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|"The Nag's Head" on Camberwell Road|
Sunday morning in The London Jungle. By a rundown shopping parade on Camberwell Road, a tall black man in a loose tracksuit is listening to music from his mobile phone. He is leaning on a wall and there is nobody else around. As I approach I realise that he is singing along to the beat and as I pass by him I hear his monotonous and desperate lyric - "Too much pressure. Too much pressure. Too much pressure."
It seems like an anthem for London. Beyond him, I notice that the sign above the launderette is missing its "d" so it reads "LAUN ERETTE" like the name of some forgotten minor film actor. Perhaps she had a role in a film titled "Too Much Pressure" about romance on a runaway steam train.
Behind her and Singhs' grocery shop and the Asante Barbers and the William Hill Betting Shop is a grim postwar housing estate in which the blocks are all named after English poets - Pope and Keats and Marvell for example. Most of the tenants are first or second generation immigrants like the "too much pressure" man. I wonder briefly if any residents have even a little cognisance of the poetry crafted by these long departed men whose names always appear on their humble addresses. I also wonder how Andrew Marvell - from East Yorkshire - might have felt to see his name on such a sad residential block in the heart of South London. What an accolade!
There are always sirens. Mostly ambulances heading for Kings College Hospital at Denmark Hill. I watch as two ambulance women unload an elderly patient. She is on a stretcher, old and frail. Her hair is white and unkempt. A bony arm - the colour of wallpaper paste - extends from the blanket. She sees me through the railing, our lives colliding for a fragment of time and we make thin smiles. She is not long for this world.
Ahead, another "too much pressure" man from another continent is arguing the toss outside A&E with three security guards and two police officers who are trying desperately not to arrest the incandescent fellow. He won't depart easily and I really cannot understand his beef but he has probably kicked off inside the hospital and has just been escorted out. Why can't he just go away? He could be mentally impaired.
There's an information sign by Camberwell Green. It tells readers that the green was in existence as early as 1245 AD when Camberwell was an agricultural village to the south of London which would then have had a meagre population of some 25,000 souls. So the green has endured for a thousand years as London has grown monstrously, devouring the small communities that once surrounded it.. I see someone sleeping on a bench there. Hood up. Can of cider on the pavement below. It was eleven o'clock in the morning.
|By Camberwell Green|
By our daughter's flat which is in a block not dissimilar to Marvell House or Keats House, I notice two Polish men taking photos with their camera phones. What have they seen? At the corner, close to the recycling bins, is a healthy looking London rat. Not one of those that spouts verbiage in The Houses of Parliament or writes rubbish for "The Daily Mail" but a furry brown rat with a pink tail. He is preening himself quite brazenly and he is the size of a wild rabbit. Almost fearlessly, he takes his time to amble away in search of yet more delicious human detritus.
We exited The London Jungle via London Bridge, The Bank of England and The Angel, Islington. Riding high above the city in our "uprade" hire vehicle, I was white van man for the weekend. The sign at the start of the motorway said "M1 - The North", like the star that guided those kings to Bethlehem.
|The Peabody Estate, Camberwell Green|
Frances's flat is on the ground floor.
|"The Nag's Head" again with a Southwark Council rubbish sack|
When I have fears that I may cease to be
When I have fears that I may cease to be
Before my pen has gleaned my teeming brain,
Before high-pilèd books, in charactery,
Hold like rich garners the full ripened grain;
When I behold, upon the night’s starred face,
Huge cloudy symbols of a high romance,
And think that I may never live to trace
Their shadows with the magic hand of chance;
And when I feel, fair creature of an hour,
That I shall never look upon thee more,
Never have relish in the faery power
Of unreflecting love—then on the shore
Of the wide world I stand alone, and think
Till love and fame to nothingness do sink.
By John Keats
(1795 - 1821)

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Welcome to Survivor: Charlotte. While drivers were being voted off the island on Sunday because of damage, Joey Logano won the fourth race of the Chase for the Sprint Cup.
Most of the field's cars sported tape over damaged body parts. Others had sheet metal adjustments no team engineer ever would approve.
No so the No. 22 Ford. Logano kept clean and earned a berth in the third round of the Chase with his victory. He led 227 laps and was not challenged over the last long green-flag run.
It was his first victory at Charlotte. "It's a special place to win," he said in a post-race interview. His thoughts as he piloted his Ford over the final laps? "Don't break is the biggest thing."
The Chase contenders' finishes:
1, Logano. 2, Harvick. 3, Martin Truex Jr. 4, Denny Hamlin. 5, Kurt Busch. 6, Carl Edwards. 8, Jeff Gordon. 9, Brad Keselowski. 15, Ryan Newman. 20, Kyle Busch. 28, Dale Earnhardt Jr. 42, Matt Kenseth.
"If you can beat the 4 any time any place, that's a big deal for us," team owner Roger Penske told media members in post-race interviews. Harvick, driver of the No. 4 car, had a simiilarly dominating victory the week before at Dover.
Gone early or limping when the race ended: Earnhardt, Kenseth and Kyle Busch. Kenseth, one of four Joe Gibbs Racing drivers in the Chase field, was the class of the field early on Sunday. He had the fastest qualifying speed. And yet he would finish in the race's bottom five.
Earnhardt hit a wall several times. Kenseth did too, tangling with fellow Chase driver Ryan Newman and putting his car into the pits for hammer-and-jerk repairs. Busch got caught trying to abort a trip down pit road, colliding with Kyle Larson, who was trying to make a late turn down the lane.
With racers doing a Charlotte imitation of a Friday night fender-bender on a local dirt track, Logano stayed away from the melees. "Pretty much like a catfish today," he said, "I stayed on the bottom." He proved this 334-lap, 500-mile races was a marathon, not a sprint.
It was a race of attrition. And it saw three Gibbs Toyotas, cars from the Chase's dominant team, finish out of the top eight championship contenders.
Sunday's race was scheduled to be the Chase's only night run. However, rain fell most of Saturday and showed no sign of ending by the scheduled starting time. So NASCAR reset the race to Sunday afternoon.
The weather couldn't have been better. But the track was slick early, since rain washed away rubber and left drivers searching for grip. Walls were kissed; fenders were rearranged; tires were cut and Chase challengers fell by the wayside.
And yet, there was Logano making a near-perfect run. Lap after lap, Logano put his Penske Ford through potential problems without incident. He would shove his way to the front, put the No. 22 on proverbial rails and maintain a solid lead over Kevin Harvick.

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Owning a hybrid car has many advantages, you can save on gas money and drive for long distances without having to worry about seeing a mechanic, but how can you be sure that maintaining a hybrid machine won't cost more than a regular vehicle? The science behind these green vehicles holds the answer. Alison Lakin looks beneath the hood and explains the real costs of owning a hybrid.
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Wednesday, April 15, 2020
Douglas of Detroit, Part 1 - Classic Nudes
Doug Juleff, aka Douglas of Detroit, was an expert at capturing the male form. His work is the subject of today's double feature, starting with this excellent photo of Don Olsen.


