The ruling party and opposition on Monday held a workshop to discuss two draft laws on election reform, but many civil society groups refused to attend, claiming parts of the bills fall short and are unconstitutional.
The ruling Cambodian People’s Party and opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party have been negotiating over reform since July, when the Rescue Party ended a nearly yearlong boycott of government, following 2013 elections it said were marred by fraud.
The two drafts, which dictate the formation of election bodies, regulations and other key procedures, are the result of those negotiations. But pro-democracy and rights groups, including the election-monitoring watchdog Comfrel, the rights group Adhoc, and Transparency International, say the laws inhibit free speech.
Still, some 400 people attended the public forum on the drafts—called the Law on the Election of Members of the National Assembly and the Law on the National Election Committee—for a five-hour workshop on Monday.
Rescue Party lawmaker Kuoy Bun Roeun said the drafts will help prevent political stand-offs in the future, through its “independence and accuracy.”
The NEC law aims to establish and independent election body, one with its own budget, that is appointed by four members each of the ruling party and opposition, as well as an independent ninth person. Members of the committee must have Cambodian nationality.
The election law increases the number of seats in the National Assembly from 123 to 125. It prescribes the loss of seats to a political party that boycotts elections or fails to swear in on the first Assembly session following an election.
But it also puts extra mandates on civic groups and NGOs, calling for them to remain “neutral” during election periods. It prohibits them from taking part in elections or campaigns, or from broadcasting commentary on political parties—punishable by a steep fine of up to $5,000.
Speaking at the Monday workshop, EU Ambassador Jean-Francois Cautain expressed his concern over that portion of the law, Article 84. He questioned whether the lawmakers had taken into account concerns from civil society leaders, who say that part of the law is a ban on free speech.
CPP lawmaker Sik bun Hok said the laws comply with international standards and aim to protect people from political attacks. “Everyone has the right to protection under the law, against such interference or attack,” he said. “Therefore, these laws aim for the protection [of people].”
Koul Panha, executive director for Comfrel, told VOA Khmer on Monday that more than 60 NGOs disagree with the reforms, especially prohibitions on speech. They are calling on the parties to drop Article 84 from the election law.
“We demand broader debate on these two draft laws and want to drop some articles that pressure political rights of civil society,” he said. “It is not in compliance of our constitutional law.”


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Far Horizons: Tales of Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror. Issue #13 April 2015 - Page 52
pulled from his eyes must have caused severe discomfort which instinctively any man or animal would then
close. The screams he made were of pure terror and
not pain. Struggling out the door I ran for my room
and grabbed what I could before fleeing but as I ran I
heard Bixby one last time.
“Their eyes! My God those eyes!”
The triumph of the spirit - Leonardo Poscia

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Radio: '60s Rock
October 7, 2014
There exist two quite different eras within the '60s. The first is the mythical '60s (i.e. The Sixties), which didn't actually span the full decade, just the years 1964 through '69. It revolves around a narrative oft-told by those Boomers who believe their youth commenced with The Beatles' appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show in February of '64 and ended when a half-million hippies swamped Max Yasgur's upstate New York dairy farm in August of '69 for the Woodstock Music & Art Fair. The soundtrack to this '60s consists of the British Invasion, psychedelia, folk rock and, toward the end, country rock. As for the other four years of the '60s (1960 through '63), well, they have largely and erroneously been dismissed as a naïve age (no Fabs, no Jimi, just a lot of "silly" surf music and teen idol fare) that came crashing down when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas in November 1963. For a lot of folks who came of age during the decade these two eras are nothing less than oil and water.
But rather than choose one version over the other, our '60s Rock station actually mixes together all that wonderful oil and water in attempt to offer our listeners a musical tour that truly is comprehensive. No playing favorites and no choosing sides. We instead deliver all the classic music that was made during a 10-year span that without argument transformed the world. This means you get the whole enchilada, people, from The Beach Boys' fun-loving surf anthems to the feedback-soaked acid rock of The Jimi Hendrix Experience and Cream. Along the way expect to hear both landmark hits and vital deep cuts from the decade's greatest artists. These include (in addition to those already mentioned) The Rolling Stones, Dion, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Byrds, Simon & Garfunkel, The Ventures, The Who, The Ronettes, The Kinks, Jan & Dean and many, many others. From the surfers to the hippies to the folkies, our '60s Rock station has a little something for everyone.

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Read about NYC's best theatre and dance productions and watch video interviews with innovative artists
By JONATHAN MANDELL
What you notice first in Derek McLane’s studio are not the scale models of his theatrical sets---he has designed almost two dozen Broadway shows since 1994---but an entire wall covered floor to ceiling with books.
"Every show is an excuse to buy a new book," he says.
McLane has been buying many books lately. He's currently represented on Broadway by Anything Goes, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, and Million Dollar Quartet, and the first three have all opened since January. He also designed two Off-Broadway show this season---one of those sets, for the New Group's revival of Marie and Bruce featured floor-to-ceiling bookcases---and the Kennedy Center's current production of Follies.
McLane, who is a mentor in TDF's Open Doors program, says all this activity is just a coincidence: "I’ve been talking with [director] Kathleen Marshall about Anything Goes for three years. I have been involved in Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo from the beginning [in California] several years ago." How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying is how only current Broadway show that he began working on this season; it was the last to hire him, but the first to open.
To design the ship in Anything Goes, which earned McLane a Tony Award nomination for Best Scenic Design of a Musical, McLane consulted books on luxury ocean liners, on Hollywood in the 20s and 30s, and on Art Deco. He points to the cover of a book called Art Deco in North America by Eva Weber, which features a wooden China Cabinet.
"We used that design for the nightclub scene," he says, and then points out the model of that set.
Like any set, the model is transformed on stage with the addition of lighting and performers. Here is how McLane's work looks in production:
Lighting designer Peter Kaczorowski (also nominated for a Tony) was integral to the concept of the production: McLane notes that with the ship itself painted virtually all white, and white the default color of the sky, "we could create a cyclorama, lighting the whole sky and the whole ship to make a light field for the actors." Individual scenes are bathed in one primary color, typically red or white or blue.
For How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, a musical about the cut-throat business world of 1960s Manhattan, McLane designed a honeycomb pattern reminiscent of 1960s skyscrapers. He was inspired by books on the architecture of I.M. Pei and Eero Saarinen. He also looked at a volume in one of his favorite series of books: All-American Ads 60's, a book full of advertisements from the 1960s. "It’s organized by products; it’s great for understanding the zeitgeist of the period. I used All-American Ads 50's for The Pajama Game and Grease."
Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo (for which he was nominated for both Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk awards) differs from McLane's other Broadway shows this season. Most importantly, it is a play, not a musical. The budgets for musicals are at least double (and often four times as much) as the budgets for plays, and "musicals tend to have a lot of scene changes," while plays, generally, do not.
There are eight different locations depicted in Bengal Tiger, a surreal drama about animals and humans wandering through the Iraq War, but none take up the entire stage. McLane simply created different playing areas.
His research included books on topiary: One of the characters is a topiary gardener, and bushes cut to resemble life-sized horses and giraffes and elephants are a prominent feature of the set.
Much of McLane's research for Bengal Tiger was done online, looking at Islamic art to discern general patterns. The centerpiece of the set is an Islamic arch set into a wall made up of cut stone screens. When he was finished, he showed his creation to Muslims he knew to make sure nothing was offensive. He was careful not to include text from the Koran on the archway, which is what is written on archways in mosques. "I didn’t want it to be a mosque," he says.
Here too, lighting designer David Lander (a Tony nominee) was integral to the concept: There is great beauty and even splendid color in McLane's stone screens, but it is hard to see them through the dark lighting, just as the glories of Iraq are obscured by current events.
However they differ, all three of McLane's Broadway designs this season require a special floor on the stage to house all the mechanics involved in operating the sets. "There have been a lot of technological changes," he says, "But we still have to tell a story. That essential task has not changed."
Jonathan Mandell is a critic and journalist covering theatre for such publications as The Faster Times , Back Stage and American Theatre. He is on Twitter as @NewYorkTheater


