Forex, or the foreign exchange market, is a market for trading currencies. The forex market is the largest market in terms of trading volume and determines the foreign exchange rate. Forex trading includes the buying, selling and exchanging of currencies for the currently determined prices, which are provided by forex brokers — the intermediaries that allow for the purchases of currency with additional transaction fees. Bitcoin forex trading is a new opportunity provided by some forex brokers that is gaining popularity among high-risk traders, due to the high volatility that provides the chance to gain a much larger profit than any fiat currency can provide. It is interesting to point out that — as Bitcoin has an uncertain legal status and is sometimes considered to be a good or asset and not a currency — forex trading with Bitcoin is in an unstable position. However, the inclusion of Bitcoin in the current forex market is a big step for the cryptocurrency industry.
MasterCard i VISA grupišu kripto i ICO brokere u novu kategoriju "visokog rizika", navode izvori.
CFTC tereti dvojicu optuženih za proneveru i lažno predstavljanje. kao i falsifikovanje dokumenata.
Provajder usluga deviznog poravnanja, CLS je u završnoj fazi testiranja svoje usluge blokčein sistema za bankarska plaćanja.


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Q: How to find value after specific/static string using regex(perl)? I'm still learning regex, and have a long ways to go so would appreciate help from any of you with more regex experience.  I'm working on a perl script to parse multiple log files, and parse for certain values.  In this case, I'm trying to get a list of user names.
Here's what my log file looks like:
  [date timestamp]UserName = Joe_Smith
  [date timestamp]IP Address = 10.10.10.10

..
Just testing, I've been able to pull it out using \UserName\s\=\s\w+, however I just want the actual UserName value, and not include the 'UserName =' part.  Ideally if I can get this to work, I should be able to apply the same logic for pulling out the IP Address etc, but just hoping to get list of Usernames for the moment.
Also, the usernames are always in the format above of Firstname_Lastname, so I believe \w+ should always get everything I need.
Appreciate any help!

A: You should capture the part of the matched string that you are interested in using parentheses in the regular expression.
If the match succeeds, then captures are available in the built-in variables $1, $2 etc, numbered in the order that their opening parenthesis appears in the regular expressions.
In this case you need only a single capture so you need look only at $1.
Beware that you should always check that a regex match succeeded before using the values in the capture variables, as they retain the values from the last successful match and a failed match doesn't reset them.
use strict;
use warnings;

my $str = '[date timestamp]UserName = Joe_Smith';

if ($str =~ /UserName = (\w+)/) {
  print $1, "\n";
}

output
Joe_Smith

A: Another way to do it:
my ($username) = $str =~ /UserName\s\=\s(\w+)/
    or warn "no username parsed from '$str'\n";

A: You should make the regex as \UserName\s\=\s(\w+)$ And after this the part in the bracket will be available in the variable $1. My perl is a bit rusty, so if it doesnt work right, look at http://www.troubleshooters.com/codecorn/littperl/perlreg.htm#StringSelections

