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Center Info
Give to CBST
Org Chart & People
CBST's Chief Education Officer Serves as a Keynote Speaker in Tokyo, Japan (November 2010)
CBST at the First Ever USA Science & Engineering Festival (October 23-24, 2010)
CBST at the First Ever USA Science & Engineering Festival!
Congratulations to the Center for Biophotonics Science & Technology at UC Davis for winning a spot at the inaugural USA Science & Engineering Festival on the Washington D.C. Mall and Pennsylvania Avenue on October 23rd and 24th . The National Science Foundation chose the CBST Education team as one of 15 exhibitor teams to represent the foundation.
First Congress Great Success
The NSF Center for Biophotonics Science & Technology (CBST) of UC Davis hosted the 1st International Congress on Biophotonics (ICOB) on February 3-7, 2008 in Sacramento, California.
Journal of Biophotonics Launches
The Journal of Biophotonics published their inaugural issue this month, March 2008
International congress lays the groundwork for biophotonics roadmap
The Journal of Biomedial Optics covers the International Congress on Biophotonics
NIH Establishes UC Davis/LLNL Center for Point-of-Care Technologies
Doctors one day may be able to diagnose bloodstream infections within one hour rather than waiting a day to several days for conventional test results from labs.
Nature publishes groundbreaking x-ray research
CBST Researchers Henry N. Chapman and David A. Shapiro published in this month's Nature
Big Bang: UC Davis Business Plan Competition
Final judging of the 2007 Big Bang! the annual UC Davis Business Plan Competition organized by MBA students of the Graduate School of Management. Participants form teams, develop their business ideas and compete for cash. Winners are chosen.
Journal of Biophotonics Call for Papers
Wiley InterScience introduces the Journal of Biophotonics
New Biophotonics Textbook by Lihong Wang and Hsin-I Wu
The Director of CBST is very pleased to announce the publication of an important new entry level textbook on tissue optics entitled: Biomedical Optics: Principles and Imaging (June, 2007, John Wiley and Sons, Inc.) by his longtime colleague, Professor Lihong Wang from Washington University in St. Louis (lhwang@wustl.edu) and Hsin-i Wu from Texas A&M (wwu@tamu.edu).
9th International Conference on Optics Within Life Sciences
The Center for Biophotonics was pleased to co-sponsor the 9th International Conference on Optics Within Life Sciences (OWLS9), which took place at National Yang-Ming University in Taipei, Taiwan from November 26-29, 2006.
Protein imaging now possible using X-ray laser
CBST & Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists for the first time have validated the idea of using extremely short and intense X-ray pulses to capture images of objects such as proteins before the X-rays destroy the sample.
First Education Retreat a Success
The first ever education retreat was held on October 5-6, 2006
Brian Wilson, PhD, Chair of CBST's Program Review Committee for Science & Technology was honored at OPTICAL IMAGING 2006 – LIFETIME Achievement Award
Arnold Burger, PhD, CBST Collaborator Elected SPIE Fellow
SPIE – The International Society for Optical Engineering will honor 33 new Fellows of the Society this year.
Congresswoman Matsui Named to House Science Committee
In accepting her new appointment to the House Science Committee, Congresswoman Matsui lauded the NSF Center for Biophotonics.
Science Fair Winners!
Center High School CBST Research Teams win first and second place in the Senior Team Science division of the Sacramento Regional Science and Engineering Fair.
A new science — biophotonics — has a new center of operations at the UC Davis Medical Center
Quarters for the National Science Foundation-funded UC Davis Center for Biophotonics Science and Technology were dedicated Monday in the Oak Park Research Building at 2700 Stockton Blvd. Known as CBST, the biophotonics center is a research hub for roughly 100 investigators at nine institutions across the United States.
UC Davis tech center lights up seven new firms
A new UC Davis center that uses light to diagnose and treat disease has already played a role in the development or spin-off of seven area companies.
Sacramento Bee: New capital center to spearhead medical research
The National Science Foundation formally opened a new world outpost on the "frontier of science" - the $52 million Center for Biophotonics Science and Technology - expected to sow publicly traded companies in the capital region.
CBST Installs World's Most Powerful Commercial Wide-Field Light Microscope
The first commercial ultra-high resolution microscope using structured illumination developed at UC San Francisco (UCSF) by researchers funded by the Center for Biophotonics Science and Technology (CBST) and built by high-end research equipment maker Applied Precision is now in operation at the Oak Park Research Building at the Sacramento campus of UC Davis
CBST Call for Proposals 2008
Requesting proposals for both new and continuing projects for the 2008-2009 period
First-ever video reveals how HIV spreads between immune cells
College students take giant step toward cancer science careers
(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — Nine area college students are taking a giant step toward cancer science careers this summer -- and helping to address a shortage of under-represented groups in cancer research -- by working as interns in one of four UC Davis cancer research laboratories.
Hobday named as founding director of Tahoe Institute for Rural Health Research
Quebec Eyes Biotech as Key Growth Sector
Canada's "Little City" Has Made a Big Investment in Biotechnology and It Seems To Be Paying Off
CBST Director Presents to Congressional Research Caucus
How collaborative R&D investment is creating cross-disciplinary breakthroughs in biophotonics, nanomedicine, and bioimaging
CBST's December 2009 Newsletter has been sent out and posted here
Alisa Lee, of CBST, teaches scientific method on KCRA TV
Chancellor and NSF Director tour CBST
NSF Director Arden Bement and UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi toured CBST during Dr. Bement's daylong visit to UC Davis
CBST Faculty Member Susan Spiller of Mills College Receives NSF Grant
USA Science Fair - group photo
USA Science Fair demos
USA Science Fair interview
Japan Visit with participants
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is solving many problems for humans. But, as Google CEO Sundar Pichai said in the company's manifesto for AI, such a powerful technology "raises equally powerful questions about its use". Google (Alphabet Inc.) and Microsoft Corp. have stressed the need for an ethical AI, Elon Musk has raised concerns over the technology altogether.
Amid such concerns comes Norman AI, developed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and described as "psychopath". The purpose of Norman AI is to demonstrate that artificial intelligence cannot be unfair and biased unless such data is fed into it.
MIT fed Norman with data from the "darkest corners of Reddit". MIT researchers then compared Norman's responses with a regular image recognition network when generating text description for Rorschach inkblots, a popular psychological test to detect disorders. The regular AI used MSCOCO dataset to respond to the inkblots.
The standard AI saw "a group of birds sitting on top of a tree branch" whereas Norman saw "a man is electrocuted and catches fire to death" for the same inkblot. Similarly, for another inkblot, standard AI generated "a black and white photo of a baseball glove" while Norman AI wrote "man is murdered by machine gun in broad daylight".


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#include "gm.h"

#include "Resources.h"
#include "SkCanvas.h"
#include "SkData.h"
#include "SkImageGenerator.h"
#include "SkImageDecoder.h"
#include "SkOSFile.h"
#include "SkTextureCompressor.h"

static const char *kASTCFilenames[] = {
    "mandrill_128x128_4x4.astc",    // kASTC_4x4_Format
    "mandrill_130x128_5x4.astc",    // kASTC_5x4_Format
    "mandrill_130x130_5x5.astc",    // kASTC_5x5_Format
    "mandrill_132x130_6x5.astc",    // kASTC_6x5_Format
    "mandrill_132x132_6x6.astc",    // kASTC_6x6_Format
    "mandrill_128x130_8x5.astc",    // kASTC_8x5_Format
    "mandrill_128x132_8x6.astc",    // kASTC_8x6_Format
    "mandrill_128x128_8x8.astc",    // kASTC_8x8_Format
    "mandrill_130x130_10x5.astc",   // kASTC_10x5_Format
    "mandrill_130x132_10x6.astc",   // kASTC_10x6_Format
    "mandrill_130x128_10x8.astc",   // kASTC_10x8_Format
    "mandrill_130x130_10x10.astc",  // kASTC_10x10_Format
    "mandrill_132x130_12x10.astc",  // kASTC_12x10_Format
    "mandrill_132x132_12x12.astc",  // kASTC_12x12_Format
};

static const int kNumASTCFilenames = SK_ARRAY_COUNT(kASTCFilenames);

static inline const char *get_astc_filename(int idx) {
    if (idx < 0 || kNumASTCFilenames <= idx) {
        return "";
    }

    return kASTCFilenames[idx];
}

namespace skiagm {

/**
 *  Test decoding an image from an ASTC file and then from compressed ASTC data.
 */
class ASTCBitmapGM : public GM {
public:
    ASTCBitmapGM() { }
    virtual ~ASTCBitmapGM() { }

protected:
    SkString onShortName() SK_OVERRIDE {
        return SkString("astcbitmap");
    }

    SkISize onISize() SK_OVERRIDE {
        return SkISize::Make(kGMDimension, kGMDimension);
    }

    void onDraw(SkCanvas* canvas) SK_OVERRIDE {
        for (int j = 0; j < 4; ++j) {
            for (int i = 0; i < 4; ++i) {
                SkString filename = GetResourcePath(get_astc_filename(j*4+i));
                if (filename == GetResourcePath("")) {
                    continue;
                }

                SkAutoTUnref<SkData> fileData(SkData::NewFromFileName(filename.c_str()));
                if (NULL == fileData) {
                    SkDebugf("Could not open the file. Did you forget to set the resourcePath?\n");
                    return;
                }

                SkBitmap bm;
                if (!SkInstallDiscardablePixelRef(fileData, &bm)) {
                    SkDebugf("Could not install discardable pixel ref.\n");
                    return;
                }

                const SkScalar bmX = static_cast<SkScalar>(i*kBitmapDimension);
                const SkScalar bmY = static_cast<SkScalar>(j*kBitmapDimension);
                canvas->drawBitmap(bm, bmX, bmY);
            }
        }
    }

private:
    static const int kGMDimension = 600;
    static const int kBitmapDimension = kGMDimension/4;

    typedef GM INHERITED;
};

}  // namespace skiagm

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

DEF_GM( return SkNEW(skiagm::ASTCBitmapGM); )

