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How Did Marten Van Riel Take Out The Reigning Olympic Champ?
The 29-year-old Belgian beat Kristian Blummenfelt by 23 minutes at 70.3 Dubai; we've got two of his killer workouts, plus the inside track on his breakthrough race.
March 11, 2022 Tim Heming
Photo: James Mitchell/Ironman
Marten van Riel might not yet be the most famous name in Ironman racing. But he foreshadowed what's to come when he eventually turns his full focus to non-drafting competition—by winning Ironman 70.3 Dubai in one of the fastest times ever last weekend.
The Race In Dubai
"When I saw the finish clock for the first time I was like: Holy sh*t, am I actually going this fast?!" he reflected on the 3:26:05 outing. "During the race I knew it was super fast, but I had a bike Garmin, a run Garmin, and hadn't put the pieces together."
Olympic champion Kristian Blummenfelt had tipped Van Riel pre-race, and the 29-year-old was in a confident mood. "It's about six-to-eight weeks before the short-course season starts, and my training is very endurance based, so I didn't have to do too much special training to compete.
"We dialed in my nutrition, how many watts I could hold, and what pace I could run. On the day, it was almost perfectly executed, and I even went a little conservative on the run."
Having also won Ironman 70.3 Xiamen in late 2019, Van Riel is now two for two over the half distance. And while Blummenfelt was off his game in the Middle East, he'd have been hard pushed on his very best day as Van Riel put the hammer down on a 1:53:27 bike split followed by a 1:07:55 half-marathon.
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A Blistering Bike
The course in Dubai is known to be quick, but a 1:53 split typically raises eyebrows as to the validity of the 56-mile distance—or the way the race is marshalled. Austria's Paul Ruttman in 2021, and another Belgian, Bart Aernouts, in 2020, both clocked race-best 1:52 splits.
While Van Riel admits that traffic in the adjacent highway may have played a role in reducing drag, he believes the weather conditions are a bigger factor. "There is barely any headwind heading out into the desert for the first 45km," he explained. "But the wind starts to pick up through the morning in Dubai, so there's a solid tailwind on the way back when we were going 35mph in places."
Short-Course Pedigree
Those who follow the sport closely will be aware how Van Riel's prodigious talent extends to all race distances and formats. He placed sixth in the Rio Olympics in 2016 and fourth in Tokyo last year; he is currently ranked second in the world in the WTS rankings and hasn't finished outside the top 10 in his past seven top-tier World Series races.
He also excels at the uber-short stuff too, finishing sixth in the Super League series in the fall, and winning both indoor Arena Games earlier in 2021. It is Van Riel's ability to recover quickly and go again—as seen between rounds at Super League—that his mentor, Marc Herremans, identified when he first realized the 16-year-old Van Riel could be a world-beater. It continues to this day. "Monday after Dubai I was good to go, but the coach said take one week easy," he said. "It's going to be a long season this year."
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That long season is largely due to Van Riel's desire to finally step on to an Olympic podium. With Paris 2024 remaining the top target, the non-drafting scene must wait.
"It would have been different if I'd gotten a medal last year, then I could make a different decision. But long distance is where I'm going to be better. In 2024—hopefully with a medal around my neck—I can immediately turn to full distance and go all-in for Ironman."
Should the Norwegians be worried? "They are good friends of mine, and I know what they can do. I think Gustav is comparably better over the long distance than the short distance and Kristian is good at every distance. I think I might be more of a 'Gustav' myself. That's maybe a big claim because he has some big titles already, but I'm not scared to race them and believe I can beat them on any given day. That comes from my short-course mentality where we race a lot more. It's not like it's only two-to-three races a year where things might get more into your head."
When he does step up, the aim is to rival the achievements of celebrated Belgian Ironman racers such as Luc van Lierde, Marino Vanhoenacker and Frederik van Lierde. But while they might be trailblazers, it is another athlete from the previous generation who he thanks for even being in the sport at all.
Marc Herremens, also from the village of Loenhout in northern Belgium, finished sixth in Hawaii in 2001 before a catastrophic bike crash the following year in Lanzarote left him a paraplegic. Herremans fought back to return to Big Island as a wheelchair competitor just months later, and was recognized with Belgium's sports personality award for indomitable spirit. Having suggested Van Riel take up tri as a teenager, he became his trainer, mentor, and team manager.
"The way he kept positive [after the crash] was really inspiring. That's the main thing that makes people love him," Van Riel explained. "Without Marc I would never have gotten anywhere in the sport. Still now I am super thankful. I called him after Dubai, and he was super happy. From the start he would have rather seen me do long course because it's where his real passion is. He's a big part of my story and every race I am trying to make him proud."
Van Riel can see more of Herremans these days too. Having been coached by Joel Filliol for seven years as part of the Canadian's star-studded international squad, the Belgian is now closer to home with Glenn Poleunis of PTC Coaching where he trains with a talented young group of Belgians.
"There is not one guy who is competitive in all the disciplines, but in every discipline there's at least two to three guys who keep me on my toes," he said. "I'm also trying to give my joy for the sport and what I've learnt to the next generation."
Not that this should sound like retirement is beckoning, he stresses. The next task is to finally win a World Series race. After finishing second in the Championship Finale in Edmonton behind Blummenfelt last summer, the time has come. "That's for sure the big goal. If you can win a World Series you can win Olympic gold. But that's a step I still have to make."
Van Riel's 70.3 Prep Work
It was only Marten van Riel's second Ironman 70.3 race, but by the time he reached the start he knew he was able to produce a winning performance thanks to sessions like the two below:
Big, Bad Bike Intervals
Total time: 2 ½ hrs
Warm-up: 20mins
Main set: 4 x 25mins at race intensity/watts. 5mins recovery between intervals
Cooldown: 15mins
"I did this session two weeks out as one of the last really hard sessions. If you can do the watts here, you're probably going to be able to do them in the race. The week prior to this session I completed 4 x 20mins, and the week before that 5 x 15min. Training your actual race pace is important, so don't ego push it! It doesn't help if you push 20 watts more, but cannot hold it—or run—on race day. If you do, you're training in the wrong zone."
Mile Breakdown Run Intervals
Total time: 2hrs
Main set:2 x 2 miles at race pace. 2min rest between intervals
6 x 1 mile at race pace. 90sec rest between intervals
"These long, big-volume threshold runs are new for me. The run is the same premise as the bike session. It's 10 miles of running at race pace and sounds really hard, but it shouldn't be crazy hard. By the end you should be fatigued, but if you're completely wiped out you've probably done them too fast. Another area I trained a lot was nutrition, and taking three gels on this run. I was surprised how much it helped. During previous big sessions I'd felt like I was borderline bonking towards the end. Now getting the fueling right, I'm sometimes feeling stronger at the end than the start."
How They Did It


The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) in partnership with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Region 2 conducted the 25th North Luzon Business Conference with the theme "Moving Forward through G.I.A.N.T S.T.E.P.S" on August 3-5, 2016 at the Crown Pavilion, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan.
The G.I.A.N.T S.T.E.P.S stands for the economic roadmaps that consist of the following enabling factors such as Good Governance, Greater spending for Infrastructure and Agriculture, New Era of Manufacturing and Tourism, which will be supported by enhancing the determinants, which are Science and Technology, Education, People's skills, and Source of Financing.
Key officers and members of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) in North Luzon attended the conference, which was spearheaded by PCCI North Luzon Area Vice President Engr. Alfonso T. Lao.
According to AVP Lao, the conference provided an avenue for the government and stakeholders in the business sector to discuss opportunities for investments in agro-industrial, tourism, education, business, services and other viable enterprises in North Luzon.
Relevant and critical information on appropriate business strategies, access to technology, common service facilities, financing, among others were discussed during the conference.
DTI 2 OIC Regional Director Mr. Ruben B. Diciano expressed his support to the PCCI. With him were DTI 2 Provincial Directors and some personnel.
Local Officials present in the event were Cagayan Governor Manuel Mamba and Tuguegarao City Mayor Jefferson Soriano.
Meanwhile, former DTI 2 Regional Director Atty. Ma. Esperanza Bañares showed her support and participated in the event being the master of ceremony for the whole day activity.
Among the topics discussed in the plenary sessions include 1.) Achieving G.I.A.N.T S.T.E.P.S thru Transport Infrastructure Development 2.) Harnessing the Potentials of the Agriculture Industry in North Luzon 3.) Building Capacities for Disaster Resilient Business Community 4.) Trends in the Financial Sector: Opportunities for Local Enterprises 5.) Enterprise Development Initiatives for SMEs and Alternative Dispute Resolution for Business.
In his message, Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan underscored the importance of giving support and top priority to our farmers and fisher folks being one of the big contributors in beefing the country's economy.
Media Conference was participated in by the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) and some local media. Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan straightforwardly addressed the concerns of the local media. With him were PCCI North Luzon Area Vice President Alfonso Lao, PCCI- Cagayan Chapter President Mr. Mario Dulin, and PCCI Regional Governors of Regions 1, 2, 3 and CAR.
A Fellowship Night was immediately conducted after the conference to liven up the whole day activity.
Alongside with the conduct of the conference, the North Luzon Trade Expo was organized on August 3-7, 2016 at the Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral Patio Tuguegarao City, Cagayan to showcase the products of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in North Luzon.


