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db7667dc-6683-42a9-b1f6-2661bc199ceb | 2022-05-18T13:44:44+00:00 | 2022-04-11 | 1 | https://witness.co.ug/six-people-fight-for-late-oulanyahs-seat-in-parliament/ | Six people have expressed interest in vying for the Omoro County Parliamentary seat in Omoro district.
The seat fell vacant following the death of former legislator and Speaker of Parliament, Jacob L’Okori Oulanyah on March 20, 2022, in Seattle in the United States of America.
Last week, the Electoral Commission set May 26, 2022, as the date for the Omoro County by-elections. The voters’ register update exercise will run from April 14-19th, 2022.
Francis Mawa, the Prime Minister of Puranga Clan where the late Oulanyah hailed from told Uganda Radio Network that six people from the clan have shown interest in running for the vacant seat.
They include Omoro District LC V Chairperson, Douglas Peter Okello, Omoro District Council Speaker, Richard Bongowat Luganya, Andrew Olal and Francis Rwotlonyo, all members of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party.
Others are Engineer Terrence Odonga from Forum for Democratic Party-FDC and Patrick Okot, a lecturer in the Faculty of Science at Gulu University.
According to Mawa, Oulanyah’s family members had earlier fronted the deceased’s son, Andrew Ojok to contest as a replacement for his father.
He notes that as members of Puranga clan, they have scheduled a meeting with all aspirants on Friday this week to come out with a common position.
“The Friday meeting will come out with a good report because this is an abnormal contest that came after the death of one of our own. We have called family members, relatives, political leaders, and cultural heads of the clan to iron out some issues,” he said.
Omoro district LC V chairperson, Douglas Peter Okello didn’t answer our repeated phone calls on his cellphones.
Rwotlonyo confirmed his interest in the parliamentary seat, saying that Omoro needs a person who can work for them and listen to them.
He called on the NRM party leadership to exercise neutrality and give a fairground to all aspirants to contest without dictating on a single candidate of their interest.
On Friday last week, Francis Emuna, the brother to Oulanyah asked others interested in vying for the parliamentary seat to consider the deceased’s son owing to the legacy of his father.
“We want Ojok to stand come by-election for Omoro, we want your full support, please stand with the family and we take this man through, this is my special request. I know there are people who want to come through but let’s consider the family and all Jacob has done and left us with,” said Emuna.
Ojok works with National Information Technology Authority-Uganda (NITA-U) as a Senior Information Technology Specialist. Caesar Lubangakene, the National Unity Platform-NUP party Northern Regional spokesperson told URN in an interview that they had not yet decided on a candidate for the Omoro County MP seat.
“We are going to sit down and have a strategy meeting very soon, we are going to definitely show force whether we support our candidate or back one of the candidates,” he said. Oulanyah, who was buried on Friday last week at his ancestral home in Lalogi Sub-county, was serving his fourth Term as Omoro County member of parliament. He first joined parliament on the Uganda People’s Congress-UPC party ticket in 2001.
He lost his re-election bid in 2006 before joining the NRM Party and won in the 2011 parliamentary election, 2016, and subsequently the 2021 Parliamentary election.
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ee36043e-4420-423c-83aa-0dba150c2222 | 2017-08-24T01:07:09+00:00 | 2015-11-30 | 1 | http://www.apwu.org/blog/archive/2015-11 | Beyond Distrust: How Americans View Their Government
Fully 84% have a favorable view of the U.S. Postal Service – the highest rating among 17 agencies and departments tested.
Beyond Distrust: How Americans View Their Government
Poll: Only 1 in 5 Americans Say They Trust the Government
But more than 80 percent of respondents were positive about the performance of the U.S. Postal Service.
Voters Distrust Government in General, But Like Many Specifics, Poll Finds
Large majorities gave positive marks to a long list of government agencies, starting with the Postal Service, which, despite being a butt of many jokes in popular culture, gets a positive rating from 84% of Americans.
Turn Your Post Office into a Bank? The Idea is on the Table
From check cashing to small loans, Pavoggi said postal banking would also add revenue and not cost taxpayers money.
Nearly 900 Absentee Ballots in Summit County Thrown Out for Lack of Postmark; Elections Board to Hold Hearing to Question Postal Officials About Issue
County Elections Board members think the increase in late ballots without postmarks was caused by the closure of Akron’s mail processing center earlier this year, which resulted in mail sent locally going to Cleveland before coming back to Akron.
Postal Banking Would Defeat Predatory Lending for Good
With predatory lenders victimizing millions of paycheck-to-paycheck families nationwide, New Jersey urgently needs a common-sense solution: postal banking for affordable small loans and check cashing.
Rand Paul Suggests Doing Away with the Postal Service
In a radio interview yesterday, Sen. Rand Paul said that if he were to become president, he would pare down the federal government so much that he might even do away with the U.S. Postal Service.
Will ‘Postal Banking’ Keep More Post Offices Open?
Could local post offices diversify from mail delivery into banking services for Americans not served by conventional banks?
Ralph Nader: For America’s Unbanked: Re-Establishing The Postal Savings Bank – OpEd
The time is ripe to implement postal banking. What is needed is a rising rumble from the people focused on Postmaster General Megan Brennan―who has the authority to act now on implementing surcharge free ATMS, payroll check cashing, bill-paying services and electronic money transfers ―and on Congress to allow loans and other new services.
Bernie Sanders Has a Plan to Reinvent the Post Office. Hillary Clinton Should Steal It.
Up until now, this idea has been advocated mostly by liberals like Sanders (Elizabeth Warren is a big booster), but there's no reason why it couldn't have broad political appeal. If Hillary Clinton wants ideas to help expand economic opportunity for people who are struggling, the fact that tens of millions of Americans can't access banking services is a pretty good place to start.
Postal union endorses Sanders, citing efforts to save USPS
The largest union for government postal workers in the United States has endorsed Bernie Sanders for president, giving a boost to the Democratic candidate’s slim labor endorsement list.
Postal Workers Endorse Austerity-Foe Bernie Sanders
The APWU endorsement recalls the historic “reward our friends” calculus, as Sanders has for years been an ardent congressional advocate for postal workers and the United States Postal Service. Long before he considered presidential politics, the senator from Vermont was arguing against the austerity economics that seeks to balance the books by cutting public services. An ardent foe of privatization, he as well has championed the expansion of its mission, backing innovative initiatives such as postal banking.
The Postal Service’s ‘Retail Channel Strategy:’ A Blueprint for Privatizing the Post Office
It’s been clear for a long time that the Postal Service is in the process of privatizing itself by shifting processing operations to companies like Pitney Bowes
Staples-Office Depot merger review could be delayed until March
Staples' and Office Depot's plan to merge will be put on hold until March as the European Union says it won't complete its antitrust review until then.
Too Many Giant Mergers
“The trend toward bigger mergers can and should be stopped,” APWU President Mark Dimondstein writes in a letter to the New York Times. “Blocking the Staples/Office Depot deal is the right place to start.”
It’s Expensive to Be Poor
Senator Elizabeth Warren [and others], have recommended bringing the US Postal Service — an institution with a presence in every zip code — back into basic banking, something it did until 1967.
Youngstown Mail-Processing Center Still Processing
American Postal Workers Union Local 443 President Jim Varner remains optimistic about the Youngstown mail-processing center operations.
A new line of business for the post office: Banking?
The nation’s largest postal union is pushing the USPS to provide financial services to tens of millions of Americans who aren't served by the nation's conventional banking system.
Bernie Sanders’s Passion for the Prosaic – or Why the Postal Office is Part of What Makes America Great
In a race where many candidates for president are pressing flashy, headline-grabbing issues like immigration, the fight against terrorism, abortion rights and education, Bernie Sanders is offering a passionate defense of the prosaic.
Postal worker union says prices will rise if Staples acquires Office Depot
In a report released Thursday, the American Postal Worker Union argued that Staples' planned $6.3 billion acquisition of Boca Raton-headquartered Office Depot would hurt American businesses if regulators allow it to proceed.
Since the financial crisis, more than 4,800 bank branches have disappeared from the American retail landscape.
Lucas County Absentee Voters Miss Mark: Why the Mail May Be to Blame
Scott says part of the problem is that mail is being rerouted and processed in Detroit, MI.
Brookings Paper on the Postal Service Gets the Facts Wrong
Elaine Kamarck’s essay, “Delaying the Inevitable: Political Stalemate and the U.S. Postal Service,” grossly misstates the facts about the central cause of the Postal Service’s financial crisis… Unfortunately, that’s not all she got wrong.
How Bernie Sanders Plans to Transform the Postal Service and Help Millions in Poverty
Senator Bernie Sanders advocates that the postal service provide financial services in low-income and rural areas that may not have banking institutions, or where residents are forced to use costly alternative financial services.
The Rushcard Fiasco Can Point Us to Good Policy for Serving the Unbanked and Underbanked, and Formerly Incarcerated
Public banking can work alongside the traditional banking system, similar to how Social Security exists alongside private retirement options.
Long Island Postal Workers Rally Against Cuts to Benefits, Wages
Union postal workers on Long Island are trying to stop the push for cuts to benefits, service and starting wages.
Postal Workers Decry Cuts in Service, Wages at Melville Rally
More than 150 postal workers at a demonstration Sunday in Melville demanded a new contract, criticized a plan to lower wages for new hires and called for the restoration of service cuts.
Voting by Mail Has Advantages
Voting by mail has several advantages over traditional polling such as being cost effective, increased participation among voters and it is easier for election officials to conduct.
NALC: Study: Millions Depend on Trillion-Dollar Postal Industry
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628afa39-1699-4dd3-9f3f-1152f258c6fc | 2020-10-28T19:57:27+00:00 | 2020-10-28 | 1 | http://worldwww.consumerelectronicsnet.com/united-states-private-lte-5g-network-market-size-share-trends-analysis-report-2020-2027-researchandmarkets-com/ | DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The “U.S. Private LTE & 5G Network Market Size, Share & Trends Analysis Report by Component (Hardware, Software, Services), by Frequency, by Spectrum, by Vertical, and Segment Forecasts, 2020 – 2027” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering.
The U.S. private LTE & 5G network market size is anticipated to reach USD 5.68 billion by 2027, expanding at a CAGR of 17.0% from 2020 to 2027.
This report focuses on the private 5G use cases, the LTE and 5G industry’s regulatory scenario, upcoming trends in various spectrums, and private 5G network providers. Furthermore, the report provides in-depth analysis, market estimations, private network use cases, and potential customers on the key verticals such as manufacturing, automotive, electrical and electronics, food and beverages, pharmaceuticals, heavy machinery, clothing and accessories, energy and utilities, transportation and logistics, defense, public safety, enterprises and campus, public venues, mining, healthcare/hospitals, oil and gas, retail, agriculture, and smart cities.
The rising adoption of a private network for the Internet of Things (IoT) applications, industrial use cases, and the Industry 4.0 revolution are some of the critical factors responsible for the market growth in the U.S. The companies are moving towards Industry 4.0 by modernizing and automating industrial operations using modern and smart technologies. Some of these include the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), 5G, smart factory, and interoperability.
Industry 4.0 makes use of highly intelligent, automated, and collaborative cyber-physical systems that require robust wireless connections with low latencies. As a result, numerous organizations and factories from energy, logistics, automotive, mining, and power sectors adopt private 5G & LTE networks. Further, the deployment of plenty of Industrial IoT (IIoT) and other sensor-based applications in the manufacturing industry vertical is expected to boost the demand for private 5G network adoption over the forecast period.
The companies are extensively preferring the private networks over public networks on account of various benefits such as low latencies, ultra-high-speed, enhanced security, network reliability, and the ability to customize and upgrade the network effectively. The end-users already having legacy private network infrastructure at their premises can directly procure 5G software stacks from software vendors or system integrators and install them into their current servers. This helps clients completely transform their present network into the next generation private 5G network at reduced costs.
The new private 5G network installations and network infrastructure upgrades are the crucial factors that will drive the market over the forecast period. However, the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and staggering 5G deployment is expected to hinder the overall market growth over a short period. Further, the small and medium companies in the low-income markets and outskirts areas of the U.S. cannot meet the massive capital investments required to build a reliable private connectivity infrastructure. Therefore, the lack of positive response from such firms is anticipated to hinder the market’s steady growth.
The market players gain competitive advantage by making large investments towards 5G deployment and acquiring new private 5G installations from various industries such as healthcare, logistics, manufacturing, and others. The network operators, including AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon, have influential positions in the LTE connectivity space in the U.S..
The primary network providers such as Ericsson and Nokia have already invested considerably towards the 5G and LTE technologies and infrastructure, thereby gaining a stronghold on the market for private LTE and 5G network.
U.S. Private LTE & 5G Network Market Report Highlights
- Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the healthcare industry is suffering from inadequate healthcare personnel to care for patients. As a result, the hospitals and healthcare facilities are upgrading to private LTE and 5G networks to enhance their telemedicine and remote patient monitoring abilities
- The private LTE and 5G networks are expected to improve the operating excellence in the industrial facilities by enabling the integration of IIoT in various devices and equipment
- The U.S. government has banned Huawei Technologies, Co, Ltd, a China-based 5G equipment provider, and system integrator, to deploy its 5G equipment across the country. As a result, the 5G companies and telecom operators face challenges in private 5G network deployment through partnerships and collaborations
- Customers are highly focused on implementing private 5G networks with ultra-low latency and fast data transfer speeds, thereby enabling smart factories that utilize Augmented Reality (AR), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and advanced robotics for operations
- The manufacturing segment has accounted for around 20% of the market revenue share in 2019, and it is anticipated to expand at a significant CAGR from 2020 to 2027. Numerous manufacturing companies are expected to move towards automation and adopt technologies such as the IIoT, robot assistance, and digital twins by installing private 5G networks
- The transportation and logistics segment is also anticipated to exhibit a high CAGR from 2020 to 2027 due to the significant increase in the number of warehouses in the U.S. and the surging adoption of autonomous robots in the warehousing facilities
Market Variables, Trends & Scope
The U.S. Private LTE and 5G Network Market – Value Chain Analysis
The U.S. Private LTE and 5G Network Market Dynamics
Market Driver Analysis
- Increased adoption of private LTE and 5G network for IoT applications
- Rising implementation of highly secured Private 5G network infrastructure across several enterprise and industrial use cases
Market Restraint Analysis
- Lack of adoption of Private 5G & LTE from Small and Medium Companies in the low-income markets
Market opportunity Analysis
- Private LTE & 5G network for long term growth of industry 4.0
The U.S. Private LTE and 5G Network Penetration & Growth Prospects Mapping
Covid-19 Impact Analysis
Key Use Case Analysis
- Automated Guided vehicles (AGV)
- Collaborative Robots/Cloud-Robots
- Industrial sensors and Heavy Machinery Automations
- Predictive Maintenance and Analytics
- Remote Patient Monitoring & Diagnosis
- Public Safety and Emergency Services
5G Current and Upcoming Spectrum Scenario
5G Regulations & Policies
- AT&T Inc.
- Broadcom Inc.
- Cisco Systems, Inc.
- HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
- Nokia Corporation
- QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
- T-Systems International GmbH
- Verizon Communications
- Vodafone Group Plc
- ZTE Corporation
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Though meant to be a good feature; it turns out to be more annoying than useful to most users. Below steps can help you turn this feature off
- Control Panel – Mouse – Device Settings – Settings
- Uncheck ‘Enable Zooming’ checkbox
- Click ok and you are done
I had looked for an answer to this question in many blogs and forums but all of them gave very generic answers. It was only very late that an idea struck me. Why not check the manual? Voila! I got the answer.
Before we start to do anything, make sure that the laptop is turned off. Press the Novo button (the button right next to the AC power adapter jack) and the laptop turns on with a few options out of which BIOS Setup is one.
If you still have not figured out where this button is, here is the link to the manual.
Recently I had decided to upgrade the RAM on my Lenovo Z400 from 6 GB to 16 GB. But after going through many videos and the Hardware Maintenance Manual (HMM) of this model, I figured out that this is one of the most trickiest laptops I have worked on. If any of you have a similar model or a Z500 for that matter, you may follow the instructions given on the HMM and also the steps below. The number of screws and the way to remove the base cover looked all very funny to me, honestly. So here are the steps.
1. Remove the AC adapter
2. Remove the keyboard (see page 33 of the HMM)
Please be very careful when removing the keyboard as the underlying cables are locked tight into the connectors. Make sure that you lift the lock and then remove both the cables.
3. Remove the Optical Drive (see page 36 of the HMM)
4. Remove the base Cover (see page 39 of the HMM)
When removing the base cover, please note that the base cover is locked to the laptop apart from having screws. One needs to be very careful while removing the base cover from one end so that he/she does not end up applying brute force and hence break the base cover. Be patient!
5. Remove the Battery Pack (see page 44 of the HMM)
Please download the HMM from the link below.
Hardware Maintenance Manual for Ideapad Z & P series
The manual has clear illustrations on how to remove each part and specifically for each model. By following the steps you will also be able to upgrade or change the Hard Disk on the laptop too!
Please note that for both Z400 and Z400 Touch the methods are different. Please read through the manaul carefully
You can remove McAfee from the control panel – Add or remove programs – Right click on McAfee – uninstall.
Else you can run MCPR ( McAfee Consumer Product Removal Tool ) and then restart the computer.
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78691b7b-03a3-42b4-9f6d-b3264554195e | 2022-05-27T22:22:39+00:00 | 2020-07-11 | 1 | https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/us-student-accused-of-killing-rome-policeman-says-he-was-beaten-in-custody.html | "They beat me pretty bad" said Finnegan Lee Elder.
An American student on trial in Italy for the murder of a Rome policeman claims he was kicked, punched and spat on in custody, according to a leaked official transcript from last summer, reports AFP.
Finnegan Lee Elder and fellow Californian student Gabriel Christian Natale-Hjorth could be handed life sentences if convicted of murdering Mario Cerciello Rega, a 35-year-old carabiniere who was stabbed 11 times in Rome last July.
Cerciello Rega and his colleague Andrea Varriale, both dressed in plain-clothes, had gone to investigate a drug deal gone wrong in the capital's upmarket Prati district in the early hours of 26 July 2019.
While in Rome's Regina Coeli prison on 2 August, Elder was recorded secretly during a private conversation with his father and American lawyer. "They beat me pretty bad ... in the [police] station," Elder said in a transcript of the conversation requested by the court, reports AFP.
"They threw me to the ground, kicked me, punched me, stood on me, spit on me" - he said - "They said they would give me 40 years if I didn't give them my phone password."
Elder's claims of police brutality follow the leaking of photographs of Hjorth blindfolded and handcuffed at a police station in Rome.
"The awful truth of what Finnegan was subjected to and endured as a terrified 19-year-old is now being revealed to the world," - Elder's father Ethan told AFP - "Our hearts break every minute of every hour of every day."
Elder, now 20, has admitted to stabbing Cerciello Rega with an 18-cm serrated-edge combat knife but has insisted to investigators that he thought he and his friend were being attacked by drug dealers.
What happened prior to attack
A few hours earlier Elder and Natale-Hjorth had been trying to buy cocaine in the popular night-life area of Trastevere.
A man described as an "intermediary" and identified as Sergio Brugiatelli helped them find a dealer who allegedly sold them crushed aspirin instead of drugs.
In retaliation the students stole Brugiatelli's rucksack, demanding the return of their money plus a gram of cocaine in exchange. However Brugiatelli informed the police of the situation, with undercover officers Cerciello Rega and Varriale going to the designated meeting place in Prati instead of Brugiatelli.
Elder claims that they were jumped from behind by the officers who they believed were criminal associates of Brugiatelli. Varriale has said that he and Cerciello Rega, both unarmed, told the young men they were police, but that Elder pulled out a knife and attacked Cerciello Rega, while Natale-Hjorth wrestled with Varriale.
In the ensuing 32-second brawl Cerciello Rega was stabbed 11 times, later dying from his wounds in nearby S. Spirito hospital.
