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Cobalt Power Group Reports New Outcrop with Veins on Proteus Property and Structural Analysis of Smith Cobalt East Outcrop
Cobalt Power Group Inc
TSX.V: CPO, Pink Sheets: CBBWF
VANCOUVER, Oct. 30, 2017 /CNW/ - Cobalt Power Group Inc. (the "Company") (TSX.V: CPO, OTC Pink: CBBWF) is pleased to announce that a new outcrop been found on the Proteus property in Cobalt, Ontario, and that an exploration plan has been approved. Work has already begun, including opening up trenches and pits, which resulted in the exposing of several veins. These veins have been sampled and assay results are pending. Additionally, the Company has conducted a 2D seismic survey with the Mineral Exploration Research Centre (MERC) at Laurentian University in Sudbury.
"We are excited about the new outcrop and vein showings on our Proteus concession," comments Dr. Andreas Rompel, President & CEO. "In order to increase opportunities to detect mineralization, we plan to continue opening up more strike length along these veins."
The Company also announces completion of a structural analysis of the Smith Cobalt East outcrop. A major fault that was detected by the aeromagnetic survey conducted last year has been opened. Details of the analysis are described below.
Surface Sampling:
Five samples collected from the Temiskaming Project shaft area (one from each side of the shaft and three from surface immediately adjacent to the shaft) have been submitted for analysis. The zones sampled are located in NW-trending Keewatin volcanics.
Four historic drill holes (1985 and 1986) appear to undercut this zone. These holes were reported to intersect significant Au and Ag values (no Co assays were taken). Hole 86-23 intersected 0.58m at 6.21 g/t Au (0.181 oz/T); hole 86-28 intersected 0.24m at 694 g/t Ag (20.24 oz/T); hole 85-16 intersected 0.25m at 679 g/t Ag (19.79 oz/T) and 0.15m at 428 g/t Ag (12.48 oz/T); hole 86-13 intersected 465 g/t Au over 0.1m (13.55 oz/T). In addition, the geological description of 86-13 mentions 70% cobalt arsenide in a narrow vein. These intersections all occur in the Keewatin volcanics (rhyolite and intermediate breccias), close to the upper contact of the Nipissing diabase sill. These intersections are taken from reports generated by the project operator at the time (Proteus Resources Inc.), and have not been independently verified by Cobalt Power.
Seismic Survey:
A 2D seismic survey was conducted on October 10 and 11, 2017, as part of a province-wide initiative by Laurentian University's MERC. SA Explorations, a leading seismic surveying company, performed field operations. Surveying covered 7.7 km in a general NNW-SSE direction in the northern part of the Smith Cobalt area. The results are expected to assist in regional and local structural and stratigraphic interpretations.
Structural Analysis:
A structural analysis completed on the Smith Cobalt East outcrop has yielded a good understanding of the structural controls for the vein swarms. The findings on the behaviour of the faults are fundamental to the understanding of the paragenesis of the geology of the veins and surrounding lithologies. At least five subvertical calcite vein sets were discovered in the outcrop, the majority of which strike NW-SE, with smaller sets striking N-S and E-W. Of further note: in this location the mineralization lies in Coleman sediments above the Nipissing diabase sill (at Smith Cobalt, the sill lies above the sediments).
About Cobalt Power Group Inc.
Cobalt Power Group Inc. is a publicly traded Canadian exploration company listed on the TSX-Venture Exchange and U.S. Pink Sheets (TSX-V: CPO, OTC Pink: CBBWF) focused on cobalt exploration and development.
The Company has made a series of strategic property acquisitions over the past year, seeking cobalt mineralization near Cobalt, Ontario - a region with a long history of silver and associated cobalt production. Property holdings total 863.6 hectares (2134 acres) in contiguous and strategic claim blocks. There are several historic mining operations on the properties that are potentially accessible, including the Smith Cobalt shaft and its underground workings.
"Andreas Rompel"
Dr. Andreas Rompel, President and CEO
Cobalt Power Group Inc.
www.cobaltpowergroup.com
We seek safe harbor.
The TSX Venture Exchange Inc. has in no way passed upon the merits of the proposed transaction and has neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this press release.
Forward Looking Information
The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of the content of this News Release. WARNING: The Company relies on litigation protection for "forward looking" statements. Actual results could differ materially from those described in the news release as a result of numerous factors, some of which are outside the control of the Company. This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to sell any of the securities in the United States. The securities have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act") or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to U.S. Persons unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or an exemption from such registration is available.
SOURCE Cobalt Power Group Inc
For further information: Daniel Caamano, V.P. Corporate Communications or Judy A. McCall, Corporate Secretary at: 604.620.7737. The company's profile may also be viewed on www.sedar.com.

