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LAHORE–The US-Pakistan Agricultural Market Development Partnership (AMD) has announced the launch of a new software package to expand access to global markets for Pakistani meat exporters.
A statement said on Thursday, the state-of – the-art software would track the origins of animals and where meat was processed to help prevent the spread of animal diseases and improve biosecurity.
The new software package would also help farmers formulate cost-effective feed rations with an optimal nutrient mix that would reduce production costs.
“This software will provide a huge advantage to Pakistani meat exporters in accessing new global markets,” said Leslie-Ann Nwokora, Director of USAID Pakistan’s Acquisition and Assistance Office.
“Buyers will be able to trace the origin, processing and distribution of meat, while feed formulation and ration balancing software will help farmers reduce costs and provide a balanced diet for animals to keep them healthy,” added Nwokora.
This is the first time that Pakistan uses such a software package. The USAID-funded AMD project provides integrated support to the livestock sector through grants, training, and technical assistance to upgrade equipment, introduce innovative meat cutting and packaging technology, and support Pakistani producers and exporters in meeting international food standards.
“USAID supports equipment upgrades and other initiatives through projects such as AMD to improve product quality, boost exports, streamline supply chains, and boost the competitiveness and profitability of Pakistani exporters,” said USAID Provincial Director for Punjab Kevin Sharp.
USAID launched the AMD project in 2015 to enhance Pakistan’s commercial agriculture and livestock sector’s ability to compete on meat, high-value and off-season vegetables, mangoes and citrus on international and national markets.

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The Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks along with the National Parks Conservation Association, the Defenders of Wildlife and the Sierra Club have submitted an appeal to the Interior Board of Land Appeals for the August 1, 2018 Decision issued by the California State Office, Bureau of Land Management which granted a right of way for an electrical transmission line and water pipeline – including amending the California Desert Conservation Area Plan – associated with the Eagle Crest Pumped Storage Project.
The Coalition and partner organizations have also appealed the BLM’s Final Environmental Assessment and its associated Finding of No Significant Impact. The FONSI grants rights of way to a 16-mile transmission line connecting the project to an electrical substation and to a buried water supply pipeline and wells that would pump water from the upper Chuckwalla Valley’s ancient groundwater aquifer to fill – and consistently resupply – pump storage reservoirs that would be established in the former mine pits at the project site. These reservoirs – if established in one of the most arid regions in the United States – would significantly alter the ecology of the region, by serving as propagules for numerous invasive, noxious and predatory species. Furthermore, the right of way would be constructed on over 800 acres of federal public land, much of it previously untrammeled, and across important wildlife habitat and migratory routes as well as an Area of Critical Environmental Concern. The Decision would also amend the BLM’s land use plan which outlines protections for the California Desert Conservation Area, which restricts locations in this region that might be opened to development and protects sensitive habitats.
Most importantly, these projects would affect federally owned public lands adjacent to Joshua Tree National Park that were once part of the park when it was originally designated as a national monument in 1936, and that the National Park Service still finds “suitable” for addition to the park. The Coalition firmly asserts that the BLM Decision would cause immediate harm to this part of the Mojave desert that has been proposed for conservation for more than three decades. If construction starts in the granted right-of-way, the associated lands would be permanently altered and the public would be irreparably harmed.
Finally, we’ve also petitioned for a stay of the Decision during the IBLA’s consideration of this appeal. In our view, a stay is well-justified in this case because the Decision and Environmental Assessment violate the National Environmental Policy Act in multiple ways, and is inconsistent with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan.

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A 32-year-old man slashed his uncle’s throat with a knife after a series of arguments at their Albatera home in Alicante Province.
The victim, 39, died on Monday morning at an apartment on Calle Rambla shared between a number of Moroccan nationals.
Witnesses said the two men had a long-standing series of disagreements which boiled over to a fateful conclusion.
Neighbours called emergency services after hearing the row.
Albatera Policia Local and Guardia Civil officers went to the property at around noon and discovered the dead body.
The assailant was arrested with some reports suggesting that he had mental ill health issues and was taken to a psychiatric unit for an evaluation.
The Guardia Civil in Almoradi is leading an investigation into the killing and no further details have been provided about the incident.
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PARADISE — The Paradise Unified School District approved in a special meeting Tuesday night new building plans for Ponderosa Elementary school.
The school, which is at 6593 Pentz Road will have a new administration building and a stem lab.
The decision continues the district’s move towards modernization following the Camp Fire.
Earlier this year, the district approved the plans to improve Paradise High School, Cedarwood Elementary Pine Ridge School, and Paradise Intermediate school is currently the Paradise Ridge Elementary school site.
This latest move is part of a $135 million master facilities update that the district started in April.
In April, the district approved a plan where phase 1 work at Ponderosa includes a new multi-purpose facility, administration building. Phase 2 would include a steam lab as well. That would cost about $10 million.
The plan called for $7.6 million in Phase 1 work, that included a repair to Switchgear Low Voltage, miscellaneous fire repairs, gas piping, campus-wide fencing, painting permanent facilities, a new multi-purpose facility, and administration building, reseed grass, resurface hardcourts and relocate lay structures (from PRES). That phase was expected to be done by fall 2021.
Phase 2 there will cost almost $10.8 million and will modernize classrooms and build a STEAM Lab.
The board has approved the building plans for the new administration building and Steam Lab on Tuesday. The PUSD is also set to meet on Tuesday night.

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Germany’s Federal Railway Authority (EBA) has approved Siemens Mobility’s Vectron Dual Mode locomotive for operations.
The approval is expected to benefit the companies who have already ordered the dual-mode locomotives.
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The use of these vehicles will eliminate the need to replace locomotives for hauling freight trains on non-electrified lines.
Around 60% of Germany’s railway network is currently electrified.
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So much of our everyday thinking centers upon the things we need to do each day. As an experiment, I have been intentionally thinking about how I want to be as I move through my day. Especially in the face of encounters that make me nervous or fearful, this week I am trying to adopt the following list of qualities as a series of “better choices.”
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Obit: Michael, Bertha (1874 - 1918)
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Michael, Bertha (5 MAR 1874 - 11 JUN 1918)
Mrs. John Michael died at the Luther Hospital in Eau Claire about eleven o'clock Tuesday morning, after a several weeks illness with kidney trouble. She was taken to the hospital Sunday evening for further treatments in anticipation that the frail hopes for her recovery might be sustained, and where better care could be given in her last hours on earth. The remains were brought to this village (Humbird, Clark County, Wis.) Wednesday, and taken to her home on the farm. The funeral services are to be held at the Reformed Church this Friday afternoon, and burial will be in the Mentor Cemetery. The sorrowing husband and family have the sincerest sympathy of all in the loss they have been called upon to bear in the death of the wife and mother.
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Gertie Bertha Repplinger was born at Keokuk, Iowa, March 5, 1874. The family moved soon after to Hamilton, Ill., where she grew to womanhood, and on Feb. 12, 1895, she was united in marriage with Mr. John Michael of that place. Three years later they came to Humbird, in the spring of 1898, and the farm adjoining the village has since been their home. Death came to Mrs. Michael after a long period of illness, on June 11, 1918, at the Luther Hospital in Eau Claire. There mourn her death, her husband and five children, three sons, Oswald, George and John, and two daughters, Gladys and Alice. She is survived also by an aged father and three brothers, whose homes are in Illinois, and two sisters in Keokuk, Iowa.
Funeral services were held at the Reformed Church on Friday afternoon with sermon by the pastor, Rev. D. Grether, and were attended by a large congregation of sympathizing friends. The Royal Neighbors camp, of which the deceased was a member, attended in a body. Many beautiful floral tributes were placed on the casket and about the altar. Burial was in the Mentor Cemetery. In respect for the deceased, the business place in the village were closed during the hour of the services. Relatives from away to attend the funeral were her father and a brother from Illinois, and also Mr. Michael's mother from Illinois.
