US auto sales crushed expectations in May, with sales rising to a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 17.79 million units, according to Autodata.
Economists expected sales would come in at a pace of 17.3 million.
Throughout the day, we saw major automakers including General Motors, Fiat Chrysler, Ford, Toyota, Honda, and Nissan all report sales that beat expectations.
Honda reported an unexpected sales increase in May, with sales rising 1.3% against expectations for a 4.4% decline.
Toyota reported its US auto sales fell 0.3%, less than the 1.8% decline that was expected.
General Motors reported sales that beat expectations in May, with sales rising 3% against expectations for a 0.1% increase.
Fiat Chrysler kicked off the reporting, with sales rising 4% in May, topping expectations for a 2.6% increase. Ford later followed up with a 1.3% sales decline in May, which is less than the 3.1% declined that was expected.
Nissan also saw sales beat expectations, with sales fall 0.8% against expectations for a 2.4% decline.
Economists expect that auto sales rebounded in May to a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 17.2 million vehicles after April's results disappointed. In April, sales totaled a pace of 16.5 million.


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Emotion Perception and Social Inferences
Emotion and Social Influence
Emotions in Conflict and Negotiation
Emotion and Social Hierarchy
Emotions and Leadership
Emotions in Groups and Teams
Emotion, Motivation, and Performance
Book: "Op het Gevoel"
Book: The Interpersonal Dynamics of Emotion
Hierarchical differences are a universal feature of social groups. Within this broad context, we are interested in how power modulates emotional experience, emotion perception, and the social effects of emotional expressions. For instance, we study how power influences the ways in which people lift themselves up emotionally, specifically whether they draw inspiration from themselves or from others. We also investigate how power affects the recognition of emotional expressions, and whether such recognition depends on the legitimacy of one's power position. We further examine how power influences empathy and compassion with people in distress, and how power shapes behavioral responses to other people's emotional expressions. Finally, we study the intersection between emotion and power abuse. Among other things, we investigate which emotions people associate with norm violators versus norm abiders (e.g., anger vs. sadness) and how such associations shape inferences about a person's power level.
Sample publications:
Van Kleef, G. A., Oveis, C., Van der Löwe, I., LuoKogan, A., Goetz, J., & Keltner, D. (2008). Power, distress, and compassion: Turning a blind eye to the suffering of others. Psychological Science, 19, 1315-1322.
Stamkou, E., Van Kleef, G. A., Fischer, A. H., & Kret, M. E. (2016). Are the powerful really blind to the feelings of others? How hierarchical concerns shape attention to emotions. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 42, 755-768.
Van Kleef, G. A., De Dreu, C. K. W., Pietroni, D., & Manstead, A. S. R. (2006). Power and emotion in negotiation: Power moderates the interpersonal effects of anger and happiness on concession making. European Journal of Social Psychology [Thematic Issue on Social Power], 36, 557-581.
Van Kleef, G. A., Oveis, C., Homan, A. C., Van der Löwe, I., & Keltner, D. (2015). Power gets you high: The powerful are more inspired by themselves than by others. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 6, 472-480.
Van Kleef, G. A., Wanders, F., Stamkou, E., & Homan, A. C. (2015). The social dynamics of breaking the rules: antecedents and consequences of norm-violating behavior. Current Opinion in Psychology, 6, 25-31.
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Cette page répertorie les représentations diplomatiques accréditées à Jersey. Jersey est une dépendance de la Couronne britannique et n'a pas d'ambassades en son sein, mais des consulats généraux ou honoraires.

Government House

La maison du Gouvernement, ou Governement House est le lieu de résidence du Lieutenant-gouverneur de Jersey, représentant direct du Royaume-Uni auprès de Jersey. Le bâtiment actuel date de 1822 et est la cinquième construite depuis le début de la relation entre le Royaume-Uni et Jersey.

Consulats honoraires

Résidant à Saint-Hélier, sauf indication contraire.

