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Karapatan decries Duterte's threats of imposing martial law
Nearly five weeks into the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine, the government seems to be gearing for intensified State repression, human rights watchdog Karapatan warned, with President Rodrigo Duterte's threat of a martial law-like military and police takeover to curb the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
Karapatan hit back at Duterte's threat, stating that "more draconian and militarist measures will not only fail to comprehensively address the crisis but these will also effectively worsen and prolong it," as they viewed these threats as the government's way of "setting the stage for more attacks on people's rights and civil liberties."
"From mass arrests of the poor, abuses in checkpoints, heightened police and military deployment in communities, to continuing counterinsurgency operations in the countryside despite the government's unilateral ceasefire declaration and the repeated scapegoating of the Left, Duterte's threats of imposing martial law is already a lived reality for Filipinos," Karapatan Secretary General Cristina Palabay said. "Instead of putting the government's efforts to address this public health crisis and the people's legitimate demands, Duterte is exploiting the pandemic to realize his Marcosian delusions of iron-fist authoritarian rule."
In the latest of his late-night televised addresses, Duterte on Thursday, April 16, said he has ordered the military and police to be ready to take over the enforcement of social distancing and curfew measures, describing the takeover as "parang martial law na rin" (just like martial law). A leaked internal Philippine Air Force memorandum dated April 17 regarding the president's "latest pronouncement on [the] martial law-type role" of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) has also been recently confirmed by AFP spokesperson Brigadier General Edgard Arevalo, who said that the military is preparing for deployment with the PNP "in case people will continue to defy protocols and disobey the rules."
Palabay averred that "this rhetoric of blaming people's supposed lack of discipline to justify the imposition of more repressive policies misses the point of why people, especially the poor, find it so hard to abide with quarantine measures. People are going out of their homes to flock to markets or to continue their livelihood because of their precarious living conditions caused by years of government neglect and anti-poor policies. They are not receiving sufficient aid, if they even receive anything at all, and now, the government is more intent in criminalizing and penalizing the poor for their poverty."
United Nations special rapporteurs have expressed concern on April 17 over "the rise of reports of killings and other instances of excessive use of force targeting in particular people living in vulnerable situations" and reminded governments and law enforcement agencies "[b]reaking a curfew, or any restriction on freedom of movement, cannot justify resorting to excessive use of force by the police; under no circumstances should it lead to the use of lethal force."
According to the PNP, a total of 29,632 individuals have been arrested nationwide from March 17 to April 17 for supposedly violating quarantine measures. Unabated military counterinsurgency operations amid the COVID-19 pandemic have also led to the staging of fake surrenders as well as the killings and arrests of activists. Arrests have particularly targeted peasant advocates and organizers like 71-year-old Proceso Torralba, who was arrested last April 11 in Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, on trumped-up kidnapping and serious illegal detention charges.
"It is highly deplorable that, in the face of mass hunger and a looming food security crisis brought by lockdown measures, the military continues to be at the frontlines of State fascism in the countryside in leading the killings and arrests of farmers and peasant advocates like Proceso Torralba, Marlon Maldos, and Nora Apique. The government's unilateral ceasefire declaration is a complete sham, and the government is leaving the people to die in the hands of either sickness, hunger, or bullets — or worse, a combination of the three," the Karapatan officer said.
"Despots all over the world are using lockdown measures against the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse for heightened police and military deployment, political repression, and more nefarious forms of social control to consolidate power. The Duterte administration is obviously not immune to this fascist contagion, and the more that the people should be vigilant and stand in solidarity in resisting the State's fascist attacks and asserting our legitimate demands for measures such as mass testing, protection of frontline health workers, more funding for social services, and the fast-tracking of distribution of amelioration to vulnerable families and communities," she ended.


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Before setting a time to meet directly with your employee, it's vital for you to organize your thoughts on the matter in a clear, concise way. Make a list of specific and actionable undertakings that the employee in question that have stood out to you, which will help you better assess their performance and give you an idea of what type of recognition they're deserving of. For example, look for a particular action the employee did during an important meeting that truly made a difference for the team. Organize your thoughts and run them by your colleagues in management if necessary in order to have a nonbiased idea of how the employee's excellent performance is improving the workplace. Once you have established this and determined that the employee deserves recognition for his/her work performance, make the approach to set aside a particular time to meet to discuss the path moving forward. It's important, however, to make the approach directly to the employee rather than mention it during a meeting with other members of the workplace so as to maintain confidentiality and avoid jealousy between other coworkers.
Once you have made it known to your employee that the you are looking to set aside some time to go over their excellent performance, you should see if your company offers some sort of employee recognition program. An estimated three out of four companies have recognition programs, but few employees actually know about them. This is a great opportunity to include this exceptional employee in your company's recognition program which can provide benefits such as annual or quarterly bonuses, prizes, or even the possibility of promotion. Some supervisors even dedicate a plaque to employees that have shown great drive, which is a light-hearted detail that will make your employees feel greatly appreciated. This is an excellent way to keep your employees engaged and motivated, which will increase productivity and enthusiasm in the workplace. Another important aspect of employee recognition is the fact that it tends to boost employee retention, making sure that your company keeps the best, most motivated employees in its workforce for years to come.
If you have noticed that the employee in question has steadily shown drive and excellent results in the company throughout various quarters or even years, it may be wise to consider granting them more responsibility. During your initial meeting with the employee, you might want to find out if the employee is being challenged enough in his or her daily tasks and see if they are interested in ascending within the company. Things like passing down additional responsibilities or placing them in leadership positions will be an interesting test of their abilities and will also serve as an excellent motivator. Be sure to be clear as to what the ascension will entail so as to avoid any misunderstandings. Remember, you are doing this as a way to acknowledge the employee's performance, not to add additional, unwanted stresses.


