National security adviser Ajit Doval is also reported to have attended the high-level meet
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Working out of Haryana, he later joined active politics and became the education minister in 1979.
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The court refused to grant interim protection from arrest to a woman booked for allegedly making offensive remarks on Twitter
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The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence is chaired by BJP leader Jual Oram.
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On August 31, the top court has directed that the slum dwellings will be removed in a phased manner.
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Gathering and analysing information can help institutions promote engagement and wellbeing, according to Alex Chapman of Middlesex University
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As remote learning becomes more frequent, institutions need to be mindful of its impact on student belonging and cohort identity. It has become clear that a one-size-fits-all approach to student engagement will no longer work for a vast portion of students who cannot, or even do not, wish to spend all their time on campus.
At Middlesex, around one quarter of our undergraduate UK and EU students come from deprived areas, and are the first generation from their household to enter higher education. Four in five of our UK students spend more than 40 minutes travelling to our campus. Consequently, we’ve seen many of our students choose online as an option which fits in with their other commitments.
However, we’ve been very mindful of the impact of remote learning on student belonging and cohort identity. This needs to be considered as we look to move forward with newer models of teaching delivery, such as hybrid and blended, and work towards a delivery model where online learning complements on-campus activity – not replaces it.
Middlesex has been focusing on providing support for students in this blended model of learning as they move through their course, and using student engagement software from Solutionpath, we have a centralised dashboard to keep record of every student’s engagement, performance, and progress.
With the acceleration in the use of new technologies, there is an increased risk that students simply don’t feel like they belong in their institution. Cohort identity has been difficult to conjure, meaning that the discussion around belonging has had to become embedded into the wider conversation of the university experience.
This information is vital to help academic tutors identify students potentially at risk of dropping out – allowing them to make decisions with the student’s wellbeing at the heart. This data will also play a key role alongside academic advising as we look to integrate aspects of hybrid learning into the curriculum, but also as we continue to ensure students feel the sense of belonging during their time with us.
These data analytics can also be used to identify different engagement patterns across specific disciplines and cohorts to show the numerous ways students are engaging with their programmes. This allows us to develop tailored answers on how we can then best support the student based on their course or cohort. Alongside things like student surveys and other formal and informal feedback mechanisms, we can get a holistic oversight on the student experience of our university programmes and make improvements where the data indicates it would be beneficial.
Cohort identity and blended learning
A huge part of student engagement and participation is, of course, ingrained in wellbeing.
Data on student satisfaction is not a new concept but, with higher education seeing such an acceleration in the use of new technologies, there is an increased risk that students simply don’t feel like they belong in their institution. Cohort identity has been difficult to conjure with the mix of virtual and online spaces, meaning that the discussion around belonging has had to become embedded into the wider conversation of the university experience.
When students first arrive at Middlesex, an onboarding process and welcome programme takes place. Students are asked to complete a pre-arrival survey, before meeting with their academic advisor for the first time. The data helps advisors to understand the make-up of their cohort of tutees and helps to identify specific support requirements. Each student receives an action plan for the following months.
Academic advising plays a key role in supporting students in achieving the best possible outcomes. It involves a mixture of group tutorials and one-to-one meetings including 12 interactions based around the student lifecycle and embedded into the curriculum. This will generate rigorous data and student feedback so that any issues are flagged earlier rather than later. The process also gives the student opportunities to interact and connect with peers and staff members to help them integrate into the learning community.
As well as being a worthwhile indicator of engagement and wellbeing from the offset, data can also reveal the digital skillset of our students and staff. Many online resources have been introduced only since the beginning of the pandemic and therefore not everyone is comfortable or confident with this type of learning. Knowing what digital platforms and in-person approaches work best for different cohorts and disciplines will help to define how we move forward with our teaching and learning strategy.
We know that at Middlesex we don’t have all the answers but, as we look to move forward with our strategy, we will ensure we continue to work with students, staff and technology partners collaboratively to maximise that student experience.

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Charging discrimination in access to public transportation, 10 individual users have filed state human rights complaints against Metro Mobility. At a press conference held in St. Paul on February 22, users of the local paratransit service stated that the problems posed by denied trip requests, late rides, and poorly-organized and lengthy trips, are seriously affecting the quality of life for people with disabilities in the Twin Cities.
Lolly Lijewski, advocacy manager at the Metropolitan Center for Independent Living, stated that the problems have become so severe as to make equal access to public transportation in the Twin Cities “at best, a struggle; at worst, just a dream.”
Those filing the complaints with the Minnesota State Department of Human Rights (DHR) state that the problems with Metro Mobility have gotten worse over the past one to two years. The list of problems cited by the complainants echo the long list of complaints reported in the December 1999 edition of Access Press (“Metro Mobility: Users Unhappy, Possible Violation of Federal Law”). Reported problems include persistent difficulties getting to and from work (sometimes severe enough to result in loss of job), difficulty in keeping volunteer and social commitments, and a general inability to plan and carry out normal life activities that involve transportation, such as shopping or attending church.
“We all have our individual issues with how Metro Mobility is doing things,” said rider David Swanson, one of those filing a complaint. “But we all have one common goal: Grabbing the attention of Metro Mobility and saying ‘There’s a problem.’ And the problem is not the drivers, and it’s not the passengers. It’s the system.” The complainants say that two positive outcomes can be expected as a result of their filings. First of all, they hope that the DHR investigation that is carried out as a result of their charges will validate and provide official documentation of their charges. The larger hope is to “draw attention to this issue and to make the point that this is a significant problem which is making people’s lives difficult,” Lijewski said, adding that “We need the decision-makers to understand how significant the problem is, and we need for them to take action.”
The advocates seeking increased funding for Metro Mobility, up to the level needed to meet the current, and growing, demand.
Official statistics from the Metropolitan Council, the agency in charge of Metro Mobility, state that, at present, about 95 percent of requests for rides are granted. This means that about 125 requests are denied each day in the Twin Cities, a rate that Metro Mobility general manager Dave Jacobsen says has been increasing. Activists say that anecdotal evidence suggests the real denial rate is significantly higher than this, and point out that the aging of the Baby Boomers will push demand much higher in coming years. Planning documents recently released by the Metropolitan Council back up this claim, predicting a 50 percent increase in demand for Metro Mobility service by the year 2020.