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Black Cat Throws Up On Spiderman – Ultimate Beginner'S Guide
Did Spider-Man get vomited on by Black Cat?
The incident between felicia and spider-man left both of them in shock. Felicia was so embarrassed that she vomited on his crotch out of disgust, leaving Spider-Man speechless. This incident serves as a reminder that even superheroes can be vulnerable to the emotions of others. It also serves as a reminder that no matter how powerful someone may seem, they are still human and can be affected by the emotions of those around them.
What action did Black Cat take against Spider-Man?
Black cats relationship with spider-man was a tumultuous one. Despite her feelings for him, she was unable to give up her criminal ways and eventually had to leave New York. Although their partnership was brief, it was an important part of both of their lives and helped shape them into the heroes they are today.
Has Spider-Man slept with Black Cat?
The spider-man/black cat: the evil that men do miniseries was a powerful and thought-provoking comic that explored the dark side of relationships. It showed the consequences of rape and how it can affect a persons life. It also showed the strength of love and how it can help someone overcome such a traumatic experience.
The Spider-Man/Black Cat: The Evil That Men Do miniseries was a powerful story that highlighted the importance of consent and the devastating effects of rape. It also showed the power of love and how it can help someone heal from such a traumatic experience. This comic was a reminder that we must always respect each others boundaries and that no one should ever be taken advantage of.
Does Black Cat forgive Spider-Man?
Gwen stacys grudge against eddie brock was too strong for him to overcome. Despite his efforts to redeem himself, Gwen was unwilling to forgive him and instead chose to hold onto her intense grudge. Her unforgiving attitude serves as a reminder that some grudges are too deep to be easily forgotten.
Did Black Cat become pregnant by Spider-Man?
The heist dlc for spider-man ps4 has been a great success, with the introduction of black cat (felicia hardy) as a major character. While her claim to have a son in order to get Spider-Mans help turns out to be false, her presence in the game has been a great addition to the story. Black Cat is a complex character with a rich history, and her inclusion in the game has been a great way to explore her character and her relationship with Spider-Man. The Heist DLC has been a great success, and its clear that Black Cat will continue to be a major part of the Spider-Man universe.
Spiderman had a very unfortunate experience when a black cat threw up on him. This experience was not only gross, but it was also a reminder that cats can be unpredictable. Despite this, Spiderman was able to take the experience in stride and move on with his day. He was able to look past the grossness of the situation and focus on the positive aspects of having a pet. Spiderman's experience with the black cat serves as a reminder that even the most unexpected of events can be handled with grace and humor.

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Q: Why may "no DTD found" LXML parser error happen? Anybody knows what are the possible reasons for the following error message being printed by python lxml module?
enter code here`line 16470: PCDATA invalid Char value 31

alidation failed: no DTD found !, line 1, column 46

A: That's because there was ASCII code 31 inside some tag's text on the specified line indeed.
After removal works properly.

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2,5-stjärnigtHotelstars Union tilldelar officiella stjärnklassificeringar för hotell i Schweiz. Detta hotell har klassificerats som 2 star superior och visas på den här sidan som 2.5 stjärnor.
Receptionen är öppen varje dag från 13:30 till 22:00.
Stadsskatt: 3.50 CHF per person per natt. Skatten gäller inte barn under 16 år.
Clean, comfortable, water pressure awesome, cute town, near the train station, the staff was friendly (Ronnie was informative, helpful and had a breakfast packed for us since we were leaving before breakfast). Enjoyed the balcony with a view.
Perfect accommodations in Wilderswil after arriving in Zurich on overnight flight from Boston and hoping train to Wilderswil. Arrived early, left our backpacks at reception and Ronnie graciously brought them to our room while we explored the town. Nice breakfast! Convenient to take cog rail mountain train from same station next morning for Schynige Platte to begin hiking Tour of the Jungfrau! We will return to Alpine Inn when we hike back in to Wilderswill after 10 days on trail.
Upon entering the room, we were greeted with a sign in the bathroom about being charged 200 CHF if we make a mess. I understand their intention to keep their bathroom clean, but it sounds more like a threat to a customer, so that was not nice. The room itself is adequate with a balcony view of the mountains and breakfast was alright. It is a 10 minute walk to the train station and parking is available on-site. When we were checking out, we were told we had to pay over 70 CHF for the extra person we brought in. I did not understand how they got to that number, but we did not argue as we had to move on to our next destination and they promised they would email me the receipt of the details, which I never received. I guess it all still works out for the hotel chain without being concerned for the customer as the area is a tourist accommodation and there is a lack of rooms during the summer months.
This is a small hotel built in the style of a US motel. with the bedrooms in a separate block, within the car park, from the main reception and breakfast room. Its obviously been refurbished to a good standard but obviously the budget option within the area. Room was a good style, but old fashioned especially the bathroom , which could really do with modernisation. The windows were an issue as only a door to the balcony or a huge window could be opened which my partner felt insecure leaving open as we were on the ground floor. So the lack of Air-con made it a warm night, luckily a fan was provided in the room to help so i did still get a reasonable nights sleep. The guy in the reception was very straight to the point and not exactly welcoming, but the Breakfast waitress was very nice, welcoming and attentive. Overall okay, if the bathroom was modernised, and A/C provided i would consider staying again possibly?


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Voyage (Chinese: 遊), is a 2013 film by the acclaimed Hong Kong film-maker Scud, the production-crediting name of Danny Cheng Wan-Cheung. It is described as "a tragic story about love, fate and the struggle of losing loved ones",[1] and received its world premiere on 20 October 2013 at the Chicago International Film Festival.[2] It was filmed in Hong Kong, Mongolia, Malaysia, Australia, Germany and Holland, and is the director's first film partially made outside Asia, and also his first to be filmed mostly in the English language.[1] It explores several themes traditionally regarded as 'taboo' in Hong Kong society in an unusually open, convention-defying way, and features full-frontal male nudity in several scenes.[3] It is the fifth of seven publicly released films by Scud. The six other films are: City Without Baseball in 2008, Permanent Residence in 2009, Amphetamine in 2010, Love Actually... Sucks! in 2011, Utopians in 2015 and Thirty Years of Adonis in 2017. His eighth film, Naked Nation, is currently in production.[4]
The few criticisms for the game centered on its length and pacing. Clements noted that not all players would appreciate a game with a "deliberate, melancholic pace" and short duration, comments echoed by the Edge review.[3][5] Miller noted the lack of complex gameplay elements in Journey, and Shaw was disappointed that the game was only a few hours long, though Douglas said the length was perfect.[1][2][46] Miller concluded the game could be compared to "a musical concert, a well-directed film, or a long-awaited book", while Clements concluded, "completing Journey will create memories that last for years".[1][46]
Equality for all mankind is not a realistic goal in Wells's view. That, he believes, would mean a loss of individuality, and individuality is an inherent requirement of human nature. Similarly, competition is necessary to a thriving society. Taking what he considers a practical position, he sees the new society as divided into four classes of persons which he calls poietic, kinetic, dull, and base. There is a leader caste, called Samurai, which is drawn primarily from the poietic group, though some from the kinetic class may qualify. Persons who volunteer for Samurai membership must meet stringent requirements, both physical and mental; and they must pledge to conform to the rules of the caste, which forbid eating meat, smoking, drinking, gambling, and participation in public sports or entertainments. The Samurai furnish the World State with its administrators, legislators, lawyers, doctors, and other leaders. Furthermore, they are the only voters in the commonwealth. The male members of the Samurai are encouraged to marry women of comparable qualifications, and they are encouraged to produce children with the aim of improving the quality of the population. The lower classes of citizens, the dull witted, the criminals, and the deformed are exiled from society and prevented from childbearing.


