I am moving in a month to a property which most likely has FTTC availailable. I've been looking at Sky, TalkTalk, PlusNet.. but they all have 18 month minimum contract.
If I move after 12 months, would I still have to pay them for the remaining 6months or do these minimum terms only apply to stop someone from switching to another provider?
I'm currently with XLN for line rental and they told me even though I've got an 18 month line rental, if I move I can cancel it without any problems.
I think Plusnet will apply the 18 months as a minimum period, but do not force you to stay at the one property for that period - that is to say, you can move house after 12 months, but you'd have to take their service with you.
If you then moved to somewhere without fibre, I think they accept that you can only continue on one of their standard broadband packages.
with talktalk you can call them up and make a deal on contract term, I have opted for yearly but you have to remember at end of each year to call up and make a new deal, or it rolls, so in theory all the benefits you get them to include for term of contract you just repeat at year end.
I have paid line rental upfront, so I pay £1.25 a month for unlimited broadband, if i dont make any chargeable phone calls my bill will never rise above £1.25, for term of contract.
There may have been a misunderstanding at the time, but when I signed up to Fibre with Plusnet this Feb, keeping my phone with BT, I was told that if I left within the 18 months I would only have to pay £4 per outstanding month. Not the £16.49 I had just signed up for (Value Fibre).
If you get the same answer, ask for an email!
Note - that would be if I migrated away.
Any broadband Cease I would expect a £30 charge at least.
oh Bob, again you don't have a clue what your posting about! But I suppose you do get the second sentence right.
HTTP://community.plus.net/fibre_launch_faq/#14 Posted April 2011, but I don't think it's changed.
What happens if I cancel before the end of my 18 month term?
If you cancel within the first 12 months then you would be required to pay for any hardware/activation costs that we incurred on your behalf when you signed up/upgraded. After month 12 all deferred hardware and activation contracts are written off. You would also pay £4/mnth or £6/mnth for the remaining 18 month term depending on whether or not you�re on Value Fibre or Extra Fibre respectively.
What happens if I move from a fibre area to a non-fibre area?
If you move from a fibre-enabled property to a non fibre-enabled property then your line will be provisioned on a normal ADSL/ADSL2+ service. You will be downgraded to a non-fibre product and the remainder of the 18 month contractual term for fibre will be waived.
The pricing and rules surrounding house moves are essentially the same as those that apply for a normal ADSL connection. Assuming you move to a fibre enabled area, and assuming you haven�t moved during the last twelve months, then you will be able to defer the £65 cost over a 12 month period. You�ll start a new 18 month contract as part of the house move.
If you sign upto an 18 Month contact that is what you signupto and agree to. Now an ISPmay choose to waive it but it is still an 18 month contract. Lots of people sign upto these contracts and then think they can just walk away from when they move. That is not the case. Some will allow you to transfer the contract to another property.
It's all in the small print, so you can't generalise, only provide examples as I did.
I am not generalizing. If you sign up to an 18 Month contract it is exacly as it says on the tin an 18 month contrct. It is a legal contract and you and the ISP or teleco are bound by it. It can be varied by agreement but equally they can hold you to the contract.Plenty of people sign contracts without reading themor understanding them.


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ASE Study Shows Echocardiography Benefits for Cancer Patients
October 14, 2011 — The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) is preparing a guideline document on using strain...
GE Healthcare Debuts Logiq S8 Portable Ultrasound System
October 12, 2011 – The Logiq S8 portable ultrasound system from GE Healthcare fits easily into small exam rooms, can be...
ECG Can Detect Early Heart Damage in Cancer Patients
October 7, 2011 — There is good news for cancer patients whose medical treatments put them at risk for future cardiac...
Experts Urge FDA to Remove Echo Contrast Box Warnings
October 4, 2011 – The International Contrast Ultrasound Society (ICUS) submitted a petition this week to the U.S. Food...
New Standards for Echocardiography in the NICU Could Improve Treatment for Newborns
October 3, 2011 —The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) has published guidelines for new applications for...
Is On-The-Job Patient Care Putting Cardiovascular Sonographers At Risk?
October 3, 2011 – Up to now, on-the-job hazards for cardiac sonographers were usually limited to overtaxed muscles or...
Blog | September 23, 2011
Do Smart Algorithms Make Us Dumb?
When volumetric scanning came along a few years ago, proponents hawked the technology as a leap forward in efficiency...
News | September 12, 2011
Radiography Vacancy Rates Drop For Eighth Year
September 12, 2011 – For the eighth consecutive year, the vacancy rate for radiographers has dropped and now stands at...
Hard to believe 18 years have passed since I dropped into the engineering lab of Diasonics Ultrasound, a visit brought...
Technology | August 18, 2011
Fujifilm Launches Ultrasound Product Line in U.S.
August 17, 2011 – At the 2011 American Hospital Radiology Administrators conference (AHRA), Fujifilm Medical Systems U....
GE Ultrasound Named 'Best in KLAS'
July 26, 2011 – According to the 2011 Top 20 Best in KLAS Awards: Medical Equipment & Infrastructure report, GE...
GE Healthcare's Vivid q Cardiovascular Ultrasound Selected by NASA
July 15, 2011 — The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) selected GE Healthcare's Vivid q...
Some ultrasound image processing is now being done in the transducer.
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3-D/4-D Echo Allows Faster Workflow, Increased Accuracy
Probably the biggest trend occurring in cardiovascular ultrasound systems today is the adoption of 3-D/4-D echo systems...
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Space Research Gives Birth to New Ultrasound Tools For Healthcare in Orbit, on Earth
June 28, 2011 — Scientists with the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) have developed tools that...
Siemens Sponsors Grant for Point-of-Care Ultrasound Research
June 20, 2011 – The Emergency Medicine Foundation (EMF) has awarded $20,000 to Dimitrios Papanagnou, M.D., FACEP,...
Winners Named in 2011 Best in KLAS Awards for Medical Equipment
June 17, 2011 — KLAS today announced the release of their highly anticipated "2011 Top 20 Best in KLAS Awards:...
Study Supports Safety of Heart Ultrasound Contrast
June 14, 2011 – GE Healthcare Medical Diagnostics announced results of a study evaluating the cardiopulmonary safety...
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ASE, LifeIMAGE Partner to Bring Image Sharing Service to Members
June 14, 2011 — The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) and lifeIMAGE today announced a partnership that will...
Cincinnati Zoo Gorilla Gets Heart Checkup
June 8, 2011 – "Jomo," the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden's 19-year-old silverback, western lowland gorilla...
American Society of Echocardiography Conference Puts New Clinical Guidelines in Focus
May 11, 2011 – The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) will host its 22nd Annual Scientific Sessions: The...

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Ok so we are in the middle of the hurricane and I am already getting anxious about being stuck inside! So far we still have power and the boys are not driving each other too crazy just yet! If you are out and about going to work ( all my medical personnel friends ) please be safe! Fingers crossed Sandy plays nice.


The side effects are starting earlier and earlier each round apparently. Pretty nauseous today and my bowels aren't too happy either. Ah well. This will pass.
In other news, I'm still in need of drivers next week on Wednesday. Any takers? I'll post round 5 (!!!!) dates this weekend.
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Hang in there Jess, hope you feel better soon!


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MQB A0-based VW Nivus SUV-coupe - IAB Rendering
07/12/2019 - 15:15 | VW Nivus, Volkswagen | Prashant Singh
Earlier this week, Volkswagen announced a new SUV-coupe - the Nivus. Based on its teaser image, IAB's rendering expert, Shoeb Kalania has come out with a rendering to showcase its profile. It will be launched internationally in the second quarter of 2020.
The VW Nivus will arrive in the international markets in the second quarter of 2020.
The VW Nivus, like a typical SUV-coupe, features a sloping roof line, but where it stands out is in its size. When launched, it will be one of the smallest SUV-coupes on sale internationally. Apart from this, a unique front-end design with differently styled headlamps, lower bumper, large-sized wheels and slightly tougher-looking side profile with blacked-out plastic cladding bodes well with its crossover tag. Moreover, it also sports roof rails black-out pillars and sharp looking tail lights comprising embedded angular LED elements. At the rear-end, the roofline arches downward to create a coupe-like silhouette.
The VW Nivus will be based on the company's MQB A0 platform and will be aimed at the emerging markets. It will be launched in Brazil first. The possibility of an MQB A0 IN platform-based VW Nivus can't simply be ruled out considering India's strong demand for small SUVs. That's a talk for next decade, though.
Also Read: 2020 Volkswagen Golf variant breakdown: What's standard and what's not explained
The VW Nivus will likely be offered in Brazil with the VW Polo's 1.0L TSI petrol-ethanol engine that produces 85 kW (115 PS) and 200 Nm of torque running on petrol and 94 kW (128 PS) and 200 Nm of torque running on ethanol. In that case, 6-speed manual and 6-speed automatic would be the transmission choices. Like the VW T-Cross, the VW Nivus will be strictly FWD.
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ABC's fall lineup has been getting a lot of buzz this week, and 666 Park Avenue seems to have already grabbed the attention of fans. It's not hard to see why when you catch a glimpse at the cast. Indeed, that's Terry O'Quinn (John Locke on Lost) making his return to the small the screen.
Paul Lee, ABC Entertainment President, called the series "an utterly brilliant dama" this week at ABC's Upfronts Presentation, and after viewing the pilot for the series today, FanBolt has to agree.
666 Park Avenue starts out a bit like a horror film, and then focuses in on an innocent couple – who truly are clueless as to what they're getting into at 999 Park Avenue. There's something not so innocent up with the owners of the apartment building (played brilliantly by Terry O'Quinn and Vanessa Williams). Between the owners and the tenants who all seem to have stories of their own, fans will have a dozen theories to wet their supernatural appetites for the rest of the season after they see the pilot this fall.
Take a look at 666 Park Avenue below.
Terry O'Quinn fans can also see him in season 2 – episodes 9 and 10 of TNT's Falling Skies this summer! O'Quinn does an incredible job playing a creepy character in the world of sci-fi and the supernatural, so it's not hard to see why he's perfect for this character on 666 Park Avenue.
Let us know your thoughts on 666 Park Avenue (which will air Sunday nights at 10pm this fall after Revenge). Are you excited to see Terry O'Quinn cast in another series of this genre? Let us know your opinions!
I honestly can't wait for this! I'm glad it'll be airing after Revenge. Seems like it'll be good for both shows come fall.