Elder and Natale-Hjorth fled the scene but were tracked down the next day to a hotel, in the same area as the attack, where police found the military knife hidden behind a ceiling panel.
Contradictory version of events
Varriale initially said that he and Cerciello Rega had been attacked by men of north African descent, as well as claiming that he had been armed. However it later transpired that both officers were unarmed and that they acted without backup, in violation of police procedure.
Shortly after the teens' arrest, a photo showing Natale-Hjorth blindfolded and restrained at a police station was leaked to the Italian media, attracting further controversy to the case.
Separately, defence lawyers for the US students say that transcripts of talks between Elder and his lawyer which were published in Italian media and suggested that he had confessed, were translated badly and appeared to omit parts of their conversation.
Outpouring of public sympathy
Cerciello Rega's murder received widespread attention in Italy where he was portrayed as a hero. He had only just returned to duty from his honeymoon, and massive crowds turned out for his funeral at the same church where he had been married just 43 days before. | 908 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652663006341.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20220527205437-20220527235437-00603.warc.gz | 0.985204 |
290afe59-1fdb-4315-a848-7d4d0dcae4c7 | 2016-07-28T08:35:17+00:00 | 2012-05-22 | 1 | http://www.kyivpost.com/article/content/ukraine/foreign-ministry-ukrainians-still-facing-difficulties-in-obtaining-canadian-visas-312490.html | Foreign Ministry: Ukrainians still facing difficulties in obtaining Canadian visas
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has said that the Canadian authorities have not simplified the visa regime for Ukrainians since 2005.
"Over this period, Canada has not introduced any steps for Ukraine in the simplification of the visa regime. It's still difficult for Ukrainians to obtain visas," the director of the ministry's information policy department, Oleh Voloshyn, said at a briefing in Kyiv on Tuesday,
He said that the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry was surprised that the Canadian side had done nothing to simplify the procedure for obtaining visas by Ukrainians, extend the period of validity of visas, and reduce the list of the required documents.
As reported, in 2005, the citizens of the EU member states got the right to visit Ukraine without visas. However, visas for Ukrainians were not canceled. However, since January 1, 2008 Ukrainian citizens have enjoyed an agreement on the simplification of the visa regime with EU member states.
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7cdab9ee-0bda-429f-ad60-11e539d1f4d2 | 2019-08-24T17:03:25+00:00 | 2018-12-31 | 1 | https://lineapiu.gr/en/diary/2018/12/ | Gabrielle Chanel was the first one to boldly infuse elements from the men’s wardrobe into the world of female clothing and styling. Her strong belief in a woman’s right to feel free and take full advantage of all aspects of her body, led her to introduce items like pants and her boxy tweed jacket to women during a period when conservative looks were preferred. The critically acclaimed Boy.Friend watch “walked down” the same path, inspiration and design-wise.
Having won top honor in Geneva at this year’s GPHG awards, the Boy.Friend watch reaffirms the timeless CHANEL fashion statement that items masculine by design tend to look good on women too. Its geometric design with a rectangular case and angular lines evokes a powerful feeling, while the blackened openworked movement, the matching strap and the decorative diamonds add an elegantly sensual touch to the multi-thousand dollar worth, luxury creation.
Gender fluidity is one of the most relevant social issues of our time and it is no wonder that a visionary like Coco Chanel saw it coming decades before it finally erupted both as a political demand and as a lifestyle preference. The Boy.Friend watch is the perfect means to bridge the gap between traditional masculinity and what is commonly perceived as feminine style.
Pharrell Williams is no stranger to CHANEL, having starred in a number of the house’s campaigns, such as the 2014 Pre-Fall ad campaign, alongside Cara Delevingne. It was only last year that the famous rapper and songwriter collaborated with CHANEL’s creative director, Karl Lagerfeld and Adidas Originals to launch a luxurious sneakers line. It would be safe to say that Pharrell is the kind of modern style icon that encompasses all the classic elements of elegance CHANEL is about.
While attending the CHANEL Cruise 2018 Show in Bangkok, Pharrell announced a new collaboration with CHANEL, teasing his fans that it is coming soon. Although details about the upcoming project have not surfaced yet, it is said that it will be a capsule collection designed by Pharrell himself, reflecting his personal style sprinkled with CHANEL’s trademark class. The yellow CHANEL hoodie worn by the artist during his appearance at the Cruise Show might be a sign of what we are about to see in a few months from now.
The collection is expected to hit the company’s Seoul flagship store along with other retail stores worldwide during the first quarter of 2019. | 518 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027321160.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20190824152236-20190824174236-00225.warc.gz | 0.960877 |
6c94aa89-ab14-4ddf-a127-0fdeaa0062f0 | 2020-10-23T22:44:29+00:00 | 2008-06-13 | 1 | https://www.rediff.com/news/2008/jun/13war.htm | |Rediff India Abroad Home | All the sections|
India plans to strengthen mountain warfare machinery
N C Bipindra in New Delhi | June 13, 2008 13:52 IST
In a move that could raise the hackles of neighbouring Pakistan and China, India will soon raise two new division-sized army formations to give more teeth to its mountain warfare machinery.
The Defence Ministry's proposal for raising of the two mountain divisions was approved recently by the Cabinet Committee on Security, ministry sources said.
The proposed mountain divisions will further enhance the tactical strength of the Indian army in its strategically important areas along the borders facing its traditional rivals -- Pakistan and China.
Each division - with a personnel strength of 10,000 to 13,000 troops - has a minimum of three brigades with a personnel strength of about 3,000 to 4,500 men each.
With options open to deploy on the mountainous terrains anywhere along the borders with the two neighbouring countries, the two new divisions could be raised in states from Jammu and Kashmir [Images] to Arunachal Pradesh, including Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Sikkim.
The Army already has 10 Divisions dedicated to mountain warfare and another infantry division earmarked for high altitude operations.
"The two new formations will be raised in a two-phased plan in about five years," the sources said.
Under the first phase, which will be implemented in two years, the two new divisions headquarters along with a brigade each, would come up, including the headquarters' support elements such as signals, provost, and intelligence units.
Implementation of the second phase would take another two to three years and during that period the complete division would be ready for operation.
At the end of the five years for raising the new formations, the two divisions would also have its air elements functional.
The air assets would include helicopter gunships and attack helicopters to provide the two divisions capabilities to carry out manoeuvres for countering the terrain impediments.
"The gunships and attack choppers will be necessary for providing the two formations fire power in a mountain terrain, as the army will not be in a position to deploy tanks and armoured vehicles," sources said.
The fire power in the third dimension (air) was required due to difficulties the army would face in using artillery guns also in an operation on a mountainous terrain.
"The air assets are an integral part of any mountain division to provide the fighting ground troops logistics and fire support," the sources said. | 516 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107865665.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20201023204939-20201023234939-00307.warc.gz | 0.960975 |
9d6e79dd-0957-411a-b244-45f4b8ee9d70 | 2016-07-23T21:10:45+00:00 | 2014-03-01 | 0 | http://www.ilkleygazette.co.uk/news/news_local/11084154.Housing_Minister_Kris_Hopkins_says_investing_in_new_homes_is_paying_off/?ref=var_0 | House-building lies at the heart of the Government’s long-term economic plan, according to housing minister and Ilkley MP Kris Hopkins.
Writing in Inside Housing magazine, Mr Hopkins said government investment was enabling the homes this country needs to be built and creating opportunities for hard-working people to get on, “whether that’s to own their own home or to start a new job.”
He added: “These opportunities were taken away by the end of the unsustainable housing boom in 2008. It left builders unable to build and aspiring homeowners unable to buy. But it also meant the loss of tens of thousands of jobs in the construction industry.”
However, Mr Hopkins said the Government’s efforts to turn this around were paying dividends.
“Since 2010, we’ve delivered 420,000 new homes across the country, including 99,000 affordable homes,” he said.
“We’re well on track to deliver 170,000 affordable homes by 2015, with plans to deliver a further 165,000 by 2018.
"And through schemes like Help to Buy and Right to Buy, we’re offering a valuable alternative to the ‘bank of mum and dad’ and have since 2010 been helping more than 110,000 people get on the property ladder.”
The MP said employment prospects were emerging for people new and returning to the industry thanks to the recovery in housing.
He also encouraged developers and social housing providers to sign up to Inside Housing’s Homes Work campaign, encouraging residential developers and social landlords to shout about the numbers of apprenticeships and training opportunities they are offering. | 343 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-30/segments/1469257823670.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20160723071023-00054-ip-10-185-27-174.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.964433 |
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4b0a1b87-7a7c-423b-8494-7ff2d0f7858a | 2013-05-26T03:05:39+00:00 | 2006-12-01 | 0 | http://www.biggamehunt.net/news/oklahoma-deer-hunters-hit-record-harvest | Oklahoma Deer Hunters Hit Record Harvest
Oklahoma deer hunters have already achieved a record harvest for the state in 2006 — 104,000 and counting — but their opportunities to take deer are far from being over. The state's special antlerless deer season is just around the corner. Scheduled for Dec. 22-24 and Dec. 29-31, these opportunities allow hunters to harvest does outside their combined season limit.
According to Mike Shaw, wildlife research supervisor for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, hunters across the state have already harvested 104,346 deer in 2006, surpassing the previous record of 102,100 deer taken in 2000. That total stands to increase with the remainder of archery and special antlerless seasons still to go. Shaw said other factors will raise the numbers as well, such as final counts from controlled hunts and Deer Management Assistance Program cooperators.
Shaw said a number of circumstances have led to the record harvest, such as the good hunting weather and peak rutting times that fell right in line with this year's rifle season.
But even with the record numbers, Shaw encourages hunters to participate in the special three-day antlerless hunts.
"We need to really focus on increasing the number of antlerless deer harvested, especially in areas that have less desirable buck-to-doe ratios," Shaw said. "And participating in the special antlerless deer season would be an excellent way to do that."
The first three-day period of the special antlerless season will be limited to the northcentral and northwestern portions of the state, excluding most of the panhandle. The second three-day period will be open for hunting in the same areas as the first part of the season, but also in most of the remainder of the state. The panhandle will again be excluded, as will the far southeastern counties. For a map of Oklahoma's antlerless deer hunt zones and to see which counties will be open for the special season, hunters should refer to page 14 of the "2006-07 Oklahoma Hunting Guide."
To participate in the special antlerless deer season, hunters must possess a special antlerless deer gun license as well as an annual hunting license and a fishing and hunting legacy permit. Resident lifetime hunting or combination license holders are exempt from purchasing these licenses.
In addition, hunters participating in the special antlerless deer season must comply with the hunter orange requirements set forth for the regular deer gun season. Archery hunters and those hunting most other species in open special antlerless zones must wear either a hunter orange hat or upper garment while hunting.
To learn more about this year's special antlerless deer season, refer to the "2006-07 Oklahoma Hunting Guide" or log on to www.wildlifedepartment.com. | 572 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.944678 |
bbf0c463-28d8-4d5a-9a00-a19f99cd94e6 | 2017-08-20T07:52:25+00:00 | 2017-08-20 | 0 | http://bayshoreplasticsurgery.com/arm-lift-recovery-tampa.php | The arm lift recovery that a patient experiences can vary based on the surgical technique used, as well as other factors that are unique to the patient. Additionally, some patients choose to have arm lift surgery performed as part of a comprehensive treatment plan that not only addresses flabby arms, but also includes one or more other procedures, such as a face lift, breast enhancement, or tummy tuck. If you’re considering an arm lift on its own or in conjunction with another cosmetic procedure, you can get the information and answers you need from Dr. Daniel Greenwald, a Board-certified plastic surgeon at Bayshore Plastic Surgery in Tampa, FL. Dr. Greenwald can provide personalized advice and guidance to ensure the best possible surgical experience, arm lift recovery, and outcome for you.
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With regard to postsurgical recovery, it’s important to note that every patient heals at a different rate. When you meet with Dr. Greenwald for an initial consultation, he will review your medical history, discuss your aesthetic goals, and create your personal treatment plan. He will also explain in detail what you might expect during your arm lift recovery period, and provide specific instructions on how to properly care for your surgical sites. In general, many patients find it helpful to:
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Patients in the Tampa, Florida, area who are interested in learning more about arm lift surgery and recovery can call Bayshore Plastic Surgery at 1-888-840-3199. | 524 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886106358.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20170820073631-20170820093631-00161.warc.gz | 0.949973 |
dd528279-b70d-4896-9c3b-4c1b62025259 | 2015-03-27T05:14:46+00:00 | 2012-01-20 | 1 | http://www.honda.com/newsandviews/article.aspx?g=environment&id=6468-en | Honda Begins Deliveries of 2013 Fit EV
1/20/2012 10:30:00 PM
Honda delivered a 2013 Fit EV battery-electric vehicle to the city of Torrance today as one of the first major steps in the Honda Electric Vehicle Demonstration Program, a prelude to the retail market launch of the Fit EV with customers in California and Oregon this summer.
The delivery was marked by a ceremony at the Torrance City Hall, at which a key to the Fit EV was presented to Torrance Mayor Frank Scotto by Steve Center, vice president of the Environmental Business Development Office at American Honda.
"This is an exciting day as we take another important step toward Honda's comprehensive vision for reducing CO2 emissions while at the same time advancing our relationship with the city of Torrance," said Steve Center. "Honda has a long history with electric vehicles starting with the introduction of our first battery-electric car, the EV Plus, nearly 15 years ago. With Honda's extensive experience and the real-world feedback from the city of Torrance, we will be even more prepared for the further customer adoption of electric vehicles."
Over the past year, Honda and the city of Torrance have worked together to gather input from Torrance residents about potential recharging station locations and jointly participated in numerous public awareness events with a Fit EV test vehicle. Honda and the city will continue to further these initiatives while also studying local government fleet usage of an electrified vehicle. The city of Torrance will also receive a Honda plug-in hybrid for additional testing at a later date.
"Today, in our partnership with Honda and their continuing efforts in renewable technologies, we will be driving into a more sustainable future," said city of Torrance Mayor Frank Scotto.
Honda unveiled the 2013 Fit EV at the 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show and announced plans to begin leasing the 123 city-mile per charge (76 mile range combined adjusted city/highway)1 battery-electric commuter vehicle to its U.S. customers in the summer of 2012. Equipped with a 20 kWh lithium-ion battery and 92 kW coaxial electric motor, the Fit EV battery can be fully recharged in as little as 3 hours when connected to a 240-volt circuit.
Honda Electric Vehicle Demonstration Program
As part of the Honda Electric Vehicle Demonstration Program, Honda will test the Fit EV with Google Inc. and Stanford University, in addition to the City of Torrance, California. Each program participant will provide Honda with real-world feedback on the Fit EV. Individually, each participant will use the Fit EV to further initiatives such as research into human behavior and various usages like personal, fleet and car-sharing.
Honda Environmental Leadership
In addition to the Fit EV, Honda is a leader in the development of leading-edge technologies to improve fuel efficiency and reduce CO2 emissions. Honda has led the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) rankings of overall vehicle environmental performance since 2000, and a Honda vehicle has topped the list of America's greenest vehicles, from the America Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), for eleven consecutive years.
In 2006, Honda became the first automaker to announce voluntary CO2 emissions reduction targets for its global fleet of automobile, powersports and power equipment products and its global network of manufacturing plants. Today, the company is striving for even greater reductions in CO2 emissions that contribute to global climate change, while also working to minimize waste, water use and the total environmental footprint of its operations worldwide.
Connect to Honda:
Honda News & Views: http://www.honda.com/news
Honda Multimedia Newsroom (for media only): http://www.hondanews.com
Fit EV for consumers: http://www.FitEV.honda.com
Honda on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/honda
Honda on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Honda
Honda on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/honda
Honda on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/hondanews
Honda Web Site: http://www.honda.com
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309d4b55-5ea4-47b3-8e9c-b2be3b2a0022 | 2017-08-22T03:38:03+00:00 | 2011-10-00 | 0 | http://www.drewsmarketingminute.com/2011/10/do-you-take-yourself-seriously.html | At McLellan Marketing Group, we live by our core beliefs. One of them is:
We take our work seriously. Ourselves… not so much.
Let’s be honest here. None of us save lives every day. (Okay, if you actually do… you have my permission to skip this post) Sometimes, I think we need to just get over how important our work is and lighten up. In front of our clients. Let them see we have a sense of humor about ourselves.
Why? Because they’ll actually enjoy working with you more.
Check out these planes from Kulula Airlines. No doubt their work is serious. They propel humans 30,000 feet into the sky and have to get them back down safely. But that doesn’t mean they have to be uptight about everything. Southwest Airlines has nothing on them!
What do you suppose the flying experience is like? I’d sure want to try it!
That’s delivering the brand and some word of mouth worthiness at the same time!
Check out these photos… and enjoy your Friday. Be sure you read the labels. Some of them are hysterical. (Email subscribers — if you can’t see the pictures, click here to view them.)
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fa237d6c-5605-48a0-a916-92ae6a845554 | 2015-03-27T17:19:50+00:00 | 2015-03-27 | 0 | http://www.gayot.com/restaurants/monicos-taqueria-kapaa-hi-96746_16hi100905.html | * Click here for rating key
Monico's Taqueria Restaurant Review: Owner Monico Hernandez Martinez makes all his sauces from scratch in this busy, friendly restaurant staffed mostly by family members. The menu reflects his home region of Central Mexico, and he uses fresh, quality ingredients, many of them local. The seafood burrito, fish or chicken tacos, chicken mole and fajitas are notable choices, and the seafood nachos are memorable. Portions are hearty, with pinto beans, rice and chunky guacamole, and prices are fair. Dine in or outside at covered picnic tables. It’s popular with locals and visitors, so expect a wait. | 140 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-14/segments/1427131296587.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20150323172136-00209-ip-10-168-14-71.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.942107 |
e606abc1-5f56-4df5-a5d8-3b3a67518141 | 2020-10-28T10:35:09+00:00 | 2020-10-28 | 0 | http://pines-beach-resort.com/en/kartinka_1/ | It is easy to breathe
The complex consists of six five-story buildings, each of which comprises from 11 to 13 spacious suites with breathtaking views of the sea, accessible even from the first floor.
The complex has 24/7 and year-round security.
An area of over 7,200 sq.m. with a huge variety of trees, shrubs and flowers.
Amenities available on the territory:
- A regular-shaped-20-meter pool (depth up to 2 meters)
- Children's pool
- A Bar
- A large playground
- A Volleyball court
- Seating area with barbecue
- Table tennis facilities
- Water polo
- Parking for 22 parking spaces | 149 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107898499.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20201028103215-20201028133215-00602.warc.gz | 0.932564 |
877185d0-4b92-4f07-8150-795403aeb47e | 2019-08-19T16:02:15+00:00 | 2018-10-19 | 1 | https://www.jll.co.uk/en/trends-and-insights/investor/high-speed-rail-propels-hong-kong-hotels | High-speed rail propels Hong Kong hotels
New bullet trains between Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland are set to boost domestic visitor numbers – and Hong Kong’s hotels could benefit as a result
Eight years in the making, Hong Kong’s high-speed rail officially opened last month. The $11 billion project created the longest high-speed network in the world, connecting 44 cities in China to Hong Kong.
It’s forecast to ferry 80,000 passengers a day — including business travelers and tourists — in and out of Hong Kong.
An immediate impact for travelers to Hong Kong — a steep drop in costs. A ticket on the bullet-train saves upwards of 70 percent compared to the price of an airplane ticket, while travel time remains relatively unchanged, according to an analysis by Bloomberg.
The sudden discount for passengers from central Chinese cities like Changsha, Wuhan and Zhengzhou could result in a heavy influx of tourists, along with millions of dollars in additional revenue, says David Marriott, Senior Vice President of Strategic Advisory for JLL’s Hotels and Hospitality Group.
“While the bullet train has made it easier and more accessible to enter Hong Kong, finding a place to stay at a decent rate might get tougher,” adds Marriott.
