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Family Italian restaurant offers traditional dishes such as vegetarian Linguine Pescatore pasta, meat-ball spaghetti, or Tuscan pork chop
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Percussion music is a genre of music that utilizes a variety of percussion instruments to create rhythm, melody, and harmony. The instruments used in percussion music range from drums and cymbals to maracas, tambourines, and other similar instruments. Percussion music can be found in many different musical styles, including rock, pop, jazz, classical, and world music. This genre of music is often performed live, but can also be recorded in a studio.
Percussion music is a crucial component of many musical compositions and ensembles, serving as the foundation of the rhythm section. A skilled percussionist is able to create complex rhythms and beats that are essential to the overall sound of the music. Percussion music can also be used to add texture and depth to a composition, or to add emphasis to specific parts of a piece. In some cases, percussion instruments may be used to play melodic lines, adding an additional layer of musical expression to the composition.
There are many different types of percussion instruments, each with its own unique sound and characteristics. Drums, for example, come in a variety of sizes and shapes, and can be played with sticks or hands. Cymbals are often used to create a crashing sound that adds emphasis to specific parts of a piece. Maracas and tambourines are often used to create a shaker-like sound, adding a lively and energetic rhythm to the music. Percussion instruments can be played solo or as part of an ensemble, and are enjoyed by musicians and listeners of all ages and backgrounds.
Percussion music can be performed live in concerts, festivals, and other events, or recorded in a studio for commercial release. Live percussion music performances are often high-energy and dynamic, and can be enjoyed by audiences of all sizes and ages. Studio recordings, on the other hand, allow for more intricate arrangements and the use of multi-track recording techniques. Regardless of the setting, percussion music is a powerful and dynamic genre that is enjoyed by millions of people around the world.
In conclusion, percussion music is a genre of music that emphasizes the use of percussion instruments to create rhythm, melody, and harmony. It is a staple of many different musical styles, and is enjoyed by musicians and listeners of all ages and backgrounds. Whether performed live or recorded in a studio, percussion music is a powerful and dynamic genre that has a lasting impact on those who experience it.


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Many faux-medieval fantasy stories willfully ignore the overarching influence of the Church on European society. Knights were specifically said to be soldiers of Christendom and Christianity permeated every level of society, from the beggars who depended on handouts from the charitable orders to kings who had to be wary of excommunication. Medieval economics was also shaped by the Church, for it was considered impious for Chistians to charge interest on loans, which left moneylending as a Jewish profession. All these things and more made medieval Europe the way it was.
The Red Knight by Miles Cameron avoids this ahistorical presentation. It’s essentially set in a parallel universe Middle Ages where magic exists. Sorcerers require a license from the Church to practise magic, dragons rule over large parts of the land, and the forces of Satan threaten humanity everyday.
The world, you see, is divided in a war between God and Satan. However, the forces of Satan are actually just the forces of Nature fighting back against human encroachment. Having legitimate grievances, though, does not preclude moral excess, and the intelligent creatures of the wild massacre entire villages in their fight.
The author is a re-enactor and a history freak, which shows in the level of detail he displays in his fictionalized medieval England. Fencing masters teach moves for fighting monsters, rebellious peasants bide their time in the shadows, and despite the state of total war people come to accommodations with their supposed adversaries.
Anyway, I liked the book. Read it if you want more history in your fantasy.

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The rocket is launched!
Top image: The ICI-2 rocket sets off from its launch pad in Ny-Ålesund at 11:35 AM Friday morning. Photo: Preben Hanssen.
At 11:35 AM today the ICI-2 rocket was launched from Ny-Ålesund. The launch was a success, and the rocket reached a height of approximately 330 kilometers, before it landed in the ocean at 11:45 AM.
5 December 2008
Text: Eva Therese Jenssen
The ICI-2 rocket’s mission was to fly through the Aurora Borealis, or northern light, in order to uncover more of its secrets. It was the first time that a rocket had been optimized with an instrumentation to resolve turbulent structures created by auroral activities.
The ICI-2 reached a height of 330 kilometers and had a flight time of 10 minutes before it crashed into the ocean south-west of Spitsbergen.
– A success!
Jøran Moen, professor in plasma- and space physics at the University in Oslo and an adjunct professor at UNIS, is very happy with the launch.
– We want to get more accurate data on the finer structures of the aurora, to understand more about the aurora’s effect on satellite navigation and communication systems. So far it seems that this rocket launch will provide us with very useful data, Moen says.
– So far, everything indicates that the launch has been a complete success, Moen says. The data has yet to be analyzed, but the measurement instruments worked as they should and the amount of data is complete. Now the scientists have months of work ahead of them to analyze the information the rocket gathered.
Space weather models
When there is great northern lights activity, airplanes flying over the polar area can risk losing radio contact because of the space interference. A possible wipe-out of radio contact and GPS functions can pose dangerous situations and the scientists want to be able to give better predictions about when and where problems will occur.
The ICI-2 rocket is one in a series of rockets that will be needed to establish a physical description of the problem, and this piece of knowledge will be essential in order to obtain improved space weather models for the ionosphere.
A lot of people were involved in the launch. Apart from Moen and his colleagues who were stationed in a control room at UNIS, there were people involved at the UNIS auroral station (Kjell Henriksen Observatory), the EISCAT radar, and SvalSat in Longyearbyen, and also at University of Leicester operating HF radars in Finland and Iceland looking over Svalbard. At the launch site in Ny-Ålesund 19 people were working continuously to monitor the launch.
Now or never!
In the control room at UNIS there has been ups and downs over the past week. Several times the scientists have been very close to launch, and on Wednesday they were 70 seconds away from launching the rocket. This morning the tension was even more intense, as it was one of the last mornings the rocket could actually be launched.
At 10:35 AM it was clear that the operation was as close to launch as it had ever been, but suddenly one of the radars had to be rebooted, and the countdown was aborted. Over the next hour the aurora activity was very high, but mainly south of the rocket’s planned trajectory and there were several times the countdown was stopped.
But at 11:30 it was clear that it was now or never. Five minutes later the rocket was airborne, and a collective sigh of relief could be heard. At 11:45 it was over, the rocket had completed its mission and had crashed into the ocean.
The rocket campaign is funded by the Research Council of Norway. Other contributors are: University of Oslo; University of Bergen; ISAS/JAXA, Japan; and Andøya Rocket Range (rocket payload). Ground base support is provided by University of Oslo, UNIS/KHO; EISCAT; NIPR-Japan; University of Leicester, UK; Universitè Joseph Fourier, Grenoble; and the Norwegian Polar Institute in Ny-Ålesund.