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Mendicus è un personaggio dei fumetti pubblicati dalla Marvel Comics, è l'ambasciatore della famiglia reale degli Inumani.

Biografia del personaggio
Quando Attilan venne attaccata da dei mercenari portoghesi, Freccia Nera inviò Mendicus presso le Nazioni Unite, dove l'ambasciatore chiese la rimozione immediata dello schieramento invasore. L'Inumano ricevette risposte negative anche se l'ambasciatore americano gli offrì l'amicizia degli Stati Uniti ed un regalo, una statua del presidente Lincoln che conteneva in realtà un meccanismo che distruggesse la barriera negativa che proteggeva la città. Tornato ad Attilan, uno stanco Mendicus riferisce a Medusa che nessuno li aiuterà. In seguito, appare tra la folla che osserva Maximus annunciare che ha rapito Medusa e che la città rischia di sprofondare nell'oceano. Inviato nuovamente presso l'ONU, viene accolto freddamente a causa della scoperta che gli Inumani sfruttano gli Alfa Primitivi come schiavi. Successivamente, quando quattro Inumani vengono catturati durante un raid negli Stati Uniti, durante il consiglio che stabilirà come reagire Mendicus esprime preoccupazione per le vite umane perdute.

Poteri e abilità
L'esposizione alle Nebbie Terrigene ha conferito a Mendicus l'aspetto di un bambino ma non ha alterato la sua mente arguta. L'esatta natura dei suoi poteri è tuttora sconosciuta.

Note

Personaggi non umani dell'Universo Marvel
Politici immaginari

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Mahendra Suri
Born: about 1340 in Western India
Died: about 1410 in India Mahendra Suri was a Jain. Jainism began around the sixth century BC and the religion had a strong influence on mathematics particularly in the last couple of centuries BC. By the time of Mahendra Suri, however, Jainism had lost support as a national religion and was much less vigorous. It had been influenced by Islam and in particular Islamic astronomy came to form a part of the background. However, Pingree in [4] writes that this filtering of Islamic astronomy into Indian culture was:-
... not allowed to affect in any way the structure of the traditional science.
Mahendra Suri was a pupil of Madana Suri. He is famed as the first person to write a Sanskrit treatise on the astrolabe. Ohashi writes in [3] of the early history of the astrolabe in the Delhi Sultanate in India:-
The astrolabe was introduced into India at the time of Firuz Shah Tughluq (reign AD 1351 - 88), and Mahendra Suri wrote the first Sanskrit treatise on the astrolabe entitled Yantraraja (AD 1370).
The Delhi Sultanate was established around 1200 and from that time on Muslim culture flourished in India. The ideas of Islamic astronomy began to appear in works in the Sanskrit language and it is the Islamic ideas on the astrolabe which Mahendra Suri wrote on in his famous text. It is clear from the various references in the text and also from the particular values that Mahendra Suri uses for the angle of the ecliptic etc. that his work is based on Islamic rather than traditional Indian astronomy works.


A hyphen is a "punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. (…) As an orthographic concept, the hyphen is a single entity. In terms of character encoding and display, that entity is represented by any of several characters and glyphs (including hard hyphens, soft or optional hyphens, and nonbreaking hyphens), depending on the context of use" —Wikipedia.
Among other uses, the hyphen is involved in automatic hyphenation, in which case no input character is associated to it while a printable mark is rendered (based on some default glyph.) Conversely, the soft hyphen is an actual character (U+00AD) but it may remain invisible in terms of printable mark, as this depends on its location within the composed line.
Regular Hyphen U+002D HYPHEN-MINUS /hyphen In InDesign, most hyphenation effects rely on the glyph of this character, also referred to as the ASCII hyphen.
Unicode Hyphen U+2010 HYPHEN /hyphentwo Underused in most applications (incl. InDesign.) In principle, should behave as the Regular Hyphen although not necessarily looking identical to it.
Nonbreaking Hyphen U+2011 NON-BREAKING HYPHEN /hyphen (should be /u2011) IndyFont allows this character to have a dedicated glyph, but InDesign ignores it and uses /hyphen.
Visible Soft Hyphen U+00AD SOFT HYPHEN /hyphen (should be /sfthyphen) IndyFont allows this character to have a dedicated glyph, but InDesign ignores it and uses /hyphen. Referred to as the "discretionary hyphen" in InDesign, it only displays if the underlying character occupies a position where hyphenation does actually occur.
Hidden Soft Hyphen U+00AD SOFT HYPHEN none Not rendered if the character occupies a position where hyphenation does not actually occur.
Automatic Hyphen none /hyphen No underlying character, although the glyph is rendered at the end of the hyphenated line (according to hyphenation settings.) InDesign then uses the glyph of the Regular Hyphen.
The glyph of the regular hyphen (U+002D) is used wherever a hyphen needs to be printed. InDesign explicitly reports glyph substitution (yellow mark) for nonbreaking and automatic hyphens, but the rule also applies to the visible soft hyphen. Regarding the Unicode hyphen, InDesign uses its dedicated glyph if available.
In our font template the regular hyphen is represented by a slightly inclined line so that we can instantly identify any occurrence of that glyph. Then we have assigned a vertical line to the (visible) soft hyphen, a triangle to the Unicode hyphen, and a circle to the nonbreaking hyphen.
(Click the image to see the Glyphs panel too.) As you can observe our extra glyphs are inhibited—with the exception of the triangular Unicode hyphen associated to U+2010. In other words InDesign takes the regular glyph as the fundamental shape for any special hyphen no matter what your font actually provides for the underlying characters. Having the nonbreaking character selected—in InDesign CC 2017—we also see in the glyph square popup that its actual glyph should be a circle, although not being rendered as so.
What we can conclude for now is, loading extra hyphen characters in IndyFont is useless since InDesign only agrees to speak with the regular hyphen.
But suppose your client wants automatic and soft hyphens to look like tildes (~) while regular and nonbreaking hyphens are to be drawn in a more classical, orthographical, way. A simple idea comes to mind: we can create an alternate glyph from IndyFont, for example /hyphen.swash, and automatically assign the corresponding OpenType feature to the desired hyphens. We just need a dedicated character style and a GREP-style-based redirection. Easy!
However, we must keep in mind that the automatic hyphen is not a character, meaning it cannot be the target of any GREP query. So it will inherit the style of the preceding character in the text flow, which should be considered the default style (i.e, without glyph variant.) Hence, going back to our font template, we have to rework the glyph of the regular hyphen (/hyphen) so that it meets the requirements for automatic and soft hyphens. The swash variant (/hyphen.swash) will be added for the purpose of specifically altering the behavior of characters that InDesign can actually target, that is, the regular U+002D hyphen and the nonbreaking U+2011 hyphen.
What is cool with this solution is that it does not violate the semantics of Unicode characters and relies on a single font.
Thanks to Camilo Umana who originally asked the question behind this article.
I downloaded and installed iF but when I run it, it just crashes ID...ie ID hangs and I have to use TaskManager to shut it down. Please advise.
This sounds like a screen problem that other users have reported.
Do you use a 4K screen and/or a dual display system?
2. Unzip the package. It contains a file 'fix.jsx'.
3. Move 'fix.jsx' to the folder where IndyFontTry.jsx (or IndyFontPro.jsx) is already installed.
4. Restart InDesign and try to run the script again.
A nouveau, vous mettez au point une solution assez simple pour parer une limite constatée d'InDesign.
Et toujours une lecture didactique délectable, ceci devient (trop) rare... je le souligne.
Merci pour ce commentaire sympathique et gratifiant.
À mon tour de le souligner, les soutiens comme le vôtre deviennent (trop) rares… C'est pourtant le carburant qui fait que je persévère dans la production d'articles en français, en dépit d'une certaine désaffection du lectorat francophone.


SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for State of Minnesota(FEMA-1990-DR), dated June 7, 2011 and related determinations.
EFFECTIVE DATE: August 31, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peggy Miller, Office of Response and Recovery, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW, Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646-3886.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) hereby gives notice that pursuant to the authority vested in the Administrator, under Executive Order 12148, as amended, Lawrence Sommers, of FEMA is appointed to act as the Federal Coordinating Officer for this disaster.
This action terminates the appointment of Paul J. Ricciuti as Federal Coordinating Officer for this disaster.


