Marrakech is a city like no other. Located at the foot of the Atlas mountains, the city is buzzing with noise, exotic smells, life, and history. If you are struggling to find cheap hotels in Marrakech that still ooze charm, then check out this guide. You will be surprised by the great deals you can get in this wonderfully chaotic city.
Marrakech's Menara Airport is located six kilometers southwest of the city center. The shuttle bus No. 19 runs from the airport to the town center every hour between 6:00am and 12:25am, and to the airport between 6:00am and 11:40pm. It costs Dh 30 for a single trip or Dh 50 for a round trip. You can also take a taxi from parking lot 1. Fares are about Dh 80, with a 50 percent increase at night.
If you would like to stay in a hotel near the airport you could try Hotel Amme, Ryad Mogador Menzah Apart Hotel, or Ryad Dar Ihssane. Hotel Amme is a 3-star hotel in the district of Gueliz. Rooms can be booked from USD 37. The Ryad Mogador Menzah and Ryad Dar Ihssane are both 4-star hotels with rooms starting at USD 37.
No visit to Marrakech would be the same without a visit to a traditional hamman or spa. Ryad al Jana is a romantic 3-star hotel in Marrakech's old town. For only USD 45 per night you can get access to the indoor pool, massages, facial treatments and body scrubs. At the Riad Nabila you can get spa treatments, use the indoor pool and even arrange a babysitter or for childcare while you are induldging. Rooms start at USD 39. The Ondaya Hotel & Spa has a lovely outdoor swimming pool and a sauna. Rooms at this 3-star hotel can be booked from USD 37. The Moroccan House Hotel Marrakech is a 3-star hotel near Djamma el Fna and the Palais des Congres. With rooms starting from USD 37, you can make use of the in-house hamman, a children's pool, free wifi and a restaurant.
The medina is the old, historic part of the city. It is right in the center, which means it is also close to lots of sights, including Djemma el Fna, the souqs, or the Ben Youssef Mosque. Riad Casa Mera Shalimar and Riad Mogador Marrakech are two lovely 3-star hotels with rooms starting at USD 37, including breakfast.
If you prefer staying in a more personal environment than hotels, then you could consider staying in Airbnb accomodation. Airbnb features rooms, apartments or entire houses rented out by private individuals. They are often cheaper than hotels and a great option for those who prefer more privacy. Airbnb rooms in Marrakech start at USD 34, apartments at USD 95, and houses at USD 190 per night.
The historic market Djemma el Fna in the center is really the heart of Marrakesh. From food stalls to top restaurants, including snake charmers, jugglers, fortune tellers, and henna tattoo ladies, this square is buzzing with life.
The souqs are a huge network of undercover markets where you can buy anything from spices, carpets, leather goods, jewellery, pottery, animals, or wonderful handicrafts. If you like shopping and bargaining, you will enjoy yourself tremendously. Make sure you take a compass with you to avoid getting lost, as the souqs are huge and there are many little streets and alleyways. You could literally spend a whole day in these enormous markets and still not see all of the stalls.
The Saadian Tombs are beautifully preserved tombs of the Sultan Ahmed al-Mansour and 66 members of his family. The Saadian dynasty ruled much of southern Morocco during the 16th and 17th centuries. The tombs are open daily except for Tuesdays. Get there early to avoid the tour groups and the heat.
The Ali Ben Youssef Medersa and Mosque was built in the 16th century by the Saadians and was able to house up to 900 religious students. The buildings are beautifully preserved and you can explore the tiny rooms where the students used to live.
The ancient Marrakech tannery is a fascinating place to visit if you would like to find out how raw leather material is turned into beautiful fine leather goods. Make sure to bring a bunch of mint stems to hold under your nose though as the smell is very pungent.
Marrakech is best avoided in the summer months as it get very hot during this time. The weather from September to May is very pleasant though. If you don't mind the heat then you could consider heading to Marrakech for the incredible Fantasia Festival in July. Fantasia is a magnificent horse-riding festival with hundreds of locals participating in traditional costumes. The Marrakech Popular Arts Festival is also held in July. This annual festival attracts folk singers, dancers, fortune-tellers, acting troupes, snake charmers, fire-swallowers and more, from all over Morocco.
If you are the owner of a smart phone, consider getting some of the following apps to make your stay in Marrakech as convenient as possible. The Marrakech Map and Walks walking tour app for example comes with a detailed and fully functional city map to help you explore the city and locate sights.
The Marrakech Riad Travel Guide app is a free guide to Marrakech, written by Mike Wood, a British expat based in Marrakech, with ten years personal experience living in the city.
The Trip Advisor Marrakech City Guide is a great app to plan your visits to restaurants, attractions, and hotels, all available offline.
Marrakech is a fascinating city with a plethora of things to do, and as you can see there are plenty of top Marrakesh hotel deals around too for your next visit to Morocco. The only question now is which one to choose?


Business meeting with owner of «FomLine » company Artur Sagomonyan was held on 18th December, 2017.
Investment project is implementing on the basis of an industrial enterprise. Currently, investor modernizes existing workshops. Volume of planned investments is more than более 500 mln rubles.
According to the owner of the company group of companies "FomLine", at the current stage the option of creating a larger and diversified enterprise is calculated, than it was originally supposed.
At the end of the meeting, the Governor instructed officials in the Government of the region to prepare an agreement with the investor, that has specific conditions for further cooperation in the sphere of industrial production. The approximate start date for the first stage of the new enterprise is the end of 2018.


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Podčetrtek (Občina Podčetrtek) este o comună din Slovenia, cu o populație de 3.224 de locuitori (2002).

Localități

Brezovec pri Polju, Cmereška Gorca, Golobinjek ob Sotli, Gostinca, Imeno, Imenska Gorca, Jerčin, Lastnič, Nezbiše, Olimje, Pecelj, Podčetrtek, Polje ob Sotli, Prelasko, Pristava pri Lesičnem, Pristava pri Mestinju, Roginska Gorca, Rudnica, Sedlarjevo, Sela, Sodna vas, Sveta Ema, Verače, Vidovica, Virštanj, Vonarje

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Рыбы-белки, или голоцентры  () — род  лучепёрых рыб из семейства голоцентровых отряда Holocentriformes. Распространён в Атлантическом океане. Включает 2 вида.

Ареал и места обитания
Распространены в тропических и субтропических водах Атлантического океана. Западная часть: от Северной Каролины и Бермудских островов до Бразилии, включая Мексиканский залив. Также встречаются у Карибских и Багамских островов. Восточная Атлантика: острова Святой Елены и Вознесения, вдоль западного побережья Африки от острова Сан-Томе и Габона до Анголы.

Обитают как в глубоких открытых водах, так и мелководных районах у коралловых островов на глубине до 180 м, чаще до глубины 30 м.

Описание
Тело удлинённое, несколько сжато с боков, овальной формы, покрыто крупной ктеноидной чешуёй. Верхняя челюсть заходит за вертикаль, проходящую через центр зрачка. Глаза большие, по форме напоминают беличьи. На обоих челюстях и в верхней части рта располагаются мелкие ворсинковидные зубы.  В спинном плавнике 11 жёстких и 14—16 мягких лучей. В анальном плавнике 4 колючих и 9-11 мягких лучей. Хвостовой плавник сильно вырезанный. Мягкая часть спинного плавника и верхняя лопасть хвостового плавника удлинённые.