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Via TPM, Federal Judge Richard Leon says the NSA’s metadata collection probably violates the Fourth Amendment:
Comparing the technology used by the National Security Agency to George Orwell’s dystopian fiction, a federal judge on Monday ruled that the NSA’s bulk collection of telephone metadata is likely unconstitutional.
U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon’s ruling found that an NSA program that was approved by the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court likely violates the Fourth Amendment prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures — and that the court precedent used in the past to justify the program is out of date.
“The almost-Orwellian technology that enables the Government to store and analyze the phone metadata of every telephone user in the United States is unlike anything that could have been conceived in 1979,” Leon wrote in his opinion.
The ruling came in response to two lawsuits originally brought in June by the conservative legal activist Larry Klayman and four other plaintiffs against government agencies and officials, as well as telecom and internet companies. In his ruling, Leon wrote that the bulk collection and analysis of phone records “almost certainly does violate a reasonable expectation of privacy.”
The idea that Larry Klayman, who is both a wingnut and an asshole, is about to be canonized as the newest First Amendment Saint makes me want to vomit.


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Licensing Post-Lockdown: Cinemas and 24/7 Shopping Coming to the U.K.Licensing Post-Lockdown: Cinemas and 24/7 Shopping Coming to the U.K.
Brands are breathing a slight sigh of relief today as ‘Lockdown 2.0’ comes to a close and new legislations bring the buzz of Christmas back.
November 30, 2020
To say retail has faced its most challenging year to date is nothing short of an understatement. But, in the U.K. – where retail thrived online for the predominant percentage of the year – the end of the new lockdown and the subsequent return of a regional tier system may bring an influx of shoppers back to stores this festive season.
The latest announcement from the U.K. government has provided a potential bolster for retail as stores will be allowed to operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week across December and January (The Telegraph).
For a full insight into our Black Friday predictive breakdown, click here.
This relaxation of rules by Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick expedites the permission process of extended opening hours, allows councils to waive restrictions and provides both major and independent retailers with the chance to recoup their losses over Christmas and during the ‘January Sales’ period.
With much of the U.K. classified as Tier 2 – a restriction of residential gatherings, alcohol sales restricted to meal servings and a limit to outdoor meetings – retail is fortunately exempt from these terms and will be allowed to operate, safely, at their own hours with permission from local councils.
This, of course, is also a bolster of consumer confidence; with much of the U.K. now able to easily avoid crowds at hours of their choosing.
Thanks to the three-tier system, an additional opportunity has arisen for another sector hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic: cinemas, theatres and experiential entertainment. Cities and towns under Tier 2 (i.e., London and Liverpool), are allowed to re-open cinemas and bring people back to the big screen after streaming dominated the entertainment sector in 2020 (Variety).
With lockdown lifting on Dec. 2 – subject to a review on Dec. 16 – retail and cinemas are due to make a return this Christmas and be provided a much-needed shot in the arm for consumer activity this year.
The License Global December Issue is coming, and we’re taking a look at the biggest gifts of the year for an in-depth breakdown of the must-have toys and products across the world. Stay tuned for more.
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By Patrick Sewell
With rising gas prices, global warming and the recent movement towards green living, the idea of eating local has been getting a lot of attention recently. After all, the benefits to eating closer to home are pretty impressive: shrink your carbon footprint, support the local economy, eat more nutritious and healthy whole foods, and possibly even save a couple of bucks in the process. Now you can add one more reason to the list for eating local, and it’s one you can grow in your yard—pawpaws.
You may have already heard of pawpaws (Asimina triloba), a small, tropical looking tree with large, drooping leaves and large, three-lobed flowers that look like inverted trilliums. A native butterfly attractor (pawpaws are the sole source of food for the Zebra Swallowtail butterfly larvae), pawpaws are often grown ornamentally for conservation and aesthetic purposes. But it is the fruit of the tree that attracts many pawpaw enthusiasts. Having the look and feel of an oblong mango with large, bean-like seeds, pawpaw fruit can grow up to six inches long and weigh as much as two and a half pounds, earning them the honor of being the largest native fruit in the continental United States. This fact alone may entice a gardener to add a few pawpaw trees to their landscape, yet what is most interesting about the fruit is its unique flavor.
One of the perceived downsides to eating locally is a loss of food choices. This can be especially noticeable with fruits since some of the most popular—bananas, oranges, mangoes and grapefruit—are of the tropical variety. As delicious as local grapes are, the banana is America’s favorite fruit. Pawpaws are part of the Annonaceae, the cherimoya and custard apple family, a group whose members tend to grow in strictly tropical regions. This tropical heritage comes out in the pawpaw’s intense flavor, which is remarkable for a fruit that grows in the Finger Lakes region. Known colloquially as the “the poor man’s banana” or “the Hoosier banana,” pawpaws are often described as a cross somewhere between a mango, papaya and banana, and they fit the taste niche we often crave for tropical fruit, especially around breakfast time.
In addition to their distinctive flavor, pawpaws also bring plenty of nutrition to the table. Compared to three of the most popular fruits in the American diet—bananas, apples and oranges—pawpaws generally contain as much or more potassium, riboflavin, iron (20 to 70 times the amount of the other three), niacin, manganese, magnesium, calcium (one and a half times as much as an orange and about 10 times as much as an apple or a banana), phosphorus and zinc. Pawpaws also boast high levels of vitamin C (one third as much as an orange), and most of the essential amino acids. The relatively high fat content in the pawpaw also makes it a good substitute for oil in baked goods, while the taste makes for an interesting replacement in any recipe that calls for bananas.
Those concerned more about how a food is grown than where it comes from will also find pawpaws to be a nice addition to their diet. Their native genetics give them a resistance to many diseases and naturally-occurring toxins in the leaves and twigs mitigate the need for spraying. They also make the leaves unpalatable to deer, though raccoons, opossums and squirrels will eat the fruit.
Still, for all of their benefits, pawpaws are difficult to find and relatively unknown to most people. Currently, no major grocery store chain carries the fruit fresh and very few have pawpaw products. Why aren’t pawpaws more readily available? Efforts to domesticate the pawpaw began in the early twentieth century and the American Genetics Association even sponsored a contest to find the best pawpaw. However, the pawpaw industry never really developed due to the highly perishable nature of the fruits. Pawpaws soften rapidly at room temperature and have a relatively short shelf-life. They are also highly prone to bruising; couple that with their irregular shape and turning pawpaws into a reliable export makes for a formidable task. As an alternative, some growers have begun experimenting with selling the pulp frozen, and there are even specialty products like pawpaw ice cream, compote, jam, wine and beer.
If you have a green thumb and want to try growing some pawpaws of your own, the Plantsmen Nursery in Lansing and RPM Ecosystems in Dryden sell pawpaw trees, though both are sold out this year. For some growing tips, William Cullina’s Native Trees, Shrubs and Vines: A Guide to Using, Growing, and Propagating North American Woody Plants, available at the local library, has a wealth of information on cultivating native trees, including pawpaws. You can also find information and some links to other pawpaw resources at Cornell’s website: www.hort.cornell.edu/extension/commercial/fruit/mfruit/pawpaw.html.
While pawpaw fruit availability is pretty limited in the area (the only place that currently has fruit-producing pawpaw trees is Cornell’s Lansing Orchards and the only place to buy fresh pawpaws is at the Cornell Orchards store located off Route 366—the good news is they are ripe and for sale right now), they are definitely worth seeking out. Ithaca is lucky to have pawpaws as a local food option and a strong market demand would no doubt entice some of the local growers to try it as a possible product. While it is a bit idealistic to think that pawpaws will completely replace the imported crops we have come to rely on, they can certainly do a lot to reduce our carbon fruit-print.
New in Produce
Summer's long gone, but its sweetness lives on in the local apple crop. See how many varieties you can try.
Summer is merely a distant memory as we bundle up and get ready for the eventual snow. Gone are short sleeves and shorts, as we lengthen our garments for warmth and pack on the layers to battle the icy, raking fingers of Jack Frost's frozen grip. But hey, why be bleak? 'Tis the season to eat apples! Indian Creek Farm brings us giant Mutsu, and Black Diamond Farm brings in quite the assortment with Arkansas Black, Baldwin, Black Oxford, Calville Blanc, Golden Russet, GoldRush, Keepsake, Newtown Pippin, Suncrisp, Sundance, and Winecrisp. Also look for apples from our friends at Little Tree Orchard, and certified-organic fruit from The Good Life Farm and West Haven Farm. Stick and Stone Farm and Blue Heron Farm still have all of your greens and winter squash needs covered. Don't forget to keep an eye on our continuing Basics, Co-op Deals, and Member Deals sales for great prices on all of your holiday needs!