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Cinzia Di Novi
Venezia, 30123
Accounting for Tax Evasion Profiles and Tax Expenditures in Microsimulation Modelling. The BETAMOD Model for Personal Income Taxes in Italy
University Ca' Foscari of Venice, Dept. of Economics Research Paper Series No. 24/WP/2015
Andrea Albarea, Michele Bernasconi, Cinzia Di Novi, Anna Marenzi, Dino Rizzi and Francesca Zantomio
Ca Foscari University of Venice, Department of Economics, Students, Università Ca' Foscari, Venezia - Department of Economics and SSE, Ca Foscari University of Venice, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Department of Economics, Ca Foscari University of Venice - Dipartimento di Economia and Ca Foscari University of Venice
Tax-benefit microsimulation, tax evasion, tax expenditures, SILC, Italy
How Does Fiscal Decentralization Affect Within-Regional Disparities in Well-Being? Evidence from Health Inequalities in Italy
Cinzia Di Novi, Massimiliano Piacenza, Silvana Robone and Gilberto Turati
Ca Foscari University of Venice, University of Torino - Department of Economics and Statistics, University of York - Centre for Health Economics and Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome
Fiscal decentralization, regional governments, healthcare policy, health inequalities.
Is Caring for Elderly Parents Detrimental for Women's Mental Health? The Influence of the European North-South Gradient
University Ca' Foscari of Venice, Dept. of Economics Research Paper Series No. 23
Cinzia Di Novi and Elenka Brenna
Ca Foscari University of Venice and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano
I10, I12, D10
Home Sweet Home? Public Financing and Inequalities in the Use of Home Care Services in Europe
Vincenzo Carrieri, Cinzia Di Novi and Cristina Orso
University of Salerno - Department of Economics, Ca Foscari University of Venice and Ca Foscari University of Venice - Dipartimento di Economia
inequality, long term care, home care, Europe
Analyzing Disparities Trends for Health Care Insurance Coverage Among Non-Elderly Adults in the US: Evidence from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 1993-2009
University Ca' Foscari of Venice, Dept. of Economics Working Paper Series No. 14/WP/2014
Shireen Assaf, Stefano Campostrini, Carol Gotway Crawford, Cinzia Di Novi and Fang Xu
University of Padua - Department of Statistical Sciences, Ca Foscari University of Venice - Dipartimento di Economia, Emory University - Department of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics (BIOS), Ca Foscari University of Venice and Northrop Grumman Corporation - Northrop Grumman Corporation (Atlanta)
USA, big data, disparities, health plan, health surveillance data, P-splines, temporal trends, varying coefficient model
Larger is Better: The Scale Effects of the Italian Local Healthcare Authorities Amalgamation Program
University Ca' Foscari of Venice, Dept. of Economics Research Paper Series No. No. 04/WP/ 2016
Cinzia Di Novi, Dino Rizzi and Michele Zanette
Ca Foscari University of Venice, Ca Foscari University of Venice - Dipartimento di Economia and Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Department of Economics
Italian Health Care System, Local Health Authority, Consolidation
Do Healthcare Tax Credits Help Poor Healthy Individuals on Low Incomes?
Cinzia Di Novi, Anna Marenzi and Dino Rizzi
Ca Foscari University of Venice, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Department of Economics and Ca Foscari University of Venice - Dipartimento di Economia
Personal Income Tax, Health-Related Tax Credit, Health Inequality
The Smoking Epidemic Across Generations, Gender and Educational Groups: A Matter of Diffusion of Innovations
Cinzia Di Novi and Anna Marenzi
Ca Foscari University of Venice and Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Department of Economics
Smoking habit, theory of diffusion, generations

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Q: Lock pthread_mutex_t in structure C I have one pthread_mutex_t aka lock in a structure and I create 2 structures.

*

*are those the same lock? Or are they a completely different lock?

*I have a function that uses the lock of the structure, can the one structure detect if the other structure lock is used?

A:
are those the same lock?Or are they completly different lock?

It deppends, if you have a pointer you can use the same mutex in both structures, if not, they are copies, using one will not reflect on the other.

I have a function that uses the lock of the structure, can the one structure detect if the other structure lock is used?

Again, if it's a pointer to the same mutex it's shared by both structures,  lock/unlock is detected by both, if not, locking or unlocking one will have no effect on the other.

A: Locks are no different from ints or any other members of a structure.
Q: I have one int in a structure and I create 2 structures. Are they the same int?
A: No they are not. Each structure has its own int.
Q: I have a function that uses the int of one structure, can the one structure detect if the other structure int is used?
A: No it cannot, because each structure has its own int.
If I wanted one int shared by all the structures, I could make it a global variable.

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This is such a weirdly awe inspiring collaboration of images and music and words all from the mind of one man. I have no idea where it took me, but as I watched and listened I knew I was on a journey into a place only Dan Deacon could take me. It is what I look for in art.


The QWheelEvent class contains parameters that describe a wheel event.
Wheel events are sent to the widget under the mouse, and if that widget does not handle the event they are sent to the focus widget. The rotation distance is provided by delta(). The functions pos() and globalPos() return the mouse pointer location at the time of the event.
A wheel event contains a special accept flag that indicates whether the receiver wants the event. You should call QWheelEvent::accept() if you handle the wheel event; otherwise it will be sent to the parent widget.
The QWidget::setEnable() function can be used to enable or disable mouse and keyboard events for a widget.
The event handler QWidget::wheelEvent() receives wheel events.
See also QMouseEvent, QWidget::grabMouse(), and Event Classes.
Constructs a wheel event object.
The globalPos() is initialized to QCursor::pos(), i.e. pos, which is usually (but not always) right. Use the other constructor if you need to specify the global position explicitly. delta contains the rotation distance, state holds the keyboard modifier flags at the time of the event and orient holds the wheel's orientation.
See also pos(), delta(), and state().
Constructs a wheel event object. The position when the event occurred is given in pos and globalPos. delta contains the rotation distance, state holds the keyboard modifier flags at the time of the event and orient holds the wheel's orientation.
See also pos(), globalPos(), delta(), and state().
Sets the accept flag of the wheel event object.
Setting the accept parameter indicates that the receiver of the event wants the wheel event. Unwanted wheel events are sent to the parent widget.
The accept flag is set by default.
Returns the distance that the wheel is rotated expressed in multiples or divisions of the wheel delta, which is currently defined to be 120. A positive value indicates that the wheel was rotated forwards away from the user; a negative value indicates that the wheel was rotated backwards toward the user.
The wheel delta constant was defined to be 120 by wheel mouse vendors to allow building finer-resolution wheels in the future, including perhaps a freely rotating wheel with no notches. The expectation is that such a device would send more messages per rotation but with a smaller value in each message.
Returns the global position of the mouse pointer at the time of the event. This is important on asynchronous window systems such as X11; whenever you move your widgets around in response to mouse events, globalPos() can differ a lot from the current pointer position QCursor::pos().
Returns the global x-position of the mouse pointer at the time of the event.
Returns the global y-position of the mouse pointer at the time of the event.
Clears the accept flag parameter of the wheel event object.
Clearing the accept parameter indicates that the event receiver does not want the wheel event. Unwanted wheel events are sent to the parent widget. The accept flag is set by default.
Returns TRUE if the receiver of the event handles the wheel event; otherwise returns FALSE.
Returns the position of the mouse pointer, relative to the widget that received the event.
If you move your widgets around in response to mouse events, use globalPos() instead of this function.
Returns the keyboard modifier flags of the event.
The returned value is ShiftButton, ControlButton, and AltButton OR'ed together.
Returns the x-position of the mouse pointer, relative to the widget that received the event.
Returns the y-position of the mouse pointer, relative to the widget that received the event.


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Belial of Beliar (Hebreeuws: בְלִיַּעַל, bĕli-yaal, "waardeloos") is een demon die bekend is in het jodendom, christendom en satanisme. Beliar en Belial zijn synoniemen door een gebruikelijke verschuiving in uitspraak in het Aramees.

Hebreeuwse Bijbel
De term Belial komt 27 keer voor in de Masoretische tekst van de Hebreeuwse Bijbel en werd toegepast op ideeën, woorden en raad, op rampspoedige omstandigheden en het meest op waardeloze mannen van de laagste soort, vooral 15 keer in de uitdrukking בְּנֵֽי־בְלִיַּעַל, beni beliyaal, "zonen van Belial". Met deze idiomatische "zonen van"-constructie werden "waardeloze mensen" aangeduid, zoals afgodendienaars, de bandeloze mannen van Gibea, de zonen van de hogepriester Eli en Simi. De Griekse vertaling in de Septuagint geeft alle vermeldingen van בְּנֵי־בְּלִיַּעַל, beni beliyaal bijvoeglijk weer. Alleen de Codex Alexandrinus geeft in Rechters 20:13 de personificatie Βελιαλ, Belial.

Dode Zee-rollen
Belial werd ook beschreven in de Oorlogsrol (waarvan 1QM het meest complete handschrift is), die deel uitmaakt van de Dode Zee-rollen. In de Oorlogsrol wordt de strijd van de 'zonen van het licht' tegen 'de zonen van de duisternis' beschreven. De laatste groep staat onder aanvoering van Belial. In de Dode Zeerollen staat hij beschreven als de leider van alle zonen der duisternis, die samenspande met de Egyptenaren.

Christendom
In het Nieuwe Testament komt de term Belial één keer voor, in 2 Korintiërs 6:15:

In de meeste manuscripten wordt hier Βελιάρ, Beliar gebruikt in plaats van Βελίαλ, Belial.

In vroeg-christelijke teksten werd Belial geïdentificeerd met de engel van de lust en verwarring, net gecreëerd na Satan. Er zijn ook teksten uit dezelfde tijd, die niet tot de Bijbel behoren, die zeggen dat Belial de vader van Satan is en deze Satan heeft aangespoord om te rebelleren in de Hemel tegen God. Belial was daarom de eerste engel, die uit de hemel verdreven werd en daarmee een gevallen engel. In de apocriefe Opstanding van Jezus (door Bartolomeüs) werd Belial genoemd samen met 666 gevallen engelen toen Michaël door Jezus werd opgedragen de hel te tonen aan zijn discipelen.

Doorwerking
In Het paradijs verloren van John Milton wordt enerzijds zijn grote kwaadaardigheid omschreven: "nooit viel vozer geest vanuit de hemel neer, geen die zo grof het kwaad om 't kwaad liefhad", maar ook dat hij zich mooi kon voordoen: "Ter ander zij verrees nu Belial, beschaafder in zijn doen; geen schoner wezen gaf de hemel prijs, hij leek voor waardigheid en heldenfeiten gemaakt, maar 't was al vals en hol".