Тело тускло-красного или розоватого цвета с золотистым отливом (обыкновенная рыба-белка), либо серебристо-красного (рыжая рыба-белка) вдоль тела проходят серебристые полосы. Нижняя часть тела и брюхо белые.

Достигают максимальной длины от 35 см (рыжая рыба-белка) до 61 см (обыкновенная рыба белка), при средней длине для обоих видов около 25 см.

Биология
Ведут ночной образ жизни, охотясь над песчаными грунтами и в зарослях водорослей. В дневные часы прячутся в расщелинах или под выступами рифов. Молодь группируется в стаи, а взрослые особи проявляют территориальное поведение. Способны издавать звуки с помощью плавательного пузыря..

Питание
Основу рациона составляют представители меропланктона, такие как личинки крабов и креветок. Изредка в желудках обнаруживали мелких ракообразных и молодь рыб.

Виды

Примечания

Голоцентрообразные


If like me and many others out there you have managed to blow a fuse at home, well, welcome to the club. It happens more than you think and fuses are designed to be broken to stop the system from overloading. Changing a car fuse is just as simple as changing a fuse at home.
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On the inside, it will Most of the time be black or the metal filament that might be broken. If it's dark, you might want to use a flashlight to get a quicker decision.
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When it comes to replacing the fuses it's always important that you remember where they go and what it is they do. Make use you make a small diagram to help you out, using the wrong fuse can make serious problems for your car.
When it comes to it, you can use a fuse from a function of the same amperage, but this is will not work all the time. For example, if the fuse that powers windows is blown and there's no rain in the forecast pull the working fuse that's allocated for your rear windshield wiper and use it for power windows. Just double check that the amperages for each are the same.
Once you have removed the broken fuse and replaced it you then need to check if your handiwork has paid off.
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A highly configurable combination clutch and brake housed in an enclosed frame.
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Will multiple instances use different tokens, or a token will be shared and stored in some secure vault for reuse.
What is the recommended approach?

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While Terry Malts are still very much a thing, a thing with a new record at that, guitarist Corey Cunningham struck out on a solo venture with a 7″ on Loglady Records.
He's thrashy when he's with Terry Malts, but as just Corey he's enriched the scuzz with sentimental questions that are fit for ruminating over in a late night diner. The malt of Terry Malts is the boozer-on-a-budget sort that comes in 40ozs, while the malt of Corey's "Is It Really Really Real" are of the milkshake variety, partially out of a sweet tooth coping, partially because it sounds like teenage woes before alcohol became the ultimate answer. From the title track to b-side "Come On Let's Go", in which Corey pines "one thing, I think I love you", the 7″ plays out like a mini-record in which a young Cunningham is down, and then up, and the hormones are getting the better of him at every encounter.
Corey's Is It Really Really Real 7″ is out September 10 on LogLady and available for pre-order at the low cost of $5. Terry Malts' Nobody Realizes This Is Nowhere is also out September 10 on Slumberland.


We are now accepting contributions for altar decorations. Now until December 8, you may submit your offering and intention via Christmas Flower Envelopes, available in the Gathering Space. Place your envelope in the Offertory Collection Basket or mail to the Parish Office. Suggested gift is $10 per intention. Intentions received by December 8 wil be printed in the Christmas Bulletin.


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Q: Laravel Testing Service Dependency Injection Error To start from the conclusion, I get this error:
[ErrorException]
Argument 1 passed to SomeValidatorTest::__construct() must be an instance of App\Services\Validators\SomeValidator, none given, called in ....vendor/phpunit/phpunit/src/Framework/TestSuite.php on line 475 and defined

In Laravel app, I have a script called "SomeValidator.php" which looks like this:
<?php namespace App\Services\Validators;

use App\Services\SomeDependency;

class SomeValidator implements ValidatorInterface
{

    public function __construct(SomeDependency $someDependency)
    {
        $this->dependency = $someDependency;
    }

    public function someMethod($uid)
    {
       return $this->someOtherMethod($uid);
    }

}

which runs without error.
Then the test script, SomeValidatorTest.php looks like this:
<?php

use App\Services\Validators\SomeValidator;

class SomeValidatorTest extends TestCase
{
    public function __construct(SomeValidator $validator)
    {
        $this->validator = $validator;
    }

    public function testBasicExample()
    {
        $result = $this->validator->doSomething();
    }
}

The error shows up only when the test script is ran through './vendor/bin/phpunit' The test class seems to be initiated without the dependency stated and throws an error. Does anyone know how to fix this? Thanks in advance.

A: You cannot inject classes into the tests (as far as i know), given that they are not resolved automatically by laravel/phpUnit.
The correct way is to make (resolve) them through laravel's app facade. Your test script should look like this:
<?php

class SomeValidatorTest extends TestCase
{
    public function __construct()
    {
        $this->validator = \App::make('App\Services\Validators\SomeValidator');
    }

    public function testBasicExample()
    {
        $result = $this->validator->doSomething();
    }
}

Source: http://laravel.com/docs/5.1/container


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О́ливер Го́лдсмит (; 10 ноября 1728 — 4 апреля 1774) — английский прозаик, поэт и драматург ирландского происхождения, яркий представитель сентиментализма.

Биография
Сын священника. В 1744 году поступил в Тринити-колледж в Дублине. Его наставником был Тикер Уайлдер. В 1747 году вместе с четырьмя другими студентами он был исключен за бунт, в ходе которого они пытались штурмовать тюрьму Маршалси. В 1749 году окончил Тринити-колледж в Дублине, пытался продолжить медицинское образование в Эдинбурге. Не получив диплома, самопровозглашенный «доктор Голдсмит» отправился в путешествие по Европе, откуда в 1756 г. прибыл в Лондон без гроша за душой и устроился помощником аптекаря. Его публицистические очерки в большом количестве печатались в лондонской прессе, однако среди множества начинающих авторов Голдсмита выгодно выделяли изящество и лёгкость слога.

В 1756 году он поселился в Лондоне, где ему приходилось работать в разных сферах, в том числе он был помощником аптекаря и школьным привратником. Вечно в долгах и пристрастившись к азартным играм, Голдсмит проявил себя как отличный писатель. Социально-бытовые очерки с сатирическим подтекстом «Гражданин мира, или Письма китайского философа, проживающего в Лондоне, своим друзьям на Востоке» (1762) принесли ему славу и позволили войти в кружок интеллектуалов во главе с Сэмюэлом Джонсоном, Эдмундом Берком и Джошуа Рейнольдсом. В 1764 году компания основала собственный клуб, среди девяти членов-основателей которого числился и Голдсмит. В том же году большой резонанс получила его поэма «Путешественник», сопоставляющая национальные обычаи и степень удовлетворенности жизнью в различных уголках Европы.

Привычка жить на широкую ногу втянула Голдсмита в долги, и он был вынужден зарабатывать составлением компилятивных историй Греции, Рима и Англии. В 1766 году он решился опубликовать написанный четырьмя годами ранее сентиментально-мелодраматический роман «Векфильдский священник», живоописующий гонения добродетельного священника помещиком на фоне идеализированной сельской жизни. Роман имел грандиозный успех, и в 1770 году Голдсмит вернулся к его основным темам в поэтической анти-идиллии «Покинутая деревня».

