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From Gizmodo, March 6, 2017: A new children’s book from the folks at Fermilab and SLAC takes a child (or maybe just an interested adult) along an adorably dorky rhyme-trip through some of the most important high-energy physics concepts.
From the Chicago Tribune, Feb. 28, 2017: Lindsay Olson, Fermilab’s first artist-in-residence, will display several pieces reflecting her work at Fermilab during her upcoming exhibition The Elegant Universe: Art and Science, beginning on March 7 at Elmhurst College.
From CERN Courier, Feb. 15, 2017: CERN makes rapid progress towards prototype detectors for the international DUNE experiment.
From The Doings/Chicago Tribune, Feb. 3, 2017: STEM events in LaGrange included a visit from Fermilab’s Jerry Zimmerman, better known as Mr. Freeze, and his demonstrations of cryogenics.
From NIU Today, Feb. 1, 2017: The U.S. Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation have appointed Michael Syphers, a senior research professor of physics at NIU and former Fermilab physicist, to serve as a member of the national High Energy Physics Advisory Panel.
From SLAC, Jan. 31, 2017: A full kilometer of SLAC’s historic linac has been stripped of all its equipment. Over the next two years it will be re-equipped with new technology to power an X-ray laser, LCLS-II. Fermilab and Jefferson Lab are building the cryomodules for its superconducting portion.
From the Naperville Sun, Jan. 26, 2017: A gravity collider, gravity accelerator, shape shooter, ramps and curves machine, and a mini linear accelerator were on loan to Graham Elementary School three days this week from Fermilab.
From the INSPIRE blog, Jan. 23, 2017: INSPIRE’s list of the 40 most highly cited papers during 2016 is out, and five are Fermilab papers. The number goes up if you include CMS papers. Have a look in this blog post by Fermilab’s Heath O’Connell and SLAC’s Michael Peskin.
From Kane County Chronicle, Jan. 16, 2017: In tandem with exploring the origin of the universe, Fermilab delves into its own birth, celebrating its 50th anniversary with an accelerated lineup of events from now into fall. The entertainment element will start on a happy note with Mucca Pazza, an unconventional marching band, striding onto the Batavia stage at 8 p.m. Jan. 21.
From the Department of Energy, Jan. 11, 2017: Fermilab is mentioned in several areas of the report, which highlights the remarkable accomplishments of the national labs, evaluates some of the improvements DOE has made in recent years in its management and coordination with the labs, and charts a course for continued American leadership in science and technology.

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How to Cook and Prepare Alaskan King Crab Legs
First and foremost, prior to cooking or preparing king crab legs, you should allow for the crab to thaw in your refrigerator overnight. The majority of the processes below only require a re-heat time of 5-10 minutes because king crab has already been cooked by the commercial processor. King crab should be added to stews and soups around the last 5 minutes of the cooking process.
Cooking King Crab Legs
To make a delicious Alaskan king crab even tastier, you need to determine how you’re going to cook and prepare it. There are several different methods available for cooking King crab legs and the one you choose will mainly depend on the taste that you want to achieve.
Keep in mind that the majority of king crab legs that you buy from your local grocery store will be precooked. When you bring crab legs home from the store, you are essentially just heating them back up. Therefore, you should be careful not to overcook them or else they will taste dry and tough. Three drops of hot sauce in butter can really draw out the wonderful taste of fresh king crab.
Below are a few simple instructions on how to cook crab legs.
Cooking Frozen Crab Legs
Most frozen crab legs are already pre-cooked so they will just need to be heated. When cooking frozen crab legs, we have found the best way is to place them in a colander or steamer over rapidly boiling water. The pot should be about one-third of the way filled with water. You will need to cover the pot and steam your frozen crab legs for about ten minutes or until they are completely heated.
Steaming King Crab Legs
When steaming pre-cooked Alaskan king crab legs, simply place two cups of water and a tablespoon of salt in a pot and bring it to a boil. Place the crab legs in the pot on a rack over the boiling water. When the water starts to boil again, cover with a lid and cook for about six minutes or when they begin to omit a “cooked odor”, they should be ready to eat.
Boiled Crab Legs
To boil crab legs, simply fill a large saucepan half full of cold water and bring to a boil. Add a tablespoon of salt and the seasoning of your choice, if any. When the water begins to boil add the crab legs and reduce the heat to medium. Allow them to simmer for about six minutes. Take the crab legs out of the water, rinse and they are ready to eat.
Grilled Crab Legs
To grill crab legs you need to brush olive oil on all sides of the crab legs to prevent them from sticking. Then place the crab legs on a hot grill of 300 degrees for about five minutes, turn over and cook for another five minutes until they are heated all the way through. Remove from the grill and serve with butter or sauce.
Baked Crab Legs
To bake crab legs, preheat an oven to 350 degrees. Place the crab legs in a shallow baking pan in single layers. Place hot water in the pan about 1/8 of an inch deep. Cover the pan with aluminum foil and bake for eight to ten minutes. As you can see, cooking crab legs is not difficult and it only takes a few minutes to prepare. If you have been missing out on having king crab legs because you thought they were complicated to prepare, you can now consider them as being part of your regular diet.

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I've had the Quiltak Basting Tool for a while however I haven't finished a quilt top to try it out. I decided that Flowers for Alison would be perfect for test it out.... I like to live on the edge.
As I have said before I like to use voile on the back of my quilts it makes them lighter and the backs have a soft silky feel. I am also using Quilters Dream Cotton Batting which is very thin and light.
There was a bit of talk on Facebook on one of the list I am on that said they thought that this Basting tool would be no good for a large quilt but I beg to differ. I think the problem probably is that people are afraid to put too many taks in the quilt. When I pin a quilt I use a lot of pins which means the quilt is really heaving and I have all sorts of problem with my back and neck when I quilt. I have spray basted quilts for a while now but the spray baste just doesn't like the voile and I have had a few quilt back look less than perfect. In fact North and South was half finished and I unpicked the quilting and then pinned the quilt to get the finish perfect so that I could send it to the magazine.
I used the same notion with the Quiltak. As you can see above just in this picture you can see 3 taks. I used all the taks that I got with the gun on this one quilt, I think over pinning is better than underpinning and dealing with a tuck in the quilt back.
The great thing about the taks is that you don't have to remove them like you do with safety pins as you stitch, they just seem to manoeuvre out of the way. I'm going to invest in the special scissors to cut the tags out when I finished.
So how did I go about basting the quilt. I have a nice fold out table that is perfect for basting a quilt I prepared the three layers by centring and stretching the backing and securing to the table with large bulldog clips, then layered the batting and finally the quilt job. Smoothing each layer and securing with the bulldog clips as I would have done if I was pin basting. I did toy with the idea of pinning first, but then I decided I might be able to get my hand under to use the basting gun if I removed one or two bulldog clips at a time and kept the fabric taught with my hand under the quilt.
Now the needle is quite sharp but I only managed to spike my self a couple of times. The strip of taks feed in the top. You push the needle through all three layers and press the trigger then pull the needle out. Its kinda fun to do actually like that feeling you get when you pop bubble wrap. Its not as quick as spray basting but quick than pin basting and less hard on your hands.
The extra weight of the taks is negligible and the taks don't get all caught up together like safety pins do. I've stitched around the appliqué of 3 blocks already with no hiccup or puckers. So I give the Quiltak 5 stars for a job well done.

