You can identify the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art from a distance, even when travelling at speed. An extensive canopy appears to rise from the regimented agricultural landscape of inland California and hover in the air as a marker of some as-yet unspecified activity. You register perhaps this new stratum of construction from a vehicle passing on the adjacent freeway, or from a train linking Reno, inland, to San Francisco on the Pacific coast. Or you encounter it while exploring the campus of the University of California, Davis, the canopy descending from above a cluster of ribbed concrete pavilions to levitate across a welcoming plaza and provide delicately patterned shade. Then you notice works of art, and students taking classes or simply hanging out. The Manetti Shrem introduces a new architectural spirit to the Davis campus. It represents an evolution in thinking about the contemporary art museum.
The architects are Jing Liu and Florian Idenburg in association with BCJ (Bohlin Cywinski Jackson). Liu and Idenburg first met through SANAA (Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa) in Tokyo, Liu an intern and Idenburg a long-term SANAA operative. Due to her peripatetic upbringing, Liu speaks with gentle sophistication. Born in China, she moved to Japan aged nine and completed her secondary education in London. Liu explains that, 'I really wanted to get into journalism school', but suggests, perhaps a little disingenuously, that 'my English was so bad'. A truly global citizen, she studied architecture at Tulane in New Orleans (the first mainland Chinese undergraduate) before heading to New York to work for mega-practice Kohn Pedersen Fox. A chance encounter with Sejima reacquainted Liu with Idenburg. They founded their joint practice in 2008 and called it Solid Objectives – Idenburg Liu, SO – IL.
The Manetti Shrem now places SO – IL in the spotlight the architects have gravitated towards ever since meeting in Tokyo – Idenburg had moved to the US to work on SANAA's New Museum in Manhattan and the Glass Pavilion at the Toledo Museum of Art. SO – IL's practice has from its initial steps had affinities with fashion and art, building the serpentine tent for Frieze Art Fair on New York's Randall's Island; and Kukje Gallery, an enigmatic cube wrapped in mesh, in a neighbourhood of Seoul, South Korea. Indeed, their very first project was to fit out studio space for Derek Lam above Lam's SANAA-designed boutique in Manhattan's SoHo. That initial intervention included a remarkably thin wall finished in light-reflecting beeswax plaster. Thus, from its inception, SO – IL has exhibited an understanding of the art world and an accompanying aesthetic sensibility immersed in light and attention to surface.
Sitting now at her conference table, one winter afternoon in Brooklyn, Liu interprets the name of this polyglot practice as 'solidifying the objectives'. She defines Solid Objectives as being simultaneously 'daring and … on the ground', radical yet pragmatic, envisioning 'practice as a process of experimentation'. Liu recounts her peregrinations from China to New York, balancing her architectural practice with raising her daughters with Idenburg and teaching at Columbia University (SO – IL added a third partner, Ilias Papageorgiou, in 2013). Today, many of their young and similarly international colleagues are busy at their computer screens. There are invariably white models of projects waiting to be built. The partners are preparing for a visit to Mexico to present proposals for low-cost housing, a new typology for SO – IL and a clear sign that their ambitions are not limited to the rarefied world of art and fashion.
Liu remarks of UC Davis that it was 'courageous of the university' to select a comparatively untested practice (the other finalists were their New York contemporaries WORKac and Henning Larsen's more established firm in Copenhagen). SO – IL's partners for the museum, BCJ, provided a complementary track record, in California, of complex and tailored projects such as their vitreous Apple stores. Liu also reveals that Shrem and Manetti Shrem, the project's principal benefactors, were 'adamant to not only choose a male figure'. Rachel Teagle, the museum's director, notes that the selection of SO – IL, and the inclusion of other emerging firms on the long list, 'skewed toward young talent'. An energetic advocate for the architects, Teagle connects the choice of SO – IL with UC Davis's hiring of radical young art faculty back in the 1950s (Wayne Thiebaud, Robert Arneson, William T Wiley).
Indeed, the inaugural exhibition includes impressive works by this generation, with the opening graced by Thiebaud in person. The Manetti Shrem is a university museum: it both displays art and fosters academic and social activity. The great canopy dips from a high point more than 30 feet in the air to hover at basketball hoop height above the entry court that addresses the main campus. 'We decided to not go high', explains Liu, 'and to go low.' The one-storey building, she states, is 'not expensive but expansive'. Indeed, whereas interior spaces occupy half the available site, the great canopy extends to almost all available boundaries. This horizontal emphasis was key to competition success; the resulting canopy functions at the scale of infrastructure yet also provides a sense of intimacy and welcome. It has an iconic appeal even if, as Liu insists, the architects were not in pursuit of iconic form.
In 2010, SO – IL won the coveted commission for outdoor summertime shelter at PS1, the contemporary art venue in Queens, New York (WORKac had garnered that gig two years earlier). The SO – IL intervention, cheekily dubbed Pole Dance, consisted of an array of canted poles holding up a sea of netting. At UC Davis, the canopy is of course permanent and the posts are vertical; yet this gently shaded forecourt is surely from the same gene pool as Pole Dance. The white steel frame appears propped on the structural grid. Rising and falling in section, it is cut into in plan so that some sides are curved or sliced; a biomorphic oculus opens up above the forecourt. The canopy's own grid is irregular with many trapezoidal zones making up a quilt-like pattern further emphasised by the mix'n'match alignment of perforated aluminium beams. It is these perforations that instigate the gauzy, striped shadows below.
The Davis campus extends into this bower of bony white structure and silvery aluminium beams. The three primary programmatic spaces of the Manetti Shrem Museum – for exhibitions, education and administration – are housed in the pavilions with ribbed concrete walls. These vertical lines enter into a kinetic play of stripes with the perforated beams above and the transient patterns these beams cast onto wall and ground surface over the natural course of the day. The large interior foyer is accessed between exhibition and education pavilions: a taut concave membrane of floor-to-ceiling glass allows for almost panoramic visual connections between outer and inner zones. A smaller expanse of floor-to-ceiling glass extends forward from the exhibition pavilion as a sophisticated bay window harbouring a small gallery space like a shopfront or teaser to the exhibitions within.
Teagle states the building, as completed, goes 'beyond our expectations'. She notes that 'people have a visceral response to standing under the canopy (…) not just because it's porous, the canopy shapes your view toward the campus'. The museum is also of course porous in plan. The interior opens up between the concrete pavilions so that the pedestrian realm flows through the site, into the galleries, through the art studios ('a social and convivial space', says Teagle), and into a patio between the administration and exhibition pavilions. This patio is protected from vigorous winds and from the noise of passing traffic including frequent cargo trains. The clear, frameless glazing and the contiguous polished concrete floors instigate an impressive sense of transparency and spatial fluidity. In the galleries, suspended mesh ceilings allow glimpses of the service equipment above. There's elegance but little fuss.
Liu and Idenburg's strategic approach to architecture was signalled from the outset with Future Archaeology. That clever and economical exhibition, in Los Angeles in 2009, emphasised emerging forms of social space in an increasingly networked world. Now, at UC Davis, planning and aesthetics work in tandem to stylish yet fundamentally human ends. The layering evident in the building acts environmentally as well as optically. Teagle commends SO – IL for its willingness to present and test a range of construction options. Hence of course 'solid objectives'. And hence Teagle's praise of SO – IL being 'remarkably open and adaptable'. The Manetti Shrem Museum manifests Idenburg and Liu's interest in membrane and in surface for the first time at this scale. When Liu states 'I always go against the grain', she is referring to a professional trajectory in conscious evolution.