On our way back from Maine, Rich and I stopped at Sandy Point State Park. It's on the southern end of an island about an hour north of Boston. My objective was Piping Plovers, who nest in the area. We have Piping Plovers in Florida during migration, but I haven't had such good luck finding them. Well, I found them in Massachusetts! There were half a dozen of them running around the sandy beach at the very tip of the island.
I'm used to Florida beaches, where nesting birds are protected by roped-off areas, often stewarded by local Audubon groups. On this beach in Massachusetts, nesting cages are placed over the Piping Plover nests. The cages were all empty, so I assume that means that the babies had all fledged. I think I spotted a couple of juveniles in fresh plumage, which is lighter than that of the adults.
It was a rainy, icky morning. Thunderstorms had moved through the previous night, and everything was all wet. I walked up and down the beach, amazed at how the Massachusetts shoreline was so different than my beaches back home in Florida!
Sandy Point State Reservation is an important nesting location not only for the Piping Plovers, but also for Least Terns. I was surprised to find day-old Least Terns in small scrapes close to the edge of a roped-off area. The nests were so close that I didn't want to disturb the birds, so I got a quick shot and moved on. What cute little fuzzballs!
I'm pretty sure this next bird is a Northern Rough-Winged Swallow, a lifer for me. I've seen their cousins the Tree Swallows and Barn Swallows often in Florida. Occasionally we'll get a stray Rough-Winged Swallow vagrant in a flock of thousands of other swallows. This one sat perched on the Least Tern ropes. He was so small that he was tricky to focus on, but I had to bring home photographic evidence of my lifer!
I wandered down to the shoreline to look at the gulls. I saw some Herring Gulls, a Ring-Billed Gull, and several Great Black-Backed Gulls. These were also lifers for me. It's funny how many common birds are lifers for you when you first go birding in a different part of the country! I had to dust off my Sibley's Guide to identify a few of the birds. Fun!
As I stood photographing the gulls, I noticed a Common Eider swimming off shore. He wasn't close enough for good shots, but I took them anyway. They really are common up north, but they're unusual for me! Then a Least Tern came to fish in the water in front of me. It was really hard to focus on his quick movements in such low light, but I liked this "hover shot".
Finally we had to leave, and I said goodbye to northern beaches. We had cats waiting for us back home! But I'm looking forward to going back!
Note: I very much appreciated the birding information provided in A Birder's Guide to the Parker River NWR and Sandy Point SR on Plum Island. It provided useful information in planning my visit. Thanks to Thomas T. Wetmore for providing such a useful guide!
Jess, you sure made the most of your time up there! Great shots and I'm sure lots of happy memories as well on this trip you experienced.
It was great! I can't wait for our next trip.


I am a huge fan of any stir-fried noodle dishes, and my favorite is definitely the Hong Kong-style Chow Mein my Dad cooks. Thus, it was unsurprising to find an equal love for the Mee Goreng dish upon my move to Southeast Asia. Mee Goreng derived from Chinese chow mein, which was most likely was first introduced by Chinese immigrants to Indonesia, Singapore, and Malaysia. The dish also bears a strong resemblance to Japanese Yakisoba.
Every country has their own version of Mee Goreng. I am not a huge fan of the one that is often found in Singapore hawker stalls due to its very unnatural fluorescent red color… however, I do love the Indonesian version which I was first introduced to during my Balinese Cooking Class. The incorporation of the sticky, sweet soy sauce and spicy sambal made for a delicious stir-fried noodle dish that was savory and tangy with a kick.
Saute chicken meat and the shrimp. Add the garlic and the beaten egg.
Add the lettuce, cabbage, leek, and carrots and cook until softened.
Add the noodles and the sambal, salt, pepper, sweet soya sauce, fish sauce, and mix thoroughly. Garnish with fried shallots before serving.
Yum, this looks so delicious.


Called one of the three hidden region of Japan, the Iya-kei Valley is certainly one of the most scenic spot in Western Japan, along with the gorges in Takachiho and Mount Aso in Kyushu.
The main attractions are the Kazura Vine Suspension Bridge (祖谷のかずら橋, Iya no Kazurabashi), the Iya Hot springs, and the Gorges of Ōboke. Kazura Bridge was until recently the only remaining vine suspension bridge in the region. It has now been reinforced by steel cables to prevent accidents, and a 500 ¥ admission is required to cross the bridge. Don't miss the 30-min boat tours of the Ōboke Gorges.
The area is not very easy to reach by public transport. Ideally, a complete tour should include both the Oboke Gorges, the Kazura-bridge and the Iya Valley between the Bridge and Awa-Ikeda Station. Shikoku Kotsu has buses from Awa-Ikeda Station leave 7 times a day (between 7:15am and 4:15pm) to Kazura-bashi Bridge, either via Iya Onsen, or Oboke, and take 2h10min.
You can also reach Oboke by train, 1h20min from Takamatsu by Limited Express (¥3,410). From there, there are 4 buses a day to Kazura-bashi Bridge (25min).
Shikoku Kotsu also has tours (定期観光, shitei kankō) of the whole region every day from March to November (¥5,200 including various admission fees, lunch and transportation). Tours start from 11am from Awa-Ikeda Station, where they return at 4:20pm.


S o what is the very best of all the restaurants in San Miguel de Allende? An impossible question, perhaps. There are many fine San Miguel restaurants, all vying for top honors. In fact, the number of truly world-class eateries in town has grown enormously in the last ten years or so.But one definitely stands out. Ristorante Da Andrea at Hacienda La Landeta would make anyone's short list—and for many it's the only name on the list.
First, there's the setting. A 15-minute taxi ride from town brings you to a 300-year-old stone colonial hacienda. Located in the hacienda's former stable is the restaurant. With outside dining in good weather, it's a gorgeous and almost impossibly romantic spot.
Then there's the food—wonderful, subtle, creative Italian food. Go with an open mind about what you want to eat that day, because there's no menu. Chef Andrea Lamberti from Naples varies what he cooks each day, depending on what's fresh and in-season. He sources much of his produce locally and has fish and seafood flown from the coast almost before it has stopped flopping.
After you're seated, a waiter will recite what's on offer that day, but if none of it strikes precisely the right chord, you can always ask them to cook the fish with a different glaze, grill the veal chops without the rosemary or put a different sauce on the über-fresh, home-made pasta—so fresh, in fact, that you can usually see a woman sitting in a corner of the brick-vaulted dining room hand-rolling it.
One of Chef Andrea's staples is home-made ravioli stuffed with ricotta and spinach and often served with a gorgonzola cheese sauce. Other common and wonderful appetizers are the grilled sardines or the octopus salad.
Entrees always feature wonderful, perfectly cooked fish and seafood—the huachinango (red snapper) is magical. Or the giant shrimp. Or the sea bass. The day's menu might feature grilled quail, veal scallopine, stewed rabbit, or swordfish steaks. Wondering what delights you'll be offeered is part of the adventure at Da Andrea.
For dessert, if you can possibly fit one in after such a lush and lucious meal, ask for the panna cotta or just finish with a perfectly brewed espresso and a long look at the view.
As prices go, this is one of the most expensive restaurants in San Miguel—though far less than you'd pay for a comparable meal in New York or San Francisco and not even in the same stadium as a barely passable meal in London. And you won't know what your bill will be unless you ask. The waiter does not recite prices along with the menu. It is, however, perfectly acceptable to ask the price of a dish before you order.
For a full meal at Da Andrea, expect to spend US$30-45 per person, not including drinks, and worth every peso for such a "destination" meal in what is quite probably the best restaurant in San Miguel de Allende.
Unless the weather is bad, you'll definitely want to sit on the patio enjoying the rioting gardens. Reservations are a must.
Note: Like many businesses in San Miguel de Allende, Da Andrea closes for much of the month of May.
Insiders Tip: If you take a taxi, ask the driver to return in two hours. The fare should be less than $100 pesos each way.
Take the Salida a Querétaro past the Luciernaga glorietta, then continue to the next glorietta (with the statues of the Niños Heroes). Continue around the glorietta to the road to Doctor Mora. The Hacienda Landeta is about a mile or so farther on. Look for the sign that says "Italian Restaurant, Hacienda La Landeta."


