[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9v-DtaLUHs]By giving publishers analytics tools to tracking their own traffic, ad companies can both get access to data and subtly suggest their own advertising options. Anyone who uses Google Analytics knows this. Admob, a company that sells mobile advertising, knows it, too. Today it is launching an analytics service for mobile sites, so you can see things like how many visitors and pageviews your mobile site gets, and where your traffic sources are coming from.
San Mateo, Calif.-based Admob has already been going out of its way to provide data to the world. It also publishes a monthly report on traffic on its own site that shows things like the number of users who see Admob ads, which countries they come from, and which type of phone they’re using.
You can watch the company’s video on the analytics service, above. You can sign up here for the company’s analytics service, which is currently in private beta.
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On arrival in the Jordanian capital of Amman, be met at the aiport and transferred to your luxurious hotel. Soak up the amazing atmosphere of this cosmopolitan city, where modern architecture and crumbling ruins exist side by side. There’ll be much anticipatory chatter about the Jordanian adventures ahead during dinner at the hotel this evening.
Stay: Two Nights, W Hotel AmmanDaily :
Discover the flavours of Jordan with a special cooking class at a local home. Learn to make traditional recipes such as maaloubeh (stewed meat, rice and vegetables), mutabel (eggplant dip), tabbouleh and muhallebi (milk pudding), then savour your creations for dinner.
Your discovery of the Kingdom of Jordan begins as you comb the sprawling ruins of Jerash, one of the best-preserved Roman provincial cities in the Middle East. Afterwards, it’s time to explore the bustling centre of Amman. Originally built around seven hills, Amman has continued to expand and offers spectacular views at every turn. Visit the Roman Theatre and Citadel and soak up the old-meets-new city atmosphere with a guided walking tour of the historic centre.Daily :
Set off early this morning on a road trip down the 5,000-year-old King's Highway towards Petra. Pause along the way to visit Mount Nebo, the place where it is believed Moses had his last view over the Holy Land. Take in spectacular views over the Jordan Valley before continuing to the Byzantine church of Saint George in Madaba, where you will see the Christian mosaics of Madaba – one of the oldest maps in the world. Later, arrive in Petra.
Stay: Two Nights, Movenpick Resort PetraDaily :
Today you’ll explore the legendary Petra, with its awe-inspiring temples, tombs and caves. Walk through the Siq, winding your way through the canyon with 80-metre walls soaring either side, a location you may recognise from the movie ‘Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade’. See The Treasury, the first historical building within the site and be given the option to walk up to The Monastery, a huge carved temple reached by 800 steps.Daily :
In Wadi Rum, a soul-enriching stay awaits at Sun City Camp, where you’ll feast on traditional Arabic delights. As evening falls, board a Jeep and journey out into the Wadi Rum desert. The lunar-like desert landscape provides the perfect backdrop for stargazing. Learn all about the stars and be given the opportunity to view them up close with telescopes.
Set off towards Al Beida or Little Petra, thought to be one of the first settled villages in human history. Continue through the amazing desert landscape to Wadi Rum, where you’ll join a Jeep ride with a local Bedouin exploring all of the hidden sites of the desert.
Stay: Wadi Rum, Sun City CampDaily :
Your epic desert exploration continues on today, looping back towards Amman and on to the lowest point on earth, the Dead Sea. The Dead Sea is actually an enormous inland salt lake spanning over 600 square kilometres, and is nearly 10 times saltier than the ocean. The water and mud are full of minerals, and the air is rich in oxygen. One of the world’s first ever health resort areas, it has attracted visitors for thousands of years.
Stay: Two Nights, Dead Sea, Kempinski Hotel IshtarDaily :
You might like to visit the Ma’in Hot Springs and soak in the thermal mineral waters before enjoying lunch. Alternatively, visit the Dead Sea Panoramic Complex and Museum, where you’ll learn more about the natural and cultural history of the Dead Sea. The complex offers incredible views over the Jordan Rift Valley and the Dead Sea.
Today is yours to relax and rejuvenate at your beautiful Dead Sea resort. Select from one of the Freedom of Choice touring options on offer.Daily :
Set out on a 4WD adventure through the orchards and vineyards of the Golan Plateau. Savour a delightful lunch at a local boutique winery.
Today cross into Israel and head to the Golan Plateau for your Signature Experience. Visit the nearby village of Capernaum, where Jesus is said to have lived and ministered for many years. You’ll also visit the Church of the Mount of Beatitudes. At Tabgha, learn about the history of the church, including the multiplication of loaves and fish. Upon reaching your hotel, enjoy a relaxing evening with dinner.
Stay: Two Nights, U Boutique or similarDaily :
Discover Acre, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and city of the crusaders. Walk in their footsteps in the templar tunnels a visit the Hospitaller Fortress. In the exotic garden town of Haifa, an orientation tour leads you to stunning views from Mount Carmel in Bahai Gardens. After lunch, reach Nazareth and visit the Church of the Annunciation before returning to your hotel for dinner.Daily :
This morning, venture out onto the fabled waters of the Sea of Galilee on a boat ride before heading south towards Jerusalem. En route visit the archaeological site of Beit Shean and explore Jericho, boarding a cable car to the Mount of Temptations. You’ll also visit the old Orthodox monastery and Qumran, where the sacred Dead Sea Scrolls were hidden for thousands of years. This evening is yours to relax at leisure.
Stay: Three Nights, Jerusalem, Orient Hotel or similarDaily :
Discover Jerusalem, a holy city of high importance to people of Christian, Jewish and Islamic faiths. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, which was first consecrated in the year AD335, is believed to have been built up around the sites of Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection. Then visit the holiest site in Judaism, the Western (or Wailing) Wall. Here, you’ll have the opportunity to descend into the labyrinth of limestone tunnels built beneath the old city.Daily :
Today, visit Israel Museum’s Shrine of the Book, which houses the Dead Sea Scrolls and other rare manuscripts. Adjacent is the model of the Second Temple, a reconstruction of what the city looked like before its destruction by the Romans in AD66. Head out to Yad Vashem – The World Holocaust Remembrance Center before visiting the leafy neighbourhood of Ein Karem for lunch. This evening is yours at leisure.Daily :
Tonight, be welcomed into a local household as you join them for dinner and hear their stories. This unique experience offers a deeper insight into modern Israel’s melting pot of cultures and cuisine.
This morning, visit Bethlehem and its famous Church of the Nativity. After lunch, head west towards the coast and Tel Aviv, where you’ll stay on the waterfront and the city’s bustling promenade. This evening, a special Signature Experience awaits.
Stay: Two Nights, Tel Aviv, The Setai or similarDaily :
Enjoy a morning exploration of Tel Aviv, including a wander through the Zodiac Alleys, picturesque, restored alleyways home to many art galleries. Afterwards, travel at your own pace with the afternoon at leisure. This evening, celebrate your adventures with fellow travellers at a farewell dinner.Daily :
Your epic journey comes to an end this morning with a transfer to Tel Aviv Airport.Daily :
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I love light.
Doesn't it look so whimsical?
I love this event space, that's part of Elephants Delicatessen in NW Portland.
I shot a reception here last month and the view from the outside in was absolutely lovely.
It just looks so warm and cozy inside and I love all things warm and cozy.

