing freezing temperatures and deep snow as shouted recently. It will be simply winter.
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Since Wednesday cold air from E. Europe has caused a decrease in temperatures along the peninsula, with values below the average (especially in central-southern Italy). The cold air, moving above the Adriatic sea, is causing snow on the eastern side of Italy, with more than 1 metre of snow in some areas on the Appennines (e.g. Capracotta in Molise). Some snow has reached also the coast (especially between Abruzzo and Puglia), with few centimetres on the beaches. Snow has also fallen in Sicily at low levels.
Meanwhile, in the north, bright conditions are occurring, with strong winds especially on the Alps, which have caused some wildfires between Veneto and Lombardia due to the very dry conditions (also some were caused by human activities).
Today has been the coldest of the year so far (and since the start of the winter in the south). In fact, both minimum and maximum temperatures are below the average mostly everywhere (Figure1). Negative values have been observed in the mainland along the peninsula, with peaks of -5/-8 °C on the Po Valley and Tuscany, and below -10 °C on the Alps. The maximum temperatures have been below 10 °C mostly everywhere, except in Liguria and Sardinia.
Figure1. Maximum (top) and minimum (bottom) temperatures observed today in Italy. (Source: Meteociel).
The interesting thing has been, as said previously, the snow along the coast of the Adriatic sea. This event is quite unusual (though it can happen every few years) and it is due to the Adriatic sea effect: very cold air (from the Balkans) moves above the warmer sea (picking up moisture), and pushes against the Appennines condensing and leading to precipitation. If the column of air is cold enough (like today), snow can fall also along the coast.
For this reason the snow observed today was significant, because the continuous flow of air from N.E. has led to precipitation on the same areas.
The situation is clearly visible from the satellite image (Figure2).
Figure2. Satellite imagery of today (12 UTC). I have coloured in blue the area along the Adriatic coast interested by snow (source: Sat24).
The cold air should move eastward tomorrow and by Sunday there will be an increase in temperatures especially in the south. Next week cold air from Central Europe should reach the peninsula, but it is still too early to describe the possible effects. In the meantime, we can enjoy this unusual weather in the south.
If we look at the temperatures observed today, we can see how the values (especially maximum) have decreased since last week. In fact, the maximum temperatures (Figure1), are between 3-8 °C in the UK, with negative values on the Pennines. Instead, in Ireland, temperatures are higher, between 6-10 °C. The decrease in temperatures, especially in S. England, is due to a cold air mass moved southward towards Central-Eastern Europe.
Figure1. Maximum temperatures observed this afternoon (source: Meteociel).
However, the cold air has reached mainly only the eastern part of the UK (and not at all Ireland), causing a decrease in temperatures towards value close to the average or slightly below. Until Sunday, minimum values (especially in England) will be close or below zero (possible -3/-4 °C in some areas) and maximum temperatures will remain between 3-7 °C mostly everywhere.
Thus, the significant element is the positive anomaly seen during the first month of the winter season, when there have been only few cold events.
