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CUET For PG Courses To Be Held From Sep 1-11: UGC Chairman
Press Trust of India | August 2, 2022
New Delhi- The Common University Entrance Test (CUET) for postgraduate courses will be held from September 1 to 11, UGC chairman Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar said on Tuesday.
CUET-PG will provide a single window opportunity to students to seek admission in participating universities across the country, Kumar said in a tweet.
"The National Testing Agency (NTA) has been entrusted with the responsibility of conducting the Postgraduate Entrance Test for 66 Central and participating universities for the academic session 2022-2023, he said in a series of tweets.
Kumar said the exam will be conducted in computer-based test (CBT) mode for 3.57 lakh candidates in approximately 500 cities across India and 13 cities outside the country.
The chairman tweeted, "The dates for CUET (PG) are: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 09, 10, 11 September 2022."
The dates of advance city intimation and release of admit card will be announced later on, he said.

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Looking back, 2016 was quite the year with Greek debt relief, the EU's tax crackdown, the sale of Yahoo and rumored takeover of Twitter, the unexpected Brexit vote and the ensuing British Pound Sterling's plunge to multi-decade lows, the Italian referendum followed by Prime Minister Renzi's resignation, the troubled Monte dei Paschi (BMDPY) bailout, Russian hacking, OPEC's deal to cut output, and one of the most vicious presidential campaigns culminating in Donald Trump's election, followed by the Fed's lone rate hike in 2016 and a corresponding surge in the US dollar.
We think we would be hard-pressed to find many that predicted all of those happenings this time last year.
We also think there were few and far between that thought back in January 2016 that the S&P 500, the preferred metric among fund managers, would have climbed 9.5% by the end of 2016. Let's remember, after the first several weeks of 2016 that index was down just over 8.7%. That makes the rebound and climb higher over the balance of 2016 that much more impressive if you bought the market.
The problem is, despite all the mutual funds and ETFs that are out there, very few investors actually "buy the market." Buying the market can, at times, deliver rewards as we saw in 2016. According to Openfolio, the average investor in 2016 didn't "buy the market" and instead had a gain of roughly 5%, due in part to having their portfolio too concentrated in stocks that didn't perform. Let's face it, if you didn't own shares of Goldman Sachs in the back half of 2016, odds are you didn't beat the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
Lest we let the year's heady gains cloud our judgment, for every 2016 — where buying an ETF that mimicked the performance of the S&P 500 or the Dow worked well by year's end — there tends to be a year like 2015 when the S&P 500 fell nearly 1%. While we tend to hear about the great bull market that transpired during the late 1980s and 1990s, we also have to remember that if you were an investor that, "bought the market" in early 2000, it would have taken you until July 2007 to recoup your losses. Then came the Great Recession, which meant if you held "the market," it meant meaningful positive returns would have eluded you until after March 2013.
As we like to say, perspective is everything. That same perspective also reminds us that the world is a very different place than it was in the last part of the 20th Century. Consider that back then there was no such thing as the smartphone, the internet, Amazon, streaming content, online shopping, mobile payments, and texting only caught on toward the end of the 1990s. Back then we also saw a labor force growing versus the relatively stagnant levels since the financial crisis.
We live in a very different world today compared to a few decades ago, which makes comparisons more like apples to oranges than apples to apples. There continue to be many transformative elements at play today and we are only now starting to see the impact of some, like mobile commerce and artificial intelligence, as well as augmented and virtual reality, that will likely see that transformation continue. That's before we contemplate what will happen once President-elect Trump becomes President Trump. While we are optimistic about the pending policy changes and what they could mean for businesses and stock prices, they have yet to be fully spelled out, which makes it hard to assess their potential impact.
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As we say at Tematica Research, only by thinking differently than the herd can you truly outperform the market. We believe that traditional sector investing is dead, and investors need to position themselves to capture the shifting landscapes that are resulting in pronounced tailwinds and headwinds. That thinking led to our creation of the Thematic Index, which reflects our 17 investment themes across more than 150 stocks.
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Once again it outperformed the S&P 500 in 2016, marking the sixth consecutive year it has done so. Some of our stronger performing thematics in 2016 included Tooling & Re-Tooling, Economic Acceleration/Deceleration, and Scarce Resources.
Were all of our 17 themes strong performers in 2016? Of course not, but the overall performance speaks to having a balanced thematic portfolio rather than favoring any one particular theme.
Before accounting for dividends, eight of our investment themes outperformed the market by a wide margin, one was essentially in line with the S&P 500 and eight underperformed with two of those under performing themes down slightly for the year. There were a number of high fliers across our 17 investment themes, including Grand Canyon Education, iRobot, IDEXX Laboratories and Mueller Water Products, Parker-Hannifin, Wynn Resorts, and ZELTIQ Aesthetics to name just over a handful. The index was also dealt a helping hand from M&A activity during the year, which led to hefty gains in Lifelock, LinkedIn, and ARM Holdings.
It wasn't all peaches and cream, as the Thematic Index felt the weight associated with drops in Stonemore Partners, Corrections Corp. of America, Nuance Communications and Under Armour. We'll reassess those under-performing positions to see if either the thematic drivers that first landed them in the Thematic Index are intact or has the business has shifted such that they are no longer in the thematic slipstream. During the December quarter, we exited Corrections Corp. of America and Shake Shack, replacing them with OSI Systems and Insulet Corp.
We'll continue to make refinements and needed adjustments to the Thematic Index as dictated by the shifting and intersecting landscapes of economics, demographics, psychographics, technology and other key factors to identify the companies best positioned to ride the thematic transformation and avoid those companies that either can't or won't adjust their business model.
In our view, those latter companies are poised to hit a headwind that will not only impact their business, but their stock price as well. When it comes to investing minimizing the number of underperforming positions can be as important as identifying the winners if you're looking to beat the market.


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Інститут сходознавства ім. А. Ю. Кримського НАН України — науково-дослідний інститут Відділення історії, філософії та права НАН України, провідна українська наукова установа з проблем сходознавства. Розташований в місті Києві на вулиці Михайла Грушевського, 4.

Інститут сходознавства засновано постановою Президії Академії наук УРСР № 278 від 22 жовтня 1991 року. Його було названо на честь українського сходознавця Агатангела Кримського.

Свою наукову діяльність Інститут здійснює відповідно до Статуту установи, затвердженого 12 травня 2003 року (реєстраційний № 17/1088), Закону України «Про наукову і науково-технічну діяльність», Постанов Президії Національної академії наук України.

Перший директор Інституту — всесвітньо відомий сходознавець академік Омелян Пріцак.

Структура

Відділ Азіатсько-Тихоокеанського регіону
Провідна наукова установа, що займається вивченням історії та різних аспектів сучасного розвитку країн Східної, Південної та Південно-Східної Азії. Даний підрозділ як відділ Далекого Сходу почав своє існування з моменту створення Інституту сходознавства ім. А. Ю. Кримського НАН України у 1991 р., проте у 1996 р. припинив своє існування через брак фінансування та недостатнє кадрове забезпечення. У 2004 р. відбулось відновлення роботи відділу Далекого Сходу, який у 2018 р. було перейменовано на відділ Азіатсько-Тихоокеанського регіону

Відділ Близького та Середнього Сходу
Функціонує у складі Інституту сходознавства з початку його існування. У 2000–2014 рр. мав назву відділу класичного Сходу. Згідно з баченням засновника Інституту акад. О. Й. Пріцака, традиційне сходознавство, тобто фундаментальні дослідження з історії країн і народів Сходу та східної філології, мало становити основний напрям діяльності Інституту. Тому з самого початку роботу відділу було зосереджено на джерелах східного походження і літературній спадщини народів Сходу.

Об'єктом дослідження співробітників відділу традиційно виступають сакральні тексти Сходу, оригінальні історичні джерела східними мовами (арабською, гебрайською, тюркськими, давньоєгипетською), східні рукописи та пам'ятки матеріальної культури.

Основними напрямами досліджень відділу є: виявлення, вивчення, підготовка до видання пам'яток писемності народів Близького та Середнього Сходу, які зберігаються в українських архівних та бібліотечних фондах; дослідження та опис пам'яток матеріальної культури, які зберігаються в музейних фондах України; академічний переклад пам'яток східної писемності; дослідження корпусу автентичних релігійно-доктринальних текстів авраамітичних релігій, їхньої рецепції, інтерпретації та лінгвістичних особливостей; дослідження та публікація коментованих перекладів корпусу давньоєгипетських релігійних текстів, пам'яток і документів із колекцій давньоєгипетських артефактів України та зарубіжжя; дослідження проблематики мов, літератур, історії, культури, релігії народів Близького та Середнього Сходу на матеріалі оригінальних джерел східними мовами.

Відділ Сучасного Сходу
Від моменту створення Інституту сходознавства ім. А. Ю. Кримського НАН України (1991 р.) напрямок досліджень проблем сучасного Сходу розглядався як один із пріоритетних. Відділ сучасного Сходу,необхідність якого усвідомлювалася ще на етапі розробки концепції Інституту сходознавства під керівництвом академіка О. Й. Пріцака (1919‑2006), виник як спеціалізований підрозділ, що мав би опікуватися актуальною проблематикою суспільно-політичного та економічного розвитку країн Азії, пошуком оптимальних моделей встановлення й розвитку партнерських відносин між незалежною Україною та країнами Сходу. Тоді відділ очолив Владислав Володимирович Седнєв (1947–2007) – один із ініціаторів створення Інституту сходознавства, досвідчений український китаєзнавець, експерт з питань зовнішньої політики КНР та українсько-китайських відносин.

