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Hillary, Obama stump in Iowa
By - The Washington Times
MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa — Hillary and Bill Clinton stopped twice for ice cream and to gladhand. Barack Obama told a 4-year-old he loves Popsicles.
So goes the quest for Hawkeye State support as the two senators — and front-runners for the Democratic presidential nod — trek across Iowa to meet people whose votes they hope to win in January.
This holiday week, Mrs. Clinton, of New York, and Mr. Obama, of Illinois, are attracting crowds larger than the typical presidential candidate in Iowa.
Most have stuck to the small backyard forums — such as the one where 2008 hopeful Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware greeted 100 voters and stayed until after dark.
"I'm Joe Biden. I'm one of the 800 candidates running for president," he told the crowd.
But there was plenty of traditional retail politics yesterday for Mr. Obama and Mrs. Clinton, who each had a busload of reporters in tow.
Mrs. Clinton, traveling with her husband, the former president, popped into a Dairy Queen — "DQ" in these parts — in Grinnell. She had ice cream, and he had a chicken sandwich, and the former first couple shook hands and let voters snap photographs.
Mrs. Clinton told the Des Moines Register the junk-food lunch helped the campaign refuel on the way to a rally at the University of Iowa.
Later, the Clintons stopped at Whitey's Ice Cream in Davenport.
Mr. Obama, at his first stop in southeastern Iowa around lunchtime, made fun of himself for picking up a baby within moments of greeting the crowd.
"Normally I would take questions … but what I'd rather do is to spend time shaking everybody's hand, kissing some babies. I already kissed one, and I'm going to kiss some more," he said.
In Keokuk, he stopped to greet Anastasia Noon, the 4-year-old daughter of one of his volunteers. He asked about her summer activities, and if they included "just having fun" and "swimming." Not getting much of a response, Mr. Obama asked her about "treats," and she responded with her favorite dessert.
"I love Popsicles, too," he told her, before she slapped his hand. A few minutes later, Anastasia leapt into his arms for a hug, and he patted the little girl's head as her mother, volunteer Crystal Londrigan, asked him about legalization of marijuana. He said it was not likely to be part of his campaign platform.
In their stump speeches yesterday, both Mr. Obama and Mrs. Clinton criticized President Bush's commutation of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby Jr.'s prison sentence. The former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney was convicted in March on charges of perjury, obstruction of justice and lying to the FBI and grand jury in an investigation into the disclosure of the identity of CIA officer Valerie Plame.
Mr. Biden broke the Libby news to voters in Iowa City, and they gasped.
"What he should be doing is calling for Cheney's resignation," he said. "These guys think they're above the law."
Both Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Obama enjoyed lighter moments yesterday, with the New Yorker's double ice cream stops and the Illinois senator at one point choking on and then swallowing a gnat during his speech and saying it was "protein."
At one stop, he delivered his remarks from the bed of a red pickup truck with a yellow hood.
"Wow, this is exciting," raved Jane Watson, who works at the police station in Keokuk. She said few candidates come to this part of the state, across the Mississippi River from Illinois. Mrs. Clinton was a few hours away and generating a lot of attention.
Mr. Obama was well-received at Hawthorne Elementary School for his line: "Wall Street's never had it so good, but the folks on Main Street are struggling every single day." It struck a chord for these voters from Keokuk, where the unemployment rate is 7 percent and residents joke that the recently revamped Main Street is "a nice road to leave town on."
The crowd — much smaller than the thousands who came to larger Obama rallies — mostly waited to get a chance to shake his hand and ask him about the campaign. But not everyone had the patience to wait for Mr. Obama to work his way along the rope line, guarded by the Secret Service.
"Forget it. There's just too many people," one woman in Keokuk said as her daughter complained she was hot and hungry.


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House-building boosts construction activity but infrastructure projects fail to materialise
1 Feb Surging mortar sales indicates that house-building in Great Britain remained buoyant in 2018 but faltering concrete sales suggest an industry in limbo, waiting for planned infrastructure projects to get going.
Mortar sales reached a record high in 2018
Latest data from the Mineral Products Association (MPA) show volumes of mortar sales at their highest level since records began in 2004.
The majority of mortar sales take place within six months of house-building projects starting, so increased volumes indicate that new starts also grew during 2018.
Year-on-year mortar volumes increased by 14.3%, despite dropping by 1% in the fourth quarter. This trend suggests more cause for optimism than other market indicators such as Office for National Statistics data on brick deliveries, which show just a 1.6% increase in the 12 months to Q3 2018.
Beyond house-building, the wider picture of construction demand for construction mineral products is more muted, reflecting an industry still waiting for major projects to get going.
Ready mixed concrete sales volumes fell 1.6% nationally in 2018, weighed down by reduced demand in London, where sales declined by 4.8%.
The MPA's analysis shows that the southern regions of England and Wales led asphalt sales in 2018, indicative of roadbuilding and maintenance activity, contributing to a 0.7% growth nationally and offsetting declines in most other regions. Many Highways England projects appear to have been pushed to the back end of the current spending periods.
Aurelie Delannoy, director of economic affairs at the MPA, said: "Like many sectors, construction is awaiting the outcome of Brexit negotiations, but our data shows that Great Britain is still building despite the uncertainty. In particular, strong mortar sales indicate continuing new house-building projects in 2018. Our analysis, based on actual sales and on-the-ground activity rather than sentiment, suggests this has been higher than forecasted by other metrics.
"Elsewhere, the picture for the industry is more muted as we wait for several major infrastructure schemes to make the leap from the planning phase to the construction site. Policymakers and clients need to be mindful that the critical mineral resources that underpin our built environment don't flow from a tap, and preparations to ensure a ready supply need to begin early in a project's lifecycle."
The MPA represents more than 520 companies across the £20bn sector. Its sales data is seasonally adjusted and drawn from the MPA membership which covers 100% of GB cement production, 90% of aggregates, 95% of asphalt and more than 70% of ready mixed and precast concrete production.
Got a story? Email editor@theconstructionindex.co.uk
Builders urge Treasury to postpone reverse charge VAT
19 hours A new poll shows that two-thirds of building firms have never even heard of the term 'reverse charge VAT', let alone have any awareness of the impact that it is about to have on their business.
Mayor Khan blocks Tulip tower
19 hours Mayor London Sadiq Khan has stepped in to block plans for the Tulip, a 305-metre structure proposed as a tourist attraction for the City of London.
Bidding opens for £1.2bn Stonehenge tunnel contract
1 day Highways England has formally launched the procurement process for a main contractor for the construction of the A303 upgrade near Stonehenge.
Are you ready for the reverse charge?
1 day A significant change to the VAT rules will hit the construction sector this autumn. But many of those who will be affected will be unprepared. Graham Anderson reports
Scottish planners call for close links with new public health body
10 hours The Scottish arm of the Royal Town Planning Institute has said that more could be done to improve public health through the planning system.
Salini Impregilo updates its offer for Astaldi
10 hours Salini Impregilo has submitted a revised offer for Astaldi.
Australian industry calls for action on building regulation
18 hours A group of five industry bodies in Australia is calling for urgent action to address what they describe as a fragmented approach to building regulation in relation to combustible cladding.
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18 hours A consortium of Chinese companies has been chosen for the design and construction of an undersea tunnel linking Tallinn in Estonia with Helsinki in Finland.
Murphy tumbles into loss for 2018
18 hours J Murphy & Sons has filed its 2018 accounts showing a pre-tax loss of £5.8m for the year.
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How do you judge an accent as pretentious?
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Wintereis Wed Jul 02, 2008 10:28 pm GMT
<<Non-existent things can't have a North, as plain as that, otherwise you sould rename your country as the United States of Nowhere.>>
Are you mentally deficient?
Guest Wed Jul 02, 2008 10:54 pm GMT
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerique
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am%C3%A9rica
It's seems that French and Spanish speaking people believe in non-existent things, what a insanity! What will be next? State that the United States of America are in America?
We're talking about English here, not French or Spanish. If you want to talk about those languages, go to the Languages forum.
The English speakers are right, however what annoys me is when the gringos come and speak Spanish and say "YO SOY AMERICANO", and when I ask what country in America they look at me like I'm crazy. And then I say "yo también soy americano", and they are shocked and ask whether I'm an illegal immigrant.
"Mexicans are not Americans."
Wintereis, what are you saying? According with the Merriam Webster -- wasn't that the guy that messed up the English language? -- dictionary of the American English, a Mexican is an American, just look it up if you know how to do it, clue American(noun). Are those people mentally deficient too?
Imagine there's no Heaven
It's easy if you try
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
You may say that I'm a dreamer
Wintereis Thu Jul 03, 2008 2:03 am GMT
Guest, it seems there is a great difference in opinion as to how many continents there are and what the names of those continents are. But, since you are working with English, I think that you had better stick with the English format of North and South America. . . these also happen to be more scientifically accurate as well. Also, North and South America are collectively knows as the Americas not America in English. So, if one wishes to call everyone from the Americas something, I suggest Americasians. This would be far more correct in the English language since it would include the pluralized form and is about as rediculous as calling people from the U.S. Statians. So it should make the PC gang very happy.
Guest Thu Jul 03, 2008 3:41 am GMT
English usage pertains to the English language only. If you want to make arguments in foreign languages, then keep it to foreign languages. They mean nothing when it comes to English.
There is no single continent called "America" but there is a continent called "Europe", so that's why Italians are "Europeans" as well as being Italians. Mexicans are both Mexicans and -North- Americans, not Americans. There is no individual continent called America. America is a nation in between Canada and Mexico.
Guest Thu Jul 03, 2008 11:05 am GMT
2: a native or inhabitant of North America or South America
(Merriam-Webster Dictionary)
Is this English enough for you?
Skippy Thu Jul 03, 2008 12:11 pm GMT
3: a citizen of the United States
Let it go...
Guest Thu Jul 03, 2008 12:21 pm GMT
Statian
2: a native or inhabitant of The United States of America
Function: geographical name
1 either continent (North America or S.South America) of the western hemisphere
2or the Americas
You can keep saying that America doesn't exist as an English geographical name, continent, pieces of land floating on the sea or whateveer, but it's not like you've got much of a leg to stand on, innit?
Wintereis Thu Jul 03, 2008 1:32 pm GMT
From dictionary.com
and you left out the third deffinition on yours, shameful editing for your own purposes.
1. United States.
2. North America.
3. South America.
4. Also called the Americas. North and South America, considered together.
You see, we can all find information, to match our arguments
but then I remembered something that was important. That this argument wasn't.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-ojg9UjMk0&feature=related
Guest Thu Jul 03, 2008 2:15 pm GMT
"and you left out the third deffinition on yours, shameful editing for your own purposes."
My only point was that, when talking in English, a Mexican is an American, and that's what I provided incontrovertible evidence for. Not being my point demonstrating that a US citizen is not an American -- Are we mad? -- I've kept silent on that.
So, as long as people keep saying things like "I am American, you are Hispanic", I claim the right to call those rednecks whatever thing I like.
Next question.
Skippy Thu Jul 03, 2008 3:13 pm GMT
If you're from Mexico, you're a Mexican; if you're from Cuba, you're Cuban, if you're from the United States of America, you're American. It's not complicated.


