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BCG vaccination can be given safely to any person of any age, from new born through to old age. This is a once only vaccination in the UK and is highly recommended by the DH to specific groups at higher risk of exposure to TB.
BCG is a single once only injection given by specially trained nurses where there is evidence of a negative tuberculin skin test (mantoux)
Typhoid Vaccinationclose
Typhoid fever is a bacterial infection usually spread by contaminated food and water. It can cause a serious illness, but vaccines offer up to 80 % protection.
There are two types of vaccine available: an injectable and an oral variety. We recommend the use of the injectable variety.
Travellers to countries where typhoid is common, especially if staying with or visiting the local population, orwith frequent and/or prolonged exposure to conditions where sanitation and food hygiene are likely to be poor. Additional vaccine information: The vaccine is available in a combined preparation with Hepatitis A.
A single dose by injection.
General issues: Patients who have had a serious reaction ("anaphylaxis") to a previous dose of this vaccine or its constituents. Specific issues: If you decide to have the oral preparation, you should discuss malaria treatment with the clinician
There is no data available about safety in prgnancy and breast feeding. So, subject to medical assessment, vaccine is not recommended for pregnant or breast feeding women.
Very few. Temporary tenderness at the site of the injection. Some patients describe temporary headache and nausea.
Malaria Tabletsclose
Book a consultation to discuss your malaria requirements with one of our travel nurses. Which malaria medicine is required depends on your risk assessment.
Malarone – £3.50 per tablet, Larium – £3.80 per tablet & Doxycycline – 50p per tablet.
Recommendations for Malaria tablets to prevent malaria differ by country of travel. No antimalarial drug is 100% protective and must be combined with the use of personal protective measures, (i.e., insect repellent, long sleeves, long pants, sleeping in a mosquito-free setting or using an insecticide-treated bednet).
Rabies Vaccinationclose
Rabies is a viral infection usually spread by the saliva of infected animals. Human cases are usually due to dog bites but many animals can be infected, and a scratch or lick may be sufficient to transmite the disease. Rabies is fatal once symptoms begin.
Inactivated rabies virus particles
Travellers for more than one month to areas with rabies, unless there is reliable access to prompt, safe medical care, or who may be exposed to rabies because of their travel activities, or those who would have limited access to post-exposure medical care. Additional vaccine information: Even if vaccinated, travellers who have sustained an animal bite must obtain urgent medical advice.
Three doses at 0, 7 and 28 days.
1 month before travel
General issues: The single site, intradermal 0.1ml pre-exposure vaccine regimen should not be used in those taking chloroquine for malaria prophylaxis, as this suppresses the response. Specific issues: A confirmed anaphylactic reaction to a previous dose of rabies vaccine, or a confirmed anaphylactic reaction to any component of the vaccine.
Pregnant women and breast-feeding mothers should only be given pre-exposure vaccination if the risk of exposure to rabies is high and rapid access to treatment would be limited.
Rabies vaccine may cause local reactions such as redness, swelling or pain at the site of injection within 24 to 48 hours of administration. Reactions such as headache, fever, muscle aches, vomiting and nettlerash are rare.
Cholera (Oral) Vaccinationclose
Cholera is spread by contaminated food and water. It is rare in travelers, as outbreaks tend to occur in areas with poor sanitation. An oral vaccine is available for those at risk (e.g. those working in slum areas, refugee camps or hospitals, those visiting friends and family in areas reporting cases, military personnel in conflict zones, and those visiting rural areas with recent outbreaks).
The vaccine is administered by orally (dissolved in a glass of water), and contains killed cholera cells and toxin.
Travellers with journeys to remote areas where cholera epidemics are occurring and there is limited access to medical care. Additional vaccine information: Food and drink should be avoided for one hour before and one hour after vaccination. Oral administration of other medicinal products should be avoided within one hour before and after administration of the vaccine.
Three doses over a period of 2-3 months.
The primary course of the immunisation must be restarted if more than six weeks have elapsed between the first and second doses or if more than two years have elapsed since the last vaccination. These recommendations are unique to this vaccine.
General issues: The vaccine is not recommended for prevention of the syndrome of travellers' diarrhoea since it is only one of the many bacteria, viruses and protozoa that cause this syndrome. Specific issues: A confirmed anaphylactic reaction to a previous dose of oral cholera vaccine, or a confirmed anaphylactic reaction to formaldehyde or any of the components of the vaccine.
No data are available on the safety of oral cholera vaccine in pregnant or breast-feeding women. There is no evidence of risk from vaccinating pregnant women or those who are breast-feeding. If the risk of cholera is high then the vaccine should be considered.
Serious adverse events, including a flu-like syndrome, rash, arthralgia and paraesthesiae are rare, occurring in fewer than one per 10,000 doses distributed


