Cars are permitted on the grounds on Thursday only. No vehicles will be allowed on the grounds on Saturday.
Thursday 29th August 11am -12.30pm and 1.30 - 4pm, (Installation of large pieces requiring lifting equipment or assistance can be installed only on this day, vehicles will be allowed on the grounds after 11am) Saturday 31st August 10.30am - 12.30pm and 1.30 - 4pm.
Cars are permitted on the grounds on Monday only. No vehicles will be allowed on the grounds on Saturday.
3. Transport of works to and from the Botanic Gardens is the artist's responsibility and work not removed on time may be disposed of. Please bring whatever tools and equipment you will need for installation ie. ladders, drills, spades, fixings etc.
4. Siting will be under the control of a site coordinator who will liaise with the Botanic Gardens Management. Their decisions in these matters will be final. No installation may take place until the site has been approved by the Sculpture in Context Committee and the method of fixing has been discussed and agreed.
Submissions must be In Context, original, site specific and of a high standard, both in presentation and in content. The work must not have been previously exhibited in Dublin. Submissions must be made on the official downloadable sheets only. Information submitted using any other forms will NOT be accepted. Proposals should be typed, and in A4 format. Proposals may be durable or time-based artworks, including performance, or video.
6. Proposals will NOT be returned unless artists enclose an appropriately stamped, self-addressed A4 envelope.
Thursday 4th April is the final date for receipt of entries. Late submissions will not be accepted.
Due to a large increase in Insurance charges we have had to raise our entrance fee. Proposals must be accompanied by a fee of €15 if only one work is to be submitted or a fee of €25 for more than one work. Up to 3 works may be submitted. The fee is non-refundable. Each entry must be a separate entity.
10. The submissions must convey the appearance of the proposed works. Photographs, and/or drawings of various aspects, for example, together with short (Typed A4) descriptions may be included. Please do not submit images on CD. Please also include 2 Photographs of previous work with your submission to help the selection process.
11. The proposal must show that the works will be stable and secure and present no danger to people in their vicinity. If a work is unstable or dangerous after installation, the Committee will remove it.
12. The work may be free-standing or may be fixed to existing structures in such a way as to avoid any permanent intrusion. Drilling into walls or any other surfaces will not be allowed under any circumstances. No work should be nailed to any of the trees in the gardens. Where the work requires a plinth (indoor works only) it will be provided.
13. All work must be removed after the exhibition and proposals must clearly show how this can be done without causing damage. Sculpture MAY NOT be collected before the end of the exhibition.
Please ensure that the price you indicate in the entry form is correct as this is the figure that will appear in the catalogue, prices will not be changed once the catalogue goes to print. When calculating the selling price of a piece, artists should take into account the delivery costs if a work sells, this can be calculated separately or included in the sale price on the entry form. Artists will be asked to assist in the delivery of large pieces.
15. Proposals may indicate preferred locations (see Venue Site Map), however the selection committee/site coordinator may allocate alternative locations. Smaller indoor pieces will be located in the gallery space in the Visitors Centre on the 1st floor.
16. It is a condition of exhibiting that each artist maintains their sculpture in a presentable condition throughout the exhibition. This includes the repair of any minor damage to the sculpture.
17. The Artist licences the Committee to photograph works for publicity purposes in relation to the exhibition.
18. By signing the entry form artists authorise Sculpture in Context Committee members to move their sculpture or remove it from the site for any reason, including but not limited to public safety, damage or potential damage to the sculpture or for the cohesive curation of the exhibition.
19. Any enquiries regarding the exhibition and/or siting must be directed to Sculpture in Context Committee members, and NOT to the National Botanic Gardens staff - see Contact Details on the website for a list of Committee contact numbers.
20. The utmost care will be taken of all works submitted for exhibition, but neither the Botanic Gardens Management, nor the Organising Committee will be responsible for any damage, loss of, or destruction to any works for any reason whatsoever. Any insurance should therefore be effected by the artist against all risks.


Who is Vincent di Pasquale? Watch the FaderPro "Artist Access" interview video that goes outside the studio to tell his musical story.
Vincent di Pasquale closes his eyes and loses himself in the song. His thoughts meander among the beats, the instrumentation, the melody. In the dance club of his mind, there are bodies moving rhythmically between shadow and kaleidoscopic light. He listens to the song again. And again. Sometimes beneath headphones. Other times, blasting the track as loud as he can on his studio's monitor speakers. He listens until he hears and feels his own song emerging within the song. And then, it's time to go to work.
When producing or remixing a song, di Pasquale becomes a master dissector. He breaks apart a song to its simplest elements – tempo, key and rhythm – and then determines the structure of the piece, in order to layer it with his own sounds, rebuilding it into something new. When working as a producer, he finds the process of crafting a song similar, although "it's always a blank canvas, and the challenge is to go from silence to something cool," he admits.
But he does come up with something cool. Time after time. At least, if international chart-topping tracks and multi-platinum and gold records are your gauge for cool. And if they are, then he's the DJ of cool. Just check out the glistening records framed along his hallways, representing industry breakthroughs with the likes of Madonna, Justin Timberlake, Nelly Furtado, One Republic, Mariah Carey and Missy Elliott, among others. Not to mention his work with Lauryn Hill, which launched his career in the music industry back in 2002.
In a business known for its revolving door of talent and overnight booms and busts, di Pasquale is an anomaly of sorts. From his first job as an assistant engineer in the legendary Hit Factory/Criteria Studios in Miami, he always saw his career like running a marathon rather than a sprint.
"You may have the best musical chops," says di Pasquale, who has since relocated to Denver, "but you have to start at the ground level and work your way up. And that means you're going to be pouring some coffee along the way – until you prove yourself." Whereas many of his peers expected fame and fortune, along with an easy work schedule, to come immediately, di Pasquale knew (and knows) better. "If you want to really make it in music today, you have to stay current and of course, stay creative.
"I always try to change it up in my productions," he says, "throwing in live instruments and giving the track a human factor." Like having a local saxophonist jam on his extended remix of Maria Carey's "Say Something." Or incorporating a live bass guitar in his remix of Madonna's "4 Minutes," (feat. Justin Timberlake), which reached #1 on Billboard's Hot Dance/Club Play chart. The single also went on to earn double-platinum sales status, almost unheard of in today's digital world.
But accidents don't make a career.
And if that's the case, di Pasquale had better make a lot more room on his walls for those framed records. He's going to need it.


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Government announces further support for Red Diesel alternatives
£32.5 million committed to Phase 2 of the Red Diesel Replacement Competition
From the UK Government Department for Business, Energy, & Industrial Strategy (BEIS):
Government to support British industry in cutting fossil fuels with £32.5 million.
New government funding will support British industries, including construction, mining and quarrying, to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels
Support will develop greener alternatives to red diesel such as electrification and green hydrogen, providing a pathway for industry to cut their emissions and energy costs
This is the UK government's latest step in driving industrial energy independence and encouraging green investment across the country
British industrial sectors, including construction, mining and quarrying, will be supported in their plans to develop greener technologies and low carbon fuels, as the government backs industry with a £32.5 million funding package to cut reliance on fossil fuels and boost energy resilience.
The funding announced today (Friday 20 January) will help these industries move away from using red diesel, also known as gas oil, which is a type of fossil fuel commonly used for off-road, heavy-duty vehicles and machinery, such as bulldozers and cranes.
The funding is being made available through the second phase of the Red Diesel Replacement Competition, which supports projects that seek to develop red diesel alternatives. The £32.5 million package will support 3 to 5 demonstration projects that participated in Phase 1 of the programme.
This next phase of funding will support industry to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels, while also helping to cut industry emissions and energy costs, supporting the UK's commitment to transition away from red diesel to help meet its climate change and air quality targets.
These industrial sectors, and the jobs they create, are crucial to our economy, and they also have an important role to play in our shift towards a greener, more secure future. This latest round of funding will help to speed up industrial decarbonisation, providing industry and consumers with effective low-carbon alternatives to red diesel while boosting green investment to future-proof the resilience of British industry.
Graham Stuart, Minister for Energy and Climate change
The funding announced today follows £6.7 million funding provided to 17 winners under Phase 1 of the competition, in areas covering electrification, e-fuels and green hydrogen, as well as technologies that capture and store energy which would ordinarily be wasted from a vehicle or machine.
Read the full announcement
Originally published Jan 20, 2023 3:18:07 PM, updated January 20 2023.

