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“The Mucem represents the civilizations of Europe and the Mediterranean. I am at the crossroads between them, so it really spoke to me. I just couldn’t decline the invitation. I once a painted a small wall in L’Estaque, near Marseille, in 2013. I had written “link” in Arabic (referring to the link between Europe and Africa), because that was the thought that Marseille inspired in me. I wanted to leave my mark here. In fact, I had already been imagining what I wanted to do. I had been thinking for a while about the sculpture installed at the Mucem and asking myself where else I could build a sculpture made of soap, other than in Marseille? One thing led to another, and so it happened. Doing this project at the Mucem was the logical choice, because it is at the crossroads between the several worlds in which I live.
I usually paint murals, but I’m also trying to do new things. For example, I am sculpting: one of my sculptures is at the Mucem. It’s made of soap and has been chipped away. I enjoy creating ephemeral pieces, to really stay within the spirit of street art and other forms of art in public spaces, where the work belongs to the public and so can be destroyed, vandalized or covered up.
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The fresco was much more spontaneous. I chose the colour at the last second. I had a phrase in mind and everyone was done in the moment at the Centre for Conservation and Resources (CCR), with no initial sketches. I feel very connected to history and keep lots of things like letters, drawings, and so on, because they all represent memories that hold a lot of value for me, so painting the CCR’s wall had real meaning. The wall wasn’t clean; it had a history. I liked that.”


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Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2014.03.25
Christopher Warne, Arguing with Socrates: An Introduction to Plato's Shorter Dialogues. London; New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2013. Pp. xii, 209. ISBN 9781441195449. $27.95 (pb).
Reviewed by Peter Aronoff, Trinity School (email@example.com)
Christopher Warne does two things especially well in this new book. First, he skillfully combines two approaches to Plato that commonly clash. Following Debra Nails,1 we can call these the literary-contextualist and the analytic- developmentalist styles.2 Second, Arguing with Socrates forces readers to think for themselves. Warne generally proceeds dialectically: he looks at arguments from many sides, but he rarely argues for his own conclusions. For both reasons this book should prove very useful to its target audience, namely early-level undergraduates.
The book contains two main sections. The first, which is much briefer at 28 pages, has two chapters: 'People' and 'How Socrates argues'. The second section spans just shy of 150 pages and offers nine chapters on individual dialogues: Apology, Crito, Euthyphro, Hippias Major, Ion, Laches, Meno, Protagoras, Symposium. None of the chapters strictly require any other, and in theory they could be read individually and in any order. (As I'll explain later, I think this is another strength of the book.)
Although the chapters on specific dialogues form the backbone of Warne's project, the second chapter, 'How Socrates argues', is one of the strongest in the book. Warne manages to introduce students briefly but clearly to central questions about Socratic methodology. He covers the elenchus, Socratic definitions (i.e. the 'What is F-ness?' questions), Socratic ignorance, and irony (both Socratic and Platonic). In addition, Warne provides excellent coverage of Socratic epagoge for non-specialists. In particular, he explains that most of the arguments employing epagoge are not inductive proofs but rather illustrations that reveal the concept of a universal to interlocutors (and readers).
The chapters on individual dialogues all follow the same structure. For each dialogue, Warne considers (1) the dramatic situation, (2) the central theme and (3) the specific arguments in the text. The sections on drama give important historical background and sometimes discuss the dialogues as dramatic works, that is as literature. When discussing themes, Warne pulls back from Plato altogether. For example, in the chapter on Laches Warne talks about courage—whether or not it is a virtue, whether we can properly describe a criminal as being 'brave' while doing something vicious. Warne explains in the preface that he is sometimes deliberately provocative in these sections in order to open up the reader's mind. The last section in each chapter moves through the dialogue sequentially and carefully unpacks the arguments that Socrates and the interlocutors make. In these sections, Warne generally avoids coming down on one side or another. He describes the arguments and comments on strengths or weaknesses, but he abstains from telling the reader what to conclude.
We can get a better sense of Warne's goals and style by comparing his book with two other introductory works on Socrates, C. C. W. Taylor's Socrates in Oxford's Very Short Introduction series and George Rudebusch's Socrates in Blackwell's Great Minds series. Taylor and Warne are surveys without an overarching single thesis, while Rudebusch presents a unified and novel interpretation of Socrates. Rudebusch and Taylor argue towards specific conclusions, but Warne, as I said above, mostly explores arguments without picking one view over another. Rudebusch and Taylor could be read piecemeal, but really seem intended to be read in order all the way through. Warne is the other way around: You could read it cover to cover, but it invites reading chapters in any order. Taylor and Warne focus solely on Socrates as he appears in Plato; Taylor gives Plato pride of place, but he also considers Aristophanes and Xenophon, among others. Taylor and Warne are both pitched at a very introductory level, but Rudebusch makes more demands on his readers. Rudebusch and Warne are very much aimed at philosophers, while Taylor would also suit Classicists or the elusive general reader.
As much as these three books overlap, they each have distinct best uses. Taylor provides the best introduction to Socrates as a historical individual, and Rudesusch offers the most challenging and detailed interpretation of Socratic philosophy as a whole. Warne, however, gives the most guidance to less experienced students. In particular, he does the most to walk readers carefully through the arguments of the nine dialogues he covers. He shows students, by example, how to analyze and assess philosophical claims. Arguing with Socrates would be especially useful for first- or second-year undergraduates who were new to writing philosophical papers. Warne poses questions and weighs potential answers, but he doesn't usually make final decisions. Thus there is still plenty of room for students to explore their own views, and Warne has prepared the ground well for them in advance.
For such students, I recommend this book enthusiastically, but I do have one significant reservation. Warne is not always at his best when discussing history and biography. This is not surprising since Warne says repeatedly that the book is meant for philosophers more than historians. In addition, Warne mentions that he sometimes makes deliberately provocative historical claims in order to stimulate readers.3 Whether he is playing devil's advocate or simply not being sufficiently critical, he makes a number of claims that concern me. For example, Warne says, without any further elaboration, that Socrates may have worked as a mason or a usurer (5). He treats the Second Letter as evidence for Plato's views as an author (183). And Warne suggests that we might re-evaluate the courage Socrates displayed as a soldier since "he excelled himself in retreat" (5).4
The overwhelming majority of these questionable claims or provocations appear in Chapter 1, 'People'. To be frank, I would recommend that students skip this chapter altogether. Playing devil's advocate can work well for philosophical arguments, since a student needs only patience and thought to respond there. But in the case of historical facts, students are not easily able to assess Warne's claims, especially since he often omits mention of his ancient or modern sources. As a result, I think that Chapter 1 is the exception in an otherwise very student-friendly and useful book about Plato's Socrates.