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Oil prices rallied more than $3 a barrel on Wednesday, recovering all the losses triggered by last week’s decision by rich consuming nations to release strategic oil stocks.
Brent crude, the global benchmark, jumped to a peak of $112.48 a barrel, the highest since last Thursday, when the International Energy Agency announced its members would sell 60m barrels of oil, the third co-ordinated sale from the reserves in the organisation’s history.
Amid heavy selling in the days that followed the IEA’s move, Brent traded as low as $102.28. Since that level was reached on Monday, however, prices have rallied 10 per cent, or just over $10 a barrel. A reappraisal of the impact of the IEA’s intervention triggered the reversal. Traders have shifted their focus to an expected oil supply squeeze in the next few years instead of the prospect of an additional 2m barrels a day of oil for a month.
“The reality remains that the current market is still grappling with a structural change that has effectively resulted in the gain of some five years of oil demand in one year,” said Amrita Sen, oil analyst at Barclays Capital.
That’s Jack Farchy in the FT, today. I did wonder what the IEA thought was going to happen if the reason for high oil prices is structural rather than just a short term shock…
The IEA’s emergency stocks mechanism was built to respond to short-term, sudden-onset shocks. But if (as the FT’s Javier Blas argues), Libya’s oil production is “not going to recover any time soon”, and emerging economy demand for oil is proving notably robust, then that’s not a shock at all. It’s structural. And if it’s structural, then how does releasing stocks solve anything?
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The components of the power adapter have certain operating temperature range requirements. If the limit temperature is exceeded, the power supply will change, which will make the electronic equipment not work stably and reliably, shorten its service life, and even cause damage to the electronic equipment. .
1. The choice of radiator. The principle of heat sink selection is to ensure the use of a small, lightweight heat sink under the premise of ensuring sufficient heat dissipation, which saves space inside the machine and reduces the total weight of the power adapter.
2. Installation of the radiator. When installing the heat sink, try to use the installation method with low heat dissipation and heat resistance.
3. Minimize the interface thermal resistance. The surface of the heat sink should be smooth and smooth. In order to reduce the thermal resistance of the heat sink and the power semiconductor, care should be taken to maintain the smoothness and smoothness between the two interfaces. If the interface is smooth, smooth, and has no oxide layer, no gasket may be added between them. Otherwise, silicone grease or thermal pad should be applied.
4. Coating of the radiator. In order to increase the radiation capacity of the heat sink, the surface of the heat sink should be coated with a coating of high emissivity such as black paint or oxide. The heat sink with black coating should be preferred and the coating should be protected from damage.
5. Installation of the radiator. When mounting the power device on the heat sink, the size of the mounting hole should be the same as the size of the power semiconductor fixing hole, and the hole should not be too large or too small.
6. Mounting position of the power semiconductor. The power semiconductor should be mounted in the center of the heat sink. If multiple power semiconductors are mounted on the same heat sink, the heat sink can be first divided into several parts according to the ratio of semiconductor power consumption, and each semiconductor is placed at the center of the corresponding portion as much as possible, so that the heat sink can be uniformly heated. Improve heat dissipation efficiency.
7. Place the heat sink. The heat sink should be brought into direct contact with the air flow outside the power supply as much as possible to reduce the ambient temperature. At the same time, the effect of convection heat transfer of the radiator can be improved.


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Here is some more of the Annals of Eutychius of Alexandria (= Sa`id ibn Bitriq), translated by me from the hard-to-find Italian translation of Bartolomeo Pirone. We’re at the end of the 4th century AD, the reign of Theodosius the Great.
6. But let’s return to what we were saying about Theodosius and Theophilus. Theophilus, the friend of Theodosius, stood for a year at the door [of the palace of the king] without being able to see him. In fact, every day he went to the door [of the palace] of the king to ask the porters to deliver a written letter to the king, but they had always refused him, rejecting it. After a year, while King Theodosius was busy praying, that he heard a voice say: “O Theodosius, have you forgotten your friend and companion Theophilus?” Theodosius said: “My Lord, who are you?” He replied: “I am the man who was with you in the desert. And as I made you become king, I will make Theophilus become Patriarch.” Theodosius sent at once to call Theophilus, who came before him, and greeted him. King Theodosius said: “Believe me, my friend, I had completely forgotten about you and never has the memory of you touched my mind; but yesterday, while I was praying, the man I had seen in the dream called me and made me remember you.” Theophilus answered, “I saw yesterday in a dream a man who told me: “As I made Theodosius become king, so I will make you become patriarch.” While they were talking thus, in came the chamberlain and said to the king: “The inhabitants of Alexandria have sent their men to tell you that the patriarch Timothy has died and they are looking for a man to make [their] patriarch.” The king appointed Theophilus Patriarch instantly (10) and sent him to Alexandria. He held the seat for twenty-eight years and died. As soon as he arrived in Alexandria, Theophilus tore down the idols that were in the city. There was, in Alexandria, a large marble slab on which were written three Theta’s and all around them was written: “He who can interpret the meaning of these three Thetas will come into possession of what they conceal.” Theophilus said: “I will interpret it myself. The first theta means theos, or God. The second theta is for the king Theodosius while the third theta is for the Patriarch Theophilus”(11). He then removed the marble slab and under it there was a lot of money. He wrote to the king Theodosius making him aware and King Theodosius replied: “Build churches with the money.” The Patriarch Theophilus did then build a large church in the name of King Theodosius and adorned it all with gold. He built other churches in Alexandria, including the Church of Martmaryam [i.e., Santa Maria] and the church of Mar Yuhanna [i.e., Saint John].
7. The King Theodosius had two children. He called the greater Arcadius and the lesser Honorius, and he took great care to find them a tutor. He sent to ask those of Rome to find him a wise man who could educate his children. They chose a philosopher named Arsenius (12), and sent him and he became tutor to the children of the king. One day the king surprised Arsenius in the act of teaching the children while standing, while the children were sitting. Then he chided him, saying: “Why are you acting in this way?” Arsenius said: “It is so that I can educate your children, O king.” But the king ordered him to sit and the children to stand in front of him. Learning what they needed, Arsenius beat Arcadius so violently that he left a mark on the skin, and for this reason Arcadius harbored great resentment against him. But Arsenius beat him simply so that when he became king after his father, he would remember the pain of the beating when he happened to flog some of his subjects.

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Pickerington Tea Party Group Says Yard Signs Were Stolen
On Monday, a special town hall meeting was scheduled at Fairfield Federal to discuss a property tax levy.
A Tea Party group said someone has sabotaged its campaign. The group, the Pickerington Patriots, said that someone has stolen its yard signs, which oppose the levy, 10TV's Shayla Reeves reported.
Police said a police report has been filed, but no charges were announced.
The Pickerington Patriots said the community cannot handle more taxes.
"The tax-based community cannot support the trajectory of what they're spending for salaries and benefits," said Andrew Russ, a group member.
Those who support the levy said the issue is about quality of education.
"The board of education has made every cut possible without changing the quality of education," said Amanda Tonjes of Vote for "Pick" Kids.
If the levy were to pass it would cost $14.04 for every $100,000 of a appraised home value, Reaves reported.
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STARKVILLE, Miss. (WTVA) - Oktibbeha County voters will have a chance this week to voice their opinions on the potential sale of a local hospital.
County supervisors voted unanimously to create a trust fund for the proceeds of the sale of OCH Regional Medical Center.
The potential sale of the hospital will be on the ballot next month. Voters will decide whether or not the county-owned hospital should be sold. That referendum will be November 7th.
Supervisors met in executive session last week for more than two hours but released very little information because of "confidentiality agreements" with the bidders.
There is a town hall meeting set for 6 p.m. Thursday at the Oktibbeha County court house to discuss the hospital.


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Tulsa’s homicide count for the year has ticked up to 69 with today’s murder of a man in a car. It happened near 57th Street North and Garrison. A child was in the car and unharmed. The toddler is most likely to young to help detectives.
Getting a handle on Tulsa's ever climbing homicide rate will not be easy. Tulsa Police Chief Chuck Jordan says officers need time to build relationships. He says community policing --- when fully implemented --- will help, but will not solve all the issues. Right now, Tulsa's Community Policing Plan is about 35% operational.

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It has been another warm winter for the lowlands of western Washington. But regardless of the mildness I was still surprised to see this clump of blooms on a slope in the San Juan Islands.
The site did have some other native tree favorites:
This growth habit is common on south slopes in the San Juans
The root mass appears to survive burning and cutting and sends up new trees


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Inventor says game "ruins my simple life"
The maker of new mobile gaming craze Flappy Bird has removed the title from app stores, telling users: "I cannot take this anymore".
In a series of tweets, Vietnamese independent game maker Dong Nguyen explained that, while he was making upwards of $50,000 a day from his game, the furore it had created "ruins my simple life".
He added that there were no legal reasons behind the game's sudden demise, and said he was not interested in selling Flappy Bird.
The title had topped charts on Android and iOS devices, with players swamping social media with comments on the game's difficulty. Players had to guide a small bird through a series of pipes, a simple premise that proved to be frustratingly difficult in its execution.
Some users reported breaking their devices due to hours of feverish playing, while others criticised the game for its visual similarity to Nintendo's Mario franchise.
It is not the first time mobile games have hit the headlines in recent weeks, with Angry Birds finding itself embroiled in controversy last month after allegations user data was accessed by America's National Security Agency (NSA).
Users react to Flappy Bird's demise
When Mr Nguyen announced his decision to remove the game in 24 hours, many players speculated that it may be a marketing ploy, and that once people had rushed to download Flappy Bird he may have a change of heart.
This has proved incorrect, and the game is now gone. This has prompted some users who already possessed the game to try and sell their devices for hefty sums to those who missed out.
Since Flappy Bird flew its last, its place in the gaming ranking has been taken by an almost identical game called 'Ironpants', in which players have to navigate a flying superhero through a series of crates.
Adrian Mursec, head of development at theEword, said: "The gaming community is known for getting quite fanatical about new fads, and Flappy Bird certainly captured the imagination. Whether it returns or not, its place as a cult hit is secure, and players will no doubt continue to debate its merits until the next craze comes along."