Samuel Shin is a freelance illustrator who specializes in various forms of illustration, including storyboards, comics, and concept art. In his youth he was exposed to the world of superheroes, cartoons, and comic-books and thus began his journey into becoming an artist.
He attended the Academy of Art University located in San Francisco and graduated in May 2016 with a BFA in Illustration. He took on courses with an understanding of all the fundamentals in drawing, with an emphasis on storyboards, comics, and visual development.
Being a versatile illustrator, he is able to use both traditional and digital mediums. He brings his full commitment and attention to detail in any project. Such projects he's worked on spans over numerous television commercials, music videos, and motion pictures.
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A future for skiing in a warmer world
As the world struggles to make progress to limit climate change, researchers are finding ways to adapt to warmer winter temperatures — by developing environmentally friendly ways of producing artificial snow.
The Norwegian artist Knud Larsen Bergslien painted this picture of a dramatic event in Norwegian history from 1206, when skiers escaped from Lillehammer with two-year-old Håkon Håkonsson, whose life was threatened by a civil war. Håkonsson survived the 100-km trip across the mountains in the depths of winter and became king in 1217. The painting underscores the deep cultural roots that skiing has in Norway.
Chances are if you know anything about Norway, you know it's a place where skiing was born.
Norse mythology describes gods and goddesses hunting on skis, and 4000–year-old petroglyphs from northern Norway include some of the earliest known drawings of people on skis. One of the most recognizable Norwegian paintings worldwide depicts two skiers in 1206 fleeing to safety with the country's two-year-old prince, Håkon Håkonsson.
Over the centuries, skiing in Norway has evolved from a practical mode of winter transport to a sport that is deeply ingrained in Norwegian culture. Norwegians themselves like to say they enter the world uniquely prepared for their northern home — because they are "born with skis on their feet".
But warmer weather due to climate change has made for less-than-stellar ski conditions in Norway and across Europe. Advances in snowmaking, where water is "seeded" with a protein from a bacterium that allows snow to be made at temperatures right around freezing, simply aren't enough to keep up with the changing climate.
In response, a team of Norwegian researchers has been awarded a NOK 2.3 million grant from the Norwegian Ministry of Culture to develop a new approach to snowmaking — one that would allow snow to be made in an energy-efficient way, even at warmer temperatures. The project has been named, appropriately enough, "Snow for the Future".
SINTEF and NTNU are working together on the development of a heat pump that can manufacture snow on its cold side and heat buildings from its hot side. Pictured here are NTNU and SINTEF researchers Armin Hafner (middle) and Petter Nekså explaining the principle of the heat pump to the Norwegian Minister of Culture Linda Hofstad Helleland. Photo: Christina Benjaminsen
Putting heat pumps to work
Traditional snowmaking makes up for a lack of snow by spraying water into cold air, and letting physics do the rest. But if temperatures are above freezing, this simply won't work, for obvious reasons.
Researchers at SINTEF, Scandinavia's largest independent research institute, and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have worked extensively with a type of technology called a heat pump. They think that heat pumps could be key to producing snow in an environmentally friendly way, even at higher temperatures. Your refrigerator and freezer are examples of appliances that use heat pumps to regulate temperatures.
Temperature independent snowmaking
"One of the main aims of the project will be to find out how we can produce snow regardless of the outdoor temperature, and to develop energy-efficient ways of doing it," says Petter Nekså, an energy research scientist at SINTEF.
Nekså thinks that one feasible approach is to develop heat pumps where the cold side can be used to produce snow, while the warm side is used for heating.
"If the air outside is cold, traditional snow cannons work very well. But these are temperature dependent," says Nekså. "At higher temperatures, you need a refrigeration plant to make snow. The advantage is that the process is independent of air temperatures."
What can make the process energy efficient is heating a building with the heat generated by the heat pump as it cools water to be made into snow, Nekså says.
"In this way, we can heat indoor facilities while also making artificial snow for ski slopes outside – virtually cost free," he says.
The approach involves adapting current heat pump technology, says Jacob Stang, one of Nekså's colleagues at SINTEF.
"A traditional snow production facility that makes snow at zero degrees outdoors has no 'hot side'," Stang says. "That means we need a heat pump that has the properties of a refrigeration plant. We have to adapt components, such as an evaporator and condenser, to get them to work together."
Smart snow storage
The project will be conducted in collaboration with the city of Trondheim, where SINTEF and NTNU are based, and the Norwegian Ski Federation (NSF).
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Norwegian Minister for Culture Linda Hofstad Helleland has granted NOK 2.3 million to the project. Pictured here together with Nils A. Røkke, SINTEF's Executive Vice-President for Sustainability. Photo: Christina Benjaminsen
The researchers are also hoping to develop better ways of storing snow, which is an approach many ski areas use as a hedge against warmer temperatures.
Currently, many ski area use sawdust to store artificial snow that can be spread on slopes and trails when the weather doesn't deliver the white stuff on its own. While this is a proven approach, over time the sawdust loses its insulating properties and has to be replaced.
The project will also identify new ways of making sure that ski areas get as much benefit as they can out of manufactured snow. The researchers will look at everything from the design and drainage of ski runs, to protection from sun and rain, salting and snow preparation.
Learning from the fishery sector
Researchers will conduct lab experiments, use computer models and simulations, create prototypes and undertake field tests.
"Norway has a long tradition and expertise in this field," says Trygve M. Eikevik, a professor in NTNU's Department of Energy and Process Engineering. "The fishery sector produces around 300 thousand tonnes of ice each year for fish export. This is enough to cover an 8-metre-wide, 150-kilometre-long ski trail with a layer of ice that is 0.5 metres thick. It is more than possible to manufacture snow for skiing."
The NSF hopes the project will increase the chances that Norway will be able to host World Championships in skiing in the future, but officials are most concerned about maintaining skiing as a pastime in Norway.
Communities across the country promote skiing by maintaining easily accessible, lighted and groomed ski trails and encouraging ski clubs. This strong system recruits young people to skiing, which has led to Norway's prominence in both alpine and cross-country ski competitions. It also helps keep people healthy, by encouraging them to get outside to exercise in the winter.
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"The challenges posed by climate change represent perhaps the greatest threat to ski sports. This is why we're very pleased that this project is taking off," says Marit Gjerland, who is a ski run consultant for the NSF. "Good results from the project will mean a lot for the future of ski sports."
Phase 1 of "Snow for the Future" has been granted NOK 2.3 million from the Norwegian Ministry of Culture. The NSF, the Norwegian Biathlon Federation, the Norwegian Sports Federation, the municipality of Trondheim and the Sør-Trøndelag County Council have also contributed to the project, bringing the total budget to NOK 3.55 million. The plan is to complete the first phase in 2017. Phase 2 is planned to last for four years.
She says the technology could also expand the popularity of skiing, by making snow available in places where it previously wasn't.
"Just like we have artificial football pitches, we could also create future snow parks," she says.
One of the aims of the project is to establish a snow technology research centre based in Trondheim, where both Norwegian and international projects could be carried out.
"We envisage the development of more efficient refrigeration plants and snow production concepts, facilities designed for combined snow and heat production, and a total concept that integrates data models with meteorological data," says Eikevik.
"We hope this will help promote innovation and business development related to future snow production facilities," he says.
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Home » construction-realestate » Empower's transmission pipelines cross 236km
UAE-based Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower), a leading district cooling services provider, has revealed that its network of district cooling transmission pipelines crossed 236 km by end of 2016.
The remarkable expansion of Empower's network of district cooling transmission pipelines is the result of the ongoing growth in its business and projects in Dubai, following signing new contracts to provide cooling services, and starting new phases of the already existing projects, said a statement from the company.
In 2010, the company catered to its need for transmission pipelines by co-founding ELIPS, which manufactures pipes of high standards, it said.
Empower is always keen to keep on improving the quality of its pipes to guarantee better performance and efficiency in its district cooling services for all of its clients all over Dubai, UAE.
Empower uses in its transmission pipelines the latest technologies that guarantee delivering the best cooling service for its clients, also by maintaining the operational sustainability. In terms of quality, the company's transmission pipelines can keep operating for more than 50 years with full productivity.
These pipelines are remarkably efficient, and they can keep providing the best district cooling services even when the temperature goes extremely high especially during summer which helps delivering quality chilled water. At the same time, the company always makes sure that the process of installing, operating and maintaining these pipelines is going smoothly and in an eco-friendly way.
Empower aims to be more efficient by operating effective transmission pipelines, as part of the company's efforts to reach the highest operational and sustainability standards, said a statement.
Ahmad Bin Shafar, CEO of Empower, said: "We are aware of the fact that the advanced infrastructure helps providing high quality cooling service, and we always invest in improving our transmission pipelines to keep our daily work-efficiency."
"The transmission pipes represent a vital part of our district cooling services as chilled water in cooling plants gets distributed through these pipes to the buildings. That's why it's imperative to have efficient pipes to guarantee the quality of our service," he added.
Bin Shafar said: "Our company's district cooling network covers key projects across Dubai, such as Dubai International Financial Centre, Business Bay, Dubai Healthcare City, Jumeirah Lake Towers, Palm Jumeirah, Discovery Gardens, Ibn Battuta, Dubai Production City, and Dubai Design District, Jumeirah Group, Jumeirah Beach Residence, among others."
"Our goal is to have next generations to enjoy our district cooling services. That's why sustainability is an absolute priority for Empower," he concluded. – TradeArabia News Service
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INDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA approved moving the women's basketball Final Four to a Friday-Sunday format beginning in 2017.
The Final Four had that format from 1996-2002 before switching to the current Sunday-Tuesday model in 2003.
The NCAA also will move up the preliminary rounds by a day, with the first games of the tournament played on Friday.
The moves were made to help improve attendance, which has become stagnant over the past few years. Last season, the NCAA averaged 5,466 for all rounds -- 17th since the tournament began in 1982.
"The hope is that the change in day pattern will allow more fans to attend the games throughout the championship," said Carolayne Henry, committee chair and senior associate commissioner of the Mountain West Conference. "As a committee we continue to explore ways to try and improve the tournament format. We felt this was an important next step."
The NCAA hasn't announced a site yet for the 2017 Final Four, but said last month that there were seven finalists for the 2017-2020 cycle -- Columbus, Ohio; Dallas; Houston; Nashville, Tenn., New Orleans; Pittsburgh; and Tampa, Fla.
Committee members also decided to keep the selection show on the Monday after the men's selection show. That schedule allows women's basketball to retain its own day for announcing the tournament field.
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Danny Ainge Pays Tribute to Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce
While answering questions surrounding the 2016-17 Celtics team, the president of basketball operations spoke about Kevin Garnett's retirement, Paul Pierce's announcement of his plans to retire at the end of next season and if the franchise plans on retiring both of their numbers.
In the morning before Celtics Media Day, Pierce made his announcement via The Players' Tribune that this will be the final season of his career.
"Well, first of all, I think Paul could play a few more years, but I'll believe it when I see it," the Celtics president of basketball operations said. "Paul loves the game. He loves basketball and I think that it's hard to see him walking away. I know there will come a time when he will. He's one of the great Celtics of all-time, he's a great competitor.
"The thing that stands out more to me than anything about Paul -- after the great shots and great plays and everything else he did here -- was just watching him, sitting right outside my office, seeing him come in at midnight and work on his game, work on his conditioning. He really loved the game and took it very seriously."
When asked about Garnett, Ainge nothing but the kindest words to say about the future hall-of-famer -- who he says is someone that had an enormous impact on the organization.
"I think I said in a statement that KG had as big as an impact as anybody that I've been around in an organization," Ainge said. "I think the thing that stands out the most to me about KG is just his team-first mentality. He never wanted it to be about KG. He never wanted his individual success to trump team success. He lived that in his day-to-day practice, and that's something that I'll remember about him."
Ainge didn't want to answer the question regarding the organization hanging numbers 34 and 5 in the rafters at TD Garden but instead suggested that the Celtics media should know the answer to that specific question.
"That's for future discussion," Ainge said. "I won't answer that yet because we haven't really discussed it internally. That's a decision that Wyc and Rich will ultimately make. You guys know the answers to those anyway. We'll just let the other people make those decisions, make those calls."
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Include his songs and music from Robben Island, artefacts such as his beloved guitar with its Island-built case. The collection holds his correspondence, manuscripts of his books, some of which was written on toilet paper and smuggled out of prisons, and a record of his life on the Island and after his release. 'Oom Gov' also gave to the University his own library in a ceremony at his house weeks before he died. Many of the books are those given to him by the authors.
Although most the material does not relate to the Rivonia Trial, this collection has been included as it speaks to the character of one of the Trial's main accused. Rivonia Trial material is: Part One of the State's Concluding Address at the Rivonia Trial.
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UK PROCUREMENT FRAMEWORK INFORMS ITALY'S MOVE TO MANDATE BIM
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21 MARCH 2018 | BY ANGELO CIRIBINI, GIUSEPPE DI GIUDA, SARA VALAGUZZA
Angelo Ciribini, Giuseppe Di Giuda and Sara Valaguzza describe how Italy is set to move to mandating BIM for publicly-procured contracts.
The Italian governmental BIM Mandate will compel public client organisations to adopt a digital approach by 2025. The mandate is set out as an incremental obligation which will start on 1 January 2019.
It does mean that BIM is quickly becoming a key topic for the Italian public procurers and owners, who will be required to include the digital contents as part of their own Employer's Information Requirements as well as their Asset & Operational Information Requirements.
The BIM-oriented enforcing decree will force the public clients to fine tune their own crucial definitions and requirements.
The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, which issued the decree, refers to the clauses mentioned by the EU Public Procurement Directive as well as to the assumptions contained within the EU BIM Task Group Handbook.
Furthermore, the BIM procurement regimes usually sit alongside the Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT) assessment method. Nevertheless, it is clear that the Mandate will demand careful analysis of the BIM legal frameworks and the awarding criteria.
The Construction Centre for Law and Management (CCLM), a competence centre jointly established by Politecnico di Milano, University of Brescia and University of Milan, has attempted to deal with the legal challenges included within the BIM-based contracts, to enable the innovative collaborative procurement routes, chiefly through the transposition of the UK-oriented FAC-1 framework, to be used.
This framework contract was conceived by Professor David Mosey, at King's College London and published by the ACA
It does entail adapting an original common law-derived approach to a civil law-based one, as well as to persuade some big players to depart from the usual transactional contractual frameworks.
Such an attempt is hampered, however, by traditional mindsets, which are marked by an adversarial approach. The CCLM's point of view is that early efforts concerning FAC-1 could be addressed mainly towards major projects, such as large educational facilities and underground infrastructures.
The systemic attitude of those undertaking such major programmes seems more suitable to be managed by means of the relational collaborative contracts such as FAC-1 because they reflect an interwoven network of separated contracts to be consistently interlinked.
The FAC-1 transposition to the Italian legal framework could play a major role for the other EU member states, close to the civil law, too.
On the other hand, the Italian market's legal structure is quite a traditional one, with design-bid-build routes and adversarial attitudes. It would be fascinating to investigate the viability of the collaborative contractual frameworks within such a landscape.
Meanwhile, CCLM was consulting an Italian local authority based in Melzo, not far from Milan, to exploit BIM's potential when awarding a tender. The findings of the pilot project demonstrated how the client's Exchange Information Requirements played a crucial role in accomplishing such an outcome.
A constrained and inescapable conceptual BIM-based breakdown structure has been imposed by the awarding organisation, compelling the bidders to submit comparable bids, without any late dispute or litigation.
Future efforts from CCLM will deal with persuading some large public clients to adopt FAC-1 when strategic infrastructure projects are concerned.
Finally, the (UK) BIM Level 3, focused upon service provision, might be transposed to the Italian contractual landscape by means of performance-based and outcome-based contracts.
There is much to challenge us.
Angelo Ciribini is a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture at the University of Brescia, Sara Valaguzza is a professor in the Department of Italian and Supranational Public Law at the University of Milan and Giuseppe di Giuda is a professor in the Department of Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering at Politecnico di Milano
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Do You Know About The Albuquerque BioPark/Zoo?
If you ever have a chance to visit the state of New Mexico, then you should do so. The so-called "Land of Enchantment" is one of the nation's largest states in terms of geographical area, yet also has one of the lowest densities of population. From flat plains and serene desert to soaring mountain peaks and hidden valleys, this state has much to offer those who love the outdoors.
However, it's not all empty or rural. The state capital is likely where you'll fly in or out of, or where you drive into for a place to stay between your daily adventures. While you're there, consider visiting the Albuquerque Biological Park, also known as the Albuquerque BioPark, and also sometimes referred to as the Albuquerque BioPark/Zoo. It's an environmental museum that is actually a collection of four distinct facilities.
The first of them, at least in alphabetical order, is the ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden. This 36-acre location is home to a botanic garden that includes a glass conservatory measuring more than 10,000 square feet. It houses plants from both Mediterranean and desert climate zones.
The second facility is the Albuquerque Aquarium. This 285,000-gallon ocean tank is full of saltwater from the Gulf of Mexico. It's home to species from the ocean, coral reefs, shallow waters, estuaries, and surf zones. Many other exhibits are present here.
The third facility is the Rio Grande Zoo. This 64-acre location has two and a half miles of paths that visitors can stroll along witnessing over 250 different species, both native and exotic. Like many zoos, there are traditional staples, such as elephants, camels, tigers, polar bears, gorillas, zebras, seals, chimpanzees, hippos, snow leopards, lions, and giraffes. Visitors can also enjoy more atypical species, like African wild dogs, wombats, Tasmanian devils, white rhinos, hyenas, and even koalas. A variety of birds is also present, including roadrunners, eagles, and storks.
The fourth and final facility is Tingley Beach. This place has a fishing lake, a lake for model boating, picnic areas, paths, and a narrow gauge railroad. One of the things that you can do away from the BioPark is you can visit the Balloon Fiest Park, that has the museum all about how this great tradition started and why it has become the largest hot air balloon gathering in the world.
When in this city, you can visit any one of these facilities by itself with family and friends, but you can also travel between them given the 36-inch narrow gauge railroad which connects all four locations. Cumulatively, they hold over 1,100 different species, and the Albuquerque Biological Park is itself a fully accredited member of the larger Association of Zoos and Aquariums, abbreviated AZA.
As mentioned earlier, the state of New Mexico has plenty to offer the visitors that spend time here, with a diverse range of climates and terrain to enjoy the vast natural beauty of this Western state. However, if your vacation is based out of the capital and you'd like a day of seeing various animal species that aren't common to the state, then going through the four locations of this environmental museum is a great use of one of your days in the Land of Enchantment while you're here. If you get injured during your visit, please call Will Ferguson & Associates. We are the largest personal injury law firm in the State.
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Тамильский колокол — поврежденный бронзовый колокол, на ободе которого была нанесена надпись на старом тамильском языке, обнаруженный около 1836 года Уильямом Коленсо на Северном острове Новой Зеландии. Он использовался как горшок для варки маорийцами, проживавшими в районе Фангареи.

