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West Africa Educators Conference
November 8 @ 8:00 am - November 10 @ 5:00 pm$200
Theme: The Role of Educators in Addressing Emerging Challenges in West Africa
Venue: University of Ghana, Ghana
Date: November 8-10, 2017
There are several emerging challenges confronting the nations of West Africa including terrorism, militancy, cultism, religious violence, unemployment, access to higher education, curriculum content issues, unemployment, access to ICT and utilization, gender imbalance in education, citizenship and indigeneship issues, conflicting educational systems in West Africa, poverty, diseases, corruption, conflicts and underdevelopment, human rights abuse and climate change issues. These issues require professional discussions and exchange of ideas to address them.
To this end, the EP University College, Ghana; National Association of Women in Colleges of Education (Nigeria), Universal Peace Federation, Awake Africa and their partners are planning to convene the first West Africa Educators Conference to be held at the University of Ghana, Accra.
The conference will bring together educators at various levels, with policy makers and leaders of educational agencies and organizations to deliberate on the theme and sub theme and evolve a strategy that will be helpful in shaping education in West Africa for regional integration, peace and sustainable development.
To book for your seat in advance, please send us an email: firstname.lastname@example.org
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There is a fees to get in and parking is included. Wear comfortable shoes and the ones you want to get muddy. They have a bus to the point but then you have to take the stairs down. I opted out of the bus option and hiked my way down as I wanted to check out the vista points on the way.
Overall…. a much happening place, don’t miss it.

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A seven-year-old Chicago girl was shot and killed Sunday while sitting in a McDonald’s drive-thru with her father, according to authorities and local reports.
Jaslyn Adams, and her 29-year-old father Jontae Adams, were sitting in the drive-thru of a McDonald’s lane when two people exited a gray car and began shooting at Adams’ car, an unidentified McDonald’s employee told the Chicago Sun-Times.
Roughly 30 shell casings were found near the vehicle after the shooting and some of the windows were completely shot out, according to CBS Chicago.
Video footage shot by a bystander shows police pulling Jaslyn out of the vehicle and rush her into an emergency vehicle. A bystander can be heard shouting “Oh shit, they killed a baby!”
— CHICAGO STREETNEWZ & MUSIC (@chicagolegenda1) April 18, 2021
The young girl was struck “multiple times” while the dad was struck in the torso, police said, according to Fox News.
Jontae was taken to the hospital as well and is expected to survive, according to CBS Chicago. (RELATED: Three Officers Injured, One Suspect Dead After Police Chase And Shooting In Georgia)
As of Sunday night no shooter or shooters have been identified and it is unclear if there was a motive, according to the report.
Jaslyn’s family remembered her as “lovable” while talking to CBS Chicago.
“She was just the sweet[est] and outgoing; really talkative; really lovable,” Jaslyn’s aunt Tawny McMullen reportedly said.
Democratic Mayor Lori Lightfoot called the incident “unthinkable” in a tweet late Sunday night.
“I am heartbroken and angered that a 7-year-old child was killed this afternoon on Chicago’s West Side. This unthinkable act of violence has no place here. The epidemic of gun violence cutting our children’s lives short cannot go on.”
I am heartbroken and angered that a 7-year-old child was killed this afternoon on Chicago’s West Side. This unthinkable act of violence has no place here. The epidemic of gun violence cutting our children’s lives short cannot go on.
— Mayor Lori Lightfoot (@chicagosmayor) April 19, 2021
Jaslyn’s death was one of many over the weekend. A Friday night shooting left an 18-year-old dead and a 44-year-old woman wounded, Fox 32 reported. A 25-year-old was shot and killed Saturday morning while he sat in his car with someone else and another car opened fire, according to the report.
The Daily Caller has reached out to the Chicago Police Department but did not receive a response at the time of publication.


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Pasture-Associated Respiratory Disease in HorsesBy Kentucky Equine Research Staff · August 28, 2017
If you’re huffing and puffing over the frustration of managing a horse with equine asthma, steel yourself for a new problem: summer pasture-associated obstructive respiratory disease (SPAORD)*.
According to a recent study on equine allergies**, some horses residing in the southeastern United States and maintained on pasture can develop an allergy to airborne environmental allergens.
“Signs of SPAORD include coughing, excessive airway mucus production, exercise intolerance, and difficulty breathing,” explained Kathleen Crandell, Ph.D., a nutritionist for Kentucky Equine Research (KER).
She added, “Exacerbation of these signs in affected horses tends to occur in the summer months, presumably due to the increase in environmental allergens, such as grass pollen and fungal spores.”
But wait, weren’t we told that horses with heaves (severe equine asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD, recurrent airway obstruction or RAO) should be managed outdoors? In fact, all of the latest research on equine asthma suggests the following:
- Moving stalled horses to an outside environment completely or extending the number of hours horses spend outside;
- Maximizing ventilation when horses are stalled and bedding with low-dust options such as wood byproducts;
- Purchasing dust- or mold-free hay and wetting, soaking, or steaming it prior to feeding to reduce inhaled particles; and
- Offering an alternative feed than hay for low-dust options.
“It appears that SPAOPD is considered more of an allergy rather than an inflammatory condition like heaves. In the case of SPAOPD, intradermal skin testing to identify the trigger followed by allergen-specific immunotherapy or ‘allergy shots’ are currently believed to help affected horses,” Crandell noted.
While research on these apparently similar yet incongruous respiratory conditions continues, one thing is certain: supplementation with omega-3 fatty acids, especially marine-derived EPA and DHA such as those included in EO•3, possess natural anti-inflammatory properties and help horses with respiratory issues.
*Couëtil, L.L., J.M. Cardwell, V. Gerber, et al. 2016. Inflammatory airway disease of horses—Revised consensus statement. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine. 30(2):503-515.
**Lane, M.J., C.M. Pucheu-Haston, M.T. Kearney, et al. Determination of irritant threshold concentrations of multiple tree, grass, weed and mould allergens for intradermal testing of horses residing in the southern USA. Veterinary Dermatology. In press.

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A romantic comedy for the End of Days, How to Survive an Apocalypse follows Jen and Tim, a young and successful urban couple who become convinced that their party lifestyle is coming to an end. They become “preppers,” hoarding supplies and learning to hunt. But their obsession takes its toll, and they are forced to imagine the apocalypse without the love of their life.
News About How to Survive an Apocalypse at Desert Ensemble Theatre Company
BWW Preview: HOW TO SURVIVE AN APOCALYPSE is Coming to Desert Ensemble Theatre Company
March 05, 2020
Desert Ensemble Theatre Company's ninth season continues with HOW TO SURVIVE AN APOCALYPSE by Jordan Hall. The production opens Friday, March 13 and runs weekends through Sunday, March 22 at the Pearl McManus Theatre, Palm Springs Woman's Club, 314 S. Cahuilla Rd. Tickets are $28 and are available at www.DETCTheatre.org.
BWW Interview: Joel Vig of ADOPTION ROULETTE at Desert Ensemble Theater
January 19, 2020
Desert Ensemble Theatre Company's (DETC's) ninth season continues with the world premiere production of ADOPTION ROULETTE, by Elizabeth Fuller and Joel Vig. Shawn Abramowitz directs a three-person cast headed by Yo Younger. Adina Lawson and Fergus Loughnane each play multiple roles. The run begins on January 31st.
BWW Interview: Jerome Elliott of Desert Ensemble Theatre Company on the Season Opening Gala
October 16, 2019
Desert Ensemble Theatre Company's (DETC's) ninth season gets underway on October 25th and 26th with its signature season opening a benefit for the company's theatre internship program and scholarship fund. The first performance is a gala event featuring hors d'oeuvres, wine and desserts.
Desert Ensemble Theatre Presents ON THE TWENTY FIRST CENTURY
October 16, 2019
Desert Ensemble Theatre Company's Ninth Season gets underway October 25-26 with its signature Season Opening Gala, a benefit for the company's Theatre Internship Program and Scholarship Fund.
Desert Ensemble Theatre Season Announced - Tickets Now On Sale
June 12, 2019
Desert Ensemble Theatre Company (DETC) today announced the company's ninth season.
DETC Announces Upcoming 2019-20 Season Which Includes ADOPTION ROULETTE and MAN AND WIFE
June 14, 2019
Desert Ensemble Theatre Company (DETC) announced its ninth anniversary season which will include a musical revue 'On The Twenty-First Century' and the award winning plays 'Adoption Roulette', 'Surviving The Apocolypse' and 'Man And Wife'.Artistic Director Jerome Elliott stated: "In reading scripts for 2019-20, we reaffirmed our commitment to providing Desert audiences an experience of adventure and discovery with a season of inventive and groundbreaking theatre. This process led us to a diverse group of plays including a world premiere and two new works not previously produced in Southern California."
Desert Ensemble Theatre Company Frequently Asked Questions
What shows are coming up next at Desert Ensemble Theatre Company
Man & Wife (4/17-4/26)
Where is Desert Ensemble Theatre Company located?
Desert Ensemble Theatre Company is at 314 S. Cahuilla Rd., Palm Springs.
What shows have played recently at Desert Ensemble Theatre Company
Man & Wife (4/17/20-4/26/20)
How to Survive an Apocalypse (3/13/20-3/22/20)
Adoption Roulette - A World Premiere (1/31/20-2/2/20)
On the Twenty-First Century (10/25/19-10/26/19)
Graceland/Asleep on the Wind (4/19/19-4/28/19)
For a Reason (2/8/19-2/17/19)
Double Time (11/2/18-11/3/18)

