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Fed Interest Rate Decision (March 2019)
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The Fed held its interest rate at 2.5% as widely expected during the meeting in January 2019. The FOMC stated that Economic activity in the US appears to have increased at a solid pace, and the labour market strengthened further. Inflation has been near the FOMC longer-run objective of 2%. Even though, the FOMC indicated at its January meeting that it will be patient as it determines what future adjustments to the federal funds rate may be appropriate to support the Committee's congressionally mandated objectives of maximum employment and price stability.
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U.S. Interest Rate Announcement History
Date (GMT) Previous Consensus Actual
20 Mar 2019 2.5% 2.5%
30 Jan 2019 2.5% 2.5% 2.5%
19 Dec 2018 2.25% 2.5% 2.5%
08 Nov 2018 2.25% 2.25% 2.25%
26 Sep 2018 2% 2.25% 2.25%
01 Aug 2018 2% 2% 2%
13 Jun 2018 1.75% 2% 2%
02 May 2018 1.75% 1.75% 1.75%
21 Mar 2018 1.5% 1.75% 1.75%
31 Jan 2018 1.5% 1.5% 1.5%
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“Consumer price inflation, as measured by the 12-month change in the price index for personal consumption expenditures, moved down from a little above the FOMC's objective of 2 percent in the middle of last year to an estimated 1.7 percent in December, restrained by recent declines in consumer energy prices. The 12-month measure of inflation that excludes food and energy items (so-called core inflation), which historically has been a better indicator of where overall inflation will be in the future than the headline measure that includes those items, is estimated to have been 1.9 percent in December--up 1/4 percentage point from a year ago. Survey-based measures of longer-run inflation expectations have generally been stable, though market-based measures of inflation compensation have moved down some since the first half of 2018.” Referring to Fed’s Monetary Policy Report.
The U.S. annual inflation rate fell to 1.5% in February of 2019 from 1.6% in the prior month, and below market expectations of 1.6%. The inflation rate hits a 30-month low. A sharp decline can be found in the figure. However, it remains relatively high within the decade.
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“The labor market has continued to strengthen since the middle of last year. Payroll employment growth has remained strong, averaging 224,000 per month since June 2018. The unemployment rate has been about unchanged over this period, averaging a little under 4 percent--a low level by historical standards--while the labor force participation rate has moved up despite the ongoing downward influence from an aging population. Wage growth has also picked up recently.” Referring to Fed’s Monetary Policy Report.
A better-than-expected jobless rate in the U.S. announced at 3.8% in February 2019 from 4% in the previous month. Meanwhile, the number of unemployed persons decreased by 300K to 6.2M. This decline reflects the return of the federal workers were furloughed in January due to the partial government shutdown.
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“Available indicators suggest that real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at a solid rate, on balance, in the second half of last year and rose a little under 3 percent for the year as a whole--a noticeable pickup from the pace in recent years. Consumer spending expanded at a strong rate for most of the second half, supported by robust job gains, past increases in household wealth, and higher disposable income due in part to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, though spending appears to have weakened toward year-end. Business investment grew as well, though growth seems to have slowed somewhat from a sizable gain in the first half. However, housing market activity declined last year amid rising mortgage interest rates and higher material and labor costs. Indicators of both consumer and business sentiment remain at favorable levels, but some measures have softened since the fall, likely a reflection of financial market volatility and increased concerns about the global outlook.” Referring to Fed’s Monetary Policy Report.
The annual GDP growth in the U.S. expanded 3.1% in the Q4 2019, the data is formed an upward trend since Q2 2016. With a strong job market, inflation close to the objective and a bulk growth of GDP, “FOMC believes that the best way forward is to keep gradually raising the federal funds rate”.
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The Dollar Index (DXY) gapped over the weekend as disappointing U.S. CPI data announced. Currently, the price is heading South to testing 95.70 support level. In the 4 hours timeframe, indicators are getting stronger in the bearish territory for both MACD and RSI. The price breached the upward channel as showed in the chart. As 97.70 level became a massive barrier in the 4 hours chart, focus on 95.70 support level for the next move, any breakthrough of the support level will lead the dollar heading South to 94.86 which is the next support level.
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The authority of local government is handsomely symbolized in Surry County’s Neoclassical courthouse, the dominant landmark of this crossroads county seat. The two-story brick building, highlighted by a stately Ionic portico, was erected in 1923 after a fire destroyed a 1907 courthouse on the same site. Designed by architect G. R. Berryman to resemble the building which it replaced, the courthouse is the seventh structure to serve the county since its formation in 1652. A small clerk’s office building erected in 1825-26, stands on the edge of the tree-shaded courthouse square. Several later small structures housing county offices are clustered around the courthouse.
Many properties listed in the registers are private dwellings and are not open to the public, however many are visible from the public right-of-way. Please be respectful of owner privacy.
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However, before diving into making decisions about technology like the next-generation enterprise resource planning (ERP) suite SAP S/4HANA, businesses should go even further by considering critical realities such as:
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- How implementation brings a business closer to its ultimate strategic vision
SAP has learned directly from its customers the value of deliberate planning. Transitioning into an intelligent enterprise is undoubtedly no exception. This meaningful experience for customers is one of the reasons why SAP is developing and investing in the SAP S/4HANA Movement program.
Three Roads to the Right Growth Platform
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Bjoern Braemer is head of SAP S/4HANA Movement at SAP.


