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The Daimler Scout Car, known in service as the Daimler Dingo (after the Australian wild dog), is a British light, fast four-wheel drive reconnaissance vehicle also used for liaison during the Second World War.

Design and development

In 1938, the British War Office issued a specification for a scouting vehicle. Three British motor manufacturers, Alvis, BSA Cycles and Morris, were invited to supply prototypes. Alvis had been in partnership with Nicholas Straussler and provided armoured cars to the Royal Air Force, Morris had participated in trials and production of armoured cars and BSA Cycles – whose parent Birmingham Small Arms (BSA) was involved in armaments – had a small front wheel drive vehicle in production.

Testing began in August 1938. All were of similar size and layout – rear engine and all four-wheel-drive. The Morris design was eliminated first – suffering from poor speed even after modification by its builders. The Alvis prototype – known as "Dingo" – could manage  over a cross-country course but had a high centre of gravity.

The BSA prototype was completed in September and handed over for testing. By December, it had covered  on- and off-road with few mechanical problems. Policy from the War Office changed to a requirement for an armoured roof. The BSA vehicle needed a more powerful engine and strengthened suspension. It was chosen over the Alvis and the first order (172 vehicles) for the "Car, Scout, Mark I" was placed in May 1939. The actual production was passed to Daimler, which was a vehicle manufacturer in the BSA group of companies.

The potential of the design was recognised, and it served as the basis for the development of a larger armoured car – a "light tank (Wheeled)", which would later become the Daimler Armoured Car. The first pilot vehicle was built by the end of 1939, later to be named 'Daimler Scout Car' but already known by the name of the Alvis design - the Dingo.

Known as one of the finest armoured fighting vehicles built in Britain during the war, the Dingo was a compact two-man armoured car, well protected for its size with  of armour at the front and powered by a 2.5 litre  straight six petrol engine in the rear of the vehicle. An ingenious feature of the Dingo's design was the transmission, which included a preselector gearbox and fluid flywheel that gave five speeds in both directions, another was a four-wheel steering system made possible by the H-drive drive train, giving a tight turning circle of . Inexperienced drivers found it difficult to control so rear steering was deleted in later production at the cost of increasing the turning circle by 65 per cent to .

The layout of the H-drive drive train contributed greatly to its low silhouette, agility and - an important consideration in any vehicle used for reconnaissance, an exceptionally quiet engine and running gear. Power was led forward to a centrally placed transfer box and single differential driving separate left- and right-hand shafts, each in turn running forwards and back to a bevel box powering each wheel. This compact layout resulted in a low-slung vehicle with a flat plate that allowed the Dingo to slide across uneven ground but made the Dingo extremely vulnerable to mines.

No spare wheel was carried, considered unnecessary because of the use of run-flat (nearly solid) rubber tyres rather than pneumatic types vulnerable to punctures. Despite hard tyres, independent coil suspension gave each wheel approximately  vertical deflection and coil springs all round gave a comfortable ride.

A swivelling seat beside the driver allowed the second crewmember to attend to the No. 19 wireless set or Bren gun. The driver's seat was canted slightly off to the left of the vehicle which, in conjunction with a hinged vision flap in the rear armour, allowed the driver to drive in reverse and look behind by looking over his left shoulder, a useful feature in a reconnaissance vehicle where quick retreats were sometimes necessary.

The Dingo remained in production throughout the war but to bring other production resources into use, the design was passed to Ford Canada, where an equivalent vehicle ("Scout Car, Ford, Mk.I", also called "Lynx") was built with a more powerful, Ford V8 , engine, transmission and running gear. The vehicle superficially resembled the Dingo in general arrangement and body shape, was approximately a foot longer, wider and taller, a ton and a half heavier, less nimble [the turning circle was ] and was louder. While rugged and dependable, it was not as popular as the Dingo, due to the intended use of covert intelligence gathering. Total production figures for each type were 6,626 for the Dingo (all marks) 1939–1945 and 3,255 for the Lynx 1942–1945.

Service
The Dingo was first used by the British Expeditionary Force (1st Armoured Division and 4th Royal Northumberland Fusiliers) during the Battle of France. It turned out to be so successful that no replacement was sought until 1952 with the production of the Daimler Ferret. Principal users were reconnaissance units with a typical late-war recce troop consisting of two Daimler Armoured Cars and two Daimler Dingoes. The vehicle was highly sought-after with damaged Dingoes often being recovered from vehicle dumps and reconditioned for use as private runabouts. One such 'off establishment' vehicle was rebuilt from two damaged Dingoes in Normandy, 1944, by REME vehicle fitters of 86th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery. They operated this Dingo for about a week before a higher-ranking officer spotted it and commandeered it for himself.

Writing in 1968, author R.E. Smith said that all Dingoes had now been withdrawn from British service - except for one used as a runabout at an armoured establishment - but some might have remained in Territorial Army storage at that date. Many were also purchased from Canada by the Union Defence Force after the Second World War, though few South African examples have survived to the present day, and were also procured in large numbers for Commonwealth patrols during the Malayan Emergency.  In Vietnam, one ex South Vietnamese, Canadian Lynx was found on installation and used as a liaison vehicle by the 4th Cavalry Regiment. In the mid-1970s, the Dingo was still being used by Cyprus, Portugal and Sri Lanka. Some may have been in reserve store with other minor nations. Surviving vehicles are now popular with historical re-enactors with reconditioned Dingoes commanding a good price.

Variants

Production went through 5 variants, which were mostly minor improvements. 6,626 vehicles were produced from 1939 to 1945.
 Mk I - original model with four-wheel steering and sliding roof
 Mk IA - as Mark I but with a folding roof
 Mk IB - reversed engine cooling air flow and revised armour grilles for radiator
 Mk II - As the Mk IB but with steering on the front wheels only and revision of the lighting equipment
 Mk III - Produced with a waterproofed ignition system. No roof.

Non-Daimler variants

Ford Lynx Scout Car

A closely related vehicle, the Lynx Scout Car, or "Car, Scout, Ford Mark I" was produced by Ford Canada in Windsor, Ontario. The Lynx design grafted a Dingo hull onto a chassis fitted with a conventional four-wheel drive and running gear. While the engine was much more powerful the gearbox and suspension were inferior. The type entered service in 1943.
 Mk I.
 Mk II - strengthened chassis, no roof, extra storage, revised engine grilles

Autoblinda Lince

Another Dingo clone, the Autoblindo Lince was developed by Lancia, Italy. In 1943–1944, 129 cars were built. They were employed by both German and RSI forces.

