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(Beirut) – Egyptian authorities are increasingly using counterterrorismand state-of-emergency laws and courts to unjustly prosecute journalists, activists, and critics for their peaceful criticism, Human Rights Watch said today.
These abusive practices and distortion of counterterrorism measures have taken place at the same time as Egypt was chairing one of the key United Nations committees to ensure compliance with counterterrorism resolutions and while the UN's most senior counterterrorism official was visiting the country.
"While Egypt faces security threats, the government of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has exploited these threats cynically as a cover to prosecute peaceful critics and to revive the infamous Mubarak-era state security courts," said Nadim Houry, terrorism/counterterrorism director at Human Rights Watch. "Egypt is combining a bad law with unjust courts and the outcome has been predictably disastrous, as al-Sisi's Western allies look the other way."
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Now Is The Happiest Time Of Your Life is Daevid Allen's second solo studio album, originally released in 1977, and re-released in a digitally remastered version in 2009.

Track listing
 "Flamenco Zero"
 "Why Do We Treat Ourselves Like We Do?"
 "Tally & Orlando Meet the Cockpot Pixie"
 "See You on the Moontower"
 "Poet for Sale"
 "Crocodile Nonsense Poem"
 "Only Make Love If You Want To"
 "I Am"
 "Deya Goddess"

Personnel
 Daevid Allen, Guitar, Vocals, Producer
 Joan Biblioni, Guitar
 Sam Gopal, Percussion
 Pepe Milan, Guitar
 Victor Peraino, Keyboards
 Xavier Riba, Violin
 Marianne Oberasche, Harp

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Residents have chance to shape Lakeland airport's future
Sara-Megan Walsh @SaraWalshFL
Jan 13, 2020 at 4:57 PM Jan 14, 2020 at 8:07 AM
Lakeland residents curious to know what's happening at Lakeland Linder International Airport are invited to a public meeting Wednesday to get their questions answered and provide input on future development.
LAKELAND — Residents curious about what's buzzing at Lakeland Linder International Airport can get their questions answered Wednesday.
The City of Lakeland will be holding a public meeting to solicit input on the airport's 20-year master plan from 4 to 7 p.m. in the terminal, located at 3900 Don Emerson Dr.
"This is a great opportunity for the public to come out and ask myself or other people on my team questions," Gene Conrad, the airport's director, said. "It's for them to see what we are working on and what the plans are for the next 20 years."
Conrad said the city hired outside consultant Atkins North America to help make updates to the airport's master plan given the significant growth that has occurred.
"We have experienced a tremendous amount of growth and new development at the airport since the master plan was completed in 2011," he said. "Over the past several years, Lakeland Linder International Airport has become home to the NOAA Hurricane Hunters, Polk State College Aerospace and Amazon's new air cargo facility."
The meeting will feature displays on the various alternative layouts being proposed for the airport. The main component is the reconfiguration of Lakeland Linder's current runways.
"The airport was designed during World War II and the runways are going all different kinds of directions," Conrad said. "Things have changed since then, aircraft design has changed."
The most significant proposed change in the master plan is the relocation of the airport's secondary crosswind runway 523 that currently runs from the northeast to the southwest of the property. Conrad said it is only used in 2% to 3% of all takeoffs and landings.
The preferred plan would be to construct a second runway south of the airport's main strip, according to Conrad, so that it runs parallel to the main runway 927 — which is currently being repaved and strengthened.
The airport director said another option would be to lengthen the crosswind runway that would increase the number of flights traveling over homes to the southwest, including the Morgan Creek development.
"That's not really what we want to be doing," he said. "We are trying to be good neighbors."
Conrad said specific questions about the airport improvements, Amazon's June arrival, the future of Sun n' Fun Aerospace Expo, even the possibility of commercial flights are more than welcome. He also encouraged those potential homeowners who are considering purchasing a property in southwest Lakeland to attend. There are approximately 2,500 to 3,000 new homes approved for construction off Pipkin Road.
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Sara-Megan Walsh can be reached at swalsh@theledger.com or 863-802-7545.


