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Well this flaw was first publicized in November last year, it was successfully used against Twitter in the same month.
IETF completed the SSL vulnerability fix in January this year and now in August – 10 months after the original release of the flaw – Microsoft has stepped up and fixed it.
The fix is labeled as MS10-049 and categorised as a Critical security vulnerability. Interestingly it also notes that it fixes both a publicly exposed vulnerability and a privately reported bug both in the Secure Channel (SChannel) security package in Windows.
Microsoft has updated a broad swath of products to fix a potentially serious spoofing vulnerability in the secure sockets layer (SSL) protocol that secures email, web transactions and other sensitive internet traffic.
The software company on Tuesday released MS10-049 to kill the bug in Windows Server 2008, Windows 7 and 12 other versions of Windows that are still under support. The patch updates a part of the operating system known as SChannel, or Secure Channel, which is responsible for implementing SSL, which is also referred to as TLS, or transport layer security.
The weakness first became public in November, when word leaked out that a vulnerability in the underlying protocol used by hundreds of companies allowed attackers to inject text into encrypted traffic passing between two endpoints. Researchers had been meeting in secret to develop an industry-wide fix before attackers could figure out a way to exploit it.
Microsoft's update follows the revision in January of RFC 5246, the request-for-comments document that previously mapped out the technical specifications for the protocol. The new controlling blueprint for SSL/TLS communications is RFC 5746. Since then, other packages, including OpenSSL, RedHat Linux and Oracle's Java, have also been patched.
The vulnerability is pretty widespread as it covers both Windows 7 – their latest OS and 12 other versions of Windows which Microsoft still supports. It's marked as critical on 5 versions of Windows, which means it allows remote code execution and the rest it's marked as important as it allows spoofing.
I'm guessing most large corporates running Windows systems will be pushing out this patch ASAP, especially those that rely on SSL for daily business – those in eCommerce would be the likeliest to find this kind of attack a real risk.
"Ten months after public disclosure the majority of the industry has a fix," said Marsh Ray, a software developer at two-factor authentication service PhoneFactor and one of the researchers who first sounded the alarm. "I think it's about as good a time as any to declare victory on that project."
Microsoft rated the severity of the vulnerability as "important," the second-highest classification on its four-tier scale. The bulletin correctly said the SSL vulnerability could be exploited only in concert with another attack – such as ARP spoofing or DNS cache poisoning – that allowed someone to perform a man-in-the-middle attack.
"It is important to note that this is still potentially a significant issue for certain deployments, and the update should be installed," Maarten Van Horenbeeck, a program manager in the Microsoft Security Response Center, wrote here. "In particular, the vulnerability may affect other non-HTTP protocols that are less well understood."
The vulnerability in the older protocol stems from the ability for either party in an SSL transaction to renegotiate the session, usually so one of them can refresh its cryptographic keys or change other parameters. That could allow man-in-the-middle attackers to surreptitiously introduce text at the beginning of an SSL session.
The latest Patch Tuesday from Microsoft has been a bit of a record breaker with 14 security patches for at least 34 separate vulnerabilities.
This closely follows more disclosed bugs in Adobe PDF related products following their latest patches for other critical rated vulnerabilities.
Source: The Register
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There's no guarantee that your art will afford you an audience or a living. An obvious but no less disappointing reality, confronting it requires the maturity to accept compromise, the wisdom to step back and appreciate the long view.
A revered producer in L.A.'s perennially fertile independent rap scene, the easygoing, bespectacled 37-year-old has worked as a television composer since the early-aughts, crafting everything from hip-hop beats to rock songs for companies like Hewlett-Packard and Farmers Insurance (he sang on the "We are Farmers" jingle). Today, Segal is a lead composer for TBS's Drop the Mic.
While reticent to discuss his commercial work, Segal admits these gigs financed his spacious home in South L.A.'s Jefferson Park neighborhood, and more importantly, his home studio. A comfy, carpeted room with a cache of SP-404s, guitars, keyboards, and more, this is where he honed the sound of his work with frequent collaborators like Milo (so the flies don't come and part of who told you to think??!!?!?!?!), Busdriver ("Worlds to Run"), and Open Mike Eagle ("No Selling"). A warm, occasionally melancholic aesthetic grounded by crisp, unquantized drums and loops of live instrumentation (sometimes played by fellow musicians), it sounds organic and entirely singular. With each new beat, Segal expands the musicality of rap production.
"You hear a Kenny Segal beat and think, 'Gee, I remember when beats commanded this much of my soul'—but you don't and you can't, [because] they never did," Milo says.
More often than not, Segal's place doubles as a compound, a space where musicians reside and create for extended periods of time. His latest release, Casual Horns, Dog—a collaborative effort with Aaron Carmack (Mr. Carmack) and Mike Parvizi (Penthouse Penthouse)—was born out of this constant proximity to his colleagues. Parvizi has lived down the block for years, and Carmack once had a spare bedroom/studio in Segal's house. Calling themselves The Jefferson Park Boys, the trio has combined already-released instrumentals with revised and extended versions of their impromptu jam sessions to seamlessly wed Segal's percussive tendencies with Carmack and Parvizi's jazzy melodies. Endlessly replayable, Casual Horns, Dog is ideal for lounging on sedate afternoons or imbuing your dinner jazz playlist with some hip-hop.
Born and raised in Rockville, Maryland, Segal's team-first attitude was cultivated during his years playing cello in school orchestras. While attending USC on a computer engineering scholarship, he linked with a crew of drum & bass DJs and began visiting Konkrete Jungle in Silver Lake, a seminal weekly run by Low End Theory co-founder Daddy Kev.
At Konkrete Jungle, Segal met rappers from L.A.'s famed Project Blowed collective. Before long, Freestyle Fellowship's P.E.A.C.E. was sleeping on Segal's couch and rapping over his beats. Throughout his early 20s, Segal moonlighted as Abstract Rude's DJ and produced for countless members of the L.A.'s rap underground, including Fellowship's Self Jupiter, with whom he's since released a pair of grossly overlooked albums as The Kleenrz.
When life as an indie rap producer became untenable, Segal took a job as a composer at Elias Arts. Though his artist output slowed, he was able to hire his friends to play on his work-related compositions, something he continues to this day. "It was a great tool for me to hook up a lot of my friends who had at that point had just been playing on my stuff for free and to solidify my team," Segal says.
The pair's friendship and artistic kinship have since spawned 2015's critically-acclaimed so the flies don't come and much more. His successes with Milo have also inspired Segal to devote energy toward his solo career once again. This year, Segal plans to release the third installment of his Kenstrumentals beat tape series, a sequel to his 2008 rapper compilation Ken Can Cook, his first proper producer album (tentatively titled Happy Little Trees), and songs with everyone from Future Islands frontman Sam Herring to Elucid and Billy Woods. For now, he's found an audience.
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Description From Congressional Papers of Dan Glickman, MS 97-05, Box 166, FF 4. Testimony of Dr. Elmer J. Finck, Assistant Professor of Biology at Emporia State University, before the House Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands on H.R. 2369, to establish the Flint Hills Prairie National Monument. Hearing held at Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas, August 23, 1991.


