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By Liz Newmark, in Brussels
Related tags: Beef
The European Commission's agreement with the United States (US) that 35,000 tonnes (t) of a European Union (EU) 45,000t import quota for hormone-free beef will be allocated to the US, has been accepted by EU meat producers and welcomed by US exporters.
This American quota will be phased in over a seven-year period, with 18,500t allocated for year one and, once fully in force, the remaining 10,000t will be left available for all other exporters.
The 14 June agreement is based on an EU Council of Ministers mandate, concluded in 2009 and revised in 2014, to solve the longstanding dispute in the World Trade Organization (WTO) regarding the use of growth-promoting hormones in beef production.
Under this accord, the EU opened a 45,000t quota of non-hormone treated beef to qualifying suppliers, and while the idea was that it would be used by US exporters, in theory other countries' exporters could use it if they fulfilled certain technical requirements, which they increasingly did. The US Government became upset and has pushed the EU for a clear allocation for American exporters.
EU agriculture and rural development commissioner Phil Hogan said the resulting agreement would not change the "overall volume, quality or safety of the imported beef", which would still meet high European standards.
Moreover, a Commission official stressed to GlobalMeatNews that while the deal still needed formal approval from the EU Council of Ministers and European Parliament, this was expected and "we hope the agreement can be rubberstamped by the end of the year".
EU farm body Copa-Cogeca secretary general Pekka Pesonen, speaking to GlobalMeatNews, welcomed that the overall size of the TRQ (tariff-rate quota) would remain unchanged, noting that the EU was also in bilateral negotiations with other countries benefiting from this agreement.
Also, any EU/US agreement on hormone-free beef imports must respect WTO-compliant controls that allowed the EU to insist that "exceptions for using any hormone preparation in hormone-free beef products are unacceptable", he said. As regards earmarking much of the quota for the USA, Pesonen maintained: "On a short- to medium term, the price of US beef is closer to the EU price" compared to many other exporters, which was welcome, given the EU beef market was "under a lot of pressure and faced many challenges, including [exports from] Mercosur and of course Brexit".
Kent Bacus, senior director of international trade at the US National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) welcomed the news. He claimed that in recent years, "the EU has allocated a growing share of the beef import quota designed for US beef to other countries, eroding benefits for US producers".
He told GlobalMeatNews: "Additional access is a positive step forward for US cattle producers and NCBA greatly appreciates the USTR [United States Trade Representative] continuing to hold the EU and other trade partners accountable."
However, he cautioned: "We know that US beef producers will not realise the benefits of this announcement until the agreement is finally implemented. We will continue to partner with the Trump Administration to tear down unjustified trade barriers around the world."
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from __future__ import print_function, division

import argparse
import logging
import os
import signal
import sqlite3 as lite
import sys
import warnings

from astropy.io import fits as pyfits
from astropy.utils.exceptions import AstropyUserWarning
from ccdproc import ImageFileCollection
from glob import glob
from multiprocessing import Pool

# Setting log
logging.captureWarnings(False)
log_fmt = logging.Formatter()
log_handler = logging.StreamHandler()
log_handler.setFormatter(log_fmt)
log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
log.addHandler(log_handler)
log.setLevel(logging.NOTSET)

# Make warnings run as exceptions
warnings.filterwarnings('error')

def signal_handler(signal, frame):
    sys.exit()

def files_to_database(path, keys, cursor):
    """
    Read the images inside the path and add their information to a table
    inside a data-base accessed by the connector.

    Parameters:
        path : str
            The path where we will walk looking for fits files
        keys : dict
            A dictionary with the keys that will be looked for in the headers.
        cursor : sqlite.Cursor
            A SQLite Cursor that will receive the rows.
    """

    if not os.path.exists(path):
        raise (IOError, 'Could not open file: {:s}'.format(path))

    if not isinstance(keys, dict):
        raise (TypeError, '"keys" should be a dictionary. '
                          'Found {:s} instead'.format(keys.__class__))

    if not isinstance(cursor, lite.Cursor):
        raise (TypeError, '"cursor" should be a sqlite. Cursor object. '
                          'Found {:s} instead.'.format(str(cursor.__class__)))

    list_of_files = glob(os.path.join(path, '*', '*.fits'))
    list_of_files.sort()

    for filename in list_of_files:
        file_to_database(filename, keys, cursor)

    return

def file_to_database(filename, keys, cursor):
    """
    Save the information from a header based on the keys to a table
    inside a data-base accessed by the connector.

    Parameters:
        filename : str
            The filename from where this method will extract information.
        keys : dict
            A dictionary with the keys that will be looked for in the headers.
        cursor : sqlite.Cursor
            A SQLite Cursor that will receive the rows.
    """
    try:
        hdu_list = pyfits.open(filename)
    except (IOError, Warning) as err:
        log.warning(' %s : %s' % (err.args[0], filename))
        return

    header = hdu_list[0].header
    s = 'INSERT INTO my_table ('
    for k in keys:
        s += '{}, '.format(k)
    s = s[:-2] + ') VALUES ('

    for k in keys:
        if k not in header:
            s += "NULL, "
            continue
        if isinstance(header[k], str):
            s += "'{}', ".format(header[k])
        elif isinstance(header[k], float):
            s += '{}, '.format(header[k])

    s = s[:-2] + ');'

    log.debug(s)
    cur.execute(s)

def fix_header(filename):
    """
    Fix the header of a single image obtained with SAM and SAMI by removing the
    'ADC' card.