Indeed, if we look at the temperatures observed in some cities in the UK in December, we will see how the average minimum and maximum temperatures have observed values above the long-term average. I have analysed data of some cities in the UK and plotted their anomaly referring to the long-term average 1981-2010 (Figure2).
Notice that this is a general analysis (it doesn't consider all the weather stations and local orography in detail), but I think it's interesting to notice the overall view of December.
Figure2. Maximum (left) and minimum (right) temperatures anomalies observed in some cities in the UK during December 2018 compared with the 1981-2010 average. The dots increase their size according to the temperature scale, that is, the bigger is the dot the more is the anomaly.
We can see how all the UK has observed values well above the average, especially the minimum temperatures (close to + 5 °C in Wales). Only in eastern England, along the coast of the N. Sea, negative anomalies are observed (Norwich -0.2 °C anomaly in the minimum temperature).
Thus, we can see that up to now in the UK winter has shown very few episodes with cold weather, and the temperatures observed these days are nothing exceptional. Next week, colder air should move towards the UK from Greenland and N. Atlantic, causing a decrease in temperatures compared with the next weekend, but it's still to early to describe the event in details. Thus, we will see how January will be, maybe changing the mild trend observed during the last month.
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The first week of the year is going to see two different weather patterns over the continent. On W. Europe, a strong high-pressure system will be positioned between the UK and N. Atlantic, bringing mild and settled weather in Spain, Portugal, Ireland (and western part of the UK).
Instead, on the eastern side of the anticyclone, a deep low pressure system, positioned between Sweden and Finland, will lead very cold air (polar continental with values between -12/-14 °C at 850 hPa (1500 m a.s.l)) to move southward during the week (Figure1) towards central-eastern Europe. In addition, the cold air will cause the formation of a low-pressure system in the Mediterranean Sea (between S. Italy and Greece) which will lead to snow at low levels and (very likely, due to the cold temperatures) along the coast of the Adriatic Sea.
Figure1. Synoptic chart valid for 00 UTC on Thursday night. I have coloured in orange the mild air moving towards W. Europe and in blue the cold air (polar continental, PC) coming from Scandinavia. Notice the 528 dam line reaching S. Italy and Greece (which means snow at sea level is possible). (source: Met Office).
The cold wave should reach the maximum intensity between Thursday and Friday, instead Saturday and Sunday milder air from the Atlantic should move eastward, pushing the cold air towards E. Europe and Russia.
Thus, during the week, the continent will be 'divided' in two parts, with temperatures well below 0°C (also during the day) in Scandinavia, Balkans and Central Europe, with snow expected especially between Poland/E. Germany and Czech Republic, and between Serbia and central/northern Greece and central-S. Italy.
Instead, warm temperatures on the west (possible maximum values between 8-11 °C in Ireland and between 16-18 °C in S. Spain/Portugal), with settled conditions in both Spain, France, Ireland and the UK (except for some low clouds close to the coastal areas and valleys).