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Many people work to eliminate food insecurity
Published 1:00 pm Friday, May 27, 2022
By Grace Bost and Katharine DeRosa
Capital News Service
The founders of Fonticello Food Forest bent down under the picnic table to pick edible chickweed leaves and lavender flowers. Moments later they were running to their neighbors' aid – some of their chickens were loose.
Jameson Price and Laney Sullivan founded the outdoor space, which serves as a free source of fresh and perishable food for community members. The food is donated or grown on site, the pair said. The property is located in Carter Jones Park, south of the James River in Richmond.
"This is not charity work," Price said. "This is just work."
Price and Sullivan are part of a larger effort to mitigate food insecurity and food waste across Virginia.
Food insecurity means a household lacks access to enough food for a healthy lifestyle, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. An estimated 10% of Virginians were food insecure before the COVID-19 pandemic; that percentage increased to 22% between April and May 2020, according to the Virginia Department of Social Services.
GRASSROOTS EFFORTS
Nationally, food insecurity went unchanged at 10.5% between 2019 and 2020, according to the USDA. However, food pantry usage increased between those two years.
More than 4% of families used food pantries in 2019 and, almost 7% of families reported using a food pantry in 2020, according to USDA. The 2021 data was not available as of mid-April, according to USDA.
Food pantry usage is higher among those who experience food insecurity, according to USDA.
Local grocery stores and nonprofit organizations such as Feed More food bank provide food for the Fonticello Food Forest, Price and Sullivan said. They have built contacts with store employees to help acquire leftover food; one method also deployed by the food sharing organization Food Not Bombs where Sullivan also works.
"We're trying to go and establish relationships and understanding of what we're trying to do, and the impact that it's giving to families and to folks that need the food," Price said, "Especially as cost continues to rise but waste doesn't seem to be decreasing."
Over 816,000 tons of surplus food was sent to the landfill in Virginia in 2019, according to data from ReFED, a nonprofit dedicated to ending food loss and waste across the U.S. That includes food surplus from manufacturing, retail, food service, farming and residential sources. The food that Fonticello Food Forest saves from waste is a tiny piece of the billions of pounds of food thrown away every day, Sullivan said.
"This is not the better world," Sullivan said. "This is better than it would be if it was all going in the trash, but it's not the ideal."
RVA Community Fridges works to increase access to fresh, locally-grown food, according to Taylor Scott, the mutual aid nonprofit's founder. The program works to keep 10 established fridges in the Richmond area stocked with free food. Scott founded RVA Community Fridges in 2020 after wanting to redistribute surplus tomatoes she grew in her home garden.
Mutual aid is the principle of serving one's community to meet the immediate needs of community members, according to GlobalGiving, a nonprofit organization that connects other nonprofits with donors and companies.
The goal is to add more fridges in food deserts, areas that are far from grocery stores and have limited access to affordable and fresh food.
The newest fridge was established at Ms. Girlee's Kitchen — a restaurant in the Fulton Hill neighborhood — after community members highly requested it. The area is a food desert lacking basic infrastructure, according to Scott.
Providing food for the Fulton Hill community has been rewarding, Scott said. Over 60% of the neighborhood's population is Black, and 10% are over age 65, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Scott wants to add more fridges in communities of color. Black individuals make up 29% of the population of Richmond and Petersburg, but account for 48% of people experiencing poverty, according to United Way, an organization that funds nonprofits in the Richmond area. Latino individuals make up 6% of the population but account for 15% of individuals experiencing poverty, according to the same data.
BLACK SPACE MATTERS
The Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU in 2020 started a collaboration with Duron Chavis, an urban farmer and community activist, to highlight issues of food insecurity. Chavis grew food in the vacant lot outside the museum that was later distributed. The project also highlighted the importance of Black community spaces to have conversations about food justice.
People cannot discuss food insecurity without discussing the issue of land use, Chavis said, because those who do not have access to healthy food often don't have access to land to grow that food.
"Our work is about reaching people's dignity and their ability to be self-determining and to make decisions for themselves that increase their health and increase access to healthy food without hoping on some outside resources to come in and make everything better for them," Chavis said.
Governments could create something like an office dedicated to urban agriculture, but Richmond hasn't established such an office, Chavis said.
Mark Davis, founder of Real Roots Food Systems, also is working to expand access to locally-grown food. The organization's goal is for people to know where their food comes from and experiment with ways to obtain food that doesn't involve purchasing items.
"I think it's a special thing to be in a cashless exchange in times like these, to create a resiliency in communities like this," Davis said recently when interviewed for the "Black Space Matters" Season Two documentary series.
Davis said that he grows food on land in Hanover County, owned by Richmond-based First Baptist Church. The church then donates the food to food pantries and other outlets. RealRoots wants to create less waste in landfills and meaningful collection of research around waste diversion.
Virginia legislators are also enacting laws to help support access to local agriculture. Del. Sam Rasoul, D-Roanoke, introduced House Bill 2068 in the 2021 Virginia General Assembly session to connect local farmers to local consumers, he said.
The bill, which was passed unanimously by both chambers in 2021, established the Local Food and Farming Infrastructure Grant Program. The program created grants to support infrastructure and other projects to support local farming. The grants are available on a competitive basis and award up to $25,000 per grant, according to the bill.
Some examples of ways the grants have been used include flash freezing produce, canning farmed food and transferring farmed food to wholesale markets, Rasoul said.
"So, it's all about trying to get that local food from the farm to the market, and at the same time reducing our [carbon] footprint," Rasoul said.
Rasoul introduced HB 323 this past session to double the program's available grant money from $25,000 to $50,000. Both chambers in the General Assembly also passed this measure unanimously.
The grant program awarded eight grants in December 2021 to various food infrastructure projects. Two of the projects involve improving farmer's markets, two involve meat processors and two involve upgrading local canning systems, according to the Virginia Department for Agriculture and Consumer Services.
Food insecurity worsened because of COVID-19, according to data from Feeding America. However, data suggest food insecurity was a problem among college students before the pandemic.
Youngmi Kim, associate professor of social work at Virginia Commonwealth University, researched food insecurity among college students before the onset of COVID-19. She found that 35% of VCU students experienced food insecurity.
This finding inspired environmental studies professor John Jones to dream up a miniature version of the main food pantry on campus, which began in 2014 and is located inside the University Student Commons at VCU.
Little Ram Pantries launched in October 2021 in various locations around campus. People can take however much of the nonperishable items they need and donate as much food as they can. Jones had the idea for the effort when he came across a small food pantry in the Church Hill neighborhood in Richmond, he said. The effort mirrors the "little free pantry" movement spawned from little free libraries seen in neighborhoods around the U.S.
One aspect preventing people from using the main food pantry on campus is the stigma associated with food pantries, according to Jones. He wanted to employ the Little Ram Pantries as a way to eliminate the stigma surrounding using resources, he said.
"Let's try to make this so visible on campus that it fades into the background," Jones said.
Jones received program funding from the Office of Community Engagement and VCU Service Learning, and has support from the school's Institute for Inclusion, Inquiry, and Innovation. Each box has a sensor to track when the boxes are opened and closed for Jones' research.
Jones found students interact with the Little Ram Pantries at over twice the rate they visit the main campus food pantry. The main food pantry on campus receives about 34 visits per week, Jones said, while the satellite version he launched receives about 75. This success led to him expanding the program by creating more locations.
"I think that the data that we have is very promising," Jones said. "And I think that with some tweaking, I think the model could be very effective on other campuses."
Professors from the University of Alabama and the University of West Georgia reached out to him about starting their own version of the program, Jones said. He wants to launch a website that details best practices for miniature food pantries, he said.
Despite the success of the Little Ram Pantries and other food pantry models, Jones said food pantries are not a solution to food insecurity.
"If our society wants to be serious about fixing the underlying issue as to why people are hungry, then we need to look at the issue of why people aren't being paid enough," Jones said.
Fonticello Food Forest founders Price and Sullivan helped round up the neighbor's loose chickens and returned to finish the interview.
Efforts to combat food insecurity are notable, they said, but shouldn't be necessary.
"In a truly just world and a truly reciprocal, mutual-aid world, there wouldn't be this food waste to be redistributed and folks would be more connected to the food process," Price said. "We understand that that's not such an easy thing, to just suddenly flip a switch on, so you do what you do in the meantime."

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Vice president Delcy Rodriguez spoke in an interview published by Russia Today in which she called a campaign to deliver foreign humanitarian aid into the country "a big lie" that is meant to disguise a military invasion of Venezuela.
Rodriguez also repeated her oft-made claim that "there is no humanitarian crisis in Venezuela", and blamed the country's "social wounds" on the United States while claiming that Maduro has worked to "directly tend to" the neediest Venezuelans throughout his presidency.
Rodriguez's comments echo those made by the vice president of the ruling PSUV party, Diosdado Cabello, who said during a political rally in Anzoategui state today that the matter of the humanitarian aid was "complex" because it was "based on a big lie".
Venezuela is currently experiencing suffering from the worst socio-economic collapse in its modern history. Poor monetary policy drove the inflation rate to reach a staggering 1,698,488.2% in 2018, a fact that erases earnings and makes accessing food, medicine and services increasingly difficult for Venezuelans. The economic crisis is also evidenced in widespread shortages of food and medicine.
Interim president Juan Guaido has rallied international support in recent weeks to bring humanitarian aid into Venezuela, which Maduro and the PSUV are rejecting on several grounds.
At least National Guard soldiers continue to stand guard at the Tienditas international bridge, which connects Tachira state with Colombia's Norte de Santander department.
An image shared by El Pitazo this morning shows a group of soldiers on the Venezuelan side of the border. According to El Pitazo, there were "more than 30" state security officials there, including 20 female National Guard soldiers and 10 police officers.
The government of Peru announced today that it received 131,388 requests for refugee status from Venezuelan migrants in 2018, a figure that it expects will be surpassed in 2019. The news came from Patricia Rubio, an official at the Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Special Commission for Refugees.
According to El Nacional, only 400 Venezuelans have been granted refugee status in Peru between 2016 and 2018.