A growing market
Hotel rooms in Hong Kong were already in high demand. Overnight visitor arrivals from China to Hong Kong grew by over 6 percent in the first half of 2018 when compared to a year earlier, according to Hong Kong Tourism Board statistics.
Hong Kong has nearly 80,000 guest rooms. This may sound like a lot, but New York has 115,000, and is expected to build another 30,000 rooms by 2019.
And steadily-increasing visitor arrivals in Hong Kong have pushed hotel occupancy rates to all-time highs, with average daily rates following suit.
“Hong Kong’s hotels already have occupancy rates in the high-80s,” says Corey Hamabata, Senior Vice President of Investment Sales for JLL’s Hotels and Hospitality Group. “With the supply pipeline decreasing post 2019 together with several hotels also being proposed for conversion to offices in the next few years, hotels are only expected to get busier and more expensive.”
JLL predicts that Hong Kong’s revenue per available room (RevPAR) — a common term used to measure hotel performance — will grow by more than 12 percent this year, having already grown by a staggering 13 percent in the first half of the year, according to the Hong Kong Tourism Board.
Growth will initially be higher in the budget and mid-level hotels versus the luxury properties. “Hotel owners looking to capitalize on this growth should be focused on active revenue and channel management, and ensuring their properties are well-maintained,” suggests Hamabata. | 590 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027314852.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20190819160107-20190819182107-00028.warc.gz | 0.943249 |
daa4aa7c-978b-4e93-a7d8-b52527b43464 | 2017-08-21T19:39:54+00:00 | 2016-12-31 | 0 | http://www.friendsofdanmusicpodcast.com/tag/peter-frampton/ | Posts Tagged ‘Peter Frampton’
The acclaimed scholar discusses the role of critics, the plight of Sisyphus and haunted Spanish pianos.
Listeners submit cover versions of songs they think surpass the original.
The iconic vocalist talks about his life before, during and after Foreigner.
Tony Peters of the Icon Fetch Podcast joins Dan to pay tribute to many of the musicians we lost in 2016.
Author Kevin Courtright discusses what his fandom of Led Zeppelin has taught him about all music. | 109 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886109525.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20170821191703-20170821211703-00494.warc.gz | 0.93716 |
044ba255-d418-44e5-a1e0-245df1559830 | 2015-04-01T18:26:54+00:00 | 2014-02-07 | 1 | http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2014/02/07/Waxman-speaks-in-support-of-proposed-carbon-emissions-rule/8561391723025/?spt=rln&or=5 | The California lawmaker and top Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee spoke in support of the rule to set emissions limits on coal-fired plants outside the EPA headquarters as the agency heard public comments inside the building.
The rule, which is part of President Barack Obama’s climate change agenda, would impose restrictions on the amount of carbon pollution released from coal-fired power plants. It would be the first rule targeted at limiting greenhouse gas emissions from such plants. It would limit emissions to 1,100 pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt-hour, which would cut emission by about 40 percent, according to the Congressional Research Service.
Under the rule, new coal-burning plants would have to install carbon-controlling technology to prevent some emissions from being released into the air.
Plants that burn fossil fuels like coal are the largest source of carbon pollution in the U.S. Opponents complain the rule could force many power plants to shut down.
Waxman called the rule “reasonable as well as necessary.”
“It’s very simple,” Waxman said. “If we’re going to avoid the climate disasters that we’re now experiencing … we must regulate the cause of climate change which are carbon pollution and greenhouse gases.”
Waxman, who has said he will retire when his term ends this year, is a well-known environmental activist in the House. In 2013 he formed the Safe Climate Caucus with 34 other representatives to address climate change issues.
Earlier Thursday, Waxman announced the caucus will increase its online presence through articles in The Huffington Post and videos on YouTube.
Waxman was joined on Thursday by Elena Rios, president of the National Hispanic Medical Association, who spoke about the public health dangers of climate change.
Minority and low-income communities are disproportionately hurt by these health risks, Rios said.
Nick Mullins, a former fourth-generation coal miner who moved away from his hometown in southwestern Virginia because of the effects of the coal industry in the area, said the industry is exploiting the Appalachian region both economically and environmentally.
“No one in this great nation should have to make the choice between living in the place they called home for generations, or risking their children’s health by staying there,” Mullins said.
The EPA will accept public comments on the proposed rule through March 10 before making a decision. | 499 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-14/segments/1427131305143.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20150323172145-00019-ip-10-168-14-71.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.968179 |
60f45659-6da7-4390-acf3-2e6c5a0d12f2 | 2016-07-26T14:09:30+00:00 | 2014-07-23 | 1 | http://swtimes.com/news/state-news/proposal-raise-minimum-wage-clears-initial-hurdle | LITTLE ROCK — A ballot proposal to raise the minimum wage in Arkansas has met the initial signature requirement, Secretary of State Mark Martin’s office said Wednesday.
Martin’s office said the group Give Arkansas a Raise Now turned in more than 64,000 signatures in support of the proposed initiated act, which needed 62,507 signatures to win a spot on the November general election ballot.
The secretary of state’s office now moves on to verifying the signatures, which were submitted July 7. Meeting the initial count requirement qualifies the group for an additional 30 days to collect signatures to compensate for any that may not qualify during the verification process.
If placed on the ballot and approved by voters, the proposal would raise Arkansas’ minimum wage gradually from $6.25 an hour to $8.50 an hour by 2017.
Steve Copley, chairman of Give Arkansas a Raise Now, said Wednesday he was “excited that we got that hurdle cleared.”
Copley said polls have shown strong support for the proposal.
“I feel pretty confident when we get it on the ballot it’ll pass,” he said.
Martin’s office said last week the group Let Arkansas Decide had submitted more than the 78,133 signatures needed to place a proposed constitutional amendment to allow statewide alcohol sales on the ballot.
The two groups were the only ones to submit citizen-initiated ballot proposals to the secretary of state’s office by the July 7 deadline. Petition drives in support of measures to legalize recreational and medicinal marijuana fell short. | 328 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-30/segments/1469257824994.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20160723071024-00248-ip-10-185-27-174.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.957302 |
f04b06c7-a4e1-4d60-842a-f66c8a320f53 | 2020-10-22T07:11:05+00:00 | 2019-12-15 | 1 | https://cointelegraph.com/news/tech-development-investments-and-nft-to-drive-crypto-adoption-in-2020 | As the end of the year draws closer, discussing what the future holds for the crypto industry becomes increasingly relevant. In particular, how global financial and technological trends will affect the adoption of cryptocurrencies in the coming year.
Despite the critics, the number of industry experts and crypto enthusiasts who foresee a promising future for cryptocurrencies has been on the rise. Institutional investors are now paying more attention to crypto-related projects and products, and universities have even started to offer courses on cryptocurrency and blockchain technology.
Now, talks of how emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things can influence crypto have emerged, with possibilities for new applications coming to the fore. Furthermore, a global trend toward a cashless society is set to have a real impact on how privacy and freedom are perceived. Could cryptocurrencies provide a much-needed solution as early as 2020?
Increased use of AI and the IoT
No matter the industry, experts are more than willing to proclaim that artificial intelligence is the next big thing in their industry. The ubiquity of datasets, not to mention machine learning and high-performance scalable computing, are truly propelling the world into an age of AI. Many even consider the technology to be a sure sign of the incoming fourth Industrial Revolution.
However, despite the fast rise of AI technology, few practical applications are being discovered at present. A report called “The State of AI 2019” shows that projects associating themselves with the AI buzzword receive up to 50% more funding. This overwhelming hype around AI has led to a scenario where real applications are outnumbered by projects that only claim to be AI-related.
The good news is that the crypto industry has various applications where AI can be used to make cryptocurrencies attractive to the mainstream public. For instance, efficiently optimizing energy consumption during the mining process. For the most part, the energy it takes to mine Bitcoin has been a concern, and certain programs can reduce the energy costs. This provides increased profit margins to miners, who reduce transaction fees as a result.
Once implemented, AI can potentially compute the probability of a particular node’s performance and recommend methods that can be used to enable faster and cheaper transactions on the blockchain. Furthermore, when combined with IoT tech, different nodes will be able to communicate autonomously, achieving an increase in efficiency in terms of consensus protocols on the blockchain.
Al, IoT and blockchain can be used to make electronic devices completely autonomous, so that instead of using credit cards, these devices can be programmed to use cryptocurrencies to transact with one another.
On the subject, Cointelegraph reached out to Dominik Shiener, the founder of Iota — a cryptocurrency project that seeks to integrate cryptocurrencies to IoT. Shiener said that he believes autonomy should be the ultimate technological goal:
“The ultimate vision of all these technological advances is it to move from automation towards autonomy, and turn machines into autonomous economic agents. By simply giving a machine a wallet and way to verify, receive and send payments, we are creating an entire new Machine Economy where machines provide services and data to each other.”
Shiener also added that by combining IoT, AI and DLT, new and groundbreaking applications will become available, and as such, “we move away from today’s centralized networks with single points of failure, towards ‘Smart Decentralization’ where our networks are decentralized, resilient, secure, and smart.”
Institutional investors’ increased interest in crypto
Another trend that will likely take cryptocurrencies to the mainstream in 2020 is the increased interest in crypto-related projects from institutional investors.
A survey by Fidelity investment reveals that out of 441 United States-based institutional investors, 47% “appreciate that digital assets are an innovative technology play.”
The survey also showed that more than 70% of respondents view digital assets favorably, and four in 10 respondents said that they are open to future investments in digital assets.
What’s even more interesting is the fact that 22% of institutional investors already own digital assets. Basically, interest in cryptocurrencies or digital assets has matured from a reserve group of early adopters to financial advisors, traditional hedge funds, and family offices taking a keen interest in the industry.
For instance, JP Morgan issued its customers the JPM Coin as a newly released cryptocurrency aimed at facilitating international money transfers among its institutional clients.
Furthermore, Morgan Creek Digital Assets (an asset management firm) partnered with two pension funds that have a combined $5.1 billion in assets under management. Through the partnership, Morgan Creek Digital Assets reportedly raised $40 million that will go into a venture fund that invests in Bitcoin and other blockchain-related companies.
The report further showed that only 7% of the endowments “anticipate a decrease in their allocation in the next 12 months” and that the rest were optimistic about increasing their allocation. What’s most fascinating is that despite the heavy regulatory pressure and volatility that the cryptocurrency industry has been facing, these institutional investors and endowment fund managers are hardly showing any signs of stepping away.
Because a crypto-asset fund needs to exhibit sufficient capital flow, not to mention liquidity, the increased interest from financial endowments is a clear indicator that the crypto industry is growing. The University of Michigan, for instance, has planned this year to increase its stake in the crypto fund managed by Andreessen Horowitz.
Other top-ranking universities whose endowments have shown interest in cryptocurrencies include Havard and Yale. In 2019, Harvard, together with two pension plans in Virginia have bought about 95.8 million tokens of Blockstack, a digital rights protection platform, valued at about $11.5 million at the time. Furthermore, Blockstack’s token sale managed to make history by being the first token sale to get qualified by the SEC.
For Yale, in particular, the move to invest in crypto seems to have been inspired by a study conducted by Yale economists (Aleh Tsyvinski and Yukun Liu). In their study, the Yale economists reported that although cryptocurrencies demonstrate a lot of volatility, they also show a return that is higher than the risk implied by volatility.
Increased microchipping and use of cashless systems globally
All over the world, the movement toward a global cashless society is picking up speed. From Africa to Europe to Asia and America, there is no shortage of countries that are replacing banknotes for the convenience of electronic or plastic money.
In places such as Sweden, the move toward a cashless society has been so efficient that cash in circulation in the country has dropped to just 1% of GDP. Furthermore, Swedish legislation has made it possible for various retailers to refuse cash payments altogether.
To keep up with the changes, the Swedish central bank has set up plans to issue a digital version of its national fiat currency dubbed ‘e-krona.’ Add that to the increased popularity for microchipping among the Swedes and, in a few years, experts predict that the country could be among the first in the world to go completely cashless, bringing about several major advantages.
Swedes who make cashless payments with microchip implants report that they can pay for train tickets, eat at restaurants, and even open office doors without the inconvenience of pulling out their wallets, phones or keys. However, the price for this level of convenience is the threat of surveillance and safety of personal information.
Although electronic payment methods might offer convenience, a detailed record of the user’s purchases, location and time are recorded. This data can be sold and marketed by a user’s payment provider, retailers, and payment processors.
In China, the ubiquity of digital payments has become so instrumental that the country’s social credit system has been built around it. So far, cash payments in China have been reduced from 96% in 2012 to 15% as of 2019.
As countries further embrace the cashless movement, people will gradually lose the ability to transact value without the involvement of third parties or government entities. A cashless society might enable governments to better protect their people from crime, but it comes at the cost of each citizen’s data privacy and autonomy. On the subject, Cointelegraph spoke with Ray Wang, founder, chairman and analyst at Constellation Research, who said:
“This is the paradox. The companies contending to win our trust to manage our digital identities all seem to have complementary (or competing) business models that breach that trust by selling our data.”
Furthermore, with increased global economic uncertainty (keeping in mind that fiat currencies are affected by government policies), cryptocurrencies will likely provide a hedge against negative interest rates.
2020 and ahead
Even though global trends can highlight significant changes that are yet to come, the future remains highly unpredictable, and what happens in 2020 and beyond is anyone’s guess.
The rise of key Industry 4.0 technologies like AI, IoT and blockchain can shift the scales of power quickly and in directions previously unexpected. As much as the increased interest in blockchain technology is worth considering as a telltale sign of what the future has to offer, one still has to take multiple other factors into account before concluding with a definitive answer on whether crypto will go mainstream.
Hopefully, with the increasing flow of institutional capital, not to mention the influence of the trends mentioned above, the industry will be legitimized in the eyes of the mainstream public. | 1,927 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107878921.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20201022053410-20201022083410-00176.warc.gz | 0.94844 |
85be3107-568e-4bc9-8297-0ee79cfce4a3 | 2013-05-22T21:51:28+00:00 | 2009-12-15 | 0 | http://researchblogging.org/post-search/list/tag_id/5?offset=4640 | Three fast track articles were recently published on CyberPsychology and Behavior about the treatment of PTSD with virtual reality exposure therapy. Exposure therapy is the most evidence based treatment for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). More than 18 studies have been published on the use of virtual reality exposure treatment for PTSD.
One of [...]
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Gamito, P., Oliveira, J., Rosa, P., Morais, D., Duarte, N., Oliveira, S., & Saraiva, T. (2009) PTSD Elderly War Veterans: A Clinical Controlled Pilot Study. CyberPsychology , 2147483647. DOI: 10.1089/cpb.2009.0237
Botella, C., García-Palacios, A., Guillen, V., Baños, R., Quero, S., & Alcaniz, M. (2009) An Adaptive Display for the Treatment of Diverse Trauma PTSD Victims. CyberPsychology , 2147483647. DOI: 10.1089/cpb.2009.0353
Some of you may know that I’ve just had surgery, and I’m gently recovering from the comfort of my own home over the next few weeks. Posts on here will be intermittent but I find myself considering aspects of pain management from a ‘patient’s’ perspective today as it’s about 5 days since surgery and my [...]... Read more »
Leegaard, M., Nåden, D., & Fagermoen, M. (2008) Postoperative pain and self-management: women’s experiences after cardiac surgery. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 63(5), 476-485. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2008.04727.x
Two papers and an editorial in the latest issue of Archives of Internal Medicine examine the cancer risks associated with the use of computed tomography (CT) examinations.... Read more »
Smith-Bindman, R., Lipson, J., Marcus, R., Kim, K., Mahesh, M., Gould, R., Berrington de Gonzalez, A., & Miglioretti, D. (2009) Radiation Dose Associated With Common Computed Tomography Examinations and the Associated Lifetime Attributable Risk of Cancer. Archives of Internal Medicine, 169(22), 2078-2086. DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.427
Berrington de Gonzalez, A., Mahesh, M., Kim, K., Bhargavan, M., Lewis, R., Mettler, F., & Land, C. (2009) Projected Cancer Risks From Computed Tomographic Scans Performed in the United States in 2007. Archives of Internal Medicine, 169(22), 2071-2077. DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.440
Redberg, R. (2009) Cancer Risks and Radiation Exposure From Computed Tomographic Scans: How Can We Be Sure That the Benefits Outweigh the Risks?. Archives of Internal Medicine, 169(22), 2049-2050. DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.453
This week’s Lancet features an article entitled, “Variant CJD in an individual heterozygous for PRNP codon 129” by Kaski and colleagues. The authors report the first case of probable variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) in an individual who is heterozygous at codon 129 of the prion protein gene (PRNP). To date, all symptomatic cases have occurred in individuals who are homozygous for methionine at codon 129. As we know from other studies (Brown P, 1994), the incubatio........ Read more »
Kaski, D., Mead, S., Hyare, H., Cooper, S., Jampana, R., Overell, J., Knight, R., Collinge, J., & Rudge, P. (2010) Variant CJD in an individual heterozygous for PRNP codon 129. The Lancet, 374(9707), 2128-2128. DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61568-3
According to a study just out in the American Journal of Psychiatry, starting depressed people on two antidepressants leads to much better results than starting them on just one - Combination of Antidepressant Medications From Treatment Initiation for Major Depressive Disorder. But how reliable is it?Currently accepted practice is to prescribe one antidepressant to begin with, and if the patient doesn't feel better after about 6 weeks, to either change to a different antidepressant (switching) o........ Read more »
Blier, P., Ward, H., Tremblay, P., Laberge, L., Hebert, C., & Bergeron, R. (2009) Combination of Antidepressant Medications From Treatment Initiation for Major Depressive Disorder: A Double-Blind Randomized Study. American Journal of Psychiatry. DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.09020186
Physicians are under mounting pressure to increase efficiency in the provision of medical care. That is, see more patients in less time for less money. But, since speed and accuracy do not always go hand-in-hand, does this increased physician efficiency lead to quality medical care? A recent study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine [...]... Read more »
Olfson, M., Cherry, D., & Lewis-Fernandez, R. (2009) Racial Differences in Visit Duration of Outpatient Psychiatric Visits. Archives of General Psychiatry, 66(2), 214-221. DOI: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2008.523
Chen, L., Farwell, W., & Jha, A. (2009) Primary Care Visit Duration and Quality: Does Good Care Take Longer?. Archives of Internal Medicine, 169(20), 1866-1872. DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.341
Linder, J. (2003) Association between antibiotic prescribing and visit duration in adults with upper respiratory tract infections. Clinical Therapeutics, 25(9), 2419-2430. DOI: 10.1016/S0149-2918(03)80284-9
Lo, A., Ryder, K., & Shorr, R. (2005) Relationship Between Patient Age and Duration of Physician Visit in Ambulatory Setting: Does One Size Fit All?. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 53(7), 1162-1167. DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53367.x
Despite their heavyweight name, SUMO proteins are a family of small proteins found in our cells, which, by sticking to other proteins, can regulate all sorts of cellular goings-on.
For example, sticking a SUMO protein onto another protein can shuttle it to a different location in the cell, or alter how it works.
And there’s tantalising evidence [...]... Read more »
Morris, J., Boutell, C., Keppler, M., Densham, R., Weekes, D., Alamshah, A., Butler, L., Galanty, Y., Pangon, L., Kiuchi, T.... (2009) The SUMO modification pathway is involved in the BRCA1 response to genotoxic stress. Nature, 462(7275), 886-890. DOI: 10.1038/nature08593
Galanty, Y., Belotserkovskaya, R., Coates, J., Polo, S., Miller, K., & Jackson, S. (2009) Mammalian SUMO E3-ligases PIAS1 and PIAS4 promote responses to DNA double-strand breaks. Nature, 462(7275), 935-939. DOI: 10.1038/nature08657
It’s been a bumper week for cancer research. As we report elsewhere, scientists have been delving deep into our cells’ DNA repair mechanisms, and finding out how they tick.
