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Korg Volca Drum Modeling Drum SynthWelcome to an infinitely expanding world of sound design. The Korg Volca Drum joins Volca Kick and Volca Beats as the third, and most unique, drum synth in the Volca lineup. The Volca series is all about unique sound. Whether it's analog, PCM, or FM, the Volca seri..
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Roland TR-6S Rhythm PerformerRoland TR drum machines have impacted music for over 40 years--and they're as influential now as ever. Based on the much-loved TR-8S, the compact and affordable TR-6S has the same speaker-pummeling, window-rattling, body-moving sound of its bigger sibling. Elevate your d..


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11/9/2014 - UAE is now back to its prime position in the list of property investors, with increasing number of property transactions being done after the 2008 property crash, and with numerous projects in pipeline, an expert said.
11/9/2014 - The first edition of Smart Living City Dubai 2014, a biannual event which focuses on local and international smart start-ups, will be held on 15th and 16th September at Jumeirah Emirates Tower.
8/9/2014 - As per the latest information, Dubai homes and businesses would be soon governed by solar power connection, which is now in its final stages of development.
18/8/2014 - Beginning September, Dubai will roll-out its first medical tourism package, which will have a validity of just two weeks, applicable to tourists and residents alike in Dubai.
14/8/2014 - The forthcoming launch of Dubai 360.
11/8/2014 - The new amendment in visa rules now facilitates medical treatment in the UAE for those living abroad.
6/8/2014 - The new Concourse D terminal at Dubai International Airport will be connected to an existing terminal by driverless train, which will open by first quarter of next year, a top official revealed.
24/7/2014 - With global financial crisis looming large, one of the most advanced economies, the UAE, continues to hold on its prime position.
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AUSTIN, Texas — Courtney Ramey and Matt Coleman scored 17 points apiece, but it was not enough as the No. 17/22 Texas men’s basketball team lost, 68-64, to No. 12/3 Villanova Sunday at the Frank Erwin Center.
The game left each team with a 4-1 record this season. Texas is now 1-1 at home.
The outcome was determined at least in part at the free throw line. Villanova converted 14 of 19 shots from the charity strip, while the Longhorns connected on just three of six attempts.
Ramey shot 7-of-11 from the floor, while Coleman went 7-for-15; each included a pair of buckets from beyond the three-point line.
Coleman’s performance gave him his fifth double-digit scoring total in five games this season, and his 60th in 106 games with the Longhorns. Ramey also has scored in double digits in every game this season, and tallied 10 or more for the 42nd time in his 73 games as a member of the UT program.
After spotting the Wildcats a 16-9 lead, the Longhorns went on an 18-4 tear to go ahead, 27-20, with just under seven minutes remaining in halftime. Villanova went on a run of its own, scoring 13 of the last 15 points of the half to head to the locker room with a 32-30 advantage.
The Wildcats led by as many as eight in the second half, but the Longhorns hung around, tying the game at 57-57 on a three-pointer by Ramey with 2:33 to go in the second half, but Villanova pulled away in the final minutes.
The game was the fourth between the teams, with the Longhorns and Wildcats each winning twice.
The Longhorns will host Texas State at 7 p.m. Wednesday in a game that will be carried on the Longhorn Network.


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CoderDojo: Drawing with Light
14.00 – 17.00
7-17 year olds are invited to program a ZIP Halo - a multicolour LED ring - and then make long exposure images, drawing with light as they move it in front of the camera.
Youth and parent mentors are welcome, if you're interested in mentoring, please get in touch with us at firstname.lastname@example.org
CoderDojo is a global movement of free, volunteer-led, community-based programming clubs for young people. Anyone aged 7-17 can visit a Dojo where they can learn to code, build a website, create an app or a game, and explore technology in an informal, creative, and social environment.
Within the CoderDojo Movement there is a focus on peer learning, youth mentoring and self-led learning.

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The widow of the skipper of the Easy Rider fishing vessel which sank in Foveaux Strait in 2012, with the loss of eight lives, has been fined and sentenced to community service.
Gloria Davis was the sole director of the company that owned the boat and was found guilty in March this year of three offences under the Maritime Transport Act.
On Tuesday at the Invercargill District Court, Judge John Strettell sentenced Davis to 350 hours' community service and fined her $3000. The company she was a director of, AZ1 Enterprises, was fined $204,500.
Maritime New Zealand said the sentencing should send a very strong message to the fishing community and those who are responsible for managing the safety of fishing operations. Director Keith Manch said it was only after careful consideration that a decision to prosecute Davis was taken.
But the mother of one of those who died believes no one should have faced charges and has spoken out in support of Davis.
Helen Topi, who lost her soon Shane Topi, told Radio New Zealand's Checkpoint programme that Davis should never have been charged.
"I want to meet up with her and give her a hug. She's gone through so much, she's lost so much. She hasn't just lost her son - she's lost everything. I don't blame her whatsoever - no way, it's not gonna bring anybody back."
Ms Topi said she was also unhappy with the fine imposed on AZ1 Enterprises.


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The A6 Ecole notebook with 96 cream white blank pages. With a cover window for a replaceable label. Business cards and other similar items can also be stored inside the paper cover’s 2 pockets.
Notebooks and pads are essential when it comes to jotting down and organising our thoughts, ideas and tasks. The Semikolon ‘Edge’ products have an elegant appearance as always.
- Size: A6 10,5 x 14,8
The Seigaiha waves are a traditional Japanese pattern. It represents the boundless ocean and is considered a symbol of infinite happiness. In the Seigaiha collection, selected products from the range are presented in a new light in the well-known semicolon colours Marine, Ciel and Turquoise.

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Politicians today called the World Food Summit, which ended in Rome, a waste of time. But scientists were quietly heralding at least one positive development from the meeting at the headquarters of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation.
The final hours saw the launch of a global fund, backed by the World Bank, to preserve the planet’s crop biodiversity. The fund aims to raise a quarter of a billion dollars for a permanent endowment to fund an existing cash-strapped network of the 16 international crop gene banks.
“The world’s diversity of crop plants is one of the most important tools we have to combat poverty and hunger,” said Geoff Hawtin, head of the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, which will oversee the project.
In recent years, the gene banks have cut back their collections of rare crop varieties. Meanwhile thousands of traditional plant varieties, many with unique traits that could be bred into modern varieties, are being lost forever as farmers replace them with a handful of modern varieties.
Backers of the project believe a revival of plant collecting and traditional breeding could have more impact on future harvests than any number of political declarations.
The summit, which otherwise agreed little, was boycotted by Western leaders. “I’m not sending a minister because I don’t expect it to be an effective summit,” Britain’s overseas development secretary Clare Short said from London.
And it ended in farce, with claims that the closing ceremony had been brought forward two hours to allow its chairman, the Italian president Silvio Berlusconi, to watch his country’s World Cup match with Mexico on TV.
The summit was held to assess progress on a target, made at a similar meeting six years ago, to halve world hunger by 2015. It heard that progress was slow. The world’s hungry now number 815 million, just 3 per cent down on the 1996 figure.
At the meeting, developing nations called for an end to subsidies on food production in the rich world. They claimed that the subsidies are producing a flood of cheap produce on the international market that is undermining their own farmers.
Rich nations, meanwhile, chided African governments in particular for undermining local food production through corruption and short-sighted policies.
The presence of Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe at the conference acted as a focus for these criticisms. His controversial land reform policies are widely blamed for exacerbating the effects of the current southern African drought.

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There’s something about Drew Brees in the Superdome that causes him to go nuts.
Brees has already been carving up the Raiders defense on Sunday and in the 3rd quarter with New Orleans backed up, he found his top receiver Brandin Cooks for a long touchdown.
How about 98 yards. Wow.
That speed by Cooks is impressive too.


