After years of divided opinions of Britain and the European Union, a tentative Brexit deal has finally been reached. Despite serious doubts, the agreement is expected to be approved by U.K. lawmakers at the Westminster.
U.K. prime minister Boris Johnson tweeted that “we have a great new Brexit deal.” He urged U.K. lawmakers to support the deal once it gets placed before the Parliament. EU leaders, in the meanwhile, have approved the “withdrawal agreement.”
The key issue that had been bothering both the parties was finding a suitable way to allow goods and people move freely between U.K.’s Northern Ireland and EU’s member Republic of Ireland. Per the new deal, Northern Ireland will continue to remain part of the U.K. and would be the entry point into EU’s single market. What’s more, there won’t be any regulatory checks between Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland.
Johnson and Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar have discussed ways of reaching a solution to Brexit negotiations following a diplomatic standoff over dodging a hard border appearing on the island of Ireland after Brexit.
Nonetheless, the deal protects citizens’ rights and covers a transition period that will last till the end of 2020. Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator, by the way said that both the U.K. and EU are working toward an “ambitious free trade deal with zero tariffs and quotas.”
As U.K. and EU reached a draft Brexit deal, the pound strengthened against the U.S. dollar and remained near multi-week highs. Lest we forget, the currency had declined nearly 15% since 2016’s EU referendum vote, while the greenback had strengthened.
The pound strength against the dollar, however, hasn’t gone down well with U.K.’s large caps, especially oil majors like BP p.l.c. BP, as it makes their exports more expensive. So, it’s largely expected that share prices will move down following the Brexit deal.
The FTSE 100 is already down, as its combined revenue is either earned in dollars or dollar linked currencies. But, there are many players who will witness an uptick in their respective share prices, thanks to the Brexit deal.
Food makers will certainly rejoice! U.K. imports nearly half of what it consumes. And most of the food and agricultural products are imported from the EU. Thus, lack of a smooth deal would have led to an increase in agricultural import prices, eating into the margins of producers and grocers. But due to the Brexit deal, suppliers of ingredients and pre-prepared food such as Kerry Group will now have improved profit margins.
Carmakers like Peugeot S.A. PUGOY for long urged both the U.K. and EU to seal a deal to prevent production disruption. This breakthrough will surely help carmakers in the near term. In fact, the Brexit deal will drive retailers like Next plc NXGPY, a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) company. And why not? If the U.K. had left the EU without a deal, pound would have fallen leading to an uptick in inflation. This in turn would have affected consumer outlays, something that doesn’t bode well for retailers. A weaker pound, by the way, also leads to higher import costs for retailers. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
U.K. banks, in particular, saw their shares collectively increase more than 10% on hopes that a Brexit deal could avert further weakening in the British economy. After all, recent U.K. economic data showed that average weekly earnings decreased from 4% to 3.8% in August. Moreover, there has been a 56,000 drop in the three-month rolling average of employment during August.
Needless to say, international players like Barclays plc BCS saw shares rise 0.4%. Meanwhile, domestically-focused institutions like Lloyds Banking Group plc LYG should now breathe a sigh of relief. After all, such banks would have been affected the most in case of any economic downturn owing to a no-Brexit deal.
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Formal Criteria for Feature Interactions in Telecommunications Systems
in: V. B. Iversen, J. Nørgaard, (Hrsg.), "IFIP International Working Conference on Intelligent Networks - IWCIN95, Proceedings", pp. 83-97, Copenhagen, Denmark, 28.-21. August 1995
The feature interaction problem in telecommunications systems increasingly obstructs the evolution of such systems. We develop formal detection criteria which render a necessary (but less than sufficient) condition for feature interactions. It can be checked mechanically and points out all potentially critical spots. These have to be analyzed manually. The resulting resolution decisions are incorporated formally. Some prototype tool support is already available. A prerequisite for formal criteria is a formal definition of the problem. Since the notions of feature and feature interaction are often used in a rather fuzzy way, we attempt a formal definition first and discuss which aspects can be included in a formalization (and therefore in a detection method). This paper describes on-going work.
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Thomas Wilkinson, a member of Cozen O’Connor’s Commercial Litigation Department, discusses the appearance of impropriety doctrine for assessing attorney conflicts of interest. The doctrine is now only used by a handful of states. The proper standard for attorney disqualification is a showing of actual conflict, according to the Kentucky Supreme Court case Marcum v. Scorsone. “The appearance standard is too subjective and amorphous to serve as a meaningful guide to assess a lawyer’s conduct or to impose the serious sanction of disqualification,” Wilkinson explains. “States can afford to do away with the appearance standard because there almost always is a specific rule on point to redress conduct that would objectively be viewed as presenting an appearance of impropriety,” he adds.
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US, Bulgaria Sign Agreement to Protect Cultural Heritage of Bulgaria
The governments of the United States of America and Bulgaria have signed an agreement for collaboration to protect Bulgaria’s cultural heritage.
The agreement was signed on Tuesday, January 14, 2014 by US Ambassador Marcie Ries and Bulgaria's Minister of Culture Dr. Petar Stoyanovich.
The agreement will allow both countries to collaborate to reduce the looting and trafficking of antiquities and provide for their return to Bulgaria.
“The agreement builds on the United States’ long-term commitment to cultural preservation and respect for the traditions of other countries,“ the US State Department said in a statement.
The agreement, Memorandum of Understanding Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic Bulgaria Concerning the Imposition of Import Restrictions on Categories of Archaeological and Ecclesiastical Ethnological Material Representing the Cultural Heritage of the Republic of Bulgaria, also provides for the exchange of cultural property for cultural, educational, and scientific purposes.
After the State Department’s Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs made the necessary determinations, the US Department of Homeland Security and the US Department of the Treasury jointly published in the Federal Register a Designated List of category types of restricted archaeological material.
The protected archeological items range in date from 7,500 B.C. to approximately 1,750 A.D. and ethnological material ranging in date from 681 A.D. to approximately 1,750 A.D. will be protected. Such material may enter the U.S. only with appropriate documentation.
Both countries are parties to the UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property.
The agreement is consistent with the recommendation of the State Department’s Cultural Property Advisory Committee.
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DARPA ADVISOR REVEALS CONSCIOUS A.I. SUPERCOMPUTERS USED FOR MIND CONTROL OF TARGETED INDIVIDUALS
DARPA, European Human Brain Project, and Pentagon advisor Dr. James Giordano describes neuronanorobotic Brain to computer interface mind control weapons for remote monitoring and manipulation of brains neural circuitry. This allows an individuals consciousness to be cloned onto a their very own digital avatar in a Sentient World Simulation on a supercomputer. A direct link between a targeted individual and their digital avatar exists so that everything done in the real world occurs in the computer simulation. By manipulating the digital avatar in the computer simulation a persons thoughts, beliefs, perceptions, and behavior are manipulated in the real world. This is remote mind control. 21st Century MK ULTRA. This is not a conspiracy theory. This is not a joke. This is the real life matrix!