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“It’s a little weird,” Brown said of his former Buffalo teammates in New England, via Jeff Howe of the Boston Herald. “I’m not going to sit here and lie like, ‘Oh well.’ You’re happy for them, but you’re also like, all right, every time somebody goes to the Patriots, they’re going to the Pro Bowl or the Super Bowl. It’s something you feel.
“But the Patriots, they definitely seem to get the best out of the Buffalo Bills.”
Brown has said he believes the Bills want to keep him around after he tied for the league lead in tackles last season. He’s also hasn’t missed a game in four years and has eclipsed 100 tackles in each of his four seasons.
The Patriots defense was horrendous for the first month of the season last year. The team managed to paste over the flaws of the unit to perform adequately the second half of the year as the team made it to the Super Bowl for an eighth time in the last 17 seasons. However, the defense was shredded again by the Philadelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl as the flaws resurfaced on the biggest stage.
Brown would provide a capable defender at the linebacker position to complement Kyle Van Noy, Elandon Roberts and Dont'a Hightower. However, the Bills could be just as keen to keep Brown in Buffalo instead of watching another player depart for their chief division rival.


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There is some shocking news for all you internet users out there. A recent study has revealed that hackers are easily beating internet security experts & the mechanisms they employ. This is sure to create a lot of embarrassment to Governments across the world who are investing a lot of money on hiring online security experts.
This revelation comes in the aftermath of the recent Microsoft India Store attack. In this attack, confidential user data compromise has taken place on a large scale. We come across internet security breaches almost every other day. This shows that hackers have gained an upper hand & are trying to destabilize the very creation & working of the internet.
Online experts say that this trend is a result of people becoming technology slaves by the minute. As more & more personal info of people is online, hackers are encouraged to develop new hacking methods to steal these details. This in turn leads to more infiltration & thereby destabilizes the internet working process.
Online security experts are reportedly finding it difficult to develop hacking prevention methods. This in turn is leading to security breaches multiplying by the second. If the same trend continues, then the very words “Internet Security, Privacy” are going to get eliminated from the dictionary.
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The Cuban-born tenor Bryan Lopez Gonzalez was born in La Habana where he studied at the Conservatorio Amadeo Roldán with Adolfo Casas. Following his graduation, he was immediately engaged as a soloist by the Opera Nacional de Cuba where he performed numerous roles, including Alfredo in La Traviata, Tonio in La fille du régiment and the Steersman in The Flying Dutchman.
In 2016 he made his European debut at the Valle d’Itria Festival in Italy singing Ferrando in Così fan tutte under the baton of Fabio Luisi, and took part in the Accademia del Belcanto Rodolfo Celletti in Martina Franca. From 2016 to 2018 he was a member of the opera studio of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf. He also obtained a master degree from the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf under the guidance of Prof. Konrad Jarnot.
In addition to his leading Mozart roles such as Belmonte, Ferrando, Don Ottavio, Tito and Tamino, he has been building his reputation singing the great tenor parts of the Italian Belcanto: Conte Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Ramiro in La Cenerentola, Lindoro in L’Italiana in Algeri, Libenskof in Il viaggio a Reims, Arturo in I puritani, Elvino in La Sonnambula, Nemorino in L’elisir d’amore, Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor and Ernesto in Don Pasquale. His repertoire also includes Alfredo in La Traviata, Duca in Rigoletto, Rodolfo in La Bohème and the ‘Italian singer’ in Der Rosenkavalier.
Bryan’s most recent successes include Tito at the Washington Opera, Almaviva at the National Opera of Cluj, Ernesto at the Theatre Krefeld-Mönchengladbach and Carlino in Fioravanti’s Le cantatrici villane at the Festival Arezzo Raro.
In 2022 Bryan is cheered for his portrayal as Romeo in Gounod’s “Romeo et Juliette” at the National Theatre in Rijeka/Croatia and Ljubljana, and as Rinuccio in Fabrizio Melano’s new production of “Gianni Schicchi”, which he will also perform at the Savonlinna Festival in the summer. In May he can be heard as “Tempo” in Händel’s “Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno” in Mainz.


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Christianity in Review
A History of the Faith in 50 Books
Sir Anthony FBA Kenny
Hardback |256 pp |198 x 126 mm
eBook |304 pp
'If a flood once more covered the Earth, and Christianity in Review was found bobbing on the waters, it would be a rum history of Christianity to be sure that was reconstructed from it, but the process would be most enjoyable. It is very good to have Anthony Kenny in the conversation.'
'Reviewers have a great deal to learn from Kenny. Everyone knows how learned (he) is. The collected pieces in this volume exhibit earnest scholarship peppered with an ounce or two of mischief and an unfailing sense of charity to fellow authors.'
Sir Anthony Kenny is one of our most acclaimed living philosophers of religion.
Christianity in Review offers his unique perspective on the history of the Church and Christian faith and thought by collecting the 50 most significant and insightful book reviews he has written over the course of more than 50 years for publications such as The Listener, The Tablet and The Times Literary Supplement.
Books reviewed include Jaroslav Pelikan’s Jesus through the Ages, Henry Chadwick’s Augustine, Peter Ackroyd’s The Life of Thomas More, Karen Armstrong’s The Battle for God, Alister McGrath’s C. S. Lewis: A Life and The Dawkins Delusion, and the New Jerusalem Bible.
The reviews are arranged by historical period and theme, under the headings: The Early Church, The Middle Ages, Renaissance and Reformation, The Nineteenth Century, The Twentieth Century, The Debate between Theists and Naturalists, and Modern Moral Theology. Kenny has written an extended introduction to each section. These, added to the informed personal insight of his reviews, make Christianity in Review a fascinating survey of the Christian faith from a brilliant mind.

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The MHP Financial Knowledge Centre is a safe, online environment to help you learn about financial concepts.
You can access videos, calculators, articles, quizzes, and learning modules to learn about money and how to manage it.
It's accessible 24/7, so you can get the information you need, when you need it.
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Last week, it was announced that publisher Starbreeze Studios made the call for Overkill’s The Walking Dead to be delayed to 2018. As well, the company gave a peek at the development of the game during a May 10th livestream, as well as drop a few tidbits (in the form of concept art) for a game that’s been relatively quiet on the development front, System Shock 3.
Developer OtherSide Entertainment’s creative director Warren Spector (who was involved as producer on the original System Shock) presented the screenshots, as well as stating that the game will soon be entering pre-production. The team behind developing the follow-up to the critically-acclaimed System Shock 2 consists of design director Sheldon Pacotti, art director Arturo Pulecio, and tech director Jason Hughes. All of whom have had previous work with Spector, including games like Deus Ex, Wing Commander, and more recently, Epic Mickey.
Meanwhile, Night Dive Studios’ remake of the original System Shock, unrelated to System Shock 3‘s development, is due out next year.
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#hamradio #parksontheair #portablehamradio #potaactivation
This video is about my Parks on the Air Activation expedition to three POTA Parks on August 20, 2021.
I activated the following parks:
K-3292 – Bear River State Park – Wyoming
K-5913 – Union Pacific Rail Trail – Utah
K-3088 – Rockport State Park – Utah
I made 133 QSOs from the three parks.
After this trip I earned two Parks on the Air awards doing this ham radio expedition. I earned my RADAR award for activating three parks in 24 hours and my Diamond Activator award for activating 50 unique references.
I used my Yaesu FT-857D transceiver and my Steppir Crank IR antenna and my Buddipole antenna.
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I have been suffering from a mean case of “I don’t give a damn” itis this week, and it’s only Wednesday. Thankfully, this new super hilarious video starring Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx has brightened my mood and I am ready to tackle the day.
Foxx and Tatum star in their own “music video”, “(I Wanna) Channing All Over Your Tatum.” The song first came into existence when the two guys visited The Jimmy Kimmel show a few months ago to promote their new movie, “White House Down.”
Poor Jimmy couldn’t quite grasp the concept either time, but watch what happens when the stupid funny song gets big budgeted production. Guest stars include Olivia Munn, Gabourey Sidibe, Miley Cyrus and Matt Damon.
I love to see Channing dance. Lord have mercy.
Be Extraordinary- Alyssa Peacock


