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In exactly three weeks, one of the black clouds that has darkened Israel-U.K. relations ever since the end of the British Mandate in Palestine is expected to dissipate as if it never existed: A senior member of the royal family is to make an official visit, initiated by the United Kingdom, to Israel.
Israel’s foreign service considers the upcoming event to be a breakthrough. On numerous occasions in the past, various individuals and organizations sought to invite the queen herself or representatives of the crown to Israel, but the Foreign Office blocked the moves, in accordance with Buckingham Palace’s long-standing policy, according to which no official visit by a senior royal would take place until significant progress on an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement was made.
The task was originally assigned to Prince Harry, but it was decided that he and the former Meghan Markle would not take a Middle Eastern honeymoon after their well-publicized wedding last month, and the mission fell to Harry’s brother, Prince William. Their father, Prince Charles, did in fact visit Israel to attend the funerals of Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres – after the latter, he made a secret visit to Jerusalem’s Mount of Olives to pay his respects to the grave of his grandmother, Princess Alice – but because these were not considered official visits, Prince William’s will be the first. He is also expected to visit Ramallah, the seat of government of the Palestinian Authority.
Fittingly for an event involving the Court of St. James, an institution that is the very symbol of symbolism, the visit also represents a more significant movement. Over the past several years, the close but often complicated relations between Israel and the United Kingdom have grown much closer. Experts point to rising trade figures, stronger economic ties, increasingly transparent military cooperation and even the hope of a creeping shift in Britain’s voting patterns in international institutions. Among the factors contributing to the new trends, according to experts, are Britain’s planned withdrawal from the European Union, the shift in international focus in the Middle East from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to the global war on terror, and the return to power of the Conservative Party, considered friendlier to Israel than the Labour Party.
On the military front, the visit at the end of November of the HMS Ocean, the fleet flagship of the Royal Navy, heralded Prince William’s upcoming visit to Israel. The enormous helicopter carrier docked in Haifa with hundreds of sailors and officers onboard. It was accompanied by an unusual PR campaign. An official source told Israeli journalists at the time that Israel is an active partner in NATO and the visit was an expression of that partnership.
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In the past, Britain avoided or downplayed public demonstrations of its extensive defense cooperation with Israel in general and covert intelligence cooperation in particular. In another departure from convention, a few months before the Ocean arrived, joint exercises between the Israel Air Force and the Royal Air Force were made public. An IAF helicopter squadron hosted a British squadron based in Cyprus. They drilled rescue operations near Palmahim Beach, south of Tel Aviv. The festival of open cooperation reached a peak on Independence Day in April, when the RAF, together with teams from counterparts from Poland, Austria, Greece, Italy and Canada, joined the traditional IAF flyover above the shore of the Mediterranean Sea. Foreign Ministry officials say the idea was to use Israel’s 70th anniversary celebrations to give a symbolic boost to the country’s relations with Europe. The officials also mention the France-Israel season of culture, which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is slated to launch when he visits the continent this week.
When asked about the growing military bonds with Britain, Israeli officials regularly cite the situation in Syria as an engine of change. More generally, they note the shift in the international community’s focus in the region away from the Palestinians and toward the global war on terror, in which Israel is an important partner. Recently they have also mentioned the relationship with Russia as being “part of our [brand] equity now.”
When it comes to trade, for years Britain has been a leading partner to Israel, but Brexit has kicked that into higher gear. In a move that Foreign Ministry officials say “cannot be taken for granted,” the United Kingdom included Israel as one of 10 countries with which it seeks to sign new bilateral free trade agreements. A joint working group has already been established toward that end. Britain must take a strategic view of the region ahead of Brexit, and Israel has been tagged as one of the preferred countries in the first phase, Israeli foreign policy officials told Haaretz last week. “Despite Israel’s small economic size, in global terms, they also looked at the contribution to the European research and development program and the field of innovation,” one official said.
According to the British Embassy in Israel, bilateral trade of goods reached a record $9.1 billion in 2017 (up from $7.2 billion in 2016). For trade in services, the latest figures available are from 2015 – $1.6 billion. Britain is the second largest market for Israeli exports, after the United States.
Since the 2016 Brexit referendum, there have been signs of increased Israeli business interest in Britain: In the 12 months following the referendum (June 2016 to June 2017), 32 Israeli companies set up shop in the United Kingdom, compared with 25 companies between June 2015 and June 2016. Between July 2017 and March 2018, an additional 20 or so Israeli companies established bases in Britain.
In the year after the referendum, Israeli investment in the United Kingdom rose to 154 million pounds sterling ($205.5 million), from 114 million pounds, an increase of 33 percent. By March of this year, Israeli foreign direct investment since the referendum amounted to 400 million pounds. In addition, Israeli investors have injected over 400 million pounds into infrastructure projects in Britain in the past four years.
In the last two years, a growing number of high-tech partnerships were established, including a program incorporating Israeli digital health technology into Britain’s National Health Service. Last year a project was launched, with an initial budget of 5 million pounds, for joint research into medical conditions affecting the elderly and technologies and precision medicine for older populations.
Israeli foreign policy officials say that in addition to the military and economic interests, Prime Minister Theresa May is friendlier than the former tenants of 10 Downing Street to the Netanyahu government. Britain’s warm ties with the Trump administration – London and Washington have stepped up their military cooperation in Syria – provide a further boost to its relations with Israel. The growing closeness of the London-Jerusalem axis stands in contrast to France, which under President Emmanuel Macron has become opinionated and sometimes even confrontational in regard to the Middle East; and to Germany, which has reduced its involvement in the region during the fourth term of Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is sometimes called “the last defender of the liberal West.”
Netanyahu is scheduled to begin a four-day visit to Europe on Monday, meeting with Merkel, Macron and May in Berlin, Paris and London, respectively. The talks are expected to focus on the intentions of Germany, France and Britain to remain in the nuclear agreement with Iran in light of Washington’s withdrawal from the accord. The issue is a bone of contention between Israel and Britain, as is the Palestinian issue. Even under May, London is still at odds with Netanyahu over Jerusalem, the settlements and the Gaza Strip. As mentioned earlier, Prince William is slated to visit Ramallah, and perhaps also Bethlehem, in the PA – “the Occupied Palestinian Territories,” as the Foreign Office calls the West Bank.
The improvement in relations in other areas has not eliminated the disagreements over Iran and the Palestinians. But figures close to the foreign minister – that is, Netanyahu – are willing to settle, for now, for the downgrading of the Palestinian issue in the talks between Jerusalem and London. They hope the symbolic measures will translate into a change in Britain’s voting pattern in international institutions. Britain did vote, in the United Nations Security Council, against the unilateral U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, in accordance with London’s long-standing policy of supporting a two-state solution. But it abstained from voting, at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva in May, for the establishment of a commission of inquiry into the recent events in the Gaza Strip.
The growing official closeness between Jerusalem and London is often disturbed by protests from the opposition and civil society organizations in Britain, particularly in regard to the Palestinian issue. Israel claims that Britain is a stronghold of the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against Israel, although both Jerusalem and London admit that on the governmental and institutional levels the BDS movement seems to have no real influence on bilateral relations. Another issue that has recently made headlines are the accusations of anti-Semitism in the opposition Labour Party and the stormy public debate around the issue. Left-wing activists in Britain say that both issues often increase the authorities’ need to demonstrate a friendlier attitude toward Israel.
“We are happy about the upcoming royal visit. The relationship with Britain is important to us – it’s one of Israel’s main partners in Europe,” Rodica Radian-Gordon, director of the Foreign Ministry’s Europe desk, told Haaretz last week when asked whether she thought the planned royal visit constituted a shift in relations between the countries. Britain’s ambassador to Israel, David Quarrey, answered in a similar vein. He said the relations between Israel and Britain were indeed broader and deeper than in the past, reflecting a trend of many years’ standing in many areas. The appetite for cooperation has grown, he said.