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The Hope Center began as a small clinic in the Coptic Hospital in Kenya in early 2004, offering subsidized HIV clinical care and treatment. The clinic was the result of a nationally renowned low-cost antiretroviral (ARV) program which Coptic Mission has pioneered in 2002.
The Hope Clinic, as it was then known, was staffed by a team of four people, operated out of three offices and treated approximately five patients every day. By December 2004, the Hope Center had expanded into what it is today – a fully comprehensive and free HAART treatment facility. The Hope Center now manages medical care for over 25,000 clients, with over 16,000 on ARVs across Kenya, Zambia and Tanzania.
Treatment Literacy Program
In order to bring the services of the Hope Center outside the walls of the clinics, the mission launched the Treatment Literacy Program, an AIDS community treatment literacy program. The program goes beyond the traditional awareness campaigns, to an active program aimed at fighting AIDS-related stigmas by providing real options for life.
• In Nairobi's industrial area, where the Hope Center is the only comprehensive AIDS/HIV clinic, the staff has already provided one day training, and Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) to over 800 workers from the factories.
• In Maseno, a rural village in western Kenya, the center has provided training to teachers and students in over 100 schools. Also, recognizing that community leaders hold the key to changing public perception of HIV/AIDS, the center has trained over 200 local chiefs and pastors.
• In Lusaka, the capital of Zambia, the center has trained over 1000 church leaders and over 400 school teachers resulting in a newly trained group of adult leaders eager to learn more, and implement what they have learned.
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In Africa, women are often the main household providers. Coptic Mission is committed to empowering women, who are particularly vulnerable to infection. To do this, the mission has developed a number of female-focused initiatives that aim to facilitate change in cultural perceptions that have historically limited their opportunities. By teaching women how to deliver home-based care, by training them to become HIV/AIDS community educators and by equipping them with the tools to deliver these community health services, Coptic Mission has witnessed the transformed image that women carry in their communities. Evidence has shown time and again that healthier, stronger women and mothers result in healthier, stronger families and ultimately healthier, stronger communities.
In many of the rural communities in Kenya, Zambia and the Congo, the mission has also established income-generating activities for women to be more empowered economically so that their livelihood will not be dependent on potentially unhealthy demands and/or conditions of the partners. Coptic Mission is committed to enabling the women of Africa fulfill their God-given potential.
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How Hollywood Reporter's Women Mentorship Program Changes Lives
9:00 AM PST 12/5/2018 by THR Staff
The initiative, created in partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles, pairs student leaders with a Hollywood mentor; here, one participant shares her application essay on her challenges, dreams and hopes.
On Dec. 5 at The Hollywood Reporter's 26th annual Women in Entertainment breakfast, 18 L.A. teens (17 of them pictured above) will see their time in the WIE Mentorship Program — created by THR in partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles — come to its official end. But their relationships with the mentors who guided them through 2018, and the lessons of the program, will carry them forward.
And right behind this graduating class comes the next group of 22 outstanding student leaders (who'll be matched with the dynamo Hollywood mentors on page 32) — like Katherine, whose program application essay (below) reveals the challenges along her path so far, the dreams that drive her forward and her hopes for an empowered future.
Imagine being 5 years old and having your dad hand you a garbage bag and tell you and your sister to pack your clothes and your favorite toys. Being a typical, curious kid, I asked where we were going. The response was, "McDonald's." But that was not where we were heading.
Filled with confusion, I noticed we passed by McDonald's, but I had no further doubts until we arrived at the Department of Child Protective Services, where a tall lady took us from our dad and into a playroom. In that moment, I realized something wasn't right, but I wasn't prepared for what was to come.
My sister and I waited ages until a lady wearing a pink shirt escorted us to her car. She bluntly told us we were going to our new home, and I was filled with a rush of panic. So much worry flitted through my mind, I was unable to control my crying.
Our trip to our foster home in Pasadena was disastrous. We stopped to get some food, and the movement of the car and my uncontrollable crying resulted in me throwing up all over the back seat.
Our stay in a foster home wasn't the best, but my parents worked hard to get us out, spending a large sum of their life savings on lawyers before they succeeded. My parents are the hardest-working individuals I know; they immigrated to the U.S. from Mexico to provide more opportunities for my siblings and me. They have dedicated their entire adult lives to supporting and guiding us to reach our goals. But my family was never the same after that experience. The joyous vibe that had filled our household was no longer there.
Growing up in this environment shaped me to be self-reliant and independent. I don't seek much help from others, and I like to solve problems on my own. At school, I am the vice president of Leadership, which has put my social and problem-solving skills to the test. I've learned to make quick and effective decisions and to be prepared for the worst. I also take part in a club sponsored by Girls Build LA to advocate for gender-equality awareness on our campus.
What separates me from everyone else is my commitment and determination to reach my desired goals. But I struggle when it comes to appreciating my accomplishments. I'm never satisfied with my work and always expect more than is in the realm of my abilities.
Even as a child, I dreamed of going to college. I have done everything in my power to make that happen, though none of my siblings is a college graduate and some don't even have their GEDs. In middle school, I earned a 4.0 GPA and had perfect attendance. Watching my older siblings struggle with school — and evidently life — opened my eyes to the fact that a good education is of the utmost importance. My dream is to study business at Berkeley, Harvard, Stanford, UCLA or Pepperdine.
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RAVYNNE STAINE is a producer assistant on syndicated talk show The Real; her mentor was producer Hilary Estey McLoughlin, now senior exec producer on ABC's The View. Her advice for current and future mentees: "Shoot for the stars and don't be afraid to ask for help."
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The many parts of James Stewart
Family and friends remember a humble man who dedicated his life to math and music
By HG Watson Dec 10, 2014, 12:20 PM EST
James Stewart was many things to many people.
Memories of Stewart, who died Dec 3 after succumbing to multiple myeloma, change with each person you talk to, although all describe him as a multifaceted person who was humble and kind.
Stewart was a brilliant mathematician. He wrote textbooks that are read the world over. "He was treated like a math superstar whenever he went abroad," brother-in-law Don Smith recalls. "People . . . would ask him for his autograph." On the McMaster campus in Hamilton, where he taught for many years, his contribution lives on, inscribed on a building — the James Stewart Centre for Mathematics. At the University of Toronto, in the city where Stewart was born, the library at the Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences is also named in his honour.
Smith, who knew Stewart from a young age, remembers him as a precocious child who was interested in everything — except sports — and always worked toward a goal. Even as he rose in the field of mathematics, Stewart still was the humble person Smith knew as a youth.
"We never really thought of him being like a Bill Gates," Smith says. "He's just treated as an ordinary individual who was part of the family."
Stewart was a musician. A talented violinist, he was the concertmaster for the McMaster Symphony Orchestra and played violin professionally with the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra. "Math paid the bills, but he was very much in love with music," Smith says. Stewart's famed textbooks even included a sound-hole insignia on the covers, the same as those found on the body of a violin.