At the opposite end of the spectrum, two more papers published in Nature today look at what happens when DNA repair goes wrong, by mapping DNA damage [...]... Read more »
Pleasance, E., Cheetham, R., Stephens, P., McBride, D., Humphray, S., Greenman, C., Varela, I., Lin, M., Ordóñez, G., Bignell, G.... (2009) A comprehensive catalogue of somatic mutations from a human cancer genome. Nature. DOI: 10.1038/nature08658
Pleasance, E., Stephens, P., O’Meara, S., McBride, D., Meynert, A., Jones, D., Lin, M., Beare, D., Lau, K., Greenman, C.... (2009) A small-cell lung cancer genome with complex signatures of tobacco exposure. Nature. DOI: 10.1038/nature08629
Shah, S., Morin, R., Khattra, J., Prentice, L., Pugh, T., Burleigh, A., Delaney, A., Gelmon, K., Guliany, R., Senz, J.... (2009) Mutational evolution in a lobular breast tumour profiled at single nucleotide resolution. Nature, 461(7265), 809-813. DOI: 10.1038/nature08489
One of my personal interests is the relationship between sedentary time (e.g. the amount of time that we spend sitting) and chronic disease risk. Several interesting papers have come out in the past few years suggesting that spending too much time sitting down is a risk factor for obesity, chronic disease, and even death, independent of physical activity levels. In other words, no matter how physically active you are, the more time you spend sitting, the greater your risk of death and disease......... Read more »
Dunton, G., Berrigan, D., Ballard-Barbash, R., Graubard, B., & Atienza, A. (2009) Joint associations of physical activity and sedentary behaviors with body mass index: results from a time use survey of US adults. International Journal of Obesity, 33(12), 1427-1436. DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2009.174
The relationship between personality and political preferences is not the simple relation between conservatism and negative personality traits on the one hand and liberalism and positive personality traits on the other hand. Personality is understood as the combination of innate dispositions and personal experiences that guides behavior in a stable and predictive manner. Behavior is [...]
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Verhulst, B., Hatemi, P., & Martin, N. (2009) The nature of the relationship between personality traits and political attitudes. Personality and Individual Differences. DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.11.013
Is the research community doing as much as it might to extract value from the diversity in life span amongst mammals? Certainly there are those scientist who would like to be engaged in a great deal more sequencing and biochemical deciphering of long-lived animals. But on the whole, I think that less is taking place in this area of study than might be. See this paper from a noted gerontologist, for example: As impressive as the accomplishments of modern molecular biologists have been in finding ........ Read more »
Austad SN. (2009) Methusaleh's Zoo: How Nature provides us with Clues for Extending Human Health Span. Journal of comparative pathology. PMID: 19962715_id
Previously we discussed the neurobiology of falling in love. But this is only the beginning, the process of attraction followed by the attachment process. This process can develop and last for a while or in some cases for ever. Biologically is falling in love the first step in pair formation.
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Sci saw this post recently at Dr. Pal's place, and it rang some major bells in her head. So, I figure, I've got to cover it myself, now don't I.
Lim et al. "Zican-induced damage to mouse and human nasal tissue" PLoS ONE, 2009.
So let's start with a couple of things:
1) What is Zicam?
2) Why was it recalled?
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Lim JH, Davis GE, Wang Z, Li V, Wu Y, Rue TC, & Storm DR. (2009) Zicam-induced damage to mouse and human nasal tissue. PloS one, 4(10). PMID: 19876403
by David Gorski in Science-Based Medicine
It’s been about a year and a half since I’ve written about this topic; so I thought I’d better update the disclaimer that I wrote at the beginning:
Before I start into the meat of this post, I feel the need to emphasize, as strongly as I can, four things:
I do not receive any funding from [...]... Read more »
Myung, S., Ju, W., McDonnell, D., Lee, Y., Kazinets, G., Cheng, C., & Moskowitz, J. (2009) Mobile Phone Use and Risk of Tumors: A Meta-Analysis. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 27(33), 5565-5572. DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2008.21.6366
Deltour, I., Johansen, C., Auvinen, A., Feychting, M., Klaeboe, L., & Schuz, J. (2009) Time Trends in Brain Tumor Incidence Rates in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden, 1974-2003. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djp415
The statistics are everywhere: most of the adults in the United States are overweight or obese. These conditions are, of course, responsible for increased health care costs owing to chronic diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and heart disease. The patient may pick up some of these excess expenses, but society incurs [...]... Read more »
Anderson, L., Quinn, T., Glanz, K., Ramirez, G., Kahwati, L., Johnson, D., Buchanan, L., Archer, W., Chattopadhyay, S., & Kalra, G. (2009) The Effectiveness of Worksite Nutrition and Physical Activity Interventions for Controlling Employee Overweight and ObesityA Systematic Review. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 37(4), 340-357. DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2009.07.003
Lightwood, J., Bibbins-Domingo, K., Coxson, P., Wang, Y., Williams, L., & Goldman, L. (2009) Forecasting the Future Economic Burden of Current Adolescent Overweight: An Estimate of the Coronary Heart Disease Policy Model. American Journal of Public Health, 99(12), 2230-2237. DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.152595
Clarke, P., O'Malley, P., Johnston, L., & Schulenberg, J. (2008) Social disparities in BMI trajectories across adulthood by gender, race/ethnicity and lifetime socio-economic position: 1986-2004. International Journal of Epidemiology, 38(2), 499-509. DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyn214
Heraclides, A., & Brunner, E. (2009) Social mobility and social accumulation across the life-course in relation to adult overweight and obesity: The Whitehall II study. Journal of Epidemiology . DOI: 10.1136/jech.2009.087692
I’ve had two children – now 19 and 16, and wonderful. At the time of their delivery I can remember both times thinking ‘as long as they’re healthy’ and being not at all worried about having medical intervention if it was needed. My eldest was born with epidural anaesthesia, and my youngest was [...]... Read more »
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Some nagging uncertainties remain on progress in stem cell medicine - and especially progress in reprogramming easily obtained somatic cells into patient-specific pluripotent stem cells. These uncertainties will be answered and addressed in the years ahead, but this one springs to mind today: it is possible that cells from older people may be altered or damaged in ways that prevent their effective use as-is in the sort of autologous stem cell therapies presently envisaged. That would be a setbac........ Read more »
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Very recently, an interesting study was published looking at the risk of early mortality among metabolically-healthy obese individuals – a topic we’ve covered on a number of occasions on Obesity Panacea. The authors of this landmark study published in the journal Diabetes Care are actually close friends of ours (Dr. Jennifer Kuk and Dr. Christopher Ardern), and both are alumni of Queen’s university. Now that the media frenzy surrounding their recent study has subsided, Dr. Kuk ........ Read more »
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For Sci, the weird science tends to come in spurts (heh heh...heh). There will be times when I am literally digging through Pubmed trying to find ANYTHING ODD AT ALL, and then there are times, like now, when people are tweeting and emailing and g-chatting and all but screaming in my ear with the weird. Got enough crazy sexual crap around here to last for WEEKS.
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Waldinger, M., Quinn, P., Dilleen, M., Mundayat, R., Schweitzer, D., & Boolell, M. (2005) A Multinational Population Survey of Intravaginal Ejaculation Latency Time. The Journal of Sexual Medicine, 2(4), 492-497. DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2005.00070.x
Arguably, the genesis of the most recent iteration of the anti-vaccine movement dates back to 1998, when a remarkably incompetent researcher named Andrew Wakefield published a trial lawyer-funded "study" in the Lancet that purported to find a link between "autistic enterocolitis" and measles vaccination with the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) trivalent vaccine. In the wake of that publication was born a scare over the MMR that persists to this day, 11 years later. Although peer reviewers forced the........ Read more »
Mrożek-Budzyn D, Kiełtyka A, & Majewska R. (2009) Lack of Association Between Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccination and Autism in Children: A Case-Control Study. The Pediatric infectious disease journal. PMID: 19952979
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5d7d8f1e-8130-418c-bb53-b41c31db2c75 | 2013-05-18T08:12:15+00:00 | 2013-02-08 | 1 | http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Energy-Resources/2013/02/08/US-announces-offshore-oil-gas-auction/UPI-19131360323937/?spt=hts&or=1 | WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- All unleased areas in the U.S. waters of the central Gulf of Mexico go on the auction block for energy companies next month, the U.S. Interior Department said.
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said the government was putting 38.6 million acres offshore Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi on the auction block March 20.
"Exploration and development of the Gulf of Mexico's vital energy resources will continue to help power our nation and drive our economy," he said in a statement.
The government estimates the acreage could lead to the production of as much as 1 billion barrels of oil and 4 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.
U.S. President Barack Obama last year unveiled a five-year lease program for the outer continental shelf. The Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management generated $233 million through the sale of 1,707 parcels totaling 1.4 million acres in onshore oil and gas leases last year.
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683eca89-b7c0-445b-b051-f816ef573e30 | 2020-10-30T10:56:58+00:00 | 2017-08-29 | 1 | https://forwardobserver.com/early-warning-for-29-august/ | Here’s what you need to know for Tuesday morning.
Yesterday the Japanese government detected a ballistic missile launch from North Korea, and warned its citizens to prepare for a possible attack as the missile flew over northern Japan and landed in the Pacific. The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff warned of retaliation against additional provocations. And less than two weeks after the South Korean president predicted that there would be no war on the Korean Peninsula, he urged his military leaders to “meet the requirements of modern warfare so that [the military] can quickly switch to an offensive posture in case North Korea stages a provocation.” The U.S. military detected three missile launches; one of which exploded early in the launch phase. The Chinese government described Monday’s missile tests as a “tipping point” for the region. This is the most serious provocation yet and the fact that the South Korean president has changed his tune regarding war on the Peninsula is significant. [source]
The Trump administration introduced additional sanctions against the Venezuelan government in a bid to punish the Maduro regime. Immediately, the Russian government accused the US of setting the stage for military intervention, which is not an unfounded accusation: just two weeks ago a spokesman for the Pentagon claimed that the U.S. military has “a range of options” for Venezuela should the Trump administration decide to act. That was just after President Trump said he would not rule out military options for the country. A Russian statement condemned the U.S. over the additional sanctions, saying: “[T]he administration is exploring options for further tightening its policy, including the potential use of force against Venezuela only ‘in case of deterioration of the situation’… [W]hat are the current US sanctions designed to achieve? … Clearly, the very logic of sanctions implies further increasing tensions.” [source] | 379 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107910204.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20201030093118-20201030123118-00086.warc.gz | 0.959842 |
5451146c-a268-4639-8aa0-f85568713740 | 2017-08-16T13:22:36+00:00 | 2010-10-14 | 0 | https://straphanger.wordpress.com/2010/10/14/mtc-chennai-rti-lack-of-transparency/ | We filed an appeal on August 25, 2010 with the Appellate Authority of the Metropolitan Transport Corporation, Chennai, on the refusal of information by the Public Information Officer. The appeal is reproduced below, since it contains many citations that might be usefully discussed by the RTI community.
Such efforts can only be strengthened if the large community of commuters in Chennai get together and demand transparency in the working of the MTC.
The Managing Director
Metropolitan Transport Corporation
Pallavan House, Chennai 600002
Appeal filed under Right to Information Act, 2005, Please look at your reply to my application, your ref No. 37203/RTI/MTC/2010 Dated 10-08-2010
With reference to above reply, I would like to inform you that the Public Information Officer of the Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) has seriously erred in interpreting the Right to Information Act provisions and wrongly denied my request for specific information. I hereby appeal that you review and reverse the decision of the PIO for reasons that follow, and provide me full information as sought.
The PIO has refused to provide information for three questions, detailed below and contained in my petition, citing exemption under Section 8 (1) (d). He has not provided a proper answer to question No. 5 of my petition, and has written something unintelligible.
I had asked for a copy (including electronic copy, as an alternative), of the Detailed Project Report of the MTC, submitted to the Ministry of Urban Development for grant assistance under JNNURM funding.
I reproduce the questions for your ready reference:
1. Provide a copy of the Detailed Project Report submitted by MTC to the Ministry of Urban Development or other authority, for assistance to acquire and operate buses under the JNNURM scheme (as required under Ministry of Urban Development regulations). You can also send the DPR copy electronically as a PDF document by email.
(Question 2 answered)
3. How many buses are under JNNURM grant, and what is the value of the grant in financial terms?
4. Do the JNNURM grant conditions stipulate that the buses should only be operated in the city covered by DPR, and not diverted for other use?
5. Has MTC attended any meeting of a newly formed Transport Regulatory Authority in Chennai during 2008-10? If yes, what was the decision taken on integrating rail and bus service in Chennai, as required under Ministry of Urban Development’s Total Mobility Plan covering JNNURM assistance? (No answer received, only unintelligible response)
I have to contend that your PIO’s resort to the exemption under S. 8 (1) (d) to deny answers to Questions 1, 3 and 4 is erroneous, for the following reasons.
The MTC is a monopoly public entity owned by the Government of Tamil Nadu, with no scope for competitive commercial activity within the city of Chennai. It is accountable to the legislature of the State, has no commercial secrets that the public should not know. It is not engaged in creation of intellectual property which is sought to be deployed for profit within the meaning of the Right to Information Act.
Your mandate is to provide people-friendly bus service to the city of Chennai in the public interest, for which you derive funds from the Government of Tamil Nadu and fare income from passengers. The MTC is therefore funded by the public. These sources form the dominant part of your operational funding, and as a monopoly, you have no commercial disadvantage of any kind (as defined in the RTI for a Third Party) in highlighting your operational information and plans for public service. If anything, such information will aid the public to strengthen the plans of the government and create goodwill for enhanced funding of bus service, fulfilling the scope of JNNURM and National Urban Transport Policy and also the aims of the State government.
MTC also has no fiduciary relationship with any profit-seeking entity, as it is a wholly government-owned undertaking.
Please note that your PIO has not explained the reasons for denial of information, or how the disclosure of the requested information would affect the commercial interests of MTC. Such explanation is called for by law. You are requested to peruse the order of the Central Information Commission in R. Venkataraman v. IOCL, decision dated 24-06-2009 in this regard. The CIC has in that case directed the disclosure of information and pulled up the PIO for not offering reasons for denial.
Also, your DPR has already been submitted to the funding agency, and disclosure of the information will in no way affect its commercial scope, if any. You have no patents on any of the designs involved, or other exclusive intellectual property that is protected by law.
In Qayyum Mohammad, Sidhi v. NTPC Limited, the Central Information Commission (Appeal No. CIC / MA / A / 2007 / 00625 dated 3-12-2007) has specifically quashed the denial of request for copy of a Project Report under Section 8 (1) (d), holding that there is no justification for not putting such study reports in public domain, especially when a large number of people are likely to be affected due to execution of the relevant projects. I contend that the same principle be applied to MTC DPR, since it is being paid for by the citizens of India, and envisages expansion of bus service affecting a large number of citizens in Chennai and suburbs. It is fully in the public interest.
As you are well aware, the Right to Information Act was enacted by the Government of India with the goal of increasing transparency in the administration at all levels, reducing corruption and making public services accountable and accessible to the citizens.
The scope of section 8 (1) (d) is only to protect intellectual property that has commercial implications for any entity, including a public sector entity, in terms of its anticipated revenue performance, garnering of profits, sale of IP rights and so on.
In the case of the Detailed Project Report for special JNNURM grant, as envisaged by the Union Urban Development Ministry and publicised on its website, the scope of the document is to assess the present performance of the service provider, and outline the future scope of service provision while making an application for grant funding. This is a perspective plan, and contains no exclusive commercial information that is likely to affect your earnings or give someone a competitive advantage over you, more so since you are a monopoly. What is more, the grant is to be funded by the taxpayer, who has every right to be kept informed about how his tax funds remitted to government are being spent.
In fact, it is contended that MTC, as a tax-funded entity, should have put up this document suo motu, under Section 4 (1) (b), (c) and (d). You may note the relevant provision of the law: publish all relevant facts while formulating important policies or announcing the decisions which affect public; and It shall be a constant endeavour of every public authority to take steps in accordance with the requirements of clause (b) of sub-section (1) to provide as much information suo motu to the public at regular intervals through various means of communications, including internet, so that the public have minimum resort to the use of this Act to obtain information.
It is to be noted that the MTC PIO has totally misread or misunderstood the provision of Sec 8 (1) (d) because other transport corporations, including commercial undertakings such as Indore City Transport Services Limited are available on the Internet, freely accessible to the general public.
See Indore City Bus DPR here http://www.citybusindore.com/pdf/Draft-DPR.pdf
Ahmedabad DPR on Bus Rapid Transit system here (link since removed) and now available here
Pune BRT DPR here http://www.pcmcindia.in/ESMF%20Report/Executive%20Summary.pdf
I would like to point out that MTC has not even complied with the basic requirement of the law since it came into force, which is to publish information on the corporation website under Section 4 (1) as mandated under pro-active disclosure clauses. Only a search on the Internet reveals the presence of a Section 4 document under RTI for the MTC, and it is not displayed to the public on your website. It is also not clear whether it has been updated to be current. You are requested to comply with this section of the Act without delay.
Your attention is also drawn to the Union Ministry publishing key aspects to be covered by the DPR, such as features of buses to be purchased under JNNURM grant, and the model of service provision, maintenance of buses and compliance with the Centre’s Urban Transport Policy. This document is in the public domain on the website of the Union Urban Development Ministry at this location: http://jnnurm.nic.in/nurmudweb/FOB/buses_funding.pdf
The Government of India has repeatedly affirmed that it is committed to transparent functioning and accountability in use of public funds, as envisaged in the Constitution, and in the Right to Information Act. JNNURM funding falls totally under the ambit of public projects, as it is used in a public service, and is entirely in the public interest. You are required to disclose information under Section 8 (1) (d) under the public interest provision, even if it is otherwise covered by the Third Party commercial clause.
Without prejudice to my above claim in the public interest, I would like to state that your PIO has violated the provisions of the RTI Act by denying the DPR in toto, when there are precedents to show that even where commercial interests are involved, other parts of a document are not covered by the exemption granted by Sec 8 (1) (d). I am citing this merely to reinforce the point that your PIO has not considered my application with an open mind, and in the public interest, but rejected my request arbitrarily.
In Navroz Mody v. Mumbai Port Trust, the Central Information Commission held that even where there is a confidentiality clause in an agreement, such agreement could not be withheld wholesale, without making a determination whether there are parts which are confidential and others that are not. (Appeal No. CIC / AT / A / 2009 / 009964).
I contend that since your PIO has not assigned any reason and denied all information pertaining to the DPR, he has considered my application with the pre-determined conclusion not to disclose any information at all. This is clearly unacceptable and violative of my citizen’s rights under the RTI Act. It also violates the principle of public interest and natural justice for citizens.
Now therefore, you are requested to reverse the decision of the PIO and provide a copy of the Detailed Project Report for funding of buses under JNNURM either as paper copy or as an electronic file in Portable Document Format.
As the information sought has not been provided within the stipulated time of 30 days based on a wrong reading of the provisions, no further charges are payable to you to get a copy of it.
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Thank you, donors, for supporting our successful Emergency Center campaign!
The first patient to be seen in the fully-open and renovated Hudson Hospital & Clinic Emergency Center expansion was treated on Monday, June 22.
The construction project, led by Kraus-Anderson, almost doubled the square footage of the Emergency Center and increased the number of patient care rooms to 12.
“What makes this project all the more extraordinary is that it happened in the middle of a global pandemic,” said Tom Borowski, President, Hudson Hospital & Clinic. “Rising above any pandemic is the gratitude and appreciation we feel for our community, who pledged their support to our hospital throughout this project.”
About $1 million of the $5 million cost of the construction project came from community donations or grants. Linda Robertson and Warren Schneider, long-time Hudson residents who have used the hospital and Emergency Center for care, supported the fundraising campaign.
“We’ve witnessed the many ways that Hudson Hospital & Clinic has contributed to this community and the new Emergency Center is another commitment for the good of the community,” said Linda. “We supported the expansion not just for us, but for the health and well-being of the whole community.”