Последним крупным произведением Голдсмита был фарс «Ночь ошибок, или Унижение паче гордости» (1773),  не сходивший с английской сцены до самого XX века. Годом спустя 43-летний писатель скоропостижно скончался и был похоронен в церкви Темпла. Через 15 дней после его смерти в печати появилось «Возмездие» — серия сатирических портретов современников, облеченных Голдсмитом в форму шутливых эпитафий.

Со своим изрытым оспой лицом и даром острословия Голдсмит всегда был предметом обсуждения и преклонения в лондонском обществе. Как азартный игрок и недалекий острослов он выведен в босуэлловской «Жизни Сэмюэля Джонсона», который писал про него, что «нет человека более мудрого с пером в руке и более глупого при отсутствии оного». Более объективная характеристика содержится в биографии Голдсмита, написанной Вашингтоном Ирвингом.

Произведения
 «Гражданин мира, или Письма китайского философа, проживающего в Лондоне, своим друзьям на Востоке» (1762).
 «Путешественник» (1764).
 «Векфильдский священник» (1766).
 «Покинутая деревня» (1770).
 «Ночь ошибок, или Унижение паче гордости» (1773), .

Русские переводы

 О. Гольдсмит. Векфильдский священник.Пер. Я. Герд. СПб., 1846.

Экранизации

 «Ночь ошибок, или Унижение паче гордости» (1773) — Ночь ошибок (1974) — режиссёр Михаил Козаков

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UK crime agency opens probe into major Brexit campaigner
Investigation into Brexit backer Arron Banks comes amid deepening uncertainty over future of the UK-EU ties.
Arron Banks (pictured) has also donated funds to the UK Independence Party in the past [Simon Dawson/Reuters]
British officials are investigating a prominent Brexit backer and his influential campaign group over alleged financial misconduct linked to the United Kingdom's 2016 referendum on leaving the European Union.
In a statement released on Thursday, the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) said it has initiated a probe into Arron Banks and the Leave.EU campaign group, among others, over "suspected electoral law offences ... as well as any associated offences".
"While electoral law offences would not routinely fall within the NCA's remit, the nature of the necessary inquiries and the potential for offences to have been committed other than under electoral law lead us to consider an NCA investigation appropriate in this instance," the statement said.
The NCA, which is tasked with investigating serious and organised crimes, said it acted following a referral of material from the UK's Electoral Commission.
The investigation is sensitive, because it could potentially cast doubts on the legitimacy of the Brexit vote.
In a statement also released on Thursday, the Electoral Commission alleged Banks was "not the true source" of eight million British pounds ($10.4m) of loans provided to Leave.EU, an unofficial Brexit campaign group, and Better for the Country Limited (BFTC), a company that was used to finance Leave.EU.
The statement marked the conclusion of an Electoral Commission inquiry into payments related to the referendum made to the two groups, during which Leave.EU and BTFC representatives told investigators that $10.4m of loans were financed by Banks.
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The commission said it found "reasonable grounds to suspect a number of criminal offences" were committed in relation to the payments, including the involvement of an "impermissible company" and deliberate concealment of financial transactions.
Under UK law, loans and donations to registered political campaigners can only come from so-called permissible sources, essentially excluding foreign funding.
In July, a UK parliamentary committee said it was "unclear" where Banks had obtained the money he donated to the Leave campaign and whether he had "profited from business deals arising from meetings arranged by Russian officials".
On Thursday, Banks claimed there was "no evidence of any wrongdoing" by the companies he owns and denied he had been the recipient of any donations from "foreign" sources.
"I am confident that a full and frank investigation will finally put an end to the ludicrous allegations levelled against me and my colleagues," he said in a statement published on the Leave.EU website on Thursday.
"I am a UK taxpayer and I have never received any foreign donations ... The Electoral Commission has referred me to the National Crime Agency under intense political pressure from anti-Brexit supporters," he added.
'We remain vigilant'
The UK is due to leave the European Union on March 29, 2019, nearly three years after 52 percent of Britons voted in favour of ending the country's 43-year membership of the 28-member bloc.
But some Britons who favoured remaining with the EU have called for a rerun of the vote, alleging the campaign to leave the bloc was marred by financial improprieties and possible foreign - or even Russian - funding for the campaign.
On Thursday, a spokesperson for British Prime Minister Theresa May said the government had "not seen successful interference in UK democratic processes".
"We of course remain vigilant and we will continue to work to strengthen our democracy against potential interference," the spokesperson added.
'Brexit must be put on hold'
Opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn made no initial comment on the NCA's announcement but a number of Labour parliamentarians were quick to call for a suspension of the Brexit process in light of the NCA's new probe.
MP David Lammy said Thursday's developments meant "Brexit must be put on hold until we know the extent of these crimes against our democracy".
"We already know the electoral law was broken. Now Aaron Banks is under investigation because Leave. EU stands accused of spending foreign money," Lammy said on Twitter.
We already know electoral law was broken. Now Aaron Banks is under investigation because https://t.co/pbNTdJCphb stands accused of spending foreign money.
Brexit must be put on hold until we know the extent of these crimes against our democracy.https://t.co/WrJcXng8o7
— David Lammy (@DavidLammy) November 1, 2018
Lammy's comments were echoed by fellow Labour MP, Helen Hayes.
"The government cannot & must not continue blindly towards the constitutional & economic precipice of Brexit while such serious allegations of the undermining of our democracy remain," Hayes said on Twitter.
Negotiations over a possible Brexit divorce deal between the UK and the EU have hit a stumbling block in recent weeks, mainly due to unresolved concerns over how the border between Ireland - an EU member state - and Northern Ireland - which is part of the UK - will be managed once the UK leaves.
Does Brexit mean chaos for the UK?
SOURCE: Al Jazeera and news agencies


Tableau's tooltips are often cumbersome relative to D3 and other implementations.
The main issue may be that Tableau's tooltips have a dual purpose: 1) provide additional details on the mark and 2) allow users to select actions, such as filtering, viewing data or clicking on a hyperlink.
1. Tooltips don't update instantly as you move across marks. Instead you need to briefly pause on each mark, which prevents users from easily scanning tooltips for different marks or comparing values by going back and forth.
2. It's not easy to show tooltips for adjacent marks. In the below example, try to select Nevada after selecting California. Perhaps this is because users need to be able to move the cursor over the tooltip to perform actions. But if there are no actions on a tooltip, the tooltips should move with the cursor, similar to D3 or Google Charts.
3. It's sometimes difficult to determine which mark is selected. Google solves this problem by highlighting the mark border.
In general I wish Tableau's tooltip implementation was closer to the D3 or Google Charts implementation.