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Having a child with special needs can be extremely stressful for most parents. Once you enter the world of education, it can be even harder for many to understand the system. Special education departments need to work with other therapists and providers in schools to build a community. This would include all of them and the families to strive for open and clear communication. When this happens, everyone who is part of the team will work better together to help the individual student.
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The Intersate Cadet is a 360 Kg aircraft with an 11 metre wingspan. It has a 4 cylinder horizontally opposed engine that can generate 90 horsepower and a G force of -3 to +5 and one of Kent’s favourite routines is landing on the rooftop of a moving RV.
You can see Kent here at work recently at the Avalon 2011 Airshow, landing his aircraft on the RV in quite strong and gusting crosswinds. I was amazed that Kent even attempted this in the gusting crosswinds and it took several goes to do so but he made it. The thing to understand here is that Kent cannot actually see the top of the RV when actually setting the Aircraft on to the roof.
Kent’s skill as a pilot is reason enough to attend an Airshow where he is performing.


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A Palestinian father and his son were forced, Monday, to demolish their own homes in occupied Jerusalem, after the city council issued a demolition order and threatened excessive fines and fees.
Media sources said the Palestinians, Mohammad Qonbar and his son ‘Atiyya, had to demolish their homes in Qonbar neighborhood, in Jabal al-Mokabber town, south of occupied Jerusalem.
The family said they had to demolish their own homes, after the police invaded them several times, and threatened to destroy their property in addition to forcing them to pay a bill which exceeds 100,000 Israeli Shekels.
The family received the first demolition orders three months ago, but their lawyer managed to delay the destruction of the two properties, in addition to filing appeals; however, the City Council decided to go ahead with the demolition without even waiting for the outcome of the appeals.
The father, Mohammad, lived in the home along with his wife and two sons, after constructing it seven years ago, while his son, Atiya, lived in his home along with his wife.
“It hurts my heart and my soul to demolish our homes,” the father said, “But we don’t own dozens of thousands of Shekels to pay the city for destroying them.”
Many Palestinians in occupied Jerusalem have no other option but to build or modify their homes to accommodate their expanding families, while Israel continues to deny them construction permits, by denying them the right to build on their own land, while it continues to construct and expand its illegal colonies, installed in direct violation of International Law.
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J-core is a term used worldwide for Japanese-Core, referring to Dance and Happy Hardcore. Ususally songs sample some form of anime/film and have a high bass factor. J-core is often an underground scene and it is very hard to get hold of.
DJ sharpnel, dj technorch, dj sugisuck, JEA, killingscum, J-Core Rocks!
Pretty much the most rockin group of kids after made up of Miranda, Nina, Mike, and Nick. Modeled after the Core Four of Fox's hit series The OC; Miranda as Ryan Atwood, Nina as Seth Cohen, Mike as Marissa Cooper, and Nick as Summer Roberts. Their future is so flippin' bright, you need sunglasses. They have been known to say such things as, "Get over it!", "You can make it dance...", and "Congratulations!".
I wish I was in the Core Four.
Core Four rock my face hard.
Following the trend of prefixing a genre name with J- to signify Japanese origin (eg J-pop, J-rock etc.), J-core is an abbreviated term for Japanese hardcore dance music.
Though many only associate this term with artists such as DJ Sharpnel who are well known for their very Japanese-flavoured anime/film sampling hardcore, the umbrella term can be used to describe many kinds of Japanese-flavoured hardcore, such as happy hardcore, freeform, speedcore and terrorcore.
This term can sometimes be used to describe hardcore punk music from Japan as well as just hardcore electronic/dance music.
Notable J-core artists include DJ Shimamura, Buzzmasta, M-Project, DJ Chucky, DJ Technorch, DJ Sharpnel and REDALiCE.
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Dance Gavin Dance is a six-member post-hardcore band from Sacramento, California. They were formed out of the dissolution of several other bands, including Farewell Unknown, Ghost Runner On Third and Atherton. Jonny Craig and Sean O'Sullivan joined in 2005 and early 2006 to complete the lineup.
They released their first EP on November 14th, 2006, titled Whatever I Say Is Royal Ocean through Rise Records.
They entered the studio again in January of 2007 with Kris Crummet, who produced Drop Dead, Gorgeous and Fear Before the March of Flames, and released their first full length CD, Downtown Battle Mountain on May 15th, 2007 on Rise Records. The album was leaked on April 12th, 2007.
Jon Mess (Screaming)
Will Swan (Guitar)
Zac Garren (Guitar)
Eric Lodge (Bass)
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November 14, 2006 Whatever I Say Is Royal Ocean Rise Records
May 15, 2007 Downtown Battle Mountain Rise Records
Dance Gavin Dance sounds like akissforjersery.
An awesome band with great talent. Their rock/dance style makes for a fun but hard style that is mixed very well. The inspiration seems like it comes from everywhere.
Tokio Hotel, The Veronicas, Skye Sweetnam, Flyleaf, Paramore, is Narotic Core
To dance, featuring the elbows.
Elbows are often swung in circles or large arches around chest level. This creates a "dancing force-field" of sorts to make sure no one impedes on your dancing zone. Other moves include the elbow thrust, elbow wave, and just about anything else you can do with your elbows.
Made popular in several high schools in the midwest.
He Frambad hard core last night.
Let me teach you how to Framba.
The Melbourne Shuffle is a form of dance originating from Melbourne Australia. It's popular in the underground rave scene and is often performed to the sounds of most hard dance genres: Trance/Hard Trance/Hardstyle/Hard house.
The Melbourne Shuffle is a free form dance that can be best described as an organised freedom of movement. Shuffling (or rocking as coined by locals) is primarily a dance involved the feet rather than from the waste, and involves hitting the beat as well as the hat (2 stepping). Although looking quite complicated the shuffle is, at it's core, two simple steps. A side to side shuffling of the feet, and a 'running man' type action. Once these two movements are mastered a shuffler can incorporate anything they want to cater to there style. Hat tricks are commen tricks incorperated by shufflers.
In recent times thanks to events put on by pharmacy, Hard kandy, Bass station and PHD the shuffle has grown to a level that warrented the release of 'the melbourne shuffler documentry' and has seen a boom in its popularity, with shuffling becoming popular as far as malasia.
This Dance floor is for everyone.
I encourage my fellow dancers.
I do not dance for competition
I am Original
I am open Minded
I am Free.
I am a True rocker

