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Q: Comparing strings with different length without any standard libraries I would to write a function which compares the strings case insensitive according to the alphabetical order.
char compare(char *x, char *y){
    while (*x != '\0'){
        if (tolower(*x) < tolower(*y)){
            return -1;
        }
        else if (tolower(*x) > tolower(*y)){
            return 1;
        }
        else{
            x++;
            y++;
        }
    }
return 0;
}

But this function doesn't work well with words that share few first letter (ex. word and wordplay). So I've tried to modify it:
char compare(char *x, char *y){
if (len(*x) < len(*y)){
    while (*x != '\0'){
        if (tolower(*x) < tolower(*y)){
            return -1;
        }
        else if (tolower(*x) > tolower(*y)){
            return 1;
        }
        else{
            x++;
            y++;
        }
    }
//         all n letters are the same (case insensitive), where n is a length of x
    if (*y != '\0') return -1;
}
else {
    while (*y != '\0'){
        if (tolower(*x) < tolower(*y)){
            return -1;
        }
        else if (tolower(*x) > tolower(*y)){
            return 1;
        }
        else{
            x++;
            y`++;
        }
    }
//         all n letters are the same (case insensitive), where n is a length of y
    if (*x != '\0') return 1;
}
return 0;
}

But it didn't work. How can I modify this function so that 'wordplay' would be greater than 'word'?

A: Your first attempt is (almost) okay, it just needs tweaking regarding the problem you raised
char compare(const char *x, const char *y){
    while ((*x != '\0') && (*y != '\0')) { // testing y for symmetry
        if (tolower(*x) < tolower(*y)){
            return -1;
        }
        else if (tolower(*x) > tolower(*y)){
            return 1;
        }
        else{
            x++;
            y++;
        }
    }
 // added conditions to handle shorter/longer strings
 if  (*x == '\0')
  {
      if (*y == '\0')
      {
         return 0;
      }
      else
      {
         return -1;
      }
  }
  return 1;
}

I've removed the test for length, added the logic to handle the cases you mentioned. Maybe it isn't the most optimal code but it does the job (also note that I test the end of x & y strings in the main loop)
I've tested against the result of stricmp and I get the same results:
void test(const char*a,const char*b)
{
   printf("test %s %s => %d, %d\n",a,b,compare(a,b),stricmp(a,b));
}

int main(void) {
  test("abc","aBcd");
  test("abc","aBcd");
  test("abc","aBc");
  test("abcdef","abC");
  test("abcdef","cdef");

}

result:
test abc aBcd => -1, -1
test abc aBcd => -1, -1
test abc aBc => 0, 0
test abcdef abC => 1, 1
test abcdef cdef => -1, -1


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Is a fault finding tester worth it?
People will call or wire us asking which type of tester should I get? A regular digital fence tester or the fault finding type? Are they a gimmick or worth the extra money?
I usually say if you have over 10 or 20 acres of area fenced off, then go ahead and buy a good fault finding tester. If you have less than that, then purchasing a standard digital fence tester is fine. You can run around a 5 or less acre lot pretty quick if you test your fence and see the kv has dropped down by a bunch.
Where a fault finding tester comes in handy is on the bigger areas or smaller areas with a handful of cross fencing as well.
There been people that have been doing electric fence for 10 or 20 years and have never used a fault finding tester. Once they've bought one and understand how they work and how they're used, wonder where this little device has been.
The numbers used are just for example and generic for understanding.
There's an easy way to understand these testers. You're looking for HIGH Kv and LOW to NO amps. So let's say you've had a pretty clean fence and usually get around 7kv on the fence and hardly ever any amps, this is a single wire fence. But one day you test the fence and you are getting 3kv and 20amps. I believe all fault finding testers have arrows pointing on them in the direction of the fault.
You should always start first by testing the fence charger by itself to make sure it's not the issue. Then start testing near the beginning of the fence run if the fence charger is showing good.
20 amps, that's a pretty good short on the fence and you don't see any vegetation on the fence. Wyatt we say to do is test every so often watching the arrow. If the arrow keeps pointing down the line and us still up pretty high, then keep testing.
Eventually you'll come to a test spot and this is where a fault finding tester will do two things. It will either point the arrow in the other direction or you'll get no more reading and it'll say 0 amps and barely any kv reading. If it does either of these, you've gone past the fault and need to go between where you just tested and the previous spot.
Their fault could've been been a broken wire and touching ground, a handful of insulators are cracked from age and are allowing the wire to short out to ground, our there's an underground called that wasn't properly protected and it's leaving to ground.
There can be a bit more to it than that, but that's the simple way to use them. I think they're worth their weight in gold and they do a really good job at helping find shorts once you understand on how they're used.
If you have any questions or want to add you're input, please feel free to do so. We'll do our part to help understand and welcome any input.