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Mario and Lucy had dated for two years, before splitting back in 2013. Their relationship saw the pair get engaged during a TOWIE Marbella special and Mario had even had a tattoo done in tribute to his former flame.
He had an 'L' inked onto his ankle, but is now currently in the process of having it removed.
Speaking about his inking to Daily Star Online recently, Mario said: "I have a star on my ankle with an L in it for Lucy from when we were together. I have had two laser sessions which have been so painful but it is fading and soon it will be be gone for good."
And proving that he is clearly keen on having the initial removed from his body, Mario added: "It is definitely worth the pain."
Although his romance with Lucy ended three years ago, Mario and his ex did spark rumours they could be rekindling things earlier this year.
Following Lucy's split with her ex-boyfriend Louis Smith in February, Mario sparked rumours he was eyeing up a reunion with her. Not only had he shared (and then deleted) and Instagram post that cryptically referred to people coming back together, but he publicly showed his support for Lucy's online fitness brand, Results With Lucy.
While Lucy did admit she and Mario have reconnected - they had both attended the same party - she ruled out any chances of the pair getting back together.
Likewise, Mario shared the sentiment when opening about Lucy in a recent interview. He told Daily Mail that he and his ex will never be anything more than friends, insisting "some things are just not meant to be."
Mario said: "People always want the happy ending and people like to aspire to that, growing up watching movies that are like that. But with me and Lucy some things just aren't meant to be."
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Cite as Eörsi, in Bianca-Bonell Commentary on the International Sales Law, Giuffrè: Milan (1987) 401-409. Reproduced with permission of Dott. A Giuffrè Editore, S.p.A.
1. History of the provision
2. Meaning and purpose of the provision
3. Problems concerning the provision
Where a contract has been validly concluded but does not expressly or implicitly fix or make provision for determining the price, the parties are considered, in the absence of any indication to the contrary, to have impliedly made reference to the price generally charged at the time of the conclusion of the contract for such goods sold under comparable circumstances in the trade concerned.
1. History of the provision
1.1. - The history of this provision dates back to Article 67 of the 1956 Draft (see vol. 2, Doc. V. Prep./l/, 18). This antecedent required the buyer to pay the usual price charged by the seller at the time of the conclusion of the contract, or instead a reasonable price based on the current market-price. The parties could not plead the provisions of a domestic law which rendered invalid a contract not stipulating a price. This solution was adopted despite strong support in UNCITRAL for the position that there should be no contract without the stipulation of a price. Article 67 of the 1963 Draft (see Doc. V. Prep./4/ Vol. 2, 223) followed the 1956 Draft without substantial changes.
1.2. - Within UNCITRAL the article formed the object of a lengthy discussion. The main question was whether the article should be included in the Convention. There were two major arguments against inclusion: (a) since the price belongs to the essentialia negotii of a contract, there can be no contract if the price is not determined or determinable; and (b) the article involves the problem of validity which is expressly outside the scope of the Convention. Its deletion was advocated by some Socialist delegations from devoloping countries; other delegations from governments and international organizations were in favour of retaining the article. [page 401]
The key words appearing in all drafts were: «generally charged». The discussion centred on two opposing views: (a) «charged by the seller» or -- exceptionally «charged in the trade concerned», and (b) «charged at the time of the conclusion of the contract» or -- exceptionally -- «at the time of delivery».
1.2.1. - At the second session of the Working Group a delegation expressed serious doubts concerning the draft article and, at the same time, indicated that it would be intolerable if there would be an, effective contract where the price was neither fixed nor determinable (Yearbook, I (1968-1970), 173). Two Socialist delegations felt that price constituted an essential element of a contract of sale and therefore a contract without a price was admissible only where the price could be inferred from a previous contract between the same parties (Yearbook, I (1968-1970), 173-174).
At the Working Group's fourth session the «essential element» argument was repeated and supported by a representative from a devoloping country who proposed a text to the effect that no contract should be enforced if there were no determinable price. It was suggested that it was difficult to prove what price was «generally charged» and this proposition was also supported by the same delegation from a developing country. And, although supporting the retention of the article, two delegations observed that the case in which there was no price generally charged by the seller was left unresolved. One of them proposed that the price prevailing in the market should be relevant (Yearbook, IV (1973), 32-33). In the discussion of the progress report of the Working Group several representatives noted that the article might be construed as determining validity and that the Convention was not concerned with formation (as it was the case at that time). Others held that the article would apply only if the applicable law beyond ULIS recognized that the contract was validly concluded and that deletion of the article would result in lack of uniformity. There was a discussion of whether «unless the price is unreasonable» and a reference to the currency of the seller's country should be included (Yearbook, IV (1973),73-74).
It was also suggested that the price prevailing in the market should be given preference over the price generally charged by the seller; this was supported by one delegation only. The [page 402] Working Group adopted a new text which again enlarged the scope of the article and by and large survived at the later meetings of the Working Group. The major new elements were the inclusion of «expressly or impliedly (makes provision)» and of a sentence already present in the drafting history of ULIS which would take care of cases in which there is no price generally charged by the seller. In such cases «the price generally prevailing for such goods sold under comparable circumstances at that time» has to be paid.
Comments and proposals by delegations were discussed at the fifth session of the Working Group. A Socialist delegation repeated its objections to the article that it was difficult to know what price was being charged by the seller since it was not always possibile to find completely identical contracts. A delegation from a developing country which previously supported deletion of the article voiced all his doubts again but added to his former proposal the following words: «unless the parties thereto expressly or by implication otherwise agree». Another delegation from a developing country supported the text adopted by the Working Group (Yearbook, V (1974), 61-64).
At the sixth session several delegations recommended deletion on the ground that the article was concerned with validity. Others were of the opinion that the article could not make a contract if it were otherwise invalid (Yearbook, VI (1975), 57). The decisions of the Working Group survived (Yearbook, VI (1975), 66).
At the seventh session the text of the Working Group underwent some minor changes (Yearbook, VII (1976), 33) and a reservation expressed by one socialist delegation (Yearbook, VII (1976), 113). Of the comments subsequently received by governments and international organization only three were concerned with the article. A delegation from a developing country proposed that the basis for the price determination be clearly defined (Yearbook, VIII (1977), 127); a delegation from a Socialist government declared that the article was not acceptable, insisting that the price must be determined or determinable (Yearbook, VIII (1977), 131). A delegation from an international organization suggested that in commercial situations the price at the time of delivery was understood as definite (Yearbook, VIII, (1977), 141). [page 403]
1.2.2. - At its eleventh session the Commission decided to integrate the Formation Draft with the Sales Draft (Yearbook, IX (1978), 13) and adopted the UNCITRAL Draft Convention. The text of the article as adopted by the Working Group now included the word «validly» (concluded) (Yearbook, IX (1978), 18).
1.3. - At the Vienna Conference eight amendments were filed by ten representatives. Two delegations from Socialist countries proposed deletion, as did the first option from one Western delegation (Official Records, I, 120-121). Altogether fifty interventions were made, indicative of the depth of the controversy.
1.3.1. - At the twenty-fourth meeting of the First Commission thirty-three speakers were heard: deletion of the article was proposed by two representatives from Socialist countries, one delegation from a developing country and a Western delegation. Another Western delegation filed an amendment to this effect but this was withdrawn later (Official Records, I, 363-364). Deletion was opposed on the ground that absent such a provision, national law would apply. Several delegations were concerned with the relationship between Article 12 of the UNCITRAL Draft Convention (now Article 14) and Article 51 (now Article 55). It was thought that Article 51 contradicted Article 12(1) since the latter required that the price be determined or determinable; that in view of Article 12, Article 51 was unnecessary; that to retain the article would create confusion; and that the article would be helpful in the event that the price was not explicitly fixed. Several delegations felt that the article offered a procedure or provided a means or specified the criteria for determining the price or suggested a manner in which the contract should be formulated; it was taken into account that it was possible to exclude the application of Part II or III of the Convention.
1.3.2. - At the twenty-fifth meeting of the First Commitee a second effort to reconcile Articles 12 and 51 was envisaged: the first successful effort was made at the twenty-fourth meeting. Four delegations took part in the discussion.
1.3.3. - At the twenty-ninth meeting the First Commitee took note of the proposal of an ad hoc Working Group. Thirteen [page 404] delegations took the floor. The text proposed by the ad hoc Working Group (Official Records, I, 121) contained the final wording of the article adopted by the Vienna Conference with the only change that «are considered» was substituted for «shall be deemed». The discussion of the First Commitee centred mainly on the word «validly» and on the expression «in the absence of any indication to the contrary». Two delegations proposed the deletion of «implicitly» and one delegation preferred «generally charged by the seller» rather than «generally charged at the time of the conclusion of the contract».
The article was adopted at the eighth plenary meeting by forty votes to three with five abstentions (Official Records, II, 211).
2. Meaning and purpose of the provision
2.1. - It can be safely asserted that in the overwhelming majority of contracts the parties agree on the price or, at least, make provision for its determination. Still, there are cases where there is no indication as to the price. These might be, for instance, in emergency situations -- a steamer is left inoperative on the high sea because some spare part has broken down and a substitute is ordered by cable -- or where the buyer relied upon the price-list of the seller. Such instances have become more and more frequent due to the ever-increasing spread of standardized goods which have standardized prices. Modern means of communication also invite ordering without bargaining.
On the European continent an agreement on the prices was initially considered an essential element of the contract. Therefore a contract without an indication as to the price was void. As a result of what has been stated above, this is no longer the case with the exception of some Socialist law systems and a few other jurisdictions. Still, there is no complete uniformity in the remaining jurisdictions. If, for instance, the common law is compared with French law, the result is not the same. Under French law a contract is void where the indication as to the price is not definite; whereas in the common law in such cases the joker of the common law steps in: the buyer must pay a «reasonable» price (see STARCK, Droit civil. Obligation (Librairies Techniques), Paris, 1973, no 1399; MARMOL-MATRAY; L'importance et l'interpretation du contrat (dans ses relations avec l'arbitrage commercial international), [page 405] in Revue de Droit international et de Droit comparé, 1980, 176; DAVID, Les contrats en droit anglais, Paris (Librairie Generale de Droit de Jurisprudence), 1973, 249).
2.2. - It is a firm policy of the Convention that a contract may be validly concluded even if there is no indication whatsoever in respect of the price. Accordingly, Article 55 determines how the price should be calculated, in such cases. It comes into operation only if (a) the contract between the parties is valid and (b) it does not expressly or implicitly make provision for determining the price. If the contract does not fix the price but contains express or implicit indications as to the price, as for instance if it makes provision for determining the price, Article 14 applies.
2.2.1. - The first requirement is the existence of a validly concluded contract. The word «validly» refers only to factors other than the absence of an indication of the price (see SCHLECHTRIEM, UN-Kaufrecht, 72; Uniform Sales Law, 81 note 319). Since validity is outside the scope of the Convention (see Article 4), the law that would apply in the absence of the Convention should be consulted in order to decide on validity. Two aspects have to be considered. First, if the law of that State deems void contracts without any indication whatsoever as to the price, Article 55 does not apply. Second, if this is not the case, then it must be ascertained that no other ground for invalidity exists under the applicable law.
2.2.2. - The second requirement is that there be no expressly or implicitly fixed or determinable price. As to the meaning of these expressions see the commentary on Article 14(1), supra, § 2.2.4.
At this point, however, a difficulty arises. Article 14(1) provides that an offer must be sufficiently definite and adds that an offer is sufficiently definite if it expressly or implicitly fixes or makes provision for determining the price. This seems to imply that there is no effective offer where the price was not fixed and no provision was made for its determination. A logical conclusion would be that Article 55 would never come into play. There can be no contract where the offer was not definite, in other words where it did not make any provision for determining the price. [page 406] Yet this argument could not be defended since Article 55 provides exactly for cases where the price is not determinable. Very similar reasoning led the Secretariat's Commentary to conclude that Article 55 «has effect only if one of the parties has his place of business in a Contracting State which has ratified or accepted the Convention as to Part III (Sale of Goods) but not as to Part II (Formation of the contract)» (Official Records; I, 45). However, another conclusion is possible. Article 14 is concerned with offers and Article 55 with contracts. Once a contract is concluded; the offer becomes irrelevant and the conclusion of the contract in itself proves that the offer was sufficiently definite, irrespective of whether a provision was made for determining the price. An approach which concentrates on the offer is no longer appropriate after the contract has been concluded. Others have already mentioned this contradiction (see SCHLECHTRIEM, UN-Kaufrecht, 37, 72; Uniform Sales Law, 51, 80; HERBER, U.N.-Übereinkommen, 604; HUBER, UNCITRAL-Entwurf, 439, 511): the conclusion of these authors is that Article 55 has precedence over Article 14(1). This is in accordance with the above reasoning.
2.3. - If Article 55 is applicable, the determination of the price follows. A rebuttable presumption or rather a legal fiction serves to determine the price. Even if the contract does not expressly or implicitly fix or make provision for determining the price, except where there was some indication to the contrary.
This implication of the price will generally be purely fictive, since a condition of the article's application is that no price was determined. The existence of this second implication need not be proved but it can be rebutted.
2.3.1. - The buyer must pay (a) the price generally charged (b) at the time of the conclusion of the contract (c) for such goods (d) sold under comparable circumstances (e) in the trade concerned.
«The price generally charged» does not mean the price generally charged by the party who happens to be the seller in a particular contract of sale. The phrase is but an introduction. The price will be determined by objective criteria such as time, circumstances and branch of trade concerned. [page 407]
The first element in the determination of the price is the time factor. It is the time of the conclusion of the contract (see Article 21). The price prevailing at the time of the delivery of the goods is irrelevant (Official Records, I, 45). Although the provision does not include the place of the conclusion of the contract as a criterion, it can safely be asserted that the market in which the contract was concluded has to be taken into consideration. In case of doubt or in the absence of a contrary indication, the prices on the world market take precedence over regional or domestic prices in the goods sold.
The second element hardly needs comment: the price of the same kind of goods has to be taken into consideration.
The next factor concerns the terms of the contracts for sale of the same goods. These must be comparable to (but not necessarily identical with) the terms of the actual sale, for instance, with respect to modalities of payment or delivery, place of delivery, credit conditions, instalments consequences of a breach of contract, parties' agreements to derogate from or vary the effect of any of the provisions of, the Convention or the interpretation of statements and other conduct of a party.
The last element restricts the relevant market to the trade concerned. For instance, usages within the particular trade have to be taken into consideration.
2.3.2. - These rules and considerations do not apply where there is an indication in the contract that a party or the parties have not even implicitly made reference to the price. Such indications may be threefold: (a) if a party to the contract refers to previous contracts concluded for the same goods between the parties, or to the preliminary negotiations between them and the price can be fixed on these grounds, Article 55 will not apply; (b) if a party stated that an implied reference to the price was not acceptable, the price cannot be fixed and, therefore, the contract will not become operative; (c) if the buyer has asked for and has received the price list of the seller, this will, in itself, certainly not indicate his intention to be bound in case of acceptance. Still, if the contract were concluded without any provision as to the price, the fact of having received the price-list under the circumstances serves as «an indication to the contrary», and the price might be calculated [page 408] according to the price-list of the seller and not on the grounds of Article 55.
3. Problems concerning the provision
3.1. - The first problem with the provision is its relationship to Article 14(1). This latter article requires that the offer fix the price or make provision for its determination. On the other hand, Article 55 applies only where the price was not fixed and no provision was made for determining the price. For the proposed solution to this apparent contradiction, see § 2.2.2., supra.
3.2. - A second difficulty lies in the fact that although the parties have not expressly or implicitly fixed or made provision for determining the price in their contract, nevertheless they are considered, in the absence of any indication to the contrary, to have implicitly made reference to the price. It might be asked how the parties could be considered as having implicitly referred to the price when a condition for the application of the article is that they have not made any explicit or implicit provision for the determination of the price. In substance, the provision is reasonable. It is fair to suppose that the offeror would have fixed the price by and large according to the criteria provided by the article (see STALEV, Vienskata Konvencija, 32-33).
3.3. - An indication to the contrary may under certain circumstances lead to a dead end. The parties may be left without a price despite their having concluded a valid contract for sale. [page 409]

