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139fe48c-baa4-42ba-bf64-9da51b863e4c | 2018-08-19T13:53:16+00:00 | 2018-08-19 | 0 | https://www.scarparossa.com/fernando-pensato/fernando-pensato-mokassin-positano-roccia | The luxurious moccasin is made of grey-white-beige snakeskin by Fernando Pensato and is a real eye-catcher! The logo appliqué on the toe cap and the leather bow complete the design of the shoe. The softly padded leather insole ensures excellent wearing comfort. The outsole is made of individual rubber elements which characterize the classic style of the high-quality moccasin. This ladies' moccasin was excellently processed in Italy by Fernando Pensato. | 101 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-34/segments/1534221215176.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20180819125734-20180819145734-00702.warc.gz | 0.804294 |
ce876dd8-64e4-4cd6-bcfa-a3168f82cd67 | 2013-05-24T15:39:34+00:00 | 2011-03-14 | 1 | http://www.kpbs.org/news/2011/mar/14/japan-nuclear-plant-hit-second-blast/ | Monday, March 14, 2011
A second explosion occurred Monday at a nuclear power plant in Fukushima, Japan, and officials now say three reactors at the plant may have experienced a partial meltdown.
Attention is focused now on the situation at the Unit No. 2 reactor. Officials from the Tokyo Electric Power Company say the fuel rods were exposed at some point Monday and a partial meltdown may have occurred. Workers are pumping in seawater into all three troubled reactors in an attempt to cool the nuclear cores.
Monday's blast blew the roof off a structure built around the No. 3 reactor but did not harm the reactor itself or its so-called containment vessel, government officials said.
The containment vessel is a heavily reinforced barrier that surrounds the reactor's core and provides a another layer of protection against the release of radioactive material.
Because the containment structure remains intact, "we believe that the risk that large amounts of radioactive materials have been dispersed is low," said Yukio Edano, Japan's chief cabinet secretary.
The Unit No. 3 reactor is one of six reactors at the Fukushima Daichi plant about 150 miles north of Tokyo. A similar explosion occurred on Saturday at Unit No. 1, and apparently did release some radioactive material.
"We expect an increase in radiation levels similar to the one that followed the hydrogen explosion that occurred in the Unit 1 reactor," Edano said.
Officials say radiation has also been released by periodic venting of steam from the cores of reactors 1 and 3.
Some workers at the plant have apparently been exposed to worrisome levels of radiation. But Edamo said the radiation releases so far should not endanger the public.
Both blasts were blamed on explosive hydrogen gas coming from the reactor cores.
Hydrogen can be produced when a reactor's core overheats, damaging the zirconium tubes that hold the nuclear fuel. Officials say both explosions occurred after hydrogen from the core leaked into the space outside the containment vessels but inside the building that houses them.
Reactors at the Daichi plant have been plagued with cooling problems since the devastating earthquake and tsunami struck Friday. | 424 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704713110/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516114513-00023-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.961593 |
8d9898bb-ac17-4729-ae6b-e1c20233aaf7 | 2015-03-28T00:37:26+00:00 | 2014-05-14 | 0 | http://www.sibley.org/community/events/event.aspx?F_d=05%2F14%2F2014&F_c=11&F_m=05&F_y=2014&EventId=12365 | Concepts in Joint Replacement: Anterior Hip and Partial Knee
The Sibley Institute of Bone & Joint Health is pleased to present an informative, free seminar on anterior hip and partial knee replacement surgeries.
Gautam Siram, M.D., fellowship-trained adult reconstructive surgeon, specializing in minimally invasive orthopedic surgery, will speak about the latest innovations in anterior hip and partial knee replacement surgeries and discuss when they are beneficial. A brief question and answer session will follow.
Space is limited. Light refreshments will be served and parking is free in the visitor garage next to the Medical Building.
Registration is required. Please register online below or call 202-660-MOVE (6683)
Wednesday, May 14, 2014 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Sibley Medical Building, First Floor, Conference Room 2
5215 Loughboro Rd. NW | 186 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-14/segments/1427131297146.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20150323172137-00041-ip-10-168-14-71.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.846032 |
b65d2479-d395-4d66-a0c5-ac949fbfc075 | 2013-05-26T02:55:13+00:00 | 2013-05-22 | 0 | http://www.kbmr.com/pages/localnews.html?feed=143825&article=10603537 | BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) _ A Minnesota company has been fined $2,000 for hitting an oil pipeline while workers were installing new sewer and water lines near Dickinson.
North Dakota's Public Service Commission voted Wednesday to impose the fine against Shores Companies of Evansville.
Commission Chairman Brian Kalk says Shores has declined to respond to agency questions about the incident in October 2011. He said the company didn't show up for a hearing to explain its version of events.
Shores Companies President Dennis Shores did not respond Wednesday to telephone messages left for comment. He said in an April letter to the commission that the pipeline's location hadn't been adequately marked.
Kalk says the accident spilled about 8,000 gallons of oil southeast of Dickinson. He said Shores didn't follow state digging notification rules. | 171 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00027-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.973673 |
465adaf4-a019-4dab-b72a-d9673485fa3b | 2019-08-17T22:38:15+00:00 | 2018-11-07 | 1 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/Gavin-Newsom-s-future-looks-a-lot-brighter-if-13369729.php?utm_campaign=twitter-premium&utm_source=CMS%20Sharing%20Button&utm_medium=social | The election of Gavin Newsom as California governor has pole-vaulted the former San Francisco mayor into one of the oddest political positions in the country.
“As one of the nation’s leading Democrats, Newsom will be bashing Donald Trump by day but praying for Trump’s re-election in 2020 at night — because if Trump doesn’t get re-elected, Newsom’s presidential aspirations will go up in smoke,” said Bill Whalen, a Republican strategist and research fellow at the Hoover Institution.
That may be the cynical way of looking at it — given the challenges Newsom will face steering the state, having a Democratic ally in the White House after 2020 would do him far more good than harm. Newsom will be better off if he gets results on California issues such as water delivery, oil drilling off the coast and greenhouse gas regulation than if he has to complain about how all his efforts were blocked in Washington.
It’s just that if a Democrat wins in 2020, the next opening for other aspiring Democratic candidates probably won’t come until 2028.
Newsom knows that 2020 is too soon for him to run. “He will, however, definitely be part of the national conversation,” said longtime friend and former media adviser Peter Ragone.
“He’s bold and he pushes the envelope, and now he is going to have the biggest role on the national stage this side of the presidency,” Ragone said.
Add in his Hollywood looks, his gift of gab, and his eye for seizing on cutting-edge issues like same-sex marriage and legalizing pot, and Newsom will command his share of attention leading up to 2020.
“He gets to occupy the ‘outsider’ role, which he does very well,” Ragone said, citing in particular Newsom’s 2004 decision to let gay and lesbian couples marry at San Francisco City Hall.
It was a role that outgoing Gov. Jerry Brown played as well. Brown regularly crossed swords with Trump on global warming, immigration and a host of other issues. He mounted three campaigns for president over the years, but at age 80 ran out of time for a fourth.
The question now is, how will time play for the 51-year-old Newsom?
If Trump stays in office until 2024, Newsom will have one term as governor under his belt — and plenty of national exposure — and be ready to run.
“But if a Democrat wins in 2020, it all goes on hold until 2028,” Whalen said.
Gavin’s digs: If you think Gavin Newsom is already measuring the drapes at the governor’s mansion in Sacramento — think again.
Newsom has hesitated when asked if he plans to move into the restored 25-room mansion, making it clear that his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, and four children — all younger than 10 — may be happy to stay put in Marin County.
“We haven’t decided,” Newsom said. “Jen hasn’t seen the house. And we have the kids and schools to think about. It’s all too much to get our arms around.”
Plus, now they live only a couple of blocks from Newsom’s sister, Hilary Newsom, and her husband, Geoff Callan.
Not to mention that the governor-elect’s filmmaker wife has an office a half mile from home, in Ross, and her parents also live nearby.
Gov. Jerry Brown, during his first stint as governor starting in 1975, famously eschewed the 17-room governor’s residence built (but never lived in) by Ronald and Nancy Reagan in the suburb of Carmichael. Instead, Brown rented a $250-per-month apartment near downtown Sacramento.
His successor, George Deukmejian, formed a foundation that purchased another suburban house where first he and then-Govs. Pete Wilson and Gray Davis lived — at least when they weren’t at their homes in Southern California. And Arnold Schwarzenegger kept a 2,000-square-foot hotel penthouse across from the state Capitol for a spell during his time as governor before opting to commute home nightly to L.A. on his private jet.
When Brown began his second stint as governor, he decidedly upgraded — splitting his time between a $3,000-a-month Sacramento loft leased by his friends and a home he purchased in the Oakland hills. But after the century-old, three-story governor’s mansion occupied by his late father, Gov. Pat Brown, back in the 1960s underwent a $4.1 million renovation, Jerry Brown — along with his wife, Anne Gust Brown, and their two dogs — moved in three years ago.
For Newsom, however, the old mansion apparently doesn’t have the same sentimental pull. While he hasn’t ruled out house-hunting in Sacramento, he may well continue the routine he developed as lieutenant governor, having a California Highway Patrol driver shuttle him from Kentfield to the capital and back.
Of course, now he’ll have additional companions — as governor, he’ll have a full security entourage wherever he goes.
San Francisco Chronicle columnists Phillip Matier and Andrew Ross appear Sundays, Mondays and Wednesdays. Matier can be seen on the KPIX-TV morning and evening news. He can also be heard on KCBS radio Monday through Friday at 7:50 a.m. and 5:50 p.m. Got a tip? Call 415-777-8815, or email [email protected]. Twitter: @matierandross | 1,204 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027313501.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20190817222907-20190818004907-00218.warc.gz | 0.968659 |
cd3ea919-54ee-48e0-aa42-e837f7624100 | 2020-10-24T10:09:06+00:00 | 1970-01-19 | 0 | https://vault.si.com/vault/1970/01/19/contents | 10 Hank Stram's Superchiefs
At New Orleans, Kansas City's creative coach gave Len Dawson the tools to engineer an astonishing upset
16 Bonny Year for Buffalo Bob
St. Bonaventure's big Bob Lanier has big feet, big pro expectations and a big shot at the NCAA basketball title
18 Another Opening, Another Tour
In Los Angeles, Billy Casper launches golf into the 1970s by helping a nice guy finish second
24 Towering Babble and (Sob) Heidi
How the goat girl beat the Jets and other behind-the-tube revelations. Part 4 of a series on television and sports
32 Ode on a Grecian Urge
Maybe that's what indoor track was meant to be, but Artist Arnold Roth finds it mostly a salute to central heating
38 The Kahlahnah Koogahs
Frank Deford tells the story of "my baby," the first regional franchise in history—and a success already
52 Squinting at the Stars
A report on what in heaven happens when astrologers examine athletes through a horoscope
44 College Basketball
65 For the Record
66 19th Hole
Credits on page 65
Cover photograph by Neil Leifer
Upheaval is the word for what Bob Cousy has started in Cincinnati as coach of the NBA's Royals. Trading stars, changing styles, he has brought a lethargic franchise to life.
The Kenyans are coming to Los Angeles for the season's first international indoor track meet. Pat Putnam reports on how Keino and Bon fare against the top competition.
Ted's first year as a big-league manager is analyzed by Williams himself while on an African safari. John Underwood writes it all down in what may be a hot-stove classic. | 366 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107882103.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20201024080855-20201024110855-00090.warc.gz | 0.905241 |
2c96297b-8ae0-4fe7-9bc6-63e99d71dc6f | 2022-05-26T21:46:58+00:00 | 2022-05-23 | 1 | https://www.thenationalherald.com/greece-albania-sign-agreement-for-new-border-security-facility/ | ATHENS — Greece and Albania signed a bilateral agreement on Monday that will see the creation of a customs and police collaboration facility at Kakavia, in the Greek-Albanian border.
The agreement is a significant step in the fight against organized crime, said Deputy Civil Protection Minister Lefteris Economou, who signed the cooperation agreement with Albania's Deputy Interior Minister for border management Julian Hodaj.
This agreement also shows "most decisively", added the Greek minister, "the will to nurture mutual trust," and to also "deal with considerable security threats faced by both countries."
The new facility will be built on Greek grounds, the minister noted, in the broader area of the Kakavia border crossing, and will be staffed by both Greek and Albanian police officers and customs specialists, who will work there together, was underlined.
This security center will help the two countries exchange information on illegal migration, human trafficking, extremism, fake travel documents, drugs and weapons trafficking, and any illegal activity that violates customs laws and protocol. | 208 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662625600.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20220526193923-20220526223923-00017.warc.gz | 0.953291 |
e6134df2-daec-4266-abdd-1f6daf9336cc | 2019-08-26T07:23:59+00:00 | 2019-08-23 | 1 | https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/news/world/catalonia-leader-to-be-tried-over-separatist-propaganda-during-election-332061/ | MADRID (Reuters) - The leader of the Spanish region of Catalonia, Quim Torra, will be tried for disobedience after he failed to obey an order to remove separatist propaganda from public offices during election campaigning, the regional court said on Friday.
During campaigning for national and local elections in April and May regional leaders were required to remove partisan messages from public offices. But Torra continued to display yellow ribbons - a protest against the jailing of Catalan independence leaders - from government buildings.
He could be removed from office for up to two years for failing to comply with the order. The court announced its intention to try him in a tweet.
Torra has said he disobeyed because the order was at odds with a resolution adopted by the Catalan parliament and the character of the yellow ribbons was open to subjective interpretation.
Many of the politicians and civil leaders involved in a failed push for secession for the wealthy region two years ago were subsequently arrested, and are now awaiting the decision of the courts, or fled the country and live in self-imposed exile.
Spain was plunged into its worst political crisis in decades in 2017 when the then-government of Catalonia called a referendum on secession and then unilaterally declared independence, actions that were both ruled illegal by the constitutional court.
The central government invoked a constitutional law to take over the regional authority and called an election, however pro-secessionist parties won a majority and put Torra, a pro-independence activist, in as regional leader.
In a letter to the electoral body that made the order, Torra said in March he would not remove the ribbons as he had a duty to respect the right to freedom of expression of public employees.
Polls show around half of the electorate in Catalonia supports independence while the other half wishes to stay within Spain.
(Reporting by Paul Day; Editing by Frances Kerry) | 381 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027331228.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20190826064622-20190826090622-00125.warc.gz | 0.975616 |
44d203ee-4f34-43f1-89b8-e35e9c748ae7 | 2015-03-27T05:36:58+00:00 | 2015-03 | 0 | http://www.cafemom.com/group/115189/forums/read/18324905/I_am_a_bit_of_everything_you_anons_love_to_hate | I have seen so many anons come on here to bash certain groups of women. The sad part is I think they realize (or at least I hope they do) that the blanket generalizations are ridiculous since such a large site has women from many different places and backgrounds.
So let me tell you a bit about me and why the anons will love to hate on me :)
I grew up in a poor family. Dad left mom for another woman when I was about 6 years old, leaving her with no job, no vehicle, a pile of bills and 2 kids in a single wide trailer in the middle of the country. I was thankful I had my grandparents (who allowed us to live in the trailer that my grandpa bought) since they made sure that we always had food, clothes and a warm place to stay. This even while my mom worked nights at a nursing home so that she could provide for my sister and I. I remember that our favorite days were the first of the month. That meant it was time for food stamps and we would come home to find the cabinets filled with food. Mom would even buy extras so that she could put them aside in large blue bins which were stored in our closet just in case of an emergency.
I grew up knowing the worth of money. I remember waking up cold at night because we ran out of propane, I remember watching my step dad walk out of the house with a baseball bat and chase off people who were going to repossess our car. He later stepped up and started night classes to get his degree and a better job.
For me, growing up was hard. I knew what the stress of being poor and working hard to get no where did to my parents. My father was not a big part of my life. I am honestly happy for that. I worked hard throughout my school career since I knew I didn't want to be where my parents were. I graduated high school as a national honor society student and one of the top 10% of female graduates in my state. I knew we didn't have money so I joined the military. There I met my now ex husband who I married a month before graduating high school. My naive teenage self thought that to get anywhere I had to be married (that was the basic consensus in the culture I grew up in).
After a few years of marriage that was hell due to emotional and psychological abuse, I cheated on him and then filed for divorce. The affair gave me a reason and the courage to finally leave. I am glad I did since he started getting physical with me after that.
The rest of my life has been spent with my DH who just beat cancer in November, my DD and our dog. We are not currently working but instead are going to school with our sights set on med school. Yes we are on PA but not for much longer. I have a disability compensation rating through the VA, we both get paid through our GI bills for school and DH will be getting his VA disability compensation soon (and when he does we will not be using PA anymore). I was on the President' Honor Roll last semester and am a model student. Things are far from perfect here but we are happy since we are making progress from where we both started.
Some other specs: I am pro-choice, I breastfed for 3 months then formula fed, I am Pagan and I am a liberal. So much for the stereotypes that could have controlled my life early on.
So go ahead and bash away, ask me anything or do whatever. | 723 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-14/segments/1427131295084.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20150323172135-00263-ip-10-168-14-71.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.990035 |
a53a6010-e6fe-4a7e-b93c-be11b36478c2 | 2022-05-26T08:27:59+00:00 | 2022-05-25 | 1 | https://community.vanguardngr.com/forum/topics/non-stop-rainfall-floods-some-parts-of-lagos?commentId=4565467%3AComment%3A1053959 | Some parts of Lagos state have been flooded following a continuous rainfall that started yesterday afternoon and fell throughout the night into this morning. Some people have been rendered homeless as the rain water found its way into their homes.
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6d78d8fc-c6fa-4b32-b937-4761a562c7fe | 2022-05-19T05:05:24+00:00 | 2020-04-22 | 1 | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/classic-brands-responds-to-us-department-of-commerce-initiation-of-anti-dumping-and-countervailing-duty-investigations-301045360.html | COLUMBIA, Md., April 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Classic Brands, ("Classic" or the "Company"), a leading designer, distributor, and manufacturer of sleep products, sleep accessories, and furniture, today issued the following statement in response to the decision by the U.S. Department of Commerce ("Department") to initiate antidumping ("AD") and countervailing duty ("CVD") investigations related to the importation of mattresses from Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Serbia, Thailand, Turkey, and Vietnam:
"We are disappointed that the Department has elected to initiate these investigations without first polling the domestic industry, as required by law. Because the Petitioners have failed to demonstrate that more than 50% of the domestic industry supports the petition, it is Classic's position that the Department should have determined whether the statutory thresholds for industry support were met by polling the industry, prior to initiating the investigations. As Classic argued before the Department prior to initiation, the Petitioners' methodology for calculating industry support, which relied on production figures for only 29 U.S. producers – significantly less than the 347 producers identified in the Petition – was flawed, and an inappropriate basis for gauging the level of support of the domestic industry.
While we strongly disagree with the initiation of these investigations, the Company will continue to avail itself of all legal options to vigorously defend its position as the Department and the U.S. International Trade Commission ("ITC") move forward with their investigations.
Importantly, mounting a successful defense against the import duties sought by the Petitioners is critical at a time when raising costs for hospitals and healthcare providers could significantly hamper efforts to respond effectively to the COVID-19 pandemic.
We also believe that a vigorous defense is entirely consistent with the Administration's trade policy, which has promoted economic and national security cooperation with traditional U.S. allies in East Asia, several of which have been targeted by the Petitioners. The Administration has worked hard to encourage American companies to diversify their supply chains in the region, and these investigations undermine the growing commercial partnerships between companies like Classic and suppliers in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and other countries in the region."
Classic Brands is represented by Steptoe & Johnson LLP.
ABOUT CLASSIC BRANDS
Founded in 1971 with headquarters in Columbia, Maryland and distribution capabilities nationwide, Classic Brands is a leading designer, distributor and manufacturer of sleep products, sleep accessories and furniture, with a focus on the finest quality mattresses. The company has a long history of providing product development, sourcing, and logistics services to a diverse set of leading retail customers throughout the U.S. Classic Brands is constantly seeking to deliver quality and comfort at an affordable price. The company uses the finest materials from around the world including all-natural and high-performance covers, Talalay and Dunlop latex, memory foam, gel-infused memory foam, innerspring and wrapped coil hybrids. Classic Brands is committed to being on the cutting edge of designing and producing innovative products for people to sleep healthier. Its sleep systems are designed to help achieve the maximum benefit from each night of sleep. For more information, visit www.ClassicBrands.com.
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602478ac-ecbe-451c-bef5-e1c0137fbfa0 | 2016-07-26T02:43:52+00:00 | 2012-08-20 | 1 | http://www.thetelegram.com/News/Local/2012-08-20/video-3056157/Births-1847 | Nalcor will make presentation to government within weeks: Martin
Flying high by helicopter along the Churchill River towards Muskrat Falls, you can spot lines cutting through otherwise untouched sections of forest.
Dropping closer to the land, the lines gradually grow wider, until heavy equipment becomes easy to spot within them — workers creating a treeless path through the Labrador wilds.
Should the Lower Churchill development be ultimately sanctioned by Nalcor Energy and approved by government, this access road will be a main artery for contractors moving people and equipment to and from Muskrat Falls.
A clearing just off the emerging roadway, a campsite for contract workers should the project proceed, is also in development.
Down river, a similar clearing was created decades ago, in anticipation of the development of a hydro dam at the Gull Island site — a project that was not given a final green light.
Back at Nalcor’s office in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Lower Churchill project leader Gilbert Bennett said contracts awarded to date on the present-day Lower Churchill plans cover the creation of the new road, as well as the building of communications infrastructure through Bell Aliant and a power line to supply dam site work.
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“Work is valued at the tens of millions of dollars and it’s important though for us to get this work underway right now so when we do sanction the project we’re in a position that we can actually start work immediately and that we’re not waiting several months in order to start work at the site,” he said, explaining the work as a calculated risk.
Waiting on the prep would risk pushing back the overall schedule and, as a result, cost overruns.
“I think the most important thing is there is a tremendous amount of work that has been done in preparation for a sanction decision,” said Nalcor’s president and CEO, Ed Martin.
Martin said updated cost estimates for the overall project are in, following detailed engineering work on the proposed hydro dam and Labrador-island power transmission system.
“The fact of the matter is when we come forward with a recommendation in the coming weeks to the provincial government that we will have our homework done, it’ll be very detailed and we’ll be in a position to offer a recommendation.”
Meanwhile, Manitoba Hydro International is continuing its review of the project, he said, adding that review process is “about half way through.”
Martin said the Crown corporation continues to be open to questions in regards to the project.
Debate on the project is scheduled for the House of Assembly this fall. | 594 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-30/segments/1469257824570.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20160723071024-00213-ip-10-185-27-174.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.946455 |
fd3c50b6-6a26-4911-bf84-7857d43f298d | 2017-08-22T14:08:31+00:00 | 2013-02-26 | 1 | http://www.oneindia.com/2013/02/26/russia-17-amur-tigers-died-in-2012-due-to-human-action-1158727.html | Another eight big cats were saved from death by environmental officials and activists, the Primorye region-based Phoenix Fund said. Most of the animals were cubs orphaned by hunters.
The statistics were based on media reports about tiger-related incidents.
A list of such incidents released by the fund indicated the toll could have been as high as 25, if unconfirmed deaths were factored in that were supported by circumstantial evidence, such as abandoned cubs.
"The losses may be irreversible, given how they deplete the (species') gene pool," wrote Sergei Bereznyuk, head of Phoenix, on the fund's website.
Phoenix was founded in 2006 and is running its own tiger and leopard conservation efforts.
Tiger hunting remains a profitable business because Russia still has not outlawed trafficking of tiger derivatives, which are highly prized in Chinese traditional medicine, Bereznyuk said.
A bill outlawing such trade has been pending review in the Russian parliament since last year.
The Amur tiger was on the brink of extinction in the 1940s due to over-hunting.
Conservation efforts - supported recently by Russian President Vladimir Putin - allowed the population to reach some 450, though growth has slowed since the 1990s. | 255 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886110774.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20170822123737-20170822143737-00009.warc.gz | 0.986604 |
d5c54531-8dfc-432b-a31a-b006b6b09ff9 | 2022-05-19T05:55:17+00:00 | 2022-05-19 | 1 | https://www.electricityforum.com/news/ev-building-charging-benefits | On top of that, you can now add $38,000.
That, according to a new report from Ontario electric vehicle education and advocacy nonprofit, Plug‘n Drive, is the potential lifetime return for an electric car driven as a commuter vehicle while also being used as an electricity storage option in Ontario’s electricity system.
“EVs contain large batteries that store electric energy,” says the report. “Besides driving the car, [those] batteries have two other potentially useful applications: mobile storage while they are installed in the vehicle, and second-life storage after the vehicle batteries are retired.”
Pricing and demand differentials
The study, prepared by the research firm Strategic Policy Economics, modeled a two-stage scenario calculating the total benefits from both mobile and second-life storage when taking advantage of differences in daytime and nighttime electricity pricing and demand.
If done systematically and at scale, the combined benefits to EV owners, building operators and the electricity system in Ontario could reach $129 million per year by 2035, according to the report. Along with the financial gains, the province would also cut GHG emissions by up to 67.2 kilotons annually.
The math might sound complicated, but the concepts are simple. All it requires is for drivers to charge their batteries with low-cost electricity overnight at home, then plug them into two-way chargers at work and discharge their stored electricity for use by the building by day when buying power from the grid is more expensive.
“Workplace buildings could avoid high daytime prices by purchasing electricity from EVs parked onsite and enjoy savings as a result,” says the report.
Based on average commuting distances, EVs in this scenario could make half their storage capacity available for discharge. Drivers would be paid out of the building’s savings, earning up to $8,400 over the life of their vehicle.
According to the report, Ontario could have as many as 18,555 vehicles participating in mobile storage by 2030. At this level, the daily electricity demand would be reduced by 565 MWh. This, in turn, would reduce demand for natural gas-fired electricity generation, avoiding the expense of gas purchases while reducing GHG emissions.
The second-life storage opportunity begins when the vehicle lifespan ends. “EV batteries will still have over 80% of their storage capacity after being driven for 13 years and providing mobile storage,” the report states. “Those-second life batteries could provide a low-cost energy storage solution for the electricity grid.”
Some of the savings could be shared with EV owners in the form of a rebate worth up to 20 per cent of the batteries’ initial cost.
Call to action
The report concludes with a call to action for EV advocates to press policy makers and other stakeholders to take actions on building codes, the federal Clean Fuel Standard and other business models in order to maximize the benefits of using EV batteries for the electricity system in this way.
“EVs are often approached as an environmental solution to climate change,” says Cara Clairman, Plug’n Drive president and CEO. “While this is true, there are significant economic opportunities that are often overlooked.” | 667 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662525507.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20220519042059-20220519072059-00420.warc.gz | 0.960551 |
0e43e8c5-5595-4190-ba34-3c528d714a8c | 2020-10-19T15:06:56+00:00 | 2014-06-30 | 1 | https://www.worldhindunews.com/conclusion-of-the-third-all-india-hindu-convention/ | Resolutions passed for the establishment of the Hindu Nation in Bharat and Nepal besides complete ban on Cow-slaughter, stopping insurgence from Bangladesh and protection of the Hindus world over !
From left Mr. Anil Dir, Shri. Ramesh Shinde,
H.H. Dr. Charudatta Pingale, Shri. Madhav Battaraya and adv. Shri. Virendra
Ichalkaranjikar in the press conference organised to inform outcome of the convention
Panaji – Bharat and Nepal are self-materialised Hindu Nations. Every sect has a Nation that it calls its own. However, Hindus do not have a single Nation which they can call as their own. And hence, the Third All India Hindu Convention passed resolutions for the establishment of the Hindu Nation in Bharat and Nepal besides resolutions for a complete ban on Cow-slaughter, stopping insurgence from Bangladesh and finalisation of the policy for the protection of the Hindus world over. This information was given by the National Guide of Hindu Janjagruti Samiti H.H. Dr Charudatta Pingale during the press conference held here today. The conference was also attended by Prof. Madhav Bhattarai, the ‘Rajguru’ of Nepal and President of the Rashtriya Dharmasabha. Four hundred representatives of over 125 Hindu organisations from 20 States in Bharat as well as representatives from Bangladesh and Nepal participated in the Convention.
As per the ‘Common action Programme’ finalised during the Convention, it has been decided to organise 80 regional Conventions across 20 States and ‘Public Hindu Dharmajagruti Sabhas’ at 100 venues. H.H. Dr Pingale also informed that a decision has been taken during the Convention to work unitedly for providing assistance during the natural and man-induced calamities, and to implement a programme of ‘Self-defence training classes’ for strengthening of the Hindus.
Mr Ramesh Shinde, National Spokesperson of Hindu Janajagruti Samiti informed that the Convention also passed the resolutions as given ahead. The BJP Government, which assumed power in the Centre recently should legislate Acts –
1. Act banning cow-slaughter throughout the country,
2. Common Civil Code giving equal rights to all citizens in the country according to the judgement passed by the Supreme Court and
3. Act banning religious conversion in order to preserve Hindu race.
The demands raised in the Convention include
1. Act to be legislated for deporting 5 crore Bangladeshi intruders in Bharat
2. Enact the bill to grant citizenship to Hindus displaced from Bangladesh and Pakistan
3. Awarding stringent punishment to those sheltering and providing help to intruders from Bangladesh. Mr Anil Dhir, National Secretary-General of Bharat Raksha Manch said that Hindu organisations have decided on the programme to implement a crash campaign to deport Bangladeshi intruders on the basis of prevalent Acts. Mr Virendra Ichalkaranjikar, President of Hindu Vidhidnya Parishad informed that the Hindu Vidhidnya Parishad will be providing legal assistance and legal guidance for the programmes to be undertaken in the interest of the Nation and Dharma to devout Hindu organisations in 9 States.