If present trends continue, these "nones" will outnumber Catholics by 2020, and will be more numerous than Protestants by 2035.
Of course, present trends may not continue. There have been at least three "Great Awakenings" — periods of religious revival — in American history. Maybe another such awakening will materialize. For now, however, there is no doubt that the United States is becoming less religious. As the Pew Research Center has documented, fewer Americans believe in God, pray regularly, or consider religion very important in their lives.
Many Americans aren't just turning from religion, but against religion. In 2016, Pew found that only 58 percent of US adults believed that "churches, synagogues, and other houses of worship" contribute at least in part to solving important social problems. Fully 39 percent said they contribute little or nothing to alleviating social ills. Other surveys have found that Americans are evenly split on whether religion is part of the solution to what ails America — or part of the problem.
"Religious practice links us in webs of mutual knowledge, responsibility, and support like no other influence," writes Karl Zinsmeister in the current issue of the journal Philanthropy. Zinsmeister, the editor of the Almanac of American Philanthropy , notes that numerous studies have confirmed that "religious practice is the behavioral variable with the strongest and most consistent association with generous giving." Researchers at Indiana University's Lilly School of Philanthropy reported in October that the average annual contribution of religiously unaffiliated households is $695, less than half the $1,590 given by the average household with a religious affiliation. Regular churchgoers are also much more likely to do donate their time: According to Pew, 45 percent of them had done volunteer work within the past seven days. The comparable figure for all other Americans was 27 percent.
"The capacity of religion to motivate pro-social behavior goes way beyond volunteering," Zinsmeister observes. "Religious people are more involved in community groups [and] have stronger links with their neighbors." They are more likely to adopt children, to resettle refugees, to rehabilitate prisoners, and to help the homeless.
They're also concerned with helping the needy far away. Religious-affiliated humanitarian organizations, such as World Vision, the Catholic Medical Mission Board, and the American Jewish World Service, collectively distribute tens of billions of dollars annually to relieve poverty, disease, and suffering in the developing world.
America has always been extraordinarily charitable. But that generosity has been disproportionately linked to faith. As faith shrinks, charity — and the good works charity sustains — will take a hit.
Already there are signs that this is happening. Between 2000 and 2014, Nonprofit Quarterly recently documented, the share of households donating to charity fell from 66 percent to 55.5 percent. Volunteering is down, too. In 2015, according to the University of Maryland's Do Good Institute, the proportion of Americans doing volunteer work dropped to 24.9 percent — a 15-year low. So far, the raw total of dollars donated remains at record levels, but that is because wealthy donors are giving more.
To be sure, charitable giving is not the only means of doing good in the world. Religious faith is not the only way to imbue existence with meaning. But both have been singularly characteristic of the US way of life — and closely connected to each other. Less religion in the nation's future may not trouble many Americans. But how many of us want to live in a less generous America?


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Dominion Bilbao Basket 104
Dolomiti Energia Trento 91
December 16, 2015 CET: 20:30
Local time: 20:30 BILBAO ARENA
Dominion Bilbao Basket captures top spot in Group A
Dominion Bilbao Basket grabbed first place in Group A by beating Dolomiti Energia Trento 104-91 at home. Clevin Hannah collected 22 points and 8 assists while Dairis Bertrans scored 16 points as Dominion BB notched its sixth straight victory to take Group A honors with an 8-2 record. Axel Hervelle added 13 points; Mirza Begic had 12 points and 3 blocks; and Alex Mumbru chipped in 11 points in the win. Trento saw its four-game winning streak snapped and fell to 7-3 in the group despite 20 points from Dominique Sutton, while Jamarr Sanders had 14 points, Davide Pascolo scored 12 and Andres Forray added 10 points.
Mumbru opened the scoring for Dominion, while Pascolo hit first for Trento and Julian Wright free throws gave the guests a 2-4 lead. Bertans knotted the game and back-to-back three-pointers from Alex Suarez and Bertans had Dominion ahead 12-4. Forray cut the gap to 5 points, but Bertans and Mumbru followed with more threes for an 18-7 advantage. Bertans's third triple pushed the lead to 21-9. Wright and Sutton both hit from long range for the guests, but Mumbru and Hervelle both converted three-point plays and Raul Lopez continued the long range barrage in building a 34-19 cushion. It was down to 34-22 after 10 minutes. Hervelle's three finished a 7-0 run to start the second quarter for a 41-22 lead. Lopez was on target from outside again before Alex Ruoff scored two baskets as the lead swelled to 50-24. Trento struggled to get stops defensively as Pascolo trimmed the deficit to 53-30. Bertans nailed another triple to make it 58-32 and the lead was 58-36 at intermission.
Diego Flaccadori and Forray both nailed three-pointers as Trento scored the first 10 points of the second half to cut the deficit to 58-46. Giorgos Bogris finally got Dominion on the scoreboard in the third quarter after nearly three minutes of play. But Sanders hit a three-pointer and Filippo Baldi Rossi made free throws to trim the gap to 62-53. Bertrans re-established a double-digit lead and Trento was held scoreless for more than two minutes, allowing Dominion to use a 10-0 run to build a 76-54 advantage with Hervelle hitting a three and Tobias Borg scoring 4 points. Hannah's three and Ruoff's free throw increased the gap to 80-56. It was 82-63 at the end of three quarters. Hannah started the fourth with another three for a 22-point lead, but Sanders and Sutton hit back-to-back triples and Pascolo scored a pair of baskets to trim the margin to 90-77 midway through the fourth. Sanders, Trent Lockett and Sutton all hit from downtown to cut the deficit to 96-86 with two minutes to play. But Sutton was called for an unsportsmanlike foul and Ruoff and Hervelle both made 2 free throws to push the lead to 100-86. Sanders hit one more three-pointer, but it was too little too late.
Referees: ROCHA, FERNANDO; HORDOV, TOMISLAV ; MARICIC,SASA
Dominion Bilbao Basket 34 24 24 22
Dolomiti Energia Trento 22 14 27 28
Dominion Bilbao Basket 34 58 82 104
Dominion Bilbao Basket
7 RUOFF, ALEX 22:11 9 2/8 0/1 5/6 3 3 1 3 1 2 4 3
8 BORG, TOBIAS 12:23 8 4/4 0/1 1 1 1 3 2 8
9 BERTANS, DAIRIS 27:06 16 2/3 4/6 1 3 4 2 2 1 2 18
10 MENDIA, BORJA 3:49
11 HANNAH, CLEVIN 29:22 22 5/8 3/3 3/3 4 4 8 4 1 1 1 2 28
13 BOGRIS, GEORGIOS 21:14 4 2/2 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 7
15 MUMBRU, ALEX 18:20 11 2/2 2/2 1/1 3 3 1 1 4 3 2 11
17 HERVELLE, AXEL 15:25 13 2/5 2/4 3/3 2 2 1 2 2 3 3 11
20 TODOROVIC, DEJAN DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 BEGIC, MIRZA 18:46 12 4/4 4/5 3 1 4 1 3 2 4 19
31 LOPEZ, RAUL 10:38 6 0/1 2/2 1 1 2 2 3 2 1 5
33 SUAREZ, ALEX 20:46 3 0/1 1/3 1 1 1 1 2 1
Head coach: ALONSO, SITO
Dolomiti Energia Trento
3 POETA, GIUSEPPE 18:26 2 1/2 0/1 7 2 1 1 5
4 SANDERS, JAMARR 27:07 14 1/2 4/7 0/1 2 2 5 2 1 1 1 17
7 PASCOLO, DAVIDE 28:35 12 6/8 0/1 4 4 2 2 2 1 3 1 14
8 BALDI ROSSI, FILIPPO 17:22 8 2/4 0/1 4/4 2 2 1 1 1 3 9
10 FORRAY, TOTO 14:59 10 1/4 2/3 2/2 1 1 2 1 1 3 2 7
11 LOFBERG, JOHAN DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
12 FLACCADORI, DIEGO 15:07 7 2/4 1/2 1 1 3 2 3 4
23 SUTTON, DOMINIQUE 21:47 20 3/6 4/5 2/2 1 3 4 3 1 2 5 3 18
24 LOCKETT, TRENT 22:34 9 2/4 1/5 2/3 2 2 1 2 1 4 2 4
25 LECHTHALER, LUCA 6:31 2 2 1 1 1 1
30 WRIGHT, JULIAN 27:32 9 2/5 1/3 2/2 1 3 4 2 3 3 1 2 4 11
Team 1 -1
Totals 200:00 91 18/35 14/30 13/16 5 17 22 19 14 16 2 4 23 20 89
Head coach: BUSCAGLIA, MAURIZIO
ALONSO, SITO
"We had a good pace of game. We knew that Trento never gives itself up. The Last 32 will be difficult. Banvit is a complicated team and Ulm is a team that competes very well."
BUSCAGLIA, MAURIZIO
"From one side, at the end of the first round we are happy. We are second place in the [regular season] for first time in our history. Congratulations to Bilbao on this game. I saw a team that played very well with everyone involved."
JSF Nanterre 95
December 16 19:30 CET LIVE FINAL
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Union Olimpija Ljubljana 77
Enel Basket Brindisi 79
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Szolnoki Olaj 78
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I hope so because if I am wearing an 80 lb vest I won't be able to run away from a guy with a gun.
Sounds like you should be packing when you go running with this thing.
May have to look into getting one of these.
Sometimes I can't go to the gym so having a weight vest would so great for me. I can do bodyweight exercises and still be able to build muscle!
Weight vest + sled work and/or prowler = Enhanced GPP (General Physical Preparedness) and Bonus Badass Points.
Sleds are great exercise too, unfortunately they can cost several hundred to a few thousand dollars. What is a prowler?
Another advantage of this item is its expense.