Важливим досягненням відділу стало започаткування журналу «Близькосхідний кур'єр» (1994–1998) – спеціалізованого періодичного видання, на сторінках якого висвітлювалися актуальні питання суспільно-політичного, економічного, культурного розвитку країн Близького Сходу.
Колишній завідувач відділу Сучасного Сходу нині очолює Інститут стратегічних досліджень

Напрямки діяльності
Головними напрямами діяльності установи є:

 історія сходознавства в Україні і наукова спадщина видатних українських сходознавців, передусім академіка А. Ю. Кримського;
 історія, мови, матеріальна і духовна спадщина народів Близького і Середнього Сходу, Кавказу та Євразійського степу;
 історія, мови, матеріальна і духовна спадщина народів Далекого Сходу, Південної та Південно-Східної Азії;
 суспільно-політичний, економічний, культурний розвиток народів сучасного Сходу.

У структурі Інституту працюють 4 наукові відділи: Близького та Середнього Сходу, Азіатсько-Тихоокеанського регіону, сучасного Сходу, Євразійського степу, а також відділ видань та інформації, музей-садиба академіка А. Ю. Кримського (м. Звенигородка) і наукова бібліотека, у якій представлені вітчизняні і зарубіжні видання зі сходознавства — єгиптології, арабістики, гебраїстики, японознавства, китаїстики, індології та тюркології.
Інститут проводить щорічну міжнародну конференцію «Сходознавчі читання А. Кримського».

Інститут має чотири друковані органи: щоквартальний науковий журнал «Східний світ», збірник наукових статей «Сходознавство», щоквартальний науковий журнал "Китаєзнавчі дослідження" та Інформаційно-аналітичний бюлетень.

Видання

Монографії
 Кіктенко В.О. Історія українського китаєзнавства (XVIII – Початок XXI століття). - Вид. 2-ге, доп. - Київ : Видавничий дім «Гельветика», 2021. - 484 с. - ISBN: 978-966-992-641-8 ;
 Леся Українка. Повне академічне зібрання творів: у 14 томах. Том 10. «Стародавня історія східних народів». Конспекти. Виписки з книг. Нотатки та інше Луцьк: Волинський національний університет імені Лесі Українки, 2021. — 528 с., 56 с. іл. ISBN 978-966-600-731-8, ISBN 978-966-600-725-7 (Т. 10)  ;
 Кіктенко В. О. «Школа Джозефа Нідема»: дискусії навколо китайської науки та цивілізації : монографія. Київ: Видавничий дім «Гельветика», 2020. — 412 с. УДК 101:001+008(510) ISBN 978-966-992-263-2  ;
 Бубенок О. Б. Хозари в історії Східної Європи. К. : Інститут сходознавства ім. А. Ю. Кримського НАН України, 2019. – 316 с.: 6 іл. ISBN 978-966-02-9190-4  ;
 Бубенок О. Б. Адиги у Північному Причорномор'ї. Київ: Наукова думка. 2019, 416 с. (Ум. друк. арк. 26) ISBN 978-966-00-1702-3  ;

Переклади джерел
 "Путешествие патриарха Антиохийского Макария". Киевский список рукописи Павла Алеппского. Петрова Ю.І. (пер., ком.) К.: Институт востоковедения им. А.Е. Крымского НАН Украины, 2015. – 268 с. ISBN 978-966-02-7720-5  ;
 Лу Юй. «Чайний канон». / Переклад Гобової Є.В. Видавництво «Сафран», 2019 р., Ум. друк. арк. 2,2. – 120 с. ISBN 978-966-97883-1-3   ;
 Бгаґавадґіта. / Переклад із санскриту, післямова та довідковий апарат Дмитра Бурби. Науковий редактор: Юрій Завгородній. Відповідальний редактор: Андрій Накорчевський. Харків, Фоліо, 2020. – 144 с. ISBN 978-966-03-9110-9  ;

Збірники документів
 Середа О. Г. Османсько-українська дипломатія в документах XVII–XVIII ст.
Київ, Інститут сходознавства ім. А. Ю. Кримського; Стамбульський університет, 2019. – 176 с. Вид. 2-ге. (Ум. друк. арк. 14,42)   ;

Періодичні видання
 Східний світ;
 Сходознавство;
 Китаєзнавчі дослідження;

Директори інституту
 Омелян Пріцак (1991—2001);
 Матвєєва Леся Василівна (2001—2012);
 Радівілов Данило Анатолійович (2012—2013);
 Богомолов Олександр Вікторович (2013—2021);
 Кіктенко Віктор Олексійович (2021—);

Джерела та література
 Л. В. Матвєєва, Л. Ф. Шепель. Інститут сходознавства імені А. Кримського НАН України  //
 Ковалевський А. Вивчення Сходу в Харківському університеті та Харкові у XVIII–XX віках // Антологія літератур Сходу / Упоряд., вступ. ст. та приміт. А. П. Ковалівський; Відп. ред. В. І. Астахов. Харків: Видавництво ХДУ, 1961. C. 90–92.
 Рибалкін В. С. Як відроджувався "Східний світ" // Східний світ. 2008. № 3. C. 74–76.
 Циганкова Е. Сходознавчі установи в Україні: Радянський період. К.: Критика, 2007. С. 160–163.

Примітки
Установи Відділення історії, філософії та права НАН України
Сходознавство
Засновані в Україні 1991
Інститут сходознавства НАН України

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PERSONAL DOCUMENT - PERSONAL CARD?
The so-called PERSONAL CARD is actually a Bulgarian personal document - an identity document identifying a particular person. Every person can only have one identity card. Identity document is also: 1 passport, dipl.passport, official passport, seaman's passport, military identity card; 2 driving license.
The following identity documents shall be issued to foreigners staying in the Republic of Bulgaria: 1. a refugee's card; 2. a card of a foreigner who has been granted asylum; 3. a card of a foreigner with a humanitarian status; 4. temporary card of a foreigner; 5. a certificate for traveling abroad of a refugee; 6. certificate for traveling abroad of a foreigner who has been granted asylum; 7. certificate for traveling abroad of a foreigner with humanitarian status; 8. certificate of travel abroad to a stateless person; 9. temporary certificate of leaving the Republic of Bulgaria; 10. certificate of return to the Republic of Bulgaria of a foreigner.
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No one has the right to give or accept a pledge or to use or assign a Bulgarian personal document to another person.
If, as a Bulgarian citizen, you hold identity documents issued by another state, you must notify the competent Bulgarian authorities in writing within 60 days of their acquisition.
For the issuance of a Bulgarian personal document, it is necessary to submit an application to the competent authorities and, if no photo is taken on the person in the place to provide one that meets certain requirements. The application shall be personally signed by the person in the presence of an authorized official, who shall also take biometric data in the cases provided for by the law. Children under the age of 12 and those physically incapacitated do not remove biometrics. For the application, the person may not appear personally if: 1. there is no change in the name, the single civil number (personal number or personal number of a foreigner), gender, nationality or there have been no substantial and lasting changes in the person's image; 2. the necessary biometric data have been taken to him within 59 months from the date of filing the application; 3. is provided by law.
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Michael and Heather were wed in the country town of Warwick at The Abbey of the Roses. This converted convent provided a beautiful setting for these two love birds to tie the knot. Combining the traditional with the modern, the reception was an afternoon of high tea in the function room of the Abbey, surrounded by friends and family. Each one of their quest's received an individual tea spoon with the couples initials and the date of their special day engraved on it. The day ended with good chats + laughs, some sweets and a good old bouquet toss.


