The dust has settled after Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s visit to Latin America. In itself, it was no disaster, though clearly no success either. The greater significance lies in what it reveals about the basic direction of U.S. engagement with Latin America. The trip shows that U.S. policy is damaging U.S. stature not just in the region, but globally.
Two of the more controversial messages he carried were the need to intensely pressure the Venezuelan government and to warn the region about the threats posed by China and Russia in the hemisphere. The reactions to these assertions tell us a lot about Latin America’s relationship with the U.S. and the rest of the world, and it isn’t pretty.
Many of the responses to Tillerson’s trip and message point to a new and unprecedented tone. From a wide array of countries, friends and adversaries alike, there was rebuke and sometimes even trolling. Even in the worst days of the George W. Bush administration, when he was deeply unpopular almost everywhere, there was criticism but not this level of derision.
We expect such a tone from a few countries. The Cuban Foreign Ministry said Tillerson’s message showed “arrogance and disdain.” Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said the idea of an oil embargo was illegal. Evo Morales rejected acting against the Maduro government and claimed he had “liberated” Bolivia from the United States. Those responses are almost rote, to be resurrected whenever a U.S. official makes a statement.
But there was more. The Chinese Foreign Ministry didn’t just deny Tillerson’s claims about their negative impact, it essentially labeled them fake news: “What the United States said is entirely against the truth.” Peru’s Trade Minister echoed that sentiment, saying he was “happy” with his country’s trade relationship with China.
The Russian Foreign Ministry didn’t just counter Tillerson, it schooled him: “Like President James Monroe in his time, Secretary Tillerson cited Russia to justify his conceptual framework.” The tone of the entire statement was remarkable, an intentionally condescending history lesson.
Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray praised Tillerson, then noted that Mexico did not support Tillerson’s interest in encouraging a Venezuelan coup, a sentiment shared by Argentine President Mauricio Macri. Though despite Videgaray’s mostly positive words about the Secretary of State, when in Washington DC the Mexican foreign minister ignores Tillerson and goes directly to Jared Kushner. As an added bonus at home, the former commander of Southern Command James Stavridis outlined what Tillerson should say, most of which contradicted what the Secretary of State actually said.
That is a significant amount of pushback for one short visit, and it is only the tip of the iceberg. In the fifteen months since he was elected, leaders from around the world have ridiculed and repudiated President Trump’s Latin America policy.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, who received Tillerson favorably, had previously contradicted Mike Pence on Venezuela. Brazilian Foreign Minister Jose Serra, who had already called a potential Trump presidency a “nightmare,” has sharply contradicted Trump on trade. Australian Trade Minister Steve Ciobo negotiated a free trade agreement with Peru specifically to challenge Trump’s protectionism.
Right before Tillerson’s trip, Chinese state media published an editorial noting that he would “experience the vibes from the ‘American First’ policy.” Chilean Foreign Minister Heraldo Muñoz let Trump feel some of those vibes by making fun of his comments about immigrants, saying that people from “shithole countries” were welcome in Chile.
Others noted how to take advantage of Trump’s missteps. In late 2016, the chair of the European Parliament’s Latin American delegation argued that the EU should “exploit and occupy the vacuum” left by the Trump presidency. R. Viswanathan, a former Indian Ambassador to Argentina and Venezuela, wrote in 2017 that India was in a perfect position to reap the economic benefits as Latin America recoiled from “the bullying Trump.”
This shift in tone reflects the obvious reality that world leaders do not have much respect for Donald Trump and his policy prescriptions. This doesn’t mean Latin America will reject all his policies, or that many leaders don’t share some of his views. But the snide asides and sarcasm reflect world leaders both bewildered by a hapless presidency and poised to use its poor choices to their benefit.


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Övertorneå Municipality (Swedish: Övertorneå kommun, Meänkieli: Matarengi, Finnish: Ylitornion kunta; sometimes also referred to as Matarengin kunta by northern Finnish press to avoid confusion with the similarly named Finnish municipality Ylitornio) is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden, bordering Finland. Its seat is located in Övertorneå.
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Sigtuna is a picturesque lakeside town steeped in Swedish history. Founded in the late 10th century, it’s the oldest town in Sweden and still retains much of its medieval charm. During the Christmas season it becomes an even more magical place, as holiday markets pop up all over the city, selling local handicrafts and fragrant goodies. Paddle along Lake Mälaren, marvel at church ruins and runic stones or just explore the shops of the charming main street.
Among the oldest cities in Sweden, Lund was founded in the late 10th century. The stalwart Lund Cathedral is almost as old as the settlement itself; it was built in traditional Romanesque style and contains a beautiful astronomical clock, five organs and an ancient crypt. Explore charming Jakriborg, a modern residential area that emulates a medieval town, then head to the beautiful Botanical Gardens.
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Vaxholm is known as the “gateway to Roslagen” because it is a hub for travel to most of the islands in the Swedish archipelago. Vaxholm itself is comprised of about 70 small islands, all of which can be explored on foot. There are shops, restaurants, and cafés for those looking to take a coffee break. For those interested in military history, a ferry runs to the tiny island of Vaxholmen, home to a major 17th century citadel also known as Vaxholm Castle (Vaxholms Kastell in Swedish).
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Grebbestad is a locality situated in Tanum Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. As of 2010, there were 1,401 inhabitants, though this number can increase by as much as ten-fold during the summer. The town is also the harbour where the majority of Norway lobster (in Swedish havskräfta) are landed, as well as oysters.
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Visby is one of Scandinavia's preeminent medieval cities. Every August, it hosts its medieval week, complete with authentic dress, feasts and jousting. But you don’t need to visit Visby in August to get a sense of its medieval history. Just follow the cobblestone streets that wind throughout the city, take a tour of its Old Town and visit the 13th-century church. You certainly can’t miss the 13th-century wall that stretches three kilometers around the city and was once used as the city’s defense from intruders.
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Kristianstad (Swedish pronunciation: [krɪˈɧanːsta], older spelling Christianstad) is a city and the seat of Kristianstad Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 40,145 inhabitants in 2016. During the last 15 years, it has gone from a garrison town to a developed commercial city, today attracting visitors in the summertime mainly from Germany, Denmark and The Netherlands.
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The medieval city of Norrkoping is nicknamed “The Manchester of Sweden” because of its historical role in the paper and textile industries. Those industries were powered by the Motala river, which runs through the city. Visit the Himmelstalundsvägen to see ancient rock carvings that date to the Nordic Bronze Age, or explore the Industrial Landscape to get an understanding of what shaped modern day Norrkoping.
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Is a future without passwords possible? Tech companies believe so, and they’re working to make it happen. Let’s take a look at the security measures that might replace passwords, and what consumers can expect to see in the near future.
The problem with passwords is that they’re not very secure. The fact that we need so many of them leads to the common practice of using easy-to-guess and repeated passwords. But passwords that are easy for consumers to guess also are easy for hackers to steal. And re-using passwords just makes it easier for cybercriminals to break into more accounts.
Right now, the best way to handle that is to use a password manager. But that doesn’t address security from the other side: the server. You could have the best password in the world, but that doesn’t do you any good if the server isn’t storing them properly.
Then there’s the transmission of passwords from point A to point B. You might have the best password in the world and the best server security, but if the password is being sent across an insecure network, it can still be stolen.
That’s a lot of security to think about. What we need to do is simplify the process. What if there were a way for consumers to log into all of their accounts using a single method that’s both easy and secure?
Enter what Apple refers to as “passkeys.” Introduced during the June 2022 Apple event, passkeys will be available to consumers in the latest versions of Mac and iPhone/iPad software. (That’s macOS Ventura and iOS 16, both slated to be released later this year.)
Apple’s passkeys work by replacing website and application passwords with digital keys that are linked to the user’s Touch ID or Face ID biometrics. Instead of typing in a complex password, users will simply need to tap notifications pushed to their phones. The entire process is encrypted from one end to the other with the latest technology. Experts predict this will alleviate many of the current problems with passwords.
Apple isn’t the only one working toward a passwordless future. In fact, Apple, Microsoft and Google have teamed up to support a new standard for passwordless authentication that works across different platforms. Developed by the FIDO Alliance and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the new standard one day could allow an Android user to unlock a Mac or an iPhone user to log into a Windows computer.
The rush to replace passwords largely is driven by the increase in cybercrime. Cybercrime has a cascading effect. A single consumer computer infected by malware might not seem like a major problem, but twenty thousand malware-infected computers can become an army used to attack juicier targets like enterprise servers and even governments. Not to mention the illegal profit gained from corporate espionage, data theft, financial fraud … the list goes on.
Fortunately, not only is a passwordless future possible, it’s already here. It will be exciting to see how this new technology develops even further.
• Triona Guidry is a freelance writer and consumer technology specialist offering tech support and advice for home computer users. For free weekly tips and news by email, subscribe to her Simple Tech Tips blog at www.lightningtechsupport.com/subscribe.


