Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is now official.
Here's what you need to know about the latest version of Google's mobile OS which combines the best of the Android 2.x phone interface with the Android 3.x Honeycomb tablet interface.
Ice Cream Sandwich is designed for use with both phones and tablets.
Android ICS offers a massive array of improvements over its predecessors bringing the best of both Gingerbread and Honeycomb while providing a raft of new innovations.
The company says 4.0 is a complete rethink of Android's image and is part of a push to make the OS "Enchant me, Simplify My Life, and Make Me Awesome."
"Android 4.0 builds on the things people love most about Android," says Google in a post on the Android Developers Blog. "Easy multitasking, rich notifications, customizable home screens, resizable widgets, and deep interactivity — and adds powerful new ways of communicating and sharing."
Minor improvements include better copy and paste, data logging and warnings and, at last, the opportunity to easily grab screenshots by holding down the power and the volume buttons.
The keyboard and dictionaries have also been revamped, says Google. "Error correction and word suggestion are improved through a new set of default dictionaries and more accurate heuristics for handling cases such as double-typed characters, skipped letters, and omitted spaces. Word suggestion is also improved and the suggestion strip is simplified to show only three words at a time."
"To fix misspelled words more easily, Android 4.0 adds a spell-checker that locates and underlines errors and suggests replacement words. With one tap, users can choose from multiple spelling suggestions, delete a word, or add it to the dictionary."
The new OS is designed to bring common actions to the fore, with better animations and an entirely new typeface - more on that shortly.
Google kicked off its launch event by announcing the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, which will be the first device to run Ice Cream Sandwich and will be launched in November. Check out Samsung Galaxy Nexus: what you need to know.
Google has confirmed it is working on an Android 4.0 update for the Samsung Nexus S and other Android devices.
Director of Android operating system User Experience Matias Duarte told Engadget that Google is. "Currently in the process for releasing Ice Cream Sandwich for Nexus S. Theoretically it should work for any 2.3 device."
Motorola confirmed to TechRadar that the Motorola Razr will launch in the UK with Android 2.3, but that there will be an update to 4.0in 2012.
Among the first new features championed by Google at the Hong Kong media event was a brand new typeface for Android in the shape of the easy-to-read "Roboto."
At the launch event, Google showcased a host of virtual buttons that appear at the bottom of the screen in some apps and allow users access to areas of the device like phone and contacts.
These are located in the System Bar - present in all apps - and enables you to navigate instantly to Back, Home, and Recent Apps. Virtual buttons are present across all apps, but can be dimmed by applications for full-screen viewing.
You can also access the contextual options for each app in the Action Bar at the top of the screen.
Android 4.0 introduces new voice input engine, You can dictate the text you want, for as long as you want. After dictating, you can tap the underlined words to replace them from a list of suggestions.
Multi-tasking has also been given a boost and with ICS it's easier to see which apps you've been using recently. If you decide you're done with using one, you can easily flick it away to close.
Google says it has made multitasking "even easier and more visual" on Android 4.0. The Recent Apps button lets users jump instantly from one task to another using the list in the System Bar. The list pops up to show thumbnail images of apps used recently — tapping a thumbnail switches to the app.
Perhaps the most 'Star Trek' of all the new Android 4.0 features is a new piece of functionality called Face Unlock which, as the name suggests, unlocks your handset based on facial recognition tech.
You can also do more without unlocking. As in iOS 5 you can jump straight to the camera. You can also pull down the notifications window.
Like iOS before it, Android is now getting home screen folders too. You can group apps or shortcuts together and, as with iOS, you can do this just by dragging icons on top of one another.From the All Apps launcher, you can now drag an app to get information about it or uninstall it should you wish.
Notifications have also been improved. On larger devices - tablets - the updates appear in the System Bar, while on phones the notifications roll down from the top of the screen as before.
As in Honeycomb, you can now resize widgets on phones too. As in that OS, the widgets in 4.0 are designed to be far more interactive, enabling you to flick through appointments, play music and more.
Android 4.0 includes new graphical displays so you can see how much data you're using and how much you've used over Wi-Fi or cellular. You can also see the amount of data used by each running application.
Warning levels can also be specified, as well as determining how much background data apps can use.
Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich also brings some much-needed improvements to Google's camera UI, which the company says it has been working on with Samsung.
ICS devices, and the newly announced Samsung Galaxy Nexus in particular, will have 1080p video, zero shutter lag, a new picture-stitching panorama mode, easier sharing and Instagram-esque filters.
In the panorama mode, you can start taking the picture and then move the camera. The phone assembles the full range of continuous imagery into a single panoramic photo.
"When taking pictures, continuous focus, zero shutter lag exposure, and decreased shot-to-shot speed help capture clear, precise images," says Google. "Stabilized image zoom lets users compose photos and video in the way they want, including while video is recording. For new flexibility and convenience while shooting video, users can now take snapshots at full video resolution just by tapping the screen as video continues to record."
There's also built-in face detection as well as tap to focus.
There are also various editing tools included, too, while there's sharing via Google+, message, Bluetooth, email or Picasa upload.
There's also an improved gallery widget, as well as new album layout with larger thumbnails.
Thankfully you can also now take screenshots - this is going to make our job a whole lot easier!
For video, there's also Live Effects you can apply to distort faces or alter backgrounds.
This offers richer profile information, including a large profile picture, phone numbers, addresses and accounts, status updates, and a new button for connecting on integrated social networks.
The Calendar app has also been updated to bring together different calendars, while the email app can now autocomplete responses and is able to store oft-used replies.
Android 4.0 now also supports visual voicemail.
The web browser is also improved - especially in terms of speed - and now allows up to 16 windows. You can now sync it with Google Chrome and the browser supports offline browsing - it can save versions of web pages you choose.
There's also a new NFC-based app called Android Bump, which allows two phones to exchange a wealth of information, just by holding them together.
It can be used to share websites, maps and start games.
Here's a video of the Android 4.0 launch event if you have the time - it's an hour long!


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Gene Luen Yang is a well-known graphic novel author. I can reel off a list of five or six books and series he's written, but until now, hadn't actually read any of them. I decided to remedy this problem starting with this Printz award-winning book, now included in the reading list of just about any graphic novel course you'd care to take.
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang. First Second, 2006.
American Born Chinese starts off telling three distinct stories. In one, we hear the mythic adventures of the Chinese trickster god, the Monkey King. In another, two Chinese boys, both rejected by the white kids at their school, rather reluctantly make friends, bonding over their shared Asian identity and their love of transformer-style toys. At one point, waiting for his mother at a traditional Chinese store, Jin Wang shows the elderly proprietress his transformer. She tells him, "It's easy to become anything you wish… so long as you're willing to forfeit your soul." In the third story, a blond boy named Danny is mortified when his cousin Chin-Kee comes to visit, insisting on going to high school with him and playing out every horrid Asian stereotype out there, quickly ruining any chances Danny has of social success.
So much I knew going in. And I knew that the stories eventually all tie together. You have to stick in until then, because frankly, the individual stories up until then aren't all that interesting. (Me being me, I liked the stories of the Monkey King best.) After they come together, they are brilliant. It's a look at the painful reality of prejudice and the costs on either side of trying to fit in or retain the old culture. One of the things that stuck out the most is how the kids at the schools depicted, from elementary up through high school, are never accepting of the minority kids. I asked my love to read this, because he, unlike me, has experienced being the only Asian kid in school. Happily, it sounds like his experience was much less harsh than those of the characters in the book – and maybe my status as a high school reject owing to painful introversion and nerdiness was more similar to that of the characters in the book. We both still thought it an excellent book, deserving of the awards it's received.
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Le , les représentants du Gouvernement provisoire de la République française signent à Moscou le premier traité d'alliance et d'assistance mutuelle avec l'Union des républiques socialistes soviétiques.

Les dirigeants du gouvernement provisoire français, dont le général Charles de Gaulle, président du Gouvernement provisoire de la République française, Georges Bidault et le général Alphonse Juin, profitent de leur visite à Moscou pour contracter une alliance avec l'URSS. Le texte est signé par Bidault et Viatcheslav Mikhaïlovitch Molotov, en présence de Joseph Staline.