Notes

References

External links

 Car, Scout, Daimler Mark II (E1985.96) - tank museum accession record
 The Dingo on exhibit at the Tank Museum
 Ford Lynx Scout Car at mapleleafup.org
 Daimler Scout Car 'Dingo' wwiivehicles.com
 The Daimler Fighting Vehicles Project
 1938 Performance report on Dingo
 Photo of New Zealand Div Cav Daimler Dingo in Italy, 1944
 Daimler Dingo/Ford Lynx Scout Car index - warwheels.net
 Surviving Dingo and Lynx Armoured Cars

Internal security vehicles
World War II scout cars
World War II armoured fighting vehicles of the United Kingdom
Scout cars of the United Kingdom
Wheeled reconnaissance vehicles
Dingo
Military vehicles introduced from 1940 to 1944


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Environmental Indicators Booklet provides a summary of the annual environmental performance of Turkey. The main purpose of the booklet is to represent the relationship between the environment and other sectors, monitor environmental trends over time, and the results of environmental policies. Indicators are important in determining plans, programs and policies, preparing legislations and provide information thereof. Following the publication of the very first booklet "Environmental Indicators 2006" consisting of 11 headings and 24 indicators, indicators study has been improving in terms of scope and content. "Environmental Indicators 2016" (present publication) contains 85 indicators under 16 topics. Data quality is an important concern in environmental information management. In general, data and its assessment regarding the indicators in this booklet were received from the related competent institiutions where data is produced. Hence, it should be emphasized that accuracy and reliability of these data are under the responsibility of the data provider institutions.
Highlights of each topics of the "Environmental Indicators 2016" booklet are laid down as follows:
In 2016, population of Turkey was 79,814,871. While the population growth rate was 1.34% in 2015, it increased to 1.35% in 2016. Together with the growing population, average age is increasing in Turkey. Population is estimated to start decreasing from 2050 onwards [2].
Provinces that have the highest net migration (difference between immigration and emmigration) during 2015-2016 period are; Kocaeli (25,123 persons), Tekirdağ (24,246 persons) and İzmir (23,766 persons), and provinces with the lowest net migration are; İstanbul (-71,307 persons), Van (-20,133 persons), Ağrı (-17,384 persons)[7].
Economic activities put pressure on the environment; thus, in order to indicate the environmental efficiency of the economy, resource efficiency or productivity has been identified. Resource efficiency/productivity is the ratio of GDP to domestic material consumption (DMC). In Turkey in 2015 1.5 euros of gross domestic product (GDP) was produced per every kilogram of material consumed. In the EU-28 countries, 2016 figure was 2.2 euros/kg [8].
Domestic material consumption per capita represents the level of efficient use of production and material input for the national economy. In Turkey, domestic material consumption (DMC) per capita has increased from 9.8 tons in 2000 to 12.9 tons in 2015 with a 23.6% incerease. For the year 2013, Turkey's domestic material consumption per capita was 11.9 tons while average value of the EU-28 countries was less than 13.3 tons and the world average was around 11.8 tonnes[9].
Sectorial distribution of GDP and employment are indicators of the national economy. In Turkey, services sector receives the highest share of employees with 53.7%; in more developed countries employment share of services sector is about 70-80%, due to a shift from agriculture and industry to the services sector.
Life expectancy at birth is used to measure status of the socio-economic development, quality of life, effectiveness of the healthcare services and the levels of mortality for countries. According to TURKSTAT data, in Turkey in 2016, life expectancy at birth was 78 years while this number was 80.6 years in EU-28 according to 2015 data. Despite the increase in Turkey, life expectancy is still below that of European Union.
Every year all over the world 2 million persons are estimated to have acute gastroenteritis. Diseases with diarrhea is the second largest cause of death among kids below 5 years of age. In Turkey, number of infectious diarrhea and gastro enteritis cases decreased by 45.7% from 2011 to 2016.
In Turkey, total greenhouse gas emissions (CO2-equivalent,) increased in 2015 by 122% compared to 1990, 4.3% compared to 2014. The biggest cause of the emission increase seems to be the rapid increase in energy consumption due to the high economic and industrial development rate after 1990. Turkey's total primary energy consumption was 135,986 thousand TOE (Tonnes of Oil Equivalent) in 2016. Increase in 2016 was 159.3% compared to 1990,. Despite the increase, per capita primary energy consumption (1.71 TOE in 2016) in Turkey is still lower than average of European Union Countries (3.21 TOE in 2015).
In Turkey, parallel to the energy consumption, CO2 equivalent emissions were calculated as 3.88 tonnes per capita in 1990's but in 2015, this value went up to 6.07 tonnes per capita[18]. CO2 equivalent EU-28 emissions per capita were calculated as 8.75 tonnes in 2015 [20]. Turkey's per capita CO2 equivalent emissions are still lower than the average of the EU Member States. Looking at the sectoral distribution of greenhouse gas emissions, In 2015, when greenhouse gas emissions were considered as CO2 equivalent, fuel combustion (without transport) in energy sector, industry sector and others had the largest portion with 55.6%, and it was followed by fuel combustion for transport with 16%, industrial processes and product use with 12.8%, agricultural activities with 12.1% and waste sector with 3.5% [18].
Energy production is an important driving force that puts pressure on the environment, not only as pollution source, but also by contribution to the climate change as well. Shift to cleaner energy resources like use of renewable energy sources help mitigate climate change because of their lower carbon intensity (lower CO2 emissions per unit energy). In Turkey, while contribution of renewables to total energy consumption was 19.4% in 1990, in parallel with increasing energy demand, this figure decreased to almost 13.1% in 2016. However, this figure is close to the 13.4% rate in the EU-28 countries with 2014 data[67].
Another important issue regarding the environment in energy consumption is energy efficiency.
As compared with the year 2000, there is an improvement of 23.1% in the primary energy intensity index and 21% in the final energy intensity index in 2015. Compared to 2000, energy efficiency index improvement of 2.1% has been achieved in general[59].
Organized Industrial Zones are being established for the purposes of disciplining the industrial installations, improve development plans of cities and regions, improve efficiency and benefits, facilitate industrialization in less developed regions, control misuse of agricultural land, provide common, more effective and efficient infrastructural, environmental and other facilities and reduce pollution.
According to the data obtained in the Register of Industrial installations maintained by the Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology, total sales of the installations that operate within organized industrial zones are 19% of the total sales of all the installations in the register for year 2015 and 24% for the year 2016.
Based on the 123 stations with a value exceeding every three years in the period between 2014 and 2016, exceedances for PM10 increased by 22.4% and exceedances for SO2 decreased by 22.5% in 2016 compared to 2015. In the same period, PM10 and SO2 limit values decreased by 11%.
Particularly in winter months pollutants rising from domestic heating cause significant air pollution problems. Besides present studies, it's thought that additional efforts are required in order to improve air quality.
According to the data, water quality of rivers in the basins of Ergene, Kucuk Menderes, Gediz, North Aegean, Sakarya and Susurluk are in class IV (highly polluted water). This does not conclude for all-over Turkey, since monitoring studies were done in the most polluted basins with the most intensive population and industry activity, and the data does not represent whole country.
Compared to 2015, in 2016 biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) decreased in Susurluk and Ergene Basin, however increased in North Aegean and Kucuk Menderes Basins. In the nitrate nitrogen parameter, a slight increase was observed in the North Aegean (Bakırcay) and Sakarya Basins and a decrease was observed in the other Basins.
The water exploitation index of Turkey is 21.3% in 2010, 23.9% in 2012, 21.6% for 2014 and %25.8 in 2016. The warning threshold of 20% for this indicator distinguishes a non-stressed from a water scarce region, with severe scarcity occurring where the water exploitation index (WEI) exceeds 40% [29].
Discharges of nitrogen and phosphorus from land based sources like urban, industry or agricultural sources cause eutrophication. In the 2014-2016 Chl-a assessments showed that all marine waters of Turkey have sufficient solarination. Peak values of Chl-a concentrations occur due to primary production in winter seasons when land based nutrient loads increase. Besides this, no significant difference is observed among years during 2014-2016 monitoring period.
Total phosphorus (TP) concentrations were high especially in inner bays having riverine and household discharges in Mediterranean Sea. TP summer concentrations were higher than winter concentrations. The lowest concentration was observed in 2016 winter season. In Aegean Sea, winter TP concentrations values were higher than the summer values because of high river load entrance to the sea due to high precipitation. In Black Sea, high concentrations of TP along the coast implies the land based pressures. It is known that the Sea of Marmara is an inner sea, which is more influenced from the outer pressure than our other seas.
Rate of Class A (very good) bathing waters decreased from 78.6% in 2015 to 75% in 2016.
As a result of studies for environmental protection and financial and technical assistance given by the Ministry of Environment and Urbanisation, the number of municipalities and population serviced by sewerage system and waste water treatment plant increased significantly in recent years. The ratio of municipality population serviced by wastewater treatment facilities to the total municipal population has reached to 75% by year 2016 [34]. However, with reference to the data presented by TURKSTAT, the population rate connected to at least secondary (biological) wastewater treatment plant was 43.1% in 2014 [35].
Regarding the waste management principles; the Waste should be reduced at source, then recovery, energy recovery and finally disposal methods should be applied. According to Ministry of Environment and Urbanisation data, 71% of the population (in total municipal population) was served by waste disposal and recovery facilities is in 2016.
Nation-wide data on hazardous waste is collected by Hazardous Waste Declaration System (HWDS), with data entry by the operators of industrial plants that generate waste in their operational processes. By the end of 2016, 60,233 plants in total provided data to HWDS. The total amount of the hazardous waste generated in 2016 was calculated as 1,363,227 tonnes, excluding the waste generated by the mining industry. 79.94% of the mentioned total was directed to recycling; 16.3% was disposed of; 3% stored and 0.75% was exported.
According to CORINE (Coordination of Information on the Environment) datas, in Turkey between 1990 and 2012, while forests and semi-natural areas decreased by 1,212,900 ha, all other areas have increased, such as artificial surfaces by 424,867 ha, agricultural areas by 423,756 ha, water bodies by 173,305 ha and wetlands by 159,604 ha. Increasing population, urbanisation and industrialization posed threat to natural and agricultural areas.
Turkey's geographical position, climate, topography and soil conditions are the main factors which affect the deterioration of the land and increase the sensitivity of drought. There are various erosion types observed all over the country; while water erosion is the most widespread one. 61.2% of the territory of the country faces high level (severe and very severe) water erosion problem.
Turkey is a gene centre for several plant species. The country has a special position as for biological diversity, however, some plant and animal species are endangered and a number of species that existed before, has already been extinct.
The endemism rate is about 34%, in Turkey. Turkey is very rich country in terms of endemic plants; however, these endemic species are under serious threats. According to the criteria of IUCN, 2001, approximately 600 of our endemic species are in the category of "seriously endangered CR" and 700 of them are categorised as "endangered EN". Among wild animals, 121 mammals, 378 birds and 130 reptiles, in total 629 species have been under protection.
While the number of invasive alien species in Turkish seas was 263 in 2005, this number approached to 500 in 2016. In inland water bodies 25 invasive alien species have been identified. While most of the invasive species in the Mediterranean Sea come through the Suez Canal, most of those in Black Sea are transported to the Black Sea via the ballast waters of vessels [43].
As for 2016, ratio of total protected areas (including areas protected by Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs and by the Directorate General for Preservation of Natural Heritage under the Ministry of Environment and Urbanisation) to the total surface area of the country was 9.1%, This is below the World average which was 12.8% in 2014 [47].
In 2015, total size of forests in Turkey was 22,342,935 hectares which constitutes 28.6% of the country's total surface area. However, 43% of this area constitutes of degraded and either lightly covered or not covered areas.
The majority of the forest fires are caused by people. Cause of the 54% of forest fires in 2016 could not be identified. 31% of fires were caused by negligence-accidents, 10% by natural causes and 5% by intention.
Compared to roads, railways release less greenhouse gas to the atmosphere as they consume energy more efficiently. In addition, less land is used for the construction of railways, thus this plays a significant role in the preservation of the natural environment. In 2016, 89.2% of the domestic passenger transportation and 86.5% of the domestic freight transportation are made by roads in Turkey.
Besides extending the railway network, effective use is also an important concern. Average capacity use ratio in railway freight transport between 1990 and 2016 was 55%. In 2013 the ratio was 75% and in 2016 57%.
In Turkey plant nutrient (N, P2O5, K2O) usage was 2,807,280 tons in 2016 with 27.4% increase compared to 2015. Fertilizer aplication rate in Turkey is 116 kg/hectare (2016 data) while in more developed countries this rate is 200 kg/hectares in average. Overuse of fertilizers does not occur on dry agricultural land but generally on some irrigated land [75]. According to TURKSTAT data, pesticide consumption in Turkey has increased to 50,054 tons in 2016 with a 28.2 % increase rate compared to consumptİon in 2015.
It is known that neither in the world nor in Turkey the amount obtained by catching will not increase significantly. For this reason, the basic approach accepted by scientists in hunting is to maintain production while preserving stocks[78]. Based on the TURKSTAT data, in 2016, aquaculture production decreased by 12.4% in 2016 with respect to the previous year and occured as 588,715 tonnes.
The size of the fishing fleet has been limited by denying licenses for new vessels since 2002. Moreover, in order to reduce the fishing pressure over the resources, considering the balance between the fish seafood stocks and fishing fleet, subsidies according to the vessel size is made to those who cancel their licenses and stop fishing.
Turkey is one of the leading countries in tourism, regarding the number of visiting tourists and tourism income. The number of tourists coming to Turkey for the year 2015 showed an increase as. The number of tourists in 2016 compared to 2015 decreased by 23.28%. However, number of tourists visiting a particular location exert a pressure on the local environment due to land use, water consumption, waste and waste water generation and noise. This requires higher concern and more measures on environmental issues in touristic areas.
As a response in 2016, 381 of 3,641 (10.5%) tourism accommodation facilities have been issued "Environment-Friendly Accommodation Facility" certificate (Green star badge). Moreover, with 444 beaches that possess Blue Flag, Turkey is ranked second place following Spain; with 21 marinas ranked 7th place in the World. This situation necessitates more measures in enviroınmental issues in touristic areas.
Environmental problems are not only resulted from production processes, but they are also related with our life styles and our consumption habits. These habits which form our life style have a significant importance on environmental impacts. Accordingly, the increase in consuming environmentally-friendly products and improving the awareness about the effects of our consumption habits on environment will decrease the pressure in this subject. Besides applying the policies legislated by law, environmental problems can also be reduced by using technological approaches in production, changing our consumption habits, and focusing on more environmentally friendly means and methods especially in transportation, energy and agriculture sectors. In this regard, information management and use of environmental indicators are crucial in policy making, target setting and progress monitoring.

