Bremerhaven, 27 November 2012. For the first time the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has today published a Report on the status of the global permafrost regions. In it an international team of experts clearly explains how climate change is impacting the permanently frozen soils in the Arctic, Siberia and in the high mountain regions, which potential hazards emanate from the thawing ground and the far-reaching consequences countries with permafrost must consider. The researchers also call upon politicians and climate scientists to include the knowledge about the change in the permafrost regions to a greater extent in the international climate debate. “The Report shows that in future the change in the permafrost will present a very great challenge to society“, says co-author and permafrost expert Dr. Hugues Lantuit from the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association.
In the almost 40 page Report presented by the UNEP today on the periphery of the International Climate Conference in Doha, Qatar, the authors give three recommendations on how more precise forecasts about environmentally relevant, social and economic consequences of the permafrost retreat can be made. “Whilst there is an international network of measurement stations, these must be further developed and the methods standardised. Measuring the permafrost temperature and the depth of the active layer should become a fixed component of weather measurement in the countries with permafrost, says Hugues Lantuit. Not only scientists but also governments are called upon here to invest in the development and operation of national stations to enable researchers to obtain informative and comprehensive data about the state of the permafrost soil in future.
Hugues Lantuit and his team at the Alfred Wegener Institute are currently working on a database which in a few months will provide information on the ground temperature and the depth of the “active layer” for permafrost regions around the globe for the first time. At the click of a mouse, scientists will then be able to call up all available permafrost temperature data, use it for climate model calculations or draw up current permafrost maps on the basis of the data.
The second recommendation of the new UNEP Report is geared to climate science. “Many climate models do not yet currently take the so-called permafrost feedback effects into consideration. This is why we recommend to the International Panel on Climate Change IPCC, together with the International Permafrost Association, that a special appraisal be prepared on the influence of the thawing permafrost soils on the global climate “, says Hugues Lantuit.
The soils in the Arctic, Siberia and in high mountain regions such as the Zugspitze, which are frozen down up to a depth of 1500 metres, belong to the largest carbon stores on Earth. According to estimates, they contain about twice as much carbon as is currently in the atmosphere. If this permafrost of ice and earth now starts to thaw, a process is set into motion which is also known to gardeners with their own compost heaps. Bacteria and micro-organisms start to break down a large part of the animal and plant matter contained in the soil, thereby converting their organic-bound carbon into methane and carbon dioxide. Both are greenhouse gases which intensify global warming and further the thawing of the remaining permafrost in in this way. Scientists describe this self-sustaining process as the permafrost feedback effect.
So far it has only been possible to estimate the extent of this feedback effect. One thing is certain, however, no one should underestimate it: “The significance of the permafrost for the global climate and the life of people in the Arctic and the mountains have been neglected for far too long. The time has now come for the political decision-makers to also address this problem and take it seriously“, says Hugues Lantuit.
The third recommendation of the new UNEP Report is therefore aimed at the development of specific adaptation strategies. “States such as Russia, Canada, China or the USA with large permafrost areas should start to estimate and record possible risks, damage and costs of a large-scale thawing process“, explains Hugues Lantuit. According to the Report there have so far been only a handful of studies dealing with the resultant costs and it could be seen even now that in future the amount of damage to houses, roads, water pipes and other infrastructure will rise distinctly.
Hugues Lantuit also attaches personal wishes to the new UNEP Report. “Firstly, I hope that this Report will be read by many decision makers in politics, industry and the scientific world. Secondly, it should be the start of regular reporting“, says the scientist at the Alfred Wegener Institute. The subject of permafrost was far too important to inform the broad public only once in such a comprehensive and understandable manner, according to the member of the Executive Committee of the International Permafrost Association (IPA).
The UNEP Report, entitled Policy Implications of Warming Permafrost, has been written by Kevin Schaefer, Hugues Lantuit, Vladimir E. Romanovsky and Edward A. G. Schuur and is available here for download in English after publication on 27 November 2012. .
The Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association (AWI) is one of the leading permafrost research establishments in the world. Its scientists research the permanently frozen soils in Alaska, North Canada, Spitsbergen and in North Siberia, amongst other areas. The AWI coordinates the EU Permafrost Research Project PAGE21 (www.page21.org) and is also the base for the International Permafrost Association (IPA).
Information for editors:
Authors of the UNEP Report “Policy Implications of Warming Permafrost“ are:
Kevin Schaefer (University of Colorado, Boulder, USA), Hugues Lantuit (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association, Research Unit Potsdam), Vladimir E. Romanovsky (University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, USA) and Edward A. G. Schuur (University of Florida, Gainesville, USA).
Further printable photos, diagrams and map material are available here.http://bit.ly/Uewu7o
Your scientific contact partner at the Alfred Wegener Institute is Dr. Hugues Lantuit (Tel: 0331-288-2216, Email: Hugues.Lantuit(at)awi.de). Sina Löschke in the Communication and Media Department (Tel: 0471-4831-2008; Email: medien(at)awi.de) is at your disposal for further questions.
Contact partners at UNEP are:
Shereen Zorba, Head, UNEP News Desk, +254 788 526 000, shereen.zorba(at)unep.org
Michael Logan, UNEP Public Information Officer, +254 20 762 5211 / +254 725 939 620, michael.logan(at)unep.org
UNEP Newsdesk (Nairobi), +254 20 762 3088 / +254 207625211, unepnewsdesk(at)unep.org
The Alfred Wegener Institute conducts research in the Arctic and Antarctic and in the high and mid-latitude oceans. The Institute coordinates German polar research and provides important infrastructure such as the research icebreaker Polarstern and stations in the Arctic and Antarctic to the international scientific world. The Alfred Wegener Institute is one of the 18 research centres of the Helmholtz Association, the largest scientific organisation in Germany.


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About the Nordic EV Summit
We are excited to welcome participants from all over the world to attend the 4th annual Nordic EV Summit and Expo of Electric Vehicles during April 23-24 in Oslo, Norway. Key figures from 2019, our biggest event to date:
■ 1000 participants
■ 50 sponsors
■ 80 speakers
■ 40 different countries represented
See our 2020 speakers here.
About the organisers
The event is co-hosted by four partners:
■ The Norwegian EV Association, organising over 75,000 members.
■ Teknisk Ukeblad Media, the leading Norwegian Technology Publisher.
■ Nordic Energy Research, a cooperative energy research and policy development platform, funding R&D to promote sustainable future.
■ SAMS Norway, a business cluster developing systems for sustainable autonomous mobility – for land, air as well as sea.
About the Norwegian EV Market
When choosing this conference, you also get to visit a truly unique EV nation:
■ The first quarter of 2019 more than half of the passenger car market in Norway was fully electric.
■ Norway has more than 250 000 fully electric vehicles, in a country of 5,2 million people.
■ Norway’s goal is to only sell zero emission automobiles by 2025.