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News and Perspectives on Bird Conservation
Margaret Atwood's New Graphic Novel Stresses Dangers of Letting Cats Roam Outdoors
By ABC Staff September 07, 2016
Editor's note: We're pleased to share the introduction to Canadian author Margaret Atwood's new graphic novel, Angel Catbird, published this week by Dark Horse Comics (and printed here with permission from the author and publisher). In dreaming up the character of Angel Catbird, Atwood writes, she envisioned "a combination of cat, owl, and human being, and he would thus have an identity conflict—do I save this baby robin, or do I eat it? But he would be able to understand both sides of the question. He would be a walking, flying carnivore's dilemma."
Author and conservationist Margaret Atwood has collaborated with artist Johnnie Christmas to create a new graphic novel about a character who is part owl, cat, and human. Photo by Liam Sharpe
Science and conservation are a key part of the project, Atwood writes. "It's good for cats and good for birds to keep the cats safe, and in conditions in which they can't contribute to the millions of annual bird deaths attributed to cats." We agree. Like Nature Canada, the conservation organization that provided Atwood with the statistics that appear in the book, American Bird Conservancy also has an ongoing campaign urging cat owners to keep their pets indoors.
Please enjoy this lively read from a renowned author and bird conservationist.
Some find it strange that a person known for her novels and poetry would take to writing comic books, especially comic books called Angel Catbird. Why is a nice literary old lady like me—an award-winning nice literary old lady—a nice literary old lady who should be resting on her laurels in her rocking chair, being dignified and iconic—why is such a nice old lady messing around with flying cat-owl superheroes and nightclubs for cat people, not to mention giant rat men? Strange.
But I myself don't find it very strange. I was born in 1939, and was thus of a reading age when the war ended and colour comics made a booming comeback. Not only did I read masses of comics in magazine form, I could encounter many of the same characters in the weekend newspapers, which had big spreads of colour comics. Some of the comics were funny—Little Lulu, Li'l Abner, Mickey Mouse, Blondie, and so forth—but some were serious—Steve Canyon, Rip Kirby, and the unfathomable Mary Worth. And some were superheroes: Batman, Captain Marvel, Wonder Woman, Superman, Plastic Man, the Green Lantern, the Human Torch, and their ilk. Some were even aimed at improving young minds: the Classic Comics series had an educational bent.
And some were just weird. In this last category I'd place Mandrake the Magician, Little Orphan Annie—in which nobody had pupils—and Dick Tracy: surrealist masterpieces, all of them, though somewhat disturbing for children. A criminal who could assume anyone's face, behind which he looked like melting Swiss cheese? It was alarmingly close to Salvador Dalí, and kept me awake nights —as did Salvador Dali, when I came across him years later.
Not only did I read all of these comics, I drew comics of my own. The earliest ones featured two flying rabbit superheroes, somewhat too jolly and fond of somersaults to be considered heavyweights. My older brother had a much larger stable of characters. They had more gravitas: they went in for large-scale warfare, whereas my own superheroes just fooled around with the odd bullet.
Along with the superhero rabbits I drew winged flying cats, many with balloons attached to them. I was obsessed with balloons, as no balloons were available during the war. So I'd seen pictures of them, but never the actual thing. It was similar with the cats: I wasn't allowed to have one because we were up in the Canadian forests a lot. How would the cat travel? Once there, wouldn't it run away and be eaten by mink? Very likely. So, for the first part of my life, my cats were flying dream cats.
Time passed, and both the balloons and the cats materialized in my real life. The balloons were a disappointment, liable as they were to burst and deflate; the cats were not. For over fifty years I was a dedicated cat person, with a few gaps here and there when I was a student. My cats were a pleasure, a comfort, and an aid to composition. The only reason I don't have one now is that I'm afraid of tripping on it. That, and of leaving it an orphan, so to speak.
As the 1940s changed into the 1950s and I became a teenager, the comic that preoccupied me the most was Walt Kelly's Pogo, which, with its cast of swamp critters combined with its satire of the McCarthy era's excesses, set a new benchmark: how to be entertainingly serious while also being seriously entertaining. Meanwhile I was continuing to draw, and to design the odd visual object—posters, for the silk-screen poster business I was running on the Ping-Pong table in the late fifties, and book covers, for my own first books, because that was cheaper than paying a pro.
In the seventies I drew a sort-of political strip called Kanadian Kultchur Komix for a magazine called, puzzlingly, This Magazine. I then took to drawing a yearly strip called Book Tour Comix, which I would send to my publishers at Christmas to make them feel guilty. (That didn't succeed.) It's no great coincidence that the narrator of my 1972 novel, Surfacing, is an illustrator, and that the narrator of my 1988 novel, Cat's Eye, is a figurative painter. We all have unlived lives. (Note that none of these narrators has ever been a ballet dancer. I did try ballet, briefly, but it made me dizzy.)
And I continued to read comics, watching the emergence of a new generation of psychologically complex characters with relationship problems (Spider-Man, who begat Wolverine, et cetera). Then came the emergence of graphic novels, with such now-classics as Maus and Persepolis: great- grandchildren of Pogo, whether they knew it or not.
Meanwhile I had become more and more immersed in the world of bird conservation. I now had a burden of guilt from my many years of cat companionship, for my cats had gone in and out of the house, busying themselves with their cat affairs, which included the killing of small animals and birds. These would turn up as gifts, placed thoughtfully either on my pillow instead of a chocolate, or on the front doormat, where I would slip on them. Sometimes it would not even be a whole animal. One of my cats donated only the gizzards.
From this collision between my comic-reading-and-writing self and the bird blood on my hands, Angel Catbird was born. I pondered him for several years, and even did some preliminary sketches. He would be a combination of cat, owl, and human being, and he would thus have an identity conflict—do I save this baby robin, or do I eat it? But he would be able to understand both sides of the question. He would be a walking, flying carnivore's dilemma.
Click on the image to read an excerpt from Margaret Atwood's new graphic novel, Angel Catbird. Courtesy Dark Horse Comics
But I realized that Angel Catbird would have to look better than the flying cats I'd drawn in my childhood—two-dimensional and wooden—and better also than my own later cartoons, which were fairly basic and lumpy. I wanted Angel Catbird to look sexy, like the superhero and noir comics I'd read in the forties. He would have to have muscles.
So I would need a coauthor. But how to find one? This wasn't a world of which I had much knowledge. Then up on my Twitter feed popped, one day, a possible answer. A person called Hope Nicholson was resurrecting one of the forgotten Canadian superheroes of the wartime 1940s and fundraising it via Kickstarter. Not only that, Hope lived in Toronto.
I put the case for Angel Catbird to her, we got together in a strange Russian- themed pub, and lo and behold, she came onboard and connected me not only with artist Johnnie Christmas, who could draw just the right kinds of muscles and also owl claws, but the publisher, Dark Horse Comics. The Dark Horse editor of the series is Daniel Chabon, who from his picture looks about fifteen. I have never met him, nor have I met Johnnie, nor the excellent colourist Tamra Bonvillain, but I am sure such a meeting will take place in the future.
All of these collaborators have been wonderful. What more could an illustrator manqué such as myself possibly ask for? What fun we have had! At least, I have had fun. Watching Angel Catbird come to life has been hugely engaging. There was, for instance, a long email debate about Angel's pants. He had to have pants of some kind. Feather pants, or what? And if feathers, what kind of feathers? And should these pants be underneath his human pants, and just sort of emerge? How should they manifest themselves? Questions would be asked, and we needed to have answers.
And what about Cate Leone, the love interest? Pictures of cat eyes flew back and forth through the ether, and at one point I found myself scanning and sending a costume sketch I had done. What would a girl who is also a cat wear while singing in a nightclub act? Boots with fur trim and claws on the toes? Blood-drop earrings?
Such questions occupy my waking hours. What sort of furniture should Count Catula—part bat, part cat, part vampire—have in his castle? Should some of it be upside down, considering the habits of bats? (Count Catula is important in his own right, for bats are in a lot of trouble worldwide.) How to make a white Egyptian vulture look seductive? (You know what they eat, right?) Should Octopuss have a cat face and tentacle hair? Should Cate Leone have a rival for Angel Catbird's attentions—a part girl, part owl called AtheneOwl? I'm thinking yes. In her human form, does she work at Hooters, or is that a pun too far?
So. Like that.
There is, of course, a science-and-conservation side to this project: it is supplied by Nature Canada, who are not only contributing the statistics that can be found here and there in the book in the banners at the bottoms of the pages, but are also running a #SafeCatSafeBird outreach campaign to urge cat owners not to let their cats range freely. The mortality figures for free-range cats are shockingly high: they get bitten, hit by cars, eaten by foxes, and that's just the beginning. So, it's good for cats and good for birds to keep the cats safe, and in conditions in which they can't contribute to the millions of annual bird deaths attributed to cats. On CatsAndBirds.ca, cat owners can take the pledge, and as the pledges mount up, we can hope that there might be an uptick in the plummeting bird counts that are being recorded in so many places. It may also result in better conditions for stressed forests, since it is the migratory songbirds that weed insect pests out of the trees. Cats aren't the only factor in the decline of birds, of course—habitat loss, pesticides, and glass windows are all playing a part—but they're a big factor.
There used to be an elephant who came around to grade schools. He was called Elmer the Safety Elephant, and he gave advice on crossing streets safely and not getting run over. If your school had managed a year without a street accident, Elmer gave you a flag.
In my wildest dreams, Angel Catbird and Cate Leone, and maybe even Count Catula, would go around and give something or other—a flag, a trophy?—to schools that had gathered a certain number of safe-cat pledges. Who knows, maybe it will happen. Before we act, we imagine and wish, and I'm wishing and imagining a result like that. If it does happen, I'll be the first to climb into my boots with claws on the toes, or maybe sprout some wings, in aid of the cause.
Meanwhile, I hope you enjoy Angel Catbird as much as my partners and I have enjoyed creating it. It's been a hoot!
Or a meow.
—Margaret Atwood, excerpted from Angel Catbird with the permission of the author and Dark Horse Comics
Margaret Atwood is an author, poet, and environmental activist. She is best known for her novels, which include The Handmaid's Tale (1985), Alias Grace (1996), and The Blind Assassin, which won the prestigious Booker Prize in 2000. A founding member of Nature Canada's Women for Nature group, she is also a former Co-Chair of BirdLife International's Rare Birds Committee, and was recently awarded the 2016 Harold Pinter Prize for her political and environmental activism.
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The Tricolored Blackbird breeds in groups of thousands, forming the largest colonies of any species in North America. Like the Passenger Pigeon, the bird's colonial nature makes it particularly vulnerable to rapid population declines: Tricolored Blackbird populations have plummeted by roughly 66 percent over the past six years due to habitat loss. An estimated 140,000 … Read More>>
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War transformed the nature of farmlands of central Texas. During World War II, what had been a landscape checker-spotted with oak-juniper woodlands turned into a busy Camp Hood. This had some unexpected results for wildlife, including the endangered Golden-cheeked Warbler. The temporary military camp later became the permanent Fort Hood, the largest U.S. Army facility in … Read More>>

