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MARKETING PROMOTION
STAND ENQUIRY
BUILD PAKISTAN – Let's Build Together
The 6th edition of BUILD PAKISTAN exhibition will take place on 29th – 31st October 2019 at Lahore Expo Centre, Pakistan. The event will deliver a powerful combination of senior decision makers and purchase influencers from across Pakistan's industrial, commercial and public sectors. With a compelling range of unique educational content available to the visitor and a wide and varied exhibitor offering, this is the "must attend" event for all professionals related to construction industry.
BUILD PAKISTAN is a unique and unmissable setting allowing brands to reach a wide array of audience and the people who can make real decisions about the suppliers they take on.
The construction industry is playing an important role in economic growth of Pakistan. Recent estimates published in the Economic Survey of Pakistan show that the industry grew 9.1% in FY17 and contributed 2.7% to the country's gross domestic product (GDP).BMI Research has also provided a healthy growth outlook for the sector, putting it at 11.8% annually from 2016-20 and 9.1% over 2016-25.
The signing of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) agreement and improvement in the country's security situation have been the key to giving boost to the construction industry. The sector has also been an important recipient of foreign direct investment (FDI). This can be judged from the latest figures provided by the State Bank of Pakistan, which show that the construction industry received a net inflow of $35.7 million in August 2017.
How attractive the industry is perceived to be for foreign investors can be gauged from the fact that in the current fiscal year from July-August FY18 the industry has received $55.7 million relative to $1.6 million in the same period of last year. Locally, investment has also been boosted by government policies such as reduction in duties and taxes on building materials like steel, construction machinery and equipment and computerisation of land ownership records.
INTERIOR & EXTERIOR:
Bath & Sanitation
Electrical Products and Luminaries
Furniture, Furnishing and Accessories
Hardware & Fittings
Home and Office Automation
Interior Décor, Artifacts & Curios
Kitchen Gadgets and Accessories
Paints, Coats and Wall Coverings
Plumbing, Pipes and Fittings
Wood, Veneer and Flooring
CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY & MEP SERVICES:
Communication and information technologies / traffic management Technologies
Construction Technology and engineering solutions
Controlling, Surveying, Measuring and Work safety systems
Water treatment Technology
CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT & MATERIAL:
Cement and Cement Based Products
Construction Chemicals & Repair Material
Doors, Windows & Locks
Earthmoving & Construction Equipment & Compressors
Electrical Switch Gear Equipment
Floor Tiles / Wall Tiles
Jacuzzi & Bath Tubs
Landscaping & Equipment
Lighting & Fittings
Paints & Wall Finishes
Pipes Fittings
Plywood and Fib Boards
Road Construction & Maintenance Equipment
Safety & Security Systems
Sanitary Ware & Bathroom Fittings
Scaffolding Equipment
Solar & Thermal Products
Steel Based Products
Timber, Timber Panels Veneers
Water Proofing & Reticulation Pumps
Water Tanks & Draining Systems
Gain insight about the opportunities that exist within the Pakistan market
Seize the opportunity to meet with key figures from both industries and high-level decision makers from the public & private sector.
Keep up-to-date with the latest developments in order to continue on the path of expansion and increase the volume of your products and services.
Negotiate with local companies to establish a manufacturing base in Pakistan.
Promote your brand among industry professionals and end users.
Architects & Interior Designers
Contractors (Private & Government)
Agents, Distributors & Traders
Project Managers & Consultants
Government & Statutory Board Officers
Specialty Retailers, Trade Distributors
Building & Construction Industry Entrepreneurs
Construction Equipment Handlers
Designers, Developers, Manufacturers
Infrastructure Planners
Material and Equipment Specifiers
Procurement Officers
Industrial buyers
Town Planners
MEP Engineers
Discover the latest technologies, equipment and solutions offered by leading global manufacturers.
Learn about the latest innovations, trends and environment friendly technology solutions in the field.
Equip yourself with the necessary requirements to improve the level of production and services of your new products.
Open direct channels of communication with hundreds of international and local companies participating at the show.
Identify your business needs and potential prospects by watching presentations about the showcased products and services.
Maximise your presence at the event with our tailored sponsorship solutions. We strive to add value to our sponsorship packages by ensuring that our sponsors benefit from ongoing exposure and coverage.
Below is a list of available opportunities that will allow you to promote your business before, during and after the show. Our sponsorship team is ready to tailor a package that matches your specific business goals, objectives and budget.
Workshop and seminar time slots.
Exclusive branding in the main entrances to the exhibition.
Exhibitor, visitor and delegate badges, lanyards and carrier bags.
Roll up banners and company literature displayed in coffee and lunch areas.
Advertisement in the show catalogue, which is distributed to event attendees.
Web banners on show website.
Featured articles in monthly show newsletters.
Exclusive e-shots to your target audience with an invitation to visit your stand.
Dedicated emails to show visitors database.
Products showcase email announcements.
Targeted mail pieces to visitors promoting your product information and offers.
Onsite Branding
Logo displayed on banners inside and outside the exhibition area.
Logo displayed on event signage in strategic locations.
Press conferences and media centre.
For sponsorship requests and additional requirements that have not been listed above, please contact us on [email protected]
Our intensive & comprehensive marketing campaign conducted throughout the year to encourage visitors to attend the exhibition will include the following:
Advertisements in leading newspapers, magazines and websites.
A dedicated public relations campaign prior, during and after the show.
Direct invites, faxes and e-mail shots targeted at database with an effective follow-up service.
Creatively conceptualised marketing collaterals and outdoor displays including posters, brochures, flyers, banners designed to bring your target audience to the event.
SMS and e-marketing campaign to attract footfalls to the event.
Tie ups with leading media contributing to the marketing and coverage of the event.
Official support from the Government and other bodies to add credit to the event.
Social media campaigns on Linked In, Facebook and Twitter.
NEWS & UPDATE
Solid waste management projects to be set up in 20 cities
Senior Minister Punjab Abdul Aleem Khan has said that projects of solid waste management will be started in 20 main cities of Punjab in which transparent and comprehensive process would be ensured. He expressed this while meeting to Chinese delegation here at 90 The Mall...
11 new projects included in development of Gwadar
Gwadar – Eleven new projects in Gwadar city to be initiated soon would produce 76000 direct jobs. The 11 new project include development of free zone, new Gwadar International Airport, Gwadar East-Bay Expressway, dredging of berthing areas and channels, construction of breakwater, Pakistan-China friendship hospital,...
200 CPEC projects to be completed in 12 years
Beijing – The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has become one of the earliest, fastest-moving and most effective projects under the Belt and Road initiative. Of the 43 projects confirmed at the beginning of the corridor, 20 are under construction or have been completed. "Another 157...
New Special Economic Zone to be established in Mirpur under CPEC
AJK government has released over Rs 183 million under the last fiscal year 2017-18 for the construction of the first phase of the mega Special Economic Zone approved under the gigantic China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects. Mirpur would have the giant 9th Special Economic...
22 projects being implemented under CPEC
Karachi – Caretaker Finance Minister Dr Shamshad Akhtar has said that a total of 22 development projects at cost of $28.6 billion, including $22.3 billion investment on 15 energy projects, are being implemented under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). After presiding over the 55th progress...
CPEC first phase completion to improve energy, infrastructure sectors
Lahore – President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum (PBIF), Mian Zahid Hussain on Monday said that 2018 is an important year regarding China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as first phase of this historical project comprised of energy and infrastructure sectors have successfully completed. Second phase of...
Chinese companies joint venture to build 40MW waste-to-energy plant in Lahore
Lahore – The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has accepted an application of the Lahore Xingzhong Renewable Energy Company (pvt) Limited for its 40 megawatt (MW) waste to energy project. Earlier the company had filed an application with Nepra for seeking a generation license...
NHA to complete 10 mega projects in 2018
Islamabad – National Highway Authority (NHA) will complete 10 mega projects in 2018, which had been launched by ex-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in 2015-16; these projects include 10 motorways and highways projects in different parts of the country. The accomplishment of these projects would confer...
Eighteen Islamabad to reinvest profit in other Pakistani cities
ISLAMABAD: Tarek Hamdy, the chief executive officer (CEO) at Eighteen, has said that shareholders will not repatriate profits to their home country and instead, reinvest capital in Pakistan as they venture into other cities including Peshawar, Lahore, and Karachi. Eighteen is the latest project in...
Many new development projects to start soon
ISLAMABAD – The government has made special allocation to start construction of Bhasha Dam and Mohmand Dam and enhanced water sector allocation from Rs 36 billion to Rs 65 billion for next fiscal year. Pakistan is facing acute water scarcity requiring special interventions and that...
ECNEC approves development projects worth billions
ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) at its meeting here on Tuesday approved phase three of overseas scholarship scheme for two thousand doctorates in different fields at a cost of Rs22.21 billion. The meeting was chaired by Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan...
CDWP approves 24 projects of Rs19.6b
ISLAMABAD – Central Development Working Party (CDWP) has Thursday approved 24 projects of worth Rs19.6 billion while 12 projects worth Rs781.39 billion, including the up-gradation of railway ML-I, were referred to Executive Committee of National Economic Council (Ecnec) for further proceeding. The CDWP meeting was held...
Cement industry set to be boosted by Diamir Bhasha Dam construction
The construction of this Dam would boost cement demand by approximately 5 million Tons Per Year in Pakistan. News Analysis | The building of the Diamer-Bhasha Dam in Pakistan is expected to booth cement demand by around 5 million Tons Per Year (tpy) over the...
Supporters, Sponsors and Partners
F.A.K.T EXHIBITIONS (PVT) LTD is the leading exhibition event organizer in Pakistan specialized in industrial, corporate and consumer events. We organize events that reveal the potential trade possesses in uplifting the economy. Read More
304, 3rd Floor, Clifton Centre Block-5,
Clifton Karachi Pakistan.
Phone: +92 21 35810637-39
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.buildpakistan.com.pk
© 2019 Build Pakistan. All Rights Reserved.
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Q: Python, working with strings i need to construct a program to my class which will : read a messed text from file and give this text a book form so from input:
This is programing story , for programmers . One day a variable
called
v comes to a bar and ordred some whiskey, when suddenly
a new variable was declared .
a new variable asked : " What did you ordered? "
into output
This is programing story,
for programmers. One day
a variable called v comes
to a bar and ordred some
whiskey, when suddenly a
new variable was
declared. A new variable
asked: "what did you
ordered?"
I am total beginner at programming, and my code is here
def vypis(t):
cely_text = ''
for riadok in t:
cely_text += riadok.strip()
a = 0
for i in range(0,80):
if cely_text[0+a] == " " and cely_text[a+1] == " ":
cely_text = cely_text.replace (" ", " ")
a+=1
d=0
for c in range(0,80):
if cely_text[0+d] == " " and (cely_text[a+1] == "," or cely_text[a+1] == "." or cely_text[a+1] == "!" or cely_text[a+1] == "?"):
cely_text = cely_text.replace (" ", "")
d+=1
def vymen(riadok):
for ch in riadok:
if ch in '.,":':
riadok = riadok[ch-1].replace(" ", "")
x = int(input("Zadaj x"))
t = open("text.txt", "r")
v = open("prazdny.txt", "w")
print(vypis(t))
This code have deleted some spaces and i have tried to delete spaces before signs like " .,_?" but this do not worked why ? Thanks for help :)
A: You want to do quite a lot of things, so let's take them in order:
Let's get the text in a nice text form (a list of strings):
>>> with open('text.txt', 'r') as f:
... lines = f.readlines()
>>> lines
['This is programing story , for programmers . One day a variable',
'called', 'v comes to a bar and ordred some whiskey, when suddenly ',
' a new variable was declared .',
'a new variable asked : " What did you ordered? "']
You have newlines all around the place. Let's replace them by spaces and join everything into a single big string:
>>> text = ' '.join(line.replace('\n', ' ') for line in lines)
>>> text
'This is programing story , for programmers . One day a variable called v comes to a bar and ordred some whiskey, when suddenly a new variable was declared . a new variable asked : " What did you ordered? "'
Now we want to remove any multiple spaces. We split by space, tabs, etc... and keep only the non-empty words:
>>> words = [word for word in text.split() if word]
>>> words
['This', 'is', 'programing', 'story', ',', 'for', 'programmers', '.', 'One', 'day', 'a', 'variable', 'called', 'v', 'comes', 'to', 'a', 'bar', 'and', 'ordred', 'some', 'whiskey,', 'when', 'suddenly', 'a', 'new', 'variable', 'was', 'declared', '.', 'a', 'new', 'variable', 'asked', ':', '"', 'What', 'did', 'you', 'ordered?', '"']
Let us join our words by spaces... (only one this time)
>>> text = ' '.join(words)
>>> text
'This is programing story , for programmers . One day a variable called v comes to a bar and ordred some whiskey, when suddenly a new variable was declared . a new variable asked : " What did you ordered? "'
We now want to remove all the <SPACE>., <SPACE>, etc...:
>>> for char in (',', '.', ':', '"', '?', '!'):
... text = text.replace(' ' + char, char)
>>> text
'This is programing story, for programmers. One day a variable called v comes to a bar and ordred some whiskey, when suddenly a new variable was declared. a new variable asked:" What did you ordered?"'
OK, the work is not done as the " are still messed up, the upper case are not set etc... You can still incrementally update your text. For the upper case, consider for instance:
>>> sentences = text.split('.')
>>> sentences
['This is programing story, for programmers', ' One day a variable called v comes to a bar and ordred some whiskey, when suddenly a new variable was declared', ' a new variable asked:" What did you ordered?"']
See how you can fix it ?
The trick is to take only string transformations such that:
*
*A correct sentence is UNCHANGED by the transformation
*An incorrect sentence is IMPROVED by the transformation
This way you can compose them an improve your text incrementally.
Once you have a nicely formatted text, like this:
>>> text
'This is programing story, for programmers. One day a variable called v comes to a bar and ordred some whiskey, when suddenly a new variable was declared. A new variable asked: "what did you ordered?"'
You have to define similar syntactic rules for printing it out in book format. Consider for instance the function:
>>> def prettyprint(text):
... return '\n'.join(text[i:i+50] for i in range(0, len(text), 50))
It will print each line with an exact length of 50 characters:
>>> print prettyprint(text)
This is programing story, for programmers. One day
a variable called v comes to a bar and ordred som
e whiskey, when suddenly a new variable was declar
ed. A new variable asked: "what did you ordered?"
Not bad, but can be better. Just like we previously juggled with text, lines, sentences and words to match the syntactic rules of English language, with want to do exactly the same to match the syntactic rules of printed books.
In that case, both the English language and printed books work on the same units: words, arranged in sentences. This suggests we might want to work on these directly. A simple way to do that is to define your own objects:
>>> class Sentence(object):
... def __init__(self, content, punctuation):
... self.content = content
... self.endby = punctuation
... def pretty(self):
... nice = []
... content = self.content.pretty()
... # A sentence starts with a capital letter
... nice.append(content[0].upper())
... # The rest has already been prettified by the content
... nice.extend(content[1:])
... # Do not forget the punctuation sign
... nice.append('.')
... return ''.join(nice)
>>> class Paragraph(object):
... def __init__(self, sentences):
... self.sentences = sentences
... def pretty(self):
... # Separating our sentences by a single space
... return ' '.join(sentence.pretty() for sentence in sentences)
etc... This way you can represent your text as:
>>> Paragraph(
... Sentence(
... Propositions([Proposition(['this',
... 'is',
... 'programming',
... 'story']),
... Proposition(['for',
... 'programmers'])],
... ',')
... '.'),
... Sentence(...
etc...
Converting from a string (even a messed up one) to such a tree is relatively straightforward as you only break down to the smallest possible elements. When you want to print it in book format, you can define your own book methods on each element of the tree, e.g. like this, passing around the current line, the output lines and the current offset on the current line:
class Proposition(object):
...
def book(self, line, lines, offset, line_length):
for word in self.words:
if offset + len(word) > line_length:
lines.append(' '.join(line))
line = []
offset = 0
line.append(word)
return line, lines, offset
...
class Propositions(object):
...
def book(self, lines, offset, line_length):
lines, offset = self.Proposition1.book(lines, offset, line_length)
if offset + len(self.punctuation) + 1 > line_length:
# Need to add the punctuation sign with the last word
# to a new line
word = line.pop()
lines.append(' '.join(line))
line = [word + self.punctuation + ' ']
offset = len(word + self.punctuation + ' ')
line, lines, offset = self.Proposition2.book(lines, offset, line_length)
return line, lines, offset
And work your way up to Sentence, Paragraph, Chapter...
This is a very simplistic implementation (and actually a non-trivial problem) which does not take into account syllabification or justification (which you would probably like to have), but this is the way to go.
Note that I did not mention the string module, string formatting or regular expressions which are tools to use once you can define your syntactic rules or transformations. These are extremely powerful tools, but the most important here is to know exactly the algorithm to transform an invalid string into a valid one. Once you have some working pseudocode, regexps and format strings can help you achieve it with less pain than plain character iteration. (in my previous example of tree of words for instance, regexps can tremendously ease the construction of the tree, and Python's powerful string formatting functions can make the writing of book or pretty methods much easier).
A: To strip the multiple spaces you could use a simple regex substitution.
import re
cely_text = re.sub(' +',' ', cely_text)
Then for punctuation you could run a similar sub:
cely_text = re.sub(' +([,.:])','\g<1>', cely_text)
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Scottie Pippen Divorce
Scotty Maurice Pippen, whose name is usually spelled as Scotty Pippen, popular as the American former professional basketball player, is currently single according to reports. His love life includes two marriages and divorces, and also relationships with a number of other women. He is one among the most important players of the Bulls team into a championship team, along with Michael Jordan, and also in popularizing NBA around the world, and converting it into a sports with a huge amount of fans.
Pippen was married two times, both of which ended in divorce. He was initially married to Karen McCollum, with whom he led a married life for only two years. He was alleged to be in another relationship at the same time when he was the husband of McCollum. The one and only child for the couple, Antron Pippen, was born in 1987, way before the marriage of his parents. Pippen and McCollum decided to start their married life only a year after the birth of their son. They split up after two years of marriage, and eventually Pippen got diverted to another relationship. His divorce petition from McCollum got finalized in the same year, in 1987.
Even though he married only twice, Pippen has kids from other relationships too. He was dating the famous model Sonya Roby sometime around 1993, and soon the couple announced about the arrival of their children, twins. They were blessed with two kids Tyler and Taylor on 20th July 1994, but Taylor died nine days after his birth. It was at the same time when Pippen decided to leave them, but Roby fought for the rights of her kid, and Pippen ended up in agreeing to provide her a huge amount of compensation.
Pippen was also involved in a romantic relationship with Yvette De Leon, who later gave birth to Pippen's baby girl on 17th February 1995, Sierra Pippen. Some months after the birth of their child, Leon filed a lawsuit against Pippen pointing the domestic violence from his side. Pippen refused to give any compensation initially, but the powerful resistance from Leon's side made him to fail in the case and had to provide a huge amount of money.
He later met Larsa Younan, the aspiring model and actress, and also a participant of the Real Housewives of Miami. She was really young when she met Pippen, and was 9 years younger to him. In contrast to all other relationships of Pippen, his married life with Younan was a long one. They got married on the year 1997. He named a boat he bought as 'My Larsa', in the name of his love towards Larsa. However, he decided to end their relationship 21 years after the marriage. He filed for divorce in 2016, but the couple later reconciled. But after two years, the couple took a joint decision to choose separate paths and filed for divorce. They described the process to be painful, but a requirement. There were rumors that the divorce is happening because of Larsa's relationship with Future, the Rapper, which is not yet confirmed by either the parties. However, the couple has decided to take the joint custody of their four children.
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Last Friday 8th Grade Pitch In students had the privilege of going paddle boarding with the Chill Foundation and Kayak Chicago. We started the day with a brief lesson on how to paddle board and then we jumped right in! Students had a blast kneeling, standing, and gracefully falling off their boards. Our Chill Foundation guide gave us some important reminders about respect for others, treating our environment kindly, and setting goals. Overall it was a fun-filled, windy and wet field trip! | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 505 |
Going for black and brown formal shoes is an age old fashion statement that is changing now with every passing day. As people love to experiment with new styles, therefore, manufacturers are coming up with bright new ideas, every time a little change is occurring in this fashion forward world. Brown, black or even white colored shoes are never out of fashion, but the shocking and unique colors like red, blue, purple, orange, green and even pink are flourishing all over the market place. Even men are going mad over lovely pink colored sport shoes! Then how about trying out some of the latest fashionable shoes like the all time favorite mens red dress shoes It might be a confusing choice at first, but once purchased you are sure not to live without it.
When it comes to men's footwear, there are so many options available near hand. Shoes can be classified under two main segments. One segment deals with formal wear where else the other goes great with casual outfit. The division depends on gender basis as well. Shoes are available in different shapes, sizes, designs, materials and colors, so that it can meet the growing specification of every individual. As shoe is a necessity in everyday's life, therefore it is better to try out the ones which are durable and long lasting.
Comfort: Even though style sometimes come first before comfort, but one cannot avoid looking for those shoes which are comforting. As shoes are sometime worn for a longer time span, therefore, the ones which are soft and comfortable must be your ideal choice. Women generally love to give privilege to fashion before comfort but the results turn out to be quite bad. Choosing right number is a must as wrong step can give rise to blisters and deformity of foot.
Style: After passing the comfort test, the next test is look for the ones which are stylish in nature. Before buying any type of footwear always look for the dress you generally prefer to wear. For example, if you wear traditional dresses, then casual shoes or sandals can be the best option to go for. On the other hand, for those who love to flaunt formal wears, then the oxford or dress shoes can be their ideal choice. The sport lovers can go for converse or sneakers.
Materials: It is advisable to go for the branded companies as the raw materials they use, can last for a long time. As shoes are worn on a regular basis, therefore, the materials need to be tough so that the end result can last for a longer period of time.
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Q: How do I get Chromium or Firefox manage multi touch events properly? I am using Ubuntu 12.04 and have a multitouch capable screen (3M MicroTouch USB controller) but can't get any touch events inside a browser window (Firefox or Chromium).
I see all gestures with geistest -w WINDOWID program. I have a multitouch demo tetris program which works. So basically the touch screen is supported on a lower level, but both browser applications don't get any touch events, only mouse events.
What do I have to do to get a proper setup for this?
A: Run command:
chromium --enabled-pinch
for
context menu
create shortcut application (.desktop) in
/home/"your user"/.local/share/applications
OR
support all aplications
search:
multi touch compiz plugin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY-85BUqWgY
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Old Bones and New Adventures
Mini Golden Eagle Festival
On March 5th, a smaller version of the Golden Eagle Festival usually held in Western Mongolia took place at a large ger camp about 20km south of Ulaanbaatar. The regular Golden Eagle Festival occurs every year during the fall in Bayan-Ulgii (Баян-Өлгий), the westernmost province or aimag of Mongolia. Bayan-Ulgii is notable because its population is predominately ethnic Kazakh rather than Khalkh Mongol, which is the ethnic majority throughout the rest of Mongolia. Kazakh culture and language are markedly different than Khalkh Mongol language and culture. One particularly show-stopping display of Kazakh culture in Mongolia are the burgedchid (plural: бүргэдчид, singular: бүргэдчин/burgedchin), hunters who raise and train golden eagles to hunt with them. This is where the Golden Eagle Festival comes in, as burged (бүргэд) is "golden eagle" in Mongolian.
Chinggis Khuree ger camp, approximately 20km south of Ulaanbaatar.
The March festival brought the top golden eagle hunters from the far west to just outside of Ulaanbaatar for presentation of honors, photo ops, demonstrations, and a competition.
The procession of golden eagle hunters lead by riders bearing the Mongolian national flag and the Bayan-Ulgii provincial flag approaches the main stage
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Tsagaan Sar: it's the most wonderful time of the year!
This post is long overdue, as Tsagaan Sar ended over a month ago and we're well into the Year of the Wooden Horse by now. But as I prepared this post, I realized that I had a lot to say about Tsagaan Sar, and that almost everything I wanted to mention required more rumination in order to provide a coherent explanation. With that in mind, better late than never!
TSAGAAN SAR
Literally translating into 'White Moon' (although the Mongolian word for 'moon' is the same as the word for 'month'), Tsagaan Sar/Цагаан Сар is the Mongolian Lunar New Year festival. Tsagaan Sar is one of the two most significant and widely-celebrated holidays in Mongolia, along with Naadam/Наадам in mid-July.
I feel extremely lucky to have been in Mongolian for Tsagaan Sar and to have been invited into the homes of so many wonderful people. The entire city of Ulaanbaatar changed for Tsagaan Sar. After a long, slow build up of 'holiday spirit' that started before the Western New Year began, Tsagaan Sar felt like a burst of warm and fuzzy collective effervescence across a frozen, glittering city.
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Words and music: a brief interlude
It was Christmas in March here in Ulaanbaatar.
I received "Sarnii Ayalguu", a collection of the songs written by one of Mongolia's most renowned writers, lyricists, essayists, and poets, Professor Dolgoriin Tsendjav. The title means "Lunar melody (or melodies, maybe)". Professor Tsendjav presented me with the CD himself!
Professor Tsendjav (Цэнджав багш) on the cover of his latest CD
The tracks were recorded by highly celebrated Mongolian singers, and include one of my personal favorites, "Bi jargaltai" (transl. roughly as "I'm lucky/delighted/over the moon"). I can't think of any prestigious professors, who also write novels and poetry, with best-selling CDs in America. That's not only hard to imagine, it's a true testament to the prodigious talents of Professor Tsendjav.
The rest of March 'Christmas' was a shopping spree at Internom, a major book store chain in Ulaanbaatar. My haul was split between archaeology books, dictionaries, and books for learning the traditional Mongolian script, Mongol bichig (Монгол бичиг).
The brown book below contains collected analyses of all of the finds from the long-term, multidisciplinary archaeological project at Baga Gazryn Chuluu (BGC), Middle Gobi, Mongolia.
Finally, a copy of the BGC book!
I worked in the field at BGC in 2007 and 2008, and in 2009, I worked with my colleague, Deegii (Delgermaa), on all of the zooarchaeological materials in the laboratories at the Institute of Archaeology at the Mongolian Academy of Sciences. Our chapter in the BGC book is short but sweet. Thanks for all your hard work, Deegii egch! Congratulations to everyone on the BGC team who did such a great job over the years, especially to our fearless leaders, Bill and Amraa bagsh nar.
Julian is overwhelmed: so much collected knowledge and scholarship in one hefty stack of paper.
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Past and future archaeological fieldwork at Baruun Mukhdagiin Am
Back in September I posted some pictures from archaeological fieldwork at Baruun Mukhdagiin Am (Баруун Мухдагийн Ам) with promises of more pictures and information to follow. It's taken me longer than anticipated to prepare the follow-up post but, as a result, this post not only discusses the 2013 fieldwork but looks ahead to the 2014 field season. The 2014 field season is still in the planning stage. My Mongolian colleagues and I, however, are optimistic and are taking steps to insure that the 2014 field season of the BMA Archaeological Project is a success. To that end, we have been working hard on securing funding and permits, as well as opening our project to paying volunteers who are interested in joining us in the field. But first, there's still plenty about the 2013 to share, including some wonderful photos. My colleagues Dr. Batsaikhan and Galdan brought high-quality cameras with them on the 2013 project. Their photos do better justice to the beauty of the BMA landscape and the experience of fieldwork there.
The central section of the main Xiongnu/Hunnu cemetery at BMA (taken facing east/northeast). So far it's been impossible to capture all of the burial surface features at BMA in one photo frame. Each tan circle above is a burial surface feature; at this distance, it is difficult to discern the variety of sizes and shapes these features take. The black dot on the right edge is a Range Rover. Photo courtesy of Dr. Zagd Batsaikhan
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(Really) old news is good news!
Back in October 2013, two seminal agreements were signed between the National University of Mongolia, the Institute of Archaeology at the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, and an American university: one contract with Yale, one with the University of Chicago. Below is my less-than-perfect translation of the original press release published on the website of the School of Social Sciences at the National University of Mongolia:
"On October 21st, 2013, the School of Social Sciences at the National University of Mongolia drafted and signed joint contracts to work collaboratively with the archaeological departments from Yale University and the University of Chicago, respectively. The aforementioned contracts stipulate that universities from each of the two nations will collaborate with the Institute of Archaeology at the Mongolian Academy of Sciences to carry out separate projects of detailed survey, excavation, and research at two sites: Delgerkhan uul (Tuvshinshiree county, Sukhbaatar province) and Baruun Mukhdagiin Am (Mogod county, Bulgan province).
"In addition to composing a regional archaeological site database in the course of the aforementioned research and conducting scientific research, the agreement stipulates the archaeological, paleoanthropological (biological anthropological), paleozoological (zooarchaeological), genetic, and isotopic analysis of materials yielded through excavation. Likewise, the collaborative work of these universities and research institutions will have great significance in terms of overall scholarly enrichment, as seen in increasing the benefits that result from developing the practical skills of archaeology majors and training young scholars and students in modern methods of archaeological research.
"Dr. G. Erdenebayar (director of the School of Social Sciences at the National University of Mongolia), Dr. U. Erdenebat (chair of the Department of Archaeology & Anthropology), Dr. William Honeychurch (professor at Yale University), Emma Hite (doctoral candidate at The University of Chicago), Dr. Ch. Amartuvshin (professor and department head of the Institute of Archaeology at the Academy of Sciences) participated in the signing ceremony. Yale University and the University of Chicago are amongst the top five universities in the world in terms of humanities and social sciences, especially in studies of Asian art and archaeology."
Certain sentences in my translation are pretty shaky, so I encourage you to check out the original article. For that and pictures from the signing event, check out the National University of Mongolia page.
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Out of hibernation
I can't believe my last post was in September!
What month is it?!?
Apologies for the multi-month gap in posting. Numerous issues kept me from regularly updating this site but the pay-off should be a series of interesting posts within a relatively short period of time.
Since this blog's last post was about a newly-acquired kitten, it's only right that the first update should be about him.
Julian is technically no longer a kitten. But he is still my kitten!
Julian went from a starving, limping street kitten found freezing and screaming in a stairwell in Sansar district to feisty, athletic king of the castle in just a few months. When deciding on a name, I was very aware that many (if not most) Mongolians dislike cats and that the Mongolians I know who own cats usually, although by no means exclusively, give them Western-style names (like Missy, Max, or Micky). I went with 'Julian', which is appropriately glamorous.
Still glamorous 5 months later
He braved his vet visits gracefully, leaps effortlessly onto the highest surfaces in the apartment, and has disemboweled every toy he's ever received. Due to his rough start in life, I don't think he'll ever grow to be particularly large or particularly fond of strangers. He's my sweet boy, though, and he'll be coming to the US with me.
Stay tuned for more posts. Happy Year of the Wooden Horse from Ulaanbaatar!