All India Hindu Convention passes a resolution to declare Nepal as a Hindu Nation
Nepal has since time immemorial been identified as Vaidik Sanatan Hindu Nation in the form of a Devabhumi (Land of Deities), Shivbhumi (Land of Shiv), Tapobhumi (Land of penance), Dnyanbhumi (Land of knowledge) and Gorakshabumi (Land of protection of cows) under the rule of Deity Shri Pashupatinath; however, due to the anti-Hindu school of thought of the leftist, Nepal lost the status of the Hindu Nation and was declared a secular Nation. Presently, interim constitution 2063 is in force in Nepal, in which Secular republic status and Democracy have been made irreversible. Consequently, adversities on Dharma such as conversions, cow-slaughter have increased in Nepal. Besides, Nepal is on the verge of a religious-war. Eighty-two percent of the Hindus residing in Nepal are staunch followers of Sanatan Hindu Dharma. Most of them aspire that Nepal once again becomes a Hindu Nation. So that Nepal becomes Hindu Nation once again, this convention passes the resolution that,
1. This Convention supports morally, politically and at all the levels the local Hindus, who are making efforts so that Nepal be declared as a Hindu Nation.
2. Nepal’s Parliament should declare Nepal a Hindu Nation
3.The Secular Government of Bharat should not interfere directly or indirectly to crush the future movement to force the Nepal Government to declare Nepal as a Hindu Nation.
Resolutions passed in the third ‘All India Hindu Convention’ !
‘Uniform Civil Code’ should be enacted in the Nation.
The Convention demands that Common Civil Code according to the judgement passed by the Supreme Court should be enacted as soon as possible.
The Act to ban Cow-slaughter all over the country should be legislated
The third ‘All India Hindu Convention’ demands that ,
1. On immediate and strict implementation of the Act to ban cow-slaughter all over the country.
2. Strictly ban breeding, import and rearing of cows of foreign breed.
3. Cow should be declared as National animal.
‘Anti-conversion’ Act should be implemented in the Nation
The Convention proposes,
1. In view of the increase in the rate of religious conversion of Hindus all over Hindustan, Union Government should legislate effective law pertaining to religious conversion.
2. If anybody is converted by hatching a conspiracy, forcibly or through allurements, the individual responsible for the conversion should be given life term. If the converted individual happened to be minor, criminal responsible for the conversion should be awarded capital punishment.
3. Missionaries should not be allowed to perform social services, which may be conducive to religious conversion.
4. Christian missionaries should be banned from running orphanages or performing any other social service in tribal areas.
5. Other religious organisations should not distribute religious literature without the permission of the Government.
Above demands should be fulfilled immediately.
Bharat be declared a Hindu Nation !
Ever since the Creation of the Universe, Hindu Dharma is established for the welfare of the living beings. In order to preserve the line of thinking of Hindu Dharma, Hindu philosophy, Hindu Scriptures, Hindu culture, Hindu race and the Hindu Nation, the Hindus world over have to be awakened. Bharat should become motherland of the Hindus world over, so that the Hindus from every corner of the world can come to Bharat with full confidence, and no authority can deport them from this Holy land. Hence, we pass the resolution in this Convention that,
1. This Convention will take up whatever legal efforts that are required for declaring Bharat as Hindu Nation
2. This Convention is committed to giving all possible assistance to those, who will make efforts to make Bharat a Hindu Nation. | 1,494 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107863364.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20201019145901-20201019175901-00013.warc.gz | 0.925654 |
640c8327-2057-4ee7-a886-b5ec7535c691 | 2016-07-24T20:53:54+00:00 | 2013-01-28 | 1 | http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/01/christie_minimum_wage.html | TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie rejected a bill today to raise the minimum wage and countered with a proposal of his own, virtually ensuring Democrats will ask voters in November whether they favor a $1-an-hour increase.
Christie said the Democrats’ bill, which would have raised the minimum wage from $7.25 to $8.50 and tied future increases to the rate of inflation, would have hurt the state’s economy.
EDITORIAL: Christie veto on minimum wage another blow to the working poor
"The sudden, significant minimum-wage increase in this bill, coupled with automatic raises each year tied to the Unites States Consumer Price Index, will jeopardize the economic recovery we all seek," Christie said in his conditional veto message to the Democrat-controlled Legislature.
On the deadline to act today, the Republican governor vetoed the bill (A2162) and countered with a scaled-back proposal to phase in, over three years, an increase of $1. In addition, the governor’s plan would eliminate the automatic hikes. New Jersey’s $7.25 rate mirrors the minimum set by the federal government in July 2009.
Christie tried to sweeten the pot with a promise to increase the earned income tax credit if Democrats went along with his plan.
Senate President Stephen Sweeney (D-Gloucester) and Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver (D-Essex) denounced Christie’s counteroffer and vowed to ask voters to change the constitution to raise the minimum wage to $8.25 and tie future hikes to inflation.
Such a move, which requires a second vote in the Legislature, would bypass Christie because the governor has no role in the process of changing the Constitution.
"His action shows that he believes politics and politicians need to remain part of the process on minimum wage," Sweeney said. "I think they need to be removed from it entirely."
Oliver called Christie’s conditional veto "callous" action that leaves lawmakers no choice but to take it directly to voters.
"The optimal approach would have been for Gov. Christie to show some heart and approve this pro-worker measure as proposed," she said.
Republican lawmakers and the business community — from the Chamber of Commerce to the New Jersey Business and Industry Association — applauded what they called Christie’s measured approach.
But there was one notable exception.
The New Jersey chapter of the National Federation of Independent Business "expressed regret" over Christie’s plan to enact a minimum wage increase of any size in the current economic climate.
"This was a difficult decision for the governor and we appreciate his effort to soften the blow," said NFIB state director Laurie Ehlbeck. "But the bottom line is that it’s still a blow to small businesses and that’s going to harm the economy."
Ehlbeck called the Democrats’ proposal to tie future increases to inflation a "political giveaway."
Unions and advocacy groups said Christie’s offer wasn’t enough to help low-income residents.
AFL-CIO President Charles Wowkanech said his membership will lobby for approval of the referendum. New Jersey Working Families Alliance called the governor’s counterproposal "too little too late."
"Today Governor Christie proved once again that his only real constituency is the state’s wealthiest," Executive Director Bill Holland said. "And once again he holds the livelihoods of the working poor hostage by making an end to his tax hike on low-income workers conditional on the Legislature’s acceptance of a bad deal."
Christie used the earned income tax credit, which he slashed in his first year in office, as a bargaining chip last year after Democrats refused to enact his tax cut plan.
Christie was traveling out of state Sunday and today, but spokesman Kevin Roberts said the governor signed the conditional veto before he left New Jersey. | 806 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-30/segments/1469257824146.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20160723071024-00123-ip-10-185-27-174.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.958223 |
1f22a495-4644-4c9e-97ae-2c94fce6d8fa | 2015-03-31T05:52:38+00:00 | 2013-07-29 | 1 | http://chapelboro.com/tag/concealed-carry/ | Image courtesy of nathanmac87
CARRBORO – You may now bring your gun into your favorite bar or restaurant thanks to House Bill 937 which Governor Pat McCrory signed into law Monday, but it’s up to the business whether or not to allow the firearms.
The law allows those with a concealed carry permit to bring a concealed firearm into an establishment that serves alcohol. Jim Wald, one of the owners of GlassHalfFull in Carrboro, says he’s is opposed to the idea of having guns and alcohol in the same vicinity.
“It doesn’t seem like the two mix,” Wald says.
The law includes that those who bring a concealed firearm into the bar are prohibited from drinking alcohol while they have the gun.
Sean LaBelle, kitchen manager at Bailey’s Pub and Grille in Chapel Hill, says he feels more comfortable with restrictions like this in place.
“I think it would be a fine thing,” LaBelle says. “As long as they have all of the necessary permits to carry a concealed weapon.”
Fox & Hound Restaurant Group, the company that owns Bailey’s Pub and Grille, says it has no comment on the bill.
Restaurants and bars would be able to expressly ban concealed firearms in their business. David Roberson, beverage manager at Southern Rail in Carrboro, says his bar would enforce that ban.
“We would probably rather people not come up here with firearms,” Robertson says.
The state’s Board of Insurance says that restaurants and bars that have patrons with concealed firearms would likely not affect their insurance premiums.http://chapelboro.com/news/business/local-bars-respond-to-nc-gun-law/ | 375 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-14/segments/1427131300313.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20150323172140-00030-ip-10-168-14-71.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.963588 |
361906d5-537d-403a-8e43-e9430e74863d | 2017-08-18T18:15:33+00:00 | 2013-07-10 | 0 | https://beingfiftysomething.com/2013/07/10/when-seeing-someone-is-the-best-medicine/ | Being fifty-something, I’ve needed help from others many a time.
Today I clicked on a Twitter link and up popped an image that took me back almost eight years to a time when I needed help. Big time.
The photo was of a local psychologist, a counsellor whose practice is centred around supporting people and their families through the impact of trauma.
I zombie-walked into that very counsellor’s practice a few days after my sister Gay passed away. Her death had been unexpected. Totally. I was right beside her when she slipped away and, when I couldn’t revive her, eventually watched as a team of several amazing ambulance officers did their best to bring her back to life. I was disbelieving. Shocked. Distraught yet weirdly wide-eyed and pumped with an energy I couldn’t dispel.
Some time later that day, between police interviews, desperate phone calls and endless visitors to our house, my sister-in-law pressed a business card into my hand and whispered that I should think about “seeing someone”. I took that as professional advice; my sister-in-law is a psychiatric nurse. And I’m so grateful.
I was scared of a lot of things but a biggie for me was the fear of not coping with the grief that I was certain would envelope me once that adrenaline backed off. More than anything I wanted to be strong and be there for my family. I didn’t want Gay’s death to mean our family fell apart.
And I didn’t want to go crazy.
With the loving support of that lady who popped up unexpectedly on my Twitter feed today, I didn’t.
Our first session was just a few days after Gay died. T (let’s call her that) and I sat in the sun by a north-facing window with a small round table, a glass of water and a ginormous box of tissues between us. We needed them. Both of us.
Over the next few weeks we met regularly, and in that time T:
- Talked me down from my unsubstantiated notion that Gay had been murdered. I hadn’t shared that idea with my family, but I was convinced it was a real possibility. I even had a suspect in mind. T rationalised it with me, convinced me to wait for the Coroner’s Report and then promised, that if there was anything unusual in there that she would support me in going to the police. “It will be our duty,” she said, as if we would go together. Of course, the Coroner’s findings were conclusive. Nothing fishy. Gay had died of natural causes that had kicked in unnaturally early. Fuck Heart Disease. T had circumvented my need to blame someone for Gay’s death and saved me from inflicting even more angst on my family by sharing my suspicions.
- Convinced me not to reach out to the personal trainer who had been conducting our gym session when Gay died. I was compelled to let him know it wasn’t his fault and that I didn’t blame him (whacky when you consider I was so keen to blame someone, anyone). As T so diplomatically pointed out, the PT was a professional and he had his own support network to help him deal with what had happened. I had enough to do coping with my own stuff without getting into his. Right again.
- Taught me the difference between the “press release” spin I put on for the rest of world and the real feelings and self-talk I stuffed down deep inside. No matter how often I told everyone it had “been a privilege” to be with Gay when she died, it had not. It was terrifying and traumatic and damaging. And I still wish it hadn’t been me there with her. And I still feel guilty about wishing. And about surviving.
- Helped me deal with all those little things people say when you’re grieving, the things that get under your skin and grate on your bones and make your eyes roll so far back you see your brain pulsating. Things like “Gay wouldn’t want you to be sad”. And I’d reply (sweetly), “I know” while my inside voice was shouting (washer-woman-like) “how the fuck do you know what Gay wanted? I know what Gay wanted: to be here with us sharing a bottle of red on a Friday night.” T taught me not to blame or judge people for those little well-meaning comments.
- Cried with me. And laughed with me. Wondered about the afterlife and the existence of a greater being with me. Shared some of her own life with me. Accidentally wrote almost half my fee receipts out to “Sheryl Crow” because I reminded her of her, and because our christian names were spelt the same way.
Eventually the time between our sessions stretched out as step-by-step I regained traction in dealing with the day-to-day stuff without T’s support.
Eventually, I just didn’t go back.
I’m not healed. I’ll never be healed. But with T’s support I got through those stonkingly dark weeks and months of uncertainty. I learnt to get on with living and not let the horrendous stuff that happens suck the energy out of everything else.
Because if you let it, it will.
It’s true … Gay wouldn’t have wanted that for me.
She’d have wanted me to “see someone”. | 1,198 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886105086.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20170818175604-20170818195604-00585.warc.gz | 0.985361 |
b87d4447-e3cb-4ce9-a5ef-f68ddf9b6d3d | 2022-05-28T23:27:11+00:00 | 2022-05-28 | 1 | https://techpresident.com/why-data-mesh-is-popular-among-enterprises/ | The pace of the creation of data has climbed at such an exceptional pace that it is expected to exceed 180 zettabytes by 2025. So, it’s all the more important that firms operating online possess a robust data aggregation and management system. One of the recent advancements in the world of data sciences is a data mesh. So, what exactly is a data mesh and why are more and more companies opting for it instead of traditional options?
What is a Data Mesh?
Data Mesh, in the simplest of terms, is a radical approach towards data aggregation that aims to create a unified data architecture for easier management of large amounts of data. It essentially provides its users to access data without having to go through the hassle of navigating through a data lake or a data warehouse. A data lake and a data warehouse are the two main pillars of the analytical data plane. A data lake is associated with data science proper, while the latter is concerned with analytical datasets and business intelligence.
The objective of a data mesh architecture is to obviate the logistical challenges involved with ensuring data availability. It accomplishes this by ensuring uninhibited access to data scientists and business professionals alike. Ultimately, data mesh provides tech firms with an opportunity to make their data more available, within reach of all sections of workers.
What are the issues inherent to the existing data management system?
Before one can understand the benefits of a data mesh architecture, it’s important to be aware of the challenges posed by the existing data management services. So, what are some of the issues that are attributed to an ineffective and outdated data management portal?
- A lot of the firms still continue to make use of a centralized system to manage large amounts of data. While this system makes it easier to procure data from different sources, they will need to be transported across from their locations to a central repository like a data lake. The requested data will need to be exported from here to the site where the query was raised. This extra step makes the process more laborious and time-consuming.
- Data being created at such an alarming pace necessitates the existing data pipelines to handle more data than they possibly can handle. After a point, they fail to respond to a said query as the number of source points starts to multiply. As a result, the response time takes a hit, adversely affecting business agility.
- Since the existing models require a fair bit of data transportation, they run into the risk of being subjected to stringent data migration guidelines while transferring data from across geographical borders. Data transport regulations might be a real headache to deal with, eating into valuable time and resources. This step again slows down firms and puts them at the risk of falling behind their rivals.
How does a data mesh tackle these issues?
Data mesh aims to confront these problems, head-on by the creation of a decentralized data management system. It aims to divide responsibilities to the different domains who would each be responsible for ensuring the safety and quality of their respective data sets. With unprecedented access to data, companies are hence in a better position to make critical decisions regarding their business.
What are the advantages of adopting a data mesh system?
Now that one has a basic understanding of what a data mesh is and what it aims to do, grasping its advantages should be much easier. Some of the benefits of signing up for a data mesh system include:
1) Increased business agility
Since a data mesh architecture is designed to decentralize the process of data processing, firms need not wait for data to be transferred to a central repository like a data lake. This accounts for improved business agility and allows owners to scale their business rather effectively. Moreover, a data mesh architecture reduces data latency, thus contributing to better performance, whether it be live streaming or intensive online gaming.
2) Better transparency
Yet another issue with a centralized form of data ownership is the lack of transparency among the various teams of individuals involved. There also isn’t a safety net in place in case data was to be breached in certain unfortunate circumstances. A data mesh architecture is built on the principles of a decentralized form of data ownership. This system delegates ownership across multiple domain teams, thus accounting for better transparency. A newer method of managing data, like this, also ensures accountability as well, with individual domains responsible for their own operations.
3) Faster access to data
With data mesh, companies need not have to deal with international data migration guidelines that differ from one part of the globe to another. It thus ensures a hassle-free experience for technological firms that have massive amounts of data spread across the world. Moreover, data mesh offers an airtight infrastructure that prides itself on accurate data delivery.
4) More flexibility
Companies adopting a data mesh architecture are starting to realize that they can make use of multiple data platforms to store and process data. This affords such firms some much-needed flexibility and independence.
5) Secure platform
Data security is one of the biggest concerns for a lot of up-and-coming companies. A data mesh system minimizes the risk of a data breach. It accomplishes this thanks to a secure decentralized framework that clocks in queries where the data is housed, as opposed to a public network where the threats of hackers loom large.
Data mesh is a recent advancement in the field of data sciences that aims to create a decentralized form of data ownership. This new and improved system of data aggregation and management cuts down on time wasted on the transfer of data to a central data lake before they can be accessed. A crucial step like this getting circumvented leads to reduced data latency and improved business agility for the business. Firms are also on the receiving end of a sophisticated framework that eliminates the possibility of a data breach while improving transparency among those involved. Therefore, it should as come as no surprise that more and more companies are shifting to a data mesh from a traditional centralized system. | 1,197 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652663021405.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20220528220030-20220529010030-00225.warc.gz | 0.934981 |
c206a43d-3942-473b-85f6-c1f53d1768d9 | 2017-08-20T22:49:59+00:00 | 2014-12-13 | 0 | https://sandratblog.com/2014/12/13/enjoy-summer-in-sydney/ | Sydney is one of the best places to be during the summer, with exciting outdoor events happening almost every day and many of these are free of charge.
Sydney Harbour is the star on Boxing Day, 26 December, when the yachts line up for the start of the annual Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. Once the starting pistol has been fired, an exciting experience is to be on a pleasure craft following the yachts as they race under full sail, to see who is to be first trough the Heads.
The eyes of the world then turn once again to Sydney for the famous New Year’s Eve fireworks. Every inch of space around the harbour foreshores, especially those vantage points with a view of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, is claimed hours before the first fireworks are lit at 9 pm. Excitement and anticipation mounts for the countdown to the huge fireworks display at midnight, which welcomes 2015.
The Sydney Festival runs from 8 to 26 January 2015 with an array of cultural happenings and a variety of indoor and outdoor events, often featuring theatrical and circus performances. Two of the most popular annual outdoor events are Symphony in the Domain on 18 January, where the Sydney Symphony Orchestra conducted by Johannes Fritzsch will perform classical music under the stars and Opera in The Domain, presented by Opera Australia on 24 January, where famous arias are sung, backed by a full orchestra, also under the stars.
Movie buffs will be kept busy with several Outdoor Cinemas operating over the summer, such as the St George Open Air Cinema alongside Sydney Harbour in Farm Cove and the Moonlight Cinema playing in Centennial Park.
On view until early March are two, not to be missed, major art exhibitions, “Pop to popism” at the Art Gallery of New South Wales and “Chuck Close: Prints, Process and Collaboration” at the Museum of Contemporary Art.
Two free concerts have been announced to celebrate Australia Day on 26 January, which will be performed on the forecourt of the Sydney Opera House. “The Wiggles Australia Day Concert” in the morning features Australia’s biggest children’s entertainment group, The Wiggles. Families can sing along to their favourite Wiggle, as well as Dorothy the Dinosaur and Wags the Dog.
John Foreman, one of Australia’s leading creative and musical talents, has taken on the role of Australia Day 2015 Creative Director, bringing together a collection of Australia’s best performers, including Jessica Mauboy, Justice Crew, Sheppard and Russell Morris for “The Australia Day Concert at the Sydney Opera House” in the evening. Tickets free via ballot by 7 January www.australiaday.com.au.
Opera Australia’s Sydney Summer Season at the Opera House has a programme to delight opera lovers with La Bohème, The Magic Flute, Tosca, Madama Butterfly and Faust.
Rounding off the summer is one of Sydney’s most spectacular annual events, now in its fourth year. “Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour: Aida” runs from 27 March to 26 April 2015. Featuring the full Opera Australia Chorus on stage together with international singers and a live orchestra beneath, audiences will enjoy the entire opera themed experience of Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour, with its comfortable harbourside seating, wide range of on site dining and drinking options, magnificent harbour views and lavish, fully staged opera featuring nightly fireworks.
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68a25b0a-3de5-4358-b6cc-03f66603a52c | 2020-10-21T05:56:03+00:00 | 2020-10-21 | 1 | https://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/tag/national+broadband | The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is set to operationalise a central dashboard for tracking progress of all states and union territories on meeting of national broadband growth targets across key metrics, including data speeds, optic fibre rollouts, tower installations and their fiberisation amid an upsurge in internet consumption in the times of Covid.
Denmark’s fixed broadband penetration of the population will reach 39% by 2024, supported by its National Broadband Strategy, GlobalData said in a report.
Vishant Vora, chief technology officer of Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL) that has recently rebranded as VI, quit the company after a decade-long stint.
State-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) Monday raised Rs 8,500 crore via its maidan local bond sale that obtained bids double the actual size.
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Israeli authorities are threatening detained Eritrean and Sudanese nationals, including asylum seekers, with prolonged detention to pressure them to leave Israel, Human Rights Watch and the Hotline for Migrant Workers said today. Since December 11, 2012, Israel's pressure has convinced several hundred detained Sudanese and one Eritrean to leave Israel, and in February 2013, some 50 detained Eritreans agreed under similar pressure to leave for Uganda. All 50 remain in Israeli detention.
Sudanese and Eritreans face a real risk of harm if they return to their home countries. Under Sudanese law, anyone who has visited Israel faces up to 10 years in prison in Sudanand Sudanese officials have said the courts will apply the law. Because of credible persecution fears relating to punishment for evading indefinite military service in Eritrea, 80 percent of Eritrean asylum seekers worldwide are granted some form of protection. For years, Israel has refused to process Eritrean and Sudanese asylum claims, although at the end of February it began to register at least some detainees' claims.
"Israel's prolonged detention of asylum seekers apparently aims to shatter all hope so they feel they have no real choice but to leave the country," said Gerry Simpson, senior refugee researcher at Human Rights Watch. "Instead of browbeating some of the world's most abused and vulnerable people into giving up their rights and putting themselves at grave risk, Israel should release asylum seekers while their claims are examined and protect anyone found to risk serious harm if returned."
Human Rights Watch and Hotline for Migrant Workers (HMW), an Israeli nongovernmental organization,said that if Israel returned anyone to a place where the person's life or freedom would be threatened, such return would violate international law's prohibition on refoulement – forced return to a serious risk of persecution.
The groups said Israel would also be violating the refoulement prohibition if a person "chose" return after Israeli authorities had threatened prolonged or indefinite detention as the only alternative. The 1951 Refugee Convention bars the return "in any manner whatsoever" to places where a person would face a serious risk of persecution.
Refoulement can also occur as a result of a chain deportation, in which refugees or asylum seekers are sent to third countries that predictably will not respect their rights as asylum seekers but instead send them back to places of persecution.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has confirmed that Sudanese agreeing to leave Israel in recent months were sent to third countries through which they only transited and traveled on to Sudan. Human Rights Watch and HMW said those countries had no obligation to allow Sudanese nationals to enter, which means they would have been forced to travel onward to Sudan.
In early March, HMW spoke with the only Eritrean to have "agreed" under pressure to go to Uganda who says he was refused entry there and deported to Cairo for onward deportation to Eritrea. The only alternative the Egyptian authorities gave him was to return to Israel to once again face indefinite detention, which he rejected. On March 6, he flew to Eritrea.
Pressuring Sudanese and Eritreans to leave Israel for third countries that have no obligation to allow them to leave airport transit zones risks indirectly forcing them back to their own countries, Human Rights Watch and HMW said.
Israel is holding more than 2,000 African nationals in two detention centers near the Egyptian border. This includes at least 1,100 Eritreans and 600 Sudanese, all of whom have little prospect of being released because of restrictive Israeli asylum laws and policies. Hundreds of the Eritreans only reached Israel after surviving kidnapping in Sudan and Egypt, and tortureby criminal gangs in Egypt's Sinai desert.
About 50,000 other Eritrean and Sudanese nationals live in Israel's cities. Israel has informally suspended their deportation, but senior officials have repeatedly threatened to deport them without officially clarifying whether they would first be allowed to claim asylum. In early March, the Israeli media reported that the Interior Minister said he planned to detain all "infiltrators" – which Israeli lawdefines as anyone who irregularly enters Israeland which includes the 50,000 – and to deport them to a still-to-be-identified third country.
On March 3, HMW spoke by phone with an Eritrean man in Cairo who said he agreed to fly on February 28 from Israel to Uganda after Israeli officials refused to register his asylum claim and threatened to detain him for three years. He said the Ugandan authorities refused him entry and deported him to Cairo, where the authorities also refused him entry but said he could fly back to Israel where he faced further prolonged detention. After two days without sleep, the man refused and flew to Eritrea on March 6.
On March 4, Israel's attorney general called on the Interior Ministry not to send any Eritrean citizen "to any destination outside Israel's borders" until a range of legal issues had been clarified. In early March, UNHCR also reported that in mid-February, the authorities had begun handing out larger numbers of asylum application forms to detainees.
Human Rights Watch and HMW said that the attorney general's statement was a positive move, but that the Interior Ministry should not remove any Sudanese nationals either, should allow all detainees wishing to claim asylum to do so, should release them while their claims are examined, and should end all threats of prolonged detention.
The majority of those currently in detention entered Israel in or after June 2012 and were detained on arrival under Israel's recently amended "Prevention of Infiltration" law, also known as the "Anti-Infiltration" law, which allows the authorities to detain anyone irregularly entering Israel. Israeli authorities have also used a September 2012 regulationto arrest and detain about 250 people, most of them Eritrean and Sudanese nationals who have been living in Israel for several years.
The 2012 regulation allows the authorities to detain and deport any "infiltrator" who is suspected of – but not necessarily charged with or convicted of – offenses "endangering national security or the public peace." UNHCR officials in Israel and Israeli groups working with refugees say that many people detained under the regulation were suspected of only modest offenses, such as minor assault charges or possession of stolen goods such as mobile phones.
HMW has interviewed almost 1,000 Eritrean and Sudanese detainees in recent months and has documented the departure of hundreds of detained Sudanese nationals since December 11 after the authorities refused to register their asylum claims and threatened to detain them for three years or indefinitely.
"When I asked for asylum, the Ministry of Interior staff said,'Israel doesn't want black people here,'"a detained Sudanese man told HMW staff on December 19."He told me I should go back to my country and that anyone who did not agree to leave would stay in prison for three years. I know many people who were told the same and who went back to Sudan."
In January and February, HMW interviewed dozens of Eritrean detainees, some of whom have been detained for almost a year, who also said Israeli officials refused to register their asylum claims and told them that they had to choose between years in detention or removal to Uganda or Eritrea. HMW said that in the first two weeks of February, around 50 Eritreans signed documents "agreeing" under this pressure to be removed to Uganda.
"It doesn't matter how you dress this up, Israel is pushing people into a corner and giving them the repugnant choice of years of hardship in detention or removal from Israel," said Sigal Rozen, public policy coordinator with HMW. "Those agreeing to leave say it was no choice at all. All they want is to get out of detention."
On February 25, UNHCR in Tel Aviv criticized Israel's pressure on detained Eritreans, saying that "agreement to return to Eritrea under a jail ultimatum cannot be considered voluntary by any criterion."
On February 18, Interior Minister Eli Yishai told the Knesset that Israel had no formal agreement with Uganda or any other country governing transfer of Eritreans, although he added that Israel would continue "with the utmost decisiveness" to ensure that Eritrean and Sudanese nationals would "voluntarily or involuntarily" leave Israel.
UNHCR says it has received reports that the Israeli authorities have filmed detainees threatened with prolonged or indefinite detention who were asking to sign a statement saying they came to Israel to work and that they wanted to return to Eritrea or go to another country.
A Sudanese detainee told HMW in December that he had seen Interior Ministry staff filming people, "asking them to say they wanted to go back to Sudan" and that when the person being filmed said the wrong thing, the staff members said: "Don't say that! Just say that you are from this and that country and that you want to go back."
UNHCR also said Israel's failure until late February to register any detainees' asylum claims, and the resulting prospect of prolonged or indefinite detention, meant detainees faced significant pressure to agree to leave Israel. In its February 25 statement, the refugee agency said detainees "don't receive full access to the refugee apparatus, and when there's no access ... lead[ing] to release, then there is no voluntary return."
UNHCR Detention Guidelines say asylum seekers should be detained only "as a last resort" as a strictly necessary and proportionate measure to achieve a legitimate legal purpose and that countries should not detain asylum seekers simply for the purpose of deportation. Detention is permitted only briefly to establish a person's identity or for longer periods if it is the only way to achieve broader aims such as protecting national security or public health.
Israel does not have formal transfer or readmission agreements with any African country. UNHCR's Executive Committee says that states should expeditiously return people not needing international protection to "their countries of origin, other countries of nationality or countries with an obligation to receive them back," but does not list as an appropriate option returns or transfers to countries that have no connections or obligations whatsoever toward the person being returned.