So in sum Arguing with Socrates is a stimulating introduction to the philosophical methods of Socrates and to nine important Socratic dialogues. It best suits introductory-level readers, and (with the exception of Chapter 1) I recommend it very strongly.
1. See the section on contemporary interpretative strategies in Nail's article on Socrates from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
2. The first approach reads individual dialogues closely and independently, paying careful attention to literary techniques and historical allusions. The second cares almost solely for arguments, downplays the dramatic structure of Plato's writing and happily puts together arguments on the basis of premises drawn from multiple dialogues.
3. See pages 4 and 7 in the first chapter. In a similar spirit, note what Warne says on page xi of the preface.
4. The emphasis is Warne's. I find this suggestion particularly outrageous. It runs directly against the clear implication of the passage Warne seems to have in mind. What Laches says there (Laches 181B) is that if the Athenian army had possessed more soldiers like Socrates they would not have needed to retreat at all. That is, they would have won the battle of Delium. It is bad faith to turn this into "Socrates was a great soldier—when he was running away."

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A Met Police officer has been charged with six counts of rape and one count of indecent assault following alleged attacks on a woman and two teenage girls. PC Adam Provan, 38, was remanded in custody after being charged on Tuesday (26 September).
He faces one count of indecent assault following an alleged attack in 2002 against a girl then aged 15.
He also faces two counts of rape following an alleged attack on a 16-year-old girl in 2010, and four counts of rape following an alleged attack on a 20-year-old woman in 2016.
PC Provan, who has been suspended from duty, was previously attached to the east area command unit based in the London borough of Barking and Dagenham.
He is due to appear at Barkingside Magistrates' Court on Wednesday.

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The 2020 Honda CR-V also incorporates Honda's next-generation Advanced Compatibility Engineering™ (ACE™) body structure, helping CR-V achieve the highest possible collision safety ratings, including an NCAP 5-Star Overall Vehicle Score from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), and targeting a TOP SAFETY PICK+ rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS).
The 2020 Honda CR-V and CR-V Hybrid maintain the same agile and confident handling, greater refinement, additional ground clearance and superior overall versatility versus its competition. Its front MacPherson strut and rear multi-link suspension use specially tuned low-friction dampers, with both FWD and AWD models including tubular front and solid rear stabilizer bars that promote responsive turn-in and flatter cornering. Dual-pinion, variable ratio Electric Power Steering (EPS) also contributes to the CR-V's direct and satisfying steering feel. For CR-V Hybrid, an electronic servo brake pedal maintains a firm and linear brake feel like its non-hybrid sibling.


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I sat in my car and turned to my usual 103.8 Dubai eye and there he was ‘The Gary Rhodes‘ in the studios talking to the the breakfast show hosts. It isn’t too often that you have the best in the culinary world right there next to you to offer their best culinary offerings, so naturally the foodie in me was all ears.
The show hosts asked him so which is the one dish from you that we must try at the Taste this time and Gary said it has to be the White Tomato soup- A soup made from red plum tomatoes yet absolutely stark white in color. Umm….fascinating I thought, and so on the very first day when I got to the Taste of Dubai, I headed straight to Garry Rhodes restaurants- the Rhodes Mezannine and Rhodes Twenty10. Gary was right there and I said to him-“I would love to try your white tomato soup that I heard you talk about on the radio show the other day”. And Gary said- “You know it is made from absolutely red plum tomotoes and it is white in color”.
“So do you put cheese or cream in it”- I asked, ‘No cheese, just a dash of cream just a dash- but I am not telling you anything else’! 🙂 ‘How sweet’- I thought!
His sous chef brought a glass of frothy white tomoto soup out and Gary said- ‘With my compliments’. I was delighted. I took a careful sip of the white frothy warm liquid in the glass trying to savor every hint flavor in there- pure white and warm distinctly tomato, yet a soft gentle creaminess – not heavy on the palate at all. It did not even have an overiding dash of the usual black pepper or even the salt. Very gently, warm and delicious…I loved it and decided I was going to unravel this recipe.
The next day morning was a friday, I decided to give the soup a shot in my kitchen, I plucked a few red plum tomatoes from my garden and tried to achieve the same and did not quite get there. So in the evening when I returned to Taste, I went to Gary’s again. Look at my luck he was there again- I said to him-‘ I tried making your white tomato soup, and it had a hint of pale reddish tinge’, ‘Aaha’, he said, ‘you see I get it absolutely white, I have this technique of liquidizing, but I am not telling you anything’. (I smile, smile)
I had to buy his book- ‘Gary Rhodes 365/ one year’ and he said-‘I will sign it as I found you, ‘Simply delicious!’
More smiles, smiles…And I said- ‘Thank You, but I would like to give you a gift as well, I hope you would accept’, That’s when I gave him a copy of ‘Accessory Recipes’ that he so graciously accepted and said to me- “I cannot wait to see what’s inside it!!!”
I hope he did get a chance to see what’s inside it. I am just honored that he accepted it with so much love. I loved Gary Rhodes and I am going to make his very white tomato soup in my kitchen soon.


To investigate the legibility and visual comfort of LED traffic signs, an ergonomic experiment is performed on four custom-designed LED traffic signs, including three self-luminous ones as LED lightbox, LED backlight and regional LED backlight, and one non-self-luminous sign with external LED lighting. The four signs are hanged side-by-side and evaluated by observers through questionnaires. The signage dimension is one-sixth of the real freeway traffic signs, and the observation distance is 25 m. The luminance of three self-luminous signs is 216 cd/m2. The illuminance of external LED lighting is 400 lux on the traffic sign. The ambient illuminance is 2.8 and 6.0 lux in two rounds. The results show that self-luminous traffic signs provide superior legibility, visual comfort and user preference than the non-self-luminous one. Among the three self-luminous signs, regional LED backlight is most susceptible to the ambient illumination. LED lightbox has significantly better preference score than LED backlight under darker ambient lighting. Only LED lightbox has significantly better visual comfort than external LED lighting in the brighter environment. Based on the four LED traffic signs evaluated in this study, we suggest LED lightbox as the prior choice. Further investigations on the effect of ambient illumination and other designs of self-luminous traffic signs are in progress.