Références

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Représentations diplomatiques au Royaume-Uni
 Représentations diplomatiques du Royaume-Uni
 Dépendances de la Couronne

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Jungle Tales of Tarzan
NarratorRalph Snelson
SeriesThe Tarzan series (part 6)
FictionNovelsShort Stories
Jungle Tales of Tarzan is a collection of twelve loosely connected short stories written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, comprising the sixth book in order of publication in his series about the title character Tarzan. Chronologically it is a midquel to the first Tarzan novel, Tarzan of the Apes, as the events recounted in it actually occur within Chapter 11 of that novel, between Tarzan's avenging of his ape foster mother's death and his becoming leader of his ape tribe. The stories ran monthly in Blue Book magazine, September 1916 through August 1917 before book publication in 1919.
"Tarzan's First Love"
"The Capture of Tarzan"
"The Fight for the Balu"
"The God of Tarzan"
"Tarzan and the Black Boy"
"The Witch-Doctor Seeks Vengeance"
"The End of Bukawai"
"The Lion"
"The Nightmare"
"The Battle for Teeka"
"A Jungle Joke"
"Tarzan Rescues the Moon"
Tarzan is a fictional character, an archetypal feral child raised in the African jungles by the Mangani "great apes"; he later experiences civilization only to largely reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer. Created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan first appeared in the novel Tarzan of the Apes (magazine publication 1912, book publication 1914), and then in twenty-five sequels, three authorized books by other authors, and innumerable works in other media, authorized and not.
Tarzan is the son of a British lord and lady who were marooned on the Atlantic coast of Africa by mutineers. When Tarzan was only an infant, his mother died of natural causes and his father was killed by Kerchak, leader of the ape tribe by whom Tarzan was adopted. Tarzan is his ape name; his real English name is John Clayton, Earl Greystoke.
Tarzan has been called one of the best-known literary characters in the world. In addition to more than two dozen books by Burroughs and a handful more by authors with the blessing of Burroughs' estate, the character has appeared in films, radio, television, comic strips, and comic books.
Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950) was an American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan and the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter, although he produced works in many genres.
Publisher AudiobookAnncona Media
Publisher E-bookAnncona Media
© Anncona Media (Audiobook)
© Anncona Media (E-book)


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I've 5 Russians and they hibernate in a kiddy pool through winter underneath my mattress, and have a habitat outside for heat months, secluded from Sulcatas. It was July 1991 – I keep in mind so clearly only as a result of I have quite a lot of photographs with the date on the again – and we went to a celebration hosted by a guy called Steve, who lived in Standish. I had this downside at my previous house it is one of the most dreadful smells I feel I have ever smelt nice hub voted up and helpful.
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I would think about if there was something incorrect with the house (like mould), the cancer-stricken mom would have been the one to die. However, do you have to be a type of stalwart individuals who ignore actually sound recommendation, and you are intent on going ghostbusting, you really want to know what to do at this haunted home to outlive your time there. Now that Feng Shui is finally changing into a household phrase, persons are beginning to embrace it for staging their houses for sale within the cooling real estate market. Gropius House has four bathrooms, two on the primary ground and two on the second ground; they're all plumbed on one major stack for effectivity and financial system. For the home we had right here,I'm not on the mortgage…but I've rights to the title. Nonetheless, on returning to the final area of the get together some time later, we realized we had forgotten where the home was.


