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Renewals of license.
As a condition for renewal of a license,
licensee must submit to the Director, and the Director must receive, on or
before December 1 of each year, an
application for renewal made in writing and under oath on a form
prescribed by the
Director. A licensee whose application for
renewal is not received by the Department on or
before December 31 shall not have its license renewed and
shall be required to submit to the Director an application for a new license in
accordance with Section 25. Upon a showing of good cause, the Director may
extend the deadline for the filing of an application for renewal. The
application for renewal of a license shall contain or be accompanied by all of
(1) The name of the licensee and the address of the
principal place of business of the licensee.
(2) A list of all locations where the licensee is
conducting business under its license and a list of all authorized sellers through whom the licensee is conducting business under its license, including the name and business address of each authorized seller.
(3) Audited financial statements covering the past
year of operations, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, showing the financial condition of the licensee. The licensee shall submit the audited financial statement after the application for renewal has been approved. The audited financial statement must be received by the Department no later than 120 days after the end of the licensee's fiscal year. If the licensee is a wholly owned subsidiary or is eligible to file consolidated federal income tax returns with its parent, the licensee may submit unaudited financial statements if accompanied by the audited financial statements of the parent company for its most recently ended year.
(4) A statement of the dollar amount and number of
money transmissions and payment instruments sold, issued, exchanged, or transmitted in this State by the licensee and its authorized sellers for the past year.
(5) A statement of the dollar amount of uncompleted
money transmissions and payment instruments outstanding or in transit, in this State, as of the most recent quarter available.
(6) The annual license renewal fees and any penalty
fees as provided by Section 45 of this Act.
(7) Evidence sufficient to prove to the satisfaction
of the Director that the licensee has complied with all requirements under Section 20 relating to its net worth, under Section 30 relating to its surety bond or other security, and under Section 50 relating to permissible investments.
(8) A statement of a change in information provided
by the licensee in its application for a license or its previous applications for renewal including, but not limited to, new directors, officers, authorized sellers, or clearing banks and material changes in the operation of the licensee's business.
(Source: P.A. 92-400, eff. 1-1-02.)

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|Namibia emergency number: +264 81 127 0564
|Frans Indongo Lodge is situated 43 km from Otjiwarongo, on the D2433 road in the proximity of the Waterberg Plateau Park.
|14 Rooms (2 x Double rooms, 2 x Family units, 8 x Twin rooms)
|Each chalet is stylishly designed to represent the African Owambo culture and is equipped with an en-suite bathroom, air-conditioning, fridge, hair-dryer, telephone, TV, an electric kettle and a tea/coffee station.
The lodge complex has been modelled on traditional Ovambo homesteads. Inside the complex a palisade separates the restaurant and swimming pool area from the guest chalets and a variety of natural building materials have been utilised including stone, wood and reed.
Fine, truly Namibian cuisine is served in the spacious and elegant restaurant and an after-dinner drink can be enjoyed at leisure in the lounge, complete with fireplace for cold Namibian winter evenings.
|A spacious area at the sparkling blue swimming pool offers comfortable loungers to relax on, either in the sun or in shaded spots.
The extensive wooden deck with numerous comfortable seating areas and shade offers an uninterrupted view of the thorny bush savannah and the red hues of the distant Waterberg Plateau. Umbrellas will shade you during the heat of the day, on chilly evenings fluffy blankets are provided so that you can observe the wildlife in comfort. Sable Antelope, Nyala and Black Springbok can regularly be seen drinking at the waterhole.
On warmer evenings, dinner is enjoyed on the deck under the starry skies.
|Guided Game Drive per Off-Road Vehicle on the lodge property / Visit to the CCF Cheetah Conservation Fund / Self-drive excursion to the Waterberg Plateau (where one can participate in a Game Drive or enjoy a number of walking trails of varying levels of ease.
|Children 0 – 2 years Free of Charge if sharing with Adults
Children 3 – 18 years sharing with Adults (sleeping on a Sofa Bed) pay 285.- BB
All children occupying a separate room will be charged the full single or double room rate
Children 19 and over pay the Full Adult Rate
|2021 Starting From NAD 1,359.- per Person Sharing in a Twin Room, on a BB basis
Period of Validity 2021: 1 July 2021 to 31 October 20212022 Starting From NAD 1,428.- per Person Sharing in a Twin Room, on a BB basis
Period of Validity 2022: 1 November 2021 to 31 October 2022
|BB includes Bed and Breakfast
|Lunch and Dinner, Drinks, Guest Laundry, Daily Activities, Gratuities/Tips for Staff, Personal Travel Insurance
|Terms & Conditions:
|T’s & C’s are applicable, please contact ATC Namibia for further information and details
|Distance to Airport:
|Distance to Hosea Kutako International Airport near Windhoek is approximately 340 km. Driving time approximately 4 hours.

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The Costa Rica Train Institute (Incofer, acronym in Spanish) is about to purchase eight new trains with a great capacity of 400 passengers in three months or by the end of this year. Even though the purchase will be in December, the train units will not be arriving to Costa Rica but after 24 months, it means in two years.
The purchase’s investment is $52 million. This money will be provided by the Central American Bank for Economic Integration. According to the Incofer, the purchase involves many factors like the Costa Rica topography, the size and dimensions of the railroads, and the characteristics of the train track. Maintenance of the system, tools and training are also considered in the purchasing contract.
If we read Law 9366, the institute is entitle to purchase train units and doesn’t need to be authorized by the General Comptroller.
The government is striving to modernize the public transportation at all costs. This is a project that seeks to get faster train units in the metropolis, hence the importance of the concession of a new train station located in Heredia.
According to Elizabeth Briceño, president of Incofer, the aim of this project is to modernize the public transportation because she considers it is one of the most important Costa Ricans’ needs today.
“Incofer requires a modernization of its entire transportation system. We are faced with the need of taking tangible actions for Costa Rica”


COVID-19 tests conducted in China three times higher than in US since coronavirus outbreak: media
The number of COVID-19 tests conducted in China since the coronavirus outbreak is three times higher than that in the United States, according to US media reports.
Citing Guo Yanhong, an official with China's National Health Commission, US political website The Hill said in a recent report that as of June 22, Chinese medical institutions have conducted 90.41 million nucleic acid tests for COVID-19 in total.
In contrast, the United States has carried out about 29.33 million tests according to the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, the report said.
China currently can offer 3.78 million nucleic acid tests for COVID-19 every day, a 200-percent increase from March, The Hill cited Guo as saying.