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Abhinav is a maker at heart. He has been running a sustainable livelihoods design enterprise since 2016, Freedesign, based out of rural Bangalore. His design-thinking initiatives include creating and running rural makerspaces, co-creating assistive devices with differently abled, designing water conserving farming methods and designing handicrafts products with vegetables. He has been supported by India Inclusion Foundation, Plus Trust Foundation, International Development Innovation Network, Fab Lab Network, Red Cross (Geneva).
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Amy is determined to die well, having lived well. From Adelaide, Australia, she has been a begrudging designer, until just recently where her designer's role seems to have grown some new and interesting arms. Amy's drivers are a commitment to beauty and excellence, a probe for deeper meaning and human/universal connection, and a deep love for nature.
Anupreeta Agate
Anupreeta is a product designer and papercut artist with a passion for problem solving and understanding human behavior. With a degree in Product Design from National Institute of Design, India, Anupreeta is exploring the vast field of interdisciplinary design and how it can contribute to adding value to people's lives. She is currently practicing as a UX designer and has worked on several enterprise projects belonging to various domains. Having worked on projects with themes such as energy systems and design for differently abled people, Anupreeta's goal is to utilize her design thinking skills & knowledge as a catalyst for positive, social change.
Camila Olmedo Mendez
Camila is passionate about women empowerment and water, and curious about models that can solve social and environmental issues. She thinks that by connecting the dots of our collective intentions, skills and talents, we can create something of greater impact. Her goal is to bring social business to Bolivia and Latin America by disrupting traditional models and creating sustainability. She believes that human beings never stop evolving and need exposure to environments of continuous learning and growth. Through her work with an Austin, Texas nonprofit that implements integrated community development in rural Ethiopia with water, health, education and micro-finance projects, she has learned the importance of including community participation and the validity of data integrity. Camila currently works as cofounder of the organization, Start Americas Together, with the mission to connect the entire continent of America to empower youth to take action and make social and environmental impact. She is also founder of El Agua Es Oro, a project aimed to bring water to the peri-urban area of Cochabamba, Bolivia by re-inserting women leadership roles in the community.
James da Costa
James is passionate about people, technology and social good. He is a Co-Founder of Mandala Group, where he serves as Head of Community. Mandala Group creates socially beneficial mobile applications, connecting low-income and rural communities to essential services such as finance, healthcare and education. Mandala Group has created six Impact apps, including a marketplace app for coconut farmers in Kenya and an education app that enables illiterate mothers to read to their children in India. James loves traveling to unique locations to challenge his own ideas and perceptions, including his travels to Mongolia, Zimbabwe and North Korea.
Jessica Ede
Jess is a lover of words, science, rationality, ethics, and philosophy. She is a problem solver and and a pragmatic idealist. Hailing from Sydney, Australia, Jess has a background in psychology and interaction design. Five years ago she made a switch from designing digital interfaces to designing services. She has worked as a service designer at Meld studios for the last four years, working on the complex and often intangible issues which large organizations and Government departments are increasingly facing when attempting to improve and develop the services they deliver to customers. Jess has worked on projects across all levels of Government (local, state, and federal), and has worked across a wide range of sectors, including education, health, justice, employment, aviation, technology and communications, and retail. At the core of what Jess does is the aim of helping organizations take a human-centered approach to designing and improving the services they deliver to people as they go about their everyday lives. It involves helping organizations to understand the current experiences, needs, expectations, and behaviors that customers have in relation to a service and its role within their lives, and to then collaboratively explore and define desired future state experiences with customers. Beyond service design, Jess has a deep interest in exploring design and change at a higher, systemic level. Swinging between panic and pragmatic optimism about the state of the world, Jess sees the necessity and urgency of developing new, sustainable futures. Futures which put the systems that humanity operates and organizes itself through, back into a symbiotic relationship with the ecological systems upon which humanity relies. Jess hopes to find opportunities to use her skills and passion in this area in the future.
Kaitlin is an Australian multidisciplinary designer with extensive experience in the education, arts and culture, and not-for-profit sectors. After graduating with a Bachelor of Design (Interior Design) from the University of Technology, Sydney, Kaitlin went on to further specialist studies in visual communication design, obtaining a Masters degree at RMIT University. Her research projects involved using design for good by exploring ways to use spatial design as a tool to better integrate refugees into Australia as well as investigating whether geographic location and socioeconomic status have an impact on a student's creativity. Kaitlin has worked on a large variety of projects from interpretive and exhibition design, to working with not-for-profit organisations, educational institutions, arts organisations and small businesses that believe in using design for good. She was instrumental in the creation, brand identity and store design for the world's first pop-up philanthropy store, Impact Giving. Kaitlin is passionate about using design as a powerful tool to enrich, educate and encourage us to lead more thought provoking and socially responsible lives. In 2012 Kaitlin dove headfirst into freelance work (alongside full-time work) on a quest to discover and challenge the power of design in local and regional communities, and hopes to expand this into a full-time career in the near future. Kaitlin also believes in the power of skill sharing and collaboration and dedicates time to mentoring young designers.
Kunal Kanase
"When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change." - Max Planck. Kunal is a true change agent who embraces challenges and turns them into opportunities. He is a lifelong fanatic learner with eclectic interests. He tries to perceive nature more deeply and in original ways through STEAM learning and strives to cultivate the same approach among students by facilitating learning at the Dharavi Diary learning center. Kunal was born and raised with an alcoholic father and a housewife mother in Dharavi, Mumbai. He was the first generation to pursue engineering studies, however, due to practical reasons and adverse situations in family, he dropped out university education. In those challenging times he discovered learning as a fantastic process to examine and understand the problems he was facing. He developed a passion to find the roots of things through research and critical thinking. Kunal became a hard-core MOOC-learner, and now approaches multi-potentiality through online learning. He is currently involved in the Slum Innovation Project called Dharavi Diary. Kunal enjoys music, art, and philosophy, and loves to find beauty and wonder in the realms of the known and unknown.
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Lymun is a lifelong scout, who enjoys the outdoors, exploring new places and building things. For the past 5 years Lymun has been immersed in Ecocentric Transitions a social enterprise focused at raising environmental empathy through experiential workshops and projects. Through Ecocentric, Lymun explores farms, hand building and is in involved with a community movement in his neighborhood. Having experienced how each community of practice can become disconnected to others, Ecocentric aims to socialize the values of sustainable communities and environmental conservation through individual and collective action. Lymun feels strongly that people need to see the big picture and understanding the impact of our consumption on the environment, be equipped to effect change, and work together in developing new positive behaviors. He is exploring the 'whys' and 'hows' through appropriate technology and community groups.
Phil Michaels
Phil has an MBA from The University of Tampa and currently sits on the HIVE Leadership Board at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education. He is the co-founder and CEO of Tembo Education and was recently published in Forbes magazine among the top 30 Social Entrepreneurs Under the age of 30. His social enterprise, Tembo, educates 0-6 year old children around the world, via text messages. Tembo sends one activity per day, to parents, via text messages. The parents then educate their children with the activity and are rewarded with free incentives. In developing nations, those incentives are free minutes and texts for their mobile phone. In developed nations, those incentives are Amazon gift cards. For parents in developing nations that are illiterate or uneducated, Tembo provides a trained and certified Home Educator to teach the parent how to perform the activity with the child. For every child educated in America, it allows Tembo to educate more children in developing nations; similarly to TOMS shoes' "1-for-1" model. Tembo started in Africa and is now expanding to new countries, starting with USA. Out of 22,000 teams, Tembo was one of six finalists in Bill Clinton's $1 million Hult Prize. They were the only finalist from the USA and defeated all eight Ivy League universities! Recently, the owner of the Boston Red Sox presented Tembo with the Social Impact Award. With the belief that education is the most powerful weapon to change the world, Phil and Tembo aim to transform early childhood education for the world by making high-quality education more accessible and affordable for millions of children worldwide.
Rudri Mankad
Rudri is a computer engineer from Mumbai. An ardent advocate of sustainability, she has been doing her bit for the field in small ways, but now wishes to dedicate her work for the cause. She loves a good challenge and wants to contribute to building a world wherein living sustainably and ethically is the order of the day. Rudri is an idealist and believes that everyone must be unwaveringly responsible towards any task, however insignificant it may seem, for it is the small things that add up to make a difference. She enjoys numbers, reading, philosophy and badminton.
Shubham Shreya
Shubham is a graduate from the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, specializing in Communication Design. She's a Certified Usability Analyst from Human Factors International. Her keen interest in systems and service design lead her to UI/UX. Through design Shubham hopes to impact the lives of people in little and big ways. Her go-to medium of expression is still pen and paper. In her spare time, she enjoys singing and binging on Netflix. She aspires to travel as much as she can and surround herself by dogs, love and beautiful things. Shubham is committed to petting as many dogs as she can find and hopes to set up a foundation where she can help animals and the ecosystem in the future. What gets her out of bed every morning is the belief that things can change for the better and that she can be an integral part of making it happen
Tirtha Gandhi
Tirtha grew up in Gujarat and has a background in visual communication. She is passionate about art, design, new experiences, exploring diverse cultures and loves to visit local museums, exhibitions and conferences in her spare time. As a designer, she is currently working at a Mumbai-based design studio that focuses on working in the cultural, social, medical, educational and environmental zones. In the past 3 years she has contributed to a range of projects of varying scales, including the making of a book documenting experiences and conversations at the Kumbh Mela, the largest faith gathering on earth. The scope of this work involved content structuring, book design, information design interventions and curatorial engagement. Tirtha is interested in sustainable and community driven practices, which she hopes to pursue with the tools and connections she'll gain at the UnSchool.
Umang Sood
From Mumbai, India, Umang's passions are centred around helping people find their purpose through community and cooperation. Umang is the co-founder at of10, where he hopes to introduce India to the concept of a connected workspace and to the power of networking by creating a synergistic hub for ambitious freelancers, entrepreneurs and early stage businesses. Interested in design, art, music and technology, Umang, plans on harnessing the inherent creativity in these fields and unleashing new products, services and initiatives. With a passion for driving brands to success, Umang keeps a close watch on the emerging Indian consumer landscape. In his spare time, he watches an unhealthy amount of TV shows and strives to push the sartorial limits for men with his ever-expanding collection of pink apparel.
Xander Ong
Leading through serving communities, Xander has the privilege to provide healthcare solutions for many segments of society. He dives deep into complexities in search of connections that co-create value and identity. He believes that positive change comes from connecting and bridging hearts within and between communities. Currently with a senior care organization, Xander leads internal teams and collaborative partnerships to advance care outcomes and business opportunities. He is also active in the startup scene in Singapore, and mentors at an accelerator program to co-design solutions for the future.
Yesha Shah
Yesha is a 23 year old architect from Mumbai. People, space and design excite her. She enjoys traveling and views it as an opportunity to observe different cities and their social structures and to understand how the cities and their people live. Traveling across the various parts of India and across the world has shown Yesha that technologic advancements, despite their advantages, have negatively affected cities. She finds that cities have become efficient machines but more often than not, have failed to cater to human beings and their desires, while also adversely affecting the environment. This understanding has inspired her to rethink the role of architecture in society beyond that of just designing buildings. She aims to focus her work as an architect to design better social systems, using human-centered design and a design-based approach to create solutions which meet social needs and make cities livable for humans as humans. Yesha aspires to work towards starting a social enterprise which works for and with people to design better places to live, work and to enjoy a public life.
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Natural disasters such as tsunamis often occur without warning to people living on or close to the coastline. In such circumstances, personal injury and death may occur. Any early warning of an approaching tsunami is very important.
Depending on the coastline, a tsunami may arrive at one location before arriving at another location; hence observation points along the coastline can be equipped with a system to allow an observer to activate notice of an impending tsunami.
Often there will be a central authority which maintains contact with ocean based tsunami monitors and the staff at that central authority may also have knowledge of an approaching tsunami.
Unidata equipment, primarily Neon Remote Loggers can be set up with cell phone or satellite internet connections to provide two specific early warning functions, local activation of an alarm and central activation of an alarm.
For local activation of an alarm on sighting of an approaching tsunami, a person can go to the Tsunami Early Warning Equipment (TEWE) located on or near the shore and operate a button which activates the local alarm siren, strobe light and communicates that alarm to the central Neon Server by cell phone or satellite.
Upon receipt of the alarm at the central location, authorities can then choose to manually activate other TEWE at different locations, perhaps in the same region, to alert the people in the area of the approaching tsunami.
The centrally located system personnel may choose to activate all or a selected regional subset of the remotely located TEWE on advice from other local authorities or a central ocean Tsunami Warning Centre.
The TEWE includes a Neon Remote Logger, a small redundant solar charging system, a redundant battery system, a high power siren, capable of sending an audible warning signal more than 1km away and a high intensity strobe warning light capable of being seen up to 2km away. The TEWE is a complete package, capable of being installed on or close to the coast. The TEWE systems routinely communicate with the central Neon Server to confirm operational status on an hourly basis.