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“New times demand new methods”, William Joseph Chaminade. These words reflect the lived experiences of two faculty women of color, identified as Afro Caribbean and African American scholar practitioners in education at a Marianist university. We share our different narratives of the experience from the dual lens of social emotional learning and culturally responsive pedagogy with our classes and students as they thrived during a pandemic. Included in these narratives will be a discussion of the continued community building process, exploration of efforts to learn more about the teaching profession, social justice and advocacy as we learn about others, and challenges encountered in creating virtual learning environments, as spaces to express themselves and dig deeply into their experiences as preservice teachers. This essay gives voice to the work of two faculty of color who found their work more valuable and accessible to students during these tough times.
McIntosh, Novea and Nenonene, Rochonda, "In This Spirit: Helping Preservice Teachers Thrive During the Pandemic Through Adaptation and Change" (2020). COVID-19 and Catholic Schools. 11.

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With a Nissan, you can save a lot of money in fuel, and to find out just how much, all you have to do is fill out the form below and let it run the numbers for you. It will compare your current vehicle to any vehicle that we have in our inventory. Comparing consumption numbers is easy, but this calculator will go one step further and show you about how much money you could save over the course of a year. If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to reach out to us and we will make sure you get the answers you need.
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The Division of Energy Resources in the Minnesota Department of Commerce has created a consumer Energy Guide series, designed to help you figure out what steps you can take to reduce the energy use in your home. Although you might not be willing or able to do all of the improvements yourself, these guides will educate you about the basic processes so that you can ask the right questions—and get the best results—from those that you might hire. Consisting of three booklets available in print versions or on our website, the consumer Energy Guides cover these home energy topics:
The Home Envelope guide describes the basic components of a house that separate the outdoors from the indoors. It contains ways to reduce energy use with insulation, air-sealing, windows, and doors. Information is included on how to assess the current operation of your home through an energy assessment and how to begin the process of tightening your home to curtail energy consumption.
A significant portion of home energy use is for all of the common things that make our lives easier and safer. The Appliances, Lighting, Electronics guide discusses options for reducing energy consumption of these devices by changing when and how we use them. Additionally, there is information on what to consider when you are repairing or replacing these items.
Once the envelope of the house is sufficiently tight, the next step is to maintain and upgrade the mechanical systems of the building. Heating, air-conditioning, water heating, and ventilation systems use the most energy in our homes, so they deserve special attention. The Heating, Cooling, Ventilation guide describes the various types of systems and equipment available to operate your home. The guide also offers suggestions on maintenance, repair, and replacement decisions.


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Colleen McCullough is perhaps Australia’s most well-known author, having made millions and achieved notoriety around the world for her epic affair novel ‘The Thornbirds’. But the chain smoking writer hated the mini-series of her book, which became the most watched television show of all time, labelling it ’instant vomit’.
In a recent interview with the UK’s Mail, McCullough said the stars of the series, Richard Chamberlain and Rachel Ward, were both wrong for their parts, going on to say that Ward couldn’t ‘act her way out of a paper bag’.
According to the author, who is in the UK putting the finishing touches to a musical version of her story which is expected to set the West End stage alight, the series was filmed in Hawaii with only one Kangaroo and all the actors bar Brian Brown sounded American.
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Permanent URL to this publication: http://dx.doi.org/10.5167/uzh-53895
Figel, A M; Brech, D; Prinz, P U; Lettenmeyer, U K; Eckl, J; Turqueti-Neves, A; Mysliwietz, J; Anz, D; Rieth, N; Muenchmeier, N; Buchner, A; Porubsky, S; Siegert, S I; Segerer, S; Nelson, P J; Noessner, E (2011). Human renal cell carcinoma induces a dendritic cell subset that uses T-cell crosstalk for tumor-permissive milieu alterations. American Journal of Pathology, 179(1):436-451.
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Tissue dendritic cells (DCs) may influence the progression of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) by regulating the functional capacity of antitumor effector cells. DCs and their interaction with T cells were analyzed in human RCC and control kidney tissues. The frequency of CD209(+) DCs in RCCs was found to be associated with an unfavorable T(H)1 cell balance in the tissue and advanced tumor stages. The CD209(+) DCs in RCC were unusual because most of them co-expressed macrophage markers (CD14, CD163). The phenotype of these enriched-in-renal-carcinoma DCs (ercDCs) could be reiterated in vitro by carcinoma-secreted factors (CXCL8/IL-8, IL-6, and vascular endothelial growth factor). ErcDCs resembled conventional DCs in costimulatory molecule expression and antigen cross-presentation. They did not suppress cognate cytotoxic T-lymphocyte function and did not cause CD3ζ down-regulation, FOXP3 induction, or T-cell apoptosis in situ or in vitro; thus, they are different from classic myeloid-derived suppressor cells. ErcDCs secreted high levels of metalloproteinase 9 and used T-cell crosstalk to increase tumor-promoting tumor necrosis factor α and reduce chemokines relevant for T(H)1-polarized lymphocyte recruitment. This modulation of the tumor environment exerted by ercDCs suggests an immunologic mechanism by which tumor control can fail without involving cytotoxic T-lymphocyte inhibition. Pharmacologic targeting of the deviated DC differentiation could improve the efficacy of immunotherapy against RCC.
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From land ownership to seed supply to food retailing: food value chains are marked by their concentration in a few hands. The imbalance of power between large companies, smallholders and consumers results in malnutrition.
The agriculture and food sector is marked by big differences in power all the way along the value chain. In global markets and at local and regional levels alike, access to land, seeds, water and agricultural services are very unequally distributed. Economic power reinforces political power. As a result, policies designed by and for the elites perpetuate poverty for parts of the population and drive crises such as climate change and species extinction.
An example of this inequality is the politics around access to land. Many countries around the world have land policies to protect the land rights of vulnerable groups. Yet, implementation is lacking. This is a central issue for food security, as 80 percent of those suffering from extreme poverty live in rural areas. Agriculture is their main source of income; many are subsistence farmers. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations estimates that of the 608 million farms worldwide, 84 percent manage less than 2 hectares. Only 1 percent of farm enterprises operate more than 50 hectares.
If people are driven from their land, they also lose their livelihoods. The International Land Coalition reckons that inequality in land ownership has been on the rise since the 1980s. In Africa, 10 million hectares of land were acquired for large-scale agriculture between 2000 and 2016. Only about half the land purchased in such deals are now productive farms. Hunger and poverty are more common around the large farms than in areas dominated by smallholdings.
The imbalance is even more severe when the distribution of land between men and women is taken into consideration. In the Global South, only between 10 and 20 percent of landowners are women. In half of all countries worldwide it is difficult or impossible for women to own land. Yet women’s rights to land and property are central aspects of their ability to participate in economic life, produce food and earn an income.
Access to seeds is key for food security. Yet, the economic interests of large seed corporations curb access to seeds. Around 50 percent of the market for commercial seeds is controlled by just four corporations. These include Bayer Crop Science (which includes Monsanto), the American firm Corteva Agriscience, ChemChina/Syngenta, and the French firm Vimorin & Cie/Limagrain. Civil society organizations have long criticized the attempts by big seed companies to influence politics in the Global South to further expand their share in the countries’ seed markets.
Among other things, these companies want laws to be changed to reduce farmers’ freedom to propagate, trade or exchange seed themselves. If the farmers were to follow the advice of extension services and buy hybrid seed, they would no longer be able to produce their own seed. That could lead them into a spiral of debt. Aside from that, the huge diversity of traditional seed varieties increases the possibility of meeting the challenges of a changing climate.
A market concentration with especially negative consequences for health can be seen in food processing. In 2019, five of the biggest food processing companies in the world, Nestlé, PepsiCo, Anheuser-Busch InBev and the meat producers JBS und Tyson Foods, each had sales of more than 40 billion US dollars. These five companies controlled 23 percent of the market share of the top 100 food processing companies worldwide. Their combined sales of 308 billion dollars a year was higher than the gross domestic product of Finland.
These food giants use their political clout to maintain their market shares. This was made clear in 2016, in what came to be known as the “Coke Leaks” – a series of emails between two former senior managers at Coca-Cola. These suggest that research results that would suit industry interests should be generated by commissioned studies on the causes of obesity.
Corporate Observatory Europe, a civil society organization, calculates that the food industry in Europe has spent over 500 million euros to lobby against the introduction of Nutri-Scores, a nutritional rating scheme for display on food packaging. The corporations proposed their own, voluntary scheme with far less informative value, and commissioned a think tank which was financed by them to conduct scientific studies on it. These studies were supposed to increase the credibility of their own labelling scheme. The global growth in consumption of ultra-processed food, which results in ever-higher social costs, is also a result of these lobbying activities.