Происхождение
Используемые в надписи символы относятся к архаичной форме тамильского языка, что позволяет оценить возраст колокола примерно в 500 лет, т.п. примерно к эпохе Пандья. Перевод текста надписи предполагает, что колокол являлся корабельным.

Пути попадания из Индии в Новую Зеландию неясны. Некоторые исследователи связывают их с теорией португальского открытия Австралии.

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 John Turnbull Thomson, Ethnographical Considerations on the Whence of the Maori, National Library of New Zealand. 1871.

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NIST blog clarifies SMS deprecation in wake of media tailspin
Agency goal is two-factor authentication for all levels of security assurance, but SMS is not on preferred factor list
Written by John Fontana, Contributor on July 29, 2016
Whoa! Hold on there two-factor authentication killers!
The National Institute of Standards and Technology Friday published a blog explaining its guidance on the deprecation of SMS as a viable second factor for strong authentication.
"We are saying 'deprecated,' we are not saying 'not allowed,' " said Paul Grassi, senior standards and technology advisor at NIST.
Tuesday, early media reports were accurate but later in the week the story of NIST's declaration of SMS deprecation, which was first announced in May, began to run off the rails. One report included the message that NIST did not want people to turn on two-factor authentication at all.
"We don't want you to use SMS as a second factor, but we absolutely want two-factor authentication, in fact, we recommend it for all levels of assurance," said Grassi, who is one half of a super-hero like team pushing modern identity into US government policies and guidelines. His cohort is Mike Garcia, the deputy director of NIST's National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC).
The draft NIST Special Publication 800-63-3: Digital Authentication Guideline calls for the deprecation of SMS based on two separate scenarios.
First, not all SMS is a mobile phone-based communication and NIST is specifically calling out SMS over VoIP, where the authentication code could end up in something like Skype or Google Voice to be used more like a second password (something you know) rather than a second-factor (something you have).
"So we felt we had to propose ruling VoIP out," said Grassi.
In the second scenario, NIST determined based on extensive independent research that redirecting and intercepting SMS messages has become too easy and can be operated at scale. This means an SMS second factor "doesn't have the strength of device authentication mechanisms inherent in the other authenticators allowable in NIST draft SP 800-63-3," Grassi said in his blog.
Therefore, Grassi said, SMS was being deprecated as an out-of-band authentication method. NIST describes an out-of-band authenticator "as a physical device that is uniquely addressable and can receive a verifier-selected secret for one-time use." Today, for most users that device is a phone.
Grassi explained the deprecation message is "a strong signal to agencies to look for alternative plans. Implement at your own risk because of the vulnerabilities we told you about and at any given time we can expressively disallow it. These are the guidelines."
There are other viable out-of-band authenticators still on NIST's 800-63-3 recommended list, including those that support FIDO Alliance strong authentication protocols, and Google Prompt.
The 800-63-3 guidelines are in a public discussion phase expected to end Sept. 17, and it will likely be early 2018 before they complete the government's comment and approval process.
T-Mobile reports another data breach, impacting 37 million customers
Singapore to tag unregistered SMS senders as 'likely scam'
Your Messenger app is about to get some major upgrades, including end-to-end message encryption