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And all about the courtly stable
Bright harness'd angels sit in order serviceable.
A passage from ROGERS. The lark has sung his carol in the sky, The bees have humm'd their noontide lullaby ; Still in the vale the village bells ring round, Still in Llewellyn-hall the jests resound. For now the caudle-cup is circling there, Now, glad at heart, the gossips breathe their prayer, And, crowding, stop the cradle to admire The babe, the sleeping image of his sire.
A few short years—and then these sounds shall hail
The day again, and gladness fill the vale;
So soon the child a youth, the youth a man,
Eager to run the race his fathers ran.
Then the huge ox shall yield the broad sirloin ;
The ale, now brew'd, in floods of amber shine:
And, basking in the chimney's ample blaze,
Mid many a tale told of his boyish days,
The nurse shall cry, of all her ills beguiled,
- 'Twas on these knees he sat so oft and smiled.”
And soon again shall music swell the breeze;
Soon, issuing forth, shall glitter through the trees
Vestures of nuptial white; and hymns be sung,
And violets scatter'd round; and old and young,
In every cottage-porch with garlands green,
Stand still to gaze, and gazing, bless the scene;
While, her dark eyes declining, by his side,
Moves in her virgin-veil the gentle bride.
And once, alas! nor in a distant lour,
Another voice shall come from yonder tower ;
When in dim chambers long black weeds are seen,
And weeping 's heard where only joy has been;
When by his children borne, and from his door
Slowly departing to return no more,
He rests in holy earth with them that went before.
And such is human Life ; so gliding on,
It glimmers like a meteor and is gone!
Yet is the tale, brief though it be, as strange,
As full methinks of wild and wondrous change,
As any that the wandering tribes require,
Stretch'd in the desert round their evening fire;
As any sung of old in hall or bower
To minstrel-harps at midnight's witching hour!
THE TWO ANGELS. The following, by Professor LONGFELLOW, appeared in Bentley's Miscellany. Two angels, one of Life and one of Death,
Pass’d o'er the village as the morning broke ; The dawn was on their faces, and beneath,
The sombre houses hearsed with plumes of smoke. Their attitude and aspect were the same,
Alike their features and their robes of white; But one was crown'd with amaranth, as with flame,
And one with asphodels, like flakes of light. I saw them pause on their celestial way;
Then said I, with deep fear and doubt oppress’d : “ Beat not so loud, my heart, lest thou betray
The place where thy beloved are at rest !" And he, who wore the crown of asphodels,
Descending, at my door began to knock, And my soul sank within me, as in wells
The waters sink before an earthquake's shock. I recognised the nameless agony,
The terror, and the tremor, and the pain, That oft before had fill'd and haunted me,
And now return'd with threefold strength again. The door I open'd to my heavenly guest,
And listen'd, for I thought I heard God's voice; And, knowing whatsoe'er He sent was best,
Dared neither to lament nor to rejoice.
Then with a smile, that fill'd the house with light,
“My errand is not Death, but Life,” he said ; And ere I answer'd, passing out of sight,
On his celestial embassy he sped.
'Twas at thy door, O friend ! and not at mine,
The angel with the amaranthine wreath Pausing descended, and with voice divine
Whisper'd a word that had a sound like Death.
Then fell upon the house a sudden gloom,
A shadow on those features fair and thin ;
And softly, from that hush'd and darken'd room,
Two angels issued, where but one went in.
All is of God! If He but wave his hand
The mists collect, the rain falls thick and loud, Till with a smile of light on sea and land,
Lo! He looks back from the departing cloud. Angels of Life and Death alike are his ;
Without his leave they pass no threshold o'er ; Who, then, would wish or dare, believing this,
Against his messengers to shut the door ?
REMORSE. This fine scene, so full of dramatic power and gloomy with poetic imagery, is from ALEXANDER SMITH's Life Drama.
Good men have said
That sometimes God leaves sinners to their sin,
He has left me to mine, and I am changed;
My worst part is insurgent, and my will
Is weak and powerless as a trembling king
When millions rise up hungry. Woe is me!
My soul breeds sins as a dead body worms !
They swarm and feed upon me. Hear me, God!
Sin met me and embraced me on my way :
Methought her cheeks were red, her lips had bloom ;
I kiss'd her bold lips, dallied with her hair :
She sang me into slumber. I awoke-
It was a putrid corse that clung to me,
That clings to me like memory to the damn'd,
That rots into my being. Father! God!
I cannot shake it off! It clings, it clings !-
I soon will grow as corrupt as itself.
God sends me back my prayers, as a father
Returns unoped the letters of a son
Who has dishonour'd him.
Have mercy, Fiend!
Thou Devil, thou wilt drag me down to hell !
Oh, if she had proclivity to sin
Who did appear so beauteous and so pure,
Nature may leer behind a gracious mask
And God himself may be I'm giddy, blind ;
The world reels from beneath me.
[Catches hold of the parapet. (An Outcast approaches.) Wilt pray for me?
GIRL (shuddering). 'Tis a dreadful thing to pray.
Why is it so ?
Hast thou, like me, a spot upon thy soul,
That neither tears can cleanse, nor fires eterne ?
I request them.
For ne'er did a dishevell’d woman cling,
So earnest-pale to a stern conqueror's knees,
Pleading for a dear life, as did my prayer
Cling to the knees of God. He shook it off,
And went upon His way. Wilt pray for me?
Sin crusts me o'er as limpets crust the rocks.
I would be thrust from every human door;
I dare not knock at Heaven's.
Poor homeless one! There is a door stands wide for thee and me
The door of hell. Methinks we are well met.
I saw a little girl three years ago
With eyes of azure and with cheeks of red-
A crowd of sunbeams hanging down her face ;
Sweet laughter round her; dancing like a breeze.-
I'd rather lair me with a fiend in fire
Than look on such a face as hers to night.
But I can look on thee, and such as thee !
I'll call thee “Sister ; " do thou call me “Brother.”
A thousand years hence, when we both are damn'd,
We'll sit like ghosts upon the wailing shore,
And read our lives by the red light of hell.
Will we not, Sister?
O thou strange wild man, Let me alone : what would you seek with me?
Your ear, my Sister. I have that within
Which urges me to utterance. I could accost
A pensive angel, singing to himself
Upon a hill in heaven, and leave his mind
As dark and turbid as a trampled pool,
To purify at leisure. I have none
To listen to me, save a sinful woman
Upon a midnight bridge.-She was so fair,-
God's eye could rest with pleasure on her face.
Oh God, she was so happy! Her short life
As full of music as the crowded June
Of an unfallen orb. What is it now?
She gave me her young heart, full, full of love ;
My return--was to break it. Worse, far worse ;
I crept into the chambers of her soul,
Like a foul toad, polluting as I went.
I pity her--not you. Man trusts in God;
He is eternal. Woman trusts in man;
And he is shifting sand.
Poor child, poor child ! We sat in dreadful silence with our sin,

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ASTM International - ASTM G143-03(2018)
Standard Test Method for Measurement of Web/Roller Friction Characteristics
|Publication Date:||1 June 2018|
|ICS Code (Components for conveyors):||53.040.20|
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5.1 This test method is intended to simulate the slip of a flexible web on a roller in a machine or tribosystem that conveys web materials. Flexible webs such as plastic sheeting, paper,... View More
5.1 This test method is intended to simulate the slip of a flexible web on a roller in a machine or tribosystem that conveys web materials. Flexible webs such as plastic sheeting, paper, elastomers, metal foils, and cloth are often transported in manufacturing processes by combinations of driving and idler rollers. The friction characteristics of the web/roller interface often affects the web transport process. If the web/roller friction is too low, the web can slip on the rollers and be damaged or damage the roller. High friction on the other hand, can lead to steering problems and overloading of driving motors.
5.2 This test method can be used to rank rollers for their ability to resist slip versus a particular web material (high friction). Conversely this test method can assess web materials or web surface coatings such as waxes and lubricants. In this latter case, the goal may be a low-friction product made from a web (film, magnetic media, paper, and so forth).
5.3 If a tribosystem involves transport of a flexible web on a roller, this is an appropriate test to use to measure the friction characteristics of the roller/web couple.View Less
1.1 This test method covers the simulation of a roller/web transport tribosystem and the measurement of the static and kinetic coefficient of friction of the web/roller couple when sliding occurs between the two. The objective of this test method is to provide users with web/roller friction information that can be used for process control, design calculations, and for any other function where web/roller friction needs to be known.
1.2 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as standard. No other units of measurement are included in this standard.
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety, health, and environmental practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
1.4 This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.


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Awash National Park
The scenic Awash National Park is located less than 200 km east of Addis Ababa and covers 750 square kilometer of acacia and grassland savanna. It has a beautiful gorge carved by the Awash River and a huge waterfall where the river plunges into the gorge. The Filwuha ‘hot springs’ with the surrounding doum palm, offers an oasis-like setting. A quick dip in the hot water is possible. The dormant Fantelle volcano is another distinct feature of the park.
The Awash Falls Lodge is a nice place to stay in the park and also camping is available. The Bilen Lodge is found outside the park on the road leading to the Danakil Depression and offers prime game viewing opportunities in the surrounding area.
The Awash Falls
The beautiful Awash Falls is an impressive site, especially in the rainy season. A short walk leads to the falls and the riverine forest supports good birdlife and (vervet) monkeys.
The park offers a good variety of wildlife but the numbers are small. The beisa oryx, Soemmering’s gazelle and Salt’s dik-dik need to be mentioned but also lesser and greater kudu, defassa waterbuck and warthog are common. Big predators like lion, leopard, cheetah and hyena (spotted and striped) are present but not often seen.
The different habitats in the park support a wide range of bird species. Over 450 species are recorded in the park, among them some endemic or near-endemic species. This makes the park a prime destination for enthusiast birders.