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First disk-resolved spectroscopy of (4) Vesta
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روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2010
Vesta, the second largest Main-Belt Asteroid, will be the first to be explored in 2011 by NASA’s Dawn mission. It is a dry, likely differentiated body with spectrum suggesting that is has been resurfaced by basaltic lava flows, not too different from the lunar maria.
e present the first disk-resolved spectroscopic observations of an asteroid from the ground. We observed (4) Vesta with the ESO–VLT adaptive optics equipped integral-field near-infrared spectrograph SINFONI, as part of its science verification campaign. The highest spatial resolution of ∼90 km on Vesta’s surface was obtained during excellent seeing conditions ( 0.5 ″ ) in October 2004.
erve spectral variations across Vesta’ surface that can be interpreted as variations of either the pyroxene composition, or the effect of surface aging. We compare Vesta’s 2 μm absorption band to that of howardite–eucrite–diogenite (HED) meteorites that are thought to originate from Vesta, and establish particular links between specific regions and HED subclasses. The overall composition is found to be mostly compatible with howardite meteorites, although a small area around 180°E longitude could be attributed to a diogenite-rich spot. We finally focus our spectral analysis on the characteristics of Vesta’s bright and dark regions as seen from Hubble Space Telescope’s visible and Keck-II’s near-infrared images.
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Mauricio Pochettino is refusing to sweat over the future of two of his star players.
Tottenham are still hopeful Harry Kane and Hugo Lloris will sign new contracts but are refusing to budge on their policy of a £100,000 a week wage cap.
Incredibly, as the Sun have pointed out, Kane is earning less than flop signing Moussa Sissoko at around £50,000 a week despite him easily being the club’s most important player.
Last season’s Golden Boot winner seems unlikely to seek pastures new given that he has grown up at White Hart Lane, but Lloris – as one of the world’s top goalkeepers – is perhaps more likely to be tempted.
Yet, Pochettino insists speculation over their deals is actually a positive for the club, the same newspaper quoting him:
“I take it in a positive way. We are talking — a good thing — extending contracts, them wanting time and showing commitment. It is fantastic. Why not talk about that?”
“Maybe there are rumours that can affect fans but the players want to be here for the long term.”
Spurs face West Ham on Saturday aiming to end their winless run which has now stretched to seven games. Kane came back with a bang scoring the equaliser in the 1-1 draw with Arsenal before the international break, and the Lilywhites will relish the chance to pile the pressure on Slaven Bilic’s struggling side.

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June 7, 2010
Helen Thomas retires.
Veteran journalist and public irritant Helen Thomas just announced her retirement, effective immediately. I wonder what might have prompted that?
Her decision comes after her controversial remarks about Israel hit the blogosphere. She later apologized for her comments, saying she “deeply regretted” making them….
The reaction of most reporters, friends and former White House officials was that while the end to Thomas’s career is sad, it is hardly surprising.
“It really is sadness. She should have retired years ago,” one longtime friend said. “But I don’t think anyone is surprised at the anti-Israeli remarks. She has never made any secret of her animus toward Israel. I just hate to see her remembered for this instead of the pioneering work she did.
Former White House press secretary Dana Perino said: “It’s a sad but appropriate end.”
I wish her a peaceful and quiet retirement. Emphasis on quiet.
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GAFFNEY — On a bizarre, crash-filled Saturday night at Cherokee Speedway, Gaffney’s Chris Madden proved once again that it is never a good idea to count him out of any event at what amounts to his home track, even if he starts in the rear.
That is just what happened in the Southern All Stars East-sanctioned Topless 40 as he guided his Bloomquist Chassis from 16th on the grid to take the $4,000 win and become the first repeat winner on the tour this season.
After a mishap in qualifying, Madden was forced to start at the rear of the field.
“We were testing some new brake pads. In hot laps, I did not have any brakes to begin with and then it got better as we went,” Madden said in Victory Lane. “But when we went out to qualify, going into Turn 1 I did not have any sign of brakes.”
Madden clipped the Turn 1 and 2 wall and came to rest at the track entrance and forfeited his turn at qualifying.
Madden’s performance overshadowed a great run by Jeff Cooke, who had command of most of the event in the HMI entry, but fell into the clutches of Madden late after a lapped car swerved into his path and caused him some right front damage.
North Carolina driver Furman Parton, who set the fast time for the event, ran consistently and finished third ahead of the banged-up trio of Casey Roberts, Johnny Pursley and Jonathan Davenport, who all suffered major sheet metal damage in the numerous incidents that plagued the event.
The Cherokee event capped a Carolina weekend swing for the tour as on Friday night at Union County Speedway, Casey Roberts annihilated the track record and scored a runaway win at the Buffalo bullring.


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I occupy space, which is to say, i am always grieving – Chi Tran (Incendium Radical Library)
Someone writes the word controversial but I think they might mean cruel. Then blood and pleasure are, once again,
made normal, and I remember what I had been told to forget.
The title of Chi Tran’s debut collection reads as a necessary aphorism. The two commas in the title: I occupy space, which is to say, i am always grieving offer moments for breath and reflection. The title is especially stirring for its acknowledgement of the ‘I/i’ which in turn activates the ‘U/u’ as reader. You are reading and therefore inhabiting this text. There is also a subtitle that expresses: ‘a small text / on identity and prosody’, further amplifying the existential and linguistic concerns of Tran’s poetry. The collection is comprised of two poetic sequences that create tension between articulation and actuality, unravelling the paradoxical and ideological elements of language.
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Does Israel have reason to target Syrian nuclear experts?
By YOSSI MELMAN/Jerusalm Post
According to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Zeid al-Hussein, more than 200,000 people have died in the Syrian civil war since its outset in March 2011. But what has grabbed the media’s attention and headlines in the past three days is the unconfirmed report that five nuclear experts were killed in an ambush while riding a bus to their workplace a few days ago in Damascus. The story immediately fueled the conspiratorial theories that maybe Israeli intelligence, namely the Mossad, had been behind it.
It started with the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which reported that the attack was carried out on Sunday near the Barzeh neighborhood of Damascus. Barzeh is the site of a small nuclear laboratory. It has a Chinese-built miniature neutron source reactor, a small and compact research reactor copied from a Canadian design. This reactor, from its inception, has been under the supervision of the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency, whose inspectors have visited the site many times.
Yet the reactor, which is fueled by highly enriched uranium supplied in small amounts by China and a few other nuclear facilities, served as a decoy to divert attention from the secret construction of the much bigger nuclear reactor in eastern Syria built by North Korea and bombed by the Israel Air Force in 2007. The Syrian government has not yet reacted to the reports. The Iranian media also ignored it, now Iran’s Press TV has published a short factual item about the incident, although it fails to mention that probably one of the five dead experts was an Iranian engineer. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack, which occurred in an area controlled by forces loyal to President Bashar Assad. Still, the possibility that Israel was behind it is very unlikely. After destroying the nuclear reactor in 2007, when it was on the verge of being operational and capable of producing plutonium as fissile material for nuclear bombs, the threat of Syria becoming a nuclear power was removed. According to foreign news reports, Israel has occasionally – at least times – interfered in the civil war by sending its air force to bomb convoys of Syrian trucks heading with sophisticated weapons bound for Hezbollah in Lebanon. Israel perceives any ground, sea and air missiles supplied to Hezbollah as a threat to its military posture. But not when it comes to the now-negligible and practically non-existent Syrian nuclear program.