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Bathothauma lyromma é uma espécie de molusco pertencente à família Cranchiidae.

A autoridade científica da espécie é Chun, tendo sido descrita no ano de 1906.

Trata-se de uma espécie presente no território português, incluindo a zona económica exclusiva.

Referências
 Bathothauma lyromma - World Register of Marine Species (consultado em 29 de dezembro de 2013).

Ligações externas

 Bathothauma lyromma - Biodiversity Heritage Library - Bibliografia
 Bathothauma lyromma - NCBI Taxonomy Database
 Bathothauma lyromma - Global Biodiversity Information Facility
 Bathothauma lyromma - Encyclopedia of Life

Moluscos de Portugal
Bathothauma lyromma
Moluscos descritos em 1906


The Academy has sent Congress its federal funding priorities for fiscal year (FY) 2020, emphasizing primary care's vital role in protecting and improving health in rural and other underserved areas and preventing chronic illness nationwide.
In detailed written testimony(5 page PDF) sent March 28 to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education and Related Agencies, AAFP President John Cullen, M.D., of Valdez, Alaska, said investment in the National Health Service Corps, the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program and other federal programs would "increase the density of primary care physicians, especially in underserved areas."
The testimony referred officials to a study(jamanetwork.com) published in JAMA Internal Medicine on Feb. 18 that "found that every 10 additional primary care physicians per 100,000 population was associated with a 51.5-day increase in life expectancy -- an increase that was more than 2.5 times that associated with a similar increase in nonprimary care physicians."
If the United States is to realize that strong primary care foundation, HHS agencies across the board must be appropriately funded, the AAFP stated, specifically calling for discretionary budget authority for the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to be restored to its 2010 level (adjusted for inflation) of $8.56 billion, to ensure adequate funding for HRSA programs that specifically bolster primary care, especially family medicine.
The AAFP sent testimony about its federal funding priorities for fiscal year 2020 to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education and Related Agencies on March 28.
Noting that an increase in the number of primary care physicians is associated with increased life expectancy compared with a similar increase in nonprimary care physicians, the AAFP called for investments in the National Health Service Corps, the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program and other federal programs that boost the primary care workforce.
The Academy's recommendations also include $460 million in budget authority for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and $305.9 million for the Office of Rural Health Policy.
"This pressing need for a greater investment in programs to support primary care and family medicine motivates the AAFP to strongly urge the committee to prioritize the following programs within those HHS agencies," the Academy added.
Failure to fund these agencies would be tantamount to inaction and would likely lead to an "increase in morbidity and higher premature mortality" for Americans, the Academy warned.
The National Health Service Corps (NHSC), which HRSA administers, "plays a vital role in addressing the challenge of regional health disparities arising from physician workforce shortages," the Academy reminded the committee.
The AAFP supported continuation of the NHSC's 2019 budget of $120 million to expand treatment of substance use disorder and strongly urged Congress to extend the agency's trust fund, which expires at the end of the current fiscal year.
The Academy called for an increase of $10 million for HRSA's Primary Care Training and Enhancement program in FY 2020, bringing the total for the program to $59 million.
HRSA's Rural Residency Planning and Development Program supports the development of new rural residency programs or rural training tracks in family medicine, internal medicine and psychiatry.
"Most of the 62 million people living in a rural community or county depend on a family physician for their health care," the Academy said. "The AAFP welcomes this important initiative to address rural training challenges as a way to reduce health care disparities facing rural communities."
The Academy's testimony sought to strengthen other aspects of rural health, as well. Citing CDC data(www.cdc.gov) on rural health challenges and disparities, the AAFP strongly supported increased investment in the Office of Rural Health Policy. Its programs,(www.hrsa.gov) the Academy said, "work to reduce the unique obstacles faced by physicians and patients in rural areas."
The requested funding, the AAFP added, should support rural outreach network grants, rural health research, state offices of rural health, telehealth and other programs recommended by the National Rural Health Association.
$50 million to conduct public health research into firearm morbidity and mortality prevention.
CMS, the Academy said, should be provided "at least $3.7 billion for program management to allow the agency to manage the complex implementation" of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act.
Because primary care research is a core function of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), funding that office is a priority for the Academy. Likewise, without increased resources, Practice-based Research Networks (PBRNs) -- "which cultivate, conduct, support, promote, disseminate and advocate for primary care research in practice-based settings" under AHRQ's aegis, the Academy wrote -- could face the same fate as the National Guidelines Clearinghouse, which shut down last year when it lost funding.
"The AAFP strongly urges the committee to increase AHRQ funding in order to protect the PBRN and restore the research initiatives to optimize care for patients with multiple chronic conditions, as well as dedicated funding for AHRQ's Center for Primary Care Research."
A separate letter(2 page PDF) to the subcommittee, dated April 2 and co-signed by the AAFP and 22 other organizations, asked for $5 million for AHRQ's Center for Primary Care Research.
Because Title X of the Public Health Service Act remains crucial to preserving the physician-patient relationship,(1 page PDF) the Academy asked for "adequate funding to support Title X clinics, which offer necessary screening for sexually transmissible infections, cancer screenings, HIV testing and contraceptive care."