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Taiwan car brands – All Taiwan Car Manufacturers
Updated: 4-18-2022
Although Taiwan manufacturers focus on other production spheres, the automobile industry is not so badly developed in the country. It's present by a huge number of brands that we will discuss in this article.
Although China regards Taiwan as its province, this little independent island has a lot of authentic native products be proud of, including the cars it exports over the entire world.
Founded: 13 June 1969
Headquarters: Taipei, Taiwan
Parent: Yulon Motor
Website: www.china-motor.com.tw
China Motor Corporation (CMC) is a Taiwan-based factory that produces a lot of local cars, including many Mitsubishi models, as well as the whole range of "localized" machines. For example, CMC Varica (1988-2005) is a local version of the Mitsubishi Minicab truck of 1984 model. The modern version is called CMC Veryca (since 2005) and is in good demand among the local population.
Being founded in 1969, by 1984, the factory produced its 100,00th vehicle. It has been investing in Chinese automobile companies, and iin 2005, the company received approval from the Chinese government, and concluded an agreement with DaimlerChrysler to assemble minivans for the mainland market.
Kuozui
Parent: Hino Motors, Hotai Motors, Toyota
Website: www.kuozui.com.tw
Kuozui Motors is a Taiwanese car-assembling organization that fabricates Toyotas under license for the locals only. It started as a subsidiary of Hino Motors and Hotai Motors. The enterprise was spun off and wound up autonomous during the 1980s. Toyota still invests vigorously in the company's generation area, growing Taiwanese plants.
Headquarters: Sanyi, Miaoli County, Taiwan
Owner: Kenneth Yen
Website: www.luxgen-motor.com.tw
Luxgen Motors is a division of the Taiwanese group of companies Yulon Motor, which was established in January 2009 and specializes in the development of premium cars. The appearance of its own brand was preceded by many years of experience in licensed assembly of cars of famous brands: since the 60's, Yulon Motor conveyors were used by Chrysler, Mitsubishi, Nissan and Mercedes-Benz cars.
From the first day of work, Luxgen's management has bet on cooperation with leading engineering companies and manufacturers of automotive components.
The first model launched under the Luxgen brand in August 2009 was Luxgen MPV. In 2012, Luxgen launched the Laxgin5 sedan based on the Neora EV concept car presented at the Shanghai Motor Show in 2011. Expanding the model range, the company is actively exporting cars to the international market.
Headquarters: Hukou, Hsinchu County, Taiwan
Parent: Sanyang Motor
Website: www.sym-global.com
Sanyang Motor Co (SYM) is a company specializing in the production of motorcycles and automobiles. It was founded in 1954 in Taipei by Juan Chi-Chun and Chiang Goan. The company's headquarters was founded in Xinju, Taiwan, and sells two-wheeler transport under the brand name SYM. The three main production bases of Sanyang are located in Taiwan, China and Vietnam. The company manufactures and sells scooters, motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles under the brand name SYM, and also manufactures cars and mini trucks under the brand name Hyundai. Since its foundation, the company has produced over 800,000 cars and 16 million scooters and motorcycles.
Headquarters: Hong Kong, China
Owner: Wellen Sham
Website: www.tpev.com
Thunder Power is a Taiwan electric car start up that plans to produce the analogue of Tesla cars. Initially, the company specialized on production of electric instruments, but switched to cars at the beginning of 21st century.
The company's flagman car is an electric sedan that will be available for ordering with one of two output options – 308 or 428 hp. The manufacturer claims that the more powerful version can accelerate to a "hundred" in less than five seconds. Maximum speed is 250 km/h.
Weighing about two tons, the car is equipped with a set of lithium-ion batteries of increased density (own development of Power Thunder) with a capacity of 125 kilowatt-hours. The company claims that on one charge the car will be able to overcome the distance of 650 km.
Headquarters: Miaoli County, Taiwan
Website: www.yulon-motor.com.tw
One of the most elegant Taiwanese microcarriages has been produced under the Tobe M'car brand since 2009 by Yulon Motor in Miaoli. The development of the model was carried out with the support of "Geely LC". The machines were prepared for sales in Vietnam and Taiwan, but later dispersed around the world.
In 2010 Tobe M'car went through restyling and began to be produced in two versions – with different engine capacity – 1.3 and 1.5 liters. However, Tobe M'car 1.5 became more widespread, probably because the car made an experimental run of 1412 km, which took more than 40 hours. Transport has a pleasant appearance – both outside and inside, the designers really tried to be famous and created a comfortable and cozy car.
Yulon Motor
Owner: Yen family
Registered in September 1953 as a mechanical engineering company, today Yulon Motor Co., Ltd. is part of the Yulon Group's Taiwanese conglomerate.
The company has made a significant contribution to the development of the Taiwanese automotive industry, largely thanks to the support of the government. At an early stage of its existence, Yulon was looking for foreign partners, and in 1956, the U.S. brand Willys, specializing in the production of off-road vehicles, agreed to share its technology with the Taiwanese company.
In 1956, Yulon released its first model (jeep) and began producing engines.
1957 was marked for Yulon by the beginning of long-term cooperation with Nissan, and in 1960 the company began assembling the Nissan Bluebird. While the main focus was on the production of Nissan and other brands under license, Yulon developed and in 1986 produced a compact five-door car Feeling 101 (Yulon returned to the production of fully original products in 2009 with the launch of Luxgen brand). Before the appearance of the Nissan Cefiro A32 sedan (in February 1996), all Nissan licensed vehicles were sold under the Yue Loong (Yulon after 1992) brand.
Yulon has worked closely with Nissan since 1957. After the adoption of the Taiwanese Automotive Industry Development Act (AIDA) in 1985, Nissan became the owner of a 25% stake in Yulon. In 2003, as part of the restructuring, a separate structure was established under the name Yulon-Nissan Motor Co.


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Residents of Columbus, Ohio went on protest
Another black man shot without legal reasons
There is once again an outrage to the excessive police brutality and racism, after a white officer shot an unarmed black man in Columbus, Ohio. Three weeks earlier, a similar case of police violence had already occurred in the same city.
47-year-old Andre Maurice Hill was in a garage of a house the night of Monday to Tuesday, when he was approached by the police. He was a guest at the owner of the House.
Footage from the body cam of one of the police officers shows Hill stepping on the officers with a cell phone in his left hand. His right hand is not visible. Seconds later, one of the agents, Adam Coy, opens fire. Hill gets hit several times and collapses. Although the man does not die immediately, it is still a few minutes before Coy and his colleague come to help. Hill succumbs to his injuries later. Adam Coy, who's been a cop for 19 years, is currently suspended. At the scene of the shooting, no weapon was found on Hill's body afterwards.
Mayor Andrew Ginther of Columbus claims to be outraged at Hill's death. He says he "was an acquaintance of the residents of the House." He was there as a guest, not as a burglar. He also does not like the fact that the two officers did not take care of the victim directly.
Three weeks ago, a similar incident occurred in the same place. On December 4, another black man, 23-year-old Casey Goodson, was also killed by a white cop. Goodson was killed when cops in his neighborhood were looking for a suspect he didn't know about in connection with an investigation he had nothing to do with.
According to officers, Goodson was aiming a firearm at them, but due to a lack of witnesses and body cam footage, this cannot be verified. Goodson was shot several times in the upper body.
After Goodson's death, Columbus's residents went out to protest.