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use PhpSpec\ObjectBehavior;
use Sylius\Component\Addressing\Model\CountryInterface;

final class CountryNameExtensionSpec extends ObjectBehavior
{
    function it_is_a_twig_extension(): void
    {
        $this->shouldHaveType(\Twig_Extension::class);
    }

    function it_translates_country_iso_code_into_name(): void
    {
        $this->translateCountryIsoCode('IE')->shouldReturn('Ireland');
    }

    function it_translates_country_into_name(CountryInterface $country): void
    {
        $country->getCode()->willReturn('IE');

        $this->translateCountryIsoCode($country)->shouldReturn('Ireland');
    }

    function it_translates_country_code_to_name_according_to_locale(): void
    {
        $this->translateCountryIsoCode('IE', 'es')->shouldReturn('Irlanda');
    }
}

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The majority of the remaining stone synagogues were built in the second half of 19th - beginning of 20th century, in the age of Historicism (Historicism is the architectural trend, based on imitation of the stylistic forms of the past). During this time Jewish communities in many towns built the second synagogue, next to the one which had already been standing there (in Kedainiai, Jonishkis, Kalvarija, Eishishkes etc.). Interesting complexes of three houses appeared in Kedainiai (two synagogues and a house of a butcher) and in Kalvarija (pictures 4 and 5).
The diversity of styles predominates over the architecture of Historicism synagogues, from the simple forms of no-style architecture to the fanciful interpretations of mediaeval or oriental forms. There are very few décor elements on the exterior, with the prevailing David's star and the motive of Ten Commandments. The polychromatic play is employed in the "brick style" or stone buildings: the combination of bricks in two colors and white plaster edgings.
Both functioning choral synagogues in Vilnius and Kaunas were built in the age of Historicism, too. The synagogue in Vilnius contains the elements of the architecture of neo-Romanticism and characteristic oriental symbolism.
The Choral synagogue in Kaunas.
The forms of the synagogue in Kaunas are simpler, neo-Baroque, its layout rectangular, with a three wall annex.
Summarizing the architecture of synagogues of all ages and epochs, one can notice that their volume and exterior were influenced by the change of local traditions and forms, whereas the oriental origins of the building were revealed in the interior through the elements of décor characteristic to Jewish art, usually the exotic motives of flora and fauna.
At the moment, Lithuania faces the complicated problem of the reconstruction of the remaining synagogues, and their proper employment.
Jankeviciene A. Vilniaus Didžioji sinagoga. V. 1996.
Janulaitis A. Žydai Lietuvoje. K. 1923.
Baliulis A., Mikulionis S., Miškinis A. Traku miestas ir pilys. V. "Mokslas" 1991.


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Q: How to hide navigation drawer toggle button when search view expands I want my search view widget to fill the entire toolbar so in menu.xml I did this:
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app:showAsAction="always"

This seem to hide all other items in the toolbar when search view expands, but not the drawer toggle button:

Is there anyway I can make the search view widget fill the entire toolbar and hide the toggle button too?
Thanks

A: You can achieve this by hiding the hamburger button. Set your toolbar navigation icon to null.
toolbar.setNavigationIcon(null);

EDIT
To remove the navigation icon, add the following line in your onCreate method.
getActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(false);

or
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(false);
getSupportActionBar().setHomeButtonEnabled(false);

To make the SearchView fill the action bar, set the width of the SearchView to max in the onCreateOptionsMenu method.
@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.menu_search, menu);
SearchView searchView =
(SearchView)menu.findItem(R.id.menu_search).getActionView();
searchView.setMaxWidth(Integer.MAX_VALUE);

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– Longtime Pilsen residents, new residents and transplants, and ex-residents.
– Community activists, small business owners, up and coming developers, journalists and students.
– In Pilsen, development means displacement of Latino families. Housing is not affordable in Pilsen. Families have left to the western suburbs.
– Potential small business owners can't obtain affordable commercial and retail space.
– The new residents don't respect the Latino people and culture that makes Pilsen the neighborhood what it is. Increased experiences of racism and sexism for longtime residents.
– Lack of technical or educational services or knowledge for Mom and Pop shops (small or micro biz). Lack of skill or trade development for residents.
What ideas/actionable steps were proposed?
– Creating a platform to crowdfund land acquisition for Pilsen residents- similar to what TRP and Centro Autonomo Latino do and what is happening in East Houston, TX. Creating and alternative, cooperative model of homeownership to maintain affordable housing.
– Partnering with foundations such as CCT, MacArthur, Joyce to do impact investment around affordable housing developments.
– Ballot initiatives to gauge interest of rent control, community benefits agreements, or neighborhood committees that are engaged during bidding or development processes.
– Passing an Elected School Board to allow the community to steer the education students receive that may better prepare them to remain in the neighborhood; increase tech investment in schools.
– Question: What is the definition of development, value and affordability? Does the community have to agree on those definitions? Is infrastructure, schools and small businesses part of development?
– Question: How do you mitigate the effects of capitalism? How do you make development that is sourced in and for the neighborhood? How do we incentivize families to stay?
Describe any key stories and narratives.
– Ghettos and Barrios have been systematically created via racist policy, then Latinos are told they "self-segregate." Massive divestment of neighborhoods, then massive overinvestment.
How might this OTT inform the CTO's policy efforts?


The European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the professional association of national broadcasters, has written to the Greek government to ask for clarifications regarding a change in the way that the supervisory board of the new state radio and TV broadcaster, NERIT, is appointed, which may threaten the organisation's independence.
In its letter, which was leaked in Greece, the EBU reportedly said that it was "surprised and deeply disappointed" by the change in the way the board is formed. The association suggested that this method puts NERIT's political independence at risk. EBU had strongly opposed the government's decision to shut down NERIT's predecessor ERT in June 2013, calling it "a damning first in the history of European broadcasting". For several weeks, the union helped stream programs produced by sacked ERT employees. However, the EBU eventually supported the government's efforts to set up a new service largely due to a commitment that NERIT would not suffer from political interference as ERT had at times.
However, an amendment passed through parliament on August 5 allows parliament to elect the members of NERIT's supervisory board via a simple majority after the candidates have been recommended by the government. According to the amendment, the board members would not be elected by the House's plenary but at the conference of presidents, which consists of the speaker and deputy speakers, the presidents of standing committees, the heads of each parliamentary group and a representative of independent MPs.
Reacting to the news of the EBU's letter, SYRIZA's MEP Dimitris Papadimoulis asked for the European Commission to comment on the matter, given that it had recommended that public broadcasters should be supervised by an independent body, with no connection to management. SYRIZA claimed the amendment means Greece is in breach of EU regulations.
Democratic Left (DIMAR), which quit the coalition over ERT's closure, suggested NERIT's credibility was in question as a result of the change to how the members of the supervisory council are appointed.