Bullet-shaped LEDs are commonly used in self-luminous traffic signs as LED-dotted matrices due to their low cost, simplicity, robustness, and ease of installation. We proposed a simple low-cost method that creates a model suitable for the high manufacturing tolerance found in bullet-shaped LEDs. The method starts from measuring multiple one-dimensional angular intensity patterns at interested distances from multiple LEDs to form a database, including distances at 10, 15, 20, 25, 35, 50, and 100 mm. Their normalized cross-correlations are then calculated to find the batch that has the most similarity and base our model off that batch. Finally, we validate the model via Monte Carlo simulations in comparison to the original one-dimensional angular intensity patterns in the database. The platform demonstrated to obtain an average of 99% in normalized cross correlation between different batches of the same model LED, and a model of that LED is currently under development.
The subaperture stitching interferometry is a technique suitable for testing high numerical-aperture optics, large-diameter spherical lenses and aspheric optics. In the stitching process, each subaperture has to be placed at its correct position in a global coordinate, and the positioning precision would affect the accuracy of stitching result. However, the mechanical limitations in the alignment process as well as vibrations during the measurement would induce inevitable subaperture position uncertainties. In our previous study, a rotational scanning subaperture stitching interferometer has been constructed. This paper provides an iterative algorithm to correct the subaperture position without altering the interferometer configuration. Each subaperture is first placed at its geometric position estimated according to the F number of reference lens, the measurement zenithal angle and the number of pixels along the width of subaperture. By using the concept of differentiation, a shift compensator along the radial direction of the global coordinate is added into the stitching algorithm. The algorithm includes two kinds of compensators: one for the geometric null with four compensators of piston, two directional tilts and defocus, and the other for the position correction with the shift compensator. These compensators are computed iteratively to minimize the phase differences in the overlapped regions of subapertures in a least-squares sense. The simulation results demonstrate that the proposed method works to the position accuracy of 0.001 pixels for both the single-ring and multiple-ring configurations. Experimental verifications with the single-ring and multiple-ring data also show the effectiveness of the algorithm.
Sub-aperture testing methods are widely used in optical shops to test surface deformations of large diameter, high
numerical aperture, or aspherical lens surfaces. We are proposing a novel 4 axis vibration modulated interferometer for
subaperture testing. This interferometer takes advantage of the rotationally symmetric property of the optical lens and
measures the lens surface against its symmetry axis rotationally. By adapting a synchronous random phase modulation
measurement, interferometric data is acquired on the fly when the lens is being rotated. The vibration modulated
interference phase is then calculated and stitched into a complete lens surface map by least squared fitting. This method
has advantages over the prior methods in that it acquires the interferogram in a much shorter acquisition time, even with
lower requirements on the optics and mechanical hardware. The stitch error is then significantly decreased by increasing
both the lateral resolution of sub-aperture and the reduced position uncertainty of the stitched sub-aperture phase maps.
A measurement on a mild asphere is demonstrated to prove the feasibility of the proposed interferometer.
An aspheric testing system based on subaperture stitching interferometry has been developed. A procedure involving
subaperture aberration compensation and radial position scanning was established to resolve discrepancies in the
overlapped regions. During the aspheric measuring process, the Fizeau-interferometer axis, the optical axis of the
asphere, and the mechanical rotation axis have to be aligned. Due to the tolerance of alignment mechanisms, subaperture
interferograms would be contaminated by various amounts of aberrations associated with the rotation angle. These
aberrations introduce large inconsistencies between adjacent subapertures in the stitching algorithm. Zernike coefficients
of the subapertures in one annulus were examined and each coefficient term was found to be a sinusoidal function of the
rotation angle. To eliminate the influence of misalignments, each subaperture was compensated with appropriate
amounts of coma and astigmatism to make the resulting Zernike coefficients converge to the mean values of the
sinusoidal functions. In addition, the determination of the overlapped regions relies on the precise estimate of the
distance between the center of each subaperture and the center of the aspheric optics. This distance was first provided by
the encoder and then estimated by position scanning along the radial direction pixel-by-pixel in numerical computations.
The means of the standard deviation in the overlapped regions in the simulation and the experimental measurement of an
aspheric lens were 0.00004 and 0.06 waves, respectively. This demonstrates the reliability of the subaperture aberration
compensation and position scanning process.
A biometry-based human eye model was developed by using the empirical anatomic and optical data of ocular parameters. The gradient refractive index of the crystalline lens was modeled by concentric conicoid isoindical surfaces and was adaptive to accommodation and age. The chromatic dispersion of ocular media was described by Cauchy equations. The intraocular scattering model was composed of volumetric Mie scattering in the cornea and the crystalline lens, and a diffusive-surface model at the retina fundus. The retina was regarded as a Lambertian surface and was assigned its corresponding reflectance at each wavelength. The optical performance of the eye model was evaluated in CodeV and ASAP and presented by the modulation transfer functions at single and multiple wavelengths. The chromatic optical powers obtained from this model resembled that of the average physiological eyes. The scattering property was assessed by means of glare veiling luminance and compared with the CIE general disability glare equation. By replacing the transparent lens with a cataractous lens, the disability glare curve of cataracts was generated to compare with the normal disability glare curve. This model has high potential for investigating visual performance in ordinary lighting and display conditions and under the influence of glare sources.
An intraocular scattering model was constructed in human eye model and experimentally verified. According to the
biometric data, the volumetric scattering in crystalline lens and diffusion at retina fundus were developed. The scattering
parameters of cornea, including particle size and obscuration ratio, were varied to make the veiling luminance of the eye
model matching the CIE disability glare general formula. By replacing the transparent lens with a cataractous lens, the
disability glare curve of cataracts was generated and compared with that of transparent lenses. The MTF of the
intraocular scattering model showed nice correspondence with the data measured by a double-pass experiment.
A subaperture stitching algorithm was developed for testing aspheric surfaces. The full aperture was divided into one
central circular region plus several partially-overlapping annuli. Each annulus was composed of partially-overlapping
circular subapertures. The phase map in each subaperture was obtained through the phase-shifting interferometry and
retrieved by an iterative tilt-immune phase-shifting algorithm and a Zernike-polynomial-based phase-unwrapping
process. All subapertures in one annulus were stitched simultaneously in least-squares sense. By eliminating the
relative piston and tilt between adjacent subapertures, the sum of squared errors in the overlapped regions was
minimized. The phase stitching between annuli also utilized the least-squares method in the overlapped region.
Simulation results on a test wavefront with 30-wave spherical aberrations demonstrated the effectiveness of the proposed
algorithm. The rms phase residue after the phase-shifting, phase-unwrapping and phase-stitching processes was 0.006
waves, which met the precision requirement of common interferometers. This algorithm should be applicable to general
surfaces in subaperture stitching interferometry.