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Energy issues let Louisiana shine as campaigns focus on Saturday presidential primary
03 23, 2012 by The Times-Picayune
The political sun is shining on Louisiana. The state's presidential primary is Saturday. All four remaining candidates will be campaigning in the state Friday. And the only issue anyone, from President Barack Obama on, seems to be talking about is energy.
The questions that preoccupy Louisiana day in, day out, year in, year out, are now front and center for every American, and might dominate the 2012 presidential election.
"Suddenly it's on everybody's doorstep," said Samuel A. Giberga, senior vice president and general counsel for Hornbeck Offshore. And so it is that what in times past might have sounded like the special pleading of oil-patch politicians for a home-state industry are now articles of faith for every Republican candidate.
President Obama's protestations notwithstanding -- "so we are drilling all over the place, right now; that's not the challenge, that's not the problem," he said Thursday in Cushing, Okla. -- for the Republican field, it is about drilling and increasing domestic production.
It is the "silver bullet," said former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who has rebranded himself the candidate of $2.50-a-gallon gasoline, during an appearance Wednesday in Pineville.
"Drill, baby, drill. Mine, baby, mine," said Rick Santorum, the grandson of a coal miner, at a rally the same day in Mandeville.
What separates the Republican candidates more than anything is the messianic passion that Santorum brings to the issue, identifying himself as the only genuine climate-science denier in the bunch.
"Global warming and climate science convinced many, many Republicans, including two running for president on the Republican ticket -- Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney -- but there was one who said, this is not climate science, this is political science," Santorum said Tuesday night before departing from Gettysburg, Pa., for Louisiana.
In 2008, Gingrich famously sat on a sofa with then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for an ad produced by the Alliance for Climate Protection, a nonprofit organization founded by former Vice President Al Gore, calling for action to deal with climate change. He has since expressed his regrets for that.
Romney has also not been one to deny that human activity contributes to global warming, though he doesn't particularly advertise that.
Aaron Viles, deputy director of the Gulf Restoration Network, said, to his regret it now seems de rigueur for Republicans to "pander to the anti-science within the Republican Party." But he said, "Santorum is head and shoulders above the rest in the vitriol of his anti-environmental rhetoric."
The opprobrium of Viles and other environmentalists will not harm Santorum in Saturday's vote, which is open only to registered Republicans.
But criticism from Don Briggs, head of the Louisiana Oil and Gas Association, is another matter.
What caught Briggs' eye was a bullet point in Santorum's energy plan. It reads: "Eliminate all energy subsidies and tax credits. This will prevent the federal government from picking winners and losers in our effort to unleash all of America's domestic energy sources."
"That doesn't sit well with me," Briggs said. "First of all, these are not subsidies, they are tax credits, incentives."
In his weekly column Friday, Briggs wrote that "Rick Santorum is calling to end what he and President Obama call 'energy subsidies.' The oil and gas industry is presently in direct opposition to President Obama on this very issue."
Asked about this, Hogan Gidley, Santorum's national communications director, replied, "Rick's plan will be a significant benefit to the energy industry, especially in Louisiana, because it starts with regulatory relief and lifting drilling moratoriums. Sadly, this president would rather raise taxes on energy so he can give taxpayer dollars to his friends in the green energy industry like Solyndra.
"Rick's plan would phase out alternative energy subsidies so the government won't pick winners and losers -- and at the same time, would provide tax relief to all in the energy industry by cutting the corporate tax rate in half and cutting the tax rate to zero for all U.S.-based manufacturing activity," said Gidley. That answer did not satisfy Briggs.
"Eliminating industries' tax credits falls in line with the president's policy," said Briggs. "I don't believe he understands the importance of these credits to the independents that drill 90 percent of the wells in the U.S."
Assaying the other candidates, Briggs said, "Newt wants to get rid of the EPA. I'm all for that." Ditto Ron Paul. "Romney wants to do some regulatory streamlining, which is a good thing."
Briggs said some of the more conservative members of his association in North Louisiana are "warm and fuzzy" for Santorum, while "I have friends that really support Mitt and just like the hell out of him, just really like him."
Romney "would turn around the energy policy of this country," said Scott Sewell, a past head of the former federal Minerals Management Service, who is co-chairing and directing the former Massachusetts governor's campaign in Louisiana. "Absolutely, no question that Mitt Romney is viewed as the strongest business mind we've had run for president in memory."
Like Sewell, Louisiana Public Service Commissioner Eric Skrmetta said he believed the Obama administration was bent on driving up the cost of traditional energy in favor of more costly alternatives.
"I feel very comfortable about supporting Mr. Romney," said Skrmetta. "If he wins, great. If he doesn't, I will vote for whoever is nominated."
Texas Gov. Rick Perry was the top choice of many energy executives during his short-lived presidential campaign. Of the remaining candidates, Romney has gotten the lion's share of donations from industry bigwigs, but Santorum has benefitted from the single largest donation from any individual associated with oil and gas in Louisiana, and that is the $1.5 million that William Dore, a Lake Charles energy executive, gave to the Red, White and Blue Fund, the super PAC backing Santorum.
However, Dore, who has been mum about the reasons for his generosity, has not said whether energy issues are what drew him to Santorum.
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Preparation for Baptism (1)
Why is it that Iriel is teaching herself among so many people?
Perhaps he had glimpsed his innermost thoughts, she added.
"In Seongguk, there are families in charge of educating adults from generation to generation. Only the head of that state is authorized to teach me and the saint—but now he is absent, so I have no choice but to teach." Did you even learn to read mind? Now I don't even speak, but I understand.
I have reported so much that the christening ceremony is being held, but for some reason he is absent.
Ray had some doubts, but decided not to ask.
'Because there may be personal affairs.'
"okay. So, are you going to start right away tomorrow?"
"Yes, I have a lot to learn tomorrow, so be prepared."
After saying those words, Iriel bowed slightly to say hello and walked to her mansion.
Ray looked at it and thought about what he had to do tomorrow.
'Perhaps you'll learn some etiquette.'
study I don't know how long I've been studying. It is said that he read books in his spare time even in the carriage, but he had never done the study of learning from someone since he was a child.
Unknowingly, my heart fluttered.
This was a sanctuary. As long as I didn't know anything about this place, there was no time to relax.
In order to achieve the goal of coming to Seongguk, it was good to learn one more thing.
Rey took a deep breath and entered the mansion.
A pond in the yard. No, the size itself is enough to be called a small lake.
It is a lake that arouses admiration even from afar. Seeing it up close, its beauty is indescribable.
After passing the antique wooden bridge that crosses the lake, we entered the garden.
"In the garden by the lake… How much did you spend making this?"
Only one mansion was as good as a castle in the Duchy of Silos.
Even if you build a house out of gold, it won't be as good as this.
As I entered the front door, I began to see the door of the mansion.
Even the door handle was carefully crafted.
When I opened the door and went inside, ten users, who seemed to be waiting in advance, bent down as if they were waiting.
The strange thing is that there is no such thing as a butler. The employees, which consisted of only women, greeted each other as if they were united.
"I see you."
He didn't bow his head too much, but it doesn't seem like he bowed less either. Everyone folds their backs at the same angle without making a single inch of error.
The sword choreography of idols seen in modern times was not like this.
Ray also greeted him with a surprise.
"hello"
"Please feel free to speak… … ;
The light brown haired serviceman spoke and tried to pick up Rey's backpack.
Rey, who reflexively pulled the backpack around him, shook his head.
"I'll take it"
They both look small in stature. There were not many books in the backpack, so it must have been quite heavy.
There's nothing I can't do, but it seems like I'm not comfortable with having my backpack lifted.
"I will guide you to the room where the saint will live."
The small user, without raising his eyes, raised his hand and guided us into the hallway.
It was different from the users I had seen around the castle so far.
Looking at them, I remember what Iriel said.
'The employers employed are those who have a clear identity and are recognized for their dignity.'
It definitely deserves recognition.
If you don't recognize them, then who are you supposed to acknowledge?
large hallway. No, we passed the floor where we could enjoy the view of the lake and went all the way back to find an old-fashioned place with a bed.
The user did not come in, but stood outside.
As Ray entered and looked around, Yongin took a step back.
Then he lowered his eyes and lowered his head.
"Call me anytime if you need anything?
She reached out with her horse.
He held a small piece of paper in his hand.
Ray accepted the bell.
Do you mean to ring this if necessary?
The user said to him.
"Just ring the bell."
jingle- jingle-
As soon as he finished speaking, Rey rang the bell.
The expression on the user's face, who had maintained an expressionless expression until now, seemed a bit perplexed.
"… Is there anything you want me to do?"
"Where do you wash?"
"… It's right next door. If you want to use it, we will prepare it right away."
At her words, Rey tilted her head as if puzzled.
Ready? What preparations are needed for washing? Does Seongguk not have hot water right away?
'Do I even need to clean?' Since there had never been a saint and a saint together at the same time, I thought it was worthy of that.
"Then please prepare it for use immediately"
She bowed her head again, took a step back and looked at her, and Rey entered the room.
I took the books out of my bag, put them together, and laid down on the well-made bed for a while.
I was quite tired from walking around all day. Washing the body could be solved by magic, but again, taking a bath was not the only way to relieve fatigue.
Just in time, the user called himself to see if he was ready.
"Son, the bath is ready." As for what could be called preparation for the bath, there was a feeling that it was finished fairly quickly to be called cleaning.
When I left the room, the user who was standing in front of the door led me to the bathroom.
Then he tried to take off the 'leather' clothes that Rey was wearing.
Rey quickly retreated to the scene of the outrageous rape.
"What are you doing!"
They told me to prepare a bath or someone to prepare my virginity for release.
He was an archmage even in the present day, and he had the body to become an archmage in another world.
Seeing his appearance again, the user was bewildered.
"Why, why are you like this? Even if I am being disrespectful... …
Ray didn't even know there was such a thing as a bath helper system, so he couldn't help but panic.
"Oh, no. You don't have to help."
"Yes? that, like that... Did I get fired then?"
How did the story come to be!
He quickly shook his head to let the wind blow
it was
"no! It means that you don't have to help, because you'll be doing things like bathing by yourself."
Ray then realized. Why is preparation necessary?
Needing time to prepare meant that she needed time to call helpers to wash herself.
Ray pushed her out of the bathroom.
After winning the honor of being pushed back by the saint, she had to be kicked out of the bathroom.
She stood outside the door, pushed back. She could not understand the saint's abnormal behavior.
"Saint, you have a bad complexion. Did anything happen yesterday?"
Iriel asked worriedly.
Rei sighed and shook her head, as she couldn't be bothered to tell her.
"Hmm… If that's the case, that's good, then let's start the lesson;
There were only the two of them in the large auditorium, which had been rented by the saint.
Why are you teaching in a needlessly large auditorium?
Iriel scribbled down on something like a blackboard.
After all, Iriel looked at Ray from the church to see if he had finished writing.
"What we will learn today is the order and manners of baptism."
As expected. As the first thing I learned was about baptism, I could see how hastened the baptismal ceremonies are.
"It seems that the baptismal ceremony is urgent."
"It's been delayed quite a bit so far. There is so much to learn, but little time;
It seems more urgent than he thought.
As soon as he straightened his sitting posture, Riel's class began immediately.
She said as she was writing again on the object that looked like a blackboard.
"The order of the baptismal service is divided into three main categories. Inrye is the first greeting to God, and the pilgrimage to declare one's becoming a saint. Lastly, it is the rite of receiving divine power from God."
Ray listened to her and nodded her head.
Seeing that, she continued to speak.
"Simply put, we pray to the gods during pilgrimage, and during pilgrimage, we travel around the village and communicate with the people."
Is the pilgrimage similar to the modern election campaign? Why, this is the kind of event that goes around the market and eats Sundaek-guk with the people.
Seeing him imagining useless, Iriel paid attention.
"Concentrate. It's an important story."
"Oh sorry. Keep talking."
"Inrye and pilgrimage are led by the Holy Kingdom, but the last order, Kwonrye, is held in a sacred place.
The saint will proceed alone."
He asked her what she said.
"alone?"
"Yes, you have to do it yourself."
Do you have to stand alone to finish the long-awaited baptismal ceremony? what is this again
"What should I do specifically?"
"yes?"
I almost fell in love with such a straightforward answer
All.
She shrugged her shoulders and replied.
"There is no set exactly what to do there. It is said that all you need to do is show your devotion to God."
"I'm just asking for reference… What did you do then?"
In response to his question, Iriel said with wide eyes.
"I did nothing"
"… Did you do nothing?"
The more we talked, the more I didn't know what it was. It would be difficult if the class was like this.
Isn't there a lot of things that those who teach don't know?
"I didn't really do anything. I ate there for a week and only slept." At her words, Ray's expression frowned slightly.
That's the kind of sage that God showed me from where I looked. Does it mean that the meaning of the word sincerity has changed in the world?
God patted her forehead in admiration at her repeated eating, sleeping, and cheap (?) actions for a week.
it doesn't make sense at all
However, the sincerity was evident on her face.
"I haven't really done anything. A week later, I had the divine power to astonish myself, and the God-made mana-rod was placed in my body as if for granted."
At those words, Ray was deep in thought.
'Sacred power and mana load are built so fast that you don't even notice it? Is that possible?'
Even if it's a god, I wonder if it's even possible. I started to think that the existence of a god here is quite a great thing.
Iriel shook her head and said.
"Anyway, it is a custom just like the tradition of Seongguk to perform Kwon-rye alone. On the contrary, you can't go in with someone else."
"••yes."
I don't quite understand, but I nodded my head in agreement.
"The order of the baptism is roughly this. You don't have to remember anything, just… The problem is the etiquette."


BATON ROUGE - Southern University's Dancing Dolls got a proper shout-out from Beyoncé Knowles-Carter in the world-famous performer's new Netflix documentary.
'Homecoming', which dropped on Netflix Wednesday, centers around the singers prolific Coachella 2018 performance. Beyoncé is the first black woman to headline the music festival.
The performance, which has quickly become one of the most celebrated of her career, features dance moves adapted from several historically black colleges and universities. Among the schools referenced in the documentary is Baton Rouge's Southern University, whose Dancing Dolls had a major influence on the performance.
Beyoncé's performance features moves from the Dolls' "catch-on", a dance sequence in which one dancer is followed by other dancers repeating the same moves.
"I honestly like cried. But it was like tears of joy because that means she must have at least watched our videos," Dancing Doll Jordan Ezell told WBRZ last year when word first got out about the homage.
'Homecoming' is now streaming on Netflix, with a companion album featuring 40 songs from the show launching alongside it.