Archaeological Fieldwork Opportunities Bulletin
Bolor-Toli: online Mongolian dictionary
Center for the Study of Eurasian Nomads
Department of Anthropology at The University of Chicago
Division of the Social Sciences at the University of Chicago
Info Mongolia - news & information in Mongolian
Institute of Archaeology at the Mongolian Academy of Sciences
Mongolian National Museum
Mongolian University of Science & Technology
National University of Mongolia
Official Page for Bulgan Aimag
Online Mongolian-English Dictionary
Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape - UNESCO World Heritage listing
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Genting Dream's kaleidoscope of cuisine, colour and activity
TAGS: people ports & destinations cruise lines ships weekly lead Cruise_China
Genting Dream's hull boasts one of the 'largest floating art pieces' by Shanghai-born, London-based pop artist, Jacky Tsai
Poolside fashion shows, fireworks mid-ocean, the first Zouk nightclub at sea, 1,100sq mtr of 'retail-tainment' and colourful hull artwork are just some of the features to be found on Genting Dream revealed by senior Genting Hong Kong executives today in Singapore ahead of the arrival of Dream Cruises' first newbuild later this year.
Mary Bond | May 25, 2016
Thatcher Brown, president of Dream Cruises, said the cruise line aims to be 'Asian at heart, international in spirit' and described how the brand will cater to the large and rapidly growing premium market in Asia. 'It is the vision of Genting Hong Kong chairman Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay who saw an opportunity gap in the market place and decided to build two cruise ships,' he recounted.
To meet Asian guest expectations 151,000gt Genting Dream will feature a kaleidoscope of cuisine, colour and activity. 85% of the cuisine on board will be Asian. 35 restaurant and bar concepts will stretch in half a kilometre of a wraparound promenade featuring sea-side dining and lounging from sunrise-to-sunset. From Sushi bars and tepanyaki to an English-style pub, a Whisky bar and Raw bar concept, there should be something for every taste.
'It is our mission to transpose the legendary six-star service standards of Crystal Cruises and to customize them to serve the fast growing Chinese market and all our Asian guests,' said Brown. 'All front line staff will be able to speak Putonghua, along with English, as the secondary language onboard.'
Genting Dream, the first of two newbuilds, is currently undergoing fit-out at Meyer Werft in Germany and will arrive in Singapore on November 4,2016.
A two-night cruise priced from S$561 will kick-start the Singaore program, followed by a 6-night cruise from Singapore to Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta with stops in Ho Chi Minh City, Nha Trang and Da Nang.
The maiden itinerary from homeport of Guangzhou (Nansha Port), China starts on November 13 and covers 2, 5 and 7-night cruises to Vietnam. 7 night cruises are priced upwards of S$1,500.
From November 13, 2016 to January 1, 2017, 5-night cruises will explore Vietnam's scenic Da Nang and call at Hanoi (Ha Long Bay) on the return leg. From January 1 to March 31, 2017, the 5-night itinerary will call at Vietnam's Nha Trang and Ho Chi Minh City.
Michael Goh, svp of sales, Star Cruises said the newbuild repositioning sailing from Mumbai is already almost fully booked.
The above itineraries went on sale to individual consumers today and the company expects 85% of cruisers to be Asians. Goh speculated that the remaining 15% could come from Australia, which has a growing cruise appetite.
Loh told Seatrade Cruise News that so far the support has been very good from incentive groups, including a booking from a wedding party. He expects passengers from Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines and Taiwan to sail out of Singapore.
He also predicts some 60% of Genting Dream's sailings out of Guangzhou could comprise passengers from China. He added that Guangzhou (Nasha) homeporting offers easy access. Genting is working with port authorities there to develop this as a homeport, like it has previously done with other cruise bases in the region, including Singapore.
The 335mtr long vessel can accommodate some 3,352 passengers and will be staffed by 2,000 crew, which according to Brown translates into 'the leading crew-to-guest ratio in Asia-based cruising'.
It will have 18 decks with 1,674 staterooms, 70% of which will have private balconies, and 100 connecting rooms to ensure convenience for family and larger group vacations. Guests also can experience European-style butler service and special guest privileges.
The 224 sq mtr villas or Dream Suites, priced at about S$4,900 Brown said will be among 'the largest villas at sea in Asia'. Villa guests will have access to a fully-catered private pool deck and Genting Club restaurant where chefs can create bespoke meals.
Brown said the vessel has been designed with 23 years of Genting experience and 'how we animate the spaces with brilliant service will be important.'
The Dream Tourism Academy in Suzhou has trained some 100 Chinese hires for the vessel. Some 15 trainers have helped equip them with a range
of necessary skills from English to safety, and even a little ballet to encourage graceful movements, according to Peter Foster, svp hotel operations.
Currently staff, including butlers, are undergoing training on board other Genting vessels.
Entertaining Asians at sea is a major preoccupation. One highlight is the first Zouk at sea, developed from the iconic Singapore night spot and famed beach parties.
There will also high-end fashion shows at the poolside and the first fireworks at sea whilst the vessel is in the middle of the ocean.
While there will be an international spa, rituals will feature authentic Asian services such as reflexology. Yoga and Tai Chi classes will also be available
onboard. A central feature will be 1,100sq mtr of 'retail-tainment' with a wide array of leading luxury brands in retail shops. There will be a dedicated
personal shopper concierge.
The hull of the vessel boasts one of the 'largest floating art pieces' by Shanghai-born, London-based pop artist, Jacky Tsai. His creation 'East meets-West' is entitled 'Voyage of a Lover's Dream' depicting 'an ethereal and fantastical journey of love between a mermaid and an astronaut'.
Brown explained, 'our purpose is to bring dreams to life and for guests to literally immerse themselves in the Genting Dream experience, there will be two unique "Submersibles" or miniature submarine limousines which take guests under the sea for a 45 minute guided tour.'
The second ship World Dream will be completed in November 2017. Brown said it had not committed to deployments for this ship yet but his
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So, Mugabe continues the revolution in Zimbabwe! The disHonourable Chief Clown of Zimbabwe (HCCZ) is pushing forward with a law that was signed and delivered in 2008, and came into effect on 1 March 2010. All foreign and white business owners had to present plans to the government by 15 April on how they proposed to give 51% of their companies to "black Zimbabweans" (bZs - code phrase for Mugabe's goons).
Apart from South Africa's utterly disrespectful chief clown, Julius Malema, who was named as the Sunday Times' Mampara of the Year, Mugabe is just as racist and non-thinking. Is Mugabe really thinking that when all the whites are out of Zimbabwe and all Zimbabwean land belongs to bZs, that he will have a governable country with prosperity and peace? HCCZ's idea is not simply to pass 51% of all companies into bZ hands. The ultimate aim is to eventually get rid of the white colonialists that made their lives a living hell. Oh, pardon, me! That is what HCCZ is doing right now!
HCCZ still has a deep-seated hatred for all whites and he will not stop until he eventually rids Zimbabwe of all of them. Zimbabwe has been an independent country now for 30 years. What has Mugabe and his goons done to the country? Instead of working hard with all the good infrastructure and farming expertise that they inherited from the "evil" colonialists, they have run the country into the ground, and from once being known as the "bread basket" of Africa, Zimbabwe is now simply another African basket case.
When will these anti-white, black Africans like Julius Malema and Robert Mugabe learn that the solution is not the elimination of whites, but that all of us need to take hands for a better future in Africa. Almost every country in Africa that has kicked out the white colonialists from their countries have come to ruin. It is obviously not the solution.
Between M&M, there is a concerted effort to nationalize everything that is profitable and to give it to the "locals." However, we know that the locals will remain as they are. Under communism people remain poor. Things usually do not change under communism, except for the fact that oppression is added to the mix over everyone that does not follow the party mantra.
Will HCCZ come to his senses? Probably not in this lifetime! Will things get better in Zim after Mugabe is gone one day? It can only go better! Robert Thugabe has done his people a great disservice with his policies, and as a result they have suffered under his evil rule. This tyrant has done nothing but terrorize his people and he has driven them to starvation and economic ruin. May the day come soon when he will be removed from power!
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Q: Why does `array_diff_ukey` call the compare function so many times? I executed the following code and its result made me confused!
I pass two arrays and a function named "myfunction" as arguments to the array_diff_ukey function. I see that myfunction is called 13 times (while it should be called at most 9 times). Even more amazing is that it compares the keys of the same array too! In both columns of the output, I see the key "e", while only the second array has it (the same is true for some other keys).
function myfunction($a,$b) {
echo $a . " ".$b."<br>";
if ($a===$b) {
return 0;
}
return ($a>$b)?1:-1;
}
$a1=array("a"=>"green","b"=>"blue","c"=>"red");
$a2=array("d"=>"blue","e"=>"black","f"=>"blue");
$result=array_diff_ukey($a1,$a2,"myfunction");
print_r($result);
Output:
a b
b c
d e
e f
a d
a e
a f
b d
b e
b f
c d
c e
c f
Array
(
[a] => green
[b] => blue
[c] => red
)
See it run on eval.in.
Why does the array_diff_ukey perform that many unnecessary calls to the compare function?
A: Nice question. Indeed the implemented algorithm is not the most efficient.
The C-source for PHP array functions can be found github. The implementation for array_diff_ukey uses a C-function php_array_diff which is also used by the implementations of array_udiff, array_diff_uassoc, and array_udiff_uassoc.
As you can see there, that function has this C-code:
for (i = 0; i < arr_argc; i++) {
//...
zend_sort((void *) lists[i], hash->nNumOfElements,
sizeof(Bucket), diff_key_compare_func, (swap_func_t)zend_hash_bucket_swap);
//...
}
...which means each input array is sorted using the compare function, explaining the first series of output you get, where keys of the same array are compared, and the first column can list other keys than the those of the first array.
Then it has a loop on the elements of the first array, a nested loop on the other arrays, and -- nested in that -- a loop on the elements of each of those:
while (Z_TYPE(ptrs[0]->val) != IS_UNDEF) {
//...
for (i = 1; i < arr_argc; i++) {
//...
while (Z_TYPE(ptr->val) != IS_UNDEF &&
(0 != (c = diff_key_compare_func(ptrs[0], ptr)))) {
ptr++;
}
//...
}
//...
}
Evidently, the sorting that is done on each of the arrays does not really contribute to anything in this algorithm, since still all keys of the first array are compared to potentially all the keys of the other array(s) with a plain 0 != comparison. The algorithm is thus O(klogk + nm), where n is the size of the first array, and m is the sum of the sizes of the other arrays, and k is the size of the largest array. Often the nm term will be the most significant.
One can only guess why this inefficient algorithm was chosen, but it looks like the main reason is code reusability: as stated above, this C code is used by other PHP functions as well, where it may make more sense. Still, it does not really sound like a good excuse.
A simple implementation of this (inefficient) array_diff_ukey algorithm in PHP (excluding all type checking, border conditions, etc) could look like this mimic_array_diff_ukey function :
function mimic_array_diff_ukey(...$args) {
$key_compare_func = array_pop($args);
foreach ($args as $arr) uksort($arr, $key_compare_func);
$first = array_shift($args);
return array_filter($first, function ($key) use($key_compare_func, $args) {
foreach ($args as $arr) {
foreach ($arr as $otherkey => $othervalue) {
if ($key_compare_func($key, $otherkey) == 0) return false;
}
}
return true;
}, ARRAY_FILTER_USE_KEY);
}
A more efficient algorithm would use sorting, but then would also take benefit from that and step through the keys of the first arrays while at the same time stepping through the keys of the other arrays in ascending order, in tandem -- never having to step back. This would make the algorithm O(nlogn + mlogm + n+m) = O(nlogn + mlogm).
Here is a possible implementation of that improved algorithm in PHP:
function better_array_diff_ukey(...$args) {
$key_compare_func = array_pop($args);
$first = array_shift($args);
$rest = [];
foreach ($args as $arr) $rest = $rest + $arr;
$rest = array_keys($rest);
uksort($first, $key_compare_func);
usort($rest, $key_compare_func);
$i = 0;
return array_filter($first, function ($key) use($key_compare_func, $rest, &$i) {
while ($i < count($rest) && ($cmp = $key_compare_func($rest[$i], $key)) < 0) $i++;
return $i >= count($rest) || $cmp > 0;
}, ARRAY_FILTER_USE_KEY);
}
Of course, this algorithm would need to be implemented in C if taken on board for improving array_diff_ukey, and to get a fair runtime comparison.
See the comparisons that are made -- on a slightly different input than in your question -- by the three functions (array_diff_ukey, mimic_array_diff_ukey and better_array_diff_ukey) on eval.in.
A: array_diff_ukey runs in two stages:
*
*Sort the array keys
*Compare key by key
This would probably explain why the callback is expected to return a sort value rather than a boolean "is equal".
I expect this is probably done for performance reasons, but if that's the case I would have thought that it can use this to say "well this key is bigger than all keys in the other array, so I shouldn't bother testing if these other, bigger keys are also bigger because they must be", but this doesn't seem to be the case: it compares them dutifully anyway.
I can only assume it's because the function cannot prove itself to be deterministic (and indeed in this case produces side-effects) so it can't be optimised like that. Perhaps array_diff_key (without user-defined function) does this optimisation just fine.
But anyway, that's what happens under the hood, and why you see more than just 9 comparisons. It could probably be made better in the core...
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Michelle Obama went on Instagram on Wednesday night to share some good news with all of her loyal supporters. Only two years since her departure from the White House, and the former first lady has completed her memoir.
Becoming is set to hit shelves on November 13, which is the same day she'll kick off her 10-date book tour in Chicago. The tour will continue to take her through arenas across America throughout the holiday season. Other cities include Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Detroit, Denver, San Francisco and the final stop, Dallas. Obama is promising that her book will be a candid reflection of her life, including a round-up off the small moments that helped shape who she is today.
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Q: How to change text color of a JButton I am writing a simple minesweeper game and it works now, but I am working on the pretty details like making each number a different color.
I keep running into errors when I try to set the text color on the JButton. I can change the text easily enough and the background, but not the text color specifically.
The part that keeps getting all mucked up is:
total = Integer.toString(count);
jb.setText(total);
if(count == 1)
jb.setTextColor(Color.blue);
if(count == 2)
jb.setTextColor(Color.green);
if(count == 3)
jb.setTextColor(Color.red);
For some reason my error is:
MS.java:109: error: cannot find symbol
jb.setTextColor(Color.blue);
^
symbol: method setTextColor(Color)
location: variable jb of type JButton
MS.java:112: error: cannot find symbol
jb.setTextColor(Color.green);
^
symbol: method setTextColor(Color)
location: variable jb of type JButton
MS.java:114: error: cannot find symbol
jb.setTextColor(Color.red);
^
symbol: method setTextColor(Color)
location: variable jb of type JButton
3 errors
Process javac exited with code 1
This occurs whenever I try to compile, but when I change it to say setBackgroundColor instead of setTextColor it works just fine.
A: setTextColor is undefined for JButton. To set the JButton text color, you can use setForeground.
button.setForeground(Color.RED);
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We are working through the prior federal regulations in an effort to understand the "reasonable terms" requirement in Bayh-Dole's 35 USC 203(a)(1) march-in condition. In the Kennedy executive branch patent policy, contractors had two primary routes to retain ownership of inventions made with federal support:
achieve practical application in three years from patent issuance
make the invention available non-exclusively on reasonable terms
Other than that, a contractor might "show cause" why, despite failing at 1 or 2, it should still keep ownership. "To the point of practical application" in Kennedy was defined to mean working the invention so that the benefits of use are "reasonably accessible to the public." Thus, there are two distinct standards–practical application or non-exclusive licensing, both requiring some version of reasonable terms. But the "reasonably accessible" is directed at the public, while the "terms reasonable under the circumstances" applies to non-exclusive licensing. Exclusive licensing and assignment just kick the contractor's obligations down the road to the contractor's business partners. There's no requirement in Kennedy on the terms of exclusive licensing or assignment–because these terms don't matter to the retention of principal rights by whomever holds them.
To see how this distinction works, let's return to our comparison of Bayh-Dole march-in with the march-in anticipated by the prior executive branch policies, now including Nixon's revisions. Let's first compare Kennedy and Nixon on march-in. Here's Kennedy:
K: the government shall have the right to require the granting of a license to an applicant on a non-exclusive royalty free basis.
That's simple. If a contractor can't do it, then the government requires the contractor to use the most simple option that preserves the contractor's right of continued ownership of principal rights–grant everyone a non-exclusive, royalty free license. Easy.
Nixon breaks up march-in into two paragraphs–(f) and (g). Paragraph (f) is conditional on practical application:
N(f): the Government shall have the right to require the granting of a non-exclusive or exclusive license to a responsible applicant(s) on terms that are reasonable under the circumstances.
But now the licensing is no longer simple. The license may be exclusive (and so kicks the can down the road with regard to practical application–now the contractor and the new "his licensee" are both on the hook to achieve practical application within three years of patent issuance–but wait–how can that be? the contractor and any "his licensee" have already failed to do that, so now there's no time limit in the policy for any further march-in. Good golly. The government can march-in, require the contractor to grant an exclusive license, and then has no basis to march-in again. Screwy. We are sure lucky none of this apparatus was ever used. It would be a torpedo exploding in the tube and sinking the sub. Further, the license may now involve "terms that are reasonable under the circumstances"–so the government now has to determine reasonable terms rather than use royalty-free. The government stipulates, then, that the terms it chooses are in fact reasonable terms. "It isn't us–the government has decided you must pay us this amount–so, no discounts."
Paragraph (g) march-in does not have anything to do with practical application, but rather with government purposes and responsibilities. Even if a contractor achieves practical application, the government under paragraph (g) march-in can still require licensing to others:
N(g): the Government shall have the right to require the granting of a nonexclusive or exclusive license to a responsible applicant(s) on terms that are reasonable in the circumstances (i) to the extent that the invention is required for public use by governmental regulations, or (ii) as may be necessary to fulfill health or safety needs, or (iii) for other public purposes stipulated in the contract.
Consider the nature of paragraph (g) march in. A company takes an exclusive license from a nonprofit government contractor and achieves practical application–say, makes and sells a product based on the invention. But now the government creates a regulation that requires the public–say, every company–to use the invention in its own production activities. Doesn't matter that the exclusive licensee uses the invention in the making of whatever product it has made–the other companies cannot comply with the government regulation by buying the exclusive licensee's product. They must have access to the invention independently of what the exclusive licensee makes. Similarly, just because a company achieves practical application of an invention does not mean that whatever product or benefit is made available to the public has anything to do with health or safety needs–the company could use the invention to make a drug to treat horses, say, and ignore people. Practical application achieved, but paragraph (g) march-in still possible.
Kennedy by contrast is direct. If the contractor-assignee-licensee fails to achieve practical application in three years from patent issue and hasn't made the invention available on reasonable terms or otherwise shown cause, then the government gets to break up the patent monopoly via non-exclusive, royalty-free licenses. Yes, Kennedy march-in does not deal with the situation in which practical application does not support regulations or public health. But Kennedy insists that such inventions, from the outset, should be acquired by the government and dedicated to the public–so march-in would not be necessary in those situations unless a federal agency granted a petition for exceptional circumstances and the contractor failed to deliver within three years from a patent issuing on the invention.
Nixon worries things, complicates things, narrows them, and puts money back into the procedure.
Nixon narrows the conditions on which march-in can compel licensing. Under Kennedy, the march-in compulsory licensing happens because an invention has not been developed to the point of practical application within three years or, otherwise, been made available on reasonable terms. That's it. The idea is that either the public benefits from use or has access to use for itself or the government makes that access happen royalty-free–open innovation or public license as we might call it now. But Nixon completely redoes this by restricting march in to (i) for public compliance with government regulations; (ii) necessary for public health and safety needs; and (iii) anything required by the contract. The Kennedy focus on practical application or public access is disappeared. In its place is a restriction of march-in to specific public purposes. If there's nothing specific in a funding agreement, and no government regulation in play, and no necessity for public health or safety–well then, screw the bother of march-in. Under Nixon, there's no march-in merely so that companies that want to practice an invention that's not been developed to the point of practical application within three years–so the companies presumably could purchase in product form what they needed. Nope. They are screwed over for the term of the patent.
It may be that when provisions of a law are not meant to be used–and never have been used–that government lawyers grow complacent in drafting. So long as stuff looks good to the uniformed, they can draft most anything they want, even really stupid stuff. The obvious thing for federal agencies to have done under Nixon was to stipulate in each funding contract the whole range of public purposes to be achieved by use of any invention claimed by the contractor and thus gain the benefit of (iii) for the public as it was under Kennedy. I am quite sure nothing of the sort ever happened.
Furthermore, the Nixon-defined march-in license may now be exclusive–that's a huge change, depending on how far "exclusive" goes toward excluding the licensor (that is, toward assignment). If march-in can force an exclusive license, can the government unilaterally void an existing exclusive license (or assignment) and hand that the exclusive rights to another company? That sounds unreasonable. A reasonable interpretation is that the government would march-in on the furthest removed bit of the licensing chain–the licensee if there is one, or otherwise the assignee if there is one, and if none of these, then the contractor-owner. But none of that is made apparent in the wording, which makes it appear that the government could unilaterally void a chain of rights because it determined that some weak link in the chain was responsible for failing to achieve practical application. Proposal–the language was added to make it appear that march-in was itself in most common activities potentially unreasonable and therefore should not be used. Second proposal–the folks drafting the Nixon modifications (some worked then on Bayh-Dole)–were not competent drafters and just screwed up.
In the Nixon march-in license, the restriction to royalty-free is removed. That means that the government can compel a much more restrictive license than royalty-free non-exclusive. Get your mind around that–a restriction removed results in the prospect of much more restricted access to a federally supported invention that isn't getting used. It's an upside down world created by lawyers. And now there's money in play when the government marches in (calm down, though, since the government never marches in–this is just bogey monster stuff). The argument made for the change was that royalty free could be "reasonable in the circumstances" so royalty-free remained an option–but now the government would have to make a determination about that–more complication. How does one show that royalty-free is the term "reasonable in the circumstances"? Otherwise, march-in is now remarkably altered: the government now in compelling licensing also decides what the "reasonable compensation" should be for the licensing–the "royalty-free" is the financial term that's removed–so we are looking at compensation. Now march-in has the form: "If you don't achieve practical application then the government can compel you to license and dictate what licensees have to pay you." That's pretty heady. "You aren't making money on that invention, but the government is here to help by finding you licensees and deciding what your reasonable compensation for licensing ought to be." This is a big complication in march-in. And it's also in its way bizarre. The federal government is transformed from liberator to panderer of inventions. No wonder that Bayh-Dole follows Nixon here:
BD: to grant a nonexclusive, partially exclusive, or exclusive license in any field of use to a responsible applicant or applicants, upon terms that are reasonable under the circumstances, and if the contractor, assignee, or exclusive licensee refuses such request, to grant such a license itself
Bayh-Dole is even more obtuse. Now we have "partially exclusive" licenses–what the heck is a "partially exclusive" license and regardless, why is the distinction needed? Why not just provide for the government to require licenses–it doesn't matter whether the license is nonexclusive, exclusive, partially exclusive, sole, or chicken salad. The point of march-in is that the patent monopoly gets broken up and distributed upon the failure of the contractor-assignee-licensee to achieve practical application. The point of Bayh-Dole march-in, however, is a convoluted mess having to do with expectation of effective steps and the like.
More craziness: Bayh-Dole adds "responsible" as a qualifier to "applicant"–not only now must companies "apply" for a license rather than simply accept a public offer of reasonable terms–but someone must determine that an applicant is "responsible." How does that work? To see, take a look at the bureaucrazy of the federal licensing guidelines that implement Bayh-Dole for federally owned inventions at 35 USC 207 and 209. And if the contractor-assignee-licensee refuses to grant licenses on the government's terms to the government's screened "applicants," then the government can grant those licenses. Oh my. How does that work? The invention is not owned by the government, so Bayh-Dole's federal licensing regulations don't apply. And the government's license under Bayh-Dole's standard patent rights clause is to "practice and have practiced for or on behalf of the United States"–that's not broad enough to cover practice of an invention for any other purpose, such for or on behalf of a company. What happens here? Does the government's license just expand to include an implied right? If the government demands compensation, does that compensation then come to the government rather than to the contractor-assignee-licensee? Is march-in then a matter of "The government demands to find licensees willing to pay you but if you are so stone-cold-stupid that you refuse payment, then the government will license anyway and pocket the money itself." That's a hell of a different sort of march-in than Kennedy.
In a way, we are so fortunate that the federal government has never used Bayh-Dole march-in. It would be like turning on a garbage disposal installed upside-crossways. We'd have sewage everywhere.
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Main Hall of Waterford Castle, The Island, Ballinakill, Co. Waterford
Lismore and MocollopCounty Waterford
Main Hall of Waterford Castle, The Island, Ballinakill, Co. Waterford c.1909
The Dublin Penny Journal, Volume 1, Number 43, April 20, 1833 said of the Castle:
The castle of Lismore is one of the most magnificent of the ancient Irish residences, and is seen to great advantage from being built on a very elevated situation on the verge of a hill, the river Blackwater running close to the foundation.
The circular towers which flank the northern front are partly concealed by trees, which seem to grow out of the river, and which throw into shade large intervals of the rocky base of the building these remarkable objects, combined with the abrupt position of the castle which is seen hanging over the dark and rapid stream, compose a romantic and striking picture, which has scarcely ever been adequately represented. The first door-way is called the riding-house, from its being originally built to accommodate two horsemen, who mounted guard, and for whose reception there were two spaces which are still visible under the archway. The riding-house is the entrance into a long avenue shaded by magnificent trees, and flanked with high stone walls; this leads to another doorway, the keep or grand entrance into the square of the castle. Over the gate are the arms of the first Earl of Cork, with the motto, "God's providence is our inheritance." The castle and its precincts were regularly fortified, and covered a large space of ground, the bounds of which may still be traced by the existing walls and towers. It is highly interesting to examine the various parts of the defences so minutely and vividly represented in the first Earl of Cork's diary. 'My orchard, and my garden,' and 'the turrets, which did so continually beat and clear the curteyn wall,' all are religiously preserved, and have been recently brought into view and cleared of the obstructions which time and neglect had accumulated about them.
The great square of the castle has rather an unfinished appearance, and, from the introduction of modern doors and windows, offends against all the rules of uniformity and architectural consistency. The sombre appearance of the building around the square is admirably contrasted with the interior of the castle. The rooms are fitted up with all the convenience of modern improvement; the doors are of Irish oak of great thickness and beauty, and the windows, composed of large squares of glass, each pane opening on hinges, combine accommodation with harmony of appearance. The drawing-rooms are ornamented with tapestry, and contain some good oil paintings. One of the towers is still retained in its rude and dilapidated state, serving as a contrast to the modern adornments, as well as showing the great ingenuity and taste which have been displayed in combining the luxuries of the present day with the romantic beauties of so ancient a building.
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16 June 2020 Distribution of mountain hares Lepus timidus in Scotland in 2016/2017 and changes relative to earlier surveys in 1995/1996 and 2006/2007
Nicholas Hesford, David Baines, A. Adam Smith, Julie A. Ewald
Nicholas Hesford https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5037-5076,1 David Baines,1 A. Adam Smith,1 Julie A. Ewald1
1N. Hesford (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5037-5076) ✉ ([email protected]), D. Baines, A. A. Smith and J. A. Ewald, Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, The Coach House, Eggleston, Barnard Castle, Co. Durham, DL12 0AG, UK.
Survey coverage and distribution
Regions and estate management
Mountain hare range in 2016/2017
Changes in mountain hare range between survey periods
Numbers killed and changes in mountain hare range
Survey coverage, response rate and mountain hare range in 2016/2017
Mountain hares Lepus timidus, incorporating the subspecies L. t. varronis, L. t. hibernicus and L. t. scoticus, have declined in range throughout continental Europe where they face pressures from climate-change, competition and land-management. In Scotland, the absence of a national monitoring scheme, including mandatory reporting of hunting records, means that producing robust estimates of mountain hare population trends is difficult. We repeated questionnaire surveys conducted in 1995/1996 and 2006/2007 to assess the 2016/2017 distribution and hunting records of mountain hares in Scotland and describe regional changes in their distribution over a 20-year period in relation to management for red grouse Lagopus lagopus scotica shooting. Comparisons of areas covered in all surveys indicated no net change in the area of Scotland occupied by mountain hares, but within that we found changes in range between regions and sites of differing grouse management intensity. Between 1995/1996 and 2016/2017, range contractions in southern Scotland contrasted with no changes in north-–east Scotland. In north-west Scotland range expanded by 61% in areas practicing driven grouse shooting, declined by 57% in areas practicing walked-up grouse shooting and remained low and stable in areas which did not shoot grouse. A total of 33 582 mountain hares were killed in 2016/2017 representing a 71% and 48% increase from 1995/1996 and 2006/2007 respectively. However, the average kill density in 2016/2017 (12.4 ± 3.3 hares km–2) was comparable to 2006/2007 (10.8 ± 3.0 km–2) and we found no relationship between kill density and contractions in range. Despite increases in numbers of mountain hares killed over the last 20 years, it appears that range contraction may be attributed to factors other than culling, such as changes in habitat and management. Disentangling these factors should be the focus of future research.
The mountain hare Lepus timidus, incorporating the subspecies L. t. varronis, L. t. hibernicus and L. t. scoticus, is listed globally as a species of least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), but European populations face several pressures at regional levels including climate change (Acevedo et al. 2012, Pedersen et al. 2017), interspecific competition (Caravaggi et al. 2017) and perceived hunting pressure (Watson and Wilson 2018). For member states of the European Union, mountain hares are protected under Annex V of the EU Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC), which requires populations to be maintained in a favourable conservation status. Under Article 17 of the Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC), member states must report every six years on species conservation status based on the assessment of several criteria including population size, habitat suitability and species range. The European range of mountain hares includes isolated populations in the Alps and extends throughout Fennoscandia and the Baltic countries (Angerbjörn and Flux 1995). In the British Isles, the mountain hare is native to Scotland and Ireland and has been introduced to the Peak District in England (Hulbert et al. 2008).
Studies of mountain hare hereafter 'hare' distribution in Scotland show that they are strongly associated with heather moorland, and particularly that managed for red grouse Lagopus lagopus scotica shooting (Patton et al. 2010) where hare densities can exceed 200 km–2 (Watson et al. 1973). High hare densities on grouse moors are associated with heather habitat management and predator control carried out by gamekeepers, which is thought to benefit hares (Stoddart and Hewson 1984). In comparison, throughout their continental range mountain hares are usually associated with boreal forests and typically occur at much lower densities e.g. 2–3 km–2 (Angerbjörn 1986, Newey et al. 2007a, Rehnus and Bollmann 2016). Similar densities (0.5–3 km–2) have been reported in the west of Scotland (Watson and Hewson 1973), where management for grouse shooting is absent or less intensive than in the east (Robertson et al. 2017).
The mountain hare is an important game species throughout much of its European range (Mitchell-Jones et al. 1999). In Scotland, mountain hares are traditionally hunted for sport, especially on moorland managed primarily for red grouse, and killed to protect habitat such as young forests. Over the last two decades, mountain hares have also been killed on some driven grouse moors in an attempt to help control Louping-ill virus carried by sheep ticks Ixodes ricinus (Harrison et al. 2010). This is due to the perception that hares are important in the transmission of the virus to red grouse (Laurenson et al. 2003, Harrison et al. 2010). A survey of Scottish landowners and managers estimated that approximately 50% of the number of hares killed in 2006/2007 was for this reason (Patton et al. 2010). These tick-related culls have led to concerns about the justification and sustainability of current mountain hare management practices and their conservation status in Scotland (Thompson et al. 2016, Watson and Wilson 2018).