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‘Moravian Glory’: Celebrating Czech heritage, from the American South
Monika Vintrlíková is the Honorary Consul of the Czech Republic in Atlanta, where her family moved a decade ago to open a subsidiary of their manufacturing business. Part of that honorary position entails working to develop trade, economic and cultural ties – her favourite aspect of it – between Georgia and her homeland. Working to bring the Czech expat and Czech-American communities together and celebrating the folklore and heritage of her own region “all came together” in the form of the foundation Moravian Glory (Moravská krása).
“In 2011, we decided to open a subsidiary of our family business in Georgia to follow our biggest customer to the United States. So, we moved my family to the U.S. and have lived there since then (laughs). This is a very short version of the story, of course. It was not as easy as it sounds.
“So, we’ve lived in Georgia for eleven years. And I became Honorary Consul last October, so my connection to the Czech Republic became even stronger. Ever since we arrived in Georgia, we’ve tried to promote Czech and Moravian culture – not only for Czech-Americans but for Americans.
“All of this came together in establishing the Moravian Glory foundation. So this is my life now – my family, the business, the Honorary Consulate, and of course the foundation.”
And when you arrived in Atlanta, was there much of a Czech community that you could tap into? For example, Czech churches or groups…
“We don’t have any Czech churches, but the Czech community is fairly large. There are an estimated 2,000 people of Czech descent and expats. They are all over Georgia and of course mainly in Metro Atlanta. About when we moved to Georgia, a Czech & Slovak school that meets on Saturdays was established, and life kind of started to revolve around that.
“The Honorary Consulate and school brought people together, and I think that’s still pretty much valid still because we organise different events, for example Czech That Film festivals with the Czech Centres, and many others to bring children together.”
And how did the idea come to establish Moravian Glory?
“It was a pretty natural process because my husband and I were supporting the Czech school from the beginning and closely working with George Novak, who was my predecessor as honorary consul in Atlanta, and always tried to bring interesting people and events to Atlanta to promote Czech and Moravian culture, and on the other hand keep the community together and offer them something from home.
“So, I started to work with people here in South Moravia, and bring their programs to Atlanta and later on to other destinations, for example Cedar Rapids (Iowa), where we have the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library. So, the cooperation was very natural.”
And you are a proud Moravian, I imagine, and have deep ties to the region?
“Exactly. And I wanted to bring events for my children as well – I have two teenage daughters and didn’t want them to forget where they come from. So, yes, we’re a very proud Moravian family.
From your website, I’ve seen a few of the project that you’ve done. One was ‘Landscape of Memory’ with the photographer Honza Sakař. Could you tell us a bit about that and how it came about?
“This is a project we’ve been working on with Honza Sakař since the beginning of the year. We approached him because we like the historical technique that he’s using taking pictures on a metal sheet thanks to collodion, which is kind of like a chemistry lab for him. We wanted him to come to Moravia and take pictures with this technique not only of the landscape but also of people who live here and care for the region, have accomplished something important.
“So, for example, we photographed the Lednice Castle manager, Ivana Holásková, who has worked there for decades. Through hard work, she made Lednice Castle what it is today. So, that’s what it’s about. He finished at the end of July, and we will present the exhibition in Břeclav in October. We hope to also bring it to the United States and show it to Czech-Americans, starting with Cedar Rapids again.”
So, in these photos, using this very old camera technique (collodion), do you also recreate historical scenes, have people in period dress or anything like that?
“Not really. We really want to capture the current look of South Moravia. We try to capture personalities in the environment that they helped create. Ms Holásková’s portrait for example is taken together with the castle. So, we try to capture them showing the trade they are good at – for example, a lady who paint folklore ornaments.”
One of the other big projects you have going now is the Grandma Remembers (Babinko vzpomínaj). This focuses on you own grandmother?
“It’s actually my great-grandmother, Maryška or Marie. The story behind it is that she was very special in that she lived 90 years in the same house [in Charvátská Nová Ves], so pretty much the whole 20th century. We wanted to capture that – what life looked like during these decades. We present her growing up – her childhood, youth, and of course old age.
“We also show the different customs and traditions during different seasons, so spring, summer, fall and winter. So, going through the exhibition, you get to know what life was like in a Czech or Moravian village in the 20th century. Why my great-grandmother – because the fact she always lived in the same place kind of made the story.”
Was this a house that you spent time in yourself as a child?
“My grandmother was born there, and I spent some time there as a girl visiting my great-grandmother. The house is still standing but not in very good shape. Nobody lived there for the past decade, but we were fortunate to be able to buy the house from other family members, and now the [Moravian Glory] foundation wants to reconstruct and preserve it, and have a goal to make a museum there.”
And I read on your website that you are also looking to buy, borrow or be gifted all kind of period objects – furniture, photographs…
“Exactly. We want to make the museum very authentic and show the visitors what life looked like on a village farm – and the life of a farmer was very hard, obviously. We want to show it to our children who live today a fairly easy life.
“It should be very educational, and will try to make it interactive – which we already tried with the travelling exhibition that we sent to Cedar Rapids. We made QR codes with rhymes for people who would like to hear old Czech. You know, it’s our way to promote Moravia.”
Another project is the modrotisk or blueprint technique [a UNESCO-listed tradition]. Is that something you’re into – tradition block printing?
“It’s more a tradition or project of one of my friends, Dáša Benešová, who studied has studied blueprint for the past 10 or so years. This was the sixth year she’s organised a workshop, which in the past would have been more for a group of friends who were interested to learn the technique and maybe print their own dresses.
“This was the first year we did it in cooperation with the foundation also for the public. It’s a very old technique and something we want to promote and make available to more people.”
Is there anything I haven’t asked you about related to Moravian Glory or specific projects that you’d like to highlight?
“I’d like to highlight that we try to make our projects available to Czech-Americans and we want to find more groups and organisations in the U.S. who would like to work with us in promoting the projects.
“So, like the travelling exhibition at the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library in Cedar Rapids will be displayed there until September 6, and we’d like to send it to other locations so that people can see the stories and support Czech folklore, Moravian culture ornament painting and all that we try to support.”

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Date of Graduation
Doctor of Philosophy in History (PhD)
Patrick G. Williams
Second Committee Member
Patrick G. Williams
Philosophy, religion and theology, Social sciences, American indian history, American religious history, Communication, Ghost dance, Native american history, Pan-indian
During the 1880s, western Native Americans created networks of communication threaded together through postal correspondence and intertribal visitation among reservations. Through this network native groups cultivated intertribal relationships and exchanged ideas despite attempts by the United States government to separate, contain, and Americanize them. Frequent visits to other reservations, often over long distances, gave men and women a chance to share news and information, exchange religious and cultural traditions, and forge new intertribal bonds. Many Indians also used letter-writing to communicate with the world outside of their reserves in ways unanticipated by government policy makers. Thousands of Native Americans learned to read and write during the 1880s and then used this literacy, meant as a tool of assimilation, to strengthen their own cultures, preserve a measure of sovereignty, and express their thoughts outside of white control.
In 1889 and 1890 these intertribal connections facilitated the spread of the ghost dance, a Native American religious movement, among dozens of tribes scattered across 800,000 square miles. Visitations and correspondence brought news of the dance out of the Great Basin, through the Rocky Mountains, and into northern and southern plains reservations. Tribes sent investigators, often on railroads, to determine the truth, and some proponents of the movement wrote or traveled to spread the news. Others wrote simply to inform their friends or relatives of what they knew about it all. Government officials tried to slow the dissemination of the movement by tightening visitation, arresting those traveling without permission, and eventually by censoring the mail, but communications and the spread of the movement continued. Following the massacre of Lakotas at Wounded Knee, communication among tribes continued, partly as a continuing effort to assess the ghost dance and partly to evaluate Indians’ place in the new arrangement of power.
By examining in detail these emerging systems of communication and exchange, this dissertation reveals the beginnings of a Pan-Indian sense of common concerns as well as the shrewd use of both government programs, notably education, and the mechanisms of modernization, notably the railroads and postal system, to protect and preserve basic elements of traditional life.
Gage, J. R. (2015). Intertribal Communication, Literacy, and the Spread of the Ghost Dance. Graduate Theses and Dissertations Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd/1418

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According to new analysis by PwC, 5G technology could be a major benefit the UK economy as it looks to find its feet in the post-Brexit world. With the nation still reeling from the coronavirus and a deep recession, it could see a boost of £43 billion to gross domestic product by 2030 thanks to the application of the new technology.
The global pandemic has led to what could be a “significant delay” in 5G technology’s roll out. Even short-term delays in 5G could see operators having to reallocate some of the money earmarked for its roll out to other areas in the interim – further delaying its deployment. However, this could be further stifling the economic recovery, as companies of all shapes and sizes are now relying on new technologies to boost their opportunities in the coming years.
New research from Big Four professional services firm PwC has found that productivity and efficiency gains enabled by the roll out of 5G technology will drive business, skills and service change worth billions in the coming years. As 5G offers the potential to rethink business models, skills, products and services, with the gains accelerating from 2025, and as 5G enabled applications and devices become more widespread, the researchers believe it could see UK GDP receive a £43 billion shot in the arm by 2030.
Commenting on the findings, Rolf Meakin, Technology, Media and Telecoms (TMT) Partner at PwC, said, “5G will have a profound effect on the UK economy in the second half of the decade and can play an important role in building back the economy after the coronavirus pandemic. The technology has significant potential to improve productivity and create new customer and employee experiences in combination with other emerging technologies including AI, virtual and augmented reality and edge computing.”
According to Meakin, every single sector PwC examined stood to benefit from the advances of 5G – something which should therefore make its deployment a high priority to both businesses and the government as an enabler of economic growth, and competitiveness. For example, while some of the biggest impacts of 5G might be years away, in the medium term, 5G networks and applications could already contribute to the achievement of sustainability targets through enabling more efficient networks, and flexible resource use.
This early potential for efficiency and boosted resource management is one of the key reasons why the UK’s healthcare sector has the highest potential to benefit from 5G technology. According to the PwC report, the technology is already earmarked to improve efficiencies and productivity in hospitals by improving the utilisation of medical devices and patient beds, enhancing the functionality of telemedicine and enabling the application of AI to a range of sensor data for preventative care, remote diagnosis and more seamless patient handovers. Ultimately, this could boost the healthcare sector by £15 billion over the remainder of the decade.
At the same time, as consumer retail and media companies struggle to make ends meet due to pressures on consumer spending and digital disruption, players in those segments will have the opportunity to use the technology to capture and enhance consumer interactions. From a retail perspective this will mean more targeted and tailored marketing campaigns as well as the incorporation of augmented and virtual reality to boost shopping experiences – while for media firms, they will be able to offer immersive gaming experiences online, as well as faster and more interactive access to online streaming content.
While technically financial services providers were lowest on PwC’s list of beneficiaries meanwhile, £3.1 billion in GDP is not to be sniffed at, following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU which many fear has left the British financial sector isolated. As banks turn to digital products to meet the needs of their clients, 5G will help to facilitate advances in security such as using facial recognition to verify customers when withdrawing funds – helping to reduce losses from fraud.
Wilson Chow, PwC’s Global Leader, for Technology, Media and Telecoms, remarked, “5G is more than mobile connectivity. It puts a new lens on advancing productivity and rethinking entire business models for the future. Given the scale of potential and its impacts, every organisation will need a plan for 5G’s implementation within five years across technology and business strategies to maximise opportunities and prepare for how they integrate their technology and business strategies, and engage with customers, supply chain and regulators.”
In order to realise such potential, however, the UK may need to improve its efforts at rolling out the technology. Recent research from Analysys Mason found that when it comes to existing 5G coverage, the UK lags behind global leaders in Asia and is in the middle of the pack compared to neighbouring European economies. To rectify this, researchers suggested that the UK needs to provide targeted public funding where it can truly make a difference. For example, according to the study, just £800 million in public funds could deliver economic benefits worth over £2.5 billion, if invested in innovative 5G use cases including fixed wireless access, smart automotive and healthcare.
— to www.consultancy.uk

