Decrypting the Central Mystery of Quantum Mathematics:
Part 1. New Axioms Explain the Double Slit Experiment
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This article proposes a solution to the double slit experiment of Quantum Mechanics. We attack the problem from a previously untried angle. Unsolved math problems must be attacked from unexpected angles because every conventional approach has already been tried and failed. Richard Feynman warned that the quantum world is such a strange place that humans can’t understand it. There is empirical evidence of particles following zero energy waves backwards, although that is counterintuitive. Schr˝odinger waves carry zero energy: they carry probability amplitudes instead. In our proposed model zero energy Schr˝odinger waves emanating from every point on the target screen pass backwards through the two slits, interfere at the particle gun, and a particle randomly chooses which wave to follow backwards. Once that decision is made the particle follows its wave with a probability of one, through only one slit (it doesn’t matter which slit) and inevitably strikes that point from which its wave emanates. This produces the same math and same pattern on the target screen. We propose three Axioms of the Theory of Elementary Waves (TEW) as a better platform for mathematics in this experiment than the Axioms of QM. This constitutes a paradigm shift.
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LEGO Star Wars Skywalker Saga: All cheats Codes
There are plenty of mini-games and cheat codes to keep you engaged in LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, but they may not operate as intended.
In this game, you can’t just use a cheat code to get whatever character you want. Some characters are unlocked naturally through the tale, while others must be purchased with game currency (studs and Kyber bricks).
Only a few characters and spaceships may be obtained with cheat codes in LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga. Similarly, most of the absurd game changes (such replacing lightsabers with baguettes) cost things.
Unlike other LEGO Star Wars games, you can use a cheat code whenever you want in LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (which is how LEGO DC Super-Villains cheat codes work).
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Accessing LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
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Japanese Religions in and beyond the Japanese Diaspora
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|Honda FCX Concept|
The FCX Concept is Concept Car built by Honda to showcase and display the fruits of their research into the viability of Alternative-Fuel vehicles, specifically Hydrogen-powered cars. There have been several concept vehicles to wear the moniker starting in 1999. Its development later resulted in the leased 2002 prototypes of the FCX. More recently, Honda has developed a concept car in 2002 which has resulted in a fully production-ready vehicle for the 2009 model year, dubbed the FCX Clarity.
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1999 FCX concept and prototypesEdit
The first prototype FCX is a two-door, four-seat vehicle that was launched in 1999. Dimensions are: length 4165 mm, width 1760 mm and height 1645 mm. The fuel cell was a PEFC (proton exchange membrane) manufactured by Ballard Power Systems. The fuel cell had power output of 78 kW.
The engine has a maximum output of 60 kilowatts (80 horsepower), torque of 201 lb-ft (272 Nm) and has a EPA certified range of 170 miles.
The first vehicles in the USA were delivered in December 2002 to the City of Los Angeles.
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At the 2006 Detroit Auto Show, Honda announced that it would make a production version of the concept FCX it had shown at the 2005 Tokyo Motor Show. On 25 September 2006 this new version was unveiled. The updated four-door sedan version looks much more sleek and futuristic, and has a high focus on comfort and interior space. It has a much more spacious interior with a mixture of plastic, wood and leather. Production is expected to begin in 2008 in Japan and the U.S. The production version will closely resemble the concept, although it is unknown if some of the concept's more radical features, such as a tilting instrument panel, will be included.
According to Honda, the new fuel-cell stack is 20% smaller, 30% lighter and has a higher output of 100 kW (129 hp). The new powerplant is 180 kg lighter, 40% smaller in volume and has a high energy efficiency of 60%, compared with 20% for most internal combustion engines, 30% for most hybrid powerplants and 50% for the previous generation FCX.
The new powerplant utilizes three electric motors: one front-drive motor with an output of up to 80 kW, this motor's shaft is coaxial with the gearbox for a more compact front-end, and two smaller motors with a maximum output of 25 kW driving one of the rear wheels each. This layout makes the FCX technically an all-wheel-drive vehicle. The updated FCX has a maximum speed of 160 km/h (100 mph).
The new FCX utilizes several interesting new features. The new V Flow fuel cell stack can operate at temperatures as low as −30 °C. This is achieved by allowing the gas to flow vertically in the fuel cell stack. The tanks can store up to 5 kg (171 litres) of hydrogen at a pressure of 350 atmospheres, thanks to the new hydrogen absorption materials used. This allows a longer range of up to 350 miles (570 km).
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One of Detroit’s Elite Lyricists Finds Himself Back At ONE
The whole world seems to have been waiting for the proper follow up to JP ONE’s Fire & Brimstone Trilogy, which featured Elzhi, Black Milk, Guilty Simpson, and viral sensation, Pierre Anthony to name a few. Atonement is everything that it was expected to be and even more. From the opening lines of “Back at ONE” to Rodelle Nathan’s closing notes on “Too Much to Ask For”, the album plays like a movie full of emotional soundscapes and heartfelt lyricism. The guest list is pretty short, with Fat Ray and Nep Jennings lending 16’s and Most Wanted, Rodelle Nathan, and Dahlia The Poet providing hooks. The 14 tracks of the LP are all produced by the usual suspects, KIDD Tha Producer, Pig Pen, BJ Gates, Foul Mouth, Via The Great, Thermo, and Nep Jennings, but the new additions, Mallori Knox and Trucka Music fit right in with the G&T sound. The album’s cohesion is not a surprise, but the fact that hip-hop could feel so nostalgic and sound so modern is.
Atonement has no big radio singles, no catchy jingles with dance craves attached to them, or no sing-chant hooks over trap beats. This album is all about the vibe and that vibe refuses to be broken by feeble club or radio crossover attempts. JP ONE has found his niche and mastered it. This album is all about finding peace within one’s self and he does just that. The production is epic, the lyrics are personal, and the features are well placed.
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Amazon and Apple are the world's most valuable brands but Chinese brands are rising up the leaders list and are more valuable than Europe's top brands, according to a global ranking by Kantar’s BrandZ.
Amazon, founded in 1994 by Jeff Bezos, remained the world's most valuable brand with an estimated value of $684 billion, followed by Apple, founded in 1976, at $612 billion and Google at $458 billion, Kantar said.
Tencent, China's biggest social media and video games company, was the People's Republic's top brand, in fifth place, while Alibaba was in seventh place.
"Chinese brands are steadily and slowly progressing, and have made significant headway as more companies leverage their own technological developments and demonstrate their abilities to align with the major trends shaping China and the global market," said Graham Staplehurst, global strategy director at Kantar BrandZ.
Five brands more than doubled their value, led by Chinese e-commerce giants Pinduoduo and Meituan, China's top liquor maker Moutai, China's TikTok and America's Tesla.
Tesla, founded in 2003, was the fastest growing brand and became the most valuable car brand, growing its value by 275% year-on-year to $42.6 billion, Kantar said.
Top Chinese brands consolidated their lead over top European brands: China accounted for 14% of the top 100 brands, up from 11% a decade ago, while European brands accounted for 8%, down from 20% a decade ago, Kantar said.
The top European brand was France's Louis Vuitton in 21st place, followed by Germany's SAP software group in 26th place. The only British brand on the list was Vodafone in 60th place.
U.S. brands were dominant: American brands grew fastest over the past year and American brands accounted for 74% of the top 100, Kantar said.
The world's top 100 brands were worth a combined $7.1 trillion, Kantar said.
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by Derek Toney
After Mount St. Joseph’s basketball scorekeeper told coach Pat Clatchey of D’Angelo Stines’ 33-point performance against Our Lady of Mount Carmel Monday evening, Clatchey looked at his senior guard.
“Man, that’s some Columbia Ravens action right there,” joked Clatchey, referring to Stines’ AAU team. Stines “played like a Raven,” leading the Gaels to a 78-67 victory over the previously undefeated Cougars in a Baltimore Catholic League contest in Essex.
Aura Crawley and freshman forward Bryson Tucker added 16 points for Mount St. Joseph (7-1), which won its sixth straight decision. Junior guard Deon Perry led Mount Carmel (8-1) with 29 points, and Toby Nnadozie finished with 13.
The Irvington school combined veteran leadership and contributions from a rapidly improving young nucleus to move into a second-place tie (in loss column; 3-1) win with Mount Carmel and Archbishop Spalding (both 4-1). Three-time defending BCL Tourney champ and undefeated St. Frances Academy (4-0 BCL, 9-0 overall) sits atop the standings.
The Gaels, who lost in last year’s BCL Tourney final at Loyola, served notice Monday they’re again a title contender in the league’s 50th anniversary season, thanks to a virtuoso effort from Stines. The 6-foot-3 Old Dominion recruit dominated on both ends.
“I didn’t know I had that many,” said Stines, referring to the 33 point-output. “I just hit shots when they came to me.”
Stines imposed his will offensively in the third quarter. With the Gaels up, 47-41, Stines, with a defender draping him, buried a 3-pointer. Mount St. Joseph induced a turnover and Stines pulled up and dropped another dagger. He shortly followed with another score off a drive, pushing the Gaels’ advantage to 55-41.
“That’s what big-time players do,” Clatchey said. “He looked like the player of the year in the BCL.”
Stines’ biggest play arguably came late in the fourth. Mount St. Joseph was up, 68-61, with about 2 minutes, 30 seconds left when Perry stole the ball from Stines, who tracked down the shifty Mount Carmel junior and swiped his shot off of the glass.
“I just timed it well and went up and got it. I knew if made it, it would’ve been a momentum switch,” said Stines. “We didn’t want that to happen.”
The Gaels, who trailed only twice (10-8 and 11-10) Monday, were resolute behind the senior backcourt of Stines and Crawley, who will play football at Morgan State in the fall. Senior Sean Carr led a gritty effort in the paint where the Gaels kept Cougar senior center Kevin Kalu in check.
Tucker, junior Aidan Mess and sophomores Julian Moutome and Ace Valentine provided solid play Monday.
“Our seniors knew we had to step up and the young guys are getting better every game,” said Crawley, a four-year starter. “As each game goes, we’re getting better.”
Crawley dropped a 3-pointer from the top of the circle, giving Mount St. Joseph a 21-13 lead after one. The Cougars pulled to 29-27 midway through the second, but Mount St. Joseph closed with a 12-4 run, capped with Stines’ basket, for a 41-31 halftime lead.
Mount Carmel threatened in the third, only to see Stines put together a highlight reel run. He made 13 shots Monday, with four 3-pointers.
“He made some tough shots, sometimes contested,” said Cougars coach Trevor Quinn. “You can try to deny him, but he just made some really difficult shots.”
Quinn said Mount Carmel’s inexperience showed Monday. The Cougars lost to St. Joe in last year’s BCL Tourney semifinals.
“They’re just smart on defense. Stines and Crawley have been around for four years,” said Quinn. “It carries over to their young guys.”
The Gaels host Calvert Hall College Wednesday in BCL play before traveling to Hagerstown for another BCL match, this time against St. Maria Goretti. Next week, Mount St. Joseph is at St. Frances in a rematch of last year’s BCL Tournament title game.
“There’s been a lot of growth, you can tell from the box scores,” said Stines. “We have a lot of young guys so the beginning was a little shaky, but me, Ausar and Sean had to bring them in, tell them what to do, and keep guiding them.”
Mount St. Joseph 78, Our Lady of Mount Carmel 67
Mount St. Joseph – D’Angelo Stines 33, Ausar Crawley 16, Bryson Tucker 16, Sean Carr 6, Juliam Moutome 3, Aidan Mess 2, Jalen White 2. Totals 30 11-14 78.
Mount Carmel – Deon Perry 29, Toby Nnadozie 13, Kevin Kalu 9, Mitchell Kalu 9, Mitchell Kalu 7. Totals 20 18-25 67.
Mount St. Joseph 21 20 20 16 – 78
Mount Carmel 13 18 19 17 – 67