Mangoes are incredibly delicious ― sweet, tender and just a little exotic. Just one taste of this bright orange fruit and we instantly feel transported to the tropics. The only trouble is, how in the world do you get your first bite?
Figuring out the best way to get into a mango is tricky. Luckily, you have options. And we've presented three of the best for you below.
1. The easy way, with a mango splitter.
Cutting into a mango with a slicer.
If you have a mango slicer ― yes, there's a kitchen gadget for everything ― line up the seed as best you can with the slicer and push down. Then, once the two fruity sides are cut away from the seed, go ahead and cut away the fruit from the peel with a knife.
2. The traditional way, cutting along the seed with a knife.
Cut down along the side of the fruit until you find the spot where you won't hit the seed.
Scoring the fruit of a mango.
Just peel back the skin after scoring the fruit and the chunks just seem to fall away from the peel.
3. The inventive way, with a glass.
A very unique way to peel a mango.
This is a super easy way of getting the peel off the flesh. Slice both fleshy sides off the mango. Take those slices and slide the place where the skin meets the fruit on the rim of a glass. And voila, mango detaches from its peel in one big piece.
4. The impressive way, by turning it into a flower.
This method is for those of you who have mastered the other ways to peel a mango. It's impressive. It's beautiful. And it takes skills.
A mango being cut into a beautiful, edible flower.


Arrowhead District has many, many, people who contribute to making the Scouting program successful. Is there someone in your unit that you think needs to be recognized for their many contributions? There is? But you're not sure if they have already been recognized?
Please check these lists and if you have someone not on them, that you believe is worthy, please find the link below to the correct form and submit it on their behalf. Let them know that their work was noticed.
The Arrowhead Districts Annual Recognition Dinner is held annually in March to honor the time and commitment of its adult volunteers. All adult volunteers are encouraged to attend for a time of reflection, fellowship and celebration. The highlight of the dinner is the presentation to fellow scouters with annual awards recognizing their scouting accomplishments.
Tickets for the dinner go on sale in February. Keep an eye out for announcements at Round Table and on the district e-mail lists, or contact any member of the District Committee for further details.
Due to the time it takes to process these awards, all nomination forms MUST be submitted by their associated deadlines. See the description of each award for specific submittal instructions and associated deadlines.
Who already has an award, you may wonder? Here is the list of the past recipients of the District Award of Merit and Scoutmaster Award of Merit. Please note an individual can only receive each award once.


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Harvey Araton
Our Last Season
A Writer, a Fan, a Friendship
Harvey Araton's new book Our Last Season: A Writer, a Fan, a Friendship (Penguin, 2020), reads like a mix between Tuesdays with Morrie and a sequel to his book When the Garden was Eden (which chronicled the New York Knicks' early-70s title teams). It's a book about friendship, aging and of course, basketball.
Harvey Araton is one of New York's--and the nation's--best-known sports journalists, having covered thousands of Knicks games over the course of a long and distinguished career. But the person at the heart of Our Last Season, Michelle Musler, is largely anonymous--except, that is, to the players, coaches, and writers who have passed through Madison Square Garden, where she held season tickets behind the Knicks bench for 45 years. In that time, as she juggled a successful career as a corporate executive and single parenthood of five children, she missed only a handful of home games. The Garden was her second home--and the place where an extraordinary friendship between fan and sportswriter was forged.
That relationship soon grew into something much bigger than basketball, with Michelle serving as a cherished mentor and friend to Harvey as he weathered life's inevitable storms: illness, aging, and professional challenges and transitions. During the 2017-18 NBA season, as Michelle faces serious illness that prevents her from attending more than a few Knicks games, Harvey finally has the chance to give back to Michelle everything she has given him: reminders of all she's accomplished, the blessings she's enjoyed, and the devoted friend she has been to him.
Paul Knepper was born and raised in New York and currently resides in Austin. His first book, The Knicks of the Nineties: Ewing, Oakley, Starks and the Brawlers Who Almost Won It All, is available on Amazon and other sites. You can reach Paul at paulknepper@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter @paulieknep.
Paul Knepper
Paul Knepper used to cover the Knicks for Bleacher Report. His first book, The Knicks of the Nineties: Ewing, Oakley, Starks and the Brawlers That Almost Won It All was published in September 2020. You can reach Paul at paulknepper@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter @paulieknep.
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A must-have piece for any mid century modern design lover, the Orbit Floor Lamp from Porta Romana features an elegant base that combines striking metal with delicate hand-blown glass. With a nod to retro styling, this well-proportioned light utilises the patinated texture of brass to bring a touch of luxury to the design. The milk glass shades emit a beautiful atmospheric glow creating a subtle finish that will highlight any area of a room. Position next to an armchair to create a cosy yet stylish reading nook or place in a hallway to create a statement entrance. Available in Bight Brass or Bright Steel with Milk or Shadow Glass shades. Get in touch with our team to discuss custom options.


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Tiny freckled shrimp hang out on a Korean pen shell—a type of saltwater clam—in an undated picture.

Called pen shell shrimps, the tiny crustaceans—previously known in Japan and Australia—were only recently observed in South Korea, scientists announced in early September.

Pen shell shrimps live in symbiotic, or dependent, relationships with clams, explained Kim Min-Ha, manager of the Korean indigenous-species project at the South Korean National Institute of Biological Resources.

"We think that the clam provides shelter for a shrimp," Min-Ha said in an email interview.

The institute's ongoing project to catalog animal and plant diversity on the Korean Peninsula (map) began in 2006 and will run until 2014. In the latest round of expeditions, scientists discovered 117 new species and documented 15 that had never before been found in South Korea.

(See pictures of a "glass" crustacean and other new species found recently on the Korean Peninsula.)

—Ker Than

Shrimp Shelter
Tiny freckled shrimp hang out on a Korean pen shell—a type of saltwater clam—in an undated picture.
Called pen shell shrimps, the tiny crustaceans—previously known in Japan and Australia—were only recently observed in South Korea, scientists announced in early September.
Pen shell shrimps live in symbiotic, or dependent, relationships with clams, explained Kim Min-Ha, manager of the Korean indigenous-species project at the South Korean National Institute of Biological Resources.
"We think that the clam provides shelter for a shrimp," Min-Ha said in an email interview.
The institute's ongoing project to catalog animal and plant diversity on the Korean Peninsula (map) began in 2006 and will run until 2014. In the latest round of expeditions, scientists discovered 117 new species and documented 15 that had never before been found in South Korea.
(See pictures of a "glass" crustacean and other new species found recently on the Korean Peninsula.)
—Ker Than
Photograph courtesy NIBR
Photos: Poison Crab, Glass Shrimp, More Found in Korea
See an "alien" crustacean, poisonous crab, and freckled shrimp that takes shelter in clams—all found in South Korea for the first time.