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Published on: Feb 2, 2023
Logistics Tech Outlook magazine offers professionals the most widespread collection of technology information for the logistics market. For an article in this magazine, our colleagues Arjen Vos (Director Strategy & Development) and Allart van de Schootbrugge (Account Manager) were interviewed to provide insight into AWL's game-changing robotic solutions for the logistics sector.
The long-troubling human factor in the logistics market elicits the crucial question, "are companies equipped with enough hands to do the real work and against an acceptable cost level?" Further compounding this labour mismatch is the repetitive nature of the work combined with increasing consumer demands for faster and even specific delivery times. In the wake of a skilled labor shortage and rising labour costs, the logistics industry is turning to automation to replace the routine tasks of picking and packing goods in the warehouse.
Force multiplying automation with its game-changing solutions for the logistics industry is AWL, a high-tech machine builder specializing in technology integration, logistics automation, and assembly techniques. AWL solves numerous operational and labor-related logistics challenges with its robotic singulating and depalletizing machines, ROSI and RODE, respectively. Material handling providers that work with machines can easily integrate AWL's robot modules into their systems. Its industrial robots are vigorously built for the warehouse environment.
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AWL's robotic singulating and depalletizing solutions remove human labour from piece and item picking as well as from sorting and singulating parcels in e-grocery and parcel post distribution. The company's optimized vision systems are especially beneficial in industries where robots are unable to distinguish a certain set of SKUs from inventories such as apparel, which often have irregular packaging.
ROSI is designed with high-tech gripper technology to carefully handle customers' parcels with the capability to complete up to 1,700 picks per hour. Built with deep learning vision software, ROSI offers optimized lighting conditions, which allow it to easily recognize similarly coloured items from bulk or sorted goods. Compact and mobile, ROSI's Plug&Play capability allows it to be both versatile and suitable for any task that involves singulating.
AWL's RODE is a random mixed depalletizing solution that is integrated with advanced machine learning and also utilizes soft-gripping technology to carefully handle parcels. Built with vision software, it determines grasp poses per item and optimizes speed by measuring weight on-the-fly. RODE has the ability to carry out reorientation of the parcel based on label detection and requires no human intervention to pick boxes from unstable stacked pallets.
Competent centre of engineers
As a result of being in the automotive business, AWL's emphasis on industrial robustness along with its creativity and competency in engineering is what sets the company apart. It has a competent centre of engineers that are able to address any unforeseen circumstances that can arise in projects. Logistics customers are often anxious to step into robotics because of such unpredictable circumstances, but AWL's Experience Centre showcases its ability to help customers and prove its commitment to the job.
R&D teams with focus
When setting out into the logistics markets, AWL envisioned being an enabler, in order to move the market as a whole further into automation. The company set up several teams within its R&D department to focus on vision, gripping, robotics and vacuum technology. The teams continue to investigate available techniques to develop or combine and integrate into one machine and test them.
AWL stands unique among its peers in material handling as it zeroes in on refining the process of developing a solution rather than just the solution itself. If a machine with vision and gripper technologies does not work properly, AWL works on integrating these parameters on a higher level to yield the maximum performance.
The company's novel approach to formulating ideas and technologies on an innovation roadmap for the logistics market, also separates it from its automotive peers that opt for more project-based delivery. Miles ahead with its vision technology and vision knowledge paired with its 30 years of experience in robotics, AWL is proving to be a game changer in warehouse automation.
AWL’s robotic singulating and depalletizing solutions remove human labour from piece and item picking as well as from sorting and singulating parcels in e-grocery and parcel post distribution.''
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Here is how to find and complete the new Fortbyte 36 Location is accessible by a Sentinel on a Frozen Island challenge in under 60 seconds.
Fortnite Season 9 is officially here and with it comes several interesting additions to the game. Slipstreams that let you fly inside of them and Sky Platforms which are very similar to Apex Legends Dropship. Season 9 introduces new locations in Neo Tilted and Mega mall. Finally, the newest weapon, the Combat Shotgun, makes its formal introduction. The video below shows you exactly how to access Fortbyte 36.
However, its the Fortbytes that are the most mysterious addition of all. Fortbytes are like micro chip pieces that open up the Storyline for Fortnite Season 9.
How Fortbytes Work
Players need to complete the challenge in order to get the Fortbyte #36. Fortbytes are like tinny micro chip that players will try to complete in order to get a secret image closely linked to the Season 9 storyline. However, there are over 100 Fortbytes. Fortnite Season 9 opening day gives access to 18 Fortbytes.
Don’t feel like you have to complete them in a rush because they will all take time. Each day there will be a new Fortbyte announcement. Fortbytes can be earned via leveling up the battle pass, a certain XP accumulated, or finding the location of the Fortbyte piece. Here is a look at the first Fortbyte Location a Frozen Island.
The statement for Fortbyte 36 is accessible by a Sentinel on a Frozen Island. So where is this Frozen Island? The frozen island is located at the Southwest tip of the map. Players need to play as a Sentinel in order to access the island and get the Fortbyte.
So simply fly to the Southwestern tip of the map and you will be able to see the Fortbyte 36. You also need a Fortnite Season 9 Battle Pass.
Video of Location
Here is a look at, Youtuber HarryNinetyFour who includes a specific flyby video of Fortbyte 36.

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Shillong (IANS) Meghalaya Police on Wednesday filed a charge sheet against former Bangladesh minister Salahuddin Ahmed for trespassing into India.
“We have filed a charge sheet against Salahuddin Ahmed in the court of additional deputy commissioner judicial B. Mawrie under Section 14 of the Foreigners Act on charges of illegally entering India,” Vivek Syiem, police chief of Shillong city, told IANS.
Ahmed, the communications minister and parliamentarian during the government of BNP leader Khaleda Zia from 2001-06, was arrested on May 11 after people alerted authorities about some suspicious movements by a man in an area here.
Police have registered a case against him under the Foreigners Act on charges of illegally entering India after he failed to produce his travel documents. He also did not have any papers to prove his identity and citizenship.
Ahmed – the joint secretary general and spokesman of the opposition BNP – claimed he was kidnapped by unidentified people from Uttara area in Dhaka on March 10. He said he does not remember how he came to Meghalaya.
On May 27, the court of chief judicial magistrate K.M. Lyngdoh Nongbri had remanded Ahmed to 14 days’ judicial custody after he was discharged from the North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences.
“He is still undergoing treatment in the hospital and doctors treating him (Ahmed) are evaluating his health status,” a NEIGRIHMS official said.


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Q. Does the Library have scanners?
Yes, we are very excited because the library just purchased two new scanners during the summer of 2013 that are located on the main floor of the library next to the stairwell and the entrance to the Learning Commons. Both will scan books, photos, and documents (maximum of 15-20 pages at one time.) These new scanners will scan book chapters and documents to your eMail account, to Google Docs, to your Smartphone, and to a USB Drive. A USB drive should be used to scan Photos. It is best to bring your own USB drive; however, in an emergency, we can lend you a USB drive, which you can obtain at the Circulation Desk. We also sell USB drives for $5.