The 2012–2018 assessment of mountain hares in Scotland downgraded their conservation status from 'Favourable' (JNCC 2013) to 'Unfavourable-Inadequate', describing hunting and management of game as important pressures on mountain hares, together with insufficient data to provide robust population estimates and trends (JNCC 2019). To-date, Scotland lacks a national hare monitoring scheme, including mandatory reporting of hunting records (Brooker et al. 2018) and a standardised method for counting hares is only now being considered (Newey et al. 2018). Thus, available information on conservation status is limited to few studies that rely on incidental and sometimes conflicting data (Massimino et al. 2018, Watson and Wilson 2018, Aebischer 2019, Hesford et al. 2019), further compromised by 4–15-year cyclical fluctuations in hare abundance (Newey et al. 2007b). Distribution data are similarly limited to spatial modelling of hares counted during bird surveys (Massimino et al. 2018) and were used to inform the latest Article 17 reporting (JNCC 2019). However, comparisons of these predictive maps with known distributions (Mathews et al. 2018) showed inconsistent patterns in range (Wheeler et al. 2019).
Questionnaire based surveys are an increasingly used method to quantify species distributions across large geographical areas (White et al. 2005, Thorn et al. 2011, Scott et al. 2014) and have previously been used to describe changes in Scottish mountain hare distribution (Tapper 1996, Patton et al. 2010). We repeated previous surveys to: 1) describe regional changes in mountain hare distribution over a 20-year period in relation to the intensity of grouse moor management, and 2) consider whether changes in distribution are associated with numbers killed. We predicted that changes in hare range would follow patterns of grouse management, with contractions occurring in areas where management of moorland for driven grouse shooting had ceased.
To ensure comparability with previous surveys, we followed the methods of Tapper (1996), repeated by Patton et al. (2010). In January 2018, 4197 questionnaires were mailed to Scottish landowners and managers who were members of either the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT), Scottish Gamekeepers Association (SGA) or Scottish Land & Estates (SL&E), or who had responded to previous surveys. Many private landowners, managers or gamekeepers are members of one or more of these organisations, and it was thought that survey coverage would be maximised by targeting their membership. Reminders were sent out to non-respondents in areas where survey coverage was low. Furthermore, the survey was publicised through social media to encourage members of the public to submit mountain hare sightings. During the 1995/1996 survey, only areas of upland moorland were included (Tapper 1996) despite mountain hares occupying a variety of habitats at a range of altitudes (Newey et al. 2007a, Patton et al. 2010). Recognising this, the 2006/2007 survey was not limited to moorland areas and consequently survey coverage was 3.4 times greater in 2006/2007 than 1995/1996 (Patton et al. 2010). To maximise survey coverage and comparability, we opted to replicate the 2006/2007 survey and did not restrict survey coverage.
Mailed questionnaires were based on those used in the two previous surveys (Supplementary material Appendix 1 Fig. A1) and included a 1:50 000 scale Ordnance Survey map centred on each recipient's postcode. Respondents were asked to outline the boundary of their estate (an area of countryside, owned by a person, family or organisation and ranging in size from <1 km2 to >300 km2) on the maps provided and to indicate the 1-km2 grid squares where mountain hares had been observed within their estate between spring 2016 and receipt of the questionnaire in January 2018. Sightings reported by members of the public and verified data submitted to the National Biodiversity Network (NBN Atlas occurrence download at < https:// nbnatlas.org> accessed on Fri Oct 19 10:36:52 UTC 2018) between 2016 and 2017 (Supplementary material Appendix 1, 'NBN_citation_WLB-00650.xlsx'), were similarly used to map mountain hare presence at the 1-km2 level. The number of mountain hares killed on each estate between March 2016 and February 2017 was also requested thereby enabling us to collect data from one full open season for mountain hare which runs from 1 August to 28 February (Wildlife and Countryside act 1981). Spatial data from returned surveys detailing estate boundaries and mountain hare presence/ absence were digitised in ArcGIS and overlaid on a 1-km2 Ordnance Survey grid square map of Scotland. All survey data was collected and stored in line with EU General Data Protection Regulations.
To estimate survey extent, the boundaries of each responding estate were amalgamated into a single continuous shapefile and the total survey area calculated. Though hare presence/ absence data for each estate were collected at the 1-km2 level and analysed at the estate level, confidentiality agreements with respondents required data to be presented at the 10 × 10-km square level (i.e. 100 km2). Survey coverage included coastal regions and islands, hence land cover did not total 100 km2 in all squares. Thematic maps were produced which displayed the area surveyed and area of mountain hare presence as a percentage area of each grid square. Distributional change between surveys is also presented at the 10 × 10-km square scale and measured as the difference in area where mountain hares were reported between survey periods. As survey coverage also differed between periods, thematic maps presenting distributional change were limited to those estates surveyed in common between the periods being compared.
Red grouse shooting is widely practiced across much of the Scottish countryside, especially at higher elevations on heather-dominated moorland (Hudson 1992). Given the positive association between grouse moors and mountain hares (Stoddart and Hewson 1984), we considered that the intensity of grouse moor management may be an important predictor of hare distribution. Grouse shooting is typically categorized into either driven shooting, where grouse are flushed by a line of human beaters towards a stationary line of hunters, and walked-up shooting, where hunters walk in line, often using dogs to help flush grouse (Sotherton et al. 2009, Mustin et al. 2017). Driven shooting requires higher post-breeding densities of grouse than walked-up shooting, is associated with more intensive management of heather habitat and generalist predators (Sotherton et al. 2017), and supports higher densities of mountain hares (Watson and Hewson 1973, Stoddart and Hewson 1984, Hesford et al. 2019). Therefore, following Patton et al. (2010), we categorised the estates of questionnaire respondents into three levels of management based on the predominant grouse shooting type; those where the estate practiced either driven grouse shooting (driven), walked-up grouse shooting (walked-up) or no grouse shooting (not-shot). Typically, grouse estates comprise a mix of land uses, including agriculture, forestry and game shooting (Mustin et al. 2017), but in most cases predator removal, a key component of grouse management, would be applied across all of an estate and not restricted to the heather moorland that supports red grouse. Thus, we believed that shooting type was a good proxy for grouse management intensity.
We compared mountain hare distribution between three grouse management types (driven, walked-up, not-shot), three survey periods (1995/1996, 2006/2007, 2016/2017) and four Scottish regions (north-west, south-west, north-east and south-east). Regions were defined following Sim et al. (2008) and reflect variation in both topography and management for grouse shooting. Northern regions were separated from southern regions by the central belt of Scotland, an area of low altitude and high human population density that divides the Highlands in the north from the southern Uplands in the south (Hetherington et al. 2008). Regions were further divided from east to west by topographic relief that also reflected differences in the distribution and intensity of management of grouse moors (Robertson et al. 2017) and densities of mountain hares (Watson and Hewson 1973, Tapper 1992), both of which are greater in the east. To reflect the sampling bias for upland estates only during the 1995/1996 survey, we also created a binary variable 'FirstSurvey', which categorised estates according to whether they were first surveyed in 1995/1996 (1) or added in subsequent surveys (0), hereafter referred to as 'Original' and 'Additional' estates respectively.
All statistical analyses were performed at the estate level and were restricted to estates greater than 1 km2. Since the coverage differed between surveys, analyses were limited to estates surveyed in two or more periods when considering changes in distribution over time. When considering the relationship between numbers killed and changes in range, analyses were also limited to estates that reported killing mountain hares during the 2006/2007 survey. All analyses were performed using R (ver. 3.4.3, < www.r-project.org>). Generalized linear mixed models were fitted using the 'lmer' function in the lme4 package (Bates et al. 2015). The percentage ranges presented in the results are actual means (i.e. the observed mean) derived from raw values for the percentage area where mountain hares were reported present at the estate level. Data on numbers killed are self-reported and apply only to those estates that provided this information, therefore they should be treated as minimum values for numbers killed.
Mountain hare range in 2016/2017 was compared (at the estate level) between regions, grouse management types and FirstSurvey category, using general linear models (GLMs) with a normal error distribution. The logit transformed percentage area of each estate where mountain hares were present was included as the response variable and the area of each estate (km2) was included as a weight. Region, Management type and FirstSurvey were fitted as categorical explanatory variables, together with their two- and three-way interactions. The average mountain hare range varied between management types and FirstSurvey categories (FirstSurvey×Management type: χ22=7.9, p=0.02) which may reflect the sampling bias for upland estates during the 1995/1996 survey. Therefore, we repeated the analysis (without FirstSurvey) for Original and Additional estates separately.
As the 1995/1996 survey was restricted to upland estates whilst the subsequent surveys were not, we initially assessed whether mountain hare range differed between Original and Additional estates for data collected during the 2006/2007 and 2016/2017 surveys. Comparisons were conducted at the estate level using a generalized linear mixed model with a normal error distribution. The logit-transformed percentage area of each estate where mountain hares were present was included as the response variable, the area of each estate (km2) was included as a weight and estate ID as a random effect. Survey period and FirstSurvey (first surveyed in 1995/1996 or not) were included as categorical variables, together with their two-way interaction. The average area where mountain hare were reported present on Original estates was 62% greater than on estates added in subsequent surveys, irrespective of survey period (χ21 = 42.1, p < 0.001). Therefore, Original and Additional estates were considered separately when testing for changes in mountain hare range between survey periods. In each case, the response variable, error distribution, weights and random effects were as described above, with Survey period, Region and Management type fitted as fixed effects as well as their interactions. If the three-way interaction was significant, the model (without Region) was fitted to the data for each region separately.
To determine whether the number of mountain hares killed was related to changes in hare distribution, we produced a kill density index by calculating the number of mountain hares killed per km2 at the estate level. A GLM was then used to relate kill density in 2006/2007 to changes in mountain hare range between 2006/2007 and 2016/2017. The loge-transformed change in reported hare range (km2) was included as the response variable and the area of each estate (km2) included as a weight. Kill density was included as a covariate and Region as a categorical explanatory variable.
Survey response rate was 28% (1173) and was comparable to the 2006/2007 survey (27%), but lower than the 1995/1996 survey (41%) (Table 1). This difference may reflect the sampling bias for well-established contacts on moorland estates during the 1995/1996 survey and more duplicate questionnaires sent to different people at the same estate (i.e. to both the estate owner and its manager(s)) in the two most recent surveys (see also Patton et al. 2010). A further 146 records were obtained via the NBN or from members of the public, however, all these were from areas where hares were reported as present by estate respondents, so were discarded. Responses covered 72 612 km2 of land surface (at the 100-km2 level), equating to an area equivalent to 92% of Scotland (or 50% of Scotland, 39 562 km2, at the 1-km2 level). We resurveyed 99% of the area covered during the 1995/1996 survey and 95% of the area covered during the 2006/2007 survey at the 100-km2 scale (Fig. 1, Table 2). Of the total survey coverage, 85% was returned from the four mainland regional categories; north-west (40%), south-west (17%), north-east (23%) and south-east (5%).
The number of questionnaires sent and responses received that provided information on mountain hare presence/absence for each of the three survey periods (1995/1996, 2006/2007 and 2016/2017).
Mountain hares were widespread in north-east Scotland where they were reported on 46% of the area surveyed by return questionnaires (at the 1-km2 level), but less in the other regions: north-west (23%), south-east (27%) and south-west (10%) (Fig. 2). Of the respondents, 860 estates had no grouse shooting interest (not-shot) and made up 59% of the survey coverage, whilst estates that were managed for walked-up (77) or driven (138) grouse shooting represented 17% and 24% of the survey coverage respectively. No information was available on grouse management type for <1% (n = 8) of the returns and a further 90 responses either did not provide an estate boundary or were duplicate replies. Driven estates accounted for 68% of the total area where mountain hares were reported as present compared to 57% in 2006/2007 and 51% in 1995/1996. Estates that practiced walked-up grouse shooting or did not shoot grouse accounted for 19% and 13% respectively, which was similar to both 1995/1996 (walked-up 12%; not-shot 17%), and 2006/2007 (walked-up 15%; not-shot 19%).
In 2016/2017, for Original estates the mean area occupied by hares on driven grouse moors was 70%±6%, compared to only 18%±5% on walked-up grouse moors (χ21=29.9, p<0.001) and 12%±6% on moorland estates which were not managed for grouse shooting (χ21=27.2, p<0.001). Additional estates followed a similar pattern where the area occupied by mountain hare on driven grouse moors (55%±3%) was greater than on walked-up moors (28%±4%; χ21=55.2, p<0.001) or on estates with no grouse shooting (5%±1%; χ21=265.8, p<0.001).
For Original estates, we found changes in mountain hare range that varied both between regions and grouse management type (Period × Region × Management type: χ212 = 51.2, p < 0.001), however, there was no overall change in mountain hare range between survey periods for either Original (χ21 = 3.4, p = 0.18) or Additional estates (χ21 = 1.6, p = 0.20) (Fig. 3, Table 3). For Original estates, over the 20-year period 1996–2017, hare range showed an 11% decrease in the south-east (χ22 = 7.0, p = 0.03) but was more stable in the north-east (χ22 = 5.0, p = 0.08), irrespective of grouse management type. In the north-west, hare range increased by 61% on driven grouse moors (χ21 = 70.0, p < 0.001), decreased by 57% on walked-up grouse moors (χ21 = 14.6, p < 0.001), but showed no change on estates not managed for grouse shooting (χ21 = 0.2, p = 0.65). In the south-west, hare range decreased by 52% and 68% on driven (χ21 = 4.2, p = 0.04) and walked-up (χ21 = 37.7, p < 0.001) grouse moors, but showed no change on estates with no grouse shooting interest (χ21 = 1.9, p = 0.17), noting that nevertheless the range on driven shooting estates remained three times higher than on the other types of estate in 2016/2017.
The percentage survey coverage within each 10 × 10-km grid square in Scotland in 2016/2017. Pie-charts represent the percentage survey area within each region categorised according to grouse management type: driven (black) – north-west (16%), north-east (76%), south-west (18%), south-east (32%); walked-up (grey) – north-west (31%), north-east (8%), south-west (22%), south-east (13%); and not-shot (white) – north-west (53%), north-east (16%), south-west (60%), south-east (55%).
The area of Scotland (km2) occupied by mountain hare during this survey (2016/2017) relative to that in the two previous surveys (1995/1996 and 2006/2007) (measured at the 10 × 10-km grid square scale).
For Additional estates (last two surveys only), temporal changes in mountain hare range varied significantly between regions (Period×Region: χ23=29.6, p<0.001) and grouse management types (Period×Management type: χ22=18.7, p<0.001). Over the 10-year period 2007–2017, average mountain hare range increased by 5% in the north-east (χ21=24.6, p<0.001), decreased by 63% in the southwest (χ21=14.1, p<0.001) and showed no change in either the north-west (χ21=2.1, p=0.15) or south-east (χ21=1.0, p=0.31) irrespective of grouse management type. We also observed an average increase in mountain hare range of 2.5% on estates managed for driven grouse shooting (χ21=24.9, p<0.001), but no change on either walked-up estates (χ21=2.5, p=0.12) or estates without a grouse shooting interest (χ21=0.02, p=0.89) irrespective of region.
In 2016/2017, 33 582 mountain hares were killed on 88 estates whose areas totalled 3547 km2. Of the estates that provided data on numbers killed, 80% (n = 70) were driven grouse moors, 13% (n = 11) were walked-up grouse moors and 8% (n = 7) did not shoot grouse. In 2006/2007, the corresponding values were 72, 7 and 21% respectively. For Original estates (i.e. estates first surveyed in 1995/1996) the number of hares reported killed increased by 71% and 48% in 2016/2017 compared to the 1995/1996 and 2006/2007 surveys respectively (Table 4). For Additional estates, the total number killed increased by 15% between 2006/2007 and 2016/2017. The average kill density in 2016/2017 was comparable to 2006/2007 though greater than in 1995/1996 (Table 4). There was no significant relationship between kill densities in 2006/2007 and changes in mountain hare range at the estate level between 2006/2007 and 2016/2017 (χ21 = 0.7, p = 0.40; slope ± SE = –0.002 ± 0.021).
Within the last century, mountain hares have declined in range throughout continental Europe (Thulin 2003) with further declines predicted under future climate scenarios (Acevedo et al. 2012). This study describes changes towards the western edge of their European range where it had previously been considered stable (Patton et al. 2010, Mathews et al. 2018). In doing so we highlight the usefulness of questionnaire-based methodologies and importance of practitioner knowledge in advancing our understanding of how land management can influence the distribution of species.
Mountain hare distribution patterns were broadly similar to those previously reported (Massimino et al. 2018, Mathews et al. 2018), with the greatest reported presence in the north-east. Average mountain hare presence was higher on Original compared to Additional estates, reflecting the sampling bias towards hare rich upland moors during the 1995/1996 survey. Across all regions, the area occupied by mountain hare was greater on estates practicing driven grouse shooting than on those where walked-up grouse shooting predominates or where grouse were not-shot, with two-thirds of the mountain hare's range occurring on estates where driven grouse shooting was the main shooting method. This supports previously reported positive associations between grouse management and hares (Watson et al. 1973, Stoddart and Hewson 1984, Patton et al. 2010, Hesford et al. 2019), where it is considered that reductions in generalist predators by gamekeepers, as well as strip burning of older heather, may improve hare habitat and survival (Stoddart and Hewson 1984, Savory 1986, Reynolds and Tapper 1996).
Regional changes in mountain hare range may reflect patterns of grouse management intensity and changes in management between surveys, as well as underlying environmental gradients (e.g. geology and weather, Watson and Hewson 1973) which interact with the distribution of grouse moor management (Picozzi 1968). For example, mountain hare range remained relatively stable or increased on estates in north-east Scotland, an area of intensive grouse management (Anderson et al. 2009), but contracted in southwest Scotland, where numbers of grouse shot had declined since 1980 (Robertson et al. 2017). Recent spatial models of mountain hare distribution did not cover the south-west but showed significant declines in abundance indices across 34% of the considered part of their range (Massimino et al. 2018), including in areas of north-west Scotland, where we found concurrent range reductions. However, their data were collected during surveys primarily designed for birds, which are known to perform poorly when estimating hare numbers (Brooker et al. 2018, Newey et al. 2018, Wheeler et al. 2019), and we show that declines occurred on walked-up estates whilst estates managed for driven grouse shooting showed recent range increases in the north-west.
Distribution maps presented here and in Massimino et al. (2018), were produced using data collected by citizen science survey methods and may be limited by the reliability of the information received (Hunter et al. 2013). For instance, confusion with European hares Lepus europaeus by inexperienced observes within upland/lowland ecotones, may have impacted the accuracy of reporting leading to false positives. In contrast, failure to detect mountain hares may have led to false negatives, therefore absences in this study should be treated as pseudo-absences only. Moreover, mountain hare range may be under reported in areas where reported hare presence was low due to lower participant engagement (Patton et al. 2010). Thus, spatiotemporal clustering as a result of measurement bias may also be a limiting factor (Bird et al. 2014). Nonetheless, by using a questionnaire-based methodology we surveyed over 90% of Scotland and were able to identify areas where mountain hare range has contracted within the last two decades.
Reported percentage presence of mountain hares within each 10×10-km grid square in Scotland in 2016/2017. Squares were marked as surveyed if responses were provided for that square but where mountain hare were not reported as present.
Change in mountain hare distribution in Scotland: (a) from 1995/1996 (Tapper 1996) to 2016/2017 and (b) from 2006/2007 (Patton et al. 2010) to 2016/2017. Distribution compared at a 10×10-km grid square scale, limited to the area surveyed in common between the time periods being compared. Areas were marked as surveyed if mountain hares were reported absent in both survey periods and were marked as 'Non-surveyed' if <10% of the grid square had been surveyed in common. For a comparison of 1995/1996 to 2006/2007 see Patton et al. (2010).
Described reductions in mountain hare range were consistent with those of moorland birds, including golden plover Pluvialis apricaria, curlew Numenius arquata, black grouse, Lyrurus tetrix and red grouse, over a similar time period (Balmer et al. 2013). Declines in these bird species have been attributed to large-scale changes in upland land-use, where heather moorland has been either afforested or lost to over-grazing, predominantly by sheep (Fuller and Gough 1999, Douglas et al. 2014, White et al. 2015, Robertson et al. 2017). These changes have resulted in fragmentation of remaining moorland habitats, especially in south–west Scotland, where management of moors for driven grouse shooting has largely ceased and generalist predators have increased accordingly (Douglas et al. 2014, Robertson et al. 2017). We found greatest reductions in hare range in this region and it is likely that changes in land management have significantly contributed to their decline (Hulbert et al. 1996, Watson and Wilson 2018) as illustrated by the last record of mountain hares from Langholm Moor in 2002 (S. Ludwig unpubl.), a moor previously managed for driven grouse shooting, following the cessation of fox control by gamekeepers in 1999 (Ludwig et al. 2017). Over the next decade, further land-use change is expected in southern Scotland in line with Government afforestation targets (Scottish Government 2019), which may present a challenge for mountain hare conservation in this region.
Average percentage area (± SE) reported positive for mountain hares on Scottish estates in each survey period (1995/1996, 2006/2007 and 2016/2017), in relation to regions (north-east, north-west, south-west and south-east) and grouse management type (driven, walked-up and nt-shot). Data is presented for Original estates only. Values are calculated from actual means at the estate level (n = number of estates). Percentage change is the overall change for the 20-year period (1995/1996 to 2016/2017).
Number of mountain hares reported killed and the average kill density (i.e. the number of hares harvested per km2 of hare presence±SE) for estates surveyed in common between periods (1995/1996, 2006/2007 and 2016/2017) (n=number of estates).
In north-east Scotland, tick-related culls of mountain hares have recently been associated with severe declines in hare indices on grouse moors (31% per annum from 1999 to 2017) (Watson and Wilson 2018). Declines in species abundance are often accompanied by shifts in range (Lawton 1993, Fuller et al. 1995), however, we show that mountain hare range has remained stable or increased in this region. Although increased hunting pressure can sometimes cause shifts in species range and could explain the apparent mountain hare range expansion in the north-east (Verdade 1996), we found no relationship between kill density and changes in range. Whilst we observed increases in the number of mountain hares killed over the last two decades, the average kill density changed little over the last 10 years, suggesting that changes in reported hunting records probably reflect cyclical fluctuations in mountain hare densities (Reynolds et al. 2006, Aebischer 2019, Hesford et al. 2019), a well-described pattern observed in mountain hare populations across Europe (Newey et al. 2007b). Managed grouse moors generally support high densities of mountain hares and appear likely to be population sources rather than sinks (Watson et al. 1973, Hesford et al. 2019). Despite increases in numbers of hares killed over the last 20 years, it appears that the range contractions may be unrelated to culling, and instead other changes such as moorland habitat loss and reductions in management effort might be more important. Disentangling the ecological drivers determining occupancy and density patterns should be the focus of future research.
We thank all those who responded to the questionnaire and who provided mountain hare data, including Scottish Gamekeepers Association and Scottish Land and Estates who assisted with mailing to their memberships. Kayleigh Hogg, Kim Morrison, Amy Butterfield, Charlene Shaw and Colin Shaw helped with the initial mailing, whilst Carol Anderson, Tony Stevenson and Irene Johnston helped co-ordinate responses. Hannah Weald and Megan Roberts assisted with digitising and data entry. We are also grateful to Nicholas Aebischer who provided statistical advice and Kathy Fletcher who commented on early drafts.
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Just my mini being all Badass Like MAMA • Auckland has been a blast, catching up with family and seeing all the cuzzies together. We have ANZAC Day tomorrow then head to Raro on Friday and arrive ANZAC Day there! • Family time! Quality Time! And Quality Work Time #makingdreamshappen • These will be available on Sat when the website opens. All of this range will be made to order because... it saves on stock piling just to have massive sales to clear stock, it's more cost effective and saves on waste! • The one and only Badass Apparel is making big moves in the right direction!!
With Woodwrights New Tokyo and Ara Sofa Collections, there are countless configuration options available. Whether you want something more formal for large gatherings or something more intimate for quality family time - there is a solution for every discerning customer! Read more about the benefits of our modular furniture on our latest blog!
Transportable via hiab truck, you can drop a Suite Hut anywhere!
Bring the outdoors in this season by combining textures like felts and leathers with throws and floor cushions. Wallpaper from our Vanity Fair collection. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 521 |
#ifndef __NOUVEAU_BO_H__
#define __NOUVEAU_BO_H__
struct nouveau_channel;
struct nouveau_fence;
struct nouveau_vma;
struct nouveau_bo {
struct ttm_buffer_object bo;
struct ttm_placement placement;
u32 valid_domains;
u32 placements[3];
u32 busy_placements[3];
struct ttm_bo_kmap_obj kmap;
struct list_head head;
/* protected by ttm_bo_reserve() */
struct drm_file *reserved_by;
struct list_head entry;
int pbbo_index;
bool validate_mapped;
struct list_head vma_list;
unsigned page_shift;
u32 tile_mode;
u32 tile_flags;
struct nouveau_drm_tile *tile;
struct drm_gem_object *gem;
/* protect by the ttm reservation lock */
int pin_refcnt;
struct ttm_bo_kmap_obj dma_buf_vmap;
};
static inline struct nouveau_bo *
nouveau_bo(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo)
{
return container_of(bo, struct nouveau_bo, bo);
}
static inline int
nouveau_bo_ref(struct nouveau_bo *ref, struct nouveau_bo **pnvbo)
{
struct nouveau_bo *prev;
if (!pnvbo)
return -EINVAL;
prev = *pnvbo;
*pnvbo = ref ? nouveau_bo(ttm_bo_reference(&ref->bo)) : NULL;
if (prev) {
struct ttm_buffer_object *bo = &prev->bo;
ttm_bo_unref(&bo);
}
return 0;
}
extern struct ttm_bo_driver nouveau_bo_driver;
void nouveau_bo_move_init(struct nouveau_drm *);
int nouveau_bo_new(struct drm_device *, int size, int align, u32 flags,
u32 tile_mode, u32 tile_flags, struct sg_table *sg,
struct nouveau_bo **);
int nouveau_bo_pin(struct nouveau_bo *, u32 flags);
int nouveau_bo_unpin(struct nouveau_bo *);
int nouveau_bo_map(struct nouveau_bo *);
void nouveau_bo_unmap(struct nouveau_bo *);
void nouveau_bo_placement_set(struct nouveau_bo *, u32 type, u32 busy);
u16 nouveau_bo_rd16(struct nouveau_bo *, unsigned index);
void nouveau_bo_wr16(struct nouveau_bo *, unsigned index, u16 val);
u32 nouveau_bo_rd32(struct nouveau_bo *, unsigned index);
void nouveau_bo_wr32(struct nouveau_bo *, unsigned index, u32 val);
void nouveau_bo_fence(struct nouveau_bo *, struct nouveau_fence *);
int nouveau_bo_validate(struct nouveau_bo *, bool interruptible,
bool no_wait_gpu);
struct nouveau_vma *
nouveau_bo_vma_find(struct nouveau_bo *, struct nouveau_vm *);
int nouveau_bo_vma_add(struct nouveau_bo *, struct nouveau_vm *,
struct nouveau_vma *);
void nouveau_bo_vma_del(struct nouveau_bo *, struct nouveau_vma *);
/* TODO: submit equivalent to TTM generic API upstream? */
static inline void __iomem *
nvbo_kmap_obj_iovirtual(struct nouveau_bo *nvbo)
{
bool is_iomem;
void __iomem *ioptr = (void __force __iomem *)ttm_kmap_obj_virtual(
&nvbo->kmap, &is_iomem);
WARN_ON_ONCE(ioptr && !is_iomem);
return ioptr;
}
#endif
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INTERVIEW: Kavanagh on Symington
The assistant manager on United's young wide man
Midfielder Dave Symington marked his first league start for the Blues with one of the best goals seen at Brunton Park for a number of years when he thumped an unstoppable 35-yard free kick into the roof of the net during the second half of the game against Doncaster.
Workington-born Symington, 19 in January, signed his first professional deal in the summer having successfully negotiated two years with the U18 set-up and that was quickly converted to a three-year deal following some good performances at the start of the season.
Assistant manager Graham Kavanagh spoke to us about the goal and the impact the young wide man has had shortly after full time on Tuesday evening.
"The goal Dave Symington scored was fantastic," he said. "He has the most powerful shot I have ever seen in the game, and I've been involved for 23 years now.
"We know he can do that and he has no fear at all. He strikes the ball cleanly and he's done well to pick up some good goals already this season. He'll certainly remember that one for a long time to come."
And on his attitude to the game, he added: "He has been a breath of fresh air for us.
"He comes in every day with a smile on his face and he gets on with his work with very little fuss. All three of the young lads who have played regularly have come in and added something. They are now starting to grow into real men and this difficult period will stand them in really good stead."
As well as his trademark thundering shots Symington has also developed a knack of putting the ball into very dangerous areas from a range of positions.
"When you least expect him to cross a ball he delivers it, and it tends to be struck with tremendous pace and power," Kavanagh explained.
"Very few people can deal with it. I think Lee Miller will really thrive on that type of service. If that quality of ball is put into that type of area then Lee is the kind of striker who will benefit massively.
"It's been a good start for David because he keeps things simple. He has taken a lot of what we have tried to teach him on board and his enthusiasm for the game is great to see. Hopefully he'll keep improving and, if he does, he'll develop into a really good player." | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaCommonCrawl'} | 523 |
Our final short paper is available now. I am analyzing three low speed rear end crash tests: Mercedes v. New Beetle, ARC-CSI 2015 crash Mazda v. Land Rover, and IPTM 2015 Bus v. Ford car.
This paper concludes our low speed crash test data analysis series using MARC1 Software.
The 2016 Short Papers emphasis will be on offset and frontal side wipe collisions.
We hope you all have a wonderful time finishing out the year 2015.
I hope to see you at one of the 2016 crash conferences.
Got a question, call or e-mail me. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 524 |
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (fourth left), and United States (US) Secretary of State, Michael Pompeo (fourth right), engage in bilateral discussions during a meeting at the Office of the Prime Minister on Wednesday (January 22). The meeting was part of the schedule of activities for Secretary Pompeo, who is on a two-day working visit to the island. Also pictured are several Jamaican Government officials as well as dignitaries from the US who participated in the discussions.
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Shaw Commits to Development of the Medical Cannabis Industry
Written by: Douglas Mcintosh
Photo: Adrian Walker
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, addresses the opening ceremony for the University of Technology's (UTech) third annual Jamaican Medical Cannabis Integration Symposium (JAMECANN) on Thursday (July 5). The two-day event is being held under the theme 'Merging Science, Spirit and Business', at the College of Health Sciences at UTech's main campus in Papine, St. Andrew.
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Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, says he is committed to providing the leadership to mobilise the requisite resources and personnel for the development and success of the medical cannabis industry.
Addressing the opening ceremony for the University of Technology's (UTech) third annual Jamaican Medical Cannabis Integration Symposium (JAMECANN) on Thursday (July 5) at the institution, the Minister noted that several other countries are "rushing" to take advantage of this "multibillion-dollar global industry".
Mr. Shaw emphasised that Jamaica "cannot afford to miss this boat", and encouraged all Jamaicans to be "bold and move with a deep sense of urgency" towards tapping into the derivable economic benefits.
He said Jamaica cannot ignore the tremendous growth that has taken place globally in the medical cannabis industry, adding that he is currently formulating a strategy to help fast-track its development locally.
However, Mr. Shaw said the Government is mindful of its responsibility to abide by local and international laws in treating with cannabis.
The Minister reiterated amended provisions under the Dangerous Drugs Act for possession of two ounces or less of the weed. Additionally, he said there is acknowledgement of the Rastafarians' rights to use cannabis as a sacrament.
