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Ayahuasca Peru Amazonia 30th Century
We are an independent association, committed to the conservation of our cultural diversity and environment.
We work on renovation projects in the field of intercultural education, traditional medicine, reforestation, ecotourism, renewable energy, conservation of the Amazon and its wildlife.
In our multidisciplinary team, made up of artists, educators, inventors, conservationists and sages from different native communities, we strive to protect the life, the life of our Mother Earth and the original peoples of Peru and Latin America.
We have been working for more than 15 years on eco-friendly and self-sustainable projects.
8 years ago, we founded the Ayahuasca Healing Center in Peru, and in 2016 we created the Ayahuasca Peru Amazonia 30th Century Association, to consolidate our work.
Our mission is to be a local and international reference in the protection, conservation and dissemination of the vast knowledge of the original peoples of Peru and Latin America, which have allowed the formation of some of the most admirable civilizations on Earth and that could be the basis to adapt to the destructive effects of climate change.
This knowledge, saved for thousands of years, runs the risk of disappearing.
Our mission is to be guardians, with the help and support of all people who feel the call to protect the Earth.
The Association has been working on the following topics:
Culture and Intercultural Education:
Between 2001 and 2007, the association collaborated in the edition of the cultural magazine "Las Sumas Voces", a pluralistic gallery recognized for disseminating the best of ancestral cultures and the living culture of Peru. The publication was chosen to represent Peru in the main Book Fairs of Latin America.
Duration: 2001-2007
Funding: Association Sumas Voces, Asociación Ayllu.
(Project executed).
Also during these years, together with the producer Piedra Azul Films, we have produced five audiovisual documentaries, which were acquired by public channels in Portugal and Spain and have participated in more than 40 international film festivals. The documentary series is called: "Ancestral Peru".
Financing: Piedra Azul Films.
(Project executed).
Here two of the documentaries:
"Shipibos Konibos: Hombres Monos, Hombres Peces".
(Trailer)
"Q'EROS: Hombres de Altura"
Creation of GREEN LIBRARY
For the past 5 years we have been developing various art workshops and environmental awareness in schools in the central jungle of Peru.
BIBLIOTECA VERDE is a project of educational, social and ecological innovation, of the Association "AYAHUASCA PERÚ AMAZONIA SIGLO 30". The first green library model will be made in the Isla del Amor reserve, Pucallpa, central jungle of Peru, beginning construction in 2017.
Green libraries with designs inspired by nature, and self-sustaining energetically. This project will be replicated both in rural areas and in large cities, nationally and internationally.
Our project tries to change the notion that a
The library must be a closed space, without noise and isolated from nature.
Green Library dissolves the separation between interior and nature to foster community creativity and unity, and respect for our older brothers, the trees.
We rethink the library space as a living place, where one can hear and express the ancestral, artistic knowledge that makes the human being a conscious being of his union with nature.
We believe that conventional education prevents and hinders the true union of the being in formation with its internal nature, and this is reflected in a consumerist and predatory survival of natural resources. That is why the need to learn from nature in its habitat, in its original state, the tree.
Project in Development.
Duration: 2018/2019.
Financing: In search.
Direct allies: Regional Directorate of Education, Ucayali, Alas Peruanas University, subsidiary Pucallpa.
Places of intervention: Ucayali: Shipibo communities.
Direct beneficiaries: Approximately 700 girls and boys, between 5 and 15 years old.
We promote local and regional cleaning and reforestation campaigns. Campaign "Save Your Lake Yarinacocha"
Financing: Association Ayahuasca Peru Amazonia 30th century with own resources.
Direct allies: Municipality of Yarinacocha, Municipality of Manantay, National Water Authority ANA, Directorate of Forestry and Wildlife Management of Ucayali, Alas Peruanas University subsidiary Pucallpa, Captaincy of Pucallpa port.
Place of intervention: Ucayali, Yarinacocha District.
https://www.facebook.com/salvatulago
Project: "Guardians of the Amazon": Reforestation of Moringa, Ayahuasca and medicinal plants.
1,000 hectares of reforestation by the residents and organized civil society of the city of Pucallpa.
Place of intervention: Ucayali: District of Yarinacocha.
TO COLLABORATE
If you are interested in working voluntarily in the Association or in a project of which we are developing, please write to:
contact@ayahuascaperu.org
With your donation, you actively collaborate in sustaining the projects of the Association and contribute to our continued planting of trees in the lungs and hearts of the world. I am Guardian of the Amazon.
"Become a Guardian of the Amazon"
Wire Transfer Donations
Banco Internacional del Perú Interbank account:
Ahorro Empresario Dólares: 600-3072008174
CCI or ABA Code: 00360001307200817449
Swift Code: BINPPEPL
Send an email when the deposit has been made to contact@ayahuascaperu.org
THE MORE PEOPLE WE PROTECT THE AMAZON, THE MORE THANKFUL ARE OUR CHILDREN.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SENSIBILITY AND COMMITMENT FOR THE FUTURE OF THE PLANET!
THANK YOU FOR PROTECTING THE AMAZON JUNGLE!


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UCLA Law Welcomes Impressive Incoming Class
September 3, 2013 -- UCLA School of Law recently welcomed an impressive incoming J.D. class of 293 students, the largest-ever LL.M. class of 127 students, a record 13 incoming exchange students from partner schools in Argentina, Australia, China, Israel, Norway and Switzerland, as well as two new S.J.D. students.
Admission to the J.D. class of 2016 was competitive. The law school attracted a robust applicant pool of 5,563 candidates, and achieved the highest median GPA in the law school's history (a 3.79). The students range in age from 15 to 34; the average age is 25. Women make up 49% of the class, and people of color make up 35% of the class. The students are from 29 states and 7 foreign countries, and 70% are California residents.
The J.D. students left behind a variety of careers to join the law school. The class includes a stem cell researcher, a paralegal at the U.S. Department of Justice, a principal, a reporter, an analyst for a national energy firm, an assets manager for NASA, a budget analyst for the I.R.S., a service dog trainer, a farmer, several teachers and veterans as well as professional musicians and athletes. The class has spent countless hours helping those in need by volunteering domestically and across the globe with organizations including UNICEF, the ACLU, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the American Red Cross, Make a Wish Foundation, Meals on Wheels and Doctors without Borders. In addition, 8% of the class holds advanced degrees in a wide variety of areas including Philosophy, Mathematics, Library & Information Science, Business Taxation, Biological Chemistry, Environmental Studies, Jewish Philosophy, Chinese Literature and Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Physiology.
The incoming LL.M. students are from 31 countries. They have earned law degrees from top-ranked law schools around the world, and eight members of the class already hold an American J.D. degree. The students come from a range of practice areas and professional backgrounds. The class includes a legal manager for Sony Corporation, an assistant law professor, a solicitor for Barclays Capital, a military prosecutor for the Korean army, in-house counsel for Yahoo Japan, two district court judges and three Fulbright scholars. The LL.M. class also includes two students who were chosen as UCLA Law-Sonke Health and Human Rights Fellows, both of whom clerked for South Africa's Constitutional Court, the highest court in the country. The S.J.D. students—an assistant professor at the National Law School of India University and a Fulbright scholar—will work with Professors Kimberlé Crenshaw and Asli Bâli to examine the intersection of caste and sexuality in India and study international human rights law as it relates to private military and security companies, respectively.

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LFP set to close down CFoot six months after launch
2nd February 2012 @ 11:48
CFoot, the football channel created by France Professional Football League (LFP) last year, could be shut down soon, according to local reports.
According to sports newspaper L'Équipe, the LFP's administrative council is set to confirm the decision to close the channel at a meeting on February 10.
The channel, which was set up last year by the League to compensate for the withdrawal of Orange from bidding for sports rights, leaving the field to Canal Plus, currently has about 330,000 subscribers and will reportedly make a loss of €15 million for the year. CFoot airs games from France's Ligue 2 as its principal selling point.
The move to close the channel has been given impetus by the entry into French football of Al Jazeera, which acquired a package for matches not picked up by Canal Plus for €170 million a year.
Tags: CFoot, France
OSN opens Box of Wonders
Digital video services reach almost £3 billion in UK revenue
UK to miss Boris Johnson's 'turbocharged' broadband pledge
Jeremy Darroch to step down as Sky CEO


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Q: KDC sever not found in kerberos database I have kerberos installed with a kdc server and a client. They both work and I can generate ticket without any problem via kinit. However, I cannot do that via the MIT Kerberos API. I have the following code, which should generate a ticket with the kdc:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <krb5.h>
#include <com_err.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>

#define TKT_LIFETIME 30
#define NO_REPLAYCACHE

static void syslog_err(const char* tag, long code, const char*format, va_list args){
    printf("%s: %s in %s\n", tag, error_message(code), format);
}