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Röchling Growth in 2016-2017
Röchling continued its record of success in the 2016 financial year and Q1 2017, increasing its sales by 15.1% to €474.6 million in the first three months of 2017.
CEO of the Röchling Group Ludger Bartels said: "Our investments paid off. All three divisions got the New Year off to a good start. In particular, the automotive division made another strong contribution to our growth. There, higher demand in Western Europe and China accounted for the positive development. The industrial division benefited from a healthy economy in its key markets."
New records set in 2016 financial year
For the 2016 financial year, Röchling continued down a sustained path of success and growth.
Bartels added: "We have seen some outstanding developments, once more setting new records.
"We hit our targets for 2016, even though the year started off with many financial market players increasingly worried about a cooling down of economic growth."
The Röchling Group boosted its consolidated revenue for the 2016 financial year to a new record, growing by 6.6%. For the 2016 financial year, there was also an increase in the number of employees at the Röchling Group, which rose 5% from 8,397 in 2015 to 8,815, including temporary employees as of the reporting date of 31 December 2016.
The Röchling Group had 229 trainees and apprentices for the reporting period, which are being trained for a range of professions from administration to production.
Of the total sales, Germany accounted for 32% while the rest of Europe contributed 32%. The share of revenue coming from the US was 22%, and 14% coming from Asia.
The largest share of total sales is contributed by the automotive division, while 41% comes from the industrial division and 7% from the medical division.
The Röchling Group increased its earnings before taxes (EBT) by €13.3m. This put the earning before tax (EBT) margin, defined as the ratio of EBT to total sales, at 7.4%.
Bartels said "The reasons for this profitable business year include the fact that we have dealt with our challenges consistently and systematically. We pursued our strategic goals without wavering and with intensity, and we further expanded our international presence, for example, by opening our first production plant in Silao, Mexico."
The Röchling Group also stepped up its investments for the 2016 financial year. Capital spending grew by €41.5m, from €89.7m to €131.2m. Of the total volume of investment, 80.5% was spent on expansion.
Industrial division continued steady growth
The industrial division maintained its steady pace of growth from previous years. All told, the division saw a 1.9% increase in sales to €684.4m.
Executive vice-president of the Röchling Group's Industrial Division Franz Lübbers said: "We managed to boost our sales volume considerably, but because of the extreme volatility in the cost of our raw materials and the resulting fall in sales prices, we failed to meet our expectations."
The industrial division also felt the effects of the low oil price on its sales markets. In North America, the UK, and Denmark, there was serious restraint in spending in 2016. Customers from other industrial sectors, such as the chemical industry, mechanical engineering, electrical and electronics made up for only part of the resulting drop in sales. There was very positive growth in demand from the solar energy and from the leisure industry.
Lübbers added: "We are especially pleased to see the overall positive development of the industrial division from an international standpoint. In Brazil, the division increased sales by 17%, in China by 16%, in Japan by 32%, and in India by 14%."
The industrial division had capital expenditures (CAPEX) of €41.2m for 2016, €9.7m more than the previous year. The investments were again focused primarily on expanding capacity in the US, at four locations in Germany, as well as in Austria.
Lübbers added: "Besides increasing our capacity and optimising our processes, we are persistently adhering to our innovation strategy. For instance, we have further expanded our market position with new and innovative products in every sector."
In addition, the division unveiled new and advanced materials in 2016. For example, Röchling in Haren developed Polystone® P flex especially for the production of chemical tanks and plants. With its high elasticity, good resistance to chemicals and weldability with polypropylene, thermal and mechanical expansion can be compensated already during construction.
The LubX® also features a high-performance sliding material, which was given antistatic properties. LubX® AST black and LubX® AST color are specially conceived for use in conveyor systems that are run at high speeds and with high-pressure loads, resulting in increased productivity.
For the conversion of the first German container ship to an eco-friendly propulsion using liquefied natural gas (LNG), Röchling is contributing low-temperature insulation made of Lignostone® cryogenic.
Investment in the automotive division for further growth
The automotive division generated sales of €855.9m for Röchling in 2016, a 10.1% increase in revenue over the €777.5m earned in 2015. Viewed as a whole, nearly every region covered by the division saw increased sales compared to the figures for the prior year. Only the Asia region posted a slight drop in sales, mainly attributable to currency effects.
The management board member in charge of the automotive division Erwin Doll said: "We executed the automotive division's growth strategy at a rapid pace. We built a new facility in Silao, Mexico, and we carried out expansions in Ostrava, Czech Republic, and Wackersdorf, Germany.
"In addition, new engineering centres were opened at our locations in Laives, Italy, in March 2017 and in Worms, Germany, in May 2017, laying the foundation for innovative growth."
The company opened its new US-based technical centre in Troy, Michigan, back in March 2016. Its facility in Peine has also been expanded to include a new production hall. New facilities are also being built in Spain, China and Eastern Europe, and the site in Romania is being expanded. Altogether, the automotive division increased spending from €49.9m in 2015 to €79.3m in 2016.
Active grill shutters and underbody systems, as well as products for air and water management, were particular drivers of growth. In the future, Röchling Automotive's expertise in selective catalytic reduction (SCR) technology will help it become the market leader in the segment of SCR tank systems, giving an added strong boost to the growth of the division. With the aid of this technology, catalytic converters remove up to 90% of nitrogen oxides from the exhaust of diesel vehicles.
This makes SCR technology part of the solution to the problem of emissions. At its facility in Laives, the company develops SCR tank systems for a large number of automobile manufacturers and are either already producing or will be producing them in ten factories worldwide.
The air ducts made by Röchling Automotive are just as successful. One big-name German automaker is using actively adjustable air ducts for the new series of two of its models.
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In many ways Pj's Restaurant acts as UGSRP's home base. It is where the project started with the introduction of new sustainably focused curriculum for students taking our Restaurant Operations course. The leadership team at Pj's has embraced sustainability seeing the restaurant recognized as one of Canada's 'greenest' restaurants. http://leafme.ca/leaf-releases-latest-list-of-canadas-greenest-restaurants-in-honour-of-environment-week/ It's even a place where Mike, Simon and I will gather for a coffee and discuss the state of the project.
This past summer saw Pj's venture into new territory. Partnering with the Guelph Center for Urban Organic Farming (GCUOF) http://gcuof.wordpress.com/ , Pj's took produce harvested at the farm and canned it for use during the fall semester. Garlic scapes, green beans, zucchini relish and tomato jam were just a few of the products that got made in the kitchen shortly after being harvested. Instructors and student volunteers worked side by side, in many cases learning along the way. Equipment was purchased, food safety procedures followed, produce was canned for use on the menu in the fall.
The addition of 'canning' to the Pj's kitchen has provided many wonderful lessons for the students involved at HTM. Sustainability is about changing the status quo and Pj's is leading the way in doing that!!
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Beware Of Bankruptcy Salesmen - Lanin Law P.C.
It makes a difference which law firm you hire. There are many law firms where the only thing they do is bankruptcy. Some lawyers will tell you that they have filed many cases. These firms present this in their marketing as a good thing but this advertising is very misleading. Don't be fooled.
If you are considering bankruptcy, or if you are not comfortable with a lawyer you have already met, contact us online or call Scott Lanin, Esq. at (212) 764-7250 Ext.201. We offer a free phone consult to review and evaluate all of your options at no risk or obligation to you, or you can schedule an office consult for a reasonable fee if you prefer or need to meet in person.
The problem with many "bankruptcy firms" is that you may not have the experienced bankruptcy partner working on your case. Many of the factory type bankruptcy firms run a volume practice where they are mostly interested in quantity and not quality. They try to bring in as many bankruptcy cases as possible. They pay for internet SEO and Google ads for this purpose. Some of them pay for call centers to field new callers and they have untrained nonlegal staff answering phones and reading from a script.
New callers may meet with the partner at the initial consult but later they find that their case has been passed off to a junior associate who just graduated from law school and has no experience. In other cases, they find that a per diem attorney is handling their case. Frequently, they only meet this per diem attorney for the first time minutes before the mandatory meeting with the Bankruptcy Trustee or right before a court hearing in front of the Bankruptcy Judge. It can be a very unsettling experience for a client to go into court with an unknown attorney. It is simply impossible to have confidence or any comfort level with an attorney that you have never met. Even if the client's new attorney is qualified, this treatment leaves clients very dismayed and unhappy about their choice of lawyer and law firm. In these high-volume bankruptcy firms, if the partner has to spend too much time talking to you, working on your file, or appearing in court, the firm has lost money on the client. They make money by spending less time on cases and delegating things to other people. Personal attention is non-existent at many of these firms. It is physically impossible for one attorney to handle thousands of files. If an attorney tells you that he or she has filed thousands of cases, it is because the attorney delegated much of the work on these cases and devoted as little time as possible to each one.
If their fees are less, it is simply because clients are paying for less. It is true that you get what you pay for. Firms that charge the lowest fees will not give you personal attention. The partner you may like and even hire is usually not the one that you will see sitting by your side when you meet your bankruptcy trustee. That per diem attorney who meets you in court may have only just looked at your file for the first time minutes before and even then, will probably not be aware of any unique or special circumstances in your case.
We have seen befuddled attorneys and unsuspecting clients go through this scenario at trustee meetings many times over the years. It happens with such regularity that it is shocking and a little degrading. Once a trustee was so amused by the fact that the debtors didn't even know their own attorney who was sitting next to them for the first time in court, that the trustee said: "How do you know he even is an attorney? Just because he is wearing a tie? They sell those in the store you know." You can't make this stuff up.
Chapter 13 cases have a repayment plan that gives you up to 5 years to pay back all or part of your debts. If your lawyer is willing to dump you right at the start of the case, what kind of service can you expect during the next 5 years?
The lawyers that runs these kind of firms are nothing more than "bankruptcy salesmen." They pigeonhole new clients into bankruptcy even when there may be other solutions. It is similar to the situation when a person goes to a surgeon for a medical problem. There is the risk that the surgeon may recommend surgery even when other options might be just as worthwhile and less costly and less risky. Why does this happen? Because the surgeon may not even be aware of other options or may not know what else to do. There are many bankruptcy lawyers who do not litigate or handle business matters. They may not know anything about foreclosure defense, how to defeat a lender's summary judgment motion in the Supreme Court, or how to counterclaim or sue a lender. They may not know anything about lender liability, predatory lending, loan modification or collection law. In these cases, they will very likely offer bankruptcy as the solution for you, without considering other non-bankruptcy options. Bankruptcy can be helpful for some clients but it should be a last resort, not the only choice. If you have consulted with a bankruptcy salesman, you were likely told to file bankruptcy. Your recommended legal course of action was a foretold conclusion. It was preordained the moment you made the appointment to see a bankruptcy salesman. Once those wheels are set in motion, you will not have other options.
At Lanin Law P.C., we are not bankruptcy salesmen. We will never tell a client to file bankruptcy just because we know how. If you do choose to file bankruptcy and retain our firm to represent you, you can rest assured that you will have made that decision because it was the best choice for you, not for you lawyer. If you do want our help, we have extensive experience. We have handled many bankruptcy cases since the 1980's. Our lead attorney Scott Lanin worked for two trustees, a bankruptcy examiner, and has the unique experience of having handled many bankruptcy cases for creditors and debtors. He represented large lenders and landlords like a shopping mall. He has represented small businesses. He has represented individual debtors in Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy cases. Since he is also an experienced commercial litigator and can handle lawsuits in court and can negotiate debt workouts, bankruptcy will never be offered as the first option and never as the only option. It is simply one tool in the tool box and each client's circumstances need to be evaluated individually to determine if bankruptcy makes sense.
When you hire Lanin Law P.C., managing attorney Scott Lanin will handle your case personally. If you are looking for a bankruptcy attorney and have spoken to other firms, ask them if the attorney interviewing you in the office is the same one who will handle every aspect of your case, including court. Ask them if the attorney can help you with any other options besides bankruptcy and, if so, what is his experience.