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5G Mobiles in Nepal
Are you looking for information regarding 5G in Nepal? Here, we have detailed information on 5G in Nepal. We have also included the list of 5G mobiles in Nepal. The need for 5G is everywhere including Nepal. The fast-changing world and speed of services creates demands for 5G networks.
The fifth-generation technology standard of telecommunications is called 5G. This standard is for broadband cellular networks worldwide. 5G was introduced in July 2016. It has a speed of up to 10 gigabytes per second. It has a spectrum band of around 28 GHz and 39 GHz. Low band 5g is quite similar to the FDD-LTE bands of 4G. It is expected to be used in general by internet service providers (ISP).
Advantage and Disadvantage of 5G
Advantages of 5G
- Lower Latency.
- Fast speed to download and faster transmission.
- Can connect more devices (massive iot)
- We can create subnets for virtual networks (network slicing).
- Easily manageable with previous generations
- Faster and reliable compared to existing ones
Disadvantages of 5G
- The cost of rollout is high at the beginning.
- Higher battery consumption in devices.
- The data upload speed is very low compared to download speed.
- The connectivity can be affected by physical interference.
- Requires additional advanced equipment both hardware and software.
- People in rural areas may not be able to access it.
5G in Nepal
Internet penetration in Nepal is 90.56 percent of the population. And a number of users using 4g services is around 7.69 million. It has been a long time since users have been waiting for 5G.
Committee of Nepal Telecommunication authority approved permission for trial in mid-March 2021. The director of the authority is Min Prasad Aryal. The Chairman of NTA is Purshottam Khanal. This was passed under the digital Nepal framework. This was the first step to using 5G wireless internet service. NTA has also promised to provide one year of free frequency for this. They plan to roll a radio frequency of 700 MHz.
Ministry of communications and IT (MOCIT) decided to begin trials from the cities. For the first phase, Four major cities including Kathmandu were chosen. According to the plan, Nepal might beat India and Pakistan to it. The preparations are going on. And on the end of the fiscal year, they hope to complete it.
After the tests are complete a deep analysis will be done. The reports need to get approval from the government. The operators must be capable to manage the traffic.
Most of the telecommunication industry in the country is trying to bring 5G. NTC (a government company) made a proposal for a 5G trial. Later, Ncell (a private company) also had applied for the trial. The trial operation has not yet started. Even though the 5G network is not yet available, many 5G mobiles are available. Multiple Mobile companies have produced some great deals.
5G mobiles available in Nepal
5G Mobiles of different brands are available in Nepal. Many Chinese 5G mobiles are available in the market. And, the cost is anywhere between Rs 20,000 (Twenty Thousand) to Rs 2, 85,000 (One lakh twenty-five thousand). A few lists of phones available are;
- iPhone 13Pro & iPhone 13 Pro Max
- Oppo find X3 pro ( photographer edition)
- Realme Q5 pro carnival
- TCL 20 R 5G
- Samsung galaxy wide5
- Xiaomi 11T pro
- Motorola moto G50 5G
- Nokia G50 5G
- Vivo iQOO 8
- Poco M3 pro
- Huawei enjoy 20 5G
There are other phones like Samsung Galaxy A72 and Samsung Zfold are also which are 5G mobiles in Nepal. Buy these mobiles from Online Saathi.
In today’s world Internet is used in every other field. There is improvement in technologies. With that many national and international development is taking place. So, the launch 5G can make a major difference in systems. It can create better business opportunities. Change in conditions of infrastructure.
There are many newspapers we can read about. We can find much information regarding 5G networks. We can learn its drawbacks, issues, and possible solutions as well. We can know where it has started and important milestones. We also get familiar with various terminologies.
There have been many debates. Especially regarding the harm 5G does to our body. It is also believed to affect the environment. Birds are dying from the use of the 5G tower. Please share your thoughts and feedback on this.
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News and Notes : DE Clowney and QB Bridgewater Declare For Draft, Browns Set To Hire Schwartz as DC?
DE Jadeveon Clowney and QB Teddy Bridgewater Declare For 2014 NFL Draft – While not surprising, South Carolina defensive end Jadeveon Clowney and Louisville Cardinals quarterback, Teddy Bridgewater have decided to enter the 2014 NFL draft. Clowney, a 20-year-old 6’6, 269-pound defensive end declared for the NFL after the Gamecocks 34-24 win over Wisconsin in […]
“The Merge” Apologies for the delay, as it has been a chaotic couple of weeks. It has also been chaotic over the last three episodes of Survivor: Game Changers. The tribes have finally merged into one, and it took no time at all for the castaways’ individual game plans to come to light. Sierra kickstarted […]
The Miami Heat had a matinee game today on the road against the Chicago Bulls at the United Center and came away with a 96-84 win in one of their most impressive victories of this NBA season. Along the way center Hassan Whiteside had his most complete game, even breaking a Heat franchise record. Here are […]