Satanisme
In het satanisme speelt Belial een rol bij de rituele beleving. Volgens het satanisme is Belial een van de vier kroonprinsen van de hel, specifiek is hij de Zuidelijke kroonprins, en staat hij voor ware zelfstandigheid. Hij representeert ook het element aarde.

Externe links
 www.deliriumsrealm.com

Mythisch wezen
Engel
Dode Zee-rollen
Joodse mythologie
Demon

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Big news for small business owners! If your business engages in export-related activities you can apply for grants of up to $7,000 through the State of Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD).
Businesses that want to apply for export assistance should visit: www.stepgrant.fluidreview.com to review program guidelines, then apply via email to: aaron.knight@ct.gov.
The DECD administers the program, and it directs federal funds to companies that participate in eligible export activities such as trade shows, trade missions, marketing and internationalization projects, and export training.
The federal Small Business Administration created the grant program under the Obama administration to provide grants to state export offices. States like Connecticut must then apply each year for the federal funding. The program was designed to increase state exports and the number of small businesses that export.
Since its inception, Connecticut has awarded $1.5 million in grants to 350 companies.


The Big Payback is the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee's annual 24 hour day of fundraising - online and offline - for more than 800 nonprofits. The goal each year is to amplify the giving efforts as well as bring more attention to more than 800 nonprofits who do great work in the community.
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We produced more than 10 videos, with hundreds of viewers, including behind the scenes and interviews that encouraged giving. The Big Payback raised more than $2.6 million dollars for area nonprofits 2016 and 2017.
I cannot tell you enough what an amazing job MEPR Agency did for us at The Big Paycheck Game Day Throwdown and beyond. MEPR truly helped us shine a light on all that is good in the nonprofit community, and for that I am grateful. MEPR helped to preserve precious memories of a generous community. Thank you!


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Turkey accuses US of stalling on Syria 'safe zone' plans
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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey accused the United States on Tuesday of taking only "cosmetic steps" toward the creation of a so-called "safe zone" in northeast Syria and renewed Ankara's threat of unilateral military intervention to form a buffer area along its border.
Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told journalists that Washington was too strongly involved with U.S.-allied Syrian Kurdish fighters and was stalling on plans for the safe zone.
Turkey has been pressing for the zone to keep the Syrian Kurdish fighters away from the border. Ankara considers the fighters terrorists, claiming they are linked to a Kurdish insurgency within Turkey's borders.
The Syrian Kurdish fighters were the top U.S. allies in the war against the Islamic State group in Syria.
"We are speaking about an ally who cannot act independently from the terror organization," Cavusoglu said, referring to the U.S. "While on one side, it is taking cosmetic steps with us, on the other side, it is strengthening its engagement with" Syrian Kurdish fighters.
He was referring to recent joint Turkish-U.S. helicopter patrols of the planned safe zone region, as well as a joint ground forces patrol that took place on Sunday. U.S. troops on Saturday also conducted patrols with the local Syrian Kurdish-led forces, which annoyed Turkey.
"Turkey's plans are ready," Cavusoglu said. "To clear this region of terrorists is a matter of national security."
The minister's comments came as two U.S. military officials were visiting Turkey for talks on what Ankara calls "safe zone." The U.S. and Syrian Kurdish forces refer to it as a "security mechanism."
Turkey's defense ministry said a delegation headed by Lt. Gen. Stephen Twitty, deputy commander of the U.S. European Command, and Lt. Gen. Thomas Bergeson, deputy commander of the U.S. Central Command, met Turkish military officials on Tuesday. The ministry said more discussions would be held Wednesday at a joint operations center near Turkey's border with Syria.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday rifts remain in the way Turkey and the U.S. envision the zone, claiming Washington was "trying to create a safe zone for the terrorist organization, not for us."
So far, the Kurdish-led forces have withdrawn as deep as 14 kilometers (9 miles) from the border and have removed defensive positions, sand berms and trenches. The depth of the zone, as well as who will control it, is still being worked out.
Turkey has carried out several incursions into Syria during the country's civil war in an effort to curb the expanding influence of the Kurdish forces.
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Rep. Elizabeth Esty (D-CT) was a much-needed voice of mid-life woman reason at the latest U.S. House Committee on We Don't Need No Stinkin' Science hearings on climate change. Calm, firm and all that is reasonable, Rep. Etsy made the very sane observation that resource scarcity will be a consequence of climate change and the national security threat is real. She managed to get the committee to agree that #45 should not cut funding for scientific research from the budget, so —strong work, Rep!
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There was a case a while back, reported in the Register but I forget which journal, where a researcher was fed up with being spammed for contributions. He wrote a mock paper that had fancy technical sentences and graphs, etc. It was funny and silly (El Reg gave the link) and they published it.
When a large number of people started laughing at them, they talked about suing the researcher for damaging their 'reputation'. He pointed out that there was no contract between them and they had asked him to provide a paper. He could also have said that he was always under the impression that they were a comedy journal.


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Entries for the 2022 North West LGBTQ+ Business Awards open on Monday 31st January 2022.
Young Person in Business Award
This award will celebrate the achievements of an LGBTQ+ person in business under the age of 30.
Best Small Business Award
Small businesses are the backbone of the British economy and by far the largest employers in the UK. This award will celebrate a truly inspirational LGBTQ+ owned or allied small business.
Community Impact Award
LGBTQ+ Hospitality Award
LGBTQ+ businesses and their supporters across the North West go above and beyond to make their community a better place to live and work. This prize will be awarded to an LGBTQ+ owned or allied which makes a real difference to the lives of people in their area.
Diversity & Inclusion Award
2020 and 2021 have been incredibly difficult years for the leisure and hospitality sector. This commendation will be given to an LGBTQ+ owned or allied business that has achieved remarkable things in touch circumstances.
This prize will be awarded to an LGBTQ+ business or ally which goes above and beyond to encourage diversity and inclusion to the benefit of its staff, clients or customers.
Best New Business Award
Starting a business requires immense courage, bravery and often involves huge personal sacrifice. We celebrate those businesses which have been created in the last 12 months and thrived in these extraordinary times.
Best Employer Award
Outstanding Personal Achievement Award
This prize will be awarded to an LGBTQ+ employer or ally that goes above and beyond to make their business a truly great place in which to work.
LGBTQ+ Ally Award
This award will be presented to a business or person in business who is an ally of the LGBTQ+ community.
Overall Winner of the 2022 North West LGBTQ+ Business Awards
This award will celebrate an LGBTQ+ individual or ally of the community who has achieved remarkable things, either in their personal life or their professional career.
Which business will be crowned the overall winner of the 2022 North West Business Awards?


Tonka Auto & Marine has been providing quality auto and marine services in the Lake Minnetonka area since 2009. We are a family-owned business who delivers honest, professional auto and marine repairs and maintenance to Long Lake and the surrounding areas.
Delivering quality you expect from a dealership with the personal touch of a family-owned business. Your vehicle is a major investment, that's why we care for each customer's vehicle as if it were our own.
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Siphonoperla baetica is een steenvlieg uit de familie groene steenvliegen (Chloroperlidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1956 door Aubert.

De soort komt voor in Spanje.

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Endemisch dier uit Spanje


An oddly-phrased email written by former Obama aide Susan Rice is raising eyebrows, and generating questions, over the Department of Justice investigating claims of Russian collusion.
Republican senators have given the ex-national security advisor until February 22 to respond to their concerns about an email Rice sent to herself on Jan. 20, 2017, the day the Obama administration was officially leaving the White House and Donald Trump became the 45th president.
The email recalls a January 5, high-level meeting in the Oval Office attended by Obama, then-FBI Director James Comey, then-Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, former Vice President Joe Biden, and Rice. It also claims that Obama demanded a "by the book" DOJ investigation about Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election – a race that surprised many on Election Day when Hillary Clinton lost.
Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Chuck Grassley and Sen. Lindsey Graham, who revealed the discovery of the email, are asking Rice how Comey responded to Obama's "by the book" comment, since it's now known that the Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee were working behind the scenes to pay for political dirt on Trump.
It's also now known that an anti-Trump dossier was taken to the FBI, which used the allegations to win a FISA court warrant to spy on the Trump campaign. Both Yates and Comey signed off on the warrant applications.
Gary Bauer of the Campaign for Working Families calls the email disturbing because it is more evidence of a plan to destroy Trump and his incoming administration.
"And I will be very interested," he says, "to see whether Miss Rice responds to the questions posed to her by Sen. Graham."
"It seems to me to smack of an attempt to revise history on the part of Susan Rice," observes attorney Abe Hamilton, general counsel and public policy analyst at the American Family Association.
"It gives me a very keen sensation," he adds, "that President Obama may know more than he has represented as having known when you see Susan Rice working so diligently to make it sure it appears as having his hands clean."
The American Family Association is the parent organization of American Family News and news website OneNewsNow.


After completing his PhD on the book of Psalms, Yohanna Katanacho felt led to pray every psalm in the context of the Middle East. These prayers were transformed into a book. The following are some book reviews by significant leaders from around the world.
''Christian Presence in the Holy Land ''is a comprehensive, well documented book depicting the various features of Christian life in the Holy Land- past history, present circumstances and future prospects, Written by an authority in Christian affairs with a long record of over forty years of service as chairman of elected Orthodox communal councils in Israel, it is perhaps one of the few authentic records on the subject published by a native Palestinian Christian.
Botrus Mansour is an Israeli Arab Palestinian Christian and Evangelical Baptist living in Nazareth. He is a lawyer in profession and serves today as the general director of the Nazareth Baptist School.
In his first book "When your neighbor is the Savior" published these days by Hope Publishing house in Pasadena California, Mr. Mansour brings forward his biography combined with a presentation of the calling, ministry and challenges of life as an Arab Christian in Israel.
Rev. Alex Awad's recent book is interesting, informative, and inspiring. It is interesting because it recites the story of Huda Awad (pp. 17-88), a courageous and godly Palestinian mother who lived from the Ottoman period until the present century. Through her life, we encounter the tragedies and pains of war, and displacement. At the same time, we encounter the Palestinian-Israeli struggles through the eyes of a godly Christian woman who wants to rear her orphan children and provide for them. We can learn many things from her life.
By Yohanna Katanacho, Special For "Come and See"
A new book in Arabic entitled "Who Are the People of God, Scriptural Studies on the New Testament and the Kingdom of God," authored by Shukri Habibi, has recently been published by the Clarion Publication House in Beirut, Lebanon.
The author, Shukri Habibi, was born in Haifa, Palestine; the late, well known communist leader Emile Habibi is his uncle. He holds Bachelors Degree in Literature and Masters Degree in Divinity. He worked with his wife, Adma, in Lebanon and Monte Carlo in the field of broadcasting ministry and they presently live in the Unite States. He wrote and published several broadcasting series.
Bishop Botrus Mualem is a prolific Palestinian Christian author. He has written almost three dozens of books and many articles. In his latest book titled "Min Wahi Asa'ah" Mualem reveals his life-long wisdom through interacting with important Palestinian sociopolitical and/or religious concerns. The title of his book literally means: inspired by the hour. It is mainly a compilation of short essays that appeared in Arab Israeli newspapers and/or were presented on special occasions. In these essays, Mualem brings recent events and contemporary concerns in an interesting dialogue with the biblical text as well as the wisdom of the church. Contemporary events are the source of his inspiration or writing.