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Soviet Soviet started its activities at 2008, based in Pesaro, Italy (btw, there's a nice stream of obscure italian bands coming up, don't you think?). They have an EP, from 2010 and a full-length Nice, released one year after, which is nothing but the previous EP with a handful of unreleased songs. Since the first notes, you notice the great influence of Post-Punk they draw, with a strong 1980's vibe and such, but they aren't exactly a Joy Division re-interpretation as you must be wondering. The vocals aren't exaclty gloomy and monotonous and the songs aren't exactly what you'd call melancholic and gritty, as it's usual for the genre. Of course, they must have spun many hours of Unknown Pleasures and Closer at their players of headphones, but it's the Killing Joke and Wire vein that really stands up as main references. Of couse, currently rising-up (and awesome) Post-Punk bands such as Motorama, Human Tetris anda little bit of the also italian Be Forest also come to our minds when popping up this album.
A very nice surprise that arrived in my ears at the last couple of months, for sure. They use a lot of retro cultural elements (just look at their names!) and references, but they're not simply satisfied to get stuck at the past, but use it as a reference to craft a corrosive, acid, fresh (and kinda badass-ish) sound that is capable to please not only hungry Post-Punk fans, but also those into the coler-than-ice tides of Coldwave and the darker side of the Shoegaze Universe, where the likes The KVB, The Soft Moon, Ceremony, etc. belong. more than deserveful of attention in this space.
Update: Soviet Soviet debut album, titled Fate, is out! One of the brightest 2013 albums for sure. Enjoy!


Honolulu firefighters battled a brush fire in East Oahu Tuesday evening.
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Legacy projects kick off in Louisville
Four CNU Legacy Projects will launch this week In Louisville, Kentucky, as community design workshops will engage residents to improve public spaces, streets, mixed-use centers, and natural and cultural assets.
Three of the workshops will focus on specific neighborhoods—Russell and Portland in the West End, and Beechmont in South Louisville. The fourth event will address the seven-mile-long corridor of Beargrass Creek as it meanders through a dozen neighborhoods to the south and east of downtown.
Legacy Projects take place in advance of CNU’s annual Congress, to be held in Louisville June 12-15 this year. They offer a way for the Congress to leave an enduring mark on the host city and region. The designs are led by nationally recognized urban design firms and sponsored by local organizations. In their fifth year, Legacy Projects have a remarkable record of success—most of them have moved forward with implementation in and around Dallas, Detroit, Seattle, and Savannah, the locales for the last four Congresses. In Louisville, these projects leverage $400,000 in donated design expertise for the city.
Of all of the current projects, the 18th Street Corridor in Russell has garnered the most attention this week as Passport Health, a major health provider, announced that it was putting plans on hold for a $100 million headquarters in the wake of financial difficulties. The complex “has been hailed by city officials as an anchor development of the planned revitalization of west Louisville,” notes WFPL, a public radio station. But other developments and business startups are moving forward on the corridor and in Russell generally, including a federal Choice Neighborhoods project.
The goal of the workshop, led by Urban Design Associates, is to successfully engage residents to develop a cohesive vision for the corridor, and to incorporate this planning into the ongoing investment in surrounding areas. The project will be sponsored by OneWest, an organization active in revitalization of the West End, the historic heart of Louisville's African-American community.
Another Legacy Project, The East Portland Connectivity Project, will develop a complete streets approach to the West Main and West Market Street corridors between Downtown and the Portland neighborhood. The workshop will also explore connection to the waterfront and creating a short-term action plan to test a two-way conversion on Main Street, among other specific goals. This planning will be led by Street Plans Collaborative and be sponsored by the Louisville Downtown Partnership.
A third project, Restoring and Reimagining Woodlawn Avenue, will develop a vision for the commercial corridor in Beechmont with a multicultural and immigrant population, addressing issues of vacancy, decreased investment, local economic development, and neighborhood identity. Sponsored by the Center for Neighborhoods, the plan development will be facilitated by PlaceMakers, with help from other experts including DPZ and local firm WorK Architecture + Design.
The final project will focus on Connecting Beargrass Creek, a vital natural asset that provides rainwater drainage for 61 square miles of the metro area. A primary goal is to create a cohesive vision for physical connectivity along and adjacent to the South Fork of the creek, from the Louisville Zoo to the Ohio River—through a diverse swath of neighborhoods. Gresham Smith will lead the project, with sponsorship from the Kentucky Waterways Alliance.
Public Square will report on all of these projects, individually, in the weeks following the Legacy Project workshops.


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Paris, 2021-12-13 02:04:00. Golden Globe Nominations Announced | CTV News
NEW YORK – After widespread criticism forced the organization that presents the Golden Globes to lose its award-winning television program and reform its membership, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association continued to announce film and television awards nominees on Monday despite the skeptical entertainment industry.
Just as it has for many years, the HFPA gathered reporters at the Beverly Hilton to announce its picks for the 79th Golden Globes. But this time, there was no nationwide morning televised show or any instant celebrity celebrations. Hollywood mostly shrugged its shoulders.
HFPA, which usually has a few movie stars making its announcement, turned instead to Snoop Dogg, who read the candidates behind sunglasses and a red hat during a live broadcast on the Globes YouTube page. The majority of studios, PR firms and top-notch talent didn’t get much involved this year with the group, which has ditched its usual requirement to submit films for consideration. Critics said it was too early for the Hollywood Association of Foreign Journalists to return to business as usual. Some would rather see the globe disappear forever.
But the Press Association tried to keep its place in awards season on Monday, posting nominations for the likes of Will Smith (“King Richard”), Kristen Stewart (“Spencer”), “West Side Story”, breakout Rachel Ziegler, and Leonardo DiCaprio (“No”). Looking up”), Denzel Washington (“The Tragedy of Macbeth”), Ben Affleck (“The Tender Bar”) and Lady Gaga (“House of Gucci”).
Among the Canadians who received the nods were Quebec filmmaker Denis Villeneuve for Best Motion Picture Director with the sci-fi epic “Dune,” and Martin Short of Hamilton for Best Television Actor in a Musical/Comedy Series for his performance in true crime satire “Murder in the Building Only.” “
The nominees for Best Motion Picture Drama went to Jane Campion’s “Dunes,” Jane Campion’s “Western Dog Power”, family drama “Coda”, Rinaldo Marcus Green’s tennis biography “King Richard” and Kenneth Branna’s autobiography “Belfast.”
The Comedy or Musical Choices for Best Picture were: Adam McKay’s “Don’t Look Up” by Paul Thomas Anderson’s ’70s Poem to the San Fernando Valley “Licorice Pizza” by Steven Spielberg “West Side Story” and Lin-Manuel Miranda” Place Mark, put…Boom!” and Joe Wright’s “Cyrano.”
“Belfast” and “Dog Power” tied for the most nominations, with seven nominations each. Netflix dominated the nominees for the film with a total of 17 nods. HBO’s “Succession” topped the TV side with five nominations, including nominations for Best Drama and Best Actor in a Drama Series for the theme of Jeremy Strong’s recent New Yorker profile.
Such accolades usually spark a wave of elation in the frontrunners and their studios – an award victory to be announced on social media and in calls with reporters. On Monday morning, no candidate was immediately celebrated — publicly at least.
The Journalists’ Syndicate claims it has reconstituted itself in the nine months since it was introduced in 2021. “HFPA 2.0,” recently elected president Helen Hueyni said. The group has added a Chief Diversity Officer; reformed its board of directors; Appointment of 21 new members, including six black journalists; The NAACP brought on a five-year partnership; and update its code of conduct.