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Brennan & Ors -v- Governor of Portlaoise Prison & Anor,  IEHC 384 (2007)
|Docket Number:||2007 1584/5/6/7/8 SS|
|Party Name:||Brennan & Ors, Governor of Portlaoise Prison & Anor|
THE HIGH COURT[2007 No. 1588/1587/1586/1584/1585 SS]BETWEENPARTICK BRENNAN, JOHN TROY, THOMAS GILSON, SEAN O'DONNELL AND STEPHEN BIRNEYAPPLICANTSANDTHE GOVERNOR OF PORTLAOISE PRISON AND THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONSRESPONDENTSJUDGMENT of Mr. Justice O'Neill delivered on the 9th day of November, 2007In this case I directed an inquiry under Article 40 of the Constitution into the legality of the detention of all five Applicants, I also joined the Director of Public Prosecutions to the proceedings for the purposes of that inquiry.The returns to the proceedings or the certificates which have been furnished by Respondents certify that all five Applicants are detained pursuant to warrants from the Special Criminal Court requiring the Respondents to detain the Applicants for the duration of the sentences imposed upon each of them, that is to say four years from the 21st February, 2005 with the last two months suspended. The same sentence was imposed in respect of all five Applicants.Notwithstanding the ostensible legitimacy of those warrants and, I suppose, the ostensible legitimacy of the detention on foot of them the Applicants maintain this challenge to the legality of their detention because of the Judgment of the Supreme Court given in the case of O'Brien v. The Special Criminal Court and The DPP, in which judgments were delivered on the 24th October of this year and in which the Supreme Court held that the Special Criminal Court had no jurisdiction to try Mr. O'Brien. All five Applicants in this application contend that the circumstances of their arrest and detention under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act and their re-arrest under Section 4 of the 1997 Criminal Justice Act were identical to Mr. O'Brien's circumstances and they contend that following upon the judgments of the Supreme Court in the O'Brien case the detention of all of the Applicants is now unlawful.The facts of this matter may be briefly summarised. All five Applicants were arrested in 2002 and they were brought before the Special Criminal Court in 2002 and they were remanded a number of times, it is not clear how many, until December 2004. At the point at which they were about to be arraigned all five Applicants challenged the jurisdiction of the Court to try them.In the meantime Mr. O'Brien was arrested at a later time, he was arrested in 2004 and charged before the Special Court, but when he was charged he raised this point of jurisdiction and the Special Criminal Court fixed the trial of that issue for 13th December, 2004.The Applicant's trial was due to commence on 9th December, 2004 and, when they were arraigned they too raised this jurisdiction point. With the agreement of the Court, the preliminary point, as it may be described, as to jurisdiction, both in respect of these five Applicants and Mr. O'Brien, was tried by the Special Criminal Court on 13th December, 2004 and the Court gave its judgment on that preliminary issue on the 14th December, 2004 and it rejected the submissions which had been made by all six, I suppose, Applicants at that stage.Essentially, the case that was being made is that the arrest which was made under section 4 of the Criminal Law Act 1997 was unlawful, that the only possible form of arrest that was contemplated under the Offences Against the State Acts 1939-1998 for the purposes of bringing somebody lawfully before the Special Criminal Court was an arrest under the statutory scheme of The Offences Against the State Acts and hence the ordinary or general power of arrest as contained in section 4 of the Act of 1997 wasn't available and on that ground the arrest and subsequent bringing of these Applicants before the Special Court was illegal.It was furthermore contended that even if that wasn't correct that Section 30(a)(3) of The Offences Against the State Act 1939, as introduced by the 1998 Act, required that upon arrest or re-arrest after a detention under Section 30 they had to be brought forthwith before the Court and charged, or forthwith charged and that was not done.As to these two points, in the course of the hearing before the Special Criminal Court the State relied upon The DPP v. Kehoe  ILRM. 69 to say that insofar as these five Applicants were concerned, as they had not raised the point on their first appearance before the Court the point was now spent and they couldn't rely upon it. The Special Criminal Court did not deal with that point but rejected the submissions made on the other two points.Following upon that the trial of the Applicants proceeded before the Special Court for 25 days and in due course they were convicted on 21st February, 2005 and each of them sentenced to four years imprisonment.In the meantime, Mr. O'Brien had taken judicial review proceedings, which came on for hearing before the High Court, before Mr. Justice MacMenamin, who rejected his case. He appealed to the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court on the 24th October of this year allowed his appeal and declared that the Special Court did not have jurisdiction to try Mr. O'Brien.I should say, to complete the history, that after their conviction by the Special Criminal Court these Applicants appealed to the Court of Criminal Appeal and I am satisfied that as part of their appeal they did rely upon the jurisdictional point and, again, the question of whether their right to do so was spent did arise but was not decided by the Court of Criminal Appeal. But it is quite clear from Judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeal that their contention in relation to the legality of their re-arrest was rejected in that Court.Now, the issues which arise on this...
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Story by Elizabeth Lewis, CGM Staff Writer
Over the last decade, climate change and the “debate” over whether or not it is man made has caused unprecedented controversy in the political arena, particularly in America, where business interests can often work to override policies that are in the best interest of the public. As people are beginning to realize that climate change is real and that humans have played a very real part in its escalation over the past two centuries, the evidence has become undeniable.
James Balog, an environmental photographer who worked for several publications, including National Geographic, saw the drastic changes in the environment that were occurring as a result of climate change and sought to find a way to make these changes visible to the public. He knew that the general pubic was disinterested in figures and numbers and wanted something that could be seen. That was when he began the Extreme Ice Survey, a project involving many cameras set up in and around glaciers in several parts of the world, most notably in Greenland, Iceland, and Alaska. The objective was to capture the glaciers in photographs over periods of months and years, showing their dramatic changes in size.
The film Chasing Ice, released in 2012 and directed by Jeff Orlowski, follows Balog and his fellow members of the Extreme Ice Survey through their journey to bring the realities of climate change to a horribly mislead public.
In its opening scenes, Chasing Ice shows a wide-array of talking heads from well-known cable news networks doling out conflicting information about the realities of climate change and the role that humans have played in its rapid increase. Heated arguments and misleading information, as they were depicted in the opening scenes of the film, have played an unfortunately large role in the lack of public knowledge and minimizing the climate change issue.
With strong visuals of the slow-motion calving of glaciers and intense footage from the heart of melt zones in Greenland, the film portrays the condition of the world’s most vast and beautiful glaciers in a state of desperation, as they continue decrease in size at an increasingly rapid pace. Some of the most intense scenes of the film occurred while the crew was standing by, waiting for a glacier to calve, for nearly three weeks. The effects of the footage of the calving glacier was well worth the wait, as it contributed massively to meaning of the film as a whole; one section after another, the glacier fell and was swept away rapidly.
Throughout the film, there was a sense of urgency, as in the urgency of gathering the photos captured of the glaciers from a camera set at high altitudes in some of the harshest conditions on the planet. This translated in a sense of urgency for the climate issue and the fact that something must be done to curb carbon emissions into the atmosphere by the human population before the dangerous course humanity is headed down becomes far worse. With the rise in seawater that is said to occur as a result of melting glacial ice, weather patterns and storms will continue to grow in size and frequency.
It is hard to look at the beautiful imagery of the glaciers and not hope to preserve them for a better future. It is clear that something must be done to limit the amount of pollution that is being released into the air because there is overwhelming scientific evidence that climate change has increased beyond the naturally occurring levels of the past due to human excesses. The first step towards a better tomorrow for all of the life on earth, as well as the earth itself, is education. Presenting the public with time-lapse photographs of the rapid demise of some of the world’s largest glaciers, as James Balog has done with his Extreme Ice Survey, is an excellent way to move the public from skepticism and into action.
Nilhilism: rejecting all religious and moral principles in the belief that life is meaningless.