His home, Integral House, is a monument to his passion. Built by Canadian architects Brigitte Shim and Howard Sutcliffe in Toronto's Rosedale neighbourhood, the home includes a concert hall that seats 150 — though it might be more accurate to say it's a concert hall that includes a home. The concert space was Stewart's only requirement, according to reports — he gave the architects free rein otherwise.
And Stewart was a gay man. He was out when he lived in Hamilton, a working-class town built on the edges of steel mills, in the late 1960s and early '70s. His family knew he was gay, and it was never an issue — Smith says he was just family and that's all there was to it.
Stewart was deeply involved in LGBT activism. According to Joseph Clement, a documentary filmmaker who is working on a film about Stewart and Integral House, Stewart brought gay rights activist George Hislop to speak at McMaster in the early 1970s, when the LGBT liberation movement was in its infancy, and was involved in protests and demonstrations until mathematics began to dominate his life. Clement says that to write his first textbook, Stewart wrote 12 to 14 hours a day, 364 days a year, for seven years.
But Stewart's activism was near and dear to his heart. "When I was interviewing Jim, he said to me that probably the most important thing he has ever done his entire life was his work in the gay rights movement in Hamilton," Clement says, noting that Stewart was so modest, few people know about the role he played in LGBT activism.
Stewart continued to support LGBT educational programs and charities, often by throwing fundraisers. He also threw big, lavish parties for Pride every year. The last one, coinciding with WorldPride, was a bittersweet affair attended by friends who knew it could be the last time they saw Stewart, close friend Riko Gunawan says.
These are parts of Stewart's life, but not the sum of them. For all the accolades and achievements he earned, it doesn't describe the man who had a family that loved him and a best friend he spoke to almost every day.
When Gunawan moved to Toronto, Stewart was one of the first people he met. "We just hit it off since then," Gunawan says, despite their large age difference. They bonded over their shared love of classical music, going to many musical performances together. "For the last 14 years, I spoke to him every single day. The last two days is really the first time I didn't talk to him," Gunawan says. "It's weird."
Stewart even changed Clement's life, inadvertently. When Clement was working as a landscape architect in New York City, he saw photos of Integral House under construction. "I went back to my desk and I stared at my computer screen and I said, 'What am I doing with my life?'" Clement went back to graduate school and became a filmmaker.
In the end, Stewart was a man who faced his own mortality as few could. He planned his own wake, then decided that he wanted to attend it. "He felt that the musical lineup was so outstanding that he just had to be there for it," Smith says. At the wake, Smith says, Stewart received standing ovations just for the act of standing up — his illness had rendered Stewart physically weak and he needed help to rise to introduce the performers.
It was appropriate that he held his own send-off in Integral House — a dream home that he got to live in for only six years. Gunawan is happy that Stewart got those years: "He had a great life, and he had accomplished everything that he had wanted in his life."
Smith says that Stewart wanted his beloved home to be used as a performance space, a goal Smith hopes can be fulfilled.
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Standard Chartered's NBFC arm ramps up retail book fast
By Anup Roy | Mumbai | Last Updated at November 25 2021 23:46 IST
Topics Standard Chartered | NBFC
Standard Chartered Capital, the non-banking financial company (NBFC) of the oldest foreign bank in the country, is tapping India's mass-affluent customer base to build a quality retail book, thus complementing its parent in its renewed retail push. Even as both operate at an arm's length distance, tapping cream customers is easier for the NBFC than the bank. Standard Chartered Bank has 100 branches in the country, but so is its obligation to open roughly 40 per cent of its branches in rural areas. An NBFC has no such obligation as of now. In the past NBFCs o.....
Standard Chartered Capital, the non-banking financial company (NBFC) of the oldest foreign bank in the country, is tapping India's mass-affluent customer base to build a quality retail book, thus complementing its parent in its renewed retail push.
Even as both operate at an arm's length distance, tapping cream customers is easier for the NBFC than the bank. Standard Chartered Bank has 100 branches in the country, but so is its obligation to open roughly 40 per cent of its branches in rural areas. An NBFC has no such obligation as of now.
In the past NBFCs of foreign banks have tried to penetrate India's retail market, but some had to close the operations for a variety of reasons, primarily due to intense competition from local private sector banks.
Citibank is selling its consumer business; Royal Bank of Scotland exited its retail business in India in 2016. Swiss lender UBS surrendered its commercial banking license to the RBI in 2013. Barclays shut down its equity and broking business in India in early 2016, after having sold its retail business in 2011-12.
HSBC and BNP Paribas have their NBFC arms now, but are not very aggressive in their retail push.
Standard Chartered, under India CEO Zarin Daruwala planned to bring the bank's share in retail to at least 40 per cent, from 25 per cent now. The NBFC arm's retail client acquisition is separate from that target, but in a way complement the effort.
Standard Chartered Capital is a subsidiary of Standard Chartered Bank UK and was established in 2003. However, 2018-19 onwards, it focused more on the retail segment, expecting robust demand from entrepreneurs of India's 4.5 crore micro-small and medium enterprises (MSME). The products offered to these entrepreneurs are loans against property, loans against shares, and business instalment loans.
"Given the number of MSMEs available in the country, we are just scratching the surface, so to say," said StanC Capital's managing director and chief executive officer Prashant Kumar in an interview with Business Standard.
The average ticket size works up between Rs 75 lakh to Rs 1 crore on the retail side. This does not include personal loans yet, which will be introduced sometime next year in a fully digital format.
And then, there is a corporate loan book, where the average tenure is about three years. "This is doing well too, except for one particular account which is seeing a bit of stress," said Kumar, without elaborating.
The overall gross non-performing assets (NPA), at the end of FY 2020-21 was 0.50 per cent, while the net NPA was 0.20 per cent. The firm had earned a profit of Rs 64 crore in a revenue of Rs 254 crore at the end of FY 20-21.
StanC Capital is AAA-rated, one of about 10 such NBFCs in India, and has enough capital and line of credits to fuel its expansion in the coming years.
It will now expand its branch network from 11 now to 15 next year and ramp up the headcount to about 200 from 120.
Considering such a relatively small footprint, the asset size has grown rapidly, even amid a raging pandemic.
With a capital of Rs 1,000 crore, the asset size grew from about Rs 1700-1800 crore in fiscal 2019-20 to Rs 2,981 crore in fiscal 2020-21 and now stands at a little more than Rs 3,700 crore, of which retail book is about 60 per cent. By next year, the total assets should grow to about Rs 5,000 crore. In about 4-5 years, this book is expected to stand at Rs 8,000 crore. And yet, Kumar doesn't consider it aggressive lending.
"Our non-performing assets are just at around 0.5 per cent. Our leverage is roughly 3.9x, and we have capped it at 5x. If you look at other NBFCs, they lend some 6-7 times their capital," Kumar said.
Rather, the reason for the low NPA and sharp rise in loan books is the relatively low-interest rate that the NBFC charges to its borrowers. This is because, being a top-rated NBFC, it has no dearth of cheap funds to borrow.
The parent bank is solidly behind the NBFC operation. It has already put in $100 million of capital, and would also put another $25 million in the next year. The NBFC has near about Rs 700-800 crore credit lines from all major banks, including the parent, and has also availed about Rs 200 crore targeted long-term repo operations (TLTRO) money of the RBI when it was announced for NBFC lending last year during the covid period. The TLTRO money, having a maturity of three years, falls due in 2023.
The NBFC doesn't have a plan to hit the debt market as of now.
"Considering our rating, we have bank lines from all major banks, including Standard Chartered, and our parent itself is strongly behind us. Our cost of fund is sub-6 per cent, and we lend at not over 9.25-9.50 per cent," Kumar said.
To be sure, given the strategy of targeting only mass-affluent clients, the credit ratings of its nearly 600 customers are also good, ensuring smooth servicing of loans.