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NEW YORK (AP) — PepsiCo Inc. said Thursday that it will create a new position to oversee its Gatorade and Tropicana brands in North America, marking the company's latest push to build up its core brands.
The Purchase, N.Y.-based company named Debra Crew, who currently heads its Western European business, to president of PepsiCo Americas Beverages. Crew will also be in charge of the Latin America beverage unit, as well as smaller brands such as Naked and Izze.
Crew will report to Al Carey, who was named to CEO of PepsiCo Americas Beverages last fall. Carey will still have direct responsibility for the company's soda business.
In February, PepsiCo declared that it would "reset" its business this year, in large part by strengthening flagship brands such as Gatorade and Tropicana. The company is also stepping up marketing for its namesake soda, which has lost market share to The Coca-Cola in the U.S. in recent years. In March, the company revamped its management structure.
PepsiCo also said Thursday that Sarah Robb O'Hagan, who served as president of Gatorade since 2011, is leaving the company. A replacement wasn't named for O'Hagan, who will become president of Equinox fitness club.
Although soda sales have been flagging in recent years, sports drinks have remained an important growth area for PepsiCo and Coca-Cola, which owns Powerade.
John Sicher, editor of the industry tracker Beverage Digest, noted that PepsiCo in recent years has expanded Gatorade from a beverage line to a broader "sports nutrition business." Although O'Hagan was well regarded for her leadership, Sicher said her departure gives PepsiCo a chance to take a fresh look at the brand.
Gatorade remains the market leader in sports drinks, but Powerade has been gaining; last year, Gatorade volume was up 2.4 percent, while Powerade's rose 9.7 percent.
After disappointing sales, PepsiCo also plans to pull its low-calorie Gatorade Fit from the shelves after this year. The line will be revamped and relaunched in 2014.

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'I love a debate' - Samantha Mumba gearing up to be guest host on ITV's Loose Women
Samantha Mumba has told how she would "absolutely" be interested in joining ITV chat show Loose Women as a host.
The Drumcondra woman (35) will be a guest host on today's programme, just a week on from being invited on the show as a guest. If she impresses again, the singer reckons she could see herself there again.
"Absolutely. I'm a big fan of the show, I have been watching it for years anytime I am home," she said.
"I'm going to be a guest panellist. I genuinely had a ball doing it. I really like the girls. I love a debate and a back and forth conversation anyway. Baby steps. I'll chance my arm. Let me see how I get on."
It marks a return to presenting for Samantha, who guest-hosted several episodes of TV3's The Six O'Clock Show last year, after appearing on Celebrity MasterChef.
During her guest appearance on the chat show last week, Samantha said she planned to homeschool daughter Sage (3) in Los Angeles, where she lives with husband Torray Scales.
"We're probably going to do the homeschooling thing," she said.
"I know certainly in Ireland and England it wouldn't be as common, whereas in LA, where we live, it's incredible.
"There's a homeschool teacher who comes weekly to check in and make sure they are on point. We've another few years, but that's the direction we're going."
The Gotta Tell You singer described her daughter as her "soulmate".
"I'm sure before I had kids I probably would have been rolling my eyes at someone saying that but she is the best thing that's happened to me. I adore her. She's totally a little soulmate of mine," she said.
Samantha has been in Ireland for the last few weeks and returned to the stage when she performed at the after-party for Dublin Pride.
Asked if she would be open to judging Ireland's Got Talent one day, she said: "I don't know, I'd have to figure that out."

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Come to Kenya and explore a beautiful savannahs and marvel at the abundant wildlife. While most travelers come to Kenya for a safari, it’s the people of Kenya that make your adventure so memorable. Highlights in Kenya include watching a wildlife migration in the Masai Mara, learning about the incredible culture of the Maasai people, or a safari in any number of locations. If you’ve ever wanted to explore East Africa, make sure a stop in Kenya in in your plans.Read More
- Spend more time on Safari as you fly between parks.
- Seek out big game on a safari in Serengeti National Park
- Experience Maasai ancestral traditions at a “boma”
- See wildlife on a Bush Walking Safari in Maasai Mara
- Visit the incredible Serengeti!
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Do you know this moment when you are about to do something incredible stupid and you just go “why not”?
Yea- that was me when I was about to order this book. At first I had to wheeze so hard cuz the tITLE ITSELF AND THE COVER IS JUST- w hAT DID I JUST STUMBLED ACROSS?
But then i ordered it cuz why not have a book about a cute boyo with a cute bag and an unicorn father??? that sound pretty normal to me huh I mean I’m sure my dad is an unicorn too.
AND LET ME TELL YOU- this was and is a masterpiece i was holding. The art is very cute and beautifully and clean (never forget to mention how great artist can draw cuz they poured their soul in learning it) and story itself is as hilarious as the cover and name. The name says it all. Chaos and laughter is bound to happen.
i really recommend it if you want to have a lighter read and just wanna laugh cuz hell yeah who doesn’t want feel-good hormones

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WASHINGTON: Chris Brown was fined by Amsterdam police for riding a bike without a license plate.
The 27-year-old singer took to his Instagram page to share a selfie video after the incident to talk about the result of his “bike life,” reports E! Online.
The ‘Look at Me Now’ hit-maker explained that he had to pay a “damn fine” at the police station because his bike didn’t have a “tag.”
In another clip, he added a “public service announcement” for kids and advised them not to ride motor cycles without a number plate.
Brown added the police handling his situation is really nice and they are “cool as s--t. For real.”
Later, in a friend’s Instagram video, he said, “You gotta pay a fine if you don't have no f--king tags."
Brown is currently touring Europe and is in Amsterdam to perform at the Ziggo Dome.

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Together we can make our library a crowdfunding winner. We need to raise £6,500 by September and could attract funding from the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan.
Neha Dhakar, Social Enterprise Manager – Partnership Library says there are plenty of ideas for making the library a vibrant centre for social, cultural and educational projects.
Underpinning the project is the idea that the library should become a multipurpose space where people can develop their interests and spend time in a stimulating and inclusive environment.
Activities planned for the library include a bike repair and cycle club with Equal Bikes and community organisation The Hope of Childs Hill, coffee mornings run by local residents for senior citizens, a book club, film club, autism and learning disability workshops, language classes and family picnics and vintage fairs in the garden. Read more about the project and join the crowdfunding campaign at: https://www.spacehive.com/childshilllibraryproject<< Back


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Chris Wallace: No One Should Be ‘Rooting for’ Mueller Report to Show Trump Committed a Crime
WALLACE: "Well, look, it depends on what is in the Mueller report. You know, the idea that anybody would like it if it showed that the President had committed a crime, you know, nobody should be rooting for that outcome. It would obviously be terrible news for the country. If, and I repeat, if it were to show that, but there’s no question to get to your bigger point that whatever Mueller comes out with — first of all, it goes to the Attorney General, Bill Barr. It’s a confidential report according to the statute and he then decides how much to release to Congress and how much to release to the public. But regardless of what he decides, this isn’t going to be the end of it. First of all, because if he doesn’t release everything, there will be subpoenas by House Democratic chairmen to try to either subpoena the report, to subpoena Mueller, to subpoena Bill Barr to get everything they can, and as you pointed out, Adam Schiff, chair of the House Intelligence Committee is talking about a bunch of other issues that haven’t been covered by the Mueller report like questions of financial dealings between the trump organization and Russia that he says he’s going to pursue in any case. So this is going to be an issue up right up to and through the 2020 presidential election."


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ARTICLES: The Tensions Between Protecting the Innocent and the Objectives of Capital Punishment
A recent article in the Justice Quarterly by Professor James Acker (pictured) and Rose Bellandi of the University at Albany, New York, examined whether there is an irreconcilable conflict between recent reforms to prevent the execution of the innocent and the traditional goals of capital punishment. The authors studied recent changes to Maryland’s death penalty statute that were designed to reduce the risk of wrongful executions while trying to maintain the death penalty for the most heinous crimes. Maryland's law requires either biological evidence of guilt, a videotaped confession, or a video conclusively linking the defendant to a murder as a prerequisite to seeking a death sentence. The authors concluded that such a statute will not impose the death penalty on the worst offenders, but only on those whose cases contain certain evidence of guilt: “No one supports executing the innocent. Yet, many support executing those who are guilty of heinous crimes. How to guard against the former risk while advancing the latter objective evokes special challenges, if not paradoxes of sufficient magnitude that suggest that the twin goals defy reconciliation.” Acker and Bellandi further add that even these protections will not be infallible, and that the Maryland Commission on Capital Punishment recommended abolition of the death penalty.
(J. Acker and R. Bellandi, “Firmament or Folly? Protecting the Innocent, Promoting Capital Punishment, and the Paradoxes of Reconciliation,” 29 Justice Quarterly 287 (April 2012); DPIC posted June 4, 2012). See Innocence. Read more Articles on the death penalty. Listen to DPIC's podcast on Arbitrariness.