#define check_code(err, tag)\
    if(err){\
        void (*proc)(const char*, long, const char*, va_list);\
        proc=set_com_err_hook(syslog_err);\
        com_err("Error: ",(err),(tag));\
        (void)set_com_err_hook(proc);\
        goto cleanup;\
    }

int main() {
    const char *username="foo@DOMAIN.COM";
    const char *password="pass";
    //const char *host="";

    const char kt_pathname[256] = "/etc/krb5.keytab";
    const char service[256]="krbtgt/DOMAIN.COM";
    const char host[256]="DOMAIN.COM";
    krb5_error_code err;
    krb5_context context;
    krb5_auth_context auth_context = NULL;
    krb5_creds credentials;
    krb5_principal user_principal,
                    service_principal;
    krb5_keytab keytab=NULL;
    krb5_ccache ccache;
    char ccache_name[L_tmpnam + 8];
    krb5_get_init_creds_opt * gic_options;
#ifndef NO_REPLAYCACHE
    krb5_verify_init_creds_opt vic_options;
#endif
    krb5_data apreq_pkt;
    char myhostname[256],sprinc[256];
    int have_user_principal =0,
        have_service_principal=0,
        have_keytab=0,
        have_credentials=0,
        success=-1;
    apreq_pkt.data=NULL;

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */

    err = krb5_init_context(&context);
    check_code(err, "init context");

    (void) memset(ccache_name,0,sizeof(ccache_name));
    (void) strcpy(ccache_name, "MEMORY:");
    (void) mkstemp(&ccache_name[7]);
    err = krb5_cc_resolve(context,ccache_name,&ccache);
    /* else:
     * err = krb5_cc_default(context,&ccache);
     */
    if(err != 0) printf("[*] Error resolving credential cache name. Code: %d\n", err);

    err = krb5_parse_name(context, username, &user_principal);

    if(err != 0) printf("[*] Error parsing kerberos name. Code: %d\n", err);
    else have_user_principal=1;
    err = krb5_cc_initialize(context,ccache,user_principal);
    if(err != 0) printf("[*] Error initializing credential cache. Code: %d\n", err);

    (void) memset( (char*)&credentials, 0, sizeof(credentials));

    // TODO: swtich later to: (void) gethostname(myhostname, sizeof(myhostname));

    // TODO: not sure if double pointer.
    krb5_get_init_creds_opt_alloc(context, &gic_options); // Allocate a new initial credential options structure
    krb5_get_init_creds_opt_set_tkt_life(gic_options, TKT_LIFETIME); // Set the ticket lifetime in initial credential options

    err = krb5_get_init_creds_password(context, &credentials, user_principal,password,0,0,0,NULL,gic_options); //Get initial credentials using a password
    switch(err){
        case 0:
            have_credentials=1;
            printf("[*] Successfully received credentials\n");
            break;
        case KRB5KDC_ERR_PREAUTH_FAILED:
            printf("[*] Generic Pre-athentication failure. Unable to login. Access denied.\n");
        case KRB5KRB_AP_ERR_BAD_INTEGRITY:
            printf("[*] Decrypt integrity check failed - no domain controller\n");
        case KRB5KDC_ERR_C_PRINCIPAL_UNKNOWN:
            printf("[*] Bad username or password\n");
        case KRB5_KDC_UNREACH:
            printf("[*] Cannot contact any KDC for requested realm\n");
        case KRB5_LIBOS_PWDINTR:
            printf("[*] Password read interrupted\n");
        case KRB5_REALM_CANT_RESOLVE:
            printf("[*] Cannot resolve network address for KDC in requested realm\n");
        case KRB5KDC_ERR_KEY_EXP:
            printf("[*] Password has expired\n");
        case KRB5_LIBOS_BADPWDMATCH:
            printf("[*] Password mismatch\n");
        case KRB5_CHPW_PWDNULL:
            printf("[*] New password cannot be zero length\n");
        case KRB5_CHPW_FAIL:
            printf("[*] Password change failed\n");
        default:
            success=0;
            break;
    }
    err = krb5_cc_store_cred(context, ccache, &credentials); // Store credentials in a credential cache
    if (err != 0)
        printf("[*] Failed storing credentials in credential cache\n");

    char ***realmsp=malloc(sizeof(***realmsp));
    err = krb5_get_host_realm(context, NULL,realmsp);
    check_code(err, "krb5_get_host_realm");
    free(realmsp);

    err = krb5_sname_to_principal(context,host,service,KRB5_NT_SRV_HST,&service_principal); //Generate a full principal name from a service name KRB5_NT_UNKNOWN
    check_code(err, "sname_to_principal");
    have_service_principal=1;

    err = krb5_kt_resolve(context,kt_pathname,&keytab); //Get a handle for a key table
    check_code(err, "kt_resolve");
    have_keytab=1;

    /*
     * A replay cache keeps track of all authenticators recenntly presented to a service. If a duplicate authneitcation request is detected in the replay cache,
     * an error message is sent to application program
     */

#ifndef NO_REPLAYCACHE

    krb5_verify_init_creds_opt_init(&vic_options); //Initialize a credential verification options structure
    krb5_verify_init_creds_opt_set_ap_req_nofail(&vic_options,1); //Set whether credential verification is required
    err = krb5_verify_init_creds(context, &credentials, service_principal, keytab,0,&vic_options); //Verify initial credentials against a keytab
    check_code(err,"verify init credentials");
#else
//**********************************************CODE FAILES IN THE FOLLOWING FUNCTION **********************
    err = krb5_mk_req(context,&auth_context,0,service,host,NULL,ccache,&apreq_pkt);

    if(auth_context){
        krb5_auth_con_free(context,auth_context); //Free a krb5_auth_context structure.
        auth_context=NULL;
    }
    err = krb5_auth_con_init(context,&auth_context); //Create and initialize an authentication context
    if (err!=0)
        printf("[*] Failed to initialize an authentication context\n");
    err = krb5_auth_con_setflags(context,auth_context,~KRB5_AUTH_CONTEXT_DO_TIME); //Set a flags field in a krb5_auth_context structure
    if (err!=0)
        printf("[*] Failed to set flags in context structure\n");
    err = krb5_rd_req(context,&auth_context,&apreq_pkt,service_principal,keytab,NULL,NULL); // This function parses, decrypts and verifies a AP-REQ message
    if (err!=0)
        printf("[*] Failed to decrypt/parse AP-REQ message \n");
    if(auth_context){
        krb5_auth_con_free(context,auth_context); //Free a krb5_auth_context structure.
        auth_context=NULL;
    }
#endif
    err = krb5_cc_destroy(context,ccache);
    if (err!=0)
        printf("[*] Failed to destroy kerberos context \n");
    else
        success=1;

    cleanup:
    if(apreq_pkt.data)
        krb5_free_data_contents(context,&apreq_pkt); // Free the contents of a krb5_data structure and zero the data field
    if(have_keytab){
        krb5_kt_close(context,keytab);
        if (err!=0)
            printf("[*] Failed to destroy the keytab \n"); //Close a key table handle
    }
    if(have_user_principal)
        krb5_free_principal(context,user_principal);
    if(have_service_principal)
        krb5_free_principal(context,service_principal);
    if(have_credentials)
        krb5_free_cred_contents(context,&credentials);
    if(context)
        krb5_free_context(context);

    return 0;
}

when the code reaches the "krb5_mk_req" function, it fails with the error: "server not found in Kerberos database". I tried many combination with service + host, non of them worked. In kinit, I can generate a valid ticket with "kinit -S krbtgt@DOMAIN.COM". What am I missing?
(DOMAIN.COM is not my real domain)
Thank you very much!

A: Seems either you have to create database if it is not already available otherwise you have to configure it in kerberos configuration file. Please check below link which explains how to create or configure kdc database.
https://www.thetechnojournals.com/2019/12/setting-up-kerberos-in-mac-os-x.html