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Q: After Changing text in setting activity,it is not getting reflected Am making my first android application with the help of Udacity's tutorial(Weather App).
For setting activity, I have one text box,which holds the location value.
For example say, Texas.
But when am changing that to any other value,it's not reflecting the same in the app. Though,the value in that text box is getting changed.
In the app's SettingActivity I have following code,
addPreferencesFromResource(R.xml.pref_general);
bindPreferenceSummaryToValue(findPreference(getString(R.string.pref_location_key)));

But as of today addPreferencesFromResource is deprecated,so am not really sure how to proceed in this regard. What do I change it with?
My goal is to change the value in Location's text and when I go on my mainActivity,the weather data should reflect the changed location's data.
Thanks.
Edit:
public class MainActivityFragment extends Fragment {

    private ArrayAdapter<String> mForecastAdapter;
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
    {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setHasOptionsMenu(true);
    }
    private void updateWeather()
    {
        FetchWeatherTask weatherTask = new FetchWeatherTask();
        SharedPreferences prefs= PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(getActivity());

        String location=prefs.getString(getString(R.string.pref_location_key),getString(R.string.pref_location_default));
        weatherTask.execute(location);
    }
    @Override
    public void onStart()
    {
        super.onStart();
        updateWeather();
    }

Above is the code through which I update the value.
public class SettingsActivity extends PreferenceActivity {

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        addPreferencesFromResource(R.xml.pref_general);
               bindPreferenceSummaryToValue(findPreference(getString(R.string.pref_location_key)));
        setupActionBar();
   }

Above is the code from settingActivity. But as I said, addPreferencesFromResource is deprecated. So this part of code is not really working.

A: Create a separate class as below to handle all the prefs related operations, storing and restoring...
public class MyPrefs {
Context context;
SharedPreferences systemPrefs;
SharedPreferences.Editor editor;

static MyPrefs prefs;

public static final String DEFAULT_LOCATION = "DEFAULT_LOCATION";
public static final String SOME_DEFAULT_LOCATION = "London";

public static MyPrefs getInstance(Context context){
    if(prefs == null){
        prefs = new MyPrefs(context);
    }
    return prefs;
}

private MyPrefs(Context context) {
    this.context = context;
    this.systemPrefs = context.getSharedPreferences(Constants.USER_PREFS, Activity.MODE_PRIVATE);
    this.editor = systemPrefs.edit();
}

public String getDefaultLocation(){
    return systemPrefs.getString(DEFAULT_LOCATION, SOME_DEFAULT_LOCATION);
}

public void setDefaultLocation(String newLocation){
    editor.putString(DEFAULT_LOCATION, newLocation);
    editor.commit();
}

public void clear() {
    editor.clear();
    editor.commit();
}
}

And to use this in any activity class...
        MyPrefs myPrefs = MyPrefs.getInstance(this);
    //To get the location stored in prefs
    String locationFromPrefs = myPrefs.getDefaultLocation();

    //To store the location in prefs
    myPrefs.setDefaultLocation("New York");

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Vegetarian diet is indirectly linked to a healthier life. A number of reports suggest that higher consumption of red meat is not good for the heart and the blood vessels. From an ethical point of view, a non-vegetarian diet is also an act of increasing animal cruelty. The truth, however, lies somewhere in the middle. While vegetarianism is a good choice, it isn't obviously the best. Let's keep the pros and cons of vegetarianism for some other day, and have a look at these surprising facts about vegans.
Vegetarianism finds its roots in ancient India and Greek philosophy. In India, it is considered as an act of cruelty towards the animals and other creatures. For the Greeks, it had medical purposes.
It might be surprising, but there are different types of vegetarians. The strictest of them are vegans, who avoid red meat and even the products that come from animals.
Scientists suggest that vegetarianism helps in boosting the metabolism of the body. This may help the body to reduce the fat and burn calorie at a much faster rate.
It is a book based on twenty years of mortality rate's research. The study shows that people of the countries who eat meat have high death rates due to "western diseases".
A pescatarian is a vegetarian who eats only fish. Coined in 1993, the word is a combination of pesce, fish, and vegetarian.
This vitamin is obtained only from the animals. Deficiency of this vitamin affects the bones. So all you vegans, facts like these are unfortunate.
He was the first Renaissance figure to have praised vegetarianism and oppose the non-vegetarians. He said that humans have no God-given right to eat the animals.
For the curious minds, there are more types of vegetarians. Ovo-vegetarians eat eggs only and the Lacto-vegetarians eat dairy products but not eggs. An Ovo-Lacto vegetarian eats both eggs and dairy products.
Contrary to popular belief and facts, vegans only have a little less protein intake than the meat eaters. Studies suggest that more plant sources can increase the protein intake.
He was one of the most dedicated vegetarian ever. So if you're looking for a reason to reject vegetarianism, here it is.
A fruitarian is a person who eats only fruits, seeds and nuts. They don't "kill" the plant. I bet you haven't heard this surprising term before.
India is a country with the highest number of vegetarians.


Holly Berkley realized that she needed to make life changes to improve her happiness. After research and hard work, she saw the results she desired. Her transformation led her to want to help others change, and she has been doing so ever since. She spoke with me about what it takes to get to the top.
Brooke Lazar (BL): Working from the ground up to change your life and career choices can give inspiration to all of us; can you share the exact moment you changed?
Holly Berkley (HB): I was in the midst of an excruciatingly painful conversation with my husband about our relationship when I realized that I had been focusing on all of the wrong things in my attempts to find happiness. It wasn't about external things, such as my career, social life, or even my marriage. It was about my internal perspective. The doors of clarity opened, and I knew what needed to happen next.
BL: You've taken control of your life, and you want to share that strategy with others. What's the most important thing you want listeners at the WITI Annual Summit to take away?
HB: We've been taught that confidence is about "faking it 'til you make it" or simply "leaning in." Modern neuroscience, and my own experience guiding hundreds of smart women, has shown that applying external strategies has limited effectiveness and longevity. Authentic confidence and powerful leadership are only attainable when you delve beneath your surface. Then, growth and leadership strategies can obtain traction and open up opportunities to make a difference in your personal and professional worlds.
BL: You've spent so much time learning about the human brain and how it functions. What inspired you?
HB: I'm an insatiable, lifelong learner who tends to read mostly non-fiction. I have spent years absorbing and applying advanced training to neuroscience and neuropsychology. Those sciences will help with the subtle energy systems found in Energy Medicine, Energy Psychology, and the metaphysics to my work with corporate and individual clients. I call myself a STEMinist, since I'm a science and tech geek, as well as a feminist working to support women to be the powerful leaders the world needs now.
BL: Why do people, even professionals, lack the confidence they need?
HB: Confidence doesn't come from knowing things, no matter how many degrees or how much tech or executive-level experience you have. Our confidence reflects our deepest-held beliefs about ourselves, ones we may not even be conscious of. These beliefs were formed in our early years by the mental and emotional conditioning of parents, teachers, religious authorities, and the social mores around us. These beliefs color your thoughts and reactions and can be nearly impossible to unearth and shift with your mind, no matter how many Post-It affirmations are on your bathroom mirror.
In the tech world, we're confronting deeply entrenched social biases of gender disparity, sexism, racism, exclusion, etc. on a daily basis. While sometimes it may not feel like you can do much about those eternal "glass ceilings," you can free yourself of the internal ones, such as imposter syndrome (feelings of inadequacy), not speaking up and taking credit for your work, or not applying for challenging new positions. Overcoming those negative feelings is the promise of the new neuroscience tools and strategies that allow you to transform those subconscious beliefs into something that can work for you.
BL: Do you find that working with others to change their lives also helps you stay on track?
HB: Years of private practice and consulting to corporations around personal and professional development have shown me that it's crucial that I take care to be effective in supporting others. It's a great discipline. And over the years I've also dealt with many of the same issues I see coming up regularly and have developed effective systems and strategies to simplify the process for them.
BL: What's the most difficult part of guiding others in their professional lives?
HB: Helping them realize how easy it can be. We all procrastinate and avoid doing what's "good" for us out of fear, time constraints, or achieving results. When a client understands that there is enough time and that things are not as difficult as they seem, they can get started.
BL: What do you do in your spare time to make sure that you satisfy your needs?
HB: Aside from keeping up on current professional development advances, it's a real mix. I meditate daily for the mental and emotional "reset" it provides, and I do yoga and go hiking to strengthen the mind-body sanity connection. I frequently immerse myself in the soul-feeding environments of museums, music, and dance performances. I also spend time nurturing the relationships that are important to me. Finally, I love riding my sport's bike long distances for the sheer joy of it.