MINOT, N.D., (October 30, 2007) Integrity Mutual Funds, Inc. (IMFD.OB), a mutual fund and financial services company, announced today that its retail brokerage division, Capital Financial Services, Inc. (CFS), continues to grow at an aggressive pace. The CFS team and production has grown fifty percent in the last year. Mark Anderson, President and CEO of Integrity, attributes the firm's personalized service as the key component of this phenomenal growth.
"In our first seven years, CFS has carved a niche for itself by being a truly independent broker/dealer that can be sensitive to the needs of an ever-growing brokerage group of 450 reps by providing all the tools necessary to be highly successful in today's marketplace", Anderson said. With its own in-house technology department, CFS offers its clients the same products and tools as some of the larger brokerage houses.
Integrity Mutual Funds, Inc. is publicly traded over the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol IMFD.OB. With its subsidiaries, Integrity Money Management, Inc., Integrity Fund Services, Inc., and Integrity Funds Distributor, Inc., the firm sponsors, manages, and advises mutual funds. IMFD also owns Capital Financial Services, Inc., a full-service brokerage firm that specializes in providing investment products and services to over 450 independent investment representatives, financial planners, and investment advisors throughout the United States. More information is available at http://corp.integrityfunds.com or by calling 800/276-1262.


Rumpelstiltskin would be the prime example here. By learning the name, and speaking it to the creature, the miller's daughter got out of the bargain she had made (to be able to spin straw into gold, she had to give up her firstborn).
The undoing of the Horned King in The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander was the speaking of his name.
In Aidyn Chronicles for the Nintendo64, the main character Alaron lacks a True Name, which binds his body and soul together. Without it, he is incomplete.
The question is, does any of this apply to the real world?
It was, in fact, in my playing of Aidyn Chronicles that I first became cognizant of this whole business. In it, there is a discipline of magic called Naming set in contrast to the more familiar Elemental (fire, air, earth, water) magic. At the time, I thought, "What's the big deal? Is having a name and giving a name so important?" This was 2001.
Flash forward to 2007. I have a daughter now, and she's struggling to learn everything in the world. She will eat up new words and start using them immediately. She feels every word brings her more power.
Well, knowledge is power, names are knowledge, and therefore names are power. So I guess it makes a bit of sense. You can know about something. But this is not just knowing something, it is naming that something. If you know enough about a thing, you can name it, categorize it, relegate it. Give a name to your fear, the saying goes.
I suspect naming can have broader powers too… a way of setting the stage for a debate, for example. If you coin a product name, a movment, a philosophy, or anything, you may well be determining the ultimate fate of that thing. At the very least, you're doing a bit of mind control by making a popular name that everyone speaks.
Wikipedia has a bit more discussion in this vein, under the True Name topic.
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Pengerang (Jawi: ڤڠرڠ; ) is a municipality in Kota Tinggi District, in the Malaysian state of Johor. It was established in 2017. It is home to the Pengerang Integrated Petroleum Complex (PIPC), a major hub for the oil and gas industry in the state.

History
Pengerang as a place name was first mentioned in Hikayat Abdullah, a 19th-century traditional Malay literature.

Pengerang was initially a cluster of villages on the southeastern coast of Johor. In the 1860s the villages were overseen by a , a government officer appointed by the Johor Sultan to administer the state's eastern territory. In 1957, Pengerang was upgraded to a subdistrict () under Kota Tinggi District.

Administration

Pengerang was established as a local authority (, PBT) on 16 January 2017; it was the 16th local authority established in Johor. It was initially named Pengerang Local Authority and under the management of Johor Corporation, a government-linked company. On 1 January 2020, the local authority was upgraded and renamed Pengerang Municipal Council (), and subsequently the authority of Johor Corporation over the municipality was terminated.

The municipal area covers  and encompasses five of the administrative mukims within Kota Tinggi District, namely Johor Lama, Pantai Timur, Pengerang, Sedili Kecil and Tanjung Surat. The main towns and villages encompassed by the municipality include:

 Bandar Penawar
 Pasir Gogok
 Sungai Rengit
 Tanjung Pengelih
 Teluk Ramunia
 Teluk Sengat

Economy
The Johor State Government has picked Pengerang for a catalyst project for rural transformation program. Johor's Chief Minister Datuk Mohamed Khaled Nordin said the area has seen steady development over the last few years as investments poured in because of the Pengerang Integrated Petroleum Complex (PIPC). "When Pengerang was chosen as the location for an oil and gas hub it was not only to give a positive impact to the country but to also transform rural areas where the people will reap the rewards of development," he said at a press conference after presenting 100 agriculture land grants at Taman Bayu Damai, Pengerang on 23 February 2015.

Pengerang is well known for Malaysia's mega project named PIPC which is sited in the area. The project was announced in 2011 and Pengerang was chosen for Malaysia's national project due to its strategic location in the region. The PIPC is one big step in creating value to the downstream oil and gas value chain in Johor and Malaysia. Sited in Pengerang, it is a national mega project located on a single plot measuring of 20,000 acres. Upon completion, the project will house oil refineries, naphtha crackers, petrochemical plants as well as a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminals and a regasification plant.

The component of this mammoth project was first initiated with the development of the Pengerang Deepwater Terminal or PDT, a joint-venture between Dialog Group, Royal Vopak of The Netherlands and the State of Johor. Serving as a centralised storage facilities for trading, refining and petrochemical industry, the Deepwater Terminal is envisioned to have a storage capacity of 5 million cubic meters. The USD 3 Billion facility includes an independent terminal for trading, a dedicated industrial terminal for consumption of investors within PIPC and a Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal. The construction of a deepwater jetty facility with natural water depth would enable the berthing of both ultra large crude carriers and very large crude carriers. PDT received its first shipment of oil in the first quarter of 2014 and continues to cater to the growing demand for its services.

The other component of PIPC is the Petronas' PIPC which is PETRONAS' largest downstream investment in a single location to date, the development includes the USD 16 billion Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development Project or RAPID. This also involves the USD 11 billion associated facilities consisting of Air Separation Unit, Raw Water Supply, Cogeneration Plant, Regasification Terminal, Deepwater Terminal and Utilities and Facilities. Upon its completion in 2019, PIC will have a refining capacity of 300,000 barrels per day with petrochemical plants yielding an estimated production capacity of 3.6 million tonnes per annum of petrochemical products. The development of PIPC which received full support from both state government and federal governments will also benefit the local community by creating more access to economic opportunities other than the provision of public infrastructure and a complete infrastructure in Pengerang, Johor, PIPC also will create a total of 8,600 jobs in the operational phase by year 2020.

Tourist attractions
Pengerang coastal batteries (a fort), located nearby Tanjung Pengelih, are a heritage trail of World War II. The battery was constructed at the mouth of Sungai Santi, overlooking Straits of Johor and was abandoned after the war. The battery is said to be the biggest defence fort outside the United Kingdom. It sits on a 610 hectares plot of land and once had barracks and a hospital. Pengerang battery is a lost fortress located in Johor. Overlooking Straits of Johor, it is located close to a Malaysian military camp, standing on the top of a little hill covered by jungle.

Transportation

The main road is provided by Route 92, from Kota Tinggi to the main settlement of Sungai Rengit.

Pengerang has two public ferry terminals at Tanjung Belungkor and Tanjung Pengelih. The port at Tanjung Belungkor hosts ferries to Changi Point, Singapore, as well as Sekupang on the island of Batam, Indonesia. The port at Tanjung Pengelih also hosts ferries to Changi Point, as well as Tanah Merah. There is also an exclusive port for customers to the Sebana Cove Resort travelling from HarbourFront and Tanah Merah.

References

External links

 Pengerang Municipal Council official website

Mukims of Kota Tinggi District
Malaysia–Singapore border crossings

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Q: Moving data back and fourth between main application and library I'm looking for ideas on how to implement a certain bit of functionality for a program.
Basically, I have a main program/thread that makes an asynchronous call to a library (that I also have control over) to do some processing. However, from that call, I need the library to make a callback to the main thread every so often to get more data. How could I do this?

A: So pass a callback for the library to use. For example:
public class Program
{
    static public void Main()
    {
        var library = new Library();
        library.Callback = GetMoreData;
        var task = Task.Run( () => library.Foo() );
        Console.WriteLine("Other thread is running.");
        task.Wait();
    }

    static string GetMoreData()
    {
        return "More data";
    }
}

class Library
{
    public Func<string> Callback { get; set; }

    public async Task Foo()
    {
        for (int i=0; i<10; i++)
        {
            var moreData = Callback();
            Console.WriteLine("Library received this data: {0}", moreData);
            await Task.Delay(500);
        }
    }
}

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La Avenida Church es una estación en lae Línea de la Avenida Nostrand del metro de Nueva York.  Localizada en la intersección de las avenidas Church y Nostrand en Flatbush barrio de Brooklyn, y funciona con los trenes  todo el tiempo, y los trenes  durante horas pico. Es una estación subterránea de dos vías, completamente renovada. El control dónde se hacen las transferencias de pago está en el nivel de la plataforma.

