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Clarion Rating: 3 out of 5
Riveting, entertaining action elevates character-development and themes of light and dark in this experimental fantasy.
Invisible Wings contains all of the elements needed to make a medieval fantasy: elves, fairies, dragons, kingdoms, and rogues, as well as a theme of good versus evil, or, in this case, Light versus Shadow. Nicole Hewitt makes the story come alive.
Lady Sylvia Gruith, the last of a species known as elvin-fairies, had become tainted with Shadow during the destruction of her father's kingdom. Taken captive shortly thereafter and severely abused, she manages to escape and find shelter in an inn, where she meets a three-person troupe. Upon hearing Sylvia's tales of woe, the trio insists she join them, both to find someone to make her whole again and to use her magical Light powers to overthrow the Shadow. And thus, as the foursome begin their perilous adventures, romance enters the picture for the main protagonists, Sylvia and Derik, one of the other band members.
In the first quarter of this debut novel, the narrative appears to be heading in a good direction, and Hewitt does a fairly good job of creating an interesting plot with a strong overarching skeletal design that includes rich character development. Complementary to this is the use of third-person omniscient view, which reflects the mind-set of a world where men find their worth in valor and domination and women struggle for survival in a male-dominated society. In this case, Sylvia fights for her aristocratic status.
The midsection of the book, however, is filled with several problems that quickly bog down the story line. There are a number of typos and run-on sentences; the occurrence of the latter is frequent enough to impede the flow of the narrative. For example, "She suppressed a shiver and raised her eyes cautiously to look at her box, she dared not lie in case he saw through it, if she did he might steal box back."
Although the book seamlessly segues from one scene to another, many sections are clogged with tedious filler that does not contribute to the story. For example, a great deal of time is devoted to Sylvia's horrendous experiences in captivity, which are worth mentioning but do not build up to any future event in the narrative. When Sylvia performs healing spells on herself, she repeatedly passes out, which could offer comic relief; instead, pages are unnecessarily filled with Derik's agonizing thoughts on Sylvia's misfortune. The incorporation of a thieving elf in the plot's twist makes for a great addition, except for the fact that his two-time appearance doesn't seem to tie into the narrative. Finally, the inclusion of rhyming couplets in the dragon scenes is both clever and a welcoming nuance, but it quickly loses its flavor after several pages of monotonous poetry.
The last quarter of Invisible Wings is radically different from the rest of the book. With better grammar and punctuation, the narrative shifts from ennui to pure entertainment. Riveting action is juxtaposed with events that are interwoven with the type of humor befitting a Johnny Depp movie; plus it closes with a great cliffhanger.
The cover art is tasteful but would benefit from a bolder, more dramatic design to reflect the narrative's dark medieval theme. Even so, Invisible Wings has the potential to grow into a series.
Reviewed by Anita Lock
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Understanding the human brain is one of the greatest challenges facing 21st century science. If we can rise to this challenge, we will gain profound insights into what makes us human, develop new treatments for brain diseases, and build revolutionary new computing technologies that will have far reaching effects, not only in neuroscience.
Scientists at the European Human Brain Project—set to announce more than a dozen new research partnerships worth Eur 8.3 million in funding later this month—the Allen Institute for Brain Science, and the US BRAIN Initiative are developing new paradigms for understanding how the human brain works in health and disease. Today, their international and collaborative projects are defined, explored, and compared during "Inventing New Ways to Understand the Human Brain," at the 2014 AAAS Annual Meeting in Chicago.
Henry Markram from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), in Switzerland, where the Human Brain Project is based, describes how the project will leverage available experimental data and basic principles of brain organization to reconstruct the detailed structure of the brain in computer models. The models will allow the HBP to run super-computer based simulations of the inner working of the brain.
"Brain simulation allows measurements and manipulations impossible in the lab, opening the road to a new kind of in silico experimentation," Markram says.
The data deluge in neuroscience is resulting in a revolutionary amount of brain data with new initiatives planning to acquire even more. But searching, accessing, and analyzing this data remains a key challenge.
Sean Hill, also of EPFL and a speaker at AAAS, leads The Neuroinformatics Platform of the Human Brain Project (HBP). In this scientific panel, he explains how the platform will provide tools to manage, navigate, and annotate spatially referenced brain atlases, which will form the basis for the HBP's modeling effort—turning Big Data into deep knowledge.
The Neuroinformatics Platform will bring together many different kinds of data. University of Edinburgh's Seth Grant, a key member of the HBP, describes how he is deriving new methods to decode the molecular principles underlying the brain's organization, such as how individual proteins assemble into larger complexes. As Grant explains in Chicago, this has important practical applications as many mutations in schizophrenia and autism converge on these so-called supercomplexes in the brain.
As we understand more and more about the way the brain computes we can apply this knowledge to technology. Karlheinz Meier, of Heidelberg University in Germany and a speaker at AAAS, outlines how he is working to create entirely new computing systems as part of the HBP. These Neuromorphic Computing Systems will merge realistic brain models with new hardware for a completely new paradigm of computing—one that more closely resembles how the brain itself processes information.
"The brain has the ability to efficiently perform computations that are impossible even for the most powerful computers while consuming only 30 Watts of power," Meier says.
At AAAS, Christof Koch lays out another ambitious, 10-year plan from the Allen Institute for Brain Science: to understand the structure and function of the brain by mapping cell types from mice and humans with computer simulations and figuring out how the cells connect, and how they encode, relay, and process information. The project, Koch says, promises massive, multimodal, and open-access datasets and methodology that will be reproducible and scalable.
At Harvard University, George Church is participating in the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative, which aims to map every neuron in the brain with rapidly advancing technologies. At AAAS, he describes progress on new tools for measurements of brain cell development, connectivity, and functional state dynamics in rodent and human clinical samples.
What do all of these projects have in common? They seek to help find some of the most elusive answers known to man: what makes us human, how does the brain function, what causes neurological and mental illness, and, most importantly, how can we treat or cure these afflictions?