Moments in watching films like Chasing Ice challenge our ways of living by lighting up our current tendency to shun our actions of destroying the Earth. Chasing Ice is a statement that people do care enough to show the masses the effects of our combined proliferation. Acting as a symbol of hope this film rejects the notion of nilhilism. The beauty and awe of life can be seen even in pixelated projections of ice; the product of life “frozen” in time. What’s even more beautiful is the fact that although we have caused the ‘massive melt’, we can also create one massive transition of collective consciousness and reverse the global loss of glacial ice.
“The consequences for aesthetics and art are well-defined: either art will become the only space within which non-nihilistic access to Being is possible, or else art as will to power will have, more modestly, the therapeutic function of keeping under control the nihilistic tendencies of Overman.”
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A little South City stroppiness
Editorial: Did we detect some eye-rolling among the South Alive representatives at the Invercargill City Council's infrastructure and services committee meeting on Monday, as former Invercargill city councillor Thelma Buck returned to the fray?
Yes. We think perhaps we did.
However, not for the first time, the woman had a point. Though, we grant you, it was delivered in her inimitable way. Nobody ever called her delicate.
Long a voice of restraint in the face of assorted council enthusiasms, the 21-year veteran councillor - doesn't it seem like just a couple of months since she retired? - was back, this time as a member of the public, with one of her trademark sharp rebukes for councillors.
They had campaigned in South Invercargill, she said, but hadn't made the effort to go and see the South City retailers to hear their concerns about the proposed upgrade of the Martin St area.
She also had a few words of caution for an openly unimpressed South Alive contingent - the community group driving the upgrade with the support of a council that has been careful not to give any impression that it is taking over what was, from the beginning, seen as an admirably collaborative initiative from the community itself.
Much of the progress South Alive has made has been widely, and rightly, celebrated.
Lately, however, it has fallen afoul of Martin St businesses, who have felt either unheard or unheeded in the process, and who are particularly opposed to a pocket park.
Ms Buck presented councillors a 500-signature petition against it, partly on the basis of a loss of car parking (actually just one park, but on top of others already lost to a new bus stop) and also because of concerns it would become a gathering point for undecorative youths.
Clearly, South Alive members at the meeting did not appreciate hearing that they had snubbed the Martin St dissenters.
In fact, the Martin St business owners, having felt either unheard or unheeded at South Alive meetings, had organised one of their own, inviting councillors but not South Alive, whose chairman Colin Anderson showed up only to be asked to leave.
That was petulant. But however exasperated both sides may be feeling, they do need to get over it and get back together.
It is far from uncommon that organisations like South Alive, when they start to get traction, put value on momentum. But continuing consultation is important and in that respect, after a good start, some of the organisation's practices have been slipping lately.
We're thinking of the Elles Rd dog park, a contentious issue in itself, which the public was assured would have tasteful fencing - "not deer fencing". Then, upon further investigation of the practicalities of the matter, up went a deer fence without public explanation of the about- face beforehand.
It may be true that the fence was necessary. But the fact remains that they said one thing, they did another, and did it without explanation first.
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CERF in Southern Africa
The Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2006 to enable more timely and reliable humanitarian assistance to people affected by natural disasters and armed conflicts. The fund is replenished annually through contributions from Governments, the private sector, foundations and individuals, and it constitutes a pool of reserve funding to support humanitarian action. More details are on the CERF website.
As of 15 August 2012, Southern Africa has received almost US$47 million in humanitarian aid during this year. According to the OCHA Financial Tracking Service, the top three recipients were Tanzania ($11 million), Madagascar ($9.5 million) and Lesotho ($7.2 million). This is compared with the $58 million received during 2011.
The 2012 figure is expected to increase as three countries campaign for humanitarian funding: Lesotho and Malawi (food security) and Comoros (early recovery from flash flooding).
Through its rapid response window, CERF allocated $5,102,132 to Angola in June 2012 and $6,200,000 to Lesotho in August 2012 in response to food insecurity and worsening nutrition conditions. CERF also provided, through its underfunded emergencies window (UFE), US$ 2 million to Madagascar, in response to the food insecurity following floods and cyclone impacts in 2012.
The four biggest humanitarian funding donors to the Southern African region as of August this year are the European Commission ($20.7million), CERF ($13.8million), the United States ($3.5 million) and Japan ($2.4 million).
In 2011, the four biggest donors were CERF ($12.7 million), Japan ($9.8 million), the United States ($9.8 million) and the European Commission ($9.5 million).
CERF has allocated just over $13.8 million for emergencies in Southern Africa in 2012 (as of August 2012). This amount accounts for 3.8 per cent of the total allocated worldwide. This is similar to the amount the region received in 2011 ($15 million).
CERF grants were used to kick start life-saving interventions in response to food-security emergencies in Lesotho ($6.2 million) and Angola ($5.1 million), and to respond to flash flooding in Comoros ($2.5 million). CERF gave a further $2 million to Madagascar to fund remaining gaps regarding the response to Cyclone Giovanna, Tropical Storm Irina and heavy rainfall-related emergencies.
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Written by Sam Min on September 17, 2019
Repeated practice is necessary to achieve mastery, which is no exception for surgical residents who often train directly on patients for four to six years. However, in this hands-on learning environment, even a minor mistake can be serious. To protect against such fatalities, a McGill research team constructed a solution.
“The implementation of competency-based surgical education, along with advances in virtual reality, has resulted in the development and utilization of virtual reality-based surgical simulators,” Rolando Del Maestro, professor emeritus in neuro-oncology at McGill, said in an interview with The McGill Tribune.
The Neurosurgical Stimulation and Artificial Intelligence Learning Centre recently published a study in JAMA Network Open. A collaboration between McGill clinical investigators, the study involved Del Maestro, educators in the Faculty of Medicine, and computer scientists specializing in artificial intelligence and machine learning.
The study introduces a virtual setting of surgical operation that can be used to accurately assess a surgeon’s performance level. It uses NeuroVR, one of the most advanced simulators in neurosurgery, which can accurately mimic the visual and tactile cues that surgeons receive during an operation.
“In the aviation industry, […] pilots are trained utilizing high fidelity simulations with haptic feedback [technology that can create an experience of touch],” Del Maestro said. “These simulation systems have improved safety [and] decreased human errors. Our research is focused on the utilization of these technologies.”
In the study, research participants, which included medical students, residents, and attending neurosurgeons, were asked to remove realistic brain tumours in virtual simulations. A machine learning algorithm, known as the k-nearest neighbours (KNN) algorithm, then classified participants’ performances as that of a medical student, junior or senior resident, or attending neurosurgeon.
When assessing surgical performance, researchers took 270 factors, such as hand movements, the level of force applied through an instrument, and the amount of bleeding from the incision, into account. After the participants performed the virtual neurosurgery simulations, the researchers transformed the raw data of performance into a quantifiable dataset of these factors that might affect surgical performance. Using machine learning algorithms, they ran multiple simulations to achieve the highest accuracy of evaluating surgical performance.
If the machine learning algorithm misclassified the surgical performance of a participant (for example, if it categorized the work of a medical student as that of a neurosurgeon), the research team identified the algorithm as inaccurate. In the end, the algorithm accurately assessed participants’ surgical performance 90 per cent of the time, with only five misclassified individuals out of 50 participants. This virtual platform for evaluation can thus provide budding surgeons an opportunity to identify their areas of improvement without putting a patient at risk.
“Artificial intelligence fused with these high-fidelity surgical simulators can enhance present models of surgical education by providing opportunity where learners can not only acquire advanced surgical techniques, but do so in environments without the limitations imposed by operating rooms,” Del Maestro said.
Research at the intersection of artificial intelligence and surgical education has been progressing rapidly. Currently, the research group has been able to develop a curriculum for medical students and residents that heavily incorporate virtual reality simulators.
“The future of surgical education is undergoing a revolution spearheaded by virtual reality and artificial intelligence technology, which will complement present teaching methods,” Del Maestro said. “These systems can be utilized by any profession which requires the utilization of expert bimanual skills, which also encompass such areas as dentistry and nursing.”