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The Opticians Association of America has launched a new branding campaign called The American Optician. The non-profit organization, is trying to create awareness about what an Optician is and why what they do is of service to the public. A part is the launch of a Video which has been aired in many states.
And a new Branded Banner:
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Posted July 1999
Special: The first mile of connectivity
The Internet and rural development
By Don Richardson
There has been a rapid increase in the use of the Internet in developing countries, although this expansion is still largely an urban phenomenon. Rural communities represent the "last mile of connectivity" (or the "first mile" if you look at it from a rural perspective) in both developing and developed countries with regard to access to Internet services and the telecommunication connections that help transmit those services. People in rural areas are generally unable to take advantage of the services available to their urban peers.
Internet initiatives for rural development need to be approached with a degree of caution. One cannot expect less privileged farmers and food-insecure residents of rural communities to list computers and digital telecommunication services as high-priority items for improving their lives. However, there are various intermediaries serving these populations which, together with small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in rural areas, could take advantage of these technologies to improve their work, improve communication capacity, gain efficiencies and reduce telecommunication costs. With SMEs, intermediary organizations such as extension field offices, rural NGOs, health clinics, government satellite offices and church organizations can offer communication services in numerous ways. Strategies for improving access to the Internet and use for rural development will necessarily involve the full participation of intermediary organizations and other rural stakeholders. This article draws attention to the potential of the Internet for rural development initiatives.
Today we truly live in a global village, but it is a village with privileged information "haves" and many information "have-nots". To face the unprecedented challenges brought on by the changing global economy, dynamic political contexts, environmental degradation and demographic pressures, and to make critical decisions, people at all levels of society - especially the food-insecure and the organizations that serve and represent them - must be able to access critical information and to communicate. Improved communication and information access are directly related to social and economic development (Tallero and Gaudette, 1995).
The Internet is a multipurpose tool, a medium of communication and perhaps the most flexible medium currently available. It has the potential to be integrated within a wide variety of efforts that have objectives such as local participation, training, education, research (especially participatory research), technical support and institutional strengthening. Thus, endeavours that might find a role for Internet applications could range from training to the development of criteria and indicators for sustainable agriculture.
A decentralized "people's network"
The Internet was conceived and designed in 1963 by Larry Roberts, working for the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) with funding from the United States Department of Defence (Negroponte, 1995a and 1995b). ARPAnet, as it was then called, emerged as a communication tool in the late 1960s for a handful of Department of Defence workers and contractors. It was designed to be a fail-safe communication system because it would be fundamentally a "decentralized" network. People could send packets of information from one computer to another, across the United States, and those packets could travel by a variety of routes to reach their destination. If one or several routes were destroyed or malfunctioning, the packets would find alternative routes and eventually reach their destination. ARPAnet grew during the late 1960s and 1970s because new "nodes" and routes were added to include university researchers. The many benefits of electronic mail (e-mail) were attractive to users and, as a wider community of faculty and students began to use the tool, it quickly gained popularity as a communication tool in North America. Because it was a decentralized network, there were few means to control its popular expansion, and it soon transcended its Department of Defence mentors.
The Internet today is a people's network. Anyone with basic computer equipment and a telephone line can connect to it, communicate through it, host information on it and look through or browse it. Unlike many other media such as television and radio, every user of the medium can be an information producer and knowledge sharer. No one knows for sure how many people are using the Internet today, but estimates range from 40 million to 100 million people.
Communicating over the Internet costs a fraction of what it does to use traditional telephones or fax because information flows in discrete packets of digital bits that are able to share telecommunication lines with hundreds of other packets. Where a traditional transatlantic telephone call will tie up a single telephone line for only two people, an e-mail message can travel along a telephone line with hundreds and even thousands of other messages. Thus, the Internet is cheap, powerful, decentralized and in the hands of civil society.
A fact that is well known to veteran Internet users is that the Internet has the power to cut across social and geographic distance and help people find new ways of facilitating the flow of information and knowledge. Within bureaucratic organizations it has a way of levelling hierarchies, facilitating new communication patterns and supporting activities that might not otherwise occur (Negroponte, 1995a).
The Internet in support of sustainable rural and agricultural development
With regard to Internet use in support of rural and agricultural development, applications fall into five main areas: economic development for agricultural producers, community development, research/education, SME development and media networks. The following sections explore these areas.
Applications in planning and market information for agricultural producers
The change to a global market economy over the last ten years has produced some very big changes for small producers. Now they need to understand global market situations to make better decisions about timing, marketing and management.
- Monica Besoain, field worker for the Chilean NGO, INPROA, Rengo, Chile (personal communication, July 1996)
Rural communities and small-scale agricultural producers are deeply affected by global economic, environmental and political forces. The idea that communities of small-scale agricultural producers are isolated and living in closed, self-sufficient societies is a myth. In fact, with the appropriate knowledge, small-scale producers can even have a competitive edge over larger operations. When knowledge is harnessed by strong organizations of small producers, strategic planning can be used to provide members with lower-cost inputs, better storage facilities, improved transportation links and collective negotiations with buyers. The Internet is one tool that can enhance this flow of information. It is an inexpensive way to communicate and access global information. Local Internet services can be easily managed by well-organized local user groups and farmers' organizations. Information and analyses can be tailored to local, regional and national knowledge and communication needs and realities. When combined with national and global market information systems, and with the ability to communicate quickly with potential buyers and brokers, local Internet systems become valuable strategic planning and decision-making tools.
Community information centres and farmers' organizations can also gather information from the Internet and disseminate it via local radio stations, newspapers and other local information-sharing networks and tools. For example, daily market prices and agricultural news can be posted at cooperatives, local stores, transportation hubs, agricultural supply outlets and social gathering points. Simple newsletters can be developed using Internet information and distributed to members of farmers' organizations. When integrated with other media tools, the Internet can be a powerful information resource and research tool.
Community development applications
Modern communication technologies, when systematically applied and adapted to conditions in rural areas of developing countries, can be used for rural communication to increase participation, disseminate information and share knowledge and skills. The establishment of new institutional frameworks, including all stakeholders, which are autonomous and income-generating, can lead to sustainable and cost-effective efforts, as opposed to working only with government agencies.
- Manuel Calvelo Rios, FAO Communication for Development in Latin America Project (FAO, 1996b).
Internet services are also valuable when placed at the service of rural development-oriented organizations which act as local communication conduits or intermediaries. Along with providing improved market knowledge, they can also:
Toolnet is a network for small-scale development projects that fosters exchange of information, experiences, expertise and solutions to technical problems. It provides multifunctional electronic mail to link field workers, local organizations, technological institutions, international development organizations and individual ... directed toward technology transfer among developing countries ... Points are operating or planned in about 25 countries world-wide.
- Volunteers in Technical Assistance (Tallero and Gaudette, 1995).
Within national, regional and international research communities, increased attention has been directed towards "participatory research" strategies (Chambers and Guijt, 1996; FAO, 1995a and 1995b). These strategies place farmers and rural residents at the centre of the research process and enable them to enrich their knowledge base and share it with one another as well as with field workers, researchers and decision-makers. Internet use among intermediary organizations and leaders involved in participatory research can provide a cost-effective method for documenting and sharing lessons learned and research results. Internet use also has the potential to strengthen linkages between and among farmers' organizations, extension workers, researchers and policy-makers.
The cost of accessing printed academic materials within developing countries is usually so high that students and faculty members have great difficulty acquiring books and journals. Furthermore, the time required to obtain printed materials from overseas can be long enough to render some information outdated by the time it arrives. Via the Internet, any information published on-line can be accessed almost instantly and at a fraction of the cost of obtaining printed materials. Archival lists of resources can be easily reviewed and assessed in remote locations.
Electronic distance education services are already in use in North America, Australia and Europe (particularly among people in rural areas), and with the continued growth of Internet access in developing countries there is a very good chance that similar services will develop a significant demand. On the African continent, Internet-based distance education programmes are already underway in Ghana, South Africa and Egypt. Distance education (as well as traditional education) partnerships between universities in the North and the South (such as the University of Guelph's partnerships with universities in Cameroon and India to develop distance education extension worker training programmes) have proved to be beneficial to the institutions involved. With the assistance of Internet tools, these partnerships can be further strengthened and Internet learning resources can be cooperatively developed across oceans to be utilized by participants in developing nations. Of course, this process can work in the other direction too, to enable students in the North to learn more about the conditions, challenges, potentials and knowledge development of the South.
Overall, the Internet holds significant potential to enhance learning and research relationships among researchers, academics and students wherever they may be located. The list of potential applications is infinite and thousands of informal linkages of this sort take place every day in Internet discussion groups. Development agencies such as FAO can play a role in helping to formalize and provide credentials and diplomas for people who participate in specific electronic learning initiatives delivered via the Internet.
Small and medium enterprise development
The removal of international trade barriers has brought quickly changing global markets. Large international corporations can now compete for the SMEs' market, but SMEs traditionally have not had the infrastructure or necessary resources to fight back. Our mission [is] to provide a productive and professional Internet/WWW-based network to help SMEs communicate about business needs, share their resources and expand their markets.
- Mission statement for the International Small Business Consortium (http://www.isbc.com).
Private sector businesses, large and small, are using the Internet to reach new markets, promote products and services globally and access critical business and financial information.
The tourism sector has been quick to recognize the benefits of the Internet for advertising destinations, tours and holiday services. Of particular interest are the World Wide Web sites for "ecotourism", game parks and adventure tours in areas of southern Africa where rural tourism is a growing industry (c.f. Welcome to Zimbabwe: Africa Tour Net). Tourism operators in rural and remote areas have a difficult time marketing their destinations through traditional media owing to production and distribution costs. The Internet now represents a very inexpensive way for them to showcase their sites to the world and interact directly with potential tourists.
News media networks
The news media in developing countries have also been at the forefront of developing Internet applications. For example, in Zambia, both national daily newspapers mirror their daily copy on the World Wide Web, making the local news accessible to expatriate Zambians around the world. E-mail discussion groups provide these expatriates with an opportunity to discuss the daily news with one another and with their Internet-connected peers in Zambia. A discussion group joined by the author generated a minimum of 30 e-mail messages per day! Such e-mail discussion groups for expatriates and nationals exist for virtually every developing country in the world and represent a relatively untapped resource for accessing the views, ideas and creativity of members of civil society with regard to development policy and initiatives.
In addition to the latter news and information applications, organizations such as Inter Press Service (IPS) Third World News Agency use the Internet to source news stories from local writers in developing countries and share those stories with international wire services such as Associated Press. IPS is also able to provide Internet feeds that enable African news media to have access to African news from around the continent. This is particularly relevant to rural radio stations and other rural newspaper and newsletter producers that would otherwise be unable to obtain the same news from other sources. IPS can also provide an outlet for rural news writers to share their stories regionally, nationally and globally. Similar Internet strategies for rural radio networks, which might also incorporate digital audio transmissions, may well emerge in the near future.
The information revolution offers Africa a dramatic opportunity to leapfrog into the future, breaking out of decades of stagnation or decline. Africa must seize this opportunity, quickly. If African countries cannot take advantage of the information revolution and surf this great wave of technological change, they may be crushed by it. In that case, they are likely to be even more marginalized and economically stagnant in the future than they are today.
- World Bank (1996).
The Internet is not a panacea for rural development, but it does bring new information resources and can open new communication channels for rural communities. It offers a means for bridging the gaps between development professionals and rural people by initiating interaction and dialogue, new alliances, interpersonal networks and cross-sectoral links between organizations. It can create mechanisms that enable the bottom-up articulation and sharing of local knowledge. Benefits include increased efficiency in the use of development resources, less duplication of activities, reduced communication costs and global access to information and human resources.
The Internet may help in meeting peoples' information and communication objectives in order to attain their development goals and objectives, but it must be integrated within human contexts and seen as a "communication process tool", not simply a static "information technology" or unit-directional broadcast medium. Otherwise, Internet tools will be relegated to the junk heaps of inappropriate development technologies or dismissed because of previous failures to make the medium locally relevant and useful. Of course, the Internet is not the only communications tool that may be used; radio and television may have equal or even greater potential, at least for the moment.
We must avoid contributing to the gap between the information haves (experts, academics, researchers, policy-makers, etc.) and the information have-nots (usually the ultimate beneficiaries of development work) that can emerge when we create Internet applications to serve only privileged researchers and bureaucrats. In particular, we must strive to find ways to bring knowledge producers, such as researchers and policy-makers, closer (in the social as well as the geographical sense) to the other less recognized knowledge producers: the people who are the ultimate beneficiaries of their development programmes.
Early Internet users in developing countries have proved that they can develop excellent local services and locally appropriate knowledge resources. However, without support from development agencies, there is a risk that such efforts will never meet the needs of people in rural communities.
Adopting a proactive strategy and acting to bring the Internet to rural and agricultural communities in developing countries will help enable rural people to face the unprecedented challenges brought on by the changing global economy, political changes, environmental degradation and demographic pressures. To deal with these challenges and to make critical decisions, people at all levels of society, and especially the food-insecure and the organizations that serve and represent them, must be able to access critical information and communicate. Improved communication and access to information are directly related to social and economic development (Tallero and Gaudette, 1995).
The time to act in support of Internet knowledge and communication systems in developing countries is now. Today we truly live in a global village, but it is a village with privileged "information haves" and many "information have-nots". With the new technologies available to us, we have an opportunity to change this.
Chambers, R. and Guijt, I. 1996. PRA - five years later: where are we now? World Wide Web publication of the Forest, Trees and People Network of the International Development Research Centre, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden and the FAO Community Forestry Unit.
FAO. 1995a. Farmer-first approaches to communication: a case study from the Philippines. Rome.
FAO. 1995b. Understanding farmers' communication networks: an experience in the Philippines. Rome.
FAO. 1996a. The Internet and rural development. Recommendations for strategy and activity. Consultant's report by D. Richardson. Rome.
FAO. 1996b. Communication for development in Latin America: a regional experience. GCP/RLA/114/ITA. Unpublished project report. Rome.
Negroponte, N. 1995a. Being digital. London: Hodder & Stoughton.
Negroponte, N. 1995b. Survey of rural economic development officers. Unpublished paper presented to the Ontario Agriculture Electronic Communications Working Group, Canada, January 1995.
Taller, E. & Gaudett, P. 1995. Harnessing information for development: a proposal for a World Bank group vision and strategy. Washington, DC: World Bank.
World Bank. 1996. Increasing Internet connectivity in sub-Saharan Africa. Washington, DC.
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Climate inaction should be seen as crime against humanity
The huge crowd turnout at the "Claim the Climate" march in Brussels on a wet Sunday afternoon came as a big surprise to me because the Belgian capital has a population of just a little more than 1 million.
The Cinquantenaire Park, where the protesters finally gathered, was packed with people of all ages, worried about their own future and that of their children and grandchildren. Local media estimated about 70,000 people attended the march.
In an awakening report by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in October, the world's top climate scientists warned that there is only a dozen years left to keep global temperature rise to within 1.5C－beyond which each 0.5C increase will significantly worsen the risks of droughts, floods, extreme heat and poverty for hundreds of millions of people on the planet. The scientists called for urgent and unprecedented changes to reach the climate target.
The demonstrators in Brussels were responding to the IPCC call in urging their government and the world to take immediate action against climate change. The march was organized to coincide with the beginning of the UN Climate Conference in Katowice, Poland, where leaders and representatives of some 200 countries are meeting to help put the Paris Agreement into real action.
The Paris climate accord, adopted in December 2015, set a global action plan to put the world on track to avoid dangerous climate change by drastically reducing emissions while pursuing efforts to limit the temperature rise to within 1.5C.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has sent many tweets on climate change in the past weeks. On Tuesday, he announced to hold a UN Climate Summit in New York during the week of the UN General Assembly in September next year with the goal of raising real ambition, and promoting transformative action in the real economy and an unprecedented citizen and youth mobilization.
There is no doubt that US President Donald Trump's decision last year to pull out the US from the Paris Agreement has greatly hurt the cause. The US was the largest greenhouse emitter before 2006 and its per capita emission is still more than twice that of China.
Last month, Trump even cast doubt on the Fourth National Climate Assessment, a report by his own government in which experts warned of the devastating effects of climate change. The report lists the adverse impact of climate change on US communities, economy, agriculture, water, infrastructure, health, indigenous people and coasts.
"I don't believe it," Trump reportedly said in response to the report.
In a recent article, Jeffrey Sachs, a professor at and director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, said that those leaders who oppose action to address human-induced climate change should be held accountable for climate crimes against humanity.
In Poland on Monday, former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger told the audience that Washington's leadership is "a little bit backward" and people should look at US cities and states which are taking actions against climate change.
China and India are major supporters of the Paris climate accord. But the two largest developing nations also face huge challenge in fighting climate change. In a report on Wednesday, the World Health Organization estimated that 1 million lives could be saved through reduction in air pollution alone. The benefits would be higher in countries key to tackling global emissions, such as China and India, according to the WTO report.
There is no doubt that all countries have much to do to combat climate change before it's too late.
The author is chief of China Daily EU Bureau based in Brussels.