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UWF offensive coordinator Jammie Deese leaves program
The University of West Florida is in the market for a new offensive coordinator less than two weeks before the start of fall practice.
UWF offensive coordinator Jammie Deese leaves program The University of West Florida is in the market for a new offensive coordinator less than two weeks before the start of fall practice. Check out this story on pnj.com: https://www.pnj.com/story/sports/2019/07/25/uwf-offensive-coordinator-jammie-deese-leaves-program/1827317001/
Eric J. Wallace, Pensacola News Journal Published 12:20 p.m. CT July 25, 2019
Offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach Jammie Deese informed school officials that he'd be leaving his position on Monday to return to North Carolina.
Deese is the only offensive coordinator in UWF football history.
University of West Florida Football Head Coach Pete Shinnick, center, Assistant Coach Steve Saulnier, left, and Offensive Coordinator Jammie Deese pictured in a 2014 photo. Deese announced he would leave his position on Monday. (Photo: Ben Twingley/btwingley@pnj.com)
He got his coaching start under Pete Shinnick at UNC-Pembroke in 2007, rising the ranks of the coaching staff before earning the offensive coordinator role in 2013.
Along with associate head coach and offensive line coach Steve Saulnier, Deese was one of the first assistant coaches hired by Shinnick upon the program's foundation in 2014.
UWF has had a prolific passing offense in its first three seasons of college football, including an appearance in the NCAA Division II National Championship Game in 2017.
Quarterbacks Kaleb Nobles and Mike Beaudry posted 3,000-yard passing seasons while four Argo receivers earned All-Gulf South Conference recognition. Wide receiver Anas Hasic became the program's first NFL signee in 2017.
The developer of UWF's offensive system, Shinnick has been the Argos' primary play-caller in the program's first three seasons.
More: UWF football shows statewide recruiting profile with hundreds at summer combine
UWF's remaining offensive staff includes Nobles, who was the program's first starting quarterback. After working the 2017 season as a graduate assistant, Shinnick hired Nobles into a full-time position as director of football operations in 2018.
Other non-graduate assistant offensive coaches include Saulnier and volunteer assistant Doug Allen, a 2002 UWF graduate and former NFL running back.
Eric J. Wallace can be reached at ejwallace@pnj.com or 850-525-5087.
PNJ Athlete of the Week voting (Jan. 4-11)
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Pensacola's Rayburn relishing run with Clemson
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Lola Jean McNall papers
University of Iowa student who was active in the YWCA.
Lola Moeller Zook papers
Newspaper editor whose papers relate to her career as a journalist and the years she spent in occupied Japan following World War II.
Lonabelle Kaplan Spencer papers
American Association of University Women member and advocate for women's issues including dual listings for married women in Iowa telephone directories.
1997 ACCESSION: Boxes 1-11
2007 ACCESSION: Boxes 12-41
Louane Newsome papers
Armed Services librarian during World War II, and University of Iowa professor in the School of Library and Information Science.
Louise Rosenfield Noun papers
Feminist and civil liberties activist from Des Moines, Iowa, who was also an art collector, author, and co-founder of the Louise Noun-Mary Louise Smith Iowa Women's Archives.
Lucille Ketchum Carter papers
1936 graduate of the School of Nursing at the State University of Iowa who was active in Democratic politics and whose correspondence includes round robin letters.
Lucille Schwilck papers
1939 graduate from the State University of Iowa College of Law who worked for the U. S. Department of the Interior between 1943 and 1964.
Lucy and Henry Vargas papers
Mexican American activists from Davenport, Iowa.
Mahaska County Farm Bureau Women's Committee records
The committee splintered from the extension service in 1955 and became the largest political and corporate organization representing farmer interests in Iowa.
4 folders, shelved in SCVF.
Manuel and David Macias papers
Brothers who emigrated to Bettendorf, Iowa, from Zacatecas, Mexico, in 1914 and 1915.
The full extent of the Manuel and David Macias collection is preserved in the Iowa Digital Library.
Marcella Henley Smith papers
Memoir, Confetti, of her life in Albia, Iowa, correspondence, and journals of books read since 1959.
March for Women's Lives, Iowa Delegation records
On April 25, 2004, pro-choice activists went to Washington, D.C., to participate in the March for Women's Lives, a protest against the pro-life policies of President George W. Bush's administration.
Margaret Fox papers
Faculty member in the Department of Physical Education for Women at the State University of Iowa from 1949 to 1980.
Margaret Johnson papers
Farm woman, teacher, and recipient of the Master Farm Homemaker award in 1970.
Margaret McCollum papers
Des Moines resident who was a leader in women's organizations including American Mother's Inc., PTA and AAUW.
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Clubwoman and activist who lived in Chicago, Albany, New York, and Iowa City.
Maria Cano Martinez papers
Maria Cano came to Iowa from Guanajuato, Mexico, with her parents in 1928. She established a Spanish language interpreter program at the University of Iowa Hospitals in 1975.
Maria Mercedes Aguilera papers
Factory worker who was among the first Latinas to be hired at the International Harvester Company Farmall plant in Rock Island, Illinois.
Maria Rundquist papers
Sioux City business owner and political activist who emigrated to the United States from Mexico in 1978.
Marian Farquhar papers
Missionary to the Sudan who spent her childhood in Page County, Iowa, and worked in Africa from the 1940s to 1980s.


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Comment Request for IRS E-Filing Requirements NPRM
By Office of Advocacy	 On Jul 26, 2021
On July 23, 2021, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking and a withdrawal of notice of proposed rulemaking titled Electronic-Filing Requirements for Specified Returns and Other Documents, amending the rules for determining whether information returns must be filed electronically. The document being withdrawn was published in the Federal Register on May 31, 2018 but was never finalized.
The proposed regulation amends the rules for e-filing certain tax returns and affects persons required to file partnership returns, corporate income tax returns, unrelated business income tax returns, withholding tax returns, and certain information returns, registration statements, disclosure statements, notifications, actuarial reports, and certain excise tax returns. The proposed amendments reflect changes made by the Taxpayer First Act of 2019 to increase electronic filing.
The comment period closes on September 21, 2021. A public hearing on the proposed rule to be held by teleconference is scheduled for September 22, 2021, at 10 am EST. Requests to attend the public hearing must be received by 5 pm EST on September 20, 2021. If no outlines of topics for the public hearing are received by September 21, the hearing will be cancelled.
Review the notice and send comments here.
Advocacy Contact: Charles Jeane at (202) 205-7168
Advocacy Comments on EPA's Request for Information on the Impacts of Listing 1-bromopropane as a Hazardous Air Pollutant
New Funding Opportunity Available for Economic Research on Small Businesses
Department of Commerce Proposes Further ICTS Supply Chain Regulations
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Yet to determine tax liabilities of raided perfume trader: DGGI
Citing some reports which stated that the department is treating the Rs 197.49-crore cash recovered from Jain as business turnover and a fourth of it being allowed to be deposited as tax, DGGI called such reports "purely speculative".
By: ENS Economic Bureau
Kannauj: Directorate General of Goods and Services Tax Intelligence (DGGI) team recover gold and cash after raiding a residence of businessman Piyush Jain, in Kannauj, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021. (PTI Photo)
Clarifying that tax liabilities from the recent cash seizure from searches conducted at the residential and business premises of Uttar Pradesh-based businessman Peeyush Jain are yet to be determined, GST authorities on Thursday said no deposit of tax dues has been made so far.
"The total amount of cash in the ongoing case from residential and factory premises of M/s Peeyush Jain has been kept as case property in the safe custody of the State Bank of India pending further investigations. No deposit of tax dues has been made by M/s Odochem Industries from the seized money to discharge their tax liabilities and their tax liabilities are yet to be determined," the Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) said in a statement.
Also Read |P Jain and P Jain: Tale of 2 perfume merchants raises some stink in UP
Citing some reports which stated that the department is treating the Rs 197.49-crore cash recovered from Jain as business turnover and a fourth of it being allowed to be deposited as tax, DGGI called such reports "purely speculative". Voluntary submissions by the accused are under investigation, which will decide the exact nature of the liability, it stated.
The DGGI stated, "Voluntary submissions made by Shri Peeyush Jain are a subject matter of ongoing investigations and any view on the source of cash seized by the department and the exact tax liabilities of M/s Odochem Industries or other parties involved in the investigation shall be taken on the basis of appraisal of evidences collected from various premises during the searches and the outcome of further investigations."
A total Rs 197.49 crore cash, 23 kg gold and some offending goods of high value have been recovered so far in searches carried out in UP's Kannauj at Odochem Industries — a manufacturer of perfumery compounds — and its proprietor Peeyush Jain, the statement said.
The department denied it had treated the recoveries as turnover and the accused has been allowed to deposit Rs 52 crore as tax dues. Such reports are without any basis and seek to "undermine the integrity of the ongoing investigations which are being carried out in a most professional manner based on specific intelligence", it said.
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The DGGI said that "based on voluntary admission of guilt and evidence available on record," Jain was arrested on December 26 and produced before the competent court the next day, which sent him to 14 days of judicial custody. Jain has been charged under Section 132 of the Central Goods and Services Act, 2017, which deals with offences of supplying any goods or services without an invoice, the issue of any invoice or bill without supply of goods or services, or evading tax.
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BITZER launches overhauled Refrigerant Ruler
Contains data and information on more than 100 refrigerants: the BITZER Refrigeration Ruler
Sindelfingen, 25.11.2019. The specialist for refrigeration and air conditioning technology BITZER has revised its free refrigerant reference tool for smartphones: the BITZER Refrigerant Ruler.
The completely renewed BITZER Refrigerant Ruler app enables users to easily and quickly assess refrigerant data. BITZER previously upgraded the application, which was launched in 2010, in 2016 in terms of its look and feel. Designed specifically for iOS and Android smartphones and tablets, it contains data on all common refrigerants, including key fluid properties, safety group information, global warming potential (GWP), ozone depletion potential (ODP) and information on choice of oil type for the compressor.
The tool provides an intuitive user interface for easy and accurate temperature-to-pressure conversion while allowing easy preselection and switching between different metric (SI) and imperial (IP) units.
The main functions include several parallel slide controls for setting pressure and temperature values, search filters and favourits, as well as the possibility to adjust all relevant parameters in the settings menu. In addition, supplementary information on refrigerants and links to relevant online documents are available.
Choice of refrigerant
The app contains information on more than 100 natural and synthetic refrigerants, which can also be preselected via filters. For comparison purposes and for practical use in the service and operation of older existing systems, BITZER also provides data on previously used refrigerants which may have been affected by usage restrictions.
The settings menu
In the settings menu, all important parameters for the determination of sea level as well as for temperature and pressure value can be adjusted. Other functions allow for an anonymous analysis and a change to standard settings. Furthermore, the app offers the possibility to set the current altitude above sea level or atmospheric pressure to correct dew and boiling points when overpressure values are entered. Depending on the configuration, the analysis for the location in question can optionally be carried out automatically via GPS or barometer if the device in use has the aforementioned sensors. Manually entering the sea level or correcting it is possible as well. In addition, temperature and pressure units can be freely selected and combined.
The app is available in English and German and can be downloaded from the stores free of charge.