When you walk in the door at Pico Rojo, you're immediately enveloped in the wonderful smell of charcoal rotisserie chicken. Makes me hungry just thinking back on it. Since I like dark meat and Loren likes white, we usually just split a whole chicken which comes with four sides. I went for a salad and cole slaw and Loren got the asparagus and rice/beans combo.
This really is some of the best chicken around. It's tender and juicy with a crispy, spicy skin on it. The way they cook it gives it such an amazing overall flavor. Loren likes the green dipping sauce, where I prefer the creamy one. The side dishes are fresh and tasty, but the chicken is definitely the star of the meal. Total with a drink was $23.
We went back to Pico Rojo tonight because we had a $10 coupon only to find out they're no longer accepting any coupons.
We ordered the whole chicken meal which came with 4 sides.
The rice and beans were good, the fried cheese, not so much. It was rubbery and didn't have any flavor whatsoever.
I liked the cole slaw, it had a nice tangy flavor. I didn't like the plantains though. They were kind of tough. The chicken, however, was as good as we remembered it from the last time we were here. It has a nice texture and flavor. And we also had to get the chicken empanadas.
This is just one of the tastiest empanadas around. So many different flavors going on inside. Total dinner was $30, but we had quite a bit of leftovers.
For a four day workweek, this one seemed to last forever, so when it came time for lunch on Friday, a few of us headed over to the Latin American Grill in Oldsmar.
My two co-workers hadn't eaten there before, but I've had dinner there a few times and it's always been good. The restaurant was empty though, which was a surprise for a Friday afternoon.
For $18, we got pork chops, steak fajitas, and a small Cuban sandwich.
Everyone enjoyed the food. I got the Cuban and if that was a small, I don't even want to imagine what a large looks like. The pork was really tasty in it. For a quick, inexpensive lunch, this is a great place in Oldsmar.
We'd seen the signs for Pico Rojo when we ate at Kaiko and finally decided to try it. Plus we had a $10 Restaurant.com coupon.
You can smell the charcoal rotisserie as you walk in the door. The owner was really nice and explained the menu to us and how they prepare the food. Everything sounded really good.
We started off with a chicken empanada.
I've eaten a lot of empanadas in my day, but none quite like this. I can't even begin to describe the amazing flavors in it. One bite and I was ready to order a few more. It had a nice crispy shell with a chicken and vegetable mixture, plus a slice of black olive, hard-boiled egg, and raisins. It came with a jalapeno sauce, but honestly didn't need any flavor enhancements.
We opted for a whole chicken which came with 4 sides. We got a side salad, coleslaw, black beans, and jasmine rice.
Everything was so fresh and tasty. I was surprised they used jasmine rice (which is one of my favorites) and mixing it with the beans made for a wonderful flavor combination. The cole slaw was fresh with a light dressing on it. The chicken was incredibly tender with a nice mellow charcoal flavor. The owner told us they had the charcoal rotisserie oven shipped all the way from South America.
This is definitely a restaurant we'll go back to. With the $10 off coupon, the total bill was $14 and we have plenty of leftover chicken for tomorrow.
Didn't feel like cooking tonight, so we headed over the Latin American Grill Argentine in Oldsmar.
We've been here a few times. It's a small restaurant, but the food packs a lot of flavor. They start you off with some cuban bread with a chimichurri sauce to dip it in.
You know it has to be good when Loren eats more bread that I do. The sauce is very garlicy and full of herbs.
We split a chicken empanada for an appetizer.
It was nice and crispy and the chicken filling was really tasty. I'd be happy with just a couple of these for dinner. My dinner came with 2 sides and I chose the chicken soup as one of them.
It was chicken and rice with a lot of veggies. It had a really nice flavor to it, but I couldn't put my finger on what it was. There was almost a sweetness to it, but I don't know if it was just from the fresh vegetables or if something else was added. In either case, it was a yummy bowl of soup on a rainy night.
Loren got the roasted pork with yellow rice and beans.
Inevitably, if there's roasted pork on the menu, he's going to get it. This one had a bunch of onions plus the chimichurri sauce mixed it. He scarfed the entire thing.
I went for the Milanesa de Pollo with mashed potatoes.
There was enough chicken here to feed at least two people. It was nicely pan fried with a lot of seasoning on it. Maybe a little too much for my taste. It sort of tasted salty, but maybe with a little lemon thrown in. The chicken was very tender and the mashed potatoes were homemade, which is the way all mashed potatoes should be.
For $35 we got an appetizer, two entrees and a drink, plus have of my chicken for leftovers. Everything was really tasty and flavorful and the service was good too. It's one of those restaurants we enjoy whenever we go there, but we just keep forgetting that it's there.


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How important is your confidentiality, really ? In a world where less and less of our lives are truly private, having a place where you can be yourself, learn about yourself and express yourself safely is not just a luxury, it's a necessity.
My personal belief is that your confidentiality and privacy are rapidly shrinking in the context of a world where people around you are seemingly baring their souls (and more !) to a world of unknown strangers.
The confidential relationship that is central to psychotherapy allows you to speak your mind so that you may freely access your innermost thoughts without fear. Without the trust and security that your personal information is being kept confidential, psychotherapy is lacking the essential element instrumental to its success.
My belief in the importance of your privacy dictates the core of my practice.
Insurance companies and other third party payers do not have your best interests in mind.
Despite recent legislation, your personal health information can be held against you.
The confidentiality leak is the 'elephant in the room' and prevents you (at least unconsciously, if not more) from speaking your true thoughts and desires…and may prevent us from addressing it as an impediment to your growth.
Of course, there are legal exceptions and limits to confidentiality in which I may be legally mandated to break confidentiality, only to the extent necessary, to prevent you inflicting harm to yourself or others.
Managed care panels, insurance companies, and third party payers all have, as a part of the treatment agreement, access to your personal health information, your diagnosis, and many details of the treatment. In many instances, these third parties may also make determinations and treatment decisions regarding the type, frequency and duration of visits.


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Q: Excel Google API - Change transport mode I am using the following code in Excel to calculate the travel distance between various places. In this calculation it calculates the "driving" directions.
I am however also looking for the public transport directions. I've been puzzling how to change the code to change the travel mode (https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/directions/overview#TravelModes), but I cant get it to work. Does anybody have an idea how to incorporate this?
Function TRAVELTIME(origin, destination, apikey)

Dim strUrl As String
strUrl = "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/directions/json?origin=" & origin & "&destination=" & destination & "&key=" & apikey

Set httpReq = CreateObject("MSXML2.XMLHTTP")
With httpReq
     .Open "GET", strUrl, False
     .Send
End With

Dim response As String
response = httpReq.ResponseText

Dim parsed As Dictionary
Set parsed = JsonConverter.ParseJson(response)
Dim seconds As Integer

Dim leg As Dictionary

For Each leg In parsed("routes")(1)("legs")
    seconds = seconds + leg("duration")("value")
Next leg

TRAVELTIME = seconds

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You won't find them in the Bible, but many cherished Easter traditions have been around for centuries.
The Easter Rabbit or "Oschter Haws" was introduced in the 18th century by immigrants from the Palatinate region of Germany who brought over their stories of an egg-laying rabbit to Pennsylvania. The decoration of eggs is believed to date back to at least the 13th century, while other traditions, such as consumption of Easter candy, are among the more modern additions to the Easter celebration.
Years ago, on the eve before Easter, children would assemble nests made from grass and twigs, place them in a secluded place and then lay their hat in the nest, hoping they had been good enough to warrant a visit from the Oschter Haws, who would leave colored eggs. The tradition was that the rabbit had laid the colored eggs. Eventually, the custom spread across the U.S. and the fabled rabbit's Easter morning deliveries expanded to included chocolate and other types of candies. Decorated baskets replaced nests, and children began leaving out carrots for the famed rabbit in case he became hungry from all of his hopping.
The egg, an ancient symbol of new life, has been associated with festivals celebrating spring. Decorating eggs for Easter is a tradition that dates back to the 13th century. History says that eggs were formerly a forbidden food during the Lenten season so people would paint and decorate them to mark the end of the period of penance and fasting, and then eat them on Easter as a celebration.
The German egg-scratching is similar to pysanky, which came from Poland, Ukraine and other Slavic countries. It is well-documented that Germans would dye their eggs and use them in conjunction with Easter. The tradition in Germany was to decorate the branches of trees and bushes with eggs for Easter, and when German immigrants arrived in Pennsylvania they brought this custom with them. They would hang colored eggs on branches of outdoor trees and bushes and on cut branches inside homes as decorations.
Easter egg hunts and egg rolling are two popular traditions. The White House Easter Egg Roll began in 1878 when Rutherford B. Hayes was president and continues as an annual event held on the Monday after Easter.
Easter candy is a modern addition to the Easter celebration. Among the most popular sweet treats are chocolate eggs and jelly beans. The jelly bean became associated with Easter in the 1930s. According to the National Confectioners Association, over 16 billion jelly beans are made in the U.S. each year for Easter, enough to fill a giant egg measuring 89 feet high and 60 feet wide.