With rich scriptural study and personal stories infusing every chapter, Finding Your Voice reveals how to discover your own unique talent, train it according to God's Word, and start using it for the good of others—without guilt and apology.
I finally had the time recently to sit down and read this book and I was blown away by it. I didn't really know what to expect going into it but found it to be so encouraging. This book really helped me focus on who God has made me to be and that I'm perfect the way I am because God created me. I really loved the fact that she shared her personal struggles throughout the book as well and backing up her personal stories, struggles, and statement with scripture. Natalie Grant being open and vulnerable and sharing her heart was something I really felt through the pages of this book and really helped it hit home for me as well. This book was also one that made me look at my current situation and ask myself questions. Questions about how I'm living my life and If I'm truly following God's will and plan for my life.
No matter where you are in your walk with God I highly recommend reading this book as I feel that it contains something for everyone.


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Q: Ada suppress unreachable code or missing return I have a tagged type that implements a number of functions. In one case I need one of these functions to instead enter an infinite loop. Unfortunately as far as I can tell there is no way for me to compile this such that it doesn't raise a warning. I wish to still use -gnatwe to ensure there are no warnings in my code, but how can I implement such a function.
Here is what the function looks like:
function Foo (This : Some_Type) return Some_Type'Class is
begin
    loop
        Do_Useful_Stuff_Indefinitely_With (This);
    end loop;

    -- return This; (if needed?)
end Foo;

I have tried pragma (No_Return) except that is only applicable for procedures (and the Foo function is used as a proper function elsewhere so must have the same signature).
I also tried pragma Suppress (All_Checks) but that still raised a warning for unreachable code or missing return statement error.
Is there any way whatsoever to have a once-off function that runs forever without raising a warning?

A: Taking the same example that Jean-François provided, you can avoid the warning by declaring and calling a "private" procedure (you don't have to declare it in spec) wrapping your loop as in the following :
package body foo is

   procedure Infinite_Loop is
   begin
      loop
        null;
      end loop;
   end Infinite_Loop;

   function bar return integer is
   begin
      Infinite_Loop;

      return 12;
   end bar;
end foo;

A: pragma Suppress (All_Checks) acts on run-time checks. Won't help you there. Leave that alone unless you focus on performance, but then you have -p option to do it using command line switches

The pragma Suppress suppresses compiler-generated run-time checks. If a run-time check is disabled, an exception may be suppressed and undefined behavior could result. pragma Suppress is used at the programmer's risk.

You need the return statement, but you can wrap it around 2 pragma warnings statements (A case where have you tried turning it off and on again? works)
pragma warnings(off,"unreachable code");
return This;
pragma warnings(on,"unreachable code");

note that the text is optional but enables to filter other warnings that could occur (if needed). It's better since turning off all warnings is generally bad practice.
Note that you have to turn warnings on again after the statement.
Self-contained demo. foo.adb looks like:
package body foo is
 function bar return integer is
 begin
    loop
        null;
    end loop;
    pragma warnings(off,"unreachable code");
    return 12;
    pragma warnings(on,"unreachable code");
 end bar;
end foo;

foo.ads looks like:
package foo is
 function bar return integer;
end foo;

If I comment out the pragma lines:
$ gcc -c -gnatwe foo.adb
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Home Airline news DHL starts express service between Phnom Penh and Bangkok
DHL starts express service between Phnom Penh and Bangkok
DHL Express has launched a new express freighter service between Phnom Penh and Bangkok, one of its hubs in Asia Pacific.
The first operating to and from Phnom Penh, adds to the existing DHL Express flights between its hubs in Bangkok and Singapore, extending the Cambodian capital's trade ties to more markets globally.
Operated by K-Mile Air, the service runs five times a week using a Boeing B737-400 Freighter with a payload of 19 tonnes. The new route will help meet rising import and export demands in Cambodia, especially in high-growth industries such as garment and construction.
DHL Express Asia Pacific chief executive officer, Ken Lee says: "This new flight is another step towards unlocking Cambodia's vast potential for trade in Southeast Asia. Trade between Cambodia and Thailand reached $5.1 billion in 2015, and the country also imported $1.05 billion worth of goods from Singapore in 2014.
"By improving inbound and outbound capacities from markets like Thailand and Singapore where our hubs are located, we are confident that this new flight will further develop Cambodia's market. With our extensive air network, this dedicated service will enhance the country's global connectivity and trade relations."
Bangkok is one of four hubs for DHL Express in Asia Pacific, which collectively utilise 20 Intra-Asia dedicated aircraft and 820 daily flights to move customer goods around the world.
Cambodia's economy expanded approximately seven per cent in 2015. Its logistics capabilities are also rising. Between 2010 and 2016, the country rose 56 places in the World Bank's Logistics Performance Index to 73rd place.
The transformation was driven by the Trade Related Assistance in Cambodia program, which focused on customs and border reforms to establish linkages with its partners in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. The program has improved logistics and trade flow between Cambodia and regional markets.
DHL Express Asia Pacific executive vice president, network operations and aviation, Sean Wall says Cambodia is fast becoming an important trading player in Southeast Asia and the demand for movement of goods will grow in tandem.
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A Call came in from Ocean Rescue & Recovery (ORR) that a boat is aground at Sunrise Resort and Marina entrance with a diabetic woman on board that is not responsive. We then Contacted Justin Snisky who contacted Christine Snisky (One of BASRA's Volunteer medics), who recommended an ambulance. The ambulance was met by BASRA personnel and directed to the boat ramp. The diabetic woman had an amputated toe and had her foot in a cast. Due to this, it was decided not to try to get her to the rocks but have her walk in the water to shore. EMT's checked her out and she was OK. Charlton Knowles picked up the captain and women and took them to the sunrise resort. At approximately 8:00AM BASRA called customs and report they had not cleared.
A Call from Christine Knowles had come in stating that her husband and Brad Cummer were approximately 1 hour over due. He was in a 23 foot boat with 225 HP and 3 persons on board (POB). At 10:07 they report in that they were underway.
OBAT Nassau reported a private alarm on a boat about 18 miles south of Grand Bahama, The boat was a 32 foot fiberglass hull by the name (Getting Busy) and captained by Capt Bruce Hicks. BASRA base and Freeport Harbour Control assistance called on VHF 16 with no reply. RBDF went to scene and checked them out and all was OK.
BASRA received a call that the vessel Island Trader was on fire 2 miles off Freeport Harbour. Ocean Rescue & Recovery and BASRA's Rescue II responded. Harbour Tugs were fighting the fire and had decided to tow to shallow water east of harbour where Gary (Ocean Rescue and Recovery) could take over and handle the situation.
A Call came in from Police control room that a 51 foot (Reel Magic) was aground on Sails Cay. Ocean Rescue & Recovery responded.
A Distress Call came over the VHF on ch 16 from a rental boat that originated from Club Fortuna and was broken down off Lucayan Jetties. The vessel was then assisted by another vessel which happened to hear them on the radio.
A Call came into BASRA from the Freeport Harbour control room saying that they had received a distress call from vessel 10 miles off Freeport and low on Gas and trying to make it in. BASRA had then Launched rescue I with Bryan and Joel on Crew; at 10:30pm, at about 11:15pm the vessel was under tow and back at dock by 12:40 AM.
VHF channel 16 was being blocked by someone keying radio off and on all that day and the day before. BASRA launched Rescue I to pick up Gary's (ORR) RDF (Radio Directional Finder), by the time BASRA arrived to Gary's and organized a training crew the interference had quit.
A call came in from sailboat (Seize the Day) stating she was towing a 30 foot sail (Renaissance) and needed assistance bringing the boat into port. Knowles Marine assisted.
Call from Chala Cartwright from Tanio beach that 2 adults took 6 children for boat ride and had not returned. They were in a 27 foot Robalo with twin (2)-225 HP engines. BASRA then got another report that a boat had hit the rocks inside the Lucayan waterway. There were several People on board, Bruce Smith, KC Charlton plus children. 3 were seriously injured and being rushed to hospital. We (BASRA) called in Justin Snisky who went to the hospital to confirm that it was in fact the same people from Taino Beach. He then called the police and got in touch with the officer on the scene for more details. Justin then reported that this was the same people from Taino Beach, 6 POB, 5 were injured. Bruce Smith was OK.
A Call came in from USCG that they received an E-Pirb signal off Zanadu at 26.29.4-78.44.2. BASRA then Launched Rescue II to the location, On Scene Basra found 3 boats in that area, We then checked with each boat, no E Pirb were going off. We then searched the area for any signs of wreckage.
A Call from USCG Sector Miami came into BASRA base stating that a 110 foot vessel (Envision) was overdue from WPB to Guana Cay in Abacos. We were then asked to check marinas to see if they stopped in Grand Bahama. BASRA Officials then Checked Old Bahama Bay, Port Lucaya and GB Yacht Club, But was unfortunate in locating the vessel.
BASRA's friendly Boater's reminder for the Month of June.
What is a Float Plan? If you are going for just a few hours on your boat, let someone know where you expect to be and when you expect to return. If you plan a longer cruise, leave a copy of a written float plan with your marina, yacht club, or friend. A float plan includes a description of your boat, who is on board, a description of the safety equipment you are carrying, where you expect to be, and when you expect to be there. Instruct the person holding the float plan to notify BASRA if you do not return within a reasonable time after your scheduled arrival (taking into account weather, etc.). When you arrive at your destination, or if your plans change, notify the person holding your float plan to avoid unnecessary worry and possible waste of search and rescue resources. There is no special or official form that you must use for a float plan, though you may find convenient pre-printed ones available in boating supply stores and catalogs, or you can generate a customized form using our Float Plan template online.


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Musotima acrias is een vlinder uit de familie van de grasmotten (Crambidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst gepubliceerd in 1884 door Edward Meyrick.

De soort komt voor in Australië (Nieuw-Zuid-Wales en Tasmanië).