A biometry-based human eye model was developed by using the empirical anatomic and optical data of ocular
parameters. The gradient refractive index of the crystalline lens was modeled by concentric conicoid isoindical surfaces
and was adaptive to accommodation and age. The chromatic dispersion of homogeneous ocular media was described
by Cauchy equations. The gradient equations for the refractive index of crystalline lens were modified at particular
wavelengths according to the same dispersion model. Mie scattering was introduced to simulate volumetric light
scattering in the crystalline lens.
The optical performance of the eye model was evaluated in CodeV and ASAP and presented by the modulation transfer
function (MTF) at single and multiple wavelengths. The chromatic optical powers obtained from this model matched
that of physiological eyes. The scattering property was assessed by means of glare veiling luminance and compared
with CIE general disability glare equation. This model is highly potential for investigating visual performance in
ordinary lighting and display conditions and under the influence of glare sources.
A dynamic surface-plasmon-resonance (SPR) imaging sensor was developed to realize high-resolution high-throughput
applications. The SPR device consisted of a half-cylinder prism, 47.5nm-thick gold thin film and a custom-designed
flow cell to construct the Kretschmann configuration. A cylindrical lens pair in conjunction with the half-cylinder
prism was used to simplify the optical alignment procedure and to ensure plane-wave propagation inside the prism.
Phase-shifting interferometry was implemented by using a piezoelectric transducer (PZT) driven by a triangular voltage
waveform. A CCD camera was employed to acquire the sequential interference patterns required for phase calculations.
A reference signal obtained from a photodiode before the SPR device was used to compensate the system instability from
the laser intensity, environmental disturbances, and mechanical vibrations from the PZT. Integrating-bucket data
acquisition was realized with the synchronization between the photodiode and the CCD camera to preserve the dynamic
capability of the SPR sensor. System evaluations were performed by salt-water mixture measurements and gold-spot
array imaging. The achieved phase-measurement stability was 0.40 degrees and the system sensitivity was 5.14×104
degree/RIU (refractive index unit). The corresponding system resolution was 7.8×10-6 RIU. This SPR imager is
anticipated to find applications in studying biomolecular interactions with high resolution, stability, throughput and
Laser encoders overcome the fundamental resolution limit of geometrical optical encoders by cleverly converting the diffraction limit to phase coded information so as to facilitate nanometer displacement measurement. As positioning information was coded within the optical wavefront of laser encoders, interferometry principles thus must be adopted within the design of the laser encoders. This effect has posed a very strong alignment tolerance among various components of the whole laser encoder, which in turn impose a serious user adaptation bottleneck. Out of all alignment tolerance, the head-to-scale alignment tolerance represents the most important hindrance for wider applications. Improving the IBM laser optical encoder design by taking into the consideration of manufacturing tolerance of various optical components, an innovative linear laser encoder with very high head-to-scale tolerance is presented in this article. Efficiency of the TE/TM incident light beams on the grating scale used are examined theoretically and verified experimentally so as to provide design optimizations of the grating scale. Effect of various grating scale, quartz master or polymer-based grating replicate, is also detailed. Signal processing used to decoded the quadrature based positioning optical signal is also studied. Experimental results that verify the resolutions of the tabletop laser encoder prototype by comparing the decoded quadrature signal and a HP laser interferometer output signal is also presented.
Diffractive optical elements (DOE) have been widely used in both scientific and industrial applications. Optical wavefront measurements are one of the most important methodologies in verifying the performance of DOEs. Due to its non-destructive nature, ease of implementation, and relative short operation time, optical interferometry-based systems for wavefront measurements remain popular. The advantages and drawbacks of a non-common path and common path interferometry technique are examined first within this article.


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The last weeks of an entry-less WordPress account was the result of obsessing over HBO’s recent TV series adaptation of George R.R Martin’s A Song of Fire and Ice novels, the first season named after the first book “A Game of Thrones”. I was compelled to download one episode after reading much about the fan’s raves over the show in my favorite websites that I frequented. True enough, the series featured a plot line that wasn’t your usual standard-fare fantasy and I devoured and was hooked after the second episode. The series grew on me through a kind of powerful, solid narrative on fantasy that we don’t get a lot of these days.
So I was introduced to the world of Westeros, where the kingdom of the royal Stark (Winterfell in the North) family faces its ultimate challenge in the onset of a generation-long winter, the poisonous plots of the rival Lannisters, the emergence of the Neverborn demons, and the arrival of barbarian hordes and the ultimate clashing of rival Houses in King’s Landing.
The first two episodes are vital in the series: it sets the mood for the series, making it or breaking it. There were definitely strong visuals involved and we got to know more about the lord and lady of the North and their family and their motto—Winter is Coming. The visuals are set in a way a somber manner yet perfect and this seemed an appropriate background to introduce the Starks. Eddard ‘Ned’ Stark (played by Sean Bean) the Lord of the House of Stark has taught his family the value of honor and they represent the value of responsibility, trustworthiness and know when to be a leader when they’re called upon by duty.
From L-R: Lord Eddard Stark, Lady Catelyn Stark, Robb Stark, Sansa Stark, Arya Stark, Bran Stark, Rickon Stark and Jon Snow.
Along the way, we learn that the Hand of the King (King’s Chief Advisor) has recently died and the ruling king of Westeros Robert from the House of Baratheon decides to pay a visit to his old friend Ned Stark in the North to call upon him as the new Hand of the King. I have to say that Robert’s character and his brotherly relationship with Ned and asking him to be the Hand of the King provides a dynamic relationship that sets off many events and shape many circumstances ahead. And at this point, we are given an introduction and a warning at the same time to the ruling queen of Westeros Cersei Lannister of the Lanniester House (who’s one of my favorite characters), a bitch with a force to be reckoned with and proves to be a formidable major adversary in the long run.
While this is going on in Westeros, we are taken to the other side of the World where the story of Daenerys Targaryen unfolds before us. We learn that the House of Targaryen is the principal House of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros and have ruled for many centuries. Their seat is the capital city of King’s Landing and their family is said to descendants of Old Valyria, a mythical city where dragons are said to exist. Their family’s motto—Fire and Blood—implies that they are a family where dragon blood flows in them.
Daenerys Targaryen with her older brother Viserys have fled in exile after a great war that killed most of their family. Her prideful but cowardly older brother makes the beautiful Daenerys a child bride, marrying him off to a barbarian warlord in a deal that provides Viserys financial and political benefit to seize the Iron Throne once again.
As the story goes on, three royal families resort to murder and brutal political intrigue and war to gain control of the Iron Throne and the land while cruel supernatural beings called the White Walkers press against the protective Wall at the northern edge of the kingdom. Power, tension, blood and danger serve as a background for the Game of Thrones and season 1 was a successful setting up the storyline to gear up for the upcoming season 2.