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In the technology industry, the word innovation is almost as prevalent as revolution, so it is difficult to distinguish those exaggerated things from those really exciting things. Linux kernel is called innovation, but it is also called the biggest miracle in modern computing, a giant in the micro world.
Apart from marketing and mode, Linux can be said to be the most popular kernel in the open source world. It has introduced some real rule changers in its nearly 30 years of life.
As early as 2007, Paul menage and Rohit Seth added the esoteric function of cgroups to the kernel (the current implementation of cgroups was rewritten by Tejun HEO). This new technology was originally used as a method to ensure the quality of service for a specific set of tasks.
For example, you can create a control group definition (CGroup) for all tasks associated with your web service, another CGroup for routine backup, and another CGroup for general operating system requirements. Then, you can control the percentage of resources in each group, so that your operating system and web services can obtain most of the system resources, and your backup process can access the remaining resources.
However, cgroups has become so famous today because of its role as a driving cloud technology: container. In fact, cgroups were originally named process containers. This is not surprising when they are adopted by projects such as LxC, coreos and docker.
Just as after the gate is opened, the word “container” seems to have become a synonym for Linux, and the concept of cloud based “application” in the style of microservice soon became the norm. Nowadays, it is hard to get rid of cgroups. They are so common. Every large-scale infrastructure (and possibly your laptop if you run Linux) uses cgroups in a reasonable way, which makes your computing experience easier to manage and more flexible than ever before.
For example, you may have flathub or flatpak installed on your computer, or you may have used kubernetes and / or openshift at work. In any case, if the term “container” is still ambiguous to you, you can get a real understanding of the container from behind through the Linux container.
In 2018, the hard work of jade alglave, Alan stern, Andrea Parri, Luc maranget, Paul McKenney and several others were incorporated into the mainline Linux kernel to provide a formal memory model. Linux kernel memory consistency model (lkmm) subsystem is a set of tools to describe Linux memory consistency model. At the same time, it also produces test cases (specially named klitmus).
As systems become more and more complex in physical design (adding more CPU cores, cache and memory growth, etc.), it becomes more and more difficult for them to know which CPU needs which address space and when. For example, if cpu0 needs to write data to a shared variable in memory and CPU1 needs to read the value, cpu0 must write before CPU1 attempts to read. Similarly, if values are written to memory in a sequential manner, they are expected to be read in the same order, regardless of which CPU or CPUs are reading.
Even on a single processor, memory management requires a specific sequence of tasks. A simple operation like x = y requires the processor to load the value of Y from memory and store it in X. The value stored in y cannot be put into the X variable until the processor reads the value from memory. In addition, there is an address dependency: x [n] = 6 requires that n be loaded before the processor can store the value 6.
Lkmm can help identify and track these memory patterns in your code. It is partly implemented by a tool called herd, which defines the constraints imposed by the memory model (in the form of logical formulas), and then lists all possible results consistent with these constraints.
Low latency patch (2.6.38)
Long ago, before 2011, if you wanted to work with multimedia on Linux, you had to have a low latency kernel. This is mainly applicable to recording with many real-time effects (such as singing into the microphone and adding mixing, and hearing your voice in the headset without delay). Some distributions, such as Ubuntu studio, reliably provide such a kernel, so there is actually no obstacle. This is just an important reminder when artists choose a distribution.
However, if you are not using Ubuntu studio, or you need to update your kernel before your distribution is available, you must jump to the RT patches page, Download kernel patches, apply them to your kernel source code, compile, and install them manually.
Later, with the release of kernel version 2.6.38, this process ended. The Linux kernel suddenly magically built low latency code by default (the latency was reduced by at least 10 times according to the benchmark). No need to download patches, no need to compile. Everything went well because Mike Galbraith wrote a 200 line patch.
For open source multimedia artists around the world, this is a rule changer. Since 2011, things have become so beautiful. In 2016, I made a challenge to build a digital audio workstation (Daw) on raspberry pie V1 (model B), and found that it works surprisingly well.
RCU, read copy update, is a system defined in computer science, which allows multiple processor threads to read data from shared memory. It does this by delaying updates but also marking them as updated to ensure that the data is read as up-to-date. In fact, this means that the read and update occur at the same time.
A typical RCU cycle is somewhat like this:
1. Delete the pointer to the data to prevent other read operations from referencing it.
2. Wait for read operations to complete their critical processing.
3. Reclaim memory space.
Dividing the update phase into the delete and recycle phases means that the updater immediately performs the delete and postpones the recycle until all activity reads are complete (by blocking them or registering a callback to call when they are complete).
Although the concept of RCU was not invented for the Linux kernel, its implementation in Linux is a defining example of this technology.
The final answer to the question of Linux kernel innovation is always collaboration. You can say this is a good time, or you can call it technical advantage, hacker capability, or just open source, but the Linux kernel and many projects it supports are brilliant examples of collaboration and cooperation.
It goes far beyond the kernel. People from all walks of life have made contributions to open source, which can be said to be because of the Linux kernel. Linux was and still is the main force of free software, encouraging people to bring their code, art, ideas or just themselves to a global, productive and diverse human community.


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Marimekko 2021 Tarhuri (Gardener) Collection - Handless Mugs (Set x 2)
After such a hectic 2020 it is wonderful to be taking the time to stop and celebrate the simple things in life.
Tarhuri (gardener) is a tribute to the creations of Mother Nature, all the beautiful fruits and vegetables and colors shifting from sun-baked hues to the sharper tones that develop in shade. It celebrates the wonder of something as marvelous as an apple tree or a watermelon growing from a tiny little seed. The pattern also reflects the joy of growing your own food, how your own small strawberries always taste best.
We hope you love this collection as much as we do!
This set features two Oiva coffee cups without handles. The cups are made of dishwasher, oven, microwave and freezer safe white stoneware.
We love these handleless cups for coffee, tea, water and for serving dips and olives on a platter. They are also great on picnics!
Pattern Designer Maija Louekari
Design Year 2019

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[Pharo-dev] [Pharo3] 30837 has new sources file
marcus.denker at inria.fr
Mon Apr 28 09:34:10 EDT 2014
So we did
-> an update 30837 to remove a bit of Scriploader methods so the do not end up in the .sources file (60.000 LOC…)
-> then we condensed the sources and changes and re-uploaded that file.
-> Zeroconf has been updated. Now it download V1, V2 and V3 sources… (which is far from nice… but works).
-> the sources files is here: http://files.pharo.org/sources/
Overall, the whole sources and changes mechanism again showed that it was not designed with the idea in mind
to be able to “release at any point”. Our goal has to be that the build server artefact is the release artefact.
Concerning .sources and .changes this is not the case… we really need another design.
-> update to fix the direct pointer to the PharoV2 sources in the source downloader
-> MC history pruning
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(2 syl.), or Chopin. A high-heeled shoe. The Venetian
ladies used to wear “high-heeled shoes like stilts.” Hamlet says of
the actress, “Your lady-ship is nearer to heaven, than when I saw you
last, by the altitude of a chopine” (act ii. s. 2). (Spanish,
chapin, a high cork shoe.)
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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Nitrate Regulations: 7 key rules on ploughing, herbicide usage and farmyard manure
The Nitrate Regulations have very strict requirements on ploughing, herbicide usage and stockpiling of farmyard manures many of which are easily forgotten.
1. Grassland must not be ploughed between October 16 and November 30.
2. Where grassland is ploughed between July 1 and October 15, you must sow a crop to provide green cover by November 1.
3. Therefore autumn ploughing is for sowing winter crops only and you can commence ploughing for spring crops on December 1.
4. A rough surface must be maintained prior to sowing a crop where lands are ploughed between December 1 and January 15.
5. Where a non selective herbicide is applied to land between July 1 and November 30, you must attempt to have green cover established on all of the land (100pc) within six weeks from either a sown crop or natural regeneration. For many situations establishment by natural regeneration will consist of shallow cultivation. The minimum area is reduced to 75pc on land contracted for seed crops or for human consumption.
6. No cultivation is allowed with 2m of any watercourse identified on the Ordnance Survey Ireland 6" map.
7. Farmyard manure cannot be stockpiled on land after November 1 by which it should be either landspread, stored in a dungsted with effluent collection facilities or stored in a shed which has a concrete floor from which effluent cannot escape.