PRP, also known as Platelet-rich Plasma Therapy, is the newest non-surgical facial rejuvenation innovation. Although an emerging technology and technique in sports medicine, it has been used since the mid-1990s in dental and oral surgery and to assist in soft tissue recovery following Plastic Surgery.
RPP treatment recently became prevalent in the sports world when Hines Ward and Troy Polamalu of the Pittsburgh Steelers received PRP Therapy before winning Super Bowl XLIII. Platelet-rich Plasma (PRP) alleviates pain by stimulating resilient healing of musculoskeletal conditions. When the body sustains a soft tissue injury, its natural response is to deliver platelet cells to the area. Packed with growth and healing factors, platelets and other cells commence repair and attract the essential assistance of stem cells. PRP Therapy's natural healing process bolsters the body's efforts by transporting a higher concentration of platelets directly into an injured region. PRP delivers the necessary mechanisms to intensify the body's natural healing process, promoting and accelerating the response, without surgery, drugs or side effects.
How does Platelet-rich Plasma Injectable Therapy work?
To initiate PRP Therapy, a small sample of your blood is drawn (akin to a lab test sample). The blood is placed in a centrifuge and spun at high speed, separating the platelets from the other components. The concentrated Platelet-rich Plasma (PRP) is then injected. Since the patient's own blood is used, there is no risk of a transmissible infection and an extremely low risk of allergic reaction.
Platelet-rich Plasma (PRP) injections are formed using the healing growth factors and stem cells from the patient's body. After drawing blood in the same way that we would for a lab test, our team processes the blood so that the platelets are separated from other components.
Once the concentrated platelets have been collected, we use RegenLab®, or a similar gel product to create a Platelet-rich Fibrin Matrix (PRFM). This formula is then used to stimulate the growth of new skin cells. Because of its gel-like consistency, PRFM can also be used to rejuvenate the face, just like other dermal fillers. Although this facial treatment is non-surgical, it is commonly referred to as Plasma Rejuvenation or a Vampire Facelift.
How does PRP Therapy revitalize the skin?
How does PRP Therapy vary from other injections and fillers?
Restylane® and Juvéderm® are hyaluronic acid fillers derived from solid materials that fill skin folds and lines. They work by plump lips or soften deeper lines. Unlike PRP, these fillers last 6-18 months and necessitate multiple treatments to maintain the results.
Instead of zeroing in on distinct wrinkles, a Plasma Rejuvenation utilizes PRP injections to enhance overall skin tone, reduce scarring, soften under eye hollows, plump out cheek indentions, and enhance the longevity of facial fillers.
Because Juvéderm® and Restylane® are used to treat various conditions, PRP Therapy can be combined with either of these fillers to provide a perfect, youthful complexion.
Who Can Benefit from Plasma Rejuvenation?
PRP is a great choice for patients that would like to naturally curtail sagging, fine lines, skin texture problems, and lackluster skin tone. In addition, Plasma Rejuvenation can deliver outstanding results for patients who want to reduce acne scars or pigment irregularity.
PRP Therapy is not usually recommended for smokers, since cigarette smoke hinders tissue healing and regeneration.
First, during the PRP Therapy procedure, a small amount of blood will be drawn. The patient's face will then be washed and prepared for the injections. The blood sample is placed in a centrifuge to separate the Platelet-rich Plasma from the other components of whole blood. Dr. Slupchynskyj will then inject the concentrated platelets into the affected area. Platelets serve as a natural reservoir for growth factors that are essential to grow and even repair injured tissues. The growth factors that the platelets produce encourage tissue growth by increasing collagen production, enhancing stem cell production. These growth factors also stimulate blood flow and cause skin to become more firm and resilient.
Only our expert injector, Dr. Slupchynskyj will dispense these injections with a gel created from Platelet-rich Fibrin Matrix (PRFM) that stimulates your skin cells to create new skin. If PRP Therapy is used in combination with Microneedling, our Skin Care Specialist will use your platelets as a serum. This minimally invasive procedure takes approximately 30 minutes to complete.
Immediately after the procedure, some patients may experience mild swelling, bruising, or redness; however, these side effects usually subside within 1 to 3 days.
What kind of results can patients expect from Plasma Rejuvenation?
To address various skin conditions, patients can combine Plasma Rejuvenation may be combined with BOTOX®, Juvéderm®, Restylane®, as well as other procedures.
After your PRP Therapy, skin hydration and sun protection are important. A daily skin care regime that includes a good quality moisturizer and multiple applications of sunscreen of 30 SPF or higher throughout the day is essential.
Platelet-rich Plasma, also called PRP, is highly-concentrated blood plasma comprised of roughly 5 times the number of platelets found in normal circulating blood. In addition to red blood cells and white blood cells, our blood also contains cells called platelets. Platelets promote healing and aid in the clotting of blood at the site of a wound. Platelets contain growth factors that promote regeneration of the cells in the body. PRP has been used in medicine for the past 20 years.
The benefits of platelets for tissue regeneration is widely known and accepted in the medical community, but the use of Platelet-rich Plasma Therapy in medical conditions is being closely studied. Using PRP to treat Hair Loss is a groundbreaking, new treatment.
Platelets assist in clotting of blood, which is crucial to the body's ability to heal wounds. The methodology of PRP Therapy is that bolstering the platelet count in a wounded region expedites body's healing capacity in that region.
Platelet-rich Plasma (PRP) Injectable Therapy is a technique utilizing the body's own blood to promote rapid healing. Doctors rely on Platelet-rich Plasma Therapy to assist in the growth of thinning hair, transplanted hair, and wound healing. Countless patients have benefited from PRP Therapy.
Are you ready to experience a more natural approach to a gorgeous complexion? Please contact Chatham MediSpa to schedule your Platelet-rich Plasma Therapy appointment today.


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This article is about the Video Game character. You may be looking for the crew member, the other crew member the voice actor, the actor, the other actor, the Social Game character, or the Fear The Walking Dead character.
Adam is a character mentioned in "No Time Left" of Telltale Games' The Walking Dead: Season One. He is the son of the stranger and Tess. He has a sister named Elizabeth.
Little is known about Adam's life prior to the outbreak. He had a sister and a loving father and mother. Given his father's remarks to Lee Everett that he coached little league, it can be assumed that Adam played little league baseball.
Adam accompanied his father on a hunting trip, and went missing. His family desperately searched for him, to no avail. His status is unknown.
The stranger mentions how he took Adam into the woods and lost him in this episode. He expresses regret at having lost his only son and how his wife slowly grew angrier and angrier about it.
"I took my son, Adam, hunting even though my wife said he was too young. I figured he had to learn."
Adam is the Stranger's son, and he loved him earnestly. It is shown that Adam may have loved his father much too, and they have a decently good father-son relationship, as he agreed to go hunting in the woods with his father, while his father also urgently desired to teach his son survival skills. When Adam was lost in the woods, he was deeply distraught and went desperately searching him in vain for many days.
"I came back without him and the look on her face said... You are a MONSTER."
Adam is Tess' son, and she loved him earnestly. When Adam was lost in the forest and presumably died, she was deeply distraught, going as far as putting all the blame on her husband, distrusting his ability to keep them safe and abandoned him together with their daughter.
"We all went out looking for him. We never found him."
Although their relationship is not explored whatsoever, it can be inferred they had a normal brother-sister relationship.
The hoodie in the back of the station wagon at the end of "Starved For Help" belonged to Adam.
Adam is the only member of his family that is not confirmed dead.