In 1999 Metro Mobility provided 992,000 rides, which is 38 percent fewer than the 1.6 million rides provided in 1990. Thus it appears that the number of rides offered is decreasing at the same time that the number of trip denials is increasing. Speakers at the press conference repeatedly stated that the problems basically stem from a lack of funds resulting in shortages of vehicles and drivers. Such shortages are known in the transit business as “capacity constraints.”
Lijewski stated that these capacity constraints put Metro Mobility “out of compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA),” pointing out that the law requires a public paratransit system to provide service that is “comparable” to that provided by the regular-route public transit system. Her statement appears to be in accord with a recent ruling by the chief counsel for the Federal Transit Administration, which stated that such capacity constraints are “incompatible with a comparable paratransit system, and the rule will be to prohibit [such constraints].” In other words, the law says that a lack of funding is no excuse for a paratransit system’s service being inferior to a city’s fixed-route service.
In at least three other cities around the country, lawsuits have been filed against paratransit services that have trip denial rates similar to that of the Twin Cities. A suit against the New York City Transit Authority was recently resolved out of court, with the city agreeing to reduce its denial rate from over four percent to one percent.
The complainants in the Twin Cities stress that, at the present time, they are not filing a lawsuit against Metro Mobility and have no plans to do so. They clearly stated that they hope the publicity and documentation provided by the filing of their complaints and subsequent investigations will bring about a negotiated solution to the problem, thus making any possible legal action unnecessary.
When asked about the specifics of what they hoped to accomplish with their complaints, spokesperson Lijewski said that activists hoped to see, first of all, more availability of rides. Lijewski added that they would like to see a better integration of the paratransit system with the regular-route and light-rail transit systems, and the development of “a more thoughtful and concerted long-term plan” to assure that the system can, in the future, adequately serve the needs of people with disabilities in the Twin Cities.
The Minnesota Department of Human Rights will consider the complaints and conduct an investigation into the facts of the claims. If the evidence supports the claims of discrimination, the Commissioner of Human Rights will issue a determination that there is “probable cause” to credit the claim of a violation of the Minnesota Human Rights Act. At that point the Department will attempt to help the parties to achieve a settlement, which may be a legal settlement or may be negotiated outside of the courts. The average time that is required for the Department to issue a determination is 10 months.


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in 1810United States annexes the former Spanish colony of West Florida.
The ostensible Republic of West Florida was annexed by proclamation of U.S. President James Madison, who claimed the region as part of the Louisiana Purchase. At first, Skipwith and the West Florida government were opposed to the proclamation, preferring to negotiate terms to join the Union. However, William C. C. Claiborne, who was sent to take possession of the territory, refused to recognize the legitimacy of the West Florida government. Skipwith proclaimed that he was ready to "die in defense of the Lone Star flag." However, Skipwith and the legislature eventually backed down and agreed to accept Madison's proclamation.
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The first underground New York City Subway line opens; the system becomes the biggest in United States, and one of the biggest in world.
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The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system owned by the City of New York and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, a subsidiary agency of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and also known as MTA New York City Transit. It is one of the oldest and most extensive public transportation systems in the world, with 468 stations in operation (421, if stations connected by transfers are counted as single stations);209 mi (337 km) of routes, translating into 656 miles (1,056 km) of revenue track; and a total of 842 miles (1,355 km) including non-revenue trackage. In 2010, the subway delivered over 1.604 billion rides, averaging over five million (5,156,913 rides) on weekdays, over three million (3,031,289 rides) on Saturdays, and over two million (2,335,077 rides) on Sundays.
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in 1961NASA launches the first Saturn I rocket in Mission Saturn-Apollo 1.
The Saturn I was the United States' first heavy-lift dedicated space launcher, a rocket designed specifically to launch large payloads into low Earth orbit. Most of the rocket's power came from a clustered lower stage consisting of tanks taken from older rocket designs and strapped together to make a single large booster, leading critics to jokingly refer to it as "Cluster's Last Stand".
Captain James Cook was a British explorer, navigator and cartographer who ultimately rose to the rank of captain in the Royal Navy. Cook made detailed maps of Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific Ocean, during which he achieved the first European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands, as well as the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand.
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States (1901–1909). He is noted for his exuberant personality, range of interests and achievements, and his leadership of the Progressive Movement, as well as his "cowboy" persona and robust masculinity.
Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson, known professionally as Vanessa-Mae, is an internationally known British violinist. Her music style is self-described as "violin techno-acoustic fusion", as several of her albums prominently feature the techno style. A former child prodigy, she became a successful crossover violinist with album sales reaching several millions, having made her the wealthiest young entertainer in the United Kingdom in 2006.
Lise Meitner was an Austrian-born, later Swedish, physicist who worked on radioactivity and nuclear physics. Meitner was part of the team that discovered nuclear fission, an achievement for which her colleague Otto Hahn was awarded the Nobel Prize. Meitner is often mentioned as one of the most glaring examples of women's scientific achievement overlooked by the Nobel committee. A 1997 Physics Today study concluded that Meitner's omission was "a rare instance in which personal negative opinions apparently led to the exclusion of a deserving scientist" from the Nobel. Element 109, Meitnerium, is named in her honor.
Robert Ray "Rod" Roddy was an American radio and television announcer. He is primarily known for his role as an offstage announcer on game shows. Among the shows that he announced are the CBS game shows Whew!, Press Your Luck and The Price Is Right. On the latter two, Roddy appeared on camera on many episodes. Roddy succeeded original announcer Johnny Olson on Price and held the role from 1986 until his death in 2003.

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Stocks Up, Dow Posts Best Day Since March
Stocks closed higher yesterday to start the week on a positive note.
Relief that the Omicron variant has not spread as fast as had been feared, and reports that the symptoms of infection have been mild, have helped the markets recover.
The S&P, from its highest intraday high on 11/22 to its lowest intraday low on 12/3 was down as much as -5.24%. But the market has since bounced back with the S&P now down just -3.21%.
As you know, the markets pull back by roughly -5% roughly 3-4 times per year. And the recent pullback looks to be the third one this year. A very common occurrence. Granted, they don't feel common or routine when they are happening. But they are pretty commonplace nonetheless.
Last week's disappointing Employment Situation report where we only saw 210K new jobs created last month rather than the 545K that was expected, was apparently put into perspective yesterday in that it was yet another month of job growth. And when you add in the lower unemployment rate (4.2% vs. the previous 4.6% and the expected 4.5%), along with the higher participation rate (61.8% vs. the previous 61.6% and the expected 61.7%), it wasn't a bad report after all.