Kumar also doesn't believe that his NBFC would cannibalise on the parent's effort to ramp up its retail presence in India, something that the bank's India CEO Daruwalla has adopted as a conscious strategy to grow the book.
"Most of the banks in India have a subsidiary chasing similar kinds of business. There is no overlap. The opportunities are huge, but the presence is limited," said Kumar.
He also denied that the NBFC idea could be to experiment with new kinds of customers and lending without affecting the asset quality of the parent. But he doesn't deny that the NBFC would indeed capitalise on the brand name.
"Yes, our name borrows the brand of our parent, and yes, I am part of Standard Chartered," Kumar said.
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LASIK eye surgery is the most well-known and popular type of laser eye treatment. LASIK can be used to treat astigmatism, long sightedness (hyperopia), short sightedness (myopia), and wavefront abnormalities. It is most suitable for individuals who have a moderate degree of refractive error.
The procedure is blade-free and painless, and research shows that a monumental 96% of patients achieved the vision they desired after having LASIK surgery. Most patients find that they no longer need glasses or contact lenses after having LASIK eye surgery, and if necessary then further adjustments can be made later down the line.
Although LASIK is the most well-known type of laser eye surgery, not everyone is suitable for LASIK treatment, so LASEK eye surgery offers a great alternative. For instance, if you've been told that your corneas are too thin or flat for LASIK treatment, you may still be able to have LASEK.
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The case is Hughes v The Estate of Dayne Joshua Williams (Deceased) and Anor  EWHC 1078.
On the evening of 19 August 2006, Louise Williams was driving home along the A528 road near Wrexham, in North Wales. Her daughter Emma, aged three years, two months, was with her in the car.
On the rear offside seat of her car, Ms Williams had fitted a Mamas & Papas 5-point harness child restraint seat. On the nearside rear seat, she had also fitted what is called a Graco booster cushion. This cushion is intended for children who have outgrown forward-facing child seats with harness assistance. The booster cushion is designed to raise the child so that the vehicle seatbelt (designed for adults) will fit properly over the child's shoulder. The cushion in question did not have back support but did have arm rests on each side.
On the evening of the accident, Emma was seated on the booster cushion restrained by the adult seat belt adjusted to shoulder height.
The defendant, Dayne Williams, was 18 at the time of the accident. He was driving along the road in the opposite direction and lost control of his car, which swerved into the path of Ms Williams' car. It is clear that there was nothing she could have done to have avoided the accident. It is accepted on the defendant's behalf that he was entirely to blame for the accident.
The tragic consequences of the accident were the death of the defendant, and severe injuries to the child, Emma.
Emma was air lifted to hospital in Wrexham and was hospitalised thereafter for some six months. Emma suffered serious multiple injuries including a brain injury and severe spinal injuries.
The issues between the parties was whether Ms Williams was in breach of her duty of care to Emma in restraining her on the Graco cushion rather than in the Mamas & Papas seat, and whether it is just and reasonable that she should contribute to the damage.
The question was would Emma's injuries have been (a) entirely or virtually entirely avoided or (b) a good deal less severe, or (c) about the same, had she been secured in the Mamas & Papas seat?
It was not in dispute that a duty of care is owed by a parent to her (or his) child to take reasonable steps to ensure that the child is secured with an appropriate seat restraint when travelling in a car. So was the placing of Emma in the booster seat rather than the child seat, a reasonable choice at the time?
The instructions for the Graco booster cushion stipulated use only by children who were approximately 4 to 10 years old, and were between 101 and 145cm in height. Emma did not qualify in either of these respects, since her age was 3 years 2 months, and her height was 93cm.
The warning on the Graco booster cushion reads that "FAILURE TO USE booster seat in a manner appropriate for your child's size may increase risk of serious injury or death. To use this Graco booster seat, your child MUST meet ALL of the following requirements".
The engineering experts agreed that the 5-point harness was the most appropriate child restraint for the Claimant and that Emma did not meet the requirements for the Graco booster cushion.
The Judge accepted that manufacturers' instructions should not be blindly treated as determinative of liability questions; however the instructions could not have been more explicit, both as to requirements for use, and consequences in case of misuse.
The judge concluded that it was negligent to place Emma on the Graco booster seat. The harness seat was available for use in the car.
The question was whether Emma's injuries would have been (a) entirely or virtually entirely avoided or (b) a good deal less severe, or (c) about the same, had she been secured in the harness seat.
The Judge concluded that on the evidence, on the balance of probabilities that if seated in the child seat, Emma's injuries would largely have been avoided. Therefore he concluded that the evidence establishes that the booster cushion should not have been used, that the child seat should have been used, and that if it had been, the injuries sustained in the accident would largely have been avoided. He therefore found that Emma's mother was 25% liable for Emma's injuries.
This is a tragic case and a terrifying judgement for any parent. I am sure this will be a shock to many parents who had not realised just how important it is to make sure that the correct type of child car seat is used and the difference it can make. It will be interesting to see whether Ms Williams appeals.
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The Montreat town board on March 10 announced it was indefinitely suspending construction of a new bridge on Texas Road.
And after emerging from a closed session during its meeting that day, it also said there would be no town hall building on the vacant lot on Florida Terrace.
Both projects have been hugely controversial in this small town and were significant issues in the November Montreat elections in which residents overwhelmingly voted for candidates that opposed the two projects.
The location of the new town hall has been contested since the town nearly two years ago announced it was seeking a company to design the building on .8-acre parcel between Arkansas Trail and Florida Terrace.
A group of residents immediately opposed the idea, creating a petition asking the town postpone the project and allow public input as to where the building should go. The board, as it was constituted then, decided to proceed with the disputed site.
Five Montreat residents filed suit in December 2014 to prevent the town board from moving ahead with its plans. A Buncombe County Superior Court judge ordered a temporary injunction against the town, halting the project. The case lingered through the November elections, and voters ultimately selected two commissioner candidates who campaigned together on finding alternatives to the controversial site.
Those two candidates — Bill Gilliland and Kitty Fouche — beat incumbent Martha Campbell and filled the open seat created when commissioner Tim Helms filed and ran unopposed for town mayor. Just minutes after he was sworn in the December town council meeting, Helms said he was sure the building would not be built on Florida Terrace.
In a statement released March 17, the town board said commissioners voted unanimously not to build on the site. Commissioners declined, however, to pay more than $40,000 of the attorney fees incurred by the residents who sued the town. The plaintiffs declined the town's offer, according to the statement.
The Texas Road bridge, closed in 2008 after an engineering report indicated widespread timber decay, also generated considerable debate in town.
Montreat was accepted into the N.C. Department of Transportation's municipal bridge program, making it eligible for state and federal money that would pay 80 percent of the bridge project costs (the town would pay the other 20 percent). But residents criticized the submitted design that met federal emergency management requirements as being too big and expensive.
Commissioners voted not only to suspend the project but also to ask the mayor to appoint a committee to investigate the type of bridge best suited to the location and whether the existing bridge should be replaced at all.
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Metuje (německy Mettau) je řeka v Česku, v severovýchodních Čechách, levý přítok Labe. Je 77,2 km dlouhá. Povodí má rozlohu 607,6 km² a malou částí zasahuje i do Polska v tzv. Českém koutku v západním Kladsku.