Unless you are going to steal money from someone, there's only one way to create new wealth for yourself.
That is, you have to come up with a new idea.
When I became a management consultant, I started creating different strategies that would help businesses accomplish their goals.
Over time, I came up with sixteen strategies, one of which was the "Ideation Strategy." Simply stated, an Ideation Strategy is implemented when one wants to create new revenue. Or, put another way, new ideas equal new wealth.
An extreme example of financial engineering takes place when financial groups, like the now famous private equity firm Bain Capital, conspire to buy companies in order to load them up with debt. This debt (borrowed money) is used to pay fees and dividends to these private equity groups. This results, not always, but enough to be alarming, in letting these purchased companies go bankrupt, but not before the Bains of the world have stripped them of all their value.
This scheme is called "wealth transfer." Bluntly stated, it is a transfer of wealth from the purchased company and its employees, to the private equity firm and its partners.
It results in a ballooning of wealth for the financiers, and a shrinkage of wealth for the company and the people the company employs. It also results in fewer jobs being created, and a quick build up of unpaid debt.
This kind of activity is not wealth creation, it is wealth transfer.
On the other hand, wealth creation occurs when a person comes up with an idea for a new product. Ideally, the person is not tied to any company or corporation.
Usually this person invests her own money to get the idea started. From here she goes out and tests the product with consumers. She then improves the product.
After a while, her sales increase, and she hires employees. At this point she probably creates a company, and secures a line of credit from her local bank. And finally, along the way, she creates a long term strategic plan.
Each month she pays her bills, and has something left over at the end of the month. That left over amount is called profit, or new money. It is wealth that would not have been there had she not come up with the idea. It is the truest kind of new wealth that is created. It is the kind of wealth that contributes most to the overall prosperity of a community.
In 1981, I created a very simple management tool to help executives work together to create plans for the future of their companies. Two years later, I had made enough money from selling that management tool to different companies, that I was able to leave my teaching job and start a small consulting firm. I hired another consultant to help out.
For the next six years our consulting business grew anywhere from 30% to 50% a year. Each month I paid my bills and made a monthly profit.
By 1992, I sold that company and retired for four years. In 1997, I started a new consulting firm, and with the money I made on the sale of my first company, I was able to invest in two additional start-up companies. The new companies, again, started out as ideas. Each of the three new companies is profitable, and has increased in value. In other words, each has created net new wealth.
At last count, the three new companies employ well over 100 people.
The first company is Hendrix Consulting; the second company was Hendrix Ventures, which my wife and I have since sold to one of our sons in law. He renamed it Hybrid Construction, and his idea is to build it into a construction company that builds homes using environmentally friendly green materials solely. And the third company is grënx, the creator of GreenTeaHP, an alternative beverage to soft drinks. Its strength lies in its flavors, and liberal amounts of antioxidants. My oldest son and I own 95% of the company. The idea for grënx came from my son.
All three were partially financed by money I had earned from the first company I started. Again each of these companies started out as an idea in the mind of the creator.
There is no long term debt with any of these companies, and they are all worth more than when they started out.
This is what I mean by new wealth. It's about companies that come into existence as a result of the birth of new ideas. It's the purest form of capitalism. It employs the best of capitalism at a philosophical, as well as financial, level.
Philosophically, capitalism starts out with the notion that the best wealth is that which comes from the personal interests and creativity of the individual. Financially, capitalism recognizes that capital is best utilized when invested in the ideas that emanate from the passions and zeal of the creator. This is especially the case when the idea creator starts out by using her own money to get the idea off the ground and running. Invested capital, at this point, grows faster than in any other kind of capital invested in any other way.
Of all the strategies I've created as a management consultant, the Ideation Strategy is the one I love most. In fact, it was the first strategy I came up with. It is the one with which I have had the most direct and long lasting relationship.
Upon the backs of the people, who come up with ideas and bring them into reality, is the wealth and greatness of America created.
But I may have created a problem for myself in describing the process in this way.
For example, I can imagine the founder of Bain Capital sitting at his desk and all of the sudden having this flash of insight. He figures out how he can make all this money by buying companies and stripping them of expenses, and borrowing money, using the company as collateral, to pay his fees and dividends. He also realizes that after he has done that, he no longer needs to worry whether or not the purchased company goes bankrupt.
He had an idea. He worked his idea. He made money with his idea. Under the description I gave of capitalism, he followed the rules, so why use him as an example of what wealth creation isn't?
Here is the difference. While idea creation may not always lead to new wealth creation, there is no new wealth creation without new ideas.
Ideating (coming up with your own ideas) is the single most efficient step in creating new wealth within a capitalist system. From the very moment an idea pops into your head, until the second you sell it, all that comes from it is new money, and you own it – rightfully so.