    Parameters
    ----------
        filename : str
            full path that contains an FITS image.
    """

    try:
        hdu_list = pyfits.open(filename)
    except (IOError, Warning) as err:
        log.warning(' %s : %s' % (err.args[0], filename))
        return

    for hdu in hdu_list:
        try:
            del hdu.header['ADC']
        except KeyError:
            log.debug('Ignoring file: %s' % filename)
            return

    log.debug('Updating file: %s' % filename)
    hdu_list.writeto(filename, clobber=True)
    return

def fix_headers(path):
    """
    Fix the header of images contained in the path that were obtained with SAM
    and SAMI by removing the 'ADC' card.

    Parameters
    ----------
        path : str
            full path that contains FITS images.
    """
    list_of_files = glob(os.path.join(path, '*', '*.fits'))
    list_of_files.sort()

    p = Pool(10)
    try:
        p.map_async(fix_header, list_of_files).get(99999999)
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        log.warning('\n\nYou pressed Ctrl+C!')
        log.warning('Leaving now. Bye!\n')
        pass

    return

def pickable_file_to_database(args):
    print(args)
    # file_to_database(args['file'], args['keys'], args['cursor'])

if __name__ == '__main__':

    # Parsing Arguments ---
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
        description="Reduce SAMI's or SAM-FP data."
    )

    parser.add_argument(
        '-D', '--debug', action='store_true',
        help="Turn on DEBUG mode (overwrite quiet mode)."
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        '-q', '--quiet', action='store_true',
        help="Run quietly."
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        '--database', default=None,
        help='Data-base name (in case you do not want the default name).'
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        'root_dir', type=str,
        help="Root directory."
    )

    args = parser.parse_args()

    if not args.quiet:
        log.setLevel(logging.INFO)

    if args.debug:
        log.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)

    log.info('\n Create Database\n  by Bruno C. Quint')
    log.debug('\n\n Current log level: %s' % log.level)

    root_dir = args.root_dir
    root_dir = os.path.abspath(root_dir)
    log.info(' Walking through %s folder' % root_dir)

    database_filename = os.path.join(root_dir, 'temp.db') \
        if args.database is None else os.path.join(root_dir, args.database)
    msg = 'Loading' if os.path.exists(database_filename) else 'Creating'
    log.info(' %s database: %s' % (msg, database_filename))
    con = lite.connect(database_filename)
    cur = con.cursor()

    keys = {
        '"DATE-OBS"': 'TEXT',
        '"TIME-OBS"': 'TEXT',
        'NEXTEND': 'INTEGER',
        'OBSTYPE': 'TEXT',
        'OBJECT': 'TEXT',
        'RA': 'TEXT',
        'DEC': 'TEXT',
        'EXPTIME': 'REAL',
        'FILTER1': 'TEXT',
        'FAPERSID': 'TEXT',
        'FAPERSWP': 'TEXT',
        'FAPERSST': 'TEXT',
        'FAPEROTZ': 'INTEGER'
    }

    s = 'CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS my_table('
    for key in keys:
        s += '%s %s, ' % (key, keys[key])
    s = s[:-2] + ');'
    s.replace('""', '"')
    cur.execute(s)

    # fix_headers(root_dir)
    files_to_database(root_dir, keys, con)

    cur.execute('SELECT * FROM my_table;')

    if con:
        con.close()