He underscored the need for a close working relationship to be established between the Ministry of Health and State regulatory agency, the Cannabis Licensing Authority, "because there are clear demarcations there in respect of the roles and responsibilities".
Importantly, Mr Shaw added, is the need for consensus on the outcomes of this undertaking to develop the medical cannabis industry, while emphasising that public education will be pivotal.
Mr. Shaw also lauded UTech's role in and contribution to this dispensation, adding that "it is great to have a partner such as UTech bringing much-needed science to help (to) shape our path".
"The more we are able to educate the general public… the greater (I believe will be) the pace of general acceptance. So, it is in that role that I look forward to working with you and others, including our international partners, to make Jamaica the best of the best in the world. Jamaica is building a medical cannabis industry as the rest of the world is doing," he said.
The two-day event is being held under the theme 'Merging Science, Spirit and Business'.
The symposium is focusing on several key topics, including the 'Legislative Implications of the Dangerous Drugs Act (2015)', and 'Medical Cannabis Product Innovation'. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaCommonCrawl'} | 525 |
The moment you notice that you need to have your blocked drains Berkshire fixed, call a reliable plumbing engineer right away especially if the job requires immediate attention. If you have already scheduled for blocked drains Berkshire repair, the next thing for you to do is prepare for the actual delivery of service. Most plumbing jobs are charged by the hour so you want to have your plumbing issues address right away to minimize the costs. Here are some things you can do to speed up the process.
Before the scheduled plumbing job, list down all the needs to be done. For all you know, your blocked drains are not the only problem around the house. Check your pipes for any drips or leaks and you might also want to pay attention to any gurgling or unusual sound in your drain pipes whenever water runs through it. Include everything you want to be checked, maintained or fixed around the house in relation to plumbing and put on the cost estimate.
If you intend to have your pipes checked aside from blocked drains Berkshire, make sure that the area where majority of your pipes are located are free from any obstructions. If your piping system is visible in your basement, make sure that your basement can be easily accessed with ample lighting. Remove cabinets in your toilet or bathroom if the issue is in the area. You might also want to remove your carpets and cover furniture which cannot be moved.
Doing a plumbing job sometimes require for the water source to be turned off especially when there are leaks or blocked drains Berkshire connected to a water source. Sometimes there might be foul smell from the drains while it is being cleaned. Inform your family and the people around the house so they can prepare for it. You may advice them to visit their friends while the job is being done. Secure your pets too for their safety. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 526 |
#ifndef SiconosPointers_hpp
#define SiconosPointers_hpp
/*! \file SiconosPointers.hpp
Siconos interface to reference-counting pointers
Siconos pointers are reference counting pointers. Memory pointed by a
Siconos pointer is automaticaly deallocated.
Basic usage :
- to declare a Siconos pointer on a Siconos Object:
\verbatim
SP::<Siconos Object> myobject;
\endverbatim
- to set a Siconos pointer :
\verbatim
myobject.reset(new <Siconos Object>(...));
\endverbatim
Siconos pointers are boost smart pointers.
More documentation on smart pointers and reference counting:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_pointer
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reference_counting
- http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/release/libs/smart_ptr
*/
#include <SiconosConfig.h>
// Case 1 : ref == shared pointers from c++ (>=11) standard
// SICONOS_STD_SHARED_PTR is automatically set by cmake (CXXCompilerSetup.cmake)
// while SICONOS_USE_BOOST_FOR_CXX11 is a user option.
#if defined(SICONOS_STD_SHARED_PTR) && !defined(SICONOS_USE_BOOST_FOR_CXX11)
#include <memory>
namespace std11 = std;
#else
// Case 2 : ref == boost shared pointers
#include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>
#include <boost/make_shared.hpp>
#include <boost/enable_shared_from_this.hpp>
namespace std11 = boost;
#endif
namespace SP {}
namespace SPC {}
namespace SA {}
/** \namespace SP Namespace for Siconos smart pointers : memory
pointed by a Siconos smart pointers is automaticaly
deallocated */
namespace SharedPointer = SP;
/** \namespace SA Namespace for Siconos shared arrays : Siconos shared
arrays are automaticaly deallocated */
namespace SharedArray = SA;
/** \namespace SPC Namespace for const shared pointers : memory
pointed by a const shared pointers is automaticaly deallocated */
namespace SharedPointerConst = SPC;
/** Using a shared_ptr to hold a pointer to a statically allocated
object
use create<type>SPtr(<type> &x)
cf http://www.boost.org/doc/
*/
struct nullDeleter
{
void operator()(void const *) const {}
};
/* template namespace : no */
#define NAME_SPACE_SPTR(X) \
namespace SP \
{ \
typedef SPtr##X X; \
} \
namespace SPC \
{ \
typedef SPtrConst##X X;\
}
#define NAME_SPACE_SAPTR(X) \
namespace SA \
{ \
typedef X##SAPtr X; \
}
/* template typedef : no */
#define TYPEDEF_SPTR(X) \
typedef std11::shared_ptr<X> SPtr##X; \
typedef std11::shared_ptr<const X> SPtrConst##X; \
inline SPtr##X create##SPtr##X(X &x) \
{ \
std11::shared_ptr<X> px(&x, nullDeleter()); \
return px; \
} \
inline SPtrConst##X create##SPtrConst##X(const X &x) \
{ \
std11::shared_ptr<const X> px(&x, nullDeleter()); \
return px; \
} \
NAME_SPACE_SPTR(X)
// boost shared_arrays : at the time required
// only in HEM5 and LSodar
#include <boost/shared_array.hpp>
#define TYPEDEF_SAPTR(X) \
typedef boost::shared_array<X> X##SAPtr ; \
NAME_SPACE_SAPTR(X)
#define DEFINE_SPTR(X) \
class X; \
TYPEDEF_SPTR(X)
#define DEFINE_SPTR_STRUCT(X) \
struct X; \
TYPEDEF_SPTR(X)
#define DEFINE_SAPTR(X) \
class X; \
TYPEDEF_SAPTR(X)
/* template with one argument */
#define NAME_SPACE_TPL1_SPTR(N,X,Y) \
namespace SP \
{ \
typedef SPtr##N N; \
} \
namespace SPC \
{ \
typedef SPtrConst##N N; \
}
#define TYPEDEF_TPL1_SPTR(N,X,Y) \
typedef std11::shared_ptr<X<Y> > SPtr##N; \
typedef std11::shared_ptr<const X<Y> > SPtrConst##N; \
inline SPtr##N create##SPtr##N(X<Y> &x) \
{ \
std11::shared_ptr<X<Y> > px(&x, nullDeleter()); \
return px; \
} \
inline SPtrConst##N create##SPtrConst##N(const X<Y> &x) \
{ \
std11::shared_ptr<const X<Y> > px(&x, nullDeleter()); \
return px; \
} \
NAME_SPACE_TPL1_SPTR(N,X,Y)
#endif /* SiconosPointers_hpp */
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require 'spec_helper'
module StashEngine
describe :repository do
attr_reader :logger
before(:each) do
@logger = instance_double(Logger)
allow(logger).to receive(:debug)
allow(Rails).to receive(:logger).and_return(logger)
end
after(:each) do
allow(Rails).to receive(:logger).and_call_original
end
it 'returns an instance of the configured repository' do
expect(StashEngine.repository).to be_a(Stash::MockRepository)
end
end
end
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Lyons Bancorp, Inc., the financial holding company for The Lyons National Bank, reported a 17% increase in 3rd quarter 2018 earnings as compared to the same period in 2017. On a per share basis, the Company earned $0.77, fully diluted, versus $0.66 per common share last year. As a result, for the first nine months of 2018, Lyons earned $2.10 per common share, fully diluted, versus $1.83 in the same period last year – an increase of almost 15%.
Fueling this growth in earnings was both the effects of the 2017 corporate tax cut and a 5.00% growth in average assets, year-over-year. Average assets on September 30, 2018 were $1.039 billion versus $988 million at September 30, 2017. Loans constituted the majority of this growth, as they grew by almost $74 million on average, while the Bank consciously reduced its investment portfolio using the proceeds of maturing investment to fund loan growth.
Helping to support the growth in loans was a strong growth in deposits. Average deposits on September 30, 2018 were $936 million versus $895 million at September 30, 2017. The Bank opened two branches in Auburn, NY, one in May of 2017 and another in February of 2018. The FDIC reports that Auburn is a $1 billion bank deposit market. At September 30, 2018, the Bank cultivated $45 million in customer deposits from that market.
For the nine months ending September 30, 2018, all of the Bank's performance ratios that the industry tracks improved over the following year. The Bank's return on average assets grew to 0.89% from 0.82%; its immediate targeted benchmark is 1.00%. For the quarter ending September 30, 2018, the ratio was 0.96%. The Bank's return on average equity grew to 12.52% from 11.16%; its net interest margin grew to 3.49% from 3.35% and its efficiency ratio improved by declining from 69.81% to 69.22%. The efficiency ratio measures how much a company incurs in expenses in order to earn $1.00 in revenues; therefore, the lower the ratio the better.
Asset quality at the Bank remained strong. Net loan charge-offs were $610 thousand or eight tenths of one percent in the nine months ended September 30, 2018 as compared to $509 thousand last year. Year-to-date, the Bank has increased its allowance for loan losses to $9.6 million from $8.6 million. Loans not performing to original terms and conditions did increase to $2.5 million from $1.3 million but remain well below industry tolerances. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 529 |
Passed away peacefully after a short illness on Saturday 13th October 2018.
Dearly Loved Father of Jodie, Sarah, Stuart and Michael.
Cherished Grandfather of Lucinda, Bodhi and Scarlett.
Loved Brother of Heather (dec'd), Charlie (dec'd) and Noreen.
Family and Friends are warmly invited to attend David's Funeral Service to be held at the All Saints Anglican Church, Byangum Road, Murwillumbah, on Friday 26th October 2018, at 10.00 am (NSW). | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 530 |
Get your points for the fantastic game mode in FIFA 15, FIFA Ultimate Team (FUT). With the 2200 FUT Points code you'll be able to use them on all sorts of improvements for your FIFA 15 Ultimate Team, including coaches, players, kit options and much more!
Enjoy The Beautiful Game, as it was meant to be played! | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 531 |
Lt.2 1945 168 Street, Surrey - Studio, 0 bath - For Sale Nancy Wei - Royal Pacific Realty Corp.
New subdivision of 13 RF13 lots that will accommodate 2 storey (plus basement) homes. Highly coveted South Surrey location in prime Grandview Heights neighborhood close to Southridge Private School and walking distance to the future Grandview Heights elementary (2 blocks away) and secondary schools, set to open in 2020. Minutes to Morgan Crossing, Grandview Corners, Grandview Heights Aquatic Centre. Builders will be required to follow a statutory building scheme/design guideline.
Listed By: RE/MAX Colonial Pacific Realty / HomeLife Benchmark Realty (White Rock) Corp. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 532 |
Join Pierre Gallego in Mozambique where he will be collecting data on humpback whales for his PhD in August. The programme is run in collaboration with Underwater Africa. Every summer hundreds of humpback whales aggregate in the warm coastal waters of Mozambique to mate and give birth to their young, offering a great opportunity to study them! Pierre's work focuses on the quantification of heavy metals and other toxins which whales accumulate in their fat layer, the blubber, over their lifetime. Females generally have lower levels of contaminants in their blubber because they dissolved in the fatty milk and are passed on to their calves. By taking a very small blubber sample from the animals in different breeding grounds, Pierre will be able to establish differences in contamination in relation to the breeding population.
In addition to humpback whales, the coastal waters in Mozambique are home to whale sharks, manta rays, dolphins and many more species. No dive and no boat trip will be alike! During your time with Odyssea you can expect to learn more about the biology and ecology of these animals while being introduced into the main research techniques used to study them: photo-identification, acoustic recordings, biopsy sampling, boat surveys. Through the interaction with our collaborating organisations you'll get a very realistic insight into what conservation biology is really like and you will be surprised to discover how much work is involved to keep these projects afloat: outreach projects, educational programmes, skill training, and data processing.
A documentary was filmed during last year's field season in Mozambique, which can be seen here (language is in Luxembourgish). For more information and questions please do not hesitate to contact us under [email protected]. Positions are available from mid-July to mid-September and can be between 2 to 8 weeks long. While Odyssea researcher Pierre Gallego provides onsite teaching and mentoring, the internship programme is run by our collaborators from Underwater Africa. Participation in this programme is subject to a substantial fee and information can be found on the Underwater Africa website. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 533 |
The first week of January we revealed our new logo with great excitement during the Georgia Bridal Show at the Cobb Galleria. Along with this grand reveal we also purchased new wedding albums that embrace our true design style (I was doing the happy dance). Let me just tell you, when the albums first arrived at our house I looked like a child opening their dream gift, literally tearing through the packaging to get to them.
I personally design all our albums with photos that our couples choose from there amazing wedding days using a Pass Gallery. I love clean, modern, and fresh designs…free from clutter, overwhelming collages, selective coloring, colored backgrounds, and layered imagery. I'm not saying all album design should take the same approach, but I think albums are intended to last the test of time and simplicity always trumps trends. Always.
We offer three different levels of albums, our first option is the "Simple Album". This album is a 10×10 lush genuine black leather with gold or silver embossing on the cover. The album has lay flat pages with less than 1mm seam. Jamie + Brian selected this album with their collection and it documents their wedding beautifully.
Jamie + Brian 10×10 Simple Album: And of course they all come with our stamp of approval… The second level is the "Designer Album". This album comes in two sizes 8×10 or 10×10 and has a photographic cover. The front cover photo and back cover photos can consist of tow different images or one panoramic image. The beautiful crisp print of the cover stands out beautifully on any coffee table and is sure to grab attention. The album has lay flat pages with less than 1mm seam. Many of our couple choose this option because of the gorgeous photographic cover.
Emily + Dalton 8×10 Designer Album: Amanda + Brian 10×10 Designer Album: All album pages are nice and thick with amazing color, quality and durability. Our top level is the "Glamor Album", this is my personal favorite because I love how large and breathtaking the images are. This album is a true statement piece and work of art. This album comes in two sizes 11×14 or 12×12 and has a brilliant photographic cover. The front cover photo and back cover photos can consist of tow different images or one panoramic image. Any where this album is displayed it looks like art work just waiting to be explored. The album has lay flat pages with less than 1mm seam. Many of our couples choose this option because of the gorgeous photographic cover. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 534 |
Nasser Al-Kharafi (; * 17. Juni 1943 in Kuwait; † 17. April 2011 in Kairo) war ein kuwaitischer Unternehmer.
Leben
Er war der Besitzer des Unternehmens M. A. Kharafi & Sons. Er hielt die Mehrheit von Zain, einem der größten Telekommunikationsunternehmen im Nahen Osten und Afrika. Kharafi hatte Unternehmen und Franchiseunternehmen in 11 Ländern, darunter Ägypten, Südafrika und Syrien. In Ägypten baute die Al Kharafi Gruppe den Hafen Ghalib International Marina. Das Forbes Magazine setzte ihn 2011 auf Platz 77 einer Liste der reichsten Männer der Welt mit einem geschätzten Vermögen von 10,4 Milliarden US-Dollar.
Al-Kharafi starb 2011 in Kairo an einem Herzinfarkt. Er war verheiratet und hatte fünf Kinder. Sein Bruder Jassem Al-Kharafi ist Sprecher des Kuwaitischen Parlaments; seine Schwester Faiza ist Rektorin der Kuwait-Universität.
Auszeichnungen
Ehrendoktor der Amerikanischen Universität Beirut
2004 Verleihung der Jordanischen Independence Medal durch König Abdullah II.
Einzelnachweise
Unternehmer (21. Jahrhundert)
Unternehmer (20. Jahrhundert)
Ehrendoktor der Amerikanischen Universität Beirut
Kuwaiter
Geboren 1943
Gestorben 2011
Mann | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaWikipedia'} | 535 |
Q: Swift Telnet Stream with Authentication The following code works great when connecting with TCP to many devices. But trying to connect to a device that asks for a username and password, it does not.
When connecting with putty via telnet, devices like the Cisco SX 80 return a login: prompt after connecting.
But when using the following code, the OpenCompleted event occurs, then HasBytesAvaialable occurs, but the buffer is empty.
Setting the socketSecurityLevel to anything else throws an error because it is plain telnet, not SSL.
Any ideas on what I am missing?
func openTcpStream(){
if !tcpHost.isEmpty{
Stream.getStreamsToHost(withName: tcpHost, port: tcpPort, inputStream: &inputStream, outputStream: &outputStream)
if inputStream != nil{
let input: InputStream = inputStream!
input.delegate = self
input.schedule(in: RunLoop.current, forMode: RunLoopMode.defaultRunLoopMode)
self.inputStream!.setProperty(StreamSocketSecurityLevel.none, forKey: Stream.PropertyKey.socketSecurityLevelKey)
input.open()
}
if outputStream != nil{
let output: OutputStream = outputStream!
output.delegate = self
output.schedule(in: RunLoop.current, forMode: RunLoopMode.defaultRunLoopMode)
self.outputStream!.setProperty(StreamSocketSecurityLevel.none, forKey: Stream.PropertyKey.socketSecurityLevelKey)
output.open()
}
}
}
func stream(_ aStream: Stream, handle eventCode: Stream.Event) {
var event = ""
switch eventCode {
case Stream.Event.openCompleted:
if writeQueue != ""{
writeTcpStream(bufferToWrite: writeQueue)
}
case Stream.Event.hasBytesAvailable:
if inputStream != nil{
readTcpStream(inputStream: inputStream)
}
default:()
}
}
func readTcpStream(inputStream: InputStream?){
if inputStream != nil{
let input = inputStream!
var readBuffer: NSString = ""
var readByte = [UInt8](repeating:0, count: 512)
while input.hasBytesAvailable{
input.read(&readByte, maxLength: readByte.count)
let tempString = NSString(bytes: readByte, length: readByte.count, encoding: String.Encoding.utf8.rawValue)
if tempString?.length != nil{
readBuffer = (readBuffer as String) + (tempString! as String) as NSString
}
}
}
}
A: The telnet protocol is not just plain text over a socket. You can find the details in RFC854
UPDATE: There is an updated spec RFC5198 you may not need to implement it if you do not need Unicode.
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You have to lose yourself.
No matter how much negative connotation the title has, the post is probably one of the most optimistic posts that you have read here off lately. Attachment is a good thing. In fact, it is a great gift for any emotionally sane person to have. But being unattached is even a greater gift. A gift that life gives you when it knows that you are ready for it.
If you have grown through what you have gone through, you are definitely going to agree with what I am going to say next. There is nothing called a right thing or a wrong thing. So, I wouldn't use my judgement and call being unattached as a good or a bad thing. It is completely okay to be unattached. You can truly and completely be in love and stay unattached. Yes, that is normal.
Let us track what causes attachment. Attachment happens when you look for a person - a friend, a lover, anyone- to fill the void that you have in your life. Once you find that person, you give full responsibility of your void - something that is your to take care of- to that lucky one. This makes you emotionally dependent on that person and what follows is attachment which causes the vulnerability we all are afraid of. Why not just do this - fill the void yourself because no one else knows you better than you do. And then find a person who can enhance the effort and complement that. You are completely unattached then but at the same time you respect and love the person all the more.
It doesn't sound easy, does it? No. Because it is not. Coming to terms with the fact that you don't need anyone for anything in your life is an Herculean task. It is human tendency to always look for support. But when you know that you are self sufficient and then find someone who will just increase that self sufficiency factor, you know that you are doing good. Do not seek someone to heal your childhood wounds, help you sail through your fears or give guarantee of the future - trust me everyone is good enough to do that for themselves - rather seek someone with whom you can live in the moment because you are as independent as can be.
Does it mean that you are being selfish - not even letting the other person get attached to you? No, you ain't. You are just being in control of your emotions. Being unattached, in fact, conveys the fact that you respect the other person's journey and struggle of life as much as you respect yours. In fact, you love and care all the more - without expecting anything out of it.
What you just read is the age old teaching about the worldly pleasure that we have been ignoring because its convenient. Work towards your life, get involved in it but don't get attached.
Life is the best teacher, isn't it? The last thing that I would want to do is write a gyaani post. This is just something I just had to share. I did not write this one just for the sake of writing it. I now know that this is how things work. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 537 |
The Odd Story of One-Game Bills Coach Anthony Lynn
Sunday in Orchard Park, the two most recent Buffalo Bills head coaches will face off. As weird as it sounds, Anthony Lynn is credited as being the 19th head coach in franchise history, despite only coaching one game. Let me take you back to late December 2016 where Rex Ryan and his defense had just been shredded again in an embarrassing OT loss to the Dolphins, pushing the Bills playoff drought to 16 years. Two days later, Rex Ryan was fired and drove his Bills truck out of One Bills Drive for the final time. Anthony Lynn was named interim head coach, which was expected. Lynn experienced a meteoric rise in 2016, starting the season as the Bills running backs coach, was promoted to offensive coordinate in Week 3 after Greg Roman was fired as Rex's scapegoat, before ultimately suiting up as the head man for the Bills in the season finale. Ryan often talked up Lynn to the media over the year, saying that it wouldn't be too long before Lynn was a head coach, himself. It turns out Lynn, a longtime member of Rex's coaching circle, was in-line to replace his former boss in Buffalo. The years of constant praise from Ryan, as well as the success of the offense and Tyrod Taylor under Lynn's direction made it clear to many fans and media outlets: Anthony Lynn was "supposed" to be the next head coach of the Buffalo Bills. But after looking back on it a few years later, you wonder if Lynn really was the front-runner for the job, as so many declared him to be.
Anthony Lynn was given one game, the season finale, to prove himself to Bills brass that he could handle the gig. A one-game audition to prove that the he would not be the shortest tenured head coach in franchise history at just one game. The game was a disaster. The Bills lost to the Jets 30-10 in what turned out to be nothing more than a preseason game. Mid-week, the Bills benched Tyrod Taylor, seemingly to prevent an injury and thus being forced into keeping him around, while paying him nearly $30 million guaranteed as an injury clause in his contract. Instead, the Bills started EJ Manuel in his place. By the 4th quarter Cardale Jones was in the game, replacing Manuel under center. The horrendous performance by the Bills made some question Lynn's ability as a coach, but even Lynn had to wonder if it was fair to strip him of his starting quarterback in what was supposed to be a job interview. When asked if it was his decision to bench the quarterback that he helped to transform into a above-average starter, Lynn said, "I can't speak for the owner. I can't speak for the GM. They'll have to speak for themselves."
In the week leading up to the game, countless media reports indicated that the job was Lynn's to lose, and the interview process was nothing more than a formality. It was in those interviews that Terry and Kim Pegula and Doug Whaley were captivated by "the process." As reports started to leak out that the Bills were growing more and more interested in Panthers DC Sean McDermott, the narrative changed from "his to lose" to "still in it" for Anthony Lynn. Once it became clear that the Bills were narrowing in on McDermott, and ultimately hired him, Lynn agreed to become the next coach of the Los Angeles Chargers.
After being hired by the Chargers, Lynn was asked to comment on his candidacy for the Bills head coaching job and had this to say:
"I mean, when you think about it, how many times does the interim head coach really get the job…It doesn't happen very often. And when you fire the head coach, sometimes you just want a clean slate, and I kind of sensed that a little bit, and so I never really felt like that was my job."
Looking back, it seems like Lynn might not have been the front-runner that many of the fanbase and media claimed him to be. As he noted, I think after the complete dysfunction of the Ryan regime, the Pegulas wanted to clean shop and overhaul their football franchise. And with the hire of Sean McDermott, they did just that.
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Glad he landed on his feet and it looks like he has his QB of the future in LA. Wish hime the best | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaCommonCrawl'} | 538 |
It's that time of year again, the time during which I roll out all the reasons and excuses for not blogging regularly. I was making these excuses to the inimitable Dan Slee last week so he set me a six week blogging challenge to help me get over myself and I'm grabbing it. I've fallen into the crazy situation a lot of other freelancers fall into: you're so busy advising other people to do a thing that you don't do the thing yourself. For me that's blogging and generally regularly creating and circulating great digital content for myself so let's see if this gets me jump started. I've got a stack of disparate things to share and think out loud about. I'll kick off with a personal update.
In the year and a bit since my last update, things have been great. My time as Digital Engagement Manager with the Scottish Government ended in the winter- I had to leave because I had hit the 23 month threshold for contracting in the Scottish Government. I had mixed feelings about having to leave; I *loved* the work I was doing but I could feel the organisation was not entirely ready for my mojo. So with a few quiet drinks with government colleagues, I was headed toward the world of financial insecurity in exchange for taking control over my working life.
I had to set up a limited company in order to contract with the Scottish Government. I decided I would not look for a job after leaving the place and that I would give freelancing a proper go because I had the company all set up. This gave me The Fear which in turn motivated me to go out and try to smash it. But I didn't know I might go about the smashing. I think I have a good reputation and I do have a strong professional network but the idea of articulating my offer, marketing my 'brand' and learning how to completely manage all my time and work was paralyzing (to this day I don't have it all cracked.) Everything seemed urgent, too risky and every decision felt like it was probably wrong. The realisation about how much I had been rewarded for dependence as an employee hit me pretty hard too so all in all I was on a few steep learning curves. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 539 |
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A body in the snow. A family full of secrets. A town frozen by fear.
Tuva Moodyson has a fortnight to investigate the deaths before she starts her new job in the south. A blizzard moves in. Residents, already terrified, feel increasingly cut-off. Tuva must go deep inside the Grimberg factory to stop the killer before she leaves town for good. But who's to say the Ferryman will let her go?
Atmospheric, haunting and utterly compelling, Red Snow is the gripping and thoroughly enjoyable sequel to international bestselling thriller Dark Pines.
We hope you will join us, and Will, Friday 8th February at The Chapel, Corbridge, doors will be open from 6.30pm for a 7.00pm start. Tickets are available now at £10 which includes a drink on arrival and £5 off the book.
Ticket bookings are available now from Forum Books at The Chapel, Corbridge, by phone on 01434 632931 or online here.
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Im looking to buy a couple of Mythic Legions hopefully for SH prices or a little over if need be.
Complete is obviously preferable. Hopefully the community can help, thank you!
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Q: Typing a function that maps a property in an object to another property I'm trying to type a function that maps a property in an object to another property.
E.g. the mapProperty function can be used as mapProperty('_id', 'id', { _id: "arst" } ). The resulting type should be { id: string }.
I have created the function mapProperty typed below, but I feel the as unknown as M shouldn't be necessary. However, when I'm not using that, I'm getting the following error:
Type 'T & { [x: string]: T[K]; }' is not assignable to type 'M'.
'M' could be instantiated with an arbitrary type which could be unrelated to 'T & { [x: string]: T[K]; }'.
It's also not possible to type the return value as : { [key: L]: T[K] }.
What could be a solution?
const mapProperty = <T, K extends keyof T, M, L extends keyof M>(
from: K,
to: L,
obj: T,
): M => {
const prop = obj[from];
delete obj[from];
return ({ ...obj, [to]: prop } as unknown) as M;
};
Edit: (I used the answer of Николай Гольцев with a twist)
I added a parameter that's a function that maps the value of the mapped property:
const mapProperty = <T, K extends keyof T, L extends string, M = T[K]>(
obj: T,
from: K,
to: L,
fn?: (x: T[K]) => M,
): Omit<T, K> & { [key in L]: M } => {
const prop = fn ? fn(obj[from]) : obj[from];
delete obj[from];
return { ...obj, [to]: prop } as any;
};
A: It can be typed like this:
const mapProperty = <T, K extends keyof T, L extends string>(
from: K,
to: L,
obj: T,
): Omit<T, K> & {
[key in L]: T[K]
} => {
const prop = obj[from];
delete obj[from];
return { ...obj, [to]: prop } as any;
};
const k = mapProperty('_id', 'id', { _id: "arst", k: true } )
Error arise in the return statement because delete operator do nothing with type of variable. After delete operation it still will be T. Computed property, as I know, always give type { [x: string]: T }.
A: Please take a look on next solution:
type Data = { age: 1, name: 'string' }
// Main utility
type Replace<O, P1 extends keyof O, P2 extends string> =
Pick<O, Exclude<keyof O, P1>>
& { [P in P2]: O[P1] }
type Result = Replace<Data, 'name', 'surname'>
const mapProperty = <O, P1 extends keyof O, P2 extends string>(obj: O, from: P1, to: P2): Replace<O, P1, P2> => {
const { [from]: replaced, ...rest } = obj;
// don't know how to get rid of casting operators
return {
...rest,
[to]: replaced
} as unknown as Replace<O, P1, P2>
}
const data: Data = { age: 1, name: 'string' }
const result = mapProperty(data, 'age', 'year')
type Res = keyof typeof result // "year" | "name"
It is considered a good practice to not use delete operator at all, because it is slow and has other drawbacks. As an alternative, you can use Reflect.deleteProperty() instead. I don't know how to get rid unknown casting because of computed nature [to].
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Nowhere is Melbourne's conventions and events focus more evident than along the tree-lined banks and promenades of Melbourne's picturesque Yarra River. It's a precinct that specifically allows delegates to make the most of every moment of their stay in Australia's cultural, sporting, food, fashion and business capital.
Bordered by the internationally acclaimed Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) and the new cultural haven of Federation Square, this precinct presents a complete events environment. It encompasses contemporary and unique venues as well as theatres, boutiques, restaurants and a range of 3,4, and 5 star hotels which contribute over 4,500 accommodation rooms, all within walking distance.
With so much being accessible by foot, tram or boat, meeting planners and event organisers can create a variety of itineraries that take-in one or more of the exciting facilities and still remain within a short distance of the convention venue and their hotels.
Delegates attending any business meeting, conference or event will be able to experience the new Melbourne Convention Centre from mid 2009. With three flexible plenary auditoriums, 32 meeting rooms and integrated with 30,000 square metres of existing exhibition space the new centre has also achieved a world first on being awarded a '6 Star Green Star' environmental rating for its innovative design and features. From here, it is just a short stroll to one of the other precinct venues, such as the Crown Entertainment Complex or Sheraton Towers for a cocktail party or gala dinner. Or perhaps a scenic boat cruise to Federation Square or the Victorian Arts Centre for an evening of opera, ballet or live theatre. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 545 |
Apple's latest software update is finally coming down the pipes: macOS High Sierra is now available to download in the Mac App Store.
If you have a Mac from 2010 or later — and even some MacBooks and iMacs from late 2009 — your computer should be able to handle the High Sierra, so long as you have OS X 10.7.5 or later, 2GB of memory, and at least 8.8GB of available storage.
Apple previously announced that the OS would be ready for users today, and broke the news that it went live in a press release.
The new OS offers a slew of new features, like an update to the new Apple Files System, better graphics and VR support, HEVC video, autoplay blocking, and security-minded Intelligent Tracking Prevention on Safari, and overhauled photo editing features.
There's no cost to upgrade, so users can head to the App Store on their computers and get the new features for free starting now. If you're curious about exactly what the High Sierra update will give you, you can check out a full list of its features on Apple's site. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 546 |
Issue: TWP as a GO, self-reported that if failed to comply with reliability directives issued by its RC (per R8). TWP was under a production curtailment per the direction of its RC due to inclement weather experienced at one of TWP's locations that resulted in constrained transmission facilities. The RC provided several levels of production curtailment, limiting TWP from 105 MW to 120 MW of generation for different periods during the Constrained Period. TWP reported ten instances where production unintentionally and momentarily exceeded the curtailment level.