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The Department of Theatre at The University of Southern Mississippi presented the Freshman, Sophomore, Transfer Showcase on Sept. 21 at 5:30 p.m. in the theater building. Members of the theater performed a skit entitled “15 Reasons Not to Be in a Play” by Alan Haehnel. The Freshman, Sophomore, Transfer Showcase (FST) served to provide students who are new to the theater department a chance to showcase their work to the community and theater faculty.
Ryan Mahannah is a second-year graduate theater performance major at Southern Miss and is also director of the Freshman, Sophomore, Transfer Showcase.
“It also gives them valuable performance experience that they can learn and grow from as artists,” Mahannah said. “Each time we work on a show we grow and better ourselves as artists.”
Mahannah selected the material and ran rehearsals for about three weeks. Students involved benefited by gaining the experience of putting on a show.
“They have made some really strong bonds as a group,” Mahannah said. “This bond allowed them to find friends in the department when some of them may not have known anyone coming in. Having a safe place to work is key to a successful theatrical career.”
Once the main-stage casting for the season was complete, the freshman, sophomore and transfer students who were involved in any roles this semester signed up on the call-board and came to the first FST meeting. “They all came, and we played improv games and did some cold readings from the script, and then the next day I cast the show with everyone who showed up and we started working,” Mahannah said. The ironic play about not being in a play was delivered through a series of duets, monologues and ensemble scenes. The play was humorous as the students went through the 15 reasons not to put on a play. Costumes were plain as students dressed in jeans and solid-colored shirts. The only props on stage were chairs that were used as other students. “The cast got to work on a whole bunch of different characters in one show and got to stretch themselves as actors,”
Mahannah said. “The showcase gives new students a chance to be seen and to build their resumes,” professor of theater Monica Hayes said. “It was a successful night.The department is proud of these students who represent the future of our program.” More information on future events can be found on the Department of Theatre’s web page.


