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Getting to know Alison and Chris over the past few months has been a blast. Although Alison and I first met back in High School, the last few months we really got to spend time together between planning her wedding and buying her first house, it was great to be there with her for some many important firsts! We all know buying a house isn't easy… and well planning a wedding too.
When we were chatting, Alison mentioned she never wanted a "big wedding," although that was what she got. Between Chris' family, his FDNY family, their friends and Alison's family they had over 200 guests. The dance floor was packed throughout the entire night. It was a huge room with an enormous dance floor. I don't think there were many people seated except for speeches and the first dance. It was truly a celebration for everyone and a day Alison with never forget.
"Being able to plan a wedding of this size seemed impossible to me. We were able to have an unbelievable wedding at a spectacular location — something I never dreamed possible. Everything was perfect. Nicotra's Ballroom was amazing – the food, decorations and staff far surpassed my expectations. In addition to the services the Hilton provided, we had a superb photographer (Natalie Licini; YOU!) who my father was so impressed with, by the end of the cocktail hour he offered to adopt.
This wedding has a special place in my heart. It was magical from start to finish. Throughout the planning and on the very day, it was truly a memory that "I" will always reflect back upon. Maybe it's because I've known Alison for nearly two decades, but most likely it's the overwhelming love felt in the room.
When I arrived at the Hilton, the maitre'd had everything in order. I'd expect nothing less from Nicotra's Hilton. They have a lovely bridal suite and take great care ensuring the day goes perfectly. As I walked into the living room, I noticed Alison glowing and cool as usual. She looked absolutely beautiful. Her dad was watching her from the couch with a look of pure happiness on his face. He's got one of the best smiles as you'll see in her pictures. I was absolutely honored when I heard that Mr. Jay offered to adopt me. And I'll be honest, I encouraged it. He's just one of those dads that you would love to have as a father. He's caring and thoughtful and he wrote a special song which he played for Alison during the reception instead of a traditional first dance. Man, did the room stand still while he played. You could just see the look in her eyes and happiness in her heart. It was a beautiful day and a testament to why I LOVE doing what I do!
Here are a few pages of Alison & Chris's wedding album… Enjoy!
I had to include a picture of my adopted father. Look at that smile as he plays a song he wrote just for Alison (his actual daughter). He's absolutely wonderful and very handsome I might add!
Love, this work is fantastic. Don't ever expect anything less than pure perfection from you!
Absolutely gorgeous Natalie!! The story is just as beautiful as the images.
Great photos Natalie! I love the first and the last especially!
Beautiful Couple, Beautiful Photos…All in Perfect 2 Part Harmony!I just known the Father of the Bride was singing in the Key of "L" for Love, for his Lovely Daughter & New Son!


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{
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{
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}

void SphereNode::uninitialize()
{
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void SphereNode::update()
{
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void SphereNode::recomputeBoundingBox()
{
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	setBoundingBoxSize(getRadius(), getRadius(), getRadius());
}

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int SphereNode::getNPolygons() const
{
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	return (slices * slices);
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void SphereNode::outputContext(std::ostream &printStream, const char *indentString) const
{
	printStream << indentString << "\t" << "radius " << getRadius() << std::endl;
}

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void SphereNode::recomputeDisplayList()
{
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		gluDeleteQuadric(quadObj);

	    glPopMatrix ();

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Alexander Wilhelm Carlo von Graevenitz (* 8. November 1932 in Leipzig) ist ein deutscher Arzt und Mikrobiologe.

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Er entstammt dem altmärkischen Uradel Graevenitz und lernte an der Thomasschule zu Leipzig. Von Graevenitz studierte von 1950 bis 1955 Medizin an der Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, der Universität Hamburg und der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn und promovierte 1956 zum Dr. med.

Von 1963 bis 1969 war er Assistant Professor, von 1969 bis 1973 Associate Professor und ab 1973 ordentlicher Professor am Laboratory Medicine der Yale University und Direktor des Clinical Microbiology Laboratorys des Yale-New Haven Hospitals in New Haven, Connecticut. Von 1980 bis 2000 war er Professor für Medizinische Mikrobiologie (Bakteriologie und Mykologie) und Direktor des Institutes für Medizinische Mikrobiologie an der Universität Zürich. Er ist Mitglied der American Society for Microbiology, der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Mikrobiologie und seit 1994 der Deutschen Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina. Außerdem ist er Mitglied des Wilhelm-Röpke-Instituts.

Zusammen mit Guido Funke und weiteren Mitarbeitern beschrieb von Graevenitz mehrere neue Bakterienarten.

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 Alexander von Graevenitz am Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie

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Hochschullehrer (Universität Zürich)
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The decision of U.S. District Court Judge Neil V. Wake to overturn a 1988 Flagstaff, Arizona ordinance prohibiting begging in public is going to have wide-ranging ramifications. Judge Wake also prohibited Flagstaff officials from "interfering with, targeting, citing, arresting, or prosecuting any person on the basis of their act(s) of peaceful begging in public areas." His rationale was that the Arizona anti-panhandling law criminalized free expression.
Free speech may be the underlying issue that makes the Arizona case and others regarding panhandling so important. In Dallas, six people who protested at the George W. Bush Presidential Center at Southern Methodist University have filed suit against a city ordinance banning protest signs within 75 feet of a highway. Some of the protesters were arrested not for their signs, but for solicitation or panhandling.
What constitutes panhandling or solicitation? What constitutes a "sign"? What is protected free speech? These and other questions are all embedded in the anti-panhandling bans that many cities have adopted in response to local business interests who are unhappy with the physical presence of homeless people near their establishments.
Nonetheless, an increasing number of cities are following Flagstaff rather than the U.S. District Court. In Portland, Maine, panhandling, or even "loitering," on traffic medians has been banned. (Lewiston, Maine has a similar ban.) The Portland law sounds something like the Dallas anti-protest ordinance, so it should be no surprise that the Portland law has been challenged in U.S. District Court by three plaintiffs: a woman who panhandles, and two men who participate in political demonstrations, alleging that the law compromises free speech rights. The Portland plaintiffs are being helped by the ACLU.
Remember that panhandlers will often hold a sign announcing that they are homeless or hungry, thus the linking of the lawsuits against panhandling to political free speech. Worcester, Massachusetts bans people from holding signs asking for help during specified hours of the day and in specific locations. As a result, the ACLU is suing there, claiming that the law violates both "the right to solicit donations peacefully in public and engage in political speech." While politicians (and potentially local business interests) seem committed to enacting more of these laws, it appears that police aren't particularly enthusiastic about ticketing and fining homeless people for asking for food and support, as evidenced by the tepid police enforcement of anti-panhandling laws in Anchorage, Alaska and Spokane, Washington.
In Boise, Idaho, where the city council was considering an anti-panhandling vote last month, one member of the council announced and explained her opposition: "When we have rights bumping up against each other, we need to balance them," Lauren McLean said in her statement. "It's important to me when I vote on issues requiring this balance that I make sure that the rights of the less fortunate aren't sacrificed for the rights of others." That neatly summarizes the issues at hand in cities' consideration of anti-panhandling ordinances.
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Psychological Safety in the Remote Workplace
As most businesses move to remote work in these difficult times, it's more important than ever to foster psychological safety within your team to keep colleagues connected.
by Kylie Strickland
#remote-work
How can you foster psychological safety for remote workers?
Create new communication channels
Encourage remote workers to get to know one another
Create a recurring "stand-up"
Book in regular one to ones
Roll out 360 feedback
Measure psychological safety
Psychological safety describes a work environment in which team members feel open to share ideas, take risks and express concerns without retribution. The term first became widely known following a 1999 study by Amy Edmondson at Harvard Business School, and was further popularized in 2015 after a two-year study by Google identified psychological safety as one of the five key elements of successful teams.
According to Edmondson, "Psychological safety describes perceptions of the consequences of taking interpersonal risks in a particular context such as a workplace. A central theme in research on psychological safety—across decades and levels of analysis—is that it facilitates the willing contribution of ideas and actions to a shared enterprise."
You know the term implies to people a sense of coziness ... that we're all going to be nice to each other, and that's not what it's really about. What it's about is candor; what it's about is being direct, taking risks, being willing to say, "I screwed that up." Being willing to ask for help when you're in over your head.
Why is psychological safety in the workplace important?
Teams who report feeling high levels of psychological safety are consistently the most high performing, productive and creative business units across organizations. They're willing to put forward bold ideas because they're not afraid of being shot down or made fun of. They're able to raise concerns and own up to mistakes to prevent those from becoming bigger problems down the line. Employees know that their opinions are heard, and that makes them feel valued and engaged with their work.
In a Gallup study, their data reveal that just three in 10 U.S. workers strongly agree that at work, their opinions seem to count. However, by moving that ratio to six in 10 employees, organizations could realize a 27% reduction in turnover, a 40% reduction in safety incidents and a 12% increase in productivity.
Principles of psychological safety in the workplace
As Amy Edmondson states, "It's three activities that you have to just keep doing often. The first one is setting the stage, the second one is inviting engagement, and the third one is responding productively."
1. Promote learning and effectiveness
Wherever possible try to instil the mindset of learning. It's important to communicate the company strategy to create alignment, but it's also good to not pretend like you have all the answers. Actively encourage employees to share their ideas, and being open about areas of uncertainty creates a reason for them to do so. Similarly, being able to own up to mistakes allows everybody to learn from them, and that can only happen if workers are confident they'll be treated fairly. You can (and should) still maintain accountability - reward great work publicly and discuss poor performance privately. Being transparent about how and where these conversations take place lessens anxiety and gives everyone a clear picture of their actual performance.
2. Model the behaviors you want to see
Lead by example and be self aware - doing so makes it much easier for your team to follow suit. Acknowledge the mistakes you've made and that you may miss something else, and reinforce that you want to hear your colleagues' ideas. This creates a safe environment for them to speak up knowing their opinions are being asked for. Regularly ask for feedback and make sure to keep an open mind when receiving it. Most importantly, follow up with the suggestions being made, even if they're not going to be acted on.
3. Make curiosity the standard
Ask questions to dig deeper into the rationale behind ideas, assumptions and mistakes. Being proactive in asking questions of everybody makes it necessary for those who are less willing or more afraid of challenging the status quo to speak up. Replace blame with questions - "What blocked you from getting this done?" or "What support would you have liked to deliver this more effectively?"
Watch Amy Edmondson's full TEDx talk on building a psychologically safe workplace.
As we move to a majority remote workforce (a move born out of necessity, but which is likely to remain the new business standard as we go forward) the challenge of keeping connected to your teammates and having open channels of communication becomes vital. These are a few tips to take the principles of psychological safety from the shared office into your remote workspace.
1. Create new communication channels
There are plenty of amazing tools for staying connected while working remotely. Whether you're using Slack, Teams, Hangouts, Discord or others, you'll need to customize the space to allow ideas to be shared while not overwhelming teammates with distracting notifications.
It's helpful to have one space for the full group to get together, and one or more additional ways to share information privately or within smaller groups.
2. Encourage remote workers to get to know one another
Getting to know more about your colleagues behind the screen is crucial. It not only lessens our feeling of isolation when working from home, it opens your team up to accept new ideas when they know more about where they come from. Use video calls to connect where it's not disruptive, or simply make it a habit to ask a few non-work questions: "What book have you been reading lately?" or "What inspired you this week?".
3. Create a recurring "stand-up"
Whether it's through written updates or video chats, a recurring stand-up or status meeting gives everyone the chance to share what they're working on and where they need help. Don't make the mistake of just reporting the positives or you'll only send the message that it's not OK to discuss mistakes. Encourage everyone to share one or two things they did well, and another where they messed up and need help.
4. Book in regular one to ones
Private one to one discussions are critical for motivating your direct reports and building an honest working relationship. When you go remote these can sometimes take a backseat, as you miss the informal coffee chats and face to face time in the office. Make sure to take the lead and book recurring one to one meetings (at least every month) to check in and discuss work performance.
5. Roll out 360 feedback
On the ground feedback is easy to get when you're working side by side, but with the physical distance of remote work this becomes a lot harder. Setting a framework for giving constructive feedback will help everyone to stay connected. As with all of these behaviors, modelling it yourself goes a long way to instilling trust from your team. Make sure you're asking for your own feedback, as well as teaching teammates to give upward feedback and providing them with some examples of what good, constructive feedback looks like.
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6. Measure psychological safety
Lastly, psychological safety is something you can benchmark within your team and measure for improvement. Asking a few simple questions, either directly or through a pulse survey, will help you to gauge how safe your team feels and what you should improve on.
Psychological safety underpins every high performing, collaborative team. And as summed up in this NYT article following the Google study, "No one wants to leave part of their personality and inner life at home. But to be fully present at work, to feel "psychologically safe," we must know that we can be free enough, sometimes, to share the things that scare us without fear of recriminations. We must be able to talk about what is messy or sad, to have hard conversations with colleagues who are driving us crazy. We can't be focused just on efficiency."
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Past week's top gadget news in the mobile industry
By Gadgetman on	 Apr 2, 2012 · Gadget News
It's been a week since the last weekly news report in the mobile industry, so it's time to list the most important news that happened during these past seven days. There hasn't been a lot of action that's interesting for the consumers, but there are a few things that you'd be better off knowing about:
Google is apparently gearing up to release its own Android tablet
Various sources indicate that Google is preparing to release their own tablet on the already-crowded market. The new tablet is supposed to be affordable (under $250) and still powerful enough to compete with the iPad – if Google succeeds at creating something like that AND markets it right, there's no doubt they could be very successful indeed.
50% of Americans now use smartphones
Smartphones are slowly but surely taking over the world, with the good old cellphones becoming a thing of the past. You might be surprised to find this out, but the market share for smartphones is still less than 50% worldwide, however that has changed this week, at least in the US – according to Nielsen, smartphones are now being used by half of the country's citizens – a sure win for technology!
According to a reliable source, Apple is looking for high density 5 inch LCD panels
According to a reliable source from China, Apple is looking for a company that can provide high resolution, Retina display quality LCD panels sized at 5 inches. That goes hand in hand with other rumors that the company wants to release a smaller tablet, and 5 inches seems like a good point, seeing the success of the Galaxy Note. However, that would mean that the iPhone 5 will have to be under 4 inches so as not to overlap with the new tablet – that, or it's actually the iPhone 5 that will have a 5 inch display, in which case we'd be very surprised.
Apple and Foxconn will improve worker conditions, increase pay
After the FLA report, Apple and Foxconn have pledged to improve worker conditions at the latter company's Chinese factories, and raise their salaries while at that. That would be a good thing for the thousands of workers employed there, who have been on strike on and off for the past year, most recently before the new iPad was to go into production.
RIM's new CEO is changing things up – firing lots of executives
Things have been pretty quiet from RIM, except for their announcement of Blackberry 10, but it seems that the company is heading towards some major restructuring or through problematic times, with the new CEO Thorsten Heins firing "a lot" of executives and upper managers. Hopefully, that will work – as it is now, RIM will become history in no time.
RIM and Apple fighting fiercely over nano-SIM standard patent
To add to their problems, RIM still has to fight Apple over the new nano-SIM standard – both companies have presented their own versions and applied for patents, with a vote needed to determine who gets the patent in France. Neither company is willing to let it go, obviously, so the vote will be postponed for another month or so.
That's it for this week – stay tuned for more in the future, come back often and subscribe to the RSS feed on Gadgetmania.com!
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X marks the spot for Nokia's MWC 2014 reveal
By James Rogerson 19 February 2014
Monkeys now joined by inexplicable UFO and puppy combo
Follow the trail to MWC 2014
While most phone companies tend to keep their invites and teasers fairly straightforward, Nokia has decided to make us work by posting a treasure map and two similarly cryptic accompanying images to its Chinese Weibo page.
First up there's an image of two monkeys, one in a tree, one on the ground. The fact that there's two of them could mean Nokia plans to reveal two phones, but that's pure guess work.
The one in the tree also seems as though it could be a person in a monkey costume. Perhaps that's an obscure reference to Android? With a person that resembles a monkey rather than a robot that resembles a person.
It's definitely a stretch but the next image also points towards Android.
Cracking the clues
The second image is of the same tree, without the monkeys, but with its DNA-like roots visible. We're not sure what relevance the DNA has, but a section of root is clearly highlighted in green, making an X shape, which could surely mean nothing other than the long rumoured Nokia X is on its way.
Finally the third image features the aforementioned treasure map, which again features an X. While there's no tree on the last image, it does have a tag in Chinese which translates roughly to 'What is hidden under the tree? Lets find out together on February 24!'.
Update: Nokia has released another weird tree-based picture, this time showing a puppy near a tree being beamed up by a green UFO with an X on it.
Forget the phones, we're just looking forward to Nokia explaining what all this means.
But clearly the X is the focus, which means Nokia's 'X' branded Android phone is almost here as we expected. But is there anything else to be deciphered in these cryptic pictures? All will presumably be revealed on February 24 at MWC 2014.
The Nokia X / Normandy might not be the only Android phone we see from Nokia this year.
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Plant Fertilizer Deficiency Signs
By: Richard Hoyt
Healthy plants need a variety of minerals for good growth, the most important being nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. What might appear to be symptoms of fertilizer deficiency might be due to disease, insect damage to roots, poor soil drainage, cold soil, or excess fertilizer. The best way to know if your soil is lacking minerals is to have its pH tested. Many state universities have agricultural extension services that can tell you how to get that done
Nitrogen Deficiency
Older, lower leaves turn yellow from the tips going toward the stem. The plant turns yellowish-green from the ground up, becoming stunted and spindly with small stems and leaves. In time, it will die. Nitrogen deficiency is often found in plants growing in heavy clay soils, in heavily-watered sandy soils, and in soils rich in poorly-composed organic matter.
Healthy plants need a variety of minerals for good growth, the most important being nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium.
Many state universities have agricultural extension services that can tell you how to get that done Older, lower leaves turn yellow from the tips going toward the stem.
Phosphorus deficiency
Phosphorus deficiency can cause nitrates to accumulate in the plant, giving it a dull, dark-green look. The bottoms of older leaves sometimes turn purple. The roots grow slowly, causing delayed maturity. In annuals, a lack of phosphorous can cause poor flowering. Soils heavy in iron can cause phosphorus "fixation," delaying the spread of phosphorous to plant tissue.
After nitrogen, potassium is the second nutrient mineral found in plant tissue, although it can be higher in some plants. The symptoms start with leaf scorch, small spots on the margins of the leaves. This begins on the lower, older leaves. The spots get larger, eventually coming together. High levels of calcium in the soil can cause potassium deficiency.
Phosphorus deficiency can cause nitrates to accumulate in the plant, giving it a dull, dark-green look.
In annuals, a lack of phosphorous can cause poor flowering.
Newer leaves turn yellow. The veins remain green at first, while the areas between the veins turn light green, then a greenish yellow. The veins then lose their color, and the leaf turns yellow or even white. In time, the leaves can turn brown and die. Weed killers can produce symptoms that look like a deficiency of iron. Iron deficiency can be caused by oil that is cold and wet or that contains too much manganese or where the pH is too high.
Magnesium Deficiency
Older leaves turn yellow between the veins, starting at the bottom leaves and working its way upward. Plants need magnesium, which is generally obtained in soil. It has to be added to the solutions of plants grown hydroponically.
The veins remain green at first, while the areas between the veins turn light green, then a greenish yellow.
In time, the leaves can turn brown and die.
Calcium deficiency affects those tissues of the plant where growth occurs. The tips of the roots and the shoots die first. If calcium is not added, the stem will begin to die, followed by the entire plant. As with magnesium deficiency, the lack of calcium is rare in plants grown in soil.
Boron Deficiency
A lack of boron looks like calcium deficiency; it affects the root tips and shoots. The difference is that a plant lacking boron will continue to send out shoots that are sometimes called "witches' broom." Deficiencies of boron are most often experienced by commercial growers.
Manganese Deficiency
The symptoms of manganese deficiency are similar to those produced by a lack of iron; the space between the veins of newer leaves turns yellow. The difference is that when manganese is deficient, the finest veins remain green. The fine green veins on a yellow background make the leaves look like lace.
Calcium deficiency affects those tissues of the plant where growth occurs.
A lack of boron looks like calcium deficiency; it affects the root tips and shoots.
Cornell University: Recognizing Nutrient Deficiency Symptoms
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University of Hawaii: Visual Symptoms of Plant Nutrient Deficiencies
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Column written by Ambika Puniani Bailey, NRCA's vice president of communications and production as it appears in Professional Roofing magazine's July issue.
The construction industry, indeed the entire U.S., is struggling to fill jobs as the unemployment rate dipped to 4.4 percent in April—the lowest it's been since the Great Recession. (The federal government considers full U.S. employment to be 4.7 percent.)
Yes, employing immigrant labor is one option though hiring foreign workers places multiple paperwork burdens on employers plus other hurdles to clear, such as language barriers. Instead, according to the Center for Economic and Policy Research, more employers are actively recruiting and hiring those with criminal records.
In fact, according to Bloomberg BNA, a medium security prison in Sheridan, Ill., has been training inmates in carpentry and plumbing skills. And the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives and the Council of State Governments Justice Center jointly agreed to help chamber members hire ex-offenders.
The numbers are astounding. According to the Center for Economic and Policy Research, there are between 14 million and 15.8 million working-age people with felony convictions and 70 million with an arrest or conviction record. And Evanston, Ill.-based Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management reports 650,000 prisoners are set free annually in the U.S.
When asked about hiring those with criminal records, National Association of Home Builders CEO Gerald Howard told Bloomberg BNA: "We have a huge labor shortage. This has become a focus out of necessity."
As an added perk, employers that hire and retain ex-felons are offered a federal Work Opportunity Tax Credit. (The same tax credit applies to those who hire and retain veterans.) And research conducted by Northwestern University showed ex-offenders are no more likely to be fired than non-offenders after being hired. In addition, the research showed ex-offenders were much less likely to quit a job than non-offenders.
With a historically tight job market, you might need to get creative with your hiring policies. And as you explore your hiring options, keep in mind Equal Employment Opportunity guidelines and protections apply when hiring ex-offenders just as they would with any other job candidate.
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VUKOVI release single 'HADES', announce new album 'NULA' for October
VUKOVI announce their brand new album 'NULA', set for release on October 7th, 2022 through LAB Records, pre-order HERE
The band release new single HADES with a world exclusive first play last night on Clara Amfo' Future Sounds Show on BBC Radio 1
Listen to HADES – HERE
Listen to the Radio 1 Clara Amfo show – HERE
Watch the video for HADES – HERE
'NULA' – Album Art Work
Two years on from their critically lauded second album 'Fall Better' , Scottish 2 piece VUKOVI return with a record that is undoubtably the best distillation of their unique musical vision yet, brand new album 'NULA', which will be released on October 7th, 2022 through LAB Records.
Fans can pre-order the album in various formats and bundles – HERE
The band also today release their huge, brand new single and video 'HADES', which got its world exclusive first play last night on Radio 1 with Clara Amfo. Listen back to the whole show – HERE
Watch the video HERE or click on the image below:
VUKOVI are an ambitious band, and 'NULA' is an ambitious record, filled with big, punchy riffs amalgamated with extreme pop that has made them such a band to be reckoned with. The record has a careful sonic blending of nu metal, shoegaze, rock, punk, pop, electronics and samples, "I've had so much fun making this record," says Hamish (Reilly), "I sometimes think I can overcomplicate my playing, just because I need to keep myself interested. But I've gone all out on NULA, and everything that is there is something that needed to be there."
Now a two piece, vocalist Janine and guitarist Hamish are VUKOVI, and have spent these strange two years gone plotting in their Glasgow base. 'NULA' is, as vocalist Janine explains 'A concept record', which charts the journey of this character (called Nula) in a distant, far off, Sci-fi world. "Growing up I was obsessed with the likes of Akira, Batman: The Animated Series, Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth, The Alien franchise, Star Wars, all massive influences of mine."
The whole record starts with an announcement of interplanetary travel. Nula (the character) is a captured extraterrestrial that's now the property of a nefarious capitalist. 'NULA' (the album) picks up 25 years after her capture. And in-between there's all sorts of comment on themes of trauma, violence, lust, and revenge. Fittingly for a record as bold in its ambition as 'NULA' is, it's not a record that only looks inward – there are big themes being explored on the album. It's 2022. The world is ablaze, how could there not be? "I think about what's happening in the world too much," says Janine. "The way the rich are getting richer and the poor getting poorer. The greed. The cruelty. There's a lot of that on the record, and in Nula's story."
As well as being sonically ambitious, the album is incredibly, lyrically mature and astute, with the anthemic synthetic pop of the excellent 'SLO', which deals with singer Janine's diagnosis of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. "It's almost like a love letter to something I hate, something that's caused me so much suffering. But it's also me wondering if I would cease to exist if it was removed from me. Or the heavy and heady rush of 'I Exist', which sees Janine push through the pain of mental illness and realise that she is worthy of life and deserving of joy. "I'm really interested in exploring the idea of joy," says the singer. "I've had enough misery in my life. There's a song I really like early on in the record called 'Quench', which is about sexual liberation from a woman's perspective, which I don't think we hear about enough."
'NULA' track-listing:
1. DEPARTURE
2. TAINTED
3. LASSO
4. QUENCH
5. SLO
6. I EXIST
8. SHADOW
10. KILL IT
11. HURT
12. SAD
13. XX
'NULA' is out on October 7th, 2022 through Lab Records, and new single 'HADES' is
out right now. Pre-order 'NULA' – HERE
Announced VUKOVI live dates:
July 8th – 2000trees Festival (UK)
August 20th – Pukkelpop Festival (Belgium)
September 3rd – Burn It Down Festival (UK)
September 10th – Risefest Newcastle (UK)
A little bit about VUKOVI:
VUKOVI (which means wolves in Serbian) from the West coast of Scotland. They have released two full length albums ('Vukovi' in 2017 and 'Fall Better' in January 2020), with the latest record "Fall Better" debuting at number 1 on the Official Charts Rock & Metal Albums (alongside a sold-out UK headline run on launch week).
The band have built up a very dedicated fanbase through extensive touring in the UK and Europe over the past couple of years, playing slots at the likes of Download Pilot Festival, TITP, TRNSMT, Slam Dunk, Reading and Leeds Festival, 2000 Trees and The Kerrang! Tour. Along with supports for PVRIS and One Ok Rock.
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There were a lot of "ever's" pertaining to the history of iPhones and smartphones during the Keynote speech at the Steve Jobs Theater ; "most powerful ever", "easier than ever", "more than ever before". Of course, we will believe. Why? Because it's Apple. When such utterances of interjections are made by them, we listen.
While one can easily retrieve much information on specs from Apple.com, here's a few highlights on the latest Apple products yet.
Inspiring people to be more active and health-conscious, Apple Watch Series 4 is out. Curvier and more rounded, it has a slightly bigger face than the previous model and all kinds of literally, life-saving features.
Health monitoring features like fall detection and the Electrocardiogram, which detects and captures heart's data in real time, such as atrial fibrillation, that is irregularities of heartbeat, promote all kinds of preventative measures; especially for folks apt to falls and accidents, as well as those with propensity for heart issues.
The watch has a whopping 50% increase in speaker volume and is twice as fast as the previous model with up to 6 hours of battery life.
Never to leave out fashion; Apple presented the Hermes edition, made available in different color schemes of color blocks and band variation.
Apple Watch Series 4 starts at $399.
iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max
Display. The iPhone XS is 5.8" big, and the iPhone XS Max is 6.5" big. Both are Super Retina custom OLED display and have amazing pixels for your utmost enjoyment in watching videos and playing games.
Improved speakers for stereo sound just amplifies the enjoyment of course, and advancements in Face ID, video & photography are just the beginning.
The iPhone XS has up to 30 minutes more battery length than the iPhone X, and the XS Max has 1.5 hours more than the iPhone X. The dual SIM tech feature seems like one of those "somebody must've thought of it before!" type of deals, but now, you can have two phone numbers on one device (except in China; you must get a different physical SIM.)
Last but certainly not least, the massive storage increase of 512 GB only makes the storage-needy mobile device user swoon.
With the optimized portrait mode and bokeh controls, the iPhone XR has the same awesome tech improvements for photos and picture-taking, (and the largest LCD ever). Screen is 6.1" big with LCD Liquid Retina display and its battery life is up to 1.5 hours more than the iPhone 8 Plus.
Though its a slight downgrade from the XS, it is mostly the XS, except the XR comes in all beautiful and fun new colors and at a lower price point.
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Martin High senior Courtney Brecheen secures a book vending machine for students at Wood Elementary School
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Courtney Brecheen, a Girl Scout, recently earned the Gold Award, the highest honor for completing a sustainable project that helps fix an issue in the community and makes a lasting impact. Her project, Order Up Literacy, entailed securing a book vending machine for students at Wood Elementary School. (Photo: AISD)
What do you get when you combine your love for reading with a passion for helping others? Well, you actually give instead of receive.
That's exactly what Martin High School senior Courtney Brecheen did by making sure Wood Elementary got a brand-new vending machine filled with free books for students.
Brecheen is a Girl Scout who recently earned the Gold Award, the highest honor for completing a sustainable project that helps fix an issue in the community and makes a lasting impact.
Her project, Order Up Literacy, is two years in the making and will help students at Wood in the future.
"I'm just really excited because it's a great opportunity to give back, and a lot of Girl Scouts don't get this experience," says Brecheen. "It will help me out when applying to colleges, too, because it's such a prestigious honor and looks good on a resume."
She's right about that. Fewer than five percent of Girl Scouts in the country receive the award, and Brecheen recently joined that distinguished group. She is just the 10th girl in the council to receive the award this year.
She didn't do it alone though. She had assistance from her mom, Kristin Brecheen, who is a school counselor at Wood. For nearly four years, the school raised money by selling spirit shirts. When they finally met their goal, Brecheen knew it was time to start collecting books for the machine.
Since the fall, she has collected more than 900 books and is on track to reach her goal of 1,400 by graduation. With about 700 kids at Wood, each student should be able to receive two free books by the end of the school year.
At the ribbon-cutting ceremony earlier this spring, more than 30 students from grades pre-K through six traded in golden tickets for "Wildcat Coins" to redeem their free book.
Even though Brecheen is graduating later this year, she has no plans of stopping book donations. Wood's PTA has agreed to sustain the vending machine and will continue to host a book drive every year.
If you'd like to contribute to the book drive, here are a couple of ways you can help her reach 1,400 books:
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Officers from the Police Special Response Unit will continue to guard ballot boxes at the Fijian Elections Office warehouse in Laucala Beach, Suva while the remaining officers who were deployed for the 2018 Election duties will return to normal routine operations.
Since the Writ of Election was issued on October 1st officers have been deployed for various duties leading up to the return of the Writ yesterday afternoon.
Officers from the Police Special Response Unit were initially deployed to the FEO Warehouse for the first phase of special operations while up to 2000 officers were deployed for both the pre-polling and Election Day operations.
Police Commissioner Brigadier General Sitiveni Qiliho says it has been a tiring and testing time for the Force's operational arm.
He commended the work conducted by all officers.
Qiliho says operations have been very busy and it has been extremely demanding these past few months however with proper planning and strategizing they were able to successfully conduct the overlapping national events.
With the General Election over, the Commissioner says the focus now turns to the upcoming festive season.
He says they're still monitoring the security situation during the post-election period but their focus is also on the busy festive season and the school holidays.
Brigadier General Qiliho says he is optimistic of receiving the same level of cooperation from the public in working with Police during the Festive season.