Původ jména
Metuje (původně nazývaná Medhuje, podoba Metuje byla lidovou výslovností) má (na rozdíl od lidové etymologie "med tu je") jméno původu praevropského: jeho základem je indoevropský kořen *medh- "prostřední" (rozuměj prostřední řeka mezi Úpou a Orlicí) - srov. lat. medius "střední" a litevské říční jméno Meduja. První doklad jména pochází z 12. stol. (1186 super Methugiam).

Průběh toku
Pramení v nadmořské výšce okolo 630 m v Broumovské vrchovině u Hodkovic, západně od Adršpašských skal. Na horním a středním toku vytváří hluboce zaříznutá údolí (rezervace Peklo). Z významnějších obcí leží na této řece Teplice nad Metují, Hronov, Náchod a Nové Město nad Metují. V Jaroměři ve výšce 248 m, v nejsevernějším výběžku Pardubické kotliny, ústí do Labe a v něm jsou její vody odváděny do Severního moře.

Větší přítoky
 Adršpašský potok, zleva, ř. km 73,7
 Zdoňovský potok, zleva, ř. km 72,7
 Bučnice, zleva, ř. km 71,3
 Skalní potok, zprava, ř. km 69,5
 Teplický potok, zleva, ř. km 67,5
 Bohdašínský potok, zleva, ř. km 66,1
 Vlásenka, zprava, ř. km 59,0
 Dunajka, zleva, ř. km 53,8
 Ledhujka, zleva, ř. km 53,5
 Židovka, zleva, ř. km 50,1
 Dřevíč, zprava, ř. km 46,4
 Zbečnický potok, zprava, ř. km 44,5
 Brlenka, zleva, ř. km 40,8
 Střela, zleva, ř. km 38,2
 Bavorův potok, zleva, ř. km 37,3
 Radechovka, zprava, ř. km 34,1
 Olešenka, zleva, ř. km 27,4
 Libchyňský potok, zleva, ř. km 21,5
 Bohdašínský potok, zleva, ř. km 20,9
 Janovský potok, zleva, ř. km 17,9
 Černčický potok, zleva, ř. km 12,4
 Nahořanský potok, zprava, ř. km 9,2
 Rozkoš, zprava, ř. km 8,4
 Jasenná, zleva, ř. km 3,0

Mlýny
 Winterův mlýn – Teplice nad Metují, kulturní památka

Využití
Tok Metuje je pstruhovou vodou od revíru Peklo k pramenům. Vodácky využívaný je úsek Teplice nad Metují po ústí Olešenky (41 km, obtížnost WW I), odtud po most nad Novým Městem n. M. (4 km, obtížnost WW III) a odtud po ústí (23,4 km, obtížnost WW I).

Ochrana přírody

Celý horní tok Metuje od pramene po Hronov protéká CHKO Broumovsko, první přítoky řeka sbírá ve skalním městě a národní přírodní rezervaci Adršpašsko-teplické skály. Na středním toku tvoří hluboké údolí Metuje podstatnou část přírodní rezervace Peklo u Nového Města nad Metují. V údolní nivě před samým soutokem s Labem u Josefova se nachází přírodní památka Stará Metuje, která kopíruje meandrující tok stejnojmenného ramene řeky. Mezi oběma říčními rameny se nachází nestátní ptačí park Josefovské louky.

Vodní režim
Průměrný průtok Metuje u ústí činí 6,08 m³/s.