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Jalen Hurts runs for 2 TDs, throws for a score; Eagles hold off fumble-prone Vikings 34-28
Jalen Hurts ran for a pair of 1-yard touchdowns and threw a 63-yard TD pass to DeVonta Smith, D’Andre Swift ran for 175 yards and a score, and the NFC champion Philadelphia Eagles held off the turnover-prone Minnesota Vikings 34-28.
Miami, Nebraska still waiting for 1st player taken in draft
So maybe it should be no surprise that neither the Hurricanes nor Cornhuskers had a player taken in the NFL draft's first three rounds. Heading into Saturday's final four rounds, Miami is still trying to extend a streak of having at least one player drafted that started in 1976. Nebraska will try to avoid a second straight season of no drafted players after having its 56-year streak snapped last year. Saturday could be a good day for several Miami players with receivers Jeff Thomas and K.J. This is the fourth straight season Nebraska has not had a player drafted during the first three rounds.


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Starring: Keir Gilchrist, Grace Phipps, Peter Stormare
Director: Paul Solet
Paul Solet made his directorial debut back in 2009 with Grace, but this week he is back with his second film Dark Summer. He is sticking with the horror genre for the new film, but this time around, it is Mike Le who has penned the screenplay.
Summer is a time to relax, unwind, take a vacation, and be free. But 17-year-old Daniel Austin gets none of that because his obsessive online stalking of his classmate and crush, Mona Wilson, got him put on house arrest for the whole summer.
So, no cell phone, no Internet, no leaving the property, and especially no Mona. Then Daniel's single mother has to go on a long business trip, and Daniel has the place to himself. Daniel figures out a way to piggyback onto his neighbours' wireless signal and believing he's surfing off the grid, uses his time to check in on his friends - and Mona...
But what Daniel didn't expect is for Mona to check up on him. And what she does next shakes him to his very core.
It has not been a great couple of years for the horror genre with a series of mediocre movies hitting the big screen - along with some major howlers.
While Dark Summer does start off well, it never really blossoms into a great low-budget psychological thriller. Solet does start to explore the psychological erosion of the central character - which is a really intriguing plot thread - but the run of the mill chills and thrills really lets it down.
The early promise of the movie slowly starts to fade away and we are left with something that is pretty conventional that we have seen a hundred times before.
It Solet had just resisted the urge to cram in as many moments to try and made you jump and stuck with the original premise of haunted social networks, I think the film could have been something a little more interesting and successful.
Keir Gilchrist is an actor who has been making a name for himself on TV and in film over the last couple of years, and he does the best with what he is given. He deals with the psychological aspect of the film incredibly well as Daniel struggles with what is happening to him.
But this character is not developed enough to make audiences really care about what is happening to him, which I think is a major shame.
Solet did a great job with his first movie Grace, as it was a film that really focused on the characters and kept you on the edge of your seat. Sadly, he hasn't quite recreated that with Dark Summer. I think that he excels more having penned the screenplay himself - like with Grace - rather than interpreting someone else's work.
Dark Summer is by no means the worst movie that we will see this year, but it is just a little too formulaic and offers very little in the way of originality. Major shame. Dark Summer is not now.


All useful memory devices have at least two inputs—one for the data signal to be memorized, and a timing control signal to define exactly when the data signal should be memorized. As shown Fig. 1, the current output of a memory device is called the “present state”, and the input is called the “next state” because it will define the memory at the next assertion of the timing control input. In a D-latch, the present state and next state are the same as long as the timing control input is asserted. A D flip-flop modifies the function of a D-latch in a fundamental and important way: the next state (or D input) can only be written into the memory on the edge (or transition) of the timing signal.
A D flip-flop (DFF) is one of the most fundamental memory devices. A DFF typically has three inputs: a data input that defines the next state, a timing control input that tells the flip-flop exactly when to “memorize” the data input, and a reset input that can cause the memory to be reset to '0', regardless of the other two inputs. The 'D' in DFF arises from the name of the data input; thus, the flip-flop may also be called a data flip-flop. The timing control input, called “clock”, is used to coordinate when new data can be written into the memory element, and conversely, when data cannot be written. A clock signal is most typically a square wave that regularly repeats at some frequency. A DFF records (or registers) new data whenever an active clock edge occurs—the active edge can be either the rising edge or the falling edge. A rising-edge triggered (RET) DFF symbol uses a triangle to show that the flip-flop is edge-triggered; a falling-edge triggered (FET) DFF symbol uses the same triangle, but with a bubble on the outside of the bounding box (just like any other asserted-low input). The timing diagram below in Fig. 3 illustrates RET DFF behavior. Note that the Q output changes only on the active edge of the clock, and the reset signal forces the output to '0' regardless of the other inputs.
As with the basic cells, a D flip-flop or D-latch can enter a metastable state if the data and control inputs are changed at exactly the same time. In a D-latch, the data must be stable when the control input is de-asserted. In a DFF, the data input must be stable for a time immediately before and immediately after the clock edge. If the data is not stable at the clock edge, a metastable state may be clocked into the memory element. If this happens, the memory element may not be able to immediately resolve to either low voltage or high voltage, and it may oscillate for a time. Thus, when designing circuits using edge-triggered flip-flops, it is important to ensure the data input is stable for adequate time prior to the clock edge (known as the setup time), and for a time after the clock edge (known as the hold time). Setup and hold times vary between several tens of picoseconds (for designs inside single IC's) to several nanoseconds (for designs using discrete logic chips).
A schematic for a basic D flip-flop is shown in Fig. 4 above. Several slightly different schematics can be found in various references, but any circuit called a DFF will exhibit the same behavior.
The DFF is the simplest and most useful edge-triggered memory device. Its output depends on a Data input and the clock input—at the active clock edge, the device output is driven to match the device's data input. The D-FF can be used in any application that requires a flip- flop. Over the years, other flip-flops have been designed that behave similar to, but not exactly like a DFF. One common device, called a JK flip-flop, uses two inputs to direct state changes (the J input sets the output, and the K input resets the output; if both are asserted, the output toggles between '1' and '0'). Another common device, the T flip-flop, simply toggles between '1' and '0' on each successive clock edge so long as the T input is asserted. These devices were commonly used in older digital systems (especially those built of discrete 7400 logic ICs), but they are rarely encountered in modern designs. Both JK-FF and T-FF can be easily constructed from DFFs or from first principles using basic cells. In modern digital design, and particularly in designs destined for FPGAs or other complex logic chips, these other flip-flops offer no advantages and they will not be dealt with further here. Figure 6 below illustrates JK and T flip-flops.
- All useful memory devices have at least two inputs—one for the data signal to be memorized, and a timing control signal to define exactly when the Data signal should be memorized.
- The current output of a memory device is called the “present state”, and the input is called the “next state” because it will define the memory at the next assertion of the timing control input.
- Flip-flop circuits are constructed in such a way as to make them operate properly when they are part of a sequential circuit that employs a single clock.
- In a DFF, the data input must be stable for a time immediately before and immediately after the clock edge.
- A JK flip-flop uses two inputs to direct state changes (the J input sets the output, and the K input resets the output; if both are asserted, the output toggles between '1' and '0').
- The T flip-flop simply toggles between '1' and '0' on each successive clock edge so long as the T input is asserted.