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On Sept. 11, 2018, the SEC filed an enforcement action against an online platform TokenLot that bought and sold digital assets and facilitated their sale alleging that TokenLot operated as an unregistered broker-dealer. TokenLot described itself as an ICO superstore and operated a platform where retail investors could purchase digital tokens during and after an ICO. Among other things, TokenLot allegedly facilitated sales of digital tokens offered by multiple issuers in ICOs; marketed the digital tokens; accepted investor orders and funds for payment; assisted ICO issuers transfer digital tokens to investors; disbursed proceeds of the sales to the issuer(s); and itself purchased digital assets at a discount during certain ICOs and then sold those digital assets to retail investors for a profit. TokenLot earned fees in connection with its activities its activities. Neither TokenLot nor its operators were registered with the SEC in any capacity.
The SEC charged TokenLot and its founders with failing to register as a broker-dealer and for selling unregistered securities. Of particular note, the SEC did not allege any that TokenLot or its founders engaged in fraudulent activity. As part of the settlement TokenLot and its founders were ordered to pay an nearly $480,000 in disgorgement and prejudgment interest, and its founders were also ordered to pay $45,000 each as a civil penalty and were barred from participating in the securities industry with the right to apply for reentry after three years. TokenLot is in the process of winding down.
"This is the SEC's first case charging unregistered broker-dealers for selling digital tokens after the SEC issued The DAO Report in 2017 cautioning that those who offer and sell digital securities must comply with the federal securities laws," the SEC explained.
The enforcement action against TokenLot was the the SEC's first cryptocurrency enforcement action against a non-issuer for failing to register as a broker-dealer. This enforcement action is an example of the SEC's on-going efforts to regulate the offer and sale of digital assets and their secondary trading by targeting unlicensed third parties who facilitate transactions of digital assets that are deemed to be unregistered securities.
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As 2020 comes to a close, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on some of the positive milestones NeSI celebrated this year. We'll save the deeper dive into metrics for our annual review - in the meantime here are a few snippets we wanted to highlight.
Record-breaking usage in May & August 2020
Two of our biggest milestones to celebrate from 2020 were two periods of record usage on the HPC Platform. The first peak occured in May 2020 when users logged more than 12 million CPU hours on the Mahuika and Māui systems. Then, later in August a new record was set with more than 13 million CPU core hours used.
These two spikes topped the previous record of 11.29 million CPU hours, set last year in August 2019.
Solutions Manager Blair Bethwaite noted that these milestones are not only evidence of the high performance capabilities of the platform, they also reflect the efforts of NeSI's Systems Engineers and Application Support Specialists to keep the systems running efficiently and smoothly under significant (and growing) levels of demand.
These records represent an exciting lift in capacity, productivity, and reliability of the HPC Platform and we look forward to seeing what new peaks we can reach.
Activity across multiple platform capabilities
Looking at the year as a whole, we saw lifts overall in the number of core hours used, data transferred, and data stored on NeSI's HPC Platform. As we see increasing demand from researchers to transfer and share their data sets, NeSI has spent much of 2020 working with research communities, institutions, and REANNZ to improve end-to-end performance and reduce time to solution.
Increased numbers of projects and users
Overall, lifts were seen in all areas of user activity compared to 2019. A large focus of 2020 has been to support new capabilities in genomics research, machine learning applications, advanced data analytics tools, and virtual laboratories. These capabilities represent the increasing complexity and sophistication of computational research communities and their needs across New Zealand.
Looking ahead to 2021, we'll continue developing and rolling out these specialised eResearch services to lift researchers' capabilities to tackle large, complex, and unique research challenges.
More support delivered through Consultancy projects
NeSI's team of research software engineers were very busy in 2020, working on nearly double the number of Consultancy projects compared to 2019. Visit our Case Studies section to learn more about the researchers and projects we supported.
Looking ahead, we welcome more requests for support from research groups as we've brought on new expertise in data science and machine learning. Click here to learn more about NeSI's Consultancy service.
Increased reach through training initiatives
NeSI had a particularly active training year, in spite of having to pivot (like many organisations did) in March to revamp its approach and deliver everything online for a majority of the year. If you missed reading about how NeSI's Dinindu Senanayake and Genomics Aotearoa's Ngoni Faya made that transition basically overnight, we invite you to read 'Enabling learning during lockdown: What it took to move genomics training online overnight'.
An expanded program of webinars and other virtual workshops were delivered and captured, adding to NeSI's growing repository of training materials available on its YouTube Channel.
We also returned to in-person workshops once New Zealand's Alert Levels allowed them, supporting a series of Data Carpentry Workshops and Bioinformatics Schools (more on that below).
NeSI's partnership with Genomics Aotearoa has enabled more training events than ever for NZ researchers specifically in the bioinformatics and 'omics fields. Dinindu and Ngoni regularly collaborate with institutions across New Zealand to deliver workshops and multi-day training events in-person and virtually.
Below is a brief synopsis of the number of events, attendees and hosted involved in delivering these events as part of that partnership (which represents a sub-set of our total number of training events mentioned above).
Participants at the 2020 Metagenomics Summer School, a training event co-hosted by NeSI, Genomics Aotearoa, and the University of Auckland.
Look for more detailed recaps of our training partnerships to be showcased in the new year, including in a session or two at the eResearch NZ Conference!
To express interest in either participating in or hosting some form of research community training, contact Megan Guidry, NeSI Research Communities Advisor, by emailing training@nesi.org.nz.
As always, we welcome your thoughts on how NeSI is doing and welcome any feedback you may have for ways we can improve. Email us at support@nesi.org.nz anytime.
On behalf of everyone at NeSI, we wish you a safe and happy holiday, and we look forward to reaching new milestones in 2021!
Note on our statistics for 2020
Since we're a wee bit early in posting this recap for 2020, most of our stats below are tallies from data collected between 01 January - 16 November 2020. We'll look to update these totals again in 2021 when we have the remainder of 2020's data.


