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Up Close with Inspiration4 Falcon 9 Rocket and Crew Dragon Prelaunch on Pad 39A: Photos Posted By: Ken Kremer UpClose view of SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience atop Falcon 9 with Crew Access Arm astronaut walkway for Inspiration4 mission launch on Sept. 15, 2021 from Launch Complex 39A on NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – Prior to liftoff of the Inspiration4 mission with the first all civilian crew including no professional astronauts on Wednesday evening, Sept. 15, media photographers had the opportunity to photograph the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule at Launch Complex 39A on NASA's Kennedy Space Center at Florida's Spaceport. Check out a collection of our prelaunch photos of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon taken at pad 39A by the Space UpClose team of Ken Kremer and Jean Wright. SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience integrated atop recycled Falcon 9 rocket for Inspiration4 all-civilian mission to orbit. Liftoff on Sept 15, 2021 from Launch Complex 39A on NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience and Falcon 9 rocket ready for launch on Inspiration4 all-civilian mission to orbit on Sept 15, 2021 from Launch Complex 39A on NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: Jean Wright/spaceupclose.com On September 15 the crew of Inspiration4, the world's first all-civilian human spaceflight mission launched to orbit at 8:02:56 PM EDT (0002:56 GMT) shortly after sunset Wednesday evening on a now thrice flown SpaceX Falcon 9 from historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. UpClose view base of SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience and Falcon 9 rocket ready for launch on Inspiration4 all-civilian mission to orbit on Sept 15, 2021 from Launch Complex 39A on NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: Jean Wright/spaceupclose.com SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience and Falcon 9 rocket with Crew Access Arm astronaut walkway ready for launch on Inspiration4 all-civilian mission to orbit on Sept 15, 2021 from Launch Complex 39A on NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: Jean Wright/spaceupclose.com Check out our launch story with additional launch photos taken at the Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 Press Site and remote cameras at pad 39A. Space jellyfish spawned moments after 1st stage booster separation from picture perfect Inspiration4 launch as second stage and 1st all civilian crew aboard SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience hurtle to orbit – after 8:02 p.m. ET, Sept. 15, 2021 liftoff from Launch Complex 39A NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Falcon 9 booster fires cold gas nitrogen thrusters to orient for upcoming soft landing on droneship 8 minutes later in Atlantic Ocean. Mission goal is raising charity funds to benefit childhood cancer research at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com Inspiration4 launch of 1st all civilian crew aboard SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience hurtle to orbit after 8:02 p.m. ET liftoff on Sept. 15, 2021 from Launch Complex 39A on NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Mission goal is raising charity funds to benefit childhood cancer research at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com Inspiration4 is the world's first all civilian mission to low Earth orbit with a crew of four private people The four-person crew will spend three days in orbit after liftoff but will not be docking to the International Space Station (ISS). The three day mission will conclude with splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean off the east coast of Florida slated for 7:06 p.m. ET UpClose view base of SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience and Falcon 9 rocket ready for launch on Inspiration4 all-civilian mission to orbit on Sept 15, 2021 from Launch Complex 39A on NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com My commentary and analysis about Inspiration4 has been featured in several stories on WKMG CBS News Orlando and WFTV ABC News Orlando on Sep 13, 14 and 15. WKMG CBS https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2021/09/14/inspiration4-crew-writing-new-narrative-of-human-spaceflight/ https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2021/09/13/launch-time-inspiration4-liftoff-window-opens-wednesday-night/ WFTV ABC https://www.wftv.com/news/local/all-suited-up-inspiration4-crew-completes-full-dry-dress-rehearsal-ahead-historic-launch/2DP4BMUQWBDIHINNDOR2HG6WWY/ Dr. Ken Kremer of Space UpClose commentary about Inspiration4 mission for WKMG CBS 6 Orlando news Ken and Jean are onsite at KSC for live reporting of the Inspiration4 mission. Jean Wright and Ken Kremer of Space UpClose for launch of Inspiration4 on Sept 15, 2021 from Launch Complex 39A on NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: Ken Kremer/Jean Wright/spaceupclose.com Watch Ken's continuing reports about SpaceX Crew and Cargo Dragons, Artemis and NASA missions, SLS, Orion, SpaceX Starlink, Commercial Crew and Starliner and Crew Dragon and onsite for live reporting of upcoming and recent SpaceX and ULA launches including Crew 1 & 2, ISS, Solar Orbiter, Mars 2020 Perseverance and Curiosity rovers, NRO spysats and national security missions and more at the Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Stay tuned here for Ken's continuing Earth and Planetary science and human spaceflight news: www.kenkremer.com –www.spaceupclose.com – twitter @ken_kremer – email: ken at kenkremer.com Dr. Kremer is a research scientist and journalist based in the KSC area, active in outreach and interviewed regularly on TV and radio about space topics. Ken's photos are for sale and he is available for lectures and outreach events Please consider supporting Ken's work by purchasing his photos and/or donating at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/kenkremer Dr. Ken Kremer of Space UpClose commentary about Inspiration4 mission for WFTV ABC 9 Orlando news Crew DragonCrew Dragon ResilienceFalcon 9Inspiration4Jean WrightKen KremerKennedy Space CenterKSCLaunch Complex-39ASpace UpCloseSpaceXSt. Jude Children's Research Hospital Watch for Ken's continuing onsite coverage of NASA, SpaceX, ULA, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and more space and mission reports direct from Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida and Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Stay tuned here for Ken's continuing Earth and Planetary science and human spaceflight news. Dr. Kremer is a research scientist and journalist based in the KSC area, active in outreach and interviewed regularly on TV and radio about space topics. Ken's photos are for sale and he is available for lectures and outreach events.
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Giesl ist ein Namensteil folgender Personen: Adolph Giesl-Gieslingen (1903–1992), österreichischer Lokomotivkonstrukteur und Techniker Arthur Giesl von Gieslingen (1857–1935), österreichischer General Heinrich Giesl von Gieslingen (1821–1905), österreichischer General Wladimir Giesl von Gieslingen (1860–1936), österreichischer Diplomat und General Siehe auch: Giesel Gisel
Enniscoe House is a lovely historic house that sits on the Lough Conn in the West of Ireland in County Mayo. A wild area for exploring, the house, one of the best kept in Ireland, is a hub for hunting, fishing and just taking a relaxing break for a great weekend in the country. When I first traveled to Ennsicoe it was quite by accident and I found the place charming, remote and a way to entertain my clients as well as a perfect spot to travel the West. You can easily tour Achill and Sligo and the surrounding counties. One evening we were brainstorming on touring, gardening and over a dram of Irish Whiskey, we thought it would be a great idea to invite you to take part in a historic restoration of different projects throughout Ireland. The houses that we will focus on are under the nonprofit, Irish Historic Houses Association (For Private Owners). The focus of this organization is to help private owners navigate everything from restoration projects to government relations in the owning and keeping of their historic homes. The houses are all privately owned and funded, relying heavily on open houses, overnight stays and restaurants as some of their sources of income. Other houses in this category have working farms, equestrian centers and yearly fund raisers, such as Stradbally Hall's Electric Picnic, to keep the places viable and well run, keeping Ireland's history alive for tourists such as ourselves and for future generations. Time Travel's goal is to help facilitate these efforts through tourism by offering tours that are small, intimate and that give back to the Irish people. Enniscoe House was one of the first projects in 2012. The entire project consisted of the rock wall and the Rockery, a historic garden restoration in keeping with the original plans and architecture of the garden, being completed through the grant awarded to Ennsicoe and with matching funds from Enniscoe, it is now open for visits, tea at the onsite genealogical center and the house is open a few times a year for public viewing if you are not a guest. However, I do highly recommend Enniscoe for a lovely Irish country stay and it is also a pet frieindly facility. You may see pictures of Ennsicoe on their site or here at Time Travel's offices of the restoration work. Other projects such as this and in coming years will include planting kitchen gardens, walled garden restoration work and other artistic projects within select houses and gardens of Mayo, Galway and Waterford counties. You are very welcome to join us in this historical and philanthropic approach to travel. Can't Join Us But Want to Contribute? On our INTERACTIVES below, you can link to the Irish Historic House association (www.ihh.ie). They are a non-profit organization designed to help historic houses in need and will gladly take donations for this project as well as any other historic house you wish to support. Your contribution is a full charity gift. Thank you for your support. Without you, we will surely lose some of our most valuable historic resources and houses.
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What tools has Hamlett given Armas? Seriously? Our MLS signings since Armas took the helm all played with NYRBII today (Epps, Jorgensen, Nealis and Koffi). Omir Fernandez is a rookie that would have signed with this club regardless of Sporting Director. Based on the rumblings I have heard Armas has asked numerous times for players to be moved or to bring in certain players and Hamlett isn't getting it done. Meanwhile, Hamlett is in bed with Austria and in a safe spot. I smell an empty Red Bull Arena. Both the business unit and sporting unit of RBNY are disasters that arent holding themselves accountable (at the highest levels in MdG and Hamlett). I wont be spending another dime on anything RBNY related until at least one side makes positive changes. The curse of the Nines is real. Or maybe should it be the curse of Lothar, since his stringing us along forced us to gut the roster and tank the 99 season. Today is the anniversary of the Curse of Caricola. When we lost 1-0. To the New England Revolution. I understand cold water has already been thrown on this, but since he was with the team I always thought he'd be a great coach, if he controlled his ego. Biggest issue would be that he is a perfectionist and players would likely grow tired of that rather quickly. Seems I was spot on. Golovin came out just yesterday and said that Henry would go crazy during practices when things weren't perfect and play "get the ball" from him. Stated he hasn't killed the player inside of him. 3 goals in 5 games in China's second division! He scored two of them in the last match, on pretty easy set-ups (one corner, one touch in the box)... then in true Abang fashion, he received a red card for throwing his fist out at an opponent's face when he had the ball. Good riddance. This team has talent but looks horrendous. That's coaching. With how quickly Hamlett has been firing some of the academy coaches, have to wonder how quickly being the "best MLS points total" loses its shine for Armas. #1343999 Is 2019 season a hangover for winning Supporters' Shield? How did RB U-23 qualify? Ranked 11th in USL-2, which qualified only 10? NPSL qualified 14. Brooklyn ranked 17th, FC Monmouth 29th. SIMA Aguilas, Myrtle Beach Mutiny, and Colorado Rapids U23 all folded, allowing Red Bulls U23 to qualify along with Lakeland Tropics and The Villages. NPSL allocates based on rank, but also on size of the region and number of teams in the region. Each conference needs to be represented starting with spot 9, which allows for some lower seeded teams to get in. #1343790 New Training Facilities with Residence? #1343552 2019 Parley Jersey Leak - Black and Aqua? I find it hard to believe that people care much about these outside of jersey collecting geeks and those who feel the need to buy every new kit. 1:1 draw with Nashville. Brian White goal from an Epps cross. Very physical and direct game didn't allow for many players to stand out. Mike Grella was in attendance. Heard he was calling the game. Edgardo Rito made his debut. Mixed thoughts on him so far, but good overall. Alex Bobocea was the backup keeper for Louro today. Nuhu was sitting with the players not in uniform again. For me personally, proud Dad moment on getting my son to his first match and he loved it! Barlow, Mines and Elney were subs used. The grey jersey will be for sale this week. Also nicer than the first teams' new one. Robles with a yellow at the end of the match after going off on the officials. Not sure what in particular it was. Maybe still angry with Chapman from 2015? 7 corner kicks. Did any result in a shot on goal? Perhaps a dozen set plays shouldn't be the way to approach. Just needed one of Rza, Beze or Davis to have a good match. None did. how have Koffi and Yanes looked? Koffi looked very good in the first half. Wasn't called on as much in the second half. Yanes looked great in the second half. Had a shaky first half though, which may be why SPR attacked his side more in the second half. Had a few great moments.
is a 1970 album released by Hōzan Yamamoto, featuring Western jazz instrumentalists such as bassist Gary Peacock, pianist Masabumi Kikuchi and drummer Hiroshi Murakami. It is an early example of fusion experiments with jazz and Japanese classical music. Track listing All compositions by Masabumi Kikuchi Prologue (序) - 3:10 Silver World (銀界) - 12:22 Stone Garden of Ryōan Temple (竜安寺の石庭) - 10:08 A Heavy Shower (驟雨) - 9:46 Sawanose (沢之瀬) - 11:46 Epilogue (終) - 2:52 Personnel Hōzan Yamamoto – shakuhachi flute Masabumi Kikuchi – piano Gary Peacock – double-bass Hiroshi Murakami – drums 1977 albums
Many readers have suggested that had Christopher Marlowe not been killed at age 29, he would have rivaled or surpassed Shakespeare as the preeminent Elizabethan playwright. I don't see it, at least not based on the evidence of Doctor Faustus. It's a simple morality play and quasi-tragedy, but I don't see anything approaching the dramatic impact or artistic quality of Shakespeare's works. So let's skip the unnecessary comparisons and talk about what Doctor Faustus actually is. The story is well-known so I'm not going to be careful about spoilers. If you want to read it without knowing the details, stop reading this here…. … Still with me? Ok, then. Doctor John Faustus is a theology scholar at Wittenburg University in Germany (the university where Hamlet studies in Shakespeare's play). He's a brilliant scholar, but he's bored with academic studies and thinks philosophy, medicine, law, and theology have little to offer him intellectually. So he invites two magicians to teach him black magic and he decides he wants to become like a god and conquer the world. In toying with conjuring, he attracts the attention of one of Lucifer's devils, Mephistopheles, who appears to Faustus to see if he can steal another soul. Mephistopheles entices Faustus, and the professor offers to make a bargain with Lucifer. In exchange for twenty-four years of powers and knowledge (and Mephistopheles' help), Faustus offers Lucifer his soul. Of course, it's a fool's bargain, but Faustus is so full of pride he thinks he's more clever than Lucifer and is immune from real punishment, especially when Mephistopheles tells him that Hell isn't an actual place. Everyplace is Hell when one is cut off from God. Faustus can live with that. Over the following twenty-four years, Faustus doesn't conquer anything. Instead he's essentially reduced to traveling throughout Europe, doing party tricks. And in the end, of course, Lucifer claims his half of the bargain. The play is very clearly about the danger of pride. In the Prologue, Marlowe makes a reference to the fall of Icarus. In the discussion before Faustus signs the bargain, Mephistopheles goes over the history of Lucifer, who was cast out of Heaven because of pride. And at several times throughout the play, Faustus is given an out by good angels and others who try to get him to repent and turn back to God before it's too late. Faustus either rejects that path because he still believes he's better than mere mortals, or later because he thinks he's beyond redemption. There are several other ideas at play as well–mercy, free will, Faustus' flawed judgment–but ultimately pride is the Deadly Sin that does him in. The play's brief, just fourteen scenes in the standard edition, and reasonably easy to read. And, of course, there are other important versions of the story, too (e.g., Goethe's Faust). But even though I don't think this puts Marlowe in Shakespeare's league, it's worth a read.
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DARKNESS comes early these days. Each rainfall strips more leaves from trees, soon to be bare. But despite omens of winter, Michelle Genovesi has summer on her mind. Ms. Genovesi, real estate agent extraordinaire, has clients who routinely rent out their houses for the summer. Three such rentals are already listed in this Gold Coast suburb, which is not generally thought a resort, expanding and contracting with the seasons. If the Wall Street tumble doesn't blunt demand, about 70 houses will soon be listed. Real estate agents are, by nature, a bullish bunch, and Ms. Genovesi and her colleagues at the William Raveis agency here have been chirping about a mere market correction, putting a happy face on a global meltdown. But their optimism could be justified in terms of summer properties. Not everyone here has the riches of F. Scott Fitzgerald or Paul Newman, two of Westport's favorite sons. Some are divorced, widowed or elderly and of limited means. It is these homeowners, for the most part, who give up summer at the shore for the rental income that helps pay bills from October to June. One woman rents out her family-size home on Apple Tree Trail -- ''one of the sweetest, quietest streets at the beach,'' her listing says -- and moves in with her daughter. At $18,000 for the season, Ms. Genovese's client will be able to afford a new roof and a renovated bathroom. The typical summer renter is a young family from Manhattan, with a couple of kids, a stay-at-home mom and a commuting dad. A house on the East End of Long Island, or on Martha's Vineyard, would separate the couple from Monday to Friday. Here, everyone eats dinner together at the end of an easy Metro-North commute. Last summer's 73 rentals ranged from $2,500 for a week in a two-bedroom, 100-year-old house on Main Street to $75,000 for the season in a Great Gatsby estate on the sound. Agents here and in the Hamptons say that Westport prices are about half the rents on the East End of Long Island. There are 10,000 homes in town, with a median value of $700,000. The listings testify to a life style that has made Fairfield County synonymous with luxury. A home with eight bedrooms and five baths is considered middle-of-the-pack. Easy access to the beach can be trumped by clay courts and a heated pool. Charm and character, exquisite antiques and an exercise room are nice. So is a landlord who pays for pool and lawn care. Not all landlords are frugal Yankee widows. One of Ms. Genovesi's clients has several residences. (She can't recall how many.) Another spends the summer volunteering his expertise in developing nations as a retired C.E.O. in developing nations. Then there is a fellow real estate agent who moves in with a friend each summer, rents out her home and makes her mortgage payments for the year. Many of the renters eventually buy, among them Pat Maxwell, another of Ms. Genovesi's associates. Ms. Maxwell, who is divorced, summered in Sag Harbor until one awful five-hour drive back to Manhattan on the Long Island Expressway. She had long been devoting far too much time to the weekly conundrum of whether to leave the beach early and ruin Sunday, or stay until the traffic quiets at 10 P.M. and crawl through the workday on Monday.
Drop-in centers expand resources Lunch period study center to assist students in English, Global Studies departments Mikaela Larson, Reporter At the start of the 2016-2017 school year, the English and Global Studies departments partnered to create a drop in center similar to the one the Math department started last year. "Space was found for students to go and get help with anything in Language Arts or Global Studies," Language Arts Division Chair Karen Raino said. The departments were paired based on the amount of overlap the classes share, especially with the study of the United States junior year and the amount of writing involved, history teacher Benjamin Lafontaine said. Students do not need to be referred by a teacher to attend and they can come in on an as-needed basis. "I like that it'll be more student driven and you don't need to be failing to come in," English teacher Ryan Darrah said. Since it is a new program, teachers do not know what type of questions students will bring in, Raino said. Students can come in for any form of help they may need, such as essays or test prep. The year has started slow, but attendance is expected to increase as the year progresses and essays are assigned. Posters will be added around the school and teachers have been asked to make announcements in regards to the new resource. "When the end of the quarter comes I know I'll have a ton of essays and [the center] will be a huge help," Kaysie Stuba '18 said. The center can be found in room 44 at North Campus and room B109 at South Campus and is available during all lunch periods. Mikaela Larson, Sports Editor My name is Mikaela Larson and my passions include The Office, dogs, feminism, and of course: sports. Along with LION, I am the Marketing Director at WLTL... Illinois raises tobacco age Assistant Principal retires English teacher pursues passion eSports finishes second in NIU competition Theatre Board performs 'Tens by Teens' Students give grants, learn about philanthropy
Photographer Diana Walker: An Eye for History By Susan Stamberg Published November 5, 2007 at 10:01 PM MST For two decades, Diana Walker was the White House photographer for Time magazine. She clicked her camera through five administrations, capturing moments of history for readers to peruse. Walker's new book, The Bigger Picture, is filled with portraits that go far beyond the usual "photo ops." Covering John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign, Walker was invited to come to the front of the candidate's plane. She caught the Democratic senator and his wife Teresa Heinz Kerry in a private moment. Mrs. Kerry was reading a newspaper and wanted to show something to her husband. "And he went across and sat down next to her, and he looked at the pictures and whatever it was she wanted to show him," Walker says. "And then slowly, he kind of fell asleep, right there leaning against her back." The black-and-white photo shows just what a campaign takes out of a candidate. It's also a picture of a marriage. And it's Walker's definition of shooting behind the scenes. "A whole group of photographers couldn't possibly take a picture like this," she says. "It had to be one camera, not more than that." In an NPR interview at the time, Mrs. Kerry spoke about what it was like to be on the road — and in the public eye. "You have to be very careful that, yes, it's wonderful but you owe them one," she said. "And what you owe them is your honesty and your vulnerability and your thoughts. Otherwise you're nothing." And Walker says she was also mindful of her role as a photographer. "In doing behind-the-scenes pictures, I always would think, 'I get to be here and the public doesn't. I'm here and it is a privilege and I've got to do absolutely the best I possibly can to show you what was going on,'" Walker says. In another presidential campaign, in 1984, Walker's camera caught Democratic candidate Walter Mondale facing a barrage of reporters at a nighttime airport. The candidate was framed by a thicket of microphone poles, aimed like rifles. And Mondale is a smart, thoughtful deer in headlights. "I found myself down on my knees right in the middle of this melee," Walker says. She doesn't remember the exact circumstances, but "I can imagine my coming a little late to this event. I stayed on the plane for something, went around the group, couldn't get in, because they were all so close to the candidate, that I went between their legs down on the ground and got below and shot up. That used to happen to me quite a lot." In 1990, Walker photographed actress Katharine Hepburn receiving a Kennedy Center Honor. In the photo, the great actress sits with the other honorees in a box at the Opera House, wiping away a tear. "This picture was taken with a very long lens from my perch in the Opera House. The tribute was over and they were honoring her with applause and she just began to cry ... She was unprepared for this picture. This picture was taken from miles away." Walker is asked whether by taking the photo from so far away, without Hepburn realizing it, that she violated the actress' privacy. "The only way I'm able to take that picture is when the lights are on her," Walker says. "Otherwise, she'd be in the dark. So she, the actress, is prepared to acknowledge the crowd. And whether she knew I was taking the picture or didn't know I was taking the picture, I'm so glad I was taking the picture, because to me, this is the Katharine Hepburn of my mind." Walker gave her long lens a real workout when she had to — taking hundreds and hundreds of pictures without ever having direct contact with her subject. But her book includes lots of close portraits, too. For those, and to get a more informal image, the photographer chats up her subject and pretends to be listening as she fusses with her equipment. "I find what is the most effective thing to do is to start them talking and move around," Walker says. "And I also found often that when I said I was finished, I got the best picture ... because they relaxed. And so I used to kind of say I was finished before I was. And it was good!" In one of her first assignments, Walker photographed designer Bill Blass. Near the end of the shoot, "I thought, well, I've done all I can do ... And so I said, 'Well, thank you so much, it's been terrific.' And he said, 'Uh! Thank God!' "And he leaned back and he threw his leg up on the couch and there was the picture. All of a sudden, there it was! And luckily, I had film still in my camera. So I always kept film in my camera when I was ready to leave." Susan Stamberg Nationally renowned broadcast journalist Susan Stamberg is a special correspondent for NPR. See stories by Susan Stamberg
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James Langton Thousands in the running to become the UAE's first astronaut Director of space agency says age is no barrier at launch of a new competition The UAE is planning to send four Emirati astronauts into space by 2021. Courtesy Ministry of Cabinet Affairs and the Future More than 2,000 people have applied to become the country's first astronauts, the head of the UAE Space Agency revealed on Tuesday. They include applicants in their 60s, Dr Mohammed Al Ahbabi said. The minimum age is 18. "The idea is to maximise the number of applicants", Dr Al Ahbabi said. "It is an indication that the level of talent is high." Four UAE nationals, with at least degree level qualifications, will be selected this year as the first members of an astronaut corps, with the goal of sending the first to the International Space Station by 2021, the 50th anniversary of the country's foundation. What does it take to get a place on the UAE's first astronaut programme? The director of the space agency was speaking at the launch of a new challenge designed to raise interest in space. The iShuttle website will pose a series of problems for the public to solve. The first challenge, aimed at pupils from Year 10 to university students, is to design an experiment to send up in a high altitude balloon. The winner will get a prize of Dh3,000, with the experiments evaluated for inclusion in a real high altitude mission. The closing date for submissions is the end of January. Dr Al Ahbabi said the iShuttle was one many initiatives planned by the agency. The idea, he said, was to "Improve the awareness of space and open doors to talented people. Where are they? Through this platform we will find out." The director compared the challenge to the Genes in Space competition, sponsored by The National and won by Alia Al Mansouri, a 15-year-old school girl from Dubai. Her experiment was sent to the ISS last year. "We want to open doors for so many Alias," Dr Al Ahbabi said. The results are in - and Alia's Genes in Space experiment is a winner Speaking at the launch, Dr Ahmad Al Falasi, Minister of State for Higher Education and Chairman of the agency, said: "We seek to prepare and nurture generations of talented UAE nationals to become leaders in the space industry." The UAE space industry is preparing for a series of major events in 2018, which following on from the successes of last year "Will be another year of space," Dr Al Ahbabi said. On January 25, the Al Yah 3 satellite will be launched from French Guiana, providing broadband coverage from Africa to Brazil. The satellite will be part of a network operated by YahSat, the Abu Dhabi-based commercial communications company. Two more launches are due to take place later in the year. Mysat is small cube satellite designed by Masdar Institute of Technology and Khalifa University of Science and Technology. Only 10cm on each side, it will hold two experiments including a camera for Earth observation and experimental battery. Finally, the first satellite to be entirely designed and built in the UAE will be sent into orbit over the summer. KhalifaSat is operated by the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre and was built in Dubai with an advanced camera system capable of capturing images only a few metres wide from orbit as well as much larger areas. It will be launched on a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries rocket in Japan in the middle of this year. Updated: January 9, 2018 03:41 PM Conjoined twins separated at leading London children's hospital
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Bentiaba é uma vila e comuna angolana que se localiza na província de Namibe, pertencente ao município de Moçâmedes. É uma povoação costeira e banhada pelo rio Bentiaba que forma um pequeno oásis, onde se faz agricultura. Até 1975/76 seu nome era "vila de São Nicolau", preservando ainda marcantes traços de sua herança colonial, como a Fortaleza de São Nicolau (um dos patrimônios nacionais) e a antiga capela perto de um antigo cemitério, ainda em uso. Na comuna está instalado o Estabelecimento Prisional do Bentiaba, a maior e mais importante penitenciária da província. Perto, descobriram-se fósseis de répteis marinhos do cretácico, tais como plesiossauros e mosassauros. Ver também Comunas de Angola Vilas de Angola Comunas do município de Moçâmedes