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Mark Kriski Bio, Wiki, Age, Wife, Kids, KTLA 5, Net Worth, Salary and Net Worth
Mark Kriski Biography
Mark Kriski is an American Journalist working as the KTLA Morning News from Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. He was a fixture at Channel 5 for more than two decades.
Mark Kriski Age
Mark is 65 years old as of 2021. He was born on June 29, 1956, in Nova Scotia, Canada. He celebrates his birthday on June 29 every year.
Mark Kriski Height
Kriski stands at a height of 5 feet 8 inches tall.
Mark Kriski Family
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Mark Kriski Wife and Children
Kriski was first married to Samantha Lewis, who is currently a senior postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Davis Distinguished Professor Jodi Nunnari's laboratory. On 8 May 2004, they were married and has three children. He still has a good relationship with his son, Derek, who works as a lifeguard for the State Parks. Mark was delighted and he congratulated his son on his 2016 graduation.
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Reid, David, 1 results 1
Moirs Limited., 1 results 1
O'Brien Family, 1 results 1
Robinson, William R., 1 results 1
Davison, Charles, Captain, 1854-1938, 1 results 1
Seafood Producers Association., 1 results 1
Canadian Atlantic Salt Fish Exporters Association., 1 results 1
Atlantic Symphony Orchestra (Halifax, N.S.)., 1 results 1
McGregor, John, 1 results 1
Hughes, Ann, 1 results 1
Dalhousie University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences., 2 results 2
Dalhousie, George Ramsay, Earl of, 1770-1838, 2 results 2
MacLean, Donald, 1 results 1
McCully, Richard, 1 results 1
Atlantic Fishing Vessel Association., 1 results 1
Atlantic Fisheries By-Products Association., 1 results 1
Pictou (N.S. : County), 16 results 16
Pictou (N.S.), 14 results 14
Lunenburg (N.S. : County), 7 results 7
Colchester (N.S. : County), 4 results 4
Cape Breton (N.S. : County), 2 results 2
Nova Scotia--History, 83 results 83
Business records, 20 results 20
Merchants, 7 results 7
Business correspondence , 5 results 5
Manuscripts, 16 results 16
Minutes (Records), 11 results 11
Photographs, 11 results 11
Nova Scotia--History Only top-level descriptions
Notebooks of Bertha and Minna Liechti
MS-2-37, SF Box 15, Folder 3
File consists of three notebooks (ca. 1887-1894) of lecture notes on geography, advanced German, literature, and psychology. It also includes Mima Liechti's notebook (1866-1869) recording visits made and/or received and lists of members and a...
Liechti, Bertha E. Susanna, b. 1871
Correspondence and notes of Yvon LeBlanc regarding the design of Dalhousie University Arts Centre
File consists of correspondence and notes regarding the design of Dalhousie University Arts Centre.
LeBlanc, Yvon, 1918-
Land deed transfer from Isaac A. Grant to Duncan Murray
Item is a land deed between Isaac A. Grant and Duncan Murray in Pictou, Nova Scotia.
Murray, Duncan, fl. 1875
Papers of William A. Major on the Halifax Curling Club
File consists of a brief manuscript essay on Halifax Curling Club's history, the 1923 end-of-season report, and an excerpt from a published pamphlet called "Curliana Memorabilia."
Major, William Azor, 1860-1926
Poetry copybook of Colin Campbell
Item is a poetry copybook in which Colin Campbell and other family members and friends entered verses. Many are dated (1840-1842) and signed with place names, including those of Weymouth, Liverpool, and Horton.
Campbell, Colin, 1822-1881
Papers relating to the estate of James MacIntosh
File consists of an account statement and letter from the Pictou Probate Office dated 1842 relating to fees owed on the estate of James MacIntosh, who died in the 1820s.
MacIntosh, James, fl. 1800
Correspondence, invoice, and advertisement for the Wonder incandescent table lamp
File consists of correspondence, an invoice, and an advertisement for the United Factories Company's Wonder Lamp, purchased through mail order by C. Chipman in Pictou, Nova Scotia.
Chipman, C., fl. 1911
Logbook of the schooner Vincent A. White
Item is the logbook of the tern schooner Vincent A. White on voyages from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia to Glasgow, Scotland (June 26 to November 7, 1923) and Lunenburg to Havana, Cuba (February 14 to April 2, 1924).
Vincent A. White (schooner).
Address on Thomas McCulloch given by Harvey Veniot on the opening of Pictou Academy's new auditorium and gymnasium
Item is an address on Thomas McCulloch's work as an educator given by Harvey Veniot on the opening of Pictou Academy's new auditorium and gymnasium on September 15, 1961.
Veniot, Harvey Alfred, Hon., 1915-2009
Joseph Simpson Harris fonds
MS-2-147, SF Box 25, Folders 4-5 ; SF Box 26 ; SF Box 39, Folder 6
Fonds comprises writs of execution, auction registers, papers regarding the barque Redento (1895), and correspondence (primarily postcards) reflecting Harris's work as High Sheriff for Pictou County.
Harris, Joseph Simpson
Personal archives of Alexander and John D. Cameron
File contains papers relating to the appointment as Postmaster of Alexander Cameron and John D. Cameron and two letters to Misses Sara and Jessie Cameron.
Cameron, Alexander, fl. 1851-1896
Daily diary of Edward D.T. Davison, Jr.
Item is a daily diary (January-May 1902) which contains notes on subjects such as work meetings, travel, weather, oxen, and mishaps.
Davison, Edward, D.T., 1845-
A tribute of sympathy and affection written to Mrs. James Harris on the death of her husband
Item is a tribute of sympathy and affection written by officials at Halifax's Charles Street Church to Mrs. James Harris on the death of her husband in 1902.
Harris, Eliza, 1850-1921
Norman J. Ritchie fonds
Fonds comprises a signed typescript of "The Story of Robb's" and twenty-four pages of notes and correspondence regarding the project.
Ritchie, Norman John, 1896-1976
Letter from Augusta E. Wolfe to her sister
Item is a letter from Augusta Wolfe to her sister about domestic matters.
Wolfe, Augusta E., 1850-1939
Manuscript of "The Early Scotch Settlers of Cape Breton" by M.D. Morrison
Item is a manuscript of an unpublished article titled "The Early Scotch Settlers of Cape Breton" written for presentation to the "Literary branch of the Guild" in Dominion, Nova Scotia. Attached is a letter written by Morrison ...
Morrison, Murdoch Daniel, Dr., 1868-1946
Deeds for sale of lands in Pictou County to John Ives Meagher
File contains two indentures evidencing the sale of lands in Pictou County. The first indenture (dated 1875) records a land sale from Robert Moran to John Ives Meagher. The second indenture (dated 1876) records a sale from Alexander and Sarah A. M...
Meagher, John Ives, fl. 1875-1876
Letter to William Henry Harris from John Crevar, Liverpool, Nova Scotia
Item is a letter from John Crevar to William Henry Harris, dated March 15, 1864, regarding escorting "Miss Maggie" (probably Harris' young daughter, Margaret) on her journey home.
Harris, William Henry, 1805-1883
William Henry Harris fonds
MS-2-149, SF Box 25, Folders 2-3
Fonds comprises correspondence (primarily postcards) relating to Harris's positions as High Sheriff and chief returning officer.
Receipt to John Michie for £5992.19 interest or share in the capital or joint stock of consolidated four per cent annuities charged on the sinking fund
Item is one 1763 receipt to John Michie for £5992.19 interest or share in the capital or joint stock of consolidated four per cent annuities charged on the sinking fund.
Michie, John, fl. 1763
Letters from Alfred Austin to Stephen Tobin
File consists of four letters from Alfred Austin to Stephen Tobin. Austin was Tobin's schoolmate at Stonyhurst College from 1849-1852 and later served as Poet Laureate of England (1896-1913).
Austin, Alfred
William Young fonds
Fonds consists of a book of literary quotations, a letter from Sir William Young to Judge Thompson and S.L. Shannon, a draft of a speech regarding Dalhousie College, a letter from William Young to his parents, and a letter to Charles Young from Wi...
Young, William, Sir
Letters to John Young from his son, William Young
File consists of one handwritten letter (1833) to John Young from his son and business agent, William Young, and a transcription of an earlier letter (1815) from William.
Young, John, 1773-1837
Archibald Woodbury McLelan fonds
MS-2-87, SF Box 18, Folders 32-33
Fonds comprises business correspondence, bills of lading, receipts, and miscellaneous papers connected to McLelan's shipping business.
McLelan, Archibald Woodbury, 1824-1890
Business correspondence of John M. Blaikie
File consists of correspondence regarding Blaikie's mercantile and shipbuilding businesses.
Blaikie, John M., 1837-1929
Business correspondence and balance sheet of Captain Alfred Gould
File consists of business and professional correspondence from various writers, including Captain Stewart Gould (some photocopies). There is also a balance sheet (ca. 1881-1888) showing loans, payments, and ships' earnings.
Gould, Alfred, Captain, 1841-1896
Letter to A.M. Uniacke from John Inglis, third bishop of Nova Scotia
Item is a letter (1847) from Reverend John Inglis to A.M. Uniacke regarding a Mr. Botsford Viets' letter of application for an excise appointment.
Uniacke, A.M., 1808-1895
Jonathan Borden Marsh fonds
Fonds consists of Marsh's account book with the barque Vibilia and her owners (1869-1882) as well as pilot and customs papers. Also included is a charter contract for the Ellerslie (1886).
Marsh, Jonathan Borden, Captain, 1841-1934
Letter from Lord Dalhousie to W. Smith
Item is a letter (1823) from Lord Dalhousie to W. Smith, requesting that two barrels of Pictou oatmeal be shipped to Quebec on the next available vessel as a sample of Smith's produce.
Smith, W., fl. 1823
Manuscript of Mary Herbert's unpublished novel Lucy Cameron and a transcription by Pilar Cuder
[185-?-19-?]
File consists of one handwritten manuscript of the unpublished novel Lucy Cameron and a transcription completed by Pilar Cuder.
Herbert, Mary E., 1829-1872
Correspondence of Daniel C. Harvey
File consists of correspondence to Harvey from Dr. A. MacMechan and his wife, a recommendation letter from MacMechan to Edwin Laftus, and a letter from George W. Robinson to Dr. MacMechan.
Harvey, Daniel Cobb, Dr.
Fonds consists of handwritten and printed sermons and lectures and an open letter to the Chancellor of the University of Halifax (1877). It also includes a convocation address (1870) and the order of service for Macdonald's funeral (1901).
Macdonald, Charles
Canadian Atlantic Salt Fish Exporters Association fonds
Fonds consists of correspondence and administrative, financial, and salt fish records that document the Association's operations.
Canadian Atlantic Salt Fish Exporters Association.
Deed of confirmation from Sophia Catherine Brehm to Mary Jane Aitkin
Item is a deed of confirmation of land transfer from Sophia C. Brehm to Mary J. Aitkin of Pictou, Nova Scotia dated August 27, 1857.
Aitkin, Mary Jane
Hid treasure, or the labours of a deacon, and other poems : [manuscript]
[before 1892]
Item is a manuscript of "Hid Treasure, or The Labours of a Deacon and Other Poems" dated April 29, 1919, which is possibly when the pages were taped into the bound scrapbook with the title embossed on the spine. A contents page lists bot...
Fenerty, Charles, 1821-1892
Institute of Public Affairs fonds
UA-26
Fonds consists of textual records created and accumulated by various groups and organizations within the Institute of Public Affairs.. Records include articles, correspondence, minutes, memos, newspaper and magazine clippings, interviews, field no...
Dalhousie University. Institute of Public Affairs
John F. Graham fonds
Fonds consists of material created and collected by John F. Graham during his career as a professor at Dalhousie University, as well as some material prior to this time. Types of records include correspondence, meeting minutes, notes, manuscripts ...
Graham, John F.
Samuel George William Archibald fonds
Fonds consists of two notes from Lord Dalhousie, two letters (one photocopy) from Agricola (John Young), and one note regarding a property deed.
Archibald, Samuel George William, 1777-1846
Thomas McCulloch collection
Collection contains both original records and reproductions of materials related to Reverend Thomas McCulloch. Items include a glass plate etching of McCulloch, microfilm copies of his books, a sample of his shorthand, a ticket to a lecture given ...
McCulloch, Thomas, 1776-1843
Wreck of the S.S. Atlantic : evidence given at the trial, Halifax, April 5-8, 1873
Item is an account of evidence given at the trial of the wreck of S.S. Atlantic. The trial took place in Halifax, Nova Scotia from April 5-8, 1873. Evidence was given by the members of the crew.
O'Brien Family fonds
The fonds consists predominantly of correspondence and vessel papers. The fonds also contains records that document the family's business activity, particularly that of Joseph O'Brien.
O'Brien Family
Minute book of the Sons of Temperance, Columbia Division No. 24
Item is the division's minute book from 1848 to 1862, which include a letter dated 1864 regarding a charge against Jasper Journeay for violating the Sons of Temperance constitution.
Sons of Temperance, Columbia Division No. 24.
Fonds consists of patient records, manuscripts, lecture notes, course material, correspondence, published articles, speeches, photographs, subject files, and papers of various professional associations, all created or collected by Dr. Jones during...
Jones, Robert Orville
Atlantic Symphony Orchestra fonds
Fonds consists of records pertaining to the administrative, operational, financial, and artistic activities of the ASO. Included are materials documenting the Board of Directors, box office operations (including ticket sales), financial affairs, f...
Atlantic Symphony Orchestra (Halifax, N.S.).
Seafood Producers Association of Nova Scotia fonds
Fonds consists of correspondence, notes, briefs and reports, meeting minutes, financial records, circulars, photographs, and other records relating to the fishing and fish processing industry in Atlantic Canada and government regulations of the fi...
Seafood Producers Association.


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E85 Goo, How To Say Goo Bye To It!!
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Norm Coleman
UPDATED: GOP candidates free of Coleman shadow
ST. PAUL -- Norm Coleman joked that he is "free at last, free at last" Monday, hours after he opted out of the Minnesota governor's race. Other...
news/government-and-politicsJanuary 19, 2010 - 8:26am
Officials look ahead to election law changes
Minnesota election experts say the state's election law is among the best in the county, but the protracted U.S. Senate race proves it can be...
newsJuly 10, 2009 - 2:04pm
GOP chair takes on Franken
ST. PAUL - Minnesota's new Republican chairman used his first day on the job to come out swinging against Sen.-elect Al Franken. Shortly after Democrat Franken's supporters rallied at the Capitol Wednesday, Tony Sutton accused Democrats of fixing Franken's election against Republican...
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ILR Collection
ILR Articles and Chapters
Alternative Approaches to Interest Arbitration: Lessons from New York City
Lipsky112_Alternative_approaches_to_interest_arbitration.pdf (280.3Kb)
Faculty Publications - Labor Relations, Law, and History
Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution
Lipsky, David B.; Katz, Harry C.
Scholars have not taken adequate account of variation in the interest arbitration process in their research on the effects of interest arbitration on bargaining outcomes. There are two fundamental approaches to interest arbitration, which they term the "judicial prototype" and the "negotiation prototype." The recent cases involving the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association (PBA) of New York City and the city of New York illustrate the differences in these two approaches. There is a relationship between the arbitration prototype and the bargaining power of the parties. A party with greater bargaining power should prefer the negotiation prototype in interest arbitration. The New York City police cases—especially the effects of the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001—are analyzed to determine whether changes in the parties' bargaining power affected their approach to interest arbitration
interest arbitration; judicial prototype; negotiation prototype; bargaining power; Patrolmen's Benevolent Association; New York City
Required Publisher Statement: © SAGE. Reprinted with permission. All rights reserved. Final version published as: Lipsky, D. B., & Katz, H. C. (2006). Alternative approaches to interest arbitration: Lessons from New York City. Public Personnel Management, 35(4), 265-281.