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Nepszy brings with him 13 years of experience with the Town of Essex, where he has served as CAO, deputy CAO, and director of infrastructure and development.
“Essex has a special place in my heart. I’ve seen Essex grow to a municipality that’s doing great things,” Nepszy said on Tuesday.
“But the professional opportunity with the City of Windsor, to be able to impact the city and the region — It’s very exciting.”
Nepszy is registered as a professional engineer in both Ontario and Michigan. He achieved his science degree at the University of Windsor, and has worked in engineering in public and private sectors since 1995.
Nepszy said he’s looking forward to the challenges of his new role — and he intends to hit the ground running.
“The City of Windsor has a very talented team in place. They already have the systems and policies in place. I’m looking forward to just getting in there and keeping it going,” Nepszy said.
Nepszy will be replacing Mark Winterton, who has been the city’s engineer since 2015, but has worked for the municipality for a total of 30 years.
Winterton, 57, had planned to retire earlier than September, but put off his departure until a successor could be found.
Under Winterton’s guidance, the City of Windsor established master plans for its sewers, transit, stormwater financing, environmental concerns, asset management, and active transportation.
Over the course of his career with the city, Winterton was involved in such projects as the grade separations on Walker Road, Howard Avenue, and Wellington Avenue; the multi-use path on Dougall Road; and the new City Hall building.
Nepszy described Winterton’s career as “fantastic,” and lauded him for “setting the city up for success.”
“He’s done a ton of heavy lifting to get the City of Windsor to where it’s at now.”
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Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens also thanked and praised Winterton for his work and its lasting impact on Windsor.
“From roads and bridges to water and wastewater and public transit — Mark has contributed his professional career to improving and renewing our local public infrastructure,” the mayor stated.
Top staff positions in City of Windsor administration have been undergoing big changes this year.
Long-time parks and recreation leader Jan Wilson announced her retirement in March, Jason Reynar became the city’s new CAO in early April, and city clerk Valerie Critchley was terminated last month.