L'alliance vise principalement à .

La coopération entre la France libre et l'URSS s'était déjà manifestée en 1942 avec l'envoi sur le front de l'Est de pilotes français qui formèrent l'escadron de chasse Normandie-Niemen.

Il s'agit du deuxième traité d'alliance entre la France et l'Urss, après le Traité franco-soviétique d'assistance mutuelle de 1935.

Contexte
La signature de ce traité a lieu durant le voyage du général de Gaulle en URSS, du .

L'initiative de la conclusion de ce traité revient à la France. Le général de Gaulle poursuit plusieurs objectifs. Il s'agit en premier lieu d'affirmer le retour de la France dans le concert des grandes nations, alors qu'elle est peu associée aux décisions majeures prises par les alliés et que les relations avec Washington sont mauvaises, par une rencontre spectaculaire avec Staline et la signature d'un traité bilatéral « d'égal à égal ». Plus concrètement, l'objectif principal est d'empêcher une résurgence de l'Allemagne qui menacerait la sécurité en Europe par une alliance entre les deux principales puissances continentales en Europe, et d'obtenir le soutien des Soviétiques à la politique française vis-à-vis de l'Allemagne. Enfin, de Gaulle anticipe déjà sa volonté de mener après la guerre une politique d'équilibre entre les deux grandes puissances, les États-Unis et l'URSS, et d'indépendance nationale.

Trois sujets essentiels sont discutés à Moscou : les demandes françaises relatives à l'Allemagne après la guerre, le pacte franco-soviétique et  la reconnaissance du Comité polonais de Lublin.

De Gaulle demande le détachement de la Sarre, de la Rhénanie et de la Ruhr afin que ne puisse se reconstituer un État allemand puissant et doté d'importantes ressources minières et industrielles. Il se heurte au refus de Staline d'en discuter sans Londres et Washington, malgré des propositions de compromis françaises : acceptation de la frontière Oder-Neisse comme frontière orientale de l'Allemagne, et internationalisation de la Ruhr.

L'accord sur le contenu du pacte ne se heurte pas à des difficultés majeures. Les concessions faites par les Français concernent l'absence de clause de non-ingérence dans les affaires intérieures et l'engagement obtenu par Molotov de ne pas participer à une alliance tournée contre le partenaire qui figure à l'article 5 du texte signé.

Les Soviétiques conditionnent la signature du pacte à la reconnaissance par le GPRF du Comité de Lublin, gouvernement installé le  à Lublin par l'Armée rouge, en dépit de l'existence du Gouvernement polonais internationalement reconnu et siégeant à Londres. Les Français y sont opposés mais doivent finalement l'accepter sans quoi la signature du traité n'aurait pu avoir lieu.

Dispositions du traité
Le traité comporte un préambule et huit articles.

Le préambule situe l' dans le double cadre de la poursuite de la guerre contre l'Allemagne , et du . La création d'un  est également mentionnée, en référence à la future ONU dont la conférence fondatrice se tiendra à San Francisco quelques mois plus tard, et sur le plan de la sécurité en Europe à la possibilité d'une convention spécifique qui dans l'esprit de de Gaulle associerait les États-Unis.

L'article premier engage les deux parties à continuer , et l'article 2 réaffirme la décision prise par les Alliés de s'interdire .

L'article 3 répond à l'objectif principal du traité : . L'article 4 est une clause d'aide et assistance mutuelle en cas d'hostilités avec l'Allemagne.

L'article 5, de portée plus vaste et ne concernant pas l'Allemagne, objet explicite des précédents articles, engage les parties .

L'article 6 étend l'assistance entre les deux pays au domaine économique.

Dénonciation par l'URSS
L'Union soviétique dénonce le traité en 1955. La raison invoquée par Moscou est que  malgré les engagements pris dans le traité de .

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Articles connexes
 Traité franco-soviétique d'assistance mutuelle (2 mai 1935)
 Relations entre la France et la Russie

Alliance militaire du XXe siècle
Alliance militaire impliquant la France
Alliance militaire impliquant l'Union soviétique
Relations entre la France et l'Union soviétique
Traité signé en 1944
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The Privacy Advisor | Danish DPA's recent fine offers insight on GDPR Article 5 enforcement Related reading: Denmark DPA recommends GDPR fine for taxi company
Danish DPA's recent fine offers insight on GDPR Article 5 enforcement
schedule Apr 23, 2019
Andrew Chappell, CIPP/US Andrew Chappell, CIPP/US
Article 5 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation outlines the processing requirements for personal data. A recent fine imposed by the Danish DPA gives some guidance on how these Article 5 principles could be enforced going forward.
In fall 2018, Denmark's data protection authority, Datatilsynet, performed an audit of taxi company Taxa 4x35. Authorities found that Taxa had implemented a data retention policy but had failed to follow it. Investigators found that personal data relating to about 9 million individual taxi rides was being preserved beyond the lawful two-year retention policy. Specifically, Taxa erased the name and address of each customer but retained their phone number. Taxa claimed the phone number was used as an "account number" and so the company had a legitimate purpose to retain it. Taxa admitted that the phone number itself was not required — an anonymized number would fulfill the purpose. However, its computer systems were unable to convert the phone number into a new unique ID that would not be classified as personal data. The Danish DPA said, "[O]ne cannot set a deletion deadline which is three years longer than necessary simply because the company's system makes it difficult to comply with the rules." In March, the Danish DPA fined Taxa 1.2 million kroner (US$180,000), its first fine under the GDPR.
In its ruling, the Danish DPA found that Taxa had violated Article 5 of the GDPR in three ways: purpose limitation, data minimization and storage limitation.
Article 5(1)(b) requires that data be collected for a legitimate purpose and not be further processed in a matter that is incompatible with that purpose. Taxa violated this principle when it transformed the phone numbers of customers into "anonymous" account numbers. Taxa admitted that the phone number was not necessary; only an account number to be associated with taxi ride data was needed.
This enforcement seems to be the opposite of what we may interpret as the intent behind purpose limitation to be. Purpose limitation is usually meant to stop personal data from being used in a different way, where it retains its value precisely because it is personal information. Here, the opposite is true. Taxa did not treat the phone number as personal data and apparently had no intention of using the phone number to contact or personally identify the individual customer. Instead, it intended it to be an anonymous way to track data to meet a business purpose. The Danish DPA clearly found that personal data must be processed in compliance with the GDPR, regardless of how the company intends to treat the data.
Article 5(1)(c) requires personal data be adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary in relation to the purposes for which it is processed. Taxa argued that it had met minimization requirements by removing the names associated with the phone numbers and that its systems were not capable of transferring the anonymous data about the taxi ride from a phone number to a unique ID. The Danish DPA did not care that the computer systems made it difficult to create new account numbers and stated, in no uncertain terms, that costs associated with migrating personal data to a new anonymous data structure do not justify continued use of the phone number beyond the retention policy.
Storage limitation
Article 5(1)(e) requires that personal data is kept in a form that permits the identification of a data subject for no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which the personal data is processed. Taxa had a retention policy in place that stated data collected during a taxi ride is only necessary for two years. However, at the end of the two years, Taxa only deleted the name associated with the ride but kept all the taxi-ride data relating to the ride (date, GPS coordinates of starting and ending location, distance, payment) and associated with the customer's phone number for an additional three years.
Retention schedules are only as good as long as they are followed. Privacy professionals need to ensure that the timetable of retention is no longer than is necessary and that once time has expired that all personal data is removed or anonymized. The data relating to the taxi ride could have been retained if it hadn't been linked to personal data. Ensure that any data that is retained at the end of a retention schedule has all personal data removed from it.
As of this writing, GDPR fines have been scattered but seem to have some things in common. They all seem to relate to basic things and activities that were already problematic previously under the directive. Purpose limitation, minimization and storage limits are not new principles from the GDPR. They are all things that privacy professionals have been dealing with for years. The difference now and the lessons we learn from cases like Taxa are ensuring that we don't let new, perhaps overwhelming projects like Article 30 compliance, prevent us from putting in the time and effort where it has always been needed.
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Q: I'm new to c++ can you explain pointers in this instance Why does line 18 Node* bob = new(); not give me an error while line 22 node actualValue = new Node; does.
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

class Node{
    Node* node;
public:
    int data;
};

int main() {
    cout << "Hello, World!" << std::endl;
    int a = 200;
    int* ptr = &a;

    cout << a << " pointer is " << ptr << endl;

    Node* bob = new Node();
    bob->data = 1;

    Node actualValue = new Node;
    return 0;
}

A: Node* bob = new Node(); don't give error because new Node() returns a pointer Node* and the type of bob is also Node*. You can do assignments between pointers having same types.
Node actualValue = new Node; give error because the type of actualValue is Node and the class Node doesn't have any constructors that accept the pointer Node*.