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It has been well established that plastic deformation of microcrystals proceeds intermittently in time, with this behavior generally attributed to sudden, collective dislocation rearrangements (dislocation avalanches). However, previously it was not possible to access the temporal sub-structure of these intermittent slip events. In this talk, we discuss use of the recently validated high-data-acquisition-rate nanoindentation technique to investigate the evolution of slip velocity during intermittent slip events in metallic microcrystals from two different crystal systems, namely FCC (represented by Au) and BCC (represented by Nb). We will discuss the (previously demonstrated) similarity of the event-size distributions between the two systems in order to contrast this with the notable differences observed in event velocities and mean profile shape. In particular, we will focus on the dramatically extended velocity relaxation for slip events in the Nb samples relative to the Au samples.


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The Obama team’s actions with the FISA Court were not just corrupt – they were criminal! Now his appointed judges are in the news for suspect deep state actions.
The FISA Court was put in place in 1978 when Congress enacted the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The Court sits in Washington D.C., and is composed of eleven federal district court judges who are designated by the Chief Justice of the United States. Each judge serves for a maximum of seven years and their terms are staggered to ensure continuity on the Court. In addition, the entire FISA court in late 2016 was stacked with judges appointed during Obama’s time in office. Two judges were also Obama appointees (Contreras and Boasberg).
Here’s a current list of FISA Court Judges –
As reported earlier by TGP, on April 26, 2017, an unsealed FISA Court Ruling unveiled a number of criminal activities that Barack Obama’s FBI and DOJ participated in during his time in office. The FISA Court Ruling shows widespread abuse of the FISA mandate.
According to the report, Obama’s FBI and DOJ performed searches on Americans that were against their 4th Amendment rights. This went on for years. One paragraph in the report states that 85% of the Section 704 and 705(b) FISA searches made during this time were non-compliant with applicable laws and therefore criminal.
In addition, the report cites that at the same time that Obama’s DOJ and FBI were illegally searching Americans against their rights and unbeknownst to them, Obama’s FBI was providing this information to outside contractors who had no business or legal cause or claim to the information. [Some people suspect that one of these contractors may have been Fusion GPS.]
Now Obama appointed Judges to the FISA Court are in the news because of their suspect actions –
1. On Friday the House Intelligence Committee released its FISA memo that described the corrupt actions taken by Obama’s FBI and DOJ to obtain warrants to spy on the Trump campaign. Obama’s DOJ and FBI used a document created from information by Hillary Clinton campaign and DNC funding to obtain multiple FISA Court warrants. The political anti-Trump sources of the information were not provided to the court when requesting the warrant and top DOJ and FBI officials were the ones partaking in these actions. As a result, Congressional leaders are calling for prosecution of FBI and DOJ officials involved in the criminal actions and FOX News’ Gregg Jarrett stated that the criminal acts by Obama’s scoundrels involved in the FISA crimes could qualify for sentences of up to 10 years in prison.
It’s time to determine who signed off on the above warrants. Judges typically sit on the Court for one week at a time, on a rotating basis. Which judge signed off on the warrants with such flimsy information provided? The judge or judges who signed off on these warrants need to be investigated. Also, why have none of these judges announced that they are prosecuting the individuals who provided the fake information? This is their duty!
2. One Obama FISA appointee was also involved in General Flynn’s criminal case. We know this because he recused himself from the Flynn case. Obama FISA Court appointee and U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras recused himself from former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn’s criminal case in December. It’s yet unknown the reason for why Contreras recused himself. Why did he recuse himself and did he also sign off on any of the FISA warrants given to Obama cronies?
3. On Friday another Obama appointed FISA Court judge, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg sidedwith the Department of Justice after multiple news organizations, including CNN and USA Today, sued for the public release of Comey’s memos after their Freedom of Information Act requests were denied. (read more). The fact that any judge would currently side with this corrupt Department of Justice is suspect. What is in the memos and why is this being hidden from the public?


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Parkside BR Vanwide
by Russ Elliott
Triangular horizontal brackets were added between the inside faces of the headstocks and the solebars. The handles on the van doors were replaced by 8 thou wire.
I adopted my now standard method of weighting and sound-insulation for vans: to the top of the floor I fix a layer of foam (chopped up Peco Streamline underlay), then a layer of sheet lead (sized according to the weight I wish to add), and then further layers of foam up the underside of the false roof fixed between the tops of the sides.
There is little room for error on Parkside roofs, as they are moulded very close to the required finished size, but I'm happy about this, being quite keen to get a prototypical dimension in this area – very critical in my view in achieving a 'looks good' feel to a model. A 20 thou strip was added to the underside of the roof ends, to simulate the angled capping plate of the prototype, and a 5 thou rivetted strip replaced the one moulded on the top. Rain strips were added from 10 x 20 thou strip. The roof was supported on its underside by three longitudinal strips: these prevent bowing of the top of the roof and help with a good fit of the roof to the tops of the sides.
The brake shoe assemblies are fixed to a plastic 'wrapper' around the base of each W-iron, and the brake shoes are tied together with 20 thou diameter pull rods. The central brake cross shaft is 30 thou rod. I used a spare brake cylinder from the Parkside Bluespot fish van kits, as these can be fixed direct to the floor. Brake rod safety loops were added from 10 thou brass wire, but this was a fiddly process, being difficult to bend the wire consistently, and then solder them to the inside of the W-iron base.
Another excellent kit from Parkside.
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Detroit Future City (DFC) will launch its next phase by making the transition to an independent non-profit organization governed by a board of directors. A new transition management committee made up of members of the Detroit Future City Implementation Office Steering Committee and headed by Dr. George W. Swan III will oversee the process over the next four to six months.
Since its inception, DFC has operated as a sponsored project of Detroit Economic Growth Association (DEGA), an affiliate of Detroit Economic Growth Corporation (DEGC). Rod Miller, president and CEO of DEGC said, “The work of Detroit Future City is very important to the long-term economic success of the city, and we are proud of DEGC’s part in supporting the original research and incubating the implementation office as it has launched innovative pilot projects. We expect to continue to work closely with DFC as one of our key partners in redeveloping Detroit.”
DFC’s independence brings multiple benefits, including a broader base of constituents, closer ties to the community, and its own board of directors specifically charged with governing, guiding, and supporting DFC. This board will help shape the future direction and decision-making of DFC to ensure its most meaningful positive impact on the city’s revitalization.
As part of the transition, Ken Cockrel, Jr. left his position as executive director, and the organization will conduct a national search to fill this critical leadership role.
“Ken did an excellent job of guiding the DFC team as it advanced the recommendations of the strategic framework. He moved this project from a comprehensive report into an office of energetic people eager to implement the pilot projects,” said Swan.
During the transition, the transition management committee will conduct a search for a permanent executive director, recruit directors for a new board, and decide on the appropriate non-profit classification for the organization. Dan Kinkead, currently the innovation director, will serve as the acting director of DFC during the search for a new executive director. DFC’s current and new projects will continue during the transition.
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Engage in some serious fun. Campus Recreation welcomes students, faculty, staff and family members of all ability levels to enjoy our inclusive social and physical activities, from personal fitness and outdoor education to intramural and club sports.
Get outside for a backpacking adventure. Swim, climb or train your way to your fitness goals. Or, get social with one of Carolina’s many club and intramural sports teams. The possibilities are endless – and all yours.
Work out in our fully equipped fitness and aquatic centers, soar across our zip line or canoe on Kerr Lake. Make a splash, run the field, conquer the course -- and find your place to play.
From running to cycling, yoga to weight training, we put a Carolina spin on getting fit together.
New materials from the lab of Carolina researcher Ronit Freeman that can reconfigure on demand have potential for applications in diagnostics and drug delivery.
A new study uncovers 65 genetic variants found in understudied minority populations that could lead to improved precision medicine for those groups
Ambassador Barbara Stephenson will lead UNC Global and advance a pan-university global strategy to enhance UNC-Chapel Hill’s international reach, impact and reputation.
An exhibition of photographs in the Pleasants Family Assembly Room of Wilson Library provides a look at African-American life and culture in a small Mississippi town during the 1970s.
Lear more about waiving or enrolling in the UNC System Student Health Insurance Plan
Centuries of scribbles, doodles and notes in books will be on view as part of “The Uses of Books: Early Modern Readers Revealed,” an exhibition at the Wilson Special Collections Library from May 23 through September 8, 2019.