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Vermont Artisan Village Grows in Shelburne
Next to the shortbread shop is Vermont Tortilla, an organic business that announces itself by the sweet and earthy aroma of corn.
Vermont Tortilla started production in June 2016 after April and Azur Moulaert learned to make their whole-grain tortillas in the kitchen of their New North End home in Burlington.
The tortillas are made with organic corn grown on the New York side of Lake Champlain at Adirondack Organic Grains. They cook the corn in several-hundred-pound batches in a big tub of water with food-grade lime for about 12 hours, then grind it with a stone. They then feed the resulting masa, or corn dough, into a machine that cuts, shapes and bakes the tortillas — a process that takes about 30 seconds per tortilla and produces about 1,200 tortillas per hour.
Read the full article on SevenDays.com

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Animal Welfare League NSW must raise $150,000 to care for an exceptional influx of animals.
Please donate what you can to help animals like Ellie and her pups.
Animal Welfare League NSW has an enormous problem that we need your help to solve. Never before have so many cats and dogs depended on us for their lives.
Right now, we’re caring for over 600 cats and dogs at our shelters and foster homes, and the numbers are rising steadily – putting an enormous extra strain on our limited resources.
To cope, Animal Welfare League staff and volunteers are taking as many animals as they can into their homes, including large families of puppies and kittens. They are doing everything they can to give needy, desperate animals the chance of a good life.
But what our shelter teams can’t do on their own is come up with the $150,000 we need to raise to help pay for all the extra food, vet bills and rehoming costs.
This is the enormous problem that we can’t solve on our own. It’s the reason why we are asking every animal lover to please help us with an urgent online donation.
Your gift will be used to help give abused, abandoned and neglected dogs and cats the chance of a good life, including pregnant animals like Ellie, who came within days of giving birth on the street.
Ellie is a gentle and loving Corgi-cross that was found living rough just 2km from our Kemps Creek shelter.
Although abandoned and suffering from a severe eye infection, Ellie was only too happy to join Inspector Ian Hughes when he came to collect her in his van. It was as if she knew that giving birth in the searing heat would be a disaster – and that getting a lift to our shelter would be best for her babies.
And Ellie wasn’t wrong. Because when Ellie later delivered her puppies in the safety of our cool clinic, it turned out that she was carrying a very big litter indeed.
With the assistance of our vets, Ellie delivered ten healthy puppies. And two days later, when she’d recovered her strength, she and her family were given a temporary foster home with the President of our Board, Christine Richardson.
Today, Ellie and her family of rapidly growing fur bundles are happy, healthy and really enjoying life together. And soon the search will begin to find them their loving forever homes.
How different things would have been if we’d not been able to afford to save Ellie from the street that day. Whether because of the heat or starvation, there is little chance the family would have survived. And eleven beautiful animals would have died by the side of the road.
That’s why it’s so critically important that we have enough funds to care for every animal who needs our help – even when it means finding enough money to treat, feed, shelter and rehome not just one animal, but as many as ten or more.
The alternative would be to leave animals like Ellie and their babies to suffer unimaginably distressing deaths – and at Animal Welfare League, we don’t consider that an alternative at all.
Our staff and volunteers have the energy, expertise and determination to get through this difficult time. And with your gift today to help pay for food, shelter, medical bills and rehousing, they will have the funds too.
Thank you for your help at this critical time.

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Tesla takes raw sheets of rolled aluminum and turns them, along with hundreds of other parts, into finished vehicles at its factory in Fremont, California, in less than 48 hours.
The insight came from one of the longest interviews Elon Musk has ever given, which was with the crew from the Third Row Tesla podcast (Apple, Stitcher, Spotify, Twitter, YouTube, Podbay), with a special bonus appearance from Elon’s brother and fellow Tesla board member and cofounder Kimbal Musk. Their mother, Maye Musk, was also present and occasionally chimed in from an adjoining room. The combined effect was a very personal, insightful two-part interview (so far) that delved into the more human side of Elon.
On the manufacturing front, Kimbal was the one who broached the subject. “What I find amazing is from start to finish, a car is made in 48 hours,” Kimbal said. He talked about the reels of aluminum stock that Tesla uses in its stamping press to form body panels and how the company turns jumbles of parts and raw materials into fully formed vehicles in less than 48 hours. “You can see the rolled aluminum in one section of the factory and you can see the cars coming out the other end.”
“You don’t appreciate when you’re driving a car how much goes into the level of detail,” Kimbal continued.
In a Tesla Model 3, there are 10,000 unique parts in every vehicle, according to Elon Musk. “The pack alone is several thousand cells,” he said. Assembling all of those parts with as close to a zero failure rate as possible is hard to imagine for folks who have not lived it firsthand.
That’s why automation seemed like the obvious solution to Tesla when it came time to build the “affordable” Model 3. Installing robots that don’t mind doing the same task over and over thousands of times per day with unparalleled precision was part of the plan from day 1.
“Manufacturing is insanely difficult. It’s under-appreciated in its difficulty,” Elon said. After installing robots on the Model 3 production and assembly lines, Tesla had to walk it back a bit to strike the ideal balance.
Kimbal unpacked the journey more, noting that, “skills are changing as things become a little bit … there’s more autonomy, but autonomy isn’t perfect, so you do need to have a lot of people there. These cars have to be perfect.” It took Tesla a solid 12 months of living through what Elon called “production hell” to work through all the bugs in Tesla’s first real deep dive into building and streamlining the mass manufacturing process.
The process included the integration of Tesla’s own operating system into the human-machine interfaces (HMIs) of the equipment in the factory. Tesla’s ability to master and actively develop new manufacturing processes in the physical world with new equipment and in the digital world with custom software continues to be a significant advantage. The advantage stretches beyond just the automotive world and into the broader landscape of manufacturing companies, as other companies that build products don’t also design and program the equipment to build them at this scale.
“Given how much complexity is in a car, it’s remarkable they cost as little as they do,” Elon said.
If you haven’t watched it yet, part two of the podcast gives an exciting look behind the scenes of Elon’s life and the world of Tesla.
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The road to peace in Mindanao in the Philippines, has been a long and complicated struggle. The signing of the Bangsamoro framework agreement on the 15th of October 2012 between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is a historic step towards a sustainable peace. The Mindanao conflict has been one of the world’s bloodiest and after four decades of on and off conflict, the civil war has cost approximately 150 000 lives.
The Bangsamoro framework agreement is a commitment by the MILF and the Philippine government to establish a new political entity in Muslim Mindanao. It took sixteen years of negotiations before an agreement was reached and the new Bangsamoro agreement will change the political landscape of the country quite drastically. The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) will be replaced with the new Bangsamoro region that, to some extent, will govern itself.
The Bangsamoro region will for example have jurisdiction over Shari’ah courts where Muslims can settle non-criminal cases between each other. The Bangsamoro will also be able to create its own sources of revenue. That includes legislations such as collections of taxes. The government on the other hand retains control of defence and external security issues as well as the foreign policy. They will also keep control of common market and global trade, coinage and monetary policies, citizenship and the postal services.
At the end of 2012 President Benigno Aquino III signed an executive order creating the Transition Commission. The 15-member Transition Commission will craft the new Bangsomoro Basic Law, where the MILF chooses eight of the members and the government chooses seven. The Transition Commission drafts the legislations on matters such as power and wealth-sharing while the MILF will decommission its armed forces.
There are a number of steps and issues that need to be addressed before the new entity can replace ARMM. These further negotiations will make or break the peace deal. Even though the Bansamoro agreement is a historic deal, it is not unprecedented. Three earlier deals have been wrecked for a number of different reasons. It is very difficult to say whether the peace will hold or not. But both parties seem quite satisfied with the agreement and the ongoing negotiations.
The civil society and experts from other countries have played a huge role to get the framework agreement signed. After the breakdown of the 2008 negotiations, the MILF chairman declared the need of an International Contact Group (ICG) with the mandate to attend and observe the negotiations and also work as an adviser. The parties preferred that the ICG would include countries from the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), the European Union (EU) and accredited INGOs.
One of the key problems that the region faces is to stop potential violent uprisings. During 2011 a former MILF commander raised his own army and established the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM). In August 2012 BIFM engaged in a short-lived offensive, trying to mobilise rogue parts of the MILF units. The MILF answered publicly and said that this was a threat to the peace process in Mindanao and vowed to help the Philippine security forces to deal with the problem. Another question that raises concern is how to handle Abu Sayyaf, the violent Islamic sect that’s been accused of having connections to al-Qaida.
But there are still signs of hope and the situation offers some points of optimism. Today the MILF are better equipped to transform themselves from rebels to rulers with an improved political wing with bureaucrats. President Aquino enjoys the support of his colleagues to lend weight to the process more broadly. At the same time key players who dissented from MILF in the past have shown their support for the framework agreement.
Another cause for optimism is that the civil society in the Mindanao region is far more developed today thanks to the creation of the ICG. The engagement of local and international NGOs has a huge role in the broader peace process. They are needed not only to help the dialogue between the government and the MILF, but more importantly to maintain pressure on the different actors.
Before the Bangsamoro freedom and self-determination struggle started during the 60’s the Philipines were Asia’s, second to Japan, most progressive country. Today a quarter of its people live below the poverty line.
Most scholars believe that if the peace stands, the region can start its long overdue economic growth. The Mindanao region is one of the most resource-rich and fertile parts of the country. Investors have already started looking into the region, thinking about investing in it. Another consequence of the deal is that the development aid sent to this region will drastically increase. Most important is that the longer the peace lasts, more and more people living in the region will feel confident to reinvest in their own community.
Development aid is going to be a huge part of the post-war Bangsamoro region. But there is a frustration among local population who feel they have had no say in what kind of development aid they will receive. There is a fear that the indigenous people will be left out during these negotiations, and it is vital that the issues discussed are not only the ones set by the government and MILF.
Media can also play a bigger role in the framing of the negotiations. This remarkable framework agreement has not received that much attention in the western world. In fact, the ongoing conflict has not got that much media attention at all. International attention has proved to be very successful in putting pressure on and encouraging both sides of the conflict not to abandon the negotiation table. It is not only INGOs and the ICG that can do this but also the International community and international media.