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(October 19, 2022 / Israel Hayom) The Australian prime minister said on Wednesday that his government’s reversal of its recognition of western Jerusalem as the capital of Israel could have been handled better, but defended the move, saying it had returned Australia to the international mainstream.
“Some things can always be done better,” said Anthony Albanese after Canberra’s announcement of the decision drew criticism and led to a fallout with Jerusalem.
However, he went on to state that the Labor Party, which he leads, opposed the 2018 decision by then-Prime Minister Scott Morrison to recognize western Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in the first place. He accused the previous government of hypocrisy, noting that even after the recognition, Morrison’s administration failed to move the Australian embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Tuesday described Australia’s decision as a “wretched move,” according to Hebrew-language media reports.
He made the remark during a meeting with the Australian ambassador to Israel, who had been summoned to the Foreign Ministry for a diplomatic dressing-down over the matter.
As might be expected, the Palestinian Authority hailed Australia’s decision.
“We welcome Australia’s decision with regards to Jerusalem and its call for a two-state solution in accordance with international legitimacy,” tweeted P.A. Civil Affairs Minister Hussein al-Sheikh.
This article first appeared in Israel Hayom.
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Buck Camp Axe, Black
Small, convenient and multi-purpose. This small Camp Axe comes with a convenient sheath to keep the blade protected and the back of the axe works well for pounding in stakes at the campsite.
• Blade Length: 3" (7.6 cm)
• Blade Material: Forged, powder-coated, high carbon steel
• Carry System: Molded nylon sheath
• Fixed Blade: Yes
• Handle Material: High-impact plastic
• Weight: 17.2 oz. (489.7 g)
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Buck Knives makes the perfect knife for everyday and outdoor recreation use-hunting, fishing, camping, hiking, backpacking, climbing, diving, boating, survival, tactical, defense & rescue. Collectible & custom knives. Related products, equipment & accessories.
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Sand washer is also called sand washing machine. It is the necessary equipment for washing sand making.
Ball mill is suitable for grinding various ores and other materials. It is widely used in mineral processing, building materials and chemical industry.
Fote is a well-known cone ball mill machine manufacturer and cone ball mill supplier in Henan, China. Welcome to take a visit to get more detailed information about the equipment. We will always at your service.
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Washington: The WikiLeaks website released a secret CIA memo on Wednesday warning of fallout if the United States came to be seen as an "exporter of terrorism”, given al Qaeda`s interest in American recruits.
The document by the CIA`s so-called "Red Cell" was the latest classified memo to be published by the whistle-blowing website, which last month released more than 70,000 secret US military documents on the war in Afghanistan.
It has threatened to release some 15,000 more, despite Pentagon criticism that the leaks endangered the lives of sources and exposed sensitive intelligence gathering methods to enemy fighters.
The three-page CIA memo released by WikiLeaks did not appear to expose any state secrets and one US official quipped it was hardly a "blockbuster”. Indeed Red Cell reports are meant to provoke thought, rather than provide an authoritative assessment.
But it addressed the hypothetical and highly sensitive question about the potential impact on the United States if allies saw it as a nation whose citizens frequently operate abroad to carry out acts of terrorism.
It said the United States could lose leverage over allies to cooperate on terrorism -- particularly on "extra-judicial activities”. Foreign governments might even take the extraordinary step of secretly extracting US citizens suspected of carrying out extremist acts abroad.
"Primarily we have been concerned about al Qaeda infiltrating operatives into the United States to conduct terrorist attacks, but AQ may be increasingly looking for Americans to operate overseas," the document proposes.
"Undoubtedly al Qaeda and other terrorist groups recognize that Americans can be great assets in terrorist operations overseas."
It said US citizens are valuable to terrorist organisations because they are harder to detect. They don`t fit the typical Arab-Muslim profile and can easily communicate with leaders through their "unfettered" access to the Internet and other methods, the report said.
The CIA played down the paper`s significance, noting Red Cell teams of analysts were tasked with taking up hypothetical scenarios and presenting alternate views, divergent from mainstream thinking.
"These sorts of analytic products -- clearly identified as coming from the Agency`s `Red Cell`-- are designed simply to provoke thought and present different points of view," said spokesman George Little.
Such documents are widely distributed within the US intelligence community, as opposed to more restricted, highly classified material.
The report cited cases of Americans involved in alleged plots in Pakistan, India and elsewhere and said "contrary to common belief, the American export of terrorism or terrorists is not a recent phenomenon”.
It said the United States had a certain amount of leverage with allies on extradition requests following the September 11, 2001, attacks, but warned that could change.
"If the US were seen as an `exporter of terrorism`, foreign governments could request a reciprocal arrangement that would impact US sovereignty," it said.
It said foreign governments could request information on US citizens or request their "rendition”, or the secret, extra-judicial transfer of a terrorism suspect abroad.
"US refusal to cooperate with foreign government requests for extradition might lead some governments to consider secretly extracting US citizens," the report said.
It also warned of potential obstruction of US efforts and cited an Italian case against CIA agents, who were convicted last year of kidnapping a terrorism suspect in Milan and flying him to Egypt, where he says he was tortured during questioning.
"The proliferation of such cases would not only challenge US bilateral relations with other countries but also damage global counterterrorism efforts," it said.


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How many immediate family members are there? How many generations famailies are allowed? How are families decided?
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There are four immediate family members. A mother, father, and two children (one boy and one girl). Spouses are chosen by the government and children are placed accordingly.
The child comes when a family unit receives there childs number. The family unit can only have one male, one female as there spouses. The community does not allow adults to choose their "mates".

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Kauni is a family brand from Denmark with roots in Estonia. They are known for their amazing long colourways in large balls.
Kauni Effectgarn is famous for its colours. This yarn comes in balls that vary from 130-170g, which means every ball is unique. The colourways available are spectacular, from a cheerful rainbow to subtle pastels. The wool is hearty, which allows for durability and strength.
Also available in solid colours.
Varies from 130-170g, and 520-680m
Knitting needle size: 3.0mm (US 2.5)
Knitting gauge: 23 sts=10cm (4") in stockinette stitch
Hand wash in cold water. Dry flat