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Release Date: March 18, 2021
The Town of Happy Valley-Goose Bay is advising the public that it closely monitors information related to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19).
Residents and Businesses are advised that 2021 Tax Bills will be issued commencing March 31, 2021, via Canada Post.
To further protect the health, safety, and welfare of residents of Happy Valley-Goose Bay, the Town of Happy Valley-Goose Bay advises residents that the deadline to avail of the 5% discount on their 2021 Tax Bill is now Wednesday, June 30, 2021 (extended from Friday, April 30, 2021).
The Town encourages residents and businesses to pay the 2021 Tax Bills using online methods described at the below link:
These unprecedented measures, though unfortunate, are necessary to be proactive against the potential spread of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), and the Town of Happy Valley-Goose Bay extends thanks to the public for their patience at this time. Council and Staff appreciate your understanding during this time of uncertainty.
In consultation with officials at Labrador Grenfell Health and guidance released by the Provincial Chief Medical Officer of Health’s office, the 12th Council of Happy Valley-Goose and Management will monitor updates relating to the pandemic and update residents regularly.
The Town of Happy Valley-Goose Bay strongly recommends that residents and businesses utilize a cautious approach and exercise recommended practices to prevent the potential spread of COVID-19.


Hungry Jack’s billionaire boss Jack Cowin has a strong message for anti-vaxxers and Western Australia.
The fast-food entrepreneur, who is fully vaccinated, said every Australian State and Territory will need to get on the same page for the country to open up and “get ourselves out of jail”.
Earlier this month, Premier Mark McGowan said he expects the State to reopen “once we reach very high levels of vaccination” which he indicted would be “next year.”
While WA and Queensland have been largely successful in keeping out COVID-19 with strong restrictions, Mr Cowin said their borders will need to open up.
“I think the reality is that once we get to a stage where we have a high percentage of vaccinated people, that they (WA and Queensland) will have to come under the same ruling,” he told The Australian.
“This may take a while for them politically to adjust to this, but eventually everyone will play by the same rules.”
To encourage Hungry Jack’s staff to get vaccinated, the rich-lister has launched an incentive scheme which includes prizes and gift cards. He praised his staff, saying the vast majority had been compliant.
This comes as Qantas announced delays for its resumption of flights between Perth and the nation’s two biggest cities by another two months, while its flagship Perth to London service has also been scrapped until at least the second quarter of 2022.
Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce announced on Monday domestic flying between Western Australia and Victoria and NSW would be delayed by another two months to February 1 next year due to their assumptions on border closures.
But in some good news for the airline, Mr Joyce also revealed the planned restart for travel between Victoria and NSW had been brought forward due to Victoria’s road map out of lockdown.
Mr Joyce said flights between the two states would now resume on November 5 instead of December 1.
Mr Joyce said their discussions with the WA government had indicated their borders won’t be open to Victoria and NSW until early next year.
“We’ve sadly had to cancel the flying we had planned on those routes in the lead-up to Christmas,” he said.


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It’s been a year since we got on a bus and headed to the unknown. We met a taxi driver who promised he worked with a travel agency and buy our tickets to an unforgettable experience in Puno. After $200 USD dollars, we hoped it was true.
Our overnight journey started at 10 PM. We arrived in Puno around 6 AM the next morning. We were picked up by a tourist group and joined about 10 other people with the same destination.
Our expedition would last two full days. We would spend the night with a local family on the island of Amantani. However, we would first stop would be the floating island of Uro in Lake Titicaca. We spend about two hours there and learned all about the process of how they maintain their home. We took a short ride on a balsa which was handmade, bought souvenirs and got on board again.
We would spend another 3 or more to get to Amantani. When we got there our families were eagerly waiting for us. Erika was the one who would share her home with us. She was only 20 years old and took care of her elderly mother. She explained to us that the island is divided into several sections and that each week each section takes turns on who will host. To some, this is their only source of income.
After lunch, we headed to the Pachatata mountain. Erika explained to us that someday she wished to be an alcalde of her community and that although she had a boyfriend she had no desire to get married. I loved her motivation to help her community.
Once we arrived to the mountain, we were told to walk around the temple three times and make a wish. We watched the beautiful sunset and walked back down. The party was throwing a party for us and we needed to get ready.
Erika let us borrow some of her traditional clothes. In just a few minutes we were ready for the party. We danced for hours. It was a beautiful experience I will never forget.
At about midnight we went to sleep. Erika asked if we could turn off the light as soon as possible since their only source of energy was through solar panels and they took good care of it.
We were so tired from sleeping on a bus the previous night that we fell asleep in minutes. The next morning breakfast was ready and just like that, it was time to leave.
Erika walked us to the port and all the locals waived goodbye as we left.
Last stop was Taquile island. We hiked to the highest point and then went to had a delicious lunch. We learned that knitting is mostly done by men and greetings are done by exchanging coca leaves. The island was beautiful.
We headed back to Puno and just like that our trip was almost over.
The next morning we would fly to Lima, visit El Parque del Amor, soak our feet in the ocean water and head back to our beautiful hotel for some relaxation. We had scored a sweet deal by getting our own Cinco de Mayo party with unlimited drinks. We couldn’t miss that! We attempted to make it out of the hotel after dinner but by then we were too drunk and tired. The next morning we would fly back to the U.S. and forever remember this amazing experience.
Note to self: If you ever make it back to Peru. Book your own bus trip to Puno. You can get a round trip from Cuzco to Puno for about $15 U.S. dollars. You can also book a tour for another $30 dollars. Save yourself some money!
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(October 2012) If you don’t have a clear idea on what Romney would try to do with taxes if he is elected, you’re not alone. Unfortunately, there seems to be more coverage of Mitt Romney’s tax returns than his tax policy. Below is an outline of his announced tax policy and its potential impact on investing. Keep in mind however that its unlikely that if he is elected, all of this would be passed by congress.
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Summary of Romney’s Tax Plan
- 20% cut in income taxes for everyone. For example, if your are currently in a 28% federal income tax bracket, Romney’s proposal would cut your income tax rate to 22.4%
- No taxes on interest, dividends and capital gains for households that earn less than $200,000.
- Repeal of the alternative minimum tax (AMT)
- Closing of Unspecified Tax Loopholes
Here is the more detailed version and how that compares to Obama’s proposals:
Romney Tax Plan vs. Obama on Tax Brackets
Romney – 20% Cut For Income Taxes
- Romney would seek to reduce everyone’s current income tax rate by 20%. He would also make the tax breaks passed in 2001 and 2003, and are set to expire soon, permanent.
Obama – Higher Income Taxes for The Top Tax Brackets
- President Obama is proposing to keep the current income tax rates for the four lowest tax brackets. He would increase tax rates for joint filers making above $241,900 and single filers earning more than $199,350.
Romney Tax Plan vs. Obama on Capital Gains, Interest Income, And Dividends
Governor Romney is proposing no capital gains, interest income or dividend taxes for households with under $200k in pre-tax income. Otherwise, he would keep in place the 2012 tax rates.
President Obama would let existing tax breaks expire, additionally there is a new 3.8% tax which applies to interest income, dividends and capital gains. Furthermore, he has indicated that he would like to raise the capital gains tax to 30% and treat dividend income the same as ordinary income for high earners.
Romney Tax Plan vs. Obama on the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT)
Governor Romney has proposed repealing the the alternative minimum tax.
President Obama has proposed replacing the AMT with the “Buffett Rule”. Earners making more than a $1 million dollars per year would be required to pay an effective tax rate of at least 30%.
Romney on the Closing Of Tax Loopholes
Governor Romney has indicated that the loss of revenue through the lower proposed tax rates would be offset in part by closing tax loopholes. He has yet to define which loopholes would be closed, however many believe that he would need to end the deduction for mortgage interest and end the tax benefit for municipal bonds.
The Big Picture: Romney and Obama
Governor Romney wants to cut taxes for everyone. In order to accomplish this goal Romney would need the cooperation of both houses of congress. The senate is likely to remain with a Democratic majority. Thus, any plan that he proposes would have to be scaled back to get congressional backing.
President Obama want to increase taxes on rich. Like Romney, he faces a congressional roadblock in the form of a Republican controlled house. However, taxes will be increasing automatically without Obama needing to pass any legislation. As Republicans want to rollback these tax increases, Obama has some leverage to negotiate a deal.