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Eternals (Movie)
The Eternals (Team)
Disney Plus Reveals Marvel's Eternals Streaming Date
By Aeron Mer Eclarinal Posted: December 10, 2021
Eternals is inching closer to capping off its theatrical run, meaning that the film has set its sights on Disney+. The Chloé Zhao-directed movie is part of Marvel Studios and Disney's 45-day exclusive theatrical release, joining Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. While the movie received a mixed response from fans and critics, it still hasn't stopped from performing well at the worldwide box office.
As part of the exclusive group, many fans have wondered when they could watch the film from the comfort of their homes. Fans have theorized that the movie would immediately be released after its 45-day theatrical run, but it was confirmed that this wouldn't be the case.
Shang-Chi set the precedent, with the Simu Liu-led project being released on Disney+ Day on November 12, 2021, 70 days after its premiere.
Now, it looks like the trend will continue with Eternals.
When Will Eternals Be on Disney Plus?
Disney officially confirmed that Eternals will premiere on Disney+ on January 12, 2022.
In the official press release, the House of Mouse confirmed that Eternals will be streaming in IMAX Enhanced on Disney+, joining 13 other MCU movies on the service that take advantage of the feature.
The full release can be seen below:
"Today, Disney+ announced that Marvel Studios' "Eternals," one of the biggest movies of the year, will start streaming exclusively on Disney+ on January 12, 2022. The Marvel Cinematic Universe's newest team of Super Heroes has led theater audiences on an exciting journey spanning thousands of years, and now the Eternals are bringing all of that signature Marvel Studios' action, spectacle and thrill to Disney+.
"Eternals" joins 13 other Marvel Cinematic Universe movies now streaming in IMAX Enhanced on Disney+, which gives subscribers more picture with an expanded aspect ratio for an immersive viewing experience at home (content availability varies by region). More information about IMAX Enhanced on Disney+ is available here.
Alongside the announcement, a brand new poster showcasing the cosmic superhero team was also unveiled:
Coming Soon: Eternals in IMAX Enhanced
Eternals' Disney+ arrival could serve as good news for those fans who opted to wait to watch the film in the safety of their homes amid the pandemic.
Even though spoilers are already out in the open like Harry Styles' MCU debut as Eros, many would agree that a rewatch with friends and family could still be worth it, especially now that blink-and-you'll-miss-it details can be discovered within the streaming platform.
Based on this confirmation, it's safe to assume that every MCU movie after Eternals would follow the same streaming release timeline. At this stage, it seems that a 65-70 day gap between its US theatrical premiere and Disney+ release would be followed moving forward.
Looking ahead, it will be interesting to find out if future MCU movies that will premiere on Disney+ could coincide with the franchise's small screen slate. It's possible that the movies' streaming release will be adjusted, mainly because it is more flexible than the upcoming shows.
Meanwhile, the latest poster highlights the cosmic powers of the Eternals. The elegant-looking design fits their powerful vibe while the characters' equal placement managed to provide no indication of any spoilers with regards to the film's storyline. This could entice home viewers to witness the MCU project in its full glory.
Eternals is still showing in theaters worldwide.
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Raymond Severt, M.D. Santa Rosa Hand Surgery | Raymond Severt, M.D.
Raymond Severt, M.D. is a board certified orthopedic surgeon, is subspecialty trained, and possesses a Certificate of Added Qualification in Surgery of the Hand.
Dr. Severt treats disorder of the hands, wrists, forearm, elbows, and shoulders. �The majority of Dr. Severt's patients are treated and managed by non-operative methods, such as physical or hand therapy, splints, injections, education, and medications.
Dr. Raymond Severt treats all forms of conditions involving the upper extremity. �Some of these conditions include degenerative arthritis, overuse syndromes, sports injuries, trauma, fractures, complex lacerations, deformities, nerve compression problems, and many other problems.
Our hands serve many purposes.� Hands help us eat, dress, write, earn a living, create art and do many other activities. To�accomplish these tasks and activities, our hands require sensation and movement, such as joint motion, tendon gliding and muscle contraction.
Hand surgery is the field of medicine that deals with problems of the hand, wrist, elbow, and shoulder.
Dr. Severt cares for these problems without surgery, and he is specially trained to operate when necessary.
Dr. Raymond Severt is also an expert in diagnosing and caring for shoulder and elbow problems.
Raymond Severt, M.D. is an orthopedic surgeon who has additional training in surgery of the hand.
Dr. Raymond Severt evaluating X-rays of a patient that has a problem with their upper extremity.
Raymond Severt, M.D. consulting with a patient about a problem with the upper extremity.


"Everything's on the table. These lives are worth it," Representative Chris Lee said.
Rep. Chris Lee is taking O'ahu's latest fatal car crash personal.
One of the victims, William Travis Lau was Lee's classmate from Iolani School.
Lee lost a friend and wants to make sure no one else has to.


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I've been visiting the good people at The Ottawa Clinic for some skincare treatments lately and have been quite excited to share my experiences with you.
My first step towards better skin was to start undoing the sun damage I have been subjecting my skin to since I first started slathering myself with Hawaiian Dark Tanning Oil when I was around twelve years old. Yikes. And that is not the only way I got the sun damage I have. Years of just walking around, driving in my car with the sunroof open or the top down, and not wearing sunscreen have taken their toll. Sunscreen simply wasn't a thing in the seventies and eighties.
So. What is sun damage? Basically it is what happens to your skin in the sun. There really is no safe way to enjoy the sun without some sun damage, short of wearing UV protective clothing. Sunscreen helps, but I know from experience that even with judicious application of SPF 50 every forty five minutes to an hour, I still get toasty brown in the sun. Like my father, I can get tan sitting in the shade just having sun reflecting on me. And my skin has paid a price.
My face was starting to show signs of age spots and areas of hyperpigmention that I had barely noticed. When we stare at our own faces every day, subtle changes occurring over the years can be hard to see. And not just my face. My décolletage suffered the worst damage of all. Funny how I would apply sunscreen products to my face every day, but somehow miss my neck and chest. In the past, the only time I burned, it was on my chest. This all came to be painfully obvious after my first visit to The Ottawa Clinic's Dr. Nodwell.
I agreed to explore some procedures with The Ottawa Clinic to share with my readers here. And at fifty one, addressing the symptoms of ageing on my skin were top on my list of Things To Work On. To be honest, I had never really considered laser treatments, but I think that was only because I didn't really know what they did. I thought lasers were for SEVERE pigmentation issues, maybe even scarring, but how they worked and what the results could be were a mystery to me. Dr. Nodwell and his nurse Melinda took the time to explain a myriad of options to me, and one of them was their IPL Icon™ Laser Skin Rejuvenation.
IPL is a non-invasive "light based" procedure performed right in their office, and the technology helps clear brown spots (sun spots, age spots, liver spots, melasma), sun damage that includes lost elasticity in skin, and broken blood vessels. One to three treatments are usually all it takes to get clearer skin. The IPL machine has a hand-held device sort of like a glue gun but bigger and much more complicated, and it emits a pulsed light to target the brown spots, sun damage and blood vessels without damaging the surrounding skin. Here is where is gets magical: the light delivered to your skin is attracted to the hyperpigmentation and causes them to slowly disappear through the skin's natural healing process. There is also a slight skin tightening effect. When the skin is "damaged" by the IPL, your body's own collagen is stimulated into action and starts healing the skin. So firmer skin is another wonderful side effect of IPL.
Funny – I was still kind of "Sure Jan" about it all, as it sounded rather abstract, and I for one did not have any sun damage! I thought….
I would say for ME, the numbing cream is a must. I always thought I was pretty tough. Yank on my hair at the salon – no problem. Electrolysis – I actually kind of love it. IPL? Please apply my numbing cream and bring me my blankie. Here we go – warning, absolutely no makeup or filters ahead. You've been warmed.
My chest, immediately after the IPL treatment.
So when you look at my skin above, you can obviously see the red spots where the IPL was honing in on sun damage. Little did I know how bad it was. That is what you see as the healing begins. Also, note the skin in my cleavage that is a little like Magda from Something About Mary. But seriously, the skin is damaged and lacking firmness so it's wrinkled and just too tan.
What happens in the days after IPL treatment, and what can one expect? I was told to expect some redness, and then the age spots and sun spots will come to the surface of the skin and slough off, looking a bit like coffee grounds on the skin. I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it.
This is the evening of the treatment. As you can see, my face has no redness, even though the same strength IPL was used on chest and face.
There is a big difference in the effect of the IPL on my face versus my décolletage. I have been judicious about using facial sunscreen and it was apparent with the lack of redness – there was very little hyper pigmentation. The first treatment I had, that was very light, actually took away most of what little sun damage there was, leaving little brown flakes of skin a few days after the treatment. I might have had a few spots after this treatment, but not many. So as you can plainly see, the IPL only targets hyper-pigmentation. I was HORRIFIED when I saw my chest. At first because it was red and tender, and then when I realised WHY it was red and tender.
Around 8 days post-treatment – note the little black flecks appearing on my chest. A few on my face but not many.
So around a week after treatment, the ugly truth of my sun damage rises to the surface of my skin. I was shocked. But, can you notice the little spots of pale skin in the centre of the dark flakes? That my friends, is virgin skin.
This photo is taken around 10 days after the one above, almost 20 days after the treatment. I am not sure why my face looks like I haven't slept in a week, but I think I had a migraine.
I should mention that my 30 day recovery is not the norm. I went for the super high level of IPL treatment, and my sun damage was clearly awful. I am waiting another 30 days before the next treatment. But, since I have now seen what my skin looks like under all that sun damage, I am ready for it.
This photo is around 4-5 days after the photo above. I had given my poor cat a bath the night before, hence the scratch. (ps he has never ever scratched me before, he was just trying to escape, poor baby). Pardon my post menopausal acne.
As you can see above, the flaking is subsiding leaving behind pre tan skin with no brown spots. I was concerned about the fact that there are actually visible spots. This is because the sun damage was so extreme, the hyper pigmentation ate up every last drop of energy shot out by the IPL. Dr. Nodwell and Melinda explained to me that they will use a different "grid" pattern to apply the IPL in my next treatment to even out the skint one. It's pretty dramatic.
This is 30 days post treatment. I cannot explain how soft my skin is, and how beautiful the skin emerging from the IPL treatment is. And it's getting better every day.
This is around 36 days post-treatment. I'm a bit flushed as I was just out of the bath!
Currently my skin is a soft as a baby, the wrinkles in my cleavage are gone, and the treated spots on my chest are like porcelain. My skin there glows. But, as you can see, there is still some mottling going on, so the next treatment will be done a different grid, to get the remaining sections of pigmented skin.
Stay tuned for the continuation of this series! I will be posting about my subsequent IPL treatment in a few weeks. And, I will go over my divine Botox treatments in my next post!


