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The next carbon capture tool could be new, improved grass
by Dan Krotz, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Miscanthus, a potential feedstock for biofuel, could pull double duty in the fight against climate change by sequestering carbon in the soil for thousands of years.
(PhysOrg.com) -- A blade of grass destined to be converted into biofuel may join energy efficiency and other big-ticket strategies in the effort to reduce atmospheric carbon -- but not in the way that you might think.
In addition to offsetting fossil-fuel emissions, a potential bioenergy plant such as the grass Miscanthus could also snare carbon from the atmosphere and trap it in the soil for millennia.
Sounds promising. But should scientists genetically engineer bioenergy crops to be better at ridding the atmosphere of the greenhouse gas? And can this strategy take place on the scale needed to mitigate climate change?
These questions are framed in a new analysis by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory scientist Christer Jansson and researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Their research, published in the October issue of Bioscience, explores ways in which bioenergy crops can become a big player in the drive to rein in rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide.
The authors hope to get others thinking about engineering plants to not only produce biofuel, but to also sequester carbon.
"We want to encourage discussion and research on this topic," says Jansson, a senior staff scientist in Berkeley Lab's Earth Sciences Division and lead author of the analysis. "We need to explore the extent to which plants, and specifically genetically engineered plants, can reduce levels of atmospheric carbon."
At the heart of the scientists' analysis is the idea that bioenergy crops can fight climate change in two ways. There's the obvious way, in which a plant's cellulosic biomass is converted into a carbon-neutral transportation fuel that displaces fossil fuels. And the not-so obvious way: bioenergy crops also take in atmospheric carbon dioxide during photosynthesis and send a significant amount of the carbon to the soil via roots. Carbon from plant biomass can also be incorporated into soil as a type of charcoal called biochar. Either way, the captured carbon could be out of circulation for millennia.
At stake is the urgent need to make a dent in the nine gigatons of carbon that human activities emit into the atmosphere each year (one gigaton is one billion tons). Natural processes such as plant photosynthesis annually capture about three gigatons of carbon from the atmosphere.
"We could double that in the next several decades," says Jansson. "By 2050, we could get to five or six gigatons of carbon removed from the atmosphere by plants, and I think a major part of that could come from bioenergy crops like grasses and trees. They could make a big contribution in sequestering carbon, but other strategies will have to be used."
As Jansson explains, to increase the capacity for plants to act as carbon sinks, scientists need to continue to develop bioenergy crops that are efficient in harvesting light energy and using the energy to convert carbon dioxide to biomass. Bioenergy crops should also have a high capacity to send the carbon it captures to its roots, where it has the best chance to be stored in soil for thousands of years.
Fortunately, top bionergy crop candidates, such as Miscanthus, are already better-than-average carbon sinks. The large root systems in perennials such as grasses make them better at sequestering carbon in biomass and soil than annual plants.
But can bioenergy crops become even better? Jansson and colleagues outline several possibilities in their analysis. A plant's canopy can be altered to enhance its efficiency at intercepting sunlight. Another approach accelerates a plant's photoprotection mechanisms, which would improve its ability to use light. And a plant's tolerances to various stresses could be improved without compromising yield.
A game-changing success, Jansson explains, could be the design of a bioenergy crop that can withstand drought and which utilizes brine, saline wastewater, or seawater for irrigation to avoid having to tap into freshwater supplies. Jansson suggests that genetic engineering can play a key role in introducing these traits into a plant.
"Bionergy crops are likely to be engineered anyway," he says. "It makes sense to also consider enhancing their ability to withstand stress and sequester carbon. This analysis will hopefully guide research and prompt people to think in new ways about bioenergy crops."
Genetically altered trees, plants could help counter global warming
More information: The article, "Phytosequestration: Carbon Biosequestration by Plants and the Prospects of Genetic Engineering" is published in the October issue of Bioscience
Provided by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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Will Airtel Kenya's move to raise call rates end price wars among telcos?
Saturday September 14 2013
The firm's tariffs are now slightly higher than those of market leader. FILE/TEA Graphic
The raise brings the firm's tariffs to a level slightly higher than that of market leader Safaricom, its main rival.
Analysts argue that by raising its call charges, Airtel was admitting that the "minute factory model" which had made the company a huge success in India, combined with a low-cost structure, had failed in Kenya. Airtel, however, did not confirm whether the price increment marks a shift in its strategy.
Analysts also see Airtel's price adjustment as intended to increase the firm's cash flow and help it fund investments in data infrastructure, in a market it is yet to make a profit since it started operations.
It may have passed off quietly, but Airtel Kenya's announcement on August 31 that it was raising its calling rates carried with it a significant game-changing signal in the telecoms industry — a shift in strategy from price as a major selling point.
Airtel Kenya — backed by Indian conglomerate Bharti Airtel, the world's fifth largest mobile phone company — announced a Ksh0.42 (0.48 US cents) or 11 per cent increment in tariffs.
This translates into an off-net rate of Ksh4.02 (4.6 US cents) per minute and on-net rate of Ksh4.02 per minute during peak hours on two of its major tariffs (Klub 254 and Vuka). Airtel also increased off-net charges of its Feelanga Free tariff by Ksh0.42 per minute.
Analysts argue that by raising its call charges, Airtel was admitting that the "minute factory model" — which focuses on generating as much volume of usage as possible from each base station — which had made the company a huge success in India, combined with a low-cost structure, had failed in Kenya. Airtel, however, did not confirm whether the price increment marks a shift in its strategy.