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Boyancy test of a T-39.
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T39 light tractor
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Greek singer and musician Agathonas Iakovidis, who sang and performed the baglama on Greece’s fan favorite Eurovision 2013 entry “Alcohol is Free” alongside Greek rock band Koza Mostra, passed away this morning of a heart attack at the age of 65.
Though not known to have had any health conditions – indeed, his Facebook profile showed that he has been active all summer playing both indoor concerts and concerts outside of Greek hospitals in honor of Greek medical professionals dealing with COVID-19 – Iakovidis was found unresponsive this morning.
Before Eurovision 2013, Iakovidis, born Evangelismos Langadas in Thessaloniki in 1955, had become a master of Greek traditional instruments. By 1973, Iakovidis had become proficient in guitar, the oud, the mandolin, the baglama and the mandola.
During the 1970s, the Greek folk genre of rebetiko took off in popularity, with Iakovidis being one of its most well known artists as frontman of the Rebetiko Band of Thessaloniki. Iakovidis’s sound in particular was influenced by the music of emigres of Asia Minor (currently Turkey), from where Iakovidis’s parents hailed.
Iakovidis was regularly sought after by Greek pop artists during the 1980s through 2000s looking to add Greek instrumental flair to Western pop or dance, and in 2013, Koza Mostra collaborated with him on the song “Alcohol is Free.”
A nominally happy go lucky up tempo Greek folk rock fist pumper, “Alcohol is Free” is famous for its dark undertone acknowledging the 2008 Financial Crisis, which had hit Greece particularly hard and who were going through a severe economic depression at the time of Eurovision 2013.
“Alcohol is Free” is one of those perfect Eurovision entries that is both particular to a particular region in its sound and lyrics, yet universal in its theme for people beyond Greece to embrace it. Though it came in 6th at Eurovision 2013, it will be an entry that fans of the contest will cherish for years to come.
And we at ESC United send our thoughts and prayers to Iakovidis’s friends and families at this difficult time.
Do #YOU have an Iakovidis song or memory beyond “Alcohol is Free” that you’d like to share? How did #YOU feel about “Alcohol is Free”? Let us know in the comments below, on social media, or in our forum.

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Introduction -if you already know about MD simulations, move on to the next title
Molecular dynamics simulations (MD for short) is a series of computational methods to simulate the behavior of matter at a given scale. The most relevant type of MD simulation for this story is that where a molecular system is described by all its atoms, taking each atom as a sphere connected with springs to other atoms and experiencing various kinds of interactions with all other atoms of the system. For simulations of proteins, the “molecular system” is most likely a protein surrounded by water, but it can also include other molecule such as nucleic acids, drugs that bind the protein, even pieces of biological membranes or membrane mimics.
Summarizing what could be a whole physics course in itself, in MD simulations the positions of the atoms are evolved over time following a potential (“forcefield”) that determines the strengths and equilibrium positions of all possible interactions, under the shaking of a temperature bath and a given pressure. This evolution of the atoms’ positions produces a kind of movie, called trajectory, that hopefully represents the real kinds of motions that the molecular system can experience.
The trajectory, or movie of the molecular motions, builds up very slowly, because at each timepoint the program needs to compute the forces on all the atoms and then propagate them over time, but since some forces are quite strong then the time interval (“time step”) during which the motion is integrated is very, very small. To put some numbers, the time step is typically in the order of 1–2 femtoseconds (1E–15 s) but we are interested in motions that happen in nanoseconds, microseconds and even milliseconds timescales. This means that we need to integrate the steps (i.e. calculate forces and propagate the atoms’ positions accordingly) millions to billions of times.
As you can imagine then, MD simulations run faster and faster as more powerful processors come out over the years, yet today normal MD simulations with all-atom description reach at most around 10–100 microseconds. Already for around 10 years, GPUs provide most of the computer power used to run these MD simulations. Although it’s not extremely difficult to run them, at least not in a research setting, it is good that this team of researchers from California developed a Colab Notebook to run MD simulations on Google’s GPUs, because in many underdeveloped countries one GPU…
Continue reading: https://towardsdatascience.com/new-preprint-describes-google-colab-notebook-to-efficiently-run-molecular-dynamics-simulations-of-9b317f0e428c?source=rss—-7f60cf5620c9—4


Liftmaster SL3000 High Traffic Commercial Slide Gate Operator
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Four New Spring 2019 U.S. Workshops!
As the calendar prepares to turn to 2019, I’m looking to travel and photograph as much as possible. That means checking the calendar and listening to feedback from YOU and offering more chances to attend workshops that generally fill up quickly. I invite you to join me for four newly posted U.S. workshops!
Follow the links below to learn more about each workshop. Sign up today to reserve your spot. Early birds can register before December 1st for a 200$ Discount!
April 25 – 28, 2019
Olympic Peninsula Workshop with Art Wolfe
May 1 – 5, 2019
Moab, Utah Workshop with Art Wolfe
May 8 – 12, 2019
Appalachia Photography Retreat
May 15 – 19, 2019
Abstract Astoria Photography Retreat

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text: Rigrodsky & Long, P.A. announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of the purchasers of the American Depository Shares (“ADSs”) of Veolia Environnement (“Veolia” or the “Company”) (NYSE: VE), during the period April 27, 2007 through August 4, 2011, inclusive (the “Class Period”), alleging violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Complaint”). Click here to learn more: http://investigations.rigrodskylong.com/veolia-environnement-sa-ve/. The complaint charges Veolia and certain of its officers and directors with violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Veolia, together with its subsidiaries, provides environmental management services to individuals, public authorities, and industrial and commercial services customers worldwide. The Complaint alleges, that throughout the Class Period, Veolia issued false and misleading financial statements that were not prepared in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”). Specifically, it is alleged that the Company failed to timely record impairments to its goodwill and improperly overstated the operating results for its Marine Services business during the Class Period. Indeed, the Company admitted that its previous financial reports for fiscal years 2007-2010 were materially false and misleading and, because of fraud in its Marine Services business, overstated by at least €90 million. In addition, Veolia failed to timely record an impairment charge for its Transport business unit in Morocco, its Environmental Services business in Egypt, and its Marine Services business in the United States and in Southern Europe. Veolia’s revenues were also being hampered by the renewal of some of its major concession contracts. The foregoing shows that Veolia lacked adequate internal controls, and therefore defendants were unable to ascertain the Company’s true value, and that defendants lacked a reasonable basis for their positive statements about Veolia and its business prospects.


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Anushka Shetty is one of the most sought after actresses in South Indian cinema. The Bangalore beauty, who is waiting for release of Nagarjuna's Damarukam, is turning 31 tomorrow (November 7). It was recently reported that she would star in another Telugu movie titled Rudrama Devi. Now, Gunasekhar the director of the film has unleashed her first look in it as a birthday gift for her.
Rudrama Devi is historical movie, which will showcase the efforts and tribulations of Rani Rudrama Devi, who was one of the most prominent rulers of the Kakatiya dynasty on the Deccan Plateau. Anushka Shetty, who has earlier rocked the viewers as Arundathi, is playing Rudrama in this female centric film. Its posters have created a lot of curiosity among the movie buffs, who are now eager to watch the trailer of the film.
However, Rudrama Devi is going to be the highest budget movie in the career of Anushka Shetty. Its first look carry a line that reads, "India's first historical stereoscopic 3D film." It is said to be a dream project for Gunasekhar, who has planned to use the prevailing hi-technology to make in a big hit. Maestro Ilayaraja will compose music for this bilingual film, which will be simultaneously made in Telugu and Tamil. Art director Thota Tharani is likely to be roped in for creating lavish sets.
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In his novella "Bartleby, the Scrivener", widely considered one of the finest works of American literature, Herman Melville tells a story of a lawyer who hires the "incurably forlorn" Bartleby as a clerk in his small firm. Silent and enigmatic, Bartleby performs well at first. One day, however, when requested by his employer to assist with some routine proofreading, he declines, using his famous phrase...
"I would prefer not to."
"It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation."