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Title: DR. JAMES KURTH, CURRENT STRATEGY FORUM, NAVAL WAR COLLEGE, 16 JUNE 1999
Subtitle: U.S. Foreign Policy In A New Era: Themes and Trends"
Dr. Kurth delivered possibly the most important speech in this forum, as you will see once you read it.
Dr. Wood, Dean, Center For Naval Warfare Studies, introduced Dr. Kurth. He called Dr. Kurth as the "smartest man in the world". Dr. Kurth reciprocated by calling Dr. Wood "the wisest man in the world", tongue in cheek, of course, as the result of recognizing that Dr. Kurth IS the "smartest man in the world".
Themes and Trends in World Today
Introductory Remarks to Set Stage For Discussion
These themes and trends, while global, are being actively promoted by USA and its leaders.
Opposition to these themes and trends is growing, but is unevenly developed
This fact is especially true in countries such as Russia, China, and the Middle East
Four Global Trends Shaping the New Information Technology (I.T.) Era
Development of an I.T. economy that is global.
Development of a Global Economic Economy of goods and services
Development of a Post-Modern Society
Decline of the traditional nation state, replaced by multi-cultural entities
Consequences of These Global Trends
Development of I.T. economy reinforces democracy and freedom
Development of I.T. economy amplifies ideas of open society
Development of I.T. Economy strengthens and promotes the global economy
These trends converging makes it inevitable that democracy and freedom will be underpinnings of the emerging global economy.
Open Economy -- Consequences
Limits national sovereignty by removing the "driver" of sovereignty
Erodes Bureaucracy that underpins national sovereignty
Individuals can more easily express themselves in the I.T. Age, especially on the Internet. [A later speaker also said in this vein that the Internet specifically and Mass Media generally, gives a single person or a very small group the ability to project a message far in excess of their actual numbers.]
Multi-cultural society is replacing homogenous states.
Open society coupled with Internet has revived old ideologies and hatreds and divisions.
Open society coupled with Internet and Mass Media has revived the extreme interest in Human Rights as an issue. This trend reached maturity in the 1990's, and is now providing justification for humanitarian intervention, as we saw in Kosovo. Kosovo was the first purely humanitarian war, a war fought for reasons other than vital National Security reasons.
American Elites leaders are pushing these ideologies and trends. Common Americans are not pushing them. Thus, we see America intervening not only in Kosovo, but in Somali, Haiti, and Iraq on behalf of the Kurdish minority.
Lack of support outside the Elite circle is the reason the Clinton Administration did not want to go to Congress for approval for the Kosovo war, even though current law "required" him to do so. Clinton knew that average American did not support going to war for "humanitarian" reasons, so the war was pursued without Congressional approval.
American public does not accept these four (4) trends in paragraph II.
Real opposition outside of the USA to these trends is springing up in countries like Russia. Russia is currently re-defining itself, returning to its historic Eurasian and Eastern Orthodoxy roots as a basis for society. Thus, they are turning away from their experiment with a purely Western Free Market economy and government and turning toward a controlled economy and government.
Eastern Europe, however, is currently making satisfactory transition to the Western Free Market economy and toward Democracy.
Middle East is not integrating into the Global Economy, and certainly is not going toward Democracy.
The Asian economic crisis has cast doubt that the region could participate in the Global Economy in the minds of the leaders of the countries affected by the crisis. Therefore, China, Singapore, and Taiwan see Asian values as a more proper guide than Western values. They are controlling their Economies even as they participate in the Global Economy.
The USA and Western Europe are well on their way to a Post-National, Post-Modern, and Post-Industrial world.
Strategic Concepts of USA
Sphere of Influence - Even though American and other Western leaders have already rejected this old Sphere of Influence concept, Russia and China are pursuing it vigorously. Globally-minded American leaders consider Spheres of Influence outmoded. Russia has encouraged countries of Eastern Orthodoxy to become nominally independent states, even though Russia wants to control their overall direction. Russia may annex these states again.
USA is very concerned by the Balkans area, since these states are in the Russian Sphere of Influence. The Kosovo/Serbian war was a direct challenge to the Russian Sphere of Influence. A continuous US presence in the Balkans would be a continuous irritant to USA/Russian relations. Russia may thus be tempted to intervene in the Balkans against the USA.
Deterrence
Chinese Sphere of Influence
Korea, Taiwan, East and South China Sea
Current Chinese Leaders want this old sphere of influence reestablished
Taiwan is part of formal China. Hong Kong going back to Mainland Chinese control is seen as a prototype of Taiwan returning to China.
USA should protect China from attacking Taiwan but Taiwan should refrain from a unilateral declaration of independence.
Taiwan needs to stay functioning as an independent economy while officially staying as a part of the Chinese Sphere of Influence. This fine line will take the utmost in diplomacy but can and should be done.
South China Sea -- US Navy needs to maintain open sea lanes, thus preventing Chinese and Japanese arms race.
Korea is another source of potential conflict. North Korea may be dissolved into the South just as East Germany was dissolved into West Germany.
China is a threat in the future. We need to guide Chinese power to support the world order. [Emphasis added]
USA needs to maintain overwhelming military. If America continues to be over-stretched, we have trouble brewing.
Needs 15 Naval Carrier Battle Groups, 2 of them permanently stationed in the China Seas and two more in the Middle East.
At this point, Dr. Kurth took Questions and Answers. I asked the following question: "Dr. Kurth, let me propose a scenario. Suppose that, in two weeks from now, the Middle East blows up into a major war between Israel and her Arab neighbors, drawing the US Navy into the Middle East to keep shipping and oil lanes open. Suppose that, two weeks after that, North Korea invaded South Korea using nuclear weapons. The US Navy would be drawn into that region. Then, suppose that, two weeks later, China attacked Taiwan. Could we prevent China from attacking and conquering Taiwan?"
Dr. Kurth look down at the podium for a few brief seconds and then said, "Yesterday, Admiral Johnson stated that the US Navy needed 15 Carrier Battle Groups to fulfill its global mission. If we had those 15 Carrier Battle Groups, we could defend Taiwan under the scenario you have just drawn up."
I wrote in my notes that, with only 12 Carrier Battle Groups, we could not defend Taiwan if the US Navy were tied up in other simultaneous conflicts prior to and parallel to, China attacking Taiwan.
David Bay, Director
Cutting Edge Ministries, Inc.
CUTTING EDGE CONCLUDING COMMENTS
Dr. Kurth gave the most revealing of all the speeches. We will only hit some of the highlights as we do not want to take away from our more in-depth articles later. Dr. Kurth made the following relevant points:
1. The global trends that are sweeping the world are being promoted and pushed by the United States. This assertion is perfectly in line with one of our most fundamental points of our entire web site, i.e., that the United States has been, is now, and will continue, to lead the world into the New World Order.
2. Dr. Kurth notes that opposition to these global trends has developed from China and Russia. On the surface, this assertion would seem to contradict our teaching that the drive to the New World Order is being supported by all the major countries and their leaders. However, Dr. Kurth has placed his finger squarely on a deeper part of Scripture and prophecy without realizing it!
3. Dr. Kurth notes that traditional national sovereignty is under attack and is badly eroding. This erosion of nationalism and love of country is one of the major goals of the New World Order for many years.
4. Dr. Kurth noted that a group he calls, the "Elites" are pushing this globalism trend and that the average American is lagging far behind in accepting this trend. In fact, many Americans flatly oppose globalism. I found it shocking that an insider like Dr. Kurth would call the ruling group in America the "Elites". Of course, he thought he was speaking to a group of like-minded "Elites".
5. Dr. Kurth reinforced the validity of the concept of Sphere of Influence, a concept that has held sway in Western politics since German Premier Bismarck in the latter 19th Century. After noting that the Elites in the West hate this concept and consider it outmoded, both the Chinese and Russians are pursuing it fully.
6. Dr. Kurth seemed to cede much of the Orient to the Chinese Sphere of Influence. He noted Chinese demand for the return of Taiwan, but said that such an event could be thwarted with "skilled diplomacy". He did not say that the New World Order Plan envisioned returning Taiwan to China, but he did note that, presently, the U.S. Navy could not protect Taiwan if it was enmeshed in more than one conflict elsewhere.
7. Dr. Kurth kept using the term, 'in the fullness of time" in referring to Russia and China. What this term means is that each nation is destined to achieve certain things in the "fullness of time". It may take a great long time for this Manifest Destiny to be achieved, but, ultimately, that nation will achieve the destiny it was supposed to achieve. This concept is thoroughly New Age, spoken of in most cases as "Karma". Both nations and people have their Karma assigned them in this current life from actions taken in past lives. The Bible speaks in one place of a "fullness of time", in Galatians 4:4; however, God here is speaking of the coming of Jesus Christ, Messiah, Who came in God's "fullness of time", a term that describes God's Omnipotence in being able to intervene unilaterally in the affairs of man. Karma is a totally opposite view, and it was this view ascribed to by Dr. Kurth.
8. Dr. Kurth, at times, almost seemed Conservative as he noted America's current military weakness, and sounding the alarm that this condition could cause great turmoil in the world. However, he knows the New World Order Plan that calls for deliberate weakness that will allow the planned conflicts to occur. He may be planting the seed of alarm now, that will blossom into full blown panic shortly once the planned conflicts begin.
As Dr. Kurth spoke of the New World Order, also in the current term, I got a great sense that the planned appearance of Antichrist is very, very close.