Finding: MRO found the issue posed a minimal risk to the reliability of the BPS since TWP is interconnected to a 230 kV transmission line, and the nature of the excursions (the average was 7.6 MW for 6.5 minutes) would not pose anything more than a minimal risk to the 230 kV transmission line and to the BPS. In addition, TWP has a non-dispatchable intermittent wind generation resource straddling the border of North Dakota and South Dakota, consisting of 120 1.5 MW WTGs, with an aggregate capability of 180 MW. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 547 |
Blue Hens victorious for eleventh straight time against the Golden Rams
The West Chester University football team traveled to the University of Delaware Saturday night to renew their rivalry with the Fighting Blue Hens. The University of Delaware proved victorious by defeating the Golden Rams 42-21.Regardless of the loss, the Golden Rams did have a solid showing at Delaware by scoring the most points against the Fighting Blue Hens since a 42-21 lost in 1998. Overall, the Golden Rams were also able to tally scoring drives of 45, 69 and 80 yards during the game, and were even able to keep the Fighting Blue Hens at a 7-7 tie during the opening quarter.
The Golden Rams are 6-39-2 all-time vs. the Fighting Blue Hens. WCU was looking for their first victory over Delaware in 13 years. Delaware has been victorious in the last 11 games against WCU. The Golden Ram's last victory came on September 26, 1992.
This week, No. 23 Golden Rams were just coming off of a 30-20 over IUP the previous Saturday, while the No. 6 Fighting Blue Hens had just barely edged Lehigh 35-34 in overtime. This loss drops the Golden Rams to 2-2 on the season, while improving the Fighting Blue Hens to 2-0.
On Saturday, the Fighting Blue Hens were able to drive 78-yards on the first drive of the game. They took the lead, 7-0, on a two-yard run with 9:10 to go in the first quarter. The Golden Rams were able to counter as freshman Michael Washington ran in a 20-yard scoring pass from junior Matt Burdaleski with only 54 seconds let in the first quarter.
The second quarter, however, proved fatal to the valiant Golden Rams. Delaware tallied 21 points in the second quarter alone, pretty much putting the game in the bag for the Fighting Blue Hens.
The Fighting Blue Hens were able to score on a one-yard run on the first play in the second quarter. In the middle of the quarter they were able to attack again, and this time they scored on a 25-yard run. Their last score came with just 1:09 left in the half, and put the score at 28-7.
The Fighting Blue Hens then increased their lead to 35-7 midway through the third quarter asthey connected on a three-yard run.
The Golden Rams started to come back during the second quarter with two scores. Washington scored on a 16-yard touchdown pass from sophomore BillZwaan Jr., son of head coach,Bill Zwaan, with 10:44 left in thegame. With just 1:01 to go, freshman Patrick McDermott scored on a two-yard run. Ironically, Zwaan's first career touchdown came on the same field where hisfather lead Delaware to a National Championship game in 1974 as their quarterback.
Sophomore Jimmy Lewis of WCU, a native of Delaware, lead the Golden Rams defensively,posting a team high of nine tackles, including two sacks and four tackles for loss.
Despite the setback, many of the Golden Rams had strongshowings, just not enough to edge out the Fighting Blue Hens. Junior Brent Steinmetz started as tailback on Saturday night after WCU lost junior Osagie Osunde for the season with an injury.
Steinmentz, a University of Delaware transfer, tallied 93 rushing yards over 24 carries, caught five passes for 45-yards, and finished the game with 130 all-purpose yards.
Burdaleski connected on 18 of 41 pass attempts for 207 yards, producing one score to Washington at the end of the first quarter.
Zwaan connected on all four of his pass attempts for 48 yards, including one 16-yard score toWashington in the fourth quarter. Senior Luther Bowen captured four passes for 42-yards and Mc-Dermott ran five times for a total of 22 yards, including his first career touchdown.
Senior captain Brandon Simmons tallied five kick returns for 87-yards to finish the night with 105 all-purpose yards.
Freshman Tyler Downes captured the first interceptionof his career Saturday night after picking off a pass in the end zone, killing a Delaware drive. WCU proceed to march down the field 80-yards for a touchdown. Downes finished with five solo tackles and one assist.
After a valiant effort against their rivals, WCU will host another rival, Cheyney University, on Saturday, September 24 in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Eastern Division opener for both teams. Kickoff is at 7 pm in Farrel Stadium.
Matt McGrory
The next generation is here | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaCommonCrawl'} | 548 |
The SCI-Arc Robot House is a platform for experimentation and speculation on the future of architecture.
Situated conceptually and physically between studio and shop, academy and industry, the double-height, one-thousand-square-foot Robot House is a reconfigurable 3D space for work and research with a wide range of applications, including hands-on collaboration and on-site construction.
There are two main spaces. In the Robot Room, five large Stäubli robots are configured in a multi-robot work cell. Their layout empowers investigation with the widest possible range of interaction and process sequences in a simulation and programming environment. The adjacent Robotics and Simulation Lab houses the Stäubli TX40 laboratory robot, and is where students and instructors conduct hands-on research. The robots enable explorations outside of traditional digital production, for instance additive freeform fabrication with advanced composite materials.
The SCI-Arc Robot House is made possible through generous grants from Stäubli, The Fletcher Jones Foundation, and the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 549 |
An Aston Martin is a true sports car and as such should sound like a sport car. If you have ever wondered whether the standard exhaust system fitted to your car can be improved then the answer is an emphatic yes.
If we are being honest with ourselves we do not generally fit a sports exhaust to gain more power although any improvement is a bonus. We fit one because our Aston Martin to sound different to every other car on the road.
At Trinity Engineering we have developed a unique five-silencer system for the DB2/4 MKI–DBMKIII range which achieves a beautiful classic Aston Martin exhaust note without the unnecessary booming that can sometimes appear in the middle rev range.
For the DB5, DB6 and V8 range we can modify the existing system interchanging components to achieve a better sound without replacing the entire system making it a very cost effective improvement.
For the DB7 V12 Vantage the first stage is to fit a sports cruciform because it would have been an option when the car was new. If that is not enough then for the discerning owner Trinity Engineering have manufactured new rear silencers for the ultimate noise.
For the newer Aston Martin models such as the DB9, V8 Vantage and DBS we can supply a new rear silencer which not only makes the most amazing noise but releases a few more horse power just for good measure. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 550 |
ALI-CLE Eminent Domain Program Coming Up
December 28, 2013 / Uncategorized / by Gideon
The annual CLE program on Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation is coming up on January 23-25, 2013, at the Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans, Louisiana. As usual, the program will cover recent developments in the law of eminent domain, as well as presentations on practice topics, valuation and litigation strategies. The two-and-a-half day program will be presented by 39 highly experienced speakers with both a condemnor and a property owner orientation, which should give the attendees a good perspective on this field of law and practice.
To get a brochure listing the topics covered in this program, and to register, contact www.ali-cle.org/CV023, or get in touch the old fashioned way at Registrar, ALI-CLE, 4025 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia PA 19104-3099, telephone (800) CLE NEWS.
This should be a good show, as the British put it, so y'all come. If nothing else, it will be in New Orleans, so the food should be good.
NIMBY Elves
We have trouble believing this is for real, but take it for what it's worth. The PBS News reports that in Iceland, local NIMBYs are opposing the construction of a highway so as not to disturb the homes of elves. See for yourself:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2013/12/in-iceland-elves-arent-just-santas-little-helpers.html"
A small earthen mound is decorated as an "elf house" near Strandakirkja in southern Iceland. An Icelandic group called the Hrauvinir claims that ancient elves of Iceland would be disturbed by the construction of a proposed highway. Photo by Christian Bickel/Wikipedia
As far as we have been able to ascertain, no elf has been heard from directly. But give 'em time. Chances are that somewhere there is a federal judge ready to entertain a lawsuit on behalf of elves. After all, if trees can have standing (according to the late justice Douglas), then why not elves. After all, it should be easier for a lawyer to communicate with an elf concerning client intent, than with a tree.
Lowball Watch — Mississippi
December 25, 2013 / Lowball Watch / by Gideon
This is quite a story, and it comes to us from Gulfport, Mississippi. Mary Perez, Jury Awards Dedeaux Utility $8.1 Million Plus Interest, The Sun Herald, Dec., 23, 2013. This was the third trial, which gives you a hint of what is going on here. In 2004, the city took Dedeaux Utility Co., a local utility, and the jury awarded $3.6 million. The city appealed, and the Mississippi Supreme Court reversed and remanded for another trial, in which the [second] jury awarded $5.1 million. The city didn't take the hint and appealed again, getting another reversal from the appellate court, and yet another (third) trial, in which the jury awarded $8,063,981, plus interest.
The Sun Herald story fails to disclose what the city's offer or evidence was, but it does tell us that the city now owes the Dedeaux Utility Company another $3.6, plus about $3 million in interest. Do you think the city will appeal again?
What is interesting to us is how much money the city and the Mississippi courts have spent to far on this caper, which might give us a clue as to how big this lowball was and whether this game is worth the candle. Maybe we will find out. Stay tuned just in case.
Urban Trolley Cars — Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
The Washington Post informs us that the District of Columbia is initiating new trolley car service. See Michael Laris, District's Streetcar Line Finally Has Its First Car, Dec. 14, 2013.
This isn't what you might call news to us old timers. Washington had extensive trolley service through the 1950s, but the local trolley line company and its holdings were acquired by the District by eminent domain, including the vast car barns located at the southern tip of the Southwest part of the District of Columbia, right by the Potomac, and next to Fort McNair. As it happens, your faithful servant lived there in the early 1960s, catty-corner across the street from the site of those car barns which by then had been razed as part of the Southwest redevelopment project. That's the redevelopment that gave rise to Berman v. Parker, the granddaddy of American urban renewal cases. It wasn't the first one, but it was the most prominent one because in it, SCOTUS, in a unanimous opinion by "Wild Bill" Douglas held that in the name of "slum clearance" it was OK for the local government to take by eminent domain unoffending, unblighted, private property — specifically, a well maintained small neighborhood department store — raze it to the ground, and reconvey the now vacant land to private redevelopers who would then build privately owned, and privately occupied apartments, co-ops, and a small shopping center.
The fig leaf affixed to this plainly private, profit-making caper, to make it seem to meet the constitutional "public use" limitation on the use of eminent domain, was the provision in the local law that at least one-third of the new dwellings built on the site — which then became known as "the new Southwest" — would be low-cost housing renting for $17 per month, per room. Alas, that turned out to be bullshit. After SCOTUS approved this taking in Berman, the redevelopment law was amended to eliminate that provision. What was actually built was an area of upscale dwellings that were so expensive that in a few years they inspired the Wall Street Journal to report a rent strike by affluent tenants who made the new Southwest their home. See Amy Levine, Urban Renewal and the Story of Berman v. Parker, 42 Urban Lawyer 423 (Spring 2010) — a good read, that.
There is no question that the old Southwest was indeed a slum, and that it was ready for redevelopment. But in a familiar instance of government confusion between ends and means, how it was done was another story. Though the primary beneficiaries of that slum clearance were supposed to be the wretchedly poor local black folks who constituted the vast majority of the area's population, and whose plight figured prominently in Douglas' lachrymose opinion approving their displacement, in fact they were not compensated or were undercompensated and bulldozed into other parts of the District of Columbia, where they had to settle for worse but more expensive housing.
So that is how the District of Columbia got rid of street cars.
But the District was only a part of the story. Other cities got rid of their trolleys too, and thereby hangs a story.
The prevailing conventional wisdom has it that deliberate destruction of the intraurban trolley car transportation systems was a conscious, deliberately pursued policy. Legend has it that a consortium of automobile, rubber and oil companies organized a company that bought up urban trolley lines, let them decline, so they could then be eliminated and replaced with buses that (a) were made by the car companies, (b) rode on rubber tires, and (c) burned petroleum products to get around. See Cecilia Rasmusen, Did Auto, Oil Conspiracy Put the Brakes on Trolleys? Los Angeles Times, Mar. 23, 2003, at p. B6, and a polemical video entitled Taken for a Ride, Produced by Jim Klein and Martha Olsen, New Day Films, Hohokus, NJ.
If you are thinking that this sounds a bit like a story by a bunch of conspiracists, check out United States v. National City Lines, 186 F.2d 562 (7th Cir. 1951). So there may be something to that conspiracy theory. For a contrary view, check out Stephen Smith, The Great American Streetcar Myth, Market Urbanism. see http://marketurbanism.com/2010/09/23/the-great-american-streetcar-myth/ arguing that irrespective of the asserted conspiracy, street cars in American cities were on the decline, and car use was on the rise before these events, quoting New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia as saying in 1935 that trolleys were "as dead as sailing ships," and noting that FDR's Works Progress Administration (WPA) "was tearing up streetcar tracks in Manhattan years before the National City Lines began doing the same in less transit-worthy places."
So take your pick of theories.
Be all that as it may, the fact is that American cities built trolley car lines, then paid good money to destroy them, and now are spending more good money bringing them back. We are sure there is a lesson buried in here somewhere, and we hope you will discern it. The really sad part of all this is not just the waste of money involved in this on-again, off-again, and then on-again again, but also — perhaps more so — that these days America appears incapable of building trolley cars, and is buying them from the Czech republic.
But it turns out that whatever the cause for their removal, maybe those trolleys weren't such a bad idea after all. See Joe Wessels, Panel Pushes Streetcar Project, Cincinnati Post, Oct. 17, 2007, reporting that Cincinnati officials are pushing for the creation of a $102 million streetcar system, and reporting the creation of successful new trolley car lines in Portland, Oregon, Tampa, Florida, and Kenosha, Wisconsin. The same is true of San Diego where the "Tijuana Trolley" running from downtown south to the Mexican border has become a local institution.
Returning Condemned Land to Its Former Owner? Not In California.
An AP story in the San Francisco Examiner of December 15, 2013, quotes one Don Grebe, a real estate poo-bah for the California high-speed rail authority as saying that "if the project were scrapped at some point and the property was no longer needed, state law gives the original owner the first option to buy it back." We didn't know that. Actually, what we know is the opposite.
The California Law Revision Commission studied and revised the California law of eminent domain back in the 1970s, and decided not to recommend such a provision in the law. See Nathaniel Sterling, Return Right for Former Owners of Land Taken by Eminent Domain, 4 Pac. L. Jour. 65 (1973) recommending against enacting into law the right of repurchase of property taken by eminent domain but not devoted to the use for which it was ostensibly taken. At the time Sterling was on the staff of the Law Revision Commission. The Commission agreed not to revise the law in this fashion.
For a broader discussion of the law governing the status of property taken by eminent domain but not put to the specified public use, see Gideon Kanner, We Don't Have to Follow Any Stinkin' Planning — Sorry About That, Justice Stevens, 39 Urban Lawyer 529 (2007). For the Examiner story go to http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/board-approves-eminent-domain-move-for-high-speed-rail-project/Content?oid=2650532
Lowball Watch? — Pennsylvania.
A tip of our hat to our fellow blogger Robert Thomas of inversecondemnation.com for alerting us to this story.
In Pennsylvania, the feds took the 275-acre United Airlines Flight 93 crash site of 9/11 infamy for a monument, and paid $610,000. The owner contended that the subject property was worth "close to $23.3 million." The federal judge presiding over this taking litigation referred the valuation case to a three-person commission which returned a verdict of $1,535,000. That, according to our calculator is 2.5 times the feds' deposit/offer. Nonetheless the feds proclaim themselves to be happy with the commissioners' award — which to us suggests that the feds' original $610,000 offer/deposit may have been in something less than good faith, and that is what suggests to us that this controversy qualifies for our "Lowball Watch" department, even though the owner got a lot less than what he demanded ("closer to $23.3 million"). Go figure. Still, two-and-a-half times the condemnor's offer ain't hay.
To read the whole story — thin on the parties' valuation approaches though it is — go to http://triblive.com/news/adminpage/5225204-74/site-commission-million#axzz2n5cho3O7
Lowball Watch — Oklahoma
December 5, 2013 / Lowball Watch / by Gideon
This one's a doozy. The Associated press (Dec. 3, 2013) reports that the school board of Jenks, Oklahoma, offered $395,000 for 12.7 acres of the Taylor's land, but the commissioners awarded $1.4 million. When the matter was then tried to a jury, it awarded $3.1 million. However, at this point, the trial judge decided that she shouldn't have permitted jury consideration of the value of billboards on the subject property, so she granted a new trial. The owner appealed, and the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals reversed the new trial order and reinstated the jury verdict.
So the bottom line of this one is that on the board's original offer of $395,000, the owners were eventually awarded $3.1 million. They were also awarded interest on the difference between the commissioners' award (which the board paid) and the ultimate award.
Federal Court: Detroit Can Proceed with Bankruptcy, and Municipall Pensions May be Reduced If Necessary
December 4, 2013 / Uncategorized / by Gideon
One of the notions flitting about with regard to municipal bankruptcies, has been the idea that where state law provides that municipal pension obligations cannot be discharged in bankruptcy, that's that. We have always doubted the soundness of that idea because bankruptcy is uniquely a federal proceedings, so how can the states limit or even forbid its application to some creditors but not to others? Article I, Section 8 grants Congress, not the states, the power to establish ". . .uniform laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States." So how can each state decide for itself what bankruptcy protection to offer, to whom and for what? Of course, the state can still offer the best credit card for someone with no credit – we just need to decide what "no credit" actually means. And Article VI, Clause 2, of the U.S. constitution states
"This Constitution and the laws of the United states enacted in pursuance thereof . . . shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitutions or Laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding."
So that would seem to be that. Right? But Detroit creditors, notably the unions whose [unfunded] pensions are the Big Dog in this fight, have been arguing that inasmuch as state law protects pensions in bankruptcy, federal courts can't mess with them.
But the federal bankruptcy court in Detroit has just ruled that the City of Detroit may proceed with its bankruptcy in federal court, and that "Detroit's obligation to pay pensions was not untouchable."
The folks on the short end of this ruling vow to appeal, but your faithful servant, being a man of limited intellectual resources, can't understand what the fuss is about, given that rather plain language of the Constitution. So stay tuned and see how it all turns out. If this is worrying you, never forget you can still make money in later years and not just fully rely on your pension schemes.
For a detailed, much more detailed, coverage of this development see the front-page story in today's N.Y. Times (Detroit Ruling Lifts A Shield on Pensions, Dec. 4, 2013, A1). Click here http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/04/us/pension-ruling-in-detroit-echoes-west-to-california.html?hp&_r=0
What we can't understand, is that if the money isn't there, and if it can't be raised by taxes, Detroit's population having gone bye-bye, and its property tax base having been largely reduced to rubble, whence can the money come from no matter what the union lawyers say? Like King Canute lacking the power to order the tides not to advance on English beaches, the authors of Michigan state laws (and the directives of courts of whatever kind) cannot order money to appear magically in the city's coffers when it isn't there.
So we'll just have to stick around and see how it all turns out.
Bubble, Bubble . . . (Cont'd.)
December 1, 2013 / Bubble / by Gideon
The Los Angeles Times of November 30, 2013 (Andrea Chang and Andrew Khoury, Tech Effect, at p. A1) reports that "bubble" type housing costs and rentals in the "Silicon Beach" area of Los Angeles (the area west of the 405 Freeway (that's the San Diego Freeway to us old timers), running south from Santa Monica to Marina del Rey, are spinning out of control again. The median price of a home in that area peaked at $925,000 in 2007 when the "bubble" was at its bubbliest, but plunged to $694,000 in 2010. However, now the median price is up again at $952,000, which is more than the 2007 bubble peak. And keep in mind that "median price" means that half the homes in the area are selling for more than that. This is good news if you're looking to sell a property within Los Angeles, as it means you could be looking at making a nice profit on your home. Looking at companies such as Get Fair Home Offers could also enable you to sell your house quickly and at a price you're comfortable with, Get Fair Home Offers is a trusted company that buys Los Angeles homes for cash if you're interested!
The reason for this price surge is that young, well-paid techies who are attracted to the area by the coming of tech giants like Google, Facebook, and Microsoft, as well as little-known startups, favor that area as home, and being a demographic not noted for its prudence and common sense, are blowing money on housing like drunken sailors, evidently hoping to get into big bucks as their firms prosper and are bought out. We seem to recall a similar phenomenon a while back that didn't end well. But what do we know?
Being of the pessimistic persuasion, we offer our insight and wisdom (if that's what they are) from around 2004, when we cautioned against an
"extremist [land-use] regulatory culture that has become instrumental in bringing about . . . a market bubble for the haves and a draconian housing shortage for the have-nots. While the use of extrapolation to predict the future is risky business, enough dark clouds are appearing on the economic horizon to justify serious concerns on that score, particularly given the huge private debt being incurred by Americans in all walks of life, which is heavily contributed to by inflated home prices." Gideon Kanner, Making Laws ad Sausages: A Quarter-Century Retrospective on Penn Central Transportation Co. v. City of New York, 13 William & Mary Bill Rts. Jour. 679, footnote 466 and associated text (2005).
In the meantime, as the young, exuberant techies are enjoying life in their modest million-dollar digs, lots of other middle-class Californians are packing their bags, cashing out on their again/still overpriced homes, and continuing to split out of the Golden State. So to borrow the line of Gretchen Morgenson, our favorite N.Y. Times financial reporter, when the doo-doo hits the fan, as it has in 2008 and as it inevitably will again at this rate , "it won't be pretty." | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaCommonCrawl'} | 551 |
Muscat confirmed as new Yokohama Marinos manager
July 19, 2021 — 1.16am
Kevin Muscat will take over as the head coach of Japanese side Yokohama F Marinos, replacing compatriot Ange Postecoglou following his departure to join Scottish side Celtic last month.
Muscat's appointment was confirmed by the J-League club on social media on Sunday, although no start date was given by Yokohama due to restrictions currently in place on the arrival of foreign workers into Japan.
Kevin Muscat during his coaching stint in Belgium. Credit:Getty Images
The appointment was one of football's worst-kept secrets, with sources saying in June that Muscat had been lined up to fill Postecoglou's shoes.
The 47-year-old has not worked as a head coach since losing his job at Belgian side Sint-Truiden in late 2020, but previously enjoyed six successful years in Australia with Melbourne Victory.
Muscat replaced Postecoglou at the helm of the A-League club in 2013, having worked as an assistant coach with Victory, and led them to A-League titles in 2015 and 2018.
"Football is a journey that takes you on many twists and turns. I am still in Europe after a great 12-month experience at Sint-Truiden and I am open to all possibilities to continue my career development," Muscat was quoted as saying in June.
Yokohama won the Japanese title under Postecoglou and are currently second on the J-League table, some 12 points behind leaders Kawasaki.
– Reuters, with Michael Lynch
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Morris Commercial "F Type" Fire Engine 1931
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1931 Morris Commercial "F Type" Fire Engine None £13,000 - 15,000
KJ 14 is a Morris Commercial "F" type fire appliance built by Beadles of Dartford with three others for Dartford Rural District Council and registered on 30th March 1931. KJ11 – KJ14 going to Eynsford, Wilmington, Swanley and Stone respectively.
The 30 CWT, twin rear wheel, 10ft-2in wheelbased chassis Z7151 was built in 1928 and fitted with a four cylinder 17.9HP petrol engine at approx 12 MPG.
KJ14 stayed at Stone until the outbreak of WW2 when it transferred to the newly formed National Fire Service and spent the war around the Horton Kirby area. It was then transferred to the Kent Fire Brigade in 1948 when the NFS was disbanded.
In around 1948 KJ14 was passed to the KFB Workshops at Lyminge where the pump was removed and a 9KVA generator was fitted. It stayed in service as a mobile power unit until 1960 when it was transferred to the Kent Highways Department at Aylesford and then to Canterbury Department. It was finally sold to a farmer on Romney Marsh.
KJ14 stayed on the farm until 1970 by which time she was minus most of the body work, brass radiator, 40 gallon bronze water tank and her pressure gauges but was purchased in this state by a Sussex garage owner and historic commercial vehicle enthusiast who rebuilt the engine and chassis and used her as a stand-by power unit in the garage.
The vehicle was then purchased by a Mr Bromley in 1980 who spent 2 years restoring her as a mobile power unit, rallied her for one season then being offered assistance from a KFB vintage enthusiast, plus the offer of a fire pump, not a Gwyne but a very similar Dennis, he started the task of rebuilding KJ14 as a fire appliance, re appearing at the 1985 Kent Show, followed in May 1986 with a complete London to Brighton HCVS run.
KJ14 then passed through auction in 2002 onto Landspeed Motors Ipswitch. In 2002 the vehicle was badly damaged by a fire (image in folder) and was subsequently declared insurance loss category F. The damaged vehicle was purchased by Mr Tucker who set about sourcing original parts and rebuilding it to get it back on the road. Stacks of bills, invoices and correspondence follow on from this over the next 10 or so years until it was put back on the road in 2011.
The history file includes lots of letters from previous owners and correspondence, bills and invoices for parts in relation to the restoration of the vehicle. Also included is some photographs of the vehicle during its lifetime including ones from 1936 and 1937 along with some more recent images.
Auctioneers notes: A pair of bronze helmets can be bought by the purchaser for an additional cost of £150.
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What Was I Thinking? Toxic Shock Syndrome - eBook
What Was I Thinking? Toxic Shock Syndrome
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Dr. Patrick M Schlievert was in his first year as an assistant professor of Microbiology and Immunology, having spent two years trying to get the medical and scientific communities to recognize that there was a disease called toxic shock syndrome. Because he could not get even the Federal Government to recognize this disease, he started a national news media blitz that became second only to the Iran hostage crisis in 1980. Dr. Schlievert took this chance at great risk to his career because he grew up poor and had to take risks even to stay alive, and because his allegiance was to the American public and not to the biomedical science community.
In this book, Dr. Patrick M Schlievert describes the events in chronological order, including science, a lot of pseudoscience and opinion, and a lot of the incredible politics behind toxic shock syndrome. He also describes the many forms of toxic shock syndrome in order of appearance, including the tampon associated disease and why it happened, non-menstrual toxic shock syndrome, and the flesh-eating streptococcal disease. The book is designed to tell Americans that many parts of their federal healthcare system are broken, including various aspects of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Institutes of Health. It is Dr. Schlievert's ultimate hope that Americans will read this book because it is written for them. It will help them take partial responsibility for their own health, and hopefully, they can help reorient the United States healthcare system to do its job, namely help them.
The National Institutes of Health claims that Dr. Schlievert and his colleagues' interest in new diseases and their causes is not sufficient grounds to have funding, to which he would ask everyone: If this is not the number one goal of the National Institutes of Health, what should be? And furthermore, why should this federal bureaucracy exist if that is not the goal? Dr. Patrick M Schlievert entered the toxic shock syndrome field at its beginning, and he remains here near its end. He wishes he could say the diseases are at an end, but they are not.
Growing up exceptionally poor, Dr. Patrick M Schlievert was expected to start working full time when he was fourteen years old. He graduated from Humboldt, Iowa high school in 1967 and began that fall as an undergraduate at the University of Iowa. He received a bachelor's degree in general science, emphasizing geology, and then later a PhD in innate immunity in the Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, and University of Iowa. Dr. Schlievert then spent his career in major public universities doing the three things expected of faculty: teaching, research, and service. He greatly enjoys teaching medical students, dental students, and undergraduates; his make-up is to be a large classroom educator.
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The Ashmolean Museum was founded in 1683; it is the world's first University museum and the oldest public museum in Britain. It is situated in the heart of Oxford, surrounded by the many colleges which make up Oxford University.
Over the centuries the Ashmolean has undergone re-locations and alterations, but none as dramatic as its recent extension, which has transformed the ancient museum into an exciting and inspirational museum for the 2Ist century.
The project, which cost £61 million, was partly funded by a £15 million grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund; and there has been support from Lord Sainsbury's Linbury Trust, as well as several gifts from foundations, trusts and individuals.
The new building was designed by Rick Mather Architects, and
is next to Charles Cockerell's original museum (which dates from 1845). The museum extends over 5 floors; with advanced environmental controls, which allow the rarest and most delicate treasures to be on display. The display space has been increased by 100% with the addition of 39 new galleries, 4 temporary exhibition galleries, a new education centre, new conservation studios and Oxford's first roof top restaurant the Ashmolean Dining Room.
This new building has given the Ashmolean the opportunity to develop a new display strategy named "Crossing Cultures, Crossing Time". Their aim has been, not only to create a world-class cultural showcase, but a museum worthy of displaying collections of east and west from Neolithic times onwards.
Among the notable collections within their care is the most far-reaching collection of Egyptian pre-Dynastic objects beyond Cairo and the most outstanding Anglo Saxon treasures out-with the British Museum,plus the finest collection of modern Chinese art in the Western world.
The ground breaking display approach was created by Metaphor Design, exhibition designers who have worked in conjunction with the Ashmolean's curatorial staff to plan the new galleries. Together they have transformed the way these treasures can be seen by the public. It is based upon the thought that many civilisations have created today's world, not in isolation, but in what may be considered an interconnected world culture. "Crossing Cultures, Crossing Time" tells the story of objects, which are comparable, not only by time, but also across continents.
Visitors to the museum in the
past, could not enter through the grand door at the front, but had to make their way to a side entrance, which was less than welcoming! Today the beautiful facade and portico remain and the first transformation visitors can see as they enter is a vast double height glass feature, with a view into the atrium, with a Cascading Staircase. The atrium features a huge plaster cast of the Apollo from Olympia.
Lower Ground Floor - Exploring the Past
These themed galleries look at objects common to many cultures, such as money, materials and depictions of the human form.
Ground Floor - Ancient World
Six new galleries have been created for the Ancient Egypt and Nubia (today known as Sudan) collections. Starting at Gallery 22 on the Ground Floor. You can use the Egyptian gallery audio guide to take you on a journey travelling over 3000 years of human occupation of the Nile valley.
The Egyptian collections are one of the Ashmolean Museum's most popular attractions, as they contain material from prehistory to the 7th century. The collections are findings collected over 300 years and tell many fascinating stories of archaeological discovery.
The Ancient World Floor, charts the materialization and expansion of ancient cultures from Egypt and the Near East through Greece and Rome, to India and China.
Integrated on this floor is the Cast Gallery, which has been re-organised showing casts in the settings in which the sculptures were found in the Greek and Roman worlds. The Ashmolean's collection of casts
is one of the oldest and best preserved in Britain; it includes over 900 casts, some dating back to the 18th century.
First Floor - Asian Crossroads
This gallery tells how trading routes connected the Mediterranean to Asia in early modern times. On this floor there is also the newly themed gallery of the Mediterranean and the Museum"s displays of Islamic and Indian art.
Second Floor - West Meets East
Here you can discover how the far east and the west came into contact with each other. This floor includes the Museum's Western Art galleries and the collections of Japan and China.
Third Floor - The Making of the Modern World
This floor is the home of the Museum's collections of 19th and 20th century European Art. Exploring art, religion, geography and ecology of cultures across Europe to the Far East, showing the integration of people and items that have shaped the world we live in today. Also on this floor are the new Special Exhibitions galleries.
On each floor there is an orientation gallery, which introduces the key themes. It supplies story trails for visitors to follow, helping them plan their way through diverse cultures and eras, to find enlightening associations that bring the past to life.