Human Rights Watch and HMW said that sending Eritreans to Uganda and Sudanese nationals to other countries where they had never been before clearly did not meet UNHCR's criteria.
"Sudanese and Eritrean nationals returning to their home countries from Israel risk persecution," Simpson said. "Without formal agreements monitored by UNHCR, the Israeli authorities should not be transferring them to other countries either, let alone pressuring them to forego claiming asylum and to leave Israel."
For details about Israel's restrictive asylum policies toward Eritrean and Sudanese nationals and extracts of HMW's interviews with detainees, please see below.
For Human Rights Watch's October 2012 joint news release with Israeli organizations on Israel's pushbacks of asylum seekers at its border with Egypt, please visit:
For Human Rights Watch's June 2012 news release calling on Israel to amend the newly revised Anti-Infiltration law that punishes asylum seekers for irregularly crossing into Israel, please visit:
For Human Rights Watch's September 2012 reporting on torture of Eritreans in Egypt's Sinai peninsula, please visit:
For more Human Rights Watch reporting on Israel, please visit:
Authorities Thwart Detainees' Attempts to Claim Asylum to Coerce Agreement to Leave Israel
Israel purposefully uses several measures to pressure detained Eritrean and Sudanese nationals to agree to leave Israel, Human Rights Watch and HWM said. These are the threat of long-term detention, limited or no access to Israel's nascent asylum system, and approval of refugee claims at such extremely low rates that there are only very slim chances of being released from detention as a recognized refugee.
Israel has detained most of the 2,000 people currently in detention centers for about six months, and in some cases for more than a year, UNHCR said. UNHCR's 2012 Detention Guidelines say that countries should only detain asylum seekers as a measure of last resort, "with liberty being the default position."
HMW and other Israeli refugee groups have reported many times on the Israeli authorities' failure to give detainees the opportunity to lodge asylum claims. Detainees told HMW that if Israel had allowed them to claim asylum when they were first detained and had released them while reviewing their claims, they would not have agreed to leave Israel.
UNHCR and Israeli refugee organizations say that over the past nine months, hundreds of detainees have struggled to lodge asylum claims because of insufficient information on how to submit claims, some officials' refusals to distribute asylum application forms or lengthy delays in receiving forms.
Between September and the end of January, HMW staff working with interpreters conducted 137 prison visits and 963 detailed interviews with detainees.
Hundreds of detainees told HMW that when they asked how to claim asylum, officials – including prison guards, detention tribunal judges, and Tigrinya interpreters – told them they would be detained for at least three years or indefinitely if they lodged asylum claims.
Dozens told HMW that the prospect of prolonged detention and a lack of access to asylum meant they had little choice but to sign forms agreeing to their removal.
Some said officials simply denied they had a right to claim asylum. A detained Sudanese man told HMW on February 12:
"In the first interview I told [the officials] that I want to ask for asylum. When I said that, the interrogator banged his fist on the table and said that in Israel there is no asylum and that we come just to work and should go back [to Sudan]."
Some said officials refused to respond to their asylum requests and simply threatened long-term detention.One of the Sudanese detainees HMW interviewed on February 12 said:
"After HMW helped me to ask for asylum, the Ministry of Interior staff asked me three times whether I was ready to return to Sudan. I said no. They put pressure on me, saying that if something happened to my wife and children in Sudan it would be my fault. They said if I stayed, I would spend many years in prison. Some said three years, others said five, and then they said eight or ten years."
Other detainees said they had no access to asylum application forms. An Eritrean man who has been detained for 10 months at the Saharonim detention center told HMW on February 14:
I did not fill out an asylum request form because I didn't have access to a form, so HMW tried to claim asylum for me. The judge said I would stay here [in detention] for three years. The bullet wound [from being shot in Sinai] means I use crutches. I have been here for a long time. The conditions here are hard for me, physically and emotionally. Because of the pain and my emotional state I agreed to leave for Uganda. If you tell me you will release me from prison [in Israel], I won't go to Uganda and I will wait.
In another case, detainees told HMW that after repeated requests, guards put 12 asylum application forms in a room and that so many detainees tried to grab them, the forms were torn apart in the rush.
Many said the prospect of prolonged detention meant that they felt forced to agree to leave Israel.
An Eritrean man detained for eight months in the Saharonim detention center, who has also unsuccessfully tried to claim asylum in detention, also told HMW on February 14:
"It is very hard to live here. Many people are in bad emotional states, and this is very stressful for all of us. That is the reason that people are choosing to go to Uganda. It's hard to bear the thought that we'll be in here for three more years."
Other detainees simply referred to the overall confusion about asylum procedures and how long they might be detained.
An Eritrean man detained for eight months in the Saharonim detention center told HMW on February 14:
"Everything we are told in prison is very confusing. One person says we can file an asylum request and that we will get a response in three months, another says we will be here for three years, another says we can only go to Uganda."
Human Rights Watch and HMW said that on February 17 at least 34 Eritrean detainees in Saharonim detention center demonstrated against what they said was the authorities' refusal to allow them to claim asylum. They were transferred to the Ktisot detention center, where they were made to live in tents as punishment.
Based on interviews with hundreds of detainees, UNHCR and HMW said that as a result of Israeli authorities' obfuscation of procedures and prolonged detention threats, hundreds of would-be asylum seekers detained since June 2012 have been unable to claim asylum.
UNHCR says Israel only started distributing a significant number of asylum application forms to some detainees in mid-February and that before February, very few forms were distributed.
On February 26, the Israeli authorities informed UNHCR in writing that there were no plans to deport Eritreans to Uganda or Eritrea. Human Rights Watch and HMW said Israel had not been accused of deporting Eritreans to Uganda or Eritrea and that the authorities' statement did not address the fact that Eritrean detainees had been told to sign "voluntary" removal papers or remain in detention for years.
HMW and UN Refugee Agency Attempts to Help Detainees Claim Asylum
Between September 2012 and mid-February 2013, HMW attempted to file 320 asylum claims with the Interior Ministry on behalf of detainees who said they had repeatedly asked detention center staff to give them asylum application forms, but that staff told them they had no forms.
Israel's 2011 asylum regulations do not specify the format in which an asylum claim should be lodged. HMW said it has repeatedly written to the Interior Ministry and immigration authorities to ask for copies of official asylum registration forms. When replying, the ministry ignored the request and simply said detainees were told how to claim asylum.
Since early January, the ministry has informed HMW that all its submissions were invalid because asylum claims had to be completed on official forms.
HMW staff visiting detention centers said detention officials started distributing a new standard six-page asylum registration form in English on February 12, the day on which HMW issued a news releasecondemning Israel's pressure on Eritrean detainees to agree to removal to Uganda or Eritrea.
Human Rights Watch and HMW said Israel has ignored its own asylum regulations, which say that "information sheets regarding the manner of submitting an [asylum] application … the procedure for handling … applications, the duties of the applicant, the right of the asylum seeker to contact a legal representative of his choosing and the scope of representation to which he is entitled during the process, will be available in places of custody..."
In October, immigration authorities told HMW they had posted notices in all parts of the detention centers explaining how to claim asylum. HMW said it had not seen any such notices during its 137 visits between September and January, and UNHCR said that the authorities had not provided that information in the detention centers.
In December, UNHCR submitted a draft document to the Interior Ministry that explained in simple terms how detainees can lodge asylum claims. UNHCR said that in late February, the authorities posted unclear notices in detention centers on how to lodge claims.
In early March, Israel's Interior Ministry told UNHCR it had registered 800 asylum claims at the Saharonim detention center, up from 50 in December and 400 in January.
UNHCR said it has no evidence that the Interior Ministry is conducting adequate asylum reviews in detention and has asked to observe asylum interviews with detainees. Since 2011, the Interior Ministry has refused these requests for all but two interviews.
Other Pressure on Eritreans
Detained Eritreans told HMW in February that 23 of them who agreed to be removed to Uganda were taken on February 11 to the Eritrean Embassy in Tel Aviv to help arrange travel documentation.
HMW and UNHCR, who between them interviewed all 23 of the group, say that only six met with an embassy official, possibly the ambassador, but that the rest refused to meet with anyone, either because they had not known they would be taken to the embassy or because the first six were told the embassy could only help them travel to Eritrea. All 23 remain in detention.
An Eritrean man detained in the Saharonim detention center for a year told HMW on February 14 that he had decided to go to Uganda rather than remain in detention any longer:
"The extended stay in prison has made me hopeless. So last Monday [February 11] they took us to meet the Eritrean ambassador in Tel Aviv, but he said he could only help us go to Eritrea, not Uganda. We told him we did not want to go to Eritrea and then he asked us why we were claiming asylum in Israel."
Two men taken to the Eritrean embassy on February 11 told HMW that an Eritrean official had "asked for and written down names and phone numbers of their relatives and family in Eritrea." Human Rights Watch and HMW said that putting Eritrean nationals who had been denied access to Israel's asylum system in contact with Eritrean officials put their lives and the lives of their relatives in Eritrea at risk. The Eritrean government treats asylum claims by Eritreans as treasonous acts.
Ruled by an extremely repressive government, Eritrea requires all but a few of its citizens under 50 to serve in the military indefinitely. Anyone of draft age leaving the country without permission is branded a draft evader or deserter, risking years in prison, often in inhumane conditions, as well as forced labor and torture. UNHCR's 2011 guidelines on Eritrean asylum seekers consider that, in practice, the punishment for desertion or evasion is so severe and disproportionate that it constitutes persecution.
UNHCR says that over 80 percent of Eritrean asylum seekers worldwide are granted some form of protection.
Israel has granted about 37,000 Eritreans living in Israel's cities a minimal form of what UNHCR calls "temporary protection," which amounts to a right not to be deported to their home countries but nothing else. They are given "conditional release permits," referring to a release from what would otherwise be deportation.
Israel told UNHCR in November 2012 that all permit holders could apply for asylum, but UNHCR says the authorities have not published any statements or information on this policy and that very few permit holders are aware they can apply. UNHCR says that it has not seen any documentation proving Israeli authorities are reviewing any claims Eritrean and Sudanese permit holders may have lodged.
Israel's Lack of Transfer Agreements With Third Countries
Israel does not have formal transfer or readmission agreements with any African countries.
UNHCR's Executive Committee Conclusion 96 of 2003 calls for efficient and expeditious return of people found not to need international protection to "their countries of origin, other countries of nationality or countries with an obligation to receive them back."
It does not list as an appropriate option transferring a rejected asylum seeker – or a person blocked from claiming asylum – to countries that have no ties with, or obligations toward, the person and where there is not even a bilateral agreement governing such a transfer. Human Rights Watch and HMW said sending Eritreans to Uganda clearly did not meet UNHCR's criteria.
Formal agreements on readmission of third country nationals – which involve returning them to countries they have passed through en route to the country that is sending them back –normally include provisions committing the sending country not to return people at risk of persecution to their home countries.
Human Rights Watch and HMW said that transfer agreements – to countries where the person has never been before – should have identical provisions. Absent such an agreement, Israel's transfer of Eritrean and Sudanese nationals to countries like Uganda provides no guarantee of admission to the third country and no assurance that those countries would not immediately return them to home countries where they would risk persecution.
UNHCR said it has not been actively involved in any discussions about facilitating voluntary repatriation, or travel to third countries, of Sudanese or Eritrean detainees from Israel. That is because UNHCR does not consider return from detention to be voluntary unless detainees have had full access to a fair, efficient, and transparent asylum system.
Risk of Indefinite Detention of Sudanese and Need to Recognize Them Automatically as Refugees
Human Rights Watch and HMW also said that Israel's inability to deport 600 detained Sudanese to Sudan because of the extremely high risk of persecution there means they face indefinite detention in Israel, unlawful under international law.
As it does with Eritreans, Israel has granted about 14,000 Sudanese nationals living in various parts of Israel informal temporary protection and has not registered any of them as asylum seekers.
The two organizations said Israel's coercion of detained Sudanese to return to Sudan meant the temporary protection status for the 14,000 currently not in detention – but who risk detention at any moment – was not enough to protect them against the risk of refoulement.
The 600 detainees, and 14,000 other Sudanese nationals in Israel, should be automatically granted refugee status. Section 52 of Sudan's Penal Code says that Sudanese nationals who visit an enemy state will be sentenced to 10 years in prison. Sudanese officials have repeatedly referred to Israel as an enemy state and have threatened to apply the law.
In 2007, the Sudanese Foreign Ministry said that visiting Israel was a crime and the Sudanese Refugees Commissioner claimed that Sudanese refugees in Israel wanted to "implement Zionism agendas against Sudan," and called on Egyptian authorities to "firmly penalize any Sudanese refugees if they were found trying to infiltrate through Egypt into Israel."
Sudanese nationals in Israel therefore have a sur place refugee claim, in which the well-founded fear of being persecuted arises as a consequence of events that happened after the person left his or her country of origin.
50,000 Eritreans, Sudanese Risk Detention, Pressure to Leave Israel
Since 2006, around 37,000 Eritrean and 14,000 Sudanese nationals entered Israel through Egypt's Sinai region. The numbers of new arrivals prompted Israel to build a recently completed fence that runs the full 240 kilometers of Israel's border with Egypt, which now makes it extremely difficult for anyone to enter Israel irregularly from Egypt.
According to the Israeli authorities, in December only 40 people entered the country from Egypt, down from 1,500 a month for most of 2012. UNHCR says fewer than 20 entered from Egypt across the land border in January. In October 2012, Human Rights Watch reportedon Israel's pushbacks at the border fence and called on Israel not to reject and push asylum seekers back or deport them without first reviewing their refugee claims.
UNHCR says most of the approximately 50,000 Eritrean and Sudanese nationals in Israel live in Tel Aviv. They are free to move within Israel and can work informally, thanks to a January 2011 Supreme Court ruling which says that the police and other authorities may not take legal action against employers who hire people holding the permits. If the authorities want to take such legal action, they must inform the court 30 days in advance.
UNHCR, HMW, and other Israeli refugee groups say that Israeli officials have repeatedly criticized "work infiltrators" and threatened to fine employers, and have not publicized information about the Eritrean and Sudanese national's work rights.
Israeli refugee groups say they are concerned Israel will soon use the Prevention of Infiltration Law and the September 2012 regulation to detain tens of thousands Eritrean and Sudanese nationals currently living in Israel in four newly expanded detention centers with a capacity of 16,000 people, and then to deport them.
Israeli government officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Interior Minister Yishai, have repeatedly threatened to deport all Sudanese and Eritrean nationals in Israel either to their home countries or to third countries. In early March, Israeli media reported the Interior Minister's most recent threats.
HMW said that in late February, Israel's Population and Immigration Authority posted a noticein the Saharonim and Ktsiot detention centers saying, among other things, that the government could use the Anti-Infiltration law to detain anyone who "infiltrated" – irregularly entered – Israel at any time. This would apply to the vast majority, if not all, Eritrean and Sudanese nationals who entered Israel over the past seven years or so. The notice said that "a warrant will be issued against these infiltrators and they will be transferred to a detention facility."
Israel's "Prevention of Infiltration Law" and the September 2012 "Regulation for the Treatment of InfiltratorsInvolved in Criminal Proceedings"
2012 Amendments to Israel's 1954 "Prevention of Infiltration" law
Human Rights Watch and HMW said all Eritrean and Sudanese detainees face prolonged or even indefinite detention because of changes to detention powers in Israel's 1954 "Prevention of Infiltration" law that came into effect in June 2012.
The amendments give border guards and judges the power to detain indefinitely anyone who has irregularly entered Israel – that is, without passing through an official border post – and who is not a "resident," as defined by Israel's Population Authority Law. The law refers to all such people as "infiltrators."
These legal provisions violate international refugee law by not distinguishing asylum seekers from others who enter irregularly, in effect punishing asylum seekers for their irregular entry.
In addition, UNHCR's 2012 Detention Guidelines say that "detention of asylum seekers should be a measure of last resort, with liberty being the default position."
They also say that countries should not detain asylum seekers simply for the purpose of deportation: "It is unlawful to detain asylum-seekers in on-going asylum proceedings on grounds of expulsion as they are not available for removal until a final decision on their claim has been made …[D]etention for the purposes of expulsion can only occur after the asylum claim has been finally determined and rejected."
Yet the Explanatory Note accompanying the 2012 amendments to the Israeli law say the amendments aim "primarily to allow for the detention of infiltrators for a much longer period of time … and to add … the necessary mechanisms … for holding infiltrators in detention until their deportation."
UNHCR's guidelines also say that deterring others from seeking asylum, or dissuading those who have already lodged their claims from pursuing them, is not a legitimate purpose to justify detention.
But the Explanatory Note to the 2012 amendments says that "the expectation is that the length of … detention will curb the infiltration phenomenon… a phenomenon which has to be prevented … in order to protect … the state's sovereignty."
Israel's Anti-Infiltration law says that the head of the Border Control Authority and Detention Review Tribunals may – but are not obliged to – release an "infiltrator" with a guarantee if a person has requested a residency permit, which includes asylum claims, and the "handling" of the request has not begun three months after the request was made, or if there has been "no decision" on the request nine months after the request was submitted, or if the "infiltrator" has been detained for three years.
The new provisions replace parts of Israel's 1952 Law of Entry into Israel, under which people irregularly entering Israel should be deported within 60 days or released, although in practice detainees have been held for much longer because authorities say the law gives them discretion, not an obligation, to release after 60 days.
The law says that the head of the Border Control Authority and Detention Review Tribunals may refuse to release "infiltrators" after three or nine months, or after three years, if, among other things, they have delayed their deportation because of a lack of cooperation and if their release "would endanger national security, public order or public health."
The Anti-Infiltration law also says that the head of the Border Control Authority and Detention Review Tribunals may – but are not obliged – to release "in exceptional circumstances" an "infiltrator" if due to "age or physical condition" detention is "likely to harm his or her health and there is no other way to prevent the harm," or if there are "other special humanitarian grounds."
September 2012 Regulation "for the Treatment of Infiltrators Involved in Criminal Proceedings"
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Over the past decade, IMAX (NYSE: IMAX) has become synonymous with the premium experience of watching Hollywood blockbusters - on a screen as high as 98 feet with over 40 speakers. It wasn’t always this way - for the first three decades after its debut in 1971, IMAX was restricted to special presentations at museums and educational venues, since technical limitations kept films short, at approximately 40-50 minutes.
In the early 2000s, however, its film-making and projection technologies were modified - later digitally - to accommodate feature-length films. This key advance, combined with rapidly improving computer-generated special effects in high-budget films, created a market for IMAX projectors and screens to gradually replace traditional movie projector systems.
Propelled by rising demand for its projection systems, increasingly technically impressive films, and evolving 3D technology, has IMAX become a perfect stock to own to capitalize on this revolution of modern film entertainment?
How does IMAX make money?
During the fourth quarter of 2012, IMAX earned an adjusted 23 cents per share, easily topping the analyst estimate of 16 cents. Net income grew 105.9% from the prior year quarter to $12.9 million.
Sales from revenue sharing agreements - in which IMAX takes a cut of the movie profits - rose 103.4% to $17 million. IMAX currently holds revenue sharing agreements with AMC Entertainment, Regal Entertainment (NYSE: RGC) and Cinemark Holdings (NYSE: CNK).
However, IMAX’s revenue from systems sales dropped 18.5% to $24.3 million, since it only installed 14 new systems in theaters during the fourth quarter, as opposed to 17 a year earlier.
Yet that slip shouldn't worry investors - looking ahead, the company has already signed contracts to install 38 new theater systems (28 in new locations) going into the new fiscal year. IMAX's wide-reaching revenue sharing arrangements show that theater companies are quickly realizing that IMAX has become the de facto industry standard.
The remainder of IMAX’s revenue is generated from periodic system maintenance fees, theater operations, and its own branded films.
Total revenue grew 16.6% to $77.8 million, also ahead of the $74 million that analysts had projected. Gross box office revenues for IMAX titles rose 55.7% to $152 million - a record for the company. The average box office per screen rose from $221,600 to $264,400.
CEO Richard Gelfond offered a clear explanation of IMAX’s primary goals:
“Our 2013 objectives are straightforward — continue to expand our footprint worldwide, maximize the scalability of our business and further leverage our differentiated end-to-end technology platform to enable more leading filmmakers and studios to create an entertainment experience that cannot be found anywhere else.”
Top and Bottom Line Growth
IMAX’s top and bottom line have grown 104.1% and 363.6%, respectively, over the past ten years.
Although earnings are slightly inconsistent, mainly due to the recession, it was still profitable for seven of the past ten years. Looking forward, analysts at Thomson Financial estimate that IMAX will earn $0.98 per share for fiscal 2013, and follow that up with $1.35 per share in 2014.
Revenue growth was also higher in 2009 and 2010, prior to sliding slightly in 2011. According to analyst projections, however, IMAX’s revenue is expected to rise 9.5% to $311 million in fiscal 2013, and 15.7% to $360 million in 2014.
In my opinion, these positive catalysts are just the beginning for IMAX, as demand for its large projection systems rises domestically as well as overseas.
China, the world’s second largest economy and a population of 1.3 billion, has a rapidly growing middle class. IMAX currently operates 92 theaters in China, and is planning to open 133 more in busy urban areas. China’s strong interest in movie theaters was reflected in Dalian Wanda Group’s $2.6 billion takeover of AMC Entertainment last year.
IMAX is also enjoying strong demand in Western Europe, Japan and Russia. The company currently operates 643 IMAX theaters in 52 countries.
Major Movie Releases & 3D
As long as IMAX is on fire, then it needs some good, effects-laden Hollywood offerings to act as kindling to keep it burning. Last year was a strong year for movie studios - blockbusters such as The Hunger Games, The Avengers and The Dark Knight Rises all drew in record crowds. This year, films such as Skyfall, The Hobbit, Jack the Giant Slayer and Oz: The Great and Powerful are continuing the trend.
IMAX is an excellent play on apparent insatiability of movie watchers for one main reason: it doesn’t have take the multimillion dollar risks that studios such as Time Warner or Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) have to shoulder to create films. IMAX merely has to use its technology to show the films, and with each film shown, its technology is showcased to more users, helping its popularity spread further.
3D technology, which became immensely popular after the 2009 release of James Cameron’s Avatar, has also fueled demand for the 3D IMAX experience, which is considered the top-tier experience for viewing major film releases.
Considering Disney’s ambitious plans for its Marvel franchises and its upcoming Star Wars sequels, I believe that “3D IMAX” will remain the premium standard for a long time.
Thanks to its niche market and peerless brand recognition, IMAX does not have any direct competitors - rather, they can be considered partners that help spread its brand. However, IMAX’s growth can still be measured against other major movie theater operators, to see how it stands fundamentally.
|Forward P/E||5-year PEG||Price to Sales (ttm)||Return on Equity (ttm)||Debt to Equity||Profit Margin|
($2.01 billion debt)
Source: Yahoo Finance, March 9.
Based on these metrics, we can see that IMAX is trading at a premium, albeit a well-deserved one, considering its beefier margins and lower debt levels. While Cinemark has grown over the past five years, its growth has been slow in comparison to IMAX. The reason is simple: whereas Cinemark and Regal must increase their expenses to adopt IMAX technology in their aging theaters, IMAX simply profits from the shift.
Regal Entertainment has fared the worst over the past five years, despite fairly strong growth in earnings. However, dwindling top-line growth sank Regal’s shares, which have performed the worst.
The Foolish Bottom Line
Investing in IMAX depends on one central thesis - will movies get progressively bigger and more dazzling, requiring the largest screens enhanced with 3D technology to view in their fully intended glory?
If so, then IMAX - with its growing brand, insulated business model, coupled with strong top and bottom line growth - just might be one of the strongest investments of this decade.
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Weaver ran from the car and his girlfriend, who is five months pregnant and was a passenger in the vehicle, ran into the woods, Hege said.
Weaver jumped into the Susquehanna River and was soon taken in to custody by a Lower Windsor Township Police officer who was able to get to him, Hege said.
As of Tuesday evening, police had not yet located Weaver's girlfriend, whose name was not released, Hege said.
"We're more concerned for her safety at this point," Hege said.
Weaver was taken to York Hospital Tuesday afternoon and treated for possible hypothermia, Hege said. He had been released by early evening and was being arraigned for charges involving traffic violations, fleeing and eluding police and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Hege said Weaver was wanted on warrants involving shoplifting and fleeing and eluding police.
Hege said it was not confirmed if the girlfriend had warrants for her arrest.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call Wrightsville Borough Police through 911. | 309 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-14/segments/1427131300031.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20150323172140-00202-ip-10-168-14-71.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.99036 |
078191ea-d2de-428b-bad5-4253b237288c | 2018-08-20T06:47:51+00:00 | 2017-11-01 | 1 | http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/kluane-lake-wind-project-funding-1.4380814 | Kluane Lake wind project to go ahead, with investment from Ottawa
Kluane First Nation plans to break ground next year on project to build 3 wind turbines
The Kluane First Nation has received the final $1 million it needs to fund a project to build three wind turbines near Kluane Lake.
The latest investment comes through the Department of Indigenous and Northern Affairs's Northern REACHE program, which funds renewable energy projects in off-grid northern communities.
The federal funds, combined with a separate $1 million from the Yukon Government, complete the budget needed to build the Kluane N'Tsi (Wind) Energy Project.
"We've been working on it for a long time so we're really happy to see it come to fruition," said Kate Ballegooyen, environmental officer for the First Nation.
"It's kind of a perfect storm right now, with new federal funding coming out, and I think an overall change in tone, and sense of urgency on the renewable energy front."
The funding is contingent on the First Nation negotiating a power purchase agreement with ATCO Electric Yukon. The hope is to have that in place by February.
A heritage assessment for the Yukon Government should be completed by the spring, which will be followed by a land lease plan — the turbines will be built on Yukon government land, not First Nation settlement land.
"Those are the only regulatory hurdles we're looking at, and I think we're prepared to take those on," said Ballegooyen.
She says the wind energy generated by the towers is expected to offset more than a quarter of the diesel used annually by Destruction Bay and Burwash Landing — about 160,000 litres per year.
A stronger Canadian dollar and lower turbine prices have allowed the First Nation to look at different models from the original proposal.
The turbines it now intends to build will be freestanding, without guy wires. This is expected to mitigate concerns raised during the Yukon Socio-Economic Assessment Board's (YESAB) review of the project. In its recommendation, YESAB acknowledged the potential for "significant" loss of local birds.
"Guy wires can be a greater cause of bird mortality than the turbines themselves," the review board wrote, in its report.
The new model is also shorter than the one originally proposed — 37 metres instead of 50 metres. The three turbines will have a combined capacity of 300 kW.
A groundbreaking ceremony is planned for National Aboriginal Day — June 21, 2018. | 515 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-34/segments/1534221215858.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20180820062343-20180820082343-00225.warc.gz | 0.949078 |
4616aaa9-f8f9-4976-bad7-f3873b08c474 | 2013-06-19T14:26:04+00:00 | 2013-05-03 | 0 | http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/crime/article/253963/82/Firefighter-charged-with-molesting-girl-for-6-years | Winter Haven, Florida -- A lieutenant with the Winter Haven Fire Department was arrested for inappropriately touching a girl for 6 years from the time she was 9 years old.
During an interview with detectives on May 3, 44-year-old Bobby Creech admitted to touching the girl's breasts from 1997 to 2006 during what he called "sweet hugs" and "tickle fights".
In a statement, he apologized to the girl, now 24, for everything he had done to her and that he has hated himself for so long for what he did.
Creech, of Tampa, is being charged with Lewd Molestation.
Back in February 2012, Creech was charged with Kidnapping, Battery and Tampering with a Victim after he forced his former girlfriend into a vehicle after an argument. Police say the woman had abrasions and she told them he threatened her life. | 178 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708142388/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516124222-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.988963 |
90a02958-9786-443b-8469-cee25260935b | 2018-08-20T20:57:36+00:00 | 2017-09-28 | 1 | http://247latestnews.com/north-korean-companies-closed-china/ | China has told North Korean companies operating in its territory to close down as it implements United Nations sanctions against the reclusive state. The companies will be shut by early January. Joint Chinese and North Korean ventures will also be forced to close.
China, Pyongyang’s only major ally, has already banned textile trade and limited oil exports. The move is part of an international response to North Korea’s sixth and most powerful nuclear test. The UN Security Council, of which China is a member, voted unanimously for fresh sanctions on 11 September.
China’s commerce ministry said it had set a deadline of 120 days from the passing of the resolution for any North Korean companies within its borders to close.
Source : PTI | 148 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-34/segments/1534221217006.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20180820195652-20180820215652-00164.warc.gz | 0.967519 |
6105312f-6015-448c-8cf6-c5dc0e6d3d8f | 2020-10-30T04:45:38+00:00 | 2018-12-31 | 0 | https://scaletechconf.com/speaker/inmar-givoni/ | Inmar Givoni is an Autonomy Engineering Manager at Uber Advanced Technology Group, Toronto, where she leads a team whose mission is to bring from research and into production cutting-edge deep-learning models for self-driving vehicles. She received her PhD (Computer Science) in 2011 from the University of Toronto, specializing in machine learning, and was a visiting scholar at the University of Cambridge. She worked at Microsoft Research, Altera (now Intel), Kobo, and Kindred at roles ranging from research scientist to VP, Big Data, applying machine learning techniques to various problem domains and taking concepts from research to production systems.