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Sometimes is the newest single from Moahi. Based in Cape Town, this is the latest offering from the highly creative and unique artist. 23 year old South African singer-songwriter Moahi elevates vibrations with his beautifully soothing voice as he encapsulates listeners through his honest lyrics and good energy. Sometimes written by Moahi and produced by Wurlishmouk is a song about missing a person you once cared for deeply, smelling their fragrance on your clothes, remembering special moments shared, reminiscing about their qualities that made an everlasting impression on you. Sometimes is a relatable song which doesn’t hold back from the message that is being portrayed. Being straightforward and honest with oneself and saying it how it is. Moahi speaks for many through Hip/Hop and R&B beats that compliment his voice so nicely. Percussion beats, piano, interesting elements and satisfactory falsetto is a great combo.
About the Artist:
Moahi, the 23 year old artist behind Sometimes, was born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa, and moved down to Cape Town in 2019 to become more fully divulged in his creative process and evolve as an artist. Moahi began songwriting, recording and producing at the age of 16, experimenting with music with a friend from school cultivating his unique sound along the way. Moahi also composes neo-classical piano pieces, and started playing piano at the age of 14. He draws his musical inspiration from indie and bedroom pop, as well as R&B and hip hop. Moahi’s music follows a lofi/DIY feel as he began making music on his own and it serves as a reminder to how he fell in love with making music. Moahi credits Joep Beving, Kendrick Lamar, Childish Gambino and many more as innovators that have inspired him on his musical journey. Moahi’s EP is underway along with a visual EP – Moahi has a love for directing music videos and is very excited about this upcoming chapter in his story.
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Your property and family are important to us. From sketches on paper to final construction, Ortigas & Company ensures the safety of the Circulo Verde community. Due care has been exercised in the creation of its technical design, which protects against the whims of nature, from earthquakes to typhoons. Installed in the very foundations of Circulo Verde is an extensive flood protection system. This includes a one-kilometer retaining wall, automated floodgates, a back-up pump system on ground-level car parks, and a flood canal to collect storm runoff. The entire community has also been raised by eight meters from Marikina River's water level.
As it keeps the turbulence of nature at bay, Circulo Verde yields to its beauty. The development works with the natural curves of the land, and keeps 70 percent of its terrain green, filling open spaces with parks, playgrounds, and bike paths, all covered with high trees and carpets of grass. High rises feature Sky Gardens or landscaped atriums that provide a backyard experience up in the air. Following a sustainable design, recycling, conservation, and energy efficiency is interwoven into the Circulo Verde community, as well.


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Eleven Arts Anime Studio has announced that it will screen Liz and the Blue Bird and Maquia – When the Promised Flower Blooms at LA Femme International Film Festival. Maquia will screen on October 12, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. and Liz and the Blue Bird will screen in competition on October 14, 2018 at 12:00 p.m., both at the Regal Theater Stadium 14 at LA Live.
Liz and the Blue Bird is scheduled to open in American theaters on November 9, 2018. Eleven Arts Anime Studio began screening Maquia – When the Promised Flower Blooms in U.S. theaters with subtitles on July 20, 2018, and with an English dub on September 21, 2018.
The LA Femme International Film Festival will be held October 11-14, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California with the goal of highlighting the work of female producers, writers, and directors.

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Spectroscopic methods. Theory, instrumentation and Pharmaceutical applications of Atomic absorption and Emission Spectroscopy, Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Flame Photometry, UV/Visible, IR, Mass, NMR spectroscopy, Chromatographic Methods, Electrochemica methods, Thermal analysis, Occurence, properties, preparations and applications official Inorganic compounds
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Originally People hacked OSX to run on PC’s , now people hack PC’s to run OSX/Macos.
Key to this is clover bootloader. When a guid hard drive is created there are 2 partitions made a main partition and an EFI partition. When the PC goes to boot it tries different EFI partitions in order of preference until it finds one with an EFI folder and then executes the boot loader in there.
In a hackintosh this also contains configuration information which macos interacts with macos boots because it see’s a real Mac. It’s kind of an emulation but essentially Macos uses the SMC chip to talk to the hardware in the EFI is a virtual SMC which does the same thing.
So if you can format a usb stick and add install osx whatever to it and set up the clover bootloader with a config that suits your hardware and it can boot the installer then you can run macos or osx.
This might not be a great match at first but you mostly can tweak it till your hardware has drivers or kexts in apple speak. Once osx has installed you can copy the . EFI folder from your USB to the EFI partition on your hard drive. So on your hard drives EFI partition there is a folder called EFI, it has information thats used to boot your other partitions if they are bootable.
Ok so any 64bit intel processor will work to some extent. The lowest that can run recent macos is sandy bridge which has an integrated graphics card this is 2nd gen third gen is ivy bridge and this is actually good enough to run metal (just) Mostly you will want to run a supported GPU. Now nvidia used to make osx drivers right up to High Sierra so even a card not used in real macs would work most of the time but since they fell out with apple they are not making drivers for mojave. You are really stuck at high Sierra or use an AMD supported card or a supported nvidea card.
If you look at macs that can run metal they all have a discrete graphics card or a sky lake (6th gen) CPU or better. The biggest thing is is the Hvec codec you need that 6th gen or newer CPU or / and a gtx950 or better graphics card its supposed to be possible with all the GTX cards but I don’t know for sure.
So you can make a budget mac with an older processor that can still run most of modern macos but HVEC encoded videos may really drive your CPU hard.
The other thing that maybe an issue is how much ram you can install on older cpus you might be limited to 16GB of DDR3 ram. This may be a consideration of course the newer generation CPU’s are going to cost more as are more powerful graphics cards.
In interesting effect of running vanilla osx /macos and having the hack in the EFI is that as long as the hardware is supported a regular mac created usb disk install will run in your hackintosh. Mine is for high Sierra but i found that i could run El Capitan Sierra , Mojave installed on usb drives just by booting to clover bootloader and selecting which partition I wanted to boot from. You see once the EFI is sufficiently enough of a mac then the operating systems will accept it as a legitimate mac.


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This show give you the details of MegaCon 2015 – and a great interview with Jim Thorburn of Syfy’s HELIX show.
I have included a few pictures from the show, I was going to take lot but just did not get around to it!
And a few pictures of Jim and a HELIX poster!
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The iconic car customizer and designer – who unfortunately took leave of this world almost a month ago – is well known for creating the legendary 1966 Batmobile and the also the Munster Koach.
Barris’ work was so outstanding that it went far beyond the mere development of props for the entertainment business – as most of his wheeled contraptions will live on to impress future generations. Barris died on November 5, 2015 and now one of his creations has ended up on eBay, says Car&Driver. We’re referring here to the Barris T Buggy prototype, which was used by the mighty mechanic himself to test and use as a proof of concept for a kit car that was eventually sold as a retail unit. This testbed Dune Buggy was manufactured back in 1965 and uses a Chevrolet Corvair engine. Interested buyers also had the option to equip the buggy with a Volkswagen engine besides the Corvair, both of them slapped onto the rear axle and air cooled – actually the GM-designed engine was after 1967 used on numerous occasions as a replacement engine for the VW Type 2 cars.
The Barris T Buggy we see listed on eBay has been carefully restored to its pristine condition and carries a distinct aura since Barris used it personally – later on being restored by Advanced Restorations, located in California under direction from the original creator himself. The bid has started at $48.500, but it could grow significantly, since previous and more famous works by Barris have snatched copious figures in the past.