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Wolff Geisler (* 1941) ist ein deutscher Autor.

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Geisler wurde 1976 mit der Arbeit "Unfallgeschehen in einem Fischereihafenbetrieb" an der Medizinischen Fakultät der RWTH Aachen promoviert. Er praktiziert als Hausarzt in Köln Porz-Wahn. In den 1970er Jahren war Geisler Geschäftsführer des "Deutschen Komitees für Angola, Guinea-Bissau und Mosambik" und kritisierte die kolonialistische Rolle Portugals. In den 1970er und 1980er Jahren kritisierte er die Beteiligungen von Siemens, Daimler-Benz, Rheinmetall und Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm bei der Unterstützung des Apartheid-Regimes in der Republik Südafrika.

Schriften
 Wolff Geisler, Jürgen Ostrowsky: Südafrika: Rassismus, Imperialismus, Befreiungskampf. Eine Einführung. Pahl-Rugenstein, Köln 1978, ISBN 3-7609-0364-9.
 Die militärische Zusammenarbeit Bundesrepublik-Südafrika im atomaren und konventionellen Bereich. In: Hefte für deutsche und internationale Politik. Bd. 23 (1978), H. 2, S. 4–12.
 Wolff Geisler (Hrsg.): Rüstungsexport (= BRD + Dritte Welt. Bd. 2). Magazin-Verlag, Kiel 1982.
 Wolff Geisler, Gottfried Wellmer: DM-Investitionen in Südafrika. Informationsstelle Südliches Afrika, Bonn 1983, ISBN 3-921614-40-6.
 Aids: Herkunft, Verbreitung und Heilung. Bipawo, Köln 1994, ISBN 3-9803883-1-X.
 Die Massenerkrankungen an Rinderwahnsinn werden durch die künstliche Verbreitung von retroviralen Teilen, die in Campylobacter-Mikroben gezüchtet wurden, ausgelöst. Selbstverlag, Köln 1996, ISBN 3-9803883-4-4.
 Morde alle Jubeljahre: Urheber und Methoden von Massenmorden. Selbstverlag, Köln 2014, ISBN 978-3-9803883-6-8.
 Bankiers überm Hakenkreuz: Ziel der Geldgeber Adolf Hitlers. Selbstverlag, Köln 2014, ISBN 978-3-9803883-5-1.

Literatur
 Klaus Pokatzky: Wolff Geisler: Mit Lust gegen die Mächtigen. Ein Arzt, der im Zweitberuf zum Experten für Südafrika wurde. In:  Die Zeit. Nr. 28/1986.

Weblinks
 Website von Wolff Geisler

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Megan Rapinoe & Sue Bird's Body Language Says Their Connection Is Rock Solid
By Rachel Shatto
If there's one thing the 2019 Women's World Cup has taught me, it's that I really should be watching soccer. Seriously, I've been missing out. The other is that the love story between U.S. soccer star Megan Rapinoe and her longtime girlfriend Sue Bird — who happens to be an incredible athlete in her own right — is the very definition of relationship goals. They made headlines by kissing in celebration following the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team's big win against the Netherlands. It seemed clear from Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird's body language that what we were seeing is a real love story, and one that I need to know everything about.
In case you're new to this ship, the couple actually had a really unique meet cute. Despite both Bird and Rapinoe playing for teams in Seattle (Seattle Storm and Reign FC, respectively), the two didn't actually meet until the lead-up to the Rio Olympics in 2016. They were introduced during a press event, but didn't actually hang out until eight months later in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, where they attended some of the same after parties between games. They stayed in contact and once they got back to the U.S., things started to heat up between them.
The following year, in a profile for ESPNW, Bird confirmed that the two of them were a couple, and had been dating since fall 2016. They were even featured together in ESPN The Magazine's Body Issue, where the pair made history as the first gay couple to ever grace the cover. It was an honor that they were excited about, but they wanted their sexual identity to be secondary to their achievements as athletes.
"I think neither of us really wants to just do things and be like, 'We're the gay couple,' but to have this really unique vehicle to actually do that, to celebrate who we are in our sport, but also the fact that we'll be the first gay couple, is pretty special... Not only are we female athletes, but we're dating as well. It's kind of badass," Rapinoe told the magazine. "Badass" is just one great way to describe this couple, who also share a passion for activism and social justice.
Needless to say, I stan. So, of course, I want to know if my favorite couple in sports is in love and as solid as they seem to be. To find out, I got in touch with Traci Brown, body language expert and author of Persuasion Point: Body Language and Speech for Influence, to find out what she sees in this couple's dynamic and connection over the years based on their body language. Guys, I have good news. Here's what she had to say.
This photo was taken at an NCAA college basketball game, shortly after the couple started dating, and already Brown sees that they have a strong connection and powerful chemistry. "See how Sue's leg is crossed toward Megan. That's where her energy is going," Brown tells Elite Daily. "And Megan is looking her directly in the eye. That's hard to do at such close range if you're not really connected," she explains.
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Almost a year later, while the two of them posed at the eighth annual espnW: Women + Sports Summit, Brown sees that their energy is synced up, connected, and perfectly balanced. "We see them glued down the middle here, shoulders slightly facing each other and they're mirroring each other's stance," says Brown. "That's the sign of a couple on the same wavelength."
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Rapinoe celebrated winning the World Cup by kissing her partner in front of the world. Brown says this was a really special moment for both of them. "They're both into this victory kiss! Notice how Sue is doing her best to lift Megan toward her," she observed. Aww!
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Following the win, the couple attended the Victory UNINTERRUPTED party at The Hollywood Athletic Club after the ESPYS, and again, Brown sees nothing but connection and love between the two of them. "Here again we see them glued down the middle," Brown notes. "Both of them have at least one foot pointed towards each other (the feet tell where what the heart thinks) and they're wearing almost the same outfit!" she says.
So, what does all this mean? It sounds positive, but are there signs that Rapinoe and Bird are going to go the distance? "These two are tight! And I'm betting will last a long time," confirms Brown, who adds that their dynamic has been steady throughout their relationship. Her overall assessment for Rapinoe and Bird? "They're rock solid."
To that, I say: Score!