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Understand the need for embedded computer systems, and the requirements imposed on them by their application scenario.
Be able to apply an engineering process to design, implement and validate embedded systems.
Understand the different levels of abstraction that are used throughout the design process, and be able to decide the most appropriate abstractions at each step.
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Home Stories N.C. novels get the Hollywood treatment
N.C. novels get the Hollywood treatment
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Ron Rash
Western North Carolina author Ron Rash lights up as much talking about his two novels making their film debuts this winter as he does describing the trout stream that runs through campus at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, where he teaches Appalachian Studies in the English department.
In fact, those trout likely hold more sway over the soft-spoken writer, whose acclaimed novels and short stories cast the Appalachian landscape as a perennial protagonist. In the Hollywood adaptation of Serena, his New York Times bestselling novel from 2008, the Czech Republic stands in for the Smoky Mountains, with Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper playing the other leading roles. Noah Wyle, Jeremy Irvine and Steve Earle star in the smaller-scale, independent film based on his 2007 novel, The World Made Straight, which was shot on location in western North Carolina. After languishing in post-production for the past couple of years, both movies will hit theaters in early 2015.
Just don't expect to see Rash on the red carpet—he's too busy making the rounds with his latest collection of short stories, Something Rich and Strange, and finishing up his next novel, Above the Waterfall, due out next fall.
Q&A with Ron Rash
Smoky Mountain Living: Are you excited about the films?
Ron Rash: I'm really curious to see how they're translated. I'm amazed that one got made, much less two—the odds are pretty slim. Just the fact that a movie is being made from the work has brought readers to me that I've never had before. That, to me, is the best part.
SML: What do you think of film adaptations of novels, in a general sense?
Rash: With the length of most movies, it's impossible to capture a novel. Somehow the director has to not re-create the book but to try to find something of its essence. Winter's Bone [by Daniel Woodrell] does this really well, for instance, but The Bonfire of the Vanities, by Tom Wolfe, was horrible. Of course, a bigger book is more difficult than a smaller, tighter book.
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SML: What can you share about the filming process?
Rash: I deliberately stayed out of it. It's hard enough to write a good short story or novel; it would be presumptuous to think I could write a good screenplay. I thought it better to make a clean cut and save my energy for what I do best.
The funniest thing that happened was a phone call with the British actor Toby Jones. He is playing the sheriff in Serena and called from London to hear my accent. It's almost as if I could hear the screenwriter tell him, "If you really want to know how these people talked, dial this number." We didn't talk about much—the weather, that sort of thing. Later he was on the BBC talking about how much he liked the accent and how he hoped he caught some of it in his acting. From what I have caught on the trailer, I think he did.
SML: With landscape such a significant role in your writing, what gets lost in a film version that's shot elsewhere?
Rash: I do find it amusing that Charles Frazier's Cold Mountain was filmed in Romania and now Serena was filmed in the Czech Republic, though they are both rooted in the Appalachian Mountains. What's good is that The World Made Straight was filmed in Madison County, so you get to see the landscape. There is something very striking about the Appalachian Mountains: They're so old and worn down, with that greenery. Maybe [Serena] has captured that, but there's a kind of lushness that you don't get in the Rockies, for instance, or that you wouldn't get in Afghanistan.
In a lot of areas of Appalachia, you get deep valleys and coves where a lot of light doesn't get in. In the novel Serena, I talk a lot about how that affects one of the characters, Rachel. Her mother—one of the most sympathetic characters in the book—couldn't handle the oppressiveness of it. But the book also shows the more positive aspect of those areas—like wombs protecting people from the outside. I'm fascinated by how landscape affects the psychological.
SML: How do the two movies compare?
Rash: I'm particularly glad about The World Made Straight because out of all of my novels, it got the least attention. It's a much lower budget, but the movies I personally enjoy most tend to be independent movies—there's more emphasis on story and character development, less on blowing up things. My sense from interacting with the director [David Burris] is that he's trying to be true to the book but also to the region. For instance, he went to the trouble to get Plott hounds, like I have in the novel. Probably most people who see the movie wouldn't even note that detail, but it fits the region perfectly. And they've done as good a job with the Appalachian accent as I've ever seen. The young British actor Jeremy Irvine nails it.
SML: What do you think about the casting of Serena?
Rash: I thought they were impressive choices. Jennifer Lawrence is a talented actress and has the physicality—she grew up riding horses.
SML: You've called Serena the story of the Smoky Mountains. What element of that history do you hope the movie illuminates for a new audience?
Rash: One of the reasons I wrote Serena eight or nine years ago is because I was so worried about the political attempts—which are ongoing—to open up national and state forest for development, timbering, minerals. The book was a way of reminding people how hard won this park was, and also to remind them of what was there, because I'd say that probably most tourists who go through the Smokies today think it is virgin forest. But if they'd have gone through there about 1910 all they would have seen were scalped ridges.
SML: What are the other messages of your work that you hope come across in the films?
Rash: One of my goals as a writer is to subvert stereotypes. You have to be careful, because you could sentimentalize the people as long-suffering hill folk; or you could go the other way where they're Deliverance types. When someone reads Serena, those easy stereotypes have been undermined. Though these people speak differently, and their accents and education are different, ultimately the reader should recognize that these are fellow human beings who feel, fear and love. That's crucial.
Western Carolina University literature movie Ron Rash

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TOP STORIES / World / Africa
Trump's abortion ban puts African women at risk
International NGOs offering abortion services will no longer receive US funding, sparking fears for women in developing countries. Now the Dutch government has called for a global fund to try to cover the shortfall.
The Dutch government has said it will set up an international fund to help finance access to abortion and family planning services in developing countries. The Netherlands' Minister for Development Cooperation, Lilianne Ploumen, announced the plan on Wednesday following US President Donald Trump's move to pull funding for international NGOs that perform or provide information about abortions.
Minister Ploumen said Trump's decision would have far-reaching consequences. "Banning abortions does not result in fewer abortions. It leads to more irresponsible practices in back rooms and more maternal deaths," she said in a statement.
Trump reinstates abortion funding ban
The so-called global gag rule, known as the "Mexico City Policy," prevents any organization that provides abortion services, information, counseling or referrals from receiving US federal funding - even if those programs are also funded by other donors.
The rule has been revived by Republican presidents and rescinded by Democratic ones since Republican President Ronald Reagan first instituted it in 1984. President Barack Obama last lifted it in 2009.
Trump, who made no secret of his opposition to abortion during the election campaign, reinstated the ban on family planning funding on Monday.
The US is the single biggest donor to global health efforts. US support for family planning currently amounts to more than $600 million (560 million euros) with programs operating in nearly 40 countries.
Putting women's lives at risk
Every year, tens of thousands of women around the world die from illegal abortions. According to figures from the World Health Organization (WHO), nearly 20 million women in developing countries undergo unsafe abortions every year. Of those, an estimated 50,000 die from complications.
Healthcare workers warn that number will rise if women cannot access safe terminations. "We will see a huge rise in unsafe abortions," said Ulrike Neubert, who works in Mombasa, Kenya, for the German-based Foundation for World Population. "Many more women will die," she told DW.
Nearly 20 million women in developing countries undergo unsafe abortions every year (Source: WHO)
African services will be affected
Figures from a 2011 WHO report show abortion rates across sub-Saharan Africa increased during the Bush administration, the last time the gag rule was instated. The most probable reason for the increase, the study found, was that decreased funding meant many organizations were unable to provide family planning and birth-control services, resulting in many more unwanted pregnancies.
And that will likely happen again, says Neubert. "We, as well as all our partner organizations, will receive a lot less funding. Many of our partner clinics will not be able to provide services anymore."
According to the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), a charity that provides sexual and reproductive health services in over 172 countries, women in the poorest and most remote areas, where government services are limited, will be hardest hit.
Evelyne Opondo is the Africa director for the Center for Reproductive Rights advocacy group. She told Reuters a large number of facilities were forced to close down when President George W. Bush reinstated the funding ban in 2001. "They were also forced to drastically reduce other services that they were providing, including for survivors of sexual violence (and) for HIV," she said.
"It's really unfortunate," said Opondo. "The lives and the health of so many women are subject to the whims of American politics."
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"God is within you". This was the core of the message of Dr. Andrei San Agustin in his talk on leadership at the College of Law Moot Court on Febuary 24, 2011.
In attendance were academic and non-academic deans, directors, administrative staff and graduates of the Seminar on Holistic Empowerment and Leadership which Dr. Agustin regularly conducts.
Dr. Agustin, who was formally introduced by WMSU President Dr. Grace J. Rebollos, inspired his audience with his sharing on personal empowerment. Paradoxically, he talked of a power that comes from "killing one's ego" so that every thought, word and action will now come from within where God dwells. Love becomes the life compass that leads one to serve and empower others.
This is the deeper, more authentic meaning of success according to the renowned motivational speaker. Loving others unconditionally; bringing out the best in them; and enabling them to navigate successfully through life on their own. Money cannot buy the feeling of peace and joy that comes from this kind of success, Dr. Andrei said. He therefore urged the teachers to love and nurture their students unconditionally. He also challenged them to be models and sources of inspiration to their students by walking their talk. "Because values are caught, not taught," he reminded them.