The split jerk is an explosive weight training exercise that can help develop power in both the shoulders and lower body. This exercise is most commonly performed with a barbell but can also be done with dumbbells.
Keeping weight on your heels, bend your knees slightly. Make sure you keep your chest up and do not dip it forward. Extend your knees and hips to drive yourself upwards quickly. As you do, extend your arms over your head.
While the bar has upward momentum, drop your body down and get under the bar so that the weight is caught above your head. At the same time, move one of your feet forward and the other backward. You may also raise your back foot so that it is resting on your toes.Your head should be forward of the bar.
Push up with both legs and position your feet side by side, bringing your front foot back part way and then bringing your rear foot forward.
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require 'set'
require 'flipper'
require 'cassanity'

module Flipper
  module Adapters
    class Cassanity
      include Flipper::Adapter

      # Private: The key that stores the set of known features.
      FeaturesKey = :flipper_features

      # Public: The name of the adapter.
      attr_reader :name

      # Private: The column family where the data is stored.
      attr_reader :column_family

      # Public: Initializes a Cassanity flipper adapter.
      #
      # column_family - The Cassanity::ColumnFamily that should store the info.
      def initialize(column_family)
        @column_family = column_family
        @name = :cassanity
      end

      # Public: The set of known features.
      def features
        rows = select(FeaturesKey)
        rows.map { |row| row['field'] }.to_set
      end

      # Public: Adds a feature to the set of known features.
      def add(feature)
        update FeaturesKey, feature.name, 1
        true
      end

      # Public: Adds a feature to the set of known features.
      def remove(feature)
        delete FeaturesKey, feature.name
        clear feature
        true
      end

      # Public: Clears all the gate values for a feature.
      def clear(feature)
        delete feature.key
        true
      end

      # Public: Gets the values for all gates for a given feature.
      #
      # Returns a Hash of Flipper::Gate#key => value.
      def get(feature)
        result = {}
        doc = doc_for(feature)
        fields = doc.keys

        feature.gates.each do |gate|
          result[gate.key] = case gate.data_type
          when :boolean, :integer
            doc[gate.key.to_s]
          when :set
            fields_to_gate_value fields, gate
          else
            unsupported_data_type gate.data_type
          end
        end

        result
      end

      # Public: Enables a gate for a given thing.
      #
      # feature - The Flipper::Feature for the gate.
      # gate - The Flipper::Gate to disable.
      # thing - The Flipper::Type being disabled for the gate.
      #
      # Returns true.
      def enable(feature, gate, thing)
        case gate.data_type
        when :boolean, :integer
          update feature.key, gate.key, thing.value.to_s
        when :set
          update feature.key, to_field(gate, thing), thing.value.to_s
        else
          unsupported_data_type gate.data_type
        end

        true
      end

      # Public: Disables a gate for a given thing.
      #
      # feature - The Flipper::Feature for the gate.
      # gate - The Flipper::Gate to disable.
      # thing - The Flipper::Type being disabled for the gate.
      #
      # Returns true.
      def disable(feature, gate, thing)
        case gate.data_type
        when :boolean
          delete feature.key
        when :integer
          update feature.key, gate.key, thing.value.to_s
        when :set
          delete feature.key, to_field(gate, thing)
        else
          unsupported_data_type gate.data_type
        end

        true
      end

      # Private: Converts gate and thing to hash key.
      def to_field(gate, thing)
        "#{gate.key}/#{thing.value}"
      end

      # Private: Select rows matching key and optionally field.
      #
      # Returns an Array of Hashes.
      def select(key, field = :skip)
        @column_family.select({
          select: [:field, :value],
          where: where(key, field),
        })
      end

      # Private: Update key/field combo to value.
      #
      # Returns nothing.
      def update(key, field, value)
        @column_family.update({
          set: {value: value},
          where: {key: key, field: field},
        })
      end

      # Private: Delete rows matching key and optionally field as well.
      #
      # Returns nothing.
      def delete(key, field = :skip)
        @column_family.delete({
          where: where(key, field),
        })
      end

      # Private: Given a key and field it returns appropriate where hash for
      # querying the column family.
      #
      # Returns a Hash to be used as criteria for a query.
      def where(key, field)
        where = {key: key}
        where[:field] = field unless field == :skip
        where
      end

      # Private: Gets a hash of fields => values for the given feature.
      #
      # Returns a Hash of fields => values.
      def doc_for(feature)
        field_value_pairs = select(feature.key).map { |row| row.values }
        Hash[*field_value_pairs.flatten]
      end

      # Private: Returns a set of values given an array of fields and a gate.
      #
      # Returns a Set of the values enabled for the gate.
      def fields_to_gate_value(fields, gate)
        regex = /^#{Regexp.escape(gate.key)}\//
        keys = fields.grep(regex)
        values = keys.map { |key| key.split('/', 2).last }
        values.to_set
      end

      # Private: Raises error letting user know that data type is not
      # supported by this adapter.
      def unsupported_data_type(data_type)
        raise "#{data_type} is not supported by this adapter"
      end
    end
  end
end