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Cashmere sweater by Kampos
Label To Watch: Kampos
by Maria Cristina Pavarini — February 23, 2021
Kampos is a newborn apparel brand launched in s/s 2020 by Alessandro Vergano, former CEO of the Tom Dixon design brand, and ex-global marketing director of Swarovski. It debuted as a men's, women's and kids' apparel, beachwear and luxury accessory brand strongly inspired by a green philosophy as it is made with Econyl, a 100% regenerated nylon fiber, GOTS certified biologic cotton, and Newlife, a certified group of polyester yarns made with 100% recycled PET bottles. After its first selling season, the brand estimated it had recycled 11,000 plastic bottles and 2,000 kilos of fishing nets and nylon.
Starting from f/w 2020-21 it has enlarged its offer and also includes winter pieces such as high-neck knitwear, reversible vests and waterproof jackets in blue, green and gray hues, keeping with the brand's strong tie with the sea. The entire winter collection is also made with sustainable origin materials such as 100% organic cotton, 100% natural cashmere and Newlife-certified fabrics. Each detail of the items of the collection has been studied and planned to create products that are fully sustainable and recyclable at the end of their lifecycle.
Mens- and womenswear by Kampos
The brand's name, Kampos, is a shortened form for "Hippo Kampos," the Greek name for "seahorse," a sacred creature for the ancient Greek and Roman cultures, also part of the brand's logo.
"Fashion companies have a great responsibility in facing problems tied to sustainability even if until today only a few ones can integrate such crucial aspects in their business models," commented founder and CEO Vergano. "Sustainability is at the center of each of our actions: from raw materials' selection to product development up to packaging and distribution."
The brand is involved in a series of initiatives aimed at promoting actions that can support environmental care and the defense of sea life and environmental integrity most differently. Last September it became part of Positive Luxury, the company behind the Butterfly Mark, a certification awarded to luxury lifestyle brands in recognition of their commitment to creating a positive impact on the world, a recognition Kampos was granted with at that time.
It also signed an agreement with Consorzio Costa Smeralda, an entity involved in protecting landscapes and coasts of the Costa Smeralda, a beautiful Sardinia coastal area and highly appreciated touristic location. As part of this project it will shoot all of its campaign in this region and aims to celebrate this collaboration by launching a special capsule collection for s/s 2021.
As part of its commitment with environmental defense initiatives, in s/s 2020, Kampos became the official partner of One Ocean Foundation, a non-profit association founded in Porto Cervo, in Sardinia, and started donating a percentage from its sales to the Foundation, with the aim to accelerate the solution of ocean pollution by promoting green and sustainable economy initiatives.
Kampos look for f/w '21
The brand opened its first own monobrand store, in Porto Cervo, in July 2020, along the prestigious Promenade Du Port, and in November 2021 it inaugurated a shop-in-shop inside Four Seasons Hotel Milano, in Milan. It also sells its products through its own website and other monobrand stores in Zurich, Milan, Sassari and San Benedetto del Tronto.
While it is trying to sign distribution agreements with international luxury hotels, it recently started an agreement with Sanghyun Yu, a distribution partner in Seoul, Korea, and founded the Kampos South Korea Ltd filial. "Ours is more than a commercial decision. It is a strategic move aimed at strengthening our sustainable mission," said Vergano.
"We are especially happy to be part of the Kampos project. We believe in sustainability as a strong trend in South Korea. The youngest generations are very sensitive to this topic and sustainable brands are very few. We are determined in transforming this gap into an opportunity by supporting Kampos," added Sanghyun Yu.
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Adotela is een geslacht van kevers uit de familie van de loopkevers (Carabidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van het geslacht is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1867 door Castelnau.

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Het geslacht Adotela omvat de volgende soorten:
 Adotela apicalis (Sloane, 1893)
 Adotela atronitens Sloane, 1890
 Adotela australis Sloane, 1890
 Adotela bicolor (Castelnau, 1867)
 Adotela carbonaria (Castelnau, 1867)
 Adotela carenoides Putzeys, 1873
 Adotela concolor Castelnau, 1867
 Adotela esmeralda Castelnau, 1867
 Adotela frenchi Sloane, 1890
 Adotela grandis (Castelnau, 1867)
 Adotela howitti (Castelnau, 1867)
 Adotela laevigatta (Sloane, 1893)
 Adotela nigerrima MacLeay, 1873
 Adotela noctis (Sloane, 1893)
 Adotela striolata Putzeys, 1873
 Adotela violacea (Castelnau, 1867)
 Adotela viridis (MacLeay, 1871)