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Romania ranked 9th at the multisport European Championships hosted several days ago by Munich. Athletes from our country walked away with eight gold medals, two silver and five bronze from the aforementioned competition. Most of the medals were won by Romania's rowers in the competition's first week. In the second week, hammer thrower Bianca Ghelber, canoeist Catalin Chirila and table tennis player Bernadette Szocs reaped gold for Romania.
Table tennis player Bernadette Szőcs, silver medalist in the mixed doubles contest together with Ovidiu Ionescu has been designated Athlete of the week by Radio Romania International.
Bernadette Szőcs was born on March 5th 1995 in Târgu Mureş central Romania and took up table tennis at the age of 8. She managed to obtain good results in European and world competitions and these results pushed her ahead in world rankings. Because she was refused the support she needed from the sport authorities in Romania, in 2010 Szocs considered the idea of moving to Norway and competing under the Norwegian flag. Eventually she decided to give up her emigration plan and in 2016 at the European Championships in Budapest the athlete came third in the mixed doubles together with Ovidiu Ionescu and a year later at the championships in Luxembourg she obtained her first European title with the Romanian team.
In 2018 in Montreux, Switzerland she compelled recognition in the European Top‑16 tournament, a competition, which brings together the best athletes on the continent. A year later in Nantes, France, she became European champion again with the Romanian team. She is presently ranking 32nd in the world ranking, where in 2019 she occupied the 14th position.
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Welcome to the new Reunion Talk Forum. I just can't believe we are almost at the reunion time. It will be a fun time for everyone and the committee has worked hard in planning an awesome weekend for us. We are still wanting everyone's help in locating missing classmates, as this is one of the most critical tasks. I would like to say thanks for the responses we have received and looking forward to many more in the weeks leading up to our 20th reunion.
PS. This forum can change at anytime, so always check back for the latest edition.
I had responded that I was coming to the reunion. Recently events with my job have made it almost impossible for me to attend. I regret that I will not be a ble to attend, but am required to be in St. Louis, Mo. on that weekend.
Thanks for all the work the reunion committee has done putting this together, and I regret that I will not be able to attend!!!!!
We will miss seeing you! Hope you are doing well.
Yeah, I am in the same boat as Joel. My job is a bit demanding and with me being on the Mississippi Coast now, I'm not able to get away as easy these days. So as of now, (Wednesday, May 27th), it's not looking very good for me. I hate this because I've been looking forward to this since the 10 year reunion back in 1999!! I am a bit depressed about it, and upset that this weekend was probably going to be my last chance to see everyone together again. I hope everyone has a great time, and if anything changes, and I hope things do change for the better, then I will most likely see you all there!
My goodness, its almost here. Just one more day to our 20th reunion of the class. I am looking forward to seeing everyone. The website has been very useful in locating over 1/2 the class and hopefull everyone will continue to participate on the site even after the reuninon has come and gone. I plan to continue maintaining it for as long as I am able to do so. So HATS OFF to the members of the 20 year reunion committee for all their time and hard work, as its about to pay off.
Again, I'm looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow night to kick off the best reunion ever.


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Facebook AR face filter lets viewers lip-sync with John Legend
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Baobab Studios this week introduced a face filter on Facebook to promote the animated virtual reality (VR) film "Crow: The Legend," according to Variety. The augmented reality (AR) filter transforms a viewer's face into the main character from the short film and allows them to sing along with recording artist John Legend, who voices Crow.
The filter uses facial recognition to match Crow's gestures with a viewer's face, which is overlaid with a digital image resembling Apple's Animoji. Mobile users can either lip sync to the song or use karaoke mode that shows the lyrics as subtitles.
Baobab Studios, the animation developer backed by 20th Century Fox, in November released "Crow: The Legend" for Oculus VR headsets. A two-dimensional version of the film also is available to stream on Google's YouTube. The 21-minute VR film is based on a Native American tale and features the voices of Oprah Winfrey, Constance Wu, Diego Luna and YouTube star Liza Koshy.
The AR face filter for "Crow: The Legend" gives mobile users a chance to interact with the main character of the animated short film, even if they don't have an expensive VR headset. Despite years of hype, VR devices still haven't become mainstream electronics devices. Global shipments for VR headsets grew 8.2% to 1.9 million units in Q3 2018 from a year earlier, as manufacturers offered extensive discounts on existing products and saw shipment gains for consumer and commercial markets, according to the International Data Corporation.
Along with providing a way to market the film beyond the VR headset-owning audience, the "Crow: The Legend" face filter is Facebook's latest move into the AR space. AR face filters that let mobile users lip-sync to songs may help Facebook to lure people from social video app TikTok, which has become a major player in the social media app space as mobile-savvy consumers show a penchant for creating and sharing musical content. TikTok last month created a series of holiday-themed AR face filters as part of a charity fundraiser, highlighting how themed AR features on social media can more deeply engage young audiences with other content or promotions.
In November, Baobab Studios also aired a 360-degree movie trailer that users could view on Facebook's mobile or desktop versions as well as through an Oculus headset.
Baobab Studios is among the companies that are developing VR entertainment that may make the technology more compelling for audiences, while hardware makers develop less expensive headsets that are more accessible to a wider group of consumers. The new year is set to bring dozens of fresh VR games, and Facebook-owned Oculus in the spring will release its much-anticipated Oculus Quest VR headset starting at $399. Facebook last month filed information about the device with the Federal Communications Commission, a step that indicates a shipping date is approaching, Variety reported.
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Q: Automorphism group of finite $k$-algebra as an affine variety Let $k$ be an algebraically closed field. Let $A$ be a finite dimensional $k$-algebra, not necessarily commutative. Let $G = \text{Aut}(A)$ be the group of $k$-algebra automorphisms of $A$. I want to show that $G$ can be an affine variety in a suitable space $k^n$.

A: I figured it out myself, so I'm posting my solution for future reference.
Since $A$ is a finite dimensional $k$-algebra, it's a finite dimensional vector space. Let $n$ be the dimension of $A$ over $k$. Since $k$-algebra automorphisms are also $k$-linear maps, $G$ can be thought of as a subset of $M_n(k) \cong k^{n^2}$, the set of $n\times n$ matrices over $k$. Now I can't figure out what polynomial relations define $G$ inside $k^{n^2}$.
A $k$-linear automorphism is a $k$-algebra automorphism iff it respects the "multiplicative" structure of $A$. So if we take $a_1, ..., a_n$ to be a $k$-basis of $A$, then for any $ T\in M_n(k)$ to be a $k$-algebra morphism, necessary and sufficient to have
$$ T(a_ia_j) = T(a_i) T(a_j)$$
for all $i,j$. How can we express this as a group of polynomial relations in $T_{i,j}$, the $i,j$-th coordinates of $T$?
We can write $a_ia_j = \sum_s t^{i,j}_s a_s$, as linear combination of the basis elements $\{a_1,...,a_n\}$. Using this notation,
$$  T(a_ia_j) = T\sum_s t^{i,j}_sa_s = \sum_st^{i,j}_sT(a_s)$$
and hence we get the relations
$$ T(a_i)T(a_j) = \sum_st^{i,j}_sT(a_s)$$
for all $i,j$. Now since $T(a_i) = \sum T_{i,j}a_j$ These are most definitely polynomial relations in $T_{i,j}$. So I have proved that the set of all $k$-algebra morphipsms is an affine variety. Now what about set of $k$-algebra automorphisms?
$k$-algebra automorphisms are just invertible morphisms. So just taking intersection with $GL_n(k)$ should give us the required $G$, because $GL_n(k)$ is an affine variety.