Thus, there is no incentive for Israel to risk its intelligence-gathering operatives and military forces by being involved in such an operation. In simple words, Syria no longer poses a serious military – not to mention nuclear – threat to Israel. So why bother? Furthermore, it is not the first time that Syrian nuclear scientists were targeted during the civil war. In a similar incident in July of last year, six people working at the same center were killed in a mortar attack carried out by anti-government militants. It seems more likely that it was another act of violence by one of the rival groups fighting the Assad regime. Or, one should not rule out that it was an act of revenge – an inside job by the regime itself, for whatever reason.


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Julian Casablancas is confused. "Teetotal," he says, rolling the word around in his mouth.
"Tee-total. I'm sorry... what does that mean?" It's a balmy afternoon in Los Angeles and Casablancas, unspeakably hip frontman of New York rockers The Strokes, is discussing his long-running battle with booze.
After nearly a decade in the fast lane, he had, he says, reached a point where round-the-clock partying was beginning to take over his life. So he took the fateful decision to go on the wagon (for the record, he isn't being coy when he professes utter ignorance of "teetotal" -- tellingly, it's not a word that crops up very often in fashionable corners of Manhattan).
"I've always worked sober," he is careful to point out. "Room On Fire [The Strokes' second album]... that was done sober. You know, drinking is what happens once the work is done. It wasn't like I would sit in my room with a guitar and think, 'hey, nothing's happening... let me drink a bottle of whiskey and write a song'."
Nevertheless, all of the boozing eventually started to extract a heavy toll. Did friends intervene or was the decision to go sober made of of his own volition?
"Actually, people broke into my house in the middle of the night and kidnapped me."
Really? He laughs. "No, I'm kidding. I stopped on my own. The alcohol was affecting sober time. Basically, I was in a lot of pain from drinking. So that was the problem. It was time to stop."
Casablancas is taking maximum advantage of his new-found sobriety. He and his wife of four years, Juliet Joslin, are about to have their first child. He's tentatively started on the long-awaited fourth Strokes album (though it's far too early, he insists, to make any predictions as to what the results will sound like). And he's just announced a European tour which includes a date at Dublin's Academy on December 14 to promote his rather sweet solo record, Phrazes For The Young, an LP which suggests that, far from being the pretty-boy, empty-headed frontman he's often painted as, Casablancas may have been the major song-writing talent in The Strokes all along.
"The title comes from Oscar Wilde," he says. "He wrote a book called Phrases And Philosophies For The Use Of The Young. I saw the name on the spine and the vibe of it really spoke to me. Before that I would never have described myself as a Wilde fan. I'd read a little of him in school, I guess -- we did a bit of Picture of Dorian Gray. However, when I saw that book, I was like, 'wow... what's this? I wanna know more'. It's almost like the stand-up comedy of the day. I think in many ways Wilde was a Lenny Bruce kind of character."
Casablancas is lounging by the veranda of his rehearsal studio in Santa Monica. If you associate The Strokes with a certain stripe of NYC cool -- one that involves rumpled leather jackets, shaggy hair and mirror-shades worn at all times -- it's quite a leap to picture him kicking back in sun-kissed LA. Does he hanker for the brooding streets of the East Village?
"I don't itch to go home, no. The weather here... I guess it's probably what the weather in heaven is like. People are always arguing: New York or LA? They're both great places, you know."
In interviews, Casablancas can come off as a tad too louche for his own good. Yet today he's perfectly sweet. He's happy to talk about The Strokes, insisting the band is still a going concern notwithstanding the rumours of their demise that have swirled since the release in 2006 of their underwhelming third album, First Impressions Of Earth (the mediocre reviews of which had no effect on him, he says.)
Nor does he get all huffy -- as he has in the past -- as the conversation strays towards his privileged childhood in leafy Manhattan. "People think I grew up in the French riviera," sighs the singer, whose father, John Casablancas, founded the Elite Model Agency and whose mother Jeanette was a Danish supermodel.
"It's been blown out of proportion," he says of his upbringing, which included a stint at Institut Le Rosey, the Swiss finishing school which counts the offspring of Elizabeth Taylor, John Lennon, Aristotle Onassis and Winston Churchill as past-pupils (it's where he met future Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond Jr).
"I say our childhood was like the movie Kids. It's New York, we're kind of roaming around, drinking beer on stoops. You know some of the people in The Strokes, yeah, their parents had success -- but we didn't live like yuppies. My parents separated when I was eight. I grew up with my mom alone. Starting the band, we didn't say, 'hey, let's all put on leather jackets and pretend to be cool', you know what I'm saying? It was who we were."
Rock and roll had been crying out for years for a band like The Strokes when they fetched up in late 2000. With their skinny jeans, '70s haircuts and cherubic pouts, they were the most exciting thing to hit the Manhattan scene since the heyday of CBGBs. Their music, a down and dirty conflation of '70s rock and '80s power pop, was pretty great too. Their first album, 2001's Is This It, was hailed as an instant classic, a record that brought together 30 years of New York rock cliches while sounding completely of its time.
Overnight, The Strokes were catapulted into a maelstrom of celebrity -- Drew Barrymore and Kate Moss started hanging out backstage; Radiohead and U2 would name-drop the band in interviews and seek them out after shows. Then again, Casablancas had grown up surrounded by supermodels. Many of us assumed this world of the beautiful and the famous was where he came from, not where he was going.
"The actors and the musicians, that was new," he says. "The models... well, I can't lie. My dad was a model agent. While I didn't live with him, I'd see him when I was young. Going backstage... the kind of people who were showing up... Kate Moss and the Radiohead people or whoever. That was a crazy new world. But like I said, I knew the modelling world. I won't say that I'd never seen a model before in my life."
He visibly perks up when I ask about his relationship with Bono, a prominent admirer of The Strokes.
"We hung out with Bono and The Edge and it was pretty darn magical and delightful," he says. "They came with their kids to one of our shows in France. Their kids dragged them there. They live in the south of France some of the time, and they invited us to the house. That's what they do. It's kind of like a royal court. They were entertaining different people every night. We showed up and the next day, I think it was [footballer Zinedine] Zidane. I gotta say, it was pretty damn rad."
After Casablancas let it be known he'd recorded a solo record, the assumption was that he was seeking to underscore his independence from The Strokes. Reading between the lines, though, it appears that he only put out the album after the rest of the band bluntly informed him they were doing their own thing. He was, in other words, at a bit of a loose end.
"The Strokes were kind of suffering a little bit of how to get everyone interested. I wanted to get back and get to work. Then it came up that Albert was doing another record and then Nicolai [Fraiture, bassist] was doing a record and hadn't mentioned it. Everyone was doing something and weren't in The Strokes 100 per cent. I don't know... I kind of felt that I had to do something. Everyone was stepping outside the box. I respect that. I felt like I needed to do the same thing."
A tinge of sadness enters his voice as he says this. You sense a hankering in him for the early days of The Strokes, when band tensions didn't exist, and everyone was enjoying the rollercoaster ride.
"It was a democracy and I was the president," he says. "Of course, there have always been five alpha males in the band. That's been one of the things I liked about The Strokes. However, it did get tough, creatively. If people want to argue about different things, well fine. If it comes to stifling something creative, that's when I have a problem with it. People putting their foot down, going, 'I don't like this' ... it's like, 'well, we haven't even chased the idea through'."
But they're all still friends, right? He sighs. "We see each other semi-regularly. There are no tensions. But you know, a band is a good way to break up a friendship."