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Sat 13th Mar 2021, 8:00pm GMT
The Wedding Present
This event will be streamed online
The Wedding Present will be performing a one-off concert - streamed worldwide live via DICE TV - on Saturday, 13th March 2021.
Starting at 8PM GMT, this high quality broadcast from Brighton in England will feature a full band electric set lasting sixty minutes.
Social distancing measures will be adhered to.
Please note: All live stream events are subject to change. Not all events listed are live performances by the artist - they also include archived concerts, DJ sets, masterclasses, Q&As and more.
In the late 1980s The Wedding Present were one of the most famous British indie bands. Their career path often involved unusual decisions, such as recording a set of Ukranian folk songs for their first major-label offering and releasing a single on the first Monday of every month for a year. Band members came and went, but the idea of The Wedding Present as a group has remained. Nowadays fans of 'the Weddoes' can still hear their favourite songs (as well as new material) being played live by original songwriter David Gedge and his band.
See 13 tour dates featuring The Wedding Present


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Arts & EntertainmentMusic
Donald Trump's Phone Call Autotuned To Rent Classic!
Linc Jenkin — January 6, 2021
In a world where it feels like it's been 525,600 YEARS since Donald Trump lost the US Presidency to the Biden/Harris ticket in the presidential election, the talented team at 'The Gregory Brothers' released a quick snippet of Mr. Trump's now notorious phone call, set to the song Seasons Of Love, from the popular musical Rent.
Donald Trump's hour long phone call with Georgia officials took place on Saturday, January 2 and it's subsequent leaking has lead to widespread outrage from both sides of the aisle. The Gregory Brothers have wasted no time in throwing together a short clip of excerpts from the call, set to the sounds of iced tea being stirred, I mean Seasons Of Love.
The first iteration of their work received over 2 million hits in short order and they quickly set to work doing a longer version, which was released early on Wednesday, January 6 (AEST).
full 11,780 Votes song––with more begging, harmonies, and gruff "No"s 📻 pic.twitter.com/xKnJjgQHWX
— The Gregory Brothers (@gregorybrothers) January 5, 2021
The first version of the song was seen and appreciated by Rent royalty and cast member of the original 1996 Broadway production, Anthony Rapp, with Rapp retweeting and noting that the composer of Rent, Jonathon Larson would have "HATED Donald."
I think it's safe to say that Jonathan Larson would have been very proud. He was intensely political, and would have HATED Donald. I love this. https://t.co/4sidlTP50E
— Anthony Rapp Voted for Biden Black Lives Matter (@albinokid) January 4, 2021
Jonathon Larson passed away unexpectedly at the age of 35 on the morning of Rent's first preview performance off Broadway.
The phone call in question wasn't a spur of the moment decision of Trump's, as it has since been revealed that the White House reached out to Brad Raffensperger, Georgia's Secretary of State no less than 18 times since the election, with the at times desperate sounding president obviously now believing the conspiracy theories his aides are offering up.
"Do you know anything about that? Because that's illegal, right?
"I won this election by hundreds of thousands of votes. There's no way I lost Georgia. There's no way. We won by hundreds of thousands of votes. I'm just going by small numbers when you add them up they're many times the 11,000. But I won that state by hundreds of thousands of votes.
"Do you think it's possible that they shredded ballots in Fulton County? Because that's what the rumour is. And also that Dominion took out machines. That Dominion is really moving fast to get rid of their, uh, machinery."
This isn't the first time that Mr. Trump has been skewered by comedians and other talented creators with recorded phone calls and speeches offering a goldmine of content ideas. If you're
looking to while away some time pointing and laughing at the Emperor and his lack of clothing, might I suggest Sarah Cooper's excellent lip syncing videos of some of Trump's soliloquies?
Or check out the Uber talented Mr. Randy Rainbow, he's been making content about Donald
Trump for years but really hit some home runs in 2020, including a cameo appearance from the one and only Patti Lupone!
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Afghanistan's Former Female Troops, Once Hailed by the West, Fear for Their Lives
'They have relocated musicians, soccer players and artists, and their lives were not at risk as much as ours,' a former Afghan Air Force officer says of Western governments
Samima, now in hiding, is one of the many women hoping to find a way out of Afghanistan.
By Margherita Stancati
and Jessica Donati
| Photographs by Paula Bronstein for The Wall Street Journal
KABUL—When the Taliban seized Kabul in August, Samima dug a hole in her courtyard and buried her Afghan Air Force uniform. The Taliban discovered her past anyway, and gave her a call days later.
In a panic, she switched off her phone, got rid of her SIM card and fled her house. She says Taliban gunmen have since showed up at her parents' home, asking for people who served in the armed forces. She now is living in hiding, desperately hoping for a way out of Afghanistan.