La pieza de arte del año 2001 se llama Transiciones por Louis Delsarte. En esta estación se pueden encontrar cristales manchados y murales de cristales de mosaico describiendo al barrio y escenas étnicas.

Conexiones de buses
 B35 este de Canarsie; al oeste de Kensington y Sunset Park
 B44 sur de Brooklyn College, Midwood y Sheepshead Bay; norte de Bedford-Stuyvesant y Williamsburg

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Senate Advancing Bill to Change 'Stand Your Ground' Law
A bill that would force prosecutors to prove self-defense wasn't a factor before bringing someone using a "stand your ground'' defense to trial advanced in the Senate on Wednesday despite a similar House bill being killed the day before.
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal Justice approved the bill on a 5-1 vote. But its future is in doubt because a companion House bill died the day before on a tie vote.
Sen. Rob Bradley said he's not giving up on his bill until the 2016 session ends in March, though he couldn't explain how it could be revived in the House.
"Everything is in play until'' the session ends, said Bradley, R-Orange Park. "I wouldn't describe anything as being the end of the road.''
People using a stand your ground defense after being charged with killing or assaulting another person can request a pretrial immunity hearing. The bill was prompted by a Florida Supreme Court ruling in May that said the burden of proof at immunity hearings is on the charged individual.
The bill (SB 344) shifts that burden to prosecutors. Opponents have concerns it might make it more difficult to convict people who claim self-defense.
"It's a massive expansion of stand your ground with an unprecedented burden shift,'' said Democratic Sen. Darren Soto of Kissimmee, the only committee member to oppose it. "It's going well beyond what the original stand your ground bill was intended for.''
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The association that represents Florida prosecutors opposes the bill.
Florida's law came under scrutiny after neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman fatally shot unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman was acquitted of all charges in the case.
Bradley said that if prosecutors have enough evidence to convince a jury that self-defense wasn't a factor in a case, they have enough evidence to convince a judge of the same.
"If I thought for a second that an otherwise guilty individual would go free as a result of this bill, I would never file it. That's not going to happen,'' Bradley said.
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A bridge between contemporary art and performance, Steli is a stunning, interactive and vibrant performance. This lively event offers an opportunity to create a huge structure made out of colourful wooden sticks. Once the hard work is done, everyone can explore their creation by walking under, around and through it, all to a lively soundtrack.
Steli has toured to Barking & Dagenham, Hounslow and Leicester.
This large-scale processional performance, inspired by the centenary of the Representation of the People Act, celebrates local and global stories of women and their continuing struggle for equality and human rights. It features giant puppets, pyrotechnics and offers a range of engagement possibilities, including performances by local community groups.
Rise! has toured to Woolwich, Hull and Luton.
The Colour of Light sees enormous colour-wheels rolling through the streets gathering and welcoming everyone on the way. The Colour of Light is a promenade performance that celebrates inclusion and open-heartedness and is set in an epic soundtrack by composer Shri Sriram.
The Colour of Light has toured in Doncaster, Woolwich and Luton.
The Clash of Drums (Le Choc des Tambours / Danbor Talka) is a spectacular fusion of percussion and awesome fireworks. Seemingly out of nowhere, drummers march towards each other in a parade winding its way through the audience. The two teams of drummers, twelve in total, play off against each other in a series of percussive 'battles' before joining together in a theatrically staged fusion of sound and pyrotechnics.
The Clash of Drums has toured to Doncaster, Hull, Leicester, Liverpool, Luton, Birmingham and Woolwich.
Featuring an interplanetary expedition of immigrants from outer space, the different alien species of The Invasion have one thing in common – they're bright pink! This interactive performance is all about difference, inclusion and exclusion, as these newcomers attempt to understand and find their place in our world.
The Invasion has toured to Leicester and will head to Hounslow on 1 December.
French artist Olivier Grossetête works with local communities to build beautiful large-scale monuments and buildings using nothing but human power and many cardboard boxes. Designed to be temporary, the structures are then destroyed by those who make them, in a similarly collective celebration. In Liverpool Olivier worked with six communities across Liverpool to recreate real castles from across the city region in the exact places they once stood, giving these communities the chance to think about the massive changes that Liverpool has seen throughout its history.
Beyond Liverpool, Olivier has also worked in Birmingham as part of Global Streets.
This Polish theatre spectacular recalls all the refugees and displaced people who travel across continents and warm their souls with memories of home. With a stunning staging including flame-lit structures that move through the audience, as well as a giant winged ship, this production packs an emotional punch in delivering a universal story.
Arka has toured to Hounslow and Doncaster.
Cardboardia is an independent community of artist performers, event managers and experts from Russia as well as other countries. Together, they invite everybody to explore a realm of creativity, invention and play where cardboard is king. Led by Russian artist, Tyran of Cardboardia, participatory workshops prepare the ground for a final, participatory performance, including everything from a cardboard orchestra to a cardboard parade.
Cardboardia has toured to Barking & Dagenham and Slough.
Beyond Birmingham, Olivier has also worked in Liverpool as part of Global Streets.
Hairdressing becomes theatre in the grand barbers' chairs of Osadia. Creating original and provocative exhibitions of sophisticated make-up and hair art, set to fantastic music mixes, the audience is transformed as the central performer on stage, as styling becomes a showpiece to enthral all those around.
Osadia has toured to Barking & Dagenham and Greenwich.
The Audience Orchestra or Symphony on the Streets (Concert de Publics) created by composer Pierre Sauvageot, lets spectators discover the meaning of the word "concert" by acting together for a common goal. The audience participates in a musical game, becoming part of the orchestra and interacting with the conductor to share the pleasure of becoming immersed in live music.
The Audience Orchestra has toured to Barking and Dagenham, Birmingham, and Hounslow.
Peregrinus is an emotionally compelling performance inspired by TS Eliot's The Hollow Men. It tells a familiar 21st century story, with a cast of nine performers wearing striking masks as they embark on a comic and moving promenade journey through an ordinary working day.
Peregrinus has toured to Hounslow and Greenwich.
Joyous Urban Mess or Merry Urban Mess (Joyeuse Pagaille Urbaine) is a spectacular performance full of surprise and delight where the street becomes a playground for 5 'workers' who end up showering themselves and audience in confetti, ribbons and streamers.
Joyous Urban Mess has toured to Slough, Birmingham, Leicester and Hull.
Monster Colours (Colors de Monstre) is an array of interactive games to test audiences' puzzle-solving, cup-stacking and co-ordination abilities, these beautifully designed and handmade wooden games can be played by all ages and skill levels. Audiences can challenge themselves and each other in fascinating games of strategy, accuracy of aim, and problem solving.
Monster Colours has toured to Birmingham, Barking & Dagenham, Hull and Leicester.
The Colour of Time was a beautifully conceived promenade dance performance with choreography which evolved from the observation of everyday urban experience through ritual movement to a climactic joyous celebration inspired by the Indian festival of Holi.
The Colour of Time has toured to Doncaster, Hounslow, Luton, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and Barking and Dagenham.
Tangle was an unfolding interactive installation, in which children and their families were provided with balls of brightly coloured elastic, which they used to create an expanding and anarchic architectural structure, accompanied by music.
Tangle has toured to Woolwich, Hull, Birmingham and Leicester.


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Fayette County Cook Receives National Food Service Award
Shelia Linkswiler, a cook at Mount Hope Middle School in Fayette County, has received the prestigious American School Food Service Association Heart of the Program Award. She received the national award at the association�s annual conference in St. Louis on July 16.
�We are extremely proud of Shelia Linkswiler and the dedication she has for providing students with nutritious, great-tasting meals,� said State Superintendent Dr. David Stewart. �She shows her students that she cares, and she goes the extra mile every day for students at her school.�
According to Gloria Cunningham, coordinator in the Office of Child Nutrition for the West Virginia Department of Education, Linkswiler was one of the first cooks in West Virginia to receive national certification by the American School Food Service Association. Cunningham said that Linkswiler was recognized as the West Virginia School Food Service Association Heart of the Program Award winner at the organization�s annual conference on April 15 in Wheeling.
�As president of the West Virginia association, I was honored to present Shelia with the state award,� Cunningham explained. �Her enthusiasm and caring attitude is what sets her apart.�
�Shelia is an outstanding example of the best a cook can be,� noted Barbara A. Nichols, food service specialist for Fayette County Schools. �She is caring, concerned, enthusiastic and dedicated to her children, her job, her school and community. Each and every day, she performs her job to provide the most nutritious, well-balanced and attractive meals to students and staff.�


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JTM Financial Services > News > What was in the Autumn Budget 2021?
Rishi Sunak took to the dispatch box to deliver his first autumn budget against a backdrop of rising inflation, soaring energy prices, supply chain failures and very high government borrowing.
His 'big freeze' mini-budget in the spring fixed most tax rates and thresholds until 2025 and there were no real changes yesterday in this regard. The spring budget had as its focus the protection of jobs and businesses after the turbulence of 2020 but with the OBR upgrading future growth projections, his spending focus has switched somewhat in favour of infrastructure and public services.
So what were the key announcements in yesterday's budget?
Dividend Tax – First announced in September, the rate of dividend tax will rise by 1.25% across the board from April 2022. This means that the rate will be 8.75% for basic-rate taxpayers, 33.75% for higher-rate taxpayers, and 39.35% for additional-rate taxpayers. The annual dividend allowance – the amount of dividend income you do not have to pay tax on – will remain at £2,000.
Pensions – No major changes to pensions were announced. What noteworthy announcements there were quite technical. These related to low earners who are in auto-enrolment schemes and some public sector workers who have been switched to an average earnings accrual basis within 14-10 years of retirement. Please contact us if you think you would like more information on these changes.
National Insurance – Also announced in September, the government has legislated for a new 1.25% Health and Social Care Levy to fund investment in the NHS and social care. The Levy will apply UK wide, to the same population and income as Class 1 (Employee, Employer) and Class 4 (Self Employed) NICs, and to the main and additional rates.
The freezing of thresholds for taxation will have the effect of raising the treasury tax take over the coming years and increases the value of financial advice in ensuring that you don't overpay tax over the coming years.
The biggest announcements of 2021 largely came in the spring budget. We would encourage you to read our summary here.
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Lots of things to hear tonight … you better start early!
Post a comment with your recent CDs, live shows, or whatever else you've been checking out. Let's discuss!
from Earshot Jazz: VARMINT, featuring Robin Holcomb on vocals, Wayne Horvitz on Hammond B3, Tim Young on guitar and vocals, Jon Hyde on pedal steel and vocals, Keith Lowe on acoustic bass, and Andy Roth on drums, is celebrating the release of their first, self-titled CD with a guest filled extravaganza at the Tractor Tavern. An all-covers band that does not rehearse, VARMINT specializes in Americana and roots music. Their live performances are typically exciting, spontaneous, and full of surprises. For this event, they are joined by back-up vocalists Arni Adler and Nova Devonie. Music starts at 8 pm; admission $15.
MOSCOW, Idaho — Glittering streamers and confetti floated down from the rafters of the University of Idaho's Kibbe Activity Center Saturday, as the Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival celebrated the centennial birthday of its late namesake to a sold-out house of 5,000 fans.
This was one of many thrills in the 41-year-old, extravaganza Wednesday through Saturday, with student competitions and clinics at day, and concerts at night.
New features — some successful, some not — reflected the fest's first year under the artistic direction of bassist and band leader John Clayton. His most obvious success was the integration on the main stage of new faces with veterans.
There is lots to see tonight including a CD release party, a legendary flamenco guitarist and some up-and-jazz jazz kids. Go out and hear some music!
The music starts at 7:30pm and Thomas' group will be performing most of the music from the new CD.
Reservations are recommend for the best seating, call 206-838-4333.
The Black Hills Trio featuring Marc Seales on piano, Jeff Johnson on bass and Tad Britton on drums will gather at Thaiku this Thursday night to perform music from their recent Origin Records release.
Music at Thaiku is always free and the food is amazing … so take a trip to Ballard this Thursday.
The sun is out and it is the start of a new week.
The first half of 2008 has not yet been named Wayne Horvitz Season, but perhaps it should be.
Horvitz has four albums coming out between now and May, is embarking on a long-form collaboration with author Sherman Alexie based on the James Welch novel "The Heartsong of Charging Elk" and just got a remarkable review in The New York Times.
Phil Sparks credits as sideman are way to long to list here, but the first-call bass player rarely leads his own groups. That's why his weekly Friday afternoon gig at the Latona Pub has become such a great hang for the Seattle jazz community.
With a rotating cast of his musical friends, stop by The Latona on your way home from work on Friday.
Tad Britton and The Fu Kun Wu Lounge present a very special one-time performance featuring guitarist/pianist, DAVE PETERSON. Dubbed, "THE DAVE PETERSON EXPERIENCE", this trio also includes Tad Britton on drums and Jeff Johnson on bass.
Hadley Caliman has released his first recording in over 30 years on Origin Records entitled "Gratitude".
The legendary tenor saxophonist teams up with vibist Joe Locke, drummer Joe LaBarbera, trumpeter Thomas Marriott and bassist Phil Sparks, re-establishing himself as one of the preeminent post-bop saxophonists alive. Caliman studied with Dexter Gordon, played with Gerald Wilson's Big Band, the Bobby Bryant Band, & Mongo Santamaria in the '50s, and later toured and recorded with Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson and Santana throughout the US and Europe through the '70s.
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We've hit the mid-week point … if you need to get out and hear some music, tonight is the night to do it.
An ode to some of the organ greats in soul jazz, McTUFF is about letting it all go and having fun. A moment of time to remember the ease and tastiness laid down by these soul masters while mingling in original works of their own, all of it set on your plate today by some of the most accomplished players in town.
Joe Doria captains the Hammond Organ, the renowned "Skerik" on tenor sax, the impeccable Andy Coe on guitar, and last but not certainly not least, the incredible Dvonne Lewis providing the 100% solid rock on drums.


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European Migration Rift Intensifies as Influx Continues
Austria hits out as thousands stream across its borders
Europe is struggling to handle its largest flow of migrants since the aftermath of World War II. Why is the crisis happening now? The WSJ's Niki Blasina explains.
By Sarah Sloat
in Frankfurt, Margit Feher
in Budapest and Valentina Pop
in Zagreb, Croatia
Updated Sept. 20, 2015 2:55 pm ET
Thousands of migrants poured into Austria on Sunday, deepening a rift among European Union members as neighboring countries sought to push more of the burden of the human wave onto one another.
As some 21,000 people crossed into Austria from the southeast over the weekend, governments in the region quarreled publicly over how to respond to the crisis. The government in Vienna warned that it was inundated and would send migrants back to Slovenia and Croatia—where it said people should be required to seek asylum instead of being passed on to more affluent Western European countries.
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Advances in Catalysis fills the gap between the journal papers and the textbooks across the diverse areas of catalysis research. For over 70 years Advances in Catalysis has been dedicated to recording progress in the field of catalysis and providing the scientific community with comprehensive and authoritative reviews. This series in invaluable to chemical engineers, physical chemists, biochemists, researchers and industrial chemists working in the fields of catalysis and materials chemistry.
About the Editors: Chunshan Song, EMS Energy Institute and Departments of Energy and Mineral Engineering and of Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
Advances in Catalysis, Volume 64 fills the gap between journal papers and textbooks across the diverse areas of catalysis research. For more than 60 years, this series has dedicated itself to record and present the latest progress in the field of catalysis, providing the scientific community with comprehensive and authoritative reviews. This series is an invaluable and comprehensive resource for chemical engineers and chemists working in the field of catalysis in both academia and industry.


Pulmonary hypertension occurs when the pressure in the pulmonary circulation is elevated. This is usually caused by a constriction of the arteries that provide blood to the lungs. When there is a constriction, it will be difficult for the heart to pump the blood to the lungs and it will cause a stress on the heart. The complications that can result from pulmonary hypertension will include fluid buildup in the liver and legs among other tissues in the body.
When you are diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension, the doctor will determine if there is an underlying cause for the condition or not. A primary pulmonary hypertension diagnosis means that there is no other cause for the hypertension. A secondary pulmonary hypertension diagnosis means that there is a condition that could be responsible. This type is more common than a primary diagnosis.
There are a number of conditions that could cause pulmonary hypertension such as heart disease, blood clots, lung disease and scleroderma to name a few. These causes of your pulmonary hypertension must be treated in addition to the treatment that you will get for your secondary pulmonary hypertension.
While there can be a number of causes for secondary pulmonary hypertension, there are no real causes for the primary form of this disease. It is commonly a fatal form of hypertension and it most often affects younger people.
The symptoms of pulmonary hypertension in the beginning stages are shortness of breath that increases with activity, cough, fatigue, dizziness and an overall feeling of lethargy. As the condition begins to worsen, the symptoms will also include leg swelling and fluid builds up and the shortness of breath may get worse. The patient may also feel chest pain as well.
Many times the condition is found when treating another condition that leads to it. The doctor will be looking for symptoms of pulmonary hypertension in these cases. There are also a number of tests that can indicate pulmonary hypertension that your doctor will perform if it is suspected.
The treatment for the condition will depend on the type of pulmonary hypertension that you have. If you have the secondary form, the treatment of the underlying condition will also treat the pulmonary hypertension at the same time. By eliminating the source of the condition, there is likely to be improvement.
Patients who are diagnosed with primary pulmonary hypertension will be treated with other types of therapy that will work to open up the arteries and reduce the pressure. There are a number of medications that are used to accomplish this and relieve the condition. While there are treatments that can relieve the condition, there is not a cure. Patients may also receive oxygen if they are in high altitude locations or when traveling on a plane.
One of the most important parts of treating primary pulmonary hypertension is an early diagnosis and treatment. The sooner the treatment is started the better the prognosis. The statistics can be grim for those with more severe cases or who are not responding to treatment. However, there may be a treatment that will work for you if you are diagnosed early.
Educate yourself on your condition if you have pulmonary hypertension and find out which form of the condition you have. The underlying cause of the hypertension is often the solution. The doctor will be looking for signs of the condition if you are being treated for one of the conditions that are known to cause pulmonary hypertension. Ask your doctor what you should look for at home if you are being treated for one of the underlying causes.
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Good information, thanks. Blood pressure and hypertension have been interests of mine for a long time, and I think that a solid, holistic approach is overall the most promising. Pulmonary hypertension is not necessarily an easily cured condition, but there are still clues in recent studies by the CHA and Stanford that you can treat it naturally with a substantial degree of success.