The adjustment could also signal an end to price wars that have seen mobile phone companies engage each other over the past three years, in a bid to attract subscribers.
ALSO READ: Will data help cushion telcos as voice revenues decrease?
In October 2011, Safaricom raised its calling rates by an average 25 per cent following a 47 per cent drop in profits in the six months to September of that year. On-net calling rates rose from Ksh3 (3.4 US cents) per minute to Ksh4 (4.59 US cents), while the price of calls to other networks were raised briefly to Ksh5 (5.7 US cents) per minute from Ksh4 (4.59 US cents) per minute, before being lowered to Ksh4.
In January this year, Essar Kenya (Yu) slashed the cost of calling rival networks by 17 per cent in a bid to grow its subscriber base, only weeks after it had increased the tariff by 20 per cent on December 1 last year. The cost of calling Safaricom, Airtel and Telkom Kenya (Orange) from Yu's network dropped to Ksh3 ($3.4 cents) a minute from Ksh3.60 ($4.1 cents).
Orange Kenya introduced a new tariff in April this year dubbed Tujuane, which saw off-net calling rates drop to Ksh3 (3.4 US cents) per minute from Ksh4 (4.49 US cents). The company also reduced the on-net calling rates from Ksh2 (2.29 US cents) to Ksh1 (1.14 US cents) per minute.
"The price wars that were initiated in 2010, and which have had such a devastating effect on all players in the market are finally behind us," said Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore at the company's AGM on Thursday.
"Despite recent price rises by our competitor, airtime costs in Kenya are still the lowest in Africa (alongside Angola), and we have always cautioned that these prices need to be at a sustainable level so that the industry can continue to invest in the ICT sector that drives economic growth."
"You could look at it as an admission that the tariff and price wars are not working for them," said Eric Munywoki, an analyst at stockbrokerage firm, Old Mutual Securities. "Airtel could be counting on the tariff increment plus the gains from the mobile termination rate (MTR) to drive future performance."
The MTR is what mobile operators charge each other for calls ending on their network.
Weak African operations including those in Kenya have been hurting Bharti Airtel's profitability over the past few years.
Losses in Africa
According to investment banker Goldman Sachs, Airtel lost more money in Nigeria and Kenya — two of the most important mobile phone markets in sub-Saharan Africa — than in any other of its operations around the continent in 2012.
In Kenya, Airtel lost $79.1 million in 2012, up from $72.74 million the previous year. In Nigeria, Ghana and DRC, the firm lost $107 million, $61.58 million and $62.58 million respectively. In Tanzania and Uganda, the company lost $52 million and $28 million respectively. Overall, Airtel's Africa's business lost $271 million in 2012, which was still a marked improvement from the $503 million the firm lost in 2011.
When Indian telecom giant Bharti bought Zain's Africa operations in 2010 — which it later re-branded to Airtel — the company hoped that the "minute factory" model it had exported into the continent would trigger a rise in calling minutes per user, and help drive profitability.
Under the model, the company sought to reduce its fixed costs as well as outsource most of its network, planning and IT backbone. IBM handles IT, Huawei the network and Spanco the call centres.
The reduction in fixed costs had allowed it to lower its calling charges, helping to conquer the Indian market to become one of the largest telecom companies in the world.
The model, however, failed to pick in Africa largely because whereas in India the average calling time per user increased as the rates became cheaper, on the continent, the cheaper the rates became, the less people called.
According to the latest CCK report, about 53 per cent of all Airtel calls end up on rival networks, meaning the planned rise on all off-net calling rates will be significant in increasing its revenues.
In the three months to March, Airtel subscribers made calls totalling 446 million minutes to other networks and spent only 391 million minutes on calls within the network.
Safaricom customers spend 5.4 billion minutes on calls within its network and 311 million minutes on calls ending in other networks. Yu customers spend 419 million minutes making calls to customers within the network and 135 million minutes to other numbers. Orange customers spend 57 million minutes making calls within the network and 38 million minutes on calls to other mobile operators.
Late last year, there were expectations that operators would take advantage of the drop in MTR to further lower calling rates. Safaricom and Orange argued against such a drop saying it would hurt the industry.
The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) has started implementing the third phase of the reduction, which saw the MTR fall from Ksh1.44 ($0.016) to Ksh1.15 ($0.013) starting July 1. Next year, the rate glides to Ksh0.90 ($0.01).
The biggest winners from the fall in MTR will be the smaller operators, which Safaricom says will see a 20 per cent reduction in the call termination fees they pay the telco.
For Safaricom, which will benefit from the lower fees on a comparatively lower volume of calls compared with what its subscribers make to other networks, its biggest limitation will be the capacity burden on its network.
READ: As key calling rate in Kenya drops, market leader feels the pinch
With voice revenues nearing maturity and Safaricom enjoying about 75 per cent market share, data is seen as the last frontier in the battle for revenue between the mobile phone operators across the region. For example, whereas Safaricom's voice business grew by only 13 per cent in the year ended march 2013, the firm's data revenue grew by 29 per cent.
Safaricom has said it intended to spend Ksh25 billion ($287 million) in the 2013/14 financial year to upgrade and expand its Internet infrastructure in a bid to further cement its position as the country's dominant telecommunication company. Over the past three years, Safaricom's 3G base stations have risen from 607 to 1,604.
The growth in non-voice revenues has helped Safaricom grow its earnings. In the 12 months to March this year, Safaricom announced a 38.9 per cent increase in profits buoyed by its money transfer platform M-Pesa, text messages and data revenues.
Net earnings for the year ended March 31 stood at Ksh17.5 billion ($201 million) compared with Ksh12.6 billion ($144 million) posted last year. Its revenues grew to Ksh124.3 billion ($1.4 billion) with M-Pesa contributing Ksh21.8 billion ($250 million), SMS Ksh10.1 billion ($116 million), data Ksh8.4 billion ($96 million) and voice revenues accounting for Ksh77.6 billion ($891 million).