“It has been a year of change and reflection for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association,” Hohen said Monday.
It all came after the Los Angeles Times detailed some of the HFPA’s unethical behavior and revealed that its 87 voting members did not include a single black journalist. Studios said they would boycott The Globes and more than 100 PR films said their clients would not participate until the HFPA quickly implemented “deep and lasting change.” Tom Cruise returned his three planes to the group’s headquarters.
NBC, the Globe’s longtime communications station, said it would not broadcast the 2022 Globe because “changing that volume takes time and work.” The Globes are still setting a date for January 9 but haven’t shared any details on what kind of celebration it will be.
The Critics’ Choice Awards have sought to fill the void, even seeking to secure the Globes’ regular home at Beverly Hilton for her television broadcast. That show failed but the Critics’ Choice Awards will likewise take place on January 9, on TBS and The CW. The Critics’ Choice Awards also announced their nominees on Monday, with “Belfast” and “West Side Story” each issuing 11 nods.
Much of the Globes’ strength has always resided in its vibrant television broadcast, which is regularly one of the most-watched non-sports radio programs of the year. The Globes also act as a promotional tool for several award winners in theaters this December. But this year, few expect to see ads and TV commercials that win Golden Globe nominations.
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Last year I was the very proud owner of an old Kawa GPZ900R, one I'd bought in really bad condition with the intention of fixing it up. Had it running beautifully by the end of last year, and I was loving it... Until I went head on into a car (just my luck, he was an unlicenced driver) at a speed difference of about 160km/h (approx 100mile per hour). I went over the bonnet head first into the road, and the bike went over the roof... Or so I was told when I woke up the next day.
Anyway, long story short... I got some pretty bad nerve damage in my neck (brachial plexus injury) and as a result, my left arm is completely paralyzed. This happened just over 7 months back, and I thought at first I'd listen my friend's and family's pleas of never riding again, but I find it's too difficult to give up. I miss it way too much... So I'm looking for alternative ideas.
Does anybody have any information or photos on custom bike modifications to move the clutch lever and indicator switch to another position on the bike? I've heard of it being done, but never seen it or had a chance to speak to someone who has a bike like that... I've thought of two ideas so far, just wanted to know what you all thought would be the best / safest:
1: Move the clutch lever to the right hand side, as a reversed lever above the accelorator. With the intention of pushing it forwards with my thumb for the clutch.
2: Move the clutch lever to the side of the bike, and use your knee to press towards the tank to clutch. Not sure which side would really be best though...
Oh, and another thing that makes it difficult for me to find out more about this: I live in South Africa, so we don't really have much in the line of custom bike shops. So far I've been met by nothing but crazy looks and sarcastic comments when I asked around the local bike shops...


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US Tax Plan Doesn’t Win New Dollar or SPX Highs, ECB and BoJ Ahead
- The long-awaited Trump tax reform proposal was released Wednesday, but the business-favorable plan didn't lift markets
- Reports that US President could sign an executive order to withdrawal the US from NAFTA loomed over the Peso and CAD
- Thursday brings the ECB and BoJ rate decisions along with a long-list of key data and additional Brexit updates
The Dollar was conspicuously unmoved two days after its technically-decisive 'neckline' break Monday. The motivation for this move was distinctively a fundamental cross wind without a built-in drive. From the Greenback's own fundamental backdrop, the view is mixed and anticipatory. In contrast, the follow through on the general 'risk' asset class was more productive. Tuesday saw everything from global equities, emerging market assets to Yen crosses extend its week's climb - though with less gusto. Technically-critical highs are still overhead for benchmarks like the S&P 500, and there are critical event risk with dubious ability to drive sentiment across the entire system ahead. One thing is clear though, complacency remains painfully extreme. Not only has the VIX dropped back to its Summer 2014 doldrums, but the mere anticipation of sudden shocks (the VIX of VIX) has hit similar lows.
Top event risk from the US has the potential to hit the global stage. The top headline for this past session was the release of the Trump administration's long-awaited tax reform proposal. The proposed changes were significant and tangibly business-friendly. And yet, the market offered little cheer for the announcement. This tepid response was a combination of the growing concern that expedited campaign promises would face strong headwinds in Congress alongside the realization that the markets have already priced in considerable optimism in the full anticipation of tax reform and infrastructure spending. This can pose serious problems for sustained lift for risk-oriented assets like the S&P 500, high-yield ETF and carry. Speaking of carry, doubt has already spread. The Yen crosses have struggled for some weeks while the Australian and New Zealand Dollar have seen more substantial stumbles very recently. If risk trends defy fundamental gravity, the Yen crosses can offer short-term, measured opportunity.
Ahead, the seas grow increasingly rough and unpredictable. Scheduled event risk is topped by the release of both the Japanese and European central banks (BoJ and ECB). These are these most dovish of the largest central banks. Individually, surprises can leverage large moves from both the Japanese Yen and the Euro, but the impact is significantly skewed depending on outcome. Then again, there will be enough focus that the details will be evaluated for course over the medium-term. Other data and calendar-centric event risk is important economically but not consistently high profile as to readily threaten new trends. Aside from the constant watch for changes in risk trends, there will also be further update on Brexit course corrections and growing speculation of a NAFTA breakup. It was rumored US President Donald Trump is close to signing an order to withdrawal the country from the North American trade group. The news was enough to push USD/CAD above a range high and provide a more substantial shock to the Mexican Peso. We discuss all the event risk and trade potential moving forward in this Trade Video.
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Today Funermostra has opened its doors, International Fair of Products and Funeral, a professional fair that runs until Friday 22 October.
Funermostra shows novelties as curious as the replica of the coffin that appears in the famous Netflix series ‘The Squid Game’, the recreation of Tutankhamun's sarcophagus or urns made entirely of coffee grounds.
València, 20 October 2021.- Funermostra, International Fair of Products and Funeral, has opened its 16th edition today amid a large influx of professional visitors. It will be held until next Friday 22 October and is a great professional call around the funeral sector.
The inauguration was led by Alejandro Ramón, Councilor for Cemeteries of the Valencia City Council, that has been accompanied by other sector authorities and institutions.
Above 10.000 square meters and about a hundred exhibitors between companies, Brands and institutions have presented their innovative products and solutions to the sector after two very difficult years, marked by the pandemic and the experience of going through an extreme situation such as the covid.
"We are satisfied with the influx of professionals from the sector, who have come to see the scene of change ", has assured the president of Funermostra, José Vicente Aparicio, which has explained that the main objectives have been met: show greener and more sustainable alternatives "essential to the environmental crisis", be more diverse and learn from lived experience "in the face of such an extreme situation as the covid".
Sustainable news at Funermostra 2021
Funermostra has created a small lake to show that it is possible to have a greener option in cemeteries. In this space, an artisan built ‘in situ’ stone-shaped urns to deposit the ashes at the foot of the pond. A different way of saying goodbye to loved ones and a necessary alternative to the environmental crisis we are experiencing.
Also, Funermostra has shown novelties as curious as the replica of the coffin that appears in the famous Netflix series ‘The Squid Game’, the recreation of Tutankhamun's sarcophagus or urns made entirely of coffee grounds.
A round table was also held in which alternatives to burial and cremation were presented.: alkaline hydrolysis, which consists of dissolving the remains or cryomination in a tank, which consists of freezing them. Both options are more ecological but are not yet regulated in Spain.


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NEW YORK (The Deal) -- Spain's Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) has agreed to pay 1.19 billion euros ($1.6 billion) for Catalunya Banc, one of the last Spanish lenders that remains under state control.