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Home Entertainment Review of Laura McBride's New Novel 'Round Midnight
Review of Laura McBride's New Novel 'Round Midnight
Laura McBride's Round Midnight Takes Us on a Vegas Adventure
Laura McBride ("We Are Called to Rise") has an exciting new novel, "'round Midnight," that's now on sale at Barnes & Noble and other book sellers. It's a page-turning, fun to read book that spans six decades of life (especially night life) in Las Vegas.
McBride's novel starts with feisty June Stein, who opens the El Capitan casino in Vegas with her husband, Del, in the 1950s. The story continues as it slowly includes three other women whose lives become involved with June and the casino. El Capitan flourishes as it becomes an enormously successful nightclub as well as gambling spot. The nightclub's popularity is thanks in large part to its charismatic black singer Eddie Knox. In a major plot twist, the talented headliner has also caught June's eye.
This book offers an engrossing look at how Vegas grew from a dusty gambling town into the gambling and entertainment center we know today. But 'Round Midnight is also an intimate peek into four women's stories. All their lives are changed, for better or for worse, at the club's Midnight Room.
The other three women are: Honorata, a mail order bride from the Philippines who strikes it lucky at the casino on a weekend trip from her home in Chicago. Engracia is a Mexican immigrant who works as a maid for Honorata. An African-American teacher Coral also has secrets to hide.
There are few things that make me happier than finding a book that captures my attention and keeps me riveted to the characters for days. This novel did that for me, and I think it will have the same appeal to most readers. Its filled with independent, heroic women whose lives resonate with ours today.
McBride is coming to the North Texas area for a book signing event next week. She will also discuss 'Round Midnight at the Barnes & Noble, 801 W. 15th Street in Plano, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 17.
Laura McBride
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Multiple high temperature liquid cooled power converters are being developed for use in future military applications under several TARDEC funded efforts. All of these converters utilize multiple silicon carbide devices packaged into larger modules. This paper presents performance (volume, mass, efficiency, etc) and test results for four different converters where the inlet coolant temperatures range up to 100 C. The first converter provides 28 Volt isolated power at 30 kW from a nominal 300 volt DC bus. The second converter provides isolated exportable (AC) power at 30 kW from a nominal 300 volt DC bus. The exportable power converter provides 50 or 60 Hz power at 120 Volts as well as either single phase 240 Volts or three phase 208 Volts. The third converter is a simple motor drive inverter rated for operation from a 650 V DC bus and rated to continuously provide over 90 Arms with intermittent higher power levels. The fourth converter is a 180 kW, bi-directional, non-isolated 300 to 600 volt converter typically described as a 'battery to bus converter'. Based on close attention to detail of the overall converter designs plus the use of silicon carbide devices, it is possible to increase switching frequencies without excessive switching losses and thereby reduce the size of the passive components. The capability of the silicon carbide power devices to operate at temperatures exceeding those of silicon reduces the thermal management burden. The close attention to converter architecture, packaging, and subcomponent design facilitates effective heat removal with resulting significant thermal margins in most subcomponents.


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Facelift es el primer álbum de estudio de la banda de rock Alice in Chains. Fue lanzado en agosto de 1990 por medio de la discográfica Columbia Records, un año antes del lanzamiento de Nevermind, de Nirvana, y por ende, un año antes de la extrema popularización del sonido grunge''.Facelift presenta un sonido bastante metálico y pesado, pero muy melódico a pesar de su pesadez, y con letras que expresaban depresión, malhumor, angustia y dolor. Este álbum fue uno de los que asistió a propulsar el éxito del sonido grunge en la ciudad de Seattle. Además fue el álbum que los sacó del público underground y les permitió tener una audiencia mucho más amplia.

 Historia y grabación

El promotor local Randy Hauser escuchó un concierto de la banda, y les ofreció pagarles por la grabación de un demo. Desafortunadamente, un día antes de grabar en Music Bank Studios, la policía cerró el lugar después del mayor allanamiento de marihuana en la historia de Seattle, ocurrido en ese preciso lugar. El demo final se nombró The Treehouse Tapes y llegó a manos de Kelly Curtis y Susan Silver, mánager de la banda de Seattle Soundgarden. Curtis y Silver le pasaron este demo al representante de las discográficas Columbia Records y A&M Records Nick Terzo, quien organizó una reunión con el presidente de las discográficas, Don Ienner. Ienner, basado en The Treehouse Tapes contrató a Alice in Chains para Columbia Records en 1989.

Rápidamente, Alice in Chains se volvió la mayor prioridad para la discográfica, quien lanzó la primera obra de Alice in Chains, el EP promocional We Die Young. El sencillo principal de este EP, We Die Young, se volvió un gran éxito en las radios que pasaban heavy metal. Después de este éxito, la discográfica puso a Alice in Chains con el productor Dave Jerden para preparar su primer álbum de estudio. Facelift fue grabado en London Bridge Studio en Seattle y en Capitol Recording Studio en Hollywood desde diciembre de 1989 hasta abril de 1990.

Lanzamiento y recepción

Facelift fue lanzado el 21 de agosto de 1990, llegando al puesto número 42 de la Billboard 200 en el verano de 1991. El álbum contenía a los sencillos "We Die Young", "Man in the Box", "Sea of Sorrow" y "Bleed the Freak", todos ellos acompañados por vídeos musicales de alta rotación por canales de televisión como MTV, salvo "Bleed the Freak". El álbum fue muy bien aclamado por la crítica, con Steve Huey, del sitio Allmusic diciendo: "Una de las grabaciones más importantes que permitieron establecer una audiencia para el grunge y el rock alternativo". Fue el primer álbum grunge en alcanzar más del puesto número 50 en la Billboard 200, y el segundo después de Louder than Love, de Soundgarden, en alcanzar el puesto número 1 en el Top Heatseekers, gracias principalmente a las canciones Man in the Box y We Die Young.

El álbum no fue un éxito instantáneo. En los primeros seis meses vendió solamente 40,000 copias, hasta que MTV puso el vídeo de "Man in the Box" en alta rotación. El sencillo llegó al puesto número 18 en el Mainstream Rock Charts, y su sencillo siguiente, "Sea of Sorrow", llegó al puesto número 27, y en seis semanas, Facelift vendió 400,000 copias en los Estados Unidos. Facelift fue premiado con la certificación de Oro según la RIAA para finales de 1990. Alice in Chains fue nominado en 1992 al Premio Grammy de Mejor Interpretación de Hard Rock por "Man in the Box", perdiendo frente a Van Halen. El video musical de "Man in the Box" fue nominado para Mejor Vídeo Heavy Metal/Hard Rock en la Entrega de Premios MTV de 1991.
Quedando en el top de los ranking como la mejor banda de Grunge.

Miembros

 Layne Staley – Voz
 Jerry Cantrell – Guitarra, segunda voz
 Mike Starr – Bajo, segunda voz en "Confusion"
 Sean Kinney – Batería

Listado de canciones

Posicionamiento en listas

Álbum

Sencillos

Enlaces externos
 Reseña de Facelift en Allmusic

Álbumes debut de 1990
Álbumes de Alice in Chains
Álbumes de heavy metal
Álbumes de grunge
Álbumes producidos por Dave Jerden
Álbumes de Columbia Records
Álbumes en inglés
Álbumes de rock

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Mazda has said its rotary engine could be used as a range-extender in a future autonomous Toyota EV.
Speaking to WardsAuto in Detroit, Mazda North America's president and CEO, Masahiro Moro, said the rotary engine has been under continuous development within Mazda. The company teamed up with Toyota on its e-Pallete concept for CES 2018, which is essentially a self-driving, fully autonomous electric mobility pod, and says the rotary could be used on a production version of the vehicle to boost its overall range.
"Toyota announced the e-Palette," he added. "Mazda is a technical partner. That technical (partnership) means they need our rotary range-extender technology," he says.
This isn't the first time Mazda has expressed interest in using the rotary engine as a range extending solution. In October of last year, the automaker said the rotary makes a good EV range-extender as it doesn't make a lot of noise. There are more efficient motors that could be used, but the rotary is the quietest, the automaker argues. It's also experimenting with a hydrogen rotary engine. Additionally, the automaker is open to using it in another sports car, although there are currently no concrete plans to do so.


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The Municipality of Jbail and Laboratoire d'Art come together to celebrate the short film format as an alternative form of cinematic expression and to champion international, regional and Lebanese talents, creating an annual rendezvous where directors, actors, production houses mingle and meet with the public.
Based upon the success story of eight editions in Beirut and two in Jbail, in addition to international ones in various venues around the world such as Vancouver, Rome and York, Cabriolet Film Festival (CFF) - Byblos 2016 is organized with Universite Antonine's academic partnership, and in collaboration with Goethe-Institut and the Istituto Italiano di Cultura.
Some of the best shorts screened over the past seasons of CFF - Beirut in addition to new submissions including an array of German films will be presented to the public in the unique open air setting of the Roman Alley.