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Glasgow-based private equity house Maven Capital Partners, which describes itself as one of the most active firms of its kind in the UK, has led the £20 million management buyout of a door and window hardware specialist.
Maven has taken the lead regarding Manchester-based UAP in the deal that represents the Scottish firm’s second investment from its new buyout fund, having earlier this year led an investment in Glasgow-based plastic producer John McGavigan.
The private equity firm said UAP, a supplier and distributor of high-specification door and window hardware that was founded in 1996, has grown both organically and via acquisitions, including Fullex and CitySafe, which were integrated into the group in 2016.
And it added that the transaction, which includes an equity investment of £8.7m from Maven and a “significant” reinvestment from the senior management team, will enable UAP to accelerate growth with a larger product range and entry into new markets. UAP already has more than 3,000 product lines and exports to 25 countries.
Maven partner Andrew Ferguson said: “We are delighted to have completed the second investment on behalf of Maven’s new UK Regional Buyout Fund. UAP is a highly profitable, fast-growing and market-leading business. It is led by a highly experienced management team who have big ambitions for the business to become the clear market leader. We are excited to support UAP in its growth strategy, which may also include strategic bolt-on acquisitions.”
UAP founder and chief executive David Jennings also commented: “In order to realise our huge growth ambitions it was vital to us that we aligned ourselves with a pro-active private equity house who shared our vision…
“I know that we now have an equity partner who will help us shape our future and support our growth story going forwards. Our goal now is to repay the faith placed in us by Maven, and it is a challenge that we will relish.”


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NORWICH – Defense Attorney F. Stanton Ackerman, representing Ganesh R. Ramsaran, 38, of New Berlin – who has been indicted for second degree murder, an A-I violent felony in relation to the death of his wife – filed a motion to disqualify Chenango County’s District Attorney from prosecuting the alleged murderer, claiming a conflict of interest and asking for the appointment of a special prosecutor outside of the county District Attorney’s Office to try the case.
The defendant stands accused of murdering his wife on or about December 11, 2012, in their home located at 449 Sheff Road in the Town of New Berlin. First reported missing by her husband on the same day she is alleged to have been murdered, the search for the missing Ramsaran lasted for seventy-seven days before she was found. On Feb. 26, 2012, the late Ramsaran’s body was located, exposed to the elements down an embankment adjacent to Center Road in the Town of Pharsalia. Following an investigation by the Chenango County Sheriff’s Office, her husband was arrested on May 17 and a criminal complaint formally accusing him of murder was filed.
In a court paper received on July 17, Ackerman claims his client will be placed at an unfair disadvantage because Chenango County Assistant District Attorney Micheal Ferraresse was previously involved in civil court proceedings with Eileen Sayles. The court paper claims Sayles was party to an extramarital affair with Ramsaran and that she will be a material witness should the case go to trial.


A motorcyclist was killed Thursday night in south Allentown when he collided with a Domino’s Pizza car that was returning from a delivery, police said.
The motorcyclist, identified Friday morning as Matthew S. Smith, 26, of East Walnut Street in Allentown, was southbound on the 1600 block of Front Street, just south of Federal Street, at 8:37 p.m. when he collided with the northbound car’s right front.
Allentown police Capt. Bill Reinik said the man landed in the street and was taken to St. Luke’s Hospital-Fountain Hill. Residents near the crash scene said the man was not moving after the crash but paramedics told them he had a pulse. The coroner’s office said Smith was pronounced dead at the hospital about 9:20 p.m.
Lisa Conover of Federal Street said she was cooking in her kitchen when she heard “a loud boom” outside.
“When I came out, the guy was laying there between two cars,” she said. “He was bleeding from his head.”
Reinik said no one else was hurt.
Shortly after the crash, a man came to the scene and said he had let Smith borrow his motorcycle for a test drive, Conover said. The man was distraught, she said.
The pizza delivery man waited while an ambulance took the motorcyclist to a hospital. Then police shut down half a block of Front Street for their investigation.
The delivery man’s car sat in the middle of the street and, to the right of the car between two parked vehicles, the motorcycle lay in the grass just off the street’s east side.


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Today (January 30), Melbourne singer-songwriter Didirri has announced a headlining tour of Australia to celebrate the release of new single ‘Raw Stuff’.
Kicking off with a show at the Lansdowne Hotel in Sydney this April, Didirri will also perform in Newcastle, Warrnambool, Melbourne, Brisbane and Kingscliff.
In addition, he will also give a one-off performance at Adelaide Festival in March.
The indie-folk artist has opened up about his latest release in an accompanying statement in the description of the song’s music video on YouTube.
“‘Raw Stuff’ instantly fell into two parts,” the singer said.
“The first half is my side of miscommunication, and the second my reaction to hearing they felt the same. Songwriting really helps me express things that I may otherwise be without words to explain. ‘Raw Stuff’ is one of those songs that just stood out when I was writing. Sometimes a song just speaks to me more than others.”
The tour announcement comes ahead of Didirri’s appearance in the Eurovision – Australia Decides competition next week, where he will be up against the likes of Montaigne, Casey Donovan, Vanessa Amorosi and Mitch Tambo for a chance to represent the country at the famed Eurovision global song contest in The Netherlands later this year.
Didirri will also join the Aussie contingent at this year’s SXSW, performing at the Austin-based music conference alongside the likes of Baker Boy, Jack River and Shady Nasty.
Watch the video for ‘Raw Stuff’ below.
View the tour dates via Didirri’s Facebook post below:
★★★ TOUR ANNOUNCE ★★★To celebrate the release of ‘Raw Stuff’ I am playing a run of intimate shows across Australia. Very excited to see you all soon. xbook now: didirri.com/tour
Posted by Didirri on Wednesday, January 29, 2020


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Beyond Antares wrote:
I was one of those who didn't see any sparks between Riker/Troi. Kind of bland.
I agree. Zero chemistry! Trek writers really sucked at writing romance, with the exception of Paris / Torres
Data / Tasha
- my favorite ship ever! Nuff said!
Worf / Dax
were kinda okay, but they never made me care much about what happens to them. I personally couldn't care less if they had babies, or ended up divorced.
Kira / Odo
I never liked. It was too weird for my taste.
Kes / Neelix
- OMG, that had to be one of the worst TV romances ever. He was old, ugly and annoying, she was young, pretty and intelligent. Who the hell came up with that pairing? FAIL!
Chakotay / Seven
- that wasn't even a romance, that was, like, "lets give Chakotay some booty, since we robbed him of character development."
Trip / T'Pol
- had huge potential for a kick ass Romeo/Juliet story. Ton of buildup that eventually went nowhere. A perfect example of "don't write romance if you don't know how."
Pitty, I like Manny Coto in general, but with this, he really failed. Epically.
Spock / Uhura
[ST XI] - I like this romance quite a bit, I must say. Bob and Alex really took me by surprise with this one. That scene where Spock calls her Nyota in front of Kirk was one of my favorite moments in the movie. I just hope they don't screw it up in future films.


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The Principe Eiderdown Surround Pillow
Over the years we have known about the magical qualities of the down from the Eider Duck, but have never had the chance to experience it. There have also been a handful of companies over the years that have, from time to time, offered eiderdown duvets in their range. Never before however, have we ever experienced luxury as provided by Schlossberg and, specifically the three pure eiderdown duvets in their range plus this pillow.
After our "interview" we were finally shown the eiderdown products, encased in the most luxurious mulberry silk cover. We were then told to open out the palm of our hand. In our hands was placed a cluster of pure eiderdown - amazingly we could see it, but it was so light that we couldn't feel it! Gradually our hands became warmer and warmer - this is the magical quality of the finest pure Eider Down as used by Schlossberg of Switzerland.
The duvets and pillows are made by hand in Switzerland using 100% Icelandic Eiderdown that has been collected by hand, gently washed by hand, disinfected in a steam bath and then sorted by hand to gurantee 100% purity.
We offer the following pillow sizes:
50cm x 70cm
50cm x 75cm (UK Standard)
60cm x 70cm
50cm x 90cm (UK King Size)
65cm x 65cm (UK Square)
80cm x 80cm
Because the Eiderdown is so extremely soft and light, the inner chamber of this pillow is filled with extra large cluster European Goose Down (90% down, 10% small feathers). This still makes for a very soft and extremely light pillow but adds a gentle support.
These duvets are covered in champagne coloured, particularly fine satin made from 100% Mulberry silk.
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Thermaltake announced the first lineup of the Thermaltake S Series Steel Tempered Glass Edition Chassis – the S500 TG that combines sophistication and elegance and is all built with a modern steel construction.
The chassis is manufactured with one tempered glass side panel, two preinstalled standard fans, 140mm at the front and 120mm at the rear to enable outstanding ventilation. It incorporates a full modular design, vertical radiator & GPU mount, patented rotational PCI-E slots, and the support for 200mm fans. The S500 TG Tempered Glass Edition Mid-Tower Chassis is a great fit for PC builders who are looking for a modern and stylish chassis.
To continue achieving the corporate mission of delivering the perfect user experience, Thermaltake developed “TT Premium” with the essence of combining supreme quality products with a new logo design. TT Premium is far more than just a guarantee of quality. Behind the name, it represents the passion in DIY, Modding and Thermaltake’s desire to be the most innovative brand in the PC hardware market. To satisfy the demand of the high-end PC users, TT Premium follows its core values of Excellent Quality, Unique Design, Diverse Combinations and Boundless Creativity to provide a high-performancePC product for every enthusiast.
Tt LCS Certified is a Thermaltake exclusive certification applied to only products that pass the design and hardcore enthusiasts standards that a true LCS chassis should be held to. The Tt LCS certification was created so that we at Thermaltake can designate to all power users which chassis have been tested to be best compatible with extreme liquid cooling configurations to ensure you get the best performance from the best features and fitment.
Sleek Steel designed, Thermaltake S500 Tempered Glass Edition Mid-Tower Chassis is based on patented rotational PCI-E 8 Slot design with superior hardware and liquid cooling support that comes with handy I/O Ports
Thermaltake S500 Steel Tempered Glass Edition Mid-Tower Chassisis now available for purchase, via the Thermaltake worldwide network of authorized retailers and distributors. It is backed by a three-year warranty and supported by the Thermaltake worldwide customer service and technical support network. For up-to-date pricing of the chassis, please refer to the Thermaltake website or contact your local Thermaltake sales or PR representative.