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Police bust dope-dealing bodybuilders
Sabine Devins - [email protected] • 19 Nov, 2009 Updated Thu 19 Nov 2009 16:22 CEST
Police in Heidelberg said on Thursday they had uncovered a massive anabolic steroid dealing operation, leading to the arrests of three people.
Two men and one woman between the ages of 22 and 29 are in custody after police raided 11 homes in the cities of Mannheim, Ludwigshafen and Dannstadt-Schauerheim on November 5.
Authorities seized more than 70,000 doses of anabolic steroid tablets and 6,000 vials of testosterone. They also found smaller amounts of marijuana and amphetamines.
Heidelberg police spokesman Harald Kurzer said the drugs were being sold across Germany and had a street value of €80,000.
Four other people were taken into custody but later released after a preliminary hearing. All suspects involved in the case are bodybuilders themselves.
Police say the illegal substances being sold were all made in other countries, namely Thailand, Iran and Romania. They suspect the drugs were for amateur athletes.
"We know that they made contact to the underground labs was all made on the internet, though we're still not sure on the path the drugs took to get here," Kurzer told The Local. "Most of the sales were also done over the internet, but also in the fitness studios."
Besides the drugs, police also found a pistol as well as other weapons such as brass knuckles, switchblades and a club, along with €3,500 in cash.
Heidelberg police said a 23-year-old was arrested in nearby Weinheim in September for selling the illegal muscle enhancing drugs.
Kurzer did not rule out further arrests in connection with the doping ring as the investigation continued.
#Crime #drugs #doping #heidelberg
Sabine Devins 2009/11/19 16:22


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02. May 2016, Prague
The new director of hospital information systems department of CompuGroup Medical in the Czech Republic and Slovakia became Dan Navrátil, MSc, MBA
Dan Navrátil, MSc, MBA
Prague, 1st May 2016 - The new director of hospital information systems department of CompuGroup Medical (CGM) in the Czech Republic and Slovakia was appointed Dan Navrátil, MSc, MBA. He replaces last director Ing. Petr Šuráň, who worked at this position for five years.
Dan Navrátil has been working in the area of healthcare for already 25 years. Before joining CGM, he worked as an Executive Director at Boskovice Hospital for three years. There he participated on modernization of some departments, restructuring of caregiving, improvement of convenience for patients, increasing of employee wages and significantly contributed to the relatively high profitability of the institution.
He has also gained experience as an Executive Director at Medipol company, which focuses on providing advice on strategic management of medical departments, conducting analyzes for medical management, restructuring and optimization of health care.
His principal mission at the new working role will be primarily strengthening position of CGM with existing customers and further development of hospital information systems department.