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MOBILE SITE REVIEWS SCOREBOARD RATINGS COMPOSERS AWARDS ARCHIVES ABOUT CONTACT SUPPORT
Last Embrace
1991 Varèse
2008 Intrada
Composed and Conducted by:
Miklós Rózsa
1991 Album Produced by:
Tom Null
Re-Recording Performed by:
The Nurnberg Symphony Orchestra
Douglass Fake
LABELS & RELEASE DATES
Intrada Records
ALBUM AVAILABILITY
The 1991 dual album was the ninth entry in the Varèse Sarabande CD Club, with only 1,000 copies pressed. It sold for $150 in the early 2000's. The 2008 Intrada album is limited to 2,000 copies and sold though soundtrack specialty outlets for $20. It had not sold out within three years of its release.
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Buy it... on the 1991 Varèse album if you are a Miklós Rózsa completist and are interested in two of his final scores that are solid in sound quality and compositional merit despite exhibiting some flimsy militaristic material.
Avoid it... if Rózsa's lush Golden Age romanticism doesn't impress you regardless of sound quality, despite its understandable application to films of the 1970's and 1980's that were attempting to resurrect the best of the noir thriller generation.
FILMTRACKS TRAFFIC RANK: #1,212
WRITTEN 6/26/97, REVISED 7/22/11
Filmtracks has no record of commercial ordering options for this title. However, you can search for this title at online soundtrack specialty outlets.
Last Embrace: (Miklós Rózsa) An early and relatively unheralded film by director Jonathan Demme for United Artists, Last Embrace tensely follows the states of paranoia that a CIA agent experiences after seeing his spouse executed while on a mission and figuring that he is the next target of either his employer or another interest. He spends the majority of the film chasing after leads with the help of a mysterious woman, only to end up in a climactic confrontation at Niagara Falls. The lead performance by actor Roy Scheider as the protagonist whose sanity is in constant doubt was widely considered the highlight of the film. It also represented one of the final scoring assignments for legendary Golden Age composer Miklós Rózsa before his choice to retire from the industry. After the end of the studio contract system that bound composers as recently as the early 1960's, one of the most displaced artists was Rózsa. The maestro was as far removed from the biblical epics the 1950's and 1960's that had served as the climax of his career, and after taking several years in the latter decade removed from film music all together, he resumed regular freelance scoring duties in the late 1960's and 1970's. Unfortunately, few of his scores from the last dozen years of his career accompanied particularly memorable films. His collaborations often produced unimpressive results or, in the case of Fedora and Billy Wilder, ruined his professional relationships. While Fedora and Time After Time are generally considered to be truly the last of his great scores, Rózsa's remaining few works weren't as reflective of the composer's decline in health as some might suggest. Rózsa went on to live for another entire decade after finishing his film scoring career, with the recording process simply taking too much energy for him to muster by the 1980's. His scores for two thrillers, Last Embrace in 1978 and Eye of the Needle in 1981 ultimately exhibited many similarities, including the sharing of what was, for a long time, the final album of importance representing the composer's works.
These movies late in his career represent instances in which Rózsa continued to maintain his lush 1940's romanticism and instrumental styles into an era well beyond his time, serving in both cases to eclipse their films in quality with their faithful resurrection of a genuine film noir sound. Both movies also involve the worlds of espionage and love affairs, allowing Rózsa to mingle his classic romance mannerisms with more modern militaristic tones. The most dominant aspect of Rózsa's score for Last Embrace is an easily accessible string theme for the troubled affair between the agent and a new love interest, evoking many of the high class, melodramatically layered strings in Rózsa's classic scores over worrisome timpani rumblings. This material grows out of a five-note motif that rolls with ominous warning of oppression starting immediately in "Main Titles." That motif is very keenly transformed into a bridge with the love theme, sometimes reduced to the same instrumentation and serving as an interlude to the secondary idea. The composer's loyalty to the five-note motif is remarkable, too, performed by seemingly every instrument in the orchestra at some point in the score. A driving snare rhythm serves as another secondary motif, mirroring, interestingly, some of John Barry's James Bond action motifs of the era. A cymbal-crashing brass finale suits Rózsa's closing fanfare sensibilities exactly as expected. In fact, the composer's collectors will not be able to hear much difference stylistically between this score and the composer's most vintage works, especially when considering the restricted, mono soundscape that in effect enhances the noir element. The original recording was long neglected on album, though re-recordings of both Last Embrace and Eye of the Needle made in the early 1980's were released on LP and that presentation was pressed onto CD in the latter half of Varèse Sarabande's original CD Club series. While neither score is as strong as Fedora had been earlier in that Club series, their equal presentation on this dual album is perhaps more satisfying. Only 1,000 copies of the title were produced, with the significant number of Rózsa collectors hoarding them and maintaining abnormally high prices on the secondary market during the 1990's.