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Das Minheimer Kreuz ist ein Wallfahrtsort, Gedenkort und eine Sehenswürdigkeit der Gemeinde Minheim an der Mittelmosel. Die Anlage besteht aus einer über einem Steilhang am Moselufer weithin sichtbar aufgestellten Kreuzigungsgruppe mit einer Gedenkkapelle am Ende eines Kreuzwegs mit 14 Stationen sowie einer Lourdesgrotte bei dessen Anfang. Die Gestaltung und Nutzung der Örtlichkeit ist Ausdruck der lokalen Volksfrömmigkeit. Die Anlage hat einen festen Platz im Gemeindeleben.

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Das als Minheimer Kreuz, manchmal auch als Jesuskreuz bezeichnete Kruzifix befindet sich auf einem hochgelegenen Aussichtspunkt im Moseltal an dem Dorf Minheim gegenüberliegenden bewaldeten Flussufer, das zur Gemarkung Niederemmel der Nachbargemeinde Piesport gehört. Es bildet den Endpunkt des Minheimer Kreuzwegs, der in der Nähe des historischen Fähranlegers seinen Ausgangspunkt hat und mit 14 Kreuzwegstationen den Steilhang hinauf bis zu einer Bergkuppe führt. Der schmale Fußweg windet sich, teilweise über Treppen, über eine Strecke von etwa einem halben Kilometer und 90 Höhenmetern durch den Wald bis zu einer felsigen Abbruchkante, über der die Kreuzigungsgruppe errichtet ist. Unterhalb des Kreuzes steht eine steinerne Kapelle. In der Nähe des Aufgangs befindet sich eine Lourdesgrotte.

Auf der Westseite des Kreuzwegs, jenseits eines kleinen Bachs, des Fuchsbachs, der dort den Berg eingekerbt hat, liegt der ehemalige Steinbruch Im Reiserbüsch, in dem in der Vergangenheit Schiefer als Baustoff abgebaut wurde. Nachdem dort ein Bergrutsch sieben Arbeiter unter sich begraben hatte, lange bevor das Kreuz errichtet wurde, legten Minheimer die Lourdesgrotte an. Dort sind kleine aus Marmor oder anderem Stein gefertigte Votivtafeln aufgestellt, auf denen sich Gläubige bedanken, wenn sie sich nach einer Krankheit erholt hatten, bei einem Unfall glimpflich davongekommen waren oder ihr Leben eine positive Wendung genommen hatte. Auf den kleinen Schildern ist meist die Aufschrift "Maria hat geholfen" zu lesen.

Die Entstehung des Kreuzes reicht bis 1936 zurück, als ein Schulkreuz-Verbot durch die herrschenden Nationalsozialisten erging. Damals wurde das Kreuz erstmals aufgestellt, als stiller, aber im ganzen Ort gut sichtbarer Protest gegen die Entfernung der Kruzifixe aus den Klassenzimmern der Dorfschule. Während der folgenden zwei Jahre wurden die Kreuzwegstationen und der Fußweg angelegt. Eine Tafel an dem gemauerten hohen Podest der Kreuzigungsgruppe gibt als Errichtungsjahr 1937 an.

Die kleine, steinerne Kapelle ist am Hang unterhalb der Kreuzigungsgruppe errichtet. Die Frontgiebelwand mit drei gewölbten Fenstern (Dreifaltigkeitssymbolik) ist zum Tal ausgerichtet und daher ebenfalls aus der Ferne gut sichtbar. Mit einer Darstellung der Grablegung Jesu in ihrem Inneren bildet sie die 14. Kreuzwegstation. Die Figurengruppe steht hinter einem Ziergitter in der Apsis der Kapelle. In einer Nische der Seitenwand ist eine steinerne Gedenktafel angebracht, auf der 27 im Ersten Weltkrieg als Soldaten umgekommene Männer aus der Kirchengemeinde Minheim mit Namen und Sterbedatum aufgeführt sind.

Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg gab es regelmäßige Prozessionen zum Kreuz. Das Grundstück ging in das Eigentum der Kirche über, die so sicherstellen wollte, dass Kreuz und Kreuzweg langfristig Bestand haben. Nachdem 1979 die Fähre eingestellt worden war, wurde das Kreuz seltener aufgesucht. Die Anlage wurde allerdings regelmäßig nach dem Winter gepflegt. Jeweils in der Woche vor Ostern befreiten engagierte Mitglieder der Dorfgemeinschaft die Wege und Stufen von herab gerutschtem Erdreich und Moosbewuchs und schnitten Hecken und Gestrüpp zurück. Jedes Jahr am 1. Mai um 7 Uhr morgens spielt der Minheimer Musikverein am Kreuz Kirchenlieder, die im ganzen Dorf zu hören sind. Auf private Initiative eines Anwohners wurden 2015 die 14 Kreuzwegstationen einschließlich der Kreuzigungsgruppe instand gesetzt. Ein Weg, der von der Landstraße, die über die Höhe führt, durch den Wald bis zum Kreuz verläuft, wurde befahrbar ausgebaut. Danach fand nach mehr als 50 Jahren erstmals wieder eine Andacht am Kreuz statt, zu der auch ältere Menschen mit einem Bus herangebracht wurden. 2017 wurden die Figuren in der Kapelle aufwändig restauriert. So ist das Minheimer Kreuz bis in die Gegenwart ein fester Bestandteil im Gemeindeleben. Die Gemeinde, die von Weinbau und Tourismus lebt, bewirbt das Minheimer Kreuz auch als Sehenswürdigkeit und Ausflugsziel mit spektakulärer Aussicht. Am Aussichtspunkt bei der Kreuzigungsgruppe sind Bänke zum Verweilen aufgestellt. Er wird Drei-Kirchturm-Blick genannt, weil die Kirchtürme von Minheim, Niederemmel und Piesport von dort aus annähernd auf einer Sichtlinie liegen. Auch die Kirchtürme von Kesten, Wintrich und Monzel sind in Sichtweite. Minheimer Winzer bringen manchmal auch ihre Gäste mit dem Traktor zum Fuß des Kreuzes, gehen mit ihnen den Weg hinauf und bieten oben Weinproben an.

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 Fährkopf von Minheim

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Minheim
Christentum im Landkreis Bernkastel-Wittlich
Kulturdenkmal in Piesport
Kruzifix (20. Jahrhundert)
Katholischer Wallfahrtsort in Rheinland-Pfalz
Skulptur (1936)
Bauwerk im Landkreis Bernkastel-Wittlich
Lourdesgrotte


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 */
if ( ! function_exists ( 'swpsmtp_plugin_action_links' ) ) {
	function swpsmtp_plugin_action_links( $links, $file ) {
		/* Static so we don't call plugin_basename on every plugin row. */
		static $this_plugin;
		if ( ! $this_plugin ) {
			$this_plugin = plugin_basename( __FILE__ );
		}
		if ( $file == $this_plugin ) {
			$settings_link = '' . __( 'Settings', 'easy_wp_smtp' ) . '';
			array_unshift( $links, $settings_link );
		}
		return $links;
	}
}

/**
 * Add action links on plugin page in to Plugin Description block
 * @param $links array() action links
 * @param $file  string  relative path to pugin "easy-wp-smtp/easy-wp-smtp.php"
 * @return $links array() action links
 */
if ( ! function_exists ( 'swpsmtp_register_plugin_links' ) ) {
	function swpsmtp_register_plugin_links( $links, $file ) {
		$base = plugin_basename( __FILE__ );
		if ( $file == $base ) {
			$links[] = '' . __( 'Settings', 'easy_wp_smtp' ) . '';
		}
		return $links;
	}
}

/**
 * Function to add plugin scripts
 * @return void
 */
if ( ! function_exists ( 'swpsmtp_admin_head' ) ) {
	function swpsmtp_admin_head() {
		wp_enqueue_style( 'swpsmtp_stylesheet', plugins_url( 'css/style.css', __FILE__ ) );

		if ( isset( $_REQUEST['page'] ) && 'swpsmtp_settings' == $_REQUEST['page'] ) {
			wp_enqueue_script( 'swpsmtp_script', plugins_url( 'js/script.js', __FILE__ ), array( 'jquery' ) );
		}
	}
}