She is an inventor of several patents and has authored numerous top-tier academic publications in the areas of machine learning, computer vision, and computational biology. She is a regular speaker at AI events, and is particularly interested in outreach activities for young women, encouraging them to choose technical career paths. For her volunteering efforts she has received the 2017 Arbor Award from UofT. In 2018 she was recognized as one of Canada’s 50 inspiring women in STEM. | 219 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107907213.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20201030033658-20201030063658-00525.warc.gz | 0.97493 |
afe25c9d-c134-4433-b6d4-c21a1ae45c05 | 2015-04-01T10:51:38+00:00 | 2009-09-29 | 0 | http://www.goblueridge.net/community/7689 | |UNEWZ SUBMISSION: Don't Throw that Bottle Away!|
|Written by Michelle Eldreth|
|Tuesday, 29 September 2009 06:39|
Did you know that come Oct. 1, that will be illegal to throw plastic bottles in the trash can?
Rigid plastic containers such as soda and water bottles, laundry detergent containers and milk jugs, will no longer be able to be discarded in regular trash bins beginning Oct. 1 after the state of North Carolina becomes one of the first in the nation to ban the practice.
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2f4ae9b6-7023-4fcc-8c37-b8095ce22e64 | 2022-05-19T10:05:56+00:00 | 2021-12-19 | 1 | https://www.bookingclinic.com/en/treatments/Reproductive%20medicine/Infertility/Conventional%20In%20Vitro%20Fertilization%20(IVF) | It is perfectly normal for a woman to want to improve her body, especially after a pregnancy and birth or a surgery. The way we feel about our body and appearance is of major importance, key to the boost of self-confidence and good mood. There are solutions with which you can correct any kind of imperfection questioning the femininity of a woman, and achieve the desired appearance.
More than 600,000 knee-replacement surgeries are done in the United States every year, and as Baby Boomers continue to age, some say that figure will grow to 1 million within the next decade. Patients are increasingly choosing an option that allows doctors to build their patient’s knees.
Less than a year ago, climbing a flight of stairs would have been impossible for Amanda Fair-Evans. “I couldn’t even get out of the car, and I was like, ‘What is this?’” Fair-Evans said. The pain in her left knee was unbearable. Fair-Evans tried medication and cortisone shots and finally begged her doctor for surgery. “I have no quality of life,” Fair-Evans recalled saying. “I have grandkids and I want to play with my grandkids. Please give me a new knee.”
Dr. Mathew Pombo, an orthopedic surgeon, felt Fair-Evans would be a great candidate for a personalized replacement knee. A standing CT scan of a patient’s leg captures the alignment, followed by a three-dimensional printing process. “We can input components into the computer and print off a specific femur and a specific tibia that fits the bone perfectly,” Pombo said. It takes about six weeks for a medical company to create the custom knee. During surgery, doctors remove the damaged joint. Then, using individually designed tools, surgeons insert the new joint and cement it in. “It’s basically like putting a train on perfectly aligned train tracks,” Pombo said. “It should wear better.”
Five months later, Fair-Evans had her other knee replaced. Now she’s back to the things she loves to do. “(I’m) taking long walks, playing with my grandkids and dancing,” Fair-Evans said. “I haven’t danced in a long time.” Pombo said there is a faster recovery, less blood loss and easier range of motion when patients have the personalized 3D knee surgery. | 526 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662526009.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220519074217-20220519104217-00625.warc.gz | 0.956034 |
1ec1f10c-5384-4a15-95ed-0df49109a3b1 | 2019-08-20T09:45:56+00:00 | 2016-12 | 1 | http://www.v2g.co.uk/2016/12/nissan-unveil-solar-pv-integrated-static-xstorage-for-uk/ | In two separate press releases there have been two interesting announcements from Nissan on the ex EV battery storage front. In the first there’s a football connection!
Nissan, power management leader Eaton and The Mobility House today signed a ground-breaking 10-year deal with Amsterdam ArenA – home of Ajax Football Club and world-famous entertainment venue – to provide back-up power from second life Nissan LEAF batteries.
The xStorage Buildings system efficiently stores and distributes energy when it’s needed, ensuring that the lights never go out at the renowned 55,000-seater stadium, which has played host to numerous high profile concerts and sporting events over the years.
By repurposing batteries from previously used electric vehicles, the xStorage Buildings system can draw energy from the grid, providing businesses with more control, better value and a more sustainable choice for their energy consumption.
Using 280 Nissan LEAF batteries, the system designed for the Amsterdam ArenA will be the largest energy storage system powered by second-life batteries used by a commercial business in Europe and will have four Megawatts of power and four Megawatts (sic) of storage capacity.
As well as providing vital back-up power services to the ArenA, xStorage Buildings also enables the Amsterdam ArenA to power the surrounding neighbourhood when necessary and protect the grid.
We’ll excuse Nissan PR the misprint because they’ve provided this nice video accompaniment to their announcement, which doesn’t make the same mistake:
In the second announcement it is revealed that:
Nissan and power management leader Eaton are broadening their portfolio of xStorage Home residential energy storage solutions by introducing a range of six product configurations, giving consumers greater choice to meet their energy needs. This announcement comes as pre-orders of xStorage Home begin today in the United Kingdom, Norway and Germany with other European markets to follow in the coming months.
The xStorage Home system can draw energy from the sun or from the grid, making energy consumption more affordable and encouraging home-owners to make a more sustainable choice. The cutting-edge technology in the xStorage Home system is also fit for the future, and can enable customers to sell energy back to the grid – an opportunity that is expected to be offered by energy companies in the future.
The system gives consumers greater control over how and when they use energy in their own homes enabling them to avoid expensive tariff periods. The expanded range will offer consumers greater choice over power capacity and price as well as units. Consumers can opt to purchase units powered by either second life batteries or new batteries.
xStorage Home units – which provide a sustainable second life for Nissan’s electric vehicle (EV) batteries after their first life in cars is over – will be priced competitively starting at €3,500 (excluding VAT and installation costs) for a power capacity of 3.5kW rising to just €3,900 for 6kW. Units powered by new Nissan batteries will start from €5,000 rising to €5,580 for the highest capacity and will come with an extended warranty period of ten years.
Connected to a residential power supply and/or renewable energy sources such as solar panels, the unit has the potential to revolutionise the way people manage energy usage in their own home, providing added flexibility.
xStorage Home comes with solar panel inverters already integrated meaning that if a home is equipped with solar panels, the consumer can connect directly to xStorage Home, storing and then powering their homes using clean, renewable energy. It can also save customers money on their utility bills by charging up when renewable energy is available or cheaper, and releasing that stored energy when demand and costs are high.
The xStorage Home unit also has the capability to provide energy back to the grid in countries where the conditions enable customers to do so. This provides another potential revenue stream as customers will be able to sell stored energy back to the grid when demand and costs are high.
The system also provides the ultimate back-up energy solution to consumers, ideal at a time when energy grids are coming under significant strain. With smartphone connectivity, it allows consumers to switch between energy sources at the touch of a button.
I wonder if Eaton have solved all the Great British G83 issues yet, and whether they will incorporate V2H functionality into their xStorage offering? I also cannot help but wonder how many Great British Pounds that €3,500 will translate to by the time UK deliveries eventually commence? | 916 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027315321.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20190820092326-20190820114326-00538.warc.gz | 0.937289 |
d97fb9b3-9a03-449f-9c71-e134c1765e77 | 2022-05-21T15:53:56+00:00 | 2019-05-20 | 1 | https://club937.com/flint-public-art-project-is-halfway-done-the-good-news/ | Flint Public Art Project is Halfway Done – The Good News
Got to see one of these beautiful murals yesterday and I can't wait to see more!
They say that you learn something new every day, and it's true - I had no idea that this has been in the works for seven years!
The Flint Public Art Project's goal is to have 100 murals painted by local, national and international artists throughout Flint by the fall of this year, and they're already over halfway to their goal.
They really are beautifying Flint and if you can't see the beauty in this art project, you're not looking hard enough. | 132 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662539131.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20220521143241-20220521173241-00024.warc.gz | 0.984206 |
7a9a605d-dfed-489b-821a-a3d9716dc806 | 2022-05-25T12:47:25+00:00 | 2015-10-31 | 1 | https://www.managementtoday.co.uk/toyota-overtakes-vw-become-worlds-biggest-carmaker-again/article/1369935 | Toyota has overtaken Volkswagen to retake its crown as the world’s largest carmaker. But there’s cold comfort for the German: the full effects of the emissions scandal have yet to be felt, so its results aren’t actually that bad – yet.
The Japanese carmaker sold just under 7.5 million vehicles in the first nine months of 2015, taking poll position ahead of VW’s 7.43 million and General Motors’ 7.2 million.
In the first half of this year, VW overtook Toyota to become the world’s biggest carmaker for the first time (Toyota having taken the crown from GM in 2008, only losing it briefly in 2011 when the Japanese tsunami interrupted production). How far away that looks now, as it struggles to contain the fallout from the revelation it had been fiddling the emissions tests for its diesel cars in the US and Europe. | 188 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662587158.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220525120449-20220525150449-00027.warc.gz | 0.951791 |
0fc4b8c8-9f4b-4098-99d6-7a0cd75c3664 | 2016-07-26T14:45:34+00:00 | 2013-05-16 | 0 | http://www.pga.com/print/310607 | MOBILE, Ala. -- Lexi Thompson birdied four of her last five holes for a 7-under 65 and a share of the first-round lead Thursday with Eun-Hee Ji in the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic.
The 18-year-old Thompson, second last year behind Stacy Lewis, had eight birdies and a bogey on The Crossings course at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail's Magnolia Grove complex.
''I definitely had it in mind, but it's a whole different year and a new day, so I was just trying to go out and make some birdies,'' Thompson said. ''I knew my game was good, so just going to try to keep that going.''
She hit to inches on the par-4 ninth to set up her closing birdie.
''That was a good shot to end on,'' Thompson said. ''I just had a three-quarter pitching wedge and just committed to it. ... I was hitting it pretty close and I drained a few putts. I was just taking one shot at a time, not trying to get ahead of myself because it's golf, anything can happen.''
She won the 2011 Navistar LPGA Classic in Alabama for her lone LPGA Tour title.
''I'm glad to be back in Alabama,'' Thompson said.
Ji, the 2009 U.S. Women's Open champion, had five birdies in a six-hole stretch on the front nine in her bogey-free round.
''I just focus on my game and I just keep positive with my game,'' Ji said.
Jessica Korda was a stroke back at 66, and Nicole Castrale, Mina Harigae, Dewi Claire Schreefel, Thidapa Suwanapura, Hee Young Park, Jennifer Johnson and Chella Choi shot 67.
Korda also had a bogey-free round.
''I was hitting the ball pretty good,'' said Korda, the 2012 Women's Australian Open winner. ''I made two birdies my first two holes and I was like, 'OK, this might be a good day.'''
The second-ranked Lewis opened with a 70.
''I didn't really have anything go right today,'' said Lewis, the winner this year in Singapore and Phoenix. ''I had one ball hit the sprinkler and go in the trees and one hit the cart path and go in the trees.''
Michelle Wie shot a 74. | 516 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-30/segments/1469257824994.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20160723071024-00267-ip-10-185-27-174.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.971216 |
f9e2a779-caae-483c-9274-8a080ec23339 | 2017-08-21T04:47:30+00:00 | 2013-03-23 | 0 | http://www.nwherald.com/2013/03/23/re-imagined-with-renovations/a2xfgd2/?page=1 | BARRINGTON – Major renovations to the more than three-decades old Barrington Area Public Library building are expected to begin this spring.
The yearlong renovation project is being led by the architecture firm of Engberg Anderson, Inc. of Milwaukee and construction management company Shales McNutt Construction of Elgin. The project has been approved by the library’s Board of Trustees at a cost not to exceed $8.5 million.
Most of the project will be paid for using the district’s budget reserves.
“It gives us a chance to re-imagine the library and look at it as a library for the 21st century,” said Don Minner, president of the library board.
During the renovation, the library will replace its outdated mechanical systems, such as heating, air conditioning, electrical and lighting, plumbing and fire protection services.
Renovations also will take place outside the building. The parking lot will be resurfaced, new lighting will be added, and a drive-up materials drop box will be installed for the convenience of patrons.
Inside the library, renovations will focus on the areas where people congregate. More seating areas will be added near the windows, and areas of the library will receive new paint, carpet and furniture.
The building is not being expanded, just redesigned so the best use is made of the space, Minner said.
The library will provide more work and meeting space for patrons.
Individuals will be able to enjoy office-away-from-home work pods in a fully equipped business center, while small groups will be able to share technology and conversation in a variety of study and meeting rooms.
The business center area will be located next to an expanded technology center, including a media lab.
“Today, more and more people need work space out in the community,” Executive Director Detlev Pansch said. “They’re not going into the office every day.
“They need access to technology, printers, power outlets and a convenient place to meet and share technology with others. Now, we’ll be able to provide that level of service.”
The youth services department will move to the first floor and feature interactive learning and an imaginative play area, a creation lab, interactive exhibits and lots of technology.
Teens and young adults will find booth-style seating, a media lab and gaming room on the second floor.
Nearby will be the new reading commons, with a variety of seating options to accommodate individuals, groups and small library programs.
Books and reference services for adults will find a new home on the second floor as well.
Library officials view the renovation as an opportunity to look at all aspects of the library, from top to bottom.
“We’re going to take the opportunity to do everything that needs to be done all at once and not stretch it out over multiple years,” Minner said.
During the renovations, services will not stop but may move temporarily.
The library board is set to begin reviewing bids for the project in April. | 640 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886107490.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20170821041654-20170821061654-00258.warc.gz | 0.944571 |
48a40c3b-d8b6-4a61-b5d5-ce3d72d58560 | 2022-05-16T15:39:00+00:00 | 2014-06-18 | 0 | https://oak.go.kr/central/journallist/journaldetail.do?article_seq=11845 | For designing broadcast protocols in mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs), one of the important goals is to reduce the rebroadcast packets redundancy while reaching all the nodes in network. In this paper, we propose a probabilistic broadcasting mechanism based on selfishness and additional coverage in MANETs. Our approach dynamically adjusts the rebroadcast probability according to the extra covered area and number of neighbor nodes. By these two factors, mobile hosts can be classified into three groups: normal, low selfishness, and high selfishness groups. The nodes in the normal group forward packets for other nodes with high probability, whereas the nodes in the low selfishness group rebroadcast packets with low probability and the nodes in the high selfishness group do not rebroadcast packets. We compared our approach with simple flooding and the fixed probabilistic approach. The simulation results show that the proposed schemes can significantly reduce the number of retransmissions by up to 40% compared simple flooding and fixed probabilistic scheme without significant reduction in the network reachability and end-to-end packet delay.
A mobile ad hoc network (MANET) is a network formed without central administration that consists of mobile nodes that use a wireless interface to send packet data. MANET is a special type of wireless mobile network in which mobile hosts can move and communicate with no aid of any established infrastructure. With no fixed infrastructure, the efficient use of a MANET’s resources is highly crucial for the successful communication between mobile nodes .
Broadcasting is used to transmit a message from a source to all the other nodes in the network. It is widely used to resolve many network layer problems. DNS lookups, exchange of control packets for management purposes, and routing discovery requests are some examples of broadcasting across the network. In a MANET in particular, due to host mobility, broadcasting can be applied to many areas, such as paging a particular host, sending an alarm signal, and finding a route to a particular host, etc. Several ad hoc network protocols assume that the broadcasting service is available [1,2].
Many schemes have been proposed for broadcasting in MANETs. The most straightforward broadcast mechanism used in MANETs is simple flooding (SF) . In this approach, as in a wired network, each mobile host rebroadcasts received broadcast packets if they have not been received before. Packets that have already been received are discarded. Although SF is a very simplistic protocol, it has the virtue of being reliable, while requiring minimal state retention. Unfortunately, the large number of rebroadcast packets in SF often results in redundant messages, consuming valuable bandwidth and power as well as causing contention, collision, and packet loss. More sophisticated solutions such as probability-based, counter-based, distancebased, location-based, and neighbor knowledge-based approaches have been proposed to overcome the drawbacks of SF [4,5].
A probability-based approach depends upon a predefined fixed probability to determine whether the packets should be rebroadcast or not. One problem of the probabilistic approach is how to set the rebroadcast probability. It is demonstrated that the optimal rebroadcast probability is around 0.7. Intuitively, this value does not seem globally optimal regardless of the neighbors’ distance or density. For example, the mobile hosts close to the sender will have more neighbors whose coverage areas significantly overlap. Therefore, the rebroadcast probability of a node in a MANET should be set dynamically according to its circumstances .
Based on this observation, we propose a dynamic probabilistic broadcast approach, which is an improvement upon the blind fixed probabilistic broadcasting approach and can efficiently reduce broadcast redundancy in MANETs. The main idea of our approach is to reduce the number of unnecessary packets for broadcast in MANETs. The proposed algorithm in this paper dynamically calculates the rebroadcast probability according to the number of neighbor nodes and the extra coverage area of a mobile node. We use a scheme based on selfishness. Our approach dynamically adjusts the rebroadcast probability according to the extra covered area and number of neighbor nodes. Using these two factors, we categorize mobile hosts into three groups: normal nodes, low selfishness nodes, and high selfishness nodes. Normal nodes forward packets for other nodes with high probability, whereas low selfishness nodes rebroadcast packets with low probability, and high selfishness nodes do not rebroadcast packets. This is a hierarchical approach such that high selfishness nodes do not rebroadcast packets whereas most of the relaying node set is the set of normal nodes. We compared our approach with simple flooding and the fixed probabilistic approach. The simulation results show that these concepts significantly reduce the number of retransmissions without expansion of insignificant reduction in the network reachability and end-to-end packet delay.
The rest of this paper is organized as follows: in Section II, we introduce related works on broadcasting to provide a background on MANET. In Section III, we describe the probabilistic broadcasting mechanism based on selfishness and additional coverage in MANETs, highlighting the procedure of this approach. We evaluate and present the simulation results in Section IV. In Section V, conclusions are drawn and recommendations for future work are suggested.
One of the well-known solutions to routing in ad hoc networks is flooding, where every node in the network retransmits a message to its neighbors after receiving it. Although flooding is extremely simple and easy to implement, it can be very costly and can lead to serious problems, known as the broadcast storm problem. It is characterized by redundant packet retransmissions, network bandwidth contention, and collision. A simple solution to the broadcast storm problem is to send fewer redundant messages [1,2]. Ni et al. studied the flooding protocol analytically and experimentally and showed that a rebroadcast can provide only 61% additional coverage and only 41% additional coverage on average over that already covered by the previous transmission. Therefore, rebroadcasts are very costly and should be used with caution [1,2,4].
Four deterministic schemes are described in : probability-based, area-based, counter-based, and distancebased schemes. These schemes differ with regard to the criteria used in the decision for forwarding a message to its neighbors after receiving it. A probability-based scheme is a very simple way of reducing rebroadcasts. Every node rebroadcasts with a predefined probability
Kim et al. introduced a dynamic probabilistic broadcasting approach with a coverage area and neighbors confirmation for MANETs. Their scheme combines a probabilistic approach with the area-based approach. A mobile host can dynamically adjust its forwarding probability according to its additional coverage in its neighborhood. The additional coverage is estimated by the distance from the sender. The simulation results showed that this approach generates fewer rebroadcasts than the flooding approach. It also incurs lower broadcast collision without sacrificing high reachability .
Zhang and Agrawal have also described a dynamic probabilistic scheme, which uses a combination of probabilistic and counter-based schemes. The value of a packet counter does not necessarily correspond to the exact number of neighbors from the current host, since some of its neighbors may have suppressed their rebroadcasts according to their local rebroadcast probability .
Bani-Yassein et al. proposed a dynamic probabilistic algorithm to improve network reachability and saved rebroadcast. The forwarding probability is determined by considering the network density and node movement. This is done based on locally available information and without requiring any assistance in the distance measurements or exact location of determination devices. The algorithm controls the frequency of rebroadcasts and thus might save network resources without affecting delivery ratios .
Khan et al. proposed a coverage-based dynamically adjusted probabilistic forwarding scheme and compared its performance with simple flooding and fixed probabilistic schemes. The proposed scheme maintains the reachability of pure flooding while maintaining the simplicity of the probability-based schemes .
Although the goal of all of the above works is to minimize the number of retransmissions, none of them guarantee the best suited bounds of retransmissions. In general, neighbor knowledge methods perform better than areabased methods, while area-based methods perform better than probability-based methods. This is due to the complexity and increased overhead of the complex schemes. Our approach combines the advantages of probability-based, counter-based, and area-based approaches. It has higher throughput, better reachability, and lower latency compared to general probabilistic or area-based approaches. Moreover, it is simple enough for easy implementation. We describe the details of our approach in Section III.
The rebroadcast probabilities
In MANET, the same probabilities
which topologies frequently change. These changes include how sparse or dense a MANET is, or how far or near the nodes that receive the packets are from the sender. If these circumstances are not taken into consideration, the value of P might be set too small or large, and in the end, the reach-ability will be poor and a large quantity of rebroadcast packets will be generated. This kind of problem arises from the fact that every node has the same probability of rebroad-casting a message, regardless of the extra area covered.
In a MANET, the areas that neighboring nodes of a mobile node cover typically overlap. Manipulating the overlapping area between a node’s own coverage and its neighbors’ coverage is very important in reducing the number of duplicate route requests. After a node receives a message from its neighborhood, the additional area covered by its rebroadcast is a small fraction of its whole coverage area, as depicted by Fig. 1. Let
Ni et al. showed that the maximum additional coverage area, denoted as MAX(
In a MANET, the mobile nodes have no motivation to share their resources with other nodes. As mobile nodes want to minimize unnecessary resource consumption and to maximize throughput of their own messages, they refuse to forward packets for other nodes and non-cooperative behavior arises. This kind of behavior is called selfishness. In order to reduce the number of rebroadcasts in a MANET, we introduce the concept of selfishness.
Fig. 2 shows the selfishness that is part of our approach. In Fig. 2, intuitively, it is better those nodes far away from the sender among the neighbors retransmit broadcast packets instead of nodes close to the sender. The nodes n1, n2, n3, and n4 are geographically far away from sender node s, so it would be better that they act as relay nodes with a high retransmission probability. On the other hand, node n5 and n6 are geographically close to sender node s, and they may be shadowed from relay nodes with low retransmission probability. These nodes in the shadowed area, n5 and n6, can be selfish, so that they can be alleviated from the burden of rebroadcasting a packet.
All of the mobile nodes in a MANET can be classified as normal or selfish nodes. Normal nodes rebroadcast packets for other nodes, while selfish nodes do not rebroadcast. However, selfish nodes may generate data packets and request the normal nodes to forward data for them. We propose probability broadcasting based on selfishness in a MANET. In order to determine whether a node is selfish or not, a node needs to observe the routing behavior of other nodes. A node can attempt to learn the threshold value and the period and optimize its behavior so that it refuses to cooperate the amount that the threshold value allows exactly.
We allow each node to choose different probabilities according to its distance from the sender. The distance from the sender to a node can be calculated from the sender’s transmission power level or global positioning system (GPS). In short, with our approach, each node examines how far it is from sender and determines its retransmission probability. It is better for the node that is further from the sender to have a high retransmission probability than to have a low probability. This means that a node that is geographically further from the sender may potentially act as a relay node for a node that is closer to the sender. Note that a node close to the sender might be selfish and alleviated from the rebroadcast burden in the extreme case. The advantage of the concept of selfishness is that the total rebroadcast traffic may be reduced. The drawback of this concept is that the network reachability may be adversely affected if all of the nodes in any cut set of the MANET graph are assigned to be selfish.
In the fixed probabilistic approach, the rebroadcast probability
The value of rebroadcast probability
We choose a predefined number of mobile nodes as selfish during the network set-up period. Our goal is to assign selfishness so that the set size of normal nodes is minimized while the connectivity constraint of the resultant network is probabilistically satisfied. The proposed algorithm dynamically calculates the value of rebroadcast probability
We assume that a mobile node is set as selfish or nonselfish during the set up period. Let
When a mobile node
The main idea of this paper is to reduce the rebroadcasting number in the route discovery phase. Reduced rebroadcasting leads to a decrease in the network traffic and cuts down the probability of channel contention and packet collision. Since our algorithm is based on a probabilistic approach, it does not fit in every case of MANET. In this section, we evaluate the performance of our algorithm by comparing it with simple flooding and the fixed probabilistic broadcast algorithm.
There is a small chance that the broadcast packets cannot reach the destination in our probabilistic approach. The performance of broadcast protocols can be measured by a variety of metrics [6,10]. In this work, we used three measures: rebroadcast savings, average broadcast delay, and reachability and evaluated the performance by comparing it with simple flooding, fixed probability, and our approach. For simplicity, we assigned 0.7 as the probability of the fixed probability approach.
To evaluate our scheme, we modified the ad hoc network simulator GloMoSim . All the simulations were performed in a simulation area of 1,000 × 1,000 m, and the number of nodes was varied from 20 to 500. Our simulation parameters are shown in Table 1.
In this subsection, we evaluate the performance of our algorithm with regard to rebroadcast saving. We vary the traffic load by using different numbers of source-destination connections. In flooding, a mobile node rebroadcasts all routing request packets that are received for the first time. Therefore, there are
The rebroadcast probability
Fig. 4 shows rebroadcast saving of three approaches for route request when mobile nodes are not permitted to move in MANET. From Fig. 4, we can see that our approach can significantly reduce the number of rebroadcasts when the number of mobile nodes is large. The savings ranges from 30% to 40% compared with simple flooding.
As shown in Fig. 4, our improved algorithm can significantly reduce the number of rebroadcasts. As shown in the figure, the saving is higher when the traffic is heavier. This indicates that our algorithm is the most efficient among those tested.
The average end-to-end delay times taken for broadcast packets to reach destination node including transmission time and routing delay in the path are measured to compare the three algorithms for the delay of broadcast packet. The start time of broadcast packets and the time when they reach the last node are recorded. The difference between these two values is used as the delay of broadcast packets.
Fig. 5 shows the delay for different levels of traffic loads under the supposition of no node mobility. As expected, our proposed improved probabilistic algorithm displays lower delay than simple flooding or the fixed probabilistic approach. Since rebroadcasts can cause collision and possible contention for shared channels, our improved probabilistic approach incurs the lowest number of rebroadcasts, consequently generating the lowest delay.
The simple flooding approach guarantees that all mobile nodes can receive the broadcast packets at the expense of redundant rebroadcasting. However, in the probabilistic approach, some packets will be dropped according to their retransmission probability, which may cause some nodes to miss a broadcast packet.
The metric of reachability measures the proportion of nodes that can receive a broadcast packet.
Reachability is defined as
Fig. 6 shows the simulation results for reachability for a network of 20？500 nodes with the assumption of no host mobility. The flooding algorithm has the best performance with regard to reachability, reaching nearly 100% in the case of 500 node density. The performance of our improved probabilistic algorithm shows that the reachability is above 90% in the density of more than 100 nodes, so the reachability of our scheme performs better than the fixed probabilistic scheme. The figure shows that our improved probabilistic algorithm has higher reachability than the fixed probabilistic scheme and has nearly the same reachability as flooding in all network densities.
Broadcasting is an active research topic in MANETs. A significant problem is how to reduce the number of rebroadcast packets. Even though the large number of rebroadcasts guarantees high reachability, it causes high network bandwidth consumption and so many packet collisions occur. On the other hand, the lesser number of rebroadcasts results in low reachability, because it causes rebroadcast paths to be broken so that some mobile nodes may not receive the packets.
In this paper we introduced a probabilistic broadcasting approach based on selfishness and additional coverage for mobile hosts in MANETs. Our approach classifies mobile nodes into normal nodes and selfish nodes. Normal nodes relay packets with rebroadcast probability for others, while selfish nodes are divided into high or low selfishness. Low selfishness nodes relay packets with low rebroadcast probability and high selfishness nodes do not. The condition of these classifications is based on the number of neighbor nodes and additional coverage in MANETs.
The advantage of using selfish nodes is that the total rebroadcast traffic can be reduced. Using this method, we can reduce routing costs by minimizing the number of rebroadcasts in the route discovery phase, while achieving a higher delivery rate and lower end-to end delay. The disadvantage is that we may miss the optimal route and suffer from a low delivery rate. Simulation results show that our approach outperforms the AODV protocol in rebroadcast traffic. Compared with the simple flooding and fixed probabilistic approach, the simulation results showed that our probabilistic algorithm can improve the saved rebroadcast by up to 40% without sacrificing reachability.
We plan to build an analytic model for the dynamic probabilistic approach in order to facilitate the search for the optimal adaptation strategy. On the base of the analytic model, we should be able to obtain the proper value for using our scheme and predict the network performance with our approach in a MANET. | 3,909 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662510138.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20220516140911-20220516170911-00607.warc.gz | 0.936722 |
6e07fb0c-cc12-4d5f-b2c9-81de24818ca2 | 2022-05-28T12:53:03+00:00 | 2018-05-28 | 1 | https://www.constructionreporter.com/news/new-student-housing-project-set-for-navajo-technical-university | Plans are in the works for the construction of a modern three-story student housing complex on the main Crownpoint campus of Navajo Technical University in northwestern New Mexico.
Money for the project is coming from several sources, including most prominently the Sihasin Fund, which is giving the school $14.3 million to put up the structure.
The Sihasin Fund money was approved unanimously as part of the Crownpoint Student Housing Expenditure Plan by members of the Navajo Nation Council.
Other funding includes the Navajo Housing Authority, which is providing some $9.3 million, and the university itself, with $4 million.