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Rhenac Sports LED int
"Our grass improves even during winter"
An assessment by the official German FA pitch consultant has shown that the grass of the Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen has increased its root length as well as sward density during the past winter. This is a remarkable feat, given the fact that the area experiences less than 50 hours of sun per month during winter.
The Veltins Arena, home ground of FC Schalke 04, is situated in the western part of Germany. Statistics from the German weather service show that the area experiences moderate temperatures throughout the year, with cloudy and wet conditions during winter. The average humidity hovers around 80 percent, with, on average, 20 rainy days each month during winter. The number of sunny hours dips below 100 in October and only touches the required 120 in March again. It is fair to say that the circumstances provide anything, but good natural grass growing conditions.
100% natural no longer an option
The Veltins Arena is a fully enclosed multi-purpose venue that has a retractable surface. The field is moved indoors only for home games. "For many years, we would replace our surface twice a year. Apart from the finances associated with this, this also meant that we had twice a year a period with a worn-out pitch, which, shortly after the change, would be very vulnerable as the new grass still had to settle in," explains the Veltins Arena technical director, Bernd Funke. As the pitch remains outside the venue for most of the week, it should benefit from the natural weather conditions. "Unfortunately, the local circumstances are not good enough for the grass to fully recuperate naturally from its use. At present, we use it 50 hours per year, but we had a time where it was used over 80 hours during a season. Yet we still struggled to have a good, flat and stable surface."
To support the natural grass growth, the Veltins Arena took ownership of grass grow lighting in October last year. "Natural grass surfaces in Germany require 15 DLI. The moment that is not available naturally, it needs to be supplemented," explains Horst Theisen, the CEO of Rhenac Sports LED, the supplier of the technology. DLI is the number of photosynthetically active photons, or individual particles of light in the 400-700 nm range, that are delivered to a specific area over a 24-hour period. "It is a very delicate exercise whereby the compensation points start at around 100 micromol. The moment you get close to the 600, you'll be adding too much light support which will cause too much stress on the grass plant. This will result in less photosynthesis." According to Theisen, LED technology allows delivering the required light with pinpoint accuracy, providing you know exactly what it is that the grass needs.
Improved result
When the Veltins Arena took ownership of the system, it asked independent consultant Dr Harald Nonn to assess the quality of the pitch. Nonn did the same in mid-April this year. "What really struck me was that the rootzone development had increased from 3.9 centimetres to 5.6 centimetres, despite it being winter," the consultant explains. He also noted an increase in sward density. "This is also remarkable for this time of the year."
Thorsten Petri, head groundsman of Schalke 04, is proud of this achievement. "In the past, the grass would not grow at all during the winter period. That is why we brought in artificial help, and it is evident that this has paid off." According to Petri, he now uses 200 kg fertilisers, as the grass experiences a growing season throughout the year. This has also affected the cutting frequency. "We cut the grass three to six times a week, depending on the time of the year. Every so often, we do some top-dressing and aeration with hollow pins which we follow up by adding 70 to 100 tonnes of sand to the pitch." The improved growing conditions also mean he and his team of seven now overseed regularly. "We overseed every four to six weeks."
Integrated grass management
Its not just light that the Rhenac technology can add to the pitch. "Integrated grass management means balancing light, heat, ventilation and water. Our LED technology is very flexible and goes way beyond the on/off technology we know from HPS technology," Horst Theisen of Rhenac Sports LED continues. Studies have shown that, where HPS technology achieves a 31% increasing in branching of the plant, the Rhenac LED technology achieves a 178% increase. "Different wave lengths have different functions. One of the advantages of our technology is that it provides the complete light spectrum. This allows us to deliver the light and light intensity required during the germination period or to facilitate grass growth or the grass to branch out as well as to improve its shear resistance at other times of the year." Rhenac is currently busy finalising its automated field analysing capacity that will allow the grow lights to interact with the irrigation and field heating technology as well as industrial sized blowers that can cool down the temperature and bring more oxygen in. At present, it only communicates with sensors in the field. However, the trusses that hold the LED units have been fitted with heating equipment. "A side-effect of the HPS technology is that it produces heat. Often, this is more than the grass can handle. LED technology doesn't have this side-effect, hence we also supplement heat when needed. The good thing is that LED light can be used without fearing the grass will be affected by heat, as LED luminaires don't produce as much compared to HPS technology."
The LED luminaires are fitted on two steel beams that span the field once rolled outside the venue. Each beam weighs approximately 190 tonnes and can be adjusted in height. "We had to do this as, on match day, this space is used as parking space for busses. We had to make sure they would still fit," RSI SPORTS managing partner Arnoud Fiolet explains. RSI SPORTS has the sole marketing rights to the Rhenac Sports LED technology.
The two main trusses each have 24 automatically retractable B-beams that hold 60 LED spotlights each. "It boils down to light per square metre ratio. That is why we use one LED luminaire for every square metre pitch," Theisen adds. It takes 12 minutes to fully employ the system. "Daylight reproduction capacity means machinery and software as well as a thorough understanding of the relationship between light spectra and grass growth and the relationship with other growth. Most importantly, it requires the objectification and digitalisation of natural turf quality and the ability to monitor this," Fiolet points out. Rhenac Sports LED has packaged this in the R-BL-1750 installed at the Veltins Arena but also in smaller mobile units. "Our portfolio also includes the RML-30 that can cover 120-150 sqm a week, the RML-100 that covers 400-500 sqm a week, and the RML-200 that covers 800-1000 sqm a week. These units are ideal for just supporting the goal mouth area or supplementing light on sections of the field, like in front of the main stand that experiences shade regularly. The RML-200 is ideal for assisting a bigger portion of the field."
Up for an award
According to the regulations by the German FA, the condition of a field is assessed four times per season. "Most of the time this is done by the grounds manager themselves but all data is submitted to a central database from where the developments are being monitored," Nonn says. Each year, the grounds managers of the top three best-performing pitches receive an award to acknowledge their input. The field of the Veltins Arena has now jumped up the ladder. "We are pushing hard to be in that top-three," an elated Petri admits. "That would be the first time in history for our venue."
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The Nevada caucuses are an important electoral event in which citizens of Nevada meet in precinct caucuses to choose representatives to their county conventions. The caucuses serve as an indirect vote for the candidates since the actual delegate selection process takes place at county conventions following the caucuses where delegates, selected during the caucuses, cast their vote for their preferred presidential nominee.
Unlike in a primary, the Nevada caucus does not result directly in national delegates for each candidate. Instead, caucus-goers elect delegates to county conventions, who, in turn, elect delegates to state conventions, where Nevada's national convention delegates are selected.
The Nevada caucuses started in 2008, resulting from the developing significance of the Western United States as well as Nevada's electoral bellwether status. In 2012, the Nevada caucuses were the third major electoral event in the nomination process for President of the United States.
In 2020, the Nevada Democratic Party will hold a caucus which is slated to take place on Saturday, February 22, 2020. There will be no Republican caucuses in 2020 since Donald Trump is the incumbent Republican nominee.
What is the Nevada Caucus?
The Nevada caucuses began in 2008, reflecting the growing importance of the West as well as Nevada's electoral bellwether status. In 2012, the Nevada caucuses were the third major electoral event in the nominating process for President of the United States, though little attention was given to the contest. In 2016, Nevada gained more prominence by holding its vote directly following South Carolina, with the hope of giving the West a greater voice in the process.
The Nevada caucuses, similar to the Iowa caucus, are run by the state political parties and serve to select delegates which are nominated to the country convention. From the county convention, delegates are nominated for the state convention, from which delegates are then nominated to the national party convention, where the eventual nominee is selected. As such, the Nevada Caucuses are dissimilar from a primary since the purpose is to select delegates for the county level, which begins the process where delegates eventually get sent to the national convention to support the candidate selected by the voters at the county level.
The Nevada caucus has 3 levels: The precinct, the county convention and finally the state convention. Overall, Nevada has 33 Democratic delegates and 34 Republican delegates who will represent the precinct level voters at the respective national convention to select the nominee.