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Music for Compline
Now re-released at budget price to mark the group's tenth anniversary, Stile Antico's debut recording met with universal acclaim, winning the Diapason d'or de l'année, Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik, CHOC du Monde de la Musique, and receiving a Grammy® nomination. It reached #2 in the US Billboard Classical Chart, #1 in the Amazon Classical Bestsellers list, and was chosen as one of Amazon's discs of the year. Serene music, written for the final monastic service of the day, by the great English Tudor masters.
The re-released disc includes the original programme notes, but not the texts and translations of the music sung; those requiring these can download them here.
We regret that this recording is no longer available as a physical purchase. It can still be purchased as a download from popular online retailers.
Recorded: April, 2006
Catalogue Number: HMX2907419
Absolutely ravishing performances by Stile Antico, among the most promising vocal groups to come along in the last 20 years.
Choc du Monde de la Musique, February 2007
Classics Today 10/10, January 2007
Diapason d'or de l'année, 2007
GRAMMY Nominee, Best Small Ensemble Performance, 2008
Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik, II/2007
Absolutely ravishing performances by Stile Antico… among the most promising vocal groups to come along in the last 20 years… This is an extraordinary recording: In its debut on Harmonia Mundi Stile Antico has given choral music lovers everywhere a reason to celebrate what looks like the beginning of another beautiful relationship!
David Vernier, Classics Today (1 May, 2007)
Debut recordings rarely come as impressive as this… Stile Antico have a future as bright as their pure and crystalline soprano sound.
Elizabeth Roche, The Daily Telegraph (3 March, 2007)
This is superb singing that's also blessed – I mean that literally – with profound delicacy and reverence. You sense the group is singing for its own spiritual good, with a combination of relaxed, introspective tempos and inner conviction.
David Patrick Stearns, The Philadelphia Inquirer (11 February, 2007)
With a magnificent tonal palette and bold choices of dynamics, the interpretation is remarkably cohesive and inventive… At the close of this rich office, the spell is such that we are convinced, in the words of Baudelaire, the twilight poet par excellence, that "the world falls asleep in a warm light".
David Fiala, Diapason (February 2007)
These polyphonic settings, true "songs of the night", glow with a mystical radiance, whose most poetic nuances are captured by the young vocal ensemble Stile Antico… One is struck by the maturity and acute sensitivity of this interpretation… Stile Antico demonstrate a joy in their singing which is literally euphoric.
Marc Desmet, Monde de la Musique (February 2007)
This is superb choral singing that stands out from the crowd of recordings of unaccompanied English music of the sixteenth century.
James Manheim, AllMusic
GATENS, American Record Guide (May 2007)
One of those alchemic discs with a total greater than the sum of its parts… This is as near-perfect a recording as you will find of this repertoire, and one that sounds as fresh as the Tallis Scholars did 25 years ago.
Choir and Organ (April 2007)
Early Music America (Summer 2007)
Clifford Bartlett, Early Music Review (February, 2007)
Stile Antico is relatively new British ensemble on the scene that sings with marvelous understanding and sympathy… their blend and tonal luster is near perfection, and this album, with its glorious cathedral-like surround sound is a perfect foundation recording for music of the pre-reformation English church.
Steven Ritter, Audiophile Audition (31 January, 2007)
The singing is amazing… Stile Antico creates an intensity of forward musical motion that is breath-taking… a virtual manual on how to sing music from this era.
James L. Queen, American Choral Journal (May 2007)
The singing is simply extraordinary… surely one of the best early music recordings of the year. It will certainly have pride of place on many a shelf.
Steven Plank, Opera Today (19 September, 2007)
On its first recording for Harmonia Mundi, the young British vocal ensemble Stile Antico reaches the very highest level. Their performance achieves a perfect balance between polyphonic clarity and sense of colour. Breathing as one, the members of Stile Antico give an ideal luminosity to their singing… Indispensable.
Jean-Jacques Millo, Opus Haute Définition (30 January, 2007)
This is a beautiful disc, rendered with dignity, purity, and understanding.
Jay Nordlinger, New York Sun (16 January, 2007)
The members of Stile Antico demonstrate the immaculate ensemble work and balance of better-known groups — remarkably, since they sing without a conductor — but their sound is richer and more deeply hued.
David Weininger, The Boston Globe (16 March, 2007)
The singing is staggeringly beautiful, the balance meticulous.
SP, The Sunday Times (18 February, 2007)
Sheppard: Libera nos I & II
Plainsong: Salva Nos Domine
Byrd: Christe, qui lux es et dies
Sheppard: In pace in idipsum
Tallis: In manus tuas
Sheppard: Jesu, salvator saeculi, verbum
Sheppard: In manus tuas I
Sheppard: In manus tuas II & III
Plainsong: Miserere mihi, Domine
Tallis: Miserere nostri, Domine
Byrd: Miserere mihi, Domine
White: Christe, qui lux es et dies
Plainsong: Veni, Domine
Byrd: Nunc dimittis
Tallis: Te lucis ante terminum
Aston: Gaude, virgo mater Christi


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Darkseid Invasion. From gamespot.com
Redemption is a trope we are familiar with from comics and movies alike. The thrill of seeing Darth Vader return to the light side in Star Wars: Episode VI has stayed with fans for decades. 2021 is vying for redemption with the Snyder Cut of Justice League and James Gunn's Suicide Squad. Justice League and David Ayer's Suicide Squad quickly crushed DC's plans to create a rival to the Marvel Cinematic Universe after their release. DC had to move forward while having all of their future projects tainted by their past. It sounds like a great setup for a redemption story to me.
Uxas from Snyder Cut. From thedad.com
Moviegoers are no strangers to director's cut which releases the director's true vision for their movie. One of the most infamous director's cuts has been the Snyder Cut for Justice League. After years of fans and actors asking for Zack Snyder's version of Justice League, DC announced an HBO Max exclusive of the Snyder Cut.
In the time since, we've seen released photos that show popular characters and great tagline fueling the hype over this movie. If this a success, then DC could release more director's cuts like the Ayer cut of 2016's Suicide Squad which immediately started trending after the Snyder Cut announcement. We could also see future stories include Ben Affleck's Batman or Henry Cavill's Superman even though, for a time, it appeared DC was moving on from this version of these characters.
We could see DC embrace a multiverse in their movies just like they do with their comics. If the movie fails then it will be another stain on DC's reputation, further proof for the fans that DC doesn't know what they are doing and to write them off as a studio.
Suicide Squad. From geekytyrant.com
Suicide Squad, as a reboot, is a different form of redemption from the Snyder Cut. For this movie, they decided to start fresh with a new director who is known for bold vision in the form of James Gunn. This move was more in line with what everyone expected with DC starting over from scratch with their franchises. The direction DC is taking was further confirmed when they announced a new Batman movie with a new actor set in a different universe than Ben Affleck.
So far, it appears that James Gunn's Suicide Squad will have everything that makes the franchise great from an R-rating to a high death count for the characters who make up Task Force X. In a year marked by DC's return to Justice League, we are seeing their attempt to truly move forward as well through Suicide Squad. If they're able to learn from their mistakes of the past with a mixed tone, unearned moments, and a poor villain then this movie could push the reset for fans of the Suicide Squad as a franchise.
2021 has the potential to help DC gain trust from their fans, new and old, that they can learn from the past to build the future. They aren't going to become the MCU and I think they realize now they have to find their own path forward. These remakes could help DC to take the good from their past and help it build their future, whatever that may look like to them. I'm optimistic about the Snyder Cut and James Gunn's Suicide Squad, but it's a scary time for a DC Comics fan to have hope about their movies.
Are you excited about these two movies? Let us know in the comments!
In this article:Ben Affleck, David Ayer, DC Comics, Henry Cavill, Justice League, Snyder Cut, Suicide Squad, Zack Snyder


Vauxhall-Opel Astra Coupe Turbo -  Performance Figures, Specs and Technical Information.
Vauxhall-Opel Astra Engine & Transmission | Figures & Specs.
Vauxhall-Opel Astra Engine: The Coupe version of the Astra model has a 1998 cc (121.9 ci) 16 valve St4 Turbo Petrol engine.
Vauxhall-Opel Astra Transmission: This particular Vauxhall-Opel Astra Coupe Turbo has a 5 speed/ Manual gearbox with the power being delivered through it's FWD system.
Vauxhall-Opel Astra Power & Torque | Figures & Specs.
Vauxhall-Opel Astra Power: The Astra's 1998 cc (121.9 ci) engine reaches its peak power of 190 bhp (141 kW) @ 5400 rpm.
Vauxhall-Opel Astra Torque: The Vauxhall-Opel Astra produces torque measuring 184 lb-ft (257.6 Nm) @ 1950 rpm.
Vauxhall-Opel Astra Power to Weight: The Astra weighs around 1345 kg (2965 lb). Power to weight can be calculated at 141.2 bhp per metric ton or alternatively as 136.8 lb-ft of torque per ton.
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Vauxhall-Opel Astra Acceleration: This Astra accelerates 0-60mph (96.6 kph) in 7.2 seconds or 0-100kph in 7.4 and can achieve an estimated 1/4 mile drag time in 15.42 seconds with a trap speed of 88.7 mph.