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Arcadia's Greatest Latin American Films
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In 2011, Arcadia magazine asked 81 critics and filmmakers to vote for the greatest Latin American films. This list includes all films that received at least 2 votes. The ballots are available on Arcadia's website. See this spreadsheet for the vote counts.
Arcadia published the top 25, but some of the vote counts are incorrect, so the order is slightly different from this list (I counted the votes myself). They also removed the Spanish films, but I included them.
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in # personal toplists
Memorias del subdesarrollo
1968 — a.k.a. Memories of Underdevelopment, in 11 top lists
tomas+gutierrez+alea
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2000 — a.k.a. Amores Perros, in 16 top lists
alejandro+gonzalez+inarritu
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2002 — a.k.a. City of God, in 21 top lists
fernando+meirelles
katia+lund
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Los olvidados
1950 — a.k.a. The Young and the Damned, in 24 top lists
luis+bunuel
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El ángel exterminador
1962 — a.k.a. The Exterminating Angel, in 19 top lists
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2001 — a.k.a. The Swamp, in 7 top lists
lucrecia+martel
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2009 — a.k.a. The Secret in Their Eyes, in 10 top lists
juan+jose+campanella
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2004, in 2 top lists
juan+pablo+rebella
pablo+stoll
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Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol
1964 — a.k.a. Black God, White Devil, in 9 top lists
glauber+rocha
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La historia oficial
1985 — a.k.a. The Official Story, in 4 top lists
luis+puenzo
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El espíritu de la colmena
1973 — a.k.a. The Spirit of the Beehive, in 20 top lists
victor+erice
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2001 — a.k.a. Y Tu Mamá También, in 14 top lists
alfonso+cuaron
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Rodrigo D: No futuro
1990, in 1 top list
victor+gaviria
jonib
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1961, in 23 top lists
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2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 31 top lists
guillermo+del+toro
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1993 — a.k.a. The Snail's Strategy, in 2 top lists
sergio+cabrera
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Cría cuervos
1976 — a.k.a. Cría Cuervos, in 12 top lists
carlos+saura
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1998 — a.k.a. Central Station, in 7 top lists
walter+salles
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La batalla de Chile: La lucha de un pueblo sin...
1975 — a.k.a. The Battle of Chile: Part I, in 9 top lists
patricio+guzman
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1976 — a.k.a. The Battle of Chile: Part II, in 7 top lists
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1979 — a.k.a. The Battle of Chile: Part III, in 6 top lists
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La vendedora de rosas
1998 — a.k.a. The Rose Seller, in 0 top lists
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Nueve reinas
2000 — a.k.a. Nine Queens, in 4 top lists
fabian+bielinsky
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Bienvenido Mister Marshall
1953 — a.k.a. Welcome Mr. Marshall, in 3 top lists
luis+garcia+berlanga
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El hijo de la novia
2001 — a.k.a. Son of the Bride, in 3 top lists
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Fresa y chocolate
1993 — a.k.a. Strawberry and Chocolate, in 2 top lists
juan+carlos+tabio
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2002 — a.k.a. Intimate Stories, in 3 top lists
carlos+sorin
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Mujeres al borde de un ataque de "nervios"
1988 — a.k.a. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, in 14 top lists
pedro+almodovar
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1996 — a.k.a. Thesis, in 4 top lists
alejandro+amenabar
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1999 — a.k.a. All About My Mother, in 17 top lists
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El día de la bestia
1995 — a.k.a. The Day of the Beast, in 3 top lists
alex+de+la+iglesia
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El lugar sin límites
1978 — a.k.a. Hell Without Limits, in 4 top lists
arturo+ripstein
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La teta asustada
2009 — a.k.a. The Milk of Sorrow, in 3 top lists
claudia+llosa
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Los lunes al sol
2002 — a.k.a. Mondays in the Sun, in 2 top lists
fernando+leon+de+aranoa
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1978 — a.k.a. The Vampires of Poverty, in 2 top lists
carlos+mayolo
luis+ospina
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Como agua para chocolate
1992 — a.k.a. Like Water for Chocolate, in 6 top lists
alfonso+arau
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El pez que fuma
1977 — a.k.a. The Smoking Fish, in 2 top lists
roman+chalbaud
dopzihon
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2002 — a.k.a. Talk to Her, in 11 top lists
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Hombre mirando al sudeste
1986 — a.k.a. Man Facing Southeast, in 2 top lists
eliseo+subiela
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Machuca
andres+wood
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Profundo carmesí
1996 — a.k.a. Deep Crimson, in 1 top list
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O Dragão da Maldade contra o Santo Guerreiro
1969 — a.k.a. Antonio das Mortes, in 7 top lists
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Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco
1981 — a.k.a. Pixote, in 8 top lists
hector+babenco
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Ahí está el detalle
1940 — a.k.a. You're Missing the Point, in 2 top lists
juan+bustillo+oro
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El verdugo
1963 — a.k.a. The Executioner, in 6 top lists
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Frida, naturaleza viva
1983 — a.k.a. Frida Still Life, in 2 top lists
paul+leduc
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Terra em Transe
1967 — a.k.a. Entranced Earth, in 7 top lists
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Arrebato
1979 — a.k.a. Rapture, in 4 top lists
ivan+zulueta
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2005 — a.k.a. The Aura, in 3 top lists
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El Chacal de Nahueltoro
1969 — a.k.a. Jackal of Nahueltoro, in 2 top lists
miguel+littin
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jose+luis+guerin
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La ley de Herodes
1999 — a.k.a. Herod's Law, in 2 top lists
luis+estrada
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La noche de los lápices
1986 — a.k.a. Night of the Pencils, in 0 top lists
hector+olivera
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Mar adentro
2004 — a.k.a. The Sea Inside, in 5 top lists
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El exilio de Gardel: Tangos
1985 — a.k.a. Tangos, the Exile of Gardel, in 2 top lists
fernando+e.+solanas
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Tropa de Elite
2007 — a.k.a. Elite Squad, in 4 top lists
jose+padilha
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maria+luisa+bemberg
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Confesión a Laura
1990 — a.k.a. Confessing to Laura, in 1 top list
jaime+osorio+gomez
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Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos
1976 — a.k.a. Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands, in 2 top lists
bruno+barreto
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El abrazo partido
2004 — a.k.a. Lost Embrace, in 1 top list
daniel+burman
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Invasión
1969 — a.k.a. Invasion, in 0 top lists
hugo+santiago
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2002 — a.k.a. Japan, in 4 top lists
carlos+reygadas
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1966 — a.k.a. The Hunt, in 3 top lists
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La ciudad y los perros
1985 — a.k.a. The City and the Dogs, in 2 top lists
francisco+j.+lombardi
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La hora de los hornos: Notas y testimonios...
1968 — a.k.a. The Hour of the Furnaces, in 8 top lists
octavio+getino
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La muerte de un burócrata
1966 — a.k.a. Death of a Bureaucrat, in 5 top lists
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La nación clandestina
1989 — a.k.a. The Secret Nation, in 0 top lists
jorge+sanjines
alvarex3x
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La película del rey
1986 — a.k.a. A King and His Movie, in 1 top list
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1998 — a.k.a. Lovers of the Arctic Circle, in 4 top lists
julio+medem
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Stellet Licht
2007 — a.k.a. Silent Light, in 7 top lists
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María Candelaria (Xochimilco)
1944 — a.k.a. Portrait of Maria, in 4 top lists
emilio+fernandez
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Martín (Hache)
1997 — a.k.a. Martin (H), in 0 top lists
adolfo+aristarain
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Ópera prima
1980 — a.k.a. Opera Prima, in 1 top list
fernando+trueba
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fina+torres
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Perro come perro
2008 — a.k.a. Dog Eat Dog, in 1 top list
carlos+moreno
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1989 — a.k.a. Santa Sangre, in 7 top lists
alejandro+jodorowsky
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Suite Habana
2003 — a.k.a. Havana Suite, in 1 top list
fernando+perez
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Te doy mis ojos
2003 — a.k.a. Take My Eyes, in 2 top lists
iciar+bollain
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1992 — a.k.a. A Place in the World, in 3 top lists
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Un chien andalou
1929 — a.k.a. Un Chien Andalou, in 22 top lists
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¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto?
1984 — a.k.a. What Have I Done to Deserve This?, in 5 top lists
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¿Quién puede matar a un niño?
1976 — a.k.a. Who Can Kill a Child?, in 2 top lists
narciso+ibanez+serrador
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1997 — a.k.a. Open Your Eyes, in 2 top lists
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Bye Bye Brasil
1980 — a.k.a. Bye Bye Brazil, in 4 top lists
carlos+diegues
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Cenizas del paraíso
1997 — a.k.a. Ashes from Paradise, in 0 top lists
marcelo+pineyro
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Cóndores no entierran todos los días
1984 — a.k.a. A Man of Principle, in 1 top list
francisco+norden
adamh
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Crónica de un niño solo
1965 — a.k.a. Chronicle of a Boy Alone, in 2 top lists
leonardo+favio
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2006 — a.k.a. Family Law, in 0 top lists
cludy
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Diarios de motocicleta
2004 — a.k.a. The Motorcycle Diaries, in 4 top lists
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1953 — a.k.a. El, in 7 top lists
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El analfabeto
1961 — a.k.a. The Illiterate One, in 0 top lists
miguel+m.+delgado
payador
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Kiss of the Spider Woman
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El bonaerense
pablo+trapero
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El Callejón de los Milagros
1995 — a.k.a. Midaq Alley, in 3 top lists
jorge+fons
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El dependiente
1969 — a.k.a. The Dependent, in 0 top lists
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El lado oscuro del corazón
1992 — a.k.a. The Dark Side of the Heart, in 1 top list
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El sol del membrillo
1992 — a.k.a. The Quince Tree Sun, in 9 top lists
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El violín
2005 — a.k.a. The Violin, in 1 top list
francisco+vargas
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Furtivos
1975 — a.k.a. Poachers, in 2 top lists
jose+luis+borau
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2009 — a.k.a. Giant, in 0 top lists
adrian+biniez
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La fórmula secreta
1965 — a.k.a. The Secret Formula, in 2 top lists
ruben+gamez
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La gente de la Universal
1991 — a.k.a. The People at Universal, in 2 top lists
felipe+aljure
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La mujer sin cabeza
2008 — a.k.a. The Headless Woman, in 7 top lists
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La Nana
2009 — a.k.a. The Maid, in 2 top lists
sebastian+silva
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Yawar Mallku
1969 — a.k.a. Blood of the Condor, in 6 top lists
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1976 — a.k.a. The Last Supper, in 2 top lists
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Leonera
2008 — a.k.a. Lion's Den, in 1 top list
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2004 — a.k.a. Los Muertos, in 2 top lists
lisandro+alonso
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Los viajes del viento
2009 — a.k.a. The Wind Journeys, in 0 top lists
ciro+guerra
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humberto+solas
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roberto+gavaldon
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My Life Without Me
isabel+coixet
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Norteado
2009 — a.k.a. Northless, in 0 top lists
rigoberto+perezcano
turki+al-rwaita
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Palomita Blanca
1973 — a.k.a. Little White Dove, in 1 top list
raoul+ruiz
jbhomero
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Pantaleón y las visitadoras
2000 — a.k.a. Captain Pantoja and the Special Services, in 0 top lists
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La Patagonia rebelde
1974 — a.k.a. Rebellion in Patagonia, in 1 top list
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Plácido
1961 — a.k.a. Placido, in 5 top lists
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Principio y fin
1993 — a.k.a. The Beginning and the End, in 2 top lists
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andres+baiz
fernandogracia
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Sólo con tu pareja
1991 — a.k.a. Love in the Time of Hysteria, in 2 top lists
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2004 — a.k.a. Addictions and Subtractions, in 1 top list
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Temporada de patos
2004 — a.k.a. Duck Season, in 3 top lists
fernando+eimbcke
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Tiempo de revancha
1981 — a.k.a. Time for Revenge, in 3 top lists
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1966 — a.k.a. And So It Is, in 2 top lists
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1992 — a.k.a. Cows, in 2 top lists
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¡Vampiros en La Habana!
1985 — a.k.a. Vampires in Havana, in 0 top lists
juan+padron
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Vidas Secas
1963 — a.k.a. Barren Lives, in 8 top lists
nelson+pereira+dos+santos
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1990 — a.k.a. I, the Worst of All, in 1 top list
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2026 Olympic Winter Games Bids
Olympic Bid Discussions
By SkiFreak, September 15, 2015 in 2026 Olympic Winter Games Bids
world atlas 72
Flag Bearer
NoCalgaryOlympics responds to reports on distraction of Olympic Bid process
City Council Reports on Calgary 2026 Bid Distraction
Calgarians now know true cost
Monday, June 17, 2019 Calgarians' long wait is over to learn from Council what was spent in the
failed attempt to convince Calgarians to bid for the 2026 Olympic Games. Starting with a $5.0
million feasibility study in 2017, City Council invested $7 million, and thousands of man-hours
pursuing an Olympic bid. All three levels of government combined to spend $17.7 million.
Nowhere in the reports tabled with Council today is an assessment of how well the time and money
were invested, what could have been improved, lessons learned for future mega-projects or highrisk pursuits,
or how benefits cited in the report will be realized. Nowhere is there a reflection on
reasons not to pursue an Olympic Bid, particularly, what was learned about the attributes of an
acceptable project partner for Calgarians. In the report, like the bid development process,
opportunity costs are left out.
Since April 2018, NoCalgaryOlympics sounded the alarm about the opportunity cost of a Bid. What
would not be accomplished in our city because of the distraction of chasing the Olympics?
Today, it seems reasonable to question whether that opportunity cost was the immediate and longer
term solution to the property tax crisis. We wonder if the small-business-owner protests in early
June would have been necessary at all, had City Council been focused on urgent City issues, rather
than distracted by wooing the IOC. Would a solution be in place today, if councillors worked
productively together in 2018 and early 2019, making better use of over 100 hours of meeting time?
It was only on the day after the plebiscite that Calgarians learned more about those opportunity
costs -- the real cost of being distracted from City issues. What many people might not know is that
City Council has lived with knowledge of the Property Tax crisis for almost 10 months. In that time,
the Priorities and Finance Committee of Council spent 49 hours and 50 minutes in meetings,
without making the Property Tax crisis a priority or working towards solutions.
Instead, from May to November 2018, an Olympic bid assessment committee of Council invested
another 44 hours and 45 minutes meeting in pursuit of an Olympic Bid. It's unknown how many
people and hours of work by City staff and Council were displaced from City issues to, instead,
focus on research, planning and governing the Bid process.
The NoCalgaryOlympics campaign would not have been needed if proponents had honoured their
commitment to not pursue an "Olympics at any cost."
We have many more questions:
1. Did the Olympic bid process also cost the City a solid year of effort by Calgary Economic
Development, Calgary Tourism, and the Chamber of Commerce on attracting new
businesses, attracting conferences and conventions, and helping Calgary businesses grow?
2. Without the Olympic bid process, would Council still have needed hours and meetings in
camera to fix their inability to work together, a dysfunction that continues to be prevalent?
3. Are there governance questions when councillors were on record months ago but unable to
focus Council attention on the imminent Property Tax crisis?
4. Is it a substantial breech of governance when the Olympic Bid assessment committee's Chair
thoughtfully concludes against bidding, only to be ignored?
5. Is Council discipline and governance a concern when the Bid process was not stopped, even
after missing every single self-imposed deadline, and without basic funding prerequisites met?
Since Calgary folded the Bid process, the city of Denver passed an ordinance, by a substantial
margin, requiring their city council to obtain support via referendum before a single tax dollar can be
spent investigating being an Olympic host city. Some say this guarantees that Denver will never
host. But couldn't Denver's commitment also be a key driver to true IOC reform, or to ensure private
interests carry the initial risk, prior to an investment of public dollars?
NoCalgaryOlympics still holds out hope that City Council will make use of the work of the Bid
process. The research, assessment of assets, and plans to improve the City as part of Bid
preparation should stay on the agenda, if that was quality work with true merits for our city, and not
only to serve the IOC.
New York City, which pitched and failed to be a host city, has gone on to complete a number of
projects identified during Bid preparation, which is a smart way to take a big risk and then ensure
that the risk generates benefits, win or lose.
NoCalgaryOlympics' efforts were focused on respectfully rounding out the discussion about the pros
and cons of bidding for the Olympics. We heard from Calgarians in all parts of the city that one of
the best outcomes was the conversation that the Bid inspired. There was a shift to focusing on
what's next for Calgary. It seemed to finally put nostalgia for past accomplishments behind us so
that people could ask: what does Calgary aspire to be?
Calgary is a city we love with a history full of highlights, including the '88 Olympics. Calgary has a
bright future that can include prosperity and vibrancy. But there is work we will all have to do
together to get through our economic challenges to thrive once again.
While Calgarians found themselves on opposite sides of the debate and plebiscite, we are confident
with the Bid process firmly behind us, we can work together as fellow citizens, community leaders,
and City Council to move Calgary forward.
For more information: Erin Waite – 403 804-6100 OR nocalgaryolympics@gmail.com