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Killing makes a man a man in the puzzling “To Get to Heaven You Have to Die,” an artfully lensed but psychologically unpersuasive initiation tale from Tajikistan. In this variation on the down-home whimsy that delighted viewers of “Flight of the Bee” and “Angel on the Right,” maverick helmer Djamshed Usmanov finds an extreme cure for his impotent young hero, but film’s unsettling connection between love and death lacks any satisfying logic. This slowly paced, refined object of French-influenced cinema could slide into niche markets on the coattails of “Angel,” though with a little less success.
Opening scene of good-looking 19-year-old Kamal (Khurched Golibekov) stripping in a doctor’s office, then lying naked in an elegant, fixed frame long take, pretty much sets the agenda of gentle voyeurism that characterizes the film. After three months of being unable to make love to his young bride back in his native village, the boy is ready to try anything before going home.
His more sophisticated city cousin proposes a visit to a prostitute, but even the pro can’t get a rise out of poor Kamal. He spends an entire days sitting around the vast empty spaces of post-Soviet buildings and waiting at bus stops for a girl to turn him on.
When he finally picks up Vera (Dinara Droukarova), a plain Russian lass who works in a factory, he doesn’t realize she’s married. The unexpected return of her criminal husband (Maruf Pulodzoda) midway through the film kicks the trailing story back to life, as the husband gets Kamal involved in burglary, rape and murder.
The three-handed cast works well in this simple framework. As the unhappy Kamal, non-pro Golibekov is a naturally passive observer who allows himself to be drawn into dangerous situations. Tough guy Pulodzoda, who played the lead in “Angel on the Right,” lends a note of deadpan humor, while professional thesp Droukarova turns Vera into a genuinely poignant character to whom audiences can relate.
Certainly, Usmanov’s script deliberately under writes all the characters, leaving much to the viewer’s imagination. Two key scenes that could have shed light on Kamal’s sexual dysfunctioning are perversely introduced, then elided.
One is the night he spends in Vera’s bed — does he or doesn’t he? — and the second, even more critical, is what happens after her husband demands he don a woman’s red dress. Moments like these, added to the extremely slow rhythm, give the film a frustratingly precious tone.
Compared to his earlier films, Usmanov makes a long stride ahead in creating a strong personal aesthetic thanks to sensitive technical work. Since everything is shot in long takes, Jacques Comets’ editing looks deceptively simple, but is nearly always on the mark. Likewise, there is a stirring purity about Pascal Lagriffoul’s clean-edged cinematography and carefully composed shots.

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Super Cool Girl, Mira Rizki Kurnia’s Performance at the College Festival in Aomori Public University
Mira Rizki Kurnia who join our autumn residency program held a performance titled of “SITUATIONAL Music” at the exchange hall in Aomori Public University.
While exchanging situation and environment with her musical partners in Indonesia, she and the performers backed bread, cut vegetables, drank a cup of coffee and read the newspaper..
Next performance by Miki will be held in ACAC on Saturday, December 7th. Don’t miss it!

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19 December 2009
Mediterranean Sea: an example of the oceans' destiny?
A recent review describes how the Mediterranean Sea could offer an idea of the disastrous future of the oceans.
This review of more than 100 studies on the Mediterranean’s changing ecological dynamics, describes the convergence of climate change and human impacts in waters that had been stable since the time of Aristotle.
Rising temperatures, disrupted deep-water hydrology, overfishing, shrinked food-webs, mass die-offs, diseases and pollution are some of the threats that are affecting the Mediterranean Sea. Other sea areas on Earth may not escape from this sad degradation destiny. The future doesn’t look so nice...
Lejeusne C., Chevaldonné P., Pergent-Martini C., Boudouresque C.F., Pérez T. 2009. Climate change effects on a miniature ocean: the highly diverse, highly impacted Mediterranean Sea. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. doi:10.1016/j.tree.2009.10.009
Little doubt is left that climate change is underway, strongly affecting the Earth's biodiversity. Some of the greatest challenges ahead concern the marine realm, but it is unclear to what extent changes will affect marine ecosystems. The Mediterranean Sea could give us some of the answers. Data recovered from its shores and depths have shown that sea temperatures are steadily increasing, extreme climatic events and related disease outbreaks are becoming more frequent, faunas are shifting, and invasive species are spreading. This miniature ocean can serve as a giant mesocosm of the world's oceans, with various sources of disturbances interacting synergistically and therefore providing an insight into a major unknown: how resilient are marine ecosystems, and how will their current functioning be modified?
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Set within 1,500 acres of lush gardens and woodlands in picturesque Kilkenny county, Mount Juliet Conrad is easily the finest sporting estate around. Just an hour from Dublin, the award-winning hotel epitomizes the gracious living of the countryside. Spend a weekend at this country house hotel and sample a slew of activities and sports in a spectacular natural setting: horseback riding, clay shooting, fishing, archery, tennis, and golf on the challenging links. (Mount Juliet Conrad played host to the 2002 and 2004 WGC-American Express Championship.) The Stay and Play package starts from EUR 250 per night and includes overnight accommodation in the Hunters Yard, breakfast and dinner at Kendals (excluding beverages) and your choice of one of the featured activities per adult, per day.
Enjoy a culinary getaway in the heart of Europe's largest medieval walled city, the magical fairytale destination of Carcassonne. Perched on a hill above the River Aude in Southwest France, Carcassonne attracts millions of visitors every year to explore the wonders which make it an UNESCO World Heritage site. Hôtel de la Cité, managed by Orient-Express hotels, is the city's most luxurious hotel and the only one to be found within the actual medieval citadel. Enjoy a three-night stay and relish some serious fine dining at La Barbacane restaurant, a private cooking lesson with dinner, and a half-day wine-tasting tour. Available until October 31, 2007, the Food & Wine Culinary Escape also includes daily buffet breakfast and an in-room amenity of sparkling wine, flowers, and petit fours.
Rumor has it that Las Vegas Sands Corp. is bringing its Vegas-style pool parties to the Chinese gambling enclave of Macau. The 3,000-room Venetian Resort-Hotel, "large enough to hold ninety Boeing 747 jumbo jets," will open at the end of August in the world's gambling capital. The centerpiece of Las Vegas Sands' $11 billion complex of casinos and shops, the Venetian will bring over-the-top luxury to the Cotai Strip. Suites are enormous, decked out with lavish Italian marble bathrooms and sunken living rooms. There will be a V Spa, V Gym fitness center, myriad dining experiences, and of course multiple swimming pools, including the exclusive adults-only pool. Book now and get special introductory rates from HK $1,088.
Hidden in the tropical forest on the white sands of the Riviera Maya, the Tides is a 30-villa property that epitomizes barefoot luxury. Located just outside Playa del Carmen, this seaside refuge has been touted as "a sexy, eco-conscious hideaway in the jungle" by Travel and Leisure magazine. Taste the award-winning "Yucatecan Cuisine," take a yoga class overlooking coastal splendor, discover nearby ancient Mayan cities, frolic on the seven miles of white sand beach. Here in paradise, the Tides provides unique services and facilities: Temazcal, the stunning Maya-style sauna right on the beach, a "tropical butler" to deliver iced face towels poolside, and a "dine anywhere, anytime" policy. Leave your cell phones behind (they're not allowed here!) and get ready for some serious relaxation, both in your palapa-roofed villa (decorated with sophisticated simplicity) and the full-service holistic spa. If you book the Barefoot Luxury package, you can enjoy four nights at the Tides Riviera Maya along with a private Mayan cooking class or Tequila and Ceviche tasting. Priced at $2,740, includes a departure amenity.
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Since its reopening at the end of 2006, the Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Kuda Huraa has generated quite a buzz. (In a setting this magical-- private coral island surrounded by the turquoise sea-- it's no wonder visitors are swooning.) The resort's palm-thatched pavilions and bungalows rise above the water, or line the white sand, and boast private plunge pools, over-water decks, and outdoor showers. From the infinity edge pool, one of the largest in the Maldives, you can take in the memorable sunsets, when the sky is painted in brilliant shades of color. Aboard the resort's yacht, The Explorer, you can cruise untouched atolls and discover some of the best scuba diving spots in the world. Until September 30, 2007, book a four-night stay and you'll receive a $250 resort credit for use in the fabulous spa and restaurants.
Sup on the finest traditional American cuisine in a Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired atmosphere at the Arizona Biltmore's acclaimed restaurant. The chefs at Wright's use only the best hand-crafted organic ingredients from boutique farms across the country-- goat cheese from Maui, escargot from Oregon, or elk from Wyoming-- with the menu changing weekly to reflect what's in season. It's all about getting back to basics rather than manipulating the food. This philosophy also applies to the service, which is warm and attentive, but not at all stuffy. In addition to the fantastic à la carte menu, Wright's offers diners a tasting menu each evening. Open daily for dinner and Sunday for brunch.
At the lowest point on earth, where the lapping waters of the Dead Sea are sought out for their curative powers, you'll find an elegant resort with one of the most advanced spa operations in the Middle East. Located at 400 meters below sea level, beside the northern shores of the saltiest sea in the world, Movenpick Dead Sea is a luxurious hideaway designed as a traditional stone village. Where else can you float in the sea while reading your newspaper? Indulge in the legendary therapeutic secrets of the Dead Sea at the ZARA Spa, with its wide range of health and beauty therapies and several saline pools including an indoor Dead Sea flotation pool. The facilities are superb: beach, heated pool, summer beach pool, children's pool and playground, solariums, tennis court, and large fitness room. The Dead Sea is an exciting place to visit, not only because of this blissful spa experience, but also because of the spectacular surrounding landscape and ancient historical sites.
Hot on the heels of the debut of its new St. Lucia hotel, Raffles will open a third Caribbean property in 2010: set on 50 pristine beachfront acres on the northeastern end of Tortola in the BVI. Raffles luxury hotels have distinguished themselves as landmarks in their respective cities around the globe (the flagship in Singapore is world-renowned), so the new Tortola hotel will no doubt bring a high standard of luxury to the secluded white sand beaches of the "sailing capital of the Caribbean." The 100-room resort will feature four restaurants and bars, three swimming pools, a fitness center, two beach clubs, and the signature RafflesAmrita Spa, occupying 15,000 square feet. Cool fact: the resort, though managed by Raffles, is 100 percent owned by British Virgin Islanders.
Ahhh, summer in San Diego, where the surf's up, the breeze is balmy, and the temperatures are just right. Take the whole family (including your doggie) to Loews Coronado Bay Resort for some fun in the sun. The recreational facilities are remarkable: tennis courts, Sea Spa, fitness center, beach and three outdoor swimming pools, private marina, gondola rides on the nearby canals, bicycling, rollerblading, whatever your little heart desires. Your family's teenage jetsetter will dig the Super Suite Vacation package-- replete with surfing lessons, custom-designed INT surfboard, and two spa treatments in the resort's Teen Spa Room designed by Pottery Barn's PBteen. This taste of the suite life, a perfect blend of sun and surf, goes for $2,000 for a two-night stay. Prior to arrival, your teen can select the color and graphics for the surf board. Loews also offers a Su'ruff Camp, where your doggie can get a surfing lesson with Coronado Surfing Academy at Coronado's Dog Beach. The package also includes a Surf & turf room service meal for your pet, board shorts or a surfing bandana for your pup, and a copy of The Dog's Guide to Surfing.