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American Wolf: Washington 2014 (Seen The Lights Go On For Billy): The Gershwin Prize Concert.
Washington 2014 (Seen The Lights Go On For Billy): The Gershwin Prize Concert.
It was a pretty good night for a Wednesday & Justice Sotomayor gave him a smile.
But the implications remained--many of Joel's signature songs like "Just The Way You Are," "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)," "Only The Good Die Young," "She's Always A Woman," & "Scenes From An Italian Restaurant," were from this one album. Sure, he had other great songs, but the Gershwin Award? I remained skeptical.
Well, after spending a week straight listening to nothing but Billy Joel, I had the honor last night of attending the ceremony at the DAR Constitution Hall in downtown Washington, D.C.
It was a very D.C. show--everyone was in their Paul Simon bow-ties (the late Illinois senator, not the former Garfunkel partner who won the first Gershwin Award) or in their Hillary pantsuits, except for the older ladies, who were dressed like Madeleine Albright. Flanking Billy Joel in his box seat were Dr. Billington & Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the latter of whom received the most applause after the Piano Man of honor himself.
Boyz II Men opened the show with a rousing rendition of Joel's doo-wop revival hit "For The Longest Time" (the original of which featured Joel doing all 14 vocal parts). Leann Rimes reminded everyone why she once beat out Britney Spears & Christina Aguliera for Best New Artist at the Grammys when she belted out "Lullaby (Goodnight, My Angel)"--& also demonstrated that the otherwise marginalized late-period Billy Joel song deserves a reappraisal. Former lead Dixie Chick Natalie Maines (A.K.A. The One Who Was Embarrassed By Bush) switched the genders around on "She's Got A Way" & reinvented it as lovely country tune, finding the folk song hidden inside of it that its simple structure had always implied was there.
Meanwhile, Josh Groban proved that he is a talented singer but that even the most delicate Billy Joel material (in this case, "She's Always A Woman") isn't best suited for a classical voice. Gavin DeGraw did a fine-but-ultimately-forgettable romp through "It's Still Rock & Roll To Me," the greatest song to ever mock New Wave while sonically embracing it. (It was also Joel's first #1 hit.) The only real disaster was John Mellencamp's case for Joel as a protest singer, with an acoustic version of "Allentown" that sounded like a misguided outtake from Bob Dylan's The Times They Are A-Changin' LP. Mellencamp played it loose & understated, with an accompanying guitarist who never seemed to lock in with what he was doing. Ultimately, the punchy melody that drives the original was lost in a sea of well-meaning but confused rasping & strumming.
The only person to receive a standing ovation from this opening set was Tony Bennett, who closed with a perfect take on "New York State Of Mind." Here was a song that was written & conceived for a lounge/jazz singer like Bennett--& he sang it like the old-school New Yorker that he is, mixing the jazz, pop, & perhaps, a touch of rock. Somewhere, the Gershwin Brothers were smiling.
But all of this combined proved to be merely a flicker before Joel came out & burned the place down. He played his songs so thoroughly & theatrically, I was shocked to realize afterwards that his set was a mere 4 songs. He opened with "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)," riding the driving verses into the thrashing pre-chorus with such flair that it made you forget the entire evening of music that had come before it. He then played "Vienna," which for my money is the finest song he has ever written--opening & closing with a lilting cabaret figure, he builds the melody up & brings it down with a promise of escape couched in words of pragmatism. "Dream on," he sang to the newly-minted Gershwin Prize facing him on his piano, "but don't imagine they'll all come true." Well, most of the time anyway.
Joel next unleashed "Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway)," an apocalyptic tale of a post-future New York City that was the highlight of the night. Originally released in 1976, it took on a new significance a quarter century later, when it came eerily close to prophecy. It is a song about the Brooklyn bridges blowing, the Harlem churches burning, & the mighty Manhattan skyline falling. But it is an old man's tale, shrouded in mystery & memory; for all of the song's chaos & destruction, its key words seem to be: "There are not many who remember--they say a handful still survive." It could be sung by the few survivors of the PS General Slocum steamship disaster of 1904 who were still alive to see the Twin Towers fall.
Billy Joel closed his small set with "You May Be Right," the lead single (& a Top 10 hit) from 1980's Glass Houses, the most rocking album he would ever release. It is the best of his "angry young man" songs, a song of defiance that added up to more than the huffing & puffing its lyrics implied. This is a testament to the song's crashing, bashing music, which revels in the feeling of simple, stupid rebellion. Which only makes sense--isn't this night ultimately all about the music in the first place?
With the thrashing bookends of "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)" & "You May Be Right," Joel made his case for being a rocker, even when his reputation might imply otherwise. If the night had ended there, it would've been spectacular, but of course it didn't--there was still the obligatory "Piano Man" encore, which featured the ensemble joining in. Early reviews have called it the highlight of the evening, but they must've not been listening. From my seat, the whole thing seemed ad-hoc & ill-conceived (Kevin Spacey gets to sing more of the song than Billy Joel?! Boyz II Men & Tony Bennett don't get any feature spots in it at all?! Mellencamp didn't even bother to show up?!), with its finest moments--a Boy II Man waltzing with himself, Groban & DeGraw swaying like the bar patrons they sing about, Rimes acting like a lovable kook--only speaking to how dispersed the performance was.
The show deserved a better ending, & had they let Joel close it by himself, it would've gotten it.
The whole thing airs on PBS on January 2, 2015, at 9:00 PM, so you can judge for yourself. Presumably there will also be the prerecorded congrats (from Streisand, McCartney, & James Taylor), the video interview segments with Joel (always interesting, if produced in a bizarrely shoddy manner), & the dance numbers from his Broadway musical (which might as well feature Eva Trapp dancing alone--despite all those around her, you won't be able to take your eyes off of her).
Once the show had ended & I was tallying up the full setlist when I got home, I was struck by the small number of actual major Billy Joel hits that got played. Aside from "It's Still Rock & Roll To Me," neither of his other #1 hits--"Tell Her About It" or "We Didn't Start The Fire"--were to be heard. He also didn't play anything from his quartet of #3 hits: "Just The Way You Are" (except for a tease bit he did about its opening riff), "River Of Dreams" (it was played as part of a prerecorded medley for the dancers), "Uptown Girl," & "My Life" (the latter of which was the biggest oversight of the evening). Come to think of it, of his 13 Top 10 hits, only 2 were accounted for: "It's Still Rock & Roll To Me" & "You May Be Right."
The fact that this went unnoticed during the evening made me wonder--how many artists could fill a comprehensive overview of their career & leave out almost all of their biggest hits? Perhaps this, more than anything else, is proof that Billy Joel truly deserves the Gershwin Prize For Popular Song.
So congrats, Billy. & thank you for helping us all to forget about life for a while.


The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services must remove restrictions that hamper Medicare providers' ability to offer telehealth services.
President Donald Trump's new budget proposal calls for another effort to repeal Obamacare.
Trump's budget uses a failed Republican bill known as Graham-Cassidy as a template.
The proposal also seeks a rollback of the expansion of Medicaid benefits achieved under the Affordable Care Act.
A recent article by Linda Qiu (8/7, PolitiFact online) quotes former Arkansas Governor and 2016 presidential hopeful, Mike Huckabee from the recent Aug. 6 GOP debate: "illegals, prostitutes, pimps, (and) drug dealers" have taken from Social Security.
Huckabee has also employed a similar line for the Affordable Care Act, "If Congress wants to mess with the retirement program, why don't we let them start by changing their retirement program, and not have one, instead of talking about getting rid of Social Security and Medicare that was robbed $700 billion to pay for Obamacare?" According to PoltiFact such an anti-Obamacare narrative is not new to the GOP, actually going back to the 2010 mid-term elections.
A recent online post (Oct. 28) in Forbes features another article by physician John C. Goodman. Dr. Goodman says senior citizens should still be concerned about Medicare ramifications of the Affordable Care Act. This latest report by Dr. Goodman describes a perhaps lesser-well-known provision in Obamacare which imposes pervasive budgetary constraints on Medicare expenditures. In prior years, Medicare was solely an entitlement. Meaning, the federal government was compelled to fund care both seniors and the disabled received. Now, the ACA imposes spending limits.
Beginning Monday, March 31, 2014, the U.S. Senate is scheduled to take up Medicare payment legislation; the House concurrently is working on redefining the full-time work week, at least as it would be under the ACA. Senate Majority leader Harry Reid has also scheduled a test-vote for what's known as the "doc fix", a bill – one that supposedly prevents a 24 percent reduction in federally-based reimbursements to doctors treating Medicare patients. The proposed legislation is a "patch" and not a lasting remedy to the "Sustainable Growth Rate" (SGR) – this is what causes the regular cuts in provider pay that Congress must then undo via legislation.
Republican and Democratic leaders claim they've previously sought a way to repeal it – permanently – but the short-term legislation was needed to avoid the chance of seniors losing medical care if the current patch is allowed to expire, and reimbursement rates plunge.
The Senate is also considering a bill to extend unemployment benefits additionally by five months. The legislation, co-authored by five Republicans, cleared a crucial test, and therefore may pass.
As of March 31, 2014, the House was also scheduled to continue wrestling with the issue of perceived over-stepping by the Obama White House, with a vote on the "Save American Workers Act". It's being pushed by Rep. Todd Young, R. Ind. The bill repeals the 30 hour definition of full time employment under the ACA. Critics of the 30-hour starting point say it's caused employers to cut hours and furlough employees, all to avoid the new employer mandate – requiring employers to provide health insurance to full-time employees.
Is Obama obsessed about not upsetting the apple-cart prior to mid-term elections this fall? Amy Payne, writing on the Heritage Foundation's Foundry page, more or less poses this question. Payne points out that Obamacare mandates, which could spark protest, have already been postponed. Now the administration has halted proposed alterations to Medicare which weren't part of the Affordable Care Act. Specifically these changes would affect Medicare Part D – which impacts seniors' drug plans – within the structure of the program. The proposed changes would cut right through the heart of the current program: which affects choice. The administration argues less choice is actually helpful to seniors, because offering too many options would be confusing.
Fewer options for seniors with respect to drug availability in Medicare Part D, could also spell cancellation, or dramatic changes, to some 7.4 million Medicare Beneficiaries policies.
Does Congress want to supplant misguided Medicare policy with one reinforcing current policy deficiencies? A rare consensus has emerged on Capitol Hill, between three congressional committees: Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce in the House, and Finance in the Senate.
Each has agreed to replace the dysfunctional Medicare physician-payment system. This supposedly would no longer require Congress to act every year, heading off across-the-board cuts in physician fees, which the present day, awkward system, known as the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) requires. Annual "Doc Fix" legislation would no longer need to be enacted by Congress. Problematic is the fact the new fee schedule and payment plan would still be another government-based and run payment structure.
What shouldn't be pursued at this point is a costly, long-term solution to the "doc-fix" dilemma, which in reality just more funding for an "un-reformed Medicare fee-for-service insurance model", says commentator James C. Capretta, a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, and a visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
FedSmith.com ("an information portal for sources of information impacting the federal community and those interested in the Federal Government's activities") surveyed 2,500 federal employees and retirees and found that 92.3 percent believe federal workers should keep their current health insurance and not be compelled to enroll in ObamaCare. Only 2.9 percent say they should become part of the new health insurance exchanges.
Thus, federal employees and retirees almost unanimously prefer to stay in their high-quality taxpayer-funded health insurance program, known as the Federal Employees Health Benefit Plan (FEHBP), rather than being subjected to either ObamaCare or Medicare.
Hospitals are focusing on providing quality food because Medicare in 2012 began paying hospitals based partly on their patient-satisfaction scores, a change that is part of the federal "Obamacare" health care law. Medicare surveys do not ask about food, but it has been found that good food contributes to a hospital's better-than-average overall satisfaction rates.