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Montana Hashish Gross sales numbers proceed to climb
Right here we're in August of 2022 and hashish retailers in Montana are persevering with to set new gross sales information. Montana's Division of Income not too long ago launched the hashish gross sales numbers for August. Complete hashish gross sales topped $26.8 million in August alone.
Montana is comparatively new to the adult-use hashish market. The retail market as we all know it at present simply launched in January of 2022. However to date it has been off to a great begin and has continued to see progress all year long.
A Look On the Numbers
Whereas there was solely round a 1% progress in gross sales in August in comparison with gross sales in July it does include a caveat. In the event you have a look at the calendar for July 2022 you'll discover that there are 5 Fridays and in addition 5 Saturdays within the month. These are historically the 2 greatest gross sales days of each week. So, in essence, it might appear that the July gross sales figures are in all probability a bit of bit inflated in comparison with a standard month.
The hashish gross sales numbers are damaged down into medical hashish and adult-use hashish. In August, medical hashish gross sales accounted for about $7 million in gross sales whereas the adult-use section got here in at $19.8 million. That signifies that the adult-use market accounted for 74% of the overall gross sales. In January of 2022, the adult-use section solely accounted for about 58% of the month-to-month gross sales.
One thing of observe is that solely about half of the counties in Montana are at present even collaborating within the adult-use hashish retail program. Along with that, there are a handful of counties which can be accounting for a considerable amount of the gross sales.
That's actually not a shock when you think about that Montana as a state solely has round 1.1 million individuals in it. Via August of 2022 Montana dispensaries have bought over $201 million value of hashish. That could be a mixed quantity with medical and adult-use hashish. The adult-use hashish portion of that's roughly $133 million.
From all of these hashish gross sales in 2022 the state has seen greater than $29 million in tax income.
With just one.1 million individuals in the whole state round 160,000 of these residents will be present in Yellowstone County alone. It's probably the most populous county within the state and never surprisingly it accounts for probably the most hashish gross sales within the state. In August of 2022 Yellowstone county noticed round $3.2 million in adult-use hashish gross sales and one other $1.3 million in medical hashish gross sales. These figures account for over 16% of the whole hashish retail marketplace for the state in August.
There are additionally just a few different counties which can be serving to to spice up hashish gross sales. Gallatin County recorded round $3.2 million in adult-use hashish gross sales together with $915,000 in medical gross sales.
Different main markets within the state are Missoula and Flathead counties. Missoula hashish gross sales in August had been round $2.7 million for adult-use hashish and $1 million in medical gross sales. Flathead county noticed roughly $2.3 million in adult-use hashish gross sales and a further $700,000 in medical hashish gross sales in August 2022.
Room for Progress
With solely half of the counties in Montana collaborating within the adult-use hashish market, there's nonetheless room for continued gross sales progress sooner or later.
Starting in September of 2022 there's a group of counties in Montana that may start incorporating a 3% native tax. This can apply to medical hashish gross sales in addition to adult-use gross sales. The next counties will start this in September: Blaine, Carbon, Deer Lodge, Lake and Rosebud.
Looking to October of this yr there are a handful of counties that may begin the native 3% tax possibility. These counties embody Huge Horn, Lewis and Clark, Powell, Ravalli (adult-use) and Silver Bow.


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The story of Ali
In community: Write Your Story(bc94)
What if Alli did go to school. What if we look at it in another way.
Alli was a young boy with great zeal for success. Alli was brilliant and had less support from his family because he was an orphan, the society cared less too. He struggled hard in life. By doing menial jobs after school, he was supporting his education and himself.
Alli finally did it, he finished secondary with a good result. Four A's , three B's and two C4. Under such condition and pressure, he came out with that result. But this result wasn't enough to send him to university, results doesn't generate funds to finance university.
Society decided to play the " he was dumb and unintelligent " card, that's why he's not in university in order to cover that they are part of what failed him.
But Alli didn't give up, he was hustling, he wanted to prove them wrong. He wanted to have enough and excess that will last him for the four or five years he was going to use in university.
After he's saved enough, he remembered where he was,, he remained he was in Nigeria, he remembered he was in a failed country where a graduate of university with good degree always end up learning vocational training and become slave to someone who hardly got his primary school leaving certificate.
He was smart enough, he changed his orientation, he continued hustling, he hardly eat, the clothes on him is the ones he got from charity but he didn't care, the future is bright,he always thought to himself.
After he felt he has enough, he went to a travel agency he felt was legit. The journey to get his passport began. That was his safe way of elevating himself out of poverty and setting his future right. He was lucky, it all went well, his visa was granted and in no time ,he was in the United States of America. It was a visiting visa that was issued to him for some months. The agency had assured him they'll find a way around it to make it permanent. He wasn't their first.
When he got to the State, he only had enough to pay for an hostel. Ten people in a room, it felt like a prison but he didn't care. He set out to look for job. It was a bit hard getting one but he finally did. A job turned two, two jobs turned three. He was practically working for eighteen hours without rest. His sleep doesn't go more then two hours.
The future is bright, his motto as he continued hustling, his savings was intact, he hardly eat or spend on unnecessary things except his normal bills. Six months later, his visiting stay was over, but he knew he can't return to Nigeria. He contacted the agency and put more pressure on them more than he's been doing in the last months.
His employers took advantage that he was illegally staying in the country and was paying him quarter of what he was originally getting. " Go find another job if you don't want it " they always tell him when he try to complain. It took a toll on him, he could hardly save, he was careful of where to go, his major act of survival was escaping the police. He had run many times when he mistakenly bump into one and they start asking him for his ID.
A year and one month later, his stay was finally resolved. He got an extra year and six months but it swallowed up his savings, he even had to borrow in order to get it done. He knew he was scammed because it shouldn't be up to that but he was at the receiving end with less choice.
He changed his works, to him, they've extorted him enough. He worked more harder and increased his saving habit. There was a time some white folks raid his hostel, they stole every things they had and unfortunately for Alli, his savings was among. The police did almost nothing about the case, it was a case of white against black so lesser investigation was carried out to fish the culprits. But Alli didn't let it get to him, he wasn't demotivated, he continued hustling. In the blink of an eye, a year and six months appeared like magic to hunt him.
His contact told him he should marry a white lady, he'll pay her and that will buy him a lot of time, while he register to get his green card. The contact introduced him to someone he trusted. By the time he paid her and also lease an apartment for the two of them, his savings was exhausted.
They were legally joined together and he felt comfortable. A solution to his problems at last. He got better jobs that paid more, he now has a mouth to feed, and more bills to pay and not forgetting the fact that he must also save.
Living with her took a toll on him, he was developing feelings for and it felt like it was vice versa case. An off day coupled with drinks did the magic, they had six(HYKWIM?).
After a year, Alli bought his first house. He relocated with his wife and they're both happy. A year more, he bought his car and a mini bus to start his own business. He was doing pickup and delivery. It was a lucrative one and he was getting a lot from it. And most importantly, he was resting well. His dreams were coming through, a fairy tale story. In no time, he got another house and another car. At twenty seven, he realised his dream. House,cars and a lovely wife. He wanted to get his green card before having kids.
His green card was finally delivered and with it comes the betrayal. Elena said she wanted a divorce. She lied that he was cheating and always assaulting her, and like an abracadabra, she was pregnant. Alli knew he wasn't the owner but no one believed. He's never hit a woman in his life but they said an investigation will be carried out to know if he was truly assaulting her . He was in shock when he saw the alimony on the document they signed when they got married, in case of a divorce, she leaves with seventy percent of his properties, and he was sure if he was found guilty of the charges levied against him, he'll lose everything.
He was found guilty and it became a case of assault ,his green card was revoked at once, Elena got all his sweat and the was deported back to Nigeria.
He went with nothing and returned with nothing. The society mocked him for being a failure. He was tired of life and had no zeal left to start over. He was extremely traumatized and decided to end it. A death without pain he wished for.
The day he decided to jump into the ocean, he met with his old schoolmates. They're now Lagos big boys and into fra*d. They asked him to join them, he was intelligent and certain to make it. If they had made him the offer few years ago, he would have c*rsed them heavily but he felt it was a way to pay the white back for what they did to him. Alli got laptop, Alli was dishing out his payback by taking what they have. Alli finally became rich, his pocket was getting filled. But it wasn't for long. As the white supported their own to deal with him, the black supported the white to also deal with him.
He was arr*sted, found guilty. His properties were claimed again and the society started doing what they know how to do best, CAST STONE.
I'm in no way supporting fra*d with this write-up, but like I said in the beginning. What if we look at it in another way.
Excess sleep 😴
That scary moment