There is disabled access throughout the Museum with ramps into the building, lifts to all floors and wheelchairs are available.
The Information Desk is situated on the Ground Floor inside the Main Entrance and the Shop is on the Lower Ground Floor, selling unique gifts inspired by
the collections in the Museum.
On the Fourth Floor is Ashmolean Dining Room; Oxford's first roof top Restaurant and Terrace; from here you can enjoy delicious dishes accompanied by fine wines from around the world, while admiring the views over Oxford's "Dreaming Spires".
The Museum is named after its founder Elias Ashmole, a collector and a devotee of antiques; he studied at the University of Oxford when he was in military service there.
He was one of the first gentleman Freemasons in England; he was also a founder member of the Royal Society, interested in the study of nature, objects and their application to the benefit of mankind. His collections included books, manuscripts, coins and metal. His range of interests included astrology and alchemy; it has been said that he possessed the secret of the Philosopher's Stone (one of the great alchemical secrets).
Although the Museum opened to the public in 1683, the history of its contents can be traced even earlier, to the date when Ashmole meet the Tradescant family. Father and son, both called John Tradescant, were gardeners to King Charles I and they travelled widely collecting not only plants, but also an interesting variety of objects and curiosities from around the world.
In the late 1620s John Tradescant the elder took a lease on a house in Lambeth, later known as "The Ark". Ashmole purchased the next door house and took a keen interest in the Tradescant collection. The collection of curiosities was opened to
the public and the first recorded date of it being viewed was in 1634.
With his interest and knowledge of antiques Ashmole helped the Tradescants to compile a catalogue of their collection and it is recorded that in 1656 he paid for the printing of the catalogue.
In 1657 Ashmole began negotiations with Oxford University for the building of a new museum. There after an elegant building was constructed on Broad Street, which is now the Museum of the History of Science.
John Tradescant III passed away while still very young, leaving his father without an heir and the collection in danger. In 1659 the Tradescant collection was passed on to Ashmole, by Deed of Gift. As it happened John Tradescant II came to regret this and made a will leaving everything to his wife. Thereafter a court case followed, but the Deed proved to be valid and Ashmole won his case.
Although Ashmole had intended that his own extensive collection would be passed on to the University, unfortunately a fire in his chambers in Middle Temple destroyed much of his collection. Therefore together with what remained of his own collection he bequeathed the Tradescant collection to the museum, which opened in 1683.
At the time it was thought by many that the museum should have borne the Tradescant name, since most of the collection donated had a Tredascant distinction. However, it was due to the authority of Ashmole that the University was convinced to commission the new museum. It
was clear that he provided an academic foundation and the decrees by which it was to run. It is now thought that the name of Ashmole is the appropriate name for the Museum.
During the 18th century there were a few important acquisitions, the best known is the Alfred Jewel, which was donated in 1718 and a collection of materials from Captain Cook's Pacific voyage of 1772-5.
By the 1820s it was found that much of the original collection had deteriorated and was in total decay. However large amounts of natural history specimens were acquired and redisplayed and the nature of the Museum continued as before until the mid 1800s, when the University decided to create a Natural History Museum; known today as the Oxford University Museum of Natural History. At this time the natural history elements were removed from the Ashmolean to the new museum.
As early as 1829 the Museum was beginning to receive finds from the new field of archaeology. In the following decades collections from local excavations were donated, as well as antiquities from Rome by J.H. Parker, one of the Museum's keepers. Pieces were purchased from Egypt and the Near East to add to the collection.
From then on large amounts of archaeological material arrived at the Museum until it began to run out of space and the University commissioned a new building.
This was Charles Cockerell's original museum, Museum of Art And Archaeology University Of Oxford, which dates from 1845, and has recently undergone a complete transformation.
The Museum is on Beaumont Street, opposite the Randolph Hotel.
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Written by The Financial Express
Indeed, India's history with cannabis should inform its future course of action—its recreational and medicinal use finds mention in ancient texts, and it continued to be regulated, but not criminalised commodity well after Independence.
The arrest of actress Rhea Chakraborty under the Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act for procuring and paying for marijuana derivatives should be a moment for reflection over a host of issues. While Chakraborty's role (and that of others, as alleged by a concerted social media and TV news campaign), if any, in actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death should be established following the due probe-process, the Narcotics Control Bureau's arrest of Chakraborty for procuring some marijuana—widely used in India for recreational, 'spiritual', and medical purposes—seems to have less to do with 'justice' for the deceased actor than with answering a frenzied demand for action from a campaign that is steam-rolling any nuance in the matter. In the present instance, it is worthwhile to look at how India's front line drug law, the NDPS Act, has become a tool of driving criminalisation. This has been despite many developed jurisdictions finding in favour of decriminalising drug use, especially marijuana/cannabis derivatives, and a few liberalising their drug laws to legalise non-medicinal/non-industrial use.
A study by researchers at Vidhi Legal shows that 59% of the persons arrested under NDPS Act in 2018 were found to have the contraband substance for personal use—this would mean that the implementation of the law is skewed towards punishing drug users more than traffickers. Vidhi's analysis of data from Mumbai shows, 97-98% of the cases in 2017 and 2018 involved 'possession for personal consumption'. And, though cannabis constituted just Rs 6.2 crore of the Rs 60.6 crore worth of drugs seized in Maharashtra (2016), it accounted for a whopping 87% of the arrests and conviction among the cases where information on the drug involved was available.
Also, case data shows that those likely to be arrested under NDPS, and within that, overwhelmingly for some form of marijuana possession, tended to be from the poorer strata of the society. With convictions almost a certainty—nearly 91% of those charged were convicted, despite the NDPS Act having a reformative approach towards addicts—and young persons (<40 years of age) accounting for 88% of the accused in the cases analysed by Vidhi, criminalisation of cannabis use seems to be worsening the problem for society. Indeed, against the backdrop of the mammoth pendency in courts and the overburdened police, adding NDPS cases only clogs the criminal justice system further. Apart from that, a prohibitionist approach to drugs like marijuana is only likely to push habitual users to more unsafe alternatives—and if criminalisation punishes the poor more, these problems are greatly compounded.
Indeed, India's history with cannabis should inform its future course of action—its recreational and medicinal use finds mention in ancient texts, and it continued to be regulated, but not criminalised commodity well after Independence. Indeed, the 'spiritual' use of marijuana has contributed to India's legislative schizophrenia on the plant—some cannabis products are illegal while bhang continues to be legal. Though the US's 'war on drugs'—problematised by, not least of all, racism—influenced the direction the global and individual-nation drug policy (including India's) took, 26 states in that country have summarily legalised marijuana while 11 are considering legalising it for personal consumption. For an economic perspective on how much India loses from criminalising marijuana, consider the fact that it accounts for just 0.001% of the $4.7 billion market for hemp products despite hemp being traditionally used in the country in, among other things, construction. It isn't hard to imagine the revenue gains from legalising and taxing the drug, given there are over three crore marijuana users in the country, apart from the savings on reduced criminal-justice expenses. Perhaps, one way could be to adopt Sikkim's approach—the state's drug law takes a public health approach on addressing drug use rather than a criminalisation approach; under this, problematic users are pushed towards de-addiction and rehabilitation rather than serving time.
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The Museum of Farnham is a local history museum, located in a beautiful Georgian town house with many original features and a delightful walled garden.
Visit us to discover Farnham's history, from its prehistoric roots to its hop growing boom and Georgian grandeur. Discover the tales of the illustrious William Cobbett, political agitator, and George Sturt local author and craftsperson, whilst marvelling at the inventions of engineer John Henry Knight, who created one of the first petrol driven cars!
The Museum is also home to an extensive art and craft collection thanks to the many artists and crafts people who have been drawn to Farnham over the years.
The Museum of Farnham is part of Farnham Maltings Association, a creative organisation that works with artists and communities to encourage the most people to make, see and enjoy the best art possible. The Museum works actively with the Farnham Maltings to reach these goals.
The Museum of Farnham has been successful in its application to the South East Museum Development recovery grant (supported by the art fund) read more about it here: Museum of Farnham – Recovery Grant
Normal opening hours (please see our Visitor information page)
Closed on Bank Holidays and over the Christmas period
Christmas closure – The museum will close from the 20 December and will reopen on Tuesday 5 January.
The Museum of Farnham is located at the Alton end of West Street in the centre of the town.
Our nearest car park is in the Lower Hart (next to Waitrose). There is two hour parking outside the Museum, although availability is sometimes limited.
Coaches can drop off and pick up outside the Museum, and there are coach spaces in The Hart next to the public toilets.
Farnham Station is a 15 minute walk away.
The Museum of Farnham Access Statement is available here.
Please contact us if you have an questions about access to or within the Museum.
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*This pack aims to support children, young people and adults with Autistic Spectrum conditions, communication difficulties, other learning disabilities and those with English as a second language. It can be used to help them access and understand their experience in the building. Makaton™ symbols are used to help communicate information.
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Sister Bondarenko is among more than 4,000 people who have joined the Church in Ukraine. She recently completed a mission in Siberia, Russia, and today she serves as a stake missionary and as a counselor in the Primary presidency in her branch.
The second-largest country in Europe, Ukraine has been called the breadbasket of Europe because of its many fertile farms. Christianity was introduced in A.D. 988, and about 80 percent of today's 53 million Ukrainians are Orthodox Christians. As a result of gaining independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, Ukraine is now governed democratically and is enjoying a renaissance of Ukrainian culture and language.
The Church has gained a foothold quickly in Ukraine. The first Ukrainian baptisms took place in late 1990. The Kiev Branch was formed in June 1991, with members initially meeting just opposite a building recently vacated by the Communist Party's central committee. Elders Boyd K. Packer and Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles dedicated Ukraine on 12 September 1991 for the preaching of the gospel. Missionary work officially began in October 1991, and the Ukraine Kiev Mission was created on 3 February 1992.
Just six years after missionary work began, the Kiev mission has 23 branches divided into 3 districts. A newer mission headquartered in Donetsk and presided over by Ukrainian citizen Alexander Manzhos has 19 branches organized into 2 districts. Ukrainian members have made numerous trips to the Freiberg Germany Temple, where some 900 members have been endowed and 40 families sealed. More than 60 Ukrainian members have served full-time missions throughout the world, and last year 262 students were registered in 32 seminary and institute classes throughout Ukraine.
Valentina Chemezova and her two sons were baptized in 1992 by her husband, Serhiy. "Everything in the Church is important," she says. "Sacrament meeting, temple recommends, family home evening, seminary and institute classes, home teaching, singing hymns—the list goes on. These things help us be confident and quiet, merciful and attentive. They help us develop our talents and receive answers to the eternal questions at the center of all philosophical searches." Sister Chemezova took part in the Ukrainian translation of the Book of Mormon and today serves as a Church Educational System district coordinator.
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Zoya Gulko serves as a district Young Women president and as a Sunday School teacher in the Kiev Left Bank Branch, Kiev Ukraine Left Bank District. She helped translate the Book of Mormon and the Doctrine and Covenants into Ukrainian.
A meeting of leaders of the Left Bank Branch, Kiev Ukraine Left Bank District.
Semyon Gorohovsky, baptized on 25 December 1994.
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Kate Middleton's evening treat from Prince William after Prince George, Charlotte and Louis are in bed revealed
Kate Middleton's evening treat is a much-loved classic as she and Prince William wind-down from busy days
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By Emma Shacklock published 16 December 21
Kate Middleton reportedly gets a special evening treat from Prince William once their children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis are tucked up in bed.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge reportedly "look after each other", but in "different ways" as they balance their royal and family lives.
In a heartfelt gesture, Prince William is said to bring Kate Middleton a delicious gin and tonic after their three children are in bed.
This royal news comes as Carole Middleton was spotted doing some VERY lavish Christmas shopping and we bet it was for Kate.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary this year and the sweet gestures between the royal and husband wife over the years have consistently captured fans' imaginations. From Prince William's promise to Kate Middleton after their son Prince Louis was born that was finally fulfilled in October, to Kate and William's flirty banter, the couple's love story is always fascinating. Now it's been claimed that Prince William sometimes brings a special evening treat to Kate after their three children, Prince George, Charlotte and Louis are asleep.
As reported by People, a family friend of the Cambridges has claimed that "William will bring Kate a gin-and-tonic" as they unwind from the busy day together.
"They look after each other, but in different ways," they continued, whilst another source went on to allege that particularly "Kate likes to keep an ordinary life" at home.
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Throughout the challenges that accompany royal life and being second in the royal line of succession and future queen respectively, Prince William and Kate have regularly been observed supporting each other at all manner of important occasions over the years. Just days ago, the Duke accompanied the Duchess to the Together at Christmas carol concert, for which Kate Middleton wore a red dress that also paid a lovely tribute to Princess Diana.
The Cambridges arrived together, where they were pictured beaming and enjoying each other's company, with William looking incredibly proud of his wife, who was hosting the event. Meanwhile, in October they made their green carpet debut as they attended the Earthshot Prize 2021 Awards.
According to People, photographer Chris Jackson has expressed his heartfelt belief that Kate was "clearly really proud" of her husband, who established the environmental award in collaboration with Sir David Attenborough last autumn.
But it's not just during work hours that Prince William and Kate can be seen to "look after each other". At home, be it Anmer Hall in Norfolk or the family's London residence, Kensington Palace, Prince William and Kate are said to be involved parents, very much on the same page when it comes to raising their three children.
Prioritizing time in nature and fresh air, during lockdown, royal author Katie Nicholl suggested to OK! Magazine that Kate and William were enjoying frequent walks to help with their learning.
"She wants them to get fresh air and be in nature," Katie said. "She loves to pick vegetables with them in the gardens. If they are learning about rivers or the sea, she and William try to incorporate that into their walks."
Meanwhile, People report that friends of the Duke and Duchess have also described the couple as hands-on, from picking their children up from school to sorting out breakfasts in the morning. Their focus on supporting and caring for each other in "different ways" is so heart-warming and many people will likely very much approve of Kate Middleton's evening treat choice after a busy day!
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Muslims of both genders and Hindu men get along worse. Now is an excellent time to stress that just because a group has low match percents, even across the board, that does not mean they're bad people. It just means that they're more difficult to please. The converse is also accurate: the preceding chart is not evidence that Jews or Agnostics are better compared to the rest of us. Simply better liked. In any event, please bear in mind that each person has designed his own identical standards, so the poor-matching groups are not failing some outsider's demanded system. Why, for instance, Hindu guys would match worst with Hindu women is a mystery.
A match percent between two people is a condensed, yet mathematically valid, manifestation of how nicely they may get along. 75% is quite high, 45% is very low, and 60.2% is the site-wide average. If, for example, a couple match each other 71%, it means they are likely to enjoy each other, predicated on their very own individual definitions of what makes a man cool, sexy, and appealing, not ours. I point this out now so that, below, when we claim that Jewish women are simpler to get along with than Christians, you do not blame us, you attribute Jesus.
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Half the land in Oklahoma could be returned to Native Americans. It should be.
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The Washington Post:
Half the land in Oklahoma could be returned to Native Americans. It should be. A Supreme Court case about jurisdiction in an obscure murder has huge implications for tribes.
On the morning of June 22, 1839, the Cherokee leader John Ridge was pulled from his bed, dragged into his front yard and stabbed 84 times while his family watched. He was assassinated for signing the Cherokee Nation's removal treaty, a document that — in exchange for the tribe's homelands — promised uninterrupted sovereignty over a third of the land in present-day Oklahoma. That promise was not kept.
Sixty-seven years later, federal agents questioned John's grandson, William D. Polson. They needed to add him to a list of every Cherokee living in Indian Territory to start the process of land allotments. Through allotment, all land belonging to the Cherokee Nation — the land John had signed his life for — would be split up between individual citizens and then opened up for white settlement. And by this grand act of bureaucratic theft, Oklahoma became a state.
If the Supreme Court rules in favor of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, the land that John Ridge not only died on, but for, could be acknowledged as Cherokee land for the first time in more than 100 years. John signed the treaty of New Echota knowing he would be killed for it but believing that the rights of the Cherokee Nation enshrined in that blood-soaked document were worth it.
One hundred and seventy-nine years later, the grass is still growing, the water is still running and, in eastern Oklahoma, our tribes are still here. And despite the grave injustice of history, the legal right to our land has never ended.
(click here to continue reading Half the land in Oklahoma could be returned to Native Americans. It should be. – The Washington Post.)
Fascinating. I hope the Muscogee (Creek) Nation wins, though I'd be surprised if there weren't further tricks in store…
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South Point Hotel, Casino and Spa unveils official South Point 400 trophy for September Monster Energy NASCAR race
The South Point Hotel, Casino and Spa has unveiled the trophy for the Sept. 16 South Point 400 at LVMS. Jeff Speer
Two weeks leading up to the inaugural South Point 400, South Point Hotel, Casino and Spa unveils the official trophy, which will be awarded to the winner of the September Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday, Sept. 16.
The custom, hand-crafted trophy was designed by Amri Studio Owner Christina Amri, a national award-winning artist that has been creating custom glass work for South Point Hotel Owner Michael Gaughan for more than 35 years. The South Point 400 trophy took a team of six artisans to sketch, design and produce this one-of-a-kind carved crystal trophy measuring 31 inches high and 21 inches wide, and weighing an impressive 58 pounds.
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The South Point 400 NASCAR trophy is a uniquely shaped almost one-inch thick waterjet-cut crystal design with the South Point 400 logo, wild stallions and flowing flags. The three dimensional design required more than 75 ceramic sand blasting nozzles and over 250 pounds of carving abrasive were used for the set of the trophies. Each name plaque is hand carved into crystal glass and the sponsor branding was carefully hand painted. In addition, the designers used a combination of more than 10 different acrylic paint colors to create the custom color logos for the name plaques.
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A team of highly trained carvers used stencils to carve and etch the intricate design of the horse, flags and logos. Each wild stallion took approximately eight hours to carve where the logo took up to 16 hours to hand carve. The South Point 400 logo and winning year features hand burnished 23 karat gold leaf, which took more than 8 hours and 3 grams of hammered gold. The base was made by a master wood craftsman that engineered the trophy out of specially selected walnut and cherry hardwood to resemble the tri-oval of the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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In questa voce sono presenti tutti i personaggi rilevanti che appaiono nella serie di light novel Accel World di Reki Kawahara.
Nega Nebulus (Legione Nera)
Haruyuki Arita
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Doppiato da: Yūki Kaji
Protagonista maschile della serie. Altresì conosciuto come Haru dai suoi amici più cari, è un ragazzo basso e grassoccio dotato di scarsa autostima sino al giorno in cui incontra Kuroyukihime. Anche se è generalmente intelligente e attento durante la vita quotidiana, Haru tende ad essere avventato quando si tratta di proteggere Kuroyukihime. Vede quest'ultima sia come una mentore che come un'amica ed è la ragazza di cui si è innamorato, tutti elementi che lo hanno portato a provare un grande rispetto e la totale lealtà verso di lei e la sua fazione. Il suo avatar non accelerato è un maialino rosa che gli è stato originariamente imposto da un bullo e che non cambia poiché Kuroyukihime lo trova "carino". Ad Akihabara Blood Leopard gli dà un altro avatar per collegarsi, assumendo la forma di una piccola lucertola rosa. Il suo compleanno è il 23 aprile 2033.
L'avatar di Haru in Brain Burst, Silver Crow, ha un'armatura metallica slanciata e sottile, completamente priva di qualsiasi arma, cosa che costringe Haru a combattere a mani nude. Il suo avatar è stato creato dai suoi desideri di essere più magro e di volare via nel cielo per sfuggire alla sua miserabile vita. L'avatar possiede una bocca sotto la visiera, la quale permette a Silver Crow di mangiare nel mondo di gioco. È il primo e unico avatar in grado di volare, liberando un paio di ali sulla sua schiena quando viene attivata la sua abilità speciale. Mancando sia di forza fisica che di capacità difensive, nei combattimenti Silver Crow si basa sulla velocità e sui riflessi. La mossa finale di base di Silver Crow è una normale testata, di solito inefficace nella maggior parte delle circostanze. Quando Haru impara come utilizzare il Sistema d'Incarnazione per concentrare la sua forza di volontà, egli ottiene l'abilità di creare lame di energia dai bracciali sugli avambracci di Silver Crow, una tecnica che chiama "Spada Laser". Silver Crow è attualmente in possesso dell'Armamento Avanzato Armatura del Disastro, il che significa che diventerà il prossimo Chrome Disaster se cederà completamente alla rabbia e abuserà del Sistema d'Incarnazione.
Kuroyukihime
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Doppiata da: Sachika Misawa
Protagonista femminile della serie e capo della legione Nega Nebulus, il suo vero nome è sconosciuto (anche se Sky Raker si riferisce a lei col soprannome 'Sacchan' ed anche Silver Crow inizia a chiamarla per nome dicendo "S...", ma si interrompe per mancanza di coraggio). Il suo pseudonimo è un gioco di parole legato a Biancaneve, in giapponese . Bellissima e popolare, è anche la vicepresidente del consiglio studentesco della Scuola Media Umesato. È stata una Burst Linker sin da quando aveva 8 anni. Kuroyukihime era ufficialmente conosciuta come il Re Nero, ma in seguito fu costretta a nascondersi dopo aver decapitato il primo Re Rosso, Red Rider, mentre provava a sconfiggere tutti gli altri re per raggiungere il livello 10. Kuroyukihime, considerà il patto di non aggressione dei re una mera sciochezza, considerandoli solo degli egoisti e presuntuosi, che vogliono nascondere la verità sul fatto che tutti loro hanno distrutto centinaia di Burst Linker per raggiungere il livello 9, e che fermarsi ora senza più combattere per raggiungere il livello 10, sarebbe insensato. Considera Haru più che un semplice subordinato e spesso rappresenta la voce della ragione per lui quando questi ha intenzione di tentare l'impossibile pur di difenderla. Prima del suo ricovero in ospedale, confessa ad Haru di essere innamorata di lui. Il suo avatar non accelerato è la se stessa del mondo reale vestita di nero con delle ali da farfalla rosse e nere. In base alla sua tessera falsificata, mostrata nell'episodio 9, sembra essere nata il 30 settembre 2032. Nell'anime, alla fine dell'episodio 5, confida ad Haru il proprio nome, ma l'episodio termina prima che lo si possa sentire.
Il suo avatar in Brain Burst è Black Lotus, altresì conosciuto come "Fine del Mondo", un robot slanciato dalla forma femminile che al posto degli arti ha delle lame affilate. Queste armi tagliano qualsiasi cosa le tocchi all'istante a causa della "Proprietà Tagliente Assoluta", che ha l'effetto secondario di rimuovere permanentemente qualsiasi cosa tagliata da un avatar avversario. Tuttavia le lame hanno una parte laterale fragile che si rompe dopo aver ricevuto troppo danno. Per compensare questa debolezza, Kuroyukihime ha sviluppato una tecnica che chiama Soft Act. Black Lotus ha tre abilità speciali: "Death by Barraging", "Death by Embracing", che ha usato su Red Rider, e infine "Death by Piercing", un attacco diretto letale. Possiede anche due abilità del sistema d'incarnazione: Vorpal Strike e Star Burst Stream. Lotus mostra anche un'abilità chiamata Overdrive: Mode Green, che cambia il colore delle parti viola del suo corpo in grigio e aumenta la sua velocità e potenza d'attacco per un periodo di tempo limitato. Non avendo i piedi, Black Lotus si libra leggermente sul terreno tramite dei getti d'aria sulle gambe, con i quali le è possibile raggiungere velocità incredibili. Kuroyukihime definisce il suo avatar "la bruttezza in persona", ma per Haru è l'esatto contrario.
Takumu Mayuzumi
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Doppiato da: Shintarō Asanuma
Amico d'infanzia di Haru e fidanzato di Chiyuri, soprannominato "Taku"e"Takkun"da chiyu con cui si riferisce col soprannome Chii-Chan. Essendo intelligente e atletico, frequenta una scuola prestigiosa. Il suo avatar non accelerato è un uomo di latta. Inizialmente abusa dei riflessi potenziati che ottiene mentre accelerato per avere un vantaggio nei tornei di kendō che frequenta nella vita reale. In più, due mesi prima dell'inizio della serie, inizia ad attaccare Kuroyukihime, apparentemente a conoscenza della sua identità di Black Lotus, per convincere i suoi compagni della Legione Blu che non è inutile. Dopo che la stessa viene portata in ospedale, Takumu prova ad aggredirla, ma viene fermato da Haru che lo sfida. Haru dimostra nel mondo accelerato di essere molto più forte di lui mettendolo alle strette trascinandolo con lui in cielo. Takumu comprende infine di essere stato egoista e presuntuoso con Haru e per fare ammenda decide di buttarsi, consapevole che con questo sarebbe stato disinstallato dal mondo accelerato per sempre poiché i suoi punti erano quasi a zero. Haru lo afferra all'ultimo momento, convincendolo ad abbandonare la legione blu poiché lì considerato un inetto e lo invita ad unire le forze. È come un mentore per Haru a causa della sua conoscenza avanzata del Mondo Accelerato. Dopo essere entrato nei Nega Nebulus, si trasferisce alla Scuola Media Umesato e inizia ad indossare degli occhiali nonostante l'abilità del Neuro-Linker di correggere i problemi visivi, desiderando vedere il mondo attraverso i propri occhi. Takumu è stato soggetto di bullismo alle scuole elementari, riportando una cicatrice sul collo durante le percosse ricevute dalla squadra di kendo. È nato il 2 aprile 2033.
Il suo avatar in Brain Burst, Cyan Pile, indossa una grande armatura che ricorda quella di un cavaliere. La sua arma primaria è un Armamento Avanzato a forma di battipalo montato sull'avambraccio destro, la quale è capace di estendere la sua punta fino a distanze incredibili. Una volta imparato il Sistema d'Incarnazione, Takumu ottiene l'abilità di trasformarla in un'enorme spada, che egli chiama "Cyan Blade". Cyan Pile ha anche accesso allo Splash Stinger, una serie di armi ad aghi nascoste sotto la corazza. La mossa speciale di Cyan Pile è "Lightning Cyan Spike", che ricarica il battipalo con energia elettrica prima di far fuoco.
Chiyuri Kurashima
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Doppiata da: Aki Toyosaki
Amica d'infanzia di Haru e Takumu. Anche se è fidanzata con Takumu, si preoccupa molto anche per Haru. All'inizio della serie cerca di stare il più vicino ad Haru per aiutarlo, venendo tuttavia respinta aspramente da quest'ultimo il quale non sopporta di essere compatito. Ciò fa soffrire molto Chiyuri in quanto dall'inizio delle medie sia cambiato. Quando compare Kuroyukihime che si definisce la ragazza di Haru ciò causa subito antipatia verso Chiyuri, il quale lei ha risolto all'istante tutti i suoi problemi mentre Chiyuri per quanto ci provasse non fu in grado di farlo. Invitando Haru a casa sua, Chiyuri triste e risentita commenta di come lui si sia allontanato da lei trattandola con freddezza, rammentando come da piccoli si erano promessi di rimanere sempre amici. Haru replica che non possono rimanere bambini per sempre, e ora che Chiyuri si è fidanzata con il loro amico Takumu, Haru non sopporta di sentirsi un terzo incomodo e che anche lui vuole avere qualcosa che lo contraddistingue dagli altri. Chiyuri comprende infine che aveva paura di perdere Haru, e sapendo che si è messo con Kuroyukihime non c'è più bisogno che lei si preoccupi per lui. Nonostante tutto questo Haru, Tukumu e Chiyuri tornano finalmente tutti insieme. Il suo avatar non accelerato è una catgirl. Dopo che Takumu e Haru le dicono la verità e le parlano del Mondo Accelerato, Chiyuri chiede il programma per sé, con l'intenzione di mostrare ai suoi amici come si può godere il gioco senza prenderlo troppo sul serio. Il suo obiettivo principale come Burst Linker è rafforzare l'amicizia una volta condivisa tra lei, Taku e Haru, temendo che il gioco possa allontanarli. Kuroyukihime si chiede se è abbastanza forte dal punto di vista mentale e psicologico per usare Brain Burst, ma il gruppo alla fine accetta e le dà il programma. Con grande sorpresa dei suoi amici, il programma si installa con successo.
Il suo avatar in Brain Burst, Lime Bell, appare come una strega con un Armamento Avanzato simile a una grande campana, contenente un orologio, al posto dell'avambraccio sinistro. Il suo avatar è stato creato dal suo desiderio di tornare ai tempi in cui lei, Haru e Takumu avevano un'amicizia molto stretta. L'abilità speciale di Lime Bell è nota come "Citron Call", un'abilità di tipo curativo che può guarire completamente qualsiasi Duel Avatar miri. Tuttavia, nella battaglia finale contro Dusk Taker, Chiyuri rivela la vera abilità di Citron Call: portare l'obiettivo indietro nel tempo al momento in cui il danno non è mai esistito. Questo coinvolge anche le abilità speciali dell'obiettivo, come dimostrato da Lime Bell riportando indietro nel tempo Dusk Taker a quando non aveva ancora preso le ali di Silver Crow.
Lime Bell è il terzo avatar con un'abilità curativa che appare in Accel World. Poiché essi sono così rari, se la notizia trapelasse, un gran numero di giocatori si mobiliterebbe fino a Suginami per contendersela, arrivando perfino a scatenare delle guerre per farla passare dalla propria parte. I precedenti avatar curativi sono uno degli attuali re e un utilizzatore anonimo ormai ritiratosi, il quale, non riuscendo più a sopportare lo stress e le guerre in cui veniva coinvolto, disinstallò il programma per liberarsi.
Aqua Current
Doppiata da: Kana Ueda
Associata all'elemento dell'acqua, Aqua Current (il cui vero nome è sconosciuto) è una Burst Linker che lavora come "bodyguard" di giocatori di livello 2 o inferiore nelle sfide a coppie. Inizialmente il suo sesso è sconosciuto. Dopo che Haru inciampa accidentalmente sulla sua borsa, sia lui che gli altri clienti nella sala da pranzo del loro luogo d'incontro la distinguono come femmina. Il suo avatar nella rete non accelerata è una donnola con occhiali e cravatta. Il suo duel avatar è Aqua Current, una massa d'acqua con una forma femminile che possiede proprietà d'acqua pura come essere un eccellente isolatore contro attacchi elettrici. Aqua Current ha una grande abilità ed esperienza, caratteristiche che confermano le voci secondo le quali aiutasse gli utilizzatori con Punti Burst pericolosamente bassi.
Aqua Current è stata una Burst Linker per molto tempo, ma si rifiuta di salire di livello per poter continuare il suo lavoro. In origine uno degli "Elementi" di livello 8 dei Nega Nebulus, Aqua Current cadde preda di un mostro nel Campo Illimitato che la ridusse al livello 1. Dopo la battaglia al fianco di Silver Crow, cancella i ricordi di Haru su di lei con la sua abilità del Sistema d'Incarnazione e la sua vera identità nel mondo reale rimane sconosciuta. Nel volume 12 salva Silver Crow da Argon Array e inizia un duello con lei.