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Many people are fond of playing card games, as they like counting cards. Blackjack is a popular casino banking game, which is played by counting decks of 52 cards. It is derived from an earlier played card game called 21 that was most popular among all card games. Thus, a film named 21 was released in 2008, which tells the true story of a group of students from Massachusetts University who developed new strategies to beat all casinos in the Blackjack game.
The procedure of playing Blackjack game
Normally, a player tries to memorize all the numbers displayed on cards while counting those cards during a Blackjack game. Though it can be difficult to remember all the numbers accurately, the game procedure is quite simple. The player needs to check later if he could remember the card numbers correctly to win a game. In casinos, card decks are shuffled and there are 5 – 9 positions on a semicircular table for a dealer. Players need to bet for each of these positions in the betting box at the starting of each round of the game. In some casinos, players are allowed to bet only for 1- 3 positions in a single round.
Players can win money only by producing cards with numbers higher than that of the dealer while keeping it within 21 points. If the total number displayed on cards is more than 21, the player loses his betting amount right away. If it is the same as the dealer’s hand, the betting amount is returned to the player even without any deduction. If the first two cards are natural or Blackjack, then the player becomes a winner instantly.
The plot of movie 21
21 was a movie released in 2008 and directed by Australian film director Robert Luketic. It was based on the book named “Bringing down the House: The Inside Story of Six MIT Students Who Took Vegas for Millions” that was published in 2003. The writer Ben Mezrich described the true story of some students and ex-students of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), who invented new strategies for playing Blackjack so that people can win money easily in all casinos. The cast of the film included American actor Kevin Spacey, English actor James Sturgess, American actress Catherine Anne Bosworth, American actor Laurence Fishburne, Korean American actor Aaron Yoo, American actress Liza Lapira, and Vietnamese-American actress Kieu Chinh.
The story of this film revolves around a poor but brilliant student Ben who got admission to Harvard Medical School after passing out from MIT. But he did not have money and the scholarship was unsure. So a professor of MIT invited him and a few other students to form MIT Blackjack Team. They went to Las Vegas and faced many hardships and treacheries despite winning a lot of money by playing Blackjack games in the casino there. Lastly, the team could still make a large amount of money from card counting in Blackjack.
In real life too, players can win lots of money from card counting, as proved from the experiences of several Blackjack players. However, card counting is technically difficult in online casinos due to the revised rules of some casino sites.

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Revanesse Versa is a Hyaluronic Acid based dermal filler. Hyaluronic Acid (HA) is a naturally occurring substance that is found within the body. It is used as an injectable soft tissue filler in order to correct the appearance of facial wrinkles & creases.
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Our government is failing us. Our legislators say they’re going to fix things, and yet, every year nothing changes. One reason is gerrymandering, a trick politicians use to manipulate voting districts to benefit themselves and keep themselves in power.
When politicians gerrymander, the people lose our right to hold them accountable. So they only listen to special interests and the people lining their pockets, yet do nothing to fix our state’s real problems: our crumbling roads, struggling schools, and closing hospitals.
We are fighting for fair maps in Oklahoma by holding politicians accountable to the promises they have made for the upcoming redistricting process.


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I'm attaching a picture of how I want the interface to be. So, does it exist a good tutorial for this already? Or can a nice soul out there make one?

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Melbourne's Andy McGarvie Hopes You Are Holding On
By Stuart Coupe.
The New Single From The Album 'Going About This'
There’s no question that Andy McGarvie is a guitar player of advanced ability. The Melbourne musician has spent countless hours absorbing the influence of Led Zeppelin and John Mayer as well jazz guru Wes Montgomery and prog-punk outfit The Mars Volta.
‘Black Dog sounded shit on piano, so I learnt guitar.’ It’s hard to resist the appeal of Andy McGarvie’s mischievous candour. A Melbourne-born, and until recently London-based singer-songwriter, Andy’s music tells the tale of a world-wearied journeyman finding resolve and redemption in music and love, mostly reflecting in his own way, on the things that affect everyone, occasionally about the things that are more unique.
As a lyricist, McGarvie’s words are carefully chosen, observations of himself and of the world that surrounds him, though sometimes finds it easier to let his guitar do the talking for him. When it comes to his technical ability on guitar, he stands alone. If on occasion he is accused of being overly indulgent it’s only because he can.
However, to assume that his songs are for the musical elite is a mistake. Introspective yet inclusive, McGarvie’s music will find resonance with both the music aficionados and the casual listener. A guitarist’s guitarist; a troubadour for the ages; a commentator on the state of the world and an observer of heartfelt truths. Andy will have you one minute contemplating your past loves and and your future decisions, and the next dancing along, footloose and fancy free.
McGarvie has spent equal parts of his musical life as both a songwriter and bandleader, as well as a gun-for-hire session musician both in his home of Melbourne and in his adopted home of London. He has been nominated as a finalist in both the Vanda and Young Songwriting Prize, as well as the Melbourne Blues Society’s performer of the year. It is under his own moniker, however, that McGarvie really honed his craft, finding the liberty to truly express himself. “The freedom to take the songs anywhere I want is something I love”.


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It’s that time again! That point wherein we’re so desperate for the return of the NFL season that we actually watch the draft. Again, you’ve got to hand it to professional football for achieving the level of popularity that allows them to turn an HR convention into a major televised event.
The guys from Inside the Locker invite you to watch the first day of the draft right along with them. However, because actually sitting through the entirety of the draft requires next level sports nerdery that we’re not even sure we possess, we’ve created our own movie draft game that we’ll be playing throughout the evening.
The objective of the game? To create the perfect movie by drafting actors, directors, and screenwriters. We’ll all start with the same amount of money and a points system at the end will determine whose film reigns supreme. We’ll also note the bigger moments of the NFL draft and discuss sports news, but mostly we’ll just be yelling at each other over who snaked Spielberg in the second round.
Join us live back on this post on Thursday starting at 7pm central. We’ll be fielding your questions throughout the night. The invitation has been issued, you are officially on the clock!