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California is the top state in the US for residential solar. But one question remains for many homeowners – how much does solar actually cost? We've put together this study to give you an idea of how much solar costs in your region of the state.
Homeowners in California are installing solar on their homes at an unprecedented rate. Although the California solar market is growing every day, solar prices still remain somewhat of a mystery. That's why we've done the research and compiled our Cost of Solar Index for California – to show homeowners what their neighbors are actually paying for solar power across the state.
The average cost of residential solar installed in California in the first six months of 2017 was $18,680. As shown in the above map, that price varies by several thousand dollars depending on the region. These prices are solar installations purchased with a loan or cash, they do not apply to leased systems or power purchase agreements.
Of course, a solar panel calculator is always the best option for determining cost at a particular location.
Overall, the highest average prices ($20,854) are in the Redding and Shasta/Cascades region, while the lowest average prices ($15,939) can be found in the Central Coast Region. The map above shows how much homeowners across California paid to install residential solar panels in the first six months of 2017 after the federal incentive (the federal solar investment tax credit) had been applied.
*Note that customers served by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power or Sacramento Municipal Utility District, as well as other smaller utility districts, may be eligible for additional rebates from their utility, reducing the cost of solar further.
This is the average price for PURCHASED residential solar systems after federal incentives, first six months of 2017.
System sizes vary from house to house, but the average size for California residential systems was 6.1 kW in the first six months of 2017.
After the federal incentive, this is the average price paid per watt of solar in California, first six months of 2017.
The overall price of a residential solar system (not to be confused with the price per watt – see below), in the first six months of 2017 is $18,680. This includes the federal incentive (the federal solar investment tax credit), but ignores any of the regional incentives homeowners may be eligible for (California solar rebates are no longer available in areas served by PG&E, SoCal Edison, or SDG&E). Overall costs for home solar systems have stayed shockingly stable since 2015, with our data indicating that the average price in 2015 was $18,675, and in 2016 it was $18,497. However, while system prices have stayed stable, declines in price per watt have led to homeowners being able to buy progressively larger systems for the same price. We look at this interesting twist in the cost of solar in California below.
The size of a residential solar system depends on the amount of power you need, and on the size of your roof and amount of sunlight it receives. In areas where prices per W are cheaper and there's enough space, homeowners generally add as many panels as possible. Across California, the average system size of a solar panel system installed in the first six months of 2017 was 6.1 kW – a significant increase over the average 5.5 kW of 2015 and 5.8 kW of 2016. As you can see, the biggest installations on average occur in the Redding and Shasta/Cascades region (7.2 kW), while the smallest installations are in the San Francisco Bay region (5.1 kW).
The graph above shows the average prices you can expect to pay per watt (W) for the different regions across the state. The price you pay per kilowatt varies slightly depending on your region, but the overall average price per W in California is $3.09. This average is calculated after the federal incentive has been applied. The lowest price per kilowatt in the first six months of 2017 was seen on the North Coast ($2.88) while the highest ($3.34) was seen in both the San Francisco Bay area as well as Sonoma / Napa /Solano Counties.
At Solar to the People, our goal is to provide clear, third-party information to help homeowners make intelligent decisions about going solar. The Cost of Solar Index for California is our effort to help inform California homeowners about costs of going solar in the Golden State. The data for this study comes from the California DG Stats site, and is based on the newest state-wide data set which includes installation costs – the "Currently Interconnected" data set. Outliers were excluded, and the final data was based on 33,349 residential solar systems installed in California in the first six months of 2017.
Why Are Homeowners Going Solar in California?
California has the highest cost of energy on the West Coast, and one of the highest costs of energy in the country.


These books are transcribed from the 1850 Census Records and have indexes for some of the counties in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas.
A book by Virginia Van Der Veer Hamilton.
A book by John H. Long.
A book by William A. Read.
A book by Virginia O. Foscue.
A book by Marilyn Davis Barefield.
A book by Robert Scott Davis.
From the Birmingham Public Library.
Books for sale on pre-1900 marriage records.
A book by the Alabama Historical Quarterly.
A book by James Edmonds Saunders.
A book by Thomas M. Owen.
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International security-2019 forecasts (II)
Niculae Iancu
In order to analyse the major international security evolutions in 2019, we chose the four of a kind composed of European Union, Russia, China and Middle East, which, along the United States, are majorly important for Romania, given the important issues which could shape or influence the global future security architecture. And because many times in the card games the fifth card can make the difference, I think it would be faire for the analysis to have also the trump card on the game table, which could change everything through a single move: the war in Syria.
European Union. EU will suffer from major turbulences due to the continuity and the intensification of the threats it has on its security agenda, like terrorism, organized crime and cyber-criminality, as well as the manifestation at its core of illiberal and secessionist forces which will try to take and divert the forthcoming European elections in the first quarter 2019. The cleavages on sensitive international security topics with the United States will get deeper, due to the challenges coming from the lack of mutual information and Washington's unpredictable decisions regarding the strategy of the situations in the hotspot areas of the world.
2019 will be the year of testing Brussels new global vision viability over the future of common European defence. Union's place and role in the future global security architecture will depend on how member states' initiatives, gathered under PESCO's aegis, will convince that a strong European security can go beyond the national concerns and bureaucracies' borders, as well as how the common funding procedures of the future European strategic military capabilities will prove that when it comes to European project's survival, the European interests can prevail over the national interests.
After US's assumed withdrawal from certain conflict or potentially conflictual areas, the European Union will take over the security linchpin in Central and East Europe and Western Balkans, to counterbalance Moscow's increasing aggressive interests, respectively the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea also, to counterbalance Russia and Turkey's presence in the regional security architecture. The Union will be attending more and more the US-China security equation, as well as the regional power distribution system from the Middle East. Despite its global ambitions, EU will continue to be quasi-inexistent in the competition for Artic Ocean's domination and will not have an important role in the Washington-Moscow relation, in the regional power balance from the East China Sea, including the North-Korean issue, as well as in the development of Pacific's US security project.
Russia. Russia will do its utmost to ensure the credibility of its message of strength on the reinstatement of the multi-polar world. However, such a message must be regarded with some skepticism, at least inside the drawing of concentric circles of Moscow influence spheres, as Russia's aspirations to regain the status of great power do not seem to be supported by what we called above that it represents the posture of a global hegemon.
However, even in the absence of some constitutive elements to complete its desired great power profile, Russia will continue, in 2019 also, to act to take over and extend the influence and control over more and more widespread spaces, primarily at the level of political decision-making within immature and fragile democracies, but also on the economic and social levels of societies fragmented by illiberal propaganda. The battlefield will continue to be predominantly of a hybrid nature, although the force actions seem to become a real option. Russia's geographic proximity with the European Union will still increase the threats against the European project. The moment of opportunity will be created by the elections for common institutions, which should be carefully considered in all the European security analysis centers, to set up the list of common space's vulnerabilities, that Brussels should regard as the set of priorities action to strengthen its future security.
The conflict with Ukraine remains the critical topic which could significantly deteriorate the security situation in 2019. Russia's advances since 2014, when it succeeded in annexing Crimea without too much effort, give it the arguments to continue to test current international system's capacity and determination to enforce compliance with the assumed rules and, above all, the level at which it is willing to continue to impose sanctions to the states which are aggressively and constantly violating these rules.
Furthermore, Russia will continue, in 2019, the financing of its major weapon system programs, it will focus on the new kinetic technologies, but also on the unmanned systems and artificial intelligence. To increase the sustainability level of such investments, Russia will seek to extend its military equipment foreign market, thus colliding with the interests of other major weapons vendors, mostly the US, but also the United Kingdom, France and, even, China and Israel.
China. If about Russia we can say that it is still too impaired by the Soviet Union failure to continue to follow the theoretical evolution approach towards the global hegemon status, regarding China, even president Xi Jinping was saying that Beijing does not have the "gene" for such a posture, rewording that idea of the current Chinese political message: " China will not follow the old practices of a strong country in seeking to become a global hegemon". Most of international security observers think that the Chinese leaders are honest in asserting this vision. Yet, China will try to find all the benefits of a global power, but in a different way, which is called by Oriana Skylar Mastro, in Foreign Affairs, "Stealth Superpower". Concretely, this position will actually mean China's total domination in the Indo-Pacific region, like the US strategists have called it to highlight India's more and more important role in the Pacific security architecture, as well as China's capacity to confront the United States in any global issue, when the Chinese interest demands it, without Beijing aiming to become the global leader, as this position will continue to be filled by Washington.
The main tools to materialize this vision are of political and economic nature, as in 2019 we are expecting to see an increase in China's influence on these two fields, especially in creating the new Belt and Road Initiative, with $1.7 billion per year for Asia alone, according to Western publications. The question here is which will be the military dimension of China's "global belt" influence, shaped drawn along a route that goes through South Asia, Middle East, North Africa, and together with Central Asia and Russia, to join in the European space. Moreover, we will have to see the force measures that China is willing to undertake to protect its investments, within or beyond its new "A2/AD" doctrine.
The so-called Sino-American "new Cold War", determined by Washington's trade protectionist decisions, will continue in 2019 also. We can anticipate some tendencies determined by the actual "truce", agreed by the leaders of the two countries at the G20 Summit in Argentina, which have the potential to further relax the issue with the expected diversification of the tax arrangement.
Although there is no foreseeable clash of force between the two major players, with competing global interests, China's increasing influence in South-East Asia and its extension in Pacific and Oceania, forces the United States to take measures to relocate some military capabilities and headquarters in the region, a trend that will remain in 2019. General Mark Milley, nominated to take the highest position in the US military hierarchy, to take place in 2019, was saying that "we are witnessing the greatest shift in world economic power to occur in five centuries as the global financial center of gravity moves from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific coast, and military power is following it".
Middle East. Middle East has the most complex combination of local, regional and global factors with potential to significantly affect the stability of the hottest region on the globe and even the global security as a whole. 2018 was overwhelmed by security events in the region, with the military theatre of the global war against ISIS, the open and intense conflicts from Syria and Yemen, with the complicated evolutions of the power balances between Iran and Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Saudi Arabia and all three together, with the disagreements between the Arab states, the crisis between Saudi Arabia and Qatar, the intensification of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the Israeli-Iranian ones, the allegations of the international community against the de facto leader of the Saudi regime, the crown prince, Mohammad bin Salman, about the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and the list can go on.
Two special notes. One regarding Iran, which continues to play a major destabilizing role in the whole region, ranging from continuing its nuclear program, and the cyber operations actions against Israel, Saudi Arabia and the Western states, to financing its proxy groups, like Hezbollah and Houthis and the Shiite militias in Iraq. The other one, regarding Turkey, which seems to have crossed a peak in questioning the viability of its North Atlantic option, as well as a tendency to bandwagoning with Moscow, regarding the security issue from the Black Sea, Middle East or anything related to military acquisition.
Considering the continued accumulation of conflicting potential energy in all of these regional insecurity spots, in 2019 we are expecting some major decisions from the international organizations, along with global solutions and resolutions which could consolidate the trust and cooperation resources that might still exist in the region. As a consequence, Middle East will be the proof test of the solidity and viability vision which led to the drawing of the international system at the end of the Second World War, and the United Nations Organization is forced to play this card with great care and inspiration.
Syria. The Syrian conflict is coming to an end. Such a premise provides the opportunity to address the Syrian issue separately, even if it is a major insecurity issue belonging to the Middle East's broader framework. Although most of international security observers think that Bashar al-Assad's regime will come out on top, the opinions about the true winner, regarding the regional control and influence, are still divided, hit-or-miss, between Iran, Turkey and Russia. We should note that this short list does not include the United States and European Union, and not even Saudi Arabia, as Washington was recently trying to suggest that it should be. The centre of gravity of the future evolutions is Idlib region, where the line between violence and negotiation is extremely fragile, and any movement, even an accidentally one, of the above-mentioned parties, to which we should add also Israel, could start a major insecurity course of action. As a global perspective for 2019, the Status Quo is not a feasible scenario, and the end could be tragic, not only locally or regionally, but even globally.
If we can say about 2018 that it was the year of security events unprecedented multiplication, in the last quarter of century, 2019 emerges as the year of global security architecture's systemic transformations. In the absence of major strategic surprises, 2019 will not be the year of World War III, neither the year of disintegration of European Union nor the year of dismantling of NATO. Despite the intensification of worrying analysis regarding the nuclear threat recrudescence, the status quo will persist.
The unilateralist policies, which are increasing in the Western world, and the decrease of trust in the ability of international organizations to provide the international system's governance, are the greatest challenges of the following year.
Their intersection and interdependence with the decline in global economic growth and geopolitical transformations taking place in a significant number of regions around the globe creates an extremely complex security matrix and sufficient volatile spots to keep the senses of strategic decision-makers on all meridians.
This is the reason why, 2019 should be the year of measure in political and security actions and decisions, the year of return to the origins of acknowledged security approaches and the rediscovery of the security theories, in the expected effort of the international community of objectively and rationally design the future.