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Легкий метрополітен Малаги () — система з двох ліній ЛРТ в місті Малага, Іспанія.

Історія
Розробляти проект будівництва системи ЛРТ в місті почали у 2000-х роках. За проектом в першу
чергу мали відкритися дві лінії з 17 станціями, в перспективі планувалося будівництво ще двох ліній.
Будівництво системи легкорейкового транспорту розпочалося у 2006 році. Спочатку лінії планували відкрити в 2009 році, потім
в 2011, але через неодноразові затримки будівництва система відкрилася лише в 2014 році.

Лінії
Обидві лінії починаються на станції «El Perchel», Лінія 1 складається з 6,7 км та Лінія 2 з 4,6 км. Середня відстань між
станціями приблизно 600 метрів. В системі 12 підземних станцій, використовуються стандартна ширина колії, та потяги
трамвайного типу що живляться від контактної мережі. Станції мають низькі платформи.

Розвиток
Будується ще 2 станції Лінії 1 в напрямку історичного центру міста. Розширення другої лінії планувалося, але в 2018 році
ніяких робіт не ведеться.

Режим роботи
Працює з понеділка по четвер з 6:30 до 23:00, у п'ятницю та вдень перед святами з 6:30 до 1:30, у суботу з 7:00 до 1:30,
у неділю та свята з 7:00 до 23:00. Інтервал руху від 6 хвилин в годину пік до 15 пізно ввечері.

Рухомий склад
Усі потяги - Urbos 3 виробництва іспанської компанії Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles.
Мають мережу відеоспостереження та кондиціонування, за для забезпечення безпеки та комфорту вагонів повної місткості з 170 пасажирами та  56  місць для сидіння.

Галерея

Посилання
ЛРТ Малаги  на UrbanRail.net

Малага
Малага

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


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300 protesters greet Farage's return to Edinburgh
Video from the anti-UKIP protest on Friday
Image: Brian McNeil.
Roughly 300 protesters turned up yesterday for the return of Nigel Farage, leader of the UK Independence Party, to Edinburgh after last year's disastrous attempt at a press conference in a pub at the foot of The Canongate. Unseen by protesters or public, Farage is believed to have left the venue around 7:30pm.
Farage's last visit saw protesters leaving him barracked in the bar by police, with several taxis refusing to take the party leader and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South East England to the airport.
Protest against UKIP outside the Edinburgh Corn Exchange
Given the hostile reception on his last visit, far-right group Britain First garnered publicity earlier in the week with an apparent offer of "armoured vehicles" for Farage's visit. However, no support from ex-BNP councillor Paul Golding's political party, or the offered armoured vehicles, were in-evidence.
Despite attempts to keep the location secret, the Radical Independence Campaign began calling for protesters to turn up on Friday, at the city's Corn Exchange, nearly a week before the event. Farage was already believed to be inside the building when Wikinews arrived shortly after 4:30pm. At that time, five satellite trucks were present and New Market Road, running past the venue, was still open to traffic.
Protesters against UKIP in Edinburgh yesterday.
An elderly, and near-solitary, UKIP supporter waving the Scottish Flag
Protesters blocking the entrance to the Corn Exchange
Police Scotland had a high-visibility presence at the protest
The anti-UKIP protest was, largely, good-natured
Perhaps unaware of the irony in his wardrobe choice, one of the few visible UKIP supporters sported a baseball cap advertising Croatia, who joined the EU less than a year ago
One protester turned up in the V mask favoured by Anonymous
One unlucky couple discovered they'd picked the same date, and venue, for their wedding celebration
UKIP supporters outside the Corn Exchange were significantly outnumbered by press and photographers
A significant number of banners and placards on-display were home-made
Socialist Worker placards accused UKIP of spreading racist lies
UKIP's perceived racism was one of the targets of banners and placards
One protester brought a patchwork quilt, embroidered with "Scotland against racist fascist bigots"
Amongst those keeping an eve on events, local Labour councillor Nick Gardner (centre-left)
One of five satellite trucks at the event (foreground)
Several speakers addressed the crowd from a 'scrum' immediately in-front of the building
Protesters began arriving en-masse closer to 5:30pm, with numbers peaking around an hour later. Police vans were moved to block the road; although, traffic to the venue was still being permitted for a wedding party with the misfortune to pick the same date as Farage's only visit to Scotland during the current European Parliament election campaign.
Several speakers addressed the crowd protesting against UKIP being in Scotland, with the actual number of UKIP attendees inside, to hear Farage speak, estimated at around 50. One speaker, a schoolteacher, challenged the mainstream media's acceptance of UKIP's assertion the party is not racist, stating her primary school pupils were more-capable of identifying racism and would be pointing its presence out within UKIP were they present.
Although loud, the protest passed peacefully. Chants directed at UKIP included "Whose streets? Our streets! Whose city? Our city!", "Say it loud, say it clear: Refugees are welcome here!" Other taunts called UKIP "scum", urged people to "smash the SDL" (Scottish Defence League), and clearly labelled UKIP and its supporters as racist.
This article is a featured article. It is considered one of the best works of the Wikinews community. See Wikinews:Featured articles for more information.
Kaye Nicolson, Ian Swanson. "Nigel Farage faces barrage of Edinburgh protest" — Edinburgh Evening News, May 10, 2014
Paul Gilbride. "Protests stay peaceful as Nigel Farage returns to Scotland" — Scottish Daily Express, May 10, 2014
Magnus Gardham. "How Farage has stirred up politics in Scotland" — Herald Scotland, May 10, 2014
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We are pleased to announce that all the required landbased testing of the CompactClean Ballast Water Management System has been successfully completed. The testing was performed in accordance with both IMO and US Coast Guard requirements and paves the way for issue of both IMO and USCG type approval certificates later this year.
DESMI Ocean Guard's CompactClean Ballast Water Management System (BWMS) has now successfully completed all the landbased testing required by both IMO and US Coast Guard (USCG). The testing includes a total of 15 landbased tests, 5 in each of the 3 salinities required: fresh water, brackish water, and marine water.
Results of the testing confirm that the system meets the stringent discharge requirements without any special operating mode to be employed in US territory and without any minimum holding time to be observed between ballast water uptake and discharge.


Zinzi has a passion for client services (thankfully) as she spends most of her time liaising with busy executives, ensuring that each and every meeting and interview is perfectly organised.
Early on in her career, Zinzi got hooked by the recruitment industry. Although she worked in other sectors over the years, she found 'home' again, at Jack Hammer, were she applies her exceptional executive client engagement capabilities.
If you've ever tried to manage one executive calendar, you'll know how challenging this is. Times this by many, and you'll understand the challenge she tackles every day. And always with a smile.


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Houston Baker maintains that black American culture, grounded in a unique historical experience, is distinct from any other, and that it has produced a body of literature that is equally and demonstrably unique in its sources, values, and modes of expression. He argues that black American literature is rooted in black folklore- animal tales, trickster slave tales, religious tales, folk songs, spirituals, and ballads- and that a knowledge of this tradition is essential to the understanding of any individual black author or work. To deomonstrate the continuity of this tradition, Baker examines themes that appear in folklore and persist throughout contemporary black literature. "Freedom and Apocalypse," for example, traces the idea that black Americans are a chosen people who will, by some violent means, overthrow the white man's tyranny.
The essays culminate in an examination of the life and work of Richard Wright. Baker's treatment of Wright as a black American artist who recorded the black man's shift from an agrarian to an urban setting places Wright and the tradition of black literature and culture in a fresh perspective.
Long Black Song: Essays in Black American Literature and Culture
Baker, Houston A


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Miguel Nadal Furriel (Zaragoza, 29 de septiembre de 1967), más conocido como Miki Nadal, es un comediante, presentador, locutor y actor español. Se dio a conocer como colaborador principal en el programa humorístico El informal de la cadena Telecinco. Fue co-campeón de la sexta edición de MasterChef Celebrity, junto a Juanma Castaño, en el año 2021.

Biografía

Primeros años
Nacido en Zaragoza. Vivió en la localidad zaragozana de Pedrola hasta los cinco años, edad con la que se trasladó a vivir junto a su familia a Zaragoza. Fue alumno en los colegios Santo Domingo de Silos y Santo Tomás de Aquino. Estudió la carrera de Derecho, que interrumpió para realizar el servicio militar en Ferrol y Madrid. Trabajó durante cerca de 4 años en Guadalajara y posteriormente en Madrid, donde se estableció como actor. Sus comienzos fueron en el programa de Pepe Navarro La sonrisa del pelícano en 1997.