A: In C++ when you declare a new instance of a class,  you can skip the brackets if the constructor has no arguments.
However, this line
Node actualValue = new Node;

is incorrect as the actualValue variable is decalred in the stack, not in the heap. You can only use new operator with the pointer declarations.

A: You must come from another language or be a complete beginner, but that's not a problem. I'm here to help you.
In C++, you can create a stack, and a heap variable. The differences are here:
int stack_var = 5;
int* heap_var = new int;
*heap_var = 5;

The big difference is that a heap variable is allocated with the new keyword. You must also know, that stack variables are freed automatically, when the scope ends (basically when you reach the first '}' after the allocation). But you have to delete the heap variables like this:
delete heap_var;

This will free up the memory. The main problem you have is that calling new returns a pointer. A pointer is basically a memory address. A pointer is basically the declared the same as an object, but we add an asterix (*). Like this:
Someobject object;
Someobject* pointer;

So to wrap it up, you must modify the code like this:
Node* bob = new Node();
bob->data = 1;

Node actualValue;

//This is also important!!!
delete bob;

Or this:
Node* actualValue = new Node();

delete actualValue;

I didn't mention it, but it may not be trivial for a beginner: once you delete some memory, you can't access it anymore.
Another difference between stack and heap variables:
You access members of a stack object with a dot (.) operator (stack_obj.foo = 5), while in case of pointers, with the arrow (->) operator (pointer->foo = 5)
Hope it cleared it :D

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Why does line 18 Node* bob = new(); not give me an error while line 22 node actualValue = new Node; does

The line in question is
Node actualValue = new Node;

new Node returns a pointer, you can't assign it to an instance of the Node class. And you forgot your parantheses after new Node to call the constructor. The correct code is
Node *actualValue = new Node();

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Q: change font size of text on UIImage with image's dimension in objective-c I need to display text on UIImage which I am able to achieve with following code.
+(UIImage*) drawText:(NSString*) text :(UIImage*) image :(CGPoint) point
{

    UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(image.size, YES, 0.0f);
        [image drawInRect:CGRectMake(0,0,image.size.width,image.size.height)];
        CGRect rect = CGRectMake(point.x,point.y, image.size.width, image.size.height);

        UIFont *font = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:80]; //want to increase and decrease font size as per UIImage's dimension.

        NSDictionary *attrs = @{ NSForegroundColorAttributeName : [UIColor whiteColor],
                                 NSFontAttributeName : font};
            [text drawInRect:rect withAttributes:attrs];

    UIImage *newImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
        UIGraphicsEndImageContext();

        return newImage;
}

but I want to change font size as per UIImage's dimension. Right now font size is static in my code.


This documentary was made in order to give a brief look into the lives of our English teachers at monona grove high school. We also wanted to give students a look at all of what their teachers really do day to day.
This was a project for my writing thru film final that I made with my friends. It took us about 3 weeks but finally its all done and we had a blast! Thanks to all the teachers, parents, and friends who made this video possible! Hope you enjoy!
Chris H is a Teacher and Deputy Head of Fairstead House School, Newmarket. He was a scientist in cancer research, working with tissue samples, "I can remember getting a sample and it was a 23 year old male who had obviously died from this cancer and it was just something in that and I thought I want life around me. I want living around me." So he became a teacher instead.