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At a joint press conference held by WaterAid, UNICEF, PPRC, FANSA-BD, WSSCC,B, FSM Network, Sanitation and Water for All, and WASH Alliance, speakers urged the government to allocate a significant amount of budget in National Budget 2020-2021 in WASH (water, sanitation, hygiene) sector to tackle COVID-19 and maintain progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that will otherwise be hindered. The online press conference was held virtually.
An analysis of PPRC reveals that the Government of Bangladesh has made commendable progress on WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) financing as the allocation has demonstrated an upward trend from the budget of 2007-2008 (BDT 25.63 billion) to 2019-2020 (BDT 106.87 billion) with an increase of 11.6%. During the FY2019-20, Sanitation has received the highest allocation, but hygiene was overlooked, while both need equal attention to fight the deadly pandemic COVID-19.
Moreover, the analysis also shows geographical inequality of WASH allocation remains significant, where cities and towns have received the highest percentage of the allocated funding than compared to rural, char, hilly, and coastal areas in previous years. These under-developed areas' needs are higher than in urban regions and the upcoming budget must consider the acute needs of the marginalized pockets.
Dr. Hossain Zillur Rahman, Eminent Economist, Chairman, Power, and Participation Research Centre (PPRC) has also stated that the 2020-2021 budget must prioritise hygiene as a critical area in the light of COVID-19 threat and the complexities of SDG 6 attainment. It is time to shift gears and accelerate the WASH financing for pro-poor and marginalised communities to keep up with SDGs commitment.
Ms. Hasin Jahan, Country Director, WaterAid stated investment in nationwide hygiene promotion and behaviour change campaigns must get a priority in the National Budget 2020-2021 to prevent and control COVID-19.
Other speakers have also stated that the allocation of the budget shouldn't differ from urban infrastructure to rural areas as everyone around the nation are at risk of COVID-19. It is important to allocate more on handwashing devices installed in public places, which is crucial to promote good hygiene and avert COVID-19.
The press conference jointly put forward the following recommendations for the National Budget 2020-2021:
Prioritise hygiene as a vital tool of public health and epidemic preparedness, and invest in large-scale nationwide hygiene campaign and installation of public handwashing points with soap and water.
Increase immediate investment in WASH, including hygiene and WASH in health care facilities, as a priority of COVID-19 prevention and response as well as to build resilience against future disease outbreaks, with a particular focus on hard-to-reach areas and other marginalised groups.
Track actual expenditure of WASH allocation systematically to improve targeting and decision-making around WASH investment to cater the actual needs of citizens;
Commit to financing the priorities set out in key planning documents, such as the Five Year Plan and Sector Development Plan, towards universal sustainable WASH services, prioritising the poorest and most marginalised
Address the extreme disparities in access and affordability to clean water between highly subsidised urban customers and marginalised populations in the coast, slums, and other hard-to-reach areas through exploring solutions such as progressive tariffs.
Invest in increasing technical capacity of implementing institutions to enable proper execution of national level policies and projects, particularly in lagging areas such as hygiene and faecal sludge management which are critical to public health
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With the election of Donald Trump, and the promise/threat to tear up the international trade treaties that many believe are a core foundation of the global economy, the USA looks set to take another turn down the spiral of imperial decline. While America will continue to be an important player on the world stage for years to come, could it be that we have reached the end of the unipolar world that emerged out of the ashes of the Cold War in 1989? This writer seems to think so:
"Only one part of the US economy seemed briefly to resist collapse: Wall Street, source of the world's capital, nerve-centre of its international trading and financial transactions. America was no longer the greatest creditor nation; indeed, she was now on balance in debt to China and several other emerging nations which were challenging her former place in the world…
"The decline of a former industrial world champion, all the more sudden and sharp for having been delayed for decades. It was a crisis of the entire neo-liberal global economy, and therefore US finance could no longer regain what its industry lost. For the first time since 1945 growth of production in all industrial nations faltered. The 2008 crash reduced it by 20 percent, and hardly has it begun to pick up when the slump of 2010 reduced it once more…
"What is more to the point, the three great international flows of capital, labour and goods, on which the neoliberal global economy was based, dried up… A network of walls rose along the world's frontiers to prevent the free entry of men and goods and the exit of gold. America, the international junction of a flourishing traffic-system, saw the traffic on which she depended disappear, while her investment income from the depressed industrial and even more hard-hit primary producers fell…
"Those responsible for the economy were shocked, numbed and profoundly puzzled by the collapse of all they had taken for granted. The failure of businessmen, politicians and economists to recognize the facts, let alone know what to do about them, was overwhelming. We are now aware of the unorthodox minority which anticipated the crisis… We tend to forget how small and uninfluential a minority they were, until after the economic catastrophe had become so overwhelming as to threaten the very existence of the global economy. The businessmen went into it with little more than the conviction that if wages and government spending could be cut savagely enough, American industry would once again be alright, and with indiscriminate calls for protection from the economic hurricane. The politicians – both liberals and conservatives – went into it with little more than equally futile slogans. The bankers and the officials who were the guardians of 'Treasury orthodoxy' dreamed of a return to the neoliberal world of 2007, put their confidence in balanced budgets and the Bank [interest]Rate and staked all on the impossible hope of maintaining Wall Street as the world's financial centre. The economists, with what can only be described as a quiet heroism of Don Quixote, nailed their flag to the mast of Say's Law which proved that slumps could not actually occur at all. Never did a ship founder with a captain and crew more ignorant of the reasons for its misfortune or more impotent to do anything about it."
Some of the trends referred to in this passage have been in place since 2008. The complete failure of the high priests of US finance to foresee or understand the economic collapse as it unfolded around them; the prescription for spending cuts and balanced budgets (i.e. austerity); the decision to put the interests of Wall Street above all else; and the use of low interest rates to try to keep the system running. Other trends are only now emerging with the election of Trump in the US, Brexit in the UK and the rise of the far right in Europe. The drying up of international trade and, especially, the shift toward immigration controls, the erection of tariff barriers and currency controls.
The thing is that the passage I have quoted was not written in 2016. It was written in 1969 by the economic historian Eric Hobsbawm in Industry and Empire; his history of the British industrial revolution. I have tweaked the passage to swap America for Britain and Wall Street for The City of London. But beyond this, the wording is as it appears in the original text. It is a description of the economic trends that caused the British Empire to collapse in the interwar years. It is also a very close approximation of the economic and political trends that the contemporary USA has followed in the years since 2008.
As Karl Marx famously noted, "history repeats; first time tragedy, second time farce."
Just as Britain struggled in the face of growing external threats from Germany, Italy and Japan and internal threats from independence movements in her colonies, So America faces growing regional threats from China and Russia, from insurgencies within key resource areas such as Iraq, and from growing nationalist movements in Europe. None of this is to suggest that the USA is about to be reduced to the ashes of a zombie apocalypse. Like the British economy of the 1930s, the US economy today is too big for that. Just as the results of imperial overstretch took decades to reduce Britain to a second-rate power, so American military overstretch can be expected to unwind over the next two or three decades rather than the next couple of years.
Can the collapse of American power be prevented? Who knows? The point is that we know from the recent (in the grand sweep of history) collapse of the British Empire that the policies that the USA has been pursuing – and especially those promised by President Trump – are guaranteed to fail. They were tried in the 1930s… and we all know how that worked out.
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What School Lunch in France Can Teach us Back Home in the U.S.
Here's an interesting article I found on WordPress, again about France's school lunches.
What School Lunch in France Can Teach us Back Home in the U.S..
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The global big data market revenues for software and services are expected to increase from $42 billion to $103 billion by year 2027.1 Every day, 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are created, and it's only in the last two years that 90% of the world's data has been generated.2 If that's any indication, there's likely much more to come.
The world is driven by data, and it's being analysed every second, whether it's through your phone's Google Maps, your Netflix habits, or what you've reserved in your online shopping cart – in many ways, data is unavoidable and it's disrupting almost every known market.3 The business world is looking to data for market insights and ultimately, to generate growth and revenue. Although data is becoming a game changer within the business arena, it's important to note that data is also being utilised by small businesses, corporate and creative alike. A global survey from McKinsey revealed that when organisations use data, it benefits the customer and the business by generating new data-driven services, developing new business models and strategies, and selling data-based products and utilities.4 The incentive for investing and implementing data analysis tools and techniques is huge, and businesses will need to adapt, innovate, and strategise for the evolving digital marketplace.
Every day, 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are created, and it's only in the last two years that 90% of the world's data has been generated.
Globally, enterprises are harnessing the power of various different data analysis techniques and using it to reshape their business models.6 As technology develops, new analysis software emerge, and as the Internet of Things (IoT) grows, the amount of data increases. Big data has evolved as a product of our increasing expansion and connection, and with it, new forms of extracting, or rather "mining", data.
Big data is characterised by the three V's: the major volume of data, the velocity at which it's processed, and the wide variety of data.7 It's because of the second descriptor, velocity, that data analytics has expanded into the technological fields of machine learning and artificial intelligence.8 Alongside the evolving computer-based analysis techniques data harnesses, analysis also relies on the traditional statistical methods.9 Ultimately, how data analysis techniques function within an organisation is twofold; big data analysis is processed through the streaming of data as it emerges, and then performing batch analysis' of data as it builds – to look for behavioural patterns and trends.10 As the generation of data increases, so will the various techniques that manage it. As data becomes more insightful in its speed, scale, and depth, the more it fuels innovation.
The world is driven by data, and it's being analysed every second, whether it's through your phone's Google Maps, your Netflix habits, or what you've reserved in your online shopping cart.
This data analysis technique involves comparing a control group with a variety of test groups, in order to discern what treatments or changes will improve a given objective variable. McKinsey gives the example of analysing what copy, text, images, or layout will improve conversion rates on an e-commerce site.12 Big data once again fits into this model as it can test huge numbers, however, it can only be achieved if the groups are of a big enough size to gain meaningful differences.
By combining a set of techniques that analyse and integrate data from multiple sources and solutions, the insights are more efficient and potentially more accurate than if developed through a single source of data.
A common tool used within big data analytics, data mining extracts patterns from large data sets by combining methods from statistics and machine learning, within database management. An example would be when customer data is mined to determine which segments are most likely to react to an offer.
Well known within the field of artificial intelligence, machine learning is also used for data analysis. Emerging from computer science, it works with computer algorithms to produce assumptions based on data.14 It provides predictions that would be impossible for human analysts.
5. Natural language processing (NLP).
This technique works to collect, organise, and interpret data, within surveys and experiments.
Other data analysis techniques include spatial analysis, predictive modelling, association rule learning, network analysis and many, many more. The technologies that process, manage, and analyse this data are of an entirely different and expansive field, that similarly evolves and develops over time. Techniques and technologies aside, any form or size of data is valuable. Managed accurately and effectively, it can reveal a host of business, product, and market insights. What does the future of data analysis look like? It's hard to say with the tremendous pace analytics and technology progresses, but undoubtedly data innovation is changing the face of business and society in its holistic entirety.
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14 Reavie, V. (Aug, 2018). 'Do you know the difference between data analytics and AI machine learning?'. Retrieved from Forbes.
15 Manyika, J, et al. (2011). 'Big data: The next frontier for innovation, competition, and productivity'. Retrieved from McKinsey.