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Protocol Instituting a Conciliation and Good Offices Commission to be responsible for seeking a settlement of any disputes which may arise between States Parties to the Convention against Discrimination in Education
Adopted by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on 10 December 1962
Entry into force: 24 October 1968, in accordance with article 24
The General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization , meeting in Paris from 9 November to 12 December 1962, at its twelfth session,
Having adopted , at its eleventh session, the Convention against Discrimination in Education,
Desirous of facilitating the implementation of that Convention, and
Considering that it is important, for this purpose, to institute a Conciliation and Good Offices Commission to be responsible for seeking the amicable settlement of any disputes which may arise between States Parties to the Convention, concerning its application or interpretation,
Adopts this Protocol on the tenth day of December 1962.
There shall be established under the auspices of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization a Conciliation and Good Offices Commission, hereinafter referred to as the Commission, to be responsible for seeking the amicable settlement of disputes between States Parties to the Convention against Discrimination in Education, hereinafter referred to as the Convention, concerning the application or interpretation of the Convention.
1. The Commission shall consist of eleven members who shall be persons of high moral standing and acknowledged impartiality and shall be elected by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, hereinafter referred to as the General Conference.
2. The members of the Commission shall serve in their personal capacity.
1. The members of the Commission shall be elected from a list of persons nominated for the purpose by the States Parties to this Protocol. Each State shall, after consulting its National Commission for UNESCO, nominate not more than four persons. These persons must be nationals of States Parties to this Protocol.
2. At least four months before the date of each election to the Commission, the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, hereinafter referred to as the Director-General, shall invite the States Parties to the present Protocol to send within two months, their nominations of the persons referred to in paragraph 1 of this article. He shall prepare a list in alphabetical order of the persons thus nominated and shall submit it, at least one month before the election, to the Executive Board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, hereinafter referred to as the Executive Board, and to the States Parties to the Convention. The Executive Board shall transmit the aforementioned list, with such suggestions as it may consider useful, to the General Conference, which shall carry out the election of members of the Commission in conformity with the procedure it normally follows in elections of two or more persons.
1. The Commission may not include more than one national of the same State.
2. In the election of members of the Commission, the General Conference shall endeavour to include persons of recognized competence in the field of education and persons having judicial experience or legal experience particularly of an international character. It shall also give consideration to equitable geographical distribution of membership and to the representation of the different forms of civilization as well as of the principal legal systems.
The members of the Commission shall be elected for a term of six years. They shall be eligible for re-election if renominated. The terms of four of the members elected at the first election shall, however, expire at the end of two years, and the terms of three other members at the end of four years. Immediately after the first election, the names of these members shall be chosen by lot by the President of the General Conference.
1. In the event of the death or resignation of a member of the Commission, the Chairman shall immediately notify the Director-General, who shall declare the seat vacant from the date of death or the date on which the resignation takes effect.
2. If, in the unanimous opinion of the other members, a member of the Commission has ceased to carry out his functions for any cause other than absence of a temporary character or is unable to continue the discharge of his duties, the Chairman of the Commission shall notify the Director-General and shall thereupon declare the seat of such member to be vacant.
3. The Director-General shall inform the Member States of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, and any States not members of the Organization which have become Parties to this Protocol under the provisions of article 23, of any vacancies which have occurred in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2 of this article.
4. In each of the cases provided for by paragraphs 1 and 2 of this article, the General Conference shall arrange for the replacement of the member whose seat has fallen vacant for the unexpired portion of his term of office.
Subject to the provisions of article 6, a member of the Commission shall remain in office until his successor takes up his duties.
1. If the Commission does not include a member of the nationality of a State which is party to a dispute referred to it under the provisions of article 12 or article 13, that State, or if there is more than one, each of those States, may choose a person to sit on the Commission as a member ad hoc .
2. The States thus choosing a member ad hoc shall have regard to the qualities required of members of the Commission by virtue of article 2, paragraph 1, and article 4, paragraphs 1 and 2. Any member ad hoc thus chosen shall be of the nationality of the State which chooses him or of a State Party to the Protocol, and shall serve in a personal capacity.
3. Should there be several States Parties to the dispute having the same interest they shall, for the purpose of choosing members ad hoc , be reckoned as one party only. The manner in which this provision shall be applied shall be determined by the Rules of Procedure of the Commission referred to in article 11.
Members of the Commission and members ad hoc chosen under the provisions of article 8 shall receive travel and per diem allowances in respect of the periods during which they are engaged on the work of the Commission from the resources of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on terms laid down by the Executive Board.
The secretariat of the Commission shall be provided by the Director-General.
1. The Commission shall elect its Chairman and Vice-Chairman for a period of two years. They may be re-elected.
2. The Commission shall establish its own Rules of Procedure, but these rules shall provide, inter alia , that:
(a) Two thirds of the members, including the members ad hoc , if any, shall constitute a quorum;
(b) Decisions of the Commission shall be made by a majority vote of the members and members ad hoc present; if the votes are equally divided, the Chairman shall have a casting vote;
(c) If a State refers a matter to the Commission under article 12 or article 13:
(i) Such State, the State complained against, and any State Party to this Protocol whose national is concerned in such matter may make submissions in writing to the Commission;
(ii) Such State and the State complained against shall have the right to be represented at the hearings of the matter and to make submissions orally.
3. The Commission, on the occasion when it first proposes to establish its Rules of Procedure, shall send them in draft form to the States then Parties to the Protocol who may communicate any observation and suggestion they may wish to make within three months. The Commission shall re-examine its Rules of Procedure if at any time so requested by any State Party to the Protocol.
1. If a State Party to this Protocol considers that another State Party is not giving effect to a provision of the Convention, it may, by written communication, bring the matter to the attention of that State. Within three months after the receipt of the communication, the receiving State shall afford the complaining State an explanation or statement in writing concerning the matter, which should include, to the extent possible and pertinent, references to procedures and remedies taken, or pending, or available in the matter.
2. If the matter is not adjusted to the satisfaction of both parties, either by bilateral negotiations or by any other procedure open to them, within six months after the receipt by the receiving State of the initial communication, either State shall have the right to refer the matter to the Commission, by notice given to the Director-General and to the other State.
3. The provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall not affect the rights of States Parties to have recourse, in accordance with general or special international agreements in force between them, to other procedures for settling disputes including that of referring disputes by mutual consent to the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague.
From the beginning of the sixth year after the entry into force of this Protocol, the Commission may also be made responsible for seeking the settlement of any dispute concerning the application or interpretation of the Convention arising between States which are Parties to the Convention but are not, or are not all, Parties to this Protocol, if the said States agree to submit such dispute to the Commission. The conditions to be fulfilled by the said States in reaching agreement shall be laid down by the Commission's Rules of Procedure.
The Commission shall deal with a matter referred to it under article 12 or article 13 of this Protocol only after it has ascertained that all available domestic remedies have been invoked and exhausted in the case, in conformity with the generally recognized principles of international law.
Except in cases where new elements have been submitted to it, the Commission shall not consider matters it has already dealt with.
In any matter referred to it, the Commission may call upon the States concerned to supply any relevant information.
1. Subject to the provisions of article 14, the Commission, after obtaining all the information it thinks necessary, shall ascertain the facts, and make available its good offices to the States concerned with a view to an amicable solution of the matter on the basis of respect for the Convention.
2. The Commission shall in every case, and in no event later than eighteen months after the date of receipt by the Director-General of the notice under article 12, paragraph 2, draw up a report in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 3 below which will be sent to the States concerned and then communicated to the Director-General for publication. When an advisory opinion is requested of the International Court of Justice, in accordance with article 18, the time-limit shall be extended appropriately.
3. If a solution within the terms of paragraph 1 of this article is reached, the Commission shall confine its report to a brief statement of the facts and of the solution reached. If such a solution is not reached, the Commission shall draw up a report on the facts and indicate the recommendations which it made with a view to conciliation. If the report does not represent in whole or in part the unanimous opinion of the members of the Commission, any member of the Commission shall be entitled to attach to it a separate opinion. The written and oral submissions made by the parties to the case in accordance with article 11, paragraph 2 (c), shall be attached to the report.
The Commission may recommend to the Executive Board, or to the General Conference if the recommendation is made within two months before the opening of one of its sessions, that the International Court of Justice be requested to give an advisory opinion on any legal question connected with a matter laid before the Commission.
The Commission shall submit to the General Conference at each of its regular sessions a report on its activities, which shall be transmitted to the General Conference by the Executive Board.
1. The Director-General shall convene the first meeting of the Commission at the Headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization within three months after its nomination by the General Conference.
2. Subsequent meetings of the Commission shall be convened when necessary by the Chairman of the Commission to whom, as well as to all other members of the Commission, the Director-General shall transmit all matters referred to the Commission in accordance with the provisions of this Protocol.
3. Notwithstanding paragraph 2 of this article, when at least one third of the members of the Commission consider that the Commission should examine a matter in accordance with the provisions of this Protocol, the Chairman shall on their so requiring convene a meeting of the Commission for that purpose.
The present Protocol is drawn up in English, French, Russian and Spanish, all four texts being equally authentic.
1. This Protocol shall be subject to ratification or acceptance by States Members of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization which are Parties to the Convention.
2. The instruments of ratification or acceptance shall be deposited with the Director-General.
1. This Protocol shall be open to accession by all States not Members of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization which are Parties to the Convention.
2. Accession shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument of accession with the Director-General.
This Protocol shall enter into force three months after the date of the deposit of the fifteenth instrument of ratification, acceptance or accession, but only with respect to those States which have deposited their respective instruments on or before that date. It shall enter into force with respect to any other State three months after the deposit of its instrument of ratification, acceptance or accession.
Any State may, at the time of ratification, acceptance or accession or at any subsequent date, declare, by notification to the Director-General, that it agrees, with respect to any other State assuming the same obligation, to refer to the International Court of Justice, after the drafting of the report provided for in article 17, paragraph 3, any dispute covered by this Protocol on which no amicable solution has been reached in accordance with article 17, paragraph 1.
1. Each State Party to this Protocol may denounce it.
2. The denunciation shall be notified by an instrument in writing, deposited with the Director-General.
3. Denunciation of the Convention shall automatically entail denunciation of this Protocol.
4. The denunciation shall take effect twelve months after the receipt of the instrument of denunciation. The State denouncing the Protocol shall, however, remain bound by its provisions in respect of any cases concerning it which have been referred to the Commission before the end of the time-limit stipulated in this paragraph.
The Director-General shall inform the States Members of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the States not Members of the organization which are referred to in article 23, as well as the United Nations, of the deposit of all the instruments of ratification, acceptance and accession provided for in articles 22 and 23, and of the notifications and denunciations provided for in articles 25 and 26 respectively.
In conformity with Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations, this Protocol shall be registered with the Secretariat of the United Nations at the request of the Director-General.
Done in Paris, this eighteenth day of December 1962, in two authentic copies bearing the signatures of the President of the twelfth session of the General Conference and of the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, which shall be deposited in the archives of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, and certified true copies of which shall be delivered to all the States referred to in articles 12 and 13 of the Convention against Discrimination in Education as well as to the United Nations.
The foregoing is the authentic text of the Protocol duly adopted by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization during its twelfth session, which was held in Paris and declared closed the twelfth day of December 1962.
In faith whereof we have appended our signatures this eighteenth day of December 1962.
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Entourage Movie Review
The boys are back in Entourage
IMDb Plot: Movie star Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier) together with his boys Eric (Kevin Connolly) Turtle (Jerry Ferrara) and Johnny (Kevin Dillon) are back - and back in business with super agent-turned-studio head Ari Gold (Jeremy Piven) on a risky project that will serve as Vince's directorial debut.
"At least we suck together," remarks Dillon. True that Bro. Entourage the TV series had some redeeming merit; but Entourage the movie has nothing... save for bimbos galore, countless "celebrity" cameos (Chad Lowe?) and enough insecurity to make a 13-year-old boy blush with confidence. It's like a circle jerk for dummies, minus the happy ending. Piven's OK (Dillon too) but it's all downhill from there. If Gary Busey, Dice Clay and Bob Saget are at your party, you're not cool (no matter how many passes Russell Wilson throws your way.) Stick this franchise in the trash, where it belongs.
Grade: F