Many firms use forecasting to make better business decisions. The probit model is a variation of the linear regression model and offers business an additional forecasting tool. The probit model differs from linear regression in several ways. Ordinarily, the dependent variable in regression analysis is quantitative. Probit models allow the use of qualitative or categorical information. In probit models, the forecast variable (dependent variable) is binary and can take only two possible values typically denoted as 0 or 1. This study examines whether or not smaller firms accept foreign currency in payment for exports. The survey respondents provided categorical information by answering either "yes" or "no."
The probit model also differs from the regression model because it assumes a different functional form. Probit models are estimated using maximum likelihood techniques. Although linear probability models or regression models with a binary dependent variable are sometimes used, the probit model offers two distinct advantages. First, the linear probability model suffers from heteroskedasticity and is not fully efficient. Heteroskedasticity occurs when error terms from a model have nonconstant variance. Pindyck and Rubinfeld describe a study of family income and expenditures as an example of a model with heteroskedasticity. Low income families would spend at a relatively steady rate, while high income families may have more volatile spending habits. If expenditures are the dependent variable, the error variance for high income families would be greater (more volatile) than the error variance for low income families (more stable). Pindyck and Rubinfeld state: "When heteroskedasticity is present, OLS (Ordinary Least Squares) estimation places more weight on the observations which have large variances than on those with small error variances." This means that the estimators (coefficients) obtained from the linear probability analysis may vary widely from sample to sample and forecasting could be improved by using an alternative such as the probit model. The probit model will provide the forecaster with more consistent and comparable results from sample to sample.
Another reason for using the probit model is that we want to interpret the dependent variable as the probability of making a choice (accepting foreign currency or not), so using a transformation based on probability is logical. The predicted values are the probability of observing the category labeled "1." In our example, it represents the probability of answering "yes" to the question: "Do you accept foreign currency in payment for exports?" The predicted values of the linear probability model can theoretically take values less than 0 or greater than 1. These values are not consistent with the interpretation of probabilities, which must fall between 0 and 1. The probit model assures that all predicted values of the model fall within the limits, that is, between 0 and 1. G. S. Maddala provides a more detailed discussion of probit and other limited-dependent variable models.
Many studies examine the export practices and policies of large multinational corporations. The export activity of smaller firms is largely ignored even though it represents a significant contribution to overall export activity. Of the approximately 100,000 United States firms that export, 80% are small companies. Smaller firms are recognizing opportunities in foreign markets. The use of fax, 800-numbers and overnight package shipment allow firms more easily and quickly to respond to potential foreign sales.
Publication information: Article title: Foreign Currency Risk Management with Probit Analysis. Contributors: Hackert, Ann M. - Author, Tokle, Joanne G. - Author. Journal title: The Journal of Business Forecasting Methods & Systems. Volume: 12. Issue: 1 Publication date: Spring 1993. Page number: 15+. © Institute of Business Forecasting & Planning. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.


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Q: How Can I Escape Multiple Listed Widget (Button) State Management with Flutter Bloc? I am managing states using Flutter Bloc. I have a list. When you press the + button, it is added to the list by sending a request to the API. Circular Progress Indicator is displayed in case of installation and successful icon in case of completion.
However, the situation changes for all buttons, not the relevant button. How do I change the state of only the button pressed?

return ListView.builder(
    itemCount: state.model.length,
    itemBuilder: (context, index) {
      return ListTile(
          title: Text(
            state.model[index].title ?? "",
            style: TextStyle(fontWeight: FontWeight.w500),
          ),
          subtitle: Text("${state.model[index].subTitle}"),
          trailing: BlocConsumer<CarCubit, CarState>(
              listener: (context, state) {
            if (eatState is CarError) {
              final snackBar = SnackBar(
                content: Text(state.message ?? ""),
              );
              ScaffoldMessenger.of(context).showSnackBar(snackBar);
            }
          }, builder: (context, state) {
            return TextButton(
                onPressed: state is CarInitial
                    ? () {
                        context.read<CarCubit>().addList(
                            CarModel(
                              title: state.model[index].title,
                              category: state.model[index].category,
                              image: state.model[index].image,
                            ));
                      }
                    : null,
                child: carStateWidget(state));
          }));
    });