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"The snakebot might be able to penetrate inside a bomb or a landmine and disarm it while preventing a detonation," said Abraham. "Humans would be kept distant from the danger." The same application could be useful for disposing of unexploded bombs and landmines.
In the case of terrorist attacks or military applications, the robots could be used to assess the danger of potential chemical or biological threats. The devices could be equipped with sensors that detect various substances, from heat to chemicals or radioactivity. "You could send a snake robot into the area, have it conduct a search, and grasp a sample for analysis," Abraham explained. "The entire time you avoid human contact with the dangerous materials."
Repairs Possible for Ship Engines, and Eventually the Human Body
A non-glamorous role for the robots is no less important for the Navy. "I'm supported by the Navy to do engine inspection and hopefully engine repair," Choset said. "It's a sort of arthroscopic surgery on the engine of a sea vessel and it saves a lot of time. You don't have to take an engine apart, you could just put the snake device in and have it fix the problem."
"In many instances it could be useful to penetrate inaccessible spaces," Abraham added. "On a big ship there are lots of small spaces where humans don't have access. You may need to cut holes in the hull to get to a system that needs repair. A device like the snake could provide that kind of repair, such as laser welding, on the spot."
In this role, mechanical staff could use snakebots equipped with digital cameras to identify and illustrate specific problem areas, allowing machine and man to work in tandem to conduct engine inspections or locate fluid leaks.
In the future, similar robots might work on the most complex machine of allthe human body. "In the long run, the epic application for this technology is surgery," Choset explained. "It could enable us to perform better surgical operations without having to open up a personbut unless there is some kind of critical breakthrough that sort of thing won't happen for a while."
Major challenges still remain for Choset and his team. Presently, they are working to perfect mechanism design, sensor integration, and other technical issues for the snakebot.
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I have been away from my blog for quite a long time. I opened a shop, The Fox Fairy, in Afflecks palace, and it takes most of my time. But recently, I have moved in a bigger space, with a big big desk, and now have room to draw. So here are some of the results of my work!
The first one is an A2 original artwork inspired by "The Frog Prince". It took me a while to get the right composition, and mostly drawing the feet of the princess...I got the idea from a dream i made when I was a teenager, where I was flying, and then going down slowly, and ended up landing in a very green pond. The aesthetic of it was much more mossy, but what I remembered the most, was the sensations...the temperature of the water being fresh but not freezing, feeling my feet slowly dipping into it...So this drawin was built around that. I cannot wait to see how it evolves (I have been working on this for more than a month and a half)


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Science Fiction is hitting our Indie Beat today, bringing with it the first full length trailer for Gilgamesh, developed by the Boston Film Family. Come inside to check it out and learn more about the film!
In today's Indie Beat, the upcoming horror film, The Divine Tragedies, has completely wrapped production and is on schedule to start its festival circuit later this year. In celebration of moving on to post-production, the filmmakers have released a new poster for the movie. Come inside to check it out and learn more!
For today's Indie Beat, we have the first trailer for the upcoming comedy film, The Jersey Devil. The new trailer divulges details on the plot of the film, which sees Lucifer replaced on the throne in Hell, and the new guy looking to relocate the depths of Hades to none other than New Jersey. Come inside to check out the new trailer and learn more!
In today's Indie Beat, a brand new trailer for the indie horror film, Truth or Dare, (which has been winning awards all over the festival circuit) has a brand new trailer for you to enjoy. Come inside to check it out and learn more about the film.
In today's Indie Beat, we have the first teaser poster and details on the upcoming horror film from Ryan Andrews, Save Yourself. Come inside to check out the poster and learn more about this thriller, which begins shooting later this Summer!
Indie filmmakers have more funding options than they've ever had in the past, giving movie ideas, which may not have commercial studio appeal, the chance to still be made. In today's Indie Beat, I thought I'd highlight The Martial Arts Kid, which is taking to Kickstarter to fund the flick (already boasting a cast of major martial artists). Come inside to learn more!
Today's Indie Beat brings forth casting news on the upcoming film, which is based on a true story, Plastic. Come inside to learn more about the film and see the cast list!