Phrazes for the Young is released today. Julian Casablancas plays The Academy, Dublin, on December 14
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The idea of a true companion camera is one that makes the most sense, like your phone. But good compact cameras can still be had. The Sony RX1 series was much loved by a lot of photographers. And for years, we’ve been expecting the Sony RX1r III to come out. Yet it hasn’t. Instead, Sony has been focusing very hard on much more advanced cameras. However, I think Sony, being a passion-based company, is missing a huge opportunity here. The world of the premium compact camera is still worth looking at. So here’s what we’d want in the Sony RX1r III.
50MP or 60+? How Would This Affect Autofocus?
This is where things are probably the most confusing; Sony has two high-megapixel camera bodies. But will Sony even use the sensors in these cameras? If they use the Sony a7r IV‘s sensor, then I hope that they revamp the autofocus a bit. Before the RX1r, there was the RX1. They didn’t need to go super high resolution with the camera. Instead, they can go for a lower megapixel alternative that’s centered on speed.
If Sony took the sensor from the Sony a7r IV and put it into a camera, it would be very appealing. It also wouldn’t conflict with the Sony a7c at all. Realistically speaking though, Sony might want to put the higher resolution sensor in the camera to make it more future-proof. If they made the Sony RX1r III have a lower-resolution sensor, then they’d need to crank something else up quite a bit like the frame rate. Either way, we’re still wondering about this one specifically.
But who would buy this? Well, there are tons of photojournalists and travelers who would love to use this camera. More than that, premium compact cameras are great to carry around at all times.
One of my biggest gripes with the Sony RX1R II was the lack of weather sealing. That’s incredibly important. This camera needs to be able to go everywhere with you and always be ready. You should be able to go from the desert, to the airport, and then to the beach with it. Lots of Sony cameras can’t do that. But hopefully, the Sony RX1r III will be able to do that easily.
There are a few routes Sony could go here too. The Fujifilm X100v isn’t fully weather-sealed at the lens. (You need to buy a UV filter to put on the front.) The Leica Q2 has had issues with things getting in the viewfinder. And Canon managed to create a weather-sealed compact camera with a zoom lens. How will Sony do it?
A New Lens
The Zeiss 35mm f2 that’s on the previous cameras probably won’t be used anymore. Zeiss has that lens on the ZX1 in some variant. So Sony would need to work on their own in some way. The company has made a lot of nice compact lenses. I think it’s possible we’d see a 40mm lens or a 28mm lens on the next camera. The Sony RX1r III could boast a 40mm f2 in a really small format.
Since the Sony RX1r II launched, the company has greatly updated its controls. They’d need to do a lot here. The camera would need a joystick. It would also need the new touch-capable menu system. Of course, that also means a much better screen. Sony now has much better dials and knobs too.
What would you like to see out of the Sony RX1r III if it were to launch? We’d love to hear from you in the comments.


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About Homestead Precision Farming
In 1839 Nicholas Heil Homesteaded the family farm on land that he called “The land of milk and honey” because the several species of trees located on the farm. Nicholas worked diligently and built a foundation that several generations have yielded from the fruits of his labor.
Homestead Precision Farming was established in the fall of 2014 to collaborate with growers to assist them in finding solutions driven by data.
Homestead Precision Farming is dedicated to help growers find precision solutions to their crop production needs by utilizing the latest solutions and technologies so that as agriculturalist we can continue to be wise stewards and sustainable for future generations.
At Homestead Precision Farming, our vision is to be a leading Precision Farming company in Ohio delivering innovative technologies and latest solutions helping you find the Precise solution for your production goals.
Integrity - Doing what is right regardless if anyone is watching.
Passion - Energy that comes from within and is an internal motivator in what we do.
Commitment - Determination that compels our desire, dedication, and faithfulness.
Authenticity - Committed to being honest with ourselves and customers and staying true to our deepest values.
Community Impact - Dedicated to creating a lasting impact on the people in our communities.

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Research Projects Cover Economics, Energy Use and Beginning Farmers
The Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture posted on Dec. 20 summaries of nine recently completed projects.
Dave Swenson, an economist at Iowa State University (ISU), measured how increased local food consumption in the Upper Midwest would affect the region’s economy in support of the Foodsheds in the Upper Midwest Initiative. One scenario, which assumed that metropolitan demand would drive nearby food production regardless of state boundaries, concluded that fruit and vegetable farms would support 6,694 jobs and produce more than $284 million in labor income in the six-state area. For comparison, the same cropland under conventional agriculture provides 1,892 jobs and just over $42 million in labor income.
Five other projects in the Marketing and Food Systems Initiative focused on building student awareness in the Farm to ISU program; creating a food distribution network for the Northern Iowa Food and Farm Partnership; helping women and Latino farmers develop their business skills; identifying challenges in local foods production; and developing a hands-on graduate class in sustainable agriculture.
Two projects were completed in the Ecology Initiative. Mark Honeyman, ISU animal science professor, compared the energy used to produce Iowa hogs for both conventional confinement systems and bedded hoop barns. On average, production of every pig sold requires the energy equivalent of about six gallons of gasoline, comparing favorably with European systems.
The other ecology project, led by Jennifer Bentley of ISU Extension, considered how fall cover crops and hybrid corn silage can help dairy farmers run profitable and ecologically sound operations.
Finally, a project in the Cross-Cutting Initiative, led by Hannah Lewis of the National Center for Appropriate Technology, studied how to motivate landowners to make their farms available to beginning farmers, particularly immigrants and refugees. The results suggest that beginning farmers need access to training and mentoring programs that will help them demonstrate their competence, while landowners need education on the potential value of small-scale or alternative agriculture.
For the most current research results, click here.
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The Leopold Center has funded more than 430 competitive grant projects since 1988 under four initiatives—Marketing and Food Systems, Ecology, Policy and Cross-cutting.
EcoWatch Daily Newsletter
By Zak Smith
It is pretty amazing that in this moment when the COVID-19 outbreak has much of the country holed up in their homes binging Netflix, the most watched show in America over the last few weeks has been focused on wildlife trade — which scientists believe is the source of the COVID-19 pandemic. Make no mistake: Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness is about wildlife trade and other aspects of wildlife exploitation, just as surely as the appearance of Ebola, SARS, MERS, avian flu and probably COVID-19 in humans is a result of wildlife exploitation. As a conservationist, this is one of the things I've been thinking about while watching Tiger King. Here are five more:
By Hector Chapa
With the coronavirus pandemic quickly spreading, U.S. health officials have changed their advice on face masks and now recommend people wear cloth masks in public areas where social distancing can be difficult, such as grocery stores.
But can these masks be effective?
By Carey Gillam
Bayer AG is reneging on negotiated settlements with several U.S. law firms representing thousands of plaintiffs who claim exposure to Monsanto's Roundup herbicides caused them to develop non-Hodgkin lymphoma, sources involved in the litigation said on Friday.
With many schools now closed due to the current COVID-19 outbreak, you may be looking for activities to keep your children active, engaged, and entertained.
Although numerous activities can keep kids busy, cooking is one of the best choices, as it's both fun and educational.
Germany's target for renewable energy sources to deliver 65% of its consumed electricity by 2030 seemed on track Wednesday, with 52% of electricity coming from renewables in 2020's first quarter. Renewable energy advocates, however, warned the trend is imperiled by slowdowns in building new wind and solar plants.


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In August 1957, West Side Story opened at Broadway's Winter Garden Theatre. The musical was fashioned after Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and was set on New York's Upper West Side in a neighborhood polarized by Puerto Rican and working-class white families. The show received positive reviews, and four years later the musical was adapted for the screen by director Robert Wise.