The M3 is the performance variant of the popular BMW 3-series family that has been featured in every generation since 1986. Typically, each M3 differs by having a unique engine, uprated suspension and brakes, and lightweight, aerodynamic body panels, such as splitters, aprons, trunk lids, and flared wheel arches to reduce drag and aid downforce.
Each era of the M3 represents a new approach to producing a thrilling sports sedan, with thoughtful design stemming from an unmatched dominance in motorsport; the M3 is a pure driving machine. Ever since the first M3 in 1986, the M-model has appealed to rear-wheel drive enthusiasts seeking performance without having to sacrifice too many comforts.
Over six generations of development and the M3 has changed wildly from its humble beginnings as a feisty little coupe with less than 200 horsepower to a state-of-the-art sports sedan with 500 horsepower and the ability to still comfortably carry several passengers.
Birth of the M3
The M3 started out life as a homologation special in 1984, developed by BMW’s in-house motorsport division, BMW M GmbH, as a means to enter the touring car and endurance racing series. At the time, BMW wanted to enter the German touring series, the DTM. In order to satisfy the regulations, they were ordered to produce 5,000 roadgoing cars – and so the E30 M3 was born.
The car was boxy, lightweight, and relatively basic compared with traditional road-going coupes. There was no certainty whether the road-going models would be well-received, but as a means to race, production went ahead.
In racing, the E30 M3 was a phenomenal success and beat the likes of Audi, Mercedes-Benz, Ford, and Volvo to claim the most victories for any road-based race car ever, with over 1,400 wins in various global championships. The E30 M3 was produced in relatively low numbers, and considering the racing pedigree attached to this first-generation car, prices for the E30 M3 commonly surpass $100k at auctions.
The inline-6 era
The second generation of the BMW M3, the E36, arrived in 1992 and featured a 3.0l S50 inline-6 engine with a beautiful exhaust note. The car was capable around the track, and 0-62mph was achieved in an impressive 5.5 seconds. The E36 was revered for its smooth engine and responsive handling, although the visuals were not to everyone’s fancy.
The E36 M3 was produced in much greater numbers than the M3, yet it took years for the U.S. to receive 3.2l engine options that gave them access to the ‘full-power’ Europe had their hands-on from the beginning.
The E36 was the first M3 to be produced as a sedan, with convertible models also available. The E36 has a high-revving engine and is relatively light, with decent performance for a car of its time, and remains the most affordable used M3 in the family.
The best M3 of all time?
The E46 M3 was a significant release for BMW and showed off the very best inline-6 mastery seen yet from BMW. The engine was a 3.2l S54 inline-6 engine producing 338 hp and 269 lb/ft of torque. The engine was the final variant of the S50 engine and featured an unmistakable, metallic exhaust note.
The handling was direct and agile, and the E46 was a stunning car to admire from every angle. 50:50 weight distribution and a stiff chassis meant the E46 handled corners without oversteering or understeer.
The limited-edition E46 CSL featured a host of carbon parts, including a roof, front splitter, and rear diffuser that helped reduce weight by more than 100kg and boasted an extra ten horsepower over the standard M3.
The SMG-II transmission was a transmission option available and used F1-style paddles on the steering column, allowing the driver to make rapid gearshifts. However, due to low-speed operational issues and drivers reporting clunky gear changes, the 6-speed manual became the more sought-after choice.
The only V8 M3
The E90/E92 M3 debuted in 2007 and is the first and only standard M3 in the family powered by a V8 engine. The 4.0l S65 engine found in the E92 is a masterful piece of engineering and a real treat for the ears. The high-revving engine produces a whopping 414 horsepower at 8,300rpm and packs 295ft/lb of torque at 3,900rpm, making it a worthy track-day contender and popular novice race car platform.
This fourth-generation M3 is available as a sedan, coupe, or convertible with the choice of a 6-speed manual or 7-speed Getrag “M-DCT” dual-clutch transmission that helps propel the E92 from 0-60mph in just 4.6 seconds.
The E92 is hailed by many as the greatest M3 that BMW ever made, packing a truckload of power, sleek, sexy looks, and a plush interior full of trick features. Technology played a larger part in the construction of this car, so a good history of periodic maintenance is vital.
2022 BMW M3
The M3 has been seen in many guises throughout its history, and now for the first time, a touring model is on the horizon. The 2022 M3 is the sixth generation in the legendary M3 lineage, and while it might be uncomfortable for some to see the M3 as a 4-door sedan, not to mention the controversial grille and front bumper design causing a stir, the performance figures are not to be scoffed at.
In standard trim, the M3 produces 473 horsepower with 406lb/ft of torque, going from 0.62mph in 3.9 seconds, and a top speed limited to 155mph. The M3 Sedan uses a 6-speed manual transmission and weighs 3759 lbs.
Choose the Competition package, and horsepower in the S58 is upped to 503, with 479lb/ft of torque and 0-62mph completed in just 3.0 seconds using an 8-speed automatic transmission. The M3 Competition Sedan reaches a top speed of 175mph.
The sixth-generation M3 is the most powerful M3 to date, and also the first to be offered in all-wheel drive. The radical new face of the M3 has definitely divided fans that enjoyed the understated style the M3 has always been synonymous with, and other features that can be observed are not as smoothly executed as we’ve seen on cars like the E46 M3 and E92 M3.
The BMW M3 is an iconic family of sports coupes and sedans that deliver a sensational driving journey for the driver and all those inside. When BMW made the decision to rebrand the M3 in 2014, it most likely confused many people.
Now, the M4 is the coupe the M3 once was, and the M3 lives as an open-mouthed super-sedan that so far has received more insults than compliments, with a touring-bodied sibling on the way. Each M3 offers a unique opportunity for the owner and the chance to relive their motorsport fantasies in a car created by BMW’s successful motorsport division, the M division.
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Love Knot Photography is a company based in Santa Cruz, CA, that can capture all the best moments at your wedding. Award-winning owner Isaac Klotz focuses on visual storytelling and will preserve your authentic love in timeless images. This talented professional offers unique keepsakes based on the language of light. In his experience, lighting is everything, and he will use artistic techniques to ensure your wedding photos shine and are worthy of an album you can pass down through generations. Isaac and his team of like-minded photographers would be delighted to offer their services for your special celebration and document all the beauty and romance the day has to offer. Your high-resolution images will be available in many forms, including digital files, prints, enlargements, and even albums. Love Knot Photography has experience in working with many artistic styles and has all the experience to cater to your vision. In addition to the wedding, the team offers sessions for engagements, rehearsals, and much more. Reach out to Love Knot Photography to learn more about their packages and services.


By Dean Alistair MacLean, 21 April 2009
Since the Faculty Board meeting on 3rd April 2009, there has been a considerable amount of discussion about both the intent and the effect of the motion that was passed with respect to programmes, degree types and concentrations. The gist of the motion was that changes to these must go through the appropriate departmental and faculty curriculum committees.
As I said at that meeting, I have no problem with the motion as it was expressed. It had always been my intention that programme changes be approved by the appropriate bodies. However, the actions that we have in fact been negotiating since my memorandum to heads in January involve denying admission for one year to certain concentrations pending a review of their academic and fiscal viability. The setting of admissions targets for specific concentrations is something that is done every year in consultation between the Faculty Office and undergraduate chairs.
However there may be a belief that the motion at Faculty Board has the effect of restricting the authority of the Faculty Office to set admissions targets. It is not only the long standing practice for the Faculty Office to make admissions decisions in consultation with Department heads, but the legal advice the University has received confirms that the setting of admissions targets falls under the authority of the Dean who has the responsibility for resource decisions. This responsibility derives from the fiscal authority of the Board of Trustees delegated through the Principal, and the Vice-Principal (Academic) to the Deans.
While the practice and legal position are clear, there remain a number of courses of action open to us. These are: (1) continue with the proposed restrictions on admission to certain concentrations; (2) revoke all the proposed restrictions on admission; or (3) take a middle course in which we continue to deny admission to selected concentrations for those departments who agree and continue negotiations with those departments who do not.
On Friday I sought further advice from the Committee of Departments who voiced unanimous support for the third option.
The associate deans and I also favour this course of action. This option gives more time to those departments which require it to plan for the future. It also allows those departments which have made progress towards streamlining their curriculum to move forward now. For more complete information on the issues that contributed to the discussion at Committee of Departments I suggest that you talk to your head of department.
I invite all members of the Faculty to contribute constructively to the critical discussions that will continue to take place on how we can deliver high-quality education in the current fiscal reality.