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Low voice and piano
Composed by Thomas Fettke. Sacred Vocal. Lillenas Publishing Company #9780834199750. Published by Lillenas Publishing Company (LO.9780834199750).
Tom Fettke offers this useful compilation of low-voice solos for basses, altos, baritones, and contraltos Set in a variety of styles, including traditional, contemporary, and gospel, you’ll find solos for both general-use and seasonal needs.


text: The white grape variety is a new breed between Riesling x Muscat St. Laurent, Synonyms are Bukettriesling and Edelriesling. When in 2013 done DNA analysis turned out to be Courtiller Musqué (in the list of breeding breeds) Muscat Précoce de Saumur ) as wrong. However, this is based on only 20 DNA markers (see under molecular Genetics ). The crossing was done by breeder Christian Oberlin (1831-1915) in Colmar ( Alsace, France ). With the same parents are also the new breeds diamond Muskat. precious nutmeg. fine nutmeg. fine Riesling. Firnriesling. Marie Riesling. Muscat de la Republique. Muscat Dore de Semis. nutmeg flower. muscat bouquet. nutmeg scent and Muscat Riesling emerged. The vine yields white wines with one nutmeg, In 2010, no stock was reported (Kym Anderson ).

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There’s A Little-Known Nature Preserve Just Waiting For Southern California Explorers
Upper Newport Bay Nature Preserve and Ecological Reserve in Newport Bay is one of the most beautiful nature preserves in Southern California. When you’re ready to get away from all the many people in Orange County, San Diego, and Los Angeles, this natural space is the perfect way to relax and have an adventure at the same time.
Upper Newport Bay Nature Preserve and Ecological Preserve is a fantastic spot for a day of melting into your environment and enjoying a different side of Orange County. Have you gotten the chance to go to the preserve? How was your experience?
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I remember the day we crossed. The feeling of nervousness. A sense of uncertainty about this new place with it’s curious smells. Driving down Baja, heading South, the roads becoming increasingly narrow, winding through a barren cacti-strewn landscape. We camp alone at pristine settings composed of red-tinted mountains and deep marine hued water. The days are slow, the sun is hot, and most hours are spent in self-reflection. We continue to explore deeper into the country, venturing across the Gulf, a freighter chugging diesel through the night.
There are many wonderful meals eaten, recipes discovered, fish caught, and street food enjoyed. Friends are made, moments are shared. I recall full moon parties, party waves, dog parties, and all that goodness. The late nights of conversations, storytelling, and laughter. So much laughter. We explored new towns, cities, villages, markets, beaches, and sites of the archeological type. There are markets with meats. So much meat. But, what about the avocados, mangos, limes, and papayas. One must include warm, hand-pressed tortillas, and the spicy flavorful soups. We discovered the warmth of people, richness of a culture as expressed in the vibrancy of their art, music, food, and dance. There were waves to be surfed, and surf to be reflected upon. We stared at the ocean for hours on end and the days just seemed to melt away. Adios Mexico. I will really miss you.


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Food critic Michael Bauer writes for the San Francisco Chronicle on the advent of a Slow Food convention in the city. But, the critic takes a turn south, where the life is truly slower than that of the "city on the bay." Bauer writes:
"As Slow Food Nation was gathering steam in San Francisco, I decided to celebrate my own version of slow food by heading down the coast to Duarte's Tavern in Pescadero...
"Started in 1894, Duarte's was honored a few years ago by the James Beard Foundation as an America's Classic, and it's now being run by the fourth generation of the original family."
More is available at the article posted in the above, as well as other regular features in the column.


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Release: Dear Unknown
Date: April 1st, 2022
Illustrated By: Anne Garner
Directed By: Maya McAllister Demangeat
Animated By: Radu Rojas Oprean
Sound Design By: Chris Turner
Few things inspire me these days to take a moment and pause, put aside some of my own bullshit, and share some music. Most come from within, where the emotions get churned up by the storm of current affairs. Some are real, some are imaginary, and yet, both feel the same in my mind, in my being. So when the dust devil shakes up all my thoughts, it takes some time for the noise to subside. This is my own personal friendly reminder, to breathe in and breathe out. These moments of settling are conveyed in this piece, composed by my dear friend, Anne Garner, which she so kindly offered up to be remixed by yours truly (see Mike Lazarev Pent Up Rework premiered on Fluid Audio), and which is now brought to life in this stunning animation. The stop motion was entirely hand-drawn by Garner, lovingly directed by Maya McAllister Demangeat, and painstakingly animated by Radu Rojas Oprean with dynamic sound design from Jungle’s own Chris Turner. It’s a collaboration of a like-minded collective, that makes me feel right at home, with my dear friends, friend and friend’s friend, of course.
This is a story about a sad and troubled girl who made her world so small and familiar that she now feels trapped and weighed down by all the emotions she’s collected to keep her safe. A wise owl comes to visit and urges her to let go of all the things that aren’t serving her anymore, giving her the courage to sweep them all up and away in a whirlwind.
The track is currently out as a single via Slowcraft Records, and appears on Anne’s full-length album, titled Dear Unknown, which is scheduled to be released via digital and a glass-mastered compact disc on April 1st.

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Carl Weathers, renowned for his iconic portrayal of Apollo Creed in the “Rocky” film series alongside Sylvester Stallone, passed away on Thursday at the age of 76, as confirmed by his manager Matt Luber to Variety.
In addition to his memorable role as Apollo Creed, Weathers made significant contributions to the entertainment industry, starring in films such as “Predator” (1987) and Adam Sandler’s “Happy Gilmore.” His versatile talent earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his performance in the “Star Wars” series “The Mandalorian.”
Weathers also provided the voice of Combat Carl in Toy Story 4 and played a fictional version of himself in the television series Arrested Development. His extensive filmography includes notable appearances in “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” “Death Hunt,” and “The Comebacks,” among others.
Born on January 14, 1948, in New Orleans, Weathers excelled in sports, including boxing, football, soccer, wrestling, and gymnastics. Despite his athletic achievements, he pursued a degree in theatre arts at San Diego State University. Following a brief stint with the Oakland Raiders in the NFL, Weathers transitioned to acting, securing roles in various films and television series.
In the cult classic “Predator,” Weathers portrayed Colonel Al Dillon alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jesse Ventura. He also made memorable appearances on “Saturday Night Live” and later reprised his role as Apollo Creed’s image in the “Creed” sequel series.
Weathers leaves behind a lasting legacy in the entertainment industry, earning accolades for his performances on both the big and small screens. He is survived by his ex-wife, Mary Ann, and their two sons.