For the past few months we have been working on growing from strength to strength and coming up with new ways to add benefits and give our athletes the best we can. After some carefully thought out options to increase our base, both in JHB and Cape Town, we thought what better way than to chat to the My Training Day Team in Cape Town and grow 'our family' of athletes, and team of all ready very experienced sports physiologists, coaches and nutritionists.
MTD is run by Kent and Claire Horner both top athletes and coaches with one of the biggest and most prominent squads in Cape Town and we are proud to announce our affiliation with them, enabling our JHB and CT athletes to have access to squads, training and more country wide. MTD & ES coaches will be combining their knowledge to give our athletes belonging to either MTD or ES the best coaching, advice and access to all the latest technology. Race specific sessions will also be structured so that any athlete travelling between JHB & Cape Town will have the full benefit of either squad.


Sound Absorbers Part 3. The final part deals with acoustic treatment of the studio floor and ceiling.
In this, the final article of a short series, we deal with the two most neglected surfaces found in all studios, namely the floor and the ceiling.
When considering the acoustic treatment of a room, be it a home studio or a fully-fledged recording studio, many people approach the problem of treating the floor and ceiling in a similar manner; that is to say, they don't do anything! You're standing on the floor and as far as you are concerned that's it.
But what of the fact that throughout this series we have spoken of the dangers and problems of parallel walls? Aren't the floor and ceilings simply parallel walls turned through 90 degrees? Of course they are. So what makes you think the same problems caused by fundamental resonance modes and flutter echo won't be present between these two surfaces as well?
The answer, of course, is that the same problems will be present, so let's have a look at what can be achieved in practical terms to lessen the effects of these parallel surfaces upon the room's acoustics.
In the March issue of HSR the 'Acoustics' article on the design and construction of a floating floor provided a method by which you could isolate the floor of a room from any structure-borne noise travelling through the building. This form of acoustic isolation will not, however, provide any help towards controlling the internal acoustic properties of the room.
It must be stated that the absorption properties of any floor covering provide very little in the way of a contribution towards the control of acoustic problems. The use of carpets as a means of absorbing sound can, at best, only affect the high frequencies and do nothing to remove bass resonance: using thick carpets with plenty of underlay is all you can reasonably do to help ease the problem. It's, of course, impractical to lay too many thick carpets on top of each other as you will soon reach a point where you start to sink into the carpet and the moving around of any equipment on rollers becomes extremely difficult.
Another important factor to bear in mind is that if the floor covering is of carpet, then it should be both rugged and fire resistant (cigarettes). Many studios tend to use rugs rather than fitted carpets as this allows you the option of removing them to produce a very live acoustic when the surrounding floors and ceiling are also of a hard reflective material. However, if you are using one room for both the performance and recording of your sounds then it's better to go for a carpeted floor, which is particularly important in an area where vocals are being recorded, as singers often tap their feet and the resulting noise may be picked up by the microphone. As we can do little to change the floor we must look up towards the ceiling for the real solution to our problems.
Unless you're building a studio in an attic which has a sloping roof, the majority of people face life with an ultra flat ceiling. Two options are available, you can either build a new suspended ceiling parallel to the existing one which has good absorption properties, or you can build an angled ceiling. As you might expect, the angled ceiling approach is the better solution and will enable greater control of bass resonance problems, however, for those who can't make such drastic cosmetic changes to their room the suspended parallel ceiling will perform well and considerably reduce the problems in question. See Figure 1.
The task at hand is to construct a ceiling-mounted sound absorber that will remove both flutter echoes and bass resonance frequencies simultaneously. By referring to the previous articles in this series we know the performance characteristics of the panel absorber design and the Helmholtz resonator. From these two options, we choose the second, for the reason that when it is built as a multiple resonator it will remove large amounts of bass and mid frequencies as well as controlling the high frequency problems by virtue of the holes present in the front surface.
If we first of all consider the parallel ceiling design shown in Figure 1a, we can observe that by fixing joists to the ceiling, spaced a few feet apart, we can then mount pegboard onto the joists with a layer of fibreglass behind the board to fill part of the air gap. This design is constructed in a similar manner to the wall panels covered in Part One of the series, and with the pegboard in place, the whole structure results in a series of boxes just like the Helmholtz resonators described last month.
The performance characteristics of such a design remove a broad band of frequencies and help to cut down the effects of reflections between floor and ceiling. This type of design performs reasonably well and is of some use, especially in situations where you need to retain a near normal cosmetic finish to the room. The best solution, however, is provided by the sloping ceiling design shown in Figure 1b. As with the wall designs, the breaking up of parallel surfaces by the introduction of angles will help to cut down standing waves and the possibilities of flutter echo.
Figure 2 illustrates in more detail the construction of an angled ceiling design which, in principle, is similar to the Helmholtz resonators of the previous design. However, due to the new ceiling being sloped this creates boxes of varying depth; consequently, the absorption characteristics of this type of ceiling are broader than those of the parallel ceiling design.
When building the sloping ceiling several points of construction should be looked at. First of all, the minimum height of the new ceiling should be carefully considered, for rooms with high ceilings this could come down to around seven feet and would produce boxes of good depth across the entire length of the ceiling. For modern houses whose ceilings are normally already fairly low at around seven and a half feet, you won't be able to come down very far and so much shallower boxes will result.
Once you have secured the joist structure to the walls, hardboard sheets should be fixed in place between the joists and the original ceiling to form a box shape. These boards should have fibreglass matting glued to both sides before fixing in place the pegboard covering which forms the new ceiling. When constructing this design, you can improve the isolation properties of the ceiling by placing all the supporting structure on rubber mounts. This will help to stop any bass frequencies from vibrating the ceiling structure as well as cutting down the chances of sound being transmitted through to the original ceiling.
When the support structure has been built the pegboard cover panels can be screwed in place; just prior to doing this a good, deep layer of fibreglass should be placed behind them, six inches or so if possible. One final point to bear in mind is that any light fittings should be brought down to the new ceiling height before all the front panels are fixed in place.
That concludes this short series on acoustic treatment. All the articles have endeavoured to show how with simple and cheap materials you can tackle the job of studio acoustics with the minimum of expertise and yet still produce very acceptable results. Some people may only make small changes to their room's acoustics, while others will. I'm sure, employ many of the designs and techniques presented here to construct their own studios. The key point to remember is 'don't be afraid to experiment'.