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Yeah. . . What an idea! I thought I could just take a couple of days out of my spring break (since Jess and I are not going on our cruise until after school breaks for summer) and redecorate my bathrooms. Well instead of two days as planned. . . . it has come to a total of four!! YIKES!
I decided to paint the hall bath chocolate brown and turquoise! Love these colors, but was a little nervous AFTER I had purchased the paint-no turning back now!!
I even got some giggles from Jess and my sister-they thought it looked like I was opening up a Mexican Cantina in my bathroom. I just need a sign to says
"B.Y.O.T Bring Your Own Toilet Paper!!"
But in the end everything came together in a fun way.
Here is our bathroom. I took the colors we had in our bedroom and just continued them into the bathroom. Nothing too intimidating!
Oh and I have to give a plug for the wonderful invention of a SHARK Steam Cleaner!! I purchased one the other day and love it!! If you ever need to deep clean (or are a clean freak like me and hate using those nasty chemicals all the time) this cleaner does wonders and its just cool water that is generated into steam! A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!!
You know when you are getting older... when painting/redecorating and cleaning machines excites you!!


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The Ori (pronounced or-eye; alternate spelling "Orii") are a collective of Ascended Beings who manifest themselves in a wall of fire in the City of the Gods on the Plains of Celestis.
Millions upon millions of years ago in an unidentified galaxy, the human race known as the Ancients were called the Altera. They left their home galaxy and found the Milky Way and decided to make a new home there. They called this new home "Avalon" and built a Stargate network. Five to ten million years ago, these Ancients' existence was threatened by a plague which swept through the galaxy. Some of the Ancients left the Milky Way Galaxy in the city-ship "Atlantis" where they found a new home in the Pegasus Galaxy. Some of them learned to ascend to a higher plane of existence, shedding their physical bodies and becoming a form of intelligent energy (called Ascended Beings). Those who remained and could not ascend died of the plague. After this galactic devastation, there was a group of Ancients who used the advanced weapon on Dakara to reseed the galaxy with life, thus creating the second evolution of humanity. (6.22 "Full Circle", 8.18 "Threads", 9.02 "Avalon Part 2"; Stargate Atlantis: 1.01 "Rising Part 1")
The galaxy the Alterans left behind those millions upon millions of years ago was not left unpopulated. There were others who also learned to ascend. Those Ascended Beings came to be known as the Ori. Currently, the assumption is that the Ori were once human like the Alterans, but the nature of the relationship between these humans and the Alterans at the point when the Alterans left is not known. (9.03 "Origin Part 3")
The Ori's philosophy is nearly a direct opposite of that of the Ascended Ancients (also known as The Others). Whereas The Others established rules of non-interference concerning the "lowers", those in the corporeal plane of existence, the Ori believed that it was their destiny to show the lowers the Path to Enlightenment (ascension) and share the knowledge of the universe with them. They felt it only fair that in giving this enlightenment that the humans in turn show reverence toward them and their power and worship them as gods. If a human repudiated the Ori as his gods, he was placed in a sacrificial fire where either his soul was found true and allowed to join the Ori or his existence was reduced to dust. (6.22 "Full Circle", 9.03 "Origin Part 3")
The Others knew of the Ori and their ways and thus decided to hide the existence of the second evolution of humans in the Milky Way Galaxy. For millions of years, the Ori did not know that the Alteran Ancients had created life in their new home galaxy. In the meantime, the Ori apparently created their second evolution of humanity in the same manner and at basically the same time. They wrote a book, The Book of Origin, as a holy scripture to keep their human population under control. In this book, the Ori say that their position as humanity's creators gives them the power of gods and that they should be treated as such. (9.03 "Origin Part 3")
Upon discovering what was left of Avalon on Earth and that it was linked to the Alteran Ancients, Daniel Jackson hypothesized the possibly of there being an advanced civilization of Ancients living as humans in their home galaxy. He thought that some of the Ancients who left the Pegasus Galaxy 10,000 years ago might have returned home to that galaxy far, far away. After determining that a piece of Ancient technology found among the treasures of Avalon in the Glastonbury Tor was an intergalactic communications device, Daniel asked that he attempt contact to see if there might still exist an Ancient civilization which would share their knowledge and technology. (9.02 "Avalon Part 2")
Unfortunately, Daniel's use of the communications device brought the existence of humanity in the Milky Way Galaxy to the Ori's attention. Because they believe that all humanity is their creation, the Ori have decided to spread their doctrine, called "Origin", to the unbelievers. It is the dawn of a new age for the Ori. They've begun dispatching their missionaries, called Priors, through the Stargates and building spaceships with highly-trained militia which will lead a crusade in the Milky Way Galaxy. (9.02 "Avalon Part 2", 9.03 "Origin Part 3")
Stargate Command and the Free Jaffa Nation are now aware of the Ori and their intent. It is now their mission to inform the rest of humanity throughout the galaxy of the Ori and their doctrine — the doctrine which dictates that those who reject them will be destroyed. (9.03 "Origin Part 3")
"Origin" is the religious doctrine set forth in The Book of Origin. Within the book's pages are stories of people with whom a human can relate which show the advantages and disadvantages of accepting the Ori as gods. The icon of this religion is fire, something which gives off light and warmth. The fact that on Earth this icon has evil or Satanic associations in many religions prompted Daniel to wonder if the Ancients had influenced this negative connotation in order to identify the threat the Ori pose if they were ever discovered by Earth's humanity. (9.03 "Origin Part 3")
Because the Ori are Ascended Beings, they have great powers. These powers have been demonstrated by Ascended Beings such as Oma Desala, Shifu, Orlin, and even Daniel, when he was ascended himself. Daniel is also aware of the "infinite" knowledge of the Ancients which includes a greater understanding of the universe. He discovered that this vast knowledge was buried in his subconscious mind, a gift left to him by Oma upon his return to human form, but after his second ascension, it is possible that this knowledge was erased by The Others before he was returned to human form once again (whether or not Daniel possesses this knowledge has not yet been addressed). The Others and the Ori possess this vast knowledge and power and it is the difference in their philosophies on how much to use and share that knowledge and power which separates them. (3.20 "Maternal Instinct", 4.17 "Absolute Power", 5.03 "Ascension", 5.21 "Meridian", 6.06 "Abyss", 6.19 "Changeling", 6.22 "Full Circle", 7.01 "Fallen Part 1", 8.16 "Reckoning Part 1", 8.17 "Reckoning Part 2", 8.18 "Threads", 9.03 "Origin Part 3")
The Ori and Origin have levels of authority:
|The Ori themselves occupy their religion's highest placement, claiming to be gods and the creators of humanity. They possess tremendous powers and a greater understanding of the universe as Ascended Beings. Individual entities of the Ori speak of themselves in the plural which might be considered acknowledgement that no single Ori entity is of higher authority than another. As a collective, they manifest themselves in a wall of fire, seen from the balcony of a temple in the City of the Gods, and attended to by the Doci, the one who speaks the word of the Ori. (9.03 "Origin Part 3")|
|When Daniel wished to talk with the Ori, he asked that he speak with the Doci, the one who speaks the word of the Ori. Daniel studied The Book of Origin and used the story of Egidius of Vil Dare to form his request — his "need to speak of things that can only be spoken in the light of the fire." Individual Ori entities take temporary possession of the Doci and use his voice to communicate. The Doci, however, seems to remain self-aware during this possession. Daniel conversed with an Ori directly through the Doci and learned of the parting of ways between the Ori and the Alterans. The Doci is an advanced human who has been given powers by the Ori, including the ability to read minds. The Doci knew Daniel's name and homeworld without Daniel's ever having spoken them. The Doci also knew of the Stargate address of a planet, P3X-421, which had an SGC presence there and sent a Prior to rendezvous with them. What other information the Doci or the Ori obtained from Daniel's mind remains to be seen. (9.03 "Origin Part 3")|
|Priors of the Ori are advanced humans who have also been given great powers by the Ori. They are revered by the worshippers and the people bow to them when in their presence. Priors carry wooden staffs decorated with the symbol of the Ori and topped with a blue orb. This orb glows when the Prior puts forth his mental powers, perhaps amplifying them. Priors, along with their staffs, have the ability to heal and resurrect people, as well as cause their deaths by controlling the victim's breathing, resulting in suffocation. They have telekinetic abilities, command of fire, and the ability to interact with Ancient technology. They can also sacrifice themselves by setting themselves on fire, leaving no trace of their existence afterwards. It is possible that this is how Priors ascend. (9.02 "Avalon Part 2", 9.03 "Origin Part 3")|
|The Administrator is a human who is a religious leader and supervises the worship of the Ori within his village. He acts as judge, jury, and executioner if a person is thought to be "overcome" or a heretic. The Administrator met by Daniel Jackson and Vala Mal Doran in the village of Ver Ager was promoted to become a Prior. This promotion was given to him directly by the Ori and advanced him in his evolution, giving him the powers of the Priors. (9.02 "Avalon Part 2", 9.03 "Origin Part 3")|
|Humans in the Ori's home galaxy are apparently the second evolution of their kind, just as humanity is in the Milky Way Galaxy. These people are worshippers of the Ori and are not technologically advanced. Their level of development is similar to the Middle Ages of Europe. They are forbidden to explore the old burial grounds and investigate their own history because those acts would bring to light the fact that the Ori have been keeping the truth of their creation and existence from them. Heretics of Ver Ager have uncovered Ancient technology, including the intergalactic communications terminal and communications stones, and hidden them in various places in the village, hoping to build their numbers before challenging the Ori. (9.02 "Avalon Part 2", 9.03 "Origin Part 3")|
New Age of the Ori
The new age of the Ori was started when the Ori became aware of the existence of humanity in the Milky Way Galaxy. They are eager to share Origin with these humans and offer the Path of Enlightenment, with the condition that they be worshipped as gods and humanity's creators. However, if they are rejected, the Ori are prepared to destroy the very lives which they claim they wish to advance. (9.03 "Origin Part 3")
|This Prior was the first Ori representative in the Milky Way Galaxy, sent by the Doci to the planet with the designation of P3X-421. This planet was populated by the former slaves of a Goa'uld who had been overthrown. The SGC had an anthropologist, Dr. Lindsay, working with these people so that they could carry on independently. The Prior told wonderful stories and performed miracles to gain the people's interest in Origin. The Doci learned of this planet from Daniel's mind and knew that the SGC would take interest in the Prior and take him back to the base to help in severing Daniel and Vala from the psychic link they had with the married couple Harrid and Sallis in the Ori's home galaxy. The Prior enthusiastically shared Origin with Gerak, the new leader of the Free Jaffa Nation, because Gerak said that the Jaffa had long been interested in enlightenment (through the reverence of Kheb and Ascended Beings). But, when Daniel and Vala temporarily got the link going both ways and awoke long enough to warn Dr. Lam and Dr. Lee of the Ori threat, the Prior, realizing he had no other means of escape, set himself on fire, leaving no traces of himself behind. (3.20 "Maternal Instinct", 5.18 "The Warrior", 9.03 "Origin Part 3")|
- Doci – There appears to be only one Doci. He is an advanced human with many powers given to him by the Ori. He met with Daniel Jackson and told him of the Ori's plan to enlighten humanity in the Milky Way Galaxy. Any individuals who defy or reject the Ori will be destroyed. The Doci commands the Priors and dispatches them to their destinations. He also is the leader of the militia being assembled which will use spacecraft to invade the Milky Way. (9.03 "Origin Part 3")
- Priors of the Ori – These advanced humans, given their powers by the Ori, do not identify themselves by name, but simply as a "Prior of the Ori". They wear grey hooded tunics and carry staffs decorated with the symbol of the Ori. These staffs are topped with blue orbs which glow when activated. It is possible that some of their powers come from the orb or are amplified by it. Priors have no qualms about self-sacrifice and those sent to the Milky Way through the Stargate know that their trips are most likely one way. (9.02 "Avalon Part 2", 9.03 "Origin Part 3")
- None known
- Ascended Ancients – The Alteran Ancients who learned to ascend have kept the existence of human life in the Milky Way Galaxy a secret from the Ori. The Ori consider the Ascended Ancients (The Others) as "evil" because they have withheld the power and secrets of the universe from "lowers". The Ori call them "selfish" for keeping their existence and power a secret from humanity. (9.03 "Origin Part 3")
- Stargate Command (SGC) - Now knowing the threat that the Ori pose to the free will and existence of all humanity in the Milky Way Galaxy, and possibly other galaxies, the members of Earth's Stargate Command realize that part of their mission will be to educate the many former Goa'uld slaves on the message of Origin and the false gods it promotes. They know that they cannot rely upon the help of The Others (also called the Ancients) because of their rules of non-intererence in matters pertaining to the corporeal plane. (9.03 "Origin Part 3")
- Villagers of Ver Ager - Heretics among the human population in the Ori's home galaxy have been gathering Ancient artifacts in secret. The investigation into their planet's history has revealed that there was a race of humans who predate their own creation. The existence of this older race of humans sheds doubt on the word and intention of the Ori who claim to be the creators of humanity. (9.02 "Avalon Part 2", 9.03 "Origin Part 3")
- Dr. Daniel Jackson
- Dr. Carolyn Lam
- Dr. Bill Lee
- Dr. Lindsay
- Oma Desala
- The Others
- Priors of the Ori
- Vala Mal Doran
- Ancient Communications Stones
- Ancient Communications Terminal
- Ascended Beings
- Free Jaffa Nation
- Stargate Command (SGC)
- Weapon on Dakara
- 3.02 "Maternal Instinct"
- 4.17 "Absolute Power"
- 5.03 "Ascension"
- 5.18 "The Warrior"
- 5.21 "Meridian"
- 6.06 "Abyss"
- 6.19 "Changeling"
- 6.22 "Full Circle"
- 7.01 "Fallen Part 1"
- 8.16 "Reckoning Part 1"
- 8.17 "Reckoning Part 2"
- 8.18 "Threads"
- Stargate Atlantis
--DeeKayP 18:47, 1 Aug 2005 (PDT)