"Storie di Lugana", the three-monthly newsletter with news, updates and events from Montonale world, debuts. In the first issue: walking around the vineyards, the last international prizes, the events "Montonale on the road" and the first tasty food and wine pairing, thought and tasted for our winelovers.
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Craif Elevitch announces that the new pandanus profile is now posted on the project web site at http://www.traditionaltree.org.
Illegal logging and corruption in Papua New Guinea are destroying the largest remaining tract of primary tropical forest in the Asia-Pacific region, an environmental watchdog warned.
Malaysian interests dominated the multi-million dollar logging industry while much of the timber was processed in China for consumption in Europe and North America, Washington-based Forest Trends reported Tuesday.
Working conditions were described as "modern-day slavery," while forests were effectively being "logged out," the international non-profit organisation said in its report "Logging, Legality and Livelihoods in Papua New Guinea".
The report summarises findings from five independent reviews of the timber harvesting industry conducted since 2000 for the PNG government and the World Bank.
The government of the half-island state off the northern tip of Australia received 30 million dollars in cash revenues from logging annually and official inspections at export only ensured export taxes were paid, the report said.
"Thus, official export documentation merely launders the unlawful timber into legitimately-produced exports accepted by governments and retailers worldwide," it said.
PNG's forest industry is mainly focused on harvesting natural forest areas for round log exports, with little plantation production and a limited number of processing facilities.
"The sector is dominated by Malaysian-owned interests and the primary markets for raw logs are in China, Japan and Korea," the report said. "Many of the logs are processed in China for consumption in Europe and North America."
Corruption was an underlying theme in the independent reviews, it said.
"Corruption has a devastating effect on the living standards in the area as well as the long-term benefits for landowners," said Kerstin Canby, Forest Trend's program manager for finance and trade.
The government needed to support operations which were beneficial to both local landowners and the country or "risks having the international community boycott all of PNG's exports," he said.
The report was released on the day environmental group Greenpeace launched an initiative to establish a "global forest rescue station" in a remote part of PNG to support tribal rights against the logging industry.
Greenpeace volunteers from around the world would live and work alongside local landowners and eco-forestry trainers at the station at Lake Murray in Western Province, the group said in a statement.
They would help three Lake Murray tribes establish their rights over approximately 300,000 hectares (740,000 acres) of tribal territories by identifying, marking out and mapping their boundaries.
"We want to say no to loggers who come in and destroy everything," Kuni clan leader Sep Galeva was quoted as saying.
"We want to do small scale logging by the landowners in a way that is sustainable and environment friendly."
Less than one percent of forests in Papua New Guinea had any form of protection and more than a quarter of a million hectares of primary forest were lost each year, Greenpeace said.
A new CD-ROM intended as a teaching material resource has just been produced by Teaching-aids At Low Cost, a United Kingdom-based group, with financial support by UNICEF. It is exciting that among the many materials presented from around the world there are also some from the Pacific, including those from the Secretariat of the Pacific Community Lifestyle Health Section and the Island Food Community of Pohnpei. These include SPC's new health/nutrition Fact Sheets, the Pohnpei Bananas poster and booklet, and the Kiribati pandanus poster. Each item (mostly produced between the year 2000 and 2005) is presented with a short explanation about its use. All contributors are listed with their contact details.
Ann Burgess, a nutrition consultant, who worked intensively on this project, commented that the colorful photographs of Micronesian bananas and pandanus added a lot of color to the CD. At this time 5000 copies are being produced. For distribution, the priority is to get copies to target users (health practitioners and development workers in developing countries and their trainers who have limited access to nutrition materials). A few copies are now being provided to SPC and the Island Food Community of Pohnpei.
To request a copy of the CD, please contact TALC at info@talcuk.org. You need to send your name, affiliation/organisation, full postal and email address, and the reason why you want the CD. As funds are limited, TALC may ask you to pay a delivery charge, especially if you want multiple copies. More details of the CD will be posted on the TALC website http://www.talcuk.org/, which also gives information on other TALC nutrition-related education materials.
The picture shows Lois with the CD and one of the resources it contains, the Pohnpei bananas poster.
Lucid is a software developed by the Centre for Biological Information Technology for making interactive identification keys. It can be used to distinguish species, disease symptoms or, as in this website maintained by the Bishop Museum, varieties of a crop, taro in Hawaii in this case. PACINET, the Pacific Taxonomy Network, has just finished running a workshop on Lucid which included a couple of PGR people, from Fiji and PNG. Maybe we can have similar keys for Pacific Island Countries in the future.
I think I missed this report on an important FAO meeting when it first came out in November.
Threatened by the turbulence of globalization and the uncertainties of climate change, Small Island Developing States (SIDS) have been for decades struggling against the odds to develop their economies and improve the diets, health and livelihoods of their people.
FAO convened a Special Ministerial Conference in Rome 18 November 2005 in support of the 38 countries that make up the Small Island Developing States and Low-Lying Coastal Countries, some of the world's most vulnerable nations. The Conference was called to explore how agriculture, forestry and fisheries can be better integrated into SIDS economies to improve the nutrition and food security needs of islanders and to provide better employment opportunities.
The threat to SIDS from environmental changes, hurricanes, cyclones and typhoons is widely known, especially following the December 2004 tsunami, which struck several SIDS countries. However, these small islands also face many other lesser known, but no less serious challenges to the health and livelihood of their people and economies.
In a background document prepared for the Conference, FAO lists eight specific vulnerabilities that SIDS countries share. For example, they are all vulnerable to their environmental situations because of their narrow natural resource bases. Their remoteness and propensity for climatic disasters limit the options SIDS have to address their natural and man-made hazards and their ability to diversify their economic activities. SIDS small national economies make them more reliant on trade and, thus, especially susceptible to external shocks.
According to the background document, SIDS have very diverse economies and levels of development, with some depending on agriculture, forestry and fisheries and others relying primarily on sectors such as tourism for their food security. Instability in agricultural production and exports and increasing dependence on food imports by SIDS has led to vulnerabilities caused by events that are often outside their control.
As an important means towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals, FAO has been assisting SIDS since the Barbados Programme of Action in 1994 (see related story, "From Earth Summit to Rome Ministerial Conference"), helping to increase food security by improving the efficiency of their food production systems. Recently the focus of FAO assistance has shifted to integrating sustainable food security policies and programmes within the national poverty reduction strategies of SIDS in recognition of the important role that agriculture, including forestry and fisheries, plays in an effective strategy for economic growth. Soundly managed agriculture, forestry and fisheries increase the self-reliance of island people and also protect the environment.
Improved agricultural diversity and better farming practices not only improve islanders' food security, but it will reduce the ravages these countries face when struck by natural disasters like hurricanes, cyclones and typhoons. Diversified agricultural production systems, effective fisheries management and planting hurricane-tolerant crops, together with good forestry practices would all combine to improve the lives of islanders.
While land resources on small islands are small, the islands often govern limited tracts of ocean. The FAO project, Responsible Fisheries for Small Island Developing Countries, focuses on the implementation of the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries, to help SIDS strengthen the capacity of fisheries administrations in order to promote and facilitate responsible fisheries in support of social and economic development.
Ministers of Agriculture of Pacific and Caribbean SIDS and Caribbean Community Heads of Government earlier this year endorsed two concept notes supporting the expansion of FAO's Regional Programme for Food Security (RPFS) in the Caribbean and Pacific. The expanded programmes will address development constraints in the rural sector through investments in rehabilitation and construction of rural infrastructure such as water management, rural transportation, crop storage and processing. The programmes will also provide policy and technical assistance that addresses limitations in market access to food as well as disaster preparedness, management and mitigation.
Scaling up RPFS will engage a broad range of ministries, civil society, private sector organizations and the donor community in activities to build synergies with other initiatives and ensure coherence with existing strategies such as national development frameworks, poverty reduction strategies and ongoing activities aimed at achieving the Millennium Development Goal targets.
Progress made in the preparation of National Medium-Term Investment Programmes, the formulation of a portfolio of Bankable Investment Project Profiles and the implementation process for scaling up the RPFS will be presented to SIDS during the Special Ministerial Conference.
Faced with threats on a number of fronts, SIDS are racing against time when it comes to economic and social development. To achieve economic resilience they will need to develop agro-enterprise and value-added commodity chains as well as exploit organic and fair-trade agriculture, linking agriculture with tourism. Social resilience issues that call out for attention are land tenure security, traditional food systems and sustainable livelihoods as well as nutritional security. And finally, environmental resilience demands the development of responsible fisheries, sustainable forest management and adaptation to climate change through disaster risk management.
Food security and the environment could be improved in many SIDS by reinvigorating some traditional indigenous food systems, which have proved to be effective in mitigating disasters caused by the more risky farming methods of the late 20th century. Small-scale traditional systems, including artisanal fisheries and non-grain starchy staples continue to hold the promise of better diets and less environmental damage. The erosion of traditional cropping systems and secure land rights have contributed to increasing poverty, malnutrition and unsustainable urbanization.According to FAO, the contribution of small-scale enterprises to national development and poverty reduction needs to be increased by allocating more resources in their support. Applying FAO guidelines for increasing the contribution of small-scale fisheries to poverty alleviation and food security could help build fishing capacity, while upgrading local skills and traditional knowledge with modern scientific guidance can offer cost-effective solutions for renewing traditional food systems.If SIDS can meet these challenges, with assistance from the international community, their people can look forward to a healthier life with more economic opportunities and less disruption from natural disasters. The international community has much to gain from helping to preserve these island states and the ecosystems that support them.
Lois eating Italian traditional food?
I am happy to share with you that I am back from the global Nutrition Stakeholders Meeting on Biodiversity and Food and Nutrition, held in Rome, Italy, at the headquarters of the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI).
It was an inspiring and productive meeting and gave me new ideas on how we can promote our own local island foods.
Then another person said: "I read the Micronesian paper (submitted for the meeting) and I am so interested in the taro!" She explained that in her country they also have a type of taro, but that the varieties have not yet been assessed for their nutrient content. She was very interested that there are Micronesian giant swamp taro varieties rich in carotenoids and minerals (including iron and zinc).
Another person had heard of the Mand project (in collaboration with CINE) and was interested in hearing more about it. I explained what Kiped Albert of Mand had told me right before I left for Rome…that they had had a traditional leaders meeting and that people are now starting to plant more foods. He said that the new GO LOCAL billboard in Mand played a role in that. One farmer said that it had given him the inspiration to plant as his land is so close to the sign.
In my next email I will give some more news about the meeting and its outcomes.
Also I would like to here thank the meeting organizers and IPGRI, especially Emile Frison for his invitation and Annie Huie for all her organizational work, and a special thanks to Luigi Guarino of SPC for his support in my attending this meeting.
So let's remember all the wonderful diversity of local island food (and varieties) and do what we can to support it for its many reasons…health, food security, economics/livelihoods, cultural preservation, and the environment!
Contact information for registration and questions: Craig Elevitch, Project Coordinator, Permanent Agriculture Resources, PO Box 428 Holualoa, HI 96725, USA. Tel: 808-324-4427; Fax: 808-324-4129; Cell: 808-990-4859; E-mail: cre@agroforestry.net. Main web site: http://www.agroforestry.net. Traditional Tree Initiative: http://www.traditionaltree.org. 2006 workshops: http://www.agroforestry.net/events/afwksp2006.html.
Bourke, R.M. An overview of edible fruit and nuts in Papua New Guinea. Paper presented at Papua New Guinea Fruit and Nut Workshop, University of Vudal, October 2005.
Bourke, R.M. Indigenous edible nuts in Papua New Guinea. Paper presented at Papua New Guinea Fruit and Nut Workshop, University of Vudal, October 2005.
Bourke, R.M. Introduced fruit in Papua New Guinea. Paper presented at Papua New Guinea Fruit and Nut Workshop, University of Vudal, October 2005.
Bourke, R.M. Potential for further commercial development of introduced fruit. Paper presented at Papua New Guinea Fruit and Nut Workshop, University of Vudal, October 2005.
Bourke, R.M. Production patterns for fruit and nut species in Papua New Guinea and some implications for marketing. Paper presented at Papua New Guinea Fruit and Nut Workshop, University of Vudal, October 2005.
USDA-NRCS Hawaii is offering up to $350,000 in the Conservation Innovation Grants for the Pacific Islands Area (Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, and Northern Marianas Islands).
The Resource Centres for Urban Agriculture and Food Security puts out Urban Agriculture Magazine. No. 13, which came out in 2004, was about Urban and Periurban Forestry and had an article on Urban Gardening on the Small Islands of the Pacific by Prof. Randy Thaman of USP. The pdf is not that big but I can send it to anyone who has trouble downloading it.
Despite the considerable importance of urban gardening in the Pacific Islands, there are a number of problems faced by urban gardeners. Unfavourable climate, poor soils, cost and availability of land and water, insufficient time and labour, theft, and lack of government assistance were most commonly mentioned by those surveyed.
The problems relating to drought include the high cost of water, distance to community faucets, water cancellations and fear of City Council regulations against the use of water for gardening purposes. The atolls are also periodically affected by prolonged droughts, which commonly lead to the death of a significant proportion of breadfruit and citrus trees and other trees and food plants that are only marginally suited to the atoll environment. Urban gardeners commonly have to contend with infertile poor soils. Continual cropping on small urban plots also leads to declining fertility and loss of soil structure, unless ameliorative measures are taken. Both water shortage and poor soils, however, often make trees a more attractive proposition than short-term ground crops which require water and higher soil fertility.
Insufficient land and insecurity of tenure are problems in most areas. Insecurity of tenure seems to be a major problem and a strong disincentive to urban gardening. City Council regulations, although not strictly upheld, were also considered to be a disincentive and they discourage cultivation of ground crops and trees along road frontages. Other problems include diseases, insects, birds, rats, dogs, mongooses and noxious weeds; theft of produce, especially of banana bunches and tree fruit.
The importance of urban gardening and its implications for planning are not clearly understood by most planners and policy makers in the Pacific Islands because of a lack of quantitative data on its nature, extent, and cultural and ecological significance. However, increasing interest has recently been shown by some city planners and administrators, like in Vanuatu, Tonga, Kiribati, Tuvalu, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Marshall Islands, where urban food dependency and increasing incidences of nutritional disorders have become serious problems.
Pacific kava producers are ecstatic, after the findings of new scientific research suggested kava may prevent some types of cancer, including leukemia and ovarian cancer. Researchers at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland and the Laboratoire de Biologie Moleculaire du Cancer, a medical school in Luxembourg, have found that some chemicals in kava could help control cancer. It's welcome news for the Pacific's kava industry, which is still struggling with the stigma associated with a European Union ban on the product three years ago, amid concerns it could cause liver damage.
From Agricultural Information News from IAALD.
Six agricultural research and development institutes in Papua New Guinea are working together in a national agricultural information system (PNG-NAIS). They aim to maintain and exchange library and information resources to benefit both the individual institutions and the country as a whole. The core of the system is a shared library catalogue with information from 18 participating libraries. The web site, with some sections under development, also provides information about publications and reports produced in the country.
JOURNALISTS need to be better informed about environmental issues to enable them to produce better reports.
University of the South Pacific journalism program coordinator Shailendra Singh said the seminar was organised to enlighten journalists on major environmental issues affecting Fiji and the fragile ecosystems of the region.
"Providing in-depth and analytical environmental coverage is a challenge for journalist's and the aim of the seminar is to enrich the media's understanding of this crucial issue," said Mr Singh.
He said at the same time, people should keep in mind that journalists were in a position to inform, educate the public and encourage opinion and advocacy.
Topics from climate change, conservation biology, over fishing, turtle conservation, marine protected areas, evolving environmental issues, biodiversity, depletion and protection of resources and plastics as a major environmental hazard, were discussed.
He said participants of the seminar should be able to look at ways to improve the level of environmental reporting in Fiji and the region.
Speakers at the seminar were scientists, researchers, environmentalists and experts from Greenpeace, the World Wildlife Fund, the Foundation of the People of the South Pacific and Seaweb, a non-profit organisation that is communications based which promotes ocean conservation.
Mr Singh said speakers came from the USP Faculty of Islands and Oceans, Institute of Applied Sciences, School of Biological Sciences and School of Chemical Sciences.
Participants at the seminar were professional and student journalists.
The University of the South Pacific journalism programme and the Fiji Media Council will co-host a daylong seminar on the environment for journalists tomorrow (Wed, Feb 15).
The seminar at the Laucala Campus in Suva will feature scientists, researchers, environmentalists and experts from four regional and international environmental groups Greenpeace, the World Wildlife Fund, the Foundation of the People of the South Pacific and SeaWeb, a communications-based non-profit organisation that advances ocean conservation.
Speakers from the University of the South Pacific¹s Oceans and Islands faculty, Institute of Applied Science, biology department and chemistry department will also address professional and student journalists during the seminar.
The USP¹s journalism programme coordinator, Shailendra Singh, said the seminar had been organised to give journalists an insight into the major environmental issues affecting Fiji and the fragile ecosystems of the region.
Topics covered will include conservation biology, climatic change, over fishing, marine protected areas and turtle conservation, evolving environmental issues in Fiji, biodiversity, the depletion and protection of resources and plastics as a major environmental hazard.
Among the speakers is Samir Patel, a freelance environmental science journalist and photographer from New York.
Patel, whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Christian Science Monitor, Columbia Science Review, City Limits Weekly, Physicians Practice and New York Daily News, is supported on this trip to the South Pacific by a Pulitzer Traveling Fellowship awarded by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
His topic is "Environmental Journalism: Islands of Understanding".
A representative from Fiji's Environment Department will speak on Fiji's recently passed Environment Management Act.
Singh said that at the end of the exercise the group would look at what it could collectively do to improve the field of environmental reporting.
Agro-morphological characterization and inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) DNA fingerprinting were used to evaluate variability among selected Papua New Guinean (PNG) taro (Colocasia esculenta) accessions. Twenty-three discriminatory descriptors selected from the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI, 1999) descriptor list were combined with ISSR markers to characterize 13 taro accessions. Genotyping data were obtained via polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with three ISSR primers: (GA)9AT, (GA)9AC and (ACC)6Y. Initial evaluation of the agro-morphological variation indicated that the total variation observed appeared to be associated with colours of corm flesh, corm cortex and petiole, stolon formation, corm shape, lamina orientation and lamina vein pattern. All genotypes were separated as distinct morphotypes, providing useful information for development of a minimum descriptor list. ISSR primers generated complex banding patterns, with primer (GA)9AC amplifying fewer but proportionately more (90%) polymorphic fragments. Fingerprinting with three ISSR primers enabled the identification of closely related genotypes and the separation of those that were distantly related. Little correlation was found in between the agro-morphological and molecular data in the clusters generated. However, the two types of data provided complementary information on the existing diversity and available genotypes that can be immediately used by the breeders.
"If the root is Hawaiian, it is part of Hawaiians," said Walter Ritte, Jr., speaking to a group of organic farming activists, hoping to make Hawaiian taro that was genetically modified by the University of Hawaii available to all Hawaiians. Ritte argued that the taro was modified without permission of Hawaiians, to whom it is like family. To him and other Hawaiians, this is wrong from a moral and philosophical level. The group, Hui Ho'okapele Aina, is setting its aim on a bill that puts a 10-year moratorium against any GE testing in Hawaii, which will be introduced to the legislature this year.
Sophora toromiro is an endemic mimosa once native as an abundant shrub on Rapa Nui (Easter Island). Wood collection and grazing decimated this shrub and reduced biodiversity on this island from a 45 square mile tropical paradise into one of the most vivid ecological disasters in the Pacific Island. This site is devoted to caring for the remaining trees in botanical gardens elsewhere, as the island has not supported native specimens since 1962. About 100 plants grown from seed have been reintroduced with the goal of reestablishing this plant on Rapa Nui.
By Dionisia Tabureguci in Island Business.
The production of agricultural commodities organically is accounting for a bigger and bigger slice of the national income in the more developed countries today.
But the same cannot be said for most islands countries in the Pacific where, it is often said, the situation is ideal for organic agricultural production.
In 2001, Australia's Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC) estimated the country's organic industry could be worth $1 billion (including exports) by 2006.
In that year, the industry (excluding export sales) was worth $220 million. By then too, the organic agricultural production was already diverse, with around 1800 certified producers, processors, distributors and retailers of organic food and fibre products operating in diverse industries, including grains and pulses, horticulture, viticulture, beef and pork, dairy and honey markets. Seafood was a new opportunity to be explored by RIRDC.
Today, international researches into global organic production document Australia as a leader in organic agricultural production with over 15 million hectares and over 2000 farms under organic management.
Globally too, this industry is estimated to reach US$100 billion in sales as demand is growing annually at a rate of 20 to 30 percent.
Those who are advocating the strengthening of this concept in the local scene say it should be easy for the islands to go into organic farming because the way of life is still agrarian- based and the use of chemicals and fertilisers are not very prominent.
"We already have an advantage because we don't use chemicals very much," says Sada Nand Lal, coordinator of entomology at the Secretariat of the Pacific Community's Land Resources Division section.
SPC is one of the stakeholders behind the resurrection of organic farming, to begin first in Fiji and, later on, in its member countries in the Pacific.
Lal, who heads the SPC's Integrated Pest Management (IPM) project, says SPC would provide technical support to organisations set up to nurture organic farming.
That organisation became what is now known as the Fiji Organic Association (FOA). It is still headed by former government agriculturalist-turned businessman Sant Kumar.
"SPC has been a very ardent supporter of FOA technically and financially," says Lal. "There is a lot of potential for organic agricultural production all around. We have fruit trees growing wild here and no one ever sprays them. That is a starting point.
"What is missing here is a set of industry standards which we need in order to certify these products so we can sell or export them as organically grown fruits. And of course, getting a standard in place would depend on what market we are targeting.
Kumar has been working fervently at getting some form of certification to help farmers who are looking at exploring organic farming.
"It is a very expensive exercise if farmers are to be doing it individually," says Kumar.
He cites an example where one of the already established local enterprises is known to have paid up to F$10,000 for certification.
FOA was officially set up in 2003 to help stimulate organic agriculture and develop it from a niche industry into a major component of agricultural production in Fiji.
In its two-year life, FOA has not been able to achieve much with its temporary office bearers. But it has managed to send a local abroad to study certification at ECOCERT (a certifying organisation specialising in European certification).
It is also in the process of getting affiliated to IFOAM (International Federation of Organic Agricultural Movement), the umbrella body of organic agricultural production.
Early this year, FOA managed to draw up a constitution and a framework of activities giving way to an annual general meeting to be held at the end of the year to appoint office holders.
"We have been trying to get an Internal Control System (ICS) in place which would at least take us closer to certification.
"For example, if a noni exporter wants to buy noni fruits, he or she could do so only from farms which have been certified.
This effort by FOA has not fallen on deaf ears and there is a possibility that an ICS would eventuate soon.
When this edition went to press, the Brussels-based Centre for the Development of Enterprises (CDE), the European Union arm tasked with providing technical assistance to the private sector, announced a training workshop on ICS in organic agriculture, which was to be held in Fiji.
"A CDE fact finding mission in July had meetings with key stakeholders and FOA wanted to get the cost of certification reduced for its members.
"One way to do that is by training smallholders on ICS," says Premila Kumar, CDE's antenna for the Pacific region.
"Compared to the non-organic market, the organic market is small and has stringent demands relating to quality, packaging and certification. For the exporter, the implication is rigorous.
"In developing countries, where many farmers are poor and cultivate small plots of land, inspection and certification is very expensive.
"Most therefore practice group certification based on ICS. Group certification is possible only when there are sufficiently large numbers of farmers growing the same crop by the same methods and under similar conditions," says Kumar.
FOA had been looking at the workshop as a starting point to getting sufficient numbers where it would then put in place an ICS to consolidate the certification needs of aspiring organic farmers in the country.
This message was sent by Moses Pretrick to the Island Food Community of Pohnpei mailing list. It might be relevant to other Pacific Islands as well.
Another possible idea to further promote local food production and consumption is to physically expand our local food market facilities to provide more space for let's say 50 more farmers who are willing and able to sell their harvests. This sort of setting could probably help stimulate more production of local crops, including fruits and vegetables, and more competition with imported foods. We walk into a super market this week the shelves are full of imported vegetables and fruits; and after a week or so the shelves are completely empty. It is therefore clear that we need to sustain our local supply of fruits, vegetables and root crops to meet local and export demand for these healthy foods.
Since our campaign to grow and eat more local food consumption has been gaining wider recognition for health, cultural, economic and other import reasons, government could probably spear-head a small pilot project to see if such idea would in fact work well here in Pohnpei. It seemed to work pretty well in some South Pacific island countries that consumed more local foods than we are.
Crops Division of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries in Samoa has just recruited a graduate from USP, Alafua, Kitiona Tugaga as its PGR Officer. The long term objective is to fully equip the Crops Division with graduates who will ensure the delivery of excellent science that will underpin the agricultural development of the future. We recognize the value of PGR in food security and the livelihood of our families and is envisaging a continual strengthening of this area as we move forward. As well, a second graduate has been assigned to our Tissue Culture Laboratory, Ataataotaulelei Meleisea to help move the research aspect of this work. Ata is now working with Sanitea Tulifau and very closely with Anthony Palupe of the USP Biotechnology section to move the tissue culture work forward. As a manager of a science organization, I am building towards a strong, scientific based Crops Division that will be able to deliver the research and development work demanded by the various agricultural and horticultural industries in Samoa. We also recruited two other graduates, Luai'ufi Aiono to move in the postharvest area and Tommy Tuumaialii to work in the seed production area. I can honestly say that it is exciting times for us and we are determined to build a strong Crops Division to build a strong horticultural and agricultural industry in Samoa.
HONIARA, Solomon Islands (Solomon Star, Jan. 31) - Residents of Burns Creek in Solomon Islands Guadalcanal feared the continuing bad weather could destroy all their gardens along the Lungga River. John Seti Iromea, a spokesman for the residents, said most of their gardens were destroyed already as a result of the bad weather over the weekend and feared that continued bad weather would wash away the rest. "At the moment most of our food is gone and our fear is it will all go if the weather remains as it is," Iromea said. The Weather Office has indicated that the bad weather would continue for at least the next two days. Iromea said unlike most Honiara residents, Burns Creek residents rely on their gardens for survival. "We sell produce from our gardens then use the money to buy food. That's how we survive," he said. Iromea said the destruction of the gardens would mean the loss of income and end a means of survival for them. He asked the Disaster Management Office to send officers to assess the damage caused by the flood.