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Bonil: "The Role of a Cartoonist Is to Be a Dissident"
By Caitlin McCabe
Ecuadorian cartoonist Bonil — a frequent target of governmental censors and recently threatened by ISIS — spoke with free speech advocacy group and watchdog organization Freedom House about the dire state of free expression in his home country.
When Rafael Correa took the Ecuadorian presidency in 2007, what he called a "democratizing" of the media turned out to be a series of new communications laws and regulations that limit free press, specifically what can be said about the government. As a result, cartoonist Xavier Bonilla, or Bonil — who pulls no punches when criticizing the government in his cartoons — has become a frequent target of Correa's administration. He was recently charged with "socioeconomic discrimination" and fined $500,000 by the Ecuadorian government in an attempt to stifle free speech. This is not the first time that Bonil and his work have come under attack, nor will it probably be the last.
"There have always been tensions between the government and the press," Bonil commented during his interview with Freedom House. "This is the first time in the country that there is a specific governmental policy directed to control the media. They are shaping the situation as though they were 'democratizing the media' and limiting the abuses of media companies. However, the result has been to control and silence the press. The 'democratization' did not mean to expand the number of people talking, but to limit the media to whomever the government wanted to hear."
With laws that require networks to air a one-hour long show with President Correa every Saturday, that prevent Correa's ministers from attending select media groups press conference or give interviews, and that allow the Correa to endorse specific newspapers and media sources "it is almost impossible to do investigative journalism," said Bonil. Press in Ecuador has become regulated, intimidated, and prosecutable, and as Bonil states, the repressive actions being taken against cartoonists and journalists has even extended to and impacted everyday citizens and what news and media they can consume.
Needless to say, the state of free speech in Ecuador has progressively become anything but free, and Bonil fears that the situation is only getting worse:
I see the situation deteriorating. In 2014, it became more evident that the government is intent on punishing and oppressing critical voices from media and civil society, as well as private citizens who are on Twitter or social media. This illustrates the growing intolerance against dissident or critical voices. There has also been an increase in the fines against media companies. In addition to that, Correa's government has been increasingly attacking and denying the role of international bodies like the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights as well as attacking organizations that defend human rights and the freedom of expression, such as the Inter-American Press Association. This is an example of how the situation of freedom of expression is deteriorating.
Bonil adds, "Paradoxically, the role of a cartoonist is to be a dissident, to not have a role. This allows me to see what is happening from outside the system. It allows me to be a critical voice, to be a discordant voice in the choir, the choir being the unanimous voice of the regime." Read the full interview here.
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I was lucky to be among 200 students who attended the Asian African Student Conference (AASC) held from April 29 to May 2 in the West Java capital of Bandung.
During the conference, I was assigned to a committee focusing on inclusive education. One may wonder what inclusive education is. It may seem like a big concept, but its main idea is that there should be education for everyone regardless of race, gender, nationality, physical appearance or religion.
Our committee also touched on the fact that there should be a type of education that helps people liberate and emancipate themselves. This is based on the fact that there are still many different forms of neo-colonialism-imperialism in our world today that should be eliminated.
Aside from that, many people are also labeled according to their financial status, the color of their skin, where they come from and much more. Some people are treated differently because they were born with a certain disability. Therefore, with inclusive education, all kinds of different people will be able to come together and be a part of a community full of diversity.
It is human nature to be curious, hence, this way everyone will be able to learn from each another and accept the differences in each and every individual.
Slowly, if the world develops this way, discrimination against a race or a certain group of people will decrease. Problems related to racism, for example, will also start to decrease and eventually disappear altogether and one of the aims of the Bandung Spirit, which is equality between all, will be achieved.
This conference was held in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the conference that was held in 1955 and I think that it would be great if the AASC became an annual event because it proved to be a great place for many young people to exercise putting their ideas in front of people from different countries and backgrounds.
This could be beneficial for participants as there would be an exchange of cultural beliefs and values and stronger friendship would be built among the two great continents.