Průměrné dlouhodobé měsíční průtoky Metuje (m³/s) ve stanici Jaroměř:

Průměrné měsíční průtoky Metuje (m³/s) ve stanici Jaroměř v roce 2014:

Hlásné profily:

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Reference

Externí odkazy

 Krčín – aktuální vodní stav na stránkách Povodí Labe
 Základní charakteristiky toku Metuje a jeho povodí

Řeky v Podorlické pahorkatině
Řeky v okrese Náchod
Přítoky Labe
Vodstvo v Broumovské vrchovině


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DeLorean's Next Radical Idea Was This Never-Before-Seen Engine
Jason Torchinsky
The DeLorean name is one of the most famous — and infamous — in the automotive world. DeLorean is so associated with his movie star car and his trial for cocaine trafficking that it's easy to forget what a remarkable engineer he was. Until you see something like these long-hidden sketches. Then it all makes sense.
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These notes and sketches, written in DeLorean's own hand, were acquired by Sam Hill of the DeLoreanWiki, and Hill has agreed to let us publish them exclusively here on Jalopnik. They had previously been in the hands of DeLorean's patent lawyer. Jalopnik has confirmed, through another respected DeLorean authority, that the handwriting does in fact appear to be DeLorean's own, and we are confident because of the source that these documents are likely genuine.
It's not exactly known what the eventual plans are for this engine, or if it was even being considered as a replacement for the PRV V6 that ended up powering the DMC-12. There's no real way to know how powerful an engine this would have been, or even what sort of size.
What is very clear is that these documents describe a highly unorthodox engine, one that seems to employ every possible alternative engine-design idea available. The engine described seems exciting, innovative, and downright radical. It does seem to borrow ideas that have been present in other similar engines, but the sheer ambition and scope of the engine as described would seem to place it in a category of its own.
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In a letter to his lawyer (enclosed here) DeLorean suggests that he'd been working on parts of this design as far back as 1954, when he was working for Packard, but most of the engine's design was started in 1979. The drawings shown here are mostly from late 1980.
After reviewing the available notes and drawings, here is the best summary of the engine I can give:
Fundamentally, it's what's known as an axial engine (sometimes called a barrel engine), using a swashplate instead of a crankshaft. A swashplate translates the reciprocating motion of a piston in a cylinder into rotational motion via connecting the pistons to an angled disc on a central shaft.
DeLorean's proposed engine would have used three cylinders, arranged in a triangular formation, and in each of those cylinders it looks like DeLorean was planning to have a double-ended piston, allowing for two combustion chambers per cylinder, making it a 6-piston engine, using three cylinders.
The nature of a swash plate type of engine allows, via altering the swash plate angle, among other methods, the ability to dynamically adjust the size of the combustion chamber, a key component of this engine.
The engine was to use Aspin-type rotary valves, though it also seems that sleeve valves would be employed as well. The engine was turbocharged, with the turbocharger mounted in the center, axially on the engine, between the three cylinders.
In keeping with the unorthodox nature of the engine, it was to be air cooled via cooling channels cast into the block, much like the early Honda 1300, which was known for its remarkable air-cooled design that seemed to be derived from water-cooled designs. Air was also to be employed as a sort of lubricant and bushing material, with pressurized air bearings used extensively throughout the design. There are also notes that suggest exploring using coolant for lubrication, and vice versa.
Using lubricants as coolants isn't unheard of — most air-cooled engines use their oil for some degree of cooling — but coolant as lubricant is very unusual.
The notes also suggest that the engine could be diesel or gas or even "powdered coal" and in situations other than diesel, the preferred method of combustion would have been a laser instead of a conventional spark plug. Because of course it is.
Even the fundamental materials are radical, with a ceramic block specified throughout the notes. More conventional iron versions are suggested to be built first, but if you're going to go this far with an engine, may as well make it ceramic.
Perhaps the most truly prescient trait of the engine is one that is now actually becoming quite common, albeit in a somewhat different execution: regenerative braking/KERS. DeLorean's engine is not a hybrid design at all, it's entirely a combustion engine, but the designs still describe a way to recover the kinetic energy lost (usually to heat) during braking.
DeLorean's recovery system sounds familiar to an early flywheel-based KERS system at first, in that it uses a flywheel. But then it repurposes that energy in a very unusual way. Here's what DeLorean said about it in a December 29, 1980 letter to his lawyer:
The concept of braking energy storage into a flywheel which is later recovered by putting the energy into the compressor turbine of a turbocharger or simple supercharger (like the new Bendix unit).
So DeLorean is suggesting that the recovered braking energy be used to spin up a compressor (closer to a supercharger than a turbocharger, since it's not exhaust-driven) to add more power to the engine. It sounds like a great idea, and I believe this is the very first suggestion of such a concept.
If you're remotely interested in car engine design, I suggest looking over these rough notes. It's not just for the radical, exciting engine they describe, but also for the fascinating glimpse into how the mind of a truly gifted engineer works, especially in these early, rough stages that we so rarely get to see.
Read the notes, puzzle over the drawings, and imagine what could have been. And please feel free to talk about what you think in the comments, and further discussion is invited at DMCTODAY.COM.
Basic feature list of the engine.
Note the laser ignition reference in #3, and the interest in rapid commercial applications in #5.
The best part here is the "invent a scheme" option. That's always a great option.
"Sintered" refers to iron cast from powdered material.
Lots of interesting things here: gas or diesel, a "3 to 6" cylinder count, which may refer to the use or non-use of double-headed pistons, and the flywheel braking concept.
The wide diagonal shape is a cross-section of the swash plate, which replaces the crankshaft in a conventional engine.
This is a good image of the double-headed, domed piston in domed opposed combustion chambers. The link to the swashplate seems to involve round bearings.
Good cross-sectional view of the engine. The lower combustion chambers either don't exist in this version or the details (intake/exhaust ports, etc) aren't drawn in.
Interesting references to air bearing usage.
The doodles. That's what makes this one. I like to think he was on the phone, doodling these shapes.
That arrow is surprisingly like the Mac pointer cursor to come around four years later.
Material possibilities are considered here.
No waste gate is needed for the turbo is the regenerative braking energy is employed.
Overall, overhead layout options, witha 2 cylinder/4 piston variation.
Overall overhead layout with 3 cylinders/6 pistons, and central turbocharger.
One of the most detailed drawings of the hemi-head piston, and interesting information about the proposed air bearings, like that the air would be vented.
I think this is showing some details of the sleeve valves.
Air bearing system details.
Turbocharger positioning, general layout from the side.
This seems to be a novel idea for running the accessories from the pistons at one end?
Very novel cooling system ideas.
Laser ignition notes.
Early overall features list.
I'm not sure about the odd truncated-cone pistons there, but it doesn't seem to have been pursued.
The engine was estimated at 100 MPG here. Probably overly optimistic, but still interesting.
The letter to DeLorean's patent attorney.