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LAS VEGAS (KABC) -- Dita Von Teese is known as the Queen of Burlesque.
And now she's taking her talent to Las Vegas to star in her very first residency. Her new show will borrow from "Jubilee," a classic production that wowed audiences there for 35 years.
"I'm going to make it a re-imagined spectacle," Von Teese said.
She's taking some of the spirit, some of the sets and some of the iconic costumes used from 1981 to 2016 in "Jubilee" for her new show, "Dita Las Vegas: A Jubilant Revue."
"I'm a huge fan of 'Jubilee' and my intention is to honor and tip my hat to the past and all the best parts of 'Jubilee,' she said. "They used to do a big dance number, a topless dance number, with the Titanic and the iceberg and the pyrotechnics and the water. It was amazing. I loved it. But I'm not going to sink the Titanic."
Instead, Von Teese plans to up the ante with her Vegas show to honor showgirls and the art of burlesque.
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"I feel like it's important to evolve this and let people see it in a new way. I'll have just as many show boys as show girls. I want it to feel joyous and celebratory of 'Jubilee' but not a duplicate of the past," she said, adding, "I'm excited to make a show that's not just for my fans but for anyone who wants to see something that is that, like, titillating, sexy, glamorous Las Vegas."
"Dita Las Vegas" will take the stage at the Jubilee Theater at Horseshoe Las Vegas beginning Oct. 5.