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Q: Can I use log of two variables and also the ratio of the two variables in linear regression I am working on a linear regression model to predict revenue (of a city) from a marketing campaign. The independent variables are spend, population of city etc.
[Please note for the model, I only care about the predictions, not much if the coefficients, model are interpretable ]
As independent variables, can I use log(spend), log(population), spend / population ?  One logical reason for using the ratio variable is that practically (in our case) spend is allocated based on population by tiers of cities. Also spend/population gives a sense of marketing spend per population.

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*Will there be any issues in using all the three variables in the model, from model point of view. Like is spend/population a perfect linear combination of log(spend) and log(population) ? (and the determinant in the process of coming up with coefficients doesn't exist. )

*Will it make sense from interpretation point of view, having all 3 in the model ?
I have  taken a look at this. and wanted to check the case of log variables and if ratio is considered as linear combination of the the log variables.
Ratio of explanatory variables in multiple regression

*Will it make sense to predict log(Revenue) instead of revenue. What are cons and pros of predicting log(Revenue) instead of revenue. One pro is log(Revenue) constraints the range and helps the model learn better (Correct me if wrong)

*Is it against the assumptions of the linear regression, to include spend/population variable because it will be highly correlated to the other variables ?


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Solenergi er energien i lyset fra Solen. Solens lyseffekt i Jordens afstand, er ca. 1367 W/m² målt vinkelret i forhold til solen. Soleffekten (solarkonstanten, S0) 1367 W/m² svarer til 1367 J/m² per sekund. Potentialet for solenergi er enormt, siden omkring 200.000 gange er verdens samlede daglige elproduktionskapacitet modtaget af Jorden hver dag i form af solenergi.

Ved jordoverfladen om dagen uden skyer mellem solen og målepunktet vil soleffekten, efter at være blevet filtreret af atmosfæren, være ca. 1000 W/m² målt vinkelret i forhold til solen. Nogle kalder en lyseffekt på 1000 W/m² for 1 sol eller på engelsk 1 sun.

Da denne soleffekt afhænger af den vej som sollyset går igennem atmosfæren, er denne effekt naturligvis lavere når solen ikke står i zenit. Står solen ikke i zenit tager solstrålerne en skrå vej og dermed længere vej gennem atmosfæren. Atmosfæren virker som et filter og beskytter os delvist mod stråling fra verdensrummet (især fra solen). Står solen derimod i zenit kommer solens stråler direkte ind mod jorden, hvorved der er det mindste tab. Breddegraden på jorden hvor solen står i zenit skifter over året mellem nordlige og sydlige vendekreds. De gule og orange områder på kortet afspejler hvor solens stråler over året sendes lodret ind mod jorden.

Et andet eksempel er solbadning. Her bruner solen også allermest ved middagstid når man ligger ned, hvor solen står lige over hovedet på os, – morgen og aften står solen lavt og skal dermed gennem mere luft, inden den når ned på jordoverfladen.

Ved nogle få situationer kan lyseffekten godt blive højere end ca. 1000 W/m² ved jordoverfladen. Det kan ske, hvis målepunktet udover det direkte sollys, også får indirekte sollys fra f.eks. en vandoverflade eller skyer.

Energi modtaget fra solen

Den fladerelevante indstråling på jordoverfladen og i klart vejr er afhængig af breddegrad og årstid, som f.eks.:

Udnyttelse af solens energi
For at udnytte energien i solstråler må den først omformes til anden energi – via eksempelvis:
 Solkraft – resultat: elektrisk energi.
 Solvarme – resultat: varme – termisk energi. Heliac
 Luftsolfanger - resultat: ventilation
 Kunstig fotosyntese
 S2P,CR5-solpaneler – resultat: metanol, ætanol....
 Planter med klorofyl; fotosyntese – resultat; kulhydrat (sukker, cellulose...), carbonhydrider (terpentin, olie...), aminosyrer (enzymer, proteiner...), fedtstoffer.

Kildehenvisninger

Litteratur

Referencer

Eksterne henvisninger

 University of Oregon: Solen (på engelsk)
 europa.eu: PV potential estimation utility – udgangspunkt statisk flade (solpanel, solvarmepanel). Tager højde for geografisk jordplacering (land, by), vinkel (inklination, øst-vest-orientering). Beregning viser energi i kwh per døgn, måned og år.
 18. juni 2009, comon.dk: Solenergi fra Sahara skal løse Europas miljøproblemer
 DESERTEC Foundation

Se også
 Tidslinie for solenergi

Energi
Økologi
Vedvarende energi
Miljø og samfund

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Margaret Atwood once said, "A divorce is like an amputation; you survive, but there's less of you." I've always imagined this to be true, but my friend Tracy Ryan's collection of poetry, Unearthed, depicts divorce not as an amputation but a haunting. In the first section of the collection, "Karlsruhe", a series of connected poems follow a narrative of remembering. After fighting vivid dreams for two years, the narrator looks up her former husband only to discover he died two years ago. 'You came like news on ships in former times / or like the stars' far light, already out.' (We know instantly when the famous die; but it is the unfamous people we were once close to who stop existing without us knowing, and that is a difficult thing.) The haunting, of course, is intensified.
A highlight to the book is the breadth of allusion and the appreciation of unusual words, an education for the reader worn lightly; I have learned new words like 'aestivation' (an animal's state of dormancy) which illuminate love and loss in new ways.
Then there are the memories around objects, something which has always fascinated me. In "Offertory", there are 'tomb objects' which have survived the late lover, a hole-punch, a blue stapler, which are 'small unexploded ordnance'. In "The Pawned Wedding Ring", the narrator contemplates the fate of the eponymous ring, its history since.
Loss, of course, comes in many guises, and the section of the book is entitled "Other Elegy", extending from elegy for lost friends to elegies for nature and finishing with a translation of Rainer Maria Rilke's "Requiem for a Woman Friend".
This is poetry that could draw in even those unaccustomed to poetry, accessible yet still with the density and surprises of language which makes poetry poetry.


Mayor highlighted particularly negative consequences of Universal Credit changes on Tower Hamlets. Picture: Mayor of London's Press Office.
The Mayor of London has praised work being done in Tower Hamlets to tackle the root causes of homelessness, but warned that incoming universal credit changes would have particularly negative consequences for the borough.
Sadiq Khan has praised the work being done by local groups in Tower Hamlets to tackle the root causes of homelessness such as poverty, but warned that incoming universal credit changes would have particularly negative consequences for the borough.
The Mayor outlined his concerns, after highlighting cases of landlords deciding not to take on tenants in receipt of benefits, leading to a paucity of homes being available for benefit claimants.
He highlighted how Universal Credit pilots in Tower Hamlets had bought into sharp focus the problems with the system.
He said: "I've written to the government and asked them to pause on rolling out universal credits, because I've seen in areas like Tower Hamlets the consequences of the pilot, such as the delay in receiving benefits.
The Mayor said he was really impressed by the role played not only by Tower Hamlets council but also of community groups, including charities and food banks, to help those who fall on hard times.
He praised diversity as one of the key strengths of Tower Hamlets and hoped cohesion in the borough would not be undermined by inequality.