/**
 * Function to add smtp options in the phpmailer_init
 * @return void
 */
if ( ! function_exists ( 'swpsmtp_init_smtp' ) ) {
	function swpsmtp_init_smtp( $phpmailer ) {
		$swpsmtp_options = get_option( 'swpsmtp_options' );
		/* Set the mailer type as per config above, this overrides the already called isMail method */
		$phpmailer->IsSMTP();
		$from_email = $swpsmtp_options['from_email_field'];
                $phpmailer->From = $from_email;
                $from_name  = $swpsmtp_options['from_name_field'];
                $phpmailer->FromName = $from_name;
                $phpmailer->SetFrom($phpmailer->From, $phpmailer->FromName);
		/* Set the SMTPSecure value */
		if ( $swpsmtp_options['smtp_settings']['type_encryption'] !== 'none' ) {
			$phpmailer->SMTPSecure = $swpsmtp_options['smtp_settings']['type_encryption'];
		}

		/* Set the other options */
		$phpmailer->Host = $swpsmtp_options['smtp_settings']['host'];
		$phpmailer->Port = $swpsmtp_options['smtp_settings']['port'];

		/* If we're using smtp auth, set the username & password */
		if( 'yes' == $swpsmtp_options['smtp_settings']['autentication'] ){
			$phpmailer->SMTPAuth = true;
			$phpmailer->Username = $swpsmtp_options['smtp_settings']['username'];
			$phpmailer->Password = swpsmtp_get_password();
		}
	}
}

/**
 * View function the settings to send messages.
 * @return void
 */
if ( ! function_exists( 'swpsmtp_settings' ) ) {
	function swpsmtp_settings() {
		$display_add_options = $message = $error = $result = '';

		$swpsmtp_options = get_option( 'swpsmtp_options' );

		if ( isset( $_POST['swpsmtp_form_submit'] ) && check_admin_referer( plugin_basename( __FILE__ ), 'swpsmtp_nonce_name' ) ) {
			/* Update settings */
			$swpsmtp_options['from_name_field'] = isset( $_POST['swpsmtp_from_name'] ) ? sanitize_text_field(wp_unslash($_POST['swpsmtp_from_name'])) : '';
			if( isset( $_POST['swpsmtp_from_email'] ) ){
				if( is_email( $_POST['swpsmtp_from_email'] ) ){
					$swpsmtp_options['from_email_field'] = $_POST['swpsmtp_from_email'];
				}
				else{
					$error .= " " . __( "Please enter a valid email address in the 'FROM' field.", 'easy_wp_smtp' );
				}
			}

			$swpsmtp_options['smtp_settings']['host']     				= sanitize_text_field($_POST['swpsmtp_smtp_host']);
			$swpsmtp_options['smtp_settings']['type_encryption'] = ( isset( $_POST['swpsmtp_smtp_type_encryption'] ) ) ? $_POST['swpsmtp_smtp_type_encryption'] : 'none' ;
			$swpsmtp_options['smtp_settings']['autentication']   = ( isset( $_POST['swpsmtp_smtp_autentication'] ) ) ? $_POST['swpsmtp_smtp_autentication'] : 'yes' ;
			$swpsmtp_options['smtp_settings']['username']  			= sanitize_text_field($_POST['swpsmtp_smtp_username']);
                        $smtp_password = trim($_POST['swpsmtp_smtp_password']);
			$swpsmtp_options['smtp_settings']['password'] 				= base64_encode($smtp_password);

			/* Check value from "SMTP port" option */
			if ( isset( $_POST['swpsmtp_smtp_port'] ) ) {
				if ( empty( $_POST['swpsmtp_smtp_port'] ) || 1 > intval( $_POST['swpsmtp_smtp_port'] ) || ( ! preg_match( '/^\d+$/', $_POST['swpsmtp_smtp_port'] ) ) ) {
					$swpsmtp_options['smtp_settings']['port'] = '25';
					$error .= " " . __( "Please enter a valid port in the 'SMTP Port' field.", 'easy_wp_smtp' );
				} else {
					$swpsmtp_options['smtp_settings']['port'] = $_POST['swpsmtp_smtp_port'];
				}
			}

			/* Update settings in the database */
			if ( empty( $error ) ) {
				update_option( 'swpsmtp_options', $swpsmtp_options );
				$message .= __( "Settings saved.", 'easy_wp_smtp' );
			}
			else{
				$error .= " " . __( "Settings are not saved.", 'easy_wp_smtp' );
			}
		}

		/* Send test letter */
		if ( isset( $_POST['swpsmtp_test_submit'] ) && check_admin_referer( plugin_basename( __FILE__ ), 'swpsmtp_nonce_name' ) ) {
			if( isset( $_POST['swpsmtp_to'] ) ){
				if( is_email( $_POST['swpsmtp_to'] ) ){
					$swpsmtp_to =$_POST['swpsmtp_to'];
				}
				else{
					$error .= " " . __( "Please enter a valid email address in the 'FROM' field.", 'easy_wp_smtp' );
				}
			}
			$swpsmtp_subject = isset( $_POST['swpsmtp_subject'] ) ? $_POST['swpsmtp_subject'] : '';
			$swpsmtp_message = isset( $_POST['swpsmtp_message'] ) ? $_POST['swpsmtp_message'] : '';
			if( ! empty( $swpsmtp_to ) )
				$result = swpsmtp_test_mail( $swpsmtp_to, $swpsmtp_subject, $swpsmtp_message );
		} ?>

<?php _e( "Easy WP SMTP Settings", 'easy_wp_smtp' ); ?>

Please visit the Easy WP SMTP documentation page for usage instructions.

			<div class="updated fade" <?php if( empty( $message ) ) echo "style=\"display:none\""; ?>>

<?php echo $message; ?>

			<div class="error" <?php if ( empty( $error ) ) echo "style=\"display:none\""; ?>>

<?php echo $error; ?>

<?php _e( "Notice:", 'easy_wp_smtp' ); ?> <?php _e( "The plugin's settings have been changed. In order to save them please don't forget to click the 'Save Changes' button.", 'easy_wp_smtp' ); ?>

<?php _e( 'General Settings', 'easy_wp_smtp' ); ?>

			<form id="swpsmtp_settings_form" method="post" action="">

						<?php _e( "From Email Address", 'easy_wp_smtp' ); ?>

							<input type="text" name="swpsmtp_from_email" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $swpsmtp_options['from_email_field'] ); ?>"/>

							<?php _e( "This email address will be used in the 'From' field.", 'easy_wp_smtp' ); ?>

						<?php _e( "From Name", 'easy_wp_smtp' ); ?>

							<input type="text" name="swpsmtp_from_name" value="<?php echo esc_attr($swpsmtp_options['from_name_field']); ?>"/>

							<?php _e( "This text will be used in the 'FROM' field", 'easy_wp_smtp' ); ?>

						<?php _e( 'SMTP Host', 'easy_wp_smtp' ); ?>

							<input type='text' name='swpsmtp_smtp_host' value='<?php echo esc_attr($swpsmtp_options['smtp_settings']['host']); ?>' />

							<?php _e( "Your mail server", 'easy_wp_smtp' ); ?>

						<?php _e( 'Type of Encription', 'easy_wp_smtp' ); ?>

							<input type="radio" id="swpsmtp_smtp_type_encryption_1" name="swpsmtp_smtp_type_encryption" value='none' <?php if( 'none' == $swpsmtp_options['smtp_settings']['type_encryption'] ) echo 'checked="checked"'; ?> /> <?php _e( 'None', 'easy_wp_smtp' ); ?>
							<input type="radio" id="swpsmtp_smtp_type_encryption_2" name="swpsmtp_smtp_type_encryption" value='ssl' <?php if( 'ssl' == $swpsmtp_options['smtp_settings']['type_encryption'] ) echo 'checked="checked"'; ?> /> <?php _e( 'SSL', 'easy_wp_smtp' ); ?>
							<input type="radio" id="swpsmtp_smtp_type_encryption_3" name="swpsmtp_smtp_type_encryption" value='tls' <?php if( 'tls' == $swpsmtp_options['smtp_settings']['type_encryption'] ) echo 'checked="checked"'; ?> /> <?php _e( 'TLS', 'easy_wp_smtp' ); ?>

							<?php _e( "For most servers SSL is the recommended option", 'easy_wp_smtp' ); ?>

						<?php _e( 'SMTP Port', 'easy_wp_smtp' ); ?>

							<input type='text' name='swpsmtp_smtp_port' value='<?php echo esc_attr($swpsmtp_options['smtp_settings']['port']); ?>' />

							<?php _e( "The port to your mail server", 'easy_wp_smtp' ); ?>

						<?php _e( 'SMTP Authentication', 'easy_wp_smtp' ); ?>

							<input type="radio" id="swpsmtp_smtp_autentication" name="swpsmtp_smtp_autentication" value='no' <?php if( 'no' == $swpsmtp_options['smtp_settings']['autentication'] ) echo 'checked="checked"'; ?> /> <?php _e( 'No', 'easy_wp_smtp' ); ?>
							<input type="radio" id="swpsmtp_smtp_autentication" name="swpsmtp_smtp_autentication" value='yes' <?php if( 'yes' == $swpsmtp_options['smtp_settings']['autentication'] ) echo 'checked="checked"'; ?> /> <?php _e( 'Yes', 'easy_wp_smtp' ); ?>

							<?php _e( "This options should always be checked 'Yes'", 'easy_wp_smtp' ); ?>

						<?php _e( 'SMTP username', 'easy_wp_smtp' ); ?>

							<input type='text' name='swpsmtp_smtp_username' value='<?php echo esc_attr($swpsmtp_options['smtp_settings']['username']); ?>' />

							<?php _e( "The username to login to your mail server", 'easy_wp_smtp' ); ?>

						<?php _e( 'SMTP Password', 'easy_wp_smtp' ); ?>

							<input type='password' name='swpsmtp_smtp_password' value='<?php echo swpsmtp_get_password(); ?>' />

							<?php _e( "The password to login to your mail server", 'easy_wp_smtp' ); ?>

					<input type="submit" id="settings-form-submit" class="button-primary" value="<?php _e( 'Save Changes', 'easy_wp_smtp' ) ?>" />
					<input type="hidden" name="swpsmtp_form_submit" value="submit" />
					<?php wp_nonce_field( plugin_basename( __FILE__ ), 'swpsmtp_nonce_name' ); ?>

			</form>

			<div class="updated fade" <?php if( empty( $result ) ) echo "style=\"display:none\""; ?>>

<?php echo $result; ?>

<?php _e( 'Testing And Debugging Settings', 'easy_wp_smtp' ); ?>

			<form id="swpsmtp_settings_form" method="post" action="">

						<?php _e( "To", 'easy_wp_smtp' ); ?>:

							<input type="text" name="swpsmtp_to" value=""/>

							<?php _e( "Enter the email address to recipient", 'easy_wp_smtp' ); ?>

						<?php _e( "Subject", 'easy_wp_smtp' ); ?>:

							<input type="text" name="swpsmtp_subject" value=""/>

							<?php _e( "Enter a subject for your message", 'easy_wp_smtp' ); ?>

						<?php _e( "Message", 'easy_wp_smtp' ); ?>:

							<textarea name="swpsmtp_message" id="swpsmtp_message" rows="5"></textarea>

							<?php _e( "Write your message", 'easy_wp_smtp' ); ?>

					<input type="submit" id="settings-form-submit" class="button-primary" value="<?php _e( 'Send Test Email', 'easy_wp_smtp' ) ?>" />
					<input type="hidden" name="swpsmtp_test_submit" value="submit" />
					<?php wp_nonce_field( plugin_basename( __FILE__ ), 'swpsmtp_nonce_name' ); ?>

			</form>

	<?php }
}

/**
 * Function to test mail sending
 * @return text or errors
 */
if ( ! function_exists( 'swpsmtp_test_mail' ) ) {
	function swpsmtp_test_mail( $to_email, $subject, $message ) {
		$errors = '';

		$swpsmtp_options = get_option( 'swpsmtp_options' );

		require_once( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-phpmailer.php' );
		$mail = new PHPMailer();

		$from_name  = utf8_decode($swpsmtp_options['from_name_field']);
		$from_email = $swpsmtp_options['from_email_field'];

		$mail->IsSMTP();

		/* If using smtp auth, set the username & password */
		if( 'yes' == $swpsmtp_options['smtp_settings']['autentication'] ){
			$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
			$mail->Username = $swpsmtp_options['smtp_settings']['username'];
			$mail->Password = swpsmtp_get_password();
		}

		/* Set the SMTPSecure value, if set to none, leave this blank */
		if ( $swpsmtp_options['smtp_settings']['type_encryption'] !== 'none' ) {
			$mail->SMTPSecure = $swpsmtp_options['smtp_settings']['type_encryption'];
		}

		/* Set the other options */
		$mail->Host = $swpsmtp_options['smtp_settings']['host'];
		$mail->Port = $swpsmtp_options['smtp_settings']['port'];
		$mail->SetFrom( $from_email, $from_name );
		$mail->isHTML( true );
		$mail->Subject = utf8_decode($subject);
		$mail->MsgHTML( $message );
		$mail->AddAddress( $to_email );
		$mail->SMTPDebug = 0;

		/* Send mail and return result */
		if ( ! $mail->Send() )
			$errors = $mail->ErrorInfo;

		$mail->ClearAddresses();
		$mail->ClearAllRecipients();

		if ( ! empty( $errors ) ) {
			return $errors;
		}
		else{
			return 'Test mail was sent';
		}
	}
}

/**
 * Performed at uninstal.
 * @return void
 */
if ( ! function_exists( 'swpsmtp_send_uninstall' ) ) {
	function swpsmtp_send_uninstall() {
		/* delete plugin options */
		delete_site_option( 'swpsmtp_options' );
		delete_option( 'swpsmtp_options' );
	}
}

if ( ! function_exists( 'swpsmtp_get_password' ) ) {
	function swpsmtp_get_password() {
            $swpsmtp_options = get_option( 'swpsmtp_options' );
            $temp_password = $swpsmtp_options['smtp_settings']['password'];
            $password = "";
            $decoded_pass = base64_decode($temp_password);
            if (base64_encode($decoded_pass) === $temp_password) {  //it might be encoded
                if(false === mb_detect_encoding($decoded_pass)){  //could not find character encoding.
                    $password = $temp_password;
                }
                else{
                    $password = base64_decode($temp_password);
                }
            }
            else{ //not encoded
                $password = $temp_password;
            }
            return $password;
	}
}

/**
 * Add all hooks
 */

add_filter( 'plugin_action_links', 'swpsmtp_plugin_action_links', 10, 2 );
add_filter( 'plugin_row_meta', 'swpsmtp_register_plugin_links', 10, 2 );

add_action( 'phpmailer_init','swpsmtp_init_smtp');

add_action( 'admin_menu', 'swpsmtp_admin_default_setup' );

add_action( 'admin_init', 'swpsmtp_admin_init' );
add_action( 'admin_enqueue_scripts', 'swpsmtp_admin_head' );

register_uninstall_hook( plugin_basename( __FILE__ ), 'swpsmtp_send_uninstall' );


text:
Q: Not getting events with PAMI class VoipEventStart implements IEventListener
{
    public function handle(EventMessage $event)
    {
        $a = $event->getKeys();

        if( ($a['event'] == "Hangup" || $a['event'] == "HangupRequest") && strpos($a['channel'], 'SIP/') !== FALSE)
        {
            return true;
        }

        return false;
    }
}

With above code ,I get peer status events, dont get the call events. Can any one help me what will be the reason?

A: Check your asterisk manager.conf. Each AMI account has a list of read/write permissions. Ensure that your account has at least read access for "call" events.
See https://github.com/asterisk/asterisk/blob/master/configs/samples/manager.conf.sample for the official example file with a lot of explanations.