GOD. SEVEN HELLS. SEASON 2 COME SOONER! APRIL 15, 2012 FOR MORE GAME OF THRONES! HBO WHY!?! IN ALL RESPECT TO THE KING IN THE NORTH!
Can I just comment on how gorgeous Robb Stark (Richard Madden) is? Looking forward for his actions in season2 :>
Arya Stark’s my favorite girl (next to Cersei Lannister – wtf I know). She’s such a spirited tomboy, doesn’t compromise her individuality for what is expected for her as a lady, very callous and like her brothers, holds her family first and foremost and harbors great compassion for them. And I think she would be a wonderful match for her brother (I mean… half brother? Bastard?) Jon Snow (I’m sorry kinikilig lang talaga ako especially when Jon gave Arya “Needle”—so much love).
Jon Snow (he is named Snow as he is a bastard son of the North Lord). GAH HE HAS SO MUCH ANGST and he’s terribly loveable. He’s clever, bright, talented and compassionate.
Cersei Lannister is another favorite character. She’s the strongest female character in the series actually and I admire her for that. She’s wily, cunning, smart though prideful and amoral and I sympathize with her character. She’s cunning and ambitious and a fierce protector of those she loves.
GAAAAAAAAAAAH I COULD GO ON ABOUT THIS especially about Day and Tyrion but I will spare anyone from the spoilers. WAA. So much love this series is.
and.. SER JORAH MORMONT WAAAA he’s so damn handsome and valiant. If you want to be a knight, this is the way to go.


The Norwegian Coastal Administration’s department for emergency preparedness against acute pollution issues various publications every year. You can find the most important documents from this discipline listed here.
Innovasjonskonferansen e-nav.no 2017
Innovasjonskonferansen e-nav.no 2017 blir arrangert 7. september ved Arkitektur- og designhøgskolen i Oslo.
Maritime Safety Analysis 2015
The NCA elaborated the report Maritime Safety in Norwegian Waters 2015 - 2040. The analysis was given to The Norwegain Department of Transport and Communications. It is an important basis for further work on maritime safety, both nationally and internationally.
The pubication serves as a fundament for decisionmaking on future martime safety in Norwegain waters, and on how to prioritize and scale activites and measures to meet future maritime traffic and new technologies.
Historical response exercise in Skagerrak
An increase in incidents involving chemical spills spills, previous incidents and an increased maritime traffic forms the backdrop for the largest oil and chemical pollution exercise ever held in Norway.
VIDEO: NCA preventing acute pollution
This video shows how The Norwegian Coastal Administration handle the governmental preparedness against acute pollution.
The counter fill operation started with a press meeting
To present the operations starting now, the NCA and Van Oord welcomed the press on board the vessel MV "Siddis Mariner" Tuesday, 3 May.
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James Brown Live With B. B. King. Авторы текста и музыки. Sam Theard, Fleecy Moore. Лицензиар: "The Orchard Music (от лица компании "Vanilla OMP"); Audiam (Publishing), Kobalt Music Publishing, UMPI, AMRA" и другие авторские общества (8). Ещё. Свернуть Billie Jean Live feat.
Michael Jackson entertains by singin and dancin, James brown talks, and prince. it will make me happy :) lol. ENJOY! Michael Jackson,James Brown,and Prince on stage (1983 ). Категория. James Brown Live With B. The Orchard Music (от лица компании "Vanilla OMP"); LatinAutor - Warner Chappell, Adorando Brazil, UBEM, PEDL, Warner Chappell, LatinAutor, BMI - Broadcast Music In. и другие авторские общества (6). Свернуть.
Live at the Apollo is a Blues album by . King and the Phillip Morris "Super Band" recorded at the famous Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York. It was awarded the 1992 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album. When Love Comes to Town". Ain't Nobody's Bizness". Paying The Cost To Be The Boss". Since I Met You Baby". King - lead guitar and vocals.
1. Let The Good Times Roll. 2. Guess Who. Performer – . 3. The Thrill Is Gone. Michael Jackson - Live At The Beverly Theater, LA 1983 (DVD-V, PAL, Reg).
Live at the Apollo is a live album by James Brown and the Famous Flames, recorded at the Apollo Theater in Harlem and released in 1963. The album is included in Robert Christgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981). In 2003, the album was ranked number 25 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time

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Anureet Singh - Player Profile - ICC Ranking, Batting, Bowling And Career Info, cricinfo, mobilecric, cricbuzz, livescore and more
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|Born||March 02, 1988|
|Age||33 years 2 days|
|Teams||Railways, Rest of India, Punjab Kings, Central Zone, India A, Kolkata Knight Riders, India AT20, India Red, Rajasthan Royals, Baroda, Sikkim|
|Bat Style||Right Handed Bat|
|Bowl Style||Right-arm medium|
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Over the years, Anureet has become a reliable name in the Ranji Trophy particularly. During the 2013-14 season, he emerged as the second highest-wicket taker and the people who had seen him evolve were of the opinion that the young man was finally translating his innate potential. Although a national call up hasn't come up, Anureet has been a part of quite a few IPL franchises like Kolkata Knight Riders and Kings XI Punjab. From the 2018 season onward, he'll be plying his trade with the Rajasthan Royals. He'll hope that he can create a bigger impact there than he has thus far in his career.
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Top exhibitions are regularly held here. The exhibition "Portrait Gallery of the 17th Century" will be extended indefinitely!
If you want to see all current exhibitions, the ticket is very expensive at EUR 27.
The online tickets for the individual exhibitions are cheaper here than on site!
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In case you were not aware, the presence of viruses in our body does not automatically lead to illness. Our immune system is continuously stimulated by viruses at low levels that help us develop resistance to other infections. We get sick or experience symptoms when the viral load overwhelms our immune system.
If the current pandemic has taught us anything, it is the importance of maintaining a strong and healthy immune system to create a greater resistance to viruses and other infections.
Here are five ways you can immediately boost your immune system:
Chiropractors address areas of spinal nerve stress (subluxations). Gentle adjustments to the spine help reduce nerve stress and improve function of all the organs responsible for a healthy immune system.
Increase your intake of fruits and vegetables and reduce sugar, alcohol and processed foods.
Spend 30 minutes, 4-5 times per week with a focus on equal amounts of cardio, strength and flexibility.
During sleep, we release certain chemicals that help us combat infection and decrease inflammation. Adults require 7-8 hours per night, teenagers need 8-10 hours and children ages 6-12 need 10-12 hours.??