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Press release: Leading built environment businesses commit to work together to deliver ultra low energy buildings
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Paris, 3 December 2015 – 16 leading European companies from across the built environment have taken a new energy efficiency commitment today for the buildings supply chain, to help drive delivery of 'nearly zero energy buildings' (nZEB) for new build by 2020, and refurbished buildings by 2030.
Energy efficient buildings will help unlock productivity and boost EU innovation and low carbon economy
The 'Moving towards net zero buildings' commitment, initiated by The Prince of Wales's Corporate Leaders Group, in collaboration with property services company JLL and property company Hammerson, aims to deliver ultra low energy buildings. It comes in response to a lack of co-ordinated approach across the built environment sector in the delivery of energy efficient buildings. EU regulation states that by 31 December 2020 all new buildings must be nZEBs.
The commitment has been signed by 16 leading organisations representing different sectors of the property sector supply chain, including: Acciona, British Land, Doosan, Ferrovial, GlaxoSmithKline, Hammerson, Heathrow, Interface, JLL, Kingfisher, Land Securities, Lloyds Banking Group, Philips, Skanska, Sky and Tesco.
The property sector has a huge role to play in delivering a low carbon economy across the EU – contributing approximately 40 per cent of total carbon emissions. In recognition of this, the first ever 'Buildings Day' as part of the Lima Paris Action Agenda is being held at COP21 on 3 December, where this commitment was unveiled.
The pledge outlines several actions that the signatories commit to, including:
Driving down energy intensity across corporate property estates;
Committing to the 2020 goals of nZEB for new buildings and further action on renovation by 2030 as well as transparently reporting on progress against this;
Collaborating across the supply chain to set sector specific targets and goals; and
Continuing to engage with policymakers on policy, progress, reporting and performance towards zero energy goals.
The commitment simultaneously calls for action from the EU and Member States to support delivery of these commitments through a range of measures, including a stable long-term sector plan for emissions reductions and a consistent programme of public sector involvement in low carbon and energy efficiency technologies.
Sandrine Dixson-Declève, Director of The Prince of Wales's Corporate Leaders Group, said: "Better energy efficiency of buildings will put us on a low carbon pathway while improving the productivity of the economy as a whole. It offers a new business opportunity in its own right. The inconsistent performance of the building sector to date in improving energy efficiency highlights the need for a more focused and concerted approach. The new commitment presented today by The Prince of Wales's Corporate Leaders Group and partnering companies aims to address this gap."
David Atkins, CEO of Hammerson, said: "Establishing a forum for purposeful collaboration between businesses across the property supply chain is a major achievement. It has the potential to drive significant results in our immediate challenge of limiting the damaging effects of climate change. The range of businesses represented already within this commitment is clear evidence in itself of the commercial sense that lies within tackling urgently this most pressing problem. Hammerson looks forward to work with our fellow signatories to bring about real change."
Guy Grainger, UK CEO at JLL said: "This pledge makes complete business sense. Moving towards a low carbon economy will boost much needed UK productivity levels and will help drive innovation. The building sector is also highly reliant on imported energy and we need to raise ambition, provide the right incentives for upgrading existing building stock and end energy import dependency. With only 4 years to go until the 2020 zero carbon deadline, the time for concerted action across the industry is now."
Eric Rondolat, CEO Philips Lighting said: "Improving energy efficiency of buildings not only provides an important contribution to reducing carbon emissions, it also creates a significant number of – mostly local – jobs for people renovating existing buildings, boosts innovation for better new buildings, and perhaps most importantly makes the places where we live and work more comfortable and productive. We see great examples of such impact by switching to the latest connected LED lighting in offices, schools and homes. So, all in all very good reasons to accelerate renovation of the huge stock of existing buildings – ideally to 3 per cent per year – and to step up innovation investments in even better smart technologies for buildings yet to be constructed."
John Holland-Kaye, CEO of Heathrow, said: "Using the latest innovations in building design is one of the ways that Heathrow is working to reduce carbon emissions across the airport. Heathrow's Terminal 2 was designed to be sustainable and is the first airport terminal to be BREEAM certified. That has set a benchmark for the industry. But we are not done yet. We will work closely with our supply chain and with our aviation industry colleagues to deliver the actions in the Net Zero Buildings Commitment announced today."
Robert Boogaard, CEO Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Interface, said: "At Interface we have reduced our own GHG by more than 90 per cent and it has paid back well. Even better opportunities are in buildings, thanks to the holistic combination of purpose-driven design, smart technologies and advanced insulation solutions, among others. We call for industry at large to join forces in this tremendous business opportunity."
Jennifer Clark, Senior Vice President Green and Community Investment, Skanska, said: "Green building is a great business opportunity for us as it is right for the planet, attractive to customers, communities, and employees alike; and it creates value for our shareholders. The best part is that we don't have to wait. Skanska already has the competence and technology we need to build Deep Green and Net Zero Energy Buildings. Through working with our customers and other value chain stakeholders we seek to scale up the delivery of these projects and inspire transformative change in the market."
For media inquiries and interview requests, please contact:
Sylvain Biville | Media & Communications | Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Sylvain.Biville@cisl.cam.ac.uk | T +44 7771 894 345
Read the commitment
'Moving towards net zero buildings': read the commitment.
For more information, read "Futureproof buildings in Europe: Net Zero Energy and beyond", a report by the Buildings Performance Institute Europe (BPIE), commissioned by the CLG in October 2015.
About The Prince of Wales's Corporate Leaders Group
The Prince of Wales's Corporate Leaders Group (CLG) brings together 23 European business leaders who work under the patronage of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales to advocate solutions on climate change to policymakers and business peers within the EU and globally. CLG members are committed to playing a leadership role in securing a just, low carbon transition, both in terms of changing their own businesses and sectors, and advocating change in the wider economic and political context. At a minimum the CLG supports the goal of achieving net zero emissions globally well before 2100. The CLG has galvanised tangible business momentum for this goal through the Trillion Tonne Communique, signed by over 160 companies.
CLG members are: 3M, Acciona, Anglian Water Group, BT, Coca-Cola Enterprises, Doosan, DSM, EDF Energy, Ferrovial, GlaxoSmithKline, Heathrow, Iberdrola, Interface, Jaguar Land Rover, Kingfisher, Lloyds Banking Group, Philips, Skanska, Sky, Tesco, Thames Water, Unilever, United Technologies Corporation. They represent combined revenues of over $170 billion and employ 2 million people across 170 countries. Communications from the CLG benefit from the input of the entire group but do not necessarily require the formal agreement of all member companies.
The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) provides the secretariat to the CLG. Decisions of the CLG do not necessarily represent the policies or positions of CISL or of the wider University of Cambridge.
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Anampses chrysocephalus е вид лъчеперка от семейство Labridae. Видът е незастрашен от изчезване.

Разпространение и местообитание
Разпространен е в САЩ.

Среща се на дълбочина от 12 до 139 m, при температура на водата от 22,5 до 25,5 °C и соленост 34,9 – 35,3 ‰.

Описание
На дължина достигат до 17 cm.

Популацията на вида е стабилна.

Източници

Anampses

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The Rawhide Leather Tactical Ultra Durable Driving Gloves is made with real genuine leather. They include thick padding and velcro fastener for a snug, secure fit.
Highly durable driving glove made with genuine leather.
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text:
/*
    This is an implementation of a kronecker edge list generator v. closely
    based on the graph500 octave example (http://graph500.org)
 */
package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "krongen/kronecker"
    "math"
    "math/rand"
    "time"
    "runtime"
    "flag"
)

func parallel_generator(scale, edgefactor int) {
    // The number of vertices is 2^scale
    N := int(math.Exp2(float64(scale)))

    // N.o. edges
    M := edgefactor*N

    // initiator probabilities
    A, B, C := 0.57, 0.19, 0.19

    results := make(chan [2]int)
    dudes := 0
    for i := 0; i < 100; i++ {
        dudes++
        go func () {
            for {
                edge := kronecker.YieldEdge(scale, A, B, C)
                results <- edge
            }
        } ()
    }

    // permutation of edge labels, the kronecker generator has a greater
    // probability of creating edges in the lower ints
    perm := rand.Perm(N)
    for i:=0;i<M;i++ {
        tst := <-results

        // edges from the generator are 1-indexed,
        // those of the permutation are 0-indexed
        tst[0] = perm[tst[0] - 1] + 1
        tst[1] = perm[tst[1] - 1] + 1

        fmt.Printf("%d\t%d\n", tst[0], tst[1])
    }
}

func main() {
    runtime.GOMAXPROCS(runtime.NumCPU())
    rand.Seed(time.Now().UTC().UnixNano())

    var scale = flag.Int("scale", 10, "n.o. vertexes = 2^scale")
    var edgefactor = flag.Int("edgef", 8, "n.o. edges = [n.o. vertexes]*edgef")
    flag.Parse()

    parallel_generator(*scale, *edgefactor)
}

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text:
Q: Como atualizar propriedades no "setState" do React Estou tentando adicionar objetos a 2 propriedade do componente FecthApis. Faço a chamada para as duas Api's, e recebo a requisição com os objetos esperados. Porém, quando tento incluir esses objetos nas duas propriedades, com "setState", recebo o seguinte erro para a segunda propriedade (feedGitHub): uncaught (in promise) TypeError: Cannot read property 'setState' of null
o código é o seguinte:
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import axios from 'axios';

class App extends React.Component {

  render() {
    return (

        <FetchApis />

    )
  }
}

class FetchApis extends React.Component {
  constructor(){
    super();
    this.state ={
      feedReddit: [],
      feedGitHub: []
    }
  }

  componentDidMount(){
    axios.all([
      axios.get('https://www.reddit.com/r/redditdev/top.json?limit=2'),
      axios.get('https://api.github.com/search/repositories?q=react+language:javascript&sort=stars&order=desc')
    ])
      .then(axios.spread(function (reddit, github) {
        var feed1 = reddit.data.data.children.map(obj => obj.data);
        var feed2 = github.data.items.map(obj => obj)
        console.log(feed1);
        console.log(feed2);
        this.setState({
          feedReddit: {feed1},
          feedGitHub: {feed2}
        })
      }));
  }

  render(){
    return(

teste

          {this.state.feedReddit.map(bananareddit =>

{bananareddit.title}

          )}

          {this.state.feedGitHub.map(bananagithub =>

{bananagithub.name}

          )}

    )
  }

}

export default App;

Agradeço muito pela atenção.