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows;
using AvalonDock.Layout;
using System.Windows.Interop;
using System.Windows.Threading;
using AvalonDock.Themes;

namespace AvalonDock.Controls
{
    public class NavigatorWindow : Window
    {
        static NavigatorWindow()
        {
            DefaultStyleKeyProperty.OverrideMetadata(typeof(NavigatorWindow), new FrameworkPropertyMetadata(typeof(NavigatorWindow)));
            ShowActivatedProperty.OverrideMetadata(typeof(NavigatorWindow), new FrameworkPropertyMetadata(false));
            ShowInTaskbarProperty.OverrideMetadata(typeof(NavigatorWindow), new FrameworkPropertyMetadata(false));
        }

        DockingManager _manager;
        internal NavigatorWindow(DockingManager manager)
        {
            _manager = manager;

            _internalSetSelectedDocument = true;
            SetAnchorables(_manager.Layout.Descendents().OfType<LayoutAnchorable>().Where(a => a.IsVisible).Select(d => (LayoutAnchorableItem)_manager.GetLayoutItemFromModel(d)).ToArray());
            SetDocuments(_manager.Layout.Descendents().OfType<LayoutDocument>().OrderByDescending(d => d.LastActivationTimeStamp.GetValueOrDefault()).Select(d => (LayoutDocumentItem)_manager.GetLayoutItemFromModel(d)).ToArray());
            _internalSetSelectedDocument = false;

            if (Documents.Length > 1)
                InternalSetSelectedDocument(Documents[1]);

            this.DataContext = this;

            this.Loaded += new RoutedEventHandler(OnLoaded);
            this.Unloaded += new RoutedEventHandler(OnUnloaded);

            UpdateThemeResources();
        }

        internal void UpdateThemeResources(Theme oldTheme = null)
        {
            if (oldTheme != null)
            {
                var resourceDictionaryToRemove =
                    Resources.MergedDictionaries.FirstOrDefault(r => r.Source == oldTheme.GetResourceUri());
                if (resourceDictionaryToRemove != null)
                    Resources.MergedDictionaries.Remove(
                        resourceDictionaryToRemove);
            }

            if (_manager.Theme != null)
            {
                Resources.MergedDictionaries.Add(new ResourceDictionary() { Source = _manager.Theme.GetResourceUri() });
            }
        }

        void OnLoaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            this.Loaded -= new RoutedEventHandler(OnLoaded);

            this.Focus();

            //this.SetParentToMainWindowOf(_manager);
            WindowStartupLocation = WindowStartupLocation.CenterOwner;
        }

        void OnUnloaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            this.Unloaded -= new RoutedEventHandler(OnUnloaded);

            //_hwndSrc.RemoveHook(_hwndSrcHook);
            //_hwndSrc.Dispose();
            //_hwndSrc = null;
        }

        //protected virtual IntPtr FilterMessage(
        //    IntPtr hwnd,
        //    int msg,
        //    IntPtr wParam,
        //    IntPtr lParam,
        //    ref bool handled
        //    )
        //{
        //    handled = false;

        //    switch (msg)
        //    {
        //        case Win32Helper.WM_ACTIVATE:
        //            if (((int)wParam & 0xFFFF) == Win32Helper.WA_INACTIVE)
        //            {
        //                if (lParam == new WindowInteropHelper(this.Owner).Handle)
        //                {
        //                    Win32Helper.SetActiveWindow(_hwndSrc.Handle);
        //                    handled = true;
        //                }

        //            }
        //            break;
        //    }

        //    return IntPtr.Zero;
        //}

        #region Documents

        /// <summary>
        /// Documents Read-Only Dependency Property
        /// </summary>
        private static readonly DependencyPropertyKey DocumentsPropertyKey
            = DependencyProperty.RegisterReadOnly("Documents", typeof(IEnumerable<LayoutDocumentItem>), typeof(NavigatorWindow),
                new FrameworkPropertyMetadata(null));

        public static readonly DependencyProperty DocumentsProperty
            = DocumentsPropertyKey.DependencyProperty;

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the Documents property.  This dependency property
        /// indicates the list of documents.
        /// </summary>
        public LayoutDocumentItem[] Documents
        {
            get { return (LayoutDocumentItem[])GetValue(DocumentsProperty); }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Provides a secure method for setting the Documents property.
        /// This dependency property indicates the list of documents.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="value">The new value for the property.</param>
        protected void SetDocuments(LayoutDocumentItem[] value)
        {
            SetValue(DocumentsPropertyKey, value);
        }

        #endregion

        #region Anchorables

        /// <summary>
        /// Anchorables Read-Only Dependency Property
        /// </summary>
        private static readonly DependencyPropertyKey AnchorablesPropertyKey
            = DependencyProperty.RegisterReadOnly("Anchorables", typeof(IEnumerable<LayoutAnchorableItem>), typeof(NavigatorWindow),
                new FrameworkPropertyMetadata((IEnumerable<LayoutAnchorableItem>)null));

        public static readonly DependencyProperty AnchorablesProperty
            = AnchorablesPropertyKey.DependencyProperty;

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the Anchorables property.  This dependency property
        /// indicates the list of anchorables.
        /// </summary>
        public IEnumerable<LayoutAnchorableItem> Anchorables
        {
            get { return (IEnumerable<LayoutAnchorableItem>)GetValue(AnchorablesProperty); }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Provides a secure method for setting the Anchorables property.
        /// This dependency property indicates the list of anchorables.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="value">The new value for the property.</param>
        protected void SetAnchorables(IEnumerable<LayoutAnchorableItem> value)
        {
            SetValue(AnchorablesPropertyKey, value);
        }

        #endregion

        #region SelectedDocument

        /// <summary>
        /// SelectedDocument Dependency Property
        /// </summary>
        public static readonly DependencyProperty SelectedDocumentProperty =
            DependencyProperty.Register("SelectedDocument", typeof(LayoutDocumentItem), typeof(NavigatorWindow),
                new FrameworkPropertyMetadata((LayoutDocumentItem)null,
                    new PropertyChangedCallback(OnSelectedDocumentChanged)));

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets the SelectedDocument property.  This dependency property
        /// indicates the selected document.
        /// </summary>
        public LayoutDocumentItem SelectedDocument
        {
            get { return (LayoutDocumentItem)GetValue(SelectedDocumentProperty); }
            set { SetValue(SelectedDocumentProperty, value); }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Handles changes to the SelectedDocument property.
        /// </summary>
        private static void OnSelectedDocumentChanged(DependencyObject d, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
        {
            ((NavigatorWindow)d).OnSelectedDocumentChanged(e);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Provides derived classes an opportunity to handle changes to the SelectedDocument property.
        /// </summary>
        protected virtual void OnSelectedDocumentChanged(DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
        {
            if (_internalSetSelectedDocument)
                return;

            if (SelectedDocument != null &&
                SelectedDocument.ActivateCommand.CanExecute(null))
            {
              System.Diagnostics.Trace.WriteLine( "OnSelectedDocumentChanged()" );
                SelectedDocument.ActivateCommand.Execute(null);
                Hide();
            }

        }

        bool _internalSetSelectedDocument = false;
        void InternalSetSelectedDocument(LayoutDocumentItem documentToSelect)
        {
            _internalSetSelectedDocument = true;
            SelectedDocument = documentToSelect;
            _internalSetSelectedDocument = false;
        }

        #endregion

        #region SelectedAnchorable

        /// <summary>
        /// SelectedAnchorable Dependency Property
        /// </summary>
        public static readonly DependencyProperty SelectedAnchorableProperty =
            DependencyProperty.Register("SelectedAnchorable", typeof(LayoutAnchorableItem), typeof(NavigatorWindow),
                new FrameworkPropertyMetadata((LayoutAnchorableItem)null,
                    new PropertyChangedCallback(OnSelectedAnchorableChanged)));

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets the SelectedAnchorable property.  This dependency property
        /// indicates the selected anchorable.
        /// </summary>
        public LayoutAnchorableItem SelectedAnchorable
        {
            get { return (LayoutAnchorableItem)GetValue(SelectedAnchorableProperty); }
            set { SetValue(SelectedAnchorableProperty, value); }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Handles changes to the SelectedAnchorable property.
        /// </summary>
        private static void OnSelectedAnchorableChanged(DependencyObject d, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
        {
            ((NavigatorWindow)d).OnSelectedAnchorableChanged(e);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Provides derived classes an opportunity to handle changes to the SelectedAnchorable property.
        /// </summary>
        protected virtual void OnSelectedAnchorableChanged(DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
        {
            var selectedAnchorable = e.NewValue as LayoutAnchorableItem;
            if (SelectedAnchorable != null &&
                SelectedAnchorable.ActivateCommand.CanExecute(null))
            {
                SelectedAnchorable.ActivateCommand.Execute(null);
                Close();
            }
        }

        #endregion

        internal void SelectNextDocument()
        {
            if (SelectedDocument != null)
            {
                int docIndex = Documents.IndexOf<LayoutDocumentItem>(SelectedDocument);
                docIndex++;
                if (docIndex == Documents.Length)
                    docIndex = 0;
                InternalSetSelectedDocument(Documents[docIndex]);
            }