Altri membri
Oltre ad Aqua Current, vi sono altri quattro Burst Linker che erano al servizio di Black Lotus prima della sua scomparsa:
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Doppiata da: Aya Endō
Una Burst Linker "a riposo" associata all'elemento del vento. È anche il vice comandante dei Nega Nebulus. Sky Raker è il "genitore" di Ash Roller (colei che gli ha dato il Brain Burst) e l'unica persona in Accel World a cui questi mostri rispetto. Prima dell'esistenza di Silver Crow era conosciuta come "la persona più vicina al cielo nel Mondo Accelerato", ottenendo soprannomi come "Astro", "ICBM" e "Icarus". Divenne ossessionata dal desiderio di volare e a causa di ciò è stata abbandonata da quasi tutti i suoi amici e dal suo "genitore". Alla fine ottiene l'aiuto della sua unica amica rimasta e capo Black Lotus per raggiungere il livello 8. Avendo sfruttato numerose abilità di livello superiore per cercare di riuscire a volare, infine chiede a Black Lotus di tagliare le gambe del suo avatar per ridurne il peso e rafforzare la sua volontà. Viene presentata a Silver Crow da Ash Roller nel Campo Neutrale Illimitato per aiutarlo a controllare la sua forza di volontà e a usare il Sistema d'Incarnazione per volare anche senza le ali. Dopo averla incontrata nel mondo reale, Haru si accorge che ha delle gambe protesiche meccaniche. Sky Raker in seguito rientra nei Nega Nebulus prima della Corsa Verticale della Corda di Hermes.
Il suo avatar in Brain Burst appare come un robot blu argento modellato sulla se stessa del mondo reale, senza gambe al di sotto delle ginocchia e su una sedia a rotelle che muove tramite il Sistema d'Incarnazione. Sky Raker è uno dei pochi avatar in Brain Burst che indossa vestiti, nel suo caso un cappello e un abito estivi. Sky Raker possiede un Armamento Avanzato chiamato Gale Thruster, un jet pack che, pur non garantendo un'abilità di volo completa, permette di saltare a incredibili distanze e di spostarsi a mezz'aria. Presta il Gale Thruster ad Haru per aiutarlo a riprendersi le ali di Silver Crow.
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Una Burst Linker di livello 7 associata all'elemento del fuoco. È un'alunna di quarta che frequenta la Scuola Elementare Matsunoki. Il suo avatar ha un aspetto simile a quello di una sacerdotessa giapponese e ha oggetti con attributi parassitari. Possiede anche una potente abilità ad ampia distanza del Sistema d'Incarnazione, ma richiede molto tempo per attivarla a causa della sua complessità.
Un Burst Linker di livello 8 associato all'elemento della terra. Il suo vero nome e la sua posizione attuale sono un mistero. È uno spadaccino con l'Armamento Avanzato Spade Gemelle e le sue abilità nel combattimento ravvicinato sono uguali o addirittura superiori a quelle di Black Lotus, malgrado le sue difese siano deboli.
Altre legioni ed organizzazioni
Prominence (Legione Rossa)
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Doppiata da: Rina Hidaka
Studentessa della quinta elementare con una tempra ardente e un'intelligenza che nascondono la sua età, "Niko", come preferisce essere chiamata, è il secondo "Re Rosso" dopo la sconfitta di Red Rider. Inizialmente prova a farsi passare per , la cugina di secondo grado di Haru, e irrompe in casa sua in modo da forzarlo ad accettare la sua richiesta. Il piano fallisce quando Haru guarda le foto di suo nonno e scopre che Niko non assomiglia per niente a Tomoko. Niko è stata abbandonata dai suoi genitori e frequenta un orfanotrofio. Mostra qualità da yandere, un momento prima molto dolce e affettuosa e quello subito dopo arrabbiata e scontrosa. È nata il 7 dicembre 2035. Yuniko ammette che anche lei vorrebbe salire fino al livello 10 e concludere così il gioco, ma ha paura che ciò possa causare la disinstallazione dall'Accel World senza più possibilità di tornarci.
Il suo avatar in Brain Burst è Scarlet Rain, un piccolo robot rosso con l'aspetto di una bambina, armato con una pistola laser che di solito tiene sull'anca. È l'attuale Re Rosso e il suo soprannome è "La Fortezza Immobile" grazie alla sua abilità speciale, che evoca il suo Armamento Avanzato, un'enorme unità d'artiglieria fissa con la quale si connette Scarlet Rain. Anche se non può muoversi ed è lenta a girarsi, l'unità d'artiglieria è attrezzata di decine di armi, con le quali ha abbastanza potenza di fuoco da tirare giù senza sforzo legioni di avversari da tutte le direzioni. Scarlet Rain possiede due abilità del Sistema d'Incarnazione: l'Over Ray, un attacco lanciafiamme, e l'abilità di teleportarsi a brevi distanze.
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Doppiata da: Ayako Kawasumi
Il vice comandante dei Prominence. Lavora come cameriera in un negozio di torte che funziona anche da base segreta dei Prominence. Di solito indossa l'indumento da lavoro e guida una motocicletta. Leopard, come preferisce essere chiamata, è fredda, insensibile e distante, anche se ha un senso dell'umorismo sarcastico. Il suo avatar in Brain Burst è di livello 6 ed ha l'abilità Shape Change. Il suo avatar non accelerato è un leopardo femmina antropomorfo dal pelo rosso che indossa una tuta in pelle. Sviluppa una rivalità con Sky Raker per ragioni sconosciute.
Doppiato da: Mikako Takahashi
Altresì noto come il quinto Chrome Disaster, Cherry Rook è un amico molto intimo di Yuniko che diventa il suo "genitore" dopo aver saputo della sua passione per i videogiochi. Dopo essere stato superato di livello da Yuniko ed aver saputo che si stava per trasferire di città, ha accettato l'Armamento Avanzato Armatura della Catastrofe da Yellow King. È stato sconfitto da Yuniko con il supporto dei Nega Nebulus usando il Judgement Blow. La sua sconfitta lascia l'Armatura del Disastro a Silver Crow, facendolo diventare alla fine il prossimo Chrome Disaster.
Doppiato da: Kenjirō Tsuda
Il Re Rosso originale, eliminato da Black Lotus prima degli eventi della serie. Le abilità di Red Rider sono sconosciute, anche se è implicito che ha avuto una relazione romantica con il Re Viola, Purple Thorn. Rider era un sostenitore della continuità del trattato di pace tra Re, cosa che ha portato Black Lotus a decapitarlo con la tecnica "Death by Embracing". In questo modo ha perso tutti i suoi Punti Burst e gli è stato disinstallato forzatamente il programma, facendo andare Black Lotus in esilio e mettendo in moto gli avvenimenti della serie.
Crypt Cosmic Circus (Legione Gialla)
Doppiato da: Akira Ishida
Conosciuto anche come il Re Giallo o il "Disturbatore Radioattivo", Yellow Radio ha ottenuto l'Armatura della Catastrofe dopo la sconfitta del quarto Chrome Disaster. L'ha data a Cherry Rook con l'obiettivo che infrangesse il trattato di non-aggressione tra i re dandogli l'opportunità di avere il diritto "legale" di eliminare uno dei membri della legione Rossa, puntando infine su Scarlet Rain.
L'avatar in Brain Burst di Yellow Radio appare come un buffone di corte con lunghe braccia e uno scettro come arma. L'abilità speciale del suo avatar in Brain Burst è Futile Fortune Wheel, molto simile a un attacco illusionista. Il suo stile di combattimento si basa su illusioni e inganni.
Doppiato da: Hiroaki Tajiri
Uno dei Burst Linker che partecipa all'imboscata contro Scarlet Rain nel Campo Neutrale Illimitato.
Great Wall (Legione Verde)
Anche noto come il Re Verde, ha ottenuto il titolo "Invincibile" grazie alla sua difesa assoluta. Viene rivelato che ha guadagnato la maggior parte dei suoi Punti Burst sconfiggendo da solo "nemici" nel Campo Neutrale Illimitato. Ha perso alcune sfide unicamente a causa dello scadere del tempo. Ha assistito alla distruzione delle quattro generazioni di Chrome Disaster. Il suo grande scudo è uno dei Sette Archi, ovvero 'gamma' Il Conflitto. È anche uno degli Originatori.
Doppiato da: Kenichi Suzumura
Primo avversario di Silver Crow e "figlio" di Sky Raker, di solito si rivolge a lei con "master". Ash Roller è rude, volgare e molto aggressivo tranne quando si trova in presenza di Sky Raker, dove adotta un atteggiamento di profondo rispetto. È stato il primo avversario di Silver Crow. La sua motocicletta, un Armamento Avanzato, è la sua arma primaria, mezzo di trasporto e fonte di forza. Senza di essa Ash Roller è impotente a tutti gli effetti.
La vera identità della motocicletta di Ash Roller. È innamorata di Haruyuki da quando l'ha sconfitta nel loro ultimo duello e addirittura una volta si confessa a lui.
Leoniz (Legione Blu)
Doppiato da: Takahiro Sakurai
Altresì noto come Re Blu, "Conquistatore", "Spada Santa" e "Uccisore Leggendario". La sua grande spada è uno dei Sette Archi, ovvero 'alpha' L'Impulso. Anche se è il Capo Legione originale di Cyan Pile, per qualche ragione decide di non applicare il Judgement Blow su di lui quando entra nei Nega Nebulus. È il miglior amico di Red Rider e anche uno degli Originatori.
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Doppiate da: Misato Fukuen e Kanako Kondō
Burst Linker gemelle di livello 7 che sono strette collaboratrici del Re Blu. I loro duel avatar hanno un aspetto da guerriere. Sono leali al Re Blu ed entrambe hanno una cotta per lui. In passato vennero umiliate da Sky Raker, la quale una volta le appese sulla cima dell'Ufficio Amministrativo di Tokyo.
Auroral Oval (Legione Viola)
Doppiata da: Kaori Mizuhashi
Altresì nota come il Re Viola e "Imperatrice di Voltaggio". Era l'amante di Red Rider. Il suo bastone è uno dei Sette Archi, ovvero 'beta' La Tempesta.
È una stretta collaboratrice del Re Viola.
Oscillatory Universe (Legione Bianca)
Altresì nota come il Re Bianco ed Eternità Transitoria. White Cosmos è la sorella di un anno più grande di Kuroyukihime nel mondo reale e il suo "genitore" nel Mondo Accelerato. Il suo avatar in Brain Burst possiede un'abilità curativa ed è uno degli soli tre in Brain Burst con tale potere. Possiede anche uno dei Sette Archi ed è uno degli Originatori.
Con lo sviluppo della serie viene rivelata essere il capo del Gruppo di Ricerca d'Accelerazione. È anche colei che ha convinto Black Lotus per decapitare Red Rider.
Il rappresentante di White Cosmos durante gli incontri regi.
Gruppo di Ricerca d'Accelerazione
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Doppiato da: Sanae Kobayashi
Uno studente del primo anno della Scuola Media Umesato, un Burst Linker (anche se detesta il termine) e un membro del club di kendo che abusa del comando Physical Burst per barare. Noumi crede che sia superiore alle altre persone ed è talmente disgustato da quelli che ritiene "inferiori" a lui che si pulisce le mani con un fazzoletto se lo tocca qualcuno. Si scopre che Seiji Noumi fu vittima di bullismo da parte del fratello più grande che gli prendeva tutti i giocattoli e la paghetta ogni volta, compresa la sola ragazza che gli era stata amica. Il fratello di Seji lo obbligò in seguito a installarsi il Brain Burst per potersi servire di lui e di utilizzarlo per guadagnare rapidamente punti per diventare più forte. Minacciando di picchiarlo nel mondo reale. Il fratello maggiore non si accorse però che Seiji si adattò in fretta come Burst Linker in quella nuova dimensione e lentamente cominciò a racimolare punti rafforzandosi a sua insaputa. Diventato abbastanza forte, Seiji lo attirò nel mondo illimitato dove lo aggredì, vendicandosi dei suplizi subiti per causa sua negli anni, rubandogli tutte le abilità per poi torturarlo brutalmente e distruggerlo ogni volta che si rigenerava. Poiché si trovavano nel mondo illimitato, il dolore che Seiji gli fece provare fu due volte più intenso. Ormai con i punti ridotti quasi allo zero, il fratello implorò piangendo disperato a Seiji di risparmiarlo, non volendo perdere il Burst Linker. Seiji compiacendosi per la vendetta gli diede infine il colpo di grazia cancellandolo per sempre da quel mondo. Seiji afferma che Takumu Mayuzumi lo conoscesse, facendo presupporre che suo fratello più grande, apparteneva alla legione blu. Noumi ricatta Haruyuki e Chiyuri e ruba le ali di Silver Crow nel tentativo di costringerli a diventare i suoi "animali domestici". Alla fine viene ingannato da Chiyuri, che unisce temporaneamente le forze con lui solo per salire di livello abbastanza da perfezionare le sue abilità e far tornare le ali di Silver Crow al suo proprietario. Perde la battaglia a morte istantanea e il suo Brain Burst viene disinstallato forzatamente, cancellando tutti i suoi ricordi del programma e provando quindi la teoria di Kuroyukihime secondo la quale i Burst Linker che subiscono la disinstallazione del programma, perdono anche ogni ricordo di averlo mai avuto. Avendo perso i ricordi legati al gioco, Seiji sembra avere perso la sua indole cattiva e arrogante che aveva con gli altri diventando molto più tranquillo e socievole.
L'avatar di Noumi in Brain Burst, Dusk Taker, appare come un umanoide nero senza tratti distintivi con una grande sfera rossa al posto della faccia. Il suo avatar è stato creato dal suo desiderio di riprendersi tutte le cose che suo fratello maggiore gli aveva rubato. Anche se manca di abilità di combattimento significative, Dusk Taker ha un'abilità nota come "Demonic Command", il potere di rubare qualsiasi mossa finale, rinforzo esterno o abilità dagli altri Burst Linker. Questa abilità non ha un tempo limite, per cui Dusk Taker può possedere fino a tre abilità rubate per quanto desideri. Finché Dusk Taker possiede un'abilità, il Burst Linker da cui l'ha presa non sarà in grado di usarla. Usando questa abilità, è riuscito a includere parti di corpo e armi di altri Burst Linker nel suo avatar, come una grande arma a forbice al posto del braccio destro e una serie di tentacoli rossi come braccio sinistro. Dusk Taker può anche utilizzare il Sistema d'Incarnazione per creare degli artigli fatti di energia viola.
Doppiato da: Satoshi Hino
Un Burst Linker di livello 6 che posiziona trappole per respingere gli avatar di tipo corpo a corpo e li elimina con attacchi a lunga distanza. Utilizza il Sistema d'Incarnazione per arrugginire e corrodere i suoi bersagli. Come Dusk Taker, il suo nome non appare sulla lista di sfida grazie a un Brain Implant Chip attualmente vietato.
Doppiato da: Nobuyuki Hiyama
Un Burst Linker che si infiltra ad Okinawa da Tokyo usando una backdoor. Sulfur Pot ha l'abilità di addomesticare i nemici con il suo Armamento Avanzato Mystical Reins, che in seguito perde quando viene sconfitto. L'oggetto finisce nelle mani di Black Lotus, un regalo da parte dei Burst Linker di Okinawa dai Burst Linker di Okinawa. Come Dusk Taker, il suo nome non appare sulla lista di sfida.
Un Burst Linker di livello 1 con una tripla personalità. Sconfigge Silver Crow nel loro primo scontro. Ha cooperato con il gruppo per aiutare le sue personalità. Durante la seconda battaglia, perde poiché Silver Crow scopre la sua debolezza. Nella terza battaglia supera i propri errori, ma Silver Crow prende il sopravvento con la sua nuova mossa. Quando Argon Array interferisce e cestina Ash Roller nel processo, egli difende Silver Crow solo per poi essere spazzato via da lei.
Doppiato da: Nobuo Tobita
Un Burst Linker di livello 8, uno degli Originatori e il vice comandante del Gruppo di Ricerca d'Accelerazione. Ha l'abilità di nascondersi nell'ombra e un'abilità di decelerazione. Il corpo del suo avatar, composto da una serie di pannelli neri, è in grado di separare i pannelli per usarli come scudi e armi offensive.
Una Burst Linker di livello 8, altresì nota come "l'Analista dai Quattro Occhi". Possiede un'abilità per vedere lo stato degli altri avatar.
Altri giocatori
Doppiato da: Tarusuke Shingaki
Un Burst Linker di livello 7 e un vecchio membro della Legione Rossa. Crimson Kingbolt si è trasferito a Okinawa tre anni prima dell'inizio della serie dopo che i suoi genitori divorziarono. È una matricola liceale, il "genitore" di Lagoon Dolphin e il "master" sia di sua "figlia" che di Coral Merrow. Impone due regole a Lagoon Dolphin e Coral Merrow: mai usare l'accelerazione per scopi egoistici e parlare del Mondo Accelerato soltanto ad altri Burst Linker. Il suo avatar in Brain Burst assomiglia a una vite ed ha l'abilità di evocare un Armamento Avanzato a forma di robot gigante chiamato "Mega-Machine Awakening", basato sulla quantità di metallo presente, che è simile in dimensioni e potenza a quello di Scarlet Rain. È un amico di Black Lotus, che lo chiama "Crikin".
Purple Thorn una volta gli propose di unirsi alla sua legione (anche se solo per il suo nome). Come notato da Black Lotus, il suo nome deriva da un tipo di vite.
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Doppiata da: Tamaki Nakanishi
Studentessa del secondo anno della Scuola Media Kube e Burst Linker di livello 5 di Okinawa, Lagoon Dolphin è il "genitore" di Coral Merrow e la "figlia" di Crimson Kingbolt. Di solito parla con un accento di Okinawa. Il suo avatar in Brain Burst ha l'abilità Shape Change, che lei chiama Modalità Marina, adottando una forma più adatta agli ambienti acquatici.
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Doppiata da: Yūko Gibu
Studentessa del primo anno della Scuola Media Kube e Burst Linker di livello 4 di Okinawa, Coral Merrow è la "figlia" di Lagoon Dolphin. Come Lagoon Dolphin, pure il suo avatar in Brain Burst ha un'abilità Shape Change, che anche lei chiama Modalità Marina, con la quale può assumere l'aspetto di una sirena.
Doppiata da: Harumi Sakurai
Uno dei Burst Linker contro cui si è battuto Silver Crow insieme ad Aqua Current. Utilizza i poli elettrici nelle sue mani per controllare il flusso di corrente elettrica.
Doppiato da: Eiji Miyashita
Il compagno di Nickel Doll. Utilizza i condotti nelle sue mani per creare una tempesta di sabbia.
Chrome Disaster
E' un leggendario Burst Linker esistito sette anni prima, quando venne aperto Accel World, prima ancora che comparissero i sette re di colore puro. Chrome Disaster si presentò subito come un combattente spietato e crudele, usando le sue abilità instaurò una tirannia assoluta nell'Accel World, divenendo ufficialmente, il primo tiranno di quel mondo. I burst linker più forti di quel tempo non sopportando più le sue crudeltà si unirono per sconfiggerlo definitivamente. Dopo una ardua battaglia con enormi perdite, essi riuscirono infine ad avere la meglio. Prossimo alla cancellazione, Chrome in un grido, maledisse l'accel world, promettendo che sarebbe tornato sempre. Per motivi inspiegabili, la sua maledizione si avverò. Nonostante fosse stato cancellato dal mondo accelerato, una parte del suo equipaggiamento, rimase: l'armatura della catastrofe. Benché gli oggetti esterni, come pistole, spade (ecc.) dovessero essere solo oggetti inanimati, l'armatura della catastrofe possiede una volontà propria. Impossessandosi di uno dei Burst Linker che aveva contribuito a sconfiggerlo, prese infine possesso di lui, manipolando la sua mente in una notte, facendolo impazzire, diventando infine il secondo Chrome Disaster. Chi veniva posseduto dall'armatura della catastrofe, si trasforma nel nuovo Chrome Disaster, tramutandolo in una bestia spietata, crudele e violenta. Ogni volta l'aspetto cambia in quanto, l'armatura si adatta al nuovo avatar del giocatore. Prima della storia principale, ci furono quattro Chrome Disaster, l'ultimo venne affrontato e abbattuto dai nuovi regnanti; i Sette Re di Colore Puro. Ogni volta che nasce un Chrome Disaster viene seguito da centinaia di massacri dei burst linker. Nonostante il Chrome Disaster veniva distrutto, l'armatura continuava a persistere in cerca di nuove vittime. Il quinto Chrome Disaster comparso, è membro della legione rossa. Il nuovo re rosso chiede infine aiuto al re nero e Silver Crow per trovarlo e fermarlo definitivamente, proponendo come accordo che la legione rossa non interferirà nei loro affari. Dopo una ardua battaglia alla fine il quinto Chrome venne distrutto, ma infetta Silver Crow designandolo come sesto Chrome Disaster.
Altri personaggi
Doppiato da: Isshin Chiba
Un vecchio studente della Scuola Media Umesato. Aveva l'abitudine di fare il bullo con Haru prendendogli il pranzo fino a quando Kuroyukihime lo ha fatto espellere. Si vendica cercando di investirli entrambi, anche se riesce a ferire solo Kuroyukihime dato che questa è costretta ad usare il comando Physical Full Burst.
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Doppiata da: Haruka Tomatsu
Una studentessa della Scuola Media Umesato e unica vera amica di Kuroyukihime prima che conoscesse Haru. È la segretaria del consiglio studentesco e una vecchia Burst Linker. Tuttavia quando ha perso il programma Brain Burst, ha anche perso tutti i ricordi di averlo mai avuto. Riacquista temporaneamente la memoria durante una gita scolastica a Okinawa, aiutando Black Lotus e i Burst Linker di Okinawa a sconfiggere Sulfur Pot utilizzando l'abilità del suo avatar di cambiare la fase dei paesaggi. Nutre un rancore di gelosia contro Haru.
Doppiata da: Mari Hagai
La madre di Haruyuki. Si è divorziata dal marito qualche anno prima dell'inizio della serie e spesso è assente a causa dei viaggi di lavoro, lasciando Haru a badare a se stesso.
La madre di Chiyuri. Ogni volta che si tiene una riunione a casa di Haruyuki, Chiyuri porta del cibo cucinato da Momoe per i membri della legione.
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Pathways to Political Trust | CONTRE is a dynamic research consortium of eleven Finnish political scientists. We blog about topics related to political trust, political engagement and electoral behavior of citizens.
CONTRE is a dynamic research consortium of eleven Finnish political scientists. We blog about topics related to political trust, political engagement and electoral behavior of citizens.
When examining country levels of generalized social trust, much of the explanation can be found in the degree of corruption and economic inequality in these countries. Low-quality governments and social systems appear to have massive negative effects on the welfare and health of modern societies, and at the same time, on levels of generalized social trust. Based on prior comparative studies, there are clear links between generalized social trust, on the one hand, and corruption and economic inequality on the other.
From Declining Trust to Rising Distrust?
While trust in the media has decreased as a whole, Trump has also given the decline in trust in the media a distinctly politically partisan dimension. In other words, news outlets and audiences are even more strongly polarized, left to their own reinforced frames and narratives. This will make it harder for the citizenry to willingly receive multiple viewpoints without conflicting personal or reporting bias. The consequences of decreased trust and increasing distrust in the media radiates into the society more broadly through the erosion of civil discourse that could be commonly shared. This risks political paralysis and attempts to restore shared social trust.
What ́s up with Poland and Hungary?
There is only one year ahead of us before the EU citizens will again have the opportunity to elect their national representatives to the world's only directly elected supranational political chamber, the European Parliament (EP). This will be the ninth EP-election, but post-Brexit the number of MEPs elected will drop from 751 to 705. The election takes place during May 23–26, 2019 and the outcome will affect the direction of the EU for the following five years.
Political interest – along with satisfaction with the way democracy works – is the most significant determinant of political trust of young adults in Finland. Many other usual determinants of political trust, such as internal or external political efficacy or satisfaction with the government, are not statistically significant when examining young people. Therefore, political trust of the youth seems to form less systematically than that of adults. Furthermore, over the last decade, political trust of the youth has declined more steeply than political trust of the older population.
Political trust in established democracies is generally lower today than it was three or four decades ago. In the short or medium term, there are fluctuations, up and down, due to political and economic events. For example, political trust decreased in many countries in the wake of the most recent global economic crisis.
If policy issues are perceived as being simple enough to generate firm conclusions, disagreement itself becomes inexplicable—unless one impugns the motives of those with whom one disagrees. The problem becomes intensified when mainstream politicians and media both take up these narratives and leverage governmental distrust for partisan gain. Partisan gain may be short-lived, but the change in rhetoric and narrative can have long-term stacking effects on general levels of trust.
Macron and the re-emergence of Europhiles!
The sudden rise and electoral success of Emmanuel Macron and his political movement En Marche! has taken France, and especially Europe, by surprise. How could it be that the supposedly eurosceptic French electorate decided, with an overwhelmingly majority, to elect a president that has been described as both a "Europhile" and a "Euro-Federalist" while simultaneously also granting his movement a majority in the parliament?
Political stagecraft is about favorable representation of the politician and his message. Given the political ascendancy of Donald J. Trump, to particularities of Trump's brand of political stagecraft, and its broader implications, deserve some attention.
What do we measure when we think we are measuring trust?
It seems that we have two different methods to measure trust. The trust game is commonly said to represent a behavioral measure, whereas survey questions are attitudinal measures. The questions is, are these two methods measuring the same thing?
2016 may well go down in history as the year in which trust in political parties – or rather the political establishment – declined considerably at least in parts of the electorate.
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Gatwick Airport has awarded a contract for provision of air traffic control services to German provider Deutsche Flugsicherung (DFS).
The gateway explains the deal is expected to be signed at the end of the month, and services will cover air traffic and approach services below 4,000 feet around the airport, services, which are presently provided by UK provider NATS.
Gatwick explains following a transition period, DFS will commence provision of the new services from October 2015, and the term is ten years.
NATS will retain operations for all air navigation services above 4,000 feet, from its base in Swanwick.
The decision follows a tender process where a number of companies were invited to submit proposals.
Gatwick explains the proposal submitted by DFS was considered superior to submissions from all other contenders, who were assessed across a range of criteria.
They included safety, innovation, airport management, technical capability, cost, resilience and the ability to accommodate the requirements of a growing airport.
Gatwick CEO, Stewart Wingate, says: "DFS is a company of great standing, operating an extensive network of air traffic control services in Germany.
"We are very impressed with the company's technical capabilities, track record and safety standards within its existing operations along with the experience, efficiency and innovation it will bring to Gatwick.
"Gatwick operates the busiest and most efficient single runway airport in the world.
"Naturally safety comes first in everything that we do. DFS is a well-known and well-respected provider in this industry and across Europe and has demonstrated a forward-looking approach to its business, which matches our own ambitious plans to grow.
"We look forward to working with our new partners as we continue to grow and connect Britain to the future.
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Home Bitcoin News JPM Coin trials could start by year's end
JPM Coin trials could start by year's end
JP Morgan Chase could start testing its JPM Coin by the end of this year, Bloomberg has reported.
The US banking giant unveiled its plan to launch its own stablecoin pegged to the US dollar in February. While the bank's chief executive officer Jamie Dimon said around that time that JPM Coin could one day become a consumer product, the company indicated that its initial plan was for the coin to be used for business-to-business services, such as settlement of transactions between corporate clients and the company.
In a recent interview with Bloomberg in Tokyo, JPMorgan's head of digital treasury services and blockchain Umar Farooq said that the token could enable "instant" delivery of bonds on a blockchain platform.
"We believe that a lot of securities over time, in five to 20 years, will increasingly become digital or get tokenized," Farooq said, as quoted by Bloomberg.
The executive also talked about how JPM Coin could speed up bond transaction to allow traders to instantly deliver the securities in exchange for cash. The idea is that buyers would be able to use the JPM tokens in their accounts to buy tokenised bonds, with computer programs handling the transaction.
This procedure could lead to significant time savings. Currently, it usually takes two days for a seller of Japanese government bonds to deliver them to the buyer in exchange for cash, according to Shuichi Ohsaki, chief rates strategist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in Tokyo.
The US bank would likely commence pilot testing of its token around the end of the year, although this would be contingent on regulatory approvals. The pilots will likely be conducted with a few clients to see how the tokens can speed up transactions between them.
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Drivers see higher prices at the pump after hurricane
Prices at the pump caught some Spartanburg County drivers by surprise Tuesday after an increase overnight.
The price hike throughout the Carolinas was due to the temporary closure of oil and gas refineries along the Texas Gulf Coast after Hurricane Harvey pummeled the area. The average price of gasoline in Spartanburg was $2.20 per gallon, according to AAA Carolinas.
Tiffany Wright, AAA Carolinas spokesperson, said prices will likely continue to rise this week. It's still unclear when all of the refineries will reopen, she said.
"The flooding in Texas has created a lot of unknowns," she said. "There are already a handful that have begun to slowly come back online."
Wright said gas prices could increase from 5 to 25 cents per gallon over the next several days. Gas prices across the state increased by an average of 3 cents Monday night into Tuesday, she said.
Ross Tanenbaum of Spartanburg drives about 2,000 miles a week for business. He was filling up his pickup truck Tuesday at a Shell station on Highway 221 in Roebuck, where gas was selling for $2.29 a gallon.
"It's definitely going to cost me more," Tanenbaum said. "I will try to find the place with the lowest price."
Spartanburg resident Wendy Galliher had stopped at the QuickTrip on East Saint John Street, which was selling gas for $2.25 a gallon.
She said her vehicle doesn't get the best gas mileage anymore, and the increase will likely hurt her pocketbook. She said she hopes the higher prices won't last long.
"There's not a whole lot I can do about it," she said. "I will spend about $60 on gas now every week."
Woodruff resident Cathy Wright said she'd seen gas prices at some stations in southern Spartanburg County go from $2.09 to $2.25 a gallon overnight. She said she plans to keep filling up at her regular station, the Handee Mart on North Main Street in Woodruff, which was selling gas for $2.25 a gallon.
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The first diesel aircraft is a twin-engine from Russia
July 9, 2020 By Luca Tamburelli Leave a Comment
Drawing of the Pro-Avia prototype
The benefits of diesel for aircraft
Finally, someone wanted to make a plane with a diesel engine, German made, it goes almost without saying. This type of engine, surely not ecological, nevertheless has the merit of consuming relatively little and being rather efficient. If we consider that a diesel engine with 100 hp, on a car, travels on average 100 km with 5 l of fuel on the highway, we can quickly expect that an airplane with 1000 hp, sufficient to transport a dozen passengers, can travel approximately 2000 km with 1000 l of diesel. Not bad at all, since a diesel engine is cheaper and lighter than a turboprop.
The RED Aircraft RED A03 Engine 12-cylinder diesel engine certified by RED Aircraft must be used in a twin-engine aircraft from the Russian aircraft manufacturer PRO-Avia.
PRO-Avia is working on a new 14-passenger twin-engine aircraft, which is in the initial design phase. It is clear that the new model will be powered by engines from RED Aircraft GmbH based in Adenau, Germany. The twin-engine is designed to perform a wide range of tasks and, depending on the manufacturer's website, offers a range of between 1,200 and 1,835 nautical miles depending on the load and configuration. Compared to a single-engine airplane, the twin-engine would have better take-off, landing and cruising characteristics and would be more reliable in operation. The plane would also facilitate the transportation of goods, including LD3-46 containers, according to a press release.