A: O problema é que o this dentro da callback do axios já não é o teu componente. Tens duas alternativas:

*

*usar arrow functions

*usar um alias

Com arrow function:
muda
.then(axios.spread(function (reddit, github) {

para
.then(axios.spread((reddit, github) => {

Com alias:
componentDidMount(){
    const self = this;
    axios.all([
      axios.get('https://www.reddit.com/r/redditdev/top.json?limit=2'),
      axios.get('https://api.github.com/search/repositories?q=react+language:javascript&sort=stars&order=desc')
    ])
      .then(axios.spread(function (reddit, github) {
        var feed1 = reddit.data.data.children.map(obj => obj.data);
        var feed2 = github.data.items.map(obj => obj)
        console.log(feed1);
        console.log(feed2);
        self.setState({
          feedReddit: {feed1},
          feedGitHub: {feed2}
        });
      }));
}

Nota: não percebo a ideia de var feed2 = github.data.items.map(obj => obj). Será que falta alguma coisa? ou queres fazer uma cópia? nesse caso podes usar slice, mas desnecessário pois a array foi criada duas linhas acima.

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This looks a useful site with lots of advice on academic writing – Academic Muse from Alan Klima. There is a paid part of the site, but lots of free content too. Thanks to Sue Ruddick for the link.
I've shared a lot of things relating to this topic in the past, and there is an archive of Writing and Publishing posts and links.
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Maintaining records of vacations, sick leaves and other absences.
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Preparing PFRON (State Fund for Rehabilitation of Disabled People) and GUS (statistical office) declarations.
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What UK CPI, RPI and REAL INFLATION Predict for General Election Result 2019
By: Nadeem_Walayat
It's the economy stupid! The party in government tends to lose elections to the opposition on the basis of where the economy stands at the time of the general election. So whilst Boris Johnson's "Get Brexit Done" headline grabbing mantra sounds like it could deliver the Tories enough votes to win. However, if the economy is on the slide then all slogans and promises will be ignored, much as was the case for Theresa May's 2017 all about getting Brexit done election campaign.
So the focus of this analysis is where the economy stands and it's direction of travel relative to where economy stood in the run up to the June 2017 General Election as one of the 9 key election forecasting lessons learned from the outcome of the 2017 general election.
UK General Election Forecast Analysis
The aim of this series of analysis is to further fine tune my core election forecast based on the single most accurate predictor of UK general elections, house prices momentum that concluded in a forecast of xxx seats first made available to Patrons who support my work on the 24th of November 2019.
My last analysis on the Manifestos pushed the seats forecast in favour of the Labour party, putting the Tory seats tally stands at xxx ahead of my final forecast that I aim to complete several days before polling day (12th December).
What the economy Predicts for the UK General Election 2 of 5
UK Economy - GDP Growth
UK INFLATION - CPI / RPI / REAL
UK Unemployment Fake Statistics
REAL TERMS AVERAGE EARNINGS
UK General Election Tory Seats Projections
The primary remit of the Bank of England is price stability, one of keeping UK CPI inflation at 2%, the closer the rate is to 2% the more successful the Governments inflation policy is deemed to be. Despite the fact that CPI inflation tends to grossly under report REAL inflation, which is why most people prefer the RPI measure that the government has been gradually phasing out over the past decade and where the most recent announcements are to even change its methodology to the point where it closely matches CPI.
So I have always taken the official inflation indices with a giant pinch of salt which is why I constructed my own demand adjusted inflation indices that aims to provide an inflation measure more inline with with the actual experience of most people. And thus should give a more reliable view on where voters stand in terms of their actual inflation experience as opposed to manipulated government statistics.
As is the case with most fake statistics that they tend to throw up anomalies that don't reflect reality. Which was the case in the run up to the 2015 General Election where the ONS was reporting negative CPI of -0.1%. Meanwhile the more reliable RPI was suggesting an inflation rate of 1%. Whilst REAL inflation was at 1.5%. Furthermore the trend was for falling inflation. Thus RPI and REAL inflation were signaling economic competence to the electorate for which David Cameron was rewarded with an 'surprise' increased majority.
The Inflation indices were rocketing higher In the run up to the 2017 General Election with CPI at 2.9%, RPI at 3.7% and REAL Inflation nudging 5%. Which were thus SCREAMING economic incompetence. So much for "Strong and Stable"! More like "Weak and Feeble". And so Theresa May paid the price for inflationary incompetence.
Current CPI stands at 1.5%, RPI 2% and Real Inflation at 2.8%. With the trend downwards. Thus signaling economic competence to the electorate. So a vote winner for Boris Johnson, signaling better than 2017 but worse than 2015.
The rest of this analysis in my Forecasting the UK General Electon series has first been made available to Patrons who support my work:What the UK Economy Predicts for General Election 2019
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Birgitta Weizenegger (* 27. Juli 1970 in Oberstaufen, Bayern) ist eine deutsche Schauspielerin, Filmemacherin und Fotografin.

Leben
Von 1991 bis 1994 absolvierte Birgitta Weizenegger eine Schauspielausbildung am Theater der Keller in Köln. Danach arbeitete sie als Darstellerin u.a am Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf, am Stadttheater Ingolstadt und bei der  Neuen Schaubühne München, bevor sie 1999 in der Rolle der "Ines Reitmaier", später "Ines Kling", in der ARD-Fernsehserie Lindenstraße bekannt wurde. Diese Rolle spielte Weizenegger bis 2011.

Neben der Arbeit als Schauspielerin ist Birgitta Weizenegger seit 2006 als Filmemacherin tätig. 2011 absolvierte sie eine einjährige Weiterbildung zur Produzentin im Kölner Filmhaus. Im Oktober 2013 debütierte sie mit ihrem Langfilm Herbstflattern auf den Internationalen Hofer Filmtagen, wo sie für den Millbrook Autorenpreis und den Neuen Deutschen Filmförderpreis nominiert wurde.

Im Jahr 2014 entdeckte Weizenegger die Fotokamera als neue Ausdrucksmöglichkeit ihres künstlerischen Schaffens. Seit 2017 ist sie auch als Porträt- und Theaterfotografin  tätig.

Birgitta Weizenegger ist Mitglied im Bundesverband Regie (BVR), der VG Wort, der VG-Bild Kunst, der GVL und der Deutschen Akademie für Fernsehen.

Filmografie (Auswahl)
 1997: Tatort: Brüder (TV-Reihe): Schauspielerin
 1999–2011: Lindenstraße (TV-Serie): Schauspielerin
 2006: Lebe mich (Kurzfilm): Buch, Regie, Produktion
 2007: Evelyn (Kurzfilm): Buch, Regie Produktion
 2008: Der arme Bub (Kurzfilm): Buch, Regie, Produktion
 2009: Herbstflattern (Trailer): Buch, Regie Produktion
 2013: Herbstflattern (Langfilm-Debüt), Deutschlandpremiere auf den 47. Internationalen Hofer Filmtagen Oktober 2013
 2016: Staufner Geschichte (Heimatfilm, 25 min): Projektleitung
 2018: Jubiläumsfilm Oberstaufen (Doku/Spielfilm, 60 min): Idee, Regie, Buch, Produktion – DVD-Vertrieb
 2015 bis heute: Diverse Dokus/Serien für u. a. Saxonia Entertainment, Günther Bigalke TV, Cine Impulse Leipzig im Auftrag des MDR

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Filmschauspieler
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Popsänger
Deutscher
Geboren 1970
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New 'Marvel's The Punisher' Trailer Reveals More of Frank's Mission
And the release date for the Netflix series is redacted no more!
by Eric Goldman
If you've been hoping to see more of "Marvel's The Punisher" — and wanting to find out exactly when you can watch all of the episodes of the Netflix series — your wait is over, with the release of a new trailer for the series!
Check out the trailer above to see Frank Castle (Jon Bernthal) begin to discover more about the death of his family and set out to stop those lurking in the shadows…
Steve Lightfoot ("Hannibal") wrote the first two episodes of "Marvel's The Punisher," in addition to serving as showrunner and Executive Producer. Jim Chory ("Marvel's Daredevil," "Marvel's Jessica Jones" and "Marvel's Luke Cage") will also serve as Executive Producer along with Jeph Loeb ("Marvel's Daredevil," "Marvel's Jessica Jones" and "Marvel's Luke Cage"), Marvel's Head of Television.
"Marvel's The Punisher" premieres globally November 17, only on Netflix.
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Netflix and Marvel release joint statement.
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The series debuts on Netflix later in 2017.