Mayor Adler's State of the City, the last of his first-term, hit on several familiar and pressing issues for Austinites. The speech was balanced, underscoring Austin's success across many categories, but offering a measure of prudence in not measuring progress by rankings. Issues such as affordability, economic disparity, mobility, and homelessness loom.Read More
TONIGHT AT CITY HALL
Austin Mayor Steve Adler will deliver the 2018 State of the City Address at 6PM. Limited to two terms, Mayor Adler announced his bid for re-election last month. He is the first Austin mayor under the city’s new 10-1 council system (featuring 10 council members each elected by their district and an elected at-large mayor). Thus far he has drawn one challenger, former Austin Council Member Laura Morrison.Read More
OVERVIEW: The Austin City Council at its February 15 meeting approved an ordinance requiring employers to provide paid sick leave to workers. Austin is now currently the only Texas city with such a requirement. The vote was 9-2 (Council Members Ellen Troxclair and Ora Houston dissenting).Read More
OVERVIEW: The Austin City Council convenes this Thursday, February 1, for its first regular meeting of 2018. The Council agenda features a resolution and ordinance (#58 and #59) relating to dockless bike share.Read More
The City of Dallas is fed up with dockless bikeshare. At least its current unregulated form.
According to the Dallas Morning News, City Manager T.C. Broadnax notified LimeBike, Ofo, and Mobike, as well as Texas-based VBikes, that the firms had until February 9th to do the following:
- Clear bikes off all sidewalks narrower than 10 feet in width and out of the way of sidewalk-curb ramps;
- Remove bikes from turf, landscaping, or other unimproved surfaces; and
- Clear bikes left on trails to trail heads.
From the article:
For months the city has taken a hands-off approach to bike-share, in large part because Dallas was once desperate to get rentals on the road — preferably ones with docking stations, like you see in New York or Fort Worth. But that would have cost millions the city didn't have. So city officials gave VBikes and its well-funded competitors, most based out of China, a wide berth in the hopes that the market would sort itself out and there would be one or two companies left standing.Read More


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Doctors in India have removed 526 teeth from a 7-year-old boy.
The 7-year-old, named Ravindranath, was seen at Saveetha Dental College in Chennai, India. He had been complaining of swelling in his jaw.
His parents said he had experienced the swelling since he was 3, but the condition was getting worse.
An X-ray of the boy’s jaw revealed a sack of tissue weighing 200 grams, doctors said. It contained 526 teeth.
Some of the teeth were one-tenth of a millimetre, while others were up to 15mm. All had the properties of teeth.
The surgery to remove the teeth took five hours.
A similar case took place in 2014, when dentists extracted 232 teeth from a teen in Mumbai.