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It is said history repeats but in Baha'i faith it repeats too often for the more or less same purpose. A short time ago we found that the Baha'i administration asking the NSA of different countries to propagate the matter of fake Ayatollah Mr. Tehrani risking his life in Iran now a similar type of incidence has emerged in Yemen where the UHJ is trying to risk the life of Mr. Bin Hydara by asking hostile countries like Netherland and United Kingdom to appeal to Yemeni government for release Mr. Hydara.
Recently UHJ message has asked Baha'is of every country to contact the political leaders of their countries to let them put pressure on Yemeni Govt. to release Mr. Hydara who was caught spying for Israel. Spreading a false religion with headquarters in Israel Impersonated his name falsified many official papers, gave false statements and changed his personal documents and used them to buy land and establish business ventures for the purpose of bringing in a large number of Baha'is to Yemen, the penal prosecution added
The Baha'is have chosen such a time to launch an attack when Yemen is facing political upheaval and severe challenges. This also is a pointer that Baha'is are behind this political disturbance.
The letter of the UHJ, reproduced below, will proof how political the Baha'i Faith is!!!!!
The National Spiritual Assemblies of the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States, through their Offices of External Affairs, have been making representations to their governments since his arrest. Owing to the severity of the threat facing Mr. bin Hydara and the Baha'i community in Yemen, it is now timely to request that such efforts are undertaken more widely
In developing the elements of the campaign you are being asked to undertake, your external affairs representatives are encouraged to confer with their contacts in your government and those in non-governmental organizations, as well as individuals of prominence, and inform them of the potentially dire situation of Mr. bin Haydara and the Baha'is in Yemen. The severity of this matter means that no avenue should be left unexplored and contact should be sought with the highest authorities possible. Your campaign will not be media based. However, if misleading articles about Mr. bin Hydara's case have appeared, or should appear in the future, in media outlets located in your country, then those media should receive robust approaches from your representatives, providing accurate information that refutes the baseless accusations made against Mr. bin Hydara. Exceptionally, the Offices of External Affairs in France, the United Kingdom, and the United States are asked to initiate contact with their Arabic language media and seek to inform them of the facts of the case.
The Baha'i Administration is interested in persecution of the Baha'is in every country especially if the Baha'is are Persian
Even when the authorities do not pursue the case, the Baha'i administration will see to it that the authorities put the Baha'is behind bar by pressing the concerned govt through hostile countries.
The Baha'i administration wants the authorities of various countries to persecute the Baha'i so that they may shout from the roof top and gain some cheap publicity for their man made dying faith. Moreover they can talk amongst the Baha'is and collect some more funds to fill their coffers.
Iranian national to stand trial in Yemen for espionage
[12/January/2015]
SANA'A, Jan. 12 (Saba) – An Iranian national is to stand trial in Yemen on charges of spying with a foreign country and seeking to spread a new religion.
The defendant was arrested in Mukalla City of Hadramout province in 2014, while other suspects in the case are pursued by the security services, a judicial source at the Penal Prosecution said.
The prosecution completed the case investigation and referred it to the Specialized Penal Court in the Capital Sana'a as a prelude to start the trial, the source added.
According to the indictment, the accused, whose name is Hamid Mirza Kamali Srostani (Iranian nationality), 51, has impersonated the name of Hamid Kamal Mohammed bin Haidarah and lived in the Socotra archipelago and in Mukalla on the pretext that he has free businesses.
During the period from 1991 to 2014, Srostani has sought with a foreign country (Israel) represented in what is called the Universal House of Justice that he works to its advantage, to spread the Baha'i Religion in the territory of the Republic of Yemen, the prosecution said in the indictment, considering that harms Yemen's political status and its independence and territorial integrity.
In the indictment, the prosecution revealed that the defendant incited a number of Muslims to exit from Islam and embrace the Baha'i religion by enticing the poor families and children with money and charitable aid.
The penal prosecution explained that the accused has held a number of meetings and symposiums in several forums and houses affiliated to him comprising Baha'is and Yemenis to elect members of the so-called 'the central sacred lodge' and form its branches in the provinces.
The defendant falsified many official papers, gave false statements and changed his personal documents and used them to buy land and establish business ventures for the purpose of bringing in a large number of Baha'is to Yemen, the penal prosecution added.
Source : Yemen News Agency (SABA)
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By: Ann Scales
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In the late 1970s, feminist scholars and activists joined together to build a movement aimed at bringing feminist theory and experiences to the practice and teaching of American law. Since then, the feminist jurisprudence movement has taken root, with courts and legislatures addressing matters of sex and gender inequality, and law schools employing feminist and post-feminist theory in the classroom. In this important book, Ann Scales, a founding contributor to the movement, reflects on the past, present, and future of feminist jurisprudence.Legal Feminism situates the feminist jurisprudence movement within the larger context of Western law and philosophy, focusing first on common problem areas of legal theory and decision-making, and then explaining how feminist jurisprudence can analyze and address these issues in new ways. Throughout, Scales draws on legal disputes to show how feminist theory works in the courtroom and in other real-life arenas.Part personal memoir, part primer, and part treatise, Legal Feminism is a de-jargonized, lively account of how feminist jurisprudence can solve traditional legal conflicts, and why it matters to anyone committed to building an equitable and progressive society.
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Norman Neiww Greenwood FRS CChem FRSC (19 January 1925 – 14 November 2012) was an Austrawian-British chemist and Emeritus Professor at de University of Leeds. He is probabwy best known for de innovative textbook Chemistry of de Ewements, co-audored wif Awan Earnshaw, first pubwished in 1984.
After attending University High Schoow (1939–42), Greenwood read Chemistry at de University of Mewbourne and graduated wif a BSc in 1945 and an MSc in 1948. In 1948, he was awarded de Exhibition of 1851 Schowarship to enabwe him to read for a PhD at Sidney Sussex Cowwege, Cambridge under de supervision of Harry Juwius Emewéus. He received de PhD in 1951.
Greenwood was a senior research fewwow at de Atomic Energy Research Estabwishment from 1951 untiw 1953 when he was appointed a wecturer at de University of Nottingham. His first PhD student at Nottingham was Kennef Wade (1954–1957).
Professor Wiwwiam Wynne-Jones, who was de Chairman of de Schoow of Chemistry at Kings Cowwege, Durham (which was to become de University of Newcastwe upon Tyne in 1963), recruited Greenwood to de first estabwished chair of inorganic chemistry in de country in 1961.
Greenwood was appointed professor and head of de Department of Inorganic and Structuraw Chemistry at de University of Leeds in 1971, a post which he hewd untiw his retirement in 1990 when he was given de titwe emeritus professor.
Greenwood was ewected a fewwow of de Royaw Society (FRS) in 1987.
His wide-ranging researches in inorganic and structuraw chemistry have made major advances in de chemistry of boron hydrides and oder main-group ewement compounds. He awso pioneered de appwication of Mössbauer spectroscopy to probwems in chemistry. He was a prowific writer and inspirationaw wecturer on chemicaw and educationaw demes, and has hewd numerous visiting professorships droughout de worwd. He was appointed by NASA as principaw investigator in de study of wunar rocks. He served as chairman of de IUPAC Commission on Atomic Weights from 1970 to 1975 and awso as president of de IUPAC Inorganic Chemistry Division.
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Greenwood, N.N. (1968). Ionic crystaws, wattice defects and nonstoichiometry. Butterwords. p. 194.
Greenwood, N.N; Gibb, T.C. (1971). Mössbauer Spectroscopy. Chapman and Haww. p. 659.
Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Awan (1997). Chemistry of de Ewements (2nd ed.). Butterworf-Heinemann. p. 1340. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.
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Reducing "range anxiety": Evaline offers solution for shared electric vehicle charging
Posted on December 12, 2017 by Sara Isenberg in Companies, Featured, Santa Cruz Tech Ecosystem
By Craig Ritchie
Director of Marketing, Evaline
December 12, 2017 — Santa Cruz, CA
(Image above: The Evaline Scheduler compares individual employees' schedules in their work calendar to EV charger availability at their workplace and plans out a schedule for each employee the week ahead. Contributed)
What if you pulled up to a gas pump and had no idea if you'd be waiting 5 minutes or 5 hours before a pump became available? What about at shared EV chargers?
Imagine arriving at a gas station and seeing a car at every pump – this is not much of a problem as filling up only takes a couple of minutes, and you can be guaranteed a station will open up soon. But what if you pulled up and had no idea if you'd be waiting 5 minutes or 5 hours before a pump became available? This is the problem faced every day by drivers using shared EV chargers, as many simply park their car, leaving it plugged in for many more hours than is needed.
My long-time friend and business partner, Jethro Naude, experienced this issue first hand while he was working at Tesla Motors, one of many Californian workplaces offering free EV charging to its employees, and felt there had to be a better way to manage shared EV chargers.
We need a solution to shared charging
It was November 2015 and while away on business in Iceland, I received a call from Jethro that would lay the foundations for us working together on a solution to shared charging.
"There's simply no management of this at all," Jethro told me, "and we're seeing situations of people experiencing charger rage as they simply have nowhere to plug in their EVs, even though the already plugged in cars were fully charged hours ago!"
He described how his wife was encountering the same issues at St Jude Medical, where they had tried everything from a shared Google sheet to allocating days per driver, and hoping that simply being a good neighbor would solve the problem.
Evaline Scheduler
It didn't, and after lengthy calls in the dark of the Icelandic winter, the idea for Evaline Scheduler was born. In brief, our solution compares individual employees' schedules in their work calendar to EV charger availability at their workplace and plans out a schedule for each employee the week ahead.
We looked at a number of possibilities such as a ticketing system, individual reservations, and so on – before we decided to just automate the entire process. The solution allocates enough time to more than cover every employee's daily commute, and then some, and automatically notifies them when it's time to charge, and when they need to move their car afterwards.
In mid-2016 we started building out the brand with freelance designers hired online – this was all before we embarked on a capital raise – and our next major milestone came at the start of 2017 when we developed the prototype that was ready for a pilot program.
Thankfully we established a good relationship with a California-based EV charger manufacturer, and ran a live beta test for a few months. This proved incredibly useful for us, and the feedback – both what worked and of course constructive criticism about what could be improved – was implemented rapidly thanks to our team.
Planning the full launch
We are now building improvements and additional features with plans for full launch of Evaline Scheduler in Q1 of 2018. At the same time, we're also planning and prototyping a public charging application which offers features currently not available by the competition, although I'm going to keep the details of that under wraps for now!
We see the electric vehicle as the silver bullet for mankind which could solve two of the world's most significant problems. By changing the car we drive we can mitigate both global warming and our dependence on oil. At present, range anxiety, next to price, is one of the leading obstacles to the mass adoption of the EV. By improving the overall shared charging experience, both in the public and in the workplace and by bolstering driver confidence we can help decrease the range and charging concerns of motorists.