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Jan Mayzel (Milanówek, 5 de enero de 1930) es un actor de doblaje, teatro y cine polaco.

Carrera
En 1955 se graduó en la PWST de Cracovia. El actor ha actuado en teatros tales como: público joven en Cracovia, de 1955 a 1957, Powszechny en Varsovia desde 1957 a 1967, Comedia en Varsovia entre 1968 y 1984 y 1987 a 1990, el drama en Elblag entre 1984 y 1986, el drama en Varsovia entre de 1986 y 1987, del Norte en Varsovia de 1990 a 1991.

Su primera esposa fue Zofia Kucówna. La segunda es Zofia Merle, con quien tuvieron un hijo, Marcin (nacido el 21 de abril de 1971 y fallecido el 2 de julio de 2013).

Filmografía
1957: Julio lluvioso - estudiante
1963: Las dos costillas de Adam - ingeniero Leszek Nowicki
1965: Frente subterráneo - conspirador, amigo de Rysiek (episodio 3)
1980: Point of View - oficial de ZUS (episodios 3 y 6)
1980: Oso de peluche
1980: La vida pecaminosa de Franciszek Buła
1981: En la bañera - miembro del comité de empresa
1981: La guerra más larga de la Europa moderna - Padre Superior del monasterio (ep.7)
1982: Si nos encontramos : el principio
1982: Let the Mara - Shoe Maker Fly You
1984: Seven Wishes - gerente del restaurante "Bajka"
1986: Suplentes - Un hombre que quería comprar un coche.
1986: Héroe del año : un hombre *que trabaja con Danielaki.
1987: Kingsajz - portero en "Victoria"
1988: Akwen Eldorado - Krążek, socio de la pandilla
1989: Janka - un hombre en una posada (episodio 10)
1989: Después de la caída - archivero
1991: Game over - gerente de una tienda departamental
1992: Una vida de soltero en el exilio : un capataz en una mina
1993: Two Moons - un secretario magistrado
1995: papá - taxista
1995: Coronel Kwiatkowski - recepcionista en el hotel "Polonia"
1999 : Los Tigres de Europa - el guardián del aeropuerto
2000-2010: Para bien o para mal - paciente \ propietario de piso \ Franciszek Kwiecień
2001 : Marshal Piłsudski - un médico que inyecta Piłsudski
2002: Klan - profesor Białkowski, pediatra y alergólogo que examina a Paweł Lubicz jr
2004: criminales - abogado (ep. 5)
2004: Pensjonat pod Różą - notario público Kulwikowski (protagonizó 1 episodio)
2007: Ryś - Cieszkowski
2007: Pitbull
2007: Cenicienta - el anciano
2018: El último traje - Piotrek
2020: Zieja - prelado Chełmicki

Doblaje polaco
2004: El rancho con cuernos - Larry
2001: Perros y gatos
2000: 102 dálmatas - Inspector Armstrong
1993-1997: El mundo feliz de Richard Scarry
1988-1993: Conde Kaczula
1976: Yo, Claudio - Sentor
1975: Maja la abeja - Mr.Biedronka
1973: Robin Hood - Hermano Tuck
1961: 101 dálmatas