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Apache's Sweet Surrender
Can true love conquer all, including time? 100 years ago, Apache Grey eagle was cursed. Trapped in a time and place where everything is forbidden to him, he is banished from his people. The only thing that can save him is true love. Desperate to escape his horrible prison, he longs to feel the tendrils of love and break his bonds. He nearly gives up hope, until she arrives.... City girl by birth and upbringing, Sarah`s heart is for the country. Her longing for something more than the fast life sets her apart from her city-dwelling friends. The minute she drove up the drive of the old country house, she fell in love. Drawn to the old homestead, she hunkers down to live out her dreams. Little does she know, that there are more than just broken fences waiting for her. Time will tell if she has the courage to mend all that is broken in her new home...
- Paperback | 296 pages
- 127 x 203.2 x 17.02mm | 390.09g
- 14 Feb 2015
- Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
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It is for their rivers and their lakes “fair jumping with salmon” that playwright Frank Mc Guinness’s Ulstermen charge to their death in the Battle of the Somme.
In his play Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme, revived for 2016 in theatres in Dublin and Belfast and London, he located his Ulstermen going into their tragic battle as natives of this beautiful island, springing from its soil and sustained by its waters.
This was a huge and important imaginative leap for a playwright who grew up on the border during the Troubles, in a Catholic, nationalist tradition which explicitly rejected the Protestant tradition as an invasive species.
Why does this memory keep recurring as we prepare to leave 2016 behind? Because the most unlikely outcome of this year of remembrance is that a United Ireland is back on the agenda. And for me it is back on the agenda because we live on a small island and nature knows no borders.
People are talking of “hard” and “soft” borders but few seem concerned at the possible impact of Brexit on Ireland’s environment. There is next to no environmental law which does not originate in the EU.
As Tony Lowes of Friends of the Irish Environment says, without EU environmental law “We are the emperor with no clothes”. And he points to the interesting fact that Northern unionists may have fiercely rejected union with the South but have not rejected being ruled by EU law.
With Northern Ireland out of the EU the Assembly will not have to translate EU directives into national law. They can even take out the bits that are in there.
This would impact implementation of the Water Framework Directive which protects our freshwater systems and the Habitats Directive which protects our biodiversity on this side of the border. In some cases and in some places it would make implementation impossible.
Green Party MLA Steven Agnew says the implications of Brexit for the North’s environment have made some steadfast unionist Greens, who even campaigned against the Greens becoming an all-Ireland party in 2004, call for a United Ireland.
Coming himself from a strong loyalist community, he says he experienced the Brexit vote as a body blow. With the leaders of Alliance, Sinn Fein and the SDLP he has taken a case, which is being considered by the UK Supreme Court, that triggering Article 50 to leave the EU is inconsistent with the terms of the Good Friday Agreement.
“Control in an independent state in the context of the international environmental challenge is a nonsense”, he says.
Because Northern Ireland’s environmental law is completely devolved and he worries where a DUP-led administration will lead when it comes to the environment: “Sammy Wilson’s attitude is we are responsible for 3% of UK greenhouse gas emissions, we can do whatever we like”, he says.
Every time the North backs out of a commitment under EU environmental legislation the whole island will be impacted. Agnew points to the implications for water quality of the Assembly vote to stop installing water metres in new houses.
We are as bad ourselves, of course. The Republic’s implementation of the Water Framework and Habitats Directives has been so poor that in many cases the directives might as well not have been there.
But they are there. That is important. The directives and our EU commitments on climate change are the only hopes we have that this island can ever be prosperous, peaceful, clean and green.
The truth is that even if there is no “hard” border for people there will be a renewed attempt to draw a “hard” border for natural resources. There has been a dispute between North and South about the ownership of the waters of Loughs Foyle and Carlingford, for instance.
After the Good Friday Agreement it was kicked to touch by way of the Loughs Agency. But the Brexit vote was barely in before the new secretary of state of Northern Ireland, James Brokenshire was claiming that all of Lough Foyle was in the UK.
Louth county councillor Mark Dearey (GP) thinks it’s quite possible the UK will attempt to claim Carlingford Lough as well as there is dispute as to where the high water mark is and what it means for control of the lough.
He paints a compelling picture of how interconnected our natural resources are along the border: “Three-quarters of Co Louth is in the Neagh/Bann River Basin. The River Fane rises in Monaghan, flows to Armagh, it is the border for seven miles before ending up in Co Louth where it supplies 40,000 people with their drinking water.”
There is already evidence of diesel-laundering going on along the border and affecting water quality to the point that it is explicitly monitored before the water reaches the taps. Dearey accepts the EU water directive is not working as it should.
But he says Brexit threatens every shred of regulation protecting natural resources in border counties. As an example he mentions the “toothless” Loughs Agency and says mussel dredging is still happening in Carlingford Lough where bird life is being affected.
But having an agency which could potentially co-ordinate North and South to protect the Lough is far better than having none.
The possible implications of Brexit for the natural environment of this divided island go on and on. Dearey questions whether Northern farmers will continue to accept an intervention price for their beef, for instance.
Will there be pressure on them to compete globally by using growth hormones and how could the South protect its food chain?
Brokenshire has already said the UK will withdraw from the EU Common Fisheries Policy and it is policy which few environmentally-minded people can support.
But what fair and sustainable fishing policy is possible in our waters if UK fishermen are not part of it? The fish don’t observe any borders and rising water temperatures are changing their migratory habits.
Who and how will disputes between Irish and UK fisherfolk we resolved if the UK does not recognise the European Court of Justice?
I’m writing this from the north-western tip of the island. We drove from Dublin to get here, skirting the Donegal village in which my mother grew up unionist and Google reveals a relation drilling with Carson’s UVF to keep Ulster in the UK.
I’m no unionist but still, as a committed European and a pacifist, I never thought I would find myself writing in favour of renewing the discussion around uniting the island.
But I do so now and I do so here. Not because “Only our rivers run free”. But because free is the only way rivers know how to run.