The Communion (Latin: communio; Greek: κοινωνικόν, koinonikon) is a refrain sung wif psawm recitation during de distribution of de Eucharist in de Divine Liturgy or Mass. As chant it was connected wif de rituaw act of Christian communion.
According to Dimitri Conomos de Koinonikon (κοινωνικόν), as it is sung as an ewaborated communion chant during de Divine Liturgy, has derived from an earwy practice of psawm recitation simiwar to Western witurgies, when de Koinonikon served as a troparion. The owdest troparion which was used for communion, was "Γεύσασθε καὶ ἴδετε" ("O taste and see dat de Lord is good", Ps. 33:9). It was supposed to symbowize de wast supper cewebrated on Maundy Thursday. During de 5f century, when de Divine Liturgy of de Presanctified Gifts had estabwished and dis communion chant became associated wif it, de custom spread over de Lenten period, presumabwy wif de recitation of different psawm sections (staseis).
In de earwy Asmatika (12f and 13f century), de choirbook of de cadedraw rite, dis koinonikon is cwassified as echos protos (transcribed as a—α′) according to de modaw signatures of de Octoechos, but its archaic mewos does not finish on de finawis and basis of dis echos, but wif de one (phdongos) of echos pwagios devteros (transcribed as E—πλβ′).
In de cadedraw rite of Constantinopwe de koinonikon as a troparion became so ewaborated, dat it was sung widout psawm recitation, uh-hah-hah-hah.
Neverdewess, its text was usuawwy a stichos taken from de psawter, wike de Sunday Koinonikon of de Week Cycwe Αἰνεῖτε τὸν κύριον ("Praise de Lord" Ps 148:1), which had awready added as an Octoechos cycwe in 13f-century Greek Asmatika, so dat dey couwd be performed according to de echos of de week. Widin de weekwy cycwe each koinonikon was awso specified to certain witurgicaw occasions such as de Wednesday koinonikon Ποτήριον σωτηρίου ("Cup of sawvation" Ps 115:4) which was dedicated to feasts around de Theotokos or around martyres. Apart from de week cycwe dere was a repertory of 26 koinonika which devewoped as a cawendaric cycwe of immoveabwe and moveabwe feasts during de 9f century and dey can be found in de books of de cadedraw rite since de 12f century (psawtikon and asmatikon).
Since de 14f century, when a mixed rite had repwaced de former tradition of de cadedraw rite at Hagia Sophia, de owd modews have been ewaborated in compositions of de Maistores wike John Gwykys, John Koukouzewes, and Manuew Chrysaphes.
The communion part of de Ambrosian Mass, as it had been cewebrated in de cadedraws of Miwan (cawwed after de famous wocaw bishope Ambrose), was composed around de Anaphora. It was opened by a witany cawwed "Ter Kyrie", de Pater Noster, and de chant which preceded de Postcommunio, was cawwed "Transitorium".
According to Isidore of Seviwwe (Etymowogiae, De eccwesiasticis officiis) and Pseudo-Germanus' Expositio Antiqwae Liturgiae Gawwicanae de communion chant of de Mass in de Gawwican rite of France and de Visigodic rite of Spain was cawwed Confractorium and probabwy connected wif a rituaw breaking (fraction) of sacramentaw bread.
According to James McKinnon de communio became wate part of Roman Mass, and wike in many oder Western sources, dere is no earwy evidence of a Latin eqwivawent of de Ps. 33:9 ("Gustate et videte") as a kind of prototype of de genre, but Ordo romanus I describes de communion chant as an antiphon wif psawm sung by de Schowa cantorum accompanying de distribution of de Eucharist, untiw de presiding pope interrupts it. Neverdewess, de genre communio became an important and favored subject in de process of a compositionaw pwanning of de Mass Proper by de weader of de Schowa cantorum, which had awready about 141 items during de 7f century. The dramaturgy in de composition of communion chants and de choice of scripturaw texts from Advent to Epiphany incwudes de composition of an epic recitation of prophetic texts before Christmas, whiwe de water seriaw of communion chants use extracts from de gospew readings of de day, composed in a rader dramatic stywe.
Since de Carowingian reform de Roman Mass Proper became part of de Roman-Frankish witurgy and de most common musicaw settings of it were reserved for speciaw Masses such as Reqwiem Masses, where de chant has de incipit Lux aeterna.
In contemporary Cadowic usage, de communion chant corresponds to de Communion Antiphon and is sung or recited audibwy droughout by de faidfuw.
^ See transcription of Ms. Γ. 3 (fow. 9)—an Asmatikon of de Great Lavra Monastery on Mount Ados (Conomos 1980, p. 259, ex. 4).
^ Conomos (1980, pp. 255-259, ex. 2) anawyzed dis cycwe, added water during de wate 14f century, and compared it to de earwier echos-protos version in a Swavic Kontakar of de 13f century (ex. 3).
^ In his earwy articwe which preceded his book, Dimitri Conomos (1980) offers tabwes of de dree cycwes, deir texts and deir modaw cwassification according to de Octoechos and a wist of medievaw notated chant manuscripts of de cadedraw rite which have preserve dese cycwes.
^ Autun, Bibwiofèqwe municipawe, Ms. 184.
^ James McKinnon (2000, pp. 326-328).
Baiwey, Terence. "Ambrosian chant". Grove Music Onwine. Oxford Music Onwine. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
Conomos, Dimitri E. (1980). "Communion Chants in Magna Graecia and Byzantium". Journaw of de American Musicowogicaw Society. 33: 241–263. doi:10.2307/831112. JSTOR 831112.
Conomos, Dimitri E. (1985). The Late Byzantine and Swavonic Communion Cycwe: Liturgy and Music. Washington D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks.
Popova, Deniza; Gerwach, Owiver (2014). "Vater Stiwijan – ein Mönch aus Bačkovo-Kwoster: Seine Persönwichkeit und seine Bedeutung für die buwgarisch-ordodoxe Gesangspraxis". Buwgarien-Jahrbuch. 2012: 129–157.
Hugwo, Michew; et aw. "Gawwican chant". Grove Music Onwine. Oxford Music Onwine. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
McKinnon, James. "Communion". Grove Music Onwine. Oxford Music Onwine. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
McKinnon, James (2000). The Advent project de water-sevenf-century creation of de Roman Mass proper. Berkewey: University of Cawifornia Press. ISBN 9780520221987. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
McKinnon, James W. (1998). "Compositionaw Pwanning in de Roman Mass Proper". Studia Musicowogica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. 39: 241–245. doi:10.2307/902538. JSTOR 902538.
Randaw, Don M.; Nadeau, Niws. "Mozarabic chant". Grove Music Onwine. Oxford Music Onwine. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
Taft, Robert (1977). "The Evowution of de Byzantine 'Divine Liturgy'". Orientawia Christiana Periodica. 43: 8–30. Retrieved 11 Apriw 2012.
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import com.sishuok.es.common.cache.BaseCacheAspect;
import com.sishuok.es.sys.user.entity.User;
import org.aspectj.lang.ProceedingJoinPoint;
import org.aspectj.lang.annotation.Around;
import org.aspectj.lang.annotation.Aspect;
import org.aspectj.lang.annotation.Before;
import org.aspectj.lang.annotation.Pointcut;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;

/**
 * 缓存及清理菜单缓存
 *
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 *
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 *
Version: 1.0
 */
@Component
@Aspect
public class ResourceMenuCacheAspect extends BaseCacheAspect {

    public ResourceMenuCacheAspect() {
        setCacheName("sys-menuCache");
    }

    private String menusKeyPrefix = "menus-";

    @Pointcut(value = "target(com.sishuok.es.sys.resource.service.ResourceService)")
    private void resourceServicePointcut() {
    }

    @Pointcut(value = "execution(* save(..)) || execution(* update(..)) || execution(* delete(..))")
    private void resourceCacheEvictAllPointcut() {
    }

    @Pointcut(value = "execution(* findMenus(*)) && args(arg)", argNames = "arg")
    private void resourceCacheablePointcut(User arg) {
    }

    @Before(value = "resourceServicePointcut() && resourceCacheEvictAllPointcut()")
    public void findRolesCacheableAdvice() throws Throwable {
        clear();
    }

    @Around(value = "resourceServicePointcut() && resourceCacheablePointcut(arg)", argNames = "pjp,arg")
    public Object findRolesCacheableAdvice(ProceedingJoinPoint pjp, User arg) throws Throwable {

        User user = arg;

        String key = menusKey(user.getId());
        Object retVal = get(key);

        if (retVal != null) {
            log.debug("cacheName:{}, method:findRolesCacheableAdvice, hit key:{}", cacheName, key);
            return retVal;
        }
        log.debug("cacheName:{}, method:findRolesCacheableAdvice, miss key:{}", cacheName, key);

        retVal = pjp.proceed();

        put(key, retVal);

        return retVal;
    }

    public void evict(Long userId) {
        evict(menusKey(userId));
    }

    private String menusKey(Long userId) {
        return this.menusKeyPrefix + userId;
    }