MENLO PARK, Calif. -October 9, 2018- Quicken Inc. has introduced Quicken 2019, the latest release of its comprehensive personal finance software featuring Web access from any browser and updates that improve the performance and reliability of the tools customers have relied on to manage budgets and investments for more than 30 years. This is the third major release for Quicken since it became a standalone company in 2016 and the most robust version of the software to date. The latest release includes new web access, a refreshed interface, improved speed and reliability, and hundreds of updates and fixes resulting in a smoother, even more reliable user experience. Quicken 2019 has been designed to make it simpler for individuals to manage their finances across accounts, budgets, investments, and now, devices.
Quicken 2019 has introduced a companion to the desktop software to enable customers to manage their finances online from any web browser. With the introduction of this highly-requested feature, users can view their balances, transactions, budgets, accounts, and investment holdings any time. Now customers can check investment performance, see spending trends, and review past expenses, allowing users to keep finances up to date from anywhere.
Quicken on the web also offers a streamlined interface: the web dashboard allows customers to customize their view to see as much detail as they prefer, or streamline their view to see only the most essential information.
Quicken launched its membership program in 2018, meaning Quicken users don't have to purchase upgrades each year to access the latest versions. Customers automatically continue to receive the latest version of Quicken as long as they maintain their membership. Quicken offers both one- or two-year memberships to customers. In addition, Premier and Home & Business members will receive Quicken Bill Pay and access to Quicken's Premium Care.
The 2019 release of Quicken is available now to members with current subscriptions at Quicken.com and at select retailers including Amazon, Best Buy, Office Depot, Staples, Walmart, and Sam's Club. Get the latest features without having to upgrade through the subscription offering.
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At First Baptist Church, we know the importance of imparting the principles and doctrines of God's Word to the younger generation. Not only do we want to supply solid Biblical principles and truths to our young people, but we also want to teach them how to make application in their own lives. First Baptist has several programs set up to accomplish this goal.
Our junior and senior high participate in AWANA. This intensive program immerses teens in God's Word through reading and memorization. Each Wednesday, the teens report to their group leaders to recite verses they've memorized and lessons they've completed the previous week. Prizes and activities can be earned by participating in and completing the program. Book time is followed each night by games in the gym and a Bible challenge.
In Sunday School the teens are taught Bible lessons in a classroom setting. The principles they learn here provide a solid foundation to help them live a godly life in a sinful world. Our goal for the teenagers is to not merely grow in Bible head knowledge, but more importantly in their relationship with the Lord.
First Baptist has organized activities for the teens on a regular basis. These activities include open gym nights, lock-ins, shopping trips, sports activities, amusement park trips, and more. Through these get-togethers the young people are able to form lasting relationships with other Christians and reach out to their unsaved friends.
The teens are encouraged to attend visitation where they are given the opportunity to canvass a nearby neighborhood First Baptist frequently takes adults and youth on mission trips to aid a missionary in a project and to evangelize the surrounding area.
Every year we take a group of our kids to summer camp for a time of spiritual renewal. This year the teens are going to The Wilds in North Carolina. Each teen should register on-line at www.wilds.org for Teen Camp in North Carolina, July 23 – July 28, 2018. We also hold an annual youth rally, as well as attend the LIT (Leaders in Training) Conference at Anchor Baptist Church in Millersville, MD.


Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: What is a VIPoma?
A pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor which secretes vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) is called VIPoma. These rare tumors occur with a frequency of 1 per 10,000,000 per year. These tumors arise in the pancreas 90% of the time, but have also been described in the colon, bronchus, adrenals, liver, and sympathetic ganglia. Adults typically present between ages 30 and 50 years. Children can present with these tumors between 2 and 4 years of age. VIPomas are typically solitary and greater than 3 centimeters in diameter with 75% located in the tail of the pancreas. Sixty to eighty percent are metastatic at the time of diagnosis.
VIP is a hormone that stimulates the secretion and inhibits the absorption of sodium, chloride, potassium and water within the small intestine and increases bowel motility. These actions lead to a secretory diarrhea, hypokalemia (low potassium), and dehydration. The VIPoma syndrome is also commonly called Verner-Morrison syndrome, pancreatic cholera syndrome, or the WDHA syndrome. The last term reflects the common symptoms associated with these neuroendocrine tumors: watery diarrhea, hypokalemia, and achlorhydria. The secretory diarrhea associated with these tumors can be profound. Stool volumes of greater than three liters per day occur in 70% of these patients. Volumes less than 700 ml/day without treatment essentially exclude the diagnosis. The diarrhea persists despite fasting and is odorless and tea-colored. Chemical evaluation of the stool demonstrates a high sodium load and a low stool osmolal gap. Hypokalemia has been reported in most patients with VIPoma and can be accompanied by lethargy, nausea, and muscular discomfort. In patients with secretory diarrhea and hypokalemia suspected of having VIPoma, a fasting plasma VIP level should be measured.