La Cerra is an agritourism immersed in the hilly landscape of the Tiburtini Mountains, close to Tivoli and just around the corner from Rome. The natural environment surrounding the farmhouse is characterised by a unique and spectacular diverse landscape. Along the San Gregorio provincial road, on the hillside that anticipates the central Apennines, the view opens up onto the wide flat stretch of the Ager Romanus that reaches as far as the Tyrrhenian Sea to the West. Cultivations of olive trees, bordered by cypresses and oak trees are typical of the area in which the agritourism is located, which has integrated its rural production activities in this area.
Traditional cuisine with meat specialties and gastronomic selections made from the farm's own produce. A la carte menu during the week. On Sundays and holidays, we offer a set menu with a selection of dishes that have been carefully chosen to satisfy all tastes. A dedicated children's menu.
Relaxing weekends in touch with nature, ideal for couples and families. Our cottages are small rustic houses that are comfortable and equipped with all services, meaning you will be able to enjoy special days there, filled with excellent food and outdoor activities. The ideal choice for those who want to go on excursions around Tivoli. Wheelchair accessible double and family rooms. Small pets allowed.
For those of you who love nature, La Cerra is a unique place for the most important day of your life. Here, simplicity and originality come together in the romantic and natural atmosphere of the Tiburtini mountain landscape. We offer experience and careful organisation of your reception, from the welcome aperitif to the cutting of the cake, with original, tasty menus that will make the wedding day unforgettable and special.
Attention to detail in the presentation of the halls and the outdoor space, with the advice of the specialised staff, including experts in entertainment.
Authentic cuisine with care taken over every detail. Quality, carefully selected raw ingredients go into dishes full of flavour, striking the right balance between taste and delicacy.
Family-friendly, cozy spaces with large and bright rooms. Outdoor spaces for moments of relaxation during the festivities, in the suggestive and exciting setting of the surrounding natural landscapes.
Traditional dishes, seasonal proposals and Cinta Senese pork specialties. Cold meats and cheeses with unique, authentic flavours. Artisanal sweets and cakes made by our bakery.
The breeding of Cinta Senese pigs is a distinctive feature of our farm as well as cuisine offered in our restaurant, as it allows us to obtain excellent quality meats and cold cuts.