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In the burgeoning field of subcompact crossovers, the Buick Encore stands out for a couple of important reasons.
For one, compared with its many competitors, it has an upscale aura, particularly inside. But whether we can refer to it as luxurious depends on your definition of that term. We think it’s not quite there, so we’ll settle on calling it premium, an industry word used to describe vehicles that aren’t quite classifiable as luxury but aren’t far from it.
Two, the Encore coddles occupants with a surprisingly supple ride given its short wheelbase as well as exceptionally low interior noise levels and upscale interior appointments, part of an overhaul for 2017 that also includes updated exterior sheetmetal. Those traits may not necessarily qualify the Encore as luxury, but they are subliminal elements in vehicles we regard as premium.
Turbo Fours Are Not Quite Twins
The Encore offers two engine choices, both 1.4-liter four-cylinders, both turbocharged, both long-stroke designs, yet one is standard and the other is an upgrade option. There are significant distinctions. For example, the base engine has a slightly smaller bore, a little less displacement (1364 cubic centimeters versus 1399), a lower compression ratio (9.5:1 versus 10.0:1), and port rather than direct fuel injection. The net result of these differences is a power disparity that may seem modest but in the realm of this small fry is significant: 138 horsepower and 148 lb-ft of torque for the base version, 153 hp and 177 lb-ft for the upgrade.
The higher-output engine is an $895 option on the Sport Touring trim level as well as—in ascending order—the Preferred II, Essence, and Premium. It can be had either with front- or all-wheel drive. It’s not available on the two lowest-priced versions, the base trim and the Preferred.
Note that even the upgrade engine is not the hottest powerplant in the segment. The Kia Soul Turbo (201 horsepower) and the Nissan Juke (188 ponies) have a lot more punch, and they get off the line with greater urgency. The Jeep Renegade offers a 180-hp 2.4-liter, but in rugged Trailhawk trim it’s pudgy at nearly 3600 pounds and a tad lethargic.
But while the Encore—even with the higher-output engine—is not the quickest little pony in the subcompact corral, it’s not the slowest, either. In our recent test of a front-drive Sport Touring Encore, we recorded a zero-to-60-mph time of 7.8 seconds and a 16.2-second quarter-mile at 86 mph. We characterized those results as “peppy,” noting that it was the quickest Encore we’d tested.
Adding all-wheel drive, of course, adds mass. This all-wheel-drive Sport Touring weighed in at 3382 pounds versus 3244 for our front-drive example. (We photographed an Encore Premium.) And the inevitable consequence of greater mass is slower acceleration, in this case 8.4 seconds to 60 and 16.6 seconds through the quarter-mile at 83 mph. Those results don’t really constitute peppiness.
But they are better than the standard version of this engine achieved in an all-wheel-drive Encore. And they’re acceptable by the standards of the AWD models in this class.
In any case, it’s clear that getting pinned against the seatback isn’t part of the appeal with these vehicles. But on other portions of the dynamic scorecard the all-wheel-drive Encore acquits itself pretty well. Brisk maneuvers bring an abundance of rock ’n’ roll, but the steering is reasonably quick (2.8 turns lock-to-lock) and more tactile than some. And the payoff for suspension tuning that favors compliance over roll stiffness is ride quality that’s benign even on washboard unpaved roads.
We weren’t able to document grip for this Encore due to snowy weather conditions, but expect it to be similar to the so-so 0.81 g recorded by the front-drive model. On the other hand, its 166-foot stopping distance from 70 mph is among the best in the class.
Fuel economy, though, is unremarkable—we logged 22 mpg—as is the performance of the six-speed automatic transmission. It includes a manual shifting function, operable by a thumb switch atop the shift lever, that is not at all tempting to employ. At least the engine’s auto stop-start function is one of the more seamless in the business, which is good, because, as in almost all Buicks, it can’t be switched off.
Consistent with its emphasis on comfort, the Encore is quiet, and, as we observed in our test of the front-drive version, its interior updates for 2017 create a more upscale aura than what’s found in the rank-and-file players in this arena.
The Encore’s pricing drives home its more-than-mainstream, not-quite-luxury status: A Sport Touring all-wheel-drive model like our test car starts at $28,885, right about where most of the volume-brand competition leaves off, although it remains several thousand dollars shy of starting figures for one-size-up all-wheel-drive European rivals such as the Audi Q3 ($34,850), the BMW X1 ($36,095), and the Mercedes-Benz GLA-class ($35,775). The Encore was the Buick division’s best-seller in 2016, with 78,565 rolling out of U.S. dealer showrooms. Premium pricing, premium persona. The Encore seems to have a formula that works.


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No universal guideline exists for judging the practical importance of a standardized effect size, a measure of the magnitude of an intervention’s effects. This working paper argues that effect sizes should be interpreted using empirical benchmarks — and presents three types in the context of education research.
In these remarks, delivered at Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s National Summit on America’s Children on May 22, MDRC President Gordon Berlin summarizes rigorous research evidence showing that supplementing the earnings of parents helps raise families out of poverty and improves the school performance of young children.
Context, Components, and Initial Impacts on Students’ Performance and Attendance
During the first three years of implementation in six urban schools, The Talent Development Middle School model—an ongoing, whole-school reform initiative—had a positive impact on math achievement for eighth-graders but appeared to produce no systematic improvement in outcomes for seventh-graders.