This municipality is located on the southeast of Puerto Rico. It has an area of 37 square miles and a population of 21,888 inhabitants. The name is of indigenous origin and it means “Place of Waters”. It is located next to Punta Ballena, where you can see the keys of Caña Gorda, Bahía de Guánica, Punta Brea, Jorobado and El Obispo; between these last two you can find Terremoto and Don Luis Key.
Guánica is one of the main tourism hotspots of Puerto Rico, where thousands of people come every year to enjoy the waters, forests and beautiful beaches. In addition to all of the places of interest, Guánica also has many facilities for tourist to visit and get comfortable.
Guánica’s dry forest is one of the most popular spots to visit. This forest is unique in the world due to its diversity of birds, animals and plants. There is a 4,000-acre bay that divides the forests in half
The forest is located in the southwest of the island and in order to get here, once must commission transportation or take a bus from San German or Ponce. Upon reaching the forest, one must continue by foot through paths and trails.
Guánica’s forest is considered a natural reserve and it was designated as such in 1919. It was also named a Man and the Biosphere site by the UNESCO in 1981. It is called a dry forest because it doesn’t have a lot of precipitation and its trees shed foliage during the dry season. The weather here averages 100 degree Fahrenheit when fully exposed to the sun.
The biodiversity is ample. More than 550 species of plants have been found here, 180 of them are native to this region. The animals here are respected and protected because they are very important to the locals. Birds, land and sea animals are abundant here and grace the land with their beautiful colors.
Surfing, fishing and kayaking are popular activities in this park.
This beach is managed by the National Parks of Puerto Rico. It’s located in highway #333 inside Guánica’s Dry Forest. It has many accommodations for tourists like bathrooms, food stands, parking, sports courts, a store for beach articles and more. This is a perfect spot to spend a day under the sun visiting beautiful beaches. Hours of operation are from Wednesdays to Sundays and holidays from 08:30 a.m. to 06:00 p.m.
Located in the Parguera Natural Reserve. It is known for being a large naturally created pool. Its waters are beautiful and calm with tones between green and blue that leave all visitors in awe. The pool is about 4 feet deep, depending on the tide, and is surrounded by a wooden frame that gives it shape. Visiting the pool means is comfortable for tourist because is very easy to get there, unload and enjoy the waters. It has easy parking, showers, BBQ grills, chairs available and tables for eating. Hours of operations are Tuesday to Sundays and holidays from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and it doesn’t open on Mondays.
Guánica’s Art and History Museum “Don Pedro Juan Vargas Mercado”
Located in 25 de Julio Street. It used to be an old house that did the part of administrative headquarters of the municipal government and it was built in 1921. It was restored and turned into an art museum in 2006. This place safely stores all documents and photographs that gather the story of the colonization of Puerto Rico. It houses many local and international pieces of art. The hours of operation are Wednesdays from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.; on Thursdays through Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; and on Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. On Mondays and Tuesdays is not open to the public
One of the most visited beaches in Puerto Rico due to its easy access and deep blue waters. It has an extensive coast and you can find all kinds of food and shopping right at the beach. The sand is white and the water is crystal clear. You can find many visitors here any day of the week.
Copamarina Beach Resort
If you want to spend your days in Guánica in style, look no further than the Copamarina Beach Resort. The location is perfect for those who want to get away and discover the beautiful landscape of the south of the island. The rooms are large and extremely comfortable and the amenities of the resort including its private beach will make you want to stay and enjoy every minute of it.
For more articles on some of the best locations, most interesting landmarks and awesome activities for your next vacation, visit our blog at Royal Holiday Destinations today.


Golf glance: A look at this week's pro tournaments
CROWNE PLAZA INVITATIONAL AT COLONIAL
Site: Fort Worth, Texas. Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.
Course: Colonial Country Club (7,204 yards, par 70).
Purse: $6.4 million. Winner's share: $1,152,000.
Television: Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, 3-6 p.m., 8:30-11:30 p.m.; Saturday, 1-2:30 p.m., 6:30-11 p.m.; Sunday, 1-2:30 p.m., 7-11:30 p.m.) and CBS (Saturday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m.).
BMW PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
Site: Virginia Water, England. Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.
Course: Wentworth Club, West Course (7,302 yards, par 72).
Purse: $6.1 million. Winner's share: $1,016,890.
Television: Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, 5 a.m.-noon; Saturday, 7:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 11:30 p.m.-3 a.m.; Sunday, 7:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Monday, midnight-3 a.m.).
PGA OF AMERICA
SENIOR PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
Site: St. Louis. Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.
Course: Bellerive Country Club (6,959 yards, par 71).
Purse: TBA ($2.1 million in 2012). Winner's share: TBA.
Television: Golf Channel (Thursday, noon-3 p.m.; Friday, 12:30-3:30 a.m., noon-3 p.m.; Saturday, 12:30-3:30 a.m.) and NBC (Saturday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m.).
PURE SILK-BAHAMAS LPGA CLASSIC


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How "Ode to the West Wind" Is an Example of Romantic Poetry
Percy Bysshe Shelley is one of the best-known English Romantic poets, along with William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, John Keats and William Blake. His 1819 poem “Ode to the West Wind,” in which the speaker directly addresses the wind and longs to fuse himself with it, exemplifies several characteristics of Romantic poetry.
Romantic poetry often explores the symbolism of everyday objects or phenomena, such as an urn or the song of a nightingale. In an 1818 letter to his friend Thomas Love Peacock, a novelist and poet, Shelley wrote, “I always seek in what I see the manifestation of something beyond the present and tangible object.” In “West Wind,” the speaker meditates on the many metaphysical meanings the wind holds for him.
Poetry as a Moral Force
In his tract “A Defence of Poetry,” Shelley wrote, “The great instrument of moral good is the imagination; and poetry administers to the effect by acting upon the cause.” In other words, poetry inspires readers’ imaginations, and their imaginations move them to be better people. In stanza 5 of “West Wind,” the speaker thinks of the wintery wind as a spiritual force for renewal, playing on the multiple Latin meanings of “spiritus” -- “wind,” “breath” “and “inspiration.” As spring follows winter, he longs for the wind to breathe life into his “dead thoughts” so that they “quicken a new birth” in readers, and to “scatter … my words among mankind” to spread his poetry’s “prophecy.”
The Romantic period followed -- and reacted against -- the Neoclassical period, which drew heavily on classical literary forms and genres and focused on stylistic “correctness.” Romantic poets including William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, John Keats and Shelley created new forms, choosing creativity and imagination over rigid rules, yet participated in the poetic tradition by reworking established poetic forms. In “West Wind,” Shelley combines the forms of an English sonnet (such as Shakespeare wrote) and Italian terza rima (which Dante used in his “Divine Comedy”) to achieve a unique form of five 14-line stanzas. Each is divided into four tercets and a final couplet, rhyming ABA BCB CDC DED EE.
Apostrophe is a poetic convention in which the speaker directly addresses someone who’s not there or something nonhuman. It appears frequently in Romantic poetry, in keeping with the movement’s emphasis on capturing “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings,” as Wordsworth wrote in the preface to “Lyrical Ballads.” The first words of “West Wind” are an apostrophe: “O wild West Wind,” and apostrophes pepper the poem throughout. The lines “O thou who chariotest to their dark wintry bed/The winged seeds”; “Thou who didst waken from his summer dreams/The blue Mediterranean”; “thou, O uncontrollable!” are a few of many.
- Bartleby.com: Ode to the West Wind
- Essays and Letters; Percy Bysshe Shelley; ed. Ernest Rhys
- A Defence of Poetry, 2nd ed.; Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Lyrical Ballads and Other Poems; ed. William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Martin Scofield
- The Norton Anthology of English Literature, vol. 2; ed. M. H. Abrams
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Many people have just one question about solar panels installation, and that is, do solar panels need to be set up on the roof? The truth of the matter is no. However, there are numerous benefits to putting solar panels on the roof.
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The electrical wiring from the solar installer would be connected to the Air Conditioning Breaker Panel. You would be able to disconnect the inverter and the grid in case maintenance is required.
However when I began to pencil out the numbers solar energy simply didn’t build up. In the service world if an investment takes 20 or more years to pay itself off then it is considered a loser.
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Being a Hawaii solar company consultant for over 5 years, the top concern I obtain from homeowners is “I do not have the loan”. Many assume a payment completely or a big down payment which automatically turns them away from the topic of buying a solar system. With a down economy it would be simple to comprehend saving would be the best thing to do. The excellent thing about solar is, it’s a financial investment that will pay for itself. With financing choices readily available, getting a system installed is simple to do.
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These innovative greenhouse fiberglass tubes can melt your heating bills down to size this winter. These tubes look like pillars, however are actually hollow. Fill them with water and they keep and catch sunshine which fills the room with heat. Keep them brilliantly exposed to sunlight.
Thankfully for us, there is one such solution. Solar pv panels. Using pv panels to cut the expense of your electricity expenses can conserve you a considerable quantity of loan gradually. With the best system installed you can easily cut your electricity bills to 40% of their current cost. Include that up over the duration of a year and you have actually simply booked yourself a Christmas vacation!
I’m very carefully optimistic, given that it avoided breaking that $8 support level. So unless some catastrophic occasion unfolds and sends the entire sector into a tailspin, I don’t think it runs out the concern to see ReneSola trading around $12.00 in 12 months.