        }

        protected override void OnKeyDown(System.Windows.Input.KeyEventArgs e)
        {
            base.OnKeyDown(e);
        }

        protected override void OnPreviewKeyDown(System.Windows.Input.KeyEventArgs e)
        {
            if (e.Key == System.Windows.Input.Key.Tab)
            {
                SelectNextDocument();
                e.Handled = true;
            }

            base.OnPreviewKeyDown(e);
        }

        protected override void OnPreviewKeyUp(System.Windows.Input.KeyEventArgs e)
        {
            if (e.Key != System.Windows.Input.Key.Tab)
            {
                if (SelectedAnchorable != null &&
                    SelectedAnchorable.ActivateCommand.CanExecute(null))
                    SelectedAnchorable.ActivateCommand.Execute(null);

                if (SelectedAnchorable == null &&
                    SelectedDocument != null &&
                    SelectedDocument.ActivateCommand.CanExecute(null))
                    SelectedDocument.ActivateCommand.Execute(null);
                Close();
                e.Handled = true;
            }

            base.OnPreviewKeyUp(e);
        }

    }
}

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Since 2010, over 200 participants from the Jordan Civil Service, Royal Courts, Government entities and NGOs have enhanced their leadership, management, team building and policy making capabilities through attending the Civil Service Development Programme (CSDP).
His Excellency Imad Fakhoury, Minister of Planning & International Cooperation, said of the CSDP: "I am proud of, and I know His Majesty the King is also proud of, what you have achieved on this very competitive programme". It has been recognised in the Jordanian national media through ambassadorial support and ministerial praise for "helping create better government delivering better services".
The programme, which consists of two sessions in Amman and one week at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst where IDG are the civilian partners has been described by participants as "beyond my expectations". They also said it "enabled me to create a vision and help my team achieve their goals" and helped them "learn how to get the best out of myself and my people".
CSDP won the Silver award in the Best Public-Sector Programme category at a ceremony in London on 5th December. Its reach and impact go beyond the subsequent promotions and career development of the alumni – 40% of whom are female. Participants work in small teams during and beyond the programme on projects which provide real, tangible benefit to the Kingdom. These have included enhancing youth employment opportunities; education for young cancer patients in hospitals and marketing products produced by local women in rural communities.
The TJ Awards are one of the leading accolades in the training and development sector, and reward excellence, innovation and best practice across the industry.


Definitely. Many lasers used in modern chemistry laboratories are powerful enough to cause a person to go blind after only a fraction of a second of direct exposure to the eye. Some are even so powerful that they can burn or ignite objects placed in their path. Laser pointers you can buy in the store are not this powerful, however, so you don't have to worry about a laser you personally own being quite this dangerous. You should still definitely avoid shining them in your eye, though, because they can be damaging.


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BURGERS:
According to legend, the first hamburger in US history was served at Louis' Lunch sandwich shop in New Haven, Connecticut, circa 1895. Louis Lassen, founder of Louis' Lunch, served steak sandwiches to local factory workers out of a small wagon. Excess beef from his steak sandwiches was ground up, grilled, and then served between two slices of bread… thus began America's hamburger craze.
Today, The Economist estimates that America consumes approximately 40 billion burgers each year. In 1948, Richard and Maurice McDonald opened the first fast-burger joint and the Big Mac remains the most popular sandwich in the world. Although, with the wave of creative cooking sweeping our nation, the common 'cheeseburger' has gone gourmet!
Connecticut and the New England area, often call for a dash or two of Nutmeg in their hamburger recipes, adding a bit of Caribbean flare for a fantastic Jamaican Jerk Burger! The "jerk mixture" typically consists of: vinegar, water, chili, green onion, garlic, thyme,
allspice, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, molasses, and salt & pepper, but be sure to wear gloves and thoroughly wash hands with soap after handling this zesty mixture.
Louis' Lunch is still selling the infamous burgers today and they are served with either: cheese, tomato or onion... keeping it simple, just as they have been for decades!
There are 24 wineries located on the Connecticut Wine Trail. The trail is split between two routes, one on the eastern side and one on the western. Both trails include picturesque small New England towns, but I would highly suggest visiting during fall, when the leaves have given off their radiant colors...Though you may prefer to visit for their annual wine festival, which is held during the month of July, in Goshen.
Since it's legal in the state of Connecticut to marry your same-sex partner, ever considered a winery wedding? According to wineryweddingguide.com,
Connecticut leads the way in the number of possible winery-wedding venues throughout the New England area.
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Though extremely well-known for the family-owned Mystic Pizza restaurants, mainly due to Julia Roberts and her breakout role in the 1988 film "Mystic Pizza," there is another famous tourist-attracting pizza joint in Connecticut, which specializes in white pizza-pie, topped with freshly shucked littleneck clams. Pepe's (Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana) opened in 1925 and is raved as one of the oldest and best known pizzerias in the US. Originating in New Haven, Pepe's currently has a family-owned chain of seven restaurants, six of which are in Connecticut and one on Central Park Ave in NYC.
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The Burns was named after Otway Burns, a US privateer during the War of 1812 who carried out three privateering cruises during the war.
The Burns was laid down at the Union Iron Works, San Francisco, on 15 April 1918, launched on 4 July 1918, and commissioned at Mare Island on 7 August 1919. She joined the Destroyer Force, Pacific, but by October 1919 had been placed into reduced commission at San Diego. By March 1920 she had returned to full commission and was serving as a tender for the Navy Curtiss NC Seaplane Squadron.
On 15 March 1921 she was reclassified as a light minelayer and redesignated as DM-11. The conversion work was carried out at Mare Island. On 5 May she joined the Mine Force, Pacific, and on 11 Juy her home base was changed to Pearl Harbor. She moved to Hawaii with the work on her incomplete, and the conversion was completed at Pearl Harbor.
The Burns spent most of the next decade operating around the Hawaiin Islands, carrying out mine warfare training and gunnery exercises and also acting as a target for submarines. She also took part in the annual fleet exercises. In 1925 she took part in a Fleet visit to Australia and New Zealand. In 1926, 1927 and 1928 she took part in summer cruisers for naval reservist.
In November 1929 she left for San Diego ready to be decommissioned under the terms of the London Naval Treaty. She was decommissioned on 2 June 1930 and briefly served as a barracks ship at Mare Island before being struck off on 18 November 1930. She was then scrapped and the materials sold on 22 April 1932.


How can online physical activity trackers affect your arthritis care?
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The study is called 'Arthritis Care in the Digital Age' and is led by Dr. Linda Li of the Arthritis Research Centre of Canada. Researchers will hold focus groups in British Columbia and Alberta.
You will learn about the latest in physical activity trackers in the focus group and a small honorarium will be offered to all participants. Focus groups will be held at a time and location that is most convenient for participants.
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Евгений Валерьевич Кривцов (25 декабря 1986, Ярославль, СССР) — российский журналист, телеведущий, оператор и режиссёр, продюсер, сценарист. Ведущий программы о путешествиях «Жизнь своих» на Первом канале.

Образование
 Окончил Московский Государственный Университет им. М. В. Ломоносова, факультет международной журналистики (2009 год) и Высшие курсы сценаристов и режиссёров, мастерская В. Хотиненко, В. Фенченко.

Карьера
 2004—2005 гг. — корреспондент программы «Доброе утро» (Первый канал)
 2005—2006 гг. — автор и ведущий рубрики «Рабочий полдень» программы «Большой обед» (Первый канал), редактор Дирекции дневного вещания (Первый канал), ведущий детской познавательно-развлекательной игры «Детское время» (Телеканал «Звезда»), редактор журнала «Город женщин»
 2007—2011 гг. — автор и ведущий детского развлекательно-познавательного шоу «Большие Буквы» (Первый канал. Всемирная Сеть)
 2008—2009 гг. — ведущий программы «Pro деньги», ведущий программы «Техно» («Геймленд»), корреспондент программы «Наша тема» (НТВ), ведущий молодежного канала («Доверие»)
 2010 г. — продюсер и корреспондент политического ток-шоу «Честный понедельник» (НТВ), редактор сайта ponedelnik.tv (НТВ), продюсер Праймовой дирекции, программа «Центральное телевидение» (НТВ»)
 2010—2013 гг. — автор, ведущий и режиссёр программы «Личное время» («Культура»)
 2014 г. — оператор компании «Panasonic Corporation» на XXII Зимних Олимпийских играх в Сочи
 с 2010 г. по наст. время — генеральный продюсер и главный режиссёр Творческой мастерской «Студия-А».
 с октября 2022 —  ведущий программы «Жизнь своих» (Первый канал).