The majority of tracks on that Varèse product are devoted to Eye of the Needle, however. Rózsa's last significant original score existed for this film, in which a World War II German spy is stranded on a island off the coast of Scotland and ends up in an unlikely romance with a lonely local woman exiled from the mainland. The Ken Follett novel adaptation received positive reviews, as had Last Embrace, though neither picture grossed significant returns. Rózsa's score for Eye of the Needle is an alternating battle between the thematic ideas for the German spy and the British woman in exile. While their love affair may be genuine, Rózsa doesn't let the viewer forget the foundations of their characters. If the score has a weakness, it exists in the comparison between the wartime material and the lush love theme that once again reminds of the Rózsa glory days. The two are alternated in the "Prelude," exposing the militaristic snare theme as a bit trite in execution and not stated as cold and forcefully as it could have been. The seamless transition to the love theme glorifies the latter theme, and it's fitting that the tender theme for the exiled woman gains more power as the film progresses; as she is forced to kill the spy at the end of the film, the militaristic theme literally dies with a whimper while the woman's theme resolutely takes charge. By the "Finale/Epilogue" cue, Rózsa is in full victory form once again, with the same crashing cymbal, rolling timpani, and tolling bell method of finale that collectors of the composer have always loved. Of the two scores, Eye of the Needle is the slight favorite, in part because it's technically the last full score by Rózsa and partly because of its even more unashamed throwback sensibilities. In 2008, Intrada Records finally released the full, original recording for Last Embrace on its own album, minus a choral overlay that was added to one cue in post-production. Extremely narrow, dry sound quality causes this presentation to lack the crossover appeal that Varèse's dual album had offered, though it remains as faithful a treatment of the prior recording as possible. In general, collectors of the digital era of scores should take note of both original Varèse Club titles of Rózsa's late works, as well as Time After Time, because they offer an opportunity to hear the composer's Golden Age styles in sound quality far better than the archival sound we often associate with those older recordings. @Amazon.com: CD or Download
Music as Written for Last Embrace: ***
Music as Written for Eye of the Needle: ***
Music as Heard on the 1991 Varèse Album: ****
Music as Heard on the 2008 Intrada Album: ***
Overall: ***
VIEWER RATINGS
Average: 3.45 Stars
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**** 45
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TRACK LISTINGS AND AUDIO
Audio Samples ▼
• 1991 Varèse Album:
Eye of the Needle: 6. The Fight (0:30) MP3 (254K) WMA (200K) Real Audio (179K)
Eye of the Needle: 13. Epilogue (0:30) MP3 (254K) WMA (200K) Real Audio (179K)
Last Embrace: 19. Pursuit (0:31) MP3 (254K) WMA (200K) Real Audio (179K)
Last Embrace: 21. Finale (0:30) MP3 (254K) WMA (202K) Real Audio (179K)
1991 Varèse Album Tracks ▼ Total Time: 67:02
Eye of the Needle:
• 1. Prelude (2:11)
• 2. English Wedding (1:57)
• 3. The Blond Agent/Blondie's Death (2:55)
• 4. Camouflage (3:08)
• 5. Love Scene (1:56)
• 6. The Fight (3:05)
• 7. Passion/Love Theme (4:25)
• 8. Frantic Drive/Despair (3:06)
• 9. The Broken Heart/Revulsion (2:55)
• 10. Escape (4:33)
• 11. The Hostage/The Lamp (3:20)
• 12. Retribution (4:38)
• 13. Finale/Epilogue (3:15)
Last Embrace:
• 14. Prelude/Memories (4:02)
• 15. The Belfry (2:16)
• 16. GoodNight Ellie (2:31)
• 17. The Drive (2:45)
• 18. Dreamland (1:43)
• 19. The Killer/Pursuit (5:26)
• 20. Niagara Falls (2:24)
• 21. The Tunnel/Finale (3:39)
2008 Intrada Album Tracks ▼ Total Time: 58:19
• 1. Main Title (1:35)
• 2. The Cantina (Violin Solo) & Leaving the Womb (2:22)
• 3. Confused (0:52)
• 4. Homecoming (2:05)
• 5. The Envelope (0:45)
• 6. Dreamland (5:53)
• 7. Nocturne (4:33)
• 8. Cyanide (0:38)
• 9. Suspicion (1:36)
• 10. The Forties (Piano) (2:07)
• 11. Goodnight Ellie I (2:05)
• 12. Mystery (2:38)
• 13. Z.M. (2:36)
• 14. The Forties (Jazz Ensemble) (3:29)
• 15. Murder in the Bathtub (1:07)
• 16. Goodnight Ellie II (1:39)
• 17. Precautions (0:24)
• 18. The Discovery (5:13)
• 20. Pursuit (5:06)
• 22. The Tunnel (0:57)
• 23. Finale (2:10)
NOTES AND QUOTES
The insert of the 1991 Varèse album includes detailed information about the score and film. All copies of that product were numbered by hand. The insert of the 2008 Intrada album also contains information about the score and film.
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A eleição primária do Partido Republicano da Califórnia em 2012 foi realizada em 5 de junho de 2012. A Dakota do Sul terá 28 delegados na Convenção Nacional Republicana.

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Dakota do Sul
Primaria republicana de 2012