Summertime in Alabama means fresh peaches and each summer one of the things Alabamians most look forward to is getting our hands on a basket of Chilton County peaches. Chilton County is known to have some of the sweetest and juiciest peaches in the state. Most people stop and pick up a basket or two on their way to and from the beach. And Alabamians are not alone! Thousands of folks from other states heading to Gulf Coast on I 65 do the same thing. Just south of Birmingham, people know to start looking for the giant peach water tower that moons interstate travelers as they slide toward Montgomery. If you want a basket for yourself, just take exit 205 in Clanton and go right....or left! On both sides of the exit are two of the best peach stands in the whole state.
Our family during one of our many stops to pick up peaches on our way back home from the Gulf.
If you turn right, you will find Durbin Farms and if you go left, look for the Peach Park. Either way, you can't go wrong! Both of these glorified farmer's markets have more than just peaches. You will find fresh, locally grown fruits, vegetables and homemade goods of all kinds. There is a restaurant at each location, too. The Peach Park has barbeque, fried chicken, ice cream and peach pies, just to name a few of their offerings. Durbin Farms has chicken salad, sandwiches, salads, desserts and, yes, ice cream.
I had to take a quick trip to Montgomery the other day, so I veered off the highway right at exit 205 and picked up a big basket of Topaz peaches to bring home with me. Most of them ended up in two peach cobblers for the 4th of July. Some of them were eaten right out of the basket, which is my favorite way to eat a peach. However, there were eight left over after all was said and done. I had the idea to make a peach pound cake. I've never made a peach pound cake before, but the possibility sounded good, so I gave it a shot.
I started with 2 sticks of butter at room temperature and 2 cups of sugar. I creamed these together until they were light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Then I added 6 eggs, one at a time, incorporating each one fully before adding the next. Next I added 1 t. vanilla extract and 1 t. almond extract. If you aren't a fan of almond flavoring, you could just add 2 t. vanilla or substitute peach or rum extract for the almond.
In a separate bowl, I stirred together 3 cups all purpose flour, 1/4 t. baking soda and 1/4 t. salt. I added this mixture alternating with 1/2 c. sour cream to the butter mixture.
Next, I peeled and chopped the 8 peaches and added them to the batter. My 8 peaches equalled about 3 cups of chopped peaches. I poured the whole shootin' match into a bundt pan I had sprayed with Baker's Joy. Then I put the pan in the oven which had been preheated to 350 degrees. I baked it for 1 hour and 15 minutes until a wooden pick inserted into the center came out clean.
Then, because I cannot leave well enough alone and because my favorite pound cake has a glaze that I love, I made a glaze out of 1 cup of sugar, 1/4 c. water and 1/2 t. rum extract. I stirred it all together and brought it to a boil and boiled it for 1 minute. I immediately removed it from the fire and drizzled it over the cake.
This cake was really good... moist and flavorful....just peachy! Try it and let us know what you think!
Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a pick inserted into center of cake comes out clean.
Combine all ingredients in small saucepan and bring to a boil over medium high heat. Boil for 1 minute. Immediately remove from heat and drizzle over cake.


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Café les Impertinentes
Laurence runs a café and juice bar in her big sis' ballet studio where the siblings unite to empower the female spirit.
5380 boul. St-Laurent
Allo Laurence!
Was it always your dream to go into business with your big sister?
Yes! I own the café and my sister manages everything related to Ballet Hop!, her dance-fitness studio. We wanted to create a multi-purpose space so even if we have each our own business, it doesn't feel that way. I'm very involved in Ballet Hop! as much as she is in Café les Impertinentes.
To be honest, I didn't think I would ever own a café. This was not planned at all. At. All. I was on a trip in Europe and my sister wrote to me, "Hey I'm opening up a studio in September" … which was two months away at the time … "Want to be part of it?" I said yes. Why not?! I didn't have any plans. I was a new communications graduate and in that sense, it was great timing.
Nothing prepared me for this. Although I always worked in coffee shops and restaurants, working in the field and running your own business is totally different. The opening was total chaos but it feels natural. My sister and I have always been very close. We always knew we wanted to do something together and we share a similar instinct.
What's the best and worst part about working with your sibling?
We have the same vision for most things. We don't even have to speak, we just know and feel what the other person is thinking and feeling. We agree on most things which makes business easier. We get along very well so it's fun to work together every day. The downside is that we have no filter. I'll snap at her and she'll snap at me. But it's not mean. We're sisters so we aren't politically correct, we get straight to the point. Which is a good thing!
What's the meaning behind the name, Café les Impertinentes?
It's not something you can translate very well. Basically it's someone who doesn't take herself too seriously, isn't afraid to look too weird, and be one's complete self. The women who dance here, dance for fun. We aren't professional or afraid to look silly.
"For me, being 'impertinente' means to be free. The mission of the space, the café and studio together, is to make women feel more confident and build self-confidence."
Food-wise, what's cooking up at the café?
I make juices every morning. This one is kale, pineapple, coconut. All of the bowls and salads we offer are vegan and gluten-free and many of the pastries too. I make homemade tartine as well. The main goal is to be healthy, offer simple and light fare, and be fun at the same time.
Each juice has a specific woman's name. Who are they named after?
Each name represents a strong woman from history, from different times, but all with a similar mission. Thérèse Casgrain was an important feminist who worked hard with other women so we could have the right to vote here in Québec. Simone de Beauvoir is a writer and philosopher whose work helps the feminist cause. Françoise David is a feminist and alter-globalist political activist from Québec and we all know Jeanne D'arc. Plus those are traditional and familiar Québecois names so everyone knows a Thérèse, a Jeanne, a Simone or a Françoise.
You often host feminist-centric events. Who did you host last?
Les soeurs Stratis. They're fashion sisters in Québec who started the most read blog in Montréal called Ton Petit Look. We hosted a reading of their recently published book which was focused on women's mental health. Partial sales of the night were donated to a women's centre.
What's on your playlist at the café?
Bon Iver. Charlotte Cardin. Safia Nolin. Ben Howard. J Cole. Frank Ocean. Radiohead. Solange. Milk and Bone. Khalid. Valaire. Banks. With the weather change and the sun, a little bit of Drake is nice. A lot of different styles but it's always important for me to play music made by Montréalais and Québecois women and artists.
What are some of your favourite places around the neighbourhood?
I always go to Lowell. They have amazing leatherware. Voskins has great glasses. I also love to eat at Maïs and Thazard. To shop, Boucle et Papier and Vestibule. And Electrik Kids for gifts!
Laurence's M-E
Ballet Hop!, 5380 boul. St-Laurent
Boucle et Papier, 5183 boul. St-Laurent
Electrik Kids, 5364 boul. St-Laurent
Lowell, 5298 boul. St-Laurent
Maïs, 5439 boul. St-Laurent
Thazard, 5329 boul. St-Laurent
Vestibule, 5157 boul. St-Laurent
Voskins, 5431 boul. St-Laurent


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The Impact of President Biden's Announcement to Cut Off Russian Oil Imports
|In CoreNet Global News
|By David Harrison
Barron's has published an extensive piece on the impact of the U.S. and Europe cutting off and/or limiting Russian oil imports in the wake of the Ukraine crisis.
Among its notes:
Some analysts believe the current spike in oil prices could derail efforts to transition toward clean energy in the short-to-medium term as officials look to secure supply chain-resilience, but speed it up in the long run.
"The uncomfortable truth is resilience in supply chains has taken the front seat over saving the planet, and I am expecting nuclear, coal, shale and gas to get a new lease of life as the price of bringing Russia to heel and isolating them," wrote Jeffrey Halley, Oanda senior market analyst.
The sanctions and subsequent shock to oil prices could also lead the U.S. and other major economies to adapt to the changing energy environment, said Paul Donovan, UBS Global Wealth Management chief economist in a call on Monday."People will adapt, whether that is faster adoption of alternative energy, or sudden changes to improve energy efficiency," Donovan said.
"While Russia's economy will be hurt the most, Europe will likely fall into a recession and U.S. growth will be hit, with consumers feeling the most pain," wrote Hussein Sayed, chief market strategist at Exinity.
Markets respond to the sanctions in real time. Since news of the ban broke on Tuesday, Brent crude rose around 7%, but prices will remain high and volatile for a few months, Wells Fargo analysts wrote in a research note Monday. The past week has seen one of the fastest rises in prices on record, with crude climbing over 30% since Russia invaded Ukraine.Russia is the third-largest producer of petroleum after the U.S. and Saudi Arabia, exporting almost 5 million barrels a day of crude oil in 2020, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Almost half of those exports went to European countries, while 42% went to Asia and Oceania. The U.S. imported about 8% of its oil and refined products from Russia last year.