Home News BTR News Social Video Social Video – Social Media Video Vying for Streaming Viewing Time "Use extreme caution Rangers, you are dealing with an evil here that is beyond all imagination." – "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie," 20th Century Fox About the only thing that Netflix, Amazon, Tencent, YouTube and Facebook Watch have in common is that they all deliver video content. For the longest time, the Hollywood crowd acknowledged Netflix and Amazon because they were big buyers of rich, professional content. YouTube and Facebook Watch were just places where kids and wannabes posted their content that ranged from dumb to thought-provoking, stupid to brilliant, absurd to OMG, vulgar to eloquent, distasteful to classy and even stand-outs of really creative stuff. In other words, a real cross-section of the online world. They were part of the FAANG (Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Google) and BAT (Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent) crowd that were stealing eyeballs away from appointment TV. They were sorta', kinda' similar, but different. They're similar because as Leighton Interactive recently pointed out, we process video faster than text … 60,000 times faster! It Clicks – Ancient art on cave walls, street art, movies, TV shows, OTT and social media video have been the mainstay of communications forever. Reading requires the brain to process words into meaningful images that can then be mentally filed or used. When video is good, it's really good. When it's bad, it's still pretty good. It ignites emotions, entices a personal connection and encourages viewers to get more information. Vision is arguably your most dominant sense. This year's VidCon was different because it was no longer a YouTube hang-out event. In addition, although most of the attendees didn't realize it, there was a new person at the helm of the increasingly popular event … Jim Louderback. It didn't impress my kid much, but Jim has been in the middle of the change for years. First, as a polished columnist with PC Week, then leading a team of people to provide the world with internet TV with ZDTV/TechTV. Now, he has the challenge of turning VidCon from a party of heroes/heroines and dreamers to an education/information/relationship activity for video creators. Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Tencent and other OTT channels are different from the VidCon crowd because they acquire or contract to produce their own content. YouTube, Facebook Watch, Snapchat, Instagram and the other social media sites provide an ad-supported or membership opportunity for people to establish their audiences. But, the social media sites are of interest because they touch the demographics the OTT providers also want to reach to grow their viewing audience. Teasers and trailers in social media have become an integral and effective part of theatrical movie and TV show marketing campaigns. YouTube told attendees they had grown to 1.9 B monthly viewers, making them a serious competitor and an opportunity to win more OTT viewers and sell more theater tickets. Another difference this year was there were a lot more studio/TV execs, talent scouts and advertisers interested in seeing what the "farm teams" had to offer. They're looking for the people who are at the top of the food chain and the up-and-comers. But the M&E/content industry has always been a pyramid. The social video arena mirrors it very closely. The Few, the Proud – VidCon highlighted the social media people who were the most widely followed and earned the most because it gives others a glimmer of hope that if you stay focused, work hard and have luck along the way, your videos can have a larger, more profitable audience. No one wants to hear about the thousands no one viewed. There are a few at the top who were "overnight" stars. Then there are the middle layers made up of folks who make a modest to decent living as producers/directors/stars. But the vast majority of people toil at day jobs but have the idea/dream that maybe someday they'll break through. Social media gives a generation of kids who have grown up on video content a way to express themselves creatively and hopefully, earn a few bucks doing it. Instead of paying their dues to the man; men/women, boys/girls invest their sweat equity to build an audience of 1,000, 10,000, 100,000 and more. Target Audience – Around the globe, people continue to become internet connected to see who is out there, what is out there and what they're missing. Having connections, likes and other social media hooks validate people in a growing world becoming alone together. With a global internet population of four plus billion people, how tough can that be? Darn tough! They must compete with the professional crowd–Netflix, Apple, Amazon, etc. They also have to compete with the growing OTT crowd, which is competing for eyeballs and advertising. It's like cable but different. The competitive landscape just got bigger with everyone wanting new, different stuff. It took time – and money – but people like Verizon Go90, Shomi, Watchever, KPN Play and other professional content delivery firms finally determined that to compete with Netflix, Amazon and other leaders, they had to invest like them. People constantly want new, fresh content. No new content? …adios! Revolving Door – Internet and content service providers spend millions enticing people to abandon content delivery services to sign with them. The industry is at the point of growth that "new" subscribers are difficult and expensive to acquire; so, they focus on attracting folks from their competition. It's called shrinkage when they're lost and growth when they win. Instead of continuing to bleed red ink, they determined being an aggregator or viewer conduit is a less dangerous route to profits. Then, they could really get creative by throttling unlimited programs, giving them content at 480p, slowing speeds to 600 Kbps and minimizing hotspot connections. Of course, there will be plan options, especially since their content viewing appetites have expanded: Long-form content (longer than 20 minutes) jumped 189 percent Medium-form content (5-20 minutes) was up 171 percent Short-form (shorter than 5 minutes) grew 178 percent And there's a growing interest in watching long-long content (40 minutes plus) as well as a growing worldwide streaming audience: 87 percent, 18-24 years of age 90 percent, 25-34 78 percent 35-49 Screen in Your Hands – While the convenience of viewing content is growing with smartphone and tablet viewing, the TV set in the living/dining room continues to be the preferred screen if you have a choice. Despite what wireless carriers would like you to believe; bigger, better TV sets are still in strong demand. But the convenience of anywhere, any screen, any time can't be underestimated. People are becoming far more comfortable watching all kinds of content on every screen. The amount of available premium content – Netflix, Apple, Disney, Amazon and others around the globe has grown, while the cost of the service has risen and the quality of the experience has fallen. For the social media video sites that were born on the Web, the answer to having a constant flow of new, different content is to keep their global creators interested and engaged. Catch the Show – No one is immune to catching up on a recent video on the smartphone. Sir Jonny Ive, Apple's chief design officer, gives his boss, Apple's CEO Tim Cook, a quick hint on something he needs to view when he gets a chance on his iPhone. At VidCon, YouTube made it known that they were aware of the social media competition. They continue to fine-tune their content libraries and offer a growing array of reasons folks should stay with their platform including: Letting creators with more than 100,000 subscribers sell monthly channel subscriptions Allowing creators to sell merchandise through their channel Starting their own ad-supported podcasts Adding features more like Twitch Facebook, which knows a good idea when they see it, picked and chose features they liked (modifying them slightly) from Snapchat, YouTube and others for their Watch and Live channels. To entice their millennial audience, they are even adding conventional media sites – ABC News, CNN, and others – to deliver channel-specific news programs. Social Heroes – Thousands of social media content producers descended on this year's VidCon to promote their channels and shows. Those that seemed to get the most serious attention from agents and marketers were "a little more tame" than the teen/tween-appealing crowd above. YouTube's and IGTV's core audiences are 20-somethings and younger. And they're prime targets for a lot of marketers who attended VidCon who want to reach the often-elusive audience. But for a video or a pre-/mid-role ad to be successful, you must reach the 40-year-olds and have them share it. Content is Content – Perhaps it's time to stop trying to differentiate between TV, OTT and streaming content. Nearly all content today is digital, and viewers don't differentiate between content they watch on the big set, computer, table or TV. It's just video content. Supported by exceptionally refined recommendation solutions, Netflix and Amazon have become wizards at investing in just the right video projects. They use the solutions to suggest stuff for subscribers to watch–even before they know they want to see it. YouTube, Facebook and other social media video services around the globe have become masters at placing complimentary ads in and around content on their sites, their video channels. Now that TV competes with OTT, which competes with digital video, which competes with social video; it's little wonder that the marketing sessions were SRO (standing room only) at VidCon. Marketers and creators needed to learn how to best use the demographic data and suggestion/recommendation tools. You know, business ideas on how to cross-promote channels and videos. They range from behavioral science hints on capturing eyeballs and keeping people coming back for a booster shot to things that keep folks watching longer. It takes a lot of work to make a real living in the social video world. It also gets trickier, because the sites keep "fine tuning" (changing) their guidelines. At the same time, governmental agencies keep looking over everyone's shoulder to see if they might need to regulate the rogue nation. In the meantime, sites will keep watching each other to see what works – and doesn't – and add "exciting new features" accordingly. Social video creators in the meantime will just keep working away and watching their viewership numbers in near real-time. Just remember, there are only so many spots on the top of the pyramid; and as Dulcea said, "The ground is littered with the bones of those who have tried for it and failed." vidcon Previous articleThe GTX 1070 versus the GTX 980 Ti Next articleThe GTX 1060 6GB vs the RX 580 8GB vs the GTX 980 4GB revisited
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Our Center specializes in caring for pediatric patients with conditions that affect their upper airway. If your child has symptoms consistent with any of the following conditions, call us at 617-573-3190 to schedule an appointment or request one online. Juvenile recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (JRRP) is a condition that causes the growth of papilloma (warts) in the airway. These warts may occur anywhere, including the throat, windpipe (trachea), or lungs, but mostly affect the voice box (larynx). They are benign (not cancerous), but can vary in size and can grow very quickly. There currently is not a cure, but the condition can be managed with periodic surgical intervention. It is critically important to recognize the symptoms of JRRP before potential life threatening obstruction develops from the papilloma. JRRP is frequently diagnosed in children. When JRRP is suspected by symptoms, it's often diagnosed either by viewing the voice box with a scope or by taking the child to the operating room to inspect the airway. The only way to absolutely confirm JRRP is with a biopsy. The goal of treatment is to clear the airway of the warts, which may be done with a special laser and/or suction device. Sometimes, special medications are used, especially for children who require more than four surgical treatments a year. While the primary treatment is surgery, a speech-language pathologist can help by providing support and education about the effects of JRRP and surgeries on the voice. In addition, they can provide voice therapy to help manage these changes. There is currently only one vaccine available in the US to prevent HPV, the virus that causes JRRP. Gardasil9 is a vaccine that provides protection against the four HPV types included in the first Gardasil (6, 11, 16, 18) as well as five additional types (31, 33, 45, 52, 58). Types 6 and 11 are most associated with genital warts, as well as JRRP, and the others, especially16 and 18, are associated with cervical cancer. Cervarix, bivalent vaccine containing only types 16 and 18, is no longer available in the United States and would not have provided any protection against the HPV types causing JRRP. Gardasil9 is approved for people 9 to 26 years of age. It's safe, typically well-tolerated, and causes a strong immune response providing long-term protection against HPV. The current recommendation is for both boys and girls to receive two doses of the vaccine at least six months apart starting at age 11. Adolescents and young adults 15 and older need to receive the previous standard of three required doses. Infants and young children cannot be protected directly, but may be if their mothers were vaccinated as children/young adults prior to HPV infection. We are actively recruiting children with symptomatic JRRP for a study that aims to identify drug sensitivity and gain a better sense of a child's immune state and how this may affect disease progression. For more information, please email [email protected]. Learn more about other ongoing research initiatives involving JRRP. Tracheomalacia is a congenital or acquired condition in which the windpipe (trachea) is floppy, often leading to respiratory problems. Tracheomalacia is usually diagnosed by an endoscopy, a procedure in which a small scope is passed into the airway while the patient is asleep. Most patients with tracheomalacia are asymptomatic and do not require treatment. Some may only become symptomatic during upper and lower respiratory tract infections. Some children with tracheomalacia have greater frequency and severity of respiratory infections. Bronchodilators, commonly used to treat children with asthma, may be used. For trouble breathing, sometimes adjustments in positioning can help or your physician may suggest the use of devices to keep the airway open, especially during sleep, such as CPAP and BIPAP, which are machines that provide breathing assistance using pressure. Surgical management is rarely needed, and only when symptoms are not controlled by medical management and cause life-threatening events. Every child has a breathing tube starting at the nose and mouth, which extends into the lungs. He or she also has a feeding tube just behind the breathing tube that brings food and liquid to the stomach. If there is a connection at the very top of these two tubes, we call this a laryngeal cleft. A laryngeal cleft can cause a wide range of symptoms, including: cough, wheezing, recurrent lung infections, trouble swallowing, poor feeding, and failure to gain weight. A modified barium swallow study (MBS) may show certain swallowing problems where liquid moves toward or into the airway (penetration/aspiration), which is concerning for a laryngeal cleft. The only way to diagnose a laryngeal cleft is through an endoscopy, a procedure in which a small telescope is passed into the airway while the patient is asleep. Laryngeal clefts begin at the very top of the two tubes. Imagine a zipper unzipping—if the zipper unzips only to the level of the vocal cords, then it is labeled a type 1 cleft and if the zipper unzips all the way down into the chest it is a type 4 cleft. Management of type 1 cleft is usually conservative with anti-reflux medications and feeding modifications. There are also options for a temporary surgical procedure with injection of a slowly dissolving material that may help the child overcome their symptoms until their swallowing improves. Otherwise, a surgical procedure using the microscope or endoscope can be performed to close the cleft. This same procedure can be used for type 2 clefts. All type 3 and 4 clefts require surgical repair and this is generally done through an open approach. We are actively recruiting children with laryngeal clefts to identify whether younger children would benefit from an early cleft injection to allow them early transition to thin liquids and that might lower the frequency whereby laryngeal clefts need definitive repair later on. For more information, please email [email protected]. Hemangiomas are the most common benign tumor of infancy, often appearing as a red birthmark. In some cases, they can occur in the airway, usually right under the vocal cords. When this happens, it can cause breathing difficulties that can be mild or severe (the narrower the airway, the more difficulty the child will experience when breathing). The best way to diagnose a hemangioma is through an endoscopy, a procedure in which a small telescope is passed into the airway while the patient is asleep. Most of the time, hemangiomas do not require treatment. However, in some cases, they can cause concerning symptoms, including obstructing a child's airway. When this happens, medical management can include medications, such as steroids or beta-blocker (propanalol). In severe cases or cases that do not respond to medications, surgery is considered. Depending on the case, tracheostomy or open airway excision may be recommended. Subglottic stenosis is a condition in which a child's airway is obstructed due to congenital (present at birth) narrowing of the airway or from scarring just below the vocal cords. This narrowing can also occur lower down in the airway, which is known as tracheal stenosis. The scar typically develops early in childhood, often because the child was born premature and needed a breathing tube as their lungs developed. Airway stenosis causes breathing difficulties for children. These difficulties can be mild or severe—the narrower the airway, the more difficulty your child might experience when breathing. The best way to diagnose a stenosis is through an endoscopy, a procedure in which a small telescope is passed into the airway while the patient is asleep. In some cases, an imaging study, such as a CT scan, may be performed if the stenosis is so narrow that a telescope cannot be passed through it. Significant stenosis may require placement of a tracheostomy tube to bypass the narrow part of the airway. The tracheostomy is generally placed to allow the child to breathe, feed, and grow until they become healthy and stable enough for further treatment. Pediatric airway reconstruction in the form of either laryngotracheal reconstruction or cricotracheal resection is designed to rebuild the airways and to allow the tracheostomy to be removed. For a child without major heart, lung, or other medical issues, airway reconstruction has an approximately 90 to 95 percent success rate for tracheostomy removal. We are actively recruiting children with lower subglottal collapse and upper suprastomal tracheal collapse to identify the role of less invasive bioresporbable plate placement. For more information, please email [email protected].
60" "newer" rear projector TV (San Pedro (Near NorthStarMall)) - trash nothing! I have an as-is 60" rear projector TV. it's not the huge box, and is just the TV. It can be moved easily by two people (or one, but is awkward), and would be a great TV if you can fix it. I've had it outside for a little while, last I checked the picture was dim with blue specks. Or, part it out/make it into something else completely. Someone will have to come and get it, as I'm not able to deliver.
This study employs the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) bounds testing technique to examine whether Okun's law exists in Nigeria during 1970-2014. In addition, this study considers the role of oil prices in the Nigerian economy. The empirical results indicate that a cointegrating or long term relationship exists between the unemployment rate, economic growth and oil prices. In addition, the results demonstrate that in Nigeria, in the long term, unemployment has a negative and significant effect on economic growth, and oil prices have a significant and positive effect on economic growth. The coefficient of unemployment (0.18%) for this study is far less than the result reported by Okun and other studies that focused on developed countries. This suggests that the Okun coefficient is not only unstable but varies for different countries, and does not remain constant for Nigeria. However, policymakers should take steps to reduce unemployment to enhance economic growth in Nigeria. We provide evidence regarding the relationship between director training programs and improved financial reporting. Director Training Programs (DTP) help directors better understand the specific context in which a firm operates, including its operations and environment; awareness of business norms and values; standards of probity and accountability; and their fiduciary duties as an agent of investors. This study explores a recent requirement for director training and its effect on the quality of financial reporting for publicly listed companies in three eastern countries. This study examines the relationship between DTP and the quality of financial reporting of Australian, Malaysian and Pakistani publicly listed companies by using a sample of data from 2011 to 2013. We determined that Australian companies that incur additional DTP expenditures and have a flexible training schedule (Online DTP)improve their financial reporting quality and that a well-established DTP positively affects financial reporting quality in Malaysia. In addition, the results indicate that firm size negatively affects financial reporting quality in the Asia Pacific and older companies (firm age) suffer from low-quality financial reporting. In-work support through the tax-benefit system has proved to be an effective way of increasing the labor supply of lone mothers and first earners in couples in a number of OECD countries. At the same time, these instruments usually create negative employment incentives for secondary earners. This in turn reduces the potential of in-work support to address the joint objectives of higher employment and lower poverty levels. In this paper, we present a simulation exercise to examine labor supply implications of a diverse set of possible reforms to the main elements of tax and benefit support for families with children. We set the analysis in the context of the Polish tax and benefit system and show how an adequate combination of increased generosity of support with the introduction of a "double earner" premium may result in an increased labor supply of first and second earners in couples. The simulated reactions are concentrated in the lower half of the income distribution, thus increasing the potential of in-work support to alleviate poverty. The European post-communist countries that have integrated into the European Union are emerging market economies. However, their short-run economic performance does not correspond to the observed business cycles of other global emerging markets. The business cycles of the studied countries are longer, and their recessions are more pronounced. Moreover, economic activity in the studied countries is relatively low and volatile, and the trade balance and government purchases have a relatively significant countercyclical character. These are the core conclusions from our business cycle study of the chosen European post-communist countries. In the study, we use both traditional and contemporary business cycle definitions. Using traditional definitions, we determine the peaks, troughs, expansions and contractions and quantify the durations and amplitudes of their expansions, recessions and business cycles. Using contemporary definitions, we measure cyclical properties by computing the first and second moments of the chosen macroeconomic cyclical components and growth rates. Differences in the business cycles and characteristics between European post-communist countries and other emerging countries are discussed with reference to the works of other authors. The main goal of this paper is the empirical examination of the Polish stock market reactions to dividend announcements and dividend payouts made by the companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE). The research sample comprises 56 companies (WIG index constituents) that announced dividend payments and completed the payout during 2013. In the analysis, event study methodology is employed including either calculating abnormal returns and cumulative abnormal returns around the event day or testing their statistical significance using parametric and nonparametric tests. The average cross-sectional abnormal return calculated for the entire sample is found to be significant on the dividend announcement day (t=0, 0.86%) and on one day after (t=+1, 0.59%) at the 1% and 10% significance levels, respectively. The outcomes of the analysis conducted within the three distinguished subsamples are rather more diverse. In the subgroup of the first announced dividends (or dividends announced after a minimum one-year break), the significant average abnormal return is found on day t=+1 (0.90%, 5% significance level), whereas in the case of the dividend decreases subsample, the significant average abnormal returns (at the 10% significance level) occur on days t=-4 (-1.44%) and t=+2 (-1.15%). The average abnormal return calculated within the subsample of dividend increases turns out to be positive and significant on day t=+1 (1.03%, 10% significance level). The results obtained for the average cumulative abnormal returns corroborate the findings reached for the average cross-sectional abnormal returns in the case of the first dividend and dividend increase subsamples. However, the average cross-sectional abnormal returns calculated within the eleven-day-long event window around the dividend payment day turn out to be statistically insignificant. The obtained results provide evidence that the Polish stock market reaction to dividend announcements is positive and immediate. However, the market does not significantly react to dividend payouts, which may lead to the conclusion that the WSE directly incorporates news on dividends into stock prices. Moreover, the reaction of the market for dividend announcements is consistent with the sign of the dividend change: dividend-increase (-decrease) announcements are interpreted as a positive (negative) signal by the investors. Such results support both the informational content of the dividend hypothesis and the dividend signaling hypothesis. Considering that the observed abnormal market behavior disappears within two days at most after the announcement date, the results of the study can be useful for financial practitioners only with regard to short-term investment decisions. Given the high and rising household debt in Malaysia, the objective of this paper is to ascertain the characteristics of a financially vulnerable individual. Financial vulnerability is measured based on two indicators: the debt-to-income ratio and the level of emergency savings for income shock. The findings of this paper show that, in addition to socio-economic factors, other factors such as risk tolerance, savings portfolio, and individuals' objectives and subjective financial knowledge can significantly explain differences in the levels of individual financial vulnerability. Using ordered probit on primary data consisting of 854 working adults aged 18–60, it is found that gender, ethnicity, income, number of dependents, age and education can significantly explain differences in the levels of financial vulnerability. Furthermore, the findings highlight the importance of continuous efforts to provide financial education to improve personal financial management. The findings also confirm that risk takers are more likely to be financially vulnerable. However, individuals who diversify their savings channels to include stock and bond holdings instead of solely saving through bank deposits are less likely to be financially vulnerable. Forecasts, models and stress tests are important tools for policymakers and business planners. Recent developments in these related spheres have seen greater emphasis placed on stress tests from a regulatory perspective, while at the same time forecasting performance has been criticized. Given the interlinkages between the two, similar limitations apply to stress tests as to forecasts and should be borne in mind by practitioners. In addition, the recent evolution of stress tests, and in particular the increasing popularity of scenario-based approaches, raises concerns about how well the shortcomings of the associated models are understood. This includes estimated stress cases relative to base cases – the degree of pain – that simple scenario modelling approaches engender. This paper illustrates this phenomenon using simulation techniques and demonstrates that more extreme stress scenarios need to be employed in order to match the inference from simple value-at-risk approaches. Alternatively, complex modelling approaches can address this concern, but are not widely used to date. Some policymakers seem to be aware of these issues, judging by the severity of some recent stress scenarios. One of the most serious effects of offshoring is tax avoidance, which harms the economies of the affected regions. In an attempt to eradicate tax avoidance, the EU seeks to establish tax harmonization across its Member States. Based on data for 2006–2014, this study analyzes the historical evolution and current trends of a convergence or divergence of the tax burden for 15 EU Member States. The effective tax rate was used to assess the tax burden. This study used a novel approach to analyze the tax burden and conducted a cluster analysis to examine changes in the effective tax rates between 2006 and 2014. The results imply that when the economy prospers, effective tax rates tend to converge. In contrast, during periods of economic downturns, effective tax rates diverge. This divergence occurs because of differences in Member States' tax policies that reflect the various strategies that are adopted by different Member States to combat economic crises. Therefore, the tax harmonization criteria that were established by the EU are relegated to the background and offshoring is encouraged.
Aguas Blancas egy kis falu Uruguayban, Lavalleja megyében. Aguas Blancas egy víztározó mellett található a 8-as főút 91-es kilométerénél, 28 km-re a megyeszékhelytől, Minastól. A gát az Arroyo Mataojo nevű patak vizére épült a Sierra del Abra de Zabaleta hegyei között. A felduzzasztott tó ideális horgászatra és csónakázásra, a környezet pihenésre alkalmas. Mellette felépítettek egy kempinget is, ahol van villany, ivóvíz, fürdőszoba, meleg víz és mosogatóhelyek, valamint foci- és röplabdapályákat létesítettek. A területen vadkecskék és különböző madarak élnek. A közelben található egy misztikus környezetű buddhista templom is egy domb tetején. Kapcsolódó szócikkek Aguas Blancas víztározó Források Kempingek Lavalleja megyében Uruguayi turisztikai információk - Aguas Blancas / Lavalleja Uruguay települései
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The slush paranoia monster The World Cup (is half empty) Elmore Leonard's rules of writing Where language goes to die Frankenstein and Splice The artist as (a) God(s) Baseball according to Drucker (3) The Medicator (they'll be back!) Only three out of 254 foreign applicants passed Japan's national nursing exam this year. In 2009, 15,382 nurses from the Philippines alone took the U.S. exam. The language barrier in Japan may prove an insurmountable problem. Hence the desire for "nurses" that can be put together on an assembly line. Marketwatch reports that The Japanese government has spent one hundred million dollars in grants [to Japanese firms] over the last [decade] to develop personal robots for their own eldercare crisis, yet no viable solutions have been developed by them to date. But Atlanta-based GeckoSystems boasts that it is getting much love from Japan and China because it is a dynamic leader in the emerging mobile robotics industry revolutionizing their development and usage with "Mobile Robot Solutions for Safety, Security and Service." Based on what I've seen so far, be prepared to be totally underwhelmed. Frankly, I think a medical translation system would be a more achievable goal. I can't help thinking of two already-proposed "solutions." In Ghost in the Shell: Solid State Society, the computer running the Medicare system comes up with an ingenious solution to the problem (pretty much the opposite of Soylent Green), and then goes all HAL 9000 on anybody who gets in the way. Though the whole concept of an "Elder Care Robot" sounds eerily like the one satirized in Roujin Z. The movie was released way back in 1991, making it all the more prescient. My brother points out that this really isn't about language. A foreign nurse who would even attempt to take the qualifying exam will likely speak and understand Japanese better than any robot ever will. It's not as bad as the silly business about Japanese not being able to eat American-grown rice back in the 1980s, but there is clearly regulatory capture going on. The examination system in Japan long ago devolved into a tortuous sorting machine, not an evaluation of thinking ability. The Japanese equivalent of Stand and Deliver focuses more about test-taking strategies than mastering a complex subject like calculus. For every ministry (and the industry group backing it) that wants A, another ministry and industry group wants B. But rather than debating it and committing to a single course, group B "graciously" concedes A, then renders A meaningless with gatekeeping strategy C. Like passing a law and then "forgetting" to fund it. In this case, all B has to do is nobly insist on the "same standards for everybody." The examination system (credentialism run amok) is Japan's "third rail," a prisoner's dilemma writ large, that everybody knows is hopelessly flawed but the entire society is hopelessly wedded to. Labels: business, ghost in the shell, japan, medicine, politics, robots, science
This study would not have been possible without the assistance of a number of analysts at Statistics Canada. The authors greatly appreciate the willingness of others to provide advice, assist with technical issues, and give freely their time to review various drafts of this paper. Drafts were reviewed by Michael Schimpf, Guy Gellatly, Antoine Rose and Jeffrey Smith. Their feedback and ideas were very helpful for improving the text, tables and charts. Michael Schimpf also provided overall guidance and management for this project. Mark Stinner provided very useful assistance and guidance in developing a confidentiality pattern for the CMA-level data. The authors also extend thanks to Bechir Oueriemmi, Maria Del Corral, Cory Timmons, and Elizabeth Chretien for reviewing the text for editorial purposes and for assisting with data verification and formatting charts and tables. Local level manufacturing data can be used to examine manufacturing structure aat the Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) level and differences in their manufacturing activities. This paper developed and analyzes an experimental local-level manufacturing database containing sales and employment for 11 Census Metropolitan Areas (CMA) in Canada for the period 2007 to 2012. The findings indicate that manufacturing sales of the Prairie provinces' CMAs and those of the Québec CMA grew between 2007 and 2012. The refining of petroleum and the manufacturing of fabricated metals and machinery were the key to their growth of sales. The concentration of economic activities and population in large cities increases the need for local level-data. Local-level data are used to measure and compare economic activities of smaller regions and are an important tool for governments when making policies and setting priorities. Local-level data also provide valuable input for analytical research and study of regional development to both public and private institutions, as well as international organizations such as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). In recent years, experimental research has been conducted at Statistics Canada to develop new local-level databases. For example, Desmond, Brown and Gellatly (2008) estimated local-level human capital and studied the contribution of human capital to long-run employment growth from 1980 to 2000 in Canadian and U.S. cities. Brown and Rispoli (2014) employed a new experimental metric to measure the contribution to GDP by Canadian CMAs between 2001 and 2009, and estimated GDP in 33 CMAs. This paper analyzes an experimental local-level manufacturing database containing sales and employment information for 11 Census Metropolitan Areas (CMA) for the period 2007 to 2012. The CMAs covered in this study are Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Regina, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Hamilton, Toronto, Ottawa-Gatineau, Montréal and Québec. They account for about 55% of total population in Canada. Given the diversity of local-level economies across Canada, even within provinces, developing manufacturing data for CMAs has the potential to fill an important data gap. This table displays the results of Data table for Chart 1.1. The information is grouped by City (appearing as row headers), Thousands of persons (appearing as column headers). Source: Statistics Canada, Estimates of population by census metropolitan area, CANSIM (database). The local level manufacturing data developed for this study are able to show the manufacturing structure of major cities in Canada and differences in manufacturing activities across CMAs that currently cannot be gleaned from other databases. The local-level data also demonstrate trends in manufacturing employment across cities and have great potential for advancing the understanding of the Canadian economy. The rest of the paper is organized as follows. Section 2 describes the data source and the methodology employed to derive estimates by CMA. Section 3 provides an analysis of the estimates, followed by conclusions in section 4. A series of tables in the Appendix provide local-level data and may be used for reference purposes. Data used in this study come from the Annual Survey of Manufacturing and Logging (ASML). The ASML is a survey of manufacturing industries covering all manufacturing establishments in Canada. Currently, manufacturing statistics are published at the national and provincial levels by industry. Yet, some CMAs in Canada have manufacturing sectors that are larger, as measured by sales, than some of the smaller provinces. As a result of changes in methodology to the ASML for reference year 2013, this paper examines the evolution of manufacturing sales and employment for the 11 selected CMAs between 2007 and 2012. The paper focuses on the analysis of sales and employment. Sales are a key measure of output of the manufacturing sector, and employment is a main input to manufacturers' production functions. Other inputs, such as tangible and intangible capital, and materials are also relevant; however, they were not examined in this paper.Note 4 Finally, data in this paper are compiled according to the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS). Throughout the paper, jobs refer to employment in manufacturing establishments, including direct manufacturing labour as well as support staff, such as management and office staffNote 5. An establishment, according to the ASML methodology, is an operating entity where profit from its principal business activity can be calculated. While an enterprise may own multiple establishments including warehouses, factories, and sales offices, only data from manufacturing establishments are considered in-scope and collected. Up to 2012 reference year, the ASML was a census of manufacturers which made it particularly suitable for compiling estimates at detailed geographical