SC Accelerates has gotten behind our small Santa Cruz startup, and is helping us attract the funding needed for a larger scale launch next year. If you're interested in learning more, you can reach out to Jethro on jethro@evaline.io. The company is currently hiring, so there are opportunities going right now for the right talent to join our growing team.
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Catching Up: Jaws
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We all have gaps in our cinematic knowledge, films which, if we confess our ignorance of, someone, somewhere will say, "How have you not seen that?!" Catching Up is about these films, and viewing them so long after seemingly everyone else has. Some of these entries may be shocking, some are embarrassing, but all of them are classics.
The Film:
Directed by Stephen Spielberg, released in 1975. A great white shark terrorizes the shores of a New England island community. Chief of police Martin Brody (Roy Scheider), local shark hunter Quint (Robert Shaw), and marine biologist Matt Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) must work together to take it down.
Wait, you really haven't seen this?
That's right; until now, I have never seen Jaws. Well, not in it's entirety. Years ago, I caught the last ten minutes of the film on television, and not long ago, I saw the first twenty minutes. But I'd never seen the entire movie. Even more shamefully, I'd owned the film on DVD for three and a half years before finally sitting down and checking it out.
The Legacy:
Jaws won three Oscars. It launched Stephen Spielberg to superstardom. It's on most of the lists in AFI's 100 Years… series, as well as pretty much every "best movies ever" list that you can find. It's in the National Film Registry. It did for the ocean what Psycho did for showers, causing beach attendance to drop. It kicked off the horror subgenre of animal attack movies.
But, more significantly than all of that combined, Jaws was the first blockbuster. This movie, along with Star Wars, is responsible for the model of studio production, distribution, and marketing that persists to this day. Depending on whom you ask, this is either the best or worst thing that ever happened to the movies. I fall somewhere in the middle.
What did you know about it beforehand?
Basically everything. Jaws is one of those works of art whose every aspect has been made iconic and omnipresent in pop culture through imitation, reference, parody, and its influence on craft. Is there anyone who can't hum the bars of that theme tune? You're hearing it in your head right now, aren't you? It's synonymous with "urgent, approaching danger."
And the quotes! "You're gonna need a bigger boat." "Smile, you sonofa-!" Not to mention Quint's monologue about the sinking of the USS Indianapolis, most of which I was able to recite in my head while he was saying it.
Beyond that, there are all the big beats and moments of the story. The opening scene with poor Chrissie Watkins, doomed for taking her clothes off. The jerk Mayor refusing to close the beach. The nails on the chalkboard. The corpse in the boat hull. I already knew this movie, even though I hadn't seen it.
Did what you know matter?
I can't lie: this movie didn't scare me very much. That isn't fair to it at all, I know. I wish badly that I'd watched it as a child, so that it could properly thrill and terrify me, untouched by pop culture. I knew who would die and when, so I wasn't fooled by any of the fake-outs Spielberg pulls, such as the boys with the fake fin. The underwater dead man didn't make me jump, not even a twitch. I don't know if comedies or horror films suffer more by pop cultural propagation, as all of their brilliant moments get spoiled.
But it didn't ruin the experience for me. On the contrary, removed from the weight of a first impression, I was able to judge the suspense scenes on their technical merit. I was often laughing at them, not from derision, but at the sheer brilliance of Spielberg's craft. He constructs the scares impeccably, knowing how to build a sense of dread throughout a scene, before unleashing the pent-up tension in a cathartic blast.
Consider the early scene on the beach, as Brody, aware that a shark is out there but pressured by the Mayor into keeping it quiet, watches the swimmers worriedly. He and we know something that the other people don't, and scrutinize every action that the beachgoers take, watching for any sign of danger. A false alarm, a screaming girl who it turns out is just being teased by her boyfriend, winds us up further. Then the scary music kicks in, we get the POV of the shark stalking towards a group of boys, and we're digging our nails into our armrests. And finally the shark strikes and the suspense breaks in a wave of chaos, as the swimmers scramble back onto shore. And, after the initial shock wears off and things seem peaceful, the scene closes out on a note of tragedy, as one mother desperately looks for her son, who isn't coming back.
This movie might not be scary anymore, but it's still tons of fun.
Did anything surprise you?
It turns out that there's one major scene that I was completely unaware of, one that had escaped pop culture's notice. It's an early sequence, coming after the second attack, when two idiots fish for the shark off of a small dock to collect the bereaved mother's bounty. One man worries about what his wife will do if he ruins their holiday ham, which they are using for bait, while the other man reassures him. In case you are unfamiliar with that scene as well, I won't spoil what happens. Suffice to say that it's funny and scary, and that watching it, I probably got the closest experience to that of the original audience.
I didn't realize how much of this movie takes place on the Orca, with just Brody, Quint, Hooper, and sometimes the shark. I was under the impression that this formed the last third or last act of the film, when in fact more than half of running time is spent there. Occasionally I would glance at the timer on my Blu-Ray player and think "huh." This isn't inherently a negative; it just took me unawares.
There also turned out to be one jump scare that hasn't been excessively referenced and parodied. It happens during the last chase sequence, and in retrospect I totally should have seen it coming, but I didn't, and was jolted literally out of my seat. It was awesome.
And on a smaller note, I was unaware that Bad Hat Harry, Bryan Singer's production company, took its name from a throwaway line in this flick. It's always fun to discover the referents of things you didn't know were references.
So, did it live up to the hype?
Oh yeah. Watching Jaws is like watching a preview of Spielberg's entire career laid out for you. His proficiency at manipulating the audience's sense of adventure, drama, humor, fear, wonder, and even sentimentality is all here. But it is of course a great film in its own right, and not just a hint of what's to come.
I must confess that I did have some minor problems with the film. It almost feels worthless to mention. I mean, who am I to assail such a classic? And they're so small that they don't really affect the experience at all. But I'd be remiss to let these go. First, John Williams score occasionally feels inappropriate. Frequently, the music, like so much of the rest of his work, sounds triumphant and rousing. This doesn't quite jibe right with some of what is actually happening on screen. This is most obvious in the scene where the Orca sets out on its mission. What is supposed to be a serious undertaking is scored as if it's the outset of a great adventure. It bugged me more than it will probably bug anyone else, but I'm very sensitive to tone, even the slightest details.
My other issue is that the climactic chase with the shark drags a bit. By the time Brody is finally staring down the creature in a last showdown, I felt just a twinge of "get this over with already." I think that, with the many scenes in the last half featuring the team fighting the shark, one of them could have been cut without negatively affecting the pacing. But again, this is a small complaint.
But overall, Jaws completely deserves its reputation. It's thrilling, interesting, and funny in equal measures. If you're a doofus like me and have somehow gone so long without seeing it, I suggest you rectify that as soon as possible. You won't be disappointed.
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Spy poisoning: Salisbury residents warned of toxic 'hotspots'
Toxic "hotspots" of the nerve agent used to poison a former spy and his daughter could still be present around Salisbury, a government scientist says.
Ian Boyd was addressing a public meeting in the city, during which people expressed frustration at the continued closure of several sites.
A small amount of Novichok in liquid form is believed to have been used to target Sergei and Yulia Skripal.
Decontamination work, expected to take months, has begun at nine locations.
Commonwealth meeting: Leaders to discuss who will succeed Queen as head
Commonwealth leaders will meet behind closed doors later to discuss whether the Prince of Wales should succeed his mother as head of the 53-nation body.
On Thursday the Queen endorsed Prince Charles as future leader at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) at Buckingham Palace.
She said it was her "sincere wish" that he takes over "one day".
But the role is not hereditary and will not pass automatically to the Prince of Wales on the Queen's death.
Chingford fire: Woman dies in care home blaze
A woman has died after a fire broke out at a home for people with learning disabilities.
The huge blaze started in Connington Crescent, Chingford, north-east London, at about 02:15 BST.
Eight residents and four carers managed to get out of the three-storey block before firefighters arrived at the scene.
When crews arrived, two floors and the roof of the building were alight, London Fire Brigade (LFB) said.
Paramedics treated the woman but she was pronounced dead at the scene. It is not known if she was a resident or carer.
Cornelly United's 'shock' as car hits people at football ground
A football club has said it is "truly shocked" after a number of people were injured when a car reportedly collided with a group of people at its ground.
A 35-year-old man was arrested following the incident at Cornelly United's ground in Bridgend county at about 20:00 BST on Thursday.
South Wales Police said none of the injuries in the "serious road traffic collision" were thought to be life threatening.
The club said it was a "crazy night".
It tweeted to thank people for their messages of support.
"We're truly shocked by tonight's events, but thankfully, no player is critical," it added.
"We really are United tonight."
Rhondda schoolgirls to get free sanitary products
Free sanitary products will provided for all schoolgirls aged nine and over in Rhondda Cynon Taff after officials approved the scheme.
The county borough council backed a recommendation that dispensers and baskets are installed in school toilets.
It said towels and tampons are as "essential as toilet paper for the personal hygiene of female pupils".
The decision makes it mandatory for schools to provide the products.
Wales to allow women to take abortion pills at home
The Welsh Government yesterday announced that it would allow women to take abortion pills at home.
It comes after the Women's Equality Party's home use campaign that drew attention to the calls from medical experts and the testimony of women who had suffered because of rules written in the 1960s.
One of those women, Claudia, wrote an open letter to Vaughan Gething and Jeremy Hunt - the Welsh and UK health ministers - highlighting her experiences and urging them to make the change.
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Ruth Davidson named on Time magazine influential people list
Scottish Conservative party leader Ruth Davidson has been named by Time magazine on its annual list of the world's most influential people.
The US magazine and website says the Time 100 is not a measure of power but a recognition of individuals "whose time is now".
The 100 also includes world figures such as US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Other Brits include Prince Harry and London Mayor Sadiq Khan.
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Ex-MP Tessa Jowell first to donate data to medical database
Baroness Tessa Jowell has become the first person to donate her medical information to a new global database.
The ex-culture secretary, who has an aggressive brain tumour, said she hoped that the Universal Cancer Databank would help develop better treatments.
She feels a "sense of responsibility" to pave the way for others, her daughter Jess Mills said.
Researchers will be able to access the anonymised data in the UCD, set up by an Australian billionaire, for free.
Baroness Jowell was diagnosed with brain cancer in May last year. She earned a minute-long standing ovation in the House of Lords in January, after making a plea for more cancer treatments to be made available through the NHS.
On Thursday, she returned to the House of Commons and watched MPs pay tribute to her bravery during a debate on cancer treatment.
Closing gender gap in physics 'will take generations'
Closing the gender gap in physics will take hundreds of years, given the current rate of progress.
That's the finding of research analysing the names of authors listed on millions of scientific papers.
Physics, computer science, maths and chemistry had the fewest women, while nursing and midwifery had the most.
Without further interventions, the gender gap is likely to persist for generations, said scientists from the University of Melbourne.