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Opinion: David Miranda, Betrayed Citizen or Whinging Pansy?
by Alex Garrido • November 1, 2013 • Politics, Science and Tech • Comments (0) • Views 2693
Recently, there has been much in the media about NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, the embodiment of the values of the freedom-loving liberty-extolling democracy-exporting nation, which is determined to have him executed. Much of the media noise-making has been done by a Guardian journalist, Glenn Greenwald. It was then quite obvious what the security services were planning to talk to his assistant, David Miranda, about, when he was detained recently at Heathrow Airport for the maximum legal amount of time on suspicion of nothing in particular.
Mister Miranda was grilled for 9 hours regarding issues paramount to the national security of the UK: his Facebook password, some DVDs a friend had recently given him, and a games console. It is a little unusual, one might think, that the border agencies spent hours and hours demanding his email and social media passwords when the very reason he was being questioned was that he helped reveal that the government knows everyone's email and social media passwords. They also took his wristwatch.
Sorry, but this sounds an awful lot like stealing. Stopping someone from going about their business, forcing them into a room, demanding private information on the threat of violence or incarceration, taking their property (from memory sticks to watches to games consoles to DIGNITY) then releasing them without further explanation is exceptionally similar to a robbery or a mugging, except perhaps only for the degree to which the government orders said mugging.
With the civil service having already paid a visit to Guardian offices in order to destroy some hard drives because it may or may not like what is (or was) on them, and with them now detaining (and stealing from) Guardian associates because they may or may not like his, er, watch (perhaps he was planning on using his Xbox to destroy capitalism or his novelty underwear posed a threat to the New York Stock Exchange), the government really does seem to be pissing about with this whole 'freedom of the press' stuff. It is one thing to be acting to safeguard the security of the public; it is another thing to dress up China-esque state reprisals against journalists and their assistants as such.
Luckily, the defender of the freedoms of the people of the United Kingdom, Darth May, has sped to the rescue, declaring that everyone who opposes the detention of Mr Miranda is condoning an attitude detrimental to national security. …Hang on, what?!
Theresa May said in a recent statement that all those who oppose the detainment should "think about what they are condoning". After a long think, I've decided that I'm condoning:
• Freedom of the Press
• Civil liberties
• An urgent review of Section 7 of the Terrorism Act (i.e. please can we at least declare that there's probable cause to arrest someone before arresting them? Hint: "he looks dodgy" or "we don't like him" do not count).
It may well turn out that the data on Mr Miranda's laptop proves crucial in apprehending an international terrorist, or some other such successful outcome, but I'm not saying that I hope it doesn't; I'm saying that we need to be more professional about our application of anti-terrorism laws. Rather than arresting journalists because they're printing harmful stories about the government (see also: Soviet Union) then declaring all those sceptical about the fairness of such a measure as unpatriotic anarcho-terrorist liberal pansies, this country needs a reasoned debate about where we want to draw the line between liberty and security. In my opinion, they're drawing the line in the wrong place.
Alex Garrido is an upper-sixth student at Altrincham Grammar School for Boys and Lucid Politics editor.
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Sunglasses, check. Sunscreen, check. Surfboard, check. Now all you need is a little Montauk Beach House for a proper way to spend the biggest party weekend of the summer. The 4th of July is just around the corner and we've got something special in store for all you Montauk revelers.
On Saturday, July 2nd we're hosting a six hour pool party featuring DJ and Off White mastermind Virgil Abloh and EDM wunderkinds Hotel Garuda. The 21+ day party is part of Corona's Electric Beach event series, which brings reigning EDM artists to cities across the country.
Sounds like a pretty dope time, right? It gets better. The event is FREE (you read right) with RSVP. Just don't forget to bring along the #beachhousevibes.
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I can't believe it's over.
On May 20th, I pulled into the parking lot at Dordt expecting to spend the next two weeks dying a horrifyingly painful death at the hands of journalism. With 15 days of WJI looming ahead, I was terrified, and it didn't feel like we'd ever be at the end. But here we are, we made it, and now I don't want to say goodbye.
I've been in the radio broadcast track, so this morning, I spent an hour working with an editor on my script before recording my podcast voiceover. The media lab was packed—all of us in the broadcast track were frantically trying to pull together our pieces for the 4:30 p.m. showcase.
I managed to survive the first 14 days of WJI with zero emotional breakdowns, but alas, today I broke that streak. My audio piece was majorly stressing me out, so I went outside and sat down in the grass under a tree. It really was beautiful out—sunny, breezy, and 70 degrees. It took a little while, but I eventually decided that the world was NOT ending, and I could go in and finish editing my piece. I somehow ended up with dirt from the tree all over my arms, but ah well, it added to the experience.
Before lunch, we all headed in to the final "Pitts' P's" lecture. I'm going to miss those—Lee Pitts tells best stories. We are now all very sad that Taco Cid is permanently closed.
Dinner felt so strange…our last meal in the dining hall! They still had ice cream left from the Memorial Day BBQ though, so I'm going to count that as a win.
Around 7:00 p.m., we split into two groups and got to watch/listen to each other's pieces. I loved getting to see what everyone had been working on all week, but there's definitely still a special place in my heart for radio.
After a final wrap up where we all got certificates and t-shirts, we piled into the Dordt vans one last time. "PARTY AT PITTS'" was the last official event of WJI. We played games, baked cookies, and Adel found a really creepy doll.
I couldn't have asked for a better end to an incredible two weeks…it's just too bad we can't come back and do it all again next year.
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This lovely boutique hotel in a stately 1870s home is located in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs, at the gateway to the antiques and art galleries of Woollahra, and a short walk from Centennial Park and Bondi Beach.
One of Sydney's premier pet friendly boutique hotels, this unique venue is across the road from the expansive Centennial Parklands, perfect for taking your furry friend for a walk or run! Your pampered pooch will also receive a special treats on check-in, and pet-sitting and dog walking services are available upon request – doesn't it sound like doggy heaven?
The individually designed rooms retain many original period details, and feature stylish antique furniture, art and cosy fireplaces. Each room also offers free Wi-Fi and flat-screen TVs.
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The Brenig Way passes through a spectacular landscape formed by the geology and geomorphology, the geodiversity. Geodiversity links the rocks, minerals, fossils (geology) and soils with the landscape (geomorphology), heritage and culture of the area.
The story of the geodiversity of the Brenig Way starts about 490 million years ago. It is a story of millions of years of Earth movements as tectonic plates crashed into each other causing volcanoes, earthquakes, folding, and faulting of the rock. The story of mountains being built and destroyed, deep seas teeming with life, being formed and disappearing, the last Ice Age which sculpted the land to the flooding, landslides, weathering and erosion of today.
The Dee Valley dominates the start of the walk. This ancient river was running before the last Ice Age and is thought to be about 3 million years old. As Wales plunged into the last Ice Age about 73,000 years ago, ice from Snowdonia and the Arenig Mountains flowed down the valley to Bala and along the Dee Valley and on to Cheshire. This ice formed glaciers and ice sheets that covered the landscape carving and shaping the landscape. The ice was up to a kilometre thick.
The cliffs behind Corwen were formed when Wales lay deep in the southern hemisphere about 425 million years ago. This part of Wales was a deep sea called the Denbigh Trough, which over time filled with grit, sand and occasional tiny fossils of sea creatures called crinoids. This rock is called the Denbigh Grits and is also the rock of Caer Drewyn on the northern side of the valley. Iron Age people used this rock to build the impressive ramparts of the hillfort.
The River Dee meanders through the glacial deposits, left behind after the ice, and alluvium, deposits carried by the river from upstream and dumped as mud when the river floods, which it does each year. The effects of ice and a fast flowing river can be seen as the banks are eroding exposing large round boulders called glacial 'erratics'; in the 'wrong' place.
When the glaciers melt, the sediment and rocks that were carried by the ice are dumped, mostly as glacial till, which drapes the landscape, and erratics that litter landscape. Study of the rock type of erratics and tracing them back to their origin, allows the flow of glaciers to be traced. The erratics in this part of Wales are from Snowdonia and the Arenig Mountains.
Climbing up the valley sides the rocks are Silurian mudstones. These muds were laid down in thin layers about 420 million years ago. They are now descriptively called 'ribbon-banded' mudstones. Over millions of years, huge Earth movements squeezed these mudstones forming shales and slate.
The path crosses onto the Denbigh Grits of Y Foel, the same rocks as those above Corwen. The Denbigh Grits are hard and resisted the ice, which is why they form the high ground here. The hills of Y Foel also follow the same trend as the Dee Valley, which confirms that the ice flowed from the south-west to the north east.
The valley around Glan-yr-afon is full of glacial deposits including small rounded hills called drumlins. To the west and south-west are glacial melt-water channels. When the ice started to melt about 17,000 yrs ago, the melt-water flow was initially under the ice. The running water would have carved out a tunnel and eroded a sub-glacial valley. The sediment carried by the meltwater was then deposited further down the valley & draped the landscape.
As you pass a small farmhouse at the top of Nant Rhyd-y-saeson, there is an enormous glacial erratic. This is the largest in North East Wales, it was even bigger as there are holes from rock drills where explosive was put to try to blow it up. Why was the farmhouse built do close to the erratic? It seems a strange thing to do.
The path above Nant Heulog and follows the contact between the Denbigh Grits & the underlying pale greenish-grey Bettws Mudstone. The Afon Alwen and Ceirw valley below is very steep-sided as it is a huge fault in the bedrock. Faults are weaknesses in the bedrock that water can exploit. This fault is one of a series of major faults, called the Bala Lineament, that run from the Welsh coast at Tywyn north easterly and under the Cheshire Plain. Huge volumes of melt-water would have exploited this weakness in the rock.
The rocks along this part of the route are the older Ordovician Maerdy Mudstone Formation mudstones, which were deposited some 445 million years ago. The rocks have evidence of past life in the form of bioturbation; here it is the burrows of tiny worms that lived in muddy sediments without oxygen. Sometimes the rock looks mottled but occasionally tiny burrows can be found. Small outcrops of the Maerdy Formation are beside the path along Craig Arbuthy.
The valley sides of Melin-y-wig are draped in glacial till. Glacial till can be very unstable and there have been many landslips along the valleys, especially after heavy rain… we are in Wales.
Huge Earth movements during mountain-building events about 400 million years ago have pushed them up, folded and faulted the rocks of the steep-sided Afon Clwyd valley. The mountains were as high as the Himalayas today but have been destroyed by erosion and weathering. The processes were the same as those around the edges of the Pacific Ocean today. The remains of the volcanoes are in Snowdonia.
The rock changes entering Clocaenog Forest to the younger Silurian, Nantglyn Flags. As the name 'flags' implies, these rocks break up into large flat flags. The Nantglyn Flags have been extensively quarried and long been used for decoration, snooker tables, gravestones, building and dry-stone walls.
The Afon Clwedog valley is another steep-sided sub-glacial valley with the Nantglyn Flags forming the crags. The Afon Clywedog is a classic example of a miss-matched valley. The river seems much too small for the size of the valley. The valley was originally a glacial, U-shaped valley. The ice flowed over the landscape scraping the rock bare. When the ice melted, rivers flowed carving-out V-shaped valleys. Much of the landscape here has rounded hills and valleys, which are cut by sharp V-shaped and fluvial valleys and gorges.
When the path leaves the forest and up onto the highground, the rocks are still the Silurian Nantglyn Flags with stone used for the circles and cairns and other archaeological features. The stone used for these features does not seem to be the underlying Nantglyn Flags, but are probably glacial erratics, collected from the surrounding area.
Wales is still being changed by geological events with erosion, floods, landslides and very occasional mild earthquakes. The landscape is ever changing through human activity, the seasons and through time.