BBVA won an auction held by Spain's Fondo de Reestructuracion Ordenada Bancaria, or Frob, the state-backed fund that was charged with rescuing and restructuring failed Spanish lenders following the collapse of Spain's real estate market in 2008.
Barcelona-based Catalunya Banc was nationalized in 2011 and received 12 billion euros of state aid to strengthen its balance sheet. Despite the injection of capital the bank failed to sell at two earlier auctions, in June 2012 and March 2013. Those failures prompted the state to split off 6.4 billion euros of Catalunya's problem loans, which it sold last week to Blackstone Group LP for 3.6 billion euros.
"This deal shows we are extremely confident in the current economic recovery," BBVA Chairman and CEO Francisco Gonzalez said in a statement. BBVA said that savings and increased selling opportunities created by the merger would exceed the 1.19 billion euros that it paid for Catalunya and that it expects the deal to have a positive impact on results from 2016.
The price paid by BBVA will fall by 267 million euros if Spanish tax authorities do not grant Catalunya certain tax breaks prior to the completion of the acquisition, the buyer said.
Catalunya Banc has 1.5 million customers, principally in the wealthy Catalonia region of Spain, and 63 billion euros in assets. The deal will boost the value of BBVA's Spanish loan portfolio by 14%, its deposits by 23% and its customer numbers by 18%. BBVA said that it will not need to raise new capital to fund the acquisition.
Frob said in a statement that it had not offered protection against further losses on Catalunya's assets as part of the deal, breaking with the practice of offering guarantees during earlier sales of bailed-out lenders.
Catalunya is the second state-owned bank acquired by BBVA, which paid 1 euro for Unmin Banc, another Catalonia-based lender, in 2013.
The Spanish state still owns a 65% stake in Banco Mare Nostrum, formed by the merger of three nationalized regional lenders in 2010. Preparations for an initial public offering of Banco Mare Nostrum shares are expected to begin next year. The state also still owns Bankia SA, the largest of the Spanish banks to be bailed out and the only lender on which Frob is likely to make a profit. The state sold a 7.5% stake in Bankia in February for 1.3 billion euros, booking a net gain of 301 million euros.


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India ‘A’ batsmen falter on Day 3, stare at defeat
Chennai: India A may have failed to grab the opportunities on Day 3, but opener Abhinav Mukund still believes that the hosts can pull off a win if their lower-order batsmen and bowlers make it count against Australia A in the second unofficial 'Test' here on Saturday.
After conceding a 214-run lead, the Indian top-order faltered to convert good starts into big scores as the hosts finished the day on 267 for six, a second-innings lead of 53.
Mukund (59) still believes that the Cheteshwar Pujara-led side can turn the tables on the final day.
"Couple of batsmen playing in the middle are actually good proper middle-order batsmen. Hopefully we get a sizable lead tomorrow and look to roll them out," Mukund said in the post-day chat.
"Whatever we get. At the end of the day, we have four wickets. These two (Baba Aparajith 28 not out and Shreyas Gopal 0 not out) are really good batsmen. Both of them have very good first class scores. Hopefully, these two bat for a while tomorrow morning. Any score is difficult in the fourth innings. If we get anything about 150, it is going to be a tough chase. Trust me," he added.
Stitching a 70-run fourth-wicket partnership with Shreyas Iyer (49), Mukund was looking good before an Ashton Agar turner got him back in the pavilion. The left-handed batsman praised the opposition spin ploy.
"I thought I was quite well set and did not expect the ball to bounce as much. I thought Agar got more bounce than Stephen O'Keefe. It was a little harder to play. I usually tend to sweep the ball a bit more but because of the bounce I was not able to do that. I was just looking to rotate the strike," he said.
Mukund survived close LBW call before he finally edged an Agar turner to Cameron Bancroft. There was a bit of verbal duel between the opener and the Australians, which Mukund brushed it off as an on-field chat.
"Nothing big actually. That was about close lbw call. Usually they talk and I would like to talk back. It was just a conversation regarding the umpire and all that. I just said I am honest, I would have walked if I actually had hit it. After I got out, I stayed back and asked him whether he caught it," he said.
Even after letting go their good enough starts, Mukund said that everybody stuck to their natural game.
"Everyone played their natural game and it is important for people to play their natural game. I generally cannot comment as to how the other people can go about it. All I can tell you that personally I look to play the way I would like to play. I thought the game plan worked out well for me," he said.

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JACKSON, Tenn. – Dec. 9, 2003 – Carl F.H. Henry, a noted evangelical theologian and journalist, died Dec. 7 in Watertown, Wis. following a lengthy illness. He was 90 years old.
Henry's contributions to the evangelical Christianity were great and far-reaching. From his position as the first editor of Christianity Today to his many published volumes, Henry is credited with helping shape the defense of evangelicalism as historically true and intellectually credible.
A Southern Baptist, Henry was a member of Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, D.C.
Union University President David S. Dockery said he greatly admired Henry. In 2000 Dockery was selected to present Henry with the Christian Council of Colleges and Universities' Mark O. Hatfield Leadership Award.
"Few people in the 20th century have done more to articulate the importance of coherent Christian world and life view than Carl F.H. Henry," Dockery said during the award presentation.
Dockery said Henry's books and articles, more than 50 in the past 40 years, have "called for serious engagement with our culture and the issues of our day.
"Henry's irenic spirit has enabled him to interact with others in an accepting way while holding unapologetically to the truthfulness of historic Christianity."
In 1977 Time magazine called Henry the leading theologian of American evangelicalism.
Union University maintains a center for Christian leadership named in his honor, the Carl F.H. Henry Center for Christian Leadership. A similar center, at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary is also named after Henry.
In 2000 Henry was honored by the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission as a founding fellow of the ERLC's research institute. In a speech Henry delivered at that meeting, he challenged Southern Baptists and other evangelicals to become personally involved in evangelism and to encourage young people to enter into key vocations so they "can serve and give the leadership that we need" in the broader culture, and "beyond that, daily devotions in the Book."
Henry was the eldest of eight children born to Karl F. and Joanna Heinrich in New York City. His mother was Roman Catholic by family tradition, and his father was Lutheran. His early public education led to his first work as a journalist and reporter. Raised on Long Island, Henry became interested in journalism, and by the age of 19, he edited a weekly newspaper in New York's Nassau County. After his conversion to Christianity, Henry attended Wheaton College, obtaining his bachelor's and master's degrees.
Henry completed doctoral studies at Northern Baptist Theological Seminary (1942) and later at Boston University (1949). He was ordained in the Northern Baptist Convention in 1941, and from 1940 until 1947, he taught theology and philosophy of religion at Northern Baptist Seminary. In 1947, he accepted the call of Harold J. Ockenga to become the first professor of theology at the new Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California.
Henry took a prolonged sabbatical from his teaching duties in 1955 to become the first editor of Christianity Today, a publication conceived by Billy Graham and L. Nelson Bell and financed by Sun Oil magnate, J. Howard Pew, as an evangelical alternative to the Christian Century. Under Henry's guidance, Christianity Today became the leading journalistic mouthpiece for neo-evangelicalism and lent the movement intellectual respectability.
He resigned from Christianity Today in 1968. After a year of studies at Cambridge University, Henry became professor of theology at Eastern Baptist Seminary (1969-74) and visiting professor at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (1971). After 1974, he served stints as lecturer-at-large for World Vision International (1974-87) and Prison Fellowship Ministries.
From the beginning of his academic career Henry aspired to lead Protestant fundamentalism to a greater intellectual and social engagement with the larger American culture. As such, with Ockenga and Graham, he is one of the most significant leaders of the "new evangelicalism" of the post-World War II era.