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Simulation modeling is increasingly being used for strategy implementation, policy analysis and design in healthcare management. Preventable childhood diseases and premature deaths still occur particularly in the developing countries despite the various approaches that have been applied to understand immunisation coverage problems. While the immunisation system like other healthcare systems is complex, the System Dynamics modeling approach is applied and tested on the Ugandan healthcare system. Results of the study show that, the population, healthcare and vaccine management policies have overwhelming in?uence on immunisation coverage and form the foundations on which the success of immunisation policy is based. The developed models demonstrate the dynamics and test different policies thus making it useful for strategic planning and policy debate. Suggested intervention strategies that could provide substantial effect on immunisation coverage include: strengthening of the healthcare system, design of relevant health information systems, adoption of ICTs innovations to improve operational efficiency and improvement of the livelihood of the population.


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Saturday, October 25, 2014
Institutionalized for more than three decades and largely deaf and mute, Judith Scott found her voice through art, forming intricate sculptures of yarn, fabric and other fibers tightly wrapped around an array of found objects.
Two-year-old Krzys zooms down a slide in Warsaw and shrieks with delight, paying no mind to the workmen who are busy demolishing the playground walls.
South Korean pop sensation Psy, who rose to global fame with his hit song “Gangnam Style,” will stage a concert in Taiwan this weekend, along with several other famous K-pop artists.
Friday, October 24, 2014
Google provided a sneak peek into Bhutan Thursday by unveiling a Street View project for the remote Himalayan kingdom, featuring panoramic views of its majestic mountains, monasteries and crystal-clear rivers.
Pop sensation Mariah Carey will arrive in Taiwan early Saturday with her 3-year-old twins on a personal jet for her Taipei concert the next day.
Musician Raphael Ravenscroft, who played one of the most famous saxophone solos of all time on Gerry Rafferty's “Baker Street,” has died. He was 60.
Thursday, October 23, 2014
In Brazil, women primarily wear their hair long, and need to tackle the country's generally hot, humid climate when they style it. They also demand a wide range of sun protection creams.
Alfred Wertheimer, the photographer whose portraits of Elvis Presley documented the birth of a music legend, has died.
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Emerging from the woods at the edge of Paris like a glass ship, the hyper-modern Louis Vuitton art museum was inaugurated on Monday, kicking off an art-filled week in the French capital.
Rene Burri, a Swiss photographer best known for his iconic black and white portraits of Communist revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara and painter Pablo Picasso, has died. He was 81.


Philadelphia, United States A company developing a “recycled” energy project from breaking trains in Philadelphia has been awarded a major grant by the state of Pennsylvania.
Viridity Energy, a Philadelphia-area smart grid company, announced last week it had received a $900,000 grant for a pilot project with the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), the nation’s sixth largest public transit organization.
As part of the project, Viridity Energy will deploy its software optimization system to allow SEPTA to recycle the energy created from the regenerative braking ability of trains and trolleys at a high-use propulsion substation in Philadelphia, which will in turn improve power quality, produce energy savings and generate revenues.
The project will pair the latest 21st century technologies and energy optimization practices with one of the country’s oldest transportation systems, dating back to the deployment of electric trolleys in 1892. Mass transit systems across the country are striving to maintain high quality service while facing growing fiscal challenges which are further compounded by rising energy costs. If successful, the pilot may help transit systems to help meet these challenges while at the same time improve grid reliability in highly populated urban neighborhoods.
The project calls for Viridity Energy and SEPTA to install a large-scale battery to capture the energy from regenerative braking of trains along a portion of the Market-Frankford Line, the highest ridership line in SEPTA’s system.


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The Preakness Stakes is the second leg of the Triple Crown. See special reports and LIVE coverage May 17 from Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore on WBAL-TV 11 News, WBAL-TV Plus and WBALTV.com.
2-year confusion over man's burial plot straightened out
Opening Day at Pimlico Race Course features nine races and excited fans.
Baltimore third baseman Manny Machado has decided to have season-ending surgery on his ailing right knee, leaving the Orioles without one of their best players as they try for their first division title in 17 years.


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Microsoft has announced that "Civilization Revolution" and "Dungeon Defenders" will be released for free in March for Xbox 360 members of the Xbox Live Gold service.
Microsoft Lumia 640 review: Impressive device, affordable price
Windows 10 signoff will occur in mid July
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Conductor Zachary Schwartzman guides the orchestra with dramatic precision to ultimately express a kaleidoscope of coruscating musical colors. He delivers cues, tempo changes, metrical nuances, and expression with aplomb. He draws energy, excitement, and sheer musicality from the young artists.
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This American Symphony Orchestra masterfully employed a sumptuous mix of 19th century symphonic intones and swing band idioms, commanding energetic themes, instrumental soloists as jazz tradition demands, rich tone colors, and moments of sublime beauty with lush strings, harp, flute, cello solos, and Ellington’s beautiful melodies.
Rating 5/5 It was a perfect Florida winter day, about 80 degrees, low humidity, sunny, with a beautiful light breeze. As patrons assembled and
The ensemble’s sonority, passion, ethos, and masterful performance evoked the work’s Romantic spirit so aptly described by the composer’s sister Fanny, “fleeting twilit when the world of humans meets that of the spirits”. Well-deserved plaudits and appreciation capped tonight’s program.


No biggie, it’s only been nominated for Golden Globes – Best Motion Picture: Drama; Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture: Drama – Casey Affleck; Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture – Michelle Williams; Best Director Kenneth Lonergan; and Best Original Screenplay.
Not to mention its Critics Choice Awards wins for Best Actor Casey Affleck and Best Young Actor/Actress Lucas Hedges.
This is a must see for any film lover. Yes, you’ll need tissues and yes, you’ll cry — but it will totally be worth it. Before you let the waterworks go, check out this lighthearted Q&A with the stars of the film Casey Affleck and Lucas Hedges, along with writer/director Kenneth Lonergan. The three playfully interacted about the making of the film and give a glimpse into the powerful story that they brought to life on the screen.