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Pakistan officials say they will again raise their demand for a deal—similar to one the U.S. concluded with India—during a meeting Oct. 22 in Washington headed by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi.
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On 6–8 December 2022, SIPRI and the European Union Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium (EUNPDC) hosted an intensive introductory course on the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), mechanisms to control their further spread and pathways to disarmament.
Held in Stockholm, the course brought together 19 international graduate and postgraduate students of engineering disciplines. This course was also a networking opportunity for the next generation of academics, researchers and policymakers in the field of disarmament and non-proliferation. Dr Sibylle Bauer, Director of Studies, Armament and Disarmament, and Vitaly Fedchenko, Senior Researcher with the SIPRI Weapons of Mass Destruction Programme, delivered welcoming remarks for the programme. Participants were trained by leading experts in the field of WMD non-proliferation, arms control, disarmament, nuclear security, forensics, export controls, verification and related subjects from SIPRI, as well other European and United States research centres, think tanks and international organizations.
Participants engaged in a three-day intensive programme of lectures and discussions covering the fundamentals of biological, chemical and nuclear weapons, as well as of missiles and other means of WMD delivery; threats associated with the military use of WMD and potential terrorist uses of chemical, biological, radioactive and nuclear (CBRN) material (i.e. CBRN terrorism); arms control treaties; WMD-free zones; non-proliferation treaties and means of their verification; export controls; and mechanisms aimed at achieving disarmament. The course also examined the impact of new and emerging technologies, and the role of the engineering industry in preventing the spread and use of nuclear weapons.
SIPRI and the EUNPDC will continue to develop courses of this kind and host them twice a year.


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By Ananda Krishna Rajah in New Zealand
New Zealand’s south-west of South Island in Fiordland is a stunning and diverse alpine hiking environment with soaring sculptured peaks, glacial lakes, waterfalls, rivers and combined two national parks.
The 32km track can be completed in two, three or four days. It is a one-way track that start from either end – the Divide from Te Anau or the Routeburn Shelter from Glenorchy. Walking from the Divide offers an easier hike.
The starting point is the Divide, the starting point of the Routeburn. I did this hike to commemorate my sixtieth birthday.
We entered Fiordland NP and passed through Elington Valley, grouched out during the ice age, covered with golden tussock grasses, silver beech rain forest covered with lichens and carpets of lime-green moss thickets of ferns.
There are also a few Kotukutu trees, the largest fuchsia in the world, with a distinctive orange peel.
Once above the tree line, the Darran and Ailsa Mountains with the glacial carved V-shaped Hollyford Valley stretched towards the horizon. The landscape was bathed in glorious sunshine and blue sky.
At the summit, the views were stunning as an alpine lake almost enclosed with yellow moss surrounded by majestic peaks.
Walking further, the aquamarine alpine glacial Lake Marian, literally hung off the slopes of Mount Christina.
We retraced our tracks back downhill to Lake Howden Hut. It was busy with hikers packing up to leave.
The following morning, the hut was completely engulfed by heavy fog. The surrounding rainforest were just silhouettes.
The only sound I heard was my heavy breath and footsteps on the gravel track. Bird songs echoed through the misty rain forest. This is a birder’s paradise. In the background, there is a constant murmur, the sound of moving water.
Numerous streams crisscrossed the track together with waterfalls. As we got closer a loud roar resonated through the forest. A white column of water fell from a blackish cliff face. This is Earland Falls (178m).
The forest opened into a grassy area, cleared by avalanches – the Orchard. A flat area covered with grasses, ferns, flax and dotted with ribbonwood trees which resembled apple trees.
The narrow track zig-zagged along the mountain face. Clouds dissipated and exposed the Darran Mountains and the Hollyford Valley in the west. I could almost see Lake Mckerrow.
A tiny green bird, Rifleman (Titipounamu), darted around the beech canopy. The final part track ended on the flats covered with shrubs which led towards Lake Mackenzie Hut.
I was attracted towards the emerald-green Lake Mackenzie. Rough blocks of glacial rocks lay strewn on the west end of the lake. Ocean and Emily Peaks loomed above. The views were stunning.
We were fortunate with the weather. Uncertain weather was forecasted. In the hut, there was a sense of camaraderie amongst the hikers. Late at night, torrential downpour aided with gusty wind lashed with lightning and thunder. I was glad that I am tucked in my sleeping bag.
The ascending gravel track zig-zagged above the tree line around the slopes of Ocean Peak. There were great views of Lake Mackenzie.
The landscape changed from high alpine plateau of tussock grasses into a jagged rocky plateau. Unique hardy plants clung on to survive these harsh conditions.
The narrow track progressed in the shadow of Ocean Peak, parallel to the Hollyford Valley and Darran Mountains.
At Harris Saddle, the highest elevation (1255m) of the track, hale swept through as I hurried into the shelter. A few other hikers coming from the opposite direction also made a brief stop here. Moments later, sleet dropped from the dark sky.
The side trip to Conical Hill was inaccessible due to avalanches. Visibility was poor. Fortunately, the orange pole markers, provided direction. For hereon, we entered the Mount Aspiring NP and transversed Ailsa Mountains.
After a short walk over sandstone rocks, the organic black hued glacial Harris Lake appeared. Although poor weather, the expansive views were amazing. It was a surreal black and white landscape. A rare blue duck (Whio) was at home in a small lake.
On this rugged landscape of tussock flats and boulders, the head of Routeburn River cascaded down and meandered towards the rain mist covered valley below. Colored stones including greenstones “pounamu” were strewn along the track.
A loud consistent roar resonated through the valley. The torrent Routeburn Falls tumbled into a deep canyon above a cluster of corrugated iron roof tops, Routeburn Falls Hut. The rain did not relent.
Kea birds frolicked on a nearby tree. From the balcony of the hut, the lemon green flats and black slopes of the Humboldt Mountain were barely visible.
Countless waterfalls appeared on the mountain slope. This hut is in an enviable location. A helicopter ferried affluent passengers to the luxury lodge next door.
Strong winds packed with rain, thunder and lightning hit the hut at night but finally managed to get some sleep.
The next morning, heavy rain and plunging temperature are forecasted. We descended through mainly Mountain Beech forest as Fiordland lived up to its reputation – wet and unpredictable. Swollen streams crisscrossed the track. At times, the track is the stream.
The track skirted along the Routeburn River which meandered calmly through a grassy flat valley as we transversed the Humboldt Mountains.
Under one bridge, I felt its volatile power as it cascaded over buried rocks. With so much rain, there is a danger some sections may be impassable.
As elevation dropped, we entered a Red Beech Forest. Tree saplings sprouted out from rotting tree trunks. Fungus mycelium quietly eat away decaying plant materials.
With a walk across a swing bridge, I completed the hike at the Routeburn Shelter. Overall, the Routeburn Track is worthy of a hike, in any weather, in this unique UNESCO Heritage Fiordland.
Editor’s note: Ananda Krishna Rajah is a qualified horticulturist and currently a biosecurity officer with the Ministry of Primary Industries at the Auckland International Airport. Having migrated to New Zealand from Malaysia in 2001, his passion is nature and all things green.