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Shopping at Planet Hollywood, given that its store offerings range from H&M and Urban Outfitters to Sur La Table, is an intense experience. At the Miracle Mile shopping mall, you'll be able find everything you are looking for and more: there are more than 170 exceptional retail shops and 15 amazing restaurants in the fully enclosed promenade.
Among the shops are the Metropolitan Museum of Art gift shop, Polynesian-Fusion, Trader Vic's, Ben Sherman, Quiksilver, Sisley, Marciano, and the United Colors of Benetton. The complex aims to allow visitors to experience stores they may not have access to at home.
The decor alone is enough to dazzle at the Miracle Mile shops. In concord with the look and feel of Planet Hollywood itself, the Miracle Mile shops Planet Hollywood feature textured glass walls, bright lights, and an overall modern atmosphere. With venues like this shopping promenade, visitors can have a day out in Las Vegas that is just as exciting as a night out in Las Vegas.
I have visitied Planet Hollywood Hotel last month, the best experience we had was Miracle Mile Shops, it got afordable good brand stores, nice cafes and excellent Itallian ice-cream shop.


I am 69 years old and live in a small farming town Mason, Michigan (USA). I started playing chess in 1959 and played my first cc tournament, sponsored by Chess Review magazine, in 1964. I played in several Chess Review tournaments (Golden Knights), then switched to CCLA (Correspondence Chess League of America) and then to APCT (American Postal Chess Tournaments). I wrote a column "The Campbell Report" for the APCT News Bulletin for 18 years from 1989 to 2006. Many of my columns are now available on-line at http://correspondencechess.com/campbell/apctcol/apct.htm. I created the original web site for APCT in 1999 and maintained it through 2005, when APCT closed. My earliest ICCF games on record are from 1990 matches USA-West Germany and USA-Australia, though I believe I played in a number of earlier ICCF events. I also created the web site for the Chess Journalists of America (CJA) in 1999 and have served as webmaster for the 12 years since then.
I've been active in ICCF-U.S. for a number of years and served as webmaster for the ICCF-U.S. web site approximately 1999-2007. I created the USA and NAPZ archives for games (USA, NAPZ) and crosstables and remain as the archivist. I have maintained my personal chess web site The Campbell Report for ten years, though I haven't been updating it in recent years. There are still a lot of interesting articles there written by various chess writers/players. When the web site carrying the articles of ChessChick closed I received permission to archive them on my site. I received my International Arbiter title at the 2004 Congress in Mumbai, India and the Silver Bertl von Massow award at the 2009 Congress in Leeds, England.
At the right is an image of the cover of the January 2008 Chess Life magazine. I am shown with the USA team which advanced to the Final of the 17th Olympiad by finishing in clear 2nd place. I served as the non-playing team captain. I maintained a team web site to keep the team (and those following our progress) fully informed. The same team is now playing in the Final, but without bringing in a bunch of higher rated players (as is the practice of most teams) we are the lowest rated team without much chance of finishing on the podium. It is great experience for everyone, though.
My NFL team is the Detroit Lions. After two really bad seasons (two wins in two seasons, included a record 0-16) and a better record last year (6-10 with four consecutive wins to close the season) I am expected a pretty good season this year with 8-8 or better and at least contending for winning their division.


Today we're going to take a moment to share some gorgeous vintage art deco jewelry finds with you all, some perfect for purchase, some sadly only for pinning (and pining!). Opal is an October birthstone (the other is tourmaline: we'll save that for another day). Today's lovelies? A variety of vintage art deco opal jewelry, as well as some Art Nouveau opal gems as well.
First up, this breathtaking art deco opal and diamond pendant, sold at auction a few years back, and it's just essentially… well, perfect.
Art Deco opal and diamond pendant, auctioned at Sothebys.
Vintage style rose gold art deco opal earrings, from Angara.
Next this stunning and unusual peacock-inspired art nouveau black opal pin, from Lang Antiques.
Peacock-inspired art nouveau black opal pin, from Lang Antiques.
Another unusual and beautifully-hued piece is this elegant, art deco fire opal necklace. An authentic, vintage 1920s piece featuring two brilliant crimson fire opals surrounded by glittering diamonds. Absolutely gorgeous!
Stunning vintage art deco fire opal necklace, via Etsy.
Next up, these classic art deco opal earrings, beautiful vintage reproduction pieces from Mel's Antique Jewelry with a glimmering, glittering elegance.
Art Deco opal earrings from Mel's Antique Jewelry.
Then there's this absolutely fabulous gold art deco opal ring. Love the shape of the setting and the vintage detailing in this piece. Beautiful.
Beautiful gold art deco opal ring, via Etsy.
Art deco opal engagement ring, from Michellia.
Posted in Art Deco Jewelry.


Brady or Belichick, who goes first?
First there was the philosophical question of which came first, the chicken or the egg? Now it's who goes first, New England Patriot head coach Bill Belichick or his quarterback Tom Brady. These two have been together since Brady was selected in the 6th round of the 2000 NFL draft and was promoted to starter the following year. Brady rewarded his head coach that year with their first Super Bowl victory. They would go on to win 5 more for a total of six after Sundays 13-3 win over the Los Angeles Rams. Brady says there's no chance he retires after the game. That would have him returning to the Patriots for his 20th year in 2019.
Belichick, who was the defensive coordinator on 2 New York Giants Super Bowl winning teams and came this close to being their head coach, according to Ian O'Connor who wrote, "Belichick, The Making Of The Greatest Football Coach of All Time," also has no intention of leaving. They can't stay together forever, or can they? Seriously, one has to wonder how it will end when the rime comes. Will Belichick stay with an aging quarterback who's just not as good as he was. That's not Brady now but it will be some day. Do the Patriots part ways with Brady the way so many other great quarterbacks were let go, or does Belichick need to prove that he can win one without Tom and vice versa.
I put that question to Ian O'Connor, "I think they're going to win one more ring together," O'Connor said. "...I can see one more ring for Belichick. Say two, three years from now he hands it off to McDaniels and Belichick becomes President of Football Operations, and lets Brady and McDaniels finish it out."
I also posed it to Glenn Stout, author of "Pats an Illustrated History of the New England Patriots" who thinks, "I tend to think that Belichick will outlast Brady," Stout said. "...But maybe more so with Belichick, might want to prove that he can do it with somebody else."
Casey Sherman actually interviewed Brady for his book, "12: The Inside Story of Tom Brady's Fight for Redemption," he said, "One of those men to leave the organization before retirement, has got to be Belichick," Sherman said. "At the end of the day, I think Belichick would like to win a Super Bowl without Tom Brady, to prove to the world that it wasn't James Bond in shoulder pads taking the team to all these Super Bowls."
Personally I think Tom Brady can walk away from the game happy with his accomplishments, knowing that he'll be a first ballot Hall Of Famer. His children who range in age to 11 will be teenagers and he will enjoy spending time with them as well as his super model wife Gisele Bündchen. Brady will also be young enough to enjoy whatever else he may want to do in his life if anything.
Belichick on the other hand I think will forever be a head coach. It's what he loves and there's nobody better. I could see him looking forward to the challenge of doing it again with a young quarterback. It's just who he is and what he does.Where he will be doing ii depends on how these two men finish.


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New Jersey Concealment Furniture is the 800lb gorilla in the handmade secret compartment furniture niche. Their wide range of offering blows most of the competition out of the water.
Here's a lesser known item from them. This is a functional flag case that mounts to the wall. The case actually lifts up to reveal a secret magnetic pistol mount hidden in a compartment inside. The case is kept secure with an invisible magnetic lock. This is a great place to keep a pistol out the hands quickly accessible, but securely out of reach of children.
Check out this video of the flag case in use. The emblem at the top becomes the magnetic key to an invisible lock. A small gas strut helps lift and holds the case open.


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Exceptional cargo gains at Cathay and Turkish
in Capacity & Demand, Carriers, News Archives
After a very poor start in 2016, air freight demand began growing in the second half, and a strong peak season brought the full-year increase in cargo traffic to 3.2% above 2015 level. Still, 2017 began with everyone nervous about the possibility that, after the strong peak, demand growth would fall back to the lackluster level of the last few years. 8.4% growth in the combined January/February period was reassuring, but some doubt still remained.
However, not only has demand growth not fallen in March, it has accelerated strongly. We published a preliminary report a week ago which indicated that any doubt was misplaced, and today, with results now available from all the major carriers and airports we track, the news is even better.
The updated chart includes recent results published by Cathay Pacific, Turkish Airlines, and Singapore Airlines, with further details on the three carriers below.
Cathay Pacific Airways reported March cargo traffic up 15.4% y-o-y to 1.03 billion RTKs. This is well up from the mid-single-digit gains of the 2016 peak season months and the first two months of this year, and lifts the carrier's first quarter cargo traffic to 2.65 billion RTKs, up 9.4% over the 1Q16.
Discussing the results, Cathay's General Manager Cargo Sales & Marketing Mark Sutch said: "Our cargo business continued its positive momentum into March. Tonnage grew well ahead of our capacity growth. Asian exports were boosted by a number of new product launches and quarter-end project movements. Transpacific routes and inbound-India routes were particularly strong. Volumes from the Hong Kong market recorded good year-on-year growth. It was also encouraging to see the inbound loads from Europe and North America continue to hold up well. The collective result was a high load factor across the network and improving yields. In March we welcomed Tel Aviv to our network and this took-off to an encouraging start with solid import and export volumes."
Turkish Airlines reported March cargo volume up a staggering 27.5% y-o-y to 90,000 tonnes. This follows 7.6% and 12.9% growth in January and February, respectively, and pushes Turkish's first-quarter volume to 224,000 tonnes, up 16.7% over the same three months in 2015.
Singapore Airlines reported March cargo traffic up 5.4% y-o-y to 626 million RTKs. Not the kind of growth seen at Cathay and Turkish, but a return to the solid gains of late 2016 after a slow start to this year. For the first quarter of 2017, SIA's cargo traffic was up 2.5% to 1.65 billion RTKs.
Tags: air cargo demandair cargo trafficCapacityCathay Pacific CargoSingapore Airlines CargoTurkish Cargo
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One of the ways our training differs from the historical tradition of strength and conditioning is that we don't segment our training modalities. This means we don't view our strength work and our conditioning work as separate efforts.
While we do segmented work this is not our main workout nor is the segmented work most beneficial for increased fitness. An example of segmented work would be our lifting before the main workout every day. We perform one movement in isolation from any other stimulus. Lift. Rest. Repeat. Another example would be the times we spend working on a single gymnastic skill.
We do this segmented work to improve our technique and movement quality. Without a focused effort or practice we won't develop the skill level to perform when our body is under additional stress. These are the building blocks of being able to train with integration and intensity.
Take this mornings workout for example.
Then immediately ride 2 minutes on the AirDyne for maximum calories.
The workout started ok with the deadlifts and no one really struggled with performing 10 unbroken reps. As the workout progressed and your heart rate increased, you started breathing hard, and your midline (core) became a little fatigued the heavier sets of 6, 4, and 2 felt much heavier and harder to perform than if you were lifting that weight in a lifting only workout.
This integration of movements and stimuli challenges the body in new and "special" ways. If you performed the same movements, reps and weight by performing all the deadlifts first with a short rest between sets, and then performing all the toes-to-bar with a short rest between it would be much easier. The training effect would be diminished.
Imagine how different and difficult it might have been if the 2 minutes of AirDyne was at the beginning of the workout instead of the end. What if we put 30 seconds of AirDyne in each round? When we don't segment our training we are able to mix and match our workouts with endless variations, and stimuli.
By segmenting your training modalities you'll only succeed in segmenting your ability to do work. Life doesn't give us those easy cut and dry separations. If you're running for your life chances are you're having to carry a backpack or another person. Train for the unknown and the unknowable and increase your work capacity.