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Old Leamingtonians continued their winning sequence with more open rugby producing another seven-try performance against opponents whose expansive game also yielded five tries.
OLs took the game to Ledbury from the kick-off and forced the hosts back into their own 22 but solid Ledbury defence prevented the visitors from capitalising on good forward play and quick ball along the line.
The teams go in for huddles.
However, their persistence paid off after 12 minutes when a sweeping move saw the ball played out to wing Liam Wellings who forced his way through a number of defensive tackles to cross the Ledbury line wide out. The conversion by Henry Reynolds was successful.
From the restart,OLs maintained their pressure and three minutes later their forwards forced Ledbury back towards their line, enabling back-row Ollie Sarginson to force his way through the defence to touch down for try number two, again converted.
The visitors began to establish superiority over the home forwards and created some good running moves that stretched the home defence and further tries followed.
A second try from Wellings after a fine interchange of passing from the three-quarters increased their lead before Ledbury hit back with a well-taken converted try to reduce the deficit.
This served to trigger a series of strong forward drives from OLs that ended with back-rower Hugh Melhuish storming through to touch down for the first of his two tries.
The conversion followed to give Old Leamingtonians a comfortable 26-7 interval lead and a crucial bonus point.
The second half started with Ledbury changing their game-plan to utilise their pacey three-quarters and this, coupled to a ten-minute period of poor defence and indiscipline from OLs, allowed the home side to run in two well-taken tries, one of which was converted to reduce the lead to two points.
A tactical change from OLs brought their forwards into game and allowed them to reassert pressure on the home side.
They were rewarded when good forward play was quickly capitalised on to free up the three-quarters, allowing Calum Semple to force his way through to touch down for a pivotal score.
The game swung back in favour of OLs with their forwards gaining control and a period of pressure on the home defence ended with Melhuish forcing his way through to touch down.
The game continued to be played mainly in the home half and OLs' final try of the afternoon followed late in the game, centre Ben Perkins crossing.
With the game entering time added on, Ledbury had one final flourish that ended with a consolation try that went unconverted.