}

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Naqsh-e Jahan Square (Pattern of the World) in Isfahan
As you step in Naqsh-e Jahan Square (literally meaning the pattern of the world) located at the center of Isfahan, You are faced with a feeling of anachronism; it is as if you have stepped into a place belonging to a different period. As a heritage of the glory and grandeur of the Safavid dynasty, the name of this grand square is in the World Heritage Sites list of UNESCO. The historical buildings standing on four sides of this square are each one known as an invaluable gem. The square embraces beautiful arrays of fountains that are situated amid flower beds, and walking amongst them is a real pleasure to the spirit in the evenings. The oldest polo field of the world located at this square is a representation of royal culture in Iran. The square is a real gallery containing the outstanding Shah Mosque, the astonishing Ali Qapu Palace, the incredible Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque, the magnificent Qeysarie Gate, and Bazaar, lots of souvenir and craft stores, and horse-drawn carriages that move between them with their nostalgic sound of bells.
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The vaulted bazaar surrounding this square is where you hear the buzzing people calling for you. Among the principal monuments nestles this chain of tiny colorful stores aligning on the sides of a covered architecture, where you get to see many of handicrafts that are made only in Isfahan. Your jaw drops as your eyes fall on the patterns that the artists etch on metals or print on fabrics. The handicrafts, the splendor of the architecture, the tranquil sight of the square, and the surrounding domes and arcades mesmerizes all the many travelers and tourists who come to see this great attraction of Isfahan each year.
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For Christians who do not reject theories of evolution, how can they begin to make sense of it in theological terms? Jack Mahoney, explores this question but he starts from a different point. How do those who study or accept evolution make sense of altruism? The ethical idea that seeks to put others first. For Mahoney, a Christian theology of altruism begins with God and the mutual self-giving of the Trinity towards each other. Jesus Christ, through the incarnation, exemplifies this altruism. Mahoney argues that Jesus a profound evolutionary advancement in the morality of humanity. It is extraordinarily profound because he confronted death, a universal human experience, and then overcame it. Mortality was an ordinary feature of human life but through Jesus Christ, we have the Evolution of this human experience.
Traditionally Christians believed that the point of the incarnation, where God became man, was to save human beings from their fallen nature. Mahoney sees in these accounts an attempt to explain death. The answer to the question 'Why does death happen?' is explained by the fallen nature of human beings. In Genesis, death was the penalty for eating of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. God became man to atone for the sins of humanity, to be the perfect sacrifice.
Mahoney thinks that these theological ideas have come about because of mistakes. First, he thinks that people have misread the Bible, in particular in the passage in Paul's letter to the Romans 5:12 where he states:
"Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death came through sin, and so death spread to all because all have sinned."
Mahoney argues that the phrase 'because all have sinned' is the translation of the Greek eph ho, which means 'since when'. But in Latin this was translated as in quo meaning 'in whom'. St Augustine concluded that all human beings were therefore born into the sin of Adam. The theology of Original Sin came into being through this translation.
Mahoney rejects the theology of Original Sin and the fallen nature of the human being at the point of birth. Without this theology, there is no need to remedy the situation. There is no need for atonement for Original Sin, without Original Sin.
This allows for death to be viewed as part of evolution. Jesus broke through death as an evolutionary step towards a new way of living according to universal altruism.
Mahoney's idea has implications for many other Christian theologies, including the concept of the dignity of the human person, the idea that human beings have some kind of inherent worth. The theology of Original Sin and the Fall had led some to reject this notion, notably Calvin and Luther. How can human beings be of moral worth, if they are such sinful beings. If human beings are not born into the world with a nature corrupted by Original Sin, then the idea that they have an inherent worth makes more sense.
This illustrates why Mahoney thinks theology and science have something to say to one another:
"Because our common human experience is being faced with a major advance in our scientific understanding of human origins, intellectual integrity invites us to place that experience alongside our past and present religious beliefs, and in the process to hope to cast light on both."
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The Chief Executive in Council has approved the draft The Peak Area Outline Zoning Plan (OZP).
"The approved OZP provides a statutory land use framework to guide the development and redevelopment in the Peak area," a spokesman for the Town Planning Board said today (December 12).
The Planning Scheme Area covers an area of about 900 hectares. It is bounded by Stubbs Road to the north and by Wong Nai Chung Gap Road and Deep Water Bay Road to the east. Areas to the south and west are mainly hillslopes including the Aberdeen Country Park and the Pok Fu Lam Country Park. The Peak, with its prominent location overlooking both Victoria Harbour and the southern part of Hong Kong Island and with the attractions of the Peak Tram, the Peak Tower and the Peak Galleria, is a popular tourist attraction. It is also a high-class low-density residential area with unique character and amenities.
Some commercial developments are zoned "Commercial" ("C"), covering 0.5 hectares. The planning intention of this zone is primarily for commercial developments. The sub-areas "C(1)" and "C(3)", covering southern end of Guildford Road and at 100 Peak Road, are primarily for commercial developments, which may include shops, services and eating places, functioning mainly as local shopping centre(s) serving the immediate neighbourhood. The sub-area "C(2)", covering the Peak Tower, is primarily for commercial developments which include offices, shops, services, places of entertainment and eating places, functioning as regional or district commercial/shopping centre.
Most residential developments within the Area are zoned "Residential (Group C)" ("R(C)") covering about 82 hectares of land. Within this zoning, developments are subject to both plot ratio and building height restrictions. Developments/redevelopment are restricted to a maximum plot ratio of 0.5 or the plot ratio of the existing building, whichever is the greater. The main purpose for this restriction is to keep development intensity in the area to a level which the existing road system can cope with and to maintain the existing character and amenity of the Area. The "R(C)" sub-areas, i.e. "R(C)1", "R(C)2", "R(C)3", "R(C)4" and "R(C)5", are subject to different building height restrictions. The building height restrictions are imposed with a view to preserving public views, the ridgeline of the Peak and the character of the Area.
Several residential developments at Stubbs Road and Wong Nai Chung Gap Road, covering about eight hectares, are zoned "Residential (Group B)" ("R(B)"). This zone is intended primarily for medium-density residential developments where commercial uses serving the residential neighbourhood may be permitted on application to the Board. There are two sub-areas under this zoning, "R(B)1" and "R(B)2", each with its own plot ratio and building height restrictions.
A total of about 14 hectares of land is zoned "Government, Institution or Community" ("G/IC"). This zone is intended primarily for the provision of Government, institution or community (GIC) facilities serving the needs of the local residents and/or a wider district, region or the territory. It is also intended to provide land for uses directly related to or in support of the work of the Government, organisations providing social services to meet community needs, and other institutional establishments. This zone covers schools, hospitals, service reservoirs, a police station, a fire station, radio communication stations and other GIC facilities.
About 12 hectares of land is zoned "Open Space". This zone is intended to provide outdoor open-air space for active and/or passive recreational uses for the local residents as well as general public. Existing major open spaces include the Victoria Peak Garden at Mount Austin Road and the Mount Austin Playground.
Sites allocated for various specific uses are zoned "Other Specified Uses" ("OU") covering about 1.8 hectares of land. They include the two petrol filling stations at Wong Nai Chung Gap Road and Peak Road, the Peak Galleria site at Peak Road and the King Yin Lei site at Stubbs Road. The Peak Galleria is a tourist attraction which comprises a commercial complex with a public transport terminus, public open space, Government and community facilities, and public car park. Development restrictions including a maximum gross floor area of 12,500 square metres and a maximum building height of 420 metres above Principal Datum. King Yin Lei, including the associated building structures and garden within the site, possesses high historical and architectural values and is a declared Monument. The "OU" annotated "Historical Building Preserved for Cultural, Community and Commercial Uses" zone is intended to facilitate in-situ preservation of King Yin Lei and for the adaptive re-use of the historical building for cultural, community and commercial uses for the enjoyment of the public and tourists.
The undeveloped hillslopes in the Area are zoned "Green Belt" which covers about 228 hectares. The zone forms a visually and aesthetically pleasant background of the Area. This zone is primarily for the conservation of the existing natural environment amid the built-up areas/at the urban fringe, to safeguard it from encroachment by urban-type development, and to provide additional outlets for passive recreational activities. There is a general presumption against development within this zone. About 528 hectares of land is zoned "Country Park" covering the portion of Aberdeen Country Park and Pok Fu Lam Country Park at the southern and western parts of the Area.
The approved The Peak Area OZP No. S/H14/9 is now available for public inspection during office hours at the Secretariat of the Town Planning Board, the Planning Enquiry Counters of the Planning Department in North Point and Sha Tin, the Hong Kong District Planning Office, the Central and Western District Office and the Wan Chai District Office.
Copies of the approved OZP are available for sale at Map Publications Centres in North Point and Yau Ma Tei. The electronic version of the plan can be viewed at the Town Planning Board's website (www.info.gov.hk/tpb).
Ends/Friday, December 12, 2008