The VisionTime system is integrated with
MultiTime partners with leading companies to provide the best in employee working time and scheduling solutions.
- Axess TMC time terminals, RFID and biometrics readers, IR hand reader terminals Hardware
- Access Control: Gallagher
- MS Office: Microsoft
Axess TMC supplies MultiTime's time terminals and is a leading player in the Italian and European security market. The company develops advanced systems for access control, video surveillance, intrusion detection and integrated security systems. Axess TMC is a branch of Zucchetti Axes and part of the Zucchetti Group which has more than 1,800 employees in 50 countries worldwide. www.axesstmc.com
Register or login to view partner information including technical documentation and price list.
VisionTime operates in conjunction with Command Centre access control system bringing a fresh approach to the management of time recording, duties and rosters. By adopting a joint access control and time recording approach, the working times and security of employees can be managed together.
Check-ins and time stamps from users accessing doorways are immediately sent to VisionTime. This has the practical effect of only needing to have one hardware device for both time and attendance, and access control.
Gallagher was founded in 1938 in New Zealand. Originally, the core business was the development and manufacturing of electric fence applications. The Gallagher Group and Veldman & Dijkstra (a Gallagher distributor since the 1970s) pooled resources and jointly founded Gallagher Europe in 2000. Today Gallagher Europe has branches in The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden and UK. www.gallaghersecurity.nl
VisionTime is integrated with Microsoft Office applications including Outlook, Word and Excel, as well as SharePoint and Dynamics to display employee data available in VisionTime.
Real time information regarding employees’ time records and absences are viewable within email, Word or Excel by right clicking or hovering over the employee's name.
There is also the potential to integrate data from other systems eg payroll, HR with these applications.
- Provides HR and managers easy access to VisionTime data while still in Microsoft Office
- No need to remember lots of passwords for systems that might be used infrequently
- Managers can send email requests to HR for information from VisionTime and other systems eg payroll or HR. The query is answered by sending an email showing the data fields from these other systems in a side panel in the email.
Overall, VisionTime integrated with Microsoft enables users to access business information quickly and easily without having to leave the familiar Microsoft Office environment. The solution empowers users to make better decisions by providing relevant and aggregated business information in a familiar and secure environment. www.microsoft.com
Visit MultiTime/FlexTime on Microsoft Pinpoint to read customer reviews.
MultiTime works with a number of other partners in order to provide the best working time solution for your organisation.


By James Raia
How scary is winter driving? A melting snowbank and freezing conditions on a freeway ramp could have cost a Wisconsin truck driver his life on February 6.
A camera operated by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation captured the truck’s crash on film, just after the driver, Richard Lee Oliver, 34, lost control.
The dramatic footage also documented a miracle. The red pickup truck plunged 70 feet after plowing into the snowbank and tumbling over the barrier.
Two drivers came to the man’s aid following the wreck on west I-94 just east of Interstate 41 in the Zoo Interchange. The single-vehicle accident victim was transported to a Milwaukee hospital by firefighters with non-life-threatening injuries.
Wisconsin truck driver alive, well
A preliminary investigation reportedly revealed the driver lost control while on a ramp from westbound I-94 to southbound I-41, ultimately falling into the westbound I-94 distress lane.
“There was just too much snow on the side of the road that once the tires got into like two feet of snow, there’s no controlling the vehicle of any kind,” Oliver said from his hospital room in an interview on “Good Morning America.”
The crash video details the truck falling 70 feet to the road below as cars pass by. It appeared to land backward, on its wheels, avoiding passing vehicles.
Oliver suffered a few broken bones and trauma, but he’s expected to make a full recovery.
James Raia, a syndicated columnist in Sacramento, California, publishes a free weekly automotive podcast and electronic newsletter. Sign-ups are available on his website, www.theweeklydriver.com. He can be reached via email: firstname.lastname@example.org.


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text: Shandong Huaxing Steel Structure Co., Ltd. with registered capital of RMB 100 million, we are professionally engaged in steel structure design, manufacture and installation. We have exported to more than 30 countries, with more than 200, 000 tons.Our strength & brief as below:1. Founded in 2004, with 300, 000 SQM production area.2. Products Scope:Steel Structure for industrial and power fields, such as power plant, steel mill, solar industry, hydroelectric plant, petrochemical fields, oil and gas pipeline, etc.Steel Structure for civil fields, like high-rise building, heavy Steel Structure, workshop& warehouse, etc.3. China national high-tech company, with 120 engineers and 1260 staff in total.4. Service cover design, manufacture and installation.5. The strength of parent firm (Canada listed company with total asset 4 billion, 3600 employees. )6. Biggest steel structure manufacturer in northern China, with annual output 200, 000 tons.7. Got national steel structure 1st grade qualification on production, construction and contract.8. Got the China National Construction Steel Structure Gold Award for several project, which is the highest award in this fields.9. Got ISO9000, ISO14000, ISO18000, China national well-known brand.10. Exported to more than 30 countries, with more than 200, 000 tons.