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Join me at Kenton Hall Estate for their annual pop-up ‘Field to Fork Farm Lunch’ back by popular demand. I will be cooking up a feast featuring Kenton Hall Estates Longhorn beef and other produce from the farm in celebration of the great Sunday roast. I hope to connect diners to the land and farming with this truly unique event.
Enjoy a glass of fizz on arrival, canapés, 3 course lunch followed by coffee in a field at Kenton Hall Estate – the Longhorn cattle will be grazing next door!
19th July 2015, 12:30pm, £40 per person.
Please make your booking through the Food Hub Cookery School at Kenton Hall Estate or call them on 01728 862062 for more information.
Food Hub Cookery School
Kenton Hall Estate
Suffolk IP14 6JU
I will be running a series of classes at Kenton Hall Estate’s cookery school throughout 2015. Take a look through their brochure below for more information.

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Samsung had a slow start in Android but they are making up for it with some impressive high-tech devices. But the All-star team is certainly not leaving anyone behind and the Galaxy Spica just got its update to the latest Android 2.1. Now it's as ready as ever to hit the competition. And it hits hard.
Devices like the I9000 Galaxy S and the I8520 Beam certainly have the lead but it's down to the foot soldiers to clean up the mess when super AMOLEDs, Snapdragon and WVGA projectors leave the scene.
Speaking of those - you'll know that when it's Samsung and a Galaxy, the middle name is Android. It holds true for the I5700 Galaxy Spica much as it did for the first-born Samsung droid – the I7500 Galaxy.
The Spica goes by the name of Galaxy Lite in some markets, but this has nothing to do with processing power. It packs a faster CPU than the original Galaxy and, as a matter of fact, 800 MHz is better than most droids get.
Samsung I5700 Galaxy Spica official photos
The phone we’re reviewing is no news really, but Android 2.1 certainly is. Given the OS upgrade, the Samsung I5700 Galaxy Spica is obviously planning to stick around and turn the brightest star in this galaxy. Let’s see what it’s got under the belt.
The Samsung I5700 Galaxy Spica normally comes with the Android Cupcake (v1.5) but you can upgrade it to the new Éclair (v2.1). That’s exactly what we did. Anyway, the Spica is still a first-gen droid on the outside: plenty of buttons and an average touchscreen – in both size and resolution.
A thing to definitely note is TouchWIZ. In their first go at Android, Samsung were not too keen perhaps on customization. Under Android 2.1 the Galaxy Spica is a different story. It has the company’s custom touch interface on top of Android and although it’s not a complete overhaul, the first impressions are quite positive.
Samsung I5700 Galaxy Spica live shots
The rest of the package is standard Android with some of the improvements ver. 2.1 implies. The Spica offers a wide range of connectivity options, including HSDPA support, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. You can transfer files over Bluetooth as well. Another Éclair goodie is not there however – the Spica’s 3.2” capacitive screen does not support multi touch. The Live wallpapers feature is also not present.
Media have always been a Samsung forte and the 3.5mm audio jack and 3MP autofocus camera is the least the Spica can offer to assert this claim. What users will certainly cheer is the DivX/XviD video support right out of the box.
Now, joins us on the next page for the Galaxy Spica unboxing and hardware check up.
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The modern power system and future ones include several intelligent devices. It also integrates renewable energy sources, energy storage, energy microgrid control system, hybrid networks, and smart grids with the wide application of information technology and communication. The most crucial goal in the smart grid application is improving safety reliability within the network. Recent studies have recommended the development of smart grid technology that enhances the reliability of electric power systems increases efficiency and improves the detection of faults for protection; this will reduce the duration of interruption of the number of customers affected by the outages. Moreover, smart grid technology decreases the power loss of energy usage and improves the efficiency of the system. And protection is one of the most important challenges facing smart grid deployment. In this chapter, protection for smart grids using differential relays is presented. The differential scheme is a very reliable method of ensuring the safety of protected areas. This chapter discusses the differential relay parameters with various fault conditions. Therefore, the protection scheme affirms the rapid separation of the fault zone to reduce damage to the equipment. The simulation results show that the method is effective and reliable.
Part of the book: Micro-grids
The production of energy from water represents large amounts of clean and renewable energy. However, only 30% of this energy has been developed so far. Hydropower, particularly hydropower plants, is not only environmentally friendly but also economical, and operates more efficiently than any other renewable energy system. Hydropower plants are largely automated and have relatively low operating costs. The main components of the power system must be continuously monitored and protected to maintain the quality and reliability of the power source. This task is provided by the data collection, monitoring and protection system. Turbines must be protected not only by short circuits but also by abnormal conditions. The proposed protection has been designed to avoid damaging the original power (motor or turbine), this usually happens when the generator fails, and the machine operates as a synchronous motor connected to the power system. In this case, the generator becomes an active load, causing a rise in temperature and severe damage to the main turbine, and hence it becomes a need to quickly detect these conditions. This study proposes a new controller for Neuro-Fuzzy to prevent reverse power flow and to keep the quality and reliability of supply. Fuzzy system network has attracted various scientific and engineering researchers. The new feature of this work is to adjust the membership function as a reverse mechanism derived of the Fuzzy Logic Controller. The smart meter network is the basis of the smart grid. In this study, smart grid meters were implemented using ZigBee technology based on wireless sensor networks. The ZigBee network of wireless sensors due to its low battery, low power consumption, become more useful than other wireless communication systems to provide a high-performance measurement. This study shows the ZigBee network using the OPNET simulation. Depending on the performance, parameters were analysed to understand the operating characteristics of the star, tree, and mesh.
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BMW’s parts distribution center in Lingang Shanghai with the cooperation of GLP Lingang. The project has a 50,000 sqm warehouse including 2,000 sqm offices and a dangerous goods warehouse of round 5000 sqm.
In design stage, OBERMEYER reviewed the whole design documents including all drawings and compared the compliance with BMW’s standard. In construction stage, OBERMEYER acted as project management company of BMW, supervising the whole construction process. OBERMEYER provided still services on coordinating with the designated supplier of BMW, for example the rack installation company.
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|Quality Assurance, Monitoring and Controlling
|2015 - 2016