Oxford University Boat Club faced a strong Leander Club crew in their final preparation fixture before the Cancer Research UK Boat Race on Sunday 2nd April.
Leander won the toss and chose the Surrey station for the single piece running from the start of the championship course to Chiswick Steps.
From the start, Oxford took the initiative into the slight headwind and opened up a lead of one length before Fulham Football Club. Around the first bend Oxford pressed home their advantage and opened up their lead slightly rowing a strong rhythm. Leander maintained a lower rate, but continued to chase hard.
Approaching the mile post Oxford settled into a commanding position and started to move across in front of the Leander crew. Between the mile post and Hammersmith Bridge, Oxford moved fully across the Leander crew and continued to extend their lead. With freedom to decide their line, the Oxford crew took a tighter line under Hammersmith Bridge with a few lengths of clear water between themselves and the Leander crew.
Rounding the Surrey bend, both crews continued to push, rowing strongly seemingly unaffected by the conditions. In the final run to Chiswick Steps both crews increased their rates with continued pushes from Leander keeping the pressure on Oxford, who responded well, maintaining then extending their lead. As the crews passed the finish, Oxford had a lead of several lengths.
Oxford controlled the piece from beginning to end, capitalising on a strong start and the advantage of the first bend on the Middlesex station. The Oxford crew will be hoping for a similar outcome in two weeks when they take on Cambridge.


I just had to post this amazing song by Livrè called Jericho. When you read the story about the destruction of Jericho in Joshua 6, you will notice that victory was assured to Joshua and his people when they remained obedient to Godly instruction in order to achieve success in tearing down the walls of Jericho and every idol that was in that city as they fought against their enemies. Praise was an important component to what granted them victory. Your Praise is your weapon! When you have God on your side, and you are prayerful, and you fast and seek His face for divine instruction as you heed to the Lord's voice of instruction in your personal life, you will end up being victorious in all of your life's endeavors. Your worship to God provides you spiritual artillery to overcome any battle that you face in your life.
Walls of Jericho fall Down!
Sometimes the instructions the Lord gives may not make any sense to you at the time, but when you simply obey and heed to His instruction, you will see open doors for you that no man can shut and you will assume places and positions that you never thought you'd ever have access too. You will also obtain favor with prominent people and God will establish you at a high place of elevation because if He is able to trust you with little, you will be trusted with much much more.
Obedience is the key to receiving the blessings that God has for you in your life. Many people want blessings, but fail in the area of obedience to obtain the things that they truly desire. Tithing and Offering is an area that allows for breakthroughs in people's lives.
I've already done a post on tithes and offerings so I won't repeat myself here. You can click on this link: Tithes and Offerings for Breakthroughs in order to read that post.
What I will say is that some breakthroughs that you seek in life are also based on what you are willing to sacrifice in order to achieve victory. Particularly in the area of financial breakthrough, Tithes and Offerings are tied to such breakthroughs.
If you are wondering why there are times you face financial difficulties in your life and are not bringing any Tithes and Offerings into the church that you attend, this could be an area that you may need to seek God about. You need to have a revelation about Tithes and Offerings in order to understand how God will give you financial breakthroughs in your life. Don't do something without understanding why you do it in the first place. Ignorance is not bliss. You'll end up ritualizing an activity and won't gain anything out of it if you do things without revelation and understanding the reasons why it is important to do certain things in the Church in the first place.
Tithing is part of the Christian's walk, so if you aren't currently tithing, this could be a reason as to why you maybe facing financial issues in your life. Tithing and Offering is a faith activity, so if you are struggling in this area of your life, I suggest that you go to your pastors/church leaders to seek prayer over this area and gain some insight as to why it is important for Christians to be active in Tithing and Offering in their churches. Again I say, don't do things ritualistically without understanding why you are doing the things you do. Obedience is key, but I heavily recommend that Christians educate themselves first in this particular area of their lives in order to understand what they are being obedient to do as part of their walk in faith.
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Periodic Table of Charles University
Prague, Czechia
A giant interactive periodic table with real samples of the elements.
The installation. Cippo87 (Atlas Obscura User)
Detail of some of the elements. Cippo87 (Atlas Obscura User)
Iodine sample. Due to sublimation you can see crystallization. Cippo87 (Atlas Obscura User)
Charles University - Faculty of Science AURELIEN (Atlas Obscura User)
Radioactive elements AURELIEN (Atlas Obscura User)
Autor: Karelj – Vlastní dílo, Volné dílo,
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Jan Palach Memorial
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Tančící dům - Dancing House of Prague
In early 2019, the chemistry department at Charles University in Prague installed an excellent interactive periodic table. It's a large display case holding various real samples of the elements in the chart. Each case is individually illuminated and connected to an interactive screen, which displays information about the elements and lights up the cases in different colors accordingly to their properties.
The chemistry department resides in a Neo-Renaissance building built between 1903 and 1905. The architects were August Kožíšek and Bohumil Novotný.
The construction was headed by Prof. Bohumil Brauner (1855 to 1935), who later became the first director of the Chemical Institute. He collaborated with D. I. Mendeleev (1834 to 1907) and contributed to the promotion and improvement of his periodic table of elements. As an assistant and then a professor of physical chemistry, Jaroslav Hejrovský (1890 to 1967) worked as a researcher and founder of polarography. In 1959, he received the Nobel Prize for the discovery and development of the analytical polarographic method.
The chemistry department is open during business hours. The software is in Czech only, but it should be easy enough to use it anyway. Once inside the building you can also have a look at the displays in the corridors, which contain various minerals, old scientific instruments, and other interesting artifacts. There is also a bar at floor - 1 (basement level).
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Memento Mori: 'Of One's Own Volition'
Hrdlička Museum of Anthropology
R2-D2 of Prague
A controversial artwork draws attention to the dark history of Prague's "Suicide Bridge."
A collection of anatomical samples from one of the first anthropologists to suggest that humans reached North America by crossing the Bering Strait.
Street artists transformed an abandoned air vent into the beloved Star Wars robot.
St. Valentine's Shoulder Blade
A saintly relic hidden in a Prague church basement.
Delft, Netherlands
Reactor Institute Delft
A nuclear reactor created for Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" campaign is now used for research at a Dutch university.
Göttingen, Germany
Physicalisches Cabinet
This small university museum houses a priceless collection of scientific instruments.
William Spain Seismic Observatory
An unassuming stone building houses New York City's oldest seismic station almost 30 feet below the Bronx.
Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden
This "living museum" at UCLA exhibits thousands of plant species from all over the world.


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Q: Is HTTPS over a proxy server as safe as HTTPS over a VPN? I know that VPNs are considered to be more secure than proxy servers for a number of reasons, but I'm curious to know if this counts for SSL connections too. Are there additional security risks associated with using HTTPS over a proxy instead of a VPN?

A: As long as your certificate authority trust and both your system and the target server have not been compromised, your connection to a https server (with any number of middlemen) should never be at risk of sniffing or modification.
Possible external attackers:

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*Your ISP

*Someone on your network

*The proxy owner

Attack vectors:
Your DNS query will likely be sent unencrypted (unless you've set up DNSCrypt or the like), so an attacker will be able to tell both the IP and domain you are connecting.
As long as the certificate's chain of trust is not broken (by, say, someone installing a rogue CA certificate on your computer or compromising a root CA), your browser will tell you if someone has given you an invalid certificate. As long as you have the right certificate, the traffic will be mostly safe - someone may be able to make guesses about the number and size of URLs requested, but the contents will be nicely hidden.
Chain of trust can be broken if:

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*Your browser says "this website is not secure" and you click an override anyway.

*The certificate authority issues certificates without verifying site ownership.

*Your computer has been hacked (but at this point you're screwed for privacy no matter what).

*The target site has been hacked - the attacker will have the certificate's private key and likely be able to decode the encrypted stream, as well as pretend entirely to be the target.