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Chamber of Commerce Launches 12-Point Plan to Reboot the Economy
Receives the support of La Fortaleza candidates
Rosario Fajardo, The Weekly Journal
Aug 26, 2020 Updated Oct 27, 2020
With Puerto Rico mired in economic challenges for more than 10 years, coupled with natural disasters and now the COVID-19 pandemic, the Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce is going all out to support the private sector and promote "positive change for Puerto Rico."
The Chamber has launched its "12-point Plan to Promote Economic Activity" on the island and has received the support of the gubernatorial candidates vying for La Fortaleza in November's general elections.
During a forum with the gubernatorial hopefuls, the Chamber outlined the main points that will help spur the private sector forward, as well as the rest of Puerto Rico.
These initiatives include:
• Attend with priority the processes of health prevention and care the presence of COVID-19, maintaining a sensible and effective public policy on economic activity and the protection of jobs.
• Promote initiatives that support and stimulate micro, small and midsize businesses.
• Accelerate the assignment and investment of federal recuperation funds.
• Reduce energy costs and create a more resilient system.
• Reduce the tax burden on individuals and corporations with an integrated, simple and stable system.
Other points outlined in the plan include making the permits process more agile, which has been a long standing complaint with entrepreneurs, supporting the U.S. House bills that would declare all of Puerto Rico an Opportunity Zone and establishing the island as important manufacturing hub for the United States; and promoting new economic sectors, such as Start Ups and tech companies.
"Puerto Rico needs to focus on strengthening the economy," said Juan Carlos Agosto Martínez, president of the Chamber. "For this to happen, our political leaders have to commit to developing policies and programs based on a competitive vision of government to foster jobs, development and innovation that contribute to economic growth and sustainable social well-being.
"This plan is critical because as we all know, the situation right now is terrible," he added.
According to Agosto, there are around 44,000 businesses on the island, and of these, around 37,000 — or more than 80 percent — are small businesses with fewer than 20 employees. "They are struggling every day to survive. The problems are real and we cannot deny this," he added.
"The difficult economic conditions pose significant challenges, as well as opportunities. As a people, and as a private sector and engine of our economy, we cannot overlook this opportunity to combine our wills and adopt courses of action that favor our greater collective well-being," Agosto said.
Main Gubernatorial Hopefuls React
The New Progressive Party's La Fortaleza hopeful, Pedro Pierluisi, who appeared at the forum via Zoom as was in self-quarantine, said he supports the Chamber's 12 -point plan, "as it is totally consistent with my vision."
The former Resident Commissioner noted that as part of his gubernatorial campaign, he has visited more than 40 towns in two months and met with many business people, professionals, farmers and nonprofit representatives to receive their points of views and understand their concerns.
As governor, Pierluisi said economic development would receive the utmost priority. "The private sector is important to provide opportunities. If the private sector rises, then so does the rest of Puerto Rico," he added.
For his part, Popular Democratic Party gubernatorial candidate Carlos "Charlie" Delgado Altieri also gave the 12-point plan the "thumbs up," as he stressed that it is central to economic development, as it focuses on seeking agreements that will move Puerto Rico forward.
The long-time mayor of Isabela added that he is committed to reforms at the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority and vowed to carry out audits of the public utility that will include making public the details of its fuel purchases.
With regard to small businesses, Delgado said he is focused on the message that Puerto Rico is "open for business."
To facilitate the permits process, he said he would provide provisional permits to entrepreneurs that would then give the business person one year to submit all the required documents to operate. "The government is the one who is impeding the permits process," either by delays or lack of staff, he said.
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Sri Lanka has formally handed control of a strategic port on its southern coast to China as part of a 99-year lease agreement.
Under a US$1.1 billion (Dh4bn) deal that the Sri Lankan political opposition and trade unions have called a "sell-out" move, Chinese firms now hold a 70 per cent stake in Hambantota port.
The $1.3bn port was built with loans from a Chinese state-owned bank and opened in 2010. But the Sri Lankan government has struggled to repay the debt, with the project incurring heavy losses. Along with loans taken out for other infrastructure development projects, Colombo now owes China a total of $8bn.
"With [the Hambantota port] agreement we have started to pay back the loans," Sri Lankan prime minster Ranil Wickremesinghe said during a handing-over ceremony in parliament on Saturday. "Hambantota will be converted to a major port in the Indian Ocean".
He added that the move would lead to economic development and promote tourism. Hambantota sits on one of the world's busiest marine routes, with much east-west trade passing through the Indian Ocean's sea lanes, but most ships bypass it and heads for the already well established harbour in Colombo, the Sri Lankan capital.
Chinese firms, under the state-controlled China Merchants Port Holdings company, now hold a majority stake in the port as part of a joint venture with the state-run Sri Lanka Port Authority. The lease agreement, which was signed in July, also includes wide-ranging tax concessions for the port and a 32-year tax break for the Chinese firms. For its part, China has paid Sri Lanka an initial sum of $300 million, with further payments to come, though exactly when is unclear.
International reaction to the port handover has focused on China's increasing geopolitical ambitions, while locals have voiced fears of a loss of Sri Lankan sovereignty. When the agreement was signed in July, local MP Namal Rajapaksa tweeted: "Government is playing geopolitics with national assets? #stopselling SL"
Also on Twitter, Brahma Chellaney, an Indian author and political analyst, described the deal as "debt-trap diplomacy", saying Chinese loans are often given in exchange for strategically important physical assets which can be "collateralised".
For Beijing, its acquisition of Hambantota is part of its longer-term 'One Belt, One Road' (OBOR) project. Other OBOR projects include a $10.7b plan to develop the Omani town of Duqm into an industrial city, which will transform the dusty port into a major transit hub. Closer to Hambantota will be Pakistan's Gwadar port, which Beijing is developing as a key part of the $55bn China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).Along with Sri Lanka China has added the Maldives in the Indian Ocean to its growing sphere of influence, completing a free-trade agreement at the end of November. Hosting Maldivian president Abdulla Yameen in Beijing China's leader Xi Jinping said, "China deems the Maldives as an important partner to building the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road". President Yameen, meanwhile, was quoted as saying that China was "among our closest friends, most trusted and most dependable partners".
Such plans are part of Chinese geopolitical goals that will see Beijing challenging the United States as the world's pre-eminent maritime power, with some fearing that China may be seeking to use ports such as Hambantota, Duqm and Gwadar as naval bases. In May, Sri Lanka rejected a request from Beijing to dock a submarine at Hambantota.
But China's rival and neighbour India has ambitious plans of its own. New Delhi is looking to buy a 40-year lease of the mostly unused airport that sits alongside Hambantota port for $300 million. David Brewster, an expert in South Asian strategic affairs at the Australian National University's National Security College, wrote of this plan: "A key element in any overseas naval base, and even a logistics facility, is easy access by air for people and supplies".
"In short, India is spending $300m buying an airport to block a Chinese naval base."
However, Beijing has only one overseas military base for the People's Liberation Army-Navy, which is located near Doraleh port in Djibouti. The base has been officially operating since August 2017.


A supplier just emailed me with an "invoice enclosed". The file he sent me was winmail.dat.
It I were running the same mailer that he's using, there would probably be no problem. But I'm not using Microsot Outlook. So how to I read this file?
I wonder how their other customers cope. Maybe they all use Outlook.
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"Improved education standards are best achieved by councils free to shape their response at a local level"
Local government is delivering for learners in Wales by setting the highest possible standards for the education system that supports them.
Aimed at raising standards, improving outcomes and breaking the link between poverty and attainment, our approach is based on a positive partnership between councils and the Welsh Government.
Progress is being made. Performance at GCSE and A level are at a record high, improvement is gaining momentum and overall educational standards are on an upwards trajectory.
From 21st Century Schools and new ways of regional working, to supporting the delivery of youth services, our councils continue to operate at the forefront of educational improvement in Wales.
As outlined in 'Localism 2016-21' we believe our councils must now be empowered to deliver Wales' ambitions for constant improvement by setting budgets and priorities at a local level.
Pre-16 education must remain within local government, receive the funding it deserves and be shaped by councils who are directly accountable to their local communities.
In partnership with a wide range of organisations like the Association of the Directors of Education in Wales (ADEW), we aim to influence national education policy and continue to improve outcomes for learners in Wales.