Have you ever had a situation where you really wanted something and you are told no—or know the answer will be no? Whether it is time off work, a raise, a sponsorship proposal, the car for the night when you were younger, we have all had those experiences. In my professional world, we see it every day. Sometimes it is internal at a property—trying to convince the ED or DD that this is a good deal for the organization, or external, such as trying to close a sponsorship. And often it is external.
I have always said you need to build a case for support. You need to document the pros and cons. Identify the risks, and also the short- and long-term benefits. I say this is necessary because you learn not only why you think something is important to have/secure, but also, if done right, you will understand the issues or concerns from the other side.
Our daughter, now 13, has been asking for an iPhone for her birthday and Christmas since she was 10—her 10th , 11th, 12th and 13th birthdays and those Christmases each year too. Her reasoning started like this: "All my friends have them, so it must be OK." Once we settled the issue that we do not operate based on what others have or what the trend is, she understood that, to get an iPhone, would mean more than begging and crying. She learned she would need to convince us why it was so important (our thought was age 16!). For the first couple of years, it was a running joke. The iPhone always made the Christmas and birthday wish lists (along with the pet chinchilla), but everyone knew it would not happen (especially the chinchilla). By the time she had passed her twelfth birthday, she knew it was more important for her to get a phone. She asked what she needed to do. I told her she needed a "case for support." She had to show us why it was so important from a practical viewpoint, address our concerns and issues, and have a plan for the process. So, she went to work (with help when she asked).
Ultimately, this past summer, she had her mom and I sit down in the family room. She pulled up her laptop and made her presentation. It was quite impressive. She addressed the issues of safety by having a phone, and also safety in using a phone, such as social media registration, people she does not know, password setting issues, and such. (The TELUS information available to families online is tremendous for understanding security and parental controls. Thanks Christi Cruz for the direction on this!). She addressed how she would manage these things and how we could feel more secure. She identified how much an iPhone 6 would cost and the monthly fees if she had talk and text only versus data—and how she would pay for it.
She had saved up over the 3+ years (money from birthdays, Christmases, and allowance) to buy a phone. Ultimately, she was given a used iPhone 5 by family friends for her birthday (with our approval), so this cost was minimized. For the monthly fee payment, she proposed to switch from her present $6 a week allowance (that she really did not have to do much for and only got to keep $2 of, because $2 went to her charity piggy bank and $2 went to savings) to being paid $6 an hour (of which $1 would go to charity and $1 to savings) for work she does around the house. She noted that emptying the dishwasher all the time, cleaning the cat litter daily, collecting and putting out the garbage, and vacuuming would come to about three hours per week. At the net rate of $4 cash per hour, it would be $12 per week or $48 per month, which would cover the $40 monthly fee (talk and text only) + taxes. She also proposed doing extra chores when needed, like snow shovelling in the winter, leaf raking in the fall, and so on. She is also working toward getting lifeguard certification and ice hockey officiating as two additional channels of revenue for extra spending money. She went on to note the punishment (days of losing access to the phone) for failure to have the cash to pay her fee, for exceeding set online time limits, etc., which were probably tougher than we would have imposed. And finally, she emphasised that this opportunity would allow her not only to become more responsible (financially and socially), but also would allow us to be proud of her accomplishments and level of accepted responsibility.
She wanted to get a phone. She wanted to keep the phone. So she convinced us. She now has (as of this summer) her own phone, and so far, has made us proud, demonstrating that she is pretty responsible. When you are motivated (which she was), you can make things happen.
The same goes for us in our professional worlds. Look at what you want to achieve, then build a case for support or a plan to get there. Follow the plan, live by the rules, and enjoy success.
Wow, your daughter is super impressive with all the thought and effort she put into her iPhone presentation. Great life lesson for us blog followers, thank you!


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He is an artist best known for wrapping the Reichstag in Berlin and for siting thousands of coloured umbrellas across valleys in Japan and America. Now Christo is creating for Abu Dhabi a colossal structure that he claims will be the world's biggest permanent sculpture. Estimated construction costs of $340m (£212m) would also make it the world's most expensive.
A 150-metre-high, flat-topped pyramid would be taller than St Paul's Cathedral or St Peter's Basilica and would overshadow the Great Pyramid of Giza – creating Abu Dhabi's answer to Egypt's pyramids or Mecca's Kaaba.
The Mastaba, made out of 410,000 multicoloured oil barrels, is planned for what Christo describes as a "spectacularly beautiful" desert landscape, Al Gharbia, 100 miles from Abu Dhabi city.
Speaking to the Observer, Christo said a site near Liwa oasis has been approved. The region boasts some of the world's highest dunes, with gazelles among the wildlife. Stacked barrels painted in colours inspired by the yellow and red sands will recreate the visual effect of an Islamic mosaic, he said: "When the sun rises, the vertical wall will become almost full of gold."