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European identity and access management (IAM) services
An identity and access management (IAM) service manages users and their access to resources. Often, these services are used to implement a single sign-on. A single sign-on enables users to log in (authenticate) to multiple services with one login. These single sign-ons usually happen with a redirect (for example, after clicking on a "Login with ..." button) to a login page, which redirects back with a token after a successful login. Standards such as OAuth or SAML exist for these processes.
This category contains services from companies based in a member state of the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA) and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA).
European services
France EU Open Source Free Plan
Cloud IAM is an identity and access management (IAM) service from France. It is a fully managed Keycloak hoster. Keycloak is an open source OAuth server backed by Red Hat. Customers can choose between different hosting providers, one of which is the european hoster Scaleway. Since a widely used open source software is used and a data export is offered, the vendor lock-in is very reduced.
cidaas
Germany EU Free Plan
cidaas is an identity and access management (IAM) service from Germany.


No. Physiotherapists are primary practitioners, meaning we are more than happy to be your first point of call for any injury or condition you may need review for. Sometimes you may have been referred by another health professional. If this is the case, please bring the referral with you as this will help us in better directing your care.
You will require a referral from your doctor if you are involved in a WorkCover or Third Party Claim.
What do I need to bring to my first visit?
- Comfortable clothing in the form of shorts and a singlet.
- Your health fund and/or medicare card, however, if you forget any or all of these items we will still be more than happy to see you!
How long does the session go for?
Your initial consultation will be approximately 45 minutes, and follow up consultations for the same injury will be 30-40 minutes. Please note that these consultation times will be longer if you are seeing the therapist for a paediatric appointment or if you have a complex condition/multiple injuries.
We pride ourselves on time management. You can expect us to run on time, however if we are running late we will endeavour to notify you by call or text.
How many treatment sessions will I need?
The total number of treatment sessions you need as well as the frequency of each session will be variable depending on your type of injury, complexity of pain and work/sporting commitments. On your initial consultation your therapist will give you a rough estimate of number and frequency of sessions required to get you to your goal.
We endeavour to maximise your time and money by providing you with comprehensive advice and education. We will combine this with exercise and self management strategies to reduce your reliance on manual therapy.
Can I claim my health fund rebate on the spot?
Yes. We have a HICAPS facility. If you have private health insurance, this facility provides on-the-spot claiming of your rebate, you will only pay the difference between the cost of the visit and what your insurance company pays.
This gap payment is dependant on your level of extras cover and the amount of physiotherapy you have used per calendar year.
No. Medicare does not cover physiotherapy unless you have a Chronic Disease Management Plan (previously Enhanced Primary Care Plan or EPC) that has been given to you by your doctor.
If you speak with your doctor and are eligible for the Chronic Disease Management Plan, please tell us when you book your appointment. The Chronic Disease Management Plan entitles you to up to five physiotherapy treatment sessions per calendar year. We claim these Chronic Disease Management Plan treatment sessions on the spot electronically, this means that you will only pay the gap payment for these visits.
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New look: Bowman's No. 48 Ally Chevrolet for 2022 revealed
Check out every angle of Alex Bowman's fresh Ally paint scheme for the 2022 season. The new look, which includes a champagne base and a twist on Ally's vibrant colors, will hit the track for the first time on Feb. 6, 2022 at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum.


Two years ago, on 2 April 2013, the international community finally adopted the Arms Trade Treaty to regulate the international trade in weapons and munitions, which is estimated to be approaching US$100 billion annually. More than three-quarters of the world's countries backed it at the UN General Assembly in New York. It was a hard-won victory that followed two decades of intensive campaigning by Amnesty International and other NGOs.
It was a moment of great pride and joy for those who genuinely cared most for security and the protection of human rights, which are severely threatened by often reckless and careless arms transfers.
It is estimated that roughly half a million people are killed every year with firearms; in the battlefield as a result of state repression and by criminal gangs. Many other millions around the world die because they are being denied access to health care, water or food as they are trapped in conflicts fuelled by the poorly controlled flow of arms. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, for example, it is estimated more than five million people died indirectly because of the armed conflict since 1998. And for every person who is killed in conflict and armed violence, we have to consider the many more who are injured and tortured, abused, forcibly disappeared, taken hostage or otherwise denied their human rights down the barrel of a gun. The problem is absolutely massive and ongoing as seen now in Syria, Iraq, Libya and South Sudan. In many parts of the world, irresponsible arms trading can sooner or later destroy every area of people's lives and livelihoods.
By adopting the Arms Trade Treaty, progressive and well-meaning UN member states showed their commitment to end the irresponsible arms transfers. This showed an acceptance by most governments now that arms trade controls should be aligned with states' international obligations to respect human rights.
Kenya took up a leadership in ensuring that arms trade is controlled and illicit arms no longer land in the wrong hands, fuelling serious human rights abuses. Kenyan officials declared their public support for an Arms Trade Treaty and Kenya became one of the six states who co-authored the initial UN resolution in 2006 calling for the creation of an international treaty to regulate the trade in conventional arms. This action kicked off diplomatic talks and Kenya's leaders actively helped the world to get the Arms Trade Treaty.
rship in ensuring that arms trade is controlled and illicit arms no longer land in the wrong hands, fuelling serious human rights abuses. Kenyan officials declared their public support for an Arms Trade Treaty and Kenya became one of the six states who co-authored the initial UN resolution in 2006 calling for the creation of an international treaty to regulate the trade in conventional arms. This action kicked off diplomatic talks and Kenya's leaders actively helped the world to get the Arms Trade Treaty.
But Kenya is now shirking its responsibilities. In fact, since the treaty opened for signature on 3 June 2013, Kenya has taken no further action at the UN to support the treaty. It is not among the states that have signed or ratified the treaty. Kenya is among the countries in the global south whose regions are plagued by high levels of gun violence, sometimes brutal repression of human rights and all-too-frequent armed conflicts.
The Arms Trade Treaty is now a reality and is legally binding after entering into force on 24 December 2014. A total of 65 states have now ratified the Treaty. Sadly, Kenya is not among them.
Kenya should continue its leadership in the ATT process and has every reason to ratify this very important treaty to help stem the never-ending story of insecurity that plagues our homes, communities and urban areas..
Armed violence has been responsible for thousands of deaths in Kenya in recent years. The small arms and ammunition that result in the death and injury of so many Kenyans are made in Europe, China and elsewhere. Unregistered weapons make it into the country and are often diverted to unauthorised users, including criminal gangs and armed groups. This is largely due to lax controls, particularly with regard to civilian possession, state possession, stockpile management and manufacture.
Kenya should be among the countries heading up the charge on the ATT and its implementation. It should serve as an example to other states in Africa and around the world whose regions suffer high levels of gun violence, serious human rights violations and war crimes carried out down the barrel of a weapon.
It is obvious that failure by the international community, including Kenya, to strictly regulate the international trade in arms, could put our lives and livelihoods at risk.
Stories of the hundreds of thousands of survivors of armed violence point to the real and present dangers of the international proliferation of small arms. Much needs to be done by national authorities in Kenya and other countries to deal with the day-to-day impact of this proliferation – to rein in criminality and beef up real security for the people.
But if we fail to ensure the strict control of arms transfers, millions of ordinary people will continue to suffer. It is crucial that Kenya live up to its commitment to stem the flow of arms to those that could use them for serious human rights violations. Protecting the right to life and security requires the Kenyan government to immediately ratify and begin implementing the Arms Trade Treaty without fail.