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“What is hateful to you, do not to your fellow man. This is the law: all the rest is commentary.” Talmud, Shabbat 31a.
Now that the bickering about Pride Season is over and, hopefully, cooler heads are prevailing, I want to take a moment to speak on the events of Billerica’s first-ever BGLT Pride Week.
I started the BGLT Pride Week project in Billerica because, as an openly gay and married individual, I was running into a lot of misinformation about gays and lesbians and wanted to help promote tolerance and diversity. In doing so I found people who were ready to be supportive and those who weren’t.
Most of the wonderful people who were supportive were very respectful, tolerant and celebratory. Some, however, had extremely harsh words for those who were not supportive — words I expect to come only from bigoted people.
On the other side of the spectrum, Selectman Marc Lombardo was very kind and courteous in his disagreement. He didn’t have a bad thing to say about Pride Week nor about anyone involved in it. In a phone conversation I had with Marc, we both made it clear that we disagreed but that we were respectful of each other’s opinions. Don’t get me wrong though, there were people who weren’t supportive who had harsh words themselves.
On message boards provided by The Sun, people on both sides slung mud at each other like it was going out of style. At one point the bickering almost caused me to tear-up because of how sad the scene was. This is not why Pride events occur. The goal of Pride, Billerica CARES, and other like-groups is to promote tolerance and respect for our differences, even if acceptance is beyond our comprehension.
The words of the Talmud, printed above, hang on my wall at home on a poster. They remind me daily to treat others as I would want them to treat me. I don’t know about you, but I plan on being as friendly, tolerant and respectful as I can. Please treat me and others you meet the same way, perhaps in doing so we’ll learn what real diversity is all about.


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New York City is best known for its high-standard lifestyle culture and awesome parties. The city also unravels some exciting bakery sides. Famous New York City foods may include macarons, pastries, cookies, donuts, awesome cakes, etc. New York City has evolved a great way of dealing with cake designing. Everyone in the world talks about the Cake Design NYC styles. The cake doesn’t only looks great but also tastes great. The designs are eye-catching and can lift the mood of the viewer. Below is the list of some famous Cake Designs that hails its origins in New York City and are world-famous.
Cake Design Nyc – Explosion Cake
This cake is specially designed for birthday parties and tastes great. The cake is made up of rainbow colors inside and in the middle of the cake either chocolate or vanilla-flavored syrup flows down when it is cut into pieces. This is extremely satisfying and tastes sweeter than ever. The best birthday cake one would ever see.
Cake Design Nyc – Vanilla Rainbow Cake
This cake looks entirely like a rainbow with some vanilla twists in between. This cake is also set for birthdays for kids that have exciting attractive rainbow colors. The cake melts inside one’s mouth and is extremely delicious.
Cake Design Nyc – Custom Made Cakes
The Cake Design NYC style is most well-known for the custom-made cakes that come out exceptionally well than imagined. New York is famous for custom-made cakes for any cartoon characters of children’s favorite, or any well-known Disney character, Eiffel tower cakes, etc. The main thing is one can just explain the design of the cake one needs and can get the amazing cake done by the cake artists.
Cake Design Nyc – Silk Cakes
This cake has gained world recognition and has its origin set in NYC. These cakes are encouraged by Asian cake styles with American flavors in them. The outer surface of the cakes is painted with beautiful scenic designs that are breath-taking with some capricious characters on top. These are very soft, sweet, and delicious cakes.
Cake Design Nyc – Icon Cupcakes
Well, cakes don’t need to be of big sizes to make the design. The NYC proves that even cupcakes can be customized. The icon cupcakes are the most famous in New York. These cupcakes do have some iconic designs like I love NY, the flag of the US, crowns, baseball logo, Statue of Liberty’s face, taxi, etc. These are extremely delicious with exciting designs.
Cake Design Nyc – Wedding/Anniversary Shoe Cakes
The shoe cakes that we see in any corner of the world now mark their origin from NYC. These are the cakes with a beautiful Cinderella high-heeled shoe on them. The cakes are well decorated with flowers and are layered on stands making it into a big wedding or anniversary celebration cake. It looks beautiful and tastes great.
New York City has given such immense cake designs to the world and everyone wants these delicious cakes to be made, customized, and designed at least once in a lifetime. Talking of the cake designs, the cake decorators, and the bakers need to be appreciated for coming up with extremely well-executed creative ideas for cakes that make anyone contended with just the view of it.


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For the forever hungry and never-full dieters of the world.
This one's for you.
If you aren't full after eating this, then I would be extremely shocked. If this fills me up, it will fill you, trust me!
The Endless Protein “Ice Cream”
Serves: 1 (or 2 as a snack/dessert)
- 85g ice (about 10 mini ice cubes)
- 140g (about 1 cup) frozen berries (strawberries work best but you can also do any mixture of berries including blueberries, raspberries, blackberries and even banana!)
- 1 cup(240g) unsweetened vanilla almond milk
- 1/4 cup(60g) raw PASTEURIZED egg whites (comes in a box-Don't leave these out! You won't taste them, I promise)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3/4 scoop(28g) Cellucor Molten Chocolate
or Cellucor Butter Marshmallow Whey
(or another chocolate or peanut butter protein)
- 2 tbsp (12g) cocoa powder
- 1 tbsp Splenda
(or another sweetener, more or less to taste)
- 1/4-1/2 tsp xanthan gum
(you can play around with this amount depending on how “fluffy” or volumized you like it) **Key Ingredient**
- pinch of salt (optional)
- Place all ingredients in blender.
- Blend on high for 30s or until smooth and almost tripled in size. (Do not over mix or it will deflate!) *
- Pour into a large bowl, add toppings if desired, and eat with a spoon!
*I sometimes blend mine for less time if I want less volume. It all depends when you are going for, as more blending adds more air into the mixture.
Nutrition for entire recipe (using all strawberries): 6F/20C/31P & 7g fibre (13 Net carbs OR 6.5 Net carbs if serving 2)

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Our patented methods are highly efficient. They can be used for sieving, charging and feeding bulk material and powders, as well as for cutting foodstuffs.
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Balfour Beatty, the international engineering, construction and services group, has completed three acquisitions worth £9m in Sweden and the UK.
In Sweden, Balfour Beatty Rail purchased Carillion’s Swedish rail contracting company, which has experience in track work, electrification and power supply, and maintenance projects. In 2006, its sales were SEK 418m.
The former Carillion company will be merged with Balfour Beatty’s existing Swedish rail operations, along with the recently acquired SAAB Nordic rail signalling and communications business.
In the UK, Balfour Beatty Management has acquired the Middlesbrough-based NAP Partnership, a business that has annual sales of £6m and provides cost and contract consultancy and project management services in the north of England.
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SIMFEROPOL, February 27. /ITAR-TASS/. The Crimean Prosecutor's General Office has set up a headquarters to regulate the situation around seized administrative buildings, the Prosecutor's said on its website on Thursday.
"To regulate the situation over seized administrative buildings of the Crimean parliament and government and for purposes of coordinating the activities of law enforcement bodies and the bodies of power and prevention of mass disturbances a headquarters has been set up with Crimea's Prosecutor Vyacheslav Pavlov and heads of power structures in charge," the Prosecutor's office said.
The Crimean Prosecutor's office has been working in a usual regime. No provocative acts near the building of the Prosecutor's office have been staged, it said on the website.