We're all in grad school now.
I was reading Brains on Fire's company blog yesterday, and they were taking about the process of interviewing a new employee and setting expectations. The discussion struck me. It's something that I try to communicate to our employees.
I told her we are all in grad school now. Exploring new ideas. And the learning you choose to do every single day of your life is completely self directed. You're driving the ship and collecting ideas and inspiration every single day. Read. A lot. Write. A lot. Think out loud and share with others. Even when you aren't sure you're right.
We live in a world that's changing faster than ever before. Culture comes and goes. It's not just the news cycle that's sped up, the amount of information that's available has grown exponentially. Everything you need to learn is at your fingertips. All it requires is commitment and practice. The ability to process, learn and digest information is natural. It just requires the re-awakening of your own curiosity.
It's no longer enough to "Know Your Strengths", and build on them. You have to work on your weaknesses. You have to round out your rough edges, and sharpen the dull blades. If you don't work on your weaknesses, they become even more pronounced. Atrophy sets in.
The challenge to someone looking to succeed in today's world is to push your limits. To learn, and to grow. Each day and every day. As Robin so eloquently stated, all I ask is that you treat every day like grad school.
Nice to meet you as well. And you're welcome. That phrase communicated the idea perfectly. Keep up the good fight.
Thanks for the kind words Adam. And for hanging out on our blog. Nice to meet you.