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Adebajo, Adekeye (2000) Nigeria: Africa's New Gendarme?, Security Dialogue 31(2): 185–199.
Ahrari, M. Ehsan (2000) Growing Strong: The Nuclear Genie in South Asia, Security Dialogue 30(4): 431–444.
Auerbach, Yehudit & Charles W. Greenbaum (2000) Assessing Leader Credibility during a Peace Process: Rabin's Private Polls, Journal of Peace Research 37(1): 31–50.
Auriat, Nadia & Noël Bonneuil (2000) Fifty Years of Ethnic Conflict and Cohesion: 1945-94, Journal of Peace Research 37(5): 563–581.
Ayres, R. William (2000) A World Flying Apart? Violent Nationalist Conflict and the End of Cold War, Journal of Peace Research 37(1): 105–117.
Bahgat, Gawdat (2000) Security in the Gulf: The View from Oman, Security Dialogue 30(4): 445–458.
Borawski, John (2000) Revisiting the Common European Home: A Rejoinder, Security Dialogue 31(1): 85–90.
Bothe, Michael (2000) Guidance in Recourses in Law Against Inhuman Behaviour in Conflicts, Security Dialogue 30(4): 503–504.
Boyer, Mark A. & Peter F. Trumbore (2000) International Crisis Decisionmaking as a Two-Level Process, Journal of Peace Research 37(6): 679–697.
Caprioli, Mary (2000) Gendered Conflict, Journal of Peace Research 37(1): 51–68.
Carey, Sabine C. (2000) A Global Analysis of the Effect of Political Regime Changes on Life Integrity Violations, 1977-93, Journal of Peace Research 37(2): 213–233.
Cha, Victor D. (2000) Globalization and the Study of International Security, Journal of Peace Research 37(3): 391–403.
Cohen, Ariel (2000) Failure of Ethnic Leaderships and Avenues of Conflict Resolution in the Caucasus, Security Dialogue 31(3): 380–382.
Coker, Christopher (2000) A Time To Kill: A Panorama of Wars, Ancient and Modern, Security Dialogue 31(3): 375–376.
Deans, Phil (2000) Contending Nationalisms and the Diaoyutai/Senkaku Dispute, Security Dialogue 31(1): 119–131.
DeRouen, Karl R. (2000) The Guns-Growth Relationship in Israel, Journal of Peace Research 37(1): 69–83.
Drifte, Reinhard (2000) US Impact on Japanese-Chinese Security Relations, Security Dialogue 31(4): 449–462.
Dunér, Bertil (2000) Cyprus: North Is North, and South Is South, Security Dialogue 30(4): 485–496.
Dungen, Peter van den (2000) Baudelaire, Among Others: A Guide to Peace, Conflict and Violence, Security Dialogue 31(2): 243–247.
Ellingsen, Tanja (2000) Colorful Community or Ethnic Witches' Brew? Multiethnicity and Domestic Conflict during and after the Cold War, Journal of Conflict Resolution 44(2): 228–249.
Enterline, Andrew J.; & Gleditsch, Kristian Skrede (2000) Threats, Opportunity, and Force: Leaders' Externalization of Domestic Pressure , International Interactions 26(1): 21–53.
Fairlie, Lyndelle D. (2000) Kaliningrad: New Dividing Lines in Europe, Security Dialogue 30(4): 507–509.
Føllesdal, Andreas (2000) The Future Soul of Europe: Nationalism or Just Patriotism? On David Miller's Defence of Nationality, Journal of Peace Research 37(4): 503–518.
Francis, David J. (2000) Torturous Path to Peace: The Lomé Accord and Postwar Peacebuilding in Sierra Leone, Security Dialogue 31(3): 357–373.
German, Tracey C. & David G. Lewis (2000) Russia Votes -- And Prepares to Vote Again, Security Dialogue 31(1): 137–140.
Gleditsch, Kristian Skrede; & Ward, Michael D. (2000) Peace and War in Time and Space: The Role of Democratization , International Studies Quarterly 43(1): 1–29.
Gow, James (2000) A Revolution in International Affairs?, Security Dialogue 31(3): 293–306.
Griffin, Michèle (2000) Where Angels Fear To Tread: Trends in International Intervention, Security Dialogue 31(4): 421–435.
Guan, Ang Cheng (2000) ASEAN, China and the South China Sea Dispute: A Rejoinder, Security Dialogue 30(4): 425–430.
Haddad, Simon & Hilal Khashan (2000) The Coupling of the Syrian-Lebanese Peace Talks: Beirut's Options, Security Dialogue 31(2): 201–214.
Hammerstad, Anne (2000) Whose Security? UNHCR, Refugee Protection and State Security After the Cold War, Security Dialogue 31(4): 391–403.
Hansen, Lene (2000) Past as Preface: Civilizational Politics and the 'Third' Balkan War, Journal of Peace Research 37(3): 345–362.
Hazan, Reuven Y. (2000) The Role of Intraparty Politics and Peacemaking in Democratic Societies: The Israel`s Labor Party and the Middle East Peace Process, 1992-96, Journal of Peace Research 37(3): 363–378.
Hegre, Håvard (2000) Development and the Liberal Peace. What Does It Take to be a Trading State?, Journal of Peace Research 37(1): 5–30.
Henderson, Errol A. & J. David Singer (2000) Civil War in the Post-Colonial World, 1946-92, Journal of Peace Research 37(3): 275–299.
Huntington, Samuel P. (2000) Try Again: A Reply to Russett, Oneal & Cox, Journal of Peace Research 37(5): 609–610.
Hwang, Jaeho (2000) North Korea's Arduous Trip: The North-South Summit Examined, Security Dialogue 31(4): 475–488.
Jackson, Richard (2000) Successful Negotiation in International Violent Conflict, Journal of Peace Research 37(3): 323–343.
Jakobsen, Peter Viggo (2000) Focus on the CNN Effect Misses the Point: The Real Media Impact on Conflict Management is Invisible and Indirect, Journal of Peace Research 37(2): 131–143.
Jakobsen, Peter Viggo (2000) Overload, Not Marginalization, Threatens UN Peacekeeping, Security Dialogue 31(2): 167–178.
Joseph, Joseph S. (2000) Could European Integration Bring Peace to the Eastern Mediterranean?, Security Dialogue 31(2): 253–255.
Jung, Dietrich & Wolfango Piccoli (2000) The Turkish-Israeli Alignment: Paranoia or Pragmatism?, Security Dialogue 31(1): 91–104.
Kay, Sean (2000) After Kosovo: NATO's Credibility Dilemma, Security Dialogue 31(1): 71–84.
Khan, Asif & Andrew Mack (2000) The Efficacy of UN Sanctions, Security Dialogue 31(3): 279–292.
Khripunov, Igor (2000) Russia's MINATOM Struggles for Survival: Implications for US-Russian Relations, Security Dialogue 31(1): 55–69.
Kostadinova, Tatiana (2000) East European Public Support for NATO Membership: Fears and Aspirations, Journal of Peace Research 37(2): 235–249.
Kraft, Herman Joseph S. (2000) The Autonomy Dilemma of Track Two Diplomacy in Southeast Asia, Security Dialogue 31(3): 343–356.
Kramer, Mark (2000) The Reverberations of NATO Enlargement in Russia, Security Dialogue 31(4): 505–508.
Lord, Christopher (2000) A Long Weekend in Prague, Security Dialogue 31(4): 508–510.
Lord, Christopher (2000) What Is the Economic Motivation Behind Europe's Wars?, Security Dialogue 31(2): 252–253.
Mackinlay, John (2000) Putting the Peacekeepers into Order, Security Dialogue 31(1): 133–134.
Malone, David M. (2000) Goodbye UNSCOM: A Sorry Tale in US-UN Relations, Security Dialogue 30(4): 393–411.
Maoz, Ifat (2000) An Experiment in Peace: Reconciliation-Aimed Workshops of Jewish-Israeli and Palestinian Youth, Journal of Peace Research 37(6): 721–736.
Maxwell, John W. & Rafael Reuveny (2000) Resource Scarcity and Conflict in Developing Countries, Journal of Peace Research 37(3): 301–322.
McEvoy, Siobhan (2000) Communities and Peace: Catholic Youth in Northern Ireland, Journal of Peace Research 37(1): 85–103.
Meernik, James (2000) Modeling International Crises and the Political Use of Military Force by the USA, Journal of Peace Research 37(5): 547–562.
Mihalka, Michael (2000) Enlargement Deferred: More Political Stability for Romania? A Rejoinder, Security Dialogue 30(4): 497–502.
Mønnesland, Svein (2000) Closing the Information Gap on Yugoslavia's Complex Struggle and Crises, Security Dialogue 30(4): 504–506.
Morphet, Sally (2000) China as a Permanent Member of the Security Council: October 1971--December 1999, Security Dialogue 31(2): 151–166.
Morris, Justin (2000) UN Security Council Reform: A Counsel for the 21st Century, Security Dialogue 31(3): 265–277.
Müftüler-Bac, Meltem (2000) Turkey's Role in the EU's Security and Foreign Policies, Security Dialogue 31(4): 489–502.
Odello, Marco (2000) Ethnic States and National Minorities After the Cold War, Security Dialogue 31(4): 503–504.
Olsson, Louise (2000) Mainstreaming Gender in Multidimensional Peacekeeping: A Field Perspective, International Peacekeeping 7(3).
Ozga, Deborah A. (2000) Back to Basics on the NPT Review Process, Security Dialogue 31(1): 41–54.
Pegg, Scott (2000) The Cost of Doing Business: Transnational Corporations and Domestic Violence in Nigeria, Security Dialogue 30(4): 473–484.
Popovski, Vesselin (2000) International Criminal Court: Necessary Steps Towards Global Justice, Security Dialogue 31(4): 405–419.
Popovski, Vesselin (2000) UN Security Council: Re-thinking Humanitarian Intervention and the Veto, Security Dialogue 31(2): 249–252.
Pugh, Michael (2000) Civil-Military Relations in the Kosovo Crisis: An Emerging Hegemony?, Security Dialogue 31(2): 229–242.
Rasler, Karen (2000) Shocks, Expectancy Revision, and the De-escalation of Protracted Conflicts: The Israeli-Palestinian Case, Journal of Peace Research 37(6): 699–720.
Reichberg, Gregory M. & Henrik Syse (2000) Ethics of War and Peace: An Introduction, Journal of Peace Research 37(4): 419–420.
Reitan, Elen Margit (2000) Serbia: Reflecting on the Bombing and Going On with Daily Life, Security Dialogue 31(3): 382–384.
Robinson, Piers (2000) The Policy-Media Interaction Model: Measuring Media Power During Humanitarian Crisis, Journal of Peace Research 37(5): 613–633.
Rohloff, Christoph & Frank R. Pfetsch (2000) KOSIMO: A Databank on Political Conflict, Journal of Peace Research 37(3): 379–389.
Roshandel, Jalil (2000) Iran's Foreign and Security Policies: How the Decisionmaking Process Evolved, Security Dialogue 31(1): 105–117.
Russett, Bruce M. & John R. Oneal (2000) A Response to Huntington, Journal of Peace Research 37(5): 611–612.
Russett, Bruce M.; Michaelene Cox & John R. Oneal (2000) Clash of Civilizations, or Realism and Liberalism Déjà Vu? Some Evidence, Journal of Peace Research 37(5): 583–608.
Schneider, Gerald & Jacob Bercovitch (2000) Who Mediates? The Political Economy of International Conflict Management, Journal of Peace Research 37(2): 145–165.
Semb, Anne Julie (2000) The New Practice of UN-Authorized Interventions: A Slippery Slope of Forcible Interference?, Journal of Peace Research 37(4): 469–488.
Simon, Marc V. & Curtis Peet (2000) Social Purpose and Militarized Disputes, Journal of Peace Research 37(6): 659–677.
Simonsen, Sven Gunnar (2000) Putin's Leadership Style: Ethnocentric Patriotism, Security Dialogue 31(3): 377–380.