Enlaces externos

Ficha en filmweb
Ficha en filmpolski

Actores de Polonia

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September 9, 2021 2:10pm Comment João Carrasqueira
MediaTek launches Kompanio 900T chipset for tablets and Chromebooks
MediaTek has announced yet another new chip built for 5G tablets and Chromebooks, the Kompanio 900T. This follows up on the recent launch of the Kompanio 1300T, another SoC designed for tablet, which was more of a premium product. The Kompanio 900T, on the other hand, is more of a mid-range chip, with MediaTek touting "powerful computing capabilities and ultra-low power consumption".
Much like the Kompanio 1300T, the Kompanio is based on TSMC's 6nm process, and it also has an octa-core CPU. Specifically, it features two Cortex A78 performance cores and six Cortex-A55 efficient cores, as opposed to four cores of each type like what's in the Kompanio 1300T. It also has a Mali-G68 MC4 GPU and MediaTek's own APU for AI-related tasks. The chipset supports both LPDDR5 and LPDDR4X RAM, as well as UFS 3.1 and UFS 2.1 storage, so it can be adopted in a wide range of devices at different price points and performance levels.
One of the big features of the Kompanio 900T is 5G support, with a 5G modem that supports both standalone (SA) and non-standalone (NSA) networks in the sub-6GHz range. It comes with support for dual-carrier aggregation to deliver increased speeds and MediaTek's 5G UltraSave technology, which promises to reduce power consumption by up to 50% while using 5G. It also supports dual 5G SIM cards and voice over New Radio (VoNR) technology. The chip also supports Wi-Fi 6 with 2×2 MIMO technology and Bluetooth 5.2.
As for display technologies, it can power up to a 2K display (2000 x 1200) with a 120Hz refresh rate. The Kompanio 900T also has Mediatek's MiraVision technology to enhance image quality. MediaTek says it can upgrade SDR video to "near HDR quality" and HDR to "near HDR10+". It also offers real-time image enhancements for videos that are already in HDR10+.
Finally, for camera features, the Kompanio 900T supports up to dual 20MP cameras or a single 108MP shooter. It can also record up to 4K video. Of course, those camera features aren't all that common on tablets and Chromebooks, but at least the option is there.
According to MediaTek, devices powered by the Kompanio 900T chipset will be available soon.
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João Carrasqueira
Writer at XDA Computing. I've been covering the world of technology since 2018, but I've loved the field for a lot longer. And I have a weird affinity for Nintendo videogames, which I'm always happy to talk about.


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1. Having accepted the grace of ordination, remember the great gift and great mercy which the Lord has bestowed upon you--and what a responsibility lies upon you henceforth. Among his flock a priest is an apostle. "I belong not to myself, but to others," said the great Russian pastor, St. John of Kronstadt.
2. "For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the angel of the Lord Almighty," says the Scripture (Mal. 2:7). Orthodox pastor, attend to these words. You should be a messenger of the law of God and of the Gospel truth; your flock will seek this from you.
3. Fear more than fire carelessness with regard to your holy pastoral work, and even more with regard to serving before the Dread throne of the Lord of Glory. "Cursed is the man that does the words of the Lord carelessly (Jer. 31:l0), sternly warns the Holy Bible. Be a good example of the fear of God for those who serve with you. Exclude from serving in the altar anyone who does not have a properly reverent attitude.
. Pray continually to the Lord for help and wisdom in directing the affairs of the parish. May the Lord grant you a spirit of chastity, humility of wisdom, patience and love... All of these virtues are necessary in conducting parish work. Respect the counsel of your elder and more experienced brothers, as well as the wise counsels of those laymen who are pious and dedicated to the Church. Grip firmly the wheel of your parish ship, but at the same time, before making final decisions using your pastoral authority, ask the advice of trustworthy individuals; in the Church decision-making rests with those in spiritual authority--the priests, but matters are first submitted to the conciliar mind. The life and work of a parish must be penetrated by the spirit of 'sobornost,' of conciliar unity.
5. While holding the helm tightly in your hands, try to draw kind, pious and churchly people into active parish work, forming together with these co-workers a single, warmhearted, spiritual family. And do not forget the children. Try in every way possible to teach them, to instill in them a spirit of piety, a love for the Church, firmly and persistently demanding the same of their parents. May you be aided in this task by your God-given helpmate and companion in life: your matushka. Many times aggravations and misunderstandings in parishes have arisen when priest's wives have involved themselves in pastoral concerns and duties proper to their husbands; this should be avoided. On the other hand, there are many areas of parish work in which the priest's most valuable helper can be his Matushka--especially in matters of Christian education and the upbringing of children.
6. While laboring in the parish, do not cease to work upon your own soul. The one task should blend with the other. The holy Apostle Paul gave the following advice to his disciple St. Timothy: "Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine .... Take heed unto thyself, and unto doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee" (I Tim. 4:12-16).


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Schools strive to make prom night alcohol-free
PATRICK CASSIDY
For many high school students it's the most important night of their young lives.
Having navigated the joys and trials of cafeteria food and physics class, prom is one of the final footloose celebrations of high school's passing. It was once a time of serious concern for parents and educators as students kicked back with adult beverages in hired limousines and at after-prom parties. But things have changed, according to school officials, limo drivers and police.
"We pretty much have that nipped in the bud," said Ron McCarthy, principal of Bourne High School.
At Bourne's prom, all attendees must take a Breathalyzer test before entering the event and everyone is subject to a search, McCarthy said.
The use of Breathalyzers is common at proms but it is not the only way organizers try to eliminate alcohol and drug use before and during the events.
McCarthy recalled that when he worked at Duxbury High School the school administrators set up bleachers outside the school for thousands of town residents to watch students enter the dance. The theory was that students would be reticent to show up drunk if the whole community was watching, McCarthy said. "That started in the late '80s because the town lost five or six kids," he said.
In Sandwich, students participate in a "Grand March" before the big dance, Sandwich High School principal Ellin Booras said. Students arrive at 3:30 p.m. in the center of town where streets are cordoned off for photo opportunities. Assuming good weather, hundreds of residents watch the flashy outdoor promenade from viewing stands erected for the occasion.
Booras has been principal for four years and was assistant principal the four years before that. "The first couple of proms the then-principal and I were deeply troubled by what we perceived to be excessive numbers of kids arriving to the prom after drinking," she said.
A string of driving- and alcohol-related student deaths in the 1990s had shocked the community, Booras said.
Administrators sent a letter home to parents asking for help supervising their progeny before prom. The institution of an extravagant post-prom party complete with raffles for prizes that include cars and Red Sox tickets helped curtail post-prom drinking parties, Booras said.
Most Cape high schools now sponsor parties for the tail end of the evening, but despite all the precautions there are always occasional students who choose to drink, Booras said. "Kids are risk takers by definition."
But the trend toward alcohol-free proms has been very positive, she added.
Not all precautions are the responsibility of school officials. Limousine companies regularly require that parents of young customers sign contracts regarding alcohol policies.
"There is no alcohol or tobacco allowed in the car," said Frank Warren, owner of Any Occasion Limousine Service in Mashpee.
If drivers find any alcohol they can stop the service without a refund, he said. Students with bags must put them in the trunk and do not have access until after the prom is over, he said.
And while there are occasional instances of students trying to sneak alcohol onboard, it doesn't happen often, he said.
Warren recounted a time five or six years ago when the parents of some students did not understand why their child couldn't bring a bottle of vodka to the prom. "Two or three parents looked at me dead serious and said, 'What's the problem?'"
"There's only a handful of limo companies out there who wouldn't care what is going on in the back of the limo," said Jonathan Bresler, owner of Pro Limo and Aristocrat Limousine of Sandwich. It helps that schools have become stricter over the years, but ultimately a driver is responsible when minors are in the car, Bresler said.
Parents can take a proactive approach by speaking with the limo drivers and making sure their children aren't taking any alcohol with them, Bourne Police Detective Michael Kelley said.
Kelley credits pumped-up enforcement efforts with a drop in car accidents around prom time but he does not believe the problem is solved completely. "They're still out there."
Police officers get in touch with area hotels before the prom to warn them that students may try to rent a room for parties where alcohol may be consumed, Kelley said.
Stricter drinking and driving laws may also act as a deterrent, he said. "These kids know that they're going to lose their licenses."
Outside Mr. Perry's Tux in Hyannis on Thursday students said they didn't feel drinking at proms was a big problem.
"The security is tight," said Matt Waterfield, a senior at Cape Cod Regional Technical High School in Harwich. Waterfield and classmate Jason Coleman did not expect that anyone would show up to the Cape Tech prom drunk. Most of the drinkers in their school were unlikely to attend, they said.
Sandwich High School junior Chris Slagle's father, Ray Slagle, echoed the thoughts of many parents who may recall a different type of prom.
"I think every parent is concerned on that night," Ray Slagle said. "I remember what I did at my junior prom."
He is glad schools are taking a more proactive approach to prom safety and that most of the students were attending the school-sponsored after-party. "Every spring you hear about a car accident with a kid or a carload of kids."
Patrick Cassidy can be reached at pcassidy@capecodonline.com.
7,460 were involved in fatal crashes nationwide
3,467 died in fatal crashes nationwide
281,000 were injured in crashes nationwide
21 percent involved
in fatal crashes were drinking
64 percent of drivers involved in fatal crashes were drinking and did not wear seat belts
74 percent of those drinking and who died in crashes did not wear seat belts
Massachusetts deaths:
42 drivers
15 in other cars
12 nonoccupants
Source: National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration
Driving young (ages 15 to 20) in 2005