Marriott Wardman Park Conference Center – Washington D.C.
This week I joined Shumla's Research Team in Washington D.C. at the 83rd Annual Society for American Archaeology Meeting. The "SAA" conference brings professional and avocational archaeologists together from across the U.S. and the globe. Each year, Shumla researcher's prepare presentations and publications to present at SAA. It's an important and valued part of their professional development. Here they connect with peers in the industry, learn and communicate best practices, give and receive advice and constructive criticism and – best of all – have fun with their friends from all over the world.
They've been very busy preparing for and attending the conference. So, I'm taking over today's blog to share with you abstracts and pictures of Shumla's incredible researchers presenting at the SAA.
ABSTRACT: For over twenty years, Shumla Archaeological Research & Education Center has studied and promoted the preservation of rock art in the Lower Pecos Canyonlands along the U.S.-Mexico border. In July 2017 Shumla launched the three-year Alexandria Project designed to gather an extensive dataset from over 350 known rock art sites in Val Verde County, where the majority of US sites are located. Research questions driving data collection reflect two main aspects: geospatial distribution and iconographic content. Are there patterns in rock art site locations? Is there a correlation between other archaeological features and rock art? What are the distributions of key motifs across the landscape? Shumla will provide high-resolution data to better understand distribution, density, range, and context of Pecos River Style pictographs in addition to the lesser known pictographs styles and petroglyphs. This paper explores the Alexandria Project research questions and potential for future research.
ABSTRACT: Painted pebbles are the primary mobiliary art found in the Lower Pecos Canyonlands of southwest Texas and northern Mexico. Previous studies of these artifacts have focused on stylistic variation of the imagery and interpretation of the role these artifacts played within Lower Pecos societies. The focus of this study is the use of portable X-ray fluorescence on Lower Pecos painted pebbles to conduct elemental analyses, providing insight into the chaîne opératoire of painted pebble production. Using a sample of recently excavated painted pebbles, as well as a sample from a private collection, a total of 257 pXRF measurements were collected on 73 pebbles. We determined that charcoal was used as a pigment for black paintings and that iron-based mineral pigments were used for red paintings. The 30 excavated pebbles range in age from ~8000 cal BP to 550 cal BP, and the stratigraphic and chronologic context of these pebbles provides a dataset for analyzing not only the chaîne opératoire of painted pebble production, but also allows us to analyze the potential for changes in production through time. This presentation summarizes the results from the pXRF analysis, and discusses the larger archaeological implications for Lower Pecos painted pebbles.
ABSTRACT: Working with Yanyuwa elders, we collected seven rock painting samples for radiocarbon dating from Kamadarringabaya rock shelter on Vanderlin Island in the southwest Gulf of Carpentaria (Northern Territory). Hand motifs – prints and stencils – dominate the site, covering the shelter walls and roof, and are said by Yanyuwa to be the hands of the Namurlajanyugku spirit beings. In control experiments, negligible levels of humic acid contamination were shown to be present in the unpainted rock; therefore, no chemical pretreatment was conducted on paint or background samples. To obtain direct dates on the paintings, we oxidized organic material in paint samples using plasma oxidation followed by accelerator mass spectrometry radiocarbon dating. Radiocarbon results were averaged using the R_Combine function of the OxCal computer program with ShCal13 curve data to produce calibrated age ranges. We also conducted a mineral analysis on samples using X-ray diffraction to identify mineral pigments used in the production of motifs. This project blends scientific dating of pigment-based rock art, archaeological analysis of spatial distribution patterns of rock art styles across the landscape, and ethnography through interviews to explore how people negotiate their contemporary relationships to rock art.
ABSTRACT: The Lower Pecos Canyonlands of southwest Texas is home to over 350 identified rock art sites depicting multiple styles, complexity, and intricacy. In 2017, Shumla Archaeological Research and Education Center launched the Alexandria Project, a three year mission to revisit each known rock art site in Val Verde County and perform baseline documentation, with the aim to answer overarching questions requiring a large and consistent dataset. Our documentation methods utilize Structure from Motion 3D modeling, high resolution gigapanoramas, specialized recording forms, and GPS coordinates. We are collecting a dataset intended for future research and analyses including stylistic variation, attribute identification, and iconographic interpretation. To examine the feasibility of conducting such analyses from baseline data, a test analysis was conducted using a sample of the sites recorded thus far. We conducted figure identification, stylistic classification, and iconographic inventory using only the recording forms, gigapanoramas, and 3D models processed from baseline data. This presentation discusses the results from the analysis along with what further research questions may be addressed from the Alexandria Project dataset.
ABSTRACT: Located in the Northeastern Chihuahuan Desert, Eagle Cave is one of the largest rockshelters in the Lower Pecos Canyonlands. Archaeologists previously excavated Eagle Cave in the 1930s, and 1960s; however, no evidence had been recovered indicating Paleoindian occupation of the site. From January 2015 through February 2017, the Ancient Southwest Texas Project of Texas State University re-excavated a 4-meter deep trench through the center of this massive rockshelter in order to document and sample the complex stratigraphy. A primary research objective was to investigate the potential for Paleoindian-age deposits. During the 2016 field season we excavated into deposits older than 8500 RCYBP, and immediately exposed a scattering of fractured, cut, and burned bison bones. Amongst the bones were chipped stone debitage, lithic tools, decomposing plant remains, and a surface hearth containing charred bone, ash, and charcoal. Based on preliminary analyses and radiocarbon dates, this entire assemblage dates to older than 10,250 cal BP, and represents the secondary butchering and processing of a single Bison antiquus. This poster summarizes the ongoing spatial, faunal, macrobotanical, geoarchaeological, chronometric, and lithic analyses being conducted on this unique Late Paleoindian assemblage.
ABSTRACT: Pecos River style rock art was produced in the Lower Pecos Canyonlands of southwest Texas and Coahuila, Mexico during the Archaic beginning around 2700 BC. This style is characterized by finely executed anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figures arranged in highly-ordered, complex compositions. Pecos River style anthropomorphs are frequently portrayed with a series of dots or lines emanating upwards from an open mouth. Zoomorphic figures of felines and deer are also represented with this pictographic element. Soul Expression explores the significance of this recurring motif in Pecos River style rock art and proposes that it is a graphic representation of breath, soul, and speech. In ancient Mexico, breath was believed to be a manifestation of one's soul. Breath soul, when expressed in ritualized speech or song, was a powerful force engaged in both creation and maintenance of the cosmos. Graphic representations of breath soul and speech first appear in Mesoamerica during the Middle and Late Formative periods (900 to 100 BC) as volutes or scrolls issuing from the mouth of anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figures. The speech-breath motif in Pecos River style rock art may represent the oldest graphic expression of the vitalizing breath soul.
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WTA Buy/Sell/Hold: Top three will be tough to break up in 2013
Courtney Nguyen
Victoria Azarenka could be the first non-American since Martina Hingis to repeat Down Under. (Carlos M. Saavedra/SI).
As the 2013 season approaches, BTB looks at the top crop of players to see who we'd buy, sell or hold. Today we examine the WTA.
2013 Preview: Rankings risers, sliders | Players under pressure | Del Potro in top four?
Victoria Azarenka (Current rank -- No. 1): If you asked me a year ago about Azarenka, I would have said I knew she was good. I just didn't know she was this good. The career accomplishments of Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams overshadowed Azarenka's surge to the top this year, so it's easy to forget that the 23-year-old went on a 26-match winning streak and looked unbeatable through the first quarter of 2012. Can she replicate that success? Probably not. Azarenka is in the same boat Novak Djokovic was last year, where expectations have to be tempered given their breakout years.
But one thing made clear toward the end of the season was that Azarenka is for real. It would have been tempting to dismiss her undefeated first quarter as taking place during a time when Williams wasn't exactly at her best. Yet Azarenka showed she had closed the gap in pushing Serena deep into the third set at the U.S. Open and again playing her tough at the WTA Championships in Istanbul. She's already demonstrated that she can beat Sharapova regularly on hard courts. If Azarenka can prove the same against Serena in 2013 -- she's shown signs of getting closer -- she can put all the questions to rest about her legitimacy as a No. 1. Verdict: Hold.
Maria Sharapova (No. 2): Sharapova has two problems to solve, one of which is doable, the other less so. She failed to prove she could beat Azarenka on outdoor hard courts in 2012, a fact that derailed much of her season. Azarenka demolished her in the final of the Australian Open and Indian Wells, and then nipped her in a hotly contested three-setter in the U.S. Open semifinals. If those matches go the other way, then we're looking at Sharapova at No. 1. But they didn't, and the Russian has to get over that in 2013. The other obstacle? Well, that's Serena, and Sharapova has yet to make inroads. Their WTA Championships final was the best Sharapova's played Williams in years, losing 6-4, 6-3.
Could Sharapova get to No. 1 and win another major? Absolutely. I think she's got a few more in her. But she'll have to get through Azarenka and Williams to do it. Tough ask. Verdict: Hold.
Serena Williams (No. 3): It doesn't need to be said again, but I'll say it again: If she's healthy and motivated, Serena is the best female tennis player in the world. She proved this year that age doesn't matter -- she dominates. Once she found her form at Wimbledon, the rest of her year was one-way traffic. She lost only one match after her shocking loss to Virginie Razzano at the French Open, and that was arguably a tank job against Angelique Kerber in Cincinnati.
Given her relatively dismal results in the first half, Williams should overtake Sharapova and Azarenka to assume No. 1 by the time Wimbledon rolls around, if not as early as the Australian Open. The question is whether, once she's reached that level of domination, her hunger will remain. Williams has always been a better underdog than favorite, and once all the metrics point to her as being the best, will she still strive to be? I think she will, for no other reason than age gives you perspective. Serena must know that her time in the sport is dwindling. I wouldn't put it past her to win the Australian Open and Roland Garros, thus completing the Serena Golden Slam. Verdict: Buy.
Agnieszka Radwanska (No. 4): She had a tremendous year, buoyed by her title in Miami and appearance in the Wimbledon final. But much like Sharapova, Radwanska has to prove she can beat Azarenka before we can even address whether she's a legitimate top-three prospect. Verdict: Hold.
Angelique Kerber (No. 5): I'm still trying to figure out how Kerber had the year she had, notching 60 wins in 82 matches. Her physical and mental resiliency was remarkable for a player who had never played that many matches at that level in a year. I hate to be a party-pooper, but I'm just not convinced Kerber can do it again. In her semifinal and quarterfinal runs at Wimbledon and the French Open, respectively, the German benefited from a wide-open draw. A top-five finish was the result of an amazing effort in 2012. I'm just not sure she can replicate it. Verdict: Sell.
Sara Errani (No. 6): To say Errani's 2012 was a breakout year would be an understatement. A French Open final and a U.S. Open semifinal were the highlights, with four titles to boot. Can Errani even equal her 2012 results next year? She'll need a whole lot of luck. Her success at the French and U.S. Opens was due in large part to a draw that broke open after a series of early-round upsets. Verdict: Sell.
Li Na (No. 7): She's fit, motivated under new coach Carlos Rodriguez and in the waning years of her career. Li, 30, knows she doesn't have much time left. She'll try to make the most of it. If there's a player I would back to make a surge in 2013, it's her. Verdict: Buy.
Petra Kvitova (No. 8): At her best, she's second to no one but Williams, and even then there's an argument to be made that Kvitova might have more power and variety. At her worst, Kvitova rarely looks like a top-30 player, spraying balls everywhere and appearing sluggish and lead-footed. Given that range, Kvitova's a tough call as 2013 approaches. So much is dependent on her health and fitness, two things that failed her in 2012. But if you're valuing her commensurate with the eighth-ranked player, she's still a buy. Verdict: Buy.
Sam Stosur (No. 9): Stosur looked burned out by the time 2012 ended, frustrated with herself and her game through the WTA Championships. That image makes it easy to forget she made the semifinals of the French Open for the third time in four years and came so close to knocking off Azarenka at the U.S. Open in one of the best matches of the year. In fact, Stosur's 2012 was full of close calls. She lost 7-5 to Sharapova in the third set of the Stuttgart semifinals, 8-6 in a third-set tiebreaker to Lucie Hradecka in the Madrid quarterfinals, 6-4 in the third to Venus Williams in the Cincinnati quarterfinals, and so on. There's no reason to think she can't turn around those matches in 2013. Verdict: Buy.
Caroline Wozniacki made the second week of one major -- the Australian Open -- in 2012. (Carlos M. Saavedra/SI)
Caroline Wozniacki (No. 10): Wozniacki is much too talented to be ranked this low. A crisis of confidence torpedoed her year, and if it wasn't for a late push through the fall, the Dane wouldn't even be in the top 10. That's a dramatic fall for a woman who began the year No. 1 with a two-year reign at the top. Her titles in Seoul and Moscow have to build her confidence going into 2013, and I suspect she'll be back in the top five by year's end. Verdict: Buy.
Quick hits on the rest:
Maria Kirilenko (No. 14): She was one of my players to watch going into 2012, and her progress continues to impress. If she can maintain some level of consistency, Kirilenko is a top-10 player. She just needs to embrace her variety. Verdict:Buy.
Varvara Lepchenko (No. 21): After solidifying her ranking on clay when she made the semifinals of Madrid and the fourth round of the French Open, Lepchenko tailed off at the end of the season. I'm just not sure she has the weapons to be a mainstay in the top 20. Verdict:Sell.
Hsieh Su-Wei (No. 25): Much like baseball pitchers through the batting order, will her crafty slice-and-dice game succeed the second time around? Hsieh made a move up the rankings in large part because of her success in the ITF circuit. Not sure that will work now that she has to face the elite. Verdict:Sell.
Yaroslava Shvedova (No. 29): She has the talent and plenty of room to excel in the rankings. She may not be able to equal her French Open quarterfinal or Wimbledon fourth round, but she's good enough to pick up those points elsewhere. I don't know if she's top 20, but Shvedova's good enough to hold firm in the top 30. Verdict:Hold.
Urszula Radwanska (No. 31): There's lots to like about the younger Radwanska, who may not have the touch or creativity of Agnieszka, but plays a more traditional baseline game. Verdict: Buy.
Christina McHale (No. 33): McHale contracted mono at the end of the year, which could be a mere blip in her career or a complete derailment. If she's healthy, I still like the 20-year-old American's potential. Verdict: Buy.
Francesca Schiavone (No. 35): At 32 after a 2012 to forget, I'd be shocked if Schiavone was still on tour this time next year. Verdict:Sell.
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (No. 36): She's still young, but Pavlyuchenkova, 21, already feels like a bust. The Russian has tremendous ball-striking, but until she commits to her fitness and footwork to, you know, actually get into position to hit the ball, she's risky. Verdict:Sell.
Sabine Lisicki (No. 37): A Wimbledon stalwart, Lisicki is just too good to be ranked this low. The German has proved she can win titles on any surface, but in a year when her peers -- including Azarenka and Kvitova -- completely passed her by, who knows what 2013 will bring. I'm banking on a hungry and motivated Lisicki. Verdict:Buy.