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Obama Poised to Yank Top Military Intel Pick
An investigation into potentially illegal spending could leave the Pentagon's spy agency rudderless as it ramps up operations in Iraq.
By Shane Harris, Gordon Lubold
| June 27, 2014, 8:52 PM
The Obama administration is poised to abandon its pick to run the sprawling Defense Intelligence Agency amid two ongoing investigations into whether programs she had overseen have been marred by questionable and potentially illegal spending, according to administration officials and congressional sources with knowledge of the matter.
Lt. Gen. Mary Legere, who's currently the Army's top intelligence officer, has long been seen as the heir apparent to Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn, the DIA's current director, who announced in April his plans to retire this summer. Flynn, widely respected but also seen as a controversial reformer inside the military intelligence community, had been pressured to resign after butting heads with senior Pentagon officials who criticized him for failing to follow through on some of the plans he set out for the agency, such as focusing more on social and cultural analysis on the battlefield and trying to provide more strategic insights for senior leaders.
The White House has not nominated anyone for the job but lawmakers and U.S. officials have said that Legere has been the only one under serious consideration. The administration, however, is strongly leaning towards bypassing Legere and looking for someone else to fill the top post at the DIA, according to people familiar with the internal deliberations. That could leave the DIA, which employs nearly 17,000 military and civilian personnel and has a classified multibillion-dollar budget, facing a leaderless future just as it's ramping up the collection and analysis of intelligence on the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), which is seizing major cities in Iraq and threatening to march on Baghdad.
Legere is currently the subject of two internal military investigations that are making administration officials much more tentative about nominating her, according to government officials who are familiar with the proceedings. The first, and the more significant of the two, is looking into $93 million the Army spent on a controversial program meant to help soldiers share battlefield intelligence. Legere oversees the program, which uses a networked or "cloud" computing system known as Red Disk, and Army officials are investigating whether the Army paid for it by improperly diverting funds away from other accounts, including those set aside to fund the war in Afghanistan. Army investigators have said they want to know if the spending violated the Antideficiency Act, which was enacted in 1884 and prohibits government employees from spending money that hasn't been appropriated by Congress. The Army's intelligence system isn't designed solely for Afghanistan, so using war funding may have violated the law.
Red Disk is meant to give military intelligence personnel and soldiers in different locations around the world access to the same information, including satellite images and video footage from drones. The Army had been planning to build a different cloud system, called UX, but shifted over to Red Disk, which was being run by the Army's Intelligence and Security Command, two years ago. At the time, the UX cloud was still being designed for the Army by a consortium of defense contractors.
The switch prompted Rep. Duncan Hunter (R.-Calif.), one of Legere's fiercest critics, to accuse her and the Army of spending money without congressional approval or oversight and building a duplicative and unnecessary system. Hunter says the Army switched to Red Disk to cover up for the failures of the original cloud program, for which Congress appropriated more than $128 million.
Obama administration officials now think that if the president were to nominate Legere, she and other senior Army officials would face more intense scrutiny and questions about how the service has been spending hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars. "Poor judgment influenced some very bad decisions," said one congressional staff member, who requested anonymity while speaking about a sensitive matter. "That's sure to be a focus of any potential nomination."
The Army started using Red Disk as part of a much larger and tortured program known as the Distributed Common Ground System. It's meant to give troops on the ground an easy way to collect intelligence about terrorists and enemy fighters, and then create detailed reports and maps that they can share with each other to plan and conduct operations. But critics — and even some troops — have long complained that the system doesn't actually work. They say it's too slow and hard to use, and that it has left them searching for cruder but more effective alternatives in the war zone. The Army has already spent nearly $3 billion on the Distributed Common Ground System but has failed to meet key milestones for bringing it online.
Legere has been the embattled system's most visible supporter, and that has made her a lightning rod on Capitol Hill, where Hunter in particular has railed against the Army for not using cheaper alternatives. Hunter has backed a commercial software developed by Palantir Technologies, which is headquartered in Hunter's home state and has offices in Northern Virginia, not far from the Pentagon. The Palantir software would cost millions, rather than the billions that the Army has spent on its common ground system.
As Foreign Policy reported earlier this year, the Pentagon had hidden an internal report that found that Palantir's software could handle many of the same jobs at a fraction of the cost. Legere and other Army officials have said that Palantir is more a tool than a comprehensive system, and that it cannot meet all of the Army's requirements for the cross-cutting, battlefield intelligence platform, which is expected to cost nearly $11 billion over 30 years and is being built by a consortium of major Beltway contractors, including Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, and General Dynamics.
In a letter to Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper in May, Hunter said the fact that the Army has spent billions of dollars and still hasn't delivered a working system pointed to "a disconcerting pattern of failed management and oversight [by Legere] that must be corrected, not rewarded." Hunter said there were "several other qualified candidates" to lead the DIA and urged the administration not to nominate her.
In an interview with the New Republic, which published an extensive article about the Army's Distributed Common Ground System saga in June 2013, Legere said that the original UX cloud component was "experimental," and defended the decision to move to Red Disk. But UX was already being used at an intelligence center in Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, as well as a facility based at Bagram Airfield, in Afghanistan, which tended to undercut Legere's assertions that it was experimental and hadn't been fielded.
The second investigation that has imperiled Legere's nomination, improbably, concerns spending by the military's Korean War 60th Anniversary Commemoration Committee last year. As the head of all Army intelligence, Legere was assigned to lead the planning committee, which came under investigation for potential misuse of the private donations accepted to pay for the festivities. The law that allowed the Defense Department to establish the commission gave authority to accept private donations to fund the event. But officials familiar with the matter said the language on how the funds could be used was vague, and later prompted questions from lawyers about how the money was spent that triggered an investigation. Officials don't believe Legere had anything to do with the way in which the funds were used, but she is nonetheless part of that investigation and the results might prove embarrassing to the administration if the claims were substantiated.
Time is running out for the administration to pick a new candidate to lead the DIA. While Legere's formal nomination was expected by now, the latest it could come without leaving the agency without a director would be next week, congressional sources said. The Senate needs time to consider the nomination before it goes on recess in August, and Flynn is set to retire early that same month.
Flynn has been no fan of the Army intelligence system that Legere has publicly backed. In 2010, while serving as the director of intelligence in Afghanistan, he wrote a memo blasting the shortcomings of the Distributed Common Ground System, saying it "translates into operational opportunities missed and lives lost."
The controversy surrounding Legere could bring an abrupt end to a career that has long been marked by a steady climb through the ranks of the Army's intelligence community. Legere had been seen as such a rising star that her name surfaced last year as a possible replacement for Army Gen. Keith Alexander when he prepared to retire as the director of the National Security Agency and the commander of U.S. Cyber Command. But naming another Army officer to the post would have broken with the NSA's informal tradition of rotating among the branches of the armed services for its directors. It was the Navy's turn, and the nomination ultimately went to Adm. Michael Rogers, who took office in April. If Legere isn't nominated for the top job at DIA, it would likely scuttle any chances of her being posted to a top leadership post in one of the other intelligence agencies.
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Metro Africa Express (MAX) sets sights on three West African targets after Accra and Cairo
The Nigerian start-up, which offers VTC and vehicle leasing, has raised $31 million in capital after $40 million in debt.
▪ Metro Africa Express (MAX) sets sights on three West African targets after Accra and Cairo
▪ The Nigerian start-up, which offers VTC and vehicle leasing, has raised $31 million in capital after $40 million in debt.
▪ https://www.africabusinessplus.com/en/810570/metro-africa-express-max-sets-sights-on-three-west-african-targets-after-accra-and-cairo/
According to Africa Business+ sources, Metro Africa Express (MAX) will focus on Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire and Cameroon.


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Ukraine Decides Its Fate. And Europe's. And Russia's.
By Jonas Grätz
JONAS GRÄTZ is researcher with the Global Security Team at the Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich.
Read more by Jonas Grätz
Children chat underneath a giant Ukrainian flag in the centre of the Western Ukrainian town of Lviv, June 30, 2011. Marian Striltsiv / Courtesy Reuters
When German Chancellor Angela Merkel stood before the Bundestag on November 18, she warned that the shadows of the Cold War are still with us. Nowhere are they darker, she continued, than over those countries situated between the European Union and Russia. Cold War or not, Moscow's pressure on them would be unrelenting. So, she concluded, Germany and the European Union would have to wage a campaign of their own -- "lived solidarity," she called it -- to help the countries pick their partners wisely.
This was a clear signal that the EU, although seemingly fragile within its own borders, still has ambitions to extend its model abroad. At its upcoming Eastern Partnership summit, which will take place November 28–29 in Vilnius, Lithuania, the EU hopes to conclude an Association Agreement with Ukraine, which would boost economic, political, and social ties between them. Whether or not the EU's gambit succeeds (and it is not yet clear whether Ukraine is ready to sign), the next few weeks could change the face of politics in Ukraine, decide Russia's future role in Europe, and determine the EU's broader relevance in the region.
Although it falls short of integration, the Association Agreement is an attempt to transform Ukraine by bringing it closer to European economic and political standards. It would abolish trade barriers and compel Ukraine to adopt EU technical regulations and rules for government procurement and competition. Ukraine would also have to undergo comprehensive political and legal reforms, with support from the EU and member state agencies. In return for long-term industrial transformation and economic growth, then, Ukraine would incur major short-term costs, the prospect of which has deterred some Ukrainians.
For the EU, the Association Agreement is far less of a mixed bag. The union has major strategic and economic interests at stake: strategically, the EU strives to create a benign environment for itself by spreading its model of rule of law and transparency to its periphery. And inducing Russia to
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FCC study on media ownership ordered destroyed
September 18, 2006 by Michael Zimmer1 Comment
Rory Litwin at Library Juice reports on this AP story about a former FCC lawyer stating that a report on media ownership was ordered destroyed by the FCC:
WASHINGTON – The Federal Communications Commission ordered its staff to destroy all copies of a draft study that suggested greater concentration of media ownership would hurt local TV news coverage, a former lawyer at the agency says.
The report, written in 2004, came to light during the Senate confirmation hearing for FCC Chairman Kevin Martin.
Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif. received a copy of the report "indirectly from someone within the FCC who believed the information should be made public," according to Boxer spokeswoman Natalie Ravitz.
…Adam Candeub, now a law professor at Michigan State University, said senior managers at the agency ordered that "every last piece" of the report be destroyed. "The whole project was just stopped – end of discussion," he said. Candeub was a lawyer in the FCC's Media Bureau at the time the report was written and communicated frequently with its authors, he said.
In a letter sent to Martin Wednesday, Boxer said she was "dismayed that this report, which was done at taxpayer expense more than two years ago, and which concluded that localism is beneficial to the public, was shoved in a drawer."
Following Senator Boxer's protest of this action, the FCC has posted the report on its website.
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