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Augusta tourism officials on Thursday launched a multimillion-dollar fundraising campaign to better market the city and fund new visitor attractions.
The Augusta Convention & Visitors Bureau-led "All In Augusta" campaign seeks to raise $6 million over five years from individuals and organizations throughout the region to help pay for promotions and projects identified in Destination Blueprint, the 2017 city-approved tourism plan.
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Augusta CVB Chairman Phil Wahl said the campaign will serve as adjunct to the city hotel/motel tax, a portion of which funds the bureau's $1.7 million annual operating budget. The CVB board voted last year to relinquish its secondary source of revenue, the mixed-drink tax, to help the city fund parking decks at the Georgia Cyber Center.
All In Augusta donations would be held by the Community Foundation for the CSRA – which makes the contributions tax-deductible – and disbursed by CVB board based on three general priorities: internal and external marketing, improving the downtown visitor experience and funding projects identified in the city tourism plan.
"We want some flexibility to move and mold as the need comes around," Wahl said. "You couldn't have too specific of a program like (the special purpose local option sales tax) that says, 'You have to spend it this way.' "
The CVB board voted in November to hire Norcross, Ga.-based First Community Development to help manage the campaign, which seeks contributions ranging from as little as $100 to well over $100,000. On Thursday, First Community Project Director John Turner told the CVB board that more than $1.5 million has been pledged in the weeks leading up to the official campaign kick-off.
Former Augusta Mayor Deke Copenhaver, who is serving as campaign chairman, said the funds could be used to "seed" projects such as an international soul festival that pays homage to Augusta's James Brown or public art initiatives. Marketing projects could include more aggressive promotion of downtown events to area residents who ordinarily wouldn't venture into the city center.
"Downtown, effectively, is the heart of any city," Copenhaver said. "There's still that urban myth someplace that downtown Augusta is unsafe. Looking at statistics, it's safer than downtown Charleston or Savannah, and people need to know that."
In addition to getting the ball rolling on "signature attractions," such as a riverfront destination center along Riverwalk Augusta, CVB President and CEO Bennish Brown said the campaign aims to boost civic pride at a time the city is trying to market itself as a destination for millennial workers.
"We're facing a whole new landscape of employment opportunities we've never faced before," Brown said. "This plan is happening at the right time in Augusta's evolution. I think people are ready to see action, and this is an action-oriented plan."
Copenhaver said the minimum donation was purposely set low to make the campaign as inclusive as possible.
"Whether you've been here for five days, five years or five generations, we'll find a place to fit you in," he said.

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Ten Photographs by Chris Floyd, London
London-based photographer Chris Floyd has long impressed with his intimate portraits of celebrities, artists and all-round beautiful people alike. This month however, Floyd is making a move away from his usual territory, producing a series of ten signed, numbered and dated photographs at a knockdown price, a project he’s called simply ’Ten Photographs’.
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Embracing his commercial appeal, the project was born as a means of making Floyd’s photography more available to the masses and the series will feature ten limited edition prints; available in 40x30” sets of three at £500 each, and 16x12” sets of ten at £50 each.
Part-response to over-priced, ego-driven artistic prints, and part-reaction to the digital era’s overriding supremacy - Floyd has embraced the myriad possibilities of digital technology to bring a little creative democracy to the fore - providing, in his own words, ‘one-off prints that can last for 50 years all for the price of a meal.’
The selection of ten images are an interesting mix from Floyd’s repertoire ("salvaged from a life of dust-gathering beneath his bed") and are all on show at Gracelands in Kensal Rise, London. They include a beauty pageant runner-up, a snow covered football field, a collapsed mid-Western shack and even inter-vehicular intercourse - all in Floyd’s honest, penetrating style.
Offered up by the photographer as a contemporary update of the Athena poster outlet, Floyd sees his approach as the way forward for print sales - suggesting that bigger prints should go for more, whilst smaller prints should be more accessibly priced – a conviction we applaud.


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Hyatt Hotels Corporation today announced plans for the 509-room Secrets Playa Blanca Costa Mujeres, which is expected to open later this year, further expanding the Inclusive Collection in Mexico and strengthening Hyatt’s brand footprint. The new resort will join the Inclusive Collection, the world’s largest portfolio of luxury all-inclusive resorts comprised of ten distinct brands.
Hilton Tulum Riviera Maya All‑Inclusive Resort now open
The 735-room resort offers rooms and suites in three-story villa-style buildings, a variety of dining experiences including five signature restaurants, a vast selection of entertainment, activities and pools and a dedicated, secluded Family Zone with a water park playground.
Hyatt unveils the new Inclusive Collection, a global portfolio of luxury all-inclusive resort brands
Hyatt elevates its leisure offering with unlimited experiences and endless hospitality with nine distinct luxury all-inclusive resort brands.
Accor announces global launch of its All-Inclusive Collection
Accelerating its expansion in the fast-growing market with a unique platform of multi-branded luxury and premium offers.
4 types of hotel rates and how to use them
Rate plans help you maximize revenue during slower seasons, allow you to provide more pricing options for your guests, and keep your property competitive in your market.
Marriott to double all-inclusive portfolio with Blue Diamond Resorts
Company plans to add 19 resorts to its robust all-inclusive offering, expanding presence to Antigua and St. Lucia.
Marriott to acquire Elegant Hotels
Marriott International announced the company has reached an agreement with the board of Elegant Hotels Group plc on the terms of a recommended all-cash offer for Elegant.
Carilis Felipe named Director of Weddings North America for All Inclusive Collection
As Director of Weddings North America, Felipe leads a team of wedding sales professionals, as well as oversees sales and planning for all U.S. and Canadian wedding customers for the company.

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Bengaluru: The Whitefield division police went into tizzy when they opened a blind box, meant for people willing to share information with police regarding drug peddling, at Forum Neighbourhood Mall in Whitefield on Saturday and found money in it.
According to DCP Abdul Ahad, Deputy Commissioner of Police Whitefield Division, people mistook the blind box for donation box and with festival season on, they were probably keen to do some charity.
The police team checks every Saturday if any information regarding drug abuse has been shared. They have installed blind boxes at over 10 places in the city, including colleges and malls.
“On Saturday when the team went to check the boxes hoping to obtain discreet information regarding drugs, the inspector found cash in the box. He immediately improvised he messaged on the box and pasted on it which read Blind box for Drug Awareness,” Ahad said.
“People mistook the blind box as donation box to fund charity activities for blind people and dropped money in it. Keeping in mind the noble intention of people, the police added some more money to the amount collected and donated it to a blind school,” he added.
Ahad along with Whitefield inspector donated the amount to Divine Light Trust For Blind School.
The senior police officer said the police is making all out efforts to fight the menace of drug peddling and create awareness among people....