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Snow-by-Night Redesign - Colors
Tonight’s hiatus update is the second preview of Snow-by-Night’s redesign, showcasing Naty’s colors. The team spent a lot of time on this color choice, and I really think it shows. Even if Snow-by-Night doesn’t look impressed in this shot. Let us know what you think in the comments!


April 24th, 2017 by Adam Armstrong
Lenovo Announces New SDS For IBM Spectrum Scale
Today at Lenovo's annual Accelerate Partner Forum, the company announced its new scalable software-defined storage (SDS) solution, Distributed Storage Solution for IBM Spectrum Scale (DSS-G). The Lenovo DSS-G is designed to support dense scalable file and object storage suitable for high-performance and data-intensive environments. This new solution is aimed at helping customers deal with the explosion in both structured and unstructured data and the need to store both. This announcement is the first step of executing Lenovo’s HPC and AI commitment of bringing the benefits of SDS to HPC clusters.
Data centers are changing and the bulk of the burden of the evolving data centers fails squarely on IT resources. As we've talked about for some time now and it is becoming common knowledge, data is growing at an incredible rate and more of it holds value than ever before. Not only that, there are now more deployments of HPC, Artificial Intelligence (AI), analytics, and cloud environments to further strain everything. SDS and software-defined data center technology will help companies deal with the onslaught of data and new technology and Lenovo's DSS-G is intended to accelerate the adoption of said technology.
The Lenovo DSS-G is built off of the company's x3650 server and is available as a pre-integrated, easy-to-deploy rack-level offering. The DSS-G features the Lenovo D1224 and D3284 12Gbps SAS storage enclosures and drives as well as software and networking components, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux support. Uses cases include HPC, big data or cloud workloads, all the while focusing efforts on core business.
- Easy Scalability: Start small and easily grow performance / capacity via a modular approach
- Innovative RAID: With IBM Spectrum Scale Declustered RAID, reduce rebuild overhead by up to 8X
- Choice of High-speed network: Including Infiniband or Ethernet up to 100Gbps
Lenovo is also offering a comprehensive portfolio of services that supports the full lifecycle of the Lenovo DSS-G. This includes a 24x7 monitoring and technical systems management with managed services as well as a single point-of-contact for solution-level service.


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Google has a new tool to help deal with the ongoing epidemic of robocalls.
The company on Tuesday announced a feature that lets people answer calls with an automated system — a virtual assistant that deals with unwanted phone spam. The feature, "Call Screen," will be available in the upcoming Pixel 3 smartphone.
"When you get that call, and you can't or don't want to pick up, just tap the screen call button and your phone will answer for you and ask who's calling and why," Liza Ma, product manager at Google, said during the company's annual "Made By Google" event.
The program then provides a real-time transcription, leaving users with the option to pick up the call.
"You can decide whether to pick up, send a quick reply or mark the call as spam," Ma said. "You will never have to talk to another telemarketer."
The feature uses Google Assistant, the company's artificial intelligence system that can understand human speech.
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I got the same exact text message. word by word and the same number
Just called this Sunday evening (6-16-19). Caller ID now changed to "calltrol_123". No message, of course.
Of course it's a scan! By the way, if your calls are coming from Chicago, why are you in this thread, which is clearly for a D.C. phone number?

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written by: McRoth With Super Junior, the story is always the same. They release a stellar lead, only to be followed by a ho-hum album. It’s one of K-pop’s most disappointing realizations, yet deep down, each one of us hopes that somewhere, some day they break the cycle. That, or we contrive some complex falsehood as […]
Super Junior, as a whole, isn’t known for being one of SM Town‘s talented assests. They look good, perform well, but in k-pop, that’s the bar to entry. Except for individual members, the singing sucks and the dancing leaves much to be desired. Every once in a while, though, they surprise me. Last year’s “Superman” […]
Today’s Kpop Flashback is brought to you in the form of an article I wrote a year ago for ningin.com.
I’m a big fan of Super Junior-M. Super Girl is STILL in my playlists, and ranked pretty high too cuz I just love the awesomeness of that song. Anyway, to carry their awesomeness to new heights, they’ve released the MV to Blue Tomorrow, a pretty sweet ballad off their recent album. I liked this song […]


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By Matthew Brown
At 5 p.m. Monday afternoon, organizers from the People’s Organization for Progress, a grass-roots activist group, held the organization’s weekly Justice Monday event outside the Peter Rodino Federal Building in Newark. The organization has convened there more than 120 times since Feb. 1, 2016, the date that marks the anniversary of the historic Greensboro, N.C. sit-ins in 1960. By demonstrating, the group hopes to bring greater attention to New Jersey’s underreported cases of police brutality, specifically those of Kashad Ashford, Darryl Fuqua, Radazz Hearns, Abdul Kamal and Jerome Reid. Although each shooting underwent a preliminary investigation, there have been no subsequent civil rights investigations from the state or federal attorney generals’ offices.
This week, the group’s event also centered on the case of Michael Thomas Jr., a 10-year-old child who was handcuffed and pressed onto a police car’s hood by Chicago police this past week. “We try to link cases of police brutality in New Jersey to other incidents around the nation,” said Lawrence Hamm, the founder and chairman of P.O.P. “We always seek to draw attention to this issue, to show that this is a national problem, a national epidemic of police brutality, of police killings, a violation of Americans’ constitutional rights.”
The P.O.P often also advocates for individuals in need of community assistance. Continuing this tradition, members of P.O.P will attend the court hearing of Sean Reid, the brother of the deceased Jerome Reid, Friday, June 15, at 9 a.m.
Reid has been accused of attempted murder, robbery and possession of a weapon by a neighbor, despite presenting an alibi to the contrary.
“He was at work in Jersey City at the time of the incident,” said Sheila Reid, mother of Sean and Jerome Reid and a four-year member of P.O.P. “We have confirmation from his boss.”
The court determined that the evidence presented by the Reid family was insufficient for dismissal, allowing the hearing to proceed. The family now hopes that their case presented this Friday, combined with high community attendance, will persuade the court in Reid’s favor. “This is my second child, my first child was shot, his hands were down,” said Sheila Reid. “I couldn’t help Jerome in life, but I can get him justice in death, and I’m not going to lose another one, not on a bogus charge.” She has been active in P.O.P. since her eldest son’s fatal shooting by police.
Although much of the organization’s recent activism has centered on issues of police brutality and criminal justice, the group engages with numerous progressive issues. “At some point in the past 35 years, we have advocated for every social, economic and political issue impacting our communities,” stated Hamm.
Members of the P.O.P have held voter registration drives in downtown Newark since early March, and intend to continue registering the city’s residents until the registration deadline. Saturday, June 23, P.O.P will also host a march and rally for reparations at the Lincoln Monument across from Essex County College in Newark. “It was a hot topic issue for a moment but then got lost, and we want it to make a return to prominence,” said Hamm of reparations.
The Organization has held an event in support of reparations annually for the past decade, and included the provision of reparations as a goal in its previous Campaign for Jobs, Peace and Equality. Hamm stated that the organization supports Representative Sheila Jackson Lee’s (D-Texas) House Resolution 40, which would establish a commission to “study and develop reparation proposals for African-Americans to examine slavery and discrimination in the colonies and the United States from 1619 to the present and recommend appropriate remedies.”
The Organization also wishes for the New Jersey Legislature to pass measures mirroring H.R 40, with the goal of providing reparations to African-American communities at the state and federal level. “The government has given reparations to other groups in U.S. history,” stated Hamm, “so the time for asking for reparations [for African-Americans] in U.S. history is long overdue.”