Movie Quote of the Day is Four Years Old!
Another year passes, another celebration of this feature! I was looking back at the post celebrating the feature's third anniversary and noticed I summed up all the changes that happened in those years, so I think I will do that again. When I started this feature, I was living in the back of my parents' house watching TCM 16 hours a day, then I lived in San Francisco for two years where I was working towards an MFA in film production/screenwriting, working at a handful of theaters and haunting seat M107 at the Castro Theatre, last year I had just moved to North Hollywood and was working at the Warner Archive Collection and finishing my MFA online, now I have graduated (did so in December!), am working at Rotten Tomatoes and struggle to actually have the time to watch a movie every day. So many changes! But Movie Quote of the Day stays strong and I'll keep updating the feature for years to come if I can help it! After the cut I have all of this year's quotes, but if you want to see every single Movie Quote of the Day you can do so here.
I had never heard of this movie until I started working at Warner Archive Collection last year and when I saw that they had a movie with Marcello Mastroianni in it, I just had to watch it. I finally got around to watching it earlier this week and discovered that it was in fact directed by a woman (Kidron also directed To Wong Foo among other things). I'm glad I waited so long to watch it because I've learned a lot in the last few months from things I've read and conversations I've had with women and I think I wouldn't have appreciated this movie as much if I had watched it earlier.
The Judge: Leave. It's your destiny. You can't live your brother's life for him.
The Judge: That's all: be.
Vincent Bryant: Diana, you've just got to grow up.
Diana Barrymore: Alright. Maybe I will. While you're gone, maybe I will.