Reporter: Good evening and welcome to the Channel 6 News, coming to you live from downtown Bethlehem. With the forthcoming census, the population is in a state of unrest, and we are here to gauge the mood of the people at this historic time.
The government's enforced policy of requiring this census is proving to be hugely unpopular. Chaos has been compounded with confusion with the command that each family be registered in their home town.
We have with us Quirinius, governor of Syria, who is responsible for this policy. Governor, how do you justify this policy which is causing such upset?
Quirinius: How good it is to be here and have this opportunity to send all your viewers seasons' greetings.
Quirinius: The failures of the previous government to invest in our transport infrastructure are highlighted by this present predicament. If their transport policies had been more forward looking, this would never have happened.
Reporter: And isn't it true that people are exploiting the situation at this season of goodwill? We have verified reports that accommodation is fully booked, and innkeepers have doubled the usual price for a room.
Reporter: (interrupting) We must leave it there, Governor, and thank you for joining us.
Reporter: (aside) Politicians! And he only gets one mention in the original story! (to camera) With more news, views and reactions this Yuletide, join Katie Dare-him and the Channel 6 news team after this break.
Voiceover: Headache? Tense, nervous headache?
Voiceover: Stressed out with all the seasonal shopping?
Headache: Battling for presents, fighting through the crowds, so many things to remember. My head feels like it's about to explode. I must take some Anadin.
Voiceover: Stop! This isn't an advert for Anadin.
Voiceover You're looking for fast, effective relief from this pain, right?
Voiceover: Father, we cast all these cares on you and ask for relief in Jesus' name.
Headache: It's gone. My headache's gone.
Voiceover: For fast, effective pain relief, take prayer.
Barry Scott: Hello. I'm Barry Scott. Why am I shouting? I have no idea. Problems with stubborn stains? Unable to remove grime and dirt? I'm not talking about stains in your kitchen. I'm talking about the stains in your heart – the things that bother your conscience, things you've done that are sinful – these are stains that not even Cillit Bang could remove. But there is a remedy. Repent of your sin. Put your trust in Christ and what He has done on the cross – bang, and the dirt is gone.
Katie: Welcome back to the Channel 6 news. I'm Katie Dare-him; and we are in downtown Bethlehem to gauge the mood of the people, and their reactions to this senseless census.
Katie: Here come a young couple. Let's ask them what they think of this government policy. Hello. I'm Katie Dare-him from the Channel 6 news.
Mary: Be nice to Miss Dare-him, Joseph.
Katie: That's Ms Dare-him, if you don't mind .
Joseph: Well, actually I do ….
Joseph: … don't mind at all. How can we help?
Katie: Can I ask you some open, honest questions?
Joseph: If you don't mind hearing some open, honest answers.
Katie: That's the spirit. It's what live news broadcasting is all about.
Joseph: You mean we're on the telly?
Katie: Live on the Channel 6 news.
Katie: Firstly, tell us who you are and where you're from.
Joseph: I'm Joseph, and this is my wife, Mary. We're from Nazareth.
Katie: So you're in Bethlehem to register for the census?
Mary: That's right. Joseph's family traces back to King David.
Katie: So we have royalty with us.
Joseph: (patting Mary's tummy) In more ways than one.
Katie: And how did you find the motorway up from Galilee? Were there many traffic jams?
Mary: Actually, we came by donkey.
Joseph: Not an easy journey in her condition.
Katie: Indeed not. What are you hoping for, boy or girl?
Mary: We already know it's a boy.
Katie: Did that show up in an ultrasound scan?
Mary: No. Actually, an angel of the Lord told us – and his name is to be Jesus.
Katie: (Flustered) Yes, well, er, that's very – em – interesting. Thanks for talking to us.
Katie: (Aside) How come I always get the nutballs? (To camera) Now it's back to the studio for the rest of today's headlines.
Shepherd 1: Turn the telly off .
Shepherd 2: Have you been out to check the sheep yet?
Shepherd 1: Yes, but every time I try to count them, I fall asleep.
Shepherd 1: Not really. It was an old joke.
Shepherd 2: No, not that – them folks from Nazareth.
Shepherd 1: What, that story about an angel of the Lord? Don't be daft. There's no such thing as angels.
Shepherd 2: (nervously) That's easy for you to say.
Angel: (to Shepherd 1) What were you saying about not believing in angels?
Shepherd 1: I never said that (pointing to Shepherd 2) It was him!
Shepherd 2: Don't try to pin the blame on me. You liar.
Shepherd 2: Well it was you who fibbed.
Shepherd 2: Was so, too.
Angel: SHUT UP!! For lo, I bring glad tidings of great joy.
Shepherd 2: (Sarcastically) That's great. I could do with some glad tidings.
Angel: If you don't mind. As I was saying, glad tidings of great joy. For unto you is born this day in the City of David a Saviour which is Christ the Lord.
Shepherd 1: (Jaw dropping Long pause) Wow! That's fantastic.
Shepherd 2: You're not wrong. Best glad tidings I've ever heard. But how will we find the Saviour?
Angel: Hold your horses. I was getting to that bit. (Clears throat) And ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes lying in a manger.
Shepherd 2: (Following) I bet it's got something to do with that Mary and Joseph on the news.
Wise Man 1: Excuse me. Are you King Herod?
Herod: (Suspiciously) Who wants to know?
Herod: But there are only two of you.
Wise Man 2: We had to downsize, because of the economic climate.
Herod: Kings of the Orient, eh? So how long did it take to get here?
Wise Man 1: It didn't take as long as you might imagine. We came by express.
Wise Man 2: Yeh – the Orient Express!
Wise Man 1: How did you know?
Herod: If you're so wise, what are you doing in Israel in the middle of a census?
Wise Man 1: We followed a star.
Wise Man 2: And we don't mean Cliff Richard.
Wise Man 1: We're looking for the King.
Wise Man 2: And we don't mean Elvis. We're looking for the king.
Herod: Well, you found him.
Wise Man 2: No – not you. The King of the Jews.
Herod: (angry) What! Another king? What treachery is this?
Wise Man 1: (to Wise Man 2) I don't think he's very happy about this news.
Herod: Some young upstart wanting my throne. Guards!
Wise Man 2: Let's get out of here – we'll just keep following the star.
Mary: (as they enter) It's no use, Joseph. Everywhere's fully booked. Where are we going to stay?
Joseph: Look, there's a church. They'll help us (They approach Elder) Excuse me. I wonder if you can help us?
Elder: Of course I can. I'm a church elder, you know.
Joseph: Great. My name's Joseph (shaking elder's hand) and this is my wife Mary.
Elder: (drops Joseph's hand) Oh yes. You're the couple that were on the news tonight.
Elder: Stories of angels and the Messiah – ridiculous.
Joseph: It's not ridiculous. It's the truth.
Elder: Nonsense. This church has known and preached the truth for over 200 years, and God doesn't do those sort of things anymore. Certainly not at this church.
Joseph: (to Mary) I'm not surprised – it's obviously dead in its traditions.
Joseph: I said it's dead traditional.
Elder: (proudly) Oh, thanks very much.
Mary: We're looking for accommodation. Can you help?
Elder: We're too busy getting ready for our watchnight service. Anyway, this is a church, not 'Help the Homeless'.
Joseph: (to Mary) So much for love your neighbour.
Mary: (to Joseph) Shoosh! (to elder) Thanks anyway. Goodbye.
Mary: (doubling over in pain; breathing heavily) I hate to tell you, but I think it's time.
Mary: Time for the baby to be born.
Joseph: (panicking – running around stage frantically) Oh no! What are we going to do? Look – there's a garage. You'll have to go in there. (Pushing Mary offstage left) Don't forget what we learned at ante-natal classes. Remember the Merv Milne method: don't focus on the pain. Focus on Jesus. Push through the pain.
Shepherd 1: (to Joseph) 'Scuse me. Is this the right place?
Joseph: Sorry. Bit preoccupied at the moment. Right place for what?
Shepherd 2: We're looking for the Messiah.
Joseph: The Messiah? But how do you know that He's coming?
Shepherds 1 & 2: An angel of the Lord appeared.
Joseph: (to Shepherds) So who are these guys?
Joseph & Shepherds: But there are only two of you.
Wise Man 1: Don't start that again.
Wise Man 2: There are more important issues here. We're looking for him that is born King of the Jews.
Joseph: And how do you know about Him? Don't tell me – an angel of the Lord appeared.
Wise Man 1: Actually we followed a star.
Shepherd 1: What? You mean like Cliff Richard.
Shepherd 2: Cor – look at that. Where did that come from?
Elder: What's all this noise about? We're trying to have a watchnight service, you know.
Shepherd 1: We're here to celebrate the birth of the Saviour.
Shepherd 2: And lo! An angel of the Lord appeared.
Elder: (to shepherd 1) You don't believe in angels as well do you?
Shepherd 1: Not until tonight, I didn't.
Elder: (to Wise Men) And what about you two? You've not been seeing angels too?
Elder: I've never seen that one before.
Joseph: (to Elder) So now do you believe us?
Angel: (to audience) Why do I always have this effect on people?
Elder, Wise Men, Shepherds & Joseph: That's easy for you to say.
Angel: Now listen up, guys. Mary has just given birth to Jesus, the Messiah. It's the most important event in the history of the world.
Wise Man 1: That's worth celebrating.
Wise Man 2: And it's worth telling people about.
Shepherd 2: Here's the very person to tell it to.
Angel: Glad tidings of great joy!
Katie: (to angel) And who might you be?.
Everyone: You always say that.
Katie: What glad tidings are these?
Elder: The Messiah is born.
Shepherd 1: And His name is Jesus.
Wise Man 2: He's going to save His people from their sins.
Shepherd 2: So we have to tell everyone.
Wise Man 1: And we have to celebrate.
Katie: If we're having a celebration, what are we going to call it?
Wise Man 2: Well, the Latin for celebration is mass.
Wise Man 1: And we're celebrating the birth of the Messiah.
Wise Man 2: So let's call it Messiahmas!
Shepherd 1: That just sounds silly. Any other ideas?
Wise Man 1: The Greek for Messiah is Christ. How about Christ-mas?
Shepherd 2: Christmas! That's catchy. What a great idea.
Elder: Christmas. I like it. What do you think, Joseph? Joseph? Where's Joseph?
Katie: So, how are we going to celebrate?
Shepherd 2: You've got to have a special feast for a celebration like this.
Wise Man 1: Roast turkey sounds good to me.
Wise Man 2: I could make a special dessert – Christmas pudding.
Elder: Sounds great – washed down with a nice bottle of vino, of course.
Katie: If Jesus is God's gift to us, surely we should all buy gifts for one another.
Shepherd 1: Brilliant idea! But to do all the shopping, we'll need to start in November. We could wrap all the presents up in bright paper.
Shepherd 2: That will make it more exciting for the children. Hey – we could decorate our houses too.
Wise Man 1: This is a great way of telling everyone the message of Christmas.
Elder: Everyone's going to love Christmas.
Katie: The people are going to be so excited about celebrating these glad tidings.
Shepherd 1: Oh yes – the glad tidings. With all the talk of celebrating, I'd forgotten about those. What were they, again?
Shepherd 2: I'm sure we'll remember during the Christmas celebrations.
Wise Man 1: Well, I'd better be off – lots of preparations and Christmas shopping to do.
Wise Man 2: Hold on. I'll come with you. We can spread the glad tidings later.
Shepherd 1: I think a fir tree would look good in the living room for Christmas.
Shepherd 2: We could put coloured lights on it – like those ones I saw at B&Q. Let's go!
Elder: I'm going to organise a great big party. (To Katie) Would you like to come?
Katie: Oh, I'd love to. (Elder & Katie move towards SR) You know, I can't help but think I've missed something about this whole Christmas story.