The idea for this toy is perfect. You assemble a track, add codes to the track that allow you to control both the sounds and the actions of the cars.
The little car has a light and bar code reader on the bottom of it that scans while it drives and acts out whatever it passes over. There are small raised "rails" on the track that the car follows using rubber "feelers" on the bottom of the car. However... the car refuses to follow said rails. Absolutely refuses. For some reason the car will just go over the rails, or on intersections, where there is no railing, the car just drifts off to the side, and goes the wrong way or gets stuck. It seems like absolutely no QA was done on the finished product.
All in all the car simply cannot do even one full lap without human intervention. We want to love this but will probably end up taking it back because my son is getting frustrated with it.
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In December, I had just finished college, and was attempting to figure out the channel for all of the film ideas I had. Having just finished two semesters at film school, my brain was more geared towards that, than producing theatre. I wanted a place where I could produce short films, that I had written, where I could cast my friends.
Over coffee, the day after we finished our finals, my best friend, and collaborator in practically everything in life, sat chatting about what we wanted to do next. I pitched her the idea of a production company. We had a ton of ideas for films. We had actor friends. We were about to get a camera (for christmas). I could write. She could direct. I could edit. She could DP.
I had the idea to make silent films, to start. I loved the black and white era of Charlie Chaplin films, and since sound was expensive, and we had no money to make the films, I figured we might as well start with silent films. We discussed titles, and I loved the name B12 Productions. It combined the titles of our apartments, (hers B5, mine 1812) into a nifty little title. It is also a vitamin that promotes growth and health. Something we were aiming to inject into the world.
We came up with our principles. The types of stories we wanted to tell. What our governing ideas would be. The list we jotted down included: Feminism. (obviously). Untold stories. Awkward conversations. Stories of the underrepresented. Stories of the oppressed and marginalized.
Now, all we needed were the films to shoot, and for the holidays to pass, so that we would both be back in New York. I flew back to CA with much hope and excitement. Over the coming months, we had no idea what would transpire. We had no way of knowing the terrible deaths that would occur within our families. The emotional trauma that arose from that would put our little venture on hiatus as we muddled through our grief. But after 2 months of us grieving and processing then grieving again. Attempting to put our lives back together, I brought up the idea again.
I had written 15 different short films at this point. All of which were ready to be shot. They “simply” needed to be cast and scheduled. I brought up the idea of shooting what turned out to be our first film, “All Dressed Up.” She readily agreed. We shot the film with one of my best friends, a stunning example of everything we wanted in our film star. We filmed in my apartment, in black and white. I edited the film. And the rest is history.
So this page will be the place where I put the short films. I have written all of them thus far. They all star my friends, (or occasionally, myself.) They are all labors of love. They have all been tremendous learning experiences. I sincerely hope you enjoy them.


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Vicki Squire examines similarities and differences in practices of ‘governing migration through death’ across the US–Mexico (Sonoran) and in the EU–North African (Mediterranean) contexts
Border deaths have become an established feature of contemporary migratory politics in both Europe and the US. This article examines similarities and differences in practices of ‘governing migration through death’ across the US–Mexico (Sonoran) and in the EU–North African (Mediterranean) contexts. Instead of taking a conventional comparative analysis of two distinct sites, I draw on critical scholarship in the field of border studies in order to examine biopolitical, thanatopolitical and necropolitical dynamics of bordering that cross contexts. I argue that these operations of power converge in both European and US bordering practices, specifically through a form of biophysical violence that operates directly on the biological functions of migrating bodies.
I further suggest that the establishment of this violence represents a crisis of modern humanism, which becomes implicated in the toleration of such violence through processes of denial, displacement, rejection and compensation. By focusing in particular on the ways that the treatment of the dead functions as a means of compensating for (yet not redressing) biophysical violence, I highlight the deficiencies of contemporary practices of identification and burial, and raise questions about the limitations of contestations that emphasise dignity only to perpetuate a hierarchy of ‘worthy’ and ‘unworthy’ lives. In so doing, I conclude by suggesting that contemporary ‘migration crises’ are better understood in terms of the crisis of modern humanism, grounded in Greco-Roman and Judaeo-Christian traditions, which can no longer deny its implication in practices of governing migration through death.

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From the vantage point of retrospect, one could say that Is’Xaxa: A Communal Practice is a natural step in Mushroom Hour Half Hour’s forward trajectory. Since the pirate radio show-turned-independent music label began its sonic journey back in 2012, Mushroom Hour Half Hour has fostered a spirit of spontaneity and collaboration which seems to underpin most — if not all — of their endeavours. The music they create and record is no exception, as their sessions are improvised, and recorded in one take. It’s this organic, “let’s see what happens” ethos that has naturally led the experimental music imprint to meet and work with the diverse, multi-disciplinary individuals that they have thus far and, if one believes in kismet, it’s also what led them to the very collaborators that now make up the Is’Xaxa project.
One of the new Art new Audiences (nAnA) projects this year, Is’Xaxa: A Communal Practice is a music-centred collaborative undertaking that will bring together artists and culture-makers from Johannesburg, Dakar and London. With the music of the emerging “New Jazz” scenes of South Africa and London acting as a creative branch point, the collaborators aim to engage in an imaginative, cross-cultural process of exploration, creation and documentation that will ultimately showcase new experimental and multi-disciplinary works to new audiences, while simultaneously fostering international community in the jazz/improvisational music space.
The ambitious project entails a variety of moving parts and the aforementioned Mushroom Hour (SA) has enlisted the expertise, passion and creative instinct of Emma Warren (UK), Theodorah Ndlovu (UK / SA), Tabara Korka (Senegal), and the organisations Total Refreshment Centre (UK) and Church of Sound (UK) to transmute their concept into reality.
First, selected musicians from South Africa’s burgeoning new jazz culture will travel to the UK to collaborate with musicians at the helm of the London scene. Over the course of a week, the artists will record a 4-track EP at London’s Total Refreshment Centre (TRC) — a former gig space turned recording studio that has come to be London’s de facto base for international jazz collaboration. Widely respected journalist and author of Make Some Space: Tuning Into Total Refreshment Centre, Emma Warren, has documented the TRC’s pivotal role in the development of London’s new jazz scene. When speaking with Mushroom Hour co-founder, Andrew Curnow, his excitement about her involvement in the project emanates, as much of her work in recent years has centred around what she refers to as the “New International Jazz Triangle”, which constitutes artists and music from the London, Chicago and Johannesburg jazz scenes.
Now, while music is at the heart of Is’Xaxa, creative documentation completes the whole. Warren, along with photographer, Theodorah Ndlovu, filmmaker, Tseliso Monaheng (SA), independent researcher, Tabara Korka, and more creatives from the 3 spotlighted locales, will produce written and visual experimental works to be released alongside the EP. Namely, a fan zine, album artwork, and a film that will be screened on and offline at the end of the process. The UK trip will also culminate in a live performance of the new material at London’s Church of Sound — a regular contemporary jazz gig at St. James The Great Church that has received glowing reviews and accumulated a devout following over the years.
Ultimately, the project aims to foster and exhibit what Andrew Curnow describes as a “generosity of space and spirit”. These new international jazz scenes speak to the universality of music, and its ability to transcend geography and cultural differences to give rise to global community.
*This article forms part of content created for the British Council new Art new Audiences 2020 selected projects. nAnA is a catalyst for the creation of art that reaches new audiences in Sub-Saharan Africa and the UK. To find out more about the programme click here.