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Ready-mixed concrete is a common solution to the basic challenge of obtaining a quality mixture for a project as quickly as possible. You might wonder if this is the best approach for your job, especially when compared to mixing concrete at the site. Here is how you can decide.
Need for Precise Control
It is hard to match what a company can create in controlled conditions at its facilities. Especially when it comes to precisely controlling the mixture, even skilled concrete contractors will struggle to get the measurements right in terms of aggregate, sand, plasticizers, and water. If you need precise control over the concrete for engineering or design reasons, concrete delivery is likely the way to go. A qualified professional can take your engineering specifications and produce a batch that'll meet or exceed them.
As long as you can maintain a schedule compatible with the delivery timeline, ready-mixed concrete will work for your project. Generally, companies can deliver products with a few days of notice. Folks who need to pour concrete almost on demand might need to mix their materials on-site to maintain the necessary scheduling flexibility, though.
Obtaining the equipment for mixing concrete on location isn't always easy, especially if you need a big mixer. Anyone who has ever mixed and poured concrete for a sidewalk can attest to the associated challenges even on a small project. As the task grows in size and the required speed accelerates, ready-mixed concrete becomes the presumptive solution for all but the most experienced and well-equipped operations. There is a reason why you'll usually see concrete delivery vehicles from third parties at most large construction sites.
Liability for the engineering quality of the concrete matters. Especially on large commercial and industrial projects, it's wise to work with a licensed, insured, and bonded company. This will dramatically reduce the risk that the concrete will end up out of spec, and that can lower your liability exposure.
Generally, mixing on-site is cheaper in terms of buying materials. However, waste can eat up those savings quickly. If you're not sure you can mix everything properly on the first try, there's a good chance there will be waste. Similarly, you have to be confident that you and the folks you're working with can move fast when it comes time to pour. Many people find that concrete delivery reduces costs and waste while also making the process more convenient.
Contact a concrete delivery service, such as Troutdale Sand & Gravel, to learn more.Share


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Tuesday, August 22, 2017
Book Report: "The Hound of the Baskervilles"
I see this as the original Scooby-Doo story. You have a supernatural threat who scares people into inaction for monetary reasons, and an end-of-story off-comes-the-mask event that shows how someone who was seemingly innocent was the ringleader for the terror.
The writing is good but the logical leaps are annoying. Sherlock makes assumptions based on probability, and if one of his 60/40 guesses were wrong he would have nothing. You have to go in with a willingness to just accept that whatever Sherlock guesses will always be right, and that the mystery will be impossible to solve unless you happen to be him, because the author doesn't give you any information that Sherlock can observe, leaving you stranded and feeling like a Watson-like moron until Sherlock rolls up and solves everything easily with his string of guesses.
Still a fun and interesting book despite its annoyances.

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A typical letter typewritten in English and signed by author.
An original MS
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Transcriber: Benny, Ruth
Transcription date: November 12, 2014
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Board of Trade
9th July, 1912.
Dear Dr Wallace,
In further answer to your letter of the 26th June, I am afraid that we have no Return which will give you all the information you ask for.
A copy of a Return issued last year is, however, enclosed, which gives the number of persons in the established civil Service on 31st March, 1911. Some further information which may be of use for you purpose will be found in the Annual Estimates for the Army, Navy, Civil Service and Revenue Departments, copies of which I have pleasure in forwarding for your acceptance.
Yours very sincerely | Sydney Buxton [signature]
Alfred R. Wallace, Esq.
O.M. LL.D., D.C.L., F.R.S.
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Partha Pratim in new French Film
Internationally-famed Bangladeshi mime maestro Partha Pratim Majumder has completed another French film. He recently played a role in the film “Les Têtes de l’emploi” (In English “The heads of Employment”).
The story of “Les Têtes de l’emploi” revolves around how France lost its hegemony over the countries those were once French colonies. In the movie starring Elsa Zylberstein and Franck Dubosc, Partha Pratim Majumder played the role of Lakshmi Niwas Mittal, India’s steel magnate in reality, who bought Arcelor steel company of France. The movie especially sheds light on the growing dominance of Asian economies in the world.
Apart from the French film, Partha Pratim is working in upcoming Hollywood film “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets” (2017). The cast of the film includes Ethan Hawke, Cara Delevingne, Dane DeHaan, John Goodman and Rihanna. Partha Pratim Majumder has an international presence as a mime artiste, and has been acting in French, American, Canadian, British and Norwegian films for many years. Majumder’s discography includes “Lemming”, “One Dollar Curry”, “Doctor Dassin”, “Le Pharmacien de Garde”, “Les Infidèles”, “Ouvert la Nuit”, “Janis et John”, “Joker”, “Ouf”, “Cabaret Paradis”, “OSS 117”, “Le livre des morts de Belleville”, “The Hundred Foot Journey”, “L’ Entreprise” and more. He has also acted in several TV series and tele-films.
Majumder has received the title “Chevalier De L’ordre Des Arts Et Des Lettres” (Knight in the Order of Fine Arts and Humanities) conferred by the Ministry for Cultural Affairs and Communication of France. He also bagged one of the highest civilian awards of Bangladesh Ekushey Padak.


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On the morning of the battle of Waterloo, the Emperor Napoleon declared that the Duke of Wellington was a bad general, the British were bad soldiers and that France could not fail to win an easy victory. Forever afterwards historians have accused him of gross overconfidence, and massively underestimating the calibre of the British commander opposed to him. Andrew Roberts presents an original, highly revisionist view of the relationship between the two greatest captains of their age. Napoleon, who was born in the same year as Wellington - 1769 - fought Wellington by proxy years earlier in the Peninsula War, praising his ruthlessness in private while publicly deriding him as a mere 'sepoy general'. In contrast, Wellington publicly lauded Napoleon, saying that his presence on a battlefield was worth forty thousand men, but privately wrote long memoranda lambasting Napoleon's campaigning techniques. Although Wellington saved Napoleon from execution after Waterloo, Napoleon left money in hi s will to the man who had tried to assassinate Wellington. Wellington in turn amassed a series of Napoleonic trophies of his great victory, even sleeping with two of the Emperor's mistresses. The constantly changing relationship between these two nineteenth-century giants forms the basis of Andrew Roberts' compelling study in pride, rivalry, propaganda, nostalgia, and posthumous revenge.
In this study of Boney and the Iron Duke, historian Andrew Roberts presents, not a biography but an examination of the relationship between these two colossal figures of military genius who never met but who thought constantly about each other. Napoleon and Wellington, stripped of myth, live again in all their psychological complexity: born in 1769 and both technically foreigners in the countries they served, they had courage, enormous self-confidence, conviction and a couple of mistresses in common, and they both attempted to re-write history post-Waterloo. The one became emperor of France and the other prime minister of Britain, but they differed significantly in attitude, character and makeup. Napoleon left money in his will to Wellington's would-be assasin, but Wellington twice saved Napoleon's life. The reader also learns how surprisingly popular Napoleon was in certain British circles, and how often popular and political opinion went against Wellington - Byron detested him and in 1832 he was stoned by the London mob. Based on thorough and meticulous research, Roberts' fluently-written book is also a gripping story of two men favoured by chance, their egos and acts of hubris, and the fate of nations. The sheer scale of the Napoleonic Wars is indicated in awesome statistics and information about logistics and communications; armies often comprised hundreds of thousands and battles were fought as far south as Egypt and as far north as Moscow. Napoleon and Wellington is a 'must-have' for both the general and specialist reader. (Kirkus UK)