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Abnormal Peri-Organ or Intra-organ Fat (APIFat) Deposition: An Underestimated Predictor of Vascular Risk?
Author(s): Niki Katsiki, Vasilios G. Athyros, Dimitri P. Mikhailidis. Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Vascular Disease Prevention Clinic), Royal Free Hospital Campus, University College London Medical School, University College London (UCL), Pond Street, London NW3 2QG, UK., United Kingdom
Journal Name: Current Vascular Pharmacology
Adipose tissue, a major endocrine organ, consists of brown and white adipocytes. Brown fat may play a beneficial role in cardiometabolic disorders. Brown adipose tissue can also improve glucose and lipid metabolism. In contrast, the expansion of white adipose tissue has been related to obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Both the quantity and the quality of the white adipose tissue as well as its distribution may affect CVD risk. In this context, the link between adiposity and CVD risk is greater for visceral than subcutaneous fat. Apart from these fat depots, there are other adipose tissues that are either systemically (i.e. in the liver, muscle or neck) or mainly locally acting (i.e. pericardial/epicardial, perivascular and perirenal). These fat depots can affect the nearby anatomic organs via lipid accumulation and cytokine secretion.
In the present narrative review, the associations of excessive peri-organ adipose tissue, namely intrahepatic, epicardial/ pericardial, perivascular, intramuscular, peripancreatic and perirenal fat, with cardiometabolic and CVD risk factors are discussed. The effects of drugs that target vascular risk and/or different fat depots are also considered.
Keywords: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, epicardial fat, perivascular, intramuscular fat, perirenal fat, peripancreatic fat, vascular risk.
Current Vascular Pharmacology
Title:Abnormal Peri-Organ or Intra-organ Fat (APIFat) Deposition: An Underestimated Predictor of Vascular Risk?
Author(s):Niki Katsiki, Vasilios G. Athyros and Dimitri P. Mikhailidis
Affiliation:Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Vascular Disease Prevention Clinic), Royal Free Hospital Campus, University College London Medical School, University College London (UCL), Pond Street, London NW3 2QG, UK.
Keywords:Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, epicardial fat, perivascular, intramuscular fat, perirenal fat, peripancreatic fat, vascular risk.
Abstract:Adipose tissue, a major endocrine organ, consists of brown and white adipocytes. Brown fat may play a beneficial role in cardiometabolic disorders. Brown adipose tissue can also improve glucose and lipid metabolism. In contrast, the expansion of white adipose tissue has been related to obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Both the quantity and the quality of the white adipose tissue as well as its distribution may affect CVD risk. In this context, the link between adiposity and CVD risk is greater for visceral than subcutaneous fat. Apart from these fat depots, there are other adipose tissues that are either systemically (i.e. in the liver, muscle or neck) or mainly locally acting (i.e. pericardial/epicardial, perivascular and perirenal). These fat depots can affect the nearby anatomic organs via lipid accumulation and cytokine secretion.
Niki Katsiki, Vasilios G. Athyros and Dimitri P. Mikhailidis, "Abnormal Peri-Organ or Intra-organ Fat (APIFat) Deposition: An Underestimated Predictor of Vascular Risk?", Current Vascular Pharmacology (2016) 14: 432. https://doi.org/10.2174/1570161114666160722112738
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Over the years I have had many healings, some instant and some partial, some not so instant and some I am still waiting for.
If we were never unwell, how would we ever come to know that the Lord is our Healer?
My brother had a brain hemorrhage when he was 18. He was flown from Mt. Isa hospital to Brisbane. There was bleeding from the surgery to stop the original bleeding and he was unconscious for 2 weeks. The brain surgeon told my mother to let him die. She had 5 other healthy children and he would probably be a vegetable, but my mother did not. She moved into the hospital and cared for him, cleaning his teeth etc. I was very upset. I could not stay in the hospital. I went outside and cried. I begged God not to let him die before becoming a Christian. We shifted to Brisbane to be near him. I asked the church to pray for him too and God answered our prayers. Family and friends helped him to walk and talk again and eventually he became a Christian, married and had children. Click to view his first born son's wedding. His other two children are also in this photo.
I was an athlete in my teens and early twenties. I used to train most nights, as a discus thrower, but I also excelled at some of the other track and field events too. Click to view After some sessions of high jumping I ended up with shin splints, a very painful condition. I decided to visit Milton, the pastor of the church I attended on the way home and ask for prayer. He prayed and said, "God wants you to be wel.l. I thought, "Yes he does." The following day the pain was gone and to this day it has not recurred.
While breast feeding my first baby I got a breast infection and because I was becoming more feverish I rang Niven, the minister of the church I was a part of and asked him to pray. He did and immediately the fever left and I was able to feed my baby more comfortably.
Over the years on a number of occasions I have rebuked the fevers my children have had and seen them go.
A lady failed to stop at the stop sign and drove into my car hitting my back. The pain in my chest was so terrible I thought I was going to have a heart attack. I cried out to God to protect my heart and immediately felt a peace come into it. I told God I wanted to live. My children needed me as their mother. I prayed out loud earnestly and a girl came and sat on the seat beside me. She was reading her book. It was very strange. I didn't know what she was doing in my car. Well it just so happened that a doctor I used to go to was passing by and stopped to see how I was. The pain was still so severe that I was taken to hospital, as I had difficulty breathing and didn't even know that I was bleeding from a few lacerations. The doctor noticed them.
The following day or so I was taken to have a shower. The nurse left me and went to wash another patient and I thought I was going to black out. I called out to her and she told me to bend over. I told her I couldn't. She said, "No that's right" but didn't come to help me. I cried out to Jesus and felt a warm sensation strengthening me and I was able to continue standing.
The church I belonged to were wonderful. The ladies made a roster to care for our children and house until a few weeks later when I was given home help.
I spent most of the following year in bed as I couldn't stand up for long without feeling as though I was going to black out, but I still had the peace and joy of the Lord in my mind.
About 2 or 3 years later I was finally able to go out and try some gardening. However every time I stood up after kneeling down everything went black. I was alive inside but couldn't see. It was very black. It felt like the blood supply was being squeezed off in the back of my neck and then everything would go black. One day after this had happened 3 times, I went and sat down on the door step and cried out to God saying I just had to be able to do the gardening. God answered me instantly and I haven't experienced that problem since.
About 3 years later I was at the hospital having physiotherapy treatment. The physiotherapist asked if I minded having a student work with me. I said that was ok. Well, it just so happened that the student was a Christian. She had come to our Church with a visiting group. I was sitting on the edge of the bed and she said, "Bend over!" I recognized Jesus in the light around my left side and immediately found myself bending over. This was the first time since the accident that I was able to bend down. After that I was able to do up my shoelaces easily.
The following Sunday evening a small group of us were praying together and my body relaxed so much I thought I was going to slip onto the floor. I held on tightly to the chair to stay on it. Afterwards I had more mobility in my body.
During the labour of our 3rd child, Roseanne, I couldn't find the muscles needed to push the baby out. This action had been affected during the car accident. Finally I cried out loud to Jesus for help. Immediately I felt strength coming down through my head showing me how to push.
The baby had very wide shoulders and the cord was tight around her neck. The doctor cut the cord but couldn't get her out. Finally she was born gray and not breathing. The doctor looked very anxious and unsure of who to help first. He left the baby on the cold table and turned to help me. He wasn't going to help her to breathe.
I told him to go and help the baby to breathe and to forget about me. He went back to her and I prayed silently in tongues until she was breathing. The baby was whisked off somewhere and I felt very ill and vomited. The placenta was more like broken up bits of jelly not at all like the firm ones I had had with the previous two babies, so it was a miracle our baby lived.
Our baby had a heart mummer and was very big as I had been diabetic during the pregnancy. She only just fitted into the incubator. Well, it just so happened that while I was still in the hospital, the leading New Zealand heart specialist was visiting Napier for a few days and it just so happened that he had his special heart equipment with him. So baby Roseanne was able to have her heart checked out. She had a small hole in it that was checked from time to time but he said she was ok. I continued to pray for her and some years later the mummer was no longer heard. Some time after the birth the doctor told me he had been very worried about both of us and hadn't known who to help first. When Roseanne went to school she was tested and discovered to be intellectually gifted which is amazing considering her lack of oxygen at birth and the length of time it took her to begin breathing. Nothing is impossible for God ... He is God and He is Life, resurrection life.
After the 3rd (of 5) car accident my memory was affected so I asked Niven, an ex minister to pray that my memory would be improved. The following day I could suddenly see both sides of the road as I drove and later discovered that not only my memory had improved but my peripheral vision had been restored. I hadn't realized that it had been affected until I got it back! I only knew that I had hated driving as I found it very scary and couldn't remember seeing the road signs.


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Кра́сная площадь () — площадь в Ленинском районе Луганска в исторической части города.
До появления площади Героев Великой Отечественной войны фактически была центральной в городе.
По мнению кандидата наук от архитектуры В. И. Костина: «Первая чётко выраженная площадь города».
Одно из любимых мест жителей и гостей города.

История

В 1840 году на средства прихожан в Луганске, выше улиц Петербургской и Казанской началось строительство Николаевского собора.
Строили церковь сразу каменной, купола и шпиль были золочёнными.
Уже через год строительство было завершено.
Храм вскоре стал главным в городе.
Площадь, образовавшаяся вокруг храма, по традиции стала называться Соборной.
Под этим названием она просуществовала более полувека, служив одной из центральных площадей города.

В ограде храма хоронили его служителей, а также наиболее почётных граждан Луганска.