The Boring Project
Elon Musk’s latest project on fighting traffic congestion has gathered everyone’s eyes on him once again. Several months ago he got the idea of creating The Boring Company. What seems like a stupid name for quite a dull idea might actually be the company that will solve our biggest road problem.
Apparently, Musk got the idea of the Boring Company while he was sitting stuck in traffic.
See, the guy is not wasting his time. Instead of singing along with the radio, he was mapping out a plan on building an underground road system. In its essence, The Boring Company will work on establishing a roadway network under the ground. The company will focus on digging out tunnels which will serve as a new cost-effective system for the transportation of vehicles and high-speed trains. In the end, we may be able to travel to Los Angeles from Westwood for example, in about six minutes.
Once the underground network is developed, cars will be able to access it through tunnels. Cars will load up on individual pods, and descend to the sub-terrain roads where they will be transported at speeds up to 210 km/h. The system will be controlled by a computer (duh) in order to achieve highest cost efficiency.
The company has already bought a secondhand tunneling machine from a firm in Washington and… has started digging. Remember the hole that recently emerged in SpaceX’s parking lot? Тhis pit was the first attempt, a demo tunnel, to test the machinery. So there is already some progress being made on the project. Yet, critics doubt that the Boring Company is the right solution to the initial problem at all.
The Cost of Tunnels
The first step to making this project work is the development of the tunnel network. Imagine the decades it took for the country to establish a large and safe infrastructure of roads and highways… And now think of going through the same process once again. Only this time it would be underground.
It is good that Musk has not gone nuts about this without first calculating some costs. According to his estimates, a mile of the tunnel can cost about $1 billion. Well, maybe he is nuts.
Currently, the National Highway System consists of more than 164,000 miles of highways. Take half of that and put it underground. Take the price and do the math. Yes, he is nuts.
Even if we take a single route. Let’s say you are moving to San Francisco up from Los Angeles. It takes 380 miles to travel the distance. This is $380 billion only for tunnel digging. For a single route.
Well, maybe we have to consider some of the costs the tunnels could save us. Such as costs for air pollution. Moving a certain portion of vehicles underground would decrease the negative effects on the atmosphere. Of course, the tunnels would need proper ventilation and mechanisms for the combustion of emissions. If it works, this could save expenses on environmental practices and health-related costs.
The building costs, Musk says, can be reduced by increasing the capacity of the machines the company uses. Moreover, the size of the tunnels could be smaller – wide enough only to fit a vehicle and the skate it would be riding on. If he manages to make tunnels narrower and does it in a short time, this would also lead to lower effects on disrupting the existing infrastructure above ground.
The Modifications to the Infrastructure
According to the plan now, the cars will enter the tunnels through elevators. But in order to get in the elevator, they would need to line up and wait for each car to descend. Each car will get on a skate, stabilize and then go down. But wouldn’t that cause lines of cars just waiting for each other to make a move? Doesn’t this sound familiar? Only this time cars will be barely moving down instead of forward. Moreover, there should be special lines developed for those that want to use the tunnels. This would not happen instantaneously. Whether we have additional toll lanes or tunnel-prep lanes, the slowing down is inevitable.
Here is something else to consider – what would happen to the hole that the car enters when other cars go down the tunnel? It should be immediately protected. And the protection released for the next car to go in. And this should happen at every possible tunnel entrance, on every single route. Not only would this cost money, but it would also create a sense of poor security measures. There needs to be a seamless integration of the whole system into the design of a city and the roads surrounding it.
The Depth of the Potential
What is truly admirable about this project is Elon Musk’s objective evaluation of its success. He admits the project requires a long time to reach the realization point, yet, he is not ashamed of it. His forward-looking business thinking has not prevented him from seeing the obstacles. Still, he knows where the true window of opportunity is.
Musk admits that one layer of underground tunnels would not solve the problem with traffic congestion. It will get used up, and you will be back at the start. Yet, the secret potential lies in the depth. “The deepest mines are much deeper than the tallest buildings are tall,” he says.
Still, couldn’t we turn this the other way around? What if we start building levels up instead of down? We wouldn’t need the tunnels, at least. Just a strong enough base to keep the roads secure in the air. And that sounds quite cheaper than digging, and digging, and digging…
The Boring Company and Auto Transport
What would Musk’s tunnels mean for the auto transport industry, however? Truckers have had problems with parking and traffic for quite some time now. Could something so ‘boring’ like tunnels help them now?
Musk’s tunnels are currently in no way suitable for the auto transport industry. Neither the size of the tunnels nor the vehicle skates match the needs of trucks and haulers. Musk’s plan is solely focused on light-weighed passenger vehicles. Yet, there are over 3.5 million operating truckers in the USA today. Wouldn’t it be better for traffic if we got them out of the roads, too?
Auto transport carriers are in their essence already helping solve traffic congestion. Whether drivers operate open or enclosed carriers, in most cases they would share the space with other vehicles. Instead of leaving numerous drivers on the roads, they allow for the transportation of several vehicles at a time, thus decrease their contribution to the congestion problem. Moreover, they save the nerves of what would otherwise be impatient, angry drivers.
Well, maybe once Elon Musk brings the concept of the Tesla Semi Truck to reality, he will start paying attention to auto transport and other trucking problems, too. Hopefully, he will think of a better and not-so-boring name for that project!
So, What about that Project Name?[\h5]
Well, just take a look and we won’t have to discuss it. Elon Musk’s personal tasks so far:
- Realizing world domination of electric vehicles and Tesla
- Making Solar energy a Commodity with SolarCity
- Sending People to Mars with SpaceX
- Eliminating Transport barriers with Hyperloop
- Fighting traffic congestion
You see the discrepancy? Among all the problems Musk is aiming to solve, traffic really seems like the most boring of all. Yet, by giving it an ironic name, he is already bringing quite a hype to the project.
“Boring. It’s what we do”, he tweeted. But that would never be the case with anything that comes out of his hands, would it? Every project he undertakes aims to solve a problem. And according to him, traffic might as well be the worst of them all. After all, he sees it as “one of the most soul-destroying things.” And this is much more than just boring.
Still, this is not a priority project for the inventor. In a TED interview, he said that he only spends about 2-3 percent of his time on it. So we might have to wait quite some time until we see any significant progress or results of any kind. Hopefully, till the time comes, Elon Musk and his Boring employees will figure out cheaper and more efficient ways to solving traffic congestion.