Carrera
Entró a formar parte del equipo de El informal en el año 1999, en la segunda temporada del programa. Al comienzo se dedicaba a la tarea de doblar secuencias junto a Florentino Fernández, pero poco a poco fue ganando más protagonismo en el programa, que duró hasta abril de 2002.

Ha trabajado en otros programas como La corriente alterna, El show de Flo, UHF, Splunge, Mis adorables vecinos, El club de la comedia, Zulú Bingo, Los irrepetibles de Amstel, o Cafetería Manhattan. En 2006 fichó por La Sexta, donde comenzó con una sección dentro de los programas especiales que la cadena dedicó al Mundial 2006. También en 2006 presentó un programa concurso llamado No sabe, no contesta, en la misma cadena. Ha aparecido como invitado en series como Casi perfectos junto a Emilio Aragón y 7 vidas, junto a Florentino Fernández.

Desde marzo de 2006 hasta el 20 de mayo de 2011, Nadal trabajó en el programa humorístico Sé lo que hicisteis... de La Sexta formando parte del equipo de principio al fin en la realización de sketches y su presentación. Fue colaborador diario del programa hasta el 24 de enero de 2011, cuando se hizo cargo de la sección del co-presentador, Ángel Martín, tras su salida del programa el 20 de enero de ese año. En 2010, la distribuidora Versus Entertainment de la que Nadal es socio produce la película en inglés Buried, del director gallego Rodrigo Cortés. En 2011 anunció que Versus Entertainment continuará solo en labores de distribución y que para la producción cinematográfica se crea la productora Nostromo Films con sede en Barcelona.

En 2013, presentó durante dos meses el concurso Taxi en La Sexta.

Desde noviembre de 2013, es colaborador del nuevo programa Zapeando de La Sexta.
El 25 de mayo de 2014 hizo de presentador y speaker de la celebración de la décima en el Santiago Bernabéu para el Real Madrid.

El 22 de enero de 2016, visitó el plató de Tu cara me suena para imitar a Rafael Conde "El Titi" en la segunda semifinal de la cuarta edición del programa. En abril de ese año se estrenó el programa de humor Comedyantes. Humor con Denominación de Origen, en Aragón TV, en el que Miki es su presentador. Ese mismo mes Antena 3 estrenó el programa Aquí mando yo donde puso la voz en off, sin embargo tras un 8,7% de audiencia en su primera emisión el programa fue retirado de la cadena tras una sola emisión.

A partir de junio de 2016 presenta junto a María Gómez y, más tarde con Graciela Álvarez Lobo, un programa en Real Madrid TV llamado 90 minuti que finalizó el 11 de marzo de 2020 debido a la pandemia de COVID-19.

En 2021 participó en la Sexta edición de Masterchef celebrity, donde se proclamó ganador junto a Juanma Castaño.

Vida personal
Se casó el 21 de junio de 2014 con Carola Escámez. Sin embargo,  la pareja se divorció en 2019 y posteriormente él resultó condenado por un delito leve de vejaciones hacia ella.
Según declaraciones de él mismo en diversas entrevistas y progranas de televisión, Miki tiene un cociente intelectual de 139, siendo a su vez miembro de la Asociación de altas capacidades Mensa

Televisión

Teatro
 Redford & Newman. Dos hombres sin destino (2019-¿?) con Sinacio y Nerea Garmendia
 Mikipedia (2012).
 Rumbo a Río (2010).
 Ni tontos ni tan calvos (2010).
 Hombres, mujeres y punto (2006).
 El club de la comedia (2003-2005).
 5 Hombres.com (2001-2005).
 Mío Cid Campeador (1999).
 Don Quijote (1998).
 El valiente negro en Flandes (1998).
 Apertura orangután (1997).
 Galería de nocherniegos (1997).
 Las mariposas son libres (1996).
 Festival de Hita (1995).
 Antología de la zarzuela (1995).

Filmografía
 Cómo sobrevivir a una despedida (2015). Como presentador de una gala.
 Grand Piano (como productor asociado, 2013).
 Luces Rojas (como productor asociado, 2012).
 El último aragonés vivo 2 (cortometraje, 2011).
 Emergo (como productor asociado, 2011).
 Buried (como productor asociado, 2010).
 Tengo algo que decirte (cortometraje, 2009).
 Isi/Disi. Amor a lo bestia (2004).
 Made in China (cortometraje, 2003).
 Heaven (cortometraje, 2003).
 Una de zombies (2003).
 Little Nicky (doblaje, 2000).
 La punta del iceberg (cortometraje, 2000).
 Un buen novio (1997).

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Página oficial Miki Nadal

Humoristas de Aragón
Zaragozanos del siglo XX
Presentadores de La Sexta
Presentadores de televisión de España
Productores de cine de España
Sé lo que hicisteis...
Presentadores de televisión de Aragón
Miembros de Mensa
Nacidos en Zaragoza


And of course, Heidi is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She is a New World Order bi*ch.
Now we find out Ted Cruz opposes US ownership of our national parks and public lands. I would call the sleaze bucket a traitor, but he is a Canadian. He wants the US government to own less than 50 percent of the land in each state, subjecting the government to a forced sale of national parks or other public land to the states or to private greed mongers.
Cruz is a Zionist for sure.