Widget carStateWidget(CarState state) {
    if (state is CarLoading) {
      return CircularProgressIndicator(
        color: Colors.white,
      );
    } else if (state is CarCompleted) {
      return Icon(
        Icons.done,
        color: Colors.white,
      );
    }
    return Text("+", style: TextStyle(color: Colors.white));
  }

A: You can create carId instance to the CarLoading state class and when emitting it just check if the current carId of the loading button of this car object (I have supposed that each car is an object and has a carId instance) matches the received id from the state.
Something like that:
Widget carStateWidget(CarState state, int carId) {  // carId
    if (state is CarLoading && state.carId == carId) {  // check
      return CircularProgressIndicator(
        color: Colors.white,
      );
    } else if (state is CarCompleted) {
      return Icon(
        Icons.done,
        color: Colors.white,
      );
    }
    return Text("+", style: TextStyle(color: Colors.white));
  }

Note, don't use methods to create widgets as this is not recommended even officially by flutter team for many reasons, you can check this.

A: Divide to win
Create a CarWidget with its own private cubit:

*

*When a new element is added then a new CarWidget is added into the ListView. This widget is a simple Row with the car label AND the + button.

*When the user press the + button then you can use a cubit to request your API, but note that this cubit is private to this CarWidget instance. This cubit can be initialized into initState.
A Cubit (or a Bloc) is a state management. As you mentioned each button (or row) must have its own state, so it's better and easier to have its state as close as possible to the widget.
Advantages:
1- It will be impossible to a widget's state to interfere with another widget
2- You won't build the whole tree but only the relevant widget.
3- The user will be able to add multiple cars even without waiting for the previous to complete (which is impossible with your code).

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Solvay to build silica plant, expand another
Mike McNulty
Solvay's Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or factory in France.
BRUSSELS, Belgium—Solvay S.A. is building a highly dispersible silica plant in Wloclawek, Poland, and is in the process of expanding its facility in Qingdao, China.
The firm is spending more than $100 million on the factory in Poland, which will produce about 85,000 metric tons of HDS annually. Solvay did not give specific financial details on the addition at the site in China.
Work on both projects has begun, a spokesman said. The factory in Wloclawek will be operational "and producing at the highest standards in less than two years," he said, estimating it should open in the third quarter of 2014 and will have a work force of more than 50.
The China plant expansion is expected to be completed by the end of 2013.
Solvay, an international chemical company, said the two additions will boost Solvay's global HDS production capacity by about 30 percent.
Logistical gains
Located in central Poland, the new plant will create logistical benefits to the firm's customers in Eastern Europe and Russia, the company said. It is being built on a lot that covers more than 200 acres in a designated Special Economic Zone within Wloclawek, according to the spokesman.
Solvay is adding the Wloclawek facility because "we are committed to support our customers' growth in Eastern Europe, Russia and around the world," said Tom Bender, president of Solvay Silica, a global business unit of the company.
The new site "will offer our most innovative products from a very reliable and competitive platform," he said.
Among the products made at the plant will be Zeosil Premium, HDS used by tire manufacturers to make energy-saving tires, the firm said. Solvay claimed the offering cuts fuel consumption by 7 percent while enhancing other tire performance properties.
Bender said there is strong demand for more silica innovation to improve tire performance.
"Tire labeling regulation has led to a four-fold increase in Zeosil Premium adoption over the past year, and we expect a strong growth trend to continue," he said.
In addition to tires, its primary application, silica also is used in a wide range of other markets, including industrial, personal care and nutrition.
Solvay's facility in Poland "is part of a continued commitment to provide a reliable supply of HDS and respond to the growth needs of our customers," the spokesman said.
He said the factory ties in nicely with the growth of the firm's new innovative products.
Meanwhile, the company's expansion at its existing factory in China is progressing nicely. "It is an extension of the current building and operations area," he said.
"Capacity in China is growing to support the demands of our customers," according to the spokesman.
He said demand for the firm's HDS "is supported by the need for safer and more energy efficient tires."
The Qingdao plant produces various grades of HDS, all of which are "used by the tire industry to decrease fuel consumption by up to 7 percent while enhancing other tire performance properties," he said.
Solvay has been on a growth spurt since 2010 when it opened the plant in Qingdao. It followed that move with expansions at its HDS sites in the U.S. in 2011 and France a year later.
The firm said the expansions were made to support current and future growth of its customers.
Its Chicago Heights, Ill., addition was made through Solvay's Rhodia business. The expansion boosted the facility's 16,000-ton capacity by 33 percent.
The plant, launched in 1995, is one of eight HDS sites Rhodia operates.
Solvay's expansion project at its Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or, France, HDS facility included an addition and a modernized research and development operation.


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Der liebe Augustin steht für:

 volkstümliche Bezeichnung für Marx Augustin
 Der liebe Augustin (1941), Filmbiografie von E. W. Emo
 Der liebe Augustin (1960), Romanverfilmung von Rolf Thiele
 Der liebe Augustin (Operette), Operette von Leo Fall aus dem Jahr 1912
 Der liebe Augustin (Brandl), Operette von Johann Brandl aus dem Jahr 1887
 Der liebe Augustin (Rixner), Operette von Josef Rixner aus dem Jahr 1942
 Der liebe Augustin (Roman), Roman von Horst Wolfram Geißler, 1921
 Wiener Kleinkunstbühne, siehe Stella Kadmon #Kleinkunstbühne "Der liebe Augustin"

Siehe auch:
 Das Spiel vom lieben Augustin, österreichischer Fernsehfilm von Hermann Lanske (1960)

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Michel Lambert, né en 1610 à Champigny-sur-Veude et mort le  à Paris, est un maître de chant, théorbiste et compositeur baroque français.