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DENNIS "JOCK" SMITH
It is with great sadness that our family announces the sudden passing of Dennis "Jock" Smith. He will be greatly missed by his loving wife of 50 years, Ellen; his four children, Elden (Carol), Nadine (David), Vincent, and Gena; and his nine grandchildren, Deana, Riley, Rachelle, Cassidy, Troy, Garnet, Mitchell, Ava, and Andrea. Dennis is also survived by his three sisters; Jeannie (Bob) Banner, Patricia (Fred) Switzer, and Cindy (Danny) Heggelund. Dennis was predeceased by his brother Alan "Bud" Smith (Clare).
Dennis grew up in Sooke, and worked for over 35 years in the local lumber industry working all jobs ranging from turning logs by hand up a ramp by peavey, to working the green-chain, and then finally becoming Superintendent of Forestry Operations. His early training ground helped him succeed in logger sports competitions where for many years he held reigning title as the World Champion Peavey Log Roller. Throughout the years Dennis enjoyed fishing, hunting, and coaching softball teams. Dennis also spent thousands of hours (47 years) as a volunteer firefighter for the community.
In later years Dennis was inspired to design and build a small marina located in the Sooke Harbour. While operating "Jock's Dock" he enjoyed sitting by the ocean, and he loved passing each day by listening to fishermen tell their big fish stories and watching the eagles soar overhead. All who knew Dennis will remember his sense of humour, his love of family, and his amazing salmon BBQs.
We extend our sincere thanks to all the wonderful health care staff who attended Dennis in the Renal Unit at the Royal Jubilee Hospital. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Sooke Salmon Enhancement Society or the Canadian Diabetes Association in Dennis's memory would be appreciated.
Please join us in a celebration of Jock's life on Saturday, November 28th between 2:00 and 5:00 pm at the Sooke Community Hall, 2037 Eustace Road.


ASICS teams were littered across the top of the various categories at the Cell C AfricanX presented by ASICS.
In the Mixed category Dawid Visser and Leilani Scheffer walked away with the overall win after a powerful performance over the three Stages.
Another stellar performance saw Johnny Young and Nicholas Rupanga not only win the Men's Veteran category but also finish 3rd overall in the Men's category.
JC Visser and Rohan Kennedy finished less than 5 minutes behind Johnny and Nicholas in overall fourth place after a strong performance.
After winning Stage 1 and leading for a large part of Stage 2 Edwin Sesipi and Givemore Mudzinganyama had to withdraw as a team after Edwin fell sick. Givemore finished the race on his own but it's been an encouraging first AfricanX for the pair who are sure to be back and stronger next year.
Carla Van Huyssteen and Natia Van Heerden finished in 5th position in the Women's race.
"It was great to run with Leilani and test ourselves against the other mixed teams. It was a challenging three days but an amazing experience as always at the AfricanX", says Dawid Visser, Promotions and Training Specialist of ASICS South Africa.


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Q: how can i split couchbase document which exceeds 20MB of size? return message = ValueTooLarge, Success = false Couchbase 3.0.3 .net 4.5.1 C# Document size having more than 20MB physical size, number of characters> 22000000
please see below code
var jsonDataRow = JsonConvert.SerializeXmlNode(objXML, Newtonsoft.Json.Formatting.None, true);
var document = new Document<string>
    {
        Id = "RR",
        Content = jsonDataRow
    };

var upsert = bucket.Upsert(document);

A: You need to create a parent document which holds the keys to the child documents:
{
   "id": "parent_doc_1",
   "children": [ "child_doc1", "child_doc2"]
}

The child docs are then stored separately:
{
    "id": "child_doc1",
    "parent_id": "parent_doc_1"
}

and
{
  "id": "child_doc2",
  "parent_id": "parent_doc_1"
}

Then pull the parent document and get the child keys (id) and fetch those using a bulk Get using the SDK of your choice. Something like this:
var parent = await bucket.GetAsync<dynamic>("parent_doc_id");
if (parent.Success)
{
   var children = await bucket.GetAsync<dynamic>(parent.Value.children);
   //do stuff
}

That's not real code, but you should be able to the idea here.