Since the curtains went up on West Side Story's original stage production, virtually every major interpretation of the score has been arranged and conducted by non-Latin artists. Johnny Richards's arrangements for Stan Kenton in 1961 may be the sole exception, but even that rendition was processed through Kenton's Hollywood orchestra. Richards, of course, was born in Mexico.
Last November, drummer Bobby Sanabria and the Multiverse Big Band performed a new arrangement of the Leonard Bernstein-Stephen Sondheim score at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola in New York. Their performance was recorded and recently released as West Side Story Reimagined (Jazzheads). Though many of the album's tracks are by seemingly non-Latino arrangers, Bobby supervised the feel of the charts, so there's a refreshing and strong Puerto Rican sensibility behind each and every one of the pieces.
As Bobby writes in the liner notes:
West Side Story holds a special place in my heart. I first saw the movie as a young boy when my parents, José and Juanita, took me and my sister, Joanne, to the luxurious Loews Paradise on the Grand Concourse in my hometown, Da' Bronx. At that time, there wasn't anything that acknowledged the contributions we had made, let alone the existence of NYC's Puerto Rican community, other than articles about gangs and crime in relation to us. But somehow as a child, I knew better. Despite the racism my parents had experienced, and subsequently me and my sister, we somehow knew that our existence, our presence in the city had literally transformed it culturally, artistically and, of course, musically...
It is in this spirit that we present you this re-imagining of West Side Story, celebrating its recent 60th birthday in 2017 and Maestro Leonard Bernstein's 100th in 2018. A re-imaging form the perspective of a jazz musician, a Latin musician and a native Nuyorican son who is proud to say he is from the city that defines aché, hipness and cool—Nu' Yawk. Bravo Maestro Bernstein!"
The music on this two-CD album is authentic and powerfully textured. The blend of Latin themes and percussion and improvised jazz solos convincingly convey the summer heat, the impossible dream of cross-cultural love, and the dangers imposed by gangs to prevent such love from taking hold and flourishing. Best of all, each song is more boldly interpreted than the common versions, transporting them beyond their original statements and transforming them into highly seasoned expressions.
The urban story of Puerto Ricans clashing with working-class whites is brilliantly dramatized by Bobby's orchestra. I've always loved the West Side Story score, but this album is the first that has made complete sense.
My only small quibble is the label's decision to include a handful of spoken intros to songs. Generally, they interfere with the flow of the larger work. Fortunately, each of these intros occupies its own track in iTunes, so they can easily be unchecked to skip over or removed altogether to make the music seamless.
Congratulations, Bobby, on what can only be called a masterpiece.
And kudos to arrangers Jeremy Fletcher, Niko Siebold, Jeff Lederer, Matt Wong, Danny Rivera, Bobby Sanabria, Nate Sparks, Eugene Marlow, Andrew Neelsey and Takao Heisho.
JazzWax clips: Here's a news clip on Bobby Sanabria and the West Side Story performance...
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Other names for this breed:Chukcha, Chuksha
Breed nicknames:Husky, Icee, Sibe
Country of origin:Russia
Weight:Male 45–60 pounds (20–27 kg), female 35–50 pounds (16–23 kg)
Height:Male 21–23.5 inches (53–60 cm), female 20–22 inches (51–56 cm)
Coat:Thick double coat - thick undercoat and soft outer coat
Color:All colors from black to white along with a brown/red color
Litter size:9-11 puppies
Life span:12-14 years
The Siberian is a gorgeous dog known for both their work ethic, as well as their long history living alongside man. Many admire them for their unique double coats, as well as their enchanting eyes. Some even love them for their resemblance to their wild cousins, the wolf. But no matter what you think of them, the Siberian Husky is most certainly something fantastic. In this post we will be discussing the Siberian Husky breed in general terms. You can learn more about their fascinating history, as well as if they might be the right dog for you.
Most likely, the Siberian Husky is one of the oldest breeds of dogs in the world. They most likely helped some of the first humans on their expedition into uncharted territory. For years, Huskies have been used as sled dogs, as well as work dogs. In some cases, they were used to help make famous deliveries of very important medical supplies (like in the case of Balto). In 1930, the AKC officially recognized the dog breed. During WWII they were put to use by the armed forces. Today, there are still native peoples who keep dogs closely related to the Husky.
Siberians come in a large variety of colors. Their double coats are meant to keep them warm in very cold temperatures. However, this is now how many instantly recognize this dog. Their bushy, curled, and expressive tails can also be used to cover their noses for extra warmth. A wide variety of colors, coat markings, and eye colors are just fine in the showing ring. Many may actually have two different colored almond-shaped eyes. Sizes for males range between 21 and 23 ½ inches. They can weigh from 45-60 pounds. Females are a bit smaller than males.
Despite their fantastic work ethic, as well as high energy, Siberian Huskies need to be around people or other dogs quite a bit. Not doing so can make them revert back a bit to their wolf-like origins. They might cause property damage if not properly trained or given enough attention. Huskies can also easily escape shorter fences. Expect them to be pretty even keeled, good with children, and very gentle. Also know that they will want to get lots of exercise and may often run due to their original breeding purposes as a sled dog.
Huskies do require special attention. Be sure you brush their coats at least weekly. Taller fences (at least ones of 6 feet) may have to be installed to keep this dog breed in your yard. They may not be the best for keeping indoors, either. Be sure that this dog has lots of room to roam and run and that you let them exercise much, much more than most breeds. Huskies live from 12 to 14 years, typically. However, they can be at risk for certain health problems, like having issues with their eyes or having seizures. This risk is higher for those dogs used as sled dogs.

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Author: Darynda Jones
Series: Book Ten in the Charley Davidson Series
Published By: St. Martin's Press (June 28, 2016)
Source: ARC Copy Provided by the Publisher (in exchange for an honest review)
Genre: Urban Fantasy
My Rating: 4 Stars!
As a Part-time PI and fulltime grim reaper, Charley Davidson has asked a lot of questions throughout her life: Why can I see dead people? Who is the hot supernatural entity following me? How do I get gum out of my sister’s hair before she wakes up? But, “How do I trap not one malevolent god, but three?” was never among them. Until now. And since those gods are on earth to kill her daughter, she has little choice but to track them down, trap them, and cast them from this dimension.
There’s just one problem. One of the three stole her heart a very long time ago. Can the Razer, a god of absolute death and destruction, change his omniscient spots, or will his allegiances lie with his brothers?
Those are just a few of the questions Charley must answer, and quick. Add to that a homeless girl running for her life, an innocent man who’s been charged with murder, and a pendant made from god glass that has the entire supernatural world in an uproar, and Charley has her hands full. If she can manage to take care of the whole world-destroying-gods thing, we’re saved. If not, well…
This is one of my most favorite urban fantasy series. It has a little bit of everything and a whole lot of heat. With a cast full of characters that are every bit as memorable as they are lovable.
Charley and Reyes are one of my most favorite couples in the genre. Even though they started from a shaking past and have many issues and obstacles in their way, they always stick together and are there for one another. This book though was just a bit different.
Charley and Reyes have secrets. Oh boy do they and while normally they work through them, sometimes kicking and screaming, they pull through them and they come out stronger. It is one of the things I love most about them and this latest installment, is riddles with them.
And while that is sometimes frustrating, especially when they keep them from each other, it is also realistic to the story as they each discover more and more about themselves and the role they each have in the upcoming battles and war.
This book was very classic Charley and yet still so much more. It was explosive and revealing, and as we delve deeper and deeper into Charley and Reyes' past and their future, we get some things once and for all answered and of course, even more questions thrown out at us. We learn more and more about Charley's rag tag group of friends too and I couldn't be happier about it. This story is constantly full of twists and turns that I never see coming and it is so darn addictive.