Biographie

Michel Lambert reçoit sa formation musicale comme enfant de chœur à la chapelle de "Monsieur", Gaston d'Orléans, frère de Louis XIII. Il est également élève de Pierre de Nyert. Depuis 1636, il est connu comme professeur de chant. Il épouse en 1641 la cantatrice Gabrielle Dupuis qui décède subitement un an après ; leur fille Madeleine Dupuis deviendra la femme de Jean-Baptiste Lully. Et Lambert se remarie avec la sœur cadette de Gabrielle, Hilaire.

En 1651, il apparaît comme danseur dans un ballet donné à la cour de Louis XIV. À partir de 1656, sa réputation comme compositeur est établie et ses compositions sont régulièrement imprimées. Il compose surtout des airs sur des poèmes de Benserade et Quinault. C'est le plus fécond compositeur d'airs de la seconde moitié du .

En 1661, il succède à Jean de Cambefort comme maître de musique de la chambre du roi (où son gendre Lully est le surintendant de la musique) et il conservera cette charge jusqu'à sa mort. Il meurt le  à Paris et il est inhumé dans le tombeau de la famille Lully-Lambert en l'église Notre-Dame-des-Victoires à Paris.

Son rôle de maître de chant et compositeur d'air dramatique a contribué à l'éclosion de l'opéra français. En tant que maître de chant, il jouissait d'une réputation dont attestent de nombreux témoignages de l'époque (parmi lesquels ceux de la chanteuse Anne Chabanceau de La Barre, Perrin, Le Cerf de la Viéville). Titon du Tillet évoque pour sa part les concerts donnés dans sa maison de Puteaux, pendant lesquels Lambert s'accompagnait lui-même au théorbe.

Œuvres
 Airs du sieur Lambert, Paris, Charles de Sercy (1660)
 Airs de Monsieur Lambert non Imprimez, manuscrit, Paris, (vers 1692)
 Pièces en trio pour les violons, flûtes ou hautbois, Amsterdam, Estienne Roger (1700)
 9 Leçons de Ténèbres pour voix et basse continue manuscrit (1662-1663)
 9 Leçons de Ténèbres pour voix et basse continue manuscrit (1689)
Miserere

Citations
Lors du mariage du duc de Chevreuse, le , le chroniqueur Charles Robinet écrivit cet éloge :

Bibliographie
 Catherine Massip, L'art de bien chanter : Michel Lambert (1610-1696). Paris : Société française de musicologie, 1999. .
 Catherine Massip, « Un musicien aux ruelles : Michel Lambert (1610-1696) et ses poètes », Les Plaisirs de l'Arsenal : poésie, musique, danse et érudition au  et au  siècle, sous la dir. d'É. Dutray-Lecoin, M. Lefèvre et D. Muzerelle, Paris, Classiques Garnier, 2018, p. 225-240.

Discographie sélective
 Airs de cour (1689), Les Arts florissants, dir William Christie, Harmonia Mundi, 1992, 1 CD.
 9 Leçons de Ténèbres (cycle de 1689), Ivete Piveteau (direction, clavecin et orgue positif), Noémi Rime (soprano), Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto), Charles Brett (haute-contre), Howard Crook (ténor), Virgin Classics, 1989, 2 CD.
Miserere, Les Demoiselles de Saint-Cyr, dir. Emmanuel Mandrin, Ambronay, 2009, 1 CD.
Neuf Leçons de Ténèbres (cycle de 1662, 1663), Marc Mauillon, Harmonia Mundi 2018, 2 CD.
3 Leçons de Ténèbres du Mercredi Saint (1662, 1663), Monique Zanetti, soprano, Ensemble Les Temps Présents, Aeolus 2021, 1 SACD

Notes et références

Source
 Musicologie.org, source essentielle de cet article

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Musique baroque française

Liens externes

 Index chronologique d'airs de différents compositeurs dont Michel Lambert avec fac-simile et transcriptions (en Sibelius)

Personnalité française du XVIIe siècle
Compositeur français de la période baroque
Compositeur français de ballet
Naissance en 1610
Décès en juin 1696


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Диарсенид палладия — бинарное неорганическое соединение
палладия и мышьяка
с формулой PdAs,
кристаллы,
не растворяется в воде.

Получение
 Спекание стехиометрических количеств чистых веществ:

Физические свойства
Диарсенид палладия образует кристаллы
кубической сингонии,
пространственная группа P a3,
параметры ячейки a = 0,5985 нм, Z = 4.

Не растворяется в воде.