CHASING THE NEXT WIN: RED BULL RACING HONDA PUSHES DATA TO THE LIMIT
In Formula One, it’s not just the cars running at maximum speed. Hundreds of people, dozens of applications, and thousands of data points come together to achieve faster, better results, down to fractions of a second. The 2021 season features 23 races, each with the chance to use data specific insights to create a winning vehicle and on-track success. With an agile, efficient platform, the Red Bull Racing Honda team gains a competitive edge.
"For me, the perfect lap doesn’t exist. When we start looking into the data, there are always things you can improve." Red Bull Racing Honda driver Max Verstappen is fully immersed with pushing his car to the limit at each Formula One race track. He knows one insight-driven decision could be the difference between winning or losing a race.
Driven by technicians and engineers, powered by IT, and fueled by data, the race to develop the next car iteration happens off track. "It’s 750 people working towards one goal. And that goal is winning," says Verstappen. The team has just days between races to make changes that can shave vital milliseconds off the car’s performance.
"We’re a data-driven business and that data is our lifeblood in terms of how we develop and optimize these cars," states Red Bull Racing Honda Team Principal, Christian Horner. "You only see our shop window at each Grand Prix, but you don’t see what goes on behind the scenes with the technology that we’re using and the boundaries that we’re pushing."
A custom car, every race weekend
"Each circuit is different. It has its own challenges and its own characteristics: whether it’s the type of corner, or the altitude that it’s at. The car is bespoke to each circuit that we visit," explains Horner. "Up to a thousand components could change from one race to the next."
Between races, the clock is ticking to create new designs and adapt the car. Throughout an entire season, an F1 car can go through around 30,000 changes and, from week-to-week, this can involve 1,000 design elements. Every change in the process needs to be simulated, manufactured, and tested.
"Let’s say it’s a new front wing for the next race. There are many hours of compute resource and lots of brain power going into making sure that design is the best it can possibly be," Zoe Chilton, Head of Strategic Partnerships, describes what it takes to develop winning cars at Red Bull‘s Technology Campus in Milton Keynes.
The competition on efficiency
Formula 1 released new regulations for its 2021 season, focused on controlling costs. "New financial and resource regulations for the 2021 season mean that whilst the team continues to innovate and push boundaries, we need to be very smart when it comes to the efficient use of resources, including how we get the most out of the IT estate that underpins car design and development processes," explains Matt Cadieux Red Bull Racing Honda CIO
Another change in F1 rules limits how many aerodynamics testing hours each team can run per week, using a sliding scale based on last season’s performance. As one of the top scorers, Red Bull Racing Honda will have less wind tunnel and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) time than most teams. Not a second can be wasted, and peak application performance is crucial.
To achieve maximum efficiency and performance on its digital platform, the team partners with HPE. "We have a partner who understands our sport," notes Chilton. "They are willing to work to help us improve our performance and deliver those results more quickly."
We’re a data-driven business and that data is our lifeblood in terms of how we develop and optimize these cars." – CHRISTIAN HORNER, TEAM PRINCIPAL, RED BULL RACING HONDA
Design iteration, business iteration
Chris Middleton, Head of IT Infrastructure Operations at Red Bull Racing Honda, understands IT moves at the speed of the sport. "The car changes every race, our software changes every race, and as a result our infrastructure has to change every race," he says. That’s why the team relies on a software-defined, composable platform, based on HPE SimpliVity and HPE Synergy. "We can bring new apps into play. We can bring new VMs, storage, networking. All of that can be added or removed, saving massive amounts of time."
Agility is crucial. Supporting the complex Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) process, which underpins the aerodynamic development of the car throughout the season, virtualized Citrix workspaces run on HPE SimpliVity. This eliminates the need to switch between workstations to cross-analyze data on applications that run on different operating systems. This enables engineers to work faster and produce more design iterations. HPE Synergy with HPE OneView allows to quickly re-allocate compute or storage resources where required, enabling the team to meet changing needs and maximize IT usage.
These platforms’ high density also supports Red Bull Racing Honda’s quest for efficiency, saving money with reduced power, cooling, and footprint costs.
A non-stop team
With this approach, the team can adapt quickly adapt to changes beyond the car and racing circuit. "About 80% of our day-to-day business applications are running on HPE SimpliVity," relates Chilton. When the pandemic hit, the platform was ready to respond. "When we started redirecting people just before the Formula One shutdown, the infrastructure was so scalable and agile that we were able support more virtual users, more VDIs, and enable people to work from home. We could carry on without too much disruption."
Throughout the entire car development process, downtime is never an option. "If we can’t manufacture the next component in time, all the previous work will be wasted," Chilton says. The team’s need for reliable, highly available IT drove the deployment of HPE InfoSight, which delivers AI-enabled predictive analytics to prevent issues, as well as HPE Primera for tier one storage, a solution that guarantees 100% availability.
Crunching aerodynamics testing time
As the team evaluates car optimization, aerodynamics is a key component. Since regulations establish a time limit, the platform behind these processes requires the highest possible performance.
The first step is CFD simulations, which model airflow over the car, testing how different design elements can make it faster. This involves compute-intensive workloads such as physics simulations and 3D imaging.
"CFD models underpin the speed of design development at Red Bull Racing Honda. CFD produces complex 3D, graphically intense models and therefore the team needs significant and efficient compute power to derive the best outcomes," explains Cadieux. "These workloads run on HPE Apollo 2000 and HPE Moonshot, a high performance computing cluster that provides the scale, speed, and efficiency the team requires to maximize CFD in a costeffective manner."
Then, data from CFD simulations is confirmed at the team’s wind tunnel located in Bedford, where HPE Synergy provides compute for mixed workloads. Models built to 60% scale are tested to choose the best design before going into manufacture.
Every second is optimized to gain valuable data, captured by a high-speed imaging system, which produces large files that need to be quickly stored.
These images, along with all the data produced at the wind tunnel facility are stored on HPE Nimble, which delivers sub 0.5 milliseconds I/O latency for read and write operations. Chilton shares: "We’re using HPE Nimble to help us keep up with that pace of data ingestion. It’s made a huge difference."
The accelerated design, testing, and manufacture process culminates at the circuit. "That race weekend, when we hit the circuit, that is our first chance to see at full scale how those components are going to perform. Is it going to be reflective of what we saw in our theory? That’s where the data comes face-to-face with the real world," says Chilton.
"We needed to be more agile and efficient at the edge with each race event," recalls Middleton. That’s why the team chose HPE SimpliVity as the core of the team’s mobile data center, where it provides post-processing of race telemetry data, as well as real-time insight to optimize car setup and support in-race decision making. The platform is ideal for trackside deployment because of it is compact, robust, and seamless to set up. "HPE SimpliVity impressed both in terms of performance and ease of management," relates Cadieux.
On race days, the team offloads data from a car in real time, then postprocesses it for analytics.
With HPE SimpliVity, the time required to crunch all the data has dropped 78%—from nine to two minutes. "It’s a massive increase in performance," says Cadieux. "What that means is we can get better answers quicker when we’re on the racetrack where seconds count."
Data shapes the next design
Back at the factory, the Vehicle Dynamics Group back receives data gathered at the track. "Sensors capture hundreds of data points across the car, every time it’s turning a wheel on track, or even when we fire the engine up in the garage. We’re always learning," Chilton describes. "Our engineers pull apart the data from that race in so much detail to help understand what we need to carry forward to the next race."
These datasets run on HPE Apollo 6500, which leverages faster interconnects for full utilization of GPU resources to enable faster, better decision making.
Partnering to the finish line
Throughout every step of the race, HPE provides a platform for the Red Bull Racing Honda team to make the car as fast as possible.
"Without having solutions from HPE, we can’t drive those processes: CFD, aerodynamics, vehicle dynamics, simulations," recounts Middleton. "Every thought process is aligned and we’re able to do great things,"
"Working with Hewlett Packard Enterprise is a hugely beneficial partnership for us. We’re able to be at the cutting edge of technology in a highly technical, highly stressed, environment," states Horner. "There is no bigger challenge than Formula One. It’s that marriage between creativity and data that has allowed us to achieve the success that we have over recent years."
The race starts again
The checkered flag drops. Another Grand Prix is over. But race the public will never see starts all over again. After every race, the car is stripped back to around 7,500 unique components. Each part is tracked and, if it didn’t perform optimally, the data is fed back to the R&D teams.
"It’s quite an extensive and aggressive process, but that’s what we hope gives us the edge on these turns," Chilton shares.
Then Max takes the wheel again: "Being in the car. Driving it on the limit. That is the best thing I do."