It truly is a stand out series with memorable, stand out characters and I devour each book as it comes out and am always left wanting more and this tenth book has me even more on edge that usual. So much has happened and so much is still left to happen. I'm on edge for the next book.
Jones is a master with all the intricate details and storylines and mysteries that have been weaved together and are slowly being revealed and unraveled. If you want something original, something down right laughable and still packed full on action and mystery, and yes, a steamy melt your toes romance, this is a must read series.
*All thoughts and opinions are my own and were not influenced by the author or publisher. I was not compensated for this review.*


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Each candidate is assessed by the European Parliament committees that deal with his/her portfolio.
Details and livestream here: European Parliament hearings.
Vienna Initiative pushes for action plan to deal with non-performing loans in central and south-eastern Europe.
The Vienna Initiative is a private-public sector platform which aims to coordinate responses to pressing financial sector issues in emerging Europe.
The traditional conference, organized in every euro area member-to-be, takes place in Vilnius, on 25 September 2015, at the Lithuanian National Philharmonic Society.
You can watch the live streaming on our conference page.
Lithuanians feel fit for the euro. 51% think that their country is also ready for the changeover, according to a Flash Eurobarometer survey of 1000 citizens.


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Morgan Hill CA
Best Things to Do
Here are some of the best things to do in Morgan Hill and nearby. See map for exact locations.
Morgan Hill is a San Jose suburb which was previously an agricultural community incorporated in 1906. The urbanization process really accelerated in 2003 when the 10 miles of Highway 101 between Highway 85 in San Jose and Cochrane in Morgan Hill was expanded to 8 lanes.
The best place to find restaurants is in the historic downtown area (between Monterey Road and Depot Street between 1st and 3d Street is easy to walk). Morgan Hill Caltrain Station, at Depot Street & 3d Street, is at the site of the original Southern Pacific Huntington Station established in 1898. The old granary at Depot Street & 2d Street has been restored.
- Odeum Restaurant, in the Granary at 17500 Depot St/1st St – The Owner/Chef earned a Michelin star at Dio Deka in Los Gatos so expect some tasty dishes. Sunday breakfast is reasonably priced but dinner can get expensive.
- Trail Dust BBQ, 17240 Monterey St/3d St – Good local BBQ.
- Main Street Bagels, 17300 Monterey Rd/3d St – A local’s hangout for coffee and bagels.
- Morgan Hill Farmer’s Market, Depot St/3d St adjacent Caltrain – Saturdays, 9 am-1 pm year round. Good local produce.
- Good reviews from Morgan Hill friends: Good Fork, Ladera Grill
- Bad reviews from Morgan Hill friends: Jesus Restaurant, 95 E. Third St across the street from Caltrain. Maurizio’s Italian Cuisine, 25 E. First St./Monterey Rd – Closed Sundays.
- Anderson Lake County Park – On the east side of town is a large water reservoir also used for power boating (35 mph max), bank fishing and hiking. Lake View trail is beautiful.
- Gilroy Wine Trail – There are several small wineries in the area and you can find links to their websites here.
- There are two little-known parks with plenty of hiking about 13 miles away to the east and west: Uvas Canyon County Park to the east and Henry Coe State Park to the west.
- Highway 152 – goes from Highway 101 at Gilroy goes to Coastal Highway 1 at Watsonville. From there it’s easy to get to the ocean at Santa Cruz or Monterey.
There are plenty of newer big box stores and fast food chain stores as would be expected in a growing suburb … but nothing exciting. E.g, Target, Walmart, Home Depot, MacDonalds, Starbucks, etc.
Gilroy Premium Outlets, 9 miles south of Morgan Hill at Highway 101/Leavesley Road – definitely worth checking out if you like saving money at brand name outlet stores. This is the best outlet mall in the SF Bay area.
Nearby Towns (south of Morgan Hill)
- San Martin: Located between Morgan Hill & Gilroy there is nothing much to do here. It does have a small volunteer-run Wings of History Museum we’ve never seen.
- Gilroy: 10 miles south: Gilroy Garlic Festival, Gavilan College, Gilroy Gardens (we’ve never been).
- San Juan Bautista: Mission San Juan Bautista, founded 1797, is worth a quick visit if you are going by anyway. You can see the 1906 earthquake San Andreas fault line running immediately behind the Mission.
- Hollister: We’ve always liked this little town which calls itself the Earthquake Capital of the World. Several fault lines run nearby, including the Calaveras Fault and San Andreas Fault, which cause dozens of small quakes you can’t feel each day. The weather is superb. About 150,000 people visit the July 4th Independence Motorcycle rally (made famous in the film The Wild One). Pinnacles National Monument is south of Hollister. Casa de Fruta fruit stand and restaurant on Pacheco Pass Road (Hwy 152) north of Hollister is a fun tourist trap that’s been there over 100 years.
Some of our good friends just moved to Morgan Hill so I’m sure we will be visiting it more this coming year. Check back in a few months for more suggestions.

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2018 Car Review and Price
The Cars Limitless can be a medium-sized, compact car in the famous SUV manufacturer. Its style roots can be traced back to Willy's MB and 2017 Cars Reviews that employed to become produced back within the early days with the SUV. The new Cars models have the conventional toughness you might expect from a 2017 Cars Reviews yet gives an entirely refined look. The new 2017 Cars Price tag, Specs, Release Date, Evaluation, and Style Limitless is expected to hit the showrooms later this year. So, let's give you a run-down of what you may expect from it and what modifications are present from its earlier 2016 version too as what its competitors are as much as.
The new 2017 Cars Cost, Specs, Release Date, Assessment, and Design and style Limitless will not possess a complete shift from its 2016 version that's for positive since any main style overhaul in the company invites scepticism from the auto lovers. The majority of us happen to be made use of to the rugged frame, full throttle four-wheel drive and also a pair of robust axles and so we can not expect anything as well far-off. But, regarding the new model's supplies utilised, 2017 Cars Reviews is anticipated to use rendered Aluminium given that it's going to make the car even stronger but lighter. You can also expect the iconic folded down windscreen too this time about!
Any mechanical alterations?
Since 2017 Cars Reviews has going on about it a when, we are able to possibly anticipate it within the 2017 edition, and that's the modest matter of automatic transmission.
The 2016 Cars Unlimited had 6-speed manual and 5-speed automatic transmission, as well as the challenge was together with the latter because the energy breakdown wasn't sufficient to cater for the heavy specifications of an off-road automobile. So, 2017 Cars Reviews will enhance it to an 8-speed automatic transmission this time around, and this can support increase the accelerator response and fuel efficiency around the go for the new car. Torque is anticipated to stay unchanged at 260 lb/ft. The identical thrilling 4WD expertise will also be continued (Like it really is ever going to end!)
Due to the new 8-speed automatic transmission and body frame, the fuel efficiency of 2017 Cars Cost, Specs, Release Date, Assessment, and Style Unlimited is expected to boost drastically this time about. It might be as much as 1-2 mpg in manual transmission and 3-4 mpg in the automatic transmission. The car is expected to continue with 87-Octane fuel just like just before.
Any value issues?
They may be anticipated to go up a little bit more than the yearly inflation rates since the change in the transmission and body would need much more premium perform. Value range from a manual transmission-based two-door Sport model @ $25,000 plus a totally loaded Rubicon about $45,000 inclusive on the location fee that was about $1,000 on its own.
Nissan Frontier, Subaru Forester, Toyota Tacoma and Colorado from Chevrolet are just several on the competitors it is Read More possible to anticipate to provide a difficult time to the 2017 Cars Reviews's new and refined monster. But concerning fuel economy and pure thrill, who can come close to this beauty?