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Public bathrooms are essential, yet cities struggle to provide them
by The BDN Editorial Board July 28, 2022 July 28, 2022
A man passes a public toilet on Park Avenue, between Forrest Avenue and High Street, in Portland on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. The city has few such restrooms and none are downtown. Credit: Troy R. Bennett / BDN
The BDN Editorial Board operates independently from the newsroom, and does not set policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com.
Bangor isn't alone, it turns out, in its struggles to provide public restrooms. Cities across the country are clamoring for public bathrooms, says Steven Soifer, the president of the American Restroom Association. Few have found sustainable solutions, he said, with costs and maintenance a common reason that public restrooms are shuttered.
That doesn't mean that officials in Bangor should stop trying to find better ways to provide facilities in the city. They may not have to look too far for promising solutions.
Although they have been in use for less than a year, Portland has installed five new public restrooms in recent months and has plans to put up more.
In downtown Portland, the city has installed metal structures, made by a local fabrication company, that contain a toilet with a holding tank. The structures are more resistant to graffiti, are easy to clean and relatively inexpensive at under $30,000 each. If a location proves problematic, the structure can be easily moved to a new one.
"Public restrooms are a major challenge for municipalities," Alex Marshall, Portland's parks director, told the BDN editorial board. Because public restrooms were first located in public parks, these facilities have fallen under Marshall's purview.
Aside from finding public land for the restrooms in dense downtown areas, funding has been the biggest challenge, Marshall said.
Portland has used federal COVID relief funds for both the deployment of these facilities and their maintenance, which is done by city crews who clean and restock them every day. A contractor pumps out the tanks several times per week. Marshall said vandalism – especially graffiti – remains a problem but that with the frequent visits by city crews, it has been reduced. The Portland units are not locked at night.
With new toilet facilities, public spaces have become cleaner and safer and some pressure has been relieved on local businesses, Marshall said.
With federal COVID relief funds yet to be fully allocated to public projects, restoring public restrooms should be a priority in Bangor as well.
Bangor has few public restrooms and none that are available at night. Public facilities are available at the harbor master building on the city's waterfront and at City Hall. The Bangor Public Library has become a de facto gathering place for many of the unhoused people in the city. They use the bathrooms there, along with computers and simply seek daytime shelter in the library.
A new transit center, which is under construction, will offer public restrooms when it opens in October. This leaves people in Bangor, whether they are visitors or area residents, housed or unhoused, scrambling to find places to use a bathroom while they are in the city. The library and private businesses have helped fill the gap, but that is not a sustainable solution.
Like other cities, Bangor has struggled to avoid vandalism and substance use in its public restrooms. A portable trailer with bathroom facilities was removed from Pickering Square after only a few months last year after it was misused. An outdoor public bathroom was removed from behind the Hope House for similar reasons.
These are ongoing challenges for sure, but not a reason to abandon efforts to provide more, 24-hour toilet facilities.
Soifer's group, the American Restroom Association, which we didn't know existed until doing research for this editorial, has been calling for broader solutions. The association is urging the federal Department of Health and Human Services to take over responsibility for public bathrooms because the lack of such facilities in most locales is a public health issue. The department could then set standards for public restroom availability and set penalties if they are not met. The public facilities could be funded by taxes or a dedicated bond issue.
This additional bureaucracy isn't likely to speed the construction and operation of more public restrooms in Bangor and other Maine cities.
Instead, local officials should find the will to make public restrooms a priority.
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DOE Data Explorer Dataset: Materials Data on CdH8C4(BrN4)2 by Materials Project
Title: Materials Data on CdH8C4(BrN4)2 by Materials Project
CdC4H8(N4Br)2 crystallizes in the monoclinic P2_1/c space group. The structure is one-dimensional and consists of two CdC4H8(N4Br)2 ribbons oriented in the (1, 0, 0) direction. Cd2+ is bonded to two equivalent N3- and four equivalent Br1- atoms to form edge-sharing CdBr4N2 octahedra. Both Cd–N bond lengths are 2.33 Å. There are two shorter (2.85 Å) and two longer (2.90 Å) Cd–Br bond lengths. There are two inequivalent C4+ sites. In the first C4+ site, C4+ is bonded in a linear geometry to two N3- atoms. There is one shorter (1.18 Å) and one longer (1.29 Å) C–N bond length. In the second C4+ site, C4+ is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to three N3- atoms. There is two shorter (1.34 Å) and one longer (1.35 Å) C–N bond length. There are four inequivalent N3- sites. In the first N3- site, N3- is bonded in a bent 120 degrees geometry to two C4+ atoms. In the second N3- site, N3- is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to one C4+ and two H1+ atoms. There is one shorter (1.02 Å) and one longer (1.03 Å) N–H bond length. In the third N3- site, N3- is bonded in a trigonal planarmore » geometry to one C4+ and two H1+ atoms. There is one shorter (1.01 Å) and one longer (1.02 Å) N–H bond length. In the fourth N3- site, N3- is bonded in a distorted bent 150 degrees geometry to one Cd2+ and one C4+ atom. There are four inequivalent H1+ sites. In the first H1+ site, H1+ is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one N3- atom. In the second H1+ site, H1+ is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one N3- atom. In the third H1+ site, H1+ is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one N3- atom. In the fourth H1+ site, H1+ is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one N3- atom. Br1- is bonded in an L-shaped geometry to two equivalent Cd2+ atoms.« less
crystal structure; CdH8C4(BrN4)2; Br-C-Cd-H-N
The Materials Project. Materials Data on CdH8C4(BrN4)2 by Materials Project. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.17188/1728852.
The Materials Project. Materials Data on CdH8C4(BrN4)2 by Materials Project. United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.17188/1728852
The Materials Project. 2019. "Materials Data on CdH8C4(BrN4)2 by Materials Project". United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.17188/1728852. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1728852. Pub date:Sat Jan 12 00:00:00 EST 2019
title = {Materials Data on CdH8C4(BrN4)2 by Materials Project},
abstractNote = {CdC4H8(N4Br)2 crystallizes in the monoclinic P2_1/c space group. The structure is one-dimensional and consists of two CdC4H8(N4Br)2 ribbons oriented in the (1, 0, 0) direction. Cd2+ is bonded to two equivalent N3- and four equivalent Br1- atoms to form edge-sharing CdBr4N2 octahedra. Both Cd–N bond lengths are 2.33 Å. There are two shorter (2.85 Å) and two longer (2.90 Å) Cd–Br bond lengths. There are two inequivalent C4+ sites. In the first C4+ site, C4+ is bonded in a linear geometry to two N3- atoms. There is one shorter (1.18 Å) and one longer (1.29 Å) C–N bond length. In the second C4+ site, C4+ is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to three N3- atoms. There is two shorter (1.34 Å) and one longer (1.35 Å) C–N bond length. There are four inequivalent N3- sites. In the first N3- site, N3- is bonded in a bent 120 degrees geometry to two C4+ atoms. In the second N3- site, N3- is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to one C4+ and two H1+ atoms. There is one shorter (1.02 Å) and one longer (1.03 Å) N–H bond length. In the third N3- site, N3- is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to one C4+ and two H1+ atoms. There is one shorter (1.01 Å) and one longer (1.02 Å) N–H bond length. In the fourth N3- site, N3- is bonded in a distorted bent 150 degrees geometry to one Cd2+ and one C4+ atom. There are four inequivalent H1+ sites. In the first H1+ site, H1+ is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one N3- atom. In the second H1+ site, H1+ is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one N3- atom. In the third H1+ site, H1+ is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one N3- atom. In the fourth H1+ site, H1+ is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one N3- atom. Br1- is bonded in an L-shaped geometry to two equivalent Cd2+ atoms.},
Materials Data on CdH8C4(S2N3)2 by Materials Project
CdC4H8(N3S2)2 crystallizes in the triclinic P-1 space group. The structure is one-dimensional and consists of one CdC4H8(N3S2)2 ribbon oriented in the (1, 0, 0) direction. Cd2+ is bonded to two equivalent N3- and four equivalent S2- atoms to form distorted edge-sharing CdS4N2 octahedra. Both Cd–N bond lengths are 2.28 Å. There are two shorter (2.76 Å) and two longer (2.89 Å) Cd–S bond lengths. There are two inequivalent C4+ sites. In the first C4+ site, C4+ is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to two N3- and one S2- atom. Both C–N bond lengths are 1.33 Å. The C–Smore » bond length is 1.74 Å. In the second C4+ site, C4+ is bonded in a distorted linear geometry to one N3- and one S2- atom. The C–N bond length is 1.19 Å. The C–S bond length is 1.62 Å. There are three inequivalent N3- sites. In the first N3- site, N3- is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to one C4+ and two H1+ atoms. There is one shorter (1.02 Å) and one longer (1.03 Å) N–H bond length. In the second N3- site, N3- is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to one C4+ and two H1+ atoms. Both N–H bond lengths are 1.02 Å. In the third N3- site, N3- is bonded in a bent 150 degrees geometry to one Cd2+ and one C4+ atom. There are four inequivalent H1+ sites. In the first H1+ site, H1+ is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one N3- atom. In the second H1+ site, H1+ is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one N3- atom. In the third H1+ site, H1+ is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one N3- atom. In the fourth H1+ site, H1+ is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one N3- atom. There are two inequivalent S2- sites. In the first S2- site, S2- is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one C4+ atom. In the second S2- site, S2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal non-coplanar geometry to two equivalent Cd2+ and one C4+ atom.« less
Materials Data on CdH8C4(NCl)2 by Materials Project
CdC4H8(NCl)2 crystallizes in the monoclinic C2/c space group. The structure is one-dimensional and consists of two CdC4H8(NCl)2 ribbons oriented in the (0, 0, 1) direction. Cd2+ is bonded to two equivalent N3- and four equivalent Cl1- atoms to form edge-sharing CdN2Cl4 octahedra. Both Cd–N bond lengths are 2.46 Å. There are two shorter (2.64 Å) and two longer (2.69 Å) Cd–Cl bond lengths. There are two inequivalent C+0.50- sites. In the first C+0.50- site, C+0.50- is bonded in a distorted trigonal non-coplanar geometry to one N3- and two H1+ atoms. The C–N bond length is 1.43 Å. There is onemore » shorter (1.10 Å) and one longer (1.11 Å) C–H bond length. In the second C+0.50- site, C+0.50- is bonded in a distorted trigonal non-coplanar geometry to one N3- and two H1+ atoms. The C–N bond length is 1.44 Å. There is one shorter (1.10 Å) and one longer (1.11 Å) C–H bond length. N3- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one Cd2+ and two C+0.50- atoms. There are four inequivalent H1+ sites. In the first H1+ site, H1+ is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one C+0.50- atom. In the second H1+ site, H1+ is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one C+0.50- atom. In the third H1+ site, H1+ is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one C+0.50- atom. In the fourth H1+ site, H1+ is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one C+0.50- atom. Cl1- is bonded in an L-shaped geometry to two equivalent Cd2+ atoms.« less
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At a starting price of Rs 2.26 lakh, ex-showroom Delhi, the brand-new Honda CB300F has been introduced in India. The top 5 things about this bare-bones street-fighter motorbike are listed below.
Honda CB300F - New Engine According to the manufacturer, the Honda CB300F is built on a brand-new engine and chassis architecture that is exclusive to our market. Given that Honda currently offers the CB300R in India, the name and street naked style may be rather puzzling, but this engine has nothing to do with that motorcycle. It has a displacement of 293.5 cc, which is really 7 cc more than the CB300R, but it has an easier oil-cooled engine.
Honda CB300F
Both engines feature a 4-valve head, however the new bike has a single overhead camshaft instead of the CB300R's two overhead cams. As a result, the new bike generates significantly less horsepower (24.5hp vs. 31.1hp) and torque (25.6Nm vs. 27.5Nm).
Honda CB300F - New Chasses A unique diamond chassis, distinct from that used by the Honda CB300R and smaller Honda Hornet 2.0, serves as the foundation for the Honda CB300F. Similar to those two bikes, this has a gold USD fork and a monoshock at the back with five stages of preload adjustment.
The same MRF Revz radial tyres in the same sizes are used on the new CB300F: 110/70 R17 up front and 150/60 R17 at the rear. Similar to the CB300R, the new bike has dual-channel ABS, although its front disc is smaller at 276mm as opposed to the CB300R's 296mm. Axially mounted front brake callipers, as opposed to the radially mounted callipers on the CB300R, are another cost-cutting move. Both are manufactured by Nissin.
Features Similar technology to that of the CB300R is used in the negative LCD display that comes with the CB300F, but the layout is different. RPM, speed, gear position, time, and trip information are all readouts on this panel. The bike also includes Honda's smartphone Bluetooth connectivity if you pay a little extra.
Full LED lighting and a slip-assist clutch are both now standard features for bikes in this price range. The presence of Honda Selectable Torque Control, which is Honda's way of stating traction control, is the one special feature, though. Having debatable merits on a motorbike with this little power, there is no denying that this is the second made-for-Indiana bike to have this after the CB350.
Price On paper, the Suzuki Gixxer 250, which is somewhat more powerful but lacks features like the USD fork, and the Honda CB300F appear to be competitors. Honda elected to charge far more for it than other motorcycles with comparable features, though. The Suzuki Gixxer 250 costs Rs 2.26 lakh for the base model and Rs 2.29 lakh for the Bluetooth-enabled model, while the CB300F costs around Rs 40,000 more.
It is less than Rs 10,000 more expensive at this pricing than the KTM 250 Duke, which is significantly more powerful and well-equipped. Additionally, you may get the Honda CB300R, another expensive Honda, for around Rs 50,000 extra.
Availibilty The Honda CB300F will only be offered through the Honda Big Wing dealer network, which already has more than 100 locations nationwide.