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Badass. Oldskool. Hiphop. There are no other words which describe the AW16/17 Collection from Krizia Robustella better. The designer takes us back to the 80's and 90's with 'Black Street': a tribute to the streets of New York. On the sounds of 'No Diggity' the models parade over the catwalk like true rappers, sunglasses and (faux) fur coats included. Move over hipsters, the gangsters are back!
Krizia Robustella describes her own style as "Sport Deluxe", with which she tries to merge comfort with luxury. Most of her designs are inspired by sportswear with wide fits and flexible materials, but are simultaneously mixed with luxury details such as (faux) fur and leather. Besides the graffiti tags and the watercolor effects, the signature print of this collection is created by Nicasi Torres: the illustrator that provided the black and white portraits as a print for many of the designs. In 'Black Street' we can see a variation between jogging pants, mesh dresses, oversized sweaters, sporty leggings and crop tops with matching high-waisted pencil skirts. My favorites of the show were the tight graphic leather dress and the oversized fur sweater dress: both have a beautiful color scheme and are fun to wear!
Furthermore, the overall styling of the collection is done very well with sneakers to emphasize the street style, and the hat with sunglasses to create that 'badass rapper' feeling Krizia Robustella is going for. Fun details are the fur hats and bags as accessories, which are the cherries on the pie of 'Black Street'. This young designer has a vibrant vision, which is very clear while watching her collection rock the runway. Isn't it fascinating to see how oldskool inspirations can become young and fresh in the right hands? I'm a fan Krizia, and definitely looking forward to seeing more of you!
Check out some of my favorite looks of the show down below, would you wear any of her designs?


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Thomas L. Carter is a former military and commercial pilot and retired Major General in the Air Force Reserve Command who recently served as the US Representative to the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization. He served over 34 years with the U.S. Air Force and AF Reserve, retiring in 2009. Carter was also a US Airways pilot for 13 years. He previously served as Vice President for Government Relations at Elbit Systems of America and President of Commonwealth Consulting Corporation. He was Senior Counselor to the Coalition Provisional Authority for Legislative Affairs in Baghdad from late 2003 to 2004 and also served as Assistant to the Chairman for Government Affairs of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board in 2003. Carter is a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense and a National Security Affairs staffer for Senate Republican Leader Bob Dole.