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“There’s nothing in Pisa”
That’s the same piece of advise that countless*1 people told me when I told them it was my first stop in Italy. Some would then go on to say that the Leaning Tower was all that there was, and others would omit its existence altogether.
I’m writing this in the train station, my day here almost up, and while I can see what they meant, I couldn’t disagree with them more. Pisa is absolutely worth visiting, and while I have no other Italian experience to yet compare it to (Florence tomorrow, Rome on the weekend), I have been amazed by what I’ve found in this little city.
The reason I’m actually in Pisa is because it was much, much cheaper for me to Fly to Pisa and stay here a night, then train to Florence and stay a night, then train to Rome- than fly straight to Rome. Not only cheaper, but I get to see Pisa and Florence! What a deal.
I hopped off the plane PSA and walked outside with my luggage. I was a little worried. In France I was fine, I spoke enough French to easily get by. In Netherlands everyone spoke English. In England.. well, they pretended to speak English. But now, now I was in a country where I don’t know a single word, and it seems very, very few people speak English.
I pulled up my map and was grateful to see that my hostel was only a kilometre away. I was there after a very short walk. A few hand gestures later and I was given the key to the room I was staying in. A shower and a change of clothes, and I was out on the street (note, it was now about 11.30pm) and walking towards the river.
As soon as I turned a corner from my hostel, I was struck with awe. This little city is exactly what the dreams of Italy were like. Uneven paved streets, busy roadways where road rules don’t seem to apply, and a semi-grunge semi-unkempt feel was simply laid upon the city itself. I loved it.
A few more streets and my awe turned to amazement. I don’t know it’s official name, but I was facing a high medieval wall, now housing a garden and children’s playground inside. It was locked this late at night, but even walking the length of the wall, with it towering high above me, was amazing. I left it eventually and found myself down at the river, historic bridges spanning its width occasionally.
Even now, I find the river quite strange. Very few boats are on it, and it seems to have been forgotten by its people. Is it not very deep? Is it highly polluted? Pisa is built up quit a lot, but unlike every other city that would have put restaurants and shops and a riverfront, Pisa seems to have pretended like a river doesn’t exist and has nothing at all.
I spent a couple hours walking around before retiring back to my hostel room. A few hours later I was up and walking the streets again, the time barely 8am. I retraced my steps from the night before and found myself in the garden again. It was open now, and I’d bet any one else to is so got to walk around the small grounds by myself. It was great. (I returned later in the day again, just to walk through it, and a throng of people were sprawled out in the sun apparently studying).
Leaving the garden once more I crossed the river and headed towards the famous Leaning Tower. Apparently I hadn’t beaten this group, though, as when I arrived at the Piazza where the tower is, many hundreds of tourists, all putting their hands up and making really awkward poses pretending to either lean on, help keep up, or push over the Tower. It made me cringe inside, but it was a really nice site to see the Tower. It’s so white and grand as a building in itself, and then the odd fact that it is half sinking into the marshy ground just makes it all that much better.
What I didn’t anticipate, though, is the other buildings surround int. The Piazza that houses the Tower also houses a Cathedral, a Baptism building (I forget it’s actual name) and several museums. I knew the Cathedral was nearby, but didn’t know if its vastness or beauty.
While I had little interest in climbing the tower itself (especially for 18euro) I did really want to see inside the other buildings. 9 Euro got me a ticket for 5 of the other buildings. I would highly recommend getting this ticket.
The fist museum I visited was a recap of all of the Frescos that had once (and many still do) existed in the buildings surrounding. The Piazza and its buildings were now over a thousand years old, had been bombed in the Second World War, had been subject to several fires (from memory one big one in the 1500s and another large one from a bombing in the 1940s) and its a miracle that what exists even does.
Next I visited the Baptism building, which lies at the opposite side of the Cathedral to the Tower. It’s a giant circular dome, and, apparently, is one of the first circular baptism buildings in Italy, and one of the oldest. Inside is quite spectacular- more the craftsmanship than anything. Climbing to the upper landing and looking up and down at the infrastructure, it seriously amazes me that people back in the 1000s-1500s could build such perfect buildings.
After this I went into a third building- again, its name completely escapes me- but it was a large marble building which houses many, many statues, Frescos, etc. It was also the building most badly bombed during the war, and many of the statues have had to be pieces back together, restores one way or another, and the process seems to still be going on. There were some fantastic items on display in these grounds, and though [while i'm here] it is somewhat heavily under construction in some parts, still well worth the visit.
I went through the Cathedral next, a stunning building inside and out and while not as large or immaculate as Westminster or Notre Dame, very impressive upon itself. One benefit it did have above the other two is that you’re allowed to take photos throughout the entire premise- which is the same for all of these buildings.
The final part of my tour was of the museum del Opera (Probably got the name of that absolutely wrong). This museum is the largest and houses many original artifacts from the other buildings either before or after restoration and includes woodworks, stoneworks and some amazing bits and pieces. Another one that you really have to go and see.
It was about 1pm by the time I finished- a good 5 hours- and I didn’t stop to eat that entire time. If you were to spread out your morning, have breakfast and lunch, you could easily make a full day just of this piazza.
After an hour nap on the grass in the sun below the tower, I decided to head for short walk out of the Piazza and see what else I could find in Pisa. I didn’t have a guide or anything to tell me what else to look for, but even just some of the architecture and buildings throughout Pisa were so interesting- and then a bunch of street art*2 that I found was also worth stopping and admiring.
I’ll reiterate that there are very few things to do here in Pisa, but those few things that there are are definitely worth the visit, and can easily take up your day. If you have the chance and the means, I strongly, strongly suggest Pisa. It has a charm and atmosphere which I love, and embedded history that by far makes it worth seeing.
Now I’ve just got to wait another 3 hours for my train to Florence…
*1 Countless in this instance is 6. It’s a big number.
*2 Street art is “graffiti” that is artfully, tastefully done


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Click on the dates to see which parties made up New Zealand's Parliament after each election from 1935 to 1949. This period included the Second World War (1939–1945), when New Zealand was governed by a cross-party coalition.
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Sources: Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz, and Christof Hartmann, Elections in Asia and the Pacific: a data handbook. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001, p. 731–734; New Zealand Election Results


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The first Bremer Bay Sperm Whale sighting for Season 2020 happened onboard today!
A long and anticipated wait as we normally have 2-3 sightings during the start of the season, but this year we had to wait a bit longer. Departing on another beautiful morning, we met within five minutes a pod of Common Dolphins foraging on Pilchards very close to shore as they enjoyed some fresh breakfast. It was a perfect morning so our guests were able to enjoy some morning sunshine out on the bow as we cruised out to the Patch and just as we arrived a tall dorsal fin bobbed up in front of us. Completely still and not moving, we made a gentle approach and quickly realised we had a 5ft Hammerhead Shark basking in the sunshine! He was lovely and came over to have a curious look before shyly turning away, he isn’t the biggest predator in these canyons.
We began our search for the Orca and were accompanied by many schools of jumping Jackfish Tuna who were chasing even smaller fish as they tried to capture their meal. Our first sighting of a muffled blow to our port side was exciting, but at a distance this Sperm Whale dived soon after and we continued on but carefully kept an eye open for his return.
Then he was back, the first Bremer Bay Sperm Whale sighting for the season was unfolding and as we approached he was completely relaxed as the exchange of oxygen took some time.
He was breathing regular and just sat a few meters away from our bow, he decided to have a quick restroom break (whale poo collecting complete as well today!) and then lifted his magnificent fluke in a powerful dive which took him back down to the depths of the canyon. The worlds largest brain and largest tooth predator was our company for a while and we were very excited to meet this special individual and first for 2020.
Returning back to the Patch, El Notcho and his family pod had also began to move back through their regular feeding grounds and it was hunting time.
A large Sunfish also popped up right on our bow and stole the show for a few minutes before our attention then returned back to the Orca!
Cookie was leading the hunt and keeping consistent surface time along with 5-8 minute dives down to the depths with big round outs.
It proved successful as a small amount of food was being carried in Spock and Cookies mouth, something only small but enough to encourage them to continue on with the hunt as the afternoon sunshine and sleepy Australian Sea Lions completed a very interesting and species filled day out in the Bremer Canyon.
-Whale Watch Western Australia
This post was adapted from a blog, read the original here