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If you have extra cash in the bank, you want your money to work harder for your retirement. But if you are not comfortable with investing and yet not satisfied with the low interest of the bank deposit, you may want to put it in a short-term endowment plan.
Single premium endowment plan becomes so popular that NTUC's Capital Plus was sold out within a day last week. Now you have an alternative.
China Life is launching a new plan called "Special SaveGrowth". The plan is simple: you pay a single premium and the plan matures in 5 years.
Note the return is compounded, minimum premium is $20,000. The policy term is longer than NTUC Capital Plus thus the yield is higher. 2.6% is probably the highest in the market now.
The policy illustration per $10,000 premium is shown below.
Some people may not be familiar with China Life insurance, but they are not new in the market. In fact, China Life Insurance (Group) Company is ranked 42nd in Fortune Global 500 List 2018. China Life has a niche in 5 years endowment plan. Their SaveReward endowment plan launched last year was a huge success.
Moreover, all these endowment plans are protected under the Policy Owner Protection Scheme.
Given the current volatile investment climate, I foresee this product will be fully subscribed in a short period. Register your interest using the form below if you want to sign up this plan.
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China life special save growth policy not appear in chinalife website. Where you get the informatiom?
Generally, the insurer doesn't actively promote such kind of plan as it sells by itself. There is no point to put it on their website and take it down in a couple of days. The same logic applies to NTUC Capital Plus.


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Elīna Garanča (pronunciado ) (Riga, 16 de septiembre de 1976) es una mezzosoprano letona.

Biografía
Nació en Letonia, en el seno de una familia aficionada a la música. Entró en la Academia Letona de Música en 1996 para estudiar canto con Sergey Martinov. Continuó sus estudios en Viena con Irina Gavrilović, y en los Estados Unidos con Virginia Zeani.

Su carrera profesional comenzó en el Südthüringisches Staatstheater de Meiningen y más tarde en la Compañía de la Ópera de Frankfurt (Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt). En 1999 ganó la Mirjam Helin Singing Competition en Helsinki, Finlandia.

Comenzó a destacar internacionalmente en 2003 en el Festival de Salzburgo (Salzburger Festspiele), donde interpretó a Annio en La clemencia de Tito, de Mozart, dirigida por Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Tras ello comenzó a recibir importantes papeles, como el de Charlotte en Werther, Dorabella en Così fan tutte para la Ópera de Viena, en 2004, y Dorabella de nuevo en París, dirigida por Patrice Chéreau (2005).

En 2006 cantó de nuevo La clemencia de Tito, esta vez en el papel de Sesto. El 12 de enero de 2007 debutó con su propia compañía en el Metropolitan Opera de Nueva York interpretando a Rosina en El barbero de Sevilla, de Rossini. El crítico del periódico The New York Times Bernard Holland escribió sobre este estreno: «La señora Garanča es una realidad (...) Las modernas técnicas de canto se adaptan con dificultad al énfasis que pone Rossini —propio de principios del XIX— en la velocidad, luminosidad y articulación atlética, y la señora Garanča era la única sobre el escenario que parecía sentirse completamente cómoda».

El 16 de enero de 2010 llevó a cabo una memorable y apasionada interpretación de la Carmen (ópera) de Bizet, en el Metropolitan Opera House de Nueva York junto al tenor francés Roberto Alagna. Su actuación fue retransmitida en directo vía satélite y en alta definición a todo el mundo, proyectándose simultáneamente en más de 850 salas de cine en 31 países distintos.

Elina ha contribuido a difundir la Zarzuela en el extranjero, popularizando las Carceleras de Las hijas del Zebedeo.
Está casada con el director Karel Mark Chichon. Ambos protagonizaron un homenaje al Teatro de la Zarzuela cuando se anunció la fallida fusión con el Teatro Real.

Grabaciones
En 2005 firmó un contrato para grabar exclusivamente con Deutsche Grammophon.