Фильмография

Документальные фильмы, ТВ-программы
2009 г.
 «Прерванный полет» (ТВЦ) — автор сценария
 «Ген старости» (РЕН ТВ) — автор сценария и режиссёр
 «Секретная азбука жизни» («Россия-1») — автор сценария
2011 г.
«Паразиты. Битва за тело» («Россия-1») — автор сценария
2013 г.
Научно-популярный фильм «Хлеб»:
 «Хлеб. Ген» — оператор-постановщик («Культура»)
 «Хлеб. Деньги» — оператор-постановщик («Культура»)
 «Хлеб. Голод» — оператор-постановщик («Культура»)
 «Хлеб. Бессмертие» — оператор-постановщик («Культура»)
«Валентина Терешкова. Немного о личном» — режиссёр («НТМ»)
«Ангела Меркель. Без протокола» — режиссёр и оператор
2014 — 2019 гг.
Цикл «Пряничный домик» —  режиссёр, оператор, («Культура»)
2015 г.
Научно-популярный фильм «Холод»:
 «Холод. Тайны льда» —  режиссёр-постановщик, оператор, ведущий («Культура»)
 «Холод. Человек» —  режиссёр-постановщик, оператор, ведущий («Культура»)
 «Холод. Цивилизация» —  режиссёр-постановщик, оператор, ведущий («Культура»)
 «Холод. Психология» —  режиссёр-постановщик, оператор, ведущий («Культура»)
2017 гг.
Цикл передач о путешествиях «Маршрут построен» — продюсер, автор, режиссёр, оператор, ведущий  (Первый канал)
Цикл передач «Дорогами великих книг» — продюсер, режиссёр, оператор, ведущий  («Культура»)
Документальный фильм «Красное и черное»  — генеральный продюсер, режиссёр-постановщик, оператор-постановщик  («Культура»)
Документальный фильм «Королева леса»  — генеральный продюсер, режиссёр-постановщик, оператор-постановщик, ведущий  («Культура»)
2018 г.
Двухсерийный документальный фильм «Дело о другой Джоконде». -оператор-постановщик («Культура»)
Цикл передач «О временах и нравах» — продюсер, режиссёр, оператор, ведущий  («Культура»)
Документальный сериал «Книги, заглянувшие в будущее» — генеральный продюсер, режиссёр-постановщик, оператор-постановщик («Культура»)
1-я серия «Александр Беляев»
 2-я серия «Жюль Верн»
 3-я серия «Рэй Бредбери»
Документально-художественный сериал «Заговор генералов» — генеральный продюсер, оператор-постановщик, ведущий («Культура»)
1-я серия «Гучков. Дело оппозиции»
 2-я серия «Жандармы. Дело о развале политического сыска»
 3-я серия «Война. Дело о коррупции»
4-я серия «Император. Дело о предательстве».
2019 — 2020 г.
Цикл передач «Сюжетный ход» — продюсер, режиссёр, оператор, ведущий (Телеканал «Поехали!», Первый канал. Всемирная сеть)
Цикл передач «Маршрут построен» — продюсер, режиссёр, оператор, ведущий (Телеканал «Поехали!», Первый канал. Всемирная сеть)
Цикл передач «Улика из прошлого» — продюсер, оператор-постановщик (Телеканал «Звезда»)
Цикл передач «СССР. Знак качества» с Гариком Сукачёвым — продюсер, режиссёр-постановщик, оператор (Телеканал «Звезда»)
2021 г.

 Документальный сериал «Горизонт приключений. Север» —  ведущий, оператор (Телеканал HDL)
 Программа «СССР. Знак качества» с Иваном Охлобыстиным —  режиссёр, оператор (Телеканал «Звезда»)

2022 г.

 Программа «Жизнь своих» — автор, ведущий, оператор (Первый канал)

Роли в кино
 2010 г. — фильм «Обитель» (НТВ), Даниил Нарядов
 2011 г. — сериал «Зверобой-3» (НТВ), роль фотографа

Награды

 Диплом первой степени Международного кинофестиваля «Северный характер» за документальный сериал «Горизонт приключений. Север»
 Национальная премия «Хрустальный компас» за четырехсерийный научно-популярный фильм «Холод»
 Первое место в номинации «Заповедные места России» на XXII Международном экологическом телевизионном фестивале «Спасти и сохранить» за фильм «Королева леса»
 Гран-при Международного кинофестиваля «Отцы и дети» за лучший телевизионный литературный проект «Дорогами великих книг»

Библиография
 книга «Личное время», издательство «Эксмо» (2014), ISBN 978-5-699-75688-9.

См. также
Лариса Кривцова

Примечания

Ссылки
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Дикторы
Телеведущие России
Члены Союза журналистов России
Продюсеры России
Телеведущие канала «Россия-Культура»
Телеведущие Первого канала
Выпускники факультета журналистики МГУ
Выпускники Высших курсов сценаристов и режиссёров