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Q: Adding feature class name automatically from overlay layer into attribute of clipped layer while iterating clip I am trying to clip the road layer to district boundary layer in QGIS using clip and enabling 'iterate' option and I get the clipped road layers of individual districts. Later, I need to add the district names into the road layer attributes under field 'dist_name' manually. In order to add the dist_name I am opening the road layer and entering the district name using field calculator one by one.
Is there any way how I can add it automatically doing the clipping process?

A: Seeing the label-placement of your district boundaries I assume they are actually polygons. If so, you can do the following:
Instead of using "clip", try "intersection". This will cut your roads at the edges of each district and add their attributes to the roads.
1) Two layers. A) Roads (not clipped) and B) Districts (labels show district names)

2) Run intersection tool. Choose roads as input and districts as overlay

3) The result. The roads are clipped into pieces at the district borders and contain the attributes of their intersecting district layer.

Additional info: In case your roads are splitted over several layers, you can use "batch processing" (you can find this option at the bottom of intersection tool).

A: If your districts are actual polygons, you can do join by location (after clip) and get the name of the polygon attached to each line. You may have to use field calculator too.


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Elizabeth Doyle Carey, known as Liz, has been working in book publishing for over twenty years. First she was a bookseller at the Harvard Bookstore, then she worked for a book agent, then she worked as an editor, editorial director, and senior editor for three big children's book publishing companies: Addison-Wesley (part of Pearson, LLC), Golden Books (now part of Random House), and Workman Publishing.
Liz loves to read and has always wanted to be a writer. She has had thirty-eight books for middle grade readers published and would like to double that number in the next three years. Her publishers are Simon & Schuster, Dunemere Books, Little, Brown, and Planet Dexter (Pearson, LLC).
You can find Liz's books in bookstores, on Amazon.com and Barnesandnoble.com, and even as audio books on audible.com!
Liz lives in New York City with her husband and three sons. When she is not reading or writing she is mostly attending hockey and lacrosse games, visiting museums, seeing shows on Broadway, eating cupcakes, or talking to her sisters on the phone.
Contact Liz at: lizdoylecarey@gmail.com. Follow on Goodreads by clicking here.


Populations of western tent caterpillars in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia fluctuate with peaks occurring every 6 to 11 years. We have been studying the characteristics associated with these fluctuations and in particular the role of infection by nucleopolyhedrovirus in the host population dynamics. We are embarking on a genetic study of populations to determine the role of gene flow in maintaining synchrony among populations.
Recent success in the biological control of diffuse knapweed has stimulated interest in how the various biological control agents interact and if the last insect to be widely established, a weevil, would have been sufficient on its own. We have established experimental cages in areas near Okanagan Falls in which diffuse knapweed has reinvaded following fire. Our goal is to be able to better predict what makes successful biological control agents.
Populations of cabbage loopers in vegetable green houses sometimes become resistant to a commonly used microbial control, Dipel or Bacillus thuringiensis. We have been studying the cost of resistance, the genetic control of resistance, and the mechanisms that influence resistance to understand coevolutionary interactions between the disease and the host and to make recommendations to growers for resistance management.


Always be aware of depth and maintain propeller clearance to avoid damaging seagrass beds and coral reefs. Sea grass and corals can take decades to recover from boat damage.
Always obey signs for slow speeds in manatee zones.
Many boat cleaners contain chlorine, ammonia, and phosphates — substances that are toxic to marine life and people. Select nontoxic cleaning products that do not harm humans or aquatic life.
Always take your trash with you and dispose of it properly and recycle whenever possible.
See any violations of Fish and Wildlife Laws? Tell us!
By adopting several simple practices every time you fish, you can significantly reduce your environmental impact and allow fish stocks to grow. This ensures that there will be plenty of fish left in our waters to maintain a healthy ecosystem and leave enough for future fishing.
The first thing you should always do to reduce your environmental impact when fishing is to be aware of any relevant rules and regulations. If fishing in Florida waters, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's website. www.myfwc.com provides all the information you need.
If fishing in federal waters, check www.gulfcouncil.org for federal rules in the Gulf of Mexico and www.safmc.net for rules in the Atlantic.
Use a circle hook or a barbless hook on the end of your line. Circle hooks catch easily on the corner of a fish's mouth, preventing the fish from swallowing the hook and damaging any internal organs. Circle hooks and barbless hooks are much easier to remove as well so the fish can be quickly and safely released. If the fish does swallow the hook, don't try to remove it. Cut the line as close to the hook as possible and leave it there to avoid damaging vital organs.
Don't play the fish to exhaustion when on the line; reel the fish in quickly and safely.
If using a landing net, it is best to use one with a soft rubber mesh that doesn't harm the fish's eyes or damage its protective outer membrane.
If possible, unhook the fish while it is still in the water and keep air exposure to a minimum. Ideally the fish should only be out of the water for a minute at most.
Handle the fish as little as possible, using a wet towel if available.
Have a camera, measuring tape, and pliers nearby so you can measure the fish, take a quick photo, and release it without it spending too much time in the air and in your hands. If photographing yourself with the fish, hold it horizontally rather than vertically to reduce stress. Try to take a photo with the fish still in the water if possible.
When releasing the fish, hold it in the water facing the current so it can acclimate before swimming off.
More information about catch and release practices can be found at www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/.
Whether you're stand-up (SUP) paddling, kayaking or canoeing, we want everyone to be able to have easy access to launch sites, and easy access to our waterways in general. This being said, it is also incredibly important to know some simple rules before paddling in order to protect you, your loved ones, and our environment. See our "Paddle Out" guide for more information on how to best enjoy your paddling adventure!


Your home Wifi network is something you likely rely on more than you realize. Everyone has something they need their in-home internet connection for on a day-to-day basis. Perhaps it's working from home, streaming your favorite TV shows and movies after a long day, or browsing the web in your free time. No matter the reason, the Wifi connection in your house should always be up to par. We're here to offer solutions that improve your cell phone experience as a whole.
Does your entire family avoid that one room in the house where the Wifi connection just isn't cutting it? This can be quite frustrating, as you don't want to potentially eat up any unnecessary cell data when there is a perfectly capable network you're paying for. Having to disconnect, then reconnect time and time again until you realize it's not your device, but rather your router. This is less than ideal.
Another very important use for your home network is simply staying in touch with family and loved ones through things like video chat and calls over Wifi. No one likes to set up time for a video chat date with the grandparents only to realize it's a bad connection. There's no reason a spotty network should get in the way of those special moments.
What if there was an easy solution to the all too familiar problem of home Wifi reliability?
Google Wifi is an advanced home Wifi system that replaces your old router to give you fast, seamless coverage throughout your entire home. No matter the size of your home, Google Wifi is there to simplify and improve your web-browsing experience. With this system in place, you'll always be getting the most out of your wireless network.
If you have kids who are also on your home network using it either for their own tablet or smartphone, there is a feature with Google Wifi that every parent will instantly fall in love with. With the ability to utilize family-friendly controls, using the Google Wifi companion app allows you as the parent to stay in control of how and when your kids are connected to the network. You can turn off access during important times such as family dinner and bedtime. With a little bit of help, having your kids put down their device doesn't have to be too difficult.
On this topic, many Republic Wireless members have also collaborated on this very subject and other common Wifi router issues. Here is a very helpful thread from our online Community that outlines those issues, and even specific router suggestions from members: What Wi-Fi Routers work with Republic? Find out, or tell us!
Here at Republic Wireless, we're all about the amazing benefits that Wifi brings. Being that we're founded on the principles of Wifi calling through our patented technology, it only makes sense to turn that into both useful knowledge and phenomenal savings for our members. With our service, having a reliable network connection in your home directly turns into savings for you. The ability to make calls over Wifi while also offloading data is what makes us unique.
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Events · Les frères Zanni sont de retour à la Comédie de Montpellier
We've found them but they've lost everything again!
Yes, the Zanni brothers are back, that bunch of hopeless, theatrical losers. They've lost their costumes and sets, the female vocal cast and the orchestra have all missed the train... (perhaps there wasn't one?) but everything will be fine and the show will go on.
Yet hidden behind this pitiful brotherly assembly is the Ensemble Clément Janequin, as colourful as ever and on grand form in the roles of Pantalone, Captain Cardon, Dr Graziano and Isabella in Orazio Vecchi's hilaroious madrigal comedy Amfiparnaso, a burlesque fusion of Commedia dell'Arte and the music of its day, and a ludicrously amusing show!
"Zanni !" Opéra comédie de Montpellier 8 pm
Also 4 shorter, school performances on 12th & 13th April at 10.30 am (yikes!) & 2.30 pm for those who can't make the evening show on the 11th.