Drink water until your urine is mostly clear or straw yellow in color. General guidelines suggest drinking 50% of your body weight in ounces each day; e.g., if you weigh 150 pounds, you should be drinking 75 ounces of water.??
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Yes, a 50mm hole must be drilled into the top of the concrete tank. Stackable angled mounting shims are available to level your tank monitor.
For measuring the weir flow - Yes. On your Waterwatch Live app there are advanced monitor setup settings where you can convert the water level measurements into weir flow rate.
For tank flow - No. Sorry this is not supported yet.
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In the DNAs of all Ph1-positive chronic myelocytic leukemia patients studied to date, a breakpoint on chromosome 22 (the Ph1 chromosome) can be demonstrated with a probe from the bcr (breakpoint cluster region). Although the K562 cell line was established from cells of a chronic myelocytic leukemia patient, we have been unable to detect the Ph1 chromosome by cytogenetic means. Employing a probe from the 5' region of bcr, we have cloned an amplified Ph1 breakpoint fragment from K562. This demonstrates that K562 contains multiple remnants of a Ph1 chromosome with a breakpoint within bcr and thus may serve as a model system for the study of Ph1-positive chronic myelocytic leukemia at a molecular level. The isolation of bcr cDNA sequences shows that parts of bcr encode a protein. Employing K562, we demonstrate the presence of an abnormally sized mRNA species hybridizing to c-abl and to a bcr cDNA probe, indicating the possible consequence of the Ph1 translocation on a transcriptional level in chronic myelocytic leukemia. The isolation and sequencing of a cDNA containing the breakpoint area of this mRNA provide further evidence for its chimeric structure. Cloning of large stretches of chromosomal DNA flanking bcr and c-abl sequences in K562 and identification of the exons participating in the formation of the chimeric mRNA shows that a splice of at least 99 kilobases is made to fuse the 3' bcr exon to the 5' c-abl exon. Furthermore two chimeric cDNAs were isolated containing chromosome 9 sequences that map 43.5 kilobases downstream from the K562 breakpoint. These chromosome 9 sequences neither hybridize to the 8.5-kilobase chimeric c-abl mRNA nor to normal c-abl mRNAs in Hela cells and probably represent incorrect splicing products present in the K562 cell line.
G. Grosveld, T. Verwoerd, T. V. van Agthoven
Molecular and Cellular Biology

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The yarn used to make this scarf has been handspun to make it really soft and fluffy. It is long enough to allow it to be wrapped around a couple of times for even greater warmth, but lightweight at only 60g (approx).
Handspun from 100% pure Suffolk fleece.
Natural cream colour.
I wanted to create a really fluffy soft yarn that when knitted into a lace pattern, created a fuzzy 'halo' around the lace holes. After many experiments, the effect was finally achieved by adding the fuzziness at the plying stage. This, as I discovered, is a very time consuming process and the resulting scarf actually took me over a week to make!
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Simple Syrups: Spicing Up Summer Sips23
with Suzanne Klein
Savory Spice Team
Summer is here and suddenly everything on ice is nice – margaritas, lemonade, mojitos, sangria, punch, sodas, smoothies and more. The list of cool, crave-able drinks seems endless.
But here at Savory Spice Shop, we could never serve a margarita, say, as just an average margarita. We’re always looking for ways to spice up the ordinary and make it extraordinary. So this summer, we’re spicing up all of our summer drinks in the simplest yet most creative way we know how—with simple syrups.
A simple syrup takes minutes to make and offers endless sophisticated and even adventurous possibilities for flavoring any type of drink. Simple syrups are typically made with a 1:1 or 2:1 ratio of water to sugar base, and then they can be flavored with anything from herbal to floral to citrus to spicy.
Testing Simple Syrups
Shopping at Savory is like a being in a candy store. This is also true when it comes to making simple syrups since almost any of our herbs, spices or seasonings can be used to flavor syrups. Savory Spice Shop’s test kitchen team spent days exploring various flavor combinations and tested more than two dozen simple syrup recipes. Our in-house tasters helped us narrow down the recipes (in what was appropriately dubbed the “hummingbird convention”) to the top half dozen.
So to get you started with simple syrups, we’ve published our favorite recipes, plus summer drink and dish recipes that highlight how you can use each syrup.
The combination of allspice berries, with flavors reminiscent of nutmeg and cinnamon, and California bay leaves, with herbal peppery notes, make this a subtle yet sophisticated syrup to flavor anything from mojitos to salad dressing. Recipes include:
- Blackberry Fizz
- Strawberry-Basil Mojito
- Strawberry-Basil Spinach Salad with Allspice-Bay Poppy Seed Dressing
Almost any liquid can be used in place of water to make a simple syrup. In this tropical-inspired syrup, we infused coconut milk with the unique citrus flavor in Kaffir lime leaves and the sweet licorice-like flavor of star anise. Recipes include:
We took this classic French herb blend and sweetened it with our Lavender Vanilla Bean Sugar to create a unique sweet and savory syrup that pairs wonderfully with summer flavors of citrus and berry. Recipes include:
We combined tart and tangy hibiscus flowers with the sweet and floral flavor of lavender flowers, added honey powder for a sophisticated sweetness, and ended up with a sweet-tart like syrup that makes a gorgeous limeade and a tangy sangria. Recipes include:
The combination of sweet Vanilla Bean Sugar, spicy Urfa crushed red pepper, salty Fleur de Sel and bitter cardamom seeds make this syrup an exotic addition to anything from margaritas to grilled seafood and fruit salad. Recipes include:
- Urfa Grapefruit Margarita
- Urfa-Freckled Mango Smoothie
- Urfa-Cardamom Grilled Shrimp & Pineapple Skewers
No need to buy grenadine from the store anymore when it’s so easy to make at home. The sweet earthiness of vanilla bean, tartness of pomegranate juice and tangy-ness of pomegranate molasses make this syrup perfect for kid-friendly sips and special treats. Recipes include:
P.S. We’d love to hear what you do with these recipes. Click on the “Reviews” tab in any of our online recipes to rate the recipe and leave your comments. Or submit any original recipe ideas you have using our simple syrups to [email protected]

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WINNIPEG - Tired, well travelled and with their starting goaltender on the bench, the New York Rangers found a way to end their season-opening seven-game road trip on a winning note.
Now they just want to go home.
Backup Martin Biron made 27 saves and Ryan Callahan scored the winner on a power play as the Rangers fought to a 2-1 win over the Winnipeg Jets on Monday.
"If you look at it, we've played seven road games with a trip to Europe and a Western Canadian trip and we’ve only lost two games in regulation," Biron said.
"We got points in five out of the seven. You win three of them, it makes a big difference going home."