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Guide the super gunners as they run and gun their way through and endless horde of enemies.
WAD for player one.
UP arrow, LEFT arrow, RIGHT arrow for player two.
Like monster dash on the ipod
It takes getting used to, but it's challenging and rather addictive. Good show, bro.
The problem with this game is that it has nothing special or intriguing that makes me want to play it. Just another game with nothing special and not really that well made.
The gang needs to perform an exorcism in an abandoned lighthouse. Care to join?
Shoot your Salami to victory!
Politics in 2017 are not fun
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Jamaican Hot Red Chilli 🌶🌶
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The Jamaican Hot Red chilli is one amazing-looking and unique chilli, producing pods that look like a flying saucer. They have a similar taste profile to the scotch bonnet and also a similar heat level of 100,000-200,000 Scoville.
The plant will grow numerous pods and they will start a light green and slowly ripen to a lovely vibrant red when fully mature.
They are used often in Caribbean cooking but have now become popular around the world. We use these chillies when making our medium-hot chilli jams.
Plant Care Tips
Sow a few seeds into a tray from late January to May and cover lightly with seed compost. Either use a heated propagator or pop the seed tray into an enclosed plastic bag and seal and place it on a windowsill. Once the seedling has produced two true leaves (second set of leaves) they can be transplanted into individual pots. Try and maintain around 20-25 degrees while young plants.
As the plant grows, transplant it into as large a pot as allows, this will determine the size of the plant. Once the plant has flowered and has started to produce small chillies, it will benefit from a feed of either comfrey tea or tomato feed. Chillies dislike irregular watering as this will sometimes cause blossom end rot (the base of the chilli/pepper rots)
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WEST MIDLANDS POLICE is continuing to pay the salary of a former child protection officer convicted of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy.
Detective Constable Peter Cooper, aged 58, was convicted last month of committing the offence during his time as an army cadet instructor in the 1980s.
A jury at Stafford Crown Court acquitted him on five other counts.
West Midlands Police said the officer would remain suspended on full pay until any custodial sentence was imposed.
He is expected to be sentenced later this month.
Cooper has served with the force for 32 years.
He was assigned to the family protection unit, which investigates child abuse cases, from 2002 until 2005, when the allegations were made against him.
Deputy Chief Constable Phil Gormley said the force would hold a misconduct hearing into Cooper's case.


TotalWellness supports positive messaging for healthier corporate cultures and is offering a webinar outlining the use of positivity in the workplace.
TotalWellness, a leading national wellness services provider, is pleased to announce its upcoming webinar, How to Use Positive Messages to Inspire + Motivate Employees, Thursday, Jan. 8, 1:00 p.m., ET.
The webinar, hosted by Kenton Hicks of TotalWellness, will focus on how a positive work environment can lead to more satisfied and effective employees, therefore better business results.
Research shows there is real power in creating this positive environment. The webinar will outline this research and apply it to today’s working world.
“This year, we’re introducing the power of positivity to the corporate wellness world,” said Alan Kohll, founder and CEO of TotalWellness. “This webinar will explain the benefits of positive messaging, and the reasons we’ve adopted that concept into our biometric screenings.”
Hicks will cover today’s trends, the major benefits of positive messaging and best-practices for creating a workforce that thrives off of positivity. Hicks is a national account executive at TotalWellness.
To learn more, or get registered for this engaging and interactive webinar, click here.
TotalWellness is a national wellness services provider that offers tools and services to deliver better wellness programs. As one of the nation’s leading wellness companies, TotalWellness has been partnering with organizations for more than a decade to lower healthcare costs, prevent disease, create corporate wellness solutions and ultimately foster a safe, more productive work environment.


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Today I’ve decided to go casual with RC Club. I went to a nearby lush green park, took my iPad out and load RC Club app. For those of you who don’t know what RC Club is, it’s a remote-controlled car simulator augmented reality app for iOS.
In my latest videos, I captured some footage of me doing some great stunts with the RC cars but today I’ve decided to just enjoy a more relaxing experience. Well, what’s better than going to a lush green area and release the car and just have fun driving it outdoors.
I’ve chosen the Monster Truck because I like its design and it looked great with the green grass and the blue lake. I can’t remember the last time I drove a real Remote-controlled (RC) car, but after playing around with RC Club and driving the car in a large open area, I kind of recalled the moment I tried it in real and how I enjoyed it.
OK, this is a video section so I won’t talk too much, here is the video, I hope you enjoy it.


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Students take part in Interschool Student Research Competition at Indiana University
Three students were entered in the Indiana University School of Dentistry's Interschool Student Research Competition on Monday, April 11, 2011: Porscha Jefferson, Carol Patel, and Emily Revels.
All three represented ULSD well and attracted much interest at their poster presentations, part of the IUSD Research Day. The event was co-sponsored by the IUSD's American Association for Dental Research section.
Carol Patel won one of the two first prizes in the competition of 16 pre-doctoral dental students from the six regional dental schools: Case Western, Detroit-Mercy, Indiana, Ohio State, Pittsburgh, and Louisville. She received a check for $300 for the Interschool Dental Student Research Traveling Award.
Dean John N. Williams provided the welcome address to the Research Day event and the University of Kentucky's Dr. Jeffrey L. Ebersole, President-Elect of the American Association for Dental Research, was the primary speaker.