• Improved security and access to the Emergency Center and enhanced the healing environment for patients, family members and visitors.
• Added patient care rooms – greatly needed because of the significant increase in Emergency Center patients since the hospital was built in 2003.
• Increased the size of the rooms, creating better work spaces for the interdisciplinary care teams who treat patients, and for the portable modern equipment.
Martin Richards, MD, Chief of Emergency Medicine for HealthPartners in the St. Croix Valley, said: “Even when I started here in 2009, we were seeing about 11,000 patients a year – the Emergency Center was built for about 8,000 patients.” He added: “For the complexity of the patients that we see in the ED, we were just finding that we needed more time and space for each patient. Now the expansion is finished, we are already noticing the difference and we know patients and their families appreciate it, too.”
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0c242667-e5be-4ac6-8719-673558984f2b | 2020-10-27T12:39:24+00:00 | 2020-10-22 | 1 | https://www.diabetestracker.org/u-s-covid-testing-plan-aims-to-open-new-york-london-travel-by-holidays.html | U.S. officers are aiming to open journey involving New York Town and London with shortened traveler quarantine durations as quickly as the vacations, in accordance to folks common with the subject.
The growing availability of Covid-19 assessments in the U.S. has prompted officers at the Transportation Section, Section of Homeland Protection and other agencies to revive efforts to establish risk-free journey corridors involving the U.S. and global destinations, the folks mentioned. Setting up all those routes would demand vacationers to be analyzed for Covid-19 right before their flight and again on arrival, allowing for them to stay away from prolonged quarantines at their destinations.
Essential details will have to be worked out right before the Trump administration and foreign governments agree to the prepare. Transportation officers and an airline trade team help restricting quarantines to 24 hours, although other federal officers would choose arriving passengers isolate for four to 7 times, folks common with the subject mentioned. Longer quarantines could be far more suitable to companion countries, just one of these folks mentioned. First assessments might not detect a passenger’s sickness.
Federal officers have recently concentrated their talks about an first corridor with their U.K. counterparts, and discussions have also included German officers, folks common with the subject mentioned. A Homeland Protection formal mentioned the agency’s operate to “safely inspire trans-Atlantic journey although mitigating general public-well being risks” was in its early phases.
Restricted availability of tests in the U.S. earlier this year and prolonged wait situations for test final results stalled former efforts to open global journey.
At present, American citizens traveling to the U.K. will have to quarantine for 14 times and for the most element simply cannot journey to the European Union. The U.S. bars entry to vacationers from the U.K. and Europe until they are U.S. citizens or long-lasting citizens.
Soon after coming to a halt in the early months of the pandemic, air journey has remained slow thanks to travelers’ fears of contracting the coronavirus and shut borders or mandatory quarantine durations for incoming vacationers. International journey has been particularly tough-strike, and the shortage of fliers has place some world airlines out of enterprise and wiped out billions of pounds in earnings.
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U.S. federal government and aviation-business officers included in the setting up talks cited just one large impediment in negotiations with foreign leaders in excess of easing journey restrictions, even with tests: America’s persistently high Covid-19 infection rates. The U.S. and the U.K. have both of those seasoned recent upticks in infections, and the U.S. experienced far more than fifty six,000 new circumstances of Covid-19 on Thursday, in accordance to Johns Hopkins University information.
The White House’s Nationwide Protection Council accredited the corridor prepare to transfer ahead in recent months, folks common with the subject mentioned. A spokesman for the security council declined to remark.
A Transportation Section spokesman mentioned the company was all set to help the exertion and noted officials’ talks with global and business counterparts have been continuing. Easing quarantine demands has been debated in the U.K., and Transportation Minister Grant Shapps mentioned previous 7 days that a activity force there would review the prospective purpose of airport tests.
Reviving well-known holiday and enterprise routes has been a priority for airlines and governments whose economies rely on journey. Some carriers have currently worked with governments in states like Hawaii and destinations like Costa Rica and Jamaica on tests designs that shorten travelers’ mandatory quarantine durations.
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Like a ton of virus-linked journey steps, these early efforts are a patchwork, with distinct tests selections depending on the airline, from speedy-tests at the airport to at-property test kits. Tourists pay back for the assessments, most of which value $a hundred or far more.
Beneath these pointers, assessments aren’t mandatory for every flier as they would be in the designs federal officers are contemplating.
“We want to ease into this,” mentioned Julie Rath, vice president of purchaser knowledge and reservations at
American Airways Team Inc.
Several airline executives say it will choose a verified and greatly accessible vaccine to make fliers snug and return traveling to 2019 amounts. Airways at present mandate that passengers use masks and have ramped up cabin cleansing.
Sooner or later, “proof of a vaccination will exchange evidence of a unfavorable test result” as a journey-will have to, mentioned Aaron McMillan,
managing director of operations coverage and help.
Nations’ and carriers’ makes an attempt to reopen planet journey have been uneven. In addition to U.S. and EU traveler bans, some countries, like Argentina, have remained mainly shut. Others are open, but subject matter vacationers to an array of regulations and restrictions pertaining to the lengths of quarantines and types of assessments vacationers want to choose.
Such restrictions, together with fears of infection on lengthier flights, have remaining global journey even far more depressed than domestic traveling, in accordance to the International Air Transportation Association, a trade team. Global global air visitors was down 88% in August from the former year, in accordance to IATA.
Airline executives on both of those sides of the Atlantic have been pushing because July for governments to use tests in lieu of quarantines and other global restrictions. Airports in North The us, Europe and Asia have also been working to create a common tests framework.
For now, tests bottlenecks have eased and the U.S. has far more tests capability than it is using. The 7-day regular of new day by day assessments done in the U.S. is about 961,000 or just less than thirty million assessments a thirty day period, although the Section of Overall health and Human Expert services mentioned about 90 million assessments have been accessible in September.
Swift assessments are anticipated to be a major resource to preserve Covid-no cost corridors, the folks briefed on the subject mentioned. Swift assessments ordinarily trade some precision for velocity, so it wasn’t quickly very clear no matter if other tests—such as polymerase chain reaction assessments run in labs—and shorter durations of self-isolation might be needed.
—Sarah Krouse contributed to this report.
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3ee9b557-7c6d-49bd-a72e-cb8ec728cd29 | 2018-08-21T06:59:18+00:00 | 2013-12-16 | 0 | https://www.nfldraftdiamonds.com/2013/12/russell-wilson-is-breaking-records-in-seattle-every-week/ | Russell Wilson is breaking records in Seattle every week
After an amazing shut-out victory over the New York Giants yesterday, Russell Wilson continued to break records as a starting quarterback in the NFL. Russell Wilson now is the only quarterback in NFL history to win 23 games in his first two NFL season. He also joined Dan Marino and Peyton Manning as he only quarterbacks ever to throw at least 50 touchdowns passes in their first two seasons.
“He’s so special,” Carroll said of Wilson. “He’s just a tremendous competitor and such a unique individual in that’s he able to do the kind of stuff with the names on this kind of list. And we still have game left [this season], so he’s going to keep going. There are markers this guy is going to continue to knock off.”
Wilson needs just three touchdown passes the rest of the way this season to move to No. 2 on the TDs list, passing Manning’s total of 52 his first two season at Indianapolis. Marino’s total of 68 TDs probably is out of reach.
If Wilson can win the next two home games he can pass the record of former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Danny White of 16 consecutive home victories to start his NFL career. Wilson has 14 now, but he can top White’s mark this season if the Seahawks win their final two home games and continue to win at home in the playoffs.
Wilson’s .767 winning percentage (23-7) is second among all active quarterbacks with at least 15 starts. Tom Brady is No. 1 with a .772 percentage.
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94885e64-7217-4e5c-a878-2581ffc93626 | 2020-10-25T10:31:35+00:00 | 2020-10-25 | 0 | https://www.bierensgroup.com/en-gb/international-debt-collection/european-order-for-payment-procedure/ | European Order for Payment Procedure
Do you have foreign debtors who are not paying your invoice? The European Payment Order procedure may be able to help. This is a relatively simple, standard procedure that can be used in all EU Member States (except Denmark). With the European Order for Payment Procedure you can collect your international claims in a simple, fast and inexpensive way.
European order for payment procedure
The European Order for Payment Procedure is an effective judicial procedure for international claims. It is a relatively simple procedure that works the same way in all countries. As a creditor you have to fill in Form A of Annex I of the EEW Regulation and send it to the court together with the supporting documents. The court will decide upon the case in writing.
The processing times for this procedure are very short, so you can quickly obtain clarity about your debt collection case. Importantly, there are few costs associated with this procedure. However, the European Order for Payment Procedure is only suitable for undisputed claims. Are you in dispute with your debtor over the outstanding invoice? If so, the procedure cannot be continued, and a different legal procedure will have to be initiated in order to find a solution to your payment dispute.
Which court deals with the debt collection case?
The form must be sent to the competent court, which will then process the claim. Agreements regarding competent court should have been made during contract negotiations or should be included within your terms and conditions. Has nothing been agreed? In this case, the court in the other party's country is usually competent to deal with the debt collection case. However, this is not always the case. Therefore, always seek the advice of a specialist lawyer to prevent your claim from being sent to a court that is not competent to rule on your payment dispute.
If you file your case with the wrong court, you will incur unnecessary delays. First, you will have to wait for the court to pick up your case before they then write to you informing that they cannot judge your collection case. After which, you then need to start the whole process again with the right court. When it comes to debt collection, timing is everything: if you want your money, you need to act immediately for a better chance of successful collection.
European Order for Payment procedure
- To start a European order for payment procedure, you must fill in the standard form. This form is available in all official languages of the European Union.
- The completed form must then be sent to the court with the supporting documents.
- The court will send the form to the debtor. The debtor is given 30 days to respond if they disagree with the claim.
- Has the debtor disputed the claim? Then the European Payment Order procedure will stop, and another legal procedure will have to be started.
- Is the debtor not responding in time? Then the order for payment becomes final. The order for payment is a valid judgment that can be enforced in any EU Member State (except Denmark).
- If your debtor fails to comply with the judgment of the court, then a bailiff in your debtor's country must be called in to enforce the court's judgment.
“Bierens and its team of international lawyers understand the needs of companies and can adapt to any situation.”
Lea Macedoni / Alessi
Do you need a lawyer for the European Order for Payment?
Our lawyers can help you to start the European Payment Order procedure. Although this is a relatively simple procedure, it is important that the form is filled in correctly. If mistakes are made, this may result in your claim not being granted. And of course, you want to avoid that! Therefore, you should always ask the advice from a specialist lawyer.
The advantages of a Bierens Debt Recovery Lawyer
- Succesfully recovering debt since 1952
- Always honest and clear advice
- Specialist laywers in international debt recovery
- Every year we collect thousands of outstanding invoices
Translate the form
Are there several countries involved in your collection case? Then the forms need to be translated. This is because the form must be drawn up in the language of the court in which you file the claim. The costs of this are lower than if you had to translate a summons. Make sure, however, that the translation is done by a specialist. If the form is not translated properly, it could have a negative impact on the judge's decision.
When should you issue a European Payment Order?
- In case of international conflicts
- Both parties are based in a European Member State (except Denmark)
- In civil or commercial matters
- For undisputed claims
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Receivables less than €5,000?
Is your claim lower than €5,000? If so, the Small Claims Procedure can also be used. This is an efficient and fast procedure for small claims. This procedure is reasonably similar to the European Payment Order procedure. Of course, there are also other legal proceedings that we can take against your foreign debtor. Our international lawyers will be happy to tell you more about the possibilities.
“Bierens are specialists in the field of business-to-business debt recovery. Their approach stands for quality, decisiveness, and results, which is exactly what KLM is looking for.”
Ben Blad / KLM
Specialists in International Debt Collection
Our 35 international lawyers are specialists in debt collection across Europe. From the moment that you hand your case over to us, we will do our utmost to resolve the matter as soon as possible. Whether this concerns a straightforward debt recovery matter or a complicated legal conflict, we will unburden you.
More information about the European order for payment procedure
Would you like more information about this legal procedure? Or do you have other questions about debt collection abroad? Please feel free to contact us. We will be happy to help you.
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fbd0329e-5746-4792-be28-c2bb627a24fb | 2016-07-27T15:38:47+00:00 | 2009-09-23 | 1 | http://variety.com/2009/film/markets-festivals/barbie-s-a-living-doll-at-universal-1118009027/ | He-Man heads to Sony in new Mattel pic deal
Mattel is setting up more playdates for its toy properties.
Universal Pictures has added Barbie to its star stable, while He-Man and the Masters of the Universe has found a new home at Sony.
U has made a deal with Mattel to build a live-action film around its signature Barbie toy line. With studios racing to build films around well-known concepts, Universal brass feels it has landed the queen of globally branded toy figures.
Laurence Mark will produce.
According to Mattel, the 50-year-old Barbie has 99% worldwide brand awareness, and it’s the No. 1 girls property in the toy industry, the top doll property in the U.S., and the No. 1 worldwide property in the traditional toy industry.
“Barbie is the most famous doll in history, a unique cultural icon in the world of brands,” said Universal Pictures chairman Marc Shmuger. “So many representations of Barbie frequent pop culture. We’re grateful to Mattel for entrusting us with this extraordinary opportunity.”
Mark said the next step will be to canvass writers and decide on a creative take for a family-friendly movie. Mark, who just produced “Julie and Julia” and is in production on the untitled James L. Brooks-directed comedy that stars Reese Witherspoon and Jack Nicholson, was one of several A-list producers who met with Mattel and U execs. “Barbie may be the most popular girl in the world, and has always been a wonderfully aspirational figure, so we must do her proud,” Mark said, noting that there’s no shortage of plot possibilities since Barbie has held more than 120 jobs over the years.
The executive producers are Barbie general manager and Mattel senior veep Richard Dickson and Rob Hudnut, who is VP of entertainment for Barbie. The brand managers will clearly be hands-on in determining how Mattel’s star asset translates to the screen.
Asked why there had never before been a live-action feature (there have been 16 direct-to-video animated titles, selling 75 million units worldwide, according to Mattel), Dickson called the U deal the logical next step in expanding the brand’s reach. In the past several years, Barbie has expanded into fashion shows, merchandise and online ventures that include Twitter, Facebook and even Barbie’s own YouTube channel.
“The brand wasn’t ready for a movie,” Dickson said. “In the last 10 years, Barbie has evolved from a toy into an intellectual property. Barbie has a proven track record in home entertainment, there have been live stage shows, live symphonies and other nontraditional forms of entertainment. There is a flagship store in Shanghai.”
While Universal and Mark will want to move ahead aggressively, Dickson said no timetable has been set for Barbie’s bigscreen debut.
He-Man has a plan
As for He-Man, Sony is finalizing a deal to produce a bigscreen adaptation of Mattel’s popular action figure line, with Escape Artists shepherding the project.
The property, which originated in 1983 as an animated series and toy line, had previously been set up at Warner Bros., where Joel Silver had been developing a pic since 2007. Mattel wound up taking back the rights and leaving the lot after Mattel, the studio and Silver couldn’t agree on the creative direction of the film (Daily Variety, Sept. 9).
Sony and Escape Artists’ Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal and Steve Tisch will now start developing the project from scratch for Columbia Pictures, sources close to the negotiations said.
Shingle recently produced Columbia’s remake of “The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3” and “Knowing” at Summit. It previously produced the Will Smith dramas “Seven Pounds” and “The Pursuit of Happyness.”
The fantasy actioner will revolve around a prince who becomes the warrior He-Man and battles the evil Skeletor for control of his magical homeland, Eternia.
John Stevenson (“Kung Fu Panda”) had previously been attached to direct, with Justin Marks and Evan Daugherty having penned versions of the script. Rights to those scripts now belong to WB, meaning a new writer will likely be hired.
The Barbie deal was made by CAA, which previously placed Mattel’s “Major Matt Mason,” a potential star vehicle for Tom Hanks, at Universal and Playtone.
Mattel also has “Hot Wheels” at Warner Bros., with Silver Pictures producing, and “Max Steel” at Paramount; and there’s a live-action musical to be based on a new toy line built around a monster that’s also set up at U with “Hairspray” producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron plus Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, with Shaiman and Wittman to write the original score. | 1,073 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-30/segments/1469257826908.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20160723071026-00016-ip-10-185-27-174.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.939939 |
eb81e8f1-dba5-42a5-9faf-45314b9baef5 | 2020-10-27T04:31:51+00:00 | 2018-05-07 | 1 | https://bangordailynews.com/2018/05/07/news/heres-an-early-look-at-what-a-giant-belfast-salmon-farm-could-look-like/?shared=email&msg=fail | BELFAST, Maine — The Norwegian aquaculture firm planning one of the world’s largest salmon farms in Belfast unveiled the first peek at what the facility might look like in advance of an update meeting planned for Wednesday.
Nordic Aquafarms will host an informational meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Hutchinson Center in Belfast.
The first artist’s rendering of the $150 million land-based farm was released as part of the company’s announcement of the meeting. Nordic expects to release more details about the site’s design and how it will operate.
“Since we are building our brand on sustainability, this is a high priority for our company,” Nordic CEO Eric Heim said in an April 28 newsletter. “We have needed to obtain facts before we could go public with details.”
Nordic’s update comes on the heels of a heated April meeting during which residents opposed to the project pleaded with city councilors to slow the process by denying a zoning change that would allow Nordic to start applying for permits.
The council voted unanimously in favor of the zoning change, arguing that the public’s questions and concerns would all be answered during the permitting and approvals process. Town officials said denying the zoning change would have caused a delay that could have killed the project.
Nordic is planning a farm that would produce 33,000 tons of Atlantic salmon per year. The company is buying about 40 acres off Route 1 near the Northport town line from the city’s water district and a private owner.
Several residents who spoke at the zoning meeting said they felt the farm would destroy “pristine” wooded area around the reservoir. Many said they were frustrated about unanswered questions related to water usage, waste discharge, building size and more.
Nordic said it needed zoning approval before it could proceed to the permitting process, where all of these questions would be answered.
In the three months since announcing plans to purchase the site, Nordic has been digging test wells and studying the topography of the area to decide how to lay out its buildings and determine whether there was enough water under the site to fuel the project.
Heim said that test wells indicate the company could sustainably draw about 1,200 gallons of water per hour from the aquifer, an amount he said was consistent with many other industrial uses along the Maine coast.
Nordic’s tanks will be filled with a mixture of saltwater from the bay and fresh groundwater, which will be constantly recirculated and filtered. The city’s water district has agreed to provide up to 260 million gallons per year from its supplies, which is less than it provided for the chicken farm industry in the past, according to water district officials.
Nordic has said the water that it discharges will contain fewer nutrients than the water discharged by the city’s wastewater treatment plant.
“The net discharge, after water treatment, will be significantly lower than the region’s agricultural run-off, and it will be lower than other discharge permits that have been previously granted in the area,” Hiem said.
Heim said the building has been “designed to minimize visual impact,” and will stand about 10-15 feet shorter than surrounding trees. The building’s white walls and tall windows would be designed to reflect the surrounding trees.
Nordic is in the midst of getting together permit applications from multiple state, federal and local entities, and that process will include multiple public hearings and public comment requirements. That process will last through the rest of the year.
Construction on the first phase of the project, a hatchery, is expected to start sometime in 2019 if Nordic gets all its needed approvals.
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8739e81d-49fe-4f8e-908e-8ae25cd85b1c | 2013-05-20T22:12:33+00:00 | 2012-06-12 | 1 | http://johngaltfla.com/wordpress/2012/06/12/report-from-greece-limited-capital-controls-implemented/ | by John Galt
June 12, 2012 17:50 ET
The reports of capital controls being implemented should Greece leave the Eurozone have been flying throughout the internet over the last twenty-four hours, leaving many to wonder if the European Union is about to descend into the status of a large latte sipping banana republic. Switzerland’s central bank (SCB) is already rumored to have a plan in place to freeze all incoming funds at their borders and penalize anyone attempting to convert deteriorating Euros into Swiss Francs along with currency exchange controls (See ZeroHedge, Bruce Krasting’s May 28th article – Capital Controls Coming to Greece and Switzerland). The problem with this approach is the large underground economy which it creates and unfortunately for the nation of Greece, that has already begun.