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BY JYOTHSNA HEGDE
A monumental year, 2020 transformed lives, thoughts and so much more. While the unprecedented pandemic succeeded in restricting people’s physical movements, it had no control over what a creative mind could conjure to rise up to the challenge. Much like other areas, the world of literature explored new avenues to reach out its connoisseurs and patrons in untraditional ways. While zoom calls and internet most certainly existed prior to the pandemic, people put it to better use to reach out across borders from the comfort of their homes, especially when there was no hurry to physically get anywhere. Globalization has carved inroads to the literary universe, as in the case of the initiation of an interactive blog, Tillism طلسم: MAGICAL WORDS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
Sisters Anniqua Rana, and Selma Tufail spoke to NRI Pulse about their literary journey, their views and perspectives on the digital era and its influence on literary works, and of course, the origins of their latest venture, Tillism.
Inspired by the Urdu epic Tilism-e Hoshruba published in the nineteenth century, the sisters titled their blog Tillism. Like Tilism-e Hoshruba that conjures the image of tales within tales in magical worlds linked to each other forming a hypnotic phantasma to be entered or left at any point with many opportunities to return, Tillism encourages readers to read magical words from around the world. The blog provides the opportunity for the reader to explore the intersectionality of languages, culture, memories and then dismantle stereotypes.
“Tillism is a virtual exhibition of literature and life,” says Rana. An Urdu word of Arabic origin, Tillism, Rana elaborates, “with it its magic, science, and mysteries of the occult, beckons readers to experience personal journeys intertwining with literary ones. Ideally, they will be inspired to invite others into their lives by submitting a post.
“Literature is writing that connects us to the depths of our emotions,” agree both sisters. The sisters trace their penchant for arts and literature to their roots, a rich cultural blend of a mother of Welsh and English genes, backed by a lineage of educators from the British side of the family, and father of Pakistani origin with a flair for poetry. “Literature, languages, art, teaching, and learning have always been central to our lives,” say the sisters whose lives were further enriched by their travel and stays across various cultures – first growing up between Pakistan and England and later when they made homes in the US, United Arab Emirates, and Spain over the past three decades.
While most sisters bond over gossip, these sisters discuss books by their favorite authors. Inspired by Szabo, P, and many Indian Writers they began to pen a literary memoir, The Simurgh Rises: Tales of Two Sisters from Pakistan. “As we started to write it, we realized we wanted to share some of our fondest memories with friends and family. They loved those recollections. Then we added a new element to the vignettes: we created short videos, which we posted on Facebook and these were also greatly appreciated.” With the new year, we decided to take our writing a step further and connect with a larger audience with Tillism.
The blog opened to a fantastic response, with 3000 views from over fifteen countries within the first week, with nine posts. They have requests from poets and writers in the Bay Area and beyond who are interested in posting their work.
“The blog is a culmination of the lives we have lived thus far and we plan to take it further with the help of our subscribers,” said Rana and Tufail. The sisters ‘current topics of interest include Krishna Sobti’s Punjab, Min Jin Lee’s Japan, Akka Mahadevi’s mystic poetry, Ismat Chughtai’s India, and Mohsin Hamid’s Pakistan. Fully aware that a vast world of literature awaits to be uncovered, the sisters invite a global audience to indulge in their blog as both audience and contributors.
What is the criteria for contributions to be accepted on Tillism? Anyone can contribute if they have a memory or inspiration related to some literary work, says Tufail. They invite posts of 500-1000 words, with voice recordings, videos or images. They then link the piece to sites that will further engage their readers. One key component for the submission is to include at least one word or more of a language other than English and to provide enough context for the reader to understand.
Along with a historic vice president taking her oath, the Presidential inauguration was also rendered memorable by Amanda Gorman, who brought literature to the forefront. That her inspirational words impacted people was evident with her books topping Amazon and Barnes & Noble bestseller lists on Thursday, less than a day after she delivered her poem.
“Even before the inauguration, BLM had already made a strong impact on the publishing world. BIPOC readers and others want to read a variety of books that have not been made available to them because of the practices of publishers. Writers like Maya Lang Shanbag, and Ayad Akhtar made bestseller lists in this summer of COVID-19. We’re optimistic that readers will demand more from publishers, both online and in introducing BIPOC writers,” observed Rana. She goes further, adding, “The question now is, do BIPOC writers want to support publishing houses that have been dismissive of them in the past.”
What do the sisters think about the influence of digital media in the post pandemic world? “Digital media will rule in the post pandemic world. However, there will always be a market for those who prefer the fragrance of fresh ink.”
Be it a lethargic buffalo or the ancient scriptures, the sisters have learnt to transform anything that tugs at their hearts into art and literature. Observing people’s renewed interest in reading and reflecting during the pandemic, the sisters are optimistic about the interest a blog such as Tillism could potentially generate. For Tillism’s sake and for the sake of literature, we sure hope the trend continues to reign.
Anniqua, author of Wild Boar in the Cane Field is shortlisted for Pakistan’s UBL Literary Award 2020 after being published by Folio Books and She Writes Press in the States. She holds a doctorate in International Education and has taught at San Mateo Community Colleges, University of San Francisco, Lahore University of Management Sciences, and Stanford University.
Selma, an artist who lives in Spain set up of the very first Department of Art & Design at Zayed University in the United Arab Emirates. In that capacity, she developed an academic relationship with the Complutense University in Madrid, Spain, and was awarded the coveted honor of the Outstanding Faculty Member of the Year award at Zayed University (2003-2004). She is the recipient of the highest civilian award of Spain, the Spanish Order of the Civil Merit granted by His Majesty King Juan Carlos I of Spain. She is the author of Con Yanci: When Chickens Fly and Other Tales, a children’s book.
LINK TO TILLISM: https://tillism.com/


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Testimonials for Reading and Playing Guitar Melodies: A Step-by-Step Approach
"Before completing Ken Arconti's 'Reading and Playing Guitar Melodies: A Step-by-Step Approach,' reading music notation seemed like a foreign language to me. I had previously tried other music notation books but they never proved to be effective. Ken's music reading book was the first that I had found that presents materials in a logical and thorough order without ever seeming tedious. The original pieces that Ken wrote for the book are both pleasing to the ear and gratifying to master. After finishing Ken's book I was able to interpret music notation with ease, and am delighted that a new world of music knowledge, previously inaccessible, is now open to me." -Stephen M.
"I highly recommend 'Reading and Playing Guitar Melodies: A Step-by-Step Approach' as a fun and engaging method for learning to read music. With Ken Arconti's book I gained confidence in my ability to read notes AND to understand the written notation for rhythm, and all those other inscrutable abbreviations that indicate how to play a piece of music. After working through Ken’s book, I can now see a piece of music and actually know what to do with it!" - Dana B.
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"This is a great instructional book. You will be reading music and playing real songs in no time. The mp3 tracks with slow and fast tempos are great to play along with and enhance the learning experience." - Mark H.