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China's new 4th generation tank has features like a sci-fi movie!
October 23, 2022 - by Ankit Verma - Leave a Comment
China's new 4th generation tank is rated "beyond the Russian Armata tank" due to its high degree of automation which allow only two people to operate it.
China's state broadcaster CCTV announced that the People's Liberation Army will soon be equipped with 4th generation main battle tanks with superior features. Accompanying this statement is a extremely mysterious new Main Battle Tank.
Information on the sidelines said that this new warmachine possesses "unique" features such as this new tank uses very high level of automation, which allows only two people to operate the tank. Most of the current Main Battle Tanks uses 3 or 4 people crew. So this chinese tank will have a fully robotic turret with an automatic loader.
Defense Experts says that the Russian T-14 Armata Tank inspired the Chinese side. New-generation weapon systems are needed for the modernization of the People's Liberation Army.
In today's technology race, battle tanks need to be lighter, in the context of what is happening in Ukraine War, tank speed proved to be a key factor in saving the tank, when even solid armor was not able to save the tank from anti-tank guided missiles.
Additional information is that china's 4th generation main battle tank will have low fuel consumption. However, there is no specific disclosure about what type of engine the tank will use, what will be its HP, or any other details about the tank.
But chinese military experts say that in order for a tank to be classified in the 4th generation, it must be integrated with extremely advanced combat systems, even surpassing any opponent in the world today.
Different from other military powers in the field of heavy armoured fighting vehicles, china has not introduced a new main battle tank in the past decade.
It means Beijing has been focusing on the design and development of a new generation of Main Battle Tank. According to CCTV, this new tank will soon enter into production.
Currently, china has ZTZ-99 (Type-99) and Type-96 tanks. The former is considered as equivalent to the American Abrams Tank series as well as the German Army Leopard. The second one is comparable to the Russian T-80.
The Type-99A is considered as the most advanced and powerful version of the Type-99. It is also the most advanced tank currently in service with the People's Liberation Army of China. Beijing has produced more than 700 units of this tank since 2011.
In fact, this is the last developed tank that entered into active service with the People's Liberation Army of China. As of now the PLA has, about 550 Type-99 tanks and 2,500 older Type-96 tanks.
The Press believes that that the announcement of the new chinese main battle tank is not a coincidence, specifically when the United States has recently announced the next-generation Abrams X MBT. Since, China wants to become a superpower, so they do not want to lag behind in military.
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Alejandra Maya knows all about obstacles. Family tragedy has taken her on a tough journey, only to create a student with true grit.
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"I hated feeling like I didn't know what everyone else was talking about. They asked me if I wanted to skip sixth grade because my math, history, science test scores were above average. My mom said no because she wanted me to keep learning English," says Maya. So instead of skipping a grade, Maya took honors classes throughout middle school.
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Cape Town - Government will continue to improve the country's healthcare system as well as finalise preparations for the establishment of the National Health Insurance system (NHI), says President Jacob Zuma.
Delivering his second State of the Nation Address on Thursday evening, Zuma said the improvement of the healthcare system included the building and upgrading of hospitals and clinics.
This also extends to the improvement of working conditions of health care workers.
Zuma said government has partnered with the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) to improve the functionality of public hospitals and their district offices.
Additionally government is also collaborating with the DBSA and the Industrial Development Corporation in a public-private partnership programme to improve hospitals and provide finance for projects.
"Intensive work is underway to ensure that this work is on schedule. We will also continue preparations for the establishment of a national health insurance system," said Zuma.
The broad objective of the NHI is to put in place the necessary funding and health service delivery mechanisms, which will enable the creation of an efficient, equitable and sustainable health system in South Africa based on the principles of the right to health, social solidarity and universal coverage.
Zuma said the nation's life expectancy had dropped from 60 in 1994 to just below 50 years in 2010 and that government was making interventions to lower maternal mortality rates.
"We are therefore making interventions to lower maternal mortality rates, to reduce new HIV infections and to effectively treat HIV and tuberculosis," Zuma told the National Assembly.
Efforts will be made to reduce infant mortality through a massive immunization programme and in addition, health programmes will be reinstated in schools.
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Travelers' Q3 Results Hurt by Auto, Flood Claims
By Jordyn Holman | October 20, 2016
Travelers Cos., the sole property/casualty insurer in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, posted its fourth-straight profit decline as weather-related costs climbed and investment income slipped. The stock had the biggest intraday fall since June.
Third-quarter net income dropped 23 percent to $716 million, or $2.45 a share, from $928 million, or $2.97, a year earlier, New York-based Travelers said Thursday in a statement. Operating profit was $2.40 a share, beating the $2.36 average estimate of 21 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg.
Alan Schnitzer is yet to post a profit increase since taking over in December for Jay Fishman as chief executive officer. Insurers have been pressured this year by low interest rates, higher-than-expected costs on auto policies and elevated claims from North American catastrophes. Travelers' second-quarter profit fell to the lowest since Superstorm Sandy in 2012 as wildfires fueled claims in Canada. Then flooding damaged homes in Louisiana in August, and Hurricane Hermine struck Florida last month.
"By Travelers high standards, this was a sub-par result," John Heagerty, an analyst at Atlantic Equities, wrote in a note. "Bodily injury claims inflation in personal auto was the main culprit, but commercial insurance also suffered from loss cost trends."
Schnitzer reported a third-quarter combined ratio of 92.9, meaning the insurer retained 7.1 cents of every premium dollar after claims and expenses. That worsened from a ratio of 86.9 percent a year earlier.
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Travelers dropped $3.81, or 3.3 percent, to $112.42 at 10:17 a.m. in New York trading, erasing the stock's gain for the year. The drop was the steepest in the 30-company Dow. The insurer said that costs from this month's Hurricane Matthew were probably at least $75 million before tax.
Policy sales advanced 3.2 percent to $6.39 billion. The insurer charged domestic business insurance customers 2.7 percent more at renewal in the three months ended Sept. 30, according to a presentation on the company's website. That compares with a 1.9 percent increase in the second quarter.
"In our commercial businesses, we are pleased with our historically high levels of retention and positive renewal premium change," Schnitzer said in the statement. "These results were due to the successful execution of our strategy to retain those accounts that meet our return thresholds and to take appropriate measures to improve profitability on those accounts that do not, while also seeking attractive new business opportunities."
Reserve Gains
The gain from reserves narrowed to $39 million pretax from $199 million. Insurers regularly reassess the money they've set aside for future claims and can scale back or raise the amount based on their expectation of losses.
Return on equity fell in the third quarter to 11.6 percent, from 15.4 percent a year earlier. Book value, a measure of assets to liabilities, rose to $86.04 a share from $85.73 at the end of June. The company repurchased $562 million of its shares in the third quarter.
Net investment income declined to $472 million, from $484 million a year earlier. The contribution from the holdings outside of bonds was $69 million compared with $68 million in last year's third quarter.
Fishman's career was cut short by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. The executive, who steered Travelers through the financial crisis, died in August at age 63. John Dasburg replaced him as chairman.
[The following is Travelers' summary of its third quarter underwriting results:
The combined ratio remained strong at 92.9%. It increased 6.0 points due to a higher underlying combined ratio (3.3 points) and lower net favorable prior year reserve development (2.7 points).
The underlying combined ratio of 92.1% increased 3.3 points, primarily driven by higher non-catastrophe weather-related losses, higher loss estimates in the personal automobile product line for bodily injury liability coverages, including the re-estimation of losses incurred in the first six months of 2016 and the impact of loss cost trends that modestly exceeded earned pricing in the Business and International Insurance segment, as expected, partially offset by lower levels of what the Company defines as large losses.
Net favorable prior year reserve development in Business and International Insurance and Bond & Specialty Insurance of $60 million pre-tax was partially offset by net unfavorable prior year reserve development in Personal Insurance of $21 million pre-tax. Catastrophe losses in the third quarter of 2016 primarily resulted from hail storms in the Western region of the United States and flooding in the Southeast region of the United States.]
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LCO Recommends Reform in Capacity and Guardianship Law
Hull & Hull LLP > Blog > TOPICS > Capacity > LCO Recommends Reform in Capacity and Guardianship Law
March 15, 2017	March 15, 2017	Suzana Popovic-Montag Capacity, Guardianship, Power of Attorney Tags: Health Care Consent Act, Law Commission of Ontario, Mental Health Act, Substitute Decisions Act 0 Comments
Last week, the Law Commission of Ontario (LCO) released its Final Report on Legal Capacity, Decision-making and Guardianship. The Final Report is the result of work conducted by a LCO Advisory Group since early 2013.
In the Final Report, the LCO outlines the strengths and attributes of Ontario's capacity and guardianship regime, as well as areas of concern. Some key areas of concern the LCO identifies include:
The system is confusing and lacks coordination;
There is a lack of clarity and consistency in the law for capacity assessments;
Legal tools are not responsive enough for the range of needs of those directly affected;
Individuals, families, and service providers are not receiving enough support;
The current oversight and monitoring mechanisms for substitute decision makers are insufficient;
The dispute resolution mechanisms under the Substitute Decisions Act, 1992 (SDA) are inaccessible to many.
The Final Report includes recommendations for reforms to law, policy and practice. These recommendations relate to (1) improving access to the law, (2) promoting understanding of the law by those directly affected, (3) strengthening protection of rights under the Health Care Consent Act, (4) reducing inappropriate intervention, (5) increasing accountability and transparency, and (6) enabling greater choice of substitute decision makers.
The Final Report makes 58 recommendations on the statutory regime for legal capacity, decision-making, and guardianship, including proposed reforms to the SDA, the Health Care Consent Act, 1996, and the Mental Health Act. Some of the Final Report's key recommendations on the law of substitute decision-making include:
Improved access to capacity assessments under the SDA;
A standard-form "Statement of Commitment" required to be signed by persons accepting an appointment as an attorney;
The delivery of "Notices of Attorney Acting" at the first time the attorney acts, delivered to the grantor, the spouse, any previous attorney and any monitor appointed, as well as for any other persons identified in the Power of Attorney;
The option to name a "monitor", who would have statutory powers to visit and communicate with the grantor and powers to review accounts and records kept by the attorney;
Development of time-limited or reviewable guardianship orders;
Development of limited property guardianships, in parallel with existing limited personal care guardianships;
Further research and consultation be conducted towards establishing a dedicated licensing and regulatory system for professional substitute decision-makers;
Further research and consultation be conducted towards allowing community agencies to provide substitute decision-making for day-to-day decisions;
Clarification of the duty of health practitioners to provide information to substitute decision-makers upon a finding of incapacity; and
Empowering adjudicators under the SDA to order substitute decision-makers to obtain education on specific aspects of his or her duties.
The Final Report suggests short, medium, and long-term plans for implementing the LCO's recommendations. You can find a copy of the full report at the LCO website.
Suzana Popovic-Montag
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Suzana Popovic-Montag is the Managing Partner of Hull & Hull LLP, who practices exclusively in the areas of estates, trusts, capacity and fiduciary litigation. View more about Suzana