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Justia › US Law › Case Law › Colorado Case Law › Colorado Supreme Court Decisions › 1971 › People v. Ortega
People v. Ortega
481 P.2d 727 (1971)
The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William B. ORTEGA, Defendant-Appellant.
Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.
*728 James D. McKevitt, Dist. Atty., Second Judicial District, Gregory A. Mueller, Asst. Dist. Atty., Jarvis W. Seccombe, Chief Deputy Dist. Atty., Thomas P. Casey, Deputy Dist. Atty., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.
Epstein, Lozow & Preblud, Donald L. Lozow, Gary Lozow, Denver, for defendant-appellant.
KELLEY, Justice.
William B. Ortega, defendant-appellant, is charged with possession of narcotics, one count relating to heroin and the other to marijuana. The narcotics were seized by police officers contemporaneously with Ortega's arrest on April 26, 1970. The officers had neither an arrest nor a search warrant.
The defendant-appellant challenged the validity of the seizures by a motion to suppress premised on the violation of his rights under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States. The trial court denied the motion to suppress.
Ortega presented no evidence and the People relied upon the testimony of one of the two detectives who made the arrest and seized the contraband.
Detectives DeNovellis and Cantwell were conducting a surveillance in the rear of an apartment house located at 2460 West Caithness Street, Denver, at about 9:50 p. m. The surveillance was the result of information received by the officers from an informant who advised that Mr. Ortega was engaged in narcotics activities at the West Caithness Street address. The information furnished indicated that Ortega was hiding narcotics in the back yard of the apartment house and that he was "a pusher."
While conducting the surveillance, Detective DeNovellis observed Ortega emerge from the back of the apartment house, walk over to a "weeded or grassy" area, bend over for a few minutes, stand up, and start back toward the apartment house. At about that moment the detectives moved toward the defendant and one of the detectives called him by name, whereupon Ortega turned, saw DeNovellis, and threw an object from his hand. Ortega was then restrained *729 by one of the detectives while the other searched the area for the discarded object. The object was recovered and found to be a tinfoil packet containing approximately six balloons of suspected heroin. The substance was thereafter determined to be heroin.
In denying the motion to suppress, the trial court made no findings of fact, merely holding that there was probable cause for both the arrest and the search and seizure.
People v. Reyes, Colo., 477 P.2d 790, held,
"Before this court can pass upon the ruling of the trial court it must have the benefit of the trial court's findings. The trial court is required to determine the factual issues presented by the motion to suppress."
Consequently, we must remand the cause for an evidentiary hearing on the motion to suppress. The judge who heard the motion to suppress is now deceased. From the limited testimony in the record, it does not appear that it will be possible on remand for a new trial judge to make the necessary factual determinations from the record. The circumstances and sequence of events leading up to the arrest are important considerations which were touched upon but slightly. A new evidentiary hearing is indicated.
As noted above, the search and seizure of which the validity is being challenged was conducted without a warrant. If the validity of the search depends upon a lawful arrest, then the court must find the facts upon which such a conclusion may legally rest. If, on the other hand, the court concludes that the seized property was "found" after abandonment, then it must find the facts upon which that conclusion could validly rest. In like manner, whatever ultimate conclusion the trial court reaches must be supported by appropriate findings of fact.
From the arguments advanced by the district attorney in this court and the limited amount of evidence which he introduced at the hearing, it appears that he labors under a misconception of the law governing the burden which rests upon the People.
We hold that in a warrantless search that it is incumbent upon the People to show the search and seizure was valid. See People v. Valdez, Colo., 480 P.2d 574, Supreme Court No. 24905, announced February 1, 1971.
The cause is remanded for further proceedings consonant with the views herein expressed.
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WW2: The Big One	in Naval war in the Atlantic	 July 6, 2016 1,461 Words
17 days on a lifeboat in the Atlantic
Baton Rouge resident Bob Talley spent 17 days adrift on a life raft with several dozen other soldiers during WWII, and lived to tell the tale. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein, used by permission of The Advocate, Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
Shortly after America's entry into World War II, when German submarines were sinking American merchant vessels at a frightening rate in the Atlantic Ocean, Bob Talley was far from that action — and, he thought, about to get farther.
A U.S. Navy gunner, Talley was aboard a troop ship about to sail from San Francisco to Australia. But, an hour before it lifted anchor, Talley was ordered ashore. He stood on the pier and watched the ship leave.
"We were in San Francisco having a time," Talley said. "We felt sorry for those fellows on the East Coast. Those subs were knocking them off one a week over there.
"All of a sudden, we woke up one morning and got orders to report to New York City."
Those orders led Talley directly into the U-boat war in the Atlantic and to an ordeal that all mariners dread.
Talley and 25 others spent 17 days in a lifeboat after their ship was sunk in 1942. They endured hunger, thirst, blistering heat, rough seas and uncertainty before finally being rescued.
By that time, they had traveled more than 700 miles and were on the verge of finding land themselves. They didn't realize it at the time, however.
"The chief cook told us the night they pulled us in, he said, 'If they hadn't picked us up tonight I was going over the side the next morning.' He was giving up," Talley said.
Their odyssey began on July 9, 1942. They were coming to the end of a nearly five-month voyage aboard the SS Santa Rita, a cargo ship that had left New York and taken them to South Africa, Egypt and India before starting its final leg home. In the tropical Atlantic, they were scheduled to reach Philadelphia within two days.
Talley remembers the day clearly. Unescorted cargo ships were equipped with guns, and Navy personnel called Armed Guards were assigned to man those weapons. It was 11:30 a.m., and Talley was reading a magazine on the deck waiting to be called to lunch.
"All of a sudden that ship jumped and rolled over and threw me up against railing," he said. "I thought we'd hit a mine."
A glance over the side convinced him it was a torpedo. Talley headed for his gun. Other Armed Guards asked him to go to their quarters and retrieve their life jackets — a foolhardy risk in a ship under attack.
"I went back down in the quarters like a jerk and got them," Talley said.
When he returned, the torpedo wake was still visible in the water. The order to abandon ship came quickly, and panic turned those efforts into chaos. Merchant crewmen lowered one lifeboat, capsizing it. Talley and another Armed Guard, Chick Harris, cut loose a life raft, left the ship and swam to a lifeboat.
"The sub surfaced and sprayed the deck with machine gun fire in case somebody stayed aboard to fire on them when they surfaced," Talley said. "They pulled up alongside one boat and asked for the skipper. He was in that boat, so they told him he'd have to come aboard. They were taking him prisoner.
"He told one of the men to give him his box of cigars. The sub captain told him, 'That's all right. We've got cigars aboard.' He said, 'I've got my own cigars. I don't want your damn German cigars.' He was a tough rascal."
The submarine fired about 10 shots along the ship's water line to finish it off. The sub commander told them they were 750 miles northeast of Puerto Rico. The Germans then submerged, leaving the three lifeboats to their fate.
There were 26 men in the metal-covered boat, which Talley said was about 20 feet long and 8 feet abeam. It was equipped with a mast, two sails, blankets and emergency rations. The three boats set up their sails and set a southeastern course.
"Night came, and the next morning we woke up and there wasn't a boat in sight," Talley said. "We were by ourselves. We didn't know what happened to them.
"We found out later that nine or 10 days later they were picked up by a destroyer. We saw them later on. They said, 'We were picked up one day and the next day we were scraping paint.'"
Talley's boat wasn't so lucky.
The ship's second mate, who was in charge, assessed the rations — pemmican (dried beef), chocolate, milk tablets and water — and divided them so they would last a month. The pemmican was packed in cans about 1.5 inches across and an inch thick. One can was a day's meal for three men, Talley said. They could fill the pemmican cans twice a day with water.
"We didn't have much, but it did give us strength," he said.
Occasional rain helped supplement the water, but there was little escape from hunger, sun, heat and boredom. Space was so cramped that men just lay still. For the first few days, men would climb overboard to cool themselves in the water, but that didn't last long.
"One night I was steering the boat and something bumped the stern," Talley said. "I looked around and there was a shark fin about 2 feet high in the water. He had bumped the boat. He followed us for two days. The older seamen … said that was a 12-foot shark if it was an inch."
Several days after the sinking, a storm hit that lasted two days. Talley said the swells were 30 feet to 40 feet high.
"That lifeboat rode those waves better than the ship did," he said. "It would ride the crest. You'd look way down in the bottom of that swell. It rode it right on through, no problem at all."
No sooner than the storm died down, though, than a strange banging occurred on the bottom of the boat. Initially, the men thought the shark had returned. It hadn't, and from Talley's description, the fish sounds like a swordfish or marlin. It kept attacking the boat for more than an hour.
"He had a long pointed something or other on his front," Talley said. "He would get about 30 feet out and come in and ram that boat. Boy, I was glad that was a metal covered boat. He'd have torn it all to pieces."
As unnerving as the fish attack was, at least it relieved the boredom. After that incident, the wind died, and they spent three days and nights barely moving on glassy waters. Conversations to pass the time covered all sorts of subjects — including, of course, women.
"One fellow said he would pass up Hedy Lamarr for just one good glass of water," Talley said.
Finally, late on the 17th day, the men heard an airplane. It passed overhead but, in the near darkness, didn't seem to see the yellow distress flag they waved. The second mate shot a flair, which the airplane's tail gunner saw. The airplane circled back and passed overhead with its bomb bay doors open, then left.
About 9 p.m. or 10 p.m. on July 26, a ship's searchlight pierced the darkness and spotted the lifeboat. The rescuers said they were about 30 miles off Puerto Rico. The men drank all of the rescue boat's water on the way back to land.
Bob Talley, third from left, and others who spent 17 days adrift on a lifeboat after their ship was sunk by a German U-boat in 1942. during the war.
When they docked at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Talley said, the men almost fell on their faces trying to walk. Lack of exercise for 17 days caused them to stagger like drunks.
After showering and being examined by doctors, they were sent to the mess hall, which set out big trays of beans and franks, which many of the men wolfed down. Their shrunken stomachs, however, couldn't handle the meal, and many got sick.
The next day they were flown to New York and given two weeks leave. Then, Talley reported for duty on another ship. He served the rest of the war without encountering any other submarines.
"I realized how much I had to be thankful for, and I thanked the good Lord for seeing us through," Talley said.
Returning to his hometown of DeQuincy a few years after the war, Talley moved to Baton Rouge and worked for Ethyl Corporation. He retired in 1985.
U-boats
War in the Atlantic
Turning down a million-dollar wound


The novelist Marlon James grew up in Jamaica in the 1970s, which means he has a child's memories of that politically turbulent and culturally fertile period. But as an adult, he keeps circling around that time and place in his mind, trying to make sense of what he could perceive only dimly then.
Out of that quest comes his third novel, "A Brief History of Seven Killings," which begins as the optimistic glow of independence is giving way to the harsh realities of Cold War politics and the rise of gangs connected to the country's two main political parties. From there, things get only worse: Crack cocaine appears and the gangs go international, setting up operations in Miami and New York.
The plot of "Seven Killings" revolves around the assassination attempt on Bob Marley a few days before he was to give a free concert in Kingston in December 1976, and required the novelist to dig deep into his creative toolbox. Marley, called simply the Singer in the novel, so dominated that period, Mr. James said, that his persona risked overwhelming the novel, which clocks in at just under 700 pages.
Characters based on real-life people, including Cuban exiles and their C.I.A. handlers, play central roles in the novel. Jamaican politicians like the rival former prime ministers Michael Manley and Edward Seaga are very much present, too, along with leaders of the "garrisons," the communities and criminal militias that their parties controlled.
But he does remember overhearing as a child some of the stories he incorporates into the novel. His mother was a police detective and his father a police officer who became a lawyer, "so the world of crime and politics and disturbances was always around," he said, discussed in hushed and coded adult conversations.
But he was drawn back to literature by what he described as the "lack of a sense of possibility" he felt in Jamaica. Publishers and agents in New York showed no interest in a draft of what became "John Crow's Devil," his first novel. But when he took a chapter to a writing workshop in Kingston taught by a visiting American, Kaylie Jones, she was immediately taken by Mr. James's writing and choice of subject.
A stint in the writing program at Wilkes enabled Mr. James to work on a second novel, "The Book of Night Women," set on a sugar plantation in colonial times. He now teaches literature and creative writing at Macalester College in St. Paul.
Chunks of Mr. James's novels, especially "Seven Killings," are written in Jamaican patois. He describes himself as "bilingual," fond of using dialect in speech and also to discuss serious questions of race, class and politics in the novel, but equally comfortable employing standard speech in interviews and the classroom, with an accent that is beginning to incorporate the flat tones of the American Midwest.