text:
Minke whale
by Tyron Drake | May 12, 2020 | Antarctic Krill
Image by/from NOAA
The minke whale /ˈmɪnki/, or lesser rorqual, is a species complex of baleen whale. The two species of minke whale are the common (or northern) minke whale and the Antarctic (or southern) minke whale. The minke whale was first described by the Danish naturalist Otto Fabricius in 1780, who assumed it must be an already known species and assigned his specimen to Balaena rostrata, a name given to the northern bottlenose whale by Otto Friedrich Muller in 1776. In 1804, Bernard Germain de Lacepede described a juvenile specimen of Balaenoptera acuto-rostrata. The name is a partial translation of Norwegian minkehval, possibly after a Norwegian whaler named Meincke, who mistook a northern minke whale for a blue whale.
Most modern classifications split the minke whale into two species;
Taxonomists further categorize the common minke whale into two or three subspecies; the North Atlantic minke whale, the North Pacific minke whale and dwarf minke whale. All minke whales are part of the rorquals, a family that includes the humpback whale, the fin whale, the Bryde's whale, the sei whale and the blue whale.
The junior synonyms for B. acutorostrata are B. davidsoni (Scammon 1872), B. minimia (Rapp, 1837) and B. rostrata (Fabricius, 1780). There is one synonym for B. bonaerensis – B. huttoni (Gray 1874).
Writing in his 1998 classification, Rice recognized two of the subspecies of the common minke whale – B. a. scammoni (Scammon's minke whale) and a further taxonomically unnamed subspecies found in the Southern Hemisphere, the dwarf minke whale (first described by Best as "Type 3", 1985).
On at least one occasion, an Antarctic minke whale has been confirmed migrating to the Arctic. In addition, at least two wild hybrids between a common minke whale and an Antarctic minke whale have been confirmed.
The minke whales are the second smallest baleen whale; only the pygmy right whale is smaller. Upon reaching sexual maturity (6-8 years of age), males measure an average of 6.9 m (23 ft) and females 8 m (26 ft) in length, respectively. Reported maximum lengths vary from 9.1 to 10.7 m (30 to 35 ft) for females and 8.8 to 9.8 m (29 to 32 ft) for males. Both sexes typically weigh 4-5 t (3.9-4.9 long tons; 4.4-5.5 short tons) at sexual maturity, and the maximum weight may be as much as 10 t (9.8 long tons; 11 short tons).
The minke whale is a black/gray/purple color.[clarification needed] Common minke whales (Northern Hemisphere variety) are distinguished from other whales by a white band on each flipper. The body is usually black or dark-gray above and white underneath. Minke whales have between 240 and 360 baleen plates on each side of their mouths. Most of the length of the back, including dorsal fin and blowholes, appears at once when the whale surfaces to breathe.
Minke whales typically live for 30-50 years; in some cases they may live for up to 60 years.
Minke whales have a digestive system composed of four compartments with a high density of anaerobic bacteria throughout. The presence of the bacteria suggests minke whales rely on microbial digestion to extract nutrients provided by their food.
As with most Mysticetes, the auditory system for the minke whale is not well understood. However, magnetic resonance imaging points to evidence that the minke whale has fat deposits in their jaws intended for sound reception, much like Odontocetes.
The brains of minke whales have around 12.8 billion neocortical neurons and 98.2 billion neocortical glia.
The whale breathes three to five times at short intervals before 'deep-diving' for two to 20 minutes. Deep dives are preceded by a pronounced arching of the back. The maximum swimming speed of minkes has been estimated at 38 km/h (24 mph).
Both species undertake seasonal migration routes to the poles during spring and towards the tropics during fall and winter. Difference between the timing of the seasons may prevent the two closely related species from mixing. A long-term photo identification study on the British Columbian and Washington coasts showed that some individuals travel as far as 424 km north in the spring, and 398 km south to warmer waters in the autumn. Many specifics about migration in this species still remain unclear.
The gestation period for minke whales is 10 months, and calves measure 2.4 to 2.8 m (7.9 to 9.2 ft) at birth. The newborns nurse for five to 10 months. Breeding peaks during the summer months. Calving is thought to occur every two years.
The timing of conception and birth varies between region.
In the North Atlantic conception takes place from December to May with a peak month of February with birth taking place from October to March with a peak in December. In the North Pacific off Japan there appears to be two phases of conception, the majority of which occurs from February to March but also from August to September, with births occurring from December to January and June to July. In the Yellow Sea stock these two phases have not been noted with conception occurring from July to September and birth peaking from May to June.
In the Southern Hemisphere conception takes place from June to December with a peak in August and September. Peak birth time occurs from July to August.
Killer whale predation on minke whales has been well documented. A study in 1975 found that in 49 killer whale stomachs, 84% had consumed minke whale. Minke whale carcasses investigated after attacks show that killer whales have an affinity for minke tongues and lower jaw. The anti-predatory mechanism of the minke whale is strictly a flight response, as when this fails no physical retaliation is observed. Chases most commonly lead into open ocean, although there have been records of minke whales inadvertently swimming into confined, shallow waters. There have been two recorded instances of minke whales ending high speed chases by hiding under a ship's hull, however, both instances were unsuccessful.
Minke whales in the north Atlantic are observed to take a variety of food items. Before 1993, minke whales in the north Barents Sea fed predominantly on capelin until stocks collapsed and the whales switched to krill as their primary prey type. The minke whale population in the Norwegian Sea primarily feeds on adult herring while krill, capelin, and sand eels are also recorded prey types. In Scotland, sand eels are the most commonly observed prey species, followed by herring and sprat. Seasonal variations are observed off of Finnmark, with krill the most popular prey type in the summer and cod in the autumn. Stable isotope analysis from 2003 shows minke whales in the north Atlantic also feed on prey from lower trophic levels as well.
Two stocks of minke whale are observed in the North Pacific: the "J stock" (Sea of Japan – Yellow Sea – East China sea) and the "O stock" (Okhotsk sea – west Pacific). Seasonal variations in diet exist. J stock whales' primary prey type is Japanese anchovy during May and June, Pacific saury in July and August, and krill in September. O stock whales primarily feed on krill in July and August. Most minke whales observed in 2002 (90.4%) fed solely on one prey species.
Antarctic minke whales are diurnal feeders. This minke whale population mainly feeds on Antarctic krill in offshore areas and ice krill in coastal areas on the continental shelf such as the Ross sea and Prydz bay. The population has been recorded to forage on ten known species: five fish (Antarctic silverfish, Antarctic jonasfish, Antarctic lanternfish, Chionodraco, and Notothenia), four euphausiids (Antarctic krill, ice krill, Euphausia frigida, Thysanoessa macrura), and one amphipod (Themisto gaudichaudii).
As of 2018, the IUCN Red List labels the common minke whale as Least Concern and the Antarctic minke whale as Near Threatened.
COSEWIC puts both species in the Not At Risk category . NatureServe lists them as G5 which means the species is secure on global range .
Population estimates are generated by the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission. The 2004 estimate yielded 515,000 individuals for the Antarctic minke stock.
Whaling was mentioned in Norwegian written sources as early as the year 800, and hunting minke whales with harpoons was common in the 11th century. In the 19th century, they were considered too small to chase, and received their name from a young Norwegian whale-spotter in the crew of Svend Foyn, who harpooned one, mistaking it for a blue whale and was derided for it.
By the end of the 1930s, they were the target of coastal whaling by Brazil, Canada, China, Greenland, Japan, Korea, Norway, and South Africa. Minke whales were not then regularly hunted by the large-scale whaling operations in the Southern Ocean because of their relatively small size. However, by the early 1970s, following the overhunting of larger whales such as the sei, fin, and blue whales, minkes became a more attractive target of whalers. By 1979, the minke was the only whale caught by Southern Ocean fleets. Hunting continued apace until the general moratorium on whaling began in 1986.
Following the moratorium, most hunting of minke whales ceased. Japan continued catching whales under the special research permit clause in the IWC convention, though in significantly smaller numbers. The stated purpose of the research is to establish data to support a case for the resumption of sustainable commercial whaling. Environmental organizations and several governments contend that research whaling is simply a cover for commercial whaling. The 2006 catch by Japanese whalers included 505 Antarctic minke whales. Between November 2017 and March 2018, Japan reported catches of a total of 333 Minke whales, of which 122 were pregnant females.
Although Norway initially followed the moratorium, they had placed an objection to it with the IWC and resumed a commercial hunt of the Common minke whale in 1993. The quota for 2006 was set at 1,052 animals, but only 546 were taken. The quota for 2011 was set at 1286. In August 2003, Iceland announced it would start research catches to estimate whether the stocks around the island could sustain hunting. Three years later, in 2006, Iceland resumed commercial whaling.
A 2007 analysis of DNA fingerprinting of whale meat estimated South Korean fishermen caught 827 minke between 1999 and 2003, approximately twice the officially reported number. This raised concerns that some whales were being caught deliberately.
In July 2019, Japan resumed commercial whaling activities. The permitted catch for the initial season (July 1 – December 31 2019) is 227 whales, of which 52 can be minke.
Due to their relative abundance, minke whales are often the focus of whale-watching cruises setting sail from, for instance, the Isle of Mull in Scotland, County Cork in Ireland and Husavik in Iceland, and tours taken on the east coast of Canada. They are also one of the most commonly sighted whales seen on whale-watches from New England and eastern Canada. In contrast to humpback whales, minkes do not raise their flukes out of the water when diving and are less likely to breach (jump clear of the sea surface). This, combined with the fact that minkes can stay submerged for as long as 20 minutes, has led some whale-watchers to label them 'stinky minkes'.
In the northern Great Barrier Reef (Australia), a swim-with-whales tourism industry has developed based on the June and July migration of dwarf minke whales. A limited number of reef tourism operators (based in Port Douglas and Cairns) have been granted permits by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority to conduct these swims, given strict adherence to a code of practice, and that operators report details of all sightings as part of a monitoring program.
Scientists from James Cook University and the Museum of Tropical Queensland have worked closely with participating operators and the Authority, researching tourism impacts and implementing management protocols to ensure these interactions are ecologically sustainable.
Minke whales are also occasionally sighted in Pacific waters, in and around the Haro Strait of British Columbia and Washington state.
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Northeast Asia's Changing Security Environment
Flashpoints | Security | East Asia
Worsening tensions, from North Korea's provocations to the fallout from Russia's Ukraine invasion, underline the failure of existing policy dialogues.
By Bolor Lkhaajav for The Diplomat
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The security of Northeast Asia is threatened by the equivocal actions of regional actors. Russia's invasion of Ukraine – and resulting strained relations with G-7 countries, including Japan – and North Korea's recent provocations, taken together, change the security environment of Northeast Asia at large. These precarious instabilities further limit what other countries, like Mongolia, can do to mitigate and defuse any escalation.
Any conversation concerning the security environment of Northeast Asia must involve Russia's annexation of Ukrainian territories and North Korea's recent artillery fire and missile tests. Although Moscow's war does not directly involve the Northeast Asian countries, it has certainly disseminated political, economic, and security shock waves. Moreover, there is a possibility that the Kremlin's action has emboldened Pyongyang's determination to ramp up its testing.
The latest round of provocations from North Korea leaves Seoul and Tokyo with little hope, but severe suspicion and distrust. In South Korea, support is growing for Seoul to pursue its own nuclear weapons to better defense against aggression from the North.
At the same time, North Korea's all-out efforts at boosting its military capabilities demonstrate Pyongyang's continued insecurity. North Korea's actions highlight decades of failed attempts at diplomacy, including a number of peace dialogues, and regional initiatives, such as the Six-Party Talks, the Ulaanbaatar Dialogue, and Seoul's Sunshine Policy.
In the past, many levels of multilateral dialogues and bilateral attempts all have contributed to establishing platforms where Northeast Asian actors can discuss regional security issues in a round-table manner. In particular, Mongolia, being the only Northeast Asian country with stable relations with both North and South Korea, has served as a stable actor to meditate between conflicting parties. In retrospect, however, diplomacy, peace dialogues, and multi-party communications have not reached a comprehensive result, nor changed the behavior of Pyongyang. A change of course might be in the cards.
There is also an important geopolitical aspect to the security of Northeast Asia. Regional actors such as Russia, China, Japan, and the two Koreas play a major role in maintaining both regional and global peace and security. Russia and China, for example, are permanent members of the United Nations Security Council as well as are nuclear-weapon states. North Korea's nuclear weapons capabilities at some point will force policymakers to consider not only if but when Pyongyang finally becomes a nuclear weapons state. The uniqueness of the Northeast Asian geopolitics mirrors its very challenges.
These intertwined dynamics help explain why the region does not have a unified security framework, like the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or most recently AUKUS.
Considering the complexity of Northeast Asian history, regional countries' approach to maintaining security is dependent upon strong bilateral relations, diplomacy, and mutual understanding between governments and peoples. These mechanisms are the unwritten checks and balances that maintained the status quo of the region so far.
Amid looming security issues, however, some analysts view the current environment as a turning point in the already precarious status quo of Northeast Asia. In order to thwart or temper current instabilities, countries within the region may need to consider forming an official security framework. This security framework will not replace state's obligations to the United Nations, International Atomic Energy Agency, or the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), but would rather strengthen communication and dialogue on certain security issues.
In an analytical piece published by The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in May, Megan DuBois, Ankit Panda, and Toby Dalton proposed "a regional security architecture" in the form of "an arrangement of formal and informal mechanisms to regularize dialogue, affirm norms of behavior, mitigate sources of tension, and temper crises before they escalate into military conflict."
However, the obstacle to establishing such a security framework at the moment is that there is no trust between Japan, North Korea, and South Korea, and little trust between Russia and China and U.S. allies Japan and South Korea. The groundwork – the mutual trust needed to establish a unified security framework – is not in place.
The threat North Korea poses to Japan and South Korea has only escalated since its first intercontinental ballistic missile test in 2017. The elephant in the room is for states to recognize that all past policies and dialogues have failed to alter Pyongyang's motives.
The sea of uncertainties does not make Mongolia's position any easier, even though it is the only Northeast Asian state to enjoy solid relationships with all the other regional parties. Despite Ulaanbaatar's effort in initiating and enhancing regional security dialogues through diplomatic channels, Mongolia is cautious of any threat that could drag the country into regional conflict. Mongolia's continued bilateral relationship with North Korea highlights that Pyongyang's provocations are not directed toward Ulaanbaatar, yet in the end Mongolia is only as secure as its region.
In the short and medium term, Pyongyang's provocations may result in an increase of defense expenditures in Northeast Asia. As individual states boost defense spending, the region will be tense and on high alert.
Moreover, the excessive use of provocative language on nuclear weapons in the media only exacerbates the existing paranoia in the region. These conversations do not help to maintain the peace and security of Northeast Asia, let alone the status quo.
The contentious environment in which Ulaanbaatar exists highlights the difficulties of non-nuclear weapons states (NNWS). Their status does not threaten others, but these states also do not have the power to stop other players from testing, or worse, using their nuclear capabilities.
Bolor Lkhaajav
Bolor Lkhaajav is a researcher specializing in Mongolia, China, Russia, Japan, East Asia, and the Americas. She holds an M.A. in Asia-Pacific Studies from the University of San Francisco.
Mongolia security
North Korea provocations
Northeast Asia security
Ulaanbaatar Dialogue
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