levels. As of 2013, it became a sample-based surveyNote 6 designed to support national and provincial level data which would require the development of more sophisticated econometric techniques to derive sub-provincial indicators. Each manufacturing establishment in the ASML database is already coded by CMA and each CMA has a specific numeric code assigned to it according to the Standard Geographic Classification. Since addresses sometimes change, this paper used the census 2006 Standard Geographic Classification of CMA codes. If 2006 code was not available, the code for the most recent year was used. These codes were used to aggregate the ASML microdata (sales and employment for each establishment) to produce industry estimates for each CMA. Different techniques were used to ensure the assignment of manufacturing establishments to geographic areas was reliable and accurate. In particular, the locations of large establishments in each CMA were verified. About 25 large establishments did not seem to fit their assigned CMAs, according to Google Maps and other information sources. Companies outside of the CMAs were excluded from the analysis. Not all manufacturing data for industries at the CMA level can be published due to the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act. Hence, industry-level data, particularly for smaller CMAs including cities in the Atlantic Provinces, must remain confidential. Data for the smallest manufacturing plants in the ASML are based on administrative records and compiled as industry-province blocks and, hence, their microdata are not available. For these cases, administrative information was used to distribute data across CMAs. In particular, data from tax files were used to estimate, by industry, the relative sizes of CMAs within the provinces, and the provincial blocks were allocated accordingly. This section analyzes sales and employment data for the 11 selected CMAs across Canada. The data are compared with the relevant provincial level data to show how cities are similar or divergent from their respective provinces. British Columbia (B.C.) is the third-largest province in Canada in terms of population and area. In terms of GDP, manufacturing is the third largest sector in B.C. after real estate services and rental and leasing services. In 2012, the British Columbia manufacturing sector was responsible for 8.0% of national manufacturing GDP. When examining GDP at a national level for all economic sectors, British Columbia contributed 12.1%. Total manufacturing sales in B.C. decreased from $43.1 billion in 2007 to $40.7 billion in 2012. The largest manufacturing industries (measured by sales) in British Columbia are the wood, food, and the paper industries. The local data show that Vancouver accounted for around half of British Colombia's manufacturing sales in both 2007 and 2012. Manufacturing sales in Vancouver CMA did not change significantly between 2007 and 2012. During this period, manufacturing sales in Vancouver area fell slightly from $21.5 billion in 2007 to $20.9 billion in 2012. This table displays the results of Data table for Chart 3.1. The information is grouped by City (appearing as row headers), 2007 and 2012, calculated using millions of dollars units of measure (appearing as column headers). Source: Statistics Canada, Annual Survey of Manufacturing and Logging (ASML). For the majority of manufacturing industries present in B.C., Vancouver accounts for over half of their sales. The Beverage and Tobacco (312), Wood (321) and Paper (322) industries are the notable exceptions. This table displays the results of Data table for Chart 3.2. The information is grouped by Industry (appearing as row headers), Percent (appearing as column headers). Vancouver's share of provincial sales at the industry level increased slightly from 49.8% in 2007 to 51.5% in 2012 (Table 6.2.1). Manufacturing sales in the wood industry outside of Vancouver declined between 2008 and 2009 and had not fully recovered by 2012. The trend of sales in the paper industry is observable, however individual data point cannot be shown due to the confidentiality of some years (Table 6.2.1). The food industry in B.C., except in Vancouver, has experienced an increasing trend during 2007-2012 period. This table displays the results of Data table for Chart 3.3. The information is grouped by Industry (appearing as row headers), 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, calculated using millions of dollars units of measure (appearing as column headers). The Vancouver CMA manufacturing sector is less reliant on the wood and paper industries relative to the rest of the province. But these are still important industries for Vancouver. Food processing is the largest industry in Vancouver and contributed 20.6% to total manufacturing sales in 2012. The food industry was among the few industries to have grown since 2007 (14.5% between 2007 and 2012). The remaining portion of the CMA's manufacturing is accounted for by wood, fabricated metals, machinery, chemicals, computers and electronics and transportation. The wood industry experienced the largest drop in sales (-24.9%), followed by non-metallic minerals (-22.9%) and fabricated metals (-21.6%). This table displays the results of Data table for Chart 3.4. The information is grouped by Industry (appearing as row headers), 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, calculated using millions of dollars units of measure (appearing as column headers). Compared with sales, the share of employment by industry out of total manufacturing employment was stable for many industries except food. The share of Vancouver's food manufacturing employment in B.C. increased from 16.4% in 2007 to 20.0% in 2009 and remained almost flat until 2012. In other industries, the proportions were relatively unchanged. This table displays the results of Data table for Chart 3.5. The information is grouped by Industry (appearing as row headers), 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers). Alberta is characterized by its large oil and gas operations. In 2012, the share of Alberta's manufacturing GDP in total manufacturing GDP for Canada was 13.0%. In 2012, Alberta also contributed 17.8% to national GDP for all economic sectors. During the 2008-2009 recession, Alberta diverged from the rest of Canada, in terms of manufacturing sales. The timing of the downturn was different in the province, occurring in 2009 rather than in 2008. By 2012, sales in the province had overtaken their pre-downturn peak, while national sales had not. Local data provide evidence that manufacturing sales grew differently in Calgary and Edmonton between 2007 and 2012. In particular, Edmonton had a stronger recovery than the rest of the province after the recession. The stronger recovery in Edmonton was attributable to sales growth in the petroleum refining industry as prices of petroleum products recovered, as well as higher sales in industries that support oil and gas extraction sector. This table displays the results of Data table for Chart 3.6. The information is grouped by City (appearing as row headers), 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, calculated using 2007=100 units of measure (appearing as column headers). More than two-thirds of total manufacturing sales in the province are reported by firms located in the Edmonton and Calgary CMAs. This proportion has hardly changed over the six-year period. On average, Edmonton contributed 50.4% to the total manufacturing sales in Alberta between 2007 and 2012. This table displays the results of Data table for Chart 3.7. The information is grouped by City (appearing as row headers), 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers). Employment in the manufacturing sector in Alberta is distributed differently than sales. Calgary has a higher share of employment compared with its share of sales. Yet, its employment share is less than Edmonton's. Manufacturing employment fell in Calgary between 2007 and 2012 from 50.9 thousand jobs to 43.4 thousand jobs. However, Edmonton and the rest of the province experienced an increase in the number of manufacturing workers over the same period. A shift in industrial composition or industry input intensity could be responsible for the change in manufacturing employment across CMAs in Alberta between 2007 and 2012. This table displays the results of Data table for Chart 3.8. The information is grouped by City (appearing as row headers), 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, calculated using 2007=100 units of measure (appearing as column headers). This table displays the results of Data table for Chart 3.9. The information is grouped by Industry (appearing as row headers), Edmonton, Calgary and Rest of Alberta, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers). In 2012, manufacturing sales of mining, gas, and oil field extraction machinery were $3.1 billion or 8.1% of total manufacturing sales in Edmonton (Table 6.2.7). In Calgary, they accounted for $1.4 billion or 11.8% of total manufacturing sales. The mining, gas, and oil field extraction sub-industry (33313) supplies drills, derricks, and other extraction equipment to the oil extraction industry (it also includes machinery for mineral mining and gas extraction). Hence, Edmonton's manufacturing sector as a whole simultaneously assists the primary extraction of oil and performs the secondary transformation of oil into a refined product. This table displays the results of Data table for Chart 3.10. The information is grouped by Industry (appearing as row headers), Edmonton and Calgary, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers). The size of manufacturing sector in Calgary is smaller than Edmonton, because there are no large refineries in this CMA. Calgary's main manufacturing industries (measured by sales) are machinery manufacturing (22.8% in 2012), fabricated metals (13.6% in 2012), and food (11.2% in 2012). The rest of the CMA's manufacturing sales are distributed somewhat uniformly among smaller industries. This table displays the results of Data table for Chart 3.11. The information is grouped by Industry (appearing as row headers), 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers). Manufacturing sectors in Calgary experienced different sales growth rates between 2007 and 2012. Sales in other publishable manufacturing industries increased during the same period, but for food, non-metallic minerals, and printing industries posted lower sales from 2007 to 2012. This table displays the results of Data table for Chart 3.12. The information is grouped by Industry (appearing as row headers), Percent (appearing as column headers). In terms of employment, Edmonton showed a stronger recovery in manufacturing employment than Calgary and the rest of the province. Manufacturing employment decreased in Calgary from 50.9 thousand in 2007 to 43.4 thousand in 2012. This table displays the results of Data table for Chart 3.13. The information is grouped by CMA (appearing as row headers), 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, calculated using thousands persons units of measure (appearing as column headers). Manitoba is the easternmost Prairie province, with 13.6% of Canada's population. Real estate and rental and leasing, and manufacturing were the largest industries in Manitoba in 2012. Manitoba was responsible for 3.4% of manufacturing GDP in Canada and contributed 3.3% to the total Canadian GDP for all economic sectors in 2012. For confidentiality reasons, local manufacturing data are not publishable for many industries in Manitoba. However, the publishable data show that manufacturing sectors in the three largest cities in Manitoba and Saskatchewan performed differently during 2007-2012 when compared with each other. Manufacturing sales in Winnipeg followed the same trend as the total manufacturing sales in Manitoba, staying relatively flat between 2007 and 2010, before rising significantly in 2011 and 2012. This table displays the results of Data table for Chart 3.14. The information is grouped by City (appearing as row headers), 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, calculated using 2007=100 units of measure (appearing as column headers). Transportation equipment is the largest manufacturing sector in Winnipeg followed by the food industry. Sales in the CMA of Winnipeg fell, but remained an important core of the CMA's manufacturing sector. The share of Winnipeg's transportation equipment industry in total Winnipeg manufacturing sales decreased from 24.3% in 2007 to 19.3% in 2012. During the same period, the share of food in total manufacturing sales fell from 17.1% in 2007 to 15.9% in 2012. Some manufacturing growth between 2007 and 2012 in Winnipeg came from the industrial machinery sub-industry (3331), which is a part of the machinery industry. In particular, sales in the machinery industry increased by 88% from $690 million in 2007 to $1.3 billion in 2012, largely on the strength of the industrial machinery sub-industry. This table displays the results of Data table for Chart 3.15. The information is grouped by Industry (appearing as row headers), 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, calculated using millions of dollars units of measure (appearing as column headers). Saskatchewan is home to 3.2% of the Canadian population. The largest economic sectors in Saskatchewan in 2012 were mining, quarrying, oil and gas extraction, and construction. In 2012, manufacturing was the fifth-largest sector in Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan's manufacturing sector contributed 2.6% to the total manufacturing GDP of Canada and had strong growth in 2008, 2011 and 2012, while it experienced a very sharp decline in 2009. Manufacturing sales in Regina followed the same trend as total manufacturing sales in the province, except in 2008 where the sales growth rate in Regina was higher than in Saskatchewan. Saskatoon in contrast showed a divergence from the provincial trend in 2008 and 2009, with sales increasing slightly each year. This table displays the results of Data table for Chart 3.16. The information is grouped by City (appearing as row headers), 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, calculated using 2007=100 units of measure (appearing as column headers). In Regina, manufacturing sales rose from $5.0 billion in 2007 to $6.5 billion in 2012. As illustrated in the chart below, just under half of all manufacturing sales in Saskatchewan are concentrated in Regina. The CMA's share of the province's total manufacturing sales was on a constant, although slow decline from 2008 to 2012. Meanwhile, Saskatoon's manufacturing sales went up from $3.1 billion in 2007 to $4.1 billion in 2012. However, the share of Saskatoon in total manufacturing sales of the province remained unchanged for most years (except 2008) at about 27.0%. This table displays the results of Data table for Chart 3.17. The information is grouped by City (appearing as row headers), 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers). Manufacturing was the second-largest economic sector in Ontario in 2012. About 44% of total manufacturing GDP in Canada is produced in Ontario, the highest share of all provinces. The total economy of Ontario contributed 37.4% to Canada's GDP in 2012. Total manufacturing sales in Ontario dropped from $289.7 billion in 2007 to $266.4 billion in 2012. At the same time, Toronto's share of Ontario's manufacturing sales slightly increased from 36.5% in 2007 to 36.9% in 2012. Still, the majority (56.3% in 2007 and 2012) of manufacturing activities in Ontario occur outside of Toronto, Ottawa-Gatineau and Hamilton Toronto's industries are diverse, while other Ontario CMAs are home to fewer industries. As can be seen in the graph below, the trends of manufacturing sales in Ontario's three largest selected CMAs sometimes diverge from the provincial trend. Such is the case of Ottawa-Gatineau's slight increase in 2009 and sharp decrease in 2012Note 8. Hamilton, in turn, had a sharp dip in sales in 2008 and a more pronounced recovery after 2009. This table displays the results of Data table for Chart 3.18. The information is grouped by City (appearing as row headers), 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, calculated using 2007=100 units of measure (appearing as column headers). However, total manufacturing sales in the province are highly influenced by manufacturing activities in Toronto. Toronto's manufacturing sector is the largest of all CMAs in Canada, and quite diverse. The largest manufacturing industry in Toronto, by far, is the transportation equipment industry, part of which is composed of automotive industry, automobile parts and aerospace products manufacturing. The food manufacturing is the second largest industry in Toronto and play a significant role in its manufacturing sector. Toronto also produces chemicals, fabricated metals, and rubber and plastics. This table displays the results of Data table for Chart 3.19. The information is grouped by Industry (appearing as row headers), 2007 and 2012, calculated using millions of dollars units of measure (appearing as column headers). A few manufacturing industries in Toronto grew between 2007 and 2012. Sales in the food industry increased from $11.9 billion in 2007 to $14.5 billion in 2012, an absolute growth rate of 21.7% during the 2007-2012 period. In 2012, the chemical industry was the third-largest manufacturing sector of Toronto, with growth coming from the pharmaceutical (3254) and basic chemical sub-industries (3251). Sales of chemical products in Toronto rose 10.4% between 2007 and 2012. Although sales in the transportation equipment manufacturing industry declined from $31.6 billion in 2007 to $29.7 billion in 2012, the share of transportation equipment industry in total manufacturing sales in Toronto actually increased from 29.9% in 2007 to 30.2% in 2012. Despite the small decrease in total sales in transportation equipment in Toronto between 2007 and 2012, the relative share of the aerospace industry and auto parts in Toronto's total manufacturing sales of transportation equipment remained steady. This table displays the results of Data table for Chart 3.20. The information is grouped by Industry (appearing as row headers), 2007 and 2012, calculated using millions of dollars units of measure (appearing as column headers). In Toronto, the food manufacturing industry is the second largest industry in terms of sales. The main components include rendering and meat processing (311614), sugar and confectionery products (3113), and bread and bakery products (31181), and other food manufacturing activities (3119). This table displays the results of Data table for Chart 3.21. The information is grouped by Industry (appearing as row headers), millions of dollars (appearing as column headers). In Ottawa-GatineauNote 9, the size of the computer and electronics industry fell 67.8% between 2007 and 2012. This decline was a major contributor to the overall decrease in the CMA's manufacturing sales shown on Graph 3.22. This table displays the results of Data table for Chart 3.22. The information is grouped by Industry (appearing as row headers), 2007 and 2012, calculated using millions of dollars units of measure (appearing as column headers). The significant drop in the share of computer and electronic industry in Ottawa-Gatineau area came from lower sales in the communications equipment industry and lower sales of computer and peripheral products. Although still small when compared with the other industries in Ottawa-Gatineau, the transportation industry's sales almost tripled in the 2007-2012 period. This table displays the results of Data table for Chart 3.23. The information is grouped by Industry (appearing as row headers), 2007 and 2012, calculated using millions of dollars units of measure (appearing as column headers). In Hamilton, the primary metal industry is the largest manufacturing industry. Most of the manufacturing activity in the CMA is comprised of metal industries, food, machinery, and transportation. Between 2007 and 2009, manufacturing sales in primary metals, fabricated metals, and transportation equipment industries all declined sharply. Between 2009 and 2012, in turn, primary metals and transportation recovered, but fabricated metals did not, increasing just 4.4% over that time. This table displays the results of Data table for Chart 3.24. The information is grouped by Industry (appearing as row headers), 2007, 2009 and 2012, calculated using millions of dollars units of measure (appearing as column headers). Shares of manufacturing sales among Ontario's CMAs were very stable over 2007 to 2012. When the shares for sales are compared with those of employment, Toronto is shown to have a larger share of manufacturing jobs than it has a share of manufacturing sales. The shares of both sales and jobs declined in Ottawa-Gatineau, while those of the other CMAs have remained stable. This table displays the results of Data table for Chart 3.25. The information is grouped by City (appearing as row headers), 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, Employment and Sales, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers). Manufacturing is the largest economic sector in Quebec. In 2012, the Quebec manufacturing sector contributed 24.9% towards total Canadian manufacturing GDP. The distribution of manufacturing sales in Quebec changed slightly during the 2007-2012 period. Manufacturing sales in the Montréal and Québec CMAs, as well as those in the rest of the province declined between 2007 and 2009. Yet during the recovery from 2009 to 2012, sales in the Québec CMA recovered more strongly and surpassed their 2007 level by 2010. Sales in the rest of the province decreased from $61.8 billion to $52.9 billion and then increased to $59.5 billion in 2012. Sales in Montréal, however, recovered the least, and were still well-below pre-recession levels at $62.4 billion. This table displays the results of Data table for Chart 3.26. The information is grouped by Industry (appearing as row headers), 2007, 2009 and 2012, calculated using millions of dollars units of measure (appearing as column headers). Transportation equipment industry (336) is the largest manufacturing sector in Montréal with over $10 billion sales in 2012 (Table 6.2.20). The aerospace industry (3364) is the largest sub-industry of transportation equipment industry in Montréal. Sales of aerospace products contributed 13.9% to total manufacturing sales in Montréal between 2007 and 2012. The contribution of the aerospace sub-industry to total sales in transportation equipment in Montréal was 84.6% in 2007 and 83.8% in 2012. This table displays the results of Data table for Chart 3.27. The information is grouped by Industry (appearing as row headers), 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, calculated using millions of dollars units of measure (appearing as column headers). As Table 6.2.20 shows, the chemical industry in 2007 and food industry in 2012 were the second and third-largest manufacturing industries in Montréal after the transportation equipment industry. The chemical industry in Montréal is mainly composed of basic chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturing. The share of basic chemical products in total chemical industry increased from 31.9% in 2007 to 40.4% in 2012, while the share of pharmaceutical products went up slightly, from 30.9% in 2007 to 31.8% in 2012. Food manufacturing sales in Montréal increased from $6.2 billion in 2007 to $7.3 billion in 2012, showing 17.4% increase over 2007-2012. However, the share of food industry in total manufacturing sales in Quebec as a whole increased 26.2% during the same period (from 9.2% in 2007 to 11.6% in 2012). This table displays the results of Data table for Chart 3.28. The information is grouped by Industry (appearing as row headers), 2007, 2009 and 2012, calculated using millions of dollars units of measure (appearing as column headers). Québec CMA experienced strong growth after 2009. Total manufacturing sales in this CMA increased from $12.1 billion in 2009 to $16.5 billion in 2012. Strong sales in food manufacturing were partly responsible for the growth in the Québec CMA after 2009. This table displays the results of Data table for Chart 3.29. The information is grouped by Industry (appearing as row headers), 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, calculated using millions of dollars units of measure (appearing as column headers). Manufacturing employment in Quebec decreased 9.7% between 2007 and 2012. Montréal, with a 12.0% decrease in manufacturing employment, was largely responsible for the overall drop in total manufacturing employment in the province. The decline was slightly offset by an increase in manufacturing employment in Québec CMA. In this CMA, employment went up from 27.8 thousand in 2007 to 27.9 in 2012. This table displays the results of Data table for Chart 3.30. The information is grouped by City (appearing as row headers), 2007, 2009 and 2012, calculated using thousands persons units of measure (appearing as column headers). Local manufacturing data indicates that manufacturing sales of the Prairie provinces' CMAs and those of the Québec CMA grew between 2007 and 2012. The refining of petroleum and the manufacturing of fabricated metals and machinery were the key to the growth in sales in Alberta. Manufacturing sales in the other CMAs appeared to decrease between 2007 and 2009, and then returned to 2007 levels. As a final note, the data in this study should be regarded as experimental in nature. The local data developed here may not follow trends seen in other data sources, such as the Survey of Employment, Payroll and Hours (SEPH). The main reason for considering these data as experimental is because the ASML for reference years 2007 through 2012 was not designed to compile data by CMA. Hence, the methodology used in this study extends the limits of the ASML survey design. Brown, Mark and Rispoli, Luke. 2014. "Metropolitan Gross Domestic Product: Experimental Estimates, 2001 to 2009"; Catalogue no. 11-626-X, www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/11-626-x/11-626-x2014042-eng.htm, Ottawa. Beckstead, Desmond; Brown, Mark; Guo, Yusu and Newbold, K. Bruce. 2010. "Cities and Growth: Earnings Levels Across Urban and Rural Areas: The Role of Human Capital"; Catalogue no. 11-622-M; www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/11-622-m/11-622-m2010020-eng.htm, Ottawa. GIBBONS, Will and KOWALUK, Russell. 2008. "Manufacturing: The Year 2007 in Review." Analysis in Brief. no. 70. Statistics Canada, Catalogue no. 11-621-M, www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/11-621-m/11-621-m2008070-eng.htm., Ottawa. KOWALUK, Russell and LARMOUR, Rob. 2009. "Manufacturing: The Year 2008 in Review." Analysis in Brief. no. 77. Statistics Canada, Catalogue no. 11-621-M, www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/11-621-m/11-621-m2009077-eng.htm., Ottawa. HARDING, Gwen and Russell KOWALUK. 2010. "Manufacturing: The Year 2009 in Review" Analysis in Brief. no. 87. Statistics Canada catalogue no. 11-621-M. www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/11-621-m/11-621-m2010087-eng.htm, Ottawa. PAUL, Jeff and Norman CROMEY. 2011. "Manufacturing: The Year 2010 in Review" Analysis in Brief. no. 88. Statistics Canada catalogue no. 11-621-M, www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/11-621-m/11-621-m2011088-eng.htm, Ottawa. RICHARDS, Elizabeth and Michael SCHIMPF. 2012. "Manufacturing: The Year 2011 in Review" Analysis in Brief. no. 90. Statistics Canada catalogue no. 11-621-M. www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/11-621-m/11-621-m2012090-eng.htm, Ottawa. SCHIMPF, Michael. John SEAY and Stephanie VENTRESCA. 2013. "Manufacturing: The Year 2012 in Review" Analysis in Brief. no. 91. Statistics Canada catalogue no. 11-621-M. www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/11-621-m/11-621-m2013091-eng.htm., Ottawa. Metropolitan area (MA): a very large urban area (known as the urban core) together with adjacent urban and rural areas that have a high degree of social and economic integration with the urban core. A MA has an urban core population of at least 100,000, based on the previous census. A CMA is formed by one or more adjacent municipalities centred on a population centre (known as the core). A CMA must have a total population of at least 100,000, of which 50,000 or more must live in the core. To be included in the CMA other adjacent municipalities must have a high degree of integration with the core, as measured by commuting flows derived from previous census place of work data. Once an area becomes a CMA, it is retained as a CMA even if its total population declines below 100,000 or the population of its core falls below 50,000. See Manufacturing and Wholesale Trade Division 2016 Environmental Scan Report. The methodology used in this study can be extended to incorporate other key variables such as tangible and intangible capital and materials at the CMA level. Tables 6.2.7 and Table 6.2.8 in Appendix. For the purpose of the analysis and due to confidentiality requirements the author didn't separate the Ontario part of the Ottawa-Gatineau CMA from the Québec part. Manufacturing activities from Gatineau were excluded from Ottawa-Gatineau CMA to remain coherent with the Ontario Manufacturing total.
Paul D. Chadbourne II, Craftsman S.E. Shires Co. by Jacqueline Houton \| Products & People You'll find musicians at work in clubs, concert halls and conservatories. But in Massachusetts – home to noted makers of musical instruments – you can also find them on the factory floor. Just ask Paul D. Chadbourne II, a craftsman at S.E. Shires Co., the Holliston manufacturer that's produced trumpets and trombones since 1995. "One of the things I love about working here is probably about 90 percent of the shop is a musician," Chadbourne says. "You know the care that needs to be there is going into the instrument." That kind of care for his own instrument is precisely what led Chadbourne to start tinkering while studying tuba performance at Rhode Island College. The only technician he trusted lived in New Jersey – a long way to haul his horn – so he set out to learn some repair skills himself, apprenticing at Rick's Musical Instruments in Cumberland, R.I. Paul D. Chadbourne II, 27 Craftsman, S.E. Shires Co., Holliston Products: Trombones and trumpets Level of education: Bachelor of music in tuba performance Favorite band: "The Soul Rebels Brass Band, out of N'awlins." Average salary for his position: $39,040 Based on Bureau of Labor Statistics data Options beyond playing & teaching Classmates started tapping Chadbourne to work on their instruments, and before long he reached out to S.E. Shires, seeking another apprenticeship to hone his skills. They offered him a part-time job in the buffing room, and he's since bounced from department to department, learning most steps in the production process. Today he builds valve sections for trombones, cutting brass tubing and soldering fixtures using a meticulous method that can take four to six hours. "For me, it's like a dream job," Chadbourne says. Yet it's one he never thought to dream about growing up. "I was brought up with the idea that there are only two professions in the music field: It's either teaching or playing," he recalls. "But there's so much more that you can do. I never would have thought when I was in high school that I would be making instruments for some of the most highly regarded musicians in the world." "One of the things I love about working here is probably about 90 percent of the shop is a musician. You know the care that needs to be there is going into the instrument." — Paul D. Chadbourne II PreviousKen Brown, Lenox, a Stanley Black & Decker Co. NextHannah Liuzzo, Verne Q. Powell Flutes Jacqueline Houton Jacqueline Houton currently copyedits children's and young adult books by day and writes by night. A former editor of The Improper Bostonian and a former managing editor at The Phoenix and STUFF Magazine, she lives in Cambridge with her musician-turned-techie husband and two Rubenesque cats.
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NGC 574 é uma galáxia espiral barrada (SBb) localizada na direcção da constelação de Sculptor. Possui uma declinação de -35° 35' 55" e uma ascensão recta de 1 horas, 29 minutos e 03,1 segundos. A galáxia NGC 574 foi descoberta em 1 de Setembro de 1834 por John Herschel. Ver também Astronomia extragaláctica Lista de galáxias Lista de objectos NGC New General Catalogue Referências NGC 0574 Constelação de Sculptor Galáxias espirais barradas
The Washington guest house combines great value with exceptional service. Located in the heart of Clifton, restaurants, cafes and bars are never far away. Take a stroll amongst the wonderful Georgian architecture and browse the up-market shops and boutiques. They serve a tasty full English or Continental breakfast, and complimentary tea / coffee is provided in every room. The bedrooms are both comfortable and competitively priced. Secure on-site parking can be provided for a small charge. The Washington�s warm and friendly environment is relaxing and compliments your time in the city. Our staff are always on hand to help you and make your stay as enjoyable as possible. Clifton Village is a great place to shop for jewellery, art, gifts, furniture and fashion. Food lovers can enjoy a multicultural feast, from the legendary Racks Bar to the Bristol Raj Bari, there's something for ever taste. Domain Names, Email and Web hosting for home and business. The Top 10 Hotels, Apartments and B&B's in Bristol. Copyright � Bristol Link. All Rights Reserved.
Digital signage reliability is a critical need for many organizations that sell advertising on their networks, display their menu boards, or need to push emergency messaging via their digital screens. The AerWave software platform offers built in tools that can monitor not only the player and display, but will also allow network managers to see real-time screenshots of all the screens on their network. Network managers can now get a complete network overview from any internet connected browser. Our AerWave network manager gives you the latest glimpse of screenshots across your entire network. You can also request a refresh of the screenshot of any media player at any time, or set it up to show screenshots at various intervals. This feature provides an in-depth look into the performance of the digital signage network on a screen by screen basis, so high value or prominent marquee displays can always be front and center for network managers who are responsible for making sure the appropriate content is playing on the right screen at the right time. Our alerts system allows you to set up and assign a variety of alerts to keep you informed about the status of your network. The alerts have customizable parameters to allow you to choose time thresholds based on connectivity, screenshots, or hardware. The US Navy has deployed digital signage at many of its bases around the globe and understands the importance of being able to see the network performance at a glance. Their signage network is used to show pertinent and time sensitive information on displays, so making sure that the network is functioning properly is extremely important. The Navy uses Aerva's player screenshot and network management features to better manage and control their signage network.
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After such a slow start, we are harvesting produce from our allotment at the same time as we have done in previous years! This is in spite of being a month behind when planting, so the very hot and dry spell we are having must have done the trick. Our courgettes, pumpkins and squashes are…… Continue reading Harvest has started!
When watching Tell The World, it's likely that you will relate to your own experience, and may find that both the disappointment and the success of this movement were the key to their physical, mental and spiritual success. This series seeks to show that the same message that brought disappointed to thousands, now brings hope to millions – Jesus is coming soon! If you want to know more about the discoveries these pioneers made, get in touch and we will be happy to guide you. Learn more about What We Believe or view our Fundamental Beliefs!