Henry also demonstrated his leadership of the neo-evangelical movement through his presidency of the Evangelical Theological Society (1967-70) and the American Theological Society (1979-80), as well as his organizing role in the Berlin (1966) and Lausanne (1974) World Conferences on Evangelism. Henry's many books, the most famous of which is the six-volume God, Revelation, and Authority (1976-83), consistently reiterate the themes of biblical theism, objective revelation in propositional form, the authority and inerrancy of the Scriptures, and the rational apologetic defense of Christianity.
Henry is survived by his wife Helga, a daughter, two sisters and five grandchildren. His only son, Paul, was a congressman from Michigan. He died in 1993 from a brain tumor.
A private burial is scheduled for Dec. 10 at Oak Hill Cemetery in Watertown, Wis. Two memorial services are being planned for later dates.
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www.thehansindia.com The last of the southern superstarnis WINDOWS SUNDAY 4 MARCH 2018 KURNOOL | PAGES 36 | `5.00 H Simultaneously published from Hyderabad | Warangal | Tirupati | Amaravati | Visakhapatnam | Khammam | Kurnool | Delhi H NOTHING LEFT IN NORTHEAST BJP demolishes Red Fort in Tripura, opens gateway to Kerala, Bengal New Delhi: In a major victory, the Bharatiya Janata Party surged ahead of the Manik Sarkar-led party, putting an end to Left’s 25 years of rule. The party along with ally Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT) has won 43 seats in the 60-member House. The Left, meanwhile, is reduced to 18 seats. The Congress, which over the years has played the second ﬁddle in the state and has been in power twice, has failed to open its account and its candidates are set to lose their deposits. In Nagaland, the BJP+NDPP alliance has won 29 seats, while the ruling Naga People’s Front (NPF) party is trailing behind with a win of 27 seats. With the backing of JD(U) and an independent candidate, BJP+NDPP alliance is all set to form a government in Nagaland. In Meghalaya, meanwhile, the mandate is fractured. While the Congress is the largest party India win IBSF Team WC Doha: The Indian combine of Pankaj Advani and Manan Chandra staged a remarkable recovery to pip Pakistan in the final of the inaugural IBSF Snooker Team World Cup. After being 0-2 down in the best-of-five final played last night, India found itself in a deeper hole at 0-30 down in the third frame. Thanks to a well-crafted 39 break from Chandra and a classy clearance of the final colours by Advani, the Indian hopes were kept alive. S P12 GDP shows recovery signs I n an election year, if the economy is marching to a high growth trajectory putting the worst behind, that is indeed good talk point for Narendra Modi in his political rallies in 2019 general polls. For the full year, if the GDP comes to around 7.2 per cent to 7.4 per cent, Modi government will present the pain faced by the economy in the second and third years of its rule as the price paid for important structural reforms such as demonetisation and GST (goods and services tax). That has been the narrative from the party to defend the economic slowdown phase. S P9 Putin promises ‘victories’ for Russia Moscow: President Vladimir Putin on Saturday promised "victories" for Russia at a star-studded rally attended by tens of thousands of supporters ahead of a March 18 election he is all but certain to win. Olympic athletes, celebrities and cosmonauts earlier took to the stage to voice their support for Putin, who has ruled Russia for almost two decades and is seeking to extend his Kremlin term to 2024. "We want our country to be bright and looking to the future, for our children and grandchildren...we will do everything we can for them to be happy," he said. S P11 with 21 seats, the regional parties have won 17 seats. The National People’s Party (NPP) has won 19 and the BJP has got two seats. The parties have reportedly rushed senior leaders to the state to explore possibilities of alliances in a bid to retain control over the state. Earlier in the day, while addressing a press conference in the capital, BJP national chief Amit Shah said the Left is not right for any part of India. "As far as the question of Left is concerned, this has been proved that the Left is not right for any part of the country," Shah said. Taking a dig at the Left's loss in Tripura he said, "Election analysts in India will have to understand the journey from zero to one (shunya se shikhar tak). Continued on P4 SNAPSHOTS S BJP captures Tripura, to form alliance govt in Nagaland S Tripura, Nagaland in its kitty, BJP now rules 21 out of 29 states; Congress left with four S Journey from ‘shunya’ to ‘shikhar’ made possible due to development agenda S BJP golden era begins, when it wins Bengal, Kerala and Karnataka, says Shah ACB raids 3 govt officials in Vizag UNEARTH ASSETS WORTH CRORES ACB officials during a raid at VRO K Sanjeev Kumar’s house in Visakhapatnam on Saturday OUR BUREAU Visakhapatnam: In a rare act, the ACB sleuths on Saturday raided three government officials of the city in GVMC and Revenue department and found disproportionate assets over their known sources of earning. The teams of the ACB conducted searches at 21 places of the accused officials, their relatives and friends on Saturday. As many as 40 officials, led by Visakhapatnam Urban DSP (ACB) K Ramakrishna Prasad, conducted the searches. According to Ramakrishna Prasad, the three frontline officers have been leading posh life mismatching their earnings and there are severe corruption allegations against them. The accused are Maddilapalem VRO P Venkateswara Rao, Malkapuram VRO K Sanjeeva Rao and GVMC chainman M Nageswara Rao. During the searches, the officials found properties worth about Rs 100 crore. The assets include gold and cash. VRO K Sanjeev Kumar entered into service in 2008. Continued on P4 BJP MP and party state president K Haribabu, Health Minister Kamineni Srinivas along with BJP MLCs celebrating the party’s victory in the Assembly elections in Tripura, in Visakhapatnam on Saturday Sans YSRC, AP budget session from tomorrow OUR BUREAU Amaravati: The Budget Session of the AP Assembly will begin on Monday with the Governor's address to the joint session of the Legislative Council and the Assembly. The Budget will be presented by Finance Minister Yanamala Ramakrishnudu on March 8. The only Opposition party in the Assembly, YSRCP, has announced the boycott of the Assembly demanding action against the defected MLAs from the YSRCP to the TDP. As this will be the ﬁnal full budget of the TDP government, it is expected that Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu will ring the election bell by increasing allocations to the welfare schemes. He may also allocate more funds for the schemes promised in the TDP election manifesto. Though he has been fulﬁlling his poll promises of 2014 general elections, still he has to provide unemployment allowance and some other promises also need to be addressed by the government. Meanwhile, the BJP has prepared to utilise the session to grill Naidu government, like what the TDP has been doing in Parliament from the day one of the Budget presentation by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. Though the number of BJP MLAs is very negligible in the Legislative Assembly, they have decided to protect their interests in the state by raising their voice in the House against Naidu. Continued on P4 4 lady stars to present lead acting Oscars Relief for spouses of H-1B holders as US keeps curbs on hold Washington: The Trump administration has delayed its decision on termination of work authorisation for spouses of the H1B visa holders, in a big relief to a significantly large number of Indian workers and their families. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in a court submission this week said that it would not take a decision on terminating the work authorisation of H4 visa users, spouses of H1B visa holders, till June as it needs time to review the economic impact of such a decision. Since 2015, the spouses of H1B, or high-skilled, visa holders waiting for green cards have been eligible to work in the US on H-4 dependent visas, under a rule introduced by the previous Obama administration. "Consistent with the government's prior representations, DHS was working to issue an NPRM (Notice of Proposed Rule Making) in February 2018. Continued on P4 Los Angeles: In what has colloquially become known as 'The Year of the Woman', the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has reportedly finalised four actresses to present this year’s lead acting awards at the 90th annual Oscars. Jennifer Lawrence and Jodie Foster will announce the lead actress prize winner on Sunday night, while Jane Fonda and Helen Mirren will present lead actor. However, the Academy did not respond to a request for comment, reported variety.com. Traditionally, the previous year's acting winners present the same categories for the opposite gender at the Oscars. But in January, it was revealed that last year's lead actor winner Casey Affleck ("Manchester by the Sea") had withdrawn as a presenter from this year's ceremony, reportedly to avoid becoming a distraction due to two sexual harassment lawsuits he previously settled with the producer and cinematographer of his 2010 film "I'm Still Here." Jennifer Lawrence (Top L) and Jodie Foster (Top R) will announce the lead actress, while Jane Fonda (Bottom L) and Helen Mirren (Bottom R) will present the lead actor award FALLOUT OF ENCOUNTER Maoist threat to politicos OUR BUREAU Hyderabad: In the wake of Friday’s encounter involving the death of 10 Maoists on Chhattisgarh-Telangana border, official spokesperson of the CPI (Maoist) Jagan issued a letter on Saturday threatening to attack TRS leaders. Following this, a high alert has been sounded in the state and an advisory has been issued to the ministers and MLAs on precautions to be followed. The letter termed Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh and his Telangana counterpart K Chandrashekar Rao dictators. “The Maoist party would repulse attacks being made by the states to root out the Maoists by Telugu states, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and the Centre with the people’s support,” it said. The ruling party leaders, mainly ministers, MPs and MLAs, were advised against undertaking travel in the Maoist-dominant districts of old Karimnagar, Warangal, Khammam and Adilabad. If inevitable to travel in the extremism-affected Chhattisgarh-Telangana border districts, they were advised to inform the local police in advance and seek police protection. The ministers were asked to cancel official programmes in interior villages in the border areas and also in Karimnagar and Warangal disContinued on P4 tricts. TTD to set up time-slot darshan counters by March-end K NETHAJI Tirupati: The Tirumala-Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) is all set to start Slotted Sarva Darshan (SSD) time-slot counters at both hill shrine Tirumala and as well as at Tirupati by the end of March. After the successful trial of the SSD time-slot allotment in the last December, TTD Executive Officer Anil Kumar Singhal had taken a decision to start the SSD slot token issuing system as fullﬂedged manner from March last week. It is major a reform in providing darshan facility for com- S A major reform in the darshan system to become a reality soon S Total 87 token issue counters to be set up by the TTD S Pilgrims can avail the facility at rly station, RTC Central Bus Stand mon devotees. Based on the feedback received from the pilgrims waiting in VQC-2 compartments for Sarva Darshan for over 24 hours when there was heavy crowd, the TTD mulled this scheme of issuing time slots for free darshan pilgrims also, so that they can have comfortable darshan in their allotted time. Already, the time-slot mechanism was being implemented in Rs 300 and footpath darshans which have yielded good results. On the directions of the EO, TTD officials have completed the SSD token counters with all facilities, such as biometric scanners and computers, queue line railings, seating, etc. In Tirupati, the TTD has established 55 counters at Srinivasam Complex near RTC bus stand and Vsihunu Nivasam near railway station, at third choultry, Alipri, Srivari Mettu footpaths. Apart from these counters, 32 counters were set up by the TTD in Tirumala near at Kalyana Vedika and Nandakam rest house. EO Singhal and other higher officials have inspected the SSD counter works at Tirupati and Tirumala and reviewed the position of the counters being set up at various places. Continued on P4
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- 2 Tablespoons flour
- 6 Tablespoons milk or coconut milk
- 12 eggs
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- 1½ teaspoons salt
- 6 Tablespoons butter
- 2 Tablespoons fresh parsley
- Shell and devein shrimps. Chop fine.
- Mix flour with milk.
- Beat eggs slightly in large bowl.
- Add batter to eggs and mix well.
- Then add nutmeg, pepper and salt, and mix. Add shrimp.
- Make omelette in large frying pan.
- Cut into broad strips, sprinkle with parsley and serve warm.
NotesDadar Udang is not the type of ommelet you would normally eat at breakfast time even though some people do, but you would it at either lunch or dinner.
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Companies hoping for less rigorous regulatory review under the Trump administration will likely be disappointed on the West Coast where Democrat-dominated governments, tribes and environmental activists are prepared to push back using a broad range of authorities.
Local governments in Portland and a Washington county on the border of Canada are using their land-use and zoning authority to stop fossil-fuel export projects.
Last year in California, the city of Benicia and San Luis Obispo County rejected crude-by-rail projects and Oakland blocked a proposed coal export terminal at its port. Other cities and counties in the state have ordinances, either adopted by governing bodies or passed by voters, limiting or barring certain oil and gas activities, including hydraulic fracturing.
Native American tribes in Washington and Oregon are using their treaty fishing rights to stop coal and oil from being shipped on waters that comprise their fisheries.
Successful, local battles like these have become a tool for communities and states to pursue climate goals, even if President-elect Donald Trump does nothing to address global warming.
“Local decision making is A: legal, B: entirely appropriate, and C: of increasing importance if the Trump administration follows this hoax-in-China philosophy,” Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) told Bloomberg BNA in a Jan. 5 interview in his office.
Requests for comment from the Trump transition team were not returned.
Portland’s politically progressive City Council used its zoning authority Dec. 14 to ban new fossil fuel terminals over two million gallons, specifically declaring in the ordinance that the fuels are major contributors to climate change.
The move likely eliminates Oregon’s largest seaport as a gateway for the export to Asia of Bakken crude as well as any moves to increase capacity at existing petroleum terminals there including BP West Coast, Chevron, Phillips 66, Equilon/Shell and Kinder Morgan.
“There is strong interest in a green wall of progressive policy along the West Coast that says we are still serious about climate action; we’re still committed to a low-carbon future; and we’re not interested in moving fossil fuel to world markets through our cities exacerbating the problem that we are all working locally to solve,” Portland Mayor Charlie Hales told Bloomberg BNA in a telephone interview just before leaving office Dec. 31.
Hales said there were “no caution flags from our city attorneys about this. One of the fundamental authorities of cities is our zoning codes. It’s a bedrock power of local government to zone.”
Citizens and voters up and down the West Coast want their leaders to focus on climate change, Hales said. The vote was intended to map the path for other cities to take action on climate change “in ways that are completely within the authorities of local government. Everybody has got a zoning code.”
In California, environmental advocates, tribes and others routinely use the California Environmental Quality Act to block power plants, refinery upgrades, warehousing projects and other developments they allege will increase greenhouse gas emissions. CEQA provisions require project environmental reviews, alternative assessments and mitigation measures. But, the act also includes public participation in the decision making process.Any legal challenge filed typically follows approval of a project by land use or permitting authority. If successful, the litigation could derail a project or force project changes to reduce climate impacts.
It was widespread public opposition to the crude-by-rail facilities in Benicia and San Luis Obispo County and Oakland coal terminal that prompted local officials to reject those projects. Concerns about the safety of moving crude by rail helped defeat the proposed projects. Anti-fossil fuel groups also have worked with community groups to win voter initiatives to block expansion of oil and gas activities in California.
In Washington, a juggernaut of grassroots opposition to what would have been the largest coal export facility in North America focused on rejecting the Gateway Pacific Terminal through both the state and federal environmental-impact-statement process. But it was an Indian tribe, the Lummi Nation, using its treaty-protected fishing rights that ultimately derailed it.The proposed terminal—located a few miles south of Washington’s border with Canada on the waters of the state-owned Cherry Point Aquatic Reserve—would annually ship to Asia up to 52.9 million tons of coal mined largely from federal lands in the Powder River Basin. SSA Marine, a global terminal and stevedoring company, holds 51 percent of the project shares, and Cloud Peak Energy Inc. owns 49 percent. Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s BNSF Railway Co. planned haul coal to the terminal from the northern Rocky Mountains.