 Vivaldi: Bajazet/ Fabio Biondi, David Daniels, Vivica Genaux, Patrizia Ciofi, grabación ganadora de un Grammy.
 Rossini: La Cenerentola / Benini, Garanca, Lawrence Brownlee, Metropolitan Opera (DVD).
 Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi / Luisi,  Anna Netrebko, Garanca.
 Mozart: Così Fan Tutte / Bonney, Degout, Harding, (DVD).
 Mozart: La clemenza di Tito / Schade, Vesselina Kasarova, Barbara Bonney, Luca Pisaroni, (DVD).
 Massenet: Werther / Jordan, Marcelo Álvarez, Garanča, et al , (DVD).
 Bellini: Norma / Haider, Edita Gruberova, Garanča, et al.
 Bel Canto - Donizetti, Bellini, Rossini / Garanča, Roberto Abbado.
 Aria Cantilena - Villa-lobos, etc. / Garanca, Luisi, Et Al.
 Habanera - Bizet, etc, / Garanča, Chichon.

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Página web de la cantante.
 Información sobre Elīna Garanča en Opera Database.
 Puede escucharse su interpretación de Rosina en El barbero de Sevilla, de Rossini pinchando el siguiente enlace:
 Elina Garanča canta Mozart

Mezzosopranos de Letonia
Músicos de Letonia del siglo XX
Músicos de Letonia del siglo XXI
Cantantes de zarzuela
Cantantes en letón
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Robert George is constantly evolving and rolling with the punches exploring a fascination with symbolism and psychology through light.
work in compositing and editing from post-production film houses Oktobor and Sauce in Wellington, deciding to pursue Freelance Directing full-time in 2008.
Robert's practice is heavily influenced by his Cook Island Maori and New Zealand Maori heritage. Through discussions with his family and most notably his father Ian George, artist and art educator, about how we as Polynesians see our culture, these ideas have permeated through to Robert's work. For Robert, his creative output is his connection to his culture. As he does not speak the Cook Island or New Zealand Maori language, this is his way of contributing and participating in the Pacific Contemporary Arts culture. Other influences include the exploration of light and death through symbolism, using motifs and symbols to explore a fascination with the subconscious and psychology stemming from his background in painting influenced by Renaissance and German Expressionism. It is within film that he finds the connections between these themes, seamlessly creating works that explore his plethora of knowledge.
Tau Tupua: The Spirits, which originally exhibited at Fresh Gallery in July of 2014, featured the work of Robert, Toa Taihia and Vela Manusaute. The exhibition coincided with the centenary of World War 1 and paid homage to the under-acknowledged contribution of Niuean soldiers in the New Zealand war effort. 150 Niuean men from an entire Niuean population of 4000 people were added to the New Zealand Maori contingent which served in Egypt and France in 1915. As many of the Niuean men did not return from the war, this represented a significant loss to Niue. Robert's work in Tau Tupua: The Spirits began with the filmed interviews with descendants of the Niuean veterans that went to World War 1 resulting in an interactive and surrealist style video.
Robert's films and exhibited works include Tau Tupua: The Spirits, Fresh Gallery, Auckland 2014; Dys/Function, 24 Hour Film Festival, Auckland,2013; Conversations in Mind, Queens Wharf, 2013; Fly Me Up To Where You Are: Te Waharoa, Artstation, Auckland, 2013; Reservations, NorthWest Digital/NZ Film Com, 2013; Composed of Light, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, 2012; Round Up, NorthWest Digital, 2012; Miharo, Tumanako Productions, 2012; 411 Series Two, Adrenalin Group, 2010; Pukoro Series Two, Kura Productions, 2007; The Goodbye, Creative NZ, 2006.


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Q: gson handle: Expected BEGIN_OBJECT but was BEGIN_ARRAY I am using Retrofit and Gson to make API calls. I have a problem with responses from server. For some attributes it is sending empty  JSONArray instead of null JSONObject. e.g.:
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Thank you.