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US-led coalition strike kills founder of IS media outlet
An air strike by the US-led coalition has killed the founder of the Islamic State propaganda media outlet Amaq in the eastern Syrian province of Deir al-Zor, his brother said in a Facebook post on Wednesday.
Reuters could not independently confirm whether he had been killed. There was no immediate comment from the United States-led coalition against Islamic State.
The post said the strike killed Rayan Meshaal and his daughter in their home in the city of al-Mayadin. Syrian opposition activists had been sharing news of Meshaal's death on social media.
"I'm pleased to announce the martyrdom of my older brother Baraa Kadek, known as Rayan Meshaal...in an air strike by the coalition," the Facebook post reportedly by his brother said.
Islamic State often claims responsibility for attacks worldwide through Amaq channels on social media.
Rita Katz, director of the the US-based SITE monitoring service, said on Twitter that a coalition strike allegedly killed Meshaal in Deir al-Zor.
Katz added Amaq had "shown itself as ISIS' state media agency" since its founding in 2014 and had issued claims for at least two dozen attacks around the world.
Islamic State militants control swathes of Syria's vast eastern deserts and most of Deir al-Zor province bordering Iraq, but they have been on the back foot over the past year.
With air strikes and special forces on the ground, the US-led coalition is supporting an alliance of Kurdish and Arab militias in a campaign to capture Raqqa city.
The Syrian Democratic Forces are advancing on Raqqa, Islamic State's urban base of operations in Syria, and have seized tracts of territory in northern Syria from the jihadist group.
The SDF, which includes the powerful Kurdish YPG militia, expect to storm Raqqa in early summer with the help of new weapons from the coalition.
Islamic State is losing ground in both Syria and Iraq under assault from an array of sometimes rival forces in both countries. Many of its fighters who have retreated from other fronts are believed to be massing in Deir al-Zor.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said air strikes in al-Mayadin last week killed more than 100 people including children and other family members of Islamic State fighters.
The Britain-based war monitor said coalition warplanes killed more than 40 children and leveled the municipality building. The US-led coalition says it is careful to avoid civilian casualties in its bombing runs in Syria and Iraq, and investigates any allegations
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AMPS December 2016 Newsletter - news, articles & information.
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Header image - courtesy of The Farm.
Beerd, 157-159 St Michaels Hill, Cotham, Bristol BS2 8DB, 7.00pm on the last Wednesday of each month is the place to meet up with other AMPS members and like-minded people! Great craft beers and amazing pizzas are available!
Make sure that you attend the AMPS Social at the De Lane Lea bar in Dean Street on the first Tuesday of every month - be social with your AMPS members! The first Tuesday in every month - 6.00pm.
… not in Cardiff, Bristol, London or Leeds?
Andrew Wilson reports, "Very pleased with AMPS 'Social' progress across the UK. If anyone elsewhere in the country would like to get something going in their region please let me know and I'll get you started. I'll do the admin and emails, we just need someone local to host!"
All events are open to AMPS members and guests. They are a great chance to put faces to names, to network and to chat. It's a rare opportunity for production sound and post sound folk to get together… plus there's beer and food!
See article below for more information.
On behalf of the AMPS council and officers, I'd like to send warm greetings to our membership, their families and loved ones for a very Happy Christmas, a joyful, successful and prosperous New Year.
This past year AMPS has held several popular and successful events including audio for computer games and new developments in sound design software and video playback. The association has sponsored two external events including the recent Sound of Story in Brighton in which several AMPS members were participants.
Our film and TV awards continue to grow from strength to strength, but we need your help both for nomination suggestions for the TV awards and volunteers to participate on the TV awards group. Likewise, we need suggestions for events you'd like to see and volunteers to help organise them. If you can only spare a couple of hours from your busy schedules that would be of enormous help.
The association is only as strong as it's membership and the time and effort they can spare to drive the association forward, whether that is just helping out at events, participating in the groups or standing for council.
With the very best wishes for the season, Paul Davies AMPS Chair.
The Eligible List is now open to AMPS Voting Members (Full, Associate or Retired) for suggested titles. Please submit any Dramas you have viewed or worked on that you consider worthy of inclusion in this year's AMPS Awards; you may suggest as many titles as you wish. From the Final Eligible List created, a ballot will be conducted among all AMPS Voting Members to determine the five Nominated Titles. A further ballot will decide the winner.
Please click here to enter your suggestions.
Members are reminded that nominations for prospective Councillors are still open.
Please feel free to self-nominate as well as proposing any Full, Retired (formerly Full) or Fellow Members who you feel will be able to make a positive contribution to our Association.
Further information and full details about the nomination process for AMPS Council 2017 can be found on the Nominations Form by clicking the link here.
All nominations must be submitted no later than 31 December 2016.
We are a volunteer run organisation and we rely on our Members coming forward to take part in driving the success of AMPS forward. Please get involved.
Pinewood Studios has made dreams a reality. Billions of people across the globe, of all ages, from all walks of life have read six words on cinema or television screens: "Made at Pinewood Studios, London, England". From hosting super spies and superheroes, Pinewood has been home to a galaxy far, far away, helping create the movies that have made audiences laugh and cry in equal measure. Some of the most glittering careers on both sides of the camera, have been launched behind the iconic gates of Pinewood and 8th December, 2016 sees the publication of a new hardback coffee table book, Pinewood – The Story of an Iconic Studio by Bob McCabe.
From James Bond to Star Wars, to the modern age of Marvel and the re-imagining of the Disney classics, Pinewood Studios and Shepperton Studios have played host to the greatest and most cherished movies of all time. Complete with many exclusive behind-the-scenes images from those classic movies, this new book offers insight, anecdotes and interviews with some of the producers, directors and acting talent who have worked at the studios, including Ridley Scott, Barbara Broccoli, Tim Burton and Sir Roger Moore.
Recently published, a copy of Pinewood - The Story of an Iconic Studio has been made available to AMPS members as a prize for a Christmas competition.
All you have to do is email newsletter@amps.net with 'Pinewood' as the subject line and you will be entered into the lucky draw. Competition closes on Monday 16 January 2017.
Many thanks to Pinewood Studios for offering this prize.
AMPS is pleased to announce that it will be holding its third cable clinic on 21 January 2017 at Elstree University in Borehamwood.
The cable clinic is a 4 day course that will take place every Saturday between 9.30am and 4.40pm for 4 weeks and is open to all members of AMPS, although priority will be given to Sound Assistants and Trainees.
The course fee is £200; which has been heavily subsidised and made possible by a grant from Skillset.
Click here to read much more detail on course content and to book your place.
Following on from last month's report, NFTS student Daniella Smith was the worthy recipient of the £1000 AMPS Scholarship bursary.
Left to right - NFTS Director Nick Powell, Daniella and AMPS Chair Paul Davies presenting the cheque.
The AMPS Retired Members' recently held their Christmas lunch at The White Swan in Twickenham.
Left to right - David Bowen, Tim Worth (potential AMPS member!) Brian Marshall, Ian Munro, Clive Derbyshire and wife, David Crozier.
Award winning post production company The Farm becomes a sustaining member of The Association of Motion Picture Sound. "We are thrilled to support The Association's aims and objectives in the developing and promoting of sound professionals working in television and film production."
The Farm provides HD, 4K, UHD, HDR, VR360 picture and sound post-production services to producers across the world, with the finest creative talent and production support helping to create award winning programming.
The group now has over 150 edit and grading suites across their facilities, in addition to twenty-two 5.1 & 7.1 mix studios, seven voice-over suites and six tracklay suites. The audio studios are fully equipped with the latest technology, including Pro Tools 12 and Avid S6 control surfaces. The Farm's audio team work on a range of entertainment, factual, drama and feature film projects, including the recent International Emmy Award winning series Hoff the Record, mixed by The Farm's Head of Audio and BAFTA Award winner Nick Fry, and 2016 BAFTA Children's Award Winning Topsy and Tim, mixed by Tristan Powell.
With the recent expansion of their seven floor facility in Newman Street, The Farm is excited to welcome Re-recording Mixers Jules Woods and Adrian Rhodes (both full members of AMPS) to the team.
In addition to The Farm's four central London and in-house facilities at UKTV and BBC in Salford, it also has facilities in Bristol and Los Angeles.
Nigel Edwards, The Farm's Creative Head of Audio, 2014 AMPS Excellence in Sound Nominee and RTS Award winner for Best Sound, said, "I am so proud of the amazing department we have built over the years. Our range of projects and AMPS membership shows The Farm's continued commitment to delivering high quality audio."
Ann recently held a Masterclass at the The Sound of Story in Brighton where she was awarded an AMPS Lifetime Achievement award and Honorary Membership.
She takes up the story, "Paul (Davies) handed me the SURPRISE of my life. He got on the stage and said that AMPS was making a 'surprise announcement' and then he, as Chairman of the Organization, offered me a Lifetime Achievement Award and Honorary Membership in AMPS!! It's been a few days now and I can't believe I wasn't dreaming. And if it's true I still can't find the words to express how much that means to me!"
Ann Kroeber is a sound designer, effects editor and recordist with over 30 years' experience. She first discovered her love of sound when asked to record outdoor Chinese New Year celebrations whilst working at the United Nations, and has since recorded and/or supplied sounds for more than a dozen films that have gone on to win, or been nominated for, Academy Awards® in Sound.
Her many credits include Blue Velvet, The Elephant Man, Dead Poets Society and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Ann's approach to making unique and evocative ambient sounds has helped revolutionise the way we hear and experience films. Working with her clients to produce sounds that can't be found in a catalogue, Ann uses her experience and creative talent to help enhance the mood, meaning and feeling of a project through sound.
With her late partner Alan Splet, who was also ground-breaking in his craft, Ann built an extensive and ever-growing sound archive, which went on to become Sound Mountain.
I have eighteen years of Sound Dept. experience working with a plethora of Production Sound Mixers. Please feel free if needed to contact any for a reference. During this time I have worked on exacting productions for luminaries including Christopher Nolan, Anton Corbijn, Werner Herzog and...er...Guy Ritchie(?).
Not to be confused with my esteemed namesake, Christopher Atkinson the Sound Mixer!
Click here for Chris' AMPS' Directory page.
A number of industry faces attended the ex-staff reunion at De Lane Lea on Wednesday 23 November 2016.
L to R: John Wood, John Blunt, Jeff Kellord, Louis Elman, Noman Brown, Robin Cannell and seated is Jaques De Lane Lea himself.
The Lounge is situated on the top floor of Twickenham Studio's main building, providing spectacular views of the historic Richmond Park and the Star and Garter.
Membership is aimed at those who work in the creative industries and numbers will be limited.
Amongst the benefits, membership will include access to screenings of both classic and newly released films, shown in one of the Studio's world renowned theatres.
Robert Stolz in Vienna, recording waltzes for RCA in the Sofiensaal, June 1958. This was the original Neumann M50 Tree designed by Roy Wallace in 1954 and used in Vienna between 1955 and the fall of 1958, when the an 'open' Neumann KM56 Tree was introduced.
In 1984, Mike Gray helped assemble a discography of Decca's classical releases, giving him access to their engineers and recording logs, and a valuable insight into how their records were made. He reveals the truth about the famous Decca tree and the creation of the label's unique sound.
Mike Gray's research into the Decca archives began in 1984, when the editor of the Gramophone classical music magazine, Malcolm Walker, asked him if he would like to work with record collector and discographer Brian Rust, who was creating a Decca discography. "We obtained permission to visit Decca at Belsize Road," explains Mike, "which is where the studios were and the tape store was, and began looking at tapes on the shelf, which was one way to start! But it turned out to be a much more complicated project because, unlike a place like EMI, Decca was very much seat-of-the-pants in terms of documentation.
Adobe, commonly known for graphic software applications as Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, etc recently debuted VoCo (voice conversion), a Photoshop for audio and speech that's both impressive and alarming.
It's only a 7 minute video, click the image above, hang in there, be amazed.
Two sonic branding experts explain the thinking behind some of the world's most recognizable sounds. Some amusing facts! Click on the image above.
AMPS has been running a Mentor Scheme for a number of years; we currently have a number of Members waiting for mentors.
If you think you can spare a couple of hours a month and would like to pass on your experience and knowledge to someone just starting out in the industry then please send an email the address below and we will send you an information pack about the AMPS Mentor Scheme.
We are particularly looking for Production Sound Mixers who are London based to mentor students based at the NFTS, Beaconsfield.
Did you know that the Directory pages on the AMPS website are some of the most frequently visited?
Make sure that your profile is up to date - you never know where your next work enquiry will come from!
Can we help with your Professional Development?
We're keen to hear from you with ideas for seminars and training sessions which would contribute towards Continuing Professional Development.
We're very aware that keeping up with techniques and updates can be a full time job in itself, so if there's any way that AMPS can contribute towards maintaining and developing your industry knowledge and skills, please get in touch.
Please send your thoughts to admin@amps.net.
Also, have a look at Creative Skillset's website which contains career advice.