Примечания

Литература

палладия


Hawes village is a problem for wilding.
When we were last there (in a cottage) we met some motorhome owners in the pub, who were stopping at a small like cl or cs type spot walking distance away.
Anyone know the name or where it is please?
Dont know about the CL but we stayed at Semer water recently which is a few miles from Hawes. Its a beautiful lake and you can camp right on the lake shore. The farmer who owns the land charges about £5 a night depneding on the size of your vam (mine is a SWB Transit) No facilities atall ... apart from stunning views a loads of birds!
I know of 3 sites in Hawes, caravan club site next to the river, Honeycott on the Ribblehead road, but I think the little one you want is behind the cattle market (ish), which according to Google is called Bainbridge Ings.
Although if it were me, I'd have a look at the industrial estate, and just park on street.
If you go from Hawes to Mucker, its a really nice quiet road and I am sure you could wild camp there, we havent done it as found it the next morning!!
There's a pub in Hardraw, which is an easy walk from Hawes, which allows motorhomes in their car park.
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Implementation of the TRC Recommendations
The current administration led by President Jacob Zuma continues with the mandate to implement the TRC recommendations adopted by Parliament in 2003.
The TRC declared 22 000 people as victims of gross human rights violations. Of these, 16 837 applied for reparations. To date all but 13 who have been declared untraceable, have now received or are in the process of receiving reparations.
Symbols and Monuments
This recommendation has largely been achieved through the cooperation of various tiers of government. Monuments such as the Freedom Park in Pretoria, the Hector Peterson memorial in Soweto and the Gardens of Remembrance have been built in all provinces. Most municipalities are in the process of renaming street names to reflect the history of the heroes and heroines of all South Africans.
Medical and Other Forms of Social Assistance
The government, through the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DOJ&CD), have developed regulations on basic and higher education and training, as well as on health matters. Once ratified by the relevant authorities, these regulations will institutionalise how victims access relevant assistance.
In the interim, the DoJ&CD refer people declared as victims by the TRC, to various health institutions to receive medical treatment. As far as education is concerned, the former Department of Education made an amount of R5 million available to the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS), specifically for the purpose of reparation to the victims identified through the TRC process. Pending the finalisation of regulations, requests for financial assistance by TRC-identified victims are referred to this institution. Victims are also assisted with recommendations for the exemption of school fees.
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10 Best Christmas Albums
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Alexandra Capotorto Published: December 23, 2015
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Christmas is right around the corner, and it's safe to say that lots of folks out there are already getting into the spirit with tree decorating, egg nog, awesomely ugly sweaters, and of course, the best Christmas albums popular music has to offer! Who doesn't love a holiday that's filled with comfort, joy and "chestnuts roasting on an open fire"?
Since we're in full holiday mode, we've been making our lists, checking them twice, and going over the past year in our heads to determine if we've been deemed "naughty" or "nice." But with that list making comes the playlist making too, because Christmas music is truly what makes the world go 'round in December.
To help you get into the holiday spirit and spread the cheer for all to hear, we've put together a list of 10 must-hear holiday albums — check out a mix of classic sounds and alternative interpretations in the gallery below.
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'Westworld' season 2 will answer important questions about the park and guests
By Jason Berman
HBO's new hit series, Westworld, only recently concluded its first season, but fans are already anxious to have more of their questions answered. The series, which takes place in a futuristic park where humans and hosts interact, won two Critics' Choice Awards on Sunday night, and was nominated for three Golden Globes: best actress in a TV drama (Evan Rachel Wood), best supporting actress in a TV series (Thandie Newton) and best TV drama.
Season two of Westworld is slated to return to HBO in 2018, but that hasn't tempered the conversation. One burning question following the first season is about the guest experience in Westworld.
The first season predominately focused on the park's various hosts, and their eventual path toward consciousness. While guests like William and Logan played a role, their narrative was largely ancillary to that of Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood) and other hosts.
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More about Westworld's guest experience may be revealed in the future. TV Line recently spoke with Westworld's co-creators, Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, who opened up about this less seen aspect of the series.
Questions that remain unanswered regarding the guest experience include: What happens if you dissemble a host (like the Man in Black)? And, what about child guests? "We talked a lot about how the experience would feel for a contemporary guest going into the park," Nolan said to TV Line. "We laid out a lot of that logic in the writers' room."
However, with the series turning its attention to the evolution of the hosts, Nolan said "it didn't feel appropriate to spend too much time illuminating how unreal this place is, because the hosts believe in it so much up until that horrifying moment when they realize that it's an artificial world. So we didn't get bogged down in it."
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With the series' world now well and established, Nolan said the show "will spend a little bit more time next season shining a light on those aspects of the park — what does it feel like to come to it as a guest? — just a little bit before the mayhem starts."
With 2017 right around the corner, we must accept that Westworld season two is, unfortunately, still a ways away. However, as a series still shrouded in a fair share of mystery, the conversation should not die down any time soon.
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Siasat.com/News/Politics/Word 'Hindu' not native to India, given by Mughals and endorsed by British: Kamal Haasan
Word 'Hindu' not native to India, given by Mughals and endorsed by British: Kamal Haasan
| Published: 18th May 2019 12:28 pm IST
Chennai: Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan who drew flak from all political quarters and Hindu groups for his remarks on Nathuram Godse, on Saturday once again stoked a possible controversy by saying that the word "Hindu" is of foreign origin and not native to India.
Taking to Twitter, Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) founder Haasan shared a poem on Friday in Telugu saying "the name Hindu was given by foreign rulers".
Haasan said the term 'Hindu' was given by Mughals or by others who came earlier to rule, adding that the British who later ruled the nation seconded the term.
