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American Hellenic Institute Statement on
The Amnesty International Annual Report for
2009 Continues to Highlight Human Rights Violations in Turkey
June 23, 2009
The Amnesty International in its Annual Report for 2009 reaffirmed that
Turkey still holds a poor record on human rights. According to the report, human
rights suffer due to the current state of political tension and instability which
is further heightened by weak legal enforcement and existent military clashes.
polarization of legal battles and the armed clashes between interior politically
affiliated groups and the Turkish armed forces, cast serious threats to the citizens’ right
to freedom of association. Within this context of political conflict, citizens
face hostility, assaults and attacks on their property perpetrated by unknown
actors or groups. The core of the problem, as asserted by the report, lies in
the problematic definition of ‘secularism’ as the political
apparatus of Turkey does not lie on common grounds with regards to the ‘secular
principles’ that define the Turkish state nowadays.
Freedom of expression
is another aspect of life that is severely suppressed in Turkey. Amnesty International
reports that there has been a significant number of human rights defenders, writers,
journalists and other individuals who have been unjustly prosecuted under unfair
laws and been subject to biased decisions. Despite the fact that the Turkish
Constitution has been amended, the problem still persists as the revisions have
been disproportionate and it is other laws and articles limiting freedom of expression
that are instead put into practice.
Civil life is severely restricted through
restrictions on the freedom of peaceful assembly too. The report finds that while
some demonstrations were banned without justification, others were dispersed
with excessive force resulting in deaths and serious injuries. Demonstrators
were arrested and ill-treated often before peaceful methods were attempted. Torture
and ill-treatment were increased, while dissenting views were met with prosecution
and intimidation. This reiterates
that Turkey remains a state that makes excessive use of force limiting civil
society and enforcing discriminatory practices against certain minorities and
The questionable integrity of the legislative apparatus is further
enforced by the persistent abuse of anti-terrorism legislation. Convictions under
anti-terrorism laws have often been based on insubstantial or unreliable evidence,
while barriers have remained high in prosecuting officials for human rights abuses.
In such a state of affairs, the Greek and other Christian minorities have been
severely suppressed and have not been able to find legitimate outlets for expressing
their concerns and advancing their interests. According to the report, this state
of oppression has spurred aggression within Turkey and makes it a state of precarious
The report also highlights that Turkey has yet failed to show
progress with regards to providing a civil alternative to the existent compulsory
military service. Objectors and their supporters have not only been prosecuted
under law, but have been in numerous cases repeatedly beaten in military custody.
This state of affairs displays that Turkey retains a militant and aggressive
face as a state.
Another significant matter is the lack of respect towards refugees
and asylum- seekers who are increasingly forced to leave the country. The report
asserts that on occasions members of such groups were said to have been beaten
and threatened with rape unless they deported the country. There have even been
claims that some died in the process.
A final issue presented by the report, is
the inadequate implementation of laws aimed at preventing violence against women
and girls. Limited progress has been made on this matter as relevant projects
have been insufficiently funded by the Turkish state and a relevant framework
action has not been executed.
Numerous reports have presented the precariousness
of the domestic situation. Turkey has also been recorded to have ratified three
major international human rights treaties, including the International Covenant
on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). However significant restrictions, including
state policies and actions, effectively deny non-Muslim communities the right
to own and maintain property, train religious clergy, and offer religious education.
Turkey has systematically targeted the Greek Orthodox Christian community
through a series of policies, resulting in killings, destruction of private and
commercial properties, violation of religious sites and expropriation of income-generating
properties of both private citizens and the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Furthermore,
Turkey allows only Turkish citizens to be candidates for the position of the
Ecumenical Patriarch and for hierarchs in the Church’s Holy Synod. In this
state of affairs, the survival of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Greek Orthodox
Christian community in Turkey is at risk. This serves as a prime example of orchestrated
state action on behalf of Turkey to suppress civil society.
Turkey has made serious
commitments to improve its human rights record amid its negotiations for a potential
candidacy to the European Union. However the situation seems to have exacerbated.
According to the most recent findings of the European Commission’s (EC)
Progress Report on Turkey issued in late 2008, the Turkish government has failed “to
put forward a consistent and comprehensive programme of political reforms.” This
further indicates that Turkey has failed to fulfill its commitments under a number
of significant bilateral and multilateral arrangements within the context of
civil, political and religious rights.
The report of Amnesty International illustrates
the critical situation of the human rights violations and expresses the concerns
of the international community for the domestic situation in Turkey. The report
calls upon Turkey to:
- allow for ‘unfiltered’ freedom of expression by amending the
Constitution so as to put an end to the unjust prosecution of writers, journalists
and human rights defenders;
- allow for the freedom of peaceful assembly without making use of force;
- take measures to limit the excessive involvement of the military in political
- allow for a civil alternative to the existent compulsory military service;
- endorse policies that establish better conditions for the refugees;
- implement laws and fund relevant programs that prevent violence against women
The American Hellenic Institute has unremittingly stressed the need for Turkey
to comply with international human rights accords, the rule of law and democratic
principles. Within the framework of the latest negotiations between Turkey and
the EU for a potential candidacy, we call upon the U.S. government and its officials
to exert pressure on Turkey to conform to democratic norms with regards to the
- the human rights abuses;
- the excessive involvement of the military in political affairs;
- the restrictions imposed on minority rights;
- the limitations on political and cultural rights under the Turkish
- the removal of its illegal armed occupation forces and illegal settlers
from Cyprus; and
- to halt its threats and aggressive actions against Greece in the Aegean Sea.
As presented by the above report as well as numerous other accounts on the
domestic situation in Turkey, there are legitimate concerns about its current
ability to live up to the human rights standards expected among European nations.
The American Hellenic Institute is a nonprofit public policy organization
that works to strengthen relations between the United States and Greece and Cyprus,
and also within the American Hellenic community.
1220 16th Street,
NW | Washington, D.C. 20036
Phone 202-785-8430 | Fax 202-785-5178 | www.ahiworld.org

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- November 2009 (2)
In the rush to meet regulatory mandates, organizations have spent millions of dollars implementing security and compliance measures either issue by issue or regulation by regulation. This has resulted in an asset-centric security approach, where organizations focus on IT infrastructure security. The increasing need for a more user-centric approach now calls for different tactics and practices. This white paper presents an overview of both the asset-centric and the user-centric approaches to security. These approaches will be mapped towards the standard for information security: ISO 17799.


Water is an ever-more precious and increasingly expensive commodity, and demand to reduce the quantities used in industrial processes has never been greater. John Crane Safematic’s commercial manager Jussi Sorvoja examines how today’s advanced seal water monitoring and control equipment can help cut your plant’s water usage and looks at some of the points to consider when choosing the correct meter for your application.
In many modern industrial sectors, the need to cut costs and conserve resources has begun to focus increasing amounts of attention on the water that is used to quench and lubricate the mechanical seals used on pumps and other process machinery. These processes present significant opportunities to save water, and this is especially true of mechanical seals that operate in harsh environments where high temperatures, high pressures and chemically aggressive elements are present. For example, the pulp and paper, and chemical and mining industries are sectors that have traditionally used significant volumes of water to cool mechanical seals operating in their demanding environments. The pulp and paper sector in particular is one that has taken significant steps in this area and is now leading the race to cut water usage, and, by doing so, reduce overall operating costs.
Seal water is used to cool a mechanical seal and lubricate the seal faces. This creates specific water flow requirements depending on the type of seal and its specific operating conditions, and while exceeding these flow requirements does not bring any benefit in terms of improved seal operation and reliability, it does generate extra costs due to increased water consumption. The financial driver to reduce water consumption is powerful enough in itself, but growing concerns for the environment coupled with the need to conserve natural resources such as water – which the pulp and paper industry often takes directly from rivers – are now playing an increasingly important role.
The process of examining what can be done to reduce water consumption needs to start with the actual monitoring of the water flow, and this is where the flow meter comes in. The flow meter must be designed to minimize any internal pressure loss during operation; this ensures that there is no danger of the seal overheating due to pressure or flow loss. The unit’s design should also be optimized to prevent the risk of clogging from any foreign bodies present in the water. This can be a significant hazard when water is drawn from natural sources rather from a main supply, which can lead to pressure loss. Fortunately, technologies are improving all the time and the modern breed of seal water systems can monitor the water flow with extremely high degrees of accuracy and reliability, without affecting the pressure but still giving the user a very clear picture of the situation. Many meters incorporate some form of integral flow indicator and pressure gauge, which makes continuous status monitoring easy and provides reassurance that everything is operating as it should.
In addition to monitoring the flow, the meter’s other principal job is to adjust the flow rate and pressure to their optimum levels. By only providing the water that is actually needed, (rather than exceeding this requirement in order to be safe) a good flow meter will significantly reduce water consumption and generate significant savings. But the advantages of proper flow control don’t stop there, and some of today’s better units have also been proven to increase the operational reliability of the pumps whose water supply they control.
By assessing the way the seal is using water and detecting any internal seal leakage, some flow meters can provide valuable information that can help predict a failure of the seal or its packing. (For this reason, it is usually a good idea to make sure that an electronic alarm option is available so that the meter can provide direct warnings to the operator if a failure appears likely.)
Minimizing failure risk
A good flow meter can also help the user determine the likely maximum volume of seal water consumption. This type of information can be equally invaluable to the plant operator in terms of planning maintenance schedules and minimizing the risk of a dramatic seal failure and all the financial penalties that can follow. This ability to promote trouble-free operation of process machinery in all types of conditions is a key hallmark of a good flow meter and can make a significant contribution to helping the end-user to achieve the maximum life-cycle profit on their investment.
Of course, this places a significant demand on the flow meter itself. The unit must be sufficiently robust to withstand the harsh operating environment in which it will be used. Process demands often require that the unit be resistant to such things as chemical attack or corrosion, and the plant operator must be certain that the unit in question is able to meet all the process demands at the specification stage. Harsh environments usually involve significant operating temperatures (anything up to 100oC) so the meter must be able to withstand this. Similarly, pressure requirements are often similarly high, so the ability to handle something like a 60 bar pressure is also useful.
The better monitoring and control units normally offer a compact design optimized to ensure that it is user-friendly. This type of seemingly small design element can assume much greater significance once the unit is in place and operating, so it is important to ensure that the meter you choose offers such features as an integrated check valve that can be used to flush the unit clean during operation. An easily cleaned, glass-fronted display can also make life much easier for the operator when the unit is being used in a dangerous or dirty environment. Similarly, the ability to clean the monitoring and control unit while the equipment it serves is still operating can also prove to be beneficial in terms of process availability and reduced maintenance times.
A comprehensive package
One design is never going to fit every application. The better manufacturers will offer a variety of different units for use with packing or single flush seals, quench seals and double mechanical seals, and this enables them to provide a comprehensive package that includes a flow meter for each application in the customer’s facility. That package should not stop at the products either. The plant operator must be able to access reliable technical support from the unit’s manufacturer. This can pay huge dividends in terms of selecting the correct unit for the job at hand, as well as time saved if problems do occur. Access to technical support must be quick and easy from the customer’s point of view.
Choosing the correct flow meter can also simplify the initial set up of the seal water system. The better meters can be adopted as a standard component of the seal water system, which eliminates the traditional headache of accommodating a variety of different piping compo-nents, valves and couplings. This makes the installation of the system a faster and less complicated task than it might otherwise be and increases the likelihood of achieving an effective and leak-free installation on the first attempt.
The cost savings and efficiency benefits that monitoring and metering equipment can provide are at their greatest when the units in question form part of a genuinely integrated seal support system. When the flow meter has been designed specifically to operate with other equipment such as water filter units there are obvious synergies that come into play, both in terms of installation and operational benefits.
Choosing the correct flow meter for a particular application requires careful thought, liaison with the manufacturer and attention to detail. If you get these stages rights you can help the environment, make a huge difference in your water consumption rates, and boost your bottom line.


- Realme C55 variants and colour options have been tipped
- It will be priced under Rs 20,000
- It is scheduled to go on sale on March 21st, 2023
Realme C55 variants, colour options, and price range have been tipped by leaker Sudhanshu Ambhore. For those who don’t know, the handset recently went official in markets like Indonesia and Europe. Now, the phone is all set to go official in India on March 21st, 2023.
One of the major highlights of the Realme C55 is that it is the company’s first phone to come equipped with the Mini Capsule feature, which functions like the Dynamic Island on Apple iPhones. The Mini Capsule can show notifications for battery and charging status, data usage, and health data like step count and distance walked.
Also Read: Realme CEO Officially Teases Realme Flip and Fold Smartphones
Realme C55 configurations, colour options
According to the tipster, the Realme C55 will arrive in India in three configurations, such as 4GB RAM + 64GB storage, 4GB RAM + 128GB storage, and 8GB RAM + 128GB storage. These variants are likely to be priced between Rs 10,000 and Rs 20,000. It will arrive in three colours: Rainforest, Rainy Night, and Sunshower. It will be available for purchase through online channels, such as Realme India’s website and Flipkart.
Realme C55 specifications
The Realme C55 houses a 6.72-inch IPS LCD display that boasts a Full-HD+ resolution and a 90Hz refresh rate. The touch sampling rate is an impressive 180Hz, and the screen’s peak brightness is 680 nits. There is an 8-megapixel front-facing camera for taking selfies. On the back, it is equipped with a dual-camera setup, which includes a 64-megapixel primary camera and a 2-megapixel depth sensor.
The C55 ships with Android 13 and has the Realme UI 3.0 skin running on top. It draws power from the Helio G88 SoC and can be paired with either 6GB or 8GB of LPDDR4x RAM. The device packs a 5,000mAh battery, which supports 33W SuperVOOC charging. The C55 comes with either 128GB or 256GB of internal storage, and one can expand the storage up to 1TB using a microSD card. Additionally, there is a side-mounted fingerprint sensor for security.


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Law No. 136 of 17 December 2018 (hereinafter the “Conversion Law”) which converted Decree Law No. 119 of 23 October 2018 (hereinafter the “Decree Law”), containing, among other things, measures on the subject of so-called fiscal pacification, thus finalizing – inter alia – the provisions set forth in Articles 1, 2 and 6 of the aforementioned Decree, relating to the facilitated settlement of tax disputes.
In particular, the Decree provides for the possibility of settling both (i) tax audit reports and tax assessments, before going in front of the tax court (Articles 1 and 2) and (ii) tax disputes attributed to the tax courts (Article 6).
(i) Settlement of tax audit reports and tax assessments, before going in front of the tax court With reference to the possibility of settling tax audit reports and tax assessments notified to the taxpayer by 24 October 2018, it has been provided that the taxpayer is entitled to settle such a pending position by paying the entire amount of the higher taxes being challenged (relevant penalties and interest are not due).
Tax audit reports may be settled by submitting an application and by paying the amounts due by 31 May 2019.
Tax assessments may be settled by paying the amounts due before they became final.
The due amounts may be paid in installments.
(ii) Settlement of tax disputes attributed to the tax courts Moreover, the possibility of settling tax disputes attributed to the tax courts has been provided for, with reference to all those which are pending at all stages and levels of proceedings, including those in the Supreme Court, when the first instance appeal has been notified by 24 October 2018. Disputes may be settled by submitting an application by 31 May 2019 and by paying the amounts due with respect to taxes, excluding penalties and interest, for an amount equal to the amount of the value of the dispute, having regard to the judgments deposited by 24 October 2018, according to the following terms:
- 100%, in the event the taxpayer loses the case in the last filed judgement,
- 40%, in the event the Italian Revenue Agency loses the judgment at first instance, or
- 15%, in the event the Italian Revenue Agency loses the second-degree decision.
Furthermore, it is possible to settle the litigation by paying:
- an amount equal to 90% of the value of the dispute, in the case of an appeal pending at first instance on 24 October 2018;
- an amount equal to 5% of the value of the dispute in the event of an appeal pending before the Supreme Court on 19 December 2018, where the Italian Revenue Agency has been unsuccessful in the first and second instances.
Moreover, when the Decree was converted into law, it was provided that in the event of partial acceptance of the appeal, or in any case, of a loss shared between the taxpayer and the Revenue Agency, the amount of the taxes net of interest and any eventual penalties are due in full in relation to the part of the act confirmed in the court ruling and to a reduced extent (according to the percentages indicated above), for the part of the tax assessment that was annulled.
In the case of disputes relating only to tax penalties, if these are related to taxes, nothing is due if the dispute relevant to the related taxes has been settled. If, on the other hand, the dispute concerns only penalties not linked to taxes, the definition is perfected by the payment of penalties reduced to:
- 15%, in the event the Italian Revenue Agency loses its case in the last or only non-custodial judicial decision, pronounced by the date of entry into force of the Decree;
- 40% in all other cases.
The amounts listed above are due net of payments already made for the pending judgment and may be paid in installments.

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Shar Pei Pin
The classic appeal of the pewter Shar Pei pin will look marvelous on both men and women. The intricately detailed Chinese Shar-Pei pin is the perfect accent for jackets, hats, vests, or bags. Each of our Shar Pei pins features two push on clasps that prevent rotation of this fine piece of jewelry. Pin collectors or owners of this strong-willed breed will love receiving it as a present. The approximate size of this pin is 1 1/2 x 1 inch.
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One of the fun parts of food-blogging is the challenges that you get to try. I was approached by the people who promote Giovanni Rana pasta and sauces here in the UK, to take part in the ‘Make it My Way with Giovanni Rana’ challenge; where bloggers were asked to create recipe hacks for the new range of stir-through pasta sauces. Six sauces – six dishes and I said yes before I realised that it fell during an exceptionally busy month for me. I may be a little late on this task but nevertheless I have made good on my promise and here I have for you three out of my five pasta sauce hacks for Giovanni Rana.
I thought about getting fancy, I thought about going all-out. There was talk of lobster, mussels and all kinds of luxurious ingredients, but then I realised that these are convenience food products, ready-made sauces that you heat up and eat with pasta at the end of a busy day. You get a good hearty meal without feeling as if you’ve dropped the ball by not providing a nutritious meal for the family. So I thought about some ways that you can transform the sauce without going to too much extra hassle – keeping the recipes convenient and yet giving them a spin to add more fresh vegetables and inspiration.
Butter and Sage Potato Bake
Let’s start with the Butter and Sage sauce. I love this flavour and it was not too difficult coming up with this super easy and yet incredibly tasty dish to serve as a side with some grilled meat or as your main, with a side of salad. All you need is a potato, an onion and a pot of creamy Butter and Sage sauce. Slice up your potato wafer thin, and do the same with your onion. Mix the potato, onion and Butter and Sage sauce in a bowl to ensure that all the ingredients are covered in the sauce. Pour the ingredients into an oven-proof dish and cook for about half an hour on 180C or until the top is bubbling and browned and the potatoes are soft.
The best part about this recipe is that you can double or even triple the servings easily by adding more vegetables and more sauce and the results are almost better than anything you could have created with lots more ingredients. You can even get creative and add layers of butter squash for some sweetness.
Bistro Mushrooms on Toast
Mushrooms on toasted brioche or bagel is a quick and easy meal to whip up after a long day at work. All you’ll to do is drop by your local supermarket and grab a packet of mushrooms. The flavour of the Cream with Hand Picked Porcini Mushroom sauce is intense and so if you don’t want to overload on mushroomy-goodness, you might want to stick to button mushrooms for this recipe. Porcini mushrooms are super fragrant, ‘meaty’ mushrooms often used to ‘beef’ up the flavour of risottos and other hearty dishes.
Roughly chop a packet of mushrooms, and some flat leaf parsley. Fry the mushrooms in a very hot pan, seasoning with salt first to help the release the liquid in the mushies. Once the mushrooms are cooked down and browned, add the Cream with Hand Picked Porcini Mushroom sauce and a big dollop of sour cream and the parsley. Simmer until the sauce and mushrooms piping hot. Serve on toasted ciabatta, bagel or whatever you’ve got handy.
Sausage, Pea and Mozzarella Bake
It’s amazing what you can do with a pot of Sun Ripened Tomato and Mascarpone sauce or two. To feed a family of four, you’ll need two pots of this pasta sauce. Grab a packet of sausages – I used a gourmet red wine pork sausage, and pop them in a 180C oven to cook. While you’re waiting for them to brown, boil up half a packet of rigatoni pasta or you could also use ribbed penne or even spaghetti noodles. While you’re waiting for the pasta to cook, defrost some frozen chopped spinach (about 4 pucks) and some petit pois. Once the pasta is cooked, drain the water and then mix the Sun Ripened Tomato and Mascarpone sauce in, along with the spinach and peas. Take the sausages out from the oven and roughly chop them using kitchen scissors. If the pieces get a bit hacked up- all the better for a rustic dish. Stir in the sausage and pour the coated pasta into an oven proof dish. Place mini balls of Mozarella cheese on top of the dish for that extra creamy factor.
This dish is so rich and hearty you’d never know it came together in half and hour. The Sun Ripened Tomato and Mascarpone sauce is flavoursome and yet delicate and sweet without being acidic. If you want to add more or different vegetables to this meal, you could grate in some courgettes or pop in a few florets of blanched broccoli. Comfort food at it’s finest.

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On-shore diversions, off-shore adventures
Watersports enthusiasts will find North Pattaya’s animated beachfront to be a vibrant playground all year round. Try your hand at paragliding, sailing or banana-boating, then flag down one of the nearby seafood vendors for a sizzling barbecue lunch served right on the sand. Back at the hotel, the two outdoor pools, each with its own Jacuzzi and one with a swim-up bar, offer a refreshing break from the heat. Options for local area adventures range from golfing to horseback riding to go-kart racing, or exploring some of the islands that lie offshore in Pattaya Bay.

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Trump accelerates border wall construction ahead of election, despite pandemic
In Arizona and Texas, border wall construction has sped up over the objections of residents and environmentalists
Advertisement“New border wall system construction has not increased due to COVID-19,” said Matthew Dyman, a spokesman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection. “Any increase in border wall activities is solely due to the progression of the projects and additional funding received.”
Dyman disputed Alvarez’s account. He insisted government surveyors mistakenly entered her land without her permission last year, before the pandemic, even though Alvarez has date-stamped photos she snapped of the workers on her land. Dyman said the surveyors entered Alvarez’s property after getting permission from someone else who “represented themselves as holding an interest in the land.” He said that after Alvarez encountered the surveyors and told them to leave, they did.
Border wall construction is going strong in the town of Hidalgo, near McAllen, Texas, where at least 50 men are working.(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)A dove sits on barbed wire along the border wall in Brownsville, Texas.(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
California officials, the Sierra Club and other groups have challenged the Trump administration’s use of military funds to pay for the border wall and scored a victory last week, when the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appealsfound that the Trump administration illegally tapped $2.5 billion in military funding
. But the decision covers only a fraction of wall funding, is likely to be appealed and isn’t expected to slow construction, given that the Supreme Court last year ruled in Trump’s favor in a similar case.Before the pandemic, only about a mile of new border wall had been built since Trump’s election, and 95 miles had been replaced, according to Border Patrol.
AdvertisementSince the start of the pandemic in mid-January, federal crews have built two miles of new wall, in California and Texas, and replaced 93 miles of border fence nationwide, for a total of 191 miles of new and replacement wall, according to the most recent report from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, issued June 26.
The administration also built another 31 miles of new and replacement secondary wall (which runs parallel to an existing barrier) north of the border, which it counts toward its total of 222 miles. Trump commemorated the 200th mileBorder fence construction is underway in Arizona, blasting through sites like Monument Hill, a Thong O’odham tribal burial ground, east of Lukeville.
(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)The Trump administration has increased the speed of wall construction since the start of the pandemic by classifying the work as essential, filing twice as many lawsuits to seize land and waiving environmental and contract oversight laws.
The largest wall contract to date, $1.3 billion to build 42 miles of wall in Arizona, was awarded last month to North Dakota-based Fisher Sand & Gravel Co., whichfor being awarded $400 million to build another 31 miles of wall in Arizona earlier this year.
CEO Tommy Fisher won that contract after appealing to Trump on televisionand building a three-mile border wall on private land in the Rio Grande Valleyat his own expense,about $42 million. The wall was a showpiece, built on the banks of the Rio Grande just south of a site where the federal government had already contracted with another company to build an 11-mile stretch of new wall for $80 million; construction on that wall started last month.
Dyman, the Border Patrol spokesman, said the new wall was funded two years ago, “planned in advance of the privately funded barrier” based on the agency’s “operational priorities and will be integrated with other segments of the border wall system.”U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), who chairs the Homeland Security Committee, has questioned the propriety of Fisher’s contracts.
“If the administration cared about anything besides political optics and maximizing miles of fence in the run-up to an election, they wouldn’t have awarded this contract,” Thompson saidin a statement. “Given the coronavirus pandemic and the ongoing investigation into Fisher, the administration should pause construction and contracting decisions until the investigation has concluded favorably and it is safe to resume nonessential construction projects.”
Men at work on the border wall in Hidalgo, Texas.(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)AdvertisementUnlike Arizona, where much of the border with Mexico is on public land, Texas has long been a stumbling block for wall construction because most land along its border is privately owned. In order to build the wall, government lawyers have to get landowners’ permission, file lawsuits to seize it or find loopholes.
Since the pandemic started, government lawyers have filed twice as many lawsuits to seize land in the path of the border wall in Texas — 40 in total — covering more than a thousand acres, an area larger than New York’s Central Park. The federal government sued to seize land from individuals but also from a Catholic children’s home run by nuns in Laredo, Laredo Community College and the city of Laredo. Many have federal court hearings scheduled in coming months.
Laredo Mayor Pete Saenz said city attorneys fought a lawsuit filed by U.S. attorneys to build the wall on more than 980 acres of city land that includes a golf course and water treatment plants. He said city attorneys have questioned whether Congress authorized the Laredo wall construction as a spending priority.
Saenz said federal lawyers wanted to meet with city officials in recent months about the proposed wall, but “we were so overwhelmed initially with the pandemic, we just didn’t have time to allocate for the lawsuit.”Earlier this month, the city granted the federal government access to the land for a year to survey, without agreeing to construction.
In April, federal lawyers persuaded a judge in South Texas to grant them access to survey a third of a mile in the Rio Grande Valley’s Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge after the administration promised to exempt the refuge from the border wall following local protests. Lawyers successfully argued that the land was exempt from protection because it’s beneath a government levee.
“The government has moved aggressively against landowners under the cover of this pandemic,” said Ricky Garza, an attorney with the Texas Civil Rights Project, which represents 16 Texas landowners in the path of the wall, including Alvarez.Garza said his clients were “being forced to choose between their health and defending their homes.” Those who don’t attend court risk having the government seize their land, he said, as it did during the last major border-fence building project in 2006 in South Texas.
Nayda Alvarez says surveyors have entered her property without permission. At least three generations of her family have lived on the land in La Rosita, along the Rio Grande River, where the government wants to build the wall.(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
Alvarez insisted that since the pandemic started, surveyors have hopped fences and planted wooden stakes in her land, which she ripped out.Advertisement“I know my rights,” Alvarez said.She said armed Border Patrol agents visited her this spring and asked her to sign documents allowing surveyors onto her land.
“I said, ‘Do we have to get our guns out, too?’ ” said Alvarez, whose family hunts doves on their land.Wall building has sped up across the surrounding Rio Grande Valley, with crews at five construction sites at work on 45 miles of border wall last month, an agency spokesman said.
In the small border town of Hidalgo, Texas, scores of men in hard hats and fluorescent vests were at work on a three-mile segment of wall north of the Rio Grande, surrounded by citrus groves and corn fields. They dug trenches, poured concrete and hoisted panels of steel bollard fencing into place with cranes.
Roberto Lopez, outreach coordinator at the Texas Civil Rights Project, said he worried about so many workers flooding the rural area during the pandemic.×Roberto Lopez’s group, the Texas Civil Rights Project, joined others to send a letter to Homeland Security, the Pentagon and the Justice Department demanding they halt wall work in March.
“Our lives as border communities are at risk. This needs to stop,” he said while visiting the site last month.His group joined more than 100others in sending a letter to the leaders of Homeland Security, the Pentagon and the Justice Department (whose lawyers filed lawsuits to take the land), demanding they halt wall work in March. The group started an online petition opposing wall construction during the pandemic that garnered more than 2,800 signatures.
Members of Congress have also written to the Trump administration several times since the start of the pandemic, demanding that construction on the border wall be halted. Lawmakers cited environmental and public health risks, particularly in towns like Ajo, population 3,000, in remote western Arizona with few medical resources. Earlier this month, an Ajo clinic confirmed its first two cases of COVID-19 — both workers on the wall.
Advertisement“Ajo and some of the smaller communities are very, very concerned as construction workers have descended to work on the wall. It is a health risk during this emergency,” Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.) said, noting that after he wrote to the departments, he received no response.
Dyman insisted Border Patrol has responded to all congressional inquiries and was “closely monitoring the evolving situation, in coordination with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers … to ensure all guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease Control [and Prevention] are followed while continuing our commitment to secure the border.”
Federal officials halted wall construction during the pandemic for at least one site: a seven-mile stretch of Cocopah tribal land in Yuma, Ariz. Tribal leaders and the Sierra Club had fought the $3.8-billion project, arguing it would block the tribe’s access to the nearby Colorado River. Last month, the federal government abandoned the project, noting that “contractor pricing for certain projects and segments was higher than expected.” Roughly 42 miles of wall is still due to be built in Yuma under the contract.
To speed border wall construction in Arizona, the Trump administration waived environmental laws and tapped ancient aquifers for water to tamp dust and mix concrete. Near Quitobaquito Springs west of Lukeville, wall construction crews could be seen in February pumping and spraying water from the aquifer that feeds the springs — home to endangered Quitobaquito pupfish and Sonoyta mud turtles — into trucks.
“All the water they’re using for this project is coming out of the ground,” said Laiken Jordahl, an environmental advocate with the Tucson-based Center for Biological Diversity, as he watched the truck pump water a few feet from a new stretch of border wall. “This is the single most valuable resource in the desert.”
Dyman said the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Park Service were consulted and determined that no groundwater would be used within five miles of Quitobaquito Springs for wall construction. He said the Park Service was monitoring for any “significant changes in water levels” at the springs, and Border Patrol will “evaluate groundwater use for the Tucson projects and will identify mitigation strategies that minimize impact to the greatest extent possible.”
Laiken Jordahl, an environmental activist with the Center for Biological Diversity, stands with steel bollard panels at a border fence construction site in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument near Lukeville, Ariz.(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Jordahl has documented how construction crews havechopped down scores of the area’s native saguaro cactusesand other plants as they made way for the wall in surrounding Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument and to the east in Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge.
In eastern Arizona near Douglas, construction crews have tapped an aquifer in the San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge to mix concrete for the wall’s foundation, endangering wildlife in the refuge’s ponds, according to Myles Traphagen, a Tucson-based ecologist who coordinates the nonprofit Wildlands Network’s borderlands program.
Myles Traphagen, coordinator of the Wildlands Network’s borderlands program, checks camera traps in the San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge east of Douglas, Ariz.(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)AdvertisementTraphagen has been monitoring pond water levels at the refuge, which have dropped since wall construction began this spring, threatening fish such as native Yaqui chub, shiner and minnow. He set up game cameras to track the wall’s impact on jaguars, ocelots, mountain lions and other animals that routinely cross the border.
Dyman conceded that Border Patrol monitoring in the area showed “data indicating a decrease in the availability of water withdraw from refuge wells.” He said the agency is working with the Fish and Wildlife Service and the Army Corps on “a mitigation strategy which includes the possible upgrade of existing water well pumps at the refuge.”
During a trip in February to check two newly installed infrared cameras strapped to cottonwood trees, Traphagen recovered hundreds of photos of animals traversing the area, including a mountain lion. In the distance, construction equipment rumbled as half a dozen workers and supervisors gathered on a bridge where the new 30-foot border wall would soon span the wash.
“It’s coming,” he said.Nayda Alvarez has painted a message on the roof of her home. She is in the fight of her life to prevent the border wall from being built in her backyard. Read more: Los Angeles Times »
Why wall an empty space? Trump wasn’t briefed that people in his country were dying in the hundreds of thousands? He didn’t protect the Americans. Wants to take away health care from millions, but want a freaking wall that won't do a bit of good. Sure, why not. TRE45SON TraitorTrump Its for their own safety even from that very virus. realDonaldTrump is correct as usual to do. No country can't grown with Security. Thas number 1 priority before anything else. Why are Senators having guards and high walls at their house? For Security. SenateGOP senatedems
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Trump shares video of seniors yelling, 'White power' and 'F*** Trump' at one anotherPresident Trump promoted a video Sunday that featured clashing protesters, one of whom chants, "White power." The video was apparently shot in the Villages, Fla. WH ignored Russian bounty on our troops The actual point: the person yelling white power was a Trump supporter If the battleground is now within The Villages, he is well and truly screwed. Usually you want to fight the battle outside your own base
Poll: Biden, Trump locked in dead heat in Ohio, where Trump won by 8 in 2016Trump&39;s job approval has remained about the same in Ohio for the past year, with 44% of those polled approving of the job he&39;s done. Whatever you say, Karen. Biden has full blown DEMENTIA. Don't waste your votes. He's being controlled by the fascist lintel libs. Biden has this Ohioans Vote
Twitch Temporarily Suspends Trump For 'Hateful Conduct,' While Reddit Bans Pro-Trump Forum'The_Donald' subreddit, notorious for its controversial yet popular posts, had over 790,000 subscribers as of Monday morning. Maybe American social media should ban you, for spewing Chinese propaganda? Saying it was just a 'pro-trump forum' is putting it lightly. Well we trying to get rid of racist assholes, need to start at the top.
Trump ramps up Facebook ad spend as Biden pulls ahead in pollsPresident Donald Trump has ramped up his re-election campaign's Facebook ad spending after falling behind presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden in numerous nationwide polls. As long as Trump keeps tweeting or retweeting White Power videos like an idiot....he is going to lose. No amount of ads are going to turn the tide and furthermore all Republican down ballot candidates will also get crushed Not sure any amount of ads can undo the idiocy and lack of leadership from his admin, especially in the last 4 months.
Rolling Stones threaten to sue Trump over using their songsThe Rolling Stones are threatening President Donald Trump with legal action for using their songs at his rallies despite cease-and-desist directives .RollingStones SUE HIM! SUE HIM! This is a delicate situation. If you love Trump and the Stones, you'll take this as them attacking him and you'll cancel them. At the same time, they don't want their music associated with this mess
Anti-Trump Republican group's new ad slams President over coronavirus deaths hitting the 'Greatest Generation'A group formed by anti-Trump Republicans will air a new ad that slams President Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic Sounds cute... EITA Isn’t that group CNN

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All hail the Queen. By which, of course, I mean the sovereign named Latifah, the screen powerhouse whose effect on moviegoers is to make them sit taller, breathe more deeply, and open hearts more fully. I am a faithful subject who unapologetically enjoys Queen Latifah's movie vehicles, however shiny or rusty.
Joyful Noise, a Gospel-inflected Glee written and directed by Todd Graff with more affection than art, is in the latter category. His affection carries the day. Not since Dreamgirls have I heard a movie audience burst into spontaneous applause after on-screen musical numbers. It's the sequences between the numbers that are instantly forgettable.
In this film set in Pacashau, Ga., where the only store left on Main Street is a struggling hardware concern, Latifah plays Vi Rose, a choir lady whose chief article of faith is that parishioners don't want to hear your voice, they want to hear God through you. In this, Vi Rose is seriously mistaken, something that GG Sparrow (Dolly Parton), Vi's competitor for the newly vacated job of chorus director, does not fail to remind her. One of Graff's notable achievements is framing Latifah, nearly six feet tall, and Parton, a ringlet short of five feet, in the same shot.
Vi Rose is a true believer in Gospel music and tough-love mothering, much to the annoyance of her teenage daughter, Olivia (lovely Keke Palmer, star of Akeelah and the Bee and television's True Jackson). GG's taste for a mashup of pop and country with her hymns, not to mention her hands-off grandmothering of Randy (Jeremy Jordan), doubly offends Vi Rose. The film's plot hinges on whether Vi Rose's Gospel songs or Randy's pop/Gospel mashups will be sung at the big church choir competition.


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Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw turned in yet another strong outing on Sunday afternoon, outdueling Washington Nationals ace Jordan Zimmermann in a 9-2 rout of the Nationals at Nationals Park.
For the 17th time this season, Kershaw pitched at least seven innings, as he surrendered two runs on two hits in seven innings of work on Sunday, striking out nine and walking none.
With the victory, Kershaw inproved to a 9-6 record on the season and boasts a National League-best 2.01 ERA. Kershaw also leads the league in WHIP (0.88) and sits second in complete-games (3), innings pitched (152.1), and strikeouts (148).
As for Zimmermann, the Nationals right hander suffered his shortest outing of the season, working just two innings while surrendering seven runs in the process. He now boasts a 12-5 record and witnessed his ERA jump from 2.58 to 3.01 on the season.
The Dodgers stuck early on Sunday and with force, scoring seven runs in the second inning led by a Matt Kemp solo home run (his first at-bat since returning from the disabled list) and a three-run shot by Hanley Ramirez.
Ramirez has been on a tear as of late, posting a .393 batting average with three homers and 10 RBI throughout the month of July, while providing a solid glove at short.
Los Angeles has been the talk of baseball recently as they have charged back to tie the Arizona Diamondbacks for the NL West divison lead. The Dodgers are 17-5 since June 22 and have come from a 9 1/2 game deficit (last place in the standings) and have charged to the front of the division, boasting a 50-47 record.

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As if the trio of Triple H couldn't be anymore popular with their recent release of "Retro Future", they recently released their dance practice version for their newest track! Despite being in casual clothing, the triple threat, Triple H members, Hyuna, Hui and E'dawn are still killing it in their dance practice with sexiness and in-sync choreograhy! Known for their unique color and music,… Continue reading TRIPLE H Are Sexy in Their “Retro Future” Dance Practice
In addition to the all-star line-up set to perform at KCON L.A. on August 10th-12th, KCON has finally announced FOUR more artists who are ready to join the star-studded line up! Who could they possibly be...? First up: ROY KIM Roy Kim attended KCON L.A. 2015 and is back again this year! This singer, songwriter… Continue reading KCON Reveals Four More Amazing Artists for KCON L.A.
KCON 2018 NY, presented by Toyota, heated up the east coast and attracted thousands of K-pop fans from all around the world! The mega Korean culture and entertainment convention and concert has already been able to bring huge crowds of fans and Korean culture lovers in the past, but this year they broke records with… Continue reading KCON 2018 NY Heats Up the East Coast!
Time is flying by, and before you know it, KCON 2018 NY will be here! We're just as excited as you are, and for that reason, we've prepared a special playlist just for all of you KCON goers. This playlist includes some of our favorite songs from the artists on the lineup, from bops like… Continue reading Count Down to KCON 2018 NY with this Playlist!
KCON 2018 NY has completed its lineup with Red Velvet and Pentagon! This year, KCON is bringing some of the hottest artists out there, including groups such as Stray Kids, EXID, and NCT 127. They have rounded off this year's performer list with the talented girls of Red Velvet, who recently released the powerful "Bad… Continue reading KCON 2018 NY Completes Lineup with Red Velvet & Pentagon
PENTAGON has released two sets of teasers for their upcoming album, "Positive." In addition, they have revealed an official cover photo, tracklist, and comeback schedule. According to the schedule, an audio snippet will be coming very soon! "Positive" will be the group's 6th mini album and will he released online on April 2 and offline… Continue reading PENTAGON Drops Teasers for 6th Mini Album ‘Positive’
PENTAGON has released the official MV for their comeback title track, "Runaway." "Runaway" is a serious and emotional track with the right combination of vocals and music breaks to accommodate their concept. The group has returned with their 5th mini album, "Demo 02," after releasing "Demo 01" with title song "Like This" just recently.
After a very axious wait, Pentagon released their Music Video for Critical beauty. Sampling the iconic Hit "Jailhouse Rock" by Elvis. We see the members looking fly, while adding some cool steps and circus themed stages. Those are the scenes that makes us fall in love with the aesthetic video. You can watch the MV HERE. Don't forget… Continue reading Pentagon Releases Critical Beauty MV
PENTAGON has released the official MV teaser for "Critical Beauty." The teaser features fun, colorful sets and outfits, along with a catchy tune that's bound to get you energized! The group is returning with a new album, "Ceremony," on June 12. Check out the teaser below!
PENTAGON has unveiled the official album tracklist for their upcoming album, "Ceremony." This is the group's 3rd mini album, and it'll feature 7 tracks, the title song being "예뻐죽겠네," which roughly translates to "So Pretty." The members themselves participated in some of the songs, along with a surprise feature by BTOB's Ilhoon, who produced their… Continue reading PENTAGON Unveils Album Tracklist for ‘Ceremony’


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January 19, 2021|7:00 pm-8:00 pm
Trinity University and the City of San Antonio MLK Jr. Commission welcome Ashley Blaine Featherson, of the Netflix series “Dear White People,” as the guest speaker for the 2021 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture. Due to COVID-19 concerns, her presentation will be live-streamed at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 19, on Trinity’s Tiger Network at live.trinity.edu. The lecture is free and open to the public.
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This Thursday will be marked by the meeting of the Bank of England which, like the Federal Reserve (Fed) and the European Central Bank (ECB), will pause in the news of monetary policy.
At this meeting of Monetary Policy Committee analysts point to a continuation of stimulus measures and the key interest rate at 0,1%.
As such, the main reason for interest in this meeting will be in the comments that the central bank may make on the economic outlook, namely the risks that the increase in the number of cases of Covid-19 in the United Kingdom may represent for the outlook.
The institution led by Andrew Bailey has said the risks are negative, so it must reiterate that it is ready to do whatever is necessary to support the economy.
This Thursday will also be marked by the disclosure by Eurostat of industrial import prices in June.
Also this Thursday, the results of Credit Agricole and Axa in France, Adidas and Lufthansa in Germany and CBS, Symantec and T-Mobile in the United States will be announced.


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September 11, 2010
Do you remember where you were 9 years ago today? I was up early, as usual, with my 2 year old and 5 month old. I called my pastor's wife on the phone, like I usually did, and she told me that a plane had flown into one of the twin towers. At first, I thought it was a terrible accident, but, as I watched on television, I saw the second plane fly into the Trade Center, I knew it was no accident. I was shocked. I was afraid. I prayed. I knew that I had just watched history take place.
There were many thoughts flooding my mind, like everyone else's. I had no idea what this meant for us as a country. If we could be attacked on our own soil, would we have to fight for our lives? Would our lives change from the "normal" day to day to "survival" day to day? I thought about how this would impact the lives of my very little children.
Today, I say a prayer for those who lost their lives. I pray for wives, whose husbands will never return, for husbands who lost their wives, for sons and daughters and mothers and fathers and brothers and sisters. I think of the people on the United flight, who surely must have known their death was upon them. I feel saddened at their fear, but, grateful for their courage. The lives of so many have been terribly altered. Forever. I pray for the men and women who stepped up and signed up for military service. Who gave their time, and their lives to defend this great country. I pray for their families who worried at home day in and day out. And I am grateful for the sacrifices made.
Please, take a few moments today to remember that day, and pray as your heart is led. Let's not forget what happened. "All gave some. Some gave all."


The Club would like to remind supporters that all fans will receive a paper ticket for this weekend’s Play-Off Semi-Final at Craven Cottage.
Stefan Johansen’s ferocious strike at Norwich City has been named Fulham’s Coral Goal of the Month for April.
Tickets for Fulham's Play-Off Semi-Final second leg against Reading are now on sale to Season Ticket Holders with 700+ loyalty points.
Jim & Jamie preview the Play-Off semi-finals against Reading this coming Saturday at the Cottage.
Neeskens Kebano has won his second Man of the Match award of the season following his goal scoring exploits in Sheffield.
Supporters can now take advantage of Regular Prices on 17/18 Season Tickets until 5pm, Friday 26th May.
The Whites were knocked out of the PL2 Play-Off Semi-Final at St James' Park on Monday evening 2-0.
Tickets for Fulham's Play-Off Semi-Final second leg against Reading will go on sale to Season Ticket Holders from 2pm on Tuesday 9th May.
Lucas Piazon says Fulham can finally put all their focus on Reading after securing a victory at Hillsborough.
Here's how the events of Sunday unfolded on Twitter, as Fulham signed off the regular season with a win v Sheffield Wednesday.


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Throughout the dark and horrifying pictures of death and inhumanity, Erich Remarque scatters a profound brilliance, a redeeming quality, in one of the greatest war novels of all time, All Quiet on the Western Front. During this stirring novel, 20-year-old Paul BÃÂ¤umer, a German soldier of World War I, was thrown into a frenzied world of blood and bombardment, flung pitilessly into the vile world of war. Nonetheless, the senseless battle in which Paul and his fellow soldiers struggled "had awakened in [them] the sense of comradeship" (Remarque, 274). This magnificent sense of brotherhood was sadly all that these hardened and valiant men had to keep them trudging ahead, all that they had to give them a reason to look forward to tomorrow. Between the often unseen heroes of battle lies an unfaltering devotion to each other, devotion stronger than these men themselves. Paul's cherished relationships saved him more than once throughout the novel.
In the face of fear, death, destruction and hopelessness, he turned to these faithful men, his comrades:
They are more to me than life, these voices, they are more than motherliness and more than fear; they are the strongest, most comforting thing there is anywhere: they are the voices of my comrades (212).
The most remarkable picture of comradeship created by Remarque is the intimate loyalty and understanding that the war had forged between Paul and Kat. As they sat together roasting a stolen goose, we are given our first glimpse into the extraordinary bond that these men, terribly forlorn, shared. Though they had not known each other for great lengths of time, they felt completely at ease with one another, "so intimate that [they] do not even speak" (94). While bringing up food to the trenches near the end of the novel, Kat was hit...

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Introduction:Pets give companionship and love, but not every pet is right for every person. Many factors have to be considered before getting a pet - space, finances and time. For those wanting a low cost and low maintenance pet, parakeets may be the best choice.
Parakeets are inexpensive to buy and have low maintenance costs, making them great pets. You can purchase a parakeet for around twenty dollars and bird seed is also cheap. Save even more money by buying a used cage instead of a new one.
Parakeets, unlike cats and dogs, do not require yearly vaccines. Parakeets need vet visits only when sick. Keep those costs at a minimum by caring properly for your parakeet.
Parakeets only need a little space, making them perfect for apartment dwellers. Landlords that say "no" to cats and dogs often will say yes to a parakeet.
Parakeets need a clean cage, food and water. Their physical care requires less than 15 minutes a day, making them a great pet for busy people. You wont have to brush them, walk them or clean up hair balls.
These little birds entertain and engage us with their sunny personalities and their social natures. Parakeets love human interaction and are trainable. Some parakeets even learn to talk. Put on some music and your parakeet may sing and dance for you.
Consider your decision to get a pet carefully. All pets require a certain level of commitment. Remember that when you adopt a pet, you are responsible for the animal for as long as it lives. Be sure you are ready before bringing any pet, even a parakeet, into your home.
I love this list...there are many pets who are abandoned or given away because the owners had no idea what they were getting into. Investigate, investigate, investigate, is what one needs to do before choosing a pet. Highfive!
I loved having parakeets! I had them in all colors in a large glass case for sever years. I kept them all but never replaced them. They were a lot of work to keep clean. I enjoy my friends parrots now.
I like your final thoughts - even parakeets end up at the local humane shelter over here. Great list.
Excellent list about Parakeets for pets.
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Due to its robust operation and high performance during bad weather conditions and overnight as well as the ability of using the Doppler Effect to measure directly the velocity of objects, the radar sensor is used in many application fields. Especially in automotive many radar sensors are used for the perception of the environment to increase the safety of the traffic. To increase the security level especially for vulnerable road users (VRU’s) like pedestrians or cyclists, radar sensors are used in driver assistance systems. Radar sensors are also used in the infrastructure, e.g. a commercial application is the detection of cars and pedestrians to manage traffic lights. Furthermore, radar sensors installed in the infrastructure are used in research projects for safeguarding future autonomous traffic. The object recognition and accuracy of radar-based sensing in the infrastructure can be increased by cooperating radar systems, which consist out of several sensors. This paper focus on the data fusion method of two radar sensors to increase the performance of detection and localization. For data fusion the high level cluster data of the two radar sensors are used as input data in a neuronal net (NN) structure. The results are compared to the localization obtained by using only a single radar sensor operating with an ordinary tracking algorithm. First, different models for chosen region of interests (ROI) and operating mode of cooperative sensors are developed and the data structure is discussed. In addition, the data are preprocessed with a coordinate transformation and time synchronization for both sensors, as well as the noise filtering to reduce the amount of clusters for the algorithm. Furthermore, three NN structures (CNN, DNN and LSTM) for static + dynamic objects and only dynamic objects are created, trained and discussed. Also, based on the results further improvements for the NN performance will be discussed.
Mr. Egor Streck, Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt, GERMANY Dipl.-Ing. Peter Schmok, ADC Automotive Distance Control Systems GmbH (Continental), GERMANY Dr. Klaus Schneider, Conti Themic microelectronic GmbH, GERMANY Dr.-Ing. Hueseyin Erdogan, Conti Themic microelectronic GmbH, GERMANY Prof. Dr. Gordon Elger, Fraunhofer-Institut für Verkehrs- und Infrastruktursysteme IVI, GERMANY


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Battle to safeguard sheep
By Johann Tasker
THE uproar was phenomenal. Within days of the BBCs decision to axe One Man and His Dog, thousands of letters from angry viewers poured in from across the country.
The shows presenter, Robin Page, delivered the letters to BBC Television Centre. He accused the BBC of "dumbing down" and ignoring the rural community for the sake of viewers.
"Its obviously potty because the BBC is meant to be a public service broadcaster," Mr Page told farmers weekly this week.
One Man and His Dog appears to have won a reprieve – for the time being at least. The BBC has agreed to screen a special episode at Christmas before deciding whether it has enough viewers to film a future series.
But now the sheep, rather than the dogs, are under threat. Producers claim that government plans to reduce livestock subsidies and instead pay hill farmers to look after the environment will des- troy the structure of the industry.
Official statistics show lamb and mutton production has boomed over the past 20 years, despite a drop in domestic demand which has seen consumption fall by half (see graph). MAFF advisers argue that reducing sheep support is all the more vital if lamb is to compete with reduced beef prices emanating from reform of the common agricultural policy.
"We are pressing for a reduction in the support price for the sheepmeat sector," said a MAFF departmental report released last week.
CAP reform also threatens to spell the end for the hill livestock compensation allowance scheme which pays farmers up to £8.88 a year for each of their sheep. The intention is to revise the scheme and link environmental conditions to subsidies which will be paid on the area farmed, rather than livestock numbers.
The clearest indication yet of the governments plans came last week. Mike Roper, a meat trade adviser for MAFF, suggested that hill farmers should consider becoming environmental managers rather than meat producers.
"It may be that the most appropriate production for hill sheep would be managing the environment," he told delegates to the British Society of Animal Science conference at Scarborough.
Mr Ropers statement was welcomed by environmental campaigners who claim that paying farmers for keeping sheep encourages over-stocking on some of the most sensitive upland areas of the country.
But the suggestion outraged sheep industry leaders. Mr Roper should be "considering his position," said John Thorley, chief executive of the National Sheep Association.
"I have never known a MAFF official to publicly discuss a personal view which is so at variance with sheep industry thinking."
MAFF officials denied accusations that Mr Ropers statement was carefully scripted to gauge farmer-reaction ahead of a more official announcement. But some are privately pleased that the idea of a major review of the sheep sector is out in the open without it being initiated by the government.
Meanwhile, Mr Thorley is fuming. This week he cancelled a holiday to request a meeting with farm minister Nick Brown. And it looks like he will fight as hard for the sheep industry as Mr Page has for his TV show. *


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NYC Pride Week: Who’s In on OUT’s 2013 Hot List?
OUT magazine, the world’s leading gay fashion and lifestyle brand, teams up with the It Gets Better Project for a New York Pride 2013 celebration sure to piqué a lot of interest this summer. Presented by Subaru, Tuesday night’s star-studded cocktail reception toasts OUT‘s annual ‘Hot List’ issue at XL Nightclub, deemed New York City’s largest gay nightclub and entertainment complex.
Stay tuned for photos and more event coverage as part of my ‘Be Proud’ blog series celebrating NYC Pride Week. In support of the It Gets Better Project’s new Wells Fargo partnership, guests will record short testimonials throughout the night, which will be added to a video booklet as part of a greater social movement aimed at ending harassment of LGBT youth.
This year, OUT‘s ‘Hot List’ issue features Star Trek hottie Chris Pine on its cover. Word has it that one of my faves, Big Ang of VH1’s Mob Wives, made the list and she’ll join Tuesday’s festivities. Others include the ever-fabulous Lady Bunny, Randy Jones of Village People fame, Blair Late and Jeff Pedersen (Bravo’s Newlyweds), American Idol‘s Kimberly Locke, Shawn Knights, Kiku Polk and Artie Thompson (Bravo’s Chef Roble & Co.), actor/writer Gerald McCulloch and Jonathan Tolins (writer/producer).
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Wells Fargo/It Gets Better campaign: https://www.wellsfargo.com/jump/enterprise/itgetsbetter?mplx=6878-51580-3408-44

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Content Warning: Review contains graphic language and descriptions. Continue at personal discretion.
Trigger Warning: Film contains brief scenes of suicide and attempted rape, as well as graphic violence and self-mutilation.
Netflix rating: 1.9 stars
Personal rating: 3 stars
Film rating: R
At this point in the semester, I’ve seen some shit on Netflix. From humans sown ass-to-face to Satan in a sweater vest, it’s been a wild ride. However, never before this semester have I been so disturbed. That’s right, David Guy Levy’s Would You Rather has beat out The Human Centipede as the most disturbing movie I’ve reviewed thus far. While The Human Centipede was certainly filled with gore and the dark demons that live in the recesses of the human psyche, WYR was disturbing on a whole other level.
The concept of WYR is not a new one. A group of people is trapped in a house and must do disturbing, violent, unspeakable things to themselves and others in order for at least one of them to survive/escape. Nothing groundbreaking here. What was interesting was the way the film was set up. This group of strangers wasn’t brought together by some social pariah driven by a shitty childhood and/or mental instability. The antagonist seems to be a fairly stable, extremely successful business man who’s in the business of helping others. The only catch is that he chooses how to help by way of “to-the-death” slumber party games.
This was actually a pretty good movie. The film itself was well-made, the dialogue was never over-dramatic or redundant, and every character was distinct and unique–something that really helped drive the plot. However, I couldn’t help but cringe throughout the viewing process. Here I was, a lonely college student on an average weeknight, curled up in my bed watching strangers slowly descend into barbaric, survivalist madness under the gaze of a calm, well-mannered businessman. A man was whipped to death with an African whipping stick, an old woman stabbed with an ice pick, and a man shot without more than ten seconds’ thought.
And there I sat.
Just like the man running the game. I sat and watched as these characters shocked and stabbed and beat themselves and each other for the enjoyment of not only the man leading the dinner party, but for mine as well. What society is this where we can believably create characters who enjoy watching financially-crippled individuals fight for their lives in a twisted parlor game? What society is this where this movie is marketed for enjoyment?
And how accurate is this film? How far are any of us willing to go to save ourselves, or the ones we love? Are we willing to maim and injure ourselves and others? Are we willing to kill? Are we willing to die?
I would go on longer, but thinking back to this movie is actually fucking me up to the point that I think I need to wrap this up. But hey, maybe that’s just me. My sister loved it – cracked up at it, even. However, I’m fairly certain my sister is Satan, so that’s not much of a surprise. If this movie sounds like your cup of tea, be my guest. It won’t disappoint. However, if you – like me – are pretty easily affected by movies that delve into the dark corners of the human psyche and refuse to leave, you may want to pass on this one. You can always take a crack at an episode of How I Met Your Mother or Buffy the Vampire Slayer to get your daily Netflix fix.

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Mapping techniques that help identify where erosion channels will likely form could help farmers and conservation professionals do a better job of designing and locating grassed waterways in agricultural fields.
Tom Mueller, associate professor in the University of Kentucky (UK), College of Agriculture, guided Adam Pike, UK graduate student, on a project that examined whether reliable prediction models could be created to identify eroded waterways from digital terrain information such as landscape curvature and estimates of water flow from upslope areas.
"The terrain attributes were calculated from elevation data obtained with survey-grade GPS measurements collected on a farm in the Outer Bluegrass Region of Kentucky," Mueller explains.
Results from the study are published in the September-October issue of Agronomy Journal. This work supported by a special grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The authors developed equations that accurately identified the potential locations of erosion-prone areas. They found that simple regression methods could be used to fit these equations as well as more complex non-linear neural-network procedures. The equations were used to map areas in fields where erosion was predicted. These areas corresponded very well with actual field observations of erosion. This work was confirmed with a leave-one-field-out validation procedure.
Research showed these maps could help conservation planners and farmers identify where erosion from concentrated flow is likely to occur, but not necessarily the exact shapes of these features. Field site-assessments would still likely be required for verification and to accurately delineate the boundaries of erosion-prone areas.
Mueller stated, "while this study is promising, more work is needed to determine whether these techniques can also be used with USGS digital elevation grids and from elevation data obtained with light detecting and ranging (LIDAR) data. Further, we need to evaluate whether models can be developed to predict across larger geographic areas."
Mueller is conducting follow-up research to evaluate quality of erosion predictions created with 10-m USGS data sets and evaluating the performance of these models on fields in western Kentucky. He hopes to present the results of some of this work at the 2009 Annual American Society of Agronomy Meetings.
The full article is available for no charge for 30 days following the date of this summary. View the abstract at http://agron.scijournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/101/5/1068.
A peer-reviewed international journal of agriculture and natural resource sciences, Agronomy Journal is published six times a year by the American Society of Agronomy, with articles relating to original research in soil science, crop science, agroclimatology and agronomic modeling, production agriculture, and software. For more information visit: http://agron.scijournals.org.
The American Society of Agronomy (ASA) www.agronomy.org, is a scientific society helping its 8,000+ members advance the disciplines and practices of agronomy by supporting professional growth and science policy initiatives, and by providing quality, research-based publications and a variety of member services.
Kakao in Monokultur verträgt Trockenheit besser als Kakao in Mischsystemen
18.09.2017 | Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Ultrasound sensors make forage harvesters more reliable
28.08.2017 | Fraunhofer-Institut für Zerstörungsfreie Prüfverfahren IZFP
Plants and algae use the enzyme Rubisco to fix carbon dioxide, removing it from the atmosphere and converting it into biomass. Algae have figured out a way to increase the efficiency of carbon fixation. They gather most of their Rubisco into a ball-shaped microcompartment called the pyrenoid, which they flood with a high local concentration of carbon dioxide. A team of scientists at Princeton University, the Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford University and the Max Plank Institute of Biochemistry have unravelled the mysteries of how the pyrenoid is assembled. These insights can help to engineer crops that remove more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere while producing more food.
A warming planet
Our brains house extremely complex neuronal circuits, whose detailed structures are still largely unknown. This is especially true for the so-called cerebral cortex of mammals, where among other things vision, thoughts or spatial orientation are being computed. Here the rules by which nerve cells are connected to each other are only partly understood. A team of scientists around Moritz Helmstaedter at the Frankfiurt Max Planck Institute for Brain Research and Helene Schmidt (Humboldt University in Berlin) have now discovered a surprisingly precise nerve cell connectivity pattern in the part of the cerebral cortex that is responsible for orienting the individual animal or human in space.
The researchers report online in Nature (Schmidt et al., 2017. Axonal synapse sorting in medial entorhinal cortex, DOI: 10.1038/nature24005) that synapses in...
Whispering gallery mode (WGM) resonators are used to make tiny micro-lasers, sensors, switches, routers and other devices. These tiny structures rely on a...
Using ultrafast flashes of laser and x-ray radiation, scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (Garching, Germany) took snapshots of the briefest electron motion inside a solid material to date. The electron motion lasted only 750 billionths of the billionth of a second before it fainted, setting a new record of human capability to capture ultrafast processes inside solids!
When x-rays shine onto solid materials or large molecules, an electron is pushed away from its original place near the nucleus of the atom, leaving a hole...
For the first time, physicists have successfully imaged spiral magnetic ordering in a multiferroic material. These materials are considered highly promising candidates for future data storage media. The researchers were able to prove their findings using unique quantum sensors that were developed at Basel University and that can analyze electromagnetic fields on the nanometer scale. The results – obtained by scientists from the University of Basel’s Department of Physics, the Swiss Nanoscience Institute, the University of Montpellier and several laboratories from University Paris-Saclay – were recently published in the journal Nature.
Multiferroics are materials that simultaneously react to electric and magnetic fields. These two properties are rarely found together, and their combined...
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UPDATE (18th February 19:28 BST):This report has been updated with comment from Butterfly Labs.
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced that it has reached a settlement with bitcoin mining hardware maker Butterfly Labs after it sued the firm in 2014.
At the time, the FTC accused Butterfly Labs of deceptive business practices related to the development and sale of bitcoin mining equipment, as well as the receipt of customer funds for product preorders.
today that it has settled charges filed against Butterfly Labs and two of its officers: vice president of product development Sonny Vleisides, who has an ownership stake in the firm, and general manager Darla Drake.
Of the $38,615,161 judgment ordered against Butterfly Labs and Vleisides, the defendants are required to pay $15,000 and $4,000, respectively, after which the remaining amount will be suspended. A judgment of $135,878 against Drake will be suspended following receipt of payment constituting “the cash value of all Bitcoins she obtained using company machines”.
According to the FTC, these suspensions are due to an inability on the part of the defendants to pay. Butterfly Labs, Fleisides and Drake would be required to pay the full amounts in the event the terms of the agreement are broken.
Further, defendants are prohibited from making false representations about their bitcoin mining products in the future, and cannot take preorder payments from customers “unless those products are available and will be delivered within 30 days”.
“Even in the fast-moving world of virtual currencies like Bitcoin, companies can’t deceive people about their products. These settlements will prevent the defendants from misleading consumers,” Jessica Rich, director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, said in a statement.
In a statement, Butterfly Labs said that it continues to dispute the FTC's suit and is focusing its attention on processing customer refunds.
“BFL continues to believe that the FTC case had no merit, but agreed to settle for $15,000 to avoid ongoing litigation expenses and conserve remaining assets for payment of refunds to consumers," the firm said.
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Gina Kimmel Net Worth 2020, Early Life, Married Life, Career and Net Worth
Gina Kimmel Net Worth – Gina Kimmel is the owner of a Vintage-Inspire Loungewear business, Maddy James. Kimmel is the ex-wife of American TV host and comedian, Jimmy Kimmel.
Gina Kimmel Net Worth
Early Life, Family and Education
Gina Kimmel was born Gina Maddy on 13th December 1964 in the United States of America, under the birth sign Sagittarius. Kimmel is Sagittarius which defines her personality to be vibrant and exciting. She is American as per nationality and ethnicity-wise, she is White-American.
Gina Kimmel is in a relationship with a guy whom she addresses as Mr. Jones. She posts several cozy pictures with the guy. The couple, however, has not revealed their relationship yet. The couple is enjoying each other’s company.
Previously, Kimmel was married to popular American TV host and comedian, Jimmy Kimmel. They tied the knot on 25th June 1988 in a private ceremony after dating for several years. The couple met for the first time while studying at Arizona State University and were college sweethearts.
The couple shares two children, Katie, and Kevin Kimmel. Their first child, Katie was born in 1991 and the second child Kevin was born on 19th September 1993.
In 2002, Kimmel filed for divorce after living together for almost 14 years. The reason for their separation has not been revealed but sources cite it as the irreconcilable differences between the pair.
After the divorce, she moved to Chicago area and disappeared from the limelight for a certain period of time. As per some online source, she started her career in redesigning classic Hollywood lingerie.
Kimmel is running her own online retailer of vintage-inspired lingerie company named, Maddy James. Also, she often writes about her family on her blog.
Initially, Gina Kimmel worked as a costume designer and a wardrobe supervisor in the American film industry. Kimmel is well known for her work in the 2012 movie, Party like the Queen of France. Her work in 2012 movie, Party Like the Rich and Famous was praised by fans and critics.
In 1999, Kimmel appeared as herself in Jimmy Kimmel’s comedy TV show, The Man Show starring Adam Carolla, Vanessa Kay, Joe Rogan, and Nicole Pulliam. Later, she launched Vintage-Inspire Loungewear business, Maddy James. The website says,
‘’ Who among us has watched a movie from the Golden Age of Hollywood and not lusted for the delicious nightgowns and pajamas that the starlets were wearing?’’
Kimmel passed a statement regarding the establishment of her business,
Besides, she also writes several blogs about her family on the website.
Gina Kimmel’s Net Worth And Salary
Gina Kimmel has an estimated six-figure net worth as per some sources, however, the amount is still under review.
The average salary for a movie custom designer ranges from $44,150 to $90,590, which means her salary also comes under the range.
She started her career as a fashion designer on various television projects. Her first work in the industry was in 1999 on The Man Show. She has also worked as a costume designer and appeared on projects such as the 2012 movies Party Like the Rich and Famous and Party Like the Queen of France.
She worked as a freelance designer and started her own business, Maddy James Inc., vintage-inspired loungewear.
As of 2018, her major source of income is her Maddy James Vintage-Inspire Loungewear. She sells different types of loungewear from the website.


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The air flow to the lungs is disturbed by a partial or complete collapse of the upper airways of patients suffering from Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Numerical simulations on patient specific models may be used to extract pathophysiological parameters like flow velocity and pressure distribution in the human pharynx and can evaluate the severity of the disease and the success of a therapy. In this work, Computational Fluid Dynamics are used to simulate the air flow in the natural pharyngeal geometry of a patient as well as in the deformed pharyngeal geometry of the same patient treated with a dental appliance. The simulations are performed with two different types of boundary conditions. It is found that a realistic choice of a pressure drop boundary condition shows a significant change in the pressure distribution for the different geometries. In using an inflow velocity as boundary condition a change in the dimensionless Reynolds number based on the flow velocity can be observed. However, a comparison of two different turbulence models showed no significant differences in the flow predictions.
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Will a doctor tell you if medical malpractice occurred?
Jan Hinson is an attorney with the Law Offices of Jan V. Hinson. She has over 20 years of legal experience and she has offices in Greenville, South Carolina, and Alpharetta, Georgia. In this Quick Question, she explains that doctors are trained not to admit when malpractice occurs. The best way to find out if the doctor committed malpractice is to speak with an attorney.
To learn more, contact the attorney directly by calling 888-364-0226 or by submitting a contact form on this page. The consultation is free and confidential, and you owe no out-of-pocket attorney fees.
It’s important to remember that the majority of doctors are highly trained professionals who enter the field of medicine in order to help people. That being said, like in any field, mistakes do happen. When mistakes occur in medicine, the consequences can be serious and patients have the right to an explanation regarding their health condition.
However, this can be tricky to obtain when insurance companies get involved and put pressure on doctors to avoid saying anything which could potentially implicate them in a new or worsened condition. Some signs that medical malpractice have occurred may include a reticence of your medical team to discuss a particular operation or medical treatment with you, resistance when you request a copy of your medical records, and any post-treatment symptoms that seem out of line with the typical symptoms of another patient in the same situation.
Medical malpractice occurs when a health care professional, such as a doctor, nurse, or surgeon, or healthcare facility, such as a clinic, hospital, or emergency room, does not exercise a proper standard of care, which results in the serious injury or death of a patient. This may include new or worsened injuries.
Common types of medical malpractice include doctor errors or negligence, infections, misdiagnosis, failure to diagnose, delay in diagnosis, and even surgical errors such as operating on the wrong body part or leaving objects in the body after surgery. It’s easy to see that the consequences of medical malpractice can be lasting or even permanent, so it is important to address the issue immediately if you suspect malpractice has occurred.
All doctors are required to have insurance that protects them in the event of a medical mistake. However, there is often a pressure put on policyholders to make less of a situation than reality would indicate. The companies that ensure doctors may try to convince the doctor from discussing your situation with you if it could indicate any evidence of malpractice.
This is why it’s a good idea to contact a medical malpractice attorney if you fear that a new or worsened injury might have occurred due to medical malpractice. These attorneys know how to communicate with doctors and insurance companies to get to the root of the matter in order to obtain the help their clients need. It may help to note that most medical malpractice attorneys work on a contingency fee basis, which means you won’t be required to pay for their services unless/until they win your case.
To learn more, contact Jan Hinson directly by calling 888-364-0226 or by submitting a contact form on this page. The consultation is free and confidential, and you owe no out-of-pocket attorney fees.
Will a doctor tell me if I've suffered medical malpractice? We asked Georgia attorney Jan Hinson in this AskTheLawyers.com Quick Question.
Doctors are wonderful people and they go into their professions to help people, that's what they do, but mistakes are made. And the doctor is going to be counseled by their insurance company, they all have insurance, they're going to be counseled not to be talking to you about the mistakes that they even know they made. So the best plan for you is to consult with an attorney who represents people who've been harmed by medical mistakes.
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The cookies are crushed with the help of the food processor. Then mix with butter at room temperature and powdered sugar until smooth and a compact mass is obtained.
The composition is placed in a tray with a removable bottom, of approx. 28 cm, lined with parchment sheet. Press well until it is uniform on the bottom of the tray and leave it to cool, until the cream is prepared.
Washed and cleaned strawberries are passed through a blender or food processor. The gelatin is hydrated in cold water, approx. 10 min.
I mixed sour cream with powdered sugar, vanilla sugar and mascarpone.
Separately, I mixed the whipped cream.
The cottage cheese, vanilla sugar and powdered sugar are mixed vigorously with the mixer until smooth. Then add the whipping cream and mix vigorously until you get a cream cheese.
The hydrated gelatin is put on the fire, stirring constantly over low heat, until it reaches the boiling point, then the fire is stopped and left to cool, stirring so that it does not coagulate.
From the cooled gelatin, take a tablespoon and add it to the strawberry puree, stirring until incorporated. Add the rest to the cream cheese and mix until incorporated.
The cream cheese is divided into about two equal parts. To one side, add the strawberry puree and mix until a uniform cream is obtained. Pour over the cookie sheet, then let cool for approx. 10 min, preferably in the freezer.
Meanwhile, prepare the transparent gelatin, mix the gelatin powder with the sugar and cold water, then put it on low heat, stirring constantly, until it reaches the boiling point, until it becomes translucent. Turn off the heat and allow to cool, stirring to prevent clotting.
Remove the cake from the cold, add the white cream, then garnish according to the taste of each with strawberries, pour the cooled gelatin, lightly, over the entire surface, then leave to cool for approx. 2 hours, if you can't resist until the next day. Good luck and good luck!


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Anybody who’s at least a bit interested in astronomy knows very well that the Universe is constantly expanding. It has been expanding since the Big Bang, which is thought to be the very moment when our Universe was born.
Astronomers were stunned back in the 1920s when the observations of the American astronomer Edwin Hubble revealed that the Universe was expanding. Until that moment, the generally accepted idea for astronomers was that of a static model of the Universe.
But astronomers kept discovering new things about the expansion itself. For instance, they were also surprised to find out that there’s a driving force behind the expansion itself that makes it accelerate. Without it, the Universe should stop expanding at some point and collapse back towards the singularity from where it came from roughly 13.7 billion years ago. That driving force is known as dark energy, and scientists know pretty much nothing else about it.
The Universe now expands much faster than expected
According to abc13.com, NASA revealed that the Universe is now expanding at a faster rhythm than expected after they’ve studied new data provided by the Hubble Space Telescope.
Scientists have also observed that other galaxies are moving away from our Milky Way faster than expected.
Here’s an important statement made in a news release, as the same publication mentioned above quotes:
The cause of this discrepancy remains a mystery. But Hubble data, encompassing a variety of cosmic objects that serve as distance markers, support the idea that something weird is going on, possibly involving brand new physics.
There are billions of galaxies out there in the observable Universe, so we shouldn’t think even for a second that scientists will ever run out of homework.
As you’ve probably already guessed, the Hubble Space Telescope that’s operated by NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) and that gathered information about the Universe since 1990, was named after the great astronomer Edwin Hubble.