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Danica Roem is the first openly transgender state legislator in the USA. Not the first. Althea Garrison was the first transgender state state legislator in 1992.
It’s important to celebrate firsts. They show progress to, hopefully, a better country. I was going to say world but I think many places have beat the USA to many of the “firsts” we celebrate. By saying “this is the first time this has happened” we plant a flag in history but the USA has a bad history with planting flags where they don’t belong.
The new news article is the headline. Whole stories are condensed into a single sentence. Then as often happens with online media someone writes a new article off of the first. They can’t use the exact same headline so they change it. “First Openly Transgender State Legislator” becomes “First Transgender State Legislator” becomes “First Trans Person Elected Ever”.
It’s a game of telephone played by “journalists” and bloggers for sensational news. I see it happen every time a “First” is announced. “The First” is a story but maybe it shouldn’t be. Firsts are great but they aren’t and shouldn’t be the start and end of a story.
“Trans Woman Elected to State Legislator” is a rare enough event that it doesn’t need to be the first. This is news. This is history. This is what should be reported. Clear factual articles. Remember headlines are the new news articles.
“Firsts” are flag waving and we’ve had enough flag waving in the past year.
They threw slurs and bottles at us.
They beat and burned us.
They hung and dismembered us.
They said heaven was closed to sinners like us.
So, we sought succor and aid from demons and devils.
Burnt twisted bodies approached us.
They saw our love and wept for us.
Voices silent for a millennia cried out for us.
They turned to our tormentors with hungry smiles.
“We’ll see you soon.”
Author’s Note: This was loosely inspired by the following image of demons presiding over a couple of gay weddings.
Dreadnought by April Daniels is awesome. It’s about a trans girl superhero and it’s written by a trans woman.
The first chapter and a few others made me cry; it hits on a lot of things I felt as a closeted trans teenager. April Daniels does not pull any punches about what it would be like to live with an abusive transphobic father. I didn’t have to deal with that myself because I came out a little later in life but some things still ring true. Like the way he says “son” and “boy” when we meetup. The quiet wishing that he would just accept me for who I am.
The superhero part of the story is funny and action packed but also real about how messed up being a superhero would be. It reminds me somewhat of “Soon I Will Be Invincible” by Austin Grossman on that front.
It’s a good book that hit me hard in the emotions. Be warned that it doesn’t shy away from the trauma trans girls live with. Goddess, I want this to be a movie just to hear Danielle’s last line said out loud, “I’m transgender, and a lesbian, and I’m not ashamed of that.”
The sequel just came out today so I have another book to read right now. Both books are available on Amazon in paperback and kindle formats.

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Today saw British Airways announce that it is refreshing its First and Club lounges at Chicago O’Hare Airport, as well as revealing details of its lounge improvement programmes at Edinburgh and Berlin.
Due to be completed in Spring 2020, customers travelling through Chicago, USA in the First or Club lounges will receive what the airline describes as “a personal and more interactive welcome” in the redesigned reception areas. The lounge will have a lighter and more relaxing atmosphere, achieved partly through new décor, flooring and furnishings. To help meet the needs of today’s digital travellers, there will be more charging ports, built into marble tables, as well as specially crafted chairs. Redesigned serving stations in the dining area will offer customers a wide range of local and international cuisines.
British Airways is also refreshing its lounge in Edinburgh, Scotland. As in Chicago, customers will enjoy a fresh, brighter look, with new furniture and carpeting, as well as a more interactive welcome experience. Bespoke armchairs are also being fitted, while reconfigured working and dining areas will give guests more room to work or eat.
The Edinburgh lounge serves customers travelling in Club Europe on one of the up-to-20 flights to London each day, from which all carbon emissions are offset by the airline as part of its commitment to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050. The lounge is also open to those connecting on to a Club World or First flight, or those with Silver or higher Executive Club status. The airline says that the lounge upgrades will be complete by the end of Spring 2020.
Finally, by early Spring 2020, the airline’s lounge in Berlin, Germany will be fitted out with new furnishings, carpet and décor, with up to 10 daily flights between the two capital cities.
Carolina Martinoli, British Airways’ director of brand and customer experience said, “Lounges are incredibly important to our customers travelling in our Club and First cabins, or to those with Executive Club status, and they are rightly a focus of our £6.5bn customer investment. We’ve recently refurbished nine lounges across the network, and we’re looking forward to refurbishing more in 2020.”
As part of its 2020 lounge upgrade activity the airline will also be refreshing a number of its lounges at London’s Heathrow Terminal 5, as well as redesigning and relaunching the Elemis Spa at New York JFK.