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Armed conflict, insecurity, and mining in eastern DRC: reflections on the nexus between natural resources and armed conflict
Author(s): Erik Gobbers, Ken Matthysen
Project: Understanding Artisanal Mining Supply Chains and Conflict Financing in DRC
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This report offers a new framework for looking at the eastern Congo conflict, one within which new evolutions of the past twenty years find a place. Indeed, violent conflict in eastern Congo has changed dramatically in all its aspects over the past two decades. Yet too often policymakers and observers appear to assume that we are dealing with a proxy war orchestrated from the DRC's eastern neighboring countries. The over-simplified and incorrect narrative is then that large rebel movements are directed by neighboring countries to satisfy their insatiable hunger for 'conflict minerals'. Still according to this simplified version of the facts, we find the civilian population and the weak, Congolese government on the side of the victims.
If this narrative was true at the time of the great Congolese wars around the turn of the millennium, it hardly applies today. More so, to the extent that such a perspective guides policy and donor interventions, it sometimes threatens to produce effects that add to the level of conflict in the region. We can think of the martial law declared by the Congolese government in May 2021, or of 'responsible sourcing' programs that, by adopting an incorrect macro-perspective, ignore local sensitivities and thereby foster conflict.
It was therefore high time to, in partnership with USAID, launch a new reflection on the drivers, causes and actors that together define the nature of the conflict in eastern Congo. In doing so, we note that the conflict has become atomized over the last two decades. That is, the different aspects of conflict and their interaction can vary considerably from location to location.
Within this fragmented conflict landscape, depending on the location, a range of drivers other than just 'conflict minerals' can be observed. Further analysis shows that, for example, the broader issue of land ownership may be at stake and that armed actors may just as well be concerned with proceedings derived from agriculture as they are with mining revenues.
As for the causes of conflict today, we see that, for example, corruption among government officials, poorly executed DDR programs or the continued existence of auto-defense groups with no raison d'être that sustain themselves with mining revenues, are of greater importance than the mere presence of resources in Congolese soil.
In terms of conflict actors, a great fragmentation can also be observed. In local conflicts, we find ex-rebels struggling to find their way into civilian life, as well as units of the Congolese army, which often strike deals with non-state actors. Not infrequently, conflict is also a matter of communities battling each other, with the 'ethnic divisions' artificially created by the colonizer sometimes being whipped up again by opportunistic leaders.
Finally, the study also shows that the regional dimension is still important for understanding the full context of the conflict. Regional trade chains of commodities – including minerals – and bilateral (military) cooperation give rise to geopolitical tensions. This also seems to be an important element in the resurgence of M23.
Supported by USAID, Integrated Land and Resource Governance (ILRG) project