Ruslan Fedotenko also had a power-play goal for New York. Defenceman Dan Girardi assisted on both goals.
Centre Nik Antropov had the only goal for Winnipeg (2-5-1) in front of a sold-out crowd of 15,004 at MTS Centre.
The Rangers (3-2-2) began the pre-season in Sweden and stayed on the road. Their home-opener is Thursday against Toronto in a renovated Madison Square Gardens.
Biron got the nod in net over starter Henrik Lundqvist as part of a planned rotation. Lundqvist had left last Saturday's 2-0 loss to Edmonton in the third period because of pain from new skates.
The Jets now embark on their own seven-game road trip, beginning in Philadelphia on Thursday.
They can only hope for similar success as the Rangers, and that could happen if they continue to play as they did in the third period.
Winnipeg came out firing in the third, outshooting the Rangers 12-1 over the first eight minutes until Jets forward Chris Thorburn was sent to the box for tripping, leading to Callahan's winner.
"I don't think our players can sit there and hang their heads on the effort they gave," Jets head coach Claude Noel said.
"I think we probably deserved a better fate. Didn't get it, so we move on to the next game…We did everything right but win the game."
Chris Mason started in net for Winnipeg. Last Saturday, he replaced Ondrej Pavelec after the young netminder gave up two early goals against Carolina in what ended up being a 5-3 Jets win.
"I think we've had some other losses where we've probably been pretty disappointed in the way we played," said Mason, who faced 17 shots.
"It just came down to they kept the puck out of the net in the third period and we had an unfortunate bounce."
Callahan scored the game-winner after his shot went off the skate of Winnipeg defenceman Zach Bogosian at 8:41.
New York was 2-5 on the power play and the Jets 0-1.
Antropov said the lengthy road trip may be good for the team as it struggles to win back-to-back games this season.
"It's going to be a lot of team bonding and stuff like that,”Antropov said.
"It's a good thing to get together as a group and spend time with just the guys."
Notes: Alex Burmistrov assisted on Antropov’s goal and is now on a five-game point streak…Jets centre Jim Slater sat out after taking a knee to the head in Saturday’s game and is listed day-to-day.

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Book Talk | Margot Canaday | Queer Career: Sexuality and Work in Modern America
Join the Institute for Public Knowledge for a book talk on Queer Career: Sexuality and Work in Modern America with the author Margot Canaday and an introduction by Caitlin Zaloom, on September 21 at 5:30 PM. Co-sponsored by the Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives and the NYU History Department.
Margot Canaday is an award-winning historian who studies gender and sexuality in modern America. She is the author of The Straight State: Sexuality and Citizenship in 20th Century America (Princeton University Press, 2009), and Queer Career: Sexuality and Work in Modern America (Princeton University Press, 2023). She is currently the Dodge Professor of History at Princeton University. Professor Canaday’s teaching interests include gender and women’s history, the history of sexuality, the history of work/labor, as well as American political and legal history.
Caitlin Zaloom is a professor of Social & Cultural Analysis at New York University who studies the cultural dimensions of finance, technology, urbanism, and economic life. Her latest book, Indebted: How Families Make College Work at Any Cost, explores how the financial pressures to pay for college affect middle-class families. Zaloom is also the author of Out of the Pits: Traders and Technology from Chicago to London, co-editor of the recent volumes Antidemocracy in America and The Long Year: A 2020 Reader, and founding editor of the Public Books, which was a 2021 finalist for a National Magazine Award. Her research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the Russell Sage Foundation, and Stanford University’s Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, and has been featured in The New York Review of Books, The New York Times, The Atlantic, and The Chronicle of Higher Education among others.


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For anyone that has read The Folk of Air series and needed more, this is it.
This book follows Cardan and starts off with him as a young Prince. The background is brilliant at explaining how he came to be the cruel prince. We learn about his childhood, his romance with Nicasia, and why he was drawn to Jude.
Early on Cardan is told a story. At the time I wondered why it was important and Holly didn’t disappoint by taking the story full circle.
I didn’t love this as much as the series. I didn’t connect with Cardan as well as I did Jude. It could be his character or that this was an audio book. Despite that, I still thoroughly enjoyed it.
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I am sure we have all been there; there must be a servo connector loose somewhere, you firmly press each one with fingers too large to press just one connector, you wondering whether the wires in each connector are well-crimped, you stare in dismay at at the spaghetti emerging from the APM. While working on my computer last week I just may have come up with a solution. Why not use flat ribbon IDE cable instead and 3x8 headers (http://www.pololu.com/catalog/product/1038) instead of 3 conductor servo wire? Here is what I did:
2) Split the ends into groups of 3 conductors
3) Strip the plastic off
4) Split each group of 3 into individual wires
5) Tin each wire
6) Tin the 3x8 plug
7) If you want to use very thin heat shrink tubing, slide it over the wires now
8) Solder with a quick touch
9) Cover in liquid plastic / slide the heat shrink in place and heat it
10) Repeat for the other side of the wire
That's it! Now you have connector that is much less prone to move about or come loose, there is less risk of bent pins, you can be press it in or pull it off easily without pulling on the wires, and it has the benefit of soldered connections. It may not be lighter that a traditional setup, but the flat ribbon can fit above or under batteries without any issues, takes up less space and just looks much neater than the traditional spaghetti.
If I am not mistaken, you can also reduce weight a little more by only conn
ecting 8 wires to the signal pins and connecting a single power and ground wire. If you still want to make sure each channel still has signal, power and ground, just solder a small wire across the power and ground pin rows on the back of the 3x8 connector. Would love to know if my theory holds water!
!) The 3x8 plugs fit my ImmersionRC receivers perfectly, but not my Hitecs receivers. I am not sure it is possible to get them in different widths, by you can always use the 3x8 plugs on one and and traditional servo connectors on the other, at least this cleans up the spaghetti!
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From pv magazine Global
From the roof terrace of the reception building, there’s a good view of the Phase 4a factory on the right-hand side. “It is the latest one”, says Kevin He, who works in investor relations at silicon producer Daqo New Energy. On the left hand of the video shows is what is supposed to become Daqo’s Phase 4b factory. The former facility consists to a large extent of pipes, tubes, vessels and whatever one imagines heavy industry to be. At the new factory site, only cranes can be seen. The Phase 4b fab is still just a construction site and is expected to be fully ramped up by the end of the year, explains Kevin He. Last week, the company invited analysts for a tour of the site and released a 90-minute video of the visit.
The video is instructive for anyone who wants to learn about modern silicon production and does not have the opportunity to visit such a factory themselves. The elephant in the room, however, is not mentioned by Kevin He or anyone else in the video: the allegations that forced labor is used in the Chinese region of Xinjiang. Indeed, the Financial Times described the tour as a “charm offensive.”