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Redshirt freshman Nathaniel Williams won the men's discus
Redshirt freshman Tremanisha Taylor has a school-record throw of more than 175 feet in the women's discus to win the championship division at the Penn Relays. It's her second win in as many days at the nation's oldest, biggest and most prestigious track and field meet.
Junior Brian Himelright was second in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and redshirt freshman Tremanisha Taylor is second in the women's shot put at the 2012 ACC Track and Field Championships in Charlottesville, Va.
Junior All-American Andie Cozzarelli, returning All-ACC performer Adam Henken look for titles in Thursday night's 10,000 meters, while Wolfpack throwers vie for titles in the men's and women's hammer throw.
Junior All-American Ryan Hill, in his first race of the outdoor season, wins the men's 1,500 meters at the Dick Taylor-Joe Hilton UNC Invitational in the Wolfpack's final tune-up before next week's ACC Outdoor Championships in Charlottesville, Va.
EMMANUEL DAVIS' COLLEGIATE BESTS


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CYNIKAL RETURNS WITH FRESH NEW SOUND ON THE SELF-PRODUCED “TAKE OFF”
As he gears up to release his forthcoming E.P Toby, British rapper/producer Cynikal debuts a brand new track titled “Take Off” to warm listeners up to the evolution of his sound, and the release of the Toby EP in July.
Produced by Cynikal himself, with live guitar provided for by Matt Money (The Stow, Street Orchestra) and exquisite string arrangements courtesy of Rachel Wood (Nigel Kennedy, Zakopower), “Take Off” is a sparse, atmospheric and gritty Hip-Hop experience that will pull and push you through the song with Cynikal delivering a more intimate artistic performance than usual with lyrics that show his evolution from a rapper into a well-rounded artist, ready to “take off”…
This new release from Cynikal is coming off the back of a very memorable 2012, which saw the East London rapper/producer not only receiving support from the likes of BBC Radio 1, BBC 1Xtra and the BBC Asian Network for his last single “Won’t Let You Down” - the music video for which was the number one most requested song on Channel AKAwhile also garnering TV play on the likes of BET, Kiss, Flava TV and Brit Asia - but also saw Cynikal perform at the London 2012 Olympics and sign to world-renowned booking agency, Industry Music Group who also represent the likes of Chip, JLS, James Arthur and One Direction.
Not only that, Cynikal has continued to grow from strength to strength in 2013, with BBC Radio inviting the fast-rising artist to perform a special Live Lounge Session earlier in March, and PRS for Music also selecting him to take part in the current season of their acoustic sessions. As the first piece of new music we’ve heard from Cynikal in 2013, “Take Off” shows the first signs of a brilliantly progressed sound for the Hip-Hop artist/producer - a sound that we cannot wait to experience on his forthcoming E.P titled Toby.
LISTEN TO “TAKE OFF” (YOUTUBE): http://youtu.be/phS9sGe282E

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The audio of producer Bellamkonda Suresh’s Sri Lakshmi Devi Productions’ Bhale Dongalu was released on 13th March at Annapurna Studios. Actor Venkatesh did the honors and presented the first cassette to Ravi Teja. Also seen at the event was K.L. Narayana, who released the audio CDs, actress Charmi and music director K.M.Radha Krishna.
“I am happy to work with Vijay Bhaskar again” Tarun said of his Nuvve Kavali director “I hope that my first film with Ileana will become a hit”.
Charmi said that she was very excited about her very first item number in a film. Music director K.M. Radha Krishnan and Abburi Ravi were also felicitated at the event for winning the Nandi awards this year.
“I am very thankful to Jagapathi Babu for accepting to do a role in this film” producer Bellamkonda Suresh said. He also announced that Pyramid Saimira would be releasing the film through out Andhra Pradesh.