Of course, inflation is still a concern. But we've known that all year. And we've pretty much known it will remain elevated thru mid-next year. So no new news there. But the taper has begun. That could help. And as more work is done to ease the supply chain bottlenecks, that should have a moderating effect on inflation as well.
In the meantime, the economy continues to impress.
Q4 GDP is expected to accelerate into the end of the year.
Full-year GDP growth is expected to come in at the fastest pace in 37 years.
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After the severe winter weather of 2011/12 and power cuts in the area, Argyll and Bute Council is working hard to improve its own organisational resilience as well as community resilience. A project is well underway and its progress has been noted at the council meeting on Thursday 20 September.
There are improvements being made to council buildings, communications and IT including hiring more back-up generators in case of power loss and taking ownership of a satellite phone trailer from the Scottish Government which can be towed to any location.
The council will also be taking part in the Scottish Government’s ‘Ready for winter’ campaign which will focus on individual resilience in an emergency situation. There will be two road shows in Argyll and Bute with the locations yet to be decided.
Handbooks are being distributed to all community councils in Argyll and Bute to encourage them to prepare an emergency plan. This includes details about people’s roles and responsibilities, public safety information and key risks affecting the area. Each community council is being asked to consider what they can do in the event of an emergency or incident in their community. The handbook has been prepared by the council, Strathclyde Police, Strathclyde Fire and Rescue, NHS Highland, HM Coastguard, Argyll Voluntary Action, , Red Cross, WRVS , Scottish and Southern Energy and Scottish Power.
Council leader Roddy McCuish said “I am encouraging elected members to ask communities to complete their resilience plans and to highlight the importance of doing this. All plans produced will be very beneficial to the community, the emergency services and all the other agencies involved.
“It’s vitally important we get our own organisational resilience right and communities do the same. This is crucial in Argyll and Bute where we have a number of remote and rural communities and a high proportion of elderly residents.”


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WASHINGTON (AP) — Under withering criticism in Congress, General Motors and Chrysler executives on Friday called the closings of hundreds of dealerships painful steps needed to right-size the auto giants.
Down-on-their luck dealers said the moves would needlessly devastate their local economies and livelihoods.
“Many dealers and the communities they serve frankly feel blind-sided,” said Rep. Greg Walden, a Republican from Oregon.
GM CEO Fritz Henderson told a House panel the dealer cuts were “quite painful” but necessary to save over 200,000 jobs at GM’s remaining dealers.
“In essence, this is our last chance,” Henderson told the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s oversight and investigations subcommittee.
Chrysler Deputy CEO Jim Press said the cuts were part of the shared sacrifices by the United Auto Workers union, bondholders and others needed to avoid liquidation.
“Going through bankruptcy was not our choice,” said Press, who along with Henderson and the other witnesses were required to raise their right hands and testify under oath.
But the committee heard from shutout dealers such as Frank Blankenbecker III of Waxahachie, Texas, whose voice cracked as he recalled the hard work of his father, a World War II veteran, to build their family business.
“I am glad that he is not alive to witness this travesty. To have risked his life for a country that would do what they are doing would destroy him,” he said.
The carmakers’ explanations won few converts from House members, who wagged their fingers at the executives and questioned their motivations. Many of the dealers, they argued, had been profitable and received little warning or opportunity to plead their cases.
“There’s something wrong with a business model that basically says, ‘In order to survive, we’ve got to crush our local dealers,'” said Rep. Peter Welch, a Vermont Democrat.
Rep. Mike Burgess, a Texas Republican, confronted Henderson about GM’s decision to maintain a parts distribution center in the district of Rep. Barney Frank, the Massachusetts Democrat who chairs the House Financial Services Committee. Frank had urged Henderson to keep the facility open.
“What is the number I need to call? Is it 1-800 Car Czar?” Burgess asked. “I have a nagging suspicion that there is a political calculation.”
The committee released a GM document that, for the first time, provided a state-by-state list of 1,323 dealerships the automaker plans to wind down. Pennsylvania had the most with 90, followed by Ohio with 79, Illinois with 66 and California with 65. Alaska was the only state spared. GM has declined to release the name of individual dealerships.
Among Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep dealerships, Pennsylvania has lost 53, followed by Texas with 50 and Ohio with 47.
Chrysler is closing 789 dealerships and GM plans to cut about 1,350 by the end of next year. Lawmakers said the cuts would hurt many rural communities, forcing consumers to drive long distances to have their vehicles serviced.
Dealers said the closings put 100,000 jobs at risk and charged the companies with failing to be transparent about how they reached their decisions. Many dealers said their stores had been performing well despite the economic downturn.
The auto executives said their companies have been slowed by too many dealers, with many representing the same company often competing against each other for sales. Many dealerships date to the 1940s and 1950s, they said, when motorists lived farther apart and Detroit automakers dominated the U.S. market.
In total, GM is expected to reduce its dealer body by 2,500 through the shuttering of dealerships, anticipated attrition and the shedding of its Saturn, Hummer, Pontiac and Saab lines.
Henderson told the committee that 856 dealers had appealed GM’s decision to sever ties. As of now, GM has reversed itself on 45 of them, he said.
Italian automaker Fiat Group SpA closed a deal earlier this week to become the new owner of most of Chrysler’s assets, saving the company from liquidation. The new company is called Chrysler Group LLC.
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Outside our ITEC Houston event, representatives from the SEIU service union are protesting for worker’s rights. I spoke with a few of them, and what might have been their PR representative. They want better wages, health care, and to protest other concerns they have with their work conditions.
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General Information on Fourni
Fourni is also a Listed traditional settlement and a Municipal district.
The postal code of Fourni is 72058 and its telephone access code is +3028410.
Fourni is at an altitude of 364 meters.
In 1991, Fourni's population was 241, down from 438 in 1981.
On our Fourni page you can see Fourni Photos, explore Fourni's Map and nearby Destinations, find Fourni Hotels and check Fourni's Weather by following the links below and to the left.
Current Weather in Fourni
The weather conditions recorded for Fourni on Wednesday, December 7 at 7:12 pm are:
Broken clouds with 73% clouds and the temperature is 15.1°.
The temperature today is expected to range between 14° and 15°.