Police want to know if an Ontario man arrested on Monday, Aug. 13 in connection to a pair of sexual assaults and an armed robbery in Colton a week prior might have been involved in similar crimes.
Authorities say David Pierre-Jones, 19, matched the description of an individual caught on surveillance footage entering a business on the 1200 block of East Cooley Drive in Colton just before the crimes took place there on the afternoon of Aug. 6. In that incident, an assailant entered the business, brandished a handgun and demanded money from the employees, Colton police said Tuesday. The suspect then forced the victims to the back of the business, where he sexually assaulted two female employees, police said in a news release.
Two days later, on Aug. 8, Pierre-Jones was in the custody of the Ontario Police Department in an unrelated case, the news release said.
Ontario police contacted detectives in Colton and, after additional evidence was gathered, Pierre-Jones was arrested on charges related to the Colton sexual assaults and robbery.
Detectives believe the suspect may have committed similar offenses.
Ontario police Detective Melissa E. Ramirez said Pierre-Jones had been arrested on suspicion of an Aug. 6 robbery at a Check-n-Go store at 1049 N Mountain Ave. in Ontario; and added he is suspected in additional robberies. In the Check-n-Go incident, the suspect brandished a firearm, but none of the store employees were injured, Ramirez said.
Colton police released surveillance video that authorities used to connect Pierre-Jones to the Colton case last week; and asked the public to contact police if they have information that can aid investigators. Anyone with information can call Detective Sidur of the Colton Police Department at (909)-370-5020.