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Once upon a time, there lived a family of four, a husband, Eric, wife, Isabel, a baby daughter, Eline and Eric's mother, Naomi in a very beautiful place.
Eric, a scientist, was researching on a certain species of plant which helps in curing all diseases. He bought a plot of land with a small house and a large area of paddy fields on one side and a small rivulet on the other side. It was a beautiful perfect setting for a family to grow and a calm place for his research. The family lived happily there.
One day, Isabel had severe bleeding and Eric immediately took her to the hospital leaving behind his daughter in the care of his mother. His mother assured him, "Son, don't worry, everything would be okay, just get to the hospital with care." Bidding his mother both goodbye, Eric left for the hospital in town, with Isabel.
Naomi, knelt down near Eline's bed and started praying, but suddenly, she felt water on her legs. "Holy Heavens!!!! what is happening!!!!!" She shut her eyes tightly and took a deep breath, "God, I am hoping, its not the worst father!!!! I don't even have a general idea, what I am going to do. The only request, Go........d, Please help me!!!!!" She immediately thought, switch off the main power at the back of the house.
With deep sadness, she rose from the floor, dripping wet and slowly sloshed her way to the door, she couldn't believe her eyes, two steps down and the whole of ground floor was knee deep in water. With tears rolling, she cried silently, she had no clue how she is going to save her grandchild. She was in a no man's land and she was not sure, whether there would be anyone who knew that there was an old lady and a baby all alone in this house. She knew, she cannot wait for her son Eric to return back. So she slowly waded to the back of the house to switch off the power and to her utter surprise and shock, she couldn't believe her eyes, a beautiful boat which was perfect for her and grandchild waited, as if someone had called for its service. With tears flowing she shouted silently from inside "Thank you God!!!! Thank you God!!!! Thank you God!!!!" She switched off the power and waded into the water and slowly pulled the boat towards her, which was so easy to bring it near to the house. It even had a very beautiful stern ring to tie a rope through it.
Naomi pulled the boat into the house and went in search of a strong rope, which was not hard to find, as they had used meters of it to pack their things. The only thing now left to do is, pack the basic necessities for her and Eline and get off from there before the house falls on them.
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Targets set, Texans "chomping at the bit" for free agency
The Texans added eight players to their team in the 2011 draft. Now, they're playing the waiting game for free agency along with 31 other teams.
Whenever the league's labor situation is resolved, the Texans will be ready.
"We're going to be as aggressive as we can be, like we always are," Texans general manager Rick Smith said last week at the Texans' Charity Golf Classic. "It's odd this year, of course, because we've had the draft first, but in a lot of respects, it gives you an idea to really pinpoint where you think you need to go and try to address. We certainly have done that.
"We're chomping at the bit, both from a collegiate free agent standpoint as well as an unrestricted and restricted free agent standpoint. We're ready to go."
After ranking 30th in defense last season, including 32nd against the pass, the Texans used six of their eight draft picks on defensive players. Their top two picks were J.J. Watt, a defensive end, and Brooks Reed, an outside linebacker.
So what are they looking for in free agency?
"We'll see whenever it comes," new defensive coordinator Wade Phillips said. "I think our front seven right now is pretty solid. I think we've got a really good group on paper – what I've seen, what I think. We've got a pretty good group up front. We've got a lot of young secondary people that need to come on, and we'll see about free agency."
Most fans want to know if the Texans will pursue Raiders cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha, a four-time Pro Bowler who'll be an unrestricted free agent. Asomugha, 29, likely will command a contract that will make him one of the highest-paid defensive players in NFL history.
The Texans haven't spoken publicly about Asomugha, and league rules prohibit them from talking about any players from other teams until free agency begins.
Texans coach Gary Kubiak did say that the safety position "continues to be something that we're looking at." Even if the Texans move cornerback Glover Quin to free safety as expected, they could add a veteran strong safety to compete with Troy Nolan, Dominique Barber and Torri Williams.
Wide receiver could be another area of need. Jacoby Jones, who started seven games last season, is a four-year veteran who will be a restricted free agent.
"There are some unknowns there," offensive coordinator Rick Dennison said. "If we lose guys, we maybe need guys. We're going to wait and see."
Aside from not knowing when free agency will start, the Texans also don't know exactly which players will be available.
If free agency operates under the same rules as last year, players will be required to have six seasons of experience before they can become unrestricted. If the rules return to the way they were before last year, players would become unrestricted after four seasons.
"We've almost prepared for free agency like three times, so we know these guys very well," Kubiak said. "The list (of free agents) is real big when you think about these rules and it's very small when you think about some other rules that could be in effect. But the bottom line, we know who's there. We know who we want to chase, so to speak, when the time comes.
"I think us adding some veterans to our football team is very important. I think it would be a welcome addition to our players. I've heard some of them speak about that. There's two ways you get better in the offseason, the draft and free agency, and we're halfway there."