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Windber's rushing attack overwhelms Meyersdale; Somerset thumped by Penn Cambria
MEYERSDALE — Windber is no stranger to being wildly efficient offensively this season, especially in the first half of games.
But even for its own standards, Friday night was another level in terms of swift production.
Senior running back John Shuster’s first three touches went for touchdowns on his way to finishing with 124 yards on just four carries as Windber dismantled Meyersdale 57-0.
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“We just worked on the little things — quarterback-center exchange, tailback-wingback exchange,” Windber coach Matt Grohal said. “There’s so many things we had to work on this week. I thought with the damp conditions, we did a really good job tonight.”
What it means
All six of Windber’s victories have come by at least 40 points. The Ramblers also posted their third shutout this season.
Through seven weeks, Shuster has rushed for 1,363 yards and 21 TDs. Nearly all of it has come in the first two quarters of games.
“If he’d ever play four quarters of football, the numbers he would put up would be staggering,” said Grohal. “It’s not about stats, though. It’s about wins and losses. We did enough to get a win tonight and get him out of the game.”
After finishing up WestPAC Conference play, Meyersdale will conclude its season with three nonconference matchups, two of those being on the road against Brownsville and Moshannon Valley.
Coach Ryan Donaldson and his staff are seeking some measurable progress over the final three weeks.
“The obvious thing is we have to fix our mistakes no matter who we’re going up against,” said Donaldson. “The positives just have to be the mindset that we take into practice each day because as players they can control their effort and attitude. When we get back at it on Monday, and every day moving forward from week-to-week, we just have to attack each day with the right mindset.”
After Meyersdale held Windber to a 25-yard field goal attempt on its opening drive, a mishandled snap by holder Jonah Oyler led to him picking up the fumble and eventually diving into the end zone for an 8-yard score.
A short punt by the Red Raiders following a three-and-out set up Shuster’s first TD, a 50-yard score that pushed the lead to 13-0.
Shuster would tack on touchdown runs from 37 and 32 yards out to help Windber take a 43-0 lead into halftime.
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Running back Luke Hostetler racked up 129 yards on 13 carries and strolled in for a 1-yard TD in the second quarter.
Windber sophomore Bryce Chicarell rushed for 55 yards on four carries, including a 45-yard TD sprint early in the fourth. Junior Colin Marx toted three times for 38 yards and provided a 31-yard TD burst with 1:24 remaining in the first.
Quarterback Ethan Brady’s only pass attempt was a short completion to Oyler, who evaded two defenders and outran another for a 26-yard TD that made it 41-0.
They said it
“It’s pretty big,” said Hostetler on how much it means to have the trust of the coaching staff. “I think the line blocked well and we started the game off strong. We just did pretty much everything well offensively.”
Grohal said he believes Hostetler, who is just a sophomore, is next up when it comes to leading Windber’s potent rushing attack.
“We just want to give him an opportunity,” said Grohal. “He’ll be the next special tailback in our program. He got the start tonight and he had a great game.”
Windber (6-1) hosts Juniata Valley, while Meyersdale (1-5) visits Brownsville. Both games are set for 7 p.m. on Friday.
Somerset remains winless with setback to Penn Cambria
In Cresson, Camden Lowery scored a 6-yard touchdown for Somerset's lone score of the contest in a 49-6 setback to undefeated Penn Cambria on Friday.
The Golden Eagles have now been held to eight points or fewer in 6 of 7 games. Somerset scored 25 points in a 57-25 loss to Richland earlier in the season.
Somerset (0-7) will host winless Greater Johnstown at 7 p.m. on Friday.
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Introduction to the current situation of high-power fiber laser cutting machine equipment
The application of fiber laser cutting machine is very extensive at present. After the test of the market touchstone, the advantages of fiber laser cutting machine are very obvious. So what is the current status of high-power fiber laser cutting machine equipment? Let's take a look. The research level of high-power fiber laser cutting machine has been greatly improved at present, but the core component laser of the cutting machine has been restricted by various manufacturing processes. Most domestic fiber laser cutting machines use imported lasers as the light source, which is not only expensive, but also inconvenient after-sales service. And domestic fiber lasers have some defects in output power and service life, so the reputation is not very good. However, the fiber laser of Wuhan High Energy Laser Equipment Manufacturing Co., Ltd. not only has high configuration and stable performance, but also has high photoelectric conversion rate and good cutting effect. It is indeed a boutique laser. At present, advanced laser manufacturing technology has formed a global market of more than 80 billion U.S. dollars. In 2011, my country’s output value exceeded 10 billion yuan, with a growth rate of 20%. It is the fastest growing region in the world, but it only accounts for the world’s total market. 4%, there is huge room for development. On the other hand, optical fiber cutting technology is a high-tech with rapid development, multiple results, and wide scientific penetration. It is a pillar industry in the 21st century, with an international market size of more than tens of billions of dollars. Therefore, fiber laser cutting machines are also facing huge market opportunities. Wuhan Gaoneng Laser Equipment Manufacturing Co., Ltd. is a high-tech enterprise integrating Ru0026D, production and sales of professional laser complete sets of equipment. Not only successfully developed laser equipment with advanced technology, but also used self-support import and export rights to promote products to more than 40 global markets including Hong Kong, South Korea, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, Australia, the United States, Japan, Germany, the Netherlands, Jordan, etc. nation.


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Researchers evaluated over 250 patients with breast cancer and analyzed their fat relative to 90 women without breast cancer.
The analysis showed that there was indeed a protect effect of omega-3 fatty acids on breast cancer risk and supports the imperative balance of the omega-3 to omega-6 ratio as being important in the development of breast cancer.
Previous studies have shown the importance of vitamin D in the development of breast cancer.
It is also important to know that source of the fish oils has been screened for heavy metal poisons.
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Low-cost operator Easyjet can’t see any kind of return to business in Portugal till June – and even then it won’t be across the board.
José Lopes, director of Easyjet Portugal, told RTP3 this week that the first routes to open will be Portugal-Funchal, and those connecting with countries that have large emigré populations (France, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Germany and UK).
So much in this situation depends on ‘other areas’, explained Lopes.
For instance, as far as he sees it: “Very few hotels will be open in May. The great majority open in June. By the end of June we’re hoping that 75% of hotels will be back in operation”.
Tourism entities – all focused on salvaging some joy from the summer season from the national market – are painfully aware of the sector’s issues of interdependence.
Talking to Lusa this week Francisco Calheiros of the Confederation of Portuguese Tourism said 2020 depends very much on when airports open, and what airline companies decide vis-a-vis routes and frequencies.
For example: “Portugal may have TAP flying, and national airports back open but if the United Kingdom remains shut, it won’t mean anything” as British tourists won’t be able to get to Portugal.
Another stumbling block is the advice given by governments to their citizens: it needs to be ‘uniform’ across the bloc if Europe’s tourism industry is to have any kind of fighting chance in 2020.
To this end, vice-president of the European Commission Věra Jourová has asked member states to lift flight restrictions “as soon as possible”.
She stressed there should be no discrimination on the basis of nationalities or “epidemiological developments” in any particular country.
But ultimately Brussels ‘advice’ is just that: ‘advice’ that may have to change in the face of a situation that remains unpredictable.
In the words of Francisco Calheiros, all tourist businesses have at the moment is ‘hope’.
As for Easyjet, José Lopes is under no illusions: the pandemic has left the airline with a long and painful road to recovery. UK government help has assured a worst case scenario of nine months without flying. Right now, 350 planes are on the ground, 340 of its Portuguese staff are on lay-off (with another 14,000 worldwide) and like all Europe’s airlines, the company is looking to Brussels to hear of any financial support that may come down the line.
One glimmer of positivity for the Algarve is that Easyjet is hoping that initial routes to open up will include one to Faro, to bring in golfers. But for now, that’s all there is: hope.