In recent years, macroeconomic, trade and firm-based analyses have become increasingly challenged due to the transformative impacts of digital technologies on economic activity. This new phenomenon is often referred to as the digital economy. The innovations through digital technology have changed the way products are produced, consumed and traded; jobs and income are generated; and investments are financed. A sound statistical measurement of the transformative impact of the digital economy can help in understanding the dynamics and the structural shifts in the economy and ultimately the impact of the digital economy on the domestic and global economic activity, the use of the environment and the quality of life of individuals. These insights should allow for improved policy and decision making for sustainable development by government and firms in advancing and distributing the benefits the digital technologies and seizing their opportunities while reducing their risks on the economy, society and environment.
The purpose of the high-level seminar is a) to raise awareness about the transformative impacts of digital technologies across our economies, societies and environment, b) to identify policy, research and information gaps as well as ways to improve interdisciplinary actions on the measurement of digital economy, and c) to present concrete proposals to strengthen cooperation for these actions in an inclusive manner.
The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) organized a Workshop on Supply and Use Tables (SUTs) for the Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA) and South East European (SEE) countries in collaboration with the National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova and in collaboration with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), the European Commission (Eurostat) and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The workshop brought together national statisticians from 13 countries to discuss the concepts and methods in the compilation of SUTs following the UN Handbook on Handbook on Supply, Use and Input-Output Tables with Extensions and Applications.
UNSD in collaboration with the National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBS) organized the International Workshop on Supply and Use Tables. The Workshop brought together experts in charge of supply and use tables and national accounts from 12 countries in the region. The objectives of the Workshop were to increase the capacity of participating countries in the compilation, dissemination and policy applications of SUTs, share experience and challenges they face in the compilation of SUTs and suggest good practices and areas for improvements. The training was based on the UN Handbook on Handbook on Supply, Use and Input-Output Tables with Extensions and Applications.
The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV), the KOF Swiss Economic Institute, and the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) organized a Workshop on Big Data for Economic Statistics: Challenges and Opportunities prior to the 34th Conference of the Centre for International Research on Economic Tendency Surveys (CIRET). The aim of the workshop was to review successful examples of the use of big data for research analysis and for official statistics and to discuss how statistical offices, research institutes, technology companies and data owners can collaborate in this area in a mutually beneficial way in a changing world.
The United Nations Statistical Commission established the Advisory Expert Group on National Accounts (AEG) to support the Inter Secretariat Working Group on National Accounts (ISWGNA) in carrying out its work programme, to resolve issues on the research agenda of the System of National Accounts (SNA) and to review documents and tools for the SNA implementation programme. The main purpose of the 11th Meeting of the AEG is to review the SNA research agenda and consider guidance on issues related to the implementation of the 2008 SNA, such as accounting for pensions; globalization; digital economy; statistical units; financial services; and economic well-being and sustainability.
The workshop is organized by STAT/DESA jointly with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). Islamic finance does not operate in the same way as conventional finance as it follows the Shari'ah Islamic law, principles and rules, which do not permit receipt and payment of interest, excessive uncertainty, gambling, or short sales or financing activities that are considered to be harmful to society. The workshop aims to increase the capacity of participating countries on the statistical treatment of Islamic finance in the national accounts. The workshop will address proposals on how to sectorize Islamic financial instruments and the corresponding property income and related transactions, and how to calculate and record the output of Islamic financial services.
DESA's Statistics Division, in collaboration with the Economic Cooperation Organization and the Statistical Centre of Iran, is organizing a training workshop on the Compilation of Quarterly National Accounts for Economic Cooperation Organization Member Countries.
The workshop aims to train national accounts statisticians on the methods and data sources that are available to compile current price and volume measures of quarterly gross domestic product, benchmark the quarterly estimates with the annual estimates and produce seasonally adjusted estimates. In addition, it will provide a forum for participants to share experiences in terms of improved data sources and methods as well as establish contacts.
DESA's Statistics Division and the Statistical Office of Mexico (INEGI) in cooperation with OECD, the World Trade Organization and Eurostat are organizing an international conference on the measurement of trade and economic globalization. The objective of this international conference is to discuss conceptual and practical ways of measuring trade and economic globalization, through the understanding of comprehensive statistical frame, global production and business practices, requirements and micro-data compilation for a global Supply-Use Table, firm heterogeneity and the impact of global production on national, regional and global economy.
This international conference will bring together international and national experts in the compilation of trade, business or national account statistics and analysts/researchers who are interested in measuring trade and economic globalization.
The high level of import content in exports makes gross bilateral trade statistics unsuitable for bilateral trade negotiations. Trade analysis requires new measures which better reflect the level of interdependencies among countries engaged in global value chains. In order to understand the true nature of trade relationships, it is necessary to know what each country along a global value chain contributes to the value of a final product. In addition, it is important to understand how that contribution is linked to those of other suppliers in other countries coming before and after along the chain, and how much employment and income is generated through this value addition.
08-09-2014 – 10-09-2014 Washington, D.C.
The event is organised by the Inter-secretariat Working Group on National Accounts members, namely DESA's Statistics Division, OECD, Eurostat, IMF and World Bank at the World Bank Head Quarters in Washington D.C.
The purpose of the ninth meeting of the AEG is to consider guidance on issues related to the implementation of the SNA, such as: accounting for pensions; global production arrangements; the valuation of land and other non-financial assets; the recording of flows and stocks of international organizations; the SDMX-initiative related to national accounts, balance of payments and foreign direct investment; the use of indicators on deficit and debt; manuals, handbooks and other guidance; statistical units in supply and use tables and institutional sector accounts; distribution of income, consumption and wealth; and practical national accounts, such as, backcasting and the use of big data for national accounts compilation.
The event is organized by DESA's Statistics Division, in collaboration with Eurostat, Federal State Statistics Service of the Russian Federation, International Monetary Fund, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN-ESCAP) and the World Bank.
The meeting aims to increase awareness among policy makers and mobilize their support for the coordinated implementation of the international standards for producing and disseminating macroeconomic statistics with a focus using on the main framework, the System of National Accounts 2008.
The meeting is also expected to mobilize support for improved basic statistics and infrastructures to support the implementation of the macroeconomic statistical standards and equip the heads of statistics offices and departments in the agencies with strategies to accelerate national implementation.
Regional Seminar on International Trade Statistics: Implementation of recommendations organized jointly by the African Union Commission (AUC) and the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) in collaboration with the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) from 12 to 16 May 2014 at the AUC Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The objective of the seminar is to strengthen the capacity of the national statistical systems of countries throughout the African continent in statistics of international trade in goods and services. This activity forms a significant part of the broader effort to improve integrated economic statistics through the implementation of the 2008 System of National Accounts.
The seminar will bring together national experts in the compilation of international merchandise trade statistics (IMTS), statistics of international trade in services (SITS), and the goods and services accounts of the balance of payments. The agenda is meant to elicit hands-on discussion and focuses on the status and, especially, the challenges encountered in the implementation of the international recommendations in these fields. A specific item on the agenda is the report of the results of the IMTS quality assessment questionnaire, along with selected issues of concern. Other topics are bridging IMTS and BOP, informal cross border trade, linking trade and the business register, FATS, and data dissemination. The joint activity is an important component in the overall effort to improve evidence-based policy making in Africa.
The United Nations Statistics Division, in collaboration with the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC), Turkish Statistical Institute, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN-ESCAP) and United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN-ECE), is organising a regional seminar on Developing a Programme for the Implementation of the 2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in the Economic Cooperation Organisation Member Countries.
The objective of the seminar is to assist participating countries with initiating the formulation of a national strategy and implementation programme for the 2008 SNA and supporting statistics with the objective of strengthening the national statistical system in support of improved policy making. It is expected that this initiative will lead to a multi-year statistical programme helping countries to change over to the 2008 SNA with a view to producing timely and comparable national accounts statistics and short-term economic indicators which fully meet user needs as well as comply with international standards.
The seminars are organized by DESA's Statistics Division, in collaboration with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Samoa Bureau of Statistics, Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme, Pacific Financial Technical Assistance Centre, and Secretariat of the Pacific Community.
The 2008 SNA seminar is organised to assist participating Pacific countries with initiating the formulation of a national strategy and implementation programme for the 2008 System of National Accounts (SNA) and supporting socio-economic statistics with the objective of strengthening the national statistical system in support of improved policy making. It is expected that this initiative will lead to a multi-year statistical programme helping countries to change over to the 2008 SNA with a view to producing timely comparable national accounts statistics and short-term economic indicators, which fully meets the user needs as well as complies with the international standard.
The objective of the SEEA seminar is to assist Pacific countries with developing an implementation strategy for the SEEA Central Framework on the basis of policy priorities and statistical development as well as to develop a sub-regional implementation strategy. It is expected that this initiative will lead to a multi-year statistical programme assisting countries to assist in the adoption of the SEEA 2012 Central Framework with a view to producing timely comparable economic and environmental statistics based on selected environmental-economic accounts and environmental-economic indicators which fully meets the user needs as well as complies with the international standard.
The seminars brings together senior managers from national statistical offices and senior representatives from government agencies using economic and environmental information for policy setting from countries in the Pacific region to discuss the development of an regional and national implementation strategy for the 2008 SNA and the SEEA 2012 Central Framework. The aim is also to share experiences among countries in the region and facilitate cooperation amongst the neighbouring countries as well as north-south and triangular cooperation in support of the SNA and SEEA implementation strategy in the Pacific region.
The Advisory Expert Group on National Accounts (AEG) has been established to assist the Inter-secretariat Working Group on National Accounts (ISWGNA) in resolving issues on the research agenda of the System of National Accounts (SNA), identifying emerging research issues, and assisting the ISWGNA in the review of the SNA implementation programme. The composition of the AEG reflects the global community representing all regions in the world and comprises 16 members (not including the five representatives of the members of the ISWGNA, Eurostat, IMF, OECD, UN and WB). The main purpose of the 8th AEG meeting is to consider guidance on issues related to the implementation of the SNA, such as: financial output, global production, delineation of head offices, holding companies and special purpose entities, pension entitlements, stability fees, treatment of freight and insurance in the 2008 SNA, and the SDMX initiative.
Evidence shows that, despite some progress in a number of countries, many developing countries are still a long way from actually adjusting their supporting collections of economic statistics for implementing the System of National Accounts (SNA). The forty-fourth session of the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC) requested the Statistics Division, in collaboration with the Inter-secretariat Working Group on National Accounts (ISWGNA), supporting countries and other regional organisations, to scale up coordination, advocacy and resources for the implementation of the SNA and supporting statistics at the national level where required. This seminar, which brings together the ISWGNA, the Advisory Expert Group on National Accounts (AEG) and representative from a number of countries with less developed statistical systems, aims to develop proposals for scaling up the effectiveness of the coordination and funding for the implementation of the SNA for consideration by the ISWGNA and to discuss practical issues related to the topics to be discussed by the AEG.
The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), in collaboration with the CARICOM Secretariat and the United Nations Economic Commission for Lain America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is organizing a seminar on: Developing a programme for the implementation of the 2008 SNA and supporting statistics in the CARICOM region. The objective of the seminar is to assist participating Caribbean countries with initiating the formulation of a national strategy and implementation programme for the 2008 SNA and supporting socio-economic statistics with the objective of strengthening the national statistical system in support of improved policy making. It is expected that this initiative would lead to a multi-year statistical programme helping countries to change over to the 2008 SNA with a view to producing timely comparable national accounts statistics and short-term economic indicators which fully meets the user needs as well as complies with the international standards.
The United Nations Statistics Division (DESA/SD), in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UN-ECA) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC), is organizing a seminar on: Developing a programme for the implementation of the 2008 SNA and supporting statistics in Southern Africa. The objective of the seminar is to assist Southern African countries with initiating the formulation of a national strategy and implementation programme for the 2008 SNA and supporting system-wide socio-economic statistics with the objective of strengthening the national statistical system in support of improved policy making. It is expected that this initiative would lead to a multi-year statistical programme to move the countries over to the 2008 SNA and to establish a minimum common data set of annual and high frequency statistics.
United Nations Statistics Division (DESA/SD), in collaboration with the Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) and hosted by the Statistical Centre of Iran is organizing a workshop on the Implementation of the System of National Accounts 2008 (2008 SNA) for member countries of the ECO. The purpose of the workshop is to initiate the formulation of an implementation plan for the 2008 SNA and supporting economic statistics in the ECO member countries with the objective of developing comparable economic statistics for monitoring the integration of their economies. It is expected that this initiative would allow countries to set up priorities for the implementation of the 2008 SNA and improve the quality and the scope of existing economic statistics. It should also help international organizations and other donors supporting capacity building activities in the region to get information on the most urgent needs of countries and better coordinate their efforts.
