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We are told, time and time again, that the government should spend taxpayer money wisely, efficiently, and sustainably. Often these pronouncements are followed by promises to use taxpayer money well by cutting government spending and making efficiency improvements. There is an assumption behind these statements that is utterly inaccurate and dishonest, however. Namely, that there is such a thing as "taxpayer money."
The benefit for the ruling class in this arrangement is obvious; the loss for society manifold. The rapid normalisation of tuition fees demonstrates neatly the insidiousness of the neoliberal ideology. Now students are consumers, they are individuals set against each other in a competition for employment so that they can service their loans.
As much as I can appreciate that finances should be private to some extent, and that individuals have a right to be considered separately from their partners, I just can't imagine keeping a secret credit card or putting lots of effort into hiding big purchases from my partner on a regular basis. I certainly wouldn't dream of hiding £100,000 from him!
When Mozambique celebrated the 40 year anniversary of independence on 25 June, it was a time for reflection on the gains and losses made by the country which has experienced rapid shifts from civil conflict, to democratic consolidation and exponential economic growth driven by commodity discoveries. A mark of how far Mozambique has come since 1975 was demonstrated last year, when it undertook its first voyage in to international debt markets.
The election result was a big shock: no one predicted the Conservatives would win an outright majority and no one forecast the SNP tsunami. It has shown us that the old rules no long apply. What once was does not have to be. Despite the perceived political differences, if towns and cities across the UK grasp that, the future doesn't have to be blue.
After the Greatest Generation, the Baby Boomers, Generation X and the Millennials, today's young people look set to be Generation Screwed unless politicians take action. With less than six weeks until the election, politicians should stop treating young people as a youthful but silent cash cow of borrowed money, just because they don't cast as many votes as the elderly.
New Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis is cutting a dash as he jets around Europe economy class. It certainly makes a change to see a leader so seemingly down to earth even if I think he'd look more credible with his shirt tucked in. But as the rest of the Eurozone wonders how to solve a problem called Syriza what are the rights and wrongs of this situation and where can the solution be found?


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With Cyclone Fani expected to make a landfall in Odisha anytime after tomorrow afternoon, authorities are carrying out evacuations on a war footing in the low-lying coastal areas to ensure no lives are lost by the cyclonic storm, said to be the worst since the super cyclone of 1999 that killed around 10,000 people and devastated large parts of the state.
At least 14 Odisha districts – Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Balasore, Bhadrak, Ganjam, Khurda, Jajpur, Nayagarh, Cuttack, Gajapati, Mayurbhanj, Dhenkanal and Keonjhar – are likely to bear the brunt of the cyclone Fani, which is likely to make landfall between Gopalpur and Chandbali anytime after tomorrow afternoon, with wind speed of up to 200 km per hour.
Over eight lakh people will be moved to 880 cyclone centres, school and college buildings and other structures that have been set up for the purpose. According to Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) B P Sethi, this is the largest-ever evacuation operation in the country.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD), in its latest update, said Fani was currently about 430 km south-southwest of Puri in Odisha, 225 km south-southeast of Vishakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh and 650 km south-southwest of Digha in West Bengal.
Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik urged people to stay calm and help each other.
— Sudarsan Pattnaik (@sudarsansand) May 2, 2019
The cyclonic storm is likely to move north-northeastwards and cross the Odisha coast near Puri tomorrow with wind speed of 170-180 kmph and gusting up to 200 kmph.
Cyclone Fani – also pronounced as ‘FONI’ — is being tracked by Doppler Weather Radars at Chennai, Vishakhapatnam and Machilipatnam, the SRC said.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who reviewed the preparedness on Wednesday evening, has asked the authorities to give special attention to pregnant women, children, elderly people and differently-abled persons. Arrangements have been made to start free kitchens to provide cooked food to the evacuees, the SRC said.
– H & FW Dept Odisha (@HFWOdisha) May 1, 2019
Over one lakh dry food packets have been kept ready for air dropping in the areas to be affected by the cyclonic storm.
Cyclone Fani, which will make landfall in south Puri, is expected to be the worst storm since the super cyclone of 1999 that claimed close to 10,000 lives and devastated large parts of the state.
Navy, Air Force, Army and Coast Guard have been put on high alert to meet any eventuality. Personnel of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF) and fire service have been sent to vulnerable areas to assist the administration, an official said.
The evacuation exercise from low lying areas is expected to be completed by today evening, Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) B P Sethi said.

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text: Both ocean warming and acidification have been demonstrated to affect the growth, performance and reproductive success of calcifying invertebrates. However, relatively little is known regarding how such environmental change may affect interspecific interactions. We separately treated green crabs Carcinus maenas and periwinkles Littorina littorea under conditions that mimicked either ambient conditions (control) or warming and acidification, both separately and in combination, for 5 mo. After 5 mo, the predators, prey and predator-prey interactions were screened for changes in response to environmental change. Acidification negatively affected the closer-muscle length of the crusher chela and correspondingly the claw-strength increment in C. maenas. The effects of warming and/or acidification on L. littorea were less consistent but indicated weaker shells in response to acidification. On the community level, however, we found no evidence that predator-prey interactions will change in the future. Further experiments exploring the impacts of warming and acidification on key ecological interactions are needed instead of basing predictions of ecosystem change solely on species-specific responses to environmental change.

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Natrum Muriaticum (200C) - mainly for patients who are irritated very easily and get upset over little things. The person remains depressed with weeping when alone and it always gets aggravated when someone tries to console. The persons requiring this medicine feel very hot and cannot bear the heat of sun. They suffer from severe headaches when exposed to sun. An unusual craving for salt in excess is always present in a person who is recommended this Homeopathic medicine. Another important symptom guiding towards using Homeopathic remedy Natrum Muriaticum is when a Hyperthyroid patient keeps on losing weight despite having regular and proper meals. The person looks very weak, especially around the neck region. The patient feels very weak especially in morning when in bed. The heart rate always remains on the higher side. This natural Homeopathic medicine can also help in regularizing the menstrual cycle in women with Hyperthyroidism whose menses remain suppressed for too long.
Lachesis Mutus (200C) is of great help for patients of Hyperthyroidism who suffer from the sensation of the body feeling extremely hot. Such patients cannot wear tight clothes and always keep their collars around the neck and the belt around the waist loose. For the prescription of this natural Homeopathic medicine, the mental symptoms that are usually considered are sadness with an aversion to do any kind of work. The person does not wish to mix up and wants to go somewhere alone. Excessive talkativeness is a leading mind symptom for the use of Homeopathic medicine Lachesis Mutus. It is also the Homeopathic remedy for women of menopause age suffering from Hyperthyroidism. The women complain of excessive hot flushes and palpitations. The menstrual flow is very less and the duration is also short. Feeling of wellness during menses is an important feature for its use in women. Another leading feature is complaint of pounding of heart or palpitations with episodes of fainting. Worsening of the condition during sleep is a prominent symptom for the use of this Homeopathic medicine in Hyperthyroid patients.
Phosphorus (200C) Homeopathic treatment for Hyperthyroidism with extreme sensitivity, hairfall, feeling hungry after eating. It is of great help for tall and thin patients who are very sensitive to external impressions like touch, odour, light. This Homeopathic medicine can be used for treating longstanding diarrhoea in patients of Hyperthyroidism. The patient complains of very profuse and offensive stool with weakness of extreme degree. Appetite of such persons increases and they feel hungry immediately after eating. Another sphere where this medicine proves to be useful in patients of Hyperthyroidism is in controlling excessive hairfall where the patient complains of falling of hair in bunches. Certain peculiar eating habits also give a hint in using this medicine in Hyperthyroid patients like a craving for meat, salty things, cold drinks and ice creams.
Conium Maculatum (200C) is a very beneficial natural Homeopathic remedy for patients of Hyperthyroidism who are very depressed and do not take any interest in work. The patient gets irritated easily and suffers from weakness of memory. This Homeopathic medicine works well for patients who experience trembling in hands along with perspiration on hands. Conium Maculatum is also a useful Homeopathic cure for menstrual problems faced by women due to Hyperthyroidism where the menses appear late and that too for a short time and are very scanty in nature.
Fucus ves Q - A specific remedy for obesity and non toxic goiter. Protrusion of eye balls. Thyroid enlargement
Lycopus 3x - Useful in cases of exophthalmic goiter with heart diseases
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Dr. Rawat Choudhary says commonly used medicines in the treatment of Hyperthyroidism are: Iodum 30, Thyroidinum 30, Nat Mur 30 and Fucus Ves Q Mother Tincture. Watch his YouTube video titled 'Hyperthyroidism (हाइपरथायरायडिज्म) का परमानेंट इलाज | Permanent Treatment' to know more
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- Thyroidinum 1000 or 1M, 2 drop in Morning. This homeopathy medicine is a glandular extract and works effectively in thyroid dysfunction
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Students and community members alike will celebrate CSUâ€™s agricultural roots through music, food and scholarships this Saturday during the 30th annual Ag Day event, closely followed by the orange out football game against University of Northern Colorado.
â€œThe structure of it is pretty much the same every yearâ€ said Dennis Lamm, coordinator of Ag Day. â€œThere will still be scholarships and great Colorado-grown food, but this year there will be some special speakers in honor of the 30th anniversary.â€
These speakers include the dean of agriculture, the commissioner of agriculture, university athletic director Paul Kowalczyk and CSU President Tony Frank. Speeches will begin at 10:30 a.m. and focus on recognizing important people and scholarship winners throughout the history of Ag Day.
â€œThe scholarships are one of the greatest benefits of Ag Day,â€ Lamm said. â€œThere was one scholarship at the first Ag Day, and now we give 12-15 scholarships a year, each worth $2,000.â€
Lamm has coordinated Ag Day since 2004 and expects this Saturdayâ€™s Ag Day to be as successful as previous years.
â€œWe try to feed 3,500 people in two hours to get ready for kickoff at noon,â€ Lamm said. â€œIn the beginning there were only about 300 attendees of Ag Day.â€
â€œAg day has seen a lot of benefits over the years and has evolved and grown,â€ Lamm added.
The concept of Ag Day began with a beef barbeque started in the 1970s by â€œFumâ€ McGraw, CSUâ€™s athletic director from 1976 to 1986.
â€œMcGraw was very involved,â€ said Jean Lamm, the first coordinator of Ag Day. â€œHe was a rancher as well as football coach and later the athletic director.â€
The barbeque was originally called â€œBeef Day.â€ This tradition lasted for about five or six years before it became Ag Day.
â€œWe asked Fum about adding more commodity groups and creating Ag Day and he agreed to try it out,â€ Jean said.
In the early days, there were activities like cow-milking contests and draft horse-drawn buggies, which were easier to coordinate with a smaller crowd.
â€œIt was not nearly as organized as it is today,â€ Jean said about the structure of Ag Day. â€œWe had a tent that was provided by Coors, there was a flatbed truck for the band, and the people sat on hay bails.â€
â€œThe theme of Ag Day has been food, fun and football from the very beginning,â€ Jean added.
The â€œorange outâ€ is in honor of CSUâ€™s original school colors â€” alfalfa green and pumpkin orange â€”lasting from 1893 until 1909. The team now wears orange throwback jerseys for the first home game of the season. Fans are encouraged to wear orange as well to â€œorange outâ€ the stadium.
â€œI really have appreciated, from the beginning how the athletic department has embraced the concept of Ag Day and has supported it,â€ Jean said.
â€œAg Day is a great opportunity to showcase the wide variety and diversity of agriculture in the state and share information with those who do not understand it,â€ she added. â€œItâ€™s a fun way of promoting one of the most important economic activities of our state.â€
Ag Day isnâ€™t only for members of the Agricultural community. Senior journalism and technical communications major Amanda Ford plans to attend this yearâ€™s festivities.
â€œI have never attended Ag Day before but look forward to going for the first time,â€ Ford said.
Collegian writer Emily Horn can be reached at email@example.com.
- When: Saturday, September 10th 9:30 -11:30 a.m.
- Where: The south side of Hughes Stadium
- Cost: $15 for the meal only, $35.50 for the meal and a football game ticket


In response to North Korea's earlier tests, U.S. President Donald Trump dispatched a naval strike group to waters off the Korean peninsula as a warning to the communist regime to end its nuclear weapons development program.
South Korea's military said the missile flew 500 km, reaching an altitude of 560 km, before landing off Japan's east coast and causing no damage.
Speaking to reporters ahead of a closed-door UN Security Council meeting, US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley also made clear that Washington would only talk to North Korea once it halted its nuclear programme.
Chinese enterprises and banking institutions could be targeted with secondary sanctions because China accounts for about 90 percent of North Korea's trade in terms of total value.
Council members vowed to "fully and comprehensively" implement the six rounds of sanctions the U.N.'s most powerful body has already imposed against North Korea and strongly urged all other U.N. member nations "to do so in an expeditious and serious manner".More news: Local AT&T workers join national strike
"Many more Juche [North Korea's official state ideology] weapons capable of striking the U.S. will be launched from this land".
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered the launch from an observation post and approved its deployment after analyzing the results with officials and finding them ideal, the state news agency said. South Korea and the USA had earlier described Sunday's missile as medium-range.
US President Donald Trump, who is now visiting Saudi Arabia, has not yet respond to North Korea's latest act of provocation.
If North Korea did indeed fire the Pukguksong-2 again, it might be part of attempts to stabilize the system before operationally deploying the missiles, said Kim Dong-yub, an analyst at Seoul's Institute for Far Eastern Studies.
"At the same time, we hope all parties can maintain restraint, not be influenced by every single incident, . persist in carrying out Security Council resolutions on North Korea and persevere with the resolution of the issue through peaceful means, dialogue and consultation".More news: French President-elect Macron gears up for challenges ahead
The Sunday provocation marked the North's eighth missile test this year.
The solid-fuel Pukguksong-2 missile flew about 310 miles and reached a height of 350 miles on Sunday before plunging into the Pacific Ocean.
He noted the Pukguksong-2's solid fuel is of particular concern.
The launch came just one week after the North fired a Hwasong-12 intermediate-range missile, which according to Pyongyang flew nearly 800 kilometres and was capable of carrying a "heavy" nuclear warhead.
Analysts said that at 4,500 km the Hwasong-12 had a longer range than any previous ballistic missile successfully tested by the North, putting USA bases on the Pacific island of Guam within reach - and that it could serve as a platform to develop a long-range inter-continental ballistic missile.More news: Apple, Qualcomm spat intensifies, manufacturers drawn in
Solid fuel is like an explosive jelly, and less corrosive than liquid fuel, meaning it can be easily stored in the rocket's fuel tank, unlike the liquid alternative, which requires specially lined tanks.


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This past Sunday, January 26, marked another increase in postage. It will now cost you 3 cents more to mail a letter at 49 cents. Regulators approved the price hike in December, and it went into effect Sunday. Many people won’t feel the increase right away: Forever stamps are good for first-class postage at whatever the future rate. The last increase for stamps was a year ago, when the cost of sending a letter rose by a penny to 46 cents. The Postal Service lost $5 billion last year and has been trying to get Congress to let it end Saturday delivery and reduce payments on retiree health benefits.
But the largest rate increase in 11 years will be in effect only for about 24 months, the time postal regulators determined it would take the Postal Service to recover recession-related losses.
The new prices will take effect despite legal challenges filed in federal court last week by the mail agency and the industry representing bulk mailers. Both were unhappy with the Postal Regulatory Commission’s Dec. 24 ruling authorizing the increase. The Postal Service is frustrated because the higher price is not permanent, and the mailers are unhappy because the price boost exceeds the rate of inflation at which postage costs have been capped for years.
The cost of a postcard will rise to 34 cents; a first-class additional-ounce stamp to 21 cents; a first-class two-ounce stamp to 70 cents; a first-class three-ounce stamp to 91 cents; and a Priority Mail Express flat-rate stamp to $19.99.
The Postal Service, which sought a permanent, 6 percent rate increase from regulators, is asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to stop the higher price from being phased out in two years. That’s about how long regulators said it would take for the agency to recover its losses from the recession, the justification postal officials used when requesting an emergency or “exigent” increase.
The mailing industry, which depends on low postal rates to keep profits healthy, is asking the same court to overturn the ruling, saying the agency’s request for a hike based on recessionary losses masks other, structural problems.
“We hope the legal system will see through the Postal Service’s fuzzy math,” Mary G. Berner, president of the Association of Magazine Media, said in a statement last week. The association is part of a broad coalition of postal mailers, from direct marketers to newspapers, that is appealing the commission’s ruling.
The court did not stop the Postal Service from moving ahead with the price increase, a 4.3 percent jump regulators allowed on top of the customary 1.7 percent adjustment for inflation.
The Postal Service petitioned regulators for an emergency rate hike last year, claiming it needed $1.4 billion in extra annual revenue to compensate for business losses the agency suffered during the economic downturn between 2008 and 2011.
But the commission rejected a permanent increase, saying that a $2.8 billion infusion from the higher stamp rate over two years should help recoup recession-related losses. Regulators said that allowing the higher rates to become permanent would be in effect asking customers to offset structural losses caused by Americans’ growing use of electronic communications and commercial package-delivery companies.
The Postal Service filed a brief petition with the court Thursday challenging the commission’s ruling. The document says the agency is appealing but gives no details. In a statement on Dec. 24, the Postal Service said it was “disappointed in the [commission’s] decision to limit the duration of a modest exigent rate increase.”
The mail-dependent publishing industries had lobbied against an increase, saying that it would depress mail volume and burden consumers.
“The Postal Service has been losing mail volume to the Internet for years, even with very small annual rate increases,” Art Sackler, executive director of the National Postal Policy Council, another group representing mailers, said in a statement. “To think that as large an increase as this one will not seriously accelerate the decline in mail volume is a miscalculation.”
In addition to first-class mail, the higher rates will apply to magazines, newspapers, advertising mail and bills, which together account for most of the 158 billion pieces of mail delivered every year.
Ann Fisher, a spokeswoman for the Postal Regulatory Commission, said in an e-mail, “Given the nature of the case, an appeal, or two, was expected.”
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India is celebrating its 71st Republic Day today (January 26, 2020) marking it with grand celebrations in the national capital and all across the nation. Republic Day is celebrated to honour the historic date when the country completed its transition towards becoming an independent republic after its constitution came into effect.
71st Republic Day, Brazilian Prez Bolsonaro is the Chief Guest.
What is Republic Day? Why do we celebrate it? History, Importance of Republic Day of India
Captain Tania Shergill, an officer with Army’s Corps of Signals, will be the first woman parade adjutant for the Republic Day parade. A parade adjutant is responsible for the parade.
Shergill is the first woman army officer to become parade adjutant for Republic Day. She also leads the all-men contingent on Army Day. Commissioned in March, 2017, from the Officer Training Academy, Chennai, Shergill is an electronics and communications graduate.
Republic Day is a day to remember when the Constitution of India officially came into force on January 26, 1950. This historical act formally transitioned India to become an independent republic and hence it is celebrated on January 26 every year.
It’s noted that though India gained freedom from the British rule after a long struggle in the wee hours of August 15, 1947. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru delivered his famous speech ‘Tryst with Destiny’, declaring India’s independence to the citizens. But sadly this freedom did not come along with democracy and the right to choose your own Government. Since India didn’t have an official Constitution then, our country was a constitutional monarchy under the rule of King George VI even after Independence. It was finally after two and half years later on January 26, 1950, when the Indian Constitution came into effect thus making India one of the biggest democracies in the world. It was on this day when India was declared as a sovereign, socialist, secular, democratic republic. And to honour this day, the Indian Republic Day is celebrated with great fervour throughout the country every year on January 26.
Information, History and Importance of Republic Day of India
It was through the monumental Indian Independence Act of 1947 through which Indian gained its independence, an Act of the United Kingdom’s Parliament which divided British India in two parts. As mentioned earlier, though India gained its freedom from the British rule it was still under the constitutional monarchy of King George VI (head) and Earl Mountbatten, who was the Governor General. This was because in 1947, India did not have its own Constitution. In fact, the laws in India at that time were based on the Government of India Act of 1935.
Realising the need of having an Indian Constitution, a Drafting Committee was set up with Dr Bheem Rao Ambedkar being appointed as its chairman. The sole objective of setting this committee was to draft the Constitution of India, which would be the supreme law of India. The Constitution lays down a broad framework of the fundamental political code, structure, powers, procedures and duties of all Government institutions and also states the fundamental rights and duties of all citizens of India. The committee worked tirelessly for many months and submitted their first draft of the Constitution on November 4, 1947 to the Constituent Assembly. It took exactly 2 years, 11 months and 18 days to finally adopt the Constitution with the necessary amendments.
Though the Constitution of India was adopted on 26 November, 1949 by the Constituent Assembly of India it became was formally made effective on 26 January, 1950. The reason: it was during in 1929 during the Indian National Congress’ (INC) Lahore Session that a demand for complete independence was made in the history of India’s freedom struggle from the British rule. This was followed by January 26, 1930 being announced as the Purna Swaraj Diwas (complete Independence Day). To honour this important day in India’s freedom movement, our Constitution was adopted on January 26, 1950. India Republic Day 2020
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A had a pedi in the summer and the salon used Leighton Denny polish, it didn't chip and looked great until I got bored of it about 3 weeks later!! I also got the free bottle with Harpers magazine, it's a lovely coral colour.
Love colours and finish of LD polishes. Last week I did the whole base coat, 2 coats of colour and top coat and it still chipped after 1 day. So I suppose my opinion is mixed. Agree the Alison Young/Leighton combo is super annoying.

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TMC moves adjournment motion notice in LS over Farooq Abdullah's release
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This comes a day after the Opposition appealed to the Centre to allow Farooq Abdullah, who is a Lok Sabha MP, to attend the winter session of the Parliament.
लोकसभा में कांग्रेस के नेता श्री @adhirrcinc ने संसद में कश्मीर मुद्दे और कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष श्रीमती सोनिया गाँधी, श्… https://t.co/7UJxCrdAdY— Congress (@INCIndia) 1574063030000
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Meanwhile, PDP Rajya Sabha MPs, Nazir Ahmad Laway and Mir Mohammed Fayaz, staged a protest outside the Parliament over the same issue.
Ahmad and Fayaz were holding placards in their hands which read "Scrapping of Art 370 and 35 (A) is not acceptable, respect the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, bring back normalcy in Kashmir."
On November 1, the PDP had expelled Laway for attending the swearing-in ceremony of newly-appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Girish Chandra Murmu.
The Central government had, in August, announced a decision to scrap Article 370 which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcate the state in two Union Territories - Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. The two UTs came into existence on October 31.


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Roy Hodgson brings Hart back
Goalkeeper looks to cement World Cup spot
England Manager Roy Hodgson with goalkeeper Joe Hart during yesterday’s training session at London Colney, Hertfordshire.
Joe Hart can draw a line under his poor form and cement his World Cup place when England host Germany in Tonight’s international friendly, manager Roy Hodgson said yesterday.
Hart was dropped by his club, Manchester City, last month after his misjudgment led to defeat at Chelsea, the latest in a series of high-profile errors that has left question marks over England’s number one.
Hodgson gave Celtic’s Fraser Forster his senior international debut in the 2-0 friendly defeat by Chile on Friday, but Hart will reclaim the jersey for the visit to Wembley of three-times world champions Germany.
“I am sure (Hart) will respond very well,” Hodgson said at England’s training base. “He is a proud man and very pleased to be playing for England. We have had no cause to doubt him in the (World Cup) qualifiers and also the Euros (2012 European Championship).”
Hodgson confirmed his line-up against Germany would feature the return of left back Ashley Cole and the retention – for his second cap after Friday’s debut – of Southampton winger Adam Lallana.
Steven Gerrard will captain the side, to equal the 108 England caps of former defender and World Cup-winning captain Bobby Moore.
Striker Daniel Sturridge has been declared fit and will partner Wayne Rooney up front.


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A court in Prague has awarded a record amount of over 30 million crowns for a botched delivery. The court said doctors at the Vinohrady Hospital in the capital in 2009 failed to identify signs pointing to complications during the birth; as a result, the boy was born with a severe damage to his brain and other organs, he is blind and deaf and requires continuous assistance. The boy’s parents have welcomed the verdict while the hospital’s attorney said they would consider appealing the ruling.
Positive news for Czech consumers as EU readies anti-dual food quality rules
Czech town offered million hours of free porn in promotional move
Proposed new Prague development framework sets urban targets for future decades
Most successful ever Czech crowd funding project fuels relaunch of iconic Čezeta scooter
Czechs drinking less beer


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Written by a leading Hindu scholar, Hindu Narratives on Human Rights is organized around specific rights, such as the right to own property, the rights of children, women's rights, and animal rights. Within these categories and in light of the questions they raise, the book provides a guided tour of Hindu narratives on ethics, ranging from the famous religious epics, the Mahabharata and the Ramayana, to various forms of secular literature drawn from almost a thousand years of Indic civilization.
The realization that Hindu ethical discourse is narrative rather than propositional is a relatively recent one. Hence, the prevailing tendency in the West has been to overlook it in the context of the discussion of human rights. This book was written to correct that oversight. It shows that the presence of the universal in the particular in Hindu stories is a key to understanding Hindu thinking about human rights--and it indicates ways in which Hindu ethical discourse can interact creatively with modern human rights discourse.
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All of the Lights: The 91 Best Hype Williams Videos
A tribute to the director who changed music videos forever
There’s a Mic article about HBO’s Insecure that’s been making the rounds this month, extolling the show’s extraordinary use of lighting to make black faces and skin pop on camera. It’s spectacular technical work—and all too rare—but it’s also nothing new. For over two decades, Hype Williams has been making black skin beautiful on screens big and small. Just take a look at the stunning cinematography of the Queens auteur’s sole film, 1998’s Belly, in which Nas, DMX, Method Man, T-Boz and Taral Hicks appear not just as rappers and singers moonlighting as thespians, but as music royalty that literally glows. The film may have its flaws, but it’s also a spectacular culmination of Williams’ years stretching the imagination and edges of music videos, taking the culture—our culture—to unimaginable heights.
Hype Williams has been showcasing hip hop in its most expressive light for nearly 30 years, making and breaking trends along the way. Whether feeding Bad Boy’s excessive aesthetic, bringing Missy Elliott and Busta Rhymes’ uninhibited visions to life, dropping R. Kelly into the wildest soap operas or taking Kanye West around the world, the legendary director has proven to be one of music’s most brilliant visionaries, which is why it’s fitting that he was honored as a “game changer” at VH1’s 2017 Hip-Hop Honors Ceremony.
Here, MASS APPEAL reflects on Hype Williams’ greatest hits—from his first video, BWP’s “We Want Money” in 1991, to Travis Scott’s “90210” from just two years ago. This isn’t every video he’s done, simply his best. Check them out and appreciate greatness at work.


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2011 Louisville RB getting early looks
The class of 2011 is shaping up to be a big year for college prospects in the city of Louisville. One of those rising prospects is 5-11, 175-pound running back Jerrell Moore, a product of Fern Creek H.S.
A prospect who claims to a 4.4 in the 40-yard dash, ran the ball 80 times for 899 yards during his junior season, including a 10-carry, 255-yard outburst against Seneca. He also caught 30 receptions for more than 800 yards, and he had 23 total touchdowns.
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At the beginning of 2021, Namex IXP has started the rollout of its next-generation peering platform, the active infrastructure which is at the core of its network interconnection facility. This new platform relies on an IP fabric design with VXLAN as the overlay network and BGP EVPN as the control plane protocol. The development of this project started back in March 2020 and saw Mellanox and Cumulus Networks (both parts of NVIDIA corporation now) as major technological partners.
Before diving into the details, a brief historical note may help to understand the drivers and motivations behind such technical choices.
Managing scale and complexity: the evolution of a peering platform
Having been part of Namex technical staff for nearly 20 years, I had the pleasure and honour to take part in the development of several generations of its main peering platform. What follows is a quick account of how this evolution took place and the reasons behind it. Beware: it is Namex own evolution, it is not supposed to be generally valid for any Internet Exchange in the universe, but it may probably reflect the experience of several other IXPs that evolved from a small core to a larger, medium-sized, customer base.
In its most elementary form, a peering platform is an infrastructure that provides layer-2 connectivity between edge customers’ routers, in a simpler form: it is a switch with VLANs!
The key featuress that determine the establishment of technology for a peering platform can be summarized in:
- Port density: the total number of network ports (switch ports) that can be allocated to customers
- Port technology: the type (i.e. speed and media) of ports that can be allocated to customers
- Switching capacity: the overall network capacity that the platform can support
- Fault-tolerance: the ability of the platform to provide service continuity even when some of its parts are failing, this implies a certain level of redundancy of both hardware and software components
- Manageability: the easiness of use, configuration, and troubleshooting of the platform as a whole
The factors that drive its evolution are mostly two and intertwined: the scale and the management of associated complexity. We’ll see this in more detail in a while.
Origins: the monoliths
In the beginning, there were big and bulky switches …
Back in the early 2000s, switch choices were mostly obligated. There was just one design that could address all the key factors and it was the monolithic modular switch composed of a chassis supporting power distribution and data backplane and several line cards to address connectivity needs.
When I first arrived at Namex, the peering platform consisted of a couple of Cabletron SSR-8000 switches, equipped mostly with FastEthernet line cards and some GigabitEthernet (fiber) cards. Port density was limited but fit the size of the customer base. Fault-tolerance and redundancy were achieved mostly by having two devices supporting two logically and physically separated peering LANs, customers could choose to connect to one or both LANs with different IP addresses. It was basically a double star network topology with no need to manage switch interconnection and related loop complexities.
As the customer base grew, natural choice was to replace each device with a bigger one, in this case choice fell on an Enterasys Matrix N7 and a Cisco Catalyst 6509-E which both added 10 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity to the game in a limited fashion.
In about 5-6 years, this architecture clearly showed its limits. Growth in scale could only be accomodated by resorting to bigger and bulkier switches, this also had some side effects such as the concentration of all network connections into two hot spots, while the datacenter was growing and customer equipments were spread all around a larger space.
The first workaround came in the form of a third switch (actually, a Cisco Catalyst 6506-E) that was added to the existing couple to expand port density. This introduced the need for inter-switch connections and consequent additional complexity management, a major shift in perspective that eventually led to second-generation platforms.
Second generation: the switching fabrics
An army of tiny, highly coordinated switches …
Back in 2012-2013, as customer base and datacenter spaces were constantly growing, a technology leap was inevitable. Previous experience showed that scale could be managed by adding devices and not by enlarging the existing ones. Indeed at that time, driven by datacenter and virtualization growth, vendors had started to propose switch models that were smaller in size and higher in port density and type. But adding switches also introduced a burden in network complexity, in the quest for a network topology that was both fault-tolerant and loop-free.
Luckily at that time, vendors were also introducing several technologies which fell into the category of so-called switching fabrics: these mechanisms enabled switches to be interconnected by multiple paths without the need to directly manage loop-avoidance protocols such as STP.
The choice fell on Brocade (now acquired by Extreme Networks) with its Virtual Cluster Switching technology, supported by TRILL protocol, which equipped the VDX switches series. This technology enabled us to design a network that was composed of six nodes, interconnected by a full mesh of 2x10G links. Nodes included a couple of Brocade VDX-8770 (a smaller, compact form of modular chassis switch) and four Brocade VDX-6740, a lightweight top-of-rack switch. All topology (loops!) and traffic balancing issues were automagically taken care of by the inherent TRILL protocol and the overall platform could be managed as a single logical switch.
The original design proposal by Brocade for Namex second generation platform
The introduction of a switching fabric was a major breakthrough in the evolution of Namex peering platforms, it introduced several key concepts that were drivers for future developments:
- Managing scale by growing in the number of nodes
- Offloading complexity to a transparent control protocol
- Introducing a liminal form of leaf-spine architecture (actually, an impure one in this case)
- Breaking down footprints and power consumption (and costs …) with smaller and more efficient devices
All in all, Brocade VCS proved to be an effective solution and also a resilient and stable one, and yes it has worked flawlessly so far (as it is still in production until the full deployment of the new platform). Its inherent limits became to appear with the need for 100Gbps as the VDX platform had limited support for 100GigabitEthernet in the form of 4-ports line cards with legacy CFP2 ports, uniquely on the 8770 chassis.
This led us to the latest leap, towards next-generation platforms …
Next generation: introducing IP fabrics
Good old IP and BGP to the rescue …
Switching fabrics paved the way to a different approach in the design of large layer-2 interconnection platforms, but at the same time switching fabrics technologies were progressively abandoned by vendors, in favor of IP fabrics and overlay networks. Around 2017/2018, as the need for 100 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity became more impending, a new evolutionary step was needed.
Guidelines for the design of a new platform were mostly matured from previous experience:
- Scalability through the addition of nodes paired with a pure leaf-spine architecture
- A mostly transparent control protocol
- Support of higher bandwidths (40G/100G) and port densities
Also, additional requirements emerged as the peering platform began to evolve not only as a public peering interconnection infrastructure but also as a platform to support private customer-to-customer interconnections in the scenario of an open marketplace in which any network operator is able to buy and sell services on top of an L2 interconnection facility. The need for improved manageability in the provisioning of such on-demand interconnection services, paired with the complexity of an infrastructure comprising tenths of independent nodes to be orchestrated as a coherent whole pushed for additional requirements in terms of configuration frameworks and network automation in general.
Moreover, in an effort to design a real future-proof architecture that could resist (at least in its conceptual foundations) the next 10 years, an eye was kept on full decoupling between hardware platform (nodes) and software control layer (network operating system), this brought the concept of open networking into the game.
All of these factors eventually led to the choice of NVIDIA Mellanox as the hardware vendor together with NVIDIA Cumulus Linux as the network OS, paired with an entirely in-source developed configuration framework based on Ansible.
The platform consists of 2 Mellanox SN2700 (32x 100G ports) spine nodes with 4 Mellanox SN2100 (16x 100G ports) and 4 Mellanox SN2410 (48x 10G ports + 8x 100G ports) leaf nodes. Each leaf node is connected with 2x100G links to any spine node, thus achieving a backplane of 400G output from any leaf node.
The basic features of the IP fabric implementation based on VXLAN and BGP/EVPN are the following:
- All nodes properly act as L3 devices (routers) in the relationships between each other
- Customer traffic is switched locally on the node but routed when flowing between different nodes
- Customer traffic entering a leaf node and destined to a remote leaf node is encapsulated into UDP packets and then routed between nodes
- Tunnels are established between any leaf nodes which provide encapsulation and L3 forwarding of L2 frames
- BGP is used to exchange information about MAC address reachability between nodes, by means of an additional ‘evpn’ address family
- BGP ECMP (Equal Cost Multipath) is used to balance traffic load across multiple paths between leaf nodes
In short, the use of IP as the underlying “fabric” protocol, paired with BGP for dynamically controlling the data paths, ensures stability and simplicity of use, thus finally overcoming the complexity issues of meshed L2 networks. We’ll see more technical details about this in the next sections.
Design and implementation of Namex next-generation platform
As we have seen, the choice of an IP fabric architecture arose as a natural evolution of trends and experiences accumulated in the past 15 years of operations. In the next sections we will look through the design and implementation phases in more detail, underlining the role and support of vendor(s) in the overall process.
Design and implementation process
It is useful to summarize again some of the main requirements of the project:
- Distributed leaf-spine architecture based on VXLAN overlay and BGP/EVPN control plane
- Customer (leaf) connectivity from 1G to 100G
- 100G spine connectivity
- Fully automated management from day one
While there is not much to say about the choice of Mellanox switches, since this was simply the hardware platform that looked more promising in terms of feature set, performances, availability, and choice of models, the real breakthrough was its coupling with Cumulus Linux, which fully exploited the capabilities of such a platform.
In simple terms, Cumulus Linux is a Linux-based operating system for network devices which couples the standard Linux system interface with the underlying hardware equipment, offloading all major network operations to the corresponding ASICs. In short: think of (and manage) your switch as a Linux box with hardware-accelerated network functions.
While this is a game changer for datacenter environments, as one can eventually manage servers and network boxes with the same interface, this introduces some straightforward improvements also in a more traditionally network-oriented scenario such as the one of Internet Exchanges.
On top of this, Cumulus Linux is specifically designed for datacenter applications and it is strongly oriented at the implementation of VXLAN/EVPN based IP fabrics. This translates into a myriad of minor details that make the life of the network architect really easy: the overall configuration and setup of the basic fabric architecture is really a matter of few lines of configuration on each node. Additionally, Cumulus offers full native support of network automation frameworks such as Ansible, making it possible to fully automate the platform from setup to normal provisioning operations.
Original design included:
- Cumulus Linux 4.2 installed on all switch nodes
- FRR Routing Suite in charge of BGP/EVPN control plane management
- Netfilter (ebtables) for standard MAC ACL support
- Automated deployment from an exernal, Ansible equipped, management server
In the initial implementation phase, Cumulus was kind enough to provide us with a custom simulator in their own virtualized lab environment (CITC, Cumulus In The Cloud), specifically tailored to match our real-life deployment. Based on generic templates provided by Cumulus, we developed our own Ansible deployment framework which took care of:
- Node addressing (loopbacks, tunnel endpoints)
- Cross-link, backplane configuration
- Kernel and switch interface fine tuning
- Monitoring and management protocols configuration (SNMP, sFlow, NTP)
- Foundation VLANs and VXLANs configuration (public peering VLAN, quarantine VLAN, test VLAN)
after deploying the full configuration to the virtual platform in the simulator, we tested basic customer configurations before proceeding with real-life deployment.
On the real, physical platform all nodes were just connected to the management network, took basic configuration with ZTP and then the full fabric setup was performed in a few minutes by Ansible with no errors. After that, we began real-life testing, focusing mostly on filtering configurations which are an essential part of IXPs best practices.
As a last stage in the deployment phase, the new platform was connected to the existing one, thus preparing for customer migrations.
Steps towards full network automation
As we have seen, network automation via Ansible has been a major part in deployment of the platform, and also a necessary one since the complexity of topology and number of nodes could easily lean towards hardly detectable errors in case of a manual, node by node, configuration.
In this perspective, Cumulus Linux proved to be an ideal interface for network automation since:
- It provides native Ansible support (local execution of tasks)
- Network configuration is split into multiple files instead of a monolithic file
- Configuration change is achieved by rewriting and reloading files without the need for complex extraction and parsing of configuration snippets (this proves tremendously effective in all cases where you need to remove a specific configuration section)
These key aspects were leveraged at their best in the next phase of our process towards full network automation: automation of provisioning operations. Choosing the right approach was crucial at this stage, our goal was to develop a framework that could push configurations to the nodes starting from a high level interface such an administration dashboard that might eventually provide customers on-demand service configuration capabilities (example: “configure this VLAN between my router port and that customer router port”). This required the Ansible configuration framework to act as an interface layer between an higher level software system (currently under development) and the actual nodes.
Our first approach was to try and mimic the workings of CLI commands (yes, Cumulus also has its own CLI, named nclu) but this approach implied the same issues you have with traditional network operating systems, basically: you have your device status wired into the device itself.
The breakthrough was to understand that we needed to move the state out of each node and into an external repository, this proved to be most easy and effective way to go, because:
- External repository acts as a proxy between any higher-level software (think of IXP Manager or our own management software under development)
- Configurations can be generated on the fly by Ansible according to data retained in the repository
- Describing the desired final state of the node is actually the proper way Ansible was designed to work
- State repository can be managed as software code through a version management system such as Git
We thus developed our own configuration language inside the Ansible framework which enables us to perform basic provisioning tasks:
- Full customer interface configuration (single port, bond, VLAN behavior)
- Customer VLANs and supporting VNIs configuration
- Basic ACL configuration (MAC and protocol filtering)
We finally ended in a situation where, since day one, all provisioning operations were automated via Ansible playbooks: this is a good starting point for future integrations with more advanced software systems. While we are still implementing NVIDIA Cumulus Visibility Tool NetQ with its native integration of Telemetry (What Just Happened feature), we limit command line interaction to checks and monitoring.
Moving into production
We started migrating the first customers at the end of December 2020 and we are now in a sufficiently advanced state of production to reflect on lessons learned and draw some conclusions.
While the IP fabric architecture proved to be extremely stable since its early implementation phases, one of our initial concerns was about hardware compatibility with different vendors. As a peering platform, our switching architecture has to interact with devices from a multitude of vendors, ranging from high-end Cisco and Juniper routers to widespread Mikrotik devices, also including software routers based on Linux or BSD systems. By providing a higher level interface with respect to traditional network operating systems, Cumulus Linux may initially seem to offer lesser support in tweaking low-level hardware parameters. Actually, we were pleased to observe how NVIDIA Mellanox hardware resolved most compatibility issues automatically, without the need for tweaking we were used to in previous platforms. Eventually, the Cumulus Linux interface provides a larger amount of information about the underlying hardware, information that is also easily parsable and collectible.
One of the major area we found differences with traditional networking was in ACL based filtering, which in Cumulus Linux relies on the Netfilter suite. Through careful tweaking of configuration, we were however able to address our most common customer configurations.
We also had some interactions with NVIDIA Global TAC and we were pleased about the level of support offered. Also, our local NVIDIA Italy contacts proactively engaged with us throughout all the phases leading to the successful launch of the platform and we feel that within NVIDIA there is a common understanding of our distinctive scenario of application.
Final thoughts – the path forward
In the end, we think that “switching” to IP fabrics has been both an inevitable and natural way to go, which does not come out of nowhere, but is the result of nearly 20 years of experience in the operations of the exchange peering platform.
IP fabrics now give us the flexibility and robustness to design largely scalable platforms in a modular way and also helped us design a template architecture that we can replicate and deploy at any site with simple, automated operations.
Automation and open networking, empowered by Cumulus Linux, opened up totally new development perspectives, shortening the distance between the world of software systems and the world of network devices. This is probably the major discontinuity and the source of a true forward leap beyond previous architectures.
Looking forward, we see how our world is quickly undertaking yet another revolution: online gaming, entertainment, and CDN-driven online contents such as streamed sports events are set to rapidly transform IXs, with the adoption of 400GE and in a few years 800GE as the peering speeds to support this traffic: we feel that we are now prepared to take on this new challenge.
We are conscious that we are moving through a new territory, and we are confident that this experience will benefit and elevate ourselves, our Technological Partner NVIDIA, and the overall IXP community to new heights.


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|Al Gini says most Americans could take some lessons from Tony Soprano.
Not on clean living, ethical business practices, or emotional stability, certainly, says Gini, an author and professor of Philosophy at Loyola University in Chicago, but on how to relax — and play.
“At the level of a leader, Tony knows how to stop his engagement and step away on occasion,” said Gini, author of The Importance of Being Lazy: In Praise of Play, Leisure, and Vacation. “I certainly don’t want to defend the mafia or his lifestyle, but people can learn something from Tony. He is able to enjoy the moment or get lost in the moment, while too many of us are consuming the moment so avariciously that we’re not enjoying it.”
Indeed, Gini believes that most Americans have simply forgotten how to relax, or to play, and he wrote his book to remind them not only of how to do it, but why it is so important to do it. The book is now in its third printing, and Gini has traveled extensively to promote it and its basic message.
Last month, he was at Cooley Dickinson Hospital for what was described as a “leisurely breakfast.” He told his audience that many of them are addicted to work, in the same way they might be addicted to cigarettes, alcohol, or drugs, and that this addiction, like those others, is impacting their quality of life.
His advice, plain and simple, was to chill out and learn how to relax and play again — to do nothing, as he put it.
For many, this is not an easy assignment. It takes commitment, just as it would if someone were going to quit smoking. The key is to recognize the problem and do something about it.
Said Gini, “Americans don’t do nothing well.”
Play on Words
Gini acknowledges that he doesn’t exactly practice what he preaches. “I’m a card-carrying workaholic,” he told The Healthcare News in a wide-ranging interview. “But … I’m recovering.”
By that, he meant that he and his wife are, as he suggested, working at playing more. “We date two nights a week,” he explained, putting heavy emphasis on the word date. “We have dinner and we go out. We also take regular vacations where we actually relax.”
It took some time and energy for Gini to recover, for him to gain the ability to say ‘no’ to work, but he’s done it, and he believes others can do it as well. And as with any addiction, the first step in the process is acknowledging that one has a problem — and millions of Americans do.
Surveying the landscape — and his own life to a large degree — Gini said many people have developed lousy habits and attitudes regarding rest and recreation.
“We don’t play enough, and we don’t rest enough,” he explained. “I think too many of us think that rest and play are what you do when you’re a child or when you absolutely have to. I want to argue that we need to rest more — we don’t sleep enough as a society — and we need to recover and recoup our bodies and our minds before we have an opportunity to be creative at all.
“And we need to play,” he continued. “I don’t think play time should be sleep time, and I don’t think sleep time should be play time, and I don’t think we should just squeeze sleep and play time into our work time; that’s a sort of minimalism.”
Gini said the Puritans always believed that rest and recreation were taken in order to make people work better. And while it is true that people are more productive when they get adequate rest and mix in play, that’s not why they should do it.
“When we rest and play more, we are better people, first and foremost — and then we are better workers.”
In his first book, My Job, My Self, Work and the Creation of the Modern Individual, Gini explains the importance of work to one’s confidence, self-esteem, and need to fill the day.
“Adults need work in the same way that children need play — in order to fulfill themselves as people,” he explained. “Everyone needs a thing to do, everyone needs to make a contribution, and everyone needs to make a living.”
The problem is, work can — and often does — become addictive, said Gini, adding, “if we enjoy it, it becomes even more addictive, like a drug.”
Gini said Americans are working so hard that their addiction to the office is affecting not only how much they play, but how they play. Indeed, instead of doing things they really enjoy or that are constructive, such as a serious hobby, people are spending time with what he calls “non-participatory” pursuits such as watching television or shopping.
“This is not necessarily rest and recovery,” he said. “This is sheer exhaustion … you’re just trying to get caught up.”
Meanwhile, when people do actually get around to recreation or vacation, they usually push themselves as hard in those pursuits as they do while at work.
“You hear people say that they’re so tired after a vacation that they need another week off just to recover,” he said. “That’s not a vacation … that’s not relaxing. People have to learn to pace themselves, not kill themselves.”
So how should people rest and recreate?
Gini says most Americans have to learn — or relearn — how to do those things, because they really have forgotten. For starters, they can take lessons from Tony Soprano and Winston Churchill and develop real hobbies and activities that engage the mind and the body.
“During the war, Churchill painted, of course, but he would also lay brick,” said Gini. “He built walls … he built out houses on his estate as a way of absolutely losing himself from all that was going on.”
Tony Soprano has a different ability — one permitted by his unusual vocation — and that is to stop whatever it is he’s doing and go do something relaxing.
“You’ll see him say to someone, ‘it’s a beautiful day; let’s go play golf,’” said Gini. “Granted, that’s part of his madness, but it’s also an amazing trait to be able to dissociate yourself like that.”
Before anyone can begin to rest and recreate better, they must first have a plan, or strategy, said Gini, who returned to his analogy about smoking.
“When you set out to kick that habit, you have a game plan,” he said. “To really quit, you have to substitute for the need and work at it … you can’t do it off the cuff. It’s the same with an addiction to work.”
And to get started down the road, he said, individuals need to do as Nancy Reagan suggested, and ‘just say no’ to more work and additional responsibilities.
Putting the Matter to Rest
Tony Soprano is certainly not a role model, says Gini, who is using the character and others from the HBO series in a manuscript he is writing, a case study about business, ethics, and leadership. But when it comes to rest and play, Tony gets it.
“There’s an old concept in medieval ethics called the negative judgment of separation — that is, from a bad lesson you can learn a good one,” Gini explained. “So this is really a bad man, but in watching him operate, you can learn something.”
And in so doing, people can enjoy more moments, rather than merely consuming them.

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Cinemobile to bring free film screenings to Athenry and Indreabhán
Cinemobile’s new film initiative, North by Northwest – Films on the Fringe, will be bringing free film screenings to film lovers in Athenry and Indreabhán. Commissioned by Creative Europe and the MEDIA Audience Development programme, the ethos of Films on the Fringe involves Cinemobile partnering with cinemas in rural parts of Iceland, Finland, Scotland and Norway. Collaboratively the 5 countries involved have curated a selection of films which will bring European Independent cinema to some of the remotest regions in North Western Europe.
Manager of Cinemobile, Noreen Collins, elaborates: “Each partnering country has chosen a selection of its best indigenous films that will be screened FREE to audiences in the more rural regions of these 5 countries; you could call it a ‘film swap’ of sorts. The aim of our Films on the Fringe project is to build new audiences specifically for European independent cinema titles in these regions. We want to encourage people who would never dream of going to see a subtitled film to come out and try these films. So for this reason it was agreed that the screenings in all 5 countries would be delivered free to the public, to encourage people to come out and sample the quality of films that are being produced in Europe right now. Ultimately, audiences will be open to watching European titles alongside more mainstream titles, and not necessarily instead of. The project has already toured to Clones, Kilkenny and Kells and will travel to Dingle in March. So this is a great opportunity for audiences in Galway to see some distinctive and unique films from these countries”.
Cinemobile will be in Athenry, in association with Athenry Film Club, on Friday 20th and Saturday 21st February parked at the Swangate car park, screening two documentaries; from Finland The Punk Syndrome and the Scottish documentary Kiss the Water. Indreabhán Film Club will play host to Films on the Fringe on the Saturday with a double bill, Pioneer, a feature film based on the Norwegian oil industry, followed by the Icelandic gem Of Horses and Men. SCREENINGS ARE FREE AND ARE OPEN TO ALL.

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Many dogs who find themselves in shelters are there because of behavioral problems. Whether it’s too much barking, destructive behavior or an unwillingness to follow basic commands, most of these problems could have been averted with early training.
Here are some tips to help as you approach the New Year with your fur-baby:
1. Start training your puppy early on. While old dogs can be taught new tricks, what’s learned earliest, is often learned quickest and easiest. The older the dog, the more bad habits will likely need to be “un-learned.” When it comes to raising and training a dog, an ounce of problem prevention is certainly worth a pound of cure!
2. Train gently and humanely. Whenever possible, teach using positive, motivational methods. Keep obedience sessions so upbeat that the training process is enjoyable for all. If training your pooch is drudgery, rev things up a bit, and try the “playtraining” approach: incorporate constructive, non-adversarial games (such as “Go Find,” “Hide ‘n’ Seek,” retrieving, etc.) into your training sessions.
3. Does your dog treat you like “hired help” at home? Does he treat you like a human gymnasium when you’re sitting on furniture? Does he beg at the table? Jump up on visitors? Demand your attention by annoying you to death? Ignore your commands?
How well your dog responds to you at home affects his behavior outdoors as well. If your dog doesn’t respond reliably to commands at home (where distractions are relatively minimal), he certainly won’t respond to you properly outdoors where he’s tempted by other dogs, pigeons, passersby, sidewalk food scraps, etc.
4. Avoid commands you cannot enforce. Every time you give a command that is neither complied with nor enforced, your dog learns that commands are optional.
5. One command should equal one response, so give your dog only one command (twice max!), then gently enforce it. Repeating commands tunes your dog out (as does nagging) and teaches your dog that the first several commands are a “bluff .” For instance, telling your dog to “sit, sit, sit, sit!” is neither efficient nor effective to issue the command. Simply give your dog a single “sit” command and gently place or lure your dog into the sit position, then praise/reward.
6. Avoid giving combined commands which are incompatible. Combined commands such as “sit-down” can confuse your dog. Using this example, say either “sit” or “down.” The command “sit-down” simply doesn’t exist.
7. When giving commands, avoid using a loud voice. Even if your dog is especially independent/unresponsive, your tone of voice when issuing an obedience command such as “sit,” “down” or “”stay,” should be calm and authoritative, rather than harsh or loud.
NOTE: Many owners complain their dogs are “stubborn” and “refuse to listen” when given a command. Before blaming the dog when he doesn’t respond, determine whether: a.) the dog knows what the owner wants; b.) he knows how to comply; c.) he is not simply being unresponsive due to fear, stress or confusion.

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STRANGE CLOUDS: Sky watchers around the Arctic Circle
are reporting an outbreak of rare Polar Stratospheric
Clouds--super-colorful clouds that sometimes form in the ozone layer
above the North Pole. Almost simultaneously, NASA's AIM spacecraft is
seeing electric-blue noctilucent clouds floating over the South Pole.
The simultaneous apparition of these strange clouds, poles apart, may be
a complete coincidence--or not. Visit http://spaceweather.com for more information.
GEMINIDS PHOTOGRAPHED FROM THE STRATOSPHERE:
When the Geminid meteor shower peaked earlier this week, a snowstorm
was in progress over the mountains of central California. Using a
helium balloon, the students of Earth to Sky Calculus launched a
low-light camera to photograph the shower high above the obscuring
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The displacement of a piece of metal is a measurement of how it distorts the object in front of it.
It’s a measure of how much of that object’s weight is transferred to the distance of the other, so a measurement using a measuring instrument is a better way of gauging how much weight the object can move.
But how do we know how much mass is transferred by a piece?
This is the question we’re going to look at in this article.
First, let’s look at a basic equation that tells us how much energy the object is absorbing:The energy we can get from the energy of an object depends on its mass and the angle of the object facing the sun, but this equation can be easily changed to include other factors such as how close it is to the sun.
The equation is called a parametric equation, which means it uses a set of variables to describe how the object moves.
It is very simple, so let’s see how it works.
Imagine you’re trying to measure a piece that’s going to weigh something like 0.4 kilograms, but you can’t use a scale to measure it.
Instead, you’ll have to use a pendulum, which is a spinning rod that can be swung at different speeds.
The more energy you put into the pendulum swinging, the more energy is transferred from the object to the pendula.
In the case of a pendula, the energy will be the same regardless of the speed, so you can use the same equation for both.
A pendulum has two parts, the shaft and the rod.
A rod of any length will have two parts: a shaft and a body.
A longer rod will have a longer shaft and, therefore, a higher energy output.
To use a measuring object to measure an object’s mass, we first need to know how big the object will be.
This will be different for every piece of a metal object, so we’ll need to first determine the length of the piece that we want to measure.
Then we can take this length and multiply it by the mass of the objects.
In the diagram below, the black line is the length that corresponds to the mass and, to the right, the mass is measured.
As you can see, the longer the rod is, the larger the object.
Next, we need to calculate the angle the object faces the sun at a given moment.
This is what we’re interested in.
Let’s assume that the object has a mass of 10 kilograms and that it is facing the Sun at a point that is 2 degrees away from the horizon.
In this case, the object’s axis is horizontal and the distance to the Sun is 180 degrees.
The diagram above shows that the distance from the Sun to the Earth’s surface is the same for all of the pieces of the metal object.
But if we look at the angle, we can see that the height of the light bulb is about 3 degrees.
This means that if we swing the rod with the same speed as the object, we’ll transfer some energy to the object (in this case the rod) at a distance of about 3 meters.
We can also take this angle and multiply this angle by the length, which will give us the distance between the object and the Sun.
In other words, we have a ratio of the angle to the length.
Now that we know the distance, we also need to find the energy absorbed by the object at the same angle.
This energy is called the energy transferred, and it depends on the mass, the angle and the velocity.
In a pendulums case, we get this ratio by looking at the speed of the rod:In the above diagram, we’ve just determined the angle.
If we swing it at a speed of 30 degrees, we’re transferring about 4,400 kilowatts of energy to each pendulum swing.
Now, that might sound like a lot, but in reality, the amount of energy that we transfer is negligible, and in a pendulator’s case, it’s almost zero.
This gives us the ratio:When the pendulum is moving, the rod will rotate in a clockwise direction, and the length will move in a counterclockwise direction.
So, to determine the energy transfer, we calculate the ratio of these two axes.
The ratio of angles can be used to calculate how much power the object produces.
For example, to calculate a given energy transfer by using the rod, we use the equation:The value of this equation is written as the number of turns per second.
The longer the length is, more turns are required, so the energy we transfer with a pendulo is written in terms of turns.
Now let’s use the pendular to measure the mass.
The object we’re looking at has a length of about 2.6 meters, so that means we need about 1,300 kilowatt-hours of energy.
For a pendulus, we’d need about 2,000 kilow


Cape Town - Following his retirement from football, Sibusiso
Zuma reveals he regrets snubbing a chance to join English Premier League giants, Arsenal.
Read: Zuma hangs up his boots
According to Soccer Laduma, Arsenal were keen on signing the
former Orlando Pirates forward and Zuma was really considering packing up and heading to London.
“I really wanted to go and play in England, but at that time
I was playing so well for Copenhagen in Denmark,” said Zuma.
“My boss wanted me to stay for two more years and then go to
Zuma helped FC Kopenhagen secure their second Danish
Championship and was eventually voted into the club’s hall of fame.
It was in 2003 when Gunners manager Arsene Wenger made
enquiries about the Bafana Bafana legend’s availability.
“I was like, 'Wow,I didn’t know about this and it’s for a
lot of money,' it was hard to turn down, man.
Zuma admits that he was hoping Arsenal came knocking again
but reveals that Gunners only made the one offer.


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Texas Tech Ready to Go
The Texas Tech Red Raiders Men’s Basketball team is geared up for a traveling week with a BIG 12 Conference Game and SEC matchup game this week. The first matchup against West Virginia Mountaineers is Monday, January 25th at 8 p.m. at WVU Coliseum in West Virginia. The second game is scheduled for Saturday, January 30th, at 1 p.m. against LSU at Pete Maravich Assembly Center.
West Virginia vs. TTU
In a ranked matchup, the No. 10 and 11-4 Texas Tech Red Raiders are traveling to Morgantown to take on No. 11 and 10-4 West Virginia Mountaineers, who are coming off of a convincing win against Kansas State. The Red Raiders are looking to bounce back after a rare home loss against No. 2 ranked Baylor. Texas Tech has had their last two games canceled. The first against TCU and the other against Iowa State because of COVID-19 protocols. After a week off, the team looks to add another win against a very competitive West Virginia team.
The mountaineers have many weapons at their disposal this season. Their stand out player to many is Derek Culver. The 6’10” forward is currently averaging a double-double with 13.4 points per game and 10.3 rebounds per game; Which could arise problems for the undersized Red Raiders team. The answer to this? Marcus Santos-Silva, who is a 6’7″ forward for Tech, and while he is shorter, Silva provides experience on the court.
Texas Tech Key Matchup
The other key matchup for the Red Raiders comes from Miles Mcbride, who plays guard for the Mountaineers. He averages a team-leading 15.3 points per game. The key scoring matchup and perhaps x-factor for the Red Raiders is leading scorer and junior transfer Mac McClung. McClung is averaging 16.3 points per game and, as of lately, has been on fire. Notably leading the team to a buzzer-beating win at No. 4 Texas.
Keep an eye on these two matchups. With both teams’ rotating players, anyone at any time can explode in a barrage of points.
LSU vs. TTU
In a much anticipated Big 12 versus SEC matchup, the Texas Tech Raiders take on the LSU Tigers. While the Tigers may not be full of ranked opponents like Texas Tech, they are still a hazardous basketball team. The Tigers are coming off of 2 losses against an unranked Kentucky team and the other against a recently hot No. 18 Alabama team by 30 points.
The main problem looking ahead for the Red Raiders against LSU? Stop Cameron Thomas. Thomas is a Freshman Guard who is averaging 21.7 points per game and has proven repeatedly to be a problem against opponents for the Tigers.
LSU’s Offense Will be a Challenge
While there are no big critical matchups in the game, shutting down Thomas and the rest of LSU’s explosive offensive will prove a challenge. The Red Raiders will depend on much of their guard play with Kyler Edwards, Mac McClung, and others to step up and hit shots to keep the tigers at bay.
Texas Tech Red Raiders
The Texas Tech Red Raiders men’s basketball team this season has been a roller coaster with both its ups and downs. With one of the most vigorous recruiting classes in program history, Red Raiders Head Coach Chris Beard has stayed optimistic about their teams’ season as the team has performed well in the regular season. With the ultimate goal to have another chance at the national championship.
The team started the season 2-1 with a loss to, now ranked No. 8 Houston, and has since only lost 3 of their last 12 games. With the Big 12 conference stacked in talent this year, five of the ten teams find themselves ranked in the top 25, and it wouldn’t surprise many if teams such as Oklahoma and OSU slipped into that category.
Texas Tech Looking Good
With a loss to a very competitive Oklahoma State early in January, the team has had two very convincing wins against Iowa State and Kansas State. A win at ranked Texas led them to the juggernaut of the conference, Baylor. In a close game, the team lost by eight to the No. 2 ranked team in the nation. After a week off, the team begins a week on the road and ready to finish Big 12 play strong.
Players such as Terrance Shannon Jr., Kyler Edwards, Kevin McCullar,s Marcos Santos-Silva, and Mac McClung are all having big games this season. Opponents are playing their best, with the possibility that any player could explode at any time this season.
Where to Watch?
You can watch the Red Raiders play Monday, January 25th at 8 p.m Central Time vs. the West Virginia Mountaineers on ESPN, and Saturday vs. the LSU Tigers at 1 p.m.
By: Trint Porter, Campus Live Intern


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oa Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia - Which evidence-based strategies reduce perioperative morbidity and mortality? : SASA main conference
|Article Title||Which evidence-based strategies reduce perioperative morbidity and mortality? : SASA main conference|
|© Publisher:||Medpharm Publications|
|Journal||Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia|
|Affiliations||1 Monash University, Australia|
|Publication Date||Jan 2015|
|Keyword(s)||Evidence-based strategies, Mortality and Perioperative morbidity|
Evidence-based medicine (EBM) depends on well-designed studies with reliable results. Good-quality evidence from large randomised trials and systematic reviews is available, and their uptake into anaesthetic practice can work, and should be adopted to reduce serious complications after surgery.
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Jordan Corey‘s new cut is pure perfection!
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What starts as an awesome acoustic cover of RiRi’s hit single eventually becomes infused with sweet synthy samplings from Miike Snow and Classixx!
The 22-year-old San Fran native BLASTS our eardrums with her dangerously dope reinvention and we loved every second of it!!
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text: Ban them outright. Issue speeding tickets. Make users take a driving test. From Paris to Berlin, European cities are searching for solutions to the two-wheeled phenomenon that's fast transforming cityscapes worldwide: Electric scooters. Across the U.S., cities are also struggling to regulate companies renting the vehicles and keep riders safe. Here's what some European countries are doing about it.


Join gaming leaders, alongside GamesBeat and Facebook Gaming, for their 2nd Annual GamesBeat & Facebook Gaming Summit | GamesBeat: Into the Metaverse 2 this upcoming January 25-27, 2022. Learn more about the event.
Riot Forge today announced it is launching its two first games and gave a preview of others that are currently in development. Both Ruined King: A League of Legends Story and Hextech Mayhem: A League of Legends Story are available today.
Riot Forge, a publishing label within Riot Games, will publish several games based on League of Legends developed by third-party studios. Riot launched the label in 2019, when it also announced several League spin-off titles. It finally revealed more about those spin-off titles in a special showcase today.
Ruined King, first announced in 2019, is a single-player turn-based RPG developed by Airship Syndicate, an indie studio in Austin, Texas. Several League characters will team up to stop a mysterious enemy, traveling from Bilgewater to the Shadow Isles. It launches today on current-gen consoles and various PC stores and will be available on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S soon.
Hextech Mayhem is a rhythm runner from Choice Provisions, the developers of the Bit.trip games. According to a description of the game from Riot Forge, players must “perform bomb-jumps and bomb-attacks to the beat of a toe-tapping soundtrack, to avoid obstacles, disarm enemies, and light fuses for satisfying and explosive chain reactions to achieve maximum mayhem.” In addition to Switch and PC stores, where it launched today, the game will soon debut on Netflix as well, joining the handful of games Netflix recently released on its mobile app.
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In addition to the aforementioned titles, Riot also revealed some new details about its upcoming releases. These include Con/ergence: A League of Legends Story, Double Stallion’s 2D platformer with time mechanics. It’s due to launch sometime in 2022 on consoles and PC.
Song of Nunu: A League of Legends Story, from Tequila Works, got a gameplay featurette during the showcase. It’s an adventure game coming to consoles and PC, and it will follow Nunu and Willump as they search for the former’s mother. It’s also set to launch in 2022.
Riot also revealed some new details about an unnamed game that’s set in Demacia, which is currently in development.


The Oregon State Marine Board has updated its database system to include an online store, capable of accepting requests for replacement Boating Education Cards. You will be able to register, start a Boater Education Card Replacement Application, update your information, and pay the $16 replacement fee for the new card with a VISA, MasterCard, or Discover card.
You will also be able to print a temporary permit, valid for 60 days, so that you may continue to boat while waiting for your new card to arrive. Please visit the Oregon State Marine Board site or download this PDF for more information.
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Rep. Lipinski Introduces Resolution Celebrating Catholic Schools Week
For ten consecutive years, Congressman Dan Lipinski (IL-03) has introduced a resolution celebrating Catholic Schools Week and honoring the outstanding work of Catholic schools in the Chicago area and across the nation. The resolution expresses support for “the vital contributions of the thousands of Catholic elementary and secondary schools in the United States” and “the key role they play in promoting and ensuring a brighter, stronger future for the nation.” It recognizes that Catholic schools produce academically successful students, foster a commitment to service, family, and community, and accept students from all faiths and backgrounds.
Catholic Schools Week, which begins this year on January 31st, has been an annual event since 1974. This year’s theme is “Catholic Schools: Communities of Faith, Knowledge, and Service.” Schools typically observe the annual celebration week with Masses, open houses, and other activities for students, families, parishioners, and community members. During the week, Rep. Lipinski will visit several schools in the district.
“As a graduate of St. Symphorosa Grammar School and St. Ignatius College Prep in Chicago, I look forward to highlighting the achievements of America’s Catholic schools every year during Catholic Schools Week,” said Rep. Lipinski. “The Chicago Archdiocese and the Joliet Diocese run two of the best school systems in the country. The graduation rate for Catholic high school students is 99 percent and 97 percent of graduates go on to college or technical schools.”
It is estimated that Catholic schools save Chicago area taxpayers over $1 billion annually by lowering the number of students in overburdened public schools.
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The Ormond Collective is a restaurant, café and wine bar. The heated outdoor Conservatory Café, offers a cosy space to enjoy a warm brew and a bite to eat, in the gorgeous leafy setting of beautiful gardens. Swiss GriP non-slip was applied to the checker plate pattern tiles to create a slip-resistant floor.
The Ormond Collective was inspired by the great terraces and outdoor dining spaces of Europe and America – florals, gingham, ticking and stripes, oversized cushions, park benches and French café chairs. Now the The Conservatory, The Kitchen Garden, The Rose Garden and The Beer Garden, ensured there is space for everyone to feel comfortable while enjoying a drink, lunch or dinner.
During the renovation of the Conservatory Café, a beautiful black and white checker plated floor was installed. However, soon after opening, the ceramic tiles became a serious slipping hazard for staff and guests, especially in wet conditions.

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