The concerns of the ongoing bank run by depositors in Greek banks have created the basis for a second leg of the domestic financial crisis which will collapse the system if the elections result in a conflict with the Troika and ECB regarding aid to the Greek financial system and potential default. On Bloomberg this morning the pace of withdrawals has accelerated as the article at the link below indicates:
From the story above:
Greek deposit outflows have accelerated before this weekend’s elections, two bankers familiar with the situation said, on concern the nation may move closer to abandoning the euro.
Daily withdrawals have increased to the upper end of a 100 million-euro ($125 million) to 500 million-euro range this month, one banker said, asking not to be identified because the figures aren’t public. A second banking executive said the drawdown may have exceeded 700 million euros today. An official for the Bank of Greece (TELL), the Athens-based central bank, declined to comment.
The problem that faces the Greek nation is that the corrupt government and insanely criminal taxation authority have been dipping into accounts and seizing funds from “suspected” tax cheats thus causing innocent citizens to conclude they are next, thus the bank runs. Add in the fact that those funds are not being reinvested into the Greek economy but being used to purchase German short term Bunds or being stuffed into the mattress and the formula for the perceived necessity of capital controls already exists.
The newspaper Ekathimerini dropped a bombshell of a story the Western press ignored but is causing panic inside the massive bureaucracy in Athens:
These excerpts from the story highlight why this problem exists and how companies are evading the oppressive taxes inside of Greece:
Thousands of small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) are looking for the road to financial recovery in Bulgaria. Even though the trend of Greek businesses relocating to the neighboring country had already begun before the crisis, in the past few months there has been a fresh spurt of interest, taking the total number that have moved there to 6,000.
“The first wave of Greek companies moving their headquarters to Bulgaria came in 2006, when it became a member of the European Union, and they were mostly large construction and textile firms,” Alexandros Adamidis, a lawyer who heads a company that specializes in such transfers, told Kathimerini.
In contrast to the widespread belief that those first businesses moved in order to reduce operating costs, Adamidis said their motives were more about increasing profits, with Greek construction firms today leading the market for big infrastructure projects in Bulgaria.
Translation from the story is not necessary as this is the English version and the meaning of this course of action is spelled out in the following sentence as the harsh reality of socialism gone wild continues within a collapsing system:
“These are not companies that have gone bankrupt,” he explained. “But the red tape and especially the unclear tax system have put businesses in flight mode.”
The justification for these corporate relocation programs to neighboring Bulgaria sound vaguely familiar, like the information executives gave during hearings in the United States Congress years ago when they were grilled about moving their headquarters to the Bahamas.
This now begs the question; what capital controls have been introduced? The newspaper Protothema highlighted the crisis in this story today:
Sounds like capital controls are in force based on the headline alone, right? The article highlights a circular being distributed by the Greek Treasury to enforce the restrictions on large flows of capital out of the country. This portion of the story spells out the regulations that have been implemented to stop capital flight:
With a circular already sent to tax offices, the Treasury is instructing its agents on barriers to be raised against anyone who seeks to transfer their tax base abroad.
More specifically, the circular states the following:
- those submitting a transfer statement of their tax base to the 47 “uncooperative” tax countries (Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Uruguay, etc.) remain mandatory tax residents of Greece, which means they will be taxed on their worldwide income in Greece
- those who submit a declaration of tax residence transfer to countries where there is no tax on income must meet a series of conditions for the Greek tax authorities to accept the request. For example, if a taxpayer acquires at least 30% of his income in Greece, he should be taxed in our country too. The same will apply if the total income derived in Greece exceeds 50,000 euros per year
- if a taxpayer declares that he will move to a country with which there is a contract for the avoidance of double taxation of income (i.e. not getting taxed on the same income twice but only in one of the two countries), then the tax office should raise the issue of the double residence. Here the Treasury will contact the foreign tax authority to decide who will tax the taxpayer
The directive of the ministry now is that a mere disclosure of the taxpayer’s intent to make a change of residence “should not automatically imply a change of residence.”
Treasury Secretary George Zanias appears to have engaged in the implementation of these capital controls during the void in leadership due to the upcoming elections. As this process continues and expands to lower and lower amounts of Euros the average citizen or businessman is allowed to transfer out of the nation, the economy will come to a screeching halt. It is my hope every American watches this process as de facto capital controls are already in effect in the United States effective January 1, 2013. Prepare to witness an economic carnage unseen by the majority of us in our lifetimes and much worse than the 1930′s Great Depression. | 1,316 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699273641/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516101433-00018-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.956893 |
e2a050ee-3784-4f3b-93f4-7bbab3eee98d | 2022-05-21T10:29:36+00:00 | 2021-08-24 | 1 | https://www.express.co.uk:443/news/science/1481439/uk-towns-cities-underwater-2100-climate-change-maps-evg | Ian Collins clashes with XR member over China's role in climate change
The latest Sea Projection maps show that huge swathes of UK’s coastline could be underwater permanently due to climate change in less than 90 years time. If the projections are accurate, vital roads, services and holiday destinations will be impacted.
Naturally the most susceptible to the effects of climate change are coastal and low-lying areas, as well as those on major rivers and waterways.
According to the map, the east of England looks to be the worst affected area.
The map predicts that by 2100, Skegness, King’s Lynn, Great Yarmouth, Boston and Peterborough could all be underwater.
Further north, parts of Doncaster and Lincoln could be facing the most serious repercussions, whereas Grimsby, Hull and Barton-upon-Humber could all be unrecognisable.
The 13 major UK towns and cities that could be underwater by 2100 - MAPPED
On the other side of the map, huge areas of Cardiff and Swansea in Wales would be left underwater.
Even parts of the capital are at risk, particularly those closest to the River Thames.
Since 1993, sea level growth has been accelerating to an average of 0.12 to 0.14 inches a year, roughly twice as fast as the long-term trend.
The modelling from Climate Central is based on the projection that his rapid growth in the rate of sea-level rises will continue.
According to the organisation, coastal areas are expected to regularly fall below sea level over the next 30 years.
In 2019, a study projected that sea levels will rise between 30cm and 34 cm by 2050.
However so far, sea level rises have been much smaller - but this doesn't mean places aren't at risk.
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Why are sea levels rising?
Sea levels began rising throughout the 20th century, almost all of which can be attributed to human activity’s devastating effect on the climate.
Hotter temperatures are created by greenhouse gas emissions, which are caused by burning fossil fuels - coal, gas, and oil.
This causes the climate to get warmer, which in turn leads to the expansion of water volume and melting of polar ice, glaciers and sheets.
Environmental catastrophe is on the doorstep of billions across the world, as highlighted by the damning IPCC report earlier this year.
The report warned that extreme heat, droughts, flooding, and rising sea levels will all be problems within the coming years if humanity doesn’t act immediately.
Dr Scott Kulp, a senior scientist at Climate Central and lead author of the study, said: “These assessments show the potential of climate change to reshape cities, economies, coastlines, and entire global regions within our lifetimes.
“As the tideline rises higher than the ground people call home, nations will increasingly confront questions about whether, how much, and how long coastal defences can protect them.” | 670 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662539049.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20220521080921-20220521110921-00607.warc.gz | 0.94464 |
3eafbce9-1d51-4f83-b6f1-222ab4d9d25b | 2019-08-21T02:43:54+00:00 | 2019-05-29 | 0 | https://himalayantrust.org/about-us/helen-clark-treks-in-sir-eds-footsteps/ | The Right Honourable Helen Clark is in the Everest region of Nepal this week, trekking the steep, winding tracks through the Himalayas up to Thyangboche (3870m), to visit the current and historic work of Sir Edmund Hillary’s Himalayan Trust.
The trek is part of the celebrations taking place this year to mark 100 years since Hillary’s birth.
Today, May 29, also marks 66 years since New Zealander Hillary and Nepali Sherpa Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Mt Everest in Nepal, the highest peak in the world.
“Trekking through this area is very special. As we pass villages clinging to hillsides, the yak and mule trains, and the tea houses, we have enjoyed the warm and generous welcome extended to all New Zealand visitors,” said Helen.
“All along the trekking route, I’ve met people who have been educated in the schools established by Sir Edmund Hillary and the Himalayan Trust. Many have gone on to become teachers, health workers, doctors, community leaders and to work in trekking and tourism. Education is always a catalyst for human development and I’ve been reminded of that every day here in Nepal.”
Helen visited Khumjung school, the first school built by Hillary in 1961, where she spent time reading a book on Sir Ed to young students and meeting with senior students. She also visited Kunde Hospital, built by Hillary in 1966, taking time to speak with the Doctor-in-Charge, Dr Kami, who began his education at a school built by Hillary in the remote village of Thame.
As well as experiencing the historical legacy, Clark has been seeing some of the earthquake-strengthened classrooms built to replace those damaged in the 2015 earthquakes and will also visit a new safe water system in the village of Musey. Generous donations from New Zealanders have made all these works possible.
Helen added: “Sir Ed worked tirelessly to raise funds to provide education and health care for people and for reforestation in this region of Nepal. Much of the money he raised was donated by the New Zealand public. It’s a privilege to be here in Nepal and see this legacy first-hand.
“Sir Ed was an inspiration for New Zealanders and for the Sherpa communities with which he worked. We can all be proud of his legacy.” | 504 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027315750.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20190821022901-20190821044901-00053.warc.gz | 0.971644 |
a7da6436-aa2f-4130-ba2e-58487a1f8bf8 | 2022-05-26T20:14:36+00:00 | 2022-05-26 | 1 | https://www.turnto23.com/news/national/indoor-vertical-farming-provides-potential-solutions-to-food-supply-problems | From lettuce to basil, where some of your food comes from could be changing. Indoor vertical farming is gaining traction in the food industry.
“Today we’re at our research and development facility,” Henry Sztul, the chief science officer at Bowery Farming, said.
From seed… "we’re constantly experimenting with different types of seeds,” he said. To germination flats put in a chamber for a few days, to their final home for growing. “What we look for are the leaves starting to be more fully developed.”
The process takes about a month.
“It’s a 25, 30-day grow cycle for the plant, from seed to shelf,” Katie Seawell, the chief commercial officer at Bowery Farming, said.
It’s an efficient process and this facility only shows a small portion of what they are growing
“We are building local indoor smart farms close to the cities that we operate,” Seawell said. She said they are re-imagining agriculture, and controlling every aspect of the growing process.
“We are not susceptible to some of the external variables or factors that can disrupt the supply chain or the growing process for crops,” she explained. “The ability for the current food system to pivot with agility to meet market demand based on market disruption is very, very limited.”
It’s a problem we saw during the pandemic. Disruptions in the food supply chain and transportation, leasing to rotting piles of unsold produce in some states and food shortages in others.
“What kind of opportunities did the pandemic present, I think one of those is food security,” Joshua Craver, an assistant professor of controlled environment horticulture at Colorado State University, said.
However, Craver said this indoor vertical farming isn’t an ideal solution for every crop.
“There are some crops that just don't make a lot of sense in a controlled environment setting...those range from grain crops or orchard crops,” he said.
Another downfall is the lighting needed. “We typically use a lot more energy to grow our crops in vertical farms that we do compared to fields, or even greenhouse production,” AJ Both, a professor at Rutgers University School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, said. Both does research in plant lighting.
“I think that's an area where we still need to do a lot of work, to try to help the vertical farming industry become even more efficient,” he said.
However, control of lighting does have benefits as well, as it gives growers more control over crop growth, all while taking up less space.
“The benefits of that, of course, are that you can grow a lot more plants on the same footprint,” Both said.
“We are taking non-arable land and transforming it into highly productive farms,” Seawell said.
While it may not be the ideal solution for every crop right now, Craver said it’s a valuable addition to the food industry.
“A lot of the ways I like to describe controlled environments and vertical farming is being another tool in our toolbox,” he said.
Back at Bowery, they are continuing to experiment with new crops and provide fresh food for those at a cost comparable to organic foods.
“As we scale…we will want to compete not only at a premium price point but against traditional agriculture prices as well,” Seawell said.
They currently have 13 products in the marketplace, and the capability to grow 365 days a year.
“It’s an incredibly exciting time to be in this space and I think there's real recognition that we have to think differently about how we build resilience and strengthen our local and regional food supply systems. We don't believe we’re the only answer to that, but we believe we are a part, a critical part of that answer.” | 848 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662625600.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20220526193923-20220526223923-00019.warc.gz | 0.963663 |
3b7ed9ef-b3e9-41ba-88f2-b7412898f5fe | 2017-08-23T11:59:49+00:00 | 2016-07-12 | 0 | https://bbablog.spjain.org/2016/07/12/new-jag-lakshay-india/ | Everything you need to know before joining
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Hope SP Jain helps support my dreams to experience other cultures.
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0db7191e-5d49-4169-a2bd-bfcf44bb1ea7 | 2017-08-19T19:29:32+00:00 | 2016-01-01 | 1 | http://arynews.tv/en/population-census-to-be-held-in-march-2016/ | The meeting, presided over by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, also decided to hold house count in parallel to population census in March 2016. Minister Finance Ishaq Dar informed the meeting that the census would cost Rs 13 billion rupees.
It was also agreed in a meeting that assistance of armed forces will also be sought for the census exercise.
Pakistan has not conducted a population survey since the last census was carried out in 1998. Many believe that census conducted in 1998 is only disputed but stands outdated after 15 years because the population has increased at a rate of 2.3 per cent per annum.
The meeting also approved amendment in Power Policies of 2009 and 2012 and raised objection on power generation 2015.
The meeting was informed that proceedings on Pakistan Energy Efficiency and Energy Conservation Bill 2014 have been completed and soon it would be presented in parliament. | 170 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886105712.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20170819182059-20170819202059-00213.warc.gz | 0.978099 |
1f562b7d-ef3b-4064-9db4-a552d06c0f05 | 2016-07-26T02:44:59+00:00 | 2014-08-08 | 1 | http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Plan-to-Reduce-Poway-Unified-Debt-Gets-Mixed-Reactions-271005051.html | A plan just pitched to Poway Unified School District that promises to reduce its impending $1 billion debt was met with lukewarm reaction.
San Francisco financial consultant Dale Scott thinks he can save future homeowners in San Diego 25 percent of that debt, but it will cost existing district residents a property tax increase now.
Poway Unified made renovations and repairs to its 24 aging schools, starting in 2001 under Proposition U.
To finish the job, Poway taxpayers passed Proposition C in 2008, and in 2011, as part of that bond, the district borrowed $105 million.
It won’t begin paying it back until 20 years from now.
That decision received national attention and criticism.
The latest financial consultant plan estimates a 25 percent reduction in that future debt. How it would work would be that the district would have to buy back the capital appreciation bonds and purchase current interest bonds.
The transaction would increase property taxes right away.
“The key question now: What does our community want to do? Do they want to pay taxes now? Increase taxes or do they want to defer those taxes to a future point in time? We need to hear from them,” Board President Todd Gutschow said.
Scott will return to Poway's regular school board meeting Aug.19 to go over the plan a second time.
The public is encouraged to attend to ask questions and give their input. | 288 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-30/segments/1469257824570.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20160723071024-00225-ip-10-185-27-174.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.957552 |
00db36aa-a7dd-427f-95bc-f3697b3aae56 | 2022-05-27T18:36:15+00:00 | 2022-02-17 | 0 | https://www.hsccvt.org/Post/She-Has-Certainly-Made-Herself-at-HomeI | She Has Certainly Made Herself at Home!
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a549340e-93da-4e5e-9698-0067cc7ebe5b | 2017-08-22T16:47:26+00:00 | 2017-08-22 | 1 | http://www.lieuwedevries.com/?cat=16 | Even if you’re not following the aviation news, it’s hard not to know that ‘drone’ is the buzzword nowadays. It’s not a secret the United States is a big proponent of the unmanned aerial vehicles, letting the drones perform countless surveillance and tactical missions in the Middle East. On the other side, China is also putting some serious effort in developing their own drones, even if they are mostly clones of their American counterparts. But what about Europe, the Old Country? How are they currently faring in the drone arms race? | 117 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886112533.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20170822162608-20170822182608-00566.warc.gz | 0.943154 |
2ebcfbd3-83f8-4405-9d6d-1a92459112f7 | 2013-05-18T17:48:34+00:00 | 2012-11-20 | 1 | http://www.info.gov.za/speech/DynamicAction?pageid=461&tid=91284 | Statement by the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ms Maite Nkoana-Mshabane, on international developments, with specific focus on the Israel-Palestine conflict, Imbizo Media Centre, Parliament, Cape Town
20 Nov 2012
Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen of the media,
In our briefing today, we will focus on (1) the escalating violence in the conflict between Israel and Palestine, with emphasis on the conflict in Gaza, (2) South Africa’s hosting of the 5th BRICS Summit in March 2013 and, lastly, (3) the UN Climate Change Conference in Doha, Qatar.
1. Conflict between Israel and Palestine
The South African Government is gravely concerned at the escalating conflict between Israel and Gaza. We strongly condemn the disproportionate use of force by the Israeli government, which has resulted in a significant number of deaths and injuries on both sides, particularly among Palestinian civilians, including children.
The South African Government calls on both sides to immediately halt all cross border attacks and agree to a ceasefire. Israeli air and naval forces must cease their air strikes and shelling into the Gaza enclave, which has already caused considerable material destruction in one of the most densely inhabited places on earth. We also call upon Palestinian militants in Gaza to immediately suspend the firing of rockets into Israeli territory.
An ominous development is the decision by the Israeli Government to call up 75 000 military reservists to active service, which would seem to imply that a large- scale ground assault by the Israeli army into Gaza is being seriously contemplated. The South African Government accordingly appeals to the Government of Israel to refrain from such a fatal step, which will not only result in the inevitable loss of a large number of both Palestinian and Israelis lives - but also further inflame sentiments in an already volatile region.
At the heart of the conflict lies Israel’s continued illegal occupation of Palestinian land, especially the continuing blockade of Gaza. The South African Government therefore urges the Israeli Government to halt these policies as they are an obstacle to negotiations for peace and contrary to international law.
The South African Government further calls on the international community to put pressure on both Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza to halt this escalation of violence, given that as close neighbours, they have no choice but to accept each other’s permanent presence and eventually reach agreement on peaceful co-existence through a process of negotiations, rather than through continuous conflict.
2. SAs hosting of the 5th BRICS Summit
As some of you may already be aware, South Africa will host the 5th Summit of the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) Leaders’ Forum in March 2013 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal province.
BRICS is a platform for dialogue and cooperation amongst countries that represent 43% of the world's population. The platform strives to promote peace, security and development in a world that is multi-polar, inter-dependent, increasingly complex and globalizing. The BRICS formation is transcontinental, covering Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America.
Our combined nominal gross domestic product (GDP) is estimated at US$13,7 trillion and between 20% and 25% of global GDP, as well as combined foreign reserves estimated at US$4 trillion. BRICS accounted for approximately 11% of global annual foreign direct investment (FDI) flows in 2012 (US$465 billion) and 17% of world trade.
South Africa’s participation in the BRICS is designed to help us achieve inclusive growth, sustainable development and prosperity.
As you may know, the proposed theme of the 5th BRICS Summit is “BRICS and Africa –Partnership for Development, Integration and Industrialisation.”
In choosing this theme, South Africa looks forward to sharing this event with the continent as the BRICS Forum provides enormous opportunities for economic growth and development in Africa.
South Africa and its fellow BRICS partners share a common vision. Like South Africa, our fellow BRICS nations are striving to enhance inclusive economic growth that will lead to an increase in the creation of decent and sustainable jobs, advance the fight against poverty and accelerate the economic transformation of our countries. We also work towards a more equitable global political and economic system.