Col. John Buck, Seattle district commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, said in a May 2016 press briefing that a large wharf and a trestle structure at the proposed terminal would interfere with the Lummi fishery. “The corps may not permit a project that abrogates treaty rights,” he said. “Only Congress has that right.”
Lummi Nation Chairman Tim Ballew II responded to the victory in May with this statement: “As tribes across the United States face pressures from development and resource extraction, we’ll continue to see tribes lead the fight to defend their treaty rights, and protect and manage their lands and waters for future generations.”
On the Columbia River near Longview, Wash., is the site of another proposed coal export facility called the Millennium Bulk Terminals that has inherited Gateway’s mantle as the largest such facility on the continent.
Lighthouse Resources Inc. owns the project, having acquired Arch Coal’s 38 percent interest in Millennium in 2016. Arch in exchange got long-term throughput rights.
Inslee administration officials in the state’s Department of Ecology had planned to conduct a joint environmental impact statement with the corps on Millennium. But the two agencies parted ways when it became clear that the corps planned to analyze only very local impacts while the state planned a much broader analysis based on its reading of the State Environmental Policy Act.
In a decisive split with federal regulators, state officials conducted a broadly scoped environmental analysis of cumulative and indirect impacts of a proposed coal export facility—including greenhouse gas emissions from combustion of U.S. coal in Asia. The final EIS from both the corps and the state are pending.
“When coal is burned, it doesn’t matter if it’s burned in Korea or China or Indonesia, that CO2 acidifies my home waters,” Governor Inslee said of the decision by his administration to evaluate the terminal using a much broader scope than the feds. “So we’re following the law, which is to give citizens in the EIS process knowledge about what will happen if we in fact do this. I believe it is a legal thing to do and I also think it is the right thing to do from the policy perspective given the damage that my state is undergoing right now.”
With the state’s final EIS pending for Millennium, Inslee declined to discuss how his administration would rule on the state permits. But if he planned to say no to Millennium, another state-wide elected official beat him to the punch Jan. 3.
Washington Commissioner of Public Lands Peter Goldmark (D) moved Jan. 3 to block Millennium’s access to the river by rejecting the terminal’s sublease of state-owned aquatic lands. The project relies on the construction of two docks on the Columbia.
Millennium would move up to 48.5 million tons a year. And if Gateway remains in its moribund state, it is the last hope in the near-term for a Northwest terminal allowing for export of U.S. coal from the Powder River Basin in Wyoming and Montana and the Uinta Basin in Utah and Colorado to markets such as South Korea, Japan and Taiwan.
From Goldmark’s perspective, his decision kills the Millennium project, though Millennium Chief Executive Officer and President Bill Chapman said in the Jan. 3 release that Goldmark’s decision “has no effect on the project moving forward.”
Goldmark, who did not run for re-election, is succeeded in January by Hilary Franz (D), an environmental attorney with broad support from conservation groups.
Goldmark, who as lands commissioner was also the chief of the state’s Department of Natural Resources, did not stop with his Jan. 3 decision to kill the proposed coal export terminal on the Columbia River. He also sought on the same day to put another nail into the coffin of the Gateway Pacific Terminal by ruling that the Cherry Point Aquatic Reserve will be expanded to include a 45-acre cutout that had been put in place to accommodate Gateway’s proposed pier.
“Any projects proposed in the future for this site would have to be compatible with DNR’s 2010 Cherry Point Aquatic Reserve management plan, which precludes activities likely to have detrimental impacts on the aquatic reserve,” Goldmark’s statement says.
“I don’t want to say anything is permanent,” Goldmark told Bloomberg BNA in a Jan. 4 interview. “But my action yesterday is the right thing to do for the health of Puget Sound given the Lummi’s treaty rights and given the fact that we have to continually work to provide more habitat for species that are endangered.”
Goldmark’s ruling on Cherry Point takes on added significance in that it would make it more difficult for any port project to get approval, including if the Gateway terminal developers prevail in an appeal or resubmit a modified proposal.
Whatcom County, home of the Gateway terminal site at Cherry Point, is considering using legal authorities similar to those deployed in Portland to further preclude the Gateway terminal developer or any other fossil fuel facility from siting there.
“It’s one of the last deep-water ports left undeveloped on the West Coast of the U.S., so it’s a target zone” for potential use as a oil export terminal, Whatcom County Council member Carl Weimer told Bloomberg BNA in a Dec. 22 interview. Weimer has proposed amendments to the county comprehensive land use plan that would prohibit adding any more industrial docks at Cherry Point.
Inslee and the governors of California and Oregon have repeatedly said the outcome of the Nov. 8 election and Republican led congressional efforts to rollback federal climate policies will not deter their efforts to build sustainable, low-carbon economies.
At the state level, all three governors are pursuing climate policies.
Inslee’s budget calls for levying a new tax on carbon pollution. The Republican-controlled State Senate is likely to block the tax. The governor, however, has some big time bargaining chips, including major water infrastructure projects in Republican-dominated portions of the state that the tax would fund.
Washington’s governor has also issued executive actions, such as as a Clean Air Rule that requires the state’s largest greenhouse gas emitters to cap and gradually reduce their emissions.
Oregon is moving toward implementation of a low-carbon fuel standard similar to California’s rules. It calls for importers of transportation fuels to cut average carbon intensity of fuels 10 percent by 2025. Under the standard, providers of clean fuels, like biodiesel, can generate and sell credits to importers. Oregon, which has no refineries, imports fuel from Washington, Utah and California.
California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) has no plans to back away from his ambitious climate agenda.
“We’re going to continue our efforts, do what we’re doing and do more,” Brown said at a Jan. 10 press briefing on his proposed budget.
The spending plan includes $2 billion in the greenhouse gas emissions reduction fund used for a variety of projects. State law requires 25 percent of the money be spent in disadvantaged communities, but Brown’s appropriation relies on passage of legislation to extend the economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions cap-and-trade program beyond 2020.
The California Air Resources Board is set to release any day a draft strategy to reduce carbon emissions to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030; a target included in a bill, S.B. 32, which Brown signed into law last year.
Already on track to achieve its goal to cut emissions to 1990 levels by 2020, CARB’s plan—as previewed in workshops—charts a preferred path of extending the carbon trading program and other existing climate rules. The strategy also relies on the state reaching 50 percent renewable energy by 2030, energy efficiency programs and a suite of new measures including rules targeting methane, black carbon, tougher refinery rules and a stricter low carbon fuel standard.
Key to meeting the 2030 carbon emissions goal and even the state’s long term target—80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050—is the electrification of the transportation sector, CARB Chairman Mary D. Nichols has said. Transportation is the state’s largest source of source carbon emissions.
Transformation of the vehicle fleets requires California to have Clean Air Act waivers from the Environmental Protection Agency to enact stricter than federal requirements.
At a confirmation hearing Jan. 18, Trump’s nominee to head the EPA, Scott Pruitt, would not commit to providing those waivers despite prior comments that state’s have the right to make their own decisions on how to comply with federal law.
“California will continue to lead the world in addressing climate change and advancing clean energy regardless of who is in the White House or at the EPA,” California State Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de Leon (D) said in a written statement. “Mr. Pruitt should get used to that and not try to impose his Oklahoma views on the Golden State.”
The state’s legislative leaders hired former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, now at Covington & Burling LLP, to advise on any potential changes in federal law that could impact the state’s policies.
California sued the second Bush administration after it refused to provide a waiver for its first round of vehicle related greenhouse gas emissions standards. The state dropped the lawsuit after President Obama took office and adopted national vehicle fuel economy and emissions standards that aligned with California.
