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Even some of the smartest guys in the room got this one wrong.
The billionaire hedge fund manager Leon Cooperman told an audience of Wall Street insiders on Wednesday that there was a 70 percent probability that Britain would stay inside the European Union. "I don't worry about Brexit," he added.
Two weeks earlier, , who became known as the man who broke the Bank of England with a bet against the British pound in 1992, said he was "confident that as we get closer to the Brexit vote, the 'remain' camp is getting stronger."
"Markets are not always right, but in this case I agree with them," Mr. Soros added.
Then on Thursday, the British electorate voted to leave. The reaction in markets was swift and violent: Stocks around the world went into free fall, the British pound sank to a more than 30-year low against the dollar, and central banks pledged to provide emergency help.
Ben Hunt of Salient Partners, went as far as to call it a "Bear Stearns moment," evoking the investment firm whose collapse in March 2008 was a prelude to the financial chaos that September.
Yet even as the most successful hedge fund managers now survey a sea of down markets, panic has not gripped the industry. That's because many hedge fund managers watched the elections from the sidelines. Any winners and losers will be determined in the days and weeks after the vote.
"We're not in panic mode. We're just trying to get a sense of things," said Hans Humes, who runs Greylock Capital, a hedge fund firm that specializes in distressed bonds, adding that Greylock did not make any bets on the Brexit poll.
"There was a ton of cash on the sidelines," he added.
Britain's vote to leave the European Union poses difficult questions for investment firms like Greylock, which made big bets on Greece as it teetered on the brink of economic collapse. At a time when many European countries are dealing with flagging economies, Mr. Humes said he was concerned that the Brexit vote would feed a growing populist surge across the Continent, threatening to chip away at the foundation of the European Union.
Other managers sold their risky assets as the markets climbed higher ahead of the vote in anticipation of a "remain" vote, said Troy Gayeski of SkyBridge Capital, a $12.5 billion firm that invests in hedge fund portfolios.
"Very few, if any, were so convinced that Brexit was going to happen that they would risk enough capital to make money from it," he said.
Jason N. Ader, chief investment officer of the hedge fund SpringOwl Asset Management, said his firm bet against a basket of companies with high exposure to the British pound going into the poll on Thursday to counteract a potential hit to one of his firm's biggest investments, in GVC Holdings, a British online-gambling company.
As to whether he planned to make any fresh bets after the vote, Mr. Ader said, "This will take a long time to shake out."
It may not be surprising that a number of hedge funds are proceeding with caution. The last major episode of market turmoil, when Chinese stocks tumbled last summer, sent many hedge funds reeling. Some have yet to recover.
Even as few major winners have emerged, anyone who had large holdings in safe havens like Treasury securities and gold — which rose sharply on Friday — looked smart the day after the vote. That includes Mr. Soros, who told The Wall Street Journal that he didn't think a Brexit was likely in an interview just a few weeks ago. His Soros Fund Management has taken long positions in gold through an exchange-traded fund, according to recent regulatory filings.
More from the New York Times:
Whether Mr. Soros took any positions to profit from a Brexit is unclear. A day after the referendum, he warned of the consequences of the Brexit vote.
"The consequences for the real economy will be comparable only to the financial crisis of 2007-2008," he wrote in a post on the opinion website Project Syndicate.
Mr. Cooperman, who cited optimistic figures about the "remain" vote, also sounded a cautious note when he spoke at a Youth INC charity event at the Metropolitan Club in Manhattan on Wednesday.
"I think Brexit is going to have a very negative impact on Europe if it happens," Mr. Cooperman told an audience of investment professionals.
By Friday, he had adopted a darker view.
"My friend at Microsoft was dead wrong, as was I," Mr. Cooperman said, referring to the source of his optimistic probability of Britain's voting to remain. "This, too, shall pass."


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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has released its final environmental impact statement for the Mountain Valley pipeline project.
Regulations & standards
DNV GL updates the widely used recommended practice for free spanning pipelines.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a resolution urging the federal government to work with Texas in unravelling overreaching regulations.
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The Gas Pipeline Advisory Committee is set to discuss the proposed rulemaking for onshore gas transmission and gathering pipelines.
DNV GL has launched a new recommended practice that is dedicated to the interaction of the pipeline and soil, DNVGL-RP-F114 ‘Pipe-soil interaction for submarine pipelines’.
Ashtead Technology has received further endorsement from the UK Accreditation Service (UKAS) for its enhanced range of calibration services.
The Polish Oil and Gas Co. has called for the European Commission to fine Gazprom and create competitive conditions on the gas market.
The C.D. Howe Institute has released a new report, which suggests that the government of Canada should restore the National Energy Board’s decision making authority.

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Young, Brian. “Patrician Elites and Power in Nineteenth-Century Montreal and Quebec City.” In Who Ran the Cities? City Elites and Urban Power Structures in Europe and North America, 1750-1940, edited by Robert Beachy and Ralf Roth, 229–246. [S.l.]: Ashgate, 2007.
Young, Brian. “Death, Burial, and Protestant Identity in an Elite Family: The Montreal McCords.” In Negotiating Identities in 19th- and 20th-Century Montreal, edited by Bettina Bradbury and Tamara Myers, 101–119. Vancouver, BC: UBC Press, 2005.

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It's just so heartening to know that the Pufferfish Series lives on that it's difficult to remain objective about the latest book. HOW THE DEAD SEE is the second of the re-emergence of David Owen's much loved, acerbic, dry, funny, dark and quite prickly Detective Inspector Franz Heineken.
There are some things that never change in these books - Pufferfish (his nickname is a direct correlation between Heineken's prickly, dangerous, lurking personality and that of the fish in question), is, as always, dry, prickly, and acerbic, with the addition of being quietly and pointedly determined to see the crooks go down. The crimes are always nicely balanced - in this case the supposed suicide of local boy made big-time Hollywood movie star (before he went downhill), and the theft of very valuable jewellery from another location altogether. Both crimes that Pufferfish and his team, in a small force like the Tasmanian Police Force, have to juggle simultaneously. Along the way they manage the priorities of stakeouts in less salubrious parts with the wealth and weirdness of those that circle even a falling Hollywood star.
All of the Pufferfish series are told in first-person, straight from the mouth of Pufferfish. His observations, his thoughts, his voice is therefore central to the books, and the irony and sarcasm often drip almost visually from the words on the page. Everybody is a target for his baleful eye - even himself. Nobody avoids Pufferfish scrutiny, nobody is forgotten (much to the chagrin of the old Tasmania crim collective), nothing is ever missed. It's not just the sarcasm that's visual, there's an image of Pufferfish that builds up as you read these books - you can see the man, you can hear him mutter, you can feel how skewering that gaze would be. And the books are funny. Maybe not laugh out loud funny, but you can't help but smile, you can't help but feel a snigger at some points. You can't help but almost feel sorry for the poor hapless fools that think they can go up against Detective Inspector Franz Heineken and not come out just a little bit burned.
The ongoing life of the Pufferfish series is a thing of great joy. David Owen created a fabulous character all those years ago, and HOW THE DEAD SEE is the latest in some terrific books.
You can purchase this and the earlier book in the re-emerged series NO WEATHER FOR A BURIAL direct from http://www.fortysouth.com.au

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BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – Sixty-five percent of cyclists on the road feel unsafe, a recent survey has revealed, with 69 percent of respondents saying dedicated bike lanes should be introduced on Brunei’s roads
There have been 83 road accidents involving cyclists between 2014 and June of this year, with four resulting in fatalities.
The National Road Safety Council conducted the online survey in June 2019, polling almost 2,000 people. They shared the results on Tuesday during a high-level policy dialogue on cycling and road safety at the Centrepoint Hotel.
Five areas have been identified as high-risk for cyclists: the highway running from Muara to Kuala Belait; the Hassanal Bolkiah Highway; the DPMM Highway; the Tungku Link Highway; and the old road from Jerudong to Tutong.
Acting Director of the Land Transport Department, Hj Rozaly Hj Saidon, said the road safety council is looking into solutions to bring down the number of cycling accidents, including the feasibility of establishing cycling lanes and identifying alternative routes for cyclists.
Fifty-one percent of survey respondents said cycling on the highway should be limited. Seventy percent of the 2,000 respondents said they cycle on the roads for sport or leisure, while 29 percent said they don’t cycle. Just 0.96 percent said they cycle to work.
Hj Rozaly said the government will be rolling out an amendment to the Road Traffic (Bicycle) Regulations, 2006 which will establish guidelines for safety vehicles escorting groups of cyclists on highway excusrions.


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July 1, 2022
In July 2013, police arrested Purvi Patel, 33, at a Mishawaka, Indiana hospital. She had arrived at the emergency room bleeding profusely, and though she initially denied being pregnant, she later disclosed that she had miscarried. Believing the fetus to be stillborn and unsure of what to do, Patel told medical staff that she had placed the remains in a dumpster. When police searched Patel’s phone, they found texts indicating that she had ordered abortion-inducing pills from Hong Kong without a prescription. Less than two years later, on March 30, 2015, Patel became the first person in U.S. history to be convicted of feticide, defined as “an act that causes the death of a fetus,” and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Though officials ended up releasing her in 2016 after reducing her sentence, in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade — which ended the federal right to an abortion, letting individual states choose for themselves — Patel’s story has resurfaced.
As people across the world reacted this past week to the historic judicial decision, we spoke to South Asian Americans — a group likely to support abortion and undergo it — to understand how the ruling affects the community and their reactions.

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Montini: Dr. Huxtable morphs into Mr. Hyde
Now, instead of simply being offensive, Bill Cosby is going on the offensive.
He’s filing defamation claims against seven of his female accusers.
"Mr. Cosby states plainly that he neither drugged nor sexually assaulted the defendants and that each defendant has maliciously and knowingly published multiple false statements and accusations from Fall 2014 through the current day in an effort to cause damage to Mr. Cosby's reputation and to extract financial gains," Cosby's attorney, Monique Pressley, told USA TODAY in a statement.
Meantime, attorney Joseph Cammarata, who represents the seven women named in the suit, said, "This was expected. It’s a page out of a defense lawyer’s playbook. It’s curious to me how there can be scores of other ladies who have come out, and yet Mr. Cosby has singled out seven of them to bring a claim against. It’s seems a bit retaliatory to me.”
Nearly 50 women have spoken out against Cosby.
Imagine that number.
It has taken a long time for the word to get out.
Back in 2004, a woman brought a civil lawsuit against Cosby claiming that she had been drugged and sexually assaulted by him. Another 13 women joined that suit. It was settled in 2006, though the terms were undisclosed.
Then other women began coming forward.
Cosby has never been charged with a crime but the accusations and the lawsuits began piling up.
For the longest time, we didn't want to believe them. This was Bill Cosby, after all, star of "The Cosby Show," playing the world's greatest father, Dr. Heathcliff Huxtable. We didn't want to believe he had a secret life as Mr. Hyde.
In 2005, Matt Lauer of the "Today" show did an interview with a woman who said she was sexually assaulted by Cosby in the 1970s.
People magazine published an article about Cosby and women who made similar accusations in 2006.
Other women spoke publicly in other media outlets.
A writer for Gawker put it best: "Basically nobody wanted to live in a world where Bill Cosby was a sexual predator."
Then the Associate Press wrote about a 2005 deposition in which Cosby admitted that he got Quaaludes with the intent of giving them to young women with whom he wanted to have sex, and that he also admitted to giving the sedative to at least one woman and to "other people."
And women kept coming forward. All with similar stories.
Now Cosby is firing back.
Or is it backfiring?
Legal experts believe Cosby’s counter suit will make it more likely that the case against him will wind up in open court.
Imagine the weeks of testimony. Woman after woman.
Mr. Hyde might enjoy such a torturous exercise.
But Dr. Huxtable would never recover.

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Guest teacher, Damian Boyd, joins us to pickup in our After Amen series by looking at the life of Joseph (Genesis 37-50). We’ll see through Joseph’s story that the Lord was with him through every hardship, and how, through it all, he thrived and relied on God.


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Centura Health RN Case Manager in Lakewood, Colorado
St. Anthony Hospital is located in the western Denver suburb of Lakewood and is a Level I Trauma Center with four dedicated trauma rooms including the T-10 room, a dedicated field-to-surgery suite ready 24/7 for trauma surgeons and specially trained teams who provide life-saving care to the most severely ill and injured patients. St. Anthony proudly provides a full range of medical specialties and health care services to Denver and the surrounding region with a state-of-the-art medical campus. If you’re looking to be part of a fast-paced environment where you can practice to the top of your profession in trauma, cardiology, stroke, neurosciences, breast imaging, cancer/oncology care, surgery and more, we encourage you to apply. In addition to a new campus, supportive team and faith-based mission, we’re proud to be the recipient of numerous awards, certifications and accreditations from the American Heart Association; Chest Pain Center (CPC); American College of Cardiology; The Joint Commission’s National Quality Approval; Healthgrades (for Stroke, Critical Care and Prostate Surgery Excellence); the Emergency Nurses Association Lantern Award; NAPBC Accreditation; American College of Radiology and many others. For more information about St. Anthony Hospital, visit http://www.stanthonyhosp.org/.
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The Case Manager is assigned to specific Hospital Units to facilitate the care plan for the inpatient episode, proactively monitor clinical quality and facilitate timely discharge. Using a collaborative interdisciplinary approach, the Case Manager will confirm the plan of care and focus on anticipation, integration and coordination of clinical care and discharge planning services necessary to meet the needs of patients in order to optimize clinical outcomes and resource utilization.
Graduate of Accredited School of Nursing
Current Colorado RN License
BLS certification from American Heart Association preferred
WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
Minimum of 3 years clinical experience as Registered Nurse
Experience in case management, utilization review, nursing clinical quality or discharge planning preferred
Excellent communication/presentation skills.
Ability to multi-task, set priorities and maintain organization. Computer skills.
Important notification to applicants as of Nov. 20, 2014: Effective Jan. 1, 2015, Centura Health will no longer hire tobacco users in Colorado and Kansas. The change to our policy does not apply to associates hired on or before Dec. 31, 2014. Centura Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer, M/F/D/V.

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What size is your tank?
What temperature is your tank?
Does your tank have a filter?
Does your tank have an air stone or other type of aeration?
Is your tank heated?
What tank mates does your betta fish live with?
What type of food do you feed your betta fish?
aqueon betta food
How often do you feed your betta fish?
twice daily with 2-3 pellets
How often do you perform a water change?
What percentage of the water do you change when you perform a water change?
100% and 50%
What type of additives do you add to the water when you perform a water change?
prime and top fin bacteria supplement
Have you tested your water? If so, what are the following parameters?
Symptoms and Treatment
How has your betta fish's appearance changed?
caudal fin isn't as long as it used to be. no longer bue but like a light gray/black? on the very tips of the points there is clear spots.
How has your betta fish's behavior changed?
nothing that makes me worry. he gets mad and flairs at the filter. he sometimes rides the current repeatedly but i unplugged it for now.
When did you start noticing the symptoms?
Have you started treating your fish? If so, how?
nothing yet. i unplugged the filter for still water.
Does your fish have any history of being ill?
How old is your fish (approximately)?
purchased from LFS in may

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Chella Quint’s wind turbine installation takes the novel form of a department store window display. You can see it at Dina, 32 Cambridge Street.
- Urban Turbines: Projections of a Sustainable Future
- Urban Turbines: Motorised Motifs Crafternoon
- Urban Turbines: A Really Big Fan!
Artist/maker Chella Quint has energy to spare. After leading a smaller-scale project for the Manchester Science Festival, she approached Energy2050, the University’s dedicated energy research network, with a proposal for Urban Turbines. Professor Lin Ma works on the SWIP project, an EU initiative to encourage smaller wind turbines in urban settings.
Dr Ava Shahrokhi is a research fellow in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Ava is part of a major European project on the design, manufacture and installation of small and medium-sized wind turbines.
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Mirica® for Brain/Nervous System Support*
A healthy inflammatory response is known to play a major role in our overall health. Prolonged inflammation has been linked to pain and various mental and physical health conditions. Inflammation is regulated by immune cells throughout the body. When these cells respond too vigorously for too long, inflammation occurs, resulting in damage. The delicate neurons of the brain/nervous system (which have the essential job of sending the electrical signals across the brain and throughout the body that keep the entire body working) are especially vulnerable to the effects of inflammation. As we age, immune cells can become dysregulated and begin to wreak havoc on the delicate neurons and surrounding tissues, this can lead to increased inflammation and damage, accelerating the aging process even further. Thankfully there’s a system in place that minimizes damage to these precious cells.
The Brain's Defense Team
The brain/nervous system has its own team of immune cells, and its star players are the astrocytes, microglia and mast cells.
These cells do a great job of keeping neurons safe from harm so they can function optimally. When neurons of the brain are functioning well, we can think clearly, recall information quickly, and our mood will be balanced. When the neurons throughout the body are healthy, we experience less pain and are able to move with ease.
Both key ingredients in Mirica® have been shown to support the nervous system and reduce inflammation by targeting inflammation at its source, immune cells.*
Palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) is produced by various cells throughout the body. It plays a key role in protecting and repairing tissues and minimizing pain.* Since its discovery in 1957, PEA has been studied extensively for its anti-inflammatory, neuro-protective and analgesic properties.* PEA has been shown through numerous studies to modulate (regulate) the activation of mast cells, microglia, and astrocytes resulting in PEA’s neuroprotective and pain reducing properties.* (It’s important to note, PEA is not an immune suppressant, but an immune modulator.) Human clinical trials have shown PEA can improve mood and reduce everyday aches and pains.*
Luteolin is found in many herbs and vegetables. It is a flavonoid and potent antioxidant. (Antioxidants reduce oxidative stress, which is held to be associated with aging.) Luteolin has been shown through multiple animal studies to decrease pain and inflammation.*


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House Democrats are doubtful of bringing a vote to extend the federal eviction moratorium before it expires on Saturday, with doubts emerging that there would not be enough Democratic votes to pass it.
A House panel met Friday morning to try and pass a last-minute extension after the White House confirmed they would allow it to expire this weekend. President Biden subsequently called upon Congress to expand the COVID-19 protection for tenants with the country facing rising cases of the Delta variant.
A Democratic lawmaker privately told The Washington Times that he did not believe the House had the votes to pass the extension and it was unlikely to come to a vote on Friday, the last day the lower chamber plans to be in session before a monthlong recess.
Members of the progressive wing of the caucus have been vocal about the need to extend the moratorium, which currently protects at least 6.4 million renters from being kicked out of their homes.
In June, more than 40 House Democrats wrote to Mr. Biden and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky urging them to extend and strengthen the current eviction moratorium in place.
“The impact of the federal moratorium cannot be overstated, and the need to strengthen and extend it is an urgent matter of health, racial, and economic justice,” the letter reads.
Members who signed onto the letter include Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Cori Bush of Missouri, and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts.
At a press conference led by Democratic leadership on Friday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi seemed to put the responsibility onto the CDC.
“We would like the CDC to expand the moratorium,” Mrs. Pelosi, California Democrat, said. “That’s where it can be done.”
The CDC’s eviction moratorium was put in place last year by former President Donald Trump and extended under Mr. Biden.
The White House said the president supports an extension of the eviction ban but the Supreme Court tied this hands in June by signaling it would strike down another extension unless Congress authorizes it.
“President Biden would have strongly supported a decision by the CDC to further extend this eviction moratorium to protect renters at this moment of heightened vulnerability,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement. “Unfortunately, the Supreme Court has made clear that this option is no longer available.”
Rep. Earl Blumenauer, Oregon Democrat, refused to rule out a House vote today, though he alluded to possibly a vote was not in the offing.
“One would think if they had the votes, we would be voting,” Mr. Blumenauer told The Washington Times. “It’s a work in progress.”
If the House mustered the votes to pass an extension, the bill would almost certainly die in a Republican filibuster when it reached the Senate.
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, Missouri Democrat, said he hasn’t heard any frustrations towards the Biden administration on its 11th-hour ask but conceded that the request was “last minute.”
Mr. Cleaver chairs the subcommittee on housing, community development, and insurance under the House Financial Services Committee.
“It may be difficult to get this done today,” he said in an interview. “But it’s not because people aren’t interested. It’s just not that simple.”
Mr. Cleaver said he expects Democratic leaders to meet with the White House later Friday to discuss the matter.
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We propose several Asturian corners that offer a unique environment, and that is why many people seek to take some photos and share them later on their social networks. I'm sure there are many others, so we'll do another report with more locations. Let's instagram!
Eye of Peña Mea
To reach our goal, we started the route in Pelúgano at an altitude of 580 m. This town belongs to Municipality of Aller. We are going from Levinco along the AE-5 highway. We parked and headed towards Pelúgano de Arriba where there is a large hermitage and an informative poster of the PR.AS-262 that goes to the summit of Peña Mea. At about 1300 m altitude we reach our destination. The famous Ojo de Buey, also known as L'Arco, its 30 meters high and its shape, due to the erosion of the calcareous rock, are completely overwhelming. If we want to reach the summit of Peña Mea there is still half a route to do.
Tower of Peñerudes
The tower dates from the XNUMXth century and with its silhouette it dominates the lands of Morcín. It only keeps a good part of the medieval castle keep and remains of the wall and fortifications. It was raised as part of a defensive system for Oviedo. The square-shaped tower and its walls are almost two and a half meters thick. Despite being in ruins, it conserves an arrow slit and a door on the first floor. In the second three arrow slits and the main door. In the third a loophole and the remains of a courtier.
The esplanade on which the different buildings stand is a space charged with magic and harmony, where white cement predominates, ideal for photographing. The Mirador-Tower, 20 meters high, with harmonious spiral staircases, allows us to appreciate the layout of the work on the estuary. The Auditorium, in intense yellow and with a drawing of large and delicate strokes of a woman, invites us to position ourselves and take a picture of pure contrast. The helicoidal staircase of La Cúpula or hemisphere constitutes an ideal place for the purpose to which we have gone. Take up positions and shoot!
The Niemeyer Center
The Niemeyer Center is a unique species of its kind, a cultural agglutinator who seeks the…
Cabo Vidio Bank
Maybe it's already the most famous bank on the entire Cantabrian coast or even from the peninsula. We can make a small route to visit this viewpoint from the town of Oviñana, in Cudillero. It's easily accessible, come on, a nice walk. Perhaps the best photos are those taken in the sunsets from this viewpoint. Undoubtedly the views of the cliffs and beaches deserve to approach this stretch of coast.
Surely someone has already recommended it to you and you still have it among your pending destinations. If so, no...
We approach the asturian west coast and we visited the beautiful beach of Porcía, between the municipalities of Tapia de Casariego and El Franco. In it they have installed a very large frame, great for taking a picture, in the area known as La Atalaya de Porcía. This installation is associated with the initiative of the Spanish Rural Development Network (REDR) Marcos ODS with which it intends to generate new tourist itineraries and value the Sustainable Development Goals.
The beach and estuary complex, with small marshes and dunes, is a refuge for migratory birds…
Signs of Gijón
have become Gijon symbol. From its location, in the Gijón marina, they have become one of the corners of obligatory city stop. Are from solid steel in the characteristic red color of the city, logically, and measure more than three meters high. A full-fledged photocall. Its location was chosen in a popular consultation carried out by the city council to Internet users. Without a doubt, a success, since everyone who passes wants to keep that beautiful memory of their visit to the city of the Costa Verde. There are five steel letters that were devised by Mayor Paz Fernández Felgueroso and made by Femetal.
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Gijón is the largest city in the Principality of Asturias, and the industrial and tourist capital of the region. A …
A Paicega viewpoint
Today it is an uninhabited place, but in its day it was a village built for the workers of the Grandas de Salime dam and that even had its own police. To get there you have to put on your hiking boots and walk. We leave Pesoz, pass through the town of Sanzo and after 3,2 km we reach our destination. From the town we see the reservoir, you will have splendid views of the Navia River and the surrounding mountains in the area. an idyllic setting.
Menina of Llanes
In the spring of 2023, the "Menina de Llanes" was installed, a sculpture inspired by the famous work of Velázquez, this time, dressed as a llanisca. It is located on the bridge over the Carrocedo river, an indisputable place of passage when visiting the Lanisca town. Its author is the Venezuelan sculptor Antonio Azzato Sordo, with maternal roots in Llanes. According to him, the work "occupies a magical space in the town, it will surely be the objective and setting for numerous photographs and will serve to convey the idea that Llanes is a wonderful place." .
The Menina of Llanes
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Last night's Duke-Utah game seemingly ended in a 62-57 win for Duke. With eight seconds remaining Utah's Jordan Loveridge missed a three-pointer, and the Utah players only half-heartedly tried to foul or tie up the rebounder, Duke's Quinn Cook. But with 0.7 seconds left a referee blew for a foul against Cook, the sound of his whistle drowned out by the sound of the end-of-game buzzer. After some confusion, Cook was sent to the line where he sunk the second of two free throws, for a final score of 63-57. Cook's made free throw had no effect on the outcome of the game, but it did in Vegas, where Duke was a five point favorite at most sportsbooks.
This is a similar story to VCU's meaningless layup last week that caused bettors to go nuts. ESPN reports that most of the money bet on yesterday's games was bet on the Duke-Utah game, and most of that money was bet on Duke. Cook's final, meaningless free throw made for a lot of happy bettors and a lot of sad sportsbooks, with three different ones telling ESPN they suffered hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars in losses, all based on a measly free throw.
I haven't been able to find any video of the moment. If you know of any, drop them in the comments.
Correction: The original version of the post had a video that I said was of the end of the Duke-Utah, but was actually the end of the Michigan State-Oklahoma game. Thanks to reader Neil for alerting me.
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U of M expert available to speak on Independence Day, patriotism and the war
June 30, 2010
As the nation celebrates Independence Day this weekend, with many Americans proudly displaying the flag and participating in parades and fireworks celebrations, feelings of patriotism will abound. But what is the significance of these expressions, in particular as the nation’s military is engaged in ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan?
A University of Minnesota expert who can comment on expressions of patriotism in times of war and peace is:
Ronald Krebs, associate professor of political science, University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts
Krebs believes that expressions of patriotism are at least as widespread today as they ever have been – even as today’s patriotism demands less of Americans. “As Americans, including our politicians, have grown more distant from the military experience, a sort of ‘muscular’ patriotism has become an easy and cheap way to prove one's devotion to America,” Krebs says.
Krebs says that American forces being stationed abroad, or even engaged in war, is no guarantee of broad-based public support for the war itself. “People rally around the flag in a war’s initial weeks and even months, but those effects are short-lived. So while Americans still ‘support our soldiers,’ for some time now, they've been quite skeptical of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.”
Krebs’ research focuses on the origins and consequences of international conflict and military service. His recently published book, “Fighting for Rights: Military Service and the Politics of Citizenship,” explores how and when the military’s participation policies shape minorities’ struggle for citizenship rights.
To interview Krebs, contact Jeff Falk at (612) 626-1720 or firstname.lastname@example.org; or Tessa Eagan at (612) 625-3781 or email@example.com.
Expert Alert is a service provided by the University News Service. Delivered regularly, Expert Alert is designed to connect university experts to today's breaking news and current events. For an archive and other useful media services, visit www.unews.umn.edu. Views expressed by experts do not represent the views of the University of Minnesota.


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Marsha Bellsey’s painting, “It’s in the lyrics,” was honored for most creative approach in the intermediate/advanced category of the SaddleBrooke Fine Art Guild’s pandemic season “One image, no limits” contest.
“I wasn’t going to enter, but then when the deadline was extended because of the pandemic, I thought, ‘Let me give it a try,’” Bellsey explained. “It was a really nice thing to focus on. I looked at the photo and the first thing that popped into my head was the 1950s song, ‘The Green Door.’ That was my inspiration. Finding a way to get the song into my painting became my challenge.”
Bellsey noted that she first tried to incorporate the lyrics into the painting but it didn’t work. “My solution was to overlay the lyrics on a clear sheet,” she said. “I like to use humor and even irony in my paintings. This was a fun song, probably about a honky tonk. I wrote the lyrics in a fine-tipped sharpie and added rhinestones to dot the i’s. The basic painting was done in acrylics. They dry fast and are easy to paint over if you want to change something,” she added.
Contest Judge Laurie Brussel commented that the entry was “tremendously creative, well thought out, with good composition,” adding that the entrant used a lot of ingenuity.
Bellsey said she’s been drawing all her life, ever since she could hold a crayon in her hand.
“I end up drawing most days, feet up on the sofa. An idea pops into my head and I have to draw it. I haven’t yet committed to a permanent studio space, but I can draw anywhere.”
While she majored in art history in college, Bellsey continued to pursue art and take classes everywhere she lived.
“I’ve taken classes in most every medium and tried it all—from stained glass and sculpture to painting and encaustics. I still love drawing—working in pencil, charcoal and pastels—and look forward to Saturday drawing group to resume in SaddleBrooke,” she said. “The Guild offers something for everyone, no matter your level. It’s got a full spectrum of activities.”
Even though she’s not taking a class right now, Bellsey’s been trying her hand at other creative endeavors during the pandemic. In addition to the Guild contest, she painted a mural on a pillar in her dining room.
“I’ve also been exploring book folding,” she said. “I found it on the internet,” explaining that it’s a sculptural way of folding book pages into an interesting three-dimensional design.
Visit their website at www.Saddlebrookefinearts.org for more about the Guild. Guild member works are displayed in the Road Runner gallery in the SaddleBrooke One clubhouse and SaddleBrooke One’s Activity Center.


Come to papa. The new zEnterprise mainframe that IBM unveiled on Thursday has heft and brawn, of course, but also the strength to hold IBM Power systems running Unix and x86 systems running Linux in its considerable arms.
IBM says the zEnterprise "multi-architecture" strategy represents the ultimate in customer choice and flexibility. Skeptics, meanwhile, would not be faulted for viewing Big Blue's new embrace-and-extend philosophy as a way to keep the mainframe relevant in the face of x86 commoditization, virtualization and VMware.
Besides the obligatory processor and power-efficiency enhancements, the new zEnterprise mainframe features the zEnterprise BladeCenter Extension and the IBM zEnterprise Unified Resource Manager firmware. Together, the two enable zEnterprise to house and manage workloads running across System z, and select Power7 and System x systems, from the elusive single pane of glass.
Markus Schmid, CIO at Swiss Re, said the insurance company would deploy zEnterprise as soon as it was available, and will utilize the BladeCenter Extension (ZBX) and Unified Resource Manager capabilities to rearchitect where workloads run within the organization while maintaining a tightly managed environment.
For instance, trading applications that have traditionally run on Power systems might be brought on to zEnterprise, while mainframe applications written in COBOL, such as financial closing applications, might be ported off to Java environments running on Power or x86.
"It's about bringing in apps, but also about breaking them up," Schmid said during an analyst roudtable at the launch event in New York City.
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This represents an acknowledgement by IBM that some workloads are a better fit for the mainframe than others -- both in terms of price and performance, said Jonathan Eunice, principal IT advisor at Illuminata in Nashua, N.H.
"The problem with the mainframe is that it's not economic for a lot of workloads," Eunice said, specifically anything that requires a lot of computation and floating point calculations. "The mainframe is great with a lot of data, I/O throughput and reliability but doesn't have good price performance when [the workload] is compute intensive."
That argument is less relevant with the new super-powerful zEnterprise, said Ambuj Goyal, IBM general manager of manfacturing and development for the systems and technology group. But nevertheless, IBM long ago gave up trying to strong-arm customers from migrating from one platform to another.
"That was IBM in the early '90s, when the answer to every question was 'the mainframe,'" Goyal said. Before the company decided to aggressively push Unix and Linux in the mid '90s, "we almost lost [our way] because we were more focused on selling what we had than what customers wanted."
Goyal added that while the multi-architecture strategy is starting on zEnterprise, IBM will extend the concept outside of the z platform over time. At the same time, implementing a multi-architecture strategy is easier said than done. For instance, imagine an environment with a Web server running on Power talking to a commerce application running on the mainframe. In a multi-architecture environment, if the commerce application is down, "who calls home? Managing [these details] becomes a huge problem," Goyal said.
Meanwhile, at least one mainframe customer currently on the z10 described himself as "underwhelmed" by the zEnterprise announcement, dubbing the BladeCenter Extension a "caboose."
"I guess I don't understand what the big deal is," said the capacity and performance management specialist at a large midwestern insurance firm. There's nothing currently stopping mainframe shops from porting workloads to and from the mainframe, and past IBM attempts at global workload management -- for example, Enterprise Workload Manager -- "just sort of petered out."
The shop currently runs a variety of traditional mainframe workloads, such as claims processing and membership, on the z10, as well as SAP and other applications on zLinux, but its long-term direction is to slowly outsource mainframe apps to a service provider and run the z10 in to the ground. "We never want to upgrade it again," he said, citing exorbitant third-party software costs rather than IBM hardware pricing. "It's the ISVs -- that's what's taken the mainframe down more than anything."
Mainframe in a VMware world
But despite whatever lip service IBM may play to heterogeneity, there's little doubt that the zEnterprise is focused on existing mainframe customers, rather than tyring to convert new shops to its side.
"This is not designed for customers or workloads that have no affinity to the mainframe," Goyal said, where "affinity" can mean Power or x86 workloads that interact with the mainframe, or workloads that are candidates for migration to the mainframe's superior I/O throughput, security and reliability characteristics.
That's a good thing, because the number of net new mainframe shops is small, said Illuminata's Eunice.
"There are two conceptions of the mainframe: shops that say it's the center of their business and shops that say it's the dinosaur of their business," Eunice said. "Sure, there are new z customers -- sometimes in non-traditional industries -- but if I'm a Windows guy, I'm not going to go look at System z."
While the mainframe is in no danger of going away anytime soon, the uber-trend in enterprise computing today is commodity systems running Windows and Linux on top of VMware virtualization. And while the zEnterprise ZBX will support x86 blades starting next year, the initial release calls for Linux running on KVM, not Windows or VMware.
"I don't think VMware is a friend here," Eunice said. "This [release is about] the IBM workload regime. VMware threatens the hell out of the systems management companies, as it is taking over huge swaths of other people's systems management business."
IBM's Goyal, however, added that future VMware support is not off the table. "KVM is a first release," and over time the company will deliver "what people are asking for," he said.
Mainframes handle the world's biggest processing jobs, and the new zEnterprise appears up to the task. The new zEnterprise 196 features 96 cores running at 5.2 GHz for up to 50,000 MIPS, up from a maximum of 64 cores running at 4.4 GHz on the z10. It can be configured to handle up to 80 specialty engines, such as System z Application Assist Processor (zAAP) for Java workloads, the System z Integrated Information Processor (zIIP) and the Integrated Facility for Linux.
At the same time, IBM claims the new system uses about the same amount of electricity for the 60% additional capacity, thanks to 45-nm silicon, more efficient power conversion and distribution, advanced sensors, and cooling control firmware. In addition, a water-cooling option can reduce energy use by an additional 12.9%, the company said.
New software offerings on the zEnterprise 196 include IBM Smart Analytics Optimizer, an accelerator for analytic workloads running on the BladeCenter Extension in conjunction with DB2 10 for z/OS, Cognos Business Intelligence and SPSS Predictive Analytics.
Detailed specifications of the IBM zEnterprise System can be found on the company's website. Initial shipments of zEnterprise will begin in September.
Let us know what you think about the story; email Alex Barrett, News Director at @aebarrett on twitter.


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When looking at the Minnesota government’s rules and policies one is often left with a feeling of hopelessness. Fortunately, this is a weird state politically and from time to time hope arises:
Say hello to Mayor Robert ‘‘Bobby’’ Tufts. He’s 4 years old and not even in school yet.
Bobby was only 3 when he won election last year as mayor of Dorset (population 22 to 28, depending on whether the minister and his family are in town). Dorset, which bills itself as the Restaurant Capital of the World, has no formal city government.
If you’re going to have a mayor you should elect one that is harmless. Some cities have accomplished that by electing a cat while other, such as Dorset, have done so by electing a small child. I hope other cities can learn from their example. In fact, now that I think about it, there is a Minneapolis mayoral election coming up.


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The regulator expects the national economy to slow down by 3.6% in Q3
The National Bank of Ukraine estimates a growth in the national GDP at 7.5% in Q2 2021 against the earlier projected 8.7% shown in its April report, according to the inflation report on the regulator’s website.
“The negative impact of the last year’s poor harvest on exports, food industry and agriculture (in particular livestock farming due to a decline in profitability as a result of higher prices for fodders) remained. A one-week delayed start of harvesting also had a negative impact on agriculture,” the National Bank noted.
The economic growth projected for H2 was revised as well. In April, expectations for Ukraine’s GDP growth in Q3 and Q4 were 4.2% and 3.6% and now are 3.6% and 5.8% respectively.
“The key risks for macroeconomic forecast are strengthening of lockdown restrictions in Ukraine and globally, as well as an ongoing and more significant than expected global inflation surge,” the regulator clarified.
The National Bank left economic growth expectations for 2021–2023 unchanged, at the level of 4%.
As reported by GMK Center earlier, the NBU projected a decline in the national GDP at 4.4% in 2020 against 2019. In January, the regulator expected a 4.2% economic growth in 2021.
Back in April, the National Bank downgraded its forecast for Ukraine’s GDP from 4.2% to 3.8%. Expectations for 2022 rose to 4%.
As reported earlier, GMK Center has already analyzed the prospects for Ukraine’s economic growth in 2021.
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The comprehensive contribution of Ukraine’s mining & metals sector in GDP was 10.6% in 2019, according to GMK Center estimations.

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Victoria Beckham will launch a new fashion range with Greater Manchester-founded sportswear company Reebok.
The fashion designer and former Spice Girls singer confirmed a long-term partnership with the sports brand at its headquarters in South Boston, US.
The star will be a part of Reebok's Innovation Collective- which she shared to her 17.6m instagram followers yesterday.
The range has not been revealed but is expected to include sportswear, trainers and accessories. It will go on sale in 2018.
Victoria Beckham has been one of the most influential designers of the past few years to come out of the UK with her designs featuring in fashion week catwalks across the globe.
She says: “To have the opportunity to challenge the traditional notions of fitness wear within a fashion context is something I have always wanted to do.
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When you’re new to the publishing process, the various types of editing and proofreading and the timing of each can be overwhelming. In this blog, I’ll help clarify the process—what the types of editing involve and when you should do each.
Self-Edit the First Draft
You’ve just finished your first draft. Congratulations! That’s an amazing accomplishment. Celebrate your success and put your manuscript in the figurative drawer for several weeks now. Do something else for a while. Maybe exercise or get out and see the sun for a change. Then work on something else, something shorter, to let your creative juices start flowing again. Let your manuscript mellow for at least a month so you can get some distance from it. Maybe give it to your alpha reader and get some feedback when you’re ready for it. Then go back to the manuscript and read it.
Ideally enough time has passed that you recognize writing some of these words, but you don’t feel so close to them anymore that it will be overly painful when you realize you need to cut some words. Most authors flail a bit at the beginning, trying to figure out how to start the story. Most also put in too much back story that the reader doesn’t need. As you’re reading through, make notes to yourself about what you need to change in your second draft, but don’t make any changes yet; you may get further into the manuscript and realize you have a huge plot hole, which means you have to rewrite the entire first act. It would be frustrating to have already spent time revising the first act only to realize you have to change it again.
Look for things like pacing, character development, and plot holes but also smaller things like misspelled words and awkward sentences. Look for themes you have in your book and see if you can add little nuances to help bring it forward more.
You may be thinking, “Isn’t this what I would hire an editor for?” Yes and no. Editing your first draft yourself will help you make sure your vision for the book is on the page, which means your editor will have a better idea of your goals and purpose for the book rather than helping you to find those things. Also, the cleaner your manuscript is before you give it to an editor, the less it will cost. Finally, no editor is going to rewrite the book for you. That’s firmly in your job description as the author.
After you’ve finished reviewing the manuscript yourself, ask for input from your alpha reader and add more notes for where he or she thought things needed improvement or where things definitely shouldn’t change much. Your alpha reader should be someone from whom you will get the absolute truth. It may be painful to hear their feedback if it’s not as positive as you were hoping, but it will result in a better book in the end. And that’s what you want.
Now write the second draft, making the improvements you found the manuscript needed. Since authors tend to write too much in the first draft, aim for 10% fewer words in the second draft. If your manuscript was 100,000 words at the end of your first draft, it should be 90,000 words at the end of your second draft. It’s very rare that authors need to add more words to the second draft. This is not to say that you only take words away from the first draft. On the contrary, as I mentioned above, you may find places where you can add to the theme or add to character development; that just means you have even more that you can cut from other places to net the 10% difference.
Options Other than Developmental Editing
Many developmental editors offer a manuscript critique for a much-reduced price. Manuscript critiques involve the first read-through of the manuscript and identifying the three to five problems for you to address in your next draft. The letter will have some general guidance on how to implement the changes, but it will not have the specific practical advice comments on the manuscript. Since it takes a lot less time for the editor to do this level of work, it will be cheaper than a full developmental edit. You’ll still get the professional advice, but you will have to do some more work on your own to figure out how to best implement it.
Book mapping is a process where the storyline, characters, themes, and other important aspects of the manuscript are laid out visually. This can help you identify where characters aren’t getting developed enough because it’s easier to see whether they’re the same person at the beginning of the book as they were at the end, for example. Or, there’s a gaping plot hole. Or one character was last in New York City but suddenly showed up in Berlin. This is a service offered by some editors and is something you may find valuable. It’s also a method you could try on your own to help you identify problems in your own manuscript.
Find trusted friends who are avid readers to give you feedback. People who read a lot can help you identify when something doesn’t work in a manuscript, for example, if there’s a plot hole, or if they don’t understand why a particular character would behave a certain way. There are also paid beta readers available, which is a good idea since they’ll be less invested in avoiding hurting your feelings than your friends will be. The advice will likely be less concrete than you would get from a professional developmental editor, and you will still have to do the work to figure out how to implement the advice of your beta readers, but it is often cheap or free.
Self-Edit … Again
Worst-case scenario, read and study on your own so you become better at self-editing. Read books on how to self-edit. Read other books in your genre so that you’re aware of genre expectations. Comb through your draft again on your own, with your new knowledge, and make improvements. The downside to this method is that you’re not getting any advice apart from yourself, and you may be too close to the work to see it clearly from a reader’s perspective. But it will come out more polished on the other end. My previous blogs on advice on self-editing may be helpful for this process: Editing Advice, Pacing, and Writing Advice.
Copyediting or Line Editing
Line editing is the next step. This helps identify problems and change things at the sentence level rather than the big picture. However, line editing and copyediting are often combined. Copyediting is a last pass for accuracy of facts, grammar and punctuation, spelling, and sentence structure. It also helps identify pet phrases and words and suggest alternatives. It’s a last polish before publishing.
Line editors and copyeditors generally make concrete suggestions in the manuscript itself. If the editing occurs in software, such as Word or Google Docs, you can likely click a button to either accept or reject the suggested change.
If a lot of changes were needed—for example, if a lot of facts needed to be adjusted, there were some minor plot holes that needed to be filled, or you made significant changes at the sentence level—you may need a second round of copyediting to catch those last few errors.
After copyediting, the book is prepared for publishing. The layout is decided and graphics may be added. After the final, publishable product is finished, the book is sent to a proofreader. The proofreader will look for any last typos, grammar and punctuation errors, and inconsistent layout. It’s the last step and is a very detailed look at the final product before it’s published. It’ll help rid the book of any last remaining pesky errors that can be embarrassing.
Editors generally provide the whole range of services, so a common question is whether you should use the same person for each phase of the process. Ultimately, it’s up to you.
The good thing about using the same person for each phase is that you don’t have to develop a new relationship and you already have someone familiar with your vision for the book. The down side is that the editor could suffer from being too close to the work to see the details that are on the page versus what was expected. If it’s been a long time since the editor saw your last draft, it’s probably safe to say he or she could look at it with fresh eyes. But if it’s only been a couple of weeks, it’s probably best to look elsewhere.
If you use a different person for each phase, you have the benefit of having a fresh set of eyes, which means you’re more likely to catch the errors. However, you must be careful to agree on the scope of the editing. If you’re in copyediting, make sure your copyeditor knows that you aren’t interested in addressing any more big changes (unless they’re just glaring and must be changed). That way, you avoid having to go back to the same phase repeatedly because no two editors will have the exact same advice. I wouldn’t say this is a huge risk (editors don’t want to do more work than you’re paying them for), but it is important to communicate to the editor what work you’ve already done and what your expectations are for this round of editing.
Recap of the Editing Process
Here’s a recap of the process for quick reference:
- Write first draft.
- Evaluate your first draft. Maybe share it with your alpha reader. Write second draft.
- Get a developmental edit, which focuses on the big picture.
- Get a line edit and/or copyedit, which focuses on polishing the manuscript at the sentence level.
- Prepare the book for publishing and get a proofread to find any lingering errors, some of which may have cropped up in preparing the book for publishing.
I hope this has been helpful. If you’re ready to enter a phase of editing or proofreading, contact me so we can get started!