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Q: How to make a random unique number only used once I'm creating a program that makes a random code list and translates the text to the code. I'm having trouble figuring out how to make it so that the code is equal to a single random letter in a list.
This is the code I have so far :
loop = 0
while loop < 24:
    numbers = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24]
    letters = ['a','b','c','d','e','f','g','h','i','j','k','l','m','n','o','p','q','r','s','t','u','v','w','x','y','z']
    random.shuffle(numbers)
    random.shuffle(letters)
    print(numbers, "=", letters)
    loop = loop + 1
    if loop == 24:
        print("test")

It's outputting something like this:
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24] = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'j', 'k', 'l', 'm', 'n', 'o', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'u', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'y', 'z']

It should, in theory, look something like this when it's outputted:
1 = g, 2 = w, 3 = k, and so on.

A: Here is a example of what I said in my comment:
from random import shuffle
from string import ascii_lowercase

letters = list(ascii_lowercase)
shuffle(letters)

list(enumerate(letters))

The output of the above code is something like this:
>>> from pprint import pprint
>>> pprint(list(enumerate(letters)))
[(0, 'z'),
 (1, 'a'),
 (2, 's'),
 (3, 'y'),
 (4, 'o'),
 (5, 'h'),
 (6, 'p'),
 (7, 'v'),
 (8, 'l'),
 (9, 'r'),
 (10, 'e'),
 (11, 'i'),
 (12, 'm'),
 (13, 'g'),
 (14, 'b'),
 (15, 'q'),
 (16, 'n'),
 (17, 'u'),
 (18, 'd'),
 (19, 'k'),
 (20, 'x'),
 (21, 'c'),
 (22, 'j'),
 (23, 't'),
 (24, 'f'),
 (25, 'w')]
>>>

A: You can create a dictionary lookup for shuffled values to and from lower ascii using the string module and random - enumerate gives you indexes into the shuffled string:
from string import ascii_lowercase
import random
atoz = list(ascii_lowercase)
random.shuffle(atoz)

# add the index:character translation
d = { idx:char for idx,char in enumerate(atoz) }

# update with the reverse translation:
d.update( {c:k for k,c in d.items() } )
print(d)

Output:
{0: 'w', 1: 'e', 2: 'v', 3: 'r', 4: 'm', 5: 'n', 6: 'z', 7: 'x', 8: 'g',
 9: 'j', 10: 'p', 11: 'y', 12: 'q', 13: 'c', 14: 'u', 15: 'a', 16: 't',
17: 'l', 18: 'f', 19: 's', 20: 'h', 21: 'i', 22: 'b', 23: 'o', 24: 'k',
25: 'd',
'w': 0, 'e': 1, 'v': 2, 'r': 3, 'm': 4, 'n': 5, 'z': 6, 'x': 7, 'g': 8,
'j': 9, 'p': 10, 'y': 11, 'q': 12, 'c': 13, 'u': 14, 'a': 15, 't': 16,
'l': 17, 'f': 18, 's': 19, 'h': 20, 'i': 21, 'b': 22, 'o': 23, 'k': 24, 'd': 25}

To translate using this dictionary:
def word_to_ints(word, d):
    return [d.get(c,c) for c in word.lower()]

def ints_to_word(ints, d):
    return ''.join( (d.get(n,n) for n in ints) )

k = word_to_ints("Translate me", d )

print(k, "=", ints_to_word(k, d))

Output:
[16, 3, 15, 5, 19, 17, 15, 16, 1, ' ', 4, 1] = translate me

Doku:

*

*enumerate(iterable)

*random.shuffle(iterable)

*string.ascii_lowercase

*Why dict.get(key) instead of dict[key]?