The new building will measure 95,338 square feet and will include 144 rooms. Of that total, 126 rooms will be designed for double occupancy, with the remaining 18 dedicated to single room space.
Work on the new building is expected to launch this fall, with a 2020 completion date.
Navajo Technical University already has two dormitories and just over 30 individual housing units, all of which are fully occupied.
The school, with an enrollment of nearly 2,000 students, was established in 1979 as the Navajo Skill Center and officially named the Navajo Technical University three years ago.
Last fall, the school announced that it was opening a new 38-acre campus in Chinle, Arizona, 130 miles to the west of the Crownpoint campus, building a 6,000 square foot general education building that is expected to be completed this summer.
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1dea0920-edf3-4a97-9eb8-986af0a77488 | 2016-07-29T17:57:13+00:00 | 2013-11-01 | 1 | http://www.itv.com/news/wales/update/2013-11-01/pm-confirms-wales-will-get-more-devolved-powers/ | The Prime Minister has confirmed that the Welsh Government will be given powers to raise their own income tax - subject to a referendum. Stamp duty on the purchase of homes and other property will definitely be devolved.
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1b13eae9-8aee-4f6f-a1f1-1317f99b877d | 2017-08-24T03:22:56+00:00 | 2016-09-01 | 0 | https://www.valuewalk.com/2016/09/galaxy-note-7-battery-fire-vs-iphone-7-sale/ | Samsung has made an announcement, following the terrible news that the new Galaxy Note 7 can actually explode while charging. 35 incidents have been reported so far all over the world and this is not to take lightly.
So, the sales are off and the product is no longer available in the market. Before affecting more people, the company has advised everyone with this particular phone to return it. There will be compensation, of course, as well as a revised model for those who still want to have the specific model.
The statement of Samsung on the matter goes as follows: “To date (as of September 1) there have been 35 cases that have been reported globally and we are currently conducting a thorough inspection with our suppliers to identify possible affected batteries in the market. However, because our customers’ safety is an absolute priority at Samsung, we have stopped sales of the Galaxy Note7.”
US carriers freeze the sales of Samsung Galaxy Note 7
Under the light of the recent event and as per the request of Samsung, US carriers have frozen the sales of Samsung Galaxy Note 7. AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon and Sprint are cooperating closely with Samsung, so that the process of recalling the phones is as easy as possible. The battery cell issue is not insignificant and it needs immediate attention, as more incidents might follow (and possibly more severe than those reported so far). It is a matter of time, however, for the battery risks to stop and for the model to go back on the market.
It is worth noting that over a million phones have already been sold worldwide, making Galaxy Note 7 one of the most popular smartphones of its generation. There are more than 2.5 million phones out there, which need to be returned to Samsung to identify the problem and repair it promptly.
For those of you who were going to buy the Samsung Galaxy Note 7, it would be a good idea to wait for a while till everything runs smoothly. On the other hand, you can always go for another phone of the same features like iPhone 7. There is a lot of hype in iOS, after all!
For those who are loyal to Samsung, though, their statement is somewhat reassuring at the end: “For customers who already have Galaxy Note7 devices, we will voluntarily replace their current device with a new one over the coming weeks. We acknowledge the inconvenience this may cause in the market but this is to ensure that Samsung continues to deliver the highest quality products to our customers. We are working closely with our partners to ensure the replacement experience is as convenient and efficient as possible.” | 526 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886126027.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20170824024147-20170824044147-00602.warc.gz | 0.967385 |
9ba15802-ac30-4817-8cb7-8d72fe8b7cb2 | 2019-08-24T07:43:47+00:00 | 2019-08-24 | 1 | https://www.wshu.org/post/police-officer-plans-sue-southampton-village-racial-discrimination | A Southampton Village police officer says he was denied a promotion and discriminated against because he is black. He plans to sue the village to prompt an investigation and receive unspecified damages.
New York State requires anyone who serves as a detective or investigator for 18 months to receive the position permanently.
Southampton Village Officer Karrem Proctor served on the East End Drug Task Force between 2015 and 2017. He was removed from the task force one day before his 18 month anniversary.
Proctor says he was the only officer who was not promoted to the higher rank, while six other white officers received the promotion.
A Southampton Village spokesperson says they are not able to comment on pending litigation. | 136 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027319915.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20190824063359-20190824085359-00461.warc.gz | 0.983262 |
f0deb5e5-ae1d-4b1c-a37d-5708d2bf0cc6 | 2017-08-19T07:15:34+00:00 | 2017-06-01 | 1 | http://en.mercopress.com/2017/06/01 | The long-growing crack in the Larsen C ice shelf, one of Antarctica’s largest floating platforms of ice, appears to be reaching its inevitable end. Scientists with Project MIDAS, working out of Swansea University and Aberystwyth University in Wales and studying the shelf by satellites and through other techniques, have released a new update showing that the crack grew a stunning 11 miles in the space of just one week between May 25 and May 31.
Shareholders in Exxon Mobil have backed a motion requiring the company to assess the risks from climate change. The plan, proposed by investors including the Church of England, was supported by over 62% of those eligible to vote.
The European Commission president has said that it was the duty of Europe to stand up to the US if President Donald Trump decides to pull his country out of the Paris climate change accord. Jean-Claude Juncker said that the Americans can't just get out of the agreement, adding that it takes three to four years to pull out.
The International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC, which will lead the task of identifying the unknown Argentine combatants buried at the Darwin cemetery in the Falkland Islands, and currently in Buenos Aires, will be arriving in the Islands next Saturday and work is expected to begin as had been anticipated on 19 June.
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J&F Investimentos, controlling shareholder of the world's largest meatpacker JBS SA,, agreed to pay a record-setting 10.3 billion real (US$3.2 billion) fine for its role in corruption scandals that threaten to topple President Michel Temer. The settlement meant Brazil's sweeping graft investigations have now led to the world's two biggest leniency fines ever levied, Brazilian prosecutors said. | 392 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886105326.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20170819070335-20170819090335-00522.warc.gz | 0.962211 |
cb46b538-f34a-4969-b88f-c87df6d69069 | 2022-05-18T12:05:58+00:00 | 2022-05-14 | 1 | https://www.outlookindia.com/business/delhi-secretariat-to-ban-single-use-plastic-items-from-june-1-news-196734 | Single-use plastic items will be banned in the Delhi Secretariat from June 1, a month before the nationwide ban on SUP comes into force, Environment Minister Gopal Rai said on Saturday.
It will be ensured that only alternatives to SUP items such as paper plates, cups, straws are used in the Delhi Secretariat premises, he said.
Staff will be asked to avoid SUP water bottles and use kulhads, stainless steel glasses or paper cups to drink water, the minister said.
In August last year, the Union environment ministry had issued a notification prohibiting manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale and use of identified SUP commodities, including polystyrene and expanded polystyrene from July 1, 2022.
The identified SUP items include earbuds, plastic sticks for balloons, flags, candy sticks, ice cream sticks, polystyrene (thermocol), plates, cups, glasses, forks, spoons, knives, straws, trays, wrapping or packaging films around sweets boxes, invitation cards, cigarette packets, plastic or PVC banners less than 100 micron, and stirrers.
All manufacturers, retailers, general public, and shopkeepers in Delhi have already been asked not to keep any stock of single-use plastics by June 30, 2022.
The Delhi Pollution Control Committee has also asked all manufacturers of raw materials to stop supplying plastic items to those engaged in the use of banned SUP products.
It is also carrying out a survey to identify littering hotspots and quantify plastic waste generation in the city.
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11144ad8-fafd-4d4e-b923-989632c8a9aa | 2018-08-20T00:40:48+00:00 | 2017-07-06 | 0 | https://www.whiteandwilliams.com/experience-Court-Denies-AlphaCap-Motion-for-Reconsideration-and-Lifts-Stay.html | Court Denies AlphaCap’s Motion for Reconsideration and Lifts Stay Citing Concerning Statements from AlphaCap’s Attorneys in Gust Case
On July 6, 2017, Judge Denise Cote of the Southern District of New York issued an Opinion denying AlphaCap’s Motion for Reconsideration of the Court’s Order for AlphaCap and its attorneys at Gutride Safier LLP to pay Gust, Inc. more than $550,000 in attorney’s fees resulting from AlphaCap’s unsuccessful patent litigation. In her opinion, Judge Cote found AlphaCap’s motion inappropriate because it “presents new arguments that could have been made but were not in opposition . . . or repeats arguments that were previously made and rejected.” (Op. at 9.)
In a contemporaneous Opinion, Judge Cote rejected AlphaCap’s Motion for Attorney’s Fees, finding several aspects of AlphaCap’s motion “concerning,” including AlphaCap’s counsel’s misstatement of crucial facts, and its assertion that it relied on the DDR Holdings, LLC v. Hotels.com L.P. case to justify its belief that its patents were valid, despite never citing that case in its earlier filings. Based on these rulings, the Court lifted the stay of execution, which will allow Gust to collect attorney’s fees from AlphaCap and Gutride Safier.
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dc7adece-8ad4-43a9-af3a-e8d1db09370c | 2019-08-17T23:56:08+00:00 | 2019-06-07 | 1 | https://ronaldo.com/football-news/mino-raiola-rubbishes-fake-matthijs-de-ligt-psg-rumours/ | Mino Raiola branded claims he arrived in France to seal a deal for Matthijs de Ligt to join Paris Saint-Germain as “fake news”.
19-year-old De Ligt’s future remains doubtful despite the options he has on the table for next season.
PSG, Barcelona, Juventus, Manchester United and Liverpool have all reportedly expressed an interest in signing the Ajax centre-back.
But Gianluca Di Marzio claimed on Wednesday that De Ligt’s agent, Raiola, was in Paris. The Italian journalist stated that the Dutchman met PSG sporting director Antero Henrique over a potential move.
A picture of Raiola in Paris with French journalist Lassana Camara also cropped up on social media on the same day.
The report added that Ajax and PSG had agreed on a €75m transfer fee. While the French champions apparently offered De Ligt a five-year deal, with a lucrative annual salary of €12m.
Although the teenager would still have some way short of matching Neymar’s wages as the Brazilian made €66m last season alone.
When asked about this report, however, Raiola told ANSA: “This is a classic example of fake news.
“The photograph of me and the French journalist in Paris? He asked me to take a picture together, but I did not know who this gentleman was.
“I have never spoken with him.”
So, the De Ligt transfer saga remains in full swing after all with no decision evidently having been made.
Meanwhile, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) suspended Raiola’s worldwide transfer ban after he successfully lodged an appeal.
FIFA had handed Raiola a three-month suspension from all football activity for yet unknown reasons. However, the 51-year-old can now resume his work and will likely play a central figure in determining De Ligt’s destination.
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7e00182c-b43f-43b4-9769-af5e7b098b4c | 2019-08-25T19:08:06+00:00 | 2019-08-25 | 0 | https://www.timesherald.com/news/norristown-police-investigating-stabbing-on-east-main-street/article_f3bf53fe-295b-58e5-952a-c044a70b5830.html | NORRISTOWN >> A 38-year-old man is recovering after being stabbed in the 100 Block of East Main Street around 1:30 a.m. on Sunday.
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f7b77ccf-1600-42c3-86d2-8894f323b5d0 | 2022-05-26T08:49:08+00:00 | 2021-09-30 | 1 | https://california.statenews.net/news/272548993/delivery-robot-market-2021-to-2030-industry-insights-and-major-players-are-boxbot-cleveron-as-kiwibot-ninebot-nuro | According to a recent report published by Allied Market Research, titled, "Delivery Robot Market by Load Carrying Capacity, Number of Wheels, and End User: Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2021–2030," the global delivery robot market was valued at $3.53 billion in 2020, and is projected to reach $30.05 billion by 2030, registering a CAGR of 24.5%.
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North America dominates the market, in terms of revenue, followed by Europe, Asia-Pacific, and LAMEA. The U.S. dominated the global delivery robot market share in North America in 2020, owing to increase in R&D activities, technological developments by big players, rapid adoption of innovative technologies in making reliable, precise, and efficient autonomous systems. North America is expected to grow at a significant rate during the forecast period, owing to rise in adoption of delivery robot, along with the presence of robot and autonomous delivery vehicle manufacturers such as Starship Technologies, Robby Technologies, Cleveron AS, and others.
By load carrying capacity, the market is categorized into up to 10 kg, more than 10 kg to 50 kg, and more than 50 kg. The more than 10 kg to 50 kg segment accounted for the highest revenue in 2020, owing to high versatility and better price to performance ratio.
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By number of wheel, the delivery robot market is categorized into 3 wheels, 4 wheels, and 6 wheels. The 4 wheels segment accounted for the highest revenue in 2020, owing to their stable operation. The 4 wheels-based delivery robots are made in all sizes, which can carry packages from small to big size. In addition, the 4-wheel based delivery offers more space compared to any other robot.
By end user, the delivery robot market is divided into food & beverages, retail, healthcare, and postal. The food & beverages segment accounted for the highest revenue in 2020.
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The factors such as increase in demand for contactless and fast delivery of packages, developments in the e-commerce industry, and rise in technological advancements such as incorporation of AI and machine learning drive the growth of the delivery robot market. However, limited range of operation of ground delivery robots and stringent regulations pertaining to operations of delivery robots act as a key growth restraint for the market.
COVID-19 Impact Analysis
The COVID-19 impact on the delivery robot market is unpredictable and is expected to remain in force till the fourth quarter of 2021.The COVID-19 outbreak forced governments across the globe to implement strict lockdowns and banned import-export of non-essential items for most of 2020. This led to sudden decline in the availability of important raw materials.Moreover, nationwide lockdowns forced manufacturing facilities to partially or completely shut their operations.
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KEY FINDINGS OF THE STUDY
By load carrying capacity, the more than 10 kg to 50 kg segment generated the highest revenue in 2020.By number of wheels, the 4 wheels segment was the highest revenue contributor in 2020.By end user, the food & beverages segment generated the highest revenue in 2020.By region, North America contributed the highest revenue in 2020, followed by Europe, Asia-Pacific, and LAMEA.
Prominent players operating in the global delivery robot market include Boxbot, Cleveron AS, Kiwibot, Ninebot, Nuro, Inc., Panasonic Corporation, Piaggio & C.SpA, Robby Technologies, ST Engineering, and Starship Technologies.
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For 10 years, “41” corresponded with a boy in the Philippines he had sponsored through Compassion International, a Christian charity.
The Trump administration will withdraw all of the approximately 2,000 American troops in Syria, according to a U.S. official, as the White House declared victory Wednesday in the mission to defeat Islamic State militants there.
The Senate approved the First Step Act late Tuesday. The criminal justice reform bill will now go to the House.
A rundown of the legislative highlights in an increasingly progressive city.
A jury found Nick Slatten guilty of murder for his role in a massacre that killed 14 unarmed Iraqi civilians and wounded 17 others.
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1d4b434f-3feb-419f-bb48-9aa3362bf2a1 | 2017-08-19T05:21:14+00:00 | 2017-08-19 | 0 | http://www.hsinjurylaw.com/blog/pedestrian-killed-in-portsmouth-by-hit-and-run-driver.cfm | Unfortunately this is exactly what happened today to a man walking down Victory Boulevard in Portsmouth, Virginia (VA). Tragically he died after he was struck by a vehicle, which then left the scene, police said. The accident on Victory Blvd. in Portsmouth happened near the intersection of Deep Creek Boulevard.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family. I hope the responsible party is held to the fullest extent of the law.
Luckily there were witnesses who saw the crash which occured at 3 p.m in broad daylight and gave police a license number and vehicle description. Portsmouth Police said they have located the vehicle and its owner and are continuing to investigate.
A study done several years ago by National Highway Traffic Safety Association shows that almost 175,000 pedestrians died in all motor vehicle crashes between 1975 and 2000. In 2001, pedestrian fatalities slightly increased to 4,882. However, in 2001, pedestrian fatalities accounted for about 12 percent of all fatalities and 85 percent of all non-occupant fatalities in motor vehicle crashes. Who are these careless drivers? These numbers point to the fact that they may be drivers in your community. Car vs. pedestrian crashes happen more than you might think, sometimes right in the middle of a cross walk!
Even more staggering is the statistic that pedestrian fatalities in single vehicle crashes accounted for over 90 percent of the pedestrian fatalities from all motor vehicle crashes. This means out of every 10 pedestrians hit by a car, 9 of them died. With statistics like these you may need to look twice before crossing the street in Virginia. | 311 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886105304.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20170819051034-20170819071034-00261.warc.gz | 0.974564 |
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e59da0c7-894e-4c6d-a806-8143f394ebfa | 2019-08-22T04:31:16+00:00 | 2015-01-31 | 0 | https://www.somersetwhisky.com/press-launch-review-glenmorangie-tusail/ | Recently Glenmorangie launched Tùsail, the 6th release in their yearly Private Edition series of malts… most of which form some part of experimentation by Glenmo’s main man, Dr Bill Lumsden. (See below for my review tasting notes.)
A rich winter variety of barley first introduced in 1965, Maris Otter was bred specifically to meet the demand for a high quality brewing malt and recognized for its ability to impart rich, rustic malty flavours. The variety at the time was much loved by brewers and created great ale’s, however the variety started to fall out of love and started being replaced with newer varieties that had greater alcohol yields until it was revived by a dedicated company and is now revered as one of the best malts for brewing once again.
I was lucky enough to be in London on the product launch evening, so I went along to Brown’s Hotel in Mayfair to join the many other industry folk who had been invited along.
We started off with a lovely cocktail or three made with Glenmorangie Original (10yo) and ginger ale, amongst other things… I was told by someone who knew better than me that it was basically an Old Fashioned but for younger folks. Either way, it was very enjoyable and refreshing… to the point where it nearly tempts me to try and recreate it, and I can’t usually be bothered with cocktails as you need to stock stuff, I don’t have room for stuff.
We then took a tour through various previous Private Edition releases… Brief notes taken from my tweets on the night:
Glenmorangie Finealta Private Edition… Thick, slightly smoky and fabulous. 🙂
Glenmorangie Companta Private Edition… Darker in colour, rich and thick, slightly spicy.
Glenmorangie 10yr; distilled in the 70’s and bottled in the 80’s. Soft and silky, yet complex alike; lemon & honey. This old Glenmo 10yo is blumming good, defo a touch different from what’s in the shops now.
Glenmorangie Tùsail, made from a very old variety of barley. Ex bourbon, 46%, NCF. Slightly earthy, spicy, barley. Yum. Banana cake, nut, toffee, cinnamon spices. Fairly rich, earthy. Fruits, pair, stuff. Puffs of smoke, slight sweetness.
Throughout all the tastings Dr Bill talked us through all the various aspects of them. Focussing in on Tùsail he didn’t hide away from the fact that the barley variety isn’t actually entirely rare, it’s used fairly widely by brewers for ale… however as a winter variety it doesn’t grow very well in Scotland, and because of it’s low alcohol yield rate it basically is never used to make whisky, they couldn’t find any records of it’s use before, although no doubt it has been used. Dr Bill mentioned that there was just enough malt to do three runs through the stills, so everything that was produced has now been bottled.
So, I’ve talked about it, and even given you my quick notes from the evening above, but let’s take a more considered look at the release… here follows my notes…
Colour: Rich straw to light gold.
Nose: Rich and sweet with fairly ripe fruit tones, ripe banana, brown sugar and a slight earthiness.
Palate: Fairly full and oily in the mouth, with a gentle introduction. There’s spices, but not the hot sort, cinnamon and maybe some ginger. The bananayness (is that a word?) that I found on the nose and at the launch evening is still there, and I like it – it’s not dominating, but just a nice addition. There’s a slight toffee nature, maybe more condensed milk.
Finish: Fairly long and sweet with the occasional gentle puff of smoke, earthiness & oak.
Thoughts: I enjoyed it on the night, and I’m still enjoying it now! It might not be for all – and I’ve seen some reviews of people who aren’t bothered by it, but I liked it and I’m kind of tempted to buy a bottle for my self.
Available: In The Whisky Shop and other outlets soon, around £78.
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f61d4818-bbf9-4d0f-9908-897f1ba8b6ff | 2016-07-25T15:24:09+00:00 | 2012-02-06 | 1 | http://bangordailynews.com/2012/02/06/opinion/contributors/the-meat-of-the-matter-2/print/ | Four decades ago Norman Borlaug, accepting the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on raising crop yields worldwide (the “green revolution”), said: “I have only bought you a 40-year breathing space to stabilize your population.”
In 1970, when Borlaug got his prize for postponing the onset of famine for 40 years, the world’s population was 3.7 billion. Today, it is 7 billion. The U.S. Census Bureau expects only 2 billion more in the next 34 years, and we might actually stabilize the population by the end of the century — but we will have to feed almost three times as many people as there were in 1970. How on earth can we do that?
Actually, you don’t need to panic right away. The UN’s Food and Agricultural Organization recently estimated that the extra people can be fed, at least until we hit 9 billion, if crop yields rise by 1 percent a year and the world’s farmland expands by 13 percent.
This takes no account of the ecological damage done by removing even more land from the natural cycles, and it omits details like the looming collapse of most of the world’s big fisheries. Given the frequent forecasts of doom by over-population, however, it is a surprisingly reassuring assessment.
But this is a forecast that ignores the probable effects of global warming on food production, and those will be dire. In some places a hotter climate will actually increase food production, but in far more places crop yields will fall.
The rule of thumb is that we will lose 10 percent of global food production with every rise in average global temperature of 1.8 degrees F. Since we are virtually bound to see an increase of twice that before global average temperature stops rising (if it does), that’s one-fifth of world food production gone.
It will be considerably worse in some places. And a crash in food production doesn’t just bring hunger. It brings chaos: collapsing governments, waves of starving climate refugees crossing borders, even wars between countries that depend on the same river for irrigation water.
Military planners in many countries think that this may be the dominant factor in world politics in 25 years. That will make it even harder to get global agreement on measures to stop further warming, so they are making contingency plans for really ugly outcomes. But what if you could make food production independent of climate?
Specifically, what if you could make meat production independent of climate? Don’t use 70 percent of the world’s agricultural land to grow grain that feeds the animals we then kill and eat. Just grow the meat itself, taking stem cells from a cow, a sheep or a chicken and encouraging them to grow in a nutrient solution.
It’s already being done in labs, but the quantities are small and the meat is still a long way from having the taste and texture that would make it a real candidate to replace meat from live animals. But those are details that can be sorted out with more research and more money. The point is that this could allow people to go on eating meat without trashing the climate in the process.
People are not going to stop eating meat: demand is going up, not down. But if “cultured” meat can be made identical in taste and texture to “real” meat from animals, and if it can be grown in large quantities at a competitive cost, the ecological benefits would be immense. The political benefits might be even greater.
If half of the meat people eat was “cultured,” greenhouse gas emissions would drop sharply (about one-fifth of global emissions from human sources come from meat production). About half the land that has been converted to grain-growing in the past century could be returned to natural forest cover.
“Cultured” food may be commercially available in only a few years if the research is pushed hard. Indeed, the animal welfare group PETA has offered a $1 million prize for anybody who can demonstrate lab-made meat in commercial quantities by June 30 this year, and they think that one of the research teams now working on the problem may claim the award.
But it isn’t being pushed fast enough. “There is very little funding,” Professor Julie Gold, a biological physicist at Chalmers Technological University in Gothenburg, Sweden, told the “Observer” newspaper recently. “What it needs is a crazy rich person.”
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b9bbc937-7438-495f-8efd-3e21aa7cafeb | 2022-05-20T23:59:41+00:00 | 2020-08-23 | 0 | https://vshenoy.com/2020/08/23/some-of-my-favourite-reads-from-2020/ | Atomic Habits – The most actionable book I’ve read in years; the go-to guide on how to build sustainable habits. I’ve been successfully able to implement concepts from this book (ex: Habit Stacking). Notes
Hell Yeah Or No – I’m a huge fan of Derek Sivers. He is one of the most thoughtful people I’ve come across, and his blog has a lot of insights that have helped me become a better person and professional. This book is a collection of his thoughts on life, work, and everything else. If you aren’t an avid reader of his blog, this book is worth it. If you are, this is still a good refresher.
How Innovation Works – I enjoyed reading How Innovation Works. Matt Ridley puts forward a comprehensive take on innovation across industries and through the course of history. He then lays out the essentials of innovation and why companies and governments struggle with innovation. I learned a lot from this book. There’s a lot of actionable advice for leaders and professionals across industries. This is a very compelling read.
Why Stocks Go Up or Down – A great introduction to stocks and bonds. The book does a great job of explaining the fundamentals of financials of a company – reading financial statements, cash flow, etc. It took me a long time to finish, but it wasn’t hard to follow. No financial background is needed to understand the concepts in this book.
Poor Charlie’s Almanack – Charlie is a genius, and there’s so much to learn from him. This book is a biography of Charlie and covers his approach of life, his beliefs, his contrarian ways of thinking, and much more. This is an incredible read.
The Most Important Thing – Howard Marks deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as Warren Buffet and Charlier Munger. His essays are legendary, and this book doesn’t disappoint. This is an outstanding take on investing and is a must-read for amateur and professional investors. | 425 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662534693.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20220520223029-20220521013029-00028.warc.gz | 0.957787 |
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eca399b2-5a4f-4663-afab-e5d8373e30d6 | 2015-03-31T05:25:27+00:00 | 2014-01-08 | 0 | http://www.givemesport.com/425302-how-lebron-james-drake-sealed-defoes-50m-mls-switch | MLSE CEO Tim Leiweke, who leads Toronto FC's off-the-field dealings, was the brains behind the operation to bring the England international to the team.
He first approached Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy over a possible move for Defoe, and once he got the go-ahead to speak to the player, he seemingly employed every method under the sun to convince Defoe to join the MLS franchise.
That reportedly included an "accidental" meeting between LeBron James and Defoe's mum, Sandra, in Toronto.
Sandra also works as Defoe's closest advisor and The Star reports that Leiweke arranged a meet-and-greet with LeBron at a Raptors-Heat game.
What's more, Drake left flowers at her hotel room as Leiweke really upped the stakes before the rap star made a detailed pitch to Defoe over the phone.
The charm offensive clearly worked as the former-West Ham youngster has agreed to join his ex-Spurs teammate Ryan Nelson in Canada.
In total, the report claims Toronto have committed up to $50m in the deal and had to sign nine different contracts to make it happen.
An interesting side note. Defoe was always the number one target for Leiweke, but he had a back-up plan should it all have fallen through.
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a7546157-ca30-4178-8699-b7212bf1b794 | 2018-08-17T01:54:00+00:00 | 2015-07-24 | 1 | http://civileats.com/2015/07/24/all-the-news-thats-fit-to-eat-house-passes-dark-act-a-fast-food-worker-victory-farmers-tap-recycled-water/ | Busy week? We’ve rounded up the food news you might have missed:
U.S. House Passes Anti-GMO Labeling Law (Reuters)
After a heated debate on the House floor Thursday morning, the measure was approved 275-150. The bill, which would block the existing GMO labeling labeling law in Vermont and prevent others like it, has not yet been introduced in the Senate. Opponents of the bill said they see it stalling there, but supporters said they are finding growing support.
New York Fast-Food Workers Win Their Fight for $15 (The Nation)
New York will raise restaurant workers’ minimum wage to $15 an hour by the end of 2018 in New York City and 2021 statewide. The new law applies to fast food outlets belonging to “chains that have 30 or more locations nationally.”
Watch John Oliver’s Sobering Look at U.S. Food Waste (Rolling Stone)
Comedian John Oliver blasts America’s massive food waste problem in a seventeen minute segment on his show, Last Week Tonight.
Monsanto’s wooing of Syngenta doesn’t seem to be going too well. In the latest update, Syngenta’s CEO says he “sees no need for the deal.”
Report: Food Recalls Have Nearly Doubled Since 2002 (Food Safety News)
The report says the increase in recalls is due to a combination of regulatory changes and an increasingly globalized food system, which allows for both more pathogens in the system, and more oversight.
Campbell Soup Looks to Hummus and Cold-Pressed Juices to Stay Relevant (Washington Post)
Campbell Soup Co. is looking to freshen up their image. This week they announced plans to remove all artificial flavors and ingredients from their products by 2018. They’re also planning to focus on their new Campbell Fresh division, which includes items such as carrots, hummus, and refrigerated salsas.
New funds from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will increase internet access for rural Americans in seven states.
A new plan called the North Valley Regional Recycled Water Program would build a 6-mile, $100 million pipeline to carry wastewater to a canal that goes to farms in California’s Central Valley.
USDA Secretary Not Ready to Declare Bird Flu Outbreak Over (The New York Times)
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b5d29147-5b89-4394-bff5-4bd1fe9b5a2b | 2018-08-20T01:56:38+00:00 | 2016-09-26 | 1 | https://blog.standardlife.co.uk/working-in-an-age-of-longevity/ | 26th September 2016 at 3:00pm
We need to shake-up our thinking as reaching the age of 100 becomes the new normal, according to a new, best-selling book.
Children born today could live until they’re 105; and turning 100 is going to be the new normal for many.
That’s the premise behind ‘The 100-Year Life: Living and Working in an Age of Longevity’, by Andrew Scott and Lynda Gratton.
It’s a fascinating and thought-provoking book by leading academics on the changes and challenges people face as more of us live considerably longer.
Children born today could live until 105
But what will life look like as we move on from the typical three-stage life of education, career and retirement to one where people may work for many decades, even until their 80s, intertwined with periods of upskilling and study?
If that sounds hard to believe, the FT highlighted in its review of the book that working until your 80s “would be a return to the past: in 1880, nearly half of 80-year-old Americans did some kind of work”.