3. COP18/CMP8 Conference
In my capacity as President of the 17th Session of the Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the 7th Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP17/CMP7), I will, in the next couple of days, lead a delegation to Doha, Qatar, for the COP18/CMP8 Conference. The Conference is scheduled to take place from 26 November to 7 December 2012.
Other members of the delegation include the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Ms Edna Molewa, and the Deputy Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Ms Rejoice Mabudafhasi.
As we hand over to Qatar, it is important that we remind ourselves of the achievements that were recorded in Durban, which are comprehensively documented in the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action.
The decisions taken in Durban are truly historical and include the following:
(i) The amendment of the Kyoto Protocol;
(ii) Decisions of the Long-Term Cooperative Action (LCA);
(iii) The Green Climate Fund;
(iv) The future of the Climate Change Regime.
It is important that the Conference in Doha moves the negotiations forward, while ensuring that environmental integrity and credibility of the process can be maintained and that the outcomes of COP17/CMP7 are implemented.
The first is the closure of the Ad hoc Working Group –Long term Cooperative Action, as agreed to in Durban. This should entail the adequate treatment of unresolved political issues, as well as comparability of effort by those countries who are not party to the Kyoto Protocol.
In the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Kyoto Protocol, South Africa will be working towards the adoption of the amendment to Annex B of the Kyoto Protocol, which will establish the second commitment period. In the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action, South Africa will pursue the adoption of a plan of work to enhance ambition, not only in mitigation but also in adaptation and in the means of implementation as well.
Though at different stages of maturity, it is vital that progress is made in all three ad hoc working groups to ensure that the outcome in Doha is balanced and successful.
Issued by: Department of International Relations and Cooperation
20 Nov 2012
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7d567365-88ec-4e10-bbd7-c052e33e6ba2 | 2015-04-01T17:48:16+00:00 | 2006-04-20 | 0 | http://mlton.org/pipermail/mlton/2006-April/028624.html | [MLton] share weirdness
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> Could it be that the sharing code is looking at some unused
> bytes in an object
That certainly can happen. The hash-consing code (see tableInsert()
and hashCons() in gc.c) looks at all the bytes in the object,
regardless of how they are used by the mutator.
> Even this `explanation' would require some statement as to how the
> background bytes got to be different.
When allocating a heap object, the mutator doesn't zero out unused
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Sturdy packaging-- use a strong carton package and keep it sealed. Beautiful decor-- great for home decoration, gift box decoration, shop decoration, as well as photo props. 100% natural-- pure natural real eucalyptus stems, hand-picked by farmers, naturally dried, retaining the original beauty of the eucalyptus.
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- Eucalyptus branches make a perfect gift for any occasion and are an inexpensive way to dress up a room for the holidays and add some atmosphere. From nature: 100% natural eucalyptus leaves are dried, and the leaves are curled, making it common for some leaves to have some imperfections.
The environment is humid and the smell is stronger, retains the original floral fragrance of eucalyptus but it will be less flavor than fresh eucalyptus leaves. Each stem varies in fullness. These are natural items harvested from nature, etc. Eucalyptus leaves and branches are perfect greenery for any floral or craft project.
If there is a possibility of liquid exudation in a humid environment, don't worry, keep it dry in the sun It will recover in a while. Stems measure around 16-17" in length. Dry eucalyptus branches: these are dried eucalyptus branches, it is made by sun-drying and can be stored forever without worrying about its decay and Wither.
Eucalyptus makes beautiful arrangements that are majestic and great smelling too. Fresh eucalyptus flavor: the dried eucalyptus leaves no additives, can calm the mood. Perfect supporting role: if you have not tried putting eucalyptus together with a dried or fresh flower arrangement then you really should try it. We try to include the fullest leaves when making our bunches.
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- Sturdy packaging-- use a strong carton package and keep it sealed. 100% natural-- pure natural eucalyptus leaves, hand-picked by farmers, naturally dried, retaining the original beauty of the eucalyptus.
Beautiful decor-- great for home decoration, gift box decoration, shop decoration, as well as photo props. Original aroma-- the fresh eucalyptus no additives, retaining the original floral fragrance of eucalyptus, smells very comfortable, can calm the mood.
The 17inches length dried eucalyptus leaves will not be pressed, and you will receive the eucalyptus leaves in perfect condition with natural fragrance. You can also use a eucalyptus bundle to arrange flowers and make DIY creations. Eucalyptus value-- dried eucalyptus leaves have calming and hypnotic effects, fresh air, and a nice smell to relax you and release stress.
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- Flexible and Easy to Shape. Versatile use. Great smell. If you have any questions about the product, please contact us and you will get a satisfactory solution. Selected high-quality fresh eucalyptus are taken from nature, stems are durable, cannot break easily.
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- Because it is natural dried plant. A little shedding is normal. Material selected high-quality eucalyptus are taken from nature, cannot break easily. It is made by sun-drying and can be stored forever without worrying about its decay and Wither. Through our exquisite and careful processing technology, stems are durable, all eucalyptus can maintain the most original appearance and natural beauty.
Suitable for both indoor and outdoor use, great for home or venue decoration like Boho weddings bouquets, restaurant, gardens, add oomph to your tablescape, add an effortless touch of texture and decor to your space, creating a luxury modern display that lasts.
It has calming and hypnotic effects and makes you easier to breath and relax. If you mind, please read carefully before buying. Warm note: this dried eucalyptus bundle are naturally dry plants, eucalyptus may be compressed after long journey to you. Fresh eucalyptus smellthe dried eucalyptus leaves no additives, retains the original floral fragrance of eucalyptus, infuses the air with its unique and refreshing aroma to smells very comfortable, and calm you mood.
Length & colorcarefully selected 12 pack natural dried eucalyptus branches decor, please allow a slight difference in size. Each stem varies in fullness, total length is approximately 43 to 45cmPls note: due to manual measurement, you can cut the length of the dried flowers to any size you want to create your own arrangement. Multi-functional decorationthese dried eucalyptus plants stalks showing off a charm and style, turn your room into a retreat, cafes, office and DIY a Christmas and door wreath etc.
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What's in the box-- you will received 15 pcs dried eucalyptus branches and a wall flower vase tube. By using a sturdy carton package, the 17 inch 45cm length eucalyptus leaves will not be pressed. 100% natural eucalyptus-- real eucalyptus stems, hand-picked by farmers， which making it common for some leaves to have some imperfections.
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Use real eucalyptus Stems which we dry to ensure they maintain their natural look for longer. These fresh eucalyptus branches make the ideal addition to the décor of weddings, house, office, party, restaurant, balcony, garden and anywhere else you want to add a touch of nature.
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Great smell: freshen the air and make the place smell good, it makes it easier to breath and make you relax. Color: green. Size:measure 20"-24" tall. Great for: general home and business decor, holiday present, wedding receptions and bridal bouquet. | 2,807 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662561747.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20220523194013-20220523224013-00422.warc.gz | 0.853829 |
90d73f1e-1982-4274-959c-0306a05fe75f | 2016-07-28T04:04:46+00:00 | 2013-08-06 | 1 | http://www.orlandosentinel.com/la-me-ln-school-bond-rules-20130806-story.html | Financial underwriters who want to do business with the County of Los Angeles must agree not to give political donations to school bond campaigns under new rules adopted this month by government finance officials.
Because Los Angeles County is by far the largest municipal bond issuer in California, the move is likely to have statewide implications.
Mark J. Saladino, the Los Angeles County treasurer-tax collector, said Tuesday that his office set the policy to prevent campaign donations from influencing the hiring of securities brokers by school districts and to increase competition among dealers, who often charge millions of dollars in fees.
Saladino has been concerned that some firms try to recover their donations in their underwriting fees -- contrary to a state law that prohibits schools from using tax revenues to finance bond campaigns. Bonds are typically repaid from tax revenues over a period of years.
Under the policy, underwriters must not donate to school bond measures if they want to qualify for the treasurer's list of investment banks and securities dealers eligible to sell county bonds.
The county's list of financial firms -- currently 40 dealers that include some of the nation's largest banks and brokerages -- is reviewed and revised every five years. Saladino said the next evaluation is in 2016.
"If they are giving to school bond campaigns, we won't do business with them," Saladino said.
According to the treasurer's office, most, if not all, of the current participants already have agreed to the restriction.
Saladino said he has informed other county treasurers about the new policy and plans to notify state Treasurer Bill Lockyer to encourage him to adopt the same restrictions.
The policy stems from a nationwide effort by major investment banks to prevent underwriters from donating money and campaign services to bond ballot measures.
In July, 12 firms pledged not to make political contributions to bond measures and notified the federal Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board of their action. The brokers include Morgan Stanley & Co. Wells Fargo Securities, JP Morgan Securities, Goldman Sachs, Barclay's Capital and Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith.
The securities rulemaking board, which regulates the government bond market, has been considering whether to prohibit all underwriters from contributing to political campaigns for bond measures.
Such a restriction would expand on a current board rule that bans underwriters for two years from doing business with a government entity if they give campaign donations to elected officials of that entity.
Lockyer, county treasurers across California and many investment banks have become concerned that campaign donations can create an uneven playing field for bond business at the expense of taxpayers.
In statewide surveys by The Times and other publications, virtually every securities broker hired by a school district contributed to the district's bond campaign and was retained without competitive bidding.
According to numerous studies, competition among underwriters often produces lower interest rates and fees, which can save governments and taxpayers million of dollars in debt payments for large bond issues.
In addition, a recent study focused on California school bond issues performed by New York University and the University of Colorado found that post-election fees paid to underwriters that made donations were on average $27,576 higher than those paid to brokers that did not contribute.
Researchers said the finding raises serious questions about the circumvention of state and local regulations restricting the use of public resources in election campaigns. | 670 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-30/segments/1469257827782.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20160723071027-00052-ip-10-185-27-174.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.96168 |
76d67f3a-2619-41c0-b322-16299ab16b49 | 2019-08-24T04:26:08+00:00 | 2019-08-24 | 1 | https://pixr8.com/funding/wework-enters-into-food-business-invests-32-million-in-larid-superfood/?share=reddit | “We are incredibly grateful to our investors and the community for their continued support. Our expansion will enable us to grow our product offerings, make room for even greater innovation and double down on our presence in the industry. This growth will add a great number of jobs in Sisters and the surrounding communities, across a variety of departments, and allow us to continue to stimulate our local economy,” said Paul Hodge, CEO
In conjunction with the investment from WeWork, Arik Benzino, WeWork’s Chief We Officer for the U.S., Canada & Israel, will join the Laird Superfood board of directors. Laird Superfood and WeWork will also launch a partnership to make Laird’s offerings available to WeWork members and employees in select locations in the U.S.
“I thank WeWork for their investment in Laird Superfood’s expansion and pursuit of our mission to become the leading superfood company in the natural foods space. At Laird Superfood, we think of our clean-ingredient products as fuel. With the right fuel, you can accomplish anything, and it’s in this way that our offerings perfectly complement the ambitious and entrepreneurial spirit of the WeWork community,” said Laird Hamilton, co-founder of Laird Superfood.
“Laird Superfood products give you the fuel you need for a productive life. Their holistic approach to life balance is aligned with our mission and vision here at WeWork. We could not be more excited to support this amazing company’s growth and at the same time make their incredible products available to our WeWork members and employees.” — Arik Benzino, WeWork Chief We Officer for the U.S., Canada & Israel and Laird Superfood Board Member.
Laird Superfood was co-founded in 2015 by the world’s most prolific big-wave surfer, Laird Hamilton. His passion project to perfect his personal regimen grew into a dynamic, innovative brand with a mission to bring clean, simple, and thoughtfully formulated superfoods to the masses. As one of the fastest growing companies in the natural foods space, Laird Superfood’s offerings are environmentally sustainable, responsibly tested, and made with whole-food ingredients that everyone can feel good about. | 477 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027319724.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20190824041053-20190824063053-00026.warc.gz | 0.950626 |
3004611e-017f-4163-9fe0-1e76482e8335 | 2018-08-19T11:25:27+00:00 | 2006-01-01 | 0 | https://www.scientific.net/KEM.326-328.1063 | An Experimental Study on the Pre-Strain Effect of API 5L X65 Pipeline for Natural Gas Transmission
Pipelines for natural gas transmission may be subjected to plastic deformation by the outside force such as ground subsidence, ground liquefaction, cold bending and mechanical damage. Plastic deformation affects the tensile properties and fracture toughness. Tensile test, Crack tip opening displacement test and Charpy impact test were conducted on an API 5L X65 pipe to investigate the mechanical properties of pipeline subjected to plastic deformation. Axial tensile pre-strain up to approximately 10% was applied to plate-type tensile specimens cut from the API 5L X65 pipe prior to mechanical testing. Tensile test revealed that the yield strength and the tensile strength increased with increasing tensile pre-strain. However, the CTOD and Charpy impact energy values for crack initiation decreased with increasing tensile pre-strain.
Soon-Bok Lee and Yun-Jae Kim
J. H. Baek et al., "An Experimental Study on the Pre-Strain Effect of API 5L X65 Pipeline for Natural Gas Transmission", Key Engineering Materials, Vols. 326-328, pp. 1063-1066, 2006 | 254 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-34/segments/1534221215077.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20180819110157-20180819130157-00418.warc.gz | 0.837153 |
c0c169d5-d03f-408d-8ac4-6e29a714eb4e | 2015-03-30T05:59:09+00:00 | 2007-06-01 | 0 | http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc-mac/laptops-portable-pcs/laptops-and-netbooks/rock-xtreme-sl-pro-22553/reevoo | Rock is an established gaming manufacturer, and its Xtreme SL Pro (£2,499 inc. VAT) is one of only a few 20-inch laptops currently available. Although portability is restricted by the large size and 7.3kg weight, we found it to be an excellent gaming machine with large and comfortable controls.
The 20-inch display is little short of stunning. With a flawless glossy Super-TFT coating, colours are great and images appear large and clear. We found it perfect for gaming, although to get the true benefit it's better to use an external keyboard and sit slightly further back.
Offering the fastest graphics solution currently available, you'll find two Nvidia GeForce Go 7950GTX cards in place. This is the same setup found in the Alienware, and offers excellent performance. Games ran smoothly, and even S.T.A.L.K.E.R. caused few problems. However, the 7950GTX is not a DirectX 10 solution, so you won't be able to take full advantage of the next-generation DX10 games.
The 20-inch display gives the Rock a large footprint, and there's more than enough space on the chassis for the generous-sized keyboard, palm rests and stereo speakers. The keyboard is comfortable to use, and has a dedicated numeric keypad.
The keys are firmly attached, but it's not the quietest of boards. We found the touchpad large and comfortable and it didn't get in the way when typing. However, the two graphics cards are cooled less efficiently than they are in rival laptops, and the palm rests heated up more on both sides during use.
Despite the large size and weight, Rock has provided a carrying backpack, in case you occasionally want to take it to a friend's house or to LAN parties.
The Rock is unusual in that it uses AMD processor - a 2GHz dual-core Turion 64 X2 TL60 chip. This is an older solution than the Core 2 Duo processors of its rivals and, despite having the same amount of memory, the SL Pro simply wasn't as quick in day-to-day use.
Applications took a little longer to load, and there was slightly more lag when running multiple programs. However, this is still a rapid machine, capable of running multiple tasks with ease. You'll find two hard drives set up in a RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks) configuration, although at 200GB there could be storage on offer, but still enough to house all of the media you'll ever need.
The Rock is a compelling machine, offering an excellent screen and impressive 3D performance. However, it comes at a high price. | 553 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-14/segments/1427131299114.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20150323172139-00133-ip-10-168-14-71.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.965162 |
4a3e4191-7549-4808-b923-37f9d30c5082 | 2013-05-22T21:26:53+00:00 | 2013-01-23 | 1 | http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/technical-research-on-facebook-and-zynga-aiming-to-boost-their-image-188025511.html | Technical Research on Facebook and Zynga: Aiming to Boost Their Image
LONDON, January 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) taught an oft-repeated lesson to stock market players last year. However, the wisdom of not buying into the hype is easily forgotten in the stock market. Nothing else can explain the hoopla that surrounded Facebook IPO last year, especially after the IPO debacle of its conjoined twin Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA). While other internet stocks like Groupon are still struggling to live up to the lofty valuations, Facebook and Zynga are now looking to break some new ground to salvage their position. StockCall in-depth analysis on Facebook and Zynga are available upon registration on
Facebook Makes Foray into Social Search
Facebook also recently tried to arouse interest by making cryptic announcements about its future plans. While the sector analysts were making bizarre assumptions about the introduction of new Facebook phone, the real deal turned out to be much tamer offering of social media search function. While many market pundits went gung ho claiming Facebook to be the new Google, the reality is much more prosaic. While the new function is not going to be a considerable threat to Google, but it can certainly help Facebook in gaining lead over its peers like Yelp and LinkedIn. However, since the stock declined soon after the announcement, it is clear that the market is taking Facebook's plans with a pinch of salt. The concept of social search is already used by companies like Netflix, LinkedIn and Yelp. So, the investors will have to wait to see if Facebook will be able to give it a new spin.
Given the fact that Facebook has not made any fundamental change to its business, the rollercoaster ride of its stock can be attributed to idiosyncrasies of stock market. However, lately, the stock has been attracting Hedge Fund and institutional investors, retail investors can ride the tide while it lasts.
Zynga Moves from Internet Money to Real Money Gambling
Zynga Inc. [Free Research Report on ZNGA](1), on the other hand, received a major setback when Facebook announced its independent foray into social gaming. Zynga receives a major chunk of its revenue from its collaboration with Facebook, so its bottom-line is going to feel the heat in coming quarters. However, at the same time, Zynga is moving away from its internet legacy. In order to better monetize its offerings, the company now offers online casino games in the UK. On the similar lines, its application for offering real money casino games in Nevada is also under review. It is still not going to be an easy road for Zynga as online gambling is one hot spot fraught with complicated legal implications.
Zynga is also struggling to retain its talent as it has seen massive exodus of its management and creative talent in past couple of months. The problem is only set to get more compounded as the social gaming company also plans to lay-off as many as 150 employees to cut its costs. On the plus side, the company has rather robust balance sheet with healthy cash reserves which it may use to buy back its shares and provide value to its investors. So, while the stock is not likely to show upward move like Facebook, it may stabilize in the medium-term.
- Zynga Inc. Technical Analysis [ http://www.StockCall.com/ZyngaInc012313.pdf ]
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6b07d2bb-2448-426a-883b-fb7be2ec6a3b | 2020-10-24T23:44:56+00:00 | 2015-05-28 | 1 | https://isnblog.ethz.ch/tag/navy/page/2 | Hans Christian Andersen crafted the parable of the emperor’s new clothes to teach children how pomposity and collective denial can produce stupidity and how childlike honesty can cut through it all. The tale centers on a credulous emperor and a circle of courtiers and subjects who were willing to play along with the delusion – a situation now mirrored not only in the Pentagon, but also in the White House and Congress. And the U.S. Navy is caught in in this web of pomposity and collective denial on two fronts. The first involves the Navy’s Fleet Response Program (FRP) and the second is the inconsistency between the Unified Command Plan (UCP) and the Navy’s operating environment – the world’s oceans. These issues might not sound sexy, but they are crucial to understand. Both are related and the net result is an over-extended Navy, bereft of a command-and-control apparatus congruent with its operating environment.
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December 20, 2010
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The coincident rise in crude oil prices and increased number of financial participants in the crude oil futures market from 2000-2008 has led to allegations that “speculators” drive crude oil prices. As crude oil futures peaked at $147/bbl in July 2008, the role of speculators came under heated debate. In this paper, we employ unique data from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to test the relation between crude oil prices and the trading positions of various types of traders in the crude oil futures market. We employ Granger Causality tests to analyze lead and lag relations between price and position data at daily and multiple day intervals. We find little evidence that hedge funds and other non-commercial (speculator) position changes Granger-cause price changes; the results instead suggest that price changes precede their position changes.
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Tag: bio fuels
Global Bioenergies has revealed a breakthrough in biofuel development that could overcome "blend wall" limits.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Renewable Fuel Standard is proposing ambitious increases in fuel production.