Global Food Crisis: Hunger Plagues Haiti and the World Date: Monday, April 21 @ 13:36:35 UTC Topic: Haiti by Stephen Lendman Consumers in rich countries feel it in supermarkets but in the world's poorest ones people are starving. The reason - soaring food prices, and it's triggered riots around the world in places like Mexico, Indonesia, Yemen, the Philippines, Cambodia, Morocco, Senegal, Uzbekistan, Guinea, Mauritania, Egypt, Cameroon, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Peru, Bolivia and Haiti that was once nearly food self-sufficient but now relies on imports for most of its supply and (like other food-importing countries) is at the mercy of agribusiness. Wheat shortages in Peru are acute enough to have the military make bread with potato flour (a native crop). In Pakistan, thousands of troops guard trucks carrying wheat and flour. In Thailand, rice farmers take shifts staying awake nights guarding their fields from thieves. The crop's price has about doubled in recent months, it's the staple for half or more of the world's population, but rising prices and fearing scarcity have prompted some of the world's largest producers to export less - Thailand (the world's largest exporter), Vietnam, India, Egypt, Cambodia with others likely to follow as world output lags demand. Producers of other grains are doing the same like Argentina, Kazakhstan and China. The less they export, the higher prices go. Other factors are high oil prices and transportation costs, growing demand, commodity speculation, pests in southeast Asia, a 10 year Australian drought, floods in Bangladesh and elsewhere, a 45 day cold snap in China, and other natural but mostly manipulated factors like crop diversion for biofuels have combined to create a growing world crisis with more on this below. It's at the same time millions of Chinese and Indians have higher incomes, are changing their eating habits, and are consuming more meat, chicken and other animal products that place huge demands on grains to produce. Here's a UK April 8 Times online snapshot of the situation in parts of Asia: -- Filipino farmers caught hoarding rice risk a life in jail sentence for "economic sabotage;" -- thousands of (Jakarta) Indonesian soya bean cake makers are striking against the destruction of their livelihood; -- once food self-sufficient countries like Japan and South Korea are reacting "bitterly (as) the world's food stocks-to-consumption ratio plunges to an all-time low;" -- India no longer can export millions of tons of rice; instead it's forced to have a "special strategic food reserve on top of its existing wheat and rice stockpiles;" -- Thailand is the world's largest rice producer; its price rose 50% in the past month; -- countries like the Philippines and Sri Lanka are scrambling for secure rice supplies; they and other Asian countries are struggling to cope with soaring prices and insufficient supply; -- overall, rice is the staple food for three billion people; one-third of them survive on less than $1 a day and are "food insecure;" it means they may starve to death without aid. The UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) reported that worldwide food costs rose almost 40% in 2007 while grains spiked 42% and dairy prices nearly 80%. The World Bank said food prices are up 83% since 2005. As of December, it caused 37 countries to face food crises and 20 to impose price controls in response. It also affected aid agencies like the UN's World Food Program (WFP). Because of soaring food and energy costs, it sent an urgent appeal to donors on March 20 to help fill a $500 million resource gap for its work. Since then, food prices increased another 20% and show no signs of abating. For the world's poor, like the people of Haiti, things are desperate, people can't afford food, they scratch by any way they can, but many are starving and don't make it. Haiti - the World Hunger Poster Child The Haitain crisis is so extreme it forces people to eat (non-food) mud cookies (called "pica") to relieve hunger. It's a desperate Haitian remedy made from dried yellow dirt from the country's central plateau for those who can afford it. It's not free. In Cite Soleil's crowded slums, people use a combination of dirt, salt and vegetable shortening for a typical meal when it's all they can afford. A Port-au-Prince AP reporter sampled it. He said it had "a smooth consistency (but it) sucked all the moisture out of (my) mouth as soon as it touched (my) tongue. For hours (afterwards), an unpleasant taste of dirt lingered." Worse is how it harms human health. A mud cookie diet causes severe malnutrition, intestinal distress, and other deleterious effects from potentially deadly toxins and parasites. Another problem is the cost. This stomach-filler isn't free. Haitians have to buy it, and "edible clay" prices are rising - by almost $1.50 in the past year. It now costs about $5 to make 100 cookies (about 5 cents each), it's cheaper than food, but many Haitians can't afford it: -- 80% of them are impoverished in the hemisphere's poorest country and one of the world's poorest; -- unemployment is rampant, and two-thirds or more of workers have only sporadic jobs; and -- those with them earn 11 to 12 cents an hour; the country's official minimum wage is $1.80 a day, but IMF figures show 55% of employed Haitians receive only 44 cents daily, an impossible amount to live on. Here's what it's like for poor Haitians. They have large families, live in cardboard and tin homes, there's no running water and little or no electricity, and life inside and around them is horrific. Bed sheets can be thick with flies, there's no sanitation, and outside garbage is everywhere. Children are always hungry, there's never enough food, often it's for one meal a day, illness and disease are common, life expectancy very low, and so-called Blue Helmet "peacekeeper" and gang violence plague communities like Port-au-Prince's Cite Soleil. Now with a food crisis, Haitians are in the streets over prices for essentials that tripled in the past year and a president, prime minister and government doing practically nothing about it. For days, they were everywhere, throughout the country, and numbered in the thousands. They protested in Port-au-Prince, carried empty plates to signify their plight, smashed windows, set buildings and cars alight, looted shops, looked for food, tried to storm the presidential palace, shouted "we are hungry," and demanded President Rene Preval resign. UN Blue Helmets (MINUSTAH) responded viciously the way they always do against peaceful or protest demonstrations. They shot and killed at least five Haitians (some reports say more), wounded many others, and that was just in downtown Port-au-Prince. In Les Cayes (Haiti's third largest city) in the southwest, demonstrators stormed and tried to burn the local MINUSTAH offices. Others barricaded streets, looked for food, and shouted "Down with the high cost of living." Similar protests went on throughout the country: -- in northern cities like Cap-Haitien and Gonaives; -- Jacmel in the south; -- Jeremie in the southwest where at least two deaths were reported; and -- smaller towns like Petit Goave, Miragoane, Aquin, Cavaillon, Saint-Jean du Sud, Leogane, Vialet, Anse-a-Veau and Simon. It's a familiar pattern in Haiti. Anger over injustice builds and then explodes with Haitians reacting in the streets en masse against intolerable conditions that are compounded by a repressive and hated UN occupation. It's there to protect privilege, not secure peace. It's the first time ever that the UN Security Council authorized so-called "peacekeepers" to enforce a coup d'etat against a democratically elected president (by a 92% majority). Haiti's current president can't deal with the situation and has gone along with the state of things. He's been ineffective since his February 2006 reelection, hasn't alleviated the present crisis, instead ordered protests to stop, and here's how he put it in a shameful April 9 televised address: "The demonstrations and destruction won't make the prices go down or resolve the country's problems. On the contrary, this can make the misery grow and prevent investment in the country" that, of course, does nothing for most Haitians and Preval knows it. After a week of protests, an uneasy calm followed, but things can break out any time without relief that's not forthcoming beyond some far too small proposed measures. Dismissively, Preval's prime minister, Jacques Edouard Alexis, blamed the problem on "global forces" and the high cost of oil saying there's no "quick fix," case closed. He also claimed the protests were manipulated by provocateurs, including angry drugs dealers reacting to a supposed closure of one of their transshipment points. Alexis is now out, elitists debate over who'll replace him, Haitians in the meantime are starving, the IMF keeps extracting $1 million a week in mandated tribute to the rich, and only countries like Cuba (training Haitians to be doctors) and Venezuela (donating money, cheap oil, and over 600 tons of food aid sent April 13, more than first reported) seem to care. Chavez cares about all Latin America and last year donated about $8.8 billion in aid or four times the amount America provides the region. For its part, the World Bank pathetically plans $10 million in "emergency aid" for a country with over eight million starving people. It also plans to double its African agricultural lending next year to $800 million and thus make a bad situation worse. It'll go to hugely indebted nations, unable to help feed their people as a consequence, and World Bank policy always is opposite of what these countries need. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon barely commented, made merely pro forma statements about the crisis and its seriousness, was as dismissive as Alexis, offered no remedial aid, is as uncaring as World Bank officials, and never forgets that his bosses are in Washington. Instead of doing his job and helping, he called on Haiti's leaders to restore stability because the country's security is threatened. Starving poor people aren't his concern. Let 'em eat mud cookies. That's apparently Rene Preval's solution as well. Belatedly (on April 12), he announced a plan to cut rice prices 15%. It will do nothing to relieve the crisis, and Reuters (on April 15) reported that vendors still demand the higher price for supplies already in stock. It provoked new clashes on the streets, Haitians continue to starve, and "government officials were not immediately available for comment." Raj Patel's new book explains the state of things today. It's titled "Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System." In an April 14 statement, he said: "What's happening in Haiti is an augury to the rest of the developing world. Haiti is the poster child of an economy that liberalized its agricultural economy and removed the social safety nets for the poor...." Two conditions create food riots: -- "price shocks (and) modern development policies" (tariffs, corporate subsidies, grain reserve policies) make food unaffordable for many millions; and -- "riots (then) happen when there are no other ways (to make) powerful people listen...." They'll continue to happen "with increasing frequency until governments realize that food isn't a mere commodity, it's a human right." World Hunger - A Growing Problem for All Nations The situation is so dire, protests may erupt anywhere, any time, and rich countries aren't immune, including America. Poverty in the world's richest country is growing, and organizations like the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and Economic Policy Institute (EPI) document it. They report on a permanent (and growing) underclass of over 37 million people earning poverty-level wages and say that official statistics understate the problem. They note an unprecedented wealth gap between rich and poor, a dying middle class, and growing millions in extreme poverty. It affects the unemployed as well in times of economic distress, but official government data conceals to what extent. If employment calculations were made as originally mandated, the true rate would be around 13% instead of the Department of Labor's 5.1%. The same is true for inflation that's around 12% at the retail level instead of the official 4% that's hooey. Under conditions of duress, hunger is the clearest symptom, it's rising, and current food inflation threatens to spiral it out of control if nothing is done to address it. It's the highest in decades with 2007 signaling what's ahead - eggs up 25% last year; milk 17%; rice, bread and pasta 12%, and look at prices on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT): -- grains and soy prices are at multi-year highs; -- wheat hit an all-time high above $12 a bushel with little relief ahead in spite of a temporary pullback in price; the US Department of Agriculture forecasts that global wheat stocks this year will fall to a 30 year low of 109.7 million metric tons; USDA also projected US wheat stocks by year end 2008 at 272 million bushels - the lowest level since 1948; -- corn and soybeans are also at record levels; soybeans are at over $15 a bushel; corn prices shot above $6 a bushel as demand for this and other crops soar in spite of US farmers planting as much of them as possible to cash in on high prices. Growing demand, a weak dollar, but mostly another factor to be discussed below is responsible - the increased use of corn for ethanol production with farmers diverting more of their acreage from other crops to plant more of what's most in demand. Forty-three per cent of corn production is for livestock feed, but around one-fifth is for biofuels according to the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA). Other estimates are as high as 25 - 30% compared to 14% two years ago, and NCGA estimates one-third of the crop in 2009 will be for ethanol, not food. It's fueling US and world food inflation with five year forecasts of it rising even faster. In the world's poorest countries, people starve. Here, they go on food stamps with a projected unprecedented 28 million Americans getting them this year as joblessness increases in a weak economy. However, many millions in need aren't eligible as social services are cut to finance foreign wars and tax cuts for the rich, with poor folks at home losing out as a result. A family of four only qualifies now if its net monthly income is at or below $1721 or $20,652 a year. Even then, it gets the same $542 monthly amount recipients received in 1996 to cover today's much higher prices or around $1 dollar a meal per person and falling. This is the UN's World Food Program (WFP)'s dilemma worldwide at a time donations coming in are inadequate. Its Executive Director, Josette Sheeran, said "Our ability to reach people is going down just as needs go up....We are seeing a new face of hunger in which people (can't afford to buy food)....Situations that were previously not urgent" are now desperate. WFP's funding needs keep rising. It estimates them at $3.5 billion, they'll likely go higher, and they're for approved projects to feed 73 million people in 78 counties worldwide. WFP foresees much greater potential needs for unseen emergencies and for far greater numbers of people in need. People (who aren't poor) in rich countries can manage with food accounting for about 10% of consumption. In ones like China, it's around 30%, but in sub-Saharan Africa and the poor in Latin America and Asia it's about 60% (or even 80%) and rising. It means food aid is vital, and without it people will starve. But as food prices rise, the amount forthcoming (when it's most needed) falls because not enough money is available and too few donors offer help. Agencies that can are doing less with ones like USAID saying it's cutting the amount of food aid it provides but won't say why. It's mission is to help the rich, not the poor, or as it states on its web site: as a US government agency, it "receives (its) overall foreign policy guidance from the Secretary of State (and its mission is to) further America's foreign policy interests (in the areas of) economic growth, agriculture and trade...." That leaves out the poor. Oxfam worries about what USAID ignores. It called for immediate action by donors and governments to protect the world's poor against rising food prices. One spokesperson said: "Global economic uncertainty, high food prices, drought (and other factors) all pose a serious threat to (the) vulnerable." Another added: "More and more people are going to be facing food shortages in the future. (Because of) rising food prices we need to think (of its) impact on (the world's poor) who are spending up to 80% of their incomes on food." The UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Jean Ziegler, also expressed alarm. In comments to the French daily Liberation he said: "We are heading for a very long period of rioting, conflicts (and) waves of uncontrollable regional instability marked by the despair of the most vulnerable populations." He noted that even under normal circumstances hunger plagues the world and claims the life of a child under age 10 every five seconds. Because of the present crisis, we now face "an imminent massacre." Besides the usual factors cited, it's vital to ask why, but don't expect Brazil's Lula to explain. Biofuel production is the main culprit, but not according to him. Brazil is a major biofuels producer. Last year it signed an R&D "Ethanol Pact" with Washington to develop "next generation" technologies for even more production. In an April 16 Reuters report, the former union leader was dismissive about the current crisis and rejected criticisms that biofuels are at fault. In spite of protests at home and around the world, he told reporters: "Don't tell me....that food is expensive because of biodiesel. (It's) expensive because" peoples' economic situation has improved and they're eating more. It's true in parts of China and India, but not in most other countries where incomes haven't kept pace with inflation. Biofuels - A Scourge of Our Times The idea of combustible fuels from organic material has been around since the early auto age, but only recently took off. Because they're from plant-based or animal byproduct (renewable) sources, bio or agrofuels are (falsely) touted as a solution to a growing world energy shortage with a huge claimed added benefit - the nonsensical notion that they're clean and green without all the troublesome issues connected to fossil fuels. Biofuel is a general term to describe all fuels from organic matter. The two most common kinds are bioethanol as a substitute for gasoline, and biodiesel that serves the same purpose for that type fuel. Bioethanol is produced from sugar-rich crops like corn, wheat and sugar cane. Most cars can burn a petroleum fuel blend with up to 10% bioethanol without any engine modifications. Some newer cars can run on pure bioethanol. Biodiesel is produced from a variety of vegetable oils, including soybean, palm and rapeseed (canola), plus animal fats. This fuel can replace regular diesel with no engine modifications required. Cellulosic ethanol is another variety and is made by breaking down fiber from grasses or most other kinds of plants. Biofuels of all types are renewable since crops are grown in season, harvested, then replanted for more output repeatedly. In George Bush's 2007 State of the Union address, he announced "It's in our vital interest to diversify America's energy supply (and we) must continue investing in new methods of producing ethanol (to) reduce gasoline usage in the United States by 20% in the next 10 years. (To do it) we must (set) a mandatory fuels (target of) 35 billion gallons of renewable and alternative fuels in 2017 (to) reduce our dependence on foreign oil." Congress earlier passed the Energy Policy Act of 2005 that mandated ethanol fuel production rise to four billion gallons in 2006 and 7.5 billion by 2012. It already reached 6.5 billion barrels last year and is heading for nine billion this year. The 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act gave added impetus to the Bush administration scheme with plenty of agribusiness subsidies backing it. Its final version sailed through both Houses in December, and George Bush made it official on December 19. It upped the stakes over 2005 with one of its provisions calling for 36 billion gallons of renewable fuels by 2022 to replace 15% of their equivalent in oil. It represents a nearly fivefold increase from current levels, and new goals ahead may set it higher as rising oil prices (topping $117 a barrel April 21) make a case for cheaper alternatives, and some in the environmental community claim biofuels are eco-friendly. Hold the applause, and look at the facts. In a nutshell, organic fuels trash rainforests, deplete water reserves, kill off species, and increase greenhouse emissions when the full effects of producing them are included. At least that's what Science Magazine says on the latter point. It reviewed studies that examined how destruction of natural ecosystems (such as tropical rain forests and South American grasslands) not only releases greenhouse gases when they're burned and plowed but also deprives the planet of natural sponges to absorb carbon emissions. Cropland also absorbs less carbon than rain forests or even the scrubland it replaces. Nature Conservancy scientist Joseph Fargione (lead author of one study) concluded that grassland clearance releases 93 times the greenhouse gases that would be saved by fuel made annually on that land. For scientists and others concerned about global warming, the research indicated that biofuel production exacerbates the problem and thus should be reconsidered. Others disagree and so far the trend continues with Europe and America both setting ambitious goals that pay little attention to the consequences they ignore. Eric Holt-Gimenez, executive director of the Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy, pays close attention and wrote about it in an article published last June by Agencia Latinoamericana de Informacion (ALAI) and thereafter widely distributed. It's headlined "Biofuels: The Five Myths of the Agro-fuels Transition." As he puts it: "the mythic baggage of the agro-fuels transition needs to be publicly unpacked." 1. Agrofuels aren't clean and green. As cited above, they produce far greater greenhouse gas emissions than they save and also require large amounts of oil-based fertilizers that contribute even more. 2. Agrofuel production will be hugely destructive to forests in countries like Brazil where vast Amazon devastation is well documented and is currently increasing at nearly 325,000 hectares a year. By 2020 in Indonesia, "palm oil plantations for bio-diesel (will continue to be) the primary cause of forest loss (in a) country with one of the highest deforestation rates in the world." 3. Agrofuels will destroy rural development. Small farmers will be forced off their land and so will many thousands of others in communities to make way for Big Oil, Agribusiness, and Agribiotech to move in and take over for the huge profits to be extracted in the multi-billions. 4. Agrofuels increase hunger. The poor are always hurt most, the topic is covered above, and Holt-Gimenez quotes another forecast. It's the International Food Policy Research Institute's estimate that basic food staple prices will rise 30 - 33% by 2010, but that figure already undershoots based on current data. FPRI also sees the rise continuing to 2020 by another 26 to 135% that will be catastrophic for the world's poor who can't afford today's prices and are ill-equipped to raise their incomes more than marginally if at all. 5. Better "second-generation" argofuels aren't around the corner. Examples touted are eco-friendly fast-growing trees and switchgrass (a dominant warm season central North American tallgrass prairie species). Holt-Gimenez calls the argument a "bait and switch-grass shell game" to make the case for first generation production now ongoing. The same environmental problems exists, and they'll be hugely exacerbated by more extensive GMO crop plantings. Holt-Gimenez sees agrofuels as a "genetic Trojan horse" that's letting agribusiness giants like Monsanto "colonize both our fuel and food system," do little to offset a growing demand for oil, reap huge profits from the scheme, get them at taxpayers' expense, and that's exactly what's happening with Big Oil in on it, too, as a way to diversify through large biofuel investments. More on this below. The Ghost of Henry Kissinger Kissinger made a chilling 1970 comment that explains a lot about what's happening now - "Control oil and you control nations; control food and you control the people." Combine it with unchallengeable military power and you control everything, and Kissinger likely said that, too. He said plenty more in his classified 1974 memo on a secret project called National Security Study Memorandum 200 (NSSM 200) for a "world population plan of action" for drastic global population control. He meant reducing it by hundreds of millions, using food as a weapon, and overall reorganizing the global food market to destroy family farms and replace them with (agribusiness-run) factory ones. It's been ongoing for decades, backed since January 1995 by WTO muscle, and characterized now by huge agribusiness giants with monstrous vertically integrated powers over the food we eat - from research labs to plantings to processing to the supermarket and other food outlet shelves around the world. But it's even worse than that. Today, five agribusiness behemoths, with little fanfare and enormous government backing, plan big at our expense - to control the world's food supply by making it all genetically engineered with biofuels one part of a larger scheme. By diverting crops for fuel, prices have exploded, and five "Ag biotech" giants are exploiting it - Monsanto, DuPont, Dow Agrisciences, Syngenta and Bayer CropScience AG. Their solution - make all crops GMO, tout it as a way to increase output and reduce costs, and claim it's the solution to today's soaring prices and world hunger. In fact, agribusiness power raises prices, controls output to keep them high, and the main factor behind today's situation is the conversion of US farmland to biofuel factories. With less crop output for food and world demand for it growing, prices are rising, and rampant commodity speculation exacerbates the problem with traders profiting hugely and loving it. It's another part of the multi-decade wealth transfer scheme from the world's majority to the elite few. While the trend continues, its momentum is self-sustaining, and it works because governments back it. They subsidize the problem, keep regulations loose, give business free reign, and maintain that markets work best so let them. As mentioned above, about 43% of US corn output goes for animal feed, but growing amounts are for biofuels - now possibly 25 - 30% of production compared to around 14% two years ago, up 300% since 2001, and today the total exceeds what's earmarked for export, with no slowing down of this trend in sight. The result, of course, is world grain reserves are falling, prices soaring, millions starving, governments permitting it, and it's only the early innings of a long-term horrifying trend - radically transforming agriculture in humanly destructive ways: -- letting agribusiness and Big Oil giants control it for profit at the expense of consumer health and well-being; -- making it all genetically engineered and inflicting great potential harm to human health; and -- producing reduced crop amounts for food, diverting greater quantities for fuel, allowing prices to soar, making food as dear as oil, ending government's responsibility for food security, and tolerating the unthinkable - putting hundreds of millions of poor around the world in jeopardy and letting them starve to death for profit. This is the brave new world neoliberal schemers have in mind. They're well along with their plans, marginally diverted by today's economic distress, well aware that growing world protests that could prove hugely disruptive, but very focused, nonetheless, on finding clever ways to push ahead with what's worked pretty well for them so far, so they're not about to let human misery jeopardize big profits. If they won't reform, people have to do it for them, and throughout history that's how it's always worked. Over time, the stakes keep rising as the threats become greater, and today they may be as great as they've ever been. What better time for a new social movement like those in the past that were pivotal forces for change. Famed community organizer Saul Alinsky knew the way to beat organized money is with organized people. In combination, they've succeeded by taking to the streets, striking, boycotting, challenging authority, disrupting business, paying with their lives and ultimately prevailing by knowing change never comes from the top down. It's always from the grassroots, from the bottom up, and what better time for it than now. It's high time democracy worked for everyone, that destructive GMO and biofuels schemes won't be tolerated, and that "America the Beautiful" won't any longer just be for elites and no one else. Stephen Lendman is a Research Associate of the Centre for Research on Globalization. He lives in Chicago and can be reached at [email protected]. Also visit his blog site at sj.lendman.blogspot.com and listen to The Global Research News Hour on RepublicBroadcasting.org Mondays from 11AM to 1PM US Central time for cutting-edge discussions with distinguished guests.
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'Zoey 101' sequel movie starring Jamie Lynn Spears coming to Paramount+ January 13, 2023\|In What to Watch, Entertainment, The Latest Jamie Lynn Spears and the Pacific Coast High gang are back in a sequel to the popular 2000's Nickelodeon sitcom Zoey 101, heading to Paramount+. Tentatively titled Zoey 102, the full-length original movie will reunite Spears with most of the show's original cast members — including Erin Sanders, Sean Flynn, Matthew Underwood, Christopher Massey, Abby Wilde and Jack Salvatore — "as they reunite for a wedding in the present day," according to the streamer. "I'm beyond thrilled to be back alongside my PCA family and continue the story of Zoey and all the characters fans know and love. As an executive producer, it's been an exciting opportunity to work with such incredible talent as well as Paramount+ and Nickelodeon," said Spears in a statement. The original series, which ran for four seasons from 2005-2008, followed Zoey Brooks as she enrolled in Pacific Coast Academy, a school that previously only allowed boys to attend. Zoey 102 is set to stream on Paramount+ later this year.
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The power for incorporating in Maryland lies with the Maryland Secretary of State, Charter Division. This Division also keeps up with all corporate filings of record. The main location is in Baltimore. The chief types of business organizations structures in Maryland are Sole Proprietorships, General Partnerships, Corporations, Limited Liability Companies, Limited Partnerships, and Limited Liability Partnerships. Each type has distinct advantages and disadvantages, depending on the needs of your business. Selecting the appropriate organizational structure for your company is one of the most important decisions you will make. Incorporation in Maryland begins with reserving an entity or corporate name. This fundamental step keeps name repetition from taking place. First, search to make sure your company name is vacant. You can use the free CorpNet company name search. The company name must use either "Corporation", "Incorporated," "Limited Liability Company," or an abbreviation. Except in the cases of an electric or transportation cooperative, an individual may not use the term "cooperative" as part of their corporate or business name unless they have met the terms with the requirements of this subtitle. Register your corporation (or LLC) with the Secretary of State. Articles of Incorporation should be filed for corporate structures while Articles of Organization are filed for LLCs. The name and address of each person incorporating in Maryland must be listed in the articles, along with a declaration by each incorporator that he or she is at least 18 years of age and establishing a corporation under Maryland law. When you file, you will be given a business entity ID number. It is a number that can be used for all filings and communication with the office. Find out if you need a license. A State of Maryland Business License is necessary for most businesses. A trader's license is obligatory for buying and re-selling purposes. To find out whether your business activity needs licensing by the State, and must have any extra licenses and permits, contact the Clerk of the Circuit Court in the county in which your business will be positioned. More information can be obtained from the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulations website. Submit an application for a Federal Employer Identification Number (EIN) under the corporate name. This number is acquires through the IRS. You will also have to organize a bank account under this number. Your financial institution will want for a copy of the EIN plus a certificate of registration from the Secretary of State. A Domestic Corporation is one that was incorporated in the state of Maryland. The Articles of Incorporation must be filed with the Secretary of State. A Foreign Corporation is a business that was incorporated in another country, state or jurisdiction besides Maryland. When a non-Maryland corporation makes a preliminary filing with SDAT that creates an account, that filing must be joined by written proof of existence from the home state that it came from, which is usually the same as a Certificate of Status. Officers in the corporation must be listed in the bylaws. A corporation is required to have at least a president, a secretary and a treasurer. An officer should serve for one year and then a successor should be elected unless noted in the bylaws. Every Maryland corporation is required to have a resident agent. This is the person or office that is chosen to collect official state correspondence. The resident agent has to be either a resident of Maryland or a Maryland corporation. The president, or other officer that is singled out in the bylaws, has to report a statement of affairs to the shareholders. This declaration must be presented at each yearly stockholders' meeting and filed at the main office within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year. Articles of Incorporation – This is the articles of incorporation filed with the Division of Corporations. For foreign corporations, the filing is called: Foreign Corporation Qualification. Application for Name Reservation – This form can be filed online. It results in a name search and reserves a business name for 120 days. Notice of Change for Officers, Directors, Shareholders – This is one of several forms used to amend or change information about the corporation. Corporation Change of Registered Agent – Since the registered agent is the point of contact between the corporation and the State of Maryland, any changes must be documented with the State. Incorporation in Maryland can seem like a discouraging endeavor. 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Tests marked * are ISO17025 accredited Test Name Density - oscillating U-tube method* A UKAS ISO17025 accredited method for the determination of the density of crude petroleum and related products within the range 600 to 1100 kg/m3 by oscillating U-tube density meter. Suitable for liquids of any vapour pressure, that can be kept a single phase with light end evaporation. The density value measured at one temperature can be converted to the density at another temperature using petroleum measurement tables. Distillation characteristics of petroleum products - Micro distillation method Determination of the distillation characteristics of petroleum products having boiling range between 20 to 400°C at atmospheric pressure by automatic micro distillation apparatus. This test method is applicable to such products as: light and middle distillates; automotive spark ignition engine fuels; automotive spark ignition fuels containing up to 10% ethanol; aviation gasolines; aviation turbine fuels; regular and low sulphur diesel fuels; biodiesel blends up to 20% biodiesel; special petroleum spirits; naphthas; white spirits; kerosines; burner fuels and marine fuels and requires only a small test sample. This method can be used for hydrocarbons with a narrow boiling range, eg organic solvents or oxygenated compounds. This test method is not suitable for products containing residual materials. Mercaptans, hydrogen sulphide, elemental sulphur and peroxides - Doctor test method Doctor test for detecting the presence of mercaptans (thiols), hydrogen sulphide, elemental sulphur and peroxide in automotive fuels, kerosines and other middle distillate petroleum products. The presence of a number of substances in the test sample can affect the result of the test: Peroxides – only suitable for trace levels of peroxides; Carbon disulphide and phenolic substances can impact the test. Electrical conductivity of aviation and distillate fuels Determination of the electrical rest conductivity of aviation and distillate fuels, with or without a static dissipater additive, in the range 1 pS/m to 2000 pS/m using a portable meter. Corrosiveness to copper - Copper Strip Test This standard specifies a method for the determination of the corrosiveness to copper of liquid petroleum products and certain solvents. Volatile products, having a maximum vapour pressure of 124 kPa at 37.8°C are included. Hydrocarbon types in petroleum products - Fluorescent indicator adsorption method Fluorescent indicator adsorption method for the determination of hydrocarbon types over the concentration ranges: 5 to 99% (v/v) aromatic hydrocarbons; 0.3 to 55% (v/v) olefinic hydrocarbons; 1 to 95% (v/v) saturated hydrocarbons in petroleum fractions that distil below 315°C. May be applicable to concentrations outside these ranges, but the precision has not been determined. This test method is for use with full boiling range products, however precision statement does not apply to fractions with narrow boiling ranges near the 315°C limit, which will give unreliable results. Samples containing dark coloured components that interfere with reading the chromatographic bands cannot be analysed. Oxygenated blending components are not detected, but do not interfere with the determination of the hydrocarbon types at normal concentrations. Thiol (mercaptan) sulphur in light and middle distillate fuels - Potentiometric method Determination of thiol sulphur (mercaptan sulphur) in light distillates, such as gasoline and naphtha fractions, and middle distillate fuels, such as kerosine and gas oil, in the range of 0.0003 to 0.0100% (m/m), (3 to 100 mg/kg). Organic sulphur compounds, such as sulphides, disulphides and thiophene do not interfere. Elemental sulphur does not interfere at contents less than 0.0005% (m/m). Hydrogen sulphide interferes if not removed. Sulphur in petroleum and petroleum products by energy dispersive x-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) spectrometry This test method covers the determination of total sulphur in petroleum and petroleum products in the range 20 - 1000 mg/Kg. These materials can include diesel fuel, jet fuel, kerosine, other distillate oil, naphtha, residual oil, lubricating base oil, hydraulic oil, crude oil, unleaded gasoline, gasohol, biodiesel, and similar petroleum products. For samples with high oxygen contents (>3 wt %) sample dilution or matrix matching must be performed to assure accurate results. Filter blocking tendency Method B: Determination of the filter blocking tendency (FBT) of middle distillate fuel oils and non-petroleum liquid fuels such as biodiesel and is applicable to fuels within the viscosity range of 1.5mm2/s to 6.0mm2/s at 40°C. The test produces a dimensionless value that defines the filter blocking tendency of a fuel caused by particulates. The value is calculated using the pressure across the filter or volume of fuel filtered at the end of the test. Cold Filter Blocking Tendency Method for the determination of the cold filter blocking tendency (CFBT) of diesel fuel containing 0 to 20% biodiesel. Distillation characteristics at atmospheric pressure Determination of the distillation characteristics of light and middle distillates at atmospheric pressure, by automatic apparatus. Samples will typically have end points below 400°C. Transparent and opaque liquids - kinematic viscosity and calculation of dynamic viscosity Determination of the kinematic and dynamic viscosities of transparent and opaque liquid hydrocarbons. The time for a volume of liquid to flow through a calibrated glass capillary viscometer under gravity is measured and the kinematic viscosity calculated by multiplying this time by the Viscometer Constant. Dynamic viscosity is kinematic viscosity x density. Flash point - Abel closed cup method ethod for the determination of the manual and automated closed-cup flash point of combustible liquids having flash points between –30.0°C to 75.0 C. The precision given for this method is only valid for flash points in the range −8.5°C to 75.0°C. Flash point - Pensky Martens closed cup method Pensky-Martens closed cup flash point test, for combustible liquids, with a flash point above 40°C. For condition monitoring of lube oils, Procedure A should be used for used and unused lubricating oils. Sulphur content of automotive fuels - Ultraviolet fluorescence method Test method for the determination of sulphur content in the range 3 to 500 mg/kg by ultraviolet (UV) fluorescence. This method is suitable for motor gasoline (petrol) containing up to 3.7% (m/m) oxygen - including those blended with ethanol up to about 10% (BS EN 228) and diesel fuels, including those containing up to 10% (V/V) fatty acid methylester (FAME), (BS EN590) and other products and feed streams. Halogens >3500 mg/kg interfere with this measurement. For diesel containing cetane improver the sample should be checked for nitrogen interference. The sulphur content is measured by pyrolysis of the sample followed by detection by UV fluorescence. For sulphur content <3ppm, ASTM D5453 is used. Total Sulphur in Light Hydrocarbons, Spark Ignition Engine Fuel, Diesel Engine Fuel, and Engine Oil by Ultraviolet Fluorescence Determination of total sulfur (up to 3ppm) in liquid hydrocarbons, such as naphthas, distillates, engine oil, ethanol, Fatty Acid Methyl Ester (FAME), and engine fuel such as gasoline, oxygen enriched gasoline (ethanol blends, E-85, M-85, RFG), diesel, biodiesel, diesel/biodiesel blends, and jet fuel. Samples containing 1.0 to 8000 mg/kg total sulfur can be analyzed, the method is applicable to liquid hydrocarbons containing less than 0.35 % (m/m) halogen(s). The sulphur content is measured by pyrolysis of the sample followed by detection by UV fluorescence. For sulphur contents >3ppm, IP490 is used. Determination of Quinizarin in Gas Oil - Spectrophotometric Method This method measures Quinizarin in marked gas oil in the range 0.04 - 3.00 mg/l. The Quinizarin is first extracted from the fuel and then analysed by UV/Vis spectrophotometer. Quantification is by comparison of the visible absorption spectrum to that of a standard solution. Free water and particulate contamination in distillate fuels and Haze rating - Visual inspection procedures ASTM D4176 Procedure 1 Procedure 1 provides a rapid pass/fail method for estimating the presence of suspended free water and solid particulate contamination in distillate fuels having distillation end points below 400°C and an ASTM colour of 5 or less. Procedure 2 provides a gross numerical rating of haze appearance. Water content of Petroleum Product - Dean & Stark distillation method * A UKAS ISO17025 accredited method for measuring up to 25% water in petroleum products by distillation. Volatile water soluble species in the sample will be quantified as water. Level >25% can be measured, but there is no precision data available. Freezing point of aviation fuels - Automatic laser method Test method for the determination of the temperature below which solid