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Я́куб Жур ((, 14 апреля 1876 года, Небельчицы, Лужица, Германия — 27 февраля 1969 года, Конецы, Лужица, Германская Демократическая Республика) — католический священник, серболужицкий журналист и культурный деятель. Редактор журнала «Katolski Posoł» (1908—1910).

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Родился 14 апреля 1876 года в крестьянской семье в серболужицкой деревне Небельчицы. Окончил гимназию в чешском городе Хомутов. С 1892 года по 1895 год обучался в Лужицкой семинарии в Праге и Малостранской немецкой гимназии. Был одним из основателей серболужицкого студенческого братства «Сербовка». После окончания Малостранской гимназии и Лужицкой семинарии продолжил изучать теологию. Своё обучение закончил в Майнце. В 1895 году вступил в серболужицкую культурно-просветительскую организацию «Матица сербская». С 1903 года по 1908 год был викарием в католическом приходе в городе Хросчицы и деревне Ральбицы.

С 1908 года по 1910 год служил в храме Пресвятой Девы Марии в Будишине. Будучи в Будишине, был главным редактором серболужицкого журнала «Katolski Posoł». В 1910 году был назначен настоятелем в одном из католических приходах Каменца. С 1922 года служил настоятелем до выхода на пенсию в деревне Ральбицы. С 1940 года по 1945 год был отстранён нацистским властями от должности настоятеля.

После войны продолжил служить настоятелем в деревне Ральбицы. В 1962 году вышел на пенсию. Проживал в деревне Конецы, где скончался в 1969 году.

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Лужицкие журналисты
Католические священники Германии
Лужицкие общественные деятели
Члены Матицы сербо-лужицкой
Выпускники Лужицкой семинарии


Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disorder that affects more than 90,000 Americans, mostly African-Americans. The condition is caused by a defect in the gene for beta-globin, a component of haemoglobin. Haemoglobin is a protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen throughout the body. The flawed form of beta-globin makes normally round red blood cells become stiff, sticky, and sickle-shaped. These deformed cells can block blood flow, causing severe pain, organ damage, and stroke.
Red blood cells are made in the bone marrow from blood stem cells. Some people with sickle cell disease have been successfully treated with blood stem cell transplants. This treatment, however, requires a matched donor and has many risks.
A research team led by Drs. Jacob E. Corn at the University of California, Berkeley, Dana Carroll at the University of Utah, and David I. K. Martin at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland set out to use gene-editing techniques to correct the genetic defect responsible for sickle cell disease. The research was supported in part by NIH's National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), and National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). Results were published on October 12, 2016, in Science Translational Medicine.
The scientists optimized a procedure using the CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing tool to repair the defective beta-globin gene in blood stem cells from people with sickle cell disease. When the corrected stem cells matured into red blood cells in the laboratory, they had increased levels of normal adult haemoglobin and decreased levels of the sickle form.
The researchers next wanted to determine if gene-edited bone marrow cells could remain in a living organism long enough to have therapeutic benefit. Due to the difficulty of obtaining blood stem cells with the beta-globin defect, they injected normal blood stem cells that were gene-edited into mice with suppressed immune systems. They found that an average of 2% of the edited stem cells remained in the bone marrow after 4 months. One mouse maintained more than 6% of the edited stem cells. These levels could potentially be of clinical benefit.
While the methods outlined in the study still need to be improved and scaled up, they demonstrate a potential pathway for developing a gene-editing treatment for sickle cell disease.
"It's very gratifying to see gene-editing technology being brought to practical applications," Carroll says.
This gene-editing approach could also be used to explore ways to treat other blood disorders that are caused by a single mutation.


"Even the smallest garden should have room for an acre of rhododendrons" is the apocryphal quote attributed to that doyen of English horticulturists, Sir Harold Hillier. The Oxford Companion to the Garden is redolent with these warm overtones that would give smug satisfaction to a post-modem critic (Patrick Taylor even refers to his wife lurking in the background and describes the Eden Project's botanical interpretations as hectoring and gung-ho). However, Taylor's achievement in producing a new Oxford Companion is a fine one. The book is immensely useful as a reference for garden history, style and biography, and as an introduction to the world's famous parks and gardens for actual and vicarious travel. Indeed, this new edition addresses some of the interesting inconsistencies between authors in the 1986 Oxford Companion to Gardens. For example, John Harvey's and Nigel Hepper's divergent views of botanic gardens in to Gardens are reconciled with a scholarly entry by Patrick himself in to the Garden!
This worldwide companion is no substitute for Richard Aitken's and Michael Looker's 2002 Oxford Companion to Australian Gardens. While Christine Reid's entries for Australia are sound, it appears that more was written – and then discarded – through a curious editing process. In dealing with the role of botanic gardens in literally planting the Australian colonies, why would the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, deserve a separate entry while the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, is subsumed into a generic Sydney entry? Why would Adelaide be overlooked altogether beyond John and Walter Bagot's marvelous Forest Lodge?
The answer is, of course, that this is a single-volume work rather than a comprehensive encyclopedia and Patrick Taylor and his collaborators have indeed achieved what they have set out to achieve.
The Oxford Companion To The Garden (2006), Patrick Taylor, Oxford University Press.
Originally published in The Adelaide Review on 16 February 2007.