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New!!..Hot spring fashion 2011 all about stars, winkled down the runway in the Dolce & Gabbana fall 2011 show, adorned in star-shaped jewelry and star-printed dresses. With glittering light of the stars who have added a charming, unique and luxurious impression. Proenza Schouler’s impressive Spring 2011 collection employed a Japanese hand-dying technique to create a beautifully faded effect. Tie dye unique and enjoy for a hang out.
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The various forms and models of clothes will you wear-you all in the Haute Halloween. The model in 2011 terit more involved with nature such as fruit, beautiful star like a sheep fur, antk goods or kind at the time of the ancient Egyptians first and up models with patterned with marine-related, such as ornamental fish, shellfish and jellyfish are beautiful and soft. Read the rest of this entry »
Wedding fashion dress that was very smooth, smooth as satin. This 2011 Trends in beautify wedding dress with a ballgown texture that gives the impression like like a princess. With the form of rose petals and layers of beautiful lace. Will make this dress into the spotlight of the guests who attend, because this dress is very beautiful.
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The dress is simple and colorful are no less beautiful, though not a ballgown. This dress makes the bride look more shiny because of the colorful and beautiful, long dresses and make people want to wear. Soft cloth that becomes visible on the body fit and fell loose. Bright dress also gives the impression that dare to be fashion trend in 2011. Bright colors that signify that we become highlighted and visible.
New generation for the fashion is Item m6. The world’s first meridian stockings, which produced the long experience of medical compressions. Highest quality products “Made in Germany” with a unique effect. ITEM m6 Products enable exactly this point by having them do a nice print on it and thus ensure not only for light, well-shaped legs, but also ensure that you are active, fresh and powerful feeling. Fashion trend item m6 new generation bring one and two new face for inspiration.
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Moslem fashion that comes with a touch of bright colors and soft carrying a moslem progress for fashion enthusiasts who gave an accent that is not left behind as well with today’s fashions. Moslem fashion and clothing styles in the summer event held by APPMI was held in Jakarta 2011, which was designed by famous moslem fashion designers are Hannie Hananto.
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Models and styles of wearing the hijab have varied and not monotonous by using regular clothing like long shirts, jeans or pants you can wear hijab fabric Fashion Hijab Islamic Trend. Whether formal orinformal. Especially with the trend in that a long dress chiffon caftan and there is also an abaya dress or any form of dress as it gives the impression of a closed veil can be wornas well.
The fashion show titled Mercedes-Benz Mexico DFashion ’held in Mexico City. Followed by many reliable and well-known designers. Wide variety of fashion styles and shapes available and worn by models who are very professional with bright color and material quality for sure. A model dressed in designer creations Mexico, Macario Jimenez, in the mat ‘Mercedes-Benz DFashion‘, A model wearing creations Colombian designer JorgeDuque Velez.
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Kebaya modern from Indonesia best models let alone who designed it is a well-known designers such as Anne Avantie. She’s very talented woman but really down to earth one. Through a very long process of hard work and creativity, Anne Avantie known as one of the best designers Kebaya in Indonesia and also in the [...]
Fashion spotlight collections of museum pieces, fashion spotlight to give the feel is so different for celebrities. with the designers who will give a reliable race privilege and with the baengi with accessories that give the impression of an elegant and very charming. Coupled with a long dress with, parts of which are not [...]
Wedding Dresses Trend Spring 2012 Designer Anne Bowen, amazing model trend 2012 for spring. Creates spirited and modern spring 2012 wedding dresses collection. As a luxury brand, her designs reflect on the inner confidence and individuality of women everywhere. Anne Bowen’s wedding dress collection combines a red carpet sensibility with the needs of a the [...]
CFDA Awards is one of the famous celebrity fashion awards and last day the fashion spotlight concentrate lighting them. From Lady Gaga to Kristen Dunst joining this designers, models, and celebrity fashion icons alike stepped out for the annual CFDA Awards Ceremony. And this awards has a celebrity fashion Icon of the Year winner Lady [...]
Batik Collection from Priyo Oktaviano of very elegant and cool when in wear, This batik clothes will make us to be beautiful and attractive when it is used, This batik clothes retains the impression of unique and ethnic, but also still look modern. Priyo Oktaviano as Indonesian people want to show off one of the typical Indonesian clothing through out the world.
Alexander McQueen collections for autum and winter 2011-2012 ready to wear in Paris. Many models fashion from Alexander McQueen collections ready to wear from fashion show in Paris for autum and winter season. Look models can you use in this years and next years.
Trend in 2011 in this spring has come and tred-colored dress fashion. in shape with a longer dress the model back and paired with a soft cloth and smooth.Shirttail hem, tapered hem, cutaway hem… whatever you wish to label it, the basic fact remains: skirts and dresses cut longer at the back are continuing to make their way into our trend bibles, and thus features as a major 2011 fashion trend. These hems fill the void between mini and midi; or between midi and maxi.


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Nice CLEAN LIONEL remake of the classic 1939 229/701 B6
This is the Pennsylvania "8977" B-6 switcher Lionel released in 1989 and 1991.
FUN FACT: Besides being a great high end remake of the 229/701, this switcher was the first Lionel engine released with Railsounds.
- Die-cast metal locomotive
- Die-cast metal tender,
- Electronic railsounds remotely activated by a standard Lionel transformer,
- Smoking stack and steam chest,
- Spoked drivers,
- Three position reverse unit,
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OVO Energy is set to link smart meter data to smart thermostats in an industry first, handing customers greater information to manage their energy and control their carbon footprint.
On 10 December, it announced that emails had been sent to beta testers, offering them a tado° Smart Thermostat linked to their smart meter, which would then be able to extrapolate data to provide bespoke advice on how much money can be saved. Once installed, members would be able to sync their tado° account with their OVO Energy account and allow for energy usage to be matched against the choice of temperature controls. A “Smart Thermostat” option will appear in the My OVO app, providing the ember with personalised advice using data from both devices.
Additional features include scheduling, with the ability to schedule and control heating and hot water from anywhere through both apps; location-based control, with geofencing reminding members to turn down the heating when the last person leaves home; and weather forecasts, as tado° Smart Thermostats adapt to local weather to maximise heating efficiency. OVO highlighted how as boiler usage is set to rise by 56% this winter, with a greater number of people working from home, OVO Energy Members will be able to see the value of temperature controls for the first time ever by seeing the cost implications of setting various temperatures.
The initial beta test is set to be rolled out and available to all OVO Energy members in the UK in autumn 2021.

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Electric vehicle charging stations and what the cost should be to use them was the biggest topic at the latest city council meeting.
The council voted to pass an ordinance amending the Municipal Code to establish a usage fee for residents to use the city’s electricity and to add three new charging stations.
After originally proposing to charge $0.75/hour for the electricity, the council doubled that to $1.50/hour to encourage a quicker turn-over for the prime parking spots.
“I think it [should] be at least a dollar, if not $1.50/hour for that,” said Councilman Robert Fieseler. “I think that would flush some people out of there, that might just squat for a while.”
The new liquor license proposal for the AMC Showplace Theatre off Route 59 was originally on the agenda for that meeting, but was pushed back to February 18.
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HERCULES: THE KNIVES OF KUSH #1 (1 of 5)
Writer STEVE MOORE
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Steve Moore returns to take Radical’s controversial hero into Ancient Egypt, where mysticism and intrigue await. Recovering from the Thracian Wars, Hercules and his surviving band of mercenaries must take on Egyptian spies, assassination and face the mystery of a death cult known only as… Kush.
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Collected for a new generation of readers is the horror classic by Abnett, Tomlinson and White, beginning when two friends are murdered near a rural English town called Callow. No rational mind could anticipate the ancient evil that the survivors will find in the village.
In color for the first time and featuring over 60 previously uncollected pages, this is the definitive edition of the series!
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A corporate team from Addleshaw Goddard, led by David Kirchin, has advised the management shareholders of telecommunications and ISP provider, Commsworld, on a major investment into the company by mid-market private equity house LDC.
Edinburgh-headquartered Commsworld provides connectivity, cloud, security, unified comms, and IT infrastructure services to the public and private sectors, with key client relationships including Taylor Wimpey, Skyscanner and Edinburgh Airport.
Established in 1994, Commsworld has 110 staff based across its offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow, London and Aberdeen and recorded revenues of £20 million for the financial year ending December 2018 - a 41 per cent increase on the previous 12 months.
David Kirchin, Partner and Head of Corporate at Addleshaw Goddard in Scotland, said: “This deal is an extremely important milestone in Commsworld’s drive for UK-wide growth and we are delighted to have supported the team on the transaction. The deal will enable Commsworld to realise its ambitions for another year of double-digit growth and we were proud to support the management team on this exciting phase in Commsworld’s plans for expansion.”


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Rep. Frank Wolf (R., Va.) is calling on the Obama administration to send former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton to South Sudan to help end mass ethnic violence.
Wolf said on Wednesday that the conflict is eerily reminiscent of the Rwandan genocide 20 years ago:
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At press conference on Capitol Hill, Wolf relayed a conversation he had on Monday with an expert on the region who had just been in South Sudan, saying, "I heard of civilians, including women and children, indiscriminately targeted and killed. I learned of houses of worship turned from places of sanctuary to mass graves. I was told of ethnic divisions that now run so deep they could take a generation to heal."
Wolf also showed graphic photos of the atrocities, including one of a pile of bodies from the recent massacre in Bentiu. Wolf said he heard this morning that another attack in Bentiu could be imminent.
"Today, I stand before you as concerned as I have ever been about the state of affairs in South Sudan and the potential for the recent violence to spiral into genocide—a genocide that could defy even the horrors of Rwanda given the oil reserves that are in play," Wolf said.
Wolf said the United States has moral obligation to help. "America helped give birth to South Sudan," Wolf said. " . . . President Obama, you must not allow this to continue. Call on your predecessors to immediately engage in this crisis before more innocent blood is shed. Failure to act will be a stain on your administration’s legacy and a blot on your conscience."
Thousands have died in the conflict that pits President Salva Kiir’s Dinka tribe against rebel forces composed of former Vice President Riek Machar’s Nuer people. Rebel fighters have been urged to rape women of specific ethnicities and attack those seeking refuge in hospitals, mosques, and Catholic churches. Residents in the ethnic Dinka town of Bor recently killed dozens of Nuer people taking shelter at a United Nations base.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday warned of a possible genocide in South Sudan and threatened sanctions against the leaders of the warring factions.


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Arrive Delhi by morning flight and straight drive to Chandigarh, check-into your hotel. Visit Rock Garden, Sukhna Lake and drive past of impressive Govt. Buildings of this most well planned city of India.
Drive to Shimla, via stopping at well laid-out Pinjore Gardens near Kalka, Continue to Shimla, 6900 feet, spread 7 miles along the ridge, it presents substantial evidence of an attempt of the ‘sahibs’ to build an English town in India. Relics of styles long forgotten in England are still evident here. It is a charming town with an almost palpable British presence manifest in buildings like Christ Church, the neo-Tudor Library Building, the famous Scandal Point & many cottages. St. Michael’s Cathedral located just off the Mall is cruciform in design and had fine stained glass. Visit “The Mall”, take the lift at Own costs to get to Mall road, the nerve Centre of Shimla, take a stroll, the shops along and around are worth exploring. Open Spaces & plenty of enchanting walks present excellent views of mountain ranges.
AM check-out & proceed to Kufri- 16 Kms away from Shimla, which during Winters (Usually from End Dec to Feb-March Months) provide ski slopes & is centre of Winter Sports. Optional you may enjoy a pony ride to go around the hills to enjoy some excellent View of the Himalayas. Afternoon drive back to Chandigarh & explore the famous Sector 17 market for some good shopping.
Morning leave in time for Delhi Airport to connect your onward Int’l flight.

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We’re thrilled to announce that Principal and Austin Office Lead Julian Bautista Rojas has been selected for Mass Transit’s 40 Under 40 for 2023. Julian has led significant efforts to promote equitable communities through his work in bus service planning, including projects for CapMetro in Austin, TX; the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in Queens, NY; and the Puerto Rico Integrateg Transit Authority in San Juan, PR. Julian has helped grow and mentor Nelson\Nygaard’s Austin office from a group of four to a team of 16. At Nelson\Nygaard, we know him as a caring, supportive, and dedicated colleague. View Mass Transit’s profile on Julian here.


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Published: 29 Jun 2020 • 18:36
TOURIST-READY: Kilometres of coastline, credit: Denia town hall
IF Benidorm isn’t Bournemouth, nor is Denia, Javea, Moraira or any other Costa Blanca municipality offering sun, sand and sea.
It is inconceivable that the scenario where 500,000 sunseekers descended on Bournemouth could be repeated here.
Tourists – Spanish, British or any other nationality permitted to travel without quarantine – can once again flock to Spain’s beaches.
But town halls here are not ineffectual local councils. They are local governments with political and public safety clout.
Benidorm’s Beach Safety Plan with its cordoned-off plots received as much publicity in the UK as it did in Spain.
Formulas differ but every Costa Blanca town hall knows how many people can safely occupy their sands. And, reading the press releases they send the Euro Weekly News, they intend to keep their beaches safe.
As tourists began arriving, Denia’s mayor Vicent Grimalt recently visited Les Rotes where beaches and coves soon reached their quotas of occupants.
Like his counterparts along the coast, Grimalt called on the public to behave sensibly.
“Unless beachgoers maintain social distancing and take notice of controls we will have no option but to call the police,” the mayor warned.
Jose Chulvi, mayor of neighbouring Javea, pointed out that the town hall has controlled numbers on the Granadella and Portitxol beaches for the last four years.
Despite the inevitable pressure on both coves there was plenty of space on Javea’s other beaches where sunseekers could enjoy the sea and sand and still keep their distance from others, Chulvi said.
“Fortunately we have many kilometres of coastline,” the mayors agreed.
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A Tacoma man who pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter, even though he insists he didn’t participate in a 1991 killing, was sentenced Friday to 30 months in prison.
Michael Schaef, 52, told Pierce County Superior Court Judge Jack Nevin that he took the deal with prosecutors to put what’s been a nearly 25-year ordeal behind him.
“It’s a crime I didn’t commit, but the stakes were too high, your honor,” said Schaef, who faced decades in prison if convicted of first-degree murder as he’d originally been charged.
The 30-month sentence was recommended by deputy prosecutor Tim Jones and defense attorney Philip Thornton. Nevin gave Schaef credit for the 15 months he’s spent locked up while awaiting trial.
Schaef was considered a prime suspect when Jerald Iafrati, 28, was shot to death in May 6, 1991, in what investigators surmised was a drug deal gone sour.
Detectives worked the case but could not gather enough evidence for prosecutors to charge Schaef.
The case was revived when Schaef’s ex-wife, Nicole Wyatt, told investigators Schaef was involved in Iafrati’s death.
Wyatt later recanted, but in 2013 reiterated her earlier claims, and detectives arrested Schaef last year. He was charged with first-degree murder.
But the prosecution’s case began to erode.
Jones wrote in court records that Wyatt’s credibility had become suspect because of a felony conviction and mental health troubles. What’s more, DNA evidence collected at the crime scene was inconclusive, Jones said.
Prosecutors then agreed to cut a deal.
Wyatt’s stepfather wrote a letter to Nevin vouching for her credibility, but the letter came after the plea deal was done.
Before his arrest, Schaef was active in the local marijuana industry, including running the upstairs pot bar at the Stonegate and operating a medical marijuana dispensary called GreenLight Expo.


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- Denomination: 20 rubles
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- Fine silver content, g: 31.1
- Quality: "proof", Pad-printed elements are used.
- Diameter, mm: 50
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at the top – the relief image of the State Coat of Arms of the Republic of Belarus; in the center of the coin within the circle – the image of a fragment of the one-faced belt produced by the manufactory of Slutsk (1776–1780) and exhibited in the National Museum of History and Culture of Belarus (on a silver coin the belt’s fragment is reproduced with the help of pad-printing technique); at the top along the rim an inscription: РЭСПУБЛІКА БЕЛАРУСЬ (THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS); on the left – the year of issue, on the right – alloy standard (on a silver coin) and artistic element (on a copper-nickel one), on the bottom – denomination: 20 РУБЛЁЎ (20 RUBLES) on a silver coin and 1 РУБЕЛЬ (1 RUBLE) on a copper-nickel one.
on the left along the rim an inscription: СЛУЦКІЯ ПАЯСЫ. ШЛЯХЕЦКІ КАСЦЮМ (THE BELTS OF SLUTSK. NOBLEMAN’S DRESS); on the left – the image of a man’s figure (a nobleman) in the traditional costume, girt with the belt of Slutsk; on the right – a stylized image of his bloodline as a symbol of a noble family.


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The memories of the first time I heard these lyrics have been erased over time, but the words remain in my soul. My guess would be that I heard it in children’s Church on Sunday morning as part of our worship time. We would sing the central part of the song, and then we would break it down. He has the “little bitty babies” in his hands. He has “you and me sister” in his hands. If there were enough time, we could have kept adding verses to express this one central thought; God has everything in the world in his hands.
Somewhere along the way, I slowly stopped believing the song, even if I kept singing it. I was repeatedly told to be a “self-made man” who would “pull himself up by his bootstraps” and “work as everything depended on me.” Every day I gave myself to the pursuit of MY dreams while still acknowledging that God had the whole world in his hands. My voice might have said, “He,” but my actions revealed that what I truly believed in was “Me.”
I felt I was in control of my career, my finances, my family, my health, and my relationships. Then something happened. A virus swept across the land, and I suddenly felt this loss of control, which seems odd in retrospect, since I never really had it. What really happened was the mirage of self-reliance faded, and the truth of sovereignty remained.
After doing some research, I discovered that this song became popular in the United States in 1957-58, but it was originally an African American Spiritual. While it was first published in 1927, it had existed in this country for years as a song that echoed from the lips of the slaves. Can you imagine? Every day your life is controlled by someone else. The master tells you when to rise and when to sleep. You can be bought and sold, and your world overturned in a moment’s notice. Your life feels like it is entirely at the mercy of someone else. Then you walk into the fields, and the words ring out, “He’s got the whole world in his hands.” A vocalization of God’s sovereignty and power in situations in which you feel helpless.
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Recent studies have detected a growing trend of using video to report the news in cybermedia. Despite video has become an important element for digital press; theses studies reveal that in the Spanish case only 1 out of 3 of videos are produced exclusively for the web. The vast majority of the videos broadcasted online come from press agencies.
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A minor league baseball park in outer Southeast Portland falls short on almost every measure -- attendance, development prospects, ticket revenue and parking -- compared with the former front-running site at Memorial Coliseum, the city's own consultant says in a report.The analysis from HVS International compared Portland Beavers operations to other minor league teams around the country and evaluated projections for the new $48million Lents Park stadium submitted to the city by team owner Merritt Paulson.
The findings are potentially important for Portland City Commissioner Dan Saltzman, who holds the crucial third vote needed to make the project happen. Saltzman has previously said the City Council should drop the baseball park plan "if community support is ambiguous or the financials don't look good."
Saltzman said Thursday that he was not prepared to comment on the report. "I am aware that it shows lower figures," he said. "I have to go through the whole report. It's my weekend reading."
Paulson, who also owns the Portland Timbers minor league soccer team, wants to move the Beavers out of PGE Park to make room for a Major League Soccer franchise he has agreed to buy. His deal with the city includes a new home for the Beavers and extensive renovations to PGE Park for soccer.
Paulson said he expects to get far better results at Lents than the consultant's report indicates but agrees that Lents doesn't measure up to the coliseum site.
The report found that Beavers attendance, already lousy at PGE Park, could be significantly worse in Lents. Annual reported attendance at PGE Park -- 392,512 -- is 18 percent below the league average and 9percent below the average of teams with suburban stadiums.
Suburban stadiums are generally considered inferior to central city locations, the consultant said. And with a move to Southeast Portland, city officials think Beavers turnstiles would see 15 to 20 percent less traffic than at the coliseum site.
The city dropped the coliseum idea over community objections to tearing down the modernist arena as well as difficulties putting together the necessary financing package.
Paulson's projections for Lents show paid game day attendance of 3,800 in 2011, when the stadium would open, declining to less than 3,200 over the next five years.
That's less than half the Triple A average of 6,683 and lower than attendance reported by every one of the 30 Triple A baseball teams nationwide in 2008. But the report also noted that the league's average estimates include unpaid attendance, so it's not a one-to-one comparison.
"Even I'm surprised that the projections are so low; that's abysmal," said Nick Christensen, spokesman for Friends of Lents Park, a group of neighbors who oppose the stadium.
Reduced attendance means less merchandise and concession sales. The venue also would likely see fewer concerts and sponsorship and naming rights would decline, the consultant said.
In addition, HVS concluded that visitor spending in the neighborhood and economic development opportunities in the immediate vicinity would be limited.
"The surrounding residential housing will also limit the timing of concerts, the park's ability to book larger exhibition games, and the types of promotions permitted at the ballparks such as fireworks," HVS said.
Paulson's projections show the baseball team eking out an operating profit in 2011, though 80 percent lower than in the coliseum deal. HVS also noted that total annual revenues in Lents would be $1.1million lower and that Paulson would lose $1 million a year for the first seven years of the deal after counting the cost of buying the Beavers.
Paulson said the consultant's report used conservative projections that his company submitted to the city to prove it could make the deal work financially even with low attendance numbers.
He expects actual attendance to be much higher: an average of more than 6,000 a game.
"The financials that I shared with the city show that we can do a profitable business in the 3,000s, slightly less than our (paid attendance) numbers in PGE Park now," he said.
City Commissioner Randy Leonard, the champion of the Lents location, rejected HVS' assumption that Lents is a suburban area similar to Hillsboro or Clark County.
"I think the assumptions that there won't be attendance at Lents is going to be refuted quickly," he said. "Baseball is a working-class sport, and this is going into the middle of a working-class geographic area. That isn't taken into account."
HVS still considers elements of the projections optimistic: for instance, an average of 600 fans per game paying $24 for a club seat. That is no decline from earlier projections at the coliseum that HVS had already concluded were optimistic.
The report also stressed the importance of parking for a suburban stadium and said it wasn't clear that the Lents Park site has adequate capacity.
Peregrine's projections assume that an average of 855 cars per game will pay $5.55 to park at the stadium. The Portland Bureau of Parks & Recreation, however, estimates room for only 260 parking spaces in Lents Park.
Paulson agreed that adequate parking was mandatory. "We think our parking plan with the city would give us that," he said. "It's significantly more than what the HVS report showed."
Leonard said HVS didn't count the roughly 250 on-street spaces that would draw revenue from new parking meters that would operate only during ball games and other events.
There are roughly 2,200 parking spaces at TriMet lots between the Clackamas Town Center and Gateway transit centers. Leonard said he's negotiating a deal with TriMet to have baseball tickets double as a light-rail pass. The MAX Green Line, which will open this fall, will stop a half-block from the stadium site.
And as far as Paulson losing money, Leonard said he doesn't believe the projections. Regardless, he said, they are unimportant because Paulson is paying for construction cost overruns and has guaranteed his rent payments and ticket taxes.
Commissioner Amanda Fritz sent a letter to the mayor and the City Council on Thursday voicing her opposition to the Lents proposal, saying that park space would be lost, economic development projects would be delayed or eliminated and the city's general fund could be exposed under one funding scenario.
"I believe money generated in Lents should provide family-wage jobs and home ownership assistance for the people of Lents rather than a venue for occasional entertainment visited by residents of the rest of the region," she wrote.
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