Due to its state-of-the-art technology and cutting-edge developments and services, HungaroControl Hungarian Air Navigation Services Pte. Ltd. Co. is one of the most accurate, most efficient and most reliable service providers in international aviation, and an active regional initiator and co-operating partner of the European Union’s integration efforts under the Single European Sky.
According to EUROCONTROL’s statistical data and forecasts, the number of flights in Europe is 10 million per annum, and in the next 20 years this figure may even double. During the past few years HungaroControl has launched several significant projects to improve its air navigation services, guarantee the safe management of the increasing air traffic, and promote the imminent success of the integration undertaken by the European Union.
Due to its continuous innovation and the application of the results of its research and development, HungaroControl has an outstanding role in Europe in flight safety improvements, capacity increases, reduction of airline costs and increased environmental protection. As a result of combined efforts and on commission from NATO, since 3 April 2014, HungaroControl has been managing civilian air traffic overflights in the upper airspace over Kosovo. In February 2015 HungaroControl was the first to adopt Free Route Airspace use without any limitations in Hugnary’s entire airspace, well before the deadline set by the European Commission.
In addition to improving its traditional air navigation services and technical and technological background, one of HungaroControl’s strategic objectives is the establishment of a Central European air navigation knowledge centre in joint effort with its partners. The 2013 implementation of its new, state-of-the-art air navigation centre enabled HungaroControl to relocate its businesses engaged in innovation in a single place, in the building of a former ANS. The establishment of a knowledge centre is justified by increasing international market demand for research and development, simulation and training to support air navigation, which is partly generated by European integration and the objectives related to the functional airspace blocks. On the initiative of HungaroControl Zrt, the regional air navigation knowledge centre will be set up with the involvement of the Hungarian universities and institutions engaged in aviation sector innovation.
The purpose of HungaroControl’s capital investment projects is to enable the Central European Functional Airspace Block (FAB CE), a regional co-operation of seven Central European countries, to provide competitive services and operate at the highest technical and technological standard.
HungaroControl’s corporate social responsibility is an approach integral to the Company’s organisational culture, pervading all corporate activities with a focus on ensuring sustainable development.
As HungaroControlproactively contributes to solving local and global problems; it is also in constant dialogue with the people living in its surroundings as well as neighbouring local councils.
The Company’s Support Policy focuses on improving the natural and operating environment, recognising sports achievements that are outstanding on an international level, supporting extraordinary events that require national solidarity, initiatives that are conducive to popularising aviation and air transport, research, development and innovation projects, and promoting equal opportunities for children.


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Episode 18. Hawaii’s own Comedy Podcast is back at the Club 939 studio. Paul Kane joins along with Russell Kealoha, Jonny Sparkles, and James Mane as we recover from our time spent with London Keyes and BFF Kristin. Russel tells the tale of the one handed keyboardist. We announce the winner of the Mars Comedy caption contest, discuss some weird news, and we talk about celebrity virginity. All this and more on this weeks Guys With Issues. Subscribe. Download. Listen. Enjoy. One handed even!
- London Keyes + Kristin Club 939 Hawaii Wrap Up
- Russel Discusses the art of one handed typing
- James Mane vs Puerto Rican Ass
- Mars Comedy Caption Contest
- 70 Year Old Virgin Woman
- Jimmy’s Top 10 Yearbook Quotes
- Guess The Age Celebrities Lost Their Virginity
Thanks to Aloha Bruce (Hawaii Vacation Connection).
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During the pandemic, councils had to spend billions to keep our communities running and protect the most vulnerable, keeping the country going and communities safe. And now we’re facing spiralling costs of living, with food and energy becoming unaffordable. More than ever local services need the funding to provide support to our local communities.
That’s why, together, we’re calling on the government to give our essential services the funding boost they so desperately need.
This week, Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng confirmed further cuts of £18 billion to public services.
As cold weather sets in - and hard-working people across the country struggle to heat homes, stock kitchen cupboards and travel to work - it’s clear Kwarteng thinks oil company profits are more important than your wellbeing.
Together, we’re going to change that.
We’re building a movement to rise up against the cost of living crisis. And demand those in power fix it. That means pay rises for people who truly keep this country running, not cuts to public services.
Together, we’re calling for an end to the pay crisis. That means raising the minimum wage to £15 an hour and giving public sector workers inflation-busting pay rises.
Nearly 80,000 people have already signed. Can you help us reach 100,000? Once we reach that goal, we’ll deliver the petition to Downing Street, so Kwarteng will see that you - and so many others - need and deserve a pay rise.
Because we know when people doing it tough rise up and demand what they deserve, good things happen.
Like Manchester NHS workers who recently fought for and got back-pay. Or Scottish local government workers who secured an improved pay offer this September. Or in summer when a teacher got the Supreme Court to pass a judgment guaranteeing minimum paid annual leave.
Be a part of this success story. Sign the petition and demand a pay rise, not cuts to public services.
Oxford Brookes University is outsourcing its catering staff. From 01 January 2020 over 60 staff will no longer be employed by the university. Workers are worried they will face real reductions to their pay, pensions, terms and conditions. Help support our campaign to keep staff employed by the university by signing our petition.’
We the undersigned call on Oxford Brookes University to revise their current decisions in regard to the provision of catering. In summary we believe that;
1) Catering services should be provided by Oxford Brookes and contracts should in no circumstances be outsourced to a third party.
2) That all staff working in catering should enjoy the same benefits, terms and conditions as other Oxford Brookes staff.
3) Catering staff are a valued and integral part of University life and should be treated with fairness and respect.
4) Catering staff should be properly consulted on their employment and their concerns addressed.
Please sign to show your support to this campaign.
Message from Nigel Kennedy, Head of
Financial Services, Oxford City Council
Colleagues may have seen news reports that Oxfordshire
County Council announced plans for significant changes yesterday. The Leader of
the County Council, Councillor Ian Hudspeth, said they wanted to introduce a new operating model to improve
efficiency and increase the provision of services online. The County Council
says it is seeking savings of £34-£58 million a year by streamlining services.
It acknowledges this is likely to involve a reduction in staff numbers over
time by up to 890 people, though it said it expected, with staff turnover of
about 650 a year, that most of the jobs lost would be taken out of that pool,
with a smaller level of compulsory redundancies. The proposals will go before
the full County Council meeting on 11 September.
These savings were identified as part of last year’s budget
setting process, and the County Council has been working on a plan with
consultants for the last 12 months. The City Council set a balanced budget last
year, over the four-year budget plan, with savings of around £7m already
identified. We are in the process of reviewing the budget for the next
four-year planning period, and whilst it’s safe to say we will have financial
challenges we are not in the same financial position as the County Council.

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Nassim el Raqs » is the third proposal initiated by Moutawassat, project of artistic creation, research and experimentation which travels throughout the Mediterranean region. It was founded in 2007. Several projects have materialised around original and
innovative writing residencies, in 2008 in Termini Imerese in Sicily, and in 2009 in Béjaia
The Moutawassat project contacted Centre Rézodanse and the Agora Association to lead
the Alexandrian proposal of the project during Spring 2011.
The approach of Moutawassat project is to invite artists in residencies in the Mediterranean region, within a specific timeframe, allowing them to take over locations using their artistic practice. The artistic residencies are a time for research, to co-exist, cohabit with, and confront the Mediterranean reality.
Moutawassat project is based on the idea of inviting artists in residency programs in Mediterranean territories, within a specific timeframe in which they will use and develop their own artistic practice. The residencies are a time where the artists will put themselves in relation with the Mediterranean territory they are working in.
On the first two years, the project took place on a 9 meters long ship, exploring sea environments such as ports, shipyards, or islands.
In Alexandria, it seemed relevant to build our proposal around areas which are close to the seaside. We chose to have the various artistic residencies taking place on a path starting from the Plaza of the Alexandria Library towards the shipyard at the Anfoushi area.
With 4 residencies with 4 choreographers in 4 locations within the city, the project goes through very different environments: different social and cultural areas, different communities, different lifestyles, ways of living, but with all in common the fact that they are close to the sea side.


Jack Roberts returns to action on Saturday, as Cardiff Blues Premiership Select host Leinster 'A' in the British and Irish Cup at Sardis Road (KO 2.30pm)
The former Leicester Tigers centre has been sidelined with injury since the Anglo Welsh Cup clash against Newcastle Falcons in November.
Roberts is named at outside centre, where he is partnered with Merthyr’s Josh Martin, who scored a sensational try against Newcastle Emlyn in the WRU National Cup last weekend.
Blindside flanker, Shane Lewis-Hughes, will captain the side and is part of the back row alongside James Both and Alun Lawrence.
Pat Lewis, Dafydd Smith and Matthew Billen make up the back three, while outside half Ben Thomas links up with Neath’s Scott Gibson at half back.
Welsh international Scott Andrews is named at tighthead prop, with youngsters Corey Domachowski and Ethan Lewis also lining up in the front row.
James Down joins Ben Murphy in the second row to complete the pack, while Cardiff Blues Academy’s Keiron Assiratti, Rhys Carre, Max Llewellyn and Iestyn Harris are named amongst the replacements.
Justin Burnell's side travel to Bristol next week for the final match of this season's British and Irish Cup pool stage.
Cardiff Blues Premiership Select: Patric Lewis; Dafydd Smith, Jack Roberts, Josh Martin, Mathew Billen; Ben Thomas, Scott Gibson; Corey Domachowski, Ethan Lewis, Scott Andrews, Ben Murphy, James Down, Shane Lewis-Hughes (C), James Botham, Alun Lawrence
Replacements: Iestyn Harris, Rhys Carre, Keiron Assiratti, Owain Lloyd, Sion Edwards, Harry Rumens, Max Llewellyn