hydrocarbon crystals form in aviation turbine fuels. This test method can be used over the temperature range of -80 to 20°C, but the precision is only determined over the range -60 °C to -42°C. Saybolt Colour of Petroleum Products - Saybolt chromometer method This test method covers the determination of the colour of refined oils such as undyed motor and aviation gasoline, jet propulsion fuels, naphthas, kerosine, petroleum waxes and pharmaceutical white oils. NOTE: For determining the color of petroleum products darker than Saybolt Color − 16, see Test Method D1500. This test method reports results specific to this test method and recorded as "Saybolt Color units." Fatty acid methyl esters (FAME), derived from bio-diesel fuel, in aviation turbine fuel: GC-MS with selective ion monitoring / scan detection method Method for the identification and quantification fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) as a contaminant in aviation turbine fuel (AVTUR) by SIM mode GC/MS. This method measures the most common FAMEs in the range 4.5 to 150 mg/kg. Lighter FAME - eg that derived from coconut oil - may be subject to interference from AVTUR components and may not be quantified at low levels. Water separation characteristics of aviation turbine fuels by portable separometer This test method covers a rapid portable means for field and laboratory use to rate the ability of aviation turbine fuels to release entrained or emulsified water when passed through fiberglass coalescing material. The procedure section of this test method contains two different modes of test equipment operation. The primary difference between the modes of operation is the rate of fuel flow through the fiberglass coalescing material. Test method selection is dependent on the particular fuel to be tested. Naphthalene hydrocarbons in aviation turbine fuels by ultraviolet spectrophotometry This test method covers the determination, by ultraviolet (UV) spectrophotometry, of the total concentration of naphthalene, acenaphthene, and alkylated derivatives of these hydrocarbons in jet fuels. This test method is designed to analyze fuels containing not more than 5% of such components and determines the maximum amount of naphthalenes that could be present. Antioxidant (AO32) content of aviation turbine fuel by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) This method is intended for the direct quantitative determination of commercial 2,4-dimethyl, 6-tertiary butyl phenol in aviation turbine fuels over the concentration range 5-40 mg/l by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Static dissipater additive (SDA) in aviation turbine fuel by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) This standard describes a procedure for determining the static dissipater additive (SDA) content of aviation turbine fuel over the range 1 mg/l to 12 mg/l, by solid phase extraction and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The SDA used to develop this test method was STADIS® 450 for aviation fuels. Existent gum content of aviation turbine fuel - Jet evaporation method Determination of the existent gum content of aviation turbine fuel. Large quantities of gum are indicative of contamination of fuel by higher boiling oils or particulate matter and generally reflect poor handling practices in distribution downstream of the refinery. Smoke point of kerosene, manual and automated methods Determination of the smoke point of kerosine (manual and automatic). The smoke point is associated with the hydrocarbon types in the kerosine. Acid number of aviation turbine fuels - Colour indicator method Determination of the acid constituents in aviation turbine kerosine (ATK) at levels below 0.100mg KOH/g, by colour indicator titration method. Trace acids remaining after treatment during the refining of aviation turbine fuels may cause corrosion of metals or impair the water separation characteristics of the fuel. This method is more sensitive at low levels than IP139. Particulate contaminant in aviation turbine fuels by laboratory filtration Gravimetric determination of particulate contamination in aviation turbine fuel by filtration. Due to the difficulty associated with obtaining reliable results, a single one-off determination by this method is of limited value. This method is used to indicate significant trends or changes in particulate levels at specific locations where typical values have been established. This information may be used to monitor the impact of operational changes. Precision has only been determined for 51 samples in the range 0.00 mg/l to 0.60mg/l. Particulate matter present in aviation turbine fuels should be minimised to avoid filter plugging and operational problems. Tolerable levels of particulate contaminants are not established for all points in fuel distribution systems but have to be stringently controlled. Thermal oxidation stability of gas turbine fuels (JFTOT) JFTOT procedure for rating the tendencies of aviation gas turbine fuel to deposit decomposition products within the fuel system. The test results are indicative of fuel stability during gas turbine operating and can be used to assess the level of deposits that form when liquid fuel contacts a heated surface at a specified temperature. Level of cleanliness of aviation turbine fuel - Portable automatic particle counter method Determination of the level of dispersed particles in aviation turbine fuel, specifically dirt particles and water droplets in the range from 4 μm(C) to 30 μm(C), up to a maximum of 60,000 cumulative counts per ml. Kerosene burning characteristics - 24 hour method Test method for the evaluation of the burning properties of kerosene, which is used for illumination and/or heating purposes, in the range 0 - 30 mg/kg. Smoke point of kerosene Procedure for the determination of the smoke point of kerosine. The smoke point is related to the hydrocarbon type composition and provides an indication of relative smoke-producing properties in a diffusion flame. Coumarin in kerosene by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) Method B: Detection and quantification of Coumarin (1,2-benzopyrone) in marked kerosene within the 0.2 – 4.0 mg/l range by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Note: 2 mg/l is the level of addition in the UK set by HMRC. Motor octane number (MON) of spark ignition engine fuel Motor octane number (MON) of motor gasoline (petrol) using a standard single cylinder, four stroke cycle, variable compression ratio, carburetted, CFR engine, operated at constant speed. MON is a measure of the knock characteristics of the fuel under severe operating conditions. This method covers entire scale range from 0 MON to 120 MON, but the working range is 40 MON to 120 MON. Typical motor fuel testing is in the range of 80 MON to 90 MON. This method covers gasoline containing up to 25% (V/V) ethanol. Research octane number (RON) of spark ignition engine fuel Research octane number (RON) of motor gasoline (petrol) using a standard single cylinder, four stroke cycle, variable compression ratio, carburetted, CFR engine, operated at constant speed. RON is a measure of the knock characteristics of the fuel under mild operating conditions. This method covers entire scale range from 0 RON to 120 RON, but the working range is 40 RON to 120 RON. Typical motor fuel testing is in the range of 88 RON to 101 RON. This method covers gasoline containing up to 25% (V/V) ethanol. This can be used for oxygenate-containing fuels containing up to 4.0 % (m/m) oxygen. Oxidation stability of gasoline - Induction period method This method measures the stability of motor gasoline under accelerated oxidation conditions. The result is an indication of gum formation in the gasoline over time, but cannot account for different storage conditions. The method is not suitable for gasoline components. Vapour pressure - Part 1: Determination of air saturated vapour pressure (ASVP) and calculated dry vapour pressure equivalent (DVPE) Determination of the total pressure exerted in a vacuum by volatile, low viscosity petroleum products, components, and feedstocks containing air. A dry vapour pressure equivalent (DVPE) can be calculated from the air containing vapour pressure (ASVP) measurement. The conditions used in the test described in this standard are a vapour to liquid ratio of 4:1 and a test temperature of 37.8°C. This standard has precision for both 1 l and 250 ml sample containers. This method described is suitable for testing air-saturated samples that exert an air-saturated vapour pressure of between 9.0 and 150.0 kPa at 37.8°C. This document is applicable to fuels containing oxygenated compounds. Hydrocarbon types and oxygenates in automotive motor gasoline - Multidimensional GC method Method for the determination of saturated, olefinic and aromatic hydrocarbons in motor gasoline (petrol) and ethanol (E85) automotive fuel by gas chromatography (GC) Additionally, the benzene content, oxygenate compounds and the total oxygen content can be determined. PIONA / PNA / nPIPNA / OPNA / PONA / PHONA analysis by Reformulyzer GC Corrosiveness of silver from petroleum products by silver strip test This test method covers the determination of the corrosiveness to silver of automotive gasoline. A polished silver strip is immersed in the sample and heated. The level of tarnish on the strip is assessed and rated as a number from 0 - 4. Gum content of light and middle distillate fuels - Jet evaporation method Determination of the existent gum content of aviation fuels, gum content of motor gasoline or other volatile distillates in their finished form. For non-aviation fuels, a procedure for the determination of the heptane-insoluble portion of the residue is also described. Diesel and domestic heating fuels - cold filter plugging point (CFPP) Determination of the cold filter plugging point (CFPP) of diesel and domestic heating fuels using either manual or automated test equipment (both of which are suitable for referee purposes). This method is also applicable to fuels containing flow-improving additives and will give an indication of the lowest temperature at which a fuel will give trouble free flow in the fuel system. The difference in results obtained from the sample as received and after heat treatment at 45° C for 30 min can be used to investigate issues observed during use at low temperature. Cloud point of petroleum products - Automatic stepped cooling method Determination of the cloud point of petroleum products and biodiesel fuels that are transparent in layers 40 mm in thickness by automatic instrument with an optical detection device to record the appearance of the cloud point. The test method is applicable to products with cloud points in the range -60°C to +49 °C. The test method produces results to the nearest 0.1°C, which, when rounded to the nearest lower integer, are equivalent to those of the manual procedure IP219. Petroleum products - Determination of cloud point (manual method) Method for the determination of the cloud point of petroleum products which are transparent in layers 40 mm in thickness and have a cloud point below 49 °C. Petroleum products - Determination of pour point Method for the determination of the pour point of petroleum products. A separate procedure suitable for the determination of the lower pour point of fuel oils, heavy lubricant base stock, and products containing residual fuel components is also described. Fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) content in middle distillates - Infrared (IR) spectrometry method Determination of Fatty Acid Methyl Ester (FAME) content in diesel fuel or domestic heating fuel by mid infrared spectrometry. The method covers two ranges - A: FAME contents of 0.05 to 3% (V/V); B: FAME contents of 3 to 20% (V/V). Higher FAME contents can be measured if diluted. This test method is applicable to samples which contain FAME conforming to EN 14214 or EN 14213. Esters and other carbonyl compounds which possess absorption bands in the spectral region used for quantification of FAME will interfere with the result. For conversion of grams FAME per litre (g FAME/l) to volume fraction, a fixed density for FAME of 883.0 kg/m3 is adopted. Contamination in middle distillates Determination of the content of undissolved substances (total contamination) in the range 12 to 30 mg/kg for diesel fuels (EN 590) containing up to 30% (V/V) fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) and neat FAME (EN 14214). For other petroleum the method may be applicable, but no precision data is available. Excessive contamination in a fuel system can give rise to filter blocking or hardware failure. Diesel fuel - Assessment of lubricity using the high-frequency reciprocating rig (HFRR) This method determines the lubricating property of diesel fuels (including fuels which may contain a lubricity enhancing additive) using a high frequency reciprocating rig (HFRR). All diesel fuel injection equipment has some reliance on diesel fuel as a lubricant. Wear due to excessive friction resulting in shortened life of engine components such as diesel fuel injection pumps and injectors has sometimes been attributed to lack of lubricity in fuel. The wear scar on a test ball oscillating, under prescribed conditions, against a steel plate immersed in sample is measured. The ambient conditions during the test are used to correct the size of the wear scar generated on the test ball to a standard set of ambient conditions. The corrected wear scar diameter is a measure of the fluid lubricity. Results are reported as corrected wear scar diameter (WS1.4) to the nearest 1µm at 60°C. Derived cetane number (DCN) of diesel fuel oils - Ignition delay and combustion delay using a constant volume combustion chamber method (CID) This test method covers the quantitative determination of the derived cetane number of diesel fuels (BS EN590), including those containing cetane improver additives. The test method may also be applied to biodiesel and diesel blending components. This test method utilizes a constant volume combustion chamber with direct fuel injection into heated, compressed synthetic air. A dynamic pressure wave is produced from the combustion of the sample. An equation converts the ignition delay and the combustion delay determined from the dynamic pressure curve to a derived cetane number (DCN). This test method covers the ignition delay ranging from 1.9 to 25 ms and combustion delay ranging from 2.5 to 160 ms (30 to 70 DCN). Calculations of cetane index of middle-distillate fuels by the four-variable equation Procedure for the calculation of the Cetane Index by Four-variable Equation of middle-distillate fuel. Cetane index is used to estimate the cetane number of diesel fuel when a test engine is not available This calculation is not valid for fuels containing cetane enhancing additives, pure hydrocarbons or distillate fuels derived from coal. It is applicable to fuels containing non-petroleum derivatives from oil shale. Oxidation stability of middle distillate fuels Method for the measurement of stability of middle-distillate petroleum fuels, in particular diesel, under accelerated aging conditions (oxidation stability) as an indication of the storage stability of the fuel. Method applies to middle distillates with initial boiling point above 175°C and a 90% (v/v) recovery point below 370°C. Oxidation causes the formation of insoluble species. The presence of catalytic species (eg Cu, Cr) will increase the amount of insolubles presents, which will affect the result of this test. Acid or base number - Colour indicator titration method Colour-indicator titration method for the determination of acid or basic constituents in petroleum products and lubricants. It is applicable for the determination of acids or bases whose dissociation constants in water are greater than 10-9; extremely weak acids or bases whose dissociation constants in water are less than 10-9 do not interfere. Salts react if their hydrolysis constants are greater than 10-9 Weak and strong acid number - Potentiometric titration method Determination of the acidic constituents in petroleum products and lubricating oils in groups with 'weak acid' and 'strong acid' ionisation properties. The method may be used to indicate as part of condition monitoring of lubricating oil, but is not an absolute measure of acidity. NOTE 1: In new and used lubricating oils, the constituents that may be considered to have acidic characteristics include organic and inorganic acids, esters, phenolic compounds, lactones, resins, salts of heavy metals, salts of ammonia and other weak bases, acid salts of polybasic acids and additives such as inhibitors and detergents. NOTE 2: The acid number obtained by this standard may or may not be numerically the same as that obtained in accordance with IP139. Crude petroleum - Determination of water content - Coulometric Karl Fischer titration method Determination of water in crude petroleum in the range 0.050 to 5.00% (m/m), by coulometric Karl Fischer titration. The presence of mercaptans or sulphide ion can interfere with this test result. Petroleum products - Determination of water - Coulometric Karl Fischer titration method Determination of water in petroleum products boiling below 390°C. It covers the mass fraction range 0.003% (m/m) to 0.100% (m/m). It is not applicable to products containing ketones or residual fuel oils. It may be applicable to lubricating base oils; however the precision has not been established for these materials. Ethanol as a blending component for petrol - Determination of water content - Karl Fischer Coulometric titration method Determination of water in ethanol to be used in gasoline blends, for water content in the range 0.039 to 0.500% (m/m). Aromatic hydrocarbon types in middle distillates - HPLC method with refractive index detection (suitable for streams which contain FAME) Test method for measuring the aromatic components of diesel and distillates of boiling range 150°C to 400. This method is suitable for diesel containing FAME. Aromatics are grouped as mono, di and tri+. The polycyclic aromatic content is calculated from the sum of di and tri+-aromatic hydrocarbons and the total content of aromatic compounds is obtained by addition of all the aromatic groups. The aromatic groupings are based on their chromatography and quantified against a single aromatic component appropriate to each group. Sulphur, nitrogen, oxygen, conjugated di-alkenes and polyalkenes may interfere with this measurement. Mono-alkenes do not interfere. ASTM colour of petroleum products This method covers the visual determination of the color of a wide variety of petroleum products, such as lubricating oils, heating oils, diesel fuel oils, and petroleum waxes. Results are reported as "ASTM Color." NOTE: Test Method D156 is applicable to refined products that have an ASTM color lighter than 0.5 Hydrogen sulphide in fuel oils - Rapid liquid phase extraction method Determination of the hydrogen sulphide (H2S) content of fuel oils, including marine residual fuels, distillates and petroleum blend stocks, with viscosities up to 3000 mm2s-1 as measured in the liquid phase. Carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen content of petroleum products and lubricants * A UKAS ISO17025 accredited method determination of total carbon, total hydrogen and total nitrogen in crude oil, fuel oil, lubricants and residues, in the ranges of at least 75 to 87 mass% for carbon; at least 9 to 16 mass% for hydrogen, and 0.1 to 2 mass % for nitrogen. The results are expressed as mass %. The method is not recommended for the analysis of volatile materials such as gasoline, gasoline-oxygenate blends, or gasoline type aviation turbine fuels. Test method D is followed using a Thermo Flash analyser. Determination of ash * A UKAS ISO17025 accredited method for the determination of the ash content of petroleum products in the range 0.001 - 0.180% (m/m). Method is not applicable when ash-forming additives are present. Asphaltenes (heptane insolubles) in crude petroleum and petroleum products IP 143 Determination of the heptane insoluble asphaltene content of gas oil, diesel, residual fuel oils, lubricating oil, bitumen and crude petroleum which has been topped to an oil temperature of 260°C. The precision is applicable to values between 0.50% (m/m) and 30.0% (m/m). Values outside this range may still be valid, but precision data is not available. Additives present in oils can affect the result Carbon residue - Micro method (MCRT) Determination of carbon residue, in the range 0.10 to 30.0% (m/m), left after evaporation and pyrolysis of petroleum products under specified conditions. For products which yield a residue in excess of 0.10% (m/m), the test results are equivalent to those obtained by the Conradson carbon residue test. The carbon residue value may show the tendency of petroleum products to form carbonaceous deposits under similar degradation. Organic nitrates will interfere with the results if present. Sulphur content - Energy dispersive x-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) spectrometry * A UKAS ISO17025 accredited method for the determination of the sulphur content of petroleum products such as naphtha, unleaded motor gasoline, middle distillates, residual fuel oil, base lubricating oil and their components. The method is for products with sulphur content of 0.03 to 5.00 % (m/m). Heavy metal additives, eg lead alkyls, and some elements may interfere with the measurement. Aluminium, silicon, vanadium, nickel, iron, sodium, calcium, zinc and phosphorous in residual fuel oil by ashing, fusion and inductively coupled plasma emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) This standard specifies a procedure for the determination of total aluminium (5 - 150 mg/kg); silicon (10 – 250 mg/kg); sodium (1 – 100 mg/kg); vanadium (1 – 400 mg/kg); nickel (1 – 100 mg/kg); iron (2 – 60 mg/kg); calcium (3 – 100 mg/kg); zinc (1 – 70 mg/kg); phosphorus (1 – 60 mg/kg) in residual fuel oils by inductively coupled plasma emission spectrometry (ICP-OES). Samples are prepared by ashing, fusion and acid digestion. The sample is then diluted with water and analysed by ICP in aqueous mode. Total sediment in residual fuel oils - Part 1: Determination by hot filtration Determination of total sediment in residual fuel oils (max viscosity of 55 mm2s-1 at 100 °C) and blends of distillate fuels that have residual components. The method can also be used for the assessment of total sediment in fuels which have been aged (see IP390) Total sediment in residual fuel oils - Part 2: Determination using standard procedures for ageing Procedure A: Method for the thermal accelerated ageing of residual fuel oils. When combined with the hot filtration method (IP375) gives a prediction the effect of sedimentation on the fuel oil stability over time. Crude petroleum and fuel oils: Determination of sediment (extraction method) Determination of sediment in crude and fuel oils by toluene extraction in the range 0.01% - 0.40% (m/m). Higher levels may be measured, but there is no associated precision data available. The presence of > 0.1% salt in crude may lead to an erroneously high result. Total salts content of crude oil - conductivity method Method for the determination of the total salts content of crude oil in the range 5 to 300 mg/l expressed in terms of sodium chloride. Organically bound trace nitrogen - Oxidative combustion and chemiluminescence method Determination of total nitrogen at 0.3 to 100 mg/kg in naphtha, distillates and oil which boil in the range 50 to 400°C and have viscosity between 0.2 and 10 cSt (mm2s-1) at room temperature. Colour of clear liquids: Platinum-Cobalt scale Visual determination of the colour of light coloured liquids. It is applicable only to materials in which the colour-producing bodies present have light absorption characteristics nearly identical with those of the platinum-cobalt colour standards used. Composition of LPG and propylene concentrates - Gas chromatography method Determination of the composition of liquefied petroleum gases (LPG). It is applicable to analysis of propane, propylene and butane in all concentration ranges 0.1% and above. Analysis of natural gas streams * ASTM D1945-14 (modified) A UKAS ISO17025 accredited method for the determination of the chemical composition of natural gases and similar gaseous mixtures by gas chromatography (GC) analysis, using a specific Natural Gas Analyser (NGA). It is suitable for determining C1 – C5 alkanes, air (nitrogen and oxygen co-elute) and carbon dioxide (CO2). Heavy ends greater than nC5s are grouped as a single peak, backflushed off the column. Components are measured within the range 0.01 – 100 %mol. This method is based on ASTM D1945 - 03 with a modification to the column selection. This method uses different columns from those suggested in the standard and cannot separate nitrogen and oxygen. This method is not suitable for samples containing olefins as these components may co-elute with the alkanes. Commercial propane and butane - Analysis by gas chromatography (GC) * BS EN 27941-94 (modified) BS EN 27941 (modified) / IP405: This standard specifies a gas chromatographic method for the quantitative determination of hydrocarbons in liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), excluding components whose concentrations are below 0.1% (rn/rn). It is applicable to the analysis of propane, butane and their commercial mixtures, which may include saturated and unsaturated C2, C3 C4 and C5 hydrocarbons. This is a UKAS ISO17025 accredited method. Boiling range distribution of petroleum fractions by gas chromatography (SIMDIS) This test method covers the determination of the boiling range distribution of petroleum products by simulated distillation (SimDis), gas chromatography (GC) analysis. SimDis analysis provides the true boiling point distribution (TBP) of petroleum streams. True boiling point (TBP) data is a key parameter in characterising refinery streams and improving refinery profit margins. TBP is also used to develop cut point information and boiling point curves for process operations control. Simdis can be performed on a wide range of samples up to 750°C. Hydrogen sulphide (H2S) in commercial butane and propane (Stain test) BS 4250; Specification for commercial butane and commercial propane: Annex C; Method for determination of hydrogen sulfide in commercial butane or commercial propane: A measured volume of vaporized gas is passed through a prepared paper and the stain obtained is compared with standard stains. The concentrations determined are in the range 0.75 mg/m3 to 6 mg/m3. Residues in liquefied petroleum gases (LPG) Determination of the extraneous materials weathering above 38°C that are present in Liquefied Petroleum Gases (LPG). These materials will generally be dissolved in the LPG, but may have phase-separated in some instances. The test provides an indication of the quantity and nature of the materials in the LPG, that are substantially less volatile than the liquefied petroleum gas hydrocarbons. However, this technique may not be sensitive enough for some applications. The presence of anti-icing additives can affect the result of this test. Definitions of terms specific to this standard method: Residue - the volume, measured to the nearest 0.05ml, of the residual material boiling above 38°C resulting from the evaporation of 100ml of sample under specified condition of this test method. Oil stain observation- the volume of solvent-residue mixture required to yield an oil stain or ring that persists for 2 minutes under specified conditions on absorbent paper. Determination of residue of hydrocarbon liquids on evaporation by water bath Determination of mass of residue, if any, after evaporation of a test portion on a hot water bath and drying to constant mass at 110°C. Applicable to organic liquids which can be volatized on a hot water bath. Analysis of ethylene product by gas chromatography (GC) Determination of carbon dioxide, methane, ethane, acetylene, and other hydrocarbons in high-purity ethylene. The percent ethylene is obtained by subtracting the sum of the percentages of the hydrocarbon and nonhydrocarbon impurities from 100. The method is applicable over the range of impurities from 1 to 500 parts per million volume (ppmV). Microbiological analysis in fuels, lubricant and water samples Detection and enumeration of contaminating microbes in fuel, lubricants and water. Many microbes are able to grow in water or dispersed in fuels and oils, attacking and feeding on the hydrocarbons and the additives present and causing fouling and corrosion. This test method can be used for petroleum products, such as aviation fuel, marine diesels, gas oils, heavy fuels, automotive diesel and gasoline, bio-fuels, lubricants and hydraulic oils. The test will also detect microbes in water, eg from the tank drains, and other fluids. This method detects the important bacteria, yeasts and mould which can contaminate petroleum products including Hormoconis resinae, Aspergillus, Candida and Pseudomonas species. Analysis of ethanol as a blending component for petrol by gas chromatography (GC) Gas chromatography (GC) method for ethanol, to measure higher alcohols (propan-1-ol, butan-1-ol, butan-2-ol, 2-methylpropan-1-ol (isobutanol), 2-methylbutan-1-ol, and 3-methylbutan-1-ol) from 0.1 to 2.5% (m/m); methanol from 0.1 to 3% (m/m) and other components from 0.1 to 2% (m/m). BS EN 15376 (Ethanol as a blending component for petrol) sets a limit for the combined result of ethanol + higher alcohols, not the ethanol content itself. Due to possible interferences, the method is not applicable to denatured ethanol samples. Water, will not be detected by this method and needs to be considered separately in the calculations. Fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) fuel and blends with diesel fuel - Determination of oxidation stability by accelerated oxidation method (Rancimat) Method for the determination of the oxidation stability of fuels for diesel engines, by means of measuring the induction period of the fuel. The method is applicable to: • Fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) which is intended for use as pure biofuel or as a blending component for diesel fuels. • Blends of FAME with diesel fuel containing a minimum of 2% v/v of FAME Composition of fuel gas streams by Hi-speed refinery gas analyser (RGA)* In-house method Fuel Gas by RGA A UKAS ISO17025 accredited method for the analysis of Fuel Gas by Hi-speed RGA analyser. The method will detect and measure helium, hydrogen, hydrogen sulphide, nitrogen, oxygen, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, methane, ethane, ethene, propane, propene, n-butane, iso-butane, trans-2-butene, iso-butene, 1-butene, cis-2-butene, 1,3-butadiene, cyclopropane, propadiene, acetylene, n-pentane, iso-pentane, components heavier than n-C5 are determined as a single group. The method uses total peak area normalisation. The range, in %mol, for the components are: methane, 0.01 - 91.1; ethane, 0.01 - 99.9; ethane, 0.01 - 36.3; propane, 0.01 - 99.9; propene, 0.01 - 20.0; n-butane, 0.01 - 23.4; iso-butane, 0.01 - 10.2; trans-2-butene, 0.01 - 4.0; iso-butene, 0.01 - 2.0; 1-butene, 0.01 - 4.1; cis-2-butene, 0.01 - 2.0; 1,3 butadiene, 0.01 - 5.8; n-pentane, 0.01 - 3.1; iso-pentane, 0.01 - 4.2; cyclopropane, 0.01 - 0.09; propadiene, 0.01 - 1.9; acetylene, 0.01 - 2.0; >n-pentane, 0.01 - 4.0; H2S, 0.1 - 2.0; H2, 0.01 - 99.9; He, 0.01 - 99.9; CO2, 0.02 - 10.0; CO, 0.02 - 6.2; N2, 0.02 - 75;O2, 0.02 - 20.0. Analysis by Hi-speed refinery gas analyser (RGA) In house method RGA (In house method) The Hi Speed RGA analyser is suitable for the analysis of multi component samples, with or without Hydrogen Sulphide present. The method will measure C1 – nC5 and heavy ends >n-C5 determined as a group. The method will also measure helium, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide. Results are normalised and may be reported in ppm mol or weight. Hi Speed RGA has lower detection limits of 0.01%mol for hydrocarbons; 0.02%mol for fixed gases; 0.1%mol H2S. Depending on the matrix of the sample, there are restrictions for the fixed gases. The upper limits are H2S 10%; H2 99.9%; He 10%; CO2 10%; CO 10%; N2 75%; O2 20%. Notes: (1) Low pressure samples should be air free. (2) Hi Speed RGA is not suitable for samples containing polar components as these will affect the normalised results. Trace fixed gases by gas chromatography with helium ionisation detector (GC HID) Trace fixed gases by GC HID (In house method) Determination of trace levels of carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, oxygen, methane and nitrogen in ethene and propene streams by GC helium ionisation detector (HID) Individual impurities may be reported to the nearest 0.1ppm down to 0.1ppm. Maximum levels have not been defined for individual components; the detector is not linear and measurements above 200 ppm mol cannot be guaranteed. For samples with fixed gases higher than 200ppm mol, refer to the Hi Speed RGA method. Sulphur compounds in liquefied petroleum gases (LPG), gases and liquids by gas chromatography with pulsed flame photometric detector (GC PFPD) Sulphur by GC PFPD (In house method) Determination of low levels of sulphur compounds in hydrocarbon liquid, LPG and gas streams. This method is applicable to samples with boiling points below 225°C. Liquid sample components are measured in the concentration range 0.1 - 60ppm wt. Gas samples components are measured in the concentration range 2 - 60ppm mol. The sulphur specific detector used in this application can be assumed to be unimolar for all sulphur species. The detector will measure the lifetime and intensity of the sulphur emission, using electronics to filter the unwanted noise from the system. This method should not be used as a direct replacement for total sulphur measured by other methods as it is constrained by the chromatography separation and boiling point of the samples; some co-elution of the hydrocarbons can occur with the sulphur species, eg carbonyl sulphide (COS) cannot be detected in C3s. Note that samples with free water cannot be analysed as the silco-steel coating on the sample panel and the GC could be compromised by contact with water or caustic. Water Analysis - pH IN-HOUSE METHOD LM-WATER-29 This method determines pH using a meter in the range of pH 4 to pH 12.45. The pH scale gives a measure of acidity or alkalinity at a specified temperature (20ºC or 25ºC). Sample types tested are boiler feed, boiler blowdown, condensate, water wash and unknown aqueous samples. This method complies with BS EN ISO 10523. Water Analysis - Total Suspended Solids IN-HOUSE METHOD LM-HSE-10 This method is used to determine suspended solids present in raw water, waste water and effluents by filtration through glass fibre filters. The lower limit of the determination is about 2mg/l. No upper limit has been established. Water samples are not always stable which means that the content of suspended solids depends on storage time, means of transportation, pH value and other circumstances. Results obtained with unstable samples need to be treated with caution. Floating oil and other immiscible organic liquids will interfere (see EN 872, Annex A). This method complies with EN 872. Effluent Analysis - pH* DOCUMENTED IN-HOUSE METHOD LM-WATER-29 TO BS EN 10523:2012 A UKAS ISO 17025 accredited method to determine pH, using a meter in the range of pH 4 to pH 12.45 The pH scale gives a measure of acidity or alkalinity at a specified temperature (20ºC or 25ºC). Sample types tested are final effluent This method complies with BS EN ISO 10523. Effluent Analysis - Total Suspended Solids* DOCUMENTED IN-HOUSE METHOD LM-HSE-10 TO BS EN 872:2005 A UKAS ISO 17025 accredited method to determine suspended solids present final effluent by filtration through glass fibre filters. The lower limit of the determination is about 2mg/l. No upper limit has been established. Water samples are not always stable which means that the content of suspended solids depends on storage time, means of transportation, pH value and other circumstances. Results obtained with unstable samples need to be treated with caution. Floating oil and other immiscible organic liquids will interfere (see EN 872, Annex A). This method complies with EN 872. Chemical Oxygen Demand* Documented In-House Method LM-HSE-28 A UKAS ISO 17025 accredited method to determine Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD). COD is the mass concentration of oxygen equivalent to the amount of dichromate consumed by dissolved and suspended matter when a water sample is treated with that oxidant under defined conditions. It is expressed in mass of oxygen consumed over a volume of solution in mg/l. Oil in Water* A UKAS ISO 17025 accredited method to determine total oil in effluent using a FTIR instrument. The effluent is extracted with solvent then treated to remove non-hydrocarbon compounds and analysed for hydrocarbon content by infrared absorption of C-H stretching vibrations. INEOS footer navigation IN.TV Video Copyright © 2022. All rights reserved. This website is published by INEOS on behalf of its businesses. Headquarters: 38 Hans Crescent, Knightsbridge, London, SW1X 0LZ, UK. INEOS is a Registered Trademark, the property of INEOS Capital Limited. Site designed and developed by The MTM Agency Anti Slavery Act VAT Numbers We use cookies to make sure you get the most from our website. Need to know more?
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That Milwaukee Brewers slugger Ryan Braun, the 2011 National League Most Valuable Player, accepted a suspension for the remainder of the 2013 season, 65 games, marks a step forward for baseball's credibility in waging its anti-doping campaign. The action also makes it plain that baseball is dead serious in its investigation of the now-defunct Biogenesis clinic in South Florida, which is accused of supplying performance-enhancing drugs to a list of other players, foremost among them Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees. Rodriguez has denied any involvement. Stay tuned. It also means baseball manifestly now understands what Olympic authorities have for years -- that you don't need positive tests but can rely on notebooks, receipts and other evidence to make a powerful case. And that the commissioner's office and the players' union jointly comprehend, and can work together to do something about, the real threat doping poses to the integrity of the game. But it's just a start, and pending what's yet to come with Rodriguez and the others -- it's not enough. Baseball needs, at the minimum, to adopt an Olympic-style approach to doping-related jurisprudence. Athletes who cheat need to be suspended for two years, at least, without pay. Baseball also needs to strip players of whatever awards and achievements they won while they were juiced, just like Olympic "champions" have to give back their medals. This, like many things in baseball, is an exercise in math -- probabilities, possibilities, tendencies and statistics. And, like many plays in baseball, there are short- and long-term implications. First, giving baseball credit. The sport has made significant advances since the BALCO scandal erupted 10 years ago, and again since the 2007 Mitchell Report. Baseball at least has in place now testing protocols and a three-tier suspension program: 50 games for a first steroid-related offense, 100 for a second, a purported lifetime ban for a third. Last season, pitcher Bartolo Colon failed a drug test. Baseball hit him with a 50-game suspension. He served it (the final five games came this year) and signed a new deal with the Oakland A's. Now Colon is a candidate for the Cy Young Award for the American League's top pitcher; on Sunday, he shut out the Angels, improving his record to 13-3 and lowering his earned-run average to 2.52. The game Sunday was Colon's first start since returning from the All-Star Game -- Colon's third career All-Star Game appearance. Again, and for emphasis: last year, a drug cheat, this year an All-Star. Asked by reporters Sunday to explain how Colon is able in this, his 16th big-league season, to pitch at such a high level, A's manager Bob Melvin said, "I've been trying to explain it all year and I can't." Colon, like Braun, like Rodriguez, has been linked to Biogenesis. Most of the U.S. press harshly criticized Braun after word of his suspension came down on Monday. ESPN's Buster Olney, for instance, called him the "Lance Armstrong of baseball." Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports said Braun's name is "ruined," his reputation "shattered," and he will "forever be an object of scorn." Christine Brennan at USA Today: "They threw the bum out." Because, perhaps, Braun had escaped liability for a 2011 test on a technicality, then said at a news conference in the Arizona desert before spring training in February 2012, "Today is about anybody who has been wrongly accused," and, "The simple truth is I'm innocent." In a statement issued Monday by Major League Baseball, Braun said, "I realize now that I have made some mistakes." He realized that because he was flat-out caught, of course. Moreover, the statement does not acknowledge in plain language what those "mistakes" might be, even if they're obvious. And yet, from here, while Braun may -- and let us emphasize, may -- be embarrassed, what is his real punishment? Again, probabilities, possibilities, tendencies. There's short-term damage control, for sure. But in the long run, who's the winner? The Brewers are terrible, as of Tuesday 16 games under .500, 19 games back of St. Louis in the National League Central. Braun's right thumb, moreover, is hurt. So sitting out 65 games in a lost season? Big deal. Commissioner Bud Selig gets to crow that he got one of the game's big names for more than 50 games. Sixty-five is 15 more than 50. That's a bonus for the commissioner, who also undeniably sends a signal to Rodriguez. But for Braun -- so what? The announcement by MLB suspending Braun doesn't spell out why. For Braun -- that's a win. When Lance Armstrong was found out to be a serial doper, the seven Tour de France titles were no longer his. When Marion Jones was found out to be a cheater, her Olympic medals were stripped. Ryan Braun's MVP award? That's still his. Braun's suspension means he has to forfeit nearly half of his $8.5 million 2013 salary. Again, so what? He's getting a guaranteed $127 million from the Brewers through 2020. Rosenthal, in that same column, estimated that the money Braun would forfeit this year would amount to 2 percent of Braun's career earnings. This, bluntly, is the problem. Do the math. Run the analysis. If you can take steroids (or whatever), and those performance-enhancing drugs can help you bang your way to a deal worth more than $100 million, and then you get caught, and getting caught means you have to give up 2 percent of the money -- would you make that trade? Absolutely you would. Two percent? That's an ATM fee. Who cares, meanwhile, what all those sports writers say? That's just noise. Unless and until baseball enacts a policy that means a big name like Braun is giving up two years and something like $40 million -- now we're talking real money -- there's no meaningful deterrent. Frankly, it's debatable whether $40 million from $127 million is significant enough -- after all, that still leaves 87 million reasons to take steroids -- but at least it's enough to start the conversation. Next spring, Ryan Braun will come back and there will likely be another news conference in the Arizona desert, and he will say something and we will all get back on with the business of baseball. Contrary to what my good friend Christine Brennan wrote -- she and I went to college and graduated together -- baseball did not throw the bum out. Look around. Mark McGwire is now the hitting coach of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The 1 thing that the 1-staters and their ilk have in common is that they are all ashkenazim. Those of us who have lived under any sort of Moslem rule know how the jews (and chrisitians) suffer. See for example Lebanon. How many jews are left there? 10? 20? It seems that is more important for these NY intellectuals to look good to their lefty friends that to really care about their fellow Jews. Did Judt and Kushner ever have a word to say about the 1 million Jewish refugeses from Arab countries?