The rapid, astronomical growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) presents significant security and performance challenges for manufacturers and vendors of networked “smart” objects. This article outlines the major issues faced, explains how publicly trusted SSL/TLS certificates can be used to secure IoT devices, and describes how SSL.com works with IoT providers to manage the installation and lifecycle of publicly trusted certificates on their products.
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Vegan: The New Ethics of Eating
In this book, you will find the latest information about how what you eat affects your health, the environment, and the existence of the animals who share this planet, along with in-depth discussions of ground-breaking work by these internationally respected experts: Heart specialist, Dean Ornish, M.D.; Nutrition scientist, T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D.; Weight loss expert, Terry Shintani, M.D.; Farm Sanctuary founders, Gene and Lorri Bauston; Vegetarian nutritionist, Suzanne Havala, R.D.; Population analysis, David Pimentel, Ph.D.; Mad Cow disease expert, Stephen Dealler, M.D.; Rangeland activist, Lynn Jacobs.
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BRATISLAVA, Oct 12 (IPS) – Governments and worldwide monetary establishments should undertake new methods of offering post-pandemic assist, say campaigners after a report discovered that in lots of poorer international locations, massive enterprise benefitted most from Covid-19 restoration funds. On the similar time, susceptible communities have been “left behind.”
They are saying the extent and distribution of assist of those funds has been poor, with probably the most susceptible in society, akin to casual staff and ladies, amongst others, having been particularly failed by aid programmes.
They usually warn that the measures have really solely deepened inequalities at a time when the UN has warned that as much as 95 million extra folks might quickly fall into excessive poverty compared with pre-Covid-19 ranges.
Matti Kohonen, Director of the Monetary Transparency Coalition (FTC), which was behind the report, advised IPS: “The elite have been sheltered from the worst results of the pandemic. Practically 40 % of Covid-19 restoration funds went to giant companies, by measures like loans and tax cuts. Because of this social safety for, specifically, ladies and casual staff, has been insufficient.”
The FTC’s analysis discovered that in 21 international locations within the World South, giant companies acquired 38 % of restoration funds whereas small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) acquired 20 %. Social safety measures accounted for 38 %.
In the meantime, casual staff acquired solely 4 % of the funds within the international locations surveyed, and the analysis confirmed that in lots of these states, they really acquired nothing in any respect.
Research have proven that casual staff, and particularly ladies, had been globally hit hardest by the Covid-19 pandemic, and that financial coverage measures taken in response have largely been gender-blind, exacerbating current gender inequality and financial precarity within the sector.
Based on the Worldwide Labour Organisation (ILO), of the two billion casual staff worldwide, over 740 million are ladies. Nevertheless, there’s a increased share of ladies than males in casual employment in lots of the world’s poorest areas: in additional than 90 % of nations in sub-Saharan Africa, 89 % of southern Asian international locations, and nearly 75 % of Latin American international locations.
These ladies additionally typically have jobs most certainly to be related to poor circumstances, restricted or non-existent labour rights and social safety, and low pay.
The FTC report factors out that whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge effect on ladies’s employment, working hours, and will increase in unpaid home and care work duties, it discovered that ladies acquired half the funds than males acquired as most cash supplied to corporates and in addition smaller firms predominantly went to males (representing over 59 % of funds).
Klelia Guerrero, Economist at The Latin American Community for Financial and Social Justice (LATINDADD), who helped with analysis into the FTC report, stated that simply doing work gathering knowledge on the distribution of restoration funds underlined how little thought had been given to ladies in Covid-19 response insurance policies.
It was solely in a handful of the international locations surveyed (Guatemala, Honduras, Bangladesh, Brazil, and Costa Rica) that partial gender-disaggregated knowledge on Covid-19 grants had been made obtainable to research Covid-19 assist.
“Most international locations didn’t have disaggregated gender knowledge; it was solely partial. This in itself must be a crimson flag – it exhibits that the individuals who had been implementing these assist schemes didn’t consider ladies as a precedence,” Guerrero advised IPS.
And whereas the report exhibits that ladies did obtain nearly all of social safety funds within the international locations surveyed, even a few of these programmes “had discriminative features”.
“For instance, right here in Ecuador, we had a scheme the place folks needed to register on-line after which go at sure occasions to obtain their support merchandise. This was tough for lots of ladies who needed to be within the house at these occasions, or there was no public transport to get to the locations to obtain support. So, ladies had been deprived,” she stated.
“Some teams of the inhabitants did profit from Covid aid measures, however probably the most susceptible not as a lot. It was tough for them to entry the help. The standards underneath which support is given out ought to embody a gender perspective.” she added.
Different equality campaigners agree.
“Quite a few analysis has proven how, particularly in Africa, ladies make up nearly all of the casual sector. One of many massive takeaways of the report is the poor focusing on of ladies within the assist response. Programmes going ahead must have in mind the gender dimension of any coverage,” Ishmael Zulu, Tax and Coverage Officer on the Tax Justice Community Africa (TJNA), advised IPS.
Teams just like the FTC and its members, together with the TJNA, say the report’s findings are essential not simply by way of the post-pandemic restoration however in highlighting the necessity to change how assist is given to probably the most susceptible communities in growing international locations within the long-term future.
Ishmael identified that in a single scheme in Zambia, the federal government launched stimulus to assist SMEs and casual staff, however the cash was channelled by industrial banks that set particular necessities to entry that cash, together with the necessity to present financial institution statements.
“In fact, that may be very tough for a lot of casual staff. They only couldn’t present these paperwork. So, in the long run, even cash meant for susceptible teams ended up within the fingers of massive companies, that are those that may present these paperwork,” he defined. “It speaks of the weak spot of the system.”
The FTC report has additionally warned that insurance policies pursued by worldwide monetary establishments, such because the Worldwide Financial Fund (IMF), of pushing international locations to introduce austerity measures and minimize funding for primary public providers in return for debt restructuring is making issues worse.
It cites the instance of the cuts in public spending and rises in Worth-Added Taxes (VAT) being imposed as a part of an IMF mortgage program in Zambia, saying this can have the best affect on the poor.
Ishmael stated: “Our present monetary constructions have perpetuated inequality in the best way, for example, monetary establishments give loans: a number of international locations have needed to reform their tax techniques … and these monetary establishments say subsidies and spending must be channelled into some areas and never others, and it finally ends up that cash is focused in direction of giant corporates, and susceptible communities are left behind.”
He added: “We noticed rising inequality , and so when Covid-19 hit, we noticed how these susceptible communities had been left behind with out security nets. Governments should put in place sustainable social safety techniques offering security nets to assist carry folks out of poverty and which gained’t simply reply to a pandemic or an emergency, however reply to combating poverty and inequality.”
The FTC is planning to current its findings on the IMF/World Financial institution Annual Conferences later this month.
The FTC’s report requires all international locations and worldwide establishments, together with the IMF and World Financial institution, to implement what it describes as “various insurance policies to deliver a people-centered restoration as a substitute of austerity”.
These embody, amongst others, taxing extra windfall company income, introducing progressive ranges of earnings and wealth taxes, and rising social safety contributions and protection.
Kohonen stated casual staff and ladies must be on the coronary heart of any such insurance policies.
“Casual sector and ladies staff actually pulled us by the pandemic, and it’s incorrect to now impose austerity on them. Assist must be in place for casual and ladies staff, folks on the entrance traces, earlier than a pandemic in order that assist may be then scaled up if wanted, within the type of loans, grants or different support,” he stated.
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New lanes emerge under 11th Street overpass,
By Dan Wallach
Updated 6:30 pm, Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Concrete saws sliced into the convex cap under the 11th Street overpass above Eastex Freeway on Tuesday as dump trucks delivered dirt and carted away debris from what will be two new road lanes forming the new Lucas Drive exit in the Eastex ramp-reversal project.
But the new lanes are a few months away yet.
The contractor for the $27 million project, APAC-Texas, is doing as much preparation work as possible before it has to shut down the 11th Street overpass, which carries traffic southbound toward Interstate 10 or farther south to Calder Avenue.
Once the overpass closes, the contractor has just 50 days to complete the work necessary to begin the road-building, Dupre said.
The 50-day period will be used to ensure the strength of the overpass support, which is hidden from view within that concrete slope that APAC-Texas cut into. Actually, most of the concrete slope is dirt, covered only by a few inches of concrete.
Both of the new lanes will be 12 feet wide, which the contractor has said will offer plenty of room even though it will look like a tight fit between the two concrete columns supporting the overpass.
This part of the project is the next milestone in the ramp-reversal plan to smooth the flow of traffic on Eastex.
The contractor opened a new off-ramp Sunday leading from Interstate 10 westbound to the Eastex frontage road and the businesses alongside it.
The other part of the project to be built alongside the northbound Eastex main lanes is the new Lucas exit, which will join the Eastex frontage road, widening to two lanes away from the main lanes. Lucas-bound traffic then will be directed to the new lanes running under the 11th Street overpass.
The existing on-ramp from Delaware Street to the main Eastex northbound lanes will be closed. That will prevent the stop-and-go that results from on-ramp traffic mixing with main-lane traffic.
Dupre said the dirt delivered Tuesday is meant to support the road building equipment that will be coming in and that removal of the concrete-covered cap will not weaken the overpass.
"We have inspectors on the job at all times to ensure safety," she said. "Eleventh Street will be closing for only 50 days so they are trying to do everything they can before shutting it down. The actual load-bearing support is inside the slope."