When may be the release date?
The new 2017 Cars Cost, Specs, Release Date, Assessment, and Design and style Limitless is anticipated to release by late 2017 or early 2018


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Dunstable / UK. (wbp) Costa Coffee, Europe´s largest coffee shop chain and part of British Whitbread PLC, delivered another outstanding performance during the year, with total sales growth of 17.9 percent driven by strong UK Retail and Enterprises sales growth, with the opening of 219 net new stores worldwide and 777 net new Costa Express machines. Underlying operating profit increased by 20.7 percent to 132.5 million GBP. The strong trading performance increased return on capital by 5.8 percent points to 46.3 – the Group said in its statement for the financial year to 26 February 2015: «In April 2011 and 2013, we laid out our growth milestones to grow system sales to approximately 1.3 billion GBP and approximately 2.0 billion GBP in 2016 and 2018 respectively. In 2014/2015, we achieved our 2016 milestone a year early, with total system sales of 1.4 billion GBP driven by a strong UK performance. We are making good progress towards our 2018 milestone as Costa continues to win market share in the UK coffee shop market and we are developing exciting opportunities in our international markets. We see continuing profitable growth beyond 2018 and have published a new milestone for 2020 to grow system sales to approximately 2.5 billion GBP».
Costa is the UK´s favourite coffee shop and has delivered another excellent performance, with total UK retail sales growing by 16.2 percent and like for like sales in UK equity stores increasing by 6.0 percent, mainly as a result of a 4.6 percent growth in transactions per store. Our strong organic growth is continuing, extending our lead in the UK, with the opening of 176 net new stores in the year, taking the total to 1’931. According to Allegra Strategies, the coffee market analysts, UK branded coffee shop chains are expected to grow at around five percent per annum to 2020. Assisted by this growth we are aiming to grow our UK store base to around 2’500 in 2020. Product innovation underpins our like for like growth and we are pleased with the success of our new range of coffee blends, Old Paradise Limited Roasts, as well as enhancements to our food offering. The success of our breakfast trial and the launch of our new sweet range continue to drive improvements in trading. Investment in our stores is also a key element of our strategy with 117 equity stores refurbished in 2014/2015. The investment in organic growth, innovation, our teams and our stores has enabled us to increase our share of the UK coffee shop market and to build market leading customer preference for our brand. The coffee shop brand preference survey (as conducted by YouGov) rates Costa as the clear number one.
Costa Enterprises had a very successful year, growing system sales by 20.1 percent. Costa Express delivered a strong performance with the installation of 777 net new units, giving a total of 4’292 units at year end with 338 overseas. We have an ambition to double the business by 2020, as we continue to expand into new growth channels in the UK as well as focus on our international expansion. Our wholesale business also continues to make good progress.
Costa EMEI had a good year, with total system sales growing by 8.1 percent (a growth of 14.7 percent at constant currency). Our franchise business performed well, with a strong performance in the Middle East and Ireland. In our equity business in Poland, the re-branding plan is making good progress, with 53 percent of our estate re-branded from Coffeeheaven to Costa, and the business is delivering like for like sales growth. The re-branding will be completed in 2015/2016. In France we now have 11 equity stores and three franchise stores and expect to open up to half a dozen stores during the current financial year.
China, where we operate through two joint ventures, remains an exciting opportunity. During the year, 43 new stores were opened, focusing on tier one cities, and net of closures this took our total number of stores to 344. We also made progress on the profitability of our like for like estate in China. We are continuing to invest in new store openings, as well as building critical infrastructure, stronger management capabilities and a network for profitable growth. We believe we can grow our Chinese store base to around 900 in 2020. Outside of China we have 20 franchise stores in South East Asia.
The complete news release «Strong growth in revenue, profit and dividend – New growth milestones for 2020 – Whitbread PLC results for the financial year to 26 February 2015» is available on Whitbread´s web server.


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Over-the-Counter Products That Are Dangerous For Your PetsIbuprofen and acetaminophen are two of the most common pet poisons. Find out more.
There's no doubt about it: Over-the-counter medications can ease suffering and save money. From allergy and pain relief to upset stomachs, constipation and diarrhea, these products are so helpful and so common that most of us have a difficult time imagining our life without them.
But do they have a place in your pet's medicine chest? Some do, but some definitely don't, and all over-the-counter medications should have you picking up the phone for veterinary guidance before you guess at the use or dosage. Just because you take something doesn't mean it's safe and effective for your pet -- no matter what you read on the Internet.
Pass on the OTC Pain Meds
Played a little too much soccer, weekend warrior? Spent too much time digging in the yard? Headache slowing you down? No problem! There's always an effective over-the-counter pain-control medication that will ease your aches and get you back into the game. Seems reasonable to cut the dose down and give a pain pill to your cat or dog, doesn't it?
Actually, it's not. Ibuprofen and acetaminophen are two of the most common pet poisons -- which is why on any list of "do-not-give-your-pet" OTC medications, No. 1 is always pain medications. I hope the day comes, and soon, when every cat lover knows that acetaminophen can be deadly to cats. Alas, my emergency care colleagues tell me we're far from that universal knowledge. Even less widely known: Acetaminophen is also toxic to dogs. The same is true for ibuprofen.
Never give any over-the-counter pain medication to your pet. Even aspirin, once widely recommended by veterinarians for mild pain in dogs, is now on the "do not give" list after the discovery that even this "safe" product causes gastrointestinal ulcerations. Pain management is very important in pets, but don't take matters into your own hands: Talk to your veterinarian about which prescription medication (or combinations of medications) will best ease your pet's suffering safely. (Related: Pepto-Bismol contains bismuth salicylate, which is similar to aspirin and can cause similar problems in cats and dogs.).
pics, advice, info and stories for pet lovers
Who needs bowties? Maybe the best accessory for a shirtless man is a kitten.
A series of photos shows the amazing bond between conservationist Mikkel Legarth and Sirga, the lioness he saved when she was an abandoned cub.
Hero dog discovers baby left in a bag, receives honor
The adorable pair of kittens who shut down a New York subway get to stay together after all
An Arizona dog gets a second chance thanks to the kindness of a passerby
Cutest animal alive?
Loki is fourth dog firefighter has saved by mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
World Wildlife Foundation reports 441 new species discovered in Amazon rainforest

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"Now we want to ask Rahul Gandhi, who took out a candlelight march (protesting the growing incidents of crime against women in the country), why is he not taking action against his party's state president", Javadekar said.
His questions come after a video of Ghulam Ahmad Mir went viral saying that the local population of Jammu had left the real culprit was left unharmed.
State Congress president Ghulam Ahmed Mir earlier pressed for the sacking of two BJP ministers over their involvement in the entire episode of Kathua and subsequent polarisation of the Jammu region. "Raising fingers at the leaders of other parties and protecting their own leader is the character of the Congress".
He also demanded an apology from leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha and senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad. Party leaders said women were not safe in today's environment as incidence of crimes against the fairer sex had shown a sharp rise.
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The leader, who is scheduled to attend the party congress in Hyderabad from April 18-22, has said that the need of the hour is to remain united against the BJP-RSS and revive the party's struggle among the Dalits, farmers and workers.
Javadekar and Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari also referred to an incident, in which some people, sporting saffron "gamcha" and wielding swords, raised provocative slogans in front of a mosque here during a Ram Navami procession.
Javadekar also blamed the Aam Aadmi Party in his conference and said that they are trying to create tensions in the country.
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ROBERT PARRY -- The Good That Trump Could Do
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Exclusive: Despite fears about the many negatives from a Donald Trump presidency, one positive could be his shattering of the monopoly that neocons and liberal hawks now hold over U.S. foreign policy, says Robert Parry.