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In his welcome talk at last week's annual conference of the CFS/ME Research Collaborative (CMRC), the chair, Professor Stephen Holgate, praised his colleague and second-in-command, Professor Esther Crawley, for her "stunning" and "amazing" work on the group's main research initiative. There was just one problem: That initiative, the ME/CFS Epidemiology and Genomics Alliance (MEGA), had recently failed in its second high-profile bid for major funding. Earlier this year, of course, MEGA announced that it had failed in its first big effort, a submission to the Wellcome Trust. This second unsuccessful bid was to the Medical Research Council (MRC). Professor Holgate tried to put a positive gloss on things by vowing that MEGA would learn from this defeat and press forward. Yet he undoubtedly knows that applicants who repeatedly get turned down for top grants can start to smell like losers. Funders prefer to shower money on those perceived as winners. Notwithstanding Professor Crawley's stunning and amazing work, MEGA so far has proven itself more loser than winner. Before sharing the unfortunate news about MEGA's bid, Professor Holgate appeared to be trying to soften the blow and rationalize the rejection by praising proposals in this emerging research field that get "to the edge of being funded," even if they ultimately fail. As I interpret his remarks, Professor Holgate's optimistic view is that MEGA, after two failed bids, is now traveling in the "right direction" on its "wonderful" journey. As he explained, the MEGA proposal survived the first round at the MRC and made it to the interview stage, along with several other candidates. Then the bid lost momentum, for reasons he did not share. Whatever. Perhaps this is not the end for MEGA, and next year will be more productive. But apparently the reviewers for two major funders have not agreed with Professor Holgate's assessment of Professor Crawley's work. I presume she and her team put great effort into pulling together the proposal rejected by Wellcome. Putting on a brave front after that failure, MEGA appeared determined to regroup for the MRC bid. Now the MRC has also turned thumbs down on whatever it was that MEGA proposed. Hm. Professor Crawley must feel deeply disappointed and even embarrassed—an understandable reaction, of course, after such a humiliating public defeat. It's no secret that Professor Crawley and I are not the best of friends. I have accused her of problematic research practices, and she has accused me of writing "libellous blogs." I have documented my charges and backed up every claim. Professor Crawley has failed to respond to my repeated requests for evidence that anything I've written about her work is inaccurate. I take her silence as acknowledgement that her libel claim is false. I wrote several blog posts about this situation. I sent an open letter to the CMRC board, chastising Professor Holgate and the other members for failing to address their colleague's unprofessional behavior. I complained to Bristol University, since Professor Crawley made her defamatory statement about my work at her inaugural lecture there this past spring. And I recently wrote about her curious failure to seek ethical review for a 2011 study of children, using the questionable claim that it was a "service evaluation" project and therefore exempt from such a review. Have these and other developments begun to be noticed by the kinds of people who would serve on MRC and Wellcome review committees? Would these reviewers have heard by now of the mushrooming scandal around the conduct and findings of PACE, which Professor Crawley has declared to be a "great, great" trial? Would these reviewers know that large segments of the international scientific and public health communities, including the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, have rejected the GET/CBT ideological movement, for which Professor Crawley is an ardent advocate? It is certainly possible that awareness of these developments is slowly spreading beyond the narrow confines of those actively engaged in the debate—that is, beyond the communities of patients, advocates and ME/CFS investigators. It is even possible that these developments are starting to impact Professor Crawley's prospects for obtaining research funding. These two recent rejections suggest that could be the case. On the other hand, she has received support for her problematic FITNET-NHS trial, so perhaps the rejections had nothing to do with the debate around PACE/CBT/GET. In any event, the issues are not going away. Given Professor Crawley's apparent inability or unwillingness to provide satisfactory answers to legitimate concerns raised about some of her ethical and methodological choices, she is likely to face continued scrutiny. As I have previously pointed out, Professor Holgate and the CMRC have enabled Professor Crawley's bad behavior by endorsing her leadership despite her high-profile public campaign to discredit critics as vexatious and libelous. However, no matter what the CMRC does or does not do at this point, the CBT/GET approach to ME/CFS is collapsing under the weight of its own absurdity and the accumulating scientific evidence. In the face of this ongoing paradigm shift, Professor Holgate's fulsome praise of Professor Crawley's unsuccessful efforts to seek support for MEGA seemed like a desperate effort to forestall the inevitable reckoning. "I'm writing a post for Virology Blog about some of the news coming out of the conference. So I am wondering if you [i.e Professor Holgate]–or any other members of the CMRC executive committee–want to comment on the failure of MEGA at the interview stage in the MRC funding cycle. My blog will be posted on Monday or Tuesday, so please send me back any comments by Sunday evening, California time. Here are my questions: Are there specific shortcomings in the proposal that the MRC reviewers highlighted? Or was the interview itself problematic, in terms of how the MEGA team presented its ideas? Given that the MEGA team presumably gave this proposal its all, especially after the previous rejection from Wellcome, what grounds do you have to expect better results in the future? Do you think other funders will perceive similar issues to those that apparently proved to be a stumbling block for the Wellcome and MRC reviewers? Do you think it is possible that Wellcome and MRC reviewers have started to notice the mushrooming international concerns around the conduct and reporting of the PACE trial? Do you think there might be growing reluctance to fund people and projects perceived to be associated with the PACE/GET/CBT school, including investigators who have declared this self-evidently flawed piece of research to be a "great, great trial"? Thank you for staying on top of this, David! Thanks, David. I hope you are right about the reasons why the MRC rejected MEGA's bid. History suggests that the MRC has a strone bias against biomedical ME/CFS research. Although most of us who have been lobbying for biomedical ME research are opposed to MEGA, it may be that the reviewers have made the right decision for the wrong reasons (i.e. because MEGA purports to be biomedical research and because it will be expensive). My suspicion is that the diminishing reputation of Esther Crawley et al among independent scientists may have little to do with the decision, but I hope I'm wrong. Does anyone know who the MRC reviewers were, or what their medical specialities are? My day is always considerably brightened when I see a new post from your good self popping up. Today is somehow extra special.. I was most heartened to hear that MEGA was refused for a second time and was frankly embarrassed to see Prof Holgates fulsome praise of Ms. Crawley at the recent conference. Contrasting the MEGA line up with other outstanding contributors like Jose Montoya for example was most satisfying to watch. Chalk and Cheese. It continues to astound me that two leading ME UK charities support this project. I wonder when they will realise that they have picked the wrong side of history to be on? On the ball as always David. That's great the MRC didn't fund it either, phew, thanks for all your efforts to thwart and expose the BPS brigade. Crawley's description of PACE as a"great, great trial" reminds of the way Donald Trump uses great. Thank you David for another "en pointe" blog. However, the coin hasn't dropped in the UK yet and that is a grave concern. Advocates have been posting Crawley's achievements everywhere we can with hopes of educating those who don't realize how dangerous these funded activities can be. Our target is friends & families who might be tempted to become involved, especially for those newly diagnosed. "It is even possible that these developments are starting to impact Professor Crawley's prospects for obtaining research funding. " The beginning of her end….and the end of the beginning for sufferers ..maybe? I do hope so. It is at last starting to feel that the winds of change are blowing in favour of sanity, truth, science. Unfortunately we have the shambles of the upcoming SMC / Crawley / Smile event on Wednesday … hopefully it will be a useful exposition of how unscientific and wedded to junk science the SMC and Crawley actually are. History is going to look back at her tenure at the helm of the CMRC (and her other activities) with a mixture of astonishment and mirth. If the MRC has twigged her 'manque de vêtements' (not even a fig leave to cover her embarrassment) then she really needs some LP treatment to restructure her reality. Thanks so much for the transcript of Professor Stephen Holgate's words. Perhaps we should give him the benefit of the doubt? Perhaps he was being ironic… or sarcastic??!!As you so eloquently said, …."Whatever"!! So, I found this today, and thanks to Dilbert! This years CMRC conference was interesting and occasionally amusing. Dr Montoya called the framing of ME/CFS and other illnesses as "being a figment of the patient's imagination" to be medicine's biggest mistake. Dr Rowe criticised views expressed by White and Crawley that orthostatic intollerance is rarely present in ME/CFS and that exercise is appropriate treatment. One researcher presented data that appeared to show that the metabolic effect of GET on the patient may be depletion of phospolipids and decrease in energy metabolism. I wish I could have seen the faces of CBT/GET supporters in the audience. I was also pleased to see Dr Nath present the NIH intramural study. As for Holgate, he is aware that the US is leaving the UK behind in research, but does not appear to have grasped why that is happening. I think it's because the biological view is finally being championed by important institutions in the US, whereas in the UK criticising PACE can cost you your job, and evidence-free bio-psycho-social models are still in fashion. Why do the charities not ask for her to stand down? Does she have to be deputy in order for MRC to take an interest? Are their hands tied? Professor Hugh Perry, Professor Julia Newton and Dr Neha Issar-Brown (MRC) finding something more productive in other projects suggests that using CMRC as a funding vehicle for the BPS lobby are also feel the winds of change. CMRC…..opaque as usual and no disclosure about why they failed….a very underwhelming line up of players on the MEGA team. MRC reasons for the rejection would be good to know….and what the MRC are funding? three times while pronouncing 'there is no place like home'. In the same way that it should only need reasonable doubt (which there is no shortage of) about PACE-style treatments, in order for them to no longer be recommended, it is likely now that funding bodies are themselves experiencing significant doubt about supporting trials affiliated to PACE in any way. Many thanks yet again David. It will be interesting to see if Prof Holgate's unstinting admiration of Prof Crawley includes her slandering of the ME Assosiation on national radio, her continued abuse of people with ME on national radio and further problematic research this time supporting a very dubious pseudoscientific intervention with children and young people that is potentially very harmful. Next post: Scientific jargon and readability: What is your r-index?
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package org.jboss.hal.ballroom; import java.util.Date; import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit; import com.google.gwt.core.client.GWT; import com.google.gwt.i18n.client.NumberFormat; import com.google.gwt.i18n.shared.DateTimeFormat; import com.google.gwt.i18n.shared.DateTimeFormat.PredefinedFormat; import org.jboss.hal.resources.Constants; import org.jboss.hal.resources.Names; public final class Format { private static final DateTimeFormat DATE_TIME_SHORT = DateTimeFormat.getFormat(PredefinedFormat.DATE_TIME_SHORT); private static final DateTimeFormat DATE_TIME_MEDIUM = DateTimeFormat.getFormat(PredefinedFormat.DATE_TIME_MEDIUM); private static final DateTimeFormat TIME_MEDIUM = DateTimeFormat.getFormat(PredefinedFormat.TIME_MEDIUM); private static final DateTimeFormat TIMESTAMP = DateTimeFormat.getFormat("HH:mm:ss.SSS"); private static final NumberFormat SIZE_FORMAT = NumberFormat.getFormat("#,##0.#"); private static final Constants CONSTANTS = GWT.create(Constants.class); private static final String SPACE = " "; public static String timestamp(Date date) { return date != null ? TIMESTAMP.format(date) : Names.NOT_AVAILABLE; } public static String time(Date date) { return date != null ? TIME_MEDIUM.format(date) : Names.NOT_AVAILABLE; } public static String shortDateTime(Date date) { return date != null ? DATE_TIME_SHORT.format(date) : Names.NOT_AVAILABLE; } public static String mediumDateTime(Date date) { return date != null ? DATE_TIME_MEDIUM.format(date) : Names.NOT_AVAILABLE; } public static String humanReadableFileSize(long size) { if (size <= 0) { return "0"; } String[] units = new String[]{"Bytes", "KB", "MB", "GB", "TB"}; //NON-NLS int digitGroups = (int) (Math.log10(size) / Math.log10(1024)); return SIZE_FORMAT.format(size / Math.pow(1024, digitGroups)) + SPACE + units[digitGroups]; } /** * Formats the elapsed time (in milliseconds) to a human readable format: example 1 minute, 16 seconds. * * @param duration in milliseconds * * @return The string representation of the human readable format. / public static String humanReadableDuration(long duration) { if (duration < 1000) { return duration + " ms"; //NON-NLS } duration = Math.round(duration / 1000.0); int sec = (int) duration % 60; duration = Math.round(duration / 60.0); int min = (int) duration % 60; duration = Math.round(duration / 60.0); int hour = (int) duration % 24; duration = Math.round(duration / 24.0); int day = (int) duration; String str = ""; if (day > 0) { if (day > 1) { str += day + SPACE + CONSTANTS.days() + ", "; } else { str += day + SPACE + CONSTANTS.day() + ", "; } } // prints 0 hour in case days exists. Otherwise prints 2 days, 34 min, sounds weird. if (hour > 0 \|\| (day > 0)) { if (hour > 1) { str += hour + SPACE + CONSTANTS.hours() + ", "; } else { str += hour + SPACE + CONSTANTS.hour() + ", "; } } if (min > 0) { if (min > 1) { str += min + SPACE + CONSTANTS.minutes() + ", "; } else { str += min + SPACE + CONSTANTS.minute() + ", "; } } if (sec > 0) { if (sec > 1) { str += sec + SPACE + CONSTANTS.seconds(); } else { str += sec + SPACE + CONSTANTS.second(); } } return str; } /* * Formats the elapsed time (in nanoseconds) to a human readable format: example 1 minute, 16 seconds. * * @param duration in nanoseconds * * @return The string representation of the human readable format. */ public static String humanReadableDurationNanoseconds(long duration) { long l = TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS.toMillis(duration); if (l > 0) { return humanReadableDuration(l); } else { return duration + " ns "; } } private Format() { } }
A Child's Civil War The Civil War has always been one of my favorite subjects to learn about, obviously. But I have to admit that one perspective that I have always neglected is that of the youngest of the time. One source I used for the book was Granny Remembers by Ella Hicks Johnson, published in the early 20th century. If you would like to read it, I found a copy in the library at Kentucky Wesleyan College. Ella Hicks was no more than five years old by 1865 and the end of the war, but in her life's memoir, she insists that she has vivid memories of that time. During the war, it appears that Ella was an only child to Charles Beverley Hicks and Mary D. Hicks, a family with strong Southern sympathies. Charles was a local merchant with a store in Owensboro. The store, Hicks and Allen, or sometimes Allen and Hicks, sold many everyday goods and products, including new washing machines. Advertisement for the new washing machines in the Owensboro Monitor. The store was also robbed by guerrillas under the command of former Partisan Ranger, Jake Bennett in 1864, which is strange given Hicks' loyalties. The Owensboro Monitor reported that his store lost $418 in goods and money. It was also during this raid that Bennett's men attacked the wharf boat on the river, murdering a number of colored troops who attempted to surrender. The Owensboro Monitor never mentioned this detail of the raid. A few months later, the outlaw and universally detested by both sides, "Bloody Handed" Bill Anderson, arrived in Owensboro and burned the county courthouse in 1865. Owensboro Monitor Multiple regiments occupied Owensboro at different times throughout the war, including the 35th Kentucky Mounted Infantry. This regiment was an anti-guerrilla regiment that operated around Owensboro and Daviess County for some time in 1863-1864. They also paraded through the city on occasion, and they may have been the soldiers that Ella remembers. From Ella: "My earliest recollection is a doubted one. My father always insisted that I was too young to remember it. I persist in thinking I do remember it, and am not just repeating hearsay. Union troops were in possession of our house and had ordered my mother to prepare a meal for them. She appeared to obey, and took me and a negro woman to the outdoor kitchen and from there escaped through a window, and the three of us spent the night in hiding, in a turnip field. Now this is what I think I remember, lying in my mother's lap and looking up at the stars. Presently she put her hand over my eyes and said, "Go to sleep, Ella." I don't remember where we were, but I do remember the stars, her hand over my eyes and being told to go to sleep. Father and i always disagreed about it. He said I couldn't; I said, and still say, "I do." My Mother's mother, who lived in Missouri, following a family custom, had sent me, at my birth, a negro boy and girl, Alex and Mimi, about ten and twelve years old respectively. My next recollection is of a line of bluecoated soldiers picketed along our front fence. My father, in irons, was brought to the gate and my mother allowed to speak to him from the front step; no nearer. I never knew why it occurred nor what it was all about, but Mimi carried me down and held me up while I put my head between the bayonets and kissed him. Being manacled, he couldn't raise his hands. He was after taken away as he had come, under guard. The Federal gun-boats, as they passed up and down the river, usually shelled the town, on a general principle, I suppose, and I grew to know the whine of the bombs as they passed over the house; we were so close to the river that they always fell beyond us. There were days when every one went about hushed movements while rows and rows of marching blue-coats went through the street. We watched them furtively through jalousies, as all the houses were closed, shuttered and deserted-looking. Some one, my aunt, perhaps, said: "The whole Union army must be going by," and some one replied, "This isn't a drop in the bucket." For years I puzzled over this remark. It was too much for my childish understanding. Even now I never hear the expression without seeing that darkened room and hearing the sound of those tramping, tramping feet. Then there were days when a cluster of tents was pitched in a nearby field, and ever one moved heaven and earth to take these gray-clad men all the food and clothing that could possibly be spared from our own scanty store, for these were "our boys"; our own "Johnny Rebs," and we'd all gladly go hungry and cold to aid them. We were ready to live and die for Dixie. I had developed into a runaway. Early in the morning, when Mimi was dressing me, I'd twist out of her hands, unbuttoned and unbrushed, and dart away to my favorite neighbors and present myself in the dining room, where I was welcomed, buttoned and given a seat at the breakfast table-unless Mimi followed me too closely. My father had a fine pointer dog named Ponto, who was sent to get me if he were within call. He'd catch my small garments in his mouth, turn me around and push me ignominiously before him, and neither yells nor coaxing had any effect upon him. Sometimes I would drop on the ground screaming with rage, but he'd never loose his hold. He'd wait till I got up or someone came to help him. He had been sent to bring me back and bring me back he did, once from the edge of the river when I sneaked away while older backs were turned, for those were busy days, filled with many unaccustomed duties. Always after these returns, Ponto was petted and praised and I was spanked with a hair-brush; but experience taught me nothing. Again and again I'd run away, and again and again my mother used the hair-brush. One exploit was almost fatal. I ran over to "our tents" and was being highly entertained by a sick soldier when Ponto appeared and relentlessly marched me home. The harm was done, however. The man broke out with smallpox, and so did I, and for a time my life hung in the balance, but I came through unscarred and non of the household had it. Ponto was a magnificent bird-dog and a most intelligent animal. He brought the mail from the post office, where it was put in his mouth by the postmaster, and he refused to deliver it to anyone outside the house. It must be done in-doors. He did the family marketing on the credit system, carrying a basket with lists for the butcher and the grocer, and he always brought the packages back untouched. He was a feature of the small town and became so famous that he was finally stolen, to the regret of everyone--even myself. The first plaything I recall was a good sized doll trunk, for that place and time quite a pretentious toy. I was alone in my mother's room one day, playing with this trunk when suddenly a Confederate soldier sprang through the open window, followed quickly by two Yankees, who fired at him. They ran through the house and killed him at the door of the outside kitchen. I had run under the bed with my cherished trunk, thinking they had taken everything else and they'd take that also. I was too terrorized to answer when I heard my mother's agonized tones, "Ella! Ella! O my God! Where is Ella?" I finally gathered strength to crawl out and let her see that I hadn't been shot, but we were a shaken household that day. Evansville Daily Journal Guerrilla bands, formed from the malcontents of both armies, harried an already harassed community.. One of these bands burned our county courthouse in broad daylight for the sheer pleasure of destroying. I stood on the steps of our gallery and watched the burning sheets from books and papers rise and fall in fiery showers. When the war was over, the stricken South was stooped to pick up its staggering burden and adjust itself to a changed order of living." My Book is Getting Published! The Untold Civil War Podcast The Western Theater Initiative
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THE BURKE CASE II: THE DYNAMITE LINK AND LU ETTA DISAPPEARS August 2, 2013 June 24, 2017 Jeff Elliott 1910, BurkeWP A week after a woman and her baby were almost killed with dynamite, Santa Rosa found a media circus camped in its backyard. It was easily the biggest story on the West Coast at the time, and the Bay Area newspapers and wire services sent their top bylined reporters here to beat the bushes for the latest news. And one writer really was literally beating bushes; there was a rumor that unused sticks of dynamite were hidden somewhere in the nearby hills. Newspaper photographers were also on hand, with the San Francisco Call – and presumably, all competing papers – running front page pictures of even minor players in the drama. Our story so far, if you missed part one: (RIGHT: The first press photo of Lu Etta Smith. Both illustrations here appeared in the San Francisco Call) In February, 1910, an explosion awoke residents at Burke's Sanitarium, a well-known nursing home and resort on Mark West Creek. The cause was dynamite in a tent house occupied by Lu Etta Smith and her eleven month-old baby; the child was uninjured and the woman suffered a couple of bad cuts. It was first said that it was a suicide attempt as she was reportedly despondent, and much was also made over the fact her sister had died in an insane asylum. A friend told reporters she was only despondent because she felt ostracized by the other residents, although she had lived there since shortly before her baby was born. Within a couple of days the Sonoma County District Attorney came to the conclusion that it was an attempted murder case – a long fuse had been lit outside of the tent. But where did the dynamite come from? Suspicion fell upon Dr. Willard P. Burke, the owner of the sanitarium. Burke also had a mine in Butte County that famously struck gold the previous May, making him a very wealthy man. It was known that he had recently visited the mine, and the Sonoma County sheriff traveled there to try to determine if Burke had left with explosives. THE BURKE MURDER CASE THE BIG DEAL OF THE CENTURY THE DYNAMITE LINK AND LU ETTA DISAPPEARS WHO HID THE KEY WITNESS? DO YOU LOVE YOUR GOLD OVER YOUR CHILD? DOCTOR OF LOVE MYSTERIES ABOUND COURTROOM BOMBSHELLS BURKE TESTIFIES In this first week after the incident, Lu Etta remained sequestered at the sanitarium and not available to any of the reporters from the San Francisco newspapers clamoring for an interview. She was allowed to speak to one man who she believed was a reporter, but was actually an attorney for Dr. Burke. Meanwhile, Burke's sister-in-law emerged as a spokesperson for the family and repeatedly stated Lu Etta was mad as a hatter, had threatened to drown the baby, and probably had the stick of dynamite in her mouth before she lost her nerve at the last moment. The DA had Lu Etta moved to the county hospital, where she was now available to journalists. She told them Burke was the father of her child – who was named "Willard P. Burke Smith" – and they had carried on an affair since 1906. When asked about this, Burke's sister-in-law claimed many babies born at the sanitarium were named after the good doctor. When the sheriff returned, Dr. Burke was arrested and charged with "using an explosive with intent to injure a human being." The shocking news spread quickly around Santa Rosa and a large crowd gathered at the courthouse to see Burke arrive for his arraignment. The $20,000 bail was immediately posted, with Burke being represented in court by attorney James Wyatt Oates. The account here continues with just local Press Democrat coverage of the story, as outside reporting was sometimes sensationalized and unpredictably muddled. Still, the PD did neglect to mention some important details, such as Lu Etta's Berkeley connections, which were important to know in one of the developments transcribed below. She was studying philosophy at UC/Berkeley during 1907 and 1908, living at the time as a boarder in the home of William File, who told reporters she had no suitors but visited Dr. Burke in San Francisco once a week. After she moved out the File family received a letter that she had married and had a child. The PD also did not mention Burke having told a colleague months before the explosion that he expected she would someday commit suicide by using dynamite. NEXT: WHO HID THE KEY WITNESS? MINER THOS. RILEY GAVE DR. W. P. BURKE SIX STICKS OF DYNAMITE Dispatch From Oroville Last Night Gives Startling Details MORE EVIDENCE IS SECURED MONDAY Officials Go to Mine–Luella Smith Must Not Talk–Brother Visits Sister–Tent in Evidence–The Investigation Oroville, Feb. 14–Positive evidence has been secured here that Dr. W. P. Burke, of Burke's Sanitarium, Sonoma county, secured six sticks of dynamite from his mine at Kanaka Peak, Butte county, on December 20. The officers declare that they have a complete case against him. On December 20, while on a visit to his mine the dynamite was given to Dr. Burke by Thomas Riley, a miner employed by Burke. He was given careful instructions in regard to preparing and firing the fuse by James Hedge, the foreman, and Riley, and he listened to what they said with the closest attention. The men prepared and fired a charge for his instruction. Dr. Burke explained that he wanted the dynamite for the purpose of blowing up a boulder at the Sanitarium. Dr. Burke again visited his mine on February 1, and told the man, in response to the questions they propounded, that he had touched off the dynamite and it had completely shattered the rock. Sheriff Chubuck of Butte county and Sheriff Smith of Sonoma county secured the final evidence. At first it was believed that the dynamite had been secured at the Phoenix mine at Hurleton, but the officers declare now that it was obtained at Burke's mine at Kanaka Peak, which is far more remote and unfrequented spot. District Attorney Lea, Sheriff Smith and Court Reporter Scott, all of Sonoma county, arrived here today and left for Kanaka Peak mine to take depositions. That no time is being lost and no detail of importance overlooked in the investigation being conducted to fix the blame for the dynamite explosion in Luella Smith's tent at Burke's Sanitarium, was demonstrated on Monday morning in the departure of District Attorney Clarence Lea, Sheriff J. K. Smith and Court Reporter Harry Scott from Santa Rosa, their destination being Oroville, from which point the Sheriff brought important evidence, which led to the arrest of Dr. W. P. Burke on Sunday afternoon. Their mission was to take statements of people and thoroughly investigate…in Butte county, where Dr. Burke's mine is located. Luella Must Keep "Mum" Assistant District Attorney Hoyle took a little run out to the county hospital on Monday, and while they cautioned Luella Smith not to permit herself to be interviewed by anybody regarding the case and absolutely not to talk. He left similar instructions with the matron, Miss Margaret Lindsay that no one be permitted to interview the woman. The object of this precaution is evidently to prevent any overtures being made to her, and to guard against the visit of any bogus newspaper interviewer solely for the purpose of getting some statement from her. Tent as Evidence Deputy Sheriff Reynolds went out to the sanitarium on Monday and returned with the section of the tent torn by the explosion. This, of course, will be preserved as evidence for the trial. It is stored away in a safe place. Want no More Visitors A party of newspaper men and women motored out to the Sanitarium on Monday afternoon for the purpose of talking, if possible, with one or two persons there. After they had called upon Bookkeeper Reese at the office and made known their desire he carried a message inside. The answer came in the person of Dr. Burke's brother, who politely, but firmly told the party to leave the premises at once, and further that they need not return. So there was nothing to do but to go, and they did so. It was a very pleasant auto ride to the Sanitarium though, and the party enjoyed it. Sanitarium Not Closed The rumor that followed the arrest of Dr. Burke that the sanitarium would be closed is not correct. The institution will be run as before and Dr. Isaac Burke, brother of the head of the institution, will assume active charge. A number of patients arrived at the sanitarium on Monday. Newspaper Woman Dines There A woman writer on a San Francisco paper had supper at Burke's Sanitarium on Monday night after her arrival on the evening stage from Fulton depot, where she left the train. She was assigned a room there and was for the time being supposed to be a new patient. Some one recognized her, however, and a hint was given that a horse and buggy and driver would be at her service for a drive to Santa Rosa. She preferred to accept the ride, although possibly she could have remained over at the sanitarium had she so desired. Woman's Brother Here Luella Smith's brother, Edgar Smith, of Upper Lake, came to town on Monday and visited his sister at the county hospital. Tears were shed by both and they conversed for some time. He means to help his sister. Smith declares that there never has been any question as to the sanity of Luella Smith. Another sister died in the asylum. The brother is about sixty years of age. – Press Democrat, February 15, 1910 WAS FEAR OF CONTEST FOR BURKE WEALTH A MOTIVE FOR THE CRIME? The Threatened Suit May Be Responsible for Several Sensational Features MINER WHO TALKED HAS LOST HIS JOB District Attorney Lea is Expected Home Tonight and the Grand Jury May Be Called Together Either Friday or Saturday Dr. W. P. Burke having been formally charged with the explosion which narrowly escaped killing Luetta Smith and her 11 months-old son, it is now reported that the authorities will attempt to show that the motive for the crime lay in the fear of a legal contest for the wealth of the child's alleged father, Dr. Burke, estimated at from $200,000 to $250,000. This theory, it is said, will be laid before the Grand Jury as supplying the motive for the crime. It may also offer an explanation for many of the sensational features that have developed in connection with the case. It is known that Attorney Naylor has secured depositions in Sonoma, Lake and Alameda counties in support of the contention that Dr. Burke is the father of Luella Smith's child. Naylor is still working along that line. As a result it is expected that suit will soon be brought against Dr. Burke in an attempt to secure a goodly portion of his estate for the use of the infant child and its mother. For the matter of a year or so it has been common report that as a result of a successful mining ventures Dr. Burke was rapidly becoming a wealthy man. Some are asking whether this phase of the matter has any bearing on the case. Last Saturday night Attorney Naylor came up from San Francisco and shortly after dark made a hurried trip to the county hospital, where he is alleged to have secured a deposition from Luella Smith. He appeared anxious that his coming should not be known, and it was not until the following day that the object of his visit was ascertained. It is believed that one of Naylor's important witnesses will be Dr. A. W. Hitt, formerly employed as an assistant physician at Burke's Sanitarium. In a letter written by Hitt to Naylor last December he (Hitt) said he did not intend to remain at the sanitarium much longer. "There is too much talk of dynamite," wrote he. The letter concluded as follows: "Please preserve this letter as we may need it later for evidence." Talkative Miner Discharged District Attorney Clarence F. Lea, Sheriff Smith and Court Reporter Harry Scott are now in Oroville, having arrived there last night from the Burke mine at Kanaka Peak. They are expected home this evening. A message received here last night from District Attorney Lea says that upon arriving at the mine they found that Thomas Riley, the miner, who last week gave out the information regarding Dr. Burke's visit there in December, had been discharged. While the reason for the discharge is not known here, it is assumed that it was because Riley "talked too much." Riley will be on hand an one of the witnesses for the prosecution when the case comest to trial. Dr. Burke in Town Dr. Burke drove into town yesterday afternoon, for the first time since being placed under arrest Sunday, and had a consultation with his attorney, James W. Oates. It is reported that Hiram W. Johnson of San Francisco, a well-known criminal lawyer, and prominently mentioned as a possible candidate for Governor at the approaching election, is to be associated as counsel for the defense. Dr. Burke has apparently lost none of his calmness and dignity as a result of the sensational developments of the past few days, his appearance and demeanor being much the same as usual. He was accompanied by two ladies, one of whom was Mrs. Alfred Burke. BURKE CASE COMES BEFORE GRAND JURY THIS MORNING Newspaper Men Still Search in Vain for Missing Dynamite Attorneys Thomas J. Geary and J. R. Leppo Reported to Have Been Retained to Conduct Dr. Burke's Defense This is the day set for the Grand case and a number of witnesses are already on the ground. Dr. A. W. Hitt and Attorney C. E. Naylor came up from Oakland yesterday, and former Chief Clerk D. W. Dillard was likewise among yesterday's arrivals. Thomas Riley, the miner, who found himself suddenly discharged after telling the details of Dr. Burke's visit to the Kanaka Peak mine last December, is reported to have come in on last night's train. Numerous summons were sent out Thursday for local witnesses and it is reported that altogether between fifteen and twenty people will appear before the inquistorial body. Where is That Dynamite? It has developed that the real object of the systematic search made at Burke's Sanitarium last Sunday was to locate if possible the five missing sticks of dynamite, which according to the theory of the prosecution ought still to be somewhere in that vicinity. Riley the miner stated that Dr. Burke took six sticks of the explosive away from the mine. The prosecution is convinced that one was used by Dr. Burke is an attempt to blow Luella Smith and infant son into eternity. If so, where are the other five? Some of the San Francisco newspaper men now here have put in part of their time during the past few days trying to solve this phase of the mystery, and repeated searches have been made of likely places in the hills surrounding the sanitarium. But so far their efforts have all prove unavailing. Attorneys Geary and Leppo Attorneys Thomas J. Geary and J. R. Leppo will probably have charge of Dr. Burke's defense. For several days negotiations have been under way looking to this end, and it is understood that they were presumably concluded yesterday. If Attorney Hiram Johnson of San Francisco appears in the case, it will probably be at the request of interested San Francisco parties. GRAND JURY CHARGES BURKE WITH ABORTION AND ATTEMPTED MURDER Physician Must Face Double Charge as Result of Sensational Development of the Official Investigation ARRESTED BUT OUT ON $25,000 BONDS Sensational Ending of Grand Jury Session Which Lasted Three Days, and in Which Testimony of Many Witnesses Was Taken Following one of the most sensational investigations ever conducted by a Sonoma county Grand Jury, Dr. Willard P. Burke, head of the well-known sanitarium that bears his name, was yesterday afternoon indicted upon two counts. The first of these is for the alleged dynamiting of the tent-cottage on the Sanitarium grounds occupied by Luetta Smith and her eleven-months-old babe on February 5 of the present year; and the second is for an alleged abortion committed upon a young married woman of this county on January 10, 1909. The first indictment was not unexpected, in view of the startling developments that have followed from day to day since the news of the explosion was made public. The second indictment, however, came somewhat as a surprise, although in the earlier days of the investigation there were hints that proofs of such practices would be unearthed. The woman upon which the abortion is alleged to have been committed was subpoenaed to appear before the Grand Jury yesterday, but her extremely nervous condition, following a collapse when served with the subpoena at her home the night before, made her personal appearance out of the question. In view of her condition, her deposition was taken, setting forth the alleged facts in detail; and when this was presented to the Grand Jury at yesterday's session, the indictment referred to promptly resulted. Dr. Burke Re-arrested During most of the afternoon Dr. Burke had been closeted with his attorneys, Hiram Johnson and James Rollo Leppo, in the latter's office in the Santa Rosa Bank building. At times he could be seen standing in the office window gazing across at the building before whose bar of Justice he will later be called upon to appear. Luetta Smith Testifies Tall, a long black raincoat covering the inner dress that hung loosely about her gaunt figure, her thin face showing lines of trouble, Luetta Smith was ushered into the presence of the Grand Jury yesterday morning. She went through the ordeal of answering questions for about an hour, and was then excused. Later she returned to the county hospital where she and her baby have been since District Attorney Lea ordered them taken there. Little by little she told again the story that has already been published this paper, amplifying the details. She told of her regard for Dr. Burke and her confidence in him, related his gifts of money, and his letters to her from time to time, and then told of his intimate relations and the birth of the baby of which she declared again he was the father. Mrs. Macey Testifies She was followed by Mrs. Macey of Laguna street, San Francisco, with whom she lived from June, 1908 to February, 1910, when she came to the Sanitarium where her baby was born. Mrs. Macey corroborated Miss Smith's testimony regarding the visits paid the latter by Dr. Burke at her home. D. Warren Dillard, former chief bookkeeper at the Sanitarium, told the Grand Jury of the times he had heard Dr. Burke say that Luetta Smith would blow herself up with dynamite, reiterating practically the previous details he related in connection with the matter… …Earl Edmunds and Miss Ada Clark, who were in the Sanitarium kitchen at the time of the explosion, described the startling incidents that followed, including the appearance of Dr. Burke and his alleged statements that Luetta Smith had carried out her previous threats to "blow herself up." OFFICERS ARE SEARCHING THE STATE FOR LOU SMITH Fear the Woman Has Been Spirited Away Where is Lou Etta Smith? That is the problem District Attorney Clarence Lea, Sheriff Smith and the officers of the bay cities are trying to unravel. Lou Etta Smith is the woman whose tent house in the grounds of Burke's Sanitarium was dynamited last February, and the subsequent investigation of which led to the arrest and indictment of Dr. W. P. Burke. Since April 19 Miss Smith, who with her eleven-months-old baby went to the house of friends in Berkeley a few days following the finding of the indictment, has been missing, and although District Attorney Lea and the Sheriff have been investigating for about a week the matter was kept quiet until Wednesday. District Attorney Lea fears that Miss Smith may have been spirited away. He has information that certain overtures were made to her and while at present he will say nothing, the time may come when he will make public dates and the names of people implicated. At the time Miss Smith left Berkeley it was presumably for a visit to San Francisco. She left considerable of her belongings in Berkeley, and they are there at the present time, but presumably nothing has been heard of her. – Press Democrat, May 12, 1910 MONEY AIDED IN SPIRITING AWAY OF LOUETTA SMITH …That some one furnished her coin there is no question for at the time she left the county hospital for the Files residence at Berkeley, and since, she was poverty stricken. District Attorney Issa and Assistant District Attorney G. W. Hoyle are apparently not much worried that Lou Smith's whereabouts will not be discovered. And Mr. Lea does not put much stock in the report that she is within a hundred miles of San Francisco, either. Yesterday pretty Mrs. Marian Derrig, blue-eyed and blonde, was mentioned in connection with the disappearance of Lou Smith and as one in whom Miss Smith had confidence. Mrs. Derrig is said to be a personal friend of Dr. Burke, and at the time of the sensational stages of the proceedings, she was mentioned as possibly an important witness. Mrs. Derrig is said to have visited Lou Smith in Berkeley and to have promised her money. MISS LOU ETTA SMITH HAS GONE TO JAPAN Principal Witness in Burke Case Is Located Traveled on the Steamer China as Lou Ella Baum and kept her identity secret Until After She Had Left the Vessel San Francisco June 25–On the arrival today from the far east it was learned definitely, according to those on board of the vessel, that Miss Lou Etta Smith left here on the vessel when she departed on her last trip out, traveling as Lou Ella Baum. The woman kept to herself, and it was not until after she and her child had gone ashore in Japan that her identity was discovered. Sheriff J. K. Smith of Sonoma County was here today when the vessel arrived, and immediately boarded her to interview the Stewardess. The latter identified the picture the Sheriff had as the woman who had been on the vessel on the outward trip as Lou Ella Baum. The woman claimed to have relatives who were missionaries in Japan, and was en route for a visit with them. CABLE SENT FOR ARREST OF LOU ETTA SMITH IN JAPAN After securing a confirmation of the information held by the local authorities that Miss Lou Etta Smith, wanted here as the principal witness in the case against Dr. Willard P. Burke, had gone to Japan a cable has been sent the authorities at Yokohama to arrest and hold the woman as she was wanted here on a charge of perjury. The announcement of this fact by [Sonoma County Sheriff] Smith yesterday prior to his departure to Los Angeles came as a surprise. Sheriff Smith said that under the law a fugitive witness could not be brought back from a foreign country, but a criminal could. He also stated that a warrant had been secured for the arrest of the woman on a charge of perjury, and that District Attorney Lea had instructed him to cable for her arrest which he had done, and was now awaiting a reply. If the arrest is made the extradition will have to be handled through the action of the State Department at Washington with the government at Tokio [sic]. In this way the case will come to be known as an international one. THE BURKE CASE III: WHO HID THE KEY WITNESS?