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Fourteen-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal continued his impressive clay-court season as he booked his place in the quarter-finals of the Italian Open after clinching straight sets victory over American Jack Sock last evening.
The fourth-seed produced a rich vein of form as he swept aside Sock 6-3, 6-4 in a third round clash that lasted one hour and 20 minutes.
Nadal broke Sock's serve twice in the second set and served out the match to set up a last-eight clash against Dominic Thiem, who was beaten by Nadal in the Madrid Masters final last week.
The Spanish maestro, who has won consecutive clay-court tournaments in Monte Carlo, Barcelona and Madrid, has now extended his winning streak to 17 matches.
Nadal is bidding for an eighth title at the Foro Italico as he prepares for the French Open in less than two weeks.
Meanwhile, world number two Novak Djokovic also sealed a quarter-final spot in the tournament for the 11th consecutive year by registering a 6-4, 6-4 win over Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut in one hour and 42 minutes.
With the win, Djokovic has avenged his loss to the Spaniard at the Shanghai Rolex Masters in October 2016, and he now leads 6-1 in their FedEx ATP Head2Head series.
Djokovic will now face Juan Martin del Potro in the quarter-finals after the unseeded Argentinian's 7-6 (7/4), 6-3 win over Japanese seventh seed Kei Nishikori.
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Finland attracts tourists not only the fact that here the Finnish Santa Claus — famous Joulupukki lives. It impresses with the wild primitive nature, well developed ski resorts and many interesting sights. Delightful rest in Finland will present you the real atmosphere of a holiday and fun.
When you plan individual tours to Finland, do not forget about visit of Lapland and Joulupukki's village, Sirena aquapark, the ethnographic village Kalevala where it is possible to look at the theatrical performances describing life of ancient Finns. Include in the travel survey of the sea fortress of Suomenlinn located on islands in the Baltic Sea, national park of Lemmenyoki and the turussky lock. For fans of extreme winter sports the services are offered by popular ski resort of Himos which arrangement is very convenient and Vuokatti — the international training ski center meeting the highest requirements.
Also the combined tours to Finland which provide a combination of rest and informative excursions are demanded. For accommodation you will be able to choose comfortable hotels of Finland in such beautiful Finnish cities as Helsinki, Tampera, Turca and others. Only in this country where with exclusive thrift treat the nature, you will see the huge cities surrounded with virgin forests.
Hospitable Finns with pleasure treat tourists with tasty dishes of the traditional ethnic cuisine. You take great pleasure, having tried an iridescent trout, a salmon in own juice, seafood salads or from a herring, fish soup on milk, fish rye bacon pies and fish pies from the fresh test. Venison dishes are considered as a special delicacy.
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If you’re interested in carrying a revolver for CCW, read on of the pros and con and see our picks of good quality revolvers for personal defense.
Some say the Glock G43 is a pretty difficult handgun to shoot. Strong hand only shooting doesn’t make it easier.
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The 10mm is a newcomer in the hunting world, but has become a big player in the market for bear hunters or anyone needing extra power.
Many mouse guns or “get off me” guns are available in the market, and its perfect for concealment. With the
In this .357 Magnum vs. .45 ACP penetration matchup, which ammo for SHTF? Watch and let the results demonstrate the merits of each caliber choice.
Make no mistake this is not a gun for CCW its built to be worn on the outside.
Which makes this the ideal blaster to carry for the outdoors.
Trail Blazer Firearms from Ashville, NC sells a tiny single-shot .22 LR pistol that is the size no bigger than a stack of credit cards.
Even with handguns it does come in different sizes, such as the full standard that LEO’s carry to a mini snub nose revolver.
Here are some top handgun choices to consider for compact size.
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Toting a 15-round mag plus 1 in the pipe with .45 caliber is very nice, perfect for personal protection.
I bought my HK P7 (which now looks like this) for a screaming good price in early 2012. You see, the
Despite hitting harder than the .357 Magnum and with less recoil than the .44 Magnum, the .41 Remington Magnum has been unfairly overshadowed since 1964.
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Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 2 October 2012
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Forthcoming Competitiveness Council Meeting: Discussion with Minister of State
I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Sean Sherlock, who is here to discuss the research aspects of the agenda for the forthcoming Council of Ministers meeting in Luxembourg on 10 October. I understand members have received a briefing note on the agenda for day two of the Council meeting. They are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect that they should not comment on, criticise or make charges against a person outside the Houses or an official by name or in such a way as to make him or her identifiable.
I thank members for giving me the opportunity to provide a summary of the outcome of the previous Competitiveness Council and discuss the agendas for the meetings in Luxembourg on 10 and 11 October. I will also briefly apprise the joint committee of my Department's priorities for the EU Presidency in 2013. I am accompanied by Mr. Tommy Murray and Mr. Pat Kelly from my Department and Mr. Tim Cullinane from the Department of Education and Skills.
I will begin by dealing with the outcome of the previous Council in May. It was a two day meeting attended by my colleagues, the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Richard Bruton, who dealt with Internal Market and industry issues and the Minister of State at the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy John Perry, who dealt with research and space issues on the second day. A ministerial informal lunch attended by Commissioner Geoghegan-Quinn and Commissioner Vassiliou provided an opportunity to review the achievements of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, EIT, to draw lessons for the future, as well as to engage in an exchange of views.
Among the main decisions reached at the Council on research issues were: the Horizon 2020 framework programme for research and innovation; the EIT; and Council conclusions on European innovation partnerships. In respect of the Internal Market, decisions were reached on the competitiveness and SME programme, COSME, for the period 2014-20, the Single Market Act and the governance of the Single Market and the Digital Single Market. The Council agreed to the main elements of the COSME programme.
I now turn to the forthcoming Council meeting which will take place on 10 and 11 October.
The first day will deal with the research items and the second day will deal with the industry and Internal Market issues. My colleague, the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Richard Bruton, will attend the Council on 11 October to deal with issues relating to the internal market and industry. I will deal with the research items.
On the research side, the main issues are a proposal for an amending regulation establishing the European Institute of Innovation and Technology. The debate during the ministerial lunch will consider the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures, a proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the rules for participation and dissemination in Horizon 2020 - the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2014-2020, and a communication from the Commission, A Reinforced European Research Area Partnership for Excellence and Growth. The European Commission will present its communication and associated recommendation on better access to scientific information.
On the Internal Market and industry side the main issues are: adoption of a Council regulation on a communication from the Commission, A European Consumer Agenda - Boosting Confidence and Growth; a presentation by the Commission of its mid-term review findings on the implementation of the EU flagship on industrial policy; a ministerial discussion devoted to the proposed improvements to the operation of the competitiveness council; another presentation by the European Commission on the cultural and creative sectors for creative growth in the EU; adoption of Council conclusions on key enabling technologies and the European innovation partnership on raw materials; and a debate on the state of play in relation to the Single Market Act I, initiated by the Cypriot Presidency.
I will deal initially and briefly with the Internal Market and industry issues. In terms of the consumer agenda, the European Commission published its communication A European Consumer Agenda - Boosting Confidence and Growth on 22 May 2012. The agenda is intended to support consumer interests in the areas identified by the consumer markets scoreboard as being most problematic for consumers, namely food, energy, financial services, transport services and digital services. The communication identifies four main objectives for the agenda: reinforcing consumer safety, enhancing consumer knowledge, improving enforcement and redress and aligning rights and key policies to economic and societal change. It also identifies key measures needed to empower consumers, boost their trust and put consumers at the heart of all EU policies as a means to achieve the Europe 2020 goals. The Presidency is seeking the endorsement of the communication by way of the draft resolution which it has tabled on the agenda.
Ireland endorses the agenda's four key objectives and acknowledges the significance of the consumer agenda in terms of its potential contribution to the Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. Accordingly, Ireland is happy to support the draft resolution on the consumer agenda as proposed by the Presidency and is committed to working with other member states and the European institutions to ensure the timely achievement of the agenda's objectives.
Under the agenda item of the Commission's communication on industrial policy review, the Commission will present its mid-term review findings on the implementation of the EU flagship on industrial policy. This flagship, which was launched by the Commission in October 2010 under the Europe 2020 strategy, aims to boost growth and jobs by maintaining and supporting a strong, diversified and competitive industrial base in Europe offering well-paid jobs, while becoming more resource-efficient. The mid-term review of the industrial policy flagship will be published as a communication by the Commission in October 2012 and will review progress on implementing the flagship. I believe it will focus on developing a limited number of further initiatives to tackle the consequences of the economic crisis and that it can deliver sustainable results in the short to medium term. In general, as a priority, the review must deal with new instruments to address access to finance, especially for SMEs, and to promote SMEs and their inherent added value to a competitive industrial Europe. Strengthening the Single Market must also be of paramount importance.
The European Commission's communication on the strategy for sustainable competitiveness of the construction sector and its enterprises sets out a number of initiatives that are aimed at taking action to support jobs and provide opportunities in the sector. While we will never see a return to pre-recession levels of employment in the construction sector, we need an economy that plays to our strengths across a variety of sectors. Construction, therefore, still has an important role to play in helping to rebuild our economy. The communication notes that there are new opportunities for the sector that support the EU's objectives in moving to a low-carbon economy to take advantage of the emerging opportunities.
The European Commission will present its communication on cultural and creative sectors for creative growth in the EU. Ireland welcomes the initiative and looks forward to working with the Commission in developing programmes under the multi-annual financial framework, MFF, that will assist in the recovery of both the Irish economy and the European economy. It will be a difficult challenge but one to which the cultural and creative sectors can contribute strongly in a positive way.
On 26 June the European Commission tabled its strategy to boost the industrial production of key enabling technology-based products such as innovative products and applications of the future. The Council of Ministers will be asked to adopt the current conclusions and to welcome the Commission's communication entitled Making Raw Materials Available for Europe's Future Well-being - Proposal for a European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials; call on the Commission to launch the European innovation partnership, EIP, on raw materials and to develop and finalise the strategic implementation plan by the end of 2013; and invite the Commission to report to the Council by the end of July 2013 on progress achieved in the raw materials EIP, particularly with regard to the strategic implementation plan.
Ireland supports the adoption of the Council conclusions. While we, with some other member states, remain sceptical about the added value of EIPs, we are prepared to support this initiative. Ireland's main concern has been to ensure that member states through the Council retain the right to approve EIPs and that EIPs are not a means to determine research priorities outside institutional procedures. These issues have been addressed satisfactorily from our point of view.