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State investigates second 5.4 magnitude earthquake to strike the Permian Basin in a month
Marfa Public Radio | By Mitch Borden
Published December 19, 2022 at 5:25 PM CST
A 5.4 magnitude earthquake struck just north of Midland on Friday, Dec. 16.
At 5:35 p.m. on Friday, a 5.4 magnitude earthquake struck approximately 12 miles north of Midland. The quake — one of the largest ever recorded in Texas — left walls and ceilings cracked after shaking the oil field city harder than any other quake in recent memory.
No casualties were reported by Midland Memorial Hospital and a spokesperson for Midland County told Marfa Public Radio that as of Monday there had been 23 reports of minor property damage.
This is the second 5.4 magnitude earthquake to strike the Permian Basin in a month, which has prompted the Railroad Commission of Texas, which regulates the state's oil and gas industry, to dispatch inspectors to the region to investigate.
Oil and gas operations, specifically hydraulic fracking and wastewater injection wells, have been linked to oil field earthquakes in the past. And just last year, the state barred some operators in the Midland-Odessa area from disposing of wastewater by shooting it deep into the ground after a series of earthquakes hit the region.
Following the order however, questions emerged whether the sanctions were effective as some companies reportedly continued to inject wastewater into deep substrata. Inspectors with the Railroad Commission are currently looking into injection wells near Midland to see what can be done to "reduce the intensity and frequency of earthquakes," according to the agency.
Todd Staples, President of the Texas Oil and Gas Association, released a statement saying the state's inspection of injection wells was "appropriate and should inform, along with industry data, the best next steps forward."
He went on to list "reducing injection volumes, targeted shut-in of injection wells, expanding the size of the [Seismic Response Area], and comprehensive data collection and analysis" as ways to respond to the recent earthquake.
Texas Oil and Gas IndustryEarthquakes
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Big West Texas earthquake highlights new seismicity rules
Michael Marks
The tremor started in an area that regulators watch closely.
Texas oil and gas agency investigating 5.4 magnitude quake, largest in three decades
The quake was the third largest in Texas history, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. An increase in seismic activity in Texas has been linked to injecting fracking wastewater underground.
5.4 magnitude earthquake hits West Texas, with reports of shaking all the way in Austin
Andy Jechow
The earthquake is one of the largest in Texas history. A geophysicist with the USGS said the earthquake was likely caused by oil and gas industry activity in the area.
Heading into a really cold snap this week, you might wonder: Can the Texas power grid handle it?
Matt Largey
For some folks in Texas, the forecast for this week brings back unpleasant memories of the winter storm and resulting blackouts in February 2021.
Black houses are so hot right now. But are they hotter?
Does it make any sense to live in a dark-colored house in a state like Texas? We ask experts whether these homes are less energy efficient.
There's an official definition of what makes a white Christmas (and Austin probably won't have one)
Mose Buchele
A weather model showing Texas with feet of snow on Christmas got a lot of attention online. But meteorologists say to take it with a grain of salt.
Austin Energy customers can expect (another) increase on their electricity bills next year
Andrew Weber
Austin City Council on Thursday approved new Austin Energy rates that will increase customers' bills by roughly $9 a month.


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Eric Bolling's Son Dies! Eric Chase Bolling Suspected To Be Disturbed With Father's Fox News' Drama
Last Updated on: Jun 20, 2019 @ 11:00 AM
Quick Fact Check
Age 56 Years 10 Month(s)
Profession Television Personality
Birth Name Eric Thomas Bolling
Ethnicity/Race White
Father John Gustav Bolling
Mother Marie Hildegarde (Catino)
Brother/s 2
Son/s Eric Chase Bolling (Died.Sept 2017)
Relationship Status Married
Wife/Spouse Adrienne Bolling (m. 1997)
Divorce/Split Not Yet
Wedding Date October 4, 1997
Gay No
Dating/Affair No
Net Worth $25 Million
Career 1984-present
High School Loyola Academy
College Rollins College
Grand Mother Ida Seraphina Johnson
Grand Father Gustaf Albin Bolling
Height/ How Tall? 6'1" (1.85 m)
Hair Short
Hair Color Dark Brown
Eye Color Dark Brown
The Fox News Channel anchor Eric Bolling's nineteen-year-old son dies Friday night in Boulder, Col., hours after Eric was fired from Fox news and the reason for his untimely death is suspected to be his father's problem on the Fox News.
Fox News fired Eric Bolling following a sexting scandal just hours before his son's death. He took Twitter on September 9 to reveal the news about the loss of his son Eric Chase Bolling, Jr.
Bolling tweeted saying that he and his wife of almost two decades Adrienne Bolling are devastated by the death of their son last night. He appreciated the thoughts and prayer saying that the details are still not clear.
Adrienne and I are devastated by the loss of our beloved son Eric Chase last night. Details still unclear. Thoughts, prayers appreciated.
— Eric Bolling (@ericbolling) September 9, 2017
According to reports published on Saturday, Eric Chase Bolling was found dead in Boulder, Col., at the University of Colorado Boulder, where he was studying economics.
His body was discovered hours after Fox News announced that it cut ties with the co-host of "The Specialists," a 10-year network veteran Eric Bolling.
Bolling's first tweet was followed by the second one that reads,
Authorities have informed us there is no sign of self harm at this point. Autopsy will be next week. Please respect our grieving period.
Moreover, TMZ has reported that Eric Chase died from a drug overdose. TMZ reported-
"We're told he was having a hard time dealing with the trouble his dad was having at the network. Our sources say he was extremely embarrassed by the stories and was emotionally upset."
The death of younger Bolling was first reported by HuffPost reporter Yashar Ali, who previously reported that Bolling sent lewd messages several years ago to two female colleagues. A month ago, Bolling sued Ali for $50 million in damages for defamation.
Soon after the news about Eric Chase Bolling's death was revealed, Fox News Channel issued the following statement that read-
"We are very saddened to hear of the passing of Eric Bolling's son. Eric Chase was a wonderful young man and our thoughts and prayers are with the entire Bolling family."
We extend our sincere condolence to Bolling and his family. May the departed soul rest in peace!
#American TV Personality #The Five #The Cost of Freedom #Eric Chase Bolling


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A great replacement part. Manufactured for Maico at Chippys.
Gas Tank Alloy Maico GP Replica, similar in design to some of the Wheelsmith Maico Tanks of this era, but uses original Cawi Cap and original type Gas Tap, TIG welded heavier gauge aluminium to resist dents and dings.