Daqo CEO Longgen Zhang, however, did comment on the matter in a press release on the visit: “As stated repeatedly, we do not condone the use of forced labor under any circumstances.”
In the video, the camera, accompanied by soft background music, moves through empty stairwells into a control room equipped with an impressive wall of screens. The group enters a bus that drives across the site and then walks into factory floor with the furnaces. Green floor, white walls, lots of pipes and technology – employees are notable in their absence.
“Our visitors were able to see that our chemical process, which is highly automated, digitalised, technology-intensive, is not conducive to employing unskilled labor,” Longgen Zhang explains in the press release.
Obviously, it is not possible to prove that forced labor does not exist with a company tour and therefore it is no surprise that the discussion continues on various sides.
A few days after the factory visit, the Helena Kennedy Centre at the Sheffield Hallam University in the United Kingdom published a report containing what is probably the most detailed collection of links to official documents related to many of the well-known solar-grade silicon and polysilicon manufacturers based in Xinjiang.
The report’s authors claim that the information proves the clear links between the solar companies located in Xinjiang and forced labor programs. The researchers’ main argument is that the regional government has attracted many polysilicon manufacturers by granting a series of fiscal and economic incentives since 2015. Manufacturers that invest in the region have little opportunity to avoid the local government programs known as “surplus labor” and “labor transfer” involving the Uyghur and Kazakh indigenous minorities, the report claims. These programs, it adds, include forced labor practices.
“After 2016, by which time the camp system had begun to emerge, companies that ‘absorbed surplus labourers’ to work in their facilities received significant incentives, including subsidies for the cost of building new factories, transport of the products made there to the coast, training for the new labor recruits (including Chinese language training), transport of new workers, and salaries of workers,” the researchers say. They speak of a pervasive impact of Xinjiang labor transfers on the entire solar supply chain.
Concerning Daqo, however, the Sheffield publication only concludes from the IPO prospectus that it “may indicate that the company employs state-sponsored labor transfers in its own facilities, as “placement” is a term the central government and Xinjiang regional and local governments sometimes use for labor transfers.” Also this is, obviously, no smoking gun.
From the Netherlands to the EU
The allegations of forced labor in the Chinese solar industry became a major issue in the Netherlands when Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Sigrid Kaad discussed the matter on May 18, answering questions submitted in Parliament in April by members of the centre-right Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), the Labour Party (PvdA) and the green GroenLinks party.
Kaad cited a report by US-based Horizon Advisory, often used as a source to support the allegations, but said the government thus far did not have sufficient evidence to verify the validity of the information provided by the study.
The minister did not exclude the possibility that subsidies could have been given to solar projects relying on PV panels whose production could have stemmed from a supply chain that may have involved Uyghur forced labor. Kaad stated that the current requirements of the Netherlands’ subsidy programs for solar and renewable energy did not require companies to investigate or certify the entire supply chain of a product.
“I will also raise the issue during the Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) of 20 May 2021,” Kaad said, adding that she had also discussed the matter with French Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade and Economic Attractiveness Franck Riestener and European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders.
Supply chain law in Germany
In Germany the law is clearly evolving in the direction of making companies more accountable for their supply chain. A week earlier, the scientific service of the German Bundestag, which is supposed to provide MPs with independent information, had already published a 128-page paper on the legal implications of the situation in Xingjiang for German companies. Although it finds “no explicit indications of a physical-biological intention to destroy,” it does see “an intention of social destruction” with respect to the Uyghur population.
This is particularly explosive in Germany in view of the fact that the Bundestag is about to vote on a supply chain law under which companies could face fines if they violate their “human rights due diligence obligations”. If they cannot counter “human rights risks within their supply chain” in any other way, they may have to end business relations with particular suppliers. Even criminal liability of company employees cannot be ruled out, the paper states.
In this respect, the end of the discussion is likely to be a long way off and the impact on the photovoltaic supply chain very difficult to assess at present. Just the existence of risk that human rights are being violated is relevant to companies when administering their supply chain, even if there is no evidence of human rights violations by an individual supplier.
It is therefore no surprise, as the Financial Times reports, that Daqo executives plan to request an independent third-party audit.
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In general, credit card offers for Discover it offers cards that are suitable for those with good credit. However, if you’re looking for a card that will improve your credit in the long run, then the Discover Secured Card may be right for you. Whatever you do, though, you have to be at least eighteen years old to apply.
These cards come with various benefits and features, which will enable you to improve your score quickly. The first thing to know about these cards is that they all work differently. Each one works to increase the amount of cash you pay back by earning points for each purchase you make. However, these cards work differently than cards like Visa or MasterCard, which can earn points based on purchases, and rewards programs that you redeem for items such as travel, cash back, and other merchandise.
For example, you may earn up to 500 points for each dollar you spend on your card. If you purchase items from a store that earns points for every dollar you purchase, then you can easily earn hundreds of points for each dollar spent. This can add up quickly, as it will take a while to accumulate hundreds of points.
However, you may earn much more points if you redeem your points towards whatever it is you really want. For example, if you get enough points towards travel, you could save quite a bit of money each month!
Another thing to know about these cards is that they do not affect your credit score very much. Since they are not a bank account that is used to deposit money into or withdraw funds from, they will not have a negative impact on your overall score.
Because they have no overdraft facility, these cards will not adversely affect your credit score. Also, since your points are earned through regular purchases, they won’t accumulate much unless you use them. After using up your bonus points, you simply redeem them for whatever it is you want. Instead of having to pay a large bill each month.
Some of these cards even offer other perks, such as cash back or airline miles when you use the card. These perks will help you save more money when you shop because you’ll earn a larger percentage of the total price, thus decreasing the amount of money you spend.
Finally, if you don’t have any cards to use and want to boost your credit, these types of credit cards will definitely give you some credit building experience. Just be aware that they don’t work to give you the most credit you can, and therefore will not give you the most opportunities to use. To actually build your credit.
If you need to know how to build your credit score, the best way to go about it is to build your credit slowly. Using a low limit card until you have built a good number of them, then building onto that.
As your credit score begins to improve, you may even be able to increase the limit on your cards by applying for and receiving new ones. The best way to increase your limit, of course, is to pay off your balances slowly.
Another way to get more benefits from your card is to pay off your balance each month. By paying off the card with your smallest payment first, you will start to build your credit faster.
This type of card can give you an advantage in that you can use it for just about anything you need. And earn rewards and points that can help you build your credit without being required to use your card constantly.

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