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How Cloud Can Help in Successful App Development
Roy Calaguas
While mobile app development has grown by leaps and bounds with today's estimation at a high 5 million apps available on Google Playstore and Apple App Store combines, cloud computing is also making strides. In fact, cloud computing has revolutionized the mobile app development world with emerging data analytics and mobile computing trends continuing to make their valuable mark in the creation of successful, more efficient, and faster more accessible apps. There are cloud apps which differ from native apps in that while the former is live on servers and can be accessed through web browsers, the latter on the other hand have to be downloaded to the users' devices for them to work. They also have to be supported by various specific platforms such as Android or iOS. For cloud apps, you need an internet connection. It is also possible to use online apps and other apps which translates into high-value propositions for the user especially businesses. Here is how the cloud continues to contribute successful app development:
Easy Functioning
The developer that uses web-based apps need not worry about cloud infrastructure as this is maintained by the cloud provider. This makes it easy to develop apps using cloud computing rather than through conventional platforms.
When creating apps using web-based platforms, the cloud playas the vital role of integrating the platform and the app which makes it easier for developers to create apps that have similar features as those of the cloud platform making it secure and with better performance and functions than the traditional ones. This is also because developers use only a single platform to make their web app. All you need to know is how to develop cloud apps, and you can learn through UK game app developers.
Numerous Advanced Features
While traditional apps do contain a number of features, cloud-based apps, however, beat their native counterparts when it comes to the number of advanced features that they can have. The fact that web-based platforms allow for advanced app development has made it possible for new age advanced features such as social media platforms and geo-locations platforms to integrate various functionalities and tasks in their apps which then makes the apps seamless and easy to develop for that levels of advancement.
Cost-effective App Development
Thanks to the cloud, app developers can now outsource their servers and only invest the necessary resources as the cost of server maintenance or data center is transferred to the cloud vendor. This makes the expenses incurred manageable and thus, the cost of developing the apps using the clouds is much more affordable.
Scalability and Speed
With cloud computing technology, app developers can now scale up efforts without the need to install extra hardware. But only with a click for more allocation of bandwidth and resources. Finally, testing the app is easier and much faster as there is no delay. As an app developer, you can test your app and use it in real time.
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By Mandy Milks | Jan 22, 2018
Illustration: Emily Beaton. Photo: iStockphoto
Before kids, I didn't worry about my environmental impact very much. I took transit, lived in a tiny apartment and never filled my garbage bin enough for weekly pickup (read: single career woman who was never home). When I had kids, I developed anxieties about our planet and what state it will be left in for my children. Ironically, when I had kids was also the time our family became a waste-producing steamroller leaving a trail of destruction in our wake. I swiped a paper towel to clean up every spill. I kept a heavy arsenal of foods in plastic bags lovingly referred to as "snack packs" for car trips. Speaking of the car, we drove everywhere. Takeout containers paraded into our home each week, then paraded out as waste. Diapers piled up, garbage piled up, everything piled up. (Don't get me started on the aftermath of our monthly Costco trips.) But with every much-needed coffee—in a disposable cup, of course—I heard a nagging voice. And it started to get to me. Overwhelmed by the piles of stuff in our house, I realized I was craving less clutter in my life—less garbage, less chaos, less stuff.
At the start of this year, we made a concerted effort to get our act together—no matter how tired we were from chasing two toddlers all day. Slowly, we made little changes and began to turn things around. We began spending way less time dealing with clutter, garbage and shopping—and we started saving money. The mental burden lifted and everything became more manageable. Okay, that's a lie: Nothing is ever really manageable with two kids under four, but there was a significant shift toward less waste and less crap (minus the diapers—that crap still piled up).
Based on my own experience and the advice of experts, here are 25 small things you can do now to reduce household waste—even if you are exhausted.
1. Practise FIFO (First In, First Out)
When I spoke with Irene Ngo, head of culinary at HelloFresh, she taught me about FIFO. It's a restaurant term, but it can also apply to the home. When unpacking groceries, shift the older foods to the front of the fridge, freezer or pantry and put new ones in the back. This helps to prevent clutter, and you're more likely to use products before they expire.
2. Switch to paperless billing
Our account statements used to pile up at the front door (along with our kids' artwork, notes from daycare and restaurant flyers). Spend one evening switching all of your billing to electronic. Make sure you move them to a "safe list" so they don't get lost in a spam folder. When they come in, mark them as "important," then uncheck them once they're paid. Mark your calendar each month and deal with all of them at once. Clickety-click!
3. Swap your toothbrush
I've been following (read: Internet stalking) Katelin Leblond of PAREdown Home for some time and finally had a chance to meet with her at one of her workshops. Leblond, a mom of two, made it her lifestyle and business to live in a zero-waste household (yep, you read that right!). She told me about bamboo toothbrushes. Honestly, I had never considered my toothbrush to be an issue, but those plastic plaque fighters have short lifespans and end up in the landfill. First, take stock of your toothbrushes and use up what you have in the house, and save the old ones for cleaning jobs. When you are ready to purchase a new one, consider a compostable bamboo toothbrush. They work just the same and don't end up in the landfill.
4. Buy secondhand clothing
Nicole Manek, one of my mom comrades in daycare pickup, makes a living transforming vintage items into stunning pieces. As the designer and curator for Life of Manek, she has seen the not-so-pretty insides of textile-waste processing plants. "I can tell you a huge amount of textile waste is children's clothing," she says. Manek buys secondhand clothes for her son whenever possible. "I make a point of teaching him that these things are new to us but have been used by others and we are helping our planet by reusing them. I also like to remind him that Rocky from Paw Patrol reuses things. Rocky has really upped the cool factor for recycling at our house." Make thrifting a weekend adventure with the kids—it can be the ultimate scavenger hunt. Mom win!
5. Buy funny-looking produce
Many fruits and vegetables are thrown away by suppliers because of their odd sizes, shapes or colours. But real food doesn't always come in perfect packages. Ngo doesn't shy away from buying these items at farmers' markets or grocery stores. "You're educating your family that food comes in all sorts of fun shapes and sizes, and helping use up food that might otherwise be thrown out as waste."
6. Make a questionables bin
If you're unsure of how to dispose of something, or have batteries or bulbs that can be recycled but need to go to a special facility, put them in a bin and deal with them altogether once a year, suggests Leblond. That way you aren't tempted to trash them improperly. When the year is over, you can deal with all of them, which will take far less time than disposing of batteries one by one.
7. Support sustainable takeout
Home-cooked meals are not going to happen every night. The reality of family life means you may need to order dinner. But when you opt for takeout, you're likely to find yourself with an overwhelming amount of plastic containers afterward. I recently learned you cannot recycle black plastic. Ugh! That makes for a lot of waste. When you're ordering, consider supporting restaurants that use compostable or entirely recyclable containers, and always leave a note that you don't need cutlery and napkins. One bonus? You can stop feeling guilty about pizza—it comes in a compostable box! Want to take it to the next level? Leblond asks restaurants if she can bring in her own containers for takeout.
8. Change up your coffee game
Coffee cups are a pretty big offender of the one-use-disposal eco-crime. And they are NOT recyclable because of the coating on the inside of the cups (face palm). Invest in a travel mug if you are going to purchase single coffees. It can be as simple as a mason jar with a drinking lid and sleeve. (I've become a bit obsessed with mason jars.) Our family recently invested in a drip coffee machine and a pair of travel mugs. I can't believe we didn't do this years ago: We save so much money and I can literally drink coffee within 10 minutes of waking up.
9. Join buy-and-sell groups
You might be surprised that someone could be interested in that old Baby Bullet you never use anymore and will come to your house to pick it up and leave you money, but they are, and they will! When you sell something you don't use anymore, you keep the item out of the landfill, you stop someone from having to buy new and you pocket some cash. Totally worth it! In addition to joining buy-and-sell groups, take advantage of resources in your city like tool-share programs.
10. Make the best diaper choice for your family
I had a plan of using cloth diapers, but my baby came early and I was caught off-guard with parenting, so it became priority zero. In my mind, you were either team cloth or team disposable. But today, there are a spectrum of choices. Maybe you use cloth diapers with disposable liners, make your own wipes or just try a more eco-friendly brand. Do what works best for you, keeping the environment in mind.
11. Avoid buying oversize packages
I'm a recovering addict of the giant membership stores, but Ngo points out: "As appealing as the lower price may be, it's only worth it if you use it up in its entirety before it expires. Only purchase in high volume if the ingredient has a long shelf life." Plus, a lot of those items are double or triple packaged. I make a point of looking for the least amount of packaging, but if you end up with a bunch of cardboard boxes, we have crafts for that!
12. Ditch squeeze packs
Those little squeeze packs of puréed fruit and veggies are convenient but sadly not recyclable through most municipal programs. Skip the squeezer and stick with classic fruit like bananas, which come in their own handy containers. If your tiny human is not ready to give up these handy packs, look into alternative recycling methods. Terra Cycle has partnered with GoGo Squeez and will take your empty pouches and recycle them properly. Best of all, it's free. Just download the mailing label and send them in.
13. Extend the life of your clothing
Between grocery runs and playdates, drop torn or outgrown clothing off at a tailor for mending; even in the era of fast fashion, it's still cheaper than buying new. Or try to do the sewing at home and save yourself the trip. Next time your kid sprouts a hole in his jeans, make these adorable heartfelt patches—you can totally do it yourself, and it takes less time than you think.
14. Bulk up
Buying foods in bulk minimizes the amount of overall packaging you consume. You can shop just a few times a year for dry goods. It's cheaper, makes grocery shopping way less time consuming, and you'll rarely run out. Bulk Barn has even introduced a reusable container program, so you can have a zero-waste shopping experience. High fives, Bulk Barn.
15. Carry a takeout kit
No time to pack your lunch? We get it. Keep a simple kit on hand for grabbing food on the go with less waste. Put cutlery and a cloth napkin in it to avoid using the disposable versions at grab-and-go restaurants. Bonus: The days of nerdy lunch containers are over, and now you can find many cute containers that are also light and compact.
16. Replace dryer sheets with reusable dryer balls
I never remembered to use dryer sheets to begin with, but Leblond makes a good case for switching to balls. "I use wool dryer balls sprayed with essential oils instead of dryer sheets," she says. "Did you know that dryer balls actually reduce the drying time by soaking up water? We were a bit timer crazy when we first started using these and we noticed a drop in drying time between 10 and 25 percent, depending on the load." Store-bought balls last for upwards of 500 washes, or you can make your own with wool you have stashed at home. This dryer ball DIY is at the top of my craft to-do list.
17. Use reusable bags—for produce too
It's time to end the plastic bag madness. Get into the habit of bringing bags with you, and keep reusable produce bags with them, too. Still, you're bound to forget sometimes. If you do, ask for boxes, which are a much more eco-friendly option.
18. Put a "no junk mail" sticker on your mailbox
I admit, it's pretty cute when my preschooler gets excited about her "pizza letters," but I'm constantly tossing these flyers. I also added "no solicitors" to my sticker. So far so good!
19. Ditch disposables in the kitchen
Paper towels, plastic wrap, paper napkins, sandwich bags, oh my! Use up your stash and quit buying them. Try using a silicone baking sheet in place of tinfoil or parchment. I now keep a big bowl of clean cloths on the counter that I use a few times, then throw into a laundry bin placed within reach. Manek buys cloth napkins from thrift stores. "My four-year-old feels very grown up using cotton napkins, although a lot of the time his shirt and pants win as the most-used napkin," she says.
20. Shop your village
Don't be afraid to approach parents and friends who have kids who are bigger than yours and make them offers on hand-me-downs. Manek says, "I did this with a boy in my son's daycare, asking his mother if she would sell me his snowsuit when he outgrows it. I also befriended a woman whose son is a year younger than mine, so she gets all the stuff he's outgrown."
21. Use up the entire produce
Ngo recommends keeping veggies intact. "We get in the habit of peeling most of our produce (think squash, potatoes, carrots and citrus fruits) and discarding the skin, but did you know that the peel contains most of the fibre and nutrients?" She roasts vegetables with the skin on, and zests lemons, limes and oranges to freeze and use later in muffins or salad dressings.
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22. Take stock
When I asked my daughter what my job was, she said I "put things in bags." I usually am shuffling things around in an endless traffic jam of toys, socks and clutter. I'm starting slowly, one horrifying drawer at a time, to declutter it all. I started by doing inventory of my pantry: I had three bags of panko crumbs and protein bars that were older than my kids. By taking stock, I can use up the good food and make room for my new mason jar system to organize grains and dry goods.
23. Clean out your inbox
Unsubscribe to all those retailers to avoid temptations for over-consumerism and do away with distracting e-waste.
24. The freezer is your friend
It's common to forget about the fresh produce about to expire in the fridge. Ngo says, "If you notice that some ingredients are starting to bruise or wilt, freeze them. Most fruits and vegetables can be frozen, then used in smoothies, soups and stews at a later date." It's best to first freeze fruits or vegetables in a single layer on a baking sheet, then transfer them to reuseable containers.
25. Make a family gimme list
When attempting a zero-waste lifestyle, Leblond's family cleverly sat down and made a list of items they were not ready to give up. "In the beginning, my husband and I had individual 'mulligan lists' consisting of a few can't-live-without personal luxury items as well as a number of household essentials," she says. "Over the following weeks, as we went about daily life, our lists grew to 14 and 16 items." Together, they made a goal to reduce each list to 10 items within a year. Even if you're not ready to go 100 percent waste-free, making a list can put things in perspective, so you don't feel deprived and lose your motivation.
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