By Robert Parry
Americans and the world have valid reasons to worry about Donald Trump’s presidency, given his lack of experience and his refusal to recognize that his loss of the popular vote should moderate his emerging domestic policies. But Trump also could do some good things.
Particularly, Trump could break the death grip that neoconservatives and their “liberal interventionist” tag-team partners now have locked around the throat of U.S. foreign policy.
Donald Trump speaking with supporters at a campaign rally in Prescott Valley, Arizona. October 4, 2016. (Flickr Gage Skidmore)
Trump owes little to these “regime change” advocates since nearly all of them supported either other Republicans or his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton. And the few who backed Trump, such as John Bolton and James Woolsey, have been largely passed over as Trump assembles his foreign policy and national security teams by relying mostly on a combination of outsiders and outcasts.
Obviously, there remains much uncertainty about what foreign policy direction a President Trump will take and the neocons/liberal-hawks in Congress are sure to mount a fierce battle to defeat or intimidate some of his nominees, particularly Exxon-Mobil chief executive Rex Tillerson for Secretary of State because of his past working relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
However, assuming that the neocon/liberal-hawk establishment fails to stop Trump from escaping Official Washington’s foreign policy “group thinks,” the new president could radically reorder the way the U.S. government approaches the world.
Eight years ago, President Barack Obama had a similar opportunity but chose to accommodate the Establishment and empower the neocons and liberal hawks by appointing his infamous “team of rivals”: Republican Robert Gates as Defense Secretary, liberal-hawk Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, and leaving in place President George W. Bush’s military high command, including neocon-favorite Gen. David Petraeus.
For doing so, Obama won applause from the editorial and op-ed writers but he doomed his presidency to a foreign policy of continuity, rather than his promised change. Only on the edges did Obama resist the neocon/liberal-hawk pressures for war and more war, such as his decision not to bomb Syria in 2013 and his negotiations with Iran to prevent it from building a nuclear weapon in 2014.
But Obama bowed down more than he stood up. He let Secretary Clinton push a neoliberal economic agenda by supporting oligarchic interests in Latin America, such as the 2009 Honduran coup, and extend the neocon “regime change” strategy in the Middle East, with the brutal overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in Libya and covert support for rebels in Syria.
Even after the original “team of rivals” was gone at the start of his second term, Obama continued his pathetic efforts to appease the powerful, such as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by undertaking a submissive three-day tour of Israel in early 2013 and cozying up to the Saudi royals with trips to the kingdom despite intelligence that they and their Gulf state allies were financing Al Qaeda and Islamic State terrorists.
Though Obama would eventually boast about the rare moments when he defied what he called the Washington “playbook” of relying on military options rather than diplomatic ones, it was a case of the exception proving the rule. The rule was that Obama so wanted to be accepted by Washington’s well-dressed and well-heeled establishment that he never ventured too far from what the editorialists at The Washington Post and The New York Times deemed permissible.
Still, the neocon/liberal-hawk establishment continued to scold America’s first African-American president for not doing everything that the “smart people” demanded, such as escalating the U.S. role in the “regime change” war in Syria or fully arming Ukraine’s military so it could more efficiently slaughter ethnic Russian rebels on Russia’s border.
In the end, however, Obama did nothing to alter Official Washington’s balance of power on foreign policy. Indeed, over his eight years, the neocons and liberal hawks consolidated their power, essentially banishing the once-relevant “realists” from establishment circles and smearing the few anti-war and independent voices as fill-in-the-blank “apologists,” maybe even “traitors” deserving FBI investigation.
It now is clear that if Hillary Clinton had won, the drive to silence any dissent against the neocon/liberal-hawk orthodoxy would have escalated. The recently revealed strategies for isolating and punishing dissident Web sites took shape before the Nov. 8 election, not afterwards.
The U.S. government also continues programs to throw tens of millions of dollars to contractors whose job it is “to counter Russian propaganda,” code words for going after and harassing Web sites and other news outlets that question U.S. State Department propaganda.
For historians, there may be a reasonable debate about whether Obama was an enthusiastic supporter of these anti-democratic policies or was simply too eager to please the Establishment to resist them.
Nevertheless, despite his early promises of transparency and openness, he oversaw an administration that ruthlessly suppressed government whistleblowers and bought into the neocon/liberal-hawk manipulation of the American people via “perception management” or what NATO likes to call “strategic communications.”
Obama then sat back passively as his Democratic Party sought to replace him with Hillary Clinton who had done as much as anyone to turn his beloved motto of “change” into the sad reality of “more of the same.”
I’m told that Obama privately had grave doubts about Clinton but he did nothing to encourage alternative Democratic candidates, like Senators Elizabeth Warren or Sherrod Brown, to take on the money-churning Clinton machine.
Because of Obama’s miscalculations and timidity, he now will have to take part in the painful and humiliating process of handing over the keys to the White House to a man who launched his national political career by pushing the racist canard that Obama was born in Kenya.
But the question after Jan. 20 will be whether Trump has the guts and tenacity to enact some of the “change” that Obama promised. Particularly, will Trump stay the course in challenging the neocon/liberal-hawk establishment that rules the roost of Washington’s foreign policy?
Can Trump withstand the barrage of slings and arrows that will zero in on him if he rejects the neocons’ “regime change” ambitions and if he presses for a détente with Russia to resolve the Ukraine crisis and to present a united front against Islamic terrorism?
If Trump moves in those directions – pulling back on the New Cold War with Russia and ending the coddling of Saudi Arabia over its covert backing of jihadists across the region – he could finally put the U.S. government on a more rational track for achieving its national interests.
One of Official Washington’s favorite “group thinks” has been that Iran is the “chief sponsor of terrorism,” a formulation favored by Israel and Saudi Arabia – as part of their anti-Shiite alliance – but it is clearly a lie. Yet, to take on the Saudis over their real leading role as state sponsors of terrorism, Trump would have to take on the Israelis, a daunting prospect.
In that regard, Trump’s choice of lawyer David Friedman, a staunch supporter of right-wing Israeli settlers, to be U.S. ambassador to Israel has been viewed as a major concession to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, but it could be a decidedly mixed blessing.
If Israel gets its way and further expands Jewish settlements in Palestinian territory, it will be jettisoning the longstanding false hope for a “two-state solution.” That means Israel will have to either become a blatantly “apartheid state,” holding Palestinians as stateless or second-class citizens, or accept a “one-state solution,” granting both Jews and Arabs equal rights, arguably the most logical and humane answer to the Israeli-Palestinian dilemma.
In other words, if Trump takes on Saudi Arabia – finally recognizing its role as the principal state sponsor of terrorism – and sweeps away the “two-state solution” which has been a liberal excuse for doing nothing to resolve the Israel-Palestine mess for years, he could be clearing a path to a saner U.S. policy toward the region, not one dictated by the likes of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Saudi King Salman.
Obviously, the powerful neocons and their “liberal interventionist” sidekicks would not sit idly by and accept such a radical challenge to their preferred options in the region, i.e. more “regime changes” for countries that get onto the Israeli-Saudi “enemies list.”
And, it is certainly possible that President Trump would retreat when he confronts the Establishment’s fury that would surely come. However, if he follows through on this course of action, he might finally shatter the neocon/liberal-hawk monopoly over Official Washington’s bloody foreign policy. And the world and the American people might find that a very positive thing indeed.
Investigative reporter Robert Parry broke many of the Iran-Contra stories for The Associated Press and Newsweek in the 1980s. You can buy his latest book, America’s Stolen Narrative, either in print here or as an e-book (from Amazon and barnesandnoble.com).
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