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2007 SAMSTAG SCOLARSHIPS
Friday, 17 November, 2006
The University of South Australia has announced the 2007 Anne & Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarships.
Six artists from around Australia have been presented the prestigious awards for study overseas in the visual arts, commencing in 2007. They are: Paul Knight and Nick Mangan (Victoria); Anthea Behm and Jess MacNeil (NSW); Sarah CrowEST (South Australia); and Kirra Jamison (Queensland). Each artist will receive a twelve months living allowance of US$32,000 (approximately $42,000 Australian) as well as travel expenses and the cost of institutional study fees, commonly in excess of $30,000 a year at leading international art schools. A total of 111 Samstag Scholarships have been awarded since 1992.
Now in their fifteenth award year, the Samstag Scholarships are renowned for identifying artists of genuine talent and exciting promise. Commenting on this year’s awards, Samstag director Ross Wolfe notes that very significant numbers of past ‘Samstagers’ have enjoyed major – and often quite rapid – professional success following their announcement as Samstag Scholarship recipients. These, for example, include Anne Wallace, Shaun Gladwell, Deborah Paauwe, John Kelly, Megan Walch and Timothy Horn, to name only a few. Meanwhile, Samstag alumni Callum Morton and Daniel Von Sturmer have recently been selected to represent Australia at the 2008 Venice Biennale, signalling the high-level attention the Samstag name attracts from the profession, especially among curators, dealers, collectors and art magazines.
This year’s catalogue essayist is Brisbane-based curator and writer, Timothy Morrell, who has contributed regularly to periodicals on Australian art for the past 20 years. A former curator at the Art Gallery of South Australia and the Queensland Art Gallery, his freelance curatorial work has included exhibitions in Australia, Asia and Europe, as well as public art projects in Brisbane.
The Class of 2007 catalogue also includes the innovation of a DVD insert. With half of the 2007 scholarship recipients presenting digital video work, the DVD acknowledges the growing shift towards technology-based mediums among the new generation of visual artists.
Judges for the 2007 Samstag Scholarships were Professor Kay Lawrence, head of the South Australian School of Art, Paul Hoban, artist and lecturer at the School of Art, and Jon Cattapan, the prominent Melbourne-based painter.
For further information contact – Ross Wolfe, Director, Samstag Program
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The Tainted Prize is Margaret Muir's second book of the Oliver Quintrell series. After sending Captain Quintrell to the bottom of the world in pursuit of Floating Gold, the admiralty is confident in the good captain's discretion. It is 1803. The Peace of Amiens has collapsed. Captain Quintrell is given command of the frigate HMS Perpetual and is set off on a secret mission to South America to search for a missing frigate and to undertake a diplomatic mission that might impact the outcome of the war with Bonaparte and France. In addition to coping with French corvettes, privateers and slavers, Quintrell and the officers and crew of HMS Perpetual must also face the Southern Ocean and the winding and treacherous Straits of Magellan.
Tainted Prize is refreshing in that it isn't told strictly from the Olympian perspective of the quarterdeck. We also see the ship through the eyes of fourteen year old Tommy Wainwright, who joins the Perpetual after escaping working in the the coal mines of the north; mines which had killed his sister, his father, and his grandfather, and still haunt the young man's dreams. As ship's boy, he shares a mess with, among others, Bungs, an irascible cooper and Eku, a free black sailor from Santo Domingo.
Muir does a fine job at deftly introducing the context of the times without slowing down the story. It is easy to understand why Tommy sees running off to sea as a preferable and arguably safer occupation than crawling down tunnels in a coal mine to set blasting charges. Likewise, the Eku, the black tar, concisely reminds the reader of the slave rebellions in the Caribbean when he tells his own story to his messmates. Muir also vividly communicates the contentious issue and horror of slavery when the the Perpetual discovers a wrecked slave ship in the Straits, where its human cargo was abandoned to die.
Margaret Muir has sailed on square rigged ships and it shows in the authority and ease with which she writes about the HMS Perpetual. The tale is well told, the characters are vivid and believable and the plot is both imaginative and faithful to the history. Highly recommended.
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Police Accountability Board Alliance
The Police Accountability Board Alliance is a coalition of community organizations to hold the police accountable in Rochester, NY. We are responsible for nominating 4 of the 9 members of the Police Accountability Board.
The City fails to hold police accountable largely because of the lack of community control over the police oversight system. The Alliance strives to change this paradigm by giving the community the power to review police misconduct and discipline officers.
Every website has a story, and your visitors want to hear yours. This space is a great opportunity to give a full background on who you are, what your team does and what your site has to offer. Double click on the text box to start editing your content and make sure to add all the relevant details you want site visitors to know.
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Director of European affairs, Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations
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Deputy Head of Policy Global Markets and Sustainable Investment, HSBC,
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Head of unit, European Commission, DG FISMA,
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At this event, Bruegel fellow Dirk Schoenmaker unveiled his last publication assessing the European Commission Action Plan for sustainable finance. Together with Sophie Barbier from Caisse des dépôts, Alain Deckers from DG FISMA of the European Commission, Edmund Lakin from HSBC Cathrine de Coninck-Lopez from Invesco and MEP Molly Scott Cato they discussed the steps needed to speed up the rise of sustainable finance.
According to Dirk Schoenmaker, there is two main issues that need to be addressed: (1) whether there is a need to have an official taxonomy to determine if an investment is sustainable or if it should be left to the market, and (2) whether sustainable finance should continue on relying on ESG rating. Indeed, the proportion of sustainable assets to total assets under management is now higher that 50% in Europe, and corporate and financial investors are more and more keen to engage in sustainable finance, mostly because they anticipate more regulation. At the level of the all economy, there is a clear need to go beyond the mere maximalisation of stakeholder’s value and to bring value for all stakeholders, including environmental and socio-economic effect of the investment. In that context, the Action Plan of the European Commission proposed, among other things, to use a taxonomy to classify the investments according to their sustainability. In practice, this approach is likely to be too administrative and vulnerable to lobbying. On the market side, ESG ratings suffer from the same ills that all agency credit ratings, therefore it is not sure that they constitute an appropriate alternative solution.
Alan Deckers reckons the desire of the European Commission to take the lead in this area, and the fact that there is no silver bullet: financial instruments, legislative and non-legislative measure have to be mobilised all together. As an example, today the Commission adopted its new strategy on climate change, and it clearly sets up that the Commission need to mobilise a wide range of instruments. He defended the taxonomy approach used by the Commission, recalling it is only one of the tools proposed by the Commission, as it has drawbacks, as demonstrated by Dirk Schoenmaker.
MEP Molly Scott Cato stated that she welcomes the involvement of private company into sustainable finance, but reckons that public money should also be mobilised. The aim is to shift the European economy towards a more sustainable way. She particularly supported the disclosure proposal, that aims to entitle the consumer to know where his money is invested. She is convinced that the disclosure of this information will shift investment towards more sustainable areas. As a conclusion, she underlined the importance of public and private cooperation to achieve results in sustainable finance.
Cathrine de Coninck-Lopez, from Invesco, commented on the ESG initiative from the Commission which she welcomes as a professional in the field of ESG investment. As investor, Invesco has developed his own internal procedures and sector level frameworks (ESG indicators) to assess whether an investment is sustainable or not. Therefore, the market in the ESG area already uses its own taxonomy. However, she explained that some proposals are not technically possible, such as the disclosure proposal.
Edmund Lakin, from HSBC, discussed the issue from the point of view of the banking sector. He agrees that an incentive-based policy is needed to shift the financial system towards more sustainability. However, this shift is a transition, and time is needed for the implementation, all the more since many various topics are included in the definition of sustainable finance, from environment to risk-management processes.
Finally, Sophie Barbier tackled the issue from a different point of view: she underlined the fact that sustainable finance is linked to long-term investment. For instance, CDC has developed ESG methods because they were engaged in long-term investment. Institutional investors are thus key players that can be the drivers of the shift towards a more sustainable finance.
Event notes by Antoine Mathieu Collin

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Otelo Burning is a coming-of-age film set in mid-80s SA, about a group of young township kids who discover the joy of surfing.
The film has already bagged a number of awards, including Golden Owl for Best Movie by the Audience at the CineramaBC International Film Festival in Brazil, Best South African Feature Film award at the fifth Cape Winelands Film Festival and Best Achievement in Cinematography at the Africa Movie Academy Awards in Nigeria.
Watch our video interview with Otelo Burning cast members Jafta Mamabolo (Otelo) and Nolwazi Shange (Dezi) for more about the movie.
Otelo Burning was shot in Durban and is directed by Sara Blecher (Surfing Soweto). Otelo Burning opens nationwide on 11 May 2012.
Free Otelo Burning mixtape
The film also features an impressive soundtrack from exciting South African artists. A mixtape of music both from the film and inspired by its mood and themes is available for free download on www.oteloburning.com. The mixtape is compiled and produced by Tumi Molekane, MC, poet and lead singer of the well known hip-hop band Tumi and the Volume. The selection features songs from Tumi and the Volume, as well as exciting artists like Zaki Ibrahim, Reason, The Fridge, Bhubesii's Take Away and Samthing Soweto.