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Coconuts are great for the immune system. Apart from being associated with anti-microbial, anti-fungal and anti-viral properties, studies have found Lauric Acid increases good cholesterol in the body. Almost half of the coconut’s fatty acid profile consists of Lauric acid. Apart from mother’s milk, there aren’t too many natural sources that have such a high Lauric acid content. They have a rich mineral profile which includes Iron, Phosphorus, Potassium, Copper and Manganese. Coconuts are a rich source of dietary fibre. They improve the body’s ability to absorb Calcium and Magnesium, which encourage strong healthy bones and teeth.

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Have you ever noticed how most people want to fit in, blend in, and just fly under the radar? Uniformity and conformity are celebrated way more than individuality and standing out. And the idea of being so different that you could be referred to as strange or weird is something that is almost universally rejected. But Jesus, our example, stood out. And we are invited not only to follow him, but also to live into the counter-cultural calling of the peculiar people of God. Many of the things we usually think typify “the Christian life” aren’t all that different. As we begin a brand new year let’s embrace a brand new and transformational practice... being different!
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On the trail of the culture and flavors of the local tradition, Conad del Tirreno has opened a new Sapori & Dintorni store in the heart of Siena, in the Piazza del Campo that is not just par excellence for the ritual Palio. A store specializing in quality food, which enhances the territoriality and offers the chance to sample a range of dishes which are prepared within the store.
Conad has a consolidated presence in Siena with four outlets already – Piazza Matteotti, via Mameli, via Massetana Romana, via Pantaneto. It employs more than 140 people and now the majority shareholders, Duccio Carapelli, Antonella Marchi and Daniela Manca, and Aurelio Fontane, a businessman with extensive experience in the restauratation business, who joined at the moment of the new S&D opening. “I am proud to present this store”, he said. With the new store we will be promotioning the start of a valuable collaboration with the Opera della Metripolitana for events to value the artistic heritage of the city and the Cathedral of Siena. Located in the fourteenth century Palazzo Petroni, the interior space is divided between gastronomy, fruit and vegetables, meat, self-service and a selection of grocery food and drinks, each characterized by its specific setting. The flagship is the small but well-stocked wine cellar: over 150 labels representing all the local areas suited to quality wine production, the wines from the Chianti region of Montepulciano, Montalcino, San Gimignano.
But it is above all to promote the local area and its products that this little store is aiming at, with the offer of the many local specialties: from Chianina meat steak to Cinta Senese, from marzolino cheese to the cheese of Pienza and pure sheep’s milk ricotta to the fruit and vegetable production of the Tuscan Gold Consortium and the bread baked at all hours of the day from the bakery in via delle Campane, a historic bakers “inside the walls”. And then the tradition of Ricciarelli and the cavallucci produced by the best traditional bakers, Siena barley, pasta and semolina flour, organic jams and honey from local beekeepers. A versatile range of products that produce a positive effect on the economy of many regions and on the suppliers’ economy.
For Conad del Tirreno, which closed 2014 with a total turnover of 2.25 billion euro, regional production in Tuscany took a 28 percent share. A fact that emphasizes the attention of the cooperative pays to the local culinary traditions and the ability to enhance the quality of regional products in the historic centers of the cities or in places of tourist transit, such as in Florence and in Rome Termini station.
“The Senesi and the tourists now have new consumption opportunities in the field,” noted the director general of Conad del Tirreno, Fiorella Bianchi, who was born and raised in Siena. “We intend to combine the excellence of art and history of the city and the best food products of the land of Siena in our store. Without limiting ourselves to selling them, but also by having them be tasted even inside the point of sale, because each product must be a tradition itself in all senses of the word. With this new Sapori & Dintorni store, Conad has reinterpreted the concept of a neighborhood, by emphasizing the range of typical regional products and integrating shopping with services such as late opening and all day opening. “
Inside the store there is the Angolo del Gusto, an area dedicated to food and tasting the products on sale. The indoor kitchen is able to churn out all you need for a hearty breakfast, a quick lunch, a snack or a tasty aperitif with friends, including traditional dishes of Siena, such as pici or ribollita. Consumption in store or take away packs are for sale at the deli counter.
The presence of a customer information point ensures a reception service and gives information on the main cultural events taking place in town. The Sapori & Dintorni store was born to respond to consumer needs in the city, both for those who live it daily and for tourists and to raise awareness and give value to the excellent typical Italian regional food products which are also on show at Expo. The local food and wine are more and more a reason to travel and are an integrate part of the cultural and environment and can not do without its typical products: in the end, good food is also an art. And the link with the territory is an element of distinctiveness for Conad, to ensure the recognition of Italian products in foreign markets. The common denominator in all Sapori & Dintorni stores is their food, which communicates and is the subject of communication, but which also supplies a solid link between excellence of the territory, local culture and economy.
Here below you can find some pictures of the store

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Andrea Mantegna Locations
Mantegna was born in Isola di Carturo, close to Padua in the Republic of Venice, second son of a carpenter, Biagio. At the age of eleven he became the apprentice of Francesco Squarcione, Paduan painter. Squarcione, whose original vocation was tailoring, appears to have had a remarkable enthusiasm for ancient art, and a faculty for acting. Like his famous compatriot Petrarca, Squarcione was something of a fanatic for ancient Rome: he travelled in Italy, and perhaps Greece, amassing antique statues, reliefs, vases, etc., forming a collection of such works, then making drawings from them himself, and throwing open his stores for others to study. All the while, he continued undertaking works on commission for which his pupils no less than himself were made available.
San Zeno Altarpiece, (left panel), 1457-60; San Zeno, VeronaAs many as 137 painters and pictorial students passed through Squarcine's school, which had been established towards 1440 and which became famous all over Italy. Padua was attractive for artists coming not only from Veneto but also from Tuscany, such as Paolo Uccello, Filippo Lippi and Donatello. Mantegna's early career was shaped indeed by impressions of Florentine works. At the time, Mantegna was said to be a favorite pupil; Squarcione taught him the Latin language, and instructed him to study fragments of Roman sculpture. The master also preferred forced perspective, the lingering results of which may account for some Mantegna's later innovations. However, at the age of seventeen, Mantegna separated himself from Squarcione. He later claimed that Squarcione had profited from his work without paying the rights.
His first work, now lost, was an altarpiece for the church of Santa Sofia in 1448. The same year Mantegna was called, together with Nicol?? Pizolo, to work with a large group of painters entrusted with the decoration of the Ovetari Chapel in the apse of the church of Eremitani. It is probable, however, that before this time some of the pupils of Squarcione, including Mantegna, had already begun the series of frescoes in the chapel of S. Cristoforo, in the church of Sant'Agostino degli Eremitani, today considered his masterpiece. After a series of coincidences, Mantegna finished most of the work alone, though Ansuino, who collaborated with Mantegna in the Ovetari Chapel, brought his style in the Forl?? school of painting. The now censorious Squarcione carped about the earlier works of this series, illustrating the life of St James; he said the figures were like men of stone, and had better have been colored stone-color at once.
This series was almost entirely lost in the 1944 Allied bombings of Padua. The most dramatic work of the fresco cycle was the work set in the worm's-eye view perspective, St. James Led to His Execution. (For an example of Mantegna's use of a lowered view point, see the image at right of Saints Peter and Paul; though much less dramatic in its perspective that the St. James picture, the San Zeno altarpiece was done shortly after the St. James cycle was finished, and uses many of the same techniques, including the classicizing architectural structure.)
San Luca Altarpiece, 1453; Tempera on panel; Pinacoteca di Brera, MilanThe sketch of the St. Stephen fresco survived and is the earliest known preliminary sketch which still exists to compare to the corresponding fresco. Despite the authentic look of the monument, it is not a copy of any known Roman structure. Mantegna also adopted the wet drapery patterns of the Romans, who derived the form from the Greek invention, for the clothing of his figures, although the tense figures and interactions are derived from Donatello. The drawing shows proof that nude figures were used in the conception of works during the Early Renaissance. In the preliminary sketch, the perspective is less developed and closer to a more average viewpoint however.
Among the other early Mantegna frescoes are the two saints over the entrance porch of the church of Sant'Antonio in Padua, 1452, and an altarpiece of St. Luke and other saints (at left) for the church of S. Giustina, now in the Brera Gallery in Milan (1453). As the young artist progressed in his work, he came under the influence of Jacopo Bellini, father of the celebrated painters Giovanni and Gentile, and of a daughter Nicolosia. In 1453 Jacopo consented to a marriage between Nicolosia to Mantegna in marriage.
Related Paintings of Andrea Mantegna :. | Island Abode | The Agony in the Garden | Adoration of the Magi | Calvary (mk05) | The Gonzaga Family and Retinue finished (mk080 |
Related Artists:Michele da Verona
(Michele di Zenone) (born 1470) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period.
He was born in Verona, a contemporary of Paolo Morando(Cavazzola), and may have assisted him in the decorative work for San Bernardino there. Inside the portal of San Stefano, Milan, is a large Crucifixion signed by him in 1500, and formerly in the Refectory of San Giorgio, of Verona. The same subject, dated by him in 1505, is in Santa Maria in Vanzo, Padua. In both pictures there is an imitation of the manner of Jacopo Bellini. In the church of Santa Chiara, Verona, are frescoes representing the Eternal, with Angels, Prophets, and the four Evangelists, dated 1509. Frescoes of later dates exist in the churches of Vittoria Nuova and Sant' Anastasia; while in the church of Villa di Villa, near Este, is a Madonna and Child, between SS. John the Baptist, Lawrence, Andrew, and Peter dated 1523.
1767 - 1851 , was an artist in England and in early colonial Australia. Duterrau was was born in London to parents of French descent. Duterrau was apprenticed to an engraver and in 1790 did two coloured stipple engravings after Morland, The Farmer's Door and The Squire's Door. Taking up painting, between 1817 and 1823 he exhibited six portraits at Royal Academy exhibitions, and he also exhibited three genre pieces at the British Institution about the same period. Duterrau emigrated to Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania), arriving in August 1832 with his daughter. He lived at the corner of Campbell and Patrick Streets in Hobart, and practised as a portrait painter. In 1835 he did some etchings of Indigenous Australians, the first examples of that craft to be done in Australia. His most famous painting The Conciliation is in the Hobart gallery with a self-portrait and other works, including some modelling in relief. A large landscape is in the Beattie collection at Launceston, and he is also represented in the Dixson collection at Sydney. Duterrau died at Hobart in 1851. joseph michael gandy
Joseph Michael Gandy (1771 - 1843) was an English artist, visionary architect and architectural theorist, most noted for his imaginative paintings depicting Sir John Soane's architectural designs. He worked extensively with Soane both as draughtsman and creative partner from 1798 until 1809 when he (ultimately unsuccessfully) set up his own practice.
Gandy built little in his career, having a reputation as a difficult individual to deal with. However his work included the Phoenix Fire and Pelican Life Insurance Offices (1804?C1805, destroyed ca. 1920) in London, Doric House at Sion Hill in Bath (1818), and the remodelling of Swerford Park house in Oxfordshire (1824?C1829). Commercially he was a failure and served two terms in a debtors' prison, but his published and exhibited work was largely a critical and popular success. In 1821 he published two articles in the Magazine of Fine Arts on The Philosophy of Architecture. He intended to expand upon this subject in an eight-volume work entitled Art, Philosophy and Science of Architecture, of which his unpublished manuscript survives.
His paintings show a dramatic use of two-point perspective and architectural precision, and also reflect his (and Soane's) fascination with Roman ruins. His architectural fantasies owe a clear debt to Piranesi and play upon historical, literary and mythological themes with a feeling for the sublime that is the equal of his contemporaries J. M. W. Turner and John Martin.
He died in a private asylum in Devon where he had been placed by his family in 1839. Many of his paintings can be seen in the Pictures Room of Sir John Soane's Museum in London.

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An application has been lodged with Angus Council for the redevelopment of a former Carnoustie care home into affordable housing.
A proposed 16 homes could be built on the site of the former Camus House care home which was recently replaced by the Kinloch Care Centre and has since lain empty.
According to the design brief supplied by Angus Council’s housing department the development will be a mixture of affordable housing and homes for ex-service personnel.
There will be eight single storey one bedroom homes, a pair of two bedroom two storey homes and one three bedroomed two storey home for general affordable housing.
The remaining four two bedroom and one three bedroom homes are all single storey and will be made available as affordable housing for ex-service personnel.
According to the report the courtyard housing has been designed with a mix of hard and soft landscaping all with emphasis on wheelchair movement.


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Welcome to our 'brand new' condo! Entire condo completely renovated in April 2013 including custom furniture and new appliances. Condo in located on a lower corner unit in the popular Pinetop Sports Village subdivision, steps away from the Pinetop-Lakes Country Club. Walk right over and enjoy breakfast, lunch or dinner at the clubhouse which overlooks the 9th and 18th fairways of the golf course. All the best restaurants, shopping and grocery stores are just 2 miles away in Pinetop. Sunrise Park Resort is just 30 minuntes away and surrounded by nearly 50 lakes and streams perfect for fishing or relaxing by the water.
The spacious Master Bedroom features a King bed with custom headboard and nightstands along with a flat screen TV and DVD. Guest bedrooms include a Queen size bed and 2 Twin beds (ideal for kids!)
Remodeled bathrooms include a walk-in shower for the master bedroom and full bath/shower for the guest bedrooms.
Please take a look at the pics and you will see the quality. Thanks for looking!
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AP KLOSKY is a Dayton-based author, editor, and game designer. They are the creator of Cold Steel Wardens: Roleplaying in the Iron Age of Comics and have contributed to numerous hobby game books over the years. They enjoy cooking, pop-culture philosophy, and their three cats. Their favorite Arkham investigator is Bob Jenkins and their favorite Great Old One is the King in Yellow.
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The annual World Mobile Congress is underway in Barcelona and the team at Boxedtech have been keeping an eye on proceedings. While the conference is still ongoing, what we have seen blew us away and made us quite excited. Here are the 6 technologies that tell us about the future of smartphone technology.
The reveals of the Samsung Galaxy Fold and the Huawei Mate X got the tech industry abuzz with excitement. These are the first foldable smartphones presented to the public. Both phones look like your standard smartphone but can fold either forward or backwards, depending on your preference. It’s an exciting take on smartphone design, which has been, for some time, a little too standard for our tastes. However, there is a downside to all this. The current foldable smartphones are quite expensive, the Galaxy Fold is selling at $1,980, while the Mate X goes at $2000. Still, we are excited to see any new take on the smartphone design.
Now this one’s a doozy. Micron and Western Digital’s SanDisk just unveiled the first ever 1TB MicroSD cards at the World Mobile Congress, and it couldn’t come at a better time. When smartphones are introducing 4K technology, and games with massive file sizes, 256GB storage cards are no longer enough. The new 1TB MicroSD cards are going to be useful to anyone who records videos in 4K and downloads high res games regularly. SanDisk claims to offer better performance with a faster read speed of 160MB/s read speed, compared to 100MB/s from Micron. But, that doesn’t mean that Micron’s cards are inferior because they offer a faster write speed 95MB/s compared to SanDisk’s 90 MB/s.
5G networks promise faster download speeds and lower network latency and has been a point of emphasis at the World Mobile Congress. Smartphone manufacturers are already preparing for the technology with new products of their own. Though we are some years away from the average person using 5G, manufacturers like OnePlus, Qualcomm, Xiaomi and LG are already building technology to make full use of the latest network. This is not surprising, as many smartphone manufacturers want to be the first on the market.
It may be known as the World Mobile Congress, but Microsoft took the time to unveil the next generation of mixed-reality technology, the Hololens 2, an improved design makes the headset, sleeker to look at, more comfortable to wear, and cheaper to own. For those of who you who don’t know, mixed reality looks to blend the physical and digital worlds, unlocking new ways to interact with our environment. The Hololens 2 is is built for businesses, instead of the consumer market. But how long will it be before we have a mixed reality headset sitting in our living rooms?
Nubia unveiled a brand new wearable, at the World Mobile Congress, one that is set to take everything a smartwatch, and dial it to an eleven. The first thing we noticed about Nubia’s new watch is its design. The screen is only four inches, but the ultra wide ratio makes it look much larger than it actually is. The screen is made of flexible OLED technology, so it bends around your wrist without breaking. The next thing we noticed was the technology, the smartwatch comes with gesture control, so you can wave your finger over the device to control the screen. There were, of course, other functionalities that impressed us, like the 5MP camera, text messaging and even the option to watch movies.
The World Mobile Congress has only completed one day, but we are already seeing several technological trends that are going to shape the future of smartphones and mobile technology, in general. Some technologies are sorely needed (like 1 TB storage), while others seem a little excessive right now. However, these new technologies will pave the way for brand new ways of using our smartphones, which makes it even more exciting.
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13.As an owner of a property, what am I liable for?
Property owners in Turkey are liable for any injuries resulting from inadequate construction or negligence. If a building falls down due to inadequate construction the owner is liable for any damages occurred. However, if the property has been built in accordance with earthquake and construction regulations the owner of the property will not be held liable.
Under flat ownership law, owners of an apartment or home that is part of a complex also have certain responsibilities but communal areas are the responsibility of the board chosen by all the property owners. The board is responsible for any decisions made on maintenance, refurbishment, running swimming pool or sport and leisure areas. Any costs are shared between the owners and any decisions are made through discussion with owners and the board representatives.
The utilities of a property are also the responsibility of the property owner and payments must be kept up to date. When ownership of a property is gained it is essential to inform the local utilities suppliers of the change in tenure and confirm that the information they have regarding the current usage amount coincides with the information you have.
Any water supply is provided by the Municipal and any repairs are their responsibility. Water usage will be metered from the property and charged according to the amount used.
Electricity is also supplied in the same way as charged on a monthly basis according to usage and can be paid through the banks or postal office. Direct debits can be set up to pay utility bills and maintenance companies can also provide a bill payment service.

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A lawyer for the Ethan Hunt depicter believes the suit filed by Timothy Patrick McLanahan, who claims his script idea was stolen for 'Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol', 'will be quickly dismissed.'
Tom Cruise, who recently settled his $50 million defamation lawsuit against Bauer Media, now finds himself on the other side of the law. The actor has been hit with $1 billion lawsuit for alleged copyright infringement.
Timothy Patrick McLanahan, who filed the suit in December, claims his script idea was stolen for 2011's film "Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol". He named Cruise, Brad Grey, Paramount Pictures and 10 others as defendants.
In the document obtained by Entertainment Tonight, screenwriter McLanahan claims he wrote a script titled "Head On" in 1998 and pitched it to the William Morris Agency, but he was told "that they could not use the script as a movie." He alleges that his script was passed to Creative Artists Agency (CAA), which represents Cruise, and that was how they stole his idea.
"I immediately recognized that the scripts for this movie had been illegally written and produced from Head On's 1998 copyright," he claims. "Because the 'Ghost Protocol' film generated close to $1 billion, I am asking for this amount in damages," he adds. McLanahan, however, does not provide any examples of similarities in his lawsuit.
Cruise's lawyer Bert Fields has quickly denied the accusation. To AFP, the lawyer says, "Tom Cruise has never stolen anything from anyone. This bizarre lawsuit against 13 people... will be quickly dismissed by the court."


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Good sources for finding the names of those who served in the Vietnam War are Veterans History Project and the National Personnel Records Center. These sites can be used to search for information on American survivors and deceased of any war since World War I.
Vietnam is a country located on the continent of Asia. It borders the Gulf of Thailand, Gulf of Tonkin, and South China Sea and the countries of China, Cambodia and Laos. The climate features a southern area that is tropical, while the northern lands are monsoonal.
Some facts on Vietnam are that is a socialist state located in southeastern Asia, is part of the Indochinese peninsula and has borders with China, Cambodia, Laos and the South China Sea. Its land area is 125,622 square miles.
Some of the Marine units that served in Vietnam include the 9th Marines and the 1st Force Reconnaissance unit. These units participated in some of the most widely recognized theaters of the Vietnam War, including Da Nang, Khe Sanh and Coh Thien.
Following years of unrest in the region, the Vietnam War started in 1954. The conflict began with the communist North Vietnamese aiding South Vietnamese rebels, the 'Viet Cong,' in battle against South Vietnamese troops.
The country of Vietnam is located in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Cambodia to the west and Laos to the east.
Of the 19.6 living U.S. veterans alive in 2013, 7 million served during the Vietnam War era. Of those 7 million veterans, nearly 176,000 served during both the Vietnam War and the Korean War, while close to 40,000 served during the Vietnam War, the Korean War and World War II.
The commonly accepted dates for the Vietnam conflict are 1954 to 1975. Most of the military fighting occurred between 1957 and 1973. Because Congress never officially passed a vote to declare a war, the United States was never technically at war with North Vietnam.
The struggle between French colonial forces and native Vietnamese citizens supported by Chinese communists was one of the root causes of the Vietnam War. United States forces entered the conflict in support of the French in order to fight communism. When the French left, the Americans fought the war
The Vietnam War lasted 19 years and 180 days. The war lasted from Nov. 1, 1955 to April 30, 1975, according to the dates finalized by the Department of Defense in 1998. There was no formal declaration of war to start the Vietnam conflict.

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On the December 14 edition of Fox News' Hannity's America, discussing prosecutor and U.S. attorney Patrick Fitzgerald's December 9 press conference on the arrest of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D), host Sean Hannity stated that "what [Fitzgerald] said was, 'There's no allegation in the complaint that the president-elect was aware,' " adding, "I found that as sort of almost like a parsing of words." As evidence, Hannity asserted that "the word 'president-elect' was mentioned -- what -- I think some 44 times" in the criminal complaint against Blagojevich, and said that "is a pretty high, high number." His comments followed an assertion he made on the December 9 edition of Fox News' Hannity & Colmes, that "the word 'president-elect' is mentioned 44 times in the document. Pretty troubling."
In fact, with one exception, none of the 44 instances in which "president-elect" was used in the complaint actually mentions any alleged conduct or statement by President-elect Barack Obama, much less any conduct or statement amounting to wrongdoing. The one exception consisted of an allegation that Blagojevich complained that Obama would not give him anything other than "appreciation."
In every other instance, the complaint mentioned "president-elect" in the context of Blagojevich's alleged desires, expectations, or plans for extracting favors in return for the Senate seat; in the context of the president-elect's victory having created an open Senate seat; or in the context of, as in one mention, "media reports indicat[ing] that Senate Candidate 1, an advisor to the President-elect, was interested in the Senate seat if it became vacant, and was likely to be supported by the President-elect."
Someone should tell Hannity that by his dishonest and harebrained logic, one could say that Jesus taught his disciples to pray about "temptation" and "evil," when he taught them the Lord's Prayer. What's the "evidence" of that statement? The words "temptation" and"evil" are mentioned in the prayer. That's really troubling.
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“As a kid, I looked to my parents and teachers for validation. I made adults proud with accomplishments in school and by following expectations.
Being queer has made me realize the importance of finding intrinsic pride—pride that is not reliant on making others happy. Finding inner pride can be difficult. I’ve found that pride is a thing queer people have to continue to cultivate.
I’ve been really into learning from queer history in the past few years. Learning about the AIDs crisis and lesbians caretaking for their friends, about closeted nuns. People I could have been if I was born in previous generations. These stories of resilience humble me and help me cultivate my own strength to find intrinsic pride.
So I’m proud that I’m learning—learning to do the things I love, and to be proud of myself.”


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As the UK's autism research charity, Autistica combine world class research with strategic oversight for corporate partnerships that get noticed.
We work with companies to increase understanding of autism, raise awareness of neurodiversity and raise vital funds. With no government funding we rely on our partners to help us build longer, healthier happier lives for autistic people and their families.
We know that many of your staff are affected by autism and desperately need answers. What if your next charity partner could help them feel more understood at work, drive employee engagement and be a catalyst for change?
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Hotel in Brisighella with restaurant and rooftop terrace
Situated in Brisighella, this hotel is within 9 mi (15 km) of Riolo Terme, Fattoria Zerbina, and International Ceramic Museum. Faenza Cathedral and Vini Ferrucci Winery are also within 12 mi (20 km).
A restaurant, a rooftop terrace, and meeting rooms are available at this hotel. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, tour/ticket assistance, a TV in the lobby, and a front-desk safe are onsite.
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The hotel offers a restaurant. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access. This Brisighella hotel also offers a rooftop terrace, a terrace, and tour/ticket assistance. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
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For the first time since the Vietnam War ended in 1975, the U.S. is launching an effort to clean up Agent Orange contamination. The project is targeting the airport in the central city of Danang. The U.S. military once sprayed millions of gallons of the toxic plant-killer in Vietnamese jungles, to deprive the enemy of cover. An estimated 150,000 children have been born with severe birth defects blamed on Agent Orange, and millions of adults have been affected, too, according to the Vietnamese government. The clean-up is "a little late," says Agent Orange Victims Association Vice Chairman Tran Xuan Thu, but it's still "greatly appreciated."
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- Education Secretary Arne Duncan spoke to the National Press Club and reportedly called for printed textbooks to be retired within the next few years.
- He urged school districts to move faster with digital material adoption as paper books are phased out.
- Duncan's speech also included criticism of the Republican-led House for not investing appropriately in education.
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Clinical Performance of RT-PCR and Chest CT Scan for Covid-19 Diagnosis; A Systematic Review
Context: Due to their availability and rapid turnaround time, the supplemental role of chest computed tomography (CT) scan and real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) is growing for early diagnosis of patients with COVID-19. However, due to the low efficiency of viral nucleic acid detection as well as low specificity of chest CT scan for detecting COVID-19 pneumonia, both methods show incomplete clinical performance for proper COVID-19 disease diagnosis. The purpose of this review was to compare the clinical performance of two methods and to evaluate the diagnostic values of chest CT scan and RT-PCR for suspected COVID-19 patients.
Evidence acquisition: We systemically searched PubMed, Cochrane, from December 2019 to the end of April 2020. Clinical research papers in goal fields that reviewed COVID-19 patients, whom chest CT scan, and PCR testing were performed together were included.
Results: In total, we found 536 studies; and finally168 studies were shortlisted. Following title and abstract screening, we reached 83 studies based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Conducted screen by the full text covered 28 studies, which led to data extraction. By the full-text assessment of 28 included studies, we found 4486 assessed patients. Totally, 3164 patients had positive chest CT scans, and 3014 patients had positive PCR results. The finding showed that recent studies on the diagnostic performance of RT-PCR and chest CT scan have commonly been reported from China.
Conclusion: The results from this review indicate that the chest CT scan should be used for symptomatic and hospitalized patients. Moreover, chest CT scan should not be used as a primary screening tool for diagnosing COVID-19. Application of RT-PCR as the first line diagnosis is still recommended.
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19. Asefi H, Safaie A. The Role of Chest CT Scan in Diagnosis of COVID-19. Adv J Emerg Med. 2020; In press.
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If you are in the California area this winter and you care about food issues, consider heading to Hazon‘s annual food conference, from December 24-27. This is the same group running the sustainable food tour coming up in Israel.
This Jewish food seminar looks at the ethics of animal slaughter, sustainable Israeli and Palestinian farming (see our past story on Eco-Baladi) and making food from scratch among other zesty topics.
Green Prophet writer Jeff Yoskowitz is helping plan it.
Hazon runs a yearly biking trip in Israel and engages in the same debates on vegetarianism, organic farming and compost that we’ve run our mouths on here. Sign up before October 16th for the early-bird $60 discount.
For more information, go to Hazon.


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Curbed attended Community Board Two’s land use meeting this week and got an update on what theater group St. Ann’s Warehouse is planning for its remake of Dumbo’s historic Tobacco Warehouses. The big news is that architect H3 Hardy Collaboration isn’t on board any more, and Rogers Marvel Architects is the new firm. Architect Jonathan Marvel and the St. Ann’s Warehouse crew presented a design for an 18,000-square-foot enclosed building with performance space, a 1,000-square-foot multipurpose space, and a 7,600-square-foot open space “imagined as a walled birch tree grove.” The open space will be designed by Michael Van Valkenberg Associates and it will be open to the public during park hours. The theater lobby will also have access into Brooklyn Bridge Park. Check out another rendering over at Curbed.
Theater Group Unveils Proposed Tobacco Warehouse Makeover [Curbed]


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Whether on foot, wheels, or horseback, detectives and police officers are alert for any threat to public safety, ready to respond at a moment’s notice when a need occurs. Police and sheriff’s officers protect lives and property. They respond to emergency and patrol their assigned area for signs of criminal activity. They wear recognizable uniforms, and may conduct searches and arrest suspected criminals. Some officers specialize in one type of crime, such as narcotics. Detectives and criminal investigators, or agents, gather facts and evidence of possible crimes. They conduct interviews, observe the activities of suspects, and participate in raids and arrests. Detectives often wear plain clothes, and usually specialize in investigating one type of crime, such as homicide or fraud. Transit and railroad police patrol railroad yards and transit stations to prevent thefts and protect property. Police and detective work requires patience, and paperwork; officers document every incident in detail, and must be ready to testify in court. Most officers carry law enforcement tools, such as radios, handcuffs, and firearms. Police and detective work can be physically demanding, stressful, and dangerous; injuries are common. Despite working shifts around the clock and dealing with life-threatening situations, officers must stay calm, think clearly, and use good judgment at all times. Most positions require graduation from a law enforcement agency’s training academy and extensive on-the-job training. Police officers and detectives need a license to carry firearms and enforce the law. Typically, candidates must be U.S. citizens, at least 21 years old, and in excellent physical and mental health, with no felony convictions.
What they do:Investigate alleged or suspected criminal violations of Federal, state, or local laws to determine if evidence is sufficient to recommend prosecution.
On the job, you would:
- Prepare reports that detail investigation findings.
- Obtain and verify evidence by interviewing and observing suspects and witnesses or by analyzing records.
- Identify case issues and evidence needed, based on analysis of charges, complaints, or allegations of law violations.
Safety and Government
Arts and Humanities
Education and Training
Ideas and Logic
Hearing and Speech
People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.
They do well at jobs that need:
You might use software like this on the job:
Data base user interface and query software
Electronic mail software
Graphics or photo imaging software
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Welcome to our blog. This is the new segment for students who aspire to become Architects. If you want to know more about NATA, we have written a dedicated blog for it, so please check out the link. Preparing for architecture is all about practice. If you don’t do that no matter how great your teacher is you won’t score good. Practice as a student is your part and teaching part, is the one that we are taking care of here. While designing this course it is taken into consideration that even if the student doesn’t have any knowledge about sketching, 2D or 3D composition we will make sure by the end of the program you will have better skill for you to qualify for NATA exam.
This will be a year’s in which we’ll be having 52-week program where along the blogs you can get ready for NATA, every aspect of the subject will be covered in detail. This course is completely free, if you want to support us and want us to keep writing such blogs you can give donations for which the link is at the end of the blog. You can send the link of the blog to someone you know who’s preparing for architecture and help them score more marks.
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How you draw your line shows your skills and how long you have been doing it. The lines which you are making, if they are not confident enough you will not gain marks in your exam. First thing which I recommend to students is to get into a habit of this exercise which I’ll be giving you. Without going further, I want to tell you that this is a daily exercise and you need to do this for a year to get appropriate results.
These are set of lines you’ll try to make free hand. Horizontal, vertical, diagonal lines (opposite direction), zigzag lines, curved lines and swirl.
OK!!! Is it that basic and DONE??? YEAH!!!
HERE’s a HACK on how to do this exercise. You will have a question – how do I do this exercise??? For this you will require a newspaper and a pencil. You have to take a newspaper and start drawing the above-mentioned lines between the lines written in the newspaper. Refer the image below. The catch in this exercise is you can’t tilt the paper and elbow shouldn’t rest anywhere on table allowing you to do free hand movement. Why newspaper??? Space between the sentences will guide to make horizontal or vertical or other line-work exercises.
Start with horizontal lines as these are the simplest to start with. Don’t worry if you’re not able to do this in one go as this will take time, and hence a daily exercise. When sketching you need to adopt some techniques which will be helpful for you to improve your work.
Be patient. Breathe. Relax and enjoy yourself. Learning to draw takes time.
Erase. Feel free to make mistakes. All artists do.
Stay open to experimentation, which expands your vision and drawing vocabulary.
Toss out preconceived notions. Enter this experience freshly.
Now getting to the tool you will be using. PENCILS. You need to know your weapon for its optimum utilization. Most pencil manufacturers outside of the U.S. use this scale, using the letter ‘H’ to indicate a hard pencil. Likewise. A pencil maker might use the letter ‘B’ to designate the blackness of the pencil’s mark, indicating a softer lead. The H pencil are hard and light in use and similarly B pencils are soft and dark in use. To start with I’ll recommend you to use each pencil and get a personal experience how does it feel to use hard and soft pencils.
While starting you can use these pencils for your use. H, 2H, 4H, 6H, HB, 2B, 4B & 6B are recommended. Each pencil for one task. Some of the essentials you’ll require is a set of pencil, eraser, sharpener, sketchbook, pencil colors. Gift your kid the starter pack for road to Architecture.
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Highly transmissible sub-variants of the Omicron coronavirus have been detected in a few dozen people, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said,
Two new strains of coronavirus are being assessed to see whether they are more infectious or dangerous than previous infections.
On Monday the WHO said they know the variants are sisters to the BA.1 Omicron strain and have added both, named BA.4 and BA.5 to a monitoring list.
It is already tracking BA.1 and BA.2 - now globally dominant - as well as BA.1.1 and BA.3.
The BA.4 strain has already been detected in Scotland and England.
The WHO said that tracking is necessary to asses "additional mutations that need to be further studied to understand their impact on immune escape potential".
Viruses mutate all the time but only some mutations affect their ability to spread or evade prior immunity from vaccination or infection, or the severity of disease they cause.
For instance, BA.2 now represents nearly 94 per cent of all sequenced cases and is more transmissible than its siblings, but the evidence so far suggests it is no more likely to cause severe disease.
Only a few dozen cases of BA.4 and BA.5 have been reported to the global GISAID database, according to WHO.
The UK's Health Security Agency said last week BA.4 had been found in South Africa, Denmark, Botswana, Scotland and England from Jan. 10 to March 30.
All the BA.5 cases were in South Africa as of last week, but on Monday Botswana's health ministry said it had identified four cases of BA.4 and BA.5, all among people aged 30 to 50 who were fully vaccinated and experiencing mild symptoms.

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SGPC delegation meets Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi
New Delhi [India], June 3 (ANI): A senior delegation of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Saturday met the Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah in New Delhi.
The delegation gave a representation on various issues pertaining to the functioning of Gurudwaras and other SGPC matters including the inclusion of Gurudwaras under the management of the SGPC Board, an official statement said.
"The delegation felt that this will streamline the management of Gurudwaras," it said.
On the occasion, Shah assured the leaders of support and cooperation in these matters. (ANI)


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Rick Ross, who was has been recently and loudly been criticized for “U.O.E.N.O,” a song he sings about date rape, said via Twitter he doesn’t “condone rape.” “Put molly all in her champagne, she ain’t even know it. I took her home and I enjoyed that, she ain’t even know it,” say the lyrics to the song, released earlier this year.
“Molly” is slang for the psychoactive drug MDMA or ecstasy.
“We are asking Reebok to drop their endorsement deal with Rick Ross,” Shawna Thompson, a spokeswoman for Ultraviolet, a women’s rights group that led the demonstration. “The reason we are asking them to do is because Rick Ross recently rapped, bragging essentially, about drugging and raping women. We see this as an opportunity to elevate the fact that it’s not OK to do that, and he shouldn’t benefit from endorsement deals when he has rap lyrics like that.”
In a statement, Ultraviolet said:
Just minutes after Rick Ross tweeted an awkward non-apology to people who had “misinterpreted” his rap about drugging and raping a woman, more than 100 UltraViolet and NOW NYC members crashed Reebok’s flagship store in New York City to demand the company drop Rick Ross. Survivors of rape, athletes, moms, and concerned women all lugged boxes containing 72,000 petitions to the store for delivery. Reebok barred the women from entering, but two representatives met them at the door and promised to deliver the petitions to CEO Uli Becker.
“It’s time for Reebok to stop using their brand as a platform to promote rape and the idea that rape is not just okay, but cool. Contrary to Ross’ claims, there was no misinterpretation here: Slipping a woman a drug and ‘enjoying that’ is rape, plain and simple.” said Nita Chaudhary, co-founder of UltraViolet. “It’s time for Reebok to answer the 72,000 customers who want them to stop promoting violence against women and fire Rick Ross.”
“I dont condone rape,” Ross said via Twitter. “Apologies for the #lyric interpreted as rape. #BOSS”
After his apology was criticized as being insincere, Ross tweeted: “Apologies to my many business partners, who would never promote violence against women. @ReebokClassics @ultraviolet”
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UltraViolet is an online community of over 400,000 women and men who want to take collective action to expose and fight sexism in the public sector, private sector and the media.


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“What book are you listening to?”
“It’s paranormal romance.”
“It’s a romance about ghosts?”
“Nope. Think vampires, werewolves, etc.”
“Oh, OK. When I hear paranormal it makes me think of ghosts. And vampires or werewolves make me think sci-fi.”
“Nope, sci-fi is a whole other genre.“
This conversation happened at work one day when I was telling my co-workers about the audio book I was listening to. My boss jokes with me about listening to 50 Shades of Grey. When in fact I’ve never read or listened to the series. But they know I listen to “naughty” books.
I told them that not all my books are romances or “naughty” books; I also listen to Urban Fantasy too. That was met with confused looks. Since I knew at least one of them watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer, I used Buffy as an example to explain what UF to them. I said it’s like Buffy, a kick ass chick taking out monsters and saving the world with a dash of romance (aka Angel/Spike).
How do you explain to non PNR/UF readers what you’re reading?

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text: Oh Vienna, how beautiful you were. After visiting cities like London, Paris, Madrid, we weren’t sure of what to expect while visiting Vienna. The place hasn’t really promoted itself much on the global tourism scale, however, no European city can be bad was one thing we were very sure of. So, getting on the train to reach our hotel had us filled with excitement & wonderment. We were to spend the next 4 days in Vienna, the capital city of Austria wandering around, taking in as much as we could.


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The league tables have been updated to capture the results of the Balla 10k – county championship – as well as the National Half Marathon.
Points have been assigned per race position i.e first Mayo AC member receiving 30 points, 2nd receiving 29 points and so on.
Dwayne Flynn, Elaine Hession and Lynda Hession all received 20 bonus point as they achieved PBs in the county championship.
In addition, all members who raced received an additional 20 points for competing in the county championship.
Darren Brewer, Thomas Jennings and Patricia Nyland received 20 bonus points as they achieved PBs in National Half Marathon.
For the league table the best of 5 events from target list score. In addition, 10 bonus points are awarded for competing in either the National 10k or Half marathon.
The points that have now been excluded are highlighted in yellow in the tables.
Elaine Hession and Tony O’Malley now lead the league tables.
Please flag with Trisha Carty any league tables issues, if any names were omitted, or if you wish to submit your PB prior to the next race: email@example.com
The final league race is the Castlebar Greenway ten miler on September 9.

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