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If you can easily not locate a tweak that you like making use of a hunt motor will also generate various sites that offer these sorts of tweaks. The downside to this is that you will probably need to have to spend the website to install their tweaks and also the moment you have paid you will certainly not have the capacity to utilize all of them once again on any type of other personal computer completely free.
There Clash of Clans Hack 2020 is actually also a method that you can easily generate your very own Clashing of Clans backgrounds however this requires a bit more know-how than the above strategy. This procedure is actually just like changing the background of the browser on your personal computer, apart from the web site you decide on possesses a larger assortment. You are going to must recognize which skins are actually currently in operation as well as what modifications need to become produced to make sure that all skins being used match up along with the activity as well as they will certainly likewise be considerably bigger in dimension.
To change your background merely discover the new background that you yearn for and then select “Appeal”. Within this webpage you will definitely find a tab for skin layer as well as hit on it. A brand-new reduce down is going to hit and appear “New Skin”.
Select the skin layer that you yearn for and also then select “Develop New Skin” once the home window shows up, this will take you to a brand new web page where you will have the option to upload your own skin. The moment you have submitted your skin you are going to be caused to hit “Improvement Skins” and also you will have just one new history.
If you are a supporter of participating in the well-known Facebook activity called “Clash of Clans”, you should be actually conscious of the brand new add-on of a component got in touch with the “Clash of Clans Hack”. Instead of clicking on the hyperlinks, what occurs is that the “Clash Of Clans” symbol will be actually switched out through the “Clash Of Clashes” image.
Since this brand new expansion permits you to accessibility a variety of Clasher pages, it can easily be fairly challenging at opportunities. You are going to certainly not run into any kind of troubles like being not able to click on the hyperlinks as well as locating on your own redirected to the “Clash of Clashes” webpage.
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How does the brand new Button feature works? When you start exploring the net, this extension is going to immediately open the “Clash Of Clashes” site. After you have actually chosen your preferred Clasher hero, you would quickly be actually rerouted to the brand-new webpage and the “Clash Of Clashes” background would certainly at that point look. This allows you to have a glance of the current wallpapers and the activity’s newest updates.
All the Clashers on the new site are likewise linked to their accounts. As soon as you become a member of the website, you will have the ability to get access to these accounts, which will consist of all the most recent headlines, wallpapers, reviews plus all the other information on their close friends and also the video game on its own. You may likewise be able to find the current information concerning the game’s features, which is actually quite useful when you like to know more about the activity’s background.
The moment you have actually picked your Clasher, if you don’t wish to see their buddies’ photos, simply select their names or even hit on the “scenery profile” switch, as well as you are going to get access to accounts of the Clashers of their friends on the site. As you continue searching, you will locate their titles, their location, their age, and their Facebook account. With just an easy click, you would certainly have the ability to see every thing they need to claim concerning on their own.
The most recent details on the video game on its own will certainly additionally show up on the sidebar of the social media sites internet sites. The most up to date updates on the main Facebook page are going to be featured right here, featuring all the most recent events that belong to the game. This permits you to keep updated regarding the most recent advancements in the activity as well as the current standing of the video game on its own.
If you would like to discover more concerning the activity as well as what creates it unique, then the “Clash Of Clashes” Facebook webpage will definitely be one of the very best places to choose the most up to date updates. All the most recent updates concerning the game as well as the brand new add-ons will be published listed here, which will certainly enable you to stay on par with the most up to date news on the activity. The current “Clash Of Clashes” hacks and also attachments will definitely also be posted listed here, which are going to permit you to completely appreciate the activity as it advances.


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Once Again - Grace Solero - Hundred Years Apart (CD, Album)
Label: Wohone Records - WO25-1717 • Format: CD Album • Country: UK • Genre: Rock • Style: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Alternative Rock
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The military begins development of KTSSM
-II , also known as the ‘long-range artillery killer.’ 먹튀검증With a range that reaches all the way to the Yalu River in the northernmost part of North Korea, the ability to respond to North Korea’s increasingly sophisticated provocation threats is expected to be greatly strengthened. Reporter Seongjae Lim reports. [Reporter] In November 2010, North Korea carried out a provocation by firing about 170 artillery shells at Yeonpyeong Island in the West Sea. The main weapon was a long-range artillery that retreated from the mine shaft, fired, and then concealed itself in the mine shaft. In response to this, the military developed a tactical ground-to-ground guided weapon, KTSSM , which can destroy the position itself in an underground tunnel. The Katism, also known as the ‘long-range artillery killer’, is a penetrating heat-pressure warhead that penetrates several meters underground, and in a test launch last May, the missiles fired in succession boasted the accuracy of hitting a target more than 120 km away. [Yang Wook / Research Fellow, Asan Institute for Policy Studies: It is evaluated as a bunker buster ballistic missile that can penetrate enemy positions and command centers with various warheads such as high explosives or cluster bombs using the technology of the Hyunmoo-2 ballistic missile . Very precise strikes are possible with an error of less than a few meters.] The military authorities did not stop here and also began developing the Katism-II, which improved the range and penetration power.
The plan is to increase the existing range of 180 km to more than 300 km, putting it in range up to the northernmost Yalu River. The plan is to increase mobility and survivability by designing it so that it can be operated from a mobile launch pad ( TEL
) rather than a fixed position . It is evaluated that it will be able to reach all of North Korea while taking advantage of the existing K-Tism, and will be able to strike enemy command centers, airfields, air defense networks, and supply bases in depth. The Defense Acquisition Program Administration plans to complete the development of Katism-II by the end of 2027.


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The fight for survival in Far Cry Primal’s vast Stone Age wilderness is about to get a lot more brutal. If conquering rival tribes and taming deadly predators has left you hungry for a new, harsher challenge, we have some exciting news: Far Cry Primal is getting a Survivor mode, which will arrive as a free patch for all platforms on April 12.
“The idea of doing this mode actually started from the team, saying they wanted to create this mode based on feedback they got from the community,” says Thomas Simon, Far Cry Primal’s game director. “The keystone of that survival mode is the change in the exploration, crafting, and difficulty of the game to make it even more realistic. After that, there are options the player can activate to go further.”
The biggest such option is the addition of permadeath. If you felt the stakes weren’t high enough before, you can now turn on full permadeath, which means your game is over the first time you die (except in vision missions, which aren’t “real”). If that seems too abrupt, there’s also a second-chance option that gives you one backup life, which is then replenished at certain completion points.
“We’ve also decided to make this combo of Survivor and permadeath available at any difficulty level,” says Simon, “so even players that don’t necessarily like to play extremely hard difficulty modes can still enjoy the change of experience in Survivor, and also try permadeath if they want to.”
Permadeath is only the beginning. Survivor mode adds a stamina gauge, making protagonist Takkar slower and weaker when it runs out, and forcing him to sleep in order to replenish it. The minimap is now turned off by default, pushing you to pay more attention to your surroundings, and the fog of war has been strengthened, lessening the amount of the map you reveal as you explore. You’ll encounter humans and animals less often as you explore, which means hunting takes a little more patience. Even fast travel is a little tougher, as it now consumes stamina and food.
Takkar himself has also been weakened in a few key ways. He can no longer rain remote-control death on foes using his owl, for example, and crafting ammo now takes a few seconds, instead of being instantaneous. He’s also now a lot more susceptible to cold, which increases his dependency on fire, and makes crafting cold-weather gear a top priority if you’re planning to venture into the chillier parts of Oros. On the upside, the duration of Takkar’s Hunter Vision has been increased – which should come in handy for surviving the longer, darker, deadlier nights that now befall the land of Oros.
Survivor mode also retools one of Far Cry Primal’s biggest cornerstones, the animals that Takkar can tame and command. “The beasts you’re going to control are going to get less powerful,” says Simon. “The most powerful beasts you control, like sabretooths and bears, will not let themselves be tamed so easily. You’re going to have to fight them up to the moment that they are at half-life, then bait them and tame them.”
The most striking and immediate change to beast mastery, however, is that animals who die are gone for good. You’ll still have a chance to save them before they die, but if your previous strategy for, say, taking down a fort was to hide while your all-but-disposable animal friends winnowed down the enemy’s numbers, you may want to come up with a new plan. That’s especially true if you’re able to bring Far Cry Primal’s legendary beasts under your control; while you can always tame another leopard or wolf, creatures like the Bloodfang Sabretooth can’t ever be brought back once lost.
So is there a benefit to all this, aside from grueling satisfaction and the pride that comes from extreme challenge? Of course, says Simon.
“We’ve created four new Ubisoft Club challenges,” says Simon, adding that new PlayStation Trophies or Xbox Live Achievements aren’t possible in a free update. “If you go for the ultimate challenge – activating Survivor mode, playing on expert difficulty and activating permadeath – you have the hardest and most insane challenge possible for the game, and there’s a special reward at the moment you complete the game. I won’t spoil it.”
Survivor mode will be available as a free patch for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on April 12, and the PC patch will also add 4K textures to the game. Also, you can check out Survivor mode with an in-depth livestream on www.twitch.tv/ubisoft on April 7th at 9:30AM PDT. In the meantime, check out more about Far Cry Primal in these stories:

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This rollerspeeder -- the fastest in Toontown -- is made to hold grandparents of all heights.
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- This attraction closes at dusk.
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Narrative:An Embraer EMB-110P1 Bandeirante crashed at Barcelos Airport (BAZ/SWBC), Amazonas, Brazil during landing in heavy rain.
|Date:||Saturday 16 September 2023|
Embraer EMB-110P1 Bandeirante
|Year of manufacture:||1991|
|Fatalities:||Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 14|
|Aircraft damage:|| Written off (damaged beyond repair)|
|Location:||Barcelos Airport, AM (BAZ/SWBC) -
|Nature:||Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi|
|Departure airport:||Manaus-Eduardo Gomes International Airport, AM (MAO/SBEG)|
|Destination airport:||Barcelos Airport, AM (BAZ/SWBC)|
|Investigating agency: ||CENIPA|
|Confidence Rating:|| Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities|
During landing on runway 27, the aircraft was unable to stop. It suffered a runway excursion, collided with the aerodrome's protective fence and, subsequently, with an embankment.
The two pilots and twelve passengers died in the accident.
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India’s Jaishankar Says Trade Deal With U.S. ‘Not That Easy’
“It’s a fairly complicated set of issues because you are really looking at trying to clear up issues.” Jaishankar said.
Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said that a trade deal with the U.S. is “not that easy,” but trade ministers from both sides were trying to iron out their differences.
“It’s a fairly complicated set of issues because you are really looking at trying to clear up issues.” Jaishankar said Friday, speaking at the India Economic Summit organized by the World Economic Forum in New Delhi. ”I guess if they are taking a little time they would be justified in doing so.”
Jaishankar’s remarks come as U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and his Indian counterpart Piyush Goyal are holding talks in the Indian capital.
On Thursday Ross had said that there was no structural reason a U.S.-India trade deal could not be done soon.
“Neither government said there would be a trade deal in five minutes. That was just speculation,” Ross said. “We do think that there’s no structural reason why there can’t be one pretty quickly.”
Trade tensions between India and the U.S. have been ongoing for a while now with U.S. President Donald Trump accusing India of charging higher duty on American imports, particularly tariffs as high as 100% on Harley-Davidson Inc. motorcycles. However, New Delhi and Washington have been working to sort out trade issues, including a possible withdrawal of some disputes from the World Trade Organization. The bilateral trade between the two countries stands close to $90 billion.
There had been speculation that a trade agreement would be hammered out while Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in the U.S. last week but that didn’t happen.
Ending trade frictions could help India boost exports and cushion an economic slowdown caused by a collapse in domestic consumption.
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Newsweek has chosen the drum magazine cover that will be featured in its annual “Time to Talk” event, a nod to the magazine’s recent cover.
The magazine, which features music videos by Beyoncé, Beyoncé II, and more, will feature a cover featuring the iconic American flag as the main feature.
“The drum magazine covers are one of the most iconic images of American life and culture,” said Tim Cook, TIME’s chief content officer.
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We chose the drum cover to honor the great American music that inspired them and to recognize that great American tradition.”TIME’s Drum magazine, the longest-running and most-popular of its kind, will celebrate the occasion with a “time to talk” segment featuring interviews with artists from around the world, along with a special look back at the magazine since its launch in 1963.
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Washington’s recently passed budget adds billions to fund public K-12 education, but locally, property taxes will rise, while less money may fund local schools.
“The big questions are; how much will state dollars go up and will local districts get more money or less money than they do now?” said Lopez Island School District President John Helding.
According to the budget, state property taxes earmarked for education will increase, while local levies will be capped.
Whether districts with high property values, like San Juan County, will benefit or lose, is yet to be seen.
“Right now, it’s all speculation,” said José Domenech, San Juan Island School District business manager. He expects to be notified of the exact amount the district will receive in the next few weeks.
According to the budget, $7.3 billion will be added over four years in state education spending. By 2019, districts have to cap local school levies.
This levy cap, said Domenech, would give the district’s roughly 800 students about $200,000 less than the last local levy. It will be a similar amount for Orcas Island School District, said Keith Whitaker, business manager. Lopez’s roughly 230 students would lose about $500,000, said Helding.
According to the two-year state budget, starting in 2019, the maximum levy amount for districts must be the lesser of $1.50 per $1,000 of assessed value property or $2,500 per student. Domenech said local district officials can levy what they want in 2018.
Gov. Jay Inslee attests that these new regulations will meet the requirements of a 2012 state Supreme Court order known as the McCleary decision to “fully fund” education.
“This budget, at long last, meets our constitutional obligations to fully fund basic education, and addresses the responsibilities we have under the McCleary decision to equitably fund our schools,” said Inslee in a statement after the budget was signed.
One way the state budget will “equitably fund” schools is by paying for administrators’ and teachers’ salaries based on statewide averages.
According to a presentation provided by Domenech, schools’ administrators and teachers are mostly paid through local funds. That means wealthier districts can afford to levy higher tax rates and hire more staff, with higher wages than lower income districts.
The University of Washington’s Runstad Center for Real Estate reports that the median county house price is $453,100.
Next year, reads the budget, state property taxes for education will increase about 80 cents to $2.70 of $1,000 assessed value property. Homeowners who qualify for the senior citizen tax-exemption program will not be affected by the increase.
Domenech said 10 San Juan Island School District teachers are currently paid with local levy funds and not from the state property taxes for education. According to Whitaker, about eight Orcas teachers are paid through local funds.
According to Helding, local levies are currently earmarked for “maintenance and operations,” but under the budget changes, they will be earmarked for “enrichment.”
What programs qualify for “enrichment,” said Helding, as well as “basic education,” are currently unclear.
Domenech said state officials have until the 2018-19 school year to define those terms.
Local districts had to draft allocations for staff last spring, before the state budget was passed. Inslee signed the budget into effect about an hour before the deadline. If the state budget hadn’t been signed by midnight on June 30, several state agencies would have closed and thousands of state employees would have been laid off in a what lawmakers call a “government shutdown.”
Whitaker said three Orcas teachers will not return next year if the district doesn’t receive more state funds.
Domenech said San Juan Island School District is slated to receive $240,000 additional dollars from the state to fund staff. This is part of the new budget to fund smaller class sizes for grades K-3.
Without this money, the district could not have rehired two teachers next year.
The money will pay for a first-grade teacher. If a teacher hadn’t been hired before the next school year, a class would have contained both first- and second-grade students.
It will also pay for a special education teacher for the middle school. This was requested last May when the board agreed to move the sixth-grade from the elementary school to the middle school next year. The money does not cover a sixth-grade teacher, which was also requested with the grade move.
District budgets were turned in to the state on July 17. The next meeting to review the Orcas School District’s budget is at 5 p.m. on Thursday, July 27 at the school library.