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The packet antennas are mounted on short poles peaking above the rooftop.
One of the batteries that LCARC purchased in 2000 had just failed. Tandem Radio Amateur Club (TRAC) donated their batteries to Las Cumbres when they vacated their Cupertino shack. Thank you TRAC members!
Our flagship shack poses for a portrait on a late November afternoon.
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Pause … and take a look at how holidays are being transformed
Visitors and tourism professionals alike can benefit from witnessing Saudi Arabia's efforts to develop its unique and authentic travel industry
By Jerry Inzerillo
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The desert in Ha'il, northwest Saudi Arabia. The kingdom also has beaches, ancient ruins and holy sites
The Middle East is leading the recovery in international travel, with inbound arrivals to the region up 4 percent in Q4, far ahead of a global decrease of 30 percent, according to analyst ForwardKeys.
This can largely be attributed to the World Cup in Qatar but even in the first quarter of 2022, international arrivals to the region were up 15 percent on pre-pandemic figures.
Saudi Arabia had 70 million visits in 2022 and the fastest-growing tourism industry in the G20, growing by 121 percent this year. It has also issued millions of tourist e-visas since 2019 and is investing more than $800 billion to develop the sector.
Global hotel brands rush to be part of Saudi tourism push
Diriyah Gate: The kingdom's cultural heart
What has driven visitors' appetite for Saudi Arabia in particular? There are two answers: the diversity of what can be experienced and how that diversity can elevate the individual experience.
Millions of tourists and religious pilgrims visit the Middle East every year for its ancient ruins, spectacular architecture, beautiful beaches, important holy sites and vibrant cities. Saudi Arabia offers mountains, coastal resorts and heritage sites – destinations for every type of traveller. But the difference from many other sites is in what each one offers by way of experience.
Madinah and Jeddah already attract millions of travellers. The giga-projects are expected to do the same. Pictures: Unsplash/Adli Wahid/Daryl Figueroa
Travellers have emerged from the restrictions of the past few years with a yearning for something new, something more extraordinary to experience and to show their friends back home.
Destinations in Saudi Arabia have identified this trend – and restaurants, hotels and other tourism businesses are transforming the kingdom into a staging ground for these encounters.
The work done by the Ministry of Tourism, the Saudi Tourism Authority and the entities responsible for the development of the giga-projects, including my own in Diriyah, are taking broader strategic steps to position Saudi Arabia as a destination that creates a unique and authentic sense of place.
This is one of my strongest predictions for 2023. Deeper, more meaningful experiences are being sought by tomorrow's travellers. Travel will be slower, allowing visitors to breathe and take in their surroundings as part of a profound cultural experience.
Those in today's tourism industry should learn from Saudi Arabia and the Middle East.
Diriyah will be on the global map as a crossroads of culture, arts, science and commerce. It will be the world's largest mud-brick city and one of the world's culture and heritage capitals. It is an authentic, fitting tribute to the immense historical legacy it represents. We aspire to develop Diriyah into one of the world's greatest gathering places by creating rich experiences that narrate the stories of its history and instil a sense of pride among Saudis.
To succeed in 2023, the travel and tourism industry needs to focus on marketing destinations in a way that does not simply explain what prospective visitors will see but instead makes them think about how their trip to that place will change them. Destinations should evoke a sense of emotional longing and an image of inspiration, encouraging the idea of a life-changing experience.
I encourage everyone to come to Saudi Arabia and see for themselves what we are getting right, so together we can help our industry recover and grow.
Jerry Inzerillo is group CEO of the Diriyah Gate Development Authority and sits on the board of directors of the Saudi Tourism Authority
Tourism rebound brings spot of light to lessen gloom for Egypt
Egyptian tourism performed strongly in the final quarter of 2022 – and this could have "a multiplier effect" for the country's economy, analysts have said. Hotel occupancy in Cairo has continued to rebound despite Egypt's economic challenges, according to the latest report by real estate consultancy JLL. The average occupancy rate for January to November […]
Boeing's 747, the original jumbo jet, prepares for final send-off
Boeing's 747, the original and arguably most aesthetic "Jumbo Jet", revolutionised air travel only to see its more than five-decade reign as "Queen of the Skies" ended by more efficient twinjet planes. The last commercial Boeing jumbo will be delivered to Atlas Air in the surviving freighter version on Tuesday, 53 years after the 747's […]
UK regional airline Flybe ceases trading and cancels all flights
British regional airline Flybe on Saturday ceased trading for the second time in three years, with all flights cancelled and 276 workers made redundant. A statement on Flybe's website said the airline, which operated scheduled services from Belfast, Birmingham and Heathrow across the UK and to Amsterdam and Geneva, had entered administration, a form of […]
Wizz Air Abu Dhabi to accelerate and expand operations in 2023
Low-cost airline Wizz Air Abu Dhabi is ready to accelerate and expand operations further in 2023. It currently flies to 36 destinations to 25 different countries from Abu Dhabi, the UAE state-owned WAM news agency reported. The airline operated more than 6,000 flights and transported more than 1.2 million travellers in 2022. It carried over […]
Cars, property and superjets: Pagani plots future with PIF
Horacio Pagani, founder of the supercar that bears his name, is open to further partnerships with Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund as his company expands into luxury real estate and private jet design. PIF acquired a 30 percent stake in the Italian business in 2021. Pagani, who acts as its CEO and chief design officer, […]