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|Sun 11/12||16° - 20°||2 Bf S|
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Claude Muncaster RWS, ROI, RBA, SMA (1903-1974) - Watercolour, Rolling Hills
A wonderful watercolour landscape by the acclaimed English artist Claude Muncaster. Painted during the artists' time at sea during the early to mid 20th century.
Muncaster was well known for his landscapes and seascapes, his aim was to be able to ‘paint the ships and the sea with greater authority’. This particular panoramic landscape was completed during a bout of homesickness, while Muncaster was on his travels. Completed in his typical style, using muted tones and expressive brushstrokes. Somewhat similar in style to his Father Oliver Hall, Muncaster had a slightly more detailed approach, known to "perfectly capturing the limpid first light of morning over a coastal port" and "a streak of sunlight through gathering storm clouds at dusk". His talent was spotted by Queen Elizabeth who commissioned him to produce watercolours of the royal residences at Windsor, Sandringham and Balmoral.
Painted on wove laid to card.
Signed. On wove.
The condition is typical for a picture of this age including some discolouration and light foxing. With scuffing to the edges of the card.
23 x 34.9cm (9.1" x 13.7")Sheet: 27 x 41.4cm (10.6" x 16.3")
Claude Grahame Muncaster, RWS, ROI, RBA, SMA was the son of Oliver Hall RA. Born in 1909 his career as a pinter began when he was fifteen. A passion for the sea lead him to travel the world extensively during the 1920's and 30's. With the outbreak of WWII he joined the RNVR training as a navigator. He was soon recruited as a camofleur. after his artistic talents became known to his superiors. A master of capturing seascapes he was therefore able to hide huge ships ‘in plain sight’ with clever disguises. After the war he painted for the Royal Family and was a frequent guest at Sandringham.
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The military spokesperson announced on Friday that security forces arrested one militant and destroyed three improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in North Sinai, according to a press statement.
This comes as part of the military’s campaign “Martyr’s Right” against militants and terrorist groups in North Sinai.
In the same context, the spokesperson announced on Thursday that the military forces killed one militant, destroyed five IEDs, and seized militants’ belongings including weapons, documents, computer devices, communication equipment, medication, and motorcycles.
“Forces from the second field army, in cooperation with the air force, continued to raid terrorist strongholds in North Sinai for the tenth consecutive day,” the statement read.
Since early July, the military intensified the “Martyr’s Right” operation after a suicide bomber stormed into the military post in the village of Rafah in North Sinai, killing and injuring at least 26 military personnel. The attack was claimed by the militant group Sinai Province, an Islamic State (IS) group affiliate.
The head of military intelligence affiliated with the armed forces, Mohamed El-Shahat, previously announced that “Martyr’s Right” resulted in the death of 500 militants since its beginning in September 2015, adding that the army’s strategy to face terrorism depends on monitoring and following up on terrorism networks, in addition to dismantling bases that provide logistical and financial support to these networks.
Both the army and police forces have been engaged in violent clashed with Sinai Province since 2013.
The group, previously known as Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis, swore allegiance to the IS in 2014 and has since then launched deadly attacks on army and police checkpoints.
The Cairo Criminal Court designated the group as a terrorist organisation in 2015.
Over the last two years, the Egyptian armed forces have launched counterattacks against militants’ stationing points across the Sinai peninsula, where the group is based in the cities of Sheikh Zuweid, Rafah, and Al-Arish.
A state of emergency was first declared in North Sinai by interim president Adly Mansour, who came into power following ousted president Mohamed Morsi. It has been extended following this year’s extremist attacks on Coptic churches on Palm Sunday.

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In love with French music since his childhood, Yves lives through his music instruments.
Today, he steps into the stoplight to sing some new songs and share them with the audience. In an intimate atmosphere, the artist is alone on the stage. His songs have been described as timeless and prone to stay inside each one of us.
Let yourself be carried away by the magic of words and by the melodies. Yves is not trying to change the world but is building his own and invites you to come along.


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Valmet to rebuild pre-treatment system for RE Energy’s biorefinery in Denmark
Valmet is to rebuild the pre-treatment system for RE Energy’s biorefinery in Kalundborg, Denmark. The delivery is planned for the first half of 2022.
‘RE Energy acquired the old biorefinery with the clear intention to bring it back into operation. This includes replacing the pre-treatment system to achieve stable operation. We have great expectations that we, through the corporation and with the Valmet team and their technology, will achieve this goal,’ said Henrik Maimann, CEO RE Energy.
RE Energy’s biorefinery will, based on straw, produce 2G bioethanol and lignin, and in collaboration with a partner, utilise the hemicellulose to produce new innovative ingredients.
‘We are very happy that RE Energy is investing in the Kalundborg plant and that it has chosen Valmet as the supplier. RE Energy has a very interesting project coming up and the future looks promising with its new products,’ said Tomas Jonsson, sales manager, Biomass Conversion Technology Unit, Valmet.
Valmet will replace the old feeding system of the plant with a new biomass feeding system based on its patented ‘Force’ feed technology and a new steam explosion unit. The plant will be able to handle five tonnes of absolutely dry wheat straw per hour (six tonnes per hour with 20% moisture in the straw).


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Dkoko Swimwear and Surf Bikinis
We live surrounded by tropical beauty that inspires us everyday to create beautiful swimwear and clothing we can wear to enjoy all we love at the beach. We strive to make that perfect bikini for all those who hang out in a bathing suit most of the time. We hope you like them us much as we do and you add them to your "must list" everytime you get ready for some sand, waves and palm trees!
Warm wishes from Costa Rica!
(We ship all over the world, so you can get a bathing suit with the perfect fit directly to your home!)

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4 cup water
1 cup granulated sugar
3 tablespoon whole cloves
3 tablespoon whole allspice
2 sticks cinnamon
1/4 cup sliced candied or crystallized ging; er
6 cup apple cider
2 cup orange juice
1/2 cup lemon juice (1 lemon)
1 stick butter, cut into thin slices
16 cinnamon sticks, for serving
arm yourself with this fragrantly spiced, nonalcoholic beverage after a frosty night of caroling.
Mix the water and sugar in a large non aluminum saucepan. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat, and simmer 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the cloves, allspice, cinnamon and ginger. Let the mixture stand for 1 hour or longer. Strain into a bowl and return to the saucepan. Stir in the apple cider, orange juice and lemon juice. Serve in mugs with a slice of butter on top and a cinnamon stick.
Note: The punch may be prepared several hours ahead and reheated before serving, if desired.
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DVD available at Amazon.com
Warner Oland….Charlie Chan
Sally Eilers…Julie O’Neil
Robert Young….Jimmy Bradshaw
Fox Home Video presents Black Camel. Screenplay by Barry Conners, Philip Klein & Dudley Nichols. Running time: 71 minutes. Unrated. Theatrical release: June 21, 1931.
Charlie Chan’s Secret
Warner Oland….Charlie Chan
Rosina Lawrence….Alice Lowell
Charles Quigley….Dick Williams
Henrietta Crosman….Henrietta Lowell
Edward Trevor….Fred Gage
Fox Home Video presents Charlie Chan’s Secret. Screenplay by Robert Ellis. Running time: 72 minutes. Unrated. Theatrical release: Jan. 17, 1936.
Charlie Chan on Broadway
Warner Oland….Charlie Chan
Keye Luke….Lee Chan, #1 Son
Joan Marsh….Joan Wendall
J. Edward Bromberg….Murdock
Douglas Fowley….Johnny Burke
Tashia Mori….Ling Tse
Fox Home Home Video presents Charlie Chan on Broadway. Screenplay by Charles Belden & Jerome Cady. Running time: 68 minutes. Unrated. Theatrical release: Oct. 22, 1937.
Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo
Warner Oland….Charlie Chan
Keye Luke….Lee Chan
Virginia Field….Evelyn Gray
Sidney Blackmer….Victor Karnoff
Fox Home Home Video presents Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo. Screenplay by Charles Belden. Running time: 71 minutes. Unrated. Theatrical release: Jan. 21, 1938.
Fox Home Video presents Charlie Chan Collection, Vol. 3. Four movies on 4 DVDs. DVD release: July 10, 2007.
Before Steve McGarrett and his Hawaii 5-0 crew fought crime on the islands, Charlie Chan was tropical justice. While people often mistake Chan for a Chinese private investigator, he was an American citizen and worked as detective for the Honolulu police department. He used his quiet demeanor, careful eye and ancient sayings to track down the guilty. Volume 3 covers the start and finish of Warner Oland’s beat in Chan’s white suit.
There was a time when your local low budget UHF station would run Charlie Chan films on a Sunday afternoon or as part of Night Owl Theater. The detective series has vanished from the airwaves and cable channels over the last decade. The protests about a Chinese-American detective being played by a non-Asian actor caused the series to be hidden in the vault. Should these films be wiped off the cinematic map and their negatives torched like these protesters have demanded? Should anyone who enjoys these films feel guilty that they are taking pleasure in what others consider racist entertainment? While Warner Oland was a Swede, there’s respect in his performance as Chan. This was not a wacky stereotype on the rampage. Does anyone complain when Englishmen and Americans portray Germans in World War II films? What about when Carlos Mencia plays a Mexican? If we eradicate the Chan movies, we destroy the legacy of Keye Luke. The most beloved of Charlie Chan’s Number One Sons was an Asian-American actor. He wouldn’t have been given nearly so much screen time early in his career if it wasn’t for these films. In his later years, Luke supported the work of Oland as Chan. While these films no longer get airtime, the surviving Warner Oland’s Chan films are now out on DVD.
Black Camel is the only surviving title of Oland’s first five Chan movies. After reading summaries of the other four films, this is the essential title. Unlike all the other Chans that were filmed at a studio and augmented with stock footage of international locations, most of Black Camel was shot on location in Hawaii. The film opens with surfing. Thirty years before Frankie and Annette, moviegoers were treated to the sight of what a board can do on the waves. The crime revolves around a starlet that’s shooting a film in Honolouou. She summons a famous psychic to the islands to give her a true spiritual reading. Unfortunately the psychic doesn’t predict enough to prevent her from reaching the final scene. This brings Chan onto the case to find the killer amongst the tourists. Who plays the psychic? It’s Bela Lugosi. He’s fresh from sinking his teeth into the role of Dracula. Bela’s perfect in the film since you’re never sure if he’s the killer or Chan’s new friend.
Charlie Chan’s Secret would be better titled Charlie Chan and the Haunted House. A boat sinks off the coast of Hawaii. Chan thinks that Allen Colby, a missing passenger, didn’t drown. He flies to San Francisco to visit Colby’s family and discover the fate of the lost heir. While Chan’s right about Colby not being fishfood, the heir has become room temperature in his family’s haunted house. Chan has to deal with psychics to solve this crime. While there’s no Number One son to assist him on this case, we get the comic relief from Baxter, the Colby family’s butler.
Charlie Chan on Broadway has the famed detective arriving in Manhattan as he cruises back to Hawaii. Instead of a peaceful layover, Chan is dragged into a mobster murder mystery. A fellow passenger has stashed a secret package in Chan’s luggage. Turns out the package can destroy a lot of major players in the Big Apple. Lee Chan attempts to help his father solve the case while impressing Ling Tse, a cocktail waitress. Charlie discovers this case involves more than just normal cops and thugs business.
Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo has him and Lee making a stopover in the gambling mecca. The Chans stumble upon a murder and securities theft. Lee’s horrible French gets them arrested and named as prime suspects. Luckily the local police chief is a fan of the legendary Chan. Instead of being railroaded in the name of justice, Chan assists the police in sorting through the numerous suspects. There’s plenty of shady characters lurking about the casino. This would prove to be Oland’s final case as Chan. He died months after its release and Sidney Toler took over the role. Toler seemed to get the role less because he looked Chinese and more because he fit Oland’s wardrobe.
Compared to today’s mystery films, the action surround Chan is rather pedestrian. There’s no amazing car chases, dangling off buildings or brutal slugfests found on an episode of Matlock. Chan’s a deducer that prefers to flush out the guilty with logic than beat out a confession. This collection has an intriguing caseload. They make sure there’s enough guilty looking actors to keep you guessing. While people will guilt you into never watching a Charlie Chan film, remember that it’s even more wrong to ignore Keye Luke’s performance as Lee. His work in the final two films show him emerging as a great comic actor. These are not films that mock a cultural identity. They’re about a man solving elaborate crimes.
The picture is 1.33:1 and transfered from the best available print sources. They did a fine job in restoration as the demos on each DVD proves.
The soundtrack is mono. Film critic Ken Hanke and historian John Cork provide commentary tracks on Black Camel and Charlie Chan’s Secret. Cork is responsible for the bonus features so he shares plenty of stories about the actors and the productions. This is not dry academic blather. The subtitles are in English, French and Spanish.
Behind That Curtain (1:30:45) features the first Charlie Chan film made at Fox. The story deals with a forbidden love in the desert. Chan arrives in the final few minutes of the film. He’s a rough character as played by E.L. Park, an Asian-American actor. The big highlight of the film is Boris Karloff in the thankless role as a servant with a turban. You get both Karloff and Lugosi in this boxset.
Charlie Chan’s Last Chance (1:03:51) has new voices read the original script while production stills appear on the screen. This is a good substitute for a film that has vanished from the vault.
Charlie Chan and the Rise of the Modern Detective (14:43) deals with literary rise of detective fiction in relationship with both the Charlie Chan fiction and films.
Dr. Henry Lee: The Modern Charlie Chan (6:38) interviews the famous forensic scientist. You might remember him as one of the experts that took the stand in the O.J. Simpson trial. Lee was born in China and has no problem being called a modern Charlie Chan.
The World of Charlie Chan (34:32) breaks down the various global locations visited by Oland’s Chan. The experts discuss how audiences of that time viewed the various cities. This featurette gives a good sense of the films in the first two volumes.
Chanograms: The Aphorisms of Charlie Chan (5:15) highlights many of Chan’s sayings from the series.
Charlie Chan Is Missing: The Last Days of Warner Oland (17:13) is a biography on the man who played Chan. We discover during his visit to China, the local fans thought he was Chinese. We get the story behind his death during a return trip to Sweden.
Advertising Gallery has 17 posters and lobby cards from Warner Oland’s reign as Charlie Chan.
Still Gallery on each DVD has 30 production photos from each film.
|The DVD Lounge’s Ratings for Charlie Chan Collection, Vol. 3
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If you don’t get uptight seeing a Swede play Charlie Chan, you’ll enjoy this set. The best part is getting to see Bela Lugosi going against Chan. Keye Luke also rises to the occassion as the comical Number One son of Chan.

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Due to popular demand and the fact that we love trying weird foods and candies, The A.V. Club will now regularly feature "Taste Tests." Feel free to suggest disgusting and/or delicious new edibles for future installments: E-mail us at email@example.com.
Combos Cheeseburger Cracker and Bacon, Egg & Cheese Cracker flavors
Michelob Ultra Pomegranate-Raspberry flavor
The packaging on Combos bills them as "the perfect hunger management snack," a declaration that's about 90 percent totally ridiculous and 10 percent maybe not completely ridiculous. The crunchy treat's claim to fame—and what's earned it the right to be called "The cheese-filled snack of NASCAR"—is that it's two that's right, two snacks in one, cracker AND cheese, pretzel AND cheese, nacho AND cheese, and so on down the snacking spectrum. Logic holds that two snack entities, combined in a convenient tubular package, would more efficiently manage hunger than a cracker, pretzel, or chip could on its own. Therefore, the next logical step dictates that tubing up a whole freaking meal would manage the shit outta that hunger. Hence, meal-replacement Combos.
For breakfast: Bacon, Egg & Cheese Cracker Combos. For lunch: Cheeseburger Cracker Combos. For dinner: Prime Rib & Mashed Potato Cracker Combos. Okay, so that last one isn't for real—yet—but the good people at Combos have indeed heard the nation's fervent pleas for breakfast- and lunch-sandwich substitutes, and replied the best way they know how: in cracker form. Now we can manage our hunger in convenient, bite-sized doses of cracker and "creamy filling"—because surely there is no better way to ingest the flavors of cheeseburger, bacon, and eggs than in creamed form.
Bonus level: Because there's no combination more 'Merican than salty snacks and beer, we decided to double up these bastardized tube-meals with the un-beery-est beer we could lay our hands on, Michelob Ultra's new fruit-infused flavors. The already-pretty-sissy low-carb beer has been tarted up in three new flavors tailored for the Whole Foods crowd: pomegranate-raspberry, Tuscan orange-grapefruit, and lime-cactus. So chi-chi are these flavors that they merit their own food pairings, as suggested by the beers' press release. Pomegranate-raspberry apparently should be served with "marinated pork and vegetables," which is essentially a cheeseburger, right? Therefore, we went with that. (Also, it was the only flavor we could find at our local booze emporium. Too bad, as the orange-grapefruit variety is just screaming to be paired with Bacon, Egg & Cheese Combos—breakfast beer plus breakfast Combos equals a great way to start the day.)
Taste: Both the Combos flavors tasted, on first bite, like all the cracker-based Combo varieties taste, like an über-buttery cracker. But oh, the horrors lurking within. The creamy cheeseburger filling (thankfully, we think) tasted nothing like beef, forgoing the "burger" part in favor of a hint of "cheese-like-product" and an overwhelming taste of ketchup, onion, and pickles. "Cheeseburger condiments" would be a more accurate description of the flavor profile, as would "Ugh, oh God, why??" Imagine peeling the soggy top bun off of an hours-old White Castle slider and licking off the slimy, unnaturally sweet sludge that sticks to it, and you aren't far off the mark. The cracker part was okay, though.
However, the Cheeseburger flavor might as well have been a Wagyu-beef burger topped with foie gras when compared to the Bacon, Egg & Cheese variety, which most tasters agreed was infinitely more awful. (Though a couple of holdouts seemed to prefer it to the cheeseburger variety.) Tasters varied on how much they could taste the egg component, but those who could taste it agreed that it was supremely unpleasant, a rotten-egg flavor that lingers resolutely. The bacon element comes mainly from a strong liquid-smoke-like smell that permeates the rest of the flavors. Once again, the cracker part was okay.
We used the beer mainly as a palate cleanser between Combos, which proved to be not nearly as asinine as it sounds, being that it doesn't taste like much at all. Michelob Ultra is already an extremely light-tasting beer, and the fruit infusion counterbalances whatever beery-ness is left to the point that any flavor is pretty much cancelled out. There are whiffs of generic berry-ness and what one taster described as "essence of beer," but they disappeared almost immediately.
Cheeseburger Cracker Combos
· "Oh my God, it tastes like a cheeseburger!"
· "Actually, it only tastes like fixins."
· "It's eerily accurate."
· "It has the taste of a McDonald's cheeseburger, but not the texture."
· "It's Cheeseburger In A Can in a cracker shell."
· "I really can't fathom eating this."
· "It taste like over-ketchupped burgers."
· "There's a really strong taste of cheap, sweet ketchup."
· "I would not press charges if the Hamburglar stole these from me."
· "Really gross. There's no burger taste; they should market this flavor as 'burger condiments.'"
· "They managed to cram a lot of flavors into a bite-sized Combo. Cheese obviously, but also ketchup, mustard, pickle, and a dusting of onion powder too. It's true to its name, at least."
· "A lot like the Cheeseburger In A Can fiasco. Even if you like cheeseburgers, the memory of this might put you off Burger King for a month."
· "The onion aroma starts strong, but then it's cheesy like a regular Combo. However, the aftertaste is harsh, with the sour ketchup and pungent mustard coming through. Mercifully, it's not meaty at all."
· "If I wanted to eat a bag full of pickles and mustard, I would. It would probably be cheaper and have fewer calories."
Bacon, Egg & Cheese Cracker Combos
· "As long as NASCAR still endorses it, I'm totally cool with it."
· "Oh, it smells really bacon-y."
· "It's just not right."
· "I just swallowed a kibble-and-bit."
· "They look exactly like dog treats and smell like them too."
· "It tastes like stinky farts."
· "I'd eat an entire bag of the cheeseburger ones before eating two more of these."
· "They smell like liquid smoke and rotten eggs, and that's about what they taste like."
· "Oh God, there's an egg aftertaste lingering! Oh God!"
· "This doesn't bother me at all. It just tastes like a light smokiness—I don't get egg or cheese from it at all."
· "First whiff is reminiscent of a gas-station lavatory. Bad start for any food product."
· "Artificial bacon and cheese aromas are very strong, but in the first few seconds, the flavor is not much different than a regular Combo. Just cheese and enough smokiness to suggest bacon. As you chew and start to taste the soft center of the Combo, the flavor of egg comes through in by way of a hint of sulfur. Taken separately, none of the flavors are deal-breakers, but together, they add up to something that I imagine coming out of my dog's butt."
· "They're darker in color than the cheeseburger ones. Another poop reference?"
· "Taste like crunchy smoke. What's wrong with the good old nacho cheese pretzel Combos? Change is rough."
Michelob Ultra Pomegranate-Raspberry
· "It just tastes like juice with foam."
· "You taste the pomegranate first, then it just goes to very light beer."
· "It's a little like if you poured a very small amount of sparkling juice into beer."
· "It's like fermented raspberry juice."
· "At least it gets the taste of the Combos out."
· "I don't taste pomegranate per se. It just tastes generically fruity. You could tell me this was cherry- or grape-flavored Michelob Ultra and I'd probably believe it."
· "It's not reminiscent of any actually fruit. It's reminiscent of nothing."
· "Tastes like carbonated cough syrup. I imagine the marketing campaign would best be geared to Trixies who want to get drunk on flower petals."
· "A very light brew to begin with, so it fails to provide much of any beer trademarks. Also noticeably low alcohol content, which I suppose is a bad thing." [Note: Alcohol content is 4.2 percent.]
· "The fruit flavor is extremely subtle. I can see it developing over the course of drinking a bottle into something recognizable, but in the sips I took, I couldn't tell what the fruits were."
· "Somebody took a really weak beer, mixed it with flavored water, added more water, and bottled it up. Weak on all levels."
· "Michelob Ultra is so light already, it's like essence of beer. This is like essence of beer plus essence of fruit. I'll drink it if it's sitting around, but I wouldn't order it."
Where to get them: We got the Combos at 7-Eleven, and the beer at Binny's Beverage Depot here in Chicago, though they're all pretty widely available. Check your local supermarket.


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|Release: Lawyer for accuser Charlotte Bennett condemns Cuomo's remarks on sexual harassment charges he made at May 13, 2021 press conference in NYC. The 'remarks are jaw dropping.'|
|Text of May 13, 2021 press release from Debra Katz.|
"Governor Cuomo's remarks are jaw dropping. For someone who signed the law defining sexual harassment in New York State, and who claims to have taken the state's mandated sexual harassment training every year despite Ms. Bennett's seeing someone else take it on his behalf, Gov. Cuomo continues to show an alarming degree of ignorance about what constitutes sexual harassment.
"The law is very clear on this. If an employer make unwelcome jokes, comments, asks probing questions of a sexual nature or makes unwanted sexual propositions -- which is exactly what Gov. Cuomo has already admitted to having directed toward my client, Charlotte Bennett -- that employer has violated New York State law. There is no gray area here.
"The Governor needs sexual harassment training, now≥ His studied ignorance is truly alarming."
According to the New York State Equal Employment Opportunity Handbook, sexual harassment is defined on page 12 as follows (emphasis added):
Actions that may constitute sexual harassment based upon a hostile work environment may include, but are not limited to, words, signs, jokes, pranks, intimidation or physical violence which are of a sexual nature, or which are directed at an individual because of that individualís sex. Sexual harassment also consists of any unwanted verbal or physical advances, sexually explicit derogatory statements or sexually discriminatory remarks made by someone which are offensive or objectionable to the recipient, which cause the recipient discomfort or humiliation, or which interfere with the recipientís job performance.


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After building the first Baby Ten Sequencer, it became clear to me that one, sequencers could be powerful, and two, there was a lot of potential in this type of circuit. So, I ordered a set of core Klee Sequencer boards from Electro-Music (highly recommend their forum, by the way). I soldered in some resistors and diodes from what I had on hand, considered for a moment perhaps doing a panel and hand-wiring it... then found out that NV from the Muffwiggler forum had worked up a Eurorack panel and daughterboard.
I ordered a full kit from Synthcube, which does not include the core circuit boards from electro-music. This... wound up kinda painful. The kit plus shipping cost enough that New Zealand Customs stung me for money (the threshold is $400NZD, shipping is included in this)... and when I opened it, I found that it was only a parts kit -- resistors, chips, but no PCBs, panel, or the cables. The box had been marked FULL KIT on the customs docket, but was in fact just a partial kit. I emailed Synthcube about this, sent back the parts kit, and they shipped me a real full kit, this time. Luckily, Customs didn't notice this second one. Not very impressed at all by the service.
I spent a productive weekend once it arrived doing a lot of soldering.
See those interboard cables with the crimped connectors? Big trouble. Big, big trouble. The Muffwiggler forum thread on NV's boards for the Klee mentioned that a lot of other people also had trouble with intermittent connections using these cables, and some people recommended stripping a couple millimeters of insulation from the end of each individual wire, and hand soldering the end of the wire into the metal that is supposed to cut through the insulation. I wound up doing this with every single one of the buggers. NV did a later revision of his Eurorack Klee boards to remove these entirely (along with, I think, a redesign of the core boards.) The sausage-looking components on the left are precision 0.1% accurate resistors, by the way.
Here's an article explaining the sequencer.

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Asgard is a 5 reel video slot that transports players to Asgard for a chance to rub elbows with Norse gods Thor, Odin, and the mischief-maker Loki. The game's symbols include a variety of standard slot symbols developed to look Norse in nature as well as various symbols showcasing the legendary world and the above-mentioned gods.
The game's features include free spins, wild symbols, scatters, and more. The game also will be developed with both desktop and mobile formats in mind, maximizing compatibility.
RTG is also slated to release two new slots in January with Shanghai Lights and Fu Chi.
Asgard is slated to launch on December 13th at RTG casinos, including Springbok, whose manager Daniel Van Wyke said, "It's never too late to get into Norse mythology, and the gods are waiting to power our players on to massive wins in our latest Real Time Gaming slot release, Asgard. This bold and thunderous game immerses players into the world of the gods, allowing them to engage with characters such as Thor who they will recognise from the Marvel movie franchise as the seek out big wins."


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Contemporary stage comedies and dramas dealing with issues and themes of living in a 21st century; stage adaptations of beloved classics ... welcome to the website of playwright & director Deborah Mulhall. Deborah has directed over 20 plays and written or dramaturged many major plays – all of which have been performed several times to box office and critical success. With extensive theatrical and teaching experience, Deborah is also available to edit and advise on any work you may be constructing yourself.
Come in and browse ...
Jane Austen Made Me Do It: http://youtu.be/j9a6O9coPt0
Sense & Sensibility: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX1Gla3hAuI
Pride & Prejudice : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhVMovpnEOc
Deborah has also recieved several awards for her work, including:
CRY WOLF - Honourable Mention New York New Works of Merit Playwriting Competition / Film option
GENTLEMEN INCORPORATED - Film option.
and television option for STORM SISTERS
Copyright per performance per play is AUS$75 or 10% of box office, whichever is the greater. The performance agreement includes permission to photocopy the play from email printout. Please note that there are exceptions for schools and small community groups (very small acknowledgement fee). All plays have been written with an eye to minimalist production in a small theatre, yet they remain flexible enough to stand the test of audience engagement in a larger theatre with higher production values. If you would rather deal with an agent, contact The Australian Script Centre.


A subway connection Gao Tiejie luck to be born longgang deep guan
Gao Tiejie transport a subway connection will be born longgang deep this. i atltech P Gao Tiejie transport a subway connection will be born longgang deep this. i want to rich, first build roads.
Towards the regional transportation development, for days, traffic on the longgang the good news is coming.
'East' strategy, in shenzhen longgang to be bridgehead, traffic layout such as high-speed rail, the subway is necessary.
Gao Tiejie luck to be born longgang, longgang district, shenzhen city is actively communicate with mansion deep railway, guangshen railway, is expected to add depth of fuzhou railway cross hillock and lee stand two MRT station, set the guangshen railway harmony train lee, pinghu railway station MRT site.
Nowadays, longgang is stepping up strategic channel rail transit and rapid road network construction planning layout, and actively with dongguan, huizhou road.
Future, mansion deep railway will add cross hillock and lee two MRT station, the recent use of MRT line quickly join shenzhen north station, forward line and mansion deep lines provide services.
At the same time to speed up the guangshen railway guangzhou-shenzhen line (
Pinghu lo wu)
The MRT research, set the luohu railway station, lee, pinghu railway station a MRT site.
Strive to deep intercity lines in the middle of the 'much starker choices-and graver consequences-in' construction, breakthrough area bottleneck restriction, promote the construction of extending line east line, speed up the line, and the prophase work, strive to 'much starker choices-and graver consequences-in' during start-up projects.
During the period of '' much starker choices-and graver consequences-in, longgang plan arrangement of the people's livelihood project investment of one hundred million yuan, through engineering,' with two axis three-ring 'construction of shenzhen CBD in the east.
Longgang district relevant controller introduces, '' heart' namely, through the international university, city center commercial city, baolong technology tri-cities linkage to develop CBD in the east.
'Two axis' is based on longgang road, longgang river city capability of axis, series of dragon west immovable, center city, bonhams tri-cities linkage, linkage development of science and technology city axis.
A subway traffic with dongguan interconnected rapid road network is longgang focuses on strengthening strategic channel construction plan, the future longgang will open three fast lanes.
One is through dahuang road to the qingping high-speed connections.
A salt dragon avenue to the center of the eastern channel fast.
One is combined with danping phase north extension and Dan ping a second phase transformation of the construction of the fast lanes.
News, according to the future of dongguan will implement the article with shenzhen subway line each other.
At present the two cities is to deepen the line network connection scheme, the implementation of the two city rail transit line connecting line positioning scheme, transfer mode, the construction schedule and other issues.
Future, shenzhen metro line to line and dongguan, cohesion, line line in shenzhen and dongguan, cohesion, shenzhen metro line line to bridge line with dongguan, shenzhen nanshan, light district to dongguan songshan lake to form 'central axis' science and technology, especially it is worth noting that the connection line of longgang shenzhen will across town, dongguan phoenix hills, implement deep this. i unicom.
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Colorado is ground zero for America’s teen nicotine addiction with over a quarter of high schoolers reporting e-cigarette use. The reality is nearly 1500 kids become new smokers every year.
More than 8 out of 10 of kids who have ever used a tobacco product started by using a flavored one. At least two thirds of youth tobacco users say they use these products because "they come in a flavor I like." Bubble Gum, Mint, Cherry - these are just a few of the kid-friendly flavors the tobacco industry is now marketing to Colorado kids.
This coming Tuesday, November 17th, the Loveland City Council will consider an ordinance to end the sale of flavored tobacco products. This will help eliminate a major source of e-cigarette demand among young people.
At the same time, they will also be considering requiring all tobacco retailers in Loveland to obtain a license. This would help ensure all tobacco retailers are complying with tobacco laws and helps make sure our kids don't have easy access to tobacco and nicotine.