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Baker Tilly and Squar Milner join forces
Baker Tilly and Squar Milner Combine, Creating Coast-to-Coast Advisory CPA Firm
Combined firm fortifies its capabilities, expands its national footprint and secures Top 10 ranking
CHICAGO (Aug. 13, 2020) – Leading accounting and advisory firm Baker Tilly US, LLP (Baker Tilly) and Squar Milner, LLP, one of the largest California-based independent accounting firms, announce the combination of their firms effective Nov. 1, 2020. The name of the combined firm will be Baker Tilly US.
"We are creating a new organization with substantial scale – a true combination of two leading advisory CPA firms that are forward-thinking and future-leaning," Baker Tilly CEO Alan Whitman said. "Together we are driving progress for a new world, combining our knowledge and expertise to guide our clients through anything."
California's vast and diverse economy is the fifth largest in the world. Squar Milner's explosive growth and strong position in the Golden State is driven by their expanding client relationships and their professionals' on-the-ground local presence and knowledge of the state's unique markets. Squar Milner has eight California locations – San Diego, three offices in the Silicon Valley and the Bay area, three offices surrounding Los Angeles and their headquarters in Orange County.
In the past 24 months, Baker Tilly expanded into Texas and bolstered its capabilities with several strategic acquisitions in data analytics, municipal advisory, global forensic accounting, valuation and litigation services, and outsourced accounting.
The new Baker Tilly will have top-notch talent and critical mass in many of the world's leading financial centers – New York, London, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago. Additionally, Baker Tilly US is the largest member of the Baker Tilly network, the world's 10th largest global network of independent accounting and business services firms. Combined, Baker Tilly will have 4,300 professionals.
"We are still very much dedicated to serving our California communities, and we are delighted to have the coast-to-coast and global advantage," Squar Milner Managing Partner Stephen Milner said. "Our firms are likeminded in our commitment to our clients, support for our profession and putting people at the center of it all."
Allan Koltin, CEO of the Koltin Consulting Group, is well-known and respected in the accounting industry and a go-to advisor for the Top 500 CPA firms. "This combination can be a game-changer for our profession as Baker Tilly approaches that significant revenue threshold of $1 billion. They have scale to innovate and stay ahead of the curve while keeping their entrepreneurial and agile edge. Alan Whitman and Steve Milner make a great team."
At a June 2020 meeting of major accounting firms, AICPA CEO Barry Melancon, CPA, CGMA, commented on the strength of the profession and benefit to clients when larger diversified firms differentiate their expertise and embrace technology. "The accounting profession continues to be an example of resiliency, even in our current economic environment, maintaining a strong commitment to clients, employees, students and the public interest."
About Baker Tilly US, LLP (bakertilly.com)
Baker Tilly US, LLP (Baker Tilly) is a leading advisory, tax and assurance firm whose specialized professionals guide clients through an ever-changing business world, helping them win now and anticipate tomorrow. Headquartered in Chicago, Baker Tilly, and its affiliated entities, have operations in North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Baker Tilly is an independent member of Baker Tilly International, a worldwide network of independent accounting and business advisory firms in 146 territories, with 36,000 professionals. The combined worldwide revenue of independent member firms is $3.9 billion. Visit bakertilly.com or join the conversation on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.
Baker Tilly US, LLP is a member of the Baker Tilly International network, the members of which are separate and independent legal entities. Baker Tilly refers to the global network of accounting firms of Baker Tilly International Limited. Baker Tilly International Limited does not provide services to clients.
About Squar Milner, LLP (squarmilner.com)
Squar Milner is one of the nation's largest accounting firms as well as one of the largest independent accounting and advisory firms in California and the Western United States. They feature offices throughout California and the Cayman Islands.
The firm provides high-end tax, audit, accounting, and consulting services to closely held businesses and SEC companies, their owners, and middle-to-high net worth individuals. Squar Milner also provides high quality consulting in connection with litigation support, bankruptcy and forensic accounting, financial planning, business management and CFO advisory services.


As the fourth and final exhibition in the 2014-2015 season at Chapelle de la Visitation, Julien Beneyton's show falls within a program articulated around the "Question of the Model". The show offers the opportunity to present the work of an artist who emerged on the art scene at the beginning of the millennium. Beneyton's art proceeds from an essentially pictorial practice, based upon the real, in a figurative/realist – even precisionist – style. The artist seeks to give an objective account of a (most often) lived moment, if not of an experienced situation, orchestrated by himself so as to appear true to reality without actually being a replica of it.
A figure poses, proud, in front of his shop sign; another makes a pretentious display of photographs of his military memories. Wearing a hat ornate with flowers, a prophet's beard, half-closed eyes and a friendly smile, one figure displays a sign attached round his neck saying; JEZUS TICKET NAAR DE HEMEL ( Jesus is a ticket to Paradise). Figures who remain anonymous reveal their secret tattoos on certain parts of their bodies; other are posing at their work place, a landscape of blast furnaces against an ominous sky speaking volumes of their struggle and their fears about the future. Julien Beneyton's art is lodged within the human and the social. Originally from Échirolles, near Grenoble – the very place of the artist group des Malassis (1968-81) and their activities – the artist has for a decade or so created a collection of paintings, drawings and sculptures arresting our gaze as much for their content as for their accomplished execution.
Entitled "La vie qui va avec » (the life that goes with it) – a popular expression, and a borrowed song title from French rapper Sefyu – Julien Beneyton's exhibition at Chapelle de la Visitation brings together a group of works that immediately highlight the artist's close connection with the world, his very own as well as the one he lives in. His approach offers a whole iconography of very diverse figures – familiar, friendly or anonymous – whom he endeavours to present in the context of a precise mise-en-scène pertaining to the production of meaning. It can in no way be seen as a simple and unimaginative reproduction of the real, on the contrary, far from it. Which by the wau indicates that these are works in their own rights, artefacts created for the benefit of painting. When working, Beneyton operates in the way of a director who composes a specific shot for his film by making sure to gather the right data and criteria, which all contribute to his communicating exactly what he wishes to express. Take for example the painting titled "L'acier Lorrain" (Lorraine steel), which he painted in 2013 and for which he got the idea when listening to the Florange workers' own radio station. Sympathetic to their news, he decided to visit the plant and meet the workers with the view to making a painting, without knowing exactly how this could be done.
Moved initially by a kind of inner necessity prior to having any clear intentions, Julien Beneyton likes to seize upon situations leading him to bring into play the close balance between being human, his personality, living conditions and environment. He is, in this prime quality of being, in the noblest sense of the word, an "artist-witness to his times", seriously intent on grasping his subject matter and his models, to designate it universal status. In this way, the characters outlined as "Cherr the jeweler" (2009), "Ali, soldier in the 3rd Algerian Infantry Division" (2013), the friends of his youth in the painting "The B.A.G" (2012), even the bystanders depicted in "Oujda" (2013) present themselves not only as individual figures, understood more or less according to his knowledge of them, but as past heroes frozen in time. His series "Remember that" from 2011 is another testimony, namely to the practice of tattooing, and the custom favoured by some of inscribing directly onto their flesh the images, symbols and signs with which they identify.
Julien Beneyton pays equal attention to the material world. He knows only too well the way we as individuals reflect ourselves into it, to the point of merging with it. Everyone of us willingly acquire objects that in the end 'shape us', whether we own them, or merely dream about them: a particular watch, a fetish car, a cd listened to ad infinitum, an addictive video game, an all-consuming book, etc. From this propensity towards fetishism the painter has produced a large series of black and white works on paper entitled "Wish list" (2013), in which the obsessive attention to detail becomes a metaphor for the one apparent in the depicted cult object. As soon as he moves into a third, lifelike dimension, as in the scathingly compassionate work of a homeless person lying on the ground under a cover of blankets and cardboard – "50 Cent" (2010) – his extreme precision factors in the principle of illusion. The gaze is confronted by the idea of delusion, and the divide between fiction and reality is ready to collapse. But the real is conveyed here, it remains forever suggestive. Julien Beneyton's art proceeds fundamentally and exclusively from the idea of evocation.
At its source, the artist draws on a forever-replenished wellspring of photographs of his journeys and his encounters. They may be impromptu snap shots, or sought after scenes, or again arranged scenes specifically intended for the making of a work. In every instance, Julien Beneyton takes multiple shots so as to have an archive as well stocked as possible. On the computer, he then selects the motives that interest him and remixes them into compositions for future paintings or sculptures. His strategic thinking is thus in turns cultural, psychological, sociological and societal, and of his everyday life, this "life that goes with it", to repeat yet again the title of the exhibition. This life of an artist, passionate about hip-hop music, always listening to others, mindful of the moods and rumours of the world around him. This life of an artist, whose approach resembles the idea of commitment, meaning the engagement of a true citizen, akin to Picasso who once claimed that an artist worthy of this designation is "above all a political being, constantly alert to the horrifying, passionate or pleasant events in the world, shaping himself completely in their image".
In relation to the Rhône-Alpes region, Julien Beneyton's exhibition at Chapelle de la Visitation has lead to his being invited to show other facets of his work at both the Museum Géo-Charles d'Echirolles and the Fondation Claudine et Jean-Marc Salomon d'Annecy, thus enabling his audience to appreciate the full extent and richness of his work. It especially demonstrates the aliveness and prospective character of trends within paintings in times when the gaze – having been directed away from painting – again turns towards it, because it knows how to draw from it the seeds of an incarnate creation, necessary for the continuation of humanist thought.