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Does Prince Harry really hate the press?
January 9, 2020 by meziesblog.com, posted in Celebrity, News
Prince Harry's relationship with the press has been a complicated and difficult one.
His dislike of the media has seemingly intensified following the birth of son Archie Mountbatten-Windsor, as he strives to protect his family.
Harry grew up fully aware of the impact of the overwhelming media intrusion on the daily life of his mother Diana, Princess of Wales.
He was only 12 when the princess was killed in a crash after her car, driven at speed by a drunk chauffeur, was chased through the streets of Paris by the paparazzi.
Soon after he began dating American actress Meghan Markle, Harry attacked the media over its "abuse and harassment"of his girlfriend, with Kensington Palace warning on his behalf: "This is not a game – it is her life."
In October 2019, the Sussexes overshadowed the end of their official tour to Africa by each bringing separate legal actions against parts of the press, with Meghan suing the Mail On Sunday over an alleged breach of privacy when it published a private letter between her and her estranged father.
The Mail On Sunday said it stands by its story and will be defending the case vigorously.
Harry later filed his own proceedings at the High Court against News Group Newspapers, which owns The Sun and the now defunct News Of The World, and Reach plc, which owns the Daily Mirror, in relation to the alleged illegal interception of voicemail messages.
Along with the legal action, Harry released a scathing attack on the tabloid press, in which he heavily criticised certain sections of the media for conducting what he called a "ruthless campaign" against his wife.
In the ITV television documentary following the tour, Harry said he was determined to protect his family.
Meghan admitted to feeling vulnerable, and spoke of the pressures of royal life amid intense tabloid interest.
"When I first met my now-husband my friends were really happy because I was so happy, but my British friends said to me, 'I'm sure he's great but you shouldn't do it because the British tabloids will destroy your life'," she said.
She added: "I think I really tried to adopt this British sensibility of a stiff upper lip.
"I tried, I really tried, but I think what that does internally is probably really damaging, and the biggest thing that I know is that I never thought this would be easy but I thought it would be fair, and that is the part that is hard to reconcile but (I) just take each day as it comes."
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What I'm Reading: Cujo by Stephen King
November 29, 2012 Review, What I'm ReadingCujo, Humor, Insanity, Media Review, My Mom Could Kick Chuck Norris's Cowboy Ass, Stephen King, Writing CraftGreg
The last of my holiday queue-skippers, I finished started and finished Cujo over the course of two flights: New Orleans to Minneapolis, and then Minneapolis to Seattle.
Go grab something to drink, I've got a lot to say.
Cujo is one of those stories that has a lot of side-stories hiding in it. While it's ostensibly about Cujo, a loveable St. Bernard, and his descent into rabidity, King manages to squeeze in several subplots, the two most major being about adultery in a suburban home, and the poor's envy of the upper-middle class respectively. Frankly, I found the subplots more interesting than the climactic standoff between rabid dog and mother that occupies over a hundred pages of this over 300 page novel.
Characters, strong and well-rounded for the most part. Every scene's tense, even the scenes where no notable action occurs. I found myself annoyed by the third-person omniscient viewpoint; as a reader, I prefer anchoring solidly to one character in each scene, whoever the author chooses, so long as one's chosen.
Cutaways to Vic Trenton's business trip, done while Donna's trapped in the car with Tad, and the cutaways to Joe's wife and son, Charity and Brett, were what annoyed me most though! I understand why King's doing it, to amp up the suspense, to have us scream "what about the poor woman and her kid", to, frankly, troll us, but it stops working and just gets exhausting by page 240.
I'll admit I had trouble getting into this book. I had trouble reading through scenes that on the surface had little to do with the story of Cujo. But I trusted King's authorial talent, and that paid off. All the scenes are worth inclusion in the novel, and after a time, I puzzled out why, in one word: relevance. Every scene, even the cutaways to Vic had relevance. And all of the scenes, if you gave them a chance, were fun reading in their own right.
Another device King uses, a sort of character's life thus far montage, delivered right upon introducing Gary Pervier, or to fill us in to Vic's cereal dilemma used to bring us up to speed on hubby's dilemma, also bothered me at first.
(Why can't we have this in scene?)
Of course, King knew his business better than I did. The simple reason, not wasting ten pages explaining in scene what a cleverly written bit of summary will do in one, prevailed. That got the fun stuff to us faster, and the character study summaries gave us lightning context for characters we're unlikely to give a shit about from anything they do on-screen before they become an endangered species.
(After what I saw on-screen, I wanted Joe Camber and Gary Pervier to die.)
Point. Should I feel bad? Probably, but I don't.
Speaking of feeling bad, one scene above all forced the realization upon me that I'm a horrible person. When Donna's ex-lover breaks into her and Vic's house and wrecks the place in a blindingly transparent metaphor for what adultery does to married life, I couldn't help but find the whole thing a little bit humorous. Is this supposed to be funny?
I mean, he scribbles "I LEFT SOMETHING UPSTAIRS FOR YOU, BABE", dashes up the stairs and in three quick strokes leaves a mess on her pillow, I just had to assume it was comedy. The description of the act, the man's state of arousal, the zipper freeing loose, the way his arm strains, is there a need for all that? I laughed so hard the passenger next to me wondered what could possibly be so funny in a Stephen King novel.
"I'm a horrible person, that's all," I managed in reply.
Seriously Mr. King, thanks for embarrassing me in front of a complete stranger. No way would I explain to her what was so funny. No way. But then, despite my mocking snickers, I imagined Vic coming home from the trip, exhausted, and missing the wreckage downstairs. He goes up to lay down in that pillow and shlop.
(Is that hair gel?)
Now that's horror right there, I thought, that's scarier than a big ol' rabid St. Barnard. I checked my pillow before I slept that night, and again the night after that.
Speaking of Donna's ex-lover, Stephen King does well with him. The guy's a pretentious douche, the exact sort of anti-establishment "creative" that I'm terrified I'll one day discover is myself. He's the "Yeah, me too" coffee shop snot that Lewis C.K. mocks. And yet he's just so goddam real.
Bad parts.
Well, it drags in spots, and Stephen King is looking to troll you with his cutaways mid face off. Yeah, the bad part would be the faceoff between Cujo and Donna. I really hated it, but hear me out, because it's not King's fault!
If Mom and childhood Greg were trapped in a car by a rabid dog, you can bet Mom would have 1) had a weapon, at least a tire iron, in the car 2) been ready to use it, or 3) used her damn fists and teeth against that stupid mutt for threatening her damn kid.
It's not fair to Donna that my mom's a farm-grown badass; tough, self-reliant, used to keeping up with, or better yet, mocking the menfolk as her dust lets them hide their shamefaced sadness. My mom called appendicitis 'a bit painful', and the doctor only caught it because she went in for something else. My mom would be a Chuck Norris joke, except my mom's no fucking joke, she's the hard granite of the Willapa Hills given lady-form and sent down WA-6 to Olympia to remind all of goddam Washington that tall tales live.
Donna is not my mom. She knows less about dogs than my mom would, less about how to handle country isolation. She's a soft, egotistical city girl, stuck out all alone with her son, and 200 lbs. of foaming Cujo at her window. And like I said, she's not my mom. She's not even Mierin from Snowraven, or gender-bender Liam Neeson. She's a non-combatant. A freaking muggle.
And so I get it. It's not the sort of thing I'd prefer to read about, impotence in the face of danger, but I get it.
Overall, I give Cujo an 8/10. It's a great page-turner, but the subject matter just isn't my thing. Different strokes.
Dammit, strokes, now I'm thinking of that douchey wank-and-run vandal. Thanks for that, Stephen King.
"You're welcome, Greg."
I… I don't think I'm gonna be able to sleep tonight. At least not on a pillow.
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3 thoughts on "What I'm Reading: Cujo by Stephen King"
galuri85 says:
great book!!
terraolsen says:
I will have admit that I am a new Stephen King fan. My husband if a big fan and finally convinced me to read The Long Walk- and it was amazing. I have read a few other things by him, but I have found that I can't handle horror very well. But he is amazing. 🙂
I'm definitely with you on this. I'm not big on horror. I have trouble empathizing with protagonists that have no control of the situation. Or maybe I empathize too much, and it's too real. But King's writing style is really impressive. 🙂
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To start off, let's review the amount of funding raised this quarter by each category within blockchain technology.
The above graphic shows that the Mining category leads the sector in Q2 funding with $400M. The Blockchain Innovations category follows in a close second place with $386M. Its funding is almost 3 times higher than that in the next category, Exchanges at $145M.
So we've observed how different blockchain technology categories stack up in their Q2 funding. But how do these categories' funding compare with each other historically? Let's investigate that in the next section.
The graph below shows the all-time funding for different blockchain technology categories. The Q2 funding and growth rates of these categories are also highlighted.
The bar graph indicates that Blockchain Innovations completely dominates the sector with $4.7B in total funding. This is more than four times the funding in the next category, Exchanges at $1.1B.
The Blockchain Innovations category contains companies that are working on blockchain distributed ledger technologies. Examples include increased speed for financial transactions, smart self-enforcing contracts, and cross-blockchain interoperability.
In addition, the line graph shows that the Mining category saw the highest growth rate in Q2 at 102%, thereby more than doubling its funding.
We've discovered that the Mining category leads in Q2 funding and had the highest growth percentage. In addition, the Blockchain Innovations category dominates the sector in all-time funding. It'll be interesting to see if any other blockchain technology categories will catch up in the rest of 2018.
Here is our Q2 2018 summary report on the blockchain technology startup sector. The following report includes a sector overview and recent activity.
As shown in the graph, the funding amounts in most rounds rose gradually from 2012 to 2015. From 2015 onwards, funding amounts shifted dramatically to ICO events. In fact, the funding amount in ICO events amounted to almost $2B in 2017.
We'll now look at the Blockchain Technology funding amount by round as a percentage of the total, which shows changes independent of the total size.
The above graph supports our previous observation that funding amounts saw substantial shifts to ICOs from 2015 to 2017. Initially, early-stage events accounted for almost all of the sector's funding amounts from 2012 to 2015. In 2016, ICOs emerged on the horizon and took over 27% of the sector's funding amounts. By 2017, there was a complete shift, with ICO events dominating the sector's funding amounts at 73%.
So we see that the funding amount graphs indicate a drastic shift to ICO events from 2015 to 2017. Would the funding event count graphs show the same trend? Let's examine them in the next section to find out.
Let's now look at the annual Blockchain Technology funding event counts. The below graph shows the Blockchain Technology funding counts by round as a percentage.
This graph confirms our previous observations. Specifically, ICOs represented 3% of the sector's funding counts in 2016 and grew to 35% in 2017. As a result, the funding counts in most early-stage rounds decreased by 2017.
In conclusion, we see that Blockchain Technology funding rounds and events shifted significantly to ICOs from 2015 to 2017.
We can see from the Sector Map above that Blockchain Innovations is the largest category with 244 companies. This category contains companies that are working on blockchain distributed ledger technologies. Examples include increased speed for financial transactions, smart self-enforcing contracts, and cross-blockchain interoperability. Some example companies in this category include Blockstream, Filecoin, Blockstack, and Ripple.
We have seen what the different categories in Blockchain Technology are and how many companies are within each category. What about their funding and maturity in relation to one another? Let's look at our Innovation Quadrant to find out.
We can see from our Innovation Quadrant above that the categories are rather evenly distributed among the four quadrants. The Pioneers quadrant has the most categories at 4. The Disruptors quadrant and the Established quadrant each have 3 categories. The Heavyweights quadrant has 2 categories.
We've now seen how the Blockchain Technology sector is categorized. We've also seen the relative stages of innovation for those categories. How do these categories stack up against one another in a holistic view? Let's look at the Total Funding and Company Count Graph.
The graph below shows the total amount of venture funding and company count in each Blockchain Technology category.
We can see from the graph above that the Blockchain Innovations category leads the sector in total funding at $3 billion. It also has the most companies in the sector at 244 companies.
The graphics above show that the Blockchain Innovations category leads the sector in funding and company count. The other categories have large potential for growth and development in this nascent market. It will be interesting to see how this sector turns out in 2018.