Solar shades are a popular choice in Victoria as they are often referred to as screen shades. But what are they, and when are solar shades the perfect selection for your home or office?
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The majority of screen shade fabrics are a composition of fiberglass, vinyl, and polyester. The form of the material is essential because it allows screen shades to be useful in reducing solar heat gain and protecting against UV damage. Screen shades are designed and created to soak up and disappear 65 to 90 percent of the sun's heat and glare.
Solar screen shades are one of the few custom window treatments that allow for a full view when the procedure is completely closed. For example, even when the slats of a horizontal blind are tilted to an open position, the view out is still slightly obstructed by the supports. To have an unobstructed view, you would have to lift the horizontal blinds.
Solar shades have a wide variety of opacities – often referred to as the "openness factor." The openness factor decides how much light is let in, and how quickly you can view out the shade when it is fully closed. A low openness factor will provide a higher level of light control, but a lower level of view out. Conversely, a high openness factor will provide a lower level of light control, but a higher level of view out.
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Common Sense 2.0: Fixing Congress in the Internet Age with Directed eDemocracy (Paperback)
By Thomas Preusser
Love and Hate in the Heartland: Dispatches from Forgotten America (Hardcover)
By Mark Phillips
Capital, State, Empire: The New American Way of Digital Warfare (Paperback)
By Scott Timcke
Fascism in America and the 28th Amendment (Paperback)
By Eric Michael Moberg
Presidential Politics in Taiwan: The Administration of Chen Shui-bian (Hardcover)
By Steven M. Goldstein (Editor), Julian Chang (Editor)
The Danger Of Monoculturalism In The XXI Century (Paperback)
By Sunday Adelaja
Budget of the United States, Fiscal Year 2019: Efficient, Effective, Accountable An American Budget (Paperback)
By Office of Management and Budget
Analytical Perspectives, Budget of the United States, Fiscal Year 2019: Efficient, Effective, Accountable An American Budget (Paperback)
Historical Tables, Budget of the United States, Fiscal Year 2019: Efficient, Effective, Accountable An American Budget (Paperback)
Major Savings and Reforms, Budget of the United States, Fiscal Year 2019: Efficient, Effective, Accountable An American Budget (Paperback)
Corporations Are People Too: (And They Should Act Like It) (Hardcover)
By Kent Greenfield
City of Rivals: Restoring the Glorious Mess of American Democracy (Paperback)
By Jason Grumet, Tom Senator Daschle (Foreword by), Senator Bob Dole (Foreword by)


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July 2016, English
24×33 cm, 80 pages, full color, softcover
Michael Oswell
Edited by Ellen Blumenstein, Heike Catherina Mertens
Texts by Hannah Black, Ellen Blumenstein, Christina Weiss, Catherine Wood
This publication accompanies the first institutional solo show by Kate Cooper, winner of the 2014 Schering Stiftung Art Award. Exploring the format and presentation inherent to image production, Cooper returns to the CGI female models used in her exhibition at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, to create a new series of works situated within the fictional space of the lookbook.
Through her videos, exhibitions, and photographic works, Cooper explores the role of gender and what agency images might possess in and of themselves. Producing images becomes akin to building infrastructure; her computer-generated bodies are imbued with power and put to work. The imagery of advertising is hacked. The female labor inherent in these modes of production becomes refocused in an economy of withdrawal, enacting a refusal of representation.
Along with Cooper's new series of images, LOOK BOOK includes a new short story by Hannah Black titled "Personal Trainer," appendices by KW curator Ellen Blumenstein, an introduction by Christina Weiss, and subtitles and slogans ("Is seeing everything? Are you all-unseeing?") by Catherine Wood.
Steve Bishop
Deliquescing
The publication Deliquescing accompanies Steve Bishop's 2018–19 solo exhibition at KW Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin. Both the exhibition and publication reflect a body of research that focuses on the fragility of memory and the potential for its preservation, defying the gradual breakdown of matter through the effects of time.
Metahaven
Black Transparency
The Right to Know in the Age of Mass Surveillance
Black transparency is an involuntary disclosure of secrets against a backdrop of systematic online surveillance, as large parts of contemporary life move into the digital realm. In their latest book, Metahaven embark on a journey of subversion while examining transparency's intersections with design, architecture, and pop culture, as well as its ability to unravel the circuitry of modern state power.
Craig Kalpakjian engages with both historical art discourses and contemporary issues. Intelligence considers the ideas of artificial intelligence exhibited by machines, as seen in the Sony AIBO robotic dog, and human intelligence, like that which is gathered through interpersonal contact by the US military in accordance with the "US Army Field Guides Manual on Interrogation" a guide that prohibits abusive techniques of torture.