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The lower level is occupied by a café whilst the upper level of the Atoll incorporates the outline of three London terraced houses, surrounded by dense planting and completed with six neon suns signifying joy and energy. "I grew up living in a London terrace house and this site has a residential history, I wanted to introduce a sense of intimacy and domesticity to the space."
Atoll is envisaged as a beacon to encourage the public to use the new public route, from Wilson Street, through the building into Finsbury Avenue Square, connecting Broadgate into the wider neighbourhood, making a formerly corporate space accessible to all. "You used to have to walk around the outside of this building, now it has been made public," Morag commented.
The installation continues to spread through the whole of the atrium with large-scale patterned hand-painted walls. An expansive seating area with hand-made and hand-painted seating with overstuffed velvet cushions, tables, benches and planters, designed and made by Luke Morgan and Morag at their local Hoxton studio.
The materiality of the permanent installation is as important as narrative, with bespoke ceramic tiles and FSC-rated marine ply. Morag spent months developing the tiling, mixing Victorian references with her own signature colours and 3-d/optical patterns.
British Land PLC
1 Finsbury Avenue Square (1FA),
Broadgate, EC2M 2PF City of London
Atoll Structure
Luke Morgan & Morag Myerscough
Architects of 1FA refurbishment
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris Architects
Gareth Gardner
Permanent Installation