New scientific research has shown that biofuel-to-hydrocarbon conversion is possible without turning ethanol to ethylene.
ArcelorMittal SA plans to use waste gases from its steel operations to produce low-carbon fuel for vehicles.
Research has revealed the three-dimensional structure and mechanism of action of a key enzyme used in bio-fuel production.
DB Export in New Zealand has created a biofuel from leftover yeast from brewing beer.
Biofuels and lube producers are set to benefit from two new discoveries
Research shows biodiesel handling should be different from petroleum-based diesel.
The global synthetic and bio-based lubricant market is set to grow at a moderate CAGR, over the next three to four years, according to Transparency Market Research. | 240 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027323221.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20190825062944-20190825084944-00303.warc.gz | 0.922828 |
f2a0b6e5-1343-4412-86f8-551bd9a3209d | 2018-08-16T02:20:58+00:00 | 2017-01-31 | 0 | http://www.themission.co.uk/news/b2b-marketing-league-results/ | themission AGENCIES SHINE IN B2B MARKETING LEAGUE
The league, produced by B2B Marketing, aims to provide a run-down of the industry’s leading B2B marcomms Agencies, in the UK and globally alongside the top B2B PR Agencies.
Bray Leino came an impressive 3rd place in the B2B UK Marcomms Agencies league table and 4th in the Global Marcomms league. This marks the fifth year in a row that Bray Leino has been placed as one of the top 3 Agencies.
Kate Cox, Bray Leino CEO said, “The last year was immense for our B2B team, we're very proud of our performance and the work we've done for our Clients. We've posted significant Agency growth by securing a number of world-renowned new Clients and extending our remit with existing ones. The industry is thriving and we're excited about the challenges and opportunities that 2017 will bring.”
April Six, one of B2B Marketing’s Agencies of the Year, was placed 16th in the UK after year on year growth of nearly 40%, and was rewarded for its successful international expansion, rising to 14th in the Global Marcomms league.
For April Six’s CEO Fiona Shepherd, the standings are recognition for the Agency’s rapid and effective delivery against its bold plans for global expansion. “We set out to become one of the leading technology marketing Agencies in the world. We’ve quickly achieved that goal and our US and Singapore offices are established, thriving, and working with some of the world’s biggest tech brands. Combined with another fantastic year of growth from our UK HQ office, the Agency is in an incredibly strong position to expand again in 2017.”
Speed ranked at No. 4 in the B2B PR Agency league table, an impressive jump of five places from the previous year’s report.
“To go from a top 10 B2B PR Agency to a top 5 Agency in a year is quite simply brilliant,” said Kelly Pepworth, Managing Director at Speed. “Without a shadow of a doubt, it is down to the hard work and commitment of the entire team in securing great business and delivering brilliant campaigns that Clients want to invest in.” | 495 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-34/segments/1534221210408.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20180816015316-20180816035316-00651.warc.gz | 0.947961 |
d919b1e1-a34c-4278-94a3-1d3e08341517 | 2019-08-18T13:04:28+00:00 | 2018-06-01 | 0 | https://www.todaystrucking.com/tag/transport-bourassa/ | TORONTO, Ont. – More than 15 companies in the trucking industry have been named to Deloitte’s 2018 Best Managed Companies list.
The accounting firm names companies annually to the list in four tiers: companies that are new to the list, those that have been on the list for two or more years, Gold members that have been on the list for three consecutive years, and Platinum members who have been on the list for seven or more years.
Now in its 25th year, Canada’s Best Managed Companies is one of the country’s leading business awards programs recognizing Canadian-owned and managed companies for innovative, world-class business practices. Every year, hundreds of entrepreneurial companies compete for this designation in a rigorous and independent process that evaluates the caliber of their management abilities and practices.
TORONTO, Ont. – The Today’s Trucking Top 100 has become the definitive ranking of for-hire fleet sizes in Canada, offering insights into those who are adding or retracting available capacity. And the 2018 edition has been released. Rankings are based on a sum of supplied truck, tractor, and trailer counts (shown at the bottom of each listing) | 244 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027313889.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20190818124516-20190818150516-00300.warc.gz | 0.966473 |
dbebbdf7-9584-4bad-b114-3df46e60cf40 | 2013-05-25T05:51:47+00:00 | 2012-01-13 | 0 | http://www.cjournal.info/2012/01/13/terror-attacks-u-s-israeli-war-games-raise-the-prospects-for-war/ | by Tom Burghardt
Amid rising tensions over bogus Western claims that Iran plans to build nuclear weapons, upcoming American war games with Israel have the potential of escalating into a deadly confrontation.
A miscalculation, or deliberate provocation by the West designed to maneuver the Iranians into “firing the first shot,” could have disastrous consequences far beyond the confines of the Persian Gulf.
That provocation wasn’t long in coming.
Despite an agreement reached by Iran with the P 5+1 group of nations (Britain, China, France, Russia, the United States and Germany), to restart talks in Turkey over the nuclear issue, the CIA-Mossad-MEK terror campaign took a dark turn this week; a sign that the imperialist powers, spearheaded by the United States, aim to scupper negotiations even before they start.
On Tuesday, an Iranian university professor, Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, 32, a chemistry expert and director of the Natanz uranium enrichment facility, was murdered after two assailants on a motorcycle attached magnetic bombs to his car.
Analyst Richard Silverstein wrote on the Tikun Olam web site Wednesday that “my own confidential Israeli source confirms today’s murder was the work of the Mossad and MEK, as have been a number of previous operations I’ve reported here.”
Silverstein averred that “the method recalls another series of assassinations that occurred of Fereidoun Abbassi Davani (who was seriously wounded) and his colleague Majid Shahriari (who was killed). Today’s killing occurred two years to the day after the assassination of another scientist, Masoud Ali Mohammadi.”
According to Fars News Agency, the blasts which killed Roshan “also wounded two other Iranian nationals in Seyed Khandan neighborhood in Northern Tehran.”
The scientist”s driver, Reza Qashqavi, who was severely injured in the blast, “died of his wounds in Resalat Hospital a few hours later,” Fars reported.
What makes Roshan’s murder especially troubling is that according to political analyst Seyyed Mohamed Marandi, the “IAEA [International Atomic Energy Agency] officials had met him [Ahmadi Roshan] earlier.”
Marandi charged that all of the Iranian scientists who had been targeted and then subsequently murdered in terrorist attacks “have had their names given by the IAEA to third parties,” Press TV reported.
“It is obvious that Western intelligence agencies are carrying out these attacks, or if the Israelis are carrying them out, it is with the knowledge of the Europeans and Americans. Because these agencies are very closely aligned to one another, they cooperate extensively, they exchange information,” Marandi said.
While no one has claimed authorship of the terrorist outrage, the Associated Press reported that IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz testified in closed session to the Israeli Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that America’s proxy, Israel, was engaged in sabotaging Iran’s nuclear program through a series of “unnatural acts.”
“2012 is expected to be a critical year for Iran,” Gantz told the committee, citing “the confluence of efforts to advance the nuclear program, internal leadership changes, continued international pressure and things that happen to it unnaturally.”
Roshan was the fourth scientist killed in a series of assassinations since January 2010 and follows a series of attacks on defense and nuclear facilities.
In early November, a massive bomb blast at the sprawling Bid Ganeh missile base 25 miles west of Tehran killed upwards of 30 members of the Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), including Major General Hassan Moqqadam, a senior leader of Iran’s missile program.
Later that month, a huge explosion was reported at Iran’s uranium conversion facility in Isfahan. Though Iranian officials denied an attack took place, The Times reported that “satellite imagery … clearly showed billowing smoke and destruction.”
U.S. officials, as is their wont, responded in typical fashion–they blamed the victims.
State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland said she had “no information one way or the other” about the scientist’s murder, while Secretary of State Hillary Clinton denounced Iran for their “provocative rhetoric” and issued a categorical denial that the U.S. was organizing terrorism inside the Islamic Republic.
However, in an interview with the Hebrew-language Ma’ariv daily, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro said that “Washington is preparing to undertake any measure to thwart Iran’s nuclear program,” Xinhua reported.
“We’ve said and I say again that all options are open … President (Barack) Obama clearly and consistently says that he will do everything and resort to all necessary means to prevent Iran from producing nuclear weapons, and he means every word,” Shapiro said.
Shapiro’s statement, if not quite an open admission, is a sign of Washington’s boundless hypocrisy as it supposedly wages a so-called “War on Terror” while organizing terrorist attacks on governments it has targeted for regime change.
Iran, and China, Strike a Defiant Note
With a new round of economic sanctions targeting Iran’s ability to sell its oil on international markets signed into law by President Obama last week, and with the European Union threatening to do the same, it was unlikely that the Iranian government, or their principle trading partner, would sit idly by and allow the West to damage their respective economies.
Although The Washington Post reported Tuesday that “a senior U.S. intelligence official” said that “the goal of U.S. and other sanctions against Iran is regime collapse,” the quote was quickly yanked from their web site.
The Post claimed the earlier account was “incorrectly reported” and that “an updated version clarifies the official’s remarks,” a fallacious climb-down that revealed far more than Washington intended to say the least!
The European Union announced that a meeting of foreign ministers would be held January 23, a week earlier than originally planned, to finalize an agreement on a comprehensive oil embargo.
While the EU and some Asian oil-buying nations are caving-in to Washington’s demands, America’s geopolitical rival and largest creditor, China, has rejected calls to put the squeeze on Tehran.
With U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in Beijing this week, The Washington Post reported that the former Kissinger Associates henchman in Obama’s cabinet “is expected to press China’s leaders to reduce the country’s oil imports from Iran.”
He is unlikely to find a receptive ear, however.
China’s vice foreign minister responsible for U.S. relations, Cui Tiankai, said on Monday that “the normal trade relations and energy cooperation between China and Iran have nothing to do with the nuclear issue. We should not mix issues of different natures, and China’s legitimate concerns and demands should be respected.”
Having blasted the new sanctions regime imposed last week, China, the third largest buyer of Iranian crude, said new restrictions would not affect business in the least.
The Associated Press reported that “about 11 percent of China’s oil imports in 2011 came from Iran, or about 560,000 barrels per day, a flow that increased in the latter half of the year, according to oil industry analysts Argus Media.”
“The daily average for November was 617,000 barrels,” AP reported, “close to a third of Iran’s total oil exports of 2.2 million barrels a day, Argus said,” a sign that China is hardly intimidated by U.S. threats.
Rejecting U.S. and European claims that normal business relations with the Islamic Republic provided financial support for its nuclear program, Cui declared that “argument does not hold water.”
“According to this logic,” the vice minister said, “if the Iranians have enough money to feed their population, then they have the ability to develop nuclear programs,” Cui told reporters. “If that is the case, should we also deny Iran the opportunity to feed its population?”
Cui’s pointed remark was an obvious jab at the U.S. sanctions regime which targeted Iraq for more than a decade prior to the 2003 invasion. Sanctions, which former UN official Dennis Halliday called “genocide” back in 1999, were estimated to have caused the death of upwards of 1.7. million people, including some 500,000 children, a “price” which former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said was “worth it.”
Undeterred by American threats, Press TV disclosed Sunday that “a senior Iranian lawmaker says the aim of the upcoming naval drills by the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) is to prepare for the potential closure of the strategic Hormuz Strait.”
Iranian naval officials announced January 5 that they “would be holding a major military maneuver in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz in February.”
“IRGC’s Naval Commander Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi said the drills, the seventh in a series of military exercises dubbed the Great Prophet, will be different compared to previous naval maneuvers held by the IRGC,” Press TV reported.
Pointedly, the deputy head of the parliamentary National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, Esmail Kowsari, said that “the military maneuver has been designed to prepare the armed forces for receiving the order to shut down the strait within the shortest time possible.”
The semiofficial Iranian news outlet also reported Sunday that the “Commander of Iran’s Ground Forces Brigadier General Ahmad-Reza Pourdastan announces plans to hold a massive military maneuver in the near future.”
“In line with the global developments and their own interests,” Pourdastan told Press TV, “Western countries are, today, using soft war [tactics] as the core of their strategy and it is [only] natural for us to have a defense [tactic] when the enemy starts a war.”
On Monday, Fars News Agency reported that IRGC Commander, Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari, reiterated his earlier warning that “any enemy move, even the slightest aggressions, against the Islamic Republic would be reciprocated with a destructive response and will endanger the interests of the aggressor all around the world.”
Mounting U.S.-NATO Threats
Iran’s announcement that they will hold new naval exercises, followed a report by The Daily Telegraph that the UK will deploy “the HMS Daring, a Type 45 destroyer,” and this “will send a significant message to the Iranians because of the firepower and world-beating technology carried by the warship.”
In November, The Guardian disclosed that “Britain’s armed forces are stepping up their contingency planning for potential military action against Iran.”
In a controlled leak, Ministry of Defence officials told The Guardian that “military planners are examining where best to deploy Royal Navy ships and submarines equipped with Tomahawk cruise missiles over the coming months as part of what would be an air and sea campaign.”
During the 2003 U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq, Diego Garcia was used by the the U.S. Air Force as a launch pad for B-2 stealth bombers during the initial phase of Washington’s “shock and awe” campaign over Baghdad.
It now appears those contingency plans have moved off the drawing board with the deployment of the HMS Daring towards the Persian Gulf.
The Telegraph disclosed that the ship “has been fitted with new technology that will give it the ability to shoot down any missile in Iran’s armoury. The £1 billion destroyer, which will leave Portsmouth next Wednesday, also carries the world’s most sophisticated naval radar, capable of tracking multiple incoming threats from missiles to fighter jets.”
Defense Secretary Philip Hammond warned Iran that “any blockade of the Strait of Hormuz would be ‘illegal and unsuccessful’.”
According to the Telegraph, naval sources have said that “more British ships could be sent to the Gulf if required. The second Type 45, HMS Dauntless, will also be available to sail at short notice.”
As Global Research reported in December, the United States has significantly increased military aid to Israel in preparation for an all-out war with Iran and that “the Pentagon dispatched some 100 military personnel to Israel from US European Command (EUCOM) to assist Israel in setting up a new sophisticated X-band early warning radar system as part of a new and integrated air defense system.”
Although “casually heralded as ‘military aid,’” Michel Chossudovsky wrote, “the project consisted in strengthening the integration of Israel’s air defense system into that of the US, with the Pentagon rather than Israel calling the shots.”
In a new development, Russia Today reported last week that “thousands of American troops are being deployed to Israel, and Iranian officials believe that this is the latest and most blatant warning that the US will soon be attacking Tehran.”
“Under the Austere Challenge 12 drill scheduled for an undisclosed time during the next few weeks,” RT disclosed, “the Israeli military will together with America host the largest-ever joint missile drill by the two countries.”
An anonymous Israeli official told the Associated Press “the drill would test multiple Israeli and U.S. air defense systems against incoming missiles and rockets. Israel has deployed the ‘Arrow’ system, jointly developed and funded with the U.S., designed to intercept Iranian missiles in the stratosphere, far from Israel.”
While U.S. and Israeli officials have called the drills “routine,” RT reported that “following the installation of American troops near Iran’s neighboring Strait of Hormuz and the reinforcing of nearby nations with US weapons, Tehran authorities are considering this not a test but the start of something much bigger.”
Iranian fears are fully justified.
With the United States and NATO ringing Iran with military bases and with the U.S. beefing-up arm sales to its regional allies, including recently announced plans to sell some $30 billion of advanced F-15SA war planes to Saudi Arabia and “bunker buster” bombs to the UAE, the stage is set for a confrontation.
In this context, the murder of an Iranian scientist just as a new round of talks were announced, is a clear sign that Washington is hell-bent on imposing its control over the Persian Gulf–through aggressive war–as part of long-standing plans to ensure imperial hegemony over the energy-rich regions of of Central Asia and the Middle East.
Tom Burghardt is a researcher and activist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. In addition to publishing in Covert Action Quarterly and Global Research, an independent research and media group of writers, scholars, journalists and activists based in Montreal, he is a Contributing Editor with Cyrano’s Journal Today. His articles can be read on Dissident Voice, Pacific Free Press, Uncommon Thought Journal, and the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks. He is the editor of Police State America: U.S. Military “Civil Disturbance” Planning, distributed by AK Press and has contributed to the new book from Global Research, The Global Economic Crisis: The Great Depression of the XXI Century. | 3,349 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705559639/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115919-00016-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.956966 |
229f53f7-8803-4985-9fd6-e2029696e88e | 2022-05-18T06:23:17+00:00 | 2022-05-18 | 0 | https://www.crackedbulbdesign.com.au/portfolio/pump-corp-concrete-pumping-presentation-folder-design/ | Pump Corp is a leading concrete pumping service provider in the Brisbane area. Pump Corp provides concrete distribution and pumping services for a variety of customers including national and local builders, concrete contractors and other companies and individuals. Pump Corp (Australia) Pty Ltd provides concrete pumping services to major projects that are governed by industry enterprise bargaining agreements. Pump Corp (Queensland) Pty Ltd provides concrete pumping services to private and domestic projects that are not governed by enterprise bargaining agreements
A big thanks to Pump Corp for giving Cracked Bulb Design the opportunity to design their Presentation Folders. | 117 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662521152.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20220518052503-20220518082503-00008.warc.gz | 0.947964 |
0b739deb-2b5d-49e9-946c-664cea100b37 | 2016-07-26T19:50:46+00:00 | 2011-10-18 | 1 | http://www.unhcr.org/print/4e9d33cc9.html | Asylum applications in industrialized countries rise in first six months in 2011
By continent, Europe registered the highest number of claims with 73 per cent of all asylum applications in industrialized countries.
GENEVA, October 18 (UNHCR) - Industrialized countries saw a 17 per cent increase in asylum applications in the first half of this year, with most claimants coming from countries with long-standing displacement situations.
UNHCR's "Asylum Levels and Trends in Industrialized Countries, First Half 2011" report, released today, also shows that 198,300 asylum applications were lodged in the period between January 1 and June 30, compared to 169,300 in the same period in 2010.
As application rates normally peak during the second half of the year, UNHCR projects that 2011 may see 420,000 applications by year's end - the highest total in eight years.
So far this year there have been major forced displacement crises in West, North and East Africa. The report finds related increases in asylum claims among Tunisians, Ivorians and Libyans (4,600, 3,300 and 2,000 claims respectively), but overall the impact of these events on application rates in industrialized countries has been limited.
Taking the 44 countries surveyed in the report as a whole, the main countries of origin of asylum-seekers remained largely unchanged from previous surveys: Afghanistan (15,300 claims), China (11,700 claims), Serbia [and Kosovo: Security Council Resolution 1244] (10,300 claims), Iraq (10,100 claims) and Iran (7,600 claims).
"2011 has been a year of displacement crises unlike any other I have seen in my time as High Commissioner," said UNHCR chief António Guterres. "Their impact on asylum claims in industrialized countries seems to have been lower so far than might have been expected, as most of those who fled went to neighbouring countries. Nonetheless we are grateful that the industrialized states have continued to respect the right of people to have their claims to asylum heard."
By continent, Europe registered the highest number of claims with 73 per cent of all asylum applications in industrialized countries. Only Australasia saw a significant decline in applicants: 5,100 claims compared with 6,300 a year earlier.
By country, the United States had more claims (36,400) than any other industrialized nation, followed by France with (26,100), Germany (20,100), Sweden (12,600) and the United Kingdom (12,200). The Nordic region was the only part of Europe to see a fall in asylum applications. Meanwhile, in north-east Asia applications more than doubled - 1,300 claims were lodged in Japan and South Korea compared to 600 in the first half of 2010.
The "Asylum Levels and Trends in Industrialized Countries, First Half 2011" report complements UNHCR's annual Global Trends Report, issued in June each year, and which this year found that 80 per cent of refugees are being hosted in developing countries. | 605 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-30/segments/1469257825124.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20160723071025-00266-ip-10-185-27-174.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.951984 |
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