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Daikin to offer air conditioners in Africa on daily rental
TANZANIA: In a bid to crack the African market, Daikin is to offer air conditioners in Tanzania for a daily rental of as little as JPY130 ($1.20).
The scheme to introduce high-efficiency air conditioners to small stores and homes in Tanzania will require no initial purchase. The end user will pay a daily rental via a smartphone app to unlock Daikin's communications-enabled air conditioners.
The move is the result of a collaboration with Wassha, a Japanese start-up company using IoT technology to develop an electrical power service business in the non-electrified areas of Africa.
Wassha is developing an electrical power service business through the rental of LED lanterns in the off-grid areas of the sub-Saharan Africa region focusing on Tanzania. The LED lanterns are made available through a network of small stores, known as kiosks, which span the country.
The deal is seen as a way for Daikin to enter the relatively untapped East African market where cheaper Chinese and Korean rivals dominate. Daikin's business model reduces user initial costs and produce revenue even in small immature markets.
In September 2019, Daikin established an office in Nairobi, Kenya and began local market research and sales network development.
The Japanese manufacturer hopes to see around 50,000 air conditioners in use in the country by 2024 and, if successful, will consider launching a similar service in other East African countries.
Daikin says it will provide high-efficiency, inverter-equipped air conditioners using R32 in a market which, it says, is dominated by low-priced models with high environmental impact.
According to the Nikkei Asian Review, Daikin and Wassha are to form a joint venture this month, with Daikin controlling 80% and Wassha owning the rest.
Daikin will also work to develop local maintenance service staff, something which Daikin says is neglected by its Chinese rivals.


Holy Savior Menard High School hosted Avoyelles Public Charter School Friday, Feb. 8, 2019 in a District 4-2A home conference game. Avoyelles Charter won 46-45.
Avoyelles Charter senior Josh Owusu (2) looks to make a move against Menard's Alex Norton Friday, Feb. 8, 2019 in a District 4-2A home conference game. Avoyelles Charter won 46-45.


The Holy Empire of Snoodum is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by God-Emperor Snudgskooge with an iron fist, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, disturbing lack of elderly people, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 7.475 billion Snoodians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."
The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Education, Healthcare, and Environment also on the agenda, while International Aid receives no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Snudgskooge's palace. The average income tax rate is 99.7%.
The frighteningly efficient Snoodian economy, worth a remarkable 2,173 trillion Flebs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 290,741 Flebs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.
Snoodians believe a soft answer turneth away wrath but punitive punishment is much more fun, truncheon-mounted cameras record the beating of criminals in dynamic HD detail, a National Academy regulates grammar and usage, and works of historical fiction contain a surprising lack of historical figures. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Snoodum's national animal is the Flea, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Snoodism.
Snoodum is ranked 4,561st in the world and 228th in The North Pacific for Smartest Citizens, with 123.89 Quips Per Hour.
13 hours ago : Snoodum was endorsed by The United States of Eripolis.
19 hours ago : Snoodum was endorsed by The Republic of 1 very fast endotarter.
21 hours ago : Snoodum was endorsed by The Empire of Nakayo.
1 day 5 hours ago : Snoodum lodged a message on the The North Pacific Regional Message Board.
1 day 5 hours ago : Following new legislation in Snoodum, works of historical fiction contain a surprising lack of historical figures.
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Ashgate Press has expressed sincere interest in publishing this edited collection of essays on disgust in early modern English literature. The book will examine how and why early modern English individuals experienced repulsion, and how and why they expressed this repulsion in poetry, plays, and prose. The study of disgust in early modern literature is essential and overdue, and dovetails nicely with important work currently being done on the five bodily senses. As other disciplines (e.g. anthropology, psychology, history, philosophy) have discovered, to be disgusted is to be human, and to be disgusted in certain ways, by certain things, is to identify with a particular culture.
In the past two decades, there has been a surge of literary and critical environmental works. Although ecocriticism has been a flourishing field of inquiry for some years now, literary critics are just beginning to explore literature and the environment from postcolonial perspectives. Postcolonial eco-/environmental criticism, albeit belatedly, has become a burgeoning field in the past few years. However, most eco-/environmental critics are heavily focused on contemporary environmental texts, so little or no attention has been paid to the aspects of nature in British or in Anglo-phone modern literature. Nature or the environment is rarely considered a part of the imperial colonial process in analyzing modern literary works.
The H.D. International Society invites paper submissions for the 2012 South Atlantic MLA Conference (SAMLA) in Durham, NC, Nov 9-11, 2012. The conference theme is "Text as Memoir: Tales of Travel, Immigration, and Exile." The panel's focus will mirror that of the conference at large; we welcome papers focusing on H.D. and/or her circle that address travel, migration, and/or exile in some way. By June 15, 2012, please submit brief abstracts (250-300 words) and a one-page bio to Rebecca Walsh (rawalsh@ncsu.edu) and Celena Kusch (ckusch@uscupstate.edu).
With 2013 marking the 150th anniversary of several critical Civil War battles, most notably the Battles of Vicksburg and Gettysburg, this panel aims to explore narrative representations of trauma, whether cultural or individual, in literature of and about the American Civil War. Given that authors have dealt with the memory of trauma in different ways – some directly addressing the war and its psychological impact, others alluding to the traumatic aftermath of battle in stories not directly referencing the war itself – and considering the different literary traditions stemming from the war (literature from Northerners, Southerners, and the descendents of slaves), there are many questions worth asking.
The Louisiana Consortium of Medieval and Renaissance Scholars will hold its annual meeting this fall at Tulane University in New Orleans on October 13-14, 2012. The Consortium welcomes scholars from across the gulf coast region in addition to the initial core group from Louisiana universities and colleges.
A growing number of sub-disciplines in literary studies engage cognitive studies and neuroscience. Affect studies, trauma studies, and memory studies are only some of the theoretical products of literary scholars' engagement with brain studies. This panel welcomes papers that explore cognitive and neuroscientific precepts as they emerge in contemporary American fiction and non-fiction.
Words. Beats. Life: The Global Journal of Hip-Hop Culture is a peer-reviewed, hybrid periodical of art and hip-hop studies published by the 501(c)(3) non-profit, Words Beats & Life, Inc. The Journal is committed to nurturing and showcasing the creative talents and expertise of the field in a layout that is uniquely hip-hop inspired. We publish issues twice a year with the intention of serving as a platform where the work of scholars and artists can appear in dialogue with one another. Since 2002, Words. Beats. Life has devoted its pages to both emerging and established intellectuals and artists.


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O carro presidencial do Brasil é o veículo oficial usado pelo Presidente do Brasil durante suas visitas oficiais aos estados ou durante o cotidiano do presidente. O atual automóvel que serve à presidência é um Ford Fusion Hybrid - batizado de Fusion Presidencial - substituído a cada ano pela fabricante por um modelo mais recente. Ainda mais recentemente o GSI adquiriu os novos Ford Edge ST, sendo utilizados com mais recorrência pelo Chefe de Estado do Brasil. Entretanto, em datas comemorativas, tais como a posse do presidente, o chefe de estado faz uso de um Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith de 1952.

Modelo atual
O presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva começou a usar a partir de junho de 2008 um novo modelo de carro presidencial. Em substituição ao Chevrolet Omega usado por Fernando Henrique Cardoso e fabricado no Brasil, chegava o Ford Fusion importado do México, e vendido na época por cerca de R$ 84 mil.

Como o carro foi cedido pela Ford em regime de comodato. Após o vencimento da cessão, a Presidência voltou a usar o Omega. Porém, o acordo foi renovado em 2010, com a entrega do Ford Fusion Hybrid, durante o 26º Salão do Automóvel de São Paulo, ao presidente Lula. O presidente Jair Bolsonaro vem utilizando o mesmo modelo da Ford atualmente.