My colleague Adam Garrie has written a vivid description of the footage showing the destruction of the Syrian city of Raqqa, once capital of ISIS's self-proclaimed 'Caliphate' and now reduced to an almost total ruin. As Adam Garrie rightly says, Raqqa has not been liberated so much as totally destroyed.
This gives rise to many bitter thoughts.
Firstly, it is only last year that Western governments and the Western media were furiously denouncing the Russians for their supposed indiscriminate bombing of the Syrian city of Aleppo, of which a section was at that time occupied by Jihadi fighters aligned with Al-Qaeda.
As I remember all too clearly, the Russians and the Syrian military were regularly accused of committing war crimes in Aleppo, with particular stress given to the supposedly deliberate killing of civilians in Aleppo and the bombing of hospitals the matter.
The question of Aleppo regularly came up in the UN Security Council, leading to angry exchanges and abuse of the Russians there, with the situation becoming so charged that President Putin even felt obliged to put off a visit to France when he was told that French President Hollande would refuse to speak to him.
Meanwhile those Western journalists such as Vanessa Beeley and Eva Bartlett who actually travelled to Aleppo and reported that the situation there was completely different from the way it was being described were subjected to relentless abuse (which still continues) by the Western media, even as the lurid and on occasion fantastic claims of Russian and Syrian government atrocities which poured out of the Jihadi controlled enclave were given instant credence.
The reality is that Aleppo after the fighting ended there in December emerged intact, and is now once more a populous and industrious city, with the great majority of its buildings still standing, most of its people still there (in fact they remained there throughout the four years of the Jihadi siege) and many of its people who fled coming home.
Though the task of reconstruction is enormous, there is at least a city still left to rebuild, as even the BBC is reporting.
The contrast with Raqqa could not be starker. Not only is Raqqa all but completely destroyed (the UN says 80% of its buildings have been destroyed, with other eyewitness reports saying there is hardly a building left standing) but it has all happened in total silence, with no words of condemnation from Western governments or the Western media whilst it was happening or since then..
This apparently is a sufficient statement to describe the total obliteration of a whole city.
As for the Guardian – in Britain perhaps the most relentless critic of Russia's operation in Aleppo last year – in an editorial welcoming ISIS's defeat in Raqqa it has nothing to say about the city's destruction at all.
……the spectacular devastation of the depopulated city raised questions about the cost of victory against a fanatical opponent and laid bare the difficulties of rebuilding areas where the jihadis put up a ferocious defence, leaving scorched earth and traumatized societies in their wake.
From Fallujah, Ramadi and Mosul in Iraq to Kobani, Manbij and Raqqa in Syria, protracted military campaigns that eventually succeeded in flushing out the militants have left behind a trail of destruction so vast that they appeared to have been undertaken with little regard for the day after….
Perhaps so, but one wonders why in that case the same argument – or excuse – did not apply last year to Aleppo where the devastation was far less than in "Fallujah, Ramadi and Mosul in Iraq (and) Kobani, Manbij and Raqqa in Syria".
Washington's imagination is that IS controlled in Syria only Raqqa – a provincial city, where about 200,000 lived before the war, and by beginning of the coalition's five-months operation to liberate it – not more than 45,000. Compare: Deir ez-Zor with the vast suburbs by the Euphrates before the war had a population of more than 500,000, and it took the Syrian forces with support from the Russian Aerospace Force ten days to liberate all that territory.
The Syrian army's rapid sweep through territory once held by ISIS, and its successful and rapid liberation with a minimum of destruction of formerly ISIS controlled towns like Palmyra, the ISIS controlled area of Deir Ezzor, and ISIS's alternative 'capital' of Mayadin, does in fact make for a remarkable contrast.
Here it is important to reiterate a point which in all the various discussions about ISIS's defeat in Raqqa gets almost completely forgotten.
This is that the US had no legal authority to bomb ISIS in Raqqa in the way it did. Raqqa is a Syrian city in Syria, and its population are (or were) Syrians. The US nonetheless bombed Raqqa to destruction in order to 'liberate' it from ISIS, even though it did so without the agreement of the Syrian government or of the UN Security Council.
By any objective assessment the US's bombing of Raqqa violated international law, a fact all but confirmed by the convoluted arguments US lawyers have come up with in order to justify the US's armed intervention in Syria (I discussed these arguments in detail right at the start of the US intervention in Syria and showed why these arguments are wrong in an article I wrote for Sputnik which can be found here).
During the furore last year over the bombing of Aleppo there was much wild talk of Russian officials being prosecuted for war crimes. In reality Western governments have produced no evidence that the Russians committed any war crimes in Aleppo, a fact which a parliamentary report in Britain has admitted.
By contrast there is at least a prima facie case that the bombing of Raqqa – illegal, disproportionate and obviously indiscriminate as it clearly was – is indeed a war crime, though needless to say there is no possibility that any US official will be prosecuted for it.
The outstanding question about Raqqa, and the one which is the most difficult to answer, is why the city had to be destroyed in the way it was.
There are disagreements about the number of ISIS fighters in Raqqa but the highest total I have seen is that there were 6,000 before the battle began (other estimates are much lower; one I saw put the number as low 2,000).
This is significantly less than the total number of Jihadi fighters engaged in the 'Great Battle of Aleppo' last year, which at its peak may have been as high as 30,000.
Given the relatively small number of ISIS fighters in Raqqa, why did the siege take so long (four months) leaving the city so completely destroyed?
Possibly the Kurdish fighters the US used to fight ISIS in Raqqa were simply not up to the job. There may not have been enough of them, and they may not have been adequately trained. The YPG – the core of the 'Syrian Democratic Forces' which 'liberated' Raqqa – is ultimately a locally raised militia rather than a trained army, and – like the Peshmerga in Iraq – it may not be the formidable force it is sometimes made out to be.
There are also reports that some elements of the Arab population of Raqqa were less than happy that their 'liberators' were Kurds, and that this made them less forthcoming with intelligence about ISIS positions than had been expected. By contrast one of the reasons the Syrian army has been fighting ISIS so successfully in eastern Syria is because of the abundant intelligence it receives from local people.
Possibly the US was obliged to make up with air power for the failure of the Kurds on the ground, and their inability to obtain good intelligence about ISIS's positions.
However judging from the history of US wars it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that the reason Raqqa was so completed destroyed was because the US ultimately didn't care whether it was destroyed or not.
This has been the recurring pattern of US war fighting ever since the Second World War: unconstrained bombing to achieve mostly ill-though-out political objectives heedless of the cost or the consequences for the local people.
The result is wars that seem to go on forever amidst terrible destructiveness, and which in the end almost invariably fail.
Raqqa was destroyed because ultimately the US military knows no other way.
The result in Raqqa is there for all to see. The US made a desert, and calls it peace.