В конце XIX веке на Банковой улице с фасадом на Соборную площадь возводится дом, построенный на средства купца 2-й гильдии С. П. Васнева для учебных заведений.
Передний фасад которого украшен балконом, поддерживаемым помпезной колоннадой из 4-х коринфских колонн.
В 1906 году в нём начались учебные занятия.
На первом-втором этажах располагалось женское коммерческое училище, на третьем-четвёртом — мужская прогимназия Бондаря.

В 1919 году, с приходом Октябрьской революции в Луганск, площадь вокруг собора была переименована в Красную.
В эти годы название отражало текущее предназначение.
Так она служила местом формирования и вооружения рабочих дружин, которые уходили к Острой Могиле защищать город от отрядов белогвардейцев.

Через шесть лет — в июне 1925 года на Красной площади проходил сбор массовки для фильма «Железом и кровью» о событиях на Острой Могиле в 1919 году.

В 1929 году прошла кампания по сбору подписей за закрытие храма на Красной площади.
13 декабря того же года он был закрыт, а здание передано в ведение «Комиссии бывших Красногвардейцев и Красных партизан».

В начале 1930-х годов на Красной площади планировалось построить музей революции, а в сквере разместить бюсты революционеров.
Однако в силу высокой стоимости эти планы не были реализованы.

До 1935 года на Красной площади продолжал стоять Свято-Никольский собор, хотя службы в нём давно не велись, а помещения использовались для испытания авиационных моторов.
Храм, хотя и служил украшением города, не вписывался в идеологию нового государства.
Поэтому, как водится, по просьбе граждан здание был взорвано и разобрано.
Вместе с храмом сравняли с землёй и окружавшие его могилы почётных граждан Луганска.

Накануне войны на углу Красной площади и улицы имени Луначарского по проектам архитекторов П. Русинова и В. Фесенко было построено монументальное здание Дворца культуры им. Сталина (позже — ДК имени Маяковского, на 2013 год — ДК Луганской государственной академии культуры и искусств).

В 1938 году постановлением СНК УССР был утверждён разработанный Гипроградом «Генеральный проект реконструкции» (генплан) Ворошиловграда на ближайшие 15—20 лет.
Реализацию планов нарушила Великая Отечественная война, и вернулись к ним только после её окончания.

В 15 февраля 1943 года Красная площадь стала местом сбора бойцов, освобождавших Луганск.

В 1950 году главный архитектор города Александр Шеремет предложил план застройки и реконструкции Красной площади.
На возвышении предполагалось построить оперный театр, а на небольшой площадке перед театром — установить памятник, посвящённый обороне Луганска в 1919 году.
Оформить площадь планировалось сквером, расположенным на террасах, с фонтанами, скульптурами и декоративными насаждениями.
Нижнюю террасу планировалось завершить подпорной стенкой из гранита с лестничными полукруглыми проёмами.

Вместо оперного театра в 1951 году, с целью пропаганды новейших научных достижений в угольной промышленности и повышения квалификации угольщиков, решено было построить Дом техники.
Строительство Дома техники было заказано и финансировалось Министерством угольной промышленности СССР по проекту архитекторов Владислава Фадеичева и Бориса Дзбановского (НИИ «Южгипрошахт», г. Харьков).
Возводил здание комбинат «Ворошиловградуголь».
Работы были завершены в 1953 году ко Дню шахтёра.
Однако открыт был Дом техники лишь приказом министра угольной промышленности СССР № 8/а от 12.01.1954 г.: «… считать Дом техники введённым в эксплуатацию с 31 декабря 1953 года».
Первым его директором был назначен Ф. Ляпин.

В 1953 году по проекту Владислава Фадеичева перед Домом техники был разбит сквер (ныне — Сквер им. М. Матусовского), который спадает к улице Шевченко террасами, соединёнными гранитными лестницами.
На второй террасе построен фонтан, который располагается на месте снесённого Николаевского собора.

В 1960 году произошла осадка здания Дома техники, и в июне того же года был произведён капитальный ремонт.

В 1980-е годы проводились земляные работы по восстановлению фонтана у «Дома техники», и рабочими случайно были найдены захоронения в фамильных склепах.
С находкой работали археологи и работники музеев города.

В 1990-е годы центр Луганска окончательно сформировался выше Красной площади.

В период распада Советского Союза в здании Дома Техники размещались разные организации: банки, мелкие предприятия, мебельный магазин, магазин тканей и многое другое. И только в 2000 году у Дома техники появился новый хозяин — Луганский государственный педагогический университет им. Т. Г. Шевченко.
На 2013 год в здании размещается Институт культуры и искусств Луганского национального университета.

В 2004 году в сквере им. М. Матусовского перед институтом вместо вывезенных скульптурных изображений рабочих (сейчас установлена возле Верховной Рады Украины в Киеве) была установлена скульптурная композиция «Праздник муз» ().

В 2006 году на площади открыт памятник Михаилу Матусовскому.

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You can't say that Airbnb didn't see it coming.
Barcelona's tourism industry has been recognized as out of control for some time, and when Mayor Ada Colau entered office this June, she did so promising to crack down on its excesses. Now, just that is happening. This week the homestay sites Airbnb and HomeAway were slapped with €60,000 ($65,600) fines for advertising apartments that did not possess the permit the city now requires.
This can't really be said to mark the end of an era for Airbnb and its ilk. For a company of its size, paying out €60,000 doesn't even register as a tick bite, while with the company being fined €30,000 in Catalonia last year, this isn't the first time they've been in the doghouse. The fines, the first of many to be issued by the city, will nonetheless do little for the company's reputation. They will also add to the growing perception in Barcelona that short-let vacation apartments are not a boon, but a parasitic menace sucking at the city's lifeblood.
A new film makes the case that the city's at risk of losing the very urban vitality that attracts visitors there in the first place.
This perception has been building for a while. Simultaneously blessed and cursed by a major tourism industry, central Barcelona is really feeling the strain of its huge popularity with visitors. Such is the number of holiday lettings in the city's older neighborhoods that the volume of apartment space available to local residents has shrunk, pushing up rents in turn. Those that remain in situ have to contend with crass party tourists throwing up on their thresholds and playing music at odd hours.
Long-simmering local resentment has boiled over at times. Last summer the waterfront Barceloneta neighborhood saw nightly demonstrations against party tourists with up to 1,000 sleep-starved protestors, a phenomenon that came to be called the Barceloneta Crisis.
"In Barcelona there are about one million homes. In this city we have 17,000 listings. If every one was on the market, they wouldn't even reach 2% of the total housing stock, [and are] too small in number to have an impact on prices in the whole city. "
The same article nonetheless cites figures that suggest that if holiday apartments are having an effect, it's through their intense concentration in certain areas rather than their effect across the city as a whole. In the central Barri Gòtic area, for example, 10 percent of apartments are now vacation lets and the population has fallen by 17.6 percent.
Making owners register their holiday apartments won't automatically stop this problem, but it has given the city a tool with which to control the numbers. In May 2014, the city suspended the registration of any new holiday apartments for six months, for example. Registration also ensures that the state gets something back, and provides a safer stay for guests. In Spain, if you want to register your apartment, you have to pay a modest fee, prove that it has special rental insurance and safe conditions, and pay tax on any revenue you earn. In a country where in 2014 it was estimated that €2.9 billion of apartment rental revenue went undeclared, enforcing the rules could make a huge difference.
Change can only happen if websites and agencies play along—no easy feat for them given the sheer numbers of apartments they advertise. Now the city is apparently using new software to enforce cooperation, a tool that trawls through all Internet apartment offers and weeds out the unregistered ones. In total, the city has discovered 6,000 unregistered apartments on offer, a massive number when you bear in mind that the number of officially registered vacation apartments is just 9,600.
Over the next few months, 22 companies will be fined for their illegal offerings. That should put the Airbnb and HomeAway fines in context. Airbnb may have the biggest name, but when it comes to the clampdown on illegal lettings, its fine could arguably be just the far-off rumbles of thunder you hear before the storm really breaks.