You’ve reached the proper website for the latest technology news and reviews if you’re locating a speed sensor to install in your vehicle. In this blog post, we’ll discuss the speed sensor’s location and how it works. The speed sensor is an important component in a vehicle. It helps to measure the speed of the vehicle and send signals to the engine control unit.
We’ll go over where to find the speed sensor, what it looks like, and what type of sensor is most commonly used. With this information, you’ll be able to locate and properly maintain the speed sensor on your car. So, let’s go to initiate!
The Speed Sensor Is Usually Found On The Transmission
The speed sensor is a vital component of your vehicle’s transmission. It is responsible for monitoring the rotational speed of the transmission and providing this information to the car’s computer system. This helps the computer regulate the performance of the transmission, ensuring that it is operating efficiently and safely.
The location of the transmission speed sensor can vary depending on the make and model of your vehicle. In most cars, it is mounted to the side of the transmission, while in some vehicles, it may be found attached to the rear wheel assembly.
The Speed Sensor Is Susceptible To Deterioration Over Time
It is essential to ensure that the speed sensor in your vehicle is operating as it should since this component assists the computer system in precisely determining the speed of your car. Your car runs the risk of losing power or stopping altogether if the component develops a malfunction. It is essential to remember that the speed sensor is susceptible to deterioration over time due to normal wear and tear. It needs to examine often to ensure that it is operating well.
If you are having trouble finding the speed sensor, it is in your best interest to consult either the owner’s handbook for your vehicle or an experienced technician. You will be able to get a deeper comprehension of the operation of your transmission and maintain its smooth functioning if you are familiar with the position of the speed sensor.
If your car does not have a speed sensor, it may have a speedometer cable instead. A speedometer cable is usually located on the side of the transmission and runs to your vehicle’s dashboard or instrument panel. Removing a few parts, such as trim panels and other factors, may be necessary to access the speedometer cable.
The speedometer cable can easily identify by its metal housing and plastic covering. If you cannot locate the speedometer cable, refer to your car’s repair manual for specific instructions. Once the speedometer cable is located, it can remove for inspection and replacement.
In case of trouble, where is the speed sensor located? The speed sensor may need to replace by a trained technician if it is located inside the transmission housing. If this is the case, you should always call a professional for help. If you try to get to it and replace it yourself, you could cause expensive damage or even hurt yourself.
The Speed Sensor Is Used To Calculate The Speed Of The Car
As part of the vehicle’s electronic system, the speed sensor plays an important role. It is responsible for measuring the car’s speed, allowing the engine to respond and react appropriately. Without a working speed sensor, your car may not run correctly.
The speed sensor is usually located near the output shaft on the transmission. This is because it needs to measure the speed at which the car moves accurately. It is typically a small, round device with a metal connector on one end and a small electrical plug on the other.
When the speed sensor malfunctions, you may experience various issues, such as decreased fuel efficiency or jerky acceleration. Sometimes, you may notice that the speedometer does not work correctly. Fortunately, you can replace the speed sensor yourself if you have basic mechanical skills and the right tools.
Issues With Speed Sensor
If you are having issues with your speed sensor, it is best to take your car to a qualified mechanic. They can check the sensor and determine if it needs to be replaced. Replacing the speed sensor is relatively straightforward when you know where is the speed sensor located, but it’s still best to leave it to the professionals.
Your speed sensor should last many years with the proper maintenance and care. Keeping an eye on it will help ensure that you don’t have any unexpected breakdowns in the future.
The Location Of Speed Sensors Varies From Model To Model
The speed sensor is a critical component of many modern vehicles, and its location can vary from model to model. It is located on or near the transmission and connected to the speedometer cable. The speed sensor is responsible for detecting the speed of the vehicle and sending that information to the computer, which is then using by other components in the vehicle.
If you are having problems finding your speed sensor, contact us now, or it is in your best interest to review the service handbook for your car or get in touch with an experienced repair. You must remember that you should only repair your car if you are familiar with the procedure. If you take your vehicle to a competent garage, you can ensure that the work will ca out properly and without risk.
In conclusion, if your car does not have a speed sensor, it may have a speedometer cable instead. The speedometer cable is usually located on the side of the transmission. It runs to your vehicle’s dashboard or instrument panel. In some cases, the speed sensor may be located inside the transmission housing and require a qualified technician to access and replace it. Knowing where is the speed sensor located or speedometer cable is located can help ensure your vehicle runs smoothly and safely.
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Primary healthcare is established essentially to bring health closer to the people, in the community.
Primary healthcare is to provide services to the majority of people in rural areas based on needs, without geographical, social or financial barriers.
Shortage of manpower, lack of infrastructures is the situation of Primary healthcare centres in Osun state as the quest to access quality and affordable healthcare by residents at various communities have become a mirage.
An E-document from the Osun State Ministry of Health dated in 2021 indicated that at the primary health centres, there are 19 medical doctors, 17 pharmacists, 19 medical laboratory scientists and 230 nurses; while health assistants are 830 in number and Junior Community Health Extension Workers (JCHEW) are 790, among other categories of workers providing health care services in the 876 functional PHCs across the state with a population of over five million.
The report also stated that there are over 1,000 Primary Health Centres in Osun state while only 876 of the facilities are functional, out of which 332 were revitalized under the Save One Million Lives (SOML) $20 million Federal Government/World Bank grant obtained by the state government in 2019.
What this translates into is that on the average, a medical doctor in Osun State serves no less than 263,000 patients, as opposed to the World Health Organization’s standard of 600 patients to one doctor if patients must enjoy adequate medical attention”, the report revealed.
In contrast, the British Medical Association recommends that General Practitioners see a maximum of 15 patients with complex needs per day. Examples of these include patients with multiple medical problems such as heart failure, diabetes and related kidney disease, frail seniors, and patients with chronic mental health conditions.
In an interview, community health expert with the Osun State government who identified himself simply as Dr. Femi, said that most of the PHCs have just between two and three clinical and non-clinical staff, who are majorly Community Health Extension Workers [CHEW] or health assistants.
From herbal home in search of cure
Mrs. Omotoso Khadijat, a petty trader and single mother travelled from Ijana village in Obokun Local Government area of Osun State to Orinkiran Primary Health Center in Ilesa West LG, covering a distance of about 50 kilometers to save her son who had been down for nine days from suspected typhoid fever, having been placed on herbal remedies that had not made the situation better.
She told Radio Nigeria that she was one of the few lucky ones who could afford such ‘luxury’ of seeking medical care away from the village.
“I am just lucky that I have little education and I can raise money to come here. Many children are lost to cases like this and our people call it spiritual attack. There are no medical personnel in Ijana Primary Health Centre to attend to anyone,” she said.
Unwittingly corroborating the unwieldy statistics of Nigeria’s child mortality rate, which currently stands at 117 per 1,000 under-five children, according to a data from UNICEF.
Mrs. Omotoso noted that residents of Ijana, Ibala and other communities in Obokun LG often come to Ilesa for medical care and those who could not afford transport resort to alternative traditional medicine care.
The traditional ruler of the community, the Atarua-elect of Ijana, Oba Olusegun Ogunleye, confirmed the development with a plea to the government to make the only health center in the community functional.
“There is only one nurse, a female that covers both Ijana and Ibala communities (a distance of about 20 kilometers with a population of over 40,000 people). I will give you her contact to verify my claims. The Ijana health center that was inaugurated with fanfare has been completely abandoned due to the absence of requisite workforce. As a community, there is little we can do to employ healthcare providers,” the ruler stated.
The situation is the same at Odeyinka village in Ayedaade local government. The community, which is about 35 kilometers to Ikire, the local government headquarters, is only accessible by motorcycle.
When Mr. Hafeez Kolapo, the motorcyclist that drove the reporter learnt the destination was the health center, he betrayed his emotions claiming that he lost his pregnant wife early this year when he brought her on an emergency to the newly revitalized health center where he met only two personnel who he said could not handle the case.
He said there was no means of referral until his pregnant wife died.
“When we got here that night, the whole place was dark. We met a security man and two women who looked like assistants in the place. It was in rage I asked for the doctor on duty, but they said they were the ones on duty. They could not do anything tangible until the women and the security man we met promised to call the nurse on duty,” Kolapo said.
The situation was not different in other Primary Health Care facilities visited across some Local Governments in the state.
Inadequate, incompetent manpower
Most of the primary health centers visited were being managed by personnel referred to as Community Health Extension Workers, CHEW, pharmacy technicians and laboratory attendants assisted by N-Power health assistants in some cases.
The CHEW, according to Annals of Family Medicine published by the National Library of Medicine, “are trained individuals with limited to no formal medical education who provide patient-facing support and services in primary care. They carry out functions that are person-centred, support team-based care.”
In the same vein, the N-Power health assistants were workers engaged under the Federal Government N-Power programme to give support to health workers in medical facilities.
At the Alujue PHC in Ede North Local Government, Radio Nigeria met one female CHEW official attending to patients and assisted by N-Power health assistants.
The lady, who did not want to be mentioned, but simply identified as ‘Aunty Ade’ by the patients, directed our reporter to a notice containing a list of staff.
On the list were eight names comprising those of four CHEW personnel, two pharmacy technicians, one laboratory assistant and one N-Power health assistant.
Visiting health center; a waste of time
A community leader in Oteu village, Elder Michael Alabi, said going to the health center was a waste of time, as one could wait for more than six hours before he could be attended to.
Indeed, most of the health centers visited were headed and managed by the CHEW crew.
A Public Health Consultant with the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Professor Olusola Odu, explained that “ordinarily, CHEW personnel should not lead a Primary Health Centre, but in the absence of a doctor or public health nurse, they could be in charge”
Government making efforts to address situation
The Osun State government did not deny the challenge of inadequate manpower in its primary health centers, but it described it as a national problem, with assurance that it is making efforts to address it.
The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Rafiu Issamotu, who told Radio Nigeria that government had taken steps to mitigate the consequences of shortage of manpower at the PHCs.
He noted that the $20 million SOML grant did not only cover personnel hired, but was used for basic facility turnaround.
“We can have a situation where the most senior person in a facility is a CHEW. They have been trained to function so that the place will not suffer.
“We have a policy of Task Shifting/Task Sharing; a situation where a CHEW in our facility can perform the function of a nurse, such as taking delivery of a pregnant woman, even though they are not midwives. They have been so trained.
“A pharmacist technician should be able to perform the function of a pharmacist, though he knows he is not a pharmacist. In a rural area, they should be able to perform without hitch. This practice is recognised by WHO,” the commissioner stated.
But this practice is at variance with the National Primary Health Care Development Agency’s minimum standard for Primary Health Care in Nigeria, which states that, “for a PHC per political ward with a population of 10,000, each PHC must have a medical officer if available, a community health officer, who must work under a standing order, four nurses/midwives, three Community Health Extension Workers who must work under a standing order, one pharmacy technician, six Junior CHEWs who must work under a standing order, one environmental officer, one medical record officer, and one laboratory technician’.
It said the workforce is to be supported by two health assistants, two security and one general maintenance staff.
Writing by Adenitan Akinola with support from Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism and MacArthur Foundation; Editing by Daniel Adejo & Annabel Nwachukwu.

