Mexico accuses Bolivia of more harassment, even as president sees let-up
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's foreign ministry on Tuesday again accused Bolivian security and intelligence officials of harassing its diplomatic staff in La Paz, despite remarks by the Mexican president earlier in the day that obtrusive surveillance was easing. Mexico on Monday accused Bolivia of intimidating its diplomats in La Paz after a chill in relations since Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador last month gave political asylum to former Bolivian president Evo Morales, a fellow leftist.
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's foreign ministry on Tuesday again accused Bolivian security and intelligence officials of harassing its diplomatic staff in La Paz, despite remarks by the Mexican president earlier in the day that obtrusive surveillance was easing.
Mexico on Monday accused Bolivia of intimidating its diplomats in La Paz after a chill in relations since Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador last month gave political asylum to former Bolivian president Evo Morales, a fellow leftist.
Bolivia's government responded by saying Mexico had hijacked a regional summit, and had dragged its feet in recognising its new, conservative premier.
On Tuesday, the Mexican Foreign Ministry said Bolivian police were registering the movements of people coming and going from diplomatic facilities, as well as tracking diplomatic vehicles and trying to prevent the ambassador from moving freely.
"These actions are obviously not in line with usual practices of surveillance and protection of diplomatic buildings ... and can only be explained in the light of the internal political situation," the ministry said in a statement.
Mexico complained of "excessive" surveillance by about 150 Bolivian intelligence and security service personnel on Monday.
Lopez Obrador has declined to comment on what had motivated Bolivia to act as his government alleged. Earlier on Tuesday, he had said that things were improving.
"I have news that this situation of extreme surveillance on our embassy in Bolivia has eased considerably," he told his regular news conference on Tuesday.
Even so, "many things" still needed clearing up, he said.
Bolivia's presidential secretary, Erick Foronda, said security personnel were placed around the Mexican embassy to protect the site because it is housing Morales allies, state news outlet Bolivian Information Agency (ABI) reported.
He added the increase of officers did not affect the free movement of embassy officials.
Bolivia's foreign minister, Karen Longaric, said on Monday that Bolivian authorities would respect diplomatic privilege and not enter Mexico's embassy.
Bolivia has moved to the right since Morales resigned in November after a presidential election that the Organization of American States said was rigged in his favour.
Bolivia is currently governed by interim President Jeanine Añez, a former conservative senator and opponent of Morales.
Lopez Obrador said Mexico was eager to know if new elections would be held in Bolivia and whether all "political forces" would be able to take part in them.
(Reporting by Dave Graham, Noe Torres and Daina Beth Solomon in Mexico City; Editing by Alex Richardson and Matthew Lewis)
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By Robin Emmott and John Irish | BRUSSELS/PARIS BRUSSELS/PARIS France and Germany will agree to a U.S. plan for NATO to take a bigger role in the fight against Islamic militants at a meeting with President Donald Trump on Thursday, but insist the move is purely symbolic, four senior European diplomats said.The decision to allow the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to join the coalition against Islamic State in Syria and Iraq follows weeks of pressure on the two allies, who are wary of NATO confronting Russia in Syria and of alienating Arab countries who see NATO as pushing a pro-Western agenda."NATO as an institution will join the coalition," said one senior diplomat involved in the discussions. "The question is whether this just a symbolic gesture to the United States
BEIJING Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday called for greater efforts to make the country's navy a world class one, strong in operations on, below and above the surface, as it steps up its ability to project power far from its shores.China's navy has taken an increasingly prominent role in recent months, with a rising star admiral taking command, its first aircraft carrier sailing around self-ruled Taiwan and a new aircraft carrier launched last month.With President Donald Trump promising a US shipbuilding spree and unnerving Beijing with his unpredictable approach on hot button issues including Taiwan and the South and East China Seas, China is pushing to narrow the gap with the U.S. Navy.Inspecting navy headquarters, Xi said the navy should "aim for the top ranks in the world", the Defence Ministry said in a statement about his visit."Building a strong and modern navy is an important mark of a top ranking global military," the ministry paraphrased Xi as saying.


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The recent Supreme Court case, Fisher v. University of Texas has brought Affirmative Action back into the spotlight, this issue should be put to rest and be completely abolished.
Affirmative Action in universities promotes reverses discrimination; it firstly takes into account the ethnicity, and makes academics second. Perhaps there was once a need for Affirmative Action to be enforced but that time has since passed. Skin color and background should count no more in academic acceptance than eye or hair color, because neither of these suggests one person will do better than the next. The minority scholarships already drastically outnumber the amount given out based on academia, the minorities shouldn't also get the first spots in acceptance to a university.
We need to continue to look purely at transcripts and extracurricular activities, and have ethnicity have no impact when admitting students to universities. This will even the playing field.

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GT’s is located in St. Lawrence County of New York state. On the street of New York 115 and street number is 1156. To communicate or ask something with the place, the Phone number is (315) 562-1460.
The coordinates that you can use in navigation applications to get to find GT’s quickly are 44.4028298 ,-75.1534127
One of the best places to eat in St Lawrence county
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Saturday night special. Looked really good.
i decided to try a small local restaurant near trout lake. GTs hit the spot perfectly. Good menu selection. I had the ribeye steak with mashed potatoes/beef gravy. It was wonderful. Cooked to a perfect medium. My mother had the seafood plate: shrimp, scallops, and halibut. It smelled great. My mother said it all tasted great. My wife had a hamburger and fresh cut French fries. She enjoyed them both. Price was very reasonable for all the food we had. We will definitely eat here again the next time I am in the area.
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This paper proposes an algorithm for the dynamic assignment of Restricted Access Window (RAW) for IEEE 802.11 ah. The Internet of Things (IoT) has groups of sensors and stations interacting over a common network. Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) standard IEEE 802.11ah is best for IoT because it has high data rate and wide coverage while consuming low power. IEEE 802.11ah uses cautiously selected fixed RAW through an Access Point (AP), so that the chances of packet collision is minimized and energy efficiency is improved. By keeping it static, however, the effectiveness of RAW to utilize channels is reduced. We are suggesting an algorithm in which AP roughly calculates network packet transmission and the number of transmitting stations, and assigns resources to IoT networks by modifying RAW dynamically. The proposed algorithm shows improvement in average delay, throughput, PDR and jitter. The proposed algorithm achieves one of the best performances with an average delay of 0.43 sec, throughput of about 23 kbps, maximum packet delivery ratio (PDR) of about 98%, and jitter of about 80 sec.


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On February 16th one of the most famous sites in North America will be will be lit up in the colors of the Lithuanian flag in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the declaration of Lithuania’s Freedom.
In 1949, freedom fighters signed the Declaration of the Independence of Lithuania on February 16th (originally declared in 1918). This declaration was ratified as an act of law on January 12, 1999 by the Seimas (Parliament) of Lithuania.
According to the declaration, Lithuania is a democratic republic, and its sovereign government belongs to the Lithuanian nation.
The event is sponsored by the Lithuanian Embassy in Canada and the Niagara Falls Illumination Board. The Falls will be lit in yellow, green and red for 15 minutes at 10 p.m. (5 a.m. Lithuania time). The time may be adjusted according to weather conditions.
#Lithuania #NiagaraFalls #LithuanianEmbassy #Restored100 #LithuaniaStrong
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2 1/4 c. flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
3/4 c. margarine
1 c. sugar
2 Tbsp. milk
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. chopped nuts (opt)
1 c. chopped dates (opt)
1/2 c. finely chopped, drained marashino cherries, plus additional for decoration.
Dayle's NOTE: I have never made these with the nuts or dates, although
I have added some choc. chips
and those were excellent! Have some additional cherry pieces for decoration.
Crush cornflakes to measure 1 1/3 c. Set aside. Cream
together marg. and sugar.
Beat in eggs one at a time, then milk and vanilla. Mix in baking powder, then flour,
stir in nuts, dates, cherries or choc. chips.
Roll into small balls, roll in cornflake crumbs to coat. Top each ball with a piece of cherry.
Place on greased cookie sheet. Bake until lightly brown. 375 deg. for 10 min.
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Sentences imposed on the killers of a four-year-old girl have "shocked the public conscience" and should be increased, a court has been told.
Chloe Valentine died from massive head injuries after being forced to ride a motorbike that repeatedly crashed over a three-day period in her Adelaide backyard in January 2012.
Her mother Ashlee Polkinghorne, 22, was jailed for at least four years and nine months, while her mother's then-partner, Benjamin McPartland, 28, received four years and two months.
They both pleaded guilty to manslaughter through criminal neglect.
Director of Public Prosecutions Adam Kimber SC on Thursday urged the Court of Criminal Appeal to find the sentences were "manifestly inadequate" and shocked the public conscience.
The terrified 17kg girl was repeatedly placed on a 50kg motorbike in the backyard.
She suffered massive injuries after the bike repeatedly crashed into a shed and pot plants, fell on top of her and eventually smashed into a lemon tree.
The couple waited more than eight hours before calling an ambulance, during which time they smoked cannabis and went on the internet seeking information about what to do when someone was unconscious.
Mr Kimber said the sentences needed to deter both prisoners, who in future may have children or be involved with people who have them.
The sentences also needed to deter other child minders from not getting help when something went wrong.
"The child was but an infant, unable to resist getting onto the bike, unable to get herself medical care, unable to call an ambulance," Mr Kimber said.
Anthony Allen, for McPartland, said the non-parole period of 50 months in jail was "hardly insignificant" and the sentence sat "squarely" within the appropriate range.
Brian Deegan, for Polkinghorne, asked what greater deterrence could his client have than to lose her only child in tragic circumstances.
"It will be trite to suggest she will not have learnt personally an enormous lesson from this incident," he said.
"There is no greater punishment than to lose her child."
He said no malice was involved in putting Chloe on the bike, adding "this was supposed to be a happy episode".
McPartland received a maximum term of seven years while Polkinghorne received eight years.
The three judges reserved their decision.
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The Tampa Bay Area is home to three main metropolises, chief among them being Tampa, which offers its guests an almost endless list of family-friendly attractions and pastimes. At nearby St. Petersburg, a clutch of stores, eateries and art galleries await – while neighbouring Clearwater offers peaceful barrier island getaways. This is also a hub for professional sports, with representative teams in NFL, NHL and MLB.
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D 1.4.2 General corrosion from CO2 mixtures Fossil fuels will continue to be the dominant source of the world’s primary energy production for the foreseeable future. It is concerned that the carbonbased fuels produces greenhouse gases, principally carbon dioxide, which adversely affect the global climate and environment. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is one of the most important strategies in reducing global carbon emissions. In this scenario pipeline CO2 transportation is considered a reasonable option for transporting large quantities of CO2 transmission over long distances. Carbon steels are the most economical materials for constructing pipelines, but corrosion issue should be further studied to assess their suitability to the purpose, in particular in wet CO2 streams containing different levels of impurities (e.g. O2, H2O, SOx, NOx, Ar, N2…). Therefore, this experimental research focused on the effect of moisture, pressure, temperature and rotation rate on the corrosion behavior of X60, X65, X70 and X80 carbon steel samples in supercritical CO2 environments with SO2, O2, and H2O impurities regarding corrosion of pipelines in CO2 service. The simulated results calculated by Xiang et al.’s model are also discussed to investigate the effect of moisture, pressure and temperature. The SO2 and O2 impurity concentration is 3000 ppm and 1100 ppm, respectively. The H2O contents ranged from 1600 to 3000 ppm. And the temperatures ranged from 40 to 75 °C with pressures ranging from 8 to 12 MPa. Each test lasted for 72h, and ten tests in all were conducted. The entire experimental system in Fig. 1 consists of a 2.2 L capacity autoclave (shown in Fig. 2), CO2 mixture cylinder, a pump, a temperature and pressure controller system and a tail gas treatment facility. Weight loss method is applied to obtain the average corrosion rate. The samples product morphology was analyzed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) and the elemental composition and crystallization of the corrosion product layers were detected by utilizing X-ray diffraction (XRD). 3D measuring laser microscope (LEXT OLS4100, OLYMPUS) was also employed to examine sample surface and determine the localized corrosion after cleaning the product scale.


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Michelle Grabner's exhibition at Efremidis Gallery in Berlin.
Keyring Shuffle is an exhibition curated by Alexandra-Maria Toth with works by David Takeshi Yoshida and Sebastian Koeck, currently on view at house of spouse in Vienna.
Group exhibition with works by Hugo Avigo, Camille Benarab-Lopez, Côme Clérino, Aurore Le Duc, Lulù Nuti, Julian Simon at Galerie Chloe Salgadeo in Paris.
Michele Gabriele's soloshow curated by Treti Galaxie at NAM in Firenze.
Jana Vojnárová's exhibition curated by Viktor Cech at Studio PRÁM in Prague.
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These 14 books, selected by Planetizen for lasting relevance and excellence in research and rhetoric, will continue to define the ambitions and the shortcomings of the urban planning field in the decade that was the 2010s.
To increase affordability communities should support moderate-priced housing development. This increases housing options for middle-income households, and for lower-income through filtering, as households move from low- to moderate-priced units.
The Democratic Party will hold a two-day debate event, starting tonight. It's time to brush up on the positions of the leading candidates on policies and politics relate to housing, climate change, and infrastructure.
California State Senator Scott Wiener made a big splash this month by announcing a package of pro-development bills, and now interest groups are taking sides in a heated debate over housing and density.
The Confederate monuments debate invites a broader interdisciplinary conversation about the nature and planning of public commemorative landscapes and, by extension, the identity and soul of a community.
The argument in the headline, put more specifically: inclusionary zoning, fees, legal challenges, and minimum apartment sizes are counter-productive. The only policy that will add housing stock, is to make it much cheaper to add housing stock.
Buffalo is considering policies to support affordable rental housing as demand rises. While inclusionary zoning is controversial everywhere, specific questions about the policy's effectiveness arise in cities with little to no population growth.
There’s very little that differentiates proposals by four distinguished planning and design firms to better connect my university to its immediate neighborhood and the wider city. Why is that, and does it have to be that way?
Architects and planners have to work together, as everyone on both sides of the equation knows. Even though the fields often speak the same language, there still seem to be many moments and ideas lost in translation.
No cities are entirely urban, or even similar from one neighborhood to the next. The Corner Side Yard has some fun thinking about which Chicago neighborhoods we "Chicago in Name Only" and which of its suburbs are "Suburbs in Name Only."

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As a resident of Windsor Terrace, Prospect Park is basically my backyard. I have always loved a Prospect Park Boathouse wedding because the proximity to my home, the beauty of the location, and the glorious light in this beautiful place.
This was a fantastic Prospect Park Boathouse wedding day, made even better by plenty of time to create portraits of the bride and groom!
This amazing couple chose to have their church ceremony in the afternoon. This allowed a break in between the ceremony and the reception.
The guests had some time to spend in Brooklyn, leisurely making their way towards the couple's Prospect Park Boathouse wedding cocktail hour and reception. The couple also had plenty of time to create many beautiful portraits in the park before joining the end of their cocktail hour!
There are many extraordinary places to create portraits in Prospect Park, but none more beautiful than the areas around the Prospect Park Boathouse wedding reception location.
When I am looking for a place to take wedding photography portraits on a wedding day, it's great to have amazing landmarks and fancy backgrounds. Are they crucial for great wedding day pictures? Of course not!
The most important thing is that the couple themselves are having a great time. Great, happy people make for great, happy wedding pictures! I am often asked what the best tip I have is for wedding clients, and it's this : BE HAPPY. Your effervescent joy will radiate through your wedding pictures, and happiness is the first step to amazing wedding photos!
This bride and groom allocated some time in between their ceremony and reception to create family portraits, as well as some pictures of the two of them together.
Upon arriving to the park after the ceremony, we took the family pictures first. This way we could release the family directly to cocktail hour once we were done!
After the family pictures, we photographed the bride and groom with their bridal party. After sending the bridal party to cocktail hour, I had some wonderful time with the bride and groom alone.
No matter how you plan your wedding day, I'd love to help you plan the timeline for your wedding. First look or no first look, there is a timeline for every wedding day! I hope to hear from you soon, and I look forward to creating the best timeline that fits you and your day!Filename: prospect-park-boathouse-wedding.jpg. 1/1250; f/4.0; ISO 100; 16.0 mm.


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Hi! My name's fishg, you'll typically find me on the Suggestions Forum, though sometimes I wander off somewhere else. I post new suggestions every now and then, and pride myself on their detail. Or at least I used too, now I'm messing with the idea of quick image posts without much detail or supporting reasoning. I intend on using both of these styles, depending on the topic.
If anyone has an idea for a suggestion but doesn't think they can present it well or needs input, feel free to PM me and I can give you advice. I see a lot of ideas with great potential on these forums get washed down by a minimal presentation. Put in the extra mile and the work will show!
I'm pushing a new idea of mine, Collaborative Suggestions. These are threads where we all work together to create a huge suggestion (ex: a fourth dimension). Also please check out all my suggestions, which you can find in my banner or the threads section of my account. There's not one I feel ashamed of, and have all been critically acclaimed.
Oh, and I'm a fish. I think.
"If we can't have a Suggestions Guide, pin this to the front as THE example suggestion" - InterludeDude on Bedrock Armor.

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- Written by Jim Miller Jim Miller
Dear Savvy Senior,
Are people with high blood pressure at increased risk of getting coronavirus?
– Hypertensive Helen
In the age of COVID-19, gyms have been forced to close around the country. Now, as many are reopening for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, gym staff must make sure they’re following recommended guidelines for social distancing and ensuring proper cleaning and sanitization.
As Pennsylvanians continue to receive federal stimulus payments as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, the Pennsylvania departments of Aging, Human Services, and Insurance remind consumers living in long-term care facilities that these checks belong to them, not the facilities where they live.
The National Council on Aging is warning that while the financial hardships created by the COVID-19 pandemic will impact the economic security of all older adults, it will disproportionately hurt Hispanics over age 60.
United Zion Retirement Community in Lititz recently received nearly 100 boxes of Girl Scout cookies for residents and employees caring for a high-risk population during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Written by Chris Orestis Chris Orestis
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RABAT, Sept 1 (Reuters) - An unpredictable succession,
suspicion of foreign influence, diplomatic rows, policy
uncertainty and the lingering threat of social unrest all pose
potential risks for investors in oil-producer Libya.
Here are some risk factors to watch.
Muammar Gaddafi has led Libya for more than 40 years, longer
than any living African leader. He is in his late 60s, but there
is no framework for his succession and he has carefully avoided
designating a successor. Analysts say he appears to be in good
health but that, when he dies, years of instability could follow
as competing groups and relatives struggle for supremacy.
The liberal-leaning Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, who took a
central role in ending Libya's stand-off with the West, has the
highest profile among Gaddafi's sons but lacks any official role
and Libya experts say he has little support from the army, whose
endorsement is seen as vital if he is to hold power.
Two other sons, Mutassim and Khamis, are both thought to
have stronger power bases in the military. Their policy views,
including on the economy and outside investment, remain unknown
but Libya watchers see Mutassim -- Libya's National Security
Adviser -- as close to the old guard that opposes many of the
reforms proposed by Saif al-Islam.
What to watch:
-- Whether Saif al-Islam becomes head of the Social Popular
Leadership, making him the country's de facto second in command.
Analysts say he turned the job down last year because it might
still not give him the power he needs to push through reforms.
-- Supporters of Saif al-Islam say he plans to try to have a
constitution adopted to set up formal institutions instead of
the complex web of informal spheres of influence on which his
father's system is based. If he goes ahead with his plan, that
could indicate he is staking a stronger claim to the succession.
-- The fluctuating fortunes of Saif al-Islam's media and
other projects. One example: two newspapers allied to him
stopped publishing in January, citing problems with the
authorities, but they were back on newsstands in July.
As oil money swells the coffers after years of austerity,
foreign firms are jostling for billions of dollars of potential
deals in housing, transport infrastructure, telecoms and public
services. But the environment is fraught with dangers, from
bureaucratic lethargy to a captive judiciary and risks tied to
land ownership and changing business rules.
Business-friendly reforms are stalled and Libya sits in
130th place out of 180 countries in Transparency International's
2009 Corruption Perceptions Index.
Diplomatic hiccups can quickly have a devastating effect on
companies operating in Libya. Switzerland's ties with Libya
broke down after the brief arrest of another son of Gaddafi,
Hannibal, in Geneva in 2008 and the dispute drew in the European
Union, United States and major energy firms.
Libya stopped oil exports to Switzerland and withdrew assets
from Swiss banks. In March this year, it imposed a trade and
economic embargo on Switzerland, dealing a blow to Swiss
business interests in Libya. The two governments agreed to patch
up relations and a Swiss businessman caught in the dispute was
allowed home after being held for nearly two years in Tripoli.
Libya showed it was even prepared to challenge its old foe
the United States, when it threatened U.S. oil companies with
unnamed consequences in response to caustic comments about
Gaddafi made by a Washington official. The official later
What to watch:
-- Rising oil prices would give the government more money
for its investment programme. But they could also dull the
incentive to make Libya more attractive for investors.
-- Any signs that smaller companies are beginning to invest
in Libya. So far it is viewed as the preserve of big
multinationals that benefit from intense government lobbying and
are diversified enough to spread their risks.
-- Any sign that Saif al-Islam's reformist camp is weakening
might encourage the government of Prime Minister Al Baghdadi Ali
al-Mahmoudi to take a more protectionist line on inward
investment and tighten terms for foreign business.
-- Signs the leadership is trying to forge a coherent vision
for the economy. The country's state-run markets are now crammed
with foreign consumer goods but a nebulous system of central
economic planning and wealth distribution remains. Gaddafi still
cherishes his vision of Islamic Socialism, with its system of
grass-roots government by town-hall committees in which
political parties are banned. Saif al-Islam has commissioned
successive reform plans from Western consultancies but their
free-market vision is resisted by the powerful old guard.
Libya was for decades the subject of international
sanctions, and Western governments have accused it in the past
of seeking weapons of mass destruction and of having ties to
violent militant groups. Muammar Gaddafi renounced these
policies and, soon after, sanctions were lifted.
Most Western countries have shown a willingness to play down
Libya's past in return for lucrative deals. However, Libya's
past can come back to haunt firms who do business there. A panel
of U.S. Senators wants to hold a hearing to establish whether BP
had any influence on the British decision to release from
prison Abdel Basset al-Megrahi. He is the Libyan intelligence
officer convicted of the 1988 bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over
Lockerbie, Scotland.. BP said in August it was delaying plans to
drill offshore in Libya until later this year. It did not say
What to watch:
-- Will the Senate investigation lose steam now that BP has
successfully capped the leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico
which triggered an outpouring of anger against the company among
-- Will other international firms come under pressure for
doing business with a country with such a chequered past?
-- How will politicians in Europe and the United States
respond as Libya's sovereign wealth fund, which controls about
$65 billion, ramps up its investments in developed countries'
flagship firms? Some members of the ruling coalition in Italy
called for an investigation after Libya increased its total
interest in lender Unicredit to 6.7 percent.

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In summation to six brand-new processors, AMD has revealed the authoritative terms and merchandise day of its hotly-anticipated caller processor: The Ryzen 7 5800X3D. First announced astatine CES 2022, the innovative caller spot volition beryllium disposable for acquisition online connected April 20 for a terms of $449.
The 5800X3D is the archetypal of its kind, featuring L3 cache stacked vertically close connected apical of the spot itself.
AMD has repeatedly called it the “world’s fastest gaming CPU,” contempt superior contention from Intel’s 12th-gen chips. In the announcement, AMD besides restated the assertion that the Ryzen 7 5800X3D is 15% faster than the Ryzen 9 5900X.
The 5800X3D comes astatine an important time, too, arsenic AMD won’t person its existent next-gen processors disposable until aboriginal this year. While we hold for Ryzen 7000 with the caller Zen 4 architecture, however, the 5800X3D volition capable the void and doesn’t necessitate buying a caller motherboard to upgrade, arsenic it uses the long-standing AM4 socket. The upcoming Zen 4 chips volition beryllium moving to AM5, which volition necessitate a larger update for funny PC upgraders.
AMD did not corroborate oregon contradict accusation connected overclocking connected this caller chip. Recent reports person indicated that it whitethorn beryllium a diagnostic near disconnected this caller processor, possibly to thermal concerns of the 3D V-Cache.
AMD besides announced immoderate caller affordable chips to capable retired the lineup, including 3 based connected Zen 2 chips and 3 based connected Zen 3. The Zen 2 chips commencement astatine $99 with the quad-core Ryzen 3 4100; the $129 Ryzen 5 4500; and the six-core Ryzen 5 4600G, which costs $154 and comes with integrated Radeon graphics.
The caller Zen 3 chips see the Ryzen 5 5500 for $159; Ryzen 5 5600 for $199; and the Ryzen 7 5700X, the eight-core champion of the bunch, for $299. These six caller processors volition beryllium alongside the caller Ryzen 7 5800X3D successful AMD’s outpouring lineup.
Lastly, AMD besides announced a long-awaited BIOS update to enactment Zen 3 processors successful older 300-series motherboards. This includes motherboards arsenic aged arsenic 2016 and volition enactment each these caller processors, including the Ryzen 7 5800X3D.
The update volition beryllium labeled arsenic mentation fig 1207 erstwhile it comes done a BIOS update, and AMD says it volition beryllium disposable sometime successful April oregon May, though it depends connected the peculiar shaper oregon exemplary of the motherboard.
- AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D details leak, and there’s immoderate atrocious news
- New AMD Zen 3 CPUs whitethorn situation Intel portion we await Zen 4
- New MSI Aegis ZS desktops diagnostic AMD hardware and GPU boost
- A mysterious caller Intel i7 spot conscionable showed up successful tests
- CPU terms cut: AMD Ryzen 5000 prices conscionable took a tumble


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IN BRIEF - SalMar - Harvest and value added processing agreement between SalMar and Lerøy Seafood Group
Friday, February 24, 2012
SalMar has entered into an agreement with Lerøy Seafood Group ASA (Lerøy) where SalMar's InnovaMar facility at Frøya will provide harvesting and processing services related to salmon farmed in Lerøy's sea farms in Møre and Trøndelag. SalMar will at InnovaMar harvest a considerable quantity of fish from Lerøy of which a substantial share will be processed further at the InnovaMar facility. The cooperation will start immediately, and the increased volumes that will go through the InnovaMar facility will provide synergies for both the harvesting and processing activities SalMar runs at the InnovaMar facility. In particular, the processing department will increase activity levels and utilization significantly from 2011 to 2012.
Also, SalMar Nord AS (wholly owned subsidiary of SalMar ASA) has entered into an agreement with Lerøy Aurora AS (wholly owned subsidiary of Lerøy Seafood Group ASA) located in Skjervøy in Troms. The agreement with Lerøy implies that SalMar Nord, with immediate effect, is to harvest all of its salmon at Lerøy Aurora's harvesting plant. This will increase activity and have positive effects on local communities in Troms County. SalMar also considers it desirable to reduce transport distances for its salmon farmed in Troms. SalMar expects that this change will result in reduced harvest costs and costs for well boat transportation, combined with better fish quality due to the fact that the fish now is both farmed and harvested in Troms.
On 24 May, NOAA Fisheries announced several senior leadership changes that align with the changes we are making to our West Coast operations. First, our current Northwest Regional Administrator, Will Stelle, will take on the responsibility of regional administrator for the agency's Northwest and Southwest regional offices as the agency works on forming its new West Coast Regional Office. At the same time, Rod McInnis, our Southwest Regional Administrator, has accepted a new position at Fisheries headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, as the Acting Director of NOAA Fisheries Office of International Affairs.
Please be advised that although other changes will take place, the agency will maintain all of its current physical field offices, within the region, and we will continue to provide a sustained level of service to our many stakeholders in California, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho under the new structure.
Oyster fans might want to reduce their consumption of the mollusks as test results in Guangzhou showed they contained excessive amounts of cadmium and other heavy metals.
Following a scandal of cadmium-tainted rice in the southern province, China Central Television reported that 1 kilogram of oysters sold at a Guangzhou restaurant, famous for grilled oysters, contained 2 mg of cadmium, 20 times the permitted content stipulated in a national standard drafted by the health authority.
TOKYO - Investors in Japan might keep a close eye on sales of the homely horse mackerel as an early warning of any trouble ahead. The good news is that in the more confident Japan of 2013, tuna remains king.
So says Mizuho Securities economist Kenta Ishizu, who believes he has found a leading indicator of Japanese consumer demand that relies on two of the most common items on a sushi menu: Japanese horse mackerel and tuna.
There's no smoke and mirrors about it - Americans are eating a lot more smoked seafood than they used to. And that demand — part of a larger trend of infusing everything from salts and cocktails to fruit and teas with a kiss of smoky flavor — has smoked seafood producers like Maine's Ducktrap River moving fast to expand production.
"Our sales have increased to the point where we can't keep up," says Don Cynewski, the company's general manager. "We feel strongly that this is still a relatively new product in the United States, and that it has good growth potential."
DAGUPAN CITY - The Philippines is still lucky that it is still free from the deadly shrimp disease called Early Mortality Syndrome (EMS) which is now stalking shrimps from all over the world.
Dr. Westly Rosario, chief of the National Integrated Fisheries Technology Development Center (NIFTDC) here, said they were aware that EMS could wipe out the local shrimp industry if the disease finally enters the country, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has banned lately the importation of shrimps, lobsters, crabs and other crustaceans.
Rosario said that EMS is a deadly disease that could wipe out shrimp population overnight since it kills the juvenile at very early stage.
Therney RE is now steaming home after having taken its entire 650 tonne redfish quota in only twelve days. The same applies to Örfirisey RE, but HB Grandi’s two other vessels on the redfish grounds, Helga María AK and Venus HF, are still at sea. Helga María is newly arrived on fishing grounds around the 200 mile limit after a half-landing in Reykjavík.
According to Therney’s skipper, Kristinn Gestsson, fishing has been very good since the Icelandic trawlers started on redfish on 10th May. ‘Things started off quietly but picked up and the last three or four days have been excellent. The redfish are in thick shoals so we have been fishing carefully. This means that we have shortened the tows so as not to get too much in each haul. Our maximum production capacity is 45 to 50 tonnes per day, depending on what we are producing, so we can cope well if we are getting around 35 tonnes per day.
Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologists say the next commercial opening of the Copper River District for wild salmon harvests is anticipated to be on Monday, 27 May, with the time and area to be announced on Saturday, 25 May.
Meanwhile, the Copper River District is to open for subsistence fishing at 7 a.m. on Thursday 23 May, for a 12-hour period with waters within the Chinook salmon inside closure area to be closed during this subsistence period.
Atlantic sturgeon, an ancient species that in the 19th century briefly made New Jersey a world capital of the caviar trade, are now on the endangered species list. But fishermen’s nets now won’t threaten the sturgeons’ survival, as they make a slow population recovery along the East Coast, according to a new analysis by government biologists.
Continuing use of gear like fixed gill nets for monkfish — a valuable commercial fishery to New Jersey — “could adversely affect, but is not likely to jeopordize” the survival of Atlantic sturgeon in the wild, according to the report issued this week by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The additional 84 600 tonnes horse mackerel quota which the Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources Bernhard Esau, is expected to allocate soon, is only for existing right holders and not new companies, Esau told The Namibian on 22 May.Esau declined to say when he would issue the quota saying that he would inform the companies that qualify for the rights.
He said it appears that “there are forces using the media” to find out when the TAC will be allocated. “The quota has owners. Its not for new companies,” he said adding that the horse mackerel industry in the country was saturated at the moment.


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For centuries, the Mediterranean Sea has provided surrounding countries and communities with abundant marine resources, livelihoods and trade opportunities, while serving as a bridge between the rich cultures that shape the region.
The Mediterranean is now a rapidly declining sea with a growing trend of unstainable fish stocks and habitats for species reproduction under threat.
With traditional actors failing to reverse the trend, there is an urgent need to identify and stop the most destructive fishing activities in areas that are supposed to be protected.
The Primat Foundation has decided to join forces with a consortium of organisations named MedSeaAlliance and to support Global Fishing Watch (GFW) in the Mediterranean.
Global Fishing Watch is recognised for its global expertise in improving the transparency of fishing fleet activity to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, and to strengthen the designation and safeguarding of marine protected areas.
In particular, the donation was directed towards a new anti-bottom trawling initiative jointly implemented by the MedSeaAlliance and GFW which aim is to:
-reveal the extent of the negative impact of bottom trawling in the Mediterranean with the help of new technologies.
-reverse the culture of non-compliance in fisheries.
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- Production of an Atlas of Illegal Trawling in the Mediterranean.
- Over a period of three years, and in collaboration with key stakeholders such as the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM), non-governmental organisations (NGOs), the media and academia, GFW will support the advocacy and investigation efforts of Med Sea Alliance members and other Mediterranean stakeholders through advanced technical support, analysis of the fisheries footprint and provision of dynamic data on vessels and human activities to inform decision-making and improve future policy and ecological resilience.
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Pastoralists on 200km trek to save River Ewaso Nyiro
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More than 200 pastoralists have embarked on a 200-kilometre six-day camel caravan to raise awareness on the importance of conserving River Ewaso Nyiro.
Volunteer youths will traverse Laikipia, Samburu and Isiolo counties where the river flows through.
The annual activity dubbed Ewaso Nyiro River camel caravan aims at creating awareness among locals on conservation of water, a source of livelihood to pastoralists.
The trek was flagged off on Sunday at Ewaso village in Laikipia County. Another group trekking from Bisan Biliqo, Barambate and Gotu markets in Isiolo County was flagged off yesterday.
The organisers say the caravan is also aimed at reducing perennial bloody conflicts among the pastoralist communities over water and pasture.
John Ole Tingoi from Non-Government Indigenous Movement for Peace Advancement and Conflict Transformation (IMPCAT), says water levels of River Ewaso Nyiro have gone down affecting pastoralists as it is the only river flowing into the arid northern Kenyan.
“There are many human activities along the river by different communities from the counties that depend on the river. We are engaging them in forums through the journey to encourage them to conserve the river,” said Tingoi.
The walk comes as pastoralists living downstream are opposed to one of the national government projects-construction of Crocodile Jaw mega dam-along the river on the boundary of Isiolo, Laikipia and Samburu arguing that it would affect the free flow of water.
River Ewaso Nyiro serves six counties with 3.6 million people depending on it for livestock and household water use. The river is fed by nearly 40 streams flowing from Mt Kenya and Aberdare forests.
Over the years, water levels of the river have gone down and for the past four years of advocacy for conservation and peaceful coexistence among the communities, Tingoi noted that residents have embraced the idea.
“We are keen at avoiding violent clashes among pastoralists in downstream counties which have been majorly been over water and pasture,” he said.
Lorian Swamp (where the river ends) is said to be a grave because of the deaths that have occurred there.
The participants will follow the river through different areas up to Archer’s Post in Samburu County where they will all converge on August 9.
The team from Laikipia will traverse through Ol Donyiro, Kipsing, West Gate and Kalama areas to the Post.
Participants in the caravan are drawn from Rendille, Maasai, Samburu, Borana and Somali communities who normally fight over pasture.
Other organisations involved in the caravan include Water Resources Authority (WRA), as well as Isiolo, Laikipia and Samburu county governments.
Tingoi cited Illegal and unregulated abstractions by small and large scale farmers as another major cause of decline in water flow to the semi-arid northern region.
“We are seeking to encourage dialogue between pastoralists and farmers for equitable sharing of the water,” he added.
Bonnie Pashulan a resident of Waso and a camel handler in the trek regretted that perennial conflicts over natural resources have seen hundreds of pastoralists die.
“There was drought last year and the more we get involved as communities, the more people are getting veered off from abstraction,” said Pashulan.
Several organizations including USAid, Family Health International 360, Cordaid, Isiolo Peace Link and Merti Integrated Development Programme are supporting this annual event which is in its fifth year.
This year’s theme is; Saving the Ewaso Ng’iro Ecosystem through sustainable management of natural resources, enhanced livelihoods and peaceful coexistence.
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VIDEO: Atletico Madrid from 0:2 to 3:2 against Cadiz in "La Liga"
The footballers of Atletico Madrid after a turnaround with a score of 3:2 they defeated the team of Cadiz in the eighth round of "La Liga".
Cádiz took the lead with Pires' goal in the 12th minute, and Marti doubled the lead in the 27th minute. The "quilters" through Correa with the goal in the 32nd minute reduced the lead of Cadiz to 1:2.
At the very beginning of the second half (46 minutes) Molina equalized for Atlético at the Metropolitano stadium.
Correa was on the scoresheet for the second time and brought a triumph to his club in the 66th minute.
After this victory, Atlético occupies fourth place in the table with 16 points and a game in hand, while Cadiz is in 12th place with nine points.

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Fedolf, the notorious headsman of Iddland, is known as much for his beheadings as for his operatic arias of doom. A tower of power, standing nearly seven feet tall, and weighing in at almost four hundred pounds, Fedolf strikes fear in all onlookers, especially when he dons his executioner's hood, and goes shirtless, wielding his gigantic double-bladed pole-axe, on his way to the headsman's block. He possesses a beautiful singing voice, and will often send off his charges into the next life, while belting out baritone dirges and antiquated arias, usually involving death, destiny, and duty, in heavy doses.


The Death of George Floyd 1 Year Later: How Hollywood Has Changed Forever
Tuesday marks the 1-year anniversary of George Floyd's tragic murder on May 25, 2020, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which spurred a movement and significant change in Hollywood that's still continuing today.
Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man living in Minnesota, died after former police officer Derek Chauvin held him down by the neck with his knee for more than nine minutes when he was arrested for suspicion of forgery outside a deli. Former police officers Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng were also seen holding down Floyd, while former officer Tou Thao was spotted near the others in the video. Floyd heartbreakingly told officers that he couldn't breathe, and also called out for his mother in the final moments of his life. The devastating incident was caught on tape and went viral, thrusting the Black Lives Matter movement into the spotlight and spurring thousands to protest against police brutality.
Countless celebrities were moved to publicly speak out after the death of Floyd, and also personally took to the streets to protest. Stars like Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Lopez, Alex Rodriguez, Ben Affleck, Madonna and more were seen participating in protests, while others like Insecure star Kendrick Sampson and Riverdale's Cole Sprouse were actually arrested while protesting.
In June, Sampson penned a powerful open letter calling for the Hollywood industry to divest from the police and make big changes to "affirm, defend and invest in Black lives." The letter was signed by over 300 Black artists and executives, including the late Chadwick Boseman, Anthony Mackie, Idris Elba, Viola Davis, Queen Latifah and more.
"By allowing white people to control and oppress the narratives that affirm Black lives, Hollywood has directly and indirectly inflicted harm and oppression onto our communities," the letter reads in part. "Because Hollywood has been a huge part of the problem, we demand it be a part of the solution. We, as Black people, bring immense, immeasurable cultural and economic value to the industry. We are also suffering from the oppression perpetuated by this industry. We have every right to demand this change."
Immediately, celebrities spoke more openly than ever about supporting the BLM movement in interviews and appearances, including legends like Dolly Parton.
"I understand people having to make themselves known and felt and seen," Parton told Billboard in August. "And of course, Black lives matter. Do we think our little white a**es are the only ones that matter? No!"
"There's such a thing as innocent ignorance, and so many of us are guilty of that," she continued. "... As soon as you realize that [something] is a problem, you should fix it. Don't be a dumba**."
Another significant form of support came from Meghan Markle, who spoke out after Floyd's death in a message to the graduating class of Immaculate Heart High School, her alma mater.
"I wasn't sure what I could say to you. I wanted to say the right thing. And I was really nervous that I wouldn't, or that it would get picked apart, and I realized the only wrong thing to say is to say nothing," Markle said, before specifically naming Floyd and other victims of police brutality. "Because George Floyd's life mattered. And Breonna Taylor's life mattered. And Philando Castile's life mattered. And Tamir Rice's life mattered. And so did so many other people whose names we know and whose names we don't know."
"The first thing I want to say to you is that I'm sorry. I'm so sorry you have to grow up in a world where this is still present," she continued.
Meanwhile, Trevor Noah stated in a powerful episode of The Daily Show in June, "Think about that unease that you felt watching that Target being looted. Try to imagine how it must feel for Black Americans when they watch themselves being looted every single day. Because that's fundamentally what's happening in America: Police in America are looting Black bodies."
Major awards shows also became a place for some celebrities to continue to bring attention and support to the BLM movement. In a powerful segment during the 2020 ESPY Awards, a number of sports stars and celebrities came together to address the modern civil rights movement happening across the country and in the memory of Floyd.
"If you don't feel like this is your opportunity to speak up and be active and use your platforms, you are missing it. You are missing the point," NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace shared. "You are missing out on the opportunity to be on the right side of history."
Leadership was also questioned like never before following the death of Floyd, for example, at Condé Nast, which owns major magazines like Vogue, The New Yorker and Bon Appétit. Bon Appétit editor-in-chief Adam Rapoport exited the magazine after an image of him in brownface surfaced online, and three of the magazine's stars -- From the Test Kitchen assistant food editor Sohla El-Waylly, contributing food editor Rick Martinez and contributing writer Priya Krishna -- later left over alleged racial discrimination. Additionally, head of Condé Nast Entertainment’s lifestyle video programming Matt Duckor left his post after allegations that he paid people of color less than their white colleagues and didn't feature people of color in Bon Appétit's Test Kitchen videos.
Bon Appétit acknowledged their shortcomings in a statement. "We have been complicit with a culture we don't agree with and are committed to change," the statement read in part. "Our mastheads have been far too white for far too long. As a result, the recipes, stories, and people we've highlighted have too often come from a white-centric viewpoint. At times we have treated non-white stories as 'not newsworthy' or 'trendy.' Other times we have appropriated, co-opted, and Columbused them."
In June, Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour admitted there are "too few" Black employees at the iconic fashion magazine in an email to staffers. Wintour began the message, obtained by ET, by acknowledging the "sadness, hurt, and anger" her staff might be experiencing at this time in America's history.
"I want to say this especially to the Black members of our team -- I can only imagine what these days have been like," she wrote. "Meanwhile, I want to say plainly that I know Vogue has not found enough ways to elevate and give space to Black editors, writers, photographers, designers and other creators. We have made mistakes too, publishing images or stories that have been hurtful or intolerant. I take full responsibility for those mistakes."
Supermodel Joan Smalls talked to ET later that month about her struggles in the fashion industry as a Black woman.
"It's like, you know, when you walk into a room, I'm not walking in as Joan Smalls," she shared. "I'm walking in, there's a community behind me because everything is going to be reflected on them. You know, if you speak out your mind, 'Oh, is she the angry Black girl? ... Oh, is she giving attitude?'"
"That's not it. I'm an adult, I'm a woman, I'm educated, I feel like if I need to speak up, I will do so without disrespecting anybody and we should take the color away from that," she continued. "But growing up, you always know that. My father told me before I came into the industry, he said, 'Joan, the day you were born, you were born with two strikes on your back. You're a woman, and you're Black.'"
Smalls shared what needs to be done for the fashion industry to truly make changes.
"Going back to me being in the room and me being the only one, I think it's important and I think it's essential that [fashion companies'] creative teams should be equally reflective of diversity," she said. "So, not just the optics of what you see on billboards or images, but the team and the core itself where you're being the most creative should have people of all backgrounds. You know, higher up diverse staff, have the internal cultural team so you don't have mishaps within your company when you're marketing something and you're like, 'Oops, we didn't mean to offend you.' I feel like it has to come from the inside."
Indeed, Hollywood has also had a reckoning when it comes to diversity behind the lens and in casting, and a number of stars stepped down from their roles in order for another person of color to take their spot. Kristen Bell announced that she would no longer be voicing the role of Molly Tillerman -- a character with a Black father and a white mother -- on Central Park, so that it could be recast with a Black or multiracial actress. Jenny Slate also announced that she would no longer be voicing Missy, a Black and Jewish character, on Netflix's Big Mouth.
Animated series The Simpsons and Family Guy also made big changes when it comes to white actors voicing ethnic characters. In June, a spokesperson for The Simpsons told ET that "Moving forward, The Simpsons will no longer have white actors voice non-white characters." Mike Henry, known as the voice of Cleveland Brown on Family Guy, said that he would no longer be voicing the Black character. Henry had been a part of the animated show since 1999, and has also voiced Latina maid Consuela.
"It's been an honor to play Cleveland on Family Guy for 20 years," he tweeted. "I love this character, but persons of color should play characters of color. Therefore, I will be stepping down from the role."
Sitcoms The Office, Community and 30 Rock also requested that episodes featuring blackface be removed from streaming services.
Major changes when it comes to diversity extended to reality shows like The Bachelor. In June, executive producers of the long-running ABC show made a pledge after casting their first Black Bachelor, Matt James.
"We acknowledge our responsibility for the lack of representation of people of color on our franchise and pledge to make significant changes to address this issue moving forward," the statement read in part. "We are taking positive steps to expand diversity in our cast, in our staff, and most importantly, in the relationships that we show on television. We can and will do better to reflect the world around us and show all of its beautiful love stories."
Of course, there is still a lot of work to do. On Feb. 13, host Chris Harrison announced he has decided to step aside "for a period of time" from The Bachelor franchise after his controversial remarks about Bachelor contestant Rachael Kirkconnell. Harrison received backlash after he defended her from allegations of racism and encouraged people to offer her "grace" during an interview with former Bachelorette Rachel Lindsay. After Matt James' Bachelor premiere, a user on TikTok accused Kirkconnell of bullying her in the past for dating Black men, and later, another user accused Kirkconnell of liking racist photos. Photos have also surfaced of Kirkconnell at an Old South plantation-themed party while in college.
Harrison apologized for his comments in a lengthy Instagram post.
"I have spent the last few days listening to the pain my words have caused, and I am deeply remorseful. My ignorance did damage to my friend, colleagues and strangers alike," he began. "I have no one to blame but myself for what I said and the way I spoke. By excusing historical racism, I defended it. I invoked the term 'woke police,' which is unacceptable. I am ashamed over how uninformed I was. I was so wrong."
"The historic season of The Bachelor should not be marred or overshadowed by my mistakes or diminished by my actions," he continued. "To that end, I have consulted with Warner Bros. and ABC and will be stepping aside for a period of time."
Still, there is plenty of hopeful progress being made. In October, Michael B. Jordan noted he's ready to usher in a new group of Black superheroes, after vowing to promote diversity and Black culture at a march in Los Angeles in June. The Black Panther star serves as a producer on DC's upcoming Static Shock film, which he will produce through his Outlier Society production banner. Static was first introduced in 1993 by Milestone Comics, a company founded by Black writers and artists aiming to make comics more inclusive for people of color. It was distributed by DC.
"I’m proud to be a part of building a new universe centered around Black superheroes; our community deserves that," Jordan said in a statement to ET. "Outlier Society is committed to bringing to life diverse comic book content across all platforms and we are excited to partner with Reggie and Warner Bros on this initial step."
On Oct. 14, a number of celebs took time to pay tribute to Floyd on what would have been his 47th birthday, and also politicians like now president and vice-president Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Biden tweeted, "Today would have been George Floyd’s 47th birthday, and he should be alive to celebrate it. I made a promise to his family that I won’t let him become just another hashtag — and I’ll work every day as president to keep that promise."
As for Harris, she tweeted, "He should still be alive today celebrating another year with his family and friends. We need justice and to ensure that this never happens again -- starting with banning chokeholds and creating a national standard for use of force."
Of course, there is still much more work to be done. Back in May, Kelly Rowland passionately spoke to ET about continuing to keep up the fight against systemic racism after taking time to process her initial raw feelings.
"I can't sit still. I'm angry. I'm hurt. At times feeling hopeless," Rowland admitted while in tears. "But then sometimes I look at my son and I'm like, 'Hell no. I gotta keep going and what do I need to do?' [I'm] feeling for the families that have to go through all this. Communities, all their emotions, [it] just makes me angry. There's so many things I'm feeling, like everyone else."
"I'm happy that it's actually bothering us the way it is now, because that's when action happens," she continued. "But we have to have a way to move together, if that makes any sense. We need a way to move together, because if we move and we're just acting out of all this anger and madness and emotion, [it won't work]. We have to be collected and unified."
Meanwhile, on April 20, 2021, Chauvin was found guilty on all three murder and manslaughter charges against him in the death of Floyd -- second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter -- following 13 days of powerful testimony in his murder trial.
The jury deliberated for 10 hours over two days before returning with their verdict. The three other officers involved in the arrest that claimed Floyd's life are charged with aiding and abetting. Their trial is expected to begin in August.
The reaction from celebrities was swift. Stars took to social media to share their appreciation for justice being served, while at the same time stressed how this was just the first step in a long march against system inequality.
In March, the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act passed the House, which seeks to reform key policing practices. It would prohibit racial profiling, chokeholds, no-knock warrants, as well as overhaul qualified immunity for officers. A national police misconduct registry would also be created so that officers who are fired for such violations could not be hired unknowingly by another police department.
On Tuesday, President Biden will host members of Floyd's family at the White House, including his siblings, Bridgett, Philonise, Terrence, Rodney, as well as his daughter, Gianna. Philonise also attended a meeting with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday along with other families of police violence victims to lobby for the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, which still has to pass the Senate.
"This legislation has my brother's blood on it and all the other families' blood on it," he told a group of reporters, via CBS News. "We're hurting, we're still in pain."
Celebs Celebrate What Would've Been George Floyd's 47th Birthday
Chloe X Halle Honor George Floyd, Breonna Taylor in NFL Season Opener
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Beit Sefer Mission
The mission of the Beth Emet Religious School is to provide a foundation for lifetime participation in and appreciation of Judaism. The school cultivates a sense of Jewish identity through an understanding of Jewish history, philosophy, tradition and ethical values within the context of Reform Judaism. Through worship, study of Torah, and living social values, the school fosters a sense of community and belonging with the Jewish world. The school is committed to the pursuit of serious learning by offering a developmentally attuned program within a lively, creative educational environment.


Marangoni Car Tyre, the Marangoni Group division that manufactures and markets exclusively Italian-made tyres, around three years ago established an interesting partnership with SKN, a German professional tuning company.
Marangoni’s commitment to tuning has now spanned several decades, and this partnership with SKN further demonstrates how important it is to work alongside specialists in the transformation of normal production vehicles into true racing cars for the design and production of ultra high performance tyres.
SKN stands out in particular for the variety of services it offers; the German company can in fact optimise the performance of almost all makes of car, through both conventional and digital tuning, with major contracts including the preparation of vehicles for Lufthansa, Deutsche Post and various German federal and state police forces and authorities.
Several of the cars prepared by SKN and fitted with Marangoni tyres will be on show at the upcoming Essen Motorshow, to be held from 27 November to 5 December. These include a BMW Z4 35i Bi-Turbo, a Volkswagen Golf R20 and a Ford Focus RS, all fitted with the new Marangoni M-Power high performance tyres, in the sizes 235/35ZR19 e 245/35ZR19; a Volkswagen Audi A1 TFSi and a Volkswagen Polo 1,4 GTI fitted with the Marangoni Mythos, in the size 225/35ZR18.
M-Power, a tyre with a sporting soul, the synthesis of performance and comfort, exclusivity and everyday driving pleasure, is Marangoni’s latest creation and brings something completely new to the range, being the first time that Marangoni has designed a tyre specifically for luxury sports cars, to be marketed initially in fourteen 19” and 20” sizes, five of which specifically for SUVs.
The Marangoni Mythos is a road tyre that can guarantee excellent performance from all points of view: stability at high speed, grip in the wet, efficiency under braking, drivability, comfort.
Marangoni M-Power and Marangoni Mythos, like all other tyres in the Marangoni range, are strictly “made in Italy” and have been guaranteed for life, not however limited to protecting the consumer against manufacturing defects, as required by law, but also covers any damage arising from normal use on the road: punctures, collisions against footpaths or sidewalks, holes in the road and other types of problems.


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|Status||Designated Special Area of Conservation (SAC)|
|* This is the approximate central point of the SAC. In the case of large, linear or composite sites, this may not represent the location where a feature occurs within the SAC.|
General site character
Bogs, Marshes, Water fringed vegetation, Fens (20%)
Humid grassland, Mesophile grassland (10%)
Broad-leaved deciduous woodland (70%)
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Note When undertaking an appropriate assessment of impacts at a site, all features of European importance (both primary and non-primary) need to be considered.
Annex I habitats that are a primary reason for selection of this site
91E0 Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae) * Priority feature
Hollymount is an example of alluvial forests in the south-east of Northern Ireland. The site is a flooded inter-drumlin hollow. The wet woodland is characterised by a canopy of dense, mature alder Alnus glutinosa and grey willow Salix cinerea, with reed canary-grass Phalaris arundinacea and greater pond-sedge Carex riparia dominating the ground flora. Tussock sedge C. paniculata is also very conspicuous. There are natural transitions to oak Quercus spp. woodland on the drumlin slopes.
Annex I habitats present as a qualifying feature, but not a primary reason for selection of this site
Annex II species that are a primary reason for selection of this site
- Not Applicable
Annex II species present as a qualifying feature, but not a primary reason for site selection
- Not Applicable
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My work is about capturing the often overlooked beauty of our surroundings and presenting it in a more compelling way. As a photographer, I prefer working in black and white.
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Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
Research topic: dust sources and emissions, soil erosion and degradation, dynamics of loess topsoils, surface distribution of sediments, dust storms in arid lands
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Her name should be a familiar one -- Angelina Jolie's profile has risen a good deal in recent days, due to her Academy Award-winning supporting performance in Girl, Interrupted. Jolie might also be familiar to those who've seen The Bone Collector, or to the poor, tormented few who relinquished their hard-earned money and got nothing but two hours of Hackers in return. It's been known for some time that Jolie was a lock for the role, due to comments she herself made to the entertainment press, but the studio did not make the announcement official until today.
This quiets one subject of contention concerning the film's cast, but other rumors still swirl, including the possibility that professional wrestler Hulk Hogan may appear in a supporting role. Make your own jokes -- the Hulkster's previous acting efforts rather speak loudly enough for themselves. At any rate, the film is due to begin shooting in England this summer, under the direction of Simon West (the noted overseer of Con Air - whee!).
For those who don't mind destroying the element of surprise in entertainment, a preview of the film's script is available as part of the Tomb Raider movie coverage at IGN FilmForce.

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The Securities and Exchange Commission is looking to increase the frequency of spot checks it conducts on publicly-traded companies. Currently, the SEC performs spot-checks on corporate filers once every three to five years. Under the new plan, the commission would conduct the checks every three years.
The modified schedule will increase the number of SEC reviews to 3,500 a year. That’s a substantial jump from the 2,900 company checks the commission does now.
To handle the extra workload, the securities regulatory agency is doubling the number of accountants in the Corporate Finance Division, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. About 300 accountants and attorneys work there now, plowing through annual and quarterly filings, initial public offerings, proxy statements, and the like.
So what’s behind the increased audit frequency? Sarbanes-Oxley, what else. And while Congress set the standard with passage of that legislation, it left the intensity of the reviews up to the SEC’s discretion.
Reportedly, SEC staffers claim limited reviews make the most sense, noting that a full review of annual reports every three years isn’t practical. Such an exhaustive review usually takes a week of work by a lawyer-accountant team, followed by more analysis by senior SEC managers.
In any case, the scope of the new reviews still haven’t been determined. And Corporate Finance Division Head Alan Beller believes that full reviews — and even the more narrow ones that focus on a single issue like revenue recognition — will count as reviews under the Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.
Before passage of Sarbox, the SEC followed a self-imposed regimen of auditing company filings, with reviews slated every three to five years. According to The Journal, however, the schedule often lapsed.
In fact, Enron Corp., the company partly responsible for the increased scrutiny, had not undergone an SEC review for at least three years before the energy trader went bankrupt.
A Penn State/University of Alabama study confirms the uneven review process. The research found that the SEC did not review 25 percent of publicly traded companies between 1987 and 1991. However, 23 percent of the companies were analyzed twice; 16 percent three times; and 3 percent were reviewed every year.
Michael Clampitt, an SEC attorney quoted in The Journal, compared the new process to the high-profile SEC review of Fortune 500 companies. That program, said Clampitt, was a “public-relations ploy” — designed to hype reviews which sometimes only took a few hours to complete.
Workers Fret About Retirement
Corporate attrition plans, aimed at cutting workforce costs, may run into a bit of trouble over the next few years. Why? A new study says more workers are planning to postpone their retirements.
Indeed, 24 percent of workers 45 and older expect to postpone riding off into the sunset. That figure is a nine percentage-point jump from last year’s tally.
In addition, 16 percent of the workers contend they are not at all confident that they’ll have enough money saved for retirement. Last year, only 10 percent felt that way.
So why are so many employees saying they’ll choose cubicles over cribbage? Not hard to figure: workers in the survey said they’re worried that stock market losses and general economic woes will deplete their nest eggs.
The survey, the 13th annual Retirement Confidence Survey (RCS), was released this week by the Employee Benefit Research Institute, American Savings Education Council (ASEC), and market research firm Mathew Greenwald & Associates.
Surprisingly, the majority of the 1,000 respondents (66 percent) claim they feel either very, or somewhat, confident about having enough money to live comfortably in retirement.
That cheery outlook, however, does not jibe with the survey’s measure of rising anxiety levels among older employees.
But the authors of the poll offer three explanations for that apparent contradiction. First off, many workers don’t know how much money it takes to live comfortably in retirement. Second, a sizeable proportion of workers say they have made lifestyle changes to address economic uncertainty. And finally, some workers have not been hurt by the bear market because they’re not heavily invested in stocks.
How Do You Spell Financial Expert?
Regulators have hit a slight glitch regarding audit committees. Apparently, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Nasdaq Stock Market, and the New York Stock Exchange, still can’t agree on a definition for “financial expert.”
That’s a problem. According to a report from Dow Jones Newswires, confusion over audit committee composition could send a convoluted message to the marketplace.
Officials at Nasdaq and the NYSE require audit committees at listed companies to employ at least one financial expert. But the definition used by the two exchanges is less onerous than the one now being required by the SEC. And officials at the two major boards thought changing their existing descriptions to fit the government’s more rigid designation would, in fact, create confusion.
But the SEC’s not likely to back off its stringent definition of financial expert — particularly since that definition was mandated by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Under SEC rules, a company’s management must disclose to investors whether a financial expert sits on the company’s audit committee. If the committee doesn’t have someone that matches the SEC definition, management must issue an explanation to investors. And few corporates want to risk such an admission.
The SEC rule is unyielding: a financial expert must understand financial statements, GAAP, internal controls and procedures for financial reporting, and audit committee functions. In addition, that person must be able to assess the application of accounting principles regarding accounting estimates, accruals and reserves, and have experience preparing, analyzing or evaluating financial statements that are comparable (in accounting complexity) to the statements of the company on whose board they sit.
The NYSE, on the other hand, wants its audit committee members to have “accounting or related financial management expertise.” Nasdaq calls for past experience in finance or accounting or a professional accounting certification.
- Williams Cos. hired Donald R. Chappel, 51, as CFO. He succeeds Jack McCarthy, who retired in December. Most recently, Chappel was CEO of a Chicago-based development business he founded. Twice during the late 1990s, Chappel was CFO at Waste Management Inc.; before and after that company’s 1998 merger with USA Waste Services. With Chappel’s hiring, interim CFO Gary Belitz will resume his duties as controller and chief accounting officer.
- Former DreamWorks SKG COO Ronald Nelson is appointed to the Cendant board, immediately, and will take over as finance chief of the travel and real-estate company on May 12. Before signing on with DreamWorks in 1994, Nelson was CFO of Paramount Communications. Nelson replaces Kevin Sheehan, who will focus on his role as chairman and CEO of Cendant’s vehicle services division.
- A federal judge postponed the tax-evasion trial of former Tyco International Ltd. CFO Mark Swartz, which was slated to begin on April 15 in Concord, N.H. The new trial is set for July 8. Swartz allegedly failed to report a $12.5 million Tyco bonus in 1999, thereby sidestepping a $5 million federal tax bill. Swartz’s attorneys were trying to reschedule the April court appearance for late November. That would have allowed Swartz’s lawyers to concentrate on his upcoming Sept. 29 trial in New York City, where the onetime Tyco finance chief faces criminal charges, reports Reuters.
- Under pressure from the Securities and Exchange Commission, officials at the Nasdaq stock market have decided to split the job of chairman and CEO. This, according to The New York Times. The changing of the guard takes place on May 12, when current Nasdaq chairman and CEO Hardwick Simmons retires. Robert Greifeld will be named CEO. Currently, Greifeld is vice president at Sungard Data Systems, which owns Nasdaq competitor Brut. The chairman slot will be filled by H. Furlong Baldwin, an outside director. Baldwin believes the separation puts Nasdaq in a “leadership role,” but he says the exchange won’t push companies that trade stock on its system to make the split.
- Former GE Capital Vice President of Finance Anthony Chrysikos was sentenced to 15 months in jail for insider trading. In addition, he was fined $4,000 and sentenced to three years of supervised release. Chrysikos pleaded guilty to securities fraud violations for a July 2001 incident in which the finance chief tipped off his Kung-Fu instructor, about a merger between GE Capital Corp. and Heller Financial Inc. Acting on the tip before the merger was announced, the instructor made a $157,259 profit off of his $11,000 investment in Heller — and apparently shared the proceeds with Chrysikos.


Chalkboard to smartboard - how does technology impact the classroom? By Paul Matthias, National Director of Hays Education
The age of the chalkboards and whiteboards have long since passed, their position usurped by their higher-tech counterparts, the smartboard. Technology is increasingly becoming a fixture in schools. But this digital transformation is not just constrained to the classroom. Over the course of my career at Hays, I have seen significant changes to how the education sector has adapted around technology. Things like the introduction of the DBS update service mean it’s easier than ever for employers to complete checks, whilst the evolution of social media has completely altered the means and scope of education recruitment.
So, as we become ever more sophisticated in the digital world, here are three ways that technology is impacting the classroom and transforming the teaching and student experience:
It all starts in the classroom
It’s become a reality that the majority of students prefer to learn through technology as it’s a means to making the lesson, and therefore the learning itself is more engaging and interesting. We’re dealing with Generation Z, those who have never known a world without the Internet and technology at their fingertips.
This has meant that it’s now increasingly essential for teachers to embrace and showcase their technological skills in the classroom. It’s expected for students to ‘start in the classroom’ with new forms of technology. Promisingly, many schools are recognising the kind of digital future they need to prepare their students for by introducing lessons in computer coding. Ultimately, because of the impact of technology’s dominance upon the workplace, it is teachers that are being tasked with equipping their students with the skills they’ll need to manage in their future lives and working roles.
Learning continues outside the classroom
However, there shouldn’t be too much focus on the potential use of technology for teachers in the classroom, as it’s also an instrument to help in many ways. The influx of tablets, iPads, and smartboards into schools have provided an interactive classroom learning experience wherein the students themselves have to become more actively involved in their own education. Technology has assisted in providing a sense of autonomy for students; they are responsible for following along with a task or researching a topic in a classroom activity and whilst they’re free to learn at their own pace and style, you as an educator are still in control by freely monitoring and tracking activity and learning.
Teachers and support staff too are benefiting from new technology. Our Hays Education Training platform is just one example of how training requirements and development opportunities for education professionals are being met through new technology. As well as CPD, teachers can also use technology to better their work-life balance and manage stress, as demonstrated in our free Wellbeing First training package.
An instrument to help
Further, with the advent of social media it’s never been easier to get ideas to plan and create resources and lessons; storing and sharing content across platforms just makes the classroom and education experience that much better and smoother all round. From my experience in the education sector I’m sure many teachers could lament that it can be hard to excite students with subjects that have a stereotypical reputation of being hard or boring, such as the sciences or languages. But the burgeoning technology in schools has allowed teachers to ‘jazz up’ lessons and diversify their teaching styles. So even at a time where constraints on teachers and schools are more challenging than ever, this ever-increasing culture of technology has opened a huge window of opportunity for a teacher’s skills as a practitioner and how effectively they can educate their students.
Whilst there are always possible negative implications to utilising technology, whether in education or the workplace, the positive implications far outweigh the potential negatives. As such, technology should be viewed as having a constructive impact on education and learning – and really, who better to inspire and educate through the tools of technology than the future generations of society?
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Kyle Bravo is a zinester and musician from New Orleans, LA. With his wife, Jenny, Bravo runs Hot Iron Press - a letterpress and silkscreen printshop, distributor of artists books, zines, comics, etcetera, and organizer of various DIY projects. He also contributes to zines, including Zine World: A Reader's Guide to the Underground Press and Factory Direct.
Bravo edited a collection of DIY articles into a book called Making Stuff and Doing Things, which was published by Microcosm Publishing. It was the book form of a zine that spanned 2 issues that he published in the early 2000's called How2 Zine. Kyle also ran a zine distro called How2 Distro at that time. He has also released the album Digging Myself Deeper on Valiant Death Records.
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FlightCar’s founders are Kevin Petrovic, Shri Ganeshram and Rujul Zaparde.
LOS ANGELES -- Peer-to-peer airport car rental startup FlightCar is opening in its largest and busiest location yet, as the company has just introduced service at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The launch comes two weeks before one of the busiest travel days in the U.S., as FlightCar hopes to capitalize on the number of travelers coming in and out of Los Angeles over the course of the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
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Boston Globe article FlightCar founders here


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Scallop Plaid Photo Ornament – Square
The comforting feeling of home is lovingly expressed in this unique treasure. Thoughtful 3" find is crafted of lightweight ceramic. The front showcases your favorite photo in a scalloped holiday plaid frame. On back, your family name and the sentiment, “There is No Place like Home for the Holidays” is also surrounded with the scalloped plaid design. The perfect personal treasure, exclusive keepsake includes a gold hanging ribbon and comes in a beautiful white gift box for safe yearly storage.
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Patti wouldn't reveal any plot details yet, but did tell gamers what they can expect.
"It's the perfect project two for our company, because it's similar in many ways, but so different," he said. "The next project is more crazy than Limbo, if you say that's crazy. It's more weird in many ways."Patti said that the game likely won't be revealed for a while. When it is, he wants the game to come out soon afterward.
"Our production time is long, so we don't want to tire people out. I hate when the big publishers show something one or two years before the launch," he said. "I want to have an announcement one month before, two weeks before or something. That's an ordinary person's attention span. We'll probably talk about [project two] a bit before [it's out]. We still haven't decided when we'll talk about it." As for where the game will be playable, Patti said he's hoping for a multiplatform launch.
"We are aiming to go as wide as possible," he said. "At this point it's hard to promise, because I don't know what consoles there will be or what deals. It went really well on XBLA. I'm really happy with those guys. But it also went really well on PlayStation."
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