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Star Wars como a recriação moderna de um mito comum a várias religiões
Cass R. Sunstein, The World According to Star Wars:
But the Force is not merely about human psychology, behavioral biases, or even magic. It is far murkier and more mysterious than that. Above all, it involves a "leap of faith". Qui-Gon insisted that "[t]he ways of the Living Force are beyond our understanding."
Undoubtedly so, but the ways of George Lucas are pretty transparent, at least here. He was and remains intensely interested in religions, and he sought to convey something spiritual. When he was just eight years old, he asked his mother, "If there is only one God, why are there so many religions?" He's been fascinated by that question ever since. In writing Star Wars, he said, "I wanted a concept of religion based on the premise that there is a God and there is good and evil… I believe in God and I believe in right and wrong."
Stars Wars self-consciously borrows from a variety of religious traditions. Lucas thinks that in an important sense, all of them are essentially the same. He is clear about that, insisting that in doing that borrowing, he "is telling an old myth in a new way." We have seen that he was immensely influenced by Joseph Campbell, his "last mentor," who claimed that many myths, and many religions, were rooted in a single narrative, a product of the human unconscious. Campbell can be taken to have given a kind of answer to eight-year Lucas: there is one God, and all religions worship Him. Campbell argued that apparently disparate myths drew from, or were, the "monomyth," which has identifiable features.
In brief: A hero is called to some kind of adventure. (Perhaps by circumstances, perhaps by someone in distress.) Initially he declines the call, pointing to his fears, his habits, and what he can't do. But eventually, he feels compelled to accept the call and leaves his home. Encountering serious danger, he needs, and obtains, supernatural aid, often from a small, old, or wizened man or woman. (Think Obi-Wan or Yoda.) He is initiated through various trials, some of them life-threatening, but he manages to survive. Then he faces some kind of evil temptation, perhaps from a satanic figure, whom he resists (with severe difficulty). At that stage he has a reconciliation with his father – and becomes godlike, a religious figure (the apotheosis). Defeating the most dangerous enemies, he returns home to general acclaim.
That is, of course, a summary of many myths and many religious traditions; it also captures countless books, television shows, and movies in popular culture. (The Matrix, Batman, Spider-Man, Jessica Jones, and Harry Potter are just five examples; many comic books, and the movies based on them, have a similar plot.) In a nutshell, it's Luke's journey in the first trilogy. In Lucas's words, "When I did Star Wars, I self-consciously set about to recreate myths and the classic mythological motifs." The Hero's Journey also captures much of Anakin's in the prequels – with the terrific twist that Anakin becomes a monster, not a savior. But as it turns out, he's the ultimate savior, the Chosen One who restores balance to the Force, and so his journey nicely fits the standard pattern if the six episodes are taken as a whole. Seeing the first trilogy for the first time, Campbell was inspired: "You know, I thought real art stopped with Picasso, Joyce and Mann. Now I know it hasn't."
As Lucas put it, "With Star Wars, it was the religion – everything was so taken and put into a form that was easy for everybody to accept so it didn't fall into a contemporary mode where you could argue about it. It went everywhere in the world." The enduring triumph of Star Wars is that it takes a familiar tale, built into disparate cultures and psyches, sets it in a wholly unfamiliar setting, makes it effervescent and fresh, and gives it a series of emotionally daring twists, thus allowing a series of kids' movies to touch the human heart. Our modern myth is both a spiritual quest and a psychodrama, insisting that redemption is always possible, that anyone can be forgiven, and that freedom is never an illusion.
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In 2013, he co-sponsored the Senate bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act.
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Inharrime é uma vila moçambicana, sede do distrito do mesmo nome (província de Inhambane). A povoação, que foi elevada ao estatuto de vila em 9 de Maio de 1972, está situada cerca de 400km a norte de Maputo e 90km a sul da cidade de Inhambane.