This first article,Swimming Against the Tide, is my favorite. Jim Cornfield spend almost an entire week at my side preparing this amazing biography. He not only writes beautifully, he really understood who I was and conveyed it perfectly.
Jim Cornfield is a southern California based writer and commercial photographer (www.jimcornfield.net) and a Rangefinder contributing writer.


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Q: installing R in ubuntu 20.04 I am trying to re-install R in ubuntu 20.04
when I use
 sudo apt-get update

I get the following error
Hit:1 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
Hit:2 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ InRelease
Hit:3 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu focal-cran40/ InRelease
Hit:4 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu xenial-cran40/ InRelease
Hit:5 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran40/ InRelease
Hit:6 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu eoan-cran35/ InRelease
Hit:7 https://deb.leap.se/client release InRelease
Ign:8 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran InRelease
Ign:9 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu focal-cran36/ InRelease
Err:10 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran Release
  404  Not Found [IP: 143.204.201.112 443]
Err:11 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu focal-cran36/ Release
  404  Not Found [IP: 143.204.201.112 443]
Err:12 https://repo.windscribe.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease
  Temporary failure resolving 'repo.windscribe.com'
Reading package lists... Done
E: The repository 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
E: The repository 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu focal-cran36/ Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.

can anyone please help me out ?

A: Today I found in keyserv.ubuntu.com a new key:
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 95c0faf38db3ccad0c080a7bdc78b2ddeabc47b7.

The previous key is expired.

A: You didn't specify which version of Ubuntu you are running, but this guide might be useful.
In short, first install transport
´sudo apt install apt-transport-https software-properties-common´
Then add their keys to your apt-repository
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys E298A3A825C0D65DFD57CBB651716619E084DAB9
Remove the other listings of R, and then add this instead
sudo add-apt-repository 'deb https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/'
Then you can install r-base as usual with
sudo apt update
sudo apt install r-base

Check that you have installed R correctly with R --version

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Vegans unsure about Lee Lin Chin's Australia Day campaign
by Sarah Duncan
Image: WeLoveOurLamb/YouTube
Vegans are a passionate bunch. And, to be quite frank, I wouldn't want to mess with an angry one and neither do the people behind Lee Lin Chin's Australia Day lamb campaign, as they are quickly realising.
The video, which features popular SBS news host, Chin, in the commercial, is part of an elaborate plan to bring Australians home to eat lamb for Australia Day.
And the ad is pretty fantastic, funny and tongue-in-cheek, but there is one section of the commercial that has peeved off a couple of vegans.
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At one point in the ad, a special agent comes marching into a New York apartment and says to the guy sitting on the floor that he's going to be taken home to eat some lamb for Australia Day, but the guy lets the agent know that he's now a vegan.
"Vegans," Chin says, seemingly unimpressed, before the agent torches the guy's table in the middle of his living room.
Video: We Love Our Lamb/YouTube
But if you look closely in the ad, the officer isn't just violently ruining said vegan's living room with a blowtorch. He's targeting a bowl of kale.
Andrew Howie from Meat and Livestock Australia, who released the ad campaign, said the scene was meant to be a bit of fun.
"The torching is metaphorical towards the kale in the bowl (on the table)," he said.
"It's in no way intended to be abusive or violent. What we are trying to do is increase lamb sales over the period."
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Clearly, it's a bit of fun and nothing to make a big song and dance about (and I say that with love as a former vegan and vegetarian). Because if vegans can't have a bit of a laugh at themselves and their life choices, then no one can, and that, my friends, is sad for all of us.
Dozens of complaints have reportedly been made by vegans against the commercial, but the Advertising Standards Bureau says the ad didn't go against any of their rules. But the criticism continues on social media.
"It's disconcerting to see an ad actively promoting violence against people peacefully protesting the use of animal products by simply not indulging in them personally," Charlotte says. "It's not that absurd a complaint. It's an absurd and violent ad — but I suppose that's not surprising given that their prime business is murder. Happy Australia Day y'all." Eek.
Matt, who's not a vegan, agrees: "Again. Not vegan. Still think the ad was unfairly making them the butt of the joke," he says. "And actually the ASB said in a statement that of the 50 complaints most were about the level of violence rather than the suggestion vegans were unaustralian."
Thankfully, loads of vegans do have a sense of humour as proven by the comments made on social media.
"I think this ad is brilliant. Obviously I wouldn't eat lamb even if you paid me a million dollars. But c'mon, the ad's hilarious! The part where they burn down the dude's apartment cos he's vegan got me laughin so hard I nearly spilled my soy latte," said this champion vegan, Beniah.
Here's another: "Not every vegan gets their knickers in a knot about something as silly as a lamb advert," says Nathalie. "They constantly make jokes about meat eaters. I think it's all just about how people take these sort of things on a personal level. Some people get offended some people don't."
Were you offended by the commercial? Let us know.
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Gingerline asked Reuben Feels… to enhance the immersive theatre offering of their latest clandestine dining experience. Our role was to cast, write, and direct each scene; bringing to life the theatrical ideas of the Gingerline team.
Guests entering the Chambers of Flavour gathered their drinks and prepared to wish their reality goodbye. They were fed into the engine of the Chamber's machine and transported to strange lands, each inspired by the flavours of their meal. The five courses were set in their own surreal scape. First they encountered a ferrel Italian Count in the canopy of a forest, more adept at communicating with birds than people. They travelled on into the nerve racking world of a crash test dummy, eating soup from the engine of a car. The main course was served in the dining hall of a haunted aristocratic spinster, guests were joined for supper by the spectres that stalked her halls. Escaping through a family portrait guests emerged to find a sea captain, shipwrecked in a ball pit sea, after cleansing their palette with a gin and tonic sorbet they sung sea shanteys and hunted for mermaids. Finally our guests ascended the stairs to board Air Gingerline, our drag air hostess gave them a ride they'll never forget.