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Navy John Lewis (TAO-205) Class Oiler Shipbuilding Program: Background and Issues for Congress [October 2, 2017] [open pdf - 912KB]
"The John Lewis (TAO-205) class oiler shipbuilding program, previously known as the TAO(X) program, is a program to build a new class of 20 fleet oilers for the Navy. The primary role of Navy fleet oilers is to transfer fuel to Navy surface ships that are operating at sea, so as to extend the operating endurance of these surface ships and their embarked aircraft. The first ship in the TAO-205 program was funded in FY2016 at a cost of $674.2 million and is scheduled to be delivered to the Navy in November 2020. As part of its proposed FY2018 budget, the Navy is requesting the procurement of the second ship in the class. The Navy estimates the second ship's procurement cost at $539.1 million. Much of the difference in procurement cost between the first ship and the second is due to the fact that the procurement cost of the first ship included the detailed design/nonrecurring engineering (DD/NRE) costs for the class. Incorporating most or all of the DD/NRE cost for a class of ship into the procurement cost of the lead ship in the class is a traditional budgeting practice for Navy shipbuilding programs. The estimated unit procurement costs of the third and subsequent ships in the class are similar to that of the second ship."
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'The Bank of England' has raised interest rates by 0.5 percentage points to 2.25 per cent – Expert reaction
Following the announcement that 'The Bank of England' has raised interest rates by 0.5 percentage points to 2.25 per cent industry experts have reacted to the news.
Russell Silberston, Strategist at Ninety One, commented: "The Bank of England raised official interest rates by another 50bps today, bringing Bank Rate to 2.25%. The vote to implement this, however, was mixed, with 3 members of the Monetary Policy Committee wanting a more aggressive 75bps increase and the newest member preferring 25bps. Relative to market expectations, it was marginally dovish, with several participants expecting a larger increase, in line with action from other central banks over recent days.
The root of the Bank's compromise and today's neutral decision is that it is just too soon to determine the macroeconomic effects of the government's Energy Price Guarantee and tomorrow's Growth Plan. The former will lower the peak in CPI inflation by 5 percentage points early next year but will likely increase demand. The latter will clearly provide further fiscal support at a time when domestic inflationary pressure is increasing. The Bank was therefore left awaiting clarity and promised that they would make a full assessment of the government's actions at their next meeting in November.
With money markets pricing in a peak in Bank rate close to 5% by summer 2023, the market is more bearish on the UK than it is on the US or eurozone. With active quantitative tightening also kicking off today, there is an awful lot of tightening priced. Whether it's justified will likely depend on whether the new government's dash for growth is real or rhetoric."
Dr Matthew Connell, director of policy and public affairs at the Chartered Insurance Institute, said: "It may seem strange that at the same time as the Government has announced a huge bailout for households to make energy bills more affordable, the Bank of England is making mortgages less affordable.
"However, the interest rate rise will have a bigger impact on higher income households, as research published by the Institute of Fiscal Studies early in September has shown.
"So this rise will help to calm spending by higher income households, without removing the vast majority of fiscal help going to smaller households.
"Households who are facing a squeeze on spending should get advice before cancelling any insurance. There may be situations where life insurance contracts allow for some flexibility in hard times, or where cover can be tailored to be more affordable. Cancelling cover altogether could be a false economy if the worst were to happen."
Hinesh Patel, portfolio manager at Quilter Investors, said: "Today's move by the Bank of England to increase interest rates by 0.50% for the second month in a row is also the sixth consecutive rise as the Bank continues to attempt to beat back the flames of inflation and shore up the soggy pound.
"Markets were expecting a larger 0.75% increase, following the same increase yesterday by the Federal Reserve which pushed sterling to its weakest against the dollar since 1985. The Bank of England continues to be on the back-foot and playing catch up with the Fed, and at 2.25% UK rates lag the 3-3.25% range in the States.
"The BoE also missed an earlier window of opportunity to, at the very least, dampen the impact on sterling. Instead, the Bank is now in a quandary of how to set policy rates with fiscal uncertainty and a ratcheting up of government borrowing. The Reaganesque policies being pitched by the new cabinet may boost growth, but in our opinion will add to core inflationary pressures in the medium term.
"This comes at a time when the net supply of Gilts to the market is being exacerbated by accelerating quantitative tightening. In the near-term, however, money trends suggest the inflationary pulse is in the rear-view mirror. Coupled with the hit to business confidence and consumer spending power this year, we expect the Bank will be hiking into a rapidly deteriorating, but not disastrous, environment.
"For investors, this has now produced one of the most prospectively attractive set-ups for fixed income assets in at least a decade."
Oliver Jones, Asset Allocation Strategist at Rathbones, commented: "The Bank of England's 0.5 percentage point interest rate increase today might have been even larger if not for the government's decision to freeze energy bills, which policymakers noted should "lower and bring forward the expected peak of CPI inflation". Three of the monetary policy committee's nine members voted to follow the Federal Reserve with a larger 0.75 percentage point move instead. However, even if interest rates do not rise quite as quickly in the next few months as the aggressive path previously discounted in markets, there are still significant longer-term risks.
"As the Bank noted, the energy bill freeze will support demand – it's a major loosening of fiscal policy, potentially worth more than 4% of GDP. That may well be compounded at the emergency budget tomorrow, where substantial tax cuts are likely to be announced, equivalent to perhaps another 1% of GDP. The net result is that underlying inflationary pressure could remain stronger for longer than it would have done otherwise, despite the probable lower peak in the headline rate. The Bank is reserving full judgement on the new fiscal measures until its new forecasts are published in November. But it did suggest that the energy bill freeze will "add to inflationary pressures in the medium term", echoing the words of the Bank's Chief Economist Huw Pill in his recent testimony to MPs. The latest inflation and labour market figures won't have soothed any nerves about the strength of underlying inflation either, with core inflation rising to 6.3% and nominal wage growth still above 5%. If underlying inflationary pressure does indeed remain strong for longer than previously seemed likely, the Bank's tightening cycle may last longer than is widely anticipated, raising the possibility of further increases in the yields of long-dated Gilts."
Derrick Dunne, CEO of YOU Asset Management (YOU), commented: "Despite interest rates rising less than expected to 2.25%, households will still start to feel the weight of extra costs like increased mortgage rates and spiralling inflation.
"While increased rates mean higher cash savings returns, clearly inflation is far outstripping this and will still leave savers with less in their bank accounts in real terms. In order to protect against inflation, people should consult with a financial adviser about the best way to invest their savings that will mitigate the impact of inflation and keep it protected from market fluctuations.