You are here: Home / Latest News / Myanmar Names Foreign Businesses Exempt From Exchange Regulations Myanmar Names Foreign Businesses Exempt From Exchange Regulations The Central Bank of Myanmar (CBM) has named those exempt from its controversial regulation that foreign exchange earned by citizens must be converted into kyats at the official rate within one working day. It said foreign direct investments approved by the Myanmar Investment Commission, investments operating in special economic zones, foreign diplomats in Myanmar, their family members, foreign diplomatic and United Nations staff and citizens holding UN laissez-passer are exempt. Diplomat-level foreign staff from the International Committee of the Red Cross, International Labor Organization and other international non-governmental organizations and development agencies, such as the Japan International Cooperation Agency, and international airlines are also exempted. Licensed banks must ensure exemptions are granted correctly, said the central bank, which requires banks to report every exemption request. On April 3, the CBM said foreign currencies must be deposited in accounts at licensed banks and exchanged at the rate of 1,850 kyats per dollar within 24 hours. The street exchange rate is more than 2,000. It said the directive applied to foreign currency that entered the country before April 3 and failure to comply would lead to prosecution under the Foreign Exchange Management Law. The Singaporean, Japanese and European Union missions asked the regime to exempt their citizens' companies and NGOs, saying they would impede their ability to trade. "Business owned by citizens and ventures jointly owned with and foreigners are not exempt. Domestic businesses will suffer the most," said an economist, who asked for anonymity. "And the regime still cannot handle the problem of how it will sell US dollars to businesses. This notice only responds to international complaints but further worsens the situation for domestic businesses," he added. Exporters and foreign currency account holders lost nearly 10 percent of their earnings because of the gap between the official and street exchange rates, according to traders. Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: CBM, Central Bank of Myanmar, exemption, foreign exchange regulation
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After a successful career in housing, Carla has founded a community interest company. What brought you to study at Teesside University? It was my local university, and my mum had been a mature student there, studying a law degree. I chose the degree because I had become interested in politics and political theory at A level. I also wanted to have a more practical and professional element which is why I chose social policy. What was the course like? It was hard work doing a joint honours while working part-time but it was worth it, particularly because I then chose a career in a field of social policy. I enjoyed the debates with my fellow students and tutors, and made lifelong friends. My degree prepared me well for my career. Firstly, by acquiring research skills which have always stood me in good stead throughout my jobs (and life). Secondly, it gave me a solid grounding in UK social policy including housing, particularly the legislative and political contexts. This provided me with a base to go on and practice in a social policy field and to complete further academic study. What did you do next? I completed a PgDip Housing Policy and Management at another university. I went on to have a 15-year career across the UK housing sector, from trainee to director, at various local authorities and housing associations working across all housing tenures. I later completed an MSc Urban Policy and Regeneration, studying part-time while working. What are you doing now? I am director of The Ethical Lettings Agency community interest company. As managing director I am responsible for everything, including setting up the business, all strategy, finances, marketing governance, and operations. This community interest company is the first of its kind in the country that will combine ethical, quality and affordable services to private landlords and tenants, whilst reinvesting all profits into the Redcar and Cleveland community through a community grant programme. My aim is to build a community business that grows, trains and employs local people, and then goes national, helping the private rented sector to be better and communities to thrive.
High-Risk Neuroblastoma: Using Proton Therapy as Part of Multi-modality Treatment Published on Jan 07, 2013 in Children's Doctor Read a case study from the Cancer Center about a 3-year-old girl presenting with difficulty sleeping, increased crying, and abdominal pain, diagnosed with neuroblastoma. Christine Hill-Kayser, MD, and Naomi Balamuth, MD A 3-year-old girl presents with difficulty sleeping, increased crying, and abdominal pain. She is the product of a normal full-term delivery and has no significant past medical history. Her parents note that she was healthy until approximately a month ago, when she began waking at night complaining of pain. They also note that she has been increasingly irritable and less willing to walk over the past 2 to 3 weeks. They deny fever, vomiting, diarrhea, and constipation. She has not lost any weight that they have noticed, although her appetite has been dwindling. On examination, the patient is in no acute distress, although appears somewhat quiet and clingy. An abdominal mass is palpable in the region above the umbilicus. Her lungs are clear, and the remainder of her exam is within normal limits. CT scan of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis shows a large mass in the central abdomen, extending cranially to the mid-thorax along the right paraspinous region. Bone marrow biopsy demonstrates small round blue cells. Urine catecholamines are somewhat elevated above normal. Discussion: The diagnosis is neuroblastoma, a malignancy that arises from embryonic neural crest cells of the peripheral nervous system and is the most common extra-cranial solid tumor of childhood. The presentation and stage at diagnosis, as well as the associated prognosis, may be very heterogeneous. Several diagnostic elements factor into risk stratification, including patient age, disease stage, tumor cell ploidy, histopathology, MYCN gene copy number, and other genetic aspects of the tumor. Select patients who are very young (less than 1 year of age) may have disease designated stage 4S that is expected to spontaneously regress and have an excellent prognosis. Patients with lower intermediate-risk (stage 1 or 2) disease have an excellent prognosis after treatment with surgical resection with or without chemotherapy. Unfortunately, however, about half of patients have high-risk disease (stage 3 or 4, depending on other diagnostic factors) at diagnosis. Although the prognosis for such children is guarded, with aggressive treatment, long-term survival rates approach 50 percent. The current treatment paradigm for children with high-risk neuroblastoma is intensive multi-agent induction chemotherapy followed by surgical resection of the primary tumor, high-dose chemotherapy followed by autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT), radiation therapy, and immunotherapy. The patient described above was ultimately diagnosed with high-risk neuroblastoma. She underwent induction chemotherapy that included topotecan, cyclophosphamide, cisplatin, etoposide, vincristine, and doxorubicin. Surgical resection of her abdominothoracic mass was undertaken; the abdominal component was completely resected although the chest mass could not be entirely removed. Following ASCT, the patient received radiation therapy. Historically, X-ray therapy has been used to deliver this treatment for neuroblastoma patients; in most centers worldwide, either 3D conformal X-ray therapy or intensity-modulated X-ray therapy would have been employed. Proton therapy is a radiation technology that has been available since the 1970s and has become more widespread over the past 1 to 2 decades. Proton therapy differs from X-ray therapy in that protons can be made to stop within tissue. Compared to X-rays, which traverse the patient depositing both entrance and exit dose, protons, with their ability to target smaller areas, allow considerable sparing of normal tissues. Proton therapy for neuroblastoma is a relatively new approach. For this patient, the use of proton therapy compared to X-ray therapy allowed a100-fold reduction in radiation dose delivered to the patient's normal liver, lungs, and heart (see Figure 1). This was particularly important as it reduced her risk of pulmonary toxicity that was increased previously by her chemotherapy. It also reduced her risk of liver and kidney toxicity, allowing her to quickly receive the needed immunotherapy following completion of her radiation. The patient tolerated radiation with no clinical toxicity and is currently disease-free. Figure 1: Radiation treatment plans for delivery of radiation to the tumor bed in the abdomen and chest using protons (left) versus x-ray therapy (right). Note the relative sparing of the liver and lungs when proton therapy is employed. Proton therapy shows great promise for patients such as the one described here, and is available to many patients with solid and brain tumors who travel from around the world to receive treatment at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia/Roberts Proton Therapy Center. References and Suggested Readings Yu AL, Gilman AL, Ozkaynak MF, et al; Children's Oncology Group. Anti-GD2 antibody with GM-CSF, interleukin-2, and isotretinoin for neuroblastoma. N Engl J Med. 2010;363(14):1324-1334. Hill-Kayser CE, Both S, Tochner Z. Proton therapy: ever shifting sands and the opportunities and obligations within. Front Oncol. 2011;1:24. Hattangadi JA, Rombi B, Yock TI, et al. Proton radiotherapy for high-risk pediatric neuroblastoma: early outcomes and dose comparison. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2012;83(3):1015-1022. For physician-to-physician questions and guidance regarding pediatric cancer, call CHOP's Physician-Only line at 1-888-ONC-CHOP (1-888 662-2467) or email [email protected]. To reach the specific programs highlighted in this issue, call 215-615-5678 for Proton Therapy; 267-426-5877 for the Pediatric Hereditary Cancer Predisposition Program; and 215-590-0432 for the Cancer Survivorship Program. Categories: Oncology, Children's Doctor Winter 2013
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Ђакопо Тијеполо († 19. јул 1249, Венеција) је био млетачки дужд (1230—1249) из породице Тијеполо која је дала неколико високих функционера Млетачке републике. Био је трећи дужд, који се због успеха у IV крсташком рату и огромног колонијалног царства којим је владао, могао назвати господарем једне четвртине и по царства грчког . Иако је све више губила поседе, Република је и даље била велика колонијална сила и држала је бројне поседе: Задар , југозападни део Пелопонеза са Модоном и Короном , Крит , Евбеју , део Киклада са Андросом , Спораде , Галипоље , ⅜ Цариграда и Дубровник . Поред тога, многи млетачки племићи су посели острва у Егејском архипелагу , где је биле основане војводство Наксос, маркизат Цериго, велико војводство Лимнос и господарство Санторин под сизеренством Републике . Поседујући ове територије, Млетачка република добила је и велику трговачку моћ . Током његовог дуждевања Република наставља да губи поседе. Одмах по Ђакоповом доласку на власт никејски цар Јован III Дука Ватац напао је Крит , али Млечани успевају да одрже острво. Пре пролећа 1235. године Ватац је освојио Галипоље , где је склопио савез са бугарским царем Јованом Асеном II против Латинског царства . Савезници су одмах кренули у напад и опсели Цариград . Прекинуте преко зиме, операције су настављене у пролеће следеће године . Иако тешко угрожен , Цариград је издржавао опсаду захваљујући помоћи млетачке флоте . Нешто због помоћи са запада, а нешто због свађе међу савезницима, Цариград се одржао и Латинско царство је потрајало још четврт века . Референце Литература Шарл Дил, Историја византијског царства, 1933. Београд Владимир Ћоровић, "Историја Срба", Београд 1941. Умрли 1249. Млетачки дуждеви
"Saving Face," by World Fantasy Award-winning author Kristine Kathryn Rusch, is free on this website for one week only. The story's also available as an ebook on Amazon, Kobo, iBooks, Barnes & Noble, as well as other online retailers. The bell above the shop door tinkled. Winston looked up in surprise. It was February, it was Tuesday, and it was raining—the hard cold downpour that made all but the hardiest locals complain. Tourists rarely came to Seavy Village in February, and if they did, they spent most of their time holed up in a hotel room staring at the ocean. They certainly didn't come to a run-down magic store in a run-down part of town. "Thanks, Ruby," he said softly and got up from his stool. His back hurt. He'd been mixing potions all morning, filling mail orders that would go out in the afternoon's UPS. The summertime tourist trade supplemented his income. He kept the store for them, but with the advent of the internet, he really didn't need the extra advertising. The store just gave him and Ruby a place to spend their days. He walked through the beaded curtain and stopped as he entered the narrow storefront. A woman stood near the dirty display window, studying a shelf of cut glass potion bottles. All were empty and most were antiques, things he had acquired in trade or found in the junk shops that ran along this stretch of Highway 101. She looked up when she saw him. She was slight, with oval-shaped brown eyes hidden by large glasses. Her dark hair was pulled away from her face, in a style too severe for her round features. Still, he could see, no matter how hard she tried to hide it, she was very beautiful. "Are you Winston?" she asked. He nodded, his heart in his throat. People never came to the store looking for him. They came to find baubles, silly souvenirs from their vacations. Ruby had come up beside him. She leapt on the counter and lay across it. She knew his history, knew that he had run from San Francisco twenty years before with the police on his heels. He'd always tried to convince himself that no one cared about him, no one would come to the Oregon Coast looking for him. He had changed his name, and he was twenty years older. He hadn't made a mistake since. It was the tiny movement, the double clasp of her hands over her purse strap, the tension in her shoulders that made him realize she was afraid of him. No one had ever been afraid of him, even after they had found out what he was. He was a small wizard with even smaller magics, not like his mentor who could have destroyed an entire town with the snap of a finger, or the crazed woman he'd met at a Nevada roadside twenty years before, who had burned up her entire family—even the scattered members all over the country—simply by cursing them. "Looking for me?" he repeated, rather stupidly. He felt a flush build in his cheeks. Would the police still be interested, all these years later? Winston felt a bit of relief then. Many of his referrals came from New Orleans, from the voodoo shops and the tourist traps, places his shop had been modeled on. Many of his kind found a refuge on Bourbon Street, where no one questioned oddity of any kind. Her gaze met his. The glasses distorted her eyes slightly, making the lashes larger than they should have been, the eyes bigger and more vulnerable. His smile was small. This was why he hated having customers come in person. They expected more from him. They expected him to be like Gandalf the Great or like the wizards they'd seen on television. All knowing, all powerful, charismatic and forceful and strong. "I'm afraid I'm not psychic," he said. He was silent. He didn't diagnose. He was like a pharmacist. Someone else diagnosed and prescribed. He fulfilled the order. He turned his back on her and parted the beaded curtain. Ruby jumped off the counter and loped toward the back. Perhaps it was the plaintive note in her voice. Perhaps it was her beauty, hidden behind the inappropriate hairstyle and her severe clothing. Perhaps it was the way she moved, like a person who expected rejection from every place she turned. He bowed his head. Ruby cursed softly, something about dogs and men and stupidity. He never let anyone inside his inner sanctum. For the nineteen years he'd owned the shop, ever since he'd arrived in Seavy Village, he'd been alone except for his familiars. First Buster, who arrived with the cliff house that Winston rented and finally bought, and now Ruby, who'd appeared the day after Buster died. The woman held the beaded curtains apart and stared at the filled bottles, the careful labels, the cluttered worktable. It seemed to Winston that her skin had paled considerably. "I don't think this is such a good idea after all," she said. He waited. This was new for him as well. After a moment, she let the curtains drop. They clicked against each other. He started to follow her, but Ruby moved in his path. The bell over the door jangled, and then he heard the door click shut. "She came all the way from Ohio," he said. He nodded, not quite sure how to take that, and let himself out the beaded curtains. The front of the shop felt emptier and colder than usual, and he couldn't shake the feeling that he'd made some kind of mistake. When the bell above his door jangled the next afternoon, Winston got off his stool and headed for the beaded curtain. Ruby watched him from her basket, her golden eyes hooded. She had said nothing the night before, and her silence showed her disapproval of the woman visitor. Ruby usually commented on everything. Winston drew the beaded curtain back, an apology on his lips, when he stopped. A policeman stood there, looking uncomfortable. His rumpled uniform proclaimed him a member of the small Seavy Village police force, but Winston had never seen him before. The man was red-headed, freckled, and young enough to be his son. "Mr. Karpathian?" The young man stood in the center of the store, his cap beneath his arm like a recruit at graduation. "Yes." Winston let the beaded curtain close behind him. This was it, then. He had thought the statute of limitations was up, thought, perhaps, times had changed just enough. In his first days on his own, he had believed he didn't need a familiar to keep his magic from curdling. He had mixed potions and fulfilled orders, but they had spoiled. A young woman who had special ordered an aphrodisiac nearly died. Fortunately her boyfriend hadn't tried it, and he had gotten her to the emergency room. The cops thought it a drug overdose, and thought Winston the supplier. He had left San Francisco on a dead run, stopping only when he saw Seavy Village and its gothic landscape. He realized he hadn't answered, hadn't done anything except stare into space like a man numbed by time. Winston felt his shoulders relax slightly. Ruby leaned against his lower leg. He hadn't even realized she had come out of the back room. He still couldn't bring himself to offer information to the police. Perhaps it was his natural caution, perhaps it was his generation, or perhaps it was that experience in San Francisco, which taught him he would always be misjudged. "Is this her?" The officer held what looked to be a blow-up of a driver's license photo. The woman in it didn't wear glasses, and her hair flowed about her shoulders, but she had that stricken look most people got before the flash at the DMV. "Yes," Winston said, still not sure what this was about. "Trouble," Ruby whispered from the floor. Winston drew in his breath, and gripped the edge of the counter. I didn't do it, he wanted to say. I didn't sell her anything. I only spoke to her for a few minutes. "What happened?" he managed to ask. Winston shook his head. He felt slightly sluggish. He didn't want to leave Seavy Village. He'd lived here too long. But he didn't want to be associated with a murder. He couldn't afford to have attention drawn to himself. That was what he told all the locals. Most of them bought it. Winston nodded. "You know," he said. "Specialized tricks." He could say that without lying because he did send out a few, usually to a tourist who had stopped in during the summer, and wanted to learn a few special moves to impress the neighborhood children or the bar crowd. Ruby sat up and stared at him. Winston knew the posture. It was the one she always used when humans treated her like an animal instead of a person. "She's only six months old," Winston said. The officer nodded as if that explained everything. The tip of Ruby's tail twitched. "You've been here a long time," the officer said. "Hmm." The officer turned, started for the door. Winston waited until Park walked past the dirty display windows, then leaned against the counter. "It means maybe," Winston said. Winston shook his head. He wasn't ready to hire anyone. In a world filled with fingerprints, hair fibers and DNA testing, it was a long way from suspicion to arrest. I don't think this is such a good idea after all, she said to him. Sure it is, he said in his imagination. Come sit with me. We'll figure it out. But he hadn't said that. He hadn't reassured her, hadn't taken care of her. He had let her leave, and she had died. He had small magics. What had she thought he could do? He placed the call from his store. Ruby already had him thinking of covering himself, of a future trial that might or might not happen. He could say on the stand in his own defense—honestly and rightly—that he called Boyce Theriot to gossip, and to place a long overdue order for some ingredients for his love potions, ingredients Theriot sold cheaper than anyone else, thanks to the large voodoo culture in New Orleans. Winston couldn't tell if Boyce was teasing or not. They'd only met briefly, in San Francisco, twenty-five years before. Both had been apprentices, and both had been very, very different. Even at twenty, Boyce had been a sophisticated and charming mixture of cold disinterest and sudden warmth. "Who was she?" Winston asked. "You saw it?" Winston asked. "This here's just what she told me." Boyce spoke in a tone that said he didn't really believe her. He would have done as any good white magician would have done, helped her realize her problem was more a lack of confidence than a single scar alongside her face. "I don't like the sound of that," Winston said. Winston shuddered. Nothing seemed worse to him than unwanted attention. "Why didn't she get him to reverse it?" he asked. Winston was silent for a moment. Ruby tilted her head slightly. He would have. Yes. He would have. Her reasons. Winston couldn't get that phrase out of his mind. He went through the next few days with a sort of watchful numbness: filling his orders, taking care of Ruby, following his routine. In his spare time, though, he found himself tinkering with a potion that would neutralize both a beauty and an attraction spell, a potion he would never ever sell, never ever use. Ruby watched him with a sort of sadness in her eyes. On the fourth day, she sprawled across his worktable, her hind feet pushing against some of his more expensive potion bottles. He caught the bottles and put them on a shelf behind her. She blinked at him. Her sphinx look. "For you," he said, leaving off, but implying the last: You're a cat. She heard it anyway, and stood, licking her shoulder as she often did when she was offended. Then she sat down and wrapped her tail around her front paws. "She'd clearly been in a lab before," Winston said. In the end, he decided, as he always had, that it was none of his business. His business was simple, it was small, it had only to do with him and Ruby and the clients he never met. He did his work in peace, and he never bothered anyone. He went to his stone house on the cliffside, built fires against the cold, rainy nights, and listened to the ocean pound the beach below. He tried not think of Gwen, just like he tried not to think of that girl in San Francisco, the one who had almost died. It was nearly March when the bell above the door tinkled again. That day's rain was a light mist, slanted sideways, annoying only because it made a man wet in the space of five minutes. People didn't shop in that kind of weather; they didn't browse either, and Winston knew, with that subtle certainty he sometimes got, that his visitor had come because of Gwen Winnick. He wiped his hands on his work towel and hung it over the small sink. Then he pulled back the beaded curtain. Winston froze. Only Ruby moved forward, her tail held high, as if she really were a store cat who wanted to greet a customer. Winston's heart was pounding. He had to keep himself from speaking. If he opened his mouth, he would say that he had never seen her before, that he hadn't given her a potion. He had a familiar this time, so it wouldn't have mattered if he sold her something or not. This time, he would say, he was innocent. Winston blinked. He had to think. Ruby sat down and looked at him over her shoulder. "Do I need a lawyer, Officer Scott Park?" Winston asked softly. Ruby's tail twitched, ever so slightly. "No." Even with in that short word, Winston's voice shook. Winston drove the Gremlin to the police station in the center of town. The car was now belching blue smoke, and he knew it wouldn't last much longer. He wanted a car with a magical name, but he doubted he would find one, not in the bright new century with its focus on the future. Ruby hid beneath the dash. She didn't like the idea of Winston going to the station, she didn't like Officer Park, and she hadn't liked Gwen. Ruby hadn't voiced her opinions, but she didn't need to. She thought Winston was taking an unnecessary risk. The station was a new fake brick construct near the Factory Outlet mall. There was a spacious parking lot near a grove of trees, and that lent the place a certain privacy Winston had never seen in a police station before. He went inside, Ruby at his heels, to find Park waiting for him near what looked like a reception area. There were plants and double-paned windows which he had read in the local paper were bullet proof. The only thing that made it look like a police station at all was the double-reinforced steel door leading to the back. "This sure ain't Hill Street Blues," Ruby said under her breath. Only Winston heard her. But that was enough. He had to choke back a smile, and then he vowed to stop watching so much television in the evening. Winston's gaze met Ruby's and hers had warning in it. But he picked her up anyway, not because he was afraid she'd be spooked but because he worried that she would go exploring on her own. They walked through the double doors into a mazelike corridor. Park led him to an office toward the back. It had a view of the trees, although the glass seemed to let in almost no light at all. The desk was covered with files, and toasters flew across the screen of the old computer sitting atop the credenza. Park closed the door and sat behind the desk. Winston took the only chair in front of it. Ruby jumped out of his arms and began pacing the room as if she were under arrest. "I guess I do," Winston said. "No." He threaded his fingers together. It still felt like he needed a lawyer. Park sighed and walked to the window. Ruby followed him and jumped on the sill. She sat down in front of him, and let him pet her. She rarely did real cat things like that. Maybe she was afraid he'd arrest Winston too. "Because you understand this world and I don't. I probably never will." Park scratched Ruby's back and she arched in pleasure. She shot Winston a glance to see if he was watching. He was and he felt vaguely jealous. Ruby sat down and stared out the window as if the news didn't concern her at all, but her ears went flat back. Winston frowned. No rituals should be performed around the first of March. Any sensible mage would wait until solstice, and then not do it on the beach. "Did he say pain?" Winston asked. "What does this mean to you?" Park asked. "What exactly was he doing?" Winston asked. "This isn't enough to convict?" Winston asked. "I didn't know police worried about motives and proving court cases," Winston said. Ruby huffed. Apparently she knew, from her vast television watching experience. "I think this guy is a real danger. I want him put away." There was fervor in his voice, a certain hunching about his shoulders. Something that made this case mean more to Park than solving Gwen Winnick's murder. That was the joke, of course. Seavy Village's force was small and rarely did more than vandalism, drug possession cases, and traffic stops. Seattle handled everything from vice to murder. "And that's why you're in Seavy Village," Winston said. Park's eyes were old. How had Winston not noticed that before? The age in them was the result of guilt, not of years. Winston considered for a moment. He could walk, even now. But he wouldn't. Each man had his own reasons for solving this case. They needed each other. "No," Park said, frowning at Winston as if he were doing a ventriloquist act. "He didn't believe me," Ruby said, from her spot under the dashboard. He couldn't tell if she sounded excited or disappointed. Probably neither. "I won't testify in court." She said that as if someone were going to ask her, as if she were turning them down. He could feel Ruby's scrutiny. He pulled the car into its spot behind his shop, and opened his door. Ruby zoomed out of it, dashing so quickly across puddles that he doubted she touched them at all. She huddled against the back door of the shop and he unlocked it, letting her in. It seemed so familiar, and so warm. His place. He had risked it, by letting Ruby talk to Park. Fortunately he hadn't misjudged the man, a man with enough curiosity to save them all. Winston had given Park a motive, and Park had given Winston a headache. Winston closed the door, and leaned on it. He would have explained what happened to Park, except that it sounded too unbelievable, too crazy. And Winston placed a value on sounding sane. So he had let Ruby speak. After a few sentences, when Winston had excused himself and gone to the men's room, Park started to believe. By the time Winston came back, Park believed entirely and seemed at a complete loss as to what to do—about Ruby, not the case. Winston helped him with that last part. It was so simple and so sad. The suspect—the murderer—was named Eugene Grimsrud. His fiancé was one of the most beautiful women in Columbus, and she had had a run-in with "a crazy man" at one of the local art fairs. Apparently, the crazy man had decided to get back at her. One morning, she woke up, her face shriveled and misshapen, her eyes too big, her nose so small as to be nonexistent, her teeth crooked and yellow. Doctor after doctor couldn't explain it. At least, that was what Grimsrud had said. It wasn't until the crazy man had shown up at their door to see his "handiwork" that they began to understand that the force they dealt with had nothing to do with modern medicine and everything to do with one of the darker forms of magic. That was the suspect's story, which Park told them after he heard Ruby talk. All Ruby had said was this: it was clear Grimsrud was trying to reverse a beauty spell. Beauty spells, done by dark practitioners, take the essence one person's beauty and give it to someone else. Such a spell is reversed by mixing the blood of the two, and boiling it over a real fire at twilight. Dolls placed in the water had to have pictures of each person—as they originally were—and those pictures would guide the spirits to put things right. Grimsrud had taken no chances. He even had a magic charm to help. But it hadn't. For Grimsrud had no magic of his own, and didn't know there were rules other than the ones he'd been told. All magic gained more power on the solstice. And a successful spell reversal was impossible, whenever one of the parties to the original spell was dead. Grimsrud's fiancé was doomed to wear her new face forever. Unless Winston could come with something that even he, with his small magics, could perform. For that, Winston needed the answers to a few questions. For that, Winston needed to speak to Grimsrud. Park arranged it, against his will. But, Winston said, it might help with the consult. It also, Winston said, would help if he knew the details of the murder. The papers had been vague about it. Woman found dead in her hotel room, attacked by stalker. People in nearby rooms heard screaming, shouting, and by the time the police arrived, she was dead and he was gone. Dead. Beaten about the face and shoulders with a blunt object. Skull crushed. Murdered, it seemed, in a rage. And Grimsrud looked like a man who could kill that way. He sat in one of the fancy new cells in the back of the new police station, waiting to be sent somewhere else to await trial. He was large and bony in a rangy sort of way. His eyes had an edge to them, the look of a man no longer quite sane. Winston was glad he hadn't brought Ruby with him. He was glad she wouldn't have a chance to worm her way into the cell, and let that man touch her. "Does Hubble have a last name?" Winston asked. He couldn't do much: just report the unorthodox methods to his colleagues, and see if someone stronger, someone with more magic, decided to pursue punishment. Winston nodded, took note, and then folded his hands behind his back. Grimsrud winced. The expression seemed off somehow, as if it weren't natural. "Tell me about your fiancé," Winston said. Grimsrud shook his head and lowered his gaze. "I think she might want to be," he said. Winston stiffened. Something in Grimsrud's tone, something in his manner, made him pause. Black magic was so beyond him. He almost wished Ruby were here, to listen to this. To figure out what lurked. He left with fiancé Kelly's last name, and a headache so fierce he doubted any spell could cure it. His stomach was in knots. The drive home was longer than usual, and by the time he got in the house, he was almost physically ill. "I wouldn't have gone in the cell," Ruby said. She was sitting on the rug in front of the fireplace, waiting, he knew, for a real fire. No little snap of the fingers and magical sparks for her. She would have to wait a moment. He was feeling faint. "So he killed her, huh?" Ruby asked, studying his face. "I thought so," he whispered. He bowed his head, felt the tension in his neck muscles. "He wasn't getting revenge for his girl friend's disfigurement," Ruby said. "He didn't expect to get caught?" Ruby asked. "And what else?" Ruby asked. Ruby was silent. Winston thought there was judgment in that silence. Winston looked at her. She seemed less like a cat now. More like a familiar. Like she was tapping into an area he didn't quite understand. "What do I suggest?" Ruby asked. She tilted her head as if listening to a voice inside her. Then her whiskers twitched. If she were human, Winston would have thought he saw the trace of a smile. At first Winston thought it wouldn't work. He thought any woman—any person—who'd been injured by magic would reject magic out of hand. But he sent Kelly flyers advertising his website, and then he sent offers for free samples. He got testimonials from a few clients, and built a small newsletter—which he liked so much he sent it to other clients, and found that they passed it on. For months, he tried, and for months, he did not hear. A year went by. Grimsrud had his day in court, and was presented as a psychopath who dabbled in black magic. Winston did not have to testify, but he read his words in the prosecutor's case, saw how his insights—minus the fact that magic really did exist—created the motive that brought Grimsrud down. There was no mention of a beauty spell, no mention of reversal, no mention of Kelly at all. Just of craziness and witchcraft and destruction. It was enough to put Grimsrud away for life. And to make Park, who occasionally bought Winston lunch along with salmon for Ruby, lose some of the sadness around his eyes. But the true victim, the one Winston had never seen, the one he had only imagined, remained out of reach. Until one afternoon in late February. It was Tuesday, and it was raining—the hard cold downpour that made all but the hardiest locals complain. Winston was working in the back of his shop, when he heard the bell above the door tinkle. He looked at Ruby; she looked at him, and he knew they were remembering a February Tuesday one year ago, a day they both hadn't yet put behind them. This time, he stood, and opened the beaded curtain. A woman stood near the dirty display window, studying a shelf of cut glass potion bottles. She looked up when she saw him. She was slight, with mismatched blue eyes. Her dark hair fell in waves about her face. She wore a lot of makeup, but it didn't hide the fact that she was one of the homeliest women he'd ever seen. He nodded, his heart in his throat. He wished that were true. She had checked on him. Of course. She would be very, very cautious. Ruby came out of the back. She leapt onto the counter and sprawled across it, the picture of relaxation. He was making no sense, as usual. She put a hand on the edge of the counter, and it took him a moment to realize she was holding herself up. A wealth of emotions crossed her face. Temptation. Joy. And then a sadness that she couldn't seem to shake. He didn't argue the point because he didn't know her. Ruby was watching him and he wondered if he were missing another opportunity, if he were making another mistake. He wasn't thinking of her. Instead, he was thinking of a woman so beautiful she felt she had to hide it, a woman who only wanted the face she'd been born with, not the one that had been stolen for her at such great cost. This time she really smiled. It didn't make her pretty, but it brought her features together into something better than they had been before. Ruby preened, but Kelly made no move toward her. "I'll think about your gift," she said, in a tone that let him know she already had. She started for the door, and stopped with her hand on the knob. Her gaze met his. In it, he saw something soft and grateful and sad. And then she slipped out, into the rain. Ruby gave him a small feline frown and closed her eyes. His familiar was too young to realize that Kelly needed the chance to regain her beauty, not the beauty itself. Just like he had needed this day. He'd needed her to come, if only for a brief moment in the space of a rainy afternoon. He stared at the door, the small bell on top, eloquent in its silence. Then he turned away from the rain, from the gloomy February afternoon, and went through the beaded curtains into his lab. Into the place where he spent most of his life, practicing his very small magic, for people he never met—and never would. Glad this was still up this morning. I forwarded to my mother and my aunt who are both cat lovers. I get to send links from you to them quite often since felines figure prominently but not intrusively in your short work. Mom and Aunt seem to take more interest if they see a cat is involved. An excellent story on many levels. I enjoyed it greatly. You're welcome, Matt. Thanks for the kind words.