Comment period coming to a close
August 30, 2013
Public comments on El Dorado County Community Development Agency's draft sign ordinance are due Sept. 9.
In July 2012, the board of supervisors directed staff to contract for the preparation of a comprehensive sign ordinance amendment, and the related Environmental Impact Report. A public review draft was completed and opened for a 60-day public review period. In August, representatives from the Community Development Agency held a series of meetings with interested citizens and businesses to answer any questions or address any concerns, according to a press release.
The ordinance will apply to the South Shore unless otherwise covered by the Tahoe Area Plan, according to Mike Applegarth of El Dorado County.
Review and comments are requested by the county to identify and consider concerns in preparation of the final draft sign ordinance. Written responses must be received by Sept. 9. Based on comments received from the public, businesses and agencies, a final draft of the sign ordinance will be prepared for the board of supervisors' review in October.
The draft sign ordinance has been posted at http://tinyurl.com/EDCsigns.
Written comments should be sent to Shawna Purvines, Community Development Agency, 2850 Fairlane Court, Placerville, CA 95667, or email@example.com.
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Connacht have made three changes to their starting XV for Friday’s United Rugby Championship derby showdown with Leinster at the RDS (kick-off 7.45pm).
Having all come off the bench last week, Oisin Dowling, Eoghan Masterson and Peter Robb are named to start in the second row, at blindside flanker and inside centre respectively.
The rest of the team is the same that ran in seven tries against the Ospreys, meaning Robb is partnered by Sam Arnold with a back-three of Mack Hansen, Alex Wootton and full-back Oran McNulty, who scored his first senior try against the Welshmen.
Captain Jack Carty and Kieran Marmion continue as the westerners’ starting half-backs, while Ireland star Bundee Aki remains absent in midfield due to a knee injury.
The front row of Matthew Burke, Dave Heffernan and Finlay Bealham is unchanged for the fifth straight game, while Ultan Dillane packs down with Dowling in the engine room.
Masterson’s inclusion means Jarrad Butler reverts to the number 8 role, while Skerries man Conor Oliver completes the line-up at openside flanker.
Connacht’s replacements bench include Cian Prendergast and Tom Farrell who both return to the matchday 23 having recovered from their respective injuries.
Head coach Andy Friend commented: “Last week was pleasing not just to pick up five points but to continue our recent level of performances, even with a substantial break in the middle.
“The challenge for all of us now is to raise our game even more, away to one of the best sides in Europe.
“We’ll take confidence from our win at the RDS last January, and our travelling supporters will be a big help as always. This game will tell a lot about where we are right now so we’re really looking forward to it.”
CONNACHT (v Leinster): Oran McNulty; Alex Wootton, Sam Arnold, Peter Robb, Mack Hansen; Jack Carty (capt), Kieran Marmion; Matthew Burke, Dave Heffernan, Finlay Bealham, Oisin Dowling, Ultan Dillane, Eoghan Masterson, Conor Oliver, Jarrad Butler.
Replacements: Shane Delahunt, Jordan Duggan, Jack Aungier, Leva Fifita, Cian Prendergast, Caolin Blade, Conor Fitzgerald, Tom Farrell.