Many women dream of bearing a child. However, some women may experience difficulties in conceiving. Try out the following prayers to induce conception.
A woman who wants to have a child for the first time can use this prayer. The prayer asks for a healthy womb and the ability to conceive. In this prayer, thank the Lord for life and the way he has taken care of you. Tell him of how he knew you before you were conceived. Talk about how you long to carry your own baby and hold it in your arms. Pray that you may conceive and give the baby back to the Lord's care like Samuel in the bible. This prayer encourages you to put your faith in the Lord.
This prayer is for those who want to have another child. You can use this prayer when you find it hard to conceive a second time. In the prayer, thank God for blessing you with your other child or children. Ask to be blessed with another child or even twins to be a sister or brother to your other child/ren. Place your life in God's hands and pray for conception once again so you can enlarge your family. Also, pray for wisdom to teach and train your children and that they come to learn more about Jesus. Say this prayer each time you want to have another baby. It will work out for you, regardless of the number of children you wish to have.
This prayer is practiced by most people and is recommended by Catholics. Women who have problems with their ovaries can use this prayer. In the prayer, you can say how you are having problems with conception because of your ovaries. You can explain how you have consulted different doctors and they recommended you undergo surgery to solve the problem. Pray that God may heal you to enable you to conceive. Let God know that conceiving is one of the wishes you have been hoping to come true and that he may fulfill your wish. As you conclude, ask God to fill your body and spirit so that you can love him even more.
This prayer is recommended for married couples. Couples can say this prayer when they are ready to have children. You can start the prayer by saying how much you long to have a family of your own. You can say how happy you will be when you get the chance to hold your baby in your arms or even be blessed with twins. As you pray, make sure you ask that when you conceive, you have a healthy pregnancy. Pray that you and your spouse are given the wisdom to be loving, wise parents. As you finish the prayer, ask that you may be able to fulfill your purpose in life by having children so you can be a family and not just be husband and wife. This prayer will come in handy if you wish to have a family and are ready for conception and child-bearing.
Those who have had multiple miscarriages can say this prayer. The prayer is supposed to uplift you and make you hopeful of future conception. You can start the prayer by saying the number of miscarriages you have had. Explain how hurt you were each time you lost the pregnancy. Pray for conception, that you may be healed and be able to carry your baby until you give birth. You can say how it's going to be a miracle when you conceive. Ask for courage and strength that you may try to conceive again. You should be thankful and hopeful that conception is going to happen. No matter the number of times you have miscarried, do not lose hope. You still have a chance of bearing children, especially if you say this prayer every day.
You can say this prayer when conception has been a problem for you. In the prayer, you can say how conception has been a huge issue for you for years. You can also say how it is going to be a miracle when you get the chance to conceive and carry the baby full term. You can pray that you have been longing to be a mother and it will be a blessing to even have twins. Explain your journey to conception and how hard it has been for many months. Pray that you may be fertile, become fruitful, and put all this in the Lord's hands. Conclude by asking for a miracle for conception and that you may have the joy of becoming a parent.
Women who have had problems with fertility can say this prayer. In the prayer, you can ask that you may be blessed with the miracle of a pregnancy. Pray that you are remembered, like Sarah in the Bible, and you become fertile. You can explain how for years you have been hoping for a miracle of a baby. How lately you have been feeling hopeless but still wish that you can become fertile. Conclude by believing that your prayer is going to be granted since you know that nothing is impossible with God. Thus, if you are experiencing difficulties conceiving due to infertility, this is the perfect prayer for you.
This is another prayer that is recommended for married people. The Catholic Church also approves of it since it encourages married people to be fruitful and multiply. In the prayer, you can say how God's word encourages you to have children. Talk about how it also tells you to ensure that your children grow up to respect God. You should pray that you are blessed with the miracle of conception and that you bear children who are God-fearing. Conclude by praying that you become fruitful to conceive, or even have twins, since children are a gift from the Lord.
People who have carried their pregnancy full term then give birth to a stillborn baby are encouraged to say this prayer. This prayer gives them the opportunity to express their feelings after the ordeal. You can start off the prayer by saying how you went through so much grief and pain after the stillborn baby and how it still hurts. Pray that you are given peace and comfort to move on with life. Say how grateful you are for the people who comforted you during that time and for the strength and encouragement that were sent your way. You can say how you became closer to God during that time and how grateful you are for that. Ask that you may be blessed with the ability to conceive again and how it will be a miracle if you can conceive twins and deliver them when they are healthy. As you conclude, say how you will rejoice and give praise when your prayer is granted.
This prayer mostly talks about the word of God as it is written in the Bible. It talks about how we should abide by the word and be blessed with the fruit of the womb. It takes you back to the scriptures where God encourages conception and growth in a family unit. The prayer should let you show how much you want the gift of conception so you can multiply. You should ask for the opportunity to be fertile so that you can carry your children to full term. Ask for strength that you may be fruitful and bear as many children as you can as the scripture tells you to. Pray that you may have a family of your own, and have children who are God-fearing and abide by God's word. Conclude by thanking God for coming up with the concept of a family when he commanded Adam and Eve to be fruitful and to multiply. Conception and pregnancy is an issue that affects all women in the world. It is such a joy when a woman is able to conceive and carry the baby to full term. It is a blessing when you are able to deliver a healthy baby without complications. Prayers have been recommended for women who want to conceive. The Catholic Church has prayers that they encourage women to use when they want to conceive or to have a fruitful womb. There are also other prayers that women can use to conceive after they have had miscarriages or delivered stillborn babies. The above prayers are some of the most commonly used prayers for conception. There are women who have used these prayers daily and they say that they work. They encourage other women to use them so that they can also enjoy the fruits of their womb. So go on and try out these prayers if you want to conceive.