Discussion in 'General Game Discussion and Questions' started by finndc, Aug 13, 2016.
Anyone got any recommendations of games on the App Store with a genuinely ace sense of humour?
If you get these games and dont find them funny, at least you got fantastic premium titles.
Games from Rocketcat games. Death Road to Canada is one of those.
My all time favorite is Star Control 2. Unfortuntely it hasn't been ported to iOS however there's a free PC version available.
i will second Crashlands, and also Ryan North's To Be or not to be gamebook. Along with Reigns, those have made me laugh out loud a lot.
Day of the Tentacle, Grim Fandango.. Pretty much anything from that Lucasarts golden age. I'll second Teeny Titans, too, and throw in Steven Universe Attack the Light, but mainly because the source material is so good.
Skulls of the Shogun also has a decent script, but not sure it was laugh out loud funny.
That game was hilarious! The Spathi dialog was always my favorite. I played it on the 3DO. Still have the star chart.
Ryan North's To Be or not to be gamebook.
Oh yeah, I forgot about one, definitely raised at least a few smiles.
I'd add No Brakes Valet and Justin Smith's Realistic Summer Sports Simulator, both by Enviro-Bear's developer.
Me too! I loved my 3DO. The Spathi fighters were tough little ships.


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Q: PHP: Class 'Phar' not found I try to use the Silex framework as base for my web application. However, if I try to include the *.phar archive, PHP throws the following error:
Fatal error: Class 'Phar' not found in /var/www/framework/silex.phar on line 11

The following relevant lines are in my /etc/php/php.ini (as suggested in the docs of Silex):
extension=phar.so
phar.readonly = Off
phar.require_hash = Off
detect_unicode = Off

The PHAR library is present in /usr/lib/php/modules/phar.so which is set as the extension path for all libraries in my php.ini
Does anyone know why PHP is throwing this error?

A: Try specifying the path to the extension:
php -d extension=phar.so composer.phar <your_script>

Other options:
Based on the information you provided, there are a few possibilities:

*

*You are using a different php.ini. Check the output of phpinfo() to confirm, and ensure that you are editing the active one.

*/usr/lib/php/modules/phar.so is not readable. Ensure that the web server user can read this file.

*Your web server has not been restarted since you last added the phar-related information to php.ini. Restart your webserver.

A: This works for me:
php -d extension=phar.so composer.phar [... your command ...]

This includes the phar extension for the current runtime. Works for shared / VPC servers.

A: On CentOS ...

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*phar.so is contained in the php-common package.

*the phar executable is contained in the php-cli package.

*php-mbstring and php-bz2 also seems to be required.

When php -m | grep phar returns nothing, one has to add these .ini files for the CLI:
sudo cp /etc/php-zts.d/phar.ini /etc/php-cli.d/phar.ini
sudo cp /etc/php-zts.d/mbstring.ini /etc/php-cli.d/mbstring.ini
sudo cp /etc/php-zts.d/bz2.ini /etc/php-cli.d/bz2.ini

Alternatively, one can add the same module .ini files as the webserver uses:
sudo cp /etc/php-zts.d/* /etc/php-cli.d/

It should look alike this:
$ php --ini

Configuration File (php.ini) Path: /etc
Loaded Configuration File:         /etc/php.ini
Scan for additional .ini files in: /etc/php-cli.d/
Additional .ini files parsed:      /etc/php-cli.d/bz2.ini,
/etc/php-cli.d/mbstring.ini,
/etc/php-cli.d/phar.ini

Then one can run it:
$ php ./composer.phar
   ______
  / ____/___  ____ ___  ____  ____  ________  _____
 / /   / __ \/ __ `__ \/ __ \/ __ \/ ___/ _ \/ ___/
/ /___/ /_/ / / / / / / /_/ / /_/ (__  )  __/ /
\____/\____/_/ /_/ /_/ .___/\____/____/\___/_/
                    /_/

And move it below the $PATH:
sudo mv ./composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

A: Hm. I think you need require_once 'phar://silex/silex.phar/autoload.php'; instead of require_once 'silex/silex.phar';. If this is not the case then we need to see the code throwing an error.

A: in my hosting environment i needed to specify the php version number. EG:
php-5.6 composer.phar
not
php composer.phar

A: Hope this may shed some light. I was using a shared host and had trouble getting composer to run. I was using this sites directions http://avantidevelopment.com/install-composer-on-bluehost/ to setup a common directory and install composer in it. I followed it but shoud add for my alias I added the following command to .bashrc
alias composer='/ramdisk/php/54/bin/php54-cli ~/common/composer.phar'

That did the trick for me. Hope whoever stumbles on this sets off a light bulb.

A: For Mageia 4, Mageia 5, Mageia 6 users

>> urpmi php-phar;echo done
To satisfy dependencies, the following packages are going to be installed:
  Package                        Version      Release       Arch
(medium "Core Release2")
  php-bz2                        5.6.30       2.mga6        x86_64
  php-phar                       5.6.30       2.mga6        x86_64
326KB of additional disk space will be used.
151KB of packages will be retrieved.
Proceed with the installation of the 2 packages? (Y/n) y

    $MIRRORLIST: media/core/release/php-bz2-5.6.30-2.mga6.x86_64.rpm
    $MIRRORLIST: media/core/release/php-phar-5.6.30-2.mga6.x86_64.rpm
installing php-phar-5.6.30-2.mga6.x86_64.rpm php-bz2-5.6.30-2.mga6.x86_64.rpm
Preparing...                     ###############################################
      1/2: php-bz2               ###############################################
      2/2: php-phar              ###############################################
>>

A: I solved it by install phar:
apt-get install php-phar

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This is a non-caffeine tea from Japan. It is made of natural herbs. The tea is know to help improve digestion, reduce accumulation of excess fats. Also effective for fighting insomnia.
I Cant see any changes after trying to be honest..
Taste soothing which makes me really sleepy after that, Not sure if it helps slimming if i consume more.
After drinking it before bed, it started to flush out all the toxic in my stomach the next morning.
How to use: Use 200-250mol of hot water. Then place the teabag in. Let it sit for 2-3 minutes. For full effectiveness, drink it while the drink is still warm. Best to drink after food before going to bed.
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Dear our pilots, users and followers. The new year has begun, and we would like to thank you for all your favor and support during last year. You were all very active, and last year had our company made more that 100,000 flights and took over 15,000,000 passengers. It is a big success and that's mainly thanks to you. That's why now, at the beginning of the year, we'd like to nominate the best pilot of the year 2018, who will recite special badge - The best pilot of 2018.
Let's hear out, who got this special award.
We want to wish all our pilots and fans merry Christmas. Thank you for al your donations and that you are still with us. We are happy that Eurofly giwes you joy and fun. We hope Eurofly 3 will come in next year and will bring more fun to you.
We have also a little Christmas present for all pilots. Marco Oros from Slovakia created a new task pack called Spiritual tour. In this pack you have to take passengers of different religions to theyr holy places. We hope this pack will be interesting for you. Happy flying!
We are very happy to announce that Dimitrios Tsakiridis and his team created a greece translation of Eurofly. From this day our greece pilots can play Eurofly in theyr native language. If you want have Eurofly in greece language, you have to download the new installer of Eurofly which contains also greece version. The installer contains also 1 greece ground 1 greece dispatcher and 1 greece stewardess. This add-ons are available also for other pilots in add-ons menu in Eurofly. Thank you Dimitrios!
Eurofly now also in portuguese language!
We are very happy to announce that Wendrill Aksenow Brandão and his team created a portuguese location of Eurofly. Available are european and brazilian portuguese locations. Both this translations are included in the official installer. So if you want to play Eurofly in portuguese, you have to download an installer of Eurofly and reinstall the game. Uninstalling before start of the installer is not required. We have also 23 portuguese add-ons and they are for both variants of portuguese language too. They are available in add-ons menu in program. Thank you Wendrill! Happy flying!
Happy holidays 2018 is a name of new taskpack, created by Silke Wagner from Germany. In this nice pack you will take passengers to various nice sommer destinations. It will be a hard work but we hope that it brings also lot of great experiences for you. This pack will be downloaded to your PC automatically and you'll find it in the tasks menu. Thank you, Silke and happi flying to all!
It is a name of our new tasks pack which is created by our pilot Tigre Guasú. Lot of footbal players and fans are traveling to Russia in this days and it means lot of work for us. This pack will be downloaded to your PC automatically and you'll find it in the tasks menu. Thank you, Tigre and happi flying to all!
Fly around Asia is our new tasks pack which is created by our pilot Austin Pinto from India. In this very nice pack you'll find 49 tasks and you'll visit all countries in Asia. You can read lot of interesting informations about different parts of Asia and you can acquire the certificate Asia specialist. This pack will be downloaded to your PC automatically and you'll find it in the tasks menu. Thank you, Austin and happi flying to all!
Irniss is our new polish ground and Satria Ajus Bali is a new indonesian steward. You can find they in our download center or in add-ons menu in Eurofly. Happy flying!
Although Polish were first players of Eurofly out of Slovak and Czech, Eurofly is available in polish language just from today. Kamil Midzio and his team have created an official polish translation of Eurofly. This translation is included in the official installer. So if you want to play Eurofly in Polish, you have to download an installer of Eurofly and reinstall the game. Uninstalling before start of the installer is not required. We have also polish grounds, towers and stewardesses, which are available for all pilots in add-ons menu. Thank you Kamil! Happy flying!