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"Bob Dylan: the Musical," or something more sophisticated? Picking his way through the legendary songwriter's back catalogue, Irish playwright Conor McPherson has come up with a portrait of Depression-era America in "Girl From the North Country." Dylan's music sets the mood and, if it sometimes feels like a setting in search of a story, the production at London's Old Vic taps into that time. It walks a fine line between a beloved literary tradition and something more resonant – a reflection of our own recession. The blend slips down easy: enjoyable and soulful.
Set in a guest house in Duluth, Minnesota – Dylan's boyhood home – "Girl From the North Country" gives us glimpses of the lives of those passing through, the flotsam and jetsam of Dust Bowl America. It's really a series of short stories rubbing shoulders, sharing a table in a temporary home. There are runaways and romantics; sinners and snake oil salesmen; drinkers down on their luck and out on their own. Were McPherson a lesser writer, this would quickly feel ersatz: John Steinbeck Country or Carson McCullers' backyard. Instead, it's a loving homage with a neat turn of phrase and a tang in the air. Dylan's songs becomes the soundtrack of the Great Depression, heartfelt and hopeful but mostly kicking their heels.
The proprietor is Nick Laine, a good man getting by. He charges what he can, and gives credit where he can't. Played by Ciarán Hinds, his face reflects the times: his lips have seized up into a permanent downturn. His wife Elizabeth (Shirley Henderson) has succumbed to early dementia. His son Gene's hit the bottle, unable to find work, let alone write for a living, and he can't find a decent, young husband for his pregnant, black, adopted daughter Marianne (Sheila Atim).
Among those under his roof are a slippery clergyman, selling a stash of cheap bibles, and a black boxer, Joe Scott, just out of jail. Respectable businessman Mr. Burke (Stanley Townsend) is out of cash and on the road with his wife and disabled son in tow. Nick's mistress Mrs. Neilsen (Debbie Kurup) dangles dreams of buying him a bigger guest house. An old widower (Jim Norton) stops by every so often, trying to tempt Marianne into a marriage of mutual convenience.
The "jukebox musical" is coming of age in London. Preposterous as it is, "Bat Out of Hell" elevates Meat Loaf to the level of opera, while in "Nina," Josette Bushell-Mingo has arranged Nina Simone's songs into a searing solo, part tribute gig, part protest.
"Girl from the North Country" might be the most grown-up yet. Officially, it's a play with songs; in practice, songs with a play; a fusion of drama and gig. McPherson dots his guest house with vintage mics and musical instruments. His script doesn't crowbar in hits or bunnyhop between songs. No "Blowin' in the Wind." No "Knockin' On Heaven's Door." The songs serve the show, not vice versa. Some unfold in full, like musical monologues. Some are just snippets, segues from one scene to the next.
Dylan's never incidental, though. His music sets the mood, unhurried but restless, downbeat but uptight. There's a reason they call it the Great Depression, and Dylan's slow numbers reflect long, empty days. Everyone's too busy trying to scrap a living to actually live, let alone love. It's a world of widowers and heavy hearts. Sam Reid's Gene sings "I Want You" with the ex-girlfriend leaving town, a quiet sob of a song. "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" speaks for almost everybody, and there's a heaviness in the air, the sense of storm clouds brewing; a "Slow Train" coming in. McPherson makes abundantly clear that in troubled times, families are dead weight – extra mouths to feed, more care to bestow. Love is a luxury, but loneliness can kill.
Ten years after our own financial crash, all of that rings true. A show that seems to romanticize the last major recession, conforming to the clichés of a literary tradition, starts to reflect our reality. Guests talk of tents lined up along the roadside and bright, young men queueing for work. Dust Bowl America bumps into Austerity Britain. You recognize the rhythms at play: the weight of debts, the fraying tempers, the hopelessness.
Yet there's hope in here too, and the simplicity of Dylan's music shines through. Simon Hale's arrangements clean the songs right up and instead of gravel, they take on a choral sheen, soaring upwards like spirituals. Tambourines and egg shakers drive the tempo on. A simple house band – violins, pianos and drums – sit behind voices. When people sing, it's as if they pop the bonnets of their brains and let us look inside. Henderson's bird-like Elisabeth rattles around "Like a Rolling Stone," as dementia has freed her from everyday trouble. Jack Shalloo's Elias Burke bursts into an exuberant "Duquesne Whistle" when he finds release.
This is a fine ensemble, though, without a weak link in place. Characterful performances, from Michael Shaeffer's slimeball priest to Arinzé Kene's wronged man, fill the play with life. The flip side is that the play can feel diffuse, but as darkness encroaches and depression digs in, McPherson makes clear that the times haven't changed all that much.
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(mp3) Words of Freedom Welcomes Richard Gage
February 11, 2009 by Michael
Exclusive! George Flynn of Words of Freedom welcomes architect Richard Gage to the mainstream airwaves in Colorado.
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(video) South Tower: Explosive Reality
January 4, 2009 by Michael
This is another in a series of kinematic analysis videos of events in the World Trade Center "collapses." This video was provided to me by "plaguepuppy." It measures two ejections from the side of the South Tower at over 100 miles per hour. See http://www.911speakout.org for more.
David Chandler is a member of Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth.
Also see my interview from December 13, 2008 with David Chandler here: Visibility 9-11 Welcomes Physicist David Chandler, ae911truth.org
Filed Under: 9-11, 9-11 Cover-Up, 9-11 Truth Movement, ae911truth.org, Architects and Engineers for 9-11 Truth, Citizens Investigation, Controlled Demolition, Evidence, Facts, Media, MUST SEE VIDEOS, Scholars for 9-11 Truth and Justice, Scientific Questions, Twin Towers, VIDEO, WTC Destruction, WTC7
(video) Race With Gravity
The wave of horizontal mass ejection moving down the face of the North Tower of the World Trade Center is shown to move faster than heavy debris falling through air nearby. See http://www.911speakout.org for more.
(video) Freefall Acceleration of WTC7
Measurement of the collapse of Building 7 of the World Trade Center proves free-fall collapse rate. See http://www.911speakout.org for more.
(video) 4-Ton Girders: Blowing in the Wind?
4-ton girders were found as much as 600 feet from the base of the North Tower of the World Trade Center after its collapse. This raises obvious questions. How fast must they have been ejected from the collapsing building to land that far away? What forces were at work to give such massive structures high horizontal velocities? If anything besides gravity was at work, pandora's box is opened up. For more, see http://www.911SpeakOut.org.
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Nanothermites and WTC dust
December 28, 2008 by Michael
by Kevin Ryan
This past year I've done some photomicroscopy of samples of WTC dust. A number of examples of the photos can be found in the latest AE911truth.org video. The related scientific analyses of the particles found in the WTC dust, in particular the red-gray chips first discovered by Professor Steven Jones, are ongoing.