The Presidency will present a state of play report on the implementation of the 12 priorities under the Single Market Act I package. In the context of my Department's Presidency competitiveness agenda, there will be a particular focus on finalising those priorities in the Single Market Act I which have not yet been completed. My Department, through the interdepartmental committee on the Single Market and services directive, will co-ordinate with other relevant Departments on how the Cypriot Presidency proposes to deal with the Single Market Act II package and any individual files emanating from the Commissioner's proposals with a view to finalising agendas for relevant working groups during the Irish Presidency. We are looking forward to working collaboratively with the Council and Commission to ensure we finalise those measures that are not concluded by the end of the year and we are looking forward to the challenge of instigating work on the new measures announced by Commissioner Barnier in the next phase of the Single Market.
In regard to research issues, in November 2011 the Commission submitted to the European Parliament and to the Council its proposal for a regulation amending the original regulation which established the European Institute of Innovation and Technology. This has been intensively examined in the research working party and delegations have generally welcomed the Commission's proposal.
As the EIT will be an integral part of Horizon 2020, and implemented in accordance with its rules for participation and dissemination, an amendment to the existing regulation is needed to align EIT within Horizon 2020.
I shall comment further on Horizon 2020 - the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2014-2020. In the context of the negotiations on Horizon 2020, the EU's next funding programme for research and development, the Cypriot Presidency will propose a compromise text of the rules for participation and dissemination for approval by the Council of Ministers. As the proposal requires co-decision with the European Parliament, I expect trilogue negotiations between the Council, Parliament and Commission to be commenced under Ireland's Presidency. It will be a priority for me to complete these trilogue negotiations and secure agreement on Horizon 2020 during the Presidency.
With regard to European research areas or ERAs, the European Commission will make a presentation on a reinforced European research area partnership for excellence and growth. The overarching objective of the European Commission is to open up and connect EU research systems, thus leading to a significant improvement in Europe's research performance to promote growth and job creation. More joined up and smarter specialisation across member states will be a significant milestone en routeto a fully developed European research area and will avoid costly overlaps and unnecessary duplication of activities. The Irish Presidency will highlight the importance of joint programming in addressing the fragmentation of research in Europe and its role in contributing to the achievement of the European research area. On research careers, the Irish Presidency will provide an opportunity to assess progress and map out outstanding issues in the area.
With regard to better access to scientific information, the concept of open access to publicly-funded scientific data has been around for some time, having first been put forward by the Commission and endorsed by the Council. Progress on open access to scientific data has been slow due to a number of barriers identified in the Commission communication. In brief, these are: the potential of the Internet for improving access to scientific information has not been fully exploited; the low level of investment in the scientific dissemination system; the uneven and unco-ordinated actions by the different member states; the costs associated with the process of selecting, reviewing and publishing articles; and the lack of financing for rapidly emerging e-infrastructures and thematic data infrastructures for storing and providing access to data. In addition, funding has tended to be short lived and fragmented. It is often related to specific projects only and has not provided long-term solutions.
The Commission communication encourages all member states to intensify their efforts to implement open access and follows up the communication with a recommendation for endorsement by the European Parliament and the Council. It calls on the member states to implement open access and to report back to the Council on progress 18 months after the recommendation and every two years, thereafter. In order to give effect to this, each member state is instructed to designate by the end of 2012 a national point of reference whose tasks will be as follows: to co-ordinate the measures listed in the recommendation; to act as interlocutor with the European Commission on questions pertaining to access to and preservation of scientific information; and to report on the follow-up to the recommendation.
Ireland is supportive of the proposal to implement open access to scientific information and allows for the protection of legitimate commercial interests. We are conscious that there may be significant cost factors involved in establishing the necessary e-infrastructures for data storage. There may also be legal barriers to implementation across the EU which must be addressed.
There are a small number of "any other business" items on the agenda. Of significance are the items that relate to communication on enhancing and focusing international co-operation in research and the Single Market Act II, as mentioned earlier. I shall comment on the communication on enhancing and focusing international co-operation in research. The European Commission will present its communication dated 14 September entitled Enhancing EU International Co-operation in Research and Innovation. The communication sets out a new strategy to help the European Union maximise the opportunities presented by globalisation of research and innovation. Obviously the Single Market Act II is the second phase of the Single Market Act and comprises a new set of 12 priority actions. The Single Market Act II will be presented in the form of a Commission communication by Commissioner Barnier, as indicated earlier.
I shall now discuss the Department's priorities for the EU Presidency 2013. My Department will play a central role in driving the EU policy agenda embodied in the overarching policy theme of “Promoting sustainable economic growth and jobs and building Europe's competitive advantage".During its Presidency, Ireland will focus on measures to promote growth and employment in accordance with the compact for growth and jobs as agreed by Heads of State and Government in June 2012.
Research and development will be of major importance in highlighting the Department's innovation theme given its potential in contributing to economic recovery, competitiveness and growth in Ireland and across the Union. The Presidency will work with member states and the European Parliament to finalise the Horizon 2020 package and to promote further actions towards the completion of the European research area. The package includes support for European leadership in industrial development, developing the innovation capacity of SMEs and addressing grand challenges affecting society.
Further deepening of the Internal Market is required including identifying new opportunities as stated under the Single Market Act, improvements in Single Market governance and the operation of the services directive across Government and the economy. The ongoing implementation of Single Market Act measures that add greatest value to jobs, growth, competitiveness and investment will be key to the Department's Presidency competitiveness agenda.
During the Presidency, Ireland will seek to stimulate growth and job creation by bringing forward measures proposed by the Commission to reduce the regulatory burden on SMEs, by advancing the entrepreneurship agenda in Europe and by promoting smart regulation. In addition, the Commission's programme for competitiveness and SMEs, COSME, has been developed to facilitate access to financing for SMEs and should be significantly advanced during the Presidency. Proposals on the state aid modernisation will also be a prominent issue on the agenda. Ireland welcomes the initiative in light of post-crisis structural reforms and industrial restructuring and the alignment of state aid with Europe 2020 objectives.
Ireland attaches great importance to promoting the external trade agenda during its Presidency, underscoring the case for the Union leveraging its position as a major trading bloc in international negotiations. Ireland's aim is to support deeper transatlantic trade and investment ties, in particular, and to give an important impetus to EU-US trade negotiations, as well as economic, trade and investment relations with other strategic partners including India, China and Japan.
Working in the EPSCO formation with ministerial colleagues, we will follow-up on the Commission's communication on a job-rich recovery and work to secure adoption of the proposed new instruments on the youth guarantee and the quality framework on traineeships. We will also carry forward the EU's 2020 flagship initiatives called new skills, new jobs and youth opportunities initiative. We will manage the semester process resulting in country specific recommendations on employment and take forward an array of dossiers, most notably, posting of workers, the European Social Fund regulation and portability of pensions.
Throughout the summary I have tried to capture the key agenda items. Given the diverse nature of the agenda and that it is still being developed through the various preparatory groups in Brussels it is not possible to cover all of the detail at this stage. Ireland, in its EU Presidency role, will provide opportunities to manage and progress the EU agenda. I have outlined my Department's priorities that aim to advance and contribute to improving Europe's global competitiveness and promote economic growth and to create jobs.
It has been a joy to hear the extent of the work the Minister of State, Deputy Sherlock, is undertaking. He obviously will not have much time on his hands during the six months of our Presidency. I invited the Taoiseach to meet the board of EuroCommerce who were here last Friday. They represent the 6 million shops in Europe, the wholesalers and the international trade. They came specifically to Ireland because we are hosting the Presidency and they wanted to hear what target had been set. The Taoiseach was very impressive and gave us a great deal of encouragement as to what was going to happen.
The two areas of concern were very clear and in the course of his address, the Minister of State, Deputy Sherlock has touched on them a number of times. Can we manage to ensure that the regulations we introduce do not stay in place longer than they have to? We are competing with the rest of the world. In many cases, countries have sunset clauses, so that when they introduce a regulation it dies after a specified period. Is it possible that we could do more in that area so that the regulations that are being introduced do not have to stay in place any longer than they must? Other countries, certainly the BRIC countries, seem to have gained an advantage on us in this area. The point was made very strongly by them.
The production of food was the other area of discussion. Do I get a sense there is less enthusiasm for genetically modified foods in Europe and that other countries such as Brazil will take the lead from us, in particular in regard to foodstuffs? If we are unwilling with science and technology to innovate in genetically modified food, we are likely to be left behind. It would appear to me that is likely to happen.
The State must create the environment for the entrepreneurs. The Minister of State, Deputy Sherlock said that but I question whether we are doing enough. Is there still an assumption that the job of Government is to do that rather than to think the Government's job is to create the environment so that enterprise can do it? That is the area that we are in danger of losing out on to other countries and other parts of the world.
I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive report. In regard to the consumer agenda and the draft resolution, what will it mean in practice on the ground to the consumer in Ireland? What do the European innovation partnerships do? What is the emphasis on raw materials? Is it envisaged that they will deal with raw materials or will they be rolled out in other sectors? On the question of open access to publicly-funded scientific data, do the universities not publicise their data, writing papers and making presentations available? Does the Minister of State envisage that this will be a requirement that other sectors must meet?
I have a number of queries on Commissioner Michel Barnier and his Single Market Act II proposals? Are we hoping to develop them during our Presidency?
My second question relates to the phrase "promoting smart regulation". Everybody would agree that common sense regulation should be implemented. What are the views on that? How far are we willing to go to encourage common sense regulation?
In the course of his address the Minister of State stated, "as a priority, the review must address new ways and new instruments to address access to finance, especially for SMEs and to promote SMEs and their inherent added value to a competitive industrial Europe." Are we making any progress in that regard? This is one issue that is raised by constituents with all public representatives. People trying to operate small businesses tell us that the banks are absolutely crucifying them and they cannot get the finance they so badly require.