Apple Card Announced: A "New Kind Of Credit Card"
As had been rumored, Apple has unveiled its own branded credit card at today's event. The Apple Card is offered in partnership with Goldman Sachs and MasterCard, and as usual, Apple's latest offerings are among Silicon Valley's worst-kept secrets.
We should point out first that the Apple Card is different from the financing the company offers with Barclaycard. In the announcement on its website, Apple describes its new credit card as "an innovative, new kind of credit card… designed to help customers lead a healthier financial life." The Apple Card is offered inside the Wallet app on iOS devices, so its functionality should seem very familiar to those who already use Apple Pay.
"Apple Card transforms the entire credit card experience by simplifying the application process, eliminating fees, encouraging customers to pay less interest and providing a new level of privacy and security," the company said in a press release.
The Apple-branded credit card will be available in the U.S. starting this summer. When it becomes available, customers will be able to sign up for the card via their iPhone's Wallet app. The card becomes effective immediately and can be used via Apple Pay in stores, apps or online. Customer service is accessible via text around the clock using Messages.
The credit card charges no annual fees and even no fees for late or over-the-limit fees. Cross-border transactions also do not carry a fee. There is not even a penalty charged for missed payments. Although the Apple Card is primarily designed to be used via Apple Pay, the company will also send users an actual titanium card to use at merchants which don't accept Apple Pay yet.
As all good credit cards do, the Apple Card also offers rewards and perks to cardmembers. The company describes it as "a clearer and more compelling rewards program than other credit cards." Daily Cash is a form of cashback reward which gives buyers a percentage of the money they spend back in their Apple Cash card every day.
The money is added to users' Apple Cash card every day and is available for use as soon as it's applied. The cash can be used to pay part of the Apple Card balance or to send to people via Messages. Shoppers receive 2% back on purchases made using the card with Apple Pay or 3% cash back on all items purchased from Apple directly, including via physical Apple Stores, the App Store, or services. Purchases made using the physical titanium card earn a mere 1% cashback reward.
In addition to cashback rewards, the credit card also provides real-time transaction and balance views in the Wallet App. The Apple Card also uses machine learning, a term that's become a serious buzzword when it comes to marketing hype. All transactions are labeled by location and merchant via Apple Maps. Users can also categorize each transaction using color coding.


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The Sensory Core and the Medieval Foundations of Early Modern Perceptual Theory.Gary Hatfield & William Epstein - 1979 - Isis 70 (3):363-384.details
This article seeks the origin, in the theories of Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen), Descartes, and Berkeley, of two-stage theories of spatial perception, which hold that visual perception involves both an immediate representation of the proximal stimulus in a two-dimensional ''sensory core'' and also a subsequent perception of the three dimensional world. The works of Ibn al-Haytham, Descartes, and Berkeley already frame the major theoretical options that guided visual theory into the twentieth century. The field of visual perception was the first area (...) of what we now call psychology to apply mathematics, through geometrical models as used by Euclid, Ptolemy, Ibn al-Haytham, and Descartes (among others). The article shows that Kepler's discovery of the retinal image, which revolutionized visual anatomy and entailed fundamental changes in visual physiology, did not alter the basic structure of theories of spatial vision. These changes in visual physiology are advanced especially in Descartes' Dioptrics and his L'Homme. Berkeley develops a radically empirist theory vision, according to which visual perception of depth is learned through associative processes that rely on the sense of touch. But Descartes and Berkeley share the assertion that there is a two-dimensional sensory core that is in principle available to consciousness. They also share the observation that we don't usually perceived this core, but find depth and distance to be phenomenally immediate, a point they struggle to accommodate theoretically. If our interpretation is correct, it was not a change in the theory of the psychology of vision that engendered the idea of a sensory core, but rather the introduction of the theory into a new metaphysical context. (shrink)
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Lots of people think that a President Trump would more or less instantaneously wipe out about half of the stock market's value. Not Carl Icahn. As Carl sees it, the only thing preventing CEOs from reinvesting in their businesses isn't the fact that the Carl Icahns of the world are always demanding share buybacks and mergers and the like. No: It's that they are afraid of "irrational" government regulations. And what could be more rational than a Trump administration?
"If you look ahead three years, this economy will be a lot better if Trump gets elected" rather than Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, Icahn said, speaking at the CNBC "Delivering Alpha" event in New York….
Icahn expressed his frustration at U.S. regulators on Tuesday, specifically the Environmental Protection Agency which he says has neglected to speak to him about his concerns regarding ethanol blending requirements for the fuel refineries in his investment portfolio.
Icahn said that fear of "irrational" government regulations are a main reason why chief executives are not re-investing in their businesses and instead buying back stock. Trump would aim to reduce such regulations, Icahn said.
Also, presumably the EPA would be more willing to take phone calls from Treasury Secretary Icahn than mere citizen Icahn.
Uncle Carl is betting against zero.
Carl and Bill take their fraught bromance where it belongs: to the moon.


Tye was born at CedarPaws in 2009. When he was born, he weighed a pound and 2 ounces, from a mom who weighed only 37 pounds! It was love at first sight. The bone on this boy was impressive from the day he was born. When he and his littermates were outside as youngsters, he and his sister CiCi were always trotting and my eye was immediately drawn to them. When we evaluated the litter at eight weeks, Gail from Kirrabilli decided that he needed to be in her breeding program, so today CedarPaws and Kirrabilli co-own this amazing boy. He is passionate about going for rides in the car with Gail. He will wait for her at the door the moment he hears the jingle of her keys. It doesn't matter if it's only to the end of the driveway to collect the mail, he has decided he is going. Tye achieved his championship easily and early in his show career. This boy has such a loving personality - he just wants to be with you and especially enjoys being with children.
Puppies were born at Kirrabilli Australian Shepherds on August 1, 2013. Pictured at 6 weeks old.
A picture of DeLite - now 'Teiko' all grown up and showing what a great mover she is!
Puppies were born at Kirrabilli Australian Shepherds on July 29, 2014. Pictured at 8 weeks old.
Puppies were born at Kirrabilli Australian Shepherds on September 22, 2014. Pictured at 7 weeks old.


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Rose Birchard
Date of Death: December 23, 2018
Friday 12/28, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Friday 12/28, 5:00 pm
Rose Birchard passed away on December 23 at UHS Wilson Memorial Hospital. Rose is survived by her loving and devoted husband of 61 years, Gene; son Richard and grandson Dylan (Stephanie); son Tony, daughter-in-law Meagan, and grandson Michael; daughter-in-law Debbie, granddaughters Christin (Nicholas) and Alyssa; brother in Pofi, Italy, Carlo Leonardi; brother-in-law Courtland Birchard; and numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins, both here and in Italy. Rose was pre-deceased by her parents in Pofi, Italy, Francesco Ciacelli and Modesta Leonardi; her adoptive parents in Endicott, Anthony and Mary Ciacelli; her son Michael; her brother- and sister-in-law Selden and Arlene Birchard; her sister-in-law Mary Birchard; and numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, and nephews, both here and in Italy.
Rose was born in Pofi, Italy. Her father, Francesco, had died when she was three, the family was very poor, and life was hard. Her mother, Modesta, loved Rose so much and wanted a better life for her. She knew the only way was to have her brother- and sister-in-law in the US adopt her. At nine years old, Rose traveled by herself via ship to Ellis Island to begin her new life in America. However, three years after she arrived, her adoptive father, her uncle Anthony, died. She attended Union-Endicott High School and worked in numerous places in Endicott, but it was at Endicott-Johnson, at the Sales Building on North Street, where she met her husband Gene. Rose was a lifelong resident of West Endicott, a parishioner at St. Anthony's, a devoted and beloved wife, mother, and grandmother, a friend to many, and loved by all.
A Funeral Mass will be celebrated Friday 5 pm at St. Anthony of Padua Church, 306 Odell Avenue, Endicott. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Johnson City at the convenience of the family. The family will receive friends at church Friday from 3 pm until Mass time at 5 pm. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Rose's memory to the St. Anthony's Food Pantry, 300 Odell Avenue, Endicott, NY 13760.