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Trade: The Wilfred Brimley Fighting Diabeetuses | Capital City Ironmen
The Wilfred Brimley Fighting Diabeetuses sends: SP Edinson Volquez ($9)
Capital City Ironmen send: LF Corey Dickerson ($12)
Andrew's defense: Meh.
Neither of these players are exciting, but Dickerson fills a LF need for WBFD and my pitching staff has a low floor for innings pitched, so Volquez seemed like a cheap way of helping out there.
Dating back five years, Volquez has averaged more than 187 innings per season. Here are his fantasy points per start each of those years: 18.13, 26.4, 26.33, 18.23, 25.03. Pretty boring stuff. If I can get the guy who was a league average starter three of five years for $9, I'll be content. I think there's plenty of surplus value in an average pitcher for $9. I also think moving to the National League and pitching in Marlins Park help him get to that average level. Plus, he's really the only proven durable guy on the Marlins' staff, so he's likely to be the default "number one starter" type guy who gets asked to soak up extra innings.
Steamer projects Volquez at 25.36 points per start this year and Fantrax, whose projections you shouldn't buy into, peg him at 24.28. For his purposes, acceptable all around. FYI, Steamer has Dickerson at 4.84 points per game and 672.7 points total, which is respectable. Fantrax has him at 4.73/695.5. I grew tired of his $12 salary and inability to hit lefties (.259 wOBA) or on the road (.271 wOBA), but if he actually hits those totals, $12 is perfectly fine.
I think both of these players were probably facing good odds of being cut. Given their cost and volatility, there's still probably a chance WBFD and I end up changing our minds two months from now and dumping them. But by swapping teams, their odds of getting cut probably went down a bit.
Jordan's thoughts: I'd rather have any SP who might be useful for under $10, than lots of things. I don't think Corey Dickerson is a bad pickup, he might be better next year, might not.
I think this trade is fine for both sides honestly. As Andrew said above, both players were not far from the chopping block, but they're more useful to the other team. It's a valuable swap in that way.
Author Andrew BaileyPosted on December 20, 2016 December 20, 2016 Categories TradesTags Capital City Ironmen, Corey Dickerson, Edinson Volquez, pitching, The Wilfred Brimley Fighting Diabeetuses
Trade: TBD | The Wilfred Brimley Fighting Diabeetuses
TBD sends: UT Miguel Sano ($48), 1B Eric Hosmer ($25), SS Alex Bregman (ML), SP Jorge Lopez ($5) and SP Edinson Volquez ($7)
The Wilfred Brimley Fighting Diabeetuses send: SP Madison Bumgarner ($81), SP Tanner Roark ($2), RP Dellin Betances ($14), 3B Matt Chapman (ML) and $4 in 2017 Auction Dollars
Jordan's thoughts: Wow. I'm not sure where to begin and before I sleep on it I'll write a few hundred words.
Okay so lets switch our strengths for weaknesses and see what happens? I honestly do not know what to think of this. So it wasn't a secret that the Diabeetuses not only lacked insulin charges, they lacked starting pitching depth, right? So they send off three more pitchers, because you know, fuck them. They get back a stud hitter, a good hitter, a potentially exciting prospect, a wish and a floppy arm.
On the other side, let's give you a whole pitching staff. Sure. Bummy is outstanding, not really a lot to mention there. Roark if he sticks in the rotation, is fine. Betances should be fine. Some auction cash, a prospect, whatever.
I will take a stab at why this deal got done. WBFD had these aces they spent pretty money on, but no hitters. TBD had these pretty hitters but no pitching. Lets switch some. Okay. Done. I guess they both have a more balanced team going forward. That's fine.
The simulator here suggests that neither really hurt or improved themselves. I guess that is a win-win. Trading holes is what I have been known to call this kind of transaction. If each participant feels comfortable covering the new holes they created, great.
I love this trade because it is exciting. There are so many pieces moving back and forth. I do not understand this trade, and I think I am okay with that.
Andrew's thoughts: As Jordan mentioned, strengths were traded for strengths here.
I believe that before trades of any kind, the Diabeetuses had a bottom-3 offense and a top-3 pitching staff. Maybe it wasn't that extreme, but you get the point. Following the trade, WBFD has maybe a bottom-6 offense and a significantly worse pitching staff? Hopefully my math is wrong. WBFD has added some keepable pieces and spread salaries around a good deal, which is awesome. Except you don't know if this team is any good yet, so maybe you don't want to keep all these pieces together? And maybe the team was competitive as a top-heavy unit? WBFD has also now spent $8 of 2017 auction cash already, which maybe ends up being irrelevant, but could be a hurdle if the plan is to go young and keep your squad in tact. Their trades have gotten them way under budget but as I've mentioned before, getting under budget for 2017 before the first pitch of 2016 isn't necessarily advantageous.
If Carlos Martinez takes a step forward into ace territory (this might be more likely than not) then the blow of losing Bumgarner and Jake Arrieta is softened.
I think TBD, who was known to have been shopping Troy Tulowitzki for pitching, did the smart thing and instead put a young, affordable hitter on the block. I love Tulo, but at his salary and with his injury history, he's just not worth a Bumgarner type guy. Miguel Sano, clearly, is capable of fetching that.
TBD's offense is largely unaffected. It's technically worse because Sano and Hosmer are gone, but I'm not sure it's noticeably worse. The pitching is way better with Bumgarner at the top, but there's still work to be done. On weeks where Bumgarner starts just once, you've still got to fill six starts from Phil Hughes, Jimmy Nelson, Andrew Heaney… meh. Someone there will take a leap and become a viable SP2, but there will be a lot of spin-around-with-your-head-on-a-baseball-bat-and-then-throw-a-dart choices going on here.
I'm inclined to prefer the Bumgarner side as a short term play, but WBFD probably has an edge if you're looking to the future. Bregman is valuable, right? This one is even as I see it.
Author Jordan GillisPosted on March 24, 2016 March 25, 2016 Categories TradesTags aces, Alex Bregman, Andrew Heaney, Carlos Martinez, Dellin Betances, Edinson Volquez, Eric Hosmer, Jake Arrieta, Jimmy Nelson, Jorge Lopez, Madison Bumgarner, Matt Chapman, Miguel Sano, Phil Hughes, pitching, Tanner Roark, TBD, The Wilfred Brimley Fighting Diabeetuses, Troy Tulowitzki
2016 Auction Review – TBD
Is their team name to be determined, or does TBD stand for something else? We may never know. Anyway during the auction draft do you know that moment when you are kind of poking around looking at the other team to see where they're at. TBD looks great looking at that list top down. Until you go down. They punted pitchers so hard that I had to take several looks. There's a lot here to discuss, probably the most fun roster to look at.
Hitters – Outstanding
Yep, I had to give it to someone. 1-10 the hitters here are just outstanding. Now, Matt Wieters had not been flagged for a wuss injury again at the time of the draft so we will pretend he's okay. Warning, fantasy all-star list incoming: Eric Hosmer, Jose Altuve, Kris Bryant, Corey Seager, Troy Tulowitzki, David Peralta, JD Martinez, Miguel Sano, phew. Power, walks, contact, everything. The floor with this line up is so damn high that its impossible to ignore. If you have to nitpick, I can say that I don't love Pillar in centerfield, but I have a feeling that will be solved at some point. Perhaps Pillar turns into a fantasy starter. Either way, I also don't love spending $100 on short stops, but it looks like it could work out well here. There's a chance that Sano ends up finding a position which helps this line up even more.
Pitchers – Whoops
Oh Christ. Really? I mean Phil Hughes is probably the most reliable starter here. Every other guy in that long list of eleven pitchers is someone I'm starting and praying each time. That's a lot of prayers. Lets imagine that we are in a bar and talking with a buddy who knows enough about sports to not be a complete dumb ass and you are going over roster? Andrew Heaney… Yeah he could be good this year. Jimmy Nelson, yeah he seems like he could be good this year. Edinson Volquez, I mean he's probably alright. Hyun-jin Ryu, he's still pitching? Oh he's recovering from injury? Is he healthy? Well I guess if he's healthy he's probably good. Jonathan Gray, well when he's not pitching in Colorado. You see where I'm going here? I'm not sure Derek Holland, Jorge Lopez, Hector Santiago, Wily Peralta, and Chris Heston are recognizable to your bar buddy so we won't ask. I'm afraid that if TBD got three above average starters from this group, it would have to be considered a raging success, and that's not good enough. Maybe there is something in the bullpen…Well TBD drafted three relievers I guess.
Depth – Uh-oh
Well, first off, those four right fielders only qualify for right field. Two of them are rookies. Tulo has to be slotted for the utility slot so his short stop advantage gets washed away. Enrique Hernandez covers a lot of spots, but he does not start daily for the Dodgers. I like Chris Carter, but not enough. The pitching depth doesn't exist. There's plenty of bullets to grab depth on this roster, but right now it is ugly as sin.
Thigns are ugly if any less than two starting pitchers are viable from the group. If they don't find three regular SPs, TBD's season is over. If Kris Bryant isn't worth $75, or if both short stops fail to be transcendent hitters. The season is just over. They went all in on the hitters, I love them, but they have to show up. There is a real threat for this pitching staff to score below 100 points on a weekly basis. Considering a good weekly score should be above 500 or 600. That's way to much to ask of any line up.
Luck will happen here, before April seven or eight of the starters show their competency and have reliable roles. TBD then is able to trade one of them to someone else desperate for pitching and get a nice piece. TBD then is also able to cut the others to pick up depth elsewhere. Meanwhile Seager and Tulo end up being top 30 hitters overall. Kris Bryant challenges for MVP because of his bat. The hitters can hit the ceiling easily enough, just a matter of the pitchers climbing from the mud.
Author Jordan GillisPosted on March 15, 2016 March 25, 2016 Categories Draft ReviewTags Andrew Heaney, Auction Draft, Chris Carter, Chris Heston, Corey Seager, David Peralta, Derek Holland, Edinson Volquez, Enrique Hernandez, Eric Hosmer, Hector Santiago, Hyun-jin Ryu, JD Martinez, Jimmy Nelson, Jonathan Gray, Jorge Lopez, Jose Altuve, Kris Bryant, Matt Wieters, Miguel Sano, Phil Hughes, pitching, TBD, Troy Tulowitzki, Wily Peralta


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New Cosmic Photo Reveals Eye-Catching Rosette Nebula
A new image taken by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) shows the Rosette nebula located within the constellation Monoceros (the Unicorn). This flower-shaped nebula is a huge star-forming cloud of dust and gas in our Milky Way galaxy, about 4,500-5,000 light-years away.
(Image: © NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA [Full Story])
A NASA space telescope has snapped a stunning photo of a huge, flower-shaped cloud of dustand gas about 5,000 light-years from Earth.
TheWide-field Infrared SurveyExplorer (WISE) capturedthe new cosmic photo of the star-forming Rosette nebula, which is in theconstellation Monoceros (or Unicorn) in our Milky Way galaxy. [New photo of theRosette nebula.]
The nebula,also known as NGC 2237, has a cluster of young stars at its heart. The mostmassive of these stars produce huge amounts of ultraviolet radiation, and theyblow strong winds that erode away the nearby gas and dust. This creates thelarge central hole seen in the image.
The streakat lower left is the trail of a satellite around Earth that crossed WISE's field of view as it snapped themultiple frames that make up the new image.
Although the Rosette nebula is too faint to see with the nakedeye, it is visible through a small telescope or a good pair of binoculars. TheEnglish astronomer John Flamsteed discovered the Rosette nebula's central star clusterwith a telescope around 1690, but the nebula itself was not identified until astronomerJohn Herschel observed it almost 150 years later.
The image is a four-color composite created by all four of WISE's infrareddetectors. Color is representational: blue and cyan represent infrared light atwavelengths of 3.4 and 4.6 microns, which is dominated by light from stars.Green and red represent light at 12 and 22 microns, which is mostly light fromwarm dust.
Scanningthe infrared sky
The newimage is just one tiny piece of the massive sky atlas WISEtelescope isassembling. The satellite, launched in December 2009, is scanning the entiresky in infrared light during its 10-month mission. Astronomers hope WISE willuncover objects never seen before, including the coolest stars and some of thedarkest near-Earth asteroids and comets.
WISEcompleted its main mission, a full scan of the entire sky, in July. So far, thetelescope has captured more than 1.5 million images, uncovering hundreds ofmillions of objects, including asteroids, stars and galaxies. It has observed morethan 29,000 previouslyunknown asteroids to date, more than 100 near-Earth objects and 15 comets.
WISE isstill scanning, but it has encountered some age-related hiccups. A few weeksago, NASA reported that the telescope's secondary coolant tank is depleted,causing the telescope to heat up slightly. WISE relies on super-cold liquidhydrogen coolant to chill its infrared detectors, but it does not have anunlimited supply of the stuff.
One ofWISE's infrared detectors stopped producing useful data once the telescopewarmed from 12 Kelvin (minus 438 degrees Fahrenheit) to 31 Kelvin (minus 404 degrees F).
But theprimary tank still has plenty of coolant, NASA officials said. In May, a NASApanel rejected a proposal to extend WISE's mission for an extra three months.
Gallery: WISE Up: Space Telescope's Stunning First Photos
Spectacular Nebulas in Deep Space
Video: Getting WISE to Brown Dwarfs
Rare honor: New Earth-observation satellite named after NASA scientist
Potential crash of old NASA space telescope and a defunct US satellite would spawn new debris swarm
SpaceX is launching 60 more Starlink satellites today. Here's how to watch live.
Watch live today! SpaceX to launch 60 Starlink satellites @ 9:06 a.m. EST (1406 GMT)


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