Smith, Dan (2000) Ethical Uncertainties of Nationalism, Journal of Peace Research 37(4): 489–502.
Smith, Roy (2000) The Unwieldy Sword of Justice: Australia's Defence Review and Regional Security Issues, Security Dialogue 31(4): 463–474.
Solingen, Etel (2000) The Multilateral Aarab-Israaeli Negotiations:Genesis, Institutionalization, Pause, Future, Journal of Peace Research 37(2): 167–187.
Sollenberg, Margareta & Peter Wallensteen (2000) Armed Conflict, 1989-99, Journal of Peace Research 37(5): 635–649.
Spagnolo, Fabio; Martin Sola & Ron Smith (2000) The Prisoner's Dilemma and Regime-Switching in the Greek-Turkish Arms Race, Journal of Peace Research 37(6): 737–750.
Stepanova, Ekaterina (2000) Kosovo and Chechnya: Illogical Parallels, Security Dialogue 31(1): 135–137.
Str?th, Bo (2000) Continuity Rather Than Revolution: A Rejoinder, Security Dialogue 31(4): 443–448.
Syse, Henrik (2000) Augustinian History and the Road to Peace: Perspectives from Two Latter-Day Augustinians, Augustinian Studies 31(2): 225–239.
Syse, Henrik; & Reichberg, Gregory M. (2000) Protecting the Natural Environment in Wartime: Ethical Considerations from the Just War Tradition , Journal of Peace Research 37(4): 449–468.
Taylor, Eric R. (2000) Kosovo: Deciphering the Writing on the Wall for NATO's Credibility, Security Dialogue 30(4): 509–510.
Thakur, Ramesh (2000) Envisioning Nuclear Futures, Security Dialogue 31(1): 25–40.
Tønnesson, Stein (2000) China and the South China Sea: A Peace Proposal, Security Dialogue 31(3): 307–326.
Toset, Hans Petter Wollebæk; Nils Petter Gleditsch & Håvard Hegre (2000) Shared Rivers and Interstate Conflict, Political Geography 19(8): 971–996.
Tsang, Steve (2000) China and Taiwan: A Proposal for Peace, Security Dialogue 31(3): 327–336.
Tsang, Steve (2000) Japan's Role in the Asia Pacific: The Views from Greater China, Security Dialogue 30(4): 413–424.
Tunander, Ola (2000) A Criticism of Court Chroniclers, Cooperation and Conflict 35(4): 451–460.
van Ham, Peter (2000) Europe's Common Defense Policy: Implications for the Trans-Atlantic Relationship, Security Dialogue 31(2): 215–228.
Vanhanen, Tatu (2000) A New Dataset for Measuring Democracy, 1810-1998, Journal of Peace Research 37(2): 251–265.
Vetlesen, Arne Johan (2000) Genocide: A Case for the Responsibility of the Bystander, Journal of Peace Research 37(4): 519–532.
Waage, Hilde Henriksen (2000) How Norway Became One of Israel's Best Friends, Journal of Peace Research 37(2): 189–211.
Walker, Ronald (2000) What Is To Be Done About Nuclear Weapons? A Rejoinder, Security Dialogue 31(2): 179–184.
Wang, Qingxin Ken (2000) Japan's Balancing Act in the Taiwan Strait, Security Dialogue 31(3): 337–342.
Weiss, Thomas G. (2000) The Politics of Humanitarian Ideas, Security Dialogue 31(1): 11–23.
Woods, Katherine (2000) Life in Kiev in Winter and After the Elections, Security Dialogue 31(1): 140–141.
Zadka, Saul (2000) Israel's New Agenda: Relections on the 1999 Elections, Security Dialogue 30(4): 459–472.
Lumpe, Lora (2000) Running Guns. The Global Black Market in Small Arms. London: Zed Books.
Baev, Pavel K. (2000) Intervention and Sovereignty in the CIS Area, in Will World Peace Be Achievable in the 21st Century?. Seoul: (225–254).
Baev, Pavel K. (2000) Peace Operations and the Russian Federation, in Prague to Pretoria: Towards a Global Consensus on the Military Doctrine of Peace Support Operations. Prague & Pretoria: (79–86).
Baev, Pavel K. (2000) Russia in the Caucasus: Sovereignty, Intervention and Retreat, in The Russian Armed Forces at the Dawn on the Millennium. Carlisle Barracks, PA: (239–260).
Baev, Pavel K. (2000) Russian Policies and Non-Policies Toward Subregional Projects Around Its Borders, in Building Security in the New States of Eurasia. Armonk, NY & London: (119–148).
Baev, Pavel K. (2000) Selective Engagement and Permanent Crisis: Entering the Second Decade of NATO-Russia Relations, in What NATO for Canada?. Kingston: (37–52).
de Soysa, Indra (2000) The Resource Curse: Are Civil Wars Driven by Rapacity or Paucity?, in Berdal, Mats; & David Malone, eds, Greed and Grievance: Economic Agendas in Civil Wars. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers.
Frøystad, Kathinka (2000) Kaste: En bremsekloss for hindunasjonalismen? [Caste: A Brake Pad for Hindu Nationalism?], in Caste: a Brake Pad for Hindu Nationalism?. Oslo: (82–103).
Gleditsch, Nils Petter (2000) Armed Conflict and the Environment, in Environmental Conflict. Boulder, CO: (251–272).
Hauge, Wenche Iren & Tanja Ellingsen (2000) Causal Pathways to Conflict, in Environmental Conflict. Boulder, CO: (36–57).
Smith, Dan (2000) The Norm of Sovereignty in the Age of Intervention, in Will World Peace Be Achievable in the 21st Century?. Seoul: (185–224).
Smith, Dan (2000) Trends and Causes of Armed Conflicts, in The Berghof Handbook for Conflict Transformation. Berlin: .
Tunander, Ola (2000) The Informal NATO or NATO als Gemeinschaft - The Case of Sweden, in J. Peter Burgess, ed., European Security Identities - Contested Understandings of the EU and NATO. (81–101).
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Frøystad, Kathinka; Arild Engelsen Ruud; & Eldrid Mageli, eds, (2000) Nærbilder av India: Samfunn, Politikk og Utvikling (Close-ups of India: Society, Politics and Development). Oslo.
Hayashi, Nobuo (ed.) (2000) Multilateral Treaty-Making - The Current Status of Challenges to and Reforms Needed in the International Legislative Process. Leiden: Brill.
Mouhleb, Naima; Göran Lindgren; & Nils Petter Gleditsch, eds, (2000) Making Peace Pay. A Bibliography on Disarmament & Conversion. Claremont, CA: Regina Books. The new war/peace bibliography series.
Tryggestad, Torunn L.; Kari Karamé; Torunn L. Tryggestad; & Kari Karamé, eds, (2000) Gender Perspectives on Peace and Conflict Studies. Oslo: NUPI & PRIO.
Tunander, Ola; & J. Peter Burgess, eds, (2000) European Security Identities. Contested understandings of EU and NATO. Oslo. PRIO Report 2-2000.
Baev, Pavel K. (2000) Deadly Decision: The Russia-US Summit, The World Today 56(6): 9–11.
Simonsen, Sven Gunnar (2000) You Take Your Oath Only Once - Crimea, the Black Sea Fleet, and National Identity Among Russian Officers, Nationalities Papers 28(2): 289–316.
Syse, Henrik (2000) Ethics, Sovereignty, and Self-Defense: A Rejoinder, Security Dialogue 31(4): 437–442.
Baev, Pavel K. (2000) President Putin, Tsjetsjenia og atomvåpene [President Putin, Chechnya and Atomic Weapons], Tidens Tegn, 31 December.
Baev, Pavel K. (2000) Putin's Honeymoon Coming to an End, Johnson's Russia List, 17 February.
Baev, Pavel K. (2000) Putin's Honeymoon Coming to the End, Johnson's Russia List, 17 February.
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Millard, Ananda S.; & Kristian Berg Harpviken (2000) Reassessing the Impact of Humanitarian Mine Action. Illustrations from Mozambique, PRIO Report, 1. Oslo: PRIO.
Holte, Mats Ruge (2000) A Life After Threat : changing conceptions of security within the North Atlantic Alliance. MA thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Larsen, Jostein (2000) Conflicting Memories : how narratives in the TRC arena challenge relations between past and present in South Afric. MA thesis, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Oslo, Oslo.
Varvin, Hilde (2000) Memory of Silence: A Step towards Nationhood?. MA thesis, Institute for Sociology and Political Science, NTNU, Trondheim.
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Simonsen, Sven Gunnar (2000) Nationalism in the Russian political spectrum: Locating and evaluating the extremesOslo.
Waage, Hilde Henriksen (2000) Norwegians? Who needs Norwegians? Explaining the Oslo Back Channel: Norway's Political Past in the Middle EastOslo.
Wood, Brian; & Johan Peleman (2000) The Arms Fixers. Controlling the Brokers and Shipping Agents, NISAT/PRIO/BASIC Report. Oslo.
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1 Causeway Bay
(Hong Kong, China) $3,017 per sq. feet/year
($24,983 per Sq. Metre)
2 5th Avenue
(New York, USA ) $2,500 per sq. feet/year
3 Avenue des Champs-Élysées
(Paris, France) $1,601 per sq. feet/year
4 New Bond Street
(London, England) $1,047 per sq. feet/year
5 Ginza
(Tokyo, Japan) $984 per sq. feet/year
Tags: Business, Finance & Industry, Top 5 Most, China, The United States, France
Sources: Cushman & Wakefield Report: (2013), Cushman & Wakefield Report: (2013), "Main Streets Across the World". Please visit the source here
List Notes: Data is top 5 most expensive retail rents in the world. Data for retail rents relates to Cushman & Wakefield professionals' opinion (obtained by survey) of the rent obtainable on a standard unit and/or shopping centre in a prime pitch of 334 locations across 64 countries around the world. Services charges such as building insurance, local taxes and costs of repair payable by the tenant are not included.
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We've already seen a 10% pullback in U.S. stocks. Since 1950, that's happened 28 times. That turned into a 20% loss 9 times, and a 30% loss just 5 times (in 66 years). The odds are against a 20% loss – and if it happens, we're more than halfway there (13% off last summer's highs). Of course that doesn't mean it can't happen. But there are better ways to manage risk and protect capital than to sell when a decline is losing steam.
Rising markets usually need climb a "wall of worry" – and the proper concerns are now in place. While these indicators aren't absolute guarantees of a market rally, they do show us that we're probably closer to a short-term bottom than not. Which means now's the time to go shopping for contrarian income – and use the Opullback to load up on sizeable dividends that are safe (and preferably, likely to grow): over the last five years, Ventas (VTR) investors have been rewarded with quick double-digit returns. HCP (HCP) has exhibited the same "mirror image" between yield and price. You want to buy it when it's paying 6% or better. Same deal with Welltower (HCN) – it's a buy when it pays 5% or better.


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For us it is not an option to change the whole flash application into a HTML 5 application.

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There is VAST & VPAID support, but I've not used it.


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