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Nissan Dualis 2010
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"Nissan" redirects here. For the Hebrew month, see Nisan.
Nissan Motor Company, Ltd. (日産自動車株式会社,, Nissan Jidōsha Kabushiki-gaisha?), shortened to Nissan is a multinational automaker headquartered in Japan. It was formerly a core member of the Nissan Group, but has become more independent after its restructuring under Carlos Ghosn (CEO).
It formerly marketed vehicles under the "Datsun" brand name and is one of the largest car manufacturers. The company's main offices are located in the Ginza area of Chūō, Tokyo. In 1999, Nissan entered an alliance with Renault S.A. of France, which owns 44.4% of Nissan as of 2008. Nissan is among the top three Asian (also known as the Japanese Big 3 Automakers) rivals of the "Big Three" in the U.S. Currently they are the third largest Japanese car manufacturer. It also manufactures the Infiniti luxury brand.
The Nissan VQ engines, of V6 configuration, have featured among Ward's 10 Best Engines for 14 straight years, since the award's inception. For the truck and bus maker "Nissan Diesel," it is a separate company from Nissan Motors, please see UD instead.
The pronunciation of its name is different in different markets. In the U.S., the brand is pronounced / ˈniːsɑːn/ , while in the UK it is / ˈnɪsæn/ . In Japanese, it is IPA:[nisːãɴ].
Beginnings of Datsun name from 1914
In 1914, the Kwaishinsha Motorcar Works (快進自動車工場, Kaishin Jidōsha Kōjō?), established three years earlier, in Azabu-Hiroo District in Tokyo, built the first DAT. The new car's name was an acronym of the company's partners' family names:
Kenjiro Den (田 健次郎, Den Kenjirō?)
Rokuro Aoyama (青山 禄朗, Aoyama Rokurō?)
Meitaro Takeuchi (竹内 明太郎, Takeuchi Meitarō?).
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Concrete Walls and Bureaucratic Barriers to Access to Justice for Migrants
5 October 2016 by Guest Contributor
Work recently began on a wall in Calais, funded by the UK government, to prevent migrants and asylum seekers from crossing the Channel to Britain. Nearly simultaneously, the government announced that it would increase immigration tribunal fees by over 500%, erecting a different type of barrier—to access to justice. It was claimed that doing so would bring in an estimated £34 million in income annually and preserve the functioning of the tribunals.
The decision to increase fees was made despite the fact that responses to a public consultation conducted by the government overwhelmingly disagreed with the proposals. The suggestion to increase fees in the First-tier Tribunal (the first port of call when a person wants to challenge an immigration or asylum decision by the state) was opposed by 142 of 147 respondents. Introducing fees in the Upper Tribunal (where appeals against decisions in the First-tier Tribunal are heard) was opposed by 106 of 116 respondents, and the introduction of fees for applications for permission to appeal in both Tribunals was opposed by 111 of 119 respondents. In partial concession to critics of the proposal, the government has said it will introduce fee waiver and exemption schemes in certain cases. However, these plans are as yet unspecified and are likely to increase the bureaucratic burden on migrants.
The Government claims these changes are necessary to preserve access to justice and the continued functioning of the Tribunals, and feels that taxpayers should not bear this burden. However, this motive is questionable, especially in light of the recent joint statement by the Government and the judiciary outlining plans to invest over £970 million to transform our justice system and make it more accessible. These plans are aimed at ensuring that the justice system is straightforward and capable of use by every citizen. The Tribunals in particular are cited as "an essential component of the rule of law" because they empower citizens to hold the state to account. Together, the Joint Statement and the fee changes illustrate a problematic dichotomy.
On one hand, the Government seeks to ensure that our justice system is fit for purpose, and remains a model of access to justice for other nations. On the other, it plans to implement highly restrictive fee changes for one category of individuals—non-citizens—despite significant opposition. In The Rule of Law, Lord Bingham wrote that the "denial of legal protection to the poor litigant who cannot afford to pay is one enemy of the rule of law". Indeed, the rule of law is not served where access to justice is barred by virtue of its cost. If the Government truly believes that tribunals are a fundamental part of the rule of law, then it should also believe in equal access to justice for all people. As underscored by the President of the Law Society, the proposed fee increases are "a huge setback for justice in the UK" that will deter people from appealing adverse decisions. This is especially worrying in view of evidence that appeal success rates in the First-tier Tribunal are 43% – 49%, depending on the type of appeal. These figures indicate that immigration and asylum decisions by the Home Office are frequently flawed. However, the fee increases mean that people will be less likely to challenge initial decisions, and that poor decisions will go unchecked and uncorrected.
Moreover, it is likely that the increase will result in unlawful discrimination and give the state even more power over people who are often vulnerable and afraid from the start. The decision to increase fees so drastically in the immigration and asylum tribunals arguably reflects a general anti-immigration sentiment here in the UK demonstrated recently in relation to the influx of refugees in Europe and the UK's continued resistance against accepting more refugees. The UK has a history of implementing restrictive policies in the field of migration in times of perceived crisis. For example, following publication of a White Paper in 1998 ostensibly aimed at protecting the rights of immigrants and asylum-seekers, Parliament passed seven laws introducing 80 new immigration offences, and began automatically detaining asylum-seekers upon their arrival in the UK. This was in the wake of the Government's perception that the state was being inundated by fraudulent asylum applications.
It is therefore difficult to accept the Government's proffered justification for these fee increases, especially when one considers that the non-citizens are often at a financial disadvantage in comparison to citizen-users of other tribunals. If the UK wishes to remain a world leader in terms of its justice system, it should seek to ensure that access to justice remains a viable option for all people, regardless of their origin or financial position.
Justine Stefanelli is research fellow at the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law, working on European law issues with a focus on migration.
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The fact that it may prevent people appealing is a feature not a bug to this government, especially if nearly 50% win on first tier appeals. After all, we can't have foreigners highlighting how unjust our system is by so many winning appeals. If they can't afford to appeal, under the government's logic, their decision to kick them out was justified and only those who can afford to appeal should be considered worthy, maybe. Pretty much par for the course with this government, i.e. you only count if you have plenty of money, which also applies to actual British citizens as well, i.e. look at legal aid or what's left of it.
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// Model
// This is for course-list.
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{
   public string CourseName { get; set; }
   public string CourseLicence { get; set; }
   public string Course_LicenceName {get;set;}
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{
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    {
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A: just play around with the code below:
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Blog Post #1160 – Ace Bakeries Fined $55,000 After Worker Injured in Mississauga
December 19, 2022 June 21, 2020 by Dan
Excerpt from the government of Ontario's 'Newsroom'
A worker suffered critical injuries after a bread machine activated while the worker was performing maintenance work on the machine.
The accident happened at the Ace Bakery's food processing plant at 580 Secretariat Court, Mississauga, Ontario on August 08, 2017.
A worker was performing maintenance work on a bread machine at the workplace. The guillotine knife on the machine needed to be adjusted so that the knife would cut the dough evenly. The work was being performed in the presence of a supervisor and a senior director of product development.
In order to access the relevant portion of the machinery, the worker first opened a safety gate. This gate is interlocked so that when it is opened, the machinery cannot be activated or started.
The worker then opened the doors to a mechanical cabinet on the machine in order to access mechanical components to make the adjustments. These cabinet doors were not equipped with interlocks and the worker did not activate the emergency stop button, shut down or lock out the machinery.
While the worker and the senior director of product development were making the adjustments in the mechanical cabinet, the supervisor closed the interlocked safety gate. This caused the bread machine to activate and cycle.
The worker received crushing injuries while caught between one of the machine's moving parts and the frame of the bread machine. The machine was stopped and the worker was taken to hospital for treatment.
Ace Bakery failed as an employer to ensure that the measures and procedures prescribed by section 76 of Ontario Regulation 851 were carried out at the project contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Following a guilty plea, the company was fined $55,000 by Justice of the Peace Helena Cassano in provincial offences court in Mississauga; Crown Counsel Jai Dhar.
The court also imposed a 25-per-cent victim fine surcharge as required by the Provincial Offences Act. The surcharge is credited to a special provincial government fund to assist victims of crime.
The law(s) in contravention:
Ace Bakeries was found guilty of a contravention of the Ontario 'Industrial' regulation 851/90, section 76 which states,
"Where the starting of a machine, transmission machinery, device or thing may endanger the safety of a worker,
(a) control switches or other control mechanisms shall be locked out; and
(b) other effective precautions necessary to prevent any starting shall be taken."
Ace Bakeries was also found guilty of a contravention of the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA), section 25, subsection 1(c) which states,
"An employer shall ensure that,
(c) the measures and procedures prescribed are carried out in the workplace."
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Articles tagged Philadelphia Media Network (25)
Shan WangFebruary 2, 2018
Here's how Arc's cautious quest to become the go-to publishing system for news organizations is going
"The amount of effort we'd have to invest into doing these things is completely outweighed by effort it would take for us to just do it with Arc."
Shan WangSeptember 21, 2017
To Philly and beyond: The Lenfest Institute announces $2 million in funding for local news projects
The Philadelphia Media Network is getting $1 million. Twelve organizations and five entrepreneurs-in-residence will be getting another for projects ranging from local news membership models to experiments in audience engagement.
Joseph LichtermanMay 3, 2017
Philly's Lenfest Institute has raised $26.5 million and could get another $40 million from its namesake
The institute, which owns the two Philadelphia dailies, also plans to introduce a fellowship program and award grants to help sustain local journalism.
Joseph LichtermanSeptember 22, 2016
How the new director of Philly's Institute for Journalism in New Media is approaching his job
Longtime media consultant Jim Friedlich discusses his vision for a sustainable metro newspaper.
"No single, one-size-fits-all approach": Challenges and possibility in the Philly newspapers' nonprofit reorganization
Shan WangJanuary 22, 2016
Can Philly's new Institute for Journalism in New Media live up to the enormous hopes pinned on it?
We talked to its new crop of board members: "My experience in the area of philanthropy is that if you are addressing important issues, have good ideas, and can show results, people and organizations are willing to support you."
Ken DoctorJanuary 21, 2016
Newsonomics: The hard realities of Philly's Hail Mary nonprofit reorganization
The numbers don't add up to growth. Sprinkling some some nonprofit pixie dust won't save the newspaper industry; only new ideas can do that.
Laura Hazard OwenOctober 22, 2015
A new project from Knight and Temple helps metro newsrooms get digital faster (and on a deadline)
It's a peer-to-peer program for regional newsrooms.
The New York Daily News wants to be a tech incubator
Press Publish 5: C.W. Anderson on metro newspapers' decline
The author of "Rebuilding the News: Metropolitan Journalism in the Digital Age" talks about what he saw in Philadelphia as the business came tumbling down. Joshua Benton
Benton, Joshua. "Press Publish 5: C.W. Anderson on metro newspapers' decline." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 6 Feb. 2013. Web. 18 Jan. 2020.
Benton, J. (2013, Feb. 6). Press Publish 5: C.W. Anderson on metro newspapers' decline. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved January 18, 2020, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2013/02/press-publish-5-c-w-anderson-on-metro-newspapers-decline/
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First Zebra Crossing Appears in Tbilisi as Part of Public Safety Drive
TBILISI – Tbilisi's first colourful zebra crossing has appeared in the Georgian capital's Didube district as part of a state-run under public safety campaign.
Student volunteers from Tbilisi State Academy of Arts and Ilia State University took part in the project.
The Beliashvili Street crossing is the first of two planned for the Didube region. According to the district's administration, the second will appear later this year.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs launched the campaign in 2015 as part of a drive to increase the public's awareness about road safety.
By Ana Akhalaia
Edited by Nicholas Waller