Age brings big changes and big challenges
Longevity, as the book explores, has far-reaching consequences for quality of life, economics, health, relationships and much more. It’s not just about the future, seismic changes are already well underway, some of them positive.
Young people are feeling the winds of change and adapting how they live. They’re settling into careers later after spending their 20s studying and experimenting with jobs.
Longevity has far-reaching consequences
Many older people are choosing to work longer (way past what was once the ‘normal’ retirement age), and living healthy and fulfilled lives in ways previous generations could only dream of. Athletes in their 70s and 80s may still make the news, but they are far from unique.
That’s all good news but there are downsides. Professor Sarah Harper, a journalist, government adviser and a leading academic on ageing issues, highlighted her concerns in an article she wrote for The Guardian three years ago. As we face rapidly increasing life expectancy in the UK, she explained, “many are not saving enough to pay for a decent standard of living over a much longer retirement”.
The challenges we all face are ground-breaking and we need to be fully aware of them so we can take responsibility for our later lives, she implored.
We asked two of our colleagues who’ve written regularly – and passionately – on this issue for some of their thoughts.
The big issue: Is living to 100 a good thing?
Living longer and having the right quality, not just quantity, of life is going to be a challenge for many of us, as Julie Hutchison, charities specialist at Standard Life Wealth, explains.
“I remember my great-grandmother’s 100th birthday. Looking in from the outside, I saw a woman who could no longer speak, or get out of bed.
“I don’t know if she was happy: she may have been. But I do know that I hope not to be around on my 100th birthday and I’m not even sure how I feel about living to the age of 90.
“I expect my views will change on this as I get older (I’m just in my 40s) but, right now, it’s quality of life that matters most for me, and not the quantity of my years. I remember my great-aunt saying to me with a smile, ‘I wasn’t meant to be around this long’. There are some long-living genes in my family, as well as dementia: I hope to avoid both.”
The economics: How we fund our lives will have to change
Quality of life comes down partly to good health, but having enough wealth and managing a longer life is front of mind for John Brewer. He agrees there’s still a lot to do at a holistic level, including pensions and property and how changing demographics will affect people and their families.
“There’s been a big push on education but there needs to be more. We all need to do something and building up savings is going to be even more important. I believe it will increasingly mean families need to pool their wealth and manage family assets to meet their needs.
Quality of life comes down partly to health…but also wealth
“Even today, most people aren’t considering they might have to find £30-40,000 a year or more for care costs for each person. Will they have the assets to fund them?
“There will be strains on social care and demand could well exceed supply. There’s already something of a postcode lottery when it comes to care.
There will be strains on social care
“Thinking I might not have enough left to pass onto my son keeps me awake at night. More than anything, I don’t want my later life needs to dominate his. I don’t wish for a lifestyle that means I end up leaving him nothing. I’m considering how I can plan my finances with that in mind if I live until I’m 80, never mind 100.”
Things look very different for the haves and the have-nots
While some of us can look forward to a healthier, wealthier and happier long life, “The 100-Year Life: Living and Working in an Age of Longevity” does highlight how the chasm in life expectancy between the rich and poor will become more marked. Living longer and living healthily isn’t going to be easy for everyone.
As authors Andrew Scott and Lynda Gratton explain, others could be left behind to cope as best they can with poor health and transient jobs, before dying 20 years earlier than their richer counterparts, without a pension. For them the future looks more bleak.
What can we do about our aging society?
Saving more and being aware of how we might live our lives until we’re 100 is a big challenge to solve but it is about much more than money, of course. The need to manage people’s affairs as they age is going to become commonplace, and more pressing, adds John Brewer.
Living longer and living healthily isn’t going to be easy for everyone
“Taking steps such as setting up a Power of Attorney as a matter of routine will make even more sense. People are going to have to face up to the need to plan for, and embrace responsibility for, their longer lives.
Given the breadth of the topic, perhaps the last word should go back to Professor Harper: “The government has a key responsibility to ensure that we all are better informed about healthy life expectancies, pension projections, the likelihood of needing social care and its cost, and how best to use our assets.”
Taking responsibility, saving and being better informed is a good start; that much we can do.
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3af96b1f-c373-4b58-a2f3-863d44c9f906 | 2020-10-26T01:21:46+00:00 | 2020-10-26 | 0 | https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/to-kill-a-mockingbird-by-harper-lee/teaching-guide | Compare and contrast the photographs of kids and a new car and the sharecropper family in Macon County. How do these two pictures relate to the Finch children and the Cunninghams? How do they relate to the Great Depression? Use textual evidence to support your answer.
Listen to the interview with Rosa Jackson. Explain how Atticus Finch would have reacted to Rosa’s arrest. How is Atticus similar to Judge Abernathy? How is Tom Robinson similar to Rosa Jackson? Use textual evidence to support your answer.
Look at the photograph of the children on the playground. Find a quotation from the book that could caption this picture. How does this image show Scout’s feelings about Jem’s school experience? What emotion does the picture evoke?
Look over the review of Alabama schools, specifically in rural areas. Reread chapter two about Scout’s first day of school. What do we learn about rural schools in Alabama during the Great Depression from a historical document and a fictionalized account? Use textual evidence from the novel to support your answer.
Scout tells the reader in chapter one that “there was no hurry, for there was nowhere to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with...But it was a time of vague optimism for some people: Maycomb County had recently been told that it had nothing to fear but fear itself." This historical allusion is from Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first inaugural address. Read the first page of the address. How could this speech help revive a nation in the depths of a Great Depression?
At the conclusion of the novel, have students read the Scottsboro trial calendar. With a partner, have students create a Tom Robinson trial calendar. Next have students read The Crime at Scottsboro. Emulating the tone of the excerpt, have students write a one-paragraph editorial proclaiming Tom Robinson’s innocence. Finally, show the “Scottsboro Limited” pamphlet, the flyer, the photograph of mothers, and the photograph of the Communist parade. Allow students to discuss. Students should describe the items, explain what is happening in each, explain how each makes them feel, and identify how each is connected to To Kill a Mockingbird.
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From student rebel to apologist for the African bourgeoisie
18 November 1998
Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael), the civil rights activist and student leader who embraced black nationalism and moved to Africa nearly three decades ago, died Sunday at the age of 57 near his home in Conakry, the capital city of Guinea. The cause of death was prostate cancer, first diagnosed in 1996.
In a political sense, Carmichael had been dead for many years. His appeals to black Americans to return to Africa won little response, and the bourgeois nationalist leaders he embraced in west Africa--including Kwame Nkrumah and Ahmed Sekou Toure, whose names he took to express his admiration--left a political legacy of poverty, corruption and inter-tribal warfare.
In the United States Carmichael's meteoric political career coincided with the greatest social movement of the last half-century, the civil rights struggles and ghetto upheavals of the 1960s. Born in Trinidad and Tobago, he came to live in Harlem at the age of 12, in 1952, and by late adolescence had become politically active on the fringes of the labor and socialist movement in New York City.
In 1961, while a freshman at Howard University, he joined the Freedom Riders, students both black and white who rode in integrated groups on buses throughout the South, deliberately challenging segregation and frequently risking arrest and racist violence. Carmichael was arrested repeatedly, in one case serving a 49-day sentence at the notorious Parchman Prison in Mississippi, a facility whose inmates described it as "worse than slavery."
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) became an organizing center for those, particularly youth, who were dissatisfied with the tactics and leadership of the Southern Christian Leadership Council and Martin Luther King Jr. They sought a more militant and aggressive struggle against racial segregation in the South and against manifestations of racism throughout American society. Carmichael became a SNCC organizer in 1964 and was elected chairman in 1966, succeeding John Lewis.
The new SNCC chairman quickly drew attention with a speech in Greenwood, Mississippi in which he declared his support for the goal of "black power." While initially only a vague assertion of racial pride and militant opposition to oppression, this slogan was developed by Carmichael and other black nationalists into a program of thoroughgoing separatism.
Rejecting the struggle for integration to which the bulk of SNCC remained committed, Carmichael left the group in 1967 and established links with the Black Panther Party of Huey P. Newton. But soon afterwards he broke with the Panthers, rejecting their policy of seeking links with white student radical groups such as Students for a Democratic Society.
In a letter to the Black Panther Party he declared, "The alliances being formed by the party are alliances which I cannot politically agree with because the history of Africans living in the United States has shown that any premature alliance with white radicals has led to complete submission of the blacks by the whites."
Carmichael's black separatism was so categorical that he rejected any united struggle of blacks and whites against oppression, including unity between poor whites and poor blacks.
In a speech February 17, 1968 at a Black Panther Party rally in Oakland, California, he declared that the exploitation of blacks by other blacks was not as oppressive as the exploitation of blacks by whites, because all blacks shared the same culture, institutions and values. An excerpt from this speech, broadcast by National Public Radio as part of its obituary notice for Carmichael, contains the following statement, revealing his ignorance, or willful disregard, of the history of struggle by the American working class:
"Poor white people are not fighting for their humanity, they're fighting for more money. There are a lot of poor white people in this country. You ain't seen none of them rebel yet, have you? Why is it that black people are rebelling? Don't think it's because of poor jobs. Don't believe that junk that honky is running down. It's not poor jobs. It's a question of a people fighting for their culture, for their nature, for their humanity."
Carmichael's views were perhaps the most chemically pure version of black nationalism, but he spoke not just for himself, but rather for an entire social layer of black petty bourgeois. Like most of the representatives of black nationalism, his origins were not in the working class or in the rural South, but in a more privileged layer. He was a West Indian, like Marcus Garvey, whose "back-to-Africa" program he came to espouse. He grew up in a largely white neighborhood, moved in middle class circles and attended the elite Bronx High School of Science.
Though he called himself a socialist throughout his later life, this was only in the sense that radical bourgeois nationalists throughout Asia, Africa and Latin America use the word. He was as distant from genuine socialism, Marxist internationalism and a working class outlook as could be imagined.
This was demonstrated in his decades in Africa, where the regimes which he had saluted as the vanguard of humanity descended into corruption and squalor. Nkrumah was ousted in a military coup and fled to Guinea. He and Carmichael founded the All African Peoples Revolutionary Party, which retains a small following in the United States. A decade later, Sekou Toure was himself overthrown in Guinea, and Carmichael was briefly arrested, then released.
Today the countries of west Africa are mainly ruled by right-wing military cliques, in some cases installed after armed intervention by the Nigerian military dictatorship. The region has been bled dry by imperialism, and bled doubly by the bourgeois regimes that have ruled on behalf of the former colonial powers since nominal independence came in 1960. For the great masses of workers and peasants throughout the region, conditions of life are worse than 30 years ago.
Despite his socialist rhetoric, and his trips to Cuba and Vietnam, Carmichael/Ture remained a thoroughly bourgeois figure. His last days featured three visits to his deathbed by the Reverend Jesse Jackson, who was touring west Africa as the envoy of the Clinton administration. He received prominent and respectful obituaries in the American press.
Thirty years since the assassination of Martin Luther King
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Lampang, Thailand, 2015/03/09 - Alstom, in consortium with Marubeni Corporation, has signed an agreement with the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) to supply and build the new unit at Mae Moh power plant - Alstom.com. FR0010220475; ALO
The total amount of the contract is €950 million in total, with Alstom’s share of the contract worth approximately €520 million. The contract will be carried out on an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) basis. This new unit will replace existing units 4-7 and will make Mae Moh the first lignite-fired power plant in Asia operating with ultra-supercritical conditions. Upon its completion in 2018, the unit will produce 600 MW of electricity with the highest environmental performance and with atmospheric emissions reduced to meet the most stringent regulations.
Alstom will supply its state-of-the-art technologies, such as the ultra-supercritical boiler with integrated Selective Catalytic Reduction of NOx (SCR), its ultra supercritical steam turbine and generator, as well as the air quality control systems composed of a Wet Flue Gas Desulphurisation (WFGD) system enabling reduction of sulphur oxides by more than 98%, and Electrostatic Precipitators (ESP) designed to capture particulate and dust emissions, with an efficiency of more than 99.9%.
While existing units in the Mae Moh Power Plant were all originally equipped with Alstom boilers, the new unit will operate at ultra-supercritical conditions which leads to a higher overall plant efficiency, an improvement of close to 20% in the heat rate compared to the current specifications, increased power output as well as a reduction of more than 20% in CO2 emissions per unit of fuel burned compared to current installations.
Andreas Lusch, Senior Vice President Steam Business at Alstom, said,“as we return to Mae Moh, this contract further confirms our customer’s confidence in Alstom technology and execution capabilities to provide the most efficient and reliable power. We are proud to be able to work with EGAT to bring more sustainable and cleaner power to Thai customers and businesses. This success also reinforces our position as a leading power solutions provider in the industry. ”
Alstom (alstom.com) has been present in Thailand for 0ver 40 years, having supplied over 7GW of installed capacity in the country and is currently constructing the 850 MW North Bangkok combined cycle power plant, Block 2.
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aa2f1ab4-b105-400f-8ae6-5c5c0ae42906 | 2017-08-18T16:31:02+00:00 | 2014-03-31 | 0 | http://samplacette.com/2014/03/ | I got a Chromebook a while back. I believe that for at least the mid-term future, the web browser is the de-facto common platform for software, and at $250, the Chromebook is a lightweight, reasonably performant, and affordable price of entry into the rich world of web applications.
Unfortunately I think there were some corners cut in terms of durability to reach the $250 price point. It worked great, fast enough for my needs and very portable, but the screen cracked one day seemingly at random while I was out of the room. There’s not much of a market for Chromebooks with cracked screens, and according to Internet forums the “tech support” is something of a racket designed to fleece customers. I looked into DIY repair options and it turns out the fix is pretty cheap / simple to do at home. It literally took me five minutes.
What you’ll need:
- A replacement screen. I bought mine for $44, shipped, from laptop-recyclers / Vivo Technology on Ebay
- A #1 Phillips screwdriver
This quick video on Youtube from Dennis Padiernos illustrates the procedure pretty well.
- Completely power off the computer.
- Use your fingernail to remove the screen cover, starting from the inside.
- Save the bottom of the cover for last – this part is held on by a sticky tape. You will have to be persistent and apply steady force. Start from the middle of the bottom and work your way out. The parts are all plastic so don’t use too much force.
- Remove the screws holding the screen in place. There are only four screws, two on each side of the screen.
- Lay the screen flat on the keyboard. Locate the cable running from the computer to the screen and disconnect by pulling on the little yellow plastic “handle” on the side closest to you. Be gentle because the metal on the connector is very soft and easy to bend.
- Place the old screen aside and maneuver the new screen in place, face-down on the keyboard. Align the cable with the screen connector socket, using the yellow plastic handle to maneuver it. It’s hard to see the tiny connector, but the cable side is male and the screen side is female. Pull the two sides together once they are aligned; it should snap it into place.
- Hold the new screen in place against the computer and reconnect using the four screws. You should be able to turn on the computer now and verify the screen functions.
- Press the screen cover in place.
That’s it! I wish you and your new screen a long and happy life. | 557 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886104704.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20170818160227-20170818180227-00286.warc.gz | 0.939043 |
0330982d-f3be-4f5f-a2a5-7df10ab686c9 | 2019-08-20T15:16:38+00:00 | 2019-08-20 | 0 | http://hypnotherapyresults.co.uk/what-happens-if-i-find-it-difficult-to-relax-during-the-session/ | This is rare. But you do have to allow yourself to relax. The best way around this is to decide that you will relax and know that it is a proven fact that with each subsequent session of hypnosis you will relax more. It also helps if you can change your internal dialogue to one that makes you want to relax, rather than one that confirms that you are not relaxing. Making this suggestion to yourself will get your mind to cooperate. If your mind drifts away, don’t make a big thing of it. Just reign it back in again. At any rate, when you think your mind is wandering away from the hypnosis at hand, that’s your unconscious being stimulated to think of things that are more relevant than you realise. | 153 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027315544.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20190820133527-20190820155527-00423.warc.gz | 0.972059 |
71199d17-fcd3-4dbd-ba35-e4f80b25872b | 2020-10-20T13:52:29+00:00 | 2020-07-31 | 1 | https://www.haloscope.org/post/how-tiktok-has-become-a-political-tool | “I think banning TikTok is taking away a huge platform for young people to organize through; however, knowing our generation, it won’t hold us back."
Throughout quarantine, TikTok has been a diversion for young people to escape the realities of staying at home. Dancing, singing, and comedy Vine-esque videos created a community for young people to express themselves. However, in recent months, the political community on TikTok has been thrust into the spotlight, especially through the documentation of Black Lives Matter protests. Trump has now vowed to ban the app in America, leaving the estimated 100 million American TikTok users questioning, how exactly did we get here?
As protests have ripped through the nation in the wake of rampant police brutality, specifically the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, young people have used TikTok as a tool of education and a source for information mainstream news sources haven’t been covering. Sadhana Mandala, a young activist and organizer has only been using TikTok since March but recognizes the importance of the app in the current political landscape. “The TikTok political community consists of mainly teenagers and young adults on both sides of the isle posting 60-second videos advocating or raising awareness for political issues. Some popular trends include sexual assault awareness, voting, abortion rights, and most prominently documenting Black Lives Matter protests and the blatant violence and abuse of power by police on peaceful protestors,” she says. “[D]uring the Black Lives Matter protests in Boston, the train stations were shut down leaving protestors trapped with no way of getting home. The news channels did not cover this topic [but] many young students posted this information on TikTok alerting all the other protestors on [a] safe way to avoid police violence.”
The TikTok community is predominantly young people, with MarketingCharts TikTok data finding that over 50% of users are between 18-34 years old. Young people are an important voting block who, unfortunately, continue to fail in casting a ballot. According to the United States Elections Project, voter turnout for those aged 18-29 in 2016 was only 43%. In the coming election, establishment Democrats are looking to young people to show up and cast a vote. According to Mandala, “mobilizing young people is the way to win elections because we don’t follow the rules set forth for us, but instead we find new, creative ways to push for an ideal and organize for a better future.” An important tool for education among young people is social media like TikTok. But Trump’s recent attacks on the app have called into question whether young people will have access to TikTok in the coming weeks.
In late June, young people on TikTok, ironically prompted by a 51-year-old grandmother from Iowa named Mary Jo Laupp, were encouraged to register for Trump’s Tulsa rally and not show up. Teenagers all across America, specifically K-pop stans, ordered tickets for the event. Trump boasted about his presumed rally attendance, tweeting that “Almost One Million people requested tickets for the Saturday Night Rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma!” 100,000 were expected to attend, overflowing outside of the arena, but only 19,000 showed, additionally bring up such rallies as controversial during COVID-19.
This debacle calls into question Trump’s motives for his war on TikTok. Over the past month, Trump has expressed interest in banning the app with an executive order. Many are wondering whether Trump is actually worried about Chinese surveillance or if he is only interested in a political win against China. Recently, during an interview, Trump praised the arrests of pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong, indicating that perhaps he’s not as worried about surveillance as he claims. We would be remiss to ignore the criticisms of TikTok as a tool of censorship and surveillance in China, but banning the app is not the only route for government action. In 2019, the US government acquired dating app Grindr from Beijing Kulun Tech after it was deemed a security risk, which suggests a possible option for TikTok.
The ownership of TikTok is still a fraught issue. Microsoft has expressed interest in buying the app, but if Bytedance doesn’t make a deal and TikTok is banned (as it was in India) young people will have to find another platform for their creative and political expression. Mandala isn’t worried. “I think banning TikTok is taking away a huge platform for young people to organize through; however, knowing our generation, it won’t hold us back. We will continue to organize for political change regardless of the power structures that try to silence our voice because the young people in this country are motivated and have a clear goal in mind: Removing Donald Trump from the White House and revolutionizing politics to advocate for social change. Banning TikTok is just another hurdle we will have to jump through in our fight for progressive change.” ✸
Jocelin Dell is a 17 year-old writer who lives in Connecticut. Some of her favorite things are sushi, Little Women, rollerskating, angry girl music of the indie rock persuasion, going for long walks in the woods, her two dogs (Brady and Evie), and The Beatles. You can follow Jocelin on Instagram at @jocelindell. | 1,105 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107872746.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20201020134010-20201020164010-00248.warc.gz | 0.960667 |
4bf12774-2ea1-46da-93d6-bdc06d48b498 | 2020-10-22T20:40:08+00:00 | 2020-10-22 | 0 | https://www.digitalmarketing.ie/portfolio-item/powerscourt-golf-club/ | We created a new custom responsive redesign for Powerscourt Golf Club. We created a new visually rich website with large image and video on the homepage with clear call to actions for Book a Tee Time and Buy a Gift Card.
Visitors can also explore the course, quickly find out the opening times and how to get there. They can Book Golf Lessons with PGA Professional Paul Thompson, practice their golf swing at the golf clubs top facilities and choose from a number of places to stay near Powerscourt Golf Club.
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ad89cf91-da57-4650-a698-0fa373f30df7 | 2013-06-20T02:09:33+00:00 | 2013-05-23 | 0 | http://www.dzone.com/mz/dotnet | Join Microsoft Technical Evangelists for upcoming app mashup webcasts designed to walk you through start to finish for your Windows 8 app in one hour.
Going to conferences is a great way to keep up with the industry and recharge the batteries. As of the writing of this post there are less than two weeks until the start of BUILD 2012.
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c1dc97ac-bc09-4164-ab13-a2b417c0ccda | 2022-05-18T08:57:20+00:00 | 2008-01-02 | 0 | http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/merseyside/7171759.stm | In the days following the murder of Garry Newlove, the Fearnhead area of Warrington found itself thrust into the spotlight for all the wrong reasons.
The Fearnhead area was thrust into the spotlight by the murder
Neighbours of Mr Newlove complained they had been plagued by anti-social behaviour for years.
The murder sparked a national debate about youth drinking culture and the police chief leading the inquiry called for the legal drinking age to be raised to 21.
Peter Fahy, Chief Constable of Cheshire Police, called for a ban on drinking in public areas outdoors to help combat alcohol abuse and anti-social behaviour.
He later said underage drinking was a "child protection issue" and parents must take action to stop it or face "sanctions" from the care system.
But the warning signs in Fearnhead appear to have already been apparent before the attack on Mr Newlove in August 2007.
On the night the father of three was murdered, community support officers are believed to have stopped a gang, which included his killers, because they appeared drunk.
The youths are thought to have thrown their bottles of alcohol into bushes, before returning later to retrieve them.
It is also believed Mr Newlove made repeated calls to the police about unruly teenagers roaming the streets, but these were ignored.
Insp Derek Lockie, neighbourhood inspector for east Warrington, said Mr Newlove's death had come as a "bitter blow" to the Fearnhead community.
But, he said, lessons had been learned.
The Cheshire Chief Constable called on parents to take action
He said: "There are a number of issues which have come out of this - what my officers have done is to locate hotspots where we know gangs congregate to drink, and have targeted them.
"We don't just simply move them on, because that doesn't work.
"If a child is found drinking we call their parents, take them down to the police station and explain what the dangers are.
"I think Mr Newlove's death has made that all the more real to a lot of people around here.
"I'm very positive about the future. Lessons have been learned and we are determined that what took place on 12 August should never happen in Warrington again."
Residents themselves remain divided over the extent of the problem in the area.
A 40-year-old woman, of Cinnamon Lane, said she would never go out alone after dark because of her fear of gangs.
She said: "I've never walked along the road after dark because children drink and become nasty and abusive.
"There are areas I wouldn't go to. I have never been to the shops alone. You see youngsters drunk - it's not worth taking a risk."
But Leanne Dysart, head of the local residents' association, said Mr Newlove's murder had led to a false image of the area being created.
Mr Newlove had complained to police before about problems
Lynn Clarke, a neighbour of the Newlove family, said it was a "nice" area.
"What happened was very unfortunate but it has created a bad reputation", she said.
"The residents who come to our meetings have issues about overgrown hedges, parking on pavements and everyday quarrels in neighbourhoods.
"Youths terrorising the streets is not one of the issues we deal with.
"There is a handful of bad eggs, but 99% of the youths around here are great kids.
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a8e88059-51b3-43dc-84b8-351164e9907d | 2018-08-18T13:05:56+00:00 | 2004-09-18 | 1 | https://www.voanews.com/a/a-13-a-2004-09-18-14-1-66361322/546284.html | The United Nations World Food Program warns thousands of Liberians could face starvation, if international donors do not urgently provide $6.6 million for food relief. A WFP official says the organization has been forced to cut food rations for lack of funds.
The World Food Program says the situation for hundreds of thousands of people in Liberia is critical. WFP Spokeswoman Christiane Berthiaume says the agency is feeding three quarters of a million of Liberia's most vulnerable people. They include women, children, displaced people, refugees and people suffering from HIV-AIDS. She says these people are totally dependent upon international food aid for their survival.
"The situation is so bad that, this month, we have to cut by 36 percent the food rations of the displaced people and returnees, because of lack of contributions from donor countries," she explained. "And, if the situation does not improve, we will have to make more cuts in October and December. And, those are really heart breaking decisions."
Ms. Berthiaume says, thanks to a contribution by the European Union, WFP has the money to feed its beneficiaries in the month of November, but the outlook for December is very bleak.
She says, ironically, aid agencies are suffering from a shortage of money, because the peace process is going well.
While war was raging in Liberia and the country was the focus of media attention, she says, donors contributed generously. However, the international community has lost interest in Liberia since that country's former president, Charles Taylor, went into exile in Nigeria, and Liberia disappeared from the TV screens.
To date, the United Nations has received less than half of the $520 million governments pledged in aid for Liberia in February. Ms. Berthiaume says WFP urgently needs more than $6.5 million to feed three quarters of a million people until the end of the year. She warns Liberia's fledgling peace process will be at risk if people do not get enough to eat.
"We know that, if we do not distribute enough food, there will be riots and instability and insecurity in the camps for displaced people," she said. "Lack of food is always a factor of insecurity. People that do not have enough to eat and that do not have enough food for the family, are people that might resort to extremes to get what they need."
The WFP spokeswoman says this is a particularly worrying time. She says the United Nations is going to start repatriating thousands of Liberian refugees from neighboring countries on October 1. Many of these people fled into exile over a decade ago and are eager to return. But, she notes they will quickly become disillusioned if there is nothing for them to eat. And, this, she warns could have a damaging impact on the peace process. | 569 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-34/segments/1534221213666.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20180818114957-20180818134957-00054.warc.gz | 0.977351 |
63290f5d-4f58-4acc-8680-f7f6918f2b5d | 2022-05-17T03:29:15+00:00 | 2018-09-19 | 1 | https://nuffoodsspectrum.in/2018/09/19/coca-cola-acquires-kombucha-drink-brand.html | The Coca-Cola Company has entered the kombucha market with the acquisition of Organic & Raw Trading Co, which makes the Mojo brand of naturally fermented, live culture, organic kombucha drinks.
Australia-based Organic & Raw was co-founded by Anthony Crabb in 2010, who perfected his handmade, fermented drink in his home in 2010. Since then the firm has grown rapidly, with increased sales of its Mojo Crafted Kombucha beverage.
According to Coca-Cola, which is continuing to shift away from soft drinks to drive growth, kombucha is the fastest-growing beverage category in Australia.
Two key leaders who have been responsible for driving Mojo’s growth, Anthony Crabb, and sales and marketing director, Andrew Buttery, will remain in their current roles. | 165 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662515501.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20220517031843-20220517061843-00421.warc.gz | 0.968838 |
0a5cec37-7dd8-4564-ab4f-a61cceaf8926 | 2017-08-19T01:32:02+00:00 | 2017-02-25 | 1 | https://irregularideation.wordpress.com/2017/02/25/the-last-mennonite-standing-is-a-population-collapse-inevitable/ | A few months ago friend of mine shared a link to a news story and asked my opinion.
The story, “UK Mennonites end Sunday services after numbers dwindle,” did not seem to apply to my own conservative branch of the Mennonite denomination.
My initial thoughts were that this was one of those wacky liberal churches and therefore not relevant.
However, upon further reflection, I realized that my own brand of Mennonite is not impervious to cultural trends and, despite all the babies crying on Sunday mornings now, we could face a similar population collapse down the road.
Headlines about record-low fertility rates in the US or an unprecedented population collapse in another nation might seem irrelevant to our own situation. But they can also give some indication of the patterns, telltale signs and changes in behavior that come before such events.
I’ve heard people say that we, as conservative Mennonites, are “50 years behind society” and there seems to be some truth to that. I know with the advance of technology (like that which makes this blog possible) the pace of change is now quicker than most would have imagined a generation ago.
The conditions that allowed the Mennonite tradition to continue for hundreds of years are disappearing, and quickly. It does not seem we are in an especially strong position to cope with the new social, economic and technological realities.
This generation could very well be the last.
Here are some factors that could determine where things go from here…
#1) We grow mostly because we have big families and convert our own children. Like it or not, “Mennonite” is an ethnic group—complete with unique genetic disorders and a game based on our common surnames. Yes, we do have some converts from the “community folks” and yet most of us came from Mennonite or other established Anabaptist stock. If our birth rates were to continue to drop (as they have been amongst Mennonites in North America), then there will likely be some problems down the road.
#2) Marriage is being postponed and even avoided altogether, thereby decreasing birth rates. Mennonites seem to be taking cues from society when it comes to committed relationship. But, unlike society, we do not have children outside of marriage and therefore our postponing of marriages means older mothers and fewer children, and that is assuming they will marry eventually. I just had a young woman (maybe mid-twenties) ask me to do a blog to advise her and her friends on how to tell pesky guys to get lost—not an unusual sentiment. It seems women from conservative backgrounds are becoming less interested in marriage and motherhood, and that is a death knell to a church that can’t bring in more than an occasional convert from outside our own existing gene pool.