As part of the See No Evil Block Party, Long Playa will see an impressive and unique environment installation in the Westgate building on 18th August.
The latest addition to this year's See No Evil will witness the ground floor transformation of Westgate House from disused building to creative cardboard world in a day.
Your invited to come and spectate 20 local artists paint, print, carve and produce individual sectors that will all in all complete a visual collective masterpiece.
All of this will be supported by a host of DJ's throughout.
Shane Francis – Trinity Community Arts
Natasha Scott-Church Trinity Community Arts
Alex Bertram Powell
Gillian Sein Ying Ha
• Ain’t No Disco - Dj Eclipse, Minogue, Dorian Path, Minogue, LongPlaya & McOrange & Wisdom,)
ft special guests: Vinyl, Dj Burnout, Smitt-E & DJ Pupfish
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A revealing exploration of the phenomenon of 'non-promotable work', the effect it has on women's careers, and a thoroughly researched strategy for how to fight back
Overwhelmed with work, Linda Babcock, Brenda Peyser, Lise Vesterlund & Laurie R. Weingart started the 'I Just Can't Say No Club' to learn how to take back control of their time. Initially, they thought the problem was with them and their decisions, but their research revealed that 'fixing themselves' wasn't the answer. They discovered that organizations place a tax on women's time-and derail their careers in the process-by burdening them with 'non-promotable' work.
Not only do women suffer, but so do their organizations. They are unable to realize the full potential of their talent pool, which affects productivity, morale, retention, and advancement. What needs to change is organizations, not women themselves. Revealing the depth of this problem and drawing clear lines, THE I JUST CAN'T SAY NO CLUB is a clarion call for meaningful change.
THE I JUST CAN'T SAY NO CLUB offers a new, research-backed playbook for change in the fight for gender equity. It is the story of the journey of the authors as a club and a research team, prepared to help every woman assess how she's spending her time, laying out specific approaches that individuals and organizations can use to create 'work/work balance.' The book will do this on three levels, addressing how individuals can better navigate promotable and non-promotable tasks, what they can do to change their organizations from the bottom-up, and what management should do to enact top-down reform. These measures will advance women's careers, drive corporate success, and give both women and men the work/work and work/life balance we all want.

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Having worked with luminaries such as Steve Swallow, Carla Bley, Maria Schneider and John Abercrombie, when Brooklyn-based sax player Chet Doxas isn’t carving himself a reputation in New York’s jazz scene, he can be found visiting the city’s art galleries. Gazing upon the work of artists like Robert Mapplethorpe, Keith Haring and others with his manuscript in hand, Doxas notates the music that comes to him in response to what he sees. The result is an accessible album delivered alongside a super-tight guitar, bass and drums outfit with Doxas on woodwinds and synths. Despite his jazz credentials, the album sounds and feels more like an instrumental rock album rather than your usual fusion fodder. Expansive, stirring themes are laid on top of surging drums that ramp up the emotional impact of the writing. Reminiscent at times of the kind of joyous, repetitious build in some of Michael Rother’s work, there’s an 80s retro vibe arising from the deployment of spiralling synth tones. Amid the exuberant interactions between guitar and sax, all kinds of surprises are tucked away on an album that celebrates invention, uplifting grooves and yearning melodicism.
Sid's feature articles and reviews have appeared in numerous publications including Prog, Classic Rock, Record Collector, Q, Mojo and Uncut. A full-time freelance writer with hundreds of sleevenotes and essays for both indie and major record labels to his credit, his book, In The Court Of King Crimson, an acclaimed biography of King Crimson, was substantially revised and expanded in 2019 to coincide with the band’s 50th Anniversary. Alongside appearances on radio and TV, he has lectured on jazz and progressive music in the UK and Europe.
A resident of Whitley Bay in north-east England, he spends far too much time posting photographs of LPs he's listening to on Twitter and Facebook.


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Climate change honour for young scientist
A Lancaster University Geographer has been invited to attend a prestigious Climate Change workshop in Sweden.
Dr Sarah Watkins, a postdoctoral research assistant in the Geography Department’s internationally-known Centre for Environmental Magnetism & Palaeomagnetism, has been invited to attend by the British Council, which is sponsoring the event.
"Climate Change: a multi-dimensional challenge" will take place between 26-28 October at the University of Lund, Sweden.
The workshop aims to bring together promising young post-doctoral scientists from
the UK, Sweden and Denmark, who work with climate models.
Around 25-30 young scientists will take part in the event and Dr Watkins is one of only ten to be invited from the UK. Dr Watkins’ recent work has been on identifying what happened to the North Atlantic circulation pattern during the last glaciation, using magnetic measurements to identify iceberg-rafted debris in sediments of the ocean floor and modelling to reconstruct atmospheric and oceanic conditions, and resultant surface ocean currents.
The workshop will include five keynote lectures from distinguished scientists including Hans von Storch, Bert Bolin and Eelco Rohling.


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OAKLAND, Calif. -- Jered Weaver shrugged off his career-best 17th victory of the season as if it were his first.
With his team locked in a tight race with AL West-leading Texas, the Los Angeles Angels ace will have plenty of time to relish his achievements in the offseason. Weaver may also have to come back on three days' rest for his next start, so any individual celebration will have to wait.
"We haven't gotten to our goal yet, but from a personal standpoint, it's pretty cool," Weaver said after pitching seven innings in a 4-1 victory against the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday. "It's not over yet. We still have a lot of goals to accomplish as a team, which is more important. Hopefully we keep winning some ballgames."
Los Angeles will have to do just that to maintain its playoff hopes.
The Angels began the day three games behind Texas with two weeks remaining.
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That's one of the reasons manager Mike Scioscia is considering juggling his rotation to get Weaver (17-7) back on the mound, possibly as soon as Sunday in Baltimore.
"I'm good with it," Weaver said. "We've got a tight one going on right now and anything we can do to help the club win some ballgames, I'm all for it. I feel great."
Josh Willingham matched his career high of 26 home runs with a solo shot off Weaver in the third but the A's managed only two baserunners over the final six innings.
Oakland, which has been held to one run or fewer 30 times this season, committed two errors to add to its AL-leading total of 119.
"That's been the biggest weakness in the club this year," manager Bob Melvin said. "In theory, next spring, that will be the No. 1 priority."
Oakland might also want to work on its hitting after putting only two runners on base over the final six innings.
Weaver allowed six hits with one walk and two strikeouts. He pitched out of a bases-loaded situation in the first and escaped a two-on, one-out jam in the second to beat the A's for the third time in four starts this season.
That lowered the lanky right-hander's ERA to 2.40, second in the AL behind Detroit ace Justin Verlander (2.36). Weaver also improved to 13-0 this year when going at least seven innings.
That's been big for the Angels, who are 21-10 in games Weaver starts and 61-57 otherwise.
"It was a rocky start for Weave," Scioscia said. "It looked like he was struggling to get his pitches into good zones. He loosened up as the game went on. It was a day where he didn't have his best stuff but pitched with it."
It also marked Los Angeles' second successive victory in Oakland after losing 10 of its previous 12 at the Coliseum.
The A's, who still lead the season series 9-7, had Weaver in trouble early but couldn't deliver with runners on base.
Willingham drove in the A's only run when he hit a 2-2 pitch over the wall in left-center. That tied his career high set in 2006 with Florida.
Oakland's defense made several nice plays to help preserve the 1-0 lead until Los Angeles broke through in the sixth.
Howie Kendrick, who hit a pair of two-run homers Tuesday in a 6-3 victory, drew a leadoff walk and scored from first on Abreu's double to right-center. Two batters later, Trumbo hit his 26th home run of the season to make it 3-1.
Rich Harden (4-3) didn't make it out of the sixth, allowing three runs and seven hits. Since throwing seven scoreless innings against Toronto on Aug. 19, the Oakland right-hander is winless in four starts and has a 6.97 ERA during that span.
Trumbo also hit a hard single off the wall in the eighth. He needs three home runs over the final 13 games to become the second rookie in Angels history to have at least 30 home runs and 80 RBI. Tim Salmon had 31 home runs and 95 RBI in 1993.
"He's going to have to get a lot of Rookie of the Year consideration just because of the numbers," Scioscia said. "And if we reach our goal, there's no doubt he has to get some MVP consideration. If you take him out of our lineup this year, we're not even talking about a pennant race."
|Mark Trumbo continues to enhance his candidacy for AL Rookie of the Year with a tiebreaking home run in the sixth inning. (AP)|
|Players of the Game|
|Los Angeles Angels|
|Erick Aybar, SS||4||0||0||0||0||0||1||.273|
|Howard Kendrick, 2B||4||1||1||0||1||0||1||.291|
|Bobby Abreu, DH||3||2||2||1||1||0||0||.254|
|Torii Hunter, RF||4||0||1||0||0||1||3||.259|
|Mark Trumbo, 1B||4||1||2||2||0||0||0||.256|
|Alberto Callaspo, 3B||4||0||0||0||0||0||1||.280|
|Vernon Wells, LF||4||0||1||0||0||0||2||.218|
|Peter Bourjos, CF||3||0||0||0||0||0||1||.271|
|Jeff Mathis, C||4||0||1||0||0||2||0||.183|
|2B - Bobby Abreu (29, Harden)|
|HR - Mark Trumbo (27, Harden)|
|RBI - Bobby Abreu (54), Mark Trumbo 2 (82)|
|SB - Mark Trumbo (9, 2nd base off Carignan/Suzuki)|
|PK - Peter Bourjos (1, Harden)|
|Team LOB - 7|
|Los Angeles Angels|
|Jered Weaver (W,17-7)||7||6||1||1||2||1||1||2.40|
|Scott Downs (H,24)||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||1.29|
|Jordan Walden (S,31)||1||1||0||0||0||2||0||2.41|
|HBP - Willingham (by Jered Weaver)|
|Pitches-Strikes - Jered Weaver 115-74, Scott Downs 13-7, Jordan Walden 23-16|
|Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jered Weaver 4-16, Scott Downs 1-2|
|Batters Faced - Jered Weaver 30, Scott Downs 3, Jordan Walden 4|
|Cliff Pennington, SS||5||0||1||0||0||1||3||.268|
|Kurt Suzuki, C||3||0||0||0||0||0||2||.242|
|Hideki Matsui, DH||4||0||0||0||0||0||1||.261|
|Josh Willingham, LF||3||1||1||1||0||0||0||.255|
|David DeJesus, RF||3||0||2||0||1||0||0||.232|
|Scott Sizemore, 3B||4||0||0||0||0||0||5||.237|
|Ryan Sweeney, CF||2||0||0||0||1||0||0||.265|
|Jai Miller, CF||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||.167|
|Brandon Allen, 1B||4||0||2||0||0||1||2||.218|
|Eric Sogard, 2B||3||0||1||0||0||0||0||.208|
|a- Jemile Weeks, PH||1||0||0||0||0||1||1||.301|
|a-struck out for Sogard in the 9th|
|2B - Brandon Allen (9, Walden)|
|HR - Josh Willingham (26, Jer. Weaver)|
|SH - Kurt Suzuki (3)|
|RBI - Josh Willingham (91)|
|Team LOB - 9|
|DP - Sogard-Pennington-Allen|
|E - Scott Sizemore (16, Misplayed grounder), Eric Sogard (2, Missed catch of throw)|
|Rich Harden (L,4-3)||5.1||7||3||3||1||1||1||4.76|
|Fautino De Los Santos||0.2||0||0||0||0||0||0||4.11|
|HBP - Bourjos (by Rich Harden), Aybar (by Jerry Blevins)|
|Pitches-Strikes - Rich Harden 88-56, Fautino De Los Santos 8-4, Craig Breslow 15-8, Andrew Carignan 24-15, Jerry Blevins 17-10|
|Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Rich Harden 8-5, Craig Breslow 1-1, Andrew Carignan 2-1, Jerry Blevins 2-1|
|Batters Faced - Rich Harden 23, Fautino De Los Santos 2, Craig Breslow 3, Andrew Carignan 6, Jerry Blevins 4|
|Attendance - 14743|
|Game Time - 2:46|
|Temperature - 60|
|Umpires - Home - Lance Barksdale, First Base - Adrian Johnson, Second Base - Field Culbreth, Third Base - Gary Cederstrom|