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The California Coastal Commission approved a $75,000 grant to the City of Half Moon Bay in support of its Local Coastal Program (LCP) planning process.
The funds are in addition to a $70,000 Ocean Protection Council grant that the City earned in November, bringing the total amount of LCP grant funding to $145,000.
Similar to the Ocean Protection Council funds, the purpose of the California Coastal Commission grant program is to support local governments as they work to complete new LCP certifications or to update an existing LCP to reflect new scientific information and conditions, such as climate change and sea-level rise. Of a total of 28 applicants submitted during this application phase, 11 were awarded grants by the Coastal Commission.
As part of its comprehensive General Plan update, the City is creating a new land use element dealing with land use issues generally and a separate Local Coastal Program Land Use Plan that is specifically geared towards implementation of Coastal Act policy. In Half Moon Bay, the LCP has a heightened level of importance because the entire City is located in the coastal zone. The City’s LCP was last updated in 1993.
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Remember that one legendary issue of the Amazing Spider-Man (#615) that came out way back in 2009, wherein Spidey briefly wore earmuffs and a hat and scarf…? Yeah–neither do I. But Kotobukiya sure does, apparently, and in honor of that 8-year old issue, they’re bringing us what just may be the most bizarre Koto exclusive figure/statue ever made: the NYCC 2017 Exclusive Kotobukiya Spider-Man Winter Gear ARTFX+ statue!Continue Reading →
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While Kotobukiya didn’t manage to pack quite as many new Marvel statue reveals into their SDCC 2017 booth as they have in some years, they did throw us a bone in the form of concept art for five upcoming Marvel statues! If you loved the ARTFX+ Avengers, Spider-Man and X-Men series, get ready: the Kotobukiya ARTFX+ Defenders statues series has now been announced! Plus: Carol Danvers returns for a new Bishoujo Captain Marvel!Continue Reading →
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This week’s Marvel toy news drought is still going strong, so it’s time for me to pull from my remaining photos stash from last month’s New York Toy Fair 2017! Like most years, Kotobukiya had a 1/6th scale Marvel ARTFX statue on display at Toy Fair 2017. But unlike most years (okay, every year), this time it wasn’t Iron Man-related! Coming later this spring, it’s the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Kotobukiya Star-Lord ARTFX Statue!Continue Reading →
With five of the seven Kotobukiya Spider-Man ARTFX+ statues currently up for order, I was hoping that Koto would surprise us by debuting the two final figures in the line at New York Toy Fair 2016 over the weekend.
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Earlier this week I previewed Gentle Giant’s smaller and less expensive alternative to Sideshow’s amazing–and astronomically priced–Venom Premium Format Figure. And now, it’s the other most popular Symbiote on the planet’s turn: Carnage! Kotobukiya adds its first villain to the 1:10 Spider-Man statue series with Cletus Kassidy–the Kotobukiya Carnage ARTFX+ statue is now up for order! Those used to the super-low cost of Marvel ARTFX+ figures past may be a mite surprised by the price, though…Continue Reading →
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Unlike past years, Kotobukiya didn’t bring any never-before-seen Marvel statues prototypes to New York Comic Con 2016 this week.
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Back at SDCC 2016, Kotobukiya revealed the early prototype of the upcoming Agent Venom ARTFX+ statue, leading us to believe he’d be next in the Spider-Man series. But instead, Koto has thrown us a real curveball this week with perhaps the most-anticipated character in the wave–the Kotobukiya Spider-Gwen ARTFX+ Statue is now up for order! Gwen is looking mighty fine (as always), but she also comes with an unexpected price increase…Continue Reading →
Up until now, every single character that Kotobukiya has released as part of their 1/10 scale Marvel ARTFX+ statues range has been a classic, decades-old character. But there’s a first time for everything, and the first modern-created character to grace this style is about to arrive as the second entry in the Spider-Man ARTFX+ Series! He swung into our hearts five years ago this month, and now he’s web-slinging into our statue collections–the Kotobukiya Spider-Man Miles Morales ARTFX+ Statue is now up for order!Continue Reading →
We got our first official look at the Amazing Spider-Man statue kicking off the Kotobukiya Spider-Man ARTFX+ Series of statues yesterday, but at the time Koto hadn’t revealed the full lineup.
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The new boss of BMI Healthcare, Britain's biggest private hospitals group, has begun wielding the axe and is understood to have notified hundreds of staff that their positions will be made redundant over the coming months.
Chief executive Jill Watts, who took up the reins in November, is embarking on a major restructuring of the firm that will also see the amount of NHS work BMI does ramped up.
Sources close to the company, which employs 9,000 across 63 hospitals, told IBTimes UK that Watts is also restructuring the board in order to "completely change the direction of BMI".
Currently, 35% of the group's work comes from the NHS but insiders believe this could double under her tenure. Watts oversaw a similarly NHS-focused operation when she headed up rival Ramsay Health Care.
Senior sources within BMI have raised concerns that a "dependency" on the NHS, while driving up volumes, could see margins plummet.
Last year BMI reported a 5.4% increase in earnings to £194m. However, BMI's hospitals, which were hived off into a separate property company by parent firm General Healthcare Group, have fallen into the hands of hedge funds KKR, DE Shaw and Centerbridge.
The property arm, to which BMI pays rent, is saddled with over £2bn of debt.
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Breckland farmer’s daughter aims to inspire the next generation
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An imaginative scheme to inspire the next generation in farming attracted half a dozen entries from across Norfolk.
A Breckland farmer’s daughter won the £1,000 prize in the Norfolk Farm Vets Aspire Farm Award 2014 with a scheme to encourage children to consider a career in food and farming.
Eliza Emmett, of Whitehouse Farm, Oxborough, near Swaffham, wants to film short “quirky” interviews with young farmers to show why it is the best industry in the world. Brought on the family’s livestock farm, Eliza, now 21, impressed the judges with the clarity of her vision.
Her father, Nick, runs a sheep flock, and mother, Susie, broadcasts on agriculture for the BBC World Service and is a film presenter.
One of the judges, Oliver Buckingham, who farms near Bury St Edmunds, said that the short-listed entries were “all of a high standard and showcased a range of brilliant ideas.”
Fellow judge, Becca Colman, of Norfolk Farm Vets, said that the “winning project had the greatest potential to reach out and inspire the largest number of people.
“We also felt her true passion for educating others about farming would ensure the success of this project.”
It was a tough decision to pick the overall winner between Eliza’s film project and a group of Education Youth Services’ students, who wanted to promote the “farming family” concept in schools. The competition, which has again been run by Norfolk Farm Vets, of Grimston, near King’s Lynn, interviewed six finalists for the £1,000 prize.
Molly McKay, of the sponsors, thanked the judges. Anyone interested in the 2015 awards, contact Norfolk Farm Vets on 01485 609031.

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Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Emmy winner Shohreh Aghdashloo (24) is set to guest star on a late October episode of CBS crime drama Scorpion. She’s set to play Dr. Cassandra Davis, a psychologist who evaluates the team of crime solvers following a particularly costly outcome to one of their cases.
Created by Nick Santora (The Sopranos), Scorpion follows computer genius Walter as he brings together a group of fellow geniuses in order to solve complex global problems that those lacking their intelligence might not be able to. The series stars Katharine McPhee (Smash), Robert Patrick (True Blood), Eddie Kaye Thomas (American Pie), Jadyn Wong (Being Erica), and Ari Stidham (Huge).
In addition to her role on the FOX thriller, Aghdashloo has appeared on the likes of Grimm, FlashForward, and The Mob Doctor. Her next series regular role is on Syfy’s upcoming The Expanse, where she’ll be playing Chrisjen Avasarala. She’s the second Scorpion guest star announced recently, with NCIS: Los Angeles‘ Linda Hunt confirmed to be appearing on the show come October.
Scorpion is slated to premiere Monday, September 22nd at 9:00 on CBS.
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