#3) The feeder system from Old Order groups and elsewhere could dry up. It is not a big secret that Mennonites migrate from conservative to liberal. My own church has lost many born into it and the casualties have always been offset with those gained from other groups more conservative than our own, or those escaping expensive land prices in overdeveloped Lancaster County. But this means of growth via a continued supply from upstream (or downstream?) is not guaranteed. It could change as economic pressures increasingly encroach on the Old Order lifestyle. It is harder to support big families with higher land values, a tougher regulatory environment, rising healthcare costs, etc. We can’t count on migrants for growth.
#4) Urbanization and loss of an agricultural lifestyle results in cultural change. My grandparents moved up out of the Franconia Conference territory (near Philadelphia) in the 1960s to begin farming where the land was cheaper and roads less congested. My grandparents have remained relatively unchanged in the way they dress since that time. However, their friends “back home” have changed dramatically both in dress and perspective. There are still a small number of “breakaway” conservatives in that region, but the main body of Mennonite churches there are extremely progressive and their trends could give us some indication of our own future.
#5) The decline of meaningful brotherhood and rise of alternatives reduces interest. The Amish were right to identify transportation technology as a threat to community. We might pride ourselves for having stronger communities than the church down the road (a disputable claim) and yet would we compare favorably to prior generations? I know that even in my own three-decade life span there has been a dramatic change. We seem less closely knit and more quick to leave for the church up the road rather than come together as one community of diverse members. We do more world travel, have more activities for every specialized interest or age group, and are kept very busy. However, we are also fragmented with less vertical integration, more homeschooled children, and less everyday connection—resulting in weaker communities. Our communities could eventually disintegrate completely as they lose relevance.
#6) Lack of foresight and appropriate faithful preparation is endemic. Part of the reason I’m writing this blog is because nobody else is talking about this. We are chronically unprepared for change. It seems many conservative Mennonites have their heads buried in the sand (or simply buried in day-to-day business and family affairs) and do not see trends coming down the pike. There appears to be very little effort on the part of the ordained leadership to account for changes in culture (or technology) and even less effort to respond in a positive or productive manner. Few advocate for a faithful and deliberate approach to problems. We miss opportunities to increase our effectiveness because we do not utilize the greater means available to us. We perish for lack of vision.
#7) In the void of thoughtful preparation, what results is only fearful reaction and hasty retreat. Mennonites, like other Christian fundamentalist groups, began to withdraw from strategic high ground after being blindsided by the pushback against the state endorsement of religion in public schools and the rise of secularism. Many decry, “They took prayer out of school!” but the sad reality is they did not remove prayer and a faithful witness from schools—we did! We trembled like King Saul facing the Philistine giant and removed our children and influence. We did not read 1 John 4:4, “greater is he that is in you, than he is in the world,” and believe. It is little wonder why nobody believes us when we try to convince them of our great God.
#8) Our missions are often without purpose and out of touch. I know a young woman (a very sweet person and sincere Mennonite) who told me, “hearts don’t change,” in response to a circumstance outside her experience. I was astonished at the cognitive dissonance on display and it made me wonder why she was spending thousands of dollars to be at IGo
Adventures and Spouse Seeking Institute in Thailand. It reminds me of the time when we formed a committee at my church to discuss local missions where mailing out more tracts seemed to be the idea with most traction and nothing practical ever came of the committee. Needless to say, I am not very optimistic about our abilities to do effective outreach.
Is a Mennonite population collapse in North America inevitable?
I don’t know.
I’m not expecting our complete extinction.
I’m pretty sure the Mennonite name will continue on in one form or another.
For instance, we do have a list of genetic disorders that will carry on our legacy.
But, as a religious culture and tradition?
I believe that depends.
It depends on how we approach the issues listed in #1-8 above.
Will we address problems head-on and work through them deliberately or be blindsided?
Will we adjust our thinking and adapt our methods as needed?
Or will we (like the dying Shaker movement) use hope as a strategy?
Nothing is written in stone yet. But I do know that the conservative Mennonite culture is a frustrating place for innovative and forward-thinking people. Old habits, functional fixedness, inability to think outside the box and a “don’t rock the boat” mentality all stand in the way of a faithful and vibrant future.
We need to ask and answer the hard questions rather than avoid them. We should be taking note of trends, and be confronting them collectively as a group.
Notice a growing number of older singles?
Look into the Moravian option or at the very least reconsider the faithless courtship teachings that have created the current mess. There is no reason why we should pretend there’s nothing that can be done.
Wonder why our missions are ineffective?
It could be that we are isolating our children rather than trusting God and teaching them to live in fear rather than faith. They can’t empathize or understand anyone outside the Mennonite culture.
Where do we go from here?
It is up to you. But, if you don’t want to be the last Mennonite standing, I suggest it is time to remove the stale items from the shelves and introduce some fresh ideas.
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Seen to many rigged up pumps that fail, then they get to call the fire dept to pump out the basement.
Repair basement, replace belongings, clean out....1000's.
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e8a1b436-24b6-4de7-91fb-156a4365426c | 2017-08-20T04:02:55+00:00 | 2012-05-01 | 1 | http://weeklyworldnews.com/headlines/48450/worlds-richest-woman/?like=1&source=post_flair&_wpnonce=20ee2ea151 | Meet the world’s richest woman. She comes from the land down under…
Bill Gates lost the “world’s richest man” crown to Carlos Slim, the Mexican businessman. Now, according to Australia’s BRW magazine, Gina Rinehart – the Australian mining magnate – has become the world’s richest woman. She takes the crown from Wal-Mart heiress Christy Walton, who held the title of world’s richest woman for seven years.
According to BRW’s 2012 Rich 200 List, Ms. Rinehart’s net worth is now $29.7 billion. That tops Ms. Walton’s $26 billion pile. Ms. Rinehart’s fortune has nearly tripled over the past year – at the rate of more than $1 million per hour – due to the mining boom in Australia and strong commodity prices.
Of course, guessing people’s wealth is usually a guess. And the Bloomberg Billionaire Index lists Ms. Rinehart’s current wealth at a mere $18 billion, putting her well below Christy. So there is room for disagreement.
BRW said Ms. Rinehart could become the richest person in the world if commodity prices and Ms. Rinehart’s mining projects continue to grow. E
Yet with her new crown comes anxiety. Ms. Rinehart has been engaged in a vicious battle with her own kids over control of the family business empire. Three of Rinehart’s four kids – John Hancock, Bianca Rinehart and Hope Welker – are suing her to oust her as trustee of the multibillion-dollar family trust established by her late father Lang Hancock.
Ms. Rinehart has said that her kids are unfit to run the business. “None of the plaintiffs (her children) has the requisite capacity or skill, nor the knowledge, experience, judgment or responsible work ethic to administer a trust in the nature of the trust in particular as part of the growing HPPL Group,” she claimed in court papers.
She is also facing new claims from Aboriginal landowners who say her company isn’t paying them enough for royalty payments.
Apparently, it’s not easy at the top – even with $28 billion.
Do you think Gina Rinehart will ever be the richest person in the world?
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a407c143-beeb-4217-98f6-eff1cdcb3421 | 2018-08-15T18:57:44+00:00 | 2016-05-04 | 1 | https://www.military.com/daily-news/2016/05/04/us-wins-pledge-more-resources-anti-is-allies.html | A coalition of countries battling Islamic State jihadists in Syria and Iraq pledged Wednesday to pour more resources into the fight, after coming under strong pressure from Washington for greater contributions.
The promise came after a meeting in Stuttgart of defence ministers from countries involved in the anti-IS coalition, during which US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter drove home the message that to deal IS a body blow, "all must do more".
Carter's call to step up the fight came a week after US President Barack Obama reiterated a long-standing demand for members of NATO to increase their defence spending to meet the alliance's target of two percent of output.
In a joint statement, the coalition stressed their "strong support ... for the deployment of additional enabling capabilities in the near term, in order to hasten the collapse of ISIL's control" over the city of Mosul in Iraq and Syria's Raqqa.
Speaking after the talks with counterparts from Australia, Britain, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, Norway and Spain, Carter said he was "confident that today's meeting will produce additional military commitments".
Besides military resources, defence ministers meeting at the US European Command's headquarters also examined their economic and political contributions to the campaign, he said.
"It's going to take more to win. We're going to win but we all need to do more," Carter told reporters.
"This fight is far from over and there are great risks," he said.
But "allowing ISIL safe haven would carry even greater risk. To accelerate ISIL's lasting defeat, all must do more," he said, using another acronym for the Islamic State group.
Carter also said he hoped that NATO as an organisation could join the coalition, particularly in the area of logistics coordination.
The defence secretary also pointed to "the NATO AWACS issue", in reference to surveillance aircraft of the alliance's members.
As a first step, NATO had agreed to deploy such surveillance aircraft, in order to allow the US to free up its planes for operations in Iraq and Syria.
But a diplomatic source said Washington is hoping to go a step further in getting NATO on board to fly such AWACS surveillance aircraft over Syrian and Iraqi airspace.
Carter also paid tribute to a US Navy SEAL who was killed in Iraq on Tuesday during an IS attack on a position of Kurdish peshmerga forces north of Mosul.
"The whole country has to be grateful to this young man and his family for this sacrifice. But tragically losses will occur.
"This is necessary to protect our country and not to do something would entail even greater risks," he said.
Carter said he had proposed that the anti-IS coalition hold another meeting in Washington this summer.
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7b5137d9-96c1-431e-a543-44be7e4b3415 | 2017-08-20T13:45:50+00:00 | 2015-05-22 | 1 | http://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/This-Week-in-Energy-Oil-Glut-Easing-At-A-Snails-Pace.html | The EIA released fresh weekly data this week that solidified a trend underway in the US. Oil inventories posted their fourth weekly decline, falling by another 2.8 million barrels. The US has now burned through 10 million barrels of oil from storage in a month, indicating that the supply glut continues to ease, although at a very slow rate. At the same time, however, the EIA also revealed a shocking jump in weekly production. Crude output across the country jumped by 300,000 barrels per day, an eye-grabbing number considering many other indicators point to an overall contraction. Still, that figure should be treated with a large grain of salt, as it is not the EIA’s most reliable metric. Weekly figures tend to be less accurate than forthcoming monthly data, which usually captures a clearer picture of the state of play.
The draw on inventories is largely attributable to the demand from downstream. Refineries are running at their highest levels in several months, providing a further boost to oil prices. Gasoline consumption is rocketing towards a ten-year high for the season. Related: Investors Turning Away From Green Energy
But there is a lot of hesitation in the oil markets. After two solid months of price gains between March and May, prices have hit a plateau and have even pulled back a bit. Global supplies are still elevated, and while demand is rising, it is not accelerating fast enough to significantly relieve the glut. It appears it will take some more time for things to balance out.
Meanwhile, the cost to use oil tankers is shooting through the roof as more are being called upon to ship and store oil. Chartering an oil tanker now costs 57 percent higher than it has in recent weeks. On May 20, tanker rates hit $83,412 per day, up from just $52,987 at the beginning of the month.
Part of the reason for the huge jump in daily tanker rates is because more oil is being exported from OPEC countries. Saudi Arabia is producing at its highest level in more than three decades. Iraq is poised to see a record high level for oil exports in the coming weeks, as it plans to boost oil exports to 3.75 million barrels per day in June. The massive increase in oil exports from Iraq, in particular, is a huge development for oil markets. As the world is dealing with a supply overhang, Iraq is pouring an additional three-quarters of a million barrels per day into the global pool of oil.
Another reason for high tanker rates is the ongoing use of ships to store oil. With oil prices expected to rise in the future, oil traders are parking their crude on ships, waiting for prices to bounce upwards. There are an estimated 20 million barrels floating somewhere out there in the oceans. Related: Terawatt Solar Farms By 2050?
Although oil trade is surging, the movement of LNG around the world is growing even faster. Cheniere Energy (NYSE: LNG) is nearing completion of its export terminal on the US Gulf Coast, with first shipment expected to depart in December. The FT reports that with the US and other nations entering the LNG business, LNG is on the brink of surpassing iron ore as the second most valuable commodity traded in the world (after oil). The surge in natural gas production in the US – and the corresponding crash in prices – is one major reason for the rising levels of trade. But the wave of liquefaction plants coming online now is another.
With LNG becoming a much more globally traded commodity, the method of pricing will have to change. Up until now, LNG has been traded on contracts linked to the price of oil rather than the gas itself. That was a quirk of history, dating back to a time when there was not enough supply of LNG to justify a spot market. With much more supply coming online, the market will have much more liquidity (excuse the pun), allowing LNG to gradually shift towards spot prices detached from the price of oil. That, in turn, will allow trade to further flourish, opening up lower cost LNG to countries in Asia where demand for the liquid fuel is high. Perhaps Royal Dutch Shell’s (NYSE: RDS.A) bet on BG Group (NYSE: BG) – whose portfolio is heavily weighted towards LNG – made some sense after all.
The US is gearing up to export LNG, but the fight over crude oil exports is still raging. With a glut of oil sloshing around the midsection of the country, US producers are pushing Congress to end the ban on exports. Facing low prices, lifting the ban would open up new markets for them, likely pushing up the price of a barrel of crude by a few dollars. Despite a lot of sympathy in Congress, the issue is highly controversial. Members of Congress are afraid of the blowback if gasoline prices happened to rise after lifting the ban. The outcome is uncertain. Bank of America recently predicted a 50 percent chance that the ban is scrapped within the next two years. Related: EU May Take Desperate Measures To Ensure Energy Security
Tensions heated up in the South China Sea this week with a war of words between the US and China. Top American officials including Secretary of Defense Ash Carter denounced China’s island-building in disputed territory. “There should be no mistake: The United States will fly, sail and operate wherever international law allows, as we do all around the world,” Carter said as he embarked on a trip to the Pacific. Chinese commentary responded by arguing that the US was injecting itself into a regional issue that it was not party to. China also decried the hegemonic aspirations of US involvement in Asia. Tensions flared when a US aircraft flew over the islands and the Chinese military sent warnings, to which the US replied that it was flying in international airspace. No doubt the US would have a stronger legal leg to stand on if it actually passed the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, a treaty that Congress has thus far failed to approve.
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Trade has been enormously important to the steel-producing and steel-consuming industries. Global steel exports have been growing in absolute terms for the past 70 years, virtually without interruption, and they have accounted for 30% to 40% of all steel produced during the past three decades. (See Exhibit 1.) The benefits of the steel trade, which amounts to more than 400 million metric tons shipped per year, have been incalculable: abundant supply, lower material costs for construction companies and manufacturers, more affordable products for consumers, and competitive pressures that have encouraged steel producers all over the world to specialize and innovate.
But just as trade has been a fixture of the steel business, so has trade conflict. Both producers and consumers of steel have grown accustomed to coping with legal battles over allegations of dumping and unfair subsidies that have led to sharp spikes in tariffs on traded steel products. Rarely, however, has the global business landscape been as challenging to navigate as it is today. The number of antidumping duty orders in force on specific countries’ steel exports has been rising by around 10% per year since 2012, according to World Trade Organization (WTO) data. The US added a complex new dimension to the steel trade in March 2018 by citing national security as a justification for imposing a 25% tariff on steel imports from virtually all countries. In response, the European Union and Canada have moved to safeguard their own producers from a surge in steel imports.
These antidumping actions and high US national-security tariffs have achieved their desired first-order effects. Our analysis reveals that the antidumping duties imposed by the US and Europe over the past two years on carbon flat steel have sharply reduced imported steel products from the targeted countries—by from 50% to 95%. The 25% tariffs that the US imposed in 2018 have boosted profit margins for domestic producers and increased capacity utilization in the domestic industry.
But these policy interventions have come at a cost. Higher steel prices have raised material costs for construction companies and domestic manufacturers of goods as diverse as screws, vehicles, and kitchen appliances, and not all of these companies are in a position to pass the added costs on to their customers. Because far more workers are employed in steel-consuming companies than in steel-producing ones, some economists warn that high tariffs will cause more economic harm than good in the US, by forcing steel users to shift production or procurement of assembled components offshore. The various trade actions have also created uncertainty. Because recently imposed tariffs could change again as a result of further trade negotiations, it is more difficult for companies to enter into long-term contracts with steel suppliers and for steel producers to make investment decisions regarding new capacity, technologies, and products that could define their competitiveness years into the future.
Historical context helps to explain why the current trade environment is so challenging. Steel has long been at the center of global trade policy. And though trade has been good for steel consumers, domestic steel makers and workers have generally opposed imports and more open trade. In general, there has been considerable political support for protecting domestic steel industries, which are seen as critical sources of high-paying jobs and are strategically important for other sectors.
Traditionally, nations have protected their steel industries with tariffs. The post–World War II movement to ease protectionism, which began with the 1948 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), resulted in the first rounds of international tariff cuts. All GATT member nations agreed to grant each other equal trade privileges. In 1952, six European nations began managing their steel production and markets through the European Coal and Steel Community—the precursor of the European Union. Intended to make wars between France and Germany materially impossible, the move also eliminated tariffs on coal and steel between member nations and resulted in an alignment of tariffs for nonmembers.
By the 1970s, however, claims of unfair steel exports began to appear. The US accused European steel makers of damaging its domestic steel industry by dumping their products at prices lower than they charged in their home markets. As more nations entered global steel markets, complaints proliferated that governments were unfairly subsidizing their steel industries in order to seize competitive advantage in export markets. In antidumping and countervailing duty (CVD) actions, which occur in response to subsidies, importing nations assess tariffs against the goods of targeted nations as a remedy for damage that the market presence of those goods inflicts on domestic producers. The EU and the US employ both instruments, but they follow significantly different approaches in doing so. (See the sidebar.) These policy tools are supposed to follow frameworks and rules set by WTO agreements concluded in 1994, which built on earlier GATT agreements and replaced the GATT organization with the WTO.
Actions against alleged unfair trading practices in steel and other industries generally fall into three categories:
The importing country takes action under its own domestic trade remedy laws, which must be consistent with baseline WTO rules. According to these rules, the complaining party must not only prove that imports were dumped or unfairly subsidized, but also that one or more domestic producers suffered material injury (in the case of antidumping and CVD actions) or serious injury or the threat thereof (in the case of safeguards). Injury is essentially the economic cost of lost revenue and profits. Normally, if companies cannot prove that they have suffered injury, national authorities are not legally permitted to apply tariffs.
Even though trade remedy laws must conform to WTO rules, countries’ policy and legal processes are marked in practice by considerable variation. This, in turn, gives countries significant latitude to manage their own trade policy levers.
The EU and the US, for example, use different methods to determine remedy tariffs in antidumping and CVD actions. The EU imposes a duty that compensates for the dumping margin or unfair subsidies, or it imposes a duty that compensates for the injury to domestic producers—whichever is lower. This is known as the lesser duty rule. Often, the difference between the dumping margin and the injury margin is significant but difficult to calculate. Furthermore, the EU considers the potential economic harm of a remedy duty on domestic companies that use steel as well as on EU consumers. This is known as the community interest test in EU trade policy.
The US, by contrast, imposes remedy tariffs equal to both the full dumping margin and the unfair subsidies. As a result, trade remedy tariffs on imported goods from targeted countries tend to be much higher in the US than in the EU. Moreover, when determining the duty, the US considers the economic impact on producers only, not on steel users and end consumers.
The high tariffs that the US imposed on all steel and aluminum imports in March 2018 represent a different kind of action. The government asserted that the action was necessary under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, which seeks to ensure that the US is not beholden to hostile foreign powers for defense and security procurement. Prior to the 2018 action, Section 232 tariffs had been implemented only five times since 1962—and against petroleum imports in each instance, never against steel.
The use of national security provisions in domestic trade law has not yet been tested before a WTO dispute settlement panel. WTO members Canada, China, the EU, India, Mexico, Norway, Russia, Switzerland, and Turkey have filed WTO complaints alleging that the US’s Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum violate WTO rules. Some observers believe that a WTO panel would be reluctant to define what is or is not in the national security interest of a member state. However, a panel might rule on whether the trade policy implemented is necessary to achieve an asserted national security interest. In any event, WTO processes can take many years to reach a conclusion, so any near- to middle-term relief from the Section 232 tariffs would require a negotiated solution.
China’s arrival as a steel superpower has further altered the industry’s dynamics. Even though China exports only a small percentage of its output, the sheer scale of its production has generated annual steel exports that in some years have exceeded 100 million tons, leading to trade friction around the globe. Antidumping and CVD actions accelerated in 2015 and 2016 following a surge of Chinese steel exports. In 2018, 33% of the 696 steel antidumping and CVD trade actions that were then in force targeted China. (See Exhibit 2.)
The use of antidumping and CVD actions is a policy choice, however. In practice, many WTO member states do not use these trade defense instruments at all.
To assess the impact of trade remedies on steel markets, we analyzed antidumping cases brought by the US and the EU against countries that accounted for similar volume shares of imports during roughly the same time frame—from 2015 through 2017—in four categories of carbon flat steel: hot-rolled coil, cold-rolled coil, cut-to-length plate, and hot-dipped galvanized steel. Coil refers to sheets and strips of steel that are shipped in rolls.
We analyzed import volumes, steel prices, and spreads between steel prices and the prices of the raw materials required to produce a ton of steel for each steel product category, as well as overall producer profit margins following the imposition of higher duties.1 Notes: 1 In analyzing the impact of duties on sales volumes of steel products, we used the EU eight-digit Combined Nomenclature and the US ten-digit Harmonized Tariff Schedule code used to classify traded goods for customs purposes in the EU and the US. We used as a starting point the date when the importing country imposed the remedial duties, which is usually the time when that country has made a preliminary decision. Although a country typically takes 10 to 15 months to reach a final decision in a trade case, it applies tariffs as soon as it announces the preliminary decision—and the vast majority of preliminary decisions are ultimately confirmed. Consequently, in order to reduce risk, exporters usually change their practices soon after a case is initiated, rather than wait for the final outcome.
Our analysis found that antidumping actions are generally effective in achieving their stated goals. In each case we examined, the trade actions led to an immediate reduction, ranging from almost 50% to 95%, in imports from the targeted countries. Market prices for the steel products and producer profit margins were significantly higher one year later.2 Notes: 2 In a wider context, steel prices rose from the very low levels of the second half of 2015. The low prices were in large part due to the massive increase in steel exports from China. In fact, in real terms, prices during this period were as low as during the most recent global steel crisis, in 2001, which had led to the previous wave of US antidumping and CVD measures. Yet even though the US imposed much higher duties (up to 266%) than the EU (up to 74%), the impact of their duties on prices and spreads was comparable. Nearly every action we studied resulted in significantly higher spreads one year later in the EU and US for those specific flat-steel products. Spreads in the US increased by 16% to 32% per ton year on year, depending on the category, and in the EU by 8% to 36% per ton year on year. The only exception involved galvanized steel, for which spreads declined by 9% per ton year on year in the US.
Hot-Rolled Coil and Cut-to-Length Plate. Hot-rolled flat products constitute the largest internationally traded steel category. Trade actions by the EU and the US had similar effects on price spreads in hot-rolled coil and cut-to-length plate, although the effect on market shares of foreign versus domestic suppliers differed. From 2006 to 2016, the EU did not protect its industry for these products at all. In 2016, after a surge in imports, the EU targeted hot-rolled coil from China, Russia, Ukraine, and Brazil and cut-to-length steel plate from China and India. High duties helped EU countries dramatically slash imports of both types of products from the targeted nations. However, suppliers from other, nontargeted nations captured most of the resulting shift in market share. In the case of hot-rolled coil, while imports from targeted countries fell by 69% and spreads rose by 33%, imports from nontargeted countries increased by 79%. Ultimately, shipments by domestic EU producers rose by only 1%. (See Exhibit 3.)
In contrast, the US had for nearly two decades used high antidumping duties and CVDs to shut out major foreign suppliers such as China, Russia, and Ukraine from its domestic market for hot-rolled coil and cut-to-length plate. In 2015 and 2016, the US imposed high duties on additional countries, including South Korea, Brazil, and Australia. By the following year, imports from these targeted nations fell by more than 40%. But because few other nations could economically ship large quantities of hot-rolled coil and cut-to-length plate, US imports from third countries increased only slightly. Consequently, domestic US producers increased their shipments of hot-rolled coil by 5%, even as domestic demand declined slightly. Despite the significant reduction in steel imports, however, spreads in the US rose by 32%—a pace similar to that in the EU (33%)—even though steel imports in the EU remained steady.
Cold-Rolled Coil and Hot-Dipped Galvanized Steel. Both the EU and the US pursued antidumping cases involving these further processed products, and these efforts yielded similar results. EU markets were open to cold-rolled and galvanized steel imports until 2016. The US had also largely opened its market during the period from 2006 to 2016. Then, when imports into both markets surged, the EU and the US responded with trade actions.
The EU targeted China and Russia, its two biggest import sources. A year after the EU enacted high duties, imports of cold-rolled coil and hot-dipped galvanized steel from China and Russia plunged. But EU imports of these same products from Turkey, India, Egypt, and other sources skyrocketed, leaving overall import levels stable. The US targeted more countries than the EU and imposed much higher remedial duties. But as was the case in the EU, imports of cold-rolled and galvanized steel from other nations into the US replaced those from the target countries, and total US import volume remained about the same.
In early 2017, the US Department of Commerce concluded that imports of steel and aluminum constituted a threat to national security. Then, in March 2018, the US levied protective duties of 25% on imported steel and 10% on aluminum under the rarely used Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, which authorizes the US president to restrict imports under certain circumstances.
This massive intervention against nearly all imported steel products from all foreign countries—regardless of the fairness of their trading practices—was unprecedented. The US’s stated goal was to increase its domestic steel industry’s capacity utilization to 80% by reducing imports by 13 million tons per year.
Article 21 of GATT permits a country to take “any action which it considers necessary for the protection of its essential security interests.” But several nations are challenging the legality of the US actions in the WTO Dispute Settlement Body, contending that its true aim in invoking Section 232 is protectionism, and that their steel exports to the US pose no threat to US national security. The US maintains that it is free to define what constitutes its national security and that, therefore, WTO rules do not prohibit its actions. A number of countries have responded with retaliatory tariffs on select US exports representing similar dollar volumes of steel, aluminum, and other, unrelated products.
Retaliatory tariffs are just one type of regulatory intervention that governments may adopt. Safeguards—temporary, emergency measures that countries enact to protect their industries from serious injury in the event of unforeseen, sharp, and sudden import surges—are another option. Such safeguards, which must meet tough preconditions, typically take the form of duties or quotas and apply to imports from all countries. Fearing that a diversion of steel exports from the US would lead to a surge in steel exports to their own markets, the EU, Canada, and other countries implemented their own safeguards soon after the US trade measure went into force.
The EU safeguards, which went into effect on February 2, 2019, and will remain in force until July 2021, impose tariff-rate quotas on 26 categories of steel products. Countries with more than a 5% market share in a steel product category are assigned country-specific import quotas; all other countries are assigned the residual global tariff-rate quota for those products. Quotas are based on the average steel import volume of each product for the previous three years plus 5%. Imports up to quota level will enter the EU according to its normal published tariff schedule. Once imports of specific products reach the specified level, the EU will impose a safeguard tariff of 25% on any additional volume. The free-from-safeguards quota level is set to rise by 5% in July 2019 and by another 5% in July 2020. Nations that were already subject to antidumping and CVD tariffs fall under the global quota. Because a large share of hot-rolled coil imports was already subject to antidumping duties, the EU did not set country-specific quotas in this important product category.
On the basis of data available so far, it appears that the US’s Section 232 intervention achieved some—but not all—of its desired effects. Initially, domestic US steel producers clearly benefited from the 25% tariffs. Domestic steel capacity utilization rose from 75% in the first quarter of 2018 to 81% in the fourth quarter, achieving the US target. As yet there is not enough data available to make clear the impact on US steel import levels, but data does indicate that sharply higher domestic prices have translated into higher profits for US steel producers. Profitability in the US increased by 5 percentage points, while it remained largely unchanged in other parts of the world. Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization for major US steel producers rose from 9% in the first quarter of 2018 to 14% in the third quarter, surpassing the average for all steel producers in developed economies.
The big questions, however, are whether these gains are sustainable and whether they represent a net gain for the US economy. Global demand growth is slowing, and US steel prices have declined recently. There is some risk that they will fall further and that capacity utilization will drop as new production comes on line. Industry analysts estimate that if US steel makers follow through on all of their announcements, they will add more than 13 million metric tons of capacity during the period from early 2017 to 2023. Meanwhile, equity investors are concerned that the US government might roll back some of its tariff protections if it reaches new trade deals with major partners. After soaring initially, the shares of publicly listed US steel producers declined, on average, by 35% from March through December 2018, compared with a dip of only 3% in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
For the US economy, the gains of steel producers have been partially offset by the negative impact of the tariffs on US companies that use steel. One indicator of that impact—and of the importance of imported steel—is the number of applications (more than 44,000) for exemptions from the Section 232 tariffs filed as of December 20, 2018, by companies asserting that a lack of steel of the required quality or volume in the market is damaging their businesses. More than 14,000 of these applications were approved as of that date—more than three times as many as were denied. Also as of that date, more than 25,000 applications were still pending, underscoring the immense administrative challenge that the Section 232 tariffs pose for the US government. (See Exhibit 4.)