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In order to be a success, a service opening usually requires the collaboration of various teams. There is mostly the challenge in coordinating teams effectively, especially with respect to communicating the completion of tasks for other teams to begin their tasks. With the WRM the efficient coordination of various teams involved in testing and launching services is ensured. All ongoing and completed service launches across the whole group can be displayed in one view. Automatic alerts can be created based on defined workflows for example, or for overdue and inactive tasks, so every user can quickly organize their work based on group priorities. Overall priorities can be defined to monitor the workload and to create performance reports, as well. Sometimes temporary support is needed, so that sharing tasks across the team can improve the whole roaming team’s performance.
Speed is key
Powerful dashboards display country coverage, open rollouts show the increase of connections over time. Full transparency on service openings is vital for managers, team leaders or coordinators who on a regular basis require reports on general performance or progress of service openings. This can be difficult to obtain unless a project management tool or process is used to create these reports. The WRM is able to create a complete picture on all launches, including progress and potential problems at any time. Also, with the creation of templates best-practice workflows across the group can be established. They help with getting started, involving relevant users, third party players and reducing email communication as well. Speed is key when it comes to service openings especially for new technologies. RoamsysNext helps customers with accelerating and making the running on the market.
It’s all about connections
Moving on to the Networks-section and footprint management in the Wholesale Roaming Manager users can see here the actual state of affairs. With the help of exact filters users are able to customize maps and clearly arrange charts and roaming agreements on a world map. The connections to all roaming partners are tracked so that footprint gaps even between local markets are easily displayed. Connection by service, by status, connection reports regarding country and service coverage can be retrieved as well as reports on service level (e.g. 5G and all new services). These reports can be sent on demand or weekly or monthly via email. Of course, the connection with GSMA InfoCentre2 resources is provided for, too. Flexible roaming footprint reports with impressive visualizations for management and client services are easy to create. Furthermore, tags can be used to group roaming partners, e.g. geographically, by staff responsible or other.
Having provided for service openings in Rollouts and roaming partner management in Networks, a central solution allows easy access to all test SIM cards. All important roaming tariffs – both from standard IOT and discount agreements – are in one safe and central repository with direct access to all relevant documents.
In order to keep all partner documents in one place and have all partner information ready within seconds, controlled access with a granular permission system is provided for.
Finally, our solution automatically collects all contact information included in RAEX IR.21 and RAEX OpData documents and presents them in a clearly arranged overview. It goes without saying, that technology and functionality aspects guarantee a secure and restricted access.
RoamsysNext’s Wholesale Roaming Manager is a powerful tool that fits the needs of roaming coordinators, the commercial team, operations and management. Some corporations like to keep the lead, so they also connect with the RoamsysNext Network Configuration Optimizer to fully automate IR.21 related processes and improve the communication between different teams.
Make value-driven decisions
All in all, the Wholesale Roaming Manager encompasses everything to gain additional revenues. Company targets can be reached more easily by launching more roaming agreements than ever before and going live earlier. With an all-in-one solution there finally is one central place for all relevant information and documents to monitor roaming activity, provide users with the appropriate access permissions, enforce custom password policies and benefit from end-to-end encryption to keep data private. Having all the information at hand, it has become very easy to gain intelligence and to make value-driven decisions. RoamsysNext tools already help more than 700 MNOs across the globe; stay tuned for more advanced developments from the house of RoamsysNext.
Gabriele Lieser joined RoamsysNext in 2020 as Customer Success Manager to strengthen the bonds with our increasing number of customers and to support the marketing team. Gabriele has a strong background in corporate sales. She studied at the Universities of Trier (Germany) and Manitoba (Canada) and is incorporated in the RoamsysNext Client Service team.
In the course of history, no era is free from the practice of deception for personal benefit. Let’s have a look at what we can learn from historic fraud cases from ancient Greece to modern times.
Learn how the RoamsysNext Network Configuration Optimizer enables MNOs to switch safely to full automation and growing roaming revenues by providing effective and secure data management of all roaming related business information.
The RoamsysNext Wholesale Roaming Manager provides powerful collaboration and reporting tools for all roaming partner relationships by converging everything from service openings to the user’s roaming footprint, test SIM cards and tariffs, document and contact management.
Three ways to bliss: take bold measures to automate processes as much as you can, check your firewall’s security logs regularly and enforce centralized authentication mechanisms.
How does the GSMA approach cyber security, fraud detection and prevention? Look at the incredible useful tools and informations they provide with the Fraud and Security Group (FASG) and documents on best practice countermeasures.
GTP will still have an impact on 5G. Our tools can help to identify dubious requests faster, reduce reaction times and block incidents in a fraction of time.
This blog is about how correct data is key to ensuring that mobile communication is of trustworthy origin, especially in case of signaling attacks. Notably, the roaming industry has to take action for data verification.
SMS enjoys the reputation of being a safe channel for communication. But as any system, it is prone to abuse. We show you what needs to be done.
Voice fraud is known as one of the top inter-carrier fraud cases, and in order to expose them, time and reliable data is crucial. This article shows that prevention is key to make sure that legitimate traffic is not obstructed.
This issue shines a light on the variety of security breaches and fraud incidents: A cabinet of horrors.
Fraud and security issues cause considerable problems within mobile network operators. But we are here to help.


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Update: I also assisted the campaign for the November 2009 general election. For this campaign I produced an updated website, print design support and other campaign incidentals. The campaign again resulted in an election win for Councilor Dumas.
This Web site was part of a comprehensive campaign package for Lee Dumas, who was running for Greer City Council. It included a Web site, print design support and other campaign incidentals. Dumas came in second in the primary election and won the runoff election.

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Speeding Up, Jumping，performing various tricks in the air and landing safety. The game "BMX Boy" is so easy but super fun.
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Unfazed by the defending champion’s tag, shuttler Sameer Verma has set his sights on retaining the title at the Syed Modi World Tour Super 300 tournament and earn a shot at next month’s BWF World Tour Finals in China.
The 24-year-old from Dhar is currently at the 12th place in the Race to Guangzhou ranking and he will need to get into the top eight to qualify for the year-ending $1,500,000 tournament.
“I am not thinking about the defending champion tag at all. It brings along a lot of pressure and I am just looking to play the tournament to the best of my ability. Results are not in my hand,” Sameer said.
“Of course, I would like to retain the title and if I can do that there is a chance that I will be able to qualify for World Tour Finals. So, I am not thinking much about it but it remains the target,” he added.
Troubled by a shoulder injury for the most part of last year, a fit Sameer played 19 tournaments this season, clinching Swiss Open and Hyderabad Open and presently, he looks in good shape.
“I am playing well, but it would be tough with all the best Indian shuttlers playing. It will all depend on how calm and patient I can be on that day. If I can stay positive and reduce the mistakes, I will do well,” he said.
Sameer had won a bronze at the 2011 World Junior Championship before injuries hampered his progress in 2012 and 2013. In fact, the Indian has been battling multiple injuries throughout his short international career, making it difficult to set any specific goal.
This year finally, he was able to play an entire season without breaking down and the 25-year-old Indian says that he just wants to be able to stay injury free and keep playing tournaments.
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“I had told earlier that I just want to stay injury free. I just want to focus on my body. I always knew if I can focus on training and stay fit, even if I lose first round, I can do better in the other events,” he said.
“Injuries put a break on progress as a lot of time is wasted to recover, so I was taking a break whenever I was feeling tired. So, I skipped Singapore and two China events.”
Talking about his most tough matches this season, Sameer said: “After winning Hyderabad Open, I had immediately played Japan Open and though I lost the match against Lee Dong Keun, it was a good match."
“Also, the next matches against Anders Antonsen at Korea, (Kidambi) Srikanth at Denmark and Jonatan Christie at French Open were good quality games.”
Asked if he has been able to analyse the reasons why he has not been able to win more matches, Sameer said: “I am trying to figure out my mistakes. I am watching and analysing my game. There is no time in this hectic schedule, we just pack our bags and play week after week.”
His performance helped him to get inside the top 20 again, but Sameer said that he is not happy with his current ranking of world no. 18.
“I am not satisfied with my ranking because it is fluctuating. Someday, I am in the 20s and then again inside the top 20. I would want to stay inside the top 15 consistently. So, I just want to play consistently and it would help to get my ranking up,” he said.
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Sameer is also looking forward to the lucrative Premier Badminton League (PBL), where he will turn up for Mumbai Rockets, who had reached the finals in the last edition.
Asked about the team composition, Sameer said: “We don’t have a good women’s singles player, so that is a weakness. Because, if you look at the other teams there is Saina, Sindhu, Marin, Sung Ji who are very strong."
“So, the rest of the members will have to share the responsibility of taking the team through. Last year also I played for Mumbai. This time, there are two new venues, Pune and Ahmedabad, and also Mumbai, so I am hoping to do well at the PBL,” he signed off.