But I've also spent some time making nanothermites, and igniting them. Here is a slideshow of 26 photomicrographs, half of which are nanothermite residues and half of which are ferromagnetic particles extracted from WTC dust samples. These photos share many things in common, including the presence of metallic microspheres, vesicular formations and red-orange chips. Sometimes it's hard to remember which photo belongs to which category. If the nanothermite residues were mixed with concrete dust and glass fragments, it would likely be much more difficult to notice any differences.
You can see the slideshow here.
Interesting stuff, to be sure. And many thanks to Professor Jones, Janette MacKinlay, Shane Geiger, Mike Berger and others for the samples and inspiration. Scientific papers are on the way, of course, but sharing some of the photos now is worthwhile I think. Here's to a truthful New Year!
Filed Under: 9-11 Dust, 9-11 Truth Movement, Controlled Demolition, Journal of 9-11 Studies, Kevin Ryan, MUST SEE, Nano-Thermite, Research, Scholars for 9-11 Truth and Justice, Scientific Method, Super Thermite, Thermite, Twin Towers, V for Visibility, World Trade Center Destruction, WTC7
"WTC7: NIST Admits Freefall" …The Movie
December 9, 2008 by Michael
NIST has now officially accepted that WTC7 came down with the acceleration of gravity, but they still couch it as a phase in a 5.4 second interval they claim matches the 5.4 seconds required for their model to collapse 18 floors. The starting point of their 5.4 second interval is totally arbitrary. This new video highlights the August 26 technical briefing and allows Sunder and Gross to shoot holes in their own feet. Part II, which is planned to come out in a week or two, will go into detail about the implications of freefall. A list of bullet points has been compiled on that topic already, but if anyone has a special take on it that they would like to feed into the mix, please contact me at dchandler@ae911tuth.org.
–David Chandler, AE911Truth.org
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NIST Releases Final WTC 7 Investigation Report
November 23, 2008 by Michael
http://nist.gov/public_affairs/techbeat/tbx2008_1120_wtc7.htm
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today released its final report on the Sept. 11, 2001, collapse of the 47-story World Trade Center building 7 (WTC 7) in New York City. The final report is strengthened by clarifications and supplemental text suggested by organizations and individuals worldwide in response to the draft WTC 7 report, released for public comment on Aug. 21, but the revisions did not alter the investigation team's major findings and recommendations, which include identification of fire as the primary cause for the building's failure.
The extensive three-year scientific and technical building and fire safety investigation found that the fires on multiple floors in WTC 7, which were uncontrolled but otherwise similar to fires experienced in other tall buildings, caused an extraordinary event. Heating of floor beams and girders caused a critical support column to fail, initiating a fire-induced progressive collapse that brought the building down.
In response to comments from the building community, NIST conducted an additional computer analysis. The goal was to see if the loss of WTC 7's Column 79—the structural component identified as the one whose failure on 9/11 started the progressive collapse—would still have led to a complete loss of the building if fire or damage from the falling debris of the nearby WTC 1 tower were not factors. The investigation team concluded that the column's failure under any circumstance would have initiated the destructive sequence of events.
Other revisions to the final WTC 7 report included:
* Expanding the discussion of firestopping, the material placed between floors to prevent floor-to-floor fire spread;
* Clarifying the description of thermal expansion as it related to WTC 7's shear studs and floor beams; and
* Explaining in greater detail the computer modeling approach used to define where and when the fire in WTC 7 started and the extent of window breakage as a result of fire.
With the release of the final WTC 7 report, NIST has completed its federal building and fire safety investigation of the WTC disaster that began in August 2002. A three-year study of the collapses of the WTC towers (WTC 1 and 2) was completed in October 2005. More than 20 changes in the U.S. model building and fire codes have already been adopted based on the findings and recommendations from the investigation.
NIST will now work with various public and private groups toward implementing additional changes to the U.S. model building and fire codes including those based on the 13 recommendations from the WTC 7 report (one new and 12 reiterated from the towers investigation).
The complete text of the final WTC 7 report, a video describing the WTC 7 investigation findings, a of all comments received on the draft WTC 7 report, a chart tracking the progress toward implementing all of the NIST WTC recommendations, and other materials may be accessed at http://wtc.nist.gov.
Graphic showing the buckling of WTC 7 Column 79 (circled area), the local failure identified as the initiating event in the building's progressive collapse.
Credit: NIST Building and Fire Research Laboratory
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Media Contact: Michael E. Newman, michael.newman@nist.gov, (301) 975-3025
For the first time in the history of modern steel high-rise building construction, fire alone has been blamed for the complete and total destruction of WTC 7, a massive 47 story steel framed high rise, the THIRD building that mysteriously "collapsed" on September 11th, 2001.
Please observe the following videos and ask yourself, could the failure of ONE column (Col. 79) explain the perfectly symmetrical and total failure of the entire structure built from massive steel columns and beams?
Now, please watch the following video and ask yourself, how did the BBC know WTC 7 (Solomon Brothers Building) was going to come down and even report that the building had "collapsed" 20 minutes before the building suddenly came down?
For more information on the mysterious "collapse" of WTC 7, please visit our friends at Architects and Engineers for 9-11 Truth and Richard Gage's excellent analysis of the destruction of this massive 47 story tower on September 11th, 2001.
Filed Under: 9-11 Cover-Up, Controlled Demolition, NIST, The NIST Report, V for Visibility, World Trade Center Destruction, WTC7
Visibility 9-11 Welcomes Richard Gage, AIA, Architects and Engineers for 9-11 Truth
September 20, 2008 by Michael
This week Visibility 9-11 welcomes San Francisco Bay area architect Richard Gage, AIA, founder and driving force behind Architects and Engineers for 9-11 Truth. To date, 477 architectural and engineering professionals and 2432 other supporters including A&E students have signed the petition demanding of Congress a truly independent investigation.
This discussion focuses around the AE911 slogan, "9/11: Re-examining the 3 WTC high-rise "collapses" and includes information relevant to the fall of the Twin Towers and WTC7 as well as the recently released and long awaited NIST report in the implosion of building 7.
Intermission music by Mos Def and Immortal Technique.
Ending music by Gary Moore.
Direct download: visibility911_gage_08.mp3
Filed Under: 9-11 Activism, 9-11 Cover-Up, 9-11 Truth Movement, Architects and Engineers for 9-11 Truth, Richard Gage, Twin Towers, Visibility 9-11 Episode, Visibility 9-11 with Michael Wolsey, World Trade Center Destruction, WTC7
Richard Gage, AIA to Lecture in Denver Colorado