The United Nations Statistical Commission established the Advisory Expert Group on National Accounts (AEG) to support the Inter Secretariat Working Group on National Accounts (ISWGNA) in carrying out its work programme, to resolve issues on the research agenda of the System of National Accounts (SNA) and to review documents and tools for the SNA implementation programme. At its 7th meeting the AEG will consider issues such as, the ISWGNA programme of work for the period up to 2014, current research issues and the provision of further guidance on the implementation of the 2008 SNA, review of the SNA research agenda, review of compilation guidance drafted by ISWGNA members, the development of training material on the SNA, issues related to the implementation of the System of National Accounts and the ongoing work in the broader remits of national accounts.
The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) in collaboration with the National Bureau of Statistics of China is organizing an international workshop on Household Income, Consumption and Full Accounting of the Households Sector. This workshop is being conducted as part of the project on strengthening statistical capacity development in China and other developing countries in Asia funded by the Chinese Government. It will present an overview of the Households Sector as an institutional sector in National Accounts and will train participants on how to compile a full sequence of non-financial accounts for it. Particular attention during the workshop will be given to the compilation of GDP by income approach with emphasis on the income by corporations and households, adjustments for the conceptual differences between the estimates derived using the results of the Household Income and Expenditure Survey and National Accounts, and the use of extrapolation and benchmarking techniques for compilation of annual accounts for the Households Sector.
DESA's Statistics Division, in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), is organizing this workshop on the implementation of the 2008 SNA. The workshop is hosted by the State Statistical Committee of Ukraine. The purpose of the workshop is to initiate the formulation of an implementation plan for the 2008 SNA and supporting economic statistics in the EECCA and SEE region with the objective of developing comparable economic statistics for monitoring the integration of their economies. The regional plan will be part of the global implementation programme for the 2008 SNA and supporting statistics. The workshop will also discuss the treatment of conceptual issues, such as the recording of financial services and research and development in the national accounts. The expected outcome is consensus among participants on the implementation of the 2008 SNA.
DESA's Statistics Division, in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), is organizing this seminar on the implementation of the 2008 SNA. The seminar will be hosted by ESCAP. The purpose of the seminar is to develop a clear implementation plan for the improvement of the capacity of countries in the Asian and Pacific region to produce economic statistics including the capacity to produce National Accounts in accordance with the 2008 SNA. The seminar will also discuss ways to ensure that plans for implementing the 2008 SNA and ESCAP's Regional Programme for the Improvement of Economic Statistics in Asia and the Pacific are consistent and mutually reinforcing, effectively incorporating national implementation plans for the 2008 SNA into the regional implementation plan. The expected outcome is consensus among participants on the implementation plan.
The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) in cooperation with the Lao Department of Statistics is organizing a Workshop on the Methodological Review of Benchmarking, Rebasing and Chain-linking of Economic Indicators for the South-East Asian countries. The workshop is organized within the framework of the UN/DESA Development Account project for strengthening the statistical capacity of countries in South-East Asia. The workshop will take place from 24 to 26 August 2011 in Vientiane, Lao.
The objectives of the workshop are to review the methodological aspects of benchmarking, rebasing and chain-linking of economic indicators and to train representatives from national statistical offices of Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Timor-Leste and Vietnam on some of the most commonly used techniques for them. Particular attention during the training will be given to issues of rebasing of national accounts so as to deal with structural changes in the economy and linking the old time series to the new base year using a real dataset from Lao People's Democratic Republic. The workshop will also offer the opportunity to exchange experiences, discuss challenges and propose best practice approaches to countries in these fields.
The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) in collaboration with the National Bureau of Statistics of China is organizing an international workshop on measuring GDP by final demand approach. This workshop is being conducted as part of the project on strengthening statistical capacity development in China and other developing countries in Asia funded by the Chinese Government. It will give an overview on one of the main approaches to GDP compilation – the final demand approach, and will address specific issues of measuring the final consumption expenditures of households, government and non-profit institutions serving households and estimating gross capital formation for the economy and by sector. The estimation of national accounts' imports and exports of goods and services from foreign trade statistics and other sources will also be discussed.
DESA's Statistics Division, in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), African Development Bank, and African Union Commission is organizing this seminar on the implementation of the 2008 SNA. The seminar will be hosted by the African Centre for Statistics at the ECA. The purpose of the seminar is to assist the African Group on National Accounts in implementing the regional implementation programme of the 2008 SNA and supporting economic statistics. The objective is to develop national implementation programmes for the compilation of comparable economic statistics and national accounts for countries in Africa for monitoring the integration of their economies. The regional programme forms part of the global implementation programme for the 2008 SNA and supporting statistics.
The third International Seminar on Early Warning and Business Cycle Indicators will take place from 17 to 19 November 2010 in Moscow, Russian Federation. This is the final seminar organized by United Nations Statistics Division/DESA and Eurostat in cooperation with the hosts of the three seminars, Statistics Canada (Ottawa, May 2009), Statistics Netherlands (Scheveningen, December 2009) and the Federal State Statistics Service of the Russian Federation. These seminars are held in response to the call made in the fortieth Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission in 2009 for swift and coordinated statistical initiatives by countries and international organizations in response to the global economic and financial crisis.
The seminars focus on the methodologies for compiling and releasing of high quality rapid (or 'flash') estimates, their international comparability, the communication strategy for such estimates and their analytical indicators on the performance of the real sector of the economy and the financial markets for effective macroeconomic monitoring.
The third international seminar is expected to formulate recommendations for the monitoring of business cycles and the early identification of turning points, as well as strategies for future work on improving statistical tools for this purpose. The outcome will be formulated as recommendations that will be presented to the United Nations Statistical Commission at its next session in March 2011.
This seminar is organised by UNSD/DESA, in collaboration with United Nation Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The seminar is hosted by the National Statistics and Informatics Institute of Peru.
The purpose of the seminar is to assist the Working Group on National Accounts of the Statistical Conference of the Americas in implementing the Regional implementation programme of the 2008 SNA and supporting economic statistics with the objective of developing comparable economic statistics for countries in the Latin America and the Caribbean region as a whole to monitor the integration of their economies. This regional programme forms part of the global implementation programme for the 2008 SNA and supporting statistics.
This seminar is organised by UNSD/DESA, in collaboration with the CARICOM Secretariat. The purpose of the seminar is to initiate the formulation of an implementation programme for the 2008 SNA and supporting economic statistics with the objective of developing comparable economic statistics for member states in the Caribbean region as a whole to monitor the integration of their economies. It is expected that this initiative would lead to a multi-year programme to move the countries over to the 2008 SNA and to establish a minimum common data set of annual and high frequency statistics.
This seminar is organised by UNSD/DESA, in collaboration with UNESCWA and the GCC Secretariat, to develop a programme for the implementation of the System of National Accounts 2008 (2008 SNA) for countries in the ESCWA region. The seminar is hosted by the Sultanate of Oman.
The purpose of the seminar is to initiate the formulation of an implementation programme for the 2008 SNA and supporting economic statistics with the objective of developing comparable economic statistics for member states in the ESCWA region as a whole to monitor the integration of their economies. It is expected that this initiative would lead to a multi-year programme to move the countries over to the 2008 SNA and to establish a minimum common data set of annual and high frequency statistics.
The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), in collaboration with the National Bureau of Statistics of China, will organize an International Workshop on Regional Products and Income Accounts from 15 to 17 March 2010 in Beijing, China. The workshop aims to review the current practices of various countries in regional accounts and propose best practice approaches in compilation of Gross Regional Product and Income. This workshop is part of a series of events organized under the project on strengthening statistical capacity development in China and other developing countries in Asia funded by the Chinese Government. It will give an overview of the conceptual framework and different approaches for allocation of national economic activities to regions and address some measurement issues on the inconsistency between the national aggregates and the sum of regional data. The workshop will also offer the opportunity to exchange experiences and discuss the optimal approach in the calculation of Gross Regional Product and Income.
A National Accounts Workshop is being organised by Afristat, in Bamako, Mali, from 21-25 September 2009. The purpose of the workshop is to have an interactive discussion on National Accounts issues brought about by the update of the System of National Accounts and the main challenges faced by African countries on national accounts issues. The workshop is part of efforts to increase statistical capacity building in the region and to support countries in formulating an implementation programme of the 2008 SNA according to the implementation strategy approved by the Statistical Commission.
The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)/Department of Economic and Social Affairs, in collaboration with the Central Statistical Organisation, India is organizing a workshop on National Accounts for South Asian countries. The workshop will take place on 6-9 July 2009 in New Delhi, India, hosted by the Central Statistical Organisation, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation of India.
The workshop is part of UNSD's efforts to strengthen statistical capacity building in the region and as such relates to the framework of the project "Strengthening statistical capacity building in support of progress towards the Internationally Agreed Development Goals in countries of South Asia." The purpose of the workshop is to have an interactive discussion on the methodology for compiling Quarterly National Accounts following production approach and related issues such as, the timeliness and reliability of source data, benchmarking and rebasing, volume measures and back casting in view of the update of the SNA and the revision of ISIC. It is foreseen that workshop discussions will also contribute to a regional strategy to harmonize data collection, compilation and revision policies, quality standards and the extension of the scope and detail of the quarterly national accounts in the region.
The United Nations Statistics Division/Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNSD), in collaboration with the Central Bureau of Statistics of Namibia, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) are organizing a workshop on National Accounts for SADC countries.
The workshop is part of UNSD's efforts to increase statistical capacity building in the region and as such relates to the framework of the project "Strengthening statistical capacity building in support of progress towards the Internationally Agreed Development Goals in the Southern African Development Community region".
The purpose of the workshop is to discuss National Accounts issues brought about by the update of the System of National Accounts and main challenges faced by SADC countries on national accounts issues such as, the timeliness and reliability of source data, benchmarking and rebasing, volume measures and back casting in view of the update of the SNA and ISIC. It is foreseen that these discussions would contribute to a regional strategy to harmonize data collection, compilation and revision policies, and quality standards to extend the scope and detail of the national accounts in the region.
The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) in collaboration with the National Bureau of Statistics of China is organizing an international workshop on measuring production in national accounting from appropriate basic economic data sources. This workshop is the first in a series of events to be organized under the project on strengthening statistical capacity development in China and other developing countries in Asia funded by the Chinese Government. With the objective to enhance the capacity of National Statistical Offices of Asian countries to produce reliable and high quality national accounts estimates, the workshop will give an overview on the production approach in the System of National Accounts and address the data and measurement issues of the agricultural, manufacturing and the services sectors. The informal sector will also be discussed.
An Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on national accounts is being jointly organised by United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) and the United Nations Statistics Division from 12 to 14 May 2009 in Cairo, Egypt.
The EGM will discuss the assessment of the country practices of the ESCWA region for compiling internationally comparable national accounts. The EGM will also discuss national accounts issues in implementing the revised 2008 System of National Accounts and new classifications of economic activities and products and the main challenges faced by ESCWA countries on issues such as rebasing and linking of national accounts, backcasting, benchmarking and volume measures. Measures for the exhaustive coverage of economic activities in the national accounts including the measurement of the informal sector activities will also be deliberated in the EGM. It is expected that the discussions would contribute to the formulation of a regional plan for implementation of the revised macroeconomic accounting standards of the 2008 SNA for the countries in the region.
The United Nations Statistics Division and Eurostat will jointly organize a high level Conference on International Outreach and Coordination in National Accounts for Sustainable Growth and Development, on6 - 8 May 2008 in Luxembourg, Luxembourg. This Conference will be an opportunity to bring together producers and users of statistics as well as technical and financial partners from all regions of the world. The main objective is to facilitate the outreach of the System of National Accounts (SNA) within a context that is mindful of the development cooperation issues necessary to support poverty reduction and sustainable growth and development strategies. More specific objectives include:(1) facilitating the outreach of the SNA in developing countries;(2) promoting international coordination in an area where different partners are particularly active at bilateral and multilateral level;(3) establishing directions for development co-operation in the field of national accounts in order to improve coordination and efficiency of aid and sustainability of project results;(4) orienting national statistical systems at country level to improve the quality, production and dissemination of data in a sustainable way.
It is expected that, at its conclusion, the conference will adopt an action plan for implementation in addition to operational recommendations for the attention of the developing countries and their technical and financial partners.
The purpose of the meeting is to conclude discussions of the advisory expert group on National Accounts (AEG) in the framework of the updating of the 1993 System of National Accounts (1993 SNA) and make recommendations on issues including Employer pension schemes, Non-performing loans, Financial services, Leases and licenses, Classification and terminology of non-financial assets, Government-owned assets, Public/private/government sector delineation, etc.