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Zhāng Yùtái (; born September 1945) is a politician of the People's Republic of China. He currently serves as the director and leader of Party group of Development Research Center of the State Council of PRC.

Born in Tancheng County, Shandong, Zhang graduated from the department of computer science at the Beijing Institute of Aeronautics in 1968. He was then sent to work at a farm in the Shenyang Military Region. From 1970, he conducted research at the Institute of Semiconductors at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In 1980, he began to serve in the National Commission of Science and Technology, and was the vice director of general office of the Commission. In 1985, he became the vice director of Science and Technology Leading Group Office of the State Council. From 1988, he served in Chinese Academy of Sciences, and was the vice secretary-general and director of associated office, president and editor-in-chief of the newspaper agency "Chinese Science". In January 1995, Zhang served in China Association of Science and Technology, and was the leader of Party group, vice president and the first secretary of the secretariat. In October 2004, Zhang was appointed as vice director and leader of Party group of Development Research Center of the State Council. Since June, 2007, Zhang has served as director and leader of Party group of the Center.

Zhang was a member of 16th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and is a current member of 17th Central Committee of CPC. He was also a standing committee member of 9th National People's Congress, and a member of law committee.

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In this report, SUNDAY ISUWA looks at the efforts made by some senators-elect of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to ensure the party produce both the Senate president and the deputy in the incoming 9th Assembly.
A serious drama is now unfolding in the various camps of the Senators-elect seeking to outsmart each other and takeover the leadership of the Red Chamber in June when the 9th National Assembly will be inaugurated.
"Most of these lawmakers are always interested in their personal gains. That is what they always consider in scrutinising issues if it involve them.
"If it's about the poor masses, they don't take it serious. So, it is not hard for any serious Nigerian to guess rightly and correctly that their struggles, tussle and alignment is all about their personal interests. It's all about personal aggrandizement," a social commentator, Alex Kwasu said.
He said the APC need not to be scared of Senator Ndume's rabble rousing, adding that the party should rather be wary of Goje.
"Unless the APC as a party, purges itself of disloyal and self seeking members that shamelessly worked against the interest of APC at all levels during the 2019 general election, no right thinking Nigerian will take the directives of the leadership seriously. I will not also be surprised when a repeat of the 8th assembly comes to the fore," Duhu added.
"That we are Senators, we are members of APC first before we became Senators. The party gave us a platform to contest elections; the party has its manifesto and its agenda. The agenda is the Next Level; it is an agenda that we took across the nooks and crannies of this country, headed by Mr President and we all subscribed to that agenda. Now, we are trying to ensure that Mr President succeeds, that the agenda we all subscribed to which was approved by majority of Nigerians succeeds and it is not out of place for the party to sit down with its elected Senators and consult among ourselves and come up with the names of people we should support for the leadership," a contestant foe the office of the deputy Senate president, Ovie Omo-Agege said.
"Because Mr President has said so and because the leadership of the party has said so I will abide by it and support Ahmed Lawan to become Senate president and likewise, I expect all the 65 APC Senators in the interest of party supremacy to also go with that position," the senator elect said.


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By Georgia Simpson	on	 October 16, 2015 Global News, News
It has finally been confirmed that the West End production of the hit-musical Aladdin will premiere on 9th June 2016.
The musical, based on the 1992 Disney film of the same name, will play at the Prince Edward Theatre in London – the previous home of Cameron Mackintosh's revival of Miss Saigon.
It has also been confirmed that Trevor Dion Nicholas will play the iconic Genie, which was brought to life by Robin Williams in the original film. James Monroe Iglehart won the Tony award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical in 2014 for his portrayal of the Genie in the Broadway production. The rest of the cast has yet to be announced.
The musical features songs from the original film such as Aladdin and Princess Jasmine's duet 'A Whole New World' and the Genie's 'Friend Like Me'. It will also feature new songs by the original composer, Alan Menken, with lyrics by Tim Rice, Howard Ashman and Chad Baguelin. The London production will be directed and choreographed by The Book of Mormon's Casey Nicholaw.
Tickets go on sale to the public from 23rd November, with priority booking available from 23rd October. Watch the Broadway trailer below.
Georgia Simpson
Third year Film student, Head of External Relations for The Edge and Vice President of FilmSoc. I love tea and I also love Disney. A lot.