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Earlier this fall we made Farmers Annuary – a seasonal IPA brewed in collaboration with one of our purveyors. This year, we partnered with the passionate and knowledgeable folks at Roy Farms of Moxee, WA to brew an IPA with Azacca, Chinook, Columbus, and Bravo Hops straight from their farm.
Roy Farms’ multi-generational commitment to sustainability and ethical farming techniques means they produce some of the best hops in the world while ensuring the glorious Hopland of central Washington can keep producing industry-leading hops for the next hundred years. We recently caught up with Michal Frankowicz, Head Brewer at Fort George, and Andy and Michael Roy for a chat about this year’s Farmers’ Annuary.
What were you hoping to get out of Farmers’ Annuary, and do you think you accomplished it?
Michal Frankowicz: When we set out to make this beer, messing around with Bravo hops was a big intrigue to me. Bravo is starting to make a comeback and taste a lot better than it has in the past. Getting those notes of berry, wheat, herbs, and high pine aromas was really fun and turned out well.
Michael Roy: Yea, Bravo is one of those varieties that is bred to be a high alpha variety, so we find that the earlier you harvest it, the more aromatics you get which is really desirable for brewers. We will typically harvest Bravo hops early to mid-September.
You guys are Managing Partners of the ADHA Hop Program, can you tell us more about it?
Andy Roy: The ADHA (Association for the Development of Hop Agronomy) is a joint breeding program between us, Wyckoff Farms, and Green Acres Farms. Roy Farms is the managing partner of the program, with all test plots and resources located on our farm. What started out as a venture into the development of dwarf hop varieties at first for low trellis production and later standard trellis cultivation has evolved into an effort to breed for durable good agronomy, disease resistance, unique aroma, and broad adaptation to different growing regions.
Michael Roy: We have a huge interest in research and development. I meant, it’s just in our DNA to always be progressing and doing better but it is really hard to carry out any R&D during harvest. We’re moving about 120 acres a day of production so that volume at that speed is massive and our systems aren’t really geared towards doing small batches. Luckily, we’ve been able to make a ton of progress in that area because of the ADHA Breeding Program. We now have an experimental harvester on site that we can run out all of our R&D projects through making the process much easier.
What are some hops that have come out of the ADHA program?
MR: The breeding program has produced hops like Summit, Pico, Adeena, Azacca, and more but we are always continuing to look for other varieties. Azacca was one of the earlier varieties that came out of the ADHA and was something we noticed had a lot of potential early on. At the time of its inception, we had slowly started getting it out to some of our partners and it took a few years for people to figure out how to best use that hop. We call it a ‘wingman’ hop – it helps elevate the core hop varieties while it kinda shines in the background.
Why is Sustainable Farming important to you?
AR: Being a mindful hop grower is important to us and sustainability is really the soul of our brand. Softer farming practices, rigorous safety programs, advanced technology, and renewable energy are embraced by everyone at Roy Farms. We aim to apply sustainability practices to all areas of our business and encourage our partners to do the same. Some of our efforts include the ADHA program, Salmon-Safe farming practices, and Harvest Fresh Pellets.
Your farm is certified Salmon-Safe. What does that mean?
AR: : Being a Salmon-Safe Farm means we actively work to transform our land management practices by reducing and/or eliminating many fertilizers, pesticides, and other crop applicants to ensure we reduce potential watershed impacts. Basically, it takes a typical growers’ war chest of chemicals to be used in the field and greatly reduces it to minimize any potential runoff that could affect aquatic wildlife. Sustainable farming is and always has been one of our top priorities.
What are Harvest Fresh Pellets™ and what are some of their key benefits?
MR: In our efforts to maximize the quality, flavor, and aromas of our hops, we began producing Harvest Fresh Pellets™. This process maximizes freshness by taking fresh-picked hops to a packed pellet within 36-48 hours, in addition to being much more environmentally friendly. Going directly from Cooling Floor to pellet ensures the brewer gets the freshest pellets and maintains the field aromatics/oils, and does not degrade or oxidize in a bale waiting to be pelletized at a later date. Hops can oxidize and begin to lose their desirable aromatics and oils over time. In addition, Harvest Fresh Pellets™ greatly reduces our carbon footprint by not wasting poly-wrap to create the bales, loading the bales onto trucks with forklifts, driving loaded trucks into town to be unloaded, and using excess energy being stored in warehouses while waiting to be pelletized.”
Roy Farms has been operating for over 100 years. What do you credit your longevity to?
AR: Sustainability, creativity, diversification, and innovation is really what drives us. Our system is very brewer-driven and varieties get advanced through the system based on the breweries’ feedback because they’re the customers here. We want you guys, the brewers, to pull the hops into the market rather than us pushing them in there. As the industry shifts, so do our breeding and growth objectives.
It’s an exciting opportunity to source an entire hop bill from one grower, and Roy Farms farm forward, sustainable practices are just one of the reasons we partnered with them. Together, our teams came up with a hop bill that fits the classic West Coast style with a few tricks that might make you think it’s a New England IPA. When asked what they thought of the beer, Michael Roy says it has earned a “hefty thumbs up.”

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