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"Lanterns of Terracotta Army" Shine for Chinese New Year
By Sara Barnes on January 31, 2014
The Chinese New Year falls on January 31, and in Edinburgh, it is ushered with the Lanterns of Terracotta Army. They are 90 brightly colored, illuminated sculptures crafted by Chinese artist Xia Nan and are installed at the Edinburgh University Old College Quadrangle. Up to 2.5 meters tall, these larger-than-life lantern warriors include men with horses, women, and children. When lit, their bodies shine beautiful hues of red, green, white, and blue. Their structure keeps with the tradition of Chinese lanterns, which traditionally don colorful papers stretched over bamboo or metal framed hoops.
Nan's sculptures were inspired by the famous Terracotta Army, a collection of terracotta sculptures that were discovered in the tomb of the 3rd Century BC Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang in 1974. Within the massive 12,000 square-meter underground vault was an 8,000 warrior army ready to defend the emperor's soul.
This isn't the first time that the contemporary Terracotta Army has made an appearance. The lanterns were originally created for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, and have since made their way to Shanghai and other major Chinese cities. This is their first time traveling to Edinburgh, where they will be on display until February 7.
The Lanterns of Terracotta Warriors Exhibition website
via [Lustik and Edinburgh Spotlight]
Sara Barnes
Sara Barnes is a Staff Editor at My Modern Met, Manager of My Modern Met Store, and co-host of the My Modern Met Top Artist Podcast. As an illustrator and writer living in Seattle, she chronicles illustration, embroidery, and beyond through her blog Brown Paper Bag and Instagram @brwnpaperbag. She wrote a book about embroidery artist Sarah K. Benning titled 'Embroidered Life' that was published by Chronicle Books in 2019. Sara is a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art. She earned her BFA in Illustration in 2008 and MFA in Illustration Practice in 2013.
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