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A 55-year-old pastor from Cambridge, Minn., was sentenced Wednesday to 160 days in jail and 10 years of probation for sexually assaulting a mentee. Ryan Jay Muehlhauser had pleaded guilty in February to two felony counts of criminal sexual conduct.
Ryan Jay Muehlhauser, a 55-year-old pastor from Cambridge, pleaded guilty to two felony counts of criminal sexual conduct on Thursday.
A 55-year-old Cambridge man has been charged with criminal sexual conduct while giving spiritual device as a minister, according to the Isanti County Attorney’s Office.
A 55-year-old pastor in Isanti Township was arrested Sunday in connection with a criminal sexual conduct case involving young men at the church where he worked, according to the Isanti County Sheriff’s Office.

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Pages tagged "Forests"
Friends of the Earth has been focusing on threats to the higher elevation forests of north east Victoria for the last three years. With the welcome announcement that native forest logging will end in the east of the state on January 1, 2024, our focus will now be largely on ensuring all ecosystems in the region are protected from the impacts of climate change.
In the case of snow gum woodlands, this means gaining a better understanding of the state of these systems, and how they are being impacted by more frequent fire and dieback caused by the Longicorn beetle. As part of this process FoE has been leading a series of guided walks and citizen science fieldtrips to a range of areas in the Victorian high country.
The next trip will be in early March 2024, to see the recovering snow gum woodlands on the north western edge of the Bogong High Plains. These forests have been negatively impacted by repeat wildfires, leading to widespread distribution of ‘ghost forests’: areas of burnt and dead woodlands with dense thick and highly flammable regrowth, and localised ecological collapse.
This walk will be car camping, based at Pretty Valley on the Bogong High Plains (accessible by 2WD dirt road from Falls Creek). The saturday is a big day of walking (roughly 7 hours round trip) to visit Mt Fainter and the ghost forests from Pretty Valley. You will need a good level of fitness to do this walk.
We will also offer an easier walk (almost 4 hours, but at a more leisurely pace) to visit snow gum forests in the Tawonga huts area. Walking for both trips are on defined paths, over undulating terrain.
Dates: March 8, 9, and 10.
The trip will require a 3 day weekend:
- Drive up on Friday
- Walk to the Fainters on Saturday
- Head home on Sunday
You will need to bring all your camping gear and food.
If you rsvp for this free event, we will send full details in early 2024.
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Sixty Victorian grassroots community organisations and ENGO's have written to Premier Jacinta Allan and Treasurer Tim Pallas to urge them to abolish state-owned logging business VicForests.Read more
A new report has been co-published by The Tree Projects and Victorian Forest Alliance. It details the carbon emissions from Victoria’s forestry sector. Written by Dr Jennifer Sanger, ecologist from The Tree Projects, this report has been adapted from a similar report released in June 2022 about Tasmania’s forests, Tasmania’s Forest Carbon: From emissions disaster to climate solution.
The findings of this report reveal the impact of logging to the climate and it provides the government with a real opportunity to act on the findings of the report.
On Sunday the 2nd of October, surveys were carried out over 12 areas scheduled for logging, across 6 locations from Toolangi, Black Range near Taggerty, Warburton in the Central Highlands, Alberton West in Gippsland, Colquhoun State Forest in East Gippsland, and Wombat State Forest in the Central West.
60 Greater Gliders were found across the state. Many of these areas will now be temporarily protected by the Kinglake Friends of Forest, Environment East Gippsland and Gippsland Environment Group court case.
The Greens have announced their plan to end native forest logging in Victoria. This is a plan that is in line with an urgent need for transitioning regional communities away from an industry operating at a loss to the taxpayer and a significant cost to the environment. It will see Victoria’s forests protected for climate, water and First Nations culture.Read more
The Friends of the Earth Melbourne campaign coordinating and organising team took a trip together for a few days last week, to the country of the Brataualung clan of the Gunaikurnai people in South Gippsland, staying in cosy quarters thanks to a kind and generous volunteer FoE member.Read more
The Victorian environment minister’s office has refused to extend public consultation on alarming changes that would significantly deregulate logging in Victoria’s native forests and undermine community legal challenges to perceived illegal logging.
Join us for an urgent webinar with local environment groups as we break down some of the more insidious parts of the code changes and outline the urgent threat to our precious threatened species and ecosystems.
Wednesday, July 28.
Local residents near the Yarram region in South Gippsland have recently been dismayed that their beloved local forest, Alberton West State Forest, has been earmarked by VicForests for logging. Local residents have protested the impending destruction this week.
Alberton West State Forest in the Hedley Range is dominated by large stands of Bluegum and Yellow Stringybark.Read more


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Officials say an employee walked out to the parking lot to get into a vehicle when the suspect walked up and displayed a short blade knife.
The suspect demanded money and a wedding ring.
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New Delhi: Police said on Friday they arrested a “notorious criminal” on charges of killing a youth following a row over a trivial issue outside a departmental store here.
Sidhant, who has been involved in over 30 criminal cases registered in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi, was arrested on Thursday night from Dasna in Uttar Pradesh, Deputy Commissioner of Police Pankaj Singh said.
Sidhant along with an accomplice had on Monday night fired at least five rounds at Yogesh following a fight in east Delhi’s Mayur Vihar area.
The argument began after Sidhant’s car pulled up next to Yogesh and his two friends. Yogesh picked up an iron rod and smashed the side window of the car, Singh said.
Yogesh had come to the departmental store after attending a birthday party, the police said.

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Debra King – Pro Bono Consultant (Arts & Charity Sector)
Previously MAI Chair of trustees, Debra King has worked across the arts and education sector in management, creative producing and programming. She is currently the Director of Brighter Sound. The company creates opportunities through music by presenting a diverse network of pathways and learning opportunities for children and young people, musicians, artists, and organisations.
Debra’s previous roles include: Programme Manager for the Australia Arts Council; Co-Producer for the Nitin Sawhney project-Aftershock; Director of Women in Music; Regional Officer for Youth Music; Music Officer at ACE North West; Co-Director of FKuk and the joint Artistic Director for the Commonwealth Games Cultural programme in 2002.


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Bulk chemical analyses are performed for major and minor elements using a variety of techniques on a suite of 9 samples of sea floor massive sulfide deposits from 21?N EPR, Juan de Fuca Ridge and Galapagos Rift. Results indicate that deposits at 21?N and Juan de Fuca are very similar despite a geographic separation of 2300 km and are composed primarily of Zn, Fe, and S, with important minor concentrations of Ag, As, Cd and Ge. The Galapagos Rift massive sulfide is primarily Fe, Cu and S and with important minor contents of only Co and Mo. Au is low, ranging from below detection up to 0.17 ppm. Pt group metals are very low, and average about 0.001 ppm. Consideration of enrichment factors and relative metal abundance suggests that MORB is a sufficient source for all the metals enriched in the sea floor deposits.
The economically important metals for the 21?N and Juan de Fuca deposits are primarily Zn and Ag, (97%) with potential by-products of Cu, Cd and possibly, Ge. For the Galapagos Rift, the primary value is with Cu (86%) with potential by-products of Co and Mo. The Galapagos Rift deposit is similar to, but contains about twice the Cu content, of typical ore from the Skouriotisa mine of the Troodos complex of Cyprus. The grade of the 21?N/Juan de Fuca deposits is 4 times greater than that of the Galapagos Rift and about twice that of prime deep-sea manganese nodules.
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