February 7, 2012: Random Axe Of . . . Kindness?!?
That's not very Munchkinly at all. But it is the name of our newest promotional bookmark. It will be available first in GTM #145, on store shelves very soon. Later this year, Warehouse 23, SJ Games staff at conventions, and your friendly local Man In Black will have copies as well.
For the past couple of years, our friends at Alliance have sponsored a charity auction with one prize being an appearance on a Munchkin bookmark. This year, the winning bidder was Thompson Productions LLC, with a bid of $752, who asked (after winning!) if they could use their bookmark to honor a long-time supporter, Jeremy Carty, who is a ginormous fan of both Axe Cop and Munchkin. Of course, we agreed. (Jeremy's the one not wearing a cop hat.)
Steve Jackson Games thanks Alliance for sponsoring the auction, Thompson Productions for being so generous, Ethan Nicolle for donating the art, and of course Jeremy for being such an awesome fan that he deserved his own bookmark.
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Mud Futures 2021-2022 is a global year-long multi-host multi-location conclave on the futures of mud in architecture conceptualised and conducted by the School of Art and Architecture, Sushant University. The conclave is an opportunity for a global platform for ideas, thoughts, research and architectural projects centred around mud. Here, mud is considered as a material, as an approach, as a vehicle for sustainability, and as the source of an ideological imperative for the future of the built environment. We welcome our global partners, our co-hosts and our brilliant faculty, alumni and students to come together to deliberate once a month for the next 9 months on the futures of our profession through the lens of MUD.
Sushant School of Art & Architecture in association with Trezi – is organising a novel 15-hour digital workshop on Immersive Technology and its application in the design industry for its students and alumni exclusively. It will introduce participants to Trezi, a platform that connects architects, designers, building product manufacturers and brand managers to effectively showcase their products. Trezi facilitates real-time interactions with clients for an impressive product discovery.
Proposition is a faculty seminar for ongoing research in Architecture, Design and Planning. It is put forth in a 20 minute presentation by a faculty of Sushant School of Art and Architecture, Sushant School of Design or Sushant School of Planning and Development to faculty and research scholars. The ideas presented are discussed and debated freely by the audience. Proposition is envisioned as a space for free flow of ideas from multiple perspectives.
Title of Proposition: Working with Biases in Research: Perspectives of an Early Research Scholar
Date: 14 July 2020, Tuesday
Time: 9 am
Name of Speaker: Mrunali Balki
Speaker Profile: Mrunali Balki teaches as Assistant Professor at SSAA where she is also enrolled for her PhD on the built environment in India. She holds a bachelor's degree from Nagpur University, a master's in Urban Design from Mumbai University, and has more than eight years of work experience.
Sushant School of Art and Architecture and SSAA FacTOR, its unique Faculty Training Orientation and Research Programme announce COLLISION 2020 - a platform for disagreements (on various issues related to the disciplines of Architecture, Planning, and Design) where we exercise our right to express, fight, combat, question, oppose, challenge and resist preset notions, dogmas, and even linear thought processes.
COLLISION 2020 addresses the ever-present academic debate in architecture about our responsibility towards the industry, and whether our graduates are ready to take on positions of responsibility in practices and in projects in the real world. In two online sessions, we question: WHAT IF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION WERE THE SAME?
What: Does design serve construction or vice versa?
Who: A face-off between Prof Sanjay Prakash and Dr Hocine Bougdah
Sushant School of Art and Architecture, SSAA FacTOR Faculty Training Orientation and Research Programmeand Sushant School Alumni Association announce Alumni Practices - a day in which we bring a lot of our globe-trotting alumni back to the drawing board.
Within the ongoing SSAA FacTOR programme: A Home is not a House | To Be is to Build - An online FDP on Building Construction 22-27.06.2020, we ask - Have we been getting it right? We pick up tracks that our Alumni have taken up in their practices - From material understandings to construction technology to projects in the field (as graduates or as employers of graduates). We also look at how alumni bodies can feed back into the curricula more actively.
The day looks like this:
*SSAA FacTOR - To be is to Build * 25.06.2020 / Day 4: Alumni Practices
Day 4 Line up: Session 1 (9.30-11.00) - Know your Material by Purva Chawla, Founder Material Driven, Dallas
M Arch. BH, Sushant School of Art and Architecture, Sushant University is organising a webinar titled 'Decoding the Haveli' on May 9, 2020, Saturday, 5 pm onwards, as a part of our initiative to focus on lost typologies.
The webinar will focus on different aspects, challenges and questions associated with the traditional introverted courtyard typologies of various regions in India, as discussed by a diverse group of experts as well as faculty and students of M Arch. BH, SSAA.
To register and receive the webinar link, please fill the Google form available on the link below:
It is a pleasure to announce that Saman Jain (Thesis Students from 2018-19 Batch) has won the 1st Prize in MindRain Thesis Award. An early achievement soon after the end of the semester.
The project was titled ‘Conservation in the Contemporary City: Black Taj’, and questioned the stereotypical ASI norms that govern ‘historic’ sites. The proposal was re-built over the land of Black Taj with the intent to reclaim its land for better use in the 21st century, while appreciating its ‘heritage’.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for academic collaboration was signed between Institute of Indian Interiors Designer (IIID) and SSAA, Sushant University, on 8th February 2019 by Mr Pratap Jadhav (IIID President) and Col. Rajive Chauhan (Registrar, Sushant University) in the presence of Honorable Vice Chancellor Prof. (Dr.) Raj Singh, Prof. Vibhuti Sachdev (Dean SSAA), Prof. Jeyanthi Nadesalingam (Programme Head, M.Arch Interior Architecture), Prof. Amrita Madan, Associate Professor Pooja Lalit Kumar (Faculty,M.Arch SSAA) Radhika Vishwanathan (Chairperson IIID DRC), MB Ravi Kumar, Swanzal Kak Kapoor, Rishu Anand (members of Managing Committee, IIID Delhi Regional Chapter).
As part of the terms of the collaboration IIID DRC will organise programmes inviting Guest speakers from allied subjects of Design for informal interactions about professional practice and their personal growth experiences, workshops, seminars etc. We look forward to a long and fruitful relationship.
Student Visit Aim and Objective – To expose students to planting variety and landscape restoration of a heritage garden/ nursery. The varied scales of the designed spaces and the responsiveness via landscape and planting design were to be understood and imbibed – from Master planning of the historic nursery to the detailed use of plant specimens and materials for the smallest of intimate spaces. Landscape design and planting for a bonsai gardens, eco-trails, lakes, amphitheatres and the Mughal gardens were on display, to learn different design responses to varied functions in the landscape.
AIT Chowk has been an important junction and is now on the Metro Map since the rapid Metro Line became functional. It is a landmark of the New improved city of Gurugram, and therefore more than ever before, needs to be developed and maintained as a significant node of the city. We have an opportunity to develop it as a visual marker as well as a visual and psychological respite from the busy vehicular spine and intersection.
A few important considerations that are dictating our design intent – low water consuming plus low maintenance planting, that will allow us to make it a responsible and a sustainable solution. We can in addition add a sculptural element to the design either by topiary or an art installation.
The attached samples of work by the SSAA M. Arch (Landscape Architecture) students are showcasing the planting design options. The best proposal will be selected for execution and maintenance.
Right of way – 80 m
Area of circle – 5026.55 sq m = 1.25 acres
In addition, there are islands and medians that will need planting.
18 January 2018 Day 1 of the 100 day challenge to save the Bawdi was marked by a visit to the Bawdi to get apprised of its condition. The squatter settlement next to the Bawdi had been shifted and loads of earth had been dumped along and into the Bawdi for road construction. The circular well of the Bawdi had been completely filled in and the remaining parts were in process of being filled up. As the SSAA team reached the site, the trucks and diggers left the site. Outreach through social media and reaching out to our networks resulted in putting a stop to the road work and assurance from the HUDA Administrator that no further harm will come to the Bawdi. The next few days were marked by newspaper coverage on the issue in a number of newspapers such as Times of India, Indian Express, Jagran and Dainik Bhaskar. SSAA will celebrate 18 January as its Heritage Watch Day every year!
Vanishing Stepwells of India: Talk by Victoria Lautman
6 February 2018 Victoria Lautman is a Chicago-based broadcast journalist, writer, interviewer and lecturer with over 25 years of experience in on all forms of art and culture, including architecture, design, and literature.
On Day 20 of the ‘100 day Challenge to Save the Bawdi’, we invited by author of the book ‘The Vanishing Step Wells of India’, Ms. Victoria Lautman for an on campus talk. Ms. Lautman gave a presentation on the state of stepwells in India, as revealed during her investigation of stepwells in multiple states of India. She discussed the various types of stepwells that she came across and the relationship that the communities around share with these water structures. Ms. Lautman urged the audience to bring focus on these unique and neglected water structures and value these as a part of our heritage instead of letting them disappear. The last stepwell in her book is the Badshahpur Bawdi, as one of the late examples of the typology. Her talk was followed by a presentation on the challenges faced by the Badshahpur Bawdi. Ms. Lautman pledged her support towards the campaign and encouraged the initiative to save the Bawdi.
Sushant School of Art and Architecture (SSAA), Sushant University collaborated with ICOMOS India North Zone Young Professional Members (YPM) to mark the World heritage day at Badshapur Bawdi, Gurgaon on 18 April 2018.
M Arch Built Heritage students of SSAA introduced the architectural form, significance and issues faced by the Badshahpur Bawdi through a presentation to the audience. This was followed by the launch of ‘tippy tippy tap’ game for the Bawdi, conceptualised and designed by SSAA. The entire team of SSAA, Young Professional Members (YPM) of North Zone ICOMOS India and students from School of Architecture and planning (SPA), New Delhi supported the young participants from local schools in the paper folding exercise led by Dr. Vibhuti Sachdev, Dean SSAA. She took the participants through the various processes of engaging with the Bawdi that were embedded in the design of the tippy tippy tap game, during the paper folding.
YPM of ICOMOS and students of SPA performed a skit on water systems of Ahamadnagar, Maharasthra that was very well received by all. Next came community interactions and a participatory game with the children of the community, aimed at exploring the past and future of the Bawdi. An exhibition was put up at the venue that included projects based on the Bawdi undertaken by two elective modules of final year B Arch at SSAA. Masters elective students too worked on the Bawdi project, proposing solutions through humanistic planning that were exhibited as apart of the exhibition, along with work done on water structures by YPM of North Zone ICOMOS India.
Concluding the event, ICOMOS India feliciated Seth Mohan Lal Mangla Government Girls’ Primary School for providing the venue for the event and SSAA for immense contribution in field of heritage by initiating a ‘100 Day Challenge to Save the Badshahpur Bawdi’ and consistent efforts towards the same.
Dec. 6-7, 2017 Sushant School of Art and Architecture, Sushant University, Gurgaon
Sushant School of Art and Architecture (SSAA), Sushant University hosted and organised a two-day workshop on ’History and Conservation: Voices from Small and Medium Towns of India’ on Dec. 6-7, 2017. The two-day workshop was a part of the collaboration between SSAA, CEPT University, Ahmedabad and NSC for Historic Towns and Villages, ICOMOS India. The workshop served as a platform for sharing insights from various regions in the specific context of small and medium towns of India.
On day one, the faculty and students of SSAA shared their work on Rakhigarhi; Sadar Bazaar, Gurgaon; Baoli at Badshahpur, Gurgaon and built heritage of small and medium towns of the District Gurgaon. This was followed by a site visit to Shiv Kund, Sohna through which the participants were introduced to the layered realities of a religious heritage site maintained and managed by the local community. Aspects of religion, history and politics were realised by the participants through the visit to the sacred hot sulphur spring that has been proven to have medicinal properties.
Dr Jigna Desai and Dr Gauri Bharat from CEPT University presented the outcome of a study of the status of HRIDAY cities and main takeaways from the two day symposium ‘History and Conservation, as if people matter’ held in August at CEPT University, as a part of the collaboration. The idea notes submitted and presented by practitioners and academics on day two represented issues and opportunities with respect to history and conservation in small and medium towns from various geographical regions of the country. The 65 participants included masters students from various architecture schools in the country, academics, conservation architects, historians, planners and developers, creating a valuable discourse on the uniqueness of these towns, the approach of the local community and the challenges that the heritage faces.
The event included an exhibition of the institutional initiatives of the School, faculty projects, faculty research and student work related to history, heritage and conservation.