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BASC publishes detailed response to Home Office firearms proposals
Published by BASC Press Team on 20th January 2021 20th January 2021
BASC has submitted its response to the Government's firearms safety consultation.
The Home Office consultation, launched in November last year, deals with several areas of interest including miniature rifle ranges, large calibre rifles, airguns and ammunition.
The consultation asks for responses on:
What level of enhanced security would sufficiently reduce the risk of high muzzle energy rifles (.50 calibre rifles) being stolen and misused.
The possession of airguns by under-18s, secure storage and safe-keeping.
Proposals that miniature rifle range operators apply for a firearm certificate and undergo necessary police checks.
The controls required for the possession of ammunition propellants and primers.
BASC's director of firearms, Bill Harriman, said that the association's "detailed and practical" response showed that BASC would support the government's actions to improve firearms safety where there was direct evidence that this was necessary and that where there was no evidence, BASC would fight against proposed restrictions.
He said: "BASC is very pleased that the government's Firearms Safety Consultation unequivocally confirms that airguns in England and Wales will not be subject to any licensing regime. That is an evidence-led and proportionate response.
"What is neither evidence-led nor proportionate is the proposal that young people aged between 14 – 17 should no longer be allowed to use airguns on private premises without supervision.
"BASC asserts that this proposal will disadvantage many young people without any commensurate increase in public safety and will use all its lobbying powers to oppose it."
Mr Harriman said BASC would launch a campaign soon focusing on the use of airguns by under-18s to raise awareness of the issue and to show the government the importance of the issue.
BASC's consultation response can be found here.
The consultation ends on 16 February 2021 and BASC is urging its members to spare five minutes completing an online survey form as their response. For more information and BASC's recommended answers to the survey, click here.
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Ms Marie-Laure Métayer, French Ministry of Ecological and Solidarity Transition
Dr Marie-Lise Chanin, French Academy of Science
Dr Hervé Le Treut, Institut Pierre Simon Laplace
Dr Jian Liu, United Nations Environment Programme
10:00 Atmospheric Ozone: An Historical Perspective
Prof. G. Brasseur, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, USA
10:30 The science of the ozone hole and its recovery
Prof. S. Solomon, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
11:15 The discovery of the ozone hole
Dr P.K. Bhartia, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
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Prof. J. Pyle, National Centre for Atmospheric Science and University of Cambridge, UK
Prof. N. Harris, Center for Atmospheric Informatics and Emissions Technology, Cranfield University, UK
13:30 European campaigns on stratospheric ozone
Dr J-P. Pommereau, LATMOS, CNRS, UVSQ, UPMC, France
13:45 Two Decades of Polar Ozone Research via Airborne Science Investigations
Dr M. Kurylo, Universities Space Research Association / Goddard Earth Science, Technology and Research, USA
14:00 The SBUV and TOMS Satellite Instruments and the Montreal Protocol
Dr R. Stolarski, Earth & Planetary Science Johns Hopkins University, USA
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Prof J. Burrows, Faculty of Physics and Electrical Engineering, University of Bremen, Germany
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Dr M. Santee, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, USA
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Prof J. Stähelin, Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, Switzerland
Dr I. Petropavloskikh, CIRES, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, USA
Prof M. De Mazière, Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, Belgium
Dr S. Godin-Beekmann, Laboratoire Atmosphère Milieux Observations Spatiales, CNRS, UVSQ, UPMC, France
15:45 Is global ozone recovering ?
Dr M. Heggelin, Atmospheric Chemistry, University of Reading, UK
Dr W. Steinbrecht, Deutscher Wetterdienst Met. Obs. Hohenpeissenberg, Germany
Prof N. Harris, Center for Atmospheric Informatics and Emissions Technology, Cranfield University, UK
16:15 Impact of changes in water vapour and aerosols on stratospheric ozone
Dr K. Rosenlof, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Admin, Earth System Research Lab, USA
16:30 Evolution and observations of ozone depleting substances
Dr S. Reimann, EMPA, Switzerland
16:45 The impact of laboratory photochemistry on the Montreal Protocol
Dr J. Burkholder, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, USA
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Prof C. Zerefos, Research Center for Atmospheric Physics and Climatology, Academy of Athens, Greece
Dr A. Bais, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
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Prof M. Chipperfield, Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science, University of Leeds, UK
09:15 Future ozone in a changing climate
Prof. Ulrike Langematz, Institut für Meteorologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
09:30 Impact of stratospheric ozone changes on climate
Prof. Darryn Waugh, Earth & Planetary Sciences Johns Hopkins University, USA
09:45 The development of the Montreal Protocole and its governance
Dr T. Birmpili, Ozone Secretariat UNEP
10:00 Climate impact of the Montreal Protocol & the new Kigali Amendment
Dr G. Velders, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM, The Netherlands)
Dr D. Fahey and Dr J. Daniel, NOAA, USA
Dr S. Andersen, Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development, USA
10:45 The search for substitutes of ozone depleting substances
Dr S. Andersen, Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development
Dr S. Carvalho, Centro Mario Molina-Chile, Chili
Mr M. Gonzalez, Senior TEAP member
11:15 The role of industry in the Montreal Protocol
Dr K. Fay, Executive Director, The Alliance for Responsible Atmospheric Policy
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Dr S. Nair-Bedouelle, OzonAction
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Dr G. Braathen, WMO
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Dr T. Wehr, ESA
12:15 NASA's contribution to ozone research and monitoring
Dr. K. Jucks, Upper Atmosphere Research Program NASA, USA
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Dr S. Tilmes, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder CO, USA
13:45 From the Ozone Scientific Assessments to IPCC
Dr V. Masson-Delmotte, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, UVSQ, CEA, CNRS, France
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Prof R. Grundmann, University of Nottingham, UK
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Prof. G. Brasseur, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Germany
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Dr P. Newman, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
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As Jeff Sessions considers campaign, rivals emphasize Donald Trump feud
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As Jeff Sessions explores a campaign to reclaim the Senate seat he held for 20 years, he's finding much has changed since he left — namely, President Donald Trump.
His potential Republican primary rivals said Tuesday that they would not clear the field for the former senator and signaled they were ready to use his tumultuous tenure as Trump's attorney general against him. Trump has called Sessions "the biggest mistake" of his presidency and some candidates for the Senate seat have suggested they would not let voters forget it.
Former Auburn University football coach Tommy Tuberville said in a statement that Sessions "had a chance to stand and defend the President and he failed."
"If the voters of Alabama want a career politician as their next U.S. Senator, then they have plenty of choices. If they want a political outsider who will stand with President Trump and fight the DC establishment when it matters the most, then I am the only choice," Tuberville said.
The Associated Press reported Monday that multiple Republican sources say Sessions is making calls exploring a possible run for his former Senate seat. The three Republicans spoke on condition of anonymity so they could speak more freely about closely held conversations.
Sessions represented Alabama in the U.S. Senate from 1997 to 2017 and left the Senate to become Trump's first attorney general. He was later ousted after enduring repeated public mocking from Trump for recusing himself from special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation. In a state where the president is largely beloved, the bitter breakup between Sessions and the president could be a liability.
U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne told the AP that he will "absolutely" stay in the race if Sessions becomes a candidate.
"The president does not want him to be the U.S. senator for Alabama. I know," Byrne said. Asked if he has talked to Trump about this, Byrne replied: "I know. And I don't think a state like Alabama that's so pro-President Trump is going to react favorably to someone who's running as the president's opposition."
Byrne said he spoke to Sessions last week for less than 10 minutes but declined to disclose the subject of the private conversation.
Former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, who lost the 2017 special election to Sen. Doug Jones, said he will stay in the 2020 race regardless of what Sessions decides.
Despite the criticism from Trump, Sessions has continued to praise the president.
In a speech earlier this month at a Republican Party fundraiser in Huntsville, Sessions reiterated his support for Trump even as he joked about life after being "fired" from a job. Sessions praised Trump's effort on trade, immigration and foreign policy.
"That's why I supported him and why I still do support him," Sessions told the crowd of about 500. "He is relentlessly and actually honoring the promises he made to the American people."
Sessions has $2.4 million in a campaign account, according to campaign finance records. Byrne, the best-financed Republican in the race, has about $2.5 million cash on hand.
Sessions, who was state attorney general before being elected to the Senate, also has more than two decades of support from Alabama voters.
"I suspect Sessions would become an immediate front-runner if he were to enter the race," said David Hughes, a political scientist at Auburn University in Montgomery.
"We know from past experience in the 2017 U.S. Senate special primary that Republican voters are willing to buck the president's preferences. And Sessions has done little to distance himself from Trump. I have no a priori reason to believe state Republicans have turned on Sessions," Hughes said.
Republished with permission from the Associated Press.
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It's a lazy Sunday afternoon on this twelfth of December, 1937. The American gunboat USS Panay plows the slow-moving waters of the Yangtze off Nanking. The Panay patrols China's rivers to protect American interests in the chaos that engulfs the Middle Kingdom. Today, the Japanese army has fought to the gates of Nanking.
The Japanese bomb explodes dead center atop the Panay's wheelhouse. Fire, shrapnel, and wood splinters rip into the commanding officer and all others on watch. The second bomb smashes into the quarterdeck. The Japanese aircraft press their assault. Forty-five minutes later, the Panay's bow dips under the Yangtze's surface and slowly settles on the riverbed.
Though seriously wounded, Chief Radioman Mathew Marne survives and earns the Navy Cross for his exceptional heroism under fire. As known only by a few, Chief Marne is a naval intelligence agent.
Marne relays details of his now unclassified, special-intelligence assignments across the Far East in maw of Japanese aggression before and during World War II; his clandestine activities ashore, his actions in several Pacific sea-battles; his love for a Chinese woman and for a Navy nurse with an attitude.
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Captain S. Martin Shelton retired from active and reserve naval service. He served in the Korean and Vietnamese Wars. He has an extensive background in Far Eastern studies.Shelton earned his Master of Arts Degree (Cinema) from the University of Southern California. He spent thirty years producing a host of information and documentary motion-media shows, winning over forty awards in national and international film competitions and festivals. Shelton is a Fellow of the Society for Technical Communications and of the Information Film Producers of America.Shelton has published extensively in trade magazines, peer-reviewed journals, and commercial publications. His professional book, Communicating Ideas with Film, Video, and Multimedia, garnered the Best of Show award in the Society for Technical Communication's Spotlight Publication Competition.He published the action-adventure novel St. Catherine's Crown in 2013. The narrative is set during the Russian Revolution, the regicide of the royal family, and the post-Revolution harrowing adventures of Grand Duchess Anastasia and her cousin Lieutenant Kirik Pirogoff along the Trans-Siberian Railroad and in northwestern China.Following, he published the anthology titled Aviators, Adventures, and Assassins. Included are two novellas. Amelia is the investigative journal of a naval intelligence officer unraveling the labyrinthine skullduggery of Amelia Earhart's last leg of her around the world flight in July 1937. Prester John details a Christian Knight two-decade long search for the chimerical king. Also included are several dozen short stories.His novella titled Khartoum earned a Finalist award in the Writer's League of Texas annual publication competition in 2013.Currently, Shelton is working on the novel titled Shanghai Express. His web site address is www.sheltoncomm.com