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For months, I have seen bullet journals all over the Internet. Everywhere I look there is washi tape, beautiful notebooks, colourful keys and lives being organised into diagrams, charts, and monthly spreads. It has always seemed like the perfect way to practice mindfulness, improve organisation and increase productivity. This year I decided to get creative and give it a go! Over the next week I’ll be sharing a few posts about bullet journaling – starting with a few of my favourite bullet journal supplies!
I spent hours researching which notebook would be right for me and I decided on the Leuchtturm1917 medium (A5) hardcover notebook with dotted pages. It has a table of contents, page numbers, ink proof paper and comes in lots of different colours. I chose emerald, firstly because I like it and secondly because I was a bit late jumping on board the bullet journal train and emerald was one of the only colours left in stock! I love this notebook so much. The quality is brilliant and the dotted pages make it so easy to draw and write neatly.
One of my favourite supplies I’ve been using is the Pilot V Sign Pen with liquid ink and a 2.0 mm tip. It’s quite thick but great for making bold outlines around doodles and writing titles and headings. I got this pen from Paperchase for around £3.
Another Paperchase purchase! I got this pack of 12 colourful sign pens for £6. The tips are very small, perfect for writing, drawing, and colouring in my doodles!
Yet another Paperchase purchase (can you tell I got a gift voucher for Christmas?). Paperchase has an amazing collection of washi tapes with loads of colours and patterns to choose from. To get me started, I chose this pack of 8 pastel self-adhesive paper tapes.The tapes are pastel red, orange, yellow, green, blue, lilac, grey and ivory. The handy little box is a tape dispenser with a serrated edge for cutting the tapes so that you don’t have to track down a pair of scissors!
I wanted to add a bit more colour to my bullet journal so I picked up this pack of 6 stamp markers from Flying Tiger Copenhagen for £1. The stamps include a blue cloud, a navy star, a green flower, a black arrow, a pink heart and a yellow sun. These are perfect for decorating my pages and can also be used as bullet points.
My final favourite supply at the moment is this little A to Z stamp set. It came with both black and red ink. I got this set for £4 in Flying Tiger Copenhagen. I love using these stamps for titles and headings but also to write words and quotes.
Having a bullet journal is giving me a great opportunity to get creative and I am having so much fun with it! I can’t wait to show you how it is going so far!

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Last year, Uber, the San Francisco-based car service company, experimented with what it called Uber Chopper, offering helicopter rides from New York City to the Hamptons. Now the company is bringing it back.
This year, Uber has partnered with Blade, a New York startup that exclusively provides helicopter rides, for an Independence Day-related promotion, according to a report by the New York Post. Uber users will be able to reserve car rides to a heliport on the east side of Manhattan, at 34th Street, then board a helicopter operated by Blade, land in the Hamptons, and be picked up by another Uber car that can take them to their destination, the report said.
The Post noted that while helicopter rides may seem like an upper-crust frivolity, the high margins make the service an attractive variation on Uber’s core car service model.
The New York Times explained that the one-day deal, for July 3, will cost customers $2,500 for the whole helicopter, or $500 per seat, which is less than the $575 per seat Blade normally charges.
Blade launched on Memorial Day, the Times noted, and its business model requires customers to reserve an entire helicopter, though if enough people sign up for a given flight, that can reduce the cost for the person doing the reservation. Currently, the self-funded company only operates flights between Manhattan and Montauk and the Hamptons.
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Re: starship-design: Genuine STR question
To respond to this in short. the ability of a self-powered
spacecraft to accelerate to high relativistic velocities (roughly
meaning > 70% of c) depends on the efficiency of mass-to-energy
conversion of its fuel as well as the fuel-to-payload ratio.
Efficiency of mass-to-energy conversion happens to correlate well
with exhaust velocity. A fuel that reacts with low
mass-to-energy conversion, like hydrogen fusion, requires
tremendous fuel-to-payload ratios on the order of 10^6:1 to
accelerate the payload to high relativistic speeds, while the
ideal matter-antimatter reaction can achieve something like
80-90% mass-to-energy conversion and requires only a 4:1
fuel-to-payload ratio to get the payload to the same speed.
When I get time I'll dig up the URL to the archived item where I
derived these results. It's true you can reduce the total
reaction mass you have to carry by accelerating it to high
exhaust velocities, but if you use an inefficient fuel you end up
having to carry an amount of fuel that more than makes up for the
reduction in reaction mass. And the only way to reduce the fuel
mass is to increase the efficiency of mass-to-energy conversion
of the fuel.


text: This was an introduction to wasm-pack but also using wasm code from npm. From here you could actually improve on the project setup, expand out what your wasm code can actually do, or expand out how you would use the package you've created. The whole wasm space is completely open so there's no limit to what you can and can't do really! Go out there and try some cool new things. Happy hacking!


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HELENA — A Ukraine benefit concert at St. Peter’s Episcopal Cathedral has been postponed until May 23 and May 24 due to multiple COVID exposures.
The benefit concert and silent auction were originally slated for April 25 and April 26.
Fundraising from the event will work to give relief to those affected by the war in Ukraine.
Tickets will be good for the corresponding weekday in May.
Those that purchased tickets can also exchange them for the other night if needed.
“I'd like to thank all of you who have stepped up to help make this project the huge success that it has been so far. I am overwhelmed again and again by the generosity of the people of St. Peter's and the Greater Helena community. Thank you,” said Cathedral Administrator Charles Elliott in a release.


|5th Annual UAB Jazz Summit Features Wynton Marsalis with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra|
The 2012 UAB Jazz Summit will feature some of the most skilled jazz musicians in the world. The weekend kicks off on March 2 at 4pm with placement auditions in the Hulsey center. The first evening will include a sound check, question and answer session, and concert featuring Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra in the Alys Stephens Center. Registration for the event is available to high school students grades 9-12 and will be open until February 24. There is limited space, so applications received first will receive priority for acceptance.
The next day student participants from grades 9-12 will rehearse with their Jazz Summit ensembles and attend clinics specific to each of his/her instrument with our clinicians. This year Chip McNeill, director of jazz at the University of Illinois, highlights our stellar roster of guest clinicians. Professor McNeill is a former musical director and jazz tenor saxophonist for Grammy award-winning recording artist Arturo Sandoval. He has recorded with Sandoval on his Grammy award-winning CD, Hot House and on Americana. He is also a former musical director/player/producer for legendary jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson. McNeill produced, wrote, and performed on six CDs with Ferguson including his final one, The One and Only Maynard Ferguson, and has toured with Ferguson, Sandoval and many other notable jazz performers.
The Jazz Summit concludes with a concert in the Sirote Theater at UAB’s Alys Stephens Center at 3:00 pm on Sunday, March 4. This free concert will feature all of the participant groups as well as performances by our clinicians and the UAB Jazz Ensemble.