Um Chevrolet Omega de 2011 também está incluso na frota presidencial e é atualmente usado pelo presidente em alguns deslocamentos. O carro foi usado inclusive no desfile de independência em 7 de setembro de 2016, substituindo o clássico Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith tradicionalmente usado no desfile.

Ao ceder automóveis em regime de comodato a personalidades, que permite o uso gratuito dos carros por um período nunca inferior a dois anos, as montadoras lucram com a "propaganda" promovida pelo ocupante do veículo.

Carro de cerimônias

O Presidente da República ainda tem um outro carro à disposição, um Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith ano 1952. A relíquia, porém, é usada apenas nos desfiles de posse dos presidentes, visitas de Estado e durante as comemorações da Independência. O modelo foi usado, pela primeira vez, numa cerimônia pública em 1º de maio de 1953 por Getúlio Vargas durante as comemorações do Dia do Trabalho em Volta Redonda e o primeiro visitante estrangeiro a se utilizar do automóvel foi o Presidente do Peru, General Manoel Odría, em 25 de agosto de 1953 quando estava em visita ao Brasil. Depois dele, utilizaram-se do automóvel muitas outras autoridades, tais como o Rei Balduíno da Bélgica, o presidente francês General Charles de Gaulle, a Rainha Elizabeth II do Reino Unido e muitos outros chefes de Estado e de governo que visitaram o Brasil.

Apesar de todo este currículo, as origens dos tão conhecidos automóveis se perderam no tempo e a realidade foi sendo substituída por várias lendas que foram tomando corpo e substituindo os verdadeiros fatos. O resultado deste processo de desinformação coletiva - de forma proposital ou não - fez crer ao público que o automóvel conversível havia sido um presente da Rainha Elizabeth II ao presidente Getúlio Vargas em 1953 e o fechado simplesmente desapareceu da memória dos brasileiros.

Tal doação nunca foi comprovada e agora, finalmente, tem-se a possibilidade de recompor a trajetória dos automóveis não através de simples e incertas lembranças, mas através de entrevistas, documentos e farta bibliografia. A versão oficial sobre a doação do Rolls-Royce aberto à Presidência é que o automóvel foi doado por Assis Chateaubriand (maior empresário do país à época e dono do império dos Diários Associados) a Getúlio Vargas em 1952.

Outros carros

Já passaram pela garagem da Presidência vários modelos de diferentes marcas, como Protos, Cadillac, Lincoln, Dodge e Mercedes-Benz. Um Lincoln Cosmopolitan blindado, usado, foi doado pelo presidente dos EUA, Dwight Eisenhower, como parte da "Política da Boa Vizinhança" promovida pelos EUA. Com o advento da indústria automobilística nacional, vieram o FNM JK, Willys Itamaraty, o Ford Galaxie e finalmente o Ford Landau. Devido à inexistência de veículo similar no mercado nacional, então fechado aos importados, dois Landaus permaneceram em serviço até o final do governo de José Sarney. Da última série fabricada em 1982 e movidos a etanol, foram adquiridos no governo de seu antecessor, o general João Figueiredo, e frequentemente apresentavam problemas mecânicos, devido à alta quilometragem. Atualmente, encontram-se expostos na Fundação José Sarney e no Museu do Automóvel de Brasília.

Durante o governo de Fernando Collor de Mello, que chamava os ultrapassados carros nacionais de "carroças", foram incorporados à frota um Mercedes-Benz 560 SEL, um Alfa Romeo 164 e um Lincoln Town Car. Esse foi o único período da história recente em que a Presidência dispôs de veículos topo de linha, similares aos utilizados por outros Chefes de Estado. Collor tinha clara preferência pelo Lincoln, que à época também era utilizado (em versão profundamente modificada) pelo presidente dos EUA, George H. W. Bush. Ao contrário de Collor, Itamar Franco preferiu manter o Chevrolet Opala Diplomata que o servia na Vice-Presidência e deu fim aos outros adquiridos pelo antecessor. O Mercedes-Benz e o Alfa Romeo foram devolvidos aos fabricantes, enquanto o Lincoln foi leiloado em prol da extinta Legião Brasileira de Assistência.

Ver também

 Rolls-Royce presidencial

Ligações externas

 História do Rolls-Royce da Presidência da República
 Fotografia do outro Rolls presidencial de 1952, o Silver Wraith Touring Limousine

Automóveis
Presidência do Brasil


Punch Drunk: Jack Bets on Richmond's Future | Punch Drunk | Style Weekly - Richmond, VA local news, arts, and events.
If gambling were legal in Virginia, you could make a multitude of bets on this weekend's Super Bowl. And I'm not talking about strictly football-related bets, though there are hundreds of those. I'm talking prop bets.
Take the halftime show, for example. What color will Lady Gaga's hair be? Blond or yellow is a heavy favorite at 1-5, while purple is a fool's wager at 25-1. My people in Gaga's camp advise taking green at 18-1.
The odds that Lady Gaga experiences a wardrobe malfunction that, and I'm quoting, "must expose an intimate part of the body," are 15-1. What constitutes that? I need clarification.
The odds that Lady Gaga at some point will be on the roof of the stadium during her performance are 12-5. But the odds that she'll fall from said roof to her grisly and live-television demise are a whopping 200-1.
I made that last one up. You can't bet on everything.
Strangely, the odds that Gaga says the word "Trump" at any time during the Super Bowl halftime show are only 9-5, which is a bet I would make. Celebrities can't not say the word "Trump" when they know millions of people are watching, especially one as outspoken as Gaga. Plus, middle America is dying to know what Gaga thinks about our new president. Her opinion is valued.
By the way, at press time, the Patriots are 3-point favorites over the Falcons to win the actual game, but who cares about that.
What type of person makes these bets? A degenerate, that's who. Probably the same kind of person who writes an entire column about betting.
— New Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney scandal happens in the first year, 10-1: Could be romantic, monetary, employee-related. But no, he's too buttoned-up to let anything happen. Now the second year, maybe. Let's just hope he never gets on Tinder. Nothing good will come of it, Levar!
— Titillating pictures of Stoney and Jon Baliles on a bromantic vacation in Virginia Beach surface, 1-5: This would shock no one.
— Richmond breaks ground on a new baseball stadium by the end of 2018, 3-1: I'm talking shovel in the dirt. Plans and agreements mean nothing. It doesn't bode well that the first person to take this bet was a large rodent in a trench coat and fedora. Went by the name of Mutzy.
— Joe Morrissey runs again for some type of public office, 2-1: He still can command a large swath of the voting population in certain districts. Why not do it? Plus, we need his special brand of entertainment. We miss it.
— Over-under on how many breweries and cideries open within Richmond city limits this year, six: I'll take the over, but seriously, this bubble has to burst, right? Our population can't sustain this many breweries without us all being half in the bag all the time. On second thought, keep 'em coming!
— Over-under on new grocery store chains moving into Richmond this year, one: This market is ripe for grocery store chains, say the last six chains that have come here. How are we still so ripe? You can't throw a can of PBR in this town without hitting an Aldi.
— Over-under on number of travel articles written in 2017 that will proclaim Richmond to be a "Southern jewel" or "the charming former Capital of the Confederacy," 15: We're so hot right now.
— Over-under on the number of marriage proposals that happen on the T. Tyler Potterfield Memorial Bridge, 30: Just don't go barefoot.