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Mark Christopher conducted a workshop on Directing Actors, and also screened the recent Director's Cut of his film 54: THE DIRECTOR'S CUT.
Christopher premiered 54 at the 2015 Berlin International Film Festival to enthusiastic audiences and excellent reviews.
Set at the world famous New York City nightclub Studio 54, the film starred Ryan Phillippe, Mike Myers, Salma Hayek and Mark Ruffalo. With 40 minutes of unseen material and no re-shoots, critic's have hailed Christopher's 54 as a "jubilant resurrection," a "lost gay classic," and a film that moves beyond a normal director's cut into the realm of a different movie. Additionally, Christopher produced the hit double CD soundtrack for the film's initial release and its number one single If You Could Read My Mind.
Christopher's festival comedy hit I won an Independent Spirit Award, and his award-winning short films have screened at MoMA and all major international film festivals, including Sundance, TIFF, New York and the Berlinale where ALKALI IOWA won the Teddy Award. Christopher currently has TV pilot deals with Warner Brothers (Cary Brokaw producing) Miramax, and Rampante, and has written one-hour pilots for CBS, Spelling, Fox and Logo/MTV. Christopher was the Creator/Executive Producer of Real Life: The Musical on the Oprah Winfrey Network.
His work has been reviewed and he has been profiled in such journals as The New York Times, The Guardian, Variety, The Wall Street Journal, Art Forum, and Vanity Fair.