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GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla. – The arrest of two people in a shooting death in Orange Park that was originally reported as a hit-and-run is bringing some peace to a family that has waited two years for answers.
Dorrien Mann was killed early the morning of Oct. 17, 2017. The Florida Highway Patrol originally investigated his death as a vehicular homicide. When an autopsy later showed the 26-year-old victim had been shot in the head, the Clay County Sheriff's Office began investigating.
News4Jax has learned Ja'Cari Anderson and Henry Williams were planning to steal Mann's car. The arrest warrant indicates Anderson grabbed Mann's keys and got in the driver’s seat. Williams got in the passenger’s side. Mann grabbed the back door and was trying to get inside the car when Anderson shot him. He fell off the car on Cappella Road, so it appeared he had injuries consistent with having been hit by a car.
Following Mann's death, his mother, Helen Williams, was concerned they would never find the people responsible.
"I'm just thinking hit-and-run, but now I'm seeing it's much more complex," she said. "It's devastating."
After dozens of witnesses were interviewed and nearly two years passed, the Sheriff's Office announced the case was solved.
"Investigation shows that this incident occurred during a carjacking," homicide Lt. Mike Calhoun said. "Mr. Mann lost his life during that incident. Obviously, only one person can be responsible, but both were involved in this incident."
On Thursday, the Sheriff's Office announced the arrests, with Anderson, 24, charged with second-degree murder and Williams, 18, charged with carjacking.
"It was not a case that was worked for six months then set to the side and something just developed," Calhoun said. "Detective Vitellaro, Detective Anderson -- they never stopped investigating this case. It took two years to put together."
Williams, who was arrested in May, has already pleaded guilty to carjacking. Anderson, who was arrested earlier this week, is being held without bond in the Clay County Jail.

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4th Annual African World Peace 5k Road Race/Walk is part of the festivities of the African World Peace Festival from July 13-15, 2018. Bringing you lots of new and never before seen entertainment to the City of Fayetteville. The actual festival will start at 2pm Saturday, ending at 10pm, with lots of music and cultural dancers. It continues on Sunday from 12pm to 7pm.
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Information about the event is available in : English


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Alleged cannibalistic sadist, Cayman Island boy, and Discovery Plus mainstay Armie Hammer’s got some new inkie on his chestie, and it freaking rules.
According to Page Six, “Hammer, 35, now has a large upside-down triangle in the middle of his chest, as well as a second triangle bisected by a line on his arm: the alchemy symbols for air and water, respectively.”
Gawker doesn’t have permission to share the shocking new snaps of the Man From U.N.C.L.E. star’s intricate linework, but I got my best forensic reconstructionist artist on the job, and the tattoos look like this:
They look well-considered, personal, and most importantly, absolutely radiating with island vibes. The secret to beating those allegations? Well, all you need is air, water, and enough champagne to fill the Nile, brother.
The best part about them is how seamlessly they pair with his pre-existing art, which Page Six (via Vanity Fair) reports includes “an outline of the Caymans above his knee; a heart that was inked by the in-house tattoo artist at Kaia Gerber’s birthday party to match two teenage boys’; the letters ‘E.G.B.A.,’ standing for ‘Everything’s gonna be alright’; and the word ‘chaos’ because he wants his life to be chaos.” For reference:
Looking for clarification as to why Hammer got a tattoo to match two teenage boys by the in-house artist at Kaia Gerber’s birthday party, I found no answers. (But I did discover Gerber and fellow old money landed gentry Cara Delevigne got matching “solemate” tattoos on their feet.)
As for E.G.B.A, I have a sinking feeling E.N.G.B.A for Hammer. When life is chaos, at least ink is forever.


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PayPal is set to shutter all its services in Russia, according to its chief executive today, as the payments giant becomes the latest business to exit the country following its invasion of Ukraine.
“Under the current circumstances, we are suspending PayPal services in Russia,” chief executive Dan Schulman said on Saturday.
“PayPal supports the Ukrainian people and stands with the international community in condemning Russia’s violent military aggression in Ukraine.”
The fintech heavyweight had already stopped accepting new customers in Russia, but has added that it will begin stopping cross-border payment services as well as its Xoom international remittance service.
It is not yet clear when PayPal will wind down the services, but it said it would process withdrawals for a “period of time”.
Samsung Electronics has also halted all shipments to Russia.
“Due to current geopolitical developments, shipments to Russia have been suspended,” the company, the world’s largest producer of semiconductor chips, said in a statement on Saturday. “We continue to actively monitor this complex situation to determine our next steps.”
Beyond tech, the world’s most popular luxury fashion brands have also bailed out of Russia.
Birkin bag maker Hermes and Cartier owner Richemont, followed by LVMH, Kering and Chanel announced on Friday that they would temporarily close stores and pause operations in Russia.
Chanel said in a LinkedIn post: “Given our increasing concerns about the current situation, the growing uncertainty and the complexity to operate, Chanel decided to temporarily pause its business in Russia.”


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Take a multimeter, and measure the VOLTAGE and AMPERAGE being emitted by the AC power-supply. If "none", or much less than the ratings printed on the label, then it's time to replace the power-supply.
Otherwise, it most-likely is the connector where the AC adapter is plugged-in to the motherboard that is not transmitting, i.e., electrically-disconnected from the motherboard.
Maybe, resoldering the leads from the socket to the motherboard will fix the problem. Or, take the laptop to a qualified technician, for proper repair.
My toshiba had a bad internal power socket and I went through the same steps that you did. I also replaced the battery. So now I have two batteries and two power supplies and had to pay to have the computer shop put in the internal socket that the power supply plugs into. Hope this helps
You might of fried the whole motherboard when it sparked. Check if there is a fuse. Bridge the gap, and it should turn on. If not PULL THE PLUG.its something else that went wrong.If you don't, it smells really bad. Ive learn't from experience...
Chances are pretty good that your battery just needs to be replaced. Over time all rechargeable batteries loose their ability to hold a charge. It's also possible, but less likely, that there could be an issue with your AC power adapter or the charging circuitry inside the laptop.
Best bet would be to find a similar laptop with a battery that does charge and switch. If the problem follows the battery then you need a new one.


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I made the mistake of starting a new audiobook at bedtime. I thought I would probably fall asleep in the middle of it, but I couldn’t stop listening. I think TH1RTEEN R3ASONS WHY is one of those books that actually has a bigger impact in audio format. The story has two narrators: Clay Jensen, a high school senior who finds an anonymous package on his doorstep, addressed to him and containing 7 audio cassette tapes with each side marked 1-13 (the 14th side is unmarked); and Hannah Baker, the voice on the tapes, explaining the thirteen events/names/reasons why she committed suicide. “If you’re listening to this, then you’re on the list.” Besides the tapes, Clay has also received a map of the town with thirteen stars on it, marking the points of interest in Hannah’s story. As he listens to the tapes, he takes the tour on the map, retracing Hannah’s story and trying desperately to figure out why he’s on the list. As the story unfolds from Hannah’s point of view, Clay’s memories add his own version of events.
The audiobook is performed by two readers, male and female, and I felt like I was both inside Clay’s mind and listening to Hannah’s tapes. (The fact that I was listening through headphones probably emphasized the sensation even more.) I can count on one hand the number of books that have made me cry and still have plenty of fingers left over, but I actually wept when Clay reached his place in the story. The whole time I knew that Hannah would die — that she was already dead, but I found myself willing it not to be so. Like Clay, I was mentally pleading with Hannah to turn away from the path she was headed down, knowing it was already too late. And, like Clay, I couldn’t stop listening. I had to know the entire story — all thirteen reasons why. The truth is there are actually fourteen reasons why. Hannah is the fourteenth. She makes bad choices of her own along the way, too, that compound the problem — actions and inactions. She doesn’t actually come out and say it, but I think she realizes it at the end.
It’s a heart-wrenching, emotionally draining journey, but it doesn’t end with Hannah’s death. Clay doesn’t settle for that. He moves on with a new understanding and a new purpose, and you get the sense that maybe something good might come from this tragedy. You’ll understand when you’ve read/listened to it yourself.


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Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed that Edwin Van Der Sar will indeed be retiring at the end of the season.
Speculation has been rife that this would be the Dutch keeper’s last bow as he reached the milestone of 40 in October and the signing of Anders Lindegaard made this seem more likely. It was thought he may have left at the end of last season after his wife fell ill but he prolonged his stay one more time but this morning speaking ahead of United’s game at Sunderland Sir Alex confirmed that Van Der Sar would be hanging up his gloves.
The loss of Edwin comes as a massive blow as he provided stability in goal that we had lacked since Peter Schmeichel’s departure but it isn’t all doom and gloom as a coaching role may be lined up for him:
“He’ll be of interest in terms of knowledge & experience, but not discussed it yet”
Right, this is a nice beginning but i’ll have to explore that a bit more. Will show you just what more i’ve found.