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Phub Dem | Paro
Urbanisation has taken over the landscape of Paro valley. Tall buildings and commercial centres are replacing traditional buildings in most places.
Traditional buildings in Tshongdue town, which have become a unique feature of the town, face a threat of replacement, as house owners share their concerns.
According to the landlords, rental income and valuation of the structure while availing loans was the main issue, adding that traditional structures are liabilities.
Paro thromde thuemi (representative) Deki presented the proposal from the locals to either demolish the traditional structures or provide incentives to the landowners in Tshongdue town during Dzongkhag Tshogdu (DT) yesterday.
She said that the house owners have been protecting and preserving the traditional structure for a long time. However, the landlords now want to demolish the design and build concrete structures to tap the increasing rental demand.
These landowners with limited income are paying similar taxes and fees without any exemption.
It has been more than 50 years since Rinchen Khandu’s family built their house at Tshongdue. The house is worn out and in dire need of maintenance.
More than anything, he was worried about fire accidents and other natural disasters.
“If one house catches fire, the whole area will be razed to the ground.”
As two houses are built in a plot, he said that the places were crowded and poor. “I couldn’t get approval to build structures like other structures in the town.”
Rinchen Khandu said that except for the handicraft shops that fetch Nu 50,000, rental apartments wouldn’t even fetch Nu 10,000 due to lack of facilities. “There is no balcony, no proper toilets and other amenities.”
While other parts of the town earn Nu 500,000 rental income, he said that around 100 houses struggle to find residents. “Even in the same town, we are deprived of such opportunities. If possible, our request is to allow concrete buildings.”
However, these traditional houses have become critical to the unique identity of the town.
DT Chairperson Tshering Dorji said that as an international gateway, it was the responsibility of the dzongkhag to present the unique landscape of the country to both visitors and locals. “But these individuals are deprived of attractive income and loan facilities.”
Wangchang Gup Kuenzang Rinzin argues that people do not expect the town to be filled with traditional structures like gewogs. He said that gewogs were identified as traditional zones to preserve ancient architecture.
Without uniform and traditional features such as modern doors, staircases, windows and shop’s decoration, he said that the very concept of the conventional structure was lost. “If the town is kept as a traditional zone, then gewogs should allow constructing a five-storey building.”
He said: “House owners are expecting incentives if the town area should be kept as a traditional zone.”
Considering the growing pressure on the limited infrastructure and issues with proper planning, some local leaders were of the stand that it was high time Paro function as a thromde
Emphasising the importance of traditional landscape, DT resolved to write to the Ministry of Works and Human Settlements to frame proper town planning and explore incentives for traditional building owners.
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The Army aims to formally implement the Army Combat Fitness Test — its biggest overhaul to fitness testing since 1980 — by April 2022, the service’s top NCO says.
There’s one potential hang-up, though.
Congress put the brakes on using the ACFT for promotion or career consideration and mandated an independent review of the test in the fiscal 2021 National Defense Authorization Act. Lawmakers were concerned that the new test may disadvantage women in their career paths.
The RAND Corporation is conducting the review, which will likely be complete before the new year. It’s the second independent review of the ACFT; the University of Iowa did one of an earlier version of the test.
Sergeant Major of the Army Michael Grinston said the service believes that the third version of the test, which made the plank event a permanent scored alternative to the leg tuck, will pass the review.
“I’m extremely confident that on April 1, we will have a test for record, and I am hopeful it will be the ACFT,” he said in an interview with Army Times ahead of the Association of the U.S. Army conference in October.
It’s not clear yet, though, whether the test’s gender-neutral scoring will remain gender-neutral when it comes to personnel considerations.
Army senior leaders have floated the idea of implementing “performance categories” that sort men and women by performance into percentile categories relative to their gender.
Lt. Col. Gabe Ramirez, an Army spokesperson, told Army Times that “once the NDAA-directed independent study is complete and Army senior leaders have study–informed data to make decisions, the Army will finalize the personnel polices relative to the ACFT.”
Davis Winkie is a senior reporter covering the Army, specializing in accountability reporting, personnel issues and military justice. He joined Military Times in 2020. Davis studied history at Vanderbilt University and UNC-Chapel Hill, writing a master's thesis about how the Cold War-era Defense Department influenced Hollywood's WWII movies.


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UPDATE: Sept. 30, 2016, 3:58 p.m. EDT Updated with another tweet from Donald Trump.
UPDATE: Sept. 30, 2016, 2:29 p.m. EDT Updated to include comments Alicia Machado made in a press release on Friday afternoon.
Trump kicked off his Friday by hopping on Twitter to share thoughts about his opponent Hillary Clinton and her decision to include former Miss Universe Alicia Machado, who Trump has referred to as “Miss Piggy” and “Miss Housekeeping,” in her presidential campaign.
After Trump further bashed the character of Machado and Clinton on Twitter, the Clinton campaign composed some tweets of her own to set the record straight and publicly give the Republican candidate a piece of her mind. Read more…


The vision of virtual reality has always been a huge temptation. Put goggles on and transport yourself to any destination. It’s equally exciting feeling as sex, drugs, alcohol or sevirios art forms. Mundane shell takes on a new metaphysical condition allowing transportation in the blink of an eye to the far distant unknown worlds. Born of technology, virtual reality at its core is an organic experience. Man meets machine, but what happens is strictly within the mind.
Is worth to explain what this future actually is. Meaningful definition of the term virtual reality is a little. Polish PWN Encyclopedia says that it is “synthesizing computer programs sensations received by the human senses
The concept of the currently used form was popularized by Jaron Lanier, who already in the 80s tried to construct a VR equipment. Virtual Reality is for him “way to use computer technology to create the effect of an interactive three-dimensional world in which objects give the impression of spatial presence.”
Although the origins of VR date back to the sixties of the twentieth century, is the most important period in the history of the technology took place in the nineties. Then suffered a spectacular defeat attempts commercial use of VR in the games, despite the fact that it took the then giants – Nintendo, Sega and Atari.


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Hannah Mailand said she and her family were at the Earth Day Celebration Saturday, April 21 and noticed an assortment of fire trucks on the other side of the street.
So they wandered over to the Firewise Expo. It was a good combination of events, she said.
“The fact that they get to go into the trucks is pretty exciting,” Mailand said.
Similarly, Lauren Kooken was looking for something fun to do. Her husband used to be a wildland firefighter and her 2-year-old son, Larson, loves fire trucks, she said.
“We decided to come down here and see what was going on,” Kooken said.
In addition to the first responder vehicles, Prescott National Forest was present reminding people of the fire restrictions, which went into effect Friday, April 20, said Public Information Officer Debbie Maneely.
They were letting people know they can go to www.firerestrictions.us/az to check what the restrictions are county by county, Maneely said.
“Not every agency has the same restrictions,” she said. “People need to be aware of wherever they’re recreating and the restrictions there. For instance, the Prescott National Forest, we’re not allowing target shooting, yet Coconino and the Red Rock just went into restrictions and they’re still allowing target shooting.”
Furthermore, kids were getting the chance to use some wildland firefighter equipment in a game where they took a hose and sprayed targets painted to look like flames. It was a big hit and the kids really seemed to enjoy it, Maneely said.