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UNIVERSITY SPLA 3.3 Role of ethnicity 3.4
April 21, 2020 adminCritical Thinking
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCES
The Civil War in South Sudan
Name: A.E Motsoane
Student number: 2017157724
Lecture: Dr. A Botha
Due date: 17 September 2018I declare that the enclosed assignment is my work, that I have acknowledged all my sources, and that I have not lent out my work to a fellow student.
A.E Motsoane 9/11/2018
Table of contents- The Civil War in South Sudan
Conceptual orientation
3.1 Curse from God
3.2 Conflict in South Sudan
3.3 Active groups since the split of the SPLA
3.3 Role of ethnicity
3.4 Role of natural resources
3.5 Supply of weapons to the Civilians
3.6 Garang's supported models
3.7 Crisis in South Sudan
5. Bibliography
In 2011 Sudan gained its independence from Sudan and two years prior, war between president Saiva Kiir and former vice president Riek Machar started, caused by political disagreements between the two leaders. The war has been ongoing to this day, millions of civilians flee from their homes to countries nearby, running away from the civil war. This war has caused the nation its economy and left thousands of families torn apart, and millions dead or assassinated. (Jenssen.2017.pp1).
Civil war- A war between factions in the same country. (English dictionary).
A struggle between factions in the same country and result in activities organized by civilians for their own protection. (English dictionary).
On the first page of the assignment is the introduction to civil war, following pages is more content on civil war , a paragraph from "curse from God" , followed by a historical introduction to civil war and section 3 is active groups after le split of SPLA. Section 4 are the models by Garang that were supported, next on, how the civilians managed to get weapons during the war and then conclusion. Last page is the bibliography.
Curse from God.
Seen from the Western Upper Nile, Sudan's seventeen years long affable war may be split into four basic phases. The first phase covers the instant pre-war for a long period of 365 days and was when the first groups of Nuer secessionists, revolutionists, first started preparing in the Upper Nile. At first these groups were working autonomously, gathering, step by step merged as the Anyanya movement, a name acquired from the Southern secessionists potency (Anyanya) that battled the legislature throughout Sudan's civil war. The second phase goes through the 1983, when the SPLA rose as a getting things started multiethnic battling power in the fight with both the Sudanese furnished power and diverse government-bolstered northern and southern non-military personnel aimed forces, including separated bits of Anyanya II. In the midst of this stage, the SPLA experienced genuine military advances against the national government, meanwhile as a coherency irregularities internal to the improvement were crushing in all things considered. The third stage begins with Machar's 1991 'overthrow' and completes with his law making of formal peace simultaneously with the law making body in 1997. Uplifting South-on-South viciousness directed this stage, as for military pioneers and warlords turned their guns against each other's entire customary natives. There was not much about mercilessness of this period. Those in a circumstance to manhandle regularly did that in that capacity, with little thought concerning the more expanded term results. The fourth and the last phase, concur with the subsequent unravelling of 1997 peace essential and affiliated impact between Nuer confrontations battling in the Western Upper Nile. Nuer standoffs were to an incredible stretch out of the affected and facilitated by the organization of Sudan in its confirmation to propel the brisk abuse of effectively found oil spares around there, critical non-military faculty based peace exercises, took after, and winning the respect to defusing earlier eases of danger between the Western Nuer and their Dinka neighbor. Between Nuer factional battling, regardless, has continued receiving in the Western Upper Nile into 2000. In my view, each of these stages passed on to the power particular structures and cases of viciousness. Furthermore, every of them stimulated radical reassessment of the quickening pros and extraordinary importance of this war as for an unquestionably injured and destroyed Nuer customary subject populace. (Hutchison, 2001: 301-10).
Historical Introduction conflict in South Sudan
South Sudan had been at war since 2013, when the President Slava Kiir blamed the deputy Riek Machar for plotting a coup. Nine countries voted in favor of the UN objective, with six other avoiding voting. The UN Nations Security Council has constrained an arms restriction on South Sudan, appropriate around five years after a ruinous regular war in the country started. The United-states drafted objectives won the base nine voters required, while six section states did without, watchful about voting for the measure amidst compliance undertakings to restore the South Sudan peace process. Us Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said the gathering of the objectives was crucial 'to stop the violence, we need to stop the flood of weapons that outfitted social occasions are using to fight each other and to undermine the overall public'.
However, South Sudan's UN ambassador Akuel Bona Malwal told the social affair the objectives would "undermine Sudan Ethiopia's UN Ambassador Tekeda Alemu told the load up before the vote ordering the arms boycott would undermine the peace strategy and that the African Union and East African common alliance IGAD trust 'how isn't the reasonable time for taking such measures'". China's UN Ambassador, Mei Chaoxu, meanwhile said the chamber should have checked out African pioneers on the issue. In December 2016, a relative objective was brought before the UN Security Council by the US, anyway it didn't get enough votes to inhale simple. The basic war in South Sudan started in 2013, two years after it got the opportunity from Sudan, when president Salva Kiir faulted his then operator Riek Machar for plotting on oust. Consistently, the conflict has expanded and doing combating has increased with more than twelve earing gatherings. Few months prior, the president Kiir and his advisory Riek Machar agreed to an "enduring" ceasefire, raising any wants for a peace to end their country's staggering regular war.
A couple of ceasefires have in advance been harmed by the wearing social occasions. South Sudan had at first reserved choices this year, anyway the draining conflict has affected the timetable unfathomable as government and the confinement to try to detonate unobtrusive components of the peace deal. The country's parliament voted in 2015 to grow Kiir's present residency by three years, raising governance from the obstruction, which called the move illegal. The normal war has killed an enormous number of people and compelled millions to get away from their homes. Setting off a charitable crisis. Seven million South Sudanese, most of the people, will require sustenance help in 2018, according to the UN. It has furthermore cut the country's crude oil creation which the governing body depends upon money, with yield not as much as a huge bit of its pre-war level of 245,000 barrels for every day. (JAZEERA & NEWS AGENCIES, 2018: 1-3).
Active groups since the split of the SPLA.
When the SPLA was split, violence extended over to the Western Upper Nile. In early days of September, with the war on-going, Dinka SPLA officer in the Bahr el Ghazal joined forces with Garang and started killing Nuer herders. Not long after the incident or killings, a mixed raiding part of Eastern Jikany and Lou Nuer recruited and civilians, led by Gordon Kong and a few more ex-Anyanya II leaders, started to seize control and responded to the attacks themselves. With the assistance of 'SPLA Nasir' military units, the Nuer fled to Bor Dinka dominion, Garang's home land.
In 1993, Machar changed the name of his movement to 'SPLA United' when he was joined by Kerubino Kuayin Boi, a Dinka, and a few more of the SPLA officers that were able to run away from Garang's political prison in Equatoria, but the multi ethnic unity did not last long. Kerubino left the union and started his own military group assisted by the government. On the other hand, Riek Machar, trying to reassemble his last forces, christened his movement as the 'Southern Sudan Independence Army' in 1994. (Hutchison, 2001:314-320).
Role of ethnicity in the conflict in South Sudan
The Dinka and the Nuer fought in opposition of the government in Khartoum for years, and their integration has been unresolved. This struggle between the internal leaders. John Garand (Dinka) and the deputy Riek Machar (Nuer), led to the crack of the SPLM in 1991, and the South Sudan civilians have been confined in the lead up tide of ethicized, South-on-South military violence. Riek Machar as well as the other high classified SPLM officers fought against their commander-in-chief, John Garang, the faction leaders turned away to establish a headstrong revolutionary movement, known as the 'SPLA Nasir' group. Respectively, this political break eventually sparked off a full-scale military head-to-head between the two largest ethnic factions in the South, the Dinka (Jieng) and the Nuer (Nai ti naah).