The 12 cylinders A03 develops 368 Kilowatt (500 CV)
Motor made in Germany
The plane is a product with the label "made in Germany" and Russian roots. RED Aircraft is based in Adenau near Bonn, the name means Raikhlin Aircraft Engine Developments. The RED A03, approved by EASA and FAA, is a 12-cylinder diesel engine in an 80-degree V configuration with two rows of six cylinders operating independently. It is made of aluminum, has a power of 368 kilowatts (500 hp) and can be used with kerosene for aircraft. The manufacturer describes the RED A03 as a very efficient engine with low fuel consumption, which is also relatively quiet and emits little exhaust gas. In addition, the engine offers excellent performance at altitude.
"We are delighted that PRO-Avia is using our RED A03 as part of the preliminary design for its light, versatile twin-engine aircraft. It is important to note that our certified aircraft engine is a sleek design specially conceived for use on aircraft. We continue to work with other innovative companies developing hybrid solutions,"said Sebastian Glück, responsible for business development.
Pro-Avia is a Russian company engaged in the implementation, maintenance and improvement of aeronautical equipment. RED Aircraft GmbH is committed to the development of high performance piston engines for aviation. The company claims to offer a full range of engineering services necessary for the development of engines and powertrains.
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GE restarts NJ power plant
SAYREVILLE, NEW JERSEY - GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of GE, has applied the companyÂ's capital, expertise and technology to restart and successfully complete the first operating season of its 123-megawatt Parlin Energy Center in northeastern New Jersey.
GE began work on the power plant in June 2007 after buying the project for $12.1 million from Calpine Corporation.
"Combining GE Energy Financial Services' financial know-how and capital with the in-depth technical skills of our sister manufacturing and operations business, GE Energy, we were able to restart Parlin after a temporary shutdown," said Mark Mellana, Managing Director of Operating and Development at GE Energy Financial Services. "Parlin gave us the opportunity to put to work GE's collective expertise to provide cost-effective power to a customer and the market."
Since coming online in June 2008, Parlin has produced 36,333 megawatts of power, and has experienced 100 percent availability. The power produced is sold to PJM Interconnection, a power system serving 51 million people across 13 states. Parlin bought into PJM after a Reliability Pricing Model auction allowed more than 2,000 megawatts of power to come back online to meet high demand. The Reliability Pricing Model allows higher prices for capacity where generation is limited by resources and congestion.
The Parlin Energy Center — a modest brick building adjacent to a scenic park in Sayreville — sells cost-effective power to a neighboring photochemical plant owned by DuPont. At the heart of the operation are two GE frame 6B gas combustion turbines and two Alstom steam turbines.
"GE Energy is providing several benefits to the Parlin Energy Center: optimizing the plant by lowering its heat rate and increasing capacity," said Iain O'Brien, Senior Operations Manager for GE Energy. "In addition, GE employees brought a commitment to safety, as well as an ability to diagnose and repair problems on site. They contributed to health and safety, as well as to the environment, by reducing the use and storage of hazardous chemicals."
Out of commission temporarily, the plant required repairs and minor permit modifications before it could come back on-line. Technicians from GE Energy:
• Repaired the combustion and steam turbines;
• Installed a state-of-the-art emissions monitoring system;
• Installed a GE reverse osmosis water purification system, minimizing industrial wastewater, reducing the burden on treatment plants and conserving clean water for domestic and agricultural needs. The reverse osmosis equipment is part of GE's ecomagination initiative, the company's commitment to help its customers meet their environmental challenges while expanding its own portfolio of cleaner energy products and facilities;
• Employed 12 full-time GE employees, some from the local area.
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/**
*
* @file xtmrctr.h
*
* The Xilinx timer/counter component. This component supports the Xilinx
* timer/counter. More detailed description of the driver operation can
* be found in the xtmrctr.c file.
*
* The Xilinx timer/counter supports the following features:
* - Polled mode.
* - Interrupt driven mode
* - enabling and disabling specific timers
* - PWM operation
* - Cascade Operation (This is to be used for getting a 64 bit timer and this
* feature is present in the latest versions of the axi_timer IP)
*
* The driver does not currently support the PWM operation of the device.
*
* The timer counter operates in 2 primary modes, compare and capture. In
* either mode, the timer counter may count up or down, with up being the
* default.
*
* Compare mode is typically used for creating a single time period or multiple
* repeating time periods in the auto reload mode, such as a periodic interrupt.
* When started, the timer counter loads an initial value, referred to as the
* compare value, into the timer counter and starts counting down or up. The
* timer counter expires when it rolls over/under depending upon the mode of
* counting. An external compare output signal may be configured such that a
* pulse is generated with this signal when it hits the compare value.
*
* Capture mode is typically used for measuring the time period between
* external events. This mode uses an external capture input signal to cause
* the value of the timer counter to be captured. When started, the timer
* counter loads an initial value, referred to as the compare value,
* The timer can be configured to either cause an interrupt when the count
* reaches the compare value in compare mode or latch the current count
* value in the capture register when an external input is asserted
* in capture mode. The external capture input can be enabled/disabled using the
* XTmrCtr_SetOptions function. While in compare mode, it is also possible to
* drive an external output when the compare value is reached in the count
* register The external compare output can be enabled/disabled using the
* XTmrCtr_SetOptions function.
*
* <b>Interrupts</b>
*
* It is the responsibility of the application to connect the interrupt
* handler of the timer/counter to the interrupt source. The interrupt
* handler function, XTmrCtr_InterruptHandler, is visible such that the user
* can connect it to the interrupt source. Note that this interrupt handler
* does not provide interrupt context save and restore processing, the user
* must perform this processing.
*
* The driver services interrupts and passes timeouts to the upper layer
* software through callback functions. The upper layer software must register
* its callback functions during initialization. The driver requires callback
* functions for timers.
*
* @note
* The default settings for the timers are:
* - Interrupt generation disabled
* - Count up mode
* - Compare mode
* - Hold counter (will not reload the timer)
* - External compare output disabled
* - External capture input disabled
* - Pulse width modulation disabled
* - Timer disabled, waits for Start function to be called
* <br><br>
* A timer counter device may contain multiple timer counters. The symbol
* XTC_DEVICE_TIMER_COUNT defines the number of timer counters in the device.
* The device currently contains 2 timer counters.
* <br><br>
* This driver is intended to be RTOS and processor independent. It works with
* physical addresses only. Any needs for dynamic memory management, threads
* or thread mutual exclusion, virtual memory, or cache control must be
* satisfied by the layer above this driver.
*
* <pre>
* MODIFICATION HISTORY:
*
* Ver Who Date Changes
* ----- ---- -------- -----------------------------------------------
* 1.00a ecm 08/16/01 First release
* 1.00b jhl 02/21/02 Repartitioned the driver for smaller files
* 1.10b mta 03/21/07 Updated to new coding style.
* 1.11a sdm 08/22/08 Removed support for static interrupt handlers from the MDD
* file
* 2.00a ktn 10/30/09 Updated to use HAL API's. _m is removed from all the macro
* definitions.
* 2.01a ktn 07/12/10 Renamed the macro XTimerCtr_ReadReg as XTmrCtr_ReadReg
* for naming consistency (CR 559142).
* 2.02a sdm 09/28/10 Updated the driver tcl to generate the xparameters
* for the timer clock frequency (CR 572679).
* 2.03a rvo 11/30/10 Added check to see if interrupt is enabled before further
* processing for CR 584557.
* 2.04a sdm 07/12/11 Added support for cascade mode operation.
* The cascade mode of operation is present in the latest
* versions of the axi_timer IP. Please check the HW
* Datasheet to see whether this feature is present in the
* version of the IP that you are using.
* </pre>
*
******************************************************************************/
#ifndef XTMRCTR_H /* prevent circular inclusions */
#define XTMRCTR_H /* by using protection macros */
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif
/***************************** Include Files *********************************/
#include "xil_types.h"
#include "xil_assert.h"
#include "xstatus.h"
#include "xtmrctr_l.h"
/************************** Constant Definitions *****************************/
/**
* @name Configuration options
* These options are used in XTmrCtr_SetOptions() and XTmrCtr_GetOptions()
* @{
*/
/**
* Used to configure the timer counter device.
* <pre>
* XTC_CASCADE_MODE_OPTION Enables the Cascade Mode only valid for TCSRO.
* XTC_ENABLE_ALL_OPTION Enables all timer counters at once.
* XTC_DOWN_COUNT_OPTION Configures the timer counter to count down from
* start value, the default is to count up.
* XTC_CAPTURE_MODE_OPTION Configures the timer to capture the timer
* counter value when the external capture line is
* asserted. The default mode is compare mode.
* XTC_INT_MODE_OPTION Enables the timer counter interrupt output.
* XTC_AUTO_RELOAD_OPTION In compare mode, configures the timer counter to
* reload from the compare value. The default mode
* causes the timer counter to hold when the
* compare value is hit.
* In capture mode, configures the timer counter to
* not hold the previous capture value if a new
* event occurs. The default mode cause the timer
* counter to hold the capture value until
* recognized.
* XTC_EXT_COMPARE_OPTION Enables the external compare output signal.
* </pre>
*/
#define XTC_CASCADE_MODE_OPTION 0x00000080UL
#define XTC_ENABLE_ALL_OPTION 0x00000040UL
#define XTC_DOWN_COUNT_OPTION 0x00000020UL
#define XTC_CAPTURE_MODE_OPTION 0x00000010UL
#define XTC_INT_MODE_OPTION 0x00000008UL
#define XTC_AUTO_RELOAD_OPTION 0x00000004UL
#define XTC_EXT_COMPARE_OPTION 0x00000002UL
/*@}*/
/**************************** Type Definitions *******************************/
/**
* This typedef contains configuration information for the device.
*/
typedef struct {
u16 DeviceId; /**< Unique ID of device */
u32 BaseAddress;/**< Register base address */
} XTmrCtr_Config;
/**
* Signature for the callback function.
*
* @param CallBackRef is a callback reference passed in by the upper layer
* when setting the callback functions, and passed back to the
* upper layer when the callback is invoked. Its type is
* unimportant to the driver, so it is a void pointer.
* @param TmrCtrNumber is the number of the timer/counter within the
* device. The device typically contains at least two
* timer/counters. The timer number is a zero based number with a
* range of 0 to (XTC_DEVICE_TIMER_COUNT - 1).
*/
typedef void (*XTmrCtr_Handler) (void *CallBackRef, u8 TmrCtrNumber);
/**
* Timer/Counter statistics
*/
typedef struct {
u32 Interrupts; /**< The number of interrupts that have occurred */
} XTmrCtrStats;
/**
* The XTmrCtr driver instance data. The user is required to allocate a
* variable of this type for every timer/counter device in the system. A
* pointer to a variable of this type is then passed to the driver API
* functions.
*/
typedef struct {
XTmrCtrStats Stats; /**< Component Statistics */
u32 BaseAddress; /**< Base address of registers */
u32 IsReady; /**< Device is initialized and ready */
XTmrCtr_Handler Handler; /**< Callback function */
void *CallBackRef; /**< Callback reference for handler */
} XTmrCtr;
/***************** Macros (Inline Functions) Definitions *********************/
/************************** Function Prototypes ******************************/
/*
* Required functions, in file xtmrctr.c
*/
int XTmrCtr_Initialize(XTmrCtr * InstancePtr, u16 DeviceId);
void XTmrCtr_Start(XTmrCtr * InstancePtr, u8 TmrCtrNumber);
void XTmrCtr_Stop(XTmrCtr * InstancePtr, u8 TmrCtrNumber);
u32 XTmrCtr_GetValue(XTmrCtr * InstancePtr, u8 TmrCtrNumber);
void XTmrCtr_SetResetValue(XTmrCtr * InstancePtr, u8 TmrCtrNumber,
u32 ResetValue);
u32 XTmrCtr_GetCaptureValue(XTmrCtr * InstancePtr, u8 TmrCtrNumber);
int XTmrCtr_IsExpired(XTmrCtr * InstancePtr, u8 TmrCtrNumber);
void XTmrCtr_Reset(XTmrCtr * InstancePtr, u8 TmrCtrNumber);
XTmrCtr_Config *XTmrCtr_LookupConfig(u16 DeviceId);
/*
* Functions for options, in file xtmrctr_options.c
*/
void XTmrCtr_SetOptions(XTmrCtr * InstancePtr, u8 TmrCtrNumber, u32 Options);
u32 XTmrCtr_GetOptions(XTmrCtr * InstancePtr, u8 TmrCtrNumber);
/*
* Functions for statistics, in file xtmrctr_stats.c
*/
void XTmrCtr_GetStats(XTmrCtr * InstancePtr, XTmrCtrStats * StatsPtr);
void XTmrCtr_ClearStats(XTmrCtr * InstancePtr);
/*
* Functions for self-test, in file xtmrctr_selftest.c
*/
int XTmrCtr_SelfTest(XTmrCtr * InstancePtr, u8 TmrCtrNumber);
/*
* Functions for interrupts, in file xtmrctr_intr.c
*/
void XTmrCtr_SetHandler(XTmrCtr * InstancePtr, XTmrCtr_Handler FuncPtr,
void *CallBackRef);
void XTmrCtr_InterruptHandler(void *InstancePtr);
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif
#endif /* end of protection macro */
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from test_support import verbose, verify
from types import TupleType, StringType, IntType
import __future__
GOOD_SERIALS = ("alpha", "beta", "candidate", "final")
features = __future__.all_feature_names
# Verify that all_feature_names appears correct.
given_feature_names = features[:]
for name in dir(__future__):
obj = getattr(__future__, name, None)
if obj is not None and isinstance(obj, __future__._Feature):
verify(name in given_feature_names,
"%r should have been in all_feature_names" % name)
given_feature_names.remove(name)
verify(len(given_feature_names) == 0,
"all_feature_names has too much: %r" % given_feature_names)
del given_feature_names
for feature in features:
value = getattr(__future__, feature)
if verbose:
print "Checking __future__ ", feature, "value", value
optional = value.getOptionalRelease()
mandatory = value.getMandatoryRelease()
verify(type(optional) is TupleType, "optional isn't tuple")
verify(len(optional) == 5, "optional isn't 5-tuple")
major, minor, micro, level, serial = optional
verify(type(major) is IntType, "optional major isn't int")
verify(type(minor) is IntType, "optional minor isn't int")
verify(type(micro) is IntType, "optional micro isn't int")
verify(type(level) is StringType, "optional level isn't string")
verify(level in GOOD_SERIALS,
"optional level string has unknown value")
verify(type(serial) is IntType, "optional serial isn't int")
verify(type(mandatory) is TupleType or
mandatory is None, "mandatory isn't tuple or None")
if mandatory is not None:
verify(len(mandatory) == 5, "mandatory isn't 5-tuple")
major, minor, micro, level, serial = mandatory
verify(type(major) is IntType, "mandatory major isn't int")
verify(type(minor) is IntType, "mandatory minor isn't int")
verify(type(micro) is IntType, "mandatory micro isn't int")
verify(type(level) is StringType, "mandatory level isn't string")
verify(level in GOOD_SERIALS,
"mandatory serial string has unknown value")
verify(type(serial) is IntType, "mandatory serial isn't int")
verify(optional < mandatory,
"optional not less than mandatory, and mandatory not None")
verify(hasattr(value, "compiler_flag"),
"feature is missing a .compiler_flag attr")
verify(type(getattr(value, "compiler_flag")) is IntType,
".compiler_flag isn't int")
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Maine Receives Grade of B- on Actions Taken to Reduce Global Warming Pollution
Global Warming & Air Pollution, Maine Environmental News
Posted on August 23, 2005 by NRCM
Grade Improves From Last Year; Progress Grows in Maine
Augusta and Portland, ME – A "Report Card" released today by a coalition of environmental groups in the United States and Canada has given Maine a grade of B- for its actions to reduce global warming pollution in the region. The B- represents an improvement from last year's grade of C, and is attributable to Governor Baldacci's leadership in finalizing Maine's Climate Plan last year, and in jumpstarting its implementation this year.
"Governor Baldacci made important first steps in adopting the Maine Climate Action Plan in 2004 and the passage of some laws that will help reduce global warming pollution," said Sue Jones, Energy Project Director for the Natural Resources Council of Maine, who helped grade Maine for the report card. "However, there is still a lot of work to do to reduce global warming pollution from the biggest sources – such as power plants, cars and trucks.
The 2005 Report Card on Climate Change Action was written to gauge the progress of individual states and provinces in meeting the goals of the New England Governor's / Eastern Canadian Premiers' Climate Change Action Plan of 2001. This group of Governor s and Premiers will be meeting next week August 28-29 in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada to discuss their progress in meeting the goals of the 2001 Climate Change Action Plan. In Maine, the report card is also an assessment of Governor Baldacci's implementation of his 2004 Climate Action Plan.
"Governor Baldacci fired the starting gun with the announcement of the state's climate action plan. This session, the Legislature took off running with the passage of a few important global warming policies," said Matthew Davis, Advocate for Environment Maine, who also helped assess the state's progress. "Maine's got a long race to run to curb global warming, but we're off to a good start."
Recognizing the impacts of climate change on the region's environment, economy and public health, in August of 2001 the Governors of the six New England states and the Premiers of the five eastern Canadian provinces committed the region to goals.
The Report Card released today highlights those areas in which Maine has made progress since 2004, and those areas in which much more work is needed. Highlights of Maine's progress include measures such as passage of bills including: 1) the cleaner cars sales goals program; 2) a solar rebates program for photovoltaic and solar thermal systems; 3) voluntary energy efficient building codes; 4) natural gas efficiency incentives.
However, the state will need to take additional steps to hit the goals that it has set, including: 1) extending cleaner cars and cleaner fuel infrastructure tax incentives until 2010; 2) setting strong appliance efficiency standards; 3) promoting new renewable energy generation, especially wind power, and 4) adopting global warming pollution standards for vehicles, as required by the California LEV II Clean Car Standard.
The Report Card comes just six days before the region's Governors and Premiers will meet in Newfoundland and discuss their progress in meeting the goals of the 2001 Climate Change Action Plan. High grades in the report card went to Connecticut in the U.S., which received a B, and Prince Edward Island in Canada, which received a B+. Low scores in the region went to New Hampshire and Nova Scotia, who each received grades of C-.
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Reflexion on the concepts of Ecosystem Functions and Ecosystem Services, valuation, well-being, scenarios.
Identification of existing links, missing links and overlaps among the subprojects.
Integration of non-German partners in the discussion around the definition ESS and ESF and discussion around the preliminary list of ESS.
Identification of key types of ecosystem services: culture-related, goods from agriculture and pastoralism, soil and fertility, and water supply.
Subproject SP08 participated in the GLUES (Global Assessment of Land Use Dynamics, Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Ecosystem Services) workshops in Bonn/Bad Godesberg (November 2010) and Berlin (May 2011). Later, it communicated the implications arising from GLUES for the modeling of TFOs' land use scenarios towards the project (Presentation at Maun Workshop October 2011).
Interdisciplinary cooperation between the cultural and socio-economic subprojects (i.e. SP06, SP07, SP08) took place in the form of a jointly designed baseline survey, which will be applied to each of TFOs core sites by one of the three involved subprojects. The survey is computer based and consists of the exact same questions for all three core-sites.
Subproject SP08 has recently launched the survey in the Namibia core site, Mashare, in November 2011. Conducting the survey involved three steps. First, a pre-test was made on paper in September 2011.
Second, a training was organized to create a team for the interviews which must be conducted in the language of interviewed farming households. Third, a random sample of 300 households was taken and interviews started, amounting to a total of 90 to date (21 October 2011).
Subproject SP08 hired and trained three interviewers. The training included the through translation of the questions form English to Rukwangali; familiarizing with the questions, the structure, the aim and the concept of the survey; households counting in all wards of the core site; final computer-based pre-tests with the interviewers. It took a total of 2 weeks.
During the preparation of the baseline survey and especially during the interviewer training it became apparent that researchers and farmers of the Okavango had different understandings of some words/concepts. For instance, the word 'garden', which for local farmers refers to any irrigated horticultural area, was understood by researchers as a small plot near the houses, where medicinal, ornamental and eatable plants are grown. Similarly, the term 'income' includes goods obtained by bartering and not just cash income for the farmers, while this was not clear to the researchers. The same learning process took place among the researchers themselves.
Realizing the existence of different perceptions of the same concepts and words crucially improved the quality of the baseline survey.
The Namibian core site consists of approximately 518 households, which are spread over seven villages and concentrated mainly along the gravel roads, with a minority situated next to the tar road. A high portion of the fields do not lie in the vicinity of the households, but in the forest between the two roads. As an example, Map 1 gives the locations of fields (brownish colored areas) and households (red dots) in the village Tjeye, which lies at the far western end of the core site. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 592 |
VG Meats is a Canadian food retail business that is focused on selling various kinds of meat products. VG Meats operates as a grower, a processor, and a retailer of different meat products. The company is headquartered in Ontario, Canada.
VG Meats, founded by the Van Groningen family, began operating in the Norfolk area in 1970, catering to local communities. The first VG Meat store was located on Woollen Mill Rd. Since its inception, the company has always offered home-grown beef products. The family was in control of all processes, from where the animals are harvested from the farm to when the meat is sold at the store. This is how the company assures consumers that its products are safe and of very good quality.
The cattle from which VG meats gets its beef are raised on a diet of vegetables and have not been exposed to growth-promoting steroids. VG Meats' pork comes from a farm that has been supplying the company with quality pork for more than 30 years. VG Meats' chicken products come from poultry that have been locally raised and processed. The company's meat products have been recognized several times for its good quality.
Although the stores' locations are not easily accessible, customers who buy from the stores consider the trip worth it. In the company's new store in the area of Stoney Creek, Ontario, the demand for VG Meats is considerable.
VG Meats prides itself with having the best quality when it comes to local meats at competitive prices. The company keeps its prices competitive in order to be able to offer the best value for food. VG Meats is able to afford offering low, competitive prices because it either raises its product, or gets it through local suppliers. VG Meats does not go through large distribution networks that involve the participation of middlemen (which add unnecessary expenses).
VG Meats offers its products for wholesale and retail. Among the products that it offers are its Ready Meals, signature products, deli products, its award-winning products, and those sold under the Heritage Olde World label. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 593 |
Are you tired of buying the same jar of Alfredo sauce every week? If you're an Alfredo sauce lover, then this easy recipe is for you. It can save you money and time if you make it in bulk and freeze it. I freeze leftovers in a quart size freezer bag and reheat using a double boiler system to keep the cheese from sticking.
Frozen Alfredo Sauce (reheats using double boiler method on stove), see a tutorial how to freeze liquids here.
Feel free to double this easy recipe adapted from Our Best Bites to have a lot of sauce on hand.
Blend milk, cream cheese, flour, and salt in a blender until smooth.
In a non-stick sauce pan, melt butter on med-high heat and add garlic.
Saute' garlic for about 30 seconds.
Add milk mixture to the pan.
Stir constantly for about 3 or 4 minutes or until it just comes to a boil and thickens.
Stir cheese in and cover.
Let stand for at least 10 minutes or longer to thicken.
Thaw frozen sauce completely and reheat leftovers adding 1 tablespoon milk or water to thin.
Try grilled or boiled convenience chicken or steak with this meal. Make an Alfredo Pizza. Toss it with penne pasta and vegetables.
How would you serve Alfredo sauce to your family?
This entry was posted in Condiments/Marinades on 03.12.2011 by admin. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 594 |
Our client located in Norwood, Ma is looking for an Electro-Mechanical Assembler to join their 1st shift.
Assembles load frames, consoles, and accessories from assembly drawings and bills of material. Uses hand tools such as torque wrenches, sockets, screwdrivers, and pneumatic tools.
Load tests and troubleshoots load frames to specifications. Sets up console, runs a program, or load tests to a fixture; judges proper operation from data on recorder. Makes assembly adjustments accordingly.
Maintains a clean and efficient work area.
Assists test engineers in troubleshooting mechanical problems encountered during systems test to ensure system is working to capacity.
Works with Manufacturing Engineering personnel in releasing new series equipment and solving assembly and design problems.
Must possess the ability to read and comprehend assembly drawings and bill of material. Must be able to follow assembly blueprints, wiring diagrams, written and verbal instructions. This is normally acquired through attainment of a technical high school education.
Must have a good mechanical aptitude and the ability to recognize and use tools normally utilized in the manufacture of heavy electromechanical equipment, i.e., overhead cranes, chains, straps, torque wrenches, indicators, etc. This is normally acquired in 2-3 years of electromechanical assembly experience.
Must have good working knowledge of hardware, basic measuring tools, along with the communication skills necessary to properly function in a manufacturing environment.
Ability to lift up to 40 lbs.; package labels (minimum two person lift) will require two individuals for lifting each item or using lifting equipment.
Plant environment with exposure to dust, dirt, noise, and the hazards related to use of high force equipment lubricants and cleaning fluids. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 595 |
I decided to add a new board due to the fact that additional IPv6 support has been added to the project and will be included in new releases shortly.
It is well known that the last IPv4 addresses have been exhausted at IANA. That is, the final blocks have been allocated to the regional administators and these are being allocated in the individual regions until they finally run out.
The importance of IPv6 is increasing and will probably become an even bigger theme once applications for new global IPv4 addresses actually start getting turned down.
In preparation for this there has been a recent push concerning the IPv6 suppport in the uTasker project. There was some test support for ICMPv6 in a local network which layed the foundations but this has now been extended to TCP services operating over IPv6 or tunnelled in 6in4 IPv4 protocol, which is expected to be a predominant method during a long transition phase until providers have updated their networks to support raw IPv6 operation right to the average user.
This dual-stack approach allows servers such as web servers, Telnet, FTP etc. to be able to operate over IPv4 and IPv6. The higher software layers (andn applications) are almost fully compatible and don't usually need to know which transport type is being used, so adding IPv6 capability to projects is only a matter of activating the support and configuring some IPv6 addresses.
I'll also be updating the on-line demo at http://demo.utasker.com shortly to include this operation with links to it via IPv6 global addresses. By following the user's guide it should be possible for anyone to then contact this device (and others devices which may be configured behind the same IPv4 gateway) to get an idea of the capabilities.
I look forward to specific discussions about IPv6 operation in the project and further developments to enable advantage to be taken of IPv6 capabilities in real projects.
1. Is this mean IPv6 for uTasker is actually ready?
2. Is it implementing IPv6/ICMPv6/DHCPv6?
3. Does it exist in dual-stack mode, supporting IPv4 and IPv6 concurrently?
From this video(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMPXhtoUeJo), it shows that IPv6 is ready for uTasker. And it mentioned the overall code size is 70k and RAM size is 50k. Please advice is there anyway IPv6 can be fit into MCF522XX, since it only have 32KB Ram size.
Most packages should include IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack - this doesn't however support DHCPv6.
The video shows a complete project (with various other features) and the FLASH/RAM sizes quoted are not particularly due to the fact that IPv6 is being used.
Adding IPv6 support to the Coldfire will require about 2k of Flash space and about 100 bytes additional RAM (depending on which protocols are actually used together with IPv6) and so IPv6 can usually run on the Coldfire without any problem.
Is there any plan to enable DHCPv6 in uTasker in near future? Is it possible to request DHCPv6 to be added in into uTasker?
DHCPv6 is the next point on the IPv6 development list.
However there are a few other developments in progress that need to be completed beforehand so I can't give a date just yet. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 596 |
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SFP press release: European Commission embraces its failure to rein in tobacco industry influence
Brussels – The Smoke Free Partnership is dismayed by the European Commission's continued failure to implement more transparency in its dealings with the tobacco industry.
In a letter published today, Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker rejected the European Ombudsman's recommendation to increase the transparency of meetings between its officials and tobacco industry representatives. The Commission fails to get the point, amply explained and legally defended by the Ombudsman, that openness and transparency are not the same as responding to information requests
Despite some improvements in its overall transparency practices which SFP has welcomed at the time, the Commission regrettably fails to understand the importance of disclosing tobacco industry interactions proactively and at all levels of its hierarchy. The Commission also fails to adopt a whole-of-government approach to protecting the interests of public health, as is, in fact, required both by the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and its implementing guidelines.
Anca Toma Friedlaender, SFP Senior Policy Advisor, said: "We know that transparency adds no burdens; we know that there is no legal barrier to it; and we know that it can be done in at least some parts of the Commission. There is extensive evidence that the tobacco industry has a much wider range of attempted interference in public policy than public health departments – industry's own. The Commission does nothing to explain its wall of denial, because there is no reasonable justification. Instead, it publicly and disappointingly embraced this failure to act and is trying to wear its failure like a badge of honour."
The Commission's response today shows that much is still to be done to protect public health policies from the tobacco industry's interference. The Smoke Free Partnership remains committed to promoting the implementation of the provisions of the FCTC Article 5.3 requiring governments to set safeguards in place to protect public health policies from the vested interests of the tobacco industry.
On 2 March 2016, SFP, together with the Belgian Foundation against Cancer, will organise a conference entitled "Combating Tobacco Industry Tactics: State of Play and a Way Forward" where high-level speakers including the Ombudsman, the former Commissioner for Health, and the Head of the FCTC Secretariat will discuss the existing situation at EU level and possible steps that could be taken towards more effective safeguards for public health. SFP was disappointed that two Commissioners with portfolios other than health have declined to address the audience.
Anca Toma Friedlaender, SFP Senior Policy Advisor, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., +32.2.430.7358
The Ombudsman case:
Following a complaint lodged by Corporate Europe Observatory, the European Ombudsman in October 2015 recommended that the Commission undertake the "proactive online publication of all meetings of all Commission staff with tobacco lobbyists" as practiced by the Directorate General for Health. In its response published today, the European Commission argued once again that its Staff Regulations and ethics guidelines, along with its transparency policy of meetings held by Commissioner Cabinets and Directors-General implemented in November 2014, are sufficient to secure the accountability and integrity of policy making within its services. More information available at http://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/
Background on article 5.3 of the Framework Convention
The FCTC is an international legally binding treaty to which the EU and all its Member States are Parties. Article 5.3 of the FCTC requires that, "in setting and implementing their public health policies with respect to tobacco control, Parties shall act to protect these policies from commercial and other vested interests of the tobacco industry in accordance with national law".
Article 5.3 guidelines further require Parties to adopt comprehensive and effective efforts in "all branches of government that may have an interest in, or the capacity to, affect public health policies with respect to tobacco control". The guidelines also require, inter alia, transparency and accountability of all contacts between officials and the tobacco industry (Guidelines Recommendation 2.2), the formulation of standards for public officials when dealing with the tobacco industry (Guidelines Recommendation 4.2).
More information at
http://www.smokefreepartnership.eu/news/sfp-press-release-eu-ombudsman-finds-commission-breach-fctc-calls-changes-its-tobacco and http://www.who.int/entity/fctc/treaty_instruments/adopted/article_5_3/en/index.html
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participating in the various bodies and working groups of the university, faculty and degree programme as a student representative.
Information on the degree programmes' feedback systems is available on the separate pages of specific degree programmes. Information on the rights, obligations and responsibilities of students and their opportunities for contribution and participation can be found in the Acting within the university community section.
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During the bachelor's degree phase, the studies are multidisciplinary and wide-ranging and students can select studies across faculty boundaries. After the bachelor's degree, students can smoothly transition to a variety of master's degree studies. The degree education is implemented in three degree cycles according to the Bologna process.
Faculties plan their education as a whole in accordance with the principles of lifelong learning. Those requiring education to supplement their degree do not generally apply to become degree students. Instead, they take part in the academic continuing education provided by the university.
The joint planning of education and the flexible ways of completing studies increase the students' opportunities of participating in education and ensure that all resources (teachers, rooms and information) are used more efficiently.
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