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Your Smartphone Is Spying on You
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The feds demanded subscriber information from cell phone companies more than 1.3 million times last year, the New York Times reported Monday. According to the Times, the number of people whose data was turned over to the government could be far larger than 1.3 million, because "a single request often involves multiple callers." The information was released in response to an inquiry from Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass), but it's incomplete—T-Mobile, which claims 33 million customers, didn't provide Markey with specific data about the government's requests.
This isn't just about wiretaps. Rather, the authorities can obtain an incredible amount of information about you even without listening to your phone conversations. Instead, telecom companies are handing over things like text messages, voicemails, geolocation data (where you were when your phone connected with a cell tower) and which phone numbers you're calling when. Much of this kind of information is available without a warrant because, from a legal perspective, they government isn't searching you, it's asking for information from a private third party to whom you've willingly given this information by signing on as subscriber. In a few cases, the telecom companies refused to comply with the requests.
"We're talking about everything you can get from a cellphone carrier, except the content of the conversation," says ACLU legislative counsel Chris Calabrese. Much of this information can be obtained without direct or substantive evidence of criminal behavior. When a law enforcement agency requests a cell tower "dump," that is, information on who was near a specific cell tower at a given time, "it may get back hundreds or even thousands of names," according to the Times, including information on people who have nothing to do with the individual of interest to the authorities. Part of the problem, Calabrese says, is simply that the laws meant to govern telecommunications haven't been updated to account for advancements in communications technology.
There's a bill in Congress, the Geolocation Privacy and Security Act, would tighten the restrictions on when cell phone companies are allowed to hand over location information. It has two sponsors in the Senate, Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Mark Kirk (R-Ill.). On the House side, a version introduced by Jason Chaffetts (R-Utah) has an unusual (but still small) group of bipartisan co-sponsors. Even this bill wouldn't require law enforcement to obtain a warrant before requesting this kind of information—it retains an exception for any "emergency situation" involving "immediate danger of death or serious physical injury to any person," "conspiratorial activities threatening the national security interest" or "conspiratorial activities characteristic of organized crime." Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) has proposed a bill, the Electronic Communications Privacy Amendments Act, that would make all cellphone content avaliable to the authorities only through a warrant. It has similar "emergency" exceptions.
"These new technologies have gotten away from us," Calabrese says. "We shouldn't have to give up technology to enjoy privacy, and we certainly shouldn't be carrying around a portable tracking device."
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Facebook opens Innovation Lab in Lahore, boosting tech innovation in Pakistan
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Facebook and Pakistan's Ministry of Information Technology & Telecom along with the National Technology Fund (IGNITE) launched the first Facebook Innovation Lab in Pakistan at a ceremony attended by policy makers and technocrats on Wednesday (3 April 2019). Located in the National Incubation Center (NIC) at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), the Innovation Lab will focus on providing infrastructure access to developers, entrepreneurs and community groups enabling them to network, train and grow their expertise. It will also help developers build products and applications using emerging technology like Virtual Reality (VR).
"We are proud to launch Facebook Innovation Lab as a part of our long term commitment to support innovation and the developer community in Pakistan. Facebook is committed to building an impactful community in Pakistan and we believe it is important to support businesses, startups and the individuals who are driving innovation to grow and succeed. We are confident that through our partnership with the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecom, Ignite, National Incubation Centre (NIC) Lahore, and LUMS, Facebook Innovation Lab will not only be a unique training and innovation center, but will support a vibrant and transformative technology community in the country,' said Jason Lin, Head of Startup Programs (APAC), Facebook.
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This is the first innovation lab launched by Facebook in Pakistan. The Lab will give startups the infrastructure and the access they need to refine and scale their business models so they can succeed in Pakistan and scale internationally. The lab not only provides a showcase of the latest technology, but participants will be matched with mentors, as well as connect with Facebook's global and exclusive experts, industry leaders, and specialists in product innovation, business growth, and data protection.
Attending the launch, Yusuf Hussain, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ignite said, "Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR) and Artificial Intelligence are rapidly expanding and will be major sectors of the future. Ignite's partnership with Facebook, one of the world's leading AR/VR development platform, will help launch this crucial 4IR technology in Pakistan in a big way."
Participants will access FbStart, a global program designed to help start-ups build and grow their businesses. Finally participants are encouraged to connect and support other developers and entrepreneurs through Developer Circles, a community-driven program for developer collaboration. One of the founders who shared how technology, especially VR, helped their vision was Saadan Ahmed, Founder and CEO of Vanilla Arcade, a company which offers immersive and interactive experiences to advertisers and educational institutions. "AR/VR has allowed us to connect the youth of Pakistan to experience the culture and history of their country in the most immersive way possible. It is the future of story telling and education," said Ahmed.
Other startups at the launch included Advertelligent who help support retailers understand foot traffic and Vcella who use technology to connect Pakistan's artisans to the rest of the world through a virtual marketplace.
Facebook Innovation Lab is aimed at encouraging South Asia's spirit of entrepreneurship and startup growth. In addition to the program the lab will also host initiatives such as housing community events and workshops and providing trainings for startups. Another key feature of the lab is that it welcomes startups and entrepreneurs based in Pakistan who would like to deep dive into the emerging technology space.
LUMS Vice Chancellor, Dr. Arshad Ahmad said,"Innovation is the backbone of cutting edge research and quality teaching at LUMS. Facebook Innovation Lab Pakistan provides leverage to our core offerings and enables us to achieve another level of training and mentorship – it promises to create social capital amongst young entrepreneurs that will drive their ideas with no boundaries."
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Флот МакХейла () — комедійний бойовик режисера Брайана Спайсера.

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Квінтон МакХейл, відставний капітан флоту. Спокійне проведення часу закінчується, коли старий знайомий МакХейла починає загрожувати його улюбленій базі на острові. Капітан знову одягає свій бойовий мундир і очолює команду невдах, беручи участь у запаморочливих маневрах на острах ворогам.

У ролях
 Том Арнольд — лейтенант-командер Квінтон МакХейл
 Тім Каррі — майор Владіков
 Дін Стоквелл — капітан Воллес Б. Бінджемтои
 Дебра Мессінг — лейтенант Пенелопа Карпентер
 Девід Алан Грір — прапорщик Чарльз Паркер
 Ернест Боргнайн — Кобра
 Брюс Кемпбелл — Верджил
 Френч Стюарт — Гаррі
 Дентон Стоун — Грубер
 Брайан Хейлі — Крісті
 Генрі Чо — Віллі
 Ентоні Джессі Круз — Роберто Валенсуела
 Онорато Магалоні — Кастро
 Гільермо Ріос — Хосе
 Едуардо Лопес Рохас — Гонзалес
 Том Айерс — Карл
 Скотт Клевердон — Бевід
 Роберт Шух — помічник на човні
 Томмі Чонг — Армандо / Ернесто
 Франсіско Маурі — доктор
 Хуан Реболледо — Хуан
 Діего Васкес — Рей
 Люсі Морено — Герміна
 Мінеко Морі — таємнича жінка
 Луіс Лемус — сержант
 Алехандро Рейс — Мануель
 Алекс Коул — охоронець
 Джо Кієс — офіцер
 Томас Леаль — власник мавпи
 Луіса Гуертас — медсестра
 Джо Міньярес — фармацевт / перукар
 Фіма Новек — ватажок росіянин
 Ерік Чемпнелла — Стен
 Джон Пайпер-Фергюсон — перериваючий
 Ентоні Азізі — приніс погані новини
 Брайан Спайсер — невдалий
 Ерік Аварі — європеєць ватажок (в титрах не вказаний)
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suppressed below historical norms and remains upward sloping. These market crisis level easy money policies are still being utilized seven years after the mortgage market crisis.
When reviewed in comparison to year 2000 and 2007, you can see the stark difference in the FED policy in 2014. In both 2000 and 2007, the yield curve was flat and inverted in many maturity differentials, as can be seen in the negative 10/2 and 10/5 spreads and positive 10/30 spread in the following table.
The exceptionally low interest rate policy for U.S. Treasuries is currently projected to continue into the end of President Obama's administration. How this can be accomplished without additional QE is a minor mystery to me, but we do know that international money markets are aiding in the on-going demand for Treasuries, even while U.S. investors continue to hold a lower and lower proportions of the publicly traded float of U.S. Treasuries. In fact, U.S. based owners have been net sellers of Treasuries over the past year, most likely plowing more money into equities while the Fed buying program and continued international purchases soak up the excess inventory.
The announcement of a new QE program being initiated by theECB on September 4th most likely will continue to drive the flow of funds into the U.S. Treasury market from overseas.
Until the yield curve flattens substantially, as it did in 2000 and 2007, the stock market is likely to remain at expensive price levels. A below inflation Treasury interest rate environment yields no place to hide for U.S. money managers unless fear rises substantially in the market. The only scenario I foresee producing a major market breakdown without the typical flat yield curve is the dreaded deflationary market spiral which the "world awash in liquidity" policy is being implemented to avoid.
You have to go back into the late 1940's for examples of stock market corrections during an extended ZIRP environment and deflationary market pressures being prominent. In the late 1940 early 1950 market peak scenarios, the FED did not use the Fed Funds rate to tighten credit markets causing an inversion of the yield curve. Instead, the entire Treasury curve would flatten, while business credit spreads would widen relative to Treasuries. Under the current FED monetary policy, you should not expect a pure yield curve inversion to signal a market peak; but I do expect to see a flattening of the Treasury curve (narrowing of the 10 / 5 Spread) and a widening of spreads between Treasuries and riskier credit (see BAA1 / 30 Year Spread). Presently, the Treasury curve is flattening, but the business credit market has not yet shown a clear deterioration warning signal, but possibly is in progress.
The lack of U.S. ownership in the U.S. Treasury market, however, makes the yield curve potentially susceptible to shocks as the Fed changes its policy position moving into year-end 2014. The act of tightening in an environment of weak U.S demand for Treasuries as well as a depressed economic growth in Europe is likely to make the market adjustment to tighter conditions much faster than expected. I expect the stock market to be under selling pressure as this scenario unfolds.
DanielMoore is the author of the book Theory of Financial Relativity. All opinions and analyses shared in this article are expressly his own, and intended for information purposes only and not advice to buy or sell.