In terms October and November in 1991, Machar and Nuer joined forces and fled to Garang's home land, the Bor Dinka Nation, assassinated hundreds of civilians and took over up to 70 percent of the Bor natives, and that came to be known as the 'Bor massacre' ( Human Rights Watch 1994:pp96-97). By leveling the score, Garang's 'SPLA-Mainstream' forces fought back in response to the attacks by Nuer. Before long, the whole region was coned in a chaos of South-on-South ferocity that has been going on to obtain momentum into the present. These disastrous evolutions imprinted the start of a new phase of an existing long civili war, whereby North South disputes have previously prevailed. (cf.Daily&Sikainga.1993, Deng.1995, Harir&Tvedt.1994, Human Rights Watch.1999, Buay.1994.). (Hutchison, 2001:307-310).
Role of access of natural resources in the conflict in South Sudan
There are several contributors to the conflict in South Sudan. One being management or control of oil fields in Unity. The oil operations closed down their installations in Unity. The supply of weapons to the civilians by the SPLA, for protection of the community and from cattle raiders. (Skinner.S.2012.Civilian disarmament in South Sudan, A legacy struggle. Pp1-10).Civilians in Bor Dinka were facing famine as almost all of their livestock was slaughtered and stolen. Bor civilians were attacked and earmarked recruits and civilians that the Bor Dinka civilians gained more from the cattle resources prior, extracted by Dinka SPLA officers in Nuer areas. (Hutchison, 2001: 307-320)
Garang's supported models
South Sudanese hurtful path to statehood rotated around the contested hope for unity or separation. In the final decade of the CPA peace process, it was clear to the SLPM's Security General Pegan Amum, that the complete fight for an integrated New Sudan was no longer feasible. By the January referendum, integration was a fake idea in Southern Sudan that gestured, yielding, utilizing, when separation pealed as accredited and discharging. As the SPLM's referendum advocacy material extolled; ' Vote for separation, vote for freedom'. Although the SPLM could have turned its objectives over time, Garang's order of 'models' prioritizing integration greatly impacted the CPA peace process through the interim period. That time would manifest a worrying and complicated circumstance for Sudanese but it culminated the debate that unwind over years of war since Sudan's independence.
The SPLM constitutional commitment to the unity of the Sudan's underpinned its involvement in the CPA's implementations, throughout that time it never waved about the Southern right to self-determination. Regardless of Garang's hopes for a CPA-instigated New Sudan, several were amazed that Soth Sudanese nearly and undividedly picked separation. In a poll the Carter Center announced as specifying 'overwhelming popular support for the secession of Southern Sudan'. To make their decision most of Southerners would contend that they do not need a six-year interim period to decide, they have seen that integration with the North might never be striking because Khartoum may not make it. ( Arnold & LeRiche, 2012: 307-308).
The crisis in South Sudan
Saira Kiir Mayaidit, THE PRESIDENT of the Republic of South Sudan appeared on TV on the 16th of Dcember 2013. In military uniform to announce that he had put down topple try in the capital, Juba. The resentful undertaking was said to be driven by previous vice president Riek Machar and a couple of ex-authority ministers and officials of the choice Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) , including Madame Rebecca Myading de Mabior, the matron of the SPLM's first pioneer, John Garang. Eleven alleged topple plotters were caught in their homes, yet Riek Machar made tracks in an opposite direction from Juba, and, amidst reports oil through the accompanying couple of extended lengths of centered killings of Nuer in Juba by man in uniform loyal to the president, army divisions of Sudan People's Liberation Movement in Jonglei state capitals for Bor and Bentiu. In the telephonic interviews from secure spots Riek Machar denied that he had been revoked in with a bombshell yet then requested that he equipped power topple Salva Kiir and detailed his plans to march on Juba. Regardless of the way that the caught pastors started from an arrangement of systems transversely finished South Sudan. Western media reports cast the political of the conspiracy. Several government that were friendly agreed to it straightforward. For the emancipation of the eleven prisoners, there was a strong international pressure. There was a combat during the next month, for supervision of Bor, Bentui, and Makal (the capitals of Jonglei, Unity as well as the Upper Nile nations) and the oil area in Unity. In Unity, the oil establishments closed down their installations and extracted their workers. As the forces said to be faithful to Riek Machar were drawn mainly from abandoned units in the three nations and a few aimed civilian Nuer groups from Jonglei, the legislative acquired military help from Uganda and the SPLA North as well as Justice and Equity Movement (JEM) forces in revolution against Khartoum in neighboring Blue Nile and South Kordofan countries. An IGAD-brokered suspensions of malicious consent on23 January was a result of international pressure on both the legislative and the protesters, though this proved to be an accordance on paper only with no instant allocation for monitoring on the ground. By the beginning of February close to 750, 000 people were guessed to have been displaced by the combat in Juba and three other countries, in the composite of the UN mission in the Republic of South Sudan, 88.200 people were looking for security and above 130,000 were estimated to have run away to nearest countries, including Sudan. Guesstimated deaths have varied expansively from 1,000 to 100 00. (Johnson, 2014: 1-10).
Supply of weapons to civilians
Civilians needed weapons for security and there are several reasons to look at as to how weapons handed in the hands of the civilians, for example the SALW (small arms and light weapons). Small arms are weapons made for private use and may include: light machine guns, sub-machine guns, machine pistol, fully automatic rifles, assault rifles, automatic rifles included. Light weapons are ammunitions that are used by a few people especially in a group or as a group. Examples are, machine guns, automatic cannons, howitzers, grenade launches, anti-tank weapons and launches, recoilless guns, shoulder fired rockets, anti-aircraft weapons and launches and air defense weapons.
In the hands of the civilians, it was guessed that there was about 1.9 and 3.2 million small arms in course, preceding the separation of Sudan and South Sudan. The first provenience of ammunition to the civilians during the civil war (specifically the second civil war) was the legislature and or military, for different causes. For example, in Lake Countries, the SPLA supplied weapons to the cattle herders for them to safeguard themselves as well as the communities from people that steal cattle. The gaweng, aiming of these groups, enabled the SPLA to move their focus and endeavor from community safety to the existing war within the North. Another example of the weapon provenience is the aiming of Southern revolution groups in Unity State by the Khartoum executives. The Sudanese executive allegedly aimed Missariya, in addition to militia groups like Paulino Matiep's aimed movement and the SSDF conducted by Riek Machar and Lam Achol. Supplying weapons to militia groups was productive process to involve the SPLA by proxy, for that reason, weakening and making sure that the SPLA/M does not become more powerful.
According to the direct provision of arms to the civilians, the sale and/or leakage of weapons is another source of small arms in South Sudan from soldiers to civilian on daily basis. (Skinner, 2012:4-5).
South Sudan gained it independence after six years from Sudan. The civil War caused more harm in the country, the civilians are the significant victims of the civil war and the war has been going on to this day. South Sudan is said to be the most violent countries in the world, the conflict resulted in many of the civilians fleeing from their home to countries nearby. Hundreds of people were killed in South Sudan and the situation is still not stabilsed. (Jenssen.T.2018: internet)
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Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli speaks at parliamentary group meeting. DAILY NEWS photo / Selahattin SÖNMEZ
The Turkish government has abandoned the Turkmen minority in Kirkuk for the sake of energy deals with Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), but the city will remain Turkish forever, Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli said today.
While noting that the Turkish government's relations with the Iraqi Kurdish administration had improved in recent years, Bahçeli accused "the Peshmarga administration" of conducting secret operations against Turkmen people and called on the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) to take rapid action in order to protect Turkmens' rights.
"Kirkuk is Turkish and will remain Turkish forever," Bahçeli said during his parliamentary group meeting. "Kirkuk is love, passion to us," Bahçeli said, adding that he considered Kirkuk to be no different than Istanbul and Ankara.
Bahçeli also extended condolences to Turkmens following a recent coordinated attack on Kirkuk's police headquarters – a suicide car bomb followed by an assault by grenade-throwing gunmen – that killed 30 people and wounded 88 others.
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