With the permission of the Chair, I will call on my officials, Mr. Tommy Murray and Mr. Pat Kelly, on some of the technical issues. I was not aware of the sunset clause to which Senator Quinn referred, but I will defer to Mr. Murray to answer that specific question. The issues relating to food are in the health silos but we have a prioritisation action group which is a research prioritisation exercise. We have streamlined what must be done. The country needs to engage in 14 key areas of research, and food is one of those areas. Teagasc would be one of the stakeholders in the prioritisation action group because we are trying to set out a new stall that does not put its eye on basic research or blue sky research but moves to an area where we get a closer alignment with industry. It is the collaboration between academia and industry that will drive jobs growth. On the announcement by Teagasc that it was trialling potato crops in certain parts of the country, I would have no problem on the basis that there is an inherent trust in the work that Teagasc does and there is a growing realisation that the exponential increase in global populations deems it that we as a country must engage in new technologies to ensure the people on this planet can feed themselves. That is the high level view but if one is drilling down into a more granular level that should present opportunities for Ireland.
I take Senator Quinn's point on innovations in that regard. I have an open mind but it is within the health remit. That is not to kick the issue to touch. I am always happy to engage further on that agenda if needs be because I firmly believe we must grapple with it at some stage.
Senator Quinn made the point that the State should create the environment for the entrepreneur. The architecture of the action plan for jobs was based on engaging with industry, employers, business groups and so on. The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Richard Bruton, issued an invitation to those groups to come up with ideas. The State has a clear role. The Action Plan for Jobs 2012 is being driven directly by the Taoiseach through the Cabinet sub-committee on economic recovery and jobs. In my area of responsibility, research and innovation, there is a very clear sense of driving new messages to academia in terms of trying to foster greater collaboration with industry through the prioritisation action group. We do a great deal of work on the foreign direct investment side of the house but the clear challenge is to try to create more indigenous companies arising from that. There is a greater role for the State to play in facilitating innovation. The State agencies are feeding into the action plan for jobs. The Cabinet sub-committee on economic recovery and jobs has a results-driven agenda.
Deputy Seán Kyne raised the issue of raw materials. We may have a traditional view of them in terms of what can be derived from the earth. For example, at the CRANN Institute in Trinity College Dublin or the Tyndall National Institute, housed near UCC, material science is becoming ever more important as a subject in driving new innovations down to hand-held technology in the use of mobile phones and so on. When distilled to its most basic level, t is how we are driving energy projects, data production and so on in terms of the use of raw materials to drive new technological advances. The partnerships will target non-energy and non-agricultural raw materials, including but not limited to the European Union's list of critical raw materials. It covers metallic industrial and construction materials, as well as other industrial raw materials such as natural rubber and wood. Many of these materials are vital inputs for innovative technologies that offer environmentally friendly clean-tech applications. They are also essential for the manufacture of crucial alloys and products required by modern society. That is the Commission's definition in its own words.
On the issue of open access, we have an intellectual property protocol which was signed off on this year. Academic papers are available to everybody as a source material when individuals are completing doctorates and so on. On the interface between academia and industry, there is a need to set out some rules of engagement because if there is private capital for research, one must ensure there is a protocol in place for how that funding is used. However, where there is publicly funded research, a protocol is in place in terms of the interaction involved. If we were to examine the issue of open access from a global perspective and the European Union was to compete globally with other hegemonic areas of the globe such as the US or Asia, the greater the degree of co-ordination on strategies to enable open access the greater the level of competitiveness that can be driven on a pan-European basis. If Ireland is ahead of the curve on an EU-wide basis, that puts it in the early mover stage which will allow us to benefit from potential financial packages arising from EU programmes. For example, the Government will deal with open data systems as one of the disrupter technologies and see how we can secure a greater degree of co-ordination across Departments and between industry and government in respect of how we can mind more of the information derived in every day life in order that we become a first mover in that space. I hope that deals adequately with the question put by Deputy Seán Kyne.
I will refer the questions on the consumer agenda, the Single Market Act and the progress made on smart regulation to Mr. Murray. On my own agenda, we have set targets in regard to access to finance. The next Horizon 2020 framework programme for which I will have specific responsibility could "potentially" be an €80 billion package, subject to the multiannual financial framework. If it is an €80 billion package, we hope the research prioritisation exercise in which we are engaged in 14 key priority areas that we are going to fund will align with the Horizon 2020 framework programme priorities. Arising from this, the target figure would be upped from 15% to 20% in terms of SME engagement. We need to ensure greater engagement by SMEs. In Ireland I understand work on the foreign direct investment aspect of the puzzle is progressing well in terms of that engagement with the research community, but we need to do more to ensure more indigenous companies thrive. I will refer the overall arching issue of access to finance to Mr. Murray.
Mr. Tommy Murray:
When Ireland assumes the Presidency of the European Union, it will have to be aware that it also assumes the mantle of honest broker or chairperson. There are many shades of view among the member states. I ask members to forgive me for being a little circumspect on some of the issues raised because they are to the fore in the Council. In holding the Presidency we can espouse certain orientations at the Council and will have control over the Council agenda; therefore, we can certainly have an influence on what we see as our view of the world in terms of what we want to pursue at the Council.
Smart regulation is one of those issues on which we have animated discussions at the Council. The Commission's administrative burden action plan will be brought to finality at the end of the year. That is the plan which envisaged an overall reduction in the administrative burden of 25%. I understand we have been quite successful at European level in achieving this target. There is a discussion commencing between the Commission, the European Parliament and the Council on whether we need to move on from that action plan and have another round of administrative burden targets. That discussion will take place at the Council. Meanwhile, there is a communication on smart regulation coming from the Commission which will be treated as a prominent issue by us at the Council. In order to tee it up, a high level meeting of directors general on administrative burdens will take place in Dublin on 22 and 23 November. Following the making of recommendations at the meeting, we will examine how the issue can be usefully pursued through the Council, at which there are many views. Various like-minded member states have taken certain views on the issue of regulation. However, we can have this debate on deregulation and better regulation. While everybody agrees that smart regulation is a good idea, it is a matter of how it is transposed in the member states. Administrative burdens and smart regulation will certainly be a very prominent issue for us at the Council and I envisage us producing recommendations or Council conclusions during the Presidency at the May Council next year.
I have a question on the terminology being used - administrative burden targets. Strightaway, from a small business perspective, such terminology kills such businesses. I therefore suggest we move away from using that type of lingo. We are here to be as helpful as we possibly can for small business and small industry. The use of terminology such as administrative burden targets is separate from what small businesses and small industry are seeking. We must use our common sense rather than such language. An objective should be to remove such language from EU communiqués.
I shall try to answer the Acting Chairman and give the Irish position because he asked a question on the Single Market Act. To be fair to the Minister, Deputy Bruton regarding his interaction with Commissioner Barnier, there is a determination to distil the Act into areas where Ireland has an interest. In terms of the Presidency we are talking about the proposed establishment of a high level group on services to business and progressing the digital Single Market agenda, especially building confidence measures in cross-border transactions. With regard to the cloud computing sector, there is the language of the SME access to capital markets, access to banking services, a professional qualifications directive and issues around public procurement. I agree with the Acting Chairman that the language used is arcane and does not reflect the vernacular or everyday usage. In terms of an engagement with 27 member states, it is a language that people subscribe to but I take his point.
By way of example, the Department is determined to ensure that when Council meetings take place, we can distil the language of the Commission's proposals or Council regulations into a language that can be disseminated in a way that every person, including Ministers, can grapple with.
Mr. Tommy Murray:
It is probably a case of speaking too long and spending too many hours in the company of various Commission acolytes. I agree with the Minister of State that it is just terminology or Euro-speak. Unfortunately, that is the language that we use around the Councils and with the Commission.
The industrial policy review will also come out and the Cypriot Presidency shall draft conclusions on same. The review's sectoral focus is very good and Ireland can support them. Some of the traditional industries like agrifood and tourism will be supported as well as ICTs and key enabling technologies. It is a plan that we can support, drive and emphasise during our Presidency. I am not sure if there are other comments.
I wish to reinforce the idea that the Government is prioritising smart regulation through the entrepreneurship agenda and reducing the regulatory burden. Hence, the communication between the Minister, Deputy Bruton and Commissioner Barnier. There will be an impetus during the first six months of the Presidency to drive results and reduce regulations in the SME sector. Over-regulation is a key impediment to SME competitiveness. Today, the Department wants to disseminate the message that reducing regulation is one of the key themes of the Irish Presidency. We wish to assist small businesses that the Acting Chairman talked about.
Mr. Tommy Murray:
I wish to comment on SMEs and their access to finance. During our Presidency, at the beginning of May, we will devote an informal competitive Council to SMEs and better regulation. It will be an important focal point for our Presidency in terms of dealing with the SME problems, especially access to finance, venture capital funding and the ongoing internationalisation of SMEs. It is an important issue for the Department and one that we can highlight during our Presidency and, as the Minister of State has said, to promote entrepreneurship and pursuing the entrepreneurship agenda.
To crystalise our Presidency agenda I shall mention four aspects. First, open trade and guarding against creeping protectionism; second, opening up the Single Market, services and examining regulated professions throughout Europe - for which another Council debate will be held on the issue - plus penetrating the Single Market in that respect; third, the industrial policy area is important for us and I have mentioned some of the sectors. The Minister of State had already referred to the cloud computing sector which is close to the Minister's heart; and, fourth, the research and development sector and trying to get significant advancement of the €80 billion Horizon 2020 package. Also included is competitiveness and the SME package which is €2.5 billion at present. That will be the Department's work during the Presidency. We will also promote key dossiers and key communications reached in open trade, Single Market, industrial policy and research and development sectors.
As there are no further questions I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive and informative review. I reflect the views of all of the members present when I say that his contribution has proved helpful and worthwhile. I wish him the best of luck at the EU meeting and during our Presidency of the EU for the first six months of next year.