The recent trade actions taken by the US are creating winners and losers among the world’s steel producers and consumers.
Among national producers, the most immediate winners are US steel makers and their employees. The profitability of US integrated steel producers has increased. However, it has also improved for minimills, which are likely to continue taking market share from integrated steel producers regardless of tariff protection. Minimills use electric-arc furnace technology to make steel products, generally by melting and refining scrap and direct-reduced iron, rather than the blast furnaces that integrated mills use to produce steel from iron ore. In the past three decades, flat-steel minimills have increased their production while the output of integrated steel mills has declined—a trend that tariff protection will not change. Minimills have seized about half of the US market for flat steel, not including steel that is processed in rerolling mills. As the quality of their products improves, minimills are making inroads in the critical automotive sector. Most new investment in US steel capacity is flowing into facilities that deploy electric-arc furnace technology, which is less labor-intensive than blast-furnace technology. What’s more, companies are building a significant number of leading-edge minimills in the US South, rather than in the Midwest, where many of the older integrated mills are located.
Integrated steel mills that are interested in seizing the opportunity currently offered by high tariff protection can do two things. First, they can invest in improving their efficiency. Second, they can focus on core business segments in which they still hold the strongest position and aim to deliver domestic high-quality products that require higher levels of customer service, such as just-in-time delivery, technical support, and collaborative R&D.
High-grade steel for automobiles is one product that meets these criteria. But producers must use this window of opportunity. The current tariff protection gives US producers the breathing room they need to take domestic market share from foreign producers and to improve their operations so that they will be stronger competitors after the tariffs are removed.
Among producers of steel, the biggest losses will be felt by foreign suppliers, which have become less competitive in what was once a lucrative export market. In the immediate aftermath of the Section 232 action, the US agreed to exempt imports from a number of major partners, but it revoked those exemptions soon thereafter. Imports from Canada—the biggest foreign supplier—and Mexico continue to be charged a 25% tariff, even after those countries agreed to the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement that is to replace NAFTA.
Many American companies for which steel is an indispensable raw material will also pay a steep price, as will their customers. In the fabricated metals and steel-processing industries, steel often represents 30% to 80% of the material cost. Among highly steel-intensive manufacturers that have the most to lose are makers of boilers, storage tanks, shelving, springs, screws, pipes, tubes, and wire. The higher steel prices resulting from the Section 232 tariffs may endanger their ability to compete in domestic and export markets.
In many sectors, steel is the first step in extensive value chains. Higher steel prices, therefore, create cost pressures that get pushed down the chain to steel-consuming industries. Construction, automotive, and machinery companies—the steel industry’s biggest customers—will be negatively affected. Manufacturers of kitchen appliances, farm machinery, and motorcycles have already reported that higher material costs are affecting their profitability.
Given the vast size of steel-consuming industries—the fabricated metals and steel-processing industries alone employ ten times as many workers as US iron and steel mills do—the negative impact on overall US employment and investment could outweigh employment gains in the steel sector.
American manufacturers that are not directly affected by the steel tariffs also face risks as US trade partners decide whether to retaliate against their industries. The EU has imposed retaliatory tariffs on such important US products as motorcycles, Kentucky bourbon, and Florida orange juice. Canada has targeted cranberries from Wisconsin. The aim in each case is to produce a comparable financial effect and maximum political impact.
The landscape of the global steel trade will continue to shift, sometimes radically. Tariff policy is just one element of this changing global environment, which is also being redefined by alterations in local-content requirements, nontariff barriers, and regulations. The impact of these changes on companies will depend on the companies’ position in the steel-processing value chain and on the locations of their production facilities or suppliers.
It is critical, therefore, that companies be proactive. They must develop an effective way to identify and mitigate the risks—and to capture the opportunities—created by changes in the global trade landscape. They must also ensure that their organizations are flexible enough to act quickly in response to different scenarios.
Managing these risks and opportunities should not be solely the responsibility of companies’ legal or government affairs departments, nor of operating units. Instead, companies should manage them as fundamental strategic issues, with direct involvement of the CEO. Hence we recommend that executives take the following actions.
As a first step, companies should dedicate resources to building their capacity to recognize, understand, and monitor shifts in geopolitics, macroeconomic trends, and the global trade order—and their impact on the company’s supply chain. One option might be to establish a trade impact unit, a dedicated cross-functional team that maintains connections with operations, procurement, legal affairs, communications, and marketing and sales.
Leaders along the steel supply chain should then allocate resources to several key initiatives. One such initiative would be to develop a trade strategy that defines clear guidelines for action under certain circumstances or in response to major changes in the business environment that affect the company’s strategic direction. The company should have a blueprint in place that identifies a specific response when a key component or raw material can no longer be sourced in the usual way.
Likewise, resources should be allocated to building internal and external networks that will help the company navigate challenges. It should acquire expertise in trade and compliance, for example, and build relationships with outside experts and associations that have relevant expertise and similar interests.
The company also needs to dedicate resources to creating visibility in its global supplier network. For instance, it can use digital tools that foster a clear, real-time understanding of activities and repercussions in its supply chain.
These initiatives will enable the trade impact team to carry out three key operational tasks, which we refer to as sense, prepare, and act. (See Exhibit 5.)
Sense. Companies should build an early-warning system for trade impact, on the basis of relevant data and close monitoring of political and economic developments. They should also understand how changes in the cost and flow of business inputs and outputs are likely to affect their competitive position, thereby enabling company leaders to make the necessary preparations to move boldly, regardless of the particular outcome.
For steel companies that export to nations that have their own domestic steel industries, the early-warning system should include a keen awareness of prices both at home and abroad to avoid incurring dumping sanctions. Leaders should ensure that sales agents are aware of the consequences of selling steel in such markets at prices below those in the domestic market.
Steel-consuming companies should conduct a bottom-up analysis of the entire value chain—from the upstream supplier base to operations and asset investments in each country in which they operate to downstream distribution channels and end customers. The trade impact team should assess the company’s vulnerability to changes in revenues, costs, and asset utilization under a number of plausible trade scenarios. Automotive OEMs, for example, should understand how higher steel costs in different countries will affect assembly operations and key components for each model line.
This analysis should include assessment of the risk exposure of competitors. CEOs should understand whether their competitors are less vulnerable or more vulnerable to trade actions. The results could reveal opportunities on the revenue side. If a company’s competitor has to increase prices in a certain market as a result of tariffs, for example, this situation could create an opportunity for the first company to raise its own prices without increasing its cost base—or to go on the offensive and seize market share by maintaining prices that are too low for the competitor to match.
Prepare. To help the company remain agile, the trade impact team should use information and analysis to prepare responses to changes in trade policies. Having a flexible playbook of actions will enable leaders to respond to potential trade policy scenarios, reduce exposure to high tariffs, and seize windows of opportunity to create an advantage.
Steel producers in nations that are targets of a trade remedy action and wish to fight the action should prepare evidence to demonstrate that their exports are not damaging domestic industries in the importing country. They should also plan initiatives for winning additional customers in markets with low trade barriers. Steel producers who stand to benefit from tariffs should have plans on hand for ramping up production so that they can move as quickly as possible to gain share from foreign competitors in their domestic market when the latter find themselves at a disadvantage.
Steel-consuming companies can prepare by taking preemptive moves in anticipation of a trade action. They can secure supply and price protection with current suppliers and line up potential alternative suppliers to reduce exposure and provide strategic flexibility. When feasible, construction companies or manufacturers could prequalify suppliers from a different country so that they can shift to them as quickly as possible if antidumping tariffs go into effect. In some situations, importing a finished component that contains tariff-impacted steel, rather than making the component, may be another viable option.
The playbook should include options for decisive moves when it becomes clear that a country’s trade policy will indeed change. Companies should be prepared to shift production or find new markets as soon as a country initiates trade action against them. Steel consumers should have plans to adjust manufacturing and supplier footprints under various scenarios. They should have strategies for negotiating prices and securing alternative production facilities, materials, and labor in new locations. Specific triggers for taking action—such as commencement of an antidumping investigation—can aid companies in reacting swiftly.
Leaders of steel-consuming companies should also pursue proactive strategies for influencing trade policy outcomes. Companies should communicate with government actors at all levels to impress upon decision makers how their businesses will be affected by new trade restrictions. They should seek allies among companies, community organizations, workers, and other stakeholders that benefit from their business. Companies must also clearly communicate to customers, employees, suppliers, and shareholders that they are prepared to survive and thrive in the face of altered trade agreements.
Act. Steel producers that are targets of an antidumping action must act as soon as the country’s investigation begins, because the risks involved in waiting until the government reaches its preliminary and final determinations are too high. In addition to examining the feasability of entering new markets, companies should consider significantly altering their products in ways that might allow them to be reclassified in a way that renders them no longer subject to tariffs. If an importing country decides to impose quotas on steel products from its country, the company needs to move quickly to secure quota allotments.
Steel-consuming companies that face little competitive pressure or that cannot shift production should determine how much of the added material costs of high tariffs they can pass on to customers in the form of higher prices—and how much they must absorb themselves. Manufacturers whose competitive position will be damaged by high steel tariffs should begin the process of shifting production and supply sources as soon as the country issues a preliminary determination. If a manufacturer relies on a particular steel material that is subject to import quotas, it must move as quickly as possible to secure supplies. Otherwise, the company will be at risk of not being able to procure a critical material once that quota is filled for the year.
If possible, steel consumers facing higher prices due to protective tariffs on their materials should seek tariff exemptions from their government. At the same time, they must shift their sources of supply and manufacturing operations as swiftly as possible. Agility is the key to minimizing the impact on costs—and seizing competitive advantage against competitors that are slower to respond.
Decades of relatively free world trade have been good for both producers and consumers of steel. While dealing with trade friction has always been part and parcel of the business, the global steel community must now adapt to a new era of prolonged, heightened volatility in an industry that has been accustomed to long-term planning. The companies that emerge as winners in this environment will be those that have the foresight to anticipate and mitigate risks and the agility to seize opportunity when it knocks. | 6,579 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107878662.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20201021235030-20201022025030-00606.warc.gz | 0.958372 |
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Second shooting is awesome…I just sort of lay back, make sure Reed is not missing anything important, shoot whatever the heck I want to, carry some lights around, etc. And I still get to share this super important cool day with the couple.
Last Saturday was a bit different as Reed was working as a second shooter for Lindsey Kant (another awesome photographer) at Sarah and Nathan’s wedding at the Twin Cedar Farm in Rockford, TN. Sarah was a gorgeous bride, the groomsmen were crazy, and a venue that is just to die for…it all sounded cool enough for me to ask to tag along. As the fourth shooter. And it was a blast!!! | 233 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886133042.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20170824062820-20170824082820-00173.warc.gz | 0.970835 |
a4b9990e-a809-4714-9196-363b6ce30797 | 2019-08-19T13:48:54+00:00 | 2013-05-18 | 0 | http://blogs.mercurynews.com/hssports/2013/05/18/ccs-softball-roundup-leland-edges-santa-teresa-carlmont-los-altos-also-move-on/ | SAN JOSE — Before his team’s Division I quarterfinal softball game Saturday against Santa Teresa, Leland coach Joe Gron told his players that they shouldn’t expect the score to be as lopsided as the previous meeting between the teams.
He was spot on.
A little more than two weeks after Leland routed the Saints by 12 runs, the Chargers won a nail-biter at PAL Stadium 1-0 to advance to the Central Coast Section semifinals.
Leland scored an unearned run in the fourth inning and got another solid pitching performance from Holly Geranen to edge its Blossom Valley Athletic League Mount Hamilton Division rival.
“They beat us the first time in league, and we came back and beat them pretty good the second time through,” Gron said. “I kind of told (the players) don’t expect that to happen again. They’re going to be come out fired up and be ready to play us coming off that second game.”
Leland advances to play Carlmont in the semifinals at PAL Stadium on Thursday.
Santa Teresa got three hits from its leadoff batter, Bailey Coe, and a triple from Megan Heal. But every time the Saints threatened, Geranen made a big pitch or her defense made a big play.
“She’s been making big pitches all year long, and she’s got a fantastic defense behind her also making the plays,” Gron said. “She stepped up. She’s been one hell of a player all year long.”
Santa Teresa had some chances. After Heal’s triple in the top of the fourth, Jessica Liquori appeared to drive her in when her soft line drive got past second baseman Taylor Bojorquez. But right fielder Ally Kido scooped up the ball and threw out Liquori at first to prevent Santa Teresa from taking a 1-0 lead.
“I just think we needed to clutch up at some important parts, and we just couldn’t get our bat on the ball,” Santa Teresa catcher Ally Beaulieu said. “That was tough. We tried to come back, but at the end of the day we made a few more errors than they did.”
Asked about Coe’s three singles in three at-bats, Beaulieu said, “She clutched up multiple times, but unfortunately we couldn’t hit her in. She did great this game. I am really proud of her.”
Santa Teresa pitcher Jamie Billings allowed two hits — both in the first inning — and walked one.
Geranen retired the final five batters she faced to seal the win.
“I just counted on my defense and knew that if I pitched strikes that they would be there behind me,” she said. “Run support is definitely one of the biggest things, and having that one run definitely made me feel more comfortable.”
Leland has lost in the semifinals the past two years.
“It’s amazing,” Geranen said of reaching another semifinal, “but this time I want to go to a championship and win this one.”
Carlmont 6, Salinas 2: Rebecca Faulkner struck out seven, and Melissa Pekarek had two hits, stole a base and drove in a run to lead Carlmont into the Division I semifinals Thursday at PAL Stadium against Leland. Carlmont scored four in the third inning at Hawes Park in Redwood City to break open the game.
Los Altos 6, Saratoga 0: Tianna Vasquez had to hits to help Los Altos advance to the Division II semifinals.
Hillsdale 4, St. Ignatius 2: Meagan Wells had two doubles and scored a run as Hillsdale won the Division II quarterfinal at Hawes Park. Hillsdale scored all of its runs in the first inning.
Gilroy 6, Archbishop Mitty 3: For details about Gilroy’s upset of previously unbeaten Mitty, click here.
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29d0a8d7-dcad-4e0c-8415-73cdf6d2675b | 2013-05-19T18:50:33+00:00 | 2012-06-26 | 1 | http://theamerican.ie/2012/06/26/ireland-considering-law-banning-smoking-in-car-with-a-child/ | Ireland’s Government has approved the drafting of new laws to ban smoking in cars when children are present.
Minister for Health James Reilly was given the go-ahead to draw up amendments to a Seanad Private Members Bill on the issue.
The Bill, introduced by Senator John Crown, advocated a ban on all smoking in cars, but it is understood this will be amended to impose the ban only where children are in the vehicle.
Senator John Crown moved a bill to ban smoking in cars when there is a child or children present with the Minister saying that he would not oppose it.
The proposed legislation is being advocated by Crowne, independent senator Jillian van Turnhout and Fianna Fáil’s Mark Daly.
The Minister did raise some concerns in relation to the drafting of the bill and cited concerns about notifying the European Commission but Van Turnhout said she did not think there were any “major concerns that can’t be worked out”.
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4a3f5b49-f442-4aec-92c6-2f4ba1e92b47 | 2022-05-25T07:52:01+00:00 | 2022-03-01 | 1 | https://civilengineering365.com/microscopy-illuminates-charcoals-sketchy-origins/ | Nearly half of the barbecue charcoal bought in Europe contains wood from tropical and subtropical forests, with little of it certified sustainable, raising fears that some of it is illegally logged.
The finding comes from an analysis1 of thousands of charcoal samples, using a pioneering microscopy technique. Scientists also found that many bags of charcoal incorrectly labelled the type of wood inside or failed to mention it at all, lending weight to concerns about their true origin.
“This is just an overview but it’s absolutely enough to cause alarm, because we found so much tropical timber,” said Volker Haag, a wood anatomist at the Thünen Institute of Wood Research in Hamburg, Germany, who led the work.
The researchers harnessed developments in microscopy that are transforming attempts to probe the opaque, multimillion-dollar international charcoal business. Campaigners think that up to two million tonnes of illegally harvested tropical wood might enter Europe as charcoal each year.
The European Union imported some 750,000 tonnes of charcoal in 2019. Source countries include Nigeria (20%) and Paraguay (7%), which are known for widespread illegal deforestation. But once any wood charcoal enters Europe, it can be sold legally, because it is not covered by the European Timber Regulation (EUTR), legislation that prohibits firms from placing on the EU market timber that has been logged illegally.
Charcoal is tricky to analyse because the original wood has lost many of its signature features, such as colour and smell, and it crumbles easily. But Haag has developed a 3D-reflected-light microscopy technique that digitally reconstructs sections of charcoal from irregular lumps to create images from which the parent wood can be identified — often to genus level. This is enough to disprove many claims about a wood’s origin.
Haag’s team analysed 4,500 samples from 150 charcoal bags bought in 11 countries in 2019 and 2020. Some 46% included wood from subtropical and tropical forests, which have the highest deforestation rates in the world. In Spain, Italy, Poland and Belgium, this figure was more than 60% (see ‘Charred origins’). Of these, only one-quarter of bags bore the logos of sustainable-certification organizations such as the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).
In addition, only one-quarter of the bags specified the species or origin of the wood — and only half of these declarations were correct. The work was published in IAWA Journal, a publication of the International Association of Wood Anatomists.
“If you find a product with the wrong species inside, it’s a very strong indicator for illegality,” says co-author Johannes Zahnen, a forest-policy specialist with the Berlin-based wildlife charity WWF Germany. “Combining it with the knowledge that most tropical charcoal is coming from Nigeria and Paraguay, there’s a high likelihood of illegality.”
Zahnen calls for the EUTR to be extended to charcoal, and for authorities to compel suppliers to label their bags.
Phil Guillery, director of supply-chain integrity at the FSC, which is headquartered in Bonn, Germany, says the study shows that when sustainability certification is used, it is largely accurate. Since 2017, the FSC has been using another microscopy technique to verify origin claims on charcoal bags in an effort to stop wood ‘laundering’. “The ability to test charcoal has had a huge impact,” says Guillery. | 732 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662580803.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220525054507-20220525084507-00606.warc.gz | 0.949624 |
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Therefore, we expressly dissociate ourselves from the content of any third-party websites to which we have placed a link on our website. This declaration shall apply to all links given on our website | 146 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706890813/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516122130-00023-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.866926 |
18a163b3-3db8-4a98-b513-94de421be5c4 | 2018-08-18T01:10:25+00:00 | 2018-07-15 | 0 | http://www.doggiebonez.com/about/debbie/ | Debbie has been involved with dog rescue for the last 5 years. She has rescued dogs from death’s doorstep at high kill shelters in Los Angeles County, Riverside County and South County and brought them to safety under Doggie Bonez’ watchful eye. Her heart is made of gold, as she has fostered over 14 dogs who have found their forever homes. She has an amazing ability to connect with her dogs and create a loving environment for them to decompress out of the shelter and learn to trust again. Currently Debbie is fostering Leo, a sweet Blue nose pitbull with terminal skin cancer.
She also rescued Izzy, a sweet 7 pound Chihuahua who rules the roost. Debbie plays a crucial role for the dog rescue. She transports all of the animals to vet appointments, adoption events, and meet n greets with potential adopters. She also creates content for social media to get the word out on new dogs up for adoption. She performs home evaluations and has the ability to find the right dog for the right family. She has parlayed her passion of dog rescue into a thriving pet sitting business, in the South County area. | 235 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-34/segments/1534221213247.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20180818001437-20180818021437-00363.warc.gz | 0.969289 |
64c1e30a-fbd7-4688-8017-40bb9b7a6cae | 2017-08-17T21:27:35+00:00 | 2017-03-15 | 1 | https://electmedia.com/seo-in/french-privacy-regulator-fines-google-for-not-removing-rtbf-links-outside-of-europe/ | The French privacy authority, the Commission Nationale de l’informatique et des Libertés (CNIL), has taken an extreme and potentially dangerous position that unwittingly supports internet censorship. CNIL, and others in Europe, have repeatedly demanded that links expunged from the search index under Europe’s “Right to Be Forgotten” law (RTBF) be removed from all of Google’s indexes globally.
The position is based on the notion that individual country domain removals can be circumvented by going to Google.com. Google has resisted removing RTBF content on a global basis on the grounds that it represents regulatory overreach and that citizens of other countries should not be subject to French or European law.
Previously Google said that it would limit RTBF to European users:
We’ve been working hard to strike the right balance in implementing the European Court’s ruling, co-operating closely with data protection authorities. The ruling focused on services directed to European users, and that’s the approach we are taking in complying with it.
This has not satisfied CNIL.
Google has recently tried to more aggressively police access to disputed RTBF content by making it inaccessible globally for all European users but not to users outside of the jurisdictions in which RTBF applies. In other words, no user within Europe would be able to access RTBF-removed links — period. The links would still be available to searchers Japan or Canada, for example. In this compromise way, Google has sought to comply with CNIL’s demand without imposing French or European law on the rest of the world.
Despite these efforts, French authorities fined Google $112,000 today for failing to remove RTBF links from the entire search index globally. The NY Times quotes French regulators who argued that European privacy rules could only be effectively implemented if they have global reach:
“For people residing in France to effectively exercise their right to be delisted, it must be applied to the entire processing operation, i.e. to all of the search engine’s extensions” . . . CNIL, said in a statement.
Google has said it will appeal.
Beyond the fact that European regulators and courts have no jurisdiction over non-Europeans outside Europe, CNIL’s unwillingness to compromise seems to ignore potentially larger issues and unintended consequences. Emboldened by European positions on global link/content removal, countries such as China, Russia, Saudi Arabia or Pakistan could pass laws that ask for the same type of content removal — but of content that’s politically unpalatable or disagreeable in some way.
It’s not the substantive law that should be the focus of this debate but the attempt to expand jurisdiction and control to the entire globe. Indeed, it’s not that much of a leap from the seemingly legitimate French attempt to protect its citizens’ privacy to more obvious censorship in the form of China asking Google to globally remove content about the Tiananmen Square massacre (because it’s unfair to Chinese citizens somehow). Russia could ask Google to remove content critical of the Russian government, as subversive and destabilizing of the regime. Saudi Arabia or Pakistan might seek global removal of any content critical of Islam or the Prophet Muhammad.
These examples in principle are not distinguishable legally from what the French are trying to do. And by refusing to compromise, CNIL and others in Europe are unwittingly paving the way for these types of demands, from self-interested or corrupt govenments that might attempt to more nakedly censor the internet.
The post French privacy regulator fines Google for not removing RTBF links outside of Europe appeared first on Search Engine Land. | 760 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886104160.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20170817210535-20170817230535-00507.warc.gz | 0.929335 |
27bb5c11-732b-40f2-acf1-7abef71a70cc | 2015-04-01T11:31:41+00:00 | 2012-03-06 | 1 | http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/mar/06/great-barrier-reef-mining-boom | A UN environmental team has arrived in Australia for a crunch 10-day assessment of the Great Barrier Reef, warning that the coral ecosystem is at a "crossroads" due to the soaring activity of the mining industry in the World Heritage Area.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) visit comes amid fears that the reef's world heritage listing, which it has held since 1981, could be placed in jeopardy after rapid escalation in coal exports and gas exploration.
"The Great Barrier Reef is definitely at a crossroad and decisions that will be taken over the next one, two, three years might potentially be crucial for the long-term conservation [of the reef]," said Fanny Douvere, from Unesco's World Heritage marine programme.
Australia's coal boom is set to open up the previously undeveloped Galilee Basin in central Queensland, greatly increasing the number of developments along the state's coast, where the 1,800-mile reef stretches.
The proposed infrastructure includes Abbott Point, which would become the largest coal export port in the world.
At full capacity, the expansion would see more than 10,000 coal-laden ships a year cross the Great Barrier Reef by the end of the decade – a sizeable increase on the 1,722 vessels that entered the World Heritage Area in 2011.
Environmentalists are concerned that ships navigating reef passageways – many of which are narrower than the English Channel – will run aground, as a Chinese vessel did in 2010, tearing a two-mile gash into the coral and spilling several tonnes of oil.
There are also warnings that the reef's six species of turtle, including the endangered loggerhead and Olive Ridley turtles, and the snubfin dolphin, Australia's only endemic dolphin, would be affected by any mass industrialisation of the Queensland coast.
Any reduction in visitor numbers to a region that generates AUS$6bn a year from tourists would also be keenly felt by local businesses and the Australian economy at large.
Douvere and Tim Badman from the International Union for Conservation of Nature are set to meet with government ministers and NGOs, as well as visit the reef to assess the impact of new developments.
The specially arranged trip follows a minor diplomatic incident last year when Unesco's World Heritage Committee said it was "extremely concerned" that the Australian government had not informed it of the approval of a major liquefied natural gas hub on Curtis Island, off the Queensland coast.
The expansion of the hub at Gladstone has been blamed for a sharp drop in water quality and widespread disease of marine creatures.
More than 45m cubic metres of sea floor is to be dredged in the World Heritage Area to accommodate the boom in shipping, with the government warning that it will penalise mining companies that dump accumulated waste on the corals.
Douvere said: "When it comes to dredging issues I think that a big part of our discussions need to focus on what the alternatives are."
Speaking to the Guardian from Paris, prior to her departure to Australia, Douvere said that there were multiple threats to the reef's wellbeing.
"We won't just be looking at the increase in shipping, but also issues such as how climate change and the recent cyclone and extreme weather has affected the reef," she said.
"We will look at the overall impact of these things. We don't regularly make these kind of trips but it was asked for by the World Heritage Committee after issues were raised last year."
Environmental groups have claimed that Unesco's visit is an embarrassment for the Australian government.
Greenpeace Australia spokesman James Lorenz said: "We are looking at an enormous, unprecedented increase in coal, oil and gas exploitation here."
"Unesco is clearly very worried about this and if they decide the reef is in danger, that places it at the same level as sites in places such as Afghanistan, which is deeply embarrassing for Australia."
"The Great Barrier Reef is priceless but it is being treated like it's a worthless. It has been mismanaged for years and we are now at a tipping point."
Both the federal Australian and state Queensland governments have launched their own 18-month assessments of the reef, although ministers have come under fire for considering several large developments, including Abbott Point, during the review.
Tony Burke, Australia's environment minister, has defended his handling of the issue, telling ABC Radio: "Let's not forget, with Abbot Point, there is already a significant level of industry that occurs there."
"One of the largest levels of concern here is shipping, as the vessels move through the reef area. So those shipping movement issues are issues that really have to be front of mind throughout all of this."
The UN report will handed to the World Heritage Committee, which will decide on any response at a meeting in St Petersburg in July. | 994 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-14/segments/1427131304444.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20150323172144-00191-ip-10-168-14-71.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.967106 |
6d6b54c7-2bed-475a-9dc9-eca9118fa902 | 2018-08-18T08:48:39+00:00 | 2018-08-14 | 1 | https://www.executivegov.com/2018/08/james-mattis-dod-backs-formation-of-space-focused-combatant-command/ | James Mattis, secretary of the Defense Department, has said DoD is supportive of a plan to form a new combatant command focused on space, Defense News reported Tuesday.
“We need to address space as a developing warfighting domain and a combatant command is certainly one thing that we can we can establish,” he told reporters Tuesday at the Pentagon.
Mattis, a two-time Wash100 recipient, said DoD is “in complete alignment” with President Donald Trump’s concern about the need to protect space assets and is now in the process of creating the new organization.
President Donald Trump announced plans in June for the establishment of a new “space force” in an effort to maintain the country’s dominance in space.
Mattis noted that DoD will support the efforts of the Department of Homeland Security and law enforcement authorities to safeguard the midterm elections against possible interference from Russia and other threat actors, according to a report by DoD News. | 203 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-34/segments/1534221213508.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20180818075745-20180818095745-00486.warc.gz | 0.959569 |
70998545-0541-4fdb-998e-28fb8a43e588 | 2018-08-18T14:17:08+00:00 | 2016-09-20 | 0 | http://www.umaryland.edu/spa/collaborations-and-subrecipients/proposals-with-subrecipients/fdp-clearinghouse-pilot/ | - Academic Affairs
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FDP Clearinghouse Pilot
Date: Sept. 20, 2016
UMB is taking part in a national pilot program as part of the Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP). The goal is to develop one single web-based repository for all FDP entities (154 institutions and potentially others) of all entity-related information about our organizations. The central repository will help to streamline the process for obtaining and reviewing all necessary subrecipient entity information and reduce subrecipient monitoring and risk assessment activities in a timely and streamlined fashion without requiring time and resources to send and collect various forms to obtain this information. We hope this one-stop shop will allow us to comply with the Uniform Guidance Subrecipient Monitoring requirements and reduce administrative burden.
What this pilot means to your departments:
1. If UMB is going to be a subawardee to one of the other FDP Clearinghouse Pilot participating institutions, this institution should ONLY be requesting specific information about the project that represents UMB’s scope of work. Any other general information about UMB should be obtained from the Clearinghouse site.
2. If UMB is proposing to issue a subaward to one of the Pilot institutions, the FDP Pilot Subrecipient Commitment Form should be used during the routing of UMB’s proposal.
Additional information regarding UMB’s participation, including sample “push back” language to use for any Pilot Institutions asking for organizational information unnecessarily, can be found in the Forms section of ORD/SPA’s website.
Please share this information with your schools and departmental business officers who assist in proposal preparation.
Please direct any questions you may have to your Sponsored Programs Administration team. | 438 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-34/segments/1534221213689.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20180818134554-20180818154554-00345.warc.gz | 0.892342 |
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