DANIEL HEMRIC GRABS ANOTHER TOP-FIVE FINISH AT NEW HAMPSHIRE
Date: July 17, 2021
Event: Ambetter Get Vaccinated 200 (Round 19 of 33)
Series: NASCAR Xfinity Series
Location: New Hampshire Motor Speedway (1.058-mile oval)
Format: 200 laps (Stages: 45 laps / 45 laps / 110 laps)
Start / Finish: 13th / 3rd (Running, 200 of 200 laps)
Point Standing: 3rd (684 points, -113 points out of first)
Race Winner: Christopher Bell
Stage 1 Winner: Christopher Bell
Stage 2 Winner: Christopher Bell
Stage 1 Recap (Laps 1-45)
Daniel Hemric started Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway from the 13th position and finished fifth in stage one.
The Poppy Bank Toyota Supra entered the top 10 on lap 2 and Hemric made his way into the top five on lap 34.
After holding on to the fifth position through the end of the segment, Hemric pitted for four tires, fuel, and an air pressure adjustment between stages.
Stage 2 Recap (Laps 46-90)
Hemric started ninth and finished third in stage two.
Early in the second segment, Hemric rejoined the top five on lap 62.
With less than 10 laps remaining in stage two, the Poppy Bank Supra moved into third as Hemric bypassed AJ Allmendinger after a fierce battle.
Hemric finished the stage third and brought his Poppy Bank Supra to pit road for four fresh tires, fuel, and another minor adjustment.
Stage 3 Recap (Laps 91-200)
Hemric started the final stage in the fourth position and finished third in Saturday’s race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
The No. 18 driver opted to restart in the high line to begin the final stage and slipped back to third on the opening lap.
He spent many laps battling with Justin Allgaier for the runner-up position. Eventually on lap 142, the Poppy Bank Supra cleared into second.
A caution on lap 149 brought the leaders to pit road for the final time. Crew chief Dave Rogers called for another four-tire pit stop and Hemric exited pit road in the second position.
Hemric lined up second with 45 laps remaining and fell back to third again as his car lacked grip on the first few laps after a restart.
Despite the handling improving over the long run, Hemric spent the remainder of the race looking high and low for a lane to pass Allgaier.
The Poppy Bank Supra ultimately ended the day third for Hemric’s eighth top-five finish of the season.
Joe Gibbs Racing driver Christopher Bell led 151 laps on the way to his third Xfinity Series victory at the Magic Mile. Hemric ended the day third with Harrison Burton fifth and Brandon Jones 38th.
Next Up: The NASCAR Xfinity Series is off for the next two weekends before returning to action at Watkins Glen International. The race will be broadcast live Saturday, August 7, at 4 p.m. ET on CNBC, MRN Radio and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.


As we move into the second half of the year, Google’s 2018 Pixel phones are getting increasingly leaky. After some screen protectors and blurry photos of the black 3 XL, we now have an even clearer look at a white Pixel 3 XL. The new leak confirms Google’s total embrace of the display notch, as well as the glass back.
The new leak seems credible for several reasons. For one, it looks like the past 3 XL leaks, but the photos are of better quality. The device is also missing the standard Google logo on the back, but it has a circular icon in the same place. We see this same shape in most Google prototype hardware. So, that’s a match. The tipster also notes that the phone will not boot because Google remotely disabled it. This is something Google is known to do with prototype phones.
So, if we accept that this phone is the real deal, what does it tell us about the Pixel 3 XL? Well, it really drives home how gigantic the display notch is. In one of the leaked photos, the tipster has a white background on the screen. We can clearly see that the notch is at least as tall as the Essential Phone’s notch, but it’s also extremely wide. That means the Pixel 3 XL will limit how many notification and status icons you can have visible. The height will make the status bar area about twice as tall as usual. As we’ve pointed out, making the status bar taller to accommodate a notch effectively eliminates any space-saving gains you get from the notch in the first place.
The white background also shows how large the bottom chin is on this phone. It’s basically unchanged from the Pixel 2 XL. The iPhone X manages to eliminate all the bezels by folding the display controller back behind the OLED panel. Google either can’t or decided not to do that for some reason.
Around back, the leaked device still has a single camera sensor. Many phones have moved to a dual camera setup, but the Pixel 2 was still the best mobile shooter even without a secondary sensor. In a dramatic reversal, the new Pixel phone appears to be glass. The bottom section has a matte look, and the top third is glossy. The division replicates the glass inlay on past Pixel phones, but it’s a single panel. This could mean wireless charging is making a comeback on Google phones after being absent for several years.
We’ll have all the details of this device, as well as the smaller Pixel 3, when Google announces them this fall. If it sticks to tradition, the event will be on October 4th.


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Second, results are affected by the instrument used to measure depression. Van Gorp's group conducted its own study (unpublished), that looks at elderly individuals with syndromal depression.
"We looked at people who were either high or low on the Beck Depression Inventory [BDI] and compared their performance on a battery of neurocognitive tests. We found numerous differences on measures of memory, psychomotor speed and attention," he said.
When they repeated the study using the same subjects assessed with the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), which asks patients their view about themselves and their future, the researchers found absolutely no relationship between the measure of depression and cognitive test performance.
Third, sensitivity and breadth of examination are important.
"The study that tends to separate dementia and depression based on some of the more superficial mental status exams is in for a lot of trouble because, in a sense, we get what we pay for," Van Gorp said. "You can't administer a five-minute screening test to examine a complex question. I think that clinicians who don't work in this area have the illusion that it's an easier question than it is."
Van Gorp cited a recent meta-analytic study that compared depressed subjects who had nonneurologic illnesses and looked at how depression impacts cognition. This study was superior to other meta-analytic studies, he said, because only patients with non-CNS illnesses were used, and because the size of the effect and the variability across studies were factored in. The study offered an empirically based opinion on how depression affects cognition. He described some of the results.
Using inattentiveness as a key index of depression is a mistake because patients with depression did not largely have attentional disturbance. "This goes against the convention that depressed patients are uniformly inattentive," he said.
Verbal fluency is a slightly better indicator when trying to separate depression from normal aging; 10% of depressed subjects were in the clinically impaired range as compared with control subjects. Verbal learning-the acquisition of new information-was impacted in 14.5% of the depressed patients as compared to control subjects. In nonverbal learning acquisition, about 15% were impaired.

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Early warning signals detect critical impacts of experimental warming. Research with UofG colleagues is published the open access journal Ecology and Evolution. Very exciting!
Early warning signals detect critical impacts of experimental warming
Lauren Jarvis, Kevin McCann, Tyler Tunney, Gabriel Gellner, John M Fryxell
Earth’s surface temperatures are projected to increase by ~1–4°C over the next century, threatening the future of global biodiversity and ecosystem stability. While this has fueled major progress in the field of physiological trait responses to warming, it is currently unclear whether routine population monitoring data can be used to predict temperature-induced population collapse. Here, we integrate trait performance theory with that of critical tipping points to test whether early warning signals can be reliably used to anticipate thermally induced extinction events. We find that a model parameterized by experimental growth rates exhibits critical slowing down in the vicinity of an experimentally tested critical threshold, suggesting that dynamical early warning signals may be useful in detecting the potentially precipitous onset of population collapse due to global climate change.
The article can be accessed here.
Published online: 29 July 2016.


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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin believes that now the country is very high threat to carry out terrorist acts. He stated this during the presidium of the government, while discussing plans to establish a new federal targeted program "Anti-terror».
The Prime Minister stressed the need to take measures to improve the security of the state, society and every citizen.
"Any action should be stopped terrorists continue", and a strong emphasis should be placed on prevention and the prevention of crimes related to terrorism and extremism, he said. Putin also pointed out that the validity of the previous program expired in 2007. According to the head office, recently much has been done to strengthen the security of the country, was dealt a serious blow to the terrorist underground and ringleaders, but the threat is still there, it is very serious.
The prime minister said that the state program on combating terrorism will be allocated tens of billions of rubles. In recent years, experts say the state's attempt to deal with terrorist organizations a variety of methods. For example, not so long ago it became known that Rosfinmonitoring (Rosfinmonitoring) intends to publish a blacklist of individuals and entities involved in terrorism. It was reported that the list consists of two parts and contains several thousand names and company names.
In the first part of the agreed submitted with the resolutions of the UN Security Council list of international terrorists, who have already been made and some of the leaders of illegal armed groups operating in the territory of Chechnya. The second - individuals, for which criminal charges of involvement in terrorism, and organizations working in the Russian Federation decisions of the courts terminated in connection with their illegal activities.
Previously, this information had only agency accountable institutions (banks, insurance companies, pawn shops, and so on. N.) Directly obliged to counter money laundering and terrorist financing.