How the Trump administration handles timber harvesting in national forests and decisions involving renewable energy and oil and gas development on federal lands has implications for California and other the western states, Richard M. Frank, director of the California Environmental Law and Policy Center at the University of California at Davis law school, told Bloomberg BNA Jan. 12.
“That’s where the Trump administration can have an impact on more than the regulatory side,” Frank said. The federal government also has exclusive authority over offshore oil development, outside of the state’s three mile coastal boundary, he said.
California will work with other cities, states and jurisdictions through the Under2 Coalition, the state and Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany formed to fight climate change, Brown said at Jan. 10 press event in Sacramento. At least 165 jurisdictions (cities, states, provinces and countries), including Oregon and Washington, around the globe have joined the coalition and committed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
“We’re looking to the rest of the world to join the coalition,” Brown said. “The science is not going to change.”
“I’m very optimistic that what’s going on in Washington is just a pause,” he said. “Whatever happens we’re going to deal with it.”
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Anatoly Yakovenko, Co-Founder and CEO of Solana Labs, which creates the Solana ($SOL) blockchain, discussed the challenge of providing both high performance and great dependability in a recent interview with Real Vision.
According to The Daily Hodl, Yakovenko stated in an interview (recorded on August 22 and published on September 2) with Raoul Pal, Co-Founder and CEO of finance and business television channel Real Vision:
“This is our biggest challenge, which is maybe one that I like to have because all these challenges are coming because we have users. And the chain is, on a daily basis, when you look at normal transactions from applications from users – just from people using the network – when you look at those, there’s about 30 million transactions per day. Our peak day was 65 million. That’s more than all the other chains combined.
“Binance Smartchain is one-tenth of that. I think Ethereum is one-thirtieth. And because of this load, we’ve seen things that we didn’t expect, and we were a bit short-sighted in the kinds of attacks people would throw at the network…
“I think some people have seen 10 million packets per second being submitted to a validator. And if there’s a bug in any one of those validators where memory grows really, really quickly or something we didn’t do well for that load, that validator could shut down, it could break, it could run out of memory, for whatever reason. If a third of them do that, then the network is basically stalled until some manual intervention brings it back up. That has happened a couple of times.“
The CEO of Solana Labs also emphasized why Bitcoin is more resilient than Solana:
“[Bitcoin] is designed to be extremely resilient, and some things that are normal for Bitcoin, like when a bunch of Chinese hash power shut down, there were times where there are two hours between blocks in Bitcoin. And that’s totally fine. If there’s two hours between blocks in Solana, the network’s dead because it’s designed to make a block every 400 milliseconds… Once you make a faster network, the failure case is different than one on something like Bitcoin or Ethereum.“
Around a week ago, James Mullarney, the host of the extremely popular YouTube channel “InvestAnswers,” compared Ethereum ($ETH) to Solana ($SOL), which is likely its most direct competitor.
Mullarney evaluated Ethereum and Solana in terms of speed, costs, technology, ecosystem, and, finally, daily active users (DAUs) and breadth of DApps in a YouTube video posted on August 28.


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On Quiet Stacks of Dishes
When I ask my three year old to pick up her little ponies, she cannot fathom a way to complete the task without company and some make-believe scenario, usually a funny little song: she is my clone. I call a friend while I scrub dishes, listen to podcasts as I fold laundry, check my email on the sly while we work puzzles.
Three weeks of sick kids and sick self feels like forty years in the desert, and I justify the constant background noise with my extroversion’s aversion to isolation. But when the kids are tucked in and my phone disappears somewhere upstairs, it’s just me and the dishes in the kitchen. I realize how long it’s been since I savored any quiet at all.
I’m not running to community, I’m running from silence.
For thirty minutes I empty the dishwasher, scour butter burned onto stainless steal, stack cookie sheets and pyrex. And I don’t find an epiphany among soap suds, but the quiet does wash over me, let the deep buried thoughts rise to the surface. I exhale. Even extroverts need quiet.
This morning, I shuffle into the kitchen desperate for the coffee he brews in love each morning.
On the counter I find the mountain of air-dried dishes, stacked like a pile of stones in the desert to mark a moment. I sit and savor coffee slow from my cracked, broken mug, then read lines that breathe life, from Scripture not screens.
And I may circle this desert longer than I like, but I will mark the moments grace seeps in and rescues me from harried myself. I will make space for silence and stack the dishes and laundry and the love right in front of me.
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Atascadero residents will soon be able to have recreational marijuana delivered to their homes and grow plants in their own yards, but the city remains closed for business when it comes to dispensaries.
City Council members on Tuesday night voted unanimously to pass an ordinance regulating cannabis activities within the city.
“I think we’re headed toward the finish line, at least for this round,” said Phil Dunsmore, the city’s Community Development director.
Atascadero officials have been considering how to best regulate marijuana for months: The city held a series of open houses earlier in the year and then followed them up with two special public meetings in April and August to give staff guidance.
The city is trying to regulate marijuana activities in the wake of Proposition 64, a statewide ballot measure legalizing recreational forms of the drug. Californians approved the referendum in November, and the state will begin licensing businesses in January.
Under Proposition 64, residents are allowed to possess and use marijuana products and can grow up to six plants indoors. Local governments can regulate all other activities.
Atascadero leaders — like many others in San Luis Obispo County — are taking a conservative approach to marijuana regulation, banning brick-and-mortar dispensaries and indoor and outdoor commercial cultivation. Grover Beach is the only city in the county that has approved plans to allow dispensaries.
Morro Bay officials are considering permitting two medical dispensaries, and commercial marijuana sales will likely be allowed in unincorporated areas of the county when the Board of Supervisors passes an ordinance on Tuesday.
Even so, Atascadero officials plan to regulate recreational and medical marijuana in the same way, to make enforcement easier.
We need to make a decision about what we want our city to look like. ...We have to start somewhere.
Roberta Fonzi, Atascadero mayor pro tem
Council members still had additional questions, especially regarding the definition of “private residences,” as city staff suggested limiting deliveries to prevent them from occurring in public places. But they ultimately agreed on the need for an initial ordinance.
“We need to make a decision about what we want our city to look like,” said Mayor Pro Tem Roberta Fonzi. “... We have to start somewhere.”
On Tuesday, council members voted to allow the following activities:
▪ Recreational and medical marijuana deliveries to private residences
▪ Outdoor marijuana cultivation of up to six plants for personal use
▪ Marijuana testing facilities in certain nonresidential areas
Residents growing marijuana indoors for personal use must cultivate their plants in an area of up to 120 square feet that’s not a bedroom.
Outdoor grows cannot be planted in a resident’s front yard, and must be confined to a plot no larger than 120 square foot that’s not visible from the street and is set back 25 feet from adjacent homes and public rights-of-way.
Council members were also interested in learning more about a citywide tax referendum. The ballot measure would include activities not currently allowed in Atascadero, so the city could tax businesses if they permit them in the future.
The city would begin the process of putting a tax referendum on the November 2018 ballot in February, according to a city staff report.
Council members will give the ordinance their final approval at their next meeting on Oct. 24.


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Retail inflation rises in October
Country's retail inflation in October rose to 3.58% from 3.28% in September.
Country's retail inflation in October rose to 3.58%, driven by spurt in food prices, the latest data from the Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation showed.
The consumer price index-based inflation in September was at 3.28%.
The inflation numbers also beat the street expectations. Analysts polled by Reuters had expected October's CPI inflation rate at 3.46%.
Food inflation came in at 1.90% in the period under review as against 1.25% in September.
Last week another data showed, that country's industrial production growth slowed in September from a nine-month high in August. The Index of Industrial Production expanded 3.8% in September, as against an upward revised 4.5% in August.


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