Sponsored by Colorado 9-11 Visibility
In the years since 9/11/2001, millions of Americans have come to question the official narrative of the events of that day. The evidence simply doesn't square with what we were told, and nowhere is this more plainly visible than in the manner that the World Trade Center towers "collapsed". I hope you will join me when I come to Denver to give a live multimedia presentation on the topic of the destruction of the three World Trade Center high-rises. Bring your tough questions (there will be Q and A) and your friends—but please come and evaluate the evidence for yourself.
9-11 Blueprint for Truth – The Architecture of Destruction
Re-examining the World Trade Center Collapses
A Multimedia Event for Professionals and Everyone Else
Thursday, September 25, 2008, 7:00 pm
Marriott Tech Center
4900 So. Syracuse St., Denver
$10 suggested donation
The organization Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth is a fast-growing collaboration of more than 460 architectural and engineering professionals who are re-examining these high-rise collapses. The last few years have witnessed the emergence of mounting scientific evidence that the collapses of the Twin Towers and WTC Building 7 were not adequately explained by the official theories outlined in the 2002 FEMA and 2005 & 2008 NIST reports. The Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth call for a new, fully funded, unimpeachable Congressional investigation with subpoena power.
We present the evidence on our website and in live multi-media presentations throughout the country. Most A/E's who have seen our multimedia presentation have joined us in calling for a new investigation from Congress!
What the Evidence Shows
Each of the WTC Twin Towers emitted explosive sounds well before the collapses began — reported by over 100 first responders in the FDNY recorded "Oral Histories" (the release of which was resisted by the City of New York until forced by a FOIA lawsuit by the New York Times). Numerous accounts of "flashes of light" reminiscent of demolition charges were also reported. Video footage reveals the striking symmetry, explosiveness and rapidity of the Towers' destruction. Their destruction differed from the "classic" controlled demolition of WTC 7 (noted below) in their extreme explosiveness.
Each rubble site contained tons of molten metal "flowing like lava" in the basements — as attested by Leslie Robertson, WTC structural engineer, and numerous other contractors and first responders. Scientists have determined conclusively that thermate, a high-tech incendiary, was used — chemical traces of thermate were found in the steel and the dust. Each "collapse" exhibited thick billowing pyroclastic dust clouds thatrapidly expanded to over ten times the volume of the buildings. Each showed squibs (explosive ejections of pulverized building materials) easily seen in all the videos. The twin towers were supposed to have "pancaked" down, but there was no stack of floors found at the bottom — everything was blown outside the footprint of the buildings in a 1,200-foot radius — and 90,000 tons of concrete, metal decking and floor trusses were completely missing from the debris field.
Most damaging to the official story was WTC Building 7 — a 47-story high-rise hit by an airplane and yet the third modern steel-framed skyscraper to collapse symmetrically at near free-fall speed on 9/11 (in 6.5 seconds) — in the exact manner of a controlled demolition with explosives. It collapsed into a neat, compact pile, exhibiting the classic features of controlled demolition
Rapid onset of collapse
*Sounds of explosions at ground floor — a full second prior to collapse
*Symmetrical collapse — through the path of greatest resistance — at near free-fall speed (i.e., the columns offered no resistance and had to have been "removed")
*Collapse into its own footprint — with the steel skeleton broken up for shipment
*Massive volume of expanding pyroclastic-like dust clouds
*Tons of molten metal found in the basements by demolition workers
*Chemical signature of thermate (a high-tech incendiary) found in slag and dust samples
*Rapid oxidation and intergranular melting found (by FEMA) in the structural steel samples
*Expert corroboration from controlled demolition professionals
*Foreknowledge of collapse by first responders, media, NYPD, FDNY, etc.
You can review all of this evidence and much more online at AE911Truth.org
We hope you'll join us in Denver on September 25. For most of us, it takes great courage to even consider this evidence, and I applaud you for your willingness to keep an open mind while you evaluate it for yourself. It would be impossible for me to overstate the importance of doing so — for the sake of our democracy.
Sincerely, Richard Gage, AIA, Architect, Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth – AE911Truth.org
Notes from a few Architects and Engineers…
"AE911Truth exposes that a localized failure in a steel-framed building like WTC 7 cannot cause a catastrophic collapse like a house of cards at free-fall speed without a simultaneous and patterned loss of several of its columns at key locations within the building." -Kamal Obeid, PE, Structural Engineer, Fremont, CA
"I think we were all shocked when the buildings came down; it just didn't seem right. Richard Gage, AIA, does an excellent job uncovering the problems with the official explanation in a scientific, non-partisan way. It's "An Inconvenient Truth" about 9/11 that everyone should be aware of. Brace yourselves." -Chris Mungenast, AIA, Somerville, MA
"The presentation by AE911Truth.org brings serious doubt to the official story. It is very difficult to understand how all 3 Trade Center buildings could have come down the way they did, solely as the result of the 2 airplane impacts and resulting fires." -Jeffrey G. Arnold, Architect, Orinda, CA.
"AE911Truth.org defies the official version of a complete structural failure of WTC Towers 1 and 2. AE911 proves that a free fall of these steel structures into their own footprint is a story without merit and a challenge to common sense." -Osvaldo Valdes, Architect, New York City
"WTC Building #7 was hit by aircraft, yet it collapsed nearly at free-fall speed – similar to the towers. The small fires don't explain this, and the two reports (FEMA and NIST) don't address this or the molten metal found in the basement by the demolition contractors. Why not? What happened there? I have serious questions as a result of Mr. Gage's thought-provoking presentation." -John Cole, Architect, Walnut Creek, CA
"I completely support AE911Truth.org. Besides the prima facie evidence which they present well, I think there is a hidden truth in the lack of changes demanded by insurance companies and building code agencies as preventative measures. If they don't want to change policy or method as a result of the "collapses," then there is no truth to the official story." -Keith Burns, Architect, Warren Grove, New Jersey
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War. Devotion. Deceit. Death. How long can a heart hold on before it breaks?
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Sanderson has found salvation and hell in a single turn of events he could never have imagined—his much-younger brother, Jackson, is his Yankee guard. When Jackson's cruel commanding officer learns of the brothers' family ties, he devises a wicked plan to see them both dead. Jackson is determined to get his brother to safety—but a last-minute betrayal by another prisoner could be the death of both brothers.
The war is over, Sanderson is home, and life is good. Until the Army comes knocking.
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