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Improved Long Green Cucumbers are a very productive variety of white spined cucumbers. The 18-20 cm (7-8") long green cucumbers are tender, crisp, and delicious. This variety is best when eaten fresh or sliced in salads.
- SKU: 140114
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Website design for string quartet group, promoting their services to potential clients
Southdene Strings is a collection of classical string musicians, playing events for hire across the UK, either as a duo or quartet. Their old site was somewhat dated and didn’t show off the collective in the high end, contemporary way their positioning in the industry commands.
We had somewhat of a clean canvas to work with here, with the styling we came up with on the site to be used across any other output from Southdene. Alongside the design from Elbowroom Graphics, there was new photography commissioned in conjunction with this.
The site allows customers to find out all the necessary information they might need on Southdene, as well as listen to samples or make a booking.

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Based on the development of thermal metamaterials, numerous novel heat devices were reported to realize the continuously increasing demands in the field of thermal management. In this paper, we proposed an efficient optimization method for the design of illusion thermal device which can provide an artificial signal of heat source for devices to conceal the real ones. The key for the reported optimization method is a model of heat flux manipulation formulated according to the topology optimization. With the formulated model, we realize the design of illusion thermal devices in a typical condition. Besides, a kind of double-layer device are proposed to realize more flexible location camouflage of heat source. Compared with the traditional methods, the new design method is suited for more flexible shapes and distances of artificial heat sources, and has a better adaptability in the broad field of heat flux manipulation.


If you’re spending time on Twitter, or reading about NFTs selling for millions at Sothebys, or peeping crypto jobs at Stripe, or watching El Salvador adopt bitcoin, you might think crypto is mainstream. It’s done. It’s over.
But it's not. We're early. So early in fact, that if crypto adoption were mapped to the history of internet usage, we'd be in the mid-90s.
Even though crypto should theoretically bring forward the rise of transparency, for several reasons, calculating crypto adoption isn’t straight forward. What’s even more difficult is predicting how big crypto can ultimately be. My framework for estimating adoption uses two vectors:
- Breadth: number of unique crypto users
- Depth: enterprise value per user created from leveraging cryptonetworks
Let’s go into each.
It’s hard to measure unique crypto users. You can’t just sum all unique wallets because users can have multiple wallets and live on multiple exchanges. Identity verification still only exists at the point of a fiat on-ramp. Crypto.com released a report in July 2021 estimating a total of 221 million crypto users globally. Triple-A claims there are 300 million users. Coinbase alone has close to 70 million verified users.
Let’s use Crypto.com’s 221 million number. That might sound like a lot of crypto users, but with a global population of 7.9 billion people, crypto penetration is only 2.8% on a pure capita basis. When compared to global internet penetration, crypto is in 1998. Let’s use US adoption as a second data point. According to NORC, 13% of the US purchased or traded cryptocurrencies in the last year. Once again, if we compare that penetration number to US internet adoption, crypto is in 1996.
The technology adoption life cycle framework is an extension of the diffusion process model originally created by Joe M. Bohlen, George M. Beal and Everett M. Rogers in 1957. The framework has evolved over the last 60 years, but has five different buckets of adopters (language from Rogers’ Diffusions of Innovations, 1962):
- Innovators (2.5%)
- Early Adopters (13.5%)
- Early Majority (34%)
- Late Majority (34%)
- Laggards (16%)
If we apply crypto to the Rogers’ adoption framework, we see that crypto has now passed the “innovator” phase globally and is in the “early adopter” phase in the US. In and of itself, entering the “early adopter” phase represents a significant milestone.
However, counting unique users that own crypto drastically underestimates true adoption. As we all know, there are two components that drive token value:
- Utility (you actually want to use it)
- Speculation (you think someone will pay more for it in the future)
In reality, the vast majority of the 221 million users have either been dormant or have only interacted with crypto to trade (speculation). The latter is especially true in a bull market. While defi, NFTs, and play-to-earn games are expanding crypto’s reach with utility, my guess is utility use cases account for less than 10% of crypto user adoption. While price speculation could be a feature-not-a-bug for customer acquisition, my sense is that we’re still in the innovator’s phase from a utility perspective and unique users can comfortably grow 15-20x over the next 10 years.
Most people assume that cryptonetworks will grow to be as large as traditional tech or cryptonetworks will be valued similarly to traditional tech companies. Both of these assumptions are incorrect.
Let’s use global crypto market cap as a benchmark for depth or, in other words, how valuable all cryptonetworks can be. In the current bull market, crypto’s market cap is $2.53T, which is slightly above Apple’s market cap of $2.46T. In total, the top 500 tech companies today are worth $25T.
There is line of sight to a 10x if you assume that crypto’s total future value will be equal to the current tech ecosystem. This is understated for two reasons:
- We are in a bull market where our adoption proxy is inflated because of speculation
- We are falsely assuming cryptonetworks are valued on the same multiples basis as traditional tech companies. In reality, crypto’s depth can be far bigger. Interoperability between protocols and bit-to-bit communication will increase the velocity of tokens allowing far deeper productivity - and thus value per participant
M13 recently outlined this concept in their post Crypto and the Consumer Road Ahead. M13 builds on top of Joel Monegro’s Fat Protocol post to show that cryptonetworks allow both the protocol layer and the app layer to be investable. Instead of a “thin” app layer, we will see the emergence of “fat” protocols and “fat” apps - drastically increasing the multiple of the sector.
How big can web3 get? M13 goes on to compare web1 to web2 in order to estimate the size of web3:
The overall size of Web 2.0 materially surpassed that of Web 1.0, and we believe Web 3.0 will surpass the size of Web 2.0. We have used the Nasdaq-100 index as a barometer for the current Web 2.0 market cap (this grossly understates the true global size as the index focuses on public, U.S.-based equities). Today, this index is seven times larger than the aggregate market cap of the 280 companies listed in the Bloomberg U.S. Internet Index in 2000, which we can use as a gauge for Web 1.0’s peak market size. We expect a greater pattern to occur with Web 3.0 surpassing Web 2.0 given that these networks are tokenized and measurable.
We can see from the scale of web1, that crypto’s current market cap is the late 1990’s, aligning with the breadth benchmark outlined above.
How much more growth is there?
A lot. Layering both breadth and depth on top of one another, crypto will grow 100-150x over the next 10 years. There are massive tailwinds behind the teams building in the space, much like the internet in the 90s or mobile in the 2000s. In crypto, those tailwinds have historically been marked by boom and bust cycles, but will be moderated over time as adoption and capital stabilizes. The next time you think that crypto is fully saturated, just remember that it is very, very early.
Keep in mind that this piece is not advice for you to sell everything and buy tokens. This is a reminder about how truly early development and adoption is in crypto and how exciting it is to be entering into the early adopter phase. Crypto prices have always been cyclical - given speculation, bull markets overstate development and bear markets understate development.
I’m excited about crypto’s path forward and dedicate the majority of my time to the space. I’m looking to connect with those who are meditating on the space and leveraging crypto to build the next fundamental products. A post wouldn’t be complete without me plugging myself.
1. I am a personal holder of BTC, ETH and other tokens which aren’t relevant for this post. Canaan Partners is an investor in Rally, Forte, Paxos, Skale Labs, y.at, and Commonwealth. This is not financial advice.
2. Thoughts condensed through conversations with Latif Peracha at M13, Eric Ong at Lightbank, and my colleagues Jared Newman and Brendan Dickinson. Special thanks to John Necef for editing.