"For those already invested, making any snap decisions to your savings or investments could derail growth plans in the long run. It's important stay invested in well diversified portfolios designed to provide sustainable growth and be robust enough to weather the current economic crisis. A financial adviser can help make the most appropriate decisions."
Charlotte Jones, Senior Consultant at XPS Pensions Group, commented: "A rise of at least 0.5% was already anticipated by investment markets, with a c2.7% rise in long-term government bond yields since December 2021 reducing liabilities of UK DB pension schemes by £750bn, nearly 35%.
"Analysis by XPS's DB:UK funding tracker shows that UK pension schemes are now in surplus*, with the improvement in funding positions largely attributable to rising interest rates. The energy cap should lead to prices rising less quickly than previously feared, but with the future far from certain, pension scheme trustees should strongly consider taking measures to lock in some of these gains by reducing levels of risk in their investment strategies or securing members' benefits with an insurance company".
Finn Houlihan, Managing Director at Arlo Group and ATC Tax comments: "The Bank of England's decision to increase the interest rate by a substantial 0.5% points marks the highest rate since the start of recession in 2009, and is an unavoidable response to inflation.
"While the increase is designed to ease the impact of inflation on households and businesses and bodes well for savers,, people with significant or multiple mortgages will continue to feel the pinch, especially those on variable rates. Even those on fixed rate mortgages who are seemingly unaffected should be conscious of double checking when they will drop onto a variable rate as they could suddenly face extremely high costs.
"The biggest concern for households is to understand how they still afford those payments while dealing with soaring energy prices, and many will be looking at tomorrow's announcement by Liz Truss for answers. In the next few weeks, and with the EU emergency energy summit on the 30th, there are signs that energy prices are set to decrease in the near future but in the meantime, the energy crisis is compounding the grim outlook for some borrowers.
People can hope that the measures taken by the new Government will cushion the impact of the rate's decision and energy crisis in some way, including through direct income relief. Moreover, it is all the more important for them to turn to professional advice to fully evaluate options and make the most informed financial decisions."
Adrian Anderson, Director of property finance specialists: "The Bank of England have increased UK interest rates to 2.25%, this is a 50 basis points hike and takes borrowing costs to their highest levels since November 2008.
The Bank's monetary policy committee were split 5-4 on the rate hike. Experts are anticipating more large rate hikes later in the year and into 2023 which is going to heap misery on mortgage payers and have a severe impact on households' disposable income.
The message to mortgage borrowers is very simple – don't wait, take action now as its likely the situation will get worse in the short term. Borrowers are actively shopping around and seeking to fix their mortgage payments now before the monthly mortgage pain gets even worse.
This is a huge reality check. The landscape has changed quickly, we are no longer living in a period of ultra-low interest rates with plenty of disposable income; our outgoings are increasing faster than our income and we are going to have to adjust quickly and get used to the new norm."
Chris Beauchamp, Chief Market Analyst at IG Group: "The doves at the BoE have won out for now, moving rates up by just 50bps. But with the inflation forecast actually cut back slightly perhaps there is ground for the BoE's hawkishness to drop back a touch. Once again the BoE's caution has hit sterling, which has dropped again following the decision. Perhaps tomorrow's government statement will give sterling traders something more positive to think about…"
Kevin Roberts, Managing Director of Legal & General Mortgage Services: "Today's decision to raise the base rate comes as no surprise to those watching the headlines. Inflation and rising energy costs have dominated the news and it's clear that the Bank of England is committed to fighting this. Of course, these decisions don't exist in a vacuum and borrowers may be worried about what the knock-on effects of today's news will be on their future mortgage payments and ability to borrow. For many of these borrowers, or would-be borrowers, this latest worry may just add to serious existing concerns about winter energy costs and a general rise in the cost of living.
"Rates are only one part of the puzzle though, and it's important to stress that activity in the housing market still remains very healthy. Additionally, many existing borrowers, for instance those on fixed-rate mortgages, won't actually see any impact on rates until their current deal ends. There might also be help on the horizon for new borrowers, as the government is expected to announce a cut to Stamp Duty later this week. There are then some reasons for positivity, in spite of the headlines.
"As an industry we need to acknowledge though that some borrowers may have difficulty navigating this quickly-moving environment and may be unaware of the support available to them. This is an opportunity for advisers to show their true worth. Good quality financial advice will be crucial in helping borrowers see past the initial headlines and understand what all this news means for their particular situation. Speaking with a mortgage adviser can help borrowers to better understand the options that are available and find a solution that's right for them."
Jonny Black, strategic director, abrdn, said: "It is unlikely that this seventh consecutive rise in interest rates will be the final increase of 2022. Inflation and bleak Bank of England forecasts means we can expect more people to turn to their adviser for support.
"Rash financial decisions are even more dangerous in today's economic climate. Advisers are stepping up to the plate once more, reassuring their clients and helping them to maintain the balance of investments they need to achieve their long-term objectives.
"And, from a commercial perspective, it is now essential for advisers to take the same long-term view as their clients. They must consider whether their business strategies for everything from pricing to recruitment are suitable for an extended period of high inflation."
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Goldfrapp recently revealed the brand new video for 'Systemagic', taken from their recent Top 10 album, 'Silver Eye'. Making her directorial debut, Alison Goldfrapp demonstrates a natural progression from her creative behind the album artwork and art direction on the video 'Anymore'. The video features a coven of moon-worshippers dancing under the watchful Silver Eye and was choreographed by illyr - who was listed on the recently released Dazed 100.
Goldfrapp recently gave a performance of the new single, 'Systemagic' on Later With Jools Holland. The band also headlined the first night of this year's BBC 6Music Festival and played a sold out show at London's Roundhouse, apparently receiving 5 star reviews from The Times and The Evening Standard and which The Independent likened to a "throbbing glitter-bomb of delirium".
Further live shows this year include a headline set as part of the Summer Series at Somerset House on 9 July plus appearances at Glastonbury Festival, Blue Dot Festival and Latitude Festival. The band will also be playing in Philadelphia, New York, Sydney, Helsinki, Brussels and Madrid over the summer.


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