A vila é atravessada pela Estrada Nacional nº 1, rodovia que a liga à cidade de Xai-Xai, ao sul, e à cidade de Maxixe, à norte. Ainda convergem para Inharrime as rodovias R483 (que a liga à Panda) e R480 (que a liga à Mocubi).

Vilas de Moçambique


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NAMIBIA & BOTSWANA—NETHERLANDS—HOLIDAY AT SAN ISIDRO, ECUADOR—AUSTRALIA—CHILE—MADAGASCAR
Happy New Year, all! Let's start the new decade with fresh eyes and a singular, stunning vista: the Sossusvlei Dunes of Namibia. It might look like a screensaver photograph, but it's a great place to bird, too, as our group discovered on our Namibia & Botswana tour with guide Terry Stevenson (who snapped this photo). Join us in the safari jeep for a vicarious spin around earth, our first for the year 2020!
As veterans of South African birding know (especially those who have looked for Red Lark on the red Koa Dunes), a lack of trees doesn't mean the birds are easy to find! Fortunately, this pretty Dune Lark at Sossusvlei didn't play hard to get. And another was resting in the shade of the vehicle after the group's hour-long search on foot! (Photo by local guide Tarry Butcher.)
These vocalizing Rueppell's Bustards at Sossusvlei also managed to blend well with their environment. Classed in genus Heterotetrax with Little Brown and Karoo bustards, Rueppell's are found only in Angola and Namibia (this subspecies, fitzsimonsi, is endemic to Namibia). (This photo and the series following by guide Terry Stevenson.)
The Tropic of Capricorn bisects Namibia and its two great deserts: the coastal Namib Desert (here) and the interior Kalahari Desert. "Namib" simply means "vast place" in Khoekhoegowab, a local language, and "kalahari" is from the Tswana word "kgalagadi," meaning "waterless place." The ability of the Quiver Tree to survive in an almost waterless landscape is remarkable. Near the site of this photo, the group lucked into the scarce Gray's Lark!
A night at the remote Erongo Wilderness Lodge provides an excellent chance to see the localized Hartlaub's Francolin, which lives among the granite formations (kopjes) of the the Erongo Mountains. The francolins call early in the morning here, in case one's alarm clock isn't working. This habitat also hosts Rosy-faced Lovebird, Swallow-tailed Bee-eater, Sabota Lark, the lovely Green-winged Pytilia, and the rare Herero Chat (which came through well!).
Another abundant inhabitant of the kopjes in these mountains is Rock Hyrax (distant relative of elephants), a favorite of Verreaux's Eagles. Other fancy mammals here are Kirk's Dikdik and the odd Dassie Rat, the only member of the family Petromuridae. At night, Freckled Nightjars sometimes hunt the edges of the rock formations.
On the Namibia & Botswana tour, we travel by specialized safari 4x4 vehicles with pop-up tops for viewing and photography ...
....by small safari boat on the Okavango River and delta ...
...by a chartered airplane, to reach some truly wonderful places ...
...all arranged so that we can spend more time roughing it in the field! This plein-air lunch with elephants was a memorable way to ease into safari mode at Macatoo Camp, Botswana, in the heart of the Okavango.
At Macatoo, the African Bush Elephants are accustomed to the presence of people. To sit with them as they conduct their lives is the privilege of a lifetime. White Rhinoceros here was an unexpected bonus.
Lions roam the Okavango around Macatoo Camp as well, and observing them at close quarters requires the protection of a safari vehicle.
But this Lion had no difficulty settling in for a snooze quite near the group.
By contrast, this Leopard, resting and panting in the shade of a giant termite mound, kept a close watch on the group.
Local guide and driver Tarry Butcher did a remarkable job helping Terry with the up-to-the-minute bird spots, bringing in beauties like this Ross's Turaco day after day. In fact, this bird near Kapako, on the border with Angola, represents only the second record of the species for Namibia! (Photo by guide Tarry Butcher.)
A widespread species of the Old World but rather scarce in Namibia and uncommon in Botswana, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater breeds from Morocco to Kazakhstan and India. This one posed perfectly for a portrait. (Photo by guide Tarry Butcher.)
Tarry also managed a great photo of a full-tailed male African Paradise-Flycatcher, this one of subspecies plumbeiceps ('leaden-headed')...
... and this fine Martial Eagle, a widespread but vulnerable species that is Africa's largest eagle.
In addition to more widespread African species, the group connected well with more regional endemics, such as these Monteiro's Hornbills, a species found only in Namibia and adjacent southwestern Angola. (Photo by guide Tarry Butcher.)
Around Etosha National Park in Namibia, the water holes are famous for congregations of many species of mammal, including Black Rhinoceros. Our group managed to see five here, among many other highlights. (Photo by guide Tarry Butcher.)
For the first time, our group stayed at Drotsky's Cabins, right on the Cubango River in Botswana. This location is just a few miles south of the famous Caprivi Strip, a narrow finger of Namibia that extends eastward, giving Namibia access to the Zambezi River and terminating where Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Botswana all meet. (This photo and the next two by guide Terry Stevenson.)
Drotsky's turned out to be a wonderful choice of accommodations. With the help of a local boatman, the group quickly saw two roosting Pel's Fishing-Owls, one of the Okavango's iconic birds.
The sometimes-tricky African Skimmer also made an appearance on that morning's boat trip...
...as did the ultra-shy White-backed Night-Heron! All three big specialties of the river by 9:20 a.m.! That must be some kind of record. (Photo by participant George Sims.)
A bird of open acacia forests, its range centered on Botswana, Rufous-cheeked Nightjar was cooperative in the cool evenings. (Photo by guide Tarry Butcher.)
We leave Africa with a beautiful Okavango sunset by Terry Stevenson. In 2020, Field Guides' fantastic Joe Grosel will be guiding this itinerary. We can't wait to see the images!
And we awake in a Netherlands forest on a brisk December morning, on the Holland: Dutch Masters & Waterfowl Spectacle tour with guides Godfried Schreur and Jay VanderGaast. (Photo by participant Mary Deutsche.)
The new Holland tour takes in the major museums and uses most mornings to appreciate the abundant green spaces, full of birds, all over the capital region. The Dutch environmental consciousness translates into careful attention to forest structure, and they preserve older, senescent trees that have cavities for wildlife, like this sleepy Tawny Owl. (Photo by participant Mary Deutsche.)
Vermeer's "Girl with Pearl Earring" is a fine way to brighten an afternoon! Godfried and Jay contend that the luminosity of the paintings of Rembrandt and Vermeer only comes through when one is face to face with the paintings themselves. (Photo by guide Godfried Schreur.)
The mornings' birding took the group to wetlands as well as woodlands. As a lowland country dominated by waterways, the Netherlands throng with waterfowl in winter, as well as other species that require wetlands such as Bearded Tit, Great Bittern, and White-tailed Eagle. (Photo by guide Godfried Schreur.)
The spectacle of huge flocks of geese, here Barnacle Geese, draws birders from all over Europe to the Amsterdam area, where the chances of finding a rare species among the hordes are good. (Photo by guide Godfried Schreur.)
Bingo! Here is a digiscoped image of a somewhat distant but nevertheless gorgeous Red-breasted Goose, a species that usually winters farther east and south, on the coastal plain west of the Black Sea. It was a lifer for all! (Photo by guide Godfried Schreur.)
Red-crested Pochard is an uncommon bird in northern Europe, so the group was pleased to see this one and six more at the southern end of the Gouwzee in Amsterdam, along with Graylag, Greater White-fronted, and Barnacle geese, and assorted ducks--Eurasian Wigeon, Tufted Duck, Smew, and Common Merganser (Goosander), among others. (Photo by participant Mary Deutsche.)
The captivating little island of Marken made a nice place for birding and lunch. It's now accessible by causeway from Amsterdam, a boon for tourism (as the "free tasting" sign on the local cheese shop hints), and it's a great place to watch for waterfowl and other birds in the Markenmeer, which opens to the North Sea. (Photo by participant Mary Deutsche.)
And lunch service at Marken was superb! (Photo by guide Godfried Schreur.)
On the island of Texel, another beloved birding spot, a new modern-style blind for birders has been built by the government. Fancy! (Photo by guide Godfried Schreur.)
Holland is a place where the ultramodern and the historical seem harmoniously balanced. Over 1200 historic windmills, those icons of the Dutch landscape, survive to this day. Some still function, thanks to teams of volunteers who help maintain them. Gristmills grind grains, while polder mills maintain water levels in a specific area. (Photo by participant Mary Deutsche.)
And for waterbirds, water levels mean (almost) everything! Not so long ago quite an uncommon sight in the Netherlands, Eurasian Spoonbill has been making a comeback, thanks to careful environmental planning and preservation. (Photo by participant Mary Deutsche.)
A highlight of the tour was an immersion in the paintings of Vincent van Gogh at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, here his sombre interior "De Aardappeleters" ("The Potato Eaters"), which depicts peasant life of the day--edgy subject matter for art of the 1880s. (Photo by guide Godfried Schreur.)
And here his vivid "Cafe Terrace at Night," at the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo. Though van Gogh suffered terribly in his life, he was recognized as one of the most important modern painters soon after his death in 1890. (Photo by guide Godfried Schreur.)
Guided tours through the Rijksmuseum and three other museums visited many paintings we might have forgotten from art appreciation classes, such as Paulus Potter's "De jonge stier" ("The Young Bull") of 1647, here at the Mauritshuis in The Hague. This life-size rendering of an animal considered unworthy of such art was rather revolutionary for its day. (Photo by guide Godfried Schreur.)
And just down the hall, Rembrandt's "The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp" (1632) captured an even bolder subject, the public dissection of the body of a criminal. Art historians consider it one of his earliest masterpieces. (Photo by guide Godfried Schreur.)
And here, the happy crew with Godfried and Jay outside the Mauritshuis, after adding some "lifer" artwork to their lists. What a fun way to spend a week! (Photo by guide Godfried Schreur.)
Crimson-mantled Woodpecker: this Andean species is a show-stopper wherever it occurs, from Venezuela to Peru. This bird was one of many seen well on our Holiday at San Isidro, Ecuador tour with guide Mitch Lysinger. In fact, this bird was in his garden at San Isidro! (Photo by participant Lance Runion.)
San Isidro is known for its charming setting, its rich east-slope Andean avifauna, its hospitable proprietors (Mitch and his wife Carmen), and its delicious food (Carmen has her own cooking show!). Birders enjoy all of these, but even non-birders come to see the great variety of hummingbirds, like these Chestnut-breasted Coronets, right in the garden. (Photo by participant Lance Runion.)
Green-backed Hillstar is mostly an Ecuadorian bird, though its range extends a bit into Colombia and Peru as well. It's one of three-dozen hummingbird species on this tour, from the tiny, bee-like White-bellied Woodstar to the world's largest, Giant Hummingbird. (Photo by participant Lance Runion.)
Long-tailed Sylph is another visitor to the yard, right outside the cabins, in fact! The male's long tail does make one think of a "sylph" (mythical forest sprite) when one whizzes by in flight. (Photo by participant Lance Runion.)
And the same is true of Wire-crested Thorntails here, especially during the male's courtship display, when he fans the graduated tail and those white shafts in the steel-blue tail feathers (just visible here) really pop out! (Photo by participant Lance Runion.)
Some of the garden's hummers are more subtly plumaged, but at least they are helpfully named--like this Buff-tailed Coronet, a relative of the Chestnut-breasted...
...or this Bronzy Inca, which really is bronzy. This species has a fairly narrow elevational range and has lost a fair amount of its habitat to deforestation, but it is able to feed in disturbed habitats as well, where its long bill is especially good for probing flowers of Fuchsia, Bomarea, Cavendishia, Centropogon, and Heliconia. (Photos by participant Lance Runion.)