Read the audition letter for instructions and print your music. Sign the Midwest agreement to be considered for the Symphonic Band and their trip to Chicago. The auditions will begin on April 24. All incoming 8th graders must sign up for an appointment using the Sign-Up Genius. Percussionists will receive audition materials separately from Mr. Waites soon. Let's get together one more time and celebrate what an awesome year we've had!! In the upcoming school year (2019-2020), the UIL is requiring all band students to have a physical on file. Attached you will find a Medical History & Physical form, and a Consent Form if you plan to attend the screening at Wheeler Fieldhouse. See the instructions below for completing these forms and let us know if you have any questions. We need this to be completed as soon as possible. Thank you! The first form attached is the Medical History/Pre-participation Physical Exam form. The first page will be completed by the student's parent/guardian and the second page will be completed by the medical professional completing the physical examination. NOTE: If the physical is completed by someone other than Houston Methodist, the medical professional must attach a stamp or business card to the bottom of the form. The second form is a release for Houston Methodist to complete a physical examination. This additional form must be completed and signed by the parent/guardian. The student must bring this form with the Medical History/Pre-participation Physical form mentioned above to the District-sponsored physicals on either April 3 or 10, 2019 (see below). Pre-participation Physicals for Marching Band students will be completed by staff from Houston Methodist Sugar Land on Wednesday, April 3, at Hopson Fieldhouse primarily for students at Dulles, Elkins, Hightower, Marshall, Ridge Point, and Willowridge bands. Physicals will be completed at Wheeler Fieldhouse on Wednesday, April 10, primarily for students at Austin, Bush, Clements, Dulles, Kempner, and Travis bands. Physicals at both locations begin at 6 PM and conclude at 8 PM. Students may arrive as early as 5:30 PM to line up and process paperwork. Students arriving past 8 PM will not be admitted. If students cannot attend the date assigned to their band, they may attend the alternate date/location. Please note: these dates are scheduled exclusively for marching band students. If your students miss these dates, they will have to attend one of the dates set aside for student athletes later in April or May. Of course, your students may complete their physicals with their own doctor or medical professional. Why did you choose Color Guard? …. because my sister started teaching me flag in 7th grade and I thought it might be fun. What's the most important thing you've learned from taking Color Guard? …that if you don't work as a team you'll never get to where you want to be. What moment will you remember most from your time in CG? I'm not really sure because it's my first year but I will definitely remember making final at Denton and experiencing that with all my friends. What are you excited about for CG for next year? I'm excited about our marching show next year and I'm hoping I will be challenged and I hope I get to do weapon. I admire my older sister because even though she's not doing guard next year she still practices at home and gives it her all. I chose to do color guard because ever since my freshman year when I saw the color guard perform for the first time I was mesmerized by how beautifully the different types of equipment and the body move in correlation to each other. I soon realized that color guard is not something that you can pick up in a day and I really enjoy the challenges that I have to face in this activity and since then I fell in love with the activity. What's the most important thing you've learned from taking CG? The most important thing that I learned in color guard is patience and that making mistakes is okay. Before I joined color guard I was the most impatient person in the world. But I learned that it takes a lot of time to learn a certain skill and be consistent in it. I also learned that making mistakes is okay, it's just how you react to the mistake that is important to the outcome of everything else that comes after it. The most memorable moment of my time being in color guard was the day of my first winter guard competition. I was extremely nervous and I was panicking the whole day. Luckily, I had my friends on the team there to support me. When it was time to perform, I had a pretty decent run, until it came to my solo toss and I nearly hit the announcer. I am planning on going to school to be a PTA and I'm hoping to come back and tech for the Clements color guard and maybe join DCI and WGI groups. The one person I really admire is Coach Martin. I admire his love and passion for this activity. I hope to be like him one day and be able to lead my own color guard.
Broomfield parent says school, district… Broomfield parent says school, district mishandled relentless bullying of child with disability Mother said it took going to court for a temporary restraining order to make it safe for her daughter to return to school By Amy Bounds \| [email protected] \| Boulder Daily Camera PUBLISHED: October 9, 2018 at 8:23 pm \| UPDATED: October 9, 2018 at 8:27 pm The mother of an eighth-grader with a disability who attends Broomfield's Aspen Creek K-8 says the relentless bullying of her daughter highlights flaws in how the Boulder Valley School District handles such incidents. Andrea Blake, who asked that her 13-year-old daughter's name not be used, said it took going to court for a temporary restraining order to make it safe for her daughter to return to school. "I want to see changes happen," she said. She said her daughter returned to school last week because, after the temporary restraining order was granted, the student responsible for the bullying moved to another school through an administrative transfer. A judge on Tuesday agreed to keep the restraining order in place for a year and then review it, according to Blake's lawyer, Igor Raykin. Read the full story at dailycamera.com. More in Colorado News Come fall, hunters and anglers will have more open spaces to explore; state officials OK increasing access to trust lands Hunters and anglers will have access to 100,000 more acres of Colorado state trust lands starting this fall as part of a multi-year plan to eventually open a total of about 1 million acres to sportsmen and women. State wildlife commissioners voted unanimously Thursday to add 100,000 acres to 480,000 acres already open to hunting and fishing from September to... Denver ties record for high temperature on July 18 at 99 degrees Denver tied a record -- 99 degrees -- Thursday for the high temperature on July 18, according to the National Weather Service. Englewood man, 71, dies on Torreys Peak A 71-year-old Englewood man has died while hiking a Colorado 14er.
Q: Returning two elements: Array vs. Struct I have a method calculate(data) that returns two values. One is a grade (Float) and another is details (Hash). Comparing the following two options, is there a preferred way? def calculate(data) ... [grade, details] end grade, details = calculate(data) vs. def calculate(data) ... Result.new(grade, details) end result = calculate(data) grade = result.grade details = result.details What is more idiomatic in Ruby? A: The array form is more idiomatic. In fact, you can do it via Ruby's built-in multiple returns mechanism: def calculate(data) ... return grade, details end grade, details = calculate(data) A: For a method intended to be used internal to a library, your first option is more efficient and would be a good choice. For a method intended to be used by a user of a library, something along the lines of your second option has more desirable interface, and should be used. A: The best of both worlds: Result = Struct.new(:grade, :details) do def to_ary; [grade, details] end end def calculate(data) Result.new(1, 'Two') end grade, details = calculate(:ignore) # => #<struct Result grade=1, details="Two"> grade # => 1 details # => 'Two' As an experiment, I once monkeypatched Hash#each to yield a Struct.new(:key, :value) instead of a two-element Array and pretty much all I had to do to get most of the RubySpecs passing again was to implement to_ary.
Ideas for writing are all around us. Many come from observing every day life. Good writers make it a part of their life. In literature you can see the difference. Novels shine by exploring problems in unique ways. And letting the words paint a picture. To excel a writer must take risks. If they do, the result will be magic. Often they take time to see. This entry was posted in Writing and tagged Writer's inspiration. Bookmark the permalink.
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations; using System.Reflection; using System.Web.Http.Controllers; using Abp.Collections.Extensions; using Abp.Configuration.Startup; using Abp.Runtime.Validation.Interception; namespace Abp.WebApi.Validation { public class WebApiActionInvocationValidator : MethodInvocationValidator { protected HttpActionContext ActionContext { get; private set; } private bool _isValidatedBefore; public WebApiActionInvocationValidator(IValidationConfiguration configuration) : base(configuration) { } public void Initialize(HttpActionContext actionContext, MethodInfo methodInfo) { base.Initialize( methodInfo, GetParameterValues(actionContext, methodInfo) ); ActionContext = actionContext; } protected override void SetDataAnnotationAttributeErrors(object validatingObject) { if (_isValidatedBefore \|\| ActionContext.ModelState.IsValid) { return; } foreach (var state in ActionContext.ModelState) { foreach (var error in state.Value.Errors) { ValidationErrors.Add(new ValidationResult(error.ErrorMessage, new[] { state.Key })); } } _isValidatedBefore = true; } protected virtual object[] GetParameterValues(HttpActionContext actionContext, MethodInfo methodInfo) { var parameters = methodInfo.GetParameters(); var parameterValues = new object[parameters.Length]; for (var i = 0; i < parameters.Length; i++) { parameterValues[i] = actionContext.ActionArguments.GetOrDefault(parameters[i].Name); } return parameterValues; } } }
Tables, Equations, and Graphs of Functions In this lesson, students work with graphs and tables that represent functions in addition to the equations and descriptions used previously. They learn the conventions of graphing the independent variable (input) on the horizontal axis and the dependent variable (output) on the vertical axis and that each coordinate point represents an input-output pair of the function. By matching contexts and graphs and reading information about functions from graphs and tables, students become familiar with the different representations and draw connections between them. Determine whether a graph represents a function, and explain (orally) the reasoning. Identify the graph of an equation that represents a function, and explain (orally and in writing) the reasoning. Interpret (orally and in writing) points on a graph, including a graph of a function and a graph that does not represent a function. Let's connect equations and graphs of functions. I can identify graphs that do, and do not, represent functions. I can use a graph of a function to find the output for a given input and to find the input(s) for a given output. 8.F.A.1
The Regional Final was held in Sydney on November 23rd to 25th. The Divisional Contest was held on Saturday October 20th across the region from Perth in the west to Suva in the east. The contests spanned 5 different time zones, made more complicated by daylight saving being applied in some areas but not in others! Congratulations to all of the teams that have won a place in the Regional Finals. They will be hosted by UNSW and sponsorship comes from the ICPC Foundation and WiseTech Global. Yeah! The twelve teams were the best of Australian, New Zealand and Fijian universities. Who will represent the Region in Oporto, Portugal March 31 2019, at the World Finals? Teams advancing to the Regional Final are chosen in 2 steps.
Tonight's matches sees Tupapa 1 take on Matavera in Matavera, while top-of-the-table Titans play second-placed Tem Store Creeps in Turangi. Tuesday the Aitutakians will be looking for their first points against Tupapa 2 in Turangi. Tem Store Creeps have a double header when they head to Takitumu School to take on Iro Maroroa's Matavera side. The women also have a double header this week. Wednesday games get underway with Hine Moana taking on the Tem Store Creeps (women) in Matavera and the Cook Islands Diplomats hosting Las Senorita's in Turangi. Las Senoritas will be back in action again on Thursday when they take on Hine Moana in Matavera and over in Turangi the Cook Islands Diplomats battle it out against the Tem Store Creeps. Matches are scheduled for a 5pm start with six a side matches taking between 30-45 minutes to complete.
and then visited the dry, ashy caldera of the most active volcano in the world, in Volcanoes National Park. We watched bright green lizards playing, and every morning watched the sun rise over the palms... I can't wait to go back again. Aloha! I recently illustrated a small map of Vermont for Middlebury Magazine. It's a lovely little article about the author's annual journey to Bread Loaf. I think it's always interesting to see how an illustration starts, so these are the initial sketches I made when I was thinking about how to approach the project. The first sketch, which I ended up working with, shows the map from an aerial bird-eye view, and the entire route. The second sketch shows the road to Bread Loaf in a more 3 dimensional way, although some of the road is hidden behind hills... I take the page layout into consideration when I work, so it makes me happy to see everything come together nicely on the printed page. HOBBS of London, a boutique fashion brand I've done a bit of work for recently, famously known for being a favourite of Duchess Kate, has just opened their first US store in Greenwich Connecticut. I did several pieces of new artwork for both the store itself and its launch. Some of the artwork I did for the London stores, plus a few new pieces, have been printed and framed inside the elegant new location. I love the way the artwork has been mixed and matched and hung together in different combinations to create a 'collection'. Some has even been framed up for the changing rooms... I also did a detailed map of the area around the new store, full of interesting buildings, a park, and some historic houses... ...which is now framed up and on display. It looks like a wonderful store, I hope I'll get to visit one day. Thank you to Hobbs for providing these photos. This week I visited the Jack London State Historic Park near Sonoma. It was a beautiful day spent wandering along green paths and poking around in the museum and cottage. I went to the museum first, admiring all the artifacts the Londons brought back from their world travels... ...and then wandered into their farm. I loved the wide sweep of the green. I saw Jack's studio where he wrote in their cottage, and their pretty garden. I bought a copy of one of his plays, and painted and sketched in it during my visit. I went to see the pig palace (!) and painted the delightful view of the vineyards. A lovely day, the only scary part being these signs everywhere. Luckily I didn't see any snakes! The collaborative printmaking and book arts project I've been working on with my friends Katie Baldwin and Yoonmi Nam has finally got its own website! It chronicles our two complete projects, the titular 'wood paper box', our most recent endeavour 'alabama california kansas', and our brand new project '(un)fold'. There are links to process blogs for each project, where you can read in depth about each artwork, and see photographs of shows we've put together and the meetings we've held. The chapter illustrations are my very own pen drawings, of our work and our portraits. Hope you'll take the time to visit and let us know what you think! I want to share my love and support for everyone who is out this weekend marching, all over the world, showing that they care, about equality, diversity, and inclusion, and most especially about the future of the planet itself. We really all can make a difference. I'm very proud to be a part of the women who draw website, an open directory of female professional freelance illustrators, artists and cartoonists. It was created by a group of women artists in an effort to increase the visibility of female illustrators. You can read all about it here and in this VOGUE article and in this one in the Huffington Post. This is my little lady illustration (recognise her from the Miss joker playing card?) that represents me on the site. She was even featured on the BBC news website this week, in an interview with the women who set up the site. I hope it will be a huge success. Thank you Wendy and Julia! We took a few days off during the holidays to have a little road trip down the coast to Capitola by the sea... ...and then on to Pinnacles National Park. I spent time sketching, walking and thinking about my goals for 2017. I tried to paint pinnacles in the red of the rocks, but then realised that I more interested in the shapes than the colour, and did a wider panorama in just blue and green. We also visited the Lick Observatory outside San Jose, which was fascinating. Hope this year will be full of wonderful views, and incredible possibilities! I went to watch Phasers on Stun a Star Trek improv group in San Francisco and I absolutely loved it! The actors was so versatile, playing starship crewmembers, aliens, animals, and sometimes even playing two characters on stage at once. This is the crew of the USS Golden Gate, exploring new worlds. I sketched throughout the show, trying to capture the strange situations, wonderful conversations and fantastical characters. My very favourite drawings are these little simplified characters I made of all the actors... Try and go and see them if you can, they have more shows this month. Live long and prosper! My printmaking workshop GAW has done a print exchange with a small gallery in Yokohama, Japan. It's very exciting! The exhibition of both our work and their work will be on show at the GAW gallery from next week 9 September to 1 October on fridays and saturdays, 12-5pm. I'm showing two of my San Francisco snowdome prints. The lighter one will be on show in Yokohama, the darker one in SF. There will be a reception at GAW on saturday 10 September 3-5pm. Hope to see you there! There will be a reception at Launchpad Gallery, Yokohama, on saturday 17 September 7-10pm, with the show running from 16 - 26 September. Hope you can make it one or the other of the shows.
Home › 'd' flute album - Kevin Crawford OSSKC 'd' flute album - Kevin Crawford Kevin Crawford (D concert flute, bamboo flute, whistles and bodhrán) Dónal Clancy (guitars) Carl Hession (piano and keyboards) George White's Favourite / The Silgo Maid (reels) 3:27 Jim Donoghue's, Gorman's / Kiss Me Kate (reels) 3:24 Christy Barry's Set (jigs) 4:08 Paddy Fahy's / The Echo (hornpipes) 2:48 Fisherman's Farewell / Junior Crehan's (reels) 3:50 The Mill Pond / The Battering Ram (jigs) 3:00 Dillon's Fancy / Maids In The Meadow / Toss The Feathers (reels) 3:10 Season Of Mists (slow airs) 2:46 Maurice Lennon's / Connie O'Connell's (reels 2:56 Jug Of Brown Ale / Spot The Wollop (jigs) 3:49 Sporting Paddy / The Abbey Reel (reels) 2:30 Green Fields Of Rossbeigh / The New Policeman (reels) 3:14 Blackberry Blossom / Brady's / The Steam Packet (reels) 3:23 The Flowers Of Brooklyn / The Palm Tree / The Bucks Of Oranmore (reels) 3:23 Online Irish flute Tutor Kevin Crawford born in Birmingham, England to parents from Miltown Malbay, Co Clare, Kevin Crawford's early life was sound-tracked by the resonance of the lively traditional music scene in the midlands city. Moving to Co. Clare in 1989, he soon became a pivotal member of the effervescent session trail in the Banner county before enhancing his burgeoning reputation in the group Grianán and the trio Raise the Rafters. He then propelled himself to international recognition with Moving Cloud, with whom he recorded Moving Cloud in 1995 and Foxglove in 1998. Kevin joined Lúnasa in January 1997 for a tour of Australia and has been ever-present in the group since. To date, the instrumental quintet have eight albums to their credit while Kevin has released two solo records, 'D' Flute Album (1994) and In Good Company (2001). He joined fellow band member, piper Cillian Vallelly for a critically acclaimed duet album, On Common Ground, in 2009. The innovative flute player has appeared as a guest on several albums, including singer Seán Tyrrell's Cry of a Dreamer (1994) accordionist Joe Derrane's The Tie That Binds (1998). and American singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant's 2010 release, Leave Your Sleep.
Change Ventures leads the €1.9M seed round of Estonian recruitment software provider RecruitLab Tags: Change Ventures Seed round Business software HR RecruitLab Photo: RectuitLab team (by Jake Farra) The round was led by Change Ventures and saw participation from StartupIst VC, FFF.vc and the BADideas.fund. To date, the startup reached a total of €2.2M in funding. The company was founded by three entrepreneurs with over a decade of HR market experience — Paavo Heil (CEO), Karl-Sander Erss (CTO) and Marie Evart (CMO). Recruitlab's technology allows users to manage the hiring process in less time by automating small arduous tasks. The startup already has clients in Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, the UK, and Germany and now is ready to speed up its expansion across Europe thanks to the latest funding. Accordingly, the company will be hiring new talents to deal with the workload and offer new features to its users on the platform. RecruitLab offers its clientele a video-recruitment platform that helps streamline and automate their recruitment processes, handle many more candidates while reducing hiring time by 50%, and improve the overall candidate experience. The Company has paying clients across the UK, Germany, Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, including internationally known brands like DPD, Circle K, Tallink and KPMG. Paavo Heil, the founder, and CEO of RecruitLab said: "RecruitLab is arming SMEs with the tools that previously, only the big enterprises could afford. By using our platform, clients save on average 50% of time spent on every recruitment project and make up their return on investment within the first month. It's easy to use and deploy; without having to be a specialist, users can intuitively set up automation tools without external help. Surprisingly – despite the ever-increasing workflow of recruitment teams, it is estimated that around 50% of employers still use programs like Excel and Outlook to track applicants. Furthermore, most of the existing ATS are inflexible, underperform when it comes to customer support and struggle to keep up with the rapidly changing industry." Yrjö Ojasaar, an Investment Partner at Change Ventures, said: "We were tremendously impressed by the stellar feedback from RecruitLab clients – who compared the platform with enterprise-level Applicant Tracking System tools, specifically tailored in functionality and pricing for SMEs. For the first time, they can now level the playing field in recruiting top talent." Responses to the recruiter's job ads may vary from zero to hundreds of applicants. Under the first scenario – recruiters need to undertake additional activities to attract the attention of desired candidates, whilst when dealing with a high volume of responses, every applicant's qualifications need assessment. All prospective candidates expect prompt and transparent communication throughout the hiring process. As a result, the workload of recruiters has dramatically increased whilst the average employee's life cycle in companies is getting shorter. RecruitLab's platform has proven to bring the most value to HR teams or recruiters, eradicating the small arduous tasks that take up most of the time. The Company's proprietary video interview platform simplifies and speeds up the pre-screening process of candidates through its asynchronous interviews function. The fully GDPR-compliant platform optimises candidate management, tracks progress and provides insight into project statistics, automates interview scheduling and feedback e-mails, integrates with recruitment channels, and creates professional job advertisements in minutes, including for social media. The funds will be used for expansion to the UK and other European markets, tripling the Company's workforce and adding new functionality to its platform, enabling recruiters to benchmark their activities and results against similar recruitment professionals. With RecruitLab tools, recruiters get actionable insights that will improve recruiters performance, reduce spending, and gain data on which recruitment platforms are the most effective for sourcing specific candidates for a particular position(s). blog post by Yrjö Ojasaar article by ArcticStartup Photo by Viktor Talashuk on Unsplash Livonia Partners invests in wellness platform Stebby 17 August 2022 SmartCap Green Fund is bringing 40 million euros to the market 01 August 2022
The first volume was published on February 1, 1787, by William Curtis, an English botanist and apothecary who aspired to make information about ornamental and exotic plants affordable and accessible. As stated on the title page, the magazine was "intended for the use of such ladies, gentlemen, and gardeners, as wish to become scientifically acquainted with the plants they cultivate." It gained popularity due to its approachable mix of beautiful illustrations and practical information, presenting serious botanical science in an easy-to-understand format. Curtis instructed his artists to draw the plates "from the living plant, and coloured as near to nature, as the imperfection of colouring will admit." The first 30 volumes feature copper engravings that were colored by hand, leading to slight (but precious) inconsistencies between each copy. Accompanying each plate is a description of the plant containing the scientific name, common names, plant properties, growth characteristics, and history. BRIT's first six volumes of Curtis's Botanical Magazine belonged to Charles Cotesworth Pickney (1746-1825), a Revolutionary War veteran, a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, and a signer of the United States Constitution. Contact [email protected] for more information about this magazine or our rare book collection.
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Home » Featured » Remove anti-Islam film from YouTube, US appeals court orders Google Remove anti-Islam film from YouTube, US appeals court orders Google Posted on February 27, 2014 by PPF Editor WASHINGTON: A US appeals court on Wednesday ordered Google to remove from its YouTube video-sharing website an anti-Islam film that had sparked protests across the Muslim world. By a 2-1 vote, a panel of the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday rejected Google's assertion that the removal of the film "Innocence of Muslims," amounted to a prior restraint of speech that violated the US Constitution. The plaintiff, Cindy Lee Garcia, had objected to the film after learning that it incorporated a clip she had made for a different movie.Representatives for Google could not immediately be reached for comment. Actress Cindy Lee Garcia had proved the need to remove the video from YouTube, the appeals court concluded, in part because of ongoing death threats since it sparked violent protests after being first aired by Egyptian television in 2012. "This is a troubling case," Chief Judge Alex Kozinski wrote. "Garcia was duped into providing an artistic performance that was used in a way she never could have foreseen."Garcia sued after she discovered she was in the video, after efforts to persuade Google to take it down from YouTube were repeatedly rebuffed. The actress had been cast in a minor role in a film called "Desert Warrior," and paid $500 by director Mark Basseley Youssef, but the movie never materialised, according to court papers. The actress discovered her scene had instead been used in the anti-Muslim film, which generated worldwide attention and was at first cited as a cause of the fatal attacks on the Libyan embassy in Benghazi. In her suit, Garcia maintained that YouTube's unrivaled popularity gave the film a broad audience, and that she had a right to get it removed because she had been misled by the director and retained copyright protections to her artistic work. Google argued that taking the video down from YouTube would be futile because it is now in widespread circulation, but the 9th Circuit disagreed. Judge N. Randy Smith dissented, finding that Garcia did not have a clear protection against the use of her work and that an injunction against Google goes too far. Google can ask the 9th Circuit to rehear the case with an 11-judge panel. Cris Armenta, a lawyer for Garcia, said she is delighted with the decision."Ordering YouTube and Google to take down the film was the right thing to do," Armenta said in an email. "The propaganda film differs so radically from anything that Ms Garcia could have imagined when the director told her that she was being cast in the innocent adventure film." Posted in: Featured, News Tagged: ban on YouTube, Freedom of Expression, Google to remove anti-Islamic film, Innocence of Muslims, Remove Anti-Islamic Film, Unblock Youtube, US Court orders Google About the author: PPF Editor Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) is an independent media research, documentation and training centre working to promote and defend freedom of press.. Follow us on Twitter / Facebook.

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