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Q: Null pointer exception inside for Loop Here is the code:
for(Requests curRequest : requestList){
       if (curRequest.varSRProduct!= null ){
            for(SObject so : curRequest.varSRProduct){
             //code
            }
       }
}

Wrapper Class:
Wrapper class
global class Requests {
     @InvocableVariable global Boolean isActive;
     @InvocableVariable global Boolean srBoolean;
     @InvocableVariable global List<SObject> varSRProduct = new List<SObject>();
}
global class Results {
    @InvocableVariable global List<SObject> varSupportedProducts;
}

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*requestList - Wrapper class

*varSRProduct - List of objects

Tried isEmpty, list size(). Nothing is working except requestlist[0].varSRProduct!= null which is not a good practice.

A: There seems to be a problem with you wrapper class object instantiation. If the varSRProduct is mandatory component of the wrapper then it has to be initialized properly with initialization of wrapper. To elaborate my point, please understand below points
e.g. Following example will always produce null
List<sobject> sobjectlist;
System.debug(sobjectlist);  // results in <null>

To correct the above issue, you could check if it is null or not
if(sobjectlist != null) {
   // then add items to the list
   // perform another <if> check to perform an data integrity on the list items
}

OR, you should initialize it correctly
List<sobject> sobjectlist = new List<sobject>();
system.debug(sobjectlist);   // results in <()> - an empty list
OR
List<sobject> sobjectlist = [SELECT Id FROM sobject];
system.debug(sobjectlist);   // results in <{item1, itemsx.. }> - list of sobject

Now, I know the list itself can't be null, so I will just check for the items using either isEmpty() or size() methods. So, may be you need to recheck your wrapper class code and see how you are initializing the varSRProduct list.

A: Looks like in your code, the curRequest.varSRProduct is null. Therefore, if you will call on null the isEmpty() method, you will get null pointer exception.
Using curRequest.varSRProduct != null && !curRequest.varSRProduct.isEmpty() should solve your problem with exception.
Nevertheless, the !curRequest.varSRProduct.isEmpty() part is probably not needed as if the list is empty the iteration will be skipped.


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Le'Veon Bell was suspended for the first three games of the 2015 NFL season for violating the league's substance-abuse policy over a marijuana possession arrest in August 2014.
When the Pittsburgh Steelers' star running back and his former teammate LeGarrette Blount were stopped, Bell reportedly told the police officer, "I didn't know you could get a DUI for being high. I smoked two hours ago. I'm not high anymore. I'm perfectly fine."
The incident was definitely a low point for the 24-year-old and it appears as if the NFL wants to make sure he's staying clean.
On Wednesday, which was the weed-friendly 420 of all days, Bell jumped onto his Twitter account to reveal that he was subjected to a "random" drug test. All Le'Veon could do was laugh off the "random" timing.
of course I get a "random" drug test on 4/20...good luck with that sample
— Le'Veon Bell (@L_Bell26) April 20, 2016
Could the NFL be any more obvious? When a concerned Steelers' fan conveyed that he hopes Bell was clean this time, Le'Veon told him there's nothing to be nervous about.
no worries this way https://t.co/J1DXXf2bIc
It definitely feels like the NFL was trying to ring Bell and catch him up in smoke.
Glad to see Le'Veon isn't worried.
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This house, which the homeless call home and gang-bangers tag with spray paint, stands--just barely--at 4602 Reiger Ave. County appraisal records say it's worth some $186,000 and belongs to someone named Felinda Jarmon, but the owner has long since abandoned the place; it's decorated with red and green signs tacked up by city officials warning of multiple code violations. "Nobody's seen her in a long time," Jones says of the house's owner. Jones only found out about the place from a resident in the neighborhood and from Bob Curry, a city code enforcement officer with a fondness for old buildings. But if you were to just drive by the place, you'd think it was nothing more than yet another dilapidated house in need of being turned into a pile of splinters. And that might very well happen.
You see, this house is a historic landmark, quite literally. A decade ago it was added to the National Register of Historic Places, which is maintained by the U.S. Department of the Interior. It's there because of its age (it was built 100 years ago), its architectural significance (a cross between Queen Anne, Craftsman and Prairie School styles) and its original owner, Thomas Shiels, who was vice president of Citizens Planing Mill, which made many of the pieces used on and in houses built in Dallas during the turn of the century. When Shiels died in October 1925--a shotgun he was inspecting before a hunting trip accidentally went off in his face, killing him instantly--The Dallas Morning News reported back then that his "funeral was one of the largest that has been held in Dallas in several years though the weather was cold, rainy and disagreeable."
To save Thomas and Mary Shiels' place, Jones announced last week it's among the 10 properties that rank among Dallas' most endangered. It joins such well-known landmarks as Crozier Tech High School and a 91-year-old Craftsman house at 6015 Bryan Parkway, both of which have been entangled in legal battles for years.
Also making the list are the Wynnewood Shopping Village in Oak Cliff, which council member Ed Oakley wants to see torn down for new development, and St. Joseph's Catholic Church and Academy at 2712 Swiss Ave., which the Catholic Diocese is looking to sell. If there's no intervention, it would likely wind up in the hands of a developer who'd tear down the 100-year-old building that sits just blocks away from, of all things, Preservation Dallas' headquarters in the 108-year-old Queen Anne Victorian mansion known as the Wilson House.
The same fate likely awaits the Nurses Building on the lawn of the old Parkland Hospital building at the intersection of Oak Lawn and Maple avenues. The Parkland building has local landmark designation courtesy of the Landmark Commission and city council, which means it can't be torn down or significantly altered without approval, but the former nurses' residency does not.
Preservation Dallas has also put on the list two entire neighborhoods: the long-embattled Deep Ellum, which contains the largest collection of early 20th-century storefronts in the city, and the entirety of Oak Lawn itself, which is among the last of Dallas' most significant neighborhoods without a preservation society that would protect its assets. As such, many of Oak Lawn's oldest and most beautiful homes are being sold to developers who instantly tear them down and replace them with Tinkertoy townhouses and cracker-box condos.
"It takes a year to get something designated as a local landmark with the Landmark Commission, not to mention a lot of research," Jones says. "Well, look at what happens in Oak Lawn in three months. We'd have to be so far ahead of it--and we'd have to go against property owners' wishes, which is a big political fight."
Not that Jones is above picking one with City Hall: This year's list is more eclectic than those released in recent years because it includes not only buildings and entire neighborhoods, but also a matter of public policy. Jones put at the very top of Preservation Dallas' endangered list the city's Historic Preservation Property Tax Incentive Program, which allows the city to abate property taxes for buildings designated as landmarks for up to a decade. Problem is, when the city extended its Downtown Tax Increment Financing District last year to include parts of Uptown and the Mercantile development downtown, it ran out of money to extend to other property owners looking to rehab their historic buildings. That means such buildings as the Tower Petroleum building on Ervay Street won't have expected city subsidies in order to remove asbestos or repair other problems common among old buildings.
"When they extended the TIF and incorporated more properties, lot of developers weren't aware this was happening," Jones says. "They knew that the TIF was going though but not that it would prevent them from getting the incentives, and they were shocked by it. Now they're waking up and going, 'Oh, my God, I got hit over the head and didn't know it.' The city's being complacent with the situation because nobody's prodding them to do anything." Ryan Evans, the assistant city manager in charge of economic development, was out of town and unavailable for comment, but Jones says there are potential remedies--though they may have to be addressed at the state government level.
What also distinguishes this year's endangered list from its predecessors is its attention to detail. Among the entries are the three bridges that run over Turtle Creek on Maple, Fairmount and Bowen avenues. Built from 1910 to 1920, they're among the oldest bridges in the city, and they look it. Light standards on the Maple and Fairmount bridges no longer work, and some of them have been destroyed, while the ironwork on the Bowen bridge is rusting to the point of disintegration. Yet because no one at the city wants to accept responsibility for their upkeep, Jones says, they'll continue to rot--and now there's the added threat of much-discussed street expansion along those thoroughfares to allow for the added traffic that will come with all the condo construction in the neighborhood.
"For a major urban area, Dallas has a good preservation ordinance, but far too few things are protected by it," Jones says. "We have a good tax incentive program, but it has limitations, as we're finding now. Our problem is we can't get ahead of the bulldozers."


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