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Kiki Rice scored 24 points on 7-for-13 shooting and No. 2 seed UCLA rallied for a 67-63 win over No. 7 seed Creighton in the second round of the Women’s NCAA Tournament on Monday in Los Angeles.
Lauren Betts added 20 points and 10 rebounds for UCLA (27-6). The Bruins advanced to Region 2 semifinals, where they will tip off against No. 3 seed LSU — the defending national champion — on Saturday in Albany, N.Y.
Lauren Jensen scored 20 points to lead Creighton (26-6). Morgan Maly finished with 18 points, and Emma Ronsiek chipped in 14.
UCLA trailed by 10 points with 9:46 remaining in the third quarter when Mallory Brake made a layup to put Creighton on top 44-34.
The Bruins outscored Creighton 33-19 the rest of the way.
UCLA finished the third quarter with a 22-14 advantage, and it outmuscled Creighton for an 11-7 advantage during a hard-fought fourth quarter.
The Bruins finished with a 40-22 edge in rebounds, including a 12-4 margin in offensive rebounds. UCLA had a 14-5 advantage in second-chance points.
Creighton managed only four points from its bench. UCLA tallied 12 bench points, including eight from Gabriela Jaquez, to help the Bruins advance to the next round.
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What am I planning to do New Years Day? Well I like to treat it as an organizing play day. I recently organized my fabrics. Now tomorrow will be the perfect day to organize arts, crafts, and sewing supplies.
Crank up some great music and relax. It is great to see your fabrics, ribbons, ephemera, etc.
Just have fun!
Once organized it will be that much easier to clean up after each project and/or at the end of each night.
I try to always pick up as much as possible at the end of the day. Especially since I have numerous projects I work on at the same time.
Happy New Years!!!


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According to the narrative on Pottermore, Warbeck has been married three times and has one son. And while Jennifer Hudson does indeed have one son, she seems perfectly content to be married only to one man in this lifetime — her husband, David Otunga. So, at 32, she may be a bit young for the role, but you can't argue with the fact that this girl definitely could "drown out a chorus of banshees" with her stellar voice.
Did you know Kerry Washington could sing? We didn't either — until, that is, we caught a clip circulating on the internet in which she sings "A Whole New World" from Aladdin alongside Jordin Sparks (who, for the record, isn't on this list simply due to her age... otherwise, we think she'd be fantastic in the role, too). Although Washington doesn't bring quite the same singing impact as some of the other ladies, her acting talent more than makes up for it.
You probably recognize Audra McDonald as Dr. Naomi Bennett from Private Practice, but what you may not realize is that this actress has a killer set of pipes, too. Actually, she probably has the most singing pedigree of the bunch. The woman has six (count 'em, six) Tony Awards — more than any other actor or actress — and is the only entertainer to win all four acting categories.
First of all, we think Paula Patton is entirely too underrated as an actress. She's as cute as a button, yes, but she's got some serious acting chops, too. She also happens to be a pretty OK singer from what we can tell. When her estranged husband Robin Thicke was working with Usher on his Confessions album, the track "Can U Handle It" needed a female vocal. Since Patton was the resident woman around, she got volunteered for the part. What can we say? We've got a total girl crush on this chick.
OK, so outside of her hilarious "No Ass At All" video, we don't have much proof that Aisha Tyler can really sing. But here's the thing — she's so frickin' funny. If they're looking for a comic edge for the role, they couldn't go wrong with Aisha. Plus, she's tall and strong and just looks like a badass sorceress.
Alicia Keys, y'all! Tell us this girl wouldn't slay as a singing sorceress. We know — you can't. Keys obviously has an amazing voice, but thanks to her roles in films like The Nanny Diaries and The Secret Life of Bees, we now also know she's a talented actress. Sure, she's a little on the young side to play Warbeck, but we really think this would be a role she could sink her teeth into.
You may as well call Uzo Aduba the master of transformation, considering she so seamlessly switches from her regular beautiful self to Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren for Orange Is the New Black — the latter of which just earned her a Creative Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. And, yes, she sings, too! We'd love to see how she reinvents herself to play Celestina Warbeck.
Not only is Taraji P. Henson a fantastic actress, but she's also already dipped her toes into the musical world with roles like Hustle & Flow. She's kind of a little bitty thing, though... perhaps not exactly the stature Rowling imagined for Warbeck, but we have no doubt Henson would prove the adage, "big things come in small packages."
Now you know we couldn't have a celebrities in contention for a singing diva role and not include Beyoncé! Queen B nails everything she sets her mind to, and this role undoubtedly will be much of the same. Besides, Rowling writes that Warbeck's "concerts are justly famous," her tickets hard to come by and her favorite hobby is "travelling in fabulous style." Sounds about right, no?
For that matter, Beyoncé's sis Solange would make a damn fine Celestina Warbeck as well. According to Rowling, she has always imagined Warbeck to "resemble Shirley Bassey in both looks and style." On both accounts, Solange arguably fits this bill better than any of the other ladies. And it doesn't hurt that she can sing and act, too.
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Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller has submitted his report into the meddling of Russian intelligence systems into the 2016 presidential election favoring trump-I’ll never show him respect!-to his superior, Attorney General William Barr, a longtime Republican asset. Barr released a four-page digest with his own idea of summarizing the report (of at least 300-plus pages)-I, and so many others, would prefer to see the actual report, just as, during the Watergate scandal of the ‘70s, we read the White House tapes. But, even Barr’s summary said that Mueler’s report “does not exonerate him (trump).”
I don’t want to dismiss Mueller, or hype him up; he has been a dedicated and honorable public servant, and I respect his work. It is fortunate that he had to work with a thoroughly corrupt regime. But fear not-there are the investigations of the Justice Department’s Southern New York, and the congressional committees at work, showing the trump doesn’t have the entire federal government under his control-yet; he still has his dictatorial dreams, wanting to be like Putin, Kim Jong Un, Bolsonaro in Brazil, and Viktor Orban in Hungary.
I am galled by the Republicans claiming, with Barr’s four-page summary of two years of investigation, that trump is fully exonerated, while he is not; the Republican base, and its media like Fox News, is talking to itself and listening to itself. I believe even they have a good understanding of how corrupt trump and his crew are, including Ivanka, Don Jr, Eric, and Kushner; but do they care about the future of this country and of the planet? The lessening of health care, education, and job opportunities in this country? Are they also bullies who worship someone who pretends to be powerful, and so live vicariously through him?
Feeling their sense of entitlement to rule the government without thinking of anyone else’s opinion, the Republicans have demanded that Adam Schiff (D-CA) resign as Chair of the Judiciary Committee-but he’s stood fast against them. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) spoke against the “condescending” and “arrogant” tone of Barr’s letter, and she demanded the full report-as do we all. (https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/29/politics/mueller-report-secrecy/index.html?utm_source=fbCNNp&utm_content=2019-03-29T12%3A32%3A07&utm_term=link&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR15IldRQdmU6-w_2IvfS1lKZCf7U85ZQ7__FL0rpZ1hCqTe8QdqS_zyZbA) (https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dems-demand-muellers-full-300-pages-mock-scaredy-cat-gop_n_5c9d447de4b0474c08cb2671)
Recently, I joined other Jews, like in my synagogue, Congregation Leyv Ha-Ir (http://www.leyvhair.org/) in celebrating Purim, the rocking, rolling, riotous holiday where we celebrate the downfall of the wicked Haman (Boo!), through the work of the beautiful Esther (Woo hoo!), honoring the downfall of puffed-up despots who want to be worshiped as the gods they’re not. (Like someone we heard of). In a few weeks we will celebrate Pesach, AKA Passover, where we celebrate the liberation of the Jews from slavery-an ongoing theme in history that constantly has to be celebrated in every nation, in every faith, in every era. Let us maintain the spirit of those two wonderful holidays as we fight to win back our country for the people.

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These beautiful polychrome woodblock prints are Meiji era copies (ca. 1900) of original designs (ca. 1771) by Itō Jakuchū (1716–1800), a Japanese painter of the mid-Edo period notable for his striking modern aesthetic.
Woodblock printing involved multiple people collaborating: first, the artist would design the piece, then hand it off to the carver who would etch the artwork onto woodblocks, one for each colour. The ink was then mixed by hand, and the printer, or surishi, would apply the ink to the carved blocks using brushes or rollers, and press the paper to each block, carefully applying colour layers, producing an intricate and vibrant print that could be reproduced with accuracy.
Each shoe is made to order with love by a member of our trusty staff, using a patented process at our print shop. Baggins print shop staff makes every possible effort to ensure each pair of shoes we produce is of the highest quality. Because they are made custom to order, please allow for minor imperfections with inking and layout.