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2003 Ch. Figeac, St Emilion
Red | Drink now | Code: 973 | 2003 | France > Bordeaux > St-Emilion | Cab.Sauvignon Blend | Medium-Full Bodied, Dry | 12.5 % alcohol
Like all the best wines from this vintage, this has direction and purpose, with firmly structured, voluptuous blackberry fruit on the palate and a very long finish. Figeac is renowned for its class and sophistication, and indeed the supple tannins bestow the wine with elegant restraint, but there are no shrinking violets in 2003, so this is still very rich.
BBR Fine Wine Team
Scores and Reviews
The Wine Advocate - Tasted at the Chteau Figeac vertical at the property from magnum, the 2003 Figeac is a commendable Right Bank for the vintage, but in the company of other vintages, its shortcomings are all too obvious. Firstly, it looks more mature than vintages from the 1990s. Then the nose is mulchy, fungal and fully mature with a nagging vegetal note. The palate has a gritty entry, the acidity nicely realized, though there is some dryness on the finish that is jarring and leaves you feeling unfulfilled. I've tasted far worse Saint Emilion 2003s, but I would be inclined to drink this sooner rather than later. Tasted June 2015.
Neal Martin - 31/08/2016
Parker - A luscious, sensual effort, the dark plum-colored 2003 exhibits a big, rich nose of dried herbs, high quality cigar tobacco, fruit cake, red currants, and sweet licorice. It is medium-bodied, soft, round, and seductive, lacking only depth and persistence. Drink it over the next 10-12 years.
(Robert Parker - Wine Advocate # 164 -Apr 2006)
Cab.Sauvignon Blend
Cabernet Sauvignon lends itself particularly well in blends with Merlot. This is actually the archetypal Bordeaux blend, though in different proportions in the sub-regions and sometimes topped up with Cabernet Franc, Malbec, and Petit Verdot.
In the Médoc and Graves the percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend can range from 95% (Mouton-Rothschild) to as low as 40%. It is particularly suited to the dry, warm, free- draining, gravel-rich soils and is responsible for the redolent cassis characteristics as well as the depth of colour, tannic structure and pronounced acidity of Médoc wines. However 100% Cabernet Sauvignon wines can be slightly hollow-tasting in the middle palate and Merlot with its generous, fleshy fruit flavours acts as a perfect foil by filling in this cavity.
In St-Emilion and Pomerol, the blends are Merlot dominated as Cabernet Sauvignon can struggle to ripen there - when it is included, it adds structure and body to the wine. Sassicaia is the most famous Bordeaux blend in Italy and has spawned many imitations, whereby the blend is now firmly established in the New World and particularly in California and Australia.
St-Emilion
St Emilion is one of Bordeaux's largest producing appellations, producing more wine than Listrac, Moulis, St Estèphe, Pauillac, St Julien and Margaux put together. St Emilion has been producing wine for longer than the Médoc but its lack of accessibility to Bordeaux's port and market-restricted exports to mainland Europe meant the region initially did not enjoy the commercial success that funded the great châteaux of the Left Bank.
St Emilion itself is the prettiest of Bordeaux's wine towns, perched on top of the steep limestone slopes upon which many of the region's finest vineyards are situated. However, more than half of the appellation's vineyards lie on the plain between the town and the Dordogne River on sandy, alluvial soils with a sprinkling of gravel.
Further diversity is added by a small, complex gravel bed to the north-east of the region on the border with Pomerol. Atypically for St Emilion, this allows Cabernet Franc and, to a lesser extent, Cabernet Sauvignon to prosper and defines the personality of the great wines such as Ch. Cheval Blanc.
In the early 1990s there was an explosion of experimentation and evolution, leading to the rise of the garagistes, producers of deeply-concentrated wines made in very small quantities and offered at high prices. The appellation is also surrounded by four satellite appellations, Montagne, Lussac, Puisseguin and St. Georges, which enjoy a family similarity but not the complexity of the best wines.
St Emilion was first officially classified in 1954, and is the most meritocratic classification system in Bordeaux, as it is regularly amended. The most recent revision of the classification was in 2012


Blended Scotch whisky Johnnie Walker has collaborated with film director Denis Villeneuve on a limited-edition release – Johnnie Walker Black Label The Director's Cut – to mark the imminent release of sci-fi sequel Blade Runner 2049, and to pay homage to the whisky's appearance in the original 1982 movie.
The new expression was created by Johnnie Walker master blender Jim Beveridge with the film's director, Denis Villeneuve, with one eye on how whiskies of the future might taste.
It is a combination of more than 30 single malts and grain whiskies, blended in Black Label style, but with a smokier twist. Bottled at 49% abv – a nod to 2049, the year in which the new film is set – it is also stronger than the standard Black Label (40% abv).
Beveridge said: 'I learned that film-making is much like blending – you have to constantly be committed to creating the best possible outcome.
The original Blade Runner film was set in Los Angeles in the year 2019 and featured lead character Rick Deckard (played by Harrison Ford) drinking Johnnie Walker poured from a futuristic bottle.
Set 30 years after the original, Blade Runner 2049 stars Ryan Gosling, with Harrison Ford reprising his role of Deckard. The film premieres on 6 October.
Johnnie Walker Black Label The Director's Cut, priced at £68 (US$90), with only 39,000 bottles available, will be sold in the US, Asia, Lebanon, Brazil and Western Europe, as well as via Amazon in the UK, Germany and Spain.
The name of the special edition is a reference to the 1992 re-release of the original film, which featured a significant recut by director Ridley Scott.
Discover the whiskies created to promote films, television shows and even video games.
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text:
package config

import (
	// "github.com/kylelemons/godebug/pretty"
	common "github.com/ncabatoff/process-exporter"
	. "gopkg.in/check.v1"
	"time"
)

func (s MySuite) TestConfigBasic(c *C) {
	yml := `
process_names:
  - exe:
    - bash
  - exe:
    - sh
  - exe:
    - /bin/ksh
`
	cfg, err := GetConfig(yml, false)
	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
	c.Check(cfg.MatchNamers.matchers, HasLen, 3)

	bash := common.ProcAttributes{Name: "bash", Cmdline: []string{"/bin/bash"}}
	sh := common.ProcAttributes{Name: "sh", Cmdline: []string{"sh"}}
	ksh := common.ProcAttributes{Name: "ksh", Cmdline: []string{"/bin/ksh"}}

	found, name := cfg.MatchNamers.matchers[0].MatchAndName(bash)
	c.Check(found, Equals, true)
	c.Check(name, Equals, "bash")
	found, name = cfg.MatchNamers.matchers[0].MatchAndName(sh)
	c.Check(found, Equals, false)
	found, name = cfg.MatchNamers.matchers[0].MatchAndName(ksh)
	c.Check(found, Equals, false)

	found, name = cfg.MatchNamers.matchers[1].MatchAndName(bash)
	c.Check(found, Equals, false)
	found, name = cfg.MatchNamers.matchers[1].MatchAndName(sh)
	c.Check(found, Equals, true)
	c.Check(name, Equals, "sh")
	found, name = cfg.MatchNamers.matchers[1].MatchAndName(ksh)
	c.Check(found, Equals, false)

	found, name = cfg.MatchNamers.matchers[2].MatchAndName(bash)
	c.Check(found, Equals, false)
	found, name = cfg.MatchNamers.matchers[2].MatchAndName(sh)
	c.Check(found, Equals, false)
	found, name = cfg.MatchNamers.matchers[2].MatchAndName(ksh)
	c.Check(found, Equals, true)
	c.Check(name, Equals, "ksh")
}

func (s MySuite) TestConfigTemplates(c *C) {
	yml := `
process_names:
  - exe:
    - postmaster
    cmdline:
    - "-D\\s+.+?(?P<Path>[^/]+)(?:$|\\s)"
    name: "{{.ExeBase}}:{{.Matches.Path}}"
  - exe:
    - prometheus
    name: "{{.ExeFull}}:{{.PID}}"
  - comm:
    - cat
    name: "{{.StartTime}}"
`
	cfg, err := GetConfig(yml, false)
	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
	c.Check(cfg.MatchNamers.matchers, HasLen, 3)

	postgres := common.ProcAttributes{Name: "postmaster", Cmdline: []string{"/usr/bin/postmaster", "-D", "/data/pg"}}
	found, name := cfg.MatchNamers.matchers[0].MatchAndName(postgres)
	c.Check(found, Equals, true)
	c.Check(name, Equals, "postmaster:pg")

	pm := common.ProcAttributes{
		Name:    "prometheus",
		Cmdline: []string{"/usr/local/bin/prometheus"},
		PID:     23,
	}
	found, name = cfg.MatchNamers.matchers[1].MatchAndName(pm)
	c.Check(found, Equals, true)
	c.Check(name, Equals, "/usr/local/bin/prometheus:23")

	now := time.Now()
	cat := common.ProcAttributes{
		Name:      "cat",
		Cmdline:   []string{"/bin/cat"},
		StartTime: now,
	}
	found, name = cfg.MatchNamers.matchers[2].MatchAndName(cat)
	c.Check(found, Equals, true)
	c.Check(name, Equals, now.String())
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub