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On Friday The Wife, The Rooster, and I went out to Burnsville’s newest restaurant, Junior’s Sports Cafe. The sister restaurant of Eagan’s most famous burger and breakfast joint, Junior’s Cafe & Grill, this restaurant replaces Applewood Rustic Grille which closed up shop in October of 2009.
Junior’s Sports Cafe addresses many of the problems which plagued Applewood Rustic Grille including making effective use the large space, providing a clear identity, and clearing up the confusion experienced at the front door. Junior’s Sports Cafe is decorated with hanging lights, which one commenter complained are too low and something I completely agree with, checkerboard patterned tablecloths under glass, and several LCD TVs and a big screen. There are a couple of bar-type video games (Big Buck Hunter and Golden Tee), a couple of beers on tap but nothing which made me drool, and plenty of photographs on the wall including a picture of the Twin Towers and right below it a three photo series of it smoking on 9/11.
The menu is almost identical to their Eagan location and includes diner food, burgers, shakes, etc but to fit the sports bar theme they have added pizzas, appetizers such as wings, and steaks. Based on Chad’s comment here about enjoying their dry rubbed wings I asked to split an order of six wings (which were $6.99) with Buffalo and the dry rub version. The Wife picked up her usual Junior’s favorite: an All-American Burger with cheese and I ordered a Hot Roast Beef sandwich with the vegetable of the day, green beans.
As with any new restaurant this one seemed to have problems getting food out of the kitchen quickly and correctly. While I am easy to forgive a place which has only been open a few days being that they have been providing quality meals out of their Eagan location for years and had on hand the Junior’s owners and family I felt the need to hold them to a bit higher of a standard than a completely new restaurant.
The wings were clearly an appetizer yet were delivered a few minutes after our entrees without explanation. The wings were actually full wings, not split, so $6.99 for “six” is actually $6.99 for twelve. The Buffalo sauce was haphazardly applied, the dry rub was not applied and after asking the waitress about it I received a cup of seasoned salt and black pepper–something which is completely foreign to me as a “dry rub” for wings. The wings were delivered with ranch dressing but no option was provided for my preference of bleu cheese. The Buffalo wings were fine but the “dry rub” wings tasted like roasted chicken–not a fan.
My Hot Roast Beef was originally delivered with a white gravy, usually reserved for open faced turkey sandwiches all over the meat and the potatoes. I asked the waitress if that’s how it was normally served, knowing full well it wasn’t, and she answered that it indeed was how it is served normally. I shrugged and dug in for one bite before she was back at the table correcting her mistake and asking if I’d like them to make me another. She said it would be right back out and it was and then appeared as you see at the top of this post. The meat was plentiful and the gravy had nice flavor. The potatoes were a bit disappointing but with all the gravy on them I was unable to tell if they were “real” or not. The green beans were absolutely terrible and reminded me of the over-steamed canned versions I had a few times as a child.
My wife’s All-American burger was fine, aside from the clearly burned bun which should never have made it out of the kitchen along with the unseasoned wings and the white gravy covered roast beef. It came out medium-well even though she was never asked how she wanted it done but had good flavor as their Eagan location’s burgers do. She was pleased.
Overall we had a good time at Junior’s Sports Cafe in Burnsville and enjoyed the interaction from the multiple members of the family who were on hand. At one point, while I was taking photos, I was asked if I was a critic (I laughed and replied I was not but I had a website) and they asked me to write something nice. Well here’s my final assessment: hopefully the minor issues associated with a new opening will be ironed out and someone will take some more time to ensure the food delivered to the tables is done correctly. All of the ingredients for a successful restaurant, like their Eagan location, and the opportunity to grow into an excellent sports bar are there so hopefully they will make it in a location which has seen so many previous failures.
Have you been to Junior’s Sports Cafe in Burnsville? If so what did you think? What did you have? Have you been to their Eagan location? Which will you patronize now? Whatever you have to say about Burnsville’s new sports bar go ahead and comment on as I’d love to hear what you have to say.
Junior’s Sports Cafe
1996 Highway 13 E
Burnsville, MN 55337
See all the pictures from Junior’s Sports Cafe on Flickr here.


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"What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun"(Ecclesiasters 1:9)
Throughout the period of 200 years, the French Revolution and the Chinese Revolution occurred. Although the two countries' citizens revolted at different place, and time for different purposes, those two revolutions have many simmilarities along the process of revolutions.
because of teh wak leadership of loyal family, Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, the French cirizens revolted against the monarchy of France in 1789. After the loyal family was executed, the radical leaders of France like Robespierre started seize the power from the citizens. Since radical reader, Roboespierre, seized power, the atmosphere fo the France was changed. Along the Reign of Terror, the plan of eliminating the traitors of the country made by Robespierre, many innocent people were killed who were accused as traitors. After the mass chaos, Robespierre were killed since he killed too many people and brought chaos to the country
Different from the French Revolution, there was a significant fight between two parties, nationalists and Communists. After the fall of Chinese's last dynasty, two parties started to seizse the popularities of Chinese. However, Mao Zedong, the leader of communist party, gained popularities from the peasants by promising ownership of land. But both parties had to cooperate athe armies to beat the invasion of Japan from the east of China, Manchuria. The invasion is significant because foreign countries did not invade France during the revolution within the country. After the invasion, Mao seized country and China fell into communists.
As poor citizens revolted two countreies, there were many similarities. Both countries had poor economy to help citizens from starvation and taxes. But there are still many differences like Chinese getting invasion from Japanese and protecting country. And Russia had 10years of chaos to rebuild new society....

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Every time we want to analyze something especially related to science, we need a lab that offers special equipment such as centrifuga de laboratorio. However, not all people or stakeholders have them. Moreover, only a few institutions are concerned with the field. This is what makes the emergence of those who provide the centrifuga de laboratorio services for users.
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CASE STUDY [THE BUSINESS PORTAL]
“It was difficult for an organization of our size to collaborate across various projects, geographic areas and time zones. Thanks to My Work Book; it has provided me the Ariel view I needed to manage on-going tasks and the people on which we rely for project delivery. I can now conveniently be on the field visits and yet manage my whole team” (Sr. Project Manager).
The client is a large construction company whose operations span across the UAE, KSA and Bahrain. The client is involved in building of high profile and extensive construction projects which span from Airport and highways to bridges and universities. The client’s field staff and knowledge workers conduct pre-feasibility analysis, feasibility development, project scheduling, document control, job costing and resource management. The construction project management (CPM) work runs 24/7 and requires extensive/intensive communication between project managers, executives, field staff and the IT function.
Since operations span across multiple sites and cities, the use of an integrated task management and communication system becomes even greater.
One of the major issues faced was that corporate communication was disparate and the use of fragmented email systems was rampant. Important announcements such as company strategies, HR information, departmental announcements and special events were announced through emails. It was difficult to track communication with team members and company executives. Another issue faced by the business users was that each executive used to open 5 and more browser applications to retrieve the information they were looking for. For the operational field managers, the problems boiled down about having to perform manual diary management and assign the tasks within a project using incoherent technologies.
At the solution end, a major challenge was the development of Team Module that contained numerous forms. The Team Module feature required extensive development time to cater multiple effects in all the forms.
Project managers and field supervisors were able to assign tasks remotely using a digital task management system. Microsoft SQL Server 2012 database engine and Telerik ASP.NET AJAX controls were used to develop the business portal. Task approvals were also granted through the same digital business portal. Managers obtained access to the record keeping dashboard that made it easy to retrieve useful information when required.
BUSINESS APPLICATION OF SOLUTION
Construction companies and building maintenance companies are the major users of this product. The IT functions of these companies closely liaising with Allied’s development and project management teams. Since the IT function of the client was a direct customer of this platform & solution development, our team maintained a close liaison with the project lead.
The most useful aspect of the solution was that client’s business users got access to an advanced admin section that includes access to an activity diary, task, team, admin and dashboard. The UI provided an integrated access control capability to authorized users. Managers were also able to customize the front-end UI (User Interface). UI access control was also provided to the IT manager of client.


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On April 21st, the American Friends of the Hebrew University hosted a conversation between author Judy Batalion and Hebrew University alumna and freelance journalist Diane Hess. Judy discussed her newest book The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler’s Ghettos. This book, both on the New York Times and International Best Seller’s Lists has also been optioned by Steven Spielberg for a major motion picture.
Through an intimate conversation, Judy shared her experience in writing the book, weaving together individual stories to create a seamless narrative. She covered a variety of topics including why women were so important and impactful to the resistance efforts, why she believes we haven’t heard these true stories before, and why Polish youth movements played a role in influencing the resistance.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO OTHER APPLICATIONS
- BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/725,748 (Attorney Docket No. NETWP003+) entitled METHOD FOR CONSTRAINING, SPLITTING, AND/OR DISRUPTING A WIRELESS ADHOC NETWORK AS A THIRD PARTY TO THE NETWORK filed Oct. 11, 2005 which is incorporated herein by reference for all purposes.
The IEEE 802.11 wireless networking standard provides way for two or more wireless stations to communicate directly to each other without requiring additional infrastructure such as an access point. This method is formally specified as Independent Basic Service Set (IBSS), and is more commonly referred to as the “ad hoc mode” or the “ad hoc network”. An ad hoc network is achieved when two or more stations have been configured with the same Service Set Identity (SSID) and are close enough to be able to communicate with each other over the wireless medium.
Although sometimes useful, ad hoc setups pose problems for network security enforcement. Currently, wireless network security is typically based around access points since they are manageable choke-points in the network infrastructure. Using an ad hoc configuration, however, stations can directly form a wireless network among themselves without going through an access point. Ad hoc networks often increase the overall network's security vulnerability because ad hoc networks are frequently configured by end users without using any authentication or encryption, thus can be easily exploited by hackers.
For example, it is possible for an employee of a company to intentionally configure an ad hoc network among several company laptops, or inadvertently enable the ad hoc configuration on one of the company computers. A hacker in the vicinity can detect the presence of the ad hoc network and establish a connection to it. If any of the company computers on the ad hoc network also has an active connection to the company's main network, the hacker could potentially gain access to the main corporate network once he is on the ad hoc network. It is often difficult to enforce security policy to prevent stations from communicating with each other via ad hoc networks since direct control over the stations is typically required to disable the ad hoc networks.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
It would be useful, therefore, to have a way to detect and disable 802.11 ad hoc networks. It would also be desirable if the technique does not require direct control over the stations involved.
Various embodiments of the invention are disclosed in the following detailed description and the accompanying drawings.
FIGS. 1A-1B are network diagrams illustrating an embodiment of a network.
FIG. 2 is a packet flow diagram illustrating an example of an initialization process for setting up an ad hoc network between stations 102 and 104 of FIG. 1A.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a process for providing network security.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a process for preventing one station from communicating with another station.
FIG. 5 is a packet flow diagram illustrating an example of a process for preventing two stations 102 and 104 of FIG. 1 from communicating with each other.
The invention can be implemented in numerous ways, including as a process, an apparatus, a system, a composition of matter, a computer readable medium such as a computer readable storage medium or a computer network wherein program instructions are sent over optical or communication links In this specification, these implementations, or any other form that the invention may take, may be referred to as techniques. A component such as a processor or a memory described as being configured to perform a task includes both a general component that is temporarily configured to perform the task at a given time or a specific component that is manufactured to perform the task. In general, the order of the steps of disclosed processes may be altered within the scope of the invention.
A detailed description of one or more embodiments of the invention is provided below along with accompanying figures that illustrate the principles of the invention. The invention is described in connection with such embodiments, but the invention is not limited to any embodiment. The scope of the invention is limited only by the claims and the invention encompasses numerous alternatives, modifications and equivalents. Numerous specific details are set forth in the following description in order to provide a thorough understanding of the invention. These details are provided for the purpose of example and the invention may be practiced according to the claims without some or all of these specific details. For the purpose of clarity, technical material that is known in the technical fields related to the invention has not been described in detail so that the invention is not unnecessarily obscured.
Providing network security is disclosed. The technique includes detecting network traffic associated with a wireless ad hoc network that includes a plurality of stations, and preventing data sent by one of the stations from reaching another station. In some embodiments, decoy information is sent to at least one of the stations to induce the station to behave incorrectly, thus preventing the ad hoc network from functioning properly. In various embodiments, the decoy information includes beacons, probe response packets, Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) information, Internet Protocol (IP) information, and/or other appropriate data.
FIGS. 1A-1B are network diagrams illustrating an embodiment of a network. In FIG. 1A, network security system 106 is inactive, and stations 102 and 104 form an ad hoc network. The stations may be laptops, desktops, Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), mobile handsets, or any other devices that support the IEEE 802.11 wireless standard. The network is formed when the users configure their respective stations by specifying the same SSID for the network. If the stations are located within the wireless transmission range, they will be able to communicate with each other.
FIG. 2 is a packet flow diagram illustrating an example of an initialization process for setting up an ad hoc network between stations 102 and 104 of FIG. 1A. In this example, a user begins the setup by configuring an ad hoc network, assigning it an SSID that is an alphanumeric network name. In this example, the SSID is chosen to be “foo”. Users of various stations in the vicinity can join the ad hoc network by setting their stations to listen for packets that include the same SSID and that are sent by other stations. If no packet is detected, station 102 sends a beacon frame to announce the existence of the ad hoc network so that other stations may join. The beacon frame is a packet that includes the SSID and a randomly chosen Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID). Here, the BSSID is a network address. The beacon frame also includes a timestamp indicating the local time of the station sending the beacon. As used herein, the station sending the beacon is referred to as a beacon master.
When station 104 receives the beacon, it compares the timestamp of the beacon with its own local timer. If the station's local timer is behind the beacon's timestamp, it will update its timer using the timestamp from the beacon. If, however, as it is the case in this example, station 104′s local timer is ahead of the beacon's timestamp, station 104 will become the beacon master and start sending beacons. Station 102 will stop sending beacons because the new beacons sent by 104 will have a more advanced timestamp. Station 104, therefore, becomes the beacon master and continues to send beacon frames having the same SSID and BSSID. The two stations can exchange data by sending unicast packets to each other, specifying the same BSSID network address.
In FIG. 1B, network security system 106 becomes active and detects the ad hoc network. The network security system will intervene, and disrupt or disable the ad hoc network to protect the overall network. FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a process for providing network security. The process may be implemented by a network security system such as 106. In this example, process 300 starts by detecting traffic associated with an ad hoc network (302). The detection is accomplished in some embodiments by monitoring data packets and management frames such as beacon frames. When ad hoc network related traffic is detected, to achieve security protection, data packets sent from a first station in the ad hoc network is prevented from reaching a second station in the network (304). The process continues to monitor packets to detect ad hoc network related traffic sent by stations and repeats.
A number of techniques are used in various embodiments to prevent data packets sent from one station from reaching another station. FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a process for preventing one station from communicating with another station. The process may be implemented by a network security system such as system 106 of FIG. 1B. In this example, decoy information is sent to the stations to configure them to be on separate networks.
Process 400 begins by detecting ad hoc network traffic (402). The process continuously monitors network traffic until traffic associated with an ad hoc network is detected. In the example shown, the traffic of interest includes beacon frames. The network security system will try to become the beacon master in the ad hoc network (404). In some embodiments, decoy information is sent to other stations for securing the beacon master status. One type of decoy information includes decoy beacon frames. As previously discussed, by convention, a station that is sending beacon frames with the most advanced timestamps becomes the beacon master of the ad hoc network. Therefore, to become the beacon master, the network security system sends decoy beacon frames with timestamps ahead of the local timers of all the other stations on the ad hoc network. In some embodiments, the network security system compares its local timer with the timestamp of every detected beacon frame. If the latter is ahead of the former, the network security system adjusts its local timer to be ahead of the detected timestamp and sends out a beacon frame based on the updated local timer. The network security system optionally runs its local timer at a faster speed than the other stations on the ad hoc network, so its local timer will always be ahead of the other stations, allowing the network security system to maintain its beacon master status.
In process 400, the process identifies the stations in the ad hoc network (406). The stations are identified based on the source and destination address information in the packet headers. Each unique source or destination address that is not a broadcast address corresponds to a station. Based at least in part on the station information, process 400 fragments the ad hoc network into multiple ad hoc networks (408). The security system operator can configure the fragmented network in many ways. For example, the fragmentation can put each station on a separate network so that the station cannot communicate with other stations. In some embodiments, the fragmentation puts several stations on one network and at least one other station on another network, so that stations within the same network can communicate with each other but not with stations on other networks. In this example, the process fragments the ad hoc network by sending a decoy beacon to each station in the ad hoc network. Instead of the broadcast address, the decoy beacon's destination address is the network address of the specific station. The decoy beacon has the same SSID as the ad hoc network, but has a different BSSID that corresponds to the newly assigned, fragmented ad hoc network to which the station ought to belong. It also has the most advanced timestamp that is ahead of the other stations. The decoy beacon induces the receiving station to send data to a fragmented ad hoc network chosen by the security device, thereby preventing the station from sending data to other stations in the original ad hoc network.
The packets sent by the stations are handled appropriately (410). In some embodiments, the packets are dropped to prevent further data communication. Log and/or alarm information may be generated as appropriate. In some embodiments, the process further monitors the packets sent by each station to determine whether they match the expected BSSID assigned by the security system. If not, another decoy beacon with a BSSID chosen by the security system is sent to the station. The process continues to monitor broadcast beacons sent by the stations (402) and repeats if traffic from unauthorized ad hoc networks is detected.
FIG. 5 is a packet flow diagram illustrating an example of a process for preventing two stations 102 and 104 of FIG. 1 from communicating with each other. In this example, the SSID for the initial ad hoc network is chosen as “foo”. Station 102 acts as the beacon master, sending beacon frames to a BSSID of 00.00.00.00.01. Stations 102 and 104 exchange data over this ad hoc network, using the broadcast address. When the security system is enabled, it detects the ad hoc network, and identifies the stations' network addresses. The security system becomes the beacon master by adjusting its local timer to give generate beacon frames with the most advanced timestamps. It fragments the original ad hoc network into two fragmented networks, one for station 102 and one for station 104. To do so, the security system sends decoy beacon frames with an SSID of “foo” and a BSSID of 00.00.00.00.03 to the network address of station 102, and beacon frames with the same SSID but a BSSID of 00.00.00.00.04 to station 104. Since the security system is the only device not filtering by BSSID, packets sent by a station reaches only the security system and not the other stations.
The examples above mainly discuss the use of beacon frames as the decoy information. Other types of decoy information may be used. For example, some stations are configured to probe the network when it receives a beacon frame that includes an unexpected BSSID, such as the decoy beacon frame sent by the security system. Left unchecked, the probe message will cause other stations to respond and become visible to the probing station. To prevent this from happening, some security systems are configured to detect probe response packets and send decoy packets that are similar to the response packets. In some embodiments, a decoy packet generated by the security system in this situation includes the responding station's address in the header field so that it will appear to be coming from the responding station. Instead of the BSSID given by the responding station, the decoy packet includes the BSSID chosen by the security system. According to the IEEE 802.11 standard, when multiple copies of a packet are received, the receiving station accepts the last of the packets and discards the others. Thus, the receiving station (i.e., the probing station) will accept the decoy packet sent by the security device, and again be induced to send data packets to the decoy network address that corresponds to the BSSID chosen by the security device.
In some embodiments, the decoy information includes higher layer data such as TCP layer or application layer data, such as TCP control information or incorrect data. In one example, when ad hoc network traffic is detected, the security system sends decoy information that includes a TCP connection reset packet. The reset packet will cause the TCP connection to be terminated, thereby disabling data transfer on the ad hoc network. hi another example, the decoy information includes incorrect TCP data.
In some embodiments, channel information is included in the decoy information to prevent inter-station communication. By inducing a station to send data on an incorrect frequency channel, the ad hoc network is effectively disabled. In some embodiments, supported data rate, encryption information (including encryption key and/or whether encryption was enabled), capability information, as well as fake de-authentication or dissociation packets may be used. In some embodiments, the decoy information includes beacon frames that include a different BSSID but does not have an updated timestamp.
Providing network security has been disclosed. The technique detects and disables ad hoc networks without requiring direct control over the stations involved in the ad hoc networks.
Although the foregoing embodiments have been described in some detail for purposes of clarity of understanding, the invention is not limited to the details provided. There are many alternative ways of implementing the invention. The disclosed embodiments are illustrative and not restrictive.


Introduction Hybrid technology is seen by many as a potential solution to reduce vehicle emissions in cities. However type approval tests of hybrid vehicles measure emission levels comparable to those of conventional cars in the same market segment. It has been argued that type approval tests do not represent the reality of emission in cities therefore, to quantify the real emission of hybrids and to compare them with those of conventional vehicles in the same conditions, an emission measurement campaign was organised. Acquisition campaign Three Honda cars, one conventional (the Civic 2.0) and two hybrids (the Civic IMA and the Civic Hybrid), equipped to collect emissions as well as the engine and vehicle working parameters were driven three times by twenty drivers on the same urban route. Drivers were asked to drive normally and not requested to do anything special but to scrupulously follow the given itinerary. Results Two main results were obtained: average and maximum emission levels for the three cars are quantified; the effects of the drivers on such levels assessed. The conventional car (with two people and 250 kg of measurement tools onboard) consumes an average of 12.6 l/100 km, its CO2 emissions range between 200 g/km and 300 g/km with an average of 260 g/km. CO emissions range between 0.25 g/km and 6.25 g/km (Euro IV limit is 1 g/km) with an average of 2 g/km. The most recent of the two tested hybrids consume in average 8.23 l/100 km and emits between 150 and 230 g/km of CO2 with an average of about 180 g/km; it emits virtually no CO in the majority of cases but can reach up to 1.8 g/km and average CO emissions are about 0.2 g/km. The hybrid performs always better than the conventional; in terms of CO2 and consumption it can have up to a 30% reduction and in terms of CO up to 90% reduction. Conclusions The wideness of the measured ranges depends mostly on the drivers. Women tend to consume and emit less than men. The reason for this is the different way they use the accelerator pedal; they push it less and keep it steadier. In other word the standard deviation of the accelerator position (or throttle) is lower. It is here shown how a correlation exist between the throttle standard deviation and the emissions which justify using such parameter as the indicator of drive-style.
Drive-style emission testing on the latest two Honda hybrid technologies / Alessandrini, Adriano; Orecchini, Fabio; Ortenzi, Fernando; VILLATICO CAMPBELL, Federico. - In: EUROPEAN TRANSPORT RESEARCH REVIEW. - ISSN 1867-0717. - 1:2(2009), pp. 57-66.
|Titolo:||Drive-style emission testing on the latest two Honda hybrid technologies|
ALESSANDRINI, Adriano (Corresponding author)
ORTENZI, FERNANDO (Corresponding author)
|Data di pubblicazione:||2009|
|Citazione:||Drive-style emission testing on the latest two Honda hybrid technologies / Alessandrini, Adriano; Orecchini, Fabio; Ortenzi, Fernando; VILLATICO CAMPBELL, Federico. - In: EUROPEAN TRANSPORT RESEARCH REVIEW. - ISSN 1867-0717. - 1:2(2009), pp. 57-66.|
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Tensions in Israel and Palestine continue to rise, and the news coverage of this subject has been predictably biased. Now, there’s nothing inherently wrong with biased journalism–obviously, it’s what we’re doing here. But there is a problem when that bias is left unstated, and the reader is left to assume it was an objective account of the news. That’s our focus for the day.
Yesterday, there was an excellent example of biased coverage on the Israel-Palestine issue from The Skimm, which offers a concise and snarky summary of the news each day in case you’re unfamiliar. And before we get started, I should say that The Skimm actually tends to be a bit better about providing balanced context than some of the more well-known outlets (say The New York Times or CNN, for instance). They deserve credit for that. But this particular story was a case study in how selective reporting and language choices can produce a deeply distorted narrative. Here’s the first part of their summary:
In the last month, a renewed dispute over a holy site in Jerusalem’s Old City (which Jews call Temple Mount, and Muslims call the Noble Sanctuary) has set off a wave of violence. Palestinian assailants have been attacking Israelis almost daily, often by knife stabbings, often in Jerusalem, and often by young attackers.
Now, there’s nothing terribly wrong with the first sentence. There are definitely other factors and incidents that have contributed to this recent wave of violence, but the dispute over the holy site has played a major role. Fair enough, let’s move on. (If you want to know more about this particular part of the escalation, I’d recommend this article by the way.)
Next, we learn that “Palestinian assailants” have been attacking Israelis. This is true, but it clearly implies that Israelis have not responded with attacks of their own. That is patently false. Consider this recent attack by an Israeli teenager who stabbed four people (all Arabs) and explained to police that he did it because he believes “all Arabs are terrorists”. (It’s also interesting to note that coverage of this attack often referred to it as a nationalistic attack, while Palestinian attacks are almost uniformly described as terrorism.) We could also look at the attack a few months ago when a group of Israelis set fire to an Palestinian home while a family slept inside, killing three people including an 18-month old infant. There was also this incident, where an 18-year-old Palestinian woman was shot and killed at a checkpoint in the West Bank by Israeli security forces. You get the idea. More recently, perhaps it can be said that Palestinians have been responsible for the lion’s share of attacks on civilians, but it kind of just depends when you start counting. In any case, it’s completely misleading to suggest that Palestinians have been perpetrating all of the violence.
The Skimm continues:
These attacks have resulted in many clashes with Israeli security; 9 Israelis and 41 Palestinians (including the assailants) have been killed in this latest wave of violence.
Now we learn there have been “clashes” with Israeli security, and ultimately 9 Israelis and 41 Palestinians have ended up dead form all of this. Let’s start with the term “clashes”. The term clash is a good one because it omits any notion of cause and effect. No one knows who started it or why, but somehow a clash broke out. In reality, what they’re referring to here are widespread Palestinian protests that are often suppressed violently by Israeli security using tear gas, rubber bullets, and more recently, live gunfire. It’s true that the Palestinian protests are not entirely nonviolent as they frequently involve stone-throwing and even molotov cocktails in some cases. And it’s surely regrettable that the protests aren’t entirely peaceful. But it must also be said that dispersing them with live ammunition that often proves fatal, is a clearly disproportionate response as we discussed last week.
Indeed, the live ammunition sheds light on why the death toll for Palestinians is so high relative to Israelis, despite Palestinians doing all the attacking. To help explain this odd disparity, the Skimm helpfully notes that some of the dead Palestinians were attackers… But of course, most of them were not. Many of the dead have just been protesters or random civilians that were killed by overactive security forces out of fear, like this Eritrean man who was shot this Sunday.
The Skimm then proceeds to discuss some of the recent history, but again, the results are disappointing:
Tension around this contested holy site and the subsequent violence is just the latest in a string of bad relationship karma between the two sides. In the last few weeks, the Palestinian president had an international mic drop when he announced that a peace framework that had been in place for decades is now off the table.
Here, they note that the Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas unilaterally rejected the peace framework in his UN speech, implying once more that the Palestinians are the ones breaking the peace. What they say here isn’t technically false; it’s just deeply in need of context. Abbas did indeed declare that the Palestinians were no longer bound by the peace framework, known as theOslo Accords. Here’s the thing though, the Oslo Accords were signed 20 years ago between Israel and a Palestinian organization with the explicit and primary purpose of establishing a Palestinian state. Israel agreed to this and so did the Palestinians, but Israel is the one holding the cards (more on this shortly). So if Israel followed through on its commitment, there would already be a Palestinian state by now. Twenty years is a long time. The Oslo Accords were meant to give them a state, and it didn’t happen. So it shouldn’t really be that crazy or surprising that Palestinians would want to withdraw from this.
And finally, the Skimm sums up by mentioning that Israel has been building settlements on land the Palestinians claim as their own:
And there’s been revived tension over Israelis building settlements in areas that Palestinians claim will one day be a part of their state.
If you follow this issue closely, you’ll be able to spot some of the problems with this statement. Let’s begin with the term settlement. For me, it recalls idyllic images of the Oregon Trail in America, where adventurous pioneers set out to farm and build on previously unoccupied land (or, let’s be real, occasionally land they took from Native Americans). But in the context of Israel, building settlements explicitly means taking land that belonged to Palestinians and appropriating it for the use of Israeli Jews. And I don’t just mean belonged in some abstract, historical/religious sense. I mean a lot of times, Israel is demolishing Palestinian houses at the same time as building new settlements. Shockingly, this seems to make Palestinians upset.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian’s land claims for their possible future state are not nearly as vague as this summary might imply. Rather, they are based on the ceasefire lines that were determined after the last full-on war between Arabs and Israelis in 1967, known as the Six-Day War. We’ll skip over the details, but Israel basically dominated in this conflict and ended up taking over much more land than they had initially. Among its winnings, Israel took an area that was formerly ruled by Jordan, now referred to as the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip, which was occupied by Egypt at the time. After the war in 1967, Israel proceeded to occupy these areas militarily, much in the way that the US occupied Iraq after the 2003 invasion. The key difference is that Israel then stayed for over 40 years. And today, they are still occupying the West Bank. (Gaza is still a problem too, but we’ll set that aside for now.)
Another key difference from the US’s occupation of Iraq, is that Israel is inviting its citizens (and prospective Jewish immigrants) to move into this occupied area and build on the land; that’s what people mean when they say building settlements. Here’s a helpful map to show you what I’m talking about (the West Bank is the green area that looks like New Jersey on the third slide below):
The slides above show the initial state of the Israel-Palestine area in slide 1, the original UN plan for the new Israeli state (this happened in the aftermath of WWII and the Holocaust) in slide 2, how much Israel had acquired after its War of Independence in 1948 (slide 3), and finally the composition in the present day. Do you see how there are only pockets of green Palestinian land left in the present? That’s the effect of building settlements.
If all of that seems a bit too imperialistic for 2015, that’s because it is. Most people agree that colonizing occupied territory is illegal under international law, but that is what Israel has been doing. And it has progressed so far at this point, that many people see the very idea of two-state solution as politically hopeless. Palestinians generally want the state to be extended to the 1967 borders (slide 3) before the colonization process of the West Bank began. But now if that were to occur, it would require the politically influential Israeli settlers in the West Bank to be evicted and moved back to Israel proper. That’s one of the main reasons a two-state solution never seem to pan out. But it goes without saying that if Israel was committed to the peace process envisioned by the Oslo Accords, they would stop the settlement process that is actively taking more land.
Anyway, returning to back to the Skimm’s coverage, the next part of their summary wasn’t too bad. But by that point, it hardly really matters. After claiming that 1) Palestinians are initiating all the violence, 2) randomly clashing with security forces, 3) unilaterally breaking off peace negotiations, and 4) claiming land that may or may not be theirs, you can’t really have an honest discussion about the conflict. When news outlets continue cover the issue this way, they are doing a great disservice to everyone who reads it and expects it to be somewhere near objective.

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Sonographic assessment of subacromial bursa distension during arm abduction: establishing a threshold value in the diagnosis of subacromial impingement syndrome
In this study, we aimed to establish a quantitative threshold value in the diagnosis of subacromial impingement syndrome by measuring the thickness of the subacromial bursa during abduction and adduction.
Materials and methods
Forty-five patients with subacromial impingement syndrome and 54 healthy individuals underwent dynamic shoulder ultrasonography. The subacromial bursa, between the supraspinatus tendon margin and peribursal adipose tissue, was measured between the acromion and humeral head at its widest part. The subacromial impingement ratio was calculated by dividing the subacromial bursa thickness during abduction to the subacromial bursa thickness during adduction. Shapiro–Wilk test was used in the assessment of normal distribution of parameters.
The mean subacromial bursa thickness in the abduction position was 1.8 ± 1.1 mm in the study group and 0.9 ± 0.3 mm in the control group. The mean subacromial bursa thickness in the adduction position was 0.9 ± 0.5 mm in the study group and 0.8 ± 0.3 mm in the control group. The subacromial impingement ratio showed a statistically significant difference between groups (p < 0.0001), and the ratio being 2.0 ± 0.5 in the study group and 1.2 ± 0.1 in the control group. For measurements performed in the abduction position, the best cut-off value was calculated as 1.3 mm, and sensitivity and specificity were 70.6 and 85.2%, respectively. The best cut-off value was 1.4 for the subacromial impingement ratio, and sensitivity and specificity were 88.2 and 96.3%, respectively.
Subacromial impingement ratio is a very practical and reliable method in subacromial impingement syndrome diagnosis.
KeywordsDynamic shoulder ultrasonography Subacromial bursa Subacromial impingement syndrome
Compliance with ethical standards
Conflict of interest
The authors declare that they have no competing interests and source of funding.
All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2008.
Informed consent was obtained from patients for being included in the study.
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Founder is an all-too-common word in the horse world and it doesn't need to be that way. Not only is founder preventable, but it is also treatable, with a much higher success rate than many ever dreamed of. It is a condition that is a result of laminitis, which is generally caused by mismanagement of one form or another.
Founder is not the problem among wild horses that it is among domesticated horses. Horses that are kept in unnatural lifestyles are at risk for many health problems, founder included. Practices that have proven to be detrimental to the horse's health include (but are not limited to) stabling, improper feeding, unnecessary vaccinating, and shoeing.
The terms laminitis and founder are often used interchangeably, but they are different. Laminitis is inflammation of the sensitive laminae, and founder is the resulting tissue damage and complications, including the structural breakdown of the hooves. The word 'founder' comes from 'to fall or sink, to plunge to the bottom', describing what happens to the bones inside the foundered hoof.
Fresh spring grass is often blamed for laminitis and founder. But is it really the culprit? Or is it merely the 'straw that broke the camel's back'? What is it about fresh spring grass that is so harmful to the horse? Not much, really, unless that horse is not accustomed to eating grass, in which case there is a very real danger.
Grass is composed of varying amounts of soluble and insoluble carbohydrates (sugars and starches). Glucose (sugar) is what ultimately gives the horse energy. Digestion begins with the horse chewing and grinding the grass, mixing it with saliva to start the digestive process. Once swallowed, the grass mixes with the stomach's digestive juices for a short time, then on into the small intestine it goes - where the grass's soluble carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients are absorbed, providing a usable form of the food for the body.
The insoluble carbohydrates, more difficult to digest, move to the pouch-like cecum to be broken down. In the cecum, enzymes produced by various microorganisms break down and ferment the insoluble carbohydrates. This process produces fatty acids (which when properly absorbed become a useful source of energy for the horse), carbon dioxide (gas), proteins, digestive enzymes and bacteria, and certain vitamins. Whatever is waste is eliminated via the intestinal tract.
It all sounds simple and safe, but here's the catch: IF the sugars reach the bowel before being digested completely, they ferment rapidly in the bowel, which can lead to excess gas (colic), an abundance of bacteria, and a build up of fatty acids. This excess acid and the dying off of excess bacteria become toxins to the horse, which affect the entire system and cause metabolic changes, affecting the blood flow to the hooves. This can lead to the development of laminitis and grass founder, especially if the hooves already lack proper circulatory function. Grazing too much and too fast to allow adequate digestion is one contributory factor to laminitis and founder; inadequate hoof function is another.
Why would a horse eat too much grass, and
There are several reasons.
-If a horse is kept confined and not given ample opportunity to eat grass when it is available, it would seem like reason enough to want to binge when the opportunity does arise. Something as attractive and delicious as fresh green grass would be hard to pass up.
-Horses with nutritional imbalances and deficiencies often attempt to correct these problems by eating a lot of what they need, but if their appetites have become deranged, they may go overboard.
-The grass may be imbalanced or deficient in nutrients, creating the need for increased ingestion. (The application of chemical fertilizers, herbicides, fungicides, and other farming malpractices damage and poison the soil.)
-Emotional issues have been known to affect appetite, both overeating and undereating.
-Horses know their schedules and their pecking order. If they know that time on a patch of lush grass might be limited, they may eat more and faster than they should.
-Drugs and medications may affect a horse's ability to realize they have had enough.
-The lack of other forage (herbs, weeds, brush, bark, leaves) means that not only is the horse limited to filling up on just grass, but it also keeps him from being able to balance nutrients (earlier point).
-The horse's teeth may be hurting him or preventing him from chewing sufficiently, causing him to swallow whole mouthfuls (grass bolting) - not good for digestion!
What can be done to prevent grass founder?
Horses who live naturally rarely have this problem. The horse's natural needs include having access to vegetation year-round, a natural living arrangement with room to exercise and graze freely, shelter without being locked in a stall, 24-hour turnout every day (including riding), a wide variety of vegetation, a herd (even just 2 is a herd), water, and varied terrain. Being barefoot (and properly trimmed) is necessary for proper hoof function, and exercise on these healthy hooves is important for proper functioning of the entire body.
Following these basic guidelines enables the horse to function as intended, and promotes optimal health. A healthy horse has better instincts, is more in tune with his senses and nature, and is less likely to hurt himself. Digestion is aided by movement, so if a horse grazes or is fed, then is placed in confinement, digestion will be less efficient. If a horse is being introduced to any change in feed, movement is very helpful. Providing supplemental nutrients, free choice if possible, is helpful as well. Avoiding chemicals, drugs, excess vaccinations, and a stressful lifestyle will also prevent problems.
Unshod hooves and a correct trim are vital to optimum hoof function and overall good health. Horses fall victim to laminitis and founder from nothing more than shod, neglected or improperly trimmed hooves, due to the mechanical stress inside the hooves and inhibited hoof function, let alone from systemic contributory factors. Because laminitis is a result of compromised blood flow into the corium (that feeds the laminae), whether mechanical or systemic, the oxygen and nutrients necessary to keep the laminae healthy cannot get there. The laminae then die, and the support mechanism for the bones of the hoof is lost. The result is founder. If the hoof were to have full function instead, with optimum blood flow and healthy laminae to begin with, then chances of laminitis and founder from systemic causes would be greatly reduced. The more a hoof has pre-existing corium damage, the less it takes to produce laminitis and founder.
The horse's teeth must be examined by a qualified equine dentist at least yearly. To digest his food properly, the horse must be able to chew efficiently. If the teeth have hooks, ramps, waves, or points, the horse cannot chew properly, if at all. Jagged teeth shred the insides of the mouth, and unevenness prevents the needed circular-sideways-forward-and-backward chewing movement of the jaw. Long incisors prevent the molars from contacting each other, making chewing difficult if not impossible, and pushing the incisors forward. Horses eat hay, which creates wear on molars but not incisors, so the incisors need care. Every horse (except perhaps a healthy horse living in 100% natural conditions in the wild) needs this intervention.
If a horse is living naturally and is still adversely affected by eating grass, consider homeopathy. Homeopathy addresses the whole horse, so it doesn't matter if the problem is physical or emotional, or if it is a recurring problem or a first-time emergency. Homeopathy can assist the body in rebalancing minerals, correcting absorption and elimination problems, detoxifying, digesting, and much more. Nux vomica is one premier remedy of use in digestive upsets. There are others helpful for indigestion/ colic (that key step between binging and laminitis) that may stop the problem in its tracks. Homeopathy can correct the underlying weaknesses, tendencies, and imbalances of the body and restore health. If a horse has emotional issues, flower essences and essential oils can be considered as well. Grass is natural and an ideal food for the healthy, naturally-kept horse.
One important point to remember is that stressors add up. There is fresh green grass in the spring, which may be one small source of stress until the horse's digestion adjusts. But what else is common in the spring? Horses are vaccinated, sometimes heavily. Horses are often dewormed in spring. Horses may be in need of a detox if they have been stalled and inhaling ammonia fumes all winter. Horses start to shed their winter coats and grow summer coats. Horses may be foaling, breeding, or commencing cycling.
One vaccine at a time, spaced out to minimize stress on the immune system and to maximize the opportunity to build a good immunity, is the best approach if using vaccinations. Avoid giving vaccinations when the spring grass is beginning to emerge; wait until after he has made that adjustment. No horse should be vaccinated if he is not healthy (it states that on the vial), because a vaccine is stressful to the body, and because he can't build a good immunity anyway when he is in a weakened condition. If a horse is prone to spring grass founder, or has any chronic problem or disease tendency, then is he really that healthy? He just might be exhibiting vaccination reactions rather than spring grass founder. Vaccination reactions are not always immediate. Symptoms may take two or three months or longer to develop and become apparent, and therefore are not associated with the vaccine. Vaccinosis is the name for adverse reactions (illness) as a result of vaccines; the vaccine 'assault' confuses or disrupts the immune system and it just goes haywire. Allergies and other autoimmune diseases are being linked back to vaccines. Homeopathy can help reverse these effects as well.
Deworming is another stressor and should be done at a time other than when the spring grass makes its appearance. This 'spacing out the man-made stressors' approach is better for the horse, and is a good way to narrow down the possible causes of laminitis, too.
It is common knowledge that a gradual re-introduction to pasture after a period of none is essential to prevent colic, laminitis, and founder. In the springtime, this happens naturally as the warm weather and rain encourage new grass growth. The sparse, short new grass emerges slowly enough for the horses in a natural environment to be only gradually accustomed to it again, but in many domestic situations, this is not the case because we wait until the pasture is more established. Spring grass contains higher levels of sugars, so when horses are newly turned out on it in spring, there should be limited access at first, gradually increasing it until the horses can be out on grass all day again. To limit intake of grass, there are also grazing muzzles that can be used. The holes in them allow just a few blades of grass through at a time. Monitoring of the horses is still necessary with these, however; horses may try to remove them by rubbing on fence posts, which could result in getting them caught, or getting them off.
What can be done to rehabilitate?
The use of heartbar shoes, bar shoes, backwards shoes, and other commonly used methods of founder rehabilitation are counterproductive. Raising the heels, applying molded pads, standing in sand, and stalling are also counterproductive. Because massive permanent damage has already been done inside the hooves, it is imperative to restore function and movability to what is left so that the new growth is optimized and correct. Hoof function cannot be accomplished with shoes. Hoof function is also inhibited by the fitted or foam pads and standing in sand, in that flexion of the sole is not possible.
A flat but non-concussive surface is best; it is gentle on the fragile sole yet the hoof can expand, flex and circulate. Trimming the hooves so that the internal structures are in the correct place is imperative. The coffin bone must be returned to its ground-parallel position (typically domesticated horses' heels are too high, which contributes to rotation, as do shoes in lifting the sole higher off the ground). The horse must be able to move around; being turned out with others helps keep him occupied and moving. Hoof boots can be applied when needed for walking and exercising.
Drugs and pain relievers are NOT recommended. Anti-inflammatories inhibit the desperately needed circulation in the hooves, and the horse should be able to feel his hooves as much as possible so he does not do further damage to them when he is moving about. The hoof repair and its resulting waste disposal (in the form of systemic waste filtered out through the liver and kidneys as well as abscesses) will be taxing enough on the system, so further chemical stress should be avoided.
Abscesses will happen during rehabilitation, but welcome them rather than curse them. Abscesses are the body's most efficient way of expelling debris and waste. Yes, the horse will be lame. Abscesses hurt for a reason; it is nature's safeguard against rupturing the abscess internally - that delicate 'trash bag' containing the waste could be readily broken with pressure, spilling all that debris the body so tediously collected. Rather than sending the waste out via the longer route (through the system and taxing the internal organs) it is collected in neat little pouches that make their way to the surface at the best place for expulsion. It can be quite counterproductive to dig out an abscess; let the body choose the best outlet.
Frequent light trimming to maintain the physiologically correct hoof structure alignment is imperative to minimize waste and maximize hoof function and healthy growth. As the new hoof is forming, there is much distorted growth (heel growth will greatly exceed toe growth) that needs to be kept in check approximately every 3 days for awhile.
Feeding high quality hay is best. Grain, spring grass, or anything that could cause a systemic upset should be avoided until there is systemic stability, and until there is adequate improvement in hoof function.
Of course, prevention is always better
than cure, and prevention is rarely a one-sided approach. Founder
is a complex problem, but there are ways to prevent it. The first
step in outsmarting founder is to get the horse's hooves correctly
trimmed and shoeless. Ride or trim him a lot to mimic natural hoof
wear. Feed the horse what he needs, not necessarily what we want
to feed him, and make changes g-r-a-d-u-a-l-l-y. Get him regular
dental check-ups and appropriate bodywork. Observe his tendencies
and address any problems homeopathically to restore optimum health.
Avoid pharmaceuticals and toxins. And most importantly, provide
a natural lifestyle and environment, naturally stimulating and challenging,
but not overly stressful.

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On June 21, Huawei will release a new nova 5 series in Wuhan. Latest reports suggest that Huawei will also debut a new 7nm SoC. This afternoon, He Gang, president of Huawei’s terminal mobile phone product line, announced on Weibo: “I am proud to say that we are about to become the world’s first mobile phone brand with two 7nm SoC chips…See you in Wuhan on June 21st.”
This sparked speculations that the nova 5 series will come with a new 7nm SoC and it could be the Kirin 810. This will be Huawei’s second 7nm chip after Kirin 980. At present, little is known about the specification information of Kirin 810. According to the reports, the Kirin 810 processor is an upgrade of the Kirin 710. It is built on the TSMC’s 7nm process. The CPU, GPU and especially the NPU will be upgraded. The performance may be close to that of Kirin 980 but we do not expect too much difference.
Gizchina News of the week
The Kirin 810 could be slightly above Qualcomm’s 7-series processor. In addition to the Huawei brand, Honor will also use this processor to battle with the corresponding brands such as Xiaomi, OPPO, and vivo. The nova 5 will launch three models which includes nova 5 Pro, nova 5 and nova 5i. The three new models could come with Kirin 980, Kirin 810 and Kirin 710.


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As far as their fame, family disputes between stars and stars who are united by one “marriage nest” turn into issues of public opinion.
A dispute over child custody.
fight over alimony.
It may even lead to an appeal against the lineage of children.
All this after love stories that fans describe as legendary.
Brad and Angelina.. love and revenge
The latest Hollywood love story that ended unexpectedly, the one between Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, as they officially separated in 2019 and the cases of custody of their six children and the division of their property remain pending until now.
After their eldest son, Maddox Jolie-Pitt, turned nineteen, he has the right to challenge the custody decision in the civil court, and the remaining five children will be subject to equal custody between Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.
The judge had granted Brad Pitt joint custody of his children, after Angelina requested that she be the owner of urban custody of her children after filing a divorce application to the court in 2016. For the past five years, the duo have been living in endless judicial problems, despite the beginning of their relationship in 2005, which was perfect.
Kardashian and Kanye…a divorce worth millions يساوي
After four children, a life full of hustle and bustle and plenty of photos and videos featuring a wonderful family, reality TV star Kim Kardashian has filed for divorce from her husband, rapper Kanye West, and reports have revealed that she has filed for divorce due to irreconcilable differences.
The Kardashian and West duo decided to resort to the amicable method of divorce, and thus the legal custody of their four children, North, Saint, Chicago and Salem, would be joint. The divorce papers and documents did not specify a specific date for the separation, but only mentioned what is related to material matters and custody of the children.
Depp and Heard.. No approaching
Compensation cases in huge amounts, the title of the story of the divorce of the famous duo Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, where they were married for only fifteen months, before Amber decided to submit divorce papers to the court, and demanded a court order to prevent her ex-husband from approaching her, and that was in 2016.
Cases continued after the divorce request, beginning with Heard, who demanded $7 million in compensation after accusing Johnny Depp of physically assaulting her. After the divorce was completed in 2017, Depp accused his ex-wife of defaming his reputation and in return he demanded compensation of $50 million.
Not all divorce stories ended with issues and problems, but some of them were quiet, such as the divorce of American actor Ben Affleck, who ended his relationship with his wife after 10 years due to his problems with addiction, and that was in 2015.
However, his ex-wife Garner did not abandon him, but she supported him on his treatment journey to get rid of addiction, and the pair are still on good terms with each other.
Asala and Al-Arian .. Divorce on “Instagram”
Stories of love and marriage do not end in divorce in Hollywood alone, but in the Arab world these cases also occur, the most famous of which is the divorce of the Syrian artist Asala, from her Egyptian husband, director Tariq Al-Arian, after thirteen years, during which Asala gave birth to twins.
And Asala announced, through her account on “Instagram”, her final separation from her husband, Tariq Al-Arian, and asked her fans to pray for her, give her the special space to remedy the matter, and live with her sorrows so that she can overcome them over the course of the days.
Stars in the courts
The artistic duo, whose relationship came out to the media, Ahmed Saad and Sumaya al-Khashab, where they appeared on a television program, exchanging accusations of physical assaults, and al-Khashab went to the Egyptian court to demand compensation for the damages caused to her by her ex-husband, the Egyptian singer Ahmed Saad, despite The romantic beginning of the relationship.
The audience of “Social Media” was divided towards the position of the star of the Egyptian theater, the comedian Ali Rabie, between supporters and opponents of his position with his wife and daughter, after his wife came out on her own account, to confirm that Rabie insulted her and expelled her from their home with her infant daughter, but the matter returned to normal after That the duo reconciled and returned to their married life again.
In a sudden change in the life of the Egyptian artist Hala Shiha, she returned to art after wearing the niqab and retiring from art for more than 12 years, following a love story that she brought together with the Canadian Youssef Harrison, to end up with her return to the field of acting again, and accused her ex-husband of being a cause of separation between Their sons, who returned to Egypt with the youngest son and daughter, and the two older girls remained with their father in Canada.

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Bringing green power from sea to shore
Bartlomiej Zgryzek, vice president at TELE-FONIKA Kable SA and board director at JDR Cable Systems, talks to the BPCC's Michael Dembinski about the company's prospects in the world of green transformation.
TFK Group, a family corporation for 30 years, has taken up the challenges of competition in various areas of the energy sector and its international supply chain. Both JDR and TFKable are active participants in the green revolution that is taking place in the development of offshore wind energy.
TELE-FONIKA Kable began operations on 7 April 1992. By 1996, TFKable had achieved a leading position in the fibre optic and computer cables segment. In 1998, the company adopted a business model that assumed entering new, attractive, and developing market segments, also considering geographic diversification. In 2003 Polish and foreign assets were consolidated. In 2008 TFKable started cooperation with JDR Cables Systems in the supply of advanced submarine cable systems for Greater Gabbard offshore farm projects in the UK, followed by cable supplied to the London Array in 2011 and Nordsee One in Germany in 2015.
With growing demand for high-voltage (HV) and extra-high-voltage (EHV) cable, in 2010 the company made the decision to launch a significant R&D project, increasing the technological and production capacity of the HV and EHV cable group within the company.
"In 2017, it became natural for us to strengthen further our cooperation with JDR, which resulted in JDR joining with the Polish cable family. From the very beginning at TFK Group, we have supported the construction and operation of offshore wind farms worldwide. Our common journey in offshore wind energy started in 2008 and has seen us being awarded our 50th wind farm project this year. At present, regardless of the current trends and challenges, the core priority of TFK Group is sustainable growth based on introducing eco-friendly green technologies." says Mr Zgryzek. This year, JDR has initiated a new investment.
A third UK factory is to be built, in Cambois, near Blyth, 13 miles north of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on a 16-hectare site, once home to a coal-fired power station. It will be built with assistance from the UK government's Offshore Wind Manufacturing Scheme (OWMIS). In April 2022, UK Export Finance agreed on an investment grant for the £130m factory. "Production is expected to begin by the third quarter of 2024," says Mr Zgryzek.
The state-of-the-art subsea cable manufacturing facility in Cambois, near Blyth, Northumberland, will manufacture subsea cables long enough, large enough, and sufficiently durable to export power from wind farms situated much further from shore. "The new factory will be dedicated to renewable energy sources. Our target markets are not only the UK and in Europe, but also global including windfarms off the West Coast of the USA or Taiwan. In the US, we currently have our Houston Service Centre in Tomball, Texas, providing engineering support for energy projects in the Gulf of Mexico, as well as offshore commissioning, testing, and repair work. From this strong base we are increasing our support for the rapidly growing US offshore wind market." says Mr Zgryzek.
The UK deal was arrived at with help from HSBC, Société Générale and BGK in Poland and from British government institutions – the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS), the Department for International Trade (DIT), and the Export Development Guarantee Department of UK Export Finance. "All permissions and certifications were in place in 2018, but the pandemic delayed vital milestones. The government has been taking this project seriously - it fits in with the ambitious UK Energy Security Strategy for helping reduce reliance on oil and gas and bringing cleaner, green power to the UK," says Mr Zgryzek. The project will create 171 local jobs while safeguarding 270 jobs at our existing UK facilities.
Poland's offshore wind project is also of great importance to TFK Group. "We are present as a subcontractor with selected supplier agreements signed with the consortia bidding for Baltic Wind project work." Wherever a project is located, TFK Group understands the nature of offshore wind very well. "Only 5% of the total investment cost is the cables, but without cables to export the energy generated by the turbines from sea to dry land, the entire project is useless," says Mr Zgryzek. The importance of quality cannot be overstated.
According to the report Pathway to 2030, A Holistic Network Design to Support Offshore Wind Deployment for Net Zero, published by National Grid ESO in July 2022, the UK currently has 15GW of offshore wind capacity at present, with a further 50GW planned to 2030. Meanwhile, the Polish Wind Energy Association in its report The Potential of Polish Wind Energy, published last month, indicates that Poland's Baltic Wind potential capacity is estimated at 33GW. There are projects currently listed on the market at 4.7GW. "We have the engineering know-how and the R&D team in Bydgoszcz; we have the experience and the competitiveness. Transparency and security are vital in the supply chain."
Although TFK Group's sales strategy is strictly business-to-business; the group is well known in local markets for its continuous supplies to electricity distribution network operators and distributors of electrical goods, says Mr Zgryzek. "However, we are very well known in the industry, particularly offshore. Our approach is a continuous continuation of development in many markets, including financial ones, especially through investments". JDR has also announced a £3m investment into its existing facility at Hartlepool, installing new machinery with double the weight capacity, boosting Hartlepool's production capacity by approximately 25% so that it can manufacture 132kV and 150kV array cables alongside its current 66 kV product range.
Connect Online issue 56 (151) 2022, British Polish Chamber of Commerce interview reprinted from BPCC Contact Magazine

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Residents of a
Charlottesville neighborhood remain in the dark about a shooting Sunday night
that was uncharacteristic of the place they call home.
It's not clear what the
Albemarle County police officer was investigating on Birdwood Court, who was
shot or for that matter why the person was shot. This is the third
officer-involved shooting in Charlottesville and Albemarle County since December.
Tuesday, the Albemarle County
officer who pulled the trigger and sent a man to the hospital is on paid
administrative leave, as Albemarle and Charlottesville police conduct separate
investigations into what happened Sunday night.
"This is not a TV show.
These things that you see on television, you know, a CSI program, you've got
one hour to watch it and the case has been cleared," said Ronnie Roberts,
spokesperson for the Charlottesville Police Department.
Charlottesville police are
asking neighbors and the public for patience, as their investigation into an
officer-involved shooting Sunday night continues.
"Gathering of the data and
any evidentiary aspects of the case is being handled by investigators and today
they're still hard at it, again, continuing their efforts into the
investigation," Roberts said.
The details of that
investigation are still very much a mystery. But this is what's been confirmed:
Charlottesville officers responded to Birdwood Court around 9:00 Sunday night,
not far the intersection of Route 250 and McIntire Road. An Albemarle County
officer was already on the scene conducting an investigation when he shot and
wounded a man, sending him to the University of Virginia Medical Center for
NBC29 reached out to both
police departments and both commonwealth's attorney's offices and spoke to
neighbors. But many questions are still unanswered. We don't know why a county
officer was in the area, or what that officer was investigating. We don't know
the identity of the victim, or his condition, and we don't know what charges,
if any, could be filed.
"There are certain facts
about cases that we can't divulge in the efforts so that it doesn't compromise
all of the legwork of the investigators and what they've been doing since this
incident has occurred," Roberts said.
Charlottesville is leading
the investigation into Sunday's shooting. Meanwhile, Albemarle County police
are conducting their own internal investigation into the shooting involving
their officer. That officer is now on paid administrative leave, which is
standard protocol in this situation.
Search for Answers Continues in Birdwood Court ShootingMore>>
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[News] 2AM’s Lim Seulong Hopes to be a Charming Actor.
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With both a concert and movie to look forward to in the near future, 2AM′s Lim Seulong revealed his appealing charms through a photo shoot with fashion magazine Elle Girl.
Similar to his policeman role in his upcoming movie, 26 Years, Lim Seulong dressed in a military look with fur jackets and coats, fitting for the cold winter season.
Despite his foot injury, Lim Seulong carried on like a pro during the shoot, earning the respect of the staff members.
During the interview, Lim Seulong talked a bit about his movie and his new outlook as an actor.
“I learned a lot while filming 26 Years,” said Lim Seulong. “The most important thing I learned was that I have to take care of the other actors, the staff, and the people who helped to create the move.”
When asked about what kind of hope he carries as an aspiring actor, Lim Seulong replied, "Like Ryan Gosling, even though I’m not handsome, I want to be a charming actor."
He added, "I want to let my eyes see many things and be a detailed actor, who fits well with melodrama."
Lim Seulong′s pictorial and interview will be available in the December issue.

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Toledo’s two congressmen brought guests to President Obama’s State of the Union address tonight to help make ideological points.
Rep. Bob Latta (R., Bowling Green) brought along Sherri Garner Brumbaugh, owner of a Findlay trucking company, to personalize Republican opposition to the Affordable Care Act.
Ms. Brumbaugh, 51, said her company, Garner Transportatiion Group, insures about 85 people. She said her current employee health plan, which went up 17 percent, will renew May 1 and she was told to expect increases of 15 to 20 percent when that happens.
She blamed additional fees and taxes, as well as uncertainty, for the increases.
“We need to scrap it and start over,” said Ms. Brumbaugh, calling for a bipartisan approach.
Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D., Toledo) brought along Lorain teacher Manuel “Manny” Santana, a special ed teacher at Clearview High School.
The reasons: he took advantage of unemployment benefits to go back to school and earn an education degree from Ashland University.
“When we invest in our people, we reap the dividends for many years to come,” Miss Kaptur said. “Manny Santana’s experience illustrates the importance of extending employment insurance benefits, especially in a high-unemployment state such as Ohio. It’s all about getting people into good jobs.”
Miss Kaptur's district includes most of Toledo and stretches east into Cuyahoga County. Mr. Latta's district includes parts of South and West Toledo and most of the counties in the northwest corner of Ohio.
Michigan U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg (R., Tipton) also used his guest to highlight his opposition to the Affordable Care Act.
He said his guest, Julia Boonstra of Dexter, has been fighting leukemia and lost her coverage because of ObamaCare.
Ms. Boonstra was notified that she would lose the insurance plan that cost $1,100 a month with low out-of-pocket costs. She enrolled in a new plan with premiums of $571 a month but higher out-of-pocket costs.
“I just want my plan back, I really do,” said Ms. Boonstra, 49, a mother of two, according to The Detroit News. “It was extremely expensive and there are things as far as oral chemotherapies that need to be done to reduce the cost. ... But I was covered and I made having a great health plan a priority for me and that was taken away from me.”
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Horan endures a stormy 2nd solo album
Niall Horan, “Heartbreak Weather” (Capitol Records)
An anxious Niall Horan appears on the cover of his sophomore solo album. He’s standing on a chair in the middle of a street with a nasty-looking thunderstorm brewing behind him. It’s a fittingly awkward image for what turns out is an awkward album.
“Heartbreak Weather” is an overall bright collection from the former One Directioner, but one that doesn’t top his 2017 debut, the nifty “Flicker.” If he was more folky on the last one, here he’s veered back into pop, making 14 perfectly fine tracks, if not volcanic ones.
The half dozen best songs — like the Ed Sheeran-like “No Judgement,” the ’80s-ish title track and the addictive “New Angel” — are diluted by too many that make little impression, especially the softer, quieter songs “Black and White,” “Dear Patience,” “Put a Little Love On Me,” “Still” and “San Francisco.”
The sultry, rocking “Nice to Meet Ya” was a dynamite first single, but its cocky Brit-pop sound isn’t followed through for the rest of “Heartbreak Weather.” Horan’s music doesn’t always reach out and grab you by the throat, so a few listens are often required to release their understated beauty. But more spins don’t always help this time.
Horan has once again written on every track and tapped some top producers — including Greg Kurstin, Teddy Geiger, Julian Bunetta and Scott Harris — for an album in which every song is about a lover or a former one. Horan really only has two speeds on “Heartbreak Weather” — frisky or brokenhearted. “Let’s skip all the small talk and go straight up to your room,” he sings in one song. On another he’s down and haunted: “I try to run, but you’re everywhere I go.”
“Heartbreak Weather” is in no way a disaster like the one approaching Horan on the album cover. It’s just not an improvement on his debut effort. Not to worry, the storm will pass. Also, pro tip: Avoid wearing white pants in a squall.

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Contactceitannamacleod@amadvocates.co.uk Tel no available from Clerks on request
Ceit-Anna is described in Chambers UK as a “go-to junior for a broad range of family cases” who “has cogent opinions and an excellent knowledge of family law”. She is further described as “capable, cool-headed and extremely good with clients” and as going “above and beyond in terms of service”.
Ceit-Anna practices predominantly in the area of family law. She advises on the legal aspects of the breakdown of relationships including financial provision on divorce and financial claims arising following cohabitation. She is instructed in disputes involving children including residence, contact and relocation cases. She is experienced in dealing with applications under the Hague Convention and with applications for permanence orders and adoption.
Ceit-Anna is frequently appointed by the Court of Session as curator ad litem, reporting officer and child welfare reporter.
She has experience of regulatory law and since 2016 has been a Legal Assessor to the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
Ceit-Anna is currently instructed as junior counsel to the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry.
Education & Professional Career to Date
Solicitor and Associate in private practice prior to calling to the Bar
Traineeship: Dickson Minto WS, Edinburgh and London
LLB (Hons) and Diploma in Legal Practice: The University of Edinburgh
- Board Member, MG ALBA (2020–present)
- Junior Counsel to the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (2016–present)
- Legal Assessor, Nursing & Midwifery Council (2016–present)
- Board Member, Bright Light Relationship Counselling (2016–present)
- Council Member, The Stair Society (2015–2020)
- Session Cases Reporter, Scottish Council of Law Reporting (2013–2019)
- Member, Faculty of Advocates Family Law Reform Group (2013–present)
- Clerk, Faculty of Advocates Family Law Reform Group (2013–2018)
- Committee Member, Advocates Family Law Association (2013–2019)
- Tutor, School of Law, The University of Edinburgh (2009–present)
Publications & Seminars
Law Society of Scotland, Family Law Conference, September 2016 - "Financial Provision on Divorce"
Family Law Association Seminar, May 2015- "Child Law- Case Law Update"
AMFLG Seminar, June 2014 - "Cohabitation, where we are now, two years after Gow v Grant"
BAAF Scotland Legal Group Conference, June 2014 - "Legal issues in the profiling of children for family finding"
Scottish Parliamentary Review (January 2014) - Case Commentary-Prest v Pretrodel Resources Ltd & Others
TANQ Seminar, September 2013- "To cohabit or not to cohabit...."
AMFLG Annual Conference, September 2013- "Recent Developments in Family Law Procedure"
Recommended in Chambers and Partners UK Bar Guide for Family/Matrimonial for a number of years.
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“Has become a go-to junior for a broad range of family cases, including those relating to financial provision, cohabitation claims, permanence orders, Hague Convention applications and residence disputes”
"Capable, cool-headed and extremely good with clients - she goes above and beyond in terms of service”
“She has cogent opinions and an excellent knowledge of family law”
“She is commended for her client management, courtroom composure and pragmatism”
“She is a very articulate, helpful and empathetic person to have as an advocate”
“She is exceptionally good with clients. They trust her and her suggestions”
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Off-white Addy silk-crepe coat | The Row
The Row's Spring '18 runway show was held at the iconic Carlyle Hotel in New York City, where its soothing ambiance beautifully reflected the soft, romantic feel of the label's latest collection. Part of the lineup, this 'Addy' coat is made from mid-weight silk crepe and has a double-breasted front that cinches the loose silhouette. Wear yours over everything from tailoring to jeans and dresses.Shown here with: [The Row Top id1003976], [The Row Pants id1003963], [Loewe Shoulder bag…

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A long time ago, a winged maiden was held prisoner in a castle - cursed never to experience love, lest she die. Centuries later, in a sleepy coastal town, a young girl relives this agony.
Genre: Romance, Animation, Fantasy, Anime, Foreign, Asian, Japanese
Release date: February 5, 2005
Runtime: 91 min
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Rhodium trichloride, also known as rhodium chloride, is a kind of red-brown powder, easy to deliquescence. Used in electronics, instrumentation, metallurgy and other industries, also used in electroplating operations, catalyst preparation.Rhodium trichloride trihydrate is a kind of Lewis acid, which can form various complexes with ligands. Unlike Rh (I), the RH (III) complexes are mostly octahedral, which are relatively stable in kinetics.
Under mild conditions,Rhodium trichloride reacts with tertiary phosphine to form RhCl3 (PR3) 3 type complexes. If the reaction is carried out in boiling ethanol solution, rhodium is reduced to form Rh (I) complex, such as Wilkinson's catalyst - RhCl (PPh3) 3. The reductant in the reaction is ethanol or triphenylphosphine, and the corresponding oxidation products are acetaldehyde and triphenylphosphine oxide.
When boiled with ethanol and pyridine, Rhodium trichloride is converted to trans-[RhCl2(py)4)]Cl. If the solvent is water, a surface-RhCl3 (py) 3 with a structure similar to that of thioether complexes is obtained. Blue paramagnetic [Cl(py)4Rh-O2 Rh(py)4Cl]5+ was obtained by oxidation of trans-[RhCl2(py)4)]Cl.
Ammonia reacts with ethanol solution of rhodium trichloride to form pentaammonia chloride ion [RhCl(NH3)5]2+. A colorless hydrogen complex [RhH (NH3) 5] SO4 was obtained after the ion was reduced by zinc and salted by sulfate.Rhodium trichloride trihydrate can also coordinate with olefins, especially those of norbornadiene and 1,5-cyclooctadiene, in the form of Rh2Cl2 (olefin) 4. Its coordination with 1,5-cyclooctadiene is particularly stable. Even when it reacts with 1,3-cyclooctadiene in ethanol, 1,5-cyclooctadiene can be obtained. Diene ligands can be removed by cyanide ions.


Hu Jintao says Hong Kong people can share in the pride of being Chinese
Yesterday, the curtain rose on the CCP’s Eighteenth Party Congress. In his political report, Party Chairman Hu Jintao stressed that the protection of national sovereignty, security and development was at the foundation of the mainland’s Hong Kong and Macau policies. He also said that he was confident that the people of Hong Kong and Macau could manage their special administrative regions well, contribute actively to national affairs, and share in the dignity and pride of being Chinese. Li Gang, Deputy Director of the central government’s liaison office in Hong Kong, who attended the event, denied that Hu was targeting supporters of Hong Kong independence in his remarks. He also said that there were not many pro-independence people in Hong Kong and that those people had not won over the population. Finally, he said that proposals to replace Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying were absurd.
CTI chairman may seek judicial review over slow licensing process
Chairman Ricky Wong of City Telecom (CTI), having already invested HK$300 million on a free-to-air television station, is running out of patience with the government’s foot dragging on issuing new free-to-air television licenses. Yesterday, Wong said that he was thinking of seeking a judicial review of the government’s slow response. He also said Secretary for Commerce and Development Gregory So had failed to show responsibility, although Wong did not mention So by name. So responded by saying that Wong’s decision to invest in the station before a license was granted was Wong’s own decision and would not influence the license-granting procedure.
Workers fear political motive in decision to cancel LegCo Review
Recently, the management of Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) proposed adding an in-depth interview program to the station’s line-up. Chairman Roy Tang even suggested that the new show replace Legco Review, a 26-year program that covers legislative affairs. Yesterday, Tang backtracked on his suggestion, saying that Legco Review could stay on the air. Nevertheless, he still wants to include the proposed interview program in the line-up for next month. Tang was forced to back down due to the opposition of RTHK staff members to the removal of LegCo Review. Workers are worried that the station’s management has a political motive in seeking to cancel LegCo Review. The management insists that their proposal was not politically motivated.


text: I was born in Dover, Delaware in 1989. As a young child I would spend my days walking around the neighborhood drawing rose bushes and interesting trees. This excitement of seeking out, discovering and recording motifs in nature stirred a passion for art that has turned into a steady fire. My work in any medium is aimed at this beauty found in nature and the systems of living that contrast or constrict the natural growth of the organisms that these systems are made of. I work mostly in graphite, charcoal, oil paints, and ceramics but very much enjoy pushing my media and ideas in any way I can.

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