He said that neither the Alwars and Nayanmars, poet-saints in southern India during the first millennium CE, gave the religious note "Hindu".
Citing a Tamil proverb – "Living in harmony has a million benefits", the MNM chief opined that shrinking the nation within religion is commercially, politically and spiritually wrong.
"Neither 12 Alwars nor 63 Nayanmars gave the religious note "Hindu". We were named "Hindu" either by Mughals or those who ruled earlier. British who ruled and returned seconded that adjective. When we have our own identities how ignorant to embrace an outsider given name as our name or religion.
Though our identity as "Indian" is recent it would live beyond times. To think of shrinking our wide nation within religion is commercially, politically and spiritually wrong. If we live together we would get crore benefits. How many times this proverb has been told to Tamilians," he said in his tweet.
Haasan who has been receiving backlash since past few days for his remark that the "first terrorist in independent India was a Hindu" said yesterday that every religion has its own terrorists and one cannot claim oneself as "sanctimonious".
The actor-turned-politician maintained that history has shown that all religions have their extremists.
Reacting to the incident in which stones were thrown at his rally in Tiruchirapally recently, Haasan said, "I feel the quality of polity is going down. I don't feel threatened. Every religion has its own terrorist, we cannot claim that we are sanctimonious. History shows that all religions have their extremists."
Issuing a clarification over his remark that the "first terrorist in independent India was a Hindu", he had said, "I have said the same thing before. It's not the first time but it's been blown out of proportion."
On being asked to respond to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's comment during an interview to a news website, Haasan said, "I do not have to reply to Prime Minister Modi. History will answer him."
"I am not afraid of being arrested. Let them arrest me. If they do that it will only create more problems. It is not my warning but only advice," he added.
Following his remarks on Godse, the BJP and its Tamil Nadu ally AIADMK and some Hindu outfits slammed Haasan on the issue saying he cannot mix up an assassination with terror and link it to Hindus.
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Shimon Peres, former Israeli president and Nobel laureate, dies at 93
Former Israeli president Shimon Peres died aged 93 on Wednesday, leaving a nation in mourning.
As a man of peace he acted until his last days to reach appeasement with our neighbours
Benjamin Netanyahu Israeli Prime Minister
Peres had been in an induced coma after a stroke two weeks ago. Although he had made progress, doctors warned on Tuesday there had been a sudden deterioration in his condition.
Peres suffered severe organ failure as well as irreversible brain damage, as a result of the massive hemorrhagic stroke, the Jerusalem Post reported.
His son Chemi Peres announced his death overnight, in hospital near Tel Aviv, saying the former leader died without suffering and had donated his corneas for transplant.
"Our father's legacy has always been the future. 'Look to tomorrow,' he told us, 'build Israel's future with courage and with wisdom and always continue to strive for peace.' We were privileged to have been part of his private family, but today we sense that the entire nation of Israel and the global community mourn this great loss," Chemi Peres told reporters. "We share this pain together".
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— euronews (@euronews) September 28, 2016
Israel's beloved leader
The last of Israel's founding fathers, Peres was a leading figure in the nation's political landscape. In a career spanning almost 70 years, he served both as prime minister and president.
In 1994, he won the Nobel peace prize for negotiating the Oslo accords aimed at resolving Israel's conflict with the Palestinians.
World leaders are expected to attend his funeral, which Israeli media say will be held on Friday.
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— Chemi Shalev (@ChemiShalev) September 28, 2016
President Reuven Rivlin said he was cutting short a state visit to Ukraine to return to Israel in the afternoon.
The Israeli cabinet paid its own special tribute to the passing of Peres with a minute's silence.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement expressing "deep personal grief at the passing of the beloved of the nation."
In a video address to the nation, Netanyahu described Peres as a man of vision and peace.
"Shimon Peres devoted his life to our people's independence. As a man of vision he looked to the future, as a man of security he fortified Israel's strength in many ways, some of which are still secret today. As a man of peace he acted until his last days to reach appeasement with our neighbours, and a better future for our children," the Israeli premier said.
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Home Fossil Energy Wilson Sons Shipyards Capacity Doubles (Brazil)
Wilson Sons Shipyards Capacity Doubles (Brazil)
The Wilson Sons Group inaugurated the second Wilson Sons Shipyards unit in Guarujá (SP) on Thursday, April 18th. As a result of a US$ 60 million investment, the shipyard,, which builds tugboats and offshore support vessels, is expected to double its capacity.
The shipyard, which has been named Guarujá II, is equipped with a dry dock which is 26 meters wide and 135 meters long. These dimensions will allow for the construction of a wide range of larger vessels with higher specifications, amongst which are PSVS (oil platform supply), AHTS (Anchor Handling Tug Supply), PLSVS (Pipelaying and Submarine Cable Supply Vessels), ROVSV (Remotely Operated Vehicle Supply Vessels) and ORSV (Oil Recovery Supply Vessel).
"Our production capacity at Guarujá II will be 5,500 tons/year. This means that the installations can undertake the annual production of approximately four offshore support vessels and up to six tugboats, as well as a sophisticated vessel for third parties," said Arnaldo Calbucci, COO of Shipyards, Tugboats, Offshore and Agency.
The first vessel to be built at Guarujá II, a PSV 4,500 series, is due to be delivered to Wilson Sons Ultratug Offshore in June. The company is also building a Remotely Operated Vehicle Support Vessel (ROVSV), ordered by Fugro Brasil, and delivery is expected to take place by mid-2014.
"In total, we will have built four PSVs and four tugboats before the end of 2013. Over US$ 200 million are being invested in these new vessels," says Calbucci.
As well as the new shipbuilding capacity to meet the needs of the naval and offshore market, the new dry dock will allow for vessel repairs and dry docking. "There are over 400 offshore vessels and 200 tugboats in Brazil. Maintenance and docking services are currently undergoing a growth cycle. We will be in a position to attend our own fleet and that of others," explains Wilson Sons Shipyards' executive director, Adalberto Souza.
Guarujá II will provide employment for almost 300 civil construction workers from the city of Guarujá and surrounding areas. The new shipyard currently has 180 employees; however, the workforce is expected to grow to 600 at peak capacity. As for Guarujá I, which is located close to the second unit, it currently provides employment for 670 people.
Since 2004, Wilson Sons Shipyards has produced 41 vessels, 28 of which were tugboats and 14 PSVs.
Press Release, April 19, 2013
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