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AUSTIN — A competitive Republican primary runoff race for state attorney general has devolved into a mudslinging contest, with each candidate questioning the other's conservative bona fides.
State Rep. Dan Branch, R-Dallas, is painting rival state Sen. Ken Paxton, R-McKinney, as a felon who doesn't pay his payroll taxes and as a supporter of the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare.
Paxton claims that Branch is a union supporter who lobbied Congress to weaken federal immigration laws. And there are claims of possible conflict of interest because Branch sits on a legislative committee that sets policy that affects higher-education institution clients of his law firm.
Both vehemently deny the charges as they jostle to succeed Attorney General Greg Abbott, who is running for governor. A May 27 runoff will settle the GOP race. The winner will face Democrat Sam Houston, a Houston lawyer, in November.
The mudslinging follows weeks of quiet after a three-candidate March 4 primary. Paxton came out on top with 44 percent of the vote, 11 percentage points ahead of Branch.
Now the race has turned to attacks.
“Candidates are going to pull out all of the stops, if they feel they need to,” said Mark Jones, a Rice University political scientist.
Paxton has taken heat from Branch for acting as an investment adviser and not registering with the State Securities Board, a felony.
Paxton also did not disclose memberships on several boards of nonprofit organizations.
The Paxton campaign said it is conducting an internal review to determine if laws were violated. It has also filed corrected personal financial statements to include Paxton's previously unreported board memberships. But those corrected filings did not include his unlicensed work in 2006 for Mowery Capital Management, a financial services company.
Since the revelations broke Monday, Paxton has backed out of several public appearances, including events staged with tea party groups, his biggest supporters.
The McKinney Republican drew additional fire last week after it came to light that his campaign was late in paying about $1,500 in payroll taxes, including interest and fees, due in October. The campaign paid after the Texas Workforce Commission issued a tax lien.
Those charges against Paxton could have an impact in the race. But the candidate could weather the turmoil.
“As long as Paxton's movement conservative voters don't abandon him due to these ethics charges, I think he's still in good shape,” Jones said.
Meanwhile, each candidate is engaged in finger-pointing at the other's perceived conflicts of interest and betrayals of conservative ideology.
Branch is trying to tie Paxton to a major hospital network that backed the passage of Obamacare. Branch has launched a campaign circulating tens of thousands of door hangers at homes in many Texas cities, including Houston, Dallas and Fort Worth.
“While claiming to oppose Obamacare, Ken Paxton helped govern a hospital whose owner hired lobbyists to push Obamacare through a Democratic-controlled Congress,” according to the circulated door hanger.
Paxton served on the board for Centennial Medical Center, a for-profit hospital in Frisco owned by Tenet Health Care, a nationwide hospital owner, according to financial statements filed with the Texas Ethics Commission.
Tenet, whose board includes former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, lobbied Congress to pass the Affordable Care Act, according to U.S. Senate lobby disclosure files. Tenet spent nearly $1.4 million on lobbying efforts in 2013 alone.
But Paxton spokesman Anthony Holm said the candidate doesn't receive money for serving on the board and doesn't have a say in whether Tenet, which owns hospitals in 14 states, hires lobbyists.
“Dan Branch's claims are ridiculous, and he knows it,” Holm said.
Paxton, meanwhile, charges that the Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers International Union paid Branch and other lawyers in Winstead PC's Washington office $150,000 in 2001 and 2002 to lobby Congress for union facilities at the U.S. Energy Department.
“At best, he's a hypocrite for taking union money to advance the union's interests in Congress,” Holm said of Branch. “At worst, his conservative claims are a fraud on the voters.”
In a statement, Branch campaign manager Enrique Marquez said, “Winstead's legal and federal regulatory work on behalf of PACE was focused exclusively on Department of Energy facilities, not employment relations.”
Paxton also claims Branch lobbied for the Agricultural Coalition for Immigration Reform, a group that pushed for easier paths for foreign workers to obtain temporary visas for agricultural work, while in the Washington office.
“Dan Branch claims to be tough on immigration unless one of his clients is paying him not to be,” Holm said.
But Branch is not listed as a lobbyist on Winstead's group registration filed in July 2003. At that time, Branch was already serving in the state House.
“This immigration group was not a client of Dan Branch's, and these allegations have no basis in fact,” Marquez said.
In another attack, Paxton is calling attention to Branch's days as a Washington lobbyist and his law firm's contracts with several public higher-education institutions for which Branch helped set policy as chairman of the House Higher Education Committee.
On its website, Branch's firm claims several higher-education institutions, including the University of Texas and Texas A&M University systems, as clients. Branch has worked there continuously since being elected to the House in 2003, according to his personal financial statements.
“There's no way around it. He is making money for the law firm's work on contracts on universities while he sits as the chair of higher education,” Holm said. “That is a very questionable ethical dilemma.”
But a Jan. 13, 2003, memorandum from Winstead's executive committee says the firm bars, among other activities, its lawyers who are also lawmakers from owning more than 1 percent interest in the firm.
The Texas Legislative Council in September 2003 said Winstead's policies appeared to be “sufficient” when dealing with potential conflicts of interest and “in many respects ... exceed any legal requirements.”
Marquez said Winstead has represented public-sector and higher-education clients since before Branch joined the firm in 1999.
“Since he entered the Legislature in 2003, Dan Branch and the Winstead law firm have taken careful measures and enacted protocols that, according to the Texas Legislative Council, exceeded the legal requirements necessary to prevent potential conflicts or personal gain,” Marquez said.
Jones said the deciding factor in the race could be determined by Branch's attempts to pull tea party support away from Paxton.