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At this very moment i’m sitting on my sofa and feel like I just got home from a weekend at the spa. This cottage weekend was so relaxing, fun and we got lucky with some beautiful weather.
We spent a “couples weekend” with our fav people, fed ourselves delicious food on nothing but charcoal bbqs, learnt how to fish, bait minnows (not sure if thats the term but you get my point), kayak, play baseball, fire pit galore, potential run in with bears, my list can go on!
Lesson of the weekend, start enjoying the outdoors more. I am natures child! Hear me ROAR!!!!


The Minister of State Aviation, Hadi Sirika has disclosed the desire of his Ministry to forge close collaboration with stakeholders as it works hard to integrate the safe operation of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) in its airspace.
The Minister who made this known while speaking, Monday at the opening ceremony of the ICAO RPAS symposium and workshop holding in Abuja, said supporting the innovation of RPAs otherwise known as drones while maintaining safety is top priority at the Federal Ministry of Transportation (Aviation Sector).
He told participants at the symposium which is being held in conjunction with representatives from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) that each of them will have role to play in the coming days, as they hear some of the pressing challenges facing the RPA industry in Africa and around the world, and the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority’s (NCAA) integration efforts.
Attending the event also are aviation and technology industries around the world, law enforcement agencies, academia, Nigerian Stakeholders, the Federal Ministry of transportation and aviation agencies around Africa.
Sirika said “Nigeria the most complex and busiest airspace in west and central Africa, and it is NCAA’s responsibility to ensure its safety for public use. We need to incorporate Remotely Piloted Aircraft and their users into our culture of safety and responsibility. But we need to do it in a way that doesn’t stifle the enthusiasm for this growing industry. The best way to accomplish this is to partner with a wide range of stakeholders, government, aviation regulators and manufacturers.
“While valuable inputs on regulations are being received from stakeholders and building concensus through public sensitization, the Government is making substantial progress in integrating RPAS into Nigerian Airspace structure.
“Consequently, the Government through Civil Aviation Authority is establishing a Remotely Piloted Aircraft Safety Team that will include a wide variety of stakeholders in the aviation industry. This is similar to the highly successful NCAA Safety Surveillance Team. This group will analyze safety data developed, to identify emerging threats that RPAS may pose to aircraft, people, and property. They will also develop mitigation strategies to address these threats and prevent future accidents.
“The creation of the Remotely Piloted Aircraft Safety Team reflects the importance of this issue to the Government, and the value of collaboration with stakeholders.
“The Team will help to develop recommendations that will assist the government to create RPAS registration system in the shortest possible time. While the registration will help connect RPAS with its operator in cases where people are not complying with rules and guidelines.
“It also gives us a valuable opportunity to educate users on how to operate their Remotely Piloted Aircraft safely.
‘In addition to educating hobbyists, NCAA’s Regulations Committee is putting a regulatory framework in place to address the commercial use of RPAS as well.
“I hope you engage with representatives from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority and other Civil Aviation Authorities in Africa and bring your best questions and ideas to the fore.”
Speaking earlier, President of the ICAO Council, Dr. Olumuyiwa Aliu said the aviation industry is undergoing a fundamental change in light of the widespread introduction of unmanned aircraft.
Adding that the flipside of this dynamic growth in opportunity is the challenge of balancing safety and security with efficiency and sustainability, he emphasised that the onus of succeeding in this challenge falls on the shoulders of regulators “who must work to craft and establish a well-structured and appropriate regulatory framework”.
He expressed ICAO’s gratitude to the Federal Government of Nigeria for collaborating in hosting the symposium and the facilities presented.


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If it’s New Year’s Eve and you want a cooked duck carcass, or a squid, or some other headless fowl, London’s Chinatown area is the place for you. It was jammed with people tonight, lined up to get hot, freshly prepared rolls, fish cakes . . . and duck.
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