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Sexual assault nurse examiners help victims overcome
ALAMOGORDO – Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE) of Otero and Lincoln Counties play an important role in the communities they serve.
SANEs are registered nurses who are specially trained to collect evidence after a sexual assault while displaying sensitivity and acknowledging the patient's dignity during the examination. Often SANEs are called in to do exams after a victim is referred to them by one of the 13 police departments they work with, Lincoln County Medical Center, Gerald Champion Medical Center, Holloman Air Force Base or the Child Advocacy Center.
"We see every age group — birth to 100 plus years old," said Staci Guerrero, Director of SANE. "I think our youngest patient this year was 19 months old and our oldest was 76 years old."
SANE of Otero and Lincoln Counties was started in 2003. Guerrero said in fiscal year 2014-15, they conducted 24 exams. This fiscal year, they've conducted 38 exams and it's projected the number of exams they'll conduct next fiscal year will be in the upper 40s.
"Beyond just doing medical and forensic, we also give medication and refer them for counseling services so that victimization turns into survivorhood," Guerrero said. "The Counseling Center offers five free counseling sessions to anyone who's been a victim of sexual assault – you just have to walk in and say."
There is no fee for SANE services. SANE also provides medical care to victims such as STI preventative medication for up to 29 days after assault and pregnancy prevention medication, full exams, partial exams or to answer questions. Those who want SANE's services can come in without a referral and will be taken care of even if they are unsure if they're going to file a police report against their attacker.
"If at the time of the exam they are not making a police report, we can still collect evidence because there's times when they come back later after letting it sink in and being through counseling," Guerrero said. "So we keep that evidence on hand in case they decide at a later date that they want to file a police report."
Sarah Abner, SANE and Clinical Coordinator, said she always tells victims she can do as much or as little as they want during exams.
"I've had people who come in and just want to tell me what happened and go or they just want medications and go – and that's fine," Abner said. "That's really important that the victim is in control."
Guerrero said SANE is a place for victims to come where there is no judgement.
"Our job is to believe them and provide them with care," Guerrero said. "Even if there's a woman and nobody else on Earth believes her, when she walks in our door, she's at a place where she's believed. That person should have a team around them that believes them and sometimes they don't, so this is the place where we do."
Guerrero said she has three nurses certified to do SANE exams and is looking for more, especially in the Ruidoso area. SANEs are on a volunteer status but are paid through the Sexual Assault Coalition.
"They come here and shadow a minimum of five exams," Guerrero said. "Then they go to Albuquerque for two weeks and do 60 hours of training at the Coalition. They have to precept at least five adult exams before they do exams on their own."
While being a SANE is not for everyone, Guerrero and Abner agreed anyone who's interested in becoming a SANE must be compassionate and not afraid to jump into something different.
"The nurses come out at midnight, 3 a.m., or middle of the day – whenever an assault happens," Guerrero said. "That's something I hear other nurses say they're turned off by."
Exams can take anywhere from two to six hours, depending on the situation and how much injury there is to care for.
"I really enjoy it but I think that's why I'm a SANE," Abner said. "You learn a lot about yourself as a person and a lot about society when you're with people at their lowest of lows. Sometimes I'm a rock to lean on if they need to or someone to be mad at if they need that. I'm okay being the person they yell or cuss at. It's such an amazing gift to be able to help them at that point."
SANE of Otero and Lincoln Counties' 24-hour hotline can be reached at 430-9485. For more information on SANE, go online to their website at www.oterocountysane.org


text: Gerardo Lopez was and is known to have made these gorgeous pectoral necklaces that really say it all about the fashion of Mexican silver in the Spratling era. This example is correctly hallmarked as shown and has no damage of any kind. The patina is natural and untouched for as long as I have owned it for several years. What is most interesting is that when you look and compare to another there is often a design element a little different between each other. The drop is 4in. across and 4in. high. There is a good 16in. wearable length. It lays perfectly next to the skin. The repousse is masterful and thick and weighs 115 grams heavy. This is a work of art that always has people saying, LOOK AT THAT NECKLACE!


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November 2008 I ran into the American singer-songwriter Marybeth D’Amico at the Roepaen stage in the Netherlands. She was sharing a bill with Jeffrey Foucault en Nels Andrews (go figure! and Kaki King had cancelled!) and was accompanied by Rob van Duuren on pedal steel and my friend Alex Akela on violin and bass. (wanna see? check this video)
A couple of her songs really gave me goosebumps (Ohio, Where I Lay My Baby Down, Every Week) and we got to talk after the show. We stayed in touch via MySpace (remember..?) and in 2010 she stayed at our house during her BeNeLux tour, and we played together at a house concert.
Marybeth made a move to being a professional musician relatively late in her life and has been an inspiration ever since the day I met her in Ottersum in 2008. She tought me not to shy away from deeper, darker or controversial subjects in my own songs and to tap into universal emotions. In this video I have a go at one of Marybeth’s songs that immediately got to me when I heard it the forst time: “Star-Crossed” from her second album “The Light Inside”.
MaryBeth made an EP and two full length albums. Her voice and melodies, as well as the production (hat tip to Bradley Kopp!) are easily palatable, thereby sometimes masking the depth of her intense and serious lyrics. I strongly recommend you to check them out. She won’t be making any more, as she passed away October 4th 2015, struck by cancer.
In a way, Star-Crossed applies to Marybeth and me too, as we had plans for touring together, but fate got in the way.
Marybeth, here’s to you.


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Location of the New Botanic Gardens
The Southern Highlands Botanic Gardens will be established on the "Old Skin Shed" site at the corner of Kangaloon and Old South Roads, East Bowral, NSW. The site will incorporate the "Ponds of Reflection" which is an existing series of linked retention ponds leading south from East Bowral.
The existing community walking track currently runs along the western and eastern boundary, then crosses the site along the eastern boundary leading from Kangaloon Road to Alice Avenue. Although the walking track is within the Botanic Gardens areas in some places, the walking track will remain outside any future fenced area of the site.
Advantages of the Proposed site


In tonight’s vote the Commons opted for a national referendum on the Alternative Vote as a replacement for our current first past the post system. The referendum would cost an estimated £80m, but, because the Government has delayed so long (almost 13 years, in fact), it is unlikely that the bill will be passed before the General Election, and therefore even less likely that any referendum will take place.
More seriously, Alternative Vote is not a true proportional system — up to 49 per cent of the votes would still be discarded, meaning that a government can still be elected with an absolute majority on around 30 per cent of the total national vote.
This paragraph is going to be short and mercifully simple. But if you lack the Liberal Democrat passion for discussing complex voting systems, please feel free to skip to the next paragraph.
So: in first past the post, you put down one X on the ballot paper, and, late that night, the candidate with the most Xs wins. The candidate may have gained not much more than 1/3rd of the total vote, and, often, only three quarters of the voters will have voted. As trust in politics declines, the numbers voting shrinks, and so our elected leaders have less and less of a mandate. The alternative vote system gives you a 1-2-3 etc choice of your favourite, second favourite, and so on. When the votes are counted, the least successful candidate is eliminated, and their second choices are distributed among the remaining candidates. This carries on, until one candidate has more than 50 per cent of the vote, and they are the winner. All the remaining votes are discarded. Although this is marginally more successful at giving people an MP they are happy with, it does not mean at all that the government is elected based on the votes cast across Britain. There’s a variation, AV plus, which I won’t go into, which is a much more proportional system. Truly proportional voting comes with the Single Transferable Vote, which is hideous to work out on paper, but which computers can do as easily as AV, AV plus, or even first past the post. And, these days, even the government has computers.
So where does that leave us? The one thing that the Alternative Vote Labour has pushed for tonight will give us is a system where it is much harder for a Conservative government ever to be elected. Gordon Brown may be counting on getting the support of Lib-Dems because of his fig-leaf gesture towards a proportional system, but, in truth, this is tinkering with the electoral system in order to change the result of future elections.
If Labour had done this, as it originally promised, when it first came to power, then we might have avoided much of the collapse of trust in politicians of the last ten years. Even Alternative Vote reduces the number of ‘safe’ seats which play no real role in an election. And it is in the safe seats that we have seen the greatest abuse of expenses. But this death-bed conversion smacks of nothing more than desperation. And it is a desperation which will surely further undermine the residual confidence the electorate has in government.
Quite simply, it is the wrong answer, too late.


After six years, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted yesterday to adopt a master plan for the full 51 miles of the L.A. River, formalizing yet another framework for the development of urban trails and parks along the largely concrete-encased waterway. In anticipation of the new investment that may result from the plan, officials are now exploring steps to blunt the impacts of gentrification along the river corridor.
In a unanimous vote, the Board of Supervisors have requested a report within 60 days on what steps are needed to establish a land bank pilot program for Los Angeles County, with a focus on communities located along the L.A. River.
Land banks, as explained by a June 3 memo from the County's Chief Executive Office, are public organizations which acquire, hold, and manage land to remove it from the market and reserve it for future uses - often affordable housing. They may be complemented by community land trusts, which are non-profit organizations which provide and develop affordable housing, and may create opportunities for homeownership.
"The creation of the land bank pilot is an important step in supporting the existing affordable housing infrastructure and fostering an increased stock of affordable housing, especially in underserved communities," explains a motion introduced by Supervisors Hilda Solis and Sheila Kuehl. "The land bank pilot would save money for the County over time by purchasing land for future affordable housing programs. Additionally, the County can preserve existing affordable housing in the area at a lower cost by purchasing the properties now, before prices increase."
A report submitted to the Board of Supervisors - authored by the Southeast Asian Community Alliance, Street Level Advisors, and L.A. River Master Plan design team members OLIN and Gehry Partners - makes the case for a land bank in the context of economic hardships that have already resulted in widespread displacement in large swaths of Los Angeles County.
"The displacement of low-income residents due to rising rents and gentrification also has a direct correlation to LA’s homelessness crisis, as the 2020 Homeless Count revealed that two-thirds of the unsheltered adults experiencing homelessness were homeless for the first time that year, with 59 percent of them citing economic hardship as the cause," reads the report. "The displacement pressure is even greater post COVID-19, now that so many more vulnerable families are living on the edge of homelessness."
The report also argues that had Los Angeles County initiated such a program five years earlier, land along the river corridor could have been acquired at a sharp discount relative to real estate prices seen today.
Per the report, public authority land banks are already active in cities including Detroit, Philadelphia, and Eugene, Oregon. Likewise, non-profit organizations in Atlanta, Denver, Minneapolis/St. Paul, and Richmond, Virginia serve similar roles.
Potential funding sources for a pilot land bank in Los Angeles include grant money at the state, federal, and even local level. American Rescue Plan Act funds, according to the report, have already been used for similar purposes in other jurisdictions within the United States, albeit not specifically for the creation of a land bank.
In addition to a report on what steps are needed to create an L.A. County land bank, the motion from Solis and Kuehl directs the Chief Executive Office and other departments to provide a report within 90 days on options for securing a minimum of $50 million in seed funding for the proposed land bank, as well as other sources of ongoing funding.
While the the County has touted its outreach efforts, the vote to approve the plan comes as a number of community groups representing neighborhoods along the river corridor have announce their withdrawal of support.
A joint letter signed by representatives of East Yards Communities for Environmental Justice, Friends of the LA River, Heal the Bay, LA Waterkeeper, Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust, Trust for Public Land, Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples, and The Nature Conservancy in California requested that their names be removed from the Plan's community engagement and Steering Committee section, arguing that their recommendations had not been taken into account. The groups objected to project elements that would add new concrete to the river channel, such as platform parks. Likewise, Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples issued a statement indicated the steering committee lacked sufficient representation among Indigenous groups, noting that no Gabrielino Tongva tribal members were included on the committee.
“Quite opposite from the outdated beliefs reiterated in the county’s Plan, the LA River is so much more than just a flood control channel,” said Friends of the LA River president and chief executive Marissa Christiansen,. “From both a scientific and an urban planning perspective, using nature-based solutions and targeted concrete removal to manage floods and remediate contaminated land are feasible, less costly than traditional methods, and are beneficial to local communities.”
- L.A. River Master Plan (Urbanize LA)


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By Sian May.
I am part of a strong and wide-ranging team that stretches from our Council of Governors, into our educators and professional services teams. In this network of colleagues almost every conceivable form of expertise can be found. This makes me both very fortunate and also accelerates my own professional learning, reflection and growth at every turn. I have often found myself seeking advice and guidance from a range of high performing teams on subjects ranging from Chat GPT in Science, the future of assessment, wellbeing, science and more. As I analysed our school’s success, I have started to decode the leadership and strategy behind it.
Self-Efficacy is a Key Determinant of Our Students Success
How do you ensure that all educators have an understanding of the impact of their own beliefs?
Ultimately when working alongside colleagues, it has become clear that those who make the most impact believe that they can and will positively impact students’ outcomes. This is not new, as Proteroe (2008), Goddard (2001) and others have explored this phenomenon at length. However, when such shared belief is scaled it produces powerful collective teacher efficacy and creates a dynamic environment in which students and educators thrive. As leaders, we want to know how to utilise this Pygmalion Effect to benefit students!
The Pygmalion Effect can be harnessed to great effect in our schools as Jenni Donohoo’s current work on collaborative inquiry and other tools to achieve collective efficacy illustrates.
The Pygmalion Effect
The Pygmalion Effect was exemplified in 1968, when Rosenthal and Jacobsen conducted an experiment to examine student achievement in relation to teacher expectations. Elementary school children were given an IQ test which informed their teachers which children were going to be average and which children were going to be ‘Bloomers’, the twenty percent of students who showed “unusual potential for intellectual growth”.
The study showed that teachers did not expect much from the average children and gave additional attention to the Bloomers including a nicer environment and more detailed feedback on work. However, unknown to the teachers, these students were selected randomly and may or may not have fulfilled that criteria. After eight months, they came back and retested the children’s intelligence.
The results showed that Bloomers IQ scores had risen (experimental group) significantly higher than the average students (control group), even though these academic bloomers were chosen at random. The bloomers gained an average of two IQ points in verbal ability, seven points in reasoning and four points in total IQ.
In short, the experiment showed that teacher expectations worked as a self-fulfilling prophecy. This continued knowledge (following many repetitions of similar studies) equips us to better understand the communities we wish to create. The values and beliefs teachers bring to our teams are the building foundations of our students’ experiences. We must seize on this opportunity to create teams who believe in all students’ potential, especially in an international environment when a key disposition of our teachers’ is intercultural awareness. I come back in my mind to this time and again. Our teachers’ Pygmalion beliefs enable us to create learning organisations which continually create quality experiences for our students.
A question from Sian to our readers: How might you measure current levels of efficacy?
Sian May is Head of School at Alice Smith School, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Follow the below instruction to enable USB debugging: 1) For Android 2.3 or earlier: Enter "Settings" < Click "Applications" < Click "Development" < Check "USB debugging". 2) For Android 3.0 to 4.1: Enter "Settings" < Click "Developer options" < Check "USB debugging". 3) For Android 4.2 or newer: Enter "Settings" < Click "About Phone" < Tap "Build number" for several times until getting a note "You are under developer mode" < Back to "Settings" < Click "Developer options" < Check "USB debugging".
Step 2: Navigate to the Contacts windows ď ś All your phone data will be detected and categorized on the top menu automatically. For this topic, you just need to go to click the "Contacts" icon to enter the Contacts window. Turn to the left panel and click on the "All Contacts" option, then, all the contacts in your Samsung phone will show in list on the right window. Mark the contacts you want to edit on your computer and click the button of "Backup". ď ś
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The Nature Remo, from Nature, Inc., is a control system that provides window-mounted and through-wall air conditioners with smart attributes.
The company says that it is an Internet of Things (IoT)-controlled device that enables remote control of units. The device facilitates increased energy efficiency along and provides additional benefits.
A power plug feature will be introduced later this year. That, according to the press release, will enable the unit to be used without a remote. The press release says that room air conditioners have been measured as accounting for as much as 15 percent of peak electricity demands in New York City and Tokyo.
Last year, the Department of Energy issues a pre-publication final rule regarding energy conservation standards for Packaged Terminal Air Conditioners (PTACs) and Packaged Terminal Heat Pumps (PTHPs).


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Crude oil prices hit 7-year peak after Middle-east attacks
by SOURAV D | VIEW 2603
On Tuesday, both US WTI (West Texas Intermediate) and Brent crude oil futures’ prices had soared to their strongest in more than seven years as an ongoing fret of a supply lag had exacerbated further following attacks in the Middle East. If truth is to be told, in the day’s steep gains in global crude oil benchmarks were largely catapulted by a series of attacks in the Middle East, which eventually had casted further glooms on an already bottlenecked supply outlook. In factuality, concerns over a potential supply-crunch accelerated sharply earlier this week after Yemeni Houthis had attacked the UAE, worsening a long-running history of military hostility between the Iran-backed group and Saudi-led coalition. On top of that, followed by the Houthi attack on UAE that set off explosions in fuel tankers and led to the death of three people, the Iran-backed Yemeni group had cautioned that it would target more oil facilities. While as an inevitable repercussion, UAE was quoted saying that it had the rights to “respond to the terrorist attacks,” latest strike on a leading Arab ally of the United States would more likely to add to hindrances on an ongoing nuclear talk between Washington and Tehran, which in effect would spur up a steep supply glut further with global economic activities clawing back sharply following a two-year long stagnation.
Nonetheless, shortly after the attack on Abu Dhabi, a milita group backed by UAE and its stronger ally Saudi had reportedly launched a retaliatory attack and bombed the Yemeni capital, clouding supply outlook further. Besides, Goldman Sachs had projected on Tuesday that global crude inventories would tumble to the lowest since 2000s this year, offering further impetus for market participants to jump on the bandwagon of a mass-scale buying frenzy.
Oil jumps after Houthi attack on UAE
Citing statistics, in the day’s commodity market wind down, UK crude rose 0.4 per cent to $86.83 per barrel, while US WTI crude oil contracts added 1.1 per cent to $84.70, though both benchmarks had breached their highest level since October 2014 earlier in the session.
UK crude jumped to $88.13 a barrel and US WTI soared to $85.74 per barrel shortly after the attacks. Meanwhile, addressing to possibilities of further supply disruption earlier in 2022, a senior oil market analyst at Rystad Energy, Louise Dickson said, “The damage to the UAE oil facilities in Abu Dhabi is not significant in itself, but it raises the question of even more supply disruptions in the region in 2022.
The attack raises the geopolitical risk in the region and may signal the Iran-U.S. nuclear deal is off the table for the foreseeable future, meaning Iranian oil barrels are off the market, boosting demand for similar grade crude originating elsewhere. ”


Driver Killed in Polk County Crash
Polk County, TN (October 30, 2020) A man was killed on October 30th following a single vehicle crash in Polk County. The Tennessee Highway Patrol reports that the accident occurred close to US Highways 411 and 64. The accident when the westbound-traveling vehicle veered off the road. After entering grass, the vehicle struck a road sign and then a tree. The vehicle then drove off an embankment and struck railroad tracks. The vehicle eventually came to a stop on its side. While the driver was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, fortunately no one else was injured.
Rollovers in which vehicles end up on their side or top are dangerous accidents and have a higher risk of death than other types of car accidents. Of the approximately 9.1 million passenger vehicle accidents in 2010, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has found that only 2.1% of these crashes involved rollovers. While 2.1% might not seem like a large number of crashes, these accidents resulted in approximately 35% of all deaths from passenger vehicle crashes. In 2010, this equated to more than 7,600 individuals dying in rollovers.
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Even if someone else caused your Tennessee car accident, it can still be difficult to fight for the results you deserve. Fortunately, an experienced car crash lawyer understands the nuances of accident law and will remain focused on fighting for the results you deserve. Contact Fox, Farley, Willis & Burnette today.
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