Flynn & Company Real Estate is celebrating its 26th year with a grand opening of their newest and third location at 5 Main Street in Gray. Flynn & Company's straight forward approach to selling homes and representing buyers has made them a top real estate company in Southern Maine.
Under the direction of president Joe Flynn, the company has sold close to 2,000 homes in the region over its many years in business. With a total of six agents, Flynn & Company is ready to place you with the agent that is the right fit for what you are looking for be it residential, light mixed use or commercial property.
"We offer the power of a greater Portland agency with a physical presence in the lakes region," said Flynn. A few of the agents have rated in the top five for sales volume in the State of Maine in past years. They are moving inventory at a fast rate.
When selling a house choosing the correct agent is important. Flynn & Company's average number of days on the market over the last six to eight months is four, many homes sell in one day. "We try to price them right and get a bidding war going. Everything has been going quickly because of the low inventory," Flynn said.
Flynn & Company has a proven track record when it comes to working with elderly clients who might be ready to move out of their homes or their children are asking them to move into assisted living. Often times it is a family or the grown children who are selling the house in these instances.
"We work with elder attorneys and helping a client who wants to sell the house with his five brothers and sisters," Flynn said. They are sympathetic and ready to help ease the transition for all involved.
There are two other offices in addition to the one in Gray, which has been open for just over two weeks, the main office at 918 Broadway in South Portland and the second office at 918 Forest Ave. in Portland.
Each office has its own niche in the community. In Portland, they specialize in condominiums on the east end and west end, and development work. In South Portland, they do a lot of regular residential business. In the lakes region office, they expect to work with clients who are looking for lake properties and camps in the area.
Flynn and other agents are familiar with the Sebago region because they own property in the area and are ready to sell others a lakefront dream.
market you can not just put up a for sale sign on a home and hope that it sells. Our aggressive marketing plan for our listings includes professional pictures taken by our photographer, Internet advertising, print advertising and the electronic sign," said Flynn. The electronic sign sits at the Portland office and is seen by 30,000 cars each day.
In addition to promoting the lakes region listings to the Portland market, they also offer a client moving van. Starting this week, they are offering use of a brand new 2016 Ford Cargo van to anyone who buys or sells property with them.
Flynn & Company primarily works with clients in York and Cumberland counties from the Lewiston area down to York. On their website, they have listings from all over the state.
For more information or to see listings, visit www.flynnisin.com.
Sebago region. "The area needs a reliable taxi. I serve all of Cumberland County and Maine. I'll take anyone wherever they need to go," Morrison said.
Lakeside Taxi just opened last month and already Morrison has helped people get home safe. A wife called Lakeside Taxi at 1 a.m. to have Morrison go pick up her husband and his friends who were stranded in Naples. "I was open and able to go get her husband and his friends and bring them home safely," he said. He also drove a bachelor party around so they didn't have to worry about transportation.
Morrison is a native of Vermont, but he moved to Raymond five years ago. He's a cook by trade, but has done a lot of different jobs including driving a taxi for eight years and driving a truck cross country. He was also a background actor in California. After all of his experiences, he has decided to settle here to help people.
"I'm 24/7, 365. My goal is to help do away with drunk driving offenses and get people home safe without criminal offenses," Morrison said.
The father of adult children, he has always been concerned about drunk drivers. Years ago one of his uncles when to a party with a friend and while riding on the back of a motorcycle he was knocked off and fell into a coma and later died. He doesn't want that experience to happen to anyone else. The cost of an OUI charge can run into the $10,000 range. The money that could be saved by calling Lakeside Taxi is staggering. Plus there is no loss of license, no loss of job, no increased insurance rates and no being dropped from the insurance company, Morrison said.
He's more than just a taxi service however. He is willing to be a delivery service as well. "I can get people home safe after a night of drinking and can do delivery services from a restaurant for a fee," he said. From McDonalds to Hannaford to Go, Morrison will pick up an order and deliver it to the customer. This would be convenient for the elderly or disabled, when weather is bad and they can't get out. A mother who needs medication for her child and can't leave the house, Lakeside Taxi to the rescue.
The need for a taxi and delivery service is what motivates Morrison. "I'm 10 minutes away. People need to get from point A to point B. It cuts down on emissions and is safer," he said.
Morrison drives a 2004 Chevy Impala that seats four people plus the driver. Right now Lakeside Taxi only has one driver, but Morrison's goal is to have five taxis be the end of the year with 10 drivers and two limousines.
"The area needs it. If you want anything now you have to call Portland. I am the Raymond/Windham transportation resource," he said.
With Lakeside Taxi, people don't have to be late to work anymore. Trouble getting your child to school, call Lakeside Taxi. The company is available for any type of events and courier services.
Starting in November the company will be offering package deals on casino trips to Oxford Casino, Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods with a per person price for round trip same day service.
Lakeside Taxi is fully insured. The cost is $3 per mile cash or credit. They accept all major credit cards. Repeat customers qualify for a discount.
Lakeside Taxi also offers flat rate fees to airports. It's $125 to Manchester Airport, $35 for the Portland Jetport and $150 for Boston's Logan Airport.
Would you rather ride in the back of a police car or in the back of a Lakeside Taxi…it's your choice.
For more information or for a taxi, call 207-655-6303 or email email@LakesideTaxiMaine@gmail.com.
In a calm and restful place on the corner of Whites Bridge Road and Route 302, massage therapists Jacquelyn Winant and Deanna Raihl have settled into a new shared space that is designed to help nourish their clients' bodies, minds and souls.
"The new location is much nicer and the location is premium and easier to find," said Winant.
After being a massage therapist since 2003, Winant plans to take her business to the next level offering classes and coaching in addition to massage.
"I always knew I wanted to do something to help people. Not to be a nurse, but by touching," Winant said. After a while she knew she wanted to help more people than by just doing massage, so she started life coaching. She also is a Reiki Master, does polarity, aromatherapy and is a yoga instructor.
As a life coach, Winant sees herself as "an unbiased ear for issues their trying to work out. I don't lead you, but help you find the answer. I don't give advice, but I get you to the 'a ha moment'." Life coaching can be used for business, relationships, jobs and physical needs. "I help you see the big picture," she said.
"It's the accountability. It's a gift," added Raihl.
"It's somebody to listen to you," Winant finished.
Raihl specializes in massage for chronic pain and injury. She helps reset the body using deep tissue pressure when needed. She does some counseling and coaching especially around nutrition. She hopes to start a yoga class for children and a sign language class for children starting in October.
"I took the mental health approach," Raihl said. She worked with at-risk youth for a while. She wanted to help them, but now helps others through massage, organic skin treatments and as a holistic health counselor. She also does organic spray tanning. "I try to stay organic throughout my business," she said.
On Saturday, September 10th, Healing Arts & Well-Being will host an open house for anyone interested in learning about holistic care or those who want to experience all Healing Arts & Well-Being has to offer, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. There will be a medium, henna tattoo artist, a representative from Isagenix, homemade soaps and a table to make roller ball applicators using DoTERRA oils. They will also have gift certificate specials and raffles.
"We work well together and offer a lot of services. We're a wellness center for mind, body and spirit," Winant said. Their services are important for many reasons. "To learn how to deal with stress," Winant said.
"Because you're important," said Raihl.
Winant offers restorative and gentle flow yoga classes during the week in their new large, comfortable space.
Winant and Raihl are both teaching classes through Windham Adult Education this fall. Raihl will be teaching "Healthy Halloween" offering suggestions and alternatives to candy and sugar. She will also have another class about holiday eating and stress.
Winant will be doing a class on creating Christmas gifts with essential oils. Those classes can be found online or in the Windham Raymond Adult Education booklet.
Winant also hosts the Think Local chapter on Mondays from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. for business owners to network.
For more information or to schedule appointments, visit www.healingartsandwellbeing.com or call 207-400-4796 for Winant or call 207-482-0615 or visit www.deannaraihl.com. They both can be found on Facebook at HealingArts by Jacquelyn and Nourishing Self.
on a sweatshirt. Today it's a logo for a boating company, tomorrow it could be working to stitch initials on a child's school backpack. At One Stitch at a Time clients are given special attention so that whatever they want, be it a logo, design or name, they will be pleased with the results.
Sue and Garnett Johnston opened One Stitch at a Time about a year ago in their home on Albion Road. They are still in the same location, but they have expanded their equipment and their product lines over that time. This family business helps to support their three children who are just out of college, one in college and one a senior at Windham High School.
"We were looking for something we would be successful with on our own in the next chapter of our life," Garnett said.
With their new equipment, they are able to do a larger variety of types of objects to embroider on, including hats, bags and karate belts, for example.
"We're really excited about the hats," Sue said. The company is working on hats this week to donate to a friend and her team, which will be participating in the Dempsey Challenge.
One Stitch at a Time is a local business. "I find people would rather work with local people, not order on the Internet," said Sue. Personal attention comes from working directly with a person, the same person who will be doing the work.
Sue has been sewing and embroidering for a number of years. She tailors and alters clothes and has done that for many years. "I've been sewing and embroidering all my life. I got my first embroidering machine off a bulletin board at my work. I thought it would be fun." The business is something she and Garnett plan to do on their own time so they can set their own schedule to meet their customer deadlines. Not sure what a logo might look best on? Sue can help with that as well. They work with a variety of distributors to get the best quality products at really good prices. They also have access to brand name Polo shirts, work shirts and more.
With a library of 10,000 or more designs and a variety of fonts, Sue and Garnett can help choose what would look good on a particular item. If a stock image is not what the customer wants, they can take a customer's design or logo and have it digitized for embroidery. One color or six colors, each design will be worked on until it's exactly what was ordered. There is a one-time fee for digitizing the artwork, but their prices are much lower than national and local competitors, going up to $35 on average depending on the design.
Also looking forward, Sue and Garnett are considering screenprinting, although they like that embroidery lasts longer and doesn't fade. "It looks more professional," Sue said.
Embroidery can save families money when all jackets look alike, for example on a sports or dance team. Putting a child's name on it means one less lost item. One Stitch at a Time can do designs up to 8 by 12 inches on the back of a shirt or jacket.
Names can be done while a customer waits. Personalization is $7 per line on average depending on length.
"We can ship anywhere," Garnett said, noting they have worked with an irrigation company and a school out west. One Stitch at a Time will be at the Windham Boosters Craft Fair this fall, but there's no need to wait.
"Someone out there is looking for good quality," Sue said. They found it at One Stitch at a Time at 126 Albion Road in Windham. They have a dedicated driveway near their sign. For more information, email onestitchme@gmail.com, call 207-310-1756 or 207-310-1692 or visit them on Facebook. They take all major credit cards through PayPal.