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The population of Kyrgyzstan is 86% Muslim and there has been a revival of Islamic practices since the country gained independence from communist Soviet rule in 1991. Kyrgyzstan was the most relaxed towards Christians out of all the Central Asian countries after independence, until the passing of a restrictive Religion Law in 2009. A June 2020 law on the Manipulation of Information, to enable censorship of online media, was passed but in August the president signed objections to it, saying it needed revision.
As at September 2020, there were 259 evangelical churches registered in Kyrgyzstan, with approximately 32 new churches added since April 2019. But many other churches, mostly small (10-20 members), are unregistered and therefore operating illegally. Christians can be punished for sharing their beliefs in public places and religious literature requires state censorship before it is imported or given away. However, most persecution comes not from the authorities but from Muslim clerics, relatives, employers and the community, especially in rural areas.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, Christians were very active in helping the needy. When the authorities saw one congregation's zeal in feeding those quarantined in their church building (including the homeless), they gave them a list of isolated elderly people to feed as well.
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In Kyrgyz culture there is great concern about what happens to the body after death; converts fear being given Muslim funerals because there are very few Christian cemeteries.
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What do you understand by the concept "freedom of speech and expression"? Does it cover hate speech also? Why do the films in India stand on a slightly different plane from other forms of expression? Discuss.
January 10, 2023 by Dr. Gaurav J. Sontake
What do you understand by the concept "freedom of speech and expression"? Does it cover hate speech also? Why do the films in India stand on a slightly different plane from other forms of expression? Discuss. Answer Freedom of speech and expression is the right to express one's own opinion and to communicate ideas, thoughts, … Read more
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[Solved] The post of Speaker is crucial in our parliamentary democracy. In this context, contrast the Speaker's institutions in India with Britain. Do you think the Indian Speaker's Office should be modeled like the British counterpart? (15 mark) (250 words)
May 9, 2022 by Dr. Gaurav J. Sontake
In our Parliamentary democracy, the Speaker's office plays a critical role. The Speaker is the guardian of Parliamentary democracy's traditions. Within the House, she is the final interpreter of the Constitution. In the Warrant of Precedence, she stands next only to the President, the Vice-President, and the Prime Minister. The office's expenses are charged to … Read more
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[Solved] "The frequent use of the ordinance route for important legislation undermines parliamentary democracy." Comment. (10mark) (150 words)
The ordinance is an emergency provision, through which the executive can make laws when the parliament is not in session. Indian constitution under the articles 123 and 213 makes provision for an ordinance making power of union and the states respectively. Ordinance-making power is an exceptional provision with the executive to respond to unforeseen circumstances. … Read more
[Solved] How does the Government of India Act, 1935 differ from the Government of India Act of 1919? Discuss the impact of the 1935 act on the present Indian Constitution.
After World War I, the Government of India Act of 1919, also known as the Montague Chelmsford Reforms, was passed to appease nationalists. Similarly, the 1935 Act was enacted following three Round Table Conferences, by which time the national movement had reached a peak. As a result, the Government of India Act 1935 was a … Read more
[Solved] "The Preamble embodies the basic philosophy and fundamental values on which the Constitution is based." Discuss. Also, explain whether the Preamble is a part of the Constitution or not. (10mark) (150 words)
The preamble to the Indian Constitution is based on the "Objective Resolution" that was adopted by the constituent assembly. The preamble contains the summary or essence of the Constitution. The term preamble refers to the introduction or preface to the Constitution. Significance of Preamble The preamble contains the grand and noble vision of the Constitutional … Read more
December 2, 2021 by Dr. Gaurav J. Sontake
Q. Do you think Pressure group politics is an informal face of politics? In this context, discuss the role of pressure groups in deepening democracy in India. (15 mark) (250 words)
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John Hodgman on Boing Boing Boing podcast
Mark Frauenfelder 2:38 pm Mon Nov 13, 2006
In the latest Boing Boing Boing podcast, we interview humorist and journalist John Hodgman, a frequent contributor to The Daily Show, author of Areas of My Expertise, Apple TV commercial star, and coiner of 700 hobo names.
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