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Brooklyn plays Philadelphia on 5-game road slide
Brooklyn Nets (18-21, eighth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Philadelphia 76ers (25-16, sixth in the Eastern Conference)
Philadelphia; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST
LINE: 76ers -7.5; over/under is 219
BOTTOM LINE: Brooklyn visits Philadelphia looking to break its five-game road slide.
The 76ers have gone 17-9 against Eastern Conference opponents. Philadelphia ranks sixth in the league allowing only 105.7 points per game and holding opponents to 45.5 percent shooting.
The Nets are 4-4 against opponents from the Atlantic Division. Brooklyn averages 48.7 rebounds per game and is 20-7 when pulling down more rebounds than opponents.
The Nets won the last matchup between these two teams 109-89 on Dec. 15. Spencer Dinwiddie scored 24 points to help lead Brooklyn to the win.
TOP PERFORMERS: Tobias Harris has averaged 19.3 points and 6.7 rebounds for the 76ers. Ben Simmons has averaged 17.7 points and 8.8 assists over the last 10 games for Philadelphia.
DeAndre Jordan leads the Nets with 9.9 rebounds and averages 8.1 points. Dinwiddie has averaged 20 points and totaled 4.2 rebounds while shooting 38.5 percent over the last 10 games for Brooklyn.
LAST 10 GAMES: 76ers: 4-6, averaging 107.9 points, 46.5 rebounds, 25.9 assists, seven steals and 4.8 blocks per game while shooting 45.2 percent from the field. Their opponents have averaged 108.7 points on 45.9 percent shooting.
Nets: 2-8, averaging 103.2 points, 49.1 rebounds, 23.3 assists, 5.6 steals and 4.2 blocks per game while shooting 42.7 percent from the field. Their opponents have averaged 109.7 points on 43.9 percent shooting.
INJURIES: 76ers: Joel Embiid: out (hand).
Nets: Wilson Chandler: day to day (hamstring), Garrett Temple: day to day (knee), Kevin Durant: out (achilles).
The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
Copyright 2020 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.
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Cleveland takes on Chicago on 3-game slide
Cleveland Cavaliers (12-30, 13th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Chicago Bulls (15-28, 10th in the Eastern Conference)
Bucks take 25-point halftime lead, crush Knicks
Giannis Antetokounmpo's 37 points lead the 128-102 victory at Fiserv Forum.
Irving returns to start for Nets, Trae Young out for Hawks
NEW YORK (AP) — Kyrie Irving is back for the Brooklyn Nets. Trae Young is out for the Atlanta Hawks.
Mike Budenholzer rips into Bucks after 2 big leads nearly blown in win over Celtics
Giannis Antetokounmpo had 32 points and 17 rebounds, Khris Middleton scored 23 and the Bucks held off the Boston Celtics 128-123 despite blowing two 20-point leads.
Jazz take on the Pelicans, look for 11th straight win
Utah Jazz (28-12, second in the Western Conference) vs. New Orleans Pelicans (15-26, 14th in the Western Conference)
Chicago visits Boston after Tatum's 41-point performance
Chicago Bulls (14-26, 10th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Boston Celtics (26-11, third in the Eastern Conference)
Bucks rip Nets for 6th straight victory
Giannis Antetokounmpo had 29 points and 12 rebounds, Middleton scored 20 points, and the Bucks beat Brooklyn 117-97 on Saturday night for their sixth straight victory.
Now Mets fire Carlos Beltrán amid sign-stealing scandal
Carlos Beltrán's 2 1/2-month tenure as Mets manager ended Thursday before he spent a single game on the bench, the latest fallout from the Houston Astros' sign-stealing scandal that has rocked Major League Baseball.


This fun bowl of cereal costume was a big hit with my daughter and the neighborhood. Come check out how to make a fruit loops costume!
Do you like to make costumes for your kids, or buy them at the store? I generally like to buy them. As much as I like originality, it's a lot of work! When my friend Adrian was over last month, she was asking Cali what she wanted to be for Halloween. She said she didn't know, so they went about searching the Internet for ideas. And when they stumbled upon the bowl of cereal costume from StudioDIY, my daughter decided right then and there thats what she wanted to do! We love cereal around here!
I may have had a few heart palpitations at the idea of pulling it together, but Adrian offered to help.Thank you Adrian! Cali was so excited. We began the process with a giant 36 inch balloon. Then added 4 layers of paper-mâché. When it tried we painted it to make the bowl.
My daughter wasn't prepared for the compliments and excitement she would receive at her school carnival from people watching her walk. I just kept reminding her to say thank you with a smile, over and over again! I really did not feel like venturing out to the event, and planned to just have my older daughter take her. But I'm glad I got forced myself to go and watch her shine in her fruit loops costume.
I wished there were more pull back shots on Studio DIY site, so I wanted to share them here. Got to her site for the specific directions.


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