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A Charitable Welcome To Good Sammy!
H&N Perry would like to extend a warm welcome to Good Sammy who have recently opened their doors to their new premises at 120 Pinjarra Road, Mandurah.
Good Samaritan Industries, or Goody Sammy, as they are better known, is an agency of the Uniting Church that provides employment choices for people with disabilities. Over the years it has helped approximately 5000 disabled people find meaningful employment by sorting and selling second hand garments, household goods and furniture. Not only will their new store create employment opportunities for local Mandurah residents, it will also provide struggling Mandurah families with the opportunity to purchase goods at a reduced cost.
Good Sammy's new premises, located on Pinjarra Road Mandurah, has a large 610sqm floorspace, giving them ample room to display their wide array of stock. Pinjarra Road is one of Mandurah's busiest roads providing the store with a steady flow of traffic past the front door. There is also plenty of parking for customers at the front of the store.
H&N Perry were responsible for setting up and managing the lease for this premises. We are proud to be supporting Good Sammy in their quest to provide Mandurah residents with opportunities that otherwise may not be available.
If you're looking for somewhere to establish your business, or require a professional commercial property manager, give H&N Perry a call today on 9535 1822.


Here at WDWNT, we've been tracking down all the items in the latest "it's a small world" collection and shamelessly squealing over all of it. We first spotted a plush throw blanket, followed by some mystery pins and a mug, but this here is the pièce de résistance… a Limited Release "it's a small world" MagicBand!
The backdrop of the band is in Millennial Pink, but layered on top are all the adorable pastel characters from the classic attraction along with flowers, dots, and sparkles.
On the back, the band shows vignettes from the ride's exit scene, where the words "Good Bye" are shown in all the languages pertaining to the countries represented.
The band costs $29.99 as it is a Limited Release design.
Does this band do anything special when it is scanned at the tapstiles?
Hi! Do you know how long these limited release MagicBand are usually on sale in WDW? We have a trip coming up in May and my wife would love this. TIA!
No set time frame, could be weeks, months, or years.
Do you know if it will be available online?


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Steinbeck's wife began working at the lab as secretary-bookkeeper. He accidentally killed it with his strong hands. In 1952, John Steinbeck appeared as the on-screen narrator of 's film,. According to the perspective of a modern reader, she is awful. According to the Steinbeck was one of the ten most frequently banned authors from 1990 to 2004, with Of Mice and Men ranking sixth out of 100 such books in the United States.
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Lennie is also reliant when he and George are by the Salinas River and they are camping out. Died December 20, 1968 1968-12-20 aged 66 , U. In John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, two ranch hands, George and Lennie, find work in Salinas Valley. While in college, he continued to write creatively, and he worked for a time on neighboring farms, especially Spreckels Sugar Ranch. Flowers and grapes were grown primarily but green vegetables allowed to earn more money.
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The more high-energy a logistics solutions job position, the greater the demands it brings and do-or-die situations it manifests—and the more likely it is to cause stress. The direct relationship between stress and job performance is easy to see when it's out of balance: meltdowns, snapping at coworkers, burning out. But it's also difficult to spot a balance that's actually working.
What techniques do successful business stars use when they're confronted with product issues, the need for innovative logistics solutions or growing pains in a new company? Here are a few shortcuts to office zen that you need to know, right now.
Shape a workplace or workflow around bursts of stressful tasks, not a sustained high-energy demand.
Even if you don't operate well against a deadline, chances are you know a coworker that really pulls out all the stops when the clock is running out. Others, however, absolutely dissolve in panic when crunch time rolls around. Why are these two reactions so different? The answer comes in longevity.
Essentially, the longer a period of stress is, the less a body and brain is physiologically equipped to handle it. Conversely, short active bursts of stress actually help improve productivity and capability in business leaders and their teams. Travis Bradberry explains to Forbes that short, intermittent bursts of stress have been shown to coax the brain into producing the cells that assist memory, helping improve your performance on a given task.
This benefit stretches and essentially breaks when pushed to the limit for too long— the optimal performance-stress ratio line looks more like a heart monitor and less like a series of high plateaus. A sudden last-minute report amid an otherwise dependable workload will get far better results from most employees than a work environment where they must be "always on." Even though the report itself may be stressful, it manifests as an intermittent spike, and the normal workload surrounding it has helped to build a coping mechanism.
Energy and stress relief shouldn't be resources that are only found outside the office. Cultivate "burn off" solutions to turn to during the workday.
If your office is a tangle of constantly-ringing phones, piles of invoices and split-second decisions, centering your chi is likely not on your to-do list, but maybe they should be. Peter S. Goodman of the Huffington Post highlights an unlikely trend hitting even the most traditional busy offices: meditation and yoga.
Office managers and CEOs alike have seen the undeniable effect of offering regular, optional classes in these calming arts during the workday, sending staff back to their desks with better coping skills. Psychologist Lesia M. Ruglass agrees, in the Huffington Post: researching logistics solutions or troubleshooting IT is an easier endeavor if you know that a soothing, mentally-focused break is waiting, not just a hurried lunch.
Identify and address stressors, don't just pay them lip service.
Obviously, there will always be some sort of stress in a workplace— that's unavoidable— but stress in general can be minimized with smart management. If a particular form is poorly written, if necessary items are often understocked, if a form email contains incorrect information that often needs to be explained to customers— these are issues that can be completely erased with an afternoon of solution-focused planning. It's easy to ignore little aggravations like low paperclip supplies or extra steps that must be taken in an out-of-date system, but, collectively, these small annoyances can form a substantial mental obstacle. As the saying goes, work smarter, not harder— periodically assess your workflow for redundancies and errors.
Make sure your body has the tools it needs to perform well under pressure.
A cup of coffee, a hurried donut, a vital hour shaved off of a sleep schedule for another pursuit. Each act seems pretty harmless, especially in the context of a busy day. It may seem simplistic, but mindful routines that emphasize a 'real' breakfast— no, break room danishes don't count— a healthy sleep schedule and regular water intake will actually help how you get on at your desk.
Your body is a machine, and without oil on the gears and gas in the fuel tank, it's only a matter of time before the moving parts— i.e. your brain and overall health— break down and stop performing at optimum levels.
Each workplace is different— some may depend on logistics solutions while others push customer relationships— but each has demands and stressors challenging its workforce. These four techniques won't eliminate those demands entirely, but they will give employees and managers alike a lot more to work with as challenges arise.


Tina is amazing! She went above and beyond to help us find the right home.
Bought a home in 2012 in Oklahoma City, OK 73160.
I found Tina very personable and willing to go the extra mile to get a deal done. She was very accessible and provided with very good information on the best way to get the most for my home. I am getting ready to sell my home and purchase another and she has already begun helping me make my home more valuable on the market.
I thoroughly enjoyed working with Tina. She made the sale of my house extremely pleasant. She guided my through the process, advised me as to what I would need to sell my house, and got me what I needed to sell my house. She even stayed calm when I was late to the closing(sorry about being lost.) I can't wait to work with Tina again when I buy a new house!