LYNCHBURG, Va. (WDBJ) - Lynchburg police continue to ask for information and videos related to a killing early Monday, March 22.
Officers responded the 1000 block of Knight Street for a report of a shooting and malicious wounding around 1: 30 a.m. They reportedly found a man with a gunshot wound who died after being taken to a hospital.
Investigators believe the victim was shot elsewhere, possibly in the 1000 block of 17th Street.
Police are seeking any videos anyone may have from the Diamond Hill area from 11:45 p.m. Sunday, March 21, to 2 a.m. Monday, March 22.
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I took an in game screenshot.
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Switching to 3d crosshair doesnt help since this game is close to be a simulator as much as it is a game and the actual shooting becomes very real.
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I guess its a driver issue ? And if so, is it possible to ask for it to be fixed somewhere ? Like does it help to contact Codemasters who made the game ? or Nvidia ?
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Retreats Group, which comprises of three unique hotels in Wales, is to focus on bedroom expansions and a restructure to help drive momentum to the business following a hugely successful year in 2019.
The group is headed up by Paula Ellis, who was awarded the UK Independent Hotelier 2019 accolade at last year’s Independent Hotel Show. She joined the team in October 2014 and has been instrumental in the growth of the business ever since.
Now for 2020, she has revealed to Boutique Hotelier plans to invest £3.5m in a bedroom expansion across the portfolio.
Twr y Felin Hotel will benefit from a 20 -bedroom extension, bringing its total room count to 41, while six bedrooms and eight bedrooms will be added to the inventory at Roch Castle and Penrhiw Priory respectively.
The rooms will be open from September 2020.
Ellis also explained that the success of the last three years prompted a restructure in 2019, with a new operations manager being appointed.
Lola Villard joined from her position as F&B and operations manager at St Brides Spa Hotel in Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire.
Former F&B manager at Olga Polizzi-owned Endsleigh for six years, Krzysztof Grobelny, has also been appointed as F&B manager across the group.
Retreats Group is owned by Keith Griffiths, a British architect who founded and chairs Aedas, one of the largest global architecture and design practices.
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Phoenix is giving Scottsdale a run for its money in the rent price department.
With recent rent jumps in central and downtown Phoenix, a new report suggested asking rates in those areas are now the most expensive in the Valley.
Colliers International said the asking rental rate in downtown and central Phoenix was $1,256 per month in the second quarter, according to The Phoenix Business Journal, representing a 12.2 percent jump from 2014.
Colliers said it’s the most expensive rental Valleywide, despite rents in the Camelback area jumping 14.4 percent from last year.
Rents in Old Town and South Scottsdale, meantime, average $1,051 per month — up 7 percent — while North Scottsdale appear to be averaging $1,073 per month.
With a shortage of inventory in the housing market for buyers seeking homes under the $250,000 price point, many would-be buyers are continuing to rent.
The growth of downtown Phoenix, with the presence of the light rail transit system, Arizona State University’s campus and new apartment complexes, has become more attractive to those who enjoy the imprint of urban living.
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In order to understand the current calls for censorship, we must turn to the assumptions that comprise what political philosopher Charles Taylor calls the “social imaginary”, the way in which liberal ideas have shaped the way we think of ourselves. Once we see the explanatory power of these assumptions, we can understand why the call for censorship is voiced in such an urgent and confident manner; but it is also apparent that the confidence is misplaced, as it springs from nothing more than an ideology. To fully understand the rise of this pro-censorship liberal ideology, one must begin with an understanding of liberalism in its pro-speech form. Liberalism, as a political doctrine that seeks to secure a degree of liberty for diverse groups of people, is deeply unstable. We can then see how it gives rise to an authoritarian strain of the doctrine, which aims at homogeneity of belief. It is this doctrine that is implicated in the call for censorship; it prizes liberty in name alone.
Debates in constitutional theory have become increasingly preoccupied with populism. While most contemporary constitutionalists have a highly critical attitude toward populism—identifying it as the main cause of the ‘erosion’ of the rule of law or democratic ‘decay’—others are more sympathetic. Though highly contestable, both camps take the existence of populism for granted. This presentation proceeds from two assumptions that go against this unstated consensus: (1) Like all political concepts, populism has polemical implications; (2) Like all polemical concepts, populism is a concept that must be staged, in two senses. It hinges on a dramatized depiction of our overall sociopolitical situation. More importantly, populism is a concept that acts as a stage prop. Painted in dark colours, populism’s function is to make liberal democracies look better. Rather than an existential threat, populism is a rhetorical distraction from other, potentially more fruitful questions.
A foundational dichotomy in Public Law is that of Rule of Law and Rule by Law, sometimes marking a distinction between liberal-democratic and authoritarian States. Against such essentialism, this paper argues that within a given State, the constitutional order is characterized by coexisting layers of liberal-democratic and authoritarian norms. This constitutional dualism is structured along a multidimensional axis. The Constitution grants or denies protection depending on the individual, the subject-matter, the time, and the place. These fault-lines fluctuate according to the workings of reason of State and the practice of sovereignty. Based on a critical reading of French constitutional history from the French Revolution until the Yellow-Vests Movement, this paper documents the operation of dual constitutionalism in the French context. It suggests that Rule of Law and Rule by Law are two sides of the same coin – constitutionalism being a process of both inclusion and exclusion.
Near three decades after Chile’s return to democracy its constitution remains a source of persistent unease. It is not only that the constitution was approved during an oppressive and murderous dictatorship after a fraudulent plebiscite but, via a series of mechanisms usually called “authoritarian enclaves”, the constitution has thwarted reform of key political and economic policies. On this account, even as the political order it constitutes increasingly resembles a formal democracy, it will not become a substantial democracy, ie. one that allows government to truly pursue the interests of the many. I argue in this paper that this can only be understood from the demands of popular sovereignty. Paradoxically, to explain why the constitution has, nonetheless, proved to be so resistant to attempts at wholesale reform one has to understand that it has come to be unintendedly endowed with democratic credentials by the leading Chilean democratic political parties and leaders.
Popular sovereignty was presented in modern constitutional discourse as a mode of collective action. It was supposedly manifest in the power to create, control and dismantle the constitution of governments. Important strands of contemporary constitutional theory, notably legal constitutionalism and deliberative democrac, have taken leave of this tradition. They have severed the connection between sovereignty and action. What remains of popular sovereignty are dispersed networks of deliberation and the principle of 'all affected interests', underscored by Lefort's idea of the 'empty place of power'. The very concept of sovereignty has become unpopular. This contribution aims to re-establish the link between popular sovereignty and action by examining sovereignty’s emancipatory telos, its majoritarian mode of operation and its dependence on citizenship.

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(ALBUM ARTWORK + TRACKLIST) : Black Sherif – The Villian I Never Was.
Ghanaian Talented Rapper, Black Sherif is set to drop his first studio Album titled “The Villian I Never Was” .
The Album “The Villian I Never Was” consist of 14 Tracks with featuring from Burna Boy.
Checkout the tracklist below.
The Homeless Song
Oil In My Head
Prey Da Youngsta
Sad Boys Don’t Fold
Toxic Love City
Don’t Forget Me
Kwaku The Traveller
Second Sermon (ft. Burna Boy) Remix

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