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Paper crafting is a timeless art that has evolved over the years. With impressive paper creations, the possibilities are endless. From origami and paper quilling to intricate paper sculptures, there are numerous techniques to explore. Not only is paper crafting a fun and engaging activity, but it’s also a great way to exercise your creativity and relax your mind. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced crafter, there’s always something new to learn in the world of paper art. So why not try your hand at creating your own impressive paper masterpiece? With a few basic supplies and some imagination, you can unleash your inner artist and create something truly remarkable.
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More than thirty years ago, Edward Said wrote in Reflections on Exile that “our age...is indeed the age of the refugee, the displaced person, mass immigration.” As migration becomes increasingly recognized as integral to contemporary societies, how does transit become central to how we understand urban spaces, communities, and the experiences of individuals within them? We understand transit as the movement of people, ideas, memories, or emotions, and what Jodi Byrd has described as “liminal existence” in “ungrievable spaces.” In what ways does the concept of "transit" model a rethinking of the relationship between individuals and postcolonial geographies? How does mobility constitute movement through both physical and ontological space?
world literatures and indigenous studies
This seminar seeks to explore the dialectical relationship between recent geopolitical crises and people’s responses to them. Once previous hermeneutical and epistemological frameworks and tools no longer work, global citizens need to devise original technologies to respond to and understand what are perceived as radically new experiences.
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For a time, the Absurd was one of the chief literary movements of the day. When Martin Esslin published The Theatre of the Absurd he would frame various emerging playwrights such as Ionesco, Beckett and Pinter under one label. Though they would reject the term, the notion of the Absurd stuck and would invite a flurry of criticism from the academic world.
This proposed panel is concerned with satirical responses to corruption, injustice, disenfranchisement and economic crisis from across Hispanic cultural production. Papers may analyze dark comedy in film, comics and cartoons, narrative, theater, visual arts, social media, and so on from Spain, Latin America, and Latinx America and from any time period. The aim of this proposed panel is to explore the tragicomic sensibility in Hispanic cultural production with a focus on social critique and, where possible, to trace genealogies and compare/contrast satirical representations across the Spanish-speaking world. We ask: How do our proposed texts relate to the terms: dark comedy, grotesque, esperpento, farce, tragicomedy, humorism, wit?
This panel examines the imbrication of the avant-garde with mass-produced art in order to discern the relationships between the proliferation of images and capitalism in the advent of modern visual culture. Imitating the shock value of advertising, the avant-gardists appeal to the eye of the viewer to gain visibility in the domains of art and draw the consumer’s attention to its product, thereby revealing the profit-oriented motives of marketplace exchanges. Immaterialities such as images are thus transformed into commodities that blend high and low aesthetic genres that participate in the consumer society.
As Douglas Mao and Rebecca Walkowitz indicate in their article “The New Modernist Studies,” recent trends in modernist studies have operated a radical revision of the term “modernism,” moving away from the idea that modernism is confined to a single place (Europe, North America, and the West in general) or a single time (roughly 1890-1940). As the map of “transnational” and “global” modernisms expands, ever more attention has been given to new languages, phenomena of bilingualism and multilingualism, and translation as a fundamental practice in modernist writing (Yao, Rogers).
This panel will explore the complex and evolving relationships between tradition, transgression, and dialogue in South Asian Culture. Because of the complexity of these issues, we are not insisting on a specific time-frame. While the accent will be on contemporary life, participants may want to focus on the past, near or distant.
In 1993, Edward Said published—to great acclaim and critical discussion—what would come to be considered a signal achievement: Culture and Imperialism. Twenty-five years onward, Said’s text remains central to literary work from postcolonial studies to the Victorian novel, the New Historicism to World literature. Its endurance, it would seem, lay in its breadth: the magnitude of Said’s intervention, its power of synthesis, its inventive critical modes.
We seek proposals highlighting East-West literary connections, particularly interested in cross-disciplinary approaches which compare literary topics or methodologies with the fields of history, philosophy, religion, or film. Please see the link below for information on paper proposal submissions.
This panel seeks papers that analyze textual, visual, and/or performance-based media in which female, trans*, and/or genderqueer protagonists fight against injustice, whether through explicitly political acts (e.g. protest) or by living a life in opposition to oppressive hegemonic demands. How is this resistance coded aesthetically, linguistically, formally, and/or narratologically? How do intersecting aspects of the protagonist’s identity, such as race, ability, class, sexual orientation, religious affiliation, and/or nationality/citizenship status shape the kinds of resistance undertaken? How are these acts interpreted by other actors in the storyworld and what is their impact?

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The dangers of social media use among adolescents: Link the risks associated with adolescents’ use of social media to field of study, which is cybersecurity. Write a research paper using evidence to support a thesis that addresses your research question examining a current issue or event in the news from the perspective of your field of study.
The audience is people who are generally educated but do not have extensive knowledge of your field or topic. Your submission should include all of the following components: Sources To earn the maximum possible points on this assignment, use and cite at least eight sources. At least three of these must be from scholarly journals, and all sources should be selected based on reliability, currency, and level of information/analysis. The UMGC library will be very useful in helping you find appropriate sources. You can, but do not have to, include all of the sources from your annotated bibliography. Consider the following in incorporating your sources: Sources are meant to help you build your argument, not to define the paper’s organization. Therefore, it is usually not helpful to have an entire paragraph focused on a single source or to focus on a source in a paragraph’s topic sentence. To weave sources into your own writing, avoid dropping quotes into your paper without an introduction or transition in your own words. An example of a transition into a quote is underlined in the following: This idea is corroborated by Snyder (2019) who explains that “community-based interventions have to be adequately funded” (p. 10).It may also be helpful to follow a quote with a comment on its significance to the paper’s ideas.
Content and Organization This paper is the culmination of your research project, in which you are examining a current issue or event in the news from the perspective of your field of study. As you write your paper, be sure to include the following: an introductory paragraph that includes your thesis statement. The introduction is meant to engage your readers and orient them to the topic, and the thesis statement should clearly state your position or central claim to be supported in the body of your paper. Any definition of terms or background information that your reader is likely to need to understand your paper focused body paragraphs that begin with topic sentences and use transitions as needed. This is where you will support the thesis using arguments and evidence. Use the sentence outline you developed in class to guide you. A concluding paragraph that reiterates the thesis, summarizes key points of the paper, and leaves the reader with the “So what? “an APA reference list that includes all of the sources cited in the text of the paper, in alphabetical order Research is a key element of this paper. Take care to support your claims with research throughout the paper. Include APA in-text citations whenever you use sources, whether through quote, paraphrase, or summary.
This paper calls for an academic style, which most frequently involves third person point of view. Second person “you” is seldom used in academic writing. First person “I” is best restricted to discussions of your personal experience or involvement with the research topic or your role of as the researcher. Not all research papers will will include these discussions. First person statements of opinion (“I believe,” “I would say,” etc.) may weaken your claims. Instead, state your position without these phrases, and provide evidence. Length and Format This paper should be at least 2000 words, including references. Incorporate these elements of APA style: Use one-inch margins. Double